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regulation. Good evening everybody. Welcome to the city of Titusville City Council regularly scheduled meeting April 28th, 2026 at 6:30. I call this meeting to order. For the invocation, we will hold a moment of silence. Please bow your heads.
>> Thank you very much. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice
for all. Thank you very much. Member Nelson. >> Move to approve the minutes of the council meeting on March 24th. >> Second, >> 20 26. >> Have a motion from member Nelson, second
from Vice Mayor Cole. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you everybody. City manager. Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, and city council. First item I have is a
housekeeping item. Consent item 8A. Um the lease acquisition of the vacuum truck has been withdrawn by staff and will be pushed to the May 12th meeting so that we can finalize some of the financing details. Moving on to there
are no special recognitions and presentations. And then moving on to boards and commissions. 6A is the student advisory council annual report and the 20 2526 student advisory council annual report including the recommendations and goals
for 2627 will be presented. We have members of the student advisory council here to do that presentation. Good afternoon. Um, I'm just going to start off by saying that the 2025 and 2026 Student Advisory Council expresses
its appreciation to Mayor Andrew Connors, Vice Mayor Herman Cole, um, Junior Colonel USA retired, and council members Joe Lynn Nelson, Megan Muscoso, and Sarah and Dr. Sarah Stokl for their continued support and encouragement. We
also express our appreciation to the city manager Tom Abate, astronaut high school adviser Morgan Smith, academic community enrichment inc. Adviser Missy Johnson, Titusville High School adviser Kathleen Rios, city staff leaison Emily Campbell, and other staff city staff
that provided our council with the guidance in its decision-making process. The 2025 and 2026 student advisory council members include from Astronaut High School, Payton Redern, Sydney Ley, Luke Donhoff, and Kylie Miller. From the
academic community enrichment, we have Christa Sims, Trinity Johnson, and Jackie Willis. And finally, from Titusville High School, we have Kaden Febbeig, Grace Barza, Ava Spur, and David Spieler.
Um, student advisory council is designed to discuss, research, and prioritize two to four concerns or issues to be presented annually to city council with proposed solutions for further discussion or action. Our mission is to encourage involvement of young people in community affairs and create an
awareness of their rights and responsibilities as citizens of Titusville. This year, the council held 10 regular meetings and one special meeting. We also had three goals that were met, which were feeding the community. We hosted a mock city council on April 1st, 2025
and a youth leadership seminar on March 12th, 2026. Hi, good afternoon council. Uh I'm Grace Barza from Titiso High School and I would like to present an event that we did in our community. So this past
December, the Titusil Student Advisory Council took part in one of its most meaningful initiatives of the year, a volunteer opportunity with Under the Bridge Ministries to serve meals to its members of the community experiences experiencing homelessness and hardship.
Under the Bridge Ministries is a Titus based organization um led by Curtis and Tracy Wright rooted in a simple but powerful mission to provide meals, supplies, and hope to those who
need it most. Every Monday evening, the ministry gathers at the AAX Brewer Bridge to share a home-cooked meal and a sense of belonging with the homelessness hurting and in need within the community. The student advisory council was proud to stand alongside that
mission. Uh I a member um our member Christa Sims, David Spieler, Kylie Miller, and other volunteers showed up with open hearts to help serve food and be part of a present
and caring part of the evening. Um for many of the students involved, it was a reminder that service does not require grand gestures. Sometimes it simply means showing up and making sure people feel seen. The impact of this event went
both ways. For the community members who served that evening, it meant a warm meal and a reminder that neighbors, even the youngest ones, care about them. And for us, the students, uh it was an experience that stuck that
like it stuck with us and impacted us and made us feel much closer to our community. Um, our com community service has been a huge thing for us and it is a core goal and this December
we reflected that commitment. So, we hope you look forward to seeing more of our events and more of the things we do in our community. Thank you so much for your time. One of my favorite events that um the student advisory council hosted this
year was a leadership seminar on March 12th, 2026 at Parish Medical Center. Um students from the academic community enrichment association, Titusville High School, and Astronaut High School all attended a youth leadership seminar planned by our advisory council. At 8:30
in the morning, uh, Sydney Elli, um, started off the morning by introducing the student advisory council, the high school adviserss, and acknowledging those who helped bring the leadership seminar together. Um, following our pledge of allegiance, after Grace Barza
set some important guidelines for the day, Ava Spur initiated the icebreaker in which multiple teams of students had to work together to create the tallest spaghetti in Marshmallow tower that would stand on its own. Thereafter, an inspiring TED talk performed by Miss Michelle Lucas, who fun who founded
Higher Orbits and has worked with NASA's Johnson Space Center for over a decade, was played at the was played for the attending students. Sadly, she could not be there in person, but we did reflect on the video and it showed that a lot of the students
actually had a large takeaway. So even if you were a student attending or if you were a student advisory council there helping facilitate, we all took something away. So that was one way we were able to be connected. After a short break, Kylie Miller introduced Miss Lily Gallow who put who put a great deal of
time and effort to work into lending her help for us this seminar. Um and Miss Gallow opened for the main activities of the day. A trustwalk and silent shapes were two games that were there to help allow students to rely on each other,
bring traits of leadership to light, and teach leadership overall. Facilitated by our student advisory council, the students switched between the activities, allowing everyone to present and experience what both activities had to offer. Mayor Connors not only took the time out of his day to view the
leadership seminar in person, but he also took the time to give the attending students arousing and inspiring speech on leadership. Thank you. Okay, after lunch in which the students from different schools were given the opportunity to socialize and get to know
each other, we reconvened for our next guest speaker, Titusville's very own Dan Diesel, introduced by student Kylie Miller. He not only spoke of leadership and the qualities of leadership, but involved the students in an engaging activity to encourage critical thinking.
Thereafter, we began our final activity for the day, the time travel activity. And this was aimed to give every student a good look at where we were in our youth 5 years back in time and try to link that version of ourselves directly with who we are today and see that
correlation. This activity gave us all the chance to mentor our younger selves and then we split off into groups of students who had similar goals, similar outcomes that they wanted in life as well. This was the deep thinking activity where we
really had to delve into the past and realize some very important factors in who we are today and the world that we want to create and see flourish in the years to come. because us the students we are the future of the space coast of
Titusville of of the world. Um everybody who is growing up in this day and age we will usher in the next age and so that activity was highly vital so that all the attendant
students could go through that reflection on their past, present and future. We finished the seminar by thanking our Miss Lily Gallo for the time and effort that she put into the seminar into helping our student advisory council and we are so
incredibly incredibly grateful for everything she's done. Student advisor advisory council considers the youth leadership seminar to have been a great success and we look forward to the next one. Thank you so much.
Hi, good afternoon. To conclude the annual report, um the student advisory council expresses its gratitude towards the city council, the city of Tyville, and its employees who have insisted the council. We could not continue our service without their support. The student advisory council voted earlier
this spring on the goals we wanted next year's council to work towards. As prescribed by city of Tyel resolution number 5-2023, the student advisory council must discuss and prioriti prioritize two to four concerns or issues each year. For
this reason, this year's student advisory council suggests the following goals be forwarded to the 2026 2027 student advisory council for their consideration and implication. Number one, serve in the communities under the bridge ministries which had such a huge
impact. Number two, the Moxy Council. And three, assisting the Titusville Police Department with bike giveaway. Once again, we wish to thank everyone for their support during the two 2025 to 2026 term. We wish next year's council much success. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. Let's give these guys a round of applause. >> City manager. student. >> Next item is 6B, the student advisory council scholarships. And Mayor Connors will present scholarships to two seniors, Payton Redfern of Astronaut
High School and Kaitton Fbeg of Titusville High School who have participated in the student advisory council. Did Kaden walk in late by any chance? Okay. I just want to double check. All right. City manager.
>> Sir, the next item is 6C and that is the 2026 2027 student advisory council membership appointments. And the action is to confirm the proposed slate of students as members of the 2026 2027 student advisory council as
appointed by their prospective schools. And I'll quickly go through them. from Ashon High School. 12th grade, Sydney Lily. 11th grade, Luke Donoff. 10th grade, Kylie Miller. Ninth grade, Emma Manning. From Tyusville High School.
12th grade, Grace Bazara. 11th grade, Ava Spear. 10th grade, David Spieler. And the ninth grade is pending. Ninth grade nomination. And from the Academic Community Enrichment Association, 12th
grade, Christa Sims, 11th grade, Trinity Johnson, and 10th grade, Jackie Willis, and ninth grade is also pending. >> Thank you very much, city manager, city clerk. Are there any cards? >> We have one card. It's Dan Johnston.
I'm going to do something you don't like me to do and it's not just to uh dramatize anything, but I swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth. So, help me God. And this is on I'm doing this on a Bible, but I have been to a student council meeting which I had
offered them offered them money green stuff these students student and and uh it's it has to do with uh the city of Tyresville's foolishness, nonsense and fraud about many pro many items. So, I
offered them money and if they were to look at the p paper that I've sent it to them before, it's even goes up to $1,000. Uh, for example, if you but anyhow, so you don't want my examples. What I think this the student student uh councils and
these people that are in high school, they should understand is that what we have in the city of Titusville is a lot of fraud. A lot of fraud and dishonesty. That's unacceptable to me. I'm a professional engineer. I'm a veteran. My dad was a veteran. Great grandpa was a prisoner of prisoner of war.
>> Point to Mr. Mayor. >> So, I'm stopping. Okay. >> Yeah. He's off topic. >> Are you yielding your time? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> No other card. City clerk. >> All right. Member Nelson. >> Move to confirm the proposed slate of
students as members of the 2627 student advisory council. >> Second. I have a motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.
Thank you very much, Mr. City Manager. >> Yes, sir. The next item is 6D, the economic development board of directors. And the action requested is to appoint five qualified members by majority vote from applicants received by the city clerk's office. In addition, appoint two
qualified members collectively from the nominations received from the Chamber of Commerce. Four members shall be appointed with terms to expire April 30th, 2029. And three members shall be appointed with terms to expire on April 30th, 2028. And the application and
resumes of all the applicants are included in your package. Additionally, the city clerk has prepared a sheet to help you organize your appointments. Member Stokel. >> Yes. Um just a procedural question. Um
it says five from the maj the pool of applicants and then two from the chamber nomination or recommendation. Are we able to since we had three from the chamber if we chose to appoint the third one from the chamber as one of the five
or is that not allowed per our rules >> per the resolution? And I believe it is not permitted unless we go back and change the resolution. >> Okay, that's what I was >> I get that right, city attorney. >> Thank you. >> Member Nelson, >> can I make sure I understand this?
Because as I read, it says the chamber shall nominate not fewer than five and they've nominated three. So where does that put us? >> Leaves us with three applications to consider. >> Okay. Yeah, we we have a a goal in there
to encourage a certain number amount and then hopefully the next time this comes around we can get that number. >> I agree. Um usually shall means you have to. >> So that was my question. If we're saying
the chamber shall nominate five people, does that mean we need to table it and allow them to come up with two more or do we proceed? It' be a question for the city attorney, but
at the end of the day, we we have enough candidates to consider. It's just a question of are we going to, you know, kick the can down the road anymore. >> I I agree. Any other questions, comments? Uh, just a couple clarifying u
make sure we're all on the same page. We have five people to select out of the six that applied to the city. We have two people to select out of the three applicants provided by the chamber. In addition, the first four appointments are for terms that go for three years,
while the next three appointed members are terms that go for two years. And then once we get on that rotation, it'll be every two years uh going forward. So keep that in mind when you're making any motion or recommendations uh with that so we can be very very clear on what
we're going with. Uh but in the meantimes, city clerk, any cards? >> Yes, sir. Stan Johnston. Mayor, while he's coming up, can I also request if any of the applicants are speaking, if they have a preference on which term they want, um, if they could
state that when they come up. >> Sounds good. My name is Stan Johnson. I'm a retiree of the city of Titusville and u uh I'm opposed to what's going on here because uh we have poor people and you've seen
some signs and so forth about liars and and fools is that u uh sometimes the selection that that the people are for people here doing not Mrs. Scoso, but incredibly prejudiced that's toward
cover up of of crimes by the city and u and not only that is budgeting and so forth. So, uh I'm against what you're doing here because all I've seen so much is is this is an example. It says
>> Mr. Johnson, you're not on topic. You're cautioned. >> Okay. Well, what I'm I believe that you shouldn't even do this what you're doing because you got there's so much so much dishonesty and corruption and lies in
the city. And I've explained to you and I' I've posted I'll send you emails and so forth. You don't respond. So, I just swear what I've just told you. Swear on the Bible that what I've told you is the truth that you guys are not doing your duty. Any questions?
So, um, I don't look forward to what you're doing. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. City Clerk, >> Darcia Bear. My questions go along with Jolen. I was wondering who the five nominees for the chamber are. According to the letter in the packet agenda, the chamber is to
nominate no fewer than five, and I only see three nominations from the chamber in the in the packet. None of the three recommendations from the chamber live in Titusville, and a total of five of the applicants do not live within the city limits. I realize that this isn't a requirement. Um, but it is the city of
Titusville's tax dollars being spent on this economic development. Another concern is one of the applicants didn't even complete the entire application. Two applicants didn't give any personal references. Are these the only people who applied or just the ones that the city chose to show us? What kind of
public oversight will this board have? How will the average Titusville citizens like myself be positively impacted by this? While the previous North Bard economic development zone did some good for North Bard, there are things our tax dollars were spent on and the
development hasn't exceeded expectation, such as Titus Landing. $6.5 million was given to that development, and we have several vacant properties within there, some which have never had a business in them in the years it's been open. As a citizen, we should require the developers offer affordable leasing
options to fill the multiple vacancies that are there. These are the kind of things that this board should focus on. Not giving kickbacks to buddies, not giving funding to allow more vacancies in our communities. Positive impacts for the average Titusville citizen should be
a priority. Thank you. >> Thank you, city clerk. >> The last card is Elizabeth Baker. So, the North River economic development zone had a long history of controversy and mismanagement. Um,
there were a lot of people in our community that were pretty upset that we were giving millions and millions of dollars to people that are billionaires. Um, I feel like there's a really, really
big disconnect between the halves and the have knots here. And what we're seeing here is kind of scary actually. The people applying for this board seem
to be most of them with the exception of maybe one people that are already deeply entrenched in politics and other boards within this city. We have Stan Rhetts who served on parish
board, pension board, nbeds. He's a business partner with Mr. Cole here. He gave heavily to Mr. Connors for his campaign, holds a real estate broker's license, represents private developers connected to audit, investment, and
budget committees, and stood right here and said there was no corruption in Titusville when we absolutely know that that is not the truth. He's not the only one. Dan Aton, I don't know if I'm pronouncing his name right,
uh, also business owner. He lists Dan Rhettz and Robin Fischer, the lo known lobbyist here, as his only references. He was a former inbeds member, served on parish hospital board. We've got an aerospace drone maker that
is known to associate with the mayor, which is highly questionable in my mind. Miss Wilson who also served on the tighter Titusville Chamber of Commerce and was an inbeds member. So why if
inbeds was dissolved because it wasn't being run correctly, why are we putting the same people back in charge of millions and millions and millions of dollars when our streets are crumbling? We've got homeless.
The population of homeless people is just going through the roof. We have real issues here. And one of the biggest criticisms of inbeds was that it wasn't supporting small businesses. It was really going to the top. We've
got to stop this. We have to stop this. This culture of only catering to the elite and people who bow down to developers and lobbyists has got to end. You guys really, you're making some bad choices. Good luck.
>> Thank you. City clerk, any other cards? >> All right. Dan Aiden, are you here? Do you want to say anything? Dan, 417 Indian River Avenue. Uh, happy to answer any questions. I'm current chairman of the planning and zoning
board. Uh I was with um North Boulevard economic development zone board um since its uh beginning. Greater Titusville Renaissance before that. And um graduate of Astronaut High School, own a business here, own real estate and for commercial
and residential. Happy to answer any questions. >> I don't see any. Thank you again. Bart Genchin. >> Good evening, mayor and city council members. My name is Bart Getchkins. I
have been retired for almost four years after 40-year career at FPL. I own a piece of property in the county where I've lived for over 35 years. I have no business interest in Bvard County or anywhere else. I the only thing I have
to disclose is I have one chair of the Green Bay Packers and other than that I have been the past chair of the Titusville Chamber of Commerce. I've been the past chair of the Economic Development Commission of Florida Space
Coast. I've been the chair of the United Way. And I'd like to think that I have many roots in this community and I look out what's best for uh Bvard County and Titusville, especially North Bard County. And I'll answer any questions you may have.
