* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [* A portion of this meeting is without audio *] [Citizens’ Advisory Board on December 1, 2025.] [00:05:56] WE [00:05:56] MAY NOT. OH, HERE WE DO. WE HAVE CONTROL. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THIS EVENING. I WILL REVIEW FOR YOU THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, WHICH SPANS FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. AND IT IS A REVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS SUPPORTED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME FUNDS. SO THIS PROCESS BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 2024. I GOTTA GET MY YEARS RIGHT. AND MEMBERS OF THE MELBOURNE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR NON-PROFITS ALL CAME. THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN PROVIDED PRESENTATIONS TO YOU. WE MOVED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THERE WAS AN EVALUATION RANKING. CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THAT WE SUBMIT AN ACTION PLAN TO HUD, HUD APPROVES IT, AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY GET THEIR DOLLARS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE 20 24 20 25 PROGRAM YEAR. OUR CDBG ALLOCATION WAS $569,828. EVEN. THE GOAL WAS TO HELP LOW TO MODERATE CLIENTELE, LOW TO MODERATE HOUSEHOLDS OR AN ENTIRE AREA. WE HAVE TWO TARGET AREAS IN MELBOURNE. THEY ARE THE BOOKER TWO WASHINGTON, WHICH IS THE NORTH TARGET AREA, AND WHAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SOUTH TARGET AREA IN MELBOURNE. THEY WERE HELP THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE OR LOCATIONS WERE HELPED BY PUBLIC SERVICES OR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT, UH, WERE RANKED AND AWARDED ARE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. THEY WERE BNDC, CITY OF MELBOURNE'S, EXCUSE ME, BREVARD NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COALITION, ALSO KNOWN AS NEIGHBOR UP THE CITY OF MELBOURNE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, EDNA W JACKSON FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY, THAT IS PART OF THE GREATER ALLEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WASTE FOR LIFE INC. AND FAMILY PROMISE OF BREVARD. THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURES BY THAT CATEGORY. FAMILY PROMISE I HAD TO WITHDRAW IN THAT PROCESS. THEY, UH, UNDERWENT STAFFING CHANGES AND WERE, THEY KNEW THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVITY AS PROPOSED. I WOULD LIKE TO INSERT A CAVEAT HERE THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IN OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD IN THE COMING YEARS, IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE, UH, A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY IS NOT ABLE TO EXECUTE, WE WILL THEN GO TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RANKED ACTIVITY IN THAT PROGRAM YEAR. SO FUNDS DON'T SIT. THAT IS OUR GOAL. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER CYCLE. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND KEEP IT MOVING AND GET, UH, MORE PEOPLE SERVED IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. SO WHILE THEIR EXPENDITURE, IT WAS ONLY $550,000 AND 65 CENTS THAT LEFT ROUGHLY ABOUT $15,000 ON THE TABLE, THAT WILL NOW BE REPROGRAMMED. THAT'S MY CAVEAT HERE. AND WHAT WERE THE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS? [00:10:02] UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU BREVARD NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COALITION AND HAD A TARGETED GOAL OF 60 LOWER MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY ACHIEVED HELPING. 82, THE CITY OF MELBOURNE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SET A GOAL OF SERVING 63 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY MET THAT GOAL. THE SAME WAS DEFINITELY TRUE FOR AETNA W JACKSON FOOD PANTRY, FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY. THEY'VE JUST ABOUT DOUBLED THEIR GOAL OR MORE THAN DOUBLED THEIR GOAL. AND THE SAME HAS OCCURRED FOR WAYS FOR LIFE FAMILY PROMISE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, SERVED 14 INDIVIDUALS. AND I WILL SAY THEY DID THIS IN AN EX ALL ORGANIZATIONS, EVEN THE ONES THAT WITHDREW. IT'S STILL A BIT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE BECAUSE IN 2020 FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2024, WE DID NOT GET OUR APPROVAL LETTER FROM HUD UNTIL, UH, MID-NOVEMBER. SO THEY WERE SERVING PEOPLE BEFORE WE COULD EVEN GET CONTRACTS IN PLACE. SO IT'S A, IT'S A RISK ON THEIR PART. UM, BUT THE SETBACK DID NOT HURT THE MAJORITY OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS. SO AGAIN, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THEM FOR MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR GREATER COMMUNITY WERE SERVED. WE HAD, WE HAVE A PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. IT'S A RIVERVIEW PARK RESTROOM. IT IS UNDERWAY. UM, ENGINEERING SURVEYS. SURVEYS ARE HAPPENING. THIS IS A NEW MODULAR RESTROOM THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE DONE FAIRLY SOON, BUT ONCE IT GETS GOING, IT'LL BE DONE FASTER THAN WE KNOW. UM, BUT THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE IN THE END. UM, THAT PROJECT WILL HELP US. WE'LL EXPEND A MINIMUM OF $206,000 AND 300, $206,398. ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, IS COMING FROM PARK IMPACT FEES. WE SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THIS OTHER PROJECT, THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE SOUTH MELBOURNE COMMUNITY. IT IS THE, OH, THE STREET HAS BEEN RENAMED. IT IS NOW BRUCE D BUGS, I APOLOGIZE. I WAS ON A ROLL. IT IS THE BRUCE D BUGS UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AT WHAT WAS AT THE TIME GRANT STREET, BUT IS NOW BRUCE DEBUS MULTIMODAL SAFETY CROSSWALK. SO IN THAT PICTURE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN MR. MCNEIL, UH, CROSSING THIS VERY FANCY, UH, IT'S, IT'S A FANTASTIC CROSSWALK. IF, IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF, IT'S PRETTY DARN AWESOME. UH, THERE'S SIGNAGE, THERE ARE SIGNALS FOR MY OTHER LANGUAGE IS MUCH BETTER. THERE'S FLASHING BE BEACONS THERE, THERE ARE CUES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY AND AUDITORILY IMPAIRED TO HELP THEM CROSS THE STREET. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO UNIVERSITY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO. AND THERE ARE SPEED CUSHIONS, NOT TAPES. UH, THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED WITH BOTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, AS WELL AS OTHERS SOURCES THAT WERE LEVERAGED FROM THE CITY, THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE COMMUNITY OF HOPE COMPLETED, UM, A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO THE TUNE OF $171,055. THIS IS ON ELIZABETH STREET. IT WAS A DEMO AND NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND IT IS PRETTY DARN NICE. GOT GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT THERE ON THAT SAME BLOCK. UM, SO ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS COMPLETED AS WELL AS THOSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTIVITIES. OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR THE 24 25 PROGRAM YEAR INCLUDED ADMINISTRATION AND THE HOUSING REHAB SPECIALIST FUNDS, AS WELL AS TWO, UM, REHABILITATION PROJECTS. WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR FAIR HOUSING GOAL WITH. WE HAD A BIT OF A HICCUP ABOUT EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS, BUT THAT HAS TO DO A BIT WITH OUR TIMING WITH THE COUNTY. [00:15:01] SO WE'RE MEETING OUR GOAL, BUT WE'LL SPEND THE DOLLARS. THAT'S $3,200 THAT WILL BE REPROGRAMMED. BUT THE OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED. SO IN SUMMARY, WE HAVE AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM OF 350 INCOME ELIGIBLE PERSONS THAT WERE SERVED THROUGH THE 24 25 PROGRAM YEAR. THE COMPLETION OF ONE CROSSWALK, THE COMPLETION OF ONE NEW HOME CONSTRUCTED AND THE RIVERVIEW PARK RESTROOM IS UNDERWAY. OOPS. AND THANK YOU. AND I WILL HAPPILY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD HAS. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MS. JOHNSON, FOR YOUR REPORT. UH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION NOW THAT I DIDN'T, UH, THE FUNDS FROM THE, THAT'S BEING REALLOCATED, WILL THEY BE FOR THE 2020, UH, 5 26 YEAR? UH, OR WOULD THEY, WHEN WOULD THEY BE? UH, WE WILL NEED TO ISSUE AN RFA WHEN WE ATTEMPT TO REPROGRAM THOSE FUNDS. OR ONE OF, ONE OF SEVERAL AVENUES WE, WE'VE TAKEN IS WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER, FOR EXAMPLE, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO MAKE IT TOWARDS A GOAL, LIKE WHAT WE DID FOR THE CROSSWALK. EACH TIME THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE DOLLARS TO THE CROSSWALK, WE WOULD KIND OF GO TO OUR, ANY DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT EXPENDED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE WOULD TAKE, TAKE THOSE DOLLARS AND ROLL THEM FORWARD TO THE NEW PROJECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THE CAVEAT HERE WITH PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES IS WE HAVE THAT 15% CAP. SO WE CAN'T TAKE DOLLARS THAT WERE SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND APPLY THEM TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY IN A DIFFERENT PROGRAM YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TYPICALLY OUT OF BALANCE BY THEN. IF WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS CLEAR, THERE'S A QUESTION. OOPS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SO, WILL THE MONIES THAT ARE LEFT OVER, ARE THEY GONNA GO TOWARDS THE RESTROOM PROJECT? UH, AT THIS TIME, THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE, ANY REPROGRAM FUNDS GO TOWARDS THE RIVERVIEW PARK RESTROOM AT THIS TIME? THERE'S NOT, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NOT A FUNDING GAP AT THE, FOR THE ENGLISH AT THIS TIME. THERE'S NOT A FUNDING GAP FOR THAT PROJECT. SO WE WILL LET THAT, THOSE DOLLARS SIT FOR A MOMENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IF, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 24 25 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION PROGRAM. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CHAIR. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT AS PRESENTED TONIGHT BY MS. JOHNSON. I SECOND. OKAY, IT IS BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE FY 24 25 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. AYE. HEAR NONE. SO MOVE NOW, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN MS. ABT JOHNSON AGAIN WITH THE HOUSING URBAN URBAN IMPROVEMENT MANAGER'S REPORT. MS. ABEY JOHNSON. CLOSE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE PUBLIC. I REALLY DIDN'T SAY THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE. OKAY. [00:20:07] DO WE DO, DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO BACK OVER AND DO THAT? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, A FEW THINGS FOR THE BOARD'S, UH, KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL HELP US IN THE COMING MONTHS. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER. AND WE NORMALLY HAVE BOARD ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER. I'M TRYING TO GET US IN SYNC WITH THE OTHER BOARDS AND MOVE US TO JANUARY. THAT WILL TAKE, THAT'LL BE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA AGENDA BEYOND THE MINUTES FOR JANUARY 5TH. ALSO, AT THE JANUARY 5TH CAB MEETING, WE WILL HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM POTENTIAL APPLICANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF POTENTIAL APPLICANTS. IT MIGHT BE IN THE AUDIENCE. THE PRESENTATION TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT HANDOUTS IF YOU, IF POTENTIAL PRESENTERS HAVE POWERPOINTS ON FLASH DRIVES FOR THAT MEETING. THE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 19TH AT 1:00 PM PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL OUR OFFICE. THEY NEED TO BE HAND DELIVERED. AND I BELIEVE THOSE, THAT INFORMATION IS FORTHCOMING AND IT COULD EVEN BE DROPPED OFF AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE REASON BEING IS, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, CYBERSECURITY, AND GOSH GOLLY, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO OUR TECHNOLOGY THAT ALL PRESENTATIONS MUST BE SCANNED BY OUR IT DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T JUST PLUG THINGS INTO OUR MACHINES LIKE WE DID IN THE 1980S. DAYS ARE GONE. ALSO, FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WE NOW HAVE A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR COVID $19. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL ALSO MENTION TONIGHT. NUMBER, THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS REALLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, AND I, THE REASON WE'RE WE HAVE 20, $20 BACK ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE CLEANING UP. THERE WAS WELL OVER, I WANNA SAY $800,000 APPROXIMATELY, AND COVID $19 THAT WERE AVAILABLE BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021. I MIGHT BE OFF A COUPLE DOLLARS, BUT IT WAS QUITE BIT. SO THESE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT TO WORK IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY THE LEFTOVER DOLLARS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE EXPENDED BY SOME OF OUR LOCAL AGENCIES. SO THE BEST, BEST WAY WE CAN MEET OUR GOAL AND THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE EXPENDED BY JUNE. YEAH, NO, NEXT SUMMER. THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY I THINK. YEAH. SO LIKE, I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, UH, IN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TONIGHT. BUT THAT'S, THESE ITEMS ARE COMING UP, UH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SO WE CAN GET THOSE, THE LAST BIT OF DOLLARS EXPENDED AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION. ALTHOUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OPEN, AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE OUR FINAL APPROVAL FROM HUD, THEREFORE WE DO NOT HAVE ACTIVE CONTRACTS WITH OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS. SO THE SAME SCENARIO THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER IS HAPPENING AGAIN. SO WE WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE OUR FINAL APPROVAL. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION AS TO WHY WE DO THAT, BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY A LINE OF CREDIT FROM HUD. SO WE OPERATE WITH REIMBURSABLE GRANTS. SO UNTIL WE BASICALLY GET OUR ACCOUNT FOR 25, 26, WE DON'T OPEN OUR CHECKBOOK AND REIMBURSE THEM BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REIMBURSE THE CITY. JUST IT'S VERY FAIR. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS FOR THE, OH NO, IT DOES NOT SURVEY RESULTS. , I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. THANK YOU. SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE SURVEY RESULTS. I [00:25:02] EVERY YEAR. YOU WANT ME TO PULL UP OR YOU WANT, THAT'S FINE. I'M, I GOT IT ON, ON SCREEN. YEAH, IT'S ALL GOOD. HOW ABOUT WE GO TO PRESENTER MODE? THERE WE GO. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS, PLEASE DON'T TAKE, UH, MY BEING THE PRESENTER AS A SOLE SOURCE SUPERHERO HERE. I DON'T DO ANYTHING IN ISOLATION. I WORK WITH SIX OTHER VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. SO ONE OF OUR VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS IS HERE TONIGHT, MS. TIFFANY SPENCE, AND SHE'S MY DATA MINER. SO, UM, JUST AS IN YEARS PAST, UM, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO MELBOURNE RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR OPINION, TO SEE WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS ARE NEEDS SHIFTING, ARE THINGS KIND OF STAYING THE SAME? SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY IS TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND TO ASSIST INCOME ELIGIBLE POPULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS. SO BOTH CDBG AND HOME REGULATIONS DEMAND THAT WE SERVE PERSONS WHO ARE INCOME ELIGIBLE, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, SOMETIMES AN AREA. AND IF THERE HAS BEEN