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to arrive here this evening safe and sound like the city of the nation watching over our troops overseas continue watch this evening in Jesus name I pray to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> If everyone will please join me also in a moment of silence. Uh we lost one of our very own uh Miss Juel Collins or

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Deputy Mayor Juel Collins as well as Sus Mitt. >> Thank you all. Yes, you may be seated. >> Good job. Good job >> to you both. Good job. Yes. Okay. Proceeding on. Uh, Madame Clerk,

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Mrs. Shabbo, may we do roll call, please. Ma'am. >> Yes, sir. >> Mayor Blake, >> present. Ma'am, >> Deputy Mayor Goins, >> here. Council member Hearn >> here. >> Council member Cass >> here. Council member Weeks here. City

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attorney Gargani here. >> City Manager Whitten. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. City clerk, Madame Shabbo, ma'am. Uh proceeding on to item number two-1, agenda, regular meeting of June 9th,

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2026. What are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve. >> Got a motion on the floor by Councilwoman Week. >> Second. Second by councilwoman calls just going to call the question. All in favor saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously.

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Proceeding on to item number two-2 minutes regular meeting of April 14th 2026. Order the wishes of councel. >> Move to approve. >> We got a motion on the floor by councilwoman weeks.

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>> Sorry. >> Second. Okay. Second by deputy mayor Goins. Chair's going to call the question. All in favor by saying I. >> I. I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Proceeding on to item number three,

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awards and presentation. We have a presentation by historic Cocoa Village street presentation. I think we have a handout too as well. Preservation on Main Street statewide conference. Is that correct? Yes, sir. Is it Chris?

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>> Yes, sir. >> Would you please come to the podium? >> Oh, and also Okay. I didn't know you dynamic duo here. Okay. Okay. Please introduce yourself, please. >> Good evening. I'm Pam Sha and this is

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Chris Stagman. I am the president historical vis co historical Cocoa Village Main Street and Chris is our director. We are thrilled and honored that after almost a full year in less than a month, we will have over 400

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visitors into Cocoa Village for a week. These visitors represent all the main streets across Florida. This is a backing from the state of Florida. You've already seen the banners that have been put up. You probably recognize that 250 uh anniversary banner. It's all

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across the state. Okay. We were kind enough to add historic Cocoa Village to the bottom of it. Uh these visitors will be with us for a week. They will be uh talking about the preservation on Main Street, all our historic buildings, our businesses, how we work together across

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the state. Um we are very thrilled that the city uh Stockton uh the staff the police everybody has been working with us to make sure that it is a wonderful week for us and that uh we have access to the buildings and all the historic

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buildings. So uh a lot of you are going to be invited and participating and we look forward to having you there and representing our city. Um again we are very excited. We've been doing a lot of work in the village and uh public works especially. Thank you uh for all your

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help. We cannot do it without you. Okay, Chris will hit the highlights for you and if you have any questions, please let us know. >> Job well done. >> Good evening and I I want to um really thank public works and Stockton and his team for helping us and this is real been a real partnership and a real win

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for the village to pull this off. This is kind of a big deal in the historical preservation world for us to host it. Um, obviously we had some challenges because we don't have a hotel here, but I know you all are working on that. >> Uh, so everybody's going to be out at the Hilton Cocoa Beach and they're going to be out there and be shuttled back and

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forth. One of the big events for the week is the Secretary Secretary of State's historical preservation dinner. That's going to be out at the Apollo building out at Kennedy Space Center. Um, so that's going to be a big deal. We've asked SpaceX to um be part of that. We're waiting for an answer. So, we're excited about that to get SpaceX

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also into the village and sort of build that partnership. They have come toward the Playhouse with Chris. So, we're excited about that. So, again, we'll be in in touch with you all as to the agenda for the week and you'll be invited to to join us. Um, and we thank you. >> Wonderful. Thank you.

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>> Well done. >> Any questions? >> Any questions? >> Seeing none. >> Thank you. >> Continue to move forward. Okay. This concludes this portion of

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presentations and awards and we will proceed with delegation. Okay. First on the list will be Ms. Coco, Florida 2026, Miss Melissa Pope. >> Then Lieutenant Paul Cas and then Mrs.

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Anita Gibson. >> Good evening. Good evening, >> Mayor, >> mayor, council members, and guests. My name is Melissa Pope, and I am honored to serve as Mrs. Cocoa Florida 2026. As Mrs. Coco Florida, my platform is

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blood donation awareness, which is a cause that is very close to my heart. My goal is to help educate our community about ongoing need for blood donors and the life-saving difference a single donation can make.

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I am proud to represent the city of Coco and will have the privilege of competing in Mrs. Bvard County next month. I look forward to continuing to promote volunteerism, community involvement, and blood donation awareness throughout

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Bvard County. Thank you all for your service to our community and for allowing me the opportunity to introduce myself this evening. Would the mayor and council be willing to take a quick photo with me? I would be honored to share it

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for my Mrs. Coco Florida 2026. >> Absolutely. M. All right, let's give her a round of applause, please, audience. >> Yeah, that's what I want to know. No, I missed. Thank you so much. >> Thank you.

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>> Ready? >> One, two, three. >> Good. One more. Can I get one more? >> Oh, very good. >> LT Cus, serve.

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>> Paul Cos, 116 Olive Street. I apologize. I'm got to do a lot of reading here, but my main reason for being here is to talk about the property tax. Um, found out today Cocoa Village loves locals and if you go to Osorio, they'll give you 25%

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off summer drinks. Um, other establishments are doing some type of promotion as well for what I was told. I recommend the chocolate peanut butter ice cream. All right. Um, you may or may not know, um, Dr.

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Stephanie Heridopoulos. She's recently been appointed as our interim United States surgeon general. >> She is the uh wife of US Representative Mike Keradopoulos up in Washington. I watched her uh give an interview last

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Thursday on it's called the world over. It's a Catholic uh EWTN uh news. And uh her main focus was about getting our children and adults off of screens and getting out and about. Um, a

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lot to have to do with the brain. So, if you get an opportunity to to watch that, it's very good. Um, I was doing my neighborhood walk and I got in conversation with a person and uh, we got to talking about the property tax

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and this person doesn't want to pay the property tax anymore, but I went into how important it is that we do continue So, it just so happened this uh weekend I was going through some papers and I come across uh the Cocoa Citizen Academy

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handout. I was in the inaugural one and I come across some papers here that uh it was a pie chart. uh piece of that pie for 2019 2020 was uh 24%

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uh taxes and then down below it read add valorum 64%. So, I'm not sure what figure I need to use or dollar amount. And I imagine that's changed since that time, but I

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just want to be educated, informed, so when I'm out and about and I could give good answer to folks about the property tax and how important it is because I haven't met a pie that I don't love. So, I don't want to not have that piece of

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pie. So, um, if any of you all could provide me with any kind of information as far as in the event the voters so decide to do away with property tax, what generally who's not going to get a

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taste of that pie as far as service is concerned? Because I tell you what, from what I just heard prior, we got folks coming into the village and I know some of that property tax money goes towards the village to help provide whatever it

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is. And and I just love living here. So, um, if anyone wants to share with me a little bit information that I could have so when I go talk with folks, >> if I may, um, and correct me, help me out, Mr. City Manager. I thought we have

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on our website when we originally did our breakdown on reference of the property tax if it's eliminated quite naturally through the loss of revenue. Um they've been doing an exclusive study. Um at our board of directors

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meeting this past Friday, we were talking about that the Florida League of Cities will come out with a game plan. um the wording when it's if it's placed on the ballot will be determining um trying to make sure it's not convoluted

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so that people can understand the essential intent of it but more so than anything else um it's imperative you're right we educate and we are going to educate but there's a law and Esquire Gagani can address that as well we as a

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council once the ballot has been determined and it goes on a ballot the wording for the ballot, then we cannot say per se as a council. But we I know for a fact we do have a tool bag and inside of our tool bag, we

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were talking about how the loss of that revenue would impact our city directly and other municipalities, all 411. And then one of the key terms, commercial properties will be impact by this too as well. Um, if I say this, I

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would like to say it in this way. We were called the free state of Florida, but if this pass with 60%, it will be called the fee state of Florida. And uh, rest assured, if you lose that revenue

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from your property taxes, how do you rejuvenate that loss of revenue? And it's going to affect our first responders, as you know already. and throughout this room. Uh, Mr. City Manager, um, do we still have that

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website up in reference of when during the time we submitted our impact? >> Yeah, we had we have there's information on the website. I'm sure we will develop information based on what was passed in the legislature um um actually during the special session

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there. But if you think of it this way, if you take in isolation the the police department budget, which is $14 million, city of Coco only collects $12 million in property taxes. And so if you were to take that in isolation, that's a still

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that's a $2 million deficit. And then you pay the CRAAS another two plus million there. And so you you you you already are undercollected against the police department budget of $4 million. If you lose anything against that, then you just you're deeper into the hole

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there. But we'll be preparing uh an educational piece on the impact to the city of Coco. >> And again, the Florida League of Cities, excuse me, the Florida League of Cities will release their portion as well. And uh stay tuned, be informed, and we're

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here to educate you. Councilwoman McCaus. >> Yeah. Your question was the 24% that you had on the um the one of your handouts from the citizen academy. I think isn't 24% is that the percentage of

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our expenses that >> taxes looking at the total collection on your tax bill which includes school boards, special districts, cities there. And so the 24% may be only the city portion of his property tax bill, but I

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don't know what he's looking at. So back the pie has general fund revenues. Where does the money come from? It has 24% in the pie. And then down below adalore and property taxes in parenthesis make up 64% of tax revenue.

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>> 64%. Okay. >> I I don't I don't know that that's >> that's probably changed. >> I don't know that that's correct. >> Yeah. This is 2019 2020. >> Yeah. See? Yeah. And here we're in 26. So that document is six years. >> Back when I got this back in 2019, I

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didn't give it any thought, but now I do give it some thought. And I know district one and four were going to have some new council members, right? >> Let's not >> bring in new folks and not have the funds available for them to be able to

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spend as needed for our city. So, I mean, that's why we're here and that's why we have a city is because we want to pay extra to get the services that we have. So, >> you're right. Education is the pivotal player here. We must educate. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you, sir. Thank you, LT.

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>> Okay. Next, Miss Gibson. Ma'am. >> Good evening everybody. mayor, council person, staff, um, and others. Um, my name is Anita Gibson. I live at 451 Stone Street, Cocoa, Florida, 32922.

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And I has just have one simple question. On Railroad Avenue, there's three separate mounds of debris, uh, a compilation of, uh, chairs and couches and and it's been there for some time. So I'm not sure if you call code

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enforcement is county or city but it's in the neighborhood and I ride by there frequently going the back way cutting off 520 and I think something needs to be done about that in our neighborhood and I don't know who um really to contact but it's been there for some

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time. It's three miles and I'm assuming uh it's from the homeless people. they relocate them for, you know, for various reasons. And and I think that it's time that that area on Railroad Avenue is cleaned up and those three mounds of garbage, trash, uh was somebody's home,

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so it's my trash is somebody's treasure, but I don't mean to belittle the homeless people cuz I I work with them. But, uh, Railroad Avenue, the three miles of trash, I would like to see it gone as soon as somebody can figure it out. Thank you.

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um to answer that question and and then I will defer the floor to Count Deputy Mayor Goins. We've taken pictures. Um the various individuals are aware of that. The proper authorities, the individuals that own that piece of

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property, ma'am. Um, you must uh get a trespassing warrant issued or um so that once they clear their property, if any other homeless person comes on that piece of property, we have the right to go through and exercise the fullest rights

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of the law. Is that correct, Mrs. um Noodleman? Ma'am? >> Yes, Mr. Mayor, that is correct. So, so the area which you trust me you elaborate about right now ma'am we are addressing that issue. Um um I'm sure council go received the same phone call

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that I did because they stated that they were going to reach us both and I I'm willing to bet you she did. The resident there did. Deputy Mayor Goins. >> Um Miss Nether, you know, I always appreciate you coming bringing information. Um, last week we sent that

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to code enforcement. Uh, I believe we sent also another email to the city manager and public works about those piles. But it's a it's a process. So, but you're absolutely correct. It's a lot of illegal dumping. That's another thing too that's going on as well. People just ride on that street and just

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dump and throw tires out and and things of that nature, too. So, um, we get it. So, it's already in process. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate your time. >> Okay. Do we have any other additional cards for delegation?

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Seeing none, this concludes this portion of delegations. U we will proceed with item number five, consent agenda. What are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve. >> We got a motion on the floor by Councilwoman Weekes and a second by Deputy Mayor Goins. Chair's going to

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call the question. All in favor saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Proceeding on to item number 6-1. conduct a public hearing to obtain

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citizen input and comments on housing community services needs and approve recommendations on the fiscal year 2026-2027 CDBG and home program funding for 2026-372.

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Um, we did we do have a committee and I would like to thank the following individuals for their help and assistance. Miss Florence T, Miss Charlene in, Miss Zoe B, and Miss Jennifer J. U, we do have the various

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organizations ranging from Central Boulevard all the way down to home choto, etc., etc. And there's family promise, Salvation Army. You all see a community service council. But the intent is here to require the citizens

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participation plan. Staff are required by the city of Koko to have a public hearing to obtain citizens input and comments on housing and community. All right. And we will open up the floor to the public. But Mrs. Noodleman. Uh

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before I turn the floor over to you, I'm just asking in general, uh Esquire Garageia, Mr. City Manager, do you all have anything you would like to chime or add to this? >> Okay. Thank you, sir. Mrs. Nudman, ma'am. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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>> Yes, ma'am. As you've been as you've told everybody, it is a public hearing to obtain the citizen input and comments on the housing and community services needs and to approve recommendations on the fisc year 2627 CDBG and home program funding. The city anticipates receiving

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$108,792 in community development block grant funds from HUD as a direct entitlement. And the city also anticipates receiving $46,2585 in home investment part partnership program funds from HUD as a part of the

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Bvard County Home Consortium which is composed of the cities of Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Titusville, and Bvard County as the lead consortium. The CDBG funds must be used to meet one of the three national objectives to benefit low and moderate income persons, eliminate or prevent slums of or blight

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or meet urgent needs. And the CDBG allows a maximum of 15% of the grant to be allocated for public service agency and a maximum of 20% for staff administration. Home funds can only be used to address housing needs such as home purchase or rehabilitation

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assistance or to rehabilitate housing for rent or home or ownership um or other reasonable necessary expenses related to the acquisition or improvement of homes. The city must provide a 25% match for every dollar of home funds and the city pro is gets

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7.43% for staff administration of which 2.57% is is retained for the Bvard County lead agency. All activities carried out with the funds must be consistent with the priorities and needs of our five-year consolidated plan. The

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202 2022 to 2027 5-year plan was adopted in 2022 and the one-year fiscal year 2526 action plan was adopted in 2025. Our fiscal year 2627 action plan will be submitted to Bvard County in July for submission to HUD and as you noted uh we

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had an advertisement for the program funding. We had a selection committee that uh reviewed all of the uh submissions and those submissions were from Salvation Army Community Services Council Aging Matters Family Promise and Central Bard Sharing Center. The

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proposals were graded and the criteria below of introduction, demonstration of need, description of clients, the measurable outcomes, uh the consolidated plan consistency which is important for uh HUD and the organizational capacity leveraging and financial capacity.

