of the great city of Palaka. Continue to give us wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Do those things which are pleasing in your sight. In Jesus name we do pray. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Public comments. Public comments. Public. Public comments is open. Public comments is open. Public comments is closed. Madam manager, I'll turn it over
to you now for the discussion items. I think we need a horn for that. Try it now. There we go. All right, we have some volume now. Thank you. I'm gonna turn a little bit. So, um, good evening. My name is Diane Quigley. I am the project manager for Stantech on this project and I'm working closely with
Adelina, your project manager on this, um, on the, um, Opalaka vulnerability assessment. And I'm just going to give you a brief overview of what the project is entails, um, our outcomes, why we're here tonight, and then take your
questions and answers on anything. So, You have the presentation up there. Nope, that's not my presentation. There we go. There we go. Thank you, Chris, so much. I appreciate it. So, um, as we were brought on to do
this vulnerability assessment for you all, which is funded by the resilient Florida program at FD of which I was the first director of that program and worked there at DAP for a while. So, um, I'm now with Stantech, but anyway, I just want to let you know. Um, so the purpose of a vulnerability assessment,
what is a vulnerability assessment? It is the data and analysis where we look at what parts of the city are prone to flooding. And I think after this week we kind of already know existing where the flooding is. Um and then but we also have to look at the future. We look out
to 2050 and 2080. This is a requirement of statute. They're incur encouraging all communities to do these vulnerability assessments. And what this does is kind of set you up for future funding with D and federal agencies to do more to um pursue capital funding for
projects and such in your community. So it does identify um what's flooding now and in the future and it looks at the depth of flooding and it also looks at what critical assets are the most prone and the most vulnerable to that flooding. It helps you to prioritize
your needs under which assets are and and I'll go and I'll explain a little bit more what those assets are. So the goals is to determine the floodprone areas, establish your critical needs and your priorities in your community. Um all in accordance
with the statute and to put you in a position to receive future federal and state funds to adapt your infrastructure to be more flood resistant and floodprone in the future and make a more resilient community over time. Um it
helps to prepare the city for future storms. It helps your businesses if you start to build these adaptation and start adapting your infrastructure. It helps the businesses recover faster. Um it reduces their loss of um income and
um viability during these storm events. It protects the public health. It keeps them out of floodprone areas and safer. And it helps you with your flood insurance costs through your CRS program, your community rating system, CRS program. Whereas if you do these studies and you identify these areas, it
coordinates with your local mitigation strategy and it all goes into your your um firm um into the national flood insurance program. So oh sorry fast sorry a little slow. So um again as we mentioned this
vulnerability assessment will be feeding into your local mitigation strategy which is used to identify more critical hazardprone um assets and facilities within your community um and set you up for federal funding um hazard mitigation funds as well as it sets you up for more
resilient Florida more capital type projects or what we call implementation projects under resilient Florida. These are the steps within the study and we are at number three right now public presentation and outreach. Um we did have a kickoff meeting um with
Miss Gross and we did prepare the first technical memorandum and inquiring background data which is a lot of what you see around here these maps and we want to get your input on today. And um then we'll have this exposure analysis that's really looking that's projecting
the rainfall, projecting sea level rise and overlaying that on your your elevation data and um all this stuff and then determining what areas are going to be flooded in the future as well. So we're doing this all like I said consistent with the Florida statutes,
the resilient Florida program. They do regulate a lot of this. So what assets are we looking at? We're looking at cityowned assets and they're defined in these categories. The natural, cultural, historical, uh, critical infrastructure, transportation, comm critical community,
and emergency facilities. These are defined in statute as to what assets we have to do. We do have some leeway to add some things in there if it's really important to the city that we want us to take a look at it. And a lot of in your your area is a lot of these historic buildings. We have a lot of um historic
resources. And so we we want to look at and consider all of those that's important to you and your community and but we want you to consider that you might want to adapt in the future and get some funding for those facilities. So it does not and we have to manage the expectations a lot of time with the
public. It does not look at private privately owned properties. The state does have some guidance and some um federal some state funds for homeowners for Elevate Florida. They also cover a lot of the wind damage. They have some funds there and then they also have some
