Aug 06, 2026 Council Meetings - Regular

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

[CALL TO ORDER:]

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AND IN THAT WE'VE HAD 18 SERVICE MEMBERS THAT HAVE SURRENDERED THEIR LIFE FOR OUR NATION.

I WILL BE ASKING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, GENTLEMEN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY.

THE FALLEN HAVE BEEN SERGEANT ANGEL RASMUSSEN, SERGEANT MICHAEL EMMANUEL SWINTON, FIRST LIEUTENANT TYLER JAMES FEEHAN, PRIVATE ISABELLA GONZALEZ, COMMANDER.

GABRIEL EDWARDS, MAJOR. JOHN A KILMER, CAPTAIN.

ARIANA SAVINO, TECH SERGEANT. ASHLEY PRUITT. CAPTAIN.

SETH COVELL, CAPTAIN. CURTIS ENGST, TECH SERGEANT.

TYLER SIMMONS. SERGEANT BENJAMIN PENNINGTON, MAJOR R O'BRIEN, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER. THREE ROBERT M MARZAN, MASTER SERGEANT NICOLE M AMOUR, SERGEANT DECLAN J. CODY, CAPTAIN A COURT AND SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NOAH TIEDJENS. PLEASE RISE AND LET'S HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.

IT WILL BE PROVIDED BY PASTOR PAUL FOURNIER OF LIFEPOINT CHURCH, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN CHANDLER LANGEVIN.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY, WHO LIFT UP THEIR FAMILIES AND PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME OF LOSS. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL NATION THAT WE LIVE IN, THE FREEST NATION IN THE WORLD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO OUR NATION.

PRAY THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER OUR NATION. PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THESE COUNCILMEN AND THE MAYOR AND HIS STAFF WISDOM AND ALL THE LEADERSHIP IN OUR COUNTRY. I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD LISTEN TO WISE COUNSEL EVEN HERE TODAY FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO MOST OF ALL FROM YOU. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD COUNSEL THEM AND GIVE THEM DIRECTION IN THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD LEAD THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS CITY. GOD, WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU.

IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HURRAH! MADAM JONES. MAYOR MEDINA. PRESENT. DEPUTY. MAYOR JAFFE.

PRESENT. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN HAMER.

PRESENT. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. PRESENT. MR.. MORTON.

PRESENT. PRESENT. THANK YOU. MA'AM. AT THIS TIME, BEFORE WE GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, DEPUTY MAYOR, WE WE JUST HAD FROM 530 TO JUST ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, WE HAD A STEEL BAND PLAY.

AND I WANT TO WELCOME ANTHONY TO COME ON UP AND, AND SAY A FEW WORDS AS HE REQUESTED.

RIGHT THERE. NO, JUST ADDRESS US, SIR.

GOOD EVENING TO YOU HERE. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR MEDINA AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL.

I AM ANTHONY HARRIS, A RESIDENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PALM BAY, A LIFETIME MEMBER OF BREVARD CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

A CITY EMPLOYEE AND A BAND LEADER OF THE PALM BAY STEEL ORCHESTRA.

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THE STEELPAN IS A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT THAT ORIGINATED IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

STEELPAN MUSICIANS ARE CALLED PANS, AND A GROUP OF PANS IS CALLED A STEEL PAN OR STEEL ORCHESTRA.

HERE IN PALM BAY, WE HAVE OUR OWN PALM BAY STEEL ORCHESTRA, SUPPORTED BY BREVARD CARIBBEAN, AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS WHO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES FROM THE CARIBBEAN.

PALM BAY HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXPERIENCED PANS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR PERSONAL TIME AND SUPPORTED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GROUP.

WE HAVE OUR ARRANGER, CEDRIC LUCAS, WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL PIANIST WITH OVER 60 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE A GROUP OF 14 MEMBERS WHO WORK TOGETHER WITH DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO KEEP THE BAND GOING.

OUR GROUP PRACTICES ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AT THE MELBOURNE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, WHERE WE WERE WELCOMED BY PASTOR JOEL TULLY TWO YEARS AGO.

WE ARE NOT A SPONSORED GROUP. WE DEPEND ON AND APPRECIATE ANY CONTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CREATION OF THE STEELPAN SINCE THE EARLY 1930S, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS MORE THAN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

IT REPRESENTS RESILIENCE, PERSISTENCE, PURPOSE, CREATIVITY, AND MANY, MANY MORE LIFE SKILLS.

OUR PLAN IS TO SHARE THESE LIFE LESSONS THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHILE ENJOYING THE ART OF PLAYING THE STEELPAN.

WE HAVE PERFORMED AT SEVERAL EVENTS IN 2026, NAMELY A CHARTER SCHOOL, CLUB TEAM, EVENTS, CITY OF PALM BAY, MULTICULTURAL EVENTS, FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY EVENTS, CHURCH EVENTS, EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE EVENTS.

WE HAVE HAD TWO BEGINNERS CLASS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WE PERFORMED ALSO AT THE CELEBRATION IN THE MONTH OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION, BARBADOS EVENT AND WISE EYES WIDE OPEN AT HOTEL MELBY VERY RECENTLY.

JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS WHO MAY WANT TO FOLLOW THE BAND.

NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM AT A SMALL, SMALL TOWN FRIDAY'S EVENT IN DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE.

WE WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, OUR MAYOR AND ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE TO BE PART OF THIS AUSPICIOUS EVENT IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AS WE CELEBRATE WORLD STEELPAN DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS:]

[AGENDA REVISIONS:]

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

COUNCIL. ANY REVISIONS? YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS. NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS. TWO, THREE. AND NEW BUSINESS ONE.

BEFORE PRESENTATIONS. OKAY. STAND FAST. PUBLIC HEARINGS TWO.

THREE. YES, SIR. AND WHICH ONE? NEW BUSINESS ONE.

NB ONE. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HAMER. ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON PROCLAMATION.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]

WELL, EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE FOR WORLD STEELPAN DAY. COME ON UP.

WITHOUT THE STEEL BAND. YEAH YEAH, YEAH. YOU CAN LEAVE THE STEEL PANS.

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IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT WHEREAS WORLD STEEL PAN DAY IS.

UNITED NATIONS OBSERVANCE HELD ANNUALLY ON AUGUST 11TH SINCE 2023.

AND WHEREAS, THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY INAUGURATED IT TO HONOR A UNIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT ORIGINATED IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

AND WHEREAS THE STEELPAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE STEEL DRUM, ORIGINATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DURING THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND STANDS AS THE ONLY ACOUSTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INVENTED IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

AND WHEREAS THE STEELPAN REPRESENTS CREATIVITY, RESILIENCE, INNOVATION AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION, TRANSFORMING SIMPLE MATERIALS INTO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WHEREAS AUGUST 11TH IS RECOGNIZED AS WORLD STEEL PAN DAY TO CELEBRATE THE CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STEELPAN AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE.

AND WHEREAS THE STEELPAN PROMOTES CULTURAL DIVERSITY, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY UNITY WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURAL APPRECIATION.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECOGNIZES AND VALUES THE RICH CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE STEELPAN MUSIC THROUGH PERFORMANCES, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

AND WHEREAS, THE PALM BAY STEEL ORCHESTRA, FOUNDED BY ANTHONY HARRIS AND SUPPORTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE BREVARD CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS BUKOWSKA, HAS ENRICHED THE CULTURAL LIFE OF PALM BAY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY SHARING THE VIBRANT SOUNDS AND TRADITIONS OF STEELPAN MUSIC WHILE INSPIRING AUDIENCES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE CONTINUED DEDICATION OF MUSICIANS, EDUCATORS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS HELPED PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF STEELPAN MUSIC AND STRENGTHENS THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, KENNY JOHNSON, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROB MEDINA OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 11TH, 2026 AS WORLD STEELPAN DAY.

AND BE ON MY TIPPY TOES. NOW, I DON'T WANT ANYONE HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SIR. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOW RECOGNITION CITY OF PALM BAY. MADAM SMITH.

YES, MAYOR. I'M BOTH VERY EXCITED AND PROUD TO WELCOME UP SARA DODD, THE SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT SENIOR CONSULTANT AT PALM BAY OWEN RYAN JOSEPH, SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY AND THE REST OF THE PALM BAY RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM. AND MAYOR, IF I MAY STEP DOWN TO JOIN MY TEAM AS WELL AS WE ACCEPT THIS AWARD.

ABSOLUTELY, MAN. CARRY ON. THANK YOU.

MAN. WE COULD BRING THAT DOWN TOO, IF YOU LIKE.

THERE'S A BUTTON TO YOUR. YES. OKAY.

OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. I'M A LITTLE SHORT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. PALM BAY WAS SELECTED FOR THE PREFERRED SAFETY AWARD FOR THE 2025 2026 POLICY YEAR.

DUE TO THE OUTSTANDING EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ITS STRONG COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEE SAFETY.

THE COMMITTEE CONSISTENTLY, CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS.

WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND TIMELY FOLLOW UP ON CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.

IN ADDITION, PALM BAY PLACES A STRONG EMPHASIS ON SAFETY TRAINING, ENSURING EMPLOYEES RECEIVE ONGOING EDUCATION AND REINFORCEMENT OF SAFE WORK PRACTICES THROUGH ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT, CONTINUOUS TRAINING EFFORTS, AND A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

PALM BAY HAS CREATED A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SAFETY PROGRAM THAT HELPS REDUCE RISK AND PROMOTE A SAFER WORKPLACE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

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COME ON, COME ON. THIS MAKES ME LOOK GOOD. THERE WE GO.

RIGHT HERE. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

MADAM ATTORNEY. MADAM ATTORNEY. WHO? WHO'S THAT YOUNG MAN THAT HAS THE RED PATCH ON HIS.

WHAT'S HIS NAME? RYAN. JOSEPH. THAT'S RYAN JOSEPH, OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR.

WELL, BRIAN, I REALLY LOVE YOUR RED PATCH THERE AND WHAT IT SAYS.

I APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR. I'M A CHILD OF GOD.

YES, SIR. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. YEAH. I LOVE THAT YOU DISCLOSED THAT.

GO AHEAD. CARRY ON. YEAH. I'M A CHILD OF GOD.

I MEAN, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT MY TEAM AND PEOPLE I WORK WITH AT PALM BAY, BUT THE BIGGEST MEMBER OF MY TEAM IS GOD, YOU KNOW? AND WITH SO MUCH CONFUSION AND UNCERTAINTY IN OUR TOWN AND OUR NATION AND IN THE WORLD, IT'S EASY TO GET DISCOURAGED. BUT I REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT ISAIAH SAID, EVEN THE YOUNG MEN WILL GROW TIRED AND WEARY AND STUMBLE AND FALL, BUT THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD, THOSE WHO SERVE THE LORD, THOSE WHO TRUST THE LORD WILL MOUNT UP ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES.

THEY WILL WALK AND NOT GROW TIRED. THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GROW FAINT.

SO KEEP THAT IN YOUR HEART. THANK YOU, MR. JOSEPH.

LOVE YOU GUYS. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. JOSEPH.

SO WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARING. NUMBER ONE, DID YOU SAY?

[PUBLIC HEARINGS:]

NEW BUSINESS. ONE AS YOU. AS YOU WERE. NEW BUSINESS ONE.

SO WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2026-17.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 15, BLOCK 682, PORT MALABAR, UNIT 15, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 79, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH, OR I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. MORTON, THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS THE SECOND READ OF THIS VACATION REQUEST TO VACATE APPROXIMATELY 731FT², MORE OR LESS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHED IN THE BACKYARD.

THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM STAFF OR ANY CONSULTING AGENCIES.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND READING. YES, SIR. IS JOSEPH OR BARBARA MASCHA MASCARENHAS? ARE THEY. ARE YOU HERE, MAYOR? YES. I BELIEVE THEY HAD A CONFLICT.

THEY WEREN'T SURE IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THEY WERE HOPING THAT COUNCIL WOULD MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

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

MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2026-18. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 26, BLOCK 509, PORT MALABAR. UNIT 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLOT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 51 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SECOND READ OF THIS EASEMENT VACATION REQUEST CONTAINING AROUND 680FT²,

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THERE WAS NO OBJECTIONS FROM STAFF OR ANY CONSULTING AGENCIES FOR THIS EASEMENT REQUEST.

THANK YOU. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

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

ARE WE NEW BUSINESS ONE, BUSINESS ONE. OH, AS YOU WERE.

NEW BUSINESS ONE RESOLUTION. I WANT TO DO IT ALL NOW.

RESOLUTION 2026-11. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, INCLUDING AND UPDATING FLORIDA STATE STATUTE REFERENCE, INCLUDING AND UPDATING INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, INCLUDING AND UPDATING PERFORMANCE MEASURE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY, MR. MORTON.

THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MR. BEACH, CAN WE PULL UP THE GRAPHIC? SO THE CITY HAS EVALUATED THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC ACQUISITION OF A PORTION OF 135.19 MORE OR LESS ACRES. THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO BE FINALIZED.

IT'S AN APPROXIMATION OF THE FORMER MAJOR'S GOLF COURSE PROPERTY, ALSO REFERENCED IN THE APPRAISAL WE ATTACHED TO THE PACKET AS EDEN AT BAYSIDE LAKES.

THE PROPERTY PRESENTS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE AND REPURPOSE A LARGE FORMER GOLF COURSE. MEREDITH'S POINT OF ORDER REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK COUNCIL IS ON ONE.

[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS:]

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OLD, FINISHED OLD BUSINESS ONE.

THAT WAS MY ITEM. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE PROPERTY PRESENTS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE AND REPURPOSE A LARGE FORMER GOLF COURSE AS AN OPEN SPACE ASSET FOR MULTIPLE LONG TERM PUBLIC PURPOSES. WE HAD PRESENTED PUBLIC PURPOSES TO COUNCIL THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING REGIONAL STORMWATER RETENTION, TREATMENT ATTENUATION, DRAINAGE AND WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS.

DEEP WELL INJECTION OR WELL INFRASTRUCTURE. RECLAIMED WATER STORAGE, DISPERSAL OR DISPOSAL TO ACTUALLY USE ON GROUND APPLICATION.

POTENTIAL FRESH WATER SUPPLY WELLS SUBJECT TO TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY REVIEW, UTILITY ACCESS, OPERATIONAL AREAS AND OR BUFFERS, AND, OF COURSE, A REGIONAL PARK THAT COULD APPROXIMATE THE SIZE OF 40 ACRES, SUBJECT TO A FINAL LAYOUT, DESIGN AND USE ALLOCATION.

WITHIN THIS, THE CITY DID OBTAIN AN APPRAISAL, AS YOU WILL RECALL FROM TODD ARMFIELD WAGNER APPRAISAL AND RESEARCH, WHICH CONCLUDED AS A FEE. SIMPLE AS IS MARKET VALUE OF $7,030,000.

APPRAISAL WAS EFFECTIVE MAY 22ND, 2026 FOR THE APPROXIMATED SUBJECT AREA PER DIRECTION OF COUNSEL.

THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE BROKER WORKED WITH THE SELLER TO BRING SOME SORT OF WRITTEN OFFER TO COUNCIL THAT HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, AND WE ARE BACK HERE JUST IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT SEEN IT OTHER THAN IN YOUR PACKET, AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND FURTHER DIRECTION.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR. SPEAKER. CARDS. BILL BATTEN.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

I SPOKE AT THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE BEST CHOICE THE CITY OF PALM BAY COULD MAKE WOULD BE TO DO NOTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY.

MAKE THE LANDOWNER STAY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. KEEP IT AS A GENERAL USE ZONING, WHICH MEANS ONE HOUSE PER FIVE ACRES.

THERE WON'T HAVE TO BE ANY CHANGING OF ZONING.

THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, AND THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO SPEND $10 MILLION ACCORDING TO YOUR CONTRACT THAT WAS SUBMITTED OF $10 MILLION, WHICH IS A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR $2 MILLION WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IT'S A BAD BUSINESS CHOICE. ALSO IN THAT PACKET, I WENT UNDER THE FIRST ADDENDUM TO THE VACANT LAND CONTRACT AND WHAT UPSET BILL BATTEN, WHICH IS I IT'S THE SELLER WILL BE SEEKING LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGES.

THAT'S WHAT THE SELLER IS SEEKING RIGHT NOW. WHAT I FIND FUNNY ABOUT THAT IS IF YOU GO DOWN AND KEEP READING, IF THE ZONING APPLICATION IS DENIED, SELLER MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE WITHIN 30 DAYS.

SO I'M GOING BACK IN THE HISTORY OF PALM BAY.

WE MADE A LOT OF DEALS LIKE THIS WITH THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, AND WE ENDED UP GETTING SHAFTED IN THE END.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO TO THE GOLF COURSE.

IF WE DO NOTHING EXCEPT KEEP IT GENERAL USE, WE STILL HAVE THE WATER RETENTION.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. DOUG. HOOK.

DOUG HOOK 1091. MARIPOSA. I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. BATTEN JUST CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE ABOUT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN MANAGE THIS. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY CAN KIND OF RECTIFY A PRIOR MISTAKE WITH WE'VE HAD THE PORT MALABAR COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE, WHICH CLOSED UP.

WE DID TURN AROUND AND TURN THAT INTO ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT.

WE LOST A LOT OF GREEN SPACE. WE LOST A LOT OF NATURAL BARRIERS AND SOME SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO RECTIFY THAT MISTAKE.

IT HAS BEEN SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THAT BAYSIDE LAKES AND THE MAJORS WAS THE JEWEL OF PALM BAY.

I THINK NOW IS A CHANCE FOR PALM BAY TO INVEST IN ITSELF.

PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY AND TURN IT INTO A NEWER VERSION OF THAT JEWEL.

HAVING THINGS LIKE A MASSIVE PARK THERE. HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT FOR PUBLIC GOOD IS A NET POSITIVE FOR IT.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE THE EXPENSE IS HIGH. A $10 MILLION PRICE TAG IS A LITTLE ON THE PRICEY SIDE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT THE ASSESSMENT SAID OF IT.

