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BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME REVIEW, 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.
SUBMIT THE COMPLETED FORM FOR THE SERGEANT IN ARM.
WHEN YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, USE THE MICROPHONE AT THE ELECTRON ON THE AUDIENCE'S RIGHT NEITHER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OR YOUR NAME AND CITY.
SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE BODY.
DO NOT ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR INDIVIDUALLY.
BE MINDFUL THE TIMER ON ELECTION AND WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT FOR YOUR SPEAKING TIME ENDS.
THE TIME LIMITS ARE POSTED ON THE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS AN APPLICANT REPRESENT A PER PERSON WHO HAS A LEGAL STANDING TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE.
A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER WILL BE PERMIT PERMITTED ENOUGH TIME AS REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A RECORD FOR THE COUNCIL.
ANY PERSON WHO MAKES A PERSONAL AND PERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRESPECTFUL.
WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS.
THIS EVENING WILL BE BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION.
IF YOU WISH TO PART PARTICIPATE, PLEASE STAND TONIGHT WILL BE BE GIVEN BY VICE MAYOR DAVID NEWMAN.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY, UH, PLEASE BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY WITH ME ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE US IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
THANK YOU FOR OUR STAFF WHO DEDICATE THEIR CAREERS TO SERVING THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU FOR OUR ELECTED LEADERS WHO TAKE THEIR TIME FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND PERSONAL PURSUITS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR OUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO SHOWED UP TO OUR MEETING TODAY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE ENGAGED IN OUR CITY BUSINESS AND HELP MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD BASED ON THEIR IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES.
LORD, SINCE THE LAST TIME THIS BODY MET, WE HAD SEVERAL CHALLENGES AND PUT OUR CITY FLAG AT HALF-MAST MORE THAN ONCE.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE AFFECTED, UH, BY THE FIRE NEAR JOHN RHODES.
AND THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO RESPONDED TO THAT CHALLENGE.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE HARMED AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE TERRIBLE SHOOTING LAST WEEK.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE STRENGTH YOU GAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SUCH A CRISIS.
WE PRAY FOR OUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITY AND REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF POPE FRANCIS WHO DIED THIS WEEK.
MAY HIS LIFE AND TEACHINGS ON, ON ON MERCY INSPIRE MANY WHILE WE HAD THOSE CHALLENGES, WE WERE REMINDED OF YOUR GRACE AND GIFT OF SALVATION THIS WEEK AS WE CELEBRATE EASTER, LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR STRENGTH.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR LOVE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TODAY.
HERE ARE THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC AND SERVE OUR CITY.
ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO PRESENT.
NUMBER ITEM FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
DEREK GORES, I'M SORRY, THE AMAZING DEREK GORES.
UH, THIS IS FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL CITIZEN AWARD.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE GIVE THESE OUT FROM TIME TO TIME AND I, AND I WILL TELL YOU, UH, YOU ARE DEFINITELY MORE THAN, UM, UH, MORE THAN QUALIFIED.
YOU, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
YOU, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT COMMERCE, UH, THE ARTS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE DOWNTOWN OLD GALLEY.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA START OUT.
EXCEPTIONAL CITIZEN AWARD PRESENTED TO DEREK CORS IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL WHO IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
SIGNATURE IS SEALED TO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, IS 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025.
AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GO IN JUST BRIEFLY.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THE, THE DEREK GO GALLERY AND SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF HE DOES AND, AND THE ART, IT, IT VERY IMPRESSIVE.
YOU KNOW, I'M A KIND KI KIND OF A GUY THAT CAN'T DRAW A LINE WITH A RULER, BUT YOU GO IN AND SEE SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS.
MATTER OF FACT, PROBABLY THE MOST THING AMAZING THING IS IF A MAYOR PITCHER NARROW BRIDGE.
YEAH, I'M GONNA BUY THAT SOON.
ALRIGHT, PLEASE, JAY, WILL YOU SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU.
I I WAS HOPING TO, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, UH, I'M, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT MY, MY, I I LEARNED SOME, A LOT OF WHAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A GOOD CITIZEN, BUT FROM MY FOLKS FOR SURE, UH, WHEN WE MOVED TO FLORIDA AGE, AGE 10, 19 81, I WATCHED MY,
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MY DAD AND MY MOM OPEN UP, UH, THEIR FIRST FLOWER SHOP IN, UH, BILL OF SHOPS OF PARADISE BEACH IN THE ATLANTIC.AND I WATCHED THE COMRADERY THAT MY DAD HAD WITH HIS, UH, FELLOW SHOP MATES, AND THEY WOULD STIR UP IDEAS AND THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, HE'D, HE'D, HE'D RAZZ THE, UH, THE, THE MAILMAN EVERY DAY AND ALL THAT.
AND, AND THEN WHEN I GOT THE, WHEN I WAS PRIVILEGED TO OPEN UP MY OWN STUDIO IN O GALLEY, I TRIED TO HAVE SOME OF THAT SPIRIT.
AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW WITH THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL DO TOGETHER.
I I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I GET TO MAKE ART.
I'M VERY, I'M VERY PRIVILEGED THAT, YOU KNOW, AT AGE 18, ALL I KNEW IS THAT I LIKE TO DRAW, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT COULD BECOME.
TOOK ALL KINDS OF PATHS TO GET THERE.
BUT, UH, WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AS I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, ART, IF YOU THINK BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE IN THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE, I, I, I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AND A BONUS SON.
AND WHEN I USED TO GO IN AND VISIT THOSE CLASSROOMS OF THEIRS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THIRD GRADE OR SO, WHEN I WOULD, WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, WHO HEARS A, WHO HERE MAKES ART? WHO HERE DRAWS? WHO HERE PAINTS? WHO HERE DANCES? YOU KNOW, EVERY KID, THE, THE HANDS GO UP, THE JOY.
UM, SOMEWHERE AROUND AGE 10 OR SO, IT'S FEWER KIDS.
THEY START TO DROP OUT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
BUT THINK, WHEN I THINK BACK TO THE JOY ON THE FACES AT THAT YOUNG AGE AND REALIZE THAT IN THE ADULT AGE, FEWER PEOPLE ARE EXPRESSING THEMSELVES, GOT SQUEEZED OUT THROUGH PEER PRESSURE OR THINGS YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AS GOOD AT ART, MAYBE AS YOU AS THOSE EARLY AGES, I THINK BRINGING, I, I TRY TO INVITE PEOPLE BACK TO ART.
IF THERE'S A THING THAT I DO, IF, IF YOU THINK I'M A I'M AN EXCEPTIONAL CITIZEN, YOU ALMOST SAID MORE THAN EXCEPTIONAL FOR A SECOND,
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUMMER CAMP, WE HAVE A BIG SUMMER CAMP.
WE GET THE, THE KIDS, THE NEW WAVE OF KIDS WHO ARE ALL ABOUT IT.
BUT I TRY TO INVITE THE ADULTS AND, AND EVEN THE TEENS TRY TO HOLD ONTO THEM, INVITE PEOPLE BACK TO ART.
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN DRAWING.
UH, IT, IT COULD MEAN PLAYING WITH LEGOS.
IT COULD, COULD MEAN PLAYING THE PIANO THAT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE GALLERY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT IS CALLED DREAMLAND, WHICH IS A MINIATURE GOLF EXPERIENCE MADE BY A LOCAL ARTIST.
YOU CAN PLAY IT LIKE MINIATURE GOLF, BUT ALSO YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY ART THE WHOLE TIME.
AND BOY DO I LOVE JUST SEEING THAT CHILDLIKE WONDER COME ACROSS ANYBODY'S FACE.
SO WHAT DO I, HOW DO I ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE? I TRY TO BE, UH, I TRY TO, I TRY TO BE, A FRIEND GAVE ME THIS TERM A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, JENNA REID, YOU MIGHT KNOW JENNA.
SHE, SHE SAID THAT I HAVE AN APPROACH OF RADICAL INCLUSIVITY.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
SO I EVEN JUST GOOGLED IT A MINUTE AGO TO REMIND MYSELF, RADICAL INCLUSIVITY IS, IS REALLY REACHING BEYOND TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES OF WHO MIGHT ENJOY THIS THING.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR DREAMLAND MINI GOLF, RIGHT NOW, 18 HOLES DESIGNED BY 18 LOCAL ARTISTS.
UM, I'VE GOT A DANCER IN THERE WHO, WHO DESIGNED A MINI GOLF HOLE, UH, AS WELL AS PAINTERS AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
HAVING ALL OF THAT REPRESENTED, UH, NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP ME REACH MORE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE NEED ART IN THEIR LIVES, IT ALSO MAKES IT, IT, IT MAKES MY BUSINESS STRONGER BY HAVING A MORE DIVERSE EXPERIENCE, UH, FOR, FOR DREAMLAND AND FOR ALL OF YOU TO, TO PARTAKE IN.
BUT, UM, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY SECRET IS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND, AND HAVE THE BENEFITS OF, OF ART WITH THE, WITH THE LARGEST UMBRELLA OF WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE ART CAN, CAN MEAN.
SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME VISIT AND, UH, AND PUT THAT, PUT THAT BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
HUH? HOW ARE Y'ALL? COME ON UP HERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BUY WELL, MY BIKE, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ART.
WHERE DEREK, WHERE'D YOU GO? OKAY.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION, CITY OF MELBOURNE NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK.
WHEREAS WATER IS THE MOST VALUABLE AND ESSENTIAL NATURAL RESOURCE.
AND WHERE DRINKING WATER SERVES AS A VITAL ROLE IN DAILY LIFE.
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PURPOSE TO HELP HYDRATION AND HYGIENE NEEDED FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE OVER CITIZENS, OUR CITIZENS ENJOY.AND WHEREAS TAP WATER DELIVERS PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION, FIRE PROTECTION, SUPPORT FOR OUR ECONOMY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ENJOY.
AND WHEREAS WHERE ALL STEWARDS OF THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPON WHICH CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATION DEPEND ON.
AND WHEREAS EACH CITIZEN OF MELBOURNE IS CALLED UPON TO HELP PROTECT OUR, UH, SOURCE WATERS FROM POLLUTION TO PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION.
NOW THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED THAT I PAUL RY MAYOR, CITY OF MELBOURNE, BARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH THROUGH MAY 10TH, 2025, IS NATIONAL DRINKING WATER, WHEAT, AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO HELP PROTECT OUR WATER SOURCE AND PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION WITNESS BY HAND TO SEAL THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
22ND DAY, ALL APRIL, 2025, PA OPRY MAYOR, BLESS.
AND REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THIS, I'M GONNA LET YOU HOLD ONTO THAT, AND I'M GONNA HAVE YOU SAY A FEW WORDS, RIGHT? YOU READY? BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL DRINKING WATER RE PROCLAMATION AND THE INCREDIBLE CREATIVITY TO OUR DROP SAVERS ARE CONTEST WINNERS, YOUNG MINDS WHO HAVE SHOWN US THE POWER OF IMAGINATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER CONSERVATION.
THEIR ARTWORK IS MORE THAN JUST ART.
THERE'S A POWER POWERFUL NATIVE AMERICAN QUOTE FROM CRAZY HORSE CHIEF OF THE
AND I'D LIKE THAT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE, TREAT THE EARTH.
WELL, IT WAS NOT GIVEN TO YOU BY YOUR PARENTS.
IT WAS LOANED TO YOU BY YOUR CHILDREN.
WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH FROM OUR ANCESTORS.
WE BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN.
THAT QUOTE TRULY RESONATES WITH ME, NOT JUST AS A NEW MOM, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOUTH AND CARES DEEPLY FOR MY YOUNG COUSIN'S NEPHEWS.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE, THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, CARRY A PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY.
WE MUST PROTECT OUR WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS.
WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONSERVE AND PRESERVE OUR DRINKING WATER RESOURCES.
AND WE MUST RESTORE OUR PRECIOUS LAGOON, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR THE GENERATIONS THAT FOLLOW.
THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, ALONG WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING HARD TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATE REAL SOLUTIONS THAT ENSURE ACCESS TO DRINKING, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, AND HELP CLEAN AND RESTORE THE LAGOON.
