I'm still not working. Can you guys hear me? Hello. Can you guys hear me? Good? All right. Just making sure you can hear me. Welcome. This is the Space Coast Transportation and Planning Organization governing board meeting. Today is October 8th, 2026. I'm calling this meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance. Thank you very much. Zoe, can you please conduct a roll call, please? Atkinson, Altman, Allender, Blake, Cole, Connors, Feltner, Forrester, Goodson, Hammer, Hanley, Jaffe, LaRusso, Medina, Morrison, Osmer, Pritchett, Smith, Young, and then I do see one alternate costs, and then since Mayor Blake is not here, that will be a quorum. I believe we're on public comment. Not seeing any. Is there anybody in the crowd that's really wishing to say something? I see some new faces back there, so all right. Just making sure. On to the next item. All right. This is kind of a special meeting for us because this is the last governing board meeting for two long-standing members that rarely miss a meeting. Jerry Allender has served on the TPO in various leadership positions, including chair, and then for over 20 years representing Canaveral Port Authority, and Frank Forrester was appointed to the TPO board by the city of Rockledge in 2018. They are recognized for their dedicated service and leadership on the Transportation Policy Board. Their leadership was instrumental in the successful planning, development, and adaptation of critical transportation plans and projects that enhance the quality of life of our citizenry. They have consistently ensured the stewardship of public funds and regional collaboration that will have a lasting positive impact on the transportation landscape of our community for years to come. On behalf of the board, we extend our deepest appreciation, profound gratitude, and very best wishes to Jerry Allender and Frank Forrester for all their future endeavors. Would you like to say anything? I think we have something for them too, don't we? Zoe just gave it to them. Okay. They presented it to you without anything you can see in there. Thank you, Zoe. Appreciate it. I've always been very supportive of the staff, and we have a great staff, and I think all of us should be very appreciative of everything with Georgiana and her staff. Yeah, our staff does. Thank you, Mr. Allender. Now we're on to consent agenda. The consent agenda can be passed in one motion, the approval of the governing board meeting minutes of September 10th, committee appointments, and resolution 27-07, the fiscal year 27-28, Unified Planning Work Program Amendment No. 1. I have a motion by Councilmember Forrester, a second by Mayor Osmer. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Item No. 4. Right. So this is the approval of the fiscal year 27-28 Central Florida MPO Alliance Regional Priorities. As you know, the alliance is a six-MPO forum, meets quarterly, 18 voting members, three board members from each MPO sit on that board, and it is an organization, an agency for regional planning and policy development with FDOT. FDOT District 1 and District 5 sit at the table, and we identify and solve regional transportation issues. We have a lot of challenges. We have competing local, regional, super-regional priorities. So it is where we can come together and have a collective voice to discuss what is needed for the region. And so through this unified approach, additional funding resources can be leveraged by working as an alliance with FDOT. And it really is to assist the department. So at your place, you have, and it's nice and big, and 11 by 17, so everyone can read it. You have the regional priority list and the different categories that were selected. The Transportation Regional Incentive Grant Program, which is for regionally significant priorities that requires a 50% match. The Strategic Intermodal System Projects, which are those high-priority projects of statewide significance. And regional trails, which are the Sun Trail Program, regional transit projects, and transportation systems management and operations. So that's your ITS, which is a fairly new category that has been added. And so we basically take the individual priority list, and we meld them together for those projects that fit into those categories. Ellis Road was the number one priority on the SIS list for many, many years. And so that has now moved off to fully funded. This year, we also developed, you will see a one-pager, which is labeled, 2028 Central Florida Top Transportation Priorities. And this idea, when all the directors got together in May of this year, was to, you know, take your top five from each category and compile it into a one-pager. So if members wanted to use this as a tool as you talk to legislators or, you know, just educate folks on how we are competing with the Central Florida region. I mean, we have competing priorities on our own priority list that we have to deal with. Can you imagine what the department has to go through when you've got all of the MPOs and all of these major, very expensive projects? So this is just a tool. And so the alliance is tomorrow, and we will be presenting that and collectively, you know, approving that and then turning it over to the DOT. So it's quite extensive. I'm not going to go through every project. I will say on the trip list, you know, trip, you know, the significance of that is we tried to incorporate all of our off-system projects, you know, Malabar West, South Babcock, Minton Road. Those projects were at St. John's Heritage Parkway, the roundabout at the Parkway. Any opportunity that we can get our hands on, a little bit of that trip money, that we can