BUT I THINK THE OVERALL BENEFITS ARE THERE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS PURCHASE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY FUNDED OR ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED THROUGH PARK IMPACT FEES, WHICH ARE KIND OF A USE IT OR LOSE IT MONEY. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS TO WHERE IT DOES REALLY PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THE PORT MALABAR COUNTRY CLUB AREA.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT BE A GREEN SPACE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT BECOME A MAJOR FEATURE FOR THE CITY.

COUNCILMAN HAMER HAS SPOKEN IN THE PAST AT PRIOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN IDENTITY FOR PALM BAY, AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL BECOME A FEATURE FOR NOT ONLY BREVARD COUNTY, BUT PEOPLE FAR AND WIDE TO COME TO PALM BAY AND SEE A NICE WATERFRONT PARK THERE ON THE CANAL SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO OTHER SPEAKER CONCLUDES THE CARDS, MAYOR.

OKAY, WELL I'LL KICK THIS OFF, GENTLEMEN. OH, OKAY.

SO COME RIGHT UP. COME UP. UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR. CARRY ON. GOOD EVENING.

ROBERT STEIN, 1796, ONE BROOK DRIVE, SOUTHEAST.

THIS WAS PURCHASED FOR 2.1 MILLION SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

SPRINKLER HEADS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE PROPERTY IS OVERGROWN AND DISTRESSED.

THIS IS A BAD DEAL WITH PRICES AT SEVEN $7 MILLION AROUND THAT.

SO $10 MILLION. WE REALLY NEED TO GET INTO NEGOTIATION WITH THIS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY LANGUAGE THAT COMES OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND PROPERTY THAT'S GIVEN TO THE SELLER IN WRITING INCLUDES NO APARTMENTS WILL BE BUILT ON THIS PROPERTY, NOT IT WAS VERBALLY AGREED TO BECAUSE THE VERBAL AGREEMENT IS NOTHING WHEN PEOPLE AND POSITIONS GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

DO NOT MAKE A BAD DEAL ON THIS. I RATHER WAIT FOR THE EVENING TO GO AROUND AGAIN.

OKAY. AND AND AND RALLY THE FOLKS LIKE WE HAVE BEFORE.

AND IF THE THE AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS IN MY OPINION, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT AND PAY ANOTHER $37,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES, THAT'S FINE. BUT TO THE GENTLEMAN'S POINT BEFORE.

YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE A GOLF COURSE IN THERE.

OKAY, MAYBE IT'S A NINE HOLE, BUT IT WOULD PUT PALM BAY ON THE MAP.

WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE IT LIKE A MINI WICKHAM PARK WITH SHOWS AND EVENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU IN THERE, BUT YOU PUT HOUSES IN THERE AND IT JUST ASPHALT IS NOT REALLY GOOD IN MOVING WATER. THE OTHER, MY OTHER CONCERN IS THE, THE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING IN ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT THE SELLER WANTS TO PUT IN THERE. HOW MANY TOWNHOMES? OKAY. WE ARE IN BAYSIDE LAKES HAS BECOME SUBURBAN GRIDLOCK.

OKAY. YOU START PUTTING MORE TOWNHOMES AND BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THERE WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE.

WE CAN'T MOVE TRAFFIC. NOW, YOU HAD TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT A FENCE IN THE BACKYARD FOR SEPARATING US MY HOA SUMMERFIELD FROM STONEBRIAR.

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OKAY. YOU GET PEOPLE STUCK IN TRAFFIC. YOU CAN'T GET TO HIM OR HER IN MINUTES.

THIS IS A BAD ISSUE, AND THIS IS A BAD DEAL. I THINK WE NEED A RESET ON THIS.

IT APPRAISES FOR SEVEN, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TEN.

OKAY. THAT'S INSANE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE SPEAKING. ANYONE FILLED OUT A CARD? WE'RE SPEAKING ON THE BAYSIDE LAKES, THE MAJORS GOLF COURSE.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE A CARD FOR THAT YOUNG LADY? THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M ANGELICA SNEED. 1775. TYLER.

SO BASICALLY, I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AS WELL.

I FEEL LIKE THE GOLF COURSE PURCHASES EXPENSIVE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAINTAIN IT IF THIS AMENDMENT COMES THROUGH? AND THAT'S WE'RE VOTING ON OUR MEDIANS ALREADY ARE OVERGROWN. WE LITERALLY SITE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO KEEP THEIR GRASSES LOW, BUT OUR MEDIANS ARE JUST OVERGROWN, WHICH IS CRAZY.

SO HOW WILL WE MAINTAIN THIS GOING FORWARD? IF THE TAX ABATEMENT GOES THROUGH, SAVE OUR HOMES IN NOVEMBER.

THAT'S MY BIG QUESTION. REALLY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD BEFORE WE MOVE? MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD.

IS THE GENTLEMAN. DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD FOR THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. COME ON UP. DO YOU HAVE HIS NAME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? CHARLES OTTO, 2048 LYNBROOK DRIVE, PALM BAY. TWO THINGS FIRST, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EVERYDAY TRAFFIC FROM THE FRONT OF BAYSIDE BOULEVARD OUT OF SUMMERFIELD.

IT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET OUT OF THERE WITHOUT GETTING T-BONED.

THAT IS A ROUGH SPOT, AND I'M NOT THAT GOOD A DRIVER ANYWAY.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, WHEN I DRIVE DOWN TOWARDS STARBUCKS AND INTO THE FOUR CORNERS, THE NUMBER OF GOLF CARTS THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN ON THE STREETS, WHICH I KNOW IS ILLEGAL BY UNDERAGE CHILDREN, I'M TALKING TEN, 12, 13 YEAR OLD KIDS. THEY'RE GOING TO GET KILLED.

SO I SAW A LADY, A YOUNG LADY YESTERDAY WAS AT 7-ELEVEN, WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK A RIGHT AND ENDED UP AT THE STATION. THE GAS STATION.

ONE BIG SWOOP. CARS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND SHE HAD HERSELF IN A LITTLE BOY IN A CAR.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED. THESE THESE GOLF CARTS WITH ALL THE PEOPLE COMING IN THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE, IT IS. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT AIN'T. WHEN IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE KIDS DON'T PAY ATTENTION.

AND YOU GOT AN ELDERLY COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE NOT RIGHT ON THEIR GAME EITHER ALL THE TIME JUST FOR WARNING.

MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN GET TOGETHER AND PUT THE ORDINANCE OUT THERE AND ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE AND KEEP THESE KIDS OUT OF THEM.

GOLF CARTS, BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU NEED IT. IF YOU'RE DRINKING AND DRIVING A GOLF CART, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TICKET BY THE POLICE.

WELL, IF YOU'RE UNDERAGE DRIVING A GOLF CART, IT SHOULD BE THE SAME THING.

YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEM HOME AND TELL THEIR PARENTS TO GROW UP.

SECONDLY LIKE MY PREDECESSOR, THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME.

EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO NEGOTIATE. EVERYBODY'S A NEGOTIATOR.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. WHAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT IS THE SAME THING WE ALL HEARD TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS AGO, WHEN YOU ALL SAID, OKAY, LET'S MAKE THE MOTION TO NEGOTIATE WITH THIS LADY.

ALL THEY HEARD WAS $10 MILLION. YOU DIDN'T HEAR 7 MILLION? IT WAS A PROPOSAL THAT WE ACCEPT BETWEEN 7 AND 10.

YOU KNOW WHAT NUMBER SHE HEARD? TEN. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO START AT SEVEN. PLUS IT'S UNIMPROVED PROPERTY.

IT'S DEGRADATED. JUST LIKE MR. STITES SAID. THAT APPRAISAL WAS DONE YEARS AGO.

WAY, WAY. BAD DEAL. YOU JUMPED THE SHARK WHEN YOU SAID IT.

10 MILLION TOO SOON. YOU GAVE HER THE LEVERAGE.

MY OPINION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE MAJORS ON THE

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OKAY. SO I'LL, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, DEPUTY MAYOR, I THINK YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AND, AND THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN MANAGING A LOT OF A LOT OF THE ISSUES OUT THERE. SO I'D LIKE TO THIS IS WHERE I'M AT.

I, I BELIEVE THERE'S SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION EXISTS TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION.

AND IT'S PUBLIC PURPOSES. AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN HAMMER TOUCHED ON THOSE.

SO THOSE HAVE BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED. BUT I WOULD ALSO BELIEVE, I WOULD ALSO BELIEVE.

CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. OUTSTANDING.

MY FRIEND. I ALSO BELIEVE, SIR OR MADAM ATTORNEY THAT WE COULD OUTLINE THOSE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE DIRECTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATIONS.

WHERE IS EVERYONE ELSE AT? YEAH, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I WAS WITH YOU ON DAY ONE. I SAID, LET'S NEGOTIATE.

AND WE KNOW WHAT THE APPRAISED VALUE IS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING UP TO THE MAXIMUM VALUE.

AND WE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG. IF SHE CAN'T GET ON BOARD WITH THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M WITH YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO KNOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE WE WHERE WE WENT WRONG WITH OUR NEGOTIATIONS.

I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO, BUT I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER BEFORE I HAD ANYTHING.

THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON MAINTENANCE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS, IS, IS PROJECTING DEEP WELL INJECTION.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE OTHER THAN LETTING A VACANT PROPERTY BE A VACANT PROPERTY? THIS IS PART OF THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. YOU GUYS GAVE AUTHORIZATION TO CREATE THE PALM BAY LAND TRUST, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EARLY STAGES WITH THE GROWTH DEPARTMENT, AND I BELIEVE UNDER MOST LAND TRUST MECHANISMS, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY JUST TO GO BACK TO MORE OR LESS A NATURAL STATE WITH MINIMAL MAINTENANCE.

THAT WOULD BE THE INTENTION RIGHT NOW TO NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AS A GOLF COURSE, BUT RATHER AS AN OPEN SPACE OR NATURAL AREA, SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER LARGE CITY OPEN SPACES OR PARKS HAVE DONE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE NOW OF PRESERVATION AND SOME LIMITED PUBLIC FACILITIES.

THAT'S PROBABLY A LONGER QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND THE VETTING PROCESS, BUT MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MINIMAL MAINTENANCE ONGOING AND IT WILL BE MORE OF A, AGAIN, A LAND TRUST CONSERVATION SCENARIO. THANK YOU.

AND MY ONLY OTHER THING IS I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF, OF A, OF A, HEY, WE DO THIS DEAL AND YOU GET ACCESS TO BETTER, BETTER ZONING OR, YOU KNOW, PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT JUST JUST BASED ON I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE PAYING APPRAISED VALUE, WE'RE PAYING OVER IT AND THEN GIVE SOMEBODY SOME KIND OF SPECIAL, SPECIAL DEAL.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE FOR IT. AND I'M BEHIND THE MAYOR. SO IN REGARDS TO CONDEMNATION, MAYOR, YOU'RE REFERRING TO EMINENT DOMAIN. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THAT'S USUALLY LIKE THE LAST. OH, THAT'S THAT'S. YEAH. I'M WILLING TO I'M WILLING TO ENTERTAIN IT.

THAT'S USUALLY LIKE THE LAST CARD YOU EVER WANT TO PLAY.

BUT WE AS A GOVERNMENT BODY, OUR HANDS ARE TIED ON OUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE IN THE SUNSHINE.

AND SO IT DOES MAKE IT THINK MAKES THINGS MORE DIFFICULT FOR US.

SO I'M WILLING TO CONSIDER, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

I'VE GOT THE THE CITY ATTORNEY WEIGHING IN. CAN WE GET HER TO WEIGH IN BEFORE WE CONTINUE.

OH, THIS IS THE. CERTAINLY, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THIS. THE CITY WAS NEVER AGREEING TO PROVIDE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR ZONING.

THE CITY CAN'T PROVIDE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR ZONING.

THAT IS CONTRACT ZONING, WHICH IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT WAS NEVER ON THE TABLE.

THANK YOU. MR. MORTON, I JUST WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THE SAME FACT.

FOR THE RECORD, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS NOT A BILATERAL CONTRACT.

THIS WAS THOSE TERMS WERE NOT NEGOTIATED IN BUT INCLUDED THE ONLY ONE SIGNING.

IT WAS A SELLER. IT'S A SELLER'S PROPOSAL. SO I DIDN'T WANT THAT MISINTERPRETATION TO BE OUT THERE, THAT THIS WAS SOMEHOW NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY OR STAFF.

DEPUTY MAYOR, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THE THE LANGUAGE ON THE ADDENDUM THAT THEY ADDED TO THE VACANT LAND CONTRACT, PARAGRAPH FOUR. I WOULD WANT THAT STRICKEN FROM AND INCLUDED IN OUR COUNTEROFFER IF WE DECIDE TO MAKE A COUNTEROFFER.

DELETE PARAGRAPH FOUR, WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE ZONING APPLICATION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT THERE'S COVENANT RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINING 53 ACRES IN THE FRONT, THAT MULTIFAMILY IS NOT ALLOWED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO COUNTER BACK AT THE APPRAISED VALUE AT 7 MILLION,

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AND I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER. WHAT IS OUR TIME FRAME ON ACTUALLY NEEDING PROPERTY FOR DEEP WELL INJECTION? IS GABRIEL HERE? YOU COULD PROBABLY ANSWER IT WITH A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL SPECIFICITY THAN I DO HAVE. I KNOW WE DO HAVE A A LOT OF UNUSED RECLAIMED WATER.

THERE IS NO ETA ON WHEN THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE.

AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY LOCATION THAT THAT COULD BE USED FOR.

IT COULD BE 5 TO 10 YEARS DEPENDING ON WHEN WE NEED THAT FOR REDUNDANCY OR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WELLS MIGHT BE AN ACTUAL QUICKER TIME PERIOD THAT WE MIGHT NEED FOR, TO USE IT FOR ACTUAL DEEP WELLS FOR THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. SO MY POSITION IS, IS COUNTER BACK AT 7,030,000 WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT I MENTIONED MOMENTS AGO.

YEAH. WELL, MY MY ISSUE IS, DEPUTY MAYOR, THAT SHE SHE STUCK ON THE 10 MILLION.

AND IT'S BECAUSE WE WE WE WENT DOWN THAT PAGE.

RIGHT. SO I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I'M, I MEAN, I AM A PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ADVOCATE, BUT IF SHE'S NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT 7 MILLION, 30,000, I WOULD SUPPORT EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.

OKAY. THAT'LL WORK. ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES, MAYOR. NO ONE NEED TO BE IN MOTION. CORRECT? YES, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION. MADAM ATTORNEY, DO YOU DID YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE TO SPECIFY? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND. OH. YES, SIR. YEAH. YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT THE MOTION? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH A COUNTER OFFER FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF $7,030,000. DELETING PARAGRAPH FOUR AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT AND ADDING LANGUAGE FOR COVENANT RESTRICTIONS ON THE REMAINING 53 ACRES. THAT MULTIFAMILY IS NOT NOT ALLOWED. AND THAT THIS CONTRACT IS NOT PREDICATED ON, ON ANY FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE FUTURE ZONING FOR JOY LLC. I'LL SECOND THAT. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

YES. WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEFORE OUR PRESENTATION, I'M EXCITED TO TO WELCOME OUR UNITED STATES.

CONGRESSMAN MIKE HARIDOPOLOS IS HERE. WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT GENEROUS INTRODUCTION.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY GREAT TO BE BACK HOME.

WE SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND TO BE HOME AMONG THE PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN WASHINGTON IS A TRUE HONOR, AND I KNOW I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH EVERYONE ON THE DAIS.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE VERY MUCH. IT'S A VERY DEMANDING JOB, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT THIS CITY HAS PUT INTO REALLY ELEVATING YOUR GAME.

AND I APPRECIATE THANKS TO YOUR TEXT TODAY. I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER SOON. AND, MAYOR, THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. IT'S JUST EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THIS.

I WAS JUST SPEAKING WITH A GROUP PRIOR TO THIS, AND TO SEE ALL THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS EXCITING. NOT ONLY, OF COURSE, IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY TAKING OFF, NO PUN INTENDED UP NORTH, BUT OF COURSE THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND ALL THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING.

AND PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE TO BREVARD COUNTY. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE TO PALM BAY, FLORIDA, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. AND I LOVE HOW YOU ALL HAVE THE CAMARADERIE NECESSARY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T LIKE IN WASHINGTON IS ALL THE HYPER PARTIZANSHIP, AND I LOVE HOW YOU ALL ARE COMING TOGETHER AS A CITY, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY JUST A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON. I KNOW YOU ALL HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR AS FAR AS THE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS OUT OF WASHINGTON, DC. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

I WANT YOU ALL TO BE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PALM BAY, NOT SOME GUY OR GAL UP IN WASHINGTON, DC. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN LOCAL PROJECTS. WE'RE PARTNERS, AND MY JOB IS TO BE YOUR AGENT IN WASHINGTON, DC. SO WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WE HONOR THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND THE EXCITING THING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN IN BREVARD COUNTY IS THE FACT THAT WITH THE NASA ADMINISTRATION OR NASA DOING SO WELL, WE HAD A RECORD BUDGET YEAR, $34 BILLION, $10 BILLION MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE SEEING ALL THESE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS BEING CREATED.

AND TO SEE ALL THE INNOVATION THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IS, IS TREMENDOUS.

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THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO, TO THINK ABOUT THE JOB THAN WHAT THE TITLE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN IT. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALL COME TO SEE ME PERSONALLY.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. I KNOW THAT TOO.

AND I GET A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGES. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU. THAT'S YOUR JOB TO BOTHER ME, I WANT YOU, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I KNOW HOW SPIRITED THAT IS.

