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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR THE MEETING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND SUBMIT THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS WHEN YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED.
USE THE MICROPHONE AT THE LECTERN ON THE AUDIENCE'S RIGHT AND EITHER STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OR YOUR NAME AND CITY.
DO NOT ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.
BE MINDFUL OF THE TIMER ON THE LECTERN AND WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE YOUR SPEAKING TIME ENDS.
THE TIME LIMITS ARE POSTED ON THE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM.
AN APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE OR PERSON WHO HAS LEGAL STANDING TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER WILL BE PERMITTED ENOUGH TIME AS REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A RECORD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE O VOCATION.
IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE STAND.
AND TODAY'S INVOCATION IS BY EVANGELICAL, UH, EVANGELIST LUA FRANKLIN FROM MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
FATHER GOD IN HEAVEN, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS LOVELY DAY AND THIS AFTERNOON FOR THIS MEETING.
WE PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY PRESENCE DWELL IN THIS PLACE.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE, THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE.
FATHER GOD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF MELBOURNE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND DOING IN THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THESE GREAT LEADERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
LORD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE OTHER PATRONS THAT ARE HERE.
SO FATHER GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY DWELLING, DIVINE PRESENCE JUST COME INTO THIS BUILDING AND DWELL WITH US RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS.
WE WANNA THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
WE KNOW THAT LEADERS ARE IN POSITION BECAUSE YOU SAID SO.
YOU PUT LEADERS IN PLACE TO DO YOUR WILL AND YOUR WAY.
SO WE ARE TRUST IN YOU, FATHER GOD, FOR UNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WIDGET STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO PRESENT.
AND MAYOR ALFRE IS OUT OF TOWN ON AIRPORT BUSINESS.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE LONG-TERM COMMUNITY BY THE BREVARD COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.
JOHN PETSKY AND MS. SUSAN CLEGG.
PROCLAMATION CITY OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, WHEREAS IT IS THE, IT IS DESIRE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE TO CELEBRATE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR PHYSICIANS, NURSES, NURSING HOME DIRECTORS, AND CAREGIVER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN THE DELIVERY OF PROFESSIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE PROVIDED DAILY, UH, FOR MELBOURNE'S FRAIL, ELDERLY AND DISABLED CITIZENS RESIDING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING AND SUBACUTE FACILITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE BREVARD COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IS CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF EDUCATION, COMRADERY AND NETWORKING, INCLUDING PROVIDING FREE CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS AND PRODUCT, UH, THEATERS IN, IN, UH, SORRY TO INTRODUCE INNOVATIVE NEW THERAPIES TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE BREVARD COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTOR ASSOCIATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE IN THE POST ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE CONTINUUM BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
AND WHEREAS THE BREVARD COUNTY MEDICAL PROFESSION, UH, MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION LINKS INDIVIDUALS TO PHYSICIANS, PAS, ARNPS, AS WELL AS NURSING STAFF AND OPEN DIALOGUE, UH, UH, FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS AND INFORMATION SHARING.
WHEREAS THE BREVARD COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN BREVARD COUNTY DEVOTED TO PROVIDERS IN ALL SPECIALTIES, PRACTICING IN SKILLED NURSING UNITS, SUBACUTE HOSPICE, HOME CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, AS WELL AS IN CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IS NOW THEREFORE BE
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IT RESOLVED THAT I, PAUL EL MEYER, CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZED 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE LONG-TERM CARE COMMUNITY BY THE BREVARD COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.WITNESSED MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE THIS 13TH DAY OF MELBOURNE 20 OR NOVEMBER, 2025.
CITY OF MELBOURNE, UH, VERY MUCH.
I'VE BEEN NOW PRACTICING IN, UH, MELBOURNE.
MY OFFICE IS ONLY AROUND THE CORNER AND I'VE BEEN THERE 42 YEARS, JULY 1ST.
AND I ALSO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF BAVAR COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING.
AND I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF ASSOCIATIONS TO EDUCATE OTHER PROVIDERS.
'CAUSE OUR GERIATRIC POPULATION IN BREVARD COUNTY, THOSE OVER 65 MAKE UP 25% OF OUR POPULATION AND GROWING MM-HMM
AND SO, AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF COURSE IS THE SAME.
AND SO, UH, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE FOR THAT WHOLE TIME, 42 YEARS AND LIKE I SAID, PRACTICE AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THIS IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SUSAN CLE, WHO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN, IN HELPING WITH, WITH PATIENTS.
BUT SHE ALSO SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THE RIALTO HILTON, ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN, IN ATTENDING, WE HAVE OUR 35TH, WE HAD TO MISS 2020 'CAUSE OF COVID AS YOU UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT'S OUR 35TH, UH, SYMPOSIUM AND WE HAVE GREAT SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM TALLAHASSEE, THE UNDER SECRETARY OF HEALTH, AND WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTY AND, AND THE CITY AS AS WELL THAT ARE COMING TO ADDRESS US.
AND WE HAVE, IT'S, IT'S A FREE, IT'S FREE TO ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ALLIED FIELDS.
WE GIVE THREE HOURS OF CME FOR DOCS, THREE HOURS OF CEUS FOR NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
THEY GET THEIR CHOICE OF A MEAL AND WE BRING IN REALLY QUALITY EDUCATION, UH, TO THEM TO ENABLE THEM TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR SENIORS AND OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, ARE, ARE FRAIL OR BEEN VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
HER BROTHER'S THE MAYOR OF A LITTLE TINY TOWN IN TEXAS, ACTUALLY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER, 2025 AS HOSPICE AND POLI PALLIATIVE, UH, CARE MONTH.
HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION IS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LIZ VANDENBERG AND BONICA WARREN.
PROCLAMATION CITY OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS MEDICARE'S FIRST PROVEN COORDINATED CARE MODEL REFERRED TO AS HOSPICE IS A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS PERSON-CENTERED COMPASSIONATE CARE, ENSURING PEOPLE DIGNITY, CHOICE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WHEREAS THE HOSPICE MODEL INVOLVES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM ORIENTED APPROACH TO TREATMENT, INCLUDING EXPERT, EXPERT, MEDICARE, QUALITY SYMPTOM CONTROL, AND COMPREHENSIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT AS A FOUNDATION OF CARE.
AND WHEREAS BEYOND PROVIDING PHYSICAL TREATMENT, HOSPICE ATTENDS TO THE PATIENT'S EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND FAMILY NEEDS AND PROVIDES FAMILY SERVICES LIKE RESPITE CARE AND GRIEF COUNSELING.
AND WHEREAS HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ADVOCATES AND EDUCATORS ABOUT ADVANCED CARE PLANNING THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE CARE THEY WANT.
FRANCIS HOSPICE HAS CARED FOR OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1977 AND DELIVERED COMPASSIONATE, CARING EXPERT AND PROFESSIONAL HOSPICE AND GRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AT THE END OF LIFE, REFLECTING LIFE, LOVE AND COMPASSION.
WHEREAS 48 YEARS AGO, EMILY SASCO, A TITUSVILLE NURSE AND A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS CAME TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH HOSPICE OF ST.
FRANCIS BECAUSE THEY WANTED THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS TO HAVE ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE QUALITY END OF LIFE CARE FROM A LOCALLY BASED HOSPICE PROVIDER.
FOUNDED IN 1977, HOSPICE OF ST.
FRANCIS HOSPICE IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF SKILLED PROFESSIONALS AND DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE CARE, EXPERT AND PROFESSIONAL HOSPICE AND GRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AT THE END OF LIFE TODAY, ST.
FRANCIS HOSPICE SERVES MORE THAN 2,800 PATIENTS ANNUALLY THROUGH HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, PROVIDING HOLISTIC PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND COMFORT TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY.
FRANCIS HOSPICE MISSION REMAINS UPLIFTING, LIVES UPLIFTING EACH OTHER, UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, PAUL RE MAYOR, CITY OF THE MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE MONTH AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE AT THE END OF LIFE AND TRY TO HELP AS THEY CAN AND COMMEND THE ST.
FRANCIS HOSPICE TEAM FOR THE SERVICE, UH, TO THE PEOPLE OF MELBOURNE.
WITNESS MY HAND, THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
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BY THE WAY, MY GRANDFATHER WENT THROUGH HOSPICE OF ST.AND SO WE WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DID WAY BACK WHEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS, UH, DR. RYAN CHAPMAN.
I'M THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF ST.
I, UM, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING FIRST OF ALL THIS MONTH FOR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE.
UM, AND, AND THE PROCLAMATION FOR ST.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1977.
WE ARE THE OLDEST HOSPICE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
WE'RE THE ONLY INDEPENDENT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPICE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
SO WE REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PATIENT RATHER THAN THE THE BOTTOM DOLLAR.
UH, WE'RE ALSO THE SECOND OLDEST HOSPICE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE JUST AN EXTREMELY DEDICATED GROUP OF NURSES, PHYSICIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, CHAPLAINS, UM, OFFICE STAFF, EVERYONE WHO'S, WHO'S REALLY OUR MAIN DEDICATION AND FOCUS IS WALKING OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH, UH, UH, ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT TIMES OF SOMEONE'S LIFE THAT THEY COULD IMAGINE.
WE HAVE, UH, A HOSPICE INPATIENT UNIT IN TITUSVILLE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE INSIDE OF ACTUALLY MELBOURNE, ORLANDO HEALTH MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.
WE SERVE PATIENTS FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NORTH TO THE VERY SOUTH OF THE COUNTY.
WE GO TO PATIENT'S HOMES, WE GO TO WHERE THEY LIVE IN NURSING HOMES.
PETSKY AS WELL, WHO JUST KIND OF ACCEPTED THAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE, SERVE THIS COUNTY, SERVE THE PATIENTS AND THE RESIDENTS.
DO YOU WANT, ALL RIGHT, LAST ONE.
PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AS GIS DAY AND NOVEMBER 17TH THROUGH 21ST, 2025 AS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AWARE, GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION IS DIRECTOR OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, KEVIN BURNS, UM, AND JOHN STRACHMAN AND BRETT SANDERS ALL COME ON UP.
PROCLAMATION, CITY OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE RECOGNIZES THAT AN UNDERSTANDING USE AND APPLICATION OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL TO OPERATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINING OUR NATIONAL RESOURCES AND STIMULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH, THUS BENEFITING THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER MELBOURNE AREA.
AND WHEREAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GIS TECHNOLOGY IS INTEGRATED COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF GEOGRAPHIC DATA THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE THE MODEL COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS AND PATTERNS TO MORE INTELLIGENTLY RESPOND.
AND WHEREAS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS MAKE YOU GIS FUNCTIONS IN SOME CAPACITY TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UTILITY SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING, ADDRESSING PERMITTING AND LICENSING AND OTHER AREAS.
AND WHEREAS CITY STAFF INCLUDES AROUND 825 REGISTERS, REGISTERED USERS OF GIS TECHNOLOGY WHO LEVERAGE THEIR EXP EXPERTISE TO HELP ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITY OF MELBOURNE RESIDENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IS COMMITTED TO UTILIZING GIS TO INFORM DECISION MAKING AND BETTER SERVE ITS RESIDENTS AND MAKE USEFUL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OPEN AND EASILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE THAT HAVE CHOSEN GIS AS THEIR PROFESSION OR AS PART OF THEIR DISCIPLINE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT I, PAUL ALRE MAYOR, CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY DECLARE NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AS GIS DAY AND NOVEMBER 17TH THROUGH 21, UH, 2025 AS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
WITNESSED MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
AND WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? THANK YOU.
UM, SO, UM, MY NAME IS JOHN STREP AND I'M THE GIS MANAGER.
WE'RE A TEAM OF TWO RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, WITH A BUNCH OF POWER USERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, BRETT'S BEEN HERE SINCE 2015.
AND, UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK IN JAZZ DAY.
UM, SO A LITTLE ABOUT JAZZ AT THE CITY.
WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1999 WHEN THE THEN PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MOVE THEIR PAPER ATLASES OFF OF PAPER AND INTO DIGITAL, A DIGITAL WORLD.
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BECOME A FOUNDATIONAL RESOURCE USED THROUGHOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO DO BUSINESS AND ACCOMPLISH ITS WORK.EVERY MAP THAT YOU SEE THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED SINCE THEN HAS TRANS, UH, BEEN, HAS USED THE GIS AND HAS TRANSITIONED FROM PAPER INTO DIGITAL, THE DIGITAL APPLICATIONS THAT WE USE TODAY.
SO SINCE 19 9, 19 99, WE'VE GROWN TO BEING USED ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS.
WERE BUILT TO LOOK UP LAND DEVELOPMENT AND PERMITTING INFORMATION, UH, WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE GIS SUPPLIES, TOOLS AND DATA FOR ADDRESSING VEHICLE ROUTING AND ANALYSIS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
THE GIS EMPOWERS OUR UTILITY FIELD WORKERS TO COLLECT DATA IN THE FIELD THAT SUPPORTS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL UTILITIES AND BASICALLY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, THERE'S APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WHERE YOU CAN LOOK UP YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE, UM, ASSOCIATED ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, PROJECTS, AND ALSO FIND OUT SUCH THINGS AS YOUR SOLID WASTE SERVICE AREAS.
SO, UM, NEXT WEEK DURING GEOGRAPHIC WAR, THIS WEEK WE HAVE ACTUAL GS DAY ON WEDNESDAY, UM, WE'LL BE HOSTING A WORKSHOP FOR CITY STAFF AND, UH, LOCAL PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER MELBOURNE AND BREVARD COUNTY AREA.
WE HAVE, UM, ABOUT 50 REGISTERED FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER MELBOURNE AREA AND, UM, REGISTRATION STILL OPEN THROUGH THE NEXT, NEXT WEEK.
EVERYONE AT CITY, YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO REGISTER AND ATTEND.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT WE DO AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU GIS OKAY, MOVING ON.
MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 20, 20, 25 REGULAR MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES OR DO I HAVE A MOTION? VICE MAYOR, MA'AM, I, I VOTE.
I ASKED FOR APPROVAL OF THE, UM, MINUTES FROM THE 20, THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 MEETING.
OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, A SECOND BY MS. KENNEDY.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AYE VOTE AYE.
JENNY? YES, ON THE WRITTEN REPORT I DID, UM, BRING UP THAT WE ARE LOOKING, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CITY CODE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO PARKING MANAGEMENT, AND WHEN WE WERE PREPARING A SCOPE FOR A THIRD PARTY CONTRACT, UM, WE, WE DID FIND THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROCEED THE WAY THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD ANTICIPATED.
AND SO WE WILL BE BRINGING A DISCUSSION ITEM AT EITHER, UH, HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR TO, TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF, SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AND HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD OUR WORKSHOP, OUR PARKING MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP OR OUR DISCUSSION ITEM PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, THIS MAY DELAY THE START OF ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO ALL DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK FOR DISCUSSION ITEM.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE WRITTEN, I DO HAVE, UM, TWO THINGS ABOUT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT, THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, FOR THE, AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST MEETING.
FIRST THE REVISIONS TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH.
BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I WILL ATTEND AND BE AVAILABLE SHOULD THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, NEXT, AFTER THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE JOINT USE PARKING GARAGE AND HOTEL PROJECT, THE DEVELOPER APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT THE NEED TO EXPEDITE REVIEW OF THE STORMWATER TO GET THE PERMIT THE PROJECT PERMITTED THROUGH ST.
JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, THE CITY WILL NEED TO BE A CO-APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT, SINCE IT WILL BE ON CITY OWNED LAND.
SO WE WILL NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THAT.
YESTERDAY THE DEVELOPER PRESENTED STAFF WITH A NEW LAYOUT FOR STORMWATER THAT INVOLVED USING ADDITIONAL CITY PROPERTY NORTH OF THE, WHERE THE PARKING GARAGE IS PROPOSED FOR BOTH THE GARAGES AND THE HOTEL'S STORMWATER TO BE TREATED IN A TRADITIONAL POND.
IN LIEU OF THE STORMWATER VAULTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED SINCE THE PROJECT WAS FIRST PITCHED TO THE CITY, WE RECEIVED THAT PLAN THAT I HAVE PROVIDED IN THE HANDOUT AND THAT, UM, I CAN HAVE KEVIN SHOW ON THE SCREEN.
WE RECEIVED THAT PLAN EARLIER TODAY.
THIS CHANGE IS A MATERIAL MODIFICATION TO THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, NOT JUST AT
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THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, BUT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.THESE CHANGES CREATE A DOMINO EFFECT, NOT JUST IN WHAT CITY PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT TYPE OF STORMWATER TREATMENT WILL BE USED, BUT ALSO IN THE COSTS AND INCENTIVES FOR WHICH THE PROPOSED TERMS WERE TENTATIVELY AGREED UPON.
ADDITIONALLY, THE TERMS OF THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT COULD BE IMPACTED.
SO AS A CO-APPLICANT, UM, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE CITY SIGNING OFF ON THOSE PERMITS FOR THE NEWLY PRESENTED PLAN UNTIL THE FULL EFFECT OF THE CHANGES CAN BE EVALUATED AND ALL PARTIES CAN AGREE.
SO STAFF WILL BE MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND GOING OVER WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE AND WHAT THESE CHANGES MEAN COST-WISE AND IMPACT-WISE.
SO THIS IS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY, OR THIS IS WHAT IS PROPOSED.
NOW, IF YOU NOTICE THE GRAY BUILDING, UH, IS THE CIVIC CENTER WHERE YOU SEE THAT DARK GRAY LOOKS LIKE A HAND OR A MITTEN, UM, UP ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN THAT IS, UM, THAT THERE'S A POND IN THAT LOCATION THAT'S CURRENTLY PARKING AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO REMAIN ON, ON, YOU KNOW, AT GRADE PARKING.
AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PIPING THAT GOES INTO WHERE THE POND IS FROM BOTH OF THE, THE PARKING GARAGE AND THE HOTEL SITE.
UM, IT ALSO CHANGES WHERE THE DUMPSTER LOCATION IS AND IT HAS THE WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUCK BACKING INTO THE COLLECTOR ROAD OF PINEAPPLE AVENUE.
UM, IF YOU, KEVIN, IF YOU CAN SWITCH TO ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A, A GOOD CONCEPTUAL PLAN OR CONCEPT PLAN.
THE ONE WITH THE RED IS THAT ONE'S BETTER TO SEE YOU NOTICE THIS PLAN DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING THAT IS, UM, THAT IS NORTH OF THE ORIGINAL PARCEL THAT WAS TO BE CONSIDERED AND ALL OF THE STORM WATER WAS TO BE INCLUDED EITHER UNDER THE PARKING GARAGE OR IN THAT AREA THAT SORT OF SHOWS A TRUCK AND SOME, AND IT SHOWS TURNING MOVEMENTS OR IN THAT AREA THERE.
SO IT IS, IT IS A, A BIG CHANGE JUST IN TWO WEEKS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO RESOLVE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT, WHAT RESOLUTION AND WHAT CHANGES WILL NEED TO BE MADE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT I HAVE ONE MORE THING.
QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE, OKAY.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, MANY OF YOU HEARD FROM, HAVE HEARD FROM MASTEC OR FROM TILLMAN FIBER ABOUT ISSUES REGARDING PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THESE ISSUES.
UM, HOWEVER, I NEED TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT A SLOW REVIEW ISSUE AT THIS TIME.
POSSIBLY THAT WAS THE CASE BACK IN APRIL OR MAY.
WE MET WITH THEM AND WE ARE DOING MUCH MORE TIMELY REVIEWS.
MANY OF THE PERMIT ISSUES ARE THAT THE PERMITS ARE BEING SUBMITTED WITH INSIGNIFICANT INFORMATION, NO MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PLANS, AND THEY ARE CLOSING LANES OF TRAFFIC DETAILS FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT DON'T APPLY TO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY WORK.
SO WE HAVE LIKE SOME PALM BEACH COUNTY REFERENCES AND SO FORTH, AND EVEN WORK THAT IS NOT IN CITY JU CITY'S JURISDICTION.
ANOTHER STAFF, ANOTHER ISSUE WE'RE HAVING IS THERE APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST FOUR TILLMAN REPRESENTATIVES ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND NOT LETTING ONE ANOTHER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT MEANS ONE ANOTHER ON THE TILLMAN SIDE.
UM, IT ALSO SEEMS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH ME, WITH THE CITY ENGINEER AND WITH THE, SOME OF THE PERMITTING STAFF IN ENGINEERING.
