1 00:21:52,880 --> 00:22:00,220 They've been on the books forever. So, they're still on the books. But now they've actually been funded. 2 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:21,900 And we just want to make sure that rather than doing something and then having to redo it, we have a comprehensive plan, so that the city, the county is working with the city's both cities, so that the county isn't doing one thing. 3 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:34,680 The whole thing is to manage it today so that we have the capacity and the options in the future. 4 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,760 Because right now we're getting cut off. 5 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:48,420 So we're asking everybody to agree on what we want the quarter to become so that we have the options for tomorrow. 6 00:22:49,260 --> 00:22:52,600 So, I mean, I just, you understand what I'm saying? 7 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:52,940 I do. 8 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,780 It's not like, we're for a lightning, oh, missionaries. 9 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:58,020 Not a permit. 10 00:22:58,340 --> 00:22:59,420 Maybe not ever. 11 00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:00,360 Maybe not ever. 12 00:23:00,820 --> 00:23:09,460 This is just conservation, may just be a turn lane and some, you know, shoulders for emergency 13 00:23:09,460 --> 00:23:10,180 type things. 14 00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:12,960 Because there's areas where you just cannot pull over. 15 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:14,100 Yep. 16 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:14,880 The 17 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:24,420 drainage ditch that are still remaining, as far as the paper goes, and my history with those are still farm dusts. 18 00:23:24,660 --> 00:23:32,600 So the county's already got money reserved for part of what you're talking about, is that part of phase two, or is that other stuff unrelated to the goal? 19 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:35,180 It's related to the goal. 20 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:42,300 What I don't know, and maybe Samantha or Ernie knows what their timeline on those is. 21 00:23:43,420 --> 00:23:48,740 But like I said, I was on the river to see many years and there's been on the books for many years. 22 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,400 I don't know if it's getting ready to be implemented or not. 23 00:23:59,210 --> 00:24:05,650 So for the in the white paper, it talks about some of the work that they're getting ready to do. 24 00:24:05,650 --> 00:24:12,770 And they just sent out the drawings to each of the cities in our city engineer, share them with me. 25 00:24:13,230 --> 00:24:16,750 So they're still reviewing the drawings and so forth. 26 00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:19,950 But it's probably, I mean, it's pretty close. 27 00:24:20,570 --> 00:24:23,490 It's probably within the next 12 to 18 months, probably. 28 00:24:23,770 --> 00:24:26,010 They probably have to go out to bid and all of that. 29 00:24:26,330 --> 00:24:28,330 But I know that we've reviewed the drawings. 30 00:24:28,950 --> 00:24:31,150 What actually happens to that section of old way? 31 00:24:31,150 --> 00:24:37,670 Um, so they are, uh, they're putting in a trail from Park Avenue up to Josephine. 32 00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:41,690 They are, um, kind of straightening out that curve a little bit. 33 00:24:41,870 --> 00:24:47,170 They're putting a guardrail on top of the, uh, uh, and they're also making a turn lane there. 34 00:24:47,330 --> 00:24:47,650 It's halor. 35 00:24:47,770 --> 00:24:52,350 I don't know if you've noticed, but, you know, like when you're coming from a southern area 36 00:24:52,350 --> 00:24:56,710 of Old Mission Road and traveling north, and you get to Taylor Road and you go to take 37 00:24:56,710 --> 00:24:57,670 a left-hand turn. 38 00:24:57,670 --> 00:24:59,630 I had so many people rear ended, right? 39 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:09,100 So, they're creating their widening that a little bit right there and they're making turn lanes so that you can get out of the travel lane to make a lefty in terms. 40 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:14,340 So, that money isn't your mark for any type of water changes, it's a little... 41 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:24,980 I think there are some yes, there are because I know they're moving the ditch over in some of those areas that they're working on. 42 00:25:24,980 --> 00:25:31,000 When you look at the plans, you can see if you look at that each section, you can see there's areas. 43 00:25:31,420 --> 00:25:37,560 And they just acquired some of the right away, like from Bishops, they just acquired like two acres. 