SO YOU KNOW, I, WENT I'D RATHER DO IS WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE FOR ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND LET'S CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL MAKE THOSE REQUESTS UP IN WASHINGTON. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS THIS YEAR, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

WE ALL RECOGNIZE THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT IF IT'S PASSED.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE NEED TO DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS IN WASHINGTON.

SO WHEN YOU PUT SOME RESOURCES FORWARD, WE CAN MATCH THOSE DOLLARS.

AS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, I'VE REALLY TAKEN THE MINDSET OF WE NEED LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL TEAMWORK TO GET THINGS DONE, ESPECIALLY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE PALM BAY HAS SOME REAL CHALLENGES THERE, AND YOU ALL HAVE MET THOSE CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT TO GO ON ANY FURTHER WITH THE MAYOR OR COUNCILMAN WHO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.

HAPPY TO DO IT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO, TO VISIT AND, AND MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING YOU FURTHER. WELL. WELL, CONGRESSMAN, I GOT TO TELL YOU, OUR CITY IS BLESSED TO HAVE YOU REPRESENTING US IN D.C.

WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALL THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT YOU'VE GARNERED.

WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS, AND THAT'S BEEN BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'LL YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS YOUR HARD WORK IN D.C. AND HOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD ON BEHALF OF PALM BAY.

SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE NONSTOP. I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A STAFFER.

I REMEMBER WE WE LEFT ONE DAY EARLY IN THE MORNING, MAYBE ZERO, 600 HOURS, AND WE DIDN'T RETURN TILL ZERO, 200 HOURS. THAT WAS A HECK OF A DRIVE. YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. SO I'LL MENTION ONE OTHER THING WHEN WE GET THE QUESTIONS.

AND THE REAL STAR OF MY FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW THIS, BUT MY WIFE IS ACTUALLY THE ACTING SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE HAS REALLY PUSHED THE IDEA OF EATING HEALTHIER AS SHE TRIES TO DO THAT WITH ME, TOO.

AND THE OTHER IS THIS SCREEN TIME ISSUE SO IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS AND ALL OF US ARE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME LOOKING AT THEIR SCREENS.

AND WE NEED TO, AS SHE PUTS IT, WE NEED TO LIVE REAL LIFE.

AND SHE IS UNFORTUNATELY, IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY WITH HER NEXT WEEK. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAPPILY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR DROPPING BY TO PALM BAY. I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN AT THE OTHER END.

THANK YOU MAYOR. CONGRESSMAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT JUST TO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US UP IN WASHINGTON, DC. AND YOU REALLY ARE.

I MEAN, IT'S PHENOMENAL THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR US AND WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO PALM BAY, THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND STATE AND FEDERAL ALL WORKING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, I THINK PALM BAY IS MOVING IN A GREAT DIRECTION AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAMMER. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER. YOU ACTUALLY ANSWER THEM AS SOON AS I ASK THEM.

I DO KNOW ONE ONE GOOD POSITIVE THING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY FROM THE PAST IS AS SOON AS YOU DO GET THAT TEXT MESSAGE, YOU SEE THOSE THREE LITTLE DOTS FROM THE IPHONE SHOWING YOU'RE READING IT AND YOU'RE ANSWERING IT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A COUNCIL ASKED FOR FROM, FROM THEIR LEADERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I HAVE TO ECHO THE SAME THING. AS SOON AS I GOT AHOLD OF YOU, CONGRESSMAN, YOU GOT RIGHT BACK TO ME. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN HERE. THIS IS THIS IS AWESOME. A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. I SEE A STUDENT HERE. I IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU GET TO MEET YOUR CONGRESSMAN IN PERSON.

SO THIS IS AMAZING. YEAH. THANK YOU. VERY GENEROUS. THANK YOU. YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR, THANK YOU. MAYOR. CONGRESSMAN, IT WAS A COOL SURPRISE TO SEE YOU WALK IN. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A CONGRESSMAN AT A MEETING IN PALM BAY. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK. AND YOU'RE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE, ELECTED OFFICIAL ACCESSIBLE, ELECTED OFFICIAL I'VE EVER HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH.

AND YOU KNOW, I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR PALM BAY.

I WILL BE VOTING FOR CONGRESSMAN HARIDOPOLOS AND IN NOVEMBER, HE HAS JUST DONE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR FOR PALM BAY.

HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE SECURED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR PALM BAY SECOND YEAR IN OFFICE, SECURED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR US IN PALM BAY.

AND FROM THE YEAR BEFORE TO THE YEAR AFTER IT DOUBLED.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU CAN DO. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NO PRESSURE.

NO PRESSURE THERE. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF'S AMAZING.

AND JUST REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR REALLY THE LIFE YOU GAVE UP TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

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SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK.

SO THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUST A SECOND.

I WANTED TO TEE IT OFF TO OUR CITY MANAGER BEFORE I CHAIR.

THANK YOU. AND JUST SO THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS YOUR HARD WORK, SIR, THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL SAID.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS GAME A REALLY LONG TIME. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CONGRESSMAN IN A MEETING, SO THANK YOU. BUT I'VE BEEN GOING TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR A LONG TIME.

AND USUALLY WE'RE FORTUNATE TO GET 2 OR 3 MINUTES OR MAYBE JUST GET WITH A LEGISLATIVE AIDE AGAIN.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN D.C., CONGRESSMAN HARIDOPOLOS GRACIOUSLY GAVE US 45 MINUTES AND THEN APOLOGIZED TO US BECAUSE HE HAD TO GO BRIEF THE NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON FOX NEWS. SO THAT IS THE KIND OF ATTENTION WE ARE ROUTINELY GETTING UNDIVIDED ATTENTION, REAL QUESTIONS, INCREDIBLE WORK, INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP, AND INCREDIBLE ENGAGEMENT.

AND AS A CITY MANAGER, HE HAS MADE MY JOB AS AS EASY AS IT COULD BE ON THAT FRONT.

AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR YOU, AS YOU KNOW, SIR, AND I JUST AM GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. I REALLY LIKE TO WE HAD THOSE. WE GET TOGETHER, ALL THE CITIES. YOU ALL KNOW, WE SIT AROUND THE TABLE AND AND AND SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND CONNECT THEM ALL. AND THE INPUT THAT THE MAYORS FOR THE CITY MANAGERS GAVE IS SO IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THAT KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO MY STAFF KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. AND, AND, AND THAT'S THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP IS SO VITAL.

AND IT'S WHAT SERVED ME VERY WELL WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE SENATE BY JUST BEING ACCESSIBLE.

AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THIS IS NOT A HARD THING TO DESCRIBE, BUT ALL THE GOOD IDEAS ARE NOT COMING FROM WASHINGTON.

THEY'RE COMING FROM THESE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO ARE DEALING WITH THESE CHALLENGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WHEN WE GET THE LOCAL IDEAS, IT'S MY JOB TO TO GO FIGHT FOR THOSE UP NORTH.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

I DO HAVE ONE. ONE PARTING QUESTION, SIR. ARE WE THE FIRST CITY IN BREVARD COUNTY THAT OR IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY VISITED AS A SURPRISE? I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THIS IS THIS IS COMMON.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH FOLKS ALL THE TIME.

AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE CITY. AND AND AGAIN, THE BEST PART ABOUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M FINALLY HOME.

BUT LET'S KEEP THAT, THAT, THAT TEXT MESSAGING GOING.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT I HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND BE REALLY REACTIVE TO IT.

AND I AGAIN, I LOVE HOW THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION WORKS AND THE GOOD NEWS IN WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED A MAJOR, A MAJOR BILL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT WAS BIPARTISAN. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW WITH AI.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THERE THAT I CHAIR THE SPACE COMMITTEE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN CONGRESS. AND WE ACTUALLY PASSED BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO GET TO GET THAT THAT MOVING.

AND I KNOW WHAT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT WITH THE OTHER PARTY, BUT WHAT'S GREAT IS YOU FIND WAYS TO WORK WITH OTHERS.

AND AND THAT'S HOW WE GET THINGS DONE. IT'S THE SAME THING WE TRY TO DO IN FLORIDA. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE FIND SUCCESS.

AND MAYOR, THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING SO ACCESSIBLE AND, AND, AND THIS IS A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXPERIMENT CALLED DEMOCRACY AND A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THAT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING COMMON THAT I DO BECAUSE WE GET THE BEST IDEAS FROM YOU ALL. AND, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. I KNOW HOW UNIQUE IT IS TO BE IN PUBLIC LIFE.

IT'S A, IT'S A TRANSITION IN WHICH WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE. AND THE FACT THAT YOU'LL DO SO WELL AND, AND ARE SO ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. SO YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

AND AND AGAIN, WE'RE A PHONE CALL OR TEXT MESSAGE OR.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE COME UP MANY TIMES TO WASHINGTON TO LOBBY ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND THAT THAT EXTRA EFFORT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

AND, KENNY, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU REAL SOON, COUNCILMAN, AND ON GETTING TOGETHER. SO YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE PARTICIPATING TONIGHT.

IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. GOD BLESS YOU, CONGRESSMAN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON PRESENTATIONS. MR. MORTON.

[PRESENTATIONS:]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT FROM COREY SKEETS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SEMIANNUAL UPDATE. THANK YOU, MR. SKEETS. COME ON UP.

I DO NOT KNOW. OR DO YOU WANT ME TO USE THIS? I KNOW WHO IT IS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AN UPDATE FROM YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SINCE I JOINED THE CHAMBER LAST OCTOBER, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT REDEFINING WHAT A MODERN CHAMBER SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE WANT TO BE MORE THAN AN ORGANIZATION THAT HOSTS NETWORKING EVENTS.

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TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE MOMENTUM WE'VE BUILT OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS AND WHERE I BELIEVE WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER TOGETHER.

SINCE OCTOBER 2025, WE BUILT A STRONG LEADERSHIP TEAM FOCUSED ON SERVING PALM BAY AND THE SPACE COAST.

SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, MANY OF WHOM YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT TITLES AT THIS POINT.

SO YOU ALL KNOW WHO I AM. PRESIDENT CEO CATALINA ROJAS IS NOW OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HER IN THAT ROLE. CINDY HUNT IS OUR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INVESTOR RELATIONS.

TOM GRABER, WHO AGAIN, MANY OF YOU KNOW IS OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTNER RELATIONS DIRECTOR.

AND JODI CLARK IS OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TEAM AS OUR MARKETING AND EVENTS MANAGER.

EACH ROLE WAS INTENTIONALLY CREATED OR STRENGTHENED TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS EVENTS, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS TEAM HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LAUNCHING MANY OF THE INITIATIVES YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TONIGHT.

OUR FOCUS IS SIMPLE PROVIDE GREATER VALUE TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHILE SERVING AS A TRUSTED PARTNER TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

SO LET'S TALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE.

PALM BAY HAS BECOME ONE OF FLORIDA'S PREMIER LOCATIONS FOR AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CHAMBER IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM KEEPS PACE WITH THAT GROWTH.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE HEAVILY INVESTED IN PROGRAMS LIKE SCATTY, THE SPACE COAST ALLIANCE FOR TECH AND INNOVATION, WHICH CONNECTS LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE COMPANIES.

WE'RE ALSO LAUNCHING OUR SCATTY MANUFACTURERS COUNCIL TO HELP LOCAL MANUFACTURERS COLLABORATE AROUND WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, SUPPLY CHAIN AND SHARED CHALLENGES, AND RECOGNIZING THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS RAPIDLY CHANGING EVERY INDUSTRY.

WE'VE CREATED OUR AI BUSINESS LAB TO HELP BUSINESSES ADOPT THESE TOOLS STRATEGICALLY AND RESPONSIBLY.

FINALLY, THROUGH THE BREVARD PROSPERITY INITIATIVE, WE'RE HELPING TACKLE BARRIERS TO WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONLY SUCCEEDS WHEN MORE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT.

SO WHAT'S NEW SINCE OCTOBER OF 2025? AND THAT'S THE QUESTION WE GET ALL THE TIME AT THE CHAMBER.

SO WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING? AND MY ANSWER IS QUITE A BIT, UNLESS IN A YEAR, WE'VE LAUNCHED SEVERAL ENTIRELY NEW INITIATIVES THAT REFLECT WHERE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS HEADED AND NOT WHERE IT'S BEEN.

THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THAT.

SO OUR NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW OF THESE ALREADY, BUT THESE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN REPRESENT INTENTIONAL INVESTMENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE TALKED ABOUT OUR AI BUSINESS LAB, WHICH IS PREPARING BUSINESSES FOR TOMORROW.

OUR MANUFACTURERS COUNCIL, WHICH SUPPORTS PALM BAY INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, THE WEST MELBOURNE AREA COUNCIL, WHICH EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR PARTNERS ACROSS OUR SERVICE AREA.

RALLYPOINT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST INITIATIVES, IS OUR VETERANS COUNCIL HELPING TO RETAIN MILITARY TALENT.

OUR LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO, WHICH CONNECTS RESIDENTS TO AREA RESOURCES.

OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHING SHORTLY, WILL CREATE STRONGER DIALOG WITH OUR ELECTED LEADERS AND A LARGER VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND FINALLY, A MODERNIZED WEBSITE AND ENHANCED LUNCH IN PROGRAMING.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, AGAIN FOR BEING AT THE LUNCHEON THIS WEEK. I THINK IT WAS FANTASTIC CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.

EACH INITIATIVE WAS CREATED BECAUSE WE SAW A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BELIEVE THE CHAMBER IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO ADDRESS IT.

SO ONE OF OUR NEWEST EVENTS AND AN EXAMPLE OF REGIONAL COLLABORATION IS OUR UPCOMING CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS FORUM.

THIS IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND EVENT FOR BREVARD COUNTY, BRINGING TOGETHER EVERY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER OFFICER FOR A MODERATED DISCUSSION IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE SPACE COAST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON POLITICS, THE GOAL IS EDUCATION.

WE WANT BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE OFFICES IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCE, ELECTIONS, JUSTICE AND OTHER SERVICES THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN INFORMED BUSINESS, COMMUNITY MAKES FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

ANOTHER PRIORITY IS REIMAGINING OUR CHAMBER FOUNDATION.

THE FOUNDATION GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND BEYOND TRADITIONAL PROGRAMING, BECOMING A STRONGER VEHICLE FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.

WE SEE THIS AS A PHILOSOPHY WITH MEASURABLE LONG TERM OUTCOMES, AND NOT SIMPLY CHARITY TO FILL AN IMMEDIATE NEED.

IT ALSO CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE CITY AS WE IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES WHERE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CAN HAVE A LASTING IMPACT.

NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW STATS JUST QUICKLY.

BEHIND EVERY NUMBER ON THIS SLIDE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TELL PALM BAY STORY.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 550 PARTNERS IN THE CHAMBER.

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WE HAVE 6000 WEEKLY EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS, AND TO DATE, WE HAVE NEARLY 100 NEW PARTNERS INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER.

EVERY EVENT, EVERY NEWSLETTER, EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA POST, AND EVERY RIBBON CUTTING IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE PALM BAY BUSINESSES AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WHILE MANY PEOPLE KNOW US FOR OUR NETWORKING, OUR PROGRAMING IS ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.

IN TWO WEEKS, THE EIGHTH ANNUAL SPACE COAST SYMPOSIUM AND EXPO WILL BRING TECH AND INNOVATION LEADERS TO OUR REGION.

WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THIS YEAR FEATURE NASA ADMINISTRATOR JARED ISAACMAN AND FLORIDA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE ALEX KELLY.

WE ALSO HOST ANNUALLY OUR MAYOR'S BREAKFAST. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE.

WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING OUR EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS AWARDS IN NOVEMBER, AND THIS WILL BE HOSTED AT DRAGONFLY FARMS RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR MULTICULTURAL NETWORKING GROUP AS WELL AS THE BREVARD PROSPERITY INITIATIVE.

TOGETHER, THESE EVENTS STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS, SHOWCASE PALM BAY, AND GENERATE MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO IF I HAD TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING IN ONE SLIDE, THIS WOULD BE IT.

OUR WORK SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY HELPING BUSINESSES GROW.

IT STRENGTHENS THE WORKPLACE WORKFORCE PIPELINE THROUGH EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION.

IT PROVIDES A CONSISTENT VOICE FOR BUSINESS THROUGH ADVOCACY.

AND INCREASINGLY, WE'RE INVESTING IN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S WHY OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME OUTCOMES FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

SO LOOKING AHEAD, WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE BUILDING OUR PARTNERSHIP AND WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT INCLUDE CITY PARTICIPATION IN OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CITY DOES HAVE AN EX OFFICIO SEAT ON OUR BOARD.

ALIGNING WORKFORCE INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT CITY GOALS.

FOUNDATION COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS AREAS OF COMMUNITY.

NEED AN ANNUAL REPORT BACK AS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, AND AN OPEN INVITATION TO CITY STAFF TO BE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN CHAMBER ACTIVITIES.

BUT THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT PALM BAY BUSINESSES THROUGH WORKFORCE, AND ALSO OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS.

SO IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AS A PLATINUM TRUSTEE OF THE CHAMBER. PALM BAY IS EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM, AND I BELIEVE THE CHAMBER HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN ENSURING THAT GROWTH IS THOUGHTFUL, COLLABORATIVE AND BENEFICIAL TO BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION.

COREY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, RECRUITING THEM. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YES. HEY, COREY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CHOOSING PALM BAY AS WELL.

AND THANK YOU. I'M ALREADY KNOWING YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. GREAT CHOICE BY THE WAY.

OH THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE WE'RE BLESSED WITH OUR STAFF.

BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP SPOKEN TO STAFF ABOUT IT.