SO MY OFFICE IS GOING TO SET UP A MEETING TO GET ALL OF CITY STAFF AND ALL THE TILLMAN STAFF IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER SO THAT THERE'S NOT DIFFERENT STORIES GOING ON OUT THERE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 18 ACTIVE PERMITS THAT ARE IN OUR SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT WERE SUBMITTED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK TO 10 DAYS.
EACH ONE HAS RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
SO WE ARE BEING TIMELY IN, IN EACH CASE, A RESUBMITTAL IS REQUIRED IN THAT RESPONSE, EXCEPT FOR TWO OF THEM.
AND TWO OF THOSE WE DO NOT WANT A RESPONSE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN COUNTING RIGHT OF AWAY AND WE CAN'T ISSUE THE PERMIT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO HAVING TROUBLES IN REGARD TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE HERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THE ISSUES HE WAS HAVING WAS WITH TILLMAN TILLMAN FIBER BEING INSTALLED.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THOSE ISSUES BOTH ON BOTH OUR UTILITY SIDE AND OUR ENGINEERING SIDE.
UM, BUT IN SOME CASES, UM, TILLMAN IS CLAIMING NOT RESPONSIBLE, THAT THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE FIVE OF THEIR OWN SUBS IN THE AREA.
FIVE DIFFERENT CREWS, FIVE DIFFERENT SUBCONTRACTORS WORKING IN THE AREA.
SO, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO CALL THEM OUT, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE CALLING US OUT AND THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THIS STORY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA HAVE A JOINT MEETING AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
VICE MAYOR, MA'AM? UM, MS. SLIM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU MAKING THIS MEETING WITH EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER.
I'M LIKE, LET'S ALL TALK, LET'S ALL HASH IT OUT AND LET'S ALL FIND A MEDIUM DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO FILE FOR PERMITS.
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UM, NOT THAT TO THE FAULT OF THE CITY, BUT JUST THEY, THEY'RE NOT UNSURE OF THE PROCESS.SO I THINK THIS MEETING WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY AND TO GET ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE ON THE SAME PAGE AS OUR PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JENNY? SEEING NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SIGNUP SHEETS? YES, WE DO.
GOT 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13.
MAGGIE KE OR MARGARET KE GOOD, GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY, ALMOST THREE YEAR RESIDENT OF BREVARD COUNTY.
UM, THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK AT A CITY HALL MEETING PERTAINING TO THE RENAMING OF A STREET AFTER CHARLIE KIRK.
UH, AT THIS MEETING, UH, SOME DEATH THREATS WERE MADE BY A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER TOWARDS DAVID NEWMAN.
UM, THAT I DID NOT WITNESS THEM PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE DID AND THAT THEY DID IN FACT HAPPEN.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, I WAS PRESENT THAT EVENING.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, THE FACT THAT MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO HAVE SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS TOWARDS, UH, THE CITY HALL, THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT DID THIS, THAT SAID THESE THINGS.
UM, AND NOT MUCH HAS REALLY HAPPENED.
IT'S ALL BEEN PRETTY MUCH JUST SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
UM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A DOUBLE STANDARD IN THIS COUNTRY EVEN NOW, POST VIBE, SHIP, POST-ELECTION, ALL THAT, UH, FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THREATS.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THAT IT SEEMS TO BE TOLERATED WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN POLITICAL PARTY OR POLITICAL BENT THAT BEING LEFT AND TYPICALLY DEMOCRATS.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T EXCUSE IT REGARDLESS OF WHO IT'S COMING FROM.
UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE ALL SAW THE J JONES TEXT MESSAGES AND THAT WHOLE THING WENT NOWHERE.
UM, WHERE I'D LIKE TO GO WITH THIS IS THAT TOLERATING THESE THREATS AND TOLERATING THIS AND SWEEPING IT UNDER THE RUG, IT DOES CREATE A CHILLING EFFECT ON FREE SPEECH.
AND I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT NO THREATS ARE NOT PROTECTED SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I WILL SAY THAT, UM, UH, IT CREATES A CHILLING EFFECT WHERE PEOPLE, AGAIN, WHO MAY HAVE MORE HETERODOX POINTS OF VIEW, FEEL AFRAID TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE AFRAID THAT, UH, THEIR LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD WILL BE THREATENED AND, UH, THEY DON'T SPEAK UP AND IT REALLY PREVENTS US FROM GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I EXPECT SOME EQUALITY OF CONSEQUENCES.
I KNOW THAT SOME OTHER PROPOSITIONS WILL BE COMING UP FOR WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT THAT IS WHAT I HAD TO SAY ON THE MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
NEXT UP, UH, CHILE GERMOND, I, I, AND THEN NEXT IS AUSTIN OMA CLOSE.
MY NAME IS SHAYLEE GARMAN, AND I'VE NEVER EXPECTED, THE FIRST TIME I'D BE STANDING AT THIS PODIUM WOULD BE TO ADDRESS POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
UH, ALL OF US HERE HAVE WATCHED A RISE IN THREATS, ATTACKS AND INTIMIDATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE BEING SHOT, EVENTS BEING TARGETED, AND LIVES BEING TAKEN SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEFS.
SO WHEN FORMER COUNCILWOMAN YVONNE MINUS TOLD VICE MAYOR DAVID NEWMAN, THREE SEPARATE TIMES, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE SHOULD TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.
THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE STANDARD WE SET FOR THE CITY.
WHEN A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL THREATENS THE LIFE OF ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT DOESN'T JUST CREATE FEAR, IT NORMALIZES SOMETHING DANGEROUS.
IT TELLS OUR KIDS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND EVERY FUTURE PUBLIC SERVANT THAT VIOLENCE IS ACCEPTABLE AS LONG AS IT'S SET IN ANGER, WORDS DO CARRY WEIGHT.
AND WHERE I COME FROM, PEOPLE MEAN WHAT THEY SAY.
I REFUSE TO LET THIS BECOME JUST ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT GETS BRUSHED ASIDE BECAUSE IF WE FAIL TO ACT, WE TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION THAT THREATS ARE NORMAL AND THEY'RE NOT.
SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE REAL ACTION, NOT JUST FOR DAVID NEWMAN, BUT UH, NOT JUST FOR THIS ONE SITUATION, BUT FOR THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON WHO WILL EVER SERVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M CALLING FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, REAL CONSEQUENCES WERE APPROPRIATE, AND A STANDING COMMITMENT TO TRAINING AND POLICIES THAT MAKE DEESCALATION THE NORM, NOT JUST AN OPTIONAL SUGGESTION.
WE ARE NOT HERE ASKING FOR POLITICAL PURITY.
WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR BASIC HUMAN SAFETY.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO DRAW THE LINE AND SAY CLEARLY THAT VIOLENCE SPOKEN OR ACTED HAS NO PLACE IN MELBOURNE'S LEADERSHIP.
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ISLAND AUDIT.MEMBERS OF THE MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS AUSTIN OMO, A THIRD GENERATION RESIDENT OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA AND I, WHERE I PROUDLY CALLED HOME FOR 32 YEARS.
UH, WITH AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MUST IMMEDIATELY REMOVE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN YVONNE MIDAS FROM ANY AND ALL POSITIONS ON COMMITTEES OR BOARDS.
HER BEHAVIOR ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025 DEMANDS NOTHING LESS.
DURING THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN CITY HALL LAW, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS CALLED TO ADDRESS THE SHOCKING ALTERCATION WHERE MINUS TURNED, BELLIGERENT, DEROGATORY, AND OUTRIGHT THREATENING TOWARDS THE VICE MAYOR.
THIS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 8 4 4 6 5.
LET ME SHARE THE DETAILS STRAIGHT FROM THE POLICE REPORT.
YVONNE MIDAS WALKED OVER TO HIM AND STATED, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU.
NEWMAN QUESTIONED MIDAS TO WHICH AGAIN, SHE STATED, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE OF HER VOLATILITY.
NEWMAN WAS FEARFUL AFTER THE INCIDENT AND SOUGHT SUPPORT FROM OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TOLD HIM TO HAVE IT DOCUMENTED.
I NOW IMPLORE THESE SAME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REMOVE MIDAS BASED ON HER VIOLENT ACTIONS.
SUCH ACTIONS ARE NOT JUST UNBECOMING, THEY'RE DISGRACE TO HER POSITIONS AND ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL OF THE TRUST WE PLACE IN OUR CITY REPRESENTATIVES.
WE CANNOT ALLOW SOMEBODY WHO HURLS DEATH THREATS TO CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.
SHE SETS A DAN A DANGEROUS EXAMPLE, ERODING THE VERY STANDARDS OF CIVILITY AND SAFETY THAT MELBOURNE DESERVES.
PUBLIC FIGURES CANNOT WIELD WEAPONS THREATS LIKE, UH, LIKE WEAPONS AND EXPECT TO REMAIN POWER.
I IMPLORE YOU, OUR CITY COUNCIL TO ACT NOW TO PROTECT OUR CITY'S INTEGRITY AND YOUR OWN.
REMOVE Y YVAN MIDAS TODAY FROM ANY AND ALL COMMITTEES AND BOARDS, AND REAFFIRM THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE ACCOUNTABILITY.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME LONG ISLAND AUDIT, FOLLOWED BY CODY JOHNSON.
GOOD EVENING, SEAN PAUL REYES.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN.
UM, MINUS COUNCILMAN LARUSSO WHO TOLD ME TO GO BACK TO LONG ISLAND, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS A PRETTY IGNORANT STATEMENT.
YOU SAID, UH, COUNCILMAN AS THERE ARE A LOT OF LONG ISLAND RESIDENTS, FORMER LONG ISLAND RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, UH, INCLUDING FAMILY OF MINE.
UM, I COULD SEE THAT THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE TODAY.
THIS IS THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M MAINLY TALKING TO RESIDENTS HERE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE DON'T, THEY DON'T LISTEN.
THEY, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT LISTENING.
THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT ME AND WAITING FOR ME TO STOP AND WAITING FOR MY THREE MINUTES TO GO.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY MANAGER, AN ATTORNEY, LAST TIME I WASN'T HERE, AN ATTORNEY CAME UP HERE AND TOLD YOU AND GAVE YOU EVIDENCE THAT I UNCOVERED THROUGH INFRA THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR VOTED ON A RESOLUTION GIVING $500,000 OF THE ARPA MONEY, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, MONEY TO HABITAT SPACE COAST.
THE MAYOR WHO OWNS A ROOFING COMPANY, HE VOTED FOR IT, AND THEN HE SIGNED THE RESOLUTION GIVING THAT MONEY TO SPACE COAST HUMANITY.
THE MAYOR WAS PAID ALMOST $10,000 FROM THAT FEDERAL MONEY.
HOW IS THAT NOT CORRUPTION? HOW ARE NOT ANY OF YOU? YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, HOW ARE ANY OF YOU JUST SITTING THERE NOT, NOT SPEAKING UP ABOUT THIS? AND THEN AFTER I DO IT CONVENIENTLY, THE MAYOR'S IN NEW ORLEANS, THE MAYOR'S SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SOME SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, AIRPORT MEETING SOME FAR, HE HASN'T BEEN IN TOWN FOR THE LAST TWO MEETINGS TO ADDRESS THE CONSTITUENTS REGARDING WHAT I'VE UNCOVERED.
YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE, YOU HAVE THE CHECKS WRITTEN OUT TO ALFRED ROOFING AND SPACE COAST.
HUMANITY HAS GIVEN THE MAYOR OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SEPARATELY BESIDES THE FEDERAL MONEY.
DO YOU WANT A MAYOR WHO IS GOING TO VOTE ON RESOLUTIONS, GIVING MONEY TO COMPANIES AND WHETHER THEY'RE NOT-FOR-PROFIT, WHATEVER, AND THEN RECEIVING MONEY AS A KICKBACK.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, A KICKBACK, IS THAT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE SUPPORTING HERE BY, BY REMAINING SILENT THE MELBOURNE PD NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
IT'S BLATANT CORRUPTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
LARRY JARS A DEVELOP, I'M SURE THAT'S THE DEVELOPER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PARKING GARAGE, RIGHT? CITY MANAGER, BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MAYOR, HE'S DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, HOW DOES HE GET ALL THESE CONTRACTS? IS IT VOTED RIGHT? YOU'RE VICE MAYOR.
I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURES OF YOU WITH LARRY JOHNS TOO.
WHAT ARE YOU ALL JUST GETTING KICKBACKS? THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THE MAYOR GOES ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE AND PROMOTES HIS BUSINESSES, GETS HIM CITY
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CONTRACTS, HIS LARRY JOHNS' WIFE, BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MAYOR IN COTS WITH SPACE COAST HUMANITY.I WILL HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE F-F-D-L-E SOON, BUT YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO REP, NOT THE MAYOR.
THIS IS, HE IS LAME DUCK MAYOR.
ANYWAY, HE, HE IS STEALING FROM THE PEOPLE AND YOU GUYS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND STOP BEING SILENT.
CODY JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY STEVEN, UH, BERGMAN.
I'VE GOT A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA TURN DOWN THE TEMPERATURE.
MY MESSAGE IS NO LESS IMPORTANT.
I'M DISGUSTED BY THE CONDUCT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT ALLEGEDLY MADE VIOLENT THREATS TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL VICE MAYOR NEWMAN IN FRONT OF THE SEVERAL WITNESSES, AND BY THE INACTION OF OUR STATE ATTORNEY AND THIS COUNCIL, POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS NOT THE DIRECTION THAT OUR COUNTRY SHOULD GO IN.
AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IS NOT IMMUNE TO RECENT ESCALATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYBODY WITH AUTHORITY TO PUNISH SUCH BEHAVIOR AND EVERYBODY WITH A VOICE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT.
AND WHEN IT OCCURS, APATHY AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO SUCH BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO THREATS AGAINST OUR ELECTED, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AS CONCERNED CITIZEN, I DEMAND THAT SHE BE REMOVED FROM HER BOARD POSITIONS BY THIS COUNCIL.
I DO NOT FEEL REPRESENTED WHEN CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ALLEGEDLY MAKING VIOLENT THREATS OVER POLITICAL CONCERNS THAT I MYSELF HOLD.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY.
GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
STEVE FOLLOWED BY KAI HAROLDSON.
A YEAR AGO IN JULY, I SENT EACH MEMBER OF THIS COUNSEL A COPY OF A COMPLAINT THAT ADDRESSES MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF LAW BY FIVE MEMBERS OF THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I EXPLAINED THAT CHIEF DAVID GILLESPIE HAD DURING A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ILLEGALLY CHANGED MY COMPLAINT FROM VIOLATIONS OF LAW TO CONDUCT UNBECOMING, THEREBY REMOVING IT FROM INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT AND LEFT IT TO THE DISCRETION OF SUPERVISOR LIEUTENANT GRITZ, WHO FAILED TO FOLLOW POLICY REGARDING INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS AND SUPERVISOR INQUIRIES CLEARLY STATED HIS BIAS AGAINST ME REFUSED TO RECEIVE EVIDENCE AND REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE ANYTHING.
HE SIMPLY WROTE A DOCUMENT CONCERNING HIS OPINIONS, PASSED IT OFF AS AN INVESTIGATION TO CHIEF GILLESPIE, WHO CERTIFIED THAT A COMPLETE AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED TO INCLUDE REVIEWING ALL FACTS AND EVIDENCE, THUS LYING ON AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
CHIEF GILLESPIE REFUSED TO EXPLAIN THIS JUSTIFICATION OF LIEUTENANT GRIMM'S REPORT AND FALSELY ACCUSED ME OF STALKING HIS SECRETARY IN FRONT OF MAYOR ALFRE TO PREVENT FURTHER DEPARTMENT INTERACTION AND DESTROY THE EVIDENCE TO DISPROVE HIS LIE.
THEN CHIEF GILLESPIE TOLD INTERNAL AFFAIRS LIEUTENANT SHORE TO DROP INVESTIGATING THE MANY DISCREPANCIES IN VIOLATIONS OF POLICY AND GRIN WITH HIS REPORT.
CHIEF GILLESPIE TWICE INTERFERED WITH THE INVESTIGATION TO PROTECT HIS MINIONS AND STEER THE OUTCOME TO A PREDETERMINED RESULT OF UNFOUNDED.
THE CITY IS ALREADY IN TURMOIL NOW THAT IT HAS BECOME PUBLICLY KNOWN OF MAYOR PAUL RE'S CORRUPTION AND THAT CHIEF GILLESPIE ALLOWED DEPARTMENT USE TO AID THE MAYOR IN INTIMIDATION AND OTHER ACTS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT'S JURISDICTION AS WE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN INSECTS TO THEM.
BOTH CHIEF GILLESPIE AND MAYOR RE HAVE ESTABLISHED A CORRUPT ENVIRONMENT WHERE FABRICATING FALSE CHARGES FOR ARREST PERSONALLY, MANIPULATING INVESTIGATIONS, DENIAL AND DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE ILLEGALLY MODIFYING PUBLIC RECORDS ILLEGALLY DENYING DISCOVERY, COERCION, INTIMIDATION, THREATS, HUMILIATION, AND LYING TO THE PEOPLE IS ACCEPTED PRACTICE BY THE DEPARTMENT.
A SYSTEM IS CLEARLY ENACTED TO DISCOURAGE COMPLAINTS AND ABSOLVE ANY MEMBERS THAT HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES.
THUS REMOVING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENCOURAGING FUTURE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
THE POLICE SEEK TO PUNISH ANYONE WHO EXPRESSES THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT BY MAKING MULTIPLE FALSE CHARGES BY INTIMIDATING AND BY MAKING FALSE ARRESTS AS THEY DID TO ME.
THIS COUNCIL WAS NOTIFIED OF MY COMPLAINT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AND STOOD IDLY BY AS MAYOR ALFRED DECLARED PUBLICLY.
HE THREW MY COMPLAINT INTO THE TRASH, MAKING THIS COUNCIL CULPABLE AND MAYOR ALFRED'S CRIME OF VIOLATING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO REDRESS THE GRIEVANCES.
THIS EVIDENCE, THE EVIDENCE I HAVE PROVES BEYOND DOUBT THAT AN ACTUAL INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN DONE OF MY COMPLAINT BEEN PERFORMED, IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SUSTAINED DISPOSITION AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
IT'S MY CONCLUSION THAT CHIEF GILLESPIE'S INTERFERENCE AND INVESTIGATIONS REMOVE STATE OVERSIGHT AND SHIELDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND STATE SUSPICION OF DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
IN A MEETING WITH MAYOR ALFRED AND CHIEF GILLESPIE, MAYOR ALFRED DECLARED HE PROTECTS HIS OFFICERS, PRESUMABLY FROM THOSE SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT IS WHY HE THREW MY COMPLAINT IN THE TRASH.
CHIEF GILLESPIE AND MAYOR EY HAVE PREVENTED INVESTIGATIONS TO ASSURE THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY NOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY THEMSELVES AND THE DEPARTMENT.
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DO YOUR JOB.ALRIGHT, NEXT IS KAI HARRELSON FOLLOWED, FOLLOWED BY GARRETT JACOBIS.
HELLO, MY NAME'S KAI HARRELSON.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY HEART AND CONSCIENCE IS VERY HEAVY.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO CONFRONT A CRISIS OF CHARACTER AND A DIRECT THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR ELECTIVE OFFICIALS.
CIVIL DISCOURSE IS THE BEDROCK OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND IT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.
WE PROTECT CIVIL DISCOURSE BY YES, ALLOWING FREE SPEECH, BUT FREE SPEECH COMES WITH CONSEQUENCES WHEN YOU THREATEN SOMEONE'S LIFE.
FOLLOWING A VOTE TO HONOR CHARLIE KIRK, UH, WITH A ROAD NAME CHANGE, FORMER COUNCILWOMAN YVO MINUS APPROACHED VICE MAYOR DAVID NEWMAN AND THREATENED HIS LIFE THREE TIMES DECLARING I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
THIS IS NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE, THIS IS THE VIOLENCE HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY.
PLAYING RIGHT HERE, PLAYING OUT RIGHT HERE IN MELBOURNE.
WHAT'S THE RESPONSE? UH,
IT'S AN INJUSTICE AND WE MUST BE LOUD AND PROUD IN OUR DEMAND FOR FULL ACCOUNTABILITY.
THREATS OF VIOLENCE ARE A POISON THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW TO INFECT OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, MS MINUS WHO SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE, LET'S SEE, CITIZENS PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION BOARD, UM, OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
I ASK, UH, THAT YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REMOVE HER FROM ALL DUTIES AND AS WELL AS TO ASK YOURSELF, LOOK IN YOUR HEARTS AND ANSWER THIS.
