Apr 15, 2026 Community Development Advisory Board

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OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

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BOARD MEMBER. FISHER. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER. JOHNSON.

BOARD MEMBER. MAUREEN HERE. BOARD MEMBER MCNALLY HERE.

BOARD MEMBER OSTALO. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER. THOMAS.

BOARD MEMBER. WALKER. THANK YOU. GREAT. SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING 2025 DASH 12 FROM

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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, I VOTE AYE. IN THAT MOTION PASSES.

SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS? NO. SEEING NONE. OKAY, SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

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CDBG AND HOME PROGRAM. MRS. CARTER, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

OKAY. THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO WORK THIS EVENING, YOU WILL SPEAK ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT YOU SIGNED IN.

SO THE CHAIR WILL CALL EACH PERSON TO COME UP.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND YOU WILL BE TIMED.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

OKAY. PARKS AND REC, THEY'RE TELLING ME IS FIRST.

I DON'T HAVE THE LIST, I DON'T THINK. OH, I THOUGHT SHE GAVE HER.

OKAY. LET ME GET THE LIST. PARKS AND FACILITIES.

I'M SORRY. I SAID PARKS AND REC. MY BAD. RECREATION IS STILL HERE, THOUGH.

YEAH. OKAY. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY. I HAVE I HAVE FOR SUBMITTALS.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. OH, THERE WE GO.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN? I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT DOING IT.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK.

WE GOT. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FOUR SUBMITTALS FOR THIS EVENING. I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THESE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY TEAM, ALL THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AT PARKS AND FACILITIES.

EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTED. I HAVE STAFF MEMBERS BACK HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS WATCHING VIRTUALLY AND SUPPORTING IN SPIRIT.

VAL, CAN YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE? THE CLICKER IS NOT WORKING. OKAY.

TRYING TO FIND THAT WHERE YOU'RE AT? OKAY. OH, YEAH, I GOT IT.

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS LAST YEAR'S FUNDING THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE US.

UP THE TOP, YOU SEE THE LIBERTY SOFTBALL FIELDS.

THAT'S. THAT'S PICTURE OF THE CLAY AND THE NEW SOD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT.

I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT. WHAT, THE NEW SOD.

WE STILL HAVE ROUGHLY AROUND 250,000FT² OF SOD THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

WE'RE KIND OF FILLING THAT IN AS WE SEE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO USE SOME FUNDING WHEN WE HAVE SOME LEFTOVER ON ON PROJECTS AND PHASES THAT WE HAVE. THE ONE NEXT TO IT IS THE BACKSTOPS.

THAT WAS A CRUCIAL PIECE OF TO TIE IN THE FENCING THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO GIVE US, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM LEFT.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND RECEIVING IS SIDEWALKS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WE'VE BEEN PIECING AWAY AT THAT.

WE'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 2000 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK AFTER WE COMPLETE THIS YEAR'S PROJECTS FUNDING.

SO WE'RE WE'RE NEARING THE NEARING THE END OF THAT.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM CAN GREEN TENNIS COURT IN PICKLEBALL COURT.

AND I'VE ACTUALLY PLAYED ON THAT THAT COURT AND IT CAME OUT REALLY NICE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS. AS ALWAYS, OUR PROJECTS ARE SHOVEL READY, GOAL ORIENTATED AND SET TO REVITALIZE IN PUBLIC SPACES.

THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS YEAR IS THE TWO PAVILIONS TO BE INSTALLED AT VETERANS PARK.

WE'RE CALLING THIS PHASE ONE, THESE TWO PAVILIONS, WE'RE LEVERAGING $40,000 IN MATERIALS THAT WE ALREADY OWN.

WE ACTUALLY OWN THE PAVILIONS ALREADY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO INSTALL THEM.

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ALSO PART OF PHASE ONE IS SIDEWALKS. THERE'S SIDEWALKS HERE THAT NEEDS SOME ADA REMEDIATION OR CRACKED UP.

THEY'RE TOO SMALL AT THE WRONG INCLINE. IF YOU ALSO SEE HERE WHERE THERE'S IN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALKS AND THE BUILDINGS, YOU'LL SEE YOU SEE THE GREEN SPACES ON THERE.

THE HERE IS WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES TO THIS PARK.

THE PARK WAS BUILT A LONG TIME AGO, AND THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD KIND OF GOES NOWHERE.

AND THEN THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY GET TO ANY OF THE OTHER AMENITIES.

SO WE WANT TO REALLY TIE THAT IN AND MAKE IT MORE ADA ACCESSIBLE.

THE PRIORITY NUMBER TWO IS PHASE ONE OF KEN GREEN.

KEN GREEN IS GOING TO HAVE A BASKETBALL REPLACEMENT AND SOME SIDEWALK ATTACHED TO THIS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE. THE BASKETBALL COURTS ALL CRACKED UP.

GOALS ARE OLD. THE. THAT'S ACTUALLY A CONCRETE COURT THAT WAS EXISTING THERE AND IS.

SETTLING THE SUB BASES IS BEYOND REPAIR. THOSE CRACKS ACTUALLY GO INTO THE SIDEWALK.

IF YOU SEE ON THIS PICTURE HERE, THE CITY'S GOING TO $15,000 TO REMOVE THE EXISTING AND GET IT DOWN READY FOR THE CONTRACTOR.

PHASE TWO, THIS IS GOING TO BE PRIORITY NUMBER THREE IS A KANGAROO AND RESTROOMS. WE'RE GOING TO REVITALIZE THE INSIDE OF THE RESTROOMS. NEW WALL TILE ACTUALLY ADD WALL TILE, FLOOR TILE, ALL NEW AMENITIES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THESE BATHROOMS ARE IN ROUGH CONDITION AND THEY'RE HEAVILY USED BECAUSE THERE IS A DOG PARK AND THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE TENNIS COURT USED AT THAT PART.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING STARTING TO DETERIORATE. SO THE PROPOSAL IS REMEDIATION TO THE OUTSIDE AS WELL.

ALSO PART OF PHASE TWO IS SIDEWALKS. AT KEN GREEN.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT, BUT THE REST OF THE PARK HAS SIDEWALKS THAT ARE THAT ARE OLD.

WE HADN'T WE HAVE INSTALLED NEW SIDEWALKS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE DOG PARK, BUT WE WANT TO FIX ALL THE OLD FOUR INCH, FOUR INCH THICK CONCRETE AND FIX ALL THESE ADA HAZARDS AND TRIP HAZARDS.

AND YOU ALSO SEE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT HERE, WE GOT SOME GREEN SPACE, THAT GREEN SPACE, IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE, IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO A CITY SIDEWALK. SO THE SIDEWALK ENDS AT A LIFT STATION.

WE'D LIKE TO CONNECT IT INTO THE PARK AND GET MORE TRAFFIC INTO THE PARK.

PRIORITY NUMBER. THAT WAS PRIORITY THREE PRIORITY FOR VETERANS BASKETBALL RESURFACING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE VETS PHASE TWO. THIS COURT RIGHT HERE WAS RESURFACED OVER TEN YEARS AGO.

IT'S RECOMMENDED. IT GETS RESURFACED EVERY SEVEN YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES YOU SEE THOSE THOSE LIGHT SPOTS THERE.

IT'S WHERE IT'S WORN TOO THIN. AND THE SURFACE IS ACTUALLY WEARING AWAY WHERE IT'S BECOMING SLICK.

SO THE SERVICING WILL ALSO COME WITH, YOU KNOW, NEW LINES AND STRIPES.

PART OF THAT ALSO PART OF THIS PHASE IS UPGRADING THE FOUR TENNIS COURT LIGHTS TO LED.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE $4,000 IN HOUSE LABOR TO RETROFIT LED LIGHTS ON THERE.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE VET SCOREBOARD. THAT SCOREBOARD WAS PUT IN IN 2013.

THE PARTS IN PARTS IN WARRANTY OR PARTS IN MECHANISM OF THIS IS, IS BECOMING OUTDATED, HARDER TO REPLACE.

SO EVERY TIME WE GO, EVERY TIME WE MAKE REPAIRS, YOU'RE GETTING COSTLY AND TAKING LONGER.

AND REALLY THEY'RE BECOMING OBSOLETE. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THESE COMMUNITY PROJECTS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHERE WE'RE DOWN TO EARTH AND UP TO GREAT THINGS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR PARKS AND REC? I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ADA. SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

IS THERE ANY ENGINEERING OR DESIGN WORK THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT, OR ARE YOU DOING THAT IN-HOUSE? WE'LL DO THAT IN-HOUSE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THE ADA STUFF IS, IS REMEDIATING LIKE PROBLEMS, LIKE THE CRACKS, THE, THE ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS IS LIKE 2.5FT WIDE.

OKAY. OLD SIDEWALK. SO NOT NO, NO NEW ENGINEERING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND ANY ADA PARKING IMPROVEMENTS TO GO WITH THE SIDEWALKS.

THE THAT WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S. OKAY. WHERE, WHERE WE GET INTO WE'RE RESURFACING.

FIXING THE ASPHALT IN THE PARKING LOT. POSSIBLY PUTTING IN SOME CONCRETE SPOTS.

OKAY. AND THEN ON THE LIGHTING WAS THAT THAT WAS VETERANS PARK WITH THE LIGHTING.

IS THAT LIKE MUSCO AUTOMATED MOSCOW? YEAH. OR IS THAT THOSE THOSE ARE MOSCOW CONTROLLED.

MUSCULAR CONTROL. YEAH. SO YOU GUYS CAN AUTOMATE THAT AND DO THE TIMERS AND THE WHOLE LIKE TO SAVE YOUR STAFF TIME.

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SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ON THAT ISSUE RIGHT NOW AS WELL, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TIE THAT IN.

OKAY. WE I BELIEVE IN 2023, YOU GUYS AWARDED US MONEY TO REDO THE BASKETBALL LIGHTS TO LEDS.

SO WE'RE KIND OF MOVING TO THE NEXT PHASE. OKAY, SO YOU ALREADY HAVE POWER THERE. YOU DON'T NEED FPL TO LIKE IT'S THE POWER.

THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE OUTDATED HALOGEN BULBS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SLOWLY, SYSTEMATICALLY GO THROUGH THE CITY AND UPGRADE TO LED WHERE WE CAN THE BIGGER POLES ON LIKE SOME OF THE BIGGER FIELDS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO THESE ARE KIND OF LOW HANGING FRUITS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.

OKAY, PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY THOROUGH.

YEAH. GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR. I APPRECIATE YOU.

WHO'S NEXT? VAL, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE LIST FOR YOU.

OH, THEY'RE GETTING ME THE LIST. I WAS GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS DO IT.

YEAH, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ON THAT LIST. THAT'S NOT ON THAT.

OKAY, SO NEXT WE HAVE MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES. GOOD EVENING, ADVISORY BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS RAY LEE WITH MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH PALM BAY OVER THE YEARS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT.

MAYBE MY TIME HASN'T STARTED YET. OH, YEAH. CARMEN, CAN WE START HIM OVER? OH, NO. NO. ARE YOU GOOD? OH. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, SO OUR REQUEST TONIGHT IS TO SEEK FUNDING FOR BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OF $220,091.92. AND THIS IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOCATED TO BE LOCATED ON WASHINGTON STREET AND PALM BAY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOTS THERE THAT THIS COULD WORK ON.

SO IF WE'RE APPROVED, WASHINGTON STREET IS WHERE WE DESIRE TO BE.

MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE HOUSING FOR QUITE A WHILE.

WE HAVE IT'S ALMOST 20 YEARS AND WE HAVE OVER THAT TIME EITHER BUILT OR REHAB 20 DIFFERENT HOMES.

AND OUR MISSION IS TO WORK IN AFFORDABLE HOMES AREA.

WE WORK WITH MISSION, WITH WITH THE STEM PROGRAM AND IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD WHERE WE TRAIN CNAS.

AND WE ALSO WORK WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS WITH TECHNOLOGY, CELL PHONES, HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY.

OUR TRACK RECORD, AS I MENTIONED, WE REALLY STAND ON THREE PILLARS AFFORDABLE HOMES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE WE HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 400 ADULTS AND IN THE YOUTH OVER 75 DIFFERENT YOUTH IN THE STEM PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF PARTNERS. AND IN THE CENTER OF THAT IS PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT YOUR MISSION AND OUR MISSION LINES UP QUITE WELL AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE, THE, THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE HOME WOULD BE ON NUMBER FIVE THERE ON WASHINGTON STREET.

WE'RE PROPOSING A HOUSE THAT'S ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FEET, THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BATHS, ONE CAR GARAGE.

AND THE OVERALL PRICE IS $393,000. AS AN ESTIMATE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CONTRIBUTING THE LOT, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE 22,000.

WE ALSO HAVE CHAI, WHICH WE WORK WITH. SO WE'RE SHARING THE COST FOR BUILDING THIS HOME.

OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD IT.

AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR. OH, THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU FOR THE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

MY QUESTION, THE MORE I'M LOOKING AT PROJECTS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH LAND.

SO MY MY QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED OR HAS MACEDONIA CONSIDERED LOOKING INTO DUPLEXES OR TRIPLEXES OR QUADPLEXES?

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YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT.

GETTING LAND TO, TO DO THAT SOMETIMES CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT ANYTIME WE COULD FIND THE PLACE OF THE PROPERTY TO DO DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES WE WOULD READILY DO THAT. AND, THIS IS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT.

AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER IN REGARDS TO NOT JUST ALLOWING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT POSSIBLY DUPLEXES OR TRIPLEXES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

TO, TO, THEY CALL IT THAT MIDDLE, THE MISSING MIDDLE, THE MISSING MIDDLE.

YOU HAVE ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE SKYRISE APARTMENTS, BUT YOU'RE MISSING THE MIDDLE TO KIND OF HELP ALLEVIATE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY MAIN THING. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH APARTMENTS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE MIDDLE IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN GET BEHIND.

SO IF WE CAN GET 300, $400,000, BUT ALSO STRETCH IT ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT FAMILIES THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE MY APPETITE WOULD BE.

I KNOW I'M THROWING IT, THROWING IT ON YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I GUESS THIS IS PROBABLY MORE SO FOR THE FUTURE OR FOR JUST EVERYBODY EVERYBODY'S KIND OF THINK AND MEDITATE ON. AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD WHAT THEIR THOUGHT IS TOO.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO KIND OF EXPAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING MACEDONIA CDC DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR BOTH PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE.

I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

BUT TO MR. JOHNSON'S POINT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO KIND OF BE CREATIVE AT THIS POINT, EVEN LIKE MAYBE SOME TOWNHOUSES OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE COULD HAVE LIKE A LITTLE YARD OR SOMETHING TOO.