A DISASTER, THAT'S WHEN THE TERM URGENT NEED IS EMPLOYED. WE USE THE DATA TO DEVELOP THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND PRIORITIZE THESE EXPENDITURES ALONG WITH OTHER, OTHER PROGRAMS. SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOUNGER MINDS AND INVENTIVE PEOPLE TO WORK WITH BECAUSE WE USE QR CODES AND WE PUT THEM IN LIBRARY LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, THE POST OFFICE, TIFFANY EMAILED THE ENTIRE LIST OF NONPROFITS THAT HAVE REGISTERED AS VENDORS WITH THE CITY. UM, JUST AS LAST YEAR TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE, WE ALSO PROVIDED A LINK IN THE UTILITY BILLING, UH, PROCESS. THERE WAS A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. AND THE SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE. GIVEN ALL THOSE, A AVENUES. SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER TO THE END OF NOVEMBER. THE CATEGORIES REMAINED THE SAME AS IN YEARS PAST. SO FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD A HECK OF A LOT OF RES FREE RESPONSE. WE TOOK FREE RESPONSE AWAY BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE FREE RESPONSE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. IT WAS, IT WAS A WILD CARD WE GET. YES. UM, BUT WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BUSINESS OWNERS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO PART OF OUR GREATER COMMUNITY. SO, SOME ANSWERS, SOME ANSWERS, SOME QUESTIONS WERE SPECIFIC TO BUSINESS, WERE MORE SPECIFIC TO RESIDENTS, BUT OVERLAP WITH BUSINESS OWNERS. AND WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE USE UTILITIES OR PUBLIC SERVICES. SO OUR SAMPLE SIZE IS 244 COMPLETED RESPONSES. SO NO SHOCKER HERE. WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT HOUSING, WHAT THE TOP, SO IN EACH SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE CALL OUT BOXES THAT HAVE COLORS ARE THE TOP THREE RESPONSES. SO NUMBER, UH, THE, THE RESPONSE WITH 31% BEING THE HIGHEST ONE WAS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND PEOPLE WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BUY. WE WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO RENT AND WE WANT REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE. SO IN THOSE AVENUES, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH THE CITY THROUGH OUR SHIP PROGRAM. AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO RENT. WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT THAT CAN SPEAK TO THOSE AVENUES. WE HAVE, I I JUST HAPPEN TO NOTICE WE HAVE MACEDONIA, CDC BACK THERE. UM, I KNOW THE WOMEN'S CENTER HAS A PROGRAM. I WON'T CALL IT OUT, BUT YOU, I'M, I NEED SOME WATER . UM, BUT THEY OFFER RENTAL PROGRAM AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. AND THE CITY HOUSING AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT DIVISION OFFERS A REHAB PROGRAM. SO WE'RE A BIT RESPONSIVE. [00:30:01] PUBLIC FACILITIES, I THINK WE'RE ON TARGET. THE TOP THREE RESPONSES WERE BUS SHELTERS AND BENCHES, SENIOR CENTERS AND PARKS AND FACILITIES. SO I, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF FACILITIES. SO WE'RE GONNA SHARE EACH ONE OF THESE RESPONSE. WE'LL SHARE THE ENTIRE ENTIRETY OF THE SURVEY RESULTS WITH ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. COMMUNITY APPEARANCE. THE TOP THREE ANSWERS ON THE BOARD WERE NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD, APPEARANCE, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY, BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL EXTERIORS IMPROVEMENT AND DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. WE SHORTEN THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES, RESPONSE TYPES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB DEVELOPMENT. 'CAUSE WE FOUND THEY WERE REPETITIVE. SO IT'S TELLING, IF YOU WILL, WHERE THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR DREAM JOB TRAINING, JOB, EMPLOYMENT AND PLACEMENT, AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THAT'S STILL, UM, UM, A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, UH, RESPONDING TO THOSE QUESTIONS. IN TERMS OF HUMAN SERVICES, BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS RESPONDED TO THIS QUESTION. , THANK YOU. UM, YOUTH SERVICES IS STILL A ATOP RESPONSE. THE HIGHEST ONE IS HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES IN TERMS OF HEALTHY, SAFE, UH, SAFETY AND OUTREACH CONNECTIONS. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE THAT, WHERE IT TIED IN, IT DID NOT, IT WAS NOT CAPTURED IN THE HOUSING SECTION. THAT WAS INCREDIBLY LOW. BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT A RESPONSE RATE WAS MUCH HIGHER WHEN IT CAME TO HUMAN SERVICES, BECAUSE I WAS ALMOST, I WAS NEARLY ALARMED LOOKING AT THOSE RESULTS. LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHERE, WHEREAS HOMELESS SUPPORT AND PEOPLE ANSWERED HERE IN HUMAN SERVICES, HUMAN SERVICES AND, UM, HEALTH, HEALTH SERVICES, THERE WAS A BIT OF OVERLAP. PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THERE'S SOME, WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO TRUNCATED THIS RESPONSE A BIT, UH, JUST TO GENERAL CRIME AND SAFETY THAT WE, WE TRIED TO CONDENSE THAT TO THINGS THAT WERE, UM, NOT REDUNDANT. SPEEDING AND NOISE IS ALSO APPARENT. WE STILL PERCEIVE A PERCEIVED ISSUE IN SOME AREAS. AND FOLKS ARE REQUESTING RE INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THE HIGHEST RATES OF RESPONSE WERE