THE TIME IS NOW 6:00. I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
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WE WILL BEGIN BY DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          PLEASE RISE. 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. 
          MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? PRESENT. HERE,
ANTHONY. 
          HERE. PRESENT. PRESENT. PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. I WILL OPEN UP THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          NOW, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, SO I BELIEVE WE WILL NOT BE HAVING TOO MANY PUBLIC
COMMENTS TONIGHT. 
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WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE,
WHICH IS OUR INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, MR. BRIAN SMITH. BRIAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU JOINED THE BOARD FOR. 
          OKAY. WELL MY NAME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WELL, MY NAME IS O'BRIEN PARCHMENT. 
          I RECENTLY MOVED TO PALM BAY TWO YEARS AGO. RECENTLY MARRIED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO,
AND I JOINED THE BOARD BECAUSE I WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY THAT I'M. I'M CURRENTLY IN. I THINK SUSTAINABILITY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S OFTEN
OVERLOOKED, BUT IS SO CRITICAL FROM WHETHER THE THINGS WE EAT,
THE, OUR, WHETHER THE DRINK AS FAR AS OUR DRINKING WATER, THE FOOD, SO MANY THINGS. SO I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT CHANGE,
YOU KNOW. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I JOINED THE BOARD. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. GLAD TO BE HERE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON NEW BUSINESS? ITEM NUMBER ONE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO. NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK. 
          AS EVERYBODY MAY HAVE HEARD BY NOW THIS WEEK IS CURRENTLY NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES
AWARENESS WEEK. 
          VERY EXCITED FOR THE CITY TO START TO RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GROW NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK FURTHER AS
WE CONTINUE ON. 
          I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE IT. 
          SO WE KIND OF WERE UNDER A TIME CONSTRAINT ON BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PLANS AND
HOLD OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER EVENTS AS PART OF NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK. SO AS PART OF THAT I DID WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE LOW HANGING
FRUIT THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. 
          I WAS ABLE TO GET A PROCLAMATION READ AT BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND WE ALSO PRESENTED THE SAME PROCLAMATION TO THE BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. 
          BOTH OF THEM WERE READ OUT. WE HAD OUR CITY COUNCIL,
OUR PROCLAMATION READ LAST THURSDAY WE HAD OUR COUNTY LEVEL PROCLAMATION READ TUESDAY. 
          SO YESTERDAY, SO VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BALL MOVING,
GET OUR NAME OUT THERE GET SOME AWARENESS OUT TOWARDS INVASIVE SPECIES. 
          I DID WANT TO THANK AS PART OF THIS AND THE HARD WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THEY'RE NOT WITH
US TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THEY NORMALLY ARE. MISS LYDIA BARBER AND BETH BLACKFORD. 
          THEY WERE ASSISTING ME ON PUTTING TOGETHER SOME EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. 
          THEY ARE. MISS BLACKFORD ASSISTED ME WITH GETTING THE PROCLAMATIONS EDITED PROPERLY. 
          BECAUSE I HAVE NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I FORGOT TO BRING IT
TO THE COUNTY MEETING YESTERDAY. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OVER THERE BY THE FRONT DOOR. 
          WE HAVE A FULL LIST OF INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE FOUND IN FLORIDA AND THE ZONES WHERE THEY
ARE MOST IMPACTFUL. 
          IT HELPS WITH AWARENESS. IT HELPS WITH EDUCATION. 
          IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ONE WITH THEM TONIGHT. 
          THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BE GRABBED. AND THE MORE WE CAN LEARN ABOUT INVASIVE
SPECIES, THE BETTER. I DID WANT TO UTILIZE KIND OF WHAT WE DID FOR NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES
AWARENESS WEEK AS KIND OF A TEMPLATE. GOING FORWARD, IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN DOING THINGS LIKE THIS AGAIN I
WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP KIND OF THEMES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND TRY TO GET PROCLAMATIONS READ. 
          NOT ONLY DO THEY INCREASE THE BOARD'S AWARENESS,
IT ACTUALLY DOES DRIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON. TWO THAT ARE COMING UP THAT I KNOW ONE IS ONE IS A PASSION PROJECT OF MINE. 
          THAT'S KIND OF LITTLE KNOWN, BUT THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS ACTUALLY GOT SOME HISTORY OF
PARTICIPATING IN IT IS GOPHER TORTOISE DAY. 
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IT HAPPENS IN APRIL. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DISCUSS THAT AND DEVELOP OUR
PROCLAMATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGES OUR GOPHER TORTOISES,
WHICH ARE FOUND IN FLORIDA. 
          AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY HAVE BEING A COMMUNAL SYSTEM AND THE NUMBER OF SPECIES THAT
THEY SUPPORT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TARGET. 
          PERSONALLY, I KNOW ONE THAT MISS JANE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN EVEN IF SHE IS NO LONGER PART
OF THE BOARD BY THAT TIME IS GOING TO BE NATIVE PLANT MONTH. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT MONTH IT IS,
BUT I DO KNOW IT'S LATE OCTOBER. 
          OCTOBER. THERE YOU GO. SEE, SHE KNEW THAT ONE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD. SO I'D LIKE
TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND. 
          I KNOW A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK, I PRESENTED A LIST,
AND O'BRIEN. 
          I WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE ONE TO YOU AT THE TIME,
BUT WE CAN IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THEM DOWN. 
          THAT'S KIND OF A LIST OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT DAYS AND THINGS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED
NATIONALLY. 
          IF WE WANT TO DEVELOP PLANS AROUND THEM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TEMPLATE AND KIND OF GIVES
US A GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHENEVER WE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AND FOCUS ON WE'D BE ABLE TO
LEVERAGE THESE KIND OF EVENTS. 
          AND THE MORE PROCLAMATIONS WE READ, THE MORE INVOLVED WE GET. 
          THE KIND OF THE SNOWBALL STARTS TO ROLL DOWNHILL OR START TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL SORTS
OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO I WANTED TO OPEN UP DISCUSSION TO ANYBODY ELSE IF THEY HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR THINGS THAT
WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE, OR IF YOU HAVE SOME EDUCATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE AT
HOME OR THE AUDIENCE IN PERSON. 
          SINCE WE GOT A NEW MEMBER IN HERE, MR. BATTEN. 
          THANK YOU. IF THERE'S ANY EDUCATIONAL THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO
INVASIVE SPECIES. 
          NOW IS THE TIME. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND USE OUR PLATFORM TO DO A LITTLE BIT
MORE EDUCATIONAL WORK, IF WE CAN TONIGHT. I'D KIND OF LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY DOES TO TRY TO COMBAT INVASIVE SPECIES, BECAUSE I'M GUESSING IT'S AN ONGOING BATTLE. 
          ARE WE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THAT? I BELIEVE WE CAN,
BUT I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT FALLS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS AS WHEELHOUSE,
OR WOULD THAT BE ANOTHER? I CAN I CAN LITERALLY ONLY PROVIDE YOU AN ANSWER FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          FOR PUBLIC WORKS, WE DON'T REALLY CLEAR PROPERTY OR DO MUCH OF THAT. 
          WE DO LIKE RIGHT OF WAY CUTBACKS TO KEEP VEGETATION CUT OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND OUR
STORMWATER SWALES OPEN AND SO WATER CAN FLOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. TYPICALLY, IF WE HAVE TO CLEAR ANYTHING,
IT WOULD BE LIKE REPLACE A PIPE OR SOMETHING, WHEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, MOST OF IT IS PEPPER TREES THAT WE ARE REMOVING AND THEY DO GET
HAULED OUT. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE LINES OF IT. 
          IT'S JUST MAINTENANCE TYPE OF STUFF. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK NEXT YEAR AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOWN THE ROAD
WHEN WE REVISIT NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK NEXT YEAR. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. TRY TO GET SOME OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS LIKE PARKS AND REC,
I IMAGINE IS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH DEALING WITH PEPPER TREES AND OTHER INVASIVES BRINGING THEM IN AND LETTING THEM MAKE A PRESENTATION AS WELL,
I THINK WOULD BE GOOD. 
          YEAH. I WAS ALSO GOING TO ADD, WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO NATIVE PLANT SPECIES MONTH IN
OCTOBER, THERE'S CONRADINA HAS MADE PROCLAMATIONS IN PRIOR YEARS. 
          I THINK THEY'RE HANGING IN THE MELBOURNE LIBRARY WHERE WE USED TO MEET. 
          SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROBABLY LOOK,
USE THAT LANGUAGE THAT'S ALREADY THERE IF YOU WANTED TO. 
          OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHO MIGHT HAVE PRESENTED THEM PREVIOUSLY? CAROL WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL. CAROL HEBERT OKAY,
SO SHE'D BE THE ONE. 
          EXCELLENT. I WILL TRY TO REACH OUT TO HER. YEAH. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A RELATED TOPIC. 
          NEW ITEM OR NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER THREE. WE HAVE MR. ROBERT HARDY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. HE'S WITH TURKEY CREEK. 
          HE'S ONE OF THE RANGERS THERE, AND HE IS GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR US ON HOW TURKEY
CREEK IS MANAGING THEIR INVASIVE SPECIES. 
          MR. HARDY. ALL RIGHT. HI. MY NAME IS ROBERT HARDY. 
          AS YOU SAID, I'M ONE OF THE PARK RANGERS AT TURKEY CREEK. 
          I WORK FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND I'M ALSO THE WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST ON STAFF THERE. 
          SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY,
IT'S 130 ACRE PARADISE THAT'S ENJOYED BY THOUSANDS OF VISITORS ANNUALLY. 
          THE SOILS OF THE ANCIENT ATLANTIC COASTAL DUNE SUPPORTS A RICH DIVERSITY OF NATIVE PLANTS
AND WILDLIFE, BUT THE SANCTUARY IS BESIEGED NOT BY PYTHONS AND GIANT LIZARDS,
BUT BY AN INCREASING NUISANCE OF INVASIVE PLANTS. 
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ALTHOUGH TURKEY CREEK REMAINS BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE,
INVASIVE SPECIES POSE A THREAT TO THE SANCTUARY'S ECOSYSTEMS BY IMPACTING NATIVE SPECIES RICHNESS AS WELL AS HUMAN VISITORS WITHIN THE SANCTUARY,
INVASIVE SPECIES AGGRESSIVELY OUTCOMPETE NATIVE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE, ALTERING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH EXTENSIVE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT. 
          THEY DOMINATE NATURAL RESOURCES, POSE AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRE,
DEGRADE WATER QUALITY, IMPACT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND CREATE BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOES. 
          WILDLIFE MIGRATION PATTERNS ARE DRASTICALLY ALTERED FOR MANY BIRD AND POLLINATOR SPECIES
AS WELL. 
          HUMAN HEALTH IS IMPACTED BY PLANTS THAT CAUSE SKIN IRRITATIONS AND RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. THESE INVADERS POSE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL COST FOR MANAGEMENT AS WELL. 
          INVASIVE WILDLIFE SPECIES IN TURKEY CREEK APPEARED TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON NATIVE GREEN
ANOLES AND TREE FROGS, BUT THE EXTENT OF THIS IS NOT WIDELY KNOWN AT THIS TIME. 
          WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE WILDLIFE IN THE SANCTUARY AND CONTINUE TO
MONITOR IT. 
          INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS FOUND IN THE SANCTUARY DEGRADE WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE
POPULATIONS OF NATIVE PLANT AND WILDLIFE SPECIES. 
          FLOATING NON-NATIVE PLANTS, SUCH AS WATER LETTUCE,
CAN CLOSE WATERWAYS TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHEN THEY FLOW DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MELBOURNE TILLMAN CANAL DOWN THE FLOODPLAIN AT TURKEY CREEK ALSO HAS NATIVE PLANTS
ERADICATED BY INVASIVE PLANTS. 
          THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH AND ADAPTABILITY OF WILD TARO TO WET OR DRY ENVIRONMENTS ALLOWS THIS
NON-NATIVE TO OUTCOMPETE NATIVE VEGETATION FOR NUTRIENTS, SUNLIGHT, AND MOISTURE. NOW, MANY TERRESTRIAL PLANTS ARE FOUND IN THE SANCTUARY. 
          THESE ARE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR BATTLE IN MANAGING THE SIEGE THAT THEY PRESENT. 
          THREE PRIMARY SPECIES ARE BRAZILIAN PEPPER, AIR POTATO,
AND COGON GRASS. 
