##VIDEO ID:OiYFEUMGs6M## e e welcome everybody to the November 13th 2024 for lame duck session of the tourist Development Council look at that package saved some money we're going to be going to blow y saved a few trees we're going to blow right through this one uh I guess we started doing roll calls now so we'll proceed with the roll call Alex present Julie bra present mayor Andrea young present Vice chair Tom Hermanson present Wayne sword present and Dees padar present Keith and uh chair steel both told us they would be out I'm not sure the mayor Medina may be coming still so we'll see okay uh for reviewing the agenda we'll ask any member of the committee to disclose any conflict that they have with any item on the agenda hearing none we'll go to uh we don't need a motion on the agenda right right no sir uh we'll go to approving the minutes of the October 23rd meeting that was also a short meeting so moved we have a motion second motion and a second for approval of the minutes all those in favor say I I I opposed hearing none motion passes all right Peter all right thank you uh page 10 um we got the final uh tdt report for the month of September uh it's the final one for the fiscal year as well um had a good month we kind of ended uh uh the year on a couple of up months which was is was nice uh we were up 8% in August and 14.5% in September we landed at uh 25 and A4 million which was just about 1% a little over 1% off from last year's 25.5 million um and you know we had uh three since uh the 2020 uh year we had three consecutive years of double digit growth and so la this year is the first year we we did not grow we we stayed basically flat but I would say you know with last year being an all-time high I think that's you know showing two strong years and uh as we're going into the new fiscal year um seeing some strength coming out of August September being up um October right now looks uh is looking like it will be up and some early advances on November look good as well so um so I would say all in all a good year and that uh helped us uh with budgetarily um landing at that on page 11 is uh our budget report for September is the final report um we were uh just the one I always look at is marketing and uh promotions and advertising fund 1441 that's the first fund on that page at the top of 11 and um we were uh just under budget by about 900,000 uh 250,000 of that was the pmay sacrifice Park project that we're just holding funds for they haven't drawn anything against that yet um we because we were under our budgeted amount we um uh were a little bit under on the taxpayer uh payments uh because obviously we didn't if we didn't collect the funds we don't pay those um and then we had planned on being about 5 to 600,000 uh under on marketing just so we could carry that forward into this year so that's exactly what happened so we were you know we're basically spoton for for our a budget of uh about um 16 million um other than that you know the other highlights and the beach fund we were able to uh carry forward quite a bit obviously from from last year so uh we've got going into the new year we've got about uh 8.85 million in reserves we still have quite a bit in the in the um actual Improvement and renourishment fund and we do have some projects this year that Mike talked about last month but um you know we're not going to be be spending that down significantly so uh we'll be in good shape I think for Beach um capital projects a lot of capital projects wrapped up last year um um Lori Wilson had the last little bit of uh spending um of course the US law enforcement got their mill first that was their first million of 5 million so they'll have another million this year um Veterans of Memorial um carries forward some uh funds and then of course they were awarded additional funds so they'll have about 2.3 is uh million next this this coming fiscal uh to spend I don't know they'll spend it all in this year or some will bleed into the next year but we'll we'll see on that um The merid Island Wildlife project wrapped up um Coca Village Playhouse Valiant um all of those projects kind of wrapped up so we were we were ending a lot of capital projects that were sort of had been going ongoing for a few years um I think that's pretty much it those are the highlights happy to answer any questions but uh but all the other funds kind to take care of themselves if you will um and uh nothing more really to to or shattering to report on those so if uh there's no questions then Sarah can go into item three if any questions on the budget or the year end oh go ahead okay um so uh bravard cultural Alliance is here today um they had asked to uh to do a special presentation and make a request of of the TDC um normally these requests would have gone through the cultural committee um first but we as you recall we ended up cancelling those last two meetings so we did not have a a cultural committee um where they could come and present so they're coming directly to the tourist Development Council so Katherine eth rock is here from from bch is their new director and I think she's addressed us before but this is her first time doing a little presentation so welcome well thank you Peter and thanks everybody for being here today I appreciate it so this is our proposal to the TDC for your consideration um for this fiscal year um as the designated local Arts Agency for our