HOW CAN WE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE ALLOW SOMEONE WHO HAS OPENLY THREATENED THE LIFE OF OUR COLLEAGUE TO SIT ON OUR BOARDS LIKE I, I DON'T KNOW,
SERVING THIS CITY IS A PRIVILEGE BUILT ON TRUST AND RESPECT.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN ABSTRACT FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS PERSONALLY ATTACKED AT THE SPACE COAST PRIDE EVENT, UM, FOR EVANGELIZING BY SOMEONE.
AND LUCKILY THE MELBOURNE, UH, POLICE DID TAKE CARE OF THAT AND ARRESTED THAT PERSON.
THEY'RE BEING CHARGED RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNFAMILIAR TO ME AND I REALLY DON'T WANNA HAVE TO GO TO DAVE NEWMAN'S FUNERAL.
SO I SAY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS PERSON NEEDS TO TAKE, SORRY.
WE NEED TO GIVE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THIS PERSON AND REMOVE HER FROM ALL POSITIONS.
THANK YOU FOR MY TIME FOLLOWED BY ETHAN P. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS GARRETT JACOBIS AND I HAVE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY FOR A LITTLE OVER A DECADE.
MELBOURNE IS MY HOME, AND LIKE SO MANY OF US, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE SAFETY, STABILITY, AND INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE, WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
THE ALLEGATIONS OF DEATH THREATS MADE AGAINST VICE MAYOR DAVE NEWMAN ARE NOT ONLY TROUBLING, THEY'RE COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, NO DECENT SOCIETY, AND CERTAINLY NOW CITY THAT CHERISH HIS VALUES CAN TOLERATE BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS.
THREATS OF VIOLENCE OR HOW FREEDOM SPEECH IS SILENCED.
THEY'LL DIRECT ATTACK ON THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON.
SOMETHING MY FAITH TEACHES ME MUST NEVER BE VIOLATED.
POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR EVEN THE THREAT OF IT HAS NO PLACE NOR CITY OR STATE OR OUR NATION.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING FOR REMOVAL OF YVONNE MINUS FROM ALL CITY AND COMMUNITY BOARDS.
AND WHEN SOMEONE ABUSES THE POSITION, ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT OPTIONAL.
MELBOURNE STANDS FOR FAITH, COMMUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NON INTIMIDATION OR HATE.
WE CAN BE A CITY THAT ARGUES DEBATES AND EVEN DISAGREES PASSIONATELY WHILE STILL RESPECTING THE GOD-GIVEN DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON.
ETHAN PKE, FOLLOWED BY DANIELLE LINDSAY, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
I'M A, UH, RECENT NEW RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE, UH, IN THE HIGHLINE APARTMENTS.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY WHAT A JOY IT'S BEEN TO BE ABLE TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
UM, I ENJOY GETTING TO GO PLACES FREELY AND TO SEE AND MEET NEW PEOPLE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO BE IN THE FULL OF HUMANITY AND TO BE THERE PEACEFULLY.
BUT TWO WEEKS OR UH, TWO MEETINGS AGO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WE, UH, HAD A SPIRITED DISCUSSION
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ABOUT THE RENAMING AND THEN IN THE RECESS THAT WAS CALLED, UM, I WAS IN THE CROWD GATHERED WITH MAYOR NEWMAN AND THE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN WHO HE HAD RUN AGAINST, WALKED UP AND SAID, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.HE WAS, UH, STARTLED, TRIED TO LAUGH IT OFF, AND SHE SAID IT AGAIN TWO MORE TIMES.
SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE LEGAL DECISION SAID, THE LEGAL INVESTIGATION SAID THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT CREDIBLE IF YOU, IF SHE, SHE HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT BACK, AND SHE DID.
SHE SAID IT AGAIN TWO MORE TIMES.
SO, UM, SHE WAS CLEAR IN HER INTENT.
AND, UH, IT'S PATENTLY UNACCEPTABLE, PATENTLY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FOR A POLITICIAN.
UM, AND AS OUR CIVIL SOCIETY IS BASED ON OPEN DISCOURSE AND CIVIL DISCOURSE, SO, UM, DESPITE THE THE EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH, UH, DEATH THREATS CANNOT BE TOLERATED.
THEY'RE THE MARK OF A DIVISIVE TOTALIZING AND UNACCEPTING IDEOLOGY.
THEY RECOGNIZE AS NO GOODNESS IN HUMANITY AND, UH, UM, QUESTIONS.
THE MORAL FITNESS OF THE PERSON STATING IT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY FAITHFULLY.
UM, IT WOULD BE AN EXCLUSIONARY IDEOLOGY IF EVER IMPLEMENTED IN REAL PRACTICE.
SO, UH, I AM, AS WITH MANY OTHERS, CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO REMOVE HER FROM ANY CIVIC APPOINTMENTS SHE HAS WITH THE CITY AND TO POTENTIALLY SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UM, FORECLOSE FOR TAKING NEW APPOINTMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
DANIELLE LINDSAY, FOLLOWED BY TYLER WHITE.
I'VE COME ALL THE WAY FROM ORLANDO, NOT ONLY IN SUPPORT OF MY FRIEND DAVID NEWMAN, BUT ALSO FOR MY FRIEND, LONGTIME FRIEND CHARLIE KIRK.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
A MONTH AGO I WATCHED A FRIEND I MET WHEN I WAS 14-YEAR-OLD.
14 YEARS OLD, DIE BLEED OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.
THAT PAIN DOES NOT LEAVE AND IS SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH OUR GREAT NATION.
IT BRANDS YOU WITH THE TRUTH THAT LIFE IS SHORT, SACRED, AND WORTH DEFENDING.
AND NOW JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, I'M HEARING THAT SOMEONE, A PUBLIC SERVANT, YVONNE MINAS, SOMEONE ENTRUSTED WITH AUTHORITY, HAS THREATENED ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE WITH DEATH NO LESS VICE MAYOR DAVID NEWMAN, A MAN WHO HAS SERVED HIS CITY WITH COURAGE, INTEGRITY, AND HEART.
AND WHY? BECAUSE HE STOOD BY CHARLIE KIRK, ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE, A MENTOR, AND A MAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR OVER A DECADE AND WORKED ALONGSIDE CLOSELY, A MAN WHO HAS BUILT HIS LIFE AROUND EMPOWER, EMPOWERING YOUNG AMERICANS TO THINK FREELY AND LOVE THEIR COUNTRY BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO BOW TO THE MOB BECAUSE HE DARED TO BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM OF THOUGHT STILL BELONGS IN AMERICA.
THIS IS NOT POLITICS, THIS IS PERSECUTION.
THIS IS INTIMIDATION AND IT CANNOT AND MUST NOT BE TOLERATED.
WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL USES THEIR POWER TO THREATEN, HARASS, AND ENDANGER ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL, THEY CROSSES SACRED LINE.
THEY BETRAY THE VERY OFFICE THAT THEY HAVE SWORE TO UPHOLD.
AND WHEN DEATH THREATS ENTER THE CONVERSATION, SILENCE BECOMES COMPLICITY.
YOU DON'T GET TO WEAR THE TITLE OF LEADER WHILE SPEWING HATE.
YOU DO NOT GET TO CLAIM PUBLIC SERVICE WHILE THREATENING THE PUBLIC.
YOU DO NOT GET TO STAY IN OFFICE WHEN YOU DISGRACE IT.
I AM NOT ASKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, FOR CONSEQUENCES, AND FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF THE OFFICIAL WHO MADE THESE THREATS.
YVONNE MINUS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WATCHING GOOD MEN AND WOMEN, PEOPLE I KNOW PEOPLE I LOVE BE TARGETED SIMPLY FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
WHILE TYRANNY WEARS A SMILE AND SITS BEHIND A NAMEPLATE, VICE MAYOR NEWMAN DESERVES BETTER.
AND THIS CITY DESERVES BETTER THAN A LEADER WHO USES FEAR AS A WEAPON.
WE MUST BE A PEOPLE WHO STAND WHEN IT IS HARD, WHO SPEAK WHEN IT IS DANGEROUS, AND WHO FIGHT FOR TRUTH WHEN IT IS UNPOPULAR.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, IF WE LET THIS MOMENT PASS, WE WILL WAKE UP ONE DAY WONDERING WHEN AMERICA STOPPED BEING THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
TYLER WHITE, FOLLOWED BY DR. RAY SHACKLEFORD.
I'M HERE TO TONIGHT TO ADDRESS A SEVERE AND DISTURBING MATTER THAT AFFECTS THE, UH, THE INTEGRITY AND SAFETY OF OUR ENTIRE CITY.
RECENTLY, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER YVONNE MINUS MADE DESPICABLE REMARKS TO VICE MAYOR NEWMAN, IN WHICH HE STATED ON THREE SEPARATE ATTEMPTS, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE AND CANNOT BE IGNORED.
EVERY PERSON WHO SERVES THIS CITY, CITY, WHETHER ELECTED OR VOLUNTEERING, HAS A DUTY TO ACT WITH RESPECT, INTEGRITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM.
THREATS OF VIOLENCE UNDERMINE THE, UH, THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE, UNDERMINE THE VERY PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SERVICE, AND DESTROY THE TRUST RESIDENTS PLACE AND THEIR LEADERS.
BECAUSE OF THESE DEPLORABLE REMARKS, I'M RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, EV YVONNE MINUS BE REMOVED FROM ANY AND ALL CITY COMMITTEES, BOARDS, OR ADVISORY ROLES THEY CURRENTLY SERVE ON.
NO ONE WHO MAKES VIOLENT THREATS SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A VOICE OR A VOTE
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IN CITY MATTERS.ALLOWING THAT TO CONTINUE WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE THAT SUCH BEHAVIOR HAS NO REAL CONSEQUENCES.
OR, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE VICE MAYOR.
NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO FACE THAT KIND OF THREAT SIMPLY FOR DOING THEIR JOB.
OUR COMMUNITY STANDS WITH YOU AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT NO ONE EVER FEELS UNSAFE WHILE SERVING THE CITY.
BY TAKING THE STEP, WE REAFFIRM OUR SHARED VALUES.
THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT SERVICE, NOT POWER, ABOUT RESPECT, NOT HOSTILITY, AND ABOUT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.
DR. RAY SHACKELFORD, FOLLOWED BY GISELLE SELLI, DR. RAY SHACKLEFORD.
FIRST I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING.
SOME PEOPLE CAN EMBRACE HATRED, RACISM, AND VIOLENCE FROM OTHER, SOME PEOPLE AND IGNORE IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
PLEASE, IF WE'LL TALK ABOUT BEING FAIR IN AMERICA, LET'S BE FAIR, LET'S BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT PICK AT ANYBODY.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DISAGREE AND BE DISAGREE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL AMERICANS, LET'S SHOW LOVE AND WE CALL OURSELF CHRISTIANS.
NOW, ANOTHER THING I LIKE TO POINT OUT, I CALLED UPON THE CITY COUNCIL TO EMBRACE AND HONOR A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND A FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF.
DICK CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHENEY WAS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
AND HE RESPECTED THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
WE MUST DO THE SAME THING AS AMERICAS AND STAND WITH PEOPLE WHO STAND WITH GOD NOW, WHO STAND WITH EVIL PEOPLE.
GISELLE ELLI, FOLLOWED BY BRADY FLANDERS.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF, UH, MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL.
I LIVE IN WARD COUNTY WITH MY FAMILY AND I'M HERE TO SHARE MY CONCERN ON POTENTIAL DANGER TO PUBLIC SAFETY BASED ON EVIDENCE-BASED SCIENCE AND MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AS A PHYSICIAN, I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MUST IMMEDIATELY REMOVE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN E ONE MINUS FROM ALL POSITIONS AND COMMITTEES AND BOARDS, AND REQUEST PSYCHIATRY CLEARANCE BASED ON MULTIPLE DEATH THREATS TO ADVISE MAYOR NEWMAN WITH POTENTIAL HOMICIDAL INTENT, WHICH WAS DOCUMENTED ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025 DURING MELBOURNE CITY, UM, COUNCIL MEETING AS CASE NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 0 0 8 4 4 6 5 BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, SORRY, BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENTS, MS MINUS A STATEMENT OF I AM GOING TO KILL YOU IN A PUBLIC SETTING.
IN A POSITION OF VICE M MAYOR CONDEMNING ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE CARE WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER WHO CELEBRATED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION IN PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND LITERALITY ASSESSMENT BY PSYCHIATRIST EXPERT WHILE SHE WAS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY BOARD.
IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING DEATH THREATS, A POLICE OFFICER OR A DOCTOR CAN INITIATE PROCEEDING FOR AN INVOLUNTARY EXAMINATION OR HOLD UNDER BAKER ACT.
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE THREAT MUST INCLUDE THE PERSON'S BEHAVIOR, PERSONALITY, THOUGHT PROCESS, AND THOUGHT CONTENTS, AS WELL AS LEGAL AND PSYCHIATRY HISTORIES.
IN THIS CASE, IT SEEMS LIKE HER SPECIFIC CREDIBLE WEARABLE DEATH THREATS, WHICH CAUSE WISE MAYOR TO HAVE WELL-FOUNDED FEAR OF IMMINENT DANGER WERE COMPATIBLE WITH HOMICIDAL INTENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, FLORIDA LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE THE STATE TO PROVE INTENT FOR A CRIMINAL CHARGE.
A VICTIM CAN SEEK RESTRAIN ORDER IN ADDITION TO ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES.
AS A WARD COUNTY RESIDENT, I WAS SHOCKED BY CITY COUNCIL'S MEMBER REACTION TO THIS MATTER.
I'M HERE TO ASK OUR CITY COUNCIL TO REMOVE MS MINE TODAY AND REFER HER TO MANDATORY PSYCHIATRY EVALUATION TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
SHE SHOULD NOT BE BACK ON ANY COMMITTEES OR BOARDS UNTIL SHE BRINGS PSYCHIATRY CLEARANCE.
I ALSO REQUEST COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FOLLOW FLORIDA STATE LAW AND FILE AN OFFICIAL REPORT TO STATE ATTORNEY AND ASK FOR IMMEDIATE PROSECUTION.
THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD CASE TO ANY REASONABLE
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HUMAN BEING.PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND CONSIDER PUBLIC SAFETY OVER POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
BRADY FLANDERS, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD JACK.
MY NAME'S BIG DOG BRADY FLANDERS.
ON UH, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025 DURING A HEATED MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, VICE MAYOR DAVID NEWMAN VOTED IN FAVOR OF RENAMING A ROAD AFTER THE LATE CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE CURVE.
I'M SURE WE ALL REMEMBER THAT NIGHT.
WELL, MR. LARUSSO, UH, MOMENTS AFTER THE VOTE AND DURING A BRIEF RECESS, FORMER CITY COUNCILWOMAN YVONNE MINAS APPROACHED HIM AND THREATENED HIS LIFE SEVERAL TIMES, CLEARLY STATING, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
I WAS ONE OF THREE EYEWITNESSES THAT NIGHT.
AND AFTER MELBOURNE'S THOROUGH MELBOURNE PDS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, THEY CONCLUDED THAT MS. MINAS VIOLATED FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 8 3 6 0.122 A AND RECOMMENDED PROSECUTION TO THE STATE.
NOW, OUR ABSOLUTE GEM OF HIS STATE ATTORNEY, MR. WILLIAM SCHEER, WHO, AND ALLOW ME TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR WHEN I SAY THIS, DOES NOT HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MS. MINAS.
UH, BECAUSE WHEN HE MADE THE DECISION TO SIT ON THIS DEATH THREAT CASE FOR LIKE A MONTH AND ONLY BEFORE A FEW FOLKS REACHED OUT AND THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, DO YOU WANNA DO YOUR JOB, MAN? AND HE WAS LIKE, NAH.
THAT WAS A DECISION MADE WITH THE EQUAL APPLICATION OF THE LAW IN MIND.
UH, MR. WILLIAM SCHEER IS INTEGRITY PERSONIFIED.
THERE'S NO FUNNY BUSINESS GOING ON WITH THIS CASE, AND I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY.
MORE TO THE POINT THOUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL GUYS CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE COLLEAGUES OR FRIENDS OR COWORKERS OR HOW THAT WORKS, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF Y'ALL HAVE ISSUED A DAMN SYLLABLE AS IT RELATES TO ANY OF THIS, LET ALONE A WORD.
AND, UM, IT APPEARS LIKE MR. SCHEER, YOU KIND OF TRIED TO BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND HOPE THIS GOES AWAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STEMS FROM AN UNWILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THE DEATH THREATS OR YOU JUST DON'T CARE.
BOTH SCENARIOS ARE PRETTY GRIM IN MY OPINION.
I WANNA INSTINCTIVELY CALL THAT KIND OF COWARDICE ANTI-AMERICAN.
I THINK I'LL SETTLE ON ANTI-HUMAN BEING BECAUSE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, IF ANY OF YOU DO, CONSIDER YOURSELF BE FRIENDS WITH MR. NEWMAN, WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE NEEDS ENEMIES.
UH, I DON'T VIEW THIS AND I'M NOT APPROACHING YOU AS A PARTISAN.
THIS IS A LEFT VERSUS A RIGHT THING.
UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THOUGH Y'ALL DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO DO SOME GOOD TONIGHT, AND I'M FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT YOU REMOVE MS. MINAS FROM ANY AND ALL COMMITTEES AND OR BOARDS THAT SHE'S SERVING ON, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
'CAUSE MY BELIEF IS THAT THOSE WHO OPENLY THREATEN THE LIVES OF DULY ELECTED PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD PROBABLY NOT GET TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THE SAME PUBLIC SERVANTS POST DEATH THREATS BEING ISSUED.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY HOT TAKE OF THE NIGHT.
UH, IN CLOSING, MR. LARUSSO, MS. KENNEDY, Y'ALL TURN OUT IN 2026.
I WISH YOU BOTH WELL, MR. SMITH, MS. HANLEY, 2028, I'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN I GET TO IT, BUT MS. BASSETT, I GOT TWO TRUTHS FOR YOU.
YOU READY? TRUTH NUMBER ONE, CITY OF MELBOURNE IS ROUGHLY A 60 40 REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
TRUTH NUMBER TWO, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT A YEAR LEFT ON YOUR LEASE.
NOW, I WOULDN'T DREAM OF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANYONE PRESENT.
THESE ARE MY COMMENTS, BUT I DO A EYEBALLS AND I'D BE, THE FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
BY THE WAY, MR. MEISER, IF I CAN JUST GET 10 MORE SECONDS AFTER THIS GOES OFF, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I'D BE WILLING TO ARGUE WITHOUT SPEAKING ON BEHALF THAT MANY OF THE FOLKS PRESENT TONIGHT ARE HUNGRY, WILLING, READY, AND ABLE TO GET TO WORK AND PREPARATION FOR 2026 AND BEYOND.
YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION AS YOU WILL.
UH, I'VE SAID MY PIECE THOUGH, BALLS IN Y'ALLS COURT.
I'M NOT BEING FACETIOUS WHEN I SAY THIS.
I GENUINELY HOPE YOU GUYS MAKE THE RIGHT CALL TONIGHT.
THIS IS A COMMON SENSE, NO-BRAINER OF AN ITEM IN MY OPINION.
RICHARD, JACK MILL, JACK CAMILLO.
JACK, UH, HOW'D YOU SAY IT, SIR? AMI OH, SORRY.
I'M WAY OFF
I KNOW PENMANSHIP'S NOT THAT GREAT.
UH, JUST WANTED, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UM, I CAN KIND OF AGREE WITH THE COMPASSIONATE THESE PEOPLE HAVE HERE TONIGHT FOR THEIR CAUSE.
OKAY? IF MRS MINUS DID IN FACT BREAK THE LAW, THEN SHE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF WE BREAK THE LAW OR, OR VIOLATE ONE OF THE, THE LOCAL, UH, CODES HERE.
HOWEVER, UM, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHY I'M UP HERE TO SPEAK.
IT'S JUST THAT, UH, I HAVE SOME DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT OUR MAYOR.
OKAY? AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 20 OVER 20 YEARS, UM, I'VE HEARD SOME SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
OKAY? VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
UM, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE CONCERNING TO ME.
OKAY? SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, HOW IS THE COUNCIL HANDLING THIS OR, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT HEARING NOTHING ABOUT IT, OKAY? THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S NOT BEEN AT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS IS, IS TROUBLING TO ME AS WELL.
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING'S BEING AVOIDED
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HERE.OKAY? UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT WHAT HE DID, THAT HE DID OR DIDN'T DO SOMETHING I'M SAYING I'VE SEEN SOME SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS, OKAY? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT'S BEING HANDLED THROUGH HIS COUNSEL.
IF THEY'RE FOUND TO BE TRUE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IF THEY'RE FOUND TO BE TRUE? YOU KNOW, IF IF THE MAYOR IS INNOCENT OF THIS, THEN HE SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE.
