Apr 14, 2026 City Council

[1. Invocation - Council Member David Neuman]

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TO THE APRIL 14TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR THE MEETING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT THE. SUBMIT THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS. WHEN YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, USE THE MICROPHONE AT THE ELECTRON ON THE AUDIENCE'S RIGHT AND EITHER STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OR YOUR NAME AND CITY.

BE MINDFUL THE TIMER ON THE LECTERN AND WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT BEFORE YOUR SPEAKING TIME ENDS. THE TIME LIMITS ARE POSTED ON THE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS AND APPLICANT, REPRESENTATIVE OR PERSON HAS A LEGAL STANDING TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE. A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER WILL BE PERMITTED ENOUGH TIME, AS WILL BE REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A RECORD BEFORE THE COUNCIL. ANY PERSON WHO MAKES A PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, SLANDEROUS REMARK OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION. IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE STAND. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION BE GIVEN BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE US IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. THANK YOU FOR OUR STAFF WHO DEDICATE THEIR CAREERS TO SERVING THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO TAKE THE TIME FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND PERSONAL PURSUITS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR OUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO SHOWED UP TO OUR MEETING TODAY, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE ENGAGED IN OUR CITY BUSINESS AND HELP MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD BASED ON THEIR IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES AS WE ARE IN THE EASTER SEASON. LORD, GRANT US PEACE AND HOPE AS WE REJOICE IN JESUS CHRIST'S RESURRECTION.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND GROWTH. LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR STRENGTH. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. WE ASK FOR YOUR LOVE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TODAY. HERE ARE THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC AND SERVE OUR CITY. ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NOONAN, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER THREE. ROLL CALL. VOTE. MR. MCEWAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LARUSSO PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER NEWMAN HERE.

COUNCILMEMBER BASSETT HERE. COUNCILMEMBER HANLEY HERE. VICE MAYOR KENNEDY, MAYOR ALFREY AND

[4. Proclamations and Presentations]

AND BEFORE WE CAN, I CAN I ASK THAT WE PULL ITEM NUMBER SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE.

ITEM NUMBER. DISCUSSION ENHANCEMENT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS. CAN WE MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING? YOU'RE LOOKING TO POSTPONE THE DISCUSSION ON CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS ON 18. ARE YOU MAKING THAT MAKING THAT MOTION? YES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. NUMBER ONE, HOW HEAVY IS OUR NEXT AGENDA LOOKING? WE KNOW I DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE AGENDA YET, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY. SO PROBABLY NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN TONIGHT. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN TONIGHT. IS THAT WHAT I JUST HEARD. PARDON. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN I DON'T THINK IT HAS MANY MORE ITEMS THAN TONIGHT'S HAVE. OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT IS LOOKING TO SPEAK TO THAT AGENDA ITEM OR ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT? IT'S NUMBER 18. NUMBER ATTACKS. NO, THERE'S NOBODY HERE FOR EITHER. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO POSTPONE NUMBER 18. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE 18 OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. ON THAT ONE. AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO RECOGNITION, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATION. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE VIDEO FIRST. ONE CAN BE LIKE 24 PEOPLE, AND THAT'S HOW I KIND OF MEASURE OUT WHEN I'M COOKING.

MAYBE FOR 50 OR 60 PEOPLE, JUST TURN IT DOWN ALL LOW AND JUST LET IT COOK. I REMEMBER TELLING MY MOTHER, IF I EVER GET GROWN, I'M GOING TO GET A JOB AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD TO EAT. I'VE BEEN HUNGRY FOR MY CHILDHOOD. THAT HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER. AND KIDS WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME, MISS DOT, I'M HUNGRY. AND THAT WOULD JUST TEAR MY HEART APART, BUT I WOULD ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING FOR THEM TO EAT. ONE THING THAT I'M

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THEY'RE ONLY OUT HERE BECAUSE MISS DOT INSPIRED THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND TAUGHT THEM HOW TO SERVE AND LOVE PEOPLE. IF THEY'RE. PEOPLE NEED TO BE FED. MISS DODDS IS THE PERSON YOU NEED TO TALK TO. HER COMMITMENT TO HER COMMUNITY IS THROUGH THE FOOD THAT SHE GIVES PEOPLE. I FEEL LIKE SHE'S A RARITY, AND I WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE COULD HAVE A MISS DOT IN THEIR LIFE. AND I THINK SHE WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. MISS DOT IS A PILLAR OF THE MELBOURNE COMMUNITY AND SOMEBODY WHO JUST SERVES THE COMMUNITY WITH SUCH SELFLESS SERVICE AND A BIG HEART, AND SHE SERVES THE COMMUNITY IN IN A WAY THAT FAR TRANSCENDS JUST THE MEALS SHE PROVIDES. AND IT REALLY BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT HELPS US WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED.

THE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT IT IS THAT PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK TOGETHER. WHEN IT COMES TO MISS DOT, SHE UNIFIED US AND BROUGHT US TOGETHER. THE IMPACT THAT SHE'S MADE WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE IS HELPED TO UNIFY THE CITY. I PERSONALLY HAVE MET A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS JUST THROUGH MISSY DOT EVENTS, AND BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS, I'VE MADE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE OFFICER. IT'S LIKE, MISS DOT IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITY. MISS DOT'S COOKING MEANS LOVE. IT'S A SENSE OF FAMILY. IT'S A SENSE OF HOME. SHE REALLY PUTS ALL OF HER, HER LOVE INTO HER MEALS. AND IT IS GOOD OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN STYLE COOKING. SO BECAUSE OF ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND HER LOVE THAT SHE'S BEEN POURING INTO THIS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS, THIS CENTER HAS DECIDED TO NAME THE KITCHEN AFTER MISS DOT. MY MOM DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY HUNGER IF SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE NEED IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. IT WARMS MY HEART. AS MUCH AS THE FOOD WARMED THEIR STOMACHS BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A GOOD FEELING JUST TO KNOW THAT THIS PERSON IS NOT HUNGRY BECAUSE I HAVE FED THEM TODAY. NOW, TOMORROW MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT I DID WHAT I COULD TODAY. CAN'T SIT DOWN FOR TOO LONG. COME ON UP. OH I KNOW, OKAY, REAL QUICK,

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THANK YOU. SO. THERE WE GO. OKAY. BACK TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

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I'M SO THANKFUL. BUT WHEREAS EMERGENCIES REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. AND WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROPER RESPONSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS, THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS IS DEPENDENT ON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE FROM THE CITIZENS WHO TELEPHONED THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND. WHEREAS, COMMUNICATION OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS ARE THE SINGLE LINK TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS MONITORING ACTIVITIES BY RADIO AND PROVIDING VITAL INFORMATION TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AND. WHEREAS, EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB AND THE PAST YEAR. AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS, AND WHEREAS ALL CITIZENS OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THESE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FOR THEIR SPEED, TIRELESS PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO CARING FOR OTHERS. AND WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL DESERVE OUR LASTING RESPECT AND GRATITUDE. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT I.

PAUL ALFREY, MAYOR, CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 12TH TO 18TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO.

DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM. KEEP OUR CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES SAFE. WITNESS MY HAND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, 14TH DAY OF APRIL 2026, AND I'M GOING TO QUICKLY HAND IT OVER TO YOU, CHIEF. BUT I WILL SAY I HAVE GOT TO WORK WITH MOST OF YOU AND I WILL TELL YOU WE WE HAVE THE BEST. WE ARE AN ISO ONE RESPONSE. AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF OUR DISPATCHERS, WHAT THEY GO THROUGH, WHAT THEY HEAR, WHAT THEY DO UNTIL YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU SEE THE MULTIPLE SCREEN SCREENS AND THE PEOPLE CALL IN AND AND WHENEVER YOU CALL 911 OR THE POLICE, THE FIRST VOICE YOU HEAR NORMALLY DICTATES THE CALL AND HOW IT WILL GO DOWN.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE DISPATCHERS THAT THAT ARE ON IT AND THEY'RE WORKING TO CALM PEOPLE AND GETTING THAT CRUCIAL INFORMATION SO OFFICERS AND FIRE CAN RESPOND. IT'S CRUCIAL TO THIS, TO THIS CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH. I GOT TO SIT IN A SEAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND AGAIN, IT'S IT'S HARD WORK. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, CHIEF. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU AND THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. THIS WEEK, WE TAKE TIME OUT TO THANK OUR 911 DISPATCHERS AND CALL TAKERS IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. WE DISPATCH AND WE RECEIVE CALLS FOR BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HOUSED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S A VERY BUSY CENTER. THEY RECEIVE OVER 200,000 CALLS INCOMING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND IN TURN, THEY DISPATCH WELL OVER 100,000 OF THOSE CALLS. AND THEY SEND POLICE OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREET, FIREMEN OUT ON THE STREET. AND LIKE THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO, THEY ARE LITERALLY A LIFELINE FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREET AND OUR FIREMEN. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN A POLICE OFFICER OR FIREMEN, YOU'RE OUT ON THE STREET AND YOU NEED HELP. THESE ARE THE FOLKS AT THE END OF THAT RADIO THAT THAT HELP US OUT. ONE THING THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THAT 99% OF THE TIME, THEY ANSWER CALLS COMING INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER WITHIN

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THANK YOU. SO WITH ME TODAY I HAVE TWO SUPERVISORS. I HAVE ASHLEY BALLOU, WHO'S ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS, AND ROBERT EVANS, ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS, AND BROOKE SHAFROTH, SHE'S ONE OF OUR COMMUNICATION OFFICER, ALSO WHAT WE CALL A CTO, COMMUNICATION TRAINING OFFICER.

SO THESE MEN AND WOMEN WORK TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. THEY WERE DEFINITELY THE FIRST LINK IN KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE OUT THERE, NOT ONLY JUST THE COMMUNITY, OUR VISITORS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY WORK VERY HARD TO DO THAT EVERY DAY. AND I THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK THAT THEY DO AS WELL. THANK YOU. CARRIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'LL END IT WITH THIS. WE ARE HIRING DISPATCHERS AND CALL TAKERS, SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE HAVE A GOOD BENEFIT PACKAGE. AND IF YOU WANT TO WORK IN A GREAT TEAM ENVIRONMENT, REALLY GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN DO. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU SIR. I HEAR A PHONE RINGING SOMEPLACE. NIKKI CALDWELL, PARKS AND REC, PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, AND THE PARKS AND REC STAFF. THAT'S A TOUGH CREW TODAY, EVERYBODY. WELL. HOW'S IT GOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING? WHAT'S UP STRANGER? HOW ARE YOU DOING, MR. MAYOR? HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY? GOOD TO SEE YOU. GREAT, GOOD. YEAH, YEAH. THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR ARBOR DAY, AND THAT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY, IN MY OPINION, BIG IF YOU LIKE TREES, IF YOU LIKE GREENERY, IF YOU LIKE PARKS, IF YOU LIKE, IF IT TO ME AGAIN, ARBOR DAY IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. SO PROCLAMATION CITY OF MELBOURNE. WHEREAS IN 1872, J. STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE DESIGNATED FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES AND WHEREAS THIS SPECIAL DAY CALLED ARBOR DAY, WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA. AND WHEREAS 2026 MARKS THE 154TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS NOW OBSERVED ACROSS THE NATION AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE SOURCE, GIVING US PAPER AND WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS. AND WHEREAS TREES CAN REDUCE THE EROSION OF OUR PRECIOUS TOPSOIL FROM WIND AND WATER, CUT HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, MODERATE THE TEMPERATURE, CLEAN THE AIR, PRODUCE OXYGEN AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. AND WHEREAS TREES AND PROPERTY VALUES ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY, USA BY THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, AND IT'S PROUD OF ITS COMMITMENT TO PLANNING AND CARING FOR TREES. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT I PULL OUT. MAYOR, CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 24TH, 2026 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS. WITNESS MY HAND. THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IS 14 DAY OF APRIL 2026, AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY, WE ARE GOING TO THERE. OKAY. TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CELEBRATION ON APRIL 24TH AT SHERWOOD PARK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS ECO DIVISION. SO WE'LL BE CELEBRATING EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. WE'RE

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THANK YOU. SAMUEL PLUMMER. AND ELISA. GOOD. I THINK MR. PLUMMER IS STILL AT THE BEACH.

YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN COMING HERE OR GOING TO THE BEACH. I'D BE AT THE BEACH, SO. BUT WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PUT THIS ON FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. IF IT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH? YEAH, SURE. TOLD ME. TAKE ME TO THE BEACH. WE SHOULD HAVE JUST WENT AND SHOWED UP AT THE BEACH AND GAVE IT TO HIM THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE

[5. Approval of Minutes - March 24, 2026 Regular Meeting]

[6. City Manager's Report]

SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG ON DUAL TRACKS, BUT I DID WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW, SINCE THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED HERE AND THERE. I HAVE TWO UPCOMING EVENTS, BUT I DID WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE. THE FIRE STATION 72 PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 20TH, AND THAT WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED, AS WAS THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETING FOR THE DOWNTOWN WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED ALSO. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LAMB MAYOR? A FEW COMMENTS.

SO I DID ATTEND THE DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE CRA ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, AND I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE. SO WITH ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND WORK WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD AND STAFF IN ORDER TO HAVE SOMETHING TO COME BACK UP TO THE COUNCIL ON THAT SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM. BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED, IT WASN'T THAT NECESSARILY AGAINST.

BUT WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT SOME VERBIAGE AND CONTINUE TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO.

CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR POSITIVE WAYS TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES. AND MAYBE IT CAN'T BE THE EXACT SAME WAY THAT CITY OF COCOA DID IT. BUT THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE THINGS THERE. RESEARCH THAT AND SEE WHAT WHAT WE COULD DO TO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE TO EITHER ENHANCE OR DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY. SO, OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THEN. IF

[7. Public Comments]

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WE PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE AND IT NOW IS HOSTED ON BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE YOU CAN GO AND HAVE ONE STOP SHOP TO FIND OUT ALL OF THESE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES. LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT AND HELP BAPS HOST THE FIRST EVER ENLISTMENT CEREMONY, AND THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, THIS FRIDAY, ACTUALLY. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE OR YOU ARE ONE THAT HAS ENLISTED BUT NOT PLANNING TO COME, YOU CAN SCAN THIS QR CODE AND YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. AND WE'D LIKE TO HONOR YOU. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 200 ENLISTEES PLANNING TO ATTEND, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY, AND WE WILL TAKE ENLISTEES UP UNTIL THEY CAN WALK IN AT 4:00. IT STARTS AT FIVE AT VIERA HIGH SCHOOL. AND FOR THE REST OF US, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU ARE WELCOME. IT'S SO AWKWARD TO TALK. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO TRY AND TALK BOTH WAYS. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND LOCAL YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO SERVE OUR BELOVED COUNTRY. PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MAYOR. YES, THIS IS FOR YOU. I'LL TAKE IT. HE'LL HANG IT IN HIS BEDROOM. THAT TOLD ME YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT. I WOULD, AND YOU WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE TO PUT IT TO HELP PEOPLE DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAY. I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT ICAP PROGRAM. WHEN? WHEN? AT THE TIME, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MATT SUSAN STOOD IT UP, INVITED ALL THE VFW, AMERICAN LEGION'S ROTC.

