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I WILL NOW CALL THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD TO ORDER.
WE WILL FIRST BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION BY REVEREND.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS ALL BOW OUR HEADS, GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL.
FATHER, WE FIND OURSELVES HERE AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN HAVING BEEN KEPT BY YOU FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW YEAR COMING, FOR ALL THE POSSIBILITIES AND POTENTIAL THAT THIS YEAR HOLDS FOR US.
AND NOW, LORD, WE ASK, BUT BY YOUR SPIRIT, YOU WOULD LEAD US AND GUIDE US TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS MUNICIPALITY.
WE'LL PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, OUR PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY IN THE JUSTICE WORLD.
THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO HONORED TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL? MR. MCNEIL? HERE.
ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND THE QUORUM IS ACHIEVED.
I WILL NOW INTRODUCE THE STAFF AND MS. ABBY JOHNSON, MANAGER OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT.
DID I, UH, HOUSING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
MS. SUZANNE AND TOM THOMASON? TOMKIN.
HOUSING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
MS. TIFFANY SPENCE, HOUSING PROGRAM ASSISTANT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MS. CHRISTINE MCCARTHY, HOUSING PROGRAM TECHNICIAN.
WE, THAT IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE STAFF.
WE WOULD NOW ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT YOU WOULD DO.
SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK, UH, FOR STAFF.
IF YOU LOOK ON NUMBER TWO ON THE SHEET, THE DATE IS MAY 5TH, 2025.
SHOULD THAT, SHOULD THAT BE DECEMBER 1ST? AND ARE THESE MINUTES REFLECTING? MAY 5TH OR DECEMBER 1ST? IF YOU LOOK ON NUMBER TWO, SHOWING THAT ON THE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LAST MINUTES.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH, CORRECT? NO.
IF, IF YOU GO, IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE, WE DID THE CALL TO ORDER.
IT SAYS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE MINUTES THAT YOU APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO ARE, SO ARE THESE ON NUMBER FIVE? ARE THESE FROM DECEMBER 1ST THEN? YES.
AT THE VERY TOP OF PAGE ONE, IT SAYS DECEMBER 1ST, 2025.
'CAUSE THESE ARE THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER ONE.
DECEMBER ONE, WHERE YOU APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY FIVE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED FOR THE DECEMBER 1ST MEETING.
WHERE ARE THOSE MEETINGS? IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY MR. HAMBURG.
YOU'VE HAD TIME TO CONSIDER MOTION.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS.
IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR BOARD THAT WE ELECT THE CHAIRPERSON
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AND VICE CHAIR.UH, I WILL NOW OPEN THE, THE NOMINATION TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD.
MS. JOHNSON, YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS, SIR? YOU'D LIKE TO? YES, SIR.
UM, ANNUALLY, WE USUALLY HAVE OUR CITY CLERK COME AND GIVE BOARD TRAINING AND HE'S DONE IT FOR A FEW YEARS.
SO THIS YEAR I'D LIKE TO OFFER JUST A BRIEF REFRESHER PRIOR TO YOU TAKING A VOTE REGARDING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD AND SOME OF THE PARAMETERS TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT VOTE.
SO ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE, UM, THIS IS JUST TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM CODE.
IT'S A GENERAL REMINDER ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD'S PURPOSE IS.
THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE GAIN ACTIVE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION TO AID IN, UH, MOVING FORWARD THE MISSION TO PLAN, EVALUATE, AND, UM, REVIEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN MELBOURNE.
YOU ALL CAN READ, I WON'T, UM, BELABOR THE POINT, BUT THIS IS JUST A REFRESHER ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE, WHY YOU VOLUNTEERED.
AND SO WE HAVE A, A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO, AND THIS ALSO HELPS US KIND OF PREVENT MISSION CREEP, IF YOU WILL.
AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, PLEASE THINK ABOUT ATTENDANCE, PUNCTUALITY, EACH MEMBER'S ABILITY TO STAY MISSION FOCUSED, STAY ON TOPIC ORGANIZATION, THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH ROBERT'S RULE OF ORDER, AND THEIR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN DECORUM.
THESE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS THAT WERE REVIEWED BY THE CITY CLERK AT THE PREVIOUS TRAINING.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE, TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND YOU OF THESE THINGS PRIOR TO YOUR VOTE.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO INTO THE NOMINATION OF THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD, UH, PUT FORTH THE, UH, NOMINATION FOR YOURSELF, JOSEPH MCNEIL, TO CONTINUE ON AS CHAIRMAN.
THE NAME OF JOSEPH MCNEIL HAS BEEN SEATED, BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THIS NOMINATION ON THE SAID NAME.
JOSEPH MCNEIL AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD FOR YEAR OF 2020, UH, 2026.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD, EXCUSE ME, AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO VOTE? THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION.
SO IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, ROBERT'S RULE OF ORDER USED TO HAVE TO PUT A VOTE OUT.
YOU GOTTA CLOSE, YOU GOTTA CLOSE THE MOTIONS.
THERE BEING NO OPPOSITION TO THE SAID NAME.
I WILL CLOSE THE NOMINATION
JOSEPH MCNEIL AS THE CHAIRMAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER OBJECTION? OKAY, WE WILL DO JUST KIDDING.
WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE SINCE, UM, THERE WAS AN OBJECTION, UH, MR. MIDDLETON, UH, AYE UH, MR. HART? AYE.
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AYE.OH YEAH, WE HAVE ANOTHER, I'M AN ALTERNATE NOW.
EIGHT TO ONE OR SEVEN TO ONE, UM, FOR REVEREND MC, I'M SORRY MR. MCNEIL TO BE NOMINATED AS THE INCOMING CHAIR.
AGAIN, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE IN ME AS THE CONTINUING THIS ROLE.
WE NOW WILL OPEN THE NOMINATION FOR MR. MR. CHAIR.
I'M SORRY TO INTERJECT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT A CLARIFICATION THAT MR. UH, TYRONE BRYAN IS OUR ALTERNATE.
SO, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A VACANCY ON THE BOARD TONIGHT, HIS, HE'S WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION, BUT HIS VOTE IS NOT, UM, GERMANE TO NOT NECESSARILY AT THIS POINT TO A VOTE.
BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT, UH, CLEAR FOR THE BOARD.
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE NOMINATION FOR, FOR ADVICE OF THE, UH, CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD.
I'LL PUT FORWARD, UH, MR. REVEREND HAYES TO STAY AS VICE CHAIR.
REVEREND HAYNES HAVE BEEN NAMED AS BEEN PUT IN THE NOMINATION FOR ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN OR VICE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO ASK HIM IF HE ACCEPTS? WELL, IF THE, OKAY.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? I ACCEPT, YES.
WELL, NOW DO I, I GO WITH THE ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I CLOSED THE NOMINATION ON THE SAID NAME.
UH, I WILL NOW ASK FOR ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL IS, UH, PASSING VOTES.
ONCE AGAIN, I, I SAY TO YOU, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER YEAR AT THE HELM OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MR. NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME, NO COMMENTS.
NOW IS THE POINT WHERE WE DECLARE IF THERE'S ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
I, I SEE NO DECLARATION OF CLAN FOR INTEREST OF CONFLICT.
UH, AT THIS POINT WE WILL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM TO MY LEFT AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE.
SPEAKING TO THE MIC AND ADDRESS ONLY THE DICE.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT OF THE, FOR THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
WE'LL KEEP MOVING, UH, AT THIS TIME.
UH, PRESENTATION FOR FY 26 2026 AND 2026.
UH, WE WILL ALLOW THREE MINUTES.
UH, UH, STAFF WILL DO THE TIMING.
THE THE BOARD IS MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF THE PRESENTERS AT THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION.
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COME TO THE PODIUM AT MY LEFT.STATE YOUR NAME AND ORGANIZATION THAT YOU REPRESENT.
SPEAKING TO THE MIC AND ADDRESS ONLY THE DICE.
CHRISTINA KNOW WINSON, UH, PARK AND RECREATION AND GOLF.
I'M THE RECREATION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
UM, SO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OFFERS TWO DIFFERENT SUMMER CAMPS FOR OUR YOUTH IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE OFFER ONE CAMP AT EDDIE LEE TAYLOR SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE OTHER ONE AT WICKHAM PARK COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S AGES SIX TO 12 YEARS OLD.
OUR CAMP RUNS FOR 10 WEEKS AND WE HAVE ABOUT 170 KIDS, CHILDREN THAT ATTEND THE CAMP OVER THE 10 WEEKS.
THE SUMMER CAMPS ARE DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE TO THE YOUTH TO A VARIETY OF RECREATION ACTIVITIES, TEAM BUILDING EVENTS, ADVENTUROUS EXCURSIONS, AND WE FOCUS ON MAXIMIZING FUN, ENGAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.
WE ALSO HAVE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES WITH THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE SAFETY AND AWARENESS FOR BULLYING, FIRE SAFETY, AND MANY OTHER SUBJECTS.
WITH THIS GRANT, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS TO CITY OF MELBOURNE RESIDENTS FOR MANY CHILDREN THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD COMING TO CAMP.
THESE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL HELP CREATE MANY LONG LASTING MEMORIES FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP PARTICIPANTS.
AND WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
I DUNNO WHY IT SOUNDS NOT COMING THROUGH.
OH, WELL YOU CAN JUST SEE THE PICTURES OF ALL THE FUN STUFF I WOULD SING ALONG WITH IT, BUT I DIDN'T THINK YOU GUYS WOULD WANT THAT.
THAT JUST GIVES YOU A BRIEF LITTLE SNIPPET OF WHAT OUR SUMMER CAMPS ARE LIKE.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE MISS NICK CADWELL PARK AND RECREATION AND GOLF.
IS THE GREEN LIGHT ON? I SEE LIGHT, YEAH.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, I'LL JUST TALK LOUD.
NOW I'M NIKKI CALDWELL, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION, AND GOLF FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
AND FOR PROJECTS WE ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING, UM, IF YOU CAN, I DON'T HAVE A THING TO CLICK THROUGH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO REPLACE OR ADD NEW, A NEW PLAYGROUND AT CAROL GLANTON PARK AND A SHADE STRUCTURE TO GO OVER THE PLAYGROUND.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY JUST A FEW PARTS AND PIECES, NOT AN ACTUAL PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE.
SO THE PARK IS NOT, UM, USED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT ARE THERE TO PLAY ON.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN FOR A NEW ENTIRE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE FOR AGES FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD.
AND OUR SECOND REQUEST WILL BE, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD FENCING THAT MELBOURNE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE USE, UH, CARVER PARK FOR THEIR FOOTBALL PRACTICES AND GAMES.
SO LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED MONEY FOR PARKING LOT LIGHTING.
AND THIS COMING CYCLE WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR FENCING AROUND THE FOOTBALL FIELD TO KEEP THE PLAYERS IN THE ADULTS OUT, MAKES IT SAFER
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FOR EVERYBODY.THIS JUST SORT OF SHOWS YOU THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE FENCING POSSIBLY WILL BE GOING.
IS THE FENCING ALONG THAT WHOLE AREA JUST WHERE THE PLAYERS WOULD BE INSIDE THE FIELD WITH THE BLACK, IS IT REMOVABLE? SO THE 120 YARDS NOT REMOVABLE? NO.
SO THE 120 YARDS, I BELIEVE IT'S MORE THAN THAT ON THAT IT'S A HUNDRED YARD FIELD.
AND THEN YOU NEED EXTRA ON EACH END.
LIKE 160 YARDS OR THEREABOUTS.
SO, UM, IF I MAY ASK, YOU SAID THE FENCE IS TO KEEP THE PLAYERS IN AND THE ADULTS OUT.
UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE SECURITY AT THESE GAMES OR NO, IT'S JUST, JUST SAID IT WAS A PRACTICE FIELD THOUGH.
IT'S JUST A FENCE IN THE FIELD.
MOST FOOTBALL FIELDS ARE FENCED IN AND THEN SPECTATORS CAN LINE UP ALONG THE FENCE OR HAVE THEIR CHAIRS OUTSIDE THE FENCE TO WATCH MM-HMM
THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT COMING ONTO THE FIELD ACCIDENTALLY OR THE KIDS AREN'T RUNNING INTO THE CROWD.
SO THERE'S NO BLEACHERS OR ANYTHING AROUND THIS FIELD? UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME BLEACHERS BY THE BASKETBALL COURT.
UM, BUT MOST PEOPLE BRING, UM, THEIR OWN CHAIRS AND LITTLE POP-UP TENTS ALSO.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF FENCE IS IT? IT'LL BE A FOUR FOOT TALL CHAIN LINK FENCE CHAIN LINK? YES.
AND THIS IS A PRACTICE FIELD, NOT THE FIELD THAT THEY WOULD PLAY ON? NO, THEY PLAY ALSO.
CURRENTLY, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE GAMES OR PRACTICES, THEY HAVE TO, UM, JUST KIND OF STAKE AND ROPE, UM, ALONG TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE PLAYERS JUST SO THEY'RE NOT INTERMINGLING.
SO OUR, OUR PRACTICES BY APPOINTMENT OR HOW DO THEY DO THAT? NO, THEY RESERVE THE FIELD FOR ALL THEIR PRACTICES AND GAMES AND THEN WE GET THE FIELD READY FOR THEM.
SO EACH TEAM MUST RESERVE THE FIELD FOR THEIR PRACTICES? YES.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH PAL FOR THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON.
SO THEY HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT TO THE FIELD DURING THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON.
PREVIOUSLY, UM, THEY USED TO PLAY AT EDDIE LEE TAYLOR SENIOR COMMUNITY COMPLEX AND ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THEY MOVED TO PLAY AT CARVER.
SO NOW THERE WAS A NORTH LEAGUE AND A SOUTH LEAGUE IN THE CITY, BUT THIS FIELD JUST WASN'T READY FOR THAT.