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The total amount of funds requested was $35,162 and the city will have approximately $16,319 available to support these public services. As a part of the award, as of the $16,31925

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awarded, each agency will receive $4079.81 with the Salvation Army receiving 4079.82. As part of that 108,000 that we are receiving, a a good portion of that is also to the repayment of our section 108

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loan. Our section 108 loan, as you remember, was used to help construct the Dr. Julie Smith Community Center in Diamond Square. And that $70,714 will be used to repay that section 108 loan. Uh we have staff administration um

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and our fair housing plan um which amounts to the $18,792 in our home administration. We also have it broken down under staff administration, home choto set aides um those are used for uh rehabilitation of rental housing typically here in Coco

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and then our home buyer assistance program and as you know we have the Michael C. Blake subdivision that is under construction and many homeowners who are hoping to purchase homes within the Michael C. Blake subdivision um will possibly qualify for those home funds

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through the uh the program of the $35,68 that we have available. Um so we're going to be able to support those services throughout throughout the course of the 20 fiscal year 27. And so as part of the public hearing, uh we do

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have the four agencies here in attendance to speak um on their programs and to uh thank the city for their support over the years that they have that we have done for them. Um and Mr.

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Mayor, you do have the card so you um can call them up after you open back to the public. >> Yes, ma'am. Do we have any questions for Mrs. Noodle? Councilwoman Cos. I know I ask this probably every year, but on when I look at the figures, of course,

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the 70,000 is the largest amount that we're allocating and the home buyer assistance is only 35, which is not going to be a lot. And um also, we have just four really great organizations

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that could use our help. So, repaying the loan, do you know? I I think it goes into is it 31 or when do we anticipate that being paid off? It it's in 2031 or

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2032. It depends on how much money we can allocate every year. We do have a mandated amount that we have to provide every year, which is approximately $70,000. So, we do meet that minimum threshold that is required to repay back

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our loan. Um, and we have regular payments that we have to make uh for that section 108 loan. So, that's a requirement. There's no give or take on that. And as far as the home, the home is different than CDBG. So, under the home administration, we only receive

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$46,000. And of that 46,000, we are allocating 35,000 of it to our home buyer assistance program, which is the maximum amount we can allocate for our home buyer assistance program based on the the requirements set in by home. >> Well, thank you for clarifying that. >> Yes, ma'am.

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>> The um so is the the interest rate for the 108 loan is that >> I'm going to defer to because I'm not sure what the current interest rate is. >> It's a variable interest rate. Okay.

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>> Based on like prime rates and so we have to wait for them to sell that to lock in a rate. Right. >> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Do we have any other additional questions? Seeing none, chair would like to close this portion to council and open to the

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public. Um I would like to proceed in this order. Tom, raise your hand. Come on down. After Tom will be Mrs. Terra Pagglerini. Um, after Mrs. Paglerini, it will be Mrs. Cindy Mitchell. And last but not

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least, David Brew Baker. Tom, >> again, thank you for allowing us to speak. >> You want me to say it? >> Go ahead. >> Tom Came. Okay. Okay. >> Agent Matters in Bard. Uh, Agent Matters is proudly celebrating the start of our 61st year of serving the seniors of Bard

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County. Our mission is simple and powerful. to support the independence, health, and safety and quality of life of every aging citizen in our community. Every program we operate is designed with one goal in mind to help seniors remain safely in their homes for as long as possible. What we do home care service like lighthousekeeping, breast

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bit, personal care. We do ramps, grab bars, uh smoke smoke alarms, transportation, we have senior transfer, vets driving vets. We do pets on wheels so meals on wheels clients don't have to share their food with their pet. uh emergency feeding. We do five emergency shelters during hurricanes. We have a

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sump house with care caregiver support center and of course we do the meals on wheels program. In 2025 our meals on wheels program delivered more than 115,000 nutritious meals to homebound seniors with more than 90 of those individuals living in Coco thanks to over 650

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dedicated volunteers. Two of those Coco Meals and Wheels clients are Tom and Pat and which I believe you had the the wealth of uh having being able to meet them. Uh Tom and Pat are a married couple who live in Coco. Pat is homebound and has health issues and Tom is legally blind which

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makes getting around extremely difficult. Each one of our volunteers has a story to tell about Tom. Every day they deliver a meal. He sings them an original song with an amplified moh microphone. It's absolutely amazing. um thanking them for you know for bringing nutritious meal to his beautiful wife

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and our story about Pat is that Pat actually worked for aging matters for many years serving clients in Coco and in poor St. John at our senior lunch sites and now it's our time to give back to her. Each year at least five seniors lives are saved through daily wellness

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checks. Just two months ago on a Monday a volunteer knocked on a client's door and the client didn't answer but she heard a faint call for help. He called 911 immediately. And when the EMTs and the police arrived, they found that the client had been stuck in his bed all weekend long,

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severely dehydrated. His doctor said they had been there a few more hours, he probably would have died. His family called us after that and he said, you know, that we saved his life. And it was our volunteers that do that life-saving measure every single day. This is why Meals on Wheels is more than food. It's

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safety, human interaction, and and life-saving care. Our volunteers combat isolation through consistent family visits, address food insecurity, ensuring seniors receive the nutrition they need. Across Bard County, we operate 13 senior lunch congregate dining sites. Right here in Coco, Jolie

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Smith, Coco West Community Center, and Westminster Asbury um is also a place where we have seniors gather to have daily meals. So, the need is growing. We need more support and we appreciate the support of Coco. appreciate the fact that you come out on a regular basis to

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as a council council as as a politicians come out to help us and we get our advertising from there and I know Pat did double duty with the realtors association but thank you very much appreciate everything you do. >> I got a question for you. >> I just wanted to say it was an honor to

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get to do it and I hope to get to do it again. Um and yes, he sang beautifully to us and makes up a different song every time. So, uh, I'm just, uh, you all are amazing in what you do and, um, and the realtors when we were out the

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other day, uh, were really moved by it as well and have put it out to a lot of them to, uh, hopefully donate and help you all serve more. >> We had over 35 over 35 realtors throughout the county for that. >> Wonderful. >> Yeah. >> So, thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. And you're

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always welcome to come. >> Thank you. >> So, anybody else? >> That's good, sir. Thank you, Mrs. Paglerini. Good evening, >> mayor, council, staff. Uh my name is Tara Paglerini. I'm the executive director of Family Promise of Breard.

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Most of you know that we've partnered uh for the last three years at uh firehouse, old firehouse number one uh right behind the water tower and turned it into a a service hub with your support so that families have the uh services that they need to stay housed

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so children can thrive. Um last night I was working a late night like I do. I was at the firehouse. I get to sit where the chief used to sit kind of up front and I can look out my window and I can see the the water tower and as it lights up it's beautiful. But I was sitting at

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my desk and I heard the firebell ring. The um the bell ring and uh we had had a family in shelter stay a little bit later. They needed to shower and um I heard a child giggling and I was like, "Oh, they're just messing with the bell." And then the case manager came in. Her name's Andrea and she said, "Did

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you hear the bell ring?" And I was like, "Yeah, I heard it." She said the family just got into housing >> and so we ring the bell anytime there's uh something to celebrate and so they were celebrating and let me tell you about this family because these are the families that you city of Coco and CDBG

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funds helped get into housing. So mom and dad both have jobs, kids are both in school. They have a reliable car. They were living with grandma to be able to afford housing. Grandma passed away. When grandma passed away, they lost that

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uh revenue towards their housing costs. They lost their housing. They had friends that allowed them to come move in with them, but only the kids could fit in the house. So, the parents, this is about a month ago, the mom called me. They were actually sleeping in the

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vehicle in the driveway while the kids were staying in the house. And they called me because they hadn't showered in a while and they didn't have any food. And so with your support through the firehouse, through CDBG funds, we're able to bring them in. We're able to

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provide them a safe uh temporary place to stay, help them um move back into housing. They did all the work. We provided the time and the space. You provided the funds and they moved into housing uh uh today. So they celebrated last um last night. So that's what you

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helped us do. That's what you're going to continue to help us do through these funds that you're um uh approving tonight. definely and uh being able to continue to do the good work so that families that are hardworking and trying to just get by uh have some support while they're trying to figure things

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out. >> Thank you for what you do. Do we have any questions for Mrs. Paglerini? um you see the diverse group of individuals that each organization has a direct impact

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>> and it's imperative that we educate the people so then they'll know job well done my good and faithful servant. >> Thank you. I want to also let you know that there's going to be an email coming. We have our annual meeting coming up on July 23rd. So I'm inviting everybody here behind me and in front.

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Uh annual meeting at Eastern Florida State College. It'll be on July 23rd uh 4 to 6 p.m. >> and and and share with us once again coun deputy mayor goins and myself and I know sometimes councilwoman cost she's aware councilwoman weeks as well as

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councilman Hearn about the graduation impact Miss Shayla Murray had for at Koka High School. >> Oh yeah >> that you all actively participated. >> Yeah. We're on the agenda a little later. Do you want me to like wait and tell you like as a secret later? >> Yeah. Okay. I

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>> I think it's later, right? Yeah, it's late. >> Okay, then we'll wait later. >> Yeah. >> You have to stay to find out. So, >> okay. Cool beans. >> Thank you. >> I didn't see it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Mrs. Mitchell.

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>> Yes. Good evening. >> Hello. Um, so I am Cindy Mitchell. I am with the Salvation Army domestic violence program. We are a certified domestic violence center that has been serving Bvard for 42 years right here in Coco at a confidential location because

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of what we do and we serve survivors of domestic violence and their children and so we serve them with all sorts of things um depending on what their needs are. Um some are involved with the criminal justice system, some are not. Um we work with them wherever they are,

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right? And so that can be helping with basic needs. It can be some counseling, safety planning. It could be filing for victim compensation, trying to relocate um somewhere else that's safer for them, or it could be supportive housing assistance, which is

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something newer that we are doing. >> One of the things that we do is emergency shelter uh for domestic violence. And so we we provide shelter services 24 hours a day, 35 days. And and so the one of the important things

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we provide in that shelter is food. And so CDBG funds are used to support our food costs in the shelter. And as you can imagine, serving, you know, 300 plus survivors in a year, it adds up. So, um we are u grateful for your support u

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from the city of Coco and helps us support to provide you know that safe um safe place for survivors to go to escape abuse, regroup um and hopefully um you know be able to stabilize and get into a safe situation which we are able to help

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with. I think it's important to know that we are able um presently u with support that can help us cover all the basics. were able to help more with helping people get into housing. Um, which has been a real blessing for us. So,

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any questions? >> Yes, ma'am. I have a question. On the south side of your building, southwest corner, there's some construction taking place. Are you at liberty to discuss or share? So at the Salvation Army um at

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the social services for the Salvation Army because we have various locations um there is a warehouse that's being built for emergency disaster services. So one of the things the Salvation Army does um internationally in nationally in Florida is emergency disaster

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um services which is typically a mobile kitchen. And so when disaster strikes anywhere locally, state of Florida, elsewhere, you will see cantens go out. That's what they're called in the Salvation Army, cantens. >> And they can be cooked on or food loaded

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to and kept um ready to eat, you know, and delivered. So that's floods and hurricanes and other mass disaster kind of situations. So that will be the home, you know, keeping it inside and some other things. Thank you, ma'am. >> You're welcome.

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>> Thank you, Councilwoman Call. >> Yeah. Did you mention how many beds? How many beds? Do you have a >> an issue? Yeah. Yeah. We have 20 fixed beds >> and we also have trundles and we have pack and plays and so we kind of,

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>> you know, figure out how to to say yes to as many people as we can. >> So, yeah, we're creative. >> Okay. >> Great. Great job. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Brewbaker. Sir,

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>> good evening. >> My name is Dave Brewbaker. I am the president and CEO of the Central BARA Sharing Center um located at 113 Aurora Street here in the great city of Coco. Uh honorable mayor, city council,

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distinguished staff, thank you so much for this opportunity to come and present. And also I would like to say I am honored to stand next to these other three agencies. Um they are uh a wonderful uh complement to the things

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that we do here within the city and our community. The sharing cent's mission is to provide emergency assistance and guidance to those in our community who struggle to obtain life's most basic needs. And I simply define that as the food on your table, the shirt on your back, the roof over your head. That's

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what we help people obtain or sustain on a daily basis at the sharing center. The funds that are going to be awarded um will be utilized to purchase food for our community kitchen. Our community kitchen is open 7 days a week serving a hot meal from 11 to 1 Monday through

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Saturday and a bag lunch on Sundays. We are the only consistent feeding site in all of Bard County. Uh there is no charge to uh obtain a meal and um we are glad to provide a healthy u hearty meal

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to all those who come. Um we thank you again for the past support for the our mission. I will tell you that our number one ask is can you help provide a meal or help provide food for my table. We are extremely busy. In fact we are the

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busiest that we've ever been in our emergency food pantry program. Just yesterday we serviced 61 households. Um that is representing more than 170 people within those households. Uh we

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fed over 125 adults plus an additional 20 children that came into our community kitchen. And this is just yesterday. Uh again the the funds that we uh will receive will be used to purchase food. Uh we are ever so thankful to provide

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this opportunity and the service to those in our community. We are celebrating our 48th year and um I have had the pleasure of being with the organization for 23 and so I look at the uh growth in our services but especially

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the growth in requested services. Uh we are seeing more and more people. We average over 200 clients who have never been to our facility uh month. New means never been to the sharing center. So

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these funds are much needed. There is a big issue in regards to hunger. It's based on economical standards. U wages not keeping up with the cost of living. People struggling and so we're there to help. I will tell you I'm happy to say that we started distributing our

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emergency food every 30 days starting in March. We've seen over 46% increase in the in the request for that. So these needs are ever so needed for our our services ever so needed for our community. and I thank you for this opportunity and to work again with the great city of Goku.