>> Seeing none, thank you very much. >> Thank you, >> Sean Hollis. >> Good evening. My name is Sean Hollis. Hello, Mayor Connors and city council. It's a pleasure to be here today because I am looking forward to supporting this new initiative. Uh I've been born and
raised in Florida. I got my mechanical engineering degree at the University of South Florida Tampa. Came to Titusville in 2013 to support the space launch system. I was hired on Tusk as one of the first few young entrepreneurial individuals that wanted to support our
nation's program and through that I was supporting multiple uh different organizations throughout TUSK. I was on the project management office. I was also supporting the liquid oxygen liquid hydrogen storage area facility upgrading those for the new rocket supporting the
main propulsion systems and also writing code for the new SLS rocket for that first launch. I also supported the maintenance and reliability team and went through multiple uh NASA installations on uh Jacobs Engineering's maintenance and reliability aspects. And
when I was pursuing those initiatives, I wanted to stay in Bvard County. I found that it was not just en enjoyable to work in Florida, but I also wanted to establish a business here. I wanted to build upon the the home making uh position that I was just started out
with in 2013. And I really would like to be able to pursue maybe even a three-year term with the with this uh opportunity to be able to not just support the people of Titusville, but also support the growth. Happy to answer any questions.
Seeing none. Thank you, Sean. Thank you. >> Robert Jordan, are you here? Not seeing him. Stan Ratz. >> Good evening. Stan Rettz. I reside in Mims. I do own I either all or part of I
believe nine pieces of real estate in the city of Titusville. I own several businesses, some outright, some partial ownership. Um, I am not a business partner with Mr. Cole, nor have I ever been in any way. Um, I am a real estate broker. I don't do a lot of that. My
primary business is a CPA. I do not represent any developers. I have done tax work for developers in the past, but nothing in my real estate business. Um, I was a chamber president in 95, served on the um, inbeds board for 11
years. I've donated a whole lot of time to a lot of things to try to make the community better and I'm willing to continue if you'd like to semi more qualified. By all means, please appoint them. Any questions? >> Seeing none, thank you very much.
>> Edna Wilson. >> Good evening. My name is Edna Wilson. I live in Titusville, Florida. Actually born and raised. Little unusual, but um I am a real estate broker here in Titusville. I have been that for about 10 years now. I serve on the um housing authority um board right now and also
served on the indes board. I also was a past chair of the chamber of commerce. And if you know me for 5 seconds, you know this city is my heartbeat. And there's nothing greater than helping businesses get off the ground, become better at what they do, and give them some encouragement along the way. So, we
have to compete. We have to compete with other cities, and that's why I really would love to be on this board. Any questions? Seeing none. Thank you very much. >> Kyle Bradfield. >> I didn't know what we were supposed to say, so I wasn't prepared. I'm going to
have to wing this. So, uh, Kyle Bradfield, I own the Geico Local Office here in Titusville, locally owned, locally operated. So, I'll put myself in the have nots. Um, let's see. opened opened the office
August of 21. Been here ever since. Lived in Titusville for four years. Recently just moved to Coco, so still in the D1 to qualify. Uh I'm on the board for the Y. I'm on the board for Parish Foundation. I'm on the board at the chamber.
Initially, I was I did not put my name in in the first batch, but uh the chamber came to me and pretty much said, "Hey, there's a lot of people with a lot of opinions, but nobody wants to do anything about it." So, if you care about the town, we need your name on a piece of paper. I filled it out and put
it in. Any questions? >> See? None. Thank you very much, >> Amber Hatun. >> Good evening. Uh, Amar Hatum. I've been born and raised in Titusville, graduated from National High School 2009. I'm a
third generation Titusvilleian. Uh, my grandfather had businesses here. He had the Dairy Delight on Highway 50. Uh, my dad's a business owner here. Um, and I have experienced the up and downs with Titusville from uh the financial crisis and the space center closing down from
2008 through 2012. And I saw my parents struggle, myself struggle. Um, I deeply care about the city. I'm one of them that has a Mims address, but I did grow up here. I have a small business here. Um, in addition to that, I think it's important that everybody understands and
why I want to get involved is economic development is detrimental because when businesses do well, um, it results in more spending and more tax dollars that can come back to the city and go into other ventures, which I think is very important. Um, I have small businesses, so small business priorities are always
at the forefront of of my mind. I was a past chairman for the Titusville Chamber of Commerce. Um did a lot of great things there and the reason there's only three applicants is because only three applicants put their names in the hat. We really encouraged a lot of people to come in there. So um we were hoping that more people would turn out but I think
this is still a good start for what you guys are trying to do. Um in addition to that I was voted uh in as a non-military civill member this past year. I have a lot of respect and admiration for our military service members past and current. uh part of the chamber. I did
help establish the Cadet of Excellence Scholarship uh thanks to Kyle with Geico as well. That scholarship has grown to $3,000, which we will reward $1,000 to each student uh to three students throughout the high schools in this area. So, in addition to that, I've
served on the EDC board the last two years. Um and I would be interested in a three-year term as well, and I I hope to be able to serve and bring some value to the city. So, happy to answer any questions. >> Seeing none, thank you very much. Miss Tanya Hudson.
>> Good evening. It's good to see you all. Uh, my name is Tanya Hudson. I am a small business owner here in Titusville. I was not born here, but I was raised here since I was 6 months old. Um, went to University of Central Florida. I graduated before that from Titusville
High and then went out of state for graduate school and to work in the corporate world um as a environmental professional and then moving over to customer service. Um we moved back home my husband and I in 2022 and opened our
business in 2023. And again it is a small business so I am also very passionate about small business. I've seen large corporate entities and um and then I've also am a small business owner. So there is a lot about small business that is within squarely within
my focus. Um this year I am the chairwoman for the chamber of commerce and I am also serving on the board of directors for the St. Francis Hospice Foundation. I'm very passionate about Titusville. My parents are still here, my sister, my niece, a lot of my good
friends from high school. Um, I really want to see this area thrive and grow smartly and I think that's really important. Growth just for the sake of growth is not always the best. So, it needs to be smart growth and that's what I'd be focused on. Any questions for me, >> Vice Mayor Cole?
>> Thank you. >> No, no, this is a statement. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> All right. That concludes our our applicants. Vice Mayor Cole, >> you know, I I don't know. I I guess I feel a a passion for people that
volunteer and I look at their resumes and I can't see where there's any fraud. I think there's a tendency here to try to embarrass people when they come and volunteer to come on boards. I think
volunteerism is something we have in our community and when you volunteer to come on a board, we appreciate it because we have a hard time sometimes getting people to volunteer. So to try to embarrass those that have volunteered for our board is is just horrible. I
can't believe that someone would actually stand up and talk about the people that have volunteered their time without pay to assist us to make our city better. Thank you. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. All right, member
Nelson, you have something to >> start. >> Yeah. Um, I think probably if it's okay with you guys, the best way is just to start pick somebody out, nominate him, and we decide on that. >> Yeah.
>> So, my first nomination is Bart. >> Question. >> Threeear or two-year term? >> Three. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion uh for Bart for a three-year term. I have a by member
Nelson, second by member Stokel. Any further discussion from this board. All right, city clerk, call the role. >> Member Moscoso, >> yes. >> Member Nelson, >> yes. >> Mayor Connors, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole, >> yes. >> Member Stol,
>> yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much. >> Member Mscoso? >> Yes. Um, I'd like to make a motion for Tanya Hudson for a three-year position. I'll second that. >> Okay. >> Sorry.
>> Clarification for me. Uh, council member Mscoso, you did say three or term, correct? >> Yes. >> I was just making sure um member Delson jumped in there and I couldn't quite catch it all. So, I have a motion by member Mscoso, second by member Stokal for Miss Hudson for a three-year term.
Any further discussion? City clerk. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. Yes. Member Mscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Stokl, do you have a light on? >> I'll go next. Um, I'll make a
recommendation for Sean Hollis for a three-year term. >> Second. >> I have a motion by member Stokal and second by member Mscoso despite his clear and obvious connections to the mayor. And uh, any discussion from this board?
>> Seeing none, city clerk. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokel. Yes. Member Mscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Vice Mayor Cole. >> I'd like to nominate Stan Ratz. >> Second.
>> I have a motion by Vice Mayor Cole for Stan Ruts for a two-year term. Second by member Stokele. Any further discussion? Seeing none, city clerk, >> just clarify. Rats says for a two-year term. >> Correct. >> Correct. Vice Mayor Cole.
>> Yes. >> Member Stol. >> Yes. Yes. Member Moscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> All righty. All right. There's a bunch of lights on. Member Stokel. Did I Did you already had your lights on? >> Yes. I'll make a recommendation for Edna
Wilson for a three-year term. I'll second. >> I have a motion by member Stokel uh for Miss Edna Wilson for a three-year term. Second by member Mscoso. Any further discussion? Seeing none, city clerk. Member Stokl. >> Yes.
>> Member Muscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> All right. And just point of clarification, I believe we are out of threeear terms. >> So, one, two, three. Yep. Four. So, only
two years and two more people left to go. And one more of them has to be from the chamber. Uh, member MCoso. >> Yes. I'd like to make make a recommendation for Amir Hatum for a two-year term. >> Second. >> I have a motion by member Mscoso for
Ammer for a two-year term. Seconded by Let's give it to member Nelson. Any further discussion? >> Seeing none, city clerk. >> Member Muscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokel.
>> Yes. >> Motion carries. Member Stokl. >> Yep. I'd like to make a recommendation for Dan Eton for a two-year term. >> Second. >> There's a motion by member Stokal for Aton for two years. Seconded by member Nelson. Any further discussion? The
clerk. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole? >> Yes. >> Member Stokel? >> Yes. >> Member Muscoso? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. All the slots are filled. Thank you guys so much for applying. really really appreciate it because you know I know it was tough to
get people to volunteer especially given some of the backlash that happens when you put your name out there to to serve our community. So from the bottom of my heart really do appreciate you guys stepping up and helping us out. Thank you very much. All right, now we're on
to the Titusville Housing Authority City Manager. Sir, the next item recommended action for the Titusville Housing Authority is a semianual written report has been included in the agenda packet and no action is requested.
>> All right. Any other questions from council regarding that? Seeing none. All right. We're at petitions and request from the public non-aggenda items. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I filled out a card, but I I wasn't sure if it was agenda related or not, so I said I'll I
won't take the chance. Um uh if I understand correctly, uh first, my name is James Nelson Titus. So, there's a agenda item tonight for storm water plan, and uh I think that's a good idea. Um what I'd like to ask um what I'd like
to share with the city council. Um I have a longtime friend uh work colleague who's on the commission of the city of Ovido. His name is Keith Britain. Um he asked me or I talked to him about the Ovito storm water system that was put in
place back in the early 2000s. So, I'd like to request I don't know what the contract says for the storm water plan creation, but uh I request that uh well, I'll share two things. What I know is Mr. Britain said if anybody from the city council wants to call him and talk
to him, he's free to talk to anybody about their storm water system. And two, what I'm not sure about, but as soon as I get the notice and the link, uh, there's an organization called Cowon, which was created back in the 70s, and it's I think it's Castleberry, Altoont Springs, Longwood. Don't quote me on
that, please. But they're going to have a meeting in at Ovito City Council sometime in May to see a presentation of the storm water system that Ovito has created. So, I'd like to request that the council go there. If it's public, I'm going to attend myself uh to update
our tree team here in Titus about what's going on. And I also request that the city attorney's office attend. And the reason being is um they had a very open-minded ideas to create their storm water system. And one of those regards
maintenance of any private, public, commercial, industrial storm water or retention ponds, swailes, ditches. They basically took all those over. They also took over a golf course. They don't run the golf course. They made it a flood plane. That's my understanding. Uh the
golf course is run by some private entity. They don't own the land. They run the golf course, but they use a golf course as a flood plane. So, uh I would like to ask the city council to consider doing that and as soon as I get a link for that event, I will let everybody know. I just wanted to share that. So,
thank you. Thank you very much, sir. Good evening, Vicky Conklin. I'd like to talk about the comprehensive plan tonight because I believe that your jobs are to be good stewards of this plan. Chapter 163, the comprehen comprehensive plan is the primary policy document. The
LDR's chapter 2712 section J is in the event of a conflict between these regulations and the comp plan, the comp plan shall prevail. So I want to thank you all for unanimously following the comprehensive plan and LDRs on February 10th when the property owner requested a
large-scale amendment for the Royal Oak Golf Course property. But we know more requests are coming forth soon and some are involving vital wetlands. So, I want to offer to you an example of what happens when the comprehend is not followed and the impact that it had on a
quiet little charming neighborhood. Apollo Gardens, a project that should never have been approved. Apollo Gardens is 84 unit three-story residential facility for persons with severe behavioral disorders and substance abuse and it was given approval to be built in
the middle of single family and condo homes. To be clear, this project did not follow the comprehensive plan. The property was zoned multif family as verified by Peggy Basaka and Bred Parish, but it violated the comp plan because of lack of access to arterial and collector roads, but it was allowed
to proceed in spite of local road access only. Residents voiced objections to Brad Parish to the city council. Residents paid the board of adjustment of fee and formally objected were met with rudeness and refusal to intervene, seemingly due to the applicant's
attorney threatening to sue the city. Residents voiced objections to the council and asked for intervention, but we were met with blank stairs and refusal to intervene. So, here's some of the results of those irresponsible decisions to go against the comp plan. Spanish Oaks Condos is taking as long as
a year to sell their condos because of this project. That's what the people say. Village Square condos trouble selling. 12 units are currently for sale. Demerit and Tanessa Streets, onethird of the homeowners have moved away. Property values have decreased as much as $100,000
from one year ago as verified by listings on Zillow. You're all homeowners. How would you feel if you lost $100,000 in your home because of decisions that the city allowed to happen? Heavy construction equipment. I have a handout for you. It starts
barreling down Deirit at 6:00 a.m. tearing up the narrow local road, making local traffic challenging and creating safety issues for children and elderly. Look at the pictures before and after. Notice the tree preservation sign where
the land is clearcut. The neighbors are concerned for safety, privacy, loss of quality of life, and decreased value of their homes. I just ask you please drive by, talk to these residents, understand the impact. Every decision that you all make has an impact
on the residents of this city. Carefully consider that impact when you're making any future decisions to amend or disregard the comprehensive plan. Those citizens deserve the respect from the staff. They deserve the respect from the city council. You're very welcome.
>> Yes. This vote never came before city council. So, it was nothing that council approved or didn't approve. actually became before city council to ask you to um vote on what the BAA had recommended that this be before you. So
that's not quite true, Andrew. Anyhow, um I want to talk just for a minute about the forensic audit since that's a very important decision before you right now and I know you're taking it seriously and I understand you're going to be addressing it in your retreat. So, I just wanted to share a few thoughts I
had before then. Um this is not simply a question of scope, but it's a question of whether you're willing to fully understand what's happening with the city finances. The last internal audit did not make a casual suggestion. It identified serious deficiencies and
recommended a comprehensive forensic audit across all departments. That recommendation should carry weight. A partial review does not solve the problem. It risks overlooking the very patterns and systemic issues that really need to be identified. If the goal is
clarity, then anything less than a full audit falls short. There's been discussion that some of the missing items were not all that costly, but that misses the point entirely. This is not about isolated dollar amounts. It's about systems, controls,
and accountability. Small discrepancies are often early warning signs of deeper problems. Ignoring these warning signs does not make them go away. It allows them to grow. An independent forens audit provides a clear objective assessment of
where we stand. It identifies what is working, what is not, and where corrective action is needed. It strengthens internal controls, improves decision makings, and restores public confidence. Without that level of review, you're making decisions without
a complete picture. Concerns about costs are understandable, but the real question is really not will the audit cost. It's what will it cost if the city chooses not to do the audit. The price of inaction is almost always higher.