I'VE SPOKEN TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AND IN YOUR PREVIOUS TENURE WORKING IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE, HAVE YOU SEEN CHAMBERS OR MUNICIPALITIES COLLECTIVELY WORK WITH COMMERCIAL CONSULTANTS, LIKE BUSINESSES THAT ARE VYING FOR BUSINESSES ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPALITY? OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE IN THAT REALM OR KNOW PEOPLE? A LOT OF TIMES WE SERVE AS THE FRONT DOOR AND WE WILL START THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN PASS THEM OFF TO THE CITY PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN A DEEPER WAY.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THE CHAMBER FIRST, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK THAT WE HANDLE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO CERTAIN THINGS, BUT THE CITY DOES CERTAIN THINGS A LOT BETTER THAN WE DO. SO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REPRESENTED IN THE CITY YET AS A BOARD MEMBER? NOT CURRENTLY. MR. MARTIN, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CONSIDER OUR NEW EDC DIRECTOR TO THAT ROLE? IF YOU IF YOU SEE A ROLE FOR THAT, I THINK THAT'D BE FINE.

IF COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT TO ASSUME THE EX OFFICIO SEAT, I THINK THAT'S YOUR BEST LOGICAL CHOICE.

I PERSONALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE HER SO OR DESIGNEE.

RIGHT. WELL, IT'S EITHER ONE OF US OR A STAFF MEMBER.

SO TO SIT ON THE BOARD. RIGHT? YEAH. WE HAVEN'T SAT ON THE BOARD.

TYPICALLY. THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE. YEAH.

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MR. MORTON, YOU GO WITH DELEGATE. MR.. MR. HU MR. MORTON DEEMS FIT. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. MR.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, GRETCHEN.

SO WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. MR.. OR DEPUTY MAYOR SHEENA WALLACE.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]

I'VE SPOKEN HERE BEFORE. I'VE SENT YOU SOME EMAILS AND I'VE POSTED ON FACEBOOK.

I'VE SAID NOTHING TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ADVISED BEFORE BY OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS VERY ROOM.

I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING THAT NO ONE ELSE IS SAYING, BUT I'VE HEARD TWO STATEMENTS FROM A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL THAT KIND OF CREEPED ME OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND AS A RESULT, I FOUND IT NECESSARY AND PRUDENT ON MY OWN BEHALF TO FOIA MY DAVID.

OKAY. I EXPECT THAT TO COME BACK CLEAR WITH NO SEARCHES BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MALICIOUS STALKING.

OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SET THAT OUT FROM THE FOREFRONT.

ANY NBA WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PURPOSE FOR FINDING WORKFLOW EFFICIENCIES IS NOT TO MAKE ANYONE'S JOB EASIER, BUT TO REDUCE STAFF. I HAVE A CONCERN AND OTHERS DO IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL, THAT THE STAFF, THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BEING REDUCED IN SIZE DUE TO NATURAL ATTRITION QUIETLY AT THE MOMENT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE PLANS OR IF YOU ARE QUIETLY REDUCING THE MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW DUE TO THE EFFICIENCIES OF THESE CAMERAS.

ALL RIGHT. GOVERNMENT IS A NECESSARY EVIL. YOUR ROLE IS TO KEEP THAT EVIL AT BAY.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RECEIVING OUR VOTES.

TO SIT IN THOSE CHAIRS IS TO KEEP THAT EVIL AT BAY.

YET SO FAR, I HAVE ONLY HEARD BIASED, SELF-SERVING FLOCK TALKING POINTS.

AS YOU SIT ALLOWING THIS POLICE SURVEILLANCE STATE TO CONTINUE.

IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE ARE A FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.

I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SIT HERE AND SAY THEY ARE WAITING FOR A SUPREME COURT DECISION.

OR WHAT IS THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GOING TO DO? CONGRESS IS BROKEN. THEY CAN'T EVEN GET RID OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME. OKAY. IT IS YOUR ROLE TO MAKE A DECISION.

I SEE THE WILLFUL VIOLATIONS OF OUR FIRST FOURTH AMENDMENT.

FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLES ONE, 12 AND 14.

FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS ON PLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF THE POLLS.

AN ADHESION CONTRACT, ACCORDING TO UCC SIGNED BY THIS.

THIS CITY THAT ALLOWS FLOC TO PUT POLLS IN PLACE ON YOUR BEHALF.

FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS WERE NOT ADHERED TO WHEN THIS CONTRACT WAS BROUGHT IN.

IT WAS DONE IN SECRECY AND TENDS TO STAY IN SECRECY BECAUSE THE POLLS ARE POINTED BLACK SO NO ONE CAN SEE THEM.

AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE INSTALLATION.

SO ARE WE. THE OTHER THING IS, YOU'RE NOT EVEN ABIDING BY YOUR CONTRACT WITH FLOC.

SECTION 11, ABIDING BY ALL LAWS. OKAY. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE THE LAWS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. KIM COUTURE.

HI. I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER OR ANYTHING, AND I'M NERVOUS, SO I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.

I'M A CITIZEN OF PALM BAY AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 1980, AND THINGS ARE GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY THAT ARE CONCERNING.

AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CYBERSECURITY ATTACK ON THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S HAPPENED IN 12 STATES.

WELL, THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY HAS DESIGNATED THE RECENT SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF CYBER ATTACKS ON MUNICIPAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AS ONE OF ITS TOP OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES.

ISA IN A COORDINATION WITH THE FBI AND EPA, HAS ISSUED URGENT DIRECTIVES TARGETING PROGRAMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS,

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DOES PALM BAY USE THIS PROGRAMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS? I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN ANSWER OR IF THE. JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS AND THE VALVES DOES.

AND I ASK THAT IF WE DO HAVE THOSE CONTROLLERS EXPOSED TO THE INTERNET, ARE THEY EXPOSED TO THE INTERNET? AND WHEN DID WE LAST CHECK THAT? AS THE MAYOR SAID EARLIER, WE ARE A NATION AT WAR.

IT'S A CONCERN THAT THE ENEMY WILL ATTACK OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE SECURITY OF OUR WATER IS THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

IF A BREACH TOOK PLACE, HOW WOULD YOU WARN THE CITIZENS? WILL YOU SEND OUT PHONE ALERTS? MEDIA LIKE THE POLICE DOES WITH THEIR EMERGENCY.

LIKE WHEN THEY NEED HELP FINDING SOMEBODY? WILL THAT GO TO ALL THE CITIZENS IN PALM BAY? BECAUSE ONCE THAT BREACH HAPPENS, IT'S AN URGENT SITUATION.

AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I HAPPEN TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE KIDS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. WELL, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

MR. MORTON, IF DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR CAN YOU GATHER GABRIEL TO GATHER INTEL? NO. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T ANSWER PUBLICLY BECAUSE OF CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS AND THREATS.

WE DON'T DISCLOSE THE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE OR CONNECTION POINTS.

I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS. I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM.

AND IN FACT, OUR IT DIRECTOR WHO'S ALSO ON THE STATE BOARD, ARE YOU THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE BOARD THIS YEAR? I THINK HE IS. I'M A PAST PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND REGARDLESS, HE'S A FEATURED SPEAKER AT THE CYBER CIVIL DEFENSE SUMMIT HAPPENING HERE REAL SHORTLY.

HE'S VERY ENGAGED IN THOSE ISSUES. SO I THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

NEXT SPEAKER KENDALL. KENDALL GOT A ONE FIVE FOR ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA. HAPPY TO BE BACK FROM OUR TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.

SEEING EXTENDED FAMILY. I STAND HERE TODAY AS THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE CHARTER REVIEW.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT GROUP THAT ADDRESSES THE CHARTER REVIEW IN LIGHT OF THE PROCEEDINGS THAT WE JUST JUST HAD.

OBVIOUSLY, I STAND BY THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE AS I AM A STOUT BELIEVER AND WE ARE A REPUBLIC AND NOT A STRICT DEMOCRACY.

THIS IS MY OPINIONS HERE. IT'S NOT OF THE OF THE CHARTER ITSELF.

THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. THAT BEING SAID, NUMBER ONE, ONE OF THE STATEMENTS FROM THE DAIS WAS ABOUT THE COST OF SO MANY SUGGESTED CHANGES. MAY I SUGGEST THAT IF THE BASIS OF CHANGING ITEMS ON THE CHARTER IS BASED ON COST, PLEASE ADVISE THE NEXT CHARTER REVIEW. THE LIMIT OF THE AMOUNT OF CHANGES YOU PERMIT IN THE CHARTER REVIEW SO THAT THEY CAN PRIORITIZE THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS. NUMBER TWO. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THERE BE MORE INTERACTIVE, MORE OF AN INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHARTER REVIEW WHEN THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE AS TO WHAT WILL BE APPROVED.

THE PURPOSE IS SO THAT YOU MAY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHANGES WERE SUGGESTED.

THE APPEARANCE WAS THAT THE REASONS WHY SOME CHANGES WERE SUGGESTED WEREN'T ADDRESSED, AND NO QUESTIONS WERE OFFERED TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONS BEHIND OUR PRESENTATION. NUMBER THREE, IN THE DECISIONS THAT WERE DONE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, I REALIZED THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE WERE ABOUT TO GO ON A VACATION.

NUMBER TWO, THAT THERE WAS A HOT TOPIC THAT NIGHT THAT KIND OF TOOK OVER AND LEFT VERY LITTLE TIME.

THE PARTICIPANT, THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW, ALONG WITH INTERESTED VOTERS, LITERALLY SPENT HOURS AND HOURS OF THEIR TIME, THEIR PREPARATIONS, THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR DETAILED SUGGESTIONS, AND THEIR REASON WHY THE APPEARANCE SEEMED MORE LIKE A QUICK DISMISSAL OF THE EFFORT BEHIND IT. I REPEAT, I'M JUST SAYING THE APPEARANCE, PERHAPS A SPECIAL SESSION OF THESE ITEMS SEPARATE FROM YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, WHERE A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION CAN BE ENTERTAINED BY THE DAIS.

NUMBER FOUR AS. AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS INTENT IN THE.

IN THESE DAYS OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, WHAT SEEMS LOGICAL TO EVERYDAY CITIZEN IS AN ATTORNEY'S DELIGHT TO TWIST FROM ORIGINAL INTENT TO TODAY'S ACTIVISM.

WE SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN BY THE SUPREME COURT AS THEY REVERSE DECISIONS OF THE LOWER COURT.

IN AN EVER INCREASING OCCURRENCE, IT MAY SEEM REDUNDANT TO.

ACCORDING TO ADD, ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

CONSTITUTION. SOMEWHERE IN OUR CHARTER. BUT IT IS TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE ADD TO THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD COURT OR SOME

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

WE JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW THIS COUNCIL HAS INCLUDED SPEAKING AT THE END OF THE MEETING AGAIN.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO COME BACK AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES, YOU YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.

NEXT, SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, PASTOR KENT.

EFREN MOLINA. YOU JUST NEED ANOTHER CARD IF HE WANTS TO DO THAT.

IT WASN'T LIKE THAT LAST YEAR.

EXCUSE ME. IF I CAN ASK COUNSEL FOR A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A FALLEN CITIZEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR US TO BE SILENT FOR THE LOSS OF THOMAS FARLEY, WHO WAS TAKEN EARLY FROM HIS TIME BY ONE OF OUR LOCAL OFFICERS HERE IN PALM BAY. MAY I DO THAT? CARRY ON, SIR. YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

I AM TIRED. I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T WANT ME TO BE HERE CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE ONE STATEMENT AND SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY AND A NATIVE TO THIS CITY, I AM TRAUMATIZED AND SHOCKED.

HAVING WITNESSED MY ARREST VIA BODY CAM VIDEO OF OUR ACTIVITIES OF OUR PALM BAY POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARRESTED ME.

I AM IN DISGUST AND HORRIFIED WATCHING THEIR INTERACTIONS.

I DID NOT WANT TO COME TO THIS STAND TO COMPLAIN ANY MORE ABOUT THEM, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MY COUNCILMEN AND MY FUTURE COUNCILMEN ABOUT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT SAYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA MEDIA, I AM CONSTANTLY RIDICULED FOR NOT MENDING MY WAYS WITH OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU CAN'T UNSEE THE HORROR OF WARS THAT I'VE SEEN ACROSS SEAS, AND I CAN'T JUST UNSEE THE INJUSTICE DONE BY OUR PALM BAY PD.

I AM BOTH MORTIFIED AND ENRAGED AT HOW THE PD THREATENS OUR CITIZENS, AND AS A SOLDIER, I DON'T BELIEVE ANY MORE OF OUR CITIZENS SHOULD BE SACRIFICED.

THE LOSS OF THOMAS FARLEY WAS TRAGIC AND I FEEL FOR HIS MOTHER.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THEM. THAT'S UP TO YOU. TO WHOM DOES THE P PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT BE ACCOUNTABLE TO? TO WHOM DO THEY EXERCISE THEIR AUTHORITY? FOR TO WHOM DOES A CITIZEN ASK FOR HELP WHEN AN OFFICER IS ALLOWED TO RESIGN AFTER MALICIOUS INTENT? IF AN OFFICER MURDERS A CITIZEN, HOW DO WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE? IF A CITIZEN IS AFRAID OF OUR OFFICERS, DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AGAINST THEM? IF THERE IS NOT A CHOICE TO DEFEND OURSELVES AS CITIZENS, DO WE HAVE THE INHERENT RIGHT TO DEFEND OURSELVES EVEN AGAINST FALSE GUARDIANS? HOW DO THESE REOCCURRING LAWSUITS AGAINST OUR CITY DUE TO THE PALM BAY PD, WILL AFFECT OUR TAXES AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY? NOT ALL OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WRONGDOING OF OTHER OFFICERS.

BUT IF WE CAN'T HOLD THOSE IN WRONG ACCOUNTABLE, WHAT DO OUR COUNCILMEN AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DO? IF AN OFFICER ROBS THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN, DO WE HAVE THE INHERENT RIGHT TO ROB THEM OF THEIR LIFE AS WELL? WHEN INJUSTICE BECOMES LAW, DO YOU THINK IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS THAT RESIDE HERE IN PALM BAY TO KEEP IT FROM BEING BROKEN? IF WE ARE TO MEND THE BRIDGE DAMAGED BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR COUNCIL CANNOT ACT, WHO WILL PROTECT US? HOW DO WE GET RID OF THOSE WHO HAVE HARMED US IN OUR CITY? HATE ME IF YOU LIKE, BUT I WON'T LEAVE UNTIL I GET SOME ANSWERS.

BECAUSE HIDING AMONG YOU, OUR OFFICERS THAT HAVE MURDERED A CITIZEN.

AND HAVING BEEN TRAUMATIZED MYSELF, I SYMPATHIZE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT NEED.

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. WHEN RESIDENTS ASK HOW PALM BAY CAN SLOW ITS RAPID GROWTH, THE RESPONSE IS OFTEN THAT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WERE DECIDED ON BY COUNCILS BEFORE YOU. AND THE TRUTH IS, I BELIEVE YOU.

I AGREE THAT YOU SIMPLY CANNOT REVOKE APPROVALS THAT WERE LEGALLY GRANTED BEFORE YOUR TIME.

BUT I DISAGREE THAT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED. IN MY OPINION, PALM BAY GROWTH CAN BE CURBED SIMPLY BY ENFORCING STANDARDS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THAT CURRENTLY GO IGNORED. EVERY TIME A DEVELOPER IS ALLOWED TO IGNORE AN APPROVED SITE PLAN, OR OMIT REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS OR CUT CORNERS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, IT LOWERS THE COST OF BUILDING HERE AND IT INCREASES THEIR PROFITS FROM DOING SO.

OF COURSE, DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUILD IN A CITY WHERE APPROVED PLANS ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY ENFORCED.

PERHAPS PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE MADE PALM BAY TOO EASY TO BUILD IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY I SAY THAT OUR DEVELOPER ATTEMPTED TO ELIMINATE A PLAYGROUND THAT WAS CLEARLY SHOWN ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.

IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE WE NOTICED AND BROUGHT IT FORTH AS THE CITIZENS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THAT GOT CORRECTED AND WE GOT A PLAYGROUND.

TODAY WE'RE DEALING WITH ANOTHER ISSUE. THE APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN AROUND OUR COMMUNITY POOL CALLS FOR APPROXIMATELY 1100 TREES AND SHRUBS.

THE DEVELOPER HAS PLANTED 120. THE FENCE AROUND THE POOL IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT IT WAS DENOTED ON THE SITE PLAN, REDUCING THE LINEAR FEET OF REQUIRED FENCING AND DECREASING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE INSIDE THE FENCE.

PALM BAY HAS AN ENTIRE CHAPTER OF ITS CODE, PAGES UPON PAGES DEDICATED TO LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE CITY.

IT SPECIFIES THE TYPES OF VEGETATION THAT MUST BE USED, GROUND COVER, WHERE IT MUST BE PLACED, AND HOW IT MUST BE MAINTAINED. DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A DETAILED LANDSCAPE PLAN AS PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS, AND THE CODE CLEARLY STATES THAT REQUIRED LANDSCAPING MUST BE MAINTAINED AND REPLACED IF IT FAILS.

BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE APPROVED PLANS ARE ACTUALLY BUILT TO BEGIN WITH, THEN WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE? AN ORDINANCE THAT ISN'T ENFORCED BECOMES A SUGGESTION, NOT A STANDARD.

I'VE RAISED THESE CONCERNS WITH THE CITY MANAGER TWICE AT THE CITY.

WITH THE COFFEE. COFFEE WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

BOTH TIMES I WAS ASKED TO FOLLOW UP BY EMAIL AND BOTH TIMES THOSE EMAILS WENT UNANSWERED.

IF THIS IS HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ASK HOW OFTEN IS HAPPENING ELSEWHERE IN PALM BAY? HOW MANY CITIZENS OF PALM BAY ARE BEING SHORTED BY DEVELOPERS CUTTING CORNERS WHILE THE CITY DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO CHECK? AND IF AN OBVIOUS ITEM LIKE PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING OR FENCING DON'T MATCH THE APPROVED PLANS.