IT WAS EXCELLENT. AND TAMMY DID A GREAT JOB RUNNING THAT THAT PROGRAM AND THAT LISTENING CEREMONY DID NOT MAKE THE LAST ONE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS FRIDAY EITHER, BUT IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE. SO OUTSTANDING. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO DAN TORCHIO, FOLLOWED BY LARRY SNYDER OVER HERE, SIR. YES, SIR. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ESPECIALLY TO COUNCILWOMAN BASSETT AND COUNCILMAN NEUMANN. THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECT EMAIL. I APPRECIATE THAT SHOWS ME SOME, YOU KNOW, INTEREST. SO MY MY COMPLAINT IS THIS FOR FIRST OFF, DAN TORCHIO, 1100 LUMINARY CIRCLE RESIDENT IN THE SONESTA WALK SUBDIVISION, MY HOME AND I GAVE YOU ALL A MAP SITS RIGHT UP BY THE THE BOWLING ALLEY RIGHT THERE AND THERE IS A DIVIDING WALL. MY HOUSE IS IN WHAT I CALL THE LINE OF FIRE RIGHT THERE EVERY WEEKEND, EVERY WEEKEND. AND I'VE PROVIDED EVERYBODY WITH VIDEO.

HOPEFULLY YOU TOOK THE TIME TO IT EVERY WEEKEND. IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON. AND I DON'T I DON'T MEAN THAT MOCKINGLY BECAUSE IT IS HORRIFIC. DECIBEL LEVEL BEYOND BELIEF HAS WOKEN ME OUT OF SLEEPS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS SOMETIMES IN FACT. IN FACT, LAST YEAR I WAS INVOLVED IN A RELATIONSHIP. THE WOMAN I WAS WITH WOULDN'T EVEN STAY. OVER THE WEEKEND. I HAD TO GO TO PORT SAINT LUCIE EVERY WEEKEND. IT'S NONSTOP. THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT I'VE HAD OUT THERE NUMEROUS TIMES. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, I HAVE FAMILY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THESE YOUNG, BRAVE, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE TRIED TO DO. THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING IS I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HANDLING STUFFED EVERY TIME I GO THERE. AND I'VE MET THEM IN THE PARKING LOT AT 1:00, 2:00 IN THE MORNING, I'VE DONE SURVEILLANCE. I HAVE FLOWN A DRONE OVERHEAD SHOWING KNOWN DRUG DEALERS WITH SURVEILLANCE.

WEEK AFTER WEEK. I'VE REACHED OUT TO LIEUTENANT STEVE STEVENS. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE TONIGHT. THANK HIM. HE'S TAKEN AN ACTIVE INTEREST. THE PROBLEM I KEEP RUNNING INTO IS ITS ILLEGALITY. THEY TELL ME THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY, THE CITY LIMITS THUG HANGOUT, I'LL CALL IT. OKAY. IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S. THAT'S THE HAND-HOLDING I'VE SUGGESTED TO PUT A NO LOITERING SIGN. I'VE GONE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT. THEY PUT SECURITY IN THERE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD WORK THE FIRST TIME I ADDRESSED IT. CAN YOU HANDLE THIS? THEY SAID NO, NO, WE HANDLED THE CLUB ONLY. I SAID THEY AND THEIR EXACT WORDS.

YOU'LL NEED TO CALL THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS WHERE I DO A THREE AND A HALF YEARS EVERY WEEKEND. EVERY WEEKEND I GAVE YOU ALL VIDEO. I. PLEASE HOPE YOU LOOKED AT IT. THE DECIBEL LEVEL IS MIND BOGGLING. ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS TOLD ME, WELL,

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NOBODY POTENTIAL BUYERS COMES TO THAT HOUSE IN THE EVENING TO SEE WHAT I'VE WITNESSED.

THAT'LL KILL A SALE. SO I GOT 25 SECONDS. I'LL TRY TO SUM IT UP HERE. I WE NEED TO COME UP WITH RESOLUTION. WE REALLY DO. A L O WAS GIVEN. THE OWNER ACTUALLY GAVE ME, YOU KNOW, LETTER OF AUTHORITY. I MEAN, I'VE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS. IT IS FALLING ON DEAF EARS. I ENCOURAGE ANY ONE OF YOU GO OUT THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE THAT MUCH CONFIDENCE. IT'S GOING TO GO ON AGAIN COME 10:00, 11 MIDNIGHT, 1:00. THERE'S ONE UP THERE, 245 IN THE MORNING, WHICH IRONICALLY, THEY CLOSE AT 2:00. SO MY POINT IS IT'S GOING ON AND ON. PLEASE, I NEED HELP HERE. IT'S HORRIFIC. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR. GO AHEAD QUICKLY. GOOD EVENING SIR.

THANK YOU. KEVIN, JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU. PRIVATE PROPERTY, A GATHERING OF PEOPLE.

DOES THAT FALL UNDER A SPECIAL ACTIVITY PERMIT? NO. WHAT THE GENTLEMAN'S DESCRIBING ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE WOULD PERMIT. I'M LOOKING FOR A PATHWAY OF SORTS. OKAY, WELL, THAT ONE'S OUT. THANK YOU. JENNY, I BELIEVE YOU SENT US AN EMAIL ON THIS. DO YOU JUST HAVE A INFORMATION OR UPDATES OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR US? I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE PROACTIVELY MONITORING AND DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND DOING, LIKE I SAID, PROACTIVE WALKTHROUGHS. AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NOW CAN TRESPASS. AND SO WE, WE ARE STILL ON TOP OF THIS. IT WASN'T A ONE WEEKEND AND DONE. WE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE CONTINUES TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH. OKAY, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TRESPASS BEFORE NOW WE COULD TRESPASS. WE GOT SOME MORE TOOLS BASICALLY. OKAY, YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT. YEAH. AND, AND I DON'T I DON'T EXPECT THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, I'M A REASONABLE, PRUDENT, YOU KNOW, CITIZEN, I AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AT LEAST. AND I'LL MONITOR IT, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THE GOAL IS IT SUBSIDES. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN I'LL BE AT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING DOWN THE ROAD. WELL, GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR. THE DECIBEL LEVELS, ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT, BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE TRAINED OFFICERS IN THAT INSTRUMENT, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE POLICE ABOUT, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST I HAD HAD NOTICED. I KNEW THERE WAS LOUD MUSIC AND BOOMBOXES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DECIBEL LEVELS READING LIKE READING THOUGH, SO WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. I DID ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SEVERAL ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THESE THESE PROACTIVE WALKTHROUGHS AND AND THROUGH THIS, INCLUDING DUI, NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, AND THE LIKE. SO, OKAY, IF I HAD ONE THING, I PULLED A POLICE REPORT, 37 PAGES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, 37 PAGES, RIGHT. THE NUMBER OF OF LOGGED CALLS, IT COMES OUT TO FIVE A WEEK OR 18 A MONTH OR 222 CALLS TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT ANNUALLY. THAT'S STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, FOLKS.

NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

ARE THERE ANY CONDITIONAL USES ON THIS PROPERTY THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE IF THEY ARE VIOLATING? I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT ALSO. OKAY, VICE MAYOR, GOOD POINT. VERY GOOD POINT, MAYOR. GOOD SIR. DECIBEL LEVELS FOR JOINING. THE DECIBEL LEVELS ARE USUALLY MONITORED BY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO HAS CODE ENFORCEMENT BEEN OUT THERE THAT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I HADN'T I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS ONE ONE, ONE OF THE ISSUES I SAW THE EMAIL, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A HOLDUP OR A STICKING POINT AT THIS AT THIS TIME. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING I'LL FOLLOW. I DON'T BELIEVE OUR OFFICERS CARRY A DECIBEL LEVEL READING. OPERATION. SO ARE WE STILL ARE WE STILL CONTRACTING THAT OUT? DO DO WE CONTRACT ANY OF THE DECIBEL LEVEL READINGS OUT? WE USED TO DO THAT IN DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE SOME TIME AGO. I AM NOT AWARE THAT WE'RE I SINCE I'VE BEEN CITY MANAGER, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE CONTRACTED ANY OF THAT OUT. SO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT, BUT I YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, THEN MAYBE WE DO THAT TOO. I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR WHAT OUR PATHWAY WAS.

I RESEARCHED THE STATUTORY LEVEL OF 62DB, WHICH IS, WHICH IS IN, IN, IN LINE WITH OSHA GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY PROTOCOLS. I'M IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. AND REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, YES. THREE YEARS AGO, PRIOR TO LIEUTENANT SARNOFF, THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE I WAS WORKING WITH. IT STARTED. IT KIND OF FELL OFF THE. IT'S. SO IT WAS NEVER FOLLOWED UP ON. I REMEMBER THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. AGAIN,

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HE ALREADY TOLD ME HE'S NOT RENEWING HIS LEASE. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M A HOMEOWNER.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LARRY SCHNEIDER, FOLLOWED BY THERESA CLIFTON. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LARRY SCHNEIDER. I LIVE IN EFFICACE POINT DRIVE, SUNTREE, MELBOURNE, AND I'M HERE TO PROPOSE A ESTABLISHING A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN IN CANADA. IT'S CALLED NANAIMO. I NEVER HEARD OF IT EITHER. IT'S. I'LL BE THERE A WEEK FROM FRIDAY AND WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CITY, I WENT ONLINE AND DID SOME STUDYING AND FOUND OUT THAT IT'S ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS MELBOURNE, AND THEY'RE KNOWN AS THE HARBOR CITY. OH, INTERESTING. AND THEY HAVE CULTURALLY SIMILAR TO US. I ALSO REALIZED THAT WE HAVE A SISTER CITY ALREADY ESTABLISHED WITH A TOWN IN BRAZIL, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE EMBRYO EMBRYO RELATIONSHIP AND, AND THE INSTITUTION, THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTION HERE. AND SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT THIS, THIS WAS A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYBE A MATCH FOR THE REASONS I JUST MENTIONED. I ALSO LOOKED AT THE NAMES OF WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE FROM THERE, DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ANY OF THEM UNTIL I GOT TO ONE DIANA KRALL, WHO WAS HERE. THAT'S HER HOMETOWN. SHE WAS HERE IN CONCERT AT KING CENTER JUST A FEW. WELL, IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, NOTED JAZZ PIANIST, VOCALIST.

AND ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S JUST A SIDE SIDELIGHT TO IT, BUT I ALL OF THIS IS JUST MY OPINION AND IT'S, IT'S YOUR CALL, BUT I, I'M WILLING TO DO THE WORK IF ANYONE WANTS TO PURSUE THIS.

AND I'VE ALREADY DONE THE HOMEWORK BY GOING ONLINE WITH SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL.ORG AND READ CRITERIA AND HOW TO GO ABOUT IT AND, AND ALL OF THAT. AND SO THERE'S SOME STEPS TO TAKE. AS SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, IF YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ESTABLISHING SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY IN BRAZIL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY IT ALL. THEY HAVE ONE OTHER CLAIM TO FAME. THERE'S IN CANADA, THEY'RE KNOWN FOR A BAR.

IT'S A NO BAKE BAR CALLED AN APPROPRIATELY NANAIMO BAR. AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY A REAL TREAT. SO I'VE MADE SOME I BROUGHT THEM HERE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLINE LET ME KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL CONSISTED OF THE MAYOR AND. SIX WELL, I'M TOO SHORT BECAUSE I BROUGHT SEVEN AND THE. SO AFTER THIS IS OVER, IF ANYONE WANTS SOME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MAYOR. REAL QUICK, SIR, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS ONE MORE SISTER CITY THAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S IN AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1980S BY THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, HARRY HARRY GOOD, A COUPLE OF PREVIOUS. OKAY. I DID NOT DID NOT PICK THAT UP. THAT'S MY COMMENT. MY MY QUESTION IS WHAT PROVINCE IN CANADA IS BRITISH COLUMBIA? IT'S ONLY 30 MILES ACROSS THE WATER FROM THE CITY OF VANCOUVER. IT'S ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, VERY CLOSE TO VICTORIA IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND.

YES, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY IT IS. AND I BE THERE. LIKE I SAID, NEXT FRIDAY, IT'S A PORT OF CALL ON A HOLLAND CRUISE. AND AGAIN, I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND I CAME ACROSS THIS AND HERE I AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. INTERESTING. OKAY.

THERESA CLIFTON FOLLOWED BY SHANNON BLAIR. HEY, MAYOR, WE ACTUALLY THE SALT I DON'T KNOW

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NO. FRANCE. YEAH, BUT THEY ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO, WITH US. YEAH. OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, I'LL TAKE A NUMBER HERE. JUST SO, SO SO I'M SORRY. YEAH.

HELLO. GO AHEAD. SORRY. MY FRENCH. GOOD EVENING. I'M THERESA CLIFTON. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BREVARD HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE MOLLY MUDD THRIFT SHOP. SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. THEY'RE 750 WEST NEW HAVEN AVENUE IN MELBOURNE. THE MOLLY MUDD THRIFT SHOP HAS ENJOYED A RELATIONSHIP IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE FOR 45 YEARS ON THE CORNER OF. OF NEW HAVEN AND WAVERLY, AND IN RECENT YEARS THE AREA BECAME A LITTLE DOWNTRODDEN FOR US AND WE CLOSED UP. I HAD AN AWESOME VOLUNTEER MAKE $1 MILLION DONATION TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY IN ORDER FOR US TO REOPEN IT IN MELBOURNE. THEY WANTED TO VOLUNTEER IN MELBOURNE. I KNOW IT BLOWS ME AWAY, BUT THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS A PRIVATE NONPROFIT. WE WERE CREATED IN 1952 AND WE OPERATE 100% OFF OF DONATIONS AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. THEREFORE, IT COSTS TAXPAYERS NOTHING AND NO ONE IN BREVARD COUNTY HAS TO PAY FOR US TO DO OUR SERVICE. WE SAVE THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS EVERY YEAR, AND THE THRIFT SHOPS ARE VITAL TO OUR EXISTENCE. THE THRIFT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE WAS PARTICULARLY ONE OF THE MOST THAT BROUGHT IN, SO I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I RECEIVED THE MILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM OUR ANONYMOUS DONOR. IT IS SAD THAT THE BUILDING THAT THE DONOR WANTED US TO PURCHASE AT 750 WEST NEW HAVEN AVENUE WAS VERY DERELICT, AND IT HAD SOMEONE IN THERE AS A BUSINESS FOR 37 YEARS, THEY TOLD ME. BUT I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE ANYBODY EVER INVESTIGATED OR DID INSPECTIONS, FIRE INSPECTIONS OR ANYTHING THERE BECAUSE THERE WERE AT LEAST FOUR ROOFS ON IT. AND SINCE I HAVE LIMITED TIME, I'LL JUST GET RIGHT TO MY POINT BECAUSE I HAVE IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE, I DID SEND TO EACH OF Y'ALL AN EMAIL REQUESTING ASSISTANCE BECAUSE WE OPENED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, AND TO THIS DAY, I'M STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE. I'LL CALL IT THE PEOPLE THAT OVERSEE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY CLASSIFIED OUR LILY'S KITTY CAFE, WHICH IS PART OF THE THRIFT SHOP, AS A CATEGORY SIX, MEANING YOU MUST HAVE $100,000 WORTH OF FIRE SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT AND JUST. IT'S RIDICULOUS. WE ARE A CATEGORY ONE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ADOPTABLE CATS LIVING THERE PERIODICALLY IN AND OUT IN THE FACILITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT. WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MORE ANIMALS LIVES AND WE GOT OUR PERMIT. WE OPENED UP AND IN SEPTEMBER WE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM SOMEONE IN THE FIRE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT WHO WAS REALLY NOT NICE THAT SAID THAT WE WOULD BE SHUT DOWN IF WE HAD CATS THERE. BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I TRIED TO DO THIS PRIVATELY WITH Y'ALL, BUT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I BRING IT PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT HOUSE ANIMALS, VETERINARIANS, OFFICES, OTHER THRIFT SHOPS THAT ARE HOUSING ANIMALS, AND THEY ARE NOT BEING REQUIRED TO DO THIS. EVERY MONTH THAT GOES BY, WE LOSE MONEY FOR NOT BEING ABLE AND LIVES BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT CATS IN THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME INTO. I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS STRICT REQUIREMENT ON THE HUMANE SOCIETY. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1952. WE HAVE A STELLAR REPUTATION IN ANIMAL CARE, AND WE'RE VERY COMPASSIONATE ABOUT IT. AND I HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO LIKE, COME AND MAKE A BIG SCENE. AND I'M NOT INTO THAT. I REALLY JUST WOULD APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL WOULD LOOK AT LOOK AT IT. IT IS WHAT IT IS.

