[0:01] >> I'll call to order this
[0:02] Satellite Beach City Council
[0:04] Regular Meeting, Wednesday,
[0:06] December 3, 2025. We'll begin
[0:08] with a moment
[0:10] of silence and the Pledge.
[0:19] >> I pledge allegiance to the
[0:21] Flag of the United States of
[0:22] America and to the Republic
[0:23] for which it stands, one
[0:25] Nation under God, indivisible,
[0:27] with liberty and justice
[0:28] for all.
[0:34] >> Thank you. Our third item on
[0:36] the agenda is the presentation
[0:39] of proclamation declaring
[0:41] Florida Arbor Day. So I will go
[0:43] down and meet some of our
[0:44] Beautification Boardmembers,
[0:48] read the proclamation,
[0:49] and then hear anything they
[0:52] want to add.
[1:12] This is an official
[1:13] proclamation of the city of
[1:14] Satellite Beach, Florida.
[1:15] Whereas, in 1872, the
[1:16] Nebraska Board of Agriculture
[1:17] celebrated a special day
[1:18] to be set aside
[1:20] for the planting and nurturing
[1:21] of trees, and recognizing the
[1:23] important role of trees
[1:25] in our lives, and whereas,
[1:26] this holiday, called Arbor
[1:28] Day, was first observed
[1:30] with the planting
[1:31] of more than a million trees
[1:32] across the nation by 1885 when
[1:34] Arbor Day became official, and
[1:36] whereas, Arbor Day and other
[1:38] tree-planting festivals are now
[1:41] observed throughout the nation
[1:42] and the world
[1:43] on varying dates depending
[1:45] on best tree planting times,
[1:46] and whereas, trees and urban
[1:47] forests can be a solution
[1:48] to combating climate change
[1:50] by reducing the erosion
[1:51] of our topsoil
[1:52] by wind and water, minimizing
[1:54] flooding and stormwater runoff,
[1:55] cutting heating and cooling
[1:57] costs thereby conserving
[1:58] energy, moderating the
[2:00] temperature, cleaning the air,
[2:01] producing life-giving oxygen,
[2:03] absorbing carbon dioxide,
[2:05] improving water quality,
[2:07] and providing habitat
[2:08] for native wildlife, and
[2:10] whereas, the City of
[2:12] Satellite Beach is committed
[2:13] to being proactive in
[2:15] preserving its unique coastal
[2:16] environment, protecting its
[2:18] shoreline,
[2:19] building and increasing tree
[2:21] canopies, expanding native
[2:22] landscaping,
[2:24] enhancing community resilience
[2:25] by participating
[2:27] in disaster risk reduction, and
[2:28] promoting sustainability and
[2:30] conservation
[2:31] through responsible stewardship
[2:34] of natural resources; and
[2:35] whereas, Arbor Day offers an
[2:37] opportunity for residents,
[2:39] schools,
[2:40] and local organizations
[2:42] to celebrate
[2:43] by planting trees,
[2:45] participating in coastal
[2:46] restoration efforts and
[2:48] community greening projects,
[2:49] and committing
[2:50] to the care and preservation of
[2:52] our natural environment that
[2:53] supports a greener and viable
[2:55] community, and whereas,
[2:56] the citizens of Satellite
[2:58] Beach recognize the importance
[2:59] of trees
[3:01] in creating a healthier,
[3:02] more sustainable future
[3:03] for generations to come. Now,
[3:05] therefore, I, Steven L.
[3:06] Osmer, Mayor of the City of
[3:07] Satellite Beach, Brevard
[3:09] County, Florida, do hereby
[3:10] proclaim January 16, 2026,
[3:12] as Florid Arbor Day.
[3:29] >> Well, we just want
[3:30] to thank everyone
[3:31] for supporting our efforts with
[3:32] all the trees we're planting
[3:33] in the city and our Arbor Day
[3:34] event that will be coming up
[3:35] this June.
[3:39] >> Hi. As chair of the SRI and
[3:40] Beautification Board, I'm very
[3:41] excited
[3:42] to be here and thank you so
[3:43] much
[3:44] for accepting our proclamation.
[3:46] And yes, the event is going
[3:48] to be on January 17th. Yep.
[3:50] Here in Satellite Beach for
[3:52] Florida Arbor Day. Thank you so
[3:54] much.
[3:56] >> Thank you, ladies.
[4:00] >> Yes.
[4:34] >> Thank you all for being
[4:35] here. Our next item on the
[4:36] agenda is citizen comments.
[4:38] Any citizen comments
[4:39] on non agenda items?
[4:49] >> Do you know what's going on
[4:52] with our.
[5:04] >> So
[5:07] after the last council meeting,
[5:08] I asked our Public Works
[5:09] Director, Alan Potter, gave him
[5:11] the information that he
[5:12] provided me. He has called
[5:13] three times, left three
[5:14] messages and has heard
[5:16] absolutely nothing. We will do
[5:17] our best to continue to stay
[5:18] on it,
[5:19] but I don't know where else
[5:20] to go.
[5:21] >> Neither do I. We had our
[5:22] Oceania annual meeting the other
[5:24] day. And one of the residents
[5:26] said the Green Arrow to turn
[5:28] into Oceania is not working and
[5:30] she wrote some sort of letter
[5:34] to someone. And again, whose
[5:41] responsibility is maintaining
[5:45] things like the Arrow doesn't
[5:49] work properly. We ask Alan
[5:52] Potter and his staff. I've
[5:55] called SDOT and I'm not getting
[5:57] anywhere.
