Town ofl Melbourne Beach  TOWN COMMISSION WORKSHOP MARCH 1, 2023 MEETING AT 6:00 p.m. COMMUNITY CENTER = 509 OCEAN AVENUE  MINUTES  Commission Members: Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice Mayor. Joyce Barton Commissioner Sherri Quarrie Commissioner Corey Runte Commissioner Marivi Walker StaffMembers: Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Town Clerk Amber Brown  1. Call to Order  Mayor Wyatt Hoover called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  2. Roll Call  Town Clerk. Amber Brown conducted roll call Commission Members Present Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice Mayor Joyce Barton Commissioner Sherri Quarrie Commissioner Corey Runte Commissioner Marivi Walker Commission Members Absent  StaffMembers Present Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Fire Chief Gavin Brown Town Clerk Amber Brown    3. Pledge ofA Allegiance and Moment ofSilence Mayor Wyatt Hoover) led the Pledge of Allegiance  4. Public Comments  After beingacknowledged by the Mayor, members oft the public should state their name and address for the record. The Commission encourages citizens to prepare their comments in advance. Each individual will have three (3) minutes to address the Commission on any topic(s) related to Town business, not on the. Agenda.  George Ann 416 Ocean Ave  George Ann wanted to speak about lifeguard cover, but because that is on the agenda  she was asked to wait until that agenda item.  5. New Business  A. Review and discuss options related to a fire department boat lift off the main pier or a new dock and boat lift in the southwest corner of Ryckman Park Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about the Fire Department previously bringing the Commission thei idea ofinstalling a boat lift and dock fori their Marine Rescue boat on the southwest corner of Ryckman Park. After receiving feedback thel Fire Department put together a different option for a boat lift offt the main pier. Fire Mayor Wyatt Hoover asked about the security of thel boat and lift on its own pier Jeff Boos, Captain of the Melbourne Beach Fire Department, spoke about security being a concern, but they can put up cameras and there would be a gate. Commissioner Sherri Quarrie asked ift there would be any additions toi it such as a Jeff Boos spoke about not having any additions to it. The Jet Ski and the other boat mentioned are for ocean rescue. The majority oft thel lights are on thel boat itself, SO Commissioner Corey Runte asked what the preference is between the first proposal fora a new dock versus the second proposal for a lift on the existing pier. He would prefer having a matching roof to the main pier rather than the canvas and having thel lift on the south side. The south side looks shorter than the north side, SO could itl be extended to match the north side and keep it further away from thej public.  Chief Gavin Brown presented the new proposal.  versus on the main pier.  jet ski or an additional boat, and what about the lighting.  there would not be significant lights on all the time.    Jeff Boos spoke about his preference would be on the main pier for many reasons which include the depth being out farther, having a wider walk path to get down Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about an additional reason being a significant cost saving on the construction which would then be put towards a new boat. Thei idea for having a canvas roof was it would be less obstructive to the view, but they are Mike Kalajian the structural engineer from Shoreline Marine who created the plans spoke about additional things to think about if you extend the dock or put a solid roof on you would need a lot more permitting which could take six months instead Commissioner Sherri Quarrie spoke about permitting issues for solid roofs because Mike Kalajian spoke about a seagrass study would be required if you went with a solid roof. Whereas the canvas roofi is considered temporary sO thes seagrass study Commissioner Marivi Walker spoke about agreeing with using the south side but Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about seagrass or oyster restoration that might be on Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro asked ify you can put a canopy on now and then Jeff Boos spoke about another consideration is the north side of the pier is private Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about having general support for the main pier, matching the existing roof, and putting it on the south side.  there, and maintenance.  open to having a matching roof.  ofs six weeks. oft the seagrass.  would not be required.  would prefer the solid roof rather than the canvas.  the south side.  later when thej permits go through install a solid roof.  property.  Jim Simmons 409Avenue. B  Jim Simmons spoke about recommending holding off on permitting until it is  brought before the residents. Paula Panton 809 Riverside Dr  Paula Panton spoke about being infavor ofit, but it should be on its own dock. The public dock gets packed with people. Ifthe pier was built with State or  Federalfunds would that affect this?    Haley Conrad 2011 Oaks St  Haley Conrad asked about how the Fire Department would get all oft the people Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about transporting the people using the ATV and all ofthe equipment is already on thel boat. There is enough room for the. ATVt to drive Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro spoke about the pier being reconstructed several Commissioner Corey Runte asked roughly what the cost difference would be Jeff Boos spoke about getting two quotes for the original plan which included building a dock for around $90,000.00 plus roughly 10%1 to run water and electricity. Itwould be significantly less to put it on the main pier maybe $30,000.00 plus roughly an additional $10,000.00 for the solid roof.  and equipmentfrom the station to the boat.  down the pier.  times. There are no restrictions related to the pier.  between building a new pier versus using the existing pier.  Commissioner Sherri Quarrie spoke about her concern about a dock being built in Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about the diagram not being exact. Therei is a hidden area further south of the open area that has an opening between the mangroves. Commissioner Marivi Walker asked if the. ATV drives down the pier what happens Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about there being plenty of room for people to stand off toi the sides while the. ATV drives down it. Public works drives down the pier for Jeff Boos spoke about being open to any concerns people have and changing things  thel limited view of the river while sitting in thej park.  tot the people that are on the pier.  maintenance and there is plenty of room on both sides.  