I DO APPRECIATE. HOLD ON, MA'AM, MR. SMITH AND HOLD COUNCILMAN. GO AHEAD. MR. NEWMAN AND THERESA FOR CLARITY FOR EVERYBODY. HER AND I MET YESTERDAY AT CITY HALL AND WE SENT I SENT SOME INFORMATION THAT SHE HAD GIVEN ME UP TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I KNOW JENNY RECEIVED IT. JENNY, DID YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE HOURS INTO YESTERDAY AND INTO TODAY. SO I STARTED DIGGING INTO IT. I HAVE FOUND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FIRE PREVENTION, AND I'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST A MEETING WITH TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THE PLAN AND SEE WHERE

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THEY MOVED OUT. RIGHT. SO. OKAY, MISS LAMB, WILL YOU WILL YOU, WILL YOU FOLLOW UP ON THIS AND GET BACK WITH US? YES, MY OFFICE WILL COORDINATE A MEETING WITH YOU, IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE WILL SIT DOWN WITH WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION PERSONNEL AND GO OVER ALL OF THAT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE WERE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THEM, SAID SEPTEMBER. COULD WE DO IT A LITTLE SOONER? NO, NO, WE'RE WE'LL BE. CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL BE CONTACTING YOU FIRST. SIT DOWN. AND IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL ONCE IT GETS DONE. OKAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND SHANNON BLAIR. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST WITH THESE TWO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SHANNON BLAIR. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UPCOMING ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. RECOGNIZING ARBOR DAY IS VERY IMPORTANT. TREES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. THEY IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, PROVIDE SHADE, REDUCE HEAT, SUPPORT WILDLIFE AND HELP MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE. SO I TRULY DO APPRECIATE THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS PROCLAMATION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GENTLY CHALLENGE US TO THINK A LITTLE DEEPER BECAUSE IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, THE REAL IMPACT DOESN'T COME FROM WHAT WE SAY ONE DAY A YEAR. IT COMES FROM WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY AFTER. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ARE ACCELERATING, RISING TEMPERATURES, WATER QUALITY ISSUES, HABITAT LOSS, DECLINING WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AND WHILE PLANTING TREES IS PART OF THE SOLUTION, IT'S ONLY ONE PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER PICTURE BECAUSE THE LEADING DRIVERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION GLOBALLY AND ALSO HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, IS OUR FOOD SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY ANIMAL AGRICULTURE. IT'S ONE OF THE LEADING CONTRIBUTORS TO DEFORESTATION, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER POLLUTION, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HABITAT LOSS AND DESTRUCTION, WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS NOT ONLY ECOSYSTEMS, BUT ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH AND FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AGAIN TONIGHT. JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, ON APRIL 7TH, I WAS HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAYOR WASN'T HERE THAT NIGHT. THE VICE MAYOR WAS, THOUGH. I STOOD IN THE SAME ROOM AND I ASKED THE CITY TO PLEASE CONSIDER ENDORSING THE PLANT BASED TREATY. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. THE PLANT BASED TREATY IS NOT ABOUT FORCING INDIVIDUALS TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT. IT'S ABOUT CITY STEPPING FORWARD AND SAYING, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF OUR FOOD SYSTEMS, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO EXPLORING SOLUTIONS, SOLUTIONS LIKE EXPANDING ACCESS TO PLANT BASED OPTIONS, INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO CITY PROGRAMS, AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING TREES, PROTECTING WATER, PROTECTING WILDLIFE, AND PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH, THEN WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DRIVERS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE CONVENIENT AND EASY TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, ARBOR DAY RISKS BECOMING SYMBOLIC, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING MORE HERE. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THAT SYMBOLISM TO MEANINGFUL, ONGOING ACTION, TO SHOW THAT THE CITY IS NOT JUST CELEBRATING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ACTIVELY WORKING TO PROTECT IT. AND I SAY THIS WITH RESPECT AND HOPE, NOT CRITICISM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE CITIES LIKE THIS ONE CAN LEAD, AND EVEN SMALL STEPS LIKE STARTING THE CONVERSATION, EXPLORING POLICY OPTIONS, OR ENDORSING FORWARD THINKING INITIATIVES CAN CREATE RIPPLE EFFECTS FAR BEYOND THIS ROOM. SO I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. LET ARBOR DAY NOT JUST BE A CELEBRATION OF TREES, BUT A REMINDER OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THEM AND ALL OF US TO THRIVE. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO REVISIT

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[13. Resolution No. 4414: A resolution adopting the honorary street name of "Ms. Dot Linson Circle" for a public street named Colbert Circle.]

THIS IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE HONORARY STREET NAME OF MISS DOT LINSSEN CIRCLE ON A PUBLIC STREET NAMED COLBERT CIRCLE. ON MARCH 24TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED CONSENSUS AND DIRECTION TO STAFF TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE HONORARY STREET NAME MISS DOT LINTON CIRCLE FOR THE PUBLIC STREET KNOWN AS COLBERT CIRCLE, LOCATED EAST OF LIPSCOMB STREET AND NORTH OF EAST EAST UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD. CITY COUNCIL INDICATED THAT THE HONORARIUM IS IN RECOGNITION OF MISS DOROTHY DOT AND LINTON'S LONGTIME DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE WELL IN EXCESS OF 25 YEARS, AND HER GIVING TO OTHERS. THROUGH THAT TIME, STAFF HAS REVIEWED COUNCIL'S HONORARY NAMING REQUEST, CONSISTENT WITH THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN CITY CODE SECTION 50 2-6, SUBSECTION B, SUBSECTION TWO, AND FOUND THAT THE PROPOSED HONORARY STREET NAME MEETS ALL THE NECESSARY CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AND SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL PUBLIC IMPACT ON SAFETY AND NAMING. THE COST OF THE SIGNAGE AND BACKGROUND CHECK IS APPROXIMATELY $250, AND WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 44 ONE FOR OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS? NO. OKAY. JENNY IS TRYING TO THINK. GO AHEAD. ONCE YOU'RE DONE VOTING, I HAVE SOME. YEAH. OH, OKAY. WELL IT DEPENDS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, MAYOR, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. RESOLUTION NUMBER. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. GO AHEAD. MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4414. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY MR. NGUYEN, SECONDED BY MR. SMITH. ARE THERE SPEAKERS? OH, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. OH, OH, MR. MCNEIL, I APOLOGIZE. ONE SPEAKER, MR. JOE. JOSEPH MCNEIL. HOW YOU DOING, MR. MCNEIL? I'M DOING FINE, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO AMPLIFY THE RENAMING OF MISS STREET COBRA CIRCLE TO MISS DOT LINDSTROM STREET. WHEN I LEARNED OF THE AWARD NATIONAL AWARD, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HERE LOCALLY? AND I DID. MY THOUGHTS WERE MINIMUM. WE COULD NAME COVID CIRCA AFTER HER, SO I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OR COME UP AND GIVE MY PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT ON MISS STREET, FORMERLY COBRA CIRCLE. THANK YOU. THAT'S DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR SPEAKING. AND THEN WE HAVE A MOTION HERE AND A SECOND. GO AHEAD. MAYOR. MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4414. SECOND AGAIN. OKAY, A MOTION SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE, AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEWMAN WANT TO GO PRESENT MISS DOT WITH HER SIGN. IT'S WITH MAYOR. YOU WANT TO GIVE THIS? LET'S GO, LET'S GO. MR. MAKE SURE WE SPELL IT RIGHT. CAN WE SAY IT? HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO.

THREE. ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE. YES. THERE YOU GO. CAN WE SEE IT? BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU

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[8. Ordinance No. 2026-14, Ordinance No. 2026-15 and Ordinance No. 2026-16, 1634 Pine Hill Drive: (Second Reading/Public Hearing) Ordinances providing for annexation, Comprehensive Plan amendment and zoning designation on 0.20± acres located on the north side of Pine Hill Drive, east of North Wickham Road, and south of Kingston Lane. (Owner/Applicant - Margaret Spillers) (P&Z Board - 3/5/26) (First Reading - 3/24/2026)]

MAYOR, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 14, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 0.20 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PINE HILL DRIVE, EAST OF NORTH WICKHAM ROAD AND SOUTH OF KINGSTON LANE. 13 1634 PINE HILL DRIVE, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES THEREOF. PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE TOGETHER WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2615, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MAKING FINDINGS AMENDING APPENDIX D, CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 4.04 OF THE CITY CODE. AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY ESTABLISHING A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE MAP CLASSIFICATION ON 0.20 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PINE HILL DRIVE EAST OF NORTH WICKHAM ROAD AND SOUTH OF KINGSTON LANE. 1634 PINE HILL DRIVE. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE TOGETHER WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 16, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AS IT RELATES TO GENERAL ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2005 DASH 120 BY ESTABLISHING AN R ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING ON 0.220 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PINE HILL DRIVE EAST OF NORTH WICKHAM ROAD AND SOUTH OF KINGSTON LANE. 1634 PINE HILL DRIVE. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE. THANK YOU, MR. CONLEY, REPORTING ON THIS WITH MISS DITTMAR. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD ON SECOND READING FOR THESE ITEMS TONIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAYOR? GO AHEAD. SIR, I WASN'T HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING, SO I GOT ONE QUESTION.

THIS IS PROBABLY MORE FOR CITY MANAGER. SO WOULD WE STILL REQUIRE A HOUSE TO ANNEX INTO THE INTO THE CITY IF THEY WANTED TO GET WATER AND SEWER. AFTER THE SENATE BILL WAS PASSED? I KNOW IT WAS PASSED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR OR NOT.

NOT YET. HASN'T HASN'T BEEN SIGNED. SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD. IT HASN'T BEEN SIGNED YET. AND IF IT IS SIGNED, THE THE VERSION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR IS EFFECTIVE IN 2027.

OKAY. THAT'S COOL. SO WILL THAT AFFECT YOU GUYS? YOU KNOW YEAH. ONCE ONCE IT GOES INTO EFFECT, WE'LL HAVE TO PRESENT COUNCIL WITH A, A CODE CHANGE BECAUSE OUR CURRENT CODE DOES SAY THAT WE'LL ONLY WILL ONLY PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER EXTRATERRITORIALLY WITH THAT ANNEXATION OR ANNEXATION AGREEMENT ONCE, ONCE THAT BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE, WE'LL NO LONGER BE IN THAT POSITION WHERE WHERE THAT BILL LANGUAGE IS, IS EFFECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE FINAL BILL LANGUAGE WAS A MILE OR A HALF MILE. SO IT'S IN THE BORDERS AND ENCLAVE, YOU KNOW. SO YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT SHORT DISTANCE, WE'D BE IN THAT POSITION WHERE WE WHERE SUBJECT TO THOSE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, WE'D BE REQUIRED TO, TO PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICE. OKAY, SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE FACED UP AGAIN, IF THIS BILL GETS SIGNED, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TO BE DOING THAT. WILL THE ARE THE APPLICANTS PAYING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRICE FOR THE WATER AND THE SEWER? BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. THEY WERE JUST THINKING THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT OPTION, I THINK IS WHAT THE MEMO SAID. HAVE THEY IMPLEMENTED THAT OR DO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST THEM TO BRING THE WATER IN AND ATTACH TO THE CITY WATER AND ATTACH TO THE CITY SEWER? AS FAR AS I BELIEVE THE WATER LINE IS THERE ALREADY, BECAUSE WE ALREADY IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, WE. WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES CLOSE BY. SO THEY WOULD JUST BE PLAYING OUR STANDARD WATER IMPACT FEES. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GOING FROM, FROM THE PIPE AND INTO THEIR METER AND THEN INTO THEIR HOUSE. YES. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAYOR? OKAY.

THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL I MEAN, DISCLOSURES. NO, A NOTE, NO DISCLOSURE. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THERE'S NO SIGN UP SHEET. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. MAYOR.

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COUNCIL MEMBER NGUYEN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASSETT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HANLEY. AYE.

VICE MAYOR. KENNEDY. AYE. MAYOR ALFREY, I VOTE AYE. MOTION PASSES B A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 15. BASED UPON THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMORANDUM. SECOND MOTION. WHO'S I'M SORRY, WHO'S SECOND? THAT VICE MAYOR MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LARUSSO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NEWMAN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASSETT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HANLEY. AYE.

VICE MAYOR KENNEDY. AYE. MAYOR. OFFERING I VOTE AYE. AND THAT MOTION PASSES. C APPROVAL OF MOTION TO APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 16. BASED UPON THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMORANDUM, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. ROLL CALL VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. COUNCILMEMBER. LARUSSO. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. NGUYEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BASSETT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HANLEY. AYE. VICE MAYOR KENNEDY. AYE. MAYOR

[9. Ordinance No. 2026-17, Economic Development Tax Exemption Program:  (Second Reading/Public Hearing) An ordinance amending Chapter 54 of the City Code to update the statutory definition references of "new business" and "expansion of a new business." (First Reading - 3/24/2026)]

SIR. MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026, DASH 17. AND WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, BY MR. SMITH. ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

LARUSSO. COUNCIL MEMBER. NEWMAN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASSETT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HANLEY.

[10. Work Order No. 12 to the Storm Drain Cleaning, Repairs and Maintenance contract for the annual spend amount for Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining, Shenandoah General Construction, LLC, Pompano Beach, FL - $250,000.]