[6:01] >> The city doesn't have any
[6:05] rights over those lights
[6:07] to fix them. So yeah,
[6:08] every time we have a problem
[6:10] with one of the lights, Ascot
[6:11] has to be contracted to come
[6:13] out to fix them. It's not
[6:14] something they contracted the
[6:16] city for us to maintain.
[6:17] >> That was bad. Really given
[6:23] up on ever getting a zip code
[6:24] to be
[6:28] in horrible speech and I don't
[6:30] like that. I like things
[6:33] to get done when they need to
[6:34] get done. When should they
[6:36] put up the menorah here?
[6:42] >> Anytime after the
[6:44] decorations go. I was told it
[6:45] was going to be the first,
[6:47] they would bring it away.
[6:50] >> So I do believe there is a
[6:52] delay because that's the first.
[6:54] >> So we'll get that
[6:56] information.
[6:59] >> I'll contact soon.
[7:00] >> Please. Because I do want
[7:01] them to get the menorah up and
[7:04] if they. I have no idea who
[7:06] this person wrote
[7:07] to and who she was saying
[7:09] to like, these things need
[7:10] to be checked periodically,
[7:12] I think because she looked
[7:14] at the ocean and
[7:16] in those nice,
[7:18] beautiful boxes that are
[7:20] wrapped
[7:22] in gorgeous artwork.
[7:36] >> Thank you, ma'am.
[7:44] >> Hello. Diane Douglas.
[7:47] >> Can you state your address,
[7:48] ma'am? Where you live.
[7:50] >> 65 Holly President.
[7:51] >> Yes. Thank you.
[7:53] >> What was I going to say?
[7:57] Oh, the wall on the corner
[7:58] of A1A and Royal Palm is Just a
[8:00] cement decorative wall right
[8:03] there in the corner. It's a
[8:05] little crumbly. So I don't know
[8:07] if you want to put an amount
[8:08] in a budget
[8:12] in the upcoming years
[8:15] to fix that or it needs
[8:17] to be painted. I just wanted
[8:18] to bring it
[8:20] to your attention. That is
[8:22] needs to get. It needs
[8:23] attention now one way or
[8:24] another or brought
[8:26] to your attention now
[8:27] before it gets too bad. That's
[8:31] one thing. So I brought it
[8:33] to your attention. What to do
[8:34] with it, I don't know. You guys
[8:36] can decide that. And EVs,
[8:37] the kids on EVs, I don't mind,
[8:41] but we need
[8:43] to be teaching them the rules
[8:46] of the road
[8:48] like their drivers. Instead
[8:50] of just like bicycle safety
[8:51] where you know, whatever,
[8:53] but we need
[8:55] to teach them the rules
[8:56] of the road where just
[8:58] like you give them. So they
[9:00] actually need to be reading the
[9:01] driver's egg manual so that
[9:04] they know which way the cars
[9:06] turn and all that to make them
[9:08] smarter so that they can
[9:10] protect themselves. So I think
[9:13] that's a good thing
[9:16] for the grade schools
[9:17] to do middle school
[9:19] before they get the licenses
[9:20] to know the rules of the road.
[9:24] I've been thinking this
[9:25] for a long time, but now
[9:27] with EV, it's definitely
[9:30] important because my daughter
[9:31] said,
[9:33] why didn't I learn the rules
[9:34] of these roads earlier? It
[9:35] would have made bike riding so
[9:36] much better. Just want
[9:39] to share that.
[9:42] >> Thank you, ma'am.
[9:45] >> Is that wall city property?
[9:48] >> That's what I will confirm.
[9:49] We'll find out if it's
[9:50] something that we are
[9:51] responsible for.
[9:53] Potentially a different
[9:54] owner.
[9:55] >> Okay. Thank you.
[9:56] >> Note of the address.
[10:03] >> Thank you. Any other citizen
[10:05] comments? Madam.
[10:11] >> I would like
[10:12] to ask what can be done
[10:16] about aftermarket noise coming
[10:18] from vehicles. We're so lucky
[10:20] to come here. The weather's
[10:23] nice. Open the windows. I feel
[10:25] like I'm living on the street.
[10:27] In the street, the noise, it's
[10:28] so loud and it's 1am midnight.
[10:30] It's ridiculous.
[10:32] Like tell us, do we just have
[10:33] to live with it or. And this is
[10:40] aftermarket. People have the
[10:43] noise put in
[10:45] to make themselves feel better
[10:47] about themselves or something.
[10:49] But it needs to stop.
[10:56] >> Thank you. Any other citizen
[10:57] comments
[10:58] on non agenda items?
[11:02] We will transfer to City
[11:04] Council comments.
[11:06] Councilmember Sams?
[11:12] >> So on the 20th or 21st.
[11:17] Well, anyway, earlier in
[11:19] November, late November, right
[11:21] before Thanksgiving, I had the
[11:23] opportunity to attend the
[11:24] Fallen Firefighters Memorial up
[11:26] in Ocala. And it is open to the
[11:27] public. I highly encourage you
[11:29] all to go if you get the chance
[11:31] and you happen to be in
[11:32] Ocala. It's a very moving
[11:34] ceremony. If you do the
[11:35] ceremony in the morning,
[11:38] the parade is at night. That's
[11:39] pretty cool too.