STREET LIGHTS, FLOOD DAMAGE, FLOOD AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND SAFETY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, FLOOD AND DRAINAGE AT 33% SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTS TIED WITH ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND WOULD LIKE ME TO BREAK THAT DOWN BETWEEN RESIDENTS, PULL OUT HOW MANY RESPONSES WERE RESIDENTS AND WHAT WERE BUSINESS BASED RESPONSES, I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU. SHOULD YOU HAVE THAT QUESTION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, COMMENTS FOR THE SURVEY. TO GIVE YOU A, A COMPARISON, LAST YEAR WE LEFT THE SURVEY LIVE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. IT WAS NEARLY FIVE MONTHS OR LONGER. SO WE OPTED NOT TO TAKE THAT APPROACH SINCE IT WAS AVAILABLE THROUGH SO MANY AVENUES. AND WE STILL HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPONSE BY CATEGORY. YES MA'AM. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THE SURVEY THIS YEAR. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER MM-HMM . LIKE FROM THE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. WAS IT A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN CUTTING IT DOWN AND HAVING MORE AVENUES OPEN? OR WAS IT ABOUT THE SAME? THE PERCENTAGES ARE [00:35:01] PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. THE, THE RESPONSE RATE IS LOWER THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . SO BECAUSE WE, YEAH, FOR 10 MONTHS, IT, IT WAS A LONG TIME. IT WAS A LONG TIME WE LEFT IT OPEN. AND BY PRACTICAL MEANS WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE A SURVEY OPEN FOR A MORE THAN 60 DAYS. THAT'S REALLY KIND OF PUSHING IT AND TO HAVE THE SAME CONCENTRATION OF RESPONSES BY CATEGORY. OKAY. WE CAN PLAY WITH IT AGAIN. WE CAN CERTAINLY REOPEN IT IN A FEW MONTHS TO SEE IF ANYTHING CHANGES. YEAH, I THINK YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I WILL YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON PLEASE, IF IT'S NOT, OR JUST GET CLOSER. I THINK THAT I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT IT. AND I GO TO THE LIBRARY, I PAY MY WATER BILL AND I'M ONLINE AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT A SURVEY THIS YEAR. SO , IT WAS POSTED ON . UM, IT'S ALWAYS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, SO MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER. AND IT WAS ALSO, UM, WE DID A SOCIAL MEDIA POST EVERY TWO WEEKS. SO IT MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, UM, THE MAIN CITY OF MELBOURNE FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL. IT WAS POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, UM, EVERY TWO WEEKS DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD. SO NOW YOU HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION, YOU SEND IT TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND WHAT DO THEY DO WITH IT? WELL, CERTAINLY I BELIEVE WE SHARE THE, WE SHARE IT WITH ENGINEERING, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON PAVING. DO THEY ALLOCATE THEIR, THEIR PROJECTS ACCORDING TO SOME OF THIS DATA? UH, I KNOW THEY RECEIVE QUITE A BIT OF INPUT FROM, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKS AND REC IN THE OFF IN THE AUDIENCE, OFTEN AT OUR MEETINGS. SO THEY HEAR SOME OF IT IS ALSO BASED ON FUNDING AS WE KNOW. YEAH. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS, AND LET'S PAINT THE BIGGER PICTURE, RIGHT? SO AS MUCH AS I AM ITCHING TO FUND SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, WE DON'T GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPLICANTS. WELL, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE THE WATCHDOG, RIGHT? AND DO YOU GO BACK AND TRY TO HOLD THE DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY, FELL WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW? WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT 'EM? WELL, LET'S SEE. OUR DIVISION FUNDS SIDEWALKS AND STREETLIGHTS, AND WE COORDINATE WITH ENGINEERING AND WE COORDINATE WITH STREETS AND ROADS. WHEN YOU SAY HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN WAYS THAT WE CAN SPEND OUR DOLLARS AND HOW THEY GET TO SPEND. THE CITY'S GENERAL REVENUE IS DICTATED BY THE OTHER FOLKS WHO SIT UP THERE ON EVERY OTHER TUESDAY. SO THERE'S A WHILE WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ALSO HAVE LIMITED FUNDING. SO YES, BUT ALSO, YES, WE SHARE OUR DATA, HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. THAT'S NOT QUITE HOW WE FUNCTION. ONLY IF IT'S OUR DOLLARS. CAN WE HOLD SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE? WELL, AND I SAY OUR DOLLARS, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A FUNNEL, RIGHT? LIKE AN HOURGLASS COMMUNITY PUTS STUFF INTO THE SURVEY. MM-HMM . YOU GET ALL THE DATA, YOU DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY'VE GOT SOME KIND OF PRIORITY THAT THEY CAN REALLOCATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE COURSE OF A MONTH, A YEAR, OR QUARTER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY. PRIMARILY THE FUNCTION IS TO HELP US IDENTIFY COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO WE BUILD THE PLAN TO SUBMIT TO HUD TO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE PLAN TO USE THE DOLLARS THAT HUD GIVES US BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY SAYS ARE HIGH PRIORITIES. THAT'S THE PRO THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE SURVEY. YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA KEEP THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. HER, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THAT SHE CAN ONLY CONTROL SO MUCH. PARDON? SHE'S SAYING THAT SHE CAN ONLY, OKAY, SO [00:40:01] I'M GONNA USE MICROPHONE. I'M GONNA USE A CRAZY NUMBER. SO LET'S SAY, UH, THERE'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PROJECT AND THE CBG FUNDS IS ONLY 10,000. WE'RE GIVING 10,000 TO THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND. WE CAN ONLY CONTROL THE 10,000. AND ONCE THEY USE THAT MONEY UP, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HOW THEY DO IT OR WHAT THEY DO. WELL, THE THINGS THAT YOU FEEL THAT MY OPINION, THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE OUTTA YOUR CONTROL OR YOU CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY ACTION ON, THEN YOU JUST ESCALATE HAVE PUT IT TO CINDY AND LET CINDY DEAL WITH IT. I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH INTERNALLY, BUT THERE'S SOME SYSTEMIC THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. AND YOU'RE NOT THE SYSTEMIC PEOPLE YOUR UPPER MANAGEMENT IS. SO BRING IT TO CINDY'S ATTENTION AND LET HER FIGHT THE FIRE. UNDERSTOOD MY OPINION. AN ADDED CONCERN TO THAT WOULD BE, UH, IN MY OPINION, WHEN A ITEM IS CLASSIFIED PRIMARILY AS A SAFETY ITEM, HOW DO WE NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE TYPE, UH, SCENARIOS? BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN WHERE THERE, IN MY OPINION, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, AREAS THE, THAT I FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS CRITICAL WHERE WE HAD A LOSS OF LIFE. OKAY? AND AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERVAL, UH, SECTION, THERE IS, UH, STILL LITTLE OR NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SO I'M CONCERNED MORE SO IN REFERENCE TO, UH, SAFETY HAZARDS WHEN IT COME TO THOSE TYPE. AND YES, I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A LOSS OF LIFE, I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE BUMPED UP AND CONSIDERATION MORE CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER? I DO HAVE A, UH, A COMMENT. SO WOULD IT BE A FAR STRETCH TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE SOME KIND OF ASSESSMENT WITH THE DATA TO STRATIFY THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE FOR THE DIFFERENT, UM, PIECES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE THAT YOU GET BACK? SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE TO MR. MCNEIL'S POINT, IF SAFETY'S A, SINCE SAFETY'S A MASSIVE CONCERN, WHY NOT THEN SAY, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, GIVE US BACK SOMETHING AS TO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VIEW THE DATA AND STRATIFY IT ACCORDING TO WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ADDRESS OR THE THING THAT HAS THE MOST RISK ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO THAT AT LEAST THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE INTERPRETING THE INFORMATION AND SAY, OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING IN RETURN TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST ADDRESS IT ACCORDINGLY. I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. AND AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY, WHILE OTHER DEPARTMENTS MAY, MAY CHOOSE TO USE THE DATA, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE DATA IS TO INFORM HOW WE SPEND FEDERAL FUNDS OVER THE YEARS. I BELIEVE WE'VE LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY. SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS, SOME OF THE OPTIONS FOR ANSWERS CAME ABOUT BY INVOLVING OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PUBLIC FEELS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN SAFETY AND VERY SPECIFIC, UM, ISSUES. I BELIEVE I, I'M PRETTY DOGG UNSURE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN SHARE CRIME DATA FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. AND PERHAPS HOW IT, IF THERE'S A CORRELATION THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE WOULD ENGAGE IN? THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, BECAUSE IT'S MISSION CREEP FOR US, UM, THAT IT IS MISSION CREEP FOR US BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE A CHARGE AND PART OF THE CHARGE. WHILE SOME THINGS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MIGHT HAVE AN OVERLAP, PUBLIC [00:45:01] SAFETY OVERLAPS WITH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE WE CAN FIND STREETLIGHTS OR, UM, LIGHTING OVER A FOOTBALL FIELD OR A PARKING LOT IN AN ELIGIBLE AREA, WHEN WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND FUNDS IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY TO MEET THOSE PUB PUBLIC SAFETY METRICS THERE IN A SPECIFIC WAY, IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION. SO MY ANSWER ISN'T QUITE NO, BUT IT, WE GET INVOLVED IN THE REGULATIONS IMMEDIATELY, WHEREAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY ALL DAY. SO WHEN WE SHARE IT WITH THEM, OR LIKE FIRE PROTECTION IS 17%, WE HAVE A, UM, WHAT IS THE RATING? IT'S THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT. ISOI MM-HMM . ISO IS WHAT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE PRESENTLY HAVE HAS. SO I'M TRYING TO GET TO YES, WITH YOU, BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU GET THAT DATA AND FOLLOW