assistance for small businesses, some guidance and how to um deal with storms and recoup faster. And then of course you also have some funding with the SBA and other type um local funding programs. See, try again. Okay, so these
are the assets that we've collected so far. And I'm not going to go through detail on these maps. We do have larger maps here and you have the maps in your handout in the presentation and what we're trying to do is capture all of the critical assets as defined in statute and make sure we're not missing
anything. So any feedback we get from you and the public if there's something that you don't think we we put in there that we need to put in there. Again, consider this. This is either locally, state, or federally owned. And even if it's state and fally owned, all we would do is tell them, hey, it's it's a
potentially flooded asset and they have to deal with it. We're only focused on your assets when we start to prioritize um future adaptation and resilience strategies and projects. So we have comm critical community emergency facilities, natural,
historic, and cultural resources here on a map. Um and then we have transportation and others um here. And then we'd like to get ev comments on anything from anybody, like I said, the public and you all um and let us know anything that we're missing on those. So as I mentioned we're doing a um
assessment an exposure analysis what they call a model that determines um flooding present in the year 20150 was what we call midcentury and 2080 these time frames are also um determined in statute we are required to look at these
time frames. So what this does is if you know something is potentially going to fund in 2050, you can get the funds now to make that more resilient, to flood proof it, to elevate it, to move it, to, you know, do some flood protection around it, whatever you need to do um to
help your community. So again, we've seen a lot of fl lot of local flooding issues. We've been working with Carlos and Natalina to identify some of the um existing areas. And if you have more that you would like to tell us what you know floods right now and you think is important, please do because we want to
include this in that list of priorities. Those are your immediate needs as well as your future needs that we'll help you determine. So step one as what we're doing now is collecting the publicly own critical assets. Um step two is determine the flood risk of all these
assets now and in the future. um identify the ones that are going to be that are now exposed to floods and those that will be flooding in the future that based on the data and analysis that we do and determine those. And then determine target areas, what we
call focus areas or adaptation areas. There are special areas within the community that you want to focus on and make a priority. And then what we do is we look at the sensitivity of all the assets. We consider how prone they are. Um, how sensitive they are to flooding.
Um, like we know maybe a lift station is more prone to flooding and if that floods and breaks down that affects more of the community than just maybe a road or an intersection flooding or some other parks flooding. We know those will recede quickly. But which ones affect the community the most and have the most
community impact? Those are probably going to be your higher priorities. And step five, we develop a plan for you and we develop we look at adaptation strategies, what you might want to do, just some conceptual. We only go to the conceptual level. We don't do design at
this point. Um, but we determine some of the strategies and some potential costs. And these become your list of projects that you want to promote and they become your high your higher priorities for funding in the future. These are some of the um storm water
projects we've been recommending in a lot of these. A lot of these are more nature-based solutions. A combination of what we call gray and green infrastructure. The gray is the concrete. The green is the more nature-based solutions. Um and these tend to get funded a lot quicker. In the
statutes, nature-based solutions, greens infrastructures get a higher um more points when they're looking and analyzing the funding for the upcoming year, looking at the projects to fund. So these are just some ideas. So this is the timeline what we're doing. Um June through October,
we'll be doing the exposure and sensitivity analysis. Um we'll have another public workshop in the fall to present the results of this model that we've done and look at the higher priorities and help you determine which are the priorities and which ones you want to fully develop into some maybe
some project concepts or strategies that you might want to do. Some of it could be education. doesn't have to be a hard project. Could be like education to the community about flooding and what to do and education to the businesses and notices and things like that. It doesn't always have to be a storm water project
or a lift station elevation or relocation or anything like that. So, all depends on um what you want to see and we'll be wrapping this up by April of next year. So, all of this and develop a plan. So, what are we asking
of you and the public today? Help us identify those spots that we talked about that are flooding now. And then um help us make sure that we are um including all the public facilities that are important to you and make sure they get on the list and they get included because I can tell you right now if they
get on this list, it goes up to the state. The state takes all these little vulnerability assessments all the communities are doing and they put them into one big statewide vulnerability assessment. and all future funding for um resilience projects, they have to be