          ALL THREE OF WHICH DISPLACE NATIVE VEGETATION. 
          ALL THREE DEGRADE NATIVE HABITATS AND REDUCE NATURAL RESOURCES OF NATIVE WILDLIFE. 
          ALL THREE SPECIES ARE CATEGORY ONE INVASIVES,
THE WORST OF THE WORST, AND ALL THREE ARE ALLELOPATHIC, MEANING THEY PRODUCE CHEMICALS FROM THEIR ROOTS,
LEAVES, AND FRUIT THAT INHIBITS THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF NATIVE PLANTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ALL THREE SPECIES CAUSE ECONOMIC IMPACTS THAT INCREASE,
AND AS INVASIVE PLANTS REPRODUCE, DAMAGE NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND LANDSCAPES, LEADING TO COSTLY MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR, AND CONTROL PROCESSES. 
          LIKE MOST INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, NONE OF THESE PROVIDE NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS FOOD AND
SHELTER TO NATIVE WILDLIFE, AND ALL THREE ALSO IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          BRAZILIAN PEPPER, FOR EXAMPLE, PRODUCES TOXIC FRUIT THAT IS PARALYTIC TO BIRDS AND AS A
RESULT, AS A RELATIVE OF POISON IVY. IT CAN CAUSE SKIN IRRITATION,
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, AND ALLERGIC REACTIONS IN PEOPLE WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PLANTS. POTATO SMOTHERS NATIVE PLANTS UP TO 80FT TALL,
OUTCOMPETING NATIVES FOR ESSENTIAL SUNLIGHT AND MOISTURE, CAUSING MANY TO BE ELIMINATED. BUBOES AND UNDERGROUND TUBERS PRODUCED BY AIR POTATOES
ALLOW THE PLANT TO SPREAD QUICKLY, MAKING ERADICATION VERY DIFFICULT. COGON GRASS,
THE WORST INVASIVE ON THE PLANET, GROWS AGGRESSIVELY AND PRODUCES MASS AMOUNTS OF SEEDS THAT ARE CARRIED IN THE WIND ON CLOTHING AND LAWN MOWERS,
AND BY ANIMALS THAT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE SEEDS AND TRANSPORT THEM ELSEWHERE. 
          UNDERGROUND RHIZOMES AND ROOT FRAGMENTS OF THE GRASS AID THIS INVASIVE SPECIES TO CREATE
MONOCULTURES, ELIMINATING ALL OTHER PLANT LIFE. THE COMPLEXITY OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL METHODS FOR
DIFFERENT PLANTS LEADS TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND COSTLY MEASURES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN NATIVE BIODIVERSITY. THERE IS NO SINGLE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR ALL INVASIVE
SPECIES. 
          THEREFORE, EACH SPECIES MUST BE MUST BE ADDRESSED INDIVIDUALLY. 
          A MAJOR GOAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IS TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, WHILE PROTECTING LOCAL ECONOMIES AND HUMAN HEALTH. 
          AT TURKEY CREEK, MANAGEMENT INVOLVES ASSESSING CURRENT CONDITIONS AND UTILIZING MECHANICAL
REMOVAL, CHEMICAL TREATMENT, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 
          MANAGEMENT OF THE THREE PRIMARY SPECIES AIR POTATO,
BRAZILIAN PEPPER, AND COGON GRASS INVOLVES DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND METHODS TO MAXIMIZE POSITIVE RESULTS, LEADING TO NATIVE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT. 
          PRESCRIBED FIRE. JUST TO NOTE, IS A WELL KNOWN MANAGEMENT METHOD,
BUT IT IS NOT FEASIBLE AT TURKEY CREEK DUE TO THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AND THE HABITAT 
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DEGRADATION THAT WOULD COME FROM CREATING FIRE LANES. 
          MANAGEMENT INVOLVING PUBLIC EDUCATION AIMS TO INFORM AND PREVENT FURTHER INTRODUCTIONS OF
INVASIVE SPECIES. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, FLORIDA GARDENERS ARE SET UP FOR FAILURE BY GARDEN CENTERS AND NURSERIES AS
MOST INVASIVE SPECIES ARE EASY TO GROW AND THEREFORE ARE SOLD IN HIGH QUANTITIES. GARDENERS SEE PLANTS FOR SALE AND ASSUME THEY ARE SAFE FOR THE AREAS
THEY ARE BEING SOLD IN, SO IN SUMMARY, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES IN FLORIDA HAVE A DEVASTATING
EFFECT THAT THREATENS THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND ECOSYSTEMS. HUMAN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND HEALTH IS IMPACTED WHEN INVASIVE SPECIES MAKE NATURAL AREAS
LESS ENJOYABLE FOR HIKING, BIRD WATCHING, AND WILDLIFE VIEWING. DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES,
THE RISK OF EXPOSURE TO TOXIC PLANTS POSES HEALTH RISKS FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS. 
          BY UNDERSTANDING THE GRAVITY OF THESE ECOSYSTEM ALTERATIONS AND REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES, FLORIDA'S NATURAL BEAUTY, NATIVE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE CAN BE PRESERVED FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT FOR US AT TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY? WE HAD MORE THAN 95,000 VISITORS IN THE SANCTUARY IN 2014. 
          MORE THAN 125 120,000. IN 2025, VISITORS FROM ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON,
D.C. 
          VISITED THE SANCTUARY BY THE END OF MARCH, BOTH OF THOSE YEARS. 
          DURING THAT SAME TWO YEAR PERIOD, VISITORS FROM 80 DIFFERENT FOREIGN COUNTRIES HIKED THE
TRAILS AT TURKEY CREEK, MAKING THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN USING OUR DAILY SIGN IN SHEETS. 
          THIS SUPPORTS A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY FOR RESTAURANTS,
RETAILERS, HOTELS AND OTHERS. 
          TODAY, MULTIPLE INTERNET SEARCHES RANKED THE SANCTUARY AS NUMBER ONE FOR THINGS TO DO AND
TOP SITES TO VISIT IN PALM BAY. 
          TOP FIVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES TRIPADVISOR,
VISIT SPACE COAST AND GOOGLE, WHICH PROVIDES A 4.8 RATING. 
          THEREFORE, IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY. INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE
BIODIVERSITY OF THE SANCTUARY, WHILE PROVIDING AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TOURISTS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. DOES ANY OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARDY? YES, I DO, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          SO WHAT IS THE PRIMARY MEANS THAT TURKEY CREEK IS USING? I KNOW IT VARIES BY SPECIES, BUT FOR THIS TOP THREE WHAT HOW WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO AS
AVERAGE HUMANS. TO HELP. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LEARN WHAT THE PLANTS ARE. 
          OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, THERE ARE APPROACHED INDIVIDUALLY. 
          BRAZILIAN PEPPER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO WHAT'S CALLED STUMP CUT. 
          WE CUT IT DOWN TO THE GROUND AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TREAT IT WITH CHEMICALS THAT ARE
APPROVED BY IT'S FROM THE. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OFFHAND. IT'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. IT'S THEIR PROGRAM
THAT THEY USE FOR PESTICIDE HERBICIDE CERTIFICATION. 
          SO IT'S THEIR FORMULA THAT WE USE THERE. OUR HEAD RANGER TRACY BRIGHT IS THE ONE WHO HAS
THE CERTIFICATION, AND I AM AUTHORIZED TO WORK UNDER IT SINCE I'VE BEEN TRAINED BY HER. 
          I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY CERTIFICATION MYSELF,
BUT WE DO STUMP CUT IT AND CHEMICALLY TREAT THE BRAZILIAN PEPPER STONE AIR POTATO, ON THE OTHER HAND, WHICH IS A REALLY NEAT SITUATION WE GO THROUGH AND WE PHYSICALLY PICK
UP THE POTATOES THAT HAVE FALLEN TO THE GROUND AND WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
          THEY'VE GOT EYES ALL OVER THE POTATO SO THEY CAN GROW IN ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME. 
          WE DO CHEMICALLY TREAT ER, POTATOES ONLY IF OUR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IS NOT PRESENT. 
          SO WE DO HAVE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN PLACE. THE AIR POTATO LEAF BEETLE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED
THERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN AREA THAT WE CALL GROUND ZERO,
WHICH IS OUR DENSEST POPULATION OF AIR POTATOES IN THE SANCTUARY THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND CHEMICALLY TREATED. WE'RE NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF CHEMICALLY TREATING THE AIR POTATO
BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT OR CAN IMPACT OTHER SPECIES AROUND. 
          BECAUSE IT'S FOLIAR SPRAY. SO WE KNOW THE CHEMICAL IS ABSORBED BY THE LEAVES OF THE
POTATO, BUT IT WORKS. COGON GRASS WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED YET. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS A CONTRACTOR THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING IN TO REMEDIATE THAT
SITUATION. 
          IT IS THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT ONE. BUT ONCE THAT GRASS IS TAKEN DOWN,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ADD TO OUR REGULAR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP IT FROM 
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COMING BACK AND RESEEDING. BUT THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE PLANTS LIKE ROSARY PEA,
WHICH IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. 
          WE'VE GOT PATCHES OF ROSARY PEA THAT COMPLETELY COVER AND WIPE OUT,
YOU KNOW, OTHER NATIVE PLANTS. 
          AND WE USE A SELECTIVE HERBICIDES FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN SPRAY THE FOLIAGE OF THE ROSARY
PEA WITH NO IMPACT TO ANY NATIVE SPECIES AT ALL, AND IT HAS BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL. IT'S 130 ACRE ONGOING BATTLE,
YOU KNOW. 
          AND BOY, THIS BEING, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF MANPOWER THAT WE HAVE THERE AT THE SANCTUARY,
IT'S IT'S CONSTANT, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, WE STILL MANAGE TO SQUEEZE IN TIME FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS,
PARTICULARLY THE GOPHER TORTOISES BECAUSE THEIR HABITAT IS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          WHICH WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR GOPHER TORTOISE DAY THERE AT THE SANCTUARY. 
          APRIL 10TH IS A GOOD DAY, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SPECIES,
YOU KNOW? FALSE MONK ORCHID. YOU KNOW, WE GO AND HAND PULL THOSE JUST PHYSICALLY HAND PULL THEM. 
          WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL COME OUT AND ACTUALLY HAND PULL STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          WE'LL HAVE THEM PULL THE SEED BOMBS OFF THE ROSARY PEA FOR US,
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          JUST SIMPLE THINGS. VOLUNTEERS HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT IN DEPTH YET WITH THE BIGGER STUFF. 
          BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING PUTTING TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN
GET A CREW OUT THERE, EVEN IF IT IS JUST ME AND TRACY RUNNING CHAINSAWS AND CUTTING EVERYTHING ELSE AND HAVING
OTHER PEOPLE HAUL IT OUT AS WE CUT IT, YOU KNOW? SO. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I MEAN,
THAT IS A GORGEOUS PARK AND IT'S JUST A TREASURE TO HAVE THAT LOCALLY, SO. YEAH. AND WE LOVE IT. AND THE PRINTOUT THAT YOU HAVE,
YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED AND I MENTIONED TONIGHT THE MIGRATORY BIRDS, YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY OF THE INVASIVES AND AGGRESSIVE NATIVES SUCH AS MUSCADINE GRAPE HAS
GREATLY REDUCED THE MIGRATORY BIRD PATTERN THAT USED TO BE THERE. YOU KNOW, ONCE UPON A TIME,
YOU COULD GO OUT THERE AND SEE 30, 35 SPECIES OF BIRDS A DAY. EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW,
NOW YOU'RE LUCKY TO SEE THAT MANY IN A MONTH, YOU KNOW? BUT WITH THE MONOCULTURES THAT ARE CREATED,
YOU KNOW, SUCH AS GRASS, ELIMINATING ALL THE FOOD RESOURCES, NATIVES NOT PROVIDING FOOD RESOURCES, THEN YOU'VE GOT NATIVE SAND PINE FORESTS. 
          THAT'S JUST THE CANOPIES. YOU KNOW, IT'S CREATING A MONOCULTURE. 
          FOOD RESOURCES AREN'T THERE FOR MIGRATORY WILDLIFE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM BACK. SO. YES. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AS FAR AS PUBLIC
WORKS IS CONCERNED, I KNOW HIS PRESENTATION IS ONLY ON TURKEY CREEK,
BUT THESE PARK RANGERS ARE UTILIZED BY PUBLIC WORKS QUITE OFTEN. 