SECOND, I'LL HAVE TO HOLD THOSE MOTIONS. WE DO HAVE APOLOGIZE. ONE SPEAKER, SHANNON BLAIR. MR. SHANNON BLAIR OKAY, NO. SHANNON BLAIR OKAY, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING THEN? MOTION SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE,

[11. Contract award for Street Sweeping Services, Sweep One, LLC, Sanford, FL - $176,160.]

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OCTOBER. DECEMBER. FEBRUARY. APRIL AND JUNE. AND THE CONTRACT COVERS ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH STREET SWEEPING, INCLUDING DISPOSAL OF COLLECTED MATERIALS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE CONTRACT STIPULATES A SURCHARGE ON DOT ROADWAYS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC. AND THAT'S JUST BASICALLY FOR THEIR ROADS. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE FROM ACCOUNT 58200541-5 34 000. STORMWATER UTILITY OPERATIONS, OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES AND THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 25 IS $29,360 AND THE PORTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 IS $146,800. WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AWARD TO SWEEP ONE, LLC, SANFORD, FLORIDA, FOR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $176,160. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER MAYOR? GOOD, SIR. HEY, JAMES.

INCLEMENT WEATHER IS GOING TO COME AROUND. WE'RE GOING TO BE MEET, HOPEFULLY NO HURRICANES, BUT CERTAINLY SOME PRETTY BAD WEATHER IS THERE. FILL IN DATES FOR THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CONTRACT. YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED CERTAIN MONTHS. AND SO IF THEY MISS A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THAT MONTH OR WE MISS A COUPLE OF FDOT CURVES OR WHATEVER, IS THERE A BACKUP AND A BACKUP PLAN ON TIME FOR TIME WISE? YES, SIR. THOSE ARE THE GENERAL MONTHS THAT THEY TARGET FOR THE CLEANING IF THEY HAVE TO ADJUST BECAUSE OF WEATHER, INCLEMENT EVENTS, HURRICANES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THEY DO MAKE UP THOSE SWEEPINGS WITHIN THE YEAR. SO THEY HAVE THOSE AS GENERAL TARGETS SIX TIMES PER YEAR. BUT THAT DOES HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR. ALL RIGHT. SO THE SECOND QUESTION IS IF THEY DO NOT FULFILL IF THEY CANNOT GET BACK AND DO THE NECESSARY SWEEPING, IS THERE A COMPONENT IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE CAN DEDUCT FROM THE TIMES? THEY DID NOT? YES, SIR. THEY ONLY PAY FOR WE ONLY PAY FOR WHAT THEY CLEAN. GOT IT. THANKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR? GO AHEAD. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AWARD TO SWEEP ONE, LLC. SANFORD, FLORIDA, FOR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $176,160. SECOND MOTION A SECOND BY MR. NEWMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO

[12. Task Order No. ATK-I-2025-002 to the Continuing Contract for Professional Engineering Services for the Wickham Road & Mariah Drive Intersection Improvements Project, Atkins Realis USA, Inc., Melbourne, FL - $138,157.]

AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A HISTORICAL CONDITION OUT THERE. AS A RESULT OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN RESIDENTS, CITY STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER OFFERED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000. THIS WAS NOTED ON THE OCTOBER 10TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AFTER THIS MEETING, COUNCIL ADOPTED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE WICKHAM ROAD INTERSECTION INTO FISCAL YEAR 2526 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE BY REALIGNING THE MARIAH DRIVE EXIT AND ENTRANCE, SERVING THE LIVE OAK SUBDIVISION TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE INTERSECTION BY ADDING THE DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE FOR EASTBOUND MARIAH. BOTH LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS ON MARIAH DRIVE AND CONSTELLATION DRIVE CAN OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS SHOULD IMPROVE THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF THE INTERSECTION.

AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LIVE OAK OWNERS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACQUIRE THE EXISTING PRIVATE LANDSCAPING TRACT AT THE FRONT END OF THE SUBDIVISION, WHERE IT COMES INTO WICKHAM ROAD AND CONVERT IT INTO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD THE LEFT TURN LANE. ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL REQUIRE THE RELOCATION OF THE

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THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION FROM MR. MAYOR, A COUPLE QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING JAMES. SO FIRST QUESTION, HOW'S THE COORDINATION COMING ALONG WITH BREVARD COUNTY AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T MANAGE TRAFFIC. WE'VE HAD SOME COORDINATION WITH BREVARD COUNTY ON THE SIGNAL ITSELF. WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE MAST ARMS, THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXISTING OR RECONFIGURATION OF THE EXISTING SIGNAL HEADS. SO THE COUNTY IS ON BOARD WITH IT. THEY WILL REQUIRE US TO SUBMIT FULL ENGINEERING PLANS FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING WORK WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY, JUST AS IF THEY DO SOMETHING WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY. THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS TO US, BUT THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH THE CONCEPT.

AND ONCE WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN DO CONSTRUCTION, WE WOULD BE COORDINATING OUR EFFORTS WITH THEM AT THAT POINT IN TIME ALSO. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, HOW'S COORDINATION COMING ALONG WITH THE HOA? AS FAR AS WHAT WHAT DO WE WE'VE HAD VERY LIMITED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOA. WHAT WE'RE INTENDING ON DOING IS GETTING THE DESIGNER STARTED. THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO APPROXIMATELY THE 30% PLANS IN THE PROCESS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE LAYOUT IS GOING TO BE SO THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THEM TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION WAS AN ODDITY. THEY THEY WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE TRACT THAT WAS SEPARATE FROM THE SUBDIVISION ITSELF. SO IT'S BASICALLY AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY. THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL DEAL BREAKER FOR THE HOA, BECAUSE THAT LANDSCAPE ISLAND DOES HAVE A VERY LARGE OAK TREE AND SOME SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPING AND HARDSCAPE FEATURES. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL POINT OF CONTENTION, AND IT WILL REQUIRE THE HOA TO BE ON BOARD WITH THESE PARTICULAR GEOMETRY CHANGES AT THE INTERSECTION. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING REACHING OUT TO COORDINATING WITH THEM THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. AND WE DO RIGHT NOW SETTING UP A MEETING WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS, POTENTIALLY FOR NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY ISSUES. BUT WE PLAN ON REALLY ENGAGING THEM ONCE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION AND LAYOUT TO PRESENT TO THEM. VICE MAYOR, I IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE RESIDENTS HERE, FROM THERE, THEY WERE ON BOARD WITH TAKING OUT THAT ISLAND THING BECAUSE THEY WANTED THAT INTERSECTION FIXED THAT BADLY. AND IT IS A BAD INTERSECTION. I'M VERY EXCITED. WE DO HOPE THAT THAT IS STILL THE CASE. ONCE THEY SEE WHAT THE FINAL IMPACT WILL BE. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTION. HOW MUCH ARE WE PUTTING STAFF HOURS? ARE WE PUTTING INTO THIS WITHOUT GETTING THEM SIGNING OFF THAT THEY'RE DEFINITELY ON BOARD WITH US. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEIR CONSULTANT FOR THIS. THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN TASK ORDER IS FOR ALMOST $140,000 TO GET TO THE 30% PLANS. THAT WILL PROBABLY BE APPROXIMATELY 45 TO $50,000 WORTH OF WORK. THEY HAVE TO PERFORM THE INITIAL SURVEY WORK TO GET THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OUT THERE, AND THEN BEGIN THE OVERLAY WITH WHAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE. SO WE SHOULD BE ABOUT ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF THROUGH THE DESIGN CONTRACT. WHEN WE'RE AT A POINT THAT THE HOA WILL NEED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO TRANSFER THAT PROPERTY AND WORK WITH US ON WHAT THAT FINAL VERSION OF THEIR SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MR. EARNEST DID DID MENTION THE THE HOA ATTORNEY'S REACHED OUT.

SO WE HAVE A CALL SCHEDULED, RIGHT? SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION. RIGHT? THEY, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PRETTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE BECAUSE THE DESIGN ISN'T DONE YET, BUT WE AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONCEPTUAL CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS STUMBLING BLOCK, EVEN ON A CONCEPTUAL BASIS, WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OF THAT LANDSCAPE ISLAND REMOVED OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE THIS TASK ORDER IS ISSUED. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. AND THEN SO AND THAT'S I THINK, ADAM, YOU BASICALLY KIND OF HIT WHERE I WAS HEADING FOR MY FIRST POINT BEFORE I GET TO MY SECOND ONE. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON IT. SO THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN,

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WE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY DO THEIR PART, BUT THEY'RE AT LEAST AWARE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM IN THAT REGARD. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A TOTAL SURPRISE AND A WAY SHAPE OR FORM. IT'S NOT A TOTAL SURPRISE. OKAY. RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN, MR. SMITH, BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS HOA AND THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, I LIKE TO GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ON IT. HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR. NO, NOT YET. THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION. SO I'LL SORT OF BE MONITORED. BUT I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ONCE I FOUND OUT THIS INFORMATION AND SEE WHAT I COULD, BECAUSE I WANT TO REACH OUT TO ME. AND THEY WERE IT WAS IT WAS A RESIDENT. IT WASN'T A BOARD MEMBER. AND SO THEY WERE INTERESTED. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO DEFER TO THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. SO IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING TO MOVE FORWARD? IS THIS. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD DIRECTION.

I LOVE THE COMMENT THAT THE VICE MAYOR JUST MADE. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND AND GET SOMETHING, PERIOD. YEAH, I THINK LIKE VICE MAYOR KENNEDY SAID BACK, WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO NOW, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, PROBABLY ABOUT THAT TIME PERIOD.

I KNOW, BUT THEY WERE THEY WERE WANTING THEY FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS, THEY WERE WANTING THIS INTERSECTION BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A QUAGMIRE. I GUESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY THEY WANT THIS TO BE MOVED FORWARD. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PUSHBACK FROM I THINK IT'S PUSHED FORWARD RATHER THAN PULL BACK FROM THE RESIDENTS THERE, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A QUAGMIRE WITH THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE WAS QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER THAT. YEAH. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE THINKING THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE, IT'S IT'S THEY'RE PUSHING US FORWARD. THEY ASKED FOR THIS. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THE DIRECTION ON THIS MAYOR? REQUEST APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER A T K DASH I DASH 2020 5-0002 TO AKINS REALIST USA INC, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE FOR THE WICKHAM ROAD MRI DRIVE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NUMBER 64326 IN THE AMOUNT OF $138,157.

SECOND, THE MOTION SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[14. CONSENT AGENDA:]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES 15. NOTHING

[16. Consideration of Letters of Intent for purchase of City-owned property located at 695 E. University Boulevard.]

THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE TO HOST A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THAT WILL SERVE, BENEFIT AND SUPPORT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING LOCAL AREAS. BRIGHT HORIZONS ACADEMY, INC. THE OFFERS FOR $300,000 SHOULD BE USED FOR TUTORING AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICES FOR THEIR SCHOOL. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BREVARD COUNTY THAT OFFERS FOR $225,000 TO HOST A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BENEFIT AND SUPPORT NEIGHBORS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE BUILDING WILL ALSO SERVE AS A PLACE OF COMFORT AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES VISITING THE CEMETERY, LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND THE BUILDING NEXT IS MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF SOUTH BREVARD. THAT OFFERS FOR $300,000, WILL SERVE AS A CENTRALIZED WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB FOR THE MACEDONIA CDC, ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICES, WHICH IS THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, THEIR STEM PROGRAMING, AND THE MC DC JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. THE LAST OFFER WAS FROM CONCERNED CITIZENS COMMITTEE OF SOUTH BREVARD, INC FOR $350,000, AND THAT IS TO BE USED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE WRAPAROUND PREVENTION AND SUPPORT FACILITY SERVICES SERVICES SERVING THE

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SO I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT WITH I'VE BEEN SENDING SOME IDEAS TO CINDY DITTMER AND TALKING ABOUT REALLY THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD. I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY AND SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR. AND THERE'S IT REALLY BEHOOVES ME THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING VERY EXCITING WITH THIS PROPERTY IN ORDER TO HELP BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THAT SAID, I ALSO WAS TALKING TO JENNY ABOUT THIS, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A ECONOMIC STUDY THAT IS SIX MONTHS OUT OR SO. CAN YOU CONFIRM WITH THAT WHAT THE TIMELINE ON THAT ECONOMIC STUDY WOULD BE FOR THE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD CORRIDOR? YES. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN SPEAKING TO A COUPLE OF YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT IT IS IN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO OUR BUDGET FOR THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THROUGH FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY. IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS FUNDING IN THIS CURRENT YEARS FOR THE MIDTOWN LINK, AND WE'RE USING THAT FOR THE CBO'S STUDY. AND THEN WE HAD LISTED LAST YEAR UNDER OUR UNDER OUR JUSTIFICATION, THAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO POSSIBLY DO SOMETHING IN THE SOUTH MELBOURNE AREA. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST, IF THAT'S APPROVED IN THE BUDGET. AND THAT WOULD TAKE HOW LONG? IF SO, LET'S ASSUME THAT WE APPROVE IT IN THE BUDGET AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. HOW LONG WOULD THIS HOLD THIS UP IF WE WANTED TO? I WOULD THINK THAT EVEN IF WE STARTED LIKE OCTOBER 1ST, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO, TO COMPLETE THAT STUDY. OKAY. AND BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES. I MEAN, OUR STAFF IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THIS THAT GO AND BUY UP PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST FIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS AND HELP INSPIRE GROWTH. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT APPLICANTS AND GREAT COMMUNITY GROUPS HERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN COME FROM THAT STUDY. SO WOULD STAFF BE CONCERNED IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF WE DECIDE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT ECONOMIC STUDY CAME OUT, WOULD THAT BE ANY BURDEN ON THE CITY? WOULD THERE BE ANY CONCERNS ON THAT? I'M LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS ON THAT. MY PERSPECTIVE IS IT'S ROSS WILL PROBABLY DIFFER FROM ME AND THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO GET THE MONEY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. HOWEVER, FOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM IN WAITING ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 9 TO 12 MONTHS. ROSS IS THAT TRUE? YEAH. OKAY. THUMBS UP. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I OH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOMINAL COSTS, BUT CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE PROPERTY ON ON THE ROLLS FOR PREMISES LIABILITY AND INSURANCE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. RIGHT. PROBABLY NOT SIGNIFICANT COST, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY CONTINUING OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE CITY TO RETAIN THE PROPERTY FOR, FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE ARE MAINTAINING IT CURRENTLY. YEAH, IT'S VACANT, BUT WE'RE MAINTAINING IT. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN VACANT FOR? I REMEMBER WHEN IT HAPPENED. I JUST DON'T HAVE A I HAVE A MONTH BY MONTH ON MY MOVED MAYBE A YEAR AGO. YEAH, YEAH. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS. YEAH. SO AFTER THE POLICE STATION OPENED, THE HOUSING FOLKS MOVED INTO THE OLD COMM CENTER BUILDING. SO GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. OKAY, PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS. WE'LL START OUT BY NATHANIEL HARRIS, FOLLOWED BY RAE LEE. LEAH. SAY GOOD EVENING TO CITY COUNCIL. AMEN. WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE

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WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THIS CONTINUED REACHING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT, WITH WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND SERVICES ARE. SO THIS WILL BE A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR BEING ABLE TO MAKE CONVENIENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS IT IS CURRENTLY. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO MAINTAIN THE, THE THE PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING, MAKING IT EASIER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE AREA OR A TRAINING CENTER AREA THERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AMEN. SO WE AGAIN, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR WHERE YOU ARE CONSIDERING SELLING THE PROPERTY TO US. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? OKAY. GO AHEAD SIR. REAL QUICK, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUBMITTAL OF YOUR INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. IT'S EASY TO FOLLOW. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LAID ALL THE STEPS OUT FOR US. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. RAY. LEAH. FOLLOWED BY. FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH MCNEIL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RAY LEE. MY ADDRESS IS 1455 ABSAROKA LANE AND MALABAR, FLORIDA. AS PASTOR HARRIS HAS SAID, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO TO BE HERE AND STATE OUR POSITION AS FAR AS THE PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY, AND SIMPLY AS THAT, WE ARE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE'VE BEEN DOING HEALTH CARE TRAINING, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING STEM, AND WE WISH TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

CAN I SKIP ONE? SO MACEDONIA CDC HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR OVER FOR JUST ABOUT 20 YEARS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LIFE SKILLS AREA. WE'VE FOCUSED ON LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES. AND WE WERE FOUNDED THROUGH MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. AND AS REVEREND HARRIS SAID, WE HAVE BEEN A CHURCH THAT SERVED THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER 100 YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE MANY PARTNERS THAT WE'VE USED OVER THE YEARS. AND IN THE CENTER OF THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, AS WELL AS MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. YOU SEE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UP THERE, YOU SEE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MACEDONIA REALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE WHOLE MAN, BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH IS, IS SPACE.