region rard cultural Alliance ensures that the Dynam ensures the current and ongoing growth of art and culture through our mission to build and sustain a vibrant and dynamic Arts and Cultural sector integral to provard County's quality of life art is essential element to a thriving Community with the Arts generating over $123 million annually and employing more than 1,500 individuals justtin Bard County BCA Works to fuel our Arts powered economy um recognizing the influence of the Arts on our lives and Collective Health we support the well-being of our artists and audiences develop our Arts ecosystem and Advance Arts education forming the next generation of innovators and creators this proposal for TDC consideration that I hope you will recommend to the board of County Commissioners outlines several programs that BCA will provide in the 2024 2025 fiscal year for the benefit of Bard County so to start off we have Dynamic placemaking um bca's art and public places program is the main way through which we um are able to do our Dynamic placemaking work art and public places uh curates rotating exhibitions of art from local artists for display and buildings across the county like the government complex it's actually right out here some of it's out here in the hallway you can take a look at it while you're maybe waiting for the elevator really interesting stuff that's out there right now it's all Fiber Arts really fun um so we've got some here in the government complex multiple City Halls the Melbourne International Airport and a number of other locations um artworks can be purchased directly off the- walls through BCA and this program benefits three different audiences of folks so it benefits artists their art is shown they're able to buy into this program not really Buy in but provide their art as their buy into to this program rather than um buying into a gallery space that's much more expensive their art is shown it's available for sale every single piece that we have through ART and public places has a title card next to it with the artist's name the title of the piece a cost for it and contact information on how to purchase it they call us we can process the sale and you can take the art home right off the wall that same day um host locations benefit from having enriched spaces it shows their love for their community unity and for Quality artwork and you get a nice fresh view of art every couple of months it gets swapped out um and then the public has the ability to view learn about and purchase quality local artwork like I said right off the wall um art and public places is a huge program it's one of the main things that we do we have almost a thousand pieces of art that are in our possession whether those are on the walls in locations or in storage in our office waiting to be rotated through we're currently in 25 different locations that's 14 business and 11 government buildings and we have more than 600,000 folks who view these pieces of art every single year and I'm sure it's much more than even that um our big goal for art and public places this year is to add three new locations at least to Art and public places we also have a new um employee that's managing this our past employee that managed art in public places was Lynn brazina and she was with BCA for 29 years next year's our 50th Anniversary so she was there for a long long time so new fresh face and some good goals for 2024 2025 our next category is inspiring next Generations so through our committed and long-standing relationships with both The Bard schools foundation and Bard Public Schools as well as several Community organizations U Bard cultural Alliance is able to put on a handful of really impactful programs in Bard Public Schools uh there are two main programs that we run through this that's next Generation artist residencies and arts clubs um the artist residencies pair a professional local artist with either a school or a classroom they do a number of drop-ins throughout the school year and they work with the kids to either um have a performance piece to show everyone at the end of the year or some sort of physical piece that they've worked on together so in this picture that you can see here from Saturn Elementary School they worked on this awesome mural on the wall of a Saturn 5 rocket so so cool um and it teaches these kids um interdisciplinary skills Next Generation technological skills it teaches them how to work together and they get to see an artist in their Community who is a professional artist not a starving artist and that this is something you can do and you can make a living being an artist in your community um in the 2023 2024 school year we had these programs the arts clubs are also an after school um initiative run by teachers if they're willing to give up some of their time and their classroom space after school we'll provide some supplies and assistance with that and they can run art clubs in Middle Schools um in the 2023 2024 school year we had our programs in 17 different schools involving 48 different teachers 200 total class hours of instruction 2,000 students that were directly impacted and over 9,000 students that were indirectly impacted by those teachers going out and teaching other auxiliary classes um for the 2024 2025 year our goal is to raise at least $25,000 to support our educational programming and help it grow and Thrive our next