THESE EFFORTS MATTER AND THEIR STRENGTHENED.
WHEN EACH ONE OF US GETS INVOLVED, WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS, WE MUST KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AT THE CENTER OF THESE CHOICES.
BECAUSE ONE DAY THEY'LL BE THE ONES STANDING WHERE WE ARE NOW LIVING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OR THE BENEFITS OF THE ACTIONS WE TAKE TODAY.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE LEAVE THEM A LEGACY THEY CAN BE PROUD OF.
AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR AMAZING YOUNG ARTISTS.
OKAY, SO REAL QUICK, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN THE LINE.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS YOU CAN TELL US YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA SHOW EVERYBODY YOUR, AND THEN I WILL, I WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
IS THAT OKAY? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? CALLIE.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, OH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT YET.
UH, I LOVE ANIMALS AND I WANTED TO SHOW THAT NOT JUST HUMANS NEED WATER, BUT OTHER LIVING THINGS ALSO NEED IT TO SURVIVE.
LOOK AT THAT, DEREK, LOOK AT THAT.
SO REAL QUICK, UH, SURFSIDE ELEMENTARY, FIFTH GRADE.
OKAY, WELL, UH, THIS IS FOR THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
THE 2025 DROP SRS POSTER CONTEST.
SO COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND WE'LL DO NEXT.
SO YOU SEE THIS, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT OTHER ONE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO SHOW EVERYBODY AND TELL US WHAT YOU GOT.
UM, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE WATER BECAUSE IT HELPS US SURVIVE AND IT MAKES THE ENVIRONMENT CLEANER.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT'S OKAY.
SO ACTUALLY YOU'RE, UH, FIRST PLACE ENTRY, RIGHT? UH, FIRST GRADE GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU MAKE LEMONADE WITHOUT WATER? NO.
YOU GOTTA HAVE WATER, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS, NEIGHBOR.
AND IT, WE'LL COME FLY DOWN HERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? OH, I LIKE THAT.
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JUDE, GO, GO.I STOLE, I STOLE YOUR THUNDER.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? UH, JUDE ROSS.
SHOW EVERYBODY YOUR PICTURE AND TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
I THINK, UH, EVERY DROP OF WATER COUNTS, SO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS IS, UH,
UM, I'M EVA LIVEY AND DID THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN YOU SAVE WATER, OR NO, WHEN YOU TAKE SHORT SHOWERS, IT SAVES.
YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE YOU DO THAT IN MILITARY, IN A SERVICE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THEY MADE ME DO IT AND I DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT I HAD TO DO IT.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS IS FOR, UH, SIXTH GRADE SURFSIDE ELEMENTARY, FIRST PLACE ENTRY.
SO AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE KIDS FOR, UM, SUBMITTING SUCH BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO DECIDE ON, ON ALL OF THEM, ON THE WINNERS.
AND I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY, UM, ON SUCH A GREAT JOB AND SUCH A WONDERFUL COMMITMENT TO HAVING CLEAN WATER IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.
LET'S GET A PICTURE ALL TOGETHER.
CAN WE GET THE ARTWORK? WE GOTTA SHOW YOUR ARTWORK.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON TV SO YOU CAN WATCH, GO BACK AND WATCH IT AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT AT HOME.
THIS ONE'S GONNA BE ON OUR, UH, UH, CONSUMER ON THE WATER PARK.
IT'S GONNA GO WHERE? ALL OVER, OVER THE CITY.
Y'ALL CAN STEP HERE WITH Y'ALL.
YOU WANT, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW ON THAT ONE, ISN'T IT? I KNOW.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THE BAD THING IS? IF I TRIED TO DRAW THAT, I WOULD MOVE.
I'D BE LIKE IN THE LAST PLACE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UH, REAL QUICK, GUESS THE PROCLAMATION, CITY OF, OF MELBOURNE.
WHAT WE DO IS A LOT OF TIME WE'LL RECOGNIZE A CERTAIN EVENT.
UM, AND THIS ONE, UH, IS, IS ACTUALLY A, MY MYTOSIS AWARENESS MONTH.
AND, UM, WHAT I'LL DO IS, IS THIS WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING? NO.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS A, THERE'S A LOT RIGHT HERE.
I'M GONNA DO THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND YOU GOT SOMETHING THOUGH? I JUST GOT GOOD.
I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LIKE, WOW, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY GLASSES.
WHEREAS, UH, PROCLAMATION, CITY OF MELBOURNE, UH, THIS IS THE NAME AT MYOSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, ENCOURAGE ALL SENTENCES TO COME TOGETHER, LEARN, UH, MORE ABOUT, UH, THE FORMS OF BIOSIS AND ITS SYMPTOMS, AND SUPPORT THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BENEFIT FROM GREATER AWARENESS OF THESE RARE DISEASES.
I'LL LET YOU KIND OF GO IN AND TALK ABOUT, UH, ABOUT IT, IF YOU WOULD.
UH, MY NAME IS MINERVA ROGERS, AND, UH, I AM HONORED TO BE HERE, UH, AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE MYOSITIS AWARENESS.
AS SOMEONE LIVING WITH DERMATOMYOSITIS, ONE TYPE OF MYOSITIS,
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I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH, UH, RARE AND OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, UH, DISEASE.ON BEHALF OF THE TMA, THE, THE MYOSITIS ASSOCIATION, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR ALFRE, THE CITY CLERK OFFICE, AND ALSO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MYOSITIS AWARENESS MONTH.
UH, THIS PROCLAMATION IS JUST NOT JUST WORD ON PAPER.
IT IS A STEP FORWARD, UH, TO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING EARLIER DIAGNOSIS AND BETTER SUPPORT TO THOSE AFFECTED WITH MYOSITIS.
MYOSITIS CAN BE AN INVISIBLE, BUT ITS IMPACT IS LIFE CHANGING, FATIGUE, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, AND SKIN REACTIONS, OUR DAILY BATTLE FOR SOME OF US, UH, THAT'S WHY, UH, RAISING AWARENESS IS SO CRITICAL.
AND BY SHINING A LIGHT ON MYOSITIS, WE'RE NOT ONLY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO LIVE WITH IT, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGING RESEARCH, BETTER TREATMENT, AND A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
UH, MYOSITIS IS ACTUALLY AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, AND, UH, IT ATTACKS THE MUSCLES IN THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO THE BODY ATTACKS ITSELF AND IT'S PROGRESSIVE.
THERE'S IS CHRONIC, THERE'S NO CURE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS TO MAKE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MORE, UH, INFORMED ABOUT THE DISEASE AND, UH, STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO TREAT AND, UH, FIND HELP.
UH, SO TODAY WE RECOGNIZE THAT NO ONE SHOULD FIGHT MYOSITIS ALONE.
SO WITH AWARENESS COMES ACTION, AND WITH ACTION COMES HOPE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, STANDING WITH US IN THIS FIGHT, MAYOR RE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, RUSTY, MEL, I DIDN'T SEE YOU SITTING THERE.
HOW YOU BEEN, MAN? VERY WELL, THANK, WE GOT A COUPLE.
HOW YOU DOING? YOU ONLINE? HELLO.
HOW YOU BEEN? HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS OUR AMAZING TEAM AT THE SPACE COAST ASSOCIATION REALTORS.
AND, AND FOR A START, I'LL SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I GET TO AS MAYOR, GET TO MEET A LOT OF GROUPS, GO INTO A LOT OF ASSOCIATIONS.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THESE PROFESSIONALS, UH, ARE AMAZING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST AS A REALTOR, BUT WHAT THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WHETHER, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE ORIGINAL THINGS I WANTED TO DO.
REMEMBER, WE WANTED TO BUILD DOG PARKS, AND THE REALTORS WERE RIGHT THERE OUT THERE, HANDS ON PAINTING, CLEANING UP.
UH, AND, AND SO I, I WILL SAY THE, THE REALTOR ASSOCIATION, MOST, ONE OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS MANY TIMES.
AND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY WHO, WHO YOU HAVE HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, A PROCLAMATION FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
WHEREAS APRIL 11TH, 2025 MARKS THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, WHICH AFFIRMS NATIONAL POLICY FOR FAIR HOUSING FOR ALL WHO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS THE FAIR HOUSING ACT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, HANDICAP, UH, FAMILIAL STATUS AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
AND WHEREAS THIS ACT PROVIDES EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AMERICANS, UH, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, AS WELL AS THE ENSURE FAIR PRACTICE, UH, IN THE SAFE RENTAL OR FINANCING OF PROPERTY.
AND WHEREAS THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENT ACT OF 1988 ADDED NEW RIGHTS REMEDIES, MONETARY PENALTIES, AND STRENGTHENING ITS ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, AND WHERE THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENT ACT SEEKS TO PROVIDE EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO FIRMLY FURTHER HOUSING CHOICES, TO ELIMINATE LEGAL BARRIERS TO EQUAL HOUSING, AND TO EMPHASIZE EQUAL HOUSING AS THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC STABILITY, COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND HUMAN RELATIONS AND COMMUNITIES ARE PROVIDED BY DIVERSITY AND INTEGRATION.
AND THEN WHEREAS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IS COMMITTED TO FAIR HOUSING AND PROMOTES SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES FOR EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND PERSPECTIVE RESIDENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE SUPPORTS THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF
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THE FEDERAL HOU FAIR HOUSING ACT, LOCAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS, AND FOLLOWS POLICIES AND PRACTICE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL.NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT I, PAUL OP, PREMIER MAYOR, CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2025 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE IT WORTHY OBSERVANCE.
WITNESS MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025.
SO I'M GONNA LEAVE, GIVE THE MIC AN ISSUE TO YOU, RUSTY.
'CAUSE YOU USUALLY LIKE TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE MIC AND I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT OVER, SIR, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY OUT HERE.
UH, I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE, THE CITY, TO THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OVER HERE.
WE ALL KNOW FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, YOU SAID IT BEST THERE, BUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT FOR FAIR HOUSING, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HELPS BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE CITY OF MELBOURNE RECOGNIZING THIS AND HONORS WITH THIS.
WE ALSO KNOW HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON KNOW YOU DO A LOT WITH HABITAT, A LOT OF GRANTS.
YOU GUYS WERE LEADING THE WAY WITH THAT.
SO KEEP UP GOOD WORK AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, AND I WILL SAY I COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THIS AMAZING COUNCIL.
SO IF THIS COUNCIL THAT, THAT HONESTLY, THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM DESERVES A, A, A, A GOOD JOB.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION WE'LL TAKE QUICK.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK? I KNOW YOU DO.
OH, NO, I,
WE, WE'VE BEEN WATCHING DOING JOB, SO PLEASE KEEP IT THANK, THANK DID I PHOTO BOMB THAT ONE? I HOPE NOT.
WERE YOU BEHIND IT? LIKE
I RECOGNIZE YOU FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
10 YEARS OF SERVICE ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
ADAM HAS LIVED IN FLORIDA SINCE 2006.
HE EARNED HIS LAW GREEN LAW DEGREE IN 2009, AND A MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN 2011, BEGINNING OF LEGAL CAREER IN MIAMI WITH 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
ADAM JOINED THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AS ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN 2015, LATER SERVING AS INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY IN 20 20, 23, AND WAS APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY AND SEPTEMBER, 2023, ACTUALLY UNANIMOUSLY, UH, APPOINTED WITH, OVER HIS 10 YEARS.
UM, WITH OVER 10 YEARS, UH, WITH THE CITY, HE HAS PROVIDED, UH, TRUSTED LEGAL GUIDANCE ON A WIDE RANGE OF MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL MATTERS, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INTERGOVERNMENT UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
HIS DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF CITY OPERATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW IS KEY TO SUPPORTING MELBOURNE'S LEGAL INTEREST AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
WHEN HE IS NOT ADVISING THE CITY, ADAM ENJOYS HIS, UH, STRATEGY AND CALM OF A GOOD ROUND OF GOLF.
WE HAVE TWO GOLF COURSES, RIGHT? YEP.
