[9:58] 6 o'clock. Everybody has a seat. We will
[10:00] bring the West Mel City of West
[10:02] Melbourne March 3rd, 2006 meeting to
[10:05] order. Please stand for the pledge in a
[10:07] moment of silent meditation.
[10:09] >> I aliance to the flag of the United
[10:12] States of America and to the republic
[10:15] for it stands. One nation under God,
[10:18] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[10:20] for all.
[10:27] » You may be seated.
[10:31] » Thank you very much. Uh, welcome to
[10:33] tonight's meeting of the city council.
[10:34] Members of the public are welcome to
[10:36] speak on any topic, whether it is on
[10:38] tonight's agenda or on any issue that is
[10:40] important to you. Each person that
[10:42] wishes to speak should complete a
[10:44] speaker's card which are located by the
[10:46] glass doors and submit them ahead of
[10:48] time to the city clerk who sits at the
[10:50] end of the dis. After you have been
[10:52] recognized to speak, please use the
[10:54] microphone at the podium to clearly
[10:56] state your name and address for the
[10:57] record. Please address all comments to
[11:00] your to the city council rather than to
[11:02] individual members. Direct all questions
[11:04] to the chair. Speakers will be given up
[11:06] to three minutes to speak. Thank you.
[11:10] All right. Our first item is uh Irish
[11:12] Heritage Month. May would Brian McCann
[11:15] please come forward and meet you at the
[11:16] podium.
[11:40] requual
[11:45] apology
[11:48] that are being built now. We're under
[11:50] construction now and then this won't
[11:51] happen. All right. So, here we go. I
[11:54] have to have eyeballs on won't be able
[11:56] to read this [clears throat] at all.
[12:02] right. uh whereas by 1776 nearly
[12:06] 300,000 Irish nationals had immigrated
[12:08] to the American colonies and played a
[12:11] crucial role in America's war for
[12:12] independence and whereas five signers of
[12:15] the Declaration of Independence were
[12:17] Irish descent and three signers were
[12:20] born Irish were I'm sorry Irish born and
[12:23] whereas 22 presidents have proudly
[12:26] proclaimed their Irish American heritage
[12:29] and whereas the Irish first came to the
[12:31] Spanish La Florida in the 1500s, first
[12:34] as missionaries and mercenaries,
[12:37] soldiers, and then as planters, traders,
[12:39] businessmen, doctors, and
[12:41] administrators. And whereas three of the
[12:44] Spanish governors of La Florida were
[12:46] actually Irish military officers. And
[12:49] whereas Irish Flityians can look back
[12:52] with pride on the legacy of their Irish
[12:54] forebears who have contributed
[12:56] significantly to the American education,
[12:59] business, sports, literature, science,
[13:01] engineering, medicine, science, and the
[13:03] arts. And whereas Irish Americans
[13:06] continue to provide leadership in this
[13:09] nation's political, business, and
[13:10] religious establishments. Now therefore
[13:13] be it proclaimed that the mayor and city
[13:15] council of the city of West Melbourne,
[13:17] Bvard County, Florida, hereby proclaim
[13:19] the month of March 2026 as Irish
[13:23] American Heritage Month and call upon
[13:25] our citizens to celebrate their heritage
[13:27] and the contributions of Irish Americans
[13:29] to the success of this great nation.
[13:31] Witness this by hand in the seal of the
[13:34] city on the third day of March, 2026.
[13:37] Thank you very much. Would you like to
[13:39] say a few words?
[13:39] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. We just like to
[13:42] say a thank you for proclaiming March
[13:44] 2026 Irish Heritage Month. The Irish
[13:47] Americans uh Ancient Order of
[13:49] Fiburnians, our division, Bvard County
[13:51] Division 2. Thank you very much for the
[13:53] proclamation and celebrating us. Thank
[13:55] you.
[13:56] >> Thank you.
[14:08] Thank you very much. Thank
[14:09] you very much. We do appreciate
[14:11] >> this till next year.
[14:12] >> Hopefully we'll see you all at the
[14:13] parade March 14th 10 a.m.
[14:15] >> Thank you.
[14:16] >> What time is the parade?
[14:30] » That's a fair point.
[14:41] All right. Our next item would be
[14:42] introduction of new employees. We're
[14:44] going to be doing one and two. Number
[14:46] three will be has been postponed till
[14:48] our next meeting. Um, finance director
[14:52] Keith Smith. Thank you.
[14:57] » All right. Good evening, Mayor, uh,
[14:59] Deputy Mayor, and members of the
[15:00] council. Uh it is my pleasure to
[15:02] introduce the three newest members of
[15:05] our finance team. Um probably a long
[15:08] overdue introduction so because they've
[15:10] been here for a couple of months. But um
[15:13] you know nonetheless we're very happy to
[15:14] have these three individuals as part of
[15:16] our team. Uh quite often these are the
[15:19] first faces that our residents encounter
[15:21] whenever they walk into city hall to pay
[15:23] their water sewer bills. Uh, and these
[15:26] young women do an amazing job of giving
[15:29] our residents the customer service that
[15:31] they deserve. Um, they represented the
[15:34] city with the utmost professionalism and
[15:36] patience and it is my pleasure to
[15:38] welcome them aboard our team. So, right
[15:40] now I'll go ahead introduce Ela
[15:42] Baragano, Florence Ren Marine, and Kim
[15:46] Perak. Um, I'll let
[15:49] >> Welcome. [laughter]
[15:50] >> They were tough. I actually tried to get
[15:52] you reassure myself on the
[15:54] pronunciation. So, Uh, I'll give them an
[15:56] opportunity to introduce themselves.