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Any questions for Mr. Brew Baker? Thank you for what you do. >> Thank you so much. I will say to this council, stay tuned in the next two years. Our our um goal is to create a capital campaign this year to build a state-of-the-art food pantry on our Ruth

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Street property um that we purchased in 2022. So, just keep your eyes out. Thank you so much. >> Thank you for your great work, sir. Yeah. >> Yes. Let's give all the organizations a round of applause. >> Okay. Seeing that these four have been

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um addressed, sure like to close this portion to the public and return it to council. What are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve the funds as requested. >> Second. >> Okay. We got a motion on the floor by Councilwoman Weeks and a second by

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Councilman Hearn. She's going to call the question. All in favor by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Wish we had more to give. >> Yes. Item number 6-2

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3600 Gryom Street Parkway comp plan amendment is to postpone 2026-376. uh postponed to July the 14th, 2026 at 65th Stone Street. Time of hour will

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be 6:00 p.m. or 1,800 hours. Thank you, Captain Lanny. Mrs. Webster, do would you like to say anything? >> No, sir. Thank you. I have nothing to add. >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. We have any questions? Seeing none, chair like to

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close this portion to council and open it to the public and you can only elaborate about the postponing of this particular item. 6-2 going once, going twice. Chair like to close it to the public and

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return it to council. What are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve. >> Got a motion on the floor by councilwoman Weeks. >> Second. Second by councilwoman costs. Chair is going to call the question. All in favor saying I. >> I.

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>> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Proceeding on to item number 6-3 M-2-ZTA. Large scale commercial recreation center and gym and fitness 395 Gryom Parkway.

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Corrected legal advertisement 2026-409. If I'm not mistaken, I don't think nothing has changed on this particular item. I know the city cocoa land development code allowed a largecale commercial recreational center to

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include a radio control miniature vehicle racetrack. That is awesome. Um as Gargani um I know this was approved by the PNZ unanimously on April the 1st, 2026 of

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the zone text amendment. Um I would like to turn it over to you sir. >> Okay. Second and final reading, Ordinance 04-2026, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Cocoa Boulevard County, Florida, amending appendix A, article 11, section 19 of the zoning ordinance of the city

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of Coco to amend the list of permitted uses related to large scale commercial recreation centers in gym and fitness facilities greater than 12,000 square ft in size in the M2Z district providing for the repeal of prior and consistent

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ordinances resolutions incorporation into the code severability and an effective date. This is a public hearing item in a legislative matter to amend the city code. Mayor, >> thank you. Esquire Gogani. Mrs. Webster, ma'am.

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>> Yes, sir. Thank you. Um, I have nothing to add. There haven't been any changes since the first reading. Um, and there's nothing to add. >> Okay. Thank you very much, ma'am. We have any questions? Seeing none, chair like to close this portion to council and open to the public. Please

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come uh feel free to come forward and state your name pertaining to this particular item. Going once, going twice. Chair like to close this portion to the public and return to council. What are the wishes of council?

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>> Motion to approve. >> Second. We have a motion on the floor by uh Councilman Hearn and a second by Councilwoman Weekes. Chair is going to call the question. All in favor saying I. >> I.

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>> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Proceeding on to item number four, Uptown CC zoning text amendment to add an optical services. This is our first reading for 2026-

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418. Um, currently where it's at now, um, an optical services is not permitted to a subd district which involves the water overlay district. This was approved by PNZ June the 3 and Esquire Gargani. Um,

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do you have any words of wisdom or anything you would like to share with us? >> Sure. This is first reading of ordinance number 11-2026 an ordinance of the city council of the city of Cocoa Boulevard County Florida amending appendix A article 11 section 22 of the zoning ordinance of the city

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of Cocoa to allow for optical services as a permitted use in the uptown neighborhood undist waterfront overlay district where the underlying zoning district is core commercial CC providing for the repeal

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of prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions incorporation into the code severability and an effective date. This is also a public hearing item and legislative item as well. I mean the title sums it all up. Um this ordinance

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would amend the land use ma matrix for the in the cocoa waterfront overlay district to allow optical services in the uptown neighborhood district with the CC underlying zoning district. Pretty straightforward. Mayor,

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>> thank you very much. Esqua Gargani, Mrs. Webster, ma'am. >> Yes. Thank you, sir. Um, good evening, mayor and council members. I'm Jennifer Webster, planner here at the city of Coco. And, uh, the applicant for this

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item is Stacy Sidwell, the owner of Freedom Optical. And uh the subject property address uh that initiated this tax amendment is 120 Forest Avenue in uh up in North Cocoa Village uh off of Forest Avenue between Willard and

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Malberry Streets. And uh the owner was operating out of 217 King Street in Coco in the Cocoa Village subdist and has recently relocated to the existing subject property at 120 North Forest Avenue

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which is within the Uptown neighborhood subdistr is as a use is currently not permitted. Created in 2013, the UN subd district is one of the eight subd districts in the waterfront overlay district. The overlay was created to establish urban design

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standards to perpetuate positive residential and commercial design elements and development patterns found within the Cocoa redevelopment area. Where the subdists dictate the urban form and development pattern, the subdists underlying zoning dictates the

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uses permitted. In this case, there are 13 parcels in the UN subdist that have an underlying zoning of core commercial that would be affected by the text amendment. The future land use is a mix of mixed use

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institutional and recreational open space. Now, this ordinance will make a small change to appendix A, article 11, section 22, Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District, subsection F, which is the

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table of uses, uh, where optical services intersects with core commercial, a P will be added indicating that the use will be permitted by right in the UN

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CC subdist underlying zoning category. And so the planning and zoning staff report covers the analysis of the criteria according to appendix A of the city of CCO article 21 section 1G with regard to impact to land use patterns, school districts consistency with a comprehensive plan, traffic, storm

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water, and other utilities and public services and has determined that the zoning change will not negatively or adversely impact the need and justification for the change. Um and so as you can see the um the text amendment

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is consistent with the compatible uses where we have the library, a contractor offices, a real estate office, a school, some retail and some residential and the underlying uh core commercial zoning permits professional services, medical

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and dental clinics currently and retail but it currently excludes optical services. So the North American industry classification uh system optical book defines optical goods stores as establishments primarily engaged in the

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retail sale and fitting of prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses or optitionian services. Freedom Optical Incorporated is a hybrid of such retail and technical professional services and the majority of the subject parcels that have a mixeduse future land use

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designation. core commercial is an applicable zoning category to this mixeduse future land use. The proposed amendment uh expands the permitted uses in the UNCC to include neighborhood commercial type activities that are professional in nature. And this does

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align with the comprehensive plans goals of promoting diverse land use patterns that support surrounding residential growth while accommodating compatible commercial activities in designated areas. And finally, um, consistency with our comprehensive plan, the goals,

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objectives, and policies. Uh, it aligns with, uh, policy 1.1.2.6 MC regarding mixed use and transitional areas. Uh, where the location meets the criteria for transitional area between high and low intensity uses. um for the

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uh redevelopment objective to continue to promote vitality and redevelopment within the CRAAS and for the businesses to complement not compete with each other. Uh where redevelopment areas outside the CBD are to complement

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uh the the ones within the CBD. uh private sector coordination where the city shall coordinate redevelopment issues with the private sector and also with regard to plan implementation and uh consistency with um with the

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future land use. And so if this request is approved by council and the use of optical services is applied to the UNCCC sub and underlying zoning, any new optical service business uses will be subject to parking and parking area ratio

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requirements. signage regulations and all other applicable code requirements. In some cases, this may require a minor site plan amendment. And so tonight, staff requests city council approve this first reading of ordinance 11 2026 to allow for optical services as a

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permitted use in the uptown neighborhood subdists of the Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District where the underlying zoning district is core commercial. and the applicant and owner, Freedom Optical, is in the audience this evening should council have any questions. Thank you.

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>> Thank you very much, Mrs. Webster. Do we have any questions for Mrs. Webster? >> Seeing none, we'd like to close this portion to council open to the public. Um, Mrs. Sidwell, is it Stacy? >> Yes. >> Would you like to come to the podium and

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share um some information if you like is based on your own discretion, ma'am? Sure. Good evening. Thank you. >> Good evening. >> I meet many of the criterias. Can you >> tell me your name, please? >> Yes. Stacy Sidwell. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Thank you. I'm the owner and founder of Freedom Optical and the optitian on site

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and I was to the understanding that many of the services and the categories that I provide for are already approved specifically excluding the optical services. So, I would ask that I be reviewed to be accepted with that exclusion and approved within the zone that I'm at. Thank Do we have any

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questions for us? Thank you, ma'am. We have no questions. >> Saying uh ma'am, I think you could see straight through this. I think we may get a unanimous vote, but we'll see. Ma'am, >> thank you. >> Thank you, candid Mr. Sidwell. Um, anyone else?

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Going once, going twice. Chair like to close this portion to the public and return to the council. What are the wishes of councel? >> Motion to approve. Second. Second and a motion on the floor by Councilwoman Cos and a second by

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Councilman Hearn. She's going to call the question. All in favor by saying I. >> I. >> Eyes have it unanimously. >> Congratulations. >> Yes. Welcome ma'am. >> Yep. >> Neighbor.

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Okay. Proceeding on to item number five. Um which is um a no-brainer. Gryom Parkway 1.29 29 AC annexation second reading is postponed to date

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certain of July 14 2026 council meeting at 65th Stone Street at Cocoa Florida at 6 pm 2026-429 uh Esquire Garganisti sir just going through the process ma'am >> right the applicant is um needs to work

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on a couple things regarding their application um so they we've requested ing that this be postponed uh to the next regular council meeting which is scheduled um July 14th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

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>> Okay, Mrs. Thank you, Esquire Gagani. Mrs. Webster, ma'am, >> I I have nothing to add, sir. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Chair like to close this portion to council and open it to the PL, excuse me, public. Please come forward and

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state your name in reference of elaborating only on the postponing of this particular item. Going once, going twice. Chair like to close this portion to the public and return to the

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council. What are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve the postponement. >> We have a motion on the floor by councilwoman Weeks. >> Second. >> Second by Deputy Mayor Goins. Chair's going to call the question. All in favor of saying I. >> I. >> Eyes have it unanimously.

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Proceeding on to item number 7-2. Consider the appointment of JP Parkin and George Brown to fill two regular member vacancies on the code enforcement board. One seat will expire June 30th,

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2027. Now, um, George Brown, who's been on the board for, as you all know, for over 40 years, his particular seat, his term will expire on June 2029. That's one seat. The other seat will

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expire that that runs through June 30th, 2027. Now, the question is, how do you want to do this? Okay. All right. Um, I know for a fact we have the city clerk. She's not here. Esquire,

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excuse me. Mr. City Manager, do you have any comments to make? And then I'll listen to council. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. What are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve with George Brown with the 2027 seat and Mr.

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>> Parkin Harkin, >> right, >> with the 2029 seat. I I'll second that for discussion. Councilwoman calls. Ma'am. >> Yeah. I was wondering um does anyone know if uh well, first of all, Jeffrey

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Pockin, he's actually 2701 Winchester. I believe that's in district 4. Um but his first choice was for board of adjustment and there is actually an alternate position on board of adjustment. Was he informed of that?

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I don't know. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, um I was just hoping he was if if uh he was interested in doing that in particular. >> Um but well, code enforcement was his

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second choice. So, um I have you already have a second, so yes, >> I have no problem with that. >> Okay, we have a motion on the floor by Deputy Mayor Goins and a second by the

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chair. We're going to call the question. All in favor saying I. >> I. >> Eyes have it unanimously. Okay, proceeding on. light ma'am. Oh,

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okay. Proceeding on to item number 7-2. We have um three cards in our possession. Um this was the request that was made by Councilwoman Cause. Okay, here's the item. Council direction

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on the implementation approach of the flood mitigation measures on the North Indian River Drive near Dixon Boulevard. Council direction on the shoreline improvements at the North Indian River

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Drive and Dixon Boulevard intersection 20-26-471. Um, I'm sure we're going to be doing a combination of two, both public works director and the city manager. I have a light on already. Do you want to have me out to staff?

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>> Oh, okay. Okay. So, uh, Mr. City Manager, sir, the floor is yours. Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, Mrs. Morgan is going to lead us through, uh, her presentation. Again, these are the staff comments and this is her

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professional analysis of the uh issues at hand. >> Okay. Good evening, Mayor and Council. >> Good evening. >> The following presentation will cover a flooding assessment and mitigation strategies for a stretch of Indian River

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Drive, including an evaluation of tidal backflow prevention and flood reduction alternatives. Next, residents have experienced flooding along Indian River Drive and access to their homes can become more difficult

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during severe storm events. There is a desire to reduce those impacts as soon as possible. The challenge is that flooding along Indian River Drive is influenced by several factors occurring at the same time. Before we invest

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public funds in a specific improvement, we need to understand which actions will provide measurable benefit, which locations should be prioritized, and whether a proposed solution could create unintended consequences elsewhere in the

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system. Next, the key takeaway is that water does not recognize property lines, roadway segments, or individual outfalls. It follows the path of least resistance which is why we need to evaluate the

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system as a whole. One of the most important observations is that flooding along Indian River Drive is not being driven by a single source. There are three separate forces acting on this area often at the

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same time. Still, no go back. Sorry. Yeah. The first is groundwater. During wet periods, the groundwater table rises and can reduce the available storage capacity within the drainage system. The second is rainfall. Heavy rain

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introduces large volumes of runoff into an area that is already very limited uh elevation change. The third is the river itself. During high tide, storm surge or

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elevated lagoon conditions, water levels outside the drainage system increase and can affect how efficiently storm water leaves the system. Each of these factors influence flooding differently. If we focus only on one source, we may not

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improve we may improve one part of the problem while leaving the others unchanged. The question is not whether back river backflow occurs. The question is how much of the flooding is being driven by river backflow compared to

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rainfall and groundwater and which improvements will have the greatest effect on reducing flood impacts. One of the key engineering concerns with installing valves at only a portion of the outfalls is that the roadway and the

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drainage system are interconnected. River water can enter through multiple low elevation outfalls and if only some are protected, water will continue to seek the lowest available path through the remaining unprotected locations. As

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a result, a partial valve installation may provide little measurable reduction in roadway flooding. This is why evaluating the entire system is important before determining where valves should be installed and whether

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they will provide a meaningful benefit. Next, there are also structural improvements that can reduce flood impacts along the river's edge. One example is a concrete gravity wall. A gravity wall raises the

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elevation of the shoreline edge and creates a physical barrier that helps reduce direct over topping from the river during elevated water events. Another option is targeted rip wrap stabilization at identified low points.