section is connecting the dots another huge thing that we do is to act as a connector in the community to try and Champion cultural organizations and artists then um show off their highquality artistic experiences and all the great things that we have to offer here in Bard County so we do this through a number of different formats a big one is promoting cultural events through social media our online events calendar which there's a picture of right here word of mouth all kinds of different ways we actually we're just looking at an updated version you know the most upto-date version of our calendar this weekend I don't remember if it was both days or just Saturday there are 10 separate like completely different cultural events going on just this weekend and that's just what's on our calendar there's certainly more that doesn't get added to our calendar so much is going on in Bard County all the time another way that we do this this is new that we've just put together is a lovely holiday happenings sheet of all kinds of fun events that you can go to around Bard that are holiday themed and shopping um opportunities at different cultural organizations so if anybody's interested in any of these let me know I'd be happy to get you a stack of them um we also provide directories of artists venues events service providers all kinds of things if someone's looking for a grant writer we've got a couple recommendations for them if someone's looking for um even like a sign language interpreter I know how we can point them to the right direction sometimes that's kind of tricky to track down here um we also connect artists businesses government and members of the public trying to be that connection piece where we've got a bit of a presence everywhere to be able to make those connections where they're needed um we are also seeking and developing some new services and benefits for our members including a co-working space that they can take advantage of and video photography and podcasting Studio space that is Affordable and accessible for everyone um so in works on that you'll be hearing more soon and a 24 2025 goal for us is to reorganize our membership program and diversify benefits and provide more benefits um and rework what does that membership structure look like our final category here is engaging forward this one is lengthy and so so important um BCA remains an experienced adviser dedicated partner and resource provider for Bard County and all of its municipalities for art and culture for 2025 we plan to continue and grow all of these items um robust representation on our board of directors we have I believe 18 might be 19 now um board members 10 of those are representatives of Art and cultural organizations in the area so we've got a significant and strong number of fantastic leaders and art and cultural organizations that are on our board um speaking engagements on art and culture our goal for this upcoming year is to deliver at least 10 public speaking opportunities I think we will meet if not exceed that pretty easily um then next service on Bard County organization boards if we're asking for art and cultural leaders to come and serve on our board I think it's only fair that I and other members of BCA go out and try to provide that same service to other organizations so at the moment I'm on the economic development commission's reporting board and on the Space Coast Science Center executive committee board which does not yet the science center does not yet exist again you'll hear more I'm sure more and more about that as time goes on but working on getting that up and off the ground a goal for 2024 2025 in this realm is to add one additional board seat to round it out to a nice three next is producing at least 10 episodes of true colors on the Space Coast which is our podcast in the past we've done an episode every other week for a chunk of months out of the year I think we're going to switch over to having one episode per month so we can dig a little bit more into that um out of the Four Seasons that we've had this podcast we have 32 episodes that are live streamed with a collective 12,800 views on Facebook and YouTube this year between season 3 and season 4 we saw a 383 growth in viewership massive don't know how we're going to top that but we're going to make it happen um it's a fantastic program and the goal of this podcast is to shine a light on emerging local artists who belong to minority communities whether that is an ethnic or racial group or an artist with a disability or an artist in an interesting age range that you wouldn't think of from our youngest to our oldest if you're in a minority group we want to highlight those artists and give them more of a platform next is our continued um publication of our Muse news Weekly Newsletter this has events and new members and calls for artists all kinds of things in it it's a great newsletter and our online events calendar as you saw earlier um next is to provide Council and access to information on grants and different types of funding resources a goal for us in this next year is to provide four workshops or info sessions on grants for cultural organizations and artists whether that's for local State national or foundational grants or a combination of all um another goal for us is to table at at least four public or tourism related events to get information out about BCA and about all of