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MM-HMMCALL TO ORDER TODAY'S BEAUTIFICATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY BOARD MEETING.
IT IS 2:05 PM LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF YOU ALL RISE, FACE THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
STAFF, WILL YOU TREAT US TO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES.
AND WADE SENTI IS, UM, ABSENT TODAY.
THANK YOU WADE, FOR LETTING US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? ANYBODY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE? I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION, BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO.
WAS IT STEVE? NO, THAT WAS HUNTER.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC CURRENTLY.
I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US FOR THESE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE COMMENT, UH, WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO B UNFINISHED BUSINESS UPDATES TO THE SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLAN.
OH, I HAVE THEM IF I MADE COPIES, SO FANTASTIC.
WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS IN YELLOW, IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO I MADE THE EDITS FROM LAST MEETING MM-HMM
THAT WE WENT OVER, AND THEN I HIGHLIGHTED THAT 'CAUSE, UM, WHEN I EMAILED IT OUT, I, I WAS GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ME A DEFINITION.
DID ANYBODY DO ANY GOOGLING RESEARCH HOMEWORK FOR THE DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABILITY? I DID NOT.
UH, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, GOOGLING FOR US THE, UH, THE DEFINITION SO WE CAN AGREE ON IT? UH, THE MUELLER, THE MUELLER DEFINITION, I THINK IS THE ONE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY LEAN TOWARDS IF, UH, ANYBODY WANTS TO GOOGLE THAT.
IT'S NICE THAT WE ALL HAVE IT AT OUR FINGERTIPS HERE IN 2026.
SO I DIDN'T GET ANY, I DIDN'T GET ANY EDITS BACK FROM ANYBODY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
THAT MUST MEAN THAT WE ALL LIKED IT.
IF WE DO SEE 'EM IN THE FUTURE, CAN WE BRING 'EM TO YOU? YEAH.
AND THIS IS JUST A DRAFT, SO, UM, ONCE IT'S FINALIZED, WE CAN PUT IT ON A, UM, CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO SHARE WITH CITY COUNCIL.
QUESTION, UH, WHEN WAS THE LAST OF THESE DONE AND APPROVED? AND FOR HOW LONG WAS THAT INTENDED TO FROM THE PREVIOUS BOARD? PRE YES.
THIS FIRST ONE THAT WE, THEY WERE ESTABLISHED, RIGHT.
NICK WAS ASKED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
THE ORIGINAL BOARD CREATED A STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN, WHICH WAS THEIR FORM OF A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WHICH I SENT OUT TO THE BOARD.
SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
DO YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT YEAR THAT LAST STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN WAS FORMULATED? UH, IT WAS UPDATED IN 2022.
AND THEY, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T HERE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY.
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UH, THEY DID A LOT TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, UH, WITH ENERGY AUDITS AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THE POLICE STATION.THE NEW ONE THAT WENT IN OVER BY THE AIRPORT, UH, BUILDING ENVELOPE, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN BUILDING KIND OF, UH, ASSESSMENT AHEAD OF TIME, HVAC SYSTEMS. THEY REALLY LOOKED AT IT ALL.
THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WITH THE BOARD AND, AND WHY A LOT OF THEM, UM, HAD FELT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAYBE STUCK IN SOME WAYS WAS THAT THEY ARE LIMITED BY HOW WE GET OUR POWER, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S GENERATED LIMITS US ON HOW MUCH WE CAN CONSERVE ENERGY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT'S GENERATED BY FPL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ONLY SO IN CONTROL OF BEING ENERGY EFFICIENT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE GENERATE POWER.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
MY, UH, IF I MAY INTERJECT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE IN THE FPLS COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM.
AND DO WE HAVE LIKE, UM, A, A SYNOPSIS OF THAT AS TO LIKE, WHEN WE GOT IN IT? I, I KNOW IT'S A, A PROGRESSIVE THING WHERE YOU SEE SAVINGS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT OSTENSIBLY ALL WE'RE PAYING FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR MM-HMM
CAPABILITY HERE, UM, I GUESS STATEWIDE OR WHEREVER FPL OPERATES.
UM, SO DO WE HAVE STATISTICS AROUND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE? YES.
UH, I BELIEVE I SENT YOU THE FPL L SOLAR TOGETHER ITEM REPORT THAT WAS MM-HMM
UM, WENT TO CITY COUNCIL AND 2019 AND, UM, IT WAS CALLED SOLAR TOGETHER.
IT'S CALLED THE FPL SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAM.
THINK IT'S 2021 SOLAR TOGETHER.
WHAT, UH, FPL SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAM IS THAT THEY, THEY CALL IT COMMUNITY SOLAR OR SOMETHING NOW, DON'T THEY? WE CALL IT THE FPL SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAM.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE, THE CITY BOUGHT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SOLAR PANELS, UM, THAT GO INTO THE GRID.
IT DOESN'T, UH, IT DOESN'T LIKE OFFSET WHAT WE ARE USING IN THE CITY.
IT'S A WHOLE, IT JUST GOES INTO THE GRID THAT ALL THAT SOLAR MM-HMM
THERE'S LOTS OF ENTITIES THAT BOUGHT SOLAR, UM, MUNICIPALITIES, ROWS, AND THE SOLAR FARM.
AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE GRID AS PART OF LIKE FPLS, UM, THE WAY THEY GIVE ENERGY.
SO THEY HAVE, THEY USE, UM, THESE NATURAL GAS, SOLAR, UM, AND IS IT NATURAL GAS, SOLAR AND SOMETHING ELSE, BUT IT GOES INTO THE GRID TO, YOU KNOW, TO GENERATE ALL THE ENERGY.
AND THAT IS, UM, FLORIDA SUPPOSED TO, UH, GROW EVERY YEAR.
UM, AHEAD OF, BUT WE, THE RATE OF USAGE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP US SAVE MONEY THOUGH.
AND, UM, LET ME SEE IF I, HAVE, I SENT YOU, I DID SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT IS IT THE CITY OF VER GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY OF 2021? NO, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SEPARATE THING.
UM, THE SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAMS STRICTLY THROUGH FBL AND OUR CITY JOINED THE PROGRAM TO HELP SPREAD SOLAR.
IT WAS A COLLECTIVE WAY WHERE THEY COULD PURCHASE MORE SOLAR WITH THE BUY-IN FROM MUNICIPALITIES AS FAR AS I UNDERSTOOD IT.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TOO FAR PAST, UH, THE, THE EDITS, I WILL READ THIS DEFINITION AND IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ADOPT IT FOR THIS DEFINITION, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT IN 1987 ON THE, UH, UN'S WEBSITE FOR ACADEMIC IMPACT SUSTAINABILITY.
IT SAYS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES AN INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ALONG WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN 1987, UNITED NATIONS BRUNT LAND COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S PART OF THAT, I I WAS WRONG WITH THE, THE WORD THERE.
IT WAS THE BRENTLAND COMMISSION DEFINE SUSTAINABILITY AS MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.
UH, THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE EPAI BELIEVE ALSO.
UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH OUR DEFINITION.
DOES THAT START WITH A B OR AN R? RULAND? BRENTLAND.
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BRUNT.CAN YOU SEND, CAN YOU EMAIL ME THAT? YEP, I WILL DO SO THEN I CAN ADD IT.
UH, IF THAT IS, UH, IF THAT IS WHAT WE CAN CONSENSUS AGREE ON.
WE NOW HAVE A, A DEFINITION THAT ALIGNS WITH A, A BROADER DEFINITION ACROSS THE WORLD.
FEEL LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO START.
I, I, I, I WAS NOT PART OF THAT, UM, UH, CONSENSUS.
I JUST THINK THAT READING IT IS, I MEAN, FOR ME, I, I, I PREFER TO, UH, SEE IT WRITTEN DOWN.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF BEING THRUST IN, IN THE THING HERE AND, AND BEING, UH, I JUST, UH, AM NOT SURE THAT THAT'S AS COMPREHENSIVE AS I'D LIKE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYONE ELSE, WELL, IF WE WANT TO EDIT IT IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT OR YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT FOR NEXT.
WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT PUT ON THERE, BUT LOOK AT, WELL, WE CAN LIVE WITH IT FOR NOW BECAUSE IT HAS APPROVED THROUGH MOTION.
BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER MOTION IN THE FUTURE TO ADJUST IT, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND ADJUST IT.
IF YOU COME UP WITH A BETTER YEAH.
WITH A BETTER WAY OF SAYING IT OR, YEAH.
WE CAN, UNTIL WE COULD BRING IT BACK.
WELL, IT'S A GOOD AUTHORITY ON UN AND, AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU SAID, BUT IT'S WORST CONSIDERATION TO REVIEW.
UM, WELL, MAYBE YOU KNOW, MORE SPECIFIC TO THE CITY MM-HMM
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION, UM, ON IT.
UM, WELL, ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM ANY UPDATES TO THE SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLAN, UNLESS THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION ON THE PLAN ITSELF.
DOES EVERYONE WANNA TAKE A SECOND AND WALK THROUGH IT? I KNOW WE DID THAT LAST TIME.
WE READ IT ALOUD LAST TIME, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NICE TO KIND OF GIVE IT.
UM, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR MAKING THOSE EDITS AS WE DID.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT TEMPLATE.
AND AGAIN, IF THERE IS, UH, TO YOUR POINT, ANYTHING THAT WE WANNA ADJUST THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO SO WITH MOTIONS AND, AND, AND AGREEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
BECAUSE MUCH LIKE THEY FOUND OUT PREVIOUSLY, SOMETIMES THE, THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED TO, TO MAKE IT ACHIEVABLE.
UM, COULD I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, POSTPONE APPROVAL OF THIS AS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT? MM-HMM
GIVE US TIME TO DIGEST IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE WILL MOVE TO AN UPDATE ON DATA FOR STRATEGIC GOALS ON FINISHED BUSINESS.
UH, WHAT IS OUR UPDATE ON DATA? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO HOMEWORK? IS THAT ON US?
SO IT WAS THE REVIEWING OF THAT EMAIL.
UM, I SENT OUT THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, WHICH WAS CREATED IN, UM, 2021 AND FINISHED IN 2023 BY AN FIT STUDENT, A FORMER, UM, BEAD MEMBER AND OTHER JENNIFER WILSTER, WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS, UM MM-HMM
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH MANAGER, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT, UM, PEOPLE TO HELP WRITE THAT.
SO DID EVERYBODY, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO READ THAT? I SENT THAT OUT.
I ALSO SENT, UM, AN EMAIL FROM DANNY FRENCH, WHO'S OUR FLEET MANAGER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
AND, UM, HE GAVE INFORMATION ON HOW MANY HYBRIDS THE CITY HAS, HOW MANY VEHICLES WE CURRENTLY HAVE, HOW MANY EVS HYBRIDS HE WANTS TO PURCHASE IN THE FUTURE.
SO HE, WHEN DID YOU SEND THAT OUT? WHAT THAT WAS, WAS THAT THE MAY 26TH? UH, CHERYL SENT IT, CHERYL SENT IT MAY 26TH ON MAY 26TH.
SHE ALSO SENT THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY ON MAY 20, UH, 26TH.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN EMAIL ME.
I ALSO SENT THE, WELL CHERYL DID A STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN.
I'M LOOKING AT THE PLAN NOW QUESTION.
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HOW OFTEN ARE, UH, VEHICLE PURCHASES MADE? AND, AND, UH, IS THAT COUNSEL APPROVED OR IS THAT DEPARTMENT APPROVAL? I BELIEVE IT'S COUNCIL APPROVED FOR, UM, COUNCIL APPROVES THE BUDGET, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT EXACT ANSWER.I, IT PURCHASED ANNUALLY THROUGHOUT YEAR.
THERE'S USUALLY A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
THAT'S FOR WHERE THE, UM, VEHICLES ARE GONNA NEED, THEY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PHASE OUT CERTAIN ONES THEY WEIGH IN, HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING PUT INTO ONE AS OPPOSED TO LOOK THE LOOKING FORWARD, WHAT WILL BE BETTER TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH A DIFFERENT VEHICLE.
SO, AND, AND HOW IS MAINTENANCE HANDLED ON SITE AT PUBLIC WORKS ON THE VEHICLES? UH, UNLESS IT'S NEW AND IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY, IT GOES DIRECTLY BACK TO THE, UH, DEALERSHIP MM-HMM
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW ANYONE YEAH.
BUT THEN AFTER THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED, THERE'S A, UH, FLEET SERVICE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS SITE ON HARPER ROAD FOR ALL THE VEHICLES.
ALL THE VEHICLES, UH, ANY, ANY ENGINES, MOTORS FROM LAWNMOWERS TO THE FIRE ENGINES, POLICE CARS, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY OWNS.
AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 549 REGISTERED VEHICLES.
39 OF THE GASOLINE ARE HYBRID.
WHICH IS MORE THAN WE USED TO HAVE.
UM, I WONDER HOW ELECTRIC, UH, WE HAD ONE ELECTRIC AT, IT WAS FOR CODE, BUT IT WAS A NISSAN LEAF AND IT ONLY WENT ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES.
IT, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR THE PERSON USING IT.
SO, UM, FOR 20, 27, 30 VEHICLES COULD POTENTIALLY BE REPLACED WITH A HYBRID OR EV AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE HYBRID BE THEIR ROUTE, TO BE HONEST, BASED ON THE MARKET AVAILABILITY.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH LIKE THE HYBRID MAVERICK TRUCK.
AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO INSTALL TWO CHARGERS AND PURCHASE TWO EV TRUCKS FOR THE METER SERVICES DIVISION.
THIS WAS TO BE FUNDED VIA THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
BUT TO DANNY'S UNDERSTANDING, EV GRANT FUNDING IS ON HOLD AND UNDER REVIEW IN THE FUTURE, FORD IS SUPPOSED TO RELEASE A MID-SIZE EV TRUCK IN 2028 WITH A BASE PRICE OF 30,000 THAT WOULD MAKE THE COST OF ENTRY MORE COMPARABLE TO CONVENTIONAL, HYBRID, UM, ICE VEHICLE AND MUCH MORE FEASIBLE.
THAT SOMETHING LOOKS FORWARD TOO.
THEY'LL ALSO USE GRANTS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
THE, UH, STREETS AND STORMWATER JUST I THINK GOT OVER 400,000 IN GRANTS TO GET A COUPLE NEW DUMP TRUCKS.
SO, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET AND, AND SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN USE FOR THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE GRANTS WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE, WHEN THEY'LL USE THOSE.
HOW, HOW MANY MILES DO, UH, THESE VEHICLES USE PER DAY? I KNOW, I'M SURE IT VARIES FROM YEAH.
IS IT THROUGH A FLEET PROGRAM THAT THEY DO THE, THE CARS? LIKE A, LIKE ANY FLEET TYPE, UM, SITUATIONS? WELL, YEAH, THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S FLEET AND OUR FLEET, UM, OKAY.
OPERATIONS, LIKE AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON HARPER ROAD, SO.
DID YOU MEAN LIKE SOME SORT OF DISCOUNT PROGRAM? YEAH.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE'LL BUY MUL, YOU KNOW RIGHT.
MULTIPLE, A LARGER AMOUNT OF VEHICLES.
I USED TO WORK FOR FORD AND THEY HAVE A FLEET PROGRAM FOR CITY YES.
I THINK THE FORD MAVERICK WAS ONLY LIKE 27,000.
SO I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE DATA COLLECTION ENDS AT 2023.
SO, UM, IS IT JUST TIME TO DO ANOTHER ONE? 'CAUSE THAT'S JOHN WINDSOR WAS BECAUSE JOHN WAS DOING IT, HEADING THAT, YEAH.
HE WAS KEEPING TRACK OF THAT, SO, OKAY.
HOW CAN WILLING TO, WE NEED SOMEBODY WILLING TO PICK UP THAT BATON AND CARRY IT.
WHO WANTS TO TRACK THE ENERGY USE, BASICALLY.
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WORKING WITH, UH, FINANCE TO UPDATE THE SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAM.FINANCIAL IMPACT, THEY'RE MM-HMM
IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET SEASON RIGHT NOW.
SO I'VE BEEN ASKED TO, UM, HOLD OFF, BUT I SHOULD HAVE THAT FOR NEXT MEETING.