[11:42] Yeah, highly recommend you
[11:44] all go at some point
[11:46] in time.
[11:48] >> Thank you for sharing,
[11:50] Councilmember Sams.
[11:52] >> Happy holidays
[11:53] around the corner. Isn't it
[11:55] exciting? Looking forward to
[11:56] the city events and really
[11:58] appreciate the city
[12:00] for putting on so many events.
[12:02] I know you're going
[12:03] to be going
[12:05] over those shortly,
[12:07] so I won't spoil what's going
[12:09] to be happening around here.
[12:11] This was wonderful to see.
[12:13] This is our public works
[12:14] department, front page into
[12:16] beachside living. I haven't had
[12:18] a chance to read this yet,
[12:19] but it is amazing with all they
[12:20] do and appreciate everything
[12:21] they do. So happy holidays.
[12:23] Thank you.
[12:24] >> I'll go and then I'll talk
[12:26] to you, Jay, if that's okay.
[12:27] Just enjoyed the Thanksgiving
[12:28] holiday. Hope everyone else did
[12:30] as well. It was a nice time
[12:32] to be outside and all that.
[12:33] Had a couple comments relevant
[12:36] to our agenda items,
[12:38] so I'll save that.
[12:39] But did was going by
[12:41] with the boys I was running,
[12:44] they were riding their bikes
[12:45] and we saw the fire department
[12:47] specifically, I will say it,
[12:49] their favorite fire department
[12:53] member, Captain Dragon, up on
[12:55] the crane putting the lights up
[12:56] on the station. So that was a
[12:59] fun thing
[13:00] to observe. I don't want
[13:01] to steal the thunder
[13:03] of upcoming events,
[13:04] but it's an exciting time
[13:05] in the city
[13:06] with all the events coming up
[13:07] for families. So that's all
[13:09] I've got. Councilmember
[13:10] Rozycki, future Vice Mayor
[13:12] Rozycki.
[13:17] >> First of all, I want to
[13:19] thank the police department and
[13:21] also the sheriff's office
[13:22] for your swift taking care of
[13:25] our students yesterday. I
[13:27] appreciate that. Having one
[13:28] there at the school as well and
[13:30] knowing
[13:31] on the flip side what it's
[13:32] like
[13:33] to be a teacher or a student
[13:34] in maybe one
[13:35] of those situations. So thank
[13:36] you for keeping that safe.
[13:37] Last week we had a lunch and
[13:38] learn. I had the opportunity
[13:39] to go since we had the week
[13:40] off and Jordan Chandler
[13:42] from waste Management, I guess
[13:44] now they're going by WM came
[13:45] to speak for our lunch and
[13:47] learn and it was very
[13:49] informative and one thing that
[13:50] I learned that I didn't know is
[13:52] that the trucks have a smart
[13:53] camera on them so he can go
[13:55] back or anyone can go back
[13:57] to look to seen if a pickup was
[13:59] missed. Why was it missed? Was
[14:05] a car blocking it? Was the cart
[14:07] too close to a tree and the
[14:09] truck couldn't get to it? So I
[14:11] think that's interesting. It
[14:13] helps the resident, but it
[14:15] maybe also helps waste
[14:17] management to know,
[14:21] was the cart put
[14:23] out too late? So that part was
[14:25] interesting. Didn't know that.
[14:27] And then also yes, Happy
[14:28] Holidays. The city has a couple
[14:31] of different ways that you can
[14:32] bless members
[14:34] of our community. We have the
[14:35] Satellite Cares Program
[14:37] through the Fire Department,
[14:39] through their volunteer program
[14:41] and you said there are angel
[14:43] trees here at City Hall,
[14:45] Police Department and the
[14:46] Schechter Center. And then it's
[14:48] on Facebook as well. And then I
[14:49] know our Satellite Beach
[14:50] Lions Club does their box
[14:52] of food for families as well
[14:55] and I think they said there's
[14:56] like 100 families this year.
[14:57] So those are different ways
[15:00] that you can bless people right
[15:02] here
[15:03] in our own community.
[15:07] >> Thank you madam.
[15:10] >> City Attorney's Report?
[15:12] >> None.
[15:15] >> City Managers Report?
[15:17] >> Have a few things. Speaking
[15:18] of all the holidays happening
[15:20] in the city,
[15:21] we will kick things off this
[15:22] Sunday, December 7th from 5:30
[15:23] to 8:30 at the fire
[15:24] Department's Holiday Open
[15:26] House. Celebrate the season
[15:27] with our Fire Department at
[15:28] Jackson Avenue. Enjoy station
[15:29] tours, live music, games, face
[15:31] painting, refreshments, magical
[15:32] snowfall and a special visit
[15:33] from the fringe.