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While rip wrap is often thought of as an erosion control measure, it can also help protect the road by reducing shoreline scour and preventing undermining of the roaded during storm events. The objective is not to identify

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a single solution, but to evaluate a toolbox of potential improvements and identify which combination of measures will provide the greatest benefit, where they should be implemented, and what level of flood reduction can reasonably

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be expected. Next, there are also improvements that can address both storm water backflow and water quality. One example is a way pro backflow pre pretor which is typically installed at a head wall and help helps

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prevent rising river levels from entering the storm water system. Another option is an offline baffle box with bioactive media filtration. These systems are designed to remove nutrients and improve water quality before storm

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water is discharged to the river. The purpose of highlighting these alternatives is to demonstrate that there are multiple tools available each with different costs, benefits, and applications. A key component of the study will be determining which

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combination of improvements is best suited for this corridor. Yes, thank you. Valves come with different operational and maintenance considerations. Dougville valves prevent backflow but require sufficient internal

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water pressure to open which can temporarily reduce drainage efficiency during high tides and low inensity rainfall events. Inline check valves are designed with lower flow resistance and may provide improved maintenance access

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while reducing marine growth and fouling. The most appropriate technology depends on sight specific conditions. Factors such as basin size, tidal influence, pipe configuration, shoreline conditions, and maintenance requirements

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all influence which technology may be most appropriate. Evaluating those factors is one of the primary objectives of our next step. This slide compares two different approaches to flood mitigation. The

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first is a localized approach such as installing duck bill valves or making improvements at selected locations. The advantage is lower upfront costs and faster implementation. The challenge is that these improvements

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address only part of the drainage system and may provide limited benefit if the flooding continues through other pathways. The second is a systemwide approach that evaluates the entire basin and identifies improvements based on based

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on how the drainage system functions. While this approach requires more time and investment, it is intended to address flooding from multiple sources and reduce the risk of unintended consequences. The shoreline hardening at Dixon at the

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Dixon and Indian River Drive intersection will require permitting from the Army Corps of Engineers, FD, and the Water Management District. The process includes site assessment, material selection and design, environmental review, and permit

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application and agency review. staff recommends consolidating the study and shoreline hardening evaluation into a single comprehensive option and eliminating the the standalone shoreline hardening option. This this better

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aligns with addressing flooding as a systemwide issue requiring a holistic evaluation. Staff's recommend staff recommends direction from council to engage a specialized engineering firm to perform

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an independent study of the Indian River Drive corridor. The study will evaluate mitigation alternatives, identify effective solutions, and provide objective recommendations based on engineering analysis. The study will

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also include a presentation to council. What are the wishes of the council? >> Okay, ma'am. We have a I'm sure we will get a plethora of questions because my board is lighting up like Christmas.

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Okay, we will hear from council then I'll open it open it to the public, please. Councilman Hearn and Councilwoman Cause and Councilwoman Weeks.

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Thank you. Uh well, we know this location here is in District 2. Uh this has been an issue, the flooding there probably long before any of us was born. Um it's been one of the biggest issues of the citizens on that uh within that location there. Um, I'm certainly in

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favor of doing a a largecale evaluation um to see what we can do in that area. Um, one of the biggest things I would like to uh hone in as well as we look at this if uh council approve is uh keeping in mind a public use recreational um

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aspect of of the evaluation as well if that's possible. Um that's a beautiful location there. I think that's a hidden gym. Obviously, the most important thing we want to address the flooding, but I would love to keep in mind uh any opportunities to uh uh have a public

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space as well. >> Okay, Councilwoman calls. >> Yeah, I was going to say I um thank you for the presentation. It's a good presentation and um I don't think anyone's ever argued with looking at the whole comprehensive

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picture. In fact, that's really what everybody's wanted all along. Um we have watched different areas of Indian River Drive be addressed without conferring with council or doing a study. So, you

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know, just as the property um the uh Cocoa Village Bay Estates property was hardened, um quite a bit of work was done there. Um and that, you know, it it wasn't part of a

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comprehensive study. Um I think that was to repair the road or to >> Yeah, that was that was permitted after Hurricane Ian. There was uh the roadway was undermined. In fact, it encroached and took pieces of the asphalt. And so,

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uh, we submitted an emergency permit application to the Army Corps of Engineers >> and it it took a couple months. Um, but we were able to to um construct what was submitted to the >> Well, that looks good to the core.

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>> Um, and I think it has been pretty successful in stopping the erosion there, which was getting pretty severe. Um, well, there's also now on the hill where we did a half million dollars worth of work. I think that was another

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road issue at the top of the hill where we had to secure or stabilize or whatever the the term is. Um, that was a private property. Um, and that was when your predecessor

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here, um, Mr. Smith, I think he started that, but I thought you were here, too. And I know that we also have that on the storm water plan coming up, some more work over there. So, that must be a road issue as well.

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>> I'm not sure of the location. >> Could we go back to the second just the second slide? I just wanted to point out the And again, it's a good presentation. One more this one. When I look at this and I think about the area, the first

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thing I think is it's kind of turned around because the house would be in the lower area >> and the river would be higher because uh that's the way it is for several of the homes there that the homes are actually lower than the road. And I think that

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one of the reasons that we wouldn't entertain raising the road, at least in the conversation you had with me, was that um it could create a bowl effect and flood those homes that are lower. So

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that was one of the risks. Um but I just wanted to point that out. And then to say also the baffle box, now I think it was a couple slides up where you talked about the the baffle box. Um, and this that was a great that one you just did.

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I that was a a a great layman's explanation, understanding. Thank you for for taking time to do this. Um, but the baffle boxes, I thought we determined that we couldn't do a baffle box at Indian River Drive in Dixon

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because the elevation was so low. It in fact it wouldn't have any impact. >> Further up on Dixon. >> Okay. >> Further up along this Dixon. So you can do the baffle box. You mean underneath the road? >> Yes. >> Okay.

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>> Yeah. And there's a sufficient elevation if you go far enough towards US1 where it could be installed. >> Okay. And then um the last thing I think actually that was a comment from Councilman Hearn um about there being

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flooding in the area since before we were born. we may actually hear testimony because I see Pam Coiner is in the audience who's lived here all her life and um of course when there were hurricanes there was always you know

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water issues over there but in terms of the general saturation that we have now that did not exist and I'll just let I think Pam's going to speak to that so I'll just let you say more about that but she has shared with me that her brothers used to ride their bikes

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through there and camp in there and it was relatively dry. So, and again, thank you for your presentation and I agree that we need comprehensive solutions. Um, nothing I've offered or

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I've heard uh members of the public offer um was in contradiction to that. uh just that it feels like you know particularly with the development that's going to be happening there now that there is more urgency to

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this and um also what I had mentioned um in written communications in January this council u passed the vulnerability analysis which identified three areas in Koko that were particularly at risk

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village Dix Dixon and Indian River Drive and then up by High Point. Well, Dixon and Indian River Drive of those three even got mentioned more than any other. So, um to just to you know take our infrastructure seriously

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and you know prepare for the future um this would be a good step. Councilwoman Weekes, >> I just wanted to ask um I too appreciate your presentation because it uh lays it out really well for me to understand all

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of this. Uh have there ever been any past studies at all done on this? Never never had one. >> Not not since I've been here. >> Yeah. I just was curious if in the past anybody had ever looked at this, but um I agree the comprehensive study is is a

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way to go so that we do it correctly. So, and the the best for the area. So, anyway, thank you. That's it. >> Thank you very much. Do we have any other questions for staff before I um

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listen uh address the concerns from the various individuals? If you want to say something, please submit a card. Um, first will be Todd Riggs. >> Good evening. Thank you for that presentation. That's that's some of the best work I've seen on this topic. And I

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I think the the results of this study will move this from I don't know who's got the better qualifications to data and facts, you know, best as we see them that that can inform council to make a good decision. Uh little premature to

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say this, but I've said it before. I just want to repeat it. We need to make sure we weigh the different interests of different groups of homeowners in in this process. You know, we've got the existing homeowners, we've got potential new homeowners, the developer. Let's not

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favor the developer. >> Continue to favor the developer >> in in this process. Thank you. Next bill. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Come on up, sir.

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>> All right. >> Then after that will be Frank Manf Freddy. >> This is for the minutes of meeting. >> All right, let me crank it out here. Um,

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good evening and my name's Bill Chatterton. I live at 1411 North Indian River Drive. just happened to be really close to the location that Abigail is commenting about. And I do really appreciate what she's already outlined here and what I'm going to be talking

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about will probably be compliment will dovtail right into her her presentation in itself because I have some thoughts that could add to it and and and build up on what she's already outlined here in her presentation. So um I'd like to

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highlight the key points that I believe that uh important to the future process and maybe even the budget uh flooding experience today is is occurring more frequently like she outlined and the city ultimately we responsible

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maintaining and repairing all this. So key challenges Indian river flooding isn't driven by a single source as she's highlighted. You got your underground, you got your underground water, uh ground table water, you got your street storm water, and then you got the title.

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Okay, so it heavy rains is just not your he only part of the equation to this exercise, which is what we always think about and and probably you see it more evident when it it does have rain. In short, the system is already stressed

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before the first drop of rain falls. Um so a different approach to inland drainage system is it it uh what we have to do approach this is not the same that we would use the template for an inland type of drainage system. This is a

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coastal type of drainage system. All right. So um one of the things that we're looking at is a lot of the physical constraints that we have. Um, obviously we've talked about the Dixon intersection,

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um, where the curb and some rip wrap exist and it's about 3 to four feet away from the water's edge. That's very close >> and it doesn't take much. >> Yeah. >> For the water to over top the curb. So there's no really true and I I I know

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that Abigail was using rip wrap and the structural in my mind I'm thinking seaw wall. So, I'm going to refer to more of it as a seaw wall. And the difference may be on a seaw wall on a rip wrap is that u if you're down in South Florida, we use the same materials except they

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cement the wall together. They fill it in. They fill the voids in and then they they drop in uh cement on the outside. So, near the Dixon Boulevard intersection extremely close. We also have several actual uh the roads that

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come into that zone all have grades to it especially Dixon. Dixon has approximately about 2% grade maybe one and a half to 2% maybe even leading to 3%. So in addition the outfalls are already underwater.

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So oh I guess I'm out of time. >> Well someone could give you their time. >> Councilwoman cause please let me orchestrate my meeting. >> Okay. So the outfall is already underwater. >> One moment, please sir. I'm going to give you additional 45 seconds, but

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someone that has submitted a card, >> they can defer their time to you. >> Okay, >> I will do that. >> Okay, Mr. Man Freddy. >> Okay, start him over, please. M Thank you. >> So your go ahead. >> You're basically your storm drain system

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is already underwater. So it's already lost capacity in its sense. So whatever the the high water level is at the lagoon, the river, it's feeding all the way back into that pipe system. So when we look at duck bill

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valves, there's a variety of valves that you can use, but let's just take about the duck bill one because that's one that we refer to most commonly. It stops the water from coming into the system. What you're more concerned about is the

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capacity of that system. And if you take away from that system then all the rains and the groundwater and all that are fighting for the the pipe the system. So that that's what duck bill does stops that backflow into the system. Okay. And

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the other thing is the groundwater is fighting um any groundwater that's being leeched into the system is taking away from the capacity of that storm system storm water system. So anyway, not on top of that, we also have all this development that's going on around us

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that's adding to the flavor of our flooding down that street, whether it be the uh the new the new development uh river riverwalk or now the new uh Cocoa estates

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and then you have uh additional activities that US1 those all add to it. So when we look at uh the backflow prevention, you just look at a variety of them and study that like Abigail's

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said she's going to do from a broader uh from a broader perspective. The I think here's a out of the box kind of thinking is the Dixon River Indian River Drive area could be expanded by about 15 feet.

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If you throw it out, expand it out, give it more area, give it more breath, um, and not be that water be right up against the water's edge. That might help. Like you said, it's going to take the core and some other people to bless that. But it's just a hair scheme ideal

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that I think might be worthy to explore. It might be good prepositioning for your emergency pump system if you ever if you come up with your seaw walls a little bit. Maybe you have a a a staging area for materials or you could use it for

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emergency pumps. So, uh on top of that, uh I always talk about improving local drainage systems. Uh along 1405 Indian River Drive, there's a drainage local drainage systems always

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got vegetation in it. Okay? And most of your breakout water coming from the neighborhoods is filling into that and so you have uh that's always got to be maintained and it's the city has its challenges on keeping it up. All right.

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So I'm out. >> Yes, sir. Bill, I had a question. Are you a civil engineer? I think you gave the same presentation at the if you correct. >> I'm a civil engineer. Yes, I am. >> And do you have a PE degree? >> I do have a PE. >> Yes, sir. So, do you do the work that

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Ms. uh Morgan performs? >> I do not. I'm more of a a generalist to say this. I'm more of a construction guy. I serve my time. >> I remember you were talking about that at I think like at a um I don't want to

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say oil rigs, but um structure that's inserted into the um ocean floor, I guess, is a safe assessment. >> Yeah, I do. Yeah. >> Yes, sir. I I thank you. So, um, anyway, that's I was just saying if we clean up

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that vegetation, maybe put a little lining to that vegetation. >> Much Bill, your time hasn't left. Matter of fact, I gave you more than >> Yeah, I appreciate that. >> Thank you, sir. And thank you, Mr. F Manf Freddy, for um giving your time to

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Bill. Okay, Miss um Pam. Uh, is it corner? Am I? >> Yes. >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Hi, my name is Pam Coiner. I live at 101 South Indian Circle. I live right behind Bill. Um, as far as the flooding, I've

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grown up in that house. My family has owned it since the 60s. I've lived there since 1970. The flooding never happened until they expanded US1. My father used to have a garden back there, back in the woods. The boys used to ride their motorbikes.