OKAY? BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IS THE, THE COUNCIL GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH THIS MATTER, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THIS TOO.
AGAIN, LET'S GET BACK TO THIS ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE.
IF THE MAYOR IS GUILTY OF THESE CHARGES, HE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 100%.
IF HE'S NOT, THEN HE SHOULD BE FREE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GO ON WITH HIS LIFE AND BE LEFT ALONE.
GOOD EVENING, DAVID OUTLAW, MELBOURNE RESIDENT.
UH, I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON YVONNE, YVONNE MONAS MINUS, EXCUSE ME.
UM, WE SAT HERE TWO MONTHS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND WE ALL BASICALLY SAID, NO ONE CONDONES POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK.
WE ALL DISAVOW POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THAT WAS GREAT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE EMPTY WORDS, AND WE COULD SEE THAT THEY'RE EMPTY WORDS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST POLITICAL VIOLENCE RIGHT NOW.
WHEN MS. MINUS COMES IN AND MAKES A THREAT AGAINST, UH, VICE MAYOR'S LIFE THAT IS IN LINE WITH VIOLENCE, A THREAT OF VIOLENCE IS VIOLENCE THAT IS RIGHT UNDER THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM, ACCORDING TO THE FBIA THREAT OF VIOLENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF POLITICAL INTIMIDATION.
THAT IS WHAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS.
OR EXCUSE ME, DOMESTIC TERRORISM IS ACCORDING TO THE FBI.
AND SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE, ALL OF THESE ARE JUST EMPTY WORDS AND NO ONE IS WILLING TO LOOK THE VICE MAYOR IN THE FACE AND SAY, I THINK YOU'RE LYING.
I THINK YOUR EYEWITNESSES ARE LYING.
AND UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, YOU BELIEVE HIM.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE HIM AND YOU DON'T TAKE ACTION AGAINST MS MINUS, THEN YOU ARE TO BLAME FOR THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAT HAS BEEN RISING IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO, PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TONIGHT AND HAVE REMOVED MS MINUS FROM THE BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT CARDS OR ANYTHING OUT THERE? OKAY.
AND SINCE THEY ALL CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, I, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I DID BRING IT UP.
YOU GUYS REMEMBER AT THAT MEETING, I COULDN'T EVEN, UH, KIND OF KEEP FOCUSED ON WHAT, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS CINDY OR SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT A PARK
SO, TO, TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE FACTS OF IT.
LIKE RIGHT IN THAT POSITION, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT PODIUM, I WAS STANDING UP THERE, UH, JUST TALKING TO FOLKS IN THE CROWD AND V COMES UP TO ME, SAYS, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING YOU SAY IS, WHAT DID YOU SAY,
AND I SAID, YVONNE, YOU CAN'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY, THIS GUY NAMED CHARLIE KIRK LOOKS JUST LIKE ME, JUST GOT SHOT, YOU KNOW, FOR POLITICAL BELIEFS LIKE MY BELIEFS.
YOU, YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SHE SAID, A THIRD TIME, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU.
I'M LIKE, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
HE SAYS, MAY FILE A POLICE REPORT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EVEN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO DRIVE DOWN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DO A REPORT.
I'M GONNA READ THE CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT TO YOU.
THIS WAS FROM OUR, OUR CITY DETECTIVE CONCLUSION.
THROUGH MY INVESTIGATION, AFTER SPEAKING WITH EYEWITNESSES AND THE VICTIM, I CONCLUDED THAT YVONNE MINE THREATENED A PUBLIC SERVANT WHILE ATTENDING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, A VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STA STATE STATUTE 8 3 6 0.122 A, AND I SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR PROSECUTION.
SO THIS WAS INVESTIGATED BY OUR PEOPLE.
IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
UH, I, WE DON'T HAVE A SET STANDARDS FOR OUR BOARDS YET, BUT I WILL THINK THAT WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THREATENING SOMEBODY'S LIFE IS INAPPROPRIATE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET COUNCIL CONSENSUS HERE TO REMOVE YVONNE FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, UH, AS WELL AS THE TPO.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
I, AND BY THE WAY, I KNOW YOU ALL, MOST OF EVERYONE OVER HERE SERVED WITH HER AND YOU, AND THEN YOU'VE WORKED WITH HER IN THE COMMUNITY AND I'VE WORKED WITH HER IN THE COMMUNITY.
I UNDER, IF THIS WAS ANY OTHER PERSON, I THINK IF THIS WAS SOME RANDOM PERSON THAT WAS A RANDOM BOARD MEMBER, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL EITHER ARE FRIENDS WITH HER OR KNOW HER OR HAVE WORKED WITH HER, BUT THERE IS, THERE SHOULD BE A STANDARD OF WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD GET CONSENSUS ON REMOVING HER.
AND HONESTLY, I WAS JUST THINKING, I JUST GO DOWN THE BOARD.
IF YOU KNOW MS. KENNEDY, IF YOU GIVE SOME THOUGHTS, WE'LL JUST GO DOWN WITH EVERYBODY.
IF, IF I CAN JUST POINT OUT, UM, WHATEVER ACTION IS TAKEN TONIGHT WON'T BE FINAL.
OUR CITY CODE MAKES FOR REFERENCE TO, UH, STATE LAW IN CHAPTER ONE 12 FOR REMOVAL OF APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A HEARING PROCESS.
AND SO IF ANY DISCUSSION OR ACTION TONIGHT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE DIRECTION, DIRECTION FOR US TO SCHEDULE THAT HEARING
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FOR, FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A FORMAL CONSIDERATION AND ACTION AT FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.WHAT DOES THAT HEARING PROCESS CONSIST OF? IT WOULD BE THE BOARD, IT WOULD BE COUNCIL MAKING A FINDING THAT, UM, UH, MS MINUS HAD AN ACT OF MISFEASANCE MALFEASANCE, NEGLECTIVE DUTY.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER CATEGORIES, UM, WITHIN, WITHIN THE STATUTE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THAT'S COUNSEL'S DIRECTION.
BUT IT, IT WOULD BASICALLY REQUIRE FACT FINDING AND, AND, UH, A FORMAL DETERMINATION THAT THERE WAS SOME MISCONDUCT AND, AND THAT, UM, THAT DECISION TO, TO REMOVE HER FROM, FROM HER APPOINTMENTS.
AND THEN SHE WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF TOO.
SHE, SHE'D HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I, I'VE HEARD OF, I HEARD IT, I HEARD A LOT OF, UH, POINTS TONIGHT THAT DEFINITELY WHAT WOULD SUPPORT THE HEARING AND, UH, UH, HAVE WE EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE? NO, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT IN MY TIMEFRAME.
DO YOU GUYS GOT DIRECTION? YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM US? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S THREATENED TO VICE MAYOR'S LIFE BEFORE THOUGH.
UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OR, UH, MR. CONLEY.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 50, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO LARGE GROUP FEEDINGS IN CITY PARKS, MAKING FINDINGS AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED PARKS AND RECREATION AMENDING SECTION 42 DASH 19 PARKS FOR LARGE GROUP FEEDINGS, DESIGNATION OF DAYS AND HOURS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND INTERPRETATION, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE.
ALRIGHT, AND PRESENTING ON THIS IS ADAM.
YEAH, I
THERE WAS ALSO A, UH, TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR THAT WAS CORRECTED, UH, IN ONE OF THE SECTIONS.
UM, THE INTENT OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE IS TO MAKE THE, OR MAKE THE, UM, NEW SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE.
HOWEVER, THE, THE, UM, THAT SECTION THREE ALSO TALKS ABOUT IF THERE ARE, UM, PERMIT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE PERMITS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED PRIOR TO TONIGHT FOR A LARGE GROUP FEEDING AFTER JANUARY ONE.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL, UM, THE, UH, PARKS DIRECTOR SAYING THAT THEY KIND OF DO THESE ON LIKE A 90 DAY ROLLING BASIS.
SO THERE MAY BE A FEW, UM, PERMITS THAT ARE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED POST JANUARY ONE.
THOSE WILL STILL OPERATE ON THE OLD RULES AND, AND, AND THE EXISTING PERMITS.
BUT ANY PERMIT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ISSUED, IF, IF THIS, IF THIS GETS ADOPTED, ANY, ANY PERMIT APPLICATIONS ISSUED, UH, AFTER, UH, TOMORROW FOR, UH, A LARGE GROUP FEEDING AFTER JANUARY ONE WILL BE BASED ON THESE NEW RULES.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT THAT CROSS-REFERENCE IN THE ORDINANCE WAS CORRECTED TO, UM, CLARIFY THAT.
UM, LASTLY YOU'LL SEE IN THE BLUE MEMO THERE WAS CORRESPONDENCE FROM, UM, UH, INTERESTED CITIZEN, UH, REQUESTING THAT COUNSEL, UM, POSTPONE, UM, THIS SECOND READING THIS EVENING, UM, THEORETICALLY TO, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UM, THIS WASN'T AN APP, THIS WASN'T AN APPLICATION BASED ORDINANCE.
UM, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE CAME FROM COUNCIL DIRECTION.
SO WE'LL TAKE COUNCIL DIRECTION ON WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO POSTPONE OR MOVE FORWARD WITH SECOND READING.
I SAY GO FORWARD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT CAME HERE TONIGHT, SPEAK.
SO, WELL, MADAM, YOU HAD SOMETHING.
WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
YOU, YOU'RE CERTAINLY, UH, ABLE TO, TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN MAKE A, MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER TO TAKE ACTION OR POSTPONE.
MS. KENNEDY, DID YOU WANNA POSTPONE PUBLIC COMMENT OR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? OKAY.
UH, RACHEL, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, ABSOLUTELY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE'LL GO WITH PUBLIC COMMENT DECISION THERE.
UM, FIRST I HAVE MS. MARGO PIERCE, I KNOW YOU SAID POSTPONE, NO NEED TO SPEAK.
IS THAT YOUR STILL STATEMENT RIGHT NOW? MY NAME'S MARGO PIERCE.
I LIVE AT 25 0 6 RIVERVIEW DRIVE, MELBOURNE.
UH, WE'RE ASKING, UH, FOR A 30 DAY DELAY.
UH, WE ORIGINALLY, UH, CONTACTED THE CITY ON MAY 28TH ADDRESSING THE LARGE GROUP FEEDING.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SEVEN MONTHS.
THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND BEEN WORKED ON.
WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH.
YOU'VE, YOU'VE HAD SEVEN TO WORK IT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE
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A LOOK AT THE WORKING PAPERS THAT, UH, AND THE, THE ISSUES THAT WERE, UH, UH, USED TO CHOOSE WHICH PARKS.I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE ROTATION.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE MORE PARKS THAT WE CAN USE TO ADD TO THIS LIST.
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE WORKING PAPER SO I UNDERSTAND WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE USING THE PARKS WHEN AND SEE WHETHER THERE'S ANY ROOM FOR LARGE GROUP FEEDINGS.
SO ALL I'M LOOKING IS TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGE GROUP FEEDINGS BY LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAS.
AND THAT'S WHY I NEED TO LOOK AT THE WORKING PAPERS.
SO I UNDERSTAND HOW A CITY MANAGER AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH THEIR SIX PARKS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR 30 DAYS, UH, HAS NO IMPACT ON THE BUDGET, NO IMPACT ON THE SCHEDULE, NO IMPACT ON JANUARY 1ST BEING THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO AS I'M ASKING 30 DAYS AND MS. PIERCE, JUST 'CAUSE I, I'M REMINDING I'M SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE RECORD, YOUR A ADDRESS 25 0 6 RIVERVIEW DRIVE.
NEXT UP IS WHITNEY, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS BANCROFT.
AND WHITNEY, JUST LIKE HER NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US TONIGHT.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT HARMLESS, THAT IT WILL HARM THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH.
AND IT IS A BLATANT ATTACK ON OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THERE ARE FOUR POINTS LISTED IN THE PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT THE CHANGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS EACH POINT SPECIFICALLY.
NUMBER ONE, THE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH.
WE CONSISTENTLY LEAVE THE PARK CLEANER THAN WE FOUND IT.
I PRESUME THAT RIVERVIEW PARK IS CONSISTENTLY CLEANER THAN IT USED TO BE BECAUSE WE RESET IT EVERY SUNDAY.
LAST SUNDAY, I CLEANED UP HANDFULS OF PLASTIC CONFETTI BEFORE WE BEGAN THE SHARE FROM SOMEBODY AT THE PARK BEFORE US.
SO IS THE SUGGESTION THAT WE OVERUSE THE TRASH CANS? BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT HAVING US RUN ALL OVER THE CITY IS A BETTER SOLUTION THAN JUST INSTALLING MORE TRASH CANS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE THOUSANDS, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CUMULATIVE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE CITY FROM OUR FAMILY'S POCKETS, JUST FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING FOOD WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITY CHARGES A PERMIT FEE IF NOT FOR MAINTENANCE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DOES A TRASH CAN COST.
THAT'S AWFULLY VAGUE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OUR TRACK RECORD OF, AS FAR AS I KNOW, ZERO INCIDENTS OF INJURY OR VIOLENCE RUN PRETTY COUNTER TO THAT POINT.
I'VE ATTENDED PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF HOURS AT THESE CHAIRS AND HAVE NEVER WITNESSED A SINGLE INCIDENT THAT I WOULD CALL A SAFETY INCIDENT.
ONCE, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AT THE WICKHAM PARK PLAYGROUND, I WITNESSED AN ELDERLY ELDERLY MAN FALL AND STRIKE HIS HEAD AND CALLED 9 1 1.
SO THAT'S THE SINGLE SAFETY INCIDENT I'VE EVER SEEN AT A PARK.
AND I DON'T SEE THE CITY DEMANDING THAT OLD MEN ROTATE PARKS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK IN ORDER TO SPREAD OUT THAT RISK.
ADDITIONALLY, WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE SAFER? THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO EAT WITH US, MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES.
MANY OF THEM ARE DRAGGING HUNGRY CHILDREN WITH THEM.
DO YOU THINK THAT TRAFFICKING THEM OUT TO DIFFERENT PARKS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IS GOING TO MAKE THEM SAFER? AESTHETICS WAS POINT NUMBER THREE.
AND I THINK IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE AESTHETICS OF OUR FOOD SHARES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY A BIG POTLUCK THAT MOSTLY POOR PEOPLE ATTEND, THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY STAY IN YOUR OWN HOUSE.
BECAUSE THE US CENSUS REPORTS THAT 37 MILLION AMERICANS LIVE IN POVERTY.
AND IF YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A POOR PERSON.
NUMBER FOUR, AVAILABILITY OF PARK USE FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT IS GROSSLY OFFENSIVE THAT YOU DON'T CONSIDER MY HUNGRY NEIGHBORS TO BE PART OF THE PUBLIC.
FURTHERMORE, MANY RESIDENTS NOT ATTENDING OUR SHARES USE THE PARKS AT THE SAME TIME AS US.
WE HAVE GRANDPARENTS BRINGING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN TO PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND, FAMILY REUNIONS, AND SO MANY BIRTHDAYS AT THE PAVILIONS NEAR US.
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SPEAKING OF BIRTHDAYS, IS A BIRTHDAY PARTY, NOT A LARGE GROUP FEEDING.I'VE ATTENDED LOTS OF BIG BIRTHDAY PARTIES AT OUR PUBLIC PARKS, ALL OF WHICH FED THE ATTENDEES AND NONE OF WHICH HAVE EVER FILED FOR A PERMIT TO FEED THE ATTENDEES.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOD NOT BOMBS, MEETINGS AND A BIRTHDAY PARTY IS THAT WE SPEAK ABOUT, SPEAK OUT ABOUT SOCIETAL INJUSTICE.
AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEND OUR SHARES ARE VISIBLY STRUGGLING.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE TO USE THE PARKS TOO.
AND IF YOU HATE POOR PEOPLE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE UNABLE TO SHARE A PARK WITH THEM, I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT YOUR OWN HATRED.
YOU HAVE TO HATE A PERSON IN ORDER TO SUPPORT A RULE THAT CAUSES THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE HUNGRY.
YOU HAVE TO HATE A PERSON IN ORDER TO BE COMPLETELY UNWILLING TO SHARE A PARK WITH THEM.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL'S FOR LISTED REASONS ARE A FARCE.
AND THAT THIS IS JUST TO IMPOSE A VERY CONVOLUTED AND DIFFICULT MAZE OF MISCELLANEOUS PARKS THAT WE HAVE TO TRAVEL TO IN ORDER TO SPREAD OUR MESSAGE, WHICH IS INHERENTLY POLITICAL.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE AND THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT ANYONE IS IN POVERTY OR CONSISTENTLY HUNGRY IS BECAUSE OF SOCIETAL GREED AND HATE.
SO IF YOU OPPOSE OUR SHARING FOOD AND OUR MESSAGE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, I ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU REALLY HATE? DO YOU HATE THAT? WE POINT OUT THE FAILURE OF A SOCIETY THAT LETS PEOPLE LIVE ON THE STREET AND THAT LETS PEOPLE BE HUNGRY.
AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT DISLIKE US FOR EXPOSING SOCIETAL GREED AND INDIFFERENCE, FIGHTING TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE OR DIFFICULT FOR US TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE IS NOT ONLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT DEEPLY UNETHICAL.
CHRIS BANCROFT, FOLLOWED BY SALLY.
I DIDN'T KNOW Y'ALL GOT SO MESSY HERE.
I WOULD'VE NAME FOR THE RECORD MY FRIEND.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, CHRIS BANCROFT, UH, WEST MELBOURNE.
I'M A LIFELONG BREVARD RESIDENT SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM EIGHT B AS AN OCCASIONAL PARTICIPANT IN OUR LOCAL FOOD NOT BOMBS CHAPTER.
UH, WE'VE HEARD THIS EVENING, UH, ABOUT HOW THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE ON SHAKY FOUNDATION DUE TO FLAWED OR OR MISSING EVIDENCE FOR THE SUPPOSED CONCERNS LISTED.
UM, WE WILL HEAR, UM, HOW, UH, IT'S, WE BELIEVE AN UNDUE BURDEN AGAINST THE EXPRESSIVE CONDUCT WE ENGAGE IN, UH, FOR WHICH WE ALREADY PAY A HEFTY AMOUNT IN TIME, PERSONAL EXPENSE, AND A NOT INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN FEES TO THE CITY FOR THE PERMISSION, WHICH, UH, WE ARE SEEMINGLY REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO TRY AND ENSURE OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET IN A WORLD WHERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NEITHER CAPABLE NOR INTERESTED IN MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
I'D LIKE TO TALK THOUGH A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE PLAN LAID OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE WILL HURT SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HOW IT MAY YOU HURT YOU PERSONALLY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING FOOD NOT BOMB SHARES ON AND OFF FOR JUST OVER FIVE YEARS NOW.
UH, I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, WITH A, A BROAD SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS TO LIFE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO, UH, STAY ALIVE IN.
UH, I'VE CRIED WITH FOLKS OVER PAST PAIN.
I'VE LAUGHED WITH THEM SHARING PRESENT JOY.
UH, I'VE BEEN ENRAGED BOTH AT AND ON BEHALF OF FOLKS FOR SITUATIONS THAT NO ONE DESERVES TO BE PLACED IN.
MOST OF ALL, I'VE SEEN THAT LIFE ON THE STREETS IS HARD.
SOMEONE TOLD ME ONCE THAT ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT BEING HOMELESS IS EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SITTING DOWNTOWN AROUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DURING, YOU KNOW, MEGA WEAN OR PRIDE OR WHATEVER, THE ISOLATION YOU EXPERIENCE WHEN FOLKS THINK YOU DON'T HAVE A HOME TO GO TO IS CRUSHING PEOPLE, AVERT THEIR GAZE, CROSS THE STREET, CLOSE THEIR WINDOWS AND LOCK THEIR DOORS.
YOU MAY BE A FIXTURE IN A COMMUNITY BY VIRTUE OF HAVING BEEN IN NEED OF A TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR LITERALLY DECADES.
BUT YOU CAN GO DAZE WITHOUT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING ADDRESSING YOU LIKE A PERSON.
FOOD NOT BOMBS IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR MANY REASONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ONE OF THE CHIEF ONES IN MY MIND IS WE TREAT EVERYONE THERE EQUALLY.
EVERYONE DESERVES HOT FOOD, CLEAN CLOTHES, RELIEF FROM THEIR TROUBLES, A KIND EAR, A FRIEND, EVERYONE MATTERS.
LAST YEAR WE GOT TRESPASSED FROM WELLS PARK FOR DOING OUR SHARES THERE, WHICH INCIDENTALLY MAKES ITS LISTING AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE TODAY.