SO BY ADDING THE PARKING LOT LIGHTING WITH THIS FUNDING AND THEN ADDING THE FENCING, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE MORE A FOOTBALL FIELD FOR THEM.
IS THERE ANY, UM, FUTURE EXPECTATION THAT BLEACHERS WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON THAT FIELD INSTEAD OF THE BASKETBALL COURT? I CAN SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING POWELL WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AND THEN I CAN ASK FOR THAT.
IF THAT WILL HELP THEM IN THE FUTURE OR EVEN POSSIBLY IN THIS NEXT FUNDING CYCLE.
I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARK ITSELF BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY TIMES THAT YOU HAVE STRAGGLERS LIKE, UH, THAT WOULD COME IN AND THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS, THE SEATING CAPACITY OR BRING A CHAIR.
SO, UH, FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO.
WE CAN TALK TO THE PAL LEAGUE AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
WE CAN REQUEST THAT AND ANY OTHER UPGRADES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PROVIDE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. KAWELL? THANK YOU.
WE NEXT HAVE MS. ALBERTA CLIN SCALES.
GOOD EVENING COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION.
MY NAME IS ALBERTA KLINK SCALES.
I'M THE CEO FOR THE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION ALLIANCE.
I WANNA READ WHAT I HAVE 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA RUN OUT OF TIME.
UM, SO WE ARE 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT, UH, IS A NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, UH, ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING
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RESIDENTS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF IMPROVING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH FOUR PILLARS.ONE OF OUR PILLARS IS COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND THE, UH, FUNDING THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THIS YEAR IS A PROGRAM UNDER OUR COMMUNITY WELLNESS PILLAR.
THIS PILLAR, UM, WAS, UH, CREATED BASED ON MY 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A CARDIOVASCULAR NURSE.
AND, UM, KOREA DESIGNED THE PATHWAY TO WELLNESS AND THE HEALTH EDUCATION AND LIFESTYLE PLANNING PILOT PROGRAMS. THESE COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS INTEGRATE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUALIZED LIFESTYLE PLANNING TO SUPPORT BEHAVIOR CHANGES THAT FOSTER BETTER HEALTH AMONG RESIDENTS IN MELBOURNE TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE.
IT ALSO PROVIDES INTENSIVE POST-HOSPITAL CARE COORDINATION TO REDUCE, UM, PREVENTABLE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS.
AND WE PROVIDE, UM, PRACTICAL RESOURCE NAVIGATION.
THE PROGRAM, UH, WILL ALSO HIRE 10 BREVARD COUNTY RESIDENTS PREFER BE FROM THIS AREA WHO WILL BE VETTED, TRAINED, AND DEPLOYED AS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO DELIVER, UM, PROGRAM SERVICES.
THE PILOTS ARE STRUCTURED AS A WIN-WIN SOLUTION FOR MELBOURNE RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE EARLY TRUSTED POST DISCHARGE CARE THAT IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, WHILE HEALTH SYSTEMS BENEFIT FROM REDUCED UNCOMPENSATED READMISSION AND IMPROVED COMMUNITY, UM, CONTINUAL CONTINUITY OF CARE.
UH, SO THE REASON WHY WE, I, WE WROTE THE PROGRAM DUE TO, BASED ON OUR, UH, UH, OUR RESEARCH, WE FOUND THAT 50% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE TWO, UH, CENSUS TRACTS THAT WE SERVICE IN SOUTH MELBOURNE, UM, HAD AT LEAST 50% OF THE ADULTS WHO HAD, UH, ARE LIVING WITH CHRONIC HYPERTENSION AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL, WHICH ARE THE LEADING CAUSES OF HEART DISEASE, STROKE, AND PREVENTABLE HOS HOSPITAL, UM, HOSPITALIZATIONS, CHRONIC HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OFFER REFERRED TO AS A SILENT KILLER PROGRESSIVELY DAMAGES MOST MANY ORGAN SYSTEMS. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
WE HAVE TWO PHYSICIANS WHO ARE PROVIDING CLINICAL GUIDANCE TO THIS, UM, PATHWAY TO WELLNESS AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND LIFESTYLE PLANNING, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS WITH GREATER ALLEN A ME CHURCH AND MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH IN MELBOURNE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
THEY WILL HELP WITH US SECURING, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO NEED THE SERVICES AS WELL AS HEALTH FIRST, WHO ARE GOING TO DIRECT PATIENTS, REFER PATIENTS TO THE PROGRAM.
AND THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING IN FUNDING TO LEVERAGE THE PROGRAM, THE PILOT PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK CARDIOLOGISTS WHO ARE GOING TO, UM, WHO ARE ALSO, UH, ENSURING PROGRAM QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, PUTTING MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND IT'S IMPLEMENTED IN THREE PHASES, WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH.
SO YOU CAN ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS AND I, I I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE NEED A LITTLE MORE TOO, BUT GO AHEAD.
WE ASKED THAT YOU BRING YOUR PRESENTATION TO A CLOSE.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. LINSKY? SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE THE INITIAL YEAR? THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR YES.
WHERE WOULD THIS BE HOUSED? SAY THAT AGAIN.
WHERE WOULD IT BE HOUSED? UM, WE EXPECT TO BE HOUSED IN THE EVAN CENTER, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE YET.
WE WERE AWARDED AND THEN HAD SOME CHANGES.
UM, SO WE EXPECT THAT IF NOT, WE ARE GOING TO USE BOTH OF OUR CHURCH PARTNERS, WHICH IS GREATER ALLEN A E CHURCH AND MACEDONIA.
MOST OF THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN PATIENTS HOME.
WE DO HOME-BASED, UH, FOLLOW UP, HOSPITAL, DISCHARGE FOLLOW UP, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE LIFESTYLE PLANNING ACTIVITIES THAT RESIDENTS WILL DO, UM, AT FACILITIES IN, IN THE, AT THE CHURCHES OR, UM, EVANS, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE COMES FIRST.
SO EXACTLY HOW DOES THIS WORK? A PATIENT GETS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL? YES.
AND THAT'S THE HEALTH FIRST PART OF IT.
SO THERE'S TWO PIECES TO THE PROGRAM.
AND SO I SAY, HEY GUYS, I JUST GOT DISCHARGED MM-HMM
THEN DO YOU GUYS TAKE OVER AND FOLLOW ME OR WHAT HAPPENS? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
UH, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, SO WE HAVE TWO PIECES.
ONE OF THEM IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK CARDIOLOGISTS.
AND THAT IS JUST FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN OUR HIGH TARGET AREAS.
WHEREAS WE HAVE, UH, FIVE OF THE 10 WHO WILL BE WORKING GENERALLY TO FOLLOW, UM, TO PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION AS WELL AS TAKE BLOOD PRESSURES, VITAL SIGNS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND WE'RE GONNA MONITOR THEM FOR
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SIX MONTHS AND SEE HOW, HOW, IF THEY'RE BASED ON OUR LIFESTYLE PLAN AND ALL THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE PROVIDE, WE ARE GONNA MAKE, WE ARE GONNA, UM, DETERMINE IF THE PATIENT IS DOING BETTER OR WORSE.AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS THE OTHER FIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WILL ACTUALLY BE, UM, WORKING WITH CLIENTS WHO ARE REFERRED TO US FROM HEALTH FIRST, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
SO WE HAVE, WE'LL BE TARGETING THE, UM, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS TO BEGIN.
SO THAT IS HOW THE PROGRAM WILL WORK.
SO IF YOU COME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, YOU ARE YOU, IF THE HOSPITAL HAS DEEMED YOU A CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENT, YOU ARE IN OUR TARGET AREAS, THEY WILL SEND US THE REFERRAL.
USUALLY THE NURSE WILL START, SHE'LL GO AND DO THE FIRST ASSESSMENT WITH THE PATIENT WITHIN 48 HOURS AFTER YOU'RE DISCHARGED.
AND THEN FROM THAT 48 HOURS OF COURSE WE'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR VITAL SIGNS, GET SOME BASELINES, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE FOUR TOUCH POINTS IN ONE IN THE FIRST MONTH.
SO WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND TOUCH POINT WHERE THEY'RE STILL MONITORING YOU AND UM, LOOKING AT YOUR VITAL SIGNS AND WEIGHT AND GIVING YOU HEALTH EDUCATION.
BECAUSE NOW WE WANT YOU TO GO OVER YOUR DISCHARGE PLAN.
IF YOUR DISCHARGE PLAN SAID THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN IN TWO WEEKS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
IF YOUR DISCHARGE PLAN SAY YOU SHOULD BE ON DIURETICS BECAUSE YOU ARE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ON CERTAIN MEDICATIONS AND YOU DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET 'EM OR YOU DON'T HAVE A SOMEBODY TO TAKE YOU THERE OR YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.
IF THEY'RE TELLING YOU TO MONITOR YOUR WEIGHT, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE READMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.
OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
AND THE OTHER GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE HEALTHIER BEHAVIORS AS IT RELATES TO CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH.
THEY'RE REFERRED IN BREVARD HEALTH ALLIANCE IS ALSO A PARTNER, SO THEY'RE GONNA HELP US.
AND THEN THE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
I GET DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
LET'S SAY I WENT IN FOR HEART ISSUES, OKAY? MM-HMM
BUT I HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM AND I GET READMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
DOES THAT IMPACT THAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE GOING BACK? IS IT COUNTED IN THAT GROUP OR IS IT A SEPARATE, IS IT A SEPARATE EVENT? IT'S NOT.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HOSPITALS, THE CARE IS UNCOMPENSATED FOR CERTAIN INSURANCES.
IF YOU ARE READMITTED, IF YOU HAVE MEDICARE AND YOU ARE READMITTED FOR THE SAME CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, THE HOSPITAL WILL NOT GET COMPENSATED.
AND THAT COST IS APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FOR EVERY PERSON THAT GETS READMITTED.
SO WHAT THE HOSPITAL DOES, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ADMISSION.
WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
AND UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE, OH, THE HOSPITAL WILL DETERMINE YOU MAY BE A CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE FAILURE PATIENT WHO IS NOT, UM, CRI CONSISTENTLY COMING BACK AND FORTH TO THE HOSPITAL.
YOU MAY BE SOMEBODY WHO WENT IN WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.
YOU GOT YOUR MEDICATIONS, YOU GOT YOUR DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THE FREQUENT FLYERS.
LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF FREQUENT FLYERS FROM THIS AREA 'CAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM HERITAGE PARK.
WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM UM, THIS OTHER PLACE, ST.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THESE HIGH NUMBERS ARE COMING FROM.
SO THESE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE, UM, REFERRED TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE FREQUENT FLYERS AND THE HOSPITAL IS SAYING, LOOK, THEY NEED HELP AT HOME BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE COMING BACK AND FORTH IF THEY HAD SOMEBODY TO ASSIST THEM EARLY ON.
SO POST DISCHARGE EARLY INTERVENTION IS THE GOAL.
AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOUCH POINTS.
WE DO FOUR IN THE FIRST MONTH AND THEN WE DO EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND THEN IN THE THIRD MONTH THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET LAB WORK 'CAUSE WE WANNA SEE THAT THEIR BNP UM, WHICH MEASURES HEART FAILURE IS DECREASING THE CHOLESTEROL THIS TIME.
YES, IF I MAY, UM, IS THIS A TWO-WAY PROCESS? UH, BY THAT I'M ASKING, I UNDERSTAND YOU GET PEOPLE REFERRED, UH, BY THE HOSPITAL, BUT IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT SOMEONE IS AN OUTLIER MM-HMM
AND THEY HAVE HEARD BY WORD OF MOUTH, UH, WOULD YOU ASSIST THEM OR REFER THEM TO THE HOSPITAL OR GET THEM TO THE CORRECT DOCTORS OR UH, IF IT IS SOMEONE THAT'S NOT ON MEDICARE, NOT ON MEDICAID, UM, HOW WOULD YOU HELP SUCH A PERSON? THAT'S WHERE THE A BC PROGRAM COMES IN BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO, EACH OF THOSE FIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT 10 PEOPLE EACH.
THAT'S 50 MORE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITALS.
UM, PART OF THE PILOT THAT CAN BE, UM, MONITORED THAT WE CAN HELP THE SAME WAY.
BUT IT JUST WON'T BE A PART, IT WON'T
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GO THROUGH THE HOSPITAL REFERRAL PROCESS.IT'LL COME FROM A COMMUNITY BASE.
THAT'S WHERE GREATER ALLEN COMES INTO PLAY.
THAT IS WHERE MACEDONIA AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT SAY, WELL MY FATHER JUST MY FATHER NEEDS HELP AT HOME.
SO WE NEED SOMEBODY MONITORING HIS BLOOD PRESSURE.
HE DOESN'T MONITOR HIS BLOOD PRESSURE, HE DOESN'T TAKE HIS WEIGHTS, HE DOESN'T DO, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE BECAUSE A BIG PART OF IT IS HEALTH LITERACY.
MOST PEOPLE, IT'S NOT THAT THEY WON'T DO IT, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL I DON'T FOLLOW, I I'M NOT COMPLIANT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET MY MEDICATIONS.
AND SO THERE'S MANY A REASONS I I CAN, I HATE RUSHING IN A THREE MINUTE BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN, BUT I'M JUST SAYING
THROUGH THE REFERRAL PROCESS FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD AND UM, UH, YOUR PASSION IS SO EVIDENT.
THAT'S FANTASTIC
WILL YOU TELL US BRIEFLY HOW THIS RELATES TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT? UM, I THINK IT'S IN ALIGNMENT BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC DISEASES.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IT TO THE FAMILY, IT PUTS THE FAMILY IN DISTRESS.
IT CAUSES A LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS THAT PUT PEOPLE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR JOBS AND LOSING THEIR HOUSING.