BUT OUR TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WE HAVE BASICALLY PRODUCED ONE HOUSE A YEAR AND CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE, AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAVE IMPACTED OVER 400 FAMILIES AND OVER 70 PEOPLE. STUDENTS IN IN THE STEM PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RUNNING INTO AN AREA WHERE WE ARE SPACE CONSTRAINT. THE CDC USES THE CHURCH FACILITY AND AND SOMETIMES WE GO INTO A ROOM AND THE CDC IS THERE. OR IF THE CHURCH COME INTO THE ROOM, WE, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIND SPACE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THAT THE CHURCH TAKES PRIORITY.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUILDING ON UNIVERSITY CAN BE A SOLUTION FOR THAT. AS I MENTIONED, OUR THREE PILLARS IS TECHNOLOGY. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TECHNOLOGY, SUPPORT OUR SENIORS,

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AND WE WANT TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, OBVIOUSLY GROW OUR CITY. SO IN JUST CLOSING, WE'RE READY. WE'RE READY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FACILITY. WE'RE READY TO NEGOTIATE ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE THERE. WE'D LIKE TO LAUNCH OUR PROJECTS, AND WE JUST WANT TO HELP SAVE LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR, FOR MACEDONIA BEING HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK MACEDONIA IF HE WOULD JUST WAVE YOUR HAND.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. JOSEPH MCNEIL. AND TYRONE, BRIAN, WENDY AND CHAD WINKEL. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, MISTER MAYOR COUNCIL, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF SOUTH BREVARD INCORPORATED, AND AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WE, THE CONCERNED CITIZENS AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE HAS A PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHERE WE HAVE AGREEMENT TO BUILD THE FOUNDERS MONUMENT. AND ONCE THAT FOUNDERS MONUMENT IS BUILT, WE WILL TURN THAT DONATE THAT TO THE CITY. WE LOOK AT THE POINT OF SUNSETTING THAT PROJECT IN 2028. AGAIN, WE STILL FEEL THE THOUGH THAT WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO TO RAISE THE FUNDS. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL BE A CATALYST TO HELP US RAISE THOSE FUNDS AND BE MORE INTENTIONAL IN RAISING THOSE FUNDS. WE HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM OR OUTLINE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE JUST PASSED OUT TO YOU THOSE POINTS THAT WE THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT. BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE THE TEAM COMES UP AND MAKES SOME ADDED COMMENTS. AND NO. OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS, I THINK THAT THEY ALL MAY BE DESERVING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THEM ARE MORE DESERVING THAN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO. WE ARE LOOKING AT A WRAP AROUND PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT PORTION OF IT, IF WE CAN PREVENT. CHILDREN FROM GOING INTO FOSTER CARE, IF WE CAN PREVENT CHILDREN OR FROM DRUGS RELATED PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALREADY WON BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN THE COURT SYSTEMS AND AND EVEN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY ARE ARRESTED, THEN THERE ARE MAJOR CONCERNS. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. BE ABLE TO PREVENT THOSE CHILDREN FROM BEING. AND WE FEEL AS THOUGH THAT WE CAN DO THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS, IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE. FUNDING TO, ESPECIALLY AS WE RAISE FUNDS FOR THE MONUMENT, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE

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SORRY, NOT FDLE, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE SEE THE PAIN POINT AND WE'RE ADDRESSING IT. SO AS A BUSINESS ENTITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE DON'T WANT TO JUST WE JUST DON'T WANT TO JUST PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO ALSO GIVE PARENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BETTER AND ALSO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MISS WENDY TO COME ON UP AND SPEAK AS WELL. I READ THAT. IT'S YOUR TURN. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL RESET THE CLOCK.

SHE'S ON THAT LIST. RESET THEM. OKAY, SO ONE THING THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS PROJECT WOULD GO ALONG WITH IS THE FDOT, THE STREETSCAPES THAT IS HAPPENING. WE'RE PROVIDING ALL THESE SAFE THINGS AND IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM A PARK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO HAVING THE CHILDREN THERE AND HAVING A PLACE FOR THEM TO COME AND HAVING DROP IN SERVICES FOR THEM PROVIDES A WELCOMING VIEW AS THE CITY COMES IN AND GOES ALONG WITH WHERE THE HUMAN, THE HUMAN PROGRAMING, PART OF THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE OF THAT CORRIDOR. SO WE ALREADY HAVE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS FOR THE FOUNDERS MONUMENT HAS BEEN SAID AND THEY ARE NOT NEWCOMERS TO THIS. MY GOAL IN THIS IS I'M NUMBER NINE OF TEN KIDS. MY DAD ABANDONED US. I HAVE MY MOM AND MY SISTER DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSES. I AM RAISING MY NEPHEWS RIGHT NOW FOR MY SISTER THAT'S IN PRISON FOR DRUGS. AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. I WAS SAVED THROUGH A COACH THAT CAME AND SAVED ME AND MY MY SISTER AND I. AND THROUGH THAT THEY. EVER SINCE I RECOGNIZED THE.

WHAT HE DID FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT MY RESOURCES AND MY TIME BACK INTO HELPING THE COMMUNITY. I'VE COACHED OVER 200 SOCCER GIRLS WHERE I HAVE FOUND THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE THAT MENTOR. I HAVE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION. IF ANY OF YOU ALL WANT, I CAN SEND THOSE OVER TO SEE WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WITH MY CHURCH, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP MANY OF THE NON-PROFITS ALREADY HERE FIND RESOURCES AND FUNDING THAT THEY NEED. I SEE THAT GETTING THEM BEFORE SCHOOL BECOMES A PROBLEM, HELPING THESE YOUTH AND GIVING THE

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WE ARE FILLING A GAP THAT'S NOT ALREADY FILLED. SO THERE ARE JOB CENTERS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING TRAINING, THINGS LIKE THIS. THERE ARE NOT DROP IN SERVICES LIKE THIS PROPOSAL WOULD OFFER. IF YOU LOOK, THERE ARE ALREADY 13 REFERRAL PARTNERS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO REFER INTO US. THERE ARE GRANTS SUFFICIENT, SOME THAT CAN START IMMEDIATELY THAT ARE ALREADY ACTIVE AND GOING, AND THAT WOULD HELP US GET OFF THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN SEE THE STATISTICS ON PAGE ONE. THERE'S A LITTLE BLUE BOX TOWARDS THE END THAT THAT'LL GIVE THE STATISTICS OF FROM THE FLORIDA YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT 24.7% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE HAVE FOUR PLUS ACES. THE HIGH TRAUMA THRESHOLD, 7%, SIX HAVE VAPED NICOTINE, 7.8 HAVE VAPED MARIJUANA. IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. WHEN THAT STUDY WAS DONE. AND YEAH, THE STATISTICS ARE THERE, BUT THERE'S A NEED FOR THIS. AND I THINK WE'VE SHOWN WHY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAD. RIGHT. YES. YEAH. WE SAID IT HAD TO BE OUR LAST SPEAKER ON THAT CARD.

THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP MY REMARKS REAL BRIEF, BUT WHAT'S THAT? GO AHEAD. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IF YOU BOIL IT DOWN TO SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN A COMMUNITY INVESTS IN ITSELF THE MOST, THE HIGHEST RETURN IS TO INVEST IN YOUTH. THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A GREAT DIVIDE. YOU KNOW, AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, RIGHT? INVEST IN KEEPING YOUTH PRODUCTIVE AND IN THE RIGHT TRACK RATHER THAN GOING NEGATIVE OR GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS THE GREATEST RETURN TO SOCIETY CAN HAVE. AND SO WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE'LL FOCUS ON YOUTH KEEPING THEIR MIND ABLE TO WORK AND BE PRODUCTIVE, THEIR BODIES ABLE TO WORK AND BE PRODUCTIVE AND, AND SUPPORTING ALL THOSE THINGS WITH THE HEALTH SERVICES. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY ONLY A FEW MISTAKES THAT ARE ULTRA CRITICAL WHEN YOUR YOUTH AND THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE DRUGS AND, AND MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH THINGS. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS AND ALL THE OTHER MAJOR ECONOMIC DRAINS ON SOCIETY. AND SO THESE KINDS OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAN FEED PEOPLE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. SO THAT'S IT. IS THERE IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION? BUT BY THE WAY, TYRONE AND WENDY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUTH FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, OVER 20 YEARS. FOR WENDY. TYRONE'S ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. RIGHT? SO THEY'RE NOT NEWCOMERS TO WORKING WITH YOUTH AND HELPING THEM GET SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. SO I'LL MAKE MINE BRIEF BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH FROM US.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. AB MAJID. HONORABLE MAYOR.

RESPECTED MEMBERS. OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. AND I WANT TO REMIND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN NOTICED AS AN OUTSTANDING CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING. I WANT TO TALK VERY QUICKLY. THERE ARE SEVERAL OFFERS, AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BREVARD COUNTY, THE BRIGHT HORIZONS ACADEMY, WE'RE MERGING OUR INTERESTS WITH HIGH TECH DEVELOPER WHO IS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO ALL THREE OF US ARE ONE. SO I'M SPEAKING NOW ON BEHALF OF HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENT, ON BEHALF OF BRIGHT HORIZONS AND ON BEHALF OF ISLAMIC SOCIETY. WHAT'S YOUR PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY INTENT WITH THIS PROPERTY? TURNING A BLIGHT INTO LIGHT. AN EXTENSIVE REHAB OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE UNDERTAKEN WITH THE GUIDANCE OF ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS. WE WILL REDESIGN, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE STRUCTURE'S EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. WE WILL MAKE THIS BUILDING A LIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY. EDUCATION AND CIVICS. OURS IS A GROWING COMMUNITY THAT IS. THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BREVARD IS A GROWING COMMUNITY WITH A GROWING YOUTH POPULATION. A PORTION OF THIS BUILDING WILL BE DEDICATED TO CONTINUING EDUCATION. WE WILL EXPOSE OUR YOUTHS TO BASIC

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ASK NOT WHAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO GIVE BIRTH TO PATRIOTIC CITIZENS, SPIRITUAL CITIZENS, MORAL CITIZENS. THAT'S WHAT WE WILL USE AS BUILDING FOR. FOOD DISTRIBUTION DURING OUR HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, WHICH WAS JUST CONCLUDED. WE SHARE WHAT WE CALL IFTAR DINNERS. WE. THIS IS AN INTERFAITH ACTIVITY, AND WE WANTED A FEW ORGANIZATIONS IN BREVARD COUNTY WHO HAVE JEWS, MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, MAYORS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND. WE SHARE OUR MEALS. THIS BUILDING WILL BE PERFECT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE. COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY WILL BE WELCOME HERE. THIS BUILDING WILL BE IDEAL FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR WORK OF INVITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS, AND CULTURES TO ADDRESS OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ON VARIOUS TOPICS OF BEING PRODUCTIVE, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. WE WANT NOT ONLY TO PRODUCE PATRIOTIC CITIZENS, BUT WE WANT CITIZENS TO REALIZE OUR YOUTH THAT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS NATION IS THAT WE ARE A NATION GOVERNED BY THE RULE OF LAW. WE WANT TO BRING A RARE, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. THIS BUILDING WILL HELP US DO THAT. MEETING WITH PUBLIC AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. OUR FAITH COMMUNITY HAS REGULAR MEETINGS WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THIS LOCATION WILL BE IDEAL FOR FACILITATING SUCH FUTURE MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF POLICE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ONE WORD OF CAUTION. PLEASE DO NOT PUNT THIS FOR ANOTHER TIME. THIS BUILDING IS DETERIORATING. SOONER OR LATER, IF THE AIR CONDITION IS A CERTAIN AGE, IF THE ROOF IS A CERTAIN AGE, THE BUILDING WILL BE UNINSURABLE. IT WILL NOT BE MARKETABLE. WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION NOW. WE FEEL THAT WE ARE THE IDEAL GROUP. WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT TALKS ABOUT DIVERSITY. LOOK AT US. WE'RE A PERFECT PLANT FOR DIVERSITY IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU RIGHT, JUDGE. SO YOU REPRESENTED IN THIS SPEECH THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY, BRIGHT HORIZONS AND HIGH TECH, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. BECAUSE I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A DISCLOSURE ON THIS ONE, BUT YOU CALLED ME AND WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE PHONE CALL DISCUSSION FOR THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY TO BE A MOSQUE. NOW, ON THE BRIGHT HORIZONS, LET'S ASSUME FOR A MOMENT WE DIDN'T GO THAT ROUTE, AND WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THE BRIGHT HORIZONS BID.