AND, AND, AND WHAT I'LL SAY REAL QUICK IS, IS, UM, NO CITY FUNCTIONS WELL WITHOUT A GOOD CITY ATTORNEY AND, AND SOMEONE WHO'S LEVELHEADED, UM, WHO, WHO WILL, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH PEOPLE, TALK TO PEOPLE, AND REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HE AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM.
UH, YOU ONLY HAVE 40 YEARS LEFT HERE.
SO, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN TALK.
BUT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU REAL QUICK TO, UH, YOU, UH, AND, UH, I'M GONNA LET YOU SAY, IF YOU WOULD SURE.
UH, FIRST THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND, AND CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, YOUR TRUST, UH, IN HAVING ME AS CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, 10 YEARS HAS FLOWN BY, UM, I, I, UH, THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE TIME FROM HAVING MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA TO, TO FLORIDA IN 2006, THE DAY IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING WELL WHERE I WILL HAVE LIVED IN FLORIDA LONGER THAN, UH, CALIFORNIA.
SO THAT
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2015, UH, THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, A LOT OF, UH, STRONG ACHIEVEMENTS, UH, FOR THE CITY'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
UM, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, I HOPE, I HOPE TO BE INVOLVED IN, IN SEVERAL MORE.
AND I WANT TO THANK TO THANK, UM, UH, BOTH THE, THE MEMBERS OF MY OFFICE, UH, PREDECESSORS WHEN ALLISON DOLLY BROUGHT ME IN IN 2015.
UM, AND, UH, MY STAFF NOW, ALL OF THE OTHER, UH, CITY STAFF MEMBERS, UH, THAT I WORK WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS TO TRY AND, AND ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS.
SO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY FOR, UM,
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I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH MY, WITH MY DECISIONS OR, OR MY OPINIONS, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THAT I, I'M TRYING TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND, UH, HAVE A BASIS FOR, FOR MY EXPLANATION.SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR, UH, WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL.
OKAY, NEXT WE'LL HAVE JOHN OSA COME UP.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE HONORING 35 YEARS FOR JOHN.
SO JOHN DELAROSA JOINED THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ON APRIL 3RD, 1990 AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER, ONE IN WATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION.
OH, I'M HAVING TROUBLE TONIGHT.
EARLY IN HIS CAREER, HE WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE RANKS OF MAINTENANCE WORKER TWO, UTILITY SYSTEM SERVICE WORKER, AND UTIL OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TOO.
IN 2006, JOHN WAS PROMOTED AGAIN TO WATER PRODUCTION MECHANIC.
SO JOHN TRANSFERRED TO METER SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017 AS A METER READER, JOHN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MONTHLY COLLECTION OF METER REACH FOR BILLING AND OCCASIONAL VERIFICATION OF METER INFORMATION.
HE ALSO ASSISTED WITH THE TRANSITION TO CELLULAR METER READING BY VOLUNTEERING TO REPLACE OLD METER EQUIPMENT WITH NEW AND CURRENT METER TECHNOLOGY.
JOHN'S YEARS OF EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH HIS STRONG WORK ETHIC HAVE MADE HIM A VALUABLE PART OF THE METER SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, HE IS BOTH DEPENDABLE AND DRIVEN, MAKING HIM A TRUE ASSET TO THE CITY.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MILESTONE.
35 YEARS IS INCREDIBLE AND OH, SHOULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE.
ALL RIGHT, MOVE, UH, MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE, APRIL 8TH, 2025.
I, THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMBER ON THE LAST MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY MS. KENNY, SECOND BY MS. BASSETT.
MOVE ITEM, ITEM NUMBER SIX, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, WELL, THE, THE FIRST THING IS IN THE REPORT, I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO MELBOURNE MAIN STREET'S DESIGN COMMITTEE HAS PREPARED A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE HOMES PARK PLAZA, AND THEY'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO CITY COUNCIL AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MAY 13TH.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA, UM, FOR, FOR MAY 13TH.
UM, SECOND, I WANTED TO BRING UP, WE HAD TWO OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
FIRST BEING THE RENAISSANCE FAIR DISCUSSION ITEM.
WE WILL ALSO BE TRYING TO HAVE THAT ON THE MAY 13TH MEETING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A DISCUSSION ITEM ON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND THE PROCESS OF THAT.
AND I'M TRYING TO GET THAT EITHER ON THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY OR THE, OR THE ONLY MEETING IN JUNE.
UM, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANNA HAVE TOO MANY DISCUSSION ITEMS ON, ON A, ON A SINGLE ITEM.
AND, UM, ALSO WE HAD A BIT OF NEWS, UM, THAT FOR OUR ANCHORING LIMITATION AREAS, THE, UM, ARMY CORPS PERMIT WAS RECEIVED ON MARCH 27TH.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WAS FOR BREVARD COUNTY TO
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SUBMIT A PERMIT APPLICATION TO, UM, FWC, UM, FOR THE FLORIDA UNIFORM WATERWAY MARKERS.AND THAT APPLICATION WAS MADE ON APRIL 17TH.
SO ONCE THAT PERMIT IS APPROVED, THE COUNTY WILL COORDINATE AND SCHEDULE THE WORK WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR.
SO IT'S TAKEN A WHILE, BUT IT IS, IT'S FINALLY COMING, SO, OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. LAMB? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CAN I USE THIS PODIUM OR DO I HAVE, UH, NO, OVER HERE, PLEASE.
I JUST SAW THE, FOLLOWED BY TIM BAN AFTER THAT.
UM, DO I HAVE TO TELL HIM OR ANYTHING? I'M SORRY.
UM, I WAS RECOMMENDED TO COME HERE BY GILLESPIE.
AND THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, IS A EMAIL THAT I SENT TO, UH, A TEXT MESSAGE I SENT TO KIRSTEN SCHAEFFER, UM, TRYING TO GET HER TO BUILD A BOAT DOWN HERE IN, UH, IN MELBOURNE HARBOR CITY.
AND SHE ENDED UP WINNING THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE.
AND ANYWAY, HER, IF SHE WOULD'VE BUILT THAT BOAT HERE INSTEAD OF PRINCE EDWARDS ISLAND IN CANADA, THE CITY OF MELBOURNE WOULD'VE BEEN KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY 'CAUSE SHE WON THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE.
OKAY? ELLIOT SMITH WAS FROM FLORIDA, AND HE WAS IN THE SAME RACE, BUT HE ONLY MADE IT TO AUSTRALIA IN A 40-YEAR-OLD BOAT THAT HE BUILT IN, IN FLORIDA, HERE IN FLORIDA.
AMBER HASSAN, SHE WAS A SOFTWARE MARKETING SALESPERSON IN NEW YORK CITY.
SHE GAVE UP EVERYTHING TO LEARN HOW TO SAIL, AND CAME DOWN HERE TO LEARN HOW TO SAIL.
THAT'S, UH, NUMBER, UH, PAGE NUMBER THREE.
I TAUGHT AMBER HOW TO DO FIBERGLASS REPAIR AND GEL COAT.
AND, AND, UH, SHE WAS RIGHT THERE, UH, PICTURED, UH, HELPING ME RESTORE A A 30 FOOT CATAMARAN, AMBER'S FIRST BOAT SHE BOUGHT IN TELMAR BAY MARINA FOR A DOLLAR.
UM, THAT PICTURE IS ON DRAGON POINT.
SHE STAYED AT UGALI RIVER ON THAT BOAT UNTIL HAD LEARNED HOW TO SAIL AT MELBOURNE YACHT CLUB UNTIL SHE MOVED TO FRANCE.
HER PAGE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SEE, SHE'S RACING A CARBON FIBER BOAT ONLY AFTER FIVE YEARS OF LEARNING HOW TO SAIL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A 21 FOOT BOAT.
THAT'S SHORTER THAN ME TO HER.
OKAY? AND IT'S ALL CARBON FIBER.
WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD, HE AND I BOUGHT A BOAT NAMED JUDY FOR A DOLLAR.
THE FIRST PERSON TO PEOPLE TO BE ON THAT BOAT WAS DANIEL AND DE VANESSA.
THEY WANTED ME TO MARRY THEM ON THAT BOAT AS A CAPTAIN.
SO JUDY IS NOW OWNED BY HEATHER, AND SHE LOVES THE BOAT.
SHE'S A RETIRED VAR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER, UH, EMPLOYEE.
AND SHE RACES AT BOAT IN MELBOURNE YACHT CLUB.
OKAY? EVERYBODY LOVES THIS BOAT THAT WE BOUGHT YEARS AGO FOR A DOLLAR.
OKAY? SO CLAY'S FIRST LIVERBOARD BOAT, HIS MOM SAID ABOUT ME.
I, I PULLED HIM AND HIS FATHER AWAY, AND MATT KERR OWNS 3 2 1 BOAT CLUB.
AND I SAID, BOATS TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY, SO CLAY WILL NOT HAVE EITHER LEFT, AND HE WON'T FIND ANYTHING TO GET HIM IN TROUBLE AFTER HE BUYS THIS BOAT AND LIVES ON THIS BOAT SINCE THEN.
UM, WHEN CLAY TURNED 18 WITH MY HELP, HE GOT HIS CAPTAIN'S LICENSE, AND HE AND I DELIVERED ALEXANDER DUPONT'S 45 FOOT CATAMARAN FROM ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN, FROM ARUBA TO JAMAICA.
UM, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I THINK I, I THINK MELBOURNE, THE HARBOR CITY IS MISSING OUT.
UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON A HUGE OPPORTUNITY LIKE DAPHNE WHEN SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD AND I HELPED HER GET HER VOTER SAFETY CARD.
SO, UM, DO YOU, DO YOU MIND IF I CONTINUE? BECAUSE I'LL I'LL GIVE YOU 30 MORE SECOND.
SO CLAY AND ALE STILL LIVE ON A BOAT.
THEY LIVE ON A TRAWLER AND DOWN ON PEANUT ISLAND AND DAPHNE, I BUILT A BOAT FOR DAPHNE AND FOR JUSTIN BARNES KIDS TO TEACH 'EM HOW TO BOAT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS STOLE.
AND, UM, WAYNE DICKINSON, HE'S NOW IN HIS EIGHTIES, IF YOU SEE THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 16, HE BUILT A BOAT HERE IN MELBOURNE
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CALLED GOD'S TIER, AND HE SAILED IT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.HE, HE'S IN THE RECORD BOOKS FOR THIS, AND HE LIVES HERE IN MELBOURNE.
OKAY? NOAH CALLS UGALI RIVER, A SAFE HARBOR FOR BOATERS.
SO EVERYBODY THAT COMES DOWN TO THE ICW, WHETHER THEY'RE LOOPERS OR SAILORS OR WHATEVER, THAT'S A SAFE HARBOR FOR STORMS, ET CETERA.
UM, THEY JUST CLOSED DOWN MARINAS UP AT THE CAPE TELMAR BAY.
YOU, YOU CAN'T HARDLY USE THE MARINA ANYMORE.
I THINK THERE'S A BETTER OPTION THAN, AND I, I UNDERSTAND IT WHEN I SEE BOATS CRUSHED, IT KILLS ME, AS YOU CAN TELL RIGHT NOW.
I, I, I'M REALLY EMOTIONAL OVER THIS.
I'VE SEEN DAVID MICHELANGELO'S DAVID, AND WHEN THEY TAKE A BACKHOE AND CRUSH A BOAT, LIKE, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF SQUID LIPS, IT'S LIKE CRUSHING DAVID AND SAYING IT'S JUST A ROCK.
OKAY, WELL, YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP FIRST.
SO, ANYWAY, UH, WELL, THANK YOU.
UH, NEXT SPEAKER'S, UH, TIM BANNOCK.
I, I CAME HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MELBOURNE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, LAST WEEK ON APRIL 16TH, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT BRUSH FIRE OFF OF JOHN RHODES BOULEVARD RIGHT NEXT TO OUR ELECTION SUPPORT CENTER.
I WAS OVER IN ORLANDO WITH MY CHIEF DEPUTY AT A, UH, SOFTWARE USER GROUP MEETING.
AND I GOT THE CALL FROM THE STAFF.
THEY SAID, WELL, WE GOT THIS, THIS BRUSH FIRE OUT HERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF IN THE DISTANCE HERE.