[15:35] To continue on,
[15:37] they will be doing Twilight
[15:38] Santa. Santa returns
[15:39] for his annual Twilight Ride
[15:41] through Satellite Beach. It
[15:42] will begin on Monday, December
[15:43] 8th and travel
[15:45] through the city all the way
[15:46] through Saturday, December
[15:47] 13th. That is up on our
[15:48] Facebook pages of the routes so
[15:50] you can take a look at that
[15:51] to see when they will be
[15:52] by your house. On Tuesday,
[15:55] December 9th, phone calls
[15:58] from Santa's Workshop the
[15:59] Satellite Beach Recreation and
[16:01] the RRPCS are teaming up with
[16:03] San Workshop at the North Pole
[16:04] to bring a little extra holiday
[16:06] magic to your home. Children
[16:08] can enjoy a special phone call
[16:09] from one of Santa's top elves
[16:11] straight from the North Pole
[16:12] and that will be on Tuesday,
[16:14] December 9 from 5 until 8. You
[16:16] can reserve your child spots
[16:17] today by signing up
[16:18] on our website. There will be a
[16:21] community Movie night on
[16:22] Friday, December 12th at 5:30
[16:24] at the Satellite Beach United
[16:25] Methodist Church. Enjoy a
[16:26] family friendly showing of
[16:27] Elf. And then
[16:28] of course our holiday Golf
[16:31] Cart Parade will be on
[16:32] Friday, December 19th. It kicks
[16:33] off at 5 o'clock from Delora
[16:35] Middle School and travels
[16:36] through the city to the Sports
[16:38] park posted on Facebook.
[16:39] Closer will be the actual event
[16:41] map. You haven't already signed
[16:43] up. It's $15 from now until
[16:45] December 18 and then $20 the
[16:48] day of. There will be lots
[16:50] of holiday themed decorations,
[16:53] contests and prizes,
[16:54] food trucks and live music
[16:55] at the sports park. We had a
[16:57] great time when we did the
[16:58] Halloween Golf Cart Parade so
[17:00] we're looking forward to the
[17:02] Christmas. Pawtastic
[17:03] pictures, they started this
[17:05] tradition this year. They did
[17:07] some fall pictures and
[17:09] Thanksgiving and Halloween and
[17:10] now they're going
[17:12] to be doing the Christmas
[17:14] holiday ones on Dec. 20 from 9
[17:15] to noon at the DRS Community
[17:17] Center. $20 includes a treat, a
[17:18] digital photo and lasting
[17:20] memories. Our lunch and Learn
[17:22] for December is up a little
[17:23] earlier than typical just
[17:25] because of all the holidays.
[17:26] So it will be on Tuesday,
[17:27] December 16th. You can join
[17:28] city staff to learn
[17:29] about the community garden, the
[17:30] city nursery and how you can
[17:31] participate. And have you ever
[17:32] heard about air layering? If
[17:34] you haven't,
[17:35] please come and join us from
[17:36] 12 to 1 across the hall,
[17:38] lunch will be provided. Due
[17:39] to the holidays. We will not be
[17:41] having a business networking
[17:42] event this month,
[17:44] but we look forward
[17:46] to seeing you again in
[17:47] January. This is our final
[17:49] City council meeting for 2025.
[17:51] We will have our next council
[17:53] meeting meeting will be on
[17:55] January 7th of 2026. City
[17:57] offices will be closed on
[17:58] Thursday, December 25th and
[18:00] Friday, December 26th and
[18:01] Thursday, January 1st
[18:03] for all the holidays. Just
[18:05] to kind of keep in the back
[18:07] of your mind, there are going
[18:09] to be some upcoming changes
[18:10] to city's regulations
[18:12] for e-bikes along
[18:13] with golf parks. More
[18:14] information will be shared
[18:16] in the January-February edition
[18:17] of the beachcrafter along
[18:18] with details about a town hall
[18:20] meeting planned for January.
[18:21] So stay tuned for all
[18:23] of that. And that's all I have.
[18:26] >> Thank you, City Manager.
[18:28] We will move on
[18:30] to the consent agenda,
[18:31] which is included
[18:33] in your packet. There's only
[18:35] one item
[18:36] on there which is adoption
[18:37] of the minutes
[18:38] from our last meeting,
[18:40] November 19, 2025.
[18:44] >> I make a motion to approve
[18:45] the consent agenda.
[18:47] >> Second.
[18:50] >> Okay, we have a motion and a
[18:51] second. Any discussion?
[18:56] >> Any public discussion
[18:57] on the consent agenda? Okay.
[18:59] Hearing none.
[19:00] >>[CALLING ROLL]
[19:05] >> Motion carries. Moving on
[19:06] to agenda item number 9.
[19:10] Discuss/take action
[19:12] on ordinance no. 1281, an
[19:16] ordinance of the City of
[19:17] Satellite Beach, Brevard
[19:19] County, Florida, making
[19:20] editorial Revisions to section
[19:21] 14-1 regarding adoption of
[19:22] Brevard County Animal control
[19:23] ordinance; creating a new
[19:25] section 14-4 to allow Dogs
[19:26] on the beach
[19:28] during restricted times
[19:30] of the year and Restricted
[19:31] times of the day as a pilot
[19:33] program; creating a new
[19:34] Section 14-5, civil
[19:36] penalties/additional remedies;
[19:38] providing for Sunsetting the
[19:40] pilot program; providing
[19:42] for severability, conflicts,
[19:43] And an effective date (second
[19:47] reading). That's the agenda
[19:49] item. Do we have any comments
[19:52] on that discussion?
[19:55] >> Well, discussion
[19:56] changes were to extend the
[19:59] hours so it will be from 5am
[20:00] to 10am.