identified in that statewide VA. That's what those statute says. So, we want to make sure they if they're important, they get on that list and they get included and get sent up to the state. So, we are asking for comments today. Um we're asking you can mark the
board. You can tell us. I'm sure you're going to tell me what you think. And then also we have comment cards for the public to fill out what they think is important, what they want to do. We have them on the back table here. Um if anybody wants to, we have them in Spanish, Creole and English as well. So
we'll be collecting those and all that information will be brought into the report and that leads and helps you to prioritize these projects. We got to consider the public comments and feedback as well. So I think that's
it. Not turning over. There we go. Thank you. So you know who to talk to internally. Thank you for your uh presentation, Miss Quigley. Um let me open up to my colleagues first for any uh comments or questions they may have
before I ask mine. Thank you. Colleagues, thank you Sherman. Um so in in your your um what did you call it? Sorry building assessment. The assessment assessment. So in your
assessment you tell us what um what causes the flooding and how we should cor and what to do to correct it as well. Yes. We'll we'll help you identify some solutions, some general conceptual ideas and thoughts and what you might
want to do and then you guys can at a later stage take that and fully develop that into a project. Do design, you know, if you need permitting or anything like that and you can apply for more funds to fund that project. Yes. Okay. Um I'm not I tried to I didn't look at
your I looked through here briefly. I didn't look at your posters. Mhm. Um, one of the areas I see this as 131st Street. Is that in front of Ingram Terrace? I'm not sure which one. Thank you. We need to give those people some
relief. Like seriously. And um I look forward to finding out on 132nd um what that issue is over there because that area it's been fixed several times but it's been flooding
since I was a child. Yes. And Yeah. And it it they fix it and right back again it's right back flooding years later. So, it has to be something that's deep that somebody's not seeing. So, hopefully you all will
find that so that that area could be relieved as well because we're not in a flood zone. So, don't know. We'll work with Carlos and all the other engineering staff to determine, you know, what they think some of the issues are and make recommended strategies to
adapt it and what to do. And sometimes it could be elevating a road, but you have to think about unintended consequences of that. If you elevate the road, then where's the water going to go onto the property? So, you got to be careful. So, we have to look at some d
storm drain systems, maybe different swell or something like that, whatever we do, but we can come up come up with some concepts and then we kind of leave it at that and then your staff can take it and run with it and fully develop it if need be. Okay. Thank you.
Thank you, Commissioner Santiago. Thank you, Vice Mayor, um for that great opportunity to um say what I feel. um future bringing a resolution to see
if we can change the name of the city and add it opa city because flow we have an all over all over our city what is the cause that
flow we don't know that's what we say but most of the uh resident and people here um we know how that flow is coming, you know, to be uh growing and growing every year that pass. Um I think it's a
very good idea to have all these um uh projects for the future and found out uh what is the really uh situation that we have here in in the great city of Palaka. And now we're going to talking only to a particular area from
the city but I can see uh in the last three days I'm be traveling all over the city and I see flow everywhere everywhere. that one here, that picture. Uh, yes, I I can talking about that road right there because up to today, we
still have water there all over all over that neighborhood. And we have there a a nice clean uh neighborhood uh when all this apartments and all that, but we still have that problem there. And we are the responsible, the government or
this, you know, the city of Opalaka for all this fraud. um is you're welcome to bring out some you know ideas and all that you know to try to correct this situation but I don't think uh this word
shock is is a place to talk you know about all the problem that we have that creating that that flot um in the future uh we going to be talking to our city manager and all that but I know we have
a lot of problem in flood in Opalaka. Yeah. Okay. It's not because we not in a in a flood area. I pay insurance for my outro uh from the problem that we have because it's flood. I get two feet in my house or water in my driveway. Anytime
that we have uh 20 minutes of you know continue rain, heavy rain. That's me. The problem is everywhere everywhere here in the city. Oh, thank you. Bash. Thank you. While uh Commissioner Bass, let the record reflect. she's joined us
uh get a chance to kind of look at the um brochure and questions she may have. Let me ask a couple of questions that I have. I'm going to have to leave, but I want to try to get these in. Um when is all the data collection uh due? I know
your final report is going to be sometime next April, you said, correct? Yeah, that's the that's the full report. So when is it you anticipate having all of the um the data collected in terms of putting together a report? What is
that time? When is that deadline? In the next month or two. Um according to the grant, we have to also have a stakeholders meeting. So we're working with um Adelina to identify some stakeholders. We finished the a draft tech memo on data collection. We have that report already. We've turned it in.
We just need to bring that to the stakeholders and have them review it. And that that's going to be some of the most of the city staff I think working and reviewing that. And then once we get that feedback, we close that out. And so that should be within the next month or two. So on data collection. Okay. And
you mentioned um your your projections of how you do futuristically for flooding, rainfall, etc. Um what what what kind of analysions? Whether you look at historical data or
projections based on climate change which is always a guesstimate but so what do you you use to kind of come with that analysis? We use climate data and we use a typically it it in lie of a hydraological model like a integrated um
coordinated ponding system model. Do you have ICPR? I don't know if you do but we can use that anyway. We we do what they call bathtub model and we look at the climate data which I can tell you the storms are becoming as you can see a lot heavier and a lot more frequent. So and
that's what the climate is showing us. So we take that climate data and we project it out all these years and then we overlay we rasterize it. I know it's kind of a technical thing rasterize that over the elevation data and that kind of thing so we can see the low spots and where it's flooding and where it's standing and that kind of thing. So let
and we do that for the three time frames as required by statute that we have to look at that. So what you're going to see is progression of now this is flooding and maybe it's flooding at one foot but by 2050 it's going to be three feet and by 2080 it's going to be five or six feet. So those are the kind of
things you that are going to be seen in the exposure analysis. Is the hope Thank you for that answer. the hope regarding the CRS uh programs you mentioned about potentially helping you with um lowering your flood insurance cost
etc. Um, in your history or your experience, how much has that been really helpful in lowering costs? Cuz we're not in a flood zone as indicated, but our our insurance even for flood is still high. So, what has been your opinion? How much does it maybe possibly
lower? 10%, 5%. Well, it depends on the number of points you get. There's a there's a book that says, okay, if you do this, you get amount of points. So right now you're at the 10 and your goal is to get down to like a three or four and that the three or four gives you the
greatest reduction and you can get like 25 15 10% it depending on what level you are in the CRS system by doing this vulnerability assessment by integrating it into your local mitigation strategy by involving the public all those are
points if you apply in that community rating system that you can get and reduce. So I would say initially you probably get about 10 15 and the more you do the more points you get. So okay I'm I'm quite sure staff and managers hearing that because that's that's something that does impact folks in in
their own pocketbook. Yeah. When you talk about flood and insurance and and the cost of that. Uh the other question that I wanted to um ask you when you talked about the potential projects and some of them you mentioned about um regrading streets and of course we've
seen in some of our areas where we've elevated well not necessarily the city but it's been elevated in some of the areas and the ward has come down onto the residential and I always think 151st is being a prime example. Um, are we utilizing I guess maybe it's a question
of staff more so than to you. Are we utilizing the concept um in any of our current paving and sidewalk projects so that the water has somewhere to go? Are we putting any of these um suggestions in place now for anything that we're
doing with any of our um roadways or sidewalk improvements in terms of preventing rain, ponding, whatever you want to call it. So yes uh good afternoon commissioners and Adelina CIP manager. Yes, we are
using the concepts of the elevation and to where to redirect the water that is ponding currently uh to certain extent because we have already some issues like 27th Avenue and the June and as you mentioned 151st that
are not owned by the city but that would the city will need to do improvements in the local roadways so we can either elevate the the street and add the additional drainage that is needed because most of the plotting it it accumulates because the the the
roadway is higher on one side and then it goes the the flow goes down. So, yes. Okay. I I bring that because you do see that in some of the areas and that is an example, but since we're doing improvements, I was wondering how much we're utilizing it. Um I do see it
sometimes with the stuff we've done on Pervis. I don't know how much it's helping cuz you already got a sidewalk. But some of the areas that are mentioned in these pictures, Mary Alice Brown, um Ingram Terrace, although inside there is really private property, that's really
county um issue also. Um have we utilized that in any of those? So for um Ingram Terrace, we are currently doing the design for that uh section. We are currently doing the roadway and the drainage design for that area as well as
some utility improvements. So that's being incorporated. There are some additional design and some improvements that will be need to that will need to be completed by the county into that property because even this week when we went out uh to see how the flooding was
affected affecting the area. Yes, the street was flooded because there is not existing drainage and whatever it is is not working properly. But the property inside was even worse than the street. No, I I understand. But I'm saying that is a county challenge. So while we're
doing what we're doing, I hope we are Yes, we are we are doing surveys, we are doing elevations, and we are doing modeling and the new statute requires the new FDP regulations requires that we prepare all the drainage uh for 25 years
rain. Now it before was 10 years. So now we are preparing for 25. No, I understand that. I'm just talking about particularly that area because it's so um much of a challenge and then have we identified as a city um other areas that
may not be a part. I mean some of these are obviously know about but other areas that are prone to flooding we've already identified to share with um yes we have identified several areas the we just added some few pictures uh for in uh
visual impact basically but yes we have identified a lot of the areas of the city that I'm going to bring that because I wanted to be sure that it's not just these areas we got a lot of different areas um with all their challenges But a part of what has to occur is this grant that we're doing and
gathering the data and then that allows us also to seek additional funding because now we got the data. That's the main um part of it. And and one caveat that I just I one thing I I know we've done it here in the city is not I'm not a fan of it and I wanted to ask them as
quickly how they see it maybe in other areas they've done and that's the whole French drain system. Um you know I'm not a fan of that at all. you know that and that seems to be what we are using a lot and in my opinion it just is not the
best solution. Um that's just my opinion and then I've shared that with so I'm interested to see when you all come and present your final report um what it looks like and what your recommendation and or suggestions are going to do uh or be to
kind of mitigate or suggest to us what we're going to do as a part of um mitigating some of our flooding. Is it proposed to put this uh report it's going to be next April when you get the final one? I would hope it's the plan of the administration to include this
somewhat in our five-year um capital improvement plan and any other long-term Yes. Cuz I know it's it's small bites. You can't do it all at one time unless you get some major grant money. But I hope that's a part of how we're going to um propose and do it so
we can address some of these and if grants come up or in the funding opportunities we can definitely um add that into it. The last question I have before I reach to commissioner Bass um for her comments and the others. You mentioned about uh resource for private
properties because this does not cover private properties and you mentioned a couple of possible avenues. Could you go over those again just briefly or name them and make sure uh the manage office get it so she can cuz a lot of times some of the properties and flooding
challenges uh while we deal with the streets some of them are on private properties etc and we need to be able to at least point them in the right direction or assist them how they can get help for flooding in those areas. Could you mention those again? Yeah, I I will. But I can get you a full list
because I know um the Elevate Florida is the most recent one and that um provides funding for homeowners to elevate their homes. That's a state program and it's a new one and um they just closed the application cycle in April and hopefully
they will have it again next April. So I can send the information to Adelina and share with her as well as and I've forgotten what the wind and storm damage one is for the wind proofing. Um they do have funds available for if you have wind damage on your house and do some of your roofs, repair some of your roofs.
They also have a business guide for um resilience and flooding and how to do that too. We can share you with some of that and some of the resources that we've been looking we've been talking I'm doing another study with Tampa right now and SBA loans and chamber of commerce does some funding and things
like that that's more um that's that's locally raised as well as statewide funds that might be available with SBA. It tends to be loans and I don't think a lot of the businesses like that. So, but I will send you the guide book that the state has put together on that. We just been working on that. And um I do want
to encourage you too if you do have existing flooding. The resilient Florida application cycle, grant application cycle is opening July one and it will be open till September one. This is the same way you got this grant to do this planning study. They have what they call
implementation grants, which are capital grants. And if you can show flooding now and that you're doing a VA right now in the process, you may be able to get some funding for some immediate projects to look at. If you have some ideas already for storm water and things like that,
submit those this year. Okay. Thank you for that information, Commissioner Bass, and then Commissioner Santiago. I'm going to have to leave, but I I'll turn it over to guess Commissioner Bass because she's senior um to take over the meeting. I have to leave. Um, but thank
you for information. I look forward to getting the others. So, Commissioner Bass will take them here and then Mr. Santiago has some. Thank you. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um, pardon my tardiness. I was exhausted. I actually fell asleep. Um,
but we have been and I'm late, so I don't want to say too much because I might be saying what you guys have already gone over, but I just want to say I know we have been battling this issue of flooding in the city of Opalaka for as long as I can remember. And finally, we are at a place where we are
making headway um, one bite of the apple at a time. And I am anticipating the end of this whole process. Yes, I know it's going to take years, but sooner than later. Sooner than later. Um I don't there's still some good stories within
the flooding zone. I shared with the city manager today. I don't know if she mentioned it where one of my colleagues at my other job was upset because she saw something on Facebook about the flooding in Gloretta Apartments. So she
was upset. She was like, "That's not true." She was back there and there was no flooding and for us that's a major because it it when it rains it floods back there and it didn't this time. So we're making a little baby
steps. So we're looking forward to completing this journey with you and to see what's going to happen. Great. That's good to hear. That's what this program is for. If anyone the mic's up for anyone who would like to speak Thank you, Commissioner Best. Um, that's going to
be like maybe the last question or or the last point that I that I have. Um, can I say a little thing about Gloria? Okay, that's um an apartment complex that they are doing a very good job out
there. Private companies. Okay. And I think yeah, they res resort a lot of the issue that they have before. I don't I don't see the video. I don't know if it's from now or from the past. But I I know now they have a very good system there now for uh draining the water not
like before because they they do a very good job there to renovate all this apartment but this is not the main problem that we have right now. I think that I heard um Mariline. Oh, Adelina. Yeah. The she mentioning
something about uh from um and the reason that I want to say that because I have here uh the owner or that business that I believe the lady mentioning before for one of our areas here. Okay. That he have a big issue out there for
years. Okay. And let me tell you this. Uh you mentioning that we have a lot of improve in 27 Avenue and legume. No legume. What I mentioned was that the roads have been elevated by the county
either or the state. Yeah. So that's causing major flooding on the side streets. So that's what that was what I was explaining to Commissioner Vice Mayor Kelly earlier. Okay. Yeah. No, I want I want to hurting from you because I want to be clear. you know what are we talking about because that's a big
situation up there and uh the city uh in most of the time they know and we know what is the situation okay about that area they are flooding because that road there is not belong to us it's belong to the state legume road and they probably building you know the road high so high
that now the water that we have cannot go you know fluent through that now also um to like that we know madam manager okay the situation that we have here in the city if we have a lot of restriction from day county okay for draining the
water raining water the raining water that's what we calling when raining okay yeah all other city they have access to go and drain into the canals actually no that's forbidden well that's I heard something different
from the uh I think from the uh polish war director but let's not bring that point but the thing is we have so many so many restriction okay from day county to that I'm not made or allowed to do things that we supposed to do here to
you know protecting the uh resident and business people from here from opalaka one of that one is we cannot using no emergency pump okay to drop off the water to the other side or whatever it is that I going to be very soon talking to the county about that
and the other the other uh point that I say we don't have no access to any other Okay. To draining our water, our raining water. So, we can use um Commission Santiago, we can use emergency pumps.
However, they have to be discharged at a certain place. In this case will be black point that is as closest one to the city and that's far away from the city is not like two miles
away and also has a cost for discharging. So emergency pumps in case of emergency situations extreme situations they are allowed but the discharging point has to be one that is allowed by the county or D because that
those areas have to be identified. The issue is that you cannot flood into the canal. You cannot um pump water into the canal because that's going to flood the the the canal and that's going to elevate the water and affect either Biscane or so on the or the businesses
adjacent to that to the canal or the areas adjacent to the canal. So that's going to elevate the canal. So, and that will be a fine that the city will have to to pay for to the state and to the county before we go there. I think I
think we want to ending you know soon as we can this workshop. Let me tell you, I don't say to pumping water when pumps to the canal. I say the drainings that we have in the city, they don't we don't have no way to sending that water out of
the city like other city because they told me that other cities have access to build the raining in the road and that water going somewhere else okay like to the canals that the state or the day county have and they had a system that
they releasing the water closing the door and they explaining to Miss me that's my point. Okay, we that's they told me that Opalaka is not allowed to build anything that going through the canals not I'm talking about emergency pump and thank you that you
mentioning that about the emergency pump let me tell you this okay and and if I can mention it the name m manager and my cali okay uh we have here the owner of that corner right there uh Leuran and 134th street okay one of the most uh uh
wonderful places that we have here to go with the family they need. Okay. Uh it's Romo uh Romo Place they call it now. Okay. And let me tell you the other day everybody had to get out of there as soon as they came because the water coming into you know to the restaurant and he had to close it. And that's I
calling that an emergency. I call it an emergency. Madame May, that's an emergency and we cannot send in to to that place a pump because county provided to us. Thank you. Miss Gross, can you elaborate please? Thank you. I
was going to ask her to do so. So, we have done u improvements on 17th Street and I think Mr. Aloy which is joining us here today. He we have spoken to him and we have explained the situation what's
happening on 133rd. Yes, we do still have to do additional improvements in the area and it's a funding issue and we are trying to focus that to the future as well as we are doing sewer lines right now and we are doing the uh the
pump station in that area as well. The issue with 133rd is Ljun Road is higher or elevated in comparison to 100 to northwest 133rd. So the water is coming from the DOT
road and getting into that into that corner. However, uh the improvements that were completed, I think it's two and a half years ago and there have been major relief for
that area. I won't say it doesn't flood because it does when we have major rain draining events within the city or in the county, it does flood. However, 2 3 hours 4 hours later as the
system gets to work, we can go and see that the water has drained down and the the situation has been relieved. We are try we are working with the state right now. I think Mr. Roing is in communication with them so we can make the additional improvements that are needed on Le
June and the city will be then completing the improvements that are needed on 133rd. I'm happy with that. I'm okay for now. Yes. Let me ask a quick question. Where are we on the agenda?
We Okay, we are right now to closing the discussion items. We were Yeah, we were at the end. Yes, sir. Oh, so that was the last discussion. Yeah. Okay. Let me just say this before if everybody's okay. Any more questions? Okay. Let me just say this before um we adjourn.
I think we all know that this is a major major I'm trying to find the word to describe it. Um task that we're taking on with our water. And we have to be reminded that this is not a one person
or one entity issue to fix. It's going to take all of the little pieces to make sure that this happens. So, I'm not going to sit here and beat my city up or my department's
up or whatever because I know that it's just not us. We need funding. We need this um the county. All of us have to get in this for this to happen. So, like I said, I'm not going to beat anybody up.