AND UPDATE ON THE SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAM.
DID YOU SAY JOHN WINDSOR WAS THE MM-HMM
JOHN'S, UH, WELL THIS BOARD WAS STAFFED WITH SOME VERY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO JUSTICE TO AS WE STEP INTO THEIR, THEIR SHOES.
UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM, FROM WHAT IT SAYS, SOLAR TOGETHER ON THE, ON THE SHEET, IT'S VERY CONSISTENT.
'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS 29, 29, 29, 29, UH, FOR ALMOST, UH, YOU KNOW, SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
AND THEN THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION LOOKS PRETTY CONSISTENT AS WELL.
I KNOW, LIKE HUGE OUTLIERS THERE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GOOD.
UH, BUT IF ANYBODY IS SO INCLINED AND WANTS TO VOLUNTEER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, TELL STAFF, LET THEM KNOW.
UM, I WILL, I WILL LOOK OVER THIS MYSELF AND SEE WHICH THING I AM MORE INCLINED TO, UH, TO HELP CONTINUE DATA COLLECTION ON.
BUT, UM, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO MORE UPDATES OR COMMENTS ON STRATEGIC GOALS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBER EIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER EIGHT.
BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS PROGRAM, AUSTIN.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS, UH, LINE ITEM WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED, I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THAT'D BE EXCELLENT.
UM, SO I WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW POINTS IN IT.
UH, THIS IS OF COURSE A WORKING DOCUMENTS, SO WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES AS NEEDED.
THERE ARE SOME, UH, PASS IT DOWN TO GEORGE ITEMS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT, THAT I'LL, I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME MORE INPUT ON.
SO, UM, JUST LIKE HOW WE HAVE AN ADOPT A ROAD INITIATIVE, THIS WOULD BE ADOPT A MEDIAN.
THIS WOULD, IN MY OPINION, HELP, UH, IMPROVE OVERALL LOOK OF BAVAR.
JUST TO GET RIGHT INTO THE DOCUMENT.
UH, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO BEAUTIFY THE LOCAL ROADWAYS USING OUR NATURAL FLORIDA PLANTS.
UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, REDUCE LONG-TERM IRRIGATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS TO THE CITY.
UH, PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AMONGST STUDENTS, UH, AS WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO, UM, WORK WITH EITHER THE SCHOOL BOARD OR DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOLS ON GETTING THEM TO JOIN THIS SUPPORT, UM, POLLINATORS AND WILDLIFE AND GIVE THE STUDENTS SOME, UH, HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN CONSERVATION, UH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ECOLOGY, UM, AND HOPEFULLY FOSTER SOME PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP INTO THE COMMUNITY GOALS OF THE INITIATIVE.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT ONES.
UH, THERE'S ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT ONES THAT I HIGHLIGHTED.
AND AGAIN, OF COURSE, THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT, SO IF YOU GUYS THINK OF ANYTHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, FIRST ONE, BE ENVIRONMENTAL.
THE USE OF FLORIDA NATIVE PLANTS WOULD HELP, UH, REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCY ON HIGH WATER ORIENT, UM, ORIENTAL PLANTS.
SO ONES THAT LOOK REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND, UH, NOT TO SAY THAT OUR NATURAL FLORIDA PLANTS DON'T LOOK GOOD, THEY DO, WE DO HAVE SOME VERY PRETTY FLOWERS AND DIFFERENT GRASSES HERE.
UM, IMPROVE HABITAT FOR POLLINATORS LIKE THESE AND BUTTERFLIES.
IT WOULD, UH, INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO OUR LOCAL WILDLIFE AND ECOLOGY AND GIVE THEM SOME HANDS, HANDS-ON OPPOR, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND ENCOURAGE, UH, UH, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERISM FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT WOULD HELP IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE, UH, THROUGHOUT MELBOURNE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WHOLE POINT OF THE THING.
AND FOSTER, UH, ANO MORE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
WHAT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION LOOKS LIKE IS, UH, THEY CAN ASSIST IN THE PLANTING EVENTS.
UH, MAYBE THEY CAN, UH, MONITOR PLANT HEALTH AS A, UM, PART OF MAYBE A BIOLOGY CLASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY COULD TRACK THE POLLINATOR AND MILD TYPE ACTIVITY, AND THEY COULD ALSO, UH, DESIGN MAYBE SOME EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE THERE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, ANY AND ALL PEOPLE TO, UH, GIVE SOME INPUT ON IS THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
UM, TRAFFIC EXPOSURE, OBVIOUSLY IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN THIS.
UH, I THINK THAT MAYBE SELECTING MAYBE WIDER MEDIANS WITH THAT HAVE
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SAFE ACCESS POINTS, LIKE, UH, WALKWAYS THAT GO THROUGH THE MEDIAN WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.UM, SCHEDULING MAINTENANCE DURING LIKE, LOW TRAFFIC HOURS, MAYBE AFTER KIND OF THE RUSH TO WORK OR BEFORE PEOPLE GO HOME, UH, UTILIZING, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL.
SO IF WE NEED TO WORK WITH LIKE, PUBLIC, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAYBE, UH, HAVE THEM SEND SOMEONE OUT TO CLOSE DOWN, UH, THROW UP SOME BARRIERS.
UH, MY DIRECTOR, UM, SHE WAS VERY FAVORABLE OF THIS.
UM, SHE SAID THAT WE COULD CREATE AN MOT FOR THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT, UM, FOR NICK.
FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE, BUT WHAT DOES MOT STAND FOR? THANK YOU, TODD.
IT'S, UH, MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC.
WHERE YOU LEARN, UH, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE ROAD, THE SPEED LIMIT, WHERE THE, UH, UH, IT'S CALLED LIKE THE, WHERE YOU FUNNEL WITH CARS OUT OF, IF YOU HAVE TO GET 'EM OUT OF A LANE, SETTING UP FLAGGERS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO MOT IS MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC.
YEAH, SO WE WOULD, UH, SO PUBLIC WORKS OR STREETS WOULD COVER THE MA THAT MOT, UM, AND THEN WE COULD MAKE SIGNS FOR THE ADOPT A MEDIAN MM-HMM
UM, SHE JUST REALLY STRESSES AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHOEVER THEN WHOEVER WANTS TO ADOPT IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S MAINTAINED.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE ALWAYS WITH DOING THESE KIND OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING THIS YEAR.
THE PROPERTY TAX FUNDING MM-HMM
WE WON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
MAYBE, UH, WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, MAYBE THEY CAN HAVE LIKE A FUNDRAISER, UM, WITH THEIR BIOLOGY CLASSES OR DIFFERENT OTHER ECOLOGY CLASSES, CONSERVATION CLUBS, CLUBS.
I KNOW MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A CONSERVATION CLUB.
UH, SO WE COULD REACH OUT TO MAYBE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ASK THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A REGISTRATION OF THESE CLUBS? HOW CAN WE GET IN CONTACT WITH 'EM? MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
AND DO YOU JUST WANNA KEEP THIS AS MEDIANS OR CURBSIDE TOO? 'CAUSE ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE CURBSIDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MM-HMM
ON THE SCHOOL SIDE SIDE, RIGHT AWAY, AWAY.
I WOULD BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.
WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK IS A GOOD IDEA? YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S MORE MY MIND WENT AS WELL.
A LOT LESS SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE KIDS AS WELL.
UH, YEAH, WE COULD DO, STILL DO BOTH.
I THINK WE IDENTIFY CERTAIN DIFFERENT, CURBSIDE AND MEDIAN.
SEE WHAT'S THE BEST, MAYBE I GONNA SAY MAYBE START WITH CURBSIDE AND THEN LIKE, WORK, WORK TOWARDS THE MEDIAN MM-HMM.
AND DO AFTER SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT FIRST.
ONCE WE GET THE PROCESSES ACTUALLY DOWN.
AND GET SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS STARTED.
UM, I, I, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A, A GOOD IDEA TO, TO HAVE KIDS WORKING AROUND TRAFFIC AT ALL.
WHETHER IT'S CURBSIDE OR MEDIANS.
UM, AND I, I, I LOVE ALL THE GOALS.