SO THE WAY THAT WE MAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BETTER HEALTH, NOT ONLY IS THE FAMILY BETTER, THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER.
SO IT YES, I WROTE A WHOLE PARAGRAPH ON THAT 'CAUSE I FIGURED SOMEBODY'S GONNA,
BUT THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE ALIGNMENT COMES IN AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
THANK YOU MS. NO OTHER QUESTION.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS MS. MARY JOHNSON AND SHE REPRESENTS THE EDNA JACKSON FOOD PANTRY.
I REPRESENT, UH, THE EDNA JACKSON FOOD PANTRY AND EDNA JACKSON FOOD PANTRY PROVIDES FOOD AND CLOTHING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES WHO FACING FOOD INSECURITY AND FINANCIAL SHIPS.
OUR SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, PERIOD.
THE DEMAND THE HAS REMAINED HIGH DUE TO INFLATION AND RISING LIVING COSTS.
MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE INCLUDE SENIORS, WORKING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT HOMELESS PRICES.
UM, HOW OUR PROGRAM OPERATES, WE GIVE OUT REGULAR, OH YES, ADVANCED SLIDES, I'M SORRY.
UH, WE GIVE OUT REGULAR FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO, UH, REGISTERED CLIENTS.
WE REQUIRE THEM TO COME IN, IDENTIFY THAT THEY'RE FLORIDA RESIDENTS.
UH, THEY, THEY LIVE IN THE AREA AND UH, THEY CAN COME INTO OUR PANTRY, GET FOOD, UH, BASED ON OUR SUPPLY ONCE A MONTH AND WE PROVIDE THEM HYGIENE AND THEY CAN COME IN EVERY WEEK AND GET FREE CLOTHING IF THEY NEED IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS ALLOW US TO SERVE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CLIENTS.
UM, THE CITY GRANT, UM, WE USE IT ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US.
YOU KNOW, THE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME CLIENTS.
UH, THE GRANT ALLOW US TO RECEIVE, STORE AND DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD AND CLOTHING IN A SAFE AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
SUCH EVERYBODY'S RECEIVING FRESH FOOD, A FOOD THAT IS WITHIN DATE, NO, UH, OUT OF DATE FOOD.
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FROM THE CITY, WE SERVED OVER 200 PLUS HOUSEHOLD.AND I SAY PLUS BECAUSE THE NUMBER IS MUCH LARGER.
WE SERVED LAST YEAR OF 5,400 INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO CAME IN AND RECEIVE A WEEKLY LUNCH.
WE SERVE OUR A LUNCH ON, UH, EVERY THURSDAY.
UM, WE GAVE OUT OVER 545, UH, INDIVIDUALS HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
AND, UM, WE OVER 500, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
AND THESE MIGHT BE REPEAT IN SOME OF 'EM MIGHT BE REPEAT INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME IN AND GOT FREE CLOTHING.
SO ALSO PANTRY IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, PRODUCT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE GIVE, WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY AND, UH, IN FACT THE CLIENTS CAN'T WAIT TILL OUR DOORS OPEN AND WE ARE ONLY OPEN TWO DAYS A WEEK.
UH, BUT WE WANTED TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR INVESTING IN US AND ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US THIS YEAR, UH, WITH GRANT FUNDING.
AND WE WILL BE INCREASING OUR REQUESTS, UH, MONETARY REQUESTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOHNSON? I SEE NONE, MS. JOHNSON.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. RUFUSS WILLIAMS, MELBOURNE POWELL.
RUFUS WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF MELBOURNE POWELL.
I'M FILLING IN FOR MARTINIA JONES, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SHE'LL BE HERE, BUT SHE HAD A DEATH IN HER FAMILY.
I WANNA TAKE THE FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THANK THE CITY FOR WHAT ALL THEY'RE DOING FOR US UP AT CARVER PARK FOR FOOTBALL.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM.
I'LL BE DROPPING IT OFF THEM AS A THANK YOU FOR THIS PAST SEASON.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE BLEACHER QUESTION.
THEY ACTUALLY, FOR GAME DAYS, THEY ACTUALLY TAKE THE BLEACHERS FROM THE BASKETBALL COURT AND MOVE 'EM ONE ON ONE SIDE FOR VISITORS, ONE FOR HOME SIDE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY DO THAT FOR US FOR OUR FOOTBALL GAMES UP THERE.
AND YES, WE HAVE TO PUT UP ROPES AND EVERYTHING 'CAUSE THE PARENTS HAVE TO BE 15 FEET AWAY BACK FROM THE MINIMUM.
AND SO THEY DO A LOT TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL SEASON UP THERE.
SO I JUST WANNA START OFF BY THANKING THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IN MAKING OUR PROGRAM UP THERE A SUCCESS.
SO NOW TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'LL BE TALK, WHAT WE'LL BE REQUESTING FUNDS FOR IS THAT, UM, THIS YEAR YOUR FUNDING SUMMER CAMP FOR US, WHAT WE'LL BE TRYING TO EXPAND THAT TO UH, THIS COMING TIME IS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO SUMMER CAMP, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE, UH, SUMMER CAMP COVERS BASICALLY FROM SIX TO 13 YEAR OLDS, BUT THROUGH OTHER, UM, CONNECTIONS, THE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXPAND INTO TUTORING, MENTORING, ARTS, MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE OLD, FOR SOME OF THE OLDER KIDS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS TO DO IT AT BOTH, UM, JOE DAVIS CENTER ON THE SOUTH END ONE DAY AND CARVER PARK UP THERE ON ONE DAY AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND WE CAN GET TO WHERE WE HAVE STEADY.
'CAUSE WHAT WE HAVE ARE PEOPLE, OUR CONNECTIONS THROUGH B PROVIDE PREVENTION AND ART TEACHERS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND START TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE OLDER KIDS.
AS PART OF MY FRATERNITY, WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED MENTORING AND THINGS ON THE NORTH END.
AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT HAVE COME OUT FOR THAT HAS BEEN ASTOUNDING.
BUT THAT'S MORE FOCUSED ON GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, GO TO COLLEGE.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE BUILDING ON THROUGH THE CONNECTIONS WITH BREVARD PREVENT IS TRYING TO EXPAND.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL STILL BE REQUESTING SUMMER CAMP DOLLARS, BUT WE ARE WANTING TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS AND EXPANDED INTO AFTER SCHOOL AND A VARIETY OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF SOME OF THE OLDER KIDS IN ADDITION TO JUST THE SUMMER CAMP KIDS.
AND ALSO, UM, MANY OF YOU EXPRESS STRESS, ANXIETY, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THEY'RE UM, ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING THAT IF WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS MORE,
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WE THINK WE CAN HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT WITH THEM.UM, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT ON THE COURTS AND PLAYING SPORTS.
SOMETIMES IT'S DOING THIS, BUT GIVING THEM A PLACE TO COME AFTER SCHOOL AND THEN WORKING WITH THEM, FINDING THEIR NEEDS.
AND WE THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS.
SO THAT'S READING ON THE COVER.
YOU HAVE BOTH CARVER PARK AND JOE DAVIS.
THIS PROGRAM WILL HIT BOTH LOCATIONS AND THEN WE'LL BALANCE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BIGGER NEED IS.
BUT YOU ALREADY UNDERSTAND SUMMER CAMP, EVERYBODY KNOWS SUMMER CAMP.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXPAND THAT.
SO I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CHARTS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
YOU HAVE THEM, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS? SO, OKAY, SO THE AGE GROUP IS SIX TO 16 NOW INSTEAD OF SIX TO 13.
THE SUMMER CAMP NORMALLY GOES UP TO AGE 13.
'CAUSE MOST OF THOSE KIDS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY GET UP TO 13, THEY DON'T WANNA BE AT NO SUMMER CAMP.
THEY WANT TO HANG OUT, YOU KNOW, SO WE TEND TO DROP THE SUMMER CAMP AT 13.
AND SO THIS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WILL PICK UP THE OTHER.
SO IN TOTAL WILL BE COVERING AGES SIX TO 16.
UM, BECAUSE WE'LL IN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, THEY'LL ACTUALLY GO UP TO AGE 16.
SUMMER CAMP IS THE ONE THAT ONLY GOES TO 13.
BUT WOULDN'T YOU WANNA, YOU GOTTA TRICK KIDS.
I SAID WOULDN'T YOU WANNA TRICK THEM TO GO TO SUMMER CAMP
THE OLDER KIDS IN SUMMER CAMP JUST DON'T GO TOGETHER.
WE HAD IT AT 14, WE HAD ABOUT 13, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IT'S 12, 13, UH, IT'S ALL BASED ON THE KID.
BUT SUMMER CAMP IS, YOU KNOW, AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT IF YOU BRING THE OLDER KIDS TOGETHER, UM, AND KIND OF STRUCTURE SOMETHING FOR THEM, IT TENDS, IT TENDS TO WORK.
YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, YOUNG MEN, NOT YOUNG MEN, COUPLE OF MEN THAT HAVE, UM, EDUCATION BACKGROUND.
AND SO THEY ACTUALLY DO TUTORING.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW DR.
SHAFER, YOU KNOW, HE'S MATH TUTORS.
HE TUTORS A LOT OF THE KIDS AT STONE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MUSIC TEACHER.
THAT'S THE REASON WE SAY ARTS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THINGS TO ATTRACT THE KIDS TO BRING THEM IN, UH, AND NOT JUST SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, COME IN AFTER SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, AND DO THIS.
SO IT'S GONNA BE AT JOE DAVIS OR AT CARVER PARK.
UM, AT MINIMUM ONE DAY, UH, AT EACH LOCATION.
AND THEN IF IT REQUIRES MORE, WE'LL DO MORE AT EACH LOCATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER WILL BE MS. PAMELA BREEZE, WAZE FOR LIFE BREAST.
PAMELA BRASS WITH WAZE FOR LIFE, WHICH STANDS FOR WRAP AROUND YOUTH SERVICES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT 1401 GUAVA, WHICH IS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BUILDING.
AS OF JANUARY ONE, WE JUST DOUBLED OUR SPACE FROM 5,000 SQUARE FEET TO 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE ARE TAKING OVER THE FIRST FLOOR AND IN TRIPLING OUR GED FAST TRACK PROGRAM 'CAUSE WE HAVE OVER 48 GRADUATES IN FIVE YEARS AND A WAITING LIST.
WE ALSO, IN 2025 EXPANDED OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE FIVE CRITICAL AREAS OF PROGRAMMING.
WE HAVE EDUCATION, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTHCARE, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, AND THEN SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, MENTORING, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, LIFE SKILLS.
THE FOCUS WE WILL BE APPLYING FOUR WILL BE, UM, EXPANDING OUR HOUSING PROGRAM.
WE, UH, ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. WE HAVE TWO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING HOUSES.
OPENED UP A MALE AND FEMALE HOUSE IN ONE YEAR, UH, THE END OF 2024 AND AT THE END OF 2025.
UM, AND THEY ARE FULL WITH A WAITING LIST.
UM, WE ALSO ARE PARTNERS WITH WINGS OF GRACE MINISTRY AND OPENED UP CAPERNAUM PLACE, WHICH IS 24 1 BEDROOM UNITS FOR YOUTH WHO AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE MOVED THROUGH 11 IN AT, WHEN IT OPENED IN MID-OCTOBER.
AND WE HAVE OTHERS, UH, WAITING TO MOVE IN.
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PHASE TWO GOING ON RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH WILL BE OPENING UP IN 2027.SO WE'LL BE ASKING FOR MONEY TO EXPAND OUR HOUSING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WHO HAVE, OR WHO HAVE AGED OUT OF, UM, FOSTER CARE AND ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND IT DOESN'T JUST COME WITH HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, IT COMES WITH THE WRAP YOUTH SERVICES, UM, ACCESSIBLE WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF OUR DROP-IN CENTER.
SO THEY HAVE ANYBODY LIVING IN THE HOUSING THAT WE HELP THEM GET HAS ACCESS TO THE FULL WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
IT'S ACTUALLY A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY.
SO, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING GREAT SUCCESS AT YEAR SIX, WE JUST CONCLUDED YEAR SIX, JANUARY 4TH, 2020, AND WE HAVE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS FROM HOMELESS TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS FROM HOMELESS TO, UM, STABLY HOUSED FOR 3, 4, 5 YEARS, COLLEGE GRADUATES.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THE MODEL OF WRAP WRAPAROUND SERVICES WITH HOUSING.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED AGAIN? SURE.
WE ARE LOCATED AT 1401 GUAVA AVENUE.
SO THE, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BREVARD COUNTY HAS THEIR BUILDING THERE.
BUT WE NOW TAKE UP TWO OF THE THREE FLOORS AND LITERALLY YOUTH CAN WALK IN AND SAY, I AM HOMELESS, I DON'T HAVE AN ID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE START WITH GETTING THEM BIRTH CERTIFICATE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD ID.
WE HAVE A CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM THAT GETS THEM, UM, LIFE SKILLS, HOW TO GET A JOB, HOW TO KEEP A JOB, HOW TO EARN MORE INCOME, HOW TO GET CERTIFICATIONS.
WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS, WHICH INCLUDE MENTORS, TUTORS IN OUR GED FAST TRACK PROGRAM, WAZE COACHES WHO SIT WITH THEM ONE-ON-ONE AND HELP THEM DEVELOP A CAREER PATH AND THEN FOLLOW THE CAREER PATH.
WE'RE MEMBERS OF THE BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION.
I RECENTLY GOT APPOINTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH I'LL, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING.
UM, I'M ALSO ON THE BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION, UH, ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST MEETING THIS WEEK.