WHAT CONFIDENCE SHOULD RESIDENTS HAVE THAT LESS VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING VERIFIED? STORMWATER SYSTEMS, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITY SIDEWALKS, BUFFERS AND OPEN SPACES THAT AREN'T THINGS THE AVERAGE RESIDENT CAN INSPECT. YOU CAN'T UNDO PAST APPROVALS, BUT YOU CAN INFLUENCE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THE STANDARD YOU FORCE TODAY IS THE STANDARD THAT YOU SET FOR PALM BAY GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? JUST JUST A SECOND. SAINT JOHN PRESERVE. MR..

MR.. MORTON HE MENTIONED EMAILS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED AND GONE UNANSWERED.

I'M NOT AWARE OF EMAILS IF I DID THERE, MISS, BUT AT THE LAST CITY MANAGER COFFEE. I ENCOURAGED HIM TO CONNECT WITH GROWTH. I ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD THE ANSWERS TO AND.

YEP, TALKED AT LENGTH AND I SAID, WE NEED TO CONNECT YOU WITH GROWTH BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WANT TO GET YOU THE CORRECT ANSWERS AND THAT OUR GROWTH DEPARTMENT COULD GET YOU THOSE ANSWERS. SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT STATE YOU'RE IN, WHAT STATE OF PRELIMINARY OR FINAL APPROVAL YOUR PLAT IS IN IF THE LANDSCAPE PLAN COMES AT THE END, THE BEGINNING, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS OR IT LOOKS LIKE ALTHEA'S GOING TO COME VISIT YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. REBECCA VAN HEERDEN. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR? OH, SORRY. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.

I'M GOOD SIR. ALL RIGHT. CARRY ON. SIR. I'M SORRY.

HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BECKY VAN HEERDEN.

I'VE BEEN A PALM BAY RESIDENT SINCE 1984. AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU GUYS, THE ONES OF YOU THAT RESPONDED TO MY EMAILS YESTERDAY.

I ONLY LEARNED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO CLOSE THE PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER.

AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SHARE MY CONCERNS.

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I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER IS ALREADY A PART OF THAT IDENTITY.

IT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC COMPETITION POOL IN SOUTH BREVARD, AND IT SERVES ALL OF BREVARD OR PALM BAY SCHOOLS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR SENIORS AND RESIDENTS EVERY DAY.

I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT THE POOL CLOSED BACK IN 2018 2019.

IT WAS CLOSED FOR TWO YEARS, AND IT TOOK YEARS FOR OUR SWIM AND DIVE COMMUNITY TO RECOVER.

AND I WORRY THAT A CLOSURE LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE THE SAME LASTING IMPACT.

I'VE BEEN ATTENDING OR GOING TO THE POOL FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS WERE SWIMMERS FOR BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL SINCE 2016, AND NOW I CURRENTLY COACH AT BAYSIDE HIGH FOR SWIM AND I.

I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND BREVARD COUNTY, WHETHER IT'S EASTERN FLORIDA, WHETHER IT'S RENEGOTIATING YOUR CONTRACT WITH BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WITH MAYBE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT WE SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY.

BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO CONSIDER DOING ALL THAT YOU CAN AND REALLY EXPLORING ALL THE OPTIONS TO.

IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER OPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR IDENTITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'LL SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER AT THE BUDGET MEETING.

THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. KATE VAN HEERDEN.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATE VAN HEERDEN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN PALM BAY.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF THE PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER. AS A BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, FORMER CLUB AND HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMER, AND NEARLY SIX YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE AQUATIC CENTER, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THIS FACILITY HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW SERVING AS A SENIOR LIFEGUARD DURING THE SUMMERS, THIS JOB IS SUPPORTING SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF HIGH SCHOOL IN ALL OF MY COLLEGE YEARS, IT HAS DONE THE SAME FOR MANY OF MY COWORKERS, PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND A PATHWAY TO GROW WITHIN PALM BAY PARKS AND RECREATION AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

THE SKILLS WE LEARN AT THE AQUATIC CENTER EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE POOL.

LIFEGUARD LIFEGUARDING TEACHES RESPONSIBILITY, LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND LIFESAVING SKILLS THAT INSPIRES MANY EMPLOYEES TO PURSUE CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE. I PERSONALLY KNOW SEVERAL FORMER LIFEGUARDS WHO HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS HERE IN PALM BAY.

THAT REPRESENTS A DIRECT INVESTMENT BY OUR CITY AND ITS YOUNG PEOPLE, AND IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

CLOSING THIS FACILITY, EVEN FOR A YEAR, WOULD DISRUPT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MANY EMPLOYEES WHO RELY ON THESE JOBS AS THEY PREPARE, PREPARE FOR COLLEGE, AND THEIR CAREERS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WOULD LEAVE A GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CANNOT BE MEASURED IN DOLLARS.

THE POOL IS VERY COMMONLY USED RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS ALWAYS A BUSY DAY WHETHER THE WATER PARK IS OPEN OR NOT.

FOR FAMILIES OF ALL AGES AND PEOPLE WHO USE THE LANES FOR EXERCISE.

I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE VALUE OF THIS RESOURCE AND THE IMPACT ITS CLOSURE WOULD HAVE ON THE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAT. PAT.

PAT. 410 GEORGE'S AVENUE. NORTHEAST. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND STAFF.

I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE CITIZENS THAT OUR PRIMARY IS COMING UP ON THE 18TH.

EARLY VOTING STARTS IN A COUPLE DAYS, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS YEAR THE ELECTIONS ARE.

AND IT'S TYPICAL THAT PRIMARIES ARE VERY. THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE COMING OUT TO VOTE ON PRIMARIES VERY LOW, WHICH IS SAD. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, FOR ALL CITIZENS, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO VOTE, SO WE NEED TO USE IT.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN.

I'M GLAD TO SEE OUR REPRESENTATIVE HARIDOPOLOS HERE.

AND YES, HE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK. SO WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND ARE RECEPTIVE TO THEIR SUGGESTIONS OR THEIR COMPLAINTS OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE.

AND LORD, THAT HE WILL LEAD US AND GUIDE US AND GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DECIDE WHO TO VOTE FOR.

AND ON THAT SALT AND LIGHT COUNCIL HAS ONE MORE CANDIDATE FORUM AT VICTORY IN CHRIST JESUS ON JUPITER BOULEVARD.

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MONIQUE MILLER WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE A JUDGE, GEORGE GASPARD AND ONE OTHER COUNCIL CANDIDATE, ALFIE O'GARA. SO HOPE EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. BUTCHERING.

YOU OKAY? YEAH. WHAT'S IRAN? 219219 TRENTON AVENUE.

SOUTHWEST BUILT. THREW ME OFF OVER THERE. THE OTHER THING HE DID, HE WASHED HIS TRUCK.

I GOTTA FIND OUT WHY. OKAY. EITHER THAT OR HE GOT A NEW ONE.

SO I'LL FIND OUT AFTER THE MEETING. ANYHOW BUTCHER RAN 219 TRENTON AVENUE.

PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR VACATION. I HAD SPOKE WITH DOCTOR ROBERTSON ABOUT THE ROADS, AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT WAS BEING INSTITUTED, WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THE WORST OF THE WORST AND FIX THOSE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KIND OF GET AN UPDATE ON IF THERE IS ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT.

I DO SEE THAT MINTON AND PALM BAY ROAD. THE WHOLE INTERSECTION HAS BEEN DONE.

BEAUTIFUL. 81 YEARS AGO TODAY, FAT BOY WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA. INSTANTLY, 70,000 LIVES WERE WIPED OUT.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE DEADLY. WE DON'T NEED THEM, BUT WE HAVE THEM.

I JUST HOPE OUR LEADERS USE THEM WISELY IF THEY EVER DO.

AS FAR AS THE CLOSING ON THE POOL, I STAND BEHIND THESE FOLKS HERE.

YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT THING OPEN DURING THE SUMMERTIME.

THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT CAN'T GET TO THE BEACH TO GO ENJOY THE BEACH.

THEY CAN GET TO THE POOL FAIRLY EASILY. SOME CAN RIDE THEIR BIKE, SOME COULD WALK.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S USED BY THE CITIZENS HERE IN PALM BAY.

AND LIKE THEY VOICED BEFORE LAST TIME THEY CLOSED DOWN, TOOK THEM TWO YEARS TO GET IT FIXED, BUT THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASONING BEHIND CLOSING THE POOL IS NOW.

THAT'D BE KIND OF CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT THAT IS ALSO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MORTON OR DOCTOR ROBINSON? DID YOU TAKE A NOTE OF THAT? YES. AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, WE HAVE THE KEVIN NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

THE GO ROADS PRESENTATION IS DONE. IT WILL BE COMING BACK.

IT'S BEEN EVALUATED, VETTED, REVIEWED BY US AND THE CONSULTING ENGINEER.

AND YOU WILL HAVE THE DATA PRESENTATION FOR DECISIONS BEFORE YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER CATHY CATHY BRADSHAW.

GOOD EVENING. I'M CATHY BRADSHAW, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF SHANE POWERS.

IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, 501 C3, LOCATED HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PALM BAY.

OUR MISSION IS TO HELP CLOSE THE EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GAP WITH DISADVANTAGED, UNDERREPRESENTED AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES, STUDENTS, INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.

OUR VISION IS TO EMPOWER OTHERS FOR A BETTER LIFE.

AND WE DO THIS THROUGH VARIOUS INITIATIVES. WE HAVE THE BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE, A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS INITIATIVE, A THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE, A SENIOR CARE PROGRAM, AND MENTORSHIP.

WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.

THIS SATURDAY ON AUGUST 8TH, WE WILL HAVE A BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY AND COMMUNITY FESTIVAL TO ENSURE LOCAL BOYS AND GIRLS START THE SCHOOL YEAR PREPARED AND READY TO SUCCEED.

OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPLY 200 STUDENTS WITH BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS FREE IMMUNIZATION. WE PARTNER WITH WALGREENS AND THEY WILL PROVIDE AND ADMINISTER THOSE VACCINES, AND IT'S FOR ALL AGES FOR THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS AND THE ELDERLY.

WE ALSO WILL BE PROVIDING SAFETY TIPS, VALUABLE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THESE FAMILIES.

WE ARE SEEKING COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND INDIVIDUALS TO HELP PROVIDE BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, SAFETY TIPS AND VALUABLE RESOURCES. WE INVITE THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO PARTNER WITH US THROUGH SPONSORSHIP,

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WE BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE CAN HELP BREAK BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND PREPARE THESE STUDENTS TO BE READY TO SUCCEED AND LEARN THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

MA'AM, WHERE IS THIS EVENT BEING HELD? IT'S BEING HELD AT IN-SEASON MINISTRIES AT THE PEACE LUTHERAN CAMPUS.

THAT'S 1801 PORT MALABAR BOULEVARD, BUILDING D 32905.

AND AND THAT AND WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF THAT? THAT'S THIS SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M.

TO 12 NOON. AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE IN DISCUSSIONS A LITTLE EARLIER TO SEE.

AND WE COULD, YOU COULD REACH OUT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON WHO TO CONTACT WITHIN THE CITY.

THEY DID DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS PAST SATURDAY AS WELL.

SO I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO, TO KIND OF COLLABORATE WITH OTHER GROUPS AS WELL AND, AND HAVE SUCH AN EVENT.

SO I, I HAVE SOMEONE BUZZING IN NOW, I GUESS THEY WANT TO COMMENT CITY MANAGER AND THEN MIKE HAMMER, IF I CAN JUST COMMENT. YES. COMMENTS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO AN ISSUE IF I CAN.

OH, AS YOU WERE SO COUNCILMAN HAMMER, I'M GOING TO CHECK MY SCHEDULE, BUT I'M GOING TO BE THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE BROCHURES AND FLIERS.

OKAY. YOU CAN BRING IT FORWARD, AND I'LL. I'LL JUST PASS IT ON.

BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

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

I'LL PASS TO MR. MORTON. MR. MORTON. I JUST GOT MR. SNEAD YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FROM DEPUTY MAYOR AND SEARCHED.

YOU WERE BURIED IN THERE IN THE NOT INBOX. THE ALTERNATE BOX.

SO I APOLOGIZE. YOU DID SEND THEM AND I JUST MOVED YOU TO NOT JUNK.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN STAY CONNECTED. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT WE'RE NOW ON CONSENT AGENDA.

[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]

ANY ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL? NO. OKAY. WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE GAVEL OR CAN YOU PULL IT? I'M NOT SURE I CAN PULL IT. I'M GOOD WITH IT.

THEN I JUST NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PULL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND APPROVE THE REST OF THE AND APPROVE THE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE.

ORDINANCE 2026-14, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2022-114 BY MODIFYING THE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MALABAR SPRINGS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I'M OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND MR. MORTON, THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS THE SECOND READ OF THE MALABAR SPRINGS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT, AS YOU RECALL. IT'S ADDRESSING THAT SMALL CELL TOWER PARCEL.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE OR ATTORNEY HERE.

STAFF HAS NOTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

HERE, IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONER.

WOULD YOU WANT TO SPEAK, SIR? THEN FEEL FREE.

FEEL FREE. GOOD EVENING. MIKE ECKERT WITH KUTAK ROCK, 107 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. WE REPRESENT THE MALABAR SPRINGS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE PETITIONER IN THIS PROCESS.

WE ARE SEEKING TO REMOVE 0.06 ACRES FROM THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.

THE ORDINANCE NOTICES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY CITY CODE.

AND BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE PRESENTED WITH THE PETITION AND ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY OR STAFF HAS HAD, WE FEEL THERE'S A FOUNDATIONAL BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOUNDARY AMENDMENT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED.

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

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WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2026-20, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE CITY CHARTER SHOULD BE AMENDED TO REVISE THE PROCESS FOR FILLING VACANCIES THAT MAY OCCUR ON THE CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR THE PLACEMENT OF ONE REFERENDUM ITEM ON THE BALLOT, PROVIDING THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT.

DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS WITH A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE.

PUBLISHING THE REFERENDUM ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND MADAM JONES. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

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

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

ORDINANCE 2026-2022, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE 17, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 179 NATURAL RESOURCES BY PROVIDING CLARITY IN THE CROSS.

REFERENCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES REGARDING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND GROUNDWATER WELL FIELD PROTECTION PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND MR. MORTON. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, ALTHEA, TO COME UP AND PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.

GOOD EVENING. I WASN'T ANTICIPATING MAKING A PRESENTATION.

THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. OUR FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE, AFTER WE UPDATED IT IN SEPTEMBER OF 24, REQUIRED A REVIEW BY THE STATE, BOTH FEMA AND THE FEDERAL DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THEY REVIEWED THAT ORDINANCE. THEY PROPOSED CHANGES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CITY TO MAKE TO BRING IT INTO STATE COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. STAND FAST.

ALTHIA. JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY ELSE SPEAKS. AFTER YOU COULD COME BACK UP.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

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

ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE NOW ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:]

AND IT. I THINK THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL FINANCES FOR THIS.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YES. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE DIAZ DRAINAGE EASEMENT WE DID LAST YEAR.

ONLY THIS ONE HAS TWO BENEFITS. ONE, THE PURCHASER WILL BE TAKING ON ONGOING MAINTENANCE LIABILITY REMOVING THAT FROM OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

IT ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VALUE WILL BE, BUT IT PUTS IT BACK IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. SO ESSENTIALLY BACK ON THE ASSESSOR'S PAGE.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A ONE TIME CASH PAYMENT OF AROUND $142,000 TO THE CITY FOR THE LAND.

THIS IS IN THAT VICINITY THERE B BY I 95 AND SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.

SO, GENTLEMEN, THE REASON I PULLED THIS IS BECAUSE THE EXTRA 142,000.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GIVE DIRECTION AT THIS TIME TO HAVE THAT USED FOR OUR POLICE VEHICLES.

IF WE COULD USE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I'M SURE IT'LL GO TOWARDS A GREAT CAUSE.

SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING TO, TO GET DONE.

AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD AGREE ON THAT AT LEAST TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY FOR OUR POLICE VEHICLES.

I HAD A QUESTION. THE, THE ORIGINAL MONEY THAT WAS PAID INTO THIS.

WHAT WHAT WAS IT FOR? $142,000 THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK? WHAT IS THAT? WAS THAT FEE ASSOCIATED TO SOMETHING OR.

YES, SIR. JASON DELORENZO, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

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THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DOING. WE HAVE RELOCATION OF PONDS.

THE MASTER DEVELOPER IS TAKING ON THE RETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FUTURE ROADWAY.

THAT INCLUDES THE FEDERAL CHANGES, FEDERAL REGULATORY CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY MORE COMPENSATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR.

AND IT'S ABOUT TEN ACRES. SIR, I THINK IT'S 10.18 ACRES.

THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE COMPENSATION INTO THEIR MASTER STORMWATER PLAN AND RETURN THE PONDS BACK TO UPLAND.

WELL, THE FUTURE PONDS ARE NOT ACTUALLY THERE. WASN'T CLEAR, THOUGH, LIKE THE MONEY WAS NOT AN IMPACT FEE.

WELL NO SIR. THEY WERE LET'S SEE, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DEDICATED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. THE ONES ON THE WEST WAS A A REDUCTION IN THE IMPACT FEE CREDIT.

IN THIS CASE, THE MASTER DEVELOPER PREFERS TO JUST MAKE AN OUTRIGHT PAYMENT FOR THEM.

SO RELATED TO STORMWATER, WHERE ARE THE ORIGINAL, WHERE SHOULD THE FUNDS GO BACK TO? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. LIKE YES, SIR. IS THE STORMWATER TRANSFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE I'M NOT SURE.

PERHAPS MISS SMITH COULD HELP. I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT CERTAIN THERE ARE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE POND. CERTAINLY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE LOOKED AT.

I MEAN, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO FOR STAFF TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE ARE ANY RESTRICTIONS AND IF NOT, PROVIDE DIRECTION. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THIS REVENUE, BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT PREPARED TO TELL YOU THAT NOW.

AND HAVE YOU AUTHORIZED MR. MORTON TO USE IT FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES? FIND OUT LATER THEN. I'M THE ONE TELLING HIM, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOOD WITH IT BEING USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AS LONG AS WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO. IT CHECKS. IT CHECKS OUT.