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They would camp out there. And we never had a flooding problem that we have now. It seemed to start after US1. Even River Road after that happened during a bad thunderstorm. A gentleman in a BMW,

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it the road flooded and he had to have his car totaled and towed. So I just want to clarify this has not been happening for years. It's just recently since they expanded. >> So that's all I wanted to let you all

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know. This is not an old issue. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Can I ask her? >> Ma'am, >> I'm sorry. Yeah. >> Wait a minute. Um, quick question. >> Sure. >> You moved there in 1970. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. I was born and reared here, but Council Hearn is correct. Everybody in

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this room probably, you know, to my right, your left, uh I'm 66 and I've seen all of Bavar County as well as uh Frank Sullivan who was I guess born here too as well. So my concern is we're

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going to do what's best. I think based on um all indications what you see for the staff recommendation, have an engineering firm to perform this independent study. At least get it started. That's the most important thing. The climate is changing. So is

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the earth. >> Um we're going to do what's best and and and come up with a very um comparable but fair and equitable alternative so that we can address the effective solutions so that your concerns will be

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addressed along with the neighbors. Um and that's my greatest concern right now. >> Right. And if you need others the other people in the neighborhood I grew up with. But thank you for your time. No, ma'am. I thank you for your quality time. Council woman calls. >> Yep. Pam, I was hoping um you could

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share uh that time I visited you um the condition of your backyard and because I know you couldn't even let your dogs out. >> No, the backyard my I had to get rid of my yard people. They couldn't even get back there to my >> What year was that, ma'am?

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>> It was just last year. >> 25. >> Yes, sir. Okay. And 26. I got rid of the yard people I'd had for 20 years cuz the flooding was so bad they could not even get back there. >> What was that during the time of the hurricane or there was a video that we

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shared with us? >> No, >> that was time scheduled that took several years ago and wasn't something >> was just like it is now today. >> It wasn't even a rainy season >> and my dogs I couldn't even let them out because they thought it was their own personal mud bath. It was awful back

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there. I finally had to hire a new company that would put waiters on and go out there with a weed whacker. Even Bill has tried to help me and put waiters on and gone out there and it was not rainy season. It was not a hurricane season.

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It was just normal flooding. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Thank you. >> Um, Mrs. Morgan, I have a question. Based on your recommendation, um do you have a firm that's um readily available

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or have a firm that you can feel strongly about or make a recommendation to us? >> Yes, mayor. Uh Blake, uh staff is aware of Northstar Consulting Group. They're a firm with specialized experience in

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coastal drainage and tidal flood mitigation. Um, their team includes Brett Warner. He is a professional engineer and former uh assistant p public works director for St. Pete

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Beach. Um, he has direct experience with the type of backflow prevention technologies and coastal flooding challenges that we've spoke about tonight. >> Okay. So th this this firm can address the concerns immediately expeditiously.

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Um, and my concern would be if this firm is readily available, ma'am, I think we would need to find out what the pricing would be because what I would like to do is make a recommendation based on the

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outline you stated here to see if we can acquire or obtain or ascertain a a firm that will deliver this uh quality service. so that then we can see what it's going to cost so we can have it as

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a budget item and move forward to address their concerns. And I need a second and then we'll discuss. >> I'll second. >> Thank you, Councilman Hearn. Now, Deputy Mayor um Goins, you have your light on and can I let me ask one other question.

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Can you go I think to page n excuse me page nine where it's talking about um the high failure of the duck bill um in reference of operations and maintenance uh versus where we talking about an

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engineer plan and deserve uh design. Can you elaborate on that? And then not only that, there was a picture where you had um where all the um shells, barnacles were in that pipe versus I guess was it

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a stainless steel pipe? Um that previous one it may be prior to that, but could you talk a little bit more? Yes, that one. >> And I'm looking at the St. Pete Beach. I'm I'm sure they deal with the same. They're right there along the Gulf and coastal area as well.

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>> Yes. So, um so these were uh uh photos provided by uh Brett Warner and he said that uh he has several of these check valves and he said that the duck bill

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they tend to have, you know, marine uh growth on them, some fouling. uh uh uh it is very difficult to access them. Uh uh sometimes they uh tend to get some

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sedimentation uh uh uh in on the on the flap >> and so it doesn't end up working. And so he says, "And you can't maintain them some at during some wet season periods

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because you have to get an underwater team to go down there and kind of clean them out. Um, the stainless steel inline uh uh valves, they have um they require

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minimal flow resistance. Um so they they they open up uh with much less uh you know head pressure. Um and so and they also have mechanisms that resist marine

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fouling. So in essence, we're I would like for us based on your recommendation and conversation, we're trying to be proactive in reference of a long-term goal instead of something done overnight

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or expeditiously. Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Goins. >> Yes, sir. And I agree with you 100% about the long-term solution. Um the question that I have as part of this

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evaluation will raising of the road and also maybe potentially doing um grading in yards existing yards as well. Would that be a part of that conversation or part of that process? So what what what

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what's what staff is is foreseeing is once that study comes back is taking those uh recommendations and taking the uh Indian River Drive and Dixon uh Boulevard roadway elevation

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project that's been designed and kind of going back to the um the consultant and asking them to revise the design and kind of >> um uh in, you know, include those

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measures >> and those uh um uh along the roadway as recommended by from the study, >> the minimal elevation uh option of the roadway elevation.

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>> Okay. All right. Thank you, >> Councilman Gins. Uh, Deputy Mayor Goins, I wanted to piggyback off something because you you caused me to, as everyone else, expand the thought process. Ma'am, from point A to point B, its entirety,

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how long will that be determined through the recommendation? The length, will it be say a half a mile on each side of Dixon Boulevard going north, going south, the intersection there? You know what I'm saying? Am I making

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>> Yes. So, it would be uh from >> can't really hear. Is there a way she could turn on her? >> I'm sorry. Uh so, the stretch would be uh about 500 ft uh north of uh Dixon Boulevard. Okay.

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>> And then about 1,800 ft to the north from that intersection and another 1,800 ft to the south. >> Okay. Did you hear that, sir? >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> So, yes, sir. Okay. Uh um C I'm sorry,

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you finished or do you your light is still on? Then I'm approve uh surrender the floor to council on my weeks. >> I I >> Is that what you're implying? That's >> Yeah, I I just this area is a problem. It is is is it's

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so many factors that tie into this as you mentioned. Um, and and I I know the conversation going to come up eventually about, hey, you know, what what does that dollar amount look like? >> Money, money, money, >> right? And so, um, but to let citizens

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know we're not we're not kicking a can down the road, but it is >> you're right. >> We also don't want to make a mistake and and do something that's not going to be sustainable as well. So, but it it is it's a bowl and and when anytime you

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have a bowl and the river is it's just a problem and so it is so I I feel for the residents in that area. I I've right now my home um I had water going in my house during the hurricane and that that 10day rain that

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we had. Um my house is you know roughly four to 5 in lower than all the other houses around me. Um, so trust me, I feel the burn on that and it it is it is overwhelming to deal with water going into your home. Um, and so I

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wholeheartly understand the situation. So, um, that's all I had. >> Okay. Um, Councilwoman Wigston, Councilman, >> well, when the gentleman, uh, Bill was speaking and he talked about, you know,

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expanding it out, which I never ever even thought of, but having just been in the Netherlands, you know, they reclaimed a whole lot of land doing that very thing. So, um I you know I know I just wondered if part of a study if that is something that

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would be looked at as well just to see you know I mean I never thought of it till he said it and I went oh so anyway uh just so there's a delineation uh along the shoreline which is uh

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between the mean high water >> and the statewaters and so at that location it is right there. >> I gotcha. >> So >> the only way that can happen is if we

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we were able it would require a submerged land easement and my understanding is that that would take >> years. Um >> it was worth a shot.

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Right. That's right. And are they willing to do that? You know that answer? >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Of course. >> Um, council, is that it? >> That was it. >> Okay. Councilman, >> uh, this question is probably for the city manager. Uh, the last meeting there

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was a report in regards to some funding that was possibly being allocated uh, for this location. uh the funds that we may receive for this uh area, is it specific to any projects or uh can it be towards any

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>> in the write up? I'm glad you mentioned that. I I was just sitting here reading the uh Florida Tax Watch turkey list there and it it talked about the water quality projects. That's a that was the $4.7 million for the baffle boxes for the water quality project. and and uh we

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talked about this staff and I talked about this to the extent that it gets approved in the governor's budget and you can go back and refine your project description, you know, we may have an ability to turn

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this into both flooding and water quality issues there. And so so we'll we'll look at that, but that was a baffle box um project. Um certainly uh five baffle boxes would not cost you

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$4.7 million there. So we've already talked about that as a staff. How can we um sort of throw it all in the pot to address both the water quality and the flooding issues that are associated with this area. >> Perfect. Thank you.

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>> Find that money, Mr. City Manager. >> That's right. >> Thank you, sir. Any other questions before I call the question? Seeing none, we have a motion on the floor by chair and a second by Councilman Hearn. Chair is going to call the question. All in favor of saying I. >> I. I.

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>> Any nays? >> Eyes have it unanimously. >> Mr. Mayor, before you get too far away from this item, can I ask Rebecca and and this may be also city attorney there. And so uh I'm assuming your your uh motion and uh vote was on the staff

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recommendations. Is there anything Abby or Rebecca that you guys need in terms of engaging the engineering firm? Um, is that going to be a piggyback? It's professional services and so do we have to go out to RFP for that or how do we get there as

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as quick as possible? Abby would need to research if there is a contract that we could piggy back off of to facilitate the procurement side of it and then uh depending upon the cost of it uh there would be budgetary

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measure need to be taken because this is not budgeted. >> So there'll be there'll be at least two steps there. We'd come back with the purchasing and budgetary action then engage and then they would be able to go on and do the study and and that. Abby,

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did you say there is a there is a contract? >> Okay. >> Okay. So, I think we have what we need. Okay, sir. Thank you very much. Uh, Councilman Herren, once again, you deliver for district number two, sir. Kudos to you. Uh, going to item number

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7-3. Consider the donation application for family promise of Boulevard in the amount of $1,000. Chair like to make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> I'd like to make a motion to approve.

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>> Yes. Second. We're all in favor. >> Okay. Who would like to get credit for the second then? >> I will. >> Go ahead. She >> Okay. Who Who is it, please? >> Council woman. >> Okay. We have a motion on the floor by the chair and second by councilwoman cost. Chair's going to call the

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question. All in favor saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Proceeding on to item number 8-1. Approval of the alternative language for the interlocal agreement with Bavar County Public Schools to donate to Cocoa

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High School for sports improvement 2026-492. Mr. City Manager. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor, um as you're aware, on uh May 19th, uh the council directed that staff, um bring some

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reddrafted language back to the school board for further considerations. And that language had to pertain to actually uh the 150 and providing the uh four events per year to uh to the not

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forprofits there. And so the the school board has has come back with a uh additional options or a counter offer I would say. >> And so the first uh a is to just simply

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leave the uh the language in section 4.3 as originally drafted uh by the school board and and presented to the council. The uh second option is uh is a outline and B and I can read that Mr. Mayor if

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you want me to. Um but it is basically obviously the request was to wave the fees and um and uh allow the the uh the use of the facility for up to the four events. um their twist on that is is

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that the events would be sponsored by and hosted by the city annually through the calendar year. And so um we would be responsible for uh coordinating, facilitating um putting those events on if if you uh

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in and in in a >> so we'll be able to me. Yeah, we we they would be our events. Um um and so that's that's B and then um

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and then I mean I'm trying to find the difference between B and C. >> It's the designated by city of Coco. We select that's the second sentence. That's the difference. >> Yeah. So, so we would host in in B and

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then we would make the selection in uh C. I don't know how that differs from hosting, but but again the the responsibility for the events would be on the city. Um with regards to B and C,

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obviously there's some liability if you are actually the sponsor and the presenter of the event. And so again, as we've outlined in the staff presentation, that that is um um an additional administrative burden that

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current staff is unable to accommodate with our existing workload and resources. So uh Mr. Mayor and council, you have before you the three uh uh options that were provided by the school board. >> Okay. I have a light on. Deputy Mayor

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Goins. >> Yes, sir. uh since I I'm came up with this the caveat to the contract. So, I think I should go first on the uh just the conversation. Uh I I don't I don't like either one of these options. Um, I think the biggest one is just the

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liability side of it. Um, is a is an issue for me and just like the city manager said, I think our staff is already stretched out enough as it is to have to make a selection um of the the individual um individual

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nonprofit that was going to be chosen. So what I what I did, I I contacted uh after I read this, the pre the principal and um and I just sent her a potential process um cuz I think when it got uh sent to her in a conversation

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um the process really wasn't in play. So I I this is what I sent to the principal as hey look that you the principal and staff already waves fees for individuals on time to time basis depending on what that situation is. So they already have

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the expertise to to do this. Um, and so what this this is my this is my recommendation to them. A way that you can still communicate with us and let us know uh if you have inside of that it could be quarterly, it could be every two months, you let the city council and

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city manager or whoever know, hey, um, we we've had in the last four months, we've had two nonprofits um that wants to use the facility. we approve, we didn't approve, they let us know and keep us informed of that

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process. Um, and so if you you you so the the first one was CHS uh controls nonprofit booking as they already do. Um, number two was uh we'll accept application in order by date. That way first come first serve is already in place. You know, hey, I got it in

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December 1st. The second one came in at December 15th and so on and so forth. Uh, and then the CHS admin will send the city manager appropriate appropriate representative and let us know um who they approve. We don't even really care who they didn't approve. Um, and then

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we'll know uh we've hit the four and we're done for the year or we hit the two and we start again next year. Um, and they already have a current process and protocol already in place for insurance. You need a million dollars insurance. you have to get police um if

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if applicable for that applicant. You have to get security or janitors or lights. So, they already have that in place in their current system. Um the only thing that that will be waved is just the facility fee, not the additional things, janitors and police

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and things of that nature. I sent it to her, asked her what her thought was. She said she's cool with that um with the process that we have in place because this is very similar to what they already do. >> Yeah. Through Facilitron. So they they

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go to Facilitron, they book it through Facilitron, it gets sent to admin. Admin could say yes, admin could say no. They make a bring the nonprofit in to say, "Hey, look, what are you doing? Are you doing a um some something for homeless children?" And okay, what what is your

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process? are you charging blah blah blah. Um but they already have the process in place. I don't believe city of Coco should be a part of that process. Um just in my opinion and so um I this is exactly what I sent her. Um I

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think this could be a part of our language. May may not be perfect but this is just something that I I sent her directly. So, let me ask you a question. Based on your four recommendations there. >> Yes.