SO THE THING IS, WE, UH, DEAL WITH THE FORGOTTEN YOUTH, THE YOUTH THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD WITHOUT SUPPORTS THESE, UH, THIS IS THE POPULATION TRANSITION AGE YOUTH THAT FEEDS THE PRISON PIPELINE THAT FEEDS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
ONCE YOU ENTER INTO THAT PIPELINE AND COME OUT, GOOD LUCK GETTING A JOB OR A PLACE TO LIVE.
AND IT BECOMES A REVOLVING CIRCLE.
AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD RATHER INVEST IN A BRIDGE PROGRAM THAN INVEST IN PRIVATIZED UH, JAIL.
SO YOUR, UH, SUCCESS RATE, DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA, UH, READILY HANDY FOR DISTRIBUTION, IF WHAT WAS REQUESTED? UH, YES.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP 2025 AND HOPE TO HAVE OUR IMPACT REPORT FOR 2025 READY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
BUT WE HAVE ALL, ALL THE DATA, UM, WE WERE JUST TODAY GOING OVER IT.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE TARGETING YOUTH THAT MAY HAVE AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND UM, IS THERE A CEILING, UM, I THINK YOU SAID 18 TO 24, BUT MM-HMM
IF SOMEONE IS OLDER THAN THAT, WOULD YOU REFER 'EM SOMEWHERE ELSE? OR WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO SERVICE THEM IF THEY CAME IN OVER THAT AGE LIMIT? WELL, THAT'S WHY I LOVE WHAT WE DO IS BECAUSE, UM, WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND WE ALSO CAN HAVE DISCRETION AND EXERCISING DISCRETION.
SO IF WE HAVE A MOTHER THAT'S LIVING UNDER THE STAIRS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WITH THREE KIDS AND SHE'S 26, WE'RE GONNA HELP HER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I CAN SAY THIS PICTURE OF THIS YOUNG MAN IS EXACTLY A PICTURE OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
HE CAME TO US THROUGH A SOCIAL WORKER.
HE WAS LIVING ON, BY A CONDO ASSOCIATION IN THE LOUNGE CHAIRS AT NIGHT.
AND RATHER THAN CALL THE POLICE, 'CAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL TO LIVE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, UM, THEY BROUGHT HIM TO WAYS AND HE, EVERYTHING HE OWNED WAS IN A WHITE GARBAGE BAG.
HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE UNDERWEAR.
HE HAD ONE PAIR OF SHOES SHIRT.
ANYWAY, UM, HE HAD NOT FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, NEVER HAD A JOB.
SO HE MOVED INTO OUR TRANSITION HOUSING, WHICH IS IN MELBOURNE RIGHT OFF OF SARNO.
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AWAY.AND THAT MENTOR HAS DONE AMAZING WITH THAT YOUNG MAN.
THE YOUNG MAN NOW HAS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.
WE GOT HIM A VOUCHER FOR HELP WITH RENT THROUGH THE FOSTER YOUTH INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE, WHICH HELPS FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WHO WERE IN FOSTER CARE AS TEENAGERS AND AGED OUT WITH A VOUCHER FOR THREE YEARS TO HELP PAY THEIR RENT.
UM, THEY PAY 30% OF THEIR INCOME.
HE GOT HIS FIRST JOB WITH, WITH WAZE.
UH, WE HAD HIM MOWING THE LAWN AND THE TRANSITION, TAUGHT HIM HOW TO MOW A LAWN MENTOR, CAME ALONG, GAVE HIM OTHER JOBS, AND NOW HE'S IN A CON WORKING IN FULL-TIME IN CONSTRUCTION.
HE HAS HIS OWN APARTMENT, HE HAS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.
HE'S, UH, WORKING ON HIS GED WITH US.
AND, UH, HE ACTUALLY GOES TO CHURCH WITH THE MENTOR.
SO THAT HAPPENED ALL LESS THAN A YEAR.
SO THAT IS THE BEAUTY AND THAT IS THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE.
THEY COME IN AND WE SAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED? LET'S HELP YOU.
AND THANK GOD HE NEVER HAD ANY CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT.
HE WAS JUST DESPERATELY LIVING, BUT HE DID NOT TURN TO CRIME.
SO THAT IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT WE DO.
AND QUESTION, PAM, WILL YOU BE APPLYING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE OR NON-PUBLIC SERVICE? PERHAPS CONSTRUCTION IS YOUR EXPANSION IN WHAT REALM? OH, THE EXPANSION WILL BE FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, HOUSING CASE MANAGER, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA ADD ANOTHER 26 UNITS JUST RIGHT HERE DOWN THE STREET.
SO, UM, WE, WE NEED MORE CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, TO DO, TO ADDRESS IT.
SO WE JUST DON'T PUT 'EM IN THE HOUSING.
WE HAVE, THEY HAVE A PLAN AND WE HELP THEM EXECUTE THEIR PLAN AND MONITOR THEIR PLAN.
AND IF THEY'RE HAVING BARRIERS TO GETTING A JOB, WHAT ARE THOSE BARRIERS? AND WE HELP THEM REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS BECAUSE IT'S A TIMELINE.
THEY HAVE A SHORT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA GET HELP FOREVER.
THEY HAVE A THREE YEAR TIMELINE.
UM, IN OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSE, IT'S EVEN SHORTER.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER WILL BE JEFFREY NUIS.
IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR THE I'M JEFFREY NOOSE, UH, WITH PROVIDENCE CONNECTS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ADDRESS YOU.
UM, I THINK LAST TIME I WAS HERE I WAS REPRESENTING DAILY BREAD.
IT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION WITH A NAME CHANGE, BUT ALSO IN THE MEANWHILE, WE HAVE MERGED WITH THE SHARING CENTER.
SO THAT MERGER WAS COMPLETED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND NOW WE'RE ONE ORGANIZATION WITH THREE PILLARS.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, THE, THE FIRST SLIDE THERE, YOU SEE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
UM, AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITH OUR OUTREACH, WHICH WE DO IN HOMELESS OUTREACH.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE HOUSING, WHICH WE HOPE TO BREAK GROUND IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WITH PROVIDENCE PLACE.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION ONE? THAT'S THE, THE POINT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WITH YOU.
WHEN WE CLOSED ON FEE AVENUE, WHERE DAILY BREAD WAS OFFERING ONSITE SERVICES TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE SHIFTED TO MOBILE OUTREACH SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
A WEEK LATER, WE MOVED OUR TEAM, OUR, OUR, UM, OUR STAFF INTO THE SHARING CENTER.
NOT TO SERVE AS AN OUTREACH CENTER, BUT TO SERVE AS A HEADQUARTERS FOR OUR OUTREACH TEAM, WHICH WOULD GO OUT FROM THERE.
WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WOULD RECEIVE SERVICES, BUT WHEN WE MOVED THERE, WE WORKED TO ENHANCE WHAT SHARING CENTER OFFERED SO BEAUTIFULLY, WHICH IS, UM, THEIR SHARING CENTER FOOD PANTRY.
AND SO WE, WE BROUGHT WITH US OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO AN, AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HAD SERVED AT DAILY BREAD FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHAT SHARING CENTER OFFERED WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
SO WE TRANSFORMED THEIR FOOD DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THEIR FOOD PANTRY FROM A TWO AND A HALF DAY OPERATION TO NOW A FIVE DAY OPERATION OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, INCLUDING WEDNESDAY EVENING HOURS AND SATURDAY MORNING HOURS WITH A DRIVE THROUGH FOR WORKING FAMILIES THAT FIND THAT SERVICE MORE CONVENIENT.
WE ALSO, ON, ON EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, WE DELIVER FOOD TO, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES AND ARE UNABLE TO COME TO THE SHARING CENTER FOR FOOD.
SO THE BE EVEN MORE THAN EXPANDING THE HOURS, WE ENHANCE THE OPERATION BY SHIFTING TO WHAT'S CALLED A CLIENT CHOICE OPERATION.
WE CALL IT FRESH CHOICE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH FRESH PRODUCE, INCLUDING EGGS AND MILK AND MEAT.
SO NOW, INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE SHARING CENTER AND RECEIVING A BAG OF FOOD OR A BOX OF FOOD THAT WE GUESS YOU MIGHT WANT OR NEED, NOW YOU WALK THROUGH THE AISLES OF OUR
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EXPANDED PANTRY, JUST LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH PUBLIX, BUT WITH A VOLUNTEER WALKING WITH YOU TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE.WE CALL THAT VOLUNTEER PERSONAL SHOPPER.
AND YOU GET TO SELECT THE FOOD FROM THE SHELF, UM, WITH SOME GUIDELINES BASED ON OUR AVAILABILITY.
AND THEN YOU'RE TAKING HOME WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO PREPARE FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
SO THAT PROVIDES THREE THINGS.
ONE MORE DIGNITY IN THE CHOICE PROVIDED.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT LESS FOOD WASTE.
UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR ME, IT'S A LOT MORE FUN, MORE FUN FOR OUR CLIENTS AND A LOT MORE FUN FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS TOO.
SO WITH, WITH THAT OPERATION THIS YEAR, IT HAS ENHANCED OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, WHICH DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN AT THE SHARING CENTER, BUT IT HAPPENS AT OTHER FOOD PANTRIES THAT WE SUPPORT.
WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE ON MORNINGSIDE DRIVE.
WE'VE HAD THAT PLACE FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S SERVED NOT JUST THE DAILY BREAD, DAILY MEAL OPERATION, BUT THESE FOOD PANTRIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE CONTINUED THAT AND ENHANCED IT WITH OUR, UM, FOOD PANTRY, THE SHARING CENTER, BUT CONTINUING WITH THESE OTHER 25 PLUS FOOD PANTRIES, WELL WE NEED SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, ENHANCE THAT OPERATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE SEEKING WITH THE CDBG GRANT.
WITH SOME GUIDANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE BEST THINGS LIKE, UH, A LARGE FREEZER IN OUR WAREHOUSE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER, UM, NOT JUST CANNED GOODS AND DRY GOODS, BUT FRESH PRODUCE, FROZEN MEAT, THINGS THAT CAN REALLY BE HELPFUL, UH, TO ENHANCING THE, THE PANTRY OF, OF A HOUSEHOLD.
SO IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING YEAR FOR US AT PROVIDENCE CONNECTS.
WE PICKED THE RIGHT WORD FOR THE NAME OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
DAILY BREAD WAS A GREAT NAME FOR A FOOD KITCHEN, BUT PROVIDENCE IS A GREAT NAME FOR WHAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
A REAL SENSE OF DIRECTION, A REAL SENSE OF GOD PROVIDING FOR, FOR WHAT WE NEED AS A, AS A COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL TO SEE OUR IMPACT INCREASING.
SO TWO GREAT MELBOURNE LEGACY ORGANIZATIONS, DAILY BREAD AND THE SOUTH BOULEVARD SHARING CENTER ARE NOW ONE WITH INCREASED IMPACT.
BOTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GONE TO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE FOR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.
WE, NEITHER OF US HAVE GONE FOR A-C-D-B-G-G GRANT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO COME TO YOU NOW, UM, ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND CONTINUING TO INCREASE OUR IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YEAH, SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU ASKING FOR? SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR SOME HELP TO ENHANCE OUR, UM, OPERATION AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
UM, THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE FREEZERS, LIKE A WAREHOUSE FREEZER THAT WE CAN, WE CAN BRING, UM, WE, WE CAN DRIVE THE, THE FORKLIFT INTO THAT WOULD HELP OUR OPERATION A GREAT DEAL.
HELP US TO GET MORE FOOD OUT MORE SEAMLESSLY TO THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE AND WE COULD USE THE CITY'S HELP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU, SIR.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LET CHANDRA MCGEE NEIGHBOR UP NAME RIGHT,
I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBOR UP BOULEVARD.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT WE HAVE SEE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF MELBOURNE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, UM, FOR OUR AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, AFFECTIONATELY LOANED AS THE DOC, THE DOCUS OUTREACH CENTER FOR KIDS NEIGHBOR UP HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS OUR 2050 YEAR SERVICE AND THE DOC OPENED THE DOORS TO THE YOUTH CENTER IN 2004.
WE EXPANDED, UM, TO OFFER A TEEN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AND FACILITATED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING TO SERVICE TEENS IN 2017.
AND WE'RE STILL DOING IT LAST YEAR DURING THE FUNDING CYCLE, WE SERVED, UM, 145 KIDS GRADES K THROUGH 12.
AND SO WE SERVE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.
OUR YOUTH PROGRAM IS K THROUGH FIVE AND OUR TEEN PROGRAM IS GRADE SIX THROUGH 12.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 49 ACTIVELY ENROLLED, UM, PARTICIPATING CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AND A FEW FAMILIES NORTH OF US IN COCOA ROCK LEDGE AREA, AND A FEW SOUTH IN PALM BAY.
BUT THE MAJORITY, 97% OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE ARE RESIDENTS OF MELBOURNE AND SPECIFICALLY THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE LOCATED.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE SERVE GRADES K THROUGH, UH, 12.
OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IS NO COST TO FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE.
SUMMER CAMP IS $10 PER WEEK FOR THE FIRST CHILD IN THE FAMILY, AND THEN $5 PER WEEK FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CHILD IF THAT PRESENTS A HARDSHIP FOR FAMILIES.
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OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS TO COME IN AND SERVE.UM, ONE HOUR OF SERVICE EQUALS $10, AND SO THEY CANNOT EXCHANGE THAT CURRENCY ANYWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN THE DOCK.
BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, SAFE CHILDCARE IN A VERY DIGNITY AFFIRMING MANNER.
UM, MOST OF OUR PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES ARE REALLY SET UP ON THE PREMISE OF BEING ABLE TO OFFER FAMILIES IN NEED, CHILDREN IN NEED, A HAND UP AND NOT A HANDOUT.
AND THAT HAS WORKED FOR US, UM, OVER THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, AGAIN, THROUGH GRANT FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AND OUR LOCAL CHURCHES, MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON HELPING STUDENTS ACHIEVE ACADEMIC GAPS.