IS IT GOING TO BE A SCHOOL AND NOT A MOSQUE? AND THEN IF IT'S NOT A MOSQUE, NO, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOSQUE. I DON'T WANT ANY CONFUSION. OH, OKAY. THIS WILL NOT BE A PLACE OF PRAYER. THIS WILL BE AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WHERE I'VE SAID, WE WANT OUR CHILDREN FROM YOUTH TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A NATION GOVERNED BY THE RULE OF LAW, THAT FOR YOU TO BE A SPIRITUAL PERSON, YOU HAVE TO BE A LAW ABIDING PERSON. SO BUT NO MATTER WHICH OF THE THREE BIDS, THERE'S ONE FOR 350 FROM HIGH TECH, ONE FOR 300 FROM BRIGHT HORIZON, ONE FOR TWO, 25 FROM ISLAMIC SOCIETY. WHICHEVER ONE WE PICKED WOULD BE THE EXACT SAME CONCEPT. IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME EXACT. THIS WILL NOT BE A MOSQUE. THIS WILL BE MAINLY AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. ALSO, WE HAVE OUR BURIAL GROUND THERE AND WE HAVE TO DO LAST RITES JUST BEFORE BURIAL, AND THIS BUILDING WILL BE A PERFECT ADDITION TO THAT BECAUSE OUR BURIAL GROUND IS RIGHT ATTACHED TO THIS BUILDING, YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP MY CONFUSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A PRAYER PLACE.

THIS WILL NOT BE A PLACE OF PRAYER. THIS WILL BE A PLACE OF LEARNING. AND YOU MIGHT SAY, INDOCTRINATING, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS TO BE PATRIOTIC CITIZENS, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, CIVIC CITIZENS. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. GOOD. SIR. REAL QUICK. HI, JUDGE. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT. SIDE OF THE BENCH RATHER THAN THAT SIDE, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU SIR. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE HIGH TECH, BRIGHT HORIZONS AND THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY IS ALL. THEY'RE ALL CO-MINGLED. YES, SIR. OR THE OTHER. YES, SIR. SO IF ONE WINS, THEY ALL WIN. YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT ONE. GOOD. YES, SIR. WE WANT TO DO THAT. AND WE FEEL THAT WE WILL BE. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY ALSO, WE TALK ABOUT HISTORY. WE HAVE AN IMPECCABLE HISTORY. CHECK WITH THE POLICE. SEE HOW OFTEN WHEN WE INTERACT WITH THE POLICE IS TO SHARE A MEAL. IT'S TO SHARE COMMUNITY RELATIONS. THAT'S OUR INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE. AND YES, WE ARE THREE. THE THREE OF US ARE ONE. YOU MIGHT SAY WE'RE THE THREE MUSKETEERS. ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL ENCOURAGE YOU. PLEASE DON'T PUNT THIS BECAUSE THE BUILDING THE ROOTS OF. WE CHECK THE BUILDING. THE ROOTS OF THE OAK TREE ARE NOW COMPROMISING THE SEWER SYSTEM.

AND IF THE AIR CONDITION AND ROOF IS A CERTAIN AGE, THE BUILDING IS NOT INSURABLE.

RIGHT, THIS I KNOW WELL. AND I'LL ALSO MAKE THE COMMENT FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THERE'S COST OF HOLDING ON TO THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A LOW LIABILITY, BUT IT'S STILL A LIABILITY. AND THE FACT IS, YEAH, I AGREE. IT'S GOT TO BE I THINK THE COUNCIL DECIDED A WHILE BACK TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS BUILDING ON THE SALE. SO. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME AND FOR YOUR KIND CONSIDERATION, MISS HANLEY. I'M STILL VERY CONFUSED. I KNOW IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR THAT I CAN BE VERY CONFUSED, BUT EACH ONE OF THESE, THE HIGH TECH, THE BRIGHT HORIZON AND ISLAMIC SOCIETY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT. IDEAS. AND I'M CONFUSED WHY YOU PUT THREE DIFFERENT BIDS IN. IF IT'S ALL ONE BID? VERY GOOD QUESTION. BECAUSE AFTER WE PUT IN OUR BID, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CORPORATE. WE HAVE NOW SAT DOWN AND CHAT. I EVEN CHAT WITH MY GOOD FRIEND JOE MCNEIL, AND IT'S I KIND OF HURTS ME TO COME UP AND SPEAK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOOD FRIEND. PASTOR NATHANIEL HARRIS IS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE. IN FACT, WITH ALUMNI OF THE SAME COLLEGE. I SPOKE WITH JOE MCNEIL AND I SPOKE WITH ALL THESE FOLKS, AND I THINK THIS IS A PERSON WITH HIGH TECH, IS A MEMBER OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY, AND HE HAS AGREED TO LET THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY GO AHEAD WITH THIS BIT OF. 350. SO HE'S OKAY. SO HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR ISLAMIC COMMUNITY. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. SO THEY'RE PULLING THE HIGH TECH IS PULLING THEIR BID. NO, WE'RE LEAVING THE BID THERE. BUT HE IS NOW THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND BRIGHT HORIZONS. WE ALL, WITH HIGH TECH MAKING THE BID FOR THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY. 350 SO THEY.

YES, OUR BID IS 350 NOW. OKAY. SO OKAY, HIGH TECH FOR 350 BRIGHT HORIZON PUT FOR 300 ISLAMIC SOCIETY FOR 225 YOU'RE NOW SAYING THAT AND I'M SAYING I'M SORRY, I'VE BEEN UP IT'S TAX SEASON. I'M A CPA. SO IF I SOUND REALLY SORRY DON'T MEAN TO. BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY IS THE BITTER, YOU'RE BIDDING AT. 225. NO, OUR OUR BID IS 350 WITH HIGH TECH. CAN I JUST SAY I'M VICE MAYOR? IF YOU'LL BE KIND ENOUGH, MISS KENNEDY, I'D APPRECIATE IT. CLARIFYING. YES, IT WAS THREE SEPARATE BIDS. THEY CAME TOGETHER AS PEOPLE AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE PLAN OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY. BUT WITH THE MONEY ATTACHED TO THE HIGH TECH. BUT DID YOU PUT IN AT THE TIME PERIOD? DID YOU PUT IN, AS YOU KNOW, AS AN ATTORNEY, TIMING IS EVERYTHING. YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY PUT IT AS 225. YOU HAD A DATE TO PUT IT IN BY. I MEAN, YOU COULD BE PERFECTLY THE RIGHT PERSON AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, LETTER OF THE LAW'S TIMING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK THEY MADE THE BID REQUIREMENT. ALL THE BIDS ARE WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT. AND KEEP IN MIND, WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION. LIKE I SAID, I HAD A CHAT WITH MR. MCDANIEL, BUT YOU'RE KIND OF. YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN PATHS WE ALL HAVE TO GO. YOU KNOW, AS AN ATTORNEY, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS AND HOW THE BIDDING PROCESS GOES. OKAY, SO I'M FINDING HERE AT THE LAST MINUTE YOU'RE SWITCHING. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I JUST I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE NOT SWITCHING. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THREE OF THEM ARE COMBINING AND ALL THREE THINGS WILL HAPPEN UNDER ONE ROOF UNDER THE HIGHER THE HIGHER BID. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? THAT'S PERFECTLY THAT'S OKAY. HIGH TECH WAS UNDER ONE PERSON AND NOW THE ISLAMIC IS COMING UNDER ANOTHER PERSON. IT WOULD BE UNDER NO IF IF IF IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU COULD CHOOSE TONIGHT FOR THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY FOR THEM AT 225. YOU CAN DO THAT.

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IT'S ONE OF FIVE CHOICES. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE THERE. THEY GOT THREE. THEY GOT THEY GOT THREE BIDS IN THE GAME OF FIVE IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. AND IT'S UP TO COUNCIL TO CHOOSE IF IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE TO ONE OF THE 5 A.M. I CORRECT.

YEAH. BUT WE KNOW THEY GOT THE BIGGER DOLLAR AMOUNT CORRECT. OUR BID FOR 350 AND HIGH TECH WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE CHOSE. THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH. SO AGAIN FROM FROM JUDGE MAJID. I GUESS THE WAY I'M HEARING IT IS MORE WHAT CITY MANAGER SAID RIGHT. OF A CONSOLIDATION OF OF PURPOSE BETWEEN CHANGING AT THE LAST MINUTE AND, AND TO TO THAT POINT COUNCILWOMAN HANLEY ON UNLIKE A FORMAL SOLICITATION SEALED BID SCENARIO RIGHT. THESE WERE INFORMAL REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS TO COUNCIL. RIGHT. SO THE THAT THAT HAVING BEEN SAID. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE A LAST MINUTE CHANGE. RIGHT. BUT I THINK THIS IS WHAT JUDGE IS PRESENTING. ONE QUESTION THAT WE DID HAVE JUDGES, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF HIGH TECH WHO SUBMITTED THE BID.

MR. RAFIQ, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CONFIRM THAT? HE'S RIGHT THERE? MR. RAFIQ, STEP FORWARD. HE'S RIGHT HERE. WE HAD. WE'RE JUST. WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CONFIRMATION AND, YOU KNOW, OF OF THIS INTENT TO EFFECTIVELY CONSOLIDATE THE UNDERLYING PROPOSALS FOR THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND, AND AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EFFECTIVELY THE $350,000 BID POINT AS WELL. WE'VE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION OUTSIDE, AS I DID WITH MR. JOE MCNEIL. AND I DID NOT GET TO SPEAK TO MY FRIEND, PASTOR HARRIS. BUT EVEN THOUGH WE MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO THEM. THANK YOU. SO, SO AGAIN. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE A LATE A LATE CHANGE TO THE TO THE PROPOSAL, BUT I WOULD SAY PLEASE, PLEASE STILL CONSIDER IT RIGHT. I, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE UNLIKE A SEALED FORMAL FORMAL BID, I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT FORMAL OF A PROCEDURE THAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY, IF YOU'RE DONE. QUICK QUESTION. ADAM, DID WE KNOW THIS? DID STAFF KNOW THIS GOING IN BEFORE THIS MEETING GAVELED IN? NOT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. IF THE CITY MANAGER HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOUND OUT VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMBINING THE THREE PROPOSALS. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE ALL RELATED TO THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY.

WE FOUND THAT OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY, LET ME JUST ADD, JUDGE MCGEE DID CALL ME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DID ADVISE THAT HE WOULD BE HERE THIS EVENING, ALSO REPRESENTING HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENT. SO HE DID DISCLOSE THAT TO US LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BUT REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS, EACH ONE OF THEM HAD THEIR THEY ANY ONE OF THEM CAN BE PICKED. IN OTHER WORDS, YES, IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. NOBODY SUBMITTED LATE APPLICATION. ALL FIVE OF THEM WERE CORRECT. AS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, THIS WAS MORE OF AN INFORMAL PROCESS.

THIS WAS A SOLICITATION OF LETTERS OF INTENT. SO NOT A SEALED BID PROPOSAL WITH UNIT PRICE OR, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF OF CONTRACT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM. THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US A LETTER OF INTENT OF WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY AND THEIR OFFER. OKAY. I WISH I COULD HAVE SPOKEN ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO BID BECAUSE WE WE ARE WE LIVE IN PEACE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I HAVE A RESPECT FOR EVERYONE HERE, AND I WISH WE JUST HAD ONE ONE BID. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AND I IF IF WE HAD TIME. I SPOKE TO MR. JOE MCNEIL AND SPOKE TO PASTOR NATHANIEL HARRIS. MAYBE I'M SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE. GO AHEAD, MR. RUSSO. JUDGE. YES, SIR. IF ISLAMIC SOCIETY OR HIGH TECH OR THE OTHER ONE. BRIGHT HORIZONS OR SCHOOL. THANK YOU. IF YOU ALL. IF YOU WIN. THE COMBINED BID TOTALS ARE $875,000. ABOUT THREE BUILDINGS GIVE ME MY MONEY. SO. WELL, GOOD TO SEE THERE'S A SENSE OF HUMOR. HOLD ON. GOOD. MR. NEWMAN, GOOD. YEAH, MINE'S FOR STAFF. YEP. SO KIND OF THE GENERAL OVERALL PICTURE QUESTION REVOLVING EVERYBODY. I NOTICED THAT THE LAND USE IS ZONED FOR I IT'S I ONE INSTITUTIONAL WILL THAT DOES THAT AT ALL IN ANY WAY. AND I'LL JUST SEND YOU A QUESTION. I'M LOOKING AT CINDY. YEAH. DOES THAT AT ALL INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THE USES THAT ARE PROPOSED TODAY? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A CONSIDERATION? OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S IMPLICATIONS WITH THAT. SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK. SO THE DEGREE OF INFORMATION WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND WHAT I'M HEARING THIS EVENING IS OUR I-1 ZONING. WE ALLOW PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC TYPE USES. AND SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE STAYING IN THAT NATURE FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL I-1 USE, THEY SHOULD BE FINE. WE WERE A LITTLE UNSURE ABOUT THE HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENT. THAT ONE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. IF WE'D HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HIGH TECH MANUFACTURING OR SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. I THINK PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M

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I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE IN PROBABLY SIX MONTHS. I'VE BEEN IN THERE. I THINK IT'S GREAT.

WE NEED TO SELL IT. YEAH. IT'S FINE. IT'S I MEAN, AS JUDGE MAJID, THERE IS PROBABLY A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE DATE OF THE ROOF. IT PROBABLY WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, NOT BECAUSE OF THE. AND THE MAYOR PROBABLY CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE THAN ME, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF ROOF, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND INSURABILITY. WE HAVE LOOKED BACK IN OUR RECORDS AS FAR AS DATES OF LIKE THE AC SYSTEM, THE WATER HEATER, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THOSE WERE REPLACED IN ANY RECENT TIME, SO THEY PROBABLY WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT SOME POINT BY THE PURCHASER. BUT THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS IN SOLID CONDITION. I MEAN, IT'S IT, IT WAS ORIGINALLY LIKE A DMV INSPECTION SITE. SO IT'S A VERY STURDY CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING. YEAH. MORE SO CLEARING THE NAME OF OF THE CITY AND HOW WE, HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PROPERTIES. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS NORMAL IF YOU'RE BUYING A NEW HOUSE OR IF YOU'RE BUYING A NEW BUILDING TYPES OF THINGS. YEAH. AND THE, THE PURCHASER WILL HAVE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD THAT THEY CAN HAVE ANY TYPE OF INSPECTION DONE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP, THEY WOULD THEN HAVE THAT POINT TO NEGOTIATE THAT WITH US THROUGH THEIR CONTRACT PROCESS. WHOA, WHOA WHOA, WHOA. AS IS AS IS. THERE'S NO NEGOTIATION, OKAY.