          THE NEMO GARDEN CAME BEFORE THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD. 
          WE ASKED THE PARK RANGERS TO COME OUT AND EVALUATE THE GOPHER TORTOISES ON THE PROPERTY
AND ADVISE ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, GO IN THERE AND REMOVE ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND FROM THE OTHER GARDEN
AND, YOU KNOW, MANAGE THE INVASIVE SPECIES ON THERE TOO. 
          SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW PROJECTS THAT THEY WILL LEAVE THE TURKEY CREEK AND ASSIST THE CITY
IN OTHER AREAS TOO. 
          SO THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AT HELPING US. THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. I'M JUST CURIOUS. THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT THERE ARE THERE,
LIKE, PICTURES OF THESE PLANTS THAT THEY THEY'RE WORN. 
          DON'T TOUCH OR DON'T GO NEAR. SO EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION IS STUFF THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY
WORKING ON. 
          THE INVASIVE SPECIES THING IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON,
BUT AVAILABILITY TO PROVIDE COLOR PRINTOUTS IS SLIM AND NONE. 
          YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO THAT WE HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR IS BLACK AND WHITE. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY SPECIES AT THAT POINT. 
          I HAVE CONTACTED FWC RECENTLY AND THEY ARE SENDING MATERIALS TO ME,
BUT THE QUANTITY OF IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE AND THEY DON'T EITHER. SO THEY THEY COULDN'T TELL
ME. 
          ERIC, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET THE OFFICE TO PRINT UP IN COLOR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
STUCK INTO A FOLDER OR SOMETHING? DEREK I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A KIOSK THERE WHERE WE'VE GOT BROCHURES ON DIFFERENT ITEMS,
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO READ THEM UNTIL AFTER THEY LEAVE, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THEM IN PLACE SO PEOPLE KNOW,
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PRETTY OR WHATEVER, THEY MIGHT SAY, OH, LET'S TAKE A SAMPLE. SO YOU'D WANT TO YOU'D WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS THE CHEMICALS THAT YOU'RE USING TO TREAT THEM. 
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WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE OF THEM? ARE THEY GETTING INTO THE CREEK? ARE THEY PROPOSING MORE TOXINS THAN ALREADY OVER TOXIC WATER? I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TRACY FOLLOWS UP WITH. 
          OKAY. I MY PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS MIXING AND APPLYING AS FAR AS GETTING INTO THE CREEK. 
          WE ARE SUPER CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. AND THE ONLY PESTICIDES OR HERBICIDES THAT SHE HAS
ALLOWED ME TO USE, SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY ARE NOT HARMFUL TO THE CREEK AT THAT POINT. 
          I DON'T EVEN SPRAY ALONG THE SHORELINE, YOU KNOW,
SO IF IT ABSORBS INTO THE GROUND. 
          THAT'S GOT TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW? BUT THE IMPACT OF IT,
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AQUATIC LIFE IS IN THE CREEK. 
          WOULD YOU SAY WE HAVE FRESH AND SALTWATER FISH? YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM SNOOK AND TARPON. BULL SHARKS COME UP,
HARDHEAD CATFISH, LARGEMOUTH BASS, BLUEGILL, PLECOSTOMUS, WHICH IS INVASIVE. THAT'S THE ARMORED CATFISH. 
          AND THEN MANATEES COME UP INTO THE CREEK ON A DAILY BASIS,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MORNINGS LIKE THIS, WHEN THE WATER IS JUST TOO COLD FOR THEM. AND OR AND THEY COME UP QUITE OFTEN WHEN WATER
LETTUCE IS FLOWING FROM THE MELBOURNE CANAL. 
          I MEAN, JUST THREE DAYS AGO, A DOZEN MANATEES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER RIGHT AT OUR
CANOE DECK. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE BULL SHARKS AND DOLPHINS THAT WILL COME IN CHASING MULLET
PERIODICALLY. 
          THE PLANT WISE MOST OF THE NATIVE PLANTS ARE GONE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE SHORELINES OF THE CREEK ARE LINED WITH BRAZILIAN PEPPER AND WEDELIA F.W. 
          WE'RE WORKING. WE HAVE JUST BECOME PART OF THE MANATEE MONITORING NETWORK WITH SAVE THE
MANATEE CLUB. 
          WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING THAT BALL ROLLING IN ORDER TO SHOW FWC THE FREQUENCY OF MANATEES
VISITING THE CREEK. 
          AND THEY WILL WORK ON GETTING GRANT FUNDING TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR COME IN AND RESTORE THE
CREEK. 
          REMOVING THE BRAZILIAN PEPPERS AND HOPEFULLY REPLACING WITH MANGROVES. 
          THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO THRIVE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. 
          WEDELIA IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROACHED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE EROSION CONTROL THAT THEY'RE
PROVIDING AT THIS TIME. 
          IS MRC PROVIDING ANY OF THE MANGROVES? I DON'T KNOW IF MRC WILL PROVIDE THEM OR NOT. 
          I'M NOT SURE THEY THEY HAVE A FARM THERE. MARCY HAS THEM. 
          I USED TO RUN THE AQUACULTURE FARM DOWN THERE IN VERO. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M THE ONE WHO USED TO RAISE THOSE MANGROVES,
SO I KNOW THEY'VE GOT THEM. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL GO TALK TO CARLA ABOUT BECAUSE I'M. 
          I'M PRETTY. I'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MRC. 
          DO YOU THINK THE MANGROVES WILL SOMEHOW MITIGATE THE OVERGROWTH OF THESE INVASIVE SPECIES? TO AN EXTENT? THEY WILL. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT IF YOU GET A NATIVE IN THERE WHERE IT NOT
FOR ALL INVASIVES, BUT IF YOU CAN GET A NATIVE IN THERE THAT'S ALREADY OUTCOMPETING THE INVASIVES THAT THERE
IT CAN ERADICATE THAT INVASIVE OR SLOW IT DOWN AT LEAST. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL OF THEM. FOR EXAMPLE,
ER, POTATO. 
          IT GROWS. IT CAN GROW EIGHT FEET A DAY, YOU KNOW,
UP TO EIGHT FEET A DAY. 
          IT'S A FAST, FAST. BETTER THAN BAMBOO. BETTER THAN BAMBOO? YEAH, YEAH. COGON. GRASS IS HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE. 
          AND ONCE IT GETS GOING, IF THERE'S JUST ONE LITTLE PATCH OF IT,
IT'S KILLING EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT THERE AROUND IT, YOU KNOW? AND THEN IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD. SAME THING WITH BRAZILIAN PEPPER. 
          SO IT WOULD BE AN ONGOING MANAGEMENT PROCESS,
YOU KNOW, WHICH WE DON'T MIND. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE AREAS THAT WE'VE DONE RESTORATION WORK AND COMPLETED IT. 
          WE CONSTANTLY MANAGE THAT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS NATIVE. 
          OF COURSE, IT'S TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF THE 130,
BUT IT WORKS. 
          ARE YOU LOOKING OR CONSULTING WITH ANY SOIL SPECIALISTS WHO MIGHT BE ABLE. 
          NO. TRACY IS A ECOLOGIST BY EDUCATION, SO SHE TYPICALLY DOES THAT. 
          BUT AS FAR AS ANY KIND OF SOIL STUDIES, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE UTILIZED IS USGS,
THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
          JUST TO DETERMINE THE TYPES OF SOILS AND WHATNOT,
WHICH IS CRUCIAL FOR GOPHER TORTOISE RESTORATION WORK. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT ASKING THAT QUESTION. 
          BECAUSE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER FOR A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT,
BUT I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM ASKING AND FOLLOWING UP WITH AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD OR SOMETHING WITH WHATEVER WE FIND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, BEING A RECENT RESIDENT OF PALM BAY,
I'VE MYSELF HAVE VISITED TURKEY CREEK. 
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IT'S A WONDERFUL SANCTUARY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YOU STATED THAT, YOU KNOW THERE IS MANY METHODS WITH REGARDS TO THE REMOVAL WHETHER IT'S A
CHEMICAL TREATMENT OR MECHANICAL REMOVAL. 
          HAVE TURKEY CREEK ASSESSED THE ADDITIONAL THE COST OF DOING OF DOING THAT AS FAR AS THE
CHEMICALS AND THE DIFFERENT METHODS AND MITIGATING OR ERADICATING THE INVASIVE SPECIES TO SEE LIKE WHAT,
WHAT ADDITIONAL COST TO THE SANCTUARY THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY OUT OF MY SCOPE. THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. YOU NEED TO TALK TO TRACY ABOUT THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT SHE'S LOOKED INTO SOME OF IT, BUT LIKE,
AS FAR AS THE CHEMICALS THAT WE GET, I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM COME FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR ONE OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD TO BY MILESTONE OURSELVES,
WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE USE FOR ROSARY PEA BECAUSE IT IS A SELECTIVE HERBICIDE. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, I DON'T KNOW,
THAT'S TRACY'S DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. I LET HER DO THE ADMIN STUFF. I'LL GO DO THE PHYSICAL STUFF. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU,
MR. HARDY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. YOUR PRESENTATION WAS FANTASTIC. AND OBVIOUSLY
THE BOARD HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN ASKING YOU QUESTIONS AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS. 
          THE ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU IS VERY SIMPLE. 
          AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, WHAT CAN WE, AS A SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD DO TO ASSIST
TURKEY CREEK IN GETTING YOU WHATEVER EXTRA ASSISTANCE YOU MAY NEED. 
          WHAT VOLUNTEER WORK YOU MAY NEED? IS THERE ANYTHING WE AS A BOARD MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO
HELP YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO COMBAT THIS INVASIVE SPECIES ISSUE? OKAY. SHE'S ALREADY GOT THE BALL ROLLING WITH A COLOR,
YOU KNOW, PRINTOUT OR WHATEVER. 
          SO STUFF LIKE THAT, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THIS AND IT HAS
FOR THE INVASIVES, FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, IT HAS TO BE IN COLOR. 
          VOLUNTEERS AND WHATNOT. IT'S A MATTER AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR
SOME TIME. 
          PUT TOGETHER INVASIVE SPECIES WORKSHOP DAYS. YOU KNOW,
WHERE THESE VOLUNTEERS UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO GET DIRTY. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO GET HOT AND SWEATY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY VIABLE. NOW,
THE OTHER PARK RANGERS ARE HIGHLY OPPOSED TO BRIGHT HOUSE FUTURES STUDENTS COMING OUT AND GETTING VOLUNTEER HOURS. I'M NOT,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I COACH LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR 20 YEARS, SO I LOVE WORKING WITH THE KIDS, BUT. AND I KNOW BRIGHT HOUSE FUTURES ARE TEENAGERS,
WHICH THEY HAVE TO BE TO BE OUT THERE. 
          BUT IF WE COULD SOMEHOW GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE THAT,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS HELP NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP DAY OR A WEEKEND EVEN. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE RESEARCHED IT. I KNOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DONE WORKSHOPS LIKE THIS HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 100 PEOPLE COME OUT AND THEY'LL REMOVE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF INVASIVES. 
          CAN WE GET THE CITY OF PALM BAY PERSON? THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PERSON WHO PUTS OUT THE NEWS
RELEASES, RIGHT? I FORGET HER NAME. YEAH. CHRISTINA BOURNE,
THE PIO. 
          CAN WE GET HER TO PUT OUT SOMETHING ABOUT ITS INVASIVE SPECIES WEEK WITH SOME LINKS TO
COLOR WEBSITES THAT IDENTIFY THE PLANTS AND MAYBE HAVE INTERESTED PEOPLE CONTACT TURKEY CREEK. 
          I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW. IT'S AN EDUCATION THING. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER WEBSITES, EVEN BREVARD COUNTY,
THE EEL PROGRAM, EVEN ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY SHOW COLOR PHOTOS OF PLANTS. THAT'D BE A GREAT PLACE FOR CHRISTINE TO TAP INTO. 
          THEY PROBABLY HAVE THE VERBIAGE THERE, TOO, THAT SHE COULD LIFT. 
          YEAH, I CAN TALK TO HER ABOUT IT. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'D BE GREAT,
BECAUSE IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY SUPPORT FOR THE PROCLAMATION, TOO. AND KIND OF PIGGYBACKING OFF THAT IDEA,
DOESN'T PARKS AND REC HAVE THEIR OWN FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL? SO I DON'T KNOW. PARKS AND REC DOES. I KNOW TURKEY CREEK DOES. 