[15:58] >> Hello everyone. I'm Ela Baragano and I
[16:01] just want to thank the council and Mr.
[16:03] Roadie for giving me the opportunity to
[16:05] serve this wonderful, wonderful city of
[16:07] West Melbourne. Thank you.
[16:08] >> Well, thank you.
[16:10] >> Good evening, council mayor, Mr. Roadie.
[16:13] Thank you for this opportunity. I am
[16:14] excited to work in this great city. I
[16:16] love living here. So, I just want to
[16:18] thank you for the opportunity.
[16:20] >> Thank you, Florence.
[16:22] >> Good evening, Mayor, Mr. Council
[16:24] members, thank you guys for the
[16:26] opportunity for being here. It's been a
[16:27] great few months working for the city.
[16:29] So, thank you.
[16:30] >> Thank you, Kim. Thank you. All right.
[16:32] Thank you very much.
[16:49] » Thank you. Next up is Aaron Murphy.
[16:56] Irish American month.
[16:59] Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor,
[17:01] council. I am very, very excited to
[17:03] introduce Isabella Kadan.
[17:06] I said it so many times today. Katalano.
[17:10] Um, she has been with the city about a
[17:12] month and, um, she is in school right
[17:14] now studying business and real estate.
[17:17] Um, and she will be at the skate park.
[17:19] She is our new recreation worker.
[17:22] All right. Thank you.
[17:24] >> I'm Isabella. I've Yes. I've been
[17:26] working for over a month now and um I've
[17:28] really enjoyed working for the city and
[17:31] everyone is very nice and welcoming and
[17:33] so I've just really liked working here
[17:35] and yeah. Thank you.
[17:38] >> Thank you.
[17:43] » Did you have a question? And I didn't
[17:44] see your light.
[17:47] [laughter]
[17:47] >> No. Next time.
[17:54] All right, we have no modifications to
[17:56] the agenda and we have no public
[17:58] hearings and I have no cards for public
[18:01] forum. Go right to the consent agenda,
[18:04] Miss Adams.
[18:05] >> I'll make a motion to approve the
[18:06] consent agenda.
[18:09] >> All right, thank you.
[18:12] >> Mr. Frampus.
[18:13] >> Second.
[18:15] >> All right, we have a motion on the floor
[18:16] from Miss Adams and a second from Mr.
[18:18] Frampus. All those in favor, please
[18:20] signify by saying I. I. Those opposed
[18:22] say nay. Motion carries 70. Thank you.
[18:25] Next item is uh um the purchase of the
[18:28] vacant land on Henry Avenue,
[18:31] >> Mr. Petroni. Thank you.
[18:35] >> Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor,
[18:37] council members. Um yes, we're here to
[18:39] talk about purchasing a piece of vacant
[18:41] land on Henry Avenue. Um, as you know,
[18:44] we are systematically purchasing
[18:46] property along Park Hill. Um, with the
[18:50] most recent one being 431 and Park Hill
[18:53] that was approved at the last meeting.
[18:55] Um, I was approached by this group,
[18:58] explained to them the process. They
[18:59] authorized me to do an appraisal which
[19:01] is attached to my report. Um, it came in
[19:05] at uh 139,000.
[19:07] Uh, we proceeded to negotiate and
[19:09] accepted that purchase price of the 139.
[19:12] The contract is also attached. Uh it is
[19:15] subject to a phase one environmental and
[19:17] any clear title. Uh we did come in in
[19:20] front of you now just to get this
[19:21] formality out of the way. If it does not
[19:23] approve then we will not move forward
[19:25] with it. But I wanted to make sure we
[19:26] were at the point that we could move
[19:28] forward it. It's approximately uh just
[19:30] about an acre. It's on the north side of
[19:32] the the plant uh to adjacent to it and
[19:35] it does front on Henry Avenue.
[19:38] owner's amicable to everything that I'm
[19:40] telling you here tonight. Um, so from
[19:45] that standpoint, uh, on the fiscal side,
[19:47] there's really no negative impact as you
[19:49] can see with our the cash balance in our
[19:52] utility enterprise fund. This is also
[19:54] part of the overall budget for the water
[19:57] plant as well. So based on all the
[20:00] positivenesses on this, um I'm here to
[20:03] recommend that you authorize the city
[20:05] manager to execute the contract for the
[20:06] purchase of the two parcels. Their tax
[20:09] IDs are noted um that's adjacent to the
[20:12] water plant and pending the satisfactory
[20:14] results of the title and the phase one.
[20:16] And I'm here to answer any questions.
[20:18] >> Thank you, Miss Adams.
[20:20] >> Thank you, mayor. In terms of the
[20:23] property itself, the plan is to use it
[20:26] for our utilities for for that
[20:28] expansion. In terms of doing that U in
[20:30] and out of the property, correct?
[20:32] >> Well, this opens up a whole new
[20:34] possibility of creating a loop coming in
[20:36] from Park Hill. Oop, excuse me, from
[20:38] Park Hill and going back out. Um, so
[20:40] yeah, we're going to probably go back to
[20:42] the drawing board to see how it's going
[20:43] to play into it. But that's the goal.
[20:45] And our last property that we purchased
[20:48] adjacent to the land that we already
[20:51] own, we know we have to take down a
[20:53] house and do some clearing. In this
[20:55] land, we don't have to do that
[20:57] additional clearing with that cost.
[20:59] Correct.
[20:59] >> There's no house, right?
[21:00] >> There is some trees.
[21:02] >> Are we are we taking out the trees and
[21:04] doing landscape changes to it?