EXTREMELY FUNNY, UH, TO ME ANYWAY.
UH, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULDN'T SEE THE VIOLENCE OF THE STATE USED TO MAKE THE LIVES OF OUR FRIENDS HARD OR EVEN MAKE THE LIVES OF OUR FRIENDS EVEN HARDER THAN IT ALREADY IS, DUE TO THE APATHY OF THE STATE.
WE PERFORMED MOBILE FOOD DELIVERIES.
UM, WHILE DOING THAT, I HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR FRIENDS THAT, UH, IN THAT THAT TIME PERIOD THAT WE HADN'T HAD A STATIONARY LOCATION TO SHARE FOOD AT, DRUG OVERDOSES HAD GONE WAY UP.
EVERYONE WAS VISIBLY JUST LESS HAPPY DAY TO DAY.
AND SHE SAID, BECAUSE Y'ALL'S EVENTS GAVE EVERYONE AN OUTLET, A PLACE TO FEEL LIKE PEOPLE AGAIN.
AND WITHOUT THAT, SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEMSELVES.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SWITCHING AROUND SHARE LOCATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT TECHNICALLY PROVIDES THE SAME NUMBER
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OF EVENTS, UH, WILL DO SIMILAR BECAUSE I'VE SEEN EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD TO SWITCH LOCATIONS IN THE PAST, WHICH SINCE I'VE STARTED WITH THE GROUP, IS, IS FIVE OR SIX TIMES SOMETHING LIKE THAT.UM, WE'LL DO SIMILAR BECAUSE, SORRY.
UH, EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY PROVIDE THE SAME NUMBER OF EVENTS, WE'LL DO SIMILAR BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD TO SWITCH LOCATIONS IN THE PAST, HOW IT TAKES MONTHS PLURAL FOR THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES TO RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS PRIOR.
MORE PEOPLE WILL GO HUNGRY, MORE PEOPLE WILL FEEL ISOLATED, MORE PEOPLE WILL STRUGGLE.
NOT ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE REGULAR INTERNET ACCESS.
NOT ALL OF THEM KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE SOCIAL MEDIA.
PEOPLE WILL BE LEFT OUT IF WE ARE FORCED TO START ROTATING OUR SHARE LOCATIONS.
AND THE, AND THE BLAME FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THE RESULTING NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES WILL FALL IN MY EYES, AT LEAST SQUARELY ON THIS COUNCIL FOR GOING OUT OF ITS WAY TO MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES HARDER BASED ON SELF-EVIDENT LIES ABOUT THE USE OF A SPACE.
THAT BRINGS ME TO THE WAY THIS WILL IMPACT YOU.
COUNSEL, IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES, I'LL MAKE IT MY TOP PRIORITY PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS INTIMATELY AWARE WITH HOW YOU VOTED ON THIS.
UH, I'M TALKING DIRECT MAILERS.
SOCIAL MEDIA ADS MAY BE EVEN A BILLBOARD OR TWO TARGETING LIKELY VOTERS ALL THROUGHOUT MELBOURNE, REMINDING THEM COME NEXT NOVEMBER WHERE THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS STAND WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND THE DOWNTRODDEN VERSUS THE NEEDS OF LESS THAN HALF OF A DOZEN MIDDLE-AGED HOMEOWNERS WHO CAN'T ABIDE BEING REMINDED THAT POOR PEOPLE STILL EXIST AND CAN'T COMPREHEND SHARING THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
I HAVE A WELL PAYING JOB AND A TENSE ANNOYANCE WITH AUTHORITY IN GENERAL.
AND MORE THAN ENOUGH SPITE IN MY HEART TO SPEND A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DAMAGE YOUR CHANCES OF HOLDING THAT SEAT NEXT YEAR.
SALLY, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME'S SALLY BOW AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST PROPOSED ORDINANCE 20 25 50.
MOST OF YOU AREN'T AWARE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION DIRECTLY INHIBITS OUR FREEDOMS OF SPEECH BECAUSE YOU'RE POLITICIANS, NOT LAWYERS.
ALTHOUGH YOU'VE CLEARLY BEEN WARNED NOT TO MENTION FOOD BY NOT BOMBS BY NAME AS THE TARGET OF THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION YOU HAVE ON THE RECORD CITED US BY NAME AND ALSO SAID ON THE RECORD THAT WE ARE THE ONLY GROUP IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE WHO APPLIES FOR THESE LARGE GROUP FEEDING PERMITS.
THE REASON YOU ARE HAVING TO DRAFT THE LANGUAGE IN THIS ORDINANCE VERY CAREFULLY IS TO AVOID GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU'RE INHIBITING OUR RIGHT TO EXERCISE OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
BUT WE SEE THROUGH YOU ATTEMPTING TO IMPOSE UNREASONABLE BARRIERS TO THE FULL EXPRESSION OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH WILL NOT HOLD UP IN COURT.
AND THE CASE OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE FOOD NOT BOMBS VERSUS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, A CASE IN WHICH THE FACTS BEING LITIGATED ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THOSE HERE IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE LOST AND IT COSTS THEM ABOUT $750,000 IN LEGAL FEES.
I SINCERELY DOUBT THAT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE HAS THAT KIND OF MONEY TO LOSE.
I DOUBT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD LOOK VERY FONDLY UPON YOU SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY ON A CASE THAT YOU WILL LOSE LITIGATION THAT WOULD PIT THE CITY AGAINST A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHOSE SOLE OFFENSE IS MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE GOES HUNGRY.
FORCING US TO ROTATE PARKS WILL INHIBIT OUR ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT OUR SHARES.
IT WILL KEEP US FROM BEING ABLE TO REACH THE PEOPLE WE SERVE EVERY WEEK.
AND IN DOING SO, IT WILL KEEP US FROM EXERCISING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED TONIGHT EACH OF THE SUPPOSED REASONS WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY AND KNOCKED EACH ONE DOWN ONE BY ONE.
AND IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH, WE HAVE POINTED OUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS WILL HURT YOU POLITICALLY.
BUT I WILL SAY, HOW MANY OF YOU, HOW MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS RIGHT NOW ARE STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY? IT'S A LOT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, LOVED ONES WHO ARE STRUGGLING MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT ARE STRUGGLING? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INTEREST IN OUR WORK IN DONATING TO FOOD NOT BOMBS AND VOLUNTEERING WITH FOOD, NOT BOMBS INTO SUPPORTING FOOD, NOT BOMBS FINANCIALLY HAS BLOWN UP OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS SINCE SNAP WAS CUT, SINCE THE GOVERNMENT WAS SHUT DOWN.
SINCE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER WORRIED IN THEIR LIVES WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS GONNA COME FROM HAVE SUDDENLY HAD TO DECIDE BETWEEN PAYING THE POWER BILL AND PAYING FOR DINNER.
THE HOLIDAYS ARE APPROACHING AND PEOPLE ARE REALIZING
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THEY MAY NOT HAVE MONEY TO GIVE THEIR KIDS A THANKSGIVING MEAL.YOU'RE WILLING TO LOOK IN THE FACES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE BECOME NEWLY AWARE OF JUST HOW EASY IT IS TO GO HUNGRY AND PUNISH ONE OF THE ONLY GROUPS IN THIS AREA THAT WILL FEED EVERYONE.
YOU SHOW UP, YOU WANT A PLATE, WE FEED YOU THE END.
YOU'RE GONNA TELL THEM THAT THEIR HUNGER DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE OF THE, A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE THE AESTHETICS OF PEOPLE HAVING A POTLUCK IN A PARK.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE LAWYERED UP AND WE WILL FIGHT THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND YOU WILL LOSE.
THIS IS NOT A FIGHT YOU WANNA TAKE ON.
RACHEL WILSON, FOLLOWED BY JACKSON WILSON.
UH, ADDRESS US WELL, WELL TOO, PLEASE.
I JUST RECENTLY STARTED COMING TO FOOD NOT BOMBS AS A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE IS A DISGUSTING HATE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
MY MENTAL HEALTH CAN'T HANDLE IT.
AND I HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO PUT SOME GOOD OUT IN THE WORLD.
AND IF THAT MEANT FEEDING SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO BE FED, WHETHER IT'S PART OF YOUR FAMILY, PART OF MY FAMILY, PART OF SOMEBODY'S FAMILY, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT MY KIDS TO BE RAISED TO BE.
OKAY? SO I JUST RECENTLY GOT IN WITH THEM.
IF I HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME, THEN I WANNA, I HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE ON MY HEART, BUT THIS I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT, TALKING TO MY SON.
YOU REMEMBER ALL THE TALKS WE'VE HAD ABOUT CHOOSING WHO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME WITH AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND NOT WHAT LOOKS RIGHT.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE GOOD, BUT THEIR ACTIONS TELL ANOTHER STORY.
AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA HELP REMIND EVERYONE HERE WHAT GOOD REALLY LOOKS LIKE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SCRIPTURE DOESN'T JUST SUGGEST, BUT IT COMMANDS US TO CARE FOR THE HUNGRY, FOR THE THIRSTY AND FOR THE POOR.
THESE ARE NOT VAGUE, DEBATABLE INSTRUCTIONS.
THEY'RE DIRECT AND THEY ARE CLEAR.
DEUTERONOMY 1511, FOR THE POOR WILL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND.
THEREFORE, I COMMAND YOU TO OPEN YOUR HANDS TO YOUR BROTHER, TO YOUR SISTER, TO THE NEEDY, AND TO THE POOR.
MATTHEW 25, 35 THROUGH 40 FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD.
I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK.
I WAS SICK AND YOU VISITED ME.
TRULY, I TELL YOU, WHATEVER YOU DID, FOR ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF MINE, YOU DID FOR ME.
SO I HAVE TO ASK, WHERE IS THE CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT GOD EXPECTS OF US? FEEDING THE HUNGRY ISN'T POLITICAL.
IT'S THE HEART OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PERSON OF FAITH.
IF WE CLAIM TO FOLLOW CHRIST, BUT WE USE HIS NAME TO JUSTIFY NEGLECT OR EXCLUSION, THEN WE'RE NOT LIVING IN HIS TEACHINGS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHO WE'RE CALLED TO BE.
YOU SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE UP HERE, BUDDY? YEAH.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS GO TO CHURCH.
THEY SIT IN CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT MY SON TO SEE.
AND WHAT A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST IS, IS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND DO WHAT GOD COMMANDS OF US.
I SAID, SO I ASK AGAIN, IF OUR CHURCHES AND OUR CITY CANNOT MAKE ROOM FOR COMPASSION, THEN WHO WILL? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I MADE NOTES ABOUT THAT KIND OF GOT ON MY HEART, IT WAS A SONG THAT CAME TO MIND RIGHT BEFORE I CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND IT'S AN OLD 2002 ONE HIT WONDER COUNTRY SONG.
AND THE NAME OF THE SONG WAS CALLED WHAT IF SHE'S AN ANGEL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HEARD IT, BUT JUST A SMALL VERSE OF THAT.
HE SAYS, WHAT IF SHE'S AN ANGEL SENT HERE FROM HEAVEN AND SHE'S MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TAKE THE TIME TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER? BROTHER, ARE YOU GONNA PASS THAT TEST? YOU CAN'T MOVE THESE PEOPLE AROUND.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE YOUR RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE NOT ALL UNHOUSED IF THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF HOUSED AS WELL.
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STRUGGLING.I JUST RECENTLY PROUDLY GAVE AWAY A TENT TO AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN THAT I BOUGHT IN 2020 WHEN THE COVID SHUTDOWN HAPPENED THAT I BOUGHT TO KEEP MYSELF AND MY THREE CHILDREN IN WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'M A HAIRDRESSER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CLOSE AND PERSONAL TO PEOPLE.
WE COULD NOT GET CLOSE AND PERSONAL.
I HAD PLANNED A BACKUP PLAN TO STAY IN WICKHAM PARK TO RENT IT AS LONG AS I COULD UNTIL I COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOUSE MY CHILDREN AGAIN.
I BEGGED THE STATE TO HELP WITH FOOD ASSISTANCE THAT I COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THROUGH THE PAPERWORK.
AND I'M A RIGHT-MINDED PERSON.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE REASON THEY CAN'T FIND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COMPASSION IS.
THERE'S, MY SON HAD A REALLY RUDE AWAKENING.
WE'D HEARD ABOUT A FAMILY WHO'S BEEN TO THE SHE EVERY, EVERY SUNDAY FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND WHEN WE SHOWED UP, HE SAID, MOM, I GO TO SCHOOL WITH HIM.
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY FROM PALM BAY ALL THE WAY OVER TO RIVERVIEW PARK JUST TO EAT A DINNER ON A SUNDAY.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER? JACKSON? YEAH.
DOES HE WANT TO DO, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OR, HERE I CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN IF YOU WANT TO STAND RIGHT OVER HERE BUDDY.
YOU'RE JACKSON WILSON FROM PALM BAY.
UM, I'M JACKSON WILSON FROM PALM BAY.
AND YOU KNOW, THE PARK AND STUFF, YOU KNOW THOSE POOR FAMILIES OUT THERE? I PLAY WITH THOSE KIDS.
I GIVE THEM A LOT THAT I CAN, I PLAY WITH THEM AT THE PARK.
AND I WAS, I WAS JUST WONDERING DO Y'ALL RESPECT THEM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK Y'ALL DO BECAUSE, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF POOR FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT NEED STUFF.
LIKE SHE SAID, WE JUST GAVE A 10 PERSON TENT TO SOMEONE TO HELP THAT WE WERE GONNA PROP MAYBE USE TO HELP US.
WE JUST GAVE IT TO ANOTHER POOR FAMILY THAT DEED IT.
YOU NEED A COUPLE QUESTIONS? YEAH.
DO YOU FEEL, DO YOU FEEL SAFE WHEN YOU'RE THERE? YES, I FEEL VERY SAFE.
UM, I'M FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THEY'RE, THE PARK IS PERFECTLY CLEAN WHENEVER THE PARK ENDS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL THINK WE SHOULD MOVE BECAUSE WE CLEAN THAT PARK WHENEVER IT'S DIRTY, WHENEVER WE GET THERE.
IF IT'S DIRTY, WE CLEAN IT WHENEVER AT THE END WE CLEAN IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, DO YOU THINK EVERYBODY DOES? DOES EVERYBODY THAT SHOWS UP TO EAT DO, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY HELP PITCH IN TO HELP SET UP? YES, THEY DO.
A LOT OF 'EM CARRY OUT THE STUFF THAT WE NEED.
THAT WE HELP THEM AND SET IT UP AND THEY HELP US.
WE HELP THEM, THEY HELP US A LITTLE BIT AND WE HELP THEM FOR ALL WE CAN DO.
THAT WAS VERY STRONG, BOLD, AND BRAVE YOU TO SPEAK.
SO THAT WAS OUR, DO I HAVE TO OPEN ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ADAM, OR DOES THAT COUNT AS THAT? I, I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOU.
SO I'M GONNA CLOSE, SO I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GONNA BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL.
DO WE WANT TO POSTPONE, UM, THIS OR DO WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD? I THINK I SAW MS. HANLEY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
WAS THAT, UH, MS. KENNEDY? I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD.
SO DO YOU HAVE HER SPEAKERS? UH, I DIDN'T DO WE HAVE OTHER, WE'VE GOT MARGO PIERCE, WHITNEY, CHRIS BANCROFT, SALLY, RACHEL WILSON.
THESE ARE THE ONLY SHEETS THAT I'VE RECEIVED.
WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD RATHER THAN TO GIVE THE REQUEST TO JOAN.
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TO, TO RIGHT.I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE I I'M JUST GONNA, JOAN OR WHATEVER HER NAME IS.
BUT, UM, I'M GONNA REFER BACK THOUGH TO ADAM THOUGH.
IF, IF YOU GOT A PARTICULAR CASE, IF YOU GOT OTHER SPEAKERS RIGHT.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO, TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN WE REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
HOW MANY MORE? SO I'VE GOT, THERE'S TWO MORE.
I'VE GOT MICHAEL, I'M MISSING.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE 'CAUSE I CAN BRING MICHAEL UP TO SPEAK WHILE SHE'S GETTING HERSELF TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, TWO, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I'M GONNA I'M GONNA CALL MICHAEL UP WHILE SHE GETS THAT.
MICHAEL'S GONNA HAVE FIVE MINUTES, SO, ALRIGHT.
MICHAEL JERVIS, CAN YOU GIVE, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? I'M GONNA REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MY NAME.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN IN A, UH, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS.
IF SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
YEAH, IF YOU MOVE IT, YOU CAN MOVE IT TOO, LIKE, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN WEST WEST MELBOURNE FOR 15 YEARS.
I WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH BRING THIS UP TO ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND I WENT OUT TO THE PARK JUST THIS LAST SUNDAY AND OBSERVED, I THOUGHT THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT LIKE MY OBSERVATIONS AS A PROFESSIONAL.
THE PEOPLE THERE, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BEING FED AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THE FEEDING WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL.
THEY GAVE OUT AND RECEIVED FOOD WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
THEY RETIRED TO THEIR OWN SPACES AND ATE AND THEY CLEANED UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NO HINT OF ANY VIOLENCE.
AND THE PARK WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION HMM.
SO I WONDER AFTER HAVING LISTENED TO SOME OF THIS, WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH GIVING OUT, WITH GIVING OUT A PIECE OF LAND SMALLER THAN THIS ROOM ONCE A WEEK TO BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO FEED THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM.
I DON'T THINK IT RECORDED THAT.
AND THAT NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I KNOW THAT ONE DOES NOT PURSUE A CITY COUNCIL POSITION LIGHTLY.
YOU HAVE ALL MADE A COMMITMENT TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL TAKE THAT COMMITMENT VERY SERIOUSLY.
I ALSO LOVE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.
I SERVE MY COMMUNITY EVERY SUNDAY BY FEEDING OUR NEIGHBORS WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS.
THE DEPTHS OF OUR SERVICE SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED BY MODERN CONSTRUCTS SUCH AS JOB TITLES OR REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIOS.
OUR NEIGHBORS INCLUDE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, OUR IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORS, OUR DISABLED NEIGHBORS, AND EVEN OUR WEALTHY NEIGHBORS.
I, MYSELF HAVE BEEN UNHOUSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN.
UM, IN A MOMENT I WAS STANDING ON A SIDEWALK WEEPING WITH NOTHING BUT MY SCHOOL BACKPACK AND A STUFFED ANIMAL IN THE DEPTHS OF MY DESPAIR, GRIEVING THE LOSS OF UNREPLACEABLE ART AND MEMENTOS.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND ARMS TO CATCH ME.
I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP ON COUCHES UNTIL I COULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
IF I HAD FEWER FRIENDS OR IF I HAD DEVELOPED ONE BAD COPING MECHANISM TO ALIENATE THOSE FRIENDS, I WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE STREETS TOO.
HOW MUCH IS YOUR DIGNITY WORTH? MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOD NOT BOMBS, IS THAT WE TREAT EVERYBODY EQUITABLY.
WHETHER SOMEONE IS IMPOVERISHED, UNHOUSED, DISABLED, OR JUST NEEDS A COMMUNITY MEAL, THEY GET TREATED WITH THE COMPASSION AND RESPECT THAT EVERYONE DESERVES.
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL.
THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.
THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
SHARING A COMMUNITY MEAL IS A SACRED PRACTICE, ONE WHICH STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY BONDS, IMPROVES INTERPERSONAL TRUST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SPREADS JOY.
IN PROPOSED ORDINANCE 20 25, 50, YOU HAVE STATED THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE USE OF CITY PARKS BY CITY RESIDENTS.
ARE WE NOT CITY RESIDENTS IF WE RESIDE IN THIS CITY? I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS WHO ATTEND OUR SHARED MEALS DO APPRECIATE THE SAFE, SANITARY AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ATMOSPHERE OF RIVERVIEW
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PARK.WE WOULD APPRECIATE SOME REAL BATHROOM FACILITIES, BUT WE MAKE DO.
I AM ALWAYS INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO SEE OUR FRIENDS WANDERING AROUND THE PARK, SEEKING OUT TRASH TO PICK UP AS PROUD MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE HATE SEEING ANY LITTER LEFT BEHIND BY OTHER PARK ATTENDEES.
WE RESPECT OUR SURROUNDINGS SO WE LEAVE THE PARK CLEANER THAN WE FIND IT.
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE THE CHILDREN PLAYING TOGETHER.
THE PLAYGROUND IS BEAUTIFUL AND KEEPS OUR YOUNG NEIGHBORS ENTERTAINED AFTER THEY FILL THEIR BELLIES.