Transparency might be uncomfortable, but it's not optional. It's a responsibility. This is not about assigning blame. It's about accountability going forward. Choosing a limited review is choosing to leave questions unanswered. Ultimately, this
is not about whether we can afford a comprehensive forensic audit. It's whether we're willing to demand the level of accountability our residents expect. This is a moment of leadership. And so I urge you as the council members to support a full forensic audit of all
departments. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, >> Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you, Kathleen. That was uh very well done. and also Vicki. Uh I'm addressing some things that you don't want to hear because it has to do with a
poster on his back wall. It says Connors and the first line says dangerous and shy. Uh and those S's are dollar signs for for that. Then it says con artist fraudster and so forth. Then then it says election fraud and then in that
same area it says um Sgate. So what we have is what um uh is is an election fraud and I'm wearing a badge about it which shows uh Ronald Reagan as a Democrat. He's not a Democrat. Uh so you
did something very similar which uh which is I know to be for me being here over 50 years over 55 years about uh is that uh that's dishonest. It's the worst
election fraud I've seen in the city of Tit. The very worst. Very worst. And um uh I I don't trust you. Uh that's that's the first three lines. And the next line is this. It says Titusville, Florida is
the only city in the world only city in the world that's deliberately sprays women, children, and babies with sewage. They spray homes. Only one. Now, it doesn't take very much uh intelligence. In fact, is you should have known this. All the four of you here that are
supporting this should have known that from kindergarten. They should have taught you, hey, this is dirty stuff. So, yet it appears that our council does not understand that. So, I have prepared this this poster.
This poster it says we have complaints. People have complained about brain fog, confusion, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, headaches, burning eyes, burning ears, and so forth. And yet the city of Tyville for
months, for months, for months, beginning December 2020, continued to spray people in homes with sewage. So did Chief Lao. He he he also and and and fire chief. They went ahead and let it go. But as a professional engineer, I
I'm I have the concurrent jurisdiction to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. So, I try to report you guys. And you know what they said? I talked to an attorney. He said, "These guys can do anything like that and say all kinds of things wrong and
everything like that." And they are not, you can't prosecute them. Can't do it. Can't do it. Fact is, I went to Chief Chief Lau and I said, "Chief Law is I've got a bunch of crimes that I know of that the city's committing. Can you please report him?" He said, "I won't do
it. I won't report any crimes done by the city of Titusville." I talked to Mr. Broom. He says, "We're not going to do it." I talked to state attorney. State attorney says, "The only way out of time." Anyhow, it's
uh it's a horrible thing you guys are doing. Thank you. Miss Blinda, uh, Melinda Villain, uh, Historic Indian River City. I'm submitting city of Titusville records from the cities on file showing the properties along ACORN were repeatedly addressed, permitted,
zoned, and treated as residential over multiple of decades, including into the late 1980s. Just as importantly, every property along this corridor carries its address from the local street, not the arterial roadway. That matters because addressing, frontage, zonage, and
occupancy together establish how this city historically recognized, classified, and functionally treated this corridor. According to the city's own records, Acorn was historically treated as a local residential street, not arterial commercial frontage. So my question is straightforward. If this
quarter was historically addressed, permitted, and treated as residential, when did that change? How did it change? And under what public approvals, zoning actions, or legal authority did that change occur occur? This is not speculation. These are the city zone records. At prior meetings, I also
entered the records concerns regarding a parking lot operating in the residential zone along with another property in the mixeduse area that appears to be functioning commercially despite ongoing questions regarding minimum standards and compatibility. When those present- day concerns are viewed alongside the city's documented historical records,
this becomes a broader consistency issue. Are zoning, land use, and enforcement standards being applied equally, transparently, and in accordance with the public record? or are residents being asked to accept conditions that conflict with the city's own documented history? I'm requesting the formal consistent review of Acorn's
historical zoning, occupancy, addressing, frontage, land use transitions, approvals, and enforcement actions. Specifically, if Acorn was historically recognized as a local residential corridor, where is the public record showing when that use changed, how it changed, and why?
Residents should not be left to reconcile conflicting city records, present- day impacts, and inconsistent enforcement on their own. The city's own records matter. They should guide present- day accountability. I am asking council to ensure that Acorn's documented residential history, current
land use, and regulatory treatment are reviewed clearly, publicly, and on the record. Because when consistency breaks down, public trust breaks down with it. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Good evening, members of the board and attendees. I've returned to this council
to highlight the issue that seems to be the gift that keeps on giving, fraud, wasteful spending, and other lack of accountability throughout these municipalities. After my address on the 14th, I was able to speak to other members of the town who provided access to more information about the fraud. The solid waste department and the water department share the same issue of scrap
being stolen from salvage charge. This issue is more concerning is that there is a gate code that is needed to access these materials that not everyone has access to. Furthermore, during my attendance of the zoning commission, there was an approval for a parking lot. It was an industrial building on US1. The initial cap proposed was a total of
210 spaces, an increase of 112 spaces from the 93. However, the zoning commission approved an increase of to 301 spaces. This is a 30.89% increase from the cap 210 spaces. This total cost of the lot renovation is estimated to be
720,000 to 1.6 million using comparable estimates and other jobs given the same materials and labor costs. Increasing this lot by 38.9% can cost between $221,48 to $494,240 given the previous figures. This cost
does not include the proposal landscaping fees. Without any definite ROI or lease interest in the building, this seems like an unnecessary spending of this parking lot. In risk management, the capital allocation is a is a percentage limit of 2% with any
renovation and to limitation the risk of capital loss when dealing with real estate with no ROI or lease. This is an outrageous spending that we could have put back into Titusville and other areas. My transition would like to be to a definition of a word. The definition the
word is cronyism. The definition is stated the practice of favoring friends, associates or other political allies by appointing them positions or guaranteeing them business contracts regardless of their qualifications. There has brought brought to my attention personally that there are
individuals who are blatantly doing things like this through certain contractings. And I don't want to go after anybody individually. That's why I'm not naming names. But the issue when we go to prosecute issues like this and these types of situations is it's people we know. It's our brother, sister, nephew, aunt, uncle, cousin, people that
go to our church, people we see at our gym, people in our shopping markets. But when does the line become drawn where we say this is enough? when we look to the mayor and the vice mayor to be able to bring these other divisions in and say maybe we shouldn't do that either to communicate within the municipalities to
then predict and project something that could be profitable something that could be expansion and it seems like these short-term ideologies and the the the lack of farsight of what affects us 10 20 30 years is not being put in when we have these th this is the issue it's
it's it's not deliberate just putting your hand in the cookie jar and whatever you want. It's just the lack of caring, complacency, and people just saying, "Well, we'll just put that in." Why did only one board member say, "Maybe we don't need this because we have no definite ROI."
>> Thank you for your time. >> Thank you, sir. So, I agree with Mr. on one thing is that nobody should ever come here and try to embarrass anyone. No one should ever be singled out in a manner that doesn't have to do with the business
that's happening here. That being said, anything anybody that is embarrassed about their connections with lobbyist, embarrassed about their their connections with businesses,
that's really their problem. The problem that the people have is that we're tired of seeing the same 25 people running everything in this city right into the ground. We've got senior citizens being
flooded out of their homes. We have veterans sleeping in our parks. We have roads crumbling, sewers falling apart. That's a problem. And it is complacency and it is cronyism
here. and anybody that is not blind can see what's going on. This whole city is is paying attention to what you guys are doing. And if you're embarrassed or you don't like something that one of somebody says in the public, I'm sorry,
but that's just really your problem. Do better. >> Thank you very much. Anybody else? Seeing none, we're going to close public comment at this time. On the consent agenda, member Mosa, did you have
something to add about the consent agenda? >> No, I just have a question for Brad >> about >> about this property on US1. I was just curious what that was if that's >> is that a private business? >> Yeah, I'm just curious if it is a
private business. >> Mr. Parish, >> to be this is the previous speaker. To be honest, I was not able to follow that. If I could find out the address. This is the first time we really heard about this. I can investigate more. >> Would you mind finding the address and giving us the information on that? >> Yes,
>> possible. Thank you, >> city manager. >> So, moving on to consent agenda stated earlier 8A has been withdrawn. Uh 8B and 8 C remain on the agenda. Any member of council wish to withdraw those two for
further discussion? >> We only have two of them. So, I don't see any B anyone pulling any. You want to read them for the record, please? >> Yes, sir. 8B is First Avenue Sidewalk and roadway improvements and 8C is the
Titusville bus bench program. >> Thank you very much, city manager, city clerk, >> Stan Johnston. I'm uh I worked for the city of Titusville for almost eight years and u I've seen some good projects and bad
projects. Uh I'm uh I'm for both of these projects. Uh however uh in the 8B 1 Avenue S sidewalk and roadway improvements um uh I have sent some emails to uh city manager and
others about um the city's deficiencies in inspection a very serious inspection and it has to do with roadway improvements. Uh and what I have asked you to do is to go see
the project SNJ Oaks. I'm not talking about that project, but what happens if you look at Elizabeth Avenue, it's a concrete street and there's some places it's just busted up like crazy. Of course, it was put in in 1986, so it
lasts longer than asphalt. But the thing is is what it indicates and at many places on that street and also there's several places on where Spring Hill Road is there. Obviously it was never inspected. It's all busted up like crazy. So in other words, if you would
if you would dig it up, you would find out that it doesn't match at all the thickness that was required of 6 in. It's not there. So the city is is doing is doing this on projects. And on this project, I want it to be inspected because it says roadway. And what my
complaint letter sent to the to a city manager was that the city's not inspecting. They don't know how much asphalt, for example, if it's supposed to be inch and a half. They never measure it. They never determine it. They never calculate or
anything. So, the city of Titusville has been accepting streets except for one that I did, one that I reviewed as I required asphalt cores. The and the and the contractor said to me, "You've got to be kidding. I've been
doing this work 40 years and they've never had to do any cores. I never had to measure the thickness." That's a contract been here a long time. RK Construction. I think you know about them. They're good people. But uh they
explained to me is that city of Titusville does not inspect properly. Does not inspect the storm water property as I did. Does not even inspect the roads. So in other words, right now I believe Christian Court is is you guys are
looking at it and that you got to be kidding. It's all torn up. And the city accepted that Christian court. I was here when they accepted it and the uh John uh John Jim Herren who was a public works director he was very much against it. It just nonsense what happened
through public through uh what's it called? Community development. Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Johnson. >> Say clear. >> The last card is Susan Pender. >> Good good evening. My name is Susan Pender and um I live in the target area
of First Avenue and first I'd like to thank you for the award contract in the target area of First Avenue and look forward to future improvements in the community. With that being said, um will residents
on First Avenue have post notification 30 days or more prior to the project start date so they're aware what's happening those who are involved and those who may not be. But at least once it's awarded we
would know. >> Sandy, >> I'm not sure because it's the CDB timeline it can give 30 days but if it's approved we can get notices out tomorrow. >> Okay. Thank you. And then the my second question is will residents have a
scheduled post notification of to from home access as the project progress? >> Yeah. If there's any access issues, the contractor will be required to work with them and notify them like if there's a certain amount of it won't be for very long, but if they can't get out of their
driveway, they would work with them to make sure they can, you know, move out of the driveway for that period of time in case they have to go somewhere. So, it would be required of the contractor to provide access. >> Okay. Thank you. That's all I have. >> Thank you very much. City clerk.
>> All right. City council member Nelson. >> Move to approve consent agenda items B and C. >> Second. >> Motion by member Nelson. Second by Vice Mayor Cole. Discussion. Member Mscoso. >> Thank you. Okay. So, I do have a few
questions. Um, and because Miss Terry is here, my question was, how do we choose, and I did ask this during my briefing, unfortunately, because of time restraints, I wasn't able to get the response. How do you choose what locations to do sidewalks? Um, just looking at this, and I brought this up
to staff. Um, one side of that road is not developed at all. And so, how do you choose that section? Because what I really like to see is when developers come in and they pay for those sidewalks, not the city. And so how did you choose this section of the road?
>> Well, actually I didn't choose it. So we have a collaborative process um with our CDBG program that involves uh the public and when we get into certain target areas, uh we reach out to those particular residents for the target
areas. So this was actually a request that was brought to our department from the residents of that neighborhood. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Great. Thank you. That was the only question I have on that. I did have a question on 8C. >> Your floor. >> All right. Thank you. Um, so this one is
on the benches and uh, one of the questions I think I spoke with the attorney about is um, I know that it's covering the current benches that we have. If we wanted to look into additional benches, I know we were discussing um, right away and what rightway the city has. Were we able to
look into that to see if that could be part of this contract? Um and if not is that a discussion we could have? >> Yes, it does provide for selection of new benches and it does give the uh city uh the discretion with the city manager to select along with the provider uh new
benches if if so desire. >> Okay. So I personally would love to look at the other options. We have a lot of like tpo stops where there's no benches and so I know that we have to have u rightaway access. So, if if you guys are willing um and okay to direct staff to
look into those right away so that we can possibly um it is at no cost to us to get these benches in. I think that would be beneficial for our residents. >> So, you're talking about transit stops, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. Do you know approximately how many
there are? >> I do not. And I'm not suggesting they have to be at every stop. I just know there's key ones I pass often and people are sitting on the ground that I would love if we have this opportunity to get a few benches in there. >> Completely understandable. And I think it's also up to the the vendor that's
making these bus benches also ADA compliant which we have a lot of them that are currently not. So the question is can we just get up to the current level of code before you know potentially installing additional benches I think would be an interesting conversation. Well, that's my
understanding is that this program is actually going to give us brand new benches that are ADA compliant. So, we're removing those old ones. From my understanding, this company is coming in and putting in those new benches. I'm just asking for additional if we have the opportunity and we have the rightway
access to get a few additional. I don't have an idea of where that would be because I don't know where the rightway is, but once we find that out, if we can kind of piggyback off of that, I think it would be great for our residents. Member Nelson, >> the way I read the contract, we do have
that right to do it. Um, I don't know that if Miss Treasure doesn't believe that it's in there, that we could add it, but I think it's already in there. >> Yes, I did answer saying we the contract
contemplates that we can add new benches. Again, I think uh council member is wanting direction from council that we can look into where to uh put those future benches and come back to council with any um recommendation. >> Right. >> Yes.
>> Okay. >> You done? >> Okay. All right. I'm done. >> Yeah. I'm big fan of this. Uh met with this company over a year ago now. Took us a long time to get here. Uh, but I'm very very excited about updating all these things and getting them mostly ADA
compliant so that we have um just, you know, better facilities than what we had. It's all about taking pride in our city. Member Stokeold, do you have anything or sorry? >> No, I was just going to say I agree if we needed some approval from council. I think that's a good idea. >> All right. So I would recommend in your
motion to if you approve B and C um add and see the authorization to explore the other bench locations. Is there a motion? >> That's a motion then. >> Oh, second. >> All right. I have a motion by member
Nelson. Uh second by member Mscoso, city clerk. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokl. >> Yes. >> Member Vcosao. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much, city manager.
>> So, moving on to item nine, ordinances, second reading, public hearing and related actions. 9A is the certified recovery residence ordinance. And this is the to conduct the public hearing and the final
reading of ordinance number 9-2026. And Brad Parish will read the ordinance before the hearing. An ordinance of the city of Titusville, Florida, amending the code of ordinances to establish procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery residents within the city consistent
with chapter 2025 182 laws of Florida by creating sections 28-21 accommodations for certified recovery residents providing for severability, repeal of conflicting ordinances, incorporation into the code, and an effective date.