BUT IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT, I THINK YOU GUYS CAN DO IT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD FIND PROPERTIES WHERE THAT WHERE WE CAN DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR CHOICE TO GO THAT ROUTE AND IN PLACES WHERE WE CAN, I'M SURE THEY GLADLY TAKE THE CITY SURPLUS PROPERTY IF YOU HAVE.

OH, YES. JUST SAYING. JUST THROWING THAT OUT.

YEAH, YEAH. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT ANYMORE.

DID ANYONE ELSE. OH, YES. GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOING TO UPDATE THE BOARD WE ARE WORKING WITH MACEDONIA ON THE NORTH VIEW PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD BE RENTAL AND IT WOULD BE MULTIFAMILY.

WHAT'S TAKING A WHILE IS THAT WE USE BROWNFIELDS MONEY AND THAT'S A GRANT.

AND SO THEY'RE JUST AT THE STAGE OF SUBMITTING SOME OF THE SAMPLINGS TO THE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. SO IT MAY BE MAY OR JUNE AND IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, BUT WHEN YOU GET THINGS FOR FREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. YES, THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT, IT TAKES A WHILE.

SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY NO LONGER JUST RENOVATING THOSE UNITS, BUT THAT ALL WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. WE TALKED WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THROUGH OUR RFP PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD BE MULTIFAMILY. AND I THINK TWO, THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT I THINK SOMETHING WE FREQUENTLY SEE FROM MACEDONIA IS THAT LEVERAGING OF FUNDING FROM SEVERAL SOURCES ON THEIR PROJECTS, THE MONEY THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING IN THE TABLE, YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH C H I, ALL YOUR SUPPORT, LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOU GUYS THAT THAT IS REALLY GREAT.

SO DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JERRY PHILLIPS WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE, AND HE REGRETS THAT.

AND HE WOULD LIKE TO TELL HIM WE MISSED HIM. YEAH, HE WOULD BE STANDING HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR PROJECT? I'M JUDY CRAWFORD, I'M THE GRANT MANAGER FOR US FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

AND THIS IS JENNIFER BRANDON, WHO IS OUR CASE MANAGER WHO WORKS WITH THE CLIENTS HERE IN PALM BAY AND LIVE HERE AND LIVES HERE.

YES. ALSO, SHE LIVES HERE. WE'VE BEEN SERVING BREVARD COUNTY FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION IS A KEY PART OF WHAT WE DO.

WE WANT TO BE. WE TRY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BY, BUT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIALLY TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. AND WHAT JENNIFER DOES IS REALLY CRITICAL TO WHAT WE DO,

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WHAT IS CHALLENGING THEM RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S KEEPING THEM FROM MAKING THEIR RENT OR THEIR UTILITY PAYMENTS, AND THEN LOOKS TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO BUDGET WISE, PERHAPS WITH REFERRALS TO OTHER AGENCIES.

JUST WAYS THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY HELP THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT HELP ASSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND REMAIN HOUSED AND REMAIN IN STABLE HOUSING. WE PRIMARILY WE IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO OFFER REFERRALS TO OTHER AGENCIES FOR SERVICES.

WE DO NOT PROVIDE AND WE ACCEPT REFERRALS FROM OTHER NONPROFITS WHEN THEY HAVE A CLIENT THAT IS NEEDING HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION BUT DOES NOT OFFER THAT SERVICE.

OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE. WE'VE ASSISTED OVER IN LET ME START OVER.

WE'VE IN IN THE LAST YEAR, THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE SERVED OVER 200.

AND WE SERVED 218 CLIENTS IN PALM BAY. AND THAT WAS WITH VARIOUS THINGS IN ADDITION TO THE, THE, THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. AND IN LOOKING AT THE DATA, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, 21% OF THOSE WERE PEOPLE OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE.

SO IT'S, IT'S STRUGGLING FAMILIES, BUT IT'S ALSO THE SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE FACED WITH DIFFICULTY IN STAYING IN THEIR HOMES.

AS WE AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE APPLICATION, THE SUPPORT WE'RE ASKING FOR OF 49,500 WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP HELP PEOPLE.

20 HOUSEHOLDS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES THROUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO REMAIN HOUSED WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE WITH BASED ON THE CURRENT NEED. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THE MONEY WILL COVER.

IF WE CAN ARE ABLE TO SERVE MORE, WE WILL. BUT IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, WITH THE INCREASING RENTS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO STRETCH STRETCH THE DOLLARS ANY FURTHER.

BUT AS I SAID, A KEY ELEMENT OF THAT IS THE CASE MANAGER, WHICH WE SUPPORT THAT THROUGH NOT THROUGH UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES. AND THAT'S REALLY KEY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE, ONCE THEY ARE, WE STABILIZE THEIR HOUSING, THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN STABLE HOUSING.

GREAT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES? I DO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THE 218 THAT YOU MENTIONED. WERE THOSE DUPLICATED? THOSE WERE THOSE ARE THOSE WERE UNDUPLICATED HOUSEHOLD.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON THE 49 FIVE PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR 20 HOUSEHOLDS NOW.

IS THAT LIKE A ONE TIME PAYMENT OR ONE ONE TIME ASSISTANCE? SO LIKE MAYBE 2000 BUCKS EACH OR FOR TO GET SOMEBODY BY ON A, A MONTH.

IT'S BASICALLY THE, THAT'S WHAT WE ESTIMATE AN AVERAGE COST WOULD BE TO BE ABOUT $1,000 PER MONTH.

TWO EXCUSE ME, $2,000 FOR EACH OF THOSE 20 CLIENTS.

AND NOW IF WE WERE ABLE TO, IF WE HAD MORE MONEY BEYOND THAT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT COST US LESS PER CLIENT, WHICH IS UNLIKELY, UNFORTUNATELY, IN TODAY'S HOUSING MARKET.

SO WE CONTINUE TO SERVE THAT MONEY TO ANOTHER CLIENT.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER YOU'VE GIVEN SOMEBODY 2000 TO STAY ANOTHER MONTH, AND THEN THEY CALL YOU UP AND SAY, WE NEED MORE? WELL, I'M GOING TO LET HER BECAUSE AS A CASE MANAGER, WE TRY TO AVOID HAVING THAT SITUATION.

I'LL LET HER ANSWER THAT QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, WE VET THE CLIENT WHEN THEY COME IN.

MOST OF THE TIME WE ASK THEM IF THEY CAN PAY NEXT MONTH, IF THEY HAVE A HIGHER LETTER, IF THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOB, OR IF WHAT THE EMERGENCY WAS, WHY THEY COULDN'T PAY THEIR RENT.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT NEXT MONTH GOING FORWARD THEY CAN.

NOW IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND THEY CAN'T, I MAKE REFERRALS ALL THE TIME FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN PALM BAY BECAUSE PALM BAY, I HAVE MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE. SO I MAKE REFERRALS TO AT LEAST 2 TO 3 OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY TO HELP THEM.

GOT IT. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. OF THE FAMILIES OF THE FAMILIES THAT YOU SERVE WITH CASE MANAGEMENT.

HOW MANY HAVE GONE OUT OF BEING POVERTY STRICKEN, OR DO THEY TEND TO TRY TO COME BACK FOR ASSISTANCE OR RIGHT NOW, I HAVEN'T ALLOWED FAMILIES TO COME BACK THIS YEAR BECAUSE I'VE HELPED SO MANY THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP NEW PEOPLE.

SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IF IT'S LIKE A MEDICAL, LIKE THEY'VE BEEN INTO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY COULDN'T PAY, THEN I WILL ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK AND GET HELP AGAIN FROM US.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I AM TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS.

THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY THAT DO THE SAME THING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.

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HELLO, I'M STEPHANIE JOHNSON WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.

I AM THEIR CEO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

WE ARE PROPOSING A PROGRAM CALLED PATHWAYS TO HOUSING STABILITY.

WE'RE REQUESTING $54,975 AND ARE TARGETING TO SERVE 50 PALM BAY RESIDENTS.

DO I HAVE IT? SO VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, FLORIDA HAVE BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

WE'VE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 5000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, AND WE DO HAVE A STRONG PROVEN SUCCESS RECORD OF HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS. WE DO SERVE A POPULATION OF AT RISK SENIORS, VETERANS, INDIVIDUALS, AND FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE LISTED HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THAT. I THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE THAN I DO. SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF SPACE COAST COMMONS.

SO SPACE COAST COMMONS IS 31 APARTMENTS BUILT HERE IN PALM BAY.

ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE OPENED AND ARE SERVING IN THE LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRACKET.

THIS IS GOING TO THIS MONEY IS GOING TO COVER ONE POSITION, ONE SALARIED POSITION, AND THIS PERSON IS GOING TO COVER AREAS LIKE A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF ONE ON ONE WORK AND A LITTLE BIT OF GROUP WORK COUNT HOUSING STABILITY CLASSES TO INCLUDE ONE ON ONE COUNSELING, BUDGETING, TENANT EDUCATION, EVICTION PREVENTION, AND MORE.

THIS PERSON WILL BE AT OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO THERE'S ALREADY 30 PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

THAT WOULD BE THE TARGETED POPULATION THAT WE WOULD SERVE.

THOSE 30 THAT LIVE THERE, AND THEN THE OTHER 20 WOULD BE OUTREACH AND ANY COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE LOCAL COX TO IDENTIFY OTHERS THAT MAY BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOUSING WOULD BE THE, IT WOULD MAKE UP THE OTHER.

20 AND OUR IMPACT HERE IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE AN 80% SUCCESS RATE THAT WILL MAINTAIN OR OBTAIN STABLE HOUSING.

WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE 75% TO ACCESS ONE OR MORE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND 75% ALSO TO REPORT TO US IMPROVED OVERALL WELL-BEING AND REDUCED HOUSING RELATED STRESS.

SOME OF THE SPECIFICS ARE LISTED BELOW THERE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PREVENTION PREVENTING EVICTION AND REDUCED HOMELESSNESS CLASSES, SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND MAINTAINING SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN INCREASE INCOME AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND REDUCE LONG TERM PUBLIC COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO PERSON THAT PUT THE SLIDES TOGETHER JUST PULLED OUT A COUPLE THINGS TO SAY.

WHAT THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE DOING THIS PROGRAM HERE WOULD COVER.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA? YES, SIR. SO IS THE GOAL. I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THE GOAL IS THE GOAL TO LEAD THEM TOWARDS JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE A STABLE HOUSING OR HOME OWNERSHIP, OR SO WE WANT THEM TO MAINTAIN WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT THEY WERE PROVIDED. FOR THIS LAST YEAR. SO MAINTAIN IT, NOT LOSE IT, NOT BE EVICTED, NOT LOSE THE HOUSING THAT THEY WERE OFFERED.

SEVEN WERE HOMELESS. SO SEVEN CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE, FROM THE STREETS THEORETICALLY.

SO WE WANT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AT THE VERY MINIMUM TO MAINTAIN AND THEN SOME OTHERS MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THIS AS A STEPPING STONE TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WE WOULD GO BOTH, OKAY, BECAUSE AS WE SEE.

YOU'RE TRULY NOT FREE UNTIL YOU OWN SOMETHING YOURSELF.

MY, MY PERSPECTIVE AND WE'RE SEEING, I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT A LOT OF THE BIG PLAYERS OUT THERE ARE BUYING UP.

A LOT OF THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE BUYING UP A LOT OF THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CAUSING PROBLEMS AND SPIKING UP THE RENT FOR EVERYBODY.

SO NOT EVEN THOSE WHO WERE COMING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT EVEN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN OR PALM BAY CITIZENS HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, CRUNCH THE NUMBERS TO SEE HOW TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT, BECAUSE THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO TRY TO NAVIGATE TOWARDS HOME OWNERSHIP.

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ABSOLUTELY. THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT LEVEL UP. OUTSIDE OF THE MAINTAINING THE ONE TIER THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN TO WITH THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRACKET.

YEAH. GETTING THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. YOU WANT THEM TO BE ON A SOLID FOUNDATION BEFORE.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS REALLY IS LIKE THE EDUCATION PIECE TO THAT TO TEACH THEM THE SKILLS AND THE TOOLS TO MAINTAIN IT.

YEAH. OKAY. NOT TO NOT TO FALL BACK. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OF THE GROUNDS THAT THEY'VE MADE COMING INTO THE PROGRAM, COMING IN. WE IN THE POSITION WE HAVE, THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW. WE ONLY HAD FUNDING FOR THE ONE YEAR AS A PART OF THE APARTMENT OPENING.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD COVER. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, DIDN'T YOU JUST CRANK UP FINISH UP A PROJECT ON A CIRCLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO? YES. THAT'S WHEN KIRA.

I KNEW KIRA. YEAH. IS YOUR ORGANIZATION LOOKING AT ANY GROUND IN TOWN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. I MEAN, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.

AND YOU KNOW, THE TENANTS AREN'T GOING TO GET HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BETTER THAN LIVING IN THE WOODS, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. I KNOW OUR PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS ACTUALLY PUT IN ANOTHER APPLICATION THAT WE DIDN'T SCORE ON.

SO A COMPETITIVE DEVELOPER DID WIN SOMETHING AND AROUND PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, RIGHT? THAT WAS RECENTLY BUT NO, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN DOING ANOTHER ONE.

YEAH. SO THAT, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S FUNDING TO BUILD THE PROJECT.

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS TO HELP PEOPLE OUT ON LIKE A MONTHLY BASIS.

IS THAT THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THIS POSITION WOULD DO. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE FOR. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU STEPHANIE. SO THE THREE ONE ON ONE SESSIONS.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH BARRIER INDIVIDUALS WHEN THERE ARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES? WHAT IF THEY NEED THE LONG TERM SUPPORT? HOW IS THE ORGANIZATION PREPARED TO MANAGE THAT? I THINK THE ONE ON ONE SESSIONS, I THINK THAT'S A TARGET TO HAVE THREE AT A MINIMUM.

WE HAVE A WE DO SOMETHING CALLED THE DLA 20 DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES.

20 AND IT HAS 20 DOMAINS OF THE PERSON'S LIFE CYCLE OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH.

AND SO THOSE THREE ONE ON ONE SESSIONS COME OFF OF THAT LITTLE TOOL THAT WE LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING, IF THEY'RE HITTING HIGH ON MANY OF THOSE DOMAINS THAT ARE OF THE TOP 20, IF THEY'RE HITTING ON MORE THAN THOSE THREE, THEY WOULD HAVE THE AUTONOMY. THIS PERSON WOULD HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO BE ABLE TO DO ADDITIONAL SESSIONS.

BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CURRICULUM IS IT'S GOING TO BE GROUP. THE TOPICS I TALKED ABOUT WOULD BE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL. SO THERE'LL BE BOTH.