I ENJOY EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY WHEN UNEXPECTED BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND PICNICS OCCUR IN NEARBY PAVILIONS.
THE CHILDREN ENJOY PLAYING WITH NEW FRIENDS AND OFTEN THE ADULTS ALSO MAKE NEW CONNECTIONS.
WE ALSO DON'T MIND PICKING UP THEIR TRASH
I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE CLAIM THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE EAT FOOD IN A PUBLIC PARK.
I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE CLAIMS THAT WE ARE TOO UGLY TO EXIST IN A PUBLIC PARK.
I THINK I'M PRETTY CUTE ACTUALLY.
I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE CLAIM THAT WE PREVENT ANYONE FROM ACCESSING THE PARK.
WE WELCOME ANY AND ALL HUNGRY NEIGHBORS.
WE EVEN WELCOME THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL TO ATTEND.
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF HUNGRY ON A SUNDAY EVENING, I HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF TERRIFYING MEMORIES.
I HAVE SURVIVED MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT I EXPECTED TO END MY LIFE.
FEEDING MY COMMUNITY IN A PARK HAS NEVER SCARED ME.
WATCHING PEOPLE EAT IN A PARK HAS NEVER SCARED ME.
I IMPLORE EACH OF YOU TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE NOT NAMELESS, FACELESS FRAGRANCE.
THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS WITH LIVES AND STORIES AND TRIBULATIONS AND HUNGRY BELLIES.
THE BURDEN OF GROUP FEEDINGS IS BORN BY OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE HAPPY TO SHOULDER THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
THE BURDEN OF UNNECESSARY CITY PERMITS IS BORN BY OUR OWN PERSONAL GROCERY BUDGETS.
WE CHOOSE TO STORE OUR EXCESS IN THE BELLY OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THIS MIRACULOUS MODERN WORLD, THERE IS NO REASON TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO GO HUNGRY.
IF THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING REASONABLE AND AMPLE ALTERNATIVE LAND SPACE, THEN I IMPLORE YOU TO INSTEAD DEDICATE NEW CITY LAND TO FREE HOUSING OR COMMUNITY GARDENS.
THINGS THAT EXPAND OUR GENEROSITY, NOT RESTRICT THEM.
THERE'S NO REASON TO ATTACK OUR ABILITY TO GATHER IN RIVERVIEW PARK.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? COULD I, COULD I ADD ANOTHER 15 SECONDS? NO, NO.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A ONE AND DONE THING.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL, SIR.
UH, JUST, UH, THERE BEEN SOME PRETTY GOOD COMMENTS.
I I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS JUST KIND OF FOR ALL OF US, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING AS WE, AS WE'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, ANY CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND FOOD? NOT BOMBS THAT I'M PRETTY SURE DIDN'T, DIDN'T MIMI GO OVER TO THEIR, BUT I KNOW, UH, I DUNNO IF YOU TALKED TO THEM THERE.
I DIDN'T TALK TO THE RESIDENTS.
OH, THEY DIDN'T? THEY WEREN'T THERE.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.
THEY, THEY JUST, BUT I JUST TALKED TO THE, I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE AND, UM, JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT WASN'T A ONE OFF.
AND, UM, THEY CLEAN UP LIKE, I DO WANT CARMEN TO COME WORK FOR MELBOURNE.
LIKE SHE GOT A LITTLE OCD ABOUT THE TRASH THING, SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET HER TO WORK FOR US.
UM, SO, BUT THEY, THEY ALL LINE UP AND THEY REALLY, THEY, I WAS LIKE, WELL, EVERYBODY'S WAITING AND THERE'S FOUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S THREE MINUTES BEFORE FOUR, THEY WILL NOT SERVE.
'CAUSE THEY'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THEIR, UM, THEIR PERMITS TO DO THIS.
SO THEY REALLY FOLLOW THE RULES.
AND SOMEBODY MIGHT BE RUNNING AROUND AND HAVING FUN, BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT A PARK IS? SURE.
NO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU TALK TO THEM, I WANNA MAKE SURE TO ANSWER HIS QUESTION.
SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S REALLY BEEN ANY CROSS COMMUNICATION THAT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY COME UP WITH A, A SOLUTION EVEN AS WE, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW.
ANOTHER QUESTION I'M JUST WONDERING OUT LOUD, UH, AS THIS OTHER PART HAS BEEN PROPOSED, IS THERE A PLAYGROUND AT THE NEW PARK THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED? WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL PARKS AND IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY A BROADER THING THERE, BUT THEN ALSO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE FOR THE, THE, THE BROADER CONTEXT OF IT.
UH, I, AND I, I DON'T, THERE'S ONE GROUP OF PETITIONERS THAT WANT THAT PARTICULAR PARK COMPLETELY OFF THE LIST.
AND THESE FOLKS WANT IT AS THE ONLY PARK, BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A, THERE'S AN IN BETWEEN.
IT'S EITHER YOU KEEP THE PARK, YOU DO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OR IT'S OUT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, AND THEY DON'T LIKE THE MIDDLE.
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NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S THE, THEY SPECIFICALLY JUST WANT RIVERVIEW PARK BECAUSE IT SERVES THEIR, SERVES, THEIR CONSTITUENTS SERVE FOR THEM.BUT I LEFT THE TO DOING SO, SO TRYING SAY IS, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THEY LIKE USING THE RIVERSIDE, THEY'RE NOT SAYING ABOUT ANY OTHER PARK DO THE WHOLE THING.
THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO JUST DO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR EVERY WEEKEND.
THEY WANT EVERY WEEKEND FOR THAT INSTEAD OF IT BEING, I MEAN, SAID, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE'S A, A RUNNING GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, I WOULD SAY.
I WANNA SAY THAT ALL AGE GROUPS, THEY COME, THEY LEAVE AROUND FOUR O'CLOCK, THEIR PARKING LOT LOOKS MORE FULL, I GUESS YOU WANNA SAY MM-HMM
BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE FROM 2 30, 3 O'CLOCK TO FOUR O'CLOCK, THEN THEY GO HOME TO MAY HAVE DINNER MM-HMM
SO THE PARK IS BEING USED, BUT THE, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UM, SOME ARE RUNNING DOWN RIVERSIDE, AND THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, STRETCH AND DO WHAT THEIR THINGS IN THE PARK.
THEY, SOME HAVE, UM, CHILDREN, YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT AREN'T, THEY'RE NOT READY TO BE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT READY TO GO OUT THERE.
SO THEY'RE NOT THERE, THERE NEED TO BE MORE IN THE PARK AND PLANE AND EQUIPMENT.
SO THE OTHER GROUPS, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR LINEUP, THEY'VE GOT THEIR TABLES OUT AND PEOPLE WAIT THERE VERY QUIET, ALMOST QUIETLY LIKE REVERENT, LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO CHURCH OR SOMETHING.
BUT I'M, I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO GET TO SPECIFIC POINTS.
SO SORRY ABOUT THAT VICE MAYOR.
BECAUSE THE, THE, THE FOUR POINTS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, BECAUSE WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M CLEARLY NOT HEARING IS THAT THEY ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCE.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY, ANY CLEAR VIOLATIONS.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE I HEAR ONE SIDE IS SAYING THIS AND I HEAR ANOTHER SIDE IS CERTAIN, BUT IF THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT LET ME, LET ME, I I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KINDA EXPANDING.
BUT I, WELL, LET ME ASK, LET ME THINK.
THERE WAS ANOTHER THING IN THERE ABOUT THE GARBAGE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER BUSINESS AROUND THERE THAT SAW THEM ON A SUNDAY AND SAID, WHY ARE YOU TAKING THE GARBAGE AWAY? USE OUR GARBAGE CAN.
SO THEY WERE ASKED TO USE, 'CAUSE THEY WERE, THEY SAW THEM BEING PICKED UP USING THE, PICKING UP THE GARBAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY HAD A DUMPSTER AND THEY SAID TO USE OUR DUMPSTER.
THAT WAS THAT WEEK, THE WEEK ONE OF THE WEEKS I WAS THERE.
I MEAN, SO NO, THERE NO, THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THE FOUR POINTS THEY MADE WITH THE AESTHETICS.
I MEAN, I MEAN, SO AGAIN, THIS PROCESS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LEARNING AND I THINK WE FIGURED SOME THINGS OUT AND IT MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE TIGHTENED UP.
BUT, UH, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE WE ARE AND, AND MAYBE AS A, AS A COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY NOT ABSOLUTELY COMFORTABLE WITH PICKING ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER WHEN POTENTIALLY THERE COULD JUST BE SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT MAYBE WE COULD FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW? UH, BECAUSE IF RIVERVIEW PARK IS WORKING, THERE ARE NO VIOLATIONS, THEN HOW DO WE PICK ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER? MAY I ANSWER? NO.
WE ALREADY HAD, I'M SORRY MAN, WE HAD THAT.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MS. HENRY? UM, I'M JUST SITTING HERE LISTENING AND LISTENING OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MONTHS, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN, UM, SAID GOING ON.
UM, AND THANK YOU MS. HANLEY FOR GOING ON A SUNDAY EVENING AND BEING OUR EYES AND, AND KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, MR. SMITH, IF THERE ARE NO VIOLATIONS RIGHT THEN, I MEAN, HOW DO WE SIT AND MOVE PEOPLE AROUND IF THERE'S NO VIOLATIONS? AND I WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ON MOVING AROUND, SO I'M GOING TO EAT CROW
BUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED MM-HMM
CORRECT? AM I CORRECT? WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, SO JENNY'S NODDING HER HEAD, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT YEP.
NO, THEY, THEY PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
THAT PARK IS IN NO DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN ANY OTHER NIGHT OF THE WEEK IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW THE, HOW IT HAS BEEN LEFT.
UH, I'M STILL DEEP IN THOUGHT I'D LIKE CARE OF THE REST OF MY COUNCIL.
NO, I WAS JUST, I MAKE SURE I DON'T CUT YOU OFF.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE VIEW OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
IS THERE ANYBODY I WAS MORE SO LEANING TOWARDS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A, A DRAWN OUT PROCESS ALREADY.
LIKE, UM, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE AREA AND THEY'RE ASKING TO POSTPONE THIS THING SO THAT THEY'RE BE A LITTLE MORE DELIBERATION ON IT.
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TOWARDS GIVING THE, I MEAN, IF, IF YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I'M JUST VOTING NOTE 'CAUSE OF THE, UH, TO DEFER TO POSTPONING.BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE COULD BE MORE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS THAN KIND OF A, A HAIR TRIGGER, UH, DECISION.
UH, PERSONALLY, AND ALL I CAN DO IS SPEAK FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS THAT HAVE BROUGHT US, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, UM, MORE CLARITY.
MORE FOCUSED ON, ON NOT JUST THIS, THIS ISSUE, BUT A LOT OF ISSUES.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT THOSE AS WE CONTINUE ON.
UM, AND I LOOK BACK OVER MY SHOULDER AND I, I, I TRY TO RECOGNIZE HOW I WAS RAISED, WHAT MY WORLD WAS ABOUT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, AND WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS POINT.
AND ADMITTEDLY, I'M, I'M A CATHOLIC, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK C CATHOLIC'S A CHRISTIAN, BUT YOU AND I KNOW BETTER.
HEY, SIR, YOU HAVE COUNT, WE COUNT
SO I'M GONNA GO WITH THE THREE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTILLED IN ME BY SUNDAY SCHOOL PARENTS.
GRANDPARENTS, FRIENDS, UM, FEED THE HUNGRY, CARE FOR THE SICK AND COMFORT THE DYING.
SO THAT'S MY POSITION, AND I'LL ARGUE ANYBODY AGAINST IT.
SO POSTPONEMENT IS OKAY WITH ME.
WHAT ARE WE POSTPONING THOUGH? WELL, WELL, THE, THE RESIDENTS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT THEMSELVES OVER THERE.
APPARENTLY SOME OF THEM COULDN'T MAKE IT OR WHATEVER.
THEY'RE, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
THESE ARE THE ONES WHO KICKED IT OFF TO BEGIN WITH.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS, UH, UH, YES.
MOST OF WHAT STAFF HAD WAS PRESENTED WHEN WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION ITEM AND WAS IN THE POWERPOINT.
AND THAT WAS PROVIDED TO JOANNE DANKO, THE, THE TODAY.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A HUGE, HUGE AMOUNT MOORE TO PRESENT.
THAT WAS OUR FINAL, THAT WAS OUR FINAL PRODUCT OF US GOING OVER THE DIFFERENT PARKS'S MORE TIME.
AND THE ONLY REASON I'M, BECAUSE MARGO'S ASKING, AND SHE'S OBVIOUSLY HERE AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T BRING IT BACK UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST GONNA HONOR IT.
UM, I WAS GONNA, UH, UH, OH, AND JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET TO YOU OF COURSE, UM, THE, AS FAR AS THE DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION, I A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, I, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN WITHHOLDING THE DOCUMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT NO, I JUST, JUST MORE SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MARGARET WANTED ANOTHER WEEK, BUT SIR, UH, JUST, UM, UH, I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE A THOROUGH JOB IN YOUR ENTIRE STAFF.
UM, UH, YOUR OFFICE, ADAM, YOUR OFFICE, JENNY, AND ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND I THINK WHERE IT COMES DOWN FOR ME AS A DECISION MAKER, IT COMES DOWN TO A PERSONAL, UH, VALUE KIND OF THING.
SO YOU CAN, SO WE CAN PRESENT MORE AND MORE AND MORE, OR LESS AND LESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'VE GOTTA, I'VE GOTTA MAKE THAT DECISION WHETHER IT'S UP OR DOWN.
SO I, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR MORE FACTS.
I'M, I'M PRETTY WELL, UH, SET ON MY DECISION, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UH, SO I, I'M A HUGE FAN OF, UH, FEEDING PEOPLE.
I LIKE TO HOLD MY OWN FOOD SHARE EVENTS.
I WAS TRYING TO HOLD ONE, UM, SOON, BUT, UH, THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, YOU KNOW, DID THE THING SO THAT, UM, IT HAS TO BE RESCHEDULED.
UM, BUT, UH, THIS HAS BEEN VERY EYEOPENING.
I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA HURT YOU GUYS TO MOVE.
I WAS THINKING, OH, LIKE WE'RE GONNA HIT ALL THE, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAD PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO BE FED.
I THOUGHT MOVING AROUND WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
BUT, UM, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE VERY PASSIONATELY SAYING THAT IT'S NOT.
AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT.
SO I THINK, SO I MOVE FOR POSTPONEMENT.
YOU, YOU, YOU MOVED POSTPONEMENT.
SO VICE MAYOR WITH THAT, UM, MR. LARUSSO, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR 30 DAYS, BUT DO WE REALLY NEED 30 DAYS? CAN WE JUST DO IT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? UH, JENNY, HOW DO YOU THINK THE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE AGENDA LOOKING LIKE? I, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TWO MORE COUNCIL MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
UH, NOVEMBER 25TH, AND THEN DECEMBER 9TH.
SO DECEMBER 9TH, NOT QUITE 30 DAYS, BUT IT'S SOME ADDITIONAL TIME.
UM, ALTERNATIVELY, IF, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO POSTPONE, THERE'S, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAKE A MOTION EITHER FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
UM, KIND OF TO JENNY'S POINT FROM OUR SEPTEMBER DISCUSSION ITEM ON THIS, YOU MAY RECALL STAFF WASN'T RECOMMENDING A, A, A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, THE, I THINK, I THINK THE EXISTING ORDINANCE IS LEGALLY
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DEFENSIBLE.I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
I THINK THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS ALSO LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE, BUT THAT RISK OF LITIGATION CERTAINLY EXISTS.
UM, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING A MOTION TO POSTPONE AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS A, A LEGALLY ADVERTISED ITEM, RECOMMEND DOING, UH, A MOTION TO POSTPONE STATING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR, FOR POSTPONEMENT.
OTHERWISE, UM, UH, ANY OTHER MOTION IS, IS AT YOUR PLEASURE.
AND, AND JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, AND I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE YOUR HAND UP ANYWAY, JENNY, 'CAUSE I'M COMING BACK TO YOU.
SO THE STAFF'S POSITION YOU WOULD SAY IS STILL, IT'S FINE AS IS AFTER GOING THROUGH.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS, GUYS DID ALL, YOU AND ADAM AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STAFF, NIKKI, KEN, THEM ALL DID A LOT.
SO THAT'S YOUR, WHERE YOU'RE, YOU WOULD STILL BE AT IF, UH, YES.
WE, WE WERE GOOD WITH THE ORDINANCE THE WAY IT WAS.
WE DID HEAR WHAT COUNSEL WANTED US TO DO.
LIKE ADAM SAID, WE WERE VERY CAREFUL ON HOW WE LOOKED AT IT AND MADE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING THE SAME AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE, WE COULD SUPPORT THAT TOO.
BUT OUR FIRST OPTION WAS TO, TO STAY WITH WHERE WE WERE AS FAR AS HOW THINGS ARE STACKING UP FOR THE 25TH AGENDA.
WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF FIRST READINGS OF, UM, P AND Z ITEMS, BUT THEY WILL BE SECOND READINGS AT THIS, THE DECEMBER MEETING.
SO, AND THEN, UM, I DO NEED TO GET WITH A COUPLE OF YOU OF DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT ON WHAT YOU WANTED ON FOR THE NOVEMBER 25TH.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A MORE ROBUST AGENDA THAN WHAT YOU RECEIVED FOR TONIGHT.
TODAY WAS A WAS IT WAS A SPECIAL, SPECIAL LIGHT ONE.
I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY, MY POSITION.
WHAT'S YOUR POSITION, SIR? AND I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF, UH, 2025 DASH 52ND.
UH, WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL, RIGHT? OR DO I HAVE TO, UH, DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT ON THE MOTION ITSELF FIRST? UH, OR DISCUSSION ON IT? OR DO WE WANNA JUST GO TO THE ROLL CALL.
DO WE DO A ROLL CALL ON THIS? YES.
WE HAVE TO TAKE SECOND READING COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT.
AND I, AND I AND I VOTE IS TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO DENY.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
DV LEE DITCH STABILIZATION AND PIPING.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, DON'T CRY MY BAD.
THIS ITEM IS FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD TO DON LUCHETTI CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DB LEE DITCH STABILIZATION AND PIPING PROJECT.
THERE IS A VERY WIDE DRAINAGE DISH DITCH THAT RUNS THROUGH THE DB LEE, UM, WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY PROPERTY.
AND OVER TIME THAT DITCH HAS ERODED, THE SIDES WALLS HAVE ERODED AND, UM, AS THAT HAPPENS, THEY'RE LOSING, UH, GROUND NEAR SOME OF THE ACTUAL TREATMENT UNITS.
AND WE HAVE A ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON THAT SITE RIGHT NOW TO, UM, PUT IN SOME NEW TREATMENT PROCESSES, WHICH WILL ALSO BE VERY CLOSE TO THE DITCH.
UM, THE SAME ENGINEER THAT HAD WORKED ON THE BIOS SOLIDS PROJECT, WHICH IS THE ACTIVE PROJECT GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT DB LEE AND GRANT STREET HAD DESIGNED, UM, THIS PIPING PROJECT JUST TO, UM, FILL IN A ONE SECTION OF THE DITCH WHERE IT'S GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE UNITS AND IT'S ALSO EXPOSING SOME PIPE WITHIN THE DITCH.
UM, SO WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE PLANS WERE COMPLETED AND WE GOT THE PERMIT FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, CHANGE ORDER WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S OUT THERE L SEVEN BECAUSE IT WOULD SAVE MONEY FOR MOBILIZATION AND, UM, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE ONLY ONE CONTRACTOR ON THE SITE WORKING AT A TIME.
HOWEVER, THE, UM, PRICE THAT WE GOT FROM THAT CONTRACTOR ORIGINAL PRICE WAS OVER $3 MILLION AND WE HAD OUR ESTIMATE, OUR, OUR CONSULTANT'S ESTIMATE WAS AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, UM, BEING THAT THE PRICE WAS SO MUCH HIGHER, WE, UM, SOLICITED QUOTES FROM THREE OTHER COMPANIES, WHICH WERE, UM, DON LUCHETTI CONSTRUCTION, CATH CART CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND QUALITY ENTERPRISES.
AND, UH, DON LUCHETTI HAD THE LOWEST PRICE AT $1,482,338.
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AND, UM, BACK ON OCTOBER 14TH, UH, WE PRESENTED, UM, TO COUNSEL APPROVED A WAIVER OF THE FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT AND, UM, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BITTER DON CHETTY CONSTRUCTION, UM, TO REQUESTING TO MOVE FORWARD.SO, UM, THE PROJECT CURRENTLY, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE DOING IT AS PART OF THE DB LEE, UM, BIOS, UH, THE BIOSOLIDS PROJECT, THE FUNDING, UM, WE DIDN'T ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THE TIME.