>> Thank you, Mr. Parish. Unless you're going to continue because sometimes you pause on me. >> Yeah, >> I don't know if you had Tom had more to add. >> All right, so the first reading of this ordinance, we didn't go over this too much other than to tell you what the planning and zoning commission did, but
um I'll give you a a some background on this ordinance. Um, chapter 25, 202582 of the laws of Florida requires counties and municipalities by January 1st of this year to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the review and approval
of certified recovery residences, including a process for requesting reasonable accommodations from land use regulations that otherwise prohibit such establishment. The ordinance may establish additional requirements for the review or approval of reasonable accommodation requests, but may not require public hearings beyond the
minimum required by law to grant the requested accommodation. The ordinance may include provisions for the revocation of a granted accommodation for a cause, such as a violation of conditions or failure to maintain certification. The effective date of this new ordinance was back in July and
it closed for review as both both the or um collectively the ordinance the new law and an analysis report on the Senate bill that was adopted by the legislature. This was brought before the planning and zoning commission on April 8th of this
year. The commission recommended approval with 11 re changes. They include an application fee in the ordinance. Include graduated distance based on the number of occupants. Address required inspections by both building department and fire department.
Including the application same required documentation as page 21. Basically what they found on the um analysis the report from the Senate bill. Uh identify which is the certified entity. Uh and there's three different entities that could certify these. Identify the certified
accreditation level which is one through four. the four different types of levels. Identify types of services offered. Determine if it is a 24-hour facility or operating in just a day or night. Identify staffing levels and security. Clarification of the appeal process and automatic replication of the
license if it if closed, abandoned, or if the facility loses their certification. This motion was approved with these 11 recommendations by planning and zoning commission 6 to1. The one member voted no based on this piece of policy in his opinion needed to mirror what we already have for all
other group homes. So the ordinance is on page 382 of your agenda packet. You'll see in red underlined that is the new section that has been proposed in order to be consistent and accommodate this new law. includes a definition for
certified recovery residence certificate of compliance. On the next page, certified recovery residence administrator reasonable accommodation applicability application for reasonable accommodation form an application processing. We will
have to create an application internally. Review criteria. We've included paragraph E which is on page 383 of your packet uh page two of the ordinance. This is something that's not specifically stated in the law, but it
is, as I stated earlier, uh we can include uh special conditions. We included this distance requirement. Basically says that a certified recovery residence shall not be located within a radius of,200 ft of another existing certified recovery residence. We believe
that was important u so that you don't have a neighborhood transitioning into something else than than it already is such a single family neighborhood. So you don't have a conglomeration of them being uh in one location. And this is a distance requirement that is uh I we
carried over from uh community residential homes which is in chapter 419 of the statute. Uh right now we have to allow a community residential home. Basically a small ALF sited living facility in a single family home. Um and
the only thing that we can control is uh the distance whether it's within 1200 ft of another. And so we carried out over the same distance requirement to the certified recovery residence ordinance. On the same page, you'll see we have a paragraph there for revocation and
reinstatement. On the next page, uh there's also an appeal process. So the planning and zoning commission. Oh, I do want to point out on the uh page 384 of your packet under paragraph 3 appeal, uh there was a misprint or a
typo from the planning and zoning version and your first and the version that was brought before you on your first reading. We've corrected that. You will see that in that paragraph titled appeal, it starts with the code enforcement magistrate and then um I
believe it's the last sentence where it says the special magist magistrate will conduct a quasi judicial hearing. It used to say city council that confused uh the planning zoning commission. We've corrected that. That should have said special magistrate and that's what it says currently. So this is adopted as we
recommend. This is what will be approved and incorporated into the code. Because of the planning and zoning commission recommendations, we've didn't have time to really review those at your first reading at your last meeting. Uh but we did provide to you a memo which is on
starts on page 378 of your packet. I'm going to jump to page 379 of your packet. We reviewed each of the recommendations from the planning and zoning commission and we made a comment or an opinion on each of those uh recommendations. Uh the
first one for example uh include an application fee in the ordinance. Uh we believe we stated here in our comment that the application fee is the request for a business tax receipt. Lodging fee right now according to our code is $109.20. We believe that would be cons that would
be applicable in this particular case. So we don't believe that's necessary to add an additional fee specific to this type of use. So we don't believe that this change is can be supported by staff. Subsequent to that, we do make similar comments on the remaining um
recommendations by the planning and zoning commission uh with the exception of 10 and 11. So on page 380 of your packet at the bottom there, I'm just going to jump to recommendation number 10. They stated clarification of the appeal process. They would like it to go
to the board of adjustments and appeal. Our ordinance states it will go to the magistrate. Uh that is our recommendation. Uh the paragraph number 11, the LA, I'm sorry, recommendation number 11 where it says automatic replication of the
license if closed. That was the planning and zoning commission's recommendation. We did not have an objection to that. So that is something that you want to consider. We can incorporate that into this ordinance. That said, any of these changes that if you are interested in uh
accommodating or somehow incorporating some of these recommendations by the planning and zoning commission into this ordinance, we believe any of them are going to require us to have to revertise this ordinance because that we believe that will be a very significant change from the draft that's published and advertised before you tonight. So, with that, I'll try and answer any questions
you have. >> Member Stokl. >> Yes. Um, I wanted to go through some of the recommendations um that were presented by PNZ and I I know we had talked about this at the first reading I think on our one-on-one.
Um, and I I appreciate the memo because I think that uh did help to clarify. Um, so I'm in agreement agreement on one and then when I get to two, I did have a question on do we have any way to limit how many
people are allowed in the home? So say it's a four-bedroom house, do we have any authority to say you need to make sure you're having four people and you're not doing trying to put eight people in there with eight different vehicles? Do we have anything like that to protect?
>> If the house, this is true for any home. If a house is built big enough to accommodate a certain number of people by the housing code, then it can have that many people. So, a single family home, if it has three bedrooms, would typically be only allowed to have six
people. Um, but any more bedrooms than that could probably accommodate more. So, that was how it would be have to be treated. >> Would that information can that be on the application? So when they're doing their application to have this residence, can that be part of the application so we are aware of how many
people they are planning to have in the home? >> That's possible. Um our concern is that when you propose um conditions like that, we'll have to look at it to see if it's consistent with the law. So we'll certainly have to come back to you with that and probably your advertised
ordinance. But and then at the same time um what some of the concerns that we had and I try to illustrate in our iterate in our memo was that you don't want to create a application process that dup that is duplicative of what the state already has. >> I would agree with that.
>> So but I I guess I don't know what the state has regarding that. But like as I went through these other ones I was like I feel like this is already in place and you touched on it on the memo. So I was fine with everything else. I think um the item number two and the only other thing that I could think of potentially
that could cause an issue um would be if they're just trying to circumvent potential rules or try to maximize profit and then we have no nothing to stand on to say, hey, you really can't be doing this because we didn't ask for that information. That would be my only
concern. Everything else I I think it's great. I think I'm glad that we are doing something like this. Um but that was that's my only concern. Thank you, Member Stokel. And Brad, just to clarify, let's say there's four bedrooms, four people in the home, or
potentially five, they would have to comply with the Florida building code and put in a fire suppression system. Correct. >> Yes. >> Okay. I think that in of itself is going to make this pretty cost prohibitive. You know, I mean, you're looking at $50 to $100,000 to install one of those. I
don't know how much um reimbursement rate they're getting to to do one of these, but um yeah, I mean it's interesting. Vice Mayor Cole, >> yeah, just a quick question, Brad. Are
the ALFs uh do people does any entity inspect them on a yearly basis to make sure they're complying by the rules? >> You're referring to an ALF. >> Uh didn't you say assisted living facility? >> Assisted living facility. This is not an assisted living facility. >> This is a what?
>> This is not what we're This orders does not address assisted living facilities. >> Okay. >> But to answer your question about ALFs, um typically the department of health and the fire marshall would come in to confirm life safety code inspections. So I would assume assume similar if they
had a fire suppression system, they would have to have a fire marshall inspection at least once a year to conform with life safety code. >> Correct. >> Member Nelson. So, are these facilities inspected once a year? >> A fire suppression uh system would most
likely require us the fire inspection on an annual basis. That's typically how they handle it. >> Okay. >> But I it I don't want to speak for the fire department. Uh my understanding is that there is always an annual inspection. Um for this particular type of use
though um occupancy rather um I would have to verify that for you for sure but that's my understanding with every fire inspection. Was your question maybe more about the quality of care versus life safety? >> More about,
you know, um, it's a residence that should serve 20 people and the operator turns around, puts 30 people in. So, I'm thinking, are they coming in inspecting facility for
cleanliness, how many residents they have? I mean, I'm sure somebody's got to be inspected. >> Well, no, no building can exceed occupancy. So, if the building is permitted for a
certain num for a certain occupancy, that is they can't exceed that regardless of the type of use. >> So, the question was who checks that out? >> The occupancy. So if there is I mean obviously if that turns into a nuisance and this is true for any other type of
group home or any type of um use that's that's in a single family home or even a business home even a home business. If it turns into a nuisance then it becomes a code enforcement issue and that's where the um process here where that license could be revoked is put into
this ordinance >> and I would have to imagine that the department of health would have to add them to their round of inspections. Any other questions? All right, city clerk, any cards? >> We have one card. It's Dan Johnston. My name is Stan Johnson. I worked with
Liberty Lodge and a number of recovery uh residences. Uh u in the area of Main Street. We have uh Salvation Army which is not very much active at all in anymore. We have
Walkabout Ministry on on Brown which has several residences also in the area. I'm not sure how many. I know at least two two other houses. And then we have um also we have that's I said walk about they have the women's recovery over
there near uh this in that same area near Salvation Army. So um uh as far as I know the guys there that are in this program in this program the ones that I'm involved with or I have been involved with were all drug problems.
All of them were drug problems. Every one of them. And uh I can't say for the women but um uh anyhow I I don't I think that uh you put a restriction on allowable distance between these and you
it won't work on uh for for walkabout and some of these other ones that are already existing and I think they've been doing very well because their recovery is not not uh generally not somebody who's cuckoo but someone who is addicted.
and they need help. So, um uh and also you're going to have to find out some of these meetings that are somewhat kind of secret and that is aa the uh alcoholics anonymous meetings and they have all of that is they have some of that is in
churches but it's not a residence. So, okay, that doesn't apply but uh so um that's all I want. I'd rather you not go into the area of distances between the um uh recovery residences. That's all. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much, city clerk. Any other cards? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, city council member Nelson. Um move to approve the ordinance relating to certified recovery residents
number 9-2026. >> Second >> motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole, city attorney. >> I'll defer to Brad. He >> Mr. Parish. >> Oh, >> just want you to be to understand that this is for residential. So it's not
specifically just a single family homes. It could be for other types of of residential as well. >> And adding the if it's abandoned for more than six months, you need a new application. >> So you you're adding a condition or I'm sorry
>> the condition 11. >> Well, isn't that RDNR code? >> Right. >> Is it in it? >> Yeah. Non-conforming part parcels. >> It says the ordinance can be easily amended to state that use banded for more than six six months. >> Yeah. what I was
>> a new application. >> What I'm trying to say there on that comment there for number 11 is that we do have a non-conforming section of our code that talks about this. So there's a a use >> so we don't >> I'm sorry. >> So we don't need that part in it. >> Right. But if you want to have something
explicitly stated into this ordinance, you could do that. We would just have to bring it back to you, >> which is the recommendation by staff. If you're wanting um number 11 to be included into the ordinance, then we would have to or any these 11 would have to which is fine. Um
I would prefer an ordinance that's complete and have to be readvertised than one that's not complete. >> Then I would strike that u because I think we need to go ahead and get this done. >> Okay. >> So yeah. >> Well, your motion still stands,
>> right? >> Yeah. And the second by Vice Mayor Cole, I believe. Uh member Stokel, do you have discussion? No. >> All right. Any further? City clerk. Vice Mayor Cole, >> yes. >> Member Stokel, >> yes. >> Member Moscoso, >> yes. >> Member Nelson,
>> yes. >> Mayor Connors, >> yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much, Mr. Parish and your team. I know this was kind of a a tough one to go through all the technicalities with the state city manager, city attorney. Do you have
>> Yes. I'm sorry. Just for some clarity, was the motion made with no uh conditions? Her original motion was passed as is. It was a second and then she's like, I'm going to add on this other thing. So, it was the original motion. >> It was
>> It was not added. >> No conditions. >> No conditions. >> Thank you. >> Okay. City manager. >> Yes, sir. Moving on to 9B, the trucks on the local roads ordinance. And this is to conduct a public hearing and a final
reading of ordinance number 10-2026. And Brad will go ahead and read the ordinance followed by the public hearing. An ordinance of the city of Titusville, Florida, amending the code of ordinances to regulate truck traffic in and on certain residential streets by creating
section 17-34, restrictions on truck use of streets and amending section 20-26, powers and duties of city manager relative to traffic and development review procedures technical manual section 14.2 pre-application meeting
14.3 concept plan 14.4 4 application procedures and 14.5 site plan required exhibits providing for severability, repeal of conflicting ordinances, incorporation into the code, and an effective date. This is the second reading and final
public hearing. So on page four or three of your packet, I'll just give you some background here. On December 10th, 2024, the city council provided an advisability direction to city staff to restrict heavy vehicle equipment from having access to
residential areas. Discussion included the concern of moving and delivering trucks, limiting to construction vehicles, etc. On January 28th, the assistant city attorney, Chelsea Frell, provided a memorandum with examples of local ordinances that is included in your packet. Council directed staff to
bring back additional information on the site review process. In addition, council requested a memorandum prepared by the assistant city attorney be pre sent to the planning and zoning commission, which it was, to review and make recommendations. Council also directed staff to prepare an ordinance
to established no through truck zones that will prohibit trucks from traveling on certain local roads when an alternative route is available. On February 19th, 2025, the planning and zoning commission provided comments on the assistant city attorney's memorandum.
Then the ordinance was pub published and advertised and on April 8th, 2026, the planning and zoning commission recommended approval as written uh with the following friendly uh amendment uh stated here on on the agenda uh was
accepted to strike all technical manual references in this ordinance and add to the ordinance that during construction activity, the city reserves the right to restrict access if deemed to be necessary to reduce impacts on local streets. The ordinance is on page 405 of your
agenda packet. You will see on page 406 the strike the underlying language that is proposed new language to be incorporated into the code of ordinances section 17-34. There are two parts to this ordinance. The first part is the process for
designating or identifying a particular local road and then going through a process of of establishing it as a no truck through truck zone. The second part has to do with site plans. So the first part is more permanent. The second part is about construction. So the second part talks about what we would
ask from the applicant or developer as they're submitting to us a site plan. and we'll just ask for additional information such as a plan or diagram, whatever that might be to illustrate where their truck construction truck route is going to be access through the neighborhood or around the neighborhood
to access their their construction site. So, the planning and zoning commission did not they believe that the first part, the more permanent part was acceptable and recommended approval. The second part, they asked for that to be deleted. You'll see on page uh 40 or six of your packet uh 17-34,
it includes an authority and purpose definitions, a no through truck zone definition, and a truck definition. There was some question as to whether uh truck definition as it refers to the Florida uniform traffic control law. Uh there's a variety of definitions inside
the state statute. This is specifically referring to heavy truck traffic. If we need to clarify that, we can. However, if you look further down on this in this ordinance, you will see on paragraph C,
establishment of zones, no through truck zone shall be established by the city council through the addition of a resolution designating the specific rideway on which through truck traffic shall be prohibited. What that means is if this ordinance is it's adopted then someone may petition or you may identify
a particular local road that should be prohibited where trucks go through. We will have to draft up a resolution and bring that before you. I believe it's my opinion that I think that the resolution that will come back to you could specify specifically what type of vehicle should be prohibited on that particular road.