THE DATA WOULD BE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS. WE'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. UM, BUT HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT AND NOT GET INTO MISSION CREEP IS, IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE SEVEN PEOPLE PUSHING OUT A FEW MILLION DOLLARS AND CHASING PEOPLE. WE, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENS YEAR ROUND THAT THE BOARD, THIS BOARD JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE VANTAGE POINT TO SEE THE MONITORING, THE APPLICATIONS, THE REVIEW, ALL THAT OTHER STUFF TO, SO WE TRY TO STAY FOCUSED AS BEST WE CAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON DEVELOPMENT FOR THE, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR 26, 27 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. UH, MRS. JOHNSON, THIS IS A, THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, MS. JOHNSON, WE GOING TO ASK THAT IF YOU WOULD GIVE SOME DETAILS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE AUDIENCE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE MM-HMM . UH, AT THIS POINT WE WILL ANNOUNCE, WE WILL ANNOUNCE, OR THE RFAS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN JANUARY FOR THE 26 27 CDBG AND HOME APPLICATION PROCESS. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE AND RECOMMEND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND AUDIENCE TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL BUDGET. I SAY THAT BECAUSE CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS ARE A PART OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET. HOME FUNDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE ALL WAITING WITH BATED BREATH TO FIGURE OUT IF WE WILL RECEIVE HOME FUNDS OR IF THEY'RE GONNA BE REDIRECTED THROUGH THE STATE. AND WHAT THE, WHAT WILL THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL WE MOVE FORWARD TO FUND NEW CONSTRUCTION OR RENTAL DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES? WE DO HAVE SHIP FUNDS. THOSE ARE STEADY, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS STILL A SPIRITED DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HOME FUNDS WILL REMAIN IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER. WELL, ACTUALLY THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PRE, THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET. IT WAS ALL HOME FUNDS, HOUSING TRUST FUNDS, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, ALL HOUSING RELATED PROGRAMMATIC DOLLARS ARE BEING REROUTED. SO WILL IT HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE NOTHING IS FINAL. SO WE WILL PUT OUT THE APPLICATIONS IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE DO GET FUNDING, WE WANNA BE PREPARED. THAT IS THE SHORT STORY. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO OFFER A PUBLIC [00:50:01] COMMENT. NOW. YOU CAN OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT MONTH. YOU CAN OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY AND EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WAY FUNDS ARE SPENT PRESENTLY OR IN THE FUTURE. ANYTHING NOT CAPTURED IN THE SURVEY. THIS IS YOUR TIME. WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE? I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO NOW MOVE INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 20, UH, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT, UH, UH, SORRY, BLOCK GRANT AND C-B-D-G-C-V 19 FUNDING. I WOULD, UH, AGAIN, OFFER PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ANYONE THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO, UH, SAY OR REVEAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UH, THE MIC IS OPEN. UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, LET ME MAXUS JOHNSON TO GIVE A BRIEF DETAIL AND THEN WE WOULD ASK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PRELUDE INTO YES, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN. JUICES ARE FLOWING. SO AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE EARLIER, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COVID-19 FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2020 ARE BEING REALLOCATED EVENTUALLY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN RFA PROCESS OPEN TO CITY DEPARTMENTS. THERE WILL, WE WILL BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU. UH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 24TH. NOPE. NOPE. SORRY. I'LL GET THERE IN A SECOND. IT'S HARD HAVING THESE MEETINGS AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND BEING ON THE HIGHWAY. ME A COPA, BUT I WILL GET BETTER. SO TO WHEN IT, WHEN WE SAY THAT WE GO AND CLEAN UP IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAVE AN AMOUNT AS SMALL AS 49 CENTS, BUT WE DON'T LEAVE MONEY ON THE PA ON THE TABLE. WE PUT OUR DOLLARS AND CENTS TO WORK. AND THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WILL BE RE REALLOCATED BY THE END OF THIS PROCESS IS $7,734 AND 21 CENTS FROM A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO EXPEND OTHER COVID DOLLARS. AND THE REASON THIS IS OPEN TO CITY DEPARTMENTS IS BECAUSE IT WILL BE A QUICK SPEND. IT, THE DOLLAR STILL MUST GO TO PREVENT, PREPARE, OR RESPOND TO COVID, UM, THE CORONAVIRUS. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN THROUGH PPE OR SOMETHING ELSE. THE CLOCK IS STILL TICKING FROM HUD AND THEY WILL COME AND GET THEIR MONEY. WE HAVE TRIED TO DO AN ASSORTMENT OF THINGS TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE IT WORK AND VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE FINALLY HAVE THIS ONE AVAILABLE TO US. SO WE WILL SEE IF THERE'S AN ELIGIBLE, A APPLICANT WHO CAN COMPLETE THEIR APPLICATION AND BRING IT TO YOU. IT IS ALWAYS THAT. IT'S ALWAYS THAT. SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL AMOUNT HOPEFULLY TO BE EXPENDED BY JULY IS $14,581 AND 23 CENTS OF UNSPENT DOLLARS FROM PRIOR YEARS. THIS ITEM WILL GO BEFORE IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AT CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 24TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I AM DONE WITH MY PORTION. THIS ISN'T A, A PUBLIC FORUM. ANY COMMENTS [00:55:02] FROM THE AUDIENCE? I SEE NONE. BEFORE WE CLOSE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS FROM THE, UH, BOARD? YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE $14,000 OF COVID-19 MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO USE THIS YEAR AND OKAY. AND YOU SAID THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS FEBRUARY 24TH AT WHAT TIME? 6:00 PM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. PARDON ME? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. YEAH. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. YES. UH, SO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE BOARD COMMENTS. DO ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS AT THIS TIME? YES, MA'AM. MS. DILLARD, GO OUT AND VOTE IN ALL CAPS WITH FIVE NO SEVEN EXCLAMATION POINTS BEHIND THAT, AND TWO HAPPY FACES. GO OUT AND VOTE. BE BEFORE I GIVE ANY COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I LIKE TO CLOSE IT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY. YES, SIR. UH, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT, UH, NEXT WEEK AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I'LL BE GETTING AN AWARD FOR MY 30 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION. CONGRAT, YOU'RE ALL INVITED. . OKAY. YEAH, WE DIDN'T GET RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR. EXCUSE ME. WE DIDN'T GET RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR. I THINK IT INVITATION IN THE MAIL. I THINK THEY DO INTERVALS OF FIVE YEARS. BUT I WANNA SAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS IN THE PROCESS, WE FINALLY BECAME FULL CIRCLE AND PUTTING IN A CROSSWALK AT LIPSCOMB AND, AND CEDAR DRIVE. WE INITIALLY, WHEN I SAY WE, UH, UH, THE CONCERNED CITIZENS INITIALLY WENT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTED THAT A, UH, SPEED BUMPS BE PUT IN ALONG WITH, UH, THE CROSSWALK. WELL, THROUGH A NUMBER OF YEARS AND BACK AND FORTH WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND CHANGING OF THE PLANS, WE ARE COMING TO THE COMPLETION OF THE SIDEWALKS. AND IT WAS EXTENDED. THERE ARE SIDEWALKS BEING PUT IN ALL DOWN UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD ALL DOWN, UH, UH, LIPSCOMB STREET. UH, THERE ARE SIDEWALKS BEING PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE AREA THAT WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED DURING LOOS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE CITY AND FOR REACHING OUT, FINDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN AND AROUND STONE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE IT BASICALLY IS TAKING PLACE AT. UM, AND WITH THE STAFF FINDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ALL OF THAT, THE, THE SIMPLE REQUEST TURNED INTO A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, STUNNING STUMBLING BLOCKS. AND THE PROBABLY WOULD'VE NEVER BEEN FUNDED HAD WE NOT, OR HAD THE CITY WENT OUT AND FOUND, UH, OR A PARTNERED WITH DEPARTMENT [01:00:01] OF TRANSPORTATION. SO, UH, I, I AM ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO, I'M GONNA SAY BEAT UP THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THERE SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, A TIME PROCESS THAT REALLY HAS TO, UH, STUDY ALL OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE. SO AGAIN, I SAY KUDOS TO THE STAFF, AND IF YOU WOULD PASS THIS ON TO MS. DIMMER AND ALL OF THOSE WHO IS INVOLVED, BY ALL MEANS, I JUST SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MADE SOME COMMENTS HERE AT THIS BODY AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER LISTENING EARS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. ARE THERE, THAT WAS MY SOAP BOX. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD STAFF? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH? IF THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT, AND THAT MIGHT'VE STARTED SOMEWHERE IN PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE CCAB MEETINGS. BUT THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY WHEN WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EXECUTE THAT TYPE OF PROJECT. THAT'S ENGINEERING AND STREETS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED. SO WE CAN'T REALLY TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6 59 AND 28 SECONDS. AND, UM, DO I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE ADJOURN. BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN REMINDED BY MY COLLEAGUE THAT HAPPY HOLIDAYS, WE WANT WISH YOU THE, THE, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND, UH, STAY SAFE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BLESSED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.