UNLESS THEY WANT TO NEGOTIATE. NO REAL ESTATE WORKS. NO, I, I WOULD SAY IT AS IS. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE FIRST PERSON, THAT'S WHY WE'RE CHOOSING A SECOND PERSON. OKAY, GREAT. SO I WOULD GO AS IS BECAUSE AGAIN, THE BONES ARE GOOD. WE ALL WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS AS IS AND IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME WORK. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, CAN WE, CAN WE GO BACK TO MR. NEWMAN SAID ABOUT THE REPORT. I KNOW IT'S I'M HAVEN'T HAD SLEEP IN A WHILE. THE, THE REPORT THAT WE WERE SUPPOSEDLY DOING. JENNY. OH, FOR THE ECONOMIC. YEAH. AND SO THE REPORT THAT WE WERE DOING BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY, OH, LET'S GO HERE. AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THAT AREA. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO I MEAN, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT. AND I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND SWEAT EQUITY INTO INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY THERE HAS PUT SWEAT EQUITY IN THEIR MONEY. AND SORRY THAT I WAS ASKED THE QUESTION. SORRY, SORRY. I KNOW, I KNOW, WE HAVE NOT KICKED OFF A REPORT. WE HAVEN'T KICKED OFF A STUDY. IT PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD CALL LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY OR IT, IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND BREAKING THAT UP INTO TWO YEARS WORTH. SO I DID WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT UNDERGOING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. MR. ROSS, CAN I MISS? MR. ROSS, CAN YOU COME UP HERE FOR A MINUTE? HE THOUGHT HE WAS SAFE. YEAH, YEAH, HE WAS BACK IN HIS CORNER. YES. YEAH. COME ON UP. COME UP. OKAY, OKAY. FOR ONE OF THOSE REPORTS TO DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT RUN? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD RUN? THAT'S STILL CINDY. YEAH. OH, SO LET'S SAY. OKAY, CINDY. HOW MUCH DOES THAT RUN? ROSS. DO WE CAN WE MOVE MONEY INTO MONEY AROUND? HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I WANT TO GET MR. COME ON UP WITH WITH WITH MR. ROSS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HAD A QUESTION, MA'AM? GO AHEAD. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN BY A NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR CONTINUING PLANNING CONSULTANT.

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THE FACT THAT THEY ABANDONED IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE. NOBODY'S USING IT. THERE'S NO REASON FOR GOVERNMENT TO HANG ON TO IT. I MEAN, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT FROM THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL, PLEASE? JUST A PARAGRAPH HERE. IT SAYS IN THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE ECONOMIC CRISES, MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE RESORTED TO SELLING OFF THEIR VAST HOLDINGS IN REAL PROPERTY. MUNICIPAL RETENTION OF DORMANT, UNUSED PARCELS IS RARELY GOOD ECONOMICS, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. FOR PUBLICLY BENEFICIAL USES. OKAY, MAYOR, GOOD VICE MAYOR. I HAVEN'T DONE AN OFFICIAL STUDY OF ANYTHING, BUT I AM A 33 YEAR EDUCATOR, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. IF I CAN VOTE FOR ALL THREE OF THEM, THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST AS A 33 YEAR EDUCATOR BEING IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, I'M NOW AT A HIGH SCHOOL AND I SEE THIS NEED EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MR. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAJID. SO WE CAN WE CAN DEBATE THIS AMONG OURSELVES. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT $0.02 IN THAT I SEE THIS NEED EVERY DAY FOR ALL THREE PROPOSALS. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. IT'S LIKE WHEN THE SHARING CENTER STARTED IN TRINITY TOWERS. I DON'T A LOT OF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. BACK IN THE DAY, FATHER CAULFIELD FROM OUR LADY OF LOURDES. REVEREND BOYER FROM HOLY TRINITY. MR. REVEREND RIEDESEL FROM GOOD SHEPHERD.

AND I, THERE'S A FOURTH ONE. THEY WERE OUT PLAYING GOLF AND THEY DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED ALL THESE SOCIAL SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. AND THEY ALL DECIDED ONE WILL TAKE THE SENIOR CITIZENS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TRINITY TOWERS. THE SHARING CENTER WAS AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES BECAUSE AT THE TIME THEY HAD THE THE PROPERTY AND THEY ALL WORKED TOGETHER RATHER

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WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T SAY YOU HAD TO HAVE IT. I I'M AWARE OF THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND AND SO DO WE HAVE A GO AHEAD. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION READING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF SOUTH BREVARD. YOU HAVE IN THE DETAILS YOUTH DROP IN SERVICES.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH? GREAT QUESTION. GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. THANK YOU

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THAT'S THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE DROP IN CENTER. SO IT'S STILL MEDICALLY INCLINED. IT'S SO PRETTY MUCH YES, IT'S A IT'S A CLINICAL. OKAY. I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS LIKE, OH, I NEED TO FINISH WORK. I NEED TO GO DO THIS THING. I'M GOING TO DROP OFF MY KID FOR A LITTLE BIT. NO, BUT THE NAME, IT KIND OF THROWS PEOPLE OFF, BUT BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S STILL WOULD SERVE THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WRAPAROUND PRINCIPLE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST TIMES WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, THEY DON'T EXPLAIN IT IN DETAIL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE SMOKE IN SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, IT BECOMES A LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT. WHEN IT BECOMES A LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT, THEN IT'S INVOLVED WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE. THEN THAT BECOMES NOW A PROBLEM WHERE THE PARENTS MAY HAVE TO LOSE THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS OR GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF MANDATED TREATMENT ALONG WITH THE YOUTH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY FIND OUT IN THE HOME. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE DON'T WANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE GOING TO PALM POINT UP IN TITUSVILLE OR TO OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE OF THE THE THE COUNTY. WE WANT TO AT LEAST DEAL WITH THE ISSUE HERE, KEEP THEM IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN PROVIDE THEM AN ESCAPE OR A VIABLE OPTION FOR THEM TO GROW AND BE AROUND THEIR PEERS IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE, NUMBER ONE, IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER LETTERS OF INTENT AND TO SELECT A BUYER OR NOT. SO I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, WE FOLLOW STAFF, OUR DIRECTION OF STAFF AND CONSIDERED A BUYER AND AN ALTERNATE BUYER FOR THE PURCHASE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 695 EAST UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SELECTED PARTY FOR SALE. THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 695 EAST UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND RETURNED TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE. THAT'S I THINK I THINK THEY'RE JUST ASKING US TO PICK A NAME. IS THAT GIVING ME A. I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO STEP PROCESS OF, OF MAKING A MOTION TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN SELECTING, SELECTING THEM. RIGHT. I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE MAKE A SELECTION, MAKE A FIRST ALTERNATE OR, YOU KNOW, IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A DIFFERENT COURSE OF ACTION TO POSTPONE THIS OR DO THE ECONOMIC DECISION. SO THAT WOULD AMEND THAT. THEN I ON MY ON THAT I WOULD AMEND THAT MOTION TO TO SELECT A BUYER, AN ALTERNATE. THE BUYER WOULD BE ONE OF THE 350,000. AND ACTUALLY THE SECOND WOULD BE 350,000 KIND OF DEAL WITH YOU. I REALLY BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS ECONOMIC STUDY.

I REALLY THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO CAN WE DO WE WOULD PICK LIKE MY FIRST CHOICE IF, IF YOU, IF WE HAD TO CHOOSE THAT WITHOUT AN ECONOMIC STUDY. TODAY I'M LOOKING AT THE MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT. BUT IF IT GOES TO A, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER REASON THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE VOTE TODAY TO TO START THE PROCESS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY TO KIND OF GET GET STARTED ON THE ROAD. SO IT DOESN'T START IN OCTOBER.

WE'LL KIND OF BUILD IT INTO THE BUDGET THERE, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN DO NOW, BUILD IT INTO THE BUDGET. AND THEN IF THAT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, MACEDONIA, IT DOESN'T THE BID DOESN'T HAPPEN BEFORE IT GETS TO THE SECOND ONE. WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT ECONOMIC STUDY. SO YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOWER BID. I'M LOOKING AT ONE OF THE HIGHER BIDS. I'M LOOKING AT. I'M LOOKING. I'M MORE LOOKING AT USE. BUT I THINK ALL ALL EVERYBODY HAS GREAT USE FOR THE BUILDING. OH SURE. OH NO. OH, THIS ISN'T ABOUT ANYBODY. THIS ISN'T ME PICKING ON ANYBODY. LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST. NO, NO. BUT. YEAH. MAYOR. SIR, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE TREAT THIS? GIVEN ADAM'S DIRECTION? CAN WE TREAT THIS AS A ALMOST LIKE WE'RE NOMINATING A A REGULAR MEMBER AND THEN AN ALTERNATE MEMBER? SO YOU SAY, LET'S SAY YOU SAY JOE BAG OF DONUTS AND THEN WENDY. AND THEN YOU SAY MACEDONIAN. WHATEVER THE CONSENSUS WOULD BE WOULD BE THAT WHERE THE DIRECTION WE WOULD GO, IS THAT POSSIBLE? DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL? THAT'S ABOUT IT. YEAH, I LIKE TO DEAL. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO MAKE I'M TRYING TO THINK OF IF WE CAN DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, OR IF WE NEED TO DO A FIRST CHOICE FIRST, AS YOU KNOW, DO DO A ROLL CALL FOR FIRST CHOICE, SEE IF THERE'S A

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OKAY. THAT PROBABLY A WAY TO GET US MOVING FORWARD, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE? AT LEAST WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. OKAY, SO SET UP A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO, SO, SO LET ME ASK, WOULD I, WOULD I BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT OR WOULD THAT. NO. OKAY. YOU'RE OUT. I'M OUT. STAY OUT.

IT'S IT'S YOUR IT'S NO, IT'S FINE. IT'S YOUR CHOICE. BUT FROM FROM WHAT YOU HAD STATED PREVIOUSLY. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COUNTS AS A VOTE. I WAS JUST LIKE, MY INPUT IS AN INPUT OR A VOTE, RIGHT? BUT I ALSO LIKE WHAT COUNCILMAN NEWMAN STATED AS FAR AS THE THE COMPROMISE, THE COMPROMISE. SO I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT ALSO COMPROMISE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE TO THAT COMPROMISE, MAYOR, AT ALL. I'M LOOKING AT THE. I'M LOOKING FOR THE TAXPAYERS, THE HIGHEST DOLLAR VALUE. THAT'S WHY WE. THAT'S WHY WE REJECTED IT LAST TIME. BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. SO WE'LL WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL FOR THE PRIMARY. SO THAT'LL BE ME. YES, SIR. IF YOU WANT TO NAME YOUR PRIMARY I DO.

DO YOU WANT TO GUESS WHO IT IS? I DO NOT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING. CONCERNED CITIZENS TONIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NEWMAN. MACEDONIA. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASSETT. CONCERNED. CITIZENS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. HANLEY. MACEDONIA. VICE. MAYOR. KENNEDY, I'M NOT READY YET. OH. I'M GOING TO GO WITH MACEDONIA MAYOR ALFREY. I'M GOING HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND FOR OUR ALTERNATE, I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AGAIN. DO YOU WANT TO TALLY THOSE UP FIRST? YEAH, THREE. SO I HAVE THREE FOR MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. TWO FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS AND ONE FOR HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S WHAT I GOT ALTERNATE. SO SO SO IN THAT VOTE THERE'S THREE VOTES FOR MACEDONIA, TWO FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS AND ONE FOR HIGH TECH. SO IS IS THE CONSENSUS THAT THE FIRST CHOICE IS MACEDONIA. AND THE SECOND CHOICE IS CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO NOMINATIONS AGAIN FOR THE SECOND. WAS THAT WHAT WE SAID? RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE JUST CONFIRMING THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T FOR THAT. WE'RE ALL DISAGREEING THAT THE THREE ONE, IT DOES THAT. LIKE DO YOU GUYS I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO FOUR VOTES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND VOTE, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND VOTE FOR MY UNDERSTANDING WAS FOR THE FOR THE SECOND CHOICE. I THINK THEY'RE JUST CONFIRMING THAT MACEDONIA GOT THE FIRST CHOICE.

DOES THAT DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR MACEDONIA? YES. YEAH. SO THAT WAS CONSENSUS FOR SO YEAH SO AND THAT AND THAT AGAIN RIGHT. AND MAYBE AND MAYBE MISS IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY A MOTION THAT THEY THEN ROLL CALL VOTED ON. SO CORRECT. YEAH. I'M SAYING NOW A MOTION SO I APOLOGIZE. PROCEED. YEAH. JUST JUST BECAUSE PROCEDURALLY THE ROLL CALL VOTE YOU JUST DID WASN'T BASED ON A SPECIFIC MOTION. RIGHT. I THINK WE GOT TO A POINT OF IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST A PLURALITY FOR MACEDONIA. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE NOW APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO HAVE MACEDONIA BE THAT THAT PRIMARY. SO, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR. I DON'T HAVE TO USE ALL THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE. DO I JUST SAY THAT MACEDONIA IS THE FIRST CHOICE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF SOUTH BREVARD IS THE FIRST CHOICE FOR THIS BID. I'LL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES A SECOND. YOU DIDN'T VOTE, I KNOW. ABSTAIN, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONCERNED CITIZENS TO BE THE ALTERNATE. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. I AGREE. SO WE'LL GO TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. IT'S A MOTION. IT'S NOT REALLY NECESSARY. YEAH. YOU MADE A MOTION. MOTION A SECOND FOR WHAT? FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS IS THE SECOND CHOICE, THE RUNNER UP THE BACKUP. SO I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO ROLL. CALL IT. LET'S LET'S ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO, CONCERNED COUNCIL MEMBER NEWMAN, CONCERNED CITIZENS COUNCIL MEMBER.

BASSETT. CONCERNED CITIZENS COUNCIL MEMBER. HANLEY. CONCERNED CITIZENS COUNCIL MEMBER. KENNEDY, HI TECH MAYOR. ALFRED HI TECH BEEHIVE. SO WE HAVE CONCERN FOR THE SECOND.

OKAY, SO WE NEED A MOTION, PLEASE. OKAY. MR. RUSSO, IS THAT YOUR CHOICE? DID YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? YES, SIR. AND I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE AYE. MOTION

[17. Ordinance No. 2026-18, Certificate of Occupancy Process: (First Reading/Public Hearing) An ordinance amending City Code Appendix D, Chapter 13 (Buildings and Building Regulations), Article II, by creating a new Division 7 related to certificate of occupancy and certificate of engineering construction completeness process. (Applicant - City of Melbourne) (P&Z Board - 3/19/2026)]

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY, MAKING FINDINGS AMENDING APPENDIX D OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS.

AMENDING ARTICLE TWO BUILDING CREATING NEW DIVISION SEVEN CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CREATING A NEW SECTION 13.69 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. CREATING A NEW.

SECTION 13.70 CERTIFICATE OF ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND INTERPRETATION. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING ADOPTION SCHEDULE.