So I don't not sure if it's necessary to go through and actually amend the definitions in this ordinance, but if you believe it's necessary, we can do that. The second part is on page starts on page 407 of your packet. You'll see the strike through and underlying language
from the city's um I'm sorry, page 408 of your packet. You'll see the strike through and underline uh language that is proposed in the technical manuals that's related to the submittal of a site plan and that's related to the construction uh plan.
the two members of the planning and zoning commission that recommended that this area not be touched. In other words, don't require an additional piece of information during a site plan or construction uh review is because that could be left up to the administrator to determine at that time. Uh staff
believes the language is is helpful for us. So, we recommend approval of it. So, we recommend approval of the ordinance as written. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Parish. City clerk, >> we have one card. Stan Johnston. >> My name is Stan Johnson. I'm a
professional engineer and uh I'm also been a surveyor for years too. Uh my license is expired, but as a surveyor uh I'm uh doing uh lots, single family lots for uh people to
uh divide and to sell. Is it always a flag lot has a has a minimum 25 foot width. So trucks can can handle that. But then of course when they get to the end of the to the house, they need to turn around and so forth. There's no
requirements for turnarounds, but but people have to do that when they get their house. They they make accommodations. So, um I have repeatedly asked uh uh council members to go to see Mockingbird Lane on a project that's hasn't received
final approval, SNJ Oaks. Uh however, Mr. Diesel and um Joe, what's it what the pastor Joe, they did go visit it. None of you have visited yet, but the discussion was that
Brad Parish and U Megan was going to take a look at it. Uh this this cannot handle trucks as it was permitted. The the U notes here. sketch plan, forget the
name, sketch plan, uh allows for a six-foot access for six R3 properties, whereas a um single family home requires 25 foot. You only got 8t.
for this access. And the thing is, by survey, I went out there with the one of the homeowners, Glenn Keller, and we measured greater than 26 ft cleared area for two-way traffic for almost all the the whole distance of it's a little bit
over 300 ft. And right now is that actually one of the lots has a turnaround in it for uh this deadended street. Dead-ended street. So, uh, I'm looking forward to, um, having the city make this access accessible for for
trucks. And the thing is is that, uh, the really horrible thing that happened is that I called up the engineer after it uh, after discussion in a council meeting and uh, uh, she and I asked her to put
the street sign and the stop sign on the survey. She said, "It's not going to happen. It's not going to happen." So they never never showed the accessibility of the width of the cleared area. They never showed the stop sign. So now and no street sign. So now it doesn't The plans are approved of
having no sign and no name for that street access. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> The um the surveyor disagrees with >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Miss Melinda,
>> I have been bringing up the issue of large trucks on local roads for the past 3 years uh including circulation on Acorn and the alleyways uh in Indian River City. The alleyways in Indian River City are only paved 12 to 14 feet
across and yet it is used as a major commercial corridor for large trucks. Today alone, three large trucks from three different companies came out of the alleyway. Not only that, but the city has allowed 48ft freight trucks to pull up and
unload on Acorn. This is not on the business's property. This is not even in front of property that abuts the street that they own. It is other people's properties that they're pulling up and loading in front loading in front of. And I had a meeting
with the city about this ordinance. And I was told that Acorn Drive will not apply despite only being 22 feet across. Despite the fact, and I am not saying that correlation equals causation. But ever since large truck traffic has increased on Acorn, we have had numerous
potholes that we have never had before that the city has had to refill at least once. and they're going to have to come and refill it again because they're starting to sink again. These are small, mostly residential street on the north
side of Acorn. It is 510 ft residential, 110 ft mixed use. That is a mostly residential street. But it is the city that has told me when it comes to parking and businesses loading and unloading on a street, they can do it
anywhere. no matter what the zoning is because parking is public streets and it doesn't matter what the use is so long as it is a public street and public sidewalk they can park there and load and unload and there is nothing in your
business sort of application that says what kind of deliveries are you going to be getting. So you can have businesses buying a property that does not have a loading and unloading zone on it and having regular freight truck deliveries and those deliveries get pushed from
Hopkins because the city believes that arterial roads are too dangerous for the deliveries. And I do not disagree. I have friends that are truck drivers, but they believe that the local streets are more safe. So when they pull up onto the local streets, what happens is they have to parallel park if they are parking on
the street. that involves reversing through the residential core zone. And I hate to say this and bring it up, but we just had a death in our city because of a kid
and a large truck that backed up. Is my street going to be next? Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Melinda. City clerk, any other cards? Thank you. Member Nelson Brad,
>> this is sort of off the subject, but when people apply for business tax receipts, is there anything in there about what kind of business, how are they going to handle loading, how is
this going to work? >> So, a business tax receipt or occupational license for for right. Um, basically if they're asking for a business tax reef for a property that is already developed, already there, um, obviously they just want to occupy an
existing building, we review it to see if the building is designed or has the correct occupancy for what they're asking for. So, it does go through a review by building, fire, and planning. Um, and if necessary, uh, other
departments including public works may be involved depending on what they're trying to do. So, for example, uh a restaurant going into a property or into a building that was previously an office, that's going to require significant changes. And then we also are going to have to look at that for what is the use going to demand as far
as parking too. So, it could involve a lot of things. But if it's an office to officel like then it probably doesn't require anything else. So the building was and the site was built for an office use and you have a new business coming in and it's an office as well regardless of the business,
>> right? >> It can just occupy it basically. It's a much easier um occupation. So is that does that answer your question? Well, I guess I'm just sort of thinking like Melinda was saying, um, I go to Occupy Business
and it doesn't have any parking or has limited parking and I have a business that's going to require truckloads of material trucked in.
So when you're looking at a business tax receipt, an occupational license, is that one of the things that you look at? >> We we can we do look at that. Uh so for example, um at a previous meeting, I gave you an example of an of a building
that is on Garden Street. I remember several years ago someone asking me, can I open it up and put it into a u use it for a um like a restaurant of some sort, right? Cafe. So, previously it was um an office. It it was never built for that.
So, they're going to have to do a lot of finishing up. But my biggest issue, the question I brought up in them was the lot itself was so small that the cafe itself, the number of square feet they're going to need is going to require um a lot more parking and possibly a loading zone in order to improve that areas of parking. So,
they're going to have to go through a site process. And I didn't see how they're going to be able to fit it on there with that small piece of property. So, that happens sometimes. >> Okay. So, we do evaluate that and sometimes those questions come up when we receive an application for a BTR.
>> Okay, that answers that. Thank you. >> Anything else? >> All right, member MSO. >> Thank you. Um, for the history of Indian River City, was that corridor off of Hopkins, was it always commercial or was
it all typically single family and then got reszoned for commercial? the the zoning itself, why it was put. So, the the zoning was created as a result of community meetings and a um a neighborhood plan or small area plan that was created for the neighborhood to
try and protect the neighborhood from the encroachment of um non I guess um non-residential uses that were cro or residential uses but more group homes kind of consolidating into the neighborhood and transforming the neighborhood or multifamily type uses
moving in there. So the neighbors were concerned about that and asked the city for relief and a community plan was created and as a result of that that zoning district was created. One aspect of that zoning district was to um continue the commercial quarters.
So the plan in the zoning district was primarily focused on the residential core in the miss center but on the ends along US1 and along Hopkins there was existing commercial zoning along there. I'd have to look back to see what it the map looked like at the time, but did have high commercial commercial
community commercial, um, neighborhood commercial, things of that nature. It's kind of hot. >> I'm just thinking, we just reszoned a property off of Mstead and it was uh, commercial. We reszoned it to single family because it did match the other
homes. But now I do understand perhaps why that was commercial so that it would rectify this situation of having these trucks because that's the issue. I'm like is this a zoning issue or I understand your issue. I wouldn't want those trucks right there but I I also
see they can't be on Hopkins and so it looks like this was more of a zoning issue unless her home had been reszoned to commercial, you know. So, >> so the the example you brought up in Oleander, that property was initially commercial. It's always been commercial.
It was never residential before. Um, I I can't say what the previous zoning would have allowed. If it might have allowed some a single family in addition to commercial, some zoning districts do allow that, but the current zoning on there did not. Or the new Indian River City neighborhood, which placed the
commercial on top of what was previous commercial. That's what happened there. And obviously the property owner realized when they bought it that they couldn't do a single >> Did we just create that same problem for them by reszoning that >> uh Miss Valain's situation?
>> No. Yes. Like the the problem with large trucks, let's say where we just reszoned that property from commercial to single family. Now there's a business right there that once needs a place to park their truck and it's going in front of that single family home which was zoned commercial. So I think you bring up the
so that particular scenario I believe and I have to look back at the history. The properties next to Missville Lane have always been commercial and then they were reszoned to Indian River City neighborhood commercial. So I think the question is she's brought up about consistency. I think the issue is about
non-conforming. If there is an issue about something that's non-conforming. So for example, we may have a single family home in other parts of the city and then later on the city decided to reszone it to commercial. that use, that single family home can continue as a
non-conforming use, but once it's abandoned, it can't go back to a single family home. Now, it has to be commercial. >> So, I don't know if that's the same situation of the properties next to Miss Fellain, but my understanding of the history there, those properties have always been commercial. So, if that one particular parcel that's not fronting
along Hopkins is somehow non-conforming because of accessment, it can continue on in that use as long as if it's considered to be non-conforming. That's possible. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Trucks on local roads, guys.
Um, my only kind of suggestion is just reviewing the technical manual. I did like PNC's uh recommendation of instead of submitting, you know, a plan ahead of time, you know, for the staff to
approve, but reserving the city the ability to tell them to get off our local road. I thought that was kind of nice because, you know, unfortunately there's a lot of things that they have to review ahead of time, but letting them know up front you
cannot go down certain certain streets and if we hear that you are, we're going to tell you to knock it off. So, I thought that was a pretty good suggestion. Anybody else? Member Nelson, >> I sort of like the suggestion of upfront
as you're thinking about your project. Um, I'm don't think the planning department is looking for a survey, but at least thinking, okay, I'm doing this project. I'm going to go down, I don't
know, rainy road. I just pick a road. um as opposed to getting 6 months in it and then somebody saying we don't like you going down that road, get off it. So to me, it's easier
to think about it as you're submitting the plan. So, I understand why they would ask that, but to me, it's just it's easier. >> Member Nelson, my only concern was enforcement. They could submit the plan
and then, you know, what gives us the right to then call back and make them adhere to the plan. So, I was just trying to think of all all different variables. Member Stokel. >> Yes. Um, no, I tend to agree with you, mayor. My question would be for staff. if we were to do the PNZ's
recommendation because that does give us a little bit more um I guess teeth that to say hey you're not doing something and we have an issue with it. My question would be how does that actually play out? So if you guys
had an application we struck this second part per's uh recommendation what does that mean for us staff? Well, the way it works right now is we don't require that truck route. So, but if it is obvious to us
that their access to their construction site and the only way to do that is to possibly create a nuisance, then we we will ask for information during that process. But typically, we do not ask for it. >> So, you guys would still ask for information regarding it. Now, if we struck this second part and then would
you guys say >> let me just clarify because it's you know during site plan review we review it for safety. >> You know if we see an obvious issue we're going to call we're going to ask for additional information which we have a right to do in in the code ask for addition additional information if we
see a safety issue. Um but what this does is it just says upfront give us your plan. Where is your route? because you know without this information we may not know until it's too late what the issue might be. >> Okay. So you can potentially foresee
them starting the project. You didn't know it was an issue and now all of a sudden and now you're like hey look at this section in the code. We have an issue with it versus knowing upfront is what I'm hearing if we keep it or if we get rid of it. >> Okay. >> Member MCOS. >> Thank you. And just for clarity what is
our definition of a local road? Our code spe uh identifies roads based on or classifies roads based on arterial um collector and alter and local local roads I guess um from a layman's point
of view basically what you find might be in a subdivision um Indian River City neighborhood a lot of those roads in interior between US1 and Hopkins are considered to be local roads according to our code >> so I've heard the definition anything that's not a collector or an arterial is
considered a local road. That would be my understanding, but I've also heard Mr. Broom >> argue something different. So, I just want to make sure we're very clear on what the whoever is reviewing this application. What is a definition? >> So, if the definition, we look at what
the code is to see what a local road is. >> Are there standards like size standards? >> I Yeah, I'll have to look to see what the code says, but I believe they are typically 24 feet wide. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Vice Mayor. >> Brad, if we tell them upfront that they
can't drive down, say, road A, can we tell them that we will strictly enforce that by asking uh the TPD to to uh give them a ticket? Can we enforce it that way? Um, I mean, if we have an approved site,
they can't do anything inconsistent with an approved site plan or an approved construction plan. Anything inconsistent with that would have to be modified. If they are, you know, in a rare cases, construction is ongoing that is and they're operating or doing things that
are inconsistent with the approved plan and we have to go in with a site inspector and possibly with code enforcement and stop work. Yeah. >> All right. Any further discussion? Member Nelson. >> I would move to approve uh ordinance
number 10-2026 trucks on local roads as written. >> Second. >> A motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? Seeing none, city clerk.
>> Okay. So, clarification that does not include PNZ's recommendation. >> Correct. >> Correct. Okay. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. Yes. Member Muscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much, Mr. Parish. >> City Manager.
>> Yes, sir. Moving on. There are no item 10, ordinances, first reading. Moving on to 11, old business. Uh A is the resolution number 07-2026 repealing resolution number 24-1997
and establishing revised quasi judicial procedures and the recommended action is to adopt the resolution um as presented. And as you recall at the last council meeting, you had spirited discussion regarding the
results from the public comments and the city attorney is here to represent that item. >> Thank you very much, city attorney. >> Well, I provided an updated memorandum and I'm open for question. As the city manager said, it was a robust and spirited discussion which I welcome. I
don't know if there are any other uh questions from council at this time. All right. City clerk stand Johnston. My name is Stan Johnson. You know, I've been a former employee as a registered engineer and a registered professional
uh land surveyor with the city for about seven and a half years. So um I'm coming to you as what I said before on this matter is that is that um I am required by the state of Florida and also my
training as an engineer to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and I can be disciplined for not doing so. So, uh, as far as someone having, uh, a what do you call a stand or a a
standing in in a in a suit or an issue is that, uh, uh, I believe that I am required by law to to notify you of something that is dangerous to the health, safa,
safety, and welfare of the public. So my concern is that somehow the the the council or the city is going to say is you don't have a a dog in this fight. Well, I'm as far as I'm concerned is
with my registration, I believe that I do. So uh I'm uh requesting that whatever you do uh don't take my um requirements away from me that I'm required to uh follow by the state of
Florida as a professional engineer and as a um surveyor that is my license is right now is called inactive. So that's all I have that's all I have to share with you at this time and it's a serious matter because right now you
know that I have all these signs back here the complaining of dishonesty and nonsense by the city of Titusville and I I look forward to uh uh to taking some of your engineers or your consultant engineers to the board because there's
too much there's too much nonsense. Thank you. Any questions? Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. City Clerk, >> I have a card for Earl Johnson. I'm just not sure if it's item A, B, or C. You have section 11.
>> You have section 11 written on your card. I wasn't sure if it was this item. >> Yes. Okay. >> Sorry, city clerk. I'm hearing a parad. Um so anyway so I would like to speak uh to you guys this evening about our quai
judicial resolution from a citizen's perspective. Um uh the resolution does provide some important procedural uh enhancements over the prior u uh prior 1997 resolution. uh significant
improvements I think but there are several structural considerations that affect how fair and accessible the process might feel actually in practice. Um so for instance like city staff are automatically recognized as expert
witnesses. Well yes they are but while residents are generally then treated as lay persons even when the residents have direct lived knowledge of their own property and neighborhood. And so the net result is that staff recommendations
will carry an outsized weight in uh shaping outcomes. Um and so while the resolution framework uh the city attorney uh put together is structured, legally sound and and nicely done. I think uh there are areas where
greater transparency and accessess accessibility could strengthen the public trust. Um for example, exparte communications between board members uh and outside parties are allowed but disclosure is only encouraged and not required in the in the resolution. So
from a city perspective, citizens perspective, the making the disclosure mandatory would help make sure ensure that the decisions are fully in the open. Um and additionally, the board is not required to provide detailed findings when making decisions.