SO IF THE PERSON THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH ONE ON ONE CAN, CAN PARTICIPATE IN THESE GROUP SESSIONS TO GET THE EXTRA SUPPORT WOULD BE KIND OF A BACKUP. THANK YOU. AND THEN HOW ARE THE HOW ARE THE OUTCOMES TRACKED AFTER PROGRAM COMPLETION? SO GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. I'M HERE ALL DAY.

SO THE HOW THEY'RE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE 30 WILL STILL BE WITH US.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KNOW FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD, IF ANY, THAT OF THOSE 30 PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ARRESTED, THEY HAVEN'T FALLEN ILL AND GOTTEN INTO THE HOSPITAL AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK OUT.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT THEY'RE STILL MAINTAINING AND LIVING THERE AT THE END OF THE 12 MONTH PERIOD.

THAT'S HOW NUMBER ONE WILL BE TRACKED. NUMBER TWO, I HAVE TO FIND MY SHEET.

THE LAST ONE WE'RE GOING TO DO A SURVEY. THAT'S THE STRESS THE STRESS TEST SURVEY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.

AND AT THE END THEIR LEVEL OF STRESS RELATED TO HOUSING TROUBLES, HOUSING ISSUES, HOUSING, STUFF THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. SO WE'LL DO A SLIDING SCALE SURVEY ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN FROM THOSE RESULTS, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? WELL, GIVE US SOME DATA ON HOW SUCCESSFUL OR NOT WE WERE ON THAT, THOSE PARTICULAR OUTCOMES.

OKAY. WE DO TRACK IT. WE TRACK ALL OF OUR OUTCOMES INTERNALLY.

AND IT'S HOW WE KIND OF BOOST OUR NUMBERS STATEWIDE TO, TO, TO, TO KEEP ASKING FOR MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MAINTAINED OR THEY HAVE EXCEEDED AND MOVED ON TO THAT NEXT TIER OF HOUSING OUTSIDE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT RANK LOWER, MEANING THEY, THEIR STRESS IS HIGHER.

DO WE REACH BACK TO GET THEM? OR IS IT THIS AN UNDUPLICATED PROGRAM? SO FOR SO THIS ONE WILL BE YEAR TO YEAR, I GUESS AS FAR AS THIS POSITION, WHO WILL TRACK THAT AND WHO WILL MAKE THOSE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM? SO YEAR OVER YEAR, IF THERE IS DOLLARS THAT SUPPORT IT SUPPORTED OR WE DO GET FOUNDATION MONEY.

SOMETIMES WE WOULD KEEP. INITIATING THAT AND HOPEFULLY THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE SERVED IN THE 12 MONTH PERIOD WON'T NEED IT ANOTHER 12 MONTHS.

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SO IT'S DUPLICATED. YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SOUTH BREVARD WOMEN'S CENTER AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CITY PALM BAY RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

HEY THERE. SO FOR A SECOND, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO JUST TRY TO IMAGINE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND YOU.

WITH TWO CHILDREN IN TOW. YOU'RE LEAVING YOUR HOME, YOUR STABILITY AND YOUR SENSE OF WELL-BEING AND SAFETY, YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO IMAGINE FOR YOURSELF, YOUR KIDS, YOUR LOVED ONES, OR ANYBODY. BUT THAT WAS OUR CLIENT, DANIELLE'S REALITY.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH HER A LITTLE BIT. AND SPOILER ALERT IT WORKS OUT ALL RIGHT.

AND IT'S WITH THE CITY'S HELP. SO I'M BECKY, THIS IS STEPHANIE.

WE'RE WITH THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF BREVARD. WE'VE BEEN IN BREVARD COUNTY SINCE 1975, AND WE SERVE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

THROUGH FOUR CORE PROGRAMS VICTIM SERVICES, COUNSELING, PREVENTION, AND HOUSING.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING TONIGHT. THE NEED FOR SERVICES IN PALM BAY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS REALLY CRUCIAL IN 2025. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THEY HAD 849 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES.

THAT'S OVER TWO A DAY. AND BEHIND EACH ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS IS A REAL PERSON WITH A STORY AND A CRISIS.

THAT ISN'T SOMETHING YOU WANT TO IMAGINE. SO OUR PROGRAM HELPS GIVE THOSE PEOPLE A SAFE, STABLE PLACE TO LAND AND THE TOOLS TO BUILD SOMETHING BETTER.

OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES SURVIVORS WITH SAFE, SECURE HOME THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

OUR CLIENTS CAN STAY WITH US UP TO 24 MONTHS, AND DURING THAT TIME, THEY GET SERVICES LIKE CASE MANAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, ACCESS TO FOOD AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS, HELP WITH FINANCIAL PLANNING, BUDGETING, CREDIT REPAIR, ALL TOOLS THEY NEED TO BECOME STABLE AND FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.

WE START PLANNING FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL EXIT AT DAY ONE AND WALK WITH THEM EVERY DAY TO ACHIEVE THAT.

SINCE 2004, WE'VE HAD AN 85% SUCCESS RATE OF DOING THAT.

AND WHAT WE DEFINE AS SUCCESS IS THE CLIENTS EXITING TO PERMANENT HOUSING WITH INCREASED INCOME AND SAVINGS SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME TRULY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND NOT RETURN TO AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS FROM THAT CLIENT'S HARD WORK.

OUR STAFF'S HARD WORK, AND IT'S DONE WITH SUPPORT OF PARTNERS LIKE YOU ALL.

NOW BACK TO DANIELLE. SO SHE HAD COME TO US FLEEING ABUSE FROM HER HUSBAND.

AND BEFORE THAT, HER FATHER. YOU KNOW, THE CYCLE OF ABUSE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL THING. SHE ARRIVED WITH HER TWO KIDS, LITTLE AND LITTLE ELSE.

BUT SHE WAS REALLY DETERMINED, AND SHE THREW HERSELF INTO THE PROGRAM WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND TOOK EVERYTHING WE HAD TO OFFER, BUDGETING CAREFULLY USING THE PANTRY SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO SPEND HER MONEY SO MUCH ON FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, CLEANING PRODUCTS AND THINGS FOR THE KIDS.

SHE ATTENDED FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOPS AND WORKED WITH HER ADVOCATE TO MAP OUT HER WAY FORWARD.

EARLY ON. ONE OF HER GOALS WAS TO OWN HER OWN HOME.

AND SO SHE WORKED HARD. SHE GOT A SECOND JOB.

SHE WENT BACK TO EASTERN FLORIDA AND FINISHED UP HER AA, GOT SOME OTHER CREDENTIALS, AND EACH TIME SHE WOULD DO THAT, SHE GOT A BETTER JOB AND A BETTER JOB. AND WITH COUNSELING, SHE WORKED WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS TO WORK THROUGH HER TRAUMA.

HER CHILDREN GOT SUPPORT AS WELL. AND NEAR THE END OF HER TIME WITH US, SHE DID STAY WITH US FOR THE FULL 24 MONTHS.

THE DREAM THAT SHE HAD HAD FOR OWNING HER OWN HOME STARTED COMING REAL THAT SHE HAD, YOU KNOW, TOOK CARE OF EVERY PENNY THAT SHE HAD. SHE HAD ATTENDED A A FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER COURSE, SO SHE KNEW WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO.

SHE STARTED PUTTING IN OFFERS AND ONE STUCK. AND SO SHE LEFT US TO HER OWN HOME, WHICH WAS LIKE, INCREDIBLE. SHE STILL KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH US.

SHE JUST ACTUALLY A FEW WEEKS AGO HAD REACHED OUT.

EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL, AND SHE'S EVEN VOLUNTEERED WITH US.

OH. THAT'S AMAZING. WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S AMAZING.

IT IS AMAZING. YEAH, YEAH. SOMETIMES SHE'LL SPEAK FOR US AND IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE.

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SO WE'RE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AGAIN.

$27,000 FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR RUNNING THE FACILITY.

THAT WILL BE MATCHED WITH $67,000 IN OTHER FUNDING.

SO YOUR INVESTMENT GOES A LONG WAY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE MEET ALL THE CDBG OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS THE CITY PRIORITY PLAN.

I KNOW, GO AHEAD. I WANTED TO SAY WHAT REALLY CAPTURED MY INTEREST AND WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE IS QUOTE, 80% OF HOUSEHOLDS WHO EXIT THE PROGRAM TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING STUFF ACCOMPLISHED. YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A MODEL THAT WORKS WELL.

YEAH. AND HOW OFTEN ARE AT WHAT POINTS IN TIME DO YOU SORT OF CHECK BACK ON YOUR PREVIOUS CLIENTS WITH HOW'S IT GOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING? THEY CHECK AT THREE, SIX AND 12 MONTHS FOLLOWING THEM EXITING.

OKAY. WELL, THAT'S VERY GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US. THIS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY THAT WAS ALSO FUNDED.

WAS THAT FUNDED THROUGH SHIP? YEP. IT WAS RENOVATED LAST YEAR WITH THE SHIP FUNDING.

EXCELLENT. WHICH IT WAS. AND THEN DO YOU PROVIDE THEM WITH DO YOU HELP THEM WITH LIKE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET DIVORCED OR CUSTODY ISSUES OR MAYBE REFER TO LIKE LEGAL AID OR SOMETHING. LEGAL AID, COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES OF FLORIDA.

AND IF THEY'RE GOING FOR INJUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTION, OUR ADVOCATES GO TO THE COURTHOUSE WITH THEM AND HELP FILE PETITIONS AND SIT WITH THEM AND DO ALL THAT'S EXCELLENT. KUDOS TO DANIELLE. SHE DID A LOT IN 24 MONTHS.

SHE DID A WHOLE LOT. THAT'S AMAZING. SOME PEOPLE DON'T ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS IN THEIR WHOLE LIFE.

SO. AND NOT EVERYBODY DOES. I MEAN, THIS IS A YOU KNOW, SHE'S MOTIVATED A BOOKMARKED STORY.

BUT AS I WAS GETTING THIS PREPARED, I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE ADVOCATES TO.

SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HER LATELY? AND THEY HAD, BUT THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, BUT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT JULIE? YEAH. AND SO ANOTHER, ANOTHER FORMER PALM BAY CLIENT THAT HAS DONE GREAT.

AND AS SHE'S BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT SHE CAME, HAS COME BACK TO VOLUNTEER.

AND SO I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT HER? AND I WAS LIKE, OH, NO. DANIEL. SO ANYWAY, EXCELLENT.

ANYWAY, APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, YES.

SO I KNOW WHAT'S THE WORD I WANT TO USE A VICTIM WHO HAD WENT TO AN AGENCY, NOT YOUR AGENCY.

BUT I WENT TO AN AGENCY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND THE OLDEST CHILD WAS A LITTLE WAS TOLD IT WAS TOO OLD, SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE THAT AGENCY. DO YOU ALL HAVE A CUT OFF AGE IN REGARDS TO CHILDREN OR.

NO. AS LONG AS THEY'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL OR THEY CAN STILL STAY WITH US.

OKAY. THEY'RE UNDER 1811 TO THE UNITS. PROBABLY THE AGENCY THAT THEY WENT TO WAS FOR MORE OF A SHELTER TYPE OF SITUATION.

YES. WHERE THEY'RE BOUND BY DIFFERENT STATE LAWS.

WITH THAT, WE ARE NOT A CERTIFIED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORGANIZATION, WHICH GIVES US SOME LEEWAY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SHELTER PROGRAMS WHERE THERE'S NOT AGE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN.

OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR HOTEL STAYS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

ALSO, IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE TO PUT SOMEONE IN A COMMUNAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OUR, OUR FACILITY IS INDIVIDUAL APARTMENTS.

SO IT'S TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH APARTMENT. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A TRADITIONAL APARTMENT SITUATION, NOT A COMMUNAL LIVING. DOES IT MATTER LIKE MEN VERSUS WOMEN? BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IN SHELTERS, LIKE DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME PLACING MEN? OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING DOES NOT ACCEPT MEN.

WE DO HAVE. WE. WE SERVE MEN IN ALL OF OUR OTHER AREAS.

BUT DUE TO THAT NATURE. YEAH. UNDER. UNDERSTOOD? YEAH. MEN ARE NOT THERE. I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT COMES UP WITH TRYING TO PLACE PEOPLE.

IT'S THERE'S THERE'S NOT AS MANY OPTIONS FOR, FOR MEN.

YEAH. FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER WE WOULD PUT A MAN IN A HOTEL.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU BECKY. SO I, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT AND I COULD HAVE MIS UNDERSTOOD OR DIDN'T HEAR CORRECTLY.

THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR A BUILDING. OR IS IT USED FOR A PROGRAM? NO, IT'S OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE FACILITY. SO THE LIGHTS, TRASH, LAWN CARE AND PART OF OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE MAN SALARY, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. SO UTILITIES.

THE FACILITY THEY REHABBED LAST YEAR. IT JUST FINISHED.

JUST FINISHED LAST YEAR. SO THERE WON'T BE FUNDED THROUGH SHIP FUNDING. GOT IT. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, THIS IS A LITTLE FAMILIAR BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. THE NEXT QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED THE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPARATION.

YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT.

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OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO ESSENTIALLY, IT'S OFTENTIMES IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, SURVIVORS WALK IN WITH $0.

SO EVEN IF THEY GO UP TO 50, YOU'RE COUNTING THAT AS SUCCESS IN SAVINGS INCREASED INCOME AND SAVINGS.

YES, YES. THE VICTIM ADVOCATE WHO IS ASSIGNED TO THEM, WORKS WITH THEM IN ORDER TO.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT? LET'S WORK ON OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT.

SAVINGS ACCOUNT. LET'S SOMETIMES EXPLAIN WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF A SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS.

AND THEY WORK WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS SAYING, OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXPENSES COMPARED TO YOUR INCOME, HOW MUCH CAN WE PUT AWAY IN SAVINGS? AND SO THAT'LL BE A PART OF THEIR GOAL PLAN IN ORDER TO CONTINUE FORWARD.

BUT WE DO NOT TAKE OVER CONTROL ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT IS THEIR ACCOUNT. SO IT'S ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY PIECE.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THE FINANCIAL CONTROL HAS BEEN PART OF THEIR BUSINESS.

AND SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THE LITERACY ABOUT CHECKING ACCOUNTS, BANKING ACCOUNTS JUST ISN'T, ISN'T SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO. OKAY THAT IS ALL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MELBOURNE POWELL.

ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO THE PALM BAY RECREATION DEPARTMENT I'M DANIEL WHITE, I'M THE RECREATION DIVISION MANAGER. I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR MISSION AND RECREATION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE AND HIGH QUALITY RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS. AND THE CDBG FUNDS DO ALLOW FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP PROPOSAL FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME OF OUR SUMMER CAMP STATISTICS FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR 25, THE CAMP WAS TEN WEEKS LONG. WE DID AVERAGE ABOUT 70 CAMPERS PER WEEK AT THE TONY ROSA COMMUNITY CENTER AND ABOUT 65 CAMPERS AT THE TED WHITLOCK COMMUNITY CENTER. WHICH WE DO HAVE AGREEMENT WITH THE YMCA FOR THEM TO RUN A SUMMER CAMP OUT OF THAT FACILITY.