either match it with local or you can match it with SU funds. It federalizes it, but you can match it with SU, and we've been able to do that on a lot of projects. So that's the key. You get your priorities on all your, every list you can, and you try to go after every funding source that you can, and I think that's how you strategically leverage as much money as you can. So we are asking for approval of this list, and we will take it to the alliance tomorrow. I have a motion by Mayor Medina, second by Mayor Osmer. Any further discussion? Seeing none. Really quick, before we move on to the next item, I did want to share, because of the event in the lobby, if you need to use the restroom, please exit this room to the right and then take a left down the hallway. There are signs. Sorry. Follow the signs. All those in favor, say aye. Any opposed? Motion. You opposed? Okay. You're a non-voting member. All right. 4B. All right. Good afternoon. Sarah Krom, Senior Transportation Planner. So this is really an administrative item. If you recall, back in July, this board voted to add Space Florida's Roy B Bridges and Eastern Relief Bridge replacement to our list of project priorities. And so, in order to for us to keep planning consistency, as well as also, you never know when a federal or any other kind of grant might fall down from the sky, that they need to be able to say, this project is in the LRTP. We're requesting that you approve Amendment No. 2 for the long-range transportation plan, excuse me, to add the Roy B Bridges and Eastern Relief Bridge replacement to the needs list. This does not impact fiscal constraint on any other project. It is currently showing as completely unfunded. And so, with that, I'd like to request a motion for Resolution 27-08, Advanced 2050 long-range transportation plan, Amendment No. 2. I have a motion by Mayor Osborne and a second by Mayor Young. Any further discussion? Do I need a roll call for this? No. All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. 4C. Jay. Good afternoon. Yeah, it should be good now. I'm usually asked to be quiet, so I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the board. I want to address an item, which is item 4C. Board members can turn to page 41 of the agenda package. Let me provide some very broad overview and context. An employee has advised staff that that employee is requesting a hearing on a disciplinary matter. Let me be clear. I think that it is very likely that that matter will be resolved without the need of a hearing. I have instructed staff not to discuss this with anyone, with other staff or the board members to maintain the anonymity of the employee and to make sure that all due process protections are afforded. In an overabundance of caution, I wanted to address our disciplinary hearing procedures, which are in section 12.3 of the policies. The policies do not specify who would be appointed as a hearing officer, and that's open for board discussion. It may be you, Mr. Mayor, it may be someone else that's appointed to that position. At a hearing on a disciplinary matter, the issue is whether there's just cause for the staff discipline. And what I'm requesting as a way to go forward is a request for a hearing has been made to staff, and it is incumbent under our procedures to schedule a hearing on that disciplinary matter. So what I would recommend to the board is adopting a motion appointing a hearing officer for the remainder of the calendar year. I think that it would behoove the board, whether in December or January, to appoint a hearing officer on an annual basis, but we want to make sure that the employee and the board have the opportunity to resolve this before the end of the calendar year. So that would be the first part of what my request would be, is that a hearing officer be appointed for the remainder of the calendar year. Secondarily, it's important not only to the employee, but also to the agency that sufficient due process rights are guaranteed in that hearing process. Those would normally consist of the right to examine witnesses, to present evidence, the right of cross examination, the exchange of witness lists, documentary evidence, and what I would suggest and recommend to the board, that in conjunction with the appointment of a hearing officer, the board also authorized that hearing officer to adopt procedures for the conduct of that hearing, which would establish those benchmark dates. We've reviewed any number of different local governmental and municipal county, regional governmental entity procedures, which uniformly provide for the right to examination of witnesses, cross-examination, and the introduction of evidence. And then, the third part of what I'm requesting in that motion from the board, is that within a certain number of days from the date of today's meeting, a notice of hearing be sent out with those procedures incorporated into that hearing. We're in the process of preparing the items that fulfill the due process requirements. And as I've said, those guidelines would include assuring that all parties have the right to present evidence through witnesses and exhibits and establishing deadlines for the disclosure of that. In as much as I am counsel to the board, I would be also counsel for staff at that hearing. And those are the three prongs of, or three points that I'm requesting in a motion. The reason I would like to do this as a motion from the board is so that I have a clear authorization to proceed forward. And I would anticipate that if the board is inclined to adopt a motion authorizing these three actions, that we would be in a position to send out that notice of