SO IT'S CURRENTLY NOT FUNDED IN A BUDGET TRANSFER OF 1,630,000 IS REQUESTED, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO THE REQUEST IS TO AUTHORIZE, AUTHORIZE REACTIVATION OF PROJECT NUMBER 3 3 5 2 2 AND TR DO THE BUDGET TRANSFER AND THEN A CONTRACT AWARD TO DON LUCHETTI CONSTRUCTION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? NO, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL VICE MAYOR, MA'AM.
OH, AUTHORIZATION OF IV REACTIVATION OF PROJECT NUMBER 3 3 5 2 2 AND THE BUDGET TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,630,000, $30,000 FOR THE PROJECT NUMBER 3 0 0 9 9.
OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
I GOT A SECOND, OR I GOT A MOTION, UH, BY MS. HANLEY.
ANOTHER MOTION VICE MAYOR MA'AM.
APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AWARDED TO DON CHETTY CONSTRUCTION, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA FOR THE DB LEE STABILIZATION AND PIPING PROJECT PROJECT NUMBER 3 3 5 2 2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,482,338.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, A SECOND BY MS. KENNEDY.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 10 FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TASK ORDER.
UH, NUMBER TWO, WITH ITUS INCORPORATED TAMPA, FLORIDA FOR CITYWIDE TRAFFIC SUIT TIMING.
RETI CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH IT TERRACE INCORPORATED AT THE JUNE 13TH, 2023 MEETING FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING, OR RETIMING AND RELATED SERVICES.
TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO IS A CONTINUANCE OF THE CITY'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO ENSURE, UH, THAT WE ARE MONITORING AND IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH OUR INTERSECTIONS.
ALONG WITH DOT INTERSECTIONS, UH, TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND VOLUMES DO SHIFT FROM YEAR TO YEAR WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ALONG WITH THE CHANGES IN, UH, DRIVING HABITS BY RESIDENTS.
UH, SO IT'S A CONTINUOUSLY, UH, CHANGING SCENARIO WITH TRAFFIC.
UH, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY REVISIT HOW TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE ARE APPROPRIATELY, UH, TIMING OUR SIGNALS TO, UM, MAKE SURE TRAFFIC MOVES AS, UH, EASILY AS POSSIBLE WITH AS LITTLE BACKUP AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE DOT UH, FUNDS A RETIMING OF THEIR SIGNALS, UH, EVERY SO OFTEN.
UH, HOWEVER, WHEN THE DOT DOES THEIR SIGNAL RETIMING, UH, THEY ONLY DO, UH, WEEKDAY UH, TRAFFIC.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH OUR, UH, PARTNERING WITH DOT IS WE COME ALONG AND WE PAY FOR WEEKEND, UH, TRAFFIC COUNTS TO OCCUR SO THAT WE CAN TIME OUR WEEKEND SIGNALS APPROPRIATELY.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE ADD ON AND GATHER AN ADDITIONAL 17 INTERSECTIONS WORTH TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CAPTURING OUR SIGNALS IN ADDITION TO THE DOT SIGNALS BECAUSE IT IS ONE MESHED NETWORK.
UH, IF THE SIGNALS DON'T WORK FOR US, THEN IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE DOT AND VICE VERSA.
UH, SO THE REQUEST IS FOR, UM, APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER, UH, IT TERRACE 0 0 2 TO IT TERRACE INC.
OF TAMPA, FLORIDA FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CITYWIDE SIGNAL RETIMING.
PROJECT NUMBER 6 4 4 2 5 IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $296,728 AND 62 CENTS.
UH, FUNDING IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET, 6 4 4 2 5 TRAFFIC SINGLE TIMING PLANS.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR S? SEEING NONE, I'LL RUN RETAIN A MOTION.
A MAYOR MA'AM, APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER.
NU NUMBER I NU TASK ORDER NUMBER IRIS 0 0 2 TO IRIS INC.
OF TAMPA, FLORIDA FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE FOR THE CITYWIDE SIGNAL RE RETIMING PROJECT NUMBER 6 4 4 2 5 IN, IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $296,728 AND 62 CENTS.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO REQUEST TO UTILIZE THE CITY'S HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
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SERVICES CONTRACT WITH CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC OF ROCKLEDGE, FLORIDA FOR THE RELOCATION OF WATER MAINS IN SUPPORT OF THE BO GARDENS K ONE K TWO RESURFACING AND RESTORATION PROJECT.UH, THE BO GARDENS K ONE K TWO PROJECT, UH, RESURFACING INVOLVES FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAYS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION BY REPLACEMENT OF THE UPPER 27 INCHES OF ROADWAY WITH AN ENGINEERED ROADWAY BASE AND SUB BASE SYSTEM TO ADDRESS THE HIGH WATER TABLE LOCATED WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, THIS IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING THE WATER'S HIGH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAD TO BUILD THE ROAD SO THAT WE COULD GET THE WATER AROUND IT SO THAT IT DIDN'T CAUSE FUTURE ROADWAY FAILURES.
UM, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE EXECUTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AT FOR THE PROJECT AT THE NOVEMBER 26TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION BEGAN, THE CITY'S EXISTING WATER MAINS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION WERE FOUND TO BE INSTALLED AT AN INADEQUATE DEPTH THAT INTERFERED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE 27 INCH THICK, UH, ROADWAY PROFILE.
TYPICALLY, WATER MAINS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY THREE FOOT DEEP.
UH, THESE MAINS WERE INSTALLED IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AT A, UH, SLIGHTLY UH, SHALLOWER DEPTH.
UH, WE ALSO FOUND THAT, UH, AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE WATER MAINS THAT WERE OUT THERE WERE ASBESTOS CEMENT MAINS, WHICH ARE, UM, NOTORIOUS FOR BEING EXTREMELY FRAGILE.
UH, WITH THE, UM, AMOUNT OF AREA THAT WE WERE UNCOVERING, EVEN IF WE HAD, UH, A SLIGHTLY LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH, IT WOULD'VE STILL REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE MAINS BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK TO COMPACT THE SOILS, THERE WAS THE CONCERN THAT THAT COMPACTIVE EFFORT WOULD CAUSE THOSE MAINS TO SHATTER.
UM, THE DESIGNER AND CITY STAFF ASSESS MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO ADJUST THE ROADWAY PROFILE TO AVOID IMPACTING THE WATER MAINS.
HOWEVER, IT WAS DETERMINED WE HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER MAINS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ROADWAYS WORKING.
OTHERWISE, WE'D HAVE TO REPLACE MULTIPLE DRIVEWAYS CHANGING ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS REALLY NOT A ACCEPTABLE OPTION TO GO ANYWAY, UH, OTHER WAY WITH OTHER THAN JUST REPLACEMENT OF THE MAINS THEMSELVES.
UM, STAFF OBTAINED A QUOTE IN THE AMOUNT OF $473,301 AND 81 CENTS TO PERFORM THE RELOCATION WORK UNDER THE CITY'S EXISTING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
SCOPE OF WORK WILL INCLUDE REPLACEMENT APPROXIMATELY OF 2,745 FOOT OF SIX INCH WATER MAIN INSTALLATION OF, UH, THREE LINE STOPS, UH, TO FACILITATE THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT, UH, DE-WATERING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WATER ISSUES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, ALONG WITH SIX FIRE HYDRANT REPLACEMENTS AND ALL THE SUPPORTING FIXTURES AND FITTINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE MAIN REPLACEMENT.
UM, FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NUMBER 6 4 6 1 9.
AND WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO UTILIZE THE CITY'S HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILL CONTRACT WITH CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC ROCKLEDGE FLORIDA FOR THE RELOCATION OF WATER MAIN IN SUPPORT OF THE BO GARDENS K ONE K TWO RESURFACING, PROJECT NUMBER 6 4 6 1 9 IN THE AMOUNT OF $473,301 AND 81 CENTS.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. ENNIS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION VICE MAYOR MA'AM.
APPROVAL APPROVAL TO UTILIZE THE CITY HORIZONTAL AL DRILL CONTRACT WITH CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
ROCKLEDGE, FLORIDA FOR THE RELOCATION OF WATER MAIN IN THE SUPPORT OF THE BO GARDEN, K ONE K TWO RESURFACING PROJECT 6 4 6 1 9, AND THE AMOUNT OF $473,301 AND 81 CENTS.
ALRIGHT, I GOT A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, A SECOND BY MS. KENNEDY.
AND THE MOTION PASSES ON ITEM NUMBER 12, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? VICE MAYOR, SIR? UM, MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH C.
I GOT A MOTION BY MR. LARUSSO.
ITEM NUMBER 14, WE HAVE JENNIFER SPECUL.
I'M PLAYING CATCH UP ON MY SHEETS HERE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ORDINANCE.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 51, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
AMENDING CHAPTER 52 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED STREET SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES AMENDING SECTION 52 DASH SIX PROCEDURE TO INITIATE STREET FACILITY OR PARK NAME CHANGES APPLICATION FEE TO PROVIDE FOR AN HONORARY STREET NAMING PROCEDURE, MAKING FINDINGS, PROVIDING DISCOVERABILITY AND INTERPRETATION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE.
UM, THIS IS, UM, AT JANUARY 14TH, 2025, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO RESEARCH THE STEPS INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM FOR THE HONORARY NAMING OF SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, AND ROADWAYS.
UH, STAFF FOUND THAT CHAPTER 1 66 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES AND POWERS MUNICIPALITIES
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TO ADOPT ORDINANCES TO NAME AND RENAMED STREETS IN CLU, INCLUDING HONORARY STREET RENAMING.UH, THEREFORE, THE CITY'S LOCAL ORDINANCES MAY BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING AND APPROVING HONORARY STREET NAMES FOR STREETS STATUS HAS IDENTIFIED CHAPTER 52 OF THE CITY CODE FOR INCORPORATION OF HONORARY STREET NAMING AND RELATED UNIFORM CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE HONORARY STREET NAME IS NOT INTENDED TO SUPPLANT OR REPLACE THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE STREET, BUT RATHER BE A COMMEMORATIVE SECONDARY NAME THAT SUPPLEMENTS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE STREET.
THE BENEFIT OF HONORARY STREET NAMING IS THAT IT DOES, DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ADDRESSING EMERGENCY OR EMERGENCY RESPONSE DUE TO CONFUSION RELATED STREET NAMING.
UH, AND DOESN'T REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE RELATED TO OFFICIAL STREET NAMING OR RENAMING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND OUT BUSINESSES, DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESSES WITH REGISTRATIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS BASICALLY AN HONORARIUM.
UM, IT IS PROCESSED WITHIN THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM FOR THE COUNTY AS IN ALSO KNOWN AS.
SO, UM, IF WE RENAMED, UM, NEW HAVEN TO, UM, JENNY COUNCILMAN LARUSSO AVENUE, DON'T PICK ON ME HONORARILY, IT WOULD BE LISTED AS IN ALSO KNOWN AS IT WOULD NOT ACTUALLY FORMALLY NAME CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STREET.
SO THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE 9 1 1 ADDRESSING.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE OFFICIAL ADDRESSING OR REGISTRATIONS FOR ANY BUSINESSES OR RESIDENCES ALONG THOSE STREETS.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET NEW DRIVER'S LICENSES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, THE, UM, AS PROVIDED UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT OF JULY 8TH, 2020, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NO EXAMPLES WERE FOUND IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES OR IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMAL OR HONORARY NAMINGS OF SECTIONS OF SIDEWALKS OR CROSSWALKS.
WITH THE EXCEPTION, UH, BEING OFFERED PEDESTRIAN TRAILS, UH, GENERALLY WITHIN A ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY THE ROAD IS THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE.
UM, IF THERE WAS, UM, BASICALLY IF WE STARTED NAMING COMPONENTS OF A ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY, THAT COULD TEND TO GET CONFUSING FOR RESPONSE SERVICES WHERE THEY COULD HAVE A HONORARILY NAMED SIDEWALK OR ADJACENT TO AN HONORARILY NAMED CROSSWALK AT AN HONORARILY NAMED INTERSECTION ON AN HONORARILY NAMED STREET.
UM, SO IN GENERAL, WE TRY TO KEEP THE HONORARY NAMING TO THE PRIMARY FEATURE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OFF SYSTEM TRAILS ARE GENERALLY A SEPARATE FEATURE ALTOGETHER, WHICH KIND OF, HE HELPED SEPARATE SOME OF THAT CONFUSION.
UM, FURTHERMORE, STAFF DOES NOT ADVISE THE USE OF THE PRACTICE OF HONORARILY NAMING COMPONENT FEATURES.
UH, DUE TO THAT CONFUSION, UH, COULD HAVE RESPONSES, UH, NEGATIVE RESPONSES ON MURDER, NEGATIVE IMPACT ON EMERGENCY RESPONSES BY CREATING SITUATIONS OR PORTIONS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE HAVE CLEARED THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROCEDURE WITH THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM WITH BREVARD COUNTY.
THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO US MAKING THESE CHANGES.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN ALSO KNOWN AS FOR THEM.
UM, THE ORDINANCE CAN CONTAINS SPECIFIC PROCESSES THAT WILL BE UTILIZED BY STAFF AND COUNSEL FOR MAKING HONORARY NAME CHANGES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE HONORARY STREET NAMING, THERE WAS ONE COMPONENT OF THE REGULAR STREET NAMING THAT WE DID ADJUST.
UH, THAT WAS THE SECTION REGARDING, UM, BASICALLY THE, IF COUNSEL INITIATES A REQUEST THAT BYPASSES CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE CODE THAT THE STAFF HAS TO GO BACK AND CONSIDER.
UM, ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS WAS, UM, DETERMINATION OF NOT PROVING DISRUPTIVE TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UH, WE FELT THAT THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED AT THE STAFF LEVEL SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF GUIDANCE OR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL ISSUES, UH, SO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T INVERT INADVERTENTLY CAUSE A, A PROBLEM BY, YOU KNOW, SHORT CIRCUITING THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE PROCEDURE, UH, ROUGHLY FOLLOWS, UH, OUR CURRENT, UH, FORMAL STREET RENAMING PROCESS.
UM, THE FUNDING IMPACT, UH, FOR THE NEW SIGNAGE IS GONNA VARY DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF, NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED EACH YEAR.
ESTIMATED COST FOR HONORARY STREET NINE, UH, HONORARY STREET SIGN IS APPROXIMATELY $124 PER SIGN.
UM, AND THE CORRESPONDING BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT WE WILL BE REQUESTING THROUGH FDLE FOR ANY HONORARIUM, UH, WAS APPROXIMATELY $62 A PIECE AT THIS CURRENT POINT IN TIME.
UH, FUNDING SOURCES WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME OF EACH HONORARY NAMING APPLICATION.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPRO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 51 AMENDING CHAPTER 52 OF STREET SIDEWALK AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 52 DASH SIX PROCEDURE TO INITIATE STREET FACILITY OR PARK NAME CHANGES, APPLICATION FEE PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR HONORARY STREET RENAMING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. S? IF I, IF I, IF I CAN CLARIFY ONE THING.
WHAT, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, ONE POINT JAMES MADE, UM, WHERE
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THE OFFICIAL ROAD RENAMING PROCESS CAN BE DONE EITHER BY COUNSEL OR BY APPLICATION OF THE CITIZEN.I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS HONORARY NAMING AS PROPOSED IS ONLY INITIATED BY COUNSEL.
SO, SO THANK YOU, UH, UH, ADAM.
'CAUSE MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE, SO THE, WE STILL OFFICIAL STREET NAMING OR RENAMING IS STILL POSSIBLE, BUT THIS, THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY HONORARY.
UH, THIS ADDS THE PROCESS FOR AN HONORARY STREET NAMING AND SLIGHTLY MODIFIED THE, WHICH IS THE A K OFFICIAL STREET NAMING PROCESS.
SO BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE? NO, YES, GO AHEAD.
IT'S A HYBRID OF THEY'RE BOTH AVAILABLE.
THE OLD, THE, THE OLD PROCESS OF AN OFFICIAL RENAMING IS STILL AVAILABLE.
IT CAN EITHER BE APPLICANT DRIVEN OR COUNCIL DRIVEN.
AND NOW WE HAVE THIS HONORARY STREET NAMING AND THAT IS COUNCIL ONLY.
AND IT IS AN ALSO KNOWN AS IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NAME, DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION TO THAT IS, BECAUSE IT COMES UP, IT'S COME UP QUITE A FEW TIMES, WHETHER IT'S HONORARY OR OFFICIAL.
DO WE HAVE EITHER A SPREADSHEET OR A DATABASE AS TO WHERE THE NAMES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM AND WHEN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? SO, UM, YES, WE, AS PART OF THE, AN HONORARY STREET NAMING, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE CHECKS THAT'S MADE FOR AS FAR AS WE DO HAVE A, I GUESS THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS THERE.
ONE, WE DO HAVE A DATABASE OF ALL THE NAMES OF ROADWAYS, WE HAVE A DATABASE.
THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S ALSO A CODE LANGUAGE AND A CHART SHOWING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT TIME LINE STARTS, BUT THERE'S, THERE IS A, A CHART IN CITY CODE IN CHAPTER 52 THAT OUTLINES PREVIOUS, OFFICIAL NAME CHANGES THAT COUNCILS HAVE MADE AND, AND ALL OF THOSE ORDINANCES AND WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY AND WHAT IT GOT CHANGED TO.
SO THERE IS SORT OF A, UH, HISTORIC REPOSITORY OF OFFICIAL ROAD RENAMINGS THAT EXISTS IN CITY CODE AND IT'S UP TO DATE WITH THE, THE LATEST AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
CERTAINLY UP TO DATE WITH, WITH THE LATEST BASED ON COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, UH, ORDINANCES THAT COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE HONORARY STREET NAMING WOULD BE BY RESOLUTION.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
ONE READING, IT'S NOT, NOT QUITE, NOT QUITE AS, AS OFFICIAL, BUT, AND I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN THAT CHART STARTS IN CITY CODE.
IT, IT COULD BE AFTER THE MERGER, BUT, UM, IT CERTAINLY HAS A, A FAIRLY LENGTHY HISTORY OF, UH, OFFICIAL ROTARY NAMINGS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY FORMER COUNCILS.
UM, SO LET'S SAY THAT, UH, THIS COUNCIL DECIDES ON AN HONORARY NAME CHANGE OF A STREET OKAY.
HOW LONG WILL THAT NAME, LET'S SAY THE NEXT COUNCIL COMES UP AND SAYS THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
SO IT'S AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, THEY CAN CHANGE THAT HONORARY OR OFFICIAL NAME, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO THERE'S NO TIME PERIOD THAT WE SET ON IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT THE HONORARY OR THE OFFICIAL, UNLESS MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPEN THAT IT MUST REMAIN FOR FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS.
I MEAN, IT, IT IS JUST A, LIKE I SAY, IT'S 10,000 FOOT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE, THE WAY THE, UH, ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN WAS TO ALLOW COUNSEL FULL DISCRETION ON HOW LONG THEY WANTED TO, UH, RETAIN AN HONORARY STREET NAMING.
JENNY, PART OF THE OFFICIAL RENAMING PROCESS HAS BEEN, AND CONTIN, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE ITEMS IS, IS THAT STREETS, FACILITIES, OR PARKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RENAMED ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RENAMING.
AGAIN, GRANTED, THAT'S ONE OF THE CRI DESIGN THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT SHOULD BE USED FOR US, BUT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE EXCEPTION A AN EXCEPTION.
AND WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THOSE EVEN, UH, I I WILL SAY THIS EVEN ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, RIGHT.
IF WE PUT IN A, THE ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD RENAMING ORDINANCE GENERALLY SAYS A ROAD RENAMING HAS TO EXIST FOR FIVE YEARS.
A SUBSEQUENT COUNSEL COULD SAY, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A PART OF THE ORDINANCE ANYMORE.
SO EVEN, EVEN IF A PARTICULAR ROAD GOT RENAMED THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME COULD GET, COULD GET CHANGED BY ORDINANCE AS WELL.
SO IT, IT'S GENERALLY, UM, DIFFICULT TO BIND TO THE HANDS OF FUTURE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF, OF THE MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO BIND, JUST TRYING TO HONOR, JUST TRYING TO RESPECT SURE.
YOU KNOW, JUST NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE, THE, THE LEGISLATION PROCESS UP HERE.
IT'S ABOUT THE, UH, RENAMING AND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SORT OF THING THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH AND WHY WAS IT DONE AND, AND THE RESPECTED IT, IT COMES BEHIND IT.