I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW BENEFICIAL IT IS FOR POLLINATORS TO BE FLYING, TRYING TO FLY IN AND OUTTA TRAFFIC.
UM, I LOVE THE BEAUTY OF THOSE SAMPLE PICTURES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
AND THEN, AND THE USE OF NATIVE LANDSCAPING, I THINK ARE ALL VERY ADMIRABLE GOALS.
UH, QUITE FRANKLY, I'M JUST NOT A FAN OF MEDIANS ALTOGETHER.
UM, WHAT ABOUT CURBSIDE? I, GO AHEAD.
OH, UM, I KIND OF AGREE WITH WHAT HE'S SAYING, BUT I WAS, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS, UM, I AGREE.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE MEDIAS EITHER.
UM, IF WE COULD MAKE THEM MAYBE A REST SPOT FOR SOME OF THESE NATURAL POLLINATORS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE ROADS ANYWAYS, THAT WAS MY KIND OF ORIGINAL THOUGHT.
LET'S GIVE 'EM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A PLACE TO HIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I JUST SEE A LOT OF POLLINATORS GETTING KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS RATHER THAN, I MEAN, SURE, THERE'LL BE SOME THAT MAKE IT AND BENEFIT.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, THE SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN ALSO, UH, IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, I DON'T THINK MEDIANS ARE VERY EFFICIENT.
UH, THEY MAY BE, UH, MORE EFFICIENT IN, IN, UH, SORT OF HERDING TRAFFIC WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO.
UH, BUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, OFTEN CREATES, UH, UNNECESSARY, OTHERWISE UNNECESSARY, UH, REROUTING TO GET WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT IN THAT SENSE.
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BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE MAKING ANY MORE MEDIAS.WHAT TO DO WITH THE ONES WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I SEE OFTENTIMES IS, UH, THEY'RE JUST GRASS AND SOMEONE IS MOWING THEM AND BLOWING THE GRASS RIGHT OUT INTO THE STREET.
AND THAT GRASS ENDS UP IN THE STORM DRAINS AND IN THE IRL, WHICH IS THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH THE IDEA AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST FOR MEDIANS, BUT, UM, AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY REALLY KIND OF COVERED IN, IN, UH, REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT IS NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED.
UH, THAT ANY KIND OF, UH, MEDIAN MOWING OR, UH, CURBSIDE MOWING IS EITHER NECESSARILY BLOWN IN, INTO, AWAY FROM THE STREET OR OTHERWISE BAGGED.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY BAGGING GOING ON.
UH, I DO SEE A LOT OF VEGETATION, UH, THAT'S GOING TO ULTIMATELY END UP IN THE STORM DRAINS, UH, CURRENTLY.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TRY TO, AS A BOARD, UM, FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT BETTER PRACTICES AROUND THAT.
WHETHER IT'S REQUIRING THAT IN THE CONTRACTS OF OUR, UM, SUBS THAT DO THAT WORK, UM, UH, REQUIRING THAT OF OUR, UH, STAFF THAT DOES THAT.
I THINK THOSE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS WE SHOULD LOOK INTO PROMOTING.
IT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
HOW CAN WE, BECAUSE YOU SAID SOME OF THESE RULES ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.
HOW WILL WE ENFORCE THESE RULES? ESPECIALLY WITH A PROPERTY TAX COMING VERY SOON, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF CITIES ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AT THE MOMENT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
I WONDER IF WE'VE, AS A BOARD PURSUED, UM, ENGAGING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MORE ACTIVELY IN AS A PARTNER IN THIS? I THINK, I THINK IT MORE LIKE A CODE ENFORCEMENT THING.
I THINK IT'D BE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WELL, I MEAN, UH, THERE ARE LITTER LAWS AND, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT SORT OF DOVETAIL WITH THIS, UM, MM-HMM
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ENFORCEMENT GOING ON WITH THAT AS FAR AS I, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF TIMES PEOPLE THROWING THEIR CIGARETTE BUTTS OUT OUT OF A WINDOW RIGHT IN FRONT OF A COP, AND THEY DON'T EVEN BLINK.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO PURSUE MORE, UH, OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN, IN, UH, LITTER CONTROL.
IF YOU EVER SEE IT, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.
SO WITH THE MEDIANS THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY TO STOP ALL THE GRASS, LIKE THE, UH, GRASS GROWTH, WHICH USUALLY NONE OF THIS, THESE GRASSES ARE FROM FLORIDA USUALLY.
UM, AND FOR THE WATER IMPACT THAT THEY USE, UH, THAT'S KIND OF PART OF WHERE THIS CAME FROM, OTHER THAN TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, JUST TO FINISH THIS OUT HERE, THERE COULD BE A REWARDS PROGRAM FOR THIS WHERE WE COULD PLAY OFF OF OUR BEAUTIFUL GYM REWARDS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE EMERALD, UH, SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND.
I WOULD LIKE THESE TO BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, SOME INPUT WOULD BE NICE ON HOW TO EXACTLY, UH, MEASURE THESE GOALS.
UM, BUT WE COULD ALSO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL REC, UH, RECOGNITION WITH LIKE, UH, A CITY CEREMONY WHERE WE HAVE THEM COME IN TO THE BE AND THEY COULD RECEIVE A REWARD.
UH, WE COULD HAVE THEM GET SOME SIGNAGE FOR THE SCHOOLS.
SO MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR THE SCHOOLS TO SAY, OH, LOOK, WE HAVE SOME DIAMOND MEDIANS OR CURBSIDE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, SOME VOLUNTEER CERTIFICATES FOR THE STUDENTS ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THE TRAFFIC.
I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UM, MY OPINION OF THE MEDIANS.
I THINK THAT MEDIANS DO CREATE A CALMING EFFECT, AT LEAST FOR ME WHEN I'M DRIVING.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE GRASS THERE, BUT I THINK IF THINGS ARE SEA ESCAPED, IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE MOWING AND THE PROBLEMS THERE.
UH, I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEASCAPE, SOMETIMES WHEN IT DIES BACK, YOU MIGHT DO SOME TRIMMING, ET CETERA, BUT NOTHING MAJOR.
BUT THE, THE PROBLEM USUALLY WITH SEASCAPE IS WEEDS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS SHOULD BE THE ONES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN MELBOURNE SHOULD BE MAYBE PHASED INTO MORE OF A, A SEASCAPE THING.
THIS IS ONLY OUR SECOND MEETING AND THERE'S GREAT DISCOURSE.
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AROUND.I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT DOT ON THE LIST OF PARTNERS AND FOLKS INFORMED SHOULD BE, UH, ADDRESSED AND ADDED AS WELL.
I WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING DOT AND THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY.
WHO, UH, IS INVOLVED WITH THOSE ROADSIDES THROUGH THE DOT EXTENSION PROGRAM? UM, THE SAFETY BEING BROUGHT UP.
UM, THE KIDS BEING INVOLVED, LOVE INVOLVING KIDS, BUT NOT AT THE RISK OF THEIR OWN SAFETY.
SO, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS SO THE KIDS COULD FOSTER THE PLANTS IN A BIOLOGY CLASS.
AND THEN WE WOULD PLAN, AND THEN WE, ADULTS, ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS, VOLUNTEERS, WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE ONES DOING THE WORK, UH, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE.
WELL, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, LIKE, WOULD WE GET LIKE PPE SUPPLIED AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WE WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST THAT TO SEE IF THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
WORKING WITH THE ROAD, FIGURING OUT THE BEST TIME TO PROBABLY WOULD BE ANOTHER THING WE'D WANT TO COOLER MONTHS IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF A THING.
UM, ALSO THE, UM, PLANT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING YOUR MICS.
UH, ALSO THE PLANT LIST WAS VERY GOOD.
'CAUSE IT DOES HIT A LOT OF OUR GOALS FOR SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH IS NICE WITH AN ASSESSMENT, UM, A LITTLE GOOGLE EARTH HOMEWORK FOR EVERYONE TO GO ON AND CHECK OUT AND, AND MEASURE AND FLAG AND MAKE POLYGONS OF THESE TYPES OF AREAS THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE.
AND THEN AGAIN, BRING THEM TO STAFF, BRING THEM TO DOT TO SEE WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHAT AND WHERE THEY'RE MOST APPLICABLE TO, TO GO.