WE DID HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 TO FISCAL YEAR 25 AT 8% INCREASE IN OUR SUMMER CAMP ATTENDANCE.

CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 65 UNIQUE PALM BAY RESIDENTS ON SOME TYPE OF REDUCED PRICING THAT IS ATTENDING FOUR MORE WEEKS OF SUMMER CAMP AT EITHER LOCATION. SO, AND IN THIS REQUEST, WE ARE REQUESTING 40 SCHOLARSHIPS PER WEEK 40 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTAL. SORRY ABOUT THAT FOR A TOTAL OF 19,200 FOR THE TEN WEEKS.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I LIKE TO EXPLAIN AND RECREATION, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW, SUMMER CAMP IS JUST CHILDCARE. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STEM PROGRAMS. WE, WE DO GO ON FIELD TRIPS. WE WORK WITH OUR COUNSELORS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MENTORING, WE ARE ENGAGING THE KIDS ALL DAY LONG, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING IN THE ROOM OR ON THEIR PHONES.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE FREE BREAKFAST.

AND THEY'RE ALSO ABLE TO, IF THEY HAVE THE LUNCH THERE, THEY CAN HAVE IT.

IF THEY BRING THEIR OWN LUNCH, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE IT HOME WITH THEM AS WELL. SO WE PARTNER WITH THEM AT BOTH LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.

AND ANOTHER THING ABOUT SUMMER CAMP THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IF A PARENT IS UNABLE TO AFFORD TO SEND THEM TO SUMMER CAMP, THAT KID'S STAYING AT HOME. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHEN KIDS STAY AT HOME.

SOME BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD GET WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE.

THEY THEY COULD GO OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE BORED, CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS. SO ALLOWING THOSE PARENTS AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO GET THEM INTO CAMPS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PALM BAY.

AND A LOT OF THOSE PARENTS ALSO ARE DEPENDENT ON SUMMER CAMP BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO SEND THEIR KID, THEY MAY HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR INCOME AS WELL.

SO YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

AND WE DID RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO I WISH I DID HAVE DATA, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST LIKE ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE BACKWARDS ONCE WE START GETTING INTO APPLICATIONS, WHICH THEY HAVE GONE LIVE, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED FOUR APPLICATIONS FOR THE FULL TEN WEEKS OF CAMP ALREADY.

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AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD GET FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. WHEN ARE YOU STARTING CAMP? NOW THAT THEY CHANGED THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE. SO. YEAH THAT'S BEEN A BIG THING.

OUR, OUR PHONES HAVE BEEN BLOWING UP, RIGHT? BREVARD SCHOOLS LAST DAY IS NOW THE 22ND DUE TO NOT USING THE HURRICANE DAYS.

SO WE REACTED PRETTY QUICKLY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CAMP AT BOTH LOCATIONS.

WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CONFIRM IF YMCA IS GOING TO DO CAMP AT AT TED WHITLOCK.

IF THEY DO NOT DO CAMP, WE'LL STILL RUN THE CAMP THROUGH THE CITY.

SO, AND I REMEMBER WHEN MY CHILD WAS YOUNG AND YOU WOULD SIGN UP FOR SUMMER CAMP, YOU HAD TO GO STAND IN LINE AND BE LIKE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE TO GET SIGNED UP.

BUT BACK IN THE DAY, YOU USED TO HAVE TO LIKE, IF YOU WANTED ALL TEN WEEKS, YOU HAD TO PAY FOR ALL TEN WEEKS TO HOLD YOUR SPOT.

LIKE THEY, YOU COULDN'T SAY, MY KID WILL BE HERE EVERY WEEK. I'M GOING TO PAY EVERY WEEK. DO YOU MAKE PEOPLE PAY UPFRONT OR.

SO AT THIS TIME WE ARE DOING IT THAT WAY AGAIN.

THIS IS THE FIRST SUMMER THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED IT.

WE MODELED IT EXACTLY HOW CITY OF MELBOURNE IS DOING IT.

WE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY COPY AND PASTE, BUT IT PRETTY MUCH WAS MODELING.

IT WORKS OVER THERE, SO WHY NOT HERE? SO WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS WE TALK TO THE APPLICANT AND THE PARENTS AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEE WHAT IS DIFFERENT HERE IN PALM BAY THAN MELBOURNE.

WE COULD DEFINITELY TWEAK THE PROGRAM. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH.

YEAH. BUT THEY'RE NOT STARTING CAMP TILL JUNE 1ST.

SO I'M GOING TO TELL THEM THAT YOU'RE STARTING A WEEK EARLIER. YES, SIR.

QUESTION. YOU'RE GETTING YOUR MIC. YEAH. NOT NOT REALLY A QUESTION BUT MORE OF A COMMENT.

HAVE I GUESS A QUESTION. NEVER MIND. SO MY APOLOGIES.

HAVE YOU IN THE PAST GOTTEN WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE POLICE OFFICER DOG THAT THEY USE? OH, YEAH. OH, TOBY. TOBY, COME HERE TO SEE US.

HAVE YOU GOTTEN TOBY AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED? SO, YEAH, WE DO WORK WITH PALM BAY PD AND FIRE.

THEY DO COME OUT TO THE CAMPS A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.

I KNOW THE YMCA LAST CAMP LAST SUMMER DID A FIRST RESPONDERS DAY.

PUBLIC WORKS CAME OUT AS WELL. IT WAS LIKE A TOUCH A TRUCK OVER THERE.

SO WE KIND OF STOLE THAT FROM THEM AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL.

SO I THINK THEY BROUGHT THE ICE CREAM. OH YEAH YEAH YEAH.

FROSTY FIVE. OH THEY GOT TOBY. THEY GOT A LOT GOING ON OVER THERE.

YEAH. A SUMMER CAMP. ALSO A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOT SUMMER, NOT THAT I KNOW, BUT I WHILE WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE MELBOURNE POWELL WE DON'T HAVE PALM BAY POWELL BUT I WAS STILL LIKE MELBOURNE POWELL RECOGNIZES AND I THINK WE ALL DO. THE EARLIER YOU CAN HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN INTRODUCED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S THE SEED THAT'S PLANTED IN THEIR MIND AND NOT WHAT THEY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

NOT SAYING THERE'S BAD ACTORS OUT THERE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ENCOURAGE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE HAD TRAUMATIZING SITUATIONS.

NICK HALL IS ONE, BUT HE WENT ON TO BECOME A PALM BAY POLICE OFFICER AND IS LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOT LOOKING. HE IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO AS AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN GET OUR OFFICERS THERE.

IF WE GOT TO TALK TO CHIEF SPEARS, WE'LL TALK TO HIM. I WAS GOING TO SAY ME COMING UP THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR.

I WORK WITH CHIEF SPEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HIRED HERE.

AND WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. GETTING PD MORE INVOLVED IN THE RECREATION PROGRAMS HERE IN PALM BAY.

THEY'RE ALWAYS OPEN FOR IT. WE HAVE THEM OUT.

THEY TRY TO BRING FROSTY FIVE ZERO AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

TOBY. IF THEY HAVE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR PATROL OFFICERS OR IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S JUST SITTING THERE, SOMETIMES WE'LL SAY, HEY, COME INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT OF THERE FOR A WHILE.

SO YEP, YEP. IT'D BE NICE. IF MAYBE NOT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE FUTURE, LIKE SOME TYPE OF LIKE CAREER DAY KIND OF THING TOO, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE A RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR THE CITY FOR THE FUTURE OF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, POLICE FIRE, EVEN YOUR, YOUR LABOR FOLKS AND UTILITIES LIKE, YOU KNOW, BIG PUSH NOW.

NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO TO COLLEGE NECESSARILY.

SO TO EMPHASIZE, YOU HAVE A TON OF SKILLED WORKFORCE HERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS IN YOUR TRADES AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TOO.

AND A CAREER AND RECREATION TOO. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO PUSH A CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S A, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW KIDS THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS OUT THERE AND THEY CAN STAY CONNECTED WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. AT THE TOP OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID 65 UNIQUE PALM BAY RESIDENTS.

WHAT IS. SO THE WAY WE DO A UNIQUE IS IF SOMEONE REGISTERS FOR CAMP FOR TEN WEEKS, THEY STILL ONLY COUNT AS ONE UNIQUE

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THE 40 SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE TO DO WITH TEN WEEKS.

SO IF SOMEONE DID COME IN AND SIGN UP AND SAY, I WANT TO SIGN UP FOR ALL TEN WEEKS, THEY WILL COUNT AS ONE OF THOSE 40 SCHOLARSHIPS.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO BREAK THE MATH DOWN EVEN MORE, YOU COULD SAY THE 40 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ACTUALLY 400 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EACH WEEK.

YEAH. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE A CAMPER THAT ONLY COMES TWO WEEKS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO USE ONLY TWO OF THE 400. TECHNICALLY, YES.

AND NOW SUMMER BREAKS LONGER. YES. BY ONE WEEK, 11 WEEKS NOW.

CAN YOU TELL I'M ANNOYED BY THAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MELBOURNE POWELL.

AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SAFE PLACE.

I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS. I HAVE A PRESENTATION. OKAY, I'LL PASS THAT OUT. MY NAME IS RUFUS WILLIAMS. I'M PRESIDENT OF MELBOURNE.

POWELL AND I HAVE PROBABLY SEEN MOST OF YOU ALL HERE BEFORE BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTINUATION PROGRAM.

WE'VE BEEN WITH YOU ALL FOR OVER, I THINK FOUR YEARS NOW, MAYBE FIVE.

AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE IMPACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON, ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. OVER THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, I SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE MENTORING EFFORT ITSELF.

AND I'LL AND I'LL LET MARTINA, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HERE, TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD.

THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE FOCUSING ON NOW IS TRYING TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS.

AND I'LL JUST LIKE WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WE'RE DEVELOPING WITH THE ORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION, TRYING TO GET THE KIDS OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A STEM PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE STARTED OVER THERE NOW.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TIE IN WITH THEIR STEM PROGRAM, GET THEM SOME MAGIC GAMES, BUT TRYING TO GET THE KIDS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THE NATIONAL PAL THAT WE ARE UNDER GIVES US A CURRICULUM.

IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE CURRICULUM, IT'S MODIFIED, YOU KNOW, TO FIT OUR NEEDS, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO TAILOR IT TO THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE.

YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND WE HAVE COACHES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INPUTS INTO HOW TO TAILOR THE PROGRAM.

AND THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE KIDS IS SHOWN WITHIN THE STATISTICS.

YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE THERE IN THAT THE KIDS HAVE IMPROVED ATTITUDE.

THEY'VE IMPROVED THEIR FAMILY LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND SO IN FACT, THERE ARE SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING ON COLLEGE TOURS AND DURING THE SUMMER, WE TRY TO DO MORE THINGS WITH THEM.

AND I THINK I'VE TALKED TO YOU ALL BEFORE ABOUT THE NATIONAL PROGRAM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO COME UP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND SO YOU HAVE TO PICK KIDS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT IMPROVEMENT AND SEND THEM ON TRIPS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE MENTORING AND THE AND THE TIE IN IS, I THINK, SHOWN WITHIN THE STATISTICS.

AND I'LL GIVE MARTINI A LITTLE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

GOOD EVENING. AND THE ONLY THING I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON IS JUST THE STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE.

HOW WE GET OUR NUMBERS IS AT THE END OF THE MENTORING PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A PROGRAM SURVEY. SO WE DON'T LET THE KIDS DO IT.

WE LET THEM SIT DOWN WITH THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE I WANT MORE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.

AND ALSO, THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT WE'RE SEEING IS GEARED MORE AROUND THE KIDS.

IT'S CALLED THE CAL RIPKEN CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE USING, AND IT TALKS ABOUT BULLYING.

WE TEACH ON LIFE SKILLS, CHARACTER EDUCATION, FINANCIAL LITERACY, ALL THAT'S IMPACTED IN THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FEEDING OUR KIDS NOW. IT'S NOT ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.

WE WANT TO GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR KIDS BEHAVIORS.

YEAH. SO WE WORK ON THE DISCIPLINE SIDE. WE WORK ON THE STEM SIDE.

SO WE TRY TO MEET THE KEY THE YOUTH WHERE THEY ARE AND TRY TO ADVANCE THEM FORWARD AND IMPROVE,

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AND WE'RE LEVERAGING OTHER FUNDS TO HAVE EVEN A BIGGER IMPACT.

AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST ADD IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING TO BE WHERE ALMOST A LOT OF OUR FOOTBALL TEAM IS.

PRCHAL IS ON PALM BAY KIDS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR BASKETBALL TEAMS AND OUR BASKETBALL LEAGUE ARE PALM BAY KIDS.

SO WE SEE PALM BAY KIDS THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE MELBOURNE POWELL, BUT IT'S TURNING TO BE WHERE IT'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, NOT JUST MENTORING. OUR PALM BAY KIDS. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF CHANGING THE NAME? WE HAVE? IT'S, IT'S A LONG STORY ON THAT THING AND TIED TO IT NOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANOTHER PALM BAY OUR ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN PALM BAY POWELL SHUT DOWN, WE ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND TRIED TO WORK THAT RELATIONSHIP.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT BROUGHT US TO HERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH CLOSE TIES TO PALM BAY, BUT THE CHARTER ORGANIZATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE CHANGED.

YEAH. SO IT'S JUST. JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR ME.

DO YOU DO ANYTHING WITH BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS COME WITH THESE GREAT IDEAS EVERY YEAR OF KIND OF LIKE A NEW VERSION OF THE PROGRAM, A NEW THING. I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WAS SOME MUSIC AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO YOU, I LOVE THAT EACH TIME YOU COME, IT'S, IT'S YOU'RE KEEPING IT NEW AND DIFFERENT AND EXCITING FOR THEM.

DO YOU WORK WITH ANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? LIKE MY SON IS BIG INTO ROBOTICS AT PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL.

DO YOU DO ANYTHING THROUGH THOSE WITH THE OLDER KIDS TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND MAYBE SHOW MORE OF THOSE STEM ACTIVITIES LIKE ROBOTICS AND LIKE THE TECHNICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION OR LIKE THE VEX PROGRAMS OR THINGS TO MAYBE SHOW THEM WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE AS THEY GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

NOT NECESSARILY. A LOT OF THESE KIDS ARE IN DIFFERENT PARTS AND ALL.

