Cocoa, Florida City records for 2020

126 meetings in the archive, 74 with approved City minutes read, 3 with draft minutes read, 38 with a machine transcript, 638 motions recorded. All 2020 votes →

Who served

Mayor: Jake Williams Jr. (2018-11-20 to 2020-11-17)
Mayor: Mike Blake (2020-11-17 to present)
Councilmember, District 1: Alex Goins (2018-11-20 to present)
Councilmember, District 2: Brenda Warner (earliest record to 2020-11-17)
Councilmember, District 2: Lavander Hearn (2020-11-17 to present)
Councilmember, District 3: Don Boisvert (earliest record to 2020-11-17)
Councilmember, District 3: Herbert "Rip" Dyal (2020-11-17 to 2023-10-10)
Councilmember, District 4: Lorraine Koss (2018-11-20 to present)
Deputy Mayor: Alex Goins (2019-11-14 to 2021-11-10)

From the council roster. A seat that changed hands in 2020 shows both holders.

Elections

The Brevard County Supervisor of Elections' candidate page for 2020 lists 3 City of Cocoa races: City of Cocoa Mayor; City of Cocoa City Council, District 2; City of Cocoa City Council, District 3. Candidates and past races →

Motions by subject

Subject	Motions	With a recorded "no" vote
Minutes and agendas	150	0
Budget, taxes and finance	64	2
Zoning, land use and development	35	10
Contracts, agreements and grants	72	5
Utilities and public works	14	3
Public safety and code enforcement	23	2
Appointments, proclamations and recognitions	22	2
Ordinances	34	1
Resolutions	18	1
Procedural motions	69	0
Other motions	137	9

Each motion is placed in the first subject whose key words appear in its agenda-item title or motion text. This is a keyword grouping done by code, for counting; it is not a judgment about which votes mattered.

Votes with a recorded "no" (latest 25 of 35)

2020-12-16 · Board of Adjustment · Motion: “recommend approval of the Special Exception to include the conditions set forth by staff” · Carried 3-2
2020-12-15 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL OF THE LARGE-SCALE SITE PLAN FOR QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS” · Passed 8-2
2020-12-15 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL OF A BINDING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF COCOA, FLORIDA AND M&R UNITED, INC. CONSISTENT WITH APPENDIX A ZONING OF THE CITY CODE, TO APPROVE A CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A SINGLE-STORY …” · Passed 6-4
2020-12-08 · Cocoa CRA · Motion: “approve option 2 of the parking layout for the Lee Wenner Park Parking” · Passed 6-1
2020-10-13 · City Council · Motion: “approve” (agenda item: 2 Approve the current Code Enforcement Lien for the property located at 2406 Mercer Drive, be reduced to $1,100.00 as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board) · Carried 3-2 by the named ballots (result not printed; worked out from the count) Corrected to match the minutes, page 12.
2020-10-13 · Cocoa CRA · Motion: “choose the angled parking option of the Harrison Street Plans” · Passed 6-1
2020-10-13 · Cocoa CRA · Motion: “direct Staff to bring additional information back to the CRA for further evaluation” · Passed 4-3
2020-10-07 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL OF ORDINANCE NO. 16-2020, AMENDING APPENDIX A, ZONING, ARTICLE V, THE DEFINITION OF BUILDING HEIGHT, WITH THE AMENDMENT TO KEEP THE “ESTABLISHED AVERAGE SIDEWALK OR STREET GRADE OR FINISHED GRADE” AND …” · Passed 7-1
2020-09-23 · City Council · Motion: “approve an Amendment to a previously approved PUD / a Rezoning (Ordinance 15-2020) of one (1) parcel from Brevard County (GU) to City of Cocoa (PUD) and incorporating into Phase One-C Final PUD/anda_ Preliminary Subdivision consistent with …” · Carried 4-1 (printed after the discussion that followed the motion, page 14)
2020-09-17 · Code Enforcement · Motion: “amend staffs recommendation to City Council the lien reduction be in the amount of one thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100.00)” · Carried 5-1
2020-08-20 · Code Enforcement · Motion: “approve Staff's recommendation and find the Property Owner in violation” · Carried 4-1
2020-08-20 · Code Enforcement · Motion: “amend staff's recommendation to City Council the lien reduction be in the amount of zero ($0.)” · Carried 3-2
2020-08-12 · City Council · Motion: “file a complaint with the FBI to have the city investigated” · Carried 4-1
2020-08-05 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORDINANCE NO. 11-2020 AMENDING APPENDIX A, ZONING, ARTICLE XI, SECTION 17 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND TO INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY …” · Passed 7-2
2020-08-05 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORDINANCE NO. 10-2020 AMENDING APPENDIX A, ZONING, ARTICLE XIII OF THE CITY CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF MOBILE VENDING UNITS AND PROVIDING LOCATIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE” · Passed 8-1
2020-08-05 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF REMOVAL OF TWO OAK TREES, ONE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 2009 IVY DR. AND ONE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 2226 DARTMOUTH DR. AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO LOOK INTO INSTALLING RUBBER SIDEWALKS” · Passed 8-1
2020-08-05 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF REMOVAL OF AN OAK TREE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 3009 DUNHILL DR. AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO LOOK INTO INSTALLING RUBBER SIDEWALKS” · Passed 8-1
2020-07-22 · City Council · Motion: “that the Council investigate whether or not the Mayor is qualified to hold office based on where he lives” · Failed 2-3 by the named ballots Corrected to match the minutes, page 17; the minutes print the figures (3-2).
2020-07-22 · City Council · Motion: “approve a Resolution increasing residential recycling fees, $1.02 per residential customer per month, per Waste Management's request, effective August 2020 Billing” · Carried 3-2
2020-07-22 · City Council · Motion: “approve Option 4, to mandate the use of masks within public places within the City of Cocoa absent certain exceptions similar to Cocoa’s non-binding resolution (but mandatory) and Orange and Seminole Counties and to adopt the mandate as an …” · Carried 3-2
2020-06-24 · City Council · Motion: “approve staff's recommendation” (agenda item: Approval of a large-scale Future Land Use MAP (FLUM) AMENDMENT consistent with Florida Statute Chapter 163 for Applicant and City initiated requests to change the Future Land Use Map designation of fifty-nine (59) …) · Carried 4-1 by the named ballots
2020-06-24 · City Council · Motion as recorded: approve staff's recommendation. MOTION was, for discussion · Carried 3-2
2020-06-16 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “SEPARATE THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD FROM THE TREE BOARD OR TO _ CONSIDER INCORPORATING THE TREE BOARD WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE” · Failed 3-5
2020-06-16 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION TO INCLUDE THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. 5 Preliminary Subdivision / Large-Scale Site Plan Lakeside Palms West Presentation” · Passed 7-1
2020-06-16 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORDINANCE NO. 05-2020 PROVIDING FOR THE LOCATION OF PHARMACIES AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTER DISPENSING FACILITIES” · Passed 6-2

All non-unanimous 2020 votes →

Meetings and documents

Each meeting page links its agenda packet, minutes and recording where the archive has them. 123 of 126 have an agenda on file.

Cocoa, Florida City records for 2020

Who served

Elections

Motions by subject

Votes with a recorded "no" (latest 25 of 35)

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