[21:06] >> Haven't gotten that far yet. I would
[21:08] imagine eventually somewhere down
[21:09] shortly down the road. That would
[21:11] probably be the goal. Yeah, we'll
[21:13] ultimately follow the process and do a
[21:14] tree survey and take a look at what can
[21:17] stay and what can go. But ultimately,
[21:19] um, we originally tried to get this
[21:21] years ago with the idea of of kind of a,
[21:25] you know, one way one way in or a a
[21:28] predominant way in and a predominant way
[21:29] out um, for the plant and for public
[21:32] works. And we're never able to acquire
[21:34] it until um, when it rains a pores. We now have several residents in that
[21:39] area that um have appreciated our our
[21:44] constant contact by our project uh
[21:47] project manager, Mr. Petroni, and and um
[21:51] have I'll say a renewed interest in
[21:54] possibly selling to the city of West
[21:56] Melbourne. And so this property uh
[22:00] really yields itself to a possibility of
[22:03] a of some kind of roadway
[22:06] in and out to the project site.
[22:07] >> How many parcels are left that we're
[22:09] still considering if they were for sale?
[22:12] >> There's about four more along
[22:15] >> four key. Yeah.
[22:16] >> And there's um maybe five. And then if
[22:20] you look at the attachment, there's a
[22:23] property directly to the west adjacent
[22:24] to this and then another one
[22:28] maybe six roughly approximately.
[22:31] >> Okay. Thank you. U I'll make a motion to
[22:33] authorize the city manager to execute
[22:35] the contract for the purchase of the two
[22:37] parcels. Thank you.
[22:38] >> All right. Thank you. We have a motion
[22:40] from Miss Adams.
[22:43] >> Miss Magguire.
[22:45] >> Thank you, mayor. I will second.
[22:46] >> All right. Thank you. A motion from Miss
[22:48] Adams and a second from Miss Magcguire.
[22:50] All those in favor, please signify by
[22:51] saying I. I. Those opposed say nay.
[22:54] Motion carries 70.
[22:56] >> Good evening.
[22:57] >> Thank you, Mr. Patron.
[22:59] Um, all right. Next item. Um,
[23:02] land clearing, rough grading, and
[23:03] seating of approximately 4.85 acres.
[23:07] Tom Bradford. Thank you.
[23:08] >> Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor,
[23:09] members of council. Uh so as you know uh
[23:12] the city acquired a 24 acre parcel um in
[23:16] about mid December uh just south of the
[23:19] community park on Mitten Flanigan the
[23:21] corner and uh with the intention of um
[23:25] including that in the park system um
[23:28] recreation space park space uh and so
[23:30] this is really kind of the next step in
[23:32] that process of uh clearing out uh a
[23:35] portion of the uh the wooded area that
[23:39] would be along flinging in Minton. Uh at
[23:42] that northeast corner, uh there are a
[23:46] number of trees that we are going to uh
[23:47] try to save. We've got the planning
[23:49] department has a tree survey that they
[23:50] had taken a look at. Um as part of this,
[23:53] we will go in and flag those trees that
[23:55] we'd like to to save. Uh but we did
[23:58] acquire three proposals for the
[24:00] clearing. um rough grading and seating
[24:03] for this uh portion of the property. And
[24:06] the lowest bid um is 89,971
[24:10] and that is from AllPro Land Clearing
[24:12] who we've worked with in the past.
[24:13] They've done work for us uh after
[24:15] hurricanes uh cleaning up debris. Uh
[24:18] they've done a number of uh jobs for us
[24:20] that we've worked with them and so we're
[24:22] very comfortable with uh that company.
[24:24] Uh we've also worked with Superior Tree.
[24:26] Uh we've not worked that I'm aware of
[24:28] with UTI site work, but um the one we're
[24:31] recommending this evening is Alpro. Uh
[24:34] so happy to answer answer any questions.
[24:37] Uh but we're looking for your
[24:38] authorization for the city manager to uh
[24:40] enter to an agreement with Alpro uh to
[24:42] clear rough grade and seed uh somewhere
[24:46] between four and five acres of that uh
[24:48] corner.
[24:50] >> All right. Thank you, Miss Boltz.
[24:54] Well, I will make an motion that we um
[24:56] move forward um with that and approve
[24:58] it. Um but
[25:02] I had um
[25:04] >> Hold on. Let me get a second. Mr.
[25:05] Frampus.
[25:07] >> Second with questions.
[25:08] >> All right. Thank you, Miss Voltz. Your
[25:10] question. Um
[25:14] we're not paving it. Correct.
[25:16] >> No, this is just the first phase. This
[25:18] isn't going to even be uh final grade.
[25:20] This is just to get some trees cleared
[25:22] out of that corner and kind of set it up
[25:24] for the next phase. Uh but looking to
[25:26] clear that off, do some uh seating to
[25:29] get some stabilization in there. But at
[25:31] some point in the future, we would come
[25:33] forward to the council with some
[25:35] proposed concept plans and and some
[25:37] architectural renderings to look at. And
[25:40] so that those are down the road. This is
[25:42] really just kind of the next step and
[25:43] clearing it out to kind of make way for
[25:46] those next steps.
[25:47] >> Thank you. All right, Mr. Francis, your
[25:49] questions.
[25:51] >> It appears you're just uh clearing out
[25:53] the corner area. Why not do the the
[25:56] planned trail? Cuz it seems like it
[25:58] would make sense to do it all at one
[26:00] time, the the front part and what's
[26:03] cutting through like the center. Why?
[26:06] not?