BECAUSE I KNOW SOME ROADS ARE RUN BY SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME ARE RUN BY OTHERS.
UM, AND THEN FROM THAT TIERED LIST, WE MIGHT FIND THAT THERE IS THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR A PILOT VERSION OF THIS, THAT THEN AGAIN, UH, WITH THE RIGHT SPONSORS AND, AND, AND SUPPORT FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES.
LIKE, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, A FEW THAT I'VE SEEN AT THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING SEMINAR, UH, TIM AND ANNA FROM BUTTERFLY FLOWERS, OR SKIP FROM CHANGE OF GREENERY.
THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES MIGHT BE WILLING TO BE INVOLVED TO, UH, HELP BEGIN THE PROCESS WHERE THEN, UH, THE KIDS COULD GET SMALL VERSIONS OF THESE PLANTS THAT THEY WOULD FOSTER TO GROW THEM TO BE BIGGER, THAT THEN THE LARGER PLANTS WOULD BE PLANTED.
SO THEY'D BE HAVING A HIGHER SUCCESS RATE.
UH, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THE KIDS COULD THEN BE DRIVING BY WITH THEIR PARENTS IN THE CAR AND KEEP AN EYE OUT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND THE CORNER AND THIS IS WHERE OUR SPONSORED, UH, MEDIAN OR BUFFER OR RIGHT OF WAY IS.
AND THEN THEY, THEY TAKE A NOTE AND THEY GO, OH, OKAY.
OR, HEY, CAN I TAKE A PICTURE WHAT MY DAD'S DRIVING AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD AND REPORT ON THAT TO THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL GROUP AT THE SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD THEN COME IN AND REPORT TO US.
HEY, IT, LOOK, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY REPORT FROM S ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OFF OF OG ALLEY AND THIS IS WHERE WE SIT.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT START.
UH, I, I DO LIKE THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED.
UM, SO I THINK IF WE ALL SEND OUR SUGGESTED EDITS TO STAFF, WELL, UM, STAFF COULD, UH, IMPLEMENT THEM WITH CHANGES, TRACK CHANGES, AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS ALSO, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, BUT WITH MIKE TYLER, EASTERN FLORIDA, MIKE TYLER, MIKE TYLER.
OH, HE'S THE MIKE WITH, UH, EASTERN FLORIDA.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A GREENHOUSE ON CAMPUS IN MELBOURNE.
IS IT NOT WORKING? UH, IT'S REALLY A LITTLE CLOSER.
UM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A GREENHOUSE ON CAMPUS AT THE MELBOURNE CAMPUS.
AND THEN THEY, THEY HAVE MEDIANS RIGHT THERE IN LIKE THE CORNER LOTS RIGHT THERE.
UH, THEN THEY'D BE DRIVING BY EVERY TIME THEY GO TO CLASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND AS THE KIDS GROW UP, THEY MIGHT GO TO SCHOOL THERE AND SEE THAT.
UM, THE ONLY LAST THING THAT I COULD THINK OF IS THAT IN SOME LOCATIONS, MAYBE PARKING LOTS, UH, AREAS LIKE THAT, UH, TREES EVEN YES.
WOULD PROVIDE SHADE, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE ENERGY, UH, EFFICIENCY, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IN THAT LOCAL AREA.
SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ACHIEVE ANOTHER, UH, GOAL OF OURS AS WELL.
UH, ONCE THOSE TREES ARE BIG ENOUGH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PARKING LOTS THAT COULD BE MADE COOLER THROUGH THE USE OF THE APPROPRIATE VEGETATION.
UM, HERE HERE, GREAT DISCUSSION FOLKS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD? WELL, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS, UM, I THINK SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CHILDREN, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, WITH, WITH, UH, THE PARENTS' APPROVAL, IF THERE'S LIKE FAMILIES THAT, UH, GET TOGETHER AND DO PROJECTS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO JUST WALK RUN BY.
IF IT WAS, IF THE PARENTS APPROVE AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR MOT PROGRAM WORKING AND VEST AND ALL THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE BEACH CLEANUPS, IT'S FAMILIES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S A LOT SAFER ON THE BEACH, ALTHOUGH THEY GET A WAVE, BUT, UH,
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BUT THEY COULD DO THE CURB WAVES THEN.
I, I, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO JUST ADULTS, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
UH, BUT, BUT I THINK, UH, WITH COOPERATION, I THINK IT COULD BE FAMILIES.
WELL, WITH THE, UH, BOARD'S APPROVAL, I'LL RECOMMEND THAT WE, OR I'LL REQUEST A RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL SUGGEST THAT WE INVITE SOMEONE FROM DOT IN THIS DISTRICT, UH, TO MEET AND COME DOWN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS, UH, POSSIBLE, UH, PROGRAM.
BECAUSE I THINK I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE, THE FOLKS AT DOT AS WELL, BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD.
AUSTIN, I'LL, UH, DO YOU WANT ME TO MOTION OR SUB OR, UH, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR, FOR SPEAKERS? DO WE NEED TO REQUEST SPEAKERS? HOW DO WE REQUEST SPEAKERS? REQUEST THEM.
CAN I DO IT OR IS CHAIR ALLOWED TO DO THAT? CAN DO IT.
I'LL REQUEST THE SPEAKER FROM DOT FROM DISTRICT.
WE'RE IN DISTRICT FOUR OR FIVE, I FORGET.
ASK THE BOARD IF, IF YOU CAN REQUEST, UH, THE SPEAKER AND THEN THEY CAN MAKE CONSENSUS.
UH, DOT SPEAKER FROM OUR, OUR DISTRICT.
EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT? I AGREES.
WHO MADE THE MOTION? UH, CONSENSUS.
SO I MADE THE MOTION, BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE MOTIONS THOUGH.
I, I, I HEARD, UH, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CONSENSUS.
MAYBE GEORGE IS NOT ON BOARD WITH THIS, BUT, UM, UH, AGREEMENT, AT LEAST AUSTIN AGREED THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CREATING ANY MORE OF THESE MEDIANS.
UM, I WONDER IF WE COULD GATHER A CONSENSUS AROUND THAT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND NO MORE MEDIANS.
NOW, HOW, HOW WOULD THAT BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL? IS THAT, I THINK WHEN WE CREATE THE PROJECT IN ITS OFFICIAL FORM, UH, I WOULD, AND WHOEVER ELSE WOULD, UH, ATTEND THE MEETING.
I THINK SINCE YOU CREATED IT, IT'D BE NICE IF YOU WERE THERE TO PRESENT IT.
I'LL BE THERE HELPFULLY TO SUPPORT.
AND THAT WOULD BE A LINE ITEM ON THE REPORT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SORRY, WHO SECONDED THAT? AUSTIN.
SO YEAH, WE WOULD SAY, WE LIKE THIS IDEA.
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE MEDIANS TO, TO JUST FOR THIS IDEA.
WHEN YOU'RE SAYING MEDIANS, YOU'RE ALSO SAYING GREEN MEDIANS.
'CAUSE THERE ARE MEDIANS THAT ARE JUST PA SO THAT'S DIFFERENT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN? WELL, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL MEDIANS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN FAVOR OF, I WISH WE STILL JUST HAD THAT TURN LANE, CENTER LANE ON BABCOCK AS A TURN LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
I MISS THE OLD TURN LANES TOO.
BY DIFFERENT, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD FOR BEAUTIFICATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WORST THING THEY COULD ALWAYS DO IS SAY NO.
WELL, IT DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TIE IN WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE SENSE THAT, UH, YEAH.
IT COSTS ME MORE ENERGY IN MY CAR TO DRIVE AROUND WHEN I CAN'T MAKE A TURN.
UH, UM, WELL, WELL DONE, WELL DONE.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO NUMBER NINE, THE GEMS AWARD.
SO THE GEMS AWARD WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, CREATED, UH, JUST FOR THE FACT THAT WHEN I STARTED COMING HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR PARKS, THAT, UM, THERE WAS NEVER ANY SEATS.
ALL THE SEATS WERE EMPTY, EMPTY.
PARKINSON WOULD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LOOK OUT AND SAY PUBLIC COMMENT, OH, THERE'S NO PUBLIC OUT THERE.