BUT WE ARE A VERY HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE DO LEADERSHIP TRAINING.
WE ARE FAITH-BASED, SO THERE'S BIBLICAL DISCIPLESHIP, UM, THERE IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, UM, SUPPORT.
WE OFFER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
WE HAVE REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN ON SITE ONCE A WEEK, A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR ON SITE ONCE A WEEK, AND A CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR ON SITE ONCE A WEEK TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE WOMEN'S CENTERS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN DEVELOP HEALTHY BOUNDARIES FOR RELATIONAL ENGAGEMENT, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE BREVARD PREVENTION COALITION TO GO TO SCOUTS.
WE DO FITNESS INSTRUCTION AND SO THERE'S A FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF TIMES OUR KIDS ARE PLANTING VEGETABLE HERBS AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE GROUNDS AT THE DOCK.
UM, OUR KIDS ARE PLANNING AND MAINTAINING THE GROUNDS WITH THE HELP OF SUPPORT, UH, OF VOLUNTEERS.
AND SO, UM, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE PRESENTING ANOTHER REQUEST FOR FUNDING WITH A FOCUS ON EXPANDING OUR TRANSITION PROGRAM SERVICES FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE AGING OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL AND ENTERING THE REAL WORLD.
AND SO FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WE OFFER EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS TRAINING, UM, COLLEGE ENTRANT, UM, SUPPORT, AS WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE AS OPPOSED TO PURSUE A TRADITIONAL, UM, FOUR YEAR DEGREE.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO END WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A 95% RETENTION RATE.
SO WE ARE SEEING KIDS SERVING KIDS YEAR AFTER YEAR FROM K THROUGH 12.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR AVERAGE GPA IS 2.73.
UM, AND SO WHILE WE KNOW THE REQUIREMENT IS 2.5 TO GRADUATE, WE WANT TO PURSUE A SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE IN ALL THAT WE DO.
AND IT'S EVIDENT IN THE WAY THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE MANIFESTING OUTCOMES WITH THE SUPPORT OF NOT ONLY OUR STAFF OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCGEE? WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND 18 YEAR OLDS WILL PARTICIPATE IF YOU MAKE IT FUN AND ENGAGING.
UH, WE ALSO, WE REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE COMING BACK WITH YOUR WRITTEN COPIES AND THAT THE, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH STAFF.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ASSISTING AND TAKING DIRECTIONS FROM STAFF AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
UH, WE NOW WILL MOVE INTO THE HOUSING AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT MANAGER REPORT.
MS. JOHNSON, YOU ALL IF THESE PRESENTATIONS OR ANY INDICATION IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A A REALLY TOUGH DECISION MAKING PROCESS, UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
I HOPE YOU ALL ARE PROUD OF YOURSELVES AND I HOPE, UM, MORE PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOP IN THIS ROOM AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
SO MY COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO MY REPORT ARE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, NOT BE SO GENERAL.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR OUR AGREEMENT FROM HUD TO BE FULLY EXECUTED.
THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AN AGREEMENT FROM US FOR 25 26.
WE APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S A BIT OUT OF OUR HANDS AND IT IS JANUARY.
YOU'LL GET THEM QUICKLY AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO EXECUTE.
NUMBER TWO, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
EMPHASIS ON THE WORD APPOINTMENTS.
PLEASE COME WITH QUESTIONS PREPARED.
THAT WOULD HELP US, EVEN IF YOU WANNA EMAIL THEM IN ADVANCE,
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THAT'S GREAT.THAT HELPS US BE A BIT MORE PREPARED TO BETTER SERVE YOU.
AND OOP WAS, I THINK IT WAS ON MY OTHER SLIDE ALL.
THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, SESSIONS.
WERE A PART OF A EMAIL THAT SUE ANN THOMASTON SENT OUT EARLIER, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT APPLIED WITH US BEFORE, IF YOU'RE A NEW ORGANIZATION, IF YOU, THERE'S A NEW ITERATION OF WHO YOU ARE.
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAD TO WITHDRAW FOR ANY REASON, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SECTION SESSIONS ARE MANDATORY, PLEASE REFER TO THE EMAIL THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR ALL THE GRANULAR INFORMATION.
THE DATE AND TIME IS ON THE SCREEN.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER SCREEN, WE ARE AWAITING FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WE ARE PROBABLY WAITING ON THOSE AGREEMENTS TO BE, UM, RELEASED.
THE REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS PORTAL WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA NEIGHBORLY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO NEIGHBORLY IN A WHILE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR ACCESS.
IF YOU NEED A REFRESHER ON THE TRAINING, KNOCK THAT OUT.
I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE A, A LINK AVAILABLE.
WE CAN MAKE, WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
IF IT'S NOT, THE WINDOW WILL BE OPEN FROM JANUARY 14TH TO FEBRUARY 13TH.
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE PORTAL CLOSING.
WE TRY TO MAKE THE PROCESS AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
SO AS MUCH AS I LIKE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, I CANNOT GIVE YOU A PASS.
I'VE GROWN SWEET ON ALL OF YOU, BUT I CANNOT WEDGE YOUR APPLICATION IN THE BACK DOOR AT 1201.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE OBJECTIVITY.
WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? AND I MAY SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO TELL YOUR STORY.
YOUR PRESENTATIONS WERE LOVELY.
PLEASE TELL YOUR STORY IN THAT APPLICATION.
YOU CAN TYPE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE ALL THE INFORMATION AS OBVIOUS AS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE A MATCH.
IF THERE'S ANOTHER CHARITABLE ENTITY OF PHILANTHROPY LEVERAGING FUNDS TO MAKE YOUR ACTIVITY PROJECT SUCCESSFUL, LET US KNOW.
IF YOU WERE HERE LAST MONTH AND YOU SAW ME KIND OF TAPER OUT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES TO GUESSING.
UM, WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE READ YOUR DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU HIT SUBMIT.
I'LL TELL THE STORY FROM 20 YEARS AGO.
WE HAD A GENTLEMAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND ALL OVER IT, HE TALKED ABOUT CENSUS TRACKS.
WELL, THE WORD HE USED FOR CENSUS WAS FOR THE FIVE CENSUS, NOT FOR THE
AND BLESS HIS HEART, HE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD ONE OF MY DAYS.
HAVE SOMEONE ELSE READ THAT APPLICATION.
UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S SO MANY WORTHY CAUSES HERE, AND WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS.
PLEASE SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE YOU TRUST.
SOMEONE YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEONE ELSE CHECK YOUR, YOUR MATH NEIGHBORLY WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.
HOWEVER, IF AT ONE POINT IN YOUR APPLICATION YOU'RE APPLYING FOR X AND ANOTHER POINT IN YOUR APPLICATION, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE APPLYING FOR BANANAS, WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? JUST MAKE IT PLAIN.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, TAKE YOUR TIME.
USE ALL THE SPACE, PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, IF IT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU, PLEASE PUT NOT APPLICABLE.
I KNOW THESE ARE THINGS WE WILL GO OVER IN OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSIONS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR.
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OH, THE ASK.OH, SPEAKING OF COMPETITION, DID YOU SEE THAT BLANK? SO, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR FUNDING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE A BASE OF $20,000.
IF YOU APPLY FOR $15,000, THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A BASE OF $20,000 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
WE STILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 15% THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO ALLOCATE FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO THAT PUTS US AT ABOUT FOUR ACTIVITIES BECAUSE WE REALIZE COSTS HAVE INCREASED.
SO IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT $5,000 HERE, $2,000 THERE, $10,000 OVER HERE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY EMPHASIZE, PLEASE BE THOROUGH.
IT'S OFTEN HELPFUL TO ASK FOR MORE THAN THE 20.
SO WE CAN AT LEAST SEE IF YOUR ACTIVITY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE FUNDING.
YOU NEED TO SAY THAT IN YOUR APPLICATION.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
THEY KNOW WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN, THE BIG OBVIOUS THING OVERLOOKING, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE THE PORTAL FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
IT IS THE GENERIC ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPLICATION.
IT'LL WORK, IT'LL WORK FOR YOU.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US, PLEASE MAKE A PHONE.
PHONE CALL, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OH, THERE IS SOMETHING I LEFT OUT.
IF YOU WEREN'T HERE THE LAST TIME WE MADE IT TO THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR.
WE'VE AMENDED OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN FOR A FEW REASONS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IS TAKE A YEAR.
LIKE THIS YEAR, MAYBE SOMEONE WAS FUNDED AND IT'S NOW JANUARY.
THEY'VE NOT RECEIVED AN AGREEMENT FROM US.
SO WE RANK PROJECTS NOW FROM ONE TO WHATEVER, AND WE HAVE A CUTOFF.
IF YOU'RE NUMBER, IF WE FUNDED THE TOP FOUR AND NUMBER TWO WITHDREW, WE GO TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RANKING ACTIVITY IN THAT YEAR.
SO WE KEEP OUR DOLLARS MOVING.
SOMEONE ELSE GETS TO MOVE THE THEIR ACTIVITY FORWARD.
WE MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON TIME LOOKING AT A YEAR LIKE THIS YEAR 'CAUSE MM-HMM.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE DOLLARS EMPLOYED AND ACTIVITIES ABLE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN IN MIND IF IT SEEMS LIKE, OH MY, I'M, I GOT RANKED AT NUMBER FIVE.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING.
WE'VE HAD TO ASK ENTITIES TO WITHDRAW A FEW YEARS AGO.
THINGS WORK OUT FOR THE BETTER IT, THEY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS MOVE FORWARD.
WE MEET OUR TIMELINESS DEADLINES AND WE DEMONSTRATE TO HUD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXECUTE BECAUSE NOT ONLY YOU'LL, YOU HEAR ME SAY OFTEN, IT'S A MUTUALLY, UM, BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.
WHEN YOU SUCCEED, MEET YOUR MILESTONES, SPEND THE DOLLARS, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE OUR DRAWS AND HUD SAYS, WELL DONE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY, UH, COMMENTS.
IT'LL SAVE US A LITTLE TIME IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
THANK YOU MS. MS. JOHNSON FOR YOUR HOUSING IN THE URBAN, UH, IMPROVEMENT REPORT.
NOW WE WILL GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FY 26 27 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
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UH, I WOULD ASK ANYONE THAT, UH, GOING TO MAKE COMMENTS, YOU WOULD USE THE PODIUM TO YOUR LEFT.TO MY LEFT, UH, OR FOR ANY COMMENTS.
MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS.
HAVE WE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ROOM, THIS WOULD BE A FINE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME TO THE OP TO THE MICROPHONE AND EXPRESS NEEDS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T CAPTURED IN THE SURVEY OR OTHER, UM, NECESSARY CRITICAL ITEMS, UM, IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC COMMENT SO FREQUENTLY NOW, SO WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DOCUMENT THAT FOR HUD.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY IS TO BRING UP SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE COMMUNITY, STATISTICS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DO WANNA SAY IN TERMS OF THIS NEW HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE IN BREVARD COUNTY, OVER 194,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.
UM, THAT IS WHY, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE, UH, PRESENTING FOR FUNDING IS TRULY, TRULY IMPORTANT.
UM, I WANNA SAY THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER STATISTIC HERE.
WE HAD BEEN TALKING TO, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, IN MELBOURNE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR SINCE 2023.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE SAID TO US WAS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
AND SO I LIKE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, I KNOW THAT WAS, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.
AND WE JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT, UM, CHILDCARE PAYMENTS TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.
SO EARLY LEARNING COALITION AND THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEPEND ON THOSE FUNDS, THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED TO ALL STATES COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT THAT IS ANOTHER BIG ISSUE.
WE ALSO ARE LEARNING, I LEARNED TODAY THAT, UM, THE, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS REPORTED THAT, UM, THE JOB LOSSES, NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT BY THE ADMINISTRATION ARE FALSE NUMBERS.
THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY, INSTEAD OF GAINING 40 NEW 40,000 NEW JOBS PER MONTH, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOSING 20,000 NEW JOBS, UM, JOBS PER MONTH.
AND SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED, UM, BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE ANOTHER, UM, STATISTIC THAT I LEARNED TODAY WAS THAT THERE ARE A HUNDRED COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES, MOST NATIONAL COMPANIES WHO ARE DOING MASS LAYOFFS.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
WE'RE TALKING SOMETIME 500 OR MORE PEOPLE FROM EACH OF THESE COMPANIES.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOB, WHAT ELSE DO THEY LOSE? YOU LOSE YOUR HEALTHCARE.
SO IF YOU, YOU ARE NOT WORK, LIKE I'M ON, I WAS ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, UM, ONLY BECAUSE I LEFT MY JOB AT THE HOSPITAL TO GET A CONTRACT WITH THE HOSPITAL.
'CAUSE I WANNA DO MORE COMMUNITY BASED NURSING.
AND SO I WAS GETTING THE AFFORDABLE CARE, I MEAN THE A CA SUBSIDIES, AND I WAS PAYING APPROXIMATELY LIKE 200 AND CHANGE MY SUBSIDY NOW IS 1400.
SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? 1400 FROM 200 DON'T VOTE.
SO I'M JUST SAYING HOW IMPACTED BREVARD COUNTY IS GOING TO BE AND HOW IMPACTED THE HOSPITALS ARE GOING TO BE, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE CARE, WHERE DO THEY GO? EMERGENCY ROOM.
SO THE HOSPITALS ARE REALLY CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER CONTRACTS AS WELL OUTSIDE OF HEALTHFIRST.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ORLANDO REGIONAL AS WELL.
BUT THESE ARE CRITICAL TIMES FOR US, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY TAKING THIS SERIOUS AS TO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, I WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
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I WOULD ASK THE BOARD IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS IN THIS LIGHT? YES.UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION OF MOVING THE BOARD COMMENTS UP BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING I WANNA SAY.