[26:06] >> Yeah. So, with any development like
[26:08] that, there's probably going to have to
[26:09] be Phil brought in and bring it to true
[26:11] grade. And we don't know where that is
[26:13] right this minute. And so whether how
[26:16] much of that we would have to bring in
[26:17] to do the trail and that's kind of the
[26:19] next step. This is really clearing out
[26:20] the the wooded area and getting it sort
[26:23] of set up for the next phase. So we we
[26:25] don't have included the proposed trail
[26:27] because we had looked at a couple of
[26:28] concepts but never settled on official
[26:31] you know we we never brought to a vote
[26:33] what that future site is going to look
[26:34] like. But one thing that we had um
[26:38] discussed was the potential community
[26:40] center being on that that corner that's
[26:42] mo that's closest to the community park
[26:45] and the rest was going to come in
[26:46] multiple phases kind of down the road.
[26:48] And so we were just kind of starting
[26:49] with the first part. Um but at some
[26:51] point down the road I think you know
[26:53] that there is desire to have additional
[26:55] trails and bike and walk path. We just
[26:58] haven't gotten to that point with
[27:00] development of the site.
[27:01] >> Thank you. Our public works crews also
[27:04] has the equipment to do the trails, but
[27:06] big open spaces like this, you know, you
[27:10] need that you need the big boy toys to to clear efficiently on large sites.
[27:16] >> Somebody else to have the liability
[27:18] also.
[27:18] >> Well, that that headache, too. But, you
[27:20] know, we have we have midsize to small
[27:23] equipment. We don't have any of the
[27:24] >> I don't want to break our stuff,
[27:26] >> the the big the big guns.
[27:27] >> Okay, Miss Adams.
[27:29] >> Thank you. As a followup on that, I know
[27:32] council had talked about during the
[27:34] workshop uh trying to remove the
[27:36] invasive pepper trees from that
[27:38] property. This wouldn't necessarily be
[27:41] that. This is just looking at the
[27:42] specific acreage and then we'll look at
[27:45] the trails and removing the invasive at
[27:48] another time.
[27:49] >> Yeah, I think the vision is that we'll
[27:50] bring forward a more complete overall
[27:52] sort of master plan if you will. But in
[27:55] each of those plan concepts, the
[27:58] community recreation center is kind of
[27:59] in this spot. So, this seemed like an
[28:01] easy first step to kind of get moving on
[28:03] it and then continue to work on those
[28:06] renderings and those um sort of option
[28:08] A, option B, you know, how do we want to
[28:10] develop this moving forward and sort of
[28:12] that master plan piece. Um so, we we
[28:14] aren't quite at that point with the
[28:15] master plan, but yeah, there there would
[28:18] certainly be more phases to come. This
[28:20] is just sort of the first step.
[28:21] >> Understood. And Mr. Rodie, it's my
[28:23] understanding we're moving this forward
[28:25] at this time even though we don't have a
[28:27] final concept plan because it'll save us
[28:29] money since we've got some other
[28:30] construction going on so that we can
[28:32] move the dirt from one site to the other
[28:34] without paying additional for it.
[28:35] Correct.
[28:36] >> Yeah. Our capital projects uh manager
[28:39] continues to continues to do more and
[28:42] more projects which supplies us with a
[28:45] healthy amount of dirt. And so, uh,
[28:48] being able to utilize this site to help
[28:51] get it to final grade and have a place
[28:53] to take it so we only have to truck it
[28:55] once. Uh,
[28:57] >> dirt's not cheap.
[28:58] >> Well, I, as I like to tell people, when
[29:01] you need dirt, it's expensive. When you
[29:03] have dirt, it's hard to get rid of. And
[29:06] that always seems to be the case. And
[29:08] right now, with our uh with our
[29:10] multitude of projects, we have dirt. And
[29:13] so if we can start putting it on this
[29:16] site and get a good level base to to
[29:18] start this project from, uh, it
[29:20] certainly cost is a big cost savings to
[29:22] the city.
[29:23] >> I like cost savings for the city.
[29:25] Although Mark, we're we're two for two
[29:27] for big projects being on time and under
[29:30] budget. So the expectation is high now
[29:34] >> that it is. Thank you,
[29:35] >> Mr. Bentley.
[29:36] >> Thank you, Mayor. [clears throat]
[29:40] I guess I have a couple of questions.
[29:41] One is on the first quote on 8B-4.
[29:47] It says well bill for actuals. Is that
[29:49] just an estimate for cost that they put
[29:50] in there or is there not a cost but they estimated 4.85 acres. We had
[29:57] estimated slightly less on the
[29:59] rendering. Um so it may vary just a
[30:01] little bit but I I don't know that it's
[30:03] going to go over that. Um so I'm not too
[30:06] concerned about that. Yeah.
[30:07] >> Okay. So the 6971 is their estimate.
[30:13] I'm looking at the uh sod install
[30:16] on the allp pro land
[30:19] >> all pro sod install the 211,000.
[30:22] >> Yeah. And it says we'll bill for actual.
[30:24] So that they just estimated and they'll
[30:26] give you an actual bill when they get
[30:27] it.
[30:28] >> Is that what that is?
[30:29] >> If it takes more, but again I don't
[30:30] know.
[30:31] >> It's not that much, right?
[30:33] >> Uh
[30:35] and the second contractor says they
[30:37] include debris removal. Is that included
[30:39] in the first one? It's just not shown.
[30:42] >> Uh it it does re it does include um land
[30:46] clearing. So at the at the top um just
[30:48] under the land clearing section.
[30:49] >> Okay. Debris says removal of trees.
[30:51] Right. Yeah.
[30:52] >> Thank you sir.
[30:54] >> Mr. Frampus.
[30:56] >> I forgot to ask uh in the rendering you
[30:59] show in the yellow section that large uh
[31:02] area of trees. That's definitely staying
[31:05] correct. The square section of trees in
[31:08] the rendering.