SO IT WAS REALLY CREATED TO RECOGNIZE ANYBODY, HOMEOWNERS BUSINESSES.
ONE OF OUR OWN PARKS RECEIVED THE GEMS AWARD, UH, FIT ALUMNI HOUSE.
UH, WE RECENTLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE FOUNDERS THAT FOUNDER'S HOUSE IN SOUTH MELBOURNE.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR FIRST GEMS MEETING AFTER I FINISHED DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE THERE.
SO THAT IT STARTED WITH THE PREVIOUS BOARD, THE PREVIOUS B BOARD.
AND THEN WHEN WE SAW, WE WEREN'T SURE OF THE FUTURE OF IT.
I JUST TOLD MR. SHACKLEFORD TO JUST HOLD OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE, SHOULD WE HAVE THEM MAKE A MOTION AND APPROVE? CAN YOU GIMME THE ACRONYM OF THE GEM, PLEASE? YEAH, SURE.
THAT, THAT CAME IN BECAUSE I CAME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT GEMS TO USE.
SORRY, I WAS GONNA PASS THOSE OUT.
SO I, I JUST SAW IT IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
I HAD A COUPLE LETTERS WORKING.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE CAPITAL LETTERS.
I'VE HAD TO LIKE CHANGE THAT ON, SORRY, SOME THINGS.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT WAS, UM, SO IT WAS MODELED AFTER LIKE
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THE K BBB D NOTICE AWARD.BUT WHEN WE HAND THESE OUT, THE, IT'S PUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, THE NUMBERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WAS TRYING TO DRUM UP SOME INTEREST IN THE BE, SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME
WELL, GREEN GABLES, THERE WE GO.
IT DOESN'T, GREEN GABLES HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE REAL SOON.
I FEEL LIKE I, I TALKED TO THEM THE OTHER DAY.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING DID DOCTORATE.
SO THE, AT THE DIFFERENT GEMS WHERE ONE IS IF YOU HAVE ALL NATIVES, UH, THE DIAMOND COMES INTO PLAY IF YOU'RE ALSO USING RAIN BARRELS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, THEN IF YOU'RE USING BOTH AND YOU GET THE DIAMOND, SO HAS THE OH EIGHT.
NOPE, THAT'S NOT IN MELBOURNE.
WE WERE, WE WERE GOING TO BE HANDING THEM OUT TO, AT THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE SEMINAR.
AND, UH, AGAIN, AT THE TIME, THE FUTURE OF THE BE WAS UNKNOWN.
SO WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, WE'LL PUT OUT THIS AND GIVE THEM THE, UH, GUIDELINES FOR, UM, ACHIEVING THE AWARD.
SO IS THERE A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? MM-HMM.
IT'S, IT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE UNDER THE ADVISORY BOARD, UH, PAGE.
AND, AND THERE'S LIKE, SO I GUESS THE CRITERIA IS BASICALLY THE EDUCATION, RIGHT? ALL THE CRITERIA IS ON THE, UH, FLYER THAT WAS JUST PASSED DOWN, SO.
AND WHERE DO THESE LIVE PHYSICALLY? ARE THEY IN LIBRARIES? WHERE ARE THEY AT? WE'RE AT CITY HALL FOR RIGHT NOW.
WITH THE FUTURE OF THE, BE KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.
UM, WELL, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR AREA THAT THESE WOULD GO WELL AT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO.
SO WHAT TODD'S LOOKING FOR IS, UM, APPROVAL TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH MR. SHACKLEFORD AT FOUNDERS MUSEUM.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM, UH, I HAVE TO YEAH.
SO DO I HEAR A MOTION TO, UH, RECOMMEND AND APPROVE? UM, YES.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MEMBERS.
YEAH, THAT'S, AND ANYONE CAN NOMINATE A LOCATION.
IT COULD BE A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS, CORRECT? MM-HMM
THESE ARE JUST, UM, LIKE A RETENTION POND IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T RECOMMEND A POND.
THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO MELBOURNE VALUABLE PONDS.
MELBOURNE VALUABLE PONDS WOULD BE THE, UH, POND.
WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE KIND OF USE TO HELP EDUCATE AND OUTREACH AND POSSIBLY THREE.
IS THIS A QUARTERLY AWARD OR IS THERE A TIME, ANY SORT OF TIME? WELL, IT'S JUST, IT'S WHENEVER WE HAVE A NOMINATION.
AND THEY, THEY GET A SIGN ON THEIR PROPERTY OR SOMETHING? YES.
NOW IT'S ON OME COMING THROUGH.
IT WASN'T ON, UM, NO, IT'S, IT'S GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, UNOFFICIALLY, I MEAN, I'M GONNA TAKE MY TIME THIS MONTH AND BY THE NEXT MEETING I'LL KEEP MY EYES OUT AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE DOES NEXT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, JUST EMAIL US ANY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE, UM, LIKE TO SAVE FOR THE NEXT, OR SHARE WITH THE GROUP TO LOOK OVER PICTURES OR WHATEVER.
UM, ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE PUBLIC.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THANK YOU.
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO NEW BUSINESS.
UH, NUMBER C 10 ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA.
A PRESENTATION BY LISA GOODE, CITY OF MELBOURNE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, SCHEDULED FOR JULY 17TH.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO CREATED THE MOST VALUABLE PONDS YES.
SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT AND ALRIGHT.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.
WE ALSO HAVE A CLEAN ENERGY AWARDS THAT BRUCE LINDSAY USED TO DO.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO CONTINUE DOING THAT AWARD PROGRAM, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
BUT, AND YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT.
WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? UM, CLEAN ENERGY AWARDS.
WE'VE, UM, BRUCE LINDSAY, UM, STARTED THIS AWARD PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, IN OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE GAVE AN AWARD TO THE AMERICAN MUSCLE CAR MUSEUM.
UM, WE GAVE ONE TO FIT FOR THE FLORIDA TECH, UH, FULL YEAR ALUMNI CENTER, WHICH WAS A LEAD CERTIFIED.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT ACTUALLY.
OH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT, DID THEY GET IT? UH, WELL, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T, I THINK THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO BE OPERATIONAL FOR A FULL YEAR.
HOW FAR ARE WE ALONG THAT PROBABLY IS IT, HAS IT BEEN A YEAR? BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR RIGHT NOW? IT HAS MM-HMM
UM, IN THE SPRING, RIGHT? MM-HMM
LET'S ADD THAT TO NEW BUSINESS O WHO WOULD LIKE TO INITIATE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SPEARHEAD THAT CLEAN ENERGY AWARDS? I MEAN, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO, TO DO THAT.
UM, BRUCE WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THE AREA AND I'D BE HAPPY TO CARRY THAT TORCH.
I WANT, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE, LIKE, THE JOB TITLE THAT HE HAD, BUT LIKE, I DIDN'T WANNA GET IT WRONG.
I DUNNO IF IT WAS ON THERE OR NOT.
IT MIGHT BE IN THERE, BUT, BUT BRUCE WAS GREAT.
HE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR, HE WAS THE ENERGY MANAGER YEAH.
BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOLS TRAINED FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SO YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE, WE APPRECIATE AND WE COULD ALWAYS REACH OUT TO HIM, UM, TO SPEAK ON THE THERMAL LIFE STORAGE YEAH.
SYSTEM AT THE POLICE BUILDING.
SEE IF HE'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT OR MAKE FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION INTO THE NEW MELBOURNE AUDITORIUM.
WAIT, YOU SAID NEW MELBOURNE AUDITORIUM.
THEY'RE GONNA BE EVENTUALLY, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW THAT NOW WITH THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYTHING, IT MAY GO AWAY ALL TOGETHER.
SO WE, BUT WE DO HAVE A FIRE STATION THAT, UM, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE FIRE STATION 72.
THEY WANNA MOVE IT FROM SARNO TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO ONCE, UH, WE GET WORD FROM ENGINEERING, WE CAN BRING THAT TO YOU.
TO LOOK AT A LOT OF, A LOT OF NICE ITEMS FOR NEW BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.
HEY, UM, I HAVE A, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, UM, GETTING SOMEONE FROM DARK SKY TO COME SPEAK.