hearing by the early part of next week. My trial schedule is such that I'm in trial throughout the state in November, December and January. I've explained to staff that I would anticipate that a hearing like this would probably last no more than a morning or an afternoon. And we've got the depth for to coordinate all of that within that time period. Once a hearing officer is appointed, I would recommend that without discussing the details of any of the matters, work on calendaring that for the earliest available date. So those are the three points to that motion that I would request the board adopt. In connection with that, totally unrelated, in reviewing your policies and procedures regarding this matter. I think we've already started the process of making recommendations to revise those. Essentially, the revisions to your current policies would be incorporating the benchmark dates and the procedural protections that would be in the notice of hearing. So that process is already underway. I would anticipate that we will be in a position to present to the board an amendment to, I think it's section 12 of the board's policies and procedures, certainly by December. So, Mr. Mayor, I'm available to exercise or entertain any questions. I would advise everybody that I'm not in a position to discuss any of the details of the matter. And I do that not because I want to, but I feel I need to do that to maintain the integrity of the hearing process. If one of the board members, for instance, is appointed as a hearing officer, we don't want that board member ahead of time to have any information regarding the substance of it. That would all be taken care of in the disclosure requirements in the notice of hearing. Thank you very much, Attorney Small. So just to kind of recap, in our policies, it says there will be a hearing officer appointed and we don't have one. So that's the first thing. We got to appoint a hearing officer. Then, you know, working with the attorney, the hearing officer would put together the hearing guidelines, rules, ex parte, all the legal mumbo jumbo, and then issue a notice of hearing. And then I think what is really important, if you guys kind of caught this, work on our policies as a whole. So I think, you know, if you were to make a motion to give, you know, Jay to kind of work through some of the, especially some of the employment stuff that we've never really probably had to worry about too much in the past because again, small office, not a whole lot of stuff, but as our county grows, so do our challenges some days. But I think that'll be an important thing. Mr. Forrester had something to say. Mr. Forrester, you have hit the nail exactly on the head, without going into any of the details. We need a, we need a backup hearing officer. We need a backup hearing officer. That is correct, sir. We're talking, you will be, so this hearing won't be in November, December, or January, correct? No, it could be. I'm just saying that I have, I'm at trial in November, December, and January. This will only take probably half a day. I will work with the hearing officer. It will work. Okay, because I was, the way you were speaking, that it was going to be pushed out. No, no, thank you, Ms. Hanley, for clarifying that. I'm just saying my schedule is such that we need to coordinate that, not only with me, but also with the employee. So it could be done this month. It could be done later on this month. I, I, I don't know. I think the, the sooner that this board gives marching orders to Jay, the sooner he's able to tackle it and try to get it done before his trial schedule gets a little crazy. Mayor Young. Would you like the motion? Motion to? So is there any other discussion? First, council member. So we're making, we're making a motion for a certain seat, not a certain person, correct? No, we have to appoint somebody. Appointing an individual as a hearing officer for this hearing, one. Two, two, authorizing that hearing officer to submit a notice of hearing with appropriate due process protections. That's two. And three, within 10 days from today's date, issuing a notice of hearing, incorporating those due process protections and setting hearings. So three separate motions. I think it's a three part motion. And then mayor, uh, Connors, uh, talked about revising the policies and procedures. We're already doing that per direction of staff. So I leave that up to the board. I mean, any amendment to the policies and procedures will have to go through, um, the board at a later date anyway. So my focus has been on dealing with the immediate issue, which is the hearing. Mayor Young wanted to. Mayor Young. Yes, all right. Then I will make the motion to appoint a, uh, uh, backup, uh, hearing person in the event that. Who? Who is that person? Like we have to pick somebody. Appointing a hearing officer. I mean the identity of that individual. Say the name. Mayor Osmer. So I understand you're saying a name, but could we also pick a position, for example, saying the chairperson of the governing board could be the backup. That way, going in the future, whoever that may be, we don't have to keep picking a name by process. I think that's a, that's a very good suggestion, sir. I'd like, I'd like to make a motion for it to be the current chair at the time. So there's a motion to appoint the chair as the hearing officer, um, is there a second? Second. All right. So I have a motion by, uh, Councilmember Hamburg, uh, second by, uh, Councilmember Smith. Uh, any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Mr. Mayor, the two other points. I got it. And then can I also have a motion to authorize that, uh, hearing officer to work with our attorney to develop the official due process guidelines and notice of hearing within 10 bit days and then a motion by Mayor Young and second by Mayor Blake. Oh, she was chomping at the bit to make the motion. I was just summarizing what the motion needed to be. Well, there's other motions to be made. All right. So we took care of the first one and we got the second two in this motion. Any further discussion? Just really quick, did you say a specific number of days? Ten days. Ten days. Ten days. Ten days. And then Mayor Young said so moved to what I said. So that kind of trend is making that. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Mr. Mayor, may I, just one thing I want to, uh, be very clear. I would request that everybody keep this, uh, amongst themselves. There's no need for any communications between the board members. Obviously you wouldn't do that anyway, but we want to make sure that the employee has, the employee's due process protections. And as I've said, I've instructed staff not to communicate this with anyone. So, um, obviously the results of this will be reported out to the full board at the appropriate point in time. And if it works out, um, then it may be that we end up not needing to have a hearing. All right. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Item 5A. Great. Um, in your package you have the October public engagement report. And Abby is, she has a couple things she just wanted to bring to your attention. And as she's walking up, just wanted to let you know we're in the process of developing, um, finalizing a request for proposal for a new general planning consultant, uh, consultants for the TPO. Uh, that contract is, um, expires after five years. And so, um, it will be, um, it will end March the 1st, 2027. And we're going to be, um, uh, advertising October the 26th. Uh, and so that's a big process that we go through. Our consultants are really, um, and very much an extension of staff at times. And so, uh, we will be going through that process. All right. Thank you. So just really quickly, uh, in your package, you have our public engagement report, kind of covering, it's only been a month since we've seen you. So we've done a few things here and there. Um, looking at our communications and our social media metrics, we had some great growth over the last month and some great, uh, total impressions across all of our social media platforms, about 30,000. And it's really important that we keep an eye on that to make sure that the content that we're putting out there is hitting the mark. When it looks at our website, we saw many website, uh, page views. And also when we sent our press releases and our event invitations, we had an engagement rate of 43%. And, you know, putting that in layman's terms, it just means people are interacting with what we're putting out there and that's what matters. Our top performing content is always going to be the human centeredness of what we put out there. So Leah led some incredible safer school pop-up events, one on Clear Lake Road and one over in India Atlantic. And that was to draw attention to pedestrian safety at some countermeasures. Uh, she also led a great presentation at the college internship program down in Melbourne. And so those three events got some really great engagement on our social media platforms. Looking at a standout that we've done over the last month, I want to give a shout out to both Leah and Patty in our office. They developed, uh, created and launched a digital media toolkit for our vision zero, uh, efforts. And we have these new deliverables and now how do we get them out in the community, make sure that our municipalities and our law enforcement agencies are using them. So we gave them newsletter templates, educational assets to really set them up for success. We had six outreach events over the course of this month, but don't you worry because we have 16 this month. October is a crazy month for us and looking at a safety spotlight. Um, we have world day remembrance coming up. The nationally recognized day is Sunday, November 15th. We really encourage you to join us. It's in the evening this year because the family is asked that it be, uh, not during the morning, um, in the evening. So it'll be at 5 PM at the government center, uh, in Vieira. Up here is the registration link. And this is a really important event specifically for our families who have lost loved ones to traffic violence and roadway tragedies. I want to underscore that because we have a lot of families coming this year that were high profile cases. Uh, the family who lost a teenager in Vieira during an e-bike crash, they're coming this year. Uh, we also have a victim advocate speaking this year who lost his brother in a bicycle crash. So I really encourage you to come to this event because it's a moment to reflect, uh, about, you know, why we push vision zero and traffic safety measures and why they matter. And this event really matters to the families. Many of them have become friends over the years because we hold this event and they look forward to it because they want to continue to tell the stories of their loved ones. So I really encourage you to come. And then, uh, in the corner of that engagement report, like I said, we have, I think 16 and counting events this month. So we will be out and about in the community. But if you ever see an event, especially coming up here, um, in the holiday time that we would be a good fit, please just let myself really know and we'd be happy to see if we can make it out. Thank you. 5B. In your package, you have the draft, uh, TCCAC meeting minutes from September 8th and the, um, committees approved, uh, all of the action items that, uh, were on the agenda. That is the report. 