SO HAVING A FIVE YEAR OR A 10 YEAR, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM, UH, WOULD APPEAL TO ME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST UP
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HERE TALKING, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE MS. KENNEDY, AND THEN WE'LL GO, UM, IF WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, IS THERE GONNA BE A SECOND READING OR IS THIS IT? THEY WILL, NOPE, THIS IS, THIS, AN ORDINANCE IS CHANGING, THIS CHANGING CHAPTER 52 OF CITY CODE TO SET OUT THE PROCEDURE.SO SECOND, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY, IF IF THIS GOT APPROVED TONIGHT, THERE'D BE A SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 25TH, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE AND COUNCIL COULD THEN CONSIDER HOW IT WANTED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, UM, FUNCTION WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT PROGRAM.
SO, UM, TO, TO THAT POINT, UM, I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS.
I THINK IT'S, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, BUT THERE'S ONE, I WAS AT AN EVENT ON THIS PAST SATURDAY, UM, AND I HAPPENED TO BE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH, UH, TIM BANNOCK MM-HMM
UM, AND HE HAD STATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES WITH VOTING AND RE AND HONORARY NAMES OF STREETS.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE MAYBE STAFF TO REACH OUT JUST AS WE DID, UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, WITH 9 1 1, IF WE CAN JUST REACH OUT TO SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE, MAYBE WE CAN JUST TWEAK IT SO THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES OR CLARIFY THOSE ISSUES.
I, I WILL BE GLAD TO REACH OUT TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE, UH, TO DISCUSS THAT.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT WITHIN THE STATE THAT DO HAVE A, UM, HONORARY NAMING POLICY THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED.
UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, JACKSONVILLE, TAMPA LAKE COUNTY, OR A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF JUST AREAS AROUND FLORIDA.
UH, ADDITIONALLY THE STATE, UH, DOES ALLOW FOR HONORARY RENAMING AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO BE HERE, I'M MUCH FOR CAUSE CONFLICT WITH 'EM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE CAN TWEAK SOMETHING THAT'LL MAKE IT BETTER YEAH.
UM, AND EASIER DURING ELECTION TIME, THEN I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
NOW WE'RE JUST DOING HONORARY, WE'RE NOT DOING THE ROAD REGULAR, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR, LIKE, UM, MR. BUGS BRUCE BUGS STREET, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS IS BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE WE
HOWEVER, WE DID SLIGHTLY MODIFY THE FORMAL RENAMING PROCESS TO MOVE, UM, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY, UH, SECTION, UH, 52 6 FA OR F1 A, UH, WHICH IS ON PAGE THREE OF NINE.
THAT STRIKE THROUGH WAS PART OF THE FORMAL STREET NAMING PROCESS AND THE CURRENT CODE, IF COUNSEL INITIATED THE RENAMING REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT SECTION TO HAVE BEEN BYPASSED, WHICH DISCUSSES, UM, THE CITY STREET PROPOSED THE STREET NAME NOT HAVING A DISRUPTIVE OR ADVERSE EFFECT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND IT'S MOVING THAT SECTION TO THE FOLLOWING SECTION, UH, WHICH ENSURES THAT THAT CONSIDERATION IS MADE BY CITY STAFF AND THAT STAFF PROVIDES THAT GUIDANCE TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THE RENAMING PROCESS.
PREVIOUSLY, UM, IF Y'ALL HAD INITIATED A RENAMING REQUEST, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WAS BYPASSED BECAUSE THE REQUEST WAS INITIATED AT COUNCIL LEVEL.
UM, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT CHANGE WAS, THAT HAD NO WAY TO COUNTERBALANCE AND, AND JENNY AND ADAM WANTED TO JUMP IN ON YOUR QUESTION HERE, JUST, JUST BE CLEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.
CITY CODE CURRENTLY HAS A PROCESS FOR ROTARY NAMINGS.
IT'S ONLY THE OFFICIAL PROCESS.
THE ONLY PROCESS WE HAVE IS CHANGE THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE ROAD, CHANGE THE SIGN, CHANGE EVERYBODY'S ADDRESSES, CHANGE EVERYBODY'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO AN HONORARY, POTENTIALLY DO AN HONORARY STREET NAMING, WHICH WOULDN'T CHANGE THE OFFICIAL NAME.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITI, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL PROCEDURE.
SO LIKE WE HAVE THE FIVE YEAR RULE AND THE 20 YEAR RULE, THE FIVE YEAR THEY HAD TO BE DEAD FOR, UM, SO MANY YEARS.
ALL THAT, ALL THAT LANGUAGE STILL EXISTS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAYS IN THERE SO THAT I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT LIKE, WE'VE HAD THE CHARLIE KIRK THING.
THIS COULD HAVE, THIS COULD BLOW UP IN OUR FACES.
THAT'S MY ONLY, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE PUT IT IN THERE.
I'M, I'M JUST, I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS ALREADY A JACKSON STREET, BUT MR. JACKSON WHO, UM, WHO'S BEEN 50 YEARS ON THE BOARD, IF LET'S SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE NAMES, I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT AS AN HONORARY IN HIS NAME.
BUT I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT JUST TO HAVE, UM, WE CAN JUST NAME, UM, DONALD TRUMP,
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YOU KNOW, JUST PUT AN HONORARY DONALD TRUMP.DID YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT'S NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR DISTRICT?
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT'S NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YEAH, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, YEAH, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS PUT AN HONORARY ROAD JUST TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CHANGE IT TO ANYBODY.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OR BON JOVI, YOU KNOW, JOHN BON JOVI OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO, JUST TO LET ANYBODY THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW I'M UNDERSTANDING WE COULD JUST PUT ANYBODY'S NAME FOR ANYTHING THAT'S THE SAME RULES.
NO, STANLEY, I'LL, I'LL REFER YOU TO PAGE SEVEN OF NINE OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UM, SUBSECTION TWO G, WHICH SETS FORTH THE, UM, PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR, UH, AN HONORARY ROAD RENAMING FOR A PERSON.
AND IT'S SIMILAR GUIDELINES TO THE OFFICIAL ROAD RENAMING PROCESS.
THAT'S PAGE 2 49 IN YOUR PACKET.
I DIDN'T TAKE, BRING THAT TO THE PAGE OUT MY BOOK.
MY BOOK GETS A LITTLE HEAVY AT THAT POINT, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
IT'S, IT'S ALMOST THE EXACT CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR REGULAR RENAMING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A BIOGRAPHY.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A BIOGRAPHY.
WE LOOK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALMOST THE SAME CRITERIA.
AND I THINK THIS WILL HELP US ALL, LIKE, AVOID ANY, THIS IS A GUIDELINE.
WELL, WELL STILL, BUT THERE'S ALSO BETWEEN THE GREEN SIGN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR, IF IT'S GONNA BE A GOLD OR BROWN OR WHATEVER THE SIGNS, IT'S WHAT THESE OTHER TOWNS HAVE.
IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE, I THINK PROTECTION FOR CAUSING DISRUPTION WHEN YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO WANNA NAME A STREET FOR ANY GIVEN REASON, FOR ANY GIVEN PERSON OR EVENT OR THING.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HELP.
I THINK THIS IS A NET POSITIVE IN THE LONG RUN FOR THE CITY.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.
SO, SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, DO WE HAVE, OH, I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION
THAT'S, THAT'S THE FAULT OF BEING THE CHAIR.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, SIR? YES.
UH, WHERE ARE WE? UM, MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 51 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 52 OF CITY CODE ENTITLED STREET SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES AMENDED SECTION 52.6, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AS WRITTEN.
WAS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15, ROSS.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, VICE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THE ITEMS BEFORE I HAVE YOU, I HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE REFUNDING OF THE SERIES, UH, 2016 A AND B BONDS, AS WELL AS THE DFE OF THE 20 2002 B BONDS.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THE, OUR, OUR RATE CONSULTANT, NOT RATE CONSULTANT, SORRY, RALPH TELLS, IS STILL IN MY MIND.
UH, PFM, UH, WHO IS OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT, HAD MONITORS OUR BOND PROFILE AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE MARKET WHEN AVAILABLE FOR US TO, UH, ACHIEVE SAVINGS DURING A REFINANCING.
UH, THE 2016, UH, BONDS, AS THEY WOULD IMPLY, HAVE REACHED THE 10 YEAR CALLABLE POINT.
AND IN REVIEWING THE MARKET, PFM HAS, UH, DECIDED THAT IT IS A GOOD TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, WHERE WE, TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A NET PRESENT SAVINGS OF ROUGHLY $1.7 MILLION IN FUTURE DEBT SERVICE.
UH, SO FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, AND ISSUE THE 26 A WATER AND SEWER, UH, REFUNDING BONDS.
AND THEN DURING OUR PROCESS, UH, I'D INQUIRED ABOUT, UH, DFE OF THE 2002 BS.
IT'S KIND OF A RELIC OF, UH, OUR OLDER BOND RESOLUTIONS WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RESERVE IN PLACE OF THE, THE, THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE AMOUNT ALREADY WITH THE PAYING AGENT.
SO RATHER THAN ME CONTRIBUTING ADDITIONAL MONEY TO A BANK THAT ALREADY HAS ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FINAL PAYMENT ON THAT BOND, I'D RATHER KEEP THAT IN A HIGHER YIELDING INTEREST ACCOUNT AND NOT HAVE TO GIVE THAT MONEY TO THE BANK THROUGH FLOAT.
SO, UH, JUST SEEMED LIKE A SMART BUSINESS DECISION TO ME.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD IDENTIFY THAT WAS A NEGATIVE FOR IT.
AND BOND COUNCIL DISCLOSURE COUNCIL AND, AND ALL THE, UH, UH, PARTIES AT HAND HAD NO ISSUE WITH IT.
SO WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL HERE TODAY IS TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 4 3 8 7 AND 4 3 8 8.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROSS? SEEING NONE.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION VICE MAYOR, MA'AM.
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 8 7 SECOND.
ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT A MOTION AND BY MS. HANLEY, A SECOND BY MR. LARUSSO.
UH, I GOT A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, A SECOND BY MS. KENNEDY.
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PETITIONS OR MATRICES AND COMMUNICATIONS? MS. BASSETT? UM, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A, A LOT FOR TONIGHT.UM, I MISSED A, I MISSED A COUPLE, UH, EVENTS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO GO TO.
SPECIFICALLY THE RETIREMENT FOR KAREN SMITH AT THE MILLER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PUSH-IN CEREMONY.
'CAUSE I HAD THE FLU FOR A WHILE, SO THEREFORE I HAVE NOT MUCH TO PRESENT ON TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, MS. HANLEY? UM, I WENT TO THE PUSH, I PROBABLY WENT TO OTHER THINGS, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER.
UM, SO AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE FIRST ANNUAL VETERANS DAY RECOGNITION DINNER, UM, BY MOA, UH, MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
UM, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME TOGETHER TO HELP OUR VETERANS IN THIS COMMUNITY FROM NORTH BREVARD TO SOUTH BREVARD.
UM, AND, UH, CONGRESSMAN OU WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER, SO IT MADE ME EVEN BETTER.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, 'CAUSE I KEPT HEARING IN MY EAR OUR, UM, COUNCILMAN CONTINUALLY TELLING US THAT WE NEED TO GO TO THE HONOR FLIGHT, EITHER LEAVING OR COMING.
SO I WENT TO THE, COMING BACK OF THE HONOR FLIGHT ON SATURDAY AND YOU ARE CORRECT, MR. LUSO.
UM, JUST, UH, HAD VETERANS DAY.
I WISH I'D KNOWN ABOUT THE MALL VETERANS.
TRY TO CATCH THAT NEXT TIME IN THE OTHER EVENT TOO.
LOTS OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENED FOR THE VETERANS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I ALSO DID ATTEND A LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE THAT WAS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
LOTS OF GOOD INNOVATIVE STUFF HAPPENING AROUND THAT.
UH, UH, THE MORE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COULD TAKE, UH, HEAT OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY INGENIOUS WAYS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, I'M GONNA INVITING YOU ALL OUT TO, UH, AN EVENT I'M HAVING IN JANUARY.
MY BIRTHDAY PARTY'S SAFE TO DATE, UH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH.
MORE INFORMATION COME FORTH ABOUT THAT.
SO IS THAT YOUR DAY? I MEAN, IS THAT YOUR BIRTHDAY? YES.
SO WHY, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE COORDINATE? 'CAUSE MINE'S THE 16TH.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE AQUARIUS THOUGH.
AND HOW OLD WILL YOU BE?
UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION A COUPLE MONTHS BACK, UH, ABOUT, UH, RENAMING THE TRIANGLE PARK TO, UH, PAUL GMAN PARK.
UH, WE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD ON ANYTHING BECAUSE THE PINEAPPLE HOUSE, THE CONDOMINIUM THERE WAS BEING PAINTED AND IT TOOK A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT, UM, UH, JENNY, IF YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER, UH, THAT FOR THE WEATHER HAS BROKE, UM, I'D LOVE TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2026, IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR ALL THE, FOR ALL OF US TO, UH, ACTUALLY DO THAT, UH, FOLLOW UP ON IT.
UH, THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 18TH, YOU SAID, WHAT TIME IS THAT? IS THAT A NINE O'CLOCK? NINE, NINE O'CLOCK NINE.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION, I THINK.
UM, AND THE FINAL THING IS THE, UM, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE OPENING DISCUSSIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE, THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH HERE, UM, WE'VE ALL BEEN AFFECTED BY IT.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ADAM ON A, ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES.
AND I'D LIKE TO BRING A CO A, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A HUGE DEAL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
I RARELY ASK FOR DISCUSSION, UH, PROCESSES, UH, BECAUSE IT CAN GET LENGTHY AND WE'VE GOT A LOT ON OUR PLATE COMING UP.
BUT I'D LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS, UH, A COUPLE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT, THAT ADAM HAS MADE.
UM, IS, YOU KNOW, DEFINE PERSONAL REMARK, UH, DEFINE BOISTEROUS AND DELETE DISRESPECTFUL.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE THOSE, THAT CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL ON THE OPENING COMMENTS, THE OPENING REVIEW, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SHEET THAT I READ? CORRECT.
UM, IF WE COULD JUST DO A, A, A RETWEAK OF THAT TO, UM, SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WITH THE, YOUR GUIDANCE.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED.
UH, SO I THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE IT AND SEE WHAT THE BEST DEAL IS, UH, FOR US MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, I MEAN JUST, AND JUST MY 2 CENTS ON IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED OR WHAT THE LAB OF SAYING THINGS, I DON'T WANT TO JUST LIMIT IT TO THAT.
LIKE, IF THEY SEE OTHER THINGS THAT MAY NEED TO JUST BE UPDATED, CAN WE JUST, THE WHOLE THING JUST ABSOLUTELY.
IS THAT SO, SO, SO THE OPENING, SO THE OPENING STATEMENT IS A REFLECTION OF THE CODE LANGUAGE ITSELF.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE, UH, COUNCILMAN LARUSSO IS REFERRING TO, UH, A CODE CO CO CORRESPONDENCE THAT I HAD SENT YOU.
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UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC DECORUM SECTIONS OF CODE, UM, AND THINGS WHERE, RIGHT.IT WAS MODIFIED IN 2024 AFTER, UH, SOMEWHAT UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT, UM, HERE, HERE AT COUNCIL AND, AND, UM, UH, CERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM, FROM, UH, OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT, UM, WEREN'T WELL TAKEN, UM, NEVERTHELESS, UH, BASED ON MORE RECENT CASE LAW, UM, FROM HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY, RIGHT.
UM, MOMS FOR LIBERTY VERSUS BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RIGHT.
WE HAD GOT SOME MORE CLARITY ON WHAT'S ALLOWABLE AND NOT ALLOWABLE WITHIN THOSE PUBLIC DECORUM THINGS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHERE MY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM, RIGHT? UM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE, WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE A PERSONAL REMARK, WHAT IT MEANS TO BECOME BOISTEROUS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHILE THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT BECOMING DISRESPECTFUL WAS ADDED IN 2024, I, I, I CAN'T RECOMMEND THAT, THAT WE ENFORCE THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION.
AND SO WE MAY AS WELL, WE MAY AS WELL DELETE IT.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW IF A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ITEM IS NECESSARY.
I'M HAPPY TO DRAFT A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND JUST BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, I, I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE COUNSEL'S DIRECTION AND, AND PLEASURE ON THAT.
THAT'S FINE WITH, I MEAN, THAT'S FINE WITH YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST WANTING TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE.
I LINE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAD A SAY IN THE MATTER AND, AND WHAT OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, FEELINGS WERE ABOUT IT.
AND EITHER WAY I COULD BRING IT BACK, BUT WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, NO, I'M JUST GETTING CONSENSUS AGAINST IT.
AND VICE MAYOR, SOME OTHER CITIES, UH, IN IN PARTICULAR DOING OTHER THINGS, LIKE WHAT IS A RESIDENT DEFINING WHO COULD ACTUALLY SPEAK ALSO AS FAR AS RESIDENTS AND VICINITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS TO ALSO CONSIDER.
WE, WE, THE CITY HAD THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, I WANNA SAY IT GOT REMOVED FROM CITY CODE IN ABOUT 2000.
UM, AND I, I, THERE MAY BE OTHER ISSUES WITH LIMITING THE SCOPE.
I I, I KNOW PALM BAY RECENTLY DONE IT, DID IT, RIGHT? I KNOW PALM, I KNOW THAT, UM, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE LANGUAGE LIKE THAT AND THEY'RE UNDER AND, AND SOMEBODY SUE.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A LIMITATION ON PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, TO, TO RESIDENTS, RIGHT? THE, THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S SORT OF ALLOWABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS SET FORTH IN STATUTE, IT'S IN CHAPTER 2 86.
UM, OUR LANGUAGE GENERALLY TRACKS THAT.
ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK, I THINK THERE ARE THE FEW MINOR TWEAKS AS I, AS I MENTIONED IN MY OCTOBER CORRESPONDENCE AND, AND MR. LARUSSO IS REFERRING TO.
I'M HAPPY TO BRING A PROPOSAL ORDINANCE, THAT'S FINE.
TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR YOU TO BRING BACK WHATEVER YOU THINK.
AND THEN, UH, BEFORE I GO MS. BASSA, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU FORGOT.
I TOTALLY FORGOT TO, UH, BRING THIS UP.
UM, MY STEPSON GOT TO WALK IN THE, UH, VETERAN'S DAY PARADE AT, AT PALM BAY, WHICH WAS, UH, VERY NICE.
I WAS GLAD TO SEE A CITY DO THAT.
I SAW THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T DO A VETERAN PARADE.
WE'RE NOT DOING A CHRISTMAS PARADE AGAIN.
UM, I JUST, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE FOOT THE BILL, BUT LIKE GIVE US A, A HEADS UP, UM, BEFOREHAND SO THAT WE KNOW THAT NOBODY'S APPLIED FOR IT.
MAYBE WE CAN GO OUT AND BOOK FOR SOMEBODY TO HELP THE PROCESS OF FINDING SOMEBODY TO APPLY FOR THESE THINGS.
ISN'T THAT A 90 DAY PROCESS, KEVIN? I MEAN THE, THE PARADE OR, SO IT HAS TO BE, UH, IDENTIFIED AND, AND APPLIED FOR 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
DEPENDING ON THE EXPECTED ATTENDANCE.
SOME OF THE SMALLER PARADES IN THE PAST HAVE, UH, MET THE 60 DAY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A THREE MONTH PERIOD THERE.
AND IF WE GET A, A HEADS UP A MONTH BEFORE THE THREE MONTHS, THAT'S MAYBE GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO BE LIKE, YEAH.
SO THAT WE, SO THAT WE'RE NOT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT LANDING ON HIS SHOULDERS ON 60 DAYS OR 45 DAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU'LL DEFINITELY WANT, AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, IT IT'S, IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE THE, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE STILL, I STILL KIND OF HELP THEM ALONG TO JUST, YOU KNOW, GUIDANCE TYPE OF WAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S A LOT OF MANPOWER ENERGY.
SO ANYWAY, JUST, JUST WHATEVER THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IS MY WHOLE THING.
LIKE I TELL THEM HERE, THEY'RE DOING IT A YEAR OUT OR NOT, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA 'CAUSE WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE VETERAN'S DAY CHRISTMAS.
GETTING A LOT OF MESSAGES OF PEOPLE LIKE, OH, WHAT DAY IS THE YEAH, THIS PARADE.
WELL, AND THEN I'M JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO UBEN KING TODAY AND I'M GONNA WRAP IT UP.
SO IT'S 9:09 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.