WOULD THAT HAVE SUPPORT ON THE BOARD? ABSOLUTELY.
SAY CONSENSUS, DARK, DARK SKY.
PURSUE SOMEONE TO COME, UH, DARK SKY INTERNATIONAL.
STEVE, YOU WANNA TELL 'EM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT? YEAH, WELL, THEY, UM, PROMOTE, UH, DARK SKIES AND, AND YOU KNOW, LIGHTING RESTRAINT,
UH, TYPICALLY IN NATIONAL PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, VERY FEW CITIES.
CITIES, WELL CITIES CAN GET DARK SKY CERTIFIED.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, NOT POINTING YOUR LIGHTS A CERTAIN WAY AND HAVING SHIELDING.
UM, A LOT OF CITY ORDINANCES AND CODES DO TALK ABOUT SPILLAGE.
BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS A LOT ON THEIR PLATE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, GET TO THOSE.
I KNOW I'VE LIVED NEAR SCHOOLS SEEMINGLY CONSECUTIVELY FOR ALMOST A DECADE, AND IT SEEMS THAT EVERY NIGHT THEIR LIGHTS ARE ON.
UM, THAT'S A CONVERSATION I HOPE THAT WE HAVE EVENTUALLY ONCE WE ARE UP AND RUNNING.
WELL, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, I, I MM-HMM
WONDER IF I COULD GATHER A CONSENSUS AROUND RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY PURCHASE A LIGHT METER FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
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BECAUSE THERE ARE REGULATIONS ON THE BOOKS, BUT THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO MEASURE THAT.DO WE KNOW HOW MANY LIGHT METERS WE WOULD, UH, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE? I, I'D BE HAPPY IF THEY PURCHASED ONE, BUT, UH, I, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON AROUND THAT.
I ALREADY HAVE STARTED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH LIKE TO DO? WE KNOW HOW MANY I CAN, I MEAN, IT'S NOT MUCH.
IT DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF IT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN FIND OUT FIRST IF WE HAVE THEM.
OH, YOU WERE, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SO, WELL THEN MAYBE HE'S NOT AWARE OF IT.
BUT DO WE KNOW HOW MANY VEHICLES CODE ENFORCEMENT USES? OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TEAM GOES OUT.
EVERYBODY'S GOT A CELL PHONE THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW.
UM, WOULD YOU STAFF MIND LOOKING INTO, DO WE HAVE LIGHT METERS? ARE THEY USED? AND THEN HOW MANY, UM, IF ANY, DO WE HAVE? WOULD THERE HAVE TO BE TRAINING WITH 'EM? YEAH, HOPEFULLY NOT, NOT TOO MUCH.
PROBABLY PRETTY USER FRIENDLY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK.
SO MAYBE WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
LET'S ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
I, I HAVE ONE OTHER ADDITION TOO.
THERE'S PROBABLY A TECHNICAL NAME FOR THAT.
I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, OUR, OUR REGULATIONS AROUND LITTER.
I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PARTNERS ON ON THIS MORE.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF REGULATIONS THAT DO EXIST.
I THINK ENFORCEMENT IS RATHER LAX.
AND, UM, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT BASED ON WHERE I LIVE IN, IN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE O GALL ART DISTRICT.
UM, THERE'S A CONVENIENCE STORE DOWN ON THE CORN, A COUPLE OF THEM.
A LIQUOR STORE ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER THERE.
UM, AND LITTER'S REAL PROBLEM THERE.
UM, AND, AND IN A LOT OF PLACES IN, IN OUR CITY, OUR FAIR CITY AND OUR, I THINK THESE, UM, UH, PLACES OF CONVENIENCE,
YOU KNOW, I, I I THINK IT WOULD MAYBE WE COULD SOMEHOW, UM, INCENTIVIZE, UH, THESE PLACES, KEEPING THEIR OWN.
JUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN MM-HMM
BORDERS OF YOUR PROPERTY WITHIN YOUR BORDERS.
KEEP THE LITTER UP, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE, UH, ANY CONVENIENCE STORE, YOU'LL JUST SEE LITTER EVERYWHERE.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT WOULD BE A START.
BUT I, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE, UH, IN A WAY THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, A LARGER SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCTS THEY PROVIDE AND THE CLIENTELE, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, I I JUST LIKE TO HAVE A MAYBE A, A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, UM, AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS, UM, ALTERING OUR ORDINANCES OR, UM, WE HAVE EXACTLY.
UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ONE, MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST A SPEAKER FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE TO SPEAK ON WHAT CURRENTLY IS HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY'RE WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD, I LIKE TO SPEAK TO THEM OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING AND, AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING OKAY.
AND IF THEY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW? AND YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU'RE, I THINK, WHY DON'T WE, UM, LOOK INTO IT MM-HMM
AND SEE WHAT THEIR PROGRAM IS FOR NOW.
WOULD WOULD STAFF BE? WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AT THAT NEXT MEETING, WOULD YOU ALSO INCLUDE A PERSON OF CONTACT FOR STEVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH? THANK YOU.
DO YOU KNOW THE, UH, BROKEN WINDOW THEORY? NO.
SO, BROKEN WINDOW THEORY IS THEY CAME UP WITH IT IN NEW YORK WITH THE TRAIN STATIONS WHEN THEY WERE REDOING 'EM ALL, LIKE IN THE SEVENTIES OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY SAID THEY CLEANED ALL OF THE, UH, SUBWAY, UH, CARTS AND IT GAVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
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ACTUALLY HELPED MAKE THE AREA MORE SAFE BECAUSE NOW PEOPLE KNEW, OH, WELL HEY, IF THIS IS ALL BEING KEPT UP, I CAN'T GET AWAY WITH THROWING GARBAGE OR BREAKING A WINDOW AND DOING THIS.SO THE THEORY SAYS BASICALLY EVEN IF YOU FIX LIKE A BROKEN WINDOW ON AN ABANDONED BUILDING, PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO MESS WITH THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING KEPT UP WITH.
AND MAYBE DEFINITELY PEOPLE KEEPING UP WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE PRICE OF RUNNING BUSINESS, KEEP THAT CLEAN.
SO HOWEVER WE CAN APPROACH THAT, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S ALREADY A CODE CITY CODE.
SO REALLY CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO HELP.
WE, THE CITY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT RELY ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CALL, LIKE WE DON'T DRIVE AROUND AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE, THERE'S LIKE VERY, LIKE, THERE'S THREE OF US
SO WE RELY ON PEOPLE TO CALL US.
SO HOW MANY, IF YOU DO SEE THIS IT PLACES AND IT'S WITHIN OUR CITY, THEN TAKE A PICTURE.
YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW AND TAKE A PICTURE.
FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK IN CODE ENFORCEMENT DO WE KNOW? FOUR, FIVE.
YOU KNOW, KEVIN, I THINK THEY HAVE SIX INSPECTORS, LIKE SIX, SIX INSPECTORS.
LIKE WE RELY ON THE COMMUNITY.
WE, WE NEED PEOPLE TO TELL US MAYBE SOME STICKERS TO PUT OUT OR THERE'S ENOUGH GOING ON WITH PEOPLE'S, IS THERE IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT WE DEAL WITH, SO, RIGHT.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO LIKE HOT, LIKE A HOTLINE TYPE THING WHERE THEY CAN CALL A NUMBER AND SAY WHERE IF SOMETHING'S LOCATED AND IF IT'S LIKE A VERY BAD LITTERED AREA? I THINK PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE, WE ONLY HAVE THE STORM WATER HOTLINE THAT I KNOW OF.
YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT.
JUST CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT MAIN PHONE NUMBER.
YEAH, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE THAT IS BEAUTIFICATION.
AND REVENUE GENERATION, WHICH WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY NEED WOULD YOU CITE 'EM FOR IT? YEAH, DEFINITELY GONNA NEED THAT VERY SOON.
UM, MAYBE, I KNOW THE HOT WORD RIGHT NOW IS AI, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HELP OUT CODE ENFORCEMENT A LITTLE BIT TO SORT THROUGH THE CALLS.
YEAH, TO SORT THROUGH EVERYTHING FOR 'EM, EMAILS, CALLS.
THAT'S BEYOND OUR SCOPE, I THINK.