          THE TURKEY CREEK SOCIETY. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FACEBOOK PAGE AND WE DO HAVE THE
WEBSITE TURKEY CREEK. 
          ORG WHICH IS THE TURKEY CREEK SOCIETY, WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE CITY. 
          IT'S JUST AFFILIATED WITH IT. EXCELLENT. SO IS THERE OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S PEOPLE WATCHING
AT HOME TONIGHT THEY COULD VISIT THOSE WEBSITES. THEY COULD VISIT THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND TRY TO ENGAGE WITH THAT AND,
AND HELP WITH THAT. 
          RIGHT. YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO FURTHER ELABORATE. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE AWARENESS BECAUSE LIKE MOST THINGS,
IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE ACTION. YOU SAID SOMETHING LAST MEETING DOUG,
WHEN YOU SAID WORDS INTO ACTION. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF TURKEY CREEK,
ALL THE BENEFITS OF TURKEY CREEK, 
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AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND ONCE THE PUBLIC FEELS INVOLVED AND THEY SEE THE VALUE IN AND,
YOU KNOW, ERADICATING THE THE INVASIVE SPECIES AND WHAT THAT CAN DO TO TURKEY CREEK EVENTUALLY. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
THERE WILL BE BUYING, BUT I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO TO GET THAT THAT AWARENESS OUT AND ALSO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT TURKEY CREEK AND THE,
YOU KNOW, THE CONSEQUENCES OR WHAT WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE TO LET THIS PROGRESS OR WE CONTINUE TO JUST DRIP BY DRIP
BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, SLOWLY THINGS IT STARTS OFF SMALL,
BUT THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU KNOW, IT TURNS INTO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN IT IS. 
          SO I DO THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO TO GET THAT AWARENESS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO SHOW
THEM THE BEAUTY OF TURKEY CREEK AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF OF THAT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. AND IT'S A HIGHLY COMPLEX SITUATION WITH THAT,
TOO. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'LL NEVER GO BACK TO THE DAYS OF WHEN THE ICE INDIANS LIVED
HERE AND LIVED OFF THE EXCLUSIVELY OFF THE LAND. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AT TURKEY CREEK AND THIS, YOU KNOW,
THIS GENERAL AREA. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY STARTED DRAINING THE CITY OF PALM BAY BACK IN THE LATE 1800S,
YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGED. SO THERE'S GOT THERE'S GOT TO BE A SOLUTION,
RIGHT? IS YOUR PAPER ON THE TURKEY CREEK WEBSITE? NO,
I MEAN, IT'S VERY WELL WRITTEN. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I WROTE ALL OF OUR MINDS, SO WE CAN'T MAKE IT. 
          OKAY. THERE'S ALSO SOME EXTRA COPIES OVER BY THE DOOR. 
          OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THE CIO COULD SOMEHOW LINK TO THIS OR WE COULD PUT IT SOMEWHERE. 
          I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A WEBSITE, BUT IT'S A IT'S AN EXCELLENT PAPER. 
          THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IT COULD GO ON THE WEBSITE. 
          THAT'S WHERE THIS IS. THIS LAND IS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY ENDANGERED LANDS PROGRAM. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF THEY DO, YOU GET YOUR INVASIVE REMOVAL FUNDING FROM THEM? AND DO THEY DO THIS AT OTHER LOCATIONS? AT OTHER SITES? DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED? I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED. 
          I DO KNOW THAT THE RESTORATION WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE HAS BEEN PRIMARILY ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THE CREEK WHERE THEY GO THROUGH AND TYPICALLY CLEAR CUT. YEAH, THEY DO MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF TREES,
WHICH IS GENERALLY FROWNED ON. 
          RIGHT. THEY GO THROUGH WITH THE BRONTOSAURUS AND WHATNOT. AND IT HAS HAD A NEGATIVE
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT. 
          GOPHER TORTOISES HAVE PAID THE PRICE, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO CLEAR CUT ANYTHING RIGHT WHEN WE DO OUR RESTORATION WORK. 
          IT'S THINNING IT OUT AND OPENING UP THE CANOPY. 
          RIGHT? AND THAT'S SHOWN SOME AMAZING THINGS OVER THERE. 
          WE'VE GOT PLANTS OVER THERE WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD IN THE SEED BANK. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE ARE THREATENED AND PROTECTED IN STATE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME UP, WE WERE EXCITED. 
          SO MY MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SOME INVASIVE PLANTS WORK IS THEY GROW OVER,
AS YOU SAID, THEY BLOCK THE SUNLIGHT FOR OTHER. 
          THIS CREATES A HABITAT THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR BIRDS,
RAPTORS WHO WOULD EAT SMALL MAMMALS. 
          OTHERWISE THEY CAN'T GET TO THEM WITH THAT CANOPY. 
          THEY CAN'T SEE THEM VERY WELL. AND THEN YOU HAVE A PROLIFERATION OF THESE SMALL MAMMALS
AND AN INCREASE IN DISEASES AS A RESULT OF THEM CARRYING ALL THESE DISEASES AROUND. RIGHT. SO A RESULT OF THAT CANOPY TO YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL MAMMALS, THEY TEND TO DISAPPEAR BECAUSE NOTHING'S GROWING ON THE GROUND. 
          THERE'S A RIPPLE EFFECT THEN? YEAH. THE SEEDS AREN'T DROPPING FOR THEM. 
          AND THAT THE BIRD, THE CORNELL BIRD COUNT JUST CLOSED LAST WEEK,
AND THERE'S BEEN A 30% DECLINE IN BIRD POPULATIONS SINCE THE 1970S. AND IT WASN'T GREAT THEN. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE SKIES USED TO BE FULL OF BIRDS,
AND NOW THEY'RE JUST DWINDLING. 
          IT'S VERY WE NEED OUR WE NEED OUR PLACES RESTORED. 
          AND EALES HAS TO DO BETTER ABOUT HOW THEY MANAGE. 
          THEY HAVE TO MANAGE THEIR LANDS BETTER. YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE IT'S. 
          YEAH, YEAH. THE HABITAT. RIGHT. WE CUT DOWN TREES. 
          WE DON'T CUT THEM ALL DOWN. WE JUST CUT DOWN ENOUGH TO ALLOW SUNLIGHT TO ALLOW
PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO HAPPEN. 
          YOU KNOW THE WAY THE TREES IT DESTROYED THIS THEIR TREE REMOVAL DESTROYED THE SOIL,
WHICH MEANT NOTHING CAN GROW. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A PLAN TO REPLACE THE STUFF THEY REMOVED WITH STUFF THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN, 
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YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE BENEFITED THE WHOLE AREA WITH THE VARIOUS WILDLIFE SUPPORT FOR
POLLINATORS OR FOR BIRDS OR ANYTHING. 
          THEY JUST TOOK THE TREES OUT AND LET THE SOIL DIE AND THEN RUNS OFF AND SILTS UP THE
PONDS. 
          IT'S REALLY PRETTY TRAGIC. SO YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THE FUNDING WORKED,
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE ENOUGH. 
          TRACY DOES TALK TO THE SUPERVISORS WHEN THINGS ARE NEEDED,
BUT THAT'S USUALLY TYPICALLY ISOLATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK. YOU KNOW, OUR PRIMARY OUR PRIMARY WORK IS ON THE WEST SIDE,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE BIKE TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT YET WE HAVE TO KEEP BIKES OUT OF OUR SIDE. 
          BUT. AND THE STATES INVOLVED WITH IT, TOO, WITH THE COMMUNITIES TRUST AUDUBON SOCIETY
ALONG THE CREEK, YOU KNOW, SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE POSSIBLE RESOURCES THERE,
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD AT LEAST POINT US IN SOME DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, FOR MORE. AND WE ARE WORKING ON WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER A GRANT
PROPOSAL FOR RESTORATION WORK. 
          BUT AGAIN, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF MANPOWER,
THINGS LIKE THAT TIME IT IT JUST HASN'T COME TO FRUITION AT THIS POINT. 
          SO ONE LAST THING. HAVE YOU TRIED PUTTING UP A SIGN UP SHEET TO SEE INTEREST IN PEOPLE
VOLUNTEERING OR HAVING ONE OF THE INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT FOR TRAINING FOR INVASIVES TO
SEE WHAT INTEREST YOU MIGHT GET FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO THE SOILS TALKING,
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY FOR THE SOILS. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND SIGN UP SHEETS. 
          ARE Y'ALL GIVING ME STUFF TO TAKE BACK? AND ONE THING YOU TOUCHED ON EARLIER IS LIKE KIDS, WHICH YOU CAN BE A HUGE SOURCE OF ENERGY AND ALMOST THINKING,
IF WE CAN GET TO THE COMMUNICATE TO THE SCHOOLS, TO THE STUDENTS IN SOME TYPE OF A CONTEST THAT THEY COULD HELP OUT,
PITCH IN, AND THERE'LL BE SOME RECOGNITION FOR THE STUDENT WHO DOES THE MOST OF THIS OR THE GROUP OR WHATNOT. AND THEY LOVE BEING INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE. 
          OH YEAH, I MEAN SOMETHING FOR THEM. AND THEY'VE DONE THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE PAST WHERE
THEY'VE OFFERED, YOU KNOW, $100 SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          HOW MANY OF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR BOARDWALK? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE ENGRAVED PLANKS ON THE BOARDWALK. 
          YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. YOU COME IN,
YOU DO A DESIGNATED NUMBER OF HOURS VOLUNTEERING, WORKING THERE. YOU GET A FREE PLANK. YOU KNOW,
90% OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PLANK ON THAT BOARDWALK ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, AND THEY COME OUT AND VISIT THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          OF COURSE WE'RE CHANGING THE LUMBER FOR IT. YOU KNOW,
WE'RE GOING TO USE STRICTLY MARINE GRADE LUMBER NOW. 
          TWO BIG TRUCKLOADS JUST CAME IN. SO BUT I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT PUT TOGETHER AND GETTING THE OTHER RANGERS ON BOARD WITH
IT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          I MEAN, I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. 
          I TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR 600 KIDS IN LITTLE LEAGUE. 
          I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM TAKING 25 OR 50 FOR THIS,
YOU KNOW. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. I THINK THERE'S SOME GREAT DISCUSSION GOING ON. MR. HARDY, I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THE PRESENTATION AND BEING ABLE TO FILL IN FOR THE
PRESENTATION WE HAD SCHEDULED ORIGINALLY. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE TO FLEX THIS IN. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. 
          BEFORE WE MOVE ON JUST TO CONTINUE ON THIS DISCUSSION,
SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS UP HERE. 
          I WANTED TO KIND OF TRY TO FLESH A FEW OF THOSE OUT A BIT MORE. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. 
          THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO TRY TO DO IS KIND OF LIKE MR. HARDY WAS SAYING THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DIFFICULTY COORDINATING EVERYTHING GOING ON. 
          IF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IS ABLE TO KIND OF TAKE THE REINS AND KIND OF MOVE
SOME LEVERS AND HELP SOME PEOPLE OUT AND KIND OF GET EVERYTHING POINTED THE SAME DIRECTION, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO TRYING TO DO. 
          DEREK, IF IT IS POSSIBLE, COULD YOU LOOK INTO POTENTIALLY FINDING WAYS THAT WE AS A BOARD
MIGHT BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE A VOLUNTEER SESSION LIKE THAT TO WHERE WE COULD KIND OF DRIVE THAT. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ATTEMPT TO BRING THAT BACK UP FURTHER TO THIS DISCUSSION. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF GOING LONG ON IT TONIGHT. BE ABLE TO RESEARCH WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO
AS A BOARD AND POTENTIALLY BRING THAT BACK IN NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 
          AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH. 
          LET ME CHECK THE STATUTES AND JUST CHECK AROUND WITH WITH LEGISLATIVE AND SEE WHAT'S
WHAT'S FEASIBLE. 
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EXCELLENT. YEAH. FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ADDED TO THE AGENDA NEXT
MONTH, I BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO ADD IT BACK ONTO THE AGENDA ON WAYS TO HELP TURKEY
CREEK BATTLE INVASIVES. 
          I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND ON MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. 
          UNANIMOUSLY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ON NEW BUSINESS? ITEM NUMBER THREE, MR. HOOK? YES, SIR. PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT YOU WANT. 
          ADDED TO THE AGENDA. BECAUSE YES, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT MR. HARDY TO COME BACK AND DO A PRESENTATION. SO WE DON'T WANT THE AGENDA TO READ THAT. 