[31:09] Yeah, we're going to try to save as many
[31:11] as possible. As with all of these types
[31:13] of things, when you start bringing fill
[31:14] in, it's hard. You know, there's no
[31:16] guarantee that they'll survive, but um
[31:18] the planning department obviously very
[31:21] adamant about saving trees and as are
[31:24] >> just the red dots. I'm talking about the large green section within the
[31:28] yellow square. Correct.
[31:32] >> The large green section. Um
[31:35] it'll all be dirt to start with. This is
[31:37] just a con. This is part of one of the
[31:39] concepts that shows that as being grassy
[31:41] area.
[31:42] >> This looks like trees to me.
[31:44] >> Um that's grassy area. The dots are the
[31:48] larger trees that they were intending to
[31:49] save
[31:50] >> because this picture looks like the rest
[31:52] of the green area on here.
[31:55] >> Yeah, that that's a concept. It's just a rendering concept that you
[31:59] know we intend to kind of leave a buffer
[32:01] at the back edge. um that whole section
[32:03] in that in that
[32:04] >> I was just wondering
[32:06] >> square would be
[32:07] >> I'm wondering why we're not leaving
[32:08] those trees because it's not a area
[32:10] that's going to be utilized for parking
[32:13] or recreation or any of that kind of
[32:15] stuff. So why take it out?
[32:17] >> Well, they've identified the larger
[32:18] trees there. You see two 18 in trees
[32:20] down toward the bottom. And so there
[32:22] must not have been in that area trees
[32:24] that they felt were of a size and
[32:26] quality to save because you can see even
[32:28] through the community center area
[32:29] they've have dots through there.
[32:31] >> Right. Right. And so we're going to try
[32:32] to save those, but at some point they
[32:34] may have to come down. If the the
[32:36] concept that's ultimately agreed to or selected by council shows a building
[32:40] there, then obviously those are going to
[32:41] have to be removed. Um but yeah, it's it
[32:44] this is just part of the concept. That's
[32:46] not a tree area. That's just kind of a
[32:48] grass area.
[32:49] >> Pretty much everything in the yellow
[32:50] block is coming out except for the red
[32:52] dots.
[32:53] >> Correct.
[32:54] >> And most of it is scrub brush.
[32:56] >> Yes. We walked the site and we for sure
[32:59] >> it's it's not as if it's pristine in any
[33:05] >> doesn't look that bad from the road. So
[33:06] >> it it doesn't but when you get inside
[33:08] it's I assure you it's a lot of
[33:11] invasives and a lot of scrub brush.
[33:13] >> I didn't see a lot of big beautiful oak
[33:15] trees or anything like that. It was
[33:17] Yeah.
[33:20] » All right. Thank you. Any more No more
[33:22] questions. All right. We have a motion
[33:24] on the floor from Miss Adams and a
[33:25] second from Mr. Frampus. Um, all those
[33:28] in favor, please signify by saying I.
[33:30] >> I. Those opposed say nay. Motion
[33:33] carries. 70.
[33:36] >> Thank you. 8 C. Uh, the approval of the
[33:40] 2026 land development standards manual.
[33:42] C. Uh, CAM. There we go. Cam Stabbus. I
[33:45] don't see a Cam Stabbath. Oh, there we
[33:48] are. Now I do.
[33:50] Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor,
[33:53] council members. I'm Cam Stabis. I'm the
[33:55] city engineer and I'm here before you
[33:56] tonight to recommend that you adopt the
[33:58] revisions to the 2024, now the 2026 land
[34:01] development standards manual. It was
[34:03] previously called the engineering
[34:04] standards manual. It was changed, I
[34:05] believe, in 2020 now the land
[34:07] development standards manual. It guides
[34:08] contractors and developers when they
[34:10] come and do residential and commercial
[34:12] development in the city. U had about
[34:15] this last revision is about 25 or so
[34:17] revisions made. Nothing super big, just
[34:19] more stuff to kind of give us a little
[34:20] more control over the contractors. For
[34:22] instance, we want pipe to be beded 57
[34:25] stone. Originally, we kind of gave them
[34:26] an option of a few different things.
[34:28] They'd want to cheap out or do stuff we
[34:29] didn't really like. And so, we kind of
[34:31] wanted to nail them down with a couple
[34:32] things there. So, that's an example.
[34:34] Another one was we didn't specify that
[34:37] concrete pre-cast manholes for storm
[34:39] water should be bedded on 57 stone,
[34:41] whereas we did for sanitary and water.
[34:43] So, just tightening up things like that.
[34:45] couple values were changed but nothing
[34:47] really as far as uh huge huge u
[34:52] consequences to the contractors or
[34:54] developers. So uh we did introduce the
[34:57] fat oils and grease program that's in
[34:59] the sanitary so that that was there's no
[35:01] language in there up to that point. So
[35:03] we introduced that and again we have
[35:05] about 25 or so different revisions
[35:06] ranging from small grammatical things or
[35:09] changing a title of someone that's
[35:12] mentioned in there to
[35:14] uh quantitative uh amount we did use or
[35:16] reduce was uh density testing every 250
[35:19] ft along the center line of roadways and
[35:21] it was 500 before that but other than
[35:24] that not too much quantitative change
[35:26] and illustrative details have not
[35:27] changed and then our approved
[35:29] manufacturers we were looking into maybe
[35:30] doing that in the future but that take a
[35:32] little more uh extensive kind of review
[35:34] so those those have stayed the same for
[35:35] right now
[35:37] >> right thank you u Mr. Francis,
[35:41] [cough]
[35:41] >> excuse [clears throat] me.
[35:42] >> So, it it did appear that most of the
[35:45] changes were technical in nature. Is was
[35:48] all this based on what we wanted or was
[35:51] it some like state upgrades or where did
[35:56] we come up with all the ideas to change?