AND JUST LIKE WE, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A COLLEGE TOUR THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS PART OF A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION, BUT SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE WITH US ARE GOING ON THAT TOUR BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION, TOO. AND JUST LIKE THAT ORGANIZATION DID A AI, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATION AND THEY ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND THEY WERE DOING A SEARCH FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY HAD BROUGHT SOMEONE IN TO SHOW THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, COMPUTER SKILLS.

AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT A LAPTOP. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS GOING IN.

AND SO THE KIDS THAT WE THINK ARE OF A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE GET THEM TIED INTO THIS.

AND THAT'S THE REASON I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE KIDS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE ORLANDO MAGIC THING, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A STEM AFTERNOON BEFORE A GAME.

AND SO SOME OF THE KIDS WENT OVER TO THE STEM ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, SO WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS AS WE CAN.

SO SOME KIDS LIKE STEM, SOME ON PEOPLE LIKE AI.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE THIS. AND THE MUSIC THING THAT YOU'RE TALKING THAT STARTED.

I THINK STARTING THIS MONTH AND ALL. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH STONE TO TRY TO GET THAT MUSIC PROGRAM GOING THERE.

EXCELLENT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEDING US NEW IDEAS.

YEAH. OF. AND SO WE FIND THE KIDS THAT WANT THIS IDEA, FIND THE KIDS THAT WANT THAT IDEA.

AND THAT'S READING THE PARTNERSHIP'S WORK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FIND AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH. AND I THINK EVENTUALLY IF YOU HAVE A KID THAT'S LIKE, WELL, I'VE DONE ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE OFFERING. SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU KEEP NEW CREATIVE IDEAS, IT KEEPS THEM COMING BACK. YES.

AND KUDOS ON THESE HANDOUTS TO YOUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

WHOEVER DID THESE, THESE ARE THESE ARE SHARP.

THANK YOU. MAYBE THIS WAS CHATGPT, BUT IF NOT, THESE ARE GREAT.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. YES, I SHOULD JUST GO.

MR. JOHNSON. YOU'RE NEXT. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I LOVE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO, EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DOES MY QUESTION, AND I HATE TO COMPARE OR I'M NOT TRYING TO COMPARE, BUT CLUB ESTEEM, I KNOW SHE'S SHOWN A RECORD OF WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE DONE IN REGARDS TO AFTER IN REGARDS TO HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA BEHIND THAT OR CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT IN REGARDS TO JUST THE EFFECT OF PLANTING THE SEED EARLY ON AND HOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT I'M ASKING OR. YEAH, YEAH, I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING BECAUSE I LOOK AT HER DATA TOO.

AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN SHE STANDS UP THERE WITH ALL THESE KIDS THAT HAVE GRADUATED AND WHERE THEY WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, A LOT OF OUR KIDS TEND TO BE MORE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE TRIED TO BRING SOME IMPACT INTO HOW THE KIDS ARE DOING.

WE DON'T TEND TO HAVE AS MANY KIDS THAT ARE SENIORS OR JUNIORS THAT ARE GRADUATING.

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO TIE IN WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT.

SO IF WE HAVE A KID THAT CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT MOST OF OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, ARE MORE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY'RE NOT SENIORS AND JUNIORS GETTING READY TO GRADUATE.

THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE YOUNGER THEN. YEAH, WE START AT FIVE.

OH, OKAY. WOW. SO IT KIND OF MOST OF THEM, I WOULD SAY AGE OUT PROBABLY NINTH GRADE OR THEY DON'T AGE OUT, BUT THEY JUST TEND TO THEY'RE NOT IN THE PROGRAM.

OTHER PROGRAMS GO TO CLUBS. YEAH. OKAY. WORKING TOGETHER? YES. YEAH. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT ALL CAN BE TRACKED.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD VOLUNTEERED AT PALM BAY ELEMENTARY PROBABLY EIGHT YEARS AGO.

AND I RAN INTO A YOUNG MAN AT PUBLIX, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A CDL AND THAT HE'S MOVING UP TO DC, AND I HADN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS. AND I WAS LIKE, WOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE THE EFFECT OF THE SEED THAT'S PLANTED EARLY ON HOW IT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE SAME QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER, MAYBE WITH THE WOMEN'S CENTER, WHERE YOU KIND OF TRACKED PEOPLE AFTER YOU LOSE CONTACT, BUT STILL KEEP UP WITH THEM.

AND IT'S THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, WE STRUGGLE WITH ON A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE SOMEBODY A SCHOLARSHIP AND THEY GO OFF TO COLLEGE.

OKAY. DID THEY GRADUATE? YOU KNOW, WHERE DID THEY GET A JOB AT? YOU KNOW, TELLING THE STORY BACK ON THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAD IS GOOD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHERE THAT PERSON WENT, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, THE OTHER DAY I GOT A NOTE FROM ONE STUDENT GRADUATING FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY WITH THEIR MASTER. EXCELLENT.

SO THAT CAME BACK TO, LIKE I SAID, A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT FEEDBACK WAS POSITIVE, YOU KNOW? SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD AN IMPACT ON SOMEONE AND THEY WERE JUST THANKING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP WE GAVE.

SO THAT'S EXCELLENT. THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S REALLY I THINK PARTNERSHIPS ARE VERY GOOD IN LEVERAGING PEOPLE.

AND THE DOLLARS THAT YOU ALL GIVE US AND TRYING TO GET THE STUDENTS WITH THE WITH THE RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE MISSING MIDDLE FOR THE KIDS, IF YOU WILL.

YES. AND THEN THEY'RE CAPTURED JUST IN THAT MOMENT TO HEIGHTEN OR INCREASE THEIR SOFT SKILLS IN PREPARATION FOR WHAT LIFE'S GOING TO COME BEFORE THEY GET TO ESTEEM.

YES, EXACTLY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

ANY EXTRA HANDOUTS? OH, NO. WE HAVE SOME MORE IF YOU NEED SOME.

YEAH, WE NEED SOME. THEY'RE SO NICE. MISS CARTER WANTS TO KEEP THEM.

OH, WE DIDN'T GET IT. NEXT WE HAVE SAFE PLACE AND THEN THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED, FOLLOWED BY COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVE.

HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? I AM GREAT, I AM. I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING AND I AM JOHN CURRY.

I AM A MASTER'S LEVEL PROFESSIONAL WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND I'M THE OWNER OF TREATMENT SERVICES.

WE WEAR TWO HATS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE A LICENSED DCF SUBSTITUTES OUTPATIENT PROGRAM AS WELL AS A.

ACCREDITED WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF RECOVERY RESIDENTS FOR SOBER LIVING.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN GRASSROOTS. WE'RE OUT THERE POST PANDEMIC.

WHEN IN, WHEN IN, WHEN NO ONE WANTED TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF COVID.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE OUT THERE. I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SO I KNEW HOW TO WEAR PPE PROTECTIVE MATERIAL.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING INTO TRENCHES.

AND WE STILL DO. THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE, THE HOMELESS ARE JUST RECENTLY EXITING JAIL OR PRISON INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES WE COVER, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY PEOPLE WE DON'T SERVE ARE SEX OFFENDERS OR SOMEONE WITH A MURDER CHARGE. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT IF I COULD FIND A HOME, A HOUSE THAT'S ZONED FOR SEX OFFENDERS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE WOODS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT CHALLENGE.

WE HAVE. I'M SORRY. THIS IS ME. OKAY. SO SOME OF THE PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH, OF COURSE, DCF FOR PROJECT RESPONSE, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE, OPERATION NEW HOPE HOMELESS COALITION.

WE'RE OUT THERE JUST MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO WHOMEVER.

YOU KNOW WE CAN OFFER THE SERVICES TO, FOR PARTNERING ON ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S WILLING TO PARTNER.

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AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING, OF COURSE, WE'RE STICKING WITH THE 12 STEPS OUTPATIENT TREATMENT WE USE IN HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES, OVERDOSE PREVENTION. WE'RE COVERING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES OF ADDICTION THROUGH OUR COUNSELING STAFF. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE INITIATIVES AND SOME OF THE CURRICULUMS THAT WE USE.

STOP THE CHAOS. LIVING IN BALANCE. IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.

SO THE TREATMENT AS PREVENTION PLAN ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING.

IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, IT ADDRESSED PUBLIC HEALTH, IT REDUCED CRIME.

IT STRENGTHENS FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. WE PREVENT OVERDOSE.

IT WILL REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, SUPPORT LONG TERM RECOVERY, AND IT EVENTUALLY WILL CREATE A SAVINGS FOR THE TAXPAYER OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE INTEGRATE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE ADDRESSING CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AND AGAIN, PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS ADDICTION.

I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR MAIN PARTNER, CIRCLE OF CARE.

SO THE PRIORITY COMMUNITY NEEDS ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY FROM THE RFP.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AS PREVENTION TACKLES THAT WE'RE DIRECTLY ON THE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE.

IT'S VERY HIGH THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WE ADDRESS AND WHICH IS MEDIUM.

THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE SUBSIDIES WHERE IN OUR SOBER LIVING, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PLACING THEM IN SOBER LIVING, YOU KNOW, THE RENT, YOU KNOW, IS STILL IN AN AREA WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIRECTLY ADDRESSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT OUR GREATEST GEARED STRICTLY TOWARDS THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.

ALSO TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WE TRANSPORT OUR CLIENTS, WHICH IS MEDIUM AND WE HAVE A VAST FOOD BANK.

WE HAPPEN TO PARTNER WITH A JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, AND THEY GIVE US SO MUCH FOOD.

WE HAVE A HUGE COMMUNITY PANTRY THAT AVAILABLE FOR WE NOT ONLY OUR CLIENTS, BUT CHURCHES WE GIVE TO CHURCHES AND ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT'S IN NEED. SO LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

ACCORDING TO THE BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION, THERE WAS 1116 UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN BREVARD COUNTY.

PALM BAY HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTY'S LARGEST CITY, SO IT CARRIES A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE POPULATION.

ADDITIONALLY, I WAS IN THE MEETING WHEN THE PALM BAY CITY OFFICIALS YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH IDEAS TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS BILL THAT CAME OUT 1365 WHICH PROHIBITS HOMELESSNESS OR PEOPLE SLEEPING OR CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

WE'RE COVERING THAT IN OUR SOBER LIVING ENVIRONMENT, THE LAW, YOU KNOW, PUSHES MANY CITIES, INCLUDING PALM BAY, ON HOW TO RETHINK UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS SOBER LIVING, WHICH IS A HAT WE WEAR WITH OUR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

AND THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC OF WHAT CAN EVOLVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT'S HERE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE DRUG USE AND OVERDOSE IN BREVARD COUNTY.

I WANT TO STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AT A COUNTY LEVEL, DATA IS THE CLOSEST AVAILABLE FOR PALM BAY AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE FLORIDA MEDICAL EXAMINER WHO REPORTS OVERDOSE DEATHS BY COUNTY, NOT CITY.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN THE STATEWIDE AGE ADJUSTED OPIATE, WE'RE JUST IN THE OPIATE OVERDOSE RATE IN 2024 WAS 17.2. JUST WRAP IT UP A LITTLE BIT, OKAY.

WAS 17.2 PER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN THE FATAL OVERDOSE WHICH INCLUDES ALL DRUGS WAS 23.9 PER

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THIS IS THE FACE OF THE.COM OR STREET LEVEL DRUG USE AND OVERDOSE.

OUR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELING. EACH CLIENT WILL PAY $300 PER MONTH FOR COUNSELING TOTALING 36 3600 PER CLIENT ANNUALLY.

THERE ARE EIGHT CLIENTS IN THE SOBER LIVING HOUSE WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AT 12 MONTHS AT.

IT WILL EQUAL 28,800. WE'RE REQUESTING 40,000 FOR THE GRANT WITH 11,000 FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS.

I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STOP YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT, A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME.

YOU GOT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL? YES. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MR. JOHNSON, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.

YES, SIR. HE'S SO PASSIONATE. YEAH. NO, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.

SO YOU. I'M GONNA GO WAY BACK TO THE FIRST THING YOU SAID.

SO ARE YOU FINDING IT? FINDING IT DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO ARE SEXUAL OFFENDERS TO FIND? ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE OF THERE IS A NEED, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF ZONING. WE WERE DOING IT IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BUT OF COURSE THEY CAME AND STOPPED US, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW I HAD JUDGE'S ORDERS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN, THIS IS THEIR LEGAL RESIDENCE.

BUT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE CAME AND SAID NO, THEY CANNOT LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ZONING.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE ON THAT CHALLENGE. THE MELBOURNE POLICE OR MELBOURNE CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THERE'S A YOUNG LADY THAT SHE DOES THAT. YEP.

OKAY. I CAN'T CALL HER NAME. RIGHT. PLUGGING THAT AWAY.

YEAH. OKAY. WELL, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A SCHOOL AND ALL.

YEAH. SO IT REALLY, I THINK THE HOMELESS COALITION HAD SOME DATA AT SOME POINT ABOUT WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE IN THE COUNTY.

AND IT, IT'S LIKE NOWHERE, NOWHERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE.

AND I HAVE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES CALLING ME ALL THE TIME.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, DO YOU TAKE SEX OFFENDERS? A GUY FROM YESTERDAY, JUST YESTERDAY CALLED OUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE PROBATION OFFICE. WE NEED SOMEWHERE TO TAKE OUR LOVED ONE.

AND THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO. SO THERE IS A NEED, YOU KNOW, FOR SEX OFFENDERS IN BREVARD COUNTY HOUSING.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT OFFLINE THEN.

BECAUSE I WOULD THINK IT WOULD IT'S MORE OF A HAZARD TO HAVE THEM IN THE STREET THAN TO OR IN THE WOODS OR IN THE WOODS.

YEAH. WELL, OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

CORRECT. AT LEAST YOU CAN TRACK AND GET THEM THE SERVICES TO YOUR POINT.

YEAH. SHOULD JUST BE ANYWHERE. BUT I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S AN ISSUE WHEN THEY'RE IN THESE CAMPS AND THINGS AND THEN THEY GET MOVED OUT LIKE DISPLACED WHEN A CAMP GETS CLEANED UP. THEN THE POLICE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

CORRECT? SO YEAH, THAT'S WHICH. NOT TO GET OFF TOPIC, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE LOW BARRIER SHELTER.

AT SOME POINT, SOME PLACE IN THE COUNTY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOW BARRIER SHELTER SOMEWHERE.

OKAY. COULD ADDRESS BECAUSE, WELL, AGAIN, YOU KNOW IF THERE'S AN AREA ZONE, I'M WILLING TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE.

OKAY. LAST QUESTION TO HELP YOU WITH THAT LAST QUESTION WITHOUT VIOLATING HIPAA OR ANYTHING, OUR MAJORITY OF THE CLIENTS YOU'LL BE SERVING MEN OR NO, WE, WE HAVE SOBER LIVING FOR MEN AND WOMEN.

OKAY. BUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS MEN.