[20:03] >> That's pretty much the same
[20:07] as it was.
[20:12] >> That's correct.
[20:14] >> Are we at a point where we
[20:17] can discuss.
[20:19] >> Yeah.
[20:20] >> I think maybe Ron Paul
[20:22] brought it up when he talked
[20:23] about sunrise
[20:26] to a particular time. If we
[20:28] want this, then we want
[20:29] to stay in the word.
[20:31] As I mull it in my mind, the
[20:33] thing that could be a risk is
[20:34] and it's
[20:36] during the winter time,
[20:37] so it's going to be dark early
[20:39] in the morning. If a person's
[20:41] walking down the beach and they
[20:42] have their dog and everything's
[20:43] fine, but it's dark and
[20:46] somebody comes up the other way
[20:47] all of a sudden, they just
[20:48] surprise each other because
[20:50] it's dark out. This might be
[20:51] kind of a question for Brad.
[20:52] Are we posing a safety
[20:55] concerned because we're
[20:56] allowing it to start
[20:58] before sunrise or are we going
[21:00] to be more prone
[21:03] to accept if we spend it 5 to
[21:06] 10 and sunrise to 10? What's
[21:09] your thoughts?
[21:10] >> Honestly, my opinion on that
[21:11] is there's so many people
[21:12] out walking dogs across the
[21:13] city that could come up on
[21:15] another person's present. I get
[21:16] there's lights
[21:17] on the streets and things
[21:18] like that, but not everywhere
[21:20] that we don't generally see
[21:21] that as a big concern
[21:22] on our side.
[21:24] >> No. Okay.
[21:26] I just put it up
[21:27] for discussion.
[21:31] >> Yeah. What it's worth,
[21:32] I was the one that kind
[21:33] of pushed for, you know,
[21:36] having a little bit
[21:37] of an extended time for people
[21:38] on the later, later side. I
[21:41] think the challenge
[21:42] with sunrise is to find, you
[21:44] know,
[21:45] you can define what's dark
[21:46] but you can't define,
[21:48] you know.
[21:50] >> Any other discussion
[21:52] comments from up here
[21:54] on this topic.
[21:58] >> We were talking
[21:59] about taking some metrics,
[22:01] Right. So that when we go
[22:02] through the pilot program,
[22:04] we know.
[22:06] What is happening
[22:07] down there? Today, if we go
[22:09] down there, we're going to see
[22:11] people that are breaking the
[22:12] law. They have their dogs
[22:14] on the beach right now.
[22:15] Right. We down there,
[22:17] we pull them
[22:18] off and we explain to them and
[22:19] educate them and do things
[22:20] like that. This will hopefully
[22:22] be an outlet sooner. They won't
[22:23] do that. They'll come
[22:24] down here in the mornings.
[22:25] When we create this metric,
[22:26] it'd be nice to differentiate
[22:28] between what we're trying to
[22:29] accomplish and those people
[22:30] that are just going to come
[22:32] down there and break the law
[22:34] anyway. So when we define how
[22:35] we're going to record this,
[22:37] it'd be nice to have that
[22:38] differentiate factor
[22:39] in there,
[22:41] you know what I mean?
[22:42] >> So one
[22:43] of the things we're doing
[22:45] in line with the dogs
[22:46] on the beach and eventually
[22:47] The E bikes and the golf carts
[22:49] is we're creating an initial
[22:51] warning program
[22:53] for those things. So the minute
[22:55] we see violations happening,
[22:56] they're going to get the
[22:58] initial warning which will be
[22:59] broken down
[23:00] in our computer system into
[23:02] searchable data so we can
[23:04] report back obviously when it
[23:05] comes time
[23:07] to decide whether or not
[23:08] to continue with the program on
[23:09] how many violations there were,
[23:10] what the violations were,
[23:11] if they were there at 10:30,
[23:12] 11:00 o', clock, 2:00pm and all
[23:13] those things will be broken
[23:15] down in our records management
[23:16] system and reportable things
[23:17] that we can bring back
[23:18] to you.
[23:19] >> Thank you.
[23:21] >> Naturally, what we'd like
[23:22] to see happen, we're going
[23:24] to start with our volunteers
[23:25] on an ATV of some sort. We just
[23:27] learned that ours has been
[23:28] rusted out pretty good.
[23:30] But we're going
[23:33] to resolve that
[23:34] before this starts. Our
[23:35] volunteers are going to start
[23:36] with these warnings and
[23:38] observations and then we're
[23:40] going
[23:41] to start supplementing them
[23:42] with officers. And so as it
[23:43] progresses after the first
[23:45] month we're going to start
[23:47] to transition like we do
[23:48] with anything to if we get
[23:49] repeat offenders because we'll
[23:50] have their names from the
[23:52] warning system that look,
[23:54] you've been warned twice and
[23:55] then we turn
[23:56] to the enforcement side
[23:58] of things. But all those things
[23:59] will be searchable and
[24:00] reportable back
[24:02] to you when we ready
[24:03] to make a decision
[24:04] on moving on.
[24:06] >> Thank you.
[24:08] >> Any other questions or
[24:09] comments from council?
[24:11] >> I was just going
[24:12] to say the majority
[24:13] of people that I have talked
[24:14] to in the last couple
[24:16] of weeks,
[24:17] this has been very favorable.