OKAY. SO I'LL I'LL NEED A MOTION. I'LL TAKE THE GAVEL, MAYOR.

HERE. YOU CAN. YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

NO. GO AHEAD. YEAH. MAKE THE MOTION. HE JUST WANTED THE GAVEL.

WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT. I'M NOT EXACTLY CLEAR ON ON WHAT THE MOTION IS.

SO TO USE THAT FUNDING TOWARDS POLICE VEHICLES, SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MOTION.

YES. COUNCILMAN HAMER MINERS ONCE THE MOTION IS MADE.

OKAY, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TO ACCEPT THE 140, $142,000, $142,000.

YES. YES. FROM THE. WHERE AM I AT? WHAT? I LOST MY PART. MY SPOT ON THE AGENDA. MAYOR.

OH. CONSENT NUMBER SEVEN. YEAH. FOR CONSENT NUMBER SEVEN TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ONCE VERIFIED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN SHE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE US FURTHER DIRECTION. YES.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

YES, SIR. YOU HAVE A COMMENT? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS POND WAS WAS PART OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PURCHASE FOR THE ROAD, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE STORMWATER RUNOFF FOR THE ROAD BEFORE THE COMMUNITY WENT IN.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. SO THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE RIGHT OF WAY PURCHASE FOR THE ROAD.

I BELIEVE THAT POND WAS FROM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

SECONDLY, I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY STRUGGLES WITH STORMWATER AKA BAFFLE BOXES REACHING MELBOURNE TILLMAN THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSTRAINTS WITH.

BECAUSE IF THERE ARE, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS TOWARDS A BAFFLE BOX, BUT IF NOT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT GO TO POLICE.

SIR. YEAH. INITIAL INDICATION IS NO, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SATELLITE CANAL.

AWESOME. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. GO TO PLEASE. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

YES, MAYOR. MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. MORTON OR FOR THE CHIEF.

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE MADE THE TRANSITION FROM THE TYPICAL CRUISERS THAT YOU'LL SEE TO SUVS.

THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM EITHER OR ON THE, IF THERE'S A BENEFIT ADDED BENEFIT TO US

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SO TWO THINGS LAST YEAR THERE WERE NO SEDANS MADE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE STUCK WITH THE SUVS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE COME BACK, BUT THERE WAS NONE AT THE TIME.

WE COULD VERIFY THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND IS THAT THE STATE CONTRACT, I BELIEVE, WAS A IT WAS EITHER A 3 OR 5 YEAR CONTRACT.

SO THE SAME PRICE THAT WE PAID FOR THE VEHICLES LAST YEAR IS THE SAME PRICE THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS YEAR.

THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN THE COST FOR A POLICE VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY THE SUVS.

THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO AMEND THE THE MOTION BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DIDN'T APPROVE CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. I JUST MADE A MOTION TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY FROM FROM SEVEN ITSELF.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WITHDRAW MY SECOND. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM OR CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND ALLOCATE THE RETURN OF MONEY TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF AS LONG AS.

YEAH, FOR A VEHICLE, AS LONG AS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS IT'S OKAY.

I'LL. SECOND AND CITY MANAGER WANTS TO WEIGH IN.

JUST JUST TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S POINT, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK.

BUT TO CHIEF'S POINT, A FEW YEARS BACK FOR DISCONTINUING THE CROWN VICTORIA, FOLLOWED BY DODGE DISCONTINUING THE CHARGER.

AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL THE CASE. BUT THAT WAS ALSO MY IMPRESSION THE LAST TIME THE CONTRACTS WENT OUT. BUT WE WILL CHECK WITH THAT, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND THIS IS CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON PROCUREMENT ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR.

[PROCUREMENTS:]

THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. KEVIN BRINKLEY, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I WILL LOOK TO CHRISTINE SULLIVAN TO TELL ME WHEN I'VE MESSED UP.

SHE WILL THROW SOMETHING AT ME. BUT THIS IS A REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WIDENING OF THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.

IT IS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKSTORY. ORIGINALLY WHEN WE IN 2024, WHEN WE APPROVED THE RFQ FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE WIDENING OF THIS PARKWAY, WE WERE EXPECTING TO PUT IT ON A SHELF FOR A FUTURE DATE WHEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE ACTUAL PROJECT.

THERE IS A YOU CAN DESIGN IT UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, THEN PUT IT ON A SHELF, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REDESIGNED ONCE YOU'RE ACTUALLY READY FOR CONSTRUCTION. THANKS TO THE GUIDANCE OF COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP OF CITY MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE PULLED TOGETHER THE FUNDS AND ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WIDENING.

AND THIS IS THE SMALL ADJUSTMENT THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THOSE PLANS.

WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONE ON IN THE AREA THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT THIS IS THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL GET SHOVEL READY PLANS FOR US FOR SUMMER OF 2027.

SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I'M SORRY. CARRY ON.

DEPUTY MAYOR. AS FAR AS THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROCUREMENT ITEM TONIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR SKYLER CONSULTING TO PROVIDE A DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE, A DELIVERY SCHEDULE ON ON THIS CHANGE ORDER.

SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU GUYS CAN TRACK AS STAFF, WHICH I'M SURE YOU DO, BUT THEN SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL ON A MONTHLY BASIS. HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. ANY DELAYS? I LIKE, I LIKE TO BE AWARE OF THAT. MONTHLY UPDATE.

YEAH. MONTHLY. THAT WOULD I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND THAT ROAD NOW THAT SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION IS GOING TO BE EVEN WORSE FOR, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER? MAYBE MISS SULLIVAN CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THIS TIES IN WITH THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE TIMING AND SCHEDULE OF THAT AS WELL. AND THEN EXPECTED TIMES WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS OUT TO BID FOR, FOR PROCUREMENT OF, OF CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. YEAH. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO DESIGN THE ROUNDABOUT AS WELL.

THE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN THE ROUNDABOUT IN THE TIME FRAME.

WHILE THIS UPDATE IS OCCURRING, WE'LL BE DESIGNING THE ROUNDABOUT AND BE ABLE TO BID THOSE OUT TOGETHER AS ONE FOR ONE CONSTRUCTION.

SHE'S STILL SHAKING HER HEAD. YES, JASON MADE ME NERVOUS THERE. FOR ONE PROJECT WHICH WOULD SAVE US COSTS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES DOING CONSTRUCTION IN THE SAME AREA. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THE OVERLAP OR TAPERING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THE IDEA IS

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HOW CAN WE SAVE MONEY? WELL, THIS WOULD BE WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS OVER MANY YEARS.

BUT BY PUTTING THEM TOGETHER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THEM AT A FRACTION OF THE COST AND DO IT QUICKER FOR THE CITIZENS.

SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? I HAVE NO CARDS, MAYOR. OH, AS YOU WERE COUNCILMAN HAMER.

AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER IN THIS DESIGN, ARE WE INCLUDING IF AND WHEN WE GET THE X OR THE BRIDGE ACCESS TO FRED POPPY IN THIS DESIGN, WE ARE NOT INCLUDING IT. NO, WE ARE NOT INCLUDING ANY KIND OF.

THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE DESIGN THAT WOULD TAPER INTO OR WOULD TIE INTO THE ROADWAY.

IF WE WERE GOING TO DO IT, WOULDN'T IT BE SMART TO HAVE OUR BREAK IN THE MEDIAN AND EVERYTHING BUILT WHILE WE'RE BUILDING IT NOW, AND JUST TO WHERE WHEN WE DO GET THE BRIDGE APPROVED, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS OUR RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT.

WE CAN ASK TAYLOR TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. SHE'S STANDING UP. I THINK I'M SAYING SOMETHING WRONG.

SHE STANDS UP. I'M GOING TO LET CHRISTINE.

THANKS FOR COMING UP, MISS SULLIVAN. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

OUR CONSULTANT AND OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, GFT FORMERLY KNOWN AS SCALER, WHO IS DOING THE WIDENING DESIGN OF SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, IS AWARE OF THE BRIDGE PROJECT AND HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS ALSO WITH OUR DESIGNER AND DIFFERENT DESIGNER KIMLEY-HORN OF THE BRIDGE. SO IN ADDITION TO MULTIPLE OTHER DESIGNS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT COMING ALONG THAT, THAT CORRIDOR. AND ALSO THEY ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS STILL ONGOING DEVELOPMENT AND THAT THEY WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DESIGNING FITS INTO THE ROAD AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

COUNCILMAN. AMAZING. THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN.

THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. THANK YOU.

ANY SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR? NO. MAYOR. OKAY.

I NEED A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, NUMBER ONE. I'LL SECOND.

GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES. PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS.

OH, AS YOU WERE. NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, MADAM SMITH.

[NEW BUSINESS:]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. I THINK I WAS HEARING WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE.

MY NAME IS RICHARD PENGELLEY. I'M A MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH PFM ASSET MANAGEMENT.

WE ARE THE INVESTMENT ADVISOR FOR THE CITY. WE PERIODICALLY WILL LOOK AT AND REVIEW THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY TO SEE IF THERE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED IN THE INVESTMENT POLICY.

AND TODAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU.

MOST OF THE INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN YOUR POLICY IS REALLY GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTES.

218415 WHICH REALLY SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT GOES INTO THE INVESTMENT POLICY.

AND THAT SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM.

IT EMPHASIZES SAFETY AND LIQUIDITY PRIMARILY.

AND THEN AFTER THOSE, THEN WE, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN YOU THINK ABOUT YIELD.

WE ALSO USE TWO OTHER FRAMEWORKS WHEN REVIEWING INVESTMENT POLICIES.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC TREASURERS OF THE U.S.

AND CANADA. IT'S A MORE ROBUST FRAMEWORK FOR LOOKING AT PUBLIC INVESTMENT POLICIES COMPARED TO STATE STATUTES AND ALSO THE BEST PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

SO WITH ALL THREE OF THOSE, WE LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THE WE LOOKED THROUGH THE POLICY COMPARED AGAINST THOSE FRAMEWORKS AND THEN COME UP WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE POLICY PRETTY MUCH WAS IN LINE. THERE WERE A COUPLE UPDATES THAT WE MADE AND SOME FORMATTING CHANGES IN THE POLICY.

AS EXPECTED, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE COMPARE YOUR POLICY AND LOOK AT OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS FLORIDA,

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WE DIDN'T REALLY COME UP WITH MANY UPDATES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO THE PRIMARY UPDATES. THERE WAS A UPDATE TO THE STATUTES IN 2023.

YOU ARE ALREADY COMPLIANT WITH THAT UPDATE, SO YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO MODIFY THE POLICY.

BUT SINCE WE ARE MAKING UPDATES, WE SAID LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT LANGUAGE IN JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BE EXTRA CLEAR ON, ON THAT POINT. WE EXPANDED YOUR UTILIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NEED THAT IN CERTAIN YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS, YOU COULD UTILIZE THAT SECTOR A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WERE DONE ON, ON THE POLICY.

IT WAS LAST UPDATED AND ADOPTED BY YOU IN 2018.

SO THIS WILL BRING THE POLICY YOU KNOW, CURRENT.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL.

YES. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IPS AND HOW MUCH MONEY, OR DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE WERE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT.

YEAH. SO SO WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS THOSE ARE FORMED BY MULTIPLE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COMING TOGETHER TO FORM THE POOLS. THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE STATE, THE STATE OPERATES A POOL.

AND THEN THE CITY INVESTS IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE POOLS.

I'M GOING TO SAY YOU PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 50 TO 100 MILLION INVESTED IN ONE OF THE L G MAYBE AT THE HIGH POINT DURING THE YEAR, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE TAX RECEIPTS COMING IN.

AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU USE IT BASICALLY LIKE A MONEY MARKET FUND AND SPEND OUT TO MEET EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE POOL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL NEED A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? NO CARDS. MAYOR. OKAY, I NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-11.

SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE, SINGING IT BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WELL, NOW. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS.

WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

[COUNCIL REPORTS:]

MAYOR. I HAVE ONE ITEM I WANT TO BRING UP TONIGHT.

AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP EARLIER, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN HAMMER BROUGHT IT UP AT ONE POINT, AND I WAS JUST KIND OF UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS WASN'T HOW IT WAS.

AND THEN I FOUND OUT THIS THIS IS HOW IT IS. SO I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP BOATS IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE ON A TRAILER IN A NEAT MANNER. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE REGULAR CITY THAT'S NOT AN HOA IS NOT AN HOA.

AND IF YOUR YARD AND YOUR PROPERTY LOOKS NEAT, YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO IT.

I'M GETTING COMPLAINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE VERY NEATLY HAVE THEIR BOATS PARKED IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING AND CODE IS GOING OUT THERE AND GIVING THEM A HARD TIME. AND SO I HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS MONTHS AGO AND I, I THINK I MISHEARD AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS CLEARED UP, BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT. SO I'D LIKE THE COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS ON AMENDING OUR ORDINANCE ON BEING ABLE TO PARK A BOAT IN YOUR FRONT YARD TO AN ORDINANCE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE NEAT, IT NEEDS TO BE ON A TRAILER, BUT YOU CAN PARK YOUR BOAT IN YOUR FRONT YARD BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT HAS TO BE, I GUESS, IN THE BACKYARD BEHIND A FENCE.

BUT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD A LOT OF OUR NEW HOUSES NOW UP ON A, YOU KNOW, UP ON A RAISED PLATFORM, IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN GET A BOAT INTO A BACKYARD ON SOME OF THESE LOTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST KIND OF ERRING TOWARDS HELPING OUT OUR RESIDENTS.

WE LIVE IN FLORIDA. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BOATS.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT IN OUR CITY.

OKAY. COUNCIL. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS? YOU GOT IT FROM ME. YOU GOT IT FROM ME. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THIS.

AND THERE ARE CITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE ORDINANCES ALREADY WRITTEN UP FOR BOATS THAT ARE UNDER 22 FOOT AND THEY'RE REGISTERED.

THERE IS, THERE IS ORDINANCE ALREADY ON THE BOOK IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE CAN PROBABLY REFERENCE IF WE NEED TO.

OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE CONSENSUS WITH HAMMER AND JOHNSON.

SO WHAT'S WHAT'S NEXT, COUNCILMAN? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I THINK I THINK YOU YOU WANT TO APPOINT SOMEONE.

OH, I DO. RICK ADANTE. OH, I HAVE TO DO A REAPPOINTMENT OF.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMER, I ONLY HAVE ONE THING.

I WANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR CITY STAFF. POLICE, FIRE, AND THANK THEM FOR SUCH A GREAT WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.

BEING A FORMER OR A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, I HAVE A I HAVE A CLOSENESS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST MONTH HAS BEEN VERY IN NEED OF WELLNESS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST OURS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AROUND FLORIDA, AROUND THE UNITED STATES.

AND I HAVE, I HAVE LOOKED INTO OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM AND THE THINGS WE OFFER.

I'VE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE AN AMAZING WELLNESS COORDINATOR NOT JUST AT POLICE, BUT AT FIRE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S, IT'S VERY NEEDED AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THAT REALM.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, SIR? YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. BEFORE I GO ON TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I JUST WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER.

HOWEVER, ONLY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO PREPARE FOR THAT.

SO THAT WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO DOWN AND CALL YOU BY NAME COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M GOING BACKWARDS BRIEFLY BECAUSE WITH THE MINUTES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

REGARDING WASTE COLLECTION. WASTE COLLECTION IS UP IN 2030.

IT'LL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. AND I BROUGHT IT UP TO COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO POTENTIALLY LOOKING INTO A TRANSFER STATION OR EXPLORING OPTIONS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO DO IT OURSELVES FOR WASTE WASTE COLLECTION.

YOU CAN GO OUT FOR A REVENUE BOND. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT, BUT CITY MANAGER HASN'T MOVED ON IT YET, BECAUSE IF PER THE MINUTES MAYOR, YOU WERE A A PAUSE ON IT.

YOU SAID VISIT IT IN A FEW MONTHS. I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR WAS MORE SO FOR THE TRANSFER STATION.

NOT IN REGARDS TO LOOKING INTO THE CITY, TAKING IT ON.

COUNCILMAN HAMER WAS OPEN TO EXPLORING IT, BUT PER THE MINUTES, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING FROM YOU, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. SO JUST AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO EXPLORE.

I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE HAD THE BID FOR 2020, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS THE ORIGINAL BIDDER.

I MEAN, THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WINNER.

COUNCIL AT THAT TIME CHOSE NOT TO GO INTO RENEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM AND PUT IT OUT FOR BID.

THEY CHOSE NOT TO BID. SO WE WERE STUCK WITH TWO AND THAT WAS WASTE PRO AND REPUBLIC.

AND WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE TWO THAT DRIVES THE PRICE UP A LOT HIGHER.

EACH YEAR WE HAVE A 3% INCREASE. SO JUST LOOKING AHEAD, I KNOW 2030 WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

SO I'M JUST LOOKING TO EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS. AND THIS IS ONE THAT WE CAN EXPLORE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE IF THE THE MINUTES REFLECTED.

WE I THINK MOST OF US THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE GIVEN THEM STAFF ENOUGH OF A BITE FOR NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS THAT PAUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE MINUTES REFLECTED THAT I CAN'T RECALL, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET SOME, SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR CITY CITY MANAGER IN REGARDS TO THAT.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, SIR. MR. MORTON. YES. REGARDING THE.

WELL, I THINK THERE WAS CONSENSUS FOR THE TRANSFER STATION TO EXPLORE THAT.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. RIGHT. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT I SAID YEAH, I WOULD EXPLORE THAT TOO.

SO I THINK THERE WAS CONSENSUS THERE, BUT I THINK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WANTS TO EXPLORE TAKING OVER WASTE MANAGEMENT AS, AS A CITY OPERATION. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND IS IT THE RIGHT TIME TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT TYPE OF STUDY FOR YOU? SO YES AND NO. I MEAN, IF WE'RE IF THIS IS AN INTEREST OF COUNCIL, NOW IS THE TIME.