44 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:43,320 And they've been acquiring the city of Edgewater, it's been a great partner with that, because they've been, 45 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:51,940 as these subdivisions have been approved, that's kind of been part of the process, as they have to make sure they've given up right away to the county that they can do, 46 00:25:52,060 --> 00:25:53,260 what they need to do with the road. 47 00:25:53,260 --> 00:26:02,080 So there's some changes in there. I'm sure there's you could probably I might be able to find those drawings and share them I can give them to you John if you don't have them 48 00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:34,780 so that's DOT work. They just came to city of Newstone on a beach I think in the spring and kind of gave their presentation of the changes that they're going to make there so they're going to elongate the turn lane that goes northbound from 44 as you go up to Wallace you know to make that turn and then 49 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:44,020 on the southern to make a right turn onto mission drive from 44. They're going to create and add 50 00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:50,040 a turn lane there. And then there's a lot of other changes they're doing of how can now street 51 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:58,180 merges onto 44? Well that will no longer be a merge. It'll be an automatic turn there at the 52 00:26:58,180 --> 00:27:01,400 traffic light there across the street from the fire department. So there are going to make any 53 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:06,040 changes, I don't have a time frame on that, but I'd be happy to look it up and I can send 54 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,620 it to John and me share it. 55 00:27:12,790 --> 00:27:18,730 And that's a good example right there of how long this plan can take, because those 56 00:27:18,730 --> 00:27:22,170 road improvement projects have been on the books for a long time. 57 00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:28,610 And we've had to get to a certain point where, you know, they have to be done. 58 00:27:28,610 --> 00:27:37,550 So this will move at its own pace, but wouldn't it be nice if it was a coordinated approach 59 00:27:37,550 --> 00:27:44,610 and everything was going to work together and we had a vision for what that quarter, what 60 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:49,050 we want the quarter to do, and address all the needs at once. 61 00:27:49,850 --> 00:27:54,550 And as we've been talking as this economic development board has been talking for years, 62 00:27:54,550 --> 00:28:07,150 Old Mission Road is important to the city, for the diversification of the tax base, the movement of people to and from work, to and from schools. 63 00:28:08,610 --> 00:28:17,090 The evacuation route, the emergency access, and then any time 95 closes down, it's a detour road. 64 00:28:18,350 --> 00:28:24,890 And then up in New Swarna Beach any time it's so a weekend, it's a digital road. 65 00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:26,090 It's a digital road. 66 00:28:26,510 --> 00:28:29,730 Other people who know where it is. 67 00:28:30,570 --> 00:28:35,730 So this has been an Edge Order's long range plan forever. 68 00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:43,950 So for clarification, we're not asking for them to afford laying the road. 69 00:28:45,170 --> 00:28:48,670 We're just preserving the ability to move it forward. 70 00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:59,030 everything is but there is there are I think I don't want to say there's larger pots of money 71 00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:07,210 but there's a lot of money out there for water quality stormwater, flood protection and 72 00:29:07,210 --> 00:29:12,350 those those are things that unite all the cities and the county and we've been working 73 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:20,130 on diligently in our own little silos and together since we've had these horrible hurricanes 74 00:29:23,780 --> 00:29:32,420 Yeah, so any questions or comments so far? 75 00:29:40,190 --> 00:29:41,830 Mr. Kelly? 76 00:29:42,430 --> 00:29:42,690 Oh, really? 77 00:29:43,270 --> 00:29:45,470 I got it. 78 00:29:45,470 --> 00:29:47,690 Good morning. 79 00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:49,510 Okay. 80 00:29:50,610 --> 00:29:55,850 Any comments from our friends in the audience? 81 00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:09,450 Good morning, everybody. Ernie Cox, I just, it's interesting. This is this concept of doing a white paper and 82 00:30:09,450 --> 00:30:16,030 get it out. There is kind of, as we've done work all over the state, this is something that gets a conversation 83 00:30:16,030 --> 00:30:24,410 started. My experience has been that the final product will be different than what's in the draft. As you 84 00:30:24,410 --> 00:30:32,470 other's 10 drafts so far. Our little company is providing some some staff resources. So I think 85 00:30:32,470 --> 00:30:40,630 some of you guys have met my son E.J., E.J. decided he better want to play warrior anymore. And so 86 00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:45,800 thankfully he's he's come on to our team for family lands remembered and he's helping us with 87 00:30:46,590 --> 00:30:54,390 really space-related aerospace-related economic development. As you all know, in edgewater we've got 88 00:30:54,390 --> 00:31:00,730 4.3 million square feet of non-residential and during part that we're working on, but his role 89 00:31:00,730 --> 00:31:06,910 is broader than that to look at how does this entire region coordinate and collaborate and 90 00:31:06,910 --> 00:31:11,570 as you know a lot of that is just one-on-one conversation here, conversation there, 91 00:31:12,110 --> 00:31:18,510 showing up at a meeting. He went to a conference in Provard County last week and we're in some 92 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:23,530 things that Provard County's doing that we had no idea about just by showing up and so 93 00:31:23,530 --> 00:31:30,030 You all will see him more and more involved, and so what we're trying to do is to help 94 00:31:30,030 --> 00:31:35,290 us on some of our experience in other places facilitate that conversation and do some 95 00:31:35,290 --> 00:31:41,050 of the drafting, but it's in order for this effort to be successful. 96 00:31:41,330 --> 00:31:48,730 It's really a coalition conversation, and for those who went to the economic summit the last 97 00:31:48,730 --> 00:31:53,390 couple of years, there have been conversations about how do we come up with a project and 98 00:31:53,850 --> 00:31:58,470 kind of experiences. It's one thing to go to some and say let's work together and you get to know 99 00:31:58,470 --> 00:32:02,590 everybody who raises all fired up, you know it's worked together and you go back to your day-to-day lives. 100 00:32:04,270 --> 00:32:07,530 In order to work together, you actually have to have something you're working together on. 101 00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:15,930 And so this came out of last years as hey, this is a project that we ought to work together as a region on. 102 00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:22,530 And so I think it's going to take some time and so if anybody's got questions, it's guys, this is a project 103 00:32:22,530 --> 00:32:27,870 that has not yet been defined, but let's potentially define it. 104 00:32:27,970 --> 00:32:31,290 And I will add one more thing, and it kind of picked up on the tree idea. 105 00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:35,170 Mission, oh mission is a beautiful road, just like Maytown Road is a beautiful road. 106 00:32:36,190 --> 00:32:40,610 As you know, there won't be 20 years until we do something with Maytown Road. 107 00:32:41,510 --> 00:32:47,110 But as we look at Maytown, instead of Maytown being a four lane wide road, 108 00:32:47,630 --> 00:32:51,070 we're thinking about Maytown being, it's two lanes where it is, 109 00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:59,150 And then maybe 80 feet later, there's two more lanes, and then there's already a bike trail there, so if you think about old mission, 110 00:32:59,910 --> 00:33:04,390 the benefit today is that most of that corridor is not developed. 111 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:10,170 The benefit today is most of that corridor is not developed, more of it's developed today than five years ago. 112 00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:19,810 But today you could potentially have two lanes where the current lanes are, which at some point would be raised up to be able to get better drainage. 113 00:33:19,810 --> 00:33:35,970 You could have a whole bunch of trees and then two more lanes, and then a whole bunch of trees and then a bike trail, and then you could actually, if you did it right in some areas, use the swamp as part of your connected stormwater system. 114 00:33:35,970 --> 00:33:40,330 And so as people have started working together in data, 115 00:33:41,030 --> 00:33:43,310 the first thing is going to be all the historical areas 116 00:33:43,310 --> 00:33:45,210 before there was a mission route, 117 00:33:45,650 --> 00:33:46,910 before there was anybody. 118 00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:48,970 What was it? 119 00:33:48,990 --> 00:33:50,510 And then are you able to put it together? 120 00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:51,910 To bliss this comment, 121 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:56,830 there is a lot, I'll say it's a lot because it's a lot. 122 00:33:56,990 --> 00:34:01,370 There's hundreds of millions of dollars in state grant money 123 00:34:01,370 --> 00:34:04,610 for water quality, lagoon restoration, 124 00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:06,630 and conservation, 125 00:34:08,670 --> 00:34:08,690 resiliency. 126 00:34:09,890 --> 00:34:12,730 And so it's not so much my opinion, 127 00:34:13,770 --> 00:34:15,610 the road's not ready to be widened, 128 00:34:15,650 --> 00:34:19,490 nor does it need to be widened, nor should you widen it today. 129 00:34:20,190 --> 00:34:24,930 But right now you have an opportunity to put together a plan, 130 00:34:25,370 --> 00:34:28,570 once the plans together, you have an opportunity to bring in money, 131 00:34:28,730 --> 00:34:30,290 and you can bring in it a little bit at a time. 132 00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:31,790 You don't need to get it all at the same time. 133 00:34:31,910 --> 00:34:32,990 You can get a little bit of money here, 134 00:34:32,990 --> 00:34:38,430 a little bit of money there, a little bit more money over here, over the next, let's say 10 years, 135 00:34:39,170 --> 00:34:46,090 you might end up with a really nice conservation corridor in a plan that, let's say, 10 years 136 00:34:46,090 --> 00:34:51,890 from now, it's time to do some construction improvements on transportation. You've already 137 00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:56,130 got the plan, you've already got the right way, you've already got it done. And I'll be the 138 00:34:56,130 --> 00:34:59,970 to tell you, these are complicated, they take a lot. 139 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:10,720 At the time, they'll never end up the way you thought they were going to be when you start, but the start, and then I'm pretty excited, but I think it'll be pretty cool. 140 00:35:12,820 --> 00:35:30,540 And thank you so much, Ernie and his son and Landre remembered have been instrumental, and all of his years of experience and wisdom he is sharing with us, and it's a gift and we greatly appreciate it. 141 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,120 Any other questions or comments? 142 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,320 John Scott, did you have anything you wanted to say? 143 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,000 I'd say the project happened in the court. 144 00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:55,440 Okay. 145 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,580 Next step. 146 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,660 Well, we would love everybody's support on October 14. 147 00:36:05,580 --> 00:36:12,300 We would also love your support and speaking to your council members, your city managers, 148 00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:14,500 your council members, your neighbors. 149 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:18,020 Because this is going to take community support, 150 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,860 you know, they always say the squeaky wheel gets the grease. 151 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,860 But we have to want it as a community. 152 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:37,000 We have to want, you know, a very nice plan, and it's going to have a plan. 153 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:44,120 I mean, when Arty was just explaining the plan of two lanes, nature, two lanes. 154 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,700 I mean, I can envision that. I can see how pretty that would be. 155 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:50,800 And that would be a win win. 156 00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:54,120 Because it would preserve the beauty. 157 00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:56,940 We would have plenty of drainage. 158 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:03,020 But in order to have a product like that, you have to plan it out. 159 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,620 Otherwise, it's the quickest, least expensive fix. 160 00:37:07,220 --> 00:37:12,880 Well, what used to the anticipated pushback for the public on phase 1 storm water conservation? 161 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:18,080 When everybody complains about the whole mission flooding and I don't see what's the action 162 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,200 I can't see 163 00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:26,960 Now the came in said phase one was buying on the right away and forelighting and all and 164 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,800 Well, then you get into the nitty gritty deep. 165 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,340 Well, I get that but right, but if you're, if you want to, when you're property, you'll get pushed back 166 00:37:33,340 --> 00:37:37,900 Well, I get it, but you know, if that's not what, that's not what the white people 167 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:45,020 I think it was stage phase one, it's storm water and conservation and trying to flow the water right there. 168 00:37:45,020 --> 00:37:47,020 And filter it correctly and filter it. 169 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,200 So that to me, that should be the pitch and the only pitch. 170 00:37:50,260 --> 00:37:52,900 Even if we don't do anything else, that's fine. 171 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,840 So you've learned to move forward and phase by phase now. 172 00:37:58,940 --> 00:38:03,200 And with that also, we have been reaching out to the Thurmbal bit. 173 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,580 I mean, Thurmbal Creek preservation board of New Swarna Beach. 174 00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:19,100 They have already been, you know, blazing a trail, making great strides in acquiring right away and cleaning ditches and improving 175 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:48,640 And so it would be building on their success and hopefully continuing, and then reaching out to other organizations like the Riverside Conservancy, which is all about shoreline restoration and water quality, and just building on it, because there's also state and federal dollars out there. 176 00:38:48,640 --> 00:39:05,950 And when you can unify, when you can approach a grant or, you know, a legislative body as a unified front, that's very compelling and they, of course, are all about water as well. 177 00:39:06,790 --> 00:39:12,410 So it's just really the commitment to work on a comprehensive plan. 178 00:39:12,830 --> 00:39:19,290 And that is where everybody has to agree to work together, instead of separately. 179 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,820 Samantha, did you want to add anything today? 180 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:26,660 We thank you for being with us. 181 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:27,240 It's a treat. 182 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,100 That'd be back. 183 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,520 Any other questions, comments? 184 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:43,780 Do we have a consensus? 185 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:47,460 Who's all? 186 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:48,020 Okay. 187 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:49,720 All righty. 188 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:50,880 Well, I thank you all. 189 00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:54,620 And we will be getting you another draft 190 00:39:54,620 --> 00:39:56,860 with a pretty picture on top. 191 00:39:58,660 --> 00:39:59,140 Okay. 192 00:39:59,140 --> 00:39:59,960 we're all so 193 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:18,540 Introducing like city benefit sheets, a benefit sheet for each entity, but all three cities and the county, so that they know how this impacts them, each of them, and know why it's important for everybody, and how it helps one another. 194 00:40:32,190 --> 00:40:38,210 Well, and if we are all in and unified, that helps the county. That helps the county help us. 195 00:40:39,410 --> 00:40:48,810 Okay. Well, if there's no other discussion on that, we can move on to the word reports. 196 00:40:51,450 --> 00:40:53,950 Anybody else in the audience want to contribute today? 197 00:40:55,350 --> 00:40:55,590 No? 198 00:40:56,050 --> 00:40:58,210 Thank you all for being with us. 199 00:40:59,310 --> 00:41:00,330 Okay, so word reports. 200 00:41:00,890 --> 00:41:03,390 Christine, we were talking all about the road and everything. 201 00:41:03,570 --> 00:41:05,370 Do you have anything from River to CTO? 202 00:41:05,370 --> 00:41:06,090 because 203 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:20,670 it was scheduled for them to cancel. 204 00:41:21,470 --> 00:41:22,350 Oh, oh, yeah. 205 00:41:29,260 --> 00:41:33,340 One thing for us, we're going to be relying on AI 206 00:41:33,340 --> 00:41:39,280 to hear what we say and make a transcript for our minutes. 207 00:41:39,620 --> 00:41:43,520 So if you would speak a little louder or speak into the mic, 208 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,080 we won't be able to make those minutes if we can't hear them. 209 00:41:51,390 --> 00:41:52,210 I'll buy it out. 210 00:41:52,350 --> 00:41:52,910 That was a zero. 211 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:56,640 Did you do that with the real way? 212 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:04,200 Hey, Mr. London. 213 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,780 I guess it was a blur because I worked the polls and early voting. 214 00:42:13,860 --> 00:42:16,100 Okay. Thank you for your service. 215 00:42:19,740 --> 00:42:26,960 And there is thank you for volunteering to stay on the economic development board. 216 00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:30,520 In your absence, we went ahead and made the recommendations. 217 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,600 It was all planned by the work. 218 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:40,460 Yes, we make sure we didn't do that to you in an emcection, you know, we did ask John 219 00:42:40,460 --> 00:42:44,180 So it's the board's fault that the children's were down this morning 220 00:42:44,980 --> 00:42:51,340 That got it. Okay. That's what I'm picking up one. So I apologize for my tiredness, but that's what I was dealing with 221 00:42:51,340 --> 00:42:53,740 Thank you for the report, Mitt. Have a serve 222 00:42:55,440 --> 00:43:02,720 Last week school was back in session at the college. So in fun times breathing easily this week 223 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:09,640 But numbers are looking good in enrollment. It's good. I don't think we have anything major coming up 224 00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:11,120 Just yes 225 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:15,180 How's dual enrollment going still well, so well doing enrollment? 226 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:20,980 I'd say probably about five years ago doing enrollment numbers were a little bit if he but we haven't had 227 00:43:20,980 --> 00:43:24,420 In this year was doing a well made sense since I've been over there 228 00:43:24,420 --> 00:43:29,020 Do you still have CNC and welding available available available? 229 00:43:29,780 --> 00:43:30,340 Yes 230 00:43:32,180 --> 00:43:37,260 We still haven't really tapped that resource of what's going into the tech route versus 231 00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:38,560 the college route. 232 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:39,620 It's an opportunity. 233 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:40,640 Always has been. 234 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:45,880 I think there are other conversations that need to be had with our education. 235 00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:52,950 Just to reaffirm and to push the importance of CTE. 236 00:43:52,950 --> 00:43:55,450 Yeah, very interesting to be 237 00:43:58,300 --> 00:43:59,580 yesterday. 238 00:44:02,570 --> 00:44:04,410 First on graduated, 239 00:44:40,410 --> 00:44:41,010 I think, 240 00:44:47,790 --> 00:44:49,350 for your smart, so 241 00:44:53,410 --> 00:44:55,350 sometimes it will, you can't get the job. 242 00:44:55,430 --> 00:44:57,690 Unless you have to grade that one on for years and years. 243 00:44:59,250 --> 00:44:59,470 You know. 244 00:45:00,110 --> 00:45:12,110 I think as in their said, it starts with some of the educational partners having those conversations with children, and their parents, they need to have the message from society because 245 00:45:12,810 --> 00:45:16,050 You can cost $100,000 less than less than less than $100,000. 246 00:45:17,670 --> 00:45:19,770 And I'll say one thing that we're doing. 247 00:45:20,390 --> 00:45:26,490 So the SoutheastFouloucia Chamber of Commerce, their workforce and education committee has 248 00:45:26,490 --> 00:45:28,010 what we call talent tours. 249 00:45:28,270 --> 00:45:35,170 And so we take students from the middle schools, high schools, to visit some of the industries 250 00:45:35,170 --> 00:45:39,270 that are right here in their backyard, to expose them to career opportunities that they 251 00:45:39,270 --> 00:45:43,890 need to think of. So, we've taken them to the fire department, we've taken them to the police department, 252 00:45:45,010 --> 00:45:50,630 to a couple of the hotels on the beach just so they can see how the hospitality industry 253 00:45:50,630 --> 00:45:56,370 has an impact on our region. So, we're exposing the alignment, we took them down to alignment 254 00:45:56,370 --> 00:46:02,850 college, to the utilities of the street. So, we're exposing them, we're trying, but that's a small group of 255 00:46:02,850 --> 00:46:06,630 and that's about 25 students every month or so. 256 00:46:07,350 --> 00:46:09,010 So the word is getting out there. 257 00:46:09,830 --> 00:46:12,050 We're doing as much as we can to expose them 258 00:46:12,050 --> 00:46:13,790 to those opportunities for sure. 259 00:46:14,550 --> 00:46:19,070 Well, Samantha and John, and I all went down 260 00:46:19,070 --> 00:46:26,350 to the Palm Bay Chamber's space expo two weeks ago, 261 00:46:26,830 --> 00:46:34,070 and the need for CNC operators, welders, 262 00:46:36,070 --> 00:46:45,190 And then everything else that goes along with electricians, it's top, foremost, in mind. 263 00:46:45,670 --> 00:46:50,930 And these companies are needing 10 of them, 20 of them, or more. 264 00:46:51,430 --> 00:46:53,990 I mean, we cannot fill the need if we don't. 265 00:46:53,990 --> 00:47:01,190 If our K through 12 doesn't start producing them, you know, to, you know, we have a better 266 00:47:01,190 --> 00:47:04,390 conversation, the funnel them into, they 267 00:47:04,390 --> 00:47:07,190 turn a state college or Emory Riddle or wherever. 268 00:47:08,050 --> 00:47:11,910 We're not going to be able to meet our nation's demand. 269 00:47:13,670 --> 00:47:18,350 And what was the system for everyone, 270 00:47:21,350 --> 00:47:21,350 manufacturing 271 00:47:21,350 --> 00:47:27,150 job there's, OK, I was going to say that backwards, 7.4, 272 00:47:28,350 --> 00:47:30,390 indirect jobs that are created. 273 00:47:33,270 --> 00:47:42,710 And that's impressive, and that was, that was a statistic that the lady from Florida makes. 274 00:47:43,290 --> 00:47:50,810 They have done a whole study on it, and, you know, so that is backed up by data. 275 00:47:52,950 --> 00:47:57,150 And that's right here, you know, in Florida we need them. 276 00:47:57,150 --> 00:48:00,010 besides just the space industry, the building industry. 277 00:48:00,650 --> 00:48:04,550 But all of the assemblers are automotive. 278 00:48:05,290 --> 00:48:08,230 Every widget fouls everything. 279 00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:10,690 And I mean, it's guns, it's breaks. 280 00:48:11,630 --> 00:48:13,530 It's your fans, it's your propellers. 281 00:48:13,850 --> 00:48:18,590 It's all this stuff that is stamped out of metal. 282 00:48:19,630 --> 00:48:21,430 Or however they do it. 283 00:48:21,770 --> 00:48:24,310 They chisel that out of metal with their CNC machines. 284 00:48:24,950 --> 00:48:25,730 And they're water jets. 285 00:48:25,730 --> 00:48:34,230 I mean, it's incredible, and it is no longer dirty, it is clean, and hitting a certification 286 00:48:34,820 --> 00:48:42,890 is another pathway to a collegiate degree if you want it, but you are having an income, 287 00:48:43,670 --> 00:48:49,210 you're contributing to society, you're getting education, you're getting experience, and 288 00:48:49,210 --> 00:48:58,050 as long as you are employed, that employer will continue to help you through your education. 289 00:48:58,930 --> 00:49:04,470 Blue Origin had somebody that was one side of the line, you know, working with their hands, 290 00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:10,010 go through college and now they, when they graduated, they went over to the other side 291 00:49:10,010 --> 00:49:11,150 and they're an engineer. 292 00:49:13,410 --> 00:49:19,150 But it's as motivated as you want to be, like the sumicum law person who says, no, I'm an 293 00:49:19,150 --> 00:49:21,510 and T-person, and I'm perfectly happy. 294 00:49:22,090 --> 00:49:23,710 We need more of them. 295 00:49:24,730 --> 00:49:30,570 And Advent Health, you all have a great tuition reimbursement program. 296 00:49:31,130 --> 00:49:37,210 For anybody who's working at Advent Health, in any of these medical fields, if you just get started 297 00:49:37,210 --> 00:49:44,750 with a company and a certification of some kind, you can have a very nice career and contribute 298 00:49:44,750 --> 00:49:45,750 to society. 299 00:49:45,750 --> 00:49:56,690 Also, as I think many of the larger corporations around you, and they want to get certifications 300 00:49:56,690 --> 00:49:59,010 or, before you to agree, makes no difference. 301 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:05,080 Mr. Kelly, any reports on the investigation? 302 00:50:05,940 --> 00:50:06,260 No? 303 00:50:07,060 --> 00:50:10,260 I grew everything, said, about that, no, I don't really do. 304 00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:15,240 Anything from the community, you know it? 305 00:50:20,020 --> 00:50:20,240 Okay. 306 00:50:20,940 --> 00:50:23,120 I have to go from the bus, thank you. 307 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:24,500 Mr. Champion. 308 00:50:25,700 --> 00:50:31,100 Well, last month we welcome the new General Surgeon. 309 00:50:32,540 --> 00:50:40,520 community, Dr. Megan Du, she has come and hit the ground running really well and so we're 310 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:50,760 excited to see her and grow the practice there. So this will be additive but not exactly, 311 00:50:51,810 --> 00:50:58,650 well, not exactly additive but kind of replacement as we had to general surgeons who left the market 312 00:50:58,650 --> 00:51:10,830 recently. So, I have another general surgeon starting actually, she started yesterday as well and then to cardiologists started with us yesterday also. 313 00:51:10,870 --> 00:51:18,510 They've also hit the ground running yesterday with having five to seven cases, each of them just on their first day. 314 00:51:18,510 --> 00:51:22,470 So we're excited to just welcome new physicians into the community. 315 00:51:23,350 --> 00:51:28,050 Those two are doctors and Nila and Lakshmi Rao. 316 00:51:28,250 --> 00:51:33,090 They are the daughters of Dr. Surrey Rao, which some of you may know. 317 00:51:33,810 --> 00:51:38,350 And his brother, Ravi, have worked in our community for really long time. 318 00:51:38,630 --> 00:51:40,450 So we're excited to have that for sure. 319 00:51:41,290 --> 00:51:45,670 We do have a career fair coming up on October 13th. 320 00:51:45,670 --> 00:51:52,450 This will be focused heavily on nurses, but for any of our open positions right now. 321 00:51:52,870 --> 00:51:56,730 We do have a number of registered nurse physicians open today. 322 00:51:57,430 --> 00:52:00,870 Probably the greatest number that we've had in some time. 323 00:52:01,630 --> 00:52:06,110 And so we really look forward to bringing people to that event. 324 00:52:06,150 --> 00:52:10,290 It'll be up to the third team at the Brandon Center in Smurna, 325 00:52:11,150 --> 00:52:14,310 and hopefully we'll all start to see some announcements. 326 00:52:15,630 --> 00:52:20,350 social media coverage on it sometimes, too. 327 00:52:20,350 --> 00:52:25,050 So the same recruiting opportunities that made some of the businesses you have to 328 00:52:25,050 --> 00:52:25,350 say. 329 00:52:25,450 --> 00:52:26,070 Women differently. 330 00:52:27,170 --> 00:52:28,110 And you'd grow nurses. 331 00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:33,670 You guys have a great program to sponsor, not just tuition reimbursement, but to 332 00:52:33,670 --> 00:52:35,110 lose sponsor nurses. 333 00:52:35,930 --> 00:52:36,250 Absolutely. 334 00:52:36,810 --> 00:52:38,510 Where's your job fair going to take place? 335 00:52:38,710 --> 00:52:39,690 At the Brandon Center. 336 00:52:39,850 --> 00:52:40,290 Okay. 337 00:52:40,290 --> 00:53:08,910 So, yes, with that as well, we do have the tuition assistance program at Abon Health is phenomenal in many degree programs and with various schools, the program is actually direct pay where the team member doesn't actually have to pay at all, they don't even have to be being versed, we're just going to pay the school directly, and then many other programs, there's a reimbursement level. 338 00:53:08,910 --> 00:53:13,030 We have a mentorship program, which is right, was a going through school. 339 00:53:13,610 --> 00:53:19,770 It just feels like if that's a passion, they do a really good job in moving that. 340 00:53:19,770 --> 00:53:21,110 And they're still struck, right? 341 00:53:21,230 --> 00:53:30,410 It's good as that program is, it's still healthcare has right now just nationwide gaps in certain 342 00:53:30,410 --> 00:53:36,390 specialties and fields that we have seen specifically in the therapy, 343 00:53:36,390 --> 00:53:44,030 modalities like physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, we have had 344 00:53:44,030 --> 00:53:50,810 position open for over a year now in physical therapy because of what is a 345 00:53:50,810 --> 00:53:56,530 national shortage in that particular field. So I think to your point about the 346 00:53:56,530 --> 00:54:01,250 trades, there are a number of specialties in healthcare that people are just 347 00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:05,410 not as interested in anymore. There's not a lot of students going to school for 348 00:54:05,410 --> 00:54:14,650 those things and as hard as we may be trying to get people hired, there's just not a lot of people to hire. 349 00:54:15,490 --> 00:54:27,190 So we are also in that way encouraging people to consider some of those health care fields that are sort of like fading away. 350 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:35,900 But other than that we keep moving forward, lots of great things happening all the time, so thank you for that opportunity. 351 00:54:35,900 --> 00:54:54,900 Thank you. And I'll segue right into the Daytona Beach Chamber is having a job fair at ATC on October 15th, 352 00:54:54,900 --> 00:54:59,960 of the ITC and it is 353 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:12,920 With, you know, it's a collaboration of, they tend to be chamber, VMA, SCVMTC, and the Lucia County schools. 354 00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:27,160 So all of the manufacturers, if you receive our newsletter, we've been having the advertisement out there for all of our local businesses to participate. 355 00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:36,220 last year we were inundated with job fairs and they started to compete and, you know, 356 00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:43,320 your, your industries and businesses can only go to so many a year. But now there is new 357 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:50,460 legislation that says every high school will have one. So with Volusia County schools, putting on 358 00:55:50,460 --> 00:56:01,360 many job fairs, career fairs. October is manufacturing months, so Daytona, Beach Chamber, 359 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:07,840 decided to really make a big thing of manufacturing month and try to consolidate some 360 00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:14,500 of the job fairs and provide this one big venue. So if anybody is interested, 361 00:56:18,260 --> 00:56:20,840 if you 362 00:56:21,540 --> 00:56:26,140 You know, just interesting coming up there because it's going to be about the students. 