[24:19] Everybody's concern is people
[24:20] not cleaning up after their dog
[24:21] and my goodness,
[24:22] that is the easiest thing to
[24:23] do.
[24:24] I don't know why that's so
[24:25] difficult.
[24:26] So you know, if we want this
[24:28] to work, have a bag
[24:29] with you and clean up
[24:30] after your bed. Right.
[24:32] That does feel. Yeah, go
[24:33] here. You don't have.
[24:34] >> No, that's it.
[24:35] That does feel less into my
[24:36] comment experience which is
[24:37] over the break we, my wife and
[24:38] the two boys and I took our
[24:40] relatively new rescue dog is
[24:41] very well behaved
[24:42] to the public. The county beach
[24:44] which allows dogs
[24:45] for the first time, which I
[24:47] will say I'm very excited
[24:50] at the prospect. I know a lot
[24:51] of other people already had it
[24:54] here inside of Satellite beach,
[24:57] but we participated in the
[24:58] cleaning up process which was
[24:59] very straightforward, you know,
[25:01] and I do, I like how we. I
[25:03] think I know what it means
[25:05] but we've defined what it means
[25:06] in the statute here.
[25:08] But that's the biggest. Being a
[25:10] good citizen is the key part
[25:12] which you shouldn't have
[25:14] to put that in there,
[25:15] but it is. And that's the key
[25:16] part of people. It's been
[25:17] overwhelmingly positive. If
[25:19] people want to keep it, that's
[25:21] what they need to do
[25:22] is just follow the rules and
[25:24] pick up that their dogs.
[25:25] Yeah, no,
[25:27] but people have been very,
[25:29] very excited and positive
[25:30] about it in my talking
[25:31] to people
[25:33] in the community.
[25:38] >> Okay. Anything else
[25:39] from staff? Okay. Any public
[25:41] comments on this topic? Okay.
[25:42] Come forward. Please.
[25:45] >> Announce yourself.
[25:54] >> My name is Diane Stanton.
[25:55] I've been in Satellite beach.
[25:57] Resident since 92. I have an
[25:58] 80 pound trained Belljerman
[26:04] pincher. I do dog training. I
[26:06] work with the Indian River
[26:09] Dog Training Club. I do scent
[26:10] detection training dogs for
[26:16] that. I don't take my dog
[26:19] walking in my neighborhood.
[26:22] He's been to Canova twice. The
[26:28] second time I was there, there
[26:29] were two policemen standing on
[26:30] the crossover watching three
[26:31] dogs run off leash. They turned
[26:32] around, walked off. I'm going,
[26:34] you know,
[26:36] don't you all see this? Rules
[26:39] and regulations are great as
[26:42] long as they are uphill and you
[26:44] have somebody
[26:46] to police the activity.
[26:48] Unfortunately, our policemen in
[26:53] the county and the city are
[26:56] busy enough to watch, you know,
[26:57] which dog is pooping or not.
[27:00] To me,
[27:01] poop is a minor thing. I mean,
[27:03] If I'm walking, my dog poops,
[27:05] I pick it up. If I see somebody
[27:06] else's dog that pooped
[27:08] in sand, I pick it up too. You
[27:09] know, it all smells the same.
[27:10] I'm hoping that this does work.
[27:12] One thing I would love
[27:14] for this to see this city do.
[27:16] And I know years ago when I
[27:18] moved here,
[27:20] they had implemented a program
[27:21] of beginning obedience classes.
[27:24] I think they had them in
[27:25] Indian harbor beach and they
[27:27] had them at DRS. I think they
[27:30] had a couple classes there.
[27:31] There's a lot of very
[27:34] good obedience instructors
[27:35] in this area in the county,
[27:38] our club and Brevard Dog
[27:43] training clubs up in Merritt
[27:45] island are all nonprofit. We
[27:51] don't get paid. So it's very
[27:57] difficult
[28:00] to ask these instructors
[28:01] to volunteer to come and start
[28:03] teaching classes for
[28:04] instructions. I think it would
[28:06] be a great program
[28:08] during the summer months
[28:09] for kids after Christmas,
[28:12] implement a class where they
[28:13] can learn how to take care
[28:15] of those new puppies,
[28:18] learn how
[28:20] to get them trained, make them
[28:22] stay, sit, follow, you stay
[28:25] on that leash. And that's the
[28:28] utmost thing, is staying on the
[28:31] leash and not pulling them
[28:33] around. As that woman was
[28:36] pulled around at Canova and we
[28:38] saw what that happened.
[28:40] Anyway, I just wanted
[28:43] to get my 2 cents
[28:44] for them I think the $100 fine
[28:46] for $100 for no, $50
[28:49] for the first infraction, 100
[28:52] for the next one. I think,
[28:54] I would be in generous. I think
[28:55] it could be 100 bucks the first
[28:58] time you're caught,
[29:00] somebody's going
[29:02] to think twice
[29:03] about letting their dog
[29:05] off that leash. If somebody's
[29:09] going to report them. Double.
[29:12] Make a little bit more money
[29:13] for the city. But I think it
[29:15] would be a little bit more
[29:16] of a deterrent in people
[29:17] turning their dogs loose. And
[29:20] it's going to happen. You're
[29:21] going to have that one person
[29:22] that says, oh,
[29:24] my dog's never done anything.