[35:58] >> These are recommendations that were made
[35:59] in our divisions, our utilities
[36:00] division. So, water, sewer, capital
[36:03] projects also had some input. So, I I
[36:05] sent the document out. Me and my
[36:07] construction inspector already been kind
[36:08] of talking about some things that we had
[36:10] in mind to change. Sent those out to
[36:12] different divisions, received comments
[36:13] back. I I put them in a register to kind
[36:15] of make sure that they're not nothing's
[36:17] contradicting. And we didn't
[36:19] >> So, it wasn't standards. It was just
[36:20] preference on our part.
[36:22] >> Well, yeah. And I I think maybe some of
[36:24] the stuff you're looking at now, I'm not
[36:26] sure what's in front of you, but some of
[36:27] the changes that I was shown this
[36:29] morning may not be last round from 26.
[36:33] or some paint changes and what type of
[36:37] pipe you use and yeah so
[36:39] >> that may have been a previous change I
[36:40] don't know if paint has been changed
[36:42] this last revision
[36:44] >> okay it was on it was highlighted as one
[36:46] of the changes so
[36:48] >> okay
[36:48] >> yeah some some of what the utility you
[36:51] know our our water and sewer department
[36:54] and and our construction department
[36:56] you know you you give these standards
[36:59] and then they try not not every
[37:02] contractor contractor per se, but they try to find where they can
[37:06] >> well it did say
[37:07] >> cut the cost a little
[37:08] >> we recommend or something other approved
[37:11] by the city so compatible. So
[37:13] >> and and then they say well show show me
[37:15] where it says I have to do that.
[37:18] >> Some of the changes just seemed you know
[37:24] less important. I didn't know if it was
[37:25] a standard change by like a national
[37:28] standard change or something like that.
[37:29] And I was just curious. Yeah, we, you
[37:32] know, all all of these standards uh
[37:34] reflect items that developers are
[37:37] putting in that we are going to own and
[37:39] have to maintain. And so every time the
[37:41] crew comes back and says, "Boy, you
[37:43] know, I wish I wish they would have done
[37:45] it this way." We don't have a problem
[37:47] when they do it this way and they did it
[37:49] that way.
[37:51] >> We make a note. Yeah. We we make a note.
[37:53] It's not pressing. We don't come to the
[37:55] council every other month and say, "This
[37:57] is, you know, we want this line
[37:58] changed." We we note we note all those
[38:00] items and and uh planning um Cam has
[38:05] done a great job um you know helping put
[38:07] all those items together with the team
[38:09] and then we try to do this every couple
[38:11] of years. We try to bring it just try to
[38:13] keep it updated.
[38:14] >> Didn't seem like much about 12 or 15
[38:16] things in a whole document. So it was
[38:18] good.
[38:18] >> It's not huge but there there are some
[38:20] important items in there for us.
[38:22] >> Mayor I make a motion we approve the
[38:24] resolution 2026-05
[38:26] as written.
[38:27] >> All right. Thank you, Miss Adams.
[38:29] >> I'll second.
[38:31] >> All right, we have a motion on the floor
[38:32] from Mr. Frampus and a second from Miss
[38:34] Adams. All those in favor, please
[38:36] signify by saying I.
[38:37] >> I. Those oppos say nay. Motion carries
[38:40] 70.
[38:42] >> Thank you. Good job. Thank you.
[38:46] » Okay. All right. Well, that was easy.
[38:48] Council reports, Mr. Bentley.
[38:50] >> Well, that was quick.
[38:53] [laughter]
[38:54] A few items. Um, I did attend I think it
[38:56] was Boy Scouts things that Alexis put on
[38:59] with uh a group of young people. Really
[39:03] young people. Of course, anybody's young
[39:05] to me, but and also um their parents and
[39:11] you know been to a lot of events over
[39:12] the last 10 years and this was really
[39:16] fun and really nice and the kids had a
[39:18] great time and Lieutenant did a bangup
[39:21] job. They loved the tour. Um, I'm not
[39:24] sure that could have gone any better.
[39:25] You did really good on that. So,
[39:27] congratulations. That was just really a
[39:29] nice event for the I think it's a boy or
[39:31] scouts. I won't say boy scouts, but
[39:32] scouts. And uh I don't think that could
[39:36] have gone any better. So, um then like
[39:39] most everybody else attended the dirt
[39:41] toss at the new building department.
[39:44] [snorts]
[39:45] >> That's what we did. And uh so that was
[39:48] okay. Huh.
[39:53] uh it's not open yet. And then uh do you
[39:56] plan on attending so that everybody
[39:58] knows if it's probably already too late
[39:59] to sign up, but we have the Palm Bay
[40:00] Chamber tomorrow for those that are
[40:02] going to go. And I did attend the I
[40:04] guess it's an annual event for the WNBA,
[40:07] West Melbourne Business Association.
[40:10] And you know, that went really well and
[40:12] you know, I'd like to see it better
[40:14] attended. This is one of the fewer ones
[40:16] that I've seen attendance wise. So, I'd
[40:19] like to get back to where we were, but
[40:21] I'm I'm sure everybody will work on
[40:23] that. Thank you, Mayor.
[40:24] >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Gaylord.
[40:27] >> Well, I had a report, but Mr. Bentley
[40:28] stole all of my items, so nothing to
[40:31] report.
[40:31] >> All right. Thank you, Miss Magguire.