AND THREE OF THE ENTITIES THAT NEEDED TO HEAR IT ALL WALKED OUT THE DOOR WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF EACH OTHER.
THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO REALLY CHANGE AND PEOPLE STILL DON'T SEE THAT IT'S COMING.
SO THAT'S A $1,200 DEFICIT THAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA FEEL THAT I CAN'T EXACTLY.
YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO WA WHO USED TO BE UNHOUSED.
I HAVE USED SEVERAL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN HERE AND I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY IT.
LIKE I GET ON THE BOARD MEMBERS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY ARE NOT PARTICULARLY, I'M NOT GONNA SAY KIND OR SENSITIVE, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND WE AS A COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF BREVARD MILL OR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IN BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THERE WERE THREE PROGRAMS HERE.
AND YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME FUNDING.
WE NEED TO GET Y'ALL TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S ONE POT.
AND WAS IT LIKE $84,000? $84,000? AND SHE'S ALREADY SAID THAT IT'S A $20,000 MINIMUM.
SO THAT MEANS FOUR PROGRAMS ARE GETTING FUNDED AND THEN SEAN DOWN THERE IS GONNA FIGURE OUT THE MATH TO TRY TO MAKE MORE PEOPLE GET FUNDING, BUT IT NEVER WORKS OUT.
BUT I AM 46 YEARS OLD AND I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING THAT I, I DON'T NORMALLY SAY.
I GREW UP IN THE CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
I USED TO WORK AT, IT'S CALLED MOTOWN'S IHOP.
AND MS. ROSA PARKS USED TO COME IN THERE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.
AND IT WAS OUR THING THAT WHEN SHE CAME IN, I WOULD EAT LUNCH WITH HER.
AND SHE USED TO TELL ME ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING GREAT.
YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING GREAT, BUT BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING GREAT, YOU'RE GONNA FALL.
YOU'RE GONNA BUMP YOUR HEAD, YOU'RE GONNA HIT YOUR HEAD, YOU'RE GONNA BE MISERABLE.
I DUNNO WHAT SHE TALK THIS ROSA, STOP, STOP.
I, WHAT SHE TALKING ABOUT? I AM NOW 46.
I'VE BUMPED MY HEAD, SCRAPED MY KNEES, BEEN ON THE FLOOR, ROLLING.
AND I NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS TELLING ME.
MY GREATEST FE IS CONNECTING PEOPLE OR CONNECTING THINGS TO MAKE THEM WORK BETTER.
AND I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR THE LAST THREE MEETINGS.
WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER TO GET THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE, THESE, THESE PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED.
WE HAVE HOMELESS CHILDREN, WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE HUNGRY.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FEEDING PEOPLE THAT ARE HUNGRY.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING OUT GETTING PEOPLE FED.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS, SUMMER PROGRAMS, WE GOT ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
AND OUR GOVERNMENT ALWAYS FIND THE LEFT HOOK.
SO WE GOTTA START LOOKING TO THE RIGHT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THOSE FUNDINGS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING BE CROOKED, BUT I AM SAYING IF THE RULE BOOK IS BEING SKEWED, THEN YOU GOTTA LEARN HOW TO PLAY THAT GAME.
AND MY LAST NOTE IS, UH, WORK TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER, AND THEN THESE SPECIAL ELECTIONS, THEY MATTER.
AND YOU GUYS NEED TO E EMPHASIZE THAT TO YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT IF IT'S NOT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
BUT IF YOU NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL SENATOR, A A SPECIAL SEAT FOR A SENATOR, THAT DOES MATTER.
AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT NORTHERN GIRL, NORTHERN MENTALITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOUTHERN MENTALITY IS DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE TO BREAK THE CHAINS ON OUR MINDS.
AND WHEN WE BREAK THE CHAINS ON OUR MINDS, WE'LL BREAK THE CHAINS OF THE CURRENT REGIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS AS FAR AS THE FY 26 27 ANNUAL, UH, ACTION PLAN?
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WE WILL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTION, WE WILL GO INTO THE APPROVAL FOR THE FY 26, UH, SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT AND REALLOCATING UNENDED CBDG FUNDS AND CBD DASH CV FUNDS FOR FROM FY 2020 AND 2021.FIRST I WOULD ASK MS. JOHNSON IF SHE WOULD, UH, SPEAK REGARDING THE FY 2026 SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
UH, I'LL GIVE YOU CLIFF NOTES ON THIS ONE.
WE HAD LEFTOVER COVID DOLLARS.
THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
IT WAS APPROXIMATELY $121,000, ALMOST $122,000.
$13,000 WAS LEFT OVER OR REPROGRAMMED FROM UNSPENT ACTIVITIES.
UM, IF YOU WERE HERE IN 20 19, 20 21, THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS WERE ALLOCATED TO SEVERAL PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
SOME OF THE ENTITIES, THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING.
WE FUNDED AN ASSORTMENT OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE FUNDED, UM, EMERGENCY HOUSING.
WE FUNDED HOUSING FOR HOMELESS PERSONS.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY IN OFF THE STREET AND, UM, DEFINITELY PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SHORT STORY.
THE $13,017 WAS LEFT OVER, THOSE FUNDS EXPIRE THIS YEAR.
SO RATHER THAN PUT SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY BACK OUT ON THE STREET, TRYING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE STEPS THAT YOU'RE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH, WE, UM, ADVERTISED AN INTERNAL RFA TO CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE SAME FOCUS TO PREVENT, PREPARE, AND RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS AND OTHER CRITICAL ILL ILLNESSES.
THEY WERE FIRE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND REC AND POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPOSED TO, UH, FUND THE PURCHASE OF A CPR DEVICE THAT IS AUTOMATED.
UH, SO IT REMOVES THE FIRST RESPONDER FROM THE SITUATION.
SO THEY'RE AUTOMATIC COMPRESSIONS.
YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SCREEN, BUT THAT'S THE IMAGE.
PARKS AND REC SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR PPE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR PPE.
THE QUESTION WE ASKED, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 23RD TO REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS.
THEY ALL PASSED THE THRESHOLD REVIEW AND THE TOP TWO ACTIVITIES WERE SEPARATED BY ONE POINT.
THEY'RE VERY, VERY WORTHY ACTIVITIES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL WORTHY ACTIVITIES, OF COURSE, BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE POINT SEPARATING, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM PARKS AND REC.
SO WHAT WERE THE OTHER FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDERED? WHO'S ABLE TO EXPEND THE FUNDS? AND QUICKLY, QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEADLINE.
WHAT'S THE DEADLINE? WHO WAS ON THE COMMEND RECOMMENDATION? UM, CITY STAFF.
WHEN IS THE DEADLINE? THE DEADLINE IS JU JUNE 30TH.
IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US NOT TO LEAVE FUNDS ON THE TABLE AND HAVE THEM RECAPTURE BY HUD.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR US TO FIND THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS MANNER TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ABLE TO DO THAT AS IS PARKS.
UM, BUT THE ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE FOLKS FROM THE CONTAGIOUS, THE, UM, SPREADING OF A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE MOST EFFECTIVELY IS THAT LUCAS DEVICE.
YES, IT IS THE ACQUISITION OF ONE DEVICE.
DOES THAT COVER THE TRAINING FOR THE, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE CLOSER? I'M SORRY? IS THAT ALSO COVERING THE TRAINING THAT WHOEVER IS GONNA BE WITH THE DEVICE WOULD GET? OR IS THAT GONNA BE SOMETHING SEPARATE? THE FUNDS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE DEVICE.
THE TRAINING WOULD, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE.
AND I AM SORRY, WHAT DID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHAT WAS THEIR
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PROPOSAL? THE FIRE? YEAH, I MEAN THE POLICE PD.UH, IT WAS FORMER PPE PROTECTIVE, UH, OTHER EQUIPMENT, MASK, GLOVES, THE STANDARD STUFF.
THIS MACHINE CAN BE USED FOR YEARS ON END.
IT WILL HAVE A, A SHELF LIFE OF COURSE.
BUT IT'S MY, I GUESS MY CONCERN WOULD BE IT'S ONE AND WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNIT, SO CORRECT.
BUT IF WE DID PPE, THAT WOULD COVER MORE OF THE STAFFING.
CAN'T WE JUST GET EVERYBODY PPE IF I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, 'CAUSE I GUESS BEING A PARENT OF TWO KIDS, YOU CAN'T GET ONE TOY.
IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK OUT.
IT'S, SO HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A LUCAS DEVICE THAT YOU CAN, IF YOU MOVE TO THE OTHER MACHINE, MACHINE, OTHER SLIDE.
SO THOSE CHEST COMPRESSIONS THAT ARE AUTOMATED, THAT'S REMOVING MOUTH TO MOUTH AND FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT.
SO WE'RE NO LONGER BREATHING IN THAT.
I GUESS YOU'RE, WELL, YOU'RE NOT, OKAY, SO I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT PD MELBOURNE IN FOUR QUADRANTS.
WE GOT QUADRANT A, QUADRANT B, QUADRANT C, QUADRANT D, AND HE GOT DOWNTOWN.
SO WE GOT FIVE QUADRANTS OR FIVE SPACES.
WHERE IS THIS UNIT GONNA GO? AL? WHERE'S IT GONNA BE? HOUSED? ALI.
SO ALI'S FIRE STATION IS NOW, IT'LL START THERE AND IF IT'S, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, IF IT'S NEEDED SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY CAN CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH ANOTHER FIRE STATION.
SO PLAYING ANGEL'S, ANGEL, THIS COULD BE USED AT A FIRE THAT'S IN JUST OUTSIDE OF, UH, SUN OR SOMETHING.
LIKE I'M JUST, IT COULD BE USED ANYWHERE, ANYTIME WE, WE WON'T LIMIT WHERE THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED.
BUT IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ON A PUBLIX RUN AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE ON BABCOCK AND SOMEONE HAS A RESPIRATORY EVENT AND THEY NEED TO USE THAT MACHINE, THEY'LL USE IT.
SO ONE OF THE, SO IN OUR APPLICATION PROCESS THE SAME, IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE OUR CDB APPLICATION.
SO WE ASK IS IT AN EXISTING SERVICE OR IS IT AN EXPANSION OF SERVICES? THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF SERVICE.
I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN OTHER QUESTIONS.
THIS, THIS DEVICE HERE, DOES IT GIVE TO, UH, PRESS, IS THAT WHAT IT'S DOING AS WELL OR IS IT JUST DOING THE OH, JUST COMPRESSIONS.
WELL, I MISSPOKE MODERN CPR TODAY.
NOW YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE PRESS.
SO WHAT IS THIS ACTUALLY DOING? IT'S THE CHEST COMPRESSIONS.
BUT IT WAS TO ELIMINATE THE DIRECT CONTACT.
BUT A HUMAN CAN DO WHAT THAT MACHINE'S DOING.
AND SO THAT REMOVES THE HUMAN ELEMENT.
BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE AROUND THE PATIENT.
IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE 10 FEET AWAY.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE PERSON.
YOU HAVE TO, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR ONE, ONE MACHINE TO GO TO ONE PLACE.
THE MACHINE COSTS MORE THAN, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S TO A LIMIT.
I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS GIVING BRETT'S AIR, BUT IT'S NOT.
SO, SO THIS IS, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU DO KNOW THAT, UH, OR SOMETHING A HUMAN CAN DO TOO.
WAS IT 2015? SO THIS IS 2014, THEY CHANGED THE ABCS TO THE CBA.
NO, IT'S COMPRESSIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUAL BREATH.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TELLING HER.
YOU DON'T, IN MODERN, IN, IN THE MODERN FORM NOW, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THE BREATH.
SO IF THAT'S NOT GIVING AIR AND IT'S JUST DOING THE COMPRESSIONS, IT'S STILL SAVING A LIFE.
YOU, YOU DO KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS A PERSON CAN DO.
A PERSON CAN DO THE, THE THING I I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AND I WILL TRY TO ANSWER IT IN A MORE CLEAR FASHION WHEN I, WHEN I'M USING THE TERM TO REMOVE
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THE HUMAN ELEMENT.IF YOU'RE NOT PUSH SHOULD PUTTING YOURSELF DIRECTLY OVER ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AND MAKING THOSE CHEST COMPRESSIONS MANUALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING THAT PERSON OUT OF A DIRECT LINE OF FIRE WHEN WE TAKE ONE FIRST RESPONDER OUT OF THAT SITUATION AND REDUCE THEIR LIKELIHOOD.
'CAUSE THIS WAS COVID MONEY, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
THINK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY TRAVEL AND BACKS, RIGHT? THEY, THEY STAY TOGETHER.
SO ONE PERSON'S SICK, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE WHOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OR, OR, YEAH, BUT USUALLY WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, WHEN YOU COME UP TO A SCENE AND SOMEBODY'S INJURED AND THEY'RE UNDERGROUND, THEY'RE ALREADY OVER THE PERSON.
THEY'RE ALREADY PUTTING THINGS ON THE PERSON.
THEY'RE YOU, THEY'RE ALREADY IN CONTACT OF THE BREATHING APPARATUS OF THE PERSON.
SO, AND USUALLY IF YOU'RE DOING, AND IF YOU'RE DOING THOSE TYPES OF BREATH, THEY'RE NOT BREATHING HARD ANYWAY.
SO I, I DON'T, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TO ONE PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S LIKE, HEY EVERYBODY STEP BACK.
LET'S PUT THIS $14,000 MACHINE ON THIS PERSON.
IT, IT'S, IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY.
I'M, I'M SORRY, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LUCAS MACHINE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
EQUIPMENT IS VERY, IF YOU PAY, IF YOU TO HAVE TIME AND CAN WATCH SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND IF YOU HEAR ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT IS, IT MIGHT SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE COSTS OF A VARIETY OF THINGS AND HOW THEY'VE ALL INCREASED.