AND, UH, UH, SAID, BUT MELBOURNE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
AND THEN SUDDENLY I GET A CALL BACK, OH, IT SEEMS TO BE GROWING, GETTING CLOSER TO THE BUILDING.
SO WE JUMPED ON THE ROAD AND CAME BACK FROM ORLANDO EARLY.
AND WHAT STARTED AS A ONE TO TWO ACRE FIRE TURNED INTO AN ALMOST 30 ACRE FIRE, UM, MELBOURNE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON THE SCENE.
I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO STATION 72.
UM, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE THEY OUT THERE ALONG WITH 71 70, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CONTINUOUSLY HAVE COME BACK DAY AFTER DAY WHEN WE'VE HAD FOLLOW UP FLAREUPS WHEN WE'VE HAD SMOKE GOING ON.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE THE MINUTE WE CALL, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST REALLY RIGHT THERE.
ON THE DAY OF THE FIRE WE HAD, WE HAD FIRE WITHIN 20 FEET OF OUR FENCE LINE.
UM, AND THIS IS AT OUR ELECTION SUPPORT CENTER ON JOHN RHODES.
AND THAT HOUSES ALL OF BREVARD VOTING EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND THEY NEVER STOPPED, EVEN THOUGH THE FIRE GOT WITHIN 20 FEET, THEY WERE DOWSING, EVERYTHING ALONG THAT FENCE LINE, RIGHT WHERE OUR SHEDS WERE, WHERE WE STORE ALL OF OUR GASOLINE, OUR GENERATORS, AND BACKUP EQUIPMENT, UM, THEY KEPT EVERYTHING SAFE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THEM.
UM, I WATCHED HOW WELL THEY WORKED WITH, UH, HILLSBOROUGH, I'M SORRY, WITH, UH, BREVARD COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, ALONG WITH THE FORESTRY SERVICE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THEIR LEAD.
AND THEY JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR THAT.
HEY, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING AND GIVING ME A CALL ON THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING UP TO GIVE, UH, VICE MAYOR NEWMAN, THE, THE, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MISCALCULATED HIS ELECTION AND
SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, RANDY BENNETT, UH, FOLLOWED BY KELLY BENNINGER.
UH, MY NAME IS RANDY BENNETT, 3 25 NORTHWEST VALENCIA ROAD, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, UH, OWNER OF HURRICANE CREEK, NOW NEON RODEO.
I'M UP HERE TONIGHT TO ASK, UH, FOR THE STARTING PROCESS OF A MODIFICATION TO OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR BREWING BEER ON SITE.
NOW THIS WILL BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HELEN BLAZES DOES IN WHAT INTERCOASTAL BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT, AND I CAN WORK WITH WHOMEVER WITHIN YOU DIRECT ME TO, TO START THE PROCESS FOR THIS TO SHOW THAT, UH, IT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, UH, THAT IS REDUCED WATER AND WASTE COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL BREWERS IN IN THAT SITE.
AND, UH, BEFORE I LEAD INTO THE REC REST OF THIS, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO ADAM AND ALL THE STAFF HERE AND THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY AND ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS AND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, UH, ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH, UH, NINE DAYS OF CRAZINESS.
UH, WE FINISHED UP THIS LAST SATURDAY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ASSISTING US, UH, AS WE FINISH UP THIS WEEK.
ALL THE CITY PAPERWORK PERMITS AND EVERYTHING THAT FINALIZED THE, UH, THE BAR RESCUE FOR OUR LOCATION DOWNTOWN.
SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WITHIN THE CITY WITH HELPING US DO THAT.
UM, AS YOU SAW DOWN THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE WERE LIKE 2,500 PEOPLE
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IN THE STREET, AND, UH, IT WENT OFF WITHOUT HITCH.AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO IN REGARDS TO THAT.
HOPEFULLY, AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, WHEN I STOOD UP AND ASKED FOR THE MODIFICATION WAIVER FOR THE STREET, THAT, UH, IT WOULD HELP DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE BULLET.
I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA GET HEAT.
I KNEW I WAS GONNA GET YELLED AT.
I KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE, UH, TROLLS OUT THERE THAT, UH, BASICALLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
BUT, UH, WE DID THIS FOR DOWNTOWN, HOPEFULLY, TO BRING POSITIVE LIGHT.
AND FROM THERE, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
UH, FROM, IN REGARDS TO THAT, UH, THE ONLY UNFORTUNATE PART ABOUT THIS WAS, WAS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO, THANKS TO FOUR OF OUR NEWS SOURCES, A LOT OF MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS RELEASED OVER THE INTERNET, INCLUDING CELL PHONES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, OF WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME TROLLS AND EVERYTHING HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS OR JUST BASICALLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR DOWNTOWN, AS IN BRINGING POSITIVE LIGHTS AND POSITIVE THINGS DOWN THERE FROM THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE EFFORT FROM THERE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY UNDER AN NDA STILL.
SO I CANNOT COMMENT AND, UH, DO CERTAIN THINGS IN REGARDS TO THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME LONGER.
BUT, UH, THERE ARE A LOT MORE POSITIVES TO COME OUT OF THIS THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED HOPEFULLY IN THE REAL NEAR FUTURE.
UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE TONIGHT MAINLY TO ASK FOR, UH, A MODIFICATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR ALCOHOL SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BREW A BEER.
SO, UM, WHO SHOULD WE START WITH IN REGARDS TO THAT? OKAY, ADAM, I CAN ANSWER THAT MAYOR.
UM, AT A, AS A, UH, QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCESS, RIGHT UP A MODIFICATION TO CONDITIONAL USE IS DONE BY APPLICATION TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO CINDY DEMMER AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS, IS GONNA BE YOUR BEST, UH, POINT OF CONTACT FOR AN APPLICATION TO, UH, MODIFY THAT, THAT CONDITIONAL USE.
AND THEN IT'LL GO, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND THEN TO COUNCIL FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION ON THAT BASED ON THE, THOSE QUASI-JUDICIAL FACTORS.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM AS WELL FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS AS WE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WRAPPING UP, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING WITH YOU GUYS AND THROUGH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THIS WEEK.
GO MS. MA'AM, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT IN, IN PART OF WRAPPING UP YOUR PAPERWORK AND YOUR PERMITS, WE DO NEED TO GET THAT HARBOR APPROVAL, RIGHT? OKAY.
OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU GUYS.
KELLY BENNINGER AND, UH, THAT'D BE THE LAST SPEAKER UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK.
KELLY BENINGER, 2013 SIERRA STREET.
UM, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE CS CONDITIONAL USES AS FAR AS THAT BEING GOOD FOR DOWNTOWN THE BAR RESCUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS READ THE COMMENTS, BUT IT WAS NOT GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOWNTOWN RESCUE.
AND ME BEING A BUSINESS OWNER DOWN THERE TOO, I'M, I HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS.
THE LAST THING WE NEED IS ANOTHER CLOSED BUSINESS, BUT WE'VE GOT RESTAURANTS OPERATING AS NIGHTCLUBS, AND I HAVE THE CU PS OF THEM.
WE'VE GOT OTHER BARS THAT ARE DOING CONCERTS THAT DON'T HAVE NO OCCUPANCY.
THEY'RE STUFFING 2, 3, 400 PEOPLE IN THERE.
THEN WHEN THE CONCERT'S OVER, THEY'RE ALL IN THE STREET.
I'M, I'VE JUST SIGNED A 10 YEAR LEASE.
SO I'VE GOT MY INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN, BUT BAR RESCUE IS NOT THE ANSWER.
OKAY?
AND THEIR CUP AIN'T BEING OPERATED RIGHT EITHER.
I, I DON'T WANT TO BE AN ARGUMENT WITH THIS.
'CAUSE I INVESTED $600,000 IN THAT BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
I JUST WENT THROUGH CUP COURT, WHICH YOU GUYS SAID YOU COULDN'T DO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BRING NOBODY TO.
OKAY? I STOOD HERE AND GOT REAMED AND REAMED AND REAMED AND ENDED UP, THEY WANTED A $5,000 FINE AND ENDED UP WITH A $500 FINE.
'CAUSE OF MY CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH Y ALL SAID, YOU CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT THESE BUSINESSES OR DOING THINGS WRONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BRINGING GOODNESS TO DOWNTOWN, IT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUAL THAT TRIED TO DISBAND OUR MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION.
HE WANTED TO TAKE THE FUNDING FROM THEM AS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AND I HAD TO STAND UP HERE AND FIGHT FOR IT.
NUM, NUMEROUS OF US ARE, AND HE WANTED THE MONEY.
SO
BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE OUR
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DOWNTOWN LOOKED AT FOR HIS, FOR HIS BUSINESS TO WORK, FOR MY BUSINESS TO WORK.BUT WHERE WAS THE BUILDING PERMITS? THERE WAS NONE.
I TALKED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY, NO PERMITS WERE APPLIED FOR NONE.
AND SHE KNOWS THAT HART, I WENT THROUGH HECK OVER THESE TWINKLE LIGHTS THAT SOMEBODY TURNED ME IN ON.
AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, MY LITTLE $3,000 THAT PLUG INTO A, A WALL OUTLET.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH HARP, HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
SO WHERE'S THE FA YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA DO GOOD TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T PAY THEIR BILLS AND THAT BRING BAR RESCUE IN? OR ARE WE GONNA DO GOOD TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY? THEY'RE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
I DON'T WANNA DRAG IT OUT, BUT I JUST WANT YOUR EYES OPENED AND LET'S LOOK AT DOWNTOWN.
YEAH, I THINK JENNY WANTS TO GO AHEAD.
AS I BROUGHT UP, AS I BROUGHT UP THAT ABOUT NEEDING THE HARB APPROVAL, THERE IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE THAT WAS STARTED ABOUT THE PERMITS AND THE HARBOR APPROVAL.
AND SO THAT WE WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
GO AHEAD AND JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORDS PARSE AS WELL, AND I THINK JENNY CAN ATTEST THIS, HER AND I, EVERY TIME WE SIT DOWN, TALK ABOUT WORKING ON HELPING DOWNTOWN, ANYTHING WE CAN DO, ANY IDEAS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS, AS FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'VE ONLY BEEN UP HERE FOR MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, BUT I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UH, IN BENEFIT TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT STREET SCAPE.
I JUST WENT UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO GET HOPEFULLY A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP IMPROVE OUR AREA DOWN THERE.
SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON STAFF SIDE AND THE COUNCIL SIDE.
BUT JUST IT, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE COMING TO HELP.
WE'RE COMING TO HELP EVERYBODY.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, ORDER NUMBER 2025 DASH 20.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AMENDING APPENDIX DE CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 4.04 OF THE CITY CODE AMENDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, SANITARY SEWER SUB ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAKING FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND INTERPRETATION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE.
REPORTING ON MS. MS. CINDY DIMER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD ON SECOND READING FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DIMER? NO.
DO WE HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET FOR THIS? WE HAVE SIGN UP.
ALL I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GO AHEAD AND, AND OPEN IT UP.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS MAYOR.
APPROVAL ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 20 BASED UPON THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMORANDUM.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, SECOND BY MRS. WITH BASSETT.
OKAY, MS. BASSETT, UH, ROLL CALL.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
MR. CONNELLEY, THANK YOU MAYOR ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, MAKING FINDINGS AMENDING APPENDIX D CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 4.04 OF THE CITY CODE AMENDING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, CONSERVATION, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE OFFICIAL MAP ATLAS, INCLUDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SERIES TO ADD TEXT 2024 DASH 0 0 1 9 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REVIEW AMENDMENTS MAJOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT AMENDMENTS BASED UPON THE CITY'S 2023 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REVIEW NOTIFICATION LETTER TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE.
REPORT ON THIS IS MS. DITMER? UH, YES.
NOTHING FURTHER DOUBT ON SECOND READING ON THIS ITEM.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, DIRECTION ON THIS COUNSEL? MAYOR MS. HANLEY APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 21 BASED UPON THE FINDINGS CONTAINED ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, SECOND BY MS. BASSETT ON NINE ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, REPORTING ON THIS IS OUR ENGINEERING MR.
HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 10 FOR TASK ORDER DRMP 0 8 9 TO THE CONTINUING CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES WITH DRMP INC.