OKAY. NOW, I JUST SEE THERE'S A I YOU SEE THE SERVICES FOR WOMEN.

YOU SEE THE SERVICES FOR FAMILY, BUT NOT AS MUCH FOR MEN.

SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. THE BULK OF OUR POPULATION, THE POPULATION I SERVE, WHICH WE HAVE AGAIN, THE ONE HOUSE IN PALM BAY.

WE HAVE FIVE HOUSES IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.

OKAY, SO IN THE BULK OF IT ARE MEN OKAY? YEAH.

IT'S USUALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE FOR MEN BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T BE AROUND THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

SO IT REALLY LIMITS. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. OKAY. QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. I'M EXCITED.

HE'S READY TO GO. I'M EXCITED. I'M NOT READY TO GO.

I'M. I MEAN, LIKE, THIS IS SUCH A COMPASSIONATE JOB.

YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE COMPASSION TO MY STAFF, MY CLINICAL STAFF.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST TO SEE ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE.

OKAY. I GOT A CAR. THE SMALL THINGS THAT HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, RE ENTER SOCIETY AS A WHOLE PERSON.

SO IT'S JUST AN EXCITEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART FOR IT.

AND I WELL, THANK YOU FOR SEGWAYING INTO MY QUESTIONS ABOUT STATISTICS.

OKAY. SO I'M READING THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, AND IT STATES THERE'S A COMBINATION OF 60 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT EXPERIENCE WITHIN YOUR STAFF. HOW MANY YEARS HAS YOUR ORGANIZATION BEEN IN BUSINESS? AND IF I OVERLOOK THAT, MY APOLOGIES, BUT THAT WILL HELP INFORM THE NEXT QUESTION.

SO SO WE SINCE 2020, OKAY, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS, BUT MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE 30 YEARS MY LMHC,

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YES, YES. OKAY. SIX YEARS. WHAT OR HOW HAS YOUR ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTED STATISTICALLY WITH THE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR INDIVIDUALS? BECAUSE AT THE TOP OF THE CONVERSATION YOU MENTIONED, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF INSTITUTIONS. HOW ARE YOU TRACKING THAT? THEY'RE NO LONGER OR THEY'RE NOT RETURNING TO SAID INSTITUTION.

INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT OF THE PRISON SYSTEM BASICALLY ARE COMING THROUGH OPERATION NEW HOPE.

WE HAVE AN MOU WITH OPERATION NEW HOPE IN COCOA WHERE WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE HOUSE THE INDIVIDUAL.

HOWEVER, OUR TRACKING MECHANISM IS BY OUR PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR ON A, ON A, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, HE'S REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE EXITED OUR PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU? HOW'S IT GOING? HOW COULD WE HELP? NOW, I AM GOING TO SAY AS FAR AS THE RETURN, YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER, BUT THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION, YOU HAVE GOT TO STAY OUT OF THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION, RIGHT? BY, BY FOLLOWING THE STRUCTURE AND THE TOOLS THAT'S PROVIDED FOR YOU.

IF NOT, YOU CAN EASILY WIND UP RIGHT ON THAT TRACK AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU. DIRECTOR OF I FINANCE? WHAT WAS THE TITLE? I MISSED IT. WHAT WAS YOUR TITLE? PROGRAM DIRECTOR.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

IN TERMS OF THAT MONTHLY DATA, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S VERBAL CONVERSATIONS.

LIKE WHAT IS WHAT TRACKING IT IS VERBAL. SOMETIMES I'M AT THE OFFICE, I'LL JUST AND YOU HAVE TO LIKE MRS. CURRIE STATED, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HEARTBEAT FOR PEOPLE IN SOCIETY, HOMELESS MENTAL AND ALL THAT.

I REGULARLY TAKE OUT TIME AND I ALSO USE IT AS A BREAK WHEN MR. CURRIE GAVE ME SO MUCH PAPERWORK. THAT'S THAT'S A BREAK, SIR.

MA'AM, HOW YOU DOING? MY MY PHONE NUMBER IS LOADED WITH FORMER CLIENTS AS WELL.

IS IT APPEARS THAT'S STILL THERE. AND SO IT'S, IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A LOVER OF BUILDING TRUST WITH THEM ALSO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

MY PHONE RANG AS WELL. I DO A LOT OF FOLLOW UPS.

WELL, WELFARE CALLS, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE HOW YOU DOING? I'M. WE DON'T HAVE A TRACKING DEVICE ON YOU, BUT IT IS A TRACKING DEVICE.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ASK THIS, MISS CARTER, ANY TRACKING DOCUMENTATION TO REFLECT THE STATS TO ONE CONFIRM THESE ARE UNDUPLICATED CYCLES, RIGHT. THE INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL.

AND IN THAT THAT. OH, I GOT A HAND RAISE IN THE BACK.

COME ON TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. COME ON UP. THE DATA TO REFLECT THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM TO ENSURE, RIGHT, THAT WE KEEP FUNDING GOING, IF YOU WILL.

I ME PERSONALLY FOR DOCUMENTATION. NO, I JUST AT FACE VALUE, I RUN INTO A LOT OF THEM OUT ON THE STREET AND SEE THEIR PROGRESS ON BUSINESSES REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

AND SO, I MEAN, IT'S EVIDENCE IN PERSON NOW TO SHOW YOU PAPER AND SAY THIS PERSON THAT NO, BUT MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SUCCESS ON THE OUTSIDE OF DOCUMENTATION.

AND I WANT TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T PUT A TIME ON RECOVERY.

WE CAN'T SAY YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECOVERED IN THREE MONTHS.

SO OUR PROGRAM IS READINESS. YOU KNOW, AS A CLINICAL INDIVIDUAL MYSELF, I CAN, I CAN OKAY, NOW I CAN START NUDGING THIS INDIVIDUAL. YOU NEED TO START WORKING ON EXITING THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TURN THEM OVER TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION, DIFFERENT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY HAVE SOME PERMANENT HOUSING FOR MORE STABILITY.

SO YOUR SERVICES ARE TAILORED TO THE WHOLE PERSON.

IT'S NOT JUST AN UMBRELLA APPROACH TO SOMETHING.

CORRECT? OUR PSYCHOEDUCATION IS PHENOMENAL. I WILL WELCOME YOU GUYS TO COME SIT THROUGH ONE OF OUR SESSIONS JUST TO TAG ON TO HER QUESTION.

SO WHEN YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM VERBALLY VIA PHONE AND YOU'RE OR YOU'RE RUNNING INTO THEM IN THE COMMUNITY, HAVE YOU CHECKED IN THE IN BETWEEN, LIKE TO SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN ARRESTED OR IF THEY'VE HAD ANY OTHER OFTENTIMES ON, ON THE, ON THE CRIME WATCH? OKAY, OKAY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF MY WIND DOWN TIME, IF YOU WILL.

YEAH. I'M HOME WITH MY OWN OWN FACILITY. I STROLLED THROUGH IT.

OKAY. JUST. I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL HONEST, BUT MAYBE.

YES. AND MAYBE SOMEBODY'S NOT TRUTHFUL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND SURPRISINGLY, I MEAN, IT'S SOMEONE THERE, BUT NOT MANY.

YOU YOU WOULD THINK SOME SOME OF THEM GET AHOLD OF IT AND CONTINUE TO LIKE ON THE GOOD PATH.

AND I WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT PASTOR JARVIS OPENED OPERATION NEW HOPE.

HE'S PHENOMENAL. WE REACH OUT TO HIM, YOU KNOW, AND HE'LL LET US KNOW THEY'RE RETURNING.

JOHN. THEY'RE NOT RETURNING, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO HAVE OUR OWN TRACKING MECHANISM.

BUT AS FAR AS HERE'S THE DATA, YOU KNOW, NO, WE DON'T WE DON'T PUT IT IN DATA, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AGAIN,

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MEANING AFTER THREE MONTHS OR YOUR ASSURANCE HAS EXPIRED, YOU GOT TO GO.

SO RESPECTFUL OF TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THIS GENTLEMAN WHO HAD HIS HAND RAISED.

MY NAME IS KEITH JACKSON. I'M A. CAN YOU STAND UP TO THE.

OH, JUST SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME.

MY NAME IS KEITH JACKSON. I'M A GRATEFUL, RECOVERING ADDICT.

I'VE BEEN IN PRISON EIGHT TIMES, ALL FOR DRUG CHARGES.

I'VE BEEN INCARCERATED FOR OVER 37 YEARS FOR DRUG CHARGES.

LATELY, I'VE BEEN CLEAN FOR THREE YEARS. AND WHEN I GOT OUT OF PRISON, I CAME TWO DAYS AFTER I GOT OUT.

I WENT TO A SAFE PLACE, AND I HAVE NO DESIRE FOR IT.

IT'S A LONG ROAD STILL, BUT IT WORKS. IF IT WEREN'T FOR MR. CURRY, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU. I'LL PROBABLY BE DEAD. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO COME UP HERE.

BUT I GOT TO SAY, THE PROGRAM HELPS. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING. WHERE A LOT OF US GET LEFT BEHIND.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. THANK YOU. GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.

HE IS ONE OF MANY, I WILL SAY. YEAH, HE IS ONE OF MANY.

THAT IS ALL FOR ME. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR ME.

SO IS THIS LIKE A CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY TYPE OF SITUATION THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE HOUSING OR.

SO WE, WE PARTNERED WITH OUR LMHC IS A DOCTOR.

OKAY. AND HE'S CERTIFIED WITH THIS FLOOD OF CERTIFICATION BOARD.

OKAY. HE CAN OFFER. WE OFFER THE PEER TRAINING AT SAFEPLACE TREATMENT SERVICES.

SO OF COURSE, WE ARE TRAINING INDIVIDUALS IN THE PEER AGAIN.

THE CLINICAL STAFF, MYSELF, MY LMHC AND WE HAVE BACHELOR'S LEVEL COUNSELOR ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN MY TAKING YOUR TEST NEXT MONTH.

OH, GOOD. GOOD JOB. OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION.

I THINK I REMEMBER YOU GUYS FROM BREVARD COUNTY OPIOID SETTLEMENT ABATEMENT FUNDING.

YES, MA'AM. THAT DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS I HAD. NO, NO.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S FOR ANOTHER ANOTHER CONVERSATION.

BUT I KNOW THAT THE CITIES HAVE OPIOID ABATEMENT SETTLEMENT FUNDING.

I THINK PALM BAY HAD DONE AT LEAST ONE ROUND OF THAT.

BUT HAVE YOU PURSUED THAT THROUGH ANY OF THE CITIES? FOR THIS TYPE OF USE THAT MAYBE WELL, MIGHT NOT BE AS COMPETITIVE FOR YOU.

WE JUST WE JUST THE, THE GRANT CYCLE FOR THE OPIOID ABATEMENT WE DID THROUGH THE BREVARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

OKAY. WE HAVE NOT, YOU KNOW. OKAY. BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON IT.

OKAY. EXCELLENT PLAN AS WE LOOK AT IT. OVERWORKING MY ADMINISTRATIVE, YOU KNOW.

SHE USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. I WANT TO ADD YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, HER AND I BEAT HAND, HAND, HAND IN HAND, HEAD IN HEAD. YOU KNOW, GETTING THESE GRANT PROPOSALS, YOU KNOW, OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

YEAH. EXCELLENT. DENISE, COULD WE WHEN YOU GUYS DO LIKE THAT NEXT ROUND, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY JUST GET NOTIFICATION FOR OPIOID ABATEMENT WHEN THE CITY DOES? I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT AGAIN.

IF THE CITY GETS INTO THAT, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND.

OH, OKAY. HAPPY TO TALK TO SOMEBODY AT THE CITY ABOUT THAT.

MR.. JOHNSON. BOY, THIS IS NEW TO ME. YEAH, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S NOT A SUNSHINE. OKAY? WE WOULD NEED TO TALK TO JASON BECAUSE JASON IS OKAY.

HAPPY TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THAT. BUT GREAT WORK.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I, I JUST LEFT THE ILLICIT DRUG SUMMIT AND IT'S, IT'S CRAZY TO ME, THE STORIES THAT PEOPLE TELL AND THE THINGS, THE WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND, AND THE PEER RECOVERY SPACE AND THE RECOVERY, JUST RECOVERING INDIVIDUALS HELPING OTHERS.

YES, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AT THE COUNTY.

ABSOLUTELY. WHEN THEY. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK SOMETIME THIS YEAR THAT'LL GO BACK OUT AGAIN. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK UP THERE.

THANK YOU GUYS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM? YEP.

GOOD. ANYTHING. OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVE.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CLUB ESTEEM. I KNOW, DO MY VERY BEST.

GOOD EVENING. I AM NICOLE TIMPONE. I AM THE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVE, AND I'M IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING REQUESTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE ADMINISTERING A DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

A COMMUNITY HOUSING HAS ADMINISTERED SIMILAR PROGRAMS ON AND OFF SINCE 1996.

OVER THAT TIME, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH BREVARD COUNTY, COCOA, MELBOURNE, PALM BAY, AND TITUSVILLE.

AS OF APRIL THE 13TH, THIS PAST WEEK, MONDAY WE HAVE CLOSED 1022 HOUSEHOLDS.

WE'VE HELPED 1022 FAMILIES ACHIEVE HOMEOWNERSHIP.

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WE WILL MARKET THE PROGRAM, WE WILL PRE-QUALIFY POTENTIAL BUYERS.

WE WILL INCOME CERTIFY HOUSEHOLDS, WE'LL PROVIDE EDUCATION.

WE WILL COORDINATE INSPECTIONS, DO UNDERWRITING AND GUIDE THE CLIENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH CLOSING AND LIEN RECORDING.

THE EDUCATION IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR OF OUR PROGRAM.

WE HAVE HOSTED OVER 4500 POTENTIAL FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS IN THESE WORKSHOPS.

WE DO INVITE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO COME IN AND FAIR HOUSING REPRESENTATIVES TO COME IN AND TALK TO OUR, OUR HOME BUYERS BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST WANT THE BUYER TO BE QUALIFIED, WE WANT THEM TO BE INFORMED, PREPARED, AND PROTECTED. WE PRIORITIZE COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY AT EVERY STEP.

WE, ALL OF OUR INCOME DETERMINATIONS WILL FOLLOW STRICT HUD PART FIVE REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE NEW INCOME REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE HOUSING.

THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MODERNIZATION ACT UP OUR FEE STRUCTURE IS BASED ON IS PERFORMANCE BASED. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS COMMUNITY HOUSING WILL INVOICE PALM BAY WITH EVERY CLOSING TO BE PAYABLE AFTER CLOSING. SO COMMUNITY HOUSING WILL NOT GET PAID UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BUYER THAT CLOSES ON THE HOME AND SUBMITS EVERYTHING TO THE CITY.