THANK YOU SIR. REPORT ON DITMER. YES. SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX D, CHAPTER 13 BY CREATING A NEW DIVISION SEVEN, ALONG WITH TWO NEW SECTIONS TITLED ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND CERTIFICATE OF ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION. SO THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT THAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF WHAT THE CITY DOES. OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION, PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ARE THE THREE DEPARTMENTS. THE LANGUAGE WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS, ALONG WITH THE FLORIDA FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, THAT ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN MET PRIOR TO ALLOWING PEOPLE TO OCCUPY A STRUCTURE OR A SITE. BASICALLY, THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS, AND IT'S REALLY THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD IN IS OFFICIALLY CALLING OUT A CERTIFICATE OF ENGINEERING COMPLETION FOR THE SITE WORK.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THINGS LIKE THE PARKING LOT, WATER AND SEWER LINES, STORMWATER, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE PRIOR TO LETTING SOMEBODY OCCUPY A NEW, A NEW STRUCTURE. ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY COUNCIL CONDITIONS ON OUR LARGER PROJECTS ARE ASSURED THAT THOSE ARE COMPLETED PRIOR TO A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING ISSUED. CURRENTLY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY LANGUAGE IN CITY CODE THAT DEFINES THIS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE HANG UP LATELY, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LANGUAGE TO FALL BACK ON. SOME OF THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE HAS MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO POINT TO SOMETHING. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING DOWN IN CODE WHAT OUR PROCESS IS TODAY WITH LABELING, WHAT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT IS, AND THEN CREATING THE CERTIFICATE OF ENGINEERING COMPLETENESS REQUIREMENT THAT WILL BE WITH IT. BREVARD COUNTY, TITUSVILLE, PALM BAY AND WEST MELBOURNE ALL HAVE SIMILAR LANGUAGE ALREADY WITHIN THEIR CODE. SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T NEEDED BEFORE. IT'S BEEN THE PROCESS WE'VE USED. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THAT INTO INTO PLAY. WE HAVE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A FEW INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS COMPLETED AHEAD OF MAYBE SOME OF THE SITE WORK. THERE'S A PUSH TO THEN LET THEM OCCUPY THE BUILDING. BUT YOU KNOW, THINGS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT IS IMPORTANT. IF THE WATER LINES HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE FLORIDA DEP APPROVAL FOR SAFETY, TO KNOW THAT THE WATER COMING INTO THE FACILITY IS SAFE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE LEFT OUT. IF THEY'RE JUST ALLOWED TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITHOUT ASSURING THAT ALL THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ARE COMPLETED. SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DID REVIEW THIS MARCH 19TH, AND THEY DID VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT, AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 18. BASED UPON THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMORANDUM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAYOR? THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD DEVELOPERS AND HOUSE BUILDERS AND SUCH CALL ME, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING, SAYING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING UP MY SEO. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I'LL ASK QUESTIONS. AND IT COMES DOWN TO THAT. YOU YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS LACKING AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD IN THEIR DIFFERENT MEMOS AND THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD. SO YEAH, I'M WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR THIS, AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION IF EVERYBODY IS READY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY SIGN UP SHEETS? AND I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST REITERATE TWO POINTS.

11I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MISS DITTMER SAID OF THIS. IS THIS REALLY SORT OF A FORMALIZATION OF WHAT OUR CURRENT PROCESS ALREADY IS? AND TWO, I JUST WANT TO TO COUNCILMEMBER RUSSO'S POINT, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, OTHER

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RIGHT. THINGS THAT ARE TRULY CRITICAL TO ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT PROPERTY BE OCCUPIED.

THAT'S WHERE THIS THIS LANGUAGE IS MAKING SURE THAT 111 PROCESS ISN'T WAY OUT AHEAD OF THE OTHER. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT SAID, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 18.

BASED UPON THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMORANDUM. SECOND MOTION BY MR. NEWMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE. AND THAT MOTION

[19. Appointment of three regular members to the Beautification and Energy Efficiency Board.]

PLANT A TREE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WELL, HE. SURE HE'S ALREADY MADE THE MOTION. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? OH, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. I'M SORRY. MY BAD. YOU ALREADY MADE A MOTION. I LET HIM KNOW IT. YOU WITHDRAWN YOUR MOTION? NO. WELL, I MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE AYE.

MOTION PASSES. YOU NEVER DRAW ANYTHING. I KNEW YOU'D SAY NO. SO? SO. OH, YOU KNOW ME SO WELL.

[D. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, AND COMMUNICATIONS]

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GREAT. YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG THINGS THAT I WAS LIKE, WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONE? BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE AT THE MEETING. WE CAN DESIGN EVERY SAFETY EQUIPMENT, BUT SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE OF MEDICAL SITUATIONS, BECAUSE SOMEBODY THAT WAS DRIVING HIT ME AND THAT HAS CAUSED CHANGED MY LIFE. WE CAN DESIGN, WE CAN DESIGN THE SAFETY, THE BEST SAFETY THINGS. BUT CERTAIN PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING.

SO, MR. SMITH, YES, MAYOR, IS OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MUNICIPAL BOARD DISCUSSION. OKAY. WHAT DO WE PUT WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO HAVE PREPARED FOR IT? PREPARED FOR THAT? IS IT UP TO US OR IS IT WHAT'S THE OVERALL STAFF? WELL, STAFF HEARD WHAT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT'S WHAT WE BASED. THAT'S WHAT KEVIN'S ALREADY STARTED DRAFTING THAT AGENDA ITEM. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH OR CAN'T CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAINLY PUT THAT OUT THERE. AGAIN, I KNOW ORIGINALLY I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AS A WORKSHOP, BUT IF WE'RE DOING IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, I WILL DEFINITELY, PROBABLY GET SOMETHING EMAILED TO YOU. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WAS THAT BOARD PROFILE. I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT NICE DRAFTED OUT AND PREPARED FOR THAT, AND MAYBE A FEW OTHER THOUGHTS AS FAR AS PERFORMANCE, BECAUSE I'VE ATTENDED A FEW OF THE BOARDS, SO I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. SO I WILL MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME CRITERIA AND GET IT TO YOU BEFOREHAND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SO YOU HAVE THAT. AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CRAS AND AND I KNOW CRAS IS A VERY SORE SUBJECT, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF. THEY PUT TOGETHER A REPORT, BUT I'M STILL LOOKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DATA. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID DO, AND I TALKED TO SOMEONE FROM EDC ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY SURPRISED. I LOOKED AT ONE OF THE CRA ANNUAL REPORTS AND, AND, AND I TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STARTING POINT OF THE EVALUATION, AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE, WHAT IS THIS? OH, THIS IS THE EAU GALLIE. NOTICE DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE, DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE IN 1982. THE BASE VALUATION OF THAT, OF WHATEVER THE AREA IS. I DON'T KNOW THE GEOGRAPHY, BUT THE BASE VALUATION WAS $43 MILLION. BUT AS JANUARY 1ST OF 2025, THE BASE VALUATION WAS $265 MILLION. SO THAT JUST KIND OF GOES TO SAY WHAT A WHAT AN INVESTMENT DOES. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ESTHETICALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT AREA IS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S REALLY SOMETHING THERE. AND UNLESS SOMEONE CAN GIVE US ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU COULD DO TARGETED INVESTMENT AND YOU CAN GET THAT TYPE OF VALUE BECAUSE, AND, AND THAT'S, AND I KNOW THE BIG CONTENTION, LET ME GO TO O'GALLEY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE EVENTUALLY GIVING BACK TO THE COUNTY. AND, AND IF WE MAKE THIS POINT, MAYBE THE COUNTY WITH. SO THE VALUATION OF THE ARTS DISTRICT IN 2000 WAS 61 MILLION. AND AS OF JANUARY 1ST OF 2025. AND OF COURSE, WE. IN 2026, THE VALUATION IS 179

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SO IS YOURS. SO IS YOURS. SO IS YOURS. SO I MEAN, SO ACROSS THE BOARD. SO HOW DO WE INVEST IN THE AREA IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. HOW DO YOU INVEST IN THE AREAS? YEAH. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CRA TYPE PROGRAM YOU DON'T NEED WELL, HOW ABOUT YOU DON'T NEED ONE? HOW ABOUT YOU JUST DON'T NEED GOVERNMENT HELP TO START YOUR JOB? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT HELP 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED MY BUSINESS. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN ART GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN? THEY'RE WELL ESTABLISHED. THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY. YEAH. SO ARE YOU PREDICTING THE FUTURE? OH, OKAY. SO TWO THINGS. ONE ON THE I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON HOW. BUT THE FIRST THING IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS REFLECTS HOW WE TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ON THE STATE LEVEL AND THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THEY ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT. THIS IS THE WHOLE HOME RULE THING, RIGHT? LIKE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS SOME OF THESE HOURS. THEY ALLOW US TO HAVE THOSE DOLLARS. SO JUST, JUST IT'S NOT MORE SO GIVING IT BACK. IT'S MORE SO THEY'RE DICTATING THAT. AND I KNOW THAT. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT I'VE HEARD JUST IN THE PUBLIC THING, LIKE I KNOW YOU'VE BROUGHT UP PUTTING A CRA AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD. I HAPPEN TO BE TALKING AT UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD A LOT TODAY, BUT THAT DOING THAT WITHOUT A COUNCIL DIRECTION, THE, THE MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD LOOK AT IT VERY DIFFERENTLY AND THINK THAT WE'RE BEING GREEDY BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING IT KIND OF OUT OF THEIR POCKET. THERE'S THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT PORTION RIGHT THERE.

BUT AS FAR AS HOW YOU CAN INVEST IN IT, WE THAT'S WE HAVE THAT THAT PORTION IN THE BUDGET.

WE GOT IDEAS. WE COULD DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO AS LISA THIS AFTERNOON AND JENNY AND I HAD A REALLY LOVELY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE BRIDGE. THERE'S A BRIDGE PROJECT THAT EVERYONE REALLY CARES ABOUT.

WE'RE STILL ABLE TO GO FOR THESE GRANTS, AND WE'RE STILL ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO PUT THIS WITHIN THE BUDGET. IT'S JUST DOING THAT WITHIN THE BUDGETING PROCESS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN RUSSO IS THE GOLD STANDARD ON IT. HE'S HE'S A BUDGET MASTER.

BUT THE THING IS, THAT'S THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY HOW WE GO THROUGH IT. SO DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS, WE'D SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT I CARE ABOUT IN DISTRICT ONE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO ACROSS FROM THE. I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE CHASE BANK OR THE PUBLIX OVER THERE OR WHATEVER THE PARK IS LIKE, YOU COULD, WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN THAT PROCESS AND HAVE THAT BIGGER PICTURE, BIGGER VISION. BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD OCCUR.

SO IT'S WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, WE COULD DO ANYTHING WE REALLY CAN. THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, BUT IT'S ABOUT FIGURING THAT OUT IN A, IN A COHESIVE WAY AND WHERE TO BUDGET IT. GREAT. RIGHT? OKAY.

SO VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I DIDN'T GO YET. OH YOU DIDN'T YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE, DIDN'T YOU? I'M SORRY. YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ALL NIGHT. GO AHEAD. WELL, SOMEONE HAS TO.

I MEAN, YOU ALL SIT THERE LIKE CLAMS, YOU KNOW? SO. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE THE TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AS A COUNCIL? I MEAN, YOU SENT IT TO ALL OF US. DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL? I THINK I THINK IT WAS MORE JUST AN FYI OF OF THE CURRENT STATUS AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. PERFECT. THE ONE THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT FROM DOUGLAS MARX, ABOUT THE GALLEY HARBOR. WE HAVE A MEETING ON THAT ON THE 21ST. I'VE GOT 100 EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH OVER THE PAST YEARS ABOUT THE ABOUT THE HARBOR AND THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE FACED US. SO I'M GOING TO SPEARHEAD THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE IT AND WHAT THE STATE DOES AND WHAT THE COUNTY DOES AND WHAT WE DO. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. HOUSE BILL 39 399. DID THAT GET SIGNED? REQUIRES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO INCORPORATE MEASURES FOR MITIGATING OR MINIMIZING POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY. PROHIBITS RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS FROM BEING DENIED A BUILDING PERMIT FOR REPLACEMENT ON CERTAIN LOTS. WHAT I'M GETTING AT, I GUESS, IS NUMBER SIX, TWO, SIX, 86 AND SIX 691. THESE ARE THESE ARE KILLERS TO A CITY. I MEAN, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, YOU KNOW. SO THE STATE IS TELLING US THAT YOU CAN HAVE A PUBLIX AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A DEVELOPMENT OF HOMES AND A LOW INCOME, AND THEN SOMETHING

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TENANTS BY CITY OFFICIALS, ALL REGULAR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, SHALL BE ATTENDED BY THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. IF ANY SUCH OFFICIAL CANNOT MAKE THE MEETING, HAVE TO HAVE TO CONTACT THE CLERK. AND THEN THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. WHAT I'M ASKING, THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS SO OLD RIGHT HERE THAT WE ALSO, BECAUSE WE'RE IN SUCH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES THAT WE ADD PIECE OF WRITING ON. HERE, THE OFFICIAL SHALL NOTIFY THE CITY CLERK IN WRITING EMAIL PRIOR TO TO THE MEETING FOR THE REASON OF NONATTENDANCE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST THROWING OUT THERE TO YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHO'S GOING TO BE HERE AND WHO'S NOT GOING TO BE HERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I MEAN, SO JUST JUST. NO, NO NO, NO, JUST LIKE YOUR WHAT IS THE QUOTE WE'RE ADDING IN THERE? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME JUST IN WRITING PARENTHESES EMAIL. IF ANY SUCH OFFICIAL CANNOT ATTEND A MEETING, THE OFFICIAL SHALL NOTIFY THE CLERK AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW PRIOR TO THE MEETING FOR FOR REASON OF NONATTENDANCE. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS IF ANY SUCH OFFICIAL CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETING, THE OFFICIAL SHALL NOTIFY THE CITY CLERK IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE MEETING OF THE REASON FOR NONATTENDANCE. OKAY, MISS LAM, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO TO APPROVE THE POLICY OR I DON'T. OR CAN WE JUST ADD IT JUST WITH THESE.

IT'S AN ORDINANCE, SO WE WILL WE CAN BRING THAT BACK. AND AND I ASK BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST LOST I ALMOST DID NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEXT YOU AND I DIDN'T TEXT KEVIN. UNFORTUNATELY, I FORWARDED IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO MY QUESTION THEN WOULD BE A TEXT TO THE CLERK, THE SAME AS THE EMAIL THAT'S IN WRITING.

OKAY, SURE. OH, OKAY. TECHNOLOGICALLY, SURE. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. NO, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I WAS. YEAH, I MEAN, WELL, THAT'S HOW I HAD TO BAIL LAST TIME. I KNOW WHEN TEXTING JENNY SUFFICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DID. IT WAS THE IT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I COULD THINK OF AT THE TIME DURING THE CRISIS IN MY FAMILY. OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING. SHE DID THAT. NO, I THINK NO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TEXTING CITY STAFF. OKAY.

SO THEY KNOW I DON'T HAVE HIS NUMBER. WELL, YOU COULD ADD MANAGER OR THE CLERK BECAUSE TECHNICALLY JENNY IS THE PERSON THAT WE DIRECTLY WORK WITH. I MEAN, I'M, I'M I WONDER WHY IT'S THE IS THERE, IS THERE A TECHNICAL REASON WHY IT'S THE CLERK? PROBABLY JUST FROM ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES. RIGHT. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS OTHER THAN THE CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK'S OFTEN YOUR, YOU KNOW, DIRECT DIRECT POINT OF CONTACT AND HELPS TO ORGANIZE THINGS FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT THAT THAT CODE, THAT CODE LANGUAGE PROBABLY EXISTED SINCE THE 70S. SO OKAY, SO YOU'RE ALL DECIDE THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK. YEAH, WE HAVE FUN. SURE. SO I WAS HERE, DO I SEE I SEE MORE THAN FOUR NODS. OKAY. NO I WASN'T.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO. I HOPE EVERYTHING IS MUCH BETTER IN YOUR WORLD. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYBODY. I

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