I THINK WE HAVE AROUND THREE YEARS TILL THE CONTRACT EXPIRES.

AND AN EXERCISE LIKE THIS THAT THREE YEARS WILL GO VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

THERE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO JUST FIRST TO EVALUATE FEASIBILITY. SECOND, TO GET INTO THE DETAIL ANALYSIS OF EVERYTHING FROM ROUTE PLANNING, TRUCK DISPOSAL, DELIVERY, ACQUISITION METHODS, CANS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT TO COVER REGULATIONS WHERE WE TIP, ARE WE GOING TO PARTNER WITH A LANDFILL OR A MRF, CREATE OUR OWN OR CAN WE CREATE OUR OWN? SO IF THIS IS AN INTEREST OF COUNCIL, I THINK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S ON THE POINT THAT NOW IS THE TIME.

I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE AND LOOK TO GET A CONSULTANT.

THIS THIS IS DEFINITELY ABOVE THE SCOPE OR CAPABILITY.

THIS WOULD BE A FULL TIME JOB FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE.

AND SO WE WILL NEED TO SOLICIT FOR, AND FIND A CONSULTING FIRM WHO IS AN EXPERT IN, FIRST OF ALL,

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SO AGAIN, THREE YEARS IS, IS JUST MAYBE ENOUGH TIME.

AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED SOME ASSISTANCE TO, TO CARRY THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AND SO MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS REGARDING THE TRANSFER STATION.

THAT WOULD REALLY REDUCE THE COST IF WE DID HAVE A TRANSFER STATION.

IS THAT BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE? WE YOU CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT OR KNOW THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE. THERE'S A LOT OF FLUX IN REGULATIONS CONSTANTLY AND DEPENDS WHERE OUR TRANSFER STATION IS AND, AND TIMING OF ROLL OFF AND BULK. AND THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES AROUND THAT.

OKAY. IT VERY WELL COULD SAVE MONEY. IT VERY WELL COULD NOT. SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY ROLL INTO THAT STUDY TO UNDERSTAND IF AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO GARBAGE SERVICE, ARE WE BETTER OFF JUST HAULING IT TO A END POINT OF DELIVERY, OR ARE WE BETTER OFF TRANSFERRING OR HAVING A HAULER TRANSFER? THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK. COPY THAT. COPY THAT. I GOT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN AND THEN YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. COUNCILMAN. WELL, JUST SINCE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID I WASN'T IN THE MINUTES LAST TIME, I THINK I DON'T KNOW, OCEAN SPRAY STREET HAS, LIKE, A LOT OF LAND AT THE END OF IT.

AND IT'S ABOUT MIDDLE WAY IN THE CITY. THAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING SPOT FOR A RELAY.

LET LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT THE MINUTES CAN REFLECT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. DEPUTY MAYOR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE, THE THE OUT OF THE BOX THINKING.

I, I JUST THINK THIS WOULD BE A, AN ENDEAVOR THAT WOULD COST AT LEAST $100 MILLION, IF NOT MORE.

AND I WOULDN'T HAVE THE APPETITE AS A SITTING ON THIS CURRENT COUNCIL TO TO EXPLORE IT.

EVEN THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW THE COCO, YOU KNOW, THE MELBOURNE LANDFILL IS IS KIND OF THAT CAPACITY.

AND THE COCO LANDFILL IS NEARING CAPACITY. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF ROLL OFF COMPANIES THAT ARE SHUTTING THEIR DOORS OR STOPPING SERVICE IN PALM BAY BECAUSE IT COSTS THEM TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH MONEY TO, TO TRANSPORT ANYTHING TO THE LANDFILL.

AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THE NEW LANDFILL IS SUPPOSED TO COME ONLINE ON 192.

YEAH, THAT'S ALREADY RANCH, DESERET RANCH. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, THE COCO LANDFILL HAD SOME MORE LIFE TO IT.

I THINK A TRANSFER STATION IN PALM BAY MAY HAVE MADE SENSE, BUT WITH THE, THE ONE NEW ONE COMING UP ON 192 IT MAY, IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAYBE PARTNER WITH WITH FELLSMERE OR NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.

IF YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR TRANSPORTATION DOWN THERE WHERE WE SHARE THE COST, SHARE THE BURDEN AND THE PROFIT AS WELL.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE SEEING NOW IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET SEASON COST OF LIVING INCREASES, PENSION INCREASES, VEHICLE PURCHASES. I JUST THINK THIS WOULD BE A HUGE ENDEAVOR THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BANKRUPT THE CITY.

COPY THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS SENSE. I'M GOING TO LEAN ON YOUR YOUR EXPERTISE.

WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? COUNCILMAN HAMMER BEING BEING PART OF THE CITY WHEN WE DID HAVE TRASH.

I DO REMEMBER IT WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. AND IF WE BRING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR UP HERE, HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU. THE HARDEST THING TO FIND RIGHT NOW IS HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS.

SO NOT ONLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH, WITH, WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE VEHICLES, THEY HAVE TO BE BE HEPATITIS SHOTS.

THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REALM OF PAYMENT.

IT, IT, IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO KEEP THEM ON THE ROAD AND AND IT'S, IT'S JUST KEEPING PEOPLE TO WORK ON THEM.

I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR FIRE TRUCKS OR DUMP TRUCKS WE HAVE NOW BRING IN MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE GARBAGE TRUCKS INTO THERE. I REMEMBER WE WERE SO HAPPY WHEN WE GOT RID OF THEM.

SO I'M, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH LOOKING INTO A TRANSFER STATION WITH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.

I DON'T WANT A TRANSFER STATION ANYWHERE IN PALM BAY.

I, I DO KNOW THAT. OKAY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR IT.

I GOT IT HERE, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SO WHAT WHAT WOULD BE.

NO. I'M GOOD. JUST NO COUNCIL. I WILL BE COMING BACK IN A FEW YEARS.

ELECTRICITY HAS GONE UP OVER, LIKE 40% IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

SO I WILL BE BRINGING UP A DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO ELECTRICITY AND PALM BAY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT LAST THING.

MAYOR. SCHOOL STARTS AUGUST 10TH. YEAH. COME ON.

I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT. FOR EVERY PERSON WHO'S GOING TO AND FROM WORK INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RUSH WAKE UP 30 MINUTES EARLIER,

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SO JUST WAKE UP EARLIER, GET THERE EARLIER. WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY WHEN, WHEN OUR PARENTS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK SAFELY AND SCHOOL SAFELY.

SO LET'S BE GOOD STEWARDS. THIS COULD BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND OH, AND THE MAYOR HAS A VIDEO.

YEP. SORRY, THE MAYOR HAS A VIDEO ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

YEP. I SAW IT ON LINKEDIN. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S ALL I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS TO ONE ANOTHER.

BE PATIENT WITH ONE ANOTHER. AS NEW PARENTS, ESPECIALLY KINDERGARTEN PARENTS, ARE COMING INTO THE MIX, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC AS WELL. SO LET'S BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR. YOU'RE RIGHT, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND SOME OF US ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I GOTTA TELL YOU.

TRAFFIC IS GOING TO DEFINITELY INCREASE. AND SO THAT IS I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR MOST TREASURED AND VALUABLE ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY.

NEXT IS DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. THANK YOU MAYOR. I KNOW WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT APPOINTING OUR NEW EDC DIRECTOR TO THE CHAMBER BOARD, WHO IS OUR CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EDC BOARD.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN OR. I LOVE IT, BUT I CAN PARTICIPATE AS A GUEST, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT ALSO SHOULD BE A PRESENT FOR OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

IT REALLY DOES. I HELD THAT POSITION WHILE WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, AND THIS MAKES THE MOST SENSE. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

YEAH, SHE WAS THERE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. LISTEN THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL. AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN.

BUT TOMORROW'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY. AND I LED OFF EARLIER TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE 18 MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE LOST DURING THE SYRIAN WAR. BUT TOMORROW'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY.

IT'S PURPLE HEART DAY, AND WE ARE UNVEILING A SIGN AT CITY HALL AT 9:00.

SO I WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO ATTEND.

WE'LL HAVE THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART HERE.

THEIR COMMANDER WILL BE HERE AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SHOW THEM OUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR SACRIFICES.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MR.. MR. MORTON.

OH 090 ZERO HOURS, 9:00 IN THE MORNING TOMORROW.

MR. MORTON, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THAT THAT TOUCHED ME MORE THAN USUAL. MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN IN BOOT CAMP FOR FOUR WEEKS. THE

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SO IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN GOOD. PROUD OF HER AND THANKFUL FOR ALL OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED.

YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF THAT, IT JUST KIND OF COMES AROUND. I THINK IT'S WORTH A MOMENT OF REFLECTION AND PAUSE.

THE CITY EXPERIENCED A LOT OF LOSS THIS WEEK.

WE HAD A EMPLOYEE PASS AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

A VERY LOVED MEMBER OF A TEAM. WE HAD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF VERY CLOSE, VERY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS UNEXPECTEDLY INCLUDING A CHILD.

AND WE HAD EMPLOYEE TRAVEL OUT OF STATE TO BURY A VERY YOUNG AND CLOSE FRIEND.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHEN LOSS WILL HAPPEN AND WHEN LOSS WILL HIT US.

BUT AS MAYOR, AS YOU AND I TALKED TO THE CREW OUT THERE LET US LET IT JUST BE A REMINDER OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS TO OUR STAFF, THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE WITH OUR FAMILIES, WITH OUR FRIENDS, WITH MAYBE THOSE WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO IN A WHILE AND WITH AS MUCH LOSS AS THAT. AND I KNOW OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT SUFFERED A LOT OF GRIEF THIS WEEK RESPONDING TO THREE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE CALLS.

I'M SURE PD WAS INVOLVED WITH THOSE AS WELL, AND SO I AM GRATEFUL AS WELL, COUNCILMAN HAMMER, THAT WE HAVE WELLNESS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WELLNESS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ON A BETTER NOTE, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIRING FOR OUR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, OUR CHIEF BILLING OFFICER, SO CPO, CFO, AND CBO.

SO THE JOKE'S BEEN MADE. WE'RE ALSO HIRING FOR C3PO, BUT WE'RE NOT.

BUT THE INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO BE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

WE HAVE A POOL OF VERY GOOD CANDIDATES. AND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE HIRE PEOPLE WHO ADVANCE THE CITY AND THAT THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS CAN BE PROUD OF AND THAT THE TEAM CAN BE PROUD OF. SO ENCOURAGED FOR THAT.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE ON AND GET THOSE DONE.

I WILL MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TONIGHT, JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, GIVEN COUNCIL'S STANCE ON BOATS I AM GOING TO IMMEDIATELY HOLD IN ABEYANCE ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH BOATS AND DRIVEWAYS.

IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ASK OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO DO ANY WORK, OR FOR THE MAGISTRATE TO CONTINUE, GIVEN THAT THAT STANCE, THAT WOULD BE IRONIC AND NOT WELL RECEIVED.

SO WE'LL HOLD THAT IN ABEYANCE AS MUCH AS I CAN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS TOMORROW. AND LASTLY, I THINK IT DOES IS WORTH THE QUICK COMMENTS SINCE WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE POOL.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR MONTHS AND WE DIDN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, WAKE UP AND DECIDE TO, TO DO THAT OR, OR NOT HAVE PUT ANY EFFORT. BUT I'M GOING TO READ REALLY QUICKLY THE LETTER THAT WENT OUT BECAUSE HERE'S YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE BEEN SENDING IT OUT TO ALL OF

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IT HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN LEARN LIFE SAVING SWIMMING SKILLS. ATHLETES TRAIN AND COMPETE, SENIORS MAINTAIN HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS PROVIDE VALUABLE PROGRAMING THAT ENRICHES OUR COMMUNITY.

TODAY, WE FACE A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY PROJECTING AN APPROXIMATELY $729,000 LOSS IN ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS TO KEEP THE AQUATIC FACILITY OPEN, DESPITE ONGOING EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL FUNDING GAP.

AS A RESULT, THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY TENTATIVELY CONSIDERED TO BE CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, WHICH COULD BEGIN OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF CLOSURE WOULD HAVE ON MANY ORGANIZATIONS, TEAMS, INSTRUCTORS, FAMILIES WHO RELY ON THE POOL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BEFORE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, WE ARE REACHING OUT ONCE AGAIN TO EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT UTILIZES THE FACILITY TO EXPLORE WHETHER A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION IS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN I MAKE THE REQUEST. WE ARE INVITING YOU, OUR POOL PARTNERS, TO CONSIDER MAKING A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OR OTHER COMMITMENT TOWARD THE ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS OR OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY.

OUR HOPE IS THAT THROUGH THE COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, WE CAN CLOSE THIS OPERATIONAL FUNDING GAP AND CONTINUE PROVIDING THIS VALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNTS OR EVEN MONEY.

INSTEAD, WE ASK THAT YOU CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN PARTICIPATE IN A PARTNERSHIP TO HELP SUSTAIN THESE OPERATIONS.

EVERY CONTRIBUTION, EVERYTHING MATTERS, LARGE OR SMALL, TO MOVE US CLOSER TO KEEPING THE FACILITY OPEN.

IF YOUR ORGANIZATION IS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING FINANCIALLY, AN ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTION YOU CAN COMMIT TO, OR ANY ALTERNATIVE IDEAS, PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, OR APPROACHES THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT CONTINUED OPERATIONS.

THIS WILL HELP US DETERMINE IF THERE'S A VIABLE PATH FORWARD BEFORE THE ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL OCTOBER 1ST CLOSURE.

THIS POOL'S FUTURE IS NOT SOLELY A CITY ISSUE, IT'S A COMMUNITY ISSUE.

AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CALL THIS FACILITY HOME UNDERSTAND THE VALUE BETTER THAN ANYONE.

BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE ARE HOPING TO PRESERVE THIS IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR OUR ATHLETES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND UPON IT. WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND SO WE'RE BLASTING THAT AS WELL AS OUR MEETINGS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRESS INTO THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. WELL, I BELIEVE YOU.

YOU'VE GOT A FEW APPOINTMENTS. CHRISTINE SULLIVAN APPOINTMENT AND TANYA.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE TAC, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE IS THE SPACE COAST TPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

CHRISTINE SULLIVAN AS THE APPOINTMENT AND TANYA HOLDER AS THE ALTERNATE TO PAUSE BETWEEN OR GO GO BOTH CARRY ON BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE BPTAC TANYA HOLDER AS THE APPOINTEE AND JOHN MCCALL, THE SWAMP WIZARD AS THE ALTERNATE.

OKAY. AND THAT LETTER YOU SEND IT OUT TO EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AND, AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

JIM WIESENFELD, THE COLLEGE, EVERY, EVERY GROUP. I HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR I'M GETTING AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR CONTACT ANYONE WHO'S CONTACTED YOU AND ASKED FOR THE POOL TO REMAIN OPEN.

I'M SHARING THAT LETTER ASKING THEM TO PLEASE GIVE ANY ADVICE, SUGGESTIONS, MORE IMPORTANTLY, ANY PARTNERSHIP THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE AND WE WILL LIKELY, AS A RESIDENT, SUGGESTED WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THEIR SUGGESTION SORT OF PUSHED US OVER THE CONSIDERATION PHASE.

TRY TO HOLD SOME KIND OF OPEN HOUSE OR COMMUNITY MEETING IF WE CAN, TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE CAN GENERATE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. MADAM, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, SIR? MADAM SMITH, NO REPORTS. MAYOR. OKAY. WE'RE NOW ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY BRAVO ZULU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T IN THE NAVY.

BRAVO ZULU IS A FLAG HOISTING FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

SO JOB WELL DONE ON BRINGING THIS BACK. WE ARE THE ONLY CITY OF PALM BAY IS THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS THIS.

AND FOR ME, THAT'S AN IDENTITY OF THE CITY THAT THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE A CHANCE TO REPRESENT WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT.

AND IT'S TO ME THAT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S LIKE ME ALWAYS WEARING A SHIRT THAT HAS SOME KIND OF NATURE ON IT.

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THAT DOESN'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING BUT IS GOOD.

AND, AND I WANT TO SAY PROSPEROUS BECAUSE IT'LL HELP US SEE MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU THAT YOU MIGHT BENEFIT WITH THE CITY.

I THINK IT'S JUST FANTASTIC IDEAL THAT WE HAVE IT.

SO ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS BACK.

IT KEEPS OUR EYE OR IDENTITY WHAT WE NEED IT TO BE AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITY AND NOT JUST SOMEBODY ELSE'S BLUEPRINT.

THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS YOU JUST CONSIDERED SPENDING $7 MILLION FOR 134 ACRES.

LOOK AT THAT NEW TRANSFER STATION LOCATION.

NEXT SPEAKER. BUTCHER IN.

BUTCHER RAN 219 TRENTON AVENUE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US OUR LITTLE THREE MINUTES THAT WE GET FOR A TOTAL OF SIX TO ADDRESS YOU GUYS ON ISSUES IN A PUBLIC FORUM. I'M STILL CONFUSED ON LOT CLEARING.

I UNDERSTAND IF IT'S A PRIVATE LOT, THERE'S NO FEES OR ANYTHING INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT IF AN LLC HAS BOUGHT UP NUMEROUS LOTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THEY GO IN TO CLEAR A LOT. DO THEY NEED TO GET A PERMIT? DO THEY NEED TO FILE WITH THE CITY OR ANYTHING? THEY'VE BEEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD 3 OR 4 TIMES AND THEY JUST DESTROY PROPERTIES.

NEXT TREES. NOW I'M TALKING THEY THEY DESTROY TREES IN THE LOT NEXT DOOR.

THAT'S NOT ON THE LOT THAT THEY'RE WITH, BUT NOBODY'S THERE TO CHECK IT.