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>> Who's liable? >> Insurance. >> The insurance their insurance the the nonprofit's insurance company is responsible each um >> Sorry about that. Each each nonprofit um has to have a million dollars insurance to host anything at a public

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school. Period. And so they're having event insurance for one day, two day, whatever it may be. but their insurance company for the nonprofit is responsible for the event. Um just just just like uh I don't know how

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we do it on the civic center, but civic center might be a little different. But um but you must have a million dollars insurance and your insurance part of that policy. >> Okay, this is what I'm trying to ask. Help me understand >> who's liable. I don't want the city to be liable with none of this.

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>> No, absolutely. So, >> I just want to be totally Yes. >> completely >> 100%. >> Clear of all liability. >> Yes. Because they they already have a plan in play. >> Okay. >> I think what what >> this is Koka High's plan in conjunction.

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>> Yes. Yes. It may not be perfect word for word, but this is how they go about approving and not approving an applicant, but we just want them to four nonprofits per year. So that's why I had to put the date

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for >> first come first serve. >> Okay. Can I get another question? >> Yes. >> Paison, give me your input cuz you know I'm still looking at you know liability legally. I just don't want nobody to come back

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and say the city of Coco is hell if everything goes array or misarray whatever if things go sideways out of character I don't I care not for the city be held liable that's what I'm saying if all liability is off the city

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of Coco then and the responsibility is on Koko High School and its staff and its administration then I don't have a problem with this, but I I just want to make sure. And how long do you want this contract?

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Perpetuity or do you come back and review it again? I'm just trying to cover all >> bas I I think I think just like anything that we do if if let's look and see if the nonprofits are even taking advantage of the opportunity. Let's see what it

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looks like. But yeah. Yes. I think it needs to based on the amount of funding city of Koko has allocated towards Koko High School. I believe uh this is something that is very simple and minute and it's something that they already do.

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So we're not adding something additional to what they already do. >> Okay. Esquire. >> I mean, as I understand it, um, if the city would be designating five 501c3s, right? And the 501c3

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would work with the school district to utilize the facility, right? So, it would be between a contract between the school and the 501c3. >> Okay. >> Right. That's my understanding of it. Right. And you know that would be between the school and the the 501c3.

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I mean obviously if the city is going to participate in designating which 501c3 we may want to address that how the council is going to approach it with the 501c3. Right? So the city's not, you know, the

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designation is is is is not in any way um >> some action by the city, right? >> Related to their related to their event. >> I just want to be clear >> what he said. >> I I know, but I I let me this man get

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he's putting his degree on the line, ma'am. He's an attorney, so I'm getting his interpretation. So, so I just want to make sure because I don't want our city to receive any repercussions. So, I want to be able to and and this is my alma mater, >> right?

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>> So, I love my alma mater. >> As I understand, it's the 501c3 contracting with the with the school. So, that puts us out of that um you know, engagement or arrangement. Option B would be with the city sponsoring an event. I mean, the city's going to have

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>> potential liability exposure for sure in that option. >> Um, C seems to be the u less risky of the two options for sure. >> Okay. And you've has Denise responded as principal Stewart?

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>> Um, yes. Um, I don't like saying her name on a microphone too much. Uh but but I I I will say she stomach this a lot better than my initial conversation with her. Once I gave her some sort of a

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guideline, >> then it made sense. >> But before it was just me just talking about it and so she wasn't with it at first. But once I broke these four things down, she said, "This is very similar to what I already do. I do not

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approve every nonprofit that comes to me. Sometimes I do say no because it just doesn't fit what we do. She said, "But if you if this is what we're doing, this is what they're cool with." This is what she's cool with rather. >> Okay. >> All right. We'll proceed in this. So I

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think it's him. He was next. I'm sorry. You're next. Councilman her then councilwoman Weeks. Mr. City Manager. Is your light on? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay, sir. No, I just wanted to reiterate that this process that uh Deputy Mayor Goins

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proposed is actually very uh it's a smooth process. I I actually um I've been charged with uh hosting a large event over in Orange County next week. Um because uh my employer, we're partners of the school board. So it was

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you go through Facilitron, you verify who you are, they wave the fee. Uh you have to show your insurance. um if that insurance is invalidated, they'll refuse uh your your event. Um so it's it's very seamless. Um I don't see this being too

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much to ask for. Um so I'm I'm certainly in favor of it. Uh that's it. >> Okay. Councilwoman Weeks and then city man. >> Well, it makes me hearing you say that they're already doing this. Why are we

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why are we adding to it if they're already doing this? Because >> Well, I understand, but uh we don't want to be responsible and the school is already approve giving nonprofits a pass

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on this. So, um I'm just wondering what are we gaining by saying let's you know to do four when they may be doing six in a year. Uh, so I'm just asking what are we gaining by doing this? Yes, we're

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giving them money for for the school to do. >> So, so, um, they don't have a set number of nonprofits that come to them. No, no one truly knows that, right? So, Coco High School doesn't know this year. It

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may be 10, it may be 20, whatever that case may be. But now we know as a city if we if we say that we are um if we are pushing for four individuals or four nonprofits to come to the table,

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it'll be more advertised as well that that we are as a city um making sure that our tax dollars from our citizens at least give us something. Right. The the the first thing um that I brought up

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was the public access. I folded on that because council andor or or or um the mayor and and the principal as well was not with it. Right. And so I folded on that. But I but I I I've been saying this for a couple weeks when a couple people call me about this situation. We

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we we have we have literally um gave $240,000. Mhm. >> So something simple as this, something simple saying, "Hey, um, give us something back. Give our give give

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citizens give give something back um to the table. You can vote no on it. I don't really want to discuss it really like that, but I'm just I'm I'm I'm just >> that's not it. I just I don't know what we're gaining by the fact that they're already doing this. I mean, we can put it out there already to say, hey, that

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you could get your nonprofit." So, so, so when I say they're they're already doing this, I'm just saying at times she does give some individuals like some churches are doing a a funeral, >> right? It happens like that sometimes.

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But I'm I'm saying, hey, school board, get some skin in the game, right? You're coming to the table. I believe maybe a matching, right? But we've given a lot more than a lot of cities in Bavar County, and I think this is something that's simple that could be done. Is the school board gonna Okay, you've got the

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principal, but is the school board gonna >> We We'll find that out. >> Okay. >> This will be the second time we've been to them. >> Yeah. So So >> that stress yo, that's why I've been squeezing it. >> So I if if they go against it and and and

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don't want it, that's fine, too. All I'm doing is is what I know what our mayor talks about a lot with skin in the game. And so I want more, right? But I know they're not going to stomach that based on our responses that we got with A, B, and C.

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>> So I know they may not even like what we're doing right now. I'm not sure. But I know I'm willing to fight for it. I'm willing to make phone calls. I'm willing to make emails and say, "Hey, allow us give us this at least that." To me, it's just my

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opinion on this. Um but but I believe us coming to the table with $240,000 and us turning around asking for four nonprofits to wave fees. >> I think I think >> four nonprofits or >> she she has total control. We have

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nothing to do with it. She is her discretion. She she she's she andor administration are the bosses of that. We have nothing to do with that. >> I I would love to say 10. I would love to but I but you understand I'm 110 I I

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backed away from the public access but I but I still believe the public access should be on the table but I'm willing to fold on it. >> Okay. >> So at least give me this. That's all I ask. Please. >> Okay. Mr. City Manager, are you finished? I'm sorry. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Mr. Mayor, I'll wait for you guys to

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vote and then I'll tell you what I think the language is that you voted on. >> Say don't I sell don't I sell the car. Okay. Seeing that's rich coming from your word and wishes of council, especially Councilman, Deputy Mayor

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Goins, I I motion to um do I have to even mention A, B, and C in in my motion? I don't have so I make a motion to um allow the city manager to go back to the table with the recommendation

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>> um that I laid out for the for principal Stewart this morning um that allowed these four items and it may be more they may they may have a whole another process but allow this to take place and and I know that's a long motion but

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>> condense it I'll make a motion to to allow the city manager to move forward with a conversation with Suhan and others regarding at least this plan B of consideration >> which will eliminate the city of Coco

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from all liabilities. >> Absolutely. >> No responsibility. >> None. >> No sir. >> Where's the second? >> Second. >> We got a second on the phone by uh Councilman. >> Where's the love? >> Yeah. Yeah. Right there, man. It's right

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there. We because I'm willing to bet it's probably going to be a unanimous vote. Let me think. >> We go for >> Okay, we have the motion on the floor and a second. Motion by Deputy Mayor Goins and a second. >> Councilman Herm just going to call the

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question. All in favor saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? >> Eyes have unanimous. Can >> we get a tiger pride? >> Tiger pride. >> Who do you love most? >> City manager. >> And so, Mr. Mr. Mayor, here's the language that I think you you all just

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approved. Uh I'm on section 4.3. Uh this is the language that was uh drafted by the city attorney's office the last time we sent it over cuz I think that's what you just did. you said

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uh that language says in addition the school board agrees to wave its facility rental fees for the use of the Coco High School stadium and track at least four times per calendar year for a 501c3 nonprofit organization to utilize such

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facilities. The facility rental fee waiver shall be offered on a first come first-s serve basis to non nonprofit organizations. The school board may continue to enforce other requirements as are applicable to all renters pursuant to schoolboard policies such as

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insurance obligations and security related requirements, security deposits, or cleanup fees. This is the the new sentence would then be Coco High School will send a quarterly report to the city advising them of which 501c3

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organizations have utilized their facilities. >> Okay. Yes, sir. >> That's your >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. That's your second, right, Council Maher? >> Yep. >> Okay. All right. Thank you very much.

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Uh, Mr. City Manager, sir, and city attorney, sir, and council, sir. No, ma'am and sir. Ladies first. Okay, let's proceed to item number 8-2.

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Approve a resolution 2026-045 amending the city of Cocoa building permit fee scheduled to be comply with the requirements of House Bill 803 2026 effective date July 1st 2026

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2026-49. This is just amending the building fee. This is a no-brainer. I think this should be another 50. Miss Charlene Newman. Ma'am, >> thank you sir. Um, as you noted, House Bill 803, which was passed recently by

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uh Florida State uh and signed by the governor, is effective July 1st, and it amended what cities and counties can charge for the building permit fee schedules. And those permit fees had to be adjusted by July 1st of 2026.

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and and those substantially revised portions of chapter 553 Florida statutes which relates to the building permits, inspections, private providers, and local government permitting practices. It establishes requirements that affect our local building permit fee schedules and administration of our permit

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programs. And it requires us to modify our permits and practices and place additional limitations on fees that may be charged when private providers are utilized for plan preview and inspection services. and of plan review and inspection services with private providers. A lot of our large developers

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are using a private provider to do plans review and uh inspections to provide with the flexibility for plans review to get them reviewed quickly and for inspections so that they can do timely inspections on their projects um which typically exceed what the require what

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we are able to do because a lot of times um inspections are either early in the morning pores or weekends and things like that that have to be done um to meet certain deadlines. So, um, a lot of our large developers do that. Some of theo the proposed changes, um, currently

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in our, uh, current building permit fee schedule, we have a private private provider administrative review fee. Um, that has now been removed effective July 1st because House Bill 803 pro prohibits that. Our per private provider permit fee reductions requires local

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governments to provide a 25% reduction for uh plans review and a 50% reduction on permit fees for plans review and inspections. We currently have that in our plan and our fee schedule and we'll continue doing that as we move forward.

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Uh one of the larger uh changes to the uh House Bill 803 is residential permit exemption for certain work under $7,500. Uh currently any project that is needing to be permitted within the city of Coco, regardless of the cost, has to have a

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permit. Uh House Bill does require us to exempt certain work for any work that is less than 7500 on single family residential properties. That exemption does not apply to structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas work, and work located within flood zone

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areas. And so we've had to modify our language and fee schedule to uh remove that and and we're going to be working on um changing those language in our uh fee schedule and in our website. Uh our

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reinspection fee clarification. We had to make sure that our fees are scheduled because of failures on reinspections, not because of fees that we've added for reinspections. House Bill 803 requires all private providers

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to register through the system and does not and prohibits us from charging any registration fees for any review. Uh fee structure documentation >> Charlene before you. So no administrative fee and no registration fee. >> Uh we can charge an application

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processing fee >> and that's it but no administrative fee. >> Okay. But the bottom line of all the changes the the development is still going to pay for itself. There is no you put on the agenda there's no general fund subsidy anticipated >> there are no general fund subsidies as

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this the development does pay for itself and we're just modifying everything to comply with house bill 803 and uh there there will be some slight uh adjustments in our building fees as far as our revenue is concerned based on some of

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this but it should not be a very large impact to our our fee schedule. Oh, somebody fancy. >> Do we have any questions for Mrs. >> N? So, so that means like uh if somebody's putting up a fence and it's under 7500,

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they don't need a permit anymore. Is that what I'm hearing? So, they will not need a building permit, but based on the uh zoning regulations that the city has in the in the zoning code, uh there will probably have to be a zoning application for a fence that will have to be

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approved by planning and zoning in order for the fence to in order to meet the setback requirements for fences, sheds, accessory structures. Uh there will have to be a separate application through planning and zoning more than likely in order to um have them review those because we can't put them in our

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building permits as a as an application process. >> But but uh planning staff reviews those right now. So so it's as a planning review. There's a building permit for the fence there. The building permit will go away.

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You don't need the fence permit. >> It'll be a planning permit. We have to come up with a way to get you in front of the planning staff to review setbacks and things like that. >> I got correct. >> Okay. So, they still have to come to the city. It's not that they can just put up a fence. That's what I'm trying to find out.

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>> Correct. They cannot just put up a fence or a shed or accessory structure uh even though the project is under $7,500 because they still do have to meet the city zoning setback requirements. >> Okay. Thank you. I just wanted to make that was clarified. >> What are the wishes of council?