There's also significant reliance on board discretion in determining what evidence carries weight and who is considered an expert. Providing clearer standards and guidance could help make the process more consistent and predictable for
participants. So taken together, these factors can create the impression that while the system is fair in design, it's somewhat lopsided in practice, particularly for residents who lack the technical expertise or resources to to dig through all these requirements. Um
so my request to the council is basically just simple. Uh to consider ways to better balance institutional expertise with citizen participation whether through clear public guidance uh access to neutral technical support um
or ensuring that staff presentations remain fully balanced and objectives small adjustments can significantly strengthen uh trust and fair fairness I believe in this process. So, I don't regard any of these things as fundamental changes. They're just practical improvements to an already
structured system. Um, uh, and lastly, last thing on the abuing issue, if I might, if I may. Um, I think that should be expanded to also include adjacency. >> Thank you. >> Can I just have a couple more seconds? That's it. Just a couple more seconds. >> Thank
>> because I think property owners within 500 feet are already noticed. So, so aren't five 500 ft that's adjacency? Seems to me that should be if they're they're tacitly considered affected. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you,
>> city clerk. Are there any other cards? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, member Stokal. >> Yes. Uh clarifying question for city attorney. Um how I read this on page 435, it says members shall disclose any exparte communications or site visits.
So, I read that as it's not suggested. It is required that we must still do that. >> Well, as written, yes, it's it's required and recommended under the law, you're I mean rather not required. It's strongly recommended and we have put in
place through the resolution that I will ask for exparte disclosure, but just so that you're aware under the statute, it's not required. Okay. >> Uh but this resolution absolutely strongly recommends it. In addition, it provides for asking on the record if there have been any exarty
communication. >> Yeah, I guess and I I guess the way I read it, it says shall not should. So I read that as we should be required to do it. So >> member Nelson, >> uh I've read read over it. Uh I also
talked to Dwight Severs about it and uh he his original um exparte was a resolution for quas judicial. So I know he handed us the
memo last week asking that we make it as an ordinance and I really don't see how that's necessary. Um, I like the definition of standing
and to Mr. Johnson's point, anybody can be an expert. So like um we had a hearing where an attorney got up and was talking about the law. It doesn't mean he's not an
expert, but usually it's the parties that ask that certain people be designated experts, but he's still an expert. Um, there was a guy that came in one day and was testifying
about the impact of a development on our water system. He's still an expert. Just because we're not calling him an expert doesn't mean he's not an expert doesn't mean that his
testimony is going to be given less weight than somebody else who's an expert. So I don't see that as a problem. So, I would say I like this resolution
and my motion would be to pass it >> as written. >> Second. >> I have a motion by member Nelson, a second by Vice Mayor Cole. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, city clerk. >> Member Moscoso.
>> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokal. Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much, city manager. >> Yes, sir. Moving on to uh 11B, the
presentation of funding options for the Titansville Economic Development Organization. And in this uh agenda item, we're asking for council direction on the preferred funding strategies to advance the implementation of the EDL. This is
basically the third step in this process. The first step was to create the EDO which you did uh several months ago. Second step just occurred earlier. You appointed the seven members to the board. Now we have to figure out a
method to fund that organization so they can start doing their their work uh assigned. And here we have our EDO economic development director Nick GA is going to give us a presentation on three different strategies and requesting
council's direction on those strategies. >> Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, council members. Um kept this pretty short, pretty brief uh for the slides that I'm going to present. really uh went through everything and evaluated the different options uh for proposing to fund this
organization and really came down to three. Uh so those three I'm going to go through in the presentation pretty quickly with you. But as you can see I broke it down kind of on what the pros and the cons of each one of those are. Uh so that that way you can follow and if you have any questions along the way
feel free to to interject. So strategy one, uh, we looked at setting aside some of the FPL franchise fees that the city does receive um, annually from FPL. In the way that we have it structured right now, um, we propose to actually maintain the current levels that are
going into the general fund so that the general fund is not going to be impacted immediately. um that level will still stay as that threshold and then moving to 15% of those FPL franchise fees um off the new development as it comes
online to be allocated into uh the economic development fund. So some of the pros on that um it it does tie the the funding concept to new development activity which is obviously what we're looking for. Um it does create a legally
restricted funding mechanism um if council does want a growth linked tool specifically designed for economic uh development. And then it also does have some flexibility to be revisited later as a supplemental funding source. um once we figure out the the tricky part
of this one is figuring out the calculations um those things because again FPL the revenue can't be forecast with confidence um and then those those future electric usage rates the growth all those things are not um easily determined for projected growth
um and then finance would need a reliable methodology to verify what portion is truly attributable attributable to the new development um and narrow revenue base makes the option restrictive and less flexible than a broader fund structure. Uh and the last con there is that it does
create uncertainty around future reliable general fund revenues if the set the set aside amount does continue to grow over time. Strategy two uh that we dove into was the um creating a new economic
development tiff district. this tiff district and the trust fund would capture that portion of future um advalorum growth. Right now I had it structured at 10% of commercial and industrial in the draft ordinance that's um been proposed and that is countywide
excluding the CRA. Um it does require that base year district boundaries calculation formula annual administration um and it does direct that captured increment to city council approved economic development uses. Pros, it does provide the clearest
formal dedicated revenue framework of all three options. It could scale over time if commercial industrial taxable value grows materially and that does create a long range structure for major economic development projects if council wants um
a distinct growth capture mechanism. The cons that come with it though is it is the most complex option to calculate, administer, explain and maintain over time. um it would redirect a portion of the future advalorum growth that could otherwise support broader general fund
priorities. It does require uh district design, a baseline selection, annual calculation. Um and that methodology does create substantial implementation risk. Um the current fiscal uncertainty, potential
revenue pressures, uh rising costs make this the most restrictive restrictive option at this time. uh and then the growth crap capture structures may face greater policy risk given recent state scrutiny or similar mechanisms. So that leads to strategy three of the
three. Um on this one the approach would be a restricted fund through the annual budget process. Uh this does create a restricted economic development fund within the city's normal budget process. It does allow for funding from the annual appropriations as well as the remaining inbeds balances after all
obligations and other lawful revenues. It keeps all expenditures subject to council approval, reporting, and audit oversight. It is the pro. It's the fastest. It's the simplest option to implement. Um, all the funds will be placed in the account are legally restricted for
economic development purposes as approved by council. preserves flexibility while protecting the city's broader financial priorities uh and commitments. It can be adjusted over time as additional lawful funding sources become available. No fixed ceiling on future funding. The structure
can grow as council chooses. Uh and it mirrors an existing restricted fund approach the city already uses successfully. Cons is it does not create an automatic growth capture revenue stream on its own. uh annual funding levels will depend on
budget capacity and council priorities and it may be viewed externally as a less permanent than a dedicated revenue mechanism. So overall recommendation staff's recommendation is to adopt strategy three as the city's initial funding
mechanism for the EDO um as the most practical most defensible um under the current fiscal conditions that are going on. It does avoid speculative or difficult to verify revenue calculations. Um and it does preserve council's discretion while legally
restricting the fund to economic development purposes. Um so that I mean this option three can be capitalized immediately with the remaining embeds balances and supplemented later by appropriations or other lawful revenues. So uh as as Tom was kind of alluding as
the steps in the process, we now have our board of directors. we obviously have to have the meeting, start doing the bylaws um and and standing up a funding mechanism for this. So if we were to adopt um one of the strategies or strategy three in the
situation, then we would seed and structure the fund, define the goals, the measurable outcomes um and kind of we come back later and revisit um the financial tools um down the line as well.
That's my six slide presentation for you. Sorry, seeing Lily's went in. I probably should have put 30 30 more in there. >> Thank you, Mr. G. City clerk. >> Yes, sir. We have one card. It's Dan Johnston. My name is Stan Johnson. You don't want
to hear a lot about me, but anyhow, uh, I've been here with five generations of my family and my wife's five generations of her family having lived here. So, uh, here's what I've seen. I'm going to tell you something that happened right here.
Is Don Matson, let's see. No, no, I'm not going to go on that. is is that uh I'm I'm concerned is that we have booms and busts and that we that we do smart things on on the booms and bust
is it's best to buy buy property when it's busted and not a boom time. So, uh I know a lot of people made the mistakes is to is to um uh do heavy buying when there's a bust
period, no a boom period. So, that's that's all I'm going to say is that I'd like to see some uh some common sense. That's all. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Johnson. >> All right. Um council, just my take on
this. I feel like staff's recommendation, option three, is a recommendation we have already done because if you all remember, we took what was pulled out of the zone that was, you know, the $500,000. I think that's what we've already kind of
tenatively budgeted for economic development. My recommendation would be to keep that there, let it fund it currently and at the same time walk and chew gum. So I would like us to see develop the FPL franchise fee uh set
aside because we don't know how long it's going to take to calculate it. We don't know how long it's going to take to to generate some revenue. So instead of next year coming back and going, "Hey, I need more money for economic development." Hopefully we have some money kind of being set aside for that.
Um my question to you Mr. Gout is what do you think the best recommendation would be to calculate new um you know FPL franchise fees you know redevelopment job growth things like that. The only thing I can think of is a
site plan with the CO issued, you know, a new site plan with CO issued because if we just look at a CO issued, we we might be missing some building conversions or or maybe a company we got to come in here. Uh or, you know, a BTR is not going to be a good example
because now we're capturing things that have already been captured. So, you know, how do you think we can judge the new stuff that is being generated? >> And I think I think that's the part of it that'll be a challenge. um is finding a mechanism to capture what that
difference is um and to isolate it specifically to those uh sites. But um I I'm pretty confident there is a way. Uh you know, Bart may have some insight on
it. Uh might be a good person to ask that. Um but yeah, I that that part could be a challenge. Um but I I know it's feasible. Thank you, Mr. Yao. Um because you know,
as you try to predict out in the future, uh you want to make sure, okay, we got a little bit set aside right now, we can work on developing the bylaws, getting the organization up and running, starting these these early, um activities, and then let that kind of fill up and then in case there is an
issue going forward financially, whether it is another bust, then we have money set aside for a rainy day to really ramp up economic development. And I think really it also comes down to creating the right clawbacks and provisions and the agreements that you have with the
developments. I mean if those things are done um correct then it puts ourselves in a position to protect ourselves. Um and then in addition to that I think it you know we don't know this the final status of what all the projects are um with the obligations that does have in
place. So I mean there's potentially flexibility there as well. So it would be my recommendation of council is we use that initial seed money that we had already committed to the zone uh with the addition of once we get the 1.6 six million back from the county that they're just sitting on and collecting
interest once we're starting to generate that interest off that money that that would also help seed this uh while y'all work on a good resolution funding mechanism with the FPL franchise fees so that again hopefully 2027 we're not
trying to figure out how to fund this organization. Those are my thoughts. Member Nelson, >> I agree with you. That was going to be my suggestion. Um, FPL sounds great. However, that needs to be worked out. We
have money from the zone that hopefully we can collect, put it in the budget. Let's go forward. >> Member Stokel. >> Um, okay. I I definitely agree with strategy
three. I don't know if I'm to the sold on that franchise fee yet. And I I guess my question would be um who would be paying that franchise fee and could there be other things that we could potentially use those fees for
or would it only be able for economic development? >> So the franchise fees are paid um by FPL. Um, right now 100% of FPL franchise fees are going into the general fund. >> Okay. >> Being used.
>> So, we can use it in our general fund right now. So, we would in theory be setting it aside from the general fund. >> No. So, the way that I have it structured right now is actually um if this does go into effect, then everything that the general fund has been receiving remains. >> Okay.
>> And it's only the next um fiscal for those increments up. So nothing's going to be pulled from it um until the following year to mitigate any impact that that initial year. >> Okay. Um and I definitely am open to it and I think Bart would be a great person to ask about this. I guess my only
hesitation is part of me wants to kind of see what happens with what we do already have um before committing just because I feel like there's other priorities I have for the city um regarding infrastructure, storm water, and I don't want if there's a potential
option for us to collect additional funds for our general fund. I don't know if I'm sold on the idea of yes, those should go more to economic development without seeing how this board plays out yet versus us being able to use those funds for something else. I'm just not there yet. Um, so not to say I'm not
open to it, but I definitely feel like strategy 3 is great. I think we do need to bring some more economic development into the community. I just want to see how that plays out. We already kind of do it a little bit with our CRA and the grants we're providing. So, I want to see how this works before fully being
sold and committed on this idea. Thank you, Member Stokl. And just to reiterate, in the FPL ordinance that he established, it's only 15% of that franchise fee of new stuff generated. So 85% of the new stuff would still come
back to the general fund FPL franchise fee. So that number is still going to continue to grow. Just a little bit is going to get siphoned off. So if a new company comes here building rockets and they pay $5,000 a month to FPL, you know, we get what? If $500 comes to the
city, then we get 15% of that $500 would be earmarked for economic development. So you're talking about a sliver of a sliver kind of just being diverted. It >> the the thought was really to find, >> you know, the end users coming in and they're generating that. So capturing a
small bit to put back into the system that recruited them and brought them into the area. Um, you know, projects are getting more and more expensive. I agree with you on infrastructure. Um yeah, that's what some of the things in here is even site readiness and infrastructure supporting targeted industries is um defined in there as
that. So I think that's pretty broad to be able to address some of those things. >> Member MCOS, >> thank you. Yeah, I would just look at to member Stokal's point um one of the cons of strategy one with the FPL is creates uncertainty around future reliable
general general fund revenues. Um and I get that um it's only a percentage. I I do like the idea of it going into our general fund and if we decide we want to put more money towards we go with strategy three and we say this board is doing great, we want to put more money
and we have that money there, we can do that instead of just throwing everything at it and just seeing how it works. So I like having the flexibility. Also, I I remember talking with um our finance director. Um my understanding she was for uh strategy three because we didn't
know what was going to happen in the state with um you know property taxes and so we wanted to be able to have a little bit of control over that before we started um giving pieces of the pie away before we even knew what the pie was going to be. So my recommendation
I'm leaning more towards strategy three. >> Vice Mayor Cole. Yeah, I like strategy three also and I agree with I agree with me Mscoso and um you know because I as long as we don't have to take any
money out of our hide to put in there as long as we can fund this and not take away anything from our city then I think we're good. So I think that's a I think that's a good strategy going in for it. >> Member Nelson. >> Can I change my mind?
>> Yes, please. You have guys have convinced me of the error of my weights. >> So not on everything, but yeah, strategy three seems like it would be
the best. >> All right. Any other questions for Nick? >> Seeing none, can I have a motion? Member Nelson >> move to recommend U strategy three as
preferred funding for the EDC EDO. >> Second. >> A motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion from this board? City clerk. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole.
>> Yes. >> Member Stokl. >> Yes. >> Member Muscoso. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much, Nick. Thank you, >> city manager. >> Yes, sir. In regards to that strategy three, it would be our um we would come back with a resolution structured
similar to the stabilization fund, reserve stabilization fund that sets those parameters and again gives entire oversight to council as far as the amount of funding per year based on budget priorities. So, we'll make that happen. Okay.
>> Moving on to 11C. is the brackish water study feasibility brackish water source feasibility study. And here we're asking to have council's authority to award a task order to CDM
Smith Incorporated in the amount of $96,290 to provide the engineering consulting services for a feasibility study for a brackish water source and authorize the mayor to execute the task order and also to approve the associated budget
amendment and our public works directors here to answer any questions. >> Thank you very much, city clerk. Yes, sir. Michael Mjack. >> Good evening. I got a chance to hear the presentation at 5:30 and you heard what
our TEC had recommended. So, I hope we go forward with that because we are running low. our cup may not be renewed at the same level, right? Which indicates that our water resources are going to be less than what we think. So,
if we're going to have enough water to build, then we're going to have to find new resources. And this is one of those. But recharging our aquifer and using that as a future end off, that's something that we have to do, too. So, I'm glad we're going forward with that as well. And I'll see you next time for
that. Thank you. >> Thank you. Say clerk. The last card is Stan Johnston. You know who I am and you know I have a professional engineer and uh I've seen some horrible things happen here in Titusville.