5C. Mr. Terry. Good afternoon, everyone. Terry Jordan Space Coast City Transit. Sir. Um, if you recall last month, uh, at the meeting, I discussed some concerns about receiving funding for our quarter grant. I'm very pleased to announce that we, uh, in partnership with many individuals, and support from many, including TPO staff at the OT staff and others that we were able to, um, come to an agreement with FDOT that allows us one remaining year of quarter grant funds. The, uh, apportionment will be 1.4 million, which is actually $500,000 more than our last apportionment. So we're very happy to receive that. However, as a result, we're going to have to start planning for when we don't receive this in the next fiscal year, which will very likely mean, um, adjusting our services in other areas, or as I mentioned before, and thank you to your Connor for the question of what can you do around the room to assist us? So the mobility and demand projects have been getting a lot of traction with FDOT. And so there may be something that we may come back to your staff to discuss in a not too distant future, how we can continue to leverage local funds to implement services that are more efficient and also more robust that allow the transit services to continue. Understand that many cities will also be considering other things potentially in the not too distant future. So I just want to share that part. Um, we, uh, transit service, transit staff, uh, approached the board of county commissioners. This last most recent meeting two days ago requesting service cuts, by the way, as well, as many have realized there have been exponential increases in fuel costs over the past several months. And of course, transit has seen that we are paying more than $80,000 per month more in fuel costs than we were paying early this year. So in an effort to offset those costs, we requested that one route be eliminated, the Indio galley corridor, and then three additional routes receive, um, less frequency. The two routes were in Rockledge and Cocoa had a 20 minute service throughout the day. We're reducing that to 30 minute headways and one route in, um, North Melbourne, sorry, Melbourne is receiving instead of 30 minute frequency receiving 60 minute service. So those cuts will help us realize potentially up to $720,000 annually in savings that allows to then offset. Like I said, the fuel cost increases, and these are cuts that will be of minimal impact to our riders. The one route that's being cut didn't have much riders, uh, on a daily basis. And the other two, as I mentioned, a frequency can be absorbed with, uh, what we're providing going forward in the recent, in the upcoming months. So, uh, that is pretty much my report. If there are any questions, glad to answer at this time. Questions? Seeing none. Thank you. Sure. All right. Chuck D.O.T. Sure. Okay. So for upcoming projects, I, uh, I'm pleased to report that the widening of Ellis Road is going to commence on, uh, November 9th. Along with the widening of the road, there will also be the addition of a sidewalk and, uh, three new traffic signals. And on, uh, November 7th, we have two I-95 resurfacing projects. One from Citrus Boulevard to Addison Canal and the other from State Road 46 to southbound I-95 rest area, uh, will begin on that day. And the resurfacing of, uh, State Road 514 from I-95 to State Road 507 has received its final acceptance on August 27th, 2026. And for October, our, uh, the F-E-O-T safety focus involves, uh, pedestrian safety, school bus safety, and teen driver awareness. Every motorist should always look for pedestrians, especially in intersections, to stay clear as they cross. Remember to stop on red before making a right turn. Don't pass vehicles that are stopped for pedestrians. And also, pedestrians need to remember that, uh, red light does not stop a vehicle physically, so therefore make sure that the vehicle has stopped before you attempt to cross. When school buses stop and the stop arm is out, by law, you are required to stop, just like any posted stop sign. With a school bus, kids are getting on and off, so as long as the sign is out, the red lights are flashing, the kids are vulnerable. And finally, this is Teen Driver Awareness Month, and the awareness is for the teen drivers who are new to the road. They also remind them constantly of the dangers of distracted driving, speeding, not wearing seat belts, and impaired drowsy driving. Mr. Chair, that concludes my report. Thank you very much, Mr. Chuck. And just so you know, if you pass a stop sign next to a school bus in Brevard County, you're going to get a ticket. 250. 250? I thought it was 260. Well, mine was 250. Okay. Please disregard your name. This is not on TV at all, you know. All right, now we're on to the modal ports, air, space, and sea, and I don't see Melbourne airport here, but I see Tyco here. So Kevin, why don't you give us an update and tell us what you're doing? Absolutely. I'm Kevin Daugherty. I'm Kevin Daugherty. I'm with the Tyusville Cocoa Airport Authority. I'm the director. Please, pardon me? Great job. Oh, thank you. Pleased to report that Space Coast Innovation Park, which is a new multi-phase industrial development on the west side of Space Coast Regional Airport, is under construction. Phase one, it's going to include three 200,000 square foot buildings that will be used for aerospace tenant. The developers and final negotiations with the new tenant, they'll be coming, they'll be making an announcement in the next couple of weeks. As