WELL THAT KIND OF BRINGS US TO THE END OF NEW BUSINESS.
THIS IS BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS NUMBER 11.
WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH AUSTIN AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
ANY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, DID YOU, OH, GO AHEAD.
DIDN'T YOU REACH OUT TO MRC OR SPEAK? OH, SO I DID A, UH, I DID AN EVENT WITH THEM RECENTLY.
I THINK SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA COME TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, SO WE HAVE BROOKE LAUNER WITH MRC FOR AUGUST 21ST.
UM, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OVER AT THE MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL.
UM, THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY OVER THERE WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH EVERYBODY ABOUT USING RAIN BARRELS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER COME AND SPEAK WITH US.
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CON CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION OR, UM, THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE.
IS THAT WHAT SHE'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT? MAYBE, OR POSSIBLY.
SHE'LL DEFINITELY MENTION THAT.
THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, SO I WASN'T SURE WHICH WOULD BE THE FOCUS.
WE ARE DOING A MANGROVE DAY PROCLAMATION ON JULY 20, SORRY, JULY OF 15TH.
WILSON'S GOING AROUND TO A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES.
SO GREAT TO MELBOURNE'S INVOLVED.
AND, UM, WE ARE PLANNING, UH, MANGROVE PLANTING WITH HER TOO, BUT FOR AFTER HURRICANE SEASON.
LET US KNOW, PLEASE, AND I KNOW I'LL BE THERE.
I'LL EVEN BRING MY OWN MANGROVE TO PLANT.
WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE THREE AND SHE HAS ONE.
I'M, WE'RE PURCHASING 3, 5, 5 GALLON, I MEAN, I GOT LIKE 40.
SO I MEAN, YOU TELL ME HOW MANY I SHOULD BRING AND I'LL PLANT THEM ALL.
IT'S GONNA BE AT BALLARD PARK.
YOU TELL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT, UM, BOAT LAUNCH.
AND IT'S A PRETTY LARGE, UM, WE'LL FILL SANDY AREA, SO YOU, YOU LET ME KNOW.
WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, GEORGE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD FOR BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, AUSTIN HAD THESE NUCLEAR ENERGY FACT SHEETS THAT I OH, EMAILED TO EVERYBODY, RIGHT? EMAILED.
SO YOU WANT ONE? I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE ONE.
WHY I DID THAT WAS TO, 'CAUSE I MADE SOME BLANKET STATEMENTS, OUR FIRST MEETING MM-HMM
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF IDENTIFY EVERYTHING AND LOOK INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE SPEAKING ON SO EVERYBODY HAS CLEAR FACTS.
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SOURCES CITED IN THE LAST PAGE AS WELL.SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? NOPE.
I, I FORGOT TO MENTION ON THIS, UM, EXCUSE ME.
THIS, UH, LIVING MEDIAN PROJECT.
JUST A LITTLE EDIT, WHICH, SORRY TO BRING IT UP NOW, BUT NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
UM, JUST UNDER FLOWERING NATIVES, UH, BLANKET FLOWER IS KIND OF LISTED AS A, AS AN ACTUAL FLOWER.
AND THAT'S KIND OF A, JUST A GENERAL TERM.
I DON'T THINK IT ACTUALLY, IT DOES REFER TO A SPECIFIC, UH, FLOWER WITH THE ORANGE-ISH RED GAIA.
OH, SO THAT'S LIKE A COMMON NAME FOR YEAH, GALLIA.
I SAY GAIA, BUT WHAT, WHATEVER.
IT'S STILL NOT MY FAVORITE ONE.
IT'S NO'S MERCY ANS FRAGRANCES, WHICH I LEARNED FROM CHERYL.
WELL, GAIA IS, UH, NOT CONSIDERED NATIVE ANYMORE.
WHAT? OH, I HADN'T HEARD THAT.
IT'S NOT INVASIVE, BUT IT'S NOT A TRUE NATIVE.
WELL, WELL NEITHER ARE COCONUTS, BUT WE STILL SEE THEM SHOWING IT'S MORE LIKE A NATURALIZED, NATURALIZED, UH, ME, ME PERSONALLY.
I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANK YOU TO OUR AUDIENCE AS WELL FOR, FOR ATTENDING.
UH, THERE IS AN EVENT TOMORROW THAT I WILL BE WORKING WITH, UM, A LOT OF PARTNERS ON.
IT'S A CAUSE THAT'S STEERED TO ME.
THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION HAS PARTNERED WITH THE SEBASTIAN VARIATE CHAMBER AND A NUMBER OF SPONSORS, A BIG KAHUNA SPONSORS, BANKERS LIFE, ORLANDO HEALTH, AND LONG DOCKERS TO PUT ON THE FIRST LONGEST DAY, LONGEST RIDE LOCAL LUAU AT THE INLET TOMORROW.
UH, IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING, I SAY GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE, UH, ONCE THE INLET FILLS UP, THEY CLOSE THE GATES AND THEN YOU GOTTA GO PARK AT SPANISH HOUSE.
IT'S NOT THAT FAR, IT'S JUST THERE.
BUT IF YOU'RE CARRYING TENTS AND THINGS AND KIDS, YOU KNOW, BRING A, BRING A WAGON, UM, ALL PROCEEDS GO TO ALZHEIMER'S.
THE, THE EVENT SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT ON PRETTY WELL.
WE'VE BEEN FLYERING IT FOR ABOUT A MONTH, WORKING REALLY HARD, UH, TO TRY TO GET, GAIN AWARENESS.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE RAFFLE ITEMS. UH, THE WAY THAT THE EVENT IS STRUCTURED IS THAT YOU CAN GO TO DONATE THROUGH THE DONATIONS LINK AND EVERY $5 GETS YOU A RAFFLE TICKET THAT YOU CAN PLACE IN ANY ONE OF THE RAFFLE ITEMS. UH, SO FAR WE'VE RAISED $500 THROUGH THE RAFFLE SYSTEM.
THERE IS A $600 SURFBOARD DONATED BY ANOTHER RIDE SURF SHOP.
THERE IS A TOSHA, IT'S A, A TOSHA REPLICA COIN MADE WITH PIECES OF SILVER FROM THE ATOSH WRECK FROM MEL FISHER'S TREASURE MUSEUM.
UH, THERE IS MOVIE NIGHT AT SPA AT, UM, SATELLITE CINEMAS.
THERE'S A ORIGINAL, UH, PIECE OF ARTWORK PRINTED ON CANVAS FROM SAND ZONE ART FROM INFINITE EVOLUTION OF A $500 VALUE OF THE KRAKEN, WHICH IS VERY NICE.
UH, THERE ARE SHIRTS, THERE ARE ARE RASH GUARDS.
THE RASH GUARDS FOR THE SURF EVENT ARE ALSO UP FOR, UH, FOR RAFFLE AS WELL.
UM, THEY HAVE NICE LITTLE FLOWER PRINTS ON THEM, AND I KNOW I NEED A NEW RASH GUARD, SO I'LL BE, I'LL BE BIDDING ON ONE OF THOSE
UM, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GREAT CAUSE AND A LOT OF FOLKS CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
UH, ALL THE SPONSORS ON THE ON THE SHEET ARE, ARE VISIBLE ON THE CHAMBER WEBSITE AND, UH, AND I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE PART OF IT.
SO IT'S A SILENT AUCTION, UH, YEAH, UNTIL THE 18TH OF JULY.
IT GOES ON TO THE 18TH OF JULY.
IS THAT, IS THAT ONLINE AS WELL? YES, IT'S ON THE CHAMBER WEBSITE.
UM, IT'S ALL PART OF THE EVENT PAGE AND IT LINKS TO THE ALZHEIMER'S PAGE, UH, WHERE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DONATION.
UM, WE TRY TO GET THEM TO UPDATE IT WITH THE RAFFLE PRIZES, UH, SOON, BUT WE'VE BEEN GETTING MORE PRIZES AS THE EVENT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I THINK STARBRITE AND CSAFE DONATED A BOAT CLEANING KIT WORTH OVER $150.
UM, SO THE, THE RAFFLE PRIZES KEEP ROLLING, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, HIRAM DONATED SOMETHING I HAVE TO GO PICK UP ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SAKE OF BEAUTIFICATION AND ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY.