City Council Special Meeting

What the City's record shows

Built only from the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf). Page numbers are the minutes' own. Discussion is in the minutes' text; it is not summarised here.

The City's event listing names this meeting “City Council Special Meeting”; the minutes are headed “(Amended) / City Cocoa / Budget Priorities Workshop”.

Attendance (the roll call)

• Listed present when the roll was taken: Mike Blake, Alex Goins (printed “James Goins”), Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss
• (Checked against the ballots and the printed roll lines.)
• Absences: no absence line could be read from the minutes' text, so none is stated here; the first page of the minutes is the record.
• Also listed as present (staff and other roles): Anthony A. Garganese (City Attorney), Stockton Whitten (City Manager), Carie E. Shealy (City Clerk), Matthew Fuhrer (Assistant City Manager), Lorne Stinnett (Human Resources Manager), Jack Walsh (Utilities Director), John Hankins (Interim Chief of Police), Samual Byrd (Deputy Fire Chief), Bryant Smith (Public Works Director), Nancy Bunt (Community Services Director), Lora Howell (Deputy Finance Director), Gary Palmer (Facilities Manager)
• Named on at least one ballot later in the meeting: Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss, Mike Blake (participation, which can differ from the roll: arrivals and departures are in the minutes' text)

Adopted actions (17)

• to approve staff's recommendation for discussion (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 3
• to approve the recommendations for the American Rescue Plan Act Funding (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Lavander Hearn); CARRIED; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 5
• to take a four minute recess (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 5
• to reconvene the workshop (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 5
• to break for lunch at 12:01 p.m. for thirty minutes (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 9
• to reconvene the Workshop at 12:44 p.m (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 9
• to approve option #3 (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 9
• to support the $27,000 for the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science (moved by Lorraine Koss, seconded by Lavander Hearn); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 11
• to take $400,000 from the Sustainability funding and add to Housing (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Mike Blake); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 13
• to take $125,000 out of Village Parking funding and $125,000 out of Sustainability funding (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 13
• to approve all of the streets with sidewalks and curving with the exception of Barbara Jenkins St (moved by Alex Goins, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 14
• to approve the $475,000 for standardization of parks in Cocoa (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 14 Corrected to match the minutes, page 14.
• to approve the funding for splash pad ($675,000) and new pavilion ($85,000) at Junny Rios Martinez Park (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Lavander Hearn); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 15 Corrected to match the minutes, page 15.
• to for restrooms at both Bracco Pond and Carl Anderson Park in the amount of $165,000 (moved by Lavander Hearn, seconded by Mike Blake); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 15
• to approve the following at Provost Park: Basketball courts lighting, concession/bathroom renovation, picnic tables, fencing, resurfacing of courts and removal of north basketball court, renovation of community action building renovation, and creation of multi-use field (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 16; the vote on p. 17
• to hold a Night Life workshop with all of the bar owners or those who open after 8 p.m. with food and music during the first week of June (moved by Alex Goins, seconded by Mike Blake); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 17
• to adjourn the City Council Workshop of April 26, 2021 (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 4-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 17

Money named in the minutes' motions (what each motion did with the amount, in its own words)

• $27,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “support the $27,000 for the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 11); fiscal period not recorded)
• $400,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “take $400,000 from the Sustainability funding and add to Housing” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 13); fiscal period not recorded)
• $125,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “take $125,000 out of Village Parking funding and $125,000 out of Sustainability funding” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 13); fiscal period not recorded)
• $475,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “approve the $475,000 for standardization of parks in Cocoa” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 14); fiscal period not recorded)
• $675,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “approve the funding for splash pad ($675,000) and new pavilion ($85,000) at Junny Rios Martinez Park” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 15); fiscal period not recorded)
• $85,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “approve the funding for splash pad ($675,000) and new pavilion ($85,000) at Junny Rios Martinez Park” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 15); fiscal period not recorded)
• $165,000 — Council: decided in an adopted motion. “for restrooms at both Bracco Pond and Carl Anderson Park in the amount of $165,000” (motion result: CARRIED; the City's minutes (1168_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_26_2021.pdf, p. 15); fiscal period not recorded)