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>> Move to approve. Second. >> We got a motion on the floor by Councilwoman Weeks and a second by Councilwoman Cost. Chair is going to call the question. All in favor by saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously.

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Proceeding on to item number 8-3. Approve the multi-year law enforcement and fire dispatch services agreement with Bavar County Sheriff's Office and approval of BAF#26074 for $70,000 to move to dispatch

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equipment 2026-495. Um, this will be a savings. We will remember at one of our meetings that we held a substantial savings of $1.3 million annually.

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Uh Mrs. Mary Hbert, ma'am, >> I think this is a no-brainer, but go ahead. Good evening, council members and Blake. >> Tonight, we're going to review the agreement uh for the city of Cocoa Law

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Enforcement and Fire Dispatch Services. As background, on May 19th, the council voted to approve the transition of Cocoa Fire and Police Dispatch operations to the unified communications center for Bvard County. Tonight we seek approval

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of the city of Cocoa law enforcement and fire dispatch service agreement. The services provided 911 and non-emergency call intake, EMS police and fire dispatch services, uh Florida Crime Information Center and

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National Crime Information Center and Teletype Functions, dispatch technology and communications support. The financial impacts the contract term is starts on July 1st, 2026 and that

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goes through September 30th, 2029, which is 39 months total. For year 1 annual dispatch fee was discounted in exchange for the transfer of dispatch assets and equipment. The one-time transition fee is 70,000

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and that is under the BAF26074. the following fiscal years 26 27 is 180,000 annual cost 27 and 28 is another 180,000 and then 2829 is 189,000 as you stated mayor this is the yearly

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cost savings that we reviewed on May 19th uh we're the personnel costs are 1.4 4. The operating costs were 74K and the total was estimated at $1.5 million a year of our costs for the city

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of Coco. Bvard County is charging us estimated 180 a year for the three-year uh agreement and that's a total savings of 1.3 million a year. Technology changes in governance. The

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technology changes, the dispatch batch consoles and related equipment will be transferred to BCSO ownership. They assume responsibility for dispatch related technology maintenance, upgrades, licensing, and cyber security oversight. For

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governance, Bvard County maintains operational control of the UCC. the Koko police and fire leadership retain operational coordination through regular review meetings and established escalation procedures.

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This agreement allows the city to transition dispatch operations to Bvard County Sheriff's Office uni uni unified communication center providing regional coordination technology support and operational efficiencies while

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maintaining police fire EMS response services for Coco residents. We recommend approval of this multi-year law enforcement fire dispatch service agreement with the Bvard County Sheriff's Office and approval of the

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BAF26074 for 70K to move dispatch equipment. Also, you saw the updated exhibit C. Uh that's just the list of equipment, the consoles that we would transfer over

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to Bur County. >> Thank you. I have a question, ma'am. >> Okay. >> If this is approved, our current dispatchers would go to the county level right now as it stand and still receive the same

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FRS or whatever the case may be. So, everyone will still keep their job, >> potentially maybe get a pay increase. >> Pay increase. Yes, ma'am. bonus and uh years of service m remain other

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than the folks that were in probationary period. >> Okay. I mean, this is is a no-brainer. >> And Mr. Mayor, um um our HR director is working with the sheriff's office HR director um to to make that transition.

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But again, it's FRS. It is a step plan. Um there are certification pays for um being fire medical dispatcher. Um we have talked about as staff uh

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covering the transition period where they can still utilize the clinic until their insurance kicks in. And so I think we're doing all we can to make this a smooth and uh humane uh transition from um one agency to the next there. So,

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we're we're looking at all of those issues. Um, I forget the uh the payouts, the acred, sick, and annual goes over with them. Um, and I I just want to give the council a sense of some of the little

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nuances that we talked about. I remember the clinic being one and I don't know and this is a negotiated um uh union deal. So we're we're in conversation with the union um about the transition there. And so all of these

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have to be negotiated, but again um recall what the sheriff's office put on the table. Everybody has an opportunity to go over um they go over under a um simplified background check. I remember

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that. And so that's not a full boneb blown background check there. And so uh after a year they become uh protected under civil service uh those sort of things. Now the the the you know again people have planned out

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their vacations and so that's that's really not under our control after you know and so and so that'll be you know something that they'll have to negotiate with the sheriff's office there. But I think, you know, as uh as your representatives, we we've done uh what

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we can to make sure that that uh this is this life-changing event is uh is as uh as uh easy as possible and as fair as possible >> and we unanimously approve this on May 19th, 2026 at our meeting. So, um what

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are the wishes of council? >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> Okay. We have a motion on the floor by councilwoman weeks and a second by councilwoman cost. Just going to call the question. All in favor saying I.

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>> I. >> Any nays? Eyes have it unanimously. Say yes sir. >> I don't know if you guys already have a plan for this. I was just wondering what what uh becomes of the old dispatch location at the PD station.

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>> We don't have a plan for that right now. I see the the uh police chief over there smiling. >> He has his own plans, but but but we the city don't have our any plans right now. But again, he he does have an idea of what he wants to do with that with that

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uh space. >> Putting me an office over there. >> I got just telling you here cuz uh you bring one over nothing. I'mma leave that alone. Okay, proceeding on to item number 8-4.

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This is a no-brainer. Um, approval of a resolution amending fiscal year 2026 budget accepting the Bureau of Justice Assistance Fiscal year 25 bulletproof partnership grant BAF26-071-

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A-PD in the amount of $12,92. transfer the matching portion to the grant account number for a total amount of $25,84. Project number GR2602

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2026-453. Council approved this back in 8 November 18, 2025. That's the first time we did the 24 um vest. I believed in this and I support this and want to make sure all our men

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and women have the proper tools in their tool bag and I think we will have one for our emergency service as well for the fire department. So chair like to make a motion to approve. I'mma hear from you Miss Singer. I'mma hear from

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you. Uh I'm making a motion. I protect her and a second by councilwoman Weeks. Thank you, ma'am. Mrs. Singer. Ma'am, >> sir, I don't have anything other to add. I think this is um just really to point

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out the next three items or just to show you that um some grants that we are accepting and applying for. We want that to be public information. So, we wanted to make sure it was announced. >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. We have a motion on the floor and a second. Just

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going to call the question. All in favor saying I. >> I. I. >> Any nazs? I have it unanimously. Proceeding forward to number five. Yes ma'am. You're correct. Another uh program here. Council approval to apply

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the federal emergency management agency FEMA staffing for adequate fire and emergency response safer program 2026-45A. This is a no-brainer. Um, this is a a safe grant project too

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as well. Um, if not, what are the wishes of council? If not, I'll make a motion to approve. >> Move to approve. >> Got a motion on the floor by councilwoman Weekes. >> Second. >> Second by councilwoman cost. Just going to call a question. You want to say anything, Mrs. Single or Chief Lamb or

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any one of y'all two? >> No, sir. >> Don't un sell that car, baby. Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. All in favor saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? eyes have it unanimously. Our last item for tonight, I do support

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this program. All three items, four, five, and six like you all are. Council approval to apply for the fiscical year 26 safer outcomes enhancing deescalation and crisis response training for law enforcement.

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Support for law enforcement agency program. This is a great job. Yes, our officers need training for deescalations during a crisis response. I do support this. Um, so I will make the motion to approve. Looking for a second.

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>> Second. >> I got a second on the floor by Councilwoman Weeks. Chair's going to call the question. Anything you want to share with us, Chief? >> I don't have anything. >> Yes, sir. All in favor by saying I.

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>> I. Any naysay? I have it unanimously. Great job, everyone. Proceeding on to reports. Uh, Mr. City Manager. Um, yes, sir. Uh, three reports there.

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One from Mrs. Singer, uh, one from the fire chief, uh, and then I'll I'll, uh, have some some comments myself. >> So, yes, sir. Thank you, sir. >> You go first. Go ahead. Yours is quicker. Yeah. All right. Thanks. So,

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uh, I just want to remind everyone we'll be doing our hurricane bucket, uh, roundup and giveaway this Saturday, 9:00 to noon at the Dr. Jolie Smith Center on Saturday. That's this Saturday coming up. So, we'll have several different tables set up, giving out different

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items to go into the buckets and be done. So, um, and sorry, but I have to take this opportunity. I want to say congratulations to my son Matt. who just graduated the 305th Battalion military intelligence

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silent warriors. Go get him now. He's an airborne school. So that's all I have. >> Yeah. I saw that quite accomplishment on Facebook. That proud dad, man. Yeah. >> Good dad. >> Yes. >> Okay. Mitch, if you can put my slide up

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for me, please. So I am proud to show um this is the um result from the mural. Um so we submitted seven names to the national fitness group who submitted a

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design. Um and I have a couple different angles to show you. Um but this shows you here. Um, as you can see, we've kind of combined an artwork design with the photos um that we have for each of the

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uh honores. And so there is also, what you can't really tell in here, a little bio for each one um that tells a little bit about each of the community uh people in the community that were selected for this. Um so here is another

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angle here. Um again you will notice in the artwork each of the people that are depicted in the artwork um reflect the people in the photos as well. So the artwork is um reflective of the people that were

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chosen. So again each photo um and bio is included as well as the artwork. So it's a mixture of both the artwork and um the real photos and that gives you a little bit of a closer

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view of that artwork as well. Um, but it really shows you what it would look like. This is more of a flattened image of it. Um, but again, those are the sides. This really shows you more of what it will look like um, installed at the park.

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>> Can you can you back up one photo, please? >> That one? >> Yes. Was that what is there another one? I think it was that. >> You want the one that's closer? >> Yeah. There you go. Thank you, ma'am. >> You're welcome. >> Yes.

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>> So, the other option, you know, it it will show you how the the side panels will have instructions for all of the fitness equipment that's there, but this is the front mural piece that reflects the community members that were selected by the public. >> Yeah. And and and I know you love when I

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do this, Samantha. And so >> and so for the for the the photos >> um for the the folks that are living actually for everybody their families there are we going to reach out to them and ask if the photos are acceptable to

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them? >> I can actually the um reish Sims all the way on the right is submitted by his family because that's the one photo I could not find. Okay. Um but yes, I can reach out to each of them and ensure that we have the right photos.

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>> Yeah. So, we'll we'll do that. Um but but a great job on the design of this. Um and Samantha uh has a lot of input with the um with the foundation. So, so

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great job um design. >> That's really cool. >> And that was all I had. Team Coco. Team Coco. >> And so, Mr. Mr. Mayor, final report from staff there. So, I told you I was looking at the uh Florida Tax Watch

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turkey list there. And I'll remind the council and the public that we're waiting on three um projects to be approved >> in the governor's budget there. And uh um we had the $2 million for the entry

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road for the Cocoa Multimotal Station. Uh and then we have the $4.7 million for the baffle box project. Uh again, which again um if we if we get that amount of money, I think we have some hopefully we

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we can get creative and and uh and do some uh really creative and flexible things with regards to not only water quality, but uh flooding. Um, and then and I think uh Samantha sent this out to you last week there. We did actually

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have $375 $375,000 in in the uh budget that went to the governor for Provos Park improvements there. So, uh, so we we had a successful year at least in getting things in the

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budget that went to the governor and got our fingers crossed that, uh, that, uh, he will sign that and not veto those out of the budget. Um, and so, uh, it was a good year for the city of Coco. And again, just to remind you on the federal

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level with regards to those earmarks, it was $2 million for a fire station and then uh I think it was a million dollars for water and our wastewater infrastructure improvement sort of I'll

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say out west. So, uh a good year federal and >> great year, not a good one. Great one. >> That's it for us, sir. >> Uh I just want to thank you and the staff, Mr. city manager for doing a phenomenal job. Um I I'm a firm believer

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in this. We will continue to defy them because they do not define who we are. We as a city of Coco and we're doing remarkable things not only just on a local level but we're being recognized on a state level and even a federal

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level because the last thing I recall we're getting federal dollars goes back when Rick Hull was a city manager and I very first became a mayor under the late great um congressman Bill Posley. We got a million dollars for the enhancement of

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our water facilities uh and our utilities on the car Larby at that time. So, you know how far far far that goes back. So, I'm thankful. I think I know we have eclipsed that old

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tradition and we're doing some great things and that's what it's all about. Team Coco, thank you team Coco. Thank you, Team Coco. And thank you, Team Coco, to the citizens and council of this great city. Job well done, my good and faithful servant.

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>> Okay. Is that it, Mr. City? >> Yes, sir. Thank you. >> You sure? Okie dokie. >> We still waiting for that one more. >> Yes, sir. That's right. Um, Esqua Garganis, >> no report, >> okay, no report. Okay, Mr. Hearn, tell

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me who's this time, sir. Evens, I believe. >> Even two and four. Who wants to go first? Two and four. Okay, we sended it down that way. >> Mine's short. >> It's fairly short, too, actually.

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>> Not mine. Mine is long and strong. >> Okay. Well, it's an honor to be the elected representative of District 4. I think I have eight meetings after this. >> Uh that was a great tour the other day.

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I really appreciated uh learning more about CocaCola. Not only do they employ 120 people out of the uh building on Clear Lake, but those are good jobs because I think Coca-Cola is considered one of the better employers in the

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country in terms of benefits and that sort of thing. And of course, Bvard Humane Society, they're doubling their space. So, they provide such a wonderful service to the community. And I was really inspired um by Erica O'Neal and

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the uh commissary service that they're doing as well as her catering service. She just has such great energy and of course chaperels which you know they knew me. >> Yeah. So earlier in the week um I think this

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week, no Tuesday, it was last Tuesday I think. Anyway, uh we got headlines uh actually Dixon and Indian River Drive that we were discussing tonight got the front page of of Florida today for a mane

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uh herd mating herd >> and the table man. >> It's a manatee mating herd. And I had no idea. I mean, the thing is we gathered around there, you know, was walking and uh Janice, well, there were probably 30

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people there at one point, but there had to have been at least 16 manity. And so, what happens is the female goes into the most shallow waters to try to get away from the aggressive males. >> And so, not only were So, we've really

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got a lot of photo action there. um really up close and personal and there and then there are another six manatee just you know a few feet out. So um that's a good spot to watch for uh

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manatee and other other marine life and okay I've never done this before. It's my eighth year. Okay I've never put my family up on the screen right but well I'll connect it to Coco. So my

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grandson competed in the uh track national competition in Bradenton and he came down and my husband and I took him. Um anyway, we had two Coco students there in the orange

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running track. So um he got uh fifth place which is 7.25 meters long jump. That's his event but is now a four-time all-American. I had no idea what that meant, but when you place, he placed second in North

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Carolina State and then every time you compete in a national event from there, it's considered another all-American. So, if you compete in two, you're a two-time all-American. Compete in five. And evidently, college applications look

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at that. So, um, but our Coco students were there as well. They weren't, it was not, um, they had on their Coco uniforms. They weren't representing the school because uh the school did not bring a delegation to this particular national competition, but nonetheless um

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they were showing their Tiger pride. >> Amen. >> And that's my report. >> All right. So, uh forgive me, I don't have my pictures this week. Um for those who don't know, I'm dealing with the loss of my stepfather uh from Thursday.