[40:34] um to give more information on that. So,
[40:37] I had uh Cub Scout Pack 374, who is one
[40:40] of our West Melbourne um scout groups,
[40:43] who asked they had a I think I mentioned
[40:45] it last meeting, but they needed to have
[40:47] to speak with an elected official about
[40:49] pretty much how the elections work from
[40:52] the day you decide that you want to run
[40:53] up until the day you actually get
[40:55] elected. And so, they met with us over
[40:58] at the PD. We kind of talked to them.
[40:59] They asked questions and then afterwards
[41:02] uh Lieutenant Aaron St gave them a what
[41:04] they called the best tour ever from some
[41:07] of them of our um our PD. Um and then
[41:10] they got to see like the Pterodine. So
[41:12] they they all had a blast. Um I have
[41:15] been hearing about it for now over a
[41:18] week from how from parents that are just
[41:20] so their kids keep bringing it up and
[41:22] they just really enjoyed it. So it was a good event and thank you to the
[41:26] uh council members that did come out and
[41:27] support as well. We we have applications
[41:30] available. It's never too early. Never
[41:32] too early to start.
[41:35] >> Mr. Francis.
[41:37] >> Uh thanks, Mayor. I did attend the the
[41:39] groundbreaking for the thing and I think
[41:42] uh Mr. Rodie and Megan, you guys did a
[41:44] great job putting that on and uh
[41:46] appreciate it. Thank you. Nothing else.
[41:49] >> All right. Thank you, Miss Bolt.
[41:53] Um, yes, I attended um Joe Robinson's
[41:57] funeral from Titusville. Um, I was up
[42:00] there. That was that was very nice. Um,
[42:03] I also
[42:05] um poked my head in for the um citizens
[42:08] academy last on Wednesday, last
[42:11] Wednesday, when Mr. Smith gave an
[42:14] awesome um report on budgeting and the
[42:19] city finances and all that stuff. So,
[42:21] that was that was very nice. Um, and of
[42:25] course I did attend the the dirt
[42:28] throwing the dirt throwing. Um, and that
[42:31] was good. And y'all did an awesome job
[42:35] um putting that on for us. So, can't
[42:38] wait for it to be done.
[42:41] >> Miss Adams,
[42:42] >> a couple additional things to note. Uh,
[42:44] the Florida League of Cities held their
[42:46] first virtual ethics training. That's
[42:49] the statemandated training that happens
[42:51] every year. So, got that done. But just
[42:53] a reminder that they do offer it at
[42:55] least two more times virtually
[42:56] throughout the year and then they will
[42:58] do it again at the conference. So, just
[43:00] putting that on your radar if you're
[43:01] someone like me that likes to plan
[43:03] ahead. Uh the Citizens Leadership
[43:05] Academy, I popped in while uh Mr. Roadie
[43:08] and Mr. Kerry were giving their
[43:09] presentations. U very great group of of
[43:12] residents. They asked some good
[43:14] questions which is great. Uh the scouts
[43:17] presentation, Alexis, you did a great
[43:19] job. I think the kids asked great
[43:22] questions. Their parents asked some
[43:24] great questions and everybody was really
[43:26] hands-on. Uh they asked some very
[43:28] specific elections questions and you you
[43:30] handled it like a pro. So great job on
[43:32] that. Uh the state of the city went well
[43:35] with the business association and our
[43:37] board. Although I agree with Mr.
[43:38] Bentley. I don't know if there were
[43:40] other events happening that night or it
[43:42] is the season for people to get sick.
[43:44] So, we just had a lower attendance than
[43:46] normal, but staff did a great job with
[43:48] setting that up and making it a really
[43:50] nice event for the volunteers and
[43:52] business association members that could
[43:54] show up. Uh, the groundbreaking went
[43:56] very well and I did want to note two
[43:59] additional things. Um, I wore I wore
[44:02] green in honor of two things. Um, it is
[44:04] Irish Heritage Month. It's also cerebral
[44:07] palsy awareness month. Um, so just a
[44:09] reminder if you're someone that wants to
[44:10] join me wearing green, I did it today
[44:12] and I'll do it in two weeks on a
[44:13] Tuesday. So you have your advanced
[44:15] notice. Mr. RD's already checking in his
[44:18] closet if he's got some green. Um, and
[44:20] then for your planning purposes, I
[44:23] wanted to invite council if you would
[44:25] like to attend on either April 9th or
[44:28] 10th. U, I know that I've spoken about
[44:30] New Life Mission in the past and the
[44:32] work that they do to address
[44:34] homelessness uh, for single moms with
[44:36] kids in our community. Uh my husband and
[44:38] I are co-chairing their community care
[44:40] and share fundraiser event this year on
[44:42] those dates and so I'm happy to have you
[44:46] at our tables. [clears throat] U the
[44:47] event is free itself although since it's
[44:49] a fundraiser that covers a significant
[44:51] portion of their budget so that their
[44:53] mission can continue. I encourage you to
[44:55] bring your checkbook. So just let me
[44:57] know probably in the next two weeks if
[44:59] you'd like to attend and I will pencil
[45:00] you in. But wanted to make you aware of
[45:02] those two things. Thank you, Mayor.
[45:04] >> All right. Thank you, Miss Adams. Okay.
[45:06] Anyone else have any comments? Oh, yes,
[45:09] Miss Holtz.
[45:09] >> Yes. Something that Paul brought to my
[45:12] attention um that uh June is faith and
[45:18] family month. And he has a proclamation
[45:21] here that he was hoping that um the city
[45:25] of Clearwater has done it and he was
[45:27] hoping that the city of West Melbourne
[45:29] would do it. Um and he's got copies, I
[45:33] think, for everybody. if um if you would
[45:36] just all like to take a look at it and
[45:38] we'll talk about it uh at the next
[45:41] meeting.
[45:42] Okay. You've got one too.
[45:44] >> I do. That's what I was going to talk
[45:45] about.