          CORRECT. THE MOTION, I BELIEVE, WAS TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON HOW THE SUSTAINABILITY
ADVISORY BOARD CAN ASSIST WITH INVASIVE REMOVAL AT TURKEY CREEK. 
          I'D LIKE TO I'D LOVE TO SEE WHEN THE CIO DOES HER ARTICLE. 
          IF THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR PALM BAY CITIZENS TO SIGN UP WITH US TO DO AN INVASIVE PLANT
REMOVAL TYPE PROJECT CONRADINA HAS DONE THOSE TYPICALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR,
BUT I WAS NOT ON THE BALL AND DIDN'T GET THEM SCHEDULED FOR TURKEY CREEK AND ERNA NIXON. BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T MIND COMING OUT SWEATING FOR A FEW HOURS IF TO
HAVE AN IMPACT. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF AN IMPACT. YEAH, YEAH. AN EXCELLENT CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS OUR NEW FOCUS ON NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK
JUST DIDN'T ALLOW US TO PREPARE AND THINK THESE THINGS THROUGH. 
          I LIKE THE ALL THESE IDEAS ARE GREAT. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD
SHOULD KEEP IN MIND COMING BACK AROUND NEXT YEAR WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH A FEW MONTHS EXTRA NOTICE AND TRY TO DEVELOP SOME OF THESE FLESHED OUT IDEAS A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          THE MORE MOMENTUM WE GET TOWARDS NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK THE MORE THE
CITY IS GOING TO LOOK GREAT AND BECOME AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW TO MANAGE INVASIVES GOING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A GLASS RECYCLING DISCUSSION. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, IT APPEARS THAT OUR MAIN CITIZEN ADVOCATE FOR THAT IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT
TONIGHT. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY UPDATES THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE ON THE GLASS,
DISCARD THE GLASS RECYCLING? WASN'T SHE GOING TO SEND OUT HER RESEARCH SO FAR? BECAUSE I KNOW LYDIA'S DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH. 
          DID I MISS THAT? I'M HOPING I DIDN'T MISS IT. 
          I DON'T RECALL HAVING THAT SENT TO THE BOARD JUST YET. 
          OKAY. WELL, MAYBE WE COULD SEE IF WE CAN GET IT FOR NEXT MONTH. 
          OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU GUYS CAN DO THE SAME THING AND VOTE TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT
MONTH, JUST TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. WOULD WOULD THAT JUST TAKE ANOTHER MOTION,
OR WOULD WE JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES ACTION FROM THE BOARD NEEDS TO GO THROUGH A MOTION AND A VOTE
AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF. 
          SO YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. YOU CAN TABLE IT,
YOU CAN ADD IT TO THE AGENDA. 
          IT'S HONESTLY THE SAME THING, WHETHER YOU TABLE IT FOR NEXT MONTH OR ADD IT TO NEXT
MONTH'S AGENDA HOWEVER YOU WISH TO WORD IT. 
          OKAY. YEP. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          OKAY. WHAT IS THE MOTION? CAN YOU SPECIFY THE EMOTION FOR THE MINUTES IS TO PUT THIS ITEM
GLASS RECYCLING DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH, AND I WOULD LIKE I CAN TAKE THE ACTION ITEM TO CONTACT LYDIA AND SEE IF SHE CAN
SEND HER INFO TO YOU ALL SO YOU CAN GET IT OUT TO ALL OF US. OKAY, ABSOLUTELY. AHEAD OF TIME. OKAY. EXCELLENT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND SECOND. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
WHICH IS THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN UPDATES. 
          THIS IS MY TIME TO TALK SOME MORE. LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT RECENTLY REGARDING
THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN. 
          AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING I WAS ABLE TO DO A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION ON THE THE
CURRENT PLANS FOR THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN. 
          I THINK OVERALL OVERALL IT WAS A POSITIVE DISCUSSION,
A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. 
          AS ONE OF OUR COUNCILMAN SAID, WE SEEM TO HAVE THE BALL ON THE 6 OR 7 YARD LINE,
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CROSS IT INTO THE END ZONE. 
          THE MAIN THING THAT WAS KIND OF DISCUSSED BACK AND FORTH,
IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY FUNDING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $4,600 FUNDING GAP TO BE ABLE TO GET THE GARDEN ROLLING. 
          THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT TO POTENTIALLY CLOSE THAT GAP IF
WE ARE ABLE TO. 
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BUT THE GENERAL SENSE THAT I GOT FROM THE THE PRESENTATION WAS THAT THEY REALLY LIKED THE
DESIGN. 
          THEY LIKED THE IDEA. THE MAIN THING WAS GOING TO BE CLOSING THAT LAST LITTLE BIT OF
FUNDING GAP. 
          AND WHAT POTENTIAL WAYS WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID MENTION IS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE
GRANT WRITERS WITHIN THE CITY, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN ASSIST WITH GRANTS OR COSIGN ONTO GRANTS. 
          AND THAT MIGHT INCREASE OUR POSSIBILITY OF RECEIVING SOMETHING. 
          YES. ERIC, BEFORE YOU GET TOO IN DEPTH IN THIS CONVERSATION,
I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS. 
          I TRACKED DOWN THE SOLARIZATION MATERIAL AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS REMOVED. 
          THEY STILL HAVE IT. IT IS IN OKAY CONDITION TO REUSE AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO IF THAT IS A PART OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, PLAN THAT WILL REDUCE IT LIKE YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE
LAST TIME. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SIR. THAT ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF MY NEXT POINTS TO TALK ABOUT WAS
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE SOLARIZATION, OR HOW WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH FINDING THAT. 
          SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS. AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO THE CITY
COUNCIL BEING ABLE TO REUSE THAT SOLARIZATION IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE COST DOWN $1,200. FROM THE QUOTE THAT NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS GAVE US,
BEING ABLE TO REUSE THAT. 
          ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED BY ERIC WAS
THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SOLARIZATION AND TRY TO ORGANIZE A VOLUNTEER DAY TO WHERE US AS BOARD MEMBERS OR INTERESTED CITIZENS IN
PARTICIPATING IN THE GARDEN PROJECT WOULD BE ABLE TO LAY THAT SOLARIZATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE DOWN. 
          THAT WOULD REDUCE THAT $1,300 OR 1350 COST TOWARDS REPOLARIZATION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
BUDGET EFFECTIVELY DOWN TO ZERO, SINCE WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE SOLARIZATION MATERIAL AND HAVE IT REUSABLE. 
          SO THAT'S THAT'S ALMOST A FOURTH OF THE FUNDING GAP COVERED RIGHT THERE IF WE'RE ABLE TO
ORGANIZE SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. AND I THINK TIM AND ANNA WOULD WANT TO COME OUT AND SUPERVISE US DOING THAT,
BECAUSE I WOULD BE KIND OF SCARED TO BE DOING IT WITHOUT THEIR SUPERVISION, SO. OKAY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO
SEE IF. 
          YEAH, I COULD. I'LL GET THEIR TAKE ON IT. OKAY. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE PROS AT IT. WE ARE NOT. SO WE'D WANT SOME ADVICE ABOUT IT. 
          I'VE DONE SOME SOLARIZATION IN MY DAY, BUT. BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS THEY ARE. 
          THEY ARE THE PROFESSIONALS ON THERE. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT ON THAT FUNDING GAP I KNOW, JANE, SINCE YOU HAVE KIND OF BEEN THE CHAMPION OF THIS EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE GOING TO BE
LEAVING US SOON. 
          DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO APPROACH THAT DO A JOINT APPROACH WITH THE
FLORIDA WILDFIRE FOUNDATION WITH CONRADINA AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO DO THAT GRANT FOR WHATEVER FUNDING MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. 
          YEAH, BUT IT'S DUE MARCH 15TH. OKAY, SO WE HAVE TO,
LIKE, GET ON IT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING WE'D TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT HERE TONIGHT. 
          IS DID ANY ONE TALK TO THE GRANT PERSON AFTER THAT MEETING? MAYBE. I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY SPECIFIC NAME ON WHO THEY WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE
INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE WE HAVE A DESIGNATED GRANT PERSON IN THE CITY,
RIGHT. 
          YEAH, I MET HER. I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER. TANYA. 
          TANYA. NO. TANYA. SORRY. TANYA. OKAY. TANYA. SORRY. 
          CAN I CONTACT HER ABOUT. DOES SHE HAVE ANY BANDWIDTH OR ABILITY TO,
YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER ON THIS GRANT, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY? I THINK MAYBE I COULD GIVE HER THE HEADS UP ABOUT IT AND THEN PASS ALONG YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION JUST SO SHE CAN EXPECT IT AND AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE IS AWARE OF COUNCIL'S RULING TO TO HAVE HER WORK WITH YOU. 
          BUT YEAH, LET ME BRING IT TO HER ATTENTION AND I'LL. I'LL SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
AND SEE TO IT THAT SHE REACHES OUT TO YOU. 
          OKAY. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OFF OF THEIR WEBSITE. 
          OOPS, SORRY. FLYING OVER THERE. OKAY. OF THE GRANT. 
          OKAY. BUT, LIKE, I DON'T MIND DOING IT BY MYSELF,
BUT I JUST. 
          IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE SHE WANTS TO. 
          YEAH. HOW ABOUT THE BIG THING WITH THIS GRANT IS IT'S THERE'S A BIG EDUCATION COMPONENT
REQUIREMENT. 
          OKAY. HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO EDUCATE ADULTS ABOUT FLORIDA WILDFLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS? SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE COULD BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS. 
          WE'VE GOT IDEAS FROM PAST PROJECTS, BUT I WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THAT THE CITY IS
COMFORTABLE COMMITTING TO 
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JOINTLY THESE IDEAS. RIGHT. SURE. WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH AND PUT IN THE GRANT. 
          OKAY. OKAY. PERFECT. GREAT. YEAH. THANKS. SO THAT'S UP TO $3,000. 
          THAT'S THE MAX OF THAT GRANT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THREE,
BUT WE PROBABLY MIGHT GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. YEAH. ANY ANY LITTLE BIT HELPS. I DO KNOW THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DONATE $250 TO THE PROJECT. I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS,
BUT THAT COMMITMENT HAS BEEN MADE. 
          SO THAT IS ANOTHER A LITTLE BIT OF HELP. THAT KIND OF HELPS WITH US. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THAT I HAD AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS
THAT THERE MAY BE MOST LIKELY IS GOING TO BE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE TWO BENCHES THAT WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN BE MADE,
HAND MADE AND DONATED TO THE PROJECT WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT IN TURN LED TO THE $250 BEING DONATED, BECAUSE THOSE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE GOING TOWARDS PAYING FOR THE
BENCHES. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF A $500 SWING RIGHT THEN OR RIGHT BETWEEN THERE. 
          THAT DOES HELP US OUT. SO WE ARE CLOSING THE GAP ON THERE. 
          I THINK THE WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES ANY IDEAS FOR FUNDRAISERS ANYBODY HAS? OBVIOUSLY I'D BE WILLING TO GET ON MY KNEES AND BEG FOR DONATIONS IF THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO
BE THE CASE. 
          IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANY PHILANTHROPIC INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DONATE SOME MONEY,
I WILL GLADLY TAKE TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO MEET WITH THEM AND DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND TRY TO GET IT DONE. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS? NOPE. YES. 
          I WAS GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MR.. BAT. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET,
SOUTHWEST. 
          ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS THERE WAS A FEAR FROM
THE COUNCIL OF NOT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN MAINTENANCE OF THE GARDEN. WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WAS THAT GOING TO BE? WAS IT GOING TO COME ON? WAS THE EXPENSE GOING TO COME TO THE CITY,
OR WAS THERE ANOTHER MECHANISM FOR IT? AND THEY BROUGHT UP FROM THE PAST HISTORY WHY THEIR FEAR IS THAT WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY
GARDENS BEFORE. 
          EVERYBODY WAS GANGBUSTERS UP FRONT. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME IN TO DAILY WEEDING AND STUFF
LIKE THIS, PEOPLE HAD A TENDENCY TO DRIFT OFF. AND THEN THEY AND THEN THOSE PROJECTS FAILED. 
          SO THERE IS A FEAR THERE. SO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR AGENDAS,
LOOK IN THERE AND SEE IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH A MECHANISM TO TRY AND HELP MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS AN ACTIVE GARDEN FOR A MEMORY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I DID SLIP MY MIND TO BRING BACK
UP. 