I, I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST TO, I GUESS WE'RE SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
UH, I, A LIFETIME AGO WAS A FIREFIGHTER.
AND I CAN SAY EXACTLY HOW CHALLENGING IT IS TO MAINTAIN, UH, THESE CHEST COMPRESSIONS.
AND JUST JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, WHEN YOU'RE DOING PROPER CHEST COMPRESSIONS, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEPARATE THE CARTILAGE FROM THE PERSON'S CHEST.
'CAUSE IT'S A VERY RIGOROUS ACTIVITY.
THESE MACHINES ARE VERY USEFUL.
AND JUST TO DIRECT THE WILL OF THE BOARD, THIS IS TO CAPTURE REMEDIAL COVID DOLLARS FOR A DISEASE THAT IS NOW ENDEMIC.
LIKE P OR ADDITIONAL PPE, MASKS, GLOVES, WHATEVER.
I'M GLAD THAT, THAT THIS PROTECTION WOULD EXIST.
BUT THIS IS LIKELY, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE LIKELY ALREADY IN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UH, UH, IN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS EXISTING LINE ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF INVENTORY AND NOT NECESSARY WHERE THIS WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AND PROBABLY SAVE SOME LIVES.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT PARKS AND RACK.
WILL THIS BE THE ONLY UNIT WE HAVE? OR WE HAVE OTHER UNITS LIKE THIS? WE HAVE OTHER UNITS.
WE HAVE OTHER UNITS HERE IN THE CITY.
SO THIS WILL ADD TO OUR INVENTORY.
ONLY ONE ADD TO THE INVENTORY.
SO DOES EVERY FIRE STATION HAVE ONE OF THESE? NO, SIR.
SO IT HAPPENS TO BE THE LUCK OF THE DRAW.
THEY APPLIED, WE'VE PUT IT OUT.
SO IF A FIRE STATION DOESN'T HAVE ONE OF THESE AND AN EVENT OCCURS, THEN ONE OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS ARE GONNA PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK, POSSIBLY TO SAVE A PERSON.
SO THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR JOB.
I I LIKE TO SAY, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD DEVICE AND IT PROBABLY DOESN'T DO GOOD.
IT'S VERY HARD TO SIT THERE AND THEN HAVE TO CHANGE UP WITH SOMEBODY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, $14,000, IT'S A NICE DEVICE.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'D BE NICE, LIKE SHE HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING, WE ARE BUYING ONE FOR ONE PLACE AND IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS, IF IT WAS CHEAPER AND WE WERE PASSING AROUND, IT'D BE GREAT.
BUT THE ALTERNATIVE THINGS THAT OVER TIME EVENTUALLY THEY'LL WANT TO HAVE ALL THE FIREHOUSE, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE IT EVENTUALLY.
YEAH, USUALLY WHEN TAKES TIME AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE FUNDING.
WHEN, WHEN DEVICES IT'S LIKE THIS COME OUT, IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT MAY I ADD SOMETHING? PLEASE.
MR. WHO GETS THE NEW UNIT? MR. BRIAN? I THINK, I THINK WE ARE MISSING THE POINT THAT MS. JOHNSON POINTED THAT THE, THE FACT IS THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT, NEEDS BE SPENT.
AND THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHAT MR. MILTON SAID.
I JUST THINK THAT'S WHAT THE WE'RE CAPTURING AND WE DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO BACK, WHICH THEN FURTHER IN INJURY ANY FURTHER CAUSE IN THE FUTURE TO RECEIVE
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EITHER ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR MORE.WHEN, WHEN YOU GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY SLASH THAT OFF YOUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
JUST GOVERNMENT WORKER HERE, GIVING Y'ALL A LITTLE HINT, HINT, IF I COULD HELP DIRECT THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
UM, THE INTENTION HERE WOULD BE TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE QUESTION IS, IF WE GOT ADDITIONAL MASKS AND ADDITIONAL GLOVES FOR THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, EXACTLY HOW MANY LIVES IS THAT LIKELY TO SAVE? OR DO THEY ALREADY HAVE THOSE ITEMS IN INVENTORY VERSUS THIS ACTUALLY COULD MOVE THE NEEDLE AND SAVE SOME HUMAN BEINGS LIVES THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY.
C CAN WE ASK PARKS AND RECS SINCE THEY'RE STILL HERE REAL QUICK THOUGH.
I'M, I'M NOT, I I THINK PEOPLE ARE MISSING THE POINT HERE.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, FINISH REAL QUICK.
SEAN ASKED THE QUESTION, CAN WE GET THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO ON? LET'S GET THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION POINT OF ORDER PLEASE.
I NEED TO GIVE CONTROL BACK TO THE CHAIR.
AND MR. CHAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ON EACH PERSON, THANK YOU BY NAME AND THEN WE'LL MOVE IN THAT PROGRESSION AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE EACH PERSON.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR OVERSTEPPING.
AND PLEASE, EVERYONE SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE AFTER ACKNOWLEDGED.
I, I JUST WISH SOMETIMES WHAT I, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IS I JUST WISH SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE DEVICES LIKE THIS THAT COULD REALLY BE HELPFUL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN.
I MEAN, IF IT'S TO SAVE LIVES, I LOOK AT THE MACHINE AND I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU IT DIDN'T EVEN COME A FRACTION TO THE AMOUNT TO MAKE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS THAT ARE REASONABLE IN, IN PRICE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE CAN BUY MORE AND PASS 'EM AROUND AND EVERYBODY CAN HAVE ONE.
MS. MS. MILT, UH, MS DO YOU HAVE ANY ADD? SEAN ASKED A QUESTION AND WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HERE.
CAN CAN THE DEPARTMENT ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT SEAN ASKED? UH, I WOULD, WITH, I WOULD ENDEAVOR TO ASK THE STAFF IF IS THAT LIABLE? MR. MIDDLETON INQUIRED ABOUT PURCHASING ADDITIONAL PPE FOR THE OTHER TWO DEPARTMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE PD OR A FIRE TO SPEAK ON THEIR OWN BEHALF, BUT I THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND SHARING, UM, THE EXPERIENCE OF A FIREFIGHTER.
IF YOU, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE CHAIR TO ASK PARKS AND REC TO COME TO THE BOARD, TO THE PODIUM, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
WELL, UM, I WOULD ALL, IT'S YOUR DISCRETION, MR. CHAIR.
I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO ASK MS, UH, CALDWELL CALDWELL IF SHE WOULD COME AND MAKE COMMENTS TO, AND HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE THIS QUESTION THAT WE THANK YOU.
WHAT WE REQUESTED WAS SOME PPE, WHICH WOULD BE IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAND SANITIZER, UM, PORTABLE HAND SANITIZER SPRAYS.
WE ALSO ASKED FOR BOOKS FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.
AND WE ALSO ASKED FOR AIR PURIFIERS FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP LOCATIONS TO PURIFY THE AIR, WHICH WOULD BENEFIT, UM, THE 1700 KIDS AT OUR SUMMER CAMPS EACH SUMMER.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE, THE, THE QUESTION THAT, UH, MR. MIDDLETON ASKED WAS, WAS THIS A LINE ITEM ALREADY ON YOUR BUDGET OR WOULD THIS BE ADDITION TO THE BUDGET? THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THESE ITEMS AT THE MOMENT.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF THE MOST PEOPLE WE COULD SERVE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WE COULD ALSO PURCHASE OUR ITEMS BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
UH, MR. CHAIR, ONE THING THAT, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTERJECT IS THAT WE ARE, THESE ARE MONIES FROM THE 2020 2021 ALLOCATION, AND WE NEED TO SPEND THESE MONIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE OR ELSE THEY GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO DIGEST HERE.
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SO, UH, WE HAVE GONE FROM HERE TO THERE AND THERE TO HERE, AND WE HAVE, UH, NOT COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE GOING TO EVEN COME CLOSE TO SPENDING THOSE FUNDS.SO I THINK THAT IF WE KEEP THAT IN MIND, WE WOULD BE, UH, MORE APT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS QUESTION AND MAYBE COME TO A CONCLUSION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR? YES, SIR.
UH, UNLESS I UNDERSTOOD, UH, UH, WHAT MR. MILTON WAS ASKING OF PARKS AND RECS, IF THEY HAD ANY STATISTICAL DATA THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THAT PPE PREVENTED SPREAD OF DISEASE OR SAVE LIVES, UH, THIS DEVICE.
I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IT WILL SAVE A LIFE.
UH, PPE, UM, YOU CAN SPECULATE THAT IT MIGHT, BUT, UH, PPE ALSO IS QUESTIONABLE, UH, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE USED IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANYTHING.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE WASTED.
UH, AS MS. JOHNSON HAS SAID, IT'S A ONE TIME USE THING.
SO IF YOU PUT ON GLOVES, TAKE 'EM OFF, THROW 'EM AWAY, THIS DEVICE WILL SAVE A HUMAN LIFE.
IT'S QUESTIONABLE ABOUT PPE AND WHETHER IT WILL BE USED PROPERLY.
UH, AND BOOKS HAND SANITIZERS ALL GREAT, BUT THIS DEVICE WILL SAVE A LIFE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH ANY STATISTICAL DATA, UH, ABOUT PPE AND PARKS AND RECREATION, NO DISRESPECT.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UH, SEAN WAS ASKING.
I YIELD WELL, I THINK THAT WE, WE ARE MISSING ONE POINT, AND I, AND I, I THINK THAT WE, WE, WE ALL UNDERSTAND.
DO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT P-P-U-P-P-P IS? PERSONAL PROTECTION.
PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.
NOW THAT IT IS, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE THESE THINGS IN PLACE, UH, TO HELP PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE WE ARE SERVING.
IF THE FIREMEN COME AND THEY, UH, OR IF ANYONE COME, THEY WOULD HAVE THIS PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.
AND IF THEY, IF THEY USE IT, IT PREVENTS POTENTIAL PREVENTS FROM, UH, SPREADING ADDITIONAL FLUIDS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR ANYTHING THAT MAY, THIS PERSON MAY HAVE UPON THEM.
SO I GUESS MY, I I, I HEAR WHAT THE PARK AND RECREATION IS ASKING, UH, BUT THAT IS A MUCH SMALLER, UH, SUM OF MONEY THAT WE WILL BE EXPENDING COMPARED TO THIS MACHINE THAT WE ARE TALKING.
SO, UH, I'M ACTUALLY, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? $6 AND 23 CENTS DIFFERENCE? YES.
I SPENT IT ALL IN MY PROPOSAL, LIKE LITERALLY.
AND IF YOU COULD ORDER AN EXTRA CASE, I GOT YOU ON THE OVERAGES, UH, MR. CHAIR.
I THINK THAT STAFF HAS MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SHARED MM-HMM
AND I THINK THE BOARD'S ASKED ENOUGH QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
MAKE A VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT.
LET ME, LET ME HEAR MR. WALKER AND THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD.
IN ADDITION TO THIS MACHINE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE TRAINING ON CPR.
WILL YOU SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE? OH.
IN ADDITION TO THIS MACHINE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS WILL ALSO KEEP UP THEIR TRAINING AND THEIR CERTIFICATION FOR CPR.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW, AND THESE MACHINES WOULD HAVE TO BE CALIBRATED THERE, THERE'S A MAINTENANCE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING PROCESS FOR, FOR THE MACHINE THAT WAS MORE CONCERN THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, HEY, WE GOT A MACHINE.
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TO BE A FACTOR.AND YOU ALL, UH, UH, RESPECTFULLY, I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU, THERE'S ONE POINT DIFFERENCE FROM THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE ON THESE TWO PROJECTS.
SO YOU'RE HAVING THE VERY SAME CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE, WE LOOKED AT.
WELL, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT IN LENGTH.
UH, I WOULD, NOW, IF ALL MINDS ARE CLEAR THAT WE, UH, IF I ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE BOARD, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT REALLOCATING, $13,017 AND 18 CENTS AND CDBG DASH CV AND $1,564 AND 5 CENTS IN CDBG UN EXPENDED FUNDS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 20 19, 20 20, AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2020.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED IN IN SECOND.
I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? I GUESS I'M CONFUSED.
WHAT ARE WE, WHAT DO WE PASS A MOTION ON? WHAT ARE WE PASSING THE MOTION ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT? LIKE WHAT ARE WE RECOMMEND? BECAUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOMMEND DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT'S WHY I'M VERY, AS CHAIR, YOU NEED TO STATE WHAT WE NEED THE ORDER ON, AND THEN WE, WE DO THE RECOMMENDATION.
HE HE WROTE, HE HE RECOMMENDED.
BUT WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA VOTE ON? WE, WE, WOULD YOU EX AGAIN, MAKE YOUR MOTION? NO, NO, DON'T MAKE A MOTION.
WELL, WE, MY QUESTION IS, ALL WE'RE VOTING ON IS MOVING THE MONEY.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON BUYING ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS AND I DON'T THINK ALL OF US KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'M, I'M, SO WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING, WE'RE VOTING ON MOVING THE MONEY TO THIS YEAR'S, UH, BUDGET FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? THAT IS THE VOTE ON THE TABLE? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND IS MS. JOHNSON, THE RECOMMENDATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
J MR. CHAIRMAN, REAL QUICK, MAY I ASK STAFF ONE QUESTION? A QUESTION FOR STAFF? WE, WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE, WE WILL AT THAT ROBERT RULES OF ORDER.
AND IS IT YEAH, I, I, I JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING.