WE REQUIRE THE CLIENTS TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION SO THEY ARE COVERING ANY EARNEST MONEY DEPOSITS.

ANY INSPECTION FEES AND APPRAISAL COSTS. IF I WERE TO USE THE CITY'S THE CURRENT SUBSIDY LIMIT, WE ARE ESTIMATING WE'RE GOING TO ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASSIST AT LEAST THREE HOUSEHOLDS WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS, WITH THE GOAL OF MAXIMIZING FUNDING TO ASSIST AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WON'T AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM SUBSIDY THAT THE HOUSEHOLD COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR.

WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT NEEDED TO GET THE HOUSEHOLD INTO AN AFFORDABLE UNIT.

COMMUNITY HOUSING BRINGS ALMOST 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, IN COMPLIANCE AND IN UNDERWRITING.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR PAST PARTNERSHIPS AND HOPE FOR A LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY FOR SUCH A VERY LONG TIME AND WE DO GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JOHNSON. HEY, MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MA'AM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MY ONLY QUESTION AS OF NOW, OF THE 1022 HOMES THAT WERE.

YEAH, 1022 HOMES THAT WERE ASSISTED TO BE PURCHASED.

HOW MANY OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS OR FAMILIES HAVE HAD OR IF THEY HAVEN'T GONE INTO FORECLOSURE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A HUGE UPTICK IN THE NATION AND THERE IS A BIG UPTICK IN FORECLOSURES. ACTUALLY, WE'RE GETTING A TON OF CALLS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO SAVE THEIR HOME FROM FORECLOSURE RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE HAVEN'T GOT AS MANY CALLS AS WE'RE GETTING NOW SINCE 2007 AND 2008.

SO THERE IS A HUGE UPTICK FOR THAT. I THINK MISS CARTER WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO.

I DON'T TRACK THOSE NUMBERS. ONCE THE HOME CLOSES OUR FILE, EVERYTHING GETS TURNED BACK OVER TO THE MUNICIPALITY THAT WE WERE OPERATING THE PROGRAM FOR. SO I DON'T TRACK THOSE NUMBERS, I APOLOGIZE.

NO WORRIES, MISS CARTER. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU HAVE NOW? OR MAYBE LATER? YOU'LL HAVE IT FOR YOU TOMORROW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT WORKS. BUT WE DID CHECK A FEW WEEKS AGO AND LOOKED AT SOME NUMBERS IN PALM BAY AND IT IS RISING. AND I GUESS WE KNOW PERSONALLY AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WE'VE HAD SOME FORECLOSURES TO GO TO, TO OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECENTLY BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE A LIEN, RIGHT.

FOR THE CITY CONTRIBUTION. SO YEAH. AND YEAH, THAT, THAT IS WHY WE PUT IN THE, THE, THE HOUSING STRATEGY BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD SOMEONE TO ALSO ASK FOR FORECLOSURE MONEY, WE COULD NOT FIND ANYBODY THAT COULD HELP THEM IN BREVARD.

SO WE SAID THE CITY OF PALM BAY WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS STRATEGY.

WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN OUR LAP AND THEN PROVIDE WRITE SOME POLICIES, BUT WE, WE COULD NOT FIND.

SO THERE IS A NEED. THERE IS A NEED, YES. AND THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE THAT'S NEEDED TO HELP SOME OF THESE FOLKS OUT OF A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM A FORBEARANCE,

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AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WHEN WE GET FOLKS THAT ARE IN FORBEARANCE, THAT THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO OWE THAT AMOUNT.

SO WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE 6 TO 12 PAYMENTS AND WE'RE TALKING 10 TO $12,000.

THERE IS NOT A SOURCE IN BREVARD COUNTY THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.

I KNOW THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM THROUGH BREVARD COUNTY.

THEY DO PROVIDE FORECLOSURE ASSISTANCE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ONE PAYMENT THAT THEY CAN CATCH THEM UP ON, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSEHOLD CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS.

THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT A BAND AID ON A SINKING SHIP.

I GUESS THEY JUST DON'T. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS IF THEY COME IN AND PAY THE PAYMENT.

YEAH. BUT IF YOU'RE FACING FORECLOSURE, ONE PAYMENT, ONE PAYMENT ISN'T GOING.

YEAH. YOU'RE NOT GETTING FORECLOSED BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE PAYMENT BEHIND. YEAH, EXACTLY.

QUESTION. YES, YES. HI, NICOLE. THANK YOU. AT THE TOP OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN YOU SAID PART FIVE. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE CFR OR DID I? THE HUD, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S BASICALLY LIKE CHAPTER THREE AND CHAPTER FIVE OF HUD'S INCOME REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHAT WE FOLLOW. OKAY.

BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHY IS SHE TALKING ABOUT WAIVERS? OH, NO, NO. OKAY. THAT'S MY I'M SORRY, I WASN'T CLEAR.

NO, NO. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. I THINK IT'S IT'S GREAT THAT SEVERAL OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE FOCUSED ON THE EDUCATION AND THE TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT OF THESE SITUATIONS, BUT SO THAT THEY STAY SUCCESSFUL.

SO IT'S THAT'S BEEN A THEME TONIGHT, I THINK.

SO GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CLOVIS TEAM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. BUT AS I WAS SITTING OVER THERE, I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OR PROGRAM DIRECTORS I KNOW PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW KEITH AND HIS FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH CLOVIS TEAM MR. CURRY AND I HAVE PARTNERED RUFUS AND I, ONE OF MY FORMER TEACHERS WAS SO EXCITED WHEN SHE MOVED ON THE NORTH END AND COULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH KIDS. AND SHE WORKS WITH MARTINA, LIKE OVER THE SUMMER.

AND AT FIRST SHE STARTED VOLUNTEERING. SO I MEAN, JUST THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THIS COUNTY IS SO HUGE.

AND IT TAKES A VILLAGE LIKE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY CLOVIS TEAM HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE OF WHAT RUFUS SAID PARTNERSHIPS.

WE HAVE OVER 50 PARTNERSHIPS. AND SO THAT'S HUGE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M PLANNING MY SUMMER PROGRAM, I'VE GOT ECKERD CONNECTS COMING FLORIDA TECH WE'RE THE ONLY NSBE JUNIOR CHAPTER IN BREVARD COUNTY, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 34 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN WITH CLUB NINE FOR 29 OF THOSE YEARS.

AND SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR SUCCESSES, THEY'RE ALL OF OUR SUCCESSES BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A VILLAGE.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT I COULD HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND HELP OF OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CLUB ESTEEM.

IF THEY'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, NIECES OR NEPHEWS OR THEY'VE COME OUT TO VOLUNTEER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT BEFORE I GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS.

WE NORMALLY SERVE 180 TO 250 STUDENTS A YEAR.

AND THAT'S INCLUDING OUR SUMMER PROGRAM. AND THAT'S SOLELY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF CLUB ESTEEM IS WE START AT FIRST GRADE AND WE WALK WITH THEM THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

YOU KNOW, THAT JOURNEY STARTS AT FIRST GRADE.

WE START THEM WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE CHARACTER EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, GIRL SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS, PERFORMING ARTS STUDY HALL, AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

SO WHEN WE IDENTIFY THAT THERE ARE MISSING GAPS, LIKE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE READING THIRD GRADE READING LEVEL.

SO YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE PROSPERITY INITIATIVE WITH THE GRANER PALM BAY CHAMBER.

AND LAST YEAR IT WAS LIKE 54%. AND OUR, OUR THIRD GRADERS ARE READING AT 84%.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WE HAVE 100% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, LIKE 100% AND OVER 90% ARE MATRICULATING INTO COLLEGE.

BUT WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE DOES NOT GO TO COLLEGE.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT HAVE TRADES, BUT WHAT WE PUSH TO IS LIKE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL HAS AN AWESOME CTE PROGRAM.

SO A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING WITH THEIR THEIR CERTIFIED INDUSTRY INDUSTRY CERTIFICATE.

SO WE'RE PUSHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH THE CAREER SOURCE AND EDGAR CONNECTS, COMES OVER AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SOCIETY COMES OVER TO DO SOME OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENTS.

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I MEAN, SO IT'S BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE. AND I SAT AT A CITY CHAMBER MEETING AND HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT SOMEONE THAT CAME IN AND DID A PRESENTATION, AND THAT WAS A FORMER CLUB ESTEEM STUDENT, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPRESSED HE WAS WITH THEM, BECAUSE I JUST KIND OF FASHION IT THIS WAY. I AM A MOTHER OF FIVE, AND IT'S A BLENDED FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED FOR MY KIDS.

I WANT FOR CLUB ESTEEM. AND SO THAT IS HUGE FOR ME.

AND I TELL THEM, HEY, WHEN IN ROME YOU DO WHAT THE ROMANS DO.

I DON'T CARE WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOME. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TOO, THAT 100% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

97% OF THEM ARE FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS.

SO WE HAVE SOME GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRAND RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.

WE HAVE SOME MALES THAT ARE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN.

AND A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS AND THE EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE HAVE OVER 27% WITH EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES, LEARNING DISORDERS, ADHD, ODD, OVERLY DEFIANT DISORDER. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SO MANY GREAT STATISTICS.

I SAY ALL THE TIME, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU START. WHAT MATTERS IS WHERE YOU FINISH.

AND WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING BACK AND WE HAVE EDUCATORS. WE HAVE TWO ESTEEMED STUDENTS THAT ARE PROGRAM LEADERS OVER THE SUMMER.

WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE COMING BACK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK MY TIME IS UP AND I TALK FAST. YOU GOT A LOT IN THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? SIR? ARE YOU KIDDING? NO QUESTIONS.

GOOD. WOW. SO Y'ALL DID A GOOD JOB FOR ME. YEAH, RIGHT.

I JUST I JUST WANT TO JUST TO COMMENT, JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT ONE OF, FOR ME, THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.

FOR INSTANCE, IS THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY AND THE NETWORKING THAT YOU GUYS DO OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND IT'S THE SAME EVERY YEAR THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WORK WITH THIS PERSON AND WE REFER TO THIS AGENCY AND WE DO THIS.

AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

AND CITY OF PALM BAY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL BECAUSE WHEN WE OUTGREW OUR SPACE, WE'RE OVER AT THE US CIVIL AIR PATROL US NO SPACE.

THE, THE US COASTAL GUARD BUILDING. OKAY. RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE THERE AND THAT'S A SATELLITE LOCATION.

SO WE HAVE FOUR SATELLITE LOCATIONS. WE'RE IN HERITAGE PARK APARTMENTS WHERE THERE IT'S YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS GO TO UNIVERSITY PARK. OKAY.

DO I NEED TO SAY MORE? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A D OR F SCHOOL. SO. YEAH, YEAH.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE HOMEWORK. GO FIGURE. WELL, NOT TO GET OFF TOPIC AGAIN, BUT MY SON HASN'T HAD HOMEWORK IN SEVEN YEARS.

HE'S ABOUT TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, SO SIX WEEKS AND HASN'T HAD A LICK OF HOMEWORK.

YEAH. THEY DON'T GIVE THEY DON'T GIVE KIDS HOMEWORK ANYMORE.

HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HE'S IN THE CTE PROGRAM.

YEAH. PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL. WELL THEY DON'T UNLESS YOU'RE AT WEST SHORE.

YEAH. WE HAVE WEST SHORE STUDENTS THAT COME OUT AND ASSIST WITH TUTORING, AND IT'S A SHAME.

YEAH, IT'S A SHAME. AND I KEPT SAYING, HOW COME YOU DON'T NEED HOMEWORK? I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND HE WAS LIKE, MOM, THEY DON'T ASSIGN HOMEWORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE KIDS WON'T DO IT. AND SO ONLY HOMEWORK THEY HAVE IS THINGS THAT THEY DON'T FINISH DURING THE DAY.

BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S WHERE THE TUTORING COMES IN BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOLAR HOUR.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE HOMEWORK, THAT'S FINE. WE'RE GOING TO TUTOR YOU FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR. YEAH. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR US IS THE UNITED WAY HELPS SPONSOR OUR TEENS AND TUTORS PROGRAM. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD TO THE ECONOMY BECAUSE WE PAY OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HAVE LEADERSHIP ABILITIES AND HAVE AT LEAST A 3.0 GPA.

AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THEM THERE.

AND SO THAT HELPS THEM LIKE WHEN THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT YOUR GPA, THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CHARACTER. AND SO THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR JOBS AND THEY CAN COME WORK FOR US AT 14, YOU KNOW? SO EXCELLENT. YEAH. SO THANK YOU, CITY OF PALM BAY.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WELL, AND I'LL JUST MAKE ANOTHER THANK Y'ALL FAMILY.

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I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM A RECRUITMENT STANDPOINT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITH THESE KIDS TO SHOW THEM THAT THERE ARE GREAT CAREERS YOU CAN GET. WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

OH, EXCELLENT. SURE. EXCELLENT. I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS PLUGGING LIKE OUR UTILITY FOLKS BECAUSE THERE'S BIG MONEY THERE.

IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND YOU JUST NEED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

YEAH. SO YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH ADULT ED.

OKAY. EXCELLENT. THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH AND GOT A MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT WAS THE LAST ONE.

WE JUST HAD A STUDENT THAT RECEIVED THAT CERTIFICATION.

MAYBE I NEED TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE. YEAH. AND LIKE MR. JOHNSON SAID EARLIER, CDL LICENSING RIGHT NOW IS A HOT TICKET.

THAT'S A HUGE INDUSTRY. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S TRICKY WITH SOME OF THE FEDERAL CHANGES THEY MADE.

BUT GREAT WORK. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

SO THANK YOU. OH, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR HER, RIGHT? I DIDN'T SKIP ANYBODY. RIGHT. OKAY. CAN I JUST ASK MRS. CARTER, THE FOLKS THAT WERE NOT HERE THIS EVENING? HOW DOES THAT AFFECT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE NEXT MEETING? BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE I THINK THAT DIDN'T DO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

DOES THAT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT IT WAS OPTIONAL.

THE. YES IT'S OPTIONAL. OKAY. YES. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

OKAY. AND EVERYBODY WAS TOLD, OKAY DID ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WE LET EVERYONE GO IN CASE THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY THE REST OF THE MEETING? NO. OKAY. EXCELLENT WORK AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE INFORMATIONAL STAFF REPORT THAT IT IS AT THE BACK OF THE PACKET.

[OTHER BOARD BUSINESS]

AND ALTHEA JEFFERSON IS HERE AND HELLO. NICE TO MEET YOU, DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

EXCELLENT. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A SECOND? JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT TELL US WHERE YOU CAME FROM.

SURE. THIS IS THE BEST MEETING OF THE YEAR TO COME TO.

SO YOU PICKED A GOOD EVENING. YES. THIS WAS FUN TONIGHT.