part of that project, the airport authority, we're going to be constructing a new roadway to support phase one and phase two that's also under construction. And then the developers released their engineer for civil work for phase two. So we were just moving forward, we were just awarded 14 million dollars in federal and FDOT funding assistance for our Taxway Alpha rehab project. So that will start after the first of the year. Our air traffic control tower is wrapping up our new one on the east side of the airport that corrects a lot of the vision problems that they have. That'll be done, I think, next spring. Merritt Island Airport, our runway 1129 rehab is wrapping up. The contractor is going to be coming back for some final paint markings next month. And then we also have some ancillary projects that get done as part of that. And then we also have Taxway Alpha and Bravo that are in the upcoming funding cycles. And for Arthur Dunn Air Park, we continue with the infrastructure, our fixed base operator ramp that's under design right now. We have the new self-fueling facility under design. And then in the upcoming funding cycle, we'll have our primary runway under design. That completes my report. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Anybody have any questions for Kevin? I do have one and it just came to my mind the other day. The Titusville Cocoa Airport Authority. Yes. So there's an airport in Merritt Island and two in Titusville. How did Cocoa get their name in there? No offense to the great city of Cocoa. I'm just curious. We're looking into the sexes. Ah, okay. Okay. That's very possible. I feel like I shouldn't respond. I was genuinely curious of the history about how that formed. You'd have to go back to 1960. That's true. Anyways, thank you, Mr. Kevin. Thank you. All right, now we're on to space. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Stephen Bostell, Director of Spaceport Planning and Development with Space Florida. So I mentioned the air show that is being hosted out at the former shuttle landing facility last meeting. It is all hands on deck at Space Florida to support that and working in close partnership with FDOT on some of those efforts as well. And we're working on several planning efforts, not just here in Brevard, but around the state. We're developing a statewide spaceport system plan, working on how the other spaceport territories around the state can contribute to the growing space economy here in Florida. And so lots going on and appreciate TPO staff's efforts and the board's approval of the LRTP amendment for the Roy D. Burgess bridge because that is yet another bridge replacement for the spaceport that is critical for flight hardware to move around the Cape. So thank you. Any questions for Steve? Thank you. Question? Yes. For the air show. This is all. Mic check. So for the air show, is this the first time it's been held at Kennedy? Because I know typically it's at the either Cocoa Beach or Melbourne Airport. This is a completely separate air show. This is a separate one. This is supposed to be... It's the same company, though. Yeah, it's never happened at Kennedy Space Center. They're looking at doing this ongoing, hopefully to get success the first year, because, you know, I think the goal is to compete with across the seas, the Paris, the England air shows, using all of NASA's, you know, capabilities in terms of the historic shuttle landing facility. Plus, it's also a huge tech summit called UPSummit, which I still don't fully understand, but I'm very, very excited about it. Sounds good. So when is the TPO going to actually, are we going to go to our launch at any point? And next time there's a launch, I'll send you guys an invite. Do you guys want manned, unmanned? What do you think? When Starship comes here, we'll figure something out. Yeah, we'll get everybody out. There was just a launch last week. Y'all could have come visit us. All right. All right. On to the C. Mr. Ellender. Mr. Self. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, board. Tom Self with the Canaver Port Authority. I'm the director of stakeholder relations there. Just a couple of really quick updates. Our cruise terminal 10 expansion and renovation is currently underway. It'll be about a 30% increase in the footprint there, moving that facility up to about 145,000 total square feet. That's about a $95 million project, and it has a planned November 20, 27 completion. Our cruise terminal six parking garage is nearly complete. That'll be the largest parking garage on the facility. It will be open this fall. We have in our FY 27 budget, about $18 million has been dedicated to some roadway improvements. That includes George King Boulevard and related access to some traffic flow enhancements, working with FDOT on that. And then we have on the September 23rd board meeting, the port commissioners voted to approve the 31-year ground lease with the East Coast Zoological Foundation for the development of the future Bowen Aquarium. It'll be on 14 acres of property at the port, and they are expected to break ground in December of this year. That's all I have to report. Thank you. Thank you very much. Does anybody have any questions? All right. Seeing none, I did want to give Georgiana an opportunity to talk about some scheduling challenges we may have with, you know, planning with FDOT and some of the work program that they're trying to figure out where we might have to maybe adjust some meetings because usually we have some of the stuff done by December, but it might not be done by December, but we normally don't meet in January. And this is kind of important stuff. We don't