to make it work.  B. Discuss lifeguard coverage options  Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about an increase in ocean incidents, lifeguard  coverage, and the increase in tourists. forayear-round lifeguard. Dan Maloney 1403 Pine  Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about pursuing the County to fund the coverage    Dan Maloney spoke about not speaking for the County but speaking as a resident. He would like to see a resolutionfort this issue best case would be a year-round Lifeguard. Indialantic. seems to be in the same boat. Maybe get with. Indialantic to coordinate something. Another consideration is the time ofo day ofthei incidents and what is the beach population after 5pm. He is happy this discussion is happening. People do tell the lifeguards that they go to areas because a lifeguard Commissioner Sherri Quarrie asked about thej protected coverage area ofa lifeguard, and what are. his thoughts on the placement oft the life ring stations. Dan Maloney spoke about the coverage area being 100 yards north and south of the tower, but they go where ever they are needed and keep eyes on outside ofthe  is present.  area. The placement ofthe life rings is good.  George. Ann 416 OceanAve  George. Ann spoke about working as a lifeguard since 2008. There is an increase inj population. There have been three drownings in the past week alone and she will not go to the beach on her days offwithout her can. When a lifeguard has to respond outside oftheir area then that heavily. populated area is downa lifeguard. Lifeguards are important and there's more population in this area. Something needs to change, and it is really important to have this discussion. Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro asked ift there is a lifeguard shortage. Mayor Wyatt Hoover asked if George. Ann thinks sayear-round lifeguard is needed George Ann spoke about there always being a shortage, but there is even more of as shortage now. With the increase inj population, and the warmer water there Commissioner Corey Runte asked about where thei funds come from for the lifeguards at beaches that are not funded by municipalities.  orjust on the weekends.  should be a lifeguard every day year-round.  Jim Simmons 409 Avenue B jurisdiction. Paula. Panton 809 Riverside. Dr  Jim Simmons spoke about some ofthe life-guarded beaches are in the County's  Paula Panton spoke about getting more education by bringing in industry experts such as United State Lifesaving Association or Florida Beach. Patrol to know the    industry standards. Are there signs to explain what thej flags mean and put the flags out in public more. Maybe there are grants availablefor lifeguards. Dan Maloney who works for Brevard County Ocean Rescue was asked about the Dan Maloney spoke about the flags are flown on thel lifeguard towers and there are condition signs on thei tower that explain what the flags mean. In addition, there is af flag pole in Ocean Park where they display the flag when they are on duty. Commissioner Corey Runte asked ifit would be a big burden to have staff man the Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about conditions changing constantly throughout the day sO the flags get changed frequently. Plus it would add: more. liability ift the conditions changed quickly and the flag didn'tget changed right away.  details oft thei flags.  flags when lifeguards are not on duty.  Haley Conrad 2011 Oak. St  Haley Conrad. spoke about this being a great discussion and the lifeguard shortage is across the entire US. Maybe a way to help would be to have thej flags on the life ring towers andi have someone with the lifeguards that is not trained as  al lifeguard to change out thej flags.  NEW. ACTION ITEM - Fact-finding about funding from other municipalities. Collaborate with Indialantic to start a dialogue. Reach out to US Lifeguard Association and Florida Beach Patrol to see what other heavy-traffic beaches are doing. Make sure the flag signs are up to  date. Options and costs to get a lifeguard at our beach year-round. C. - Discuss having all Town parking stickers expire yearly  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro spoke about issuing more parking stickers than we have residents. Stickers are peeling off, people are moving in and out ofTown, or selling their vehicles. The thought was it would be more convenient for residents to come once every five years for a new: sticker, but they have never stopped Commissioner Marivi Walker spoke about all oft the people that have stickers that Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about having people preregister and doing a bulk  coming.  nol longer should. mailing.  Further discussion ensued Jim Simmons 409 Avenue B    Jim Simmons spoke about being inj favor ofa yearly pass. The issue would be to make sure they have a valid registration SO ifthey request online they would need  to scan in their registration.  NEW ACTION ITEM - Timing for when residents can start requesting the new sticker, look at alternate vendors for thes sticker for higher quality, and how to differentiate the sticker  from year to year.  D. Discuss Citizen ofthe Year  Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about continuing to keep it secret sO iti is a  surprise to whoever gets citizen of the year.  Jim Simmons 409 Avenue B  Jim Simmons spoke about notjust going based on the nomination.form, but calling the person that nominated the individual to see iftheyprovide more  details.  Email Town Clerk with the first and second choice by April 1st,  Commissioner Sherrie Quarrie provided a document related to a possible density increase in south Melbourne Beach. She spoke about someone trying toi increase the density in south Melbourne Beach. Iti is not in ourj jurisdiction, but every increase will affect us because they will be driving through our' Town. It was on the County's Planning and Zoning agenda, but it was taken off and that might happen a few times till the person thinks they can get it passed. She spoke about puttinga Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about having some sample language prepared for the  game plan together.  Regular Town Commission Meeting.  6.A Adjournment  Commissioner Sherri Quarrie moved to adjourn; Commissioner Corey Runte  seconded; Motion carried 5-0. Meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m.  ELROURN E  ATTEST:  4883  Wyptt Hoomt Wyatt Hoover, Mayor  Lhb  Amber Brown, Interim Town Clerk