UM, WHEN YOU GUYS LEARNED ABOUT THIS, DID YOU DO THE RESEARCH AS FAR AS DOES IT MALFUNCTION, HAS IT BEEN USED BEFORE? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN IN USE? IS IT, YOU KNOW, GOOD FOR SAVING LIVES? OR IS IT JUST SO THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE UP CLOSE? I'M TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE PUTTING THIS ON A PERSON TOO, LET'S NOT FORGET THEY'RE REPLACING IT TO TRY TO ALSO SAVE A LIFE.
SO IS THIS THING WORKING PROPERLY? DO YOU GUYS KNOW IF IT'S TRIAL AND ERRORED? BECAUSE DON'T FORGET, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING THE PERSON SO THEY'RE NOT STANDING OVER SOMEBODY.
THIS THING IS TAKING THE PLACE OF GIVING HEARTBEATS.
SO DO, DO YOU GUYS DO THE RESEARCH TO KNOW, IS THIS THING BEEN TRIAL? THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED THE DATA AND REC AND A NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LUCAS MACHINE.
THAT IT'S, IT IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT, THEY'RE USED WIDELY.
UM, SO YES, DID I GO AND DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH? I RELIED ON THE RESEARCH PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BY THEIR REQUEST AND REQUESTING THE MACHINERY, THE MECHANISM TO, TO ADD AS A RESOURCE AND A TOOL TO THEIR ARSENAL FOR RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
CAN WE HAVE A FEW MOMENTS SO THAT I COULD AT LEAST GET ABREAST OF THIS? OR I WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE MACHINE.
AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IF IT WAS ONE THING TO PROTECT
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AN INDIVIDUAL FROM GETTING SOMETHING, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.BUT THIS IS REPLACING LIFESAVING, THIS IS REPLACING A HUMAN BEING, SAVING A LIFE THROUGH BEATS, ALLOWING A MACHINE TO DO IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACCURATE, HOW WELL AND USE IT IS.
YOU, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST PROTECTING THE PERSON, EMPLOYING THE, THE LIFESAVING TECHNIQUES.
IT'S ABOUT ALSO THE PERSON LAYING ON THE GROUND.
SO ONE OF, ONE THING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT WE HAVE A TOP RATED FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
MAYBE SOMEONE, MAYBE ONE OF THEM SHOULD HAVE COME HERE TONIGHT.
YOU INVITED AND THEY DIDN'T COME.
WE MAKE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE TO EVERY APPLICANT.
WE'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE APPLICANTS FOR THE CITY, BG, THAT WEREN'T HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
WELL, I MEAN, IF THEY WERE HERE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER, BECAUSE THESE ARE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
HONESTLY, THESE ARE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
WHEN THIS, BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PERSON ON TOP, IT'S THE ONE LANE ON THE GROUND.
ARE THEY GONNA BE GETTING THE TREATMENT PROPERLY THAT THEY NEED FROM THIS DEVICE TO SAVE THEIR LIFE? YES, SIR.
I MIGHT HAVE TO PULL UP THE FILE AND I'LL, I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO SUEANN IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO I JUST KINDA WANNA TAKE A BIRD'S EYE, AN AERIAL VIEW THAT WE HAVE A, BECAUSE, WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T, I DON'T WANT PASS THIS $14,000, MR. WILL YOU ALLOW ME TO ANSWER AND FIND OUT IF IT'S, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT GOOD.
THAT IS WHY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING IT.
THEY DON'T, THEY DID NOT REQUEST SOMETHING THAT IS A ONE-OFF.
WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS THING AND SEE IF IT WORKS.
IT IS A PROVEN EFFECTIVE DEVICE.
AND THAT WAS EVIDENCED IN THEIR APPLICATION.
YES, IT IS A RESOUNDING YES THAT IT IS, IT IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL.
I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO SUE ANN, MR. CHAIR.
I CAN ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, WITH THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID, WE MAKE SURE THAT A PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE AND AN EXPANSION OF A SERVICE.
AND WE SAW THAT ALACHUA COUNTY, FLAGLER COUNTY, MALI BAR, KISSEMEE, ORANGE COUNTY, ALL HAVE UNITS.
UM, TITUSVILLE, THERE'S SEVERAL MORE.
AND THAT, UM, IT HAS PROVEN TO BE HIGH QUALITY CHEST COMPRESSIONS DURING HARD CARDIAC ARREST.
AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE'S FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAM, TRY TO PREVENT CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, DISEASES.
AND IT IS NOT JUST A, A ONE TIME.
WE ALSO, UM, LOOKED AT THE, THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF EACH PRO PROJECT AND THEIR PRO THIS DEVICE.
WHILE IT SOUNDS VERY HIGH, IF WE WERE GOING TO BUY IT WITH OUR OWN DOLLARS, THEY'RE GETTING IT AT A BETTER RATE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE DEVICE, IT'S THE BATTERIES AND THE BACK.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT KEEP IT USEFUL FOR 800 COM, I WON'T WANNA SAY 800 COMPRESSIONS, BUT 800 COMES TO MIND IS THE, YOU KNOW, SERVICES BASED ON HOW THEY USE IT IN SAVING A LIFE.
UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT PARKS AND RECS, UM, PPPE, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF SETUP CHARGES THAT ARE ONETIME FEE THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE LESS, UM, EFFECTIVE.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS IT REALLY EXPANDING THEIR PROJECTS AND THEIR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY DO DO, UM, SUMMER CAMPS.
WE ALL HAVE THOSE HAND SANITIZERS.
WHEN YOU WALK INTO OUR, UM, OFFICES, UH, SOME OF THEIR AIR FILTERS WERE, UM, WERE NEW, BUT THE OTHER THINGS WERE, WERE NOT AN, AN EXPANSION OF THEIR SERVICES.
SO WHEN THE FUNDING COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND GIVING YOU OUR BEST JUDGMENT ON HOW TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT THERE IN, UM, THE BEST WAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL APPLICATION TO MAKE YOUR, YOUR DETERMINATION RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE RELYING LIKE THE CHAIR SAID ON OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE LOOKED AT FRE, IT STARTED WITH A THRESHOLD REVIEW, THEN WE LOOKED IF IT WAS AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT, AND THEN HOW NEW AND IN INNOVATIVE SOMETHING WAS
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GOING TO BE AND WASN'T GOING TO BE JUST A ONE-TIME USE.UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, PPE THROUGH HOW THEY GOT THAT AS AN EXPANSION IS FOR WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR NEW HIRES.
WELL, SOME OF THAT MATERIAL
AND YOU CAN HAVE A PERSON WHO'S, UM, AN EXTRA SMALL OR A PERSON WHO'S A NEW SWORN OFFICER WHO'S AN EXTRA LARGE.
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY'RE ON BOARD.
SO SOME OF THEIR EXPENSES MAY NOT COME AS QUICKLY AS IF WE HAVE A ONE PROJECT THAT DOES ALL OF THAT ALL AT ONCE.
AND AGAIN, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRIES TO BE AS INNOVATIVE AS THEY CAN WITH THE DOLLARS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOW UP TO, TO EVEN HAVE A PROJECT WITH DOLLARS UNDER OUR UMBRELLA.
JUST TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS HERE, THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS IS TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS FROM 2002ND.
PART OF THE PROCESS, AS DETERMINED BY CITY STAFF IS THAT IF WE DID APPROVE THE MOVEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS, THAT, THAT THOSE FUNDS THEN WOULD BE USED TO BUY THIS LUCAS CPR MECHANISM TO ADD TO THEIR ALREADY EXISTING INVENTORY.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS THAT THE MOTION I DID BEFORE IS MOVING THE FUNDS INTO THE CURRENT FY 2026 PLAN.
THE SECOND ONE IS TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION BY CITY STAFF TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO BY THE LUCAS CPR MECHANISM.
YEAH, I, I THINK THAT, GO AHEAD.
I, I, I APOLOGIZE TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE FOR THIS BEING A KNOCKDOWN DRAG OUT FIGHT FOR US, ALL OF US WANTING TO DO GOOD.
UM, I JUST DID SOME REMEDIAL, UH, INFORMATION GATHERING ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE FOR A FOUR HOUR SURVIVAL WINDOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 23.6% CHANCE SURVIVAL VERSUS, UH, 23.7, UM, VERSUS STANDARD PALPITATIONS.
UM, I THINK I'D ACTUALLY CHANGED MY OPINION TO, UH, SHIFTING THE FUNDS TO OUR SECOND, UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS.
I I'M NOT, I'M, I, I JUST BELIEVE IN TRYING TO DO WHAT'S OBJECTIVELY BEST FOR THE CITY.
SO THAT'S TRUE WHAT SHE TALKING ABOUT.
SHOULD WE START ALL OVER, MR. CHAIR? NOT? YEAH.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE I AM CONFUSED AS FAR AS THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE IS CONCERNED.
UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
NOW I THINK THAT FROM MY TEACHING, MY LEARNING THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY THE MOTION UNLESS, AND, AND IF WE, WE VOTE, YOU CLOSE THAT OUT.
SO THAT IS MY, UH, INTERPRETATION.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT IF STAFF WOULD DO A, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE FOR THE MOTION THAT WAS PRESENTED.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE FOUR YAYS TO THREE NAYS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE, AND THIS IS, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR, WHAT, FIVE PLUS YEARS AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A DISCUSSION AS WE HAVE HAD TODAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS OR, OR WHAT, BUT WE DID, WE DID OUR, THE BEST THAT WE COULD DO.
YOU HAVE A COMMENT DOWN THERE? HMM? YOU HAVE A COMMENT DOWN THERE? UH,
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SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, UH, PA PASSED THE MOTION.GIVE MS. DILLARD, Y'ALL KNOW I'M GONNA ADDRESS THE LOW KEY HATE.
IF YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, SAY IT.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I'M ARRESTED EVERY TIME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MA'AM.
BUT I'M GONNA JUST LET YOU KNOW IT'S UNCALLED FOR.
IT'S NOT PROFESSIONAL AND IT'S NOT EVEN ADULT.
WELL, BUT I'M GONNA CHECK YOU LIKE AN ADULT WOULD.
LET ME, LET ME, LEMME SAY THIS TO YOU.
I'M, I'M COMING AT Y'ALL AS AN ADULT AND I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS IN SEVERAL OTHER MEETINGS.
WELL, WHAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO, HOLD ON, IS TREAT ME LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
MAY I, MAY I PLEASE INTERRUPT THIS ENTIRE MEETING.
IF YOU'RE AGENDA ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING, YOU ARE IN OUTTA ORDER.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? YOU JUST LITERALLY CAME AT ME AND THEN YOU GONNA DO IT LOW KEY.
I PEOPLE, AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
WE ARE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IN THIS FASHION.
I'VE ASKED Y'ALL TO ADDRESS THIS.
I'VE ASKED Y'ALL, WE ARE NOT SEVERAL TIMES TO ADDRESS THE COMMON PARTS ON THIS BOOK.
AND YOU GUYS ARE CONTINUOUSLY LETTING THEM DO AND IT'S NOT RIGHT.
AND I'VE ASKED YOU SEVERAL TIMES TO SAY SOMETHING AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT SO, SO I'M GOING TO DEFEND MYSELF IF YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO GET THEM IN LINE, MS. DI, MS DI.
THAT'S JUST, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND GO TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE SHOULD AND JUST REVIEW THE TAPE TOGETHER.
THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE THINGS FOR US TO DO AT THIS POINT.
I DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL REQUEST THAT IS GERMANE TO THE MOTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
AND I WILL ASK FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW THE HOUSING AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT MANAGER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES NECESSARY.
SHOULD, SHOULD A SHIFT HAPPEN, SHOULD FIRE WITHDRAW, WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO GO TO THE SECOND PROJECT OR IF, IF WE RECEIVE SOME OTHER TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM HUD.
IT'S, UH, AS DESCRIBED IN THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
ARE WE THE FINAL VOICE ON IN REFERENCE TO THIS? NO, SIR.
THIS GOES TO, SO IT HAS TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL.
IT HAS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL SO THEY CAN DO YEAH.
I JUST ASK THAT BECAUSE WE, WE DID THAT LIKE WITH THE OTHER MEETINGS BACK IN MAY AND WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS GOT CHANGED, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD'VE, BUT CAN WE GET UPDATED LIKE A EMAIL OR SOMETHING? WHICH, WHICH WELL, MAYBE NOT LAST YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE WE DID THE, UH, LET THE MANAGERS DO, I MEAN, LET THE STAFF DO WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IN THE END WE WERE LIKE, OH, THAT HAPPENED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.
SO CAN WE JUST BE UPDATED THOSE I CAN, I WILL MAKE A NOTE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN.
THEY ARE PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL PACKAGE, SO THEY ARE READILY ONLINE, BUT I WILL DOWNLOAD THEM AND EMAIL TO YOU.
WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE BOARD COMMENTS.
WE SEE, HAVE TO APPROVE TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION.
YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD WORD THIS CORRECTLY.
UM, BUT I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WAS THAT CITY STAFF BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES? SHOULD FIRE PULL OUT, UH, FOR THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, IF THAT IS CORRECT, VERBIAGE.
YOU MAKE IT ALL IN ONE IF ANY CHANGES OCCUR.
YEAH, SHE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES NECESSARY.
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I GET A SECOND? SECOND.AND SECOND, WE WOULD NOW HAVE A ROLL CALL, UH, FROM STAFF.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WE, I'M GONNA START TO MY LEFT, MS. DILLARD, YOU HAVE ANY, I ALREADY SAID GO OUT AND VOTE, EXCUSE ME, WORK TOGETHER, GO OUT AND VOTE.
WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
MR. BRYANT, I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO HAVE, YOU'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT QUIET TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW YOU TO MAKE COMMENTS AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.
WELL, I JUST OBSERVED MOSTLY WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT AND I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
BUT I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
MR. HERBERT? NOT AT THIS TIME.
AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION.
MR. NO, MR. HAYES, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE RENDERED.
I SECOND THE MOTION TO ADJOURN, SIR.