the Fantastic art that's happening in Bard County um to spread public awareness and connection with individuals in the community then finally we've got two kind of special projects going we're working with palom Bay's Recreation Department to add Fine Art and fine artists to their Multicultural Festival um coming up in 2024 or no excuse me this is 20124 2025 the year is flying um and then another one is we're working with Satellite Beach on a project to put wraps around F do utility boxes and make them a little more beautiful so we've sourced some local artists for them and they're working together to get those pieces of art printed onto finy I don't know and get that wrapped around those utility boxes and a goal for us along that line for 2024 2025 is to work with each of the County Commissioners to help on a special project maybe following a special interest that they might have in their District so that we're spreading the love and the help across the entire community and every single District so to make these program initiatives and Partnerships possible BCA is requesting $22,000 for the 2024 2025 fiscal year in addition to our own revenue streams support from Community organizations and individual citizens investment from Bard County and the tourism Development Council will help us to be able to achieve and exceed these goals and many more the Arts Enlighten our lives with beauty emotion and understanding they cultivate a sense of identity and belonging they Foster creativity and Innovation and promote social action all necessary to a vibrant region attracting investment from visitors residents and Industry with Bard cultural alliances a beacon we can ensure continued Cultural Arts and Cultural vibrancy in Bard County together we shine brighter and ensure that tomorrow does launch here thank you thank you very much for your presentation uh I have a should I start yeah couple questions uh all great programs we should have more of this uh obviously there's headwinds at the board level the County Commission board with respect to funding uh cultural grants and cultural funding in general as we all are aware of uh uh but the first question is do you have a breakdown there's no sort of dollar amounts tied to the various initiatives sure um a general breakdown here for you there's a lot of lot of work here obviously a ton of energy and is it additional staff or is it direct costs a combination direct staff and direct costs materials and supplies and then making sure that we have professionals who know what they're doing who can carry out the quality that is needed for these programs instead of doing them halfway Okay so hypothetically here if we support this we're going to need a breakdown because the commission will ask for a breakdown sure and then they'll maybe support all of it maybe support some of it um would you like me to run you through a quick guate break yeah so payroll for example you have you know looking at the budget here which we have on Page's previous we can all look at that the BCA got uh $222 2,000 in funding last year the cultural grants were funded at 53,000 we only did one major cultural one major event funding at 75,000 because the air show didn't get anything yeah but that's going to come back and then maybe we you should were two there was the Space Coast um fair and that was 25,000 and then Thunder on Coco Beach was 50,000 so there were two there were actually two major events last year so I guess the first question is did the did the I lost track there were so many machinations did the board of County Commissioners allocate the cultural grant funding as part of the Lifeguard funding yeah so what happened you're talking about last year or for this coming the budget for the coming year yeah so yesterday was the board meeting where we brought the marketing support program we had uh the TDC had recommended there were 244 Cal and 20 Sports uh events uh that were awarded 85,000 um the board tabled it and requested that the new board uh when they convene have a workshop to go through all of those and uh make some determinations about them so we're kind of waiting for the new board the new board gets Seated on the 19th which is next Tuesday um and then they'll their first sort of official meeting will be December 3rd and so we'll we'll have to kind of wait and see what they want to do but they kind of Kick the Can a little bit down the road so we'll we'll see what happens with that but yeah there's right now there's 85,000 that have been allocated of that 600,000 came out of the cultural and then there was 240 out of um the marketing program uh for a total available funds of 840 but we only um basically awarded 805 so that's kind of where it sits right now and then there is as far as what's remaining in the cultural Grant fund there's about 250,000 left in that um in that fund for for this fiscal year to allocate so okay so for the coming fiscal year we have the 202 allocation for BCA we have cultural grants that we've committed but they have yet to approve for 500 well 600 600 came out of that out of that program and then 240 out of Marketing so they were kind of out of two different programs which leaves to and change in the cultural fund so uh no they awarded of they also awarded 300,000 for lifeguard so that rounds out the total so if we award the two if we award the 202 this year to um BCA there'll be less than 