WHERE THE CITY HALL THIRD FLOOR RENOVATIONS AND FOURTH FLOOR BUILD OUT DESIGN SERVICES.
ORIGINALLY, WHEN CITY HALL WAS DESIGNED IN 2007, STAFF ANTICIPATED, UH, UNIDENTIFIED FUTURE EXPANSION NEEDS.
UH, BASICALLY WE KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA NEED.
UH, SO A PORTION OF THE FOURTH FLOOR WAS REMAIN, UM, WAS
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LEFT UNBUILT.UM, THE TRAINING ROOM, CONFERENCE ROOM, LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, AND A PORTION OF THE IT OFFICE SPACE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
UM, HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE COMING BACK TO FINISH THE FOURTH FLOOR BUILD OUT, OUT.
UM, THIS WAS TO BASICALLY ACCOMMODATE OUR CURRENT, UH, CITY NEEDS.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE INTENDING ON DOING IS, UH, BUILDING OUT THE FOURTH FLOOR TO ACCOMMODATE THE IT DEPARTMENT BEING, UH, COMPLETELY RELOCATED, UH, TO THE FOURTH FLOOR SO THAT ALL OF THEIR SERVICES ARE BEING OFFERED, UH, FROM THAT ONE LOCATION.
UH, THAT WILL HELP WITH EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE IT DEPARTMENT.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR SPACE TO BE CLEARED UP ON THE THIRD FLOOR, UH, TO ALLOW FOR, UH, EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO MOVE HOUSING, UH, SERVICES, UH, INTO, UH, CITY HALL.
UH, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION'S END.
UM, FURTHERMORE, UM, THIS WILL, UH, PROVIDE FOR A, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, OFFICE SPACE ALSO FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
UM, FUNDING'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET 9 0 0 2 3, UH, BUILD OUT OF CITY HALL FOURTH FLOOR, UH, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER DMP 8 0 8 9 TO DRMP INC.
AMERT ISLAND, FLORIDA BY THE CITY HALL THIRD FLOOR RENOVATIONS AND FOURTH FLOOR BUILD OUT DESIGN SERVICES.
PROJECT NUMBER 9 0 0 2 3 AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $133,595.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. ERNEST? MAYOR? NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION.
UM, I SAID I THINK A LAST MINUTE QUESTION ON MONDAY.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS JENNY AND YOU RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY ABOUT THAT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT HOW QUICK THIS IS GOING AND, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS COUNSEL? MAYOR, GO AHEAD MA'AM.
APPROVAL TEST ORDER NUMBER DRMP 0 89 TO D-M-D-R-M-P INC OF MERRITT ISLAND FOR THE CITY HALL OF THIRD FLOOR RENOVATION AND FOURTH FLOOR BUILD OUT DESIGN SERVICES, PROJECT NUMBER 9 0 0 2 3 IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $133,595.
I'LL SECOND THAT SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
ANY OPPOSED? THE VOTE MOTION PASSES.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 11, THIS IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD, WT COMP INC OF CASTLEBERRY, FLORIDA FOR THE STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAFE ROUTE OF SCHOOL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UM, THE STONE MAG MIDDLE SAFE ROUTE OF SCHOOL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 6,500 LINEAR FOOT OF SIX FOOT CONCRETE SIDEWALK IN THE VICINITY OF STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL ALONG LIPSCOMB STREET, MONROE STREET AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD.
AS NOTED BY THE LOCATION MAP, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN PUT UP ON THE OVERHEAD.
UM, WE'RE BASICALLY GONNA BE FILLING IN THE GAPS IN THE, UH, SIDEWALK SYSTEM, UH, AROUND STONE, UH, MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, THE NEW SIDEWALK IS INDICATED BY THE LIGHT BLUE COLOR.
UH, NEW CROSSWALKS ARE INDICATED BY THE RED COLOR.
AND WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, RAPID RECTANGULAR FLASHING BEACON, UH, INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING ON MONROE AND LIPSCOMB.
UH, THESE ARE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, FEATURES IN THIS AREA.
UM, THIS IS PART OF THE SAFE ROUTES OF SCHOOL PROJECT, WHICH IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, UH, THROUGH, UH, AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE STATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE'RE ALSO ADDING AN EIGHT FOOT BY EIGHT 15 FOOT CONCRETE BUS PAD ON LIPSCOMB STREET NEAR POPLAR LANE.
UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, IT WILL BE, UH, WE'LL PUT THE PAD AND WE'LL FURNISH IT WITH A, UH, BENCH AND SHELTER AT A, UH, LATER DATE.
UH, THROUGH, UH, COORDINATION, UH, WITH SCAP, UM, ON NUMBERS NOVEMBER 26TH, 2024, THE CITY, UH, HAD ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 4 3 1 1 AND 4 3 1 2 AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHICH ALLOCATED $1,023,610 OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO THE PROJECT, ALONG WITH A, UH, LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENT ALLOCATING A DEPOSIT FOR CEI SERVICE OVERRUN IN THE AMOUNT OF 27,272.
UH, WE RECENTLY, WELL RECENTLY OPENED BIDS ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025.
TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT WITH A LOW BID PROVIDED BY WT COMP INC.
UH, THIS BID WAS APPROXIMATELY 16% LOWER THAN THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, UH, WHICH WE WERE VERY, UM, HAPPY TO BE SURPRISED WITH.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, REVIEWED THE, UH, BIDS.
UM, THE BID WAS CONSIDERED, UH, BOTH RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE.
UM, AS PART OF, UH, THIS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, UH, NUMBER ONE, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO BE BROUGHT, UM, OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE THE BIDS CAME IN LOWER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED BY THE $1 MILLION
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GRANT THAT WAS DONE IN, UM, NOVEMBER.SO, UH, THIS IS FOR PROJECT AWARD.
UH, TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION BID PRICE OF $857,862, WHICH IS 100% REIMBURSABLE.
UH, COST NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING INCLUDE POST-DESIGN SERVICES FOR $25,580.
UH, THESE WILL BE, UH, SERVICES THAT THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, PROJECT CONTINGENCY AND THE AMOUNT OF $85,786.
AND THEN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONTINGENCY FOR $27,272 FOR CEI COST OVERRUNS.
UH, THAT'S FOR ADDITIONAL OVERTIME OR ANY, UH, CEI COSTS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE ORIGINAL TIME ANTICIPATED FOR THE CONTRACT.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, FOR CEI SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, SO THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGETARY COMMITMENT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $138,638, WHICH IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 14% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST.
UM, AS NOTED, UH, BITS CAME IN UNDER BUDGET, I WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNSEL FOR THAT, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO REDUCE THE FUNDS ALLOCATION AT A LATER DATE.
UH, WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR DOT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE IT EXECUTED ON OUR END.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AWARD, WT COMP INC.
CASTLEBERRY, FLORIDA FOR THE STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NUMBER 8 5 4 2 2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $857,861 AND 69 CENTS.
UH, FIRST QUESTION IS THIS, I THINK THIS IS A, A, A GREAT PROJECT AND I'VE SORT OF BEEN SORT OF KEEPING AN EYE ON, UH, COUPLE QUESTIONS.
WHEN IS THIS EXPECTED TO START? UH, WITH THE CONTRACT AWARD, UH, WE'LL BE PROCEEDING WITH GETTING THE PURCHASE ORDERS AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
UH, WE HAVE TO GET THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION BONDS IN PLACE ALSO.
UH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MOVE TO A NOTICE TO PROCEED AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, HAVING THAT NOTICE TO PROCEED, UH, ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AT THE LATEST, UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION TO COMMENCE, UH, THEREAFTER.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT TO CITIZENS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THEY DID THE, UH, UNIVERSITY AND THE SPEED TABLES AND A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WERE SURPRISED THAT COMES UP AT THE POLICE RELATIONS COUNCIL AND, AND OTHER EVENTS AND LIKE, OH, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
SO HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT? UH, AND, AND ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IN DOING THAT? UM, WE HAVE HAD, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF OUTREACH ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UH, BEFOREHAND.
UH, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR, UH, PIO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS GO OUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, NOTIFYING, UM, RESIDENTS.
UH, ADDITIONALLY BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, UH, WE MAY HAVE VMS BOARDS THAT ARE INSTALLED THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UH, NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING A LOT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC IMPACTS, UH, DUE TO THIS PROJECT 'CAUSE IT IS PRIMARILY A SIDEWALK PROJECT.
UH, HOWEVER, UM, IT, IT WILL BE KIND OF OBVIOUS THAT WE ARE IN THE AREA, SO.
YOU HAD, I'M SORRY, MS. LAMB, YOU HAD SOME, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, JUSTICE, IF YOU CAN SCROLL SO WE CAN SEE THE TOP OF THAT EXHIBIT.
THERE IS A THIRD RAPID SLASHING BEACON UP, UM, CLOSE TO MACEDONIA CHURCH.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED TO THE PROJECT.
SO NOT SORRY, THAT WAS JUST ON MY PART.
I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
I DIDN'T WANT, I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE HAD TAKEN THAT OUT OF THE PROJECT.
UH, MS. FAN, I WISH YOU HAD DONE THIS A MONTH OR A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.
'CAUSE DURING TAX SEASON, I GOT YELLED AT BECAUSE YOU, UM, HAD THE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD REDONE AND THEY WANTED THE LIPSCOMB STREET ABSOLUTELY DONE.
AND I'VE GOT AN EARFUL MORE THAN I WANT KNOW ABOUT.
SO I HAVE A PHONE CALL TO MAKE TOMORROW MORNING TO TELL PEOPLE HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE.
AND, UM, WILL YOU HAVE THIS PICTURE ON THE WEBSITE? UH, YES MA'AM.
WE CAN ADD THIS PICTURE TO THE WEBSITE, SHOW THE, UH, LAYOUT.
IF NOT, I'LL NEED TO HAVE THE PICTURE SO I CAN EMAIL THIS OUT TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IT.
'CAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED BECAUSE THE, WHAT THEY TALKED TO ME ABOUT IS ON THE PARK THAT THEY WERE PEOPLE GOING FROM THE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOUSING UNIT, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO THE PARK.
THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE HAVING, THAT'S WHERE THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS.
THEY SAID IT WAS NICE AND UNIVERSITY, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY THE HOUSING AROUND THE PARK THAT PEOPLE WOULD, THAT THEY HAD THE CONCERN WITH.
AND I SEE WE HAD THE FLASH OF BACON, THE RAYS, THE RAYS UP THERE, AND THE BELLA BUS SHELTER.
SO I AM REALLY THRILLED ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I CAN TELL THEM WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE BALL.
I KNOW I GOT, I GOT CHEWED PRETTY GOOD.
I WILL TRY TO GET THIS ON THE WEBSITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE DOING A SWITCHOVER OF THE, THE CITY WEBSITE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
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SO THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK BEFORE WE CAN YOU JUST EMAIL GET SO I CAN EMAIL THIS PICTURE? EMAIL IT TO ME AND THEN I CAN EMAIL IT OUT.I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE, A SIMPLE WAY I CAN GET IT OUT THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE IT 'CAUSE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT, EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE WANTING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY ON THE LIPKIN SIDE.
UH, THIS MIGHT BE A JAMES QUESTION, MIGHT BE A JENNY QUESTION.
I LOVE HEARING BUDGET SAVINGS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS COMING FROM A GRANT THOUGH.
WILL THIS IMPACT ANY OF OUR FUTURE BUDGETS IN, IN A POSITIVE WAY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT DOES THAT COME BACK TO US IN ANY WAY? OR IS THIS MORE SO WE'RE JUST GETTING LESS GRANT MONEY IN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT, UH, PROJECT.
THE, THE MONEY DOES COME OUT OF OUR POCKET STATE REIMBURSES US FOR IT, UH, THROUGH THE GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, THEY'VE ALLOCATED THESE FUNDS SO WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN PLACE.
UH, SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOME, THEY COULD ONLY TAKE IT BACK FROM US IF WE FAILED TO MEET THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.
YOU CHANGE THE CONTRACT, IT, YOU KNOW, TOLD 'EM TO PUT IN, YOU KNOW, PURPLE COLORED SIDEWALKS, WHATEVER.