want to kick to, you know, March. Yes. Typically, the Florida Department of Transportation presents the tentative work program at the December meeting. And this is where, you know, work program administrator will come and discuss what projects were funded. You know, all the work that we do on our priority lists, what actually got funded, what is what is going to be in the DOT's tentative work program and then eventually adopted, you know, by the governor next year. There is a late legislative session. And Chuck had mentioned that December is not going to be when the work program is presented. Do you know, it was unclear to me if it was going to be January or specifically, would they have it ready in January, or would it be at the February meeting? From what I understand is they are planning for the first meeting of the new year. Okay. Is when they're planning to do it. Okay. So they could potentially present in January if we were to have a January meeting. I don't know if January is feasible. I don't know. I think they're usually used to February, March when it starts up. So what we will do, Mr. Chair, is coordinate with the OT, find out for sure when they'll be ready to present. Because again, we typically follow the county commission schedule and the county commission does not meet in January, I don't think. Or do they? Okay. Okay. I'm not sure why we don't typically meet in January. But it has always been that way. But we certainly can. So we'll coordinate with the DOT, find out when they can present. Because you know, it is important. I mean, that is, that's why, you know, one of the major reasons why we're here. It's about bringing those projects into Brevard County. So we'll coordinate with that. We have already reserved our room, basically, up into July, I believe, of next year. We will be in the new Transportation Management Center next year. We're shooting for possibly May, maybe April, May, possibly, with all the furniture and everything. So let us do some coordination and we may adjust the schedule and meet in January and let you know as soon as possible. So guys, just so you guys know where this is coming from, you know, normally it's presented in December, we don't meet in January. And as we start to forecast out the content and the things that are going to be before this board, there's going to be some pretty heavy lifts and some meetings. So I didn't want it to drag out another month. And you know, if we have a meeting that goes two hours, you know, we usually lose the room and people have other things to do. And we want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to weigh in on, you know, the list of project priorities for FDOT and then some of the things that we gave direction to last year that will be coming back before us, whether it be local option guest tax or whatever issue study that we've been working on. We want to make sure everybody has plenty of time to address these issues. So if you guys aren't completely opposed to the idea of a January meeting, we'll, you know, keep it as a possibility and we'll just communicate with you guys. But I wanted to just have that conversation with you all. Any questions on that? All right. I have one more thing for you guys. There was some discussion at the last port meeting about having a roundtable workshop on 528. And the TPO staff got an invitation to that. But let me read what the bottom says. To ensure compliance with Florida Sunshine Law, participants representing Brevard County or a local municipality cannot be an elected official serving in public office and a voting member of the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization. So we were not able to attend. So what I would like from this board to do is to make a motion to give staff the ability to publicly notice any meeting, whether it's at the port, Palm Bay, Melbourne, if it's in Brevard County, if it's regionally significant and elected officials should be there, whether it be the county commissioners or our, you know, members of the port district mayors, to give them the ability to notice those meetings and invite this entire board to attend those meetings on projects that are regionally significant. I'm asking for a motion to provide staff that ability. I have a motion by Mayor Blake. I have a second by Council Member Hammer. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. So if that meeting does end up happening on October 21st, we will notice it and we'll send out an email so that everybody can attend. Thank you. Commissioner Altman. I just wanted to report. I know Mayor Medina was there. We presented the concept to the Central Art Expressway Authority about looking at the Palm Bay Heritage Freeway, Beltway, Greenway to look at a study to consider if tolls were possible. We forwarded them the TPO letter, the Beauvoir County letter, and the City of Palm Bay letter. And so they will be scheduling that in the December 10th meeting for an action item and vote. Go ahead, Mayor. I want to thank the Chairman for his reports. He was gracious in hearing us and I think the next meeting on December 10th will be favored. It's important to note that this is a feasibility study and I again want to take this opportunity to thank each and every board member here for voting in favor of that concurrency and that support. Because that is critical to the south east and the south of this county and it is a regional impact. I love the way Chairman Altman mentioned, he said, Palm Bay is the second largest city in our region, second only behind Orlando. And that caught everyone's attention in the room. So Mr. Chair, I really appreciate your efforts in moving