363 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,800 They're going to be busing students in from all the different high schools. 364 00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:36,520 In the morning and then the afternoon is for adult job seekers. 365 00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:46,580 Okay, and then I already mentioned the Chamber Summit on October 14. 366 00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:55,020 We'll have more information on that, but please be watching for it and we'd love for you to register to attend. 367 00:56:56,760 --> 00:57:08,860 And then, John Scott, if you will show us our Southeast Police Administration and Technology advertisements that we've been working on, 368 00:57:08,860 --> 00:57:13,140 You know, we talk about it all the time and I keep forgetting to bring you the examples. 369 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:24,000 So, this is my favorite one, you know, the perfect work-life balance and it's all about 370 00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:24,660 our area. 371 00:57:24,820 --> 00:57:33,320 I know you can't read the, I'm print, but it's saying if your company is engaged in aviation 372 00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:38,440 aerospace, so aerotech different industries, you've landed in the right place, Southeast 373 00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:47,000 is located in the Florida High Tech Quarter and it talks about our universities and our 374 00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:54,600 ports and everything and it says we have space. So it's celebrating space and then it celebrates 375 00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:56,460 our quality of life. 376 00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:06,360 In my humble opinion we have the best location in the state with our 377 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:11,400 our mosquito lagoon and our inlet, our beautiful pristine beaches. 378 00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:17,300 So then the next one we did was looking to grow your aviation aerospace 379 00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:22,300 space business, Southeast Felicia County is the launch pad for your aerospace 380 00:58:22,300 --> 00:58:36,340 business. And it's just talking about the global industry and how a lot of 381 00:58:36,340 --> 00:58:42,680 And then there again on the right-hand side, it shows the tech quarter. 382 00:58:43,580 --> 00:58:47,380 And then the next one, we concentrated on space. 383 00:58:48,060 --> 00:58:49,360 And then it's, we have space. 384 00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:51,980 We also have workforce technology and vision field. 385 00:58:52,660 --> 00:58:55,540 It's same premise just a different presentation. 386 00:58:56,360 --> 00:59:00,440 And then our last one, you'll go on to the next one. 387 00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:03,420 We have talent and we have space. 388 00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:05,000 And we have lower cost. 389 00:59:07,380 --> 00:59:14,860 And these run in site selection magazine, Florida, not the Florida trend when we advertise 390 00:59:14,860 --> 00:59:15,940 them there. 391 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:26,250 And what's the one that's leaving me, livability magazine, which is the magazine that 392 00:59:26,250 --> 00:59:31,250 team pollution hands out at all the trade shows and any conferences they go to. 393 00:59:31,250 --> 00:59:36,170 And if people come to town that is the publication they hand out, our answer in there, 394 00:59:36,170 --> 00:59:46,750 They have a digital life and a paper life and this is also added business facilities. 395 00:59:47,350 --> 00:59:59,810 Business facilities and site selection magazine are the two recommended, most red, supposedly most red publications. 396 01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:30,280 So, we have added business facilities this year. And so, this year, business facilities and site selection are both running the same ad. You know, for consistency and repetition, it builds on itself. So, these are some of the ads that SCVMTC does, which, this part of the Southeast Police Administration Manufacturing and Technology Commission, 397 01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,840 coalition is funded by our cities, 398 01:00:33,060 --> 01:00:34,780 new smoothing to be each edge order and okay. 399 01:00:35,380 --> 01:00:39,240 So this is where some of the money is going to. 400 01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:41,880 And that 401 01:00:43,900 --> 01:00:44,640 is my update. 402 01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:49,680 So we are at nine, probably nine, oh, one. 403 01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:55,740 I thank you all for coming and if there isn't anything else. 404 01:00:57,040 --> 01:00:59,140 We're adjourned until October. 405 01:01:00,760 --> 01:01:01,860 Thank you all. 406 01:01:02,980 --> 01:01:05,160 Thank you for coming. 407 01:01:07,940 --> 01:01:08,900 Thank you. 408 01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:11,780 I want to be at the act over here. 409 01:01:15,310 --> 01:01:16,470 One, two, three, five. 410 01:01:16,730 --> 01:01:17,150 Thank you.