50,000 left in that in that account so for major events no well the um the 805 covers the major events as well as it covered everything it covered larger events as well as smaller events so what did we budg I forgot what did we budget for major events was it the it was it was 600 total that came out um so that's where we got it was last year we had 530 for the um support program and then 75 for the major so that was you know was like 6 605 so we pulled 600 out of that for all of those types of events yeah so yeah but we take 600 for that program 300 for the lifeguards and now we've got like 250 left if we take 200 and2 for that it leaves a little less than 50 in that account to you know probably roll over till next year okay yeah did everybody follow all that I concluded that there's 250 that can be allocated for cultural education and cultural events in the cultural fund which I was pleasantly surprised to hear so now we know that and so any other questions or thoughts question yes mayor thank you very much two Mayors now um yes so this um the the cultural aspect of the TDC is certainly changed quite a bit um from what it is today as to what it was a few years when I started doing this and it's changed every year one of the things that's been a a a constant once we got started was that some of the smaller groups get got left out of the program completely they didn't um they didn't uh have enough of the of the tourists come in in order for them to qualify to even make any application for the grants at all one of the things that was um suggested I believe last year or possibly the year before I think just before you came was that BCA would have programs and have their own income come in so that BCA could have grants for these smaller groups because you can't grant grant money once we Grant you grant money you can't turn that into other grants so um do you do that have you done anything to be able to um to to have your your own income without relying on the TDC grant money 100% right that is the goal that's what we're working towards um like you said I came on in January of this year so it's taken a little bit of time to get the hang of things and learn the ropes and learn the complications of how everything works but that is part of what we're working towards especially with that membership rework we've got some really really great benefits that are coming that I think will be incredibly attractive um we're working on putting together some events that will be coming up this year that hopefully will generate some more income for us as well so we've got a couple of things in the plans to get that going so that we have our own consistent and strong much stronger um revenue streams for our own selves but at this moment we're in that building phase if that makes sense all right and and since you were granted two um 202 last year and you're asking for 225 now right an additional still just an additional I must have Mis misheard you thank you um so what do you find to be your biggest challenge in in handling your budget what what do you what is your biggest draw or your biggest drain our biggest challenge is that we are a four person team we have two full-tim and two part- Tim so there are only so many hours in the day and only so many things that two and a half three people can really accomplish um in a given period of time I think that's the biggest challenge is we've got lots of ideas and lots of great extra things that we'd love to do but keeping especially art in public places that that is a whole full-time job to do all of the installation and ding around to and maintenance on the van and cataloging and organizing a thousand pieces of art I mean there are departments and museums that are multiple people to manage a thousand pieces of art um so that I think is our biggest challenge is we've got the ideas we've got the drive it's just the people and the man time to get it done and these of course would be paid people and then that was a further draw on your correct on your funding correct all right thank you very much Mr chair mayor so I have I have a question directly uh in regards to you assisting pom's Recreational department in in the Fine Arts for the Multicultural Festival does that include um any fine artists creating a mural of some sort that's not in the plans we could try and pull that together I'm not sure if it would come together in enough time so that's coming pretty quickly but that's something we could always look at okay so what do you mean could you define that a little more they were interested in having especially the indoor gymnasium space to be set up with traditional visual artists with art for sale or demonstrating them adding to a painting and creating art um to add in in addition to the dancers and singers and um craft fairs and all of that that they wanted another layer of Fine Art to be added to it so we're helping Source Center has a really nice wall that can provide a space for a mural then my my second question is when you mention minority groups in particular right um have you considered veterans have you considered veterans that are challenged and how scientifically or this has helped those that have uh challenges that you know wounds that are unseen M you're we're on the same page that's coming up this year that are you partnering with the Department of Veteran Affairs we have not in the past but I'm happy