THE OTHER THING IS WITH SCHOOL STARTING, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS AND DRIVERS TO WATCH OUT FOR E-BIKES, E-SCOOTERS, STUDENTS WALKING BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL.

THEY PAY NO ATTENTION GOING DOWN THE ROAD TODAY.

I SEEN KIDS ON A GOLF CART. JUST EXCUSE MY FRENCH HAULING ASS DOWN MALABAR ROAD ON THE SIDEWALK.

NEVER ONCE SLOWED DOWN AT ANY OF THE INTERSECTIONS.

NOT ONCE. THEY JUST SHOOT RIGHT THROUGH IT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO SPEAK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT RIDING THEIR SCOOTERS TO SCHOOL AND BE OBSERVANT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THEM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SHEENA WALLACE. SHEENA WALLACE I LIVE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA. CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE ONE STATES, SECTION ONE DECLARES THAT ALL POLITICAL POWER IN FLORIDA BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, AND THAT LISTING SOME RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT DENY OR DIMINISH THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP FOR THEMSELVES.

I'M HIGHLY OFFENDED WITH THESE CAMERAS BECAUSE I HAVE SEARCHED AND I DO NOT KNOW, AND I CANNOT FIND WHAT GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY TO TRACK AND TRACE ME AND GIVE IT TO A THIRD PARTY FOR THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH MY PERSONAL INFORMATION.

WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, WHEN I DECIDE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, IF I DECIDE TO GO TO A PUBLIC GUN RANGE, WHICH I DON'T, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S MY BUSINESS.

IT'S NONE OF YOURS, NOR IS IT A THIRD PARTY'S BUSINESS AS WELL.

AND YOU'RE HANDING OVER MY PERSONAL PRIVATE INFORMATION WILLY NILLY FOR ANYONE IN THE WORLD TO SEARCH THAT HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO FIGURE IT OUT.

WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT AND THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS TO ME? MR. MAYOR, WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? AGAIN, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS ARE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. THEY ARE OUR GIFTS FROM GOD.

AND THE PRIMARY SPIRIT OF OUR COUNTRY IS THAT THAT IS THE GUARDRAIL THAT IS PLACED ON ALL GOVERNMENT.

SO YOU DON'T STEP OUTSIDE OF IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU AREN'T ABIDING BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, FIRST ARTICLE, 12TH ARTICLE, 14TH ARTICLE. YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS.

WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT IN AND SIGNED AN ADHESION CONTRACT THAT THEY CAN UPDATE AT THEIR OWN WILL WITH ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY.

THAT IS AN ADHESION CONTRACT, GENTLEMEN. OKAY.

YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR DUTY WITH MAKING SURE THAT THOSE POLLS ARE INSTALLED CORRECTLY OR IN THE PROPER PLACE, CREATING ROAD HAZARDS. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED THAT YOU PLACE COVERS ON THOSE CAMERAS,

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I SENT YOU EACH AN EMAIL, AND ONLY TWO PEOPLE ON THAT EMAIL LIST EVEN HAD THE COURTESY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY RECEIVED IT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MR. MORTON FOR RESPONDING.

OKAY. I REQUESTED THAT YOU COVER THEM OUT OF THE UTMOST CONCERN FOR OUR RIGHTS AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I ALSO ADVISED YOU THAT MY CONCERN WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START BEING CUT DOWN, AND THAT YOU WERE GOING TO CAUSE A LITANY OF LAWSUITS.

WELL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE FIRST ONE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN.

HOW MANY MORE YOUNG MEN ARE WE GOING TO PUT IN THE WAY THAT AREN'T GOING TO COME HERE TO TALK TO YOU, GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM? THANK YOU, MA'AM. TO DO THAT, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

IT'S A POISON FRUIT FROM A POISON TREE, MA'AM.

I BEFORE YOU WALK OFF, I HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE? IT'S A REGARDING THE THE CAMERAS. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THAT? REGARDING YOU CALL THEM CAMERAS, THEIR LICENSE PLATE READERS.

HELL, I ASKED YOU ONE QUESTION. YOU FORWARDED IT TO HIM, AND HE COULDN'T GIVE ME A DIRECT RESPONSE TO A SIMPLE QUESTION.

SO WHY WOULD I EVEN ATTEMPT TO TRY AND TALK TO HIM? BECAUSE YOU'RE MY REPRESENTATIVES, NOT HIM. I UNDERSTAND THAT, MAN, BUT HE HE COULD PROBABLY HELP YOU SEE DETAILS OF THE THE SYSTEM. IT IS THE FRUIT OF A POISON TREE.

THANK YOU. MA'AM. IT'S THE FRUIT OF A POISON TREE.

THANK YOU. MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIM.

MADAM ATTORNEY. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE SUPREME COURT VIOLATIONS OF THE FIRST THROUGH THE FOURTH AMENDMENTS. CAN YOU ADDRESS THOSE, PLEASE? YES, MAYOR. THE SUPREME COURT HAS HELD THAT A PERSON TRAVELING IN AN AUTOMOBILE ON PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES HAS NO REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN HIS MOVEMENTS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY EXISTS BECAUSE A PERSON DRIVING ON PUBLIC STREETS CONVEYS VOLUNTARILY TO ANYONE WHO WANTED TO LOOK.

THE FACT THAT HE WAS TRAVELING OVER PARTICULAR ROADS IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, THE FACT OF WHATEVER STOPS HE MADE, AND THE FACT OF HIS FINAL DESTINATION WHEN HE EXITED FROM PUBLIC ROADS ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND THAT IS IN A 1983 CASE FROM THE SUPREME COURT, UNITED STATES VERSUS KNOTTS.

IT HAS NOT BEEN OVERTURNED, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENT DECISIONS THAT REINFORCE WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC, YOU HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY. MA'AM. MA'AM.

MA'AM. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

CARRY ON. THANK YOU. MA'AM. SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED A DRAGNET, AND YOU KNOW THAT.

COUNCILMAN. MA'AM. I'M LEAVING. GOODBYE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. SORRY, MAN. I'M JUST WE, YOU KNOW, WE AS COUNCIL, WE WE HEAR THE EMOTIONS AND WE HAVE TO DECIPHER THROUGH THE EMOTIONS.

HONESTLY, WITHOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS, YOU CAN STILL BE TRACKED.

YOU ARE STILL TRACKED. THE PATRIOT ACT IS WHAT I FEEL IS WHAT GAVE A LOT OF ACCESS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I EVEN MET A FEW AMISH FAMILY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THEY HAD A DRUG BUST IN THEIR AMISH COMMUNITY.

THEY DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES, THEY DON'T HAVE INTERNET.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK THEM SOMEHOW. AND THAT'S WITHOUT FLOCK CAMERAS.

BUT TO THE SAME POINT, WE DO OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT MORE PEOPLE A LITTLE OUT, A LITTLE MORE OUTSPOKEN THAN I EVER HAVE BEFORE.

INITIALLY, IT WAS ONLY ONE RESIDENT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST IT.

AND MISS SHANNON WHO JUST SPOKE UP THE STATEMENT I WANT TO ADDRESS WAS HER FIRST STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO WE'RE TRYING TO DOWNSIZE OUR POLICE STAFF FOR THE SAKE OF FLOCK CAMERAS. I WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST THAT PUBLICLY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, US BEING SILENT ON IT DOESN'T CONDONE THAT, THAT STATEMENT. SO IF ANYTHING, WE'RE TRYING TO BOOST OUR POLICE FORCE.

WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR POLICE FORCE AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE TOOLS FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY, I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE HAS MENTIONED THAT HE'S BEEN LOOKING AT POLICIES WITH THE CHIEF.

AND I KNOW ME AND THE CHIEF ARE AND MR. MORTON HAVE BEEN SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

I KNOW ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS AMOUNT OF CITIES WHO HAVE REMOVED FLOCK CAMERAS FROM THEIR CITIES.

SO I DON'T WANT TO BE IGNORANT OF THAT AS WELL. WHAT I THINK I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION,

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SO JUST WANTED TO SEE COUNCIL'S APPETITE FOR THAT.

COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. YEAH, JUST.

MR. MORTON, CAN YOU JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE HOMEWORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AS FAR AS THE THE INSTALL METHODS, THE LOCATIONS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO REPORT AS OF YET, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT.

WE DID TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE DO ALL IN CONCERN SERIOUSLY.

WE HAVE ASKED PUBLIC WORKS TO GO OUT AND DO FIELD INSPECTIONS.

ACTUALLY, I THINK JOHN MCCALL IS GOING TO BE DOING THEM AT A FUTURE DATE. WE JUST FOUND THE ORIGINAL PERMITTING DOCUMENTS AND WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE FDOT APPROVED PLANS AND STANDARDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE BLOCK POLES. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT ALL UNTIL WE ABSOLUTELY CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT DOCUMENTS IN OUR HANDS AND THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, INSTALLED TO THOSE PLANS. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT DILIGENTLY FOR A FEW WEEKS.

AND IT'S AN ONGOING TASK. WE'VE ALSO BEEN INTERFACING WITH THE PD ON THAT.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES. WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME CONCRETE UPDATES THAT I CAN SAY THAT ARE FACT BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU. AND I'VE I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATOR.

THERE WILL BE POLICIES DRAFTED THIS COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION REGARDING FLOCK.

DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE YET. AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL GOVERNOR BYRON DONALDS, HE IS ALSO, IF ELECTED, WOULD IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO, TO THE DAVID SYSTEM.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LANGUAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S BEING DISCUSSED AT AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ROBERT STICE.

CAN I HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL BEFORE HE SPEAKS? IF THEY HAVE A STANCE ON.

NO, BECAUSE NOBODY WEIGHED IN. YEAH, I, I JUST TO PUT IT ON THE STATE.

WE GOT EVERYTHING VETOED. SO I DON'T I DON'T TRUST THE STATE AS FAR AS I CAN THROW THEM.

I JUST FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS WITHOUT THE STATE, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO, BUT WHILE WE HAVE THE POWER, I FEEL WE SHOULD UTILIZE IT.

SO. ALL RIGHT, CONTINUE ON. SIR ROBERT STANLEY 1796 DRIVE SOUTHEAST.

WITH REGARD TO CAMERAS, I'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY'RE ALL OVER JAPAN. THEIR CRIME LEVEL IS EXTREMELY LOW.

I GREW UP IN THE CITY. I MEAN, FLORIDA IS A VERY VIOLENT STATE.

YOU CAN FIND OUT IF SOMEBODY'S CARJACKING SOMEBODY IN HERE AND THEY REALLY ARE A DETERRENT AND REALLY HELP THE POLICE OUT.

NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE 1 OR 2% OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T STAND IT.

YOU'RE TAKING MY LIBERTY AWAY. OKAY. BUT WHAT IT DOES TO SAVE IN CRIME, AND I'VE SEEN IT AND DEALT WITH IT IN MY LIFE, WHICH IS BYPASSING THIS. YOU'RE VIOLATING EVERY NO YOU'RE NOT.

YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE ATTORNEY. OKAY. IS IT A BENEFIT TO THE SOCIETY? IS IT A BENEFIT TO THE POLICE TO ALLOW THEM TO PASS ON INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S TO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR WHATNOT, TO MAKE AN ARREST? FLORIDA. FLORIDA TYPICALLY INCARCERATES PEOPLE.

THIS ISN'T NEW YORK. WITH THAT SAID, THEY'RE ALL OVER NEW YORK.

THEY'RE ALL OVER. THIS IS A FACT OF LIFE TODAY.

THIS IS WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS. SO PLEASE LOOK AT THE GOOD THAT THIS BRINGS TO GET CRIME OFF THE STREET AND TO GET PEOPLE IN JAIL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN BITCHING AND MOANING ABOUT YOU'RE TAKING MY, MY YOU KNOW, MY RIGHTS AWAY AND YOU'RE REALLY NOT.

YOU'RE REALLY NOT. AS FAR AS POOLS GO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION.

WE'RE A PENINSULA. OKAY. PEOPLE DROWN. GOD FORBID THEY DROWN.

THIS PAST JULY, YOU HAD TWO OUT OF STATE AND A LIFEGUARD DIE FROM FROM THE RIP CURRENTS.

WELL, OUR POOL AT OUR PLACE, WHICH IS NOW A LARGE HOA.

WE CAN'T STOP IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTS FROM GIVING THEIR 11 YEAR OLD A TEN YEAR OLD THE KEY TO GET INTO THE POOL.

WE HAVE TO GET A SIGN OUT THERE SO YOU DON'T OVERTHINK IT AND TRY TO MANAGE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL.

HELL IN THE STREETS WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD.

I MEAN, WE WENT TO THE FIREMEN TO COME AND OPEN UP THE FIRE HYDRANT AND PUT A AND PUT A AND PUT A SPIGOT ON THERE SO WE CAN BE IN THE STREETS.

WE STILL LEARNED HOW TO SWIM. NOW, THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE SAID, WE MAY WANT TO BORROW A LEASH.

YOUR POOL. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT DON'T OVER DON'T OVERTHINK IT.

THE OTHER THING IS THANK YOU FOR THE CRITICAL THINKING OF WHAT YOU FOLKS DID WITH SUPPORTING THE AREA OF THE GOLF COURSE AND WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

THAT TOOK SOME COURAGE. I APPRECIATE IT AND I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.

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I'VE HAD FIVE CAREERS. WISH IT WAS ONE, BUT IT WAS FIVE.

IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE TO RUN. NOT INCLUDING THAT.

BUT TYPICALLY YOUR DRIVERS, WHEN YOU GET THEM OUT THERE, THEY HAVE MANY OF THEM HAVE ONE FOOT IN AND ONE FOOT OUT.

THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB TO GET OUT OF THAT LINE OF WORK.

OKAY. SO IF THEY CAN MAKE A DOLLAR MORE, THEY'RE OUT OF HERE. AND THEN YOU'RE ALWAYS DOING YOU'RE ALWAYS DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND YOU'RE HIRING AND WHAT'S YOUR COST AND HIRING.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT NEED.

NEXT NEEDS. 1775 CALLER I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME FEEDBACK REAL QUICK.

I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP THE BOATS ON THE DRIVEWAYS, AND I KNOW THAT'S A PAIN POINT FOR A LOT OF CITIZENS.

WHEN YOU CHANGE THAT, YOU MIGHT FIND OUT THERE'S SOME ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL IN HOW YOU REWRITE THAT AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO ABUSE IT, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY REASONABLE PEOPLE.

YOU WANT TO FRAME IT AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

AND I KNOW HE MENTIONED LIKE PARKING IT IN THE YARD AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE SPECIFYING DRIVEWAY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, SOMEBODY WILL INEVITABLY HAVE A FULL BOAT JUNKYARD IN THEIR FRONT YARD.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S Y'ALL'S GOAL, BUT I JUST ASK THAT WHEN YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER, YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE TRYING TO STRETCH THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT. AND THE OTHER THING I KNOW THE POOL COMES UP A LOT.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY BRING IT UP. I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS AND MAYBE PEOPLE TO HELP, BUT I BELIEVE MR. MORAN FROM PINEAPPLE COVE, WHO HAS INSTITUTIONS ACROSS PALM BAY, WAS TRYING TO PUT A POOL RIGHT OVER HERE, AND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT.

BUT PERHAPS YOU COULD REACH OUT TO HIM AND HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP OR SOMETHING BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY LOOKING FOR A POOL.

SO MAYBE THAT'S AN IDEA. GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. MISS VANHOOK.

HELLO. MY NAME IS EVANGELIQUE VANHOOK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE INVOLVING MY FELLOW STUDENTS AND CITIZENS.

THE SAINT JOHN HERITAGE PARKWAY AND MALABAR INTERSECTION HAVE A TEMPORARY STREET LIGHT, BUT IT LACKS A CROSSWALK SIGNAL.

IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR 2025 TO 2026, TWO STUDENTS WERE STRUCK BY VEHICLES WHILE TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL AND FROM SCHOOL.

CROSSING THE STREET HAS BECOME A GAMBLE. I ASK THAT BEFORE THE CITY THINKS ABOUT EXPANDING THE ROAD, THEY THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS CROSSING THAT ROAD.

WITH SCHOOL STARTING, IT IS EXTREMELY RISKY FOR OUR WALKERS, BIKERS AND OTHER PEDESTRIANS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. CROSSWALK. SAINT JOHN'S AND.

AND MALABAR. YEAH. I THINK WE GAVE HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT AT A RECENT MEETING.

ISN'T THAT THE TEMPORARY CROSSING GUARD LOCATION? WE HAVE A TEMPORARY CROSSING GUARD COMING IN TO EVALUATE, AND WE ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AS DIRECTED BY COUNCIL.

SO EXCELLENT COMMENT. THANK YOU AND WELL NOTED AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TELLING US THAT IS FANTASTIC.

TO REINFORCE THAT, WE NEED TO PRESS IN, BUT I THINK THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM IS GETTING READY TO GO, BE IN PLACE, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING AS QUICK AS WE CAN TO GET THE PEDESTRIAN HEAD SIGNALS UP AND PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, JOHN MCCALL.

JOHN MCCALL. JOHN MCCALL. YES, SIR. NEED YOUR HAT, SIR.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. I JUST WANT A COUPLE ITEMS I WANTED TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. BILL WATKINSON, FOR HIS 41 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

HE WILL BE RETIRING. I THINK NEXT FRIDAY IS HIS LAST GOING TO BE HIS LAST DAY WITH THE CITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW.

BILL WAS A MENTOR TO ME, TAUGHT ME A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS I AM WHERE I AM NOW. SO MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DIRECTOR, MR. KEVIN BRINKLEY. IT'S HIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BIG CONGRATULATIONS. KEVIN'S BEEN DOING AN AWESOME JOB.

AND WE LOVE HIM AND WE APPRECIATE HIM. SO HE'S BEEN THE LONGEST STANDING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN A WHILE.

IN A LONG TIME. YOU MADE IT, SIR. THANK YOU. WANTED TO BRING THAT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. JOHN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS, MAYOR. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.