[29:25] Now as well trained as my dog
[29:27] is, I wouldn't trust him around
[29:28] another dog. I trust him. I
[29:31] don't trust that other dog or
[29:32] how my dog's gonna react if
[29:33] that dog comes after mine.
[29:36] Anyway, that's all I have
[29:41] to say.
[29:44] >> Thank you, madam.
[29:45] >> Thank you.
[29:48] >> Any other members
[29:50] from the public wish
[29:51] to comment on this item?
[29:53] Ma'am?
[30:02] >> Hello. Darren Bedworth, same
[30:03] resident. This is
[30:10] in the beach caster. It said no
[30:14] dogs allowed on beach because
[30:16] it protects Satellite Beach
[30:18] shorebirds. So all year round,
[30:20] FYI. And that doesn't stop
[30:21] from January to April. Okay.
[30:23] It's all year round. This is
[30:27] from Varre County
[30:28] about pollutants found in pet
[30:35] waste can transmit diseases and
[30:38] parasites to humans. Campo
[30:40] lobobacteria carried by dogs,
[30:43] the cats may cause bacterial
[30:45] infection that frequently
[30:47] causes diarrhea. Cytosoridium a
[30:50] parasite, may cause diarrhea,
[30:51] stomach cramps,
[30:54] nausea and dehydration.
[30:55] Toxoparicerius roundworms may
[30:58] cause vision loss, rash,
[30:59] fever or cough. E. Coli
[31:03] bacteria, let's see, may cause
[31:05] cramping, diarrhea,
[31:06] vomiting and dehydration. So I
[31:08] thought no dogs on the beach
[31:10] was a health and safety issue.
[31:13] And that doesn't change from
[31:14] April to January or from 5am
[31:18] to 10am so I'm not for this. I
[31:19] believe the beach is one of the
[31:21] only last places that's dog
[31:24] free in the whole city. You can
[31:27] take your dogs on the street,
[31:29] street, on the sidewalk,
[31:31] the parks. The only place left
[31:33] for people who don't want
[31:35] to be around dogs. Allergic
[31:36] to dogs, have medical issues
[31:37] with dogs feel unsafe their
[31:39] dogs have PSTD. Is that right?
[31:41] Post traumatic PTSD
[31:43] about dogs could drink bit
[31:46] into the beach. So beach is
[31:47] necessary relaxing. Having
[31:52] dogs bark at you, a jump
[31:58] on you. Having other dogs bite
[32:00] is not relaxing. So I'm totally
[32:02] against this. Let me see what
[32:08] else I have in my notes. Oh
[32:16] yes, I have seen a dog
[32:19] defecating on the sand
[32:20] in a wave, washing it back
[32:21] into the ocean before the
[32:23] owners could pick it up. I've
[32:24] seen pet owners carry poop with
[32:26] sand and then walking away.
[32:27] I've seen owners just bringing
[32:28] their dog down, letting it poop
[32:30] and then walking away. I've
[32:33] seen owners not picking up
[32:35] after their dog. Owners
[32:37] with dogs off leashes who the
[32:39] dog's poop and they are not
[32:40] even aware that their dog is
[32:41] pooping. Let's see, I had a
[32:43] friend said that a dog urinated
[32:44] on his fishing stuff. Let's
[32:46] see. Dogs on the beach. Oh,
[32:48] yeah,
[32:50] people don't have their dogs
[32:51] on a leash. They let them go.
[32:54] So we went through the
[32:56] pollutants and what else?
[33:02] Yeah, and I like a beach.
[33:03] Santa La beach hasn't had any.
[33:07] >> Thank you, madam.
[33:09] >> You're welcome.
[33:15] >> Any other members
[33:16] of the public wish to comment
[33:17] on this topic? Madam.
[33:24] >> Satellite Beach.
[33:25] I'm kind of excited about this.
[33:27] I'm glad that it'll stop at 10
[33:29] because like that lady said,
[33:32] it's not relaxing because I
[33:35] don't get to enjoy the beach
[33:40] because I'm always
[33:41] with my dog. When I walk up
[33:43] to the little thing,
[33:45] the platform, and I see like
[33:47] 10 people with their dogs
[33:49] on the beach in Satellite beach
[33:51] and I'm not willing
[33:52] to take that risk. So this is
[33:54] kind of exciting and I feel
[33:56] for people who don't enjoy
[33:58] being around dogs.
[34:03] >> Thank you, madam. Any other
[34:06] public comment
[34:10] from this topic?
[34:15] >> Who will be policing this?
[34:17] Monitoring the dog being
[34:19] obvious who's responsible
[34:20] for it, please let their dog
[34:22] poop and not pick it up. You
[34:24] know, that's a big
[34:25] responsibility and as a person
[34:27] that I would still not take my
[34:28] dog to bleach.
[34:38] If I was down there with my
[34:39] dog and I saw somebody else
[34:40] doing this,
[34:42] what are my options as far as,
[34:44] okay, I'm following the rules,
[34:45] but here's some idiot that's
[34:46] not okay.
[34:50] >> The time for public comments
[34:52] that we're one at a time. We
[34:53] can generally address how we
[34:55] anticipate carrying this out
[34:57] there because it is a new thing
[34:58] and I think that's good from a
[35:01] public information perspective.
[35:04] We touched
[35:06] on this some last meeting,
[35:08] but would the city
[35:09] manager or the chief like
[35:11] to address what the plans are
[35:12] for enforcement?
[35:13] >> So we're going
[35:14] to have initially
[35:15] in the early morning hours,
[35:16] we're going to start. We have
[35:17] an amazing group of police
[35:18] volunteers that are trained on
[35:19] our ATV that regularly patrol
[35:20] the beach. And so we're going
[35:21] to supplement our officers and
[35:22] volunteers to regularly patrol
[35:23] during a pilot program
[35:25] to first of all monitor
[35:28] the dogs
[35:30] on the leash type thing.
[35:31] Catching the dog pooping
[35:33] on the beach in person is about
[35:34] as elusive as catching a dog
[35:35] pooping on the beach.
[35:41] So that was a little more
[35:42] problematic. But the off leash
[35:43] to me is one of the main things
[35:44] that I think frightened people
[35:46] for all the reasons that were
[35:48] stated before. So we're going
[35:49] to be very mindful of that. So
[35:50] our officers are going to be
[35:51] actively patrolling initially
[35:53] issuing warnings that there's a
[35:54] repeat violation
[35:55] of the given citations. And
[35:57] then to answer your question,
[35:58] if you do see a violation,
[36:00] just like with anything else,
[36:01] you can call the non emergency
[36:03] number. We prefer that
[36:04] for a violation of a dog
[36:05] on the beach. And if there's
[36:07] not someone in active patrol,
[36:08] then one of our patrol officers
[36:09] will be assigned the call just
[36:10] like they are now for dogs
[36:12] on the beach complaints. And
[36:13] they'll respond to that
[36:15] location and then take the
[36:16] appropriate enforcement action.
[36:18] >> What section of each is
[36:19] this? I've never read that.
[36:22] >> All of it. All Satellite
[36:23] Beach.
[36:25] >> I mean, I'm going
[36:27] to say this too for everyone
[36:29] out there who's excited
[36:30] about this. Two things. One is
[36:32] it's a pilot program so if we
[36:36] want to keep this, we need to
[36:38] comply and the other thing
[36:39] though is the dogs being
[36:42] off leash. That's an issue
[36:43] for people with their dogs
[36:44] on a leash too, if anything,
[36:47] even more so. So that's very
[36:49] important I think from an
[36:50] enforcement perspective and you
[36:52] know, just being again being a
[36:53] good citizen perspective. If
[36:55] you're a dog lover and you've
[36:56] been waiting for years
[36:57] for this
[36:58] to happen and you want to
[37:00] continue follow the rules and
[37:02] the leash part is very,
[37:04] very important. Anything else
[37:06] from council or staff on this
[37:07] topic?
[37:08] >> I hope that I'm going
[37:10] to be somewhat of this. So
[37:11] regulating, right? If we're
[37:14] allowing the citizens
[37:15] to do this and citizens want us
[37:16] to see just as much as we do.
[37:18] And if I'm walking my dog and I
[37:20] see somebody on the beach,
[37:22] it's not leashed. They just
[37:24] need to go up to them and say
[37:26] we need leashes here. We're
[37:27] trying to make this work. Let
[37:29] them let that community come
[37:30] together because it's theirs
[37:32] to lose. If the pilot program
[37:34] fails because the dog owners
[37:35] can't control themselves, then
[37:37] they have themselves deployed.
[37:41] >> I want to make sure that not
[37:42] many procedural profiles. City
[37:45] attorney,
[37:46] I read the agenda items.
[37:48] That's sufficient for three
[37:49] to the fourth. Okay, very well.
[37:51] That being the case,
[37:54] if there's any other Comments
[37:56] from members of the public who
[37:57] have not spoken as of yet.
[37:58] Okay. That being the case, I'd
[38:00] entertain a motion.
[38:02] >> I motion to approve.
[38:03] >> A little bit more than that.
[38:07] >> Yeah.
[38:14] >> So I move
[38:16] to adopt ordinance number 1281
[38:18] on the second reading.
[38:21] >> Second.
[38:25] >> Motion and a second. Any
[38:26] further comments? Okay. Madam
[38:28] Clerk.
[38:30] >>[CALLING ROLL]
[38:37] >> Motion carries.
[38:41] >> There are no further agenda
[38:47] items. There's not even items
[38:50] for the next agenda,
[38:52] but I'm going to open that up.
[38:55] In the event that there's
[38:56] anyone up here who has anything
[38:58] specific to the next agenda,
[39:00] this would be the time.
[39:01] >> That would be the January
[39:02] 7th meeting.
[39:04] >> January 7th meeting. So I
[39:05] hope everyone has a Merry
[39:06] Christmas, Happy Hanukkah,
[39:08] Happy New Year, and look
[39:09] forward to seeing everyone in
[39:11] 2026. Congratulations again
[39:13] to incoming Vice Mayor
[39:14] Rozycki. Thank you again,
[39:16] in all seriousness,
[39:17] for allowing me to do this over
[39:18] the past year and do this
[39:20] twice. I think if I did it the
[39:21] third time, I'd blacked out
[39:22] but it has been a true honor,
[39:24] so thank you very much. If
[39:25] there's nothing else to get
[39:27] of the order, call the meeting
[39:30] to adjourn.