          I THANK YOU, MR. BATTEN, FOR REMINDING ME ON THAT. 
          COUNCIL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SEE WITH
PARTNERSHIP WITH CONRADINA CHAPTER SINCE THEY ARE FINANCIALLY COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CONRADINA CHAPTER WOULD ALSO HELP
MAINTAIN, OBVIOUSLY. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID, BECAUSE THIS WAS KIND OF BROUGHT UP IN A ONE ON ONE
CONVERSATION WITH ME I SAID, ME PERSONALLY, I WILL BE HERE, AS MR. BASTIAN CAN ATTEST TO. 
          I'M HERE FOR EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS POINT. 
          I'M HERE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I'M FINDING MYSELF INCREASINGLY MORE COMMONLY FOUND HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          AND I PERSONALLY WOULD TREAT IT JUST LIKE I TREAT MY OWN YARD. I WOULD BE I WOULD BE
WALKING THROUGH IT EVERY TIME I COME HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WEEDS ARE POPPING UP, I CAN GET TO, IF IT GETS TO BE A SITUATION TO WHERE IT'S UNMANAGEABLE FOR ME TO DO ON
A BIWEEKLY BASIS, OR HOWEVER FREQUENTLY I'M AT CITY HALL. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT
IS NOT NECESSARILY A SOLID LONG TERM PLAN. 
          THAT IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON ME PARTICIPATING ON THAT. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT DUAL OWNERSHIP OF CONRADINA CHAPTER AND THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY
BOARD BEING PART OF THAT, I THINK THAT DOES PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME FORM OF LONG TERM MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR IT. 
          I KNOW ALL OF US WOULD PROBABLY BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. 
          AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THE BOARD, WE WOULD CONTINUE OWNERSHIP OF THAT. 
          HOPEFULLY, AS WE OVERLAP WITH BOARD MEMBERS,
WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD THAT OWNERSHIP OUT THROUGH A LONG LASTING FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID,
THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FROM CONRADINA SEEMS TO BE AN OWNERSHIP, A CO-OWNERSHIP OF IT TO AN EXTENT. THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE THEIR NAME
ATTACHED TO IT AND NOT HAVE IT MAINTAINED. 
          YEAH. AND I'LL ASK LYDIA TO ABOUT THE PORT MALABAR GARDEN CLUB BECAUSE BACK WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS ORIGINALLY THEY WERE PRETTY ENGAGED 
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IN THE PROJECT. SO I'LL JUST SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING IF THEY'RE STILL WILLING TO PITCH IN
AND HELP. 
          EXCELLENT. ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED WITH THE GARDEN
PROJECT WAS VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS. 
          I KNOW PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS A KIND OF HOT BUTTON ISSUE BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO PROVIDE
A FORM OF ID AND A BACKGROUND CHECK AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          IF WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE UTILIZE VOLUNTEER LABOR,
WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS SIGN A HOLD HARMLESS WITH THE CITY. 
          BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN CONVERSATIONS THAT IS A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS. 
          AND JUST REQUIRES SIGNING A DOCUMENT AT THIS POINT AND NO LONGER REQUIRES THE FULL
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FINGERPRINTING AND ID SCANNING AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP BOLSTER FUTURE ONGOING MAINTENANCE,
BOLSTER THAT SOLARIZATION PROJECT, BOLSTER THE PLANTING OF PLANTS BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE VOLUNTEERS IN A MORE
STREAMLINED MANNER REALLY DOES KIND OF HELP THE PROJECT OUT. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR FINDING OUT ABOUT THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN? OKAY, I THOUGHT I THOUGHT YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB,
CHAIRMAN. 
          AT THE PRESENTATION I WAS WATCHING ONLINE. I ONE OF THEIR I MEAN,
I THOUGHT I KIND OF GOT A HINT THAT THEY WERE THE COUNCIL WAS GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT. 
          AND THE BUDGET CYCLE FOR SOME POTENTIAL FUNDING. 
          THEY DIDN'T STRAIGHT OUT SAY THAT. WHAT DID YOU THINK? THAT WAS ONE OF THE MENTIONS FROM ONE OF THE COUNCILMAN. 
          WAS THAT THE TIMING FOR US PRESENTING THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING AND VERY WELL TIMED. 
          BECAUSE THEY ARE DISCUSSING THEIR 2027 BUDGETS. 
          SO I DO BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF ABILITY TO KIND OF WIGGLE OUR WAY IN AND
GET A FEW BUCKS HERE AND THERE FROM THE CITY. 
          THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT IS THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 2027
BUDGETS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2027 TIMELINE. SO WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING OURSELVES OUT. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EYEBALLING AND KEEPING AS A FAILSAFE IN OUR
BACK POCKET IS TO PRESENT THAT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET THAT WORKED INTO OUR BUDGET OR INTO THE 2027 BUDGET, IF NEED BE. BUT TO SPEED THE PROJECT UP,
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON POTENTIAL OTHER POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES. I THINK IF WE ARE ABLE TO LOWER THE BURDEN DOWN TO $0.00 TO THE CITY I DON'T
THINK THERE'S ANYTHING STANDING IN OUR WAY OF GETTING THIS DONE AT THAT POINT. 
          ALL RIGHT. I WILL PASS THE GAVEL BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING I'M APPARENTLY SUPPOSED TO DO EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN I WANT TO MAKE
A MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION IN THE UPCOMING MARCH MEETING ON THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN. GIVE US SOME MORE TIME TO LOOK INTO FUNDING. 
          GIVE US SOME MORE TIME TO LOOK INTO THE GRANT WRITING STUFF. 
          I KNOW MARCH 15TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE FLOOR WILDFIRE FOUNDATION,
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO REDISCUSS THAT ON A MEETING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION INTO THE MARCH MEETING. 
          SECOND, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YEAH. OKAY. SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE AYE. IT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU. OH. WAS ANYBODY AGAINST. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY SAY YEAH. 
          OKAY. UNANIMOUS. SO IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND IT'S ON THE NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US UP TO OTHER BUSINESS. 
          [OTHER BUSINESS]
ITEM NUMBER ONE. O'BRIEN, SINCE YOU ARE NEW TO THE BOARD I KNOW YOU'VE WATCHED IN A COUPLE
OF MEETINGS, SO YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE DRILL WITH THIS. BUT THE BOARD REPORT SECTION IS WHERE US AS
BOARD MEMBERS CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT OUR PASSION PROJECTS, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE THE BOARD FOCUS ON. IT'S KIND OF THE OPEN SECTION OF THE,
THE THE MEETING TO WHERE WE CAN ALMOST TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ON THERE, WHATEVER'S PERSONAL TO US. SO THAT SAID IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF,
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO FOCUS ON, WE'D OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS MOMENT,
BUT I WILL BE PREPARED NEXT TIME BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME PASSION PROJECTS AND SOME THINGS THAT I DEFINITELY CARE ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE MOMENT, BUT I WILL HAVE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE OFF TO MY LEFT. 
          MISS HIGGINS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I'M GOOD. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL START OFF THIS WAY. 
          I'M GOOD AT THE MOMENT ALSO. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M READY. OKAY. FLORIDA'S HOME TO THE NATION'S MOST DANGEROUS
INVASIVE LIZARD. 
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EXPERTS SAY THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR ITS PRESENCE TO EXPAND. 
          FLORIDA RESIDENTS ARE NO STRANGERS TO INVASIVE REPTILES,
FROM THE IGUANAS THAT FALL OUT OF TREES IN THE WINTER TO THE BURMESE PYTHONS SLITHERING THROUGH THE EVERGLADES. HOWEVER, ONE SPECIES HAS BEEN DUBBED BY THE USGS AS THE
THE LARGEST, MOST DANGEROUS INVASIVE LIZARD IN ALL OF FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES,
AND THAT SPECIES IS V NILOTICUS, THE NILE MONITOR LIZARD. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? ACCORDING TO THE FWC, NILE MONITORS FIRST CAME TO FLORIDA VIA THE PET TRADE EXOTIC PETS TO
BE EXACT AS EARLY AS 1981, WITH POPULATIONS NOW FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN PLACES LIKE LEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. 
          LEE HAS 1616 SIGHTINGS AS OF A DAY AND A HALF AGO. 
          THE NILE MONITOR IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST LIZARD SPECIES IN AFRICA,
POSSIBLY GROWING UP TO OVER SIX FEET AND WEIGHING JUST SHORT OF 18 POUNDS. A GRAPHIC BY THE FWC INDICATING THE OVERALL RISK TO FLORIDA BY NILE MONITOR LIZARDS. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE BY COMPETING WITH
THE PRAYING NATIVE SPECIES. THESE SEMI-AQUATIC LIZARDS POSE A BIG THREAT TO MANY NATIVE ANIMALS,
INCLUDING SEA TURTLES, WADING BIRDS, GOPHER TORTOISES, AND EVEN AMERICAN CROCODILES. 
          THEY'VE ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO ATTACK SMALL PETS AND LIVESTOCK. 
          BETWEEN THEIR HUGE SIZE, SHARP TEETH AND CLAWS AND STRONG JAWS. 
          NILE MONITORS ALSO POSE A BIG THREAT TO HUMANS,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE LASH OUT AND DEFEND THEMSELVES IF THEY FEEL THREATENED. 
          THEIR BURROWS CAN ALSO ERODE AND COLLAPSE SIDEWALKS,
SEAWALLS, AND CANAL BANKS, MAKING THEM A BIG HASSLE FOR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. NILE MONITOR REPORTS AND REMOVALS IN FLORIDA AS OF AUGUST 2020. 
          THAT'S FLORIDA FISH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE REPORT. 
          AS A RESULT OF THESE ISSUES, THE NILE MONITOR WAS ADDED TO THE STATES PROHIBITED SPECIES
LIST, MEANING THAT FUTURE POSSESSION OF THESE ANIMALS IS LIMITED ONLY TO PURPOSES LIKE RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION. 
          WHERE ARE THEY FOUND IN THE WILD? NILE MONITORS CAN OFTEN BE FOUND BASKING ON ROCKS CLOSE
TO THE WATER, AS THEY'RE MOSTLY ACTIVE DURING THE DAY. BUT WHILE THEY'VE MOST THEIR MOST COMMONLY BEEN
SPOTTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA, OFFICIALS SAY THAT REPORTED SIGHTINGS HAVE SPANNED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR SIGHTINGS IN BREVARD COUNTY. 
          A HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL BY THE SHOWING WHICH AREAS OF THE STATE MAY BE GOOD FIT FOR
NILE MONITORS? I HAVE A LIST HERE. WORSE YET, EXPERTS SAY THERE THERE ARE POTENTIAL FOR NILE MONITORS TO
EXPAND THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND OTHER GULF STATES. THE NILE MONITORS HIGH PRODUCTION,
REPRODUCTION RATE, DIVERSE DIET, AND ABILITY TO TRAVEL OVER LAND AND IN FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER ALLOWS FOR POTENTIAL
ESTABLISHMENT THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, PARTICULARLY IN COASTAL AREAS DOMINATED BY MANGROVES OR SALT MARSHES. 
          EXPERTS, RIGHT. I CAN GO THROUGH THE SECOND HIGHEST. 
          LEE COUNTY HAS THE MOST. PALM BEACH JUST HAD 299 SIGHTINGS. 
          NOW, AGAIN, SIGHTINGS DON'T MEAN THAT THAT'S HOW MANY THERE ARE. 
          THAT MEANS HOW MANY HAVE BEEN REPORTED? THERE ARE. 
          LET'S SEE, IT'S MOSTLY SOUTH OF US, BUT IT HAS GONE AS FAR NORTH AS FLAGLER COUNTY. 
          AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? ONE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT
THESE LIZARDS LOOK LIKE. 
          THEY ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AND SO IF YOU LIVE NEAR AFFECTED AREAS,
IT'S IMPORTANT. 
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WE HAVE A LOT OF CANALS. IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL THROUGH IT. 
          THEY MOVE VERY FAST ON LAND AND VERY FAST IN THE WATER. 
          THEY WILL EVEN EAT ALLIGATORS. OKAY. SO THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO,
THEY SAY, DON'T TRY TO CATCH ONE, TAKE A PICTURE AND REPORT IT. 
          AND I HAVE A PHONE NUMBER, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO SOME SORT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
POSTERS OR NOTIFICATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. IF THEY LIVE NEAR CANALS,
THEY NEED TO WATCH OUT. 
          IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THEIR YARD AND EAT THEIR DOGS OR CHILDREN OR WHATEVER. 
          THE FWC URGES RESIDENTS TO REPORT NILE MONITOR SIGHTINGS BY TAKING A PICTURE,
NOTING THE LOCATION AND REPORTING THE INFORMATION USING THE FREE. I'VE GOT ONE WHICH IS I'VE. AND THE NUMBER ONE. 
          YOU KNOW, DON'T WRITE OUT ONE. IT'S A MOBILE APP AND ALL. 
          ALTERNATIVELY CALLING (888) 483-4681. NOW WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE TO ME,
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY SAY THEY LOOK KIND OF LIKE KOMODO DRAGONS. BUT THEY HAVE POINTS AT BOTH END. 
          THEIR THEIR SNOUT LOOKS LIKE A SNAKE TO ME, EXCEPT IT'S VERY POINTED. 
          THE TAIL END ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THEIR MAYBE 25,
DEPENDING ON THE SIZE. 
          25% OF THEIR TAIL IS ALL BLACK. THAT'S ALSO POINTED. 
          IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE A SNAKE WITH LEGS, BUT A REALLY FAT SNAKE. 
          I THINK THE MORE, THE MORE AWARENESS WE HAVE ON ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S HELPFUL IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT MOCCASIN SNAKES LOOK LIKE,
IF THEY SHOW UP IN THEIR YARD, OR THAT THE BLACK SNAKES ARE GOOD AND THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND US TOO. 
          BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY PUT OUT SOME KIND OF AN ALERT. 
          GIVEN THEIR REPRODUCTIVE PROCLIVITY. IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? I DON'T AND I THINK EVEN FOR TURKEY CREEK, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE IT'S
HIGHLY LIKELY THEY WILL SHOW UP THERE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LIABILITY ISSUE. AND, BILL,
YOU HAVE FARM ANIMALS AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ARTICLES IN FLORIDA TODAY. 
          I THINK THEY HAD ONE A WEEK OR TWO AGO, BUT PLEASE,
IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE, AT LEAST IF THEY KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THEY KNOW,
STAY AWAY. TAKE A PICTURE FROM BEHIND A WINDOW, MAYBE. OR SOMEPLACE. DO NOT GO NEAR THEM. THEY MOVE REALLY FAST,
AND THEY GROW TO OVER SIX FEET QUICKLY. THANK YOU. TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          ACTUALLY DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU SAID THAT FLORIDA TODAY HAD AN ARTICLE OUT
RECENTLY? DO YOU HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO FIND. DO YOU THINK YOU'D BE ABLE TO FIND THAT LINK? JUST GOOGLE IT. OKAY. IF YOU IF YOU GOOGLE NILE MONITOR LIZARD,
YOU'LL HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. I JUST PICKED ONE THAT HAD INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD IGNORE BECAUSE WE HAVE CANALS EVERYWHERE AND WE ARE
COASTAL. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING IN TOWARDS OKEECHOBEE AND GOING WEST A BIT. 
          PROBABLY BECAUSE OUR WATERWAYS RUN ALL THROUGH THERE. 
          THE NORTH OF US. BUT VOLUSIA HAS HAS SHOWN THEM AND FLAGLER COUNTY HAS. 
          I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF THE ONES THAT DO, BUT MOSTLY I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
FOUR SIGHTINGS HERE, AND THAT'S BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. SO THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE,
WE CAN'T MITIGATE THIS WITHOUT WITHOUT AWARENESS. 
          AND THESE THINGS COULD TAKE OVER VERY QUICKLY. 
          THEY TOOK OVER LEE COUNTY. SO, DEREK, I HATE TO PUT MORE ON YOU AND MORE BUGGING THE CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER. BUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO FIND A LINK TO THAT FLORIDA TODAY ARTICLE,
DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'RE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF AND FOR THE CITY AND
EVERYTHING, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PUBLIC AWARENESS EVENT FOR NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS
WEEK FOR THE CITY TO PUT OUT. 
          YEAH, YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S NO HARM IN BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER TOMORROW. AS AS WITH THE OTHER REQUESTS ABOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE
PROCLAMATION ON THE CITY'S END, 
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AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET IN THERE. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND DOES THAT CONCLUDE
YOUR REPORT TONIGHT? I'M DONE. EXCELLENT. MR. ABBOTT, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT? YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH IS A LOT OF NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING
STANDARD GROUPS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. AND THESE GROUPS FROM TIME TO TIME WILL NOMINATE A BUILDING AS,
LIKE, THE MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDING. 
          AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, AGAIN, I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE. 
          IT'S LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. EVER BEEN DONE IN PALM BAY,
WHERE WE LOOKED AT BUILDINGS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDING? I'D JUST LIKE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
MR. BATTEN, DO YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT? PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BRAND NEW
BUILDING E WAS THAT WE PUT MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SUSTAINABILITY INTO THE BUILD,
AND THEY PAID EXTRA TO GET THAT SUSTAINABILITY FUNCTIONS IN THERE, INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS AND THE WINDOWS AND ALL THE OVERHANGS AND THE SHADOWINGS. 
          ALL OF THAT STUFF WAS WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE BUILDING. 
          WE'VE HAD A REPORT. YOU WERE NOT HERE. UNFORTUNATELY,
WE HAVE HAD THE REPORT FROM THE THE BUILDERS OF BUILDING E AND THEY TALKED ABOUT JUST THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN CONTACT, I WOULD SAY PUBLIC WORKS OR THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I PREFER GOING THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE IT MAKES PUTS A FEATHER IN THEIR CAP WHEN
THEY CAN SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'RE RECOGNIZED BY ANOTHER OUTSIDE COMPANY AND IT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          BUT BUILDING E MET A LOT OF THOSE CRITERIAS FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SIR. TO YOUR POINT, MR. ABBOTT,
OF WHETHER OR NOT WE RECOGNIZE THE BUILDING, I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE PITCHED IS KIND OF A
LONG TERM PROJECT FOR THE BOARD WAS TO ESTABLISH A NATIVE GARDENING AWARD AND NATIVE PLANT AWARD, RECOGNITION AWARD. I THINK DEVELOPING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO WHERE WE'RE ALSO
RECOGNIZING DEVELOPERS WHO ARE USING THOSE GREEN STANDARDS IN THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          AND HAVING THAT BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN RECOGNIZE AS WELL. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WELL WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORT TO TRY TO DEVELOP AS A BOARD. 
          HERE'S MY COPY OF THAT PRESENTATION. IF YOU WANT TO HAND IT DOWN,
I BEQUEATH IT TO YOU. 
          I WILL PASS THAT DOWN TO MR. ABBOTT SO HE CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION ON THE BUILDING. 
          WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO EMAIL ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ON THAT TO JESSE. 
          SO WE CAN. WE'LL HAVE THAT. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, LIKE, NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS ON
MEMBERS OF THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND HOW THEY RATE BUILDINGS AND HOW THEY NOMINATE THEM. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT AWARENESS IF PALM BAY DID SOMETHING
WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, HERE'S THE MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDING IN PALM BAY. 
          THAT MIGHT BE THE COUNTY. YEAH. AND I THINK PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD
BRING MORE DEVELOPERS TO THE TABLE HERE AT OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARDS AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF WORK WITH THEM AND DEVELOP
SOME MORE OF THOSE PRACTICES. 
          SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE AND ENJOY THAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT TONIGHT? EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. THAT LEAVES ME LAST. NORMALLY YOU ALL KNOW ME. 
          I'M. I CAN BE LONG WINDED, BUT I'M ACTUALLY FAIRLY SHORT WINDED TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE
JUST BEEN ENTIRELY TOO BUSY. 
          THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP I HAD MENTIONED IT TO THE BOARD OR TO THE
CITY COUNCIL, NOT LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THE FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY. 
          NOT ONLY DID I TALK ABOUT THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN,
I ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SUSAN CONNELLY AWARD THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED ONCE BEFORE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE DEREK TO LOOK INTO,
IF HE COULD IS HOW WE, AS A BOARD, COULD POTENTIALLY HOLD A WORKSHOP IN A PUBLIC SPACE,
MAYBE EVEN THE COMMUNITY ROOM THERE AT PALM OR AT CITY HALL. 
          THAT WAY WE'RE NOT USING UP THE ENTIRE CHAMBERS AND TAKING UP EXTRA STAFF TIME. 
          IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO A WORKSHOP SIMILAR TO THE COFFEY WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO WHERE WE AS
A BOARD CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION, DEVELOP THAT, INVITE IDEAS FROM CITY COUNCIL,
INVITE IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE CAN DEVELOP. 
          THAT GIVES US A LITTLE EXTRA SESSION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE WELL WORTH OUR TIME IF THAT IS
SOMETHING THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN DOING. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THAT EARTH DAY THING WE HAVE EVERY YEAR? YOU MEAN HAVE A WORKSHOP? YEAH. THE THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE SUNSHINE LAW. 
          SO, I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS IF WE CAN DO A WORKSHOP THAT'S NOT COUNTED
AS A SUSTAINABILITY BOARD MEETING, BECAUSE THE ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WORK ON A PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABILITY THAT
GAINS PROGRESS, 
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BUT THE PUBLIC'S NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT RECORDED OR DOCUMENTED. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO WITH LEGISLATIVE AND JUST SEE
WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO FOR YOU TO HAVE WORKSHOPS AND WORK ON MORE THINGS. I JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT I LIKE DOUG'S IDEA ABOUT HAVING IT OUTSIDE OF
CHAMBERS. 
          BUT IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED BASED ON DOCUMENTATION RECORDING FOR FOR,
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT. BUT BUT THAT EARTH DAY THING IS
USUALLY DONE IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          SO CAN WE BRING PEOPLE IN HERE TO JUST LISTEN OR. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF YOU JUST AS A BOARD,
GOT TOGETHER AND HAD PEOPLE BRING YOU IDEAS, NOT NECESSARILY DISCUSS OR WORK ON SOMETHING,
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU I DON'T THINK IT'D BE A BAD IDEA TO HOLD LIKE A PARKING LOT FORM. 
          OKAY. AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO,
JUST TO CLARIFY, BUT I CAN'T SEE THE HARM IN THAT. 
          I'M JUST THINKING, SINCE WE ALREADY DO THAT,
IT WOULD APPLY TO IT, RATHER THAN HAVE A SEPARATE DATE AND HAVE TO HAVE MORE PERSONNEL AND POLICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. YEAH. TO COMBINE IT IN THE MEANTIME,
CAN ARE WE ALLOWED TO BRING IDEAS OF HOW OTHER AWARD PROGRAMS WORK THAT WE COULD START WITH? YOU KNOW, LIKE WE COULD SHARE THOSE IDEAS THROUGH YOU BACK TO US,
THE NORMAL, YOU KNOW, WAY THAT GOES. 
          YEAH. THE NORMAL. YEAH. EXACTLY. YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          AND THAT MIGHT BE SOME TRACTION ON ON IT. BECAUSE THE MAIN CONCERN THAT I HAVE AND THE
REASON WHY I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, IS WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT,
THAT DEADLINE OF BEING ABLE TO PRESENT IT ON HER BIRTH MONTH. 
          THAT WE HAD KIND OF INITIALLY DISCUSSED. SO WE JUST NEED TO TRY TO FIND EXTRA WAYS TO
DISCUSS IT AS A BOARD, BRING TOGETHER THE IDEAS AND TRY TO GET THIS GOING IN A QUICKER MANNER THAN OUR TWO HOURS
A NIGHT OR TWO HOURS A MONTH ALLOTS US. 
          YEAH. AT THE. AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN CONTINUE IT HOW IT'S BEEN,
YOU KNOW. 
          HEY, CAN YOU SEND THIS OUT TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS,
WHETHER IT'S ME OR JESSIE? HEY, PLEASE. PLEASE SEE JANE HIGGINS REPORT ON THIS. 
          OR WE CAN AT LEAST KEEP IT GOING LIKE THAT. BUT AS FAR AS GETTING TOGETHER AND DOING A
WORKSHOP, I'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT. I'LL TRY TO GET WITH YOU EITHER FRIDAY OR NEXT WEEK AT THE
EARLIEST. 
          SINCE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. AND WHAT'S HER BIRTH MONTH DEADLINE? WE'RE WORKING ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS, I'D HAVE TO GO. 
          WHAT WAS THAT? JULY? YEAH. JULY IS WHAT I RECALL. 