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So, um actually preparing to travel out of state. Um one of the things I wanted to highlight, I had the uh chance to attend, uh FTIM, which is the Florida training, uh for emergency management. Uh I had

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the honor to see our fabulous fire chief. He uh was actually given a lecture there and uh he actually did a really great job. Really, really great job. Um I saw a few of our other staff there as well. Uh so this uh event they

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have every year. It was in Orange County this year. You actually can learn. There was all kind of classes and trainings being given from flood mitigation, cyber security. Uh there was all kind of resources being given out. So uh it's a very very helpful event if you're interested in all things emergency

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management uh and beyond. So um I'll present those photos uh next meeting. Um, also I'm having an event on June 25th from 4 to 7 at uh Anderson Park. Um, it's just a little small community

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event uh for the neighbors, the surrounding neighbors of that park where we'll be giving out some food uh hot dogs and things and we have some fun activities we're going to be doing outside. Um, one of the things I know I spoke about the basketball court. I was informed that it is getting painted. Um,

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there's just a little slight delay. Um, a question I had, were the colors of the paint already picked out or is that something that can still be orange and blue? >> If not, someone had gave me an idea at the event next week if I could take a

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poll on on colors that maybe the community would love to see the uh court painted. So, >> we will reach out to the vendor and see if that's an option. >> Okay. Perfect. Perfect. handrints.

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>> Oh, and the handprints. So, uh, that was another idea that was brought up as well. If, uh, in the center of the court if they can do handprints. Um, so that's like you said, you can reach out to the vendor and see if that's possible. Um, and I believe that's it for the moment. Um,

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>> color. >> I'm sorry. >> Paint. >> Yeah. >> Yes. Yes. Um, I think I I stated, uh, there's been some improvements, some minor improvements taking place at Anderson Park. The fencing, uh, there was trees that were trimmed and it looks really

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nice. Um, if you all get a chance to ride by Anderson Park, like every evening is it's packed with kids playing basketball. They're on the playgrounds. Um, I also went by, uh, Provos Park the other day. It's full on the playground, the basketball court. So, uh, we're

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doing a great job, council and staff on, uh, bringing those, uh, parks up. So, thank you all for the support for that. >> It's okay. I'm good. I'm good. >> I don't know if he has pictures in. Did you get your pictures in? Yeah, >> it's 556.

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You're getting better. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. >> Okay. Um, so this was an event I attended last week. Um, uh, former state rep Angela Nixon is running for US Senate and Jennifer Jingy run for US Congress. Great, great event. Great to

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get out and talk some crazy politics sometimes. >> Um, this is um the KOP fundraiser breakfast that they had. Really pretty cool. I didn't know that Longhorn cooks breakfast for nonprofits and they allowed them to keep 100% of the pro

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proceeds which was awesome. Um so they had pancakes and eggs uh and bacon. Um and so that was an awesome event for uh Thomas Cole and the community to come out and support these young men. Um this was the saving our sons event.

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Um Germaine Clint brought this event back. Pastor Jarvis did this maybe 10 or 11 years ago, but it's a good opportunity to get out um and serve the young people, especially these teenagers. We we know um that it's easy

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for them to go left. And uh great for the for all the men that came out, helped them tie ties. It really was never about the tie. It was about just having conversations that even some of these young people, some of them stressed out and they know they don't

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have jobs, but a lot of them have situations that is out of their control. And so, we try our best to to try to work with these young people. Um, thank you to Metropolitan um for allowing um the the event to take place in their facility. We did inter

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interviews and we cried. We It was I did It was very it was it was >> emotional. >> Yeah. It's a it's a it's a lot going on in these young people life. I just say that and so sometime you see crimes and stuff happening from young people. It's

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a lot of things going on in their mind as well. So just to take time and have that conversation with them. It was a awesome event. Um this I went to a graduation Saturday at Pillars Pillars of Hope. If you don't know Pillars of Hope is the school that is on Forest uh right past 520 on the

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right hand side. Um, a lot of their students are are maybe some young people that have a little issues with at public schools. Um, these kids are thriving in smaller class settings and and this was a great opportunity to to get out and

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support these young people. Uh, the two young men up top uh lost their parents um to overdose with uh last year, a year and a half ago um while they're in the house. And so and so now they're twins. They just graduated high school, right?

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And so that was a great opportunity for them to be in a school that accepts them and and understands their situation. And so appreciate uh Mr. Lions and his wife for for serving the community in a in a in a capacity that's not really um the

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normal path, I would say. Um, we know we we lost a great pillar of the community, uh, Sister Juel Collins. Um, you know, she she raised me when I were little. I think she thought I was her child at one time, too. Uh, but but

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just spending the time, um, especially on the political side where just the encouragement. Um, I've been fortunate enough to be around some great women um that that has helped save my life and I really appreciate her and her family

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and her family just for allowing us to be a part of her life and and them sharing her with us. Um, her her funeral this this Saturday. Um, I believe it's at 10:00. Uh, the viewing is at 10:00. The uh service at 11 o'clock at Fist

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Boulevard Church of Christ. Um, I'm pretty sure we probably gonna be standing outside. Uh, but but but it it just it was she means a lot to our family. And so, um, outside of the the political realm, she's also my sister in

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Christ as well. And so, I just wanted to honor her with with a photo. She always I always mess with all the time about I don't know why you dressing up so much. You're trying to go on a date. Uh but but she's going to be missed uh tremendously

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and uh that that's all I had. Um I I I I would end with this. Um this week has been a real emotional week for me uh personally. Um I probably lost um uh six people, seven people that I've either grown up with or people that have raised

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me that have passed away. So, I I I will end with this and say uh u love on your family. Uh take care of yourself healthwise as well. Uh because we really truly don't know what the what's around the corner. Um and and so uh even though

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you know on council we we we go through different cha challenges and uh different things we may not always agree with. Um but I I truly believe it that that we are moving in the right direction. Um, I only have a few months left, but I I truly enjoy uh being up

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here. I love arguing with our mayor. It really the the highlight of my day. >> That's good. That's good. >> But but I I >> live a long time. >> I seriously say that that you just truly don't know. >> And so cherish every day. Go home, hug

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on your family. I I'll say that again. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Thank you. Okay. District three. So, the mayor and I attended the graduation for the adult um education uh

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on Clear Lake. And this was ahead. >> Um anyway, this was all the group that was there, including Senator Wright. Uh it was uh it was so emotional because the people as they came across the stage you know they were all ages and uh

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obviously you know second chance for many of them and the ones who spoke were so um eloquent about some of their struggles you know a single mom uh and going back to school and never thought she would and now she was graduating and

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I'll get emotional just talking about it but it was uh shaking hands with saw what was that 11 um 13 I think something like that that we shook hands with that night and this was the view from the stage that's the mayor grinning but uh that was the view from the stage as the

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group came in and uh the crowd I mean they were down at the bottom of the stairs as they came across their families were so excited it was awesome and then uh I did uh meals on wheels again the realtors did a volunteer day and you heard them say 35 of us did

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Meals on Wheels And um so that was uh again a real privilege and honor to get to to uh do that and uh deliver those meals to those folks. And then uh this was actually us last night at um the uh

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League of Cities and um uh Corey Skates from uh the Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce spoke on that one. And of course that's Mayor Medina from uh Palm Bay. >> South South Coco. >> Yep. South South Coco. And then uh weekend before last I went to um

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Arkansas. And I have to share my family picture. This is us in birth order. That's my oldest sister on the left. She's 71. Our brother was in between. Then me. My mom at 91 almost 92. No, she's never had work done. That's just

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how she looks. Um my my we always say she has all her original parts. Anyway, um and then my sister my sister Debbie and uh then my youngest sister Kim and um we had a wonderful weekend and this

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was us after church. We went out to eat. Um so anyway, it was just a great time to get to spend together. And then my granddaughter is working here and this was the welcome that she got. and uh she is just loving it. She says, "Grandma,

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they're so nice." And uh I said, "Just make me proud and do a good job." So, uh I'm looking forward to hearing that she is doing so because I know she's a hard worker. But, you know, um I I I'm just very proud of her in in doing that. And

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uh so, thank you all here at city hall for welcoming her. And keep her in line, would you? Um, and then I've got a few extra things here. Um, the business tour. I didn't you shared the picture with that, but it was awesome. Thank you

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so much. That was a really good day. And um, and I have to address something because people keep asking me. Um, obviously I've lost a little weight. 107 pounds in 10 months. >> You look great, girl. You look great. >> I am not sick. That's what people keep

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asking. Are you sick? No, I am not sick. I did this on purpose. So, But I just want to make sure pe because people keep asking I guess you know they watch or whatever and and have seen me and they keep asking. I just um I'm much healthier. I'm now in the normal range

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for body mass index and uh am very grateful that this has uh that it worked so well. So I'll be happy to share that with you if anybody wants to ask how I did it. And Friday I'm flying to Washington DC for uh N midyear business meetings. I'll be gone for six days and

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meeting with elected officials and um committees that I'm on and all that stuff all meeting. So, uh that will be good. And then in case you didn't know, Bill Posy's funeral is this Saturday as well. >> Yeah, I know. It's same time. So,

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>> yes, sir. >> A lot going on. >> Jewel. >> Yep. Yep. So, anyway, but thank you all very much. That's it for me. >> Okay. Check that slide out, baby. >> I know. >> Come on. Turn it on now.

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>> I know, right? >> Why can't I be >> Look at him. Mitch, I want something really good. >> Mitch didn't do this. I did this. >> You did this? >> Yes. >> Uhhuh. >> I like that. >> Yeah, it's awesome.

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>> World famous water. Thank you. Okay, this is an event that was held just me prior to going to W uh Washington DC. I'm supposed to go there, but I don't think I'm not going. Um at Endeavor Elementary, this is with the um United

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Way. That's Wiggle the Worm. We were giving out books with the United Way, uh former Sheriff Mary Kelly, uh and myself. Uh, Principal Murphy was there, not only there, but also the Child

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Hunger Society were present at the facility at Endeavor Elementary. Um, as you can see, we're giving out books to the kids. Mrs. Wyn, uh, touching the hearts of the kids. To my right in the corner, that's Miss Tracy Harris. As you

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can see, the diversity and wide age group ranging from, you know, prek, not pre-K, but first graders on up for the summer. Kids are still able to get a summer snack for the summer to take home. If the school is open, they can go

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to that school and get a lunch, and that's important. But also, reading is fundamental. Got to stimulate that brain. Uh you can see there's a reason why Tracy's in the picture and I'm I'm sure you guys will see having a great time

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there and that's in the district number two. Um this is the United Way group as well as you can see and myself all the workers there. United Way was giving to the Arle that card of food there.

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Now here's the reason why >> you can see I think she's called Goldie. Uh she's a chicken. They raised chicken there and eggs. So part of their educational program and needless to say, I've known Tracy. I taught her daughter.

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Um and and Cheyenne, I'm happy to say she also teaches at on the primary school education. Needless to say, we had a great time. It was a handful time, shall I say. Cockadoodle doo. Um, these are some of

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the kids we were at the graduation at Bass. Um, uh, their last name is Blake. Uh, and their family member graduated there. Um, yes, Council McGome was taking a photo in that baby blue just

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for you. And my blue suede shoes, that's Karen and his sister Blake. >> Karen rather. Sorry ma'am. See, we sh the same photo. >> Yep. in between council woman weeks and myself is my former student. She's performed here once before. Uh Destiny

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Battles. >> Yes. And beautiful voice, elegant voice. Um as you can see from uh yours truly, Dr. Cador, uh Mrs. Campbell, school board commissioner Campbell, uh

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Councilman Mayor Rather Connor, uh one of my other former students, school board member Megan Wright. No. What's Megan's last name? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Is it? Okay. And then State Senator Wright, then Jean Trent, then Councilwoman Weeks, then Destiny and

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myself. And there's a few other pictures that we took that has shook up the world, but we count it all joy. >> Uh yeah. Yeah. That's just how fire spreads, but they don't know. But they do now. So this is Councilwoman Weeks

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and myself. We decide to select blue as our color. Dr. Cador again this is uh United Way giving out the books and the um child is it child hungry society if I'm not children.

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Sorry I said child because that children thank you point of correction. I apologize. >> Um this is Bvard has talent or got talent. Myself that was a great event. Um, uh, Mindy at Light Rock. You

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remember Amy from Fox 35 and Asco Allen >> were a part of that judging. I mean, it's tough. The competition was very stiff and steep. I mean, you didn't have a chance to make a mistake. You You must be inspiring to the children and adults.

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Um, I I applaud Wayne Ivy, Sheriff Wayne Ivy, and his staff. Um, all the tables were there. great um contributions and major attendance there ranging from all elected officials and business owners and they were raising funds as for the

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um the humane society there on the south end of Bvoulevard County. Uh this is the um Coopers and myself and Mindy at the event. Um, this is Michael Lloyd, Teresa Clipton, and myself at the event as

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well. Everyone is looking sharp. So sharp that even a cat can't even scratch us. That's how sharp we are. And I just want to say thank you to our staff for your commitment and dedication to the 400 plus employees, but the citizens of

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Coco. I just would like to say to you, buy local, spend local, keep it local. We recognize your great works. God bless you all in these great United States. Chair entertains a motion to adjurnn. >> Move to adjourn. >> Got a motion on the floor by

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Councilwoman Whis. Looking for a second. >> Second by Deputy Mayor Goins. Going please. >> And we thank you. Great job everyone.