I talked with a friend of mine who's a professional engineer who was a who was the u director of water resources for the city of Tyville for many years named Don Matson good friend of mine and uh he explained to me about the well
fields that we have and so forth and and that uh we're doing so well because our plant can handle 7,000 or 7 million gallons per day But later on he told me an a incident
that we had here is that during the summer months we were having trouble getting water out of the wells we had. We didn't have cocoa water. We were having trouble. In fact, he said we were about to lose it. What he's
saying is that he he's saying that because he's looking at the water in the water tower and it's going down and down and down. Once it goes down, we lose pressure. He said, "We almost lost it." So what
they did when they almost lost it, obviously, what did they do? They pumped it like hell, our wills. And and do you know what that does? That destroys our wills. We've done that repeatedly again and again. And I've
seen activities by the city in which they uh have destroyed millions of dollars of wells. Okay, this is a big this is a big issue. So, uh right now we have a wellfield the
south of 50 that has has been a horrible producer and it was predicted to be a horrible producer by a number of engineers before we did it. So, we spent how many millions of dollars? I'm sure it's well over $10 million. It's all wasted.
Okay. Right now, what I've done is I've I've I've cautioned the city to do what you're doing over here at the uh the wellfield to the north. And I said, "Watch what they do. I don't want them to what? To overpump the wells. You get
these big pumps on there and they destroy the wells." So that's what may may happen, right? Again, because it's been happening again and again. You don't manage your wells. You don't manage them properly. So I don't have a whole lot to say to you guys, but but I would like somebody
to have some common sense. And this guy who wants to charge $96,000 because I'll tell you where we got a whole bunch of brackish water. It's lower. It's just below our wells. In fact, is we can use these wells that don't work. There's our brackish water right there. So, I don't
understand why you want to pay $96,000 for this. It can seems like complete nonsense what you're doing. I mean, Indian River is full of brackish water. So is our So is our So are our wellfields in >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> Anyhow, city >> doing the wrong thing.
>> All right. Any questions for staff? Seeing none, can I have a motion? Member Nelson >> move to award the task order to CDM Smith, Inc. in the amount of $96,290 for engineering consulting services
for the study of brackage water. >> Second. >> Does your motion also include to approve the associated budget amendment? >> Yes. >> Your mo your second still stand? >> Yes. >> All right. Motion second. Any further discussion? >> Seeing none. City clerk.
>> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. >> Member Muscosa. Yes. Member Nelts. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much. >> City manager. >> Yes, sir. Moving on to item 12, new
business. 12A is the fiscal year FY2026 midyear budget review and financial update. And the recommended action is to approve the midyear budgetary change request for general fund community
redevelopment agency enterprise internal service and other funds and approve the associated budget amendment. And unfortunately our finance director fell ill and our assistant finance director is not able
to be here. So, I will uh try to go through the slides and my trusty sidekick, my assistant city manager is here to bail me out when I misspeak. That being said, we'll go ahead and get started.
So, this our vision is Titusville is a growing and diverse community of hometown neighborhoods built among natural treasures, fostering civic pride, family activities, and community service. And this has been a longstanding vision. Our mission statement is through teamwork and
leadership, the city of Titusville provides essential services to improve the quality of life for our community. Now, this is our current FY2026 strategic goals and objectives, which you confirmed last year during the
strategic planning process. recall back in February, we had an initial community uh conversation and at that time the uh council direction was to have an offsite to further look at the strategic goals
do some team building and make it an all day offsite and that is going to occur on May 30th and one of our desired outcomes is to take a look at the strategic goals and see if they are still relevant and the reason why We're doing this is
because per city ordinance code, the city manager shall furnish an in-depth analysis of the budget and financial condition at the midpoint of each fiscal year. And our policy is the finance department monitors fund level revenue and
department level expenditure trends through September 30th, 2026. The operating departments analyze line item budgetary appropriations and are responsible for managing their budgets to the bottom line. So, as of March 31st, the halfway point
of the fiscal year, revenues are trending slightly behind compared to the same time last fiscal year, and we continue to closely monitor all revenues and do not believe any significant adjustments are warranted at this time.
Here are some mid-year conclusions. Current revenues are slightly behind compared to the same time last year, but Adalorum revenues are on track. departments are managing to the bottom line. Staff continues to improve service delivery through organizational
realignments. As I indicated earlier, we're in the middle of a tiger team review that's going to provide us some direction and clarity entering the FY27 um budget year and I'm looking forward to those recommendations. We're also doing continuous citywide
improvement initiatives through our lean six sigma projects and the budget remains balanced with approval of the pro with the proposed budget amendments. So as far as the general fund 50% of the
year is lapsed. Um, our amended budget is 66,692,56 and our actuals are 37 a little over 37 million which is about 56% of the budget revenues have been received and our
expenditures as you can see 66,692,000 and about 54% of it has been expended. As far as state shared revenues, which includes all the different option taxes and commun simplified communications,
um we expect to get 9.1 million. We've collected about 3.2 million. So, we're behind as far as state shared revenues. Hopefully, that'll pick up. Here are some of our proposed bidy year budget adjustments. And I won't go through all of them. line
items. Ones are significant obviously um you can see for fire $534,000 in additional um overtime. That's because in order to balance the budget we had to significantly cut the overtime that they had requested and with the
assurance that at midyear if funds were available we would make them whole. So, they need $534,000, which they had originally requested, but I wasn't able to fund them um at last year's budget.
Some other Oh, some other uh um you know, professional services for human resources. That's for the health benefits advisor and for the health plan. We needed additional funding.
And next $90,000. As you recall that we are doing a small area study for Royal Oak. Initially, we thought it'd be about 50 to 60,000. However, we wanted to embed additional opportunity for citizen engagement,
additional meetings, and also give the um people from the Royal Oak community the ability to um provide input into the final draft. And that u is going to require us to spend about $90,000 for small area study. But, uh, hopefully
we'll have, uh, significant, uh, citizen input. Next, um, keep up here. Okay. The moving on to the water and sewer fund. Here are some of the, uh, midyear requests. Um, again, some
additional projects. And if you have any questions on any of these line items, we have both the assistant city manager and a public works director are here to provide any clarification on any of these line items. And the total amount uh of requested
will be $873,947 for the water and sewer fund. And then for additional recycling and increasing CDL licensing and other and and 35,000s for more garbage carts, um we're looking at the total amount for
all funds is $2.2 million, which is significantly less than most fiscal years. And here are a summary of the midyear budget adjustments citywide. general fund, CRA, water and sewer, other funds.
And again, the total citywide is about $2.2 million. Those funds are available to be uh distributed via budget amendments. Again, as far as expenditures indicated, about 50% of the budget has elapsed and
we continue to manage to the budget line to the bottom line. And what we're asking for council is to approve these mid-year budgetary changes which will keep the budget balance for general fund CRA water sewer and other
funds. Now moving into FY27 budget prepar preparation. We already started the budget prep and um we're going to be providing you with a balanced budget addressing the city's strategic plan while funding the city's
operational needs. And here are some of the city manager priorities. As you know, by statute, I have to provide to city council by the end of July a balanced budget. And these are some of the priorities which I have
um relayed to our uh city staff as they build that budget. You know, we want to continue to commit funding critical improvements and asphalt rail roadway resurfacing, traffic signal improvements, sidewalk repairs, and general government building operations.
We want to commit to funding the next step in the sustainability plan. Continue funding new technology for service improvements. explore the expansion of lean six sigma projects again fund the police and fire pension multiplier increase from 2.75 to
3.0 you know, and u along those lines, I have some good news to report that both fire and and police union have tenatively agreed to the contract uh which um specifications which we agreed
to city council and scheduled to go to vote by the end of the month. And my hope is to present to you on May 12th ratified contracts by both unions for your consideration on the May 12th meeting. also committing to building again
proposing a 3.5% cola. Right now the cost of living is running around 3%. So we're just keeping track. Last year we did a 3% cola and that fell behind our other peer cities were and the county which was four to 5%. So I'm trying to
maintain that and also potentially looking at a pay plan. I haven't decided 100% whether or not we're going to do a pay plan study, but that's something that um HR is is asking me to consider. And also making
staffing adjustments only with metricbased justifications. I don't anticipate any new FTE next year. Um so much uncertainty and potentially looking at reducing our our total headcount through attrition, not through layoffs.
Something that I I won't propose at all. and we'll take a look at that. As far as fiscal stability, again, I'm looking forward to the tiger team recommen recommendations. Going to maintain the general fund and emergency stabil reserves. Obviously,
going to be rep looking for um adding some additional money to the economic development through the uh similar fund which you just approved. And we're going to go ahead and plan for future capital obligations by creating a
10-year capital CIP and also continue funding OPED economic development. You know, I stated that we'll be looking at the budget amount for economic development and that's going to be entirely council and the EDOS's uh board of directors input
to determine that amount. and also looking at funding parking improvements within the downtown CRA. And we're looking at funding the text notification system and and again it's the second year of the flash vote. Um
and this year it'll be at a reduced $10,000 a year contract. The first year was 13,000 and um obviously we'll see what type of value added that brings. And also we're going to continue to compete for state appropriations for capital needs. We have three different
appropriation requests currently in play still at the state and hopefully we'll be able to expand that. As far as community design, we're increasing seeking increasing funding for storm water utilities to address the
um funding requirements for next year. And again, we had a um a very good well attended community session regarding the rain event in October. And obviously, we'll
be addressing those needs and also again support funding for water quality projects to improve the Indian River Lagoon. And we still haven't received any word about the nanobubbles project or any other, but hopefully we'll get some positive news here shortly.
So, what's next? May 18th to 22nd, the department heads will each present their proposed budget to city manager and the assistant city manager and we will then basically put them through the ringer to see why they really need that money and
then um decide then put it all together. May 30th, you have your city council offsite. June 1st to July 28th, that's when um we put all the budget requests together, all the revenue projections. we start getting in June and by the 28th
of July we have to have a a uh city manager bounds budget operating budget to you. So and then we have August 4th early in August we have the first budget workshop. One of the concerns is that city council only had one budget workshop last year and didn't have
enough time to make any changes as you desired. So basically we'll have the entire month of August should council desire after you do take a look at the initial city manager proposed budget if you want to change it we can have an additional workshop or two additional
workshops as many as you see see fit to make changes before we go into September and we have the two public hearings. So there's basically from the 28th of July to September is normally when we have the opportunity for city council to put
their mark and and to change their the uh funding allocations as they see fit. And that is the midyear review for council's questions to our great assistant city manager.
>> Thank you very much. Can I get the cards first? City clerk, >> we have one card. It's Dan Johnston. >> Stan Johnston. And uh I just had a conversation I told you with a little
while ago with uh Tom Abati and with uh Kevin um Cook. And uh I shared with him that what happened with some nonsense the city did on budgeting with my uh uh
supervisor and Kevin's supervisor that's Jim Haron who was a head of public works and he had a fantastic reputation because he's been there longer than any according to some people been there any other uh public
works director. So what he shared with us is this. He said he had a budget for public works. Tom said, "You can't do that. It's too much money." So he comes back again and
the city manager Tom says, "Hey, you don't have enough. You have too much. You're asking for too much money. You can't do it." So this is on and on. So what I'm talking about is that is that the U city manager at that time was
having um according to what um Mr. Heron was saying is that he was doing something that was dishonest. Dishonest. So what we have now is we have some dishonesty in our and and right now is that for example I've said
to the city I said to Tom and Kevin I said hey this dam is illegal. These dams over here at the senior center are illegal. They need to be removed. I don't know if it's on the budget or not. I said uh u the uh positive outfalls legal positive outfalls to the west
on the other side of I95 someone's supposed to inspect them and someone's supposed to maintain them. The city has done none of it. So what that does is it invalidates our firm maps for those who who rely on this. How can I make a calculation when when it's not
when a ditch is I know it's not maintained and it's not functioning can't do it. So, in other words, what I'm saying is the city of Tyville has been disobeying what? FEMA regulations big time. Big time. You're flooding. You've been flooding
people's homes, too. The dams are illegal because of many reasons, and I even send you an email about it is that there's no compensatory storage. There's no survey of what it floods. There's no survey of the wetlands. And it's illegal according to our constitution to take
property without due process of law. Building a dam or dams uh in the city of Titusville is not a due process of law. That's illegal what you've done. So I want your I want your your uh u budget
to consider these things and consider what's going on because in the city of Titusville I'm I'm I'm reporting to the FBI that you guys are fraudulent. Mr. Johnson, >> thank you. You're not listening though, >> city clerk. Any other cards? >> Yes. >> Member Moscow?
>> Yes, thank you. Um, so I did have a few questions and I I I sent these before, so you guys should have the answer. Could you explain the 35,000 for the um additional garbage cans? >> Um, yeah, typically at the beginning of the year we um order about two truckloads, which is about 1,400. And
then um about at mid year we'll look and see demand if we need to order another truckload. We've last two years we have done that and it depends on what the recycling costs are at that year whether we need to ask for it at mid year and recycling costs are up high. So so we're
um asking for the funds to get another truckload of garbage cans. >> Okay. And I was just saying it's said for additional for new homes. So this is going to be replacing some older garbage cans as well. >> Absolutely. Yes. >> Okay. Yeah. And then the other question was $180,000 for chemicals.
>> So yeah, that amount was actually included in the department's initial request. Um but you know as a part of a citywide effort to reduce overall cost um we were asked to reduce operating and then look at it midyear to see if maybe to look at the real cost and unfortunately they did not go down.
>> Yeah. My question was just why wasn't that budgeted but that answers that. Thank you. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. Um just a couple comments. One uh this is typically pretty normal because we build a conservative budget which I
appreciate. So these are standard items. Um, one thing I would say is I when we have a retreat, I would suggest bringing this to that so we can talk about priorities and what we like, what things do we feel are more of a priority as they're building the new budget. Um, and
then lastly, could you just explain what the $90,000 for the small area study for Royal Oak will include? Do we know? So the scope that we've we're working on will include uh two public meetings,
presentation to the city council, a uh kickoff with our staff and also scenario planning. Uh so it will include several scenarios or concepts for discussion and for u public input. >> Okay. So potentially what can be done
with that piece of property. Okay. >> And then at the ult ultimately at the end it'll include recommendations for you to make a decision on. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Anybody else in council? Okay, I have a question.
Uh, city manager indicated that $50,000 in additional for professional services for human resources because of benefits consulting cost. Why? For the next vendor, we've got the pricing back now as we're going through
selection process. We're anticipating an increased cost that'll be needed for the balance of the year. >> Okay. Because I understand that, you know, the current vendor was continuing to do work for us even though we were kind of chopping it out and I believe they had $90,000 in that budget last
fiscal year for this for 2026, right? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Thank you. Anybody else? >> All right. Seeing none, >> sorry. Would it be possible to give us a like a more in-depth breakdown so that we could take it to the um
>> the retreat? Yeah. So we can look at it a little bit more if that's possible. >> Sure. >> Thank you. >> We can be more clarity on those line items. Are you speak talking about the different budget adjustments? >> Yes, >> absolutely. >> You have the floor. You might as well
make a motion. >> Member Nelson. Okay. Approve the FY2026 midyear budgetary train change request and approve the associated budget amendment.
>> Second. >> I have a motion by member Nelson, a second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? Seeing none, city clerk. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. >> Member Muscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors.
>> Yes. Motion carries. Thank you very much. State manager. Yes, >> sir. Moving on to new business item 12B, the storm water master plan. As you know um two weeks ago we put the scope of work for the stormwater master plan
which um was council had directed us to come back with. Um, now we we have at midyear found the funding source to um go to council to ask for your authorization to award a task order to
to basically do an entire storm water master plan flood assessment which hasn't been done for many many years. Probably 1980s is the last time it's been looked at. So this is a appropriate time especially after the October rain
event that showed us that we need to take a take a look at this. Um so we're asking for your um authority to go ahead and and award the task order to Geocentech in the amount
of $748,000 748572 uh to Geocentech for the stormwater master plan flood assessment and approve resolution number 9-2026 and the associated budget amendment and
authorize the mayor to execute the task order and we have Sandy and Kevin are here to answer any questions regarding the stormwater master plan consulting contract >> city cleri >> yes sir
Michael Mjack As we've heard from Stan many times, our storm water master plan is 60 years out of date, was not implemented, and has flaws. So, I am definitely in support of a new master plan. I hope you guys are,
too. And more importantly, I hope we follow it when we get it. Okay? Just having a plan doesn't do any good if you don't implement it. So, thank you. >> Are there any other cards? >> Yes, sir. The last card is Stan Johnston.