SO I, I COME FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA, BORN AND RAISED, WENT TO SCHOOL IN TALLAHASSEE BOTH SCHOOLS, FAMU AND FSU. OKAY. EXCELLENT. LEAVING THERE.

AND THIS WAS. I'M SORRY. IT'S 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO.

STARTED IN SAINT PETE, WENT TO ORANGE COUNTY, STAYED THERE FOR 18 YEARS.

AND THEN HALLANDALE BEACH IN THE SOUTH INDIAN TOWN WERE IN MARTIN COUNTY.

AND NOW HERE. AND EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE THERE.

OH, YEAH. YEAH. YES. WE'RE VERY I HAVE A BACKGROUND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY PLANNING CODE WRITING, ZONING. I'VE DONE IT ALL. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM. EXCEPT THIS. OH. SO. OKAY, SO HOUSING'S NEW FOR YOU? YES. OKAY. YES. I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH, BUT NOT DIRECTLY LIKE THIS. SO THIS WILL BE GREAT.

YEAH. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. OH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? NO. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP, CONTINUE ON. OKAY. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE, WRITTEN IN THE INFORMATION REPORT. IT TOOK US THREE YEARS, BUT I HAVE TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THREE YEARS. THE MONIES WERE NOT THERE WERE, THEY WERE WERE NOT BEING SPENT. RIGHT. THE CDBG MONIES WERE NOT BEING SPENT.

THE PROGRAM INCOME MONIES AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED, BUT THEY WERE IN ABEYANCE AND COULD NOT BE TOUCHED NOR SPENT.

SO WE'VE WORKED IT OUT WITH HUD AND THEY'VE APPROVED ALL OF OUR CHANGE.

THAT APPROVAL WAS GIVEN TO US ON APRIL THE 2ND.

AND THEN WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND IN OUR DATABASE ON THE, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION FUNDS.

WE HIRED VAL AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE ALL THE REPORTS AND TO GET US INTO THE SYSTEM THAT WE NEED IT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM TO TRANSFER THOSE MONIES ALL OVER AND TO GET IT APPROVED BY HUD.

SO BETWEEN THE STAFF, ELENA CARMEN AND VAL AND MYSELF, WE ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE

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IT'S IT TOTALS OVER $1 MILLION BETWEEN OUR MONIES THIS YEAR AND THE MONIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET APPROVED IN THE AMENDMENT. IT'S OVER $1 MILLION IN PARKS HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IT AND WE PLAN TO MEET OUR EXPENDITURE GOALS. SO WE WILL BE TALKING TO YOU ALL IN JUNE AND JULY AND SAY THAT THE CITY WILL BE NO LONGER UNDER HUDS. LET ME JUST DO A MONITORING FOR THAT BECAUSE WE MET THAT GOAL.

MAN, THIS IS IT. IT WAS IT WAS SO HARD TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY PUT PUT IN OUR IN OUR WAY.

WELL, NOT NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I REALLY NEED TO COMMEND YOU GUYS BECAUSE I THINK I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE. BUT I FEEL LIKE WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, THERE WAS TALK OF THIS NSP FUNDING THAT WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THE AUDITS AND ALL THE FILES, AND I KEPT HEARING ABOUT BOXES AND BOXES OF FILES THAT WERE ON THE FLOOR IN SOMEONE'S OFFICE AND KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND RECEIPTS FOR THINGS. AND THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND IT'S GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU YOU ALL REALIZED THAT IT'S A LOT.

YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T IT'S BEEN GOING ON A LONG TIME.

I THINK I'VE BEEN UP HERE MAYBE EIGHT YEARS AT THIS POINT.

AND I THINK ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO IT'S YEAH, IT'S A BIG A BIG LIFT THAT YOU GUYS DID THERE.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID HUD FOR THE CAME OUT EARLY SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR NUMBERS GOING TO BE AND FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO AMONGST THAT GROUP THAT WAS ASKING FOR FUNDING, OUR FUNDING WILL BE 805,531.

WE CAN ONLY USE 15% FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. IT IS A DECREASE.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW OF $8,729 FROM LAST YEAR.

SO CONSIDERING THAT WE STARTED FROM ZERO BECAUSE WE WERE NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDED. RECOMMENDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AGAIN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO WE'RE GOING FROM ZERO. SO ANYWHERE ELSE IS UP.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.

ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAVE SYSTEM AND THAT IS A DATABASE FOR ANYONE BENEFITING FROM PUBLIC FUNDS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ASKED TO BE USED.

WELL, THE SAVE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. AND AND SO THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION HAD A MEETING WITH HUD IN WASHINGTON TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. SO HUD HAS PUT IT ON HOLD AND THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT WILL HOPEFULLY WORK WITH OUR PROGRAMS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IS JUST FIT OUR PROGRAM INTO A BOX AND AND IT'S NOT WORKING.

IS THAT GOING TO DELAY ANYBODY THAT'S WAITING FOR SERVICES OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REGISTER OR THEY'RE PUTTING THE WHOLE REQUIREMENT ON HOLD? THE WHOLE REQUIREMENT. OKAY, GOOD. SO WE, WE STARTED THIS YEAR ASKING FOR THE REAL ID FOR THE BUS VOUCHERS SINCE WE ADMINISTERED THAT PROGRAM AND ALSO THE, FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS A DECREASE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GET WITH SOME OF THE AGENCIES TO, TO SEE HOW TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING FOR THE HOMELESS, BECAUSE HOMELESS PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARRY AROUND AND IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD.

THEY TELL YOU NOT TO CARRY YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD AROUND, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND. PARTICIPATION IS DOWN.

SO WHAT WE DID DO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO WORK AROUND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING.

WE INCREASED FROM 30 DAYS. SO WHEN WE ISSUE A BUS VOUCHER NOW WE'RE ISSUING IT FOR FOUR MONTHS.

OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE THAT DO COME MORE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A REDUCTION IN NUMBER.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT.

WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE MONTH OF APRIL FROM APRIL 6TH TO THE 10TH WAS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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THEY DO IT ANNUALLY TO SHOW THE BENEFITS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU ALL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO EMAIL THAT OUT TO YOU. SO YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THAT SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, YOU'LL GET THE BOOKLET.

AND THAT WAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PRINT THE DOCUMENT.

WE'LL EMAIL IT TO YOU. EXCELLENT. BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

I THINK IT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, TOO.

TO READ THAT DOCUMENT TO SEE WHAT HOW FLEXIBLE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM IS AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

WITH THAT MONEY, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS USE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, WHERE WE CANNOT USE SOME OF THE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND WHERE WE VICE VERSA. SO WE REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN PALM BAY AND MEET A LOT OF NEEDS IN PALM BAY WITH THE, WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE STAFF CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE PLANNING A SUBRECIPIENT WORKSHOP FOR THE NEW NONPROFITS THAT ARE RECEIVING THE PROGRAM INCOME MONIES.

I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR OF THEM. AND WE'RE HAVING THAT ON THE 24TH OF APRIL.

THE OTHER INFORMATION I THINK IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION TO YOU ALL, SOME OF YOU ALL MAY HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT, I GUESS TERMINATING OR. YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT? DISCUSSING DISCUSSING THE SCHIP PROGRAM.

RIGHT. AND SO THEY GOT A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE.

OH, GOOD. AND I THINK THAT'S HELPED, BUT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE GOING TO THEM TO GIVE MORE EDUCATION ON THE IMPACT OF. WHEN YOU REMOVE THE SHIP PROGRAM FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT THE SHIP PROGRAM HAS HAD THROUGH THE YEARS.

IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.

IT, IT, IT WON'T BE GOING BEFORE COUNCIL. FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT WE WILL JUST BE GIVING EDUCATION INFORMATION.

ARE WE, ARE WE PRIVILEGED TO SEE THAT DOCUMENT BEFORE IT GOES? I GUESS WHEN WE, WHEN, WHEN THE FINAL DOCUMENT IS PUT TOGETHER.

YES WE CAN. OKAY. IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

CAN I ASK BECAUSE I, I DID WATCH THAT COUNCIL MEETING AND IT THAT WHOLE MR..

JOHNSON. IT WAS DISAPPOINTING. IT THREW ME OFF GUARD.

YEAH, IT IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING. AND THEN I FELT LIKE AS YOU WATCHED THE WHOLE ENTIRE MEETING, BECAUSE IT, IT KIND OF CAME UP AGAIN AT THE END UNDER ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.

AND I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MISINFORMATION. IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED WAS THAT IF WE DO AWAY WITH SHIP, COULD THIS FUNDING THEN BE USED TO FUND THIS? I THINK IT WAS A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL STAFF PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE IN CITY HALL. AND THE RESPONSE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS, YES. AND UNLESS I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT CONVERSATION, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE.

SO I THINK THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM, WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE ON THE MONEY.

BUT IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THE SOUTH BREVARD WOMEN'S CENTER HERE THIS EVENING TALKING ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THAT THEIR PROJECT HAS DONE WHEN YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA HERE TALKING ABOUT SPACE COAST COMMONS, THOSE PROJECTS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SHIP FUNDING.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BUDGET CONSTRAINTS FOR THE CITY, THERE'S BUDGET CONSTRAINTS FOR EVERY CITY.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES POSSIBLY BEING ELIMINATED, LIKE WE ALL GET IT, BUT THAT MONEY CANNOT JUST BE TURNED AROUND AND PUT IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE AND I FELT LIKE IT JUST KIND OF CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

IT WAS LIKE, CAN WE JUST DO AWAY WITH THIS? OH, YEAH. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AS AN ORDINANCE. AND I DON'T KNOW, I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT COMES BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FROM THE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE OR FOR THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO BE ABLE TO COME AND ADDRESS COUNCIL FOR THE GOOD THAT THAT PROGRAM HAS DONE FOR THIS CITY.

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BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR SOME TIME NOW WITH THESE PROGRAMS, I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED BY THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF MR. JOHNSON. BECAUSE HE WAS PHYSICALLY THERE MAYBE.

YEAH, HE GOT MORE INSIGHT THAN ME, BUT IT DIDN'T PASS THE SNIFF TEST.

TO ME, IT IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. AND THEN HOW QUICKLY IT MOVED FORWARD IN REGARDS TO SUPPORT, I WAS JUST I WAS REALLY THROWN OFF. SO I JUST KIND OF SAT BACK AND DIDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS JUST LIKE, DID Y'ALL REALLY JUST DO THIS? WELL, THEY, THEY ALL WERE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I MEAN, WHICH IS WHY YEAH, I, I DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME.

BUT I THINK ALSO EVERYBODY WHO WAS IN THE AUDIENCE, THAT'S WHO THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM.

YEAH. FOR SURE. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK WHO SHARED HIS TESTIMONY OF HOW HE WAS, YOU KNOW, SAVED. AND THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM US.

LIKE TO YOUR POINT, SOUTH BREVARD WOMEN'S CENTER OF HOW MISS DANIELLE WAS HELPED.

LIKE THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM THEIR RESIDENTS TO THE POINT OF WHAT MISS CARTER SAID.

THEY THEY GOT CALLS. I DIDN'T GET ONE CALL, SO I FIGURED SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.

BUT THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO I MEAN, I JUST THINK AS A COUNCIL WHERE THEY THEY'VE SAT UP HERE AND SAID AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A PRIORITY.

THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT'S MAKING THAT POSSIBLE USING THAT STATE FUNDING.

AND SO TO JUST SAY, CAN WE GET RID OF IT? I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MISUNDERSTANDING.

I WILL SAY THREE OUT OF THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NEW.

AND SO THAT NEW THOUGH. YEAH. I'M JUST YEAH, YEAH.

IF YOU'RE VOTING ON THINGS LIKE, YEAH, YOU SHOULD KNOW.

I'M. YEAH. YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD, DID I.

I THINK YOU COVERED IT. I THINK IT, IT SOUNDED TO ME IT SOUNDED LIKE A LACK OF EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF DOING AWAY WITH THESE PROGRAMS WOULD BE LAYOFFS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY AND IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DECLINES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HAD.

YEAH, I MEAN, AND I DON'T I KNOW MR. JOHNSON, BECAUSE HE SERVES ON THIS BOARD, IS INVITED TO ATTEND THAT FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. THAT'S WHO DOES THAT TRAINING. RIGHT.

BUT LIKE, MAYBE WE OFFER THAT TRAINING UP TO THE REST OF COUNCIL IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. I MEAN, I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, BUT IT IT THERE.

I THINK SOME EDUCATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH THE BOARD IF SOMETHING DOES END UP HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT, IF IT GOES BACK TO COUNCIL, I KNOW FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

BECAUSE EVEN IF I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF FOR SUPPORT OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM.

SO YEAH, NOT SORRY, I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX NOW.

NEXT. SORRY, MISS CARTER. OKAY. I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

I THINK MOST OF THE OTHER STUFF IS IN THE O AND THE LHAT WILL GO TOMORROW.

OKAY. TO CITY COUNCIL, AND I'LL HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.

EXCELLENT. MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND AGAIN, MISS CARTER, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NSP FUND.

SO KUDOS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. VAL. CARMEN.

ELENA. GREAT WORK. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. I'M PROUD.

I'M HAPPY. THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT WORK. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN FOR THE EVENING? OH, AND JUST SO THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE SCORING OF THE APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? YES WE WILL. STAFF WILL BE COMING BACK, SO PLEASE COME.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO. WELL, WE'LL THE STAFF WILL BE BRINGING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN YOU ALL WILL BE VOTING ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING FOR FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO WE SHOULD COME TO THE MEETING HAVING ALREADY REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS AND SCORED ON THE SCORE SHEET, CORRECT? YES. OR WE'RE SCORING LIVE DURING THE MEETING.

OKAY, SO A LOT OF IT. WE PROVIDE IT TO YOU IN THE COVER SHEETS.

THAT HAPPENED FROM WHEN I FROM MY LAST JOB WHERE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAID, WE WANT SOMETHING TO SEE. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE COPIES OF THE COVER SHEETS FOR YOU ALL SO THAT YOU WOULD GET SOME INFORMATION TONIGHT BEFORE THE BEFORE THEY ALL CAME UP TO SPEAK TO YOU.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING BACK OUR, OUR REVIEW WITH THE FINANCIAL REVIEW ALSO INCLUDED.

EXCELLENT. SO JUST ASK FOR FELLOW MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE COME TO THAT MEETING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING JUST TO KEEP IT ON TRACK AND ON TIME DURING THE MEETING SCORE IN ADVANCE. YOU CAN ALWAYS EDIT YOUR SCORES WHILE YOU'RE SITTING HERE IF YOU WANT.

IF SOMETHING COMES UP, BUT JUST LET'S ALL BE READY TO GO FOR THAT MEETING BECAUSE IT USUALLY DOES TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND FOR EVERYONE,

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THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN AT 805 THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.