I know it's going to take time. We're only a little piece of the puzzle for this to happen. So, I would encourage you all to continue to work as hard as you can to make this happen. Keep it in the back of my mind that I know it's going to take time, but I would still like for us to, like we've
always been doing, point out the areas that have the most need and work from there. So at least we can start to I hate to use the word put a band-aid but at least a little bit of cushion on some of the areas as we move forward and hopefully prayerfully I don't know 5 10
years from now we won't have this conversation that everything will be taken care of. So with that being said motion to adjourn before u you adjourn um commissioner bass we would like to u let you know
what the next steps will be for this program. So uh they are doing the collection data for for the program right now. Uh that will be complete. The second workshop will be in October 2025. We will be setting a date um for that.
Also all this information will be available on the city website and the comment cards and input from the public that will be also available after this this section this session. So we so people can still interact after we
finish this project. Um no after we finish the workshop because the project is going to be finished by April 2026 and adopted by by the city. Um once we have that we will be able to ask for grant funding from the state and for
from the county as well to make some improvements in the most critical areas for the city. I just want to mention as well that for Mary Alice Brown um 132nd Street uh we are presenting Can I go on?
We are presenting an item next week um for improvements in that area that will include planning, design and solution for that for the flooding and not only for that street but for the whole section on that area from 27th to 30th including 28th
Avenue because it's a major issue for the city. We do know that there is drainage installed installed in that section. However, it's not working properly. So we are going to be presenting that uh item next week so we can start with this item planning for
that section. Another bite of the apple. That's what I call it. Another bite. Um let me ask one question. Yes ma'am. Is there any way that the residents when they see flooding areas that they can report it? Yes, there is actually uh a
link on our website that you can report and I think the city has an app as well that can be utilized to to report flooding or any other concerns that the resident may have as it relates to infra infrastructure or Okay, they could be sewer, it could be water lines, uh
flooding issues, pothole, they can they can do that. Perfecto. Yeah, we have to be very careful. Don't get out when you see flow in front of your house because you never know what is under the water. That's what I learned today in
the hurricane uh thing that we have. Yeah, it can be maybe a electrical cable. Okay. Thank you. All right. So, that's it. Yeah. I'm I'm now I'm I'm satisfied when the answer that you giving to us. Okay. because you're
mentioning something. If we don't, we're not only talking about a particular corner or a particular place out there. We're talking about the interior area. Yeah. Out there. Okay. The is a be, you know, mess with the floor, the whole
area in that side. We we we are aware of the of the issues of 173rd and 43rd Avenue and the loop on that section. So yes, we are trying to get funding and work around to see what improvements can
be done. All right, I move it already. If I may really quickly, um, you talked about uh businesses and being able to apply for certain grants and stuff that may help them with flooding and stuff that they may have.
If we can get this information to two of our businesses immediately, Chavez um market. Oh yeah. And uh I always get the name confused. The other a grocery store on 20 what the old Wind Dixie used to be a Price
Choice. Right choice. If we can get that information to them so that they'll know because at some point we're going to have to put our foot down and force them to do what needs to be done on their property to alleviate the swimming pool
that comes in because they have drains but they're obviously not working. Something's not right with them. And sometimes it's properly maintenance. Um once we have the information from Miss Quit, we will be sharing all that
information on our website as well. Okay. But I'm asking just a little bit more than that. Yeah. if we can deliver them the applications because those two properties have been going on for years as well because at some point we're
going to have to force there to force our force them to do what needs to be done cuz you can't be in our city making money and not trying to fix your property. We'll make sure they get the information. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you, Commissioner
Irvin. You are absolutely right. It is a swimming pool when it rains. Yeah. Right. You're absolutely right. You're good. Thank you so much. Thank you. Again, motion to adjourn. Oh, there are refreshments.
God, I'm sorry. There are refreshments on the back. Say it again. There are refreshments on the back. Oh, okay. Thank you. Move it. Ajourn the hammer.