to look into that yeah I think that's a great opportunity when you talk about providing grants uh the resources of getting veterans involved may may prove useful there they have uh and I'm going to age myself with this comment they have a huge Rolodex of several veterans that would probably participate not only in that but they also have um veterans that have those challenges that are taking guitar lessons and so that has been successful as well oh absolutely so thank you that that concludes my question sir okay any other questions I just have a question yep so they've already been we've already been awarded 202,000 and or is it that for last year's that was last year last year so you have not been awarded anything for this current so fiscal year we're in now that's right 24 2 correct that's what the request is for okay just want to make sure it wasn't because it was the same number I just wanted to make sure I I'm confused so no thank you for bringing that up is that that was question okay I was under the impression that in the budget we had their regular operating allocation of $22,000 no sir I mean it's we have about 250,000 in that account but it hasn't been officially allocated to anything yet so this is just for their operating budget this is I thought we were talking about 4 no $422,000 to double their budget no sir it's just 202 I think it's because it took so long to get the approval for last time right it was appr um there's a were were a number of factors with that yeah normally they would have come probably in September to to make the request but you know there was a lot of sort of delays waiting to see how that budget was going to be utilized for other things potentially so that happened in September and and you know the marketing Support Program happened in October and so they now are coming for the first time for for this fiscal year so yeah they're a little little late but okay got it all right well that that changes us so everybody's clearer now there's no allocation for BCA in the current budget so this is a request to fund the organization which has been doing great work for many many years all right I will then entertain a motion to fund the BCA generously out of the $250,000 that we have left I'll motion to what amount 202,000 the requested amount you can go higher if you want I don't know if I want to put them in that situation did you request 202,000 yes okay motion I support going higher I just don't want to put them in a situation that okay the request was for 202,000 good motion you're smarter than me you deserve a lot more yeah you deserve aat I would second it the 202 we have a double mayoral second that that should carry a lot of weight I know that's not joking when I say that sorry so we have a motion and a double second any other discussion all those in favor say I I I any opposed hearing none motion passes thank you I was confused I was obviously from my earlier discussions I thought you were asking to double your budget which is why I was asking for more detail understandable but keep doing the good work that you're doing and at the very least uh maintain y enough said Thank you thank you thank you very much can I make a comment about this just real quick oh yeah um I think it's so important that we always talk about this that for me as a hotelier using this money to put you know heads and beds as we like to call it but creating opportunity for our guest to stay longer is one of the biggest things that um I've seen in my 25 plus year career here that we need to continue to work on because they come but we should there should be more things to do and make sure that there's stuff for our guests to do and this adds a big layer of that so thank you for being that contacting point I will bring up one piece of History several of you have heard it but I'll repeat it maybe somebody's listening online in 90 596 there was a referendum to pass the first two cents and it failed we did not have a bed tax this is after the statute first came around allowing counties to provide a bed or to collect a bed tax then there was a huge grassroot effort in order to get the bed tax led by Hotel years because everybody recognized that if other counties and other destinations have marketing funds to Market them and we don't we're going to lose as a tourism community and it was the cultural community that came together because there are much greater numbers and you know more significant voices people that care about culture and it was the cultural community that brought it across the line two years later I think it was in '96 that actually passed the first two cents so if it wasn't for the cultural community and the 5% that they get we wouldn't have had the bed tax then which led to the third the fourth and the fifth Cent so yes it's about putting heads in beds and the economic impact that tourism has for all businesses in Bard County but this was part of the deal that the cultural organizations uh are supported in this way and it does enrich our lives as Bard County residents as well as benefit tourism I said it again I'm great at repeating myself great history lesson Mr chair yeah learn that from Roger Dobson Jean burning may they rest in peace uh next on the agenda public comment public comment we cards accept uh anybody from the public wishing to make a comment we don't need cards otherwise we'll skip forward any board member