SO DID SOMETHING THAT, THAT VARIED FROM THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
UM, IT, WE HAVE BUDGETED THIS AS A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROJECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, THESE PROJECTS TEND TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO, TO DEVELOP.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SO AS FAR AS THE, THE BUDGET GOES, I THINK THIS WAS ALREADY ANTICIPATED IN IT AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO WHILE WE'RE SAVING MONEY ON THIS PROJECT, YEAH, WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT THAT OPENED ON THE SAME DAY.
UHHUH ALSO HAS DOT FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND THAT ONE CAME IN A LITTLE OVER BUDGET, SO IT, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT ONE.
THEY MOVE SOME ONE MONEY FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE OTHER, BUT WE PROBABLY WERE A WASH THAT DAY, SO.
WELL, AND IF IT WASHES IT'S FINE MEAN BECAUSE AGAIN, IT SAVES US ON THAT END BECAUSE IT WAS HIGHER.
BUT JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW, HOW THAT UP WORKED OUT.
AND THAT PROJECT WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE ON, UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT PROCESS WITH THE STATE ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
ALSO, WHICH PROJECT'S THAT, UH, THAT IS THE SOUTHWEST TRAILS, UH, PROJECT THAT'S BEEN BEFORE COUNCIL A COUPLE TIMES AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT ONE, THE FINAL ITERATION OF IT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR MR. ERNEST? OKAY.
VICE MAYOR, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION IT TO YOUR DISTRICT,
UM, APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO WT COMP INC.
CASTLEBERRY, FLORIDA FOR THE STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SRTS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NUMBER 8 5 4 2 2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $857,861 AND 69 CENTS.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. BASSETT, ALL OF CONVEYORS.
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WHAT? MS. KENNEDY? MS. KENNEDY, PLEASE BE KENNEDY.
I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH D.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. KENNEDY, SECOND BY MRS. BASSETT.
SO WE'RE SLIDE ON TO NUMBER 14.
REPORTING ON THIS IS MS. CINDY DIMMER.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING OUR STATEWIDE HOUSING, UH, INITIATIVES, PARTNERSHIP, LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.
THE SHIP LAP, UH, FOR THE SHORTER VERSION, THIS IS FOR THE NEXT THREE STATE FISCAL YEARS OF 25 20 25 THROUGH 2028.
UM, THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO, UM, DEVELOP A, UM, LA EVERY THREE YEARS AT A MINIMUM THAT DESCRIBES WHAT OUR HOUSING ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES ARE, UM, THAT WILL ASSIST IN, UM, FOSTERING AVAILABILITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTES.
UM, THE PROPOSED, UM, FY 2025 THROUGH 2028 LA ALLOWS FOR PROGRAMS, UM, THAT TARGET BOTH, UM, RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS AND HOME BUYERS.
UM, THE LA ALSO, UM, OUTLINES, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE FROM SHIP, UM, REGARDING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
THERE ARE TWO MINOR CHANGES, UM, TO THE PROGRAM.
WELL, ONE'S NOT MINOR, I GUESS WE ARE ADDING A NEW STRATEGY THAT WE FEEL LIKE MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S THE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION STRATEGY.
UM, THAT STRATEGY WOULD ALLOW ASSISTANCE UP TO $8,000 FOR A HOUSEHOLD, UM, THAT POTENTIALLY HAS HAD DIFFICULTIES IN FALLING BEHIND IN MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
UM, THE INTENT OF THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME AND IF THAT ASSISTANCE CAN KEEP SOMEBODY STA GET THEM STABILIZED AND, AND STAY IN THEIR HOME, UM, WE FORESEE THAT AS BEING, UM, VERY HELPFUL.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS JUST A, UM, CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT DELIVERY COST.
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UM, RELATED TO OUR, UM, HOMEOWNER REHABILITATION, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE DO.UM, OF PARTICULAR NOTE, THIS LA IS JUST A PLAN THAT OUTLINES OUR STRATEGIES, OUR PROGRAMS, THERE'S NO FUNDING TIED TO IT.
UM, IT JUST SETS OUT THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY CAN FUND ANNUALLY WITH OUR SHIP DOLLARS.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THESE PROGRAMS AS FAR AS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, COMMITTEE DID REVIEW, UM, THE LA AT THEIR MARCH 10TH MEETING.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT HAVE A, A FULL QUORUM.
THEY STAFF WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION.
THERE WEREN'T ANY, UM, COMMENTS OR REQUESTS FOR CHANGES.
UM, AND, UM, SO THERE WASN'T A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION, BUT, BUT COUNSEL, UM, AS THE FINAL BODY, UM, WILL BE APPROVING THAT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 43 40, ADOPTING THE FY 2025 THROUGH 2028 STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES, PARTNERSHIP, LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
MS. I HAVE CLIENT, THEY'RE NOT IN DOING THE MELBOURNE, THEY'RE DOING WITH THE COUNTY SHIP PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS REALLY, BUT IT, HER GETTING AROUND, SHE HAS TO USE A WALKER AND ALL THAT, AND SHE'S HAVING HER KITCHEN REHABBED.
THE ONLY CABINETS THEY'RE PUTTING IN THERE IS SHAKER CABINETS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW, THAT'S THE STYLE.
BUT FOR HER TO KEEP UP, SHE CAN'T BEND DOWN TO CLEAN IT.
SO DO WE LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE LOOK, BECAUSE SHE WAS TOLD THAT WAS THE ONLY THING.
SHE COULD EITHER HAVE WHITE OR GRAY, UM, SHAKER CABINETS, BUT BECAUSE OF HER DISABILITY, SHE CAN'T CLEAN THE, YOU KNOW, GET DOWN AND CLEAN THOSE THINGS.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I, I KNOW THAT MIGHT SOUND LIKE REALLY PETTY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DISABLED AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S HAVING IT, HAVING THIS RE THE SHIP PROGRAM, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN HAVING JUST A SMOOTH FRONT.
DO WE DO ANYTHING? LIKE DO WE REQUIRE, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TOLD.
YOU COULD EITHER PICK ONE OF THE TWO CA EITHER WHITE OR GRAY, AND THAT WAS IT.
I'M NOT AWARE THAT OUR PROGRAM IS QUITE THAT FORMALIZED.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT COST, AND SO WE'RE ONLY ALLOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, A HOMEOWNER TO PICK, UM, MATERIALS AND, AND THINGS THAT ARE ON THE LOWER COST SIDE, NOT NECESSARILY STYLE.
UM, SO I, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, BUT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN SOMEBODY'S HANDICAPPED GETTING DOWN, SHE CAN'T GO DOWN ON THE BOTTOM CABINETS AND, YOU KNOW, CLEAN THOSE LITTLE GROOVES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S HAS AN OLDER PERSON OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS DISABILITY HAVING A HOUSE, THAT'S JUST NOT A PRACTICAL SITUATION FOR THEM.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A, I'VE DONE A LOT OF REHABILITATIONS, UM, OF HOUSES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS OF THAT NATURE, YOU KNOW, FROM ANY OF THE HOMEOWNER SHE WAS SHOWING ME.
SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T GONNA CLEAN IT, KEEP IT CLEAN.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.
WHAT WE DOING FOR 14 MAYOR? GOOD.
UH, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 43 40 ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2028 STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES, PARTNERSHIP, LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
'CAUSE Y'ALL DIDN'T Y'ALL NOTED NO PUBLIC HEARING.
BECAUSE NUMBER 14 SAYS NO, THAT THE ERROR IN THAT, THE ERROR IN THE, UH, PAPERWORK.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO DO I HAVE TO RE REITERATE
AND WHO'S SECONDING THAT? YOU'RE FINE.
YEAH, WE DON'T WANNA HEAR YOU AGAIN.
AND BASSETT, THAT WAS A LONG ONE.
UH, THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATE TO THE CITY, MELBOURNE'S CITY OF MELBOURNE'S SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZATION FOR CITY MANAGER, THE ABILITY TO AWARD AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR THE SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, CURRENTLY THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IS CONSIDERED AN IMPAIRED WATERWAY,
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UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THE WATER BODY IS RECEIVING EXCESSIVE POLLUTANTS, WHICH, UH, DEGRADE THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF THE LAGOON.UH, AND ADDITION, UH, REUL RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE AND THE REDUCED ABILITY FOR PUBLIC USE.
UH, IF WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UM, ALGAE BLOOMS, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT CAN REDUCE THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO USE AND ENJOY THE LAGOON.
UM, IMPAIRED WATER BODIES, UM, REQUIRE THAT A TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD TO POLLUTANTS BE ESTABLISHED SO THAT THE IMPAIRMENT TO THE WATER BODY CAN BE ELIMINATED.
IN THE CASE OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, MAIN POLLUTANTS ARE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS.
UH, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT SOURCES OF THESE POLLUTANTS IS, UH, AGING SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE LOCATED, UH, IN THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE INDIAN RIVER, INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
IN 2015, THE CITY OF MELBOURNE'S STORMWATER UTILITY DIVISION KEPT, UH, CREATED THE SEPTIC TANK ELIMINATION PROGRAM TO PERFORM PACK CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE A LIMITED GRANT PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF FAILING SEPTIC TANKS.
IN 2016, BREVARD COUNTY VOTERS ADOPTED OR APPROVED THE SAVE OUR INDIAN RIVER LAGOON HALF CENT SALES TAX REFERENDUM, WHICH HAS PROVIDED AN EXPANDED SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR NUTRIENT REDUCTION PROJECTS.
ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONALLY, GRANT PROGRAMS THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES, UH, DO BECOME AVAILABLE FOR TIME TO TIME TO, UH, REMOVE AND REPLACE THESE SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND CONNECT THEM TO, UH, THE CITY'S SANITARY SYSTEM, UH, TO FACILITATE TRANSITION AWAY, UH, FROM FAILING OR ANTIQUATED SEPTIC SYSTEM.
CITY OF MELBOURNE SEPTIC TO THE SEWER GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF A GRANT TO PROPERTY OWNERS DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND INSTALLING LINES, CONNECTING THEM TO THE CITY'S, UH, MAIN SEWER SYSTEM.
UH, ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS AVAILABLE REIMBURSEMENT BASIS FOR WORK RELATED TO THE SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT COMPLETED BY A LICENSED CONTRACTOR AND APPROVED BY THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
UM, THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT AT THIS TIME AS INDIVIDUAL REIMBURSEMENTS ARE SO ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, GRANT, UH, FUNDING.
UH, THE CITY OF MELBOURNE SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING FUNDING SOURCES, UH, MELBOURNE STORMWATER UTILITY, UH, SAVE OUR INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TRUST FUND, FLORIDA DEP, UM, GRANTS, OR ANY OTHER GRANTING AGENCY, WHICH MAY PROVIDE ELIGIBLE FUNDING.
UH, THE WAY WE'VE WRITTEN THIS PROGRAM IS TO ANTICIPATE, UH, FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL EACH AND EVERY TIME WE FIND A NEW SOURCE OF GRANT FUNDS.
UH, TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF RESOL RESOLUTION 4 3 4 1 FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM AND APPROVAL OF RELU RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 4 2, DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO AWARD AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS I DID WANT TO IDENTIFY TO COUNCIL.
UH, ONE IS THAT WE ARE CAPPING THIS PROGRAM AT $30,000.
ANYTHING BEYOND $30,000 IN AN INDIVIDUAL GRANT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION.
UH, THE SECOND, UH, MAJOR ITEM ON THIS IS THAT, UM, WE ARE, UM, WE DO A, UH, DIRECT REIMBURSEMENT, UH, TO CONTRACTORS, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO SIGN, I BELIEVE THE, THE CORRECT TERM WAS A, UH, ADAM, COULD YOU HELP ME OUT HERE WITH THE, THE PAYMENT TERM SLIP? UH, IT'D BE A, IT'D BE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNMENT OF, UH, TO THE CONTRACTOR.
THEY HAVE TO DO A PAYMENT ASSIGNMENT FORM, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE CITY.
UH, AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE A DIRECT REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR ONCE THE SERVICES HAVE BEEN, UH, ACCEPTED THROUGH THE PERMIT.