[45:46] >> Oh, okay.
[45:47] >> But that's okay. You
[45:48] >> thought you said you were I thought you
[45:50] said it was all done. Okay.
[45:51] >> No, I just hadn't gotten here yet. But
[45:52] >> Okay.
[45:53] >> On that note, everyone has has mentioned
[45:55] everything that that has gone on and and
[45:58] this and this as well. So, we'll go
[46:00] right over to management reports. Mr.
[46:01] Roie.
[46:03] >> All right. real brief and then I'll let
[46:05] uh Chief Vesta put a plug in for Cops on
[46:09] the Coupe. But um uh really appreciate
[46:11] the groundbreaking. I think it's uh
[46:13] going to be an amazing project for the
[46:15] city and and can't wait to have a a a
[46:19] better council chambers that represents
[46:21] the the community that that one will be.
[46:24] Um Citizens Academy is Wednesday again,
[46:27] six o'clock. Feel free to stop in uh
[46:29] just either just say hi or attend the
[46:32] class. uh open invitation to the
[46:34] council. Um really good group with lots
[46:36] of good questions.
[46:39] Not not as many questions as past
[46:41] groups, but but good questions. Um next
[46:44] council meeting is going to be very
[46:47] parktheavy.
[46:49] Um we are we have posted notice uh
[46:52] following the city code in in order to
[46:55] change the name of the park. And so
[46:57] we've put that notice out. Uh the park
[47:00] name will be on there. the park signs
[47:01] will be on there and several different
[47:03] elements of parks will be involved. So
[47:05] bear with us. It might might be a little
[47:09] bit of a a longer session as we look at
[47:12] that stuff, but you know there's a lot
[47:14] of park things happening and we thought
[47:17] by putting them all together like that
[47:19] it gave good continuity and so we're uh
[47:22] that's coming on the next meeting in
[47:25] March and then I will turn it over to
[47:26] Chief Vesta to plug the amazing event.
[47:31] >> Oh yeah, you're all I know a couple of
[47:32] you are participating. We are hosting
[47:34] the Cops on the Coupe event. uh this
[47:36] Friday from 6:00 to 8 at uh the
[47:39] Chick-fil-A and Walmart parking lot on
[47:40] Palm Bay Road. Uh as you know, 100% of
[47:43] the proceeds go towards Special Olympics
[47:45] Florida. We're usually able to raise
[47:46] between the torch run and shirt sales on
[47:49] this several thousand dollars to uh
[47:51] benefit our our Special Olympics. So, uh
[47:54] we we invite you and the public to come
[47:56] out and looking forward to a great
[47:58] event. So, Friday 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
[48:00] >> Yes. Normally, I would get a QR code so
[48:04] that I could raise funds, but I never
[48:06] got a QR code. And so, when I had it for
[48:10] Friday, I thought, well, maybe I don't
[48:12] have it on the right date.
[48:14] >> Those have been developed, so I'll I'll
[48:16] make sure to uh take care of that. I'll
[48:18] get in touch.
[48:19] >> Yeah, send it to me. Maybe somehow or
[48:21] another I deleted it. Uh, whatever. But
[48:23] I I need to get that. Okay.
[48:26] >> Thank you.
[48:28] Mr. Kerry.
[48:31] Thank you. And I just wanted to let
[48:33] everybody know that a week from Friday
[48:35] is the last day of the legislative
[48:37] session. Today is the last day of Senate
[48:40] committee meetings. Um and if you all if
[48:42] any of you uh went to or watched the
[48:45] webinar for the League of Cities about
[48:47] the legislature, they kind of gave their
[48:49] strongest verbal indication yet that
[48:51] they don't think that the property tax
[48:54] issue is going anywhere. Now, you know,
[48:56] that that's obviously, you know, things
[48:59] can happen in the last 10 days of
[49:00] session and and so, um, nothing's final
[49:03] until the hanky drops, but um, it kind
[49:06] of seems like the Senate doesn't really
[49:07] want to move that ball. Uh, that
[49:09] obviously doesn't foreclose the governor
[49:11] from calling a special session, but
[49:13] again, he can call a session, he can't
[49:15] make him do anything, right? So, they
[49:16] can open the session, close it, and not
[49:18] do anything. So, we'll see what happens
[49:20] um, as far as getting a referendum on
[49:23] the ballot. But um I was kind of
[49:25] surprised that the league uh gave an
[49:30] indication verbally that they thought it
[49:32] wasn't going to go anywhere. Um and also
[49:35] the 10th or excuse me the 13th being the
[49:38] final day of session depends on them
[49:39] getting the budget published on Tuesday.
[49:42] Uh because there's a law that they have
[49:44] to have a published budget for uh 72
[49:47] hours before they can vote on it. So, if
[49:49] the budget drops on Tuesday, then the
[49:52] session will probably be over Friday. If
[49:54] it drops on Wednesday, then they'll go
[49:56] into Saturday. So on and so forth. Um,
[49:58] so just uh some things to keep an eye
[50:00] on. So at the uh next meeting, we'll
[50:02] obviously have a uh post session wrap-up
[50:05] that um it it's not going to be the the
[50:08] full wrap-up where we go over the report
[50:10] of the league. Just kind of more a
[50:12] highlevel, you know, these things uh
[50:14] pass that concerned us, these don't. and
[50:16] we'll do the full wrap up uh in a couple
[50:18] months after the league's report is done
[50:19] as usual. Thank you.
[50:21] >> All right. Thank you. Any other
[50:22] comments?
[50:24] >> All right. This meeting is adjourned at
[50:26] uh let me see what time is it really?
[50:28] 6:40.
[50:32] That's all.