My name is Stan Johnson. What I've done is on u April the uh 26, that's Sunday. I sent an email to Tom Labati and copy to our attorney and Kevin. It says, "I recommend that you table 12.B stormwater master plan." And
I gave a number of reasons why you should do it. And I uh uh and I said, "I'd like to talk with you 20 minutes if you if you decide to go go forward and not table it." Um so then uh
I got no response. So I sent an email on April the 28th uh to Tom and GSF sent consultants and also to DRMP and so forth. And the title is very long. I don't have a lot of time to tell it because it's a long just a long title.
It says dear Tom and Mark Mark Eldridge Mark Ellard who is with Geocentech and I said a number of things in this is why you shouldn't proceed on this and that the mistakes that geocentech has made serious mistakes serious mistakes and so
u um uh and my findings is that for example that the the dams are are illegal. I have no problems uh testifying in court to that and because because of many things I just mentioned
to you today. And also um um the uh the the legal positive outfalls uh west of I95 have not been inspected or maintained. These are big big big big problems. So here I wrote here's here's
uh I said what should I do with my findings? Next to uh Tom and and Mark Ellard of Gio. Should I report geocentex nonsense, lack of due diligence, errors, emissions, etc. by Geocentech to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers? Will I I be again be screamed and yelled
at by uh Geocentex manager at Geotent Centex office? We got a big problem here. So you go ahead and approve it and I will be uh it appears it looks like to me I'll be sending a report uh to FVP regarding
geocentex uh lack of of uh not showing what's going on omissions and errors on their parts. So you go ahead and do what you want to and I'll just have to do what I'm required to do. Okay. Thank you. Any questions?
>> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Well, I'll wait for any questions because you're going to ask these guys questions. This is a big deal. It's a big deal. You guys have lied and lied and lied on on these dams and so forth.
I'll be sending it to the FBI also. In fact, I even wrote that to you. I'm sending it to the FBI. Thank you. >> City clerk any. >> All right. me. Member Nelson, >> I move to approve the award um to Geio
Cent Consultants for the master plant flood assessment and approve resolution number 9-2026 associated budget amendment and authorize you to execute the task order.
>> Second. I >> have a motion by member Nelson, a second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? City clerk. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. >> Member Moscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much.
City manager. >> Yes, sir. Moving on to 12C, the master pump station project. And the action here is to approve the award of contract CN-26B-026LR to Massik General Contract Incorporated for the Knox McCrae Master Pump Station
improvements in the amount of $4,498,485 and approve the associated budget amendment and authorize the mayor to execute the contract. >> Thank you, city manager. City clerk, >> one card. It's Stan Johnston. My name is Stan Johnson. I'm an engineer
and I have never seen before in my life a master pump station that needs improvements of over four $4 million. I can't imagine what the heck could have happened for a a master pump station. I don't know. I'm sure it's got at least
two pumps, but why they would cost that much money is is amazing to me. And I guess it's it's it's a it's a below ground station. Is that correct? Is this master's? Is this a bel ground
station? I need to know that. >> Yes. >> No, the existing station is above ground and includes above ground digesttors as storage tanks. The new project is to convert it to a traditional lift station that's submersible.
>> Well, I hope that this will uh uh improve what we have. Uh I'm shocked. I've never I never seen a a pump station costing uh over $4 million. So it's it's all new to me, but I'm an old guy. So I
that's all I've got to say. Thank you. >> Thank you. City clerk, >> city council member Mosao. >> Yes. Um I don't know if this is for Sandy or for Ashley, but um one of the questions I had is why why are we doing this now? Um and how long has this is
this plan? It's not defunct. Is it actually it's working? We're just making improvements for it to be able to take more waste water and actually treat it on site. Is that correct? >> No, it's it's currently working, but it's it's not automated. It takes staff to go turn it on. It's that old and
outdated. So So it the a lot of the equipment has reached the end of their useful life. It used to be the old treatment plant. Um so it's it's it's necessary um to upgrade to upgrade the equipment to the current, you know, current standards. And if we were just
to start replacing pieces, it's going to get very expensive to maintain. And I don't even know if we could find them because some of them were built a long time ago. >> Okay. So, the reason it's happening now is we've pretty much exhausted everything we can do and we don't want to piece it together, so we'll just get
it done. Is that right? >> Yes. And and this station did overflow during the October storm. So, this is this is going to uh help with the pumping help with the pumping to get to try to reduce that possibility. And and yes, it it's it's not because we're expecting a whole bunch of additional
capacity like you asked. It's it's to it's to replace what we have currently have. >> Yeah, we we did oversize it a little bit, you know, for capacity in the future, but that's not the main reason to to do the project. >> Yeah, one of my questions I emailed in was is it because we're expecting additional capacity? What was the reason
for it happening now? Um so, thank you for clarifying that. City council >> member Nelson >> move to approve the award um for the Knoxman grade master pump station improvements to Massic general
contractor um approve the budget amendment authorize you to execute the contract. >> Second >> motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? City clerk. >> Member Moscosa.
>> Yes. >> Member Nelson. Yes. >> Mayor Connor. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole. >> Yes. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much. City manager. >> Sorry. City Manager, could you speak into the microphone? Thank you.
to approve the award of contract CN-26N-25 slant LR to L7 construction for the Blue Heron water reclamation facility filter upgrade project in the amount of 5,669,437
and to approve the associated budget amendment and authorize the mayor to execute the contract. >> Thank you, city manager. City clerk. >> We have one card. It's Dan Johnston. If I were to ask the question,
how in the world did these uh Sandra Reer and Mrs. actually uh uh decide on on accepting this master pump station project and the blue heron filter project. I don't know what they would say, but it would think I would think
would be some very uh experienced uh professional engineer. Now, what what the city has done in a number of cases is they didn't have a a real experienced professional engineer. They used somebody who said, "Well, you
dressed well and everything. You must be right." So, I don't know whether both of these are going to be right or not, but I'm going think that this filter project has to do with four log virus, which I've talked to you about before. So, um, I'm not in a position to to
disapprove it, but by golly, I think you ought to look into who in the world is the person who's who's saying this is this is millions and millions of dollars we should spend because I don't believe these two these ladies would have the authority to to say this. I don't think they do. Not that kind of money. Neither
of them do. They're they're they're not experts. I I don't consider these two people experts in it. Maybe Mrs. Ashley is but uh someone I think should should really come and forward and say hey this this is something we need because
what has happened for example our our water tires now I don't know how it's doing it but somebody explained to me uh how they justify the removal of the water tires I don't understand how they did that because we have low pressure uh problems
a number of places in the city and when you take out the U gravityfed water towers. My goodness. What do you replace it with? Nothing. What' you do? In other words, we have a redundancy that we take down our water towers. Other cities are doing the same thing. I
don't know what's going on, but if our electricity goes out, we have those gravity water towers. When the electricity go off, we have diesels pumping these these uh uh probably electricity or something for our pumps. How long can we do that? So, what I'm
I'm questioning big time is that these are multi-million dollar projects. These are big deals. I have a question whether, you know, if I have a pump on a car, uh, if it can be fixed or if it has to be replaced, but I the difference is
not millions of dollars. These these uh I when I worked in the in the Navy, I worked on electrical pumps and so forth. And by golly, we kept we kept electricity motors going for since 19 since World War II. We kept them
going, read them all the time. World War II. That's, you know, that's many years ago. So, I don't understand how in the world that we we have to replace this stuff instead of fixing them and so forth. So, uh, I'm going to ask you to to look into
this further and maybe at at least do some kind of a uh maybe there should be a report done. If there's a report on this, I'd like to see it. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> Okay. Thank you. So, so I'm going to ask a report on it.
>> City clerk. >> City council. Vice Mayor Cole. >> Oh, >> wrong way. Member Nelson. >> Well, I was just going to ask Sandy to explain why we're doing it.
>> I pretty much understand. >> I'm going to pass that on to the very qualified Ashley Smith. >> Okay. >> Ashley, please tell us what your credentials are, please. >> Um, I am a professional engineer. Um, we engaged with Meet and Hunt, one of our
consultants, to look at replacing our existing sand filters. Um those filters are 25 years old and sand filtration is kind of a traditional filtration technology. But what is difficult with those filters is we can't take water
back from the wetlands out at the Blue Heron through those filters and meet the reclaim quality. So this new technology um which is like this geometric cloth fibers that go into the existing filter
trains will be able to capture that back um and be able to treat it to reclaim standards and then bring us basically up to modern technology. It also increases the capacity through the filters significantly. So the rest of the
treatment plant is still based on our original design, but it's one step for that future of keeping that in mind for growth. And this is waste water, not drinking water as was stated. And and this isn't my area of expertise, but I can tell you got some really excited,
very qualified operators about this. So I think that tells me a lot. >> Thank you. Uh my motion would be to approve the award of contract to L7 construction for the Blue Heron um RF
WRF filter upgrade project. Approve the budget amendment and authorize the mayor to sign the contract. >> Second. >> Motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? City
clerk. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. Mayor Connors, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole, >> yes. >> Member Stokl, >> yes. >> Member Muscoso, >> yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much, city manager. >> Yes, sir. Next item is 12E, the BSNA
cloud upgrade. And here the recommended recommended action is to approve the BSNA upgrade to a cloud-based platform with a total cost of $51,910. and the cost for fiscal year 26 shall not exceed 100,000 with the balance due
in FY27 and also asking to approve the associated budget amendment and authorize the mayor to execute the contract. Just to give you a little bit of a background on this, um we've been with BSNA as our ERP or enterprisewide
software solution for all the different disciplines within the city for probably six or seven years. and um they have done a yman's job. However, they becoming um obsolete and we took a look
last year at whether or not we wanted to go to a new system totally to a different vendor and the costs were staggering three and a half to 7 million. So, we decided to take a look at BSNA.
They offered us an upgrade. They're upgrading to the cloud with a lot more interactive features for um finance and for asset management and for all the different disciplines within the city and it's going to be onetenth the cost
of going to a new ERP. And um I'm not an expert in the software but I can tell you that they believe that this is the best option for us to keep BSNA growing and and operating into the future. and uh Kevin can answer any specific
questions regarding the implementation of this. >> Thank you, city manager. City clerk, >> we have one card. It's Dan Johnston. >> Thank you very much, city clerk. Council member Nelson
>> move to approve the BSNA cloud upgrade budget amendment and authorize the mayor to sign the contract. Second >> motion by member Nelson. Second by Vice Mayor Cole. Any further discussion? City clerk. >> Mayor Connors. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cole.
>> Yes. >> Member Stokel. >> Yes. >> Member Muscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you. >> All right. Now we're at petitions and requests from the public present. Non-aggenda items. Seeing most everybody has already spoken
once tonight. So moving on. Now we're on to mayor and council reports. Member Mscoso, why don't you kick us off? >> Sure. Thank you. Um, so I have a few things. First, I want to give kudos to our um, solid waste. We have a guy, and
Kevin, you might know who this is. I think he's worked for the department for 24 years. Um, he I can't remember his name, but he does an excellent job. um I was out putting my uh yard waste out and I had some of it in bags and I know you're not supposed to leave it in bags
and he without even knowing he just went and and went above and beyond and so I wanted to say thank you. Um the next thing is um I don't know if you guys received an email from Brienne Robinson about um the infill of the Royal Oak
pool. So, if you saw those pictures, I did talk to the city manager a little bit about it, but she did send a follow-up because I I was kind of told that everything's up to code, but she did send a follow-up email um from Glenn and Code Enforcement um that has a a
different it says basically that the pool was supposed to be completely um removed and that did not happen. So, um I'm going to send that to you to make sure that you see it, but I just wanted you guys to be aware. That's something I'm I'm asking just that we look into it, make sure that we're following. Um,
and then with the forensic audit, I want to make sure that during our retreat that I think member Stoke will mention, we will discuss it, but that we have all the different options. And I know that you did send a paper or an email with some of the options, but if you could
make sure that um we have enough details that we can actually kind of discuss it and because right now I'm just seeing like 100,000 for this and 50,000 for this, but if we could have details so that we could have kind of a productive conversation on that. Um, and then lastly,
um, I wrote out a a statement, but I think I'm gonna be careful with my words, um, because, uh, I think a complaint was filed, but I I will just say, um, Samantha Charles, um, the mother of Trimeia Charles, she was
pulled over this weekend by TPD and by officer Bez. Um, of course, she was extremely distraught. Um, and so, um, you know, I've asked the city attorney and, um, the city manager to look at
that footage of that stop, and I I believe they've done so, but, I know that now there is, um, a complaint made, um, and they're going to be looking more into it. So, I have asked that we would be get all the information on that so
that um, we can see what the conclusion is of that stop. But I just wanted you to know that she was pulled over. And I will say there have been um complaints from members of the community that I have personally received about um officer Bea in that area. So thank you.
>> Thank you for your report. Member Nelson, >> Vice Mayor Cole, I have to say that last night at the student awards, I think we shook 250 hands. And as I mentioned early, one
little girl came up to me and she did this before she shook my hand. She was so cute though. I I didn't shake her hand. I I touched her wrist. But that was really uh that was a that was a cool event last night, you know.
So, uh and all of us were there, so that's a good thing, too. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Member Stokl. >> Pass. >> All right. I just have one thing on my report to request council approval for a presentation uh to present a
proclamation declaring May 16th through 22nd, 2026 a safe voting week at the May 12th regular city council meeting. >> City clerk, >> we have one card. >> Once the motion's made, >> I'll make that motion.
>> I'll second. >> I have a motion by member Nelson, second by Vice Mayor Cole. Mr. Johnson, did you want to comment on a proclamation being made at a future meeting? >> Oh, okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Any further discussion? All those
in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much. >> The other thing um I just want to draw everybody's attention to is I know the sustainability report was there was a lot in there for a short 10-minute presentation. Uh what I think is very
very fascinating is um the site plan approval time for le development. You know one of the incentives to encourage people to participate in low impact development is the idea of moving through the process faster
>> and the data is showing that that's actually not the case. Um so I you know was having conversations with Brad and and they're going to be looking at reworking that ordinance. Uh there's some administrative levels that um I think contradict what the intent is. You know, we want to incentivize, but then
again, if they need uh to go before the DRC, there's like a $250 fee. So, we want to incentivize them to do that, but then we're penalizing them for doing it. So, I think those are things that, you know, need to be worked out. But as we want to encourage more LI development,
um I hopefully we can bring some solid changes to that so that we can make sure that Tyol keeps leading the way in Bvard County in low impact development. So I don't have an official ask. I just wanted to bring that up because I think it was really really important that that got covered tonight. All right, city
manager, your report. >> Yes, sir. I have only one info item on my report and that's the second quarter list of staff accomplishments which tie directly to strategic plan. That's for your information. >> Thank you very much. City manager, city
attorney. >> Uh yes. Um as indicated, I wanted to keep council as well as the public apprised of the uh request for the informal mediation uh relating to the Royal Oak um development. And so as of
today, uh the applicant's uh attorney and myself, we've agreed to a mediator, which would be uh Charles Roberts. He's a former attorney attorney, of course, and as well as a former judge. He's also a former uh Bvard County Commissioner,
so we believe he's well qualified that someone uh the city went and resolicited um as far as getting someone neutral as possible. Uh though the applicant had proposed another mediator, we agreed on the the mediator that the city found. Uh
we are scheduled to have the mediation on May 28th from 9 to 12 and it will be at the applicants attorney's office which will be accommodating for all parties. And the plan from for the city I will be present along with the city manager and
Brad who would be the expert. Again, as I've indicated on numerous occasion, we will we're not binding. We will not bind the city in any uh settlement or any negotiation, whatever is proposed or stated at the mediation will be brought
before council for their information. Again, I do not foresee any settlement. This is something that's statutoily required and invoked by the applicant which was is within their right and that the uh governing body has to permit
this. >> Thank you very much. City attorney. Seeing no other business for this evening. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjourn. >> We're adjourned.