UH, AND ALL RELEVANT INSPECTIONS AND PAPERWORK HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
UH, SO THIS SHOULD HELP HOPEFULLY WITH THE RESIDENTS HAVING OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEPTIC TANKS.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TO ELIMINATE OLD SEPTIC TANKS THAT ARE, UM, UH, EITHER HAD NEVER BEEN DESIGNED TO REMOVE NUTRIENTS, UH, FROM THE TREATED WATER, UH, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY, UH, DISCHARGING TO THE LAGOON, WHICH CAUSES ALGAL GROWTH AND OTHER IMPACT TO WILDLIFE AND WATER QUALITY.
UH, AND TO REPLACE, UH, OR HELP RESIDENTS REPLACE SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE FAILED, UH, AND CAN BE INCREDIBLY COSTLY TO REPLACE.
UH, THIS IS PART OF THE CI UH, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOR, UM, IMPROVING, UH, WATER QUALITY WITHIN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
UH, SO MR. DENNIS, HOW MANY, UM, SEPTIC TANKS DO, WOULD YOU ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE? OR WHAT, MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE STILL OF CONCERN? UM, THE AREAS OF PRIMARY CONCERN ARE AREAS THAT HAVE A DIRECT WATERSHED TO THE LAGOON.
UH, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE ANYWHERE FROM THE SAND RIDGE TO THE EAST, UH, TO THE LAGOON.
UH, WHICH APPROXIMATELY IS, UH, WHERE THE,
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THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE.UM, THE AREAS THAT WE'RE PRIMARILY TARGETING, UH, FOR THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS, UM, ARE ALONG RIVERSIDE, OR SORRY, RIVERVIEW RIVERSIDE, AND, UH, AREAS THAT ARE, UH, ADJACENT TO THE WATER.
A LOT OF THE, UH, OLDER COMMUNITIES THAT WENT IN, IN THE FORTIES, FIFTIES, AND SIXTIES, UM, THEY'RE LOWER THAN OUR, OUR SEWER SYSTEM HAD REALLY HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
UH, SO THESE ARE ALL SYSTEMS THAT, UH, REQUIRE A HOOKUP TO A PRESSURE SYSTEM OR A FORCE MAIN SYSTEM.
SO A LOT OF THESE, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH CONVERSIONS ARE GOING TO A, A GRINDER PUMP SET UP, WHICH GOES INTO THE FORCE MAIN, WHICH IS PUMPED BACK TO ONE OF OUR, UM, SEWER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
SO, CAN I JUMP IN AGAIN? SORRY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS, SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND, I WANNA SAY AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT FREQUENT ANYMORE, BUT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE CALL AND SAY, THERE'S A HOLE IN MY YARD.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT IT'S AN OLD SEPTIC TANK, AND THEY'VE BEEN PAYING SEWER BECAUSE THEY WERE FORCED TO CONNECT YEAR, LIKE PREVIOUS OWNERS FORCED TO CONNECT YEARS AGO, BUT THEY NEVER MADE THE CONNECTION AND THE SEPTIC TANK IS JUST SITTING THERE.
OR MAYBE THEY MADE THE CONNECTION BUT NEVER REMOVED THE SEPTIC TANK.
AND SO THIS PROGRAM HELPS WITH THAT ALSO.
AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS OTHER THAN THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE INDIAN RIVER.
WE HAVE AREAS THAT ARE ON THE TRIBUTARIES, OR LIKE, SAY ALONG THE M1 CANAL OR ANY WATERWAY THAT DISCHARGES TO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
WE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY TO TRY TO GET THEM OFF OF SEPTIC TANKS.
SO WE, WE HAVE HAD SOME ALONG, UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, BIG DONIA THAT'S ALONG CRANE CREEK.
UM, AND LIKE, UH, MS. LAMB HAD MENTIONED, UM, FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY FOR A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS, UH, FLORIDA HAS GOT EXTREMELY SANDY SOILS.
SO YOU CAN HAVE A FAILING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WHERE THE TANK IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED.
THE DRAIN FIELD IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED IN PROVIDING TREATMENT TO THE, UH, WASTE MATERIAL.
UM, BUT IT WILL PERK OUT IN OUR SOILS VERY READILY.
SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE NEVER HAD THEIR TANK INSPECTED 15, 20 YEARS, UH, AND THEY THINK IT'S FUNCTIONING, JUST FUNCTIONING JUST PERFECTLY, HUH.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S EFFECTIVELY LEACHING, UNTREATED SEWAGE MATERIAL INTO THE GROUND AND, UM, WATER THAT WE SWIM, ENJOY, AND ENJOY AND, UH, FISH FROM.
SO, MS. PASS, GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
UM, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I'M REALLY HAPPY THIS IS HAPPENING.
REALLY SUPER, SUPER HAPPY THIS IS HAPPENING.
UM, BUT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO REMOVE A SEPTIC TANK FROM A YARD? UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE AREA.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T ACTUALLY REMOVE THE SEPTIC TANK.
IT'S CRUSHED AND LEFT IN PLACE.
AND THEN THEY JUST FILL IT IN.
UM, THE MAIN COST FOR MOST OF THESE, UM, GRANT FUNDED APPLICATIONS IS THE INSTALLATION OF A GRINDER PUMP, WHICH IS JUST A, EFFECTIVELY A SEWAGE PUMP.
UH, AND THE, THE FORCE MAIN CONNECTION IT TAKES TO GET IT INTO THE CITY'S, UH, SEWER SYSTEM, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE MOST OF THE COST COMES FROM, FROM, UH, THESE TYPES OF, UH, CHANGEOVERS.
AND WE DON'T KNOW THE BALLPARK AMOUNT, LIKE, AND HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING.
LIKE, IT, IT CAN RUN ANYWHERE FROM 10, 12,000 TO, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 24,000.
IT'S USUALLY THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE SEE IT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAR AWAY THEIR CONNECTION IS TO THE, THE MAIN LINE.
UM, HOW DEEP, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE HAVING TO CUT THROUGH TO GET THERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF PUMP THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUY FOR THEIR HOUSE.
SO, WELL, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK IT, IT, THE, IT, ANY AGENDA, BUT LAW OF THE ADDRESSES ARE ON THERE.
AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BILL OF SPANA, THEY'RE IN, IN DISTRICT ONE.
I MEAN, THAT WHOLE AREA, WHEN YOU GO IN, EVERYTHING'S KINDA LOW AND IT'S GOT THE PONDS THAT YEP.
SO, SO PART OF THAT WOULD BE TRYING TO BRING IT BACK UP, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GOTTA TRY TO BRING THAT UP ON WITH, WITH, UH, PRESSURE.
UM, AS PART OF EXHIBIT A FOR THE SECOND, UM, UH, SECOND RESOLUTION, UH, THERE IS A LIST OF, UH, RECENT ADDRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN GONE THROUGH YES.
OR HAVE GONE THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS MM-HMM
UH, JUST AS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE ALL THESE CAN FALL.
UH, SO, UM, LIKE THE MAYOR WAS NOTING WE HAVE A LOT AROUND, UH, VILLA SPANA, UH, PINEAPPLE AVENUE.
UM, ROXY HO, UH, CREIGHTON AND HAZELWOOD.
UH, THESE ARE ALL AREAS AND, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING MORE HOMES IN THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY AS THIS PROGRAM WILL MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET DIRECT REIMBURSEMENT.
UH, SO THAT MEANS LESS OUT OF POCKET FOR THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE MAKING THIS CONVERSION.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS MY CONCERN WAS.
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ALRIGHT.WHAT'S OUR DIRECTION ON THIS? MAYOR, MOVE A MOTION.
I, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 43 41 FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE SEWER, THE SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM.
MOTION PASSES AND B FAIR? YES, MA'AM.
APPROVAL RESOLUTION 43 42 DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER OR A DESIGNEE TO AWARD OR DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION PURSUANT TO THE CITY SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, WE'RE GOING ON TO THE BLUE MEMO.
REPORT ON THIS WOULD BE MR. CONLEY.
UH, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE, UH, BLUE MEMO TO THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL LAST MONTH, UH, COMMUNICATION FROM ME, UH, REGARDING, UM, SOME LEGAL CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT WERE, UH, COMING UP ABOUT FIREFIGHTER, UM, CANCER BENEFITS.
AND, AND I HAD TOLD COUNSEL THAT I, I DETERMINED THAT THE, THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO SEEK AN ADVISORY OPINION FROM THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL, UM, TO, TO TRY AND RESOLVE, UM, THAT, THAT UNDERLYING QUESTION OF LAW, UM, THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL, IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS.
THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS CHANGED THEIR PROCEDURES SINCE WE DID IT LAST TIME IN LIKE 2017 OR 2019.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOW REQUESTING, UH, A FORMAL DOCUMENTATION OF AUTHORITY FROM THE GOVERNING BODY FOR ME TO SUBMIT THAT.
SO, UM, MUCH AS I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED IT, THEY ARE STILL ASKING FOR THIS, UH, THIS AUTHORIZATION.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I DRAFTED THIS, UH, SHORT RESOLUTION, UH, HOPEFULLY FOR YOUR APPROVAL, UM, AUTHORIZING ME TO, UH, SUBMIT THAT, UH, REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION, UH, TO THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET, UM, A RESPONSE AND, AND RESOLUTION ON THAT UN UNDERLYING QUESTION.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
OTHERWISE, UH, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS, UH, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 43 43, UH, AUTHORIZING MY SUBMISSION OF THAT ADVISORY OPINION TO THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY, GENERAL MAYOR.
ONE, I, I SUPPORT THIS, ADAM, BUT, UM, SO JUST TO, UH, GET CLARIFICATION ON THE PROCESS NOW, IS THIS A CHANGE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL MOODY TO MEYER, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON? I AM NOT SURE.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS SORT OF EMBEDDED IN THEIR WEBSITE.
AND EVEN IN THEIR CORRESPONDENCE BACK, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THERE'S, SO, I I AM NOT SURE WHEN THIS CHANGE WAS MADE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS ISN'T, THANKFULLY, THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERTAKE ALL THAT OFTEN.
SO I, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN THIS, UM, PROCEDURE CHANGED, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME OUR OFFICE HAD TO DO IT.
SO DO YOU WANT TO DO THE CONSENSUS? DO YOU WANT A MOTION? NO, THAT'S A MOTION.
UH, FOR, UH, MOTION APPROVAL, THE RESOLUTION.
GOOD MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR.
AND MS. HANLEY, YOU SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO PETITIONS OR SPONSORS IN, IN COMMUNICATIONS.
WHAT'S THAT? OKAY, SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO, OKAY.
IS THERE A, I'M GONNA OPEN UP BACK PUBLIC COMMENT THEN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, YES.
UM, I AM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MELBOURNE.
I GREW UP HERE, WENT TO THE LOCAL, UM, HIGH SCHOOLS AND, UM, ALSO COLLEGES.
AND SO, UM, MY ROOTS ARE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, I WAS INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS INSTILLED IN ME FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE TO LOOK OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, TO LEND MY HELPING HAND.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN INSTILLED WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, OF MY, UM, CHILDHOOD.
AND SO, UM, AS IT SAYS ON MY, UM, PAPER, UM, I GREW UP IN, UH, AS A CHRISTIAN, GREW UP IN THE CHURCH BAPTIST.
UM, AND SO A LOT OF MY VALUES STEM FROM MY CHRISTIAN FAITH AS WELL IN GOD IN CHRIST.
UM, BUT WHAT I WANNA COME, UM, AND TALK ABOUT TODAY REGARDING THE CITY IS, UM, THINGS THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED TAKING PLACE REGARDING RELIGION.