wishing to uh enrich us with some new information we'll start with Julie not today Alex nothing to share all right uh uh mayor Medina is next on the list yes sir um just want to brief uh this Council that uh the pombay city council received a brief or presentation from the BMX industry and uh it was suggested that perhaps they should work closely with Peter crannis so as a point of information I think uh that industry does bring heads and beds they are uh growing throughout our state so I just wanted to give a heads up to council that uh perhaps they'll be coming forward with a presentation as well what is the BMX BMX is uh uh like these bicycles I remember I had a BMX bike they have tournaments uh I had heard about that in 30 years yes sir and and there's actually a huge following sure uh of individuals perhaps your age that are still uh BMXing in tournaments in the whole nine so it was quite interesting uh so I just wanted to brief this Council to let you know that this may be forthcoming but they do have numbers as it affects heads and beds and uh they right now currently have a a huge group uh within the city of West melbour Palm Bay the town of Malibar and the southern region that actually goes out to Oola County today um and they're looking at even going further south uh to Port St Lucy um so there is consideration going on for the city of palmay as well are we talking about like sports grants for events kind of like Mitch vnes bringing events to the area BMX specific well I would I would yield to Peter on that to see how um they could work things out perhaps give the a grant or partner with the city somehow in the future however that looks like uh it's just worth exploring yeah I was going to say um Terry Parks is our Sports commissioner he's been in contact with them and is aware of of what they're trying to accomplish there um I I think the sports grants is probably a good path um depending on where we end up with this marketing Support Program obviously the sports got wrapped up into that so we'll have to see how that gets if it gets carved out next year or not um also the capital budget next year is going to be a little thin because it'll be the first year for the aquarium uh to get their 1.5 million they get that for 10 years we still have the million dollars for the um for the US LEF um law enforcement um and then we still have a viea fields that we're paying for which is about 5 to 600,000 so we've got 3 million um already sort of accounted for out of that budget and it's only about a $3.5 million recurring and all of the funds were spent down that were carried forward previously uh for lifeguards and other programs so 5 million was spent for bright line um we're still waiting to hear you know the Chrissy Grant did not come through uh at the federal level but they're looking at other grant opportunities with that so that they have three years to groundbreak on that project so right now that 5 million is encumbered and then there was you know a few other grants that were awarded last year so we're we're a little thin in that in the Capital Area so we'll have to kind of think about how to how to manage that going forward very good flush anything nothing to report uh Mayor Young congratulations on your election thank you thank you very very much I have nothing to report nothing to report all right Wayne oh I'm sorry that's okay nothing to report long list Wayne Wayne there you are right after delush way nothing to report I have nothing report hope everybody has a wonderful Thanksgiving Mr CH yes I just want to add something we Peter and I were alerted today that uh representatives of FIFA Federation International Football Association uh will be visiting Eastern Florida College as a site for the 2026 World Cup for training for teams potentially to come here so that'll happen within the next two weeks so it's an exciting time because the impact of FIFA whenever you get a team to be able to be based here uh is pretty darn exciting so just thought I'd share that with the group very cool welcome them to Palm Bay we got soccer fields the World Cup is in 2026 and Miami is one of the venues uh that they'll do the pre prelims the preliminary matches at and then I just wanted to add um thank you everybody for for serving this year um this is our last meeting of the calendar year our new calendar will start again in January uh January 22nd we stick with the the fourth Wednesday of the month with the exception of November and then uh June June and December are off months um if I I'll I'll be reaching out individually uh for people on where they are with their terms and who appointed them as you know the County Commission has three new Commissioners starting um that'll be sworn in on the 19th which is next Tuesday evening um the new chair of the board will be selected at that meeting and and then following that meeting at some point I'll hear who the designated um uh commissioner from the board will be for for the TDC and uh if they if they want to chair the TDC or if they want the TDC to choose its chair they have that option so um I'll I'll be getting uh more information probably in the next couple of weeks and I'll get I'll get that out to everybody that's all I had very good Happy Thanksgiving see you in December meeting is December right no no meeting in December no meetings merry Christmas happy holidays adjourned thank you hit the