          HAVING ALL MY NOTES. YES. JULY 8TH. YES. OH,
AWESOME. 
          ALL RIGHT. I ALSO HAD A MEETING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT
THE BOARD HAS DISCUSSED BEFORE. 
          SO I WANTED TO GIVE SOME UPDATES TO THE BOARD FROM MY MEETING WITH THAT ON THE SOCIAL
MEDIA FRONT. 
          I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT ABOUT TALKING TO THE CHIEF INFORMATION
OFFICER. 
          IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ITS OWN SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THAT. WHAT THE KIND OF WORKAROUND FOR THAT IS? WE AS INDIVIDUALS CAN EFFECTIVELY DO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE. 
          SO I KNOW I HAVE BEEN VERY HESITANT TO EVER GET BACK ON FACEBOOK AGAIN OR INSTAGRAM. 
          PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONE I REMAIN ON IS LINKEDIN. 
          I THINK I'M GOING TO GO KIND OF TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO GET MYSELF BACK INTO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I'M VERY SAVVY WITH IT TO A FAULT, ALMOST. WHICH IS WHY I PULLED AWAY FROM IT TO BEGIN
WITH. 
          BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY TO CREATE A PUBLIC PROFILE FOR MYSELF. THAT WAY I CAN KIND OF
TAKE WHAT THE BOARD IS TALKING ABOUT AND BRING THAT UP IN A SETTING. 
          I KNOW I HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SOME LISTS OF FROM ACTUALLY DEBORAH BROCCOLINI ASSISTED WITH
THIS. 
          SHE PROVIDED ME A LIST OF FACEBOOK GROUPS THAT ARE LOCATED INSIDE OF PALM BAY THAT I MAY
BE ABLE TO INTERFACE WITH IN MY CIVILIAN ROLE AS THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD. SO IF THAT'S ANYTHING ANY OF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN,
BY ALL MEANS, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT AT THE BOARD MEMBER MEETINGS,
WHATEVER KIND OF EVENTS AND STUFF WE'RE TRYING TO BRING FORWARD TO THE FOCUS. 
          IF YOU HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEVERAGE YOU ARE MORE THAN
WELCOME TO KIND OF TAKE THAT UPON OURSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS. 
          BECAUSE IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION,
AS THE BOARD. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO HAVE A
TABLE AT EVENTS. 
          SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS,
ARE DOING WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT AS WELL. IT WAS TALKED ABOUT THAT MISS CONNOLLY,
AND I BELIEVE MISS REBECCA HERE HAS DONE THEM FOR OUR PREVIOUSLY IN THE PAST WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE. WE'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS SUSTAINABILITY WITH FOLKS AT
FESTIVALS AND WHATNOT. 
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PUBLIC WORKS ALREADY HAS A TABLE AVAILABLE FOR US. 
          THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS ONTO IT
ALL AND WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
          SO IF WE COULD KIND OF LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND TARGET WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 
          I KNOW ONE OF THE EVENTS AND I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ON THE OTHER BUSINESS,
ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT IS COMING UP IS ACTUALLY STARTS ON THIS FRIDAY. IS THE
TREATS. 
          BEATS AND EATS EVENT. I DON'T HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED
IN THIS ONE THIS FRIDAY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE TOO QUICKLY TO GET THAT. I DOES PUBLIC WORKS HAVE A PRESENCE ALREADY. 
          WELL, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON SITE WITH THE WITH THE VAC TRUCK. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO THE TOUCH A TRUCK COMPONENT OF IT. 
          I WAS GOING TO SAY WE COULD EITHER. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TABLE EVENT. 
          WE CAN SET UP A TABLE, OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO COME AND MINGLE WITH CITY STAFF OR ANYBODY
FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO COME, BY ALL MEANS, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS. 
          WE THERE'S THERE'S IT'S NOTHING. JUST TO GET A TABLE AND SOME CHAIRS TO WHOEVER'S GOING TO
COME. 
          JUST LET ME KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY SEATS,
AND WE'LL TRY TO FIT YOU IN NEXT TO US, IF ANYTHING. SO. EXCELLENT. I WILL CERTAINLY ATTEMPT TO BE THERE. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THIS FRIDAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WRITING MY NOTES BEFORE THE
MEETING THIS MORNING, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT MY WIFE WILL YELL AT ME OR NOT FOR BEING GONE ON
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN A ROW. I HAVE TO I HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE BOSS AS TO WHETHER
OR NOT I CAN DISAPPEAR OFF TO CITY HALL THREE DAYS IN A ROW, BUT WE'LL SEE. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A MONTHLY THING. 
          MOVING FORWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE DAY OUT OF THE MONTH SO I CAN GET YOU THOSE DATES
AS WELL. 
          AND APPRIZE YOU OF ANY CHANGES IF THEY EVER DO CHANGE DATES? BUT I'LL WORK ON THAT TOMORROW OR FRIDAY. TRY TO GET YOU THOSE DATES. 
          EXCELLENT. I WAS LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR. AND THE NEXT ONE IS MARCH 20TH. 
          YES. AND I CAN ASSURE EVERYBODY I WILL NOT BE AT THAT ONE,
BECAUSE THAT IS MY 10TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. 
          SO I WILL SHE WILL KILL ME IF I COME TO CITY HALL. 
          MY 10TH ANNIVERSARY. WE GOT SOME BIG PLANS TO GO HAVE A NICE DINNER OVER AT DISNEY. 
          SO I'D RATHER I'D RATHER ENJOY MY 10TH ANNIVERSARY THAN BE BE THERE AS MUCH AS I LOVE
TALKING SUSTAINABILITY, I LIKE MY MARRIAGE. SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AS PART OF THIS IS FUTURE
THEMES AND MEETINGS. 
          ARE WE KIND OF DISCUSSED IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN I TALKED ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES
AWARENESS WEEK AND POTENTIALLY USING THE CALENDAR TO BUILD OUR OWN IDEAS. 
          ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LOOK AT A SCHEDULE AND COME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR AN UPCOMING MEETING, BY ALL MEANS, I WELCOME EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FROM THE MEETING THAT I HAD HAD ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
THINGS THAT WAS REALLY STRESSED TO ME, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS AS A BOARD UP HERE I KNOW IT DOES
SEEM LIKE A LOT OF ACTION SOMETIMES MAY NOT HAPPEN. 
          BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A STAFF THAT WORKS DILIGENTLY TO LOOK INTO EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT. 
          EVEN OUR BOARD REPORTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS AND PITCH IDEAS AND WHATNOT. 
          STAFF DOES GO OUT OF THEIR WAY. SPEND THEIR TIME TO RESEARCH THAT WE MAY NOT ALWAYS HEAR
SOMETHING BACK. 
          IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS CAPABLE OR WANTS TO DO,
BUT JUST KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO DISCUSS THINGS AS A BOARD, IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'RE KIND OF TALKING TO THE VOID A LITTLE BIT OF TIME,
BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE DISCUSS DOES GET LOOKED AT, DOES GET DEBATED, DOES GET FEASIBILITY, GETS BROUGHT INTO IT,
AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO AS A CITY. 
          SO IT'S JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO DO THESE THINGS SOME OF IT JUST
ISN'T POSSIBLE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FRUSTRATION WITH THAT,
BUT JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT THE THE CITY STAFF THAT WE WORK WITH ARE LIAISONS ESPECIALLY DEREK AND ERIC DO WORK AND DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK FOR US,
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE BRING THINGS UP, JUST KNOW THAT IT IS NOT GOING COMPLETELY UNHEARD. 
          WE HAVE WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF THAT IS ASSISTING THE THE BOARD ON THERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS IT FOR MY BOARD REPORT. LIKE I SAID,
I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO LONG WINDED ON IT TONIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER TWO WHICH IS UPCOMING MEETINGS AND
EVENTS OF INTEREST. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MEETINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BROADCAST OUT FOR THE PUBLIC? MEETING. OH I HAVE THAT ON MY CALENDAR. I FIGURED YOU WOULD BEAT ME TO IT SO I DIDN'T HAVE
IT READY. 
          THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE AT 530 ON MARCH 9TH,
AND I KNOW THE SPEAKER. 
          I'LL START AT THE OTHER END. HAVE YOUR MIC ON,
PLEASE, AS WELL. 
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ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS? HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE SOME EVENTS THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO BROADCAST. OKAY. 
          I WILL BUY JANE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TREATS,
BEATS AND EATS THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY. 
          LIKE I SAID, IF I GET PERMISSION, I WILL BE HERE. AND I'LL TRY TO BE HERE FOR ALL THREE
HOURS AND HAM IT UP WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND KIND OF PROVIDE SOME
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THE NEXT ONE, LIKE I SAID, IS MARCH 20TH. I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ONE. AS WE TALKED
ABOUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT I THINK WOULD LIKE TO I'M GOING TO PARTAKE IN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. 
          THE MALABAR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE CITY. 
          THEIR NEW LEADERSHIP TRAINING TEAM IS GOING TO BE DOING THAT. 
          THAT'S TOMORROW AT 5:00. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT
TAKING IDEAS AS TO HOW TO MAKE MALABAR ROAD BEAUTIFUL. 
          SOME OF IT MAY NOT HAPPEN. YES, SIR. WE DID LOOK INTO THAT REQUEST ABOUT HAVING THEM COME
HERE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD, BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION HASN'T BEEN MADE AND BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION YET,
AND THE DETAILS HAVEN'T BEEN WORKED OUT. 
          THEY CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WILL FOLLOW UP AFTER IT'S PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FIRST. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE LAST EVENTS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS AND I HAD
TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING HAPPENS AFTER IT IS THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING SEMINAR. 
          IT IS HAPPENING IN MELBOURNE, SO NOT NECESSARILY PALM BAY SPECIFIC. 
          BUT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD TALKS ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS AND FLORIDA FRIENDLY
LANDSCAPING. 
          I WOULD LIKE ANYBODY IN OUR AUDIENCE AND ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME IF THEY ARE INTERESTED
IN THOSE THINGS. 
          THAT IS A GREAT EVENT. NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS,
WHO IS A NATIVE NURSERY LOCATED IN PALM BAY, IS GOING TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING SEMINAR THAT IS GOING TO
BE MARCH 21ST FROM 9 TO 2 P.M. 
          AT THE MELBOURNE AUDITORIUM. AGAIN, I WILL NOT BE THERE. 
          BECAUSE SAID WINJE ANNIVERSARY IS THE DAY BEFORE. 
          BUT THAT IS A GREAT EVENT. I'VE BEEN TO SIMILAR THINGS. 
          TIM AND ANNA ARE GOING TO BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON IT FROM NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS. YOU
CAN LEARN A TON OF INFORMATION AS TO HOW NATIVE PLANTS CAN ASSIST YOU, HOW FLORAL FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING WORKS. IT IS A GREAT PROJECT THAT I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD
ATTEND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          AND MISS HIGGINS, DID I BUY YOU ENOUGH TIME? YES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, I DID FINALLY FIND IT. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE THE SPEAKER AT THE MEETING ON MARCH 9TH AS HEATHER STAPLETON FROM ONE
LAGOON. 
          AND HER TOPIC IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMS WITH PLASTIC. 
          SO THAT SHOULD BE VERY INTERESTING. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE SINCE NOBODY ELSE HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS,
THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING AT 733. 
          OH, YES. SORRY, SORRY, ERIC, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED
TO PLAN AN OPEN HOUSE AT PUBLIC WORKS THE WEEK OF WHAT IS IT? IT? MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD. WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN THE DATES YET,
BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO TO THAT WHENEVER WE DO HAVE THAT. 
          SO YOU CAN SET UP A TABLE AND SPEAK TO THE CITIZENS AS WELL AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT WHAT
YOU GUYS DO FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO JUST KEEP IT ON YOUR RADAR. WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS WE NARROW DOWN DATES AND ALL THAT FUN
STUFF. 
          EXCELLENT. ONE THING THAT I JUST TO KIND OF MAKE IT PUBLICLY KNOWN,
THE TURKEY CREEK TURTLE CRAWL IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON MAY 23RD IN THE MORNING AS WELL. SO I DON'T I KNOW OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WAY TOO
HEAVILY ON EVERYTHING. 
          BUT THAT IS A DUPLICATE EVENT THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC WORKS WANTS TO BE MINDFUL OF. 
          THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO SPLIT ATTENTION BETWEEN TWO EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM
BAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:34 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.