AND THIS IS JUST A WARNING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION,
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A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO HAVE.BUT AS THIS IS GROWING, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN THIS DISCUSSION, UM, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE SILENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT STILL AFFECTING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
AND, UM, SO THIS IS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT, OKAY? PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THESE THINGS, UM, AND HAVE BROUGHT THESE THINGS TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH, UM, COLLEGES, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH CHURCHES, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT THIS THING TO SHOW UP, BUT IT'S SHOWING UP AND IT'S AFFECTING THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION, UM, TO THE FOREFRONT AS FAR AS PEOPLE HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO THESE THINGS, SELL THESE THINGS TO PEOPLE, AND THEY ACTUALLY USED THEIR RELIGION TO ACTUALLY HURT PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN TO CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE OF ITS MESSAGE OF, UM, LOVING PEOPLE, HELPING PEOPLE GIVING, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CHRIST'S GIVEN HIS LIFE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING, SETTING YOUR LIFE OR, UM, NOT BEING SELFISH AND SETTING YOURSELF UP TO GO INTO THE GAP FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND SO, UM, EVEN WITH ME TALKING ABOUT IT AND DISGUSTING IT, YOU KNOW, MY VOICE IS A LITTLE SHAKY BECAUSE THIS IS A TOPIC THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT WANT TO HEAR, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.
AND THIS RELIGIOUS PRACTICE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IS RISING.
UH, THAT, THAT'S THE THREE MINUTES.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, DISCUSS THAT.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS TAKE THAT AND THAT RESONATES WITH YOU.
AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT, UM, AND DISCUSS THAT.
SO THANK YOU THAT THE CLOSE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING AGAIN, AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO PETITION FOR MONITORS COMMUNICATION.
UH, WE'LL START OUT, UH, MS. BASSETT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A HAPPY EASTER.
UM, IT WAS A, A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
UH, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR MY FAMILY.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
UM, I, UM, ALSO WANNA SAY THAT I GOT TO GO TO, UH, THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR A BUNCH OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS ON THE 14TH, UH, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT IS GROWING AGAIN.
MS. HANLEY HAVE TO MAY 1ST EVERYBODY TO FILE YOUR TAX RETURNS, EVEN YOUR 20.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT MOST PEOPLE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO MAY 1ST EVEN TO FILE THE S CORPORATIONS THAT EVEN THE S CORPORATIONS THAT ARE IN THE DS, I MEAN C CORPOR, S AND C CORPORATIONS.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT IN YOUR EXTENSION, YOU'RE STILL OKAY.
TWO STATES, FLORIDA AND GEORGIA.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OTHER ONES RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT MY, THAT'S NOT MY THING, EVEN THOUGH I DO OTHER STATES, BUT THAT'S NOT MY THING RIGHT NOW.
MINE ARE IN CONGRATULATIONS, MS. KENNEDY.
UM, I, I'M, I'M GONNA GET A MESSAGE FROM THE LAST TPO MEETING.
THEY HAVE A NICE LITTLE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
I ASKED THEM TO SEND IT TO ME SO I GET IT TO CITY CLERK AND SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.
IT KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT BACK.
UH, I DID ATTEND THE CRANE CREEK MOVIE.
UH, IT'S NOT REALLY A PREMIERE BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE REALLY DOING WAS JUST ANNOUNCING THE FACT THAT THE MOVIE IS GONNA START FILMING.
AND THERE'S A NICE LITTLE PAGE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT, UH, THAT THAT MOVIE COULD BRING TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY OR MOVIES LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THIS MAYBE SETS THE, THE, THE VISION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE, THE BREVARD COUNTY AND THE SPACE COAST AND MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE NEEDS TO LEAD THE WAY.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.
MR. RUSO, ANYTHING? NOTHING TONIGHT.
UH, MR. NEWMAN, UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, FIRST OF ALL, WAS IT FRICKING 8 0 6? SO AT THE LAST MEETING THAT YOU WERE AT, I MADE A COMMENT ON HOW IT WAS VERY, VERY FAST AND YOU JUST BEAT, BEAT MY RECORD
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UM, YEAH.THIS MAN'S COMING HERE KICKING MY BUTT.
UM, NUMBER TWO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE.
I WANNA, YOU KNOW, THANK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S STILL HERE AND THOSE WATCHING, UM, FOR OUR MEETING.
BUT THEN I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THAT FIRE THAT WAS ON JOHN RHODES.
UM, AND FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED AT FSU, LIKE THOSE WERE VERY IMPACTFUL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED, UM, THESE PAST TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY, THAT WAS A LOT.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE UNTIL I LOOKED OVER COUNCIL RUSSO.
YOU GOT THE GARNET AND GOLD ON.
IT'S FS U COLORS, HONOR OF F THERE YOU GO.
OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT FSU.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE THERE THE DAY BEFORE I WAS THERE, THE DAY BEFORE IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE I TOOK THAT PICTURE,
KEVIN MCEWEN IS A GRADUATE FROM FSU.
UM, ONE, UM, JUST ONE SMALL THING.
IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF INSPIRED FROM, UH, YOUR WORK WITH THE KIDS UP FRONT.
UM, SO SOMETIMES I HAVE TROUBLE GOING TO SLEEP AND INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY'LL GET ME, YOU KNOW, GOING, I'LL LISTEN TO SOME OTHER CITY.
AND SO THERE'S THIS ONE CITY AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD, UM, SIMILAR TO LIKE THAT ART CONTEST, JENNY, WE DIDN'T INITIATE THAT.
THAT WAS THE SCHOOL, RIGHT? THAT DID THE WATER THING? OR DID WE INITIATE THAT? I'M PRETTY SURE THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AND, OKAY.
I WAS GONNA SAY IF WE DO STUFF LIKE THAT, I WAS WONDERING, UM, I WANTED TO, WHAT THEY DO, UM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE PARTICULAR THING, LIKE AROUND CHRISTMAS, LIKE THEY'LL PLANT TREES IN THEIR BIG PARK AND LIKE HAVE COMMUNITY DECORATE.
NOW I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO PUT THAT ON OUR CITY STAFF.
IF I WERE TO FIND A NONPROFIT THAT WERE TO HEAD UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND KIND OF SECURE THE TREES AND MAYBE DO IT OVER, UM, OVER BY OUR, UM, LIKE THE AUDITORIUM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DO YOU SEE ANY CONFLICT OR THINGS LIKE THAT? IF WE'RE, I WAS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANY CONFLICT, BUT LET'S TALK BEFORE WE LIKE COMPLETELY ENGAGE.
AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE CAN DO OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
JUST, IT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO I WANT TO BRING UP GOOD IDEA BEFORE IDEA BEFORE I FORGET.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UM, THIS VIRGINIA, UH, HARD, WHEN IS THE NEXT HARB MEETING? UH, I WANT TO GO TO THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T LOSE IT.
WOULD YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I KNOW THERE WAS ONE LAST WEDNESDAY.
MAYBE ADAM KNOWS THE, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S USUALLY THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO IT'S ONCE A MONTH, NOT, NOT BIMONTHLY.
IT'S LATE THIS OR MAY, MAY 21ST.
AND THEN TO UPDATE COUNCIL, UM, GOSH, WHEN WAS OUR HOMELESS THING, PAUL? IT WAS LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO MAYBE.
UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH A NONPROFIT.
WE LOOK LIKE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, LEND TO A, OR NOT LEND, SELL TO ANOTHER NONPROFIT ABOUT TWO ACRES OF LAND, UH, TO GO TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS, UH, SUPPORT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE AN OUTDOOR SHELTER TYPE THING.
SO THAT'S MOVING ALONG AS IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, UM, I'LL HAVE MORE OF AN UPDATE BEFORE COUNCIL, BUT WANNA LET YOU KNOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING THERE ON THAT END.
UM, AND IT'S NOT NEAR ANY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, N NEXT IS, UH, I WANNA THANK JENNY FOR YOUR HELP, UH, WITH TALLAHASSEE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME THAT INFORMATION, GETTING EVERYTHING GOING.
UM, MARK, I SENT OVER THAT, UH, AN EMAIL TO KEVIN THAT HAS THE MEMO, UH, FOR EVERYTHING.
UH, THEY'LL PROBABLY DISTRIBUTE, I SENT IT TODAY, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY GET I WAITING FOR MR. UH,
YOU, YOU'LL AT LEAST GOT A MEMO.
I'VE HEARD THAT FOR TWO MONTHS.
WELL, KEV, KEVIN'S GOT AN EMAIL, SO I'M SURE HE'LL, HE'LL DISTRIBUTE IT.
I APPRECIATE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE CLIFF NOTES ON IT.
ONE, UM, FOR OUR BUDGET PORTION, EVERYONE I WENT UP ABOUT OUR APPROPRIATIONS AND THE CRA, BUT ALL OF THEM WERE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, BUDGET, BUDGET.
AND IT'S, IT'S LOOKING ROUGH FOR THEM.
AND IT MIGHT BE ROUGH FOR US DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE'RE DOING IT.
SO JUST KEEP IN MIND WAYS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, CONSERVE AND PROTECT WHAT WE HAVE WITH OUR STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTED IN WAYS THAT WE COULD, UM, KEEP OURSELVES AFLOAT DURING THEIR, THEIR TOUGH TIMES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF DOESN'T GET NAILED ON THAT.
I'M KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
UM, OTHERWISE THOUGH, THE CRA'S MOVING, UM, THE LEGISLATION, IF YOU GUYS ARE GENERALLY AWARE IS MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION.
UH, WE'RE GOING, IT'S GOING REALLY GOOD THERE.
IT WAS POSTPONED FOR GOOD REASONS.
UH, THEY HAD A COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE DAY I WAS THERE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE, I THINK WORKING AT WORK, UH, A DEAL WITH THE SENATE TO, TO MODERATE IT A LITTLE BIT SO IT DOESN'T HURT THE UGALI AND MELBOURNE CRAS AMONG OTHERS.
UH, AND THEN OUR APPROPRIATIONS ARE LOOKING OKAY, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S ROUGH, BUT THE ONLY SAVING GRACE HAIL MARY WE MIGHT GET IS, I'D HATE TO BE A STATE REP RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY ACTUALLY MIGHT COMPLETE SESSION WITHOUT A BUDGET AND THEN THEY'D HAVE TO GO INTO BUDGET AGAIN OVER THE SUMMER AND THAT COULD REOPEN THE DOOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT LIKE BELT TIGHTENING, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HOPE WHERE THERE ISN'T ANY.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE A WILD PROCESS THERE.
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THAT, UM, WHEN THERE WAS A HOTEL OPENING IN WEST MELBOURNE THAT I WENT TO, UH, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE, I BELIEVE OUR CRA BOARD, CHRIS ADAMS OWNS IT, UH, OR OPERATES IT RATHER SO SUPPORTED ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ON ONE OF OUR BOARDS.THERE WAS A GRAND OPENING FOR MOON RIVER DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE'S THRIVING.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT A BIG, HAVE A BIG SHOUT OUT.
THANK YOU TO CINDY AND JENNY FOR ALL THE UPDATES ON THE CRA QUESTIONS I HAD THAT REALLY, THAT MEANT A LOT, UH, THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
THAT IT, I MEAN FOR YOU MR. NEWMAN.
ARE YOU TRYING TO GO TILL EIGHT 30? IS THAT WHAT YOU LISTEN? I COULD FILL, I COULD FILL FILIBUSTER,
UM, ALL I'M GONNA SAY REAL QUICK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING GONE, LAST MEETING, UH, I KNOW YOU, THE COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, THE BAR RESCUE AND, AND SUCH.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, I WAS DOWN THERE.
UH, IT WAS VERY, IN MY OPINION, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I HATE TO SEE ALL THE ANIMOSITY BETWEEN BUSINESS OWNERS DOWN THERE.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU JUST FROM THE SHORT, WELL THE VIDEO I PUT UP, UM, MY SOCIAL MEDIA, I HAD OVER A HALF A MILLION VIEWS.
AND IT LIKE THE, WHETHER THE COMET'S GOOD OR BAD, I THINK THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, COUNCIL MADE A DECISION AND THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK OUT FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I, AND, AND THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS, IS ONE BAD, ONE BAD EXPERIENCE IN DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE.
PEOPLE DON'T WANNA COME BACK TO THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE.
SO AS LONG AS WE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY WE CAN, I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
SO REGARDLESS IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE, WHATEVER.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT GONNA GO DOWN THE WHOLE LIST.
UM, BUT IT IS COLD IN ICELAND.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND END THE, UH, END THE MEETING AT 8 8 12 8 13.