this forward. But on December 10th, we will be on their agenda for that feasibility study. So thanks again, sir. And thanks to everyone here on this board that saw the light in helping this quarter come to fruition perhaps sooner than my great-great-great-great-grandchildren. Thank you. It was good having you over there, Mayor, too. Thank you for taking the time of your talk. It was good. Thank you, Mayor Medina. Thank you, Commissioner Altman. How long do you think the feasibility study is going to take? A year? Yeah. Well, we're thinking, and I spoke with the executive director today briefly after the meeting, this would come December 10th. If it moves along, the study would probably commence April of next year. How long that'll take usually it'll take, like my colleague said, Councilman Hammer, perhaps a year or so. Uh, but, uh, the study will encompass a large, you know, there are a lot of questions. It's a study. We'll look at it once it's completed. Uh, but it is, there is a cost and there will not be a cost to no one in Brevard County, not in Palm Bay. Awesome. Thank you very much. And, uh, Mayor Blake, I feel like you should say something after what happened this week. Yes, sir. First of all, thank you, Chair. I would like to acknowledge the various individuals, please. Um, I'm a firm believer, Chair, if it starts at home for us. To our illustrious, industrious CEO, Mrs. Gillette, thank you very much. Ma'am, for doing an outstanding job. We had a grand celebration this past Tuesday. Our chair was there too, as well, in the great city of Titusville. Would love to acknowledge, uh, Congressman Mike Herodopoulos. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. That's right. I'd be proud. Secretary Perdue, Jerry Perdue was there. District 5, Secretary John Tyler. Our very own yours truly took it in the house. And Sarah and Abby. Um, I want to make sure I just got it. And all the staff members, I'm hoping I did not forget anyone. And Leah. Where's Leah? Yeah, there you go, Leah. That's right. Thank you, Leah. And Laura. Of course, Laura. Thank you. Thank you. But also, um, would just like to thank also, uh, our current Chairman of, uh, the County Commissioners, because he took that adventure, that trip, that journey to Washington, D.C. Also, past Chairman Jason Steele was present, and also the Chair of Brightline, the CEO, Pat Goddard. And I think Rusty was there too, as well. Um, and I'm just trying to go through my list, making sure Senator Mayfield and Senator Wright was there. But I would like to thank our Council members, Councilwoman Cost there. Don't want to lend anything else. This is the power when people come together on a common goal, an economic impact, regionally speaking. Um, we cannot do it without your help. And I want to just say this with open arms, everyone at this table. Teamwork makes the dream work. And some of y'all will say, in the word team, there is me, right? You say there's no I in the word team. But guess what? The word me is in there. So we take that M and invert it and make it a W, and it becomes we the people. And we're not speaking French either right about now. We're talking about we in this room and beyond. So two words we do not hear enough. Thank you, commissioners. Thank you, council members. Thank you, Port Authority. Thank you, all God's truth. I want to say thank you. Job well done. A good and faithful service. On behalf of that, I'm going to close my mouth. I don't know why. But I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you. We, Bavara County, RTPO will stand forever and a day. So we want to just say thank you right away. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor Blake. Uh, have a time, have a time. We're going to never have a time. Okay, Mr. Hearing Officer, sir. That'll be a separate meeting. Um, I just want to say, you know, I think I mentioned it probably about a year ago when I first started my tenure as chairman, and we talked about bringing space, Florida, the airports, you know, everybody kind of having that, that tie. What did I say then? When Brightline gets here, I want them at the table. And so that was one of the first things I did. I used that opportunity and go, all right, you guys are here now. I expect to see you at our TPO meetings. So I'm looking forward to hosting them here so we can keep up to date on everything that's going on out there. And, uh, it all works if we all know what's going on. So with that being said, this includes the meeting. Mayor Connors, I'm sorry, before we adjourn, um, just a couple announcements. If we could have Allender and Forrester stay behind for a picture, um, with, you know, their awards. And then the meeting that is in the lobby is about to start their speaking engagement here at like 2 30. If you would like to join that meeting and watch, that's okay. But if you're just planning to leave, please exit out of the patio to not disrupt that meeting. Um, those. Okay. So if you do not know what's going on out there, it's the Children's Advocacy Center Brevard that helps protect, uh, our children who are abused, neglected, and sexually exploited. They do God's work over there. You have, uh, I believe our congressman and several other elected officials, I believe the sheriff, as they kind of, uh, uh, educate some people that they've invited in to learn about what they do. So if you do not know what they do, I highly encourage you to go over there and learn because they're, they're, they're doing the work. All right. Is there anything else for the good of the order? Seeing none, next meeting is December 10th. I have a motion to adjourn. So moved. Okay. We're adjourned.