The odd part about this article is the land is not located within the city limits of Palm Bay. It is located within the county of Brevard in District 5. Currently Jason Steele's district - (who will be vacating his seat this November). The residents will have a Palm Bay address but will not be in the city of Palm Bay unless the property is annexed. The city of Palm Bay has offered to serve water and sewer to this community which is odd since Palm Bay cannot serve its existing residents with water and sewer. The new water treatment plant is still 2 years out. The house count for this development as of 8/2024 is 3247. Schools at full capacity already, horrible 2 lane road (Babcock St.), no fire station within 9 miles currently, etc. Brevard Planning and Zoning has already stated the impact fees will not cover what is needed for infrastructure. This Orlando developer is expecting the county to bring these services to his land. How much you wanna bet the taxpayers will be footing the bill?
Palm Bay City Council Seat 5 has a candidate backed by Developers, Contractors, Surveyors, Engineers, Brevard Home Builders Association etc. Voters Beware.
The first PUD was submitted on 8/12 and approved by Brevard Planning and Zoning. It is understood this property does not touch any of Palm Bay and therefore cannot be annexed.
Yup lets hike up the price of land so local people can not buy it and plop overpriced HOA's on there...seems fair...I just want these developers and investors to be driven out of Florida we are good, we are full stop building...
I thank you for your support. I just can't believe how long the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS DO NOTHING TO PROTECT OUR WATER. But I have to let the CONTRACTOR that is doing the work on HIGHWAY 1 at the Malabar rd red light, going south.
UNBELIEVABLE great job.
Their water truck is RIGHT THERE AS THEY CUT THE ROAD OPEN, & DO THE WORK IN the middle of 1.
PROFESSIONAL.
SHUT OUT FOR A REAL CONTRACTOR WHO FOLLOWS THE REGULATIONS.
NAME OF THE COMPANY IS
VApaving CONTRACTORS.
Awesome.
What's crazy is they BLAME FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR POLLUTING THE RIVER.
THE TRUTH IS IT IS ALL THE GOVERNMENT CON TRACTORS,
NASA, & GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
IF REGULATIONS ARE FOR CITIZENS, WHY IS THEIR GOVERNMENT CON TRACTORS GETTING AWAY WITH POLLUTING.
Generally speaking, growth is good . It does have its pains.(the traffic here is nowhere near as bad as Orlando, DC or LA) . In the Corporate world, the axiom is "you either grow or die". Thus growth is a good problem to have. (I would add its my expectation that growth will largely pay for itself, NOT load the legacy taxpayers with new burdens like mandatory utility connections, which is something worth getting irritated about IMO). I can site multiple communities in the northeast where they have the opposite characteristic (people exiting those states leaving behind a worn infrastructure and reduction in tax revenue for the remaining residents to carry) . I wouldn't trade places with them. My only question is, when will the St John's Parkway southbound from Malabar road be completed?
Emerald Lakes let their EPA permit expire, sun Terra will have to apply for a new permit since there's a lot of wetlands involved. Watch closely please.
THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAWS. POLLUTING THE WATER,
NO WATER TRUCKS TO KEEP THE DUST FROM THE DIRT BLOWING INTO THE STREETS, NO STRAW AROUND THE DRAINS, STOPPING FOR THE RED LIGHT ON BABCOCK AND NEW PARKWAY WHILE RAINING, WATER SOMETIMES IS 10 TO 15 INCHES OF STANDING WATER. 50 TONS TRUCKS FLYING 10 TO 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMITS. CALLED BEVARD PUBLIC WORKS, NOTHING BUT EXCUSES.
FEDERAL LAWS TO PROTECT THE WATER IN THE RIVER OUT TO THE OCEAN. THEN BLAME THE FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR THE POLLUTED WATERS.
GOT PICTURES, AM TALKING TO THE FEDERAL WATER PROTECTION AGENCIES.
Okay first of all, this article screams AI-written so why bother with a lazy “author’s” name when he just told a software system what to say.
Second of all, this news is garbage that nobody will be happy about. And don’t start with ‘unless you live on acreage’. Do you? Or is the pot calling the kettle black? Only a small percent of us live on acreage in PB and even still, very few of us are in these cookie cutter gentrified homes. READ THE ROOM.
Based on the provided search results, here is a biography for Thomas Gaume of Palm Bay, FL:
## Biography
Thomas Gaume is a resident of Palm Bay, Florida. He served in the U.S. Navy for 12.5 years, working as a Fire Control Technician with advanced training in electronics and leadership[2][4]. After being honorably discharged in 1994, he settled in Palm Bay[1][6].
Gaume has been actively involved in the Palm Bay community. He volunteered as a coach and board member for Palm Bay West Little League, founding the city's first Challenger Division for children with disabilities[6]. He served as the Chairman of the Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce and spent 18 months as the Chamber's Government Affairs Director[2][6]. Gaume owned two small computer and internet companies, receiving the Palm Bay Chamber's Small Business of the Year award in 2000[6].
Gaume has run for Palm Bay City Council multiple times, campaigning on issues like infrastructure improvements, opposing new taxes and assessments, and attracting business development[2][4][6]. In 2018, he ran for Seat 4, advocating for a bond referendum to fund road repairs instead of new fees[2]. Though unsuccessful in his City Council bids, Gaume remains involved through advisory boards and his local news website "The Palm Bayer"[6].
Now retired, Gaume performs acoustic guitar shows for charitable causes and assisted living facilities[6]. He is married with two adult children, and multiple generations of his family reside in Palm Bay[6].
I will say this until I’m blue in the face !! Unless you live on acreage!!!! Your home was also untouched land🤦🏽. You are probably like everyone else on here complaining and live less than 10ft from your neighbors
Mr Bill Smith, no need to say it till you’re blue in the face. Ironically, you can advocate for preservation of the land and resources, while simultaneously living in a home, while ALSO owning acreage, while also living in a townhome part of the year while also vacationing in a condo. You see the dichotomy? Relax. You must never leave the house or know how crowded the roads already are, either. Someone has to stand up for rehabbing old development VERSUS plowing the land to build NEW.
Here is the City's brand new comprehensive plan. Where I find the most relief is in the transportation section where on the first page are the mandates the city must abide by. Of particular interest is Policy TE-1.1E. The City shall develop and implement Land Development Regulations which establish criteria which require new roads and streets designed as an integral part of, and consistent with, the Future Transportation Map, and Policy TE-1.1G. Continue to enforce the Concurrency Management Ordinance to ensure that future development does not cause a reduction in the level of service (in other words add more traffic than there is capacity on the roadway).
Why would you celebrate this? This is horrible we need green space trees etc to survive we will regret all the building we are doing! Pure greed! Very depressing We need parks not more housing develpment!
Yes. I do believe the original Palm Bay project was something like this many years ago, it failed due to lack of funding, part of the charm of Palm Bay is that it is quiet and sleepy. What a terrible money grab, someone needs to put together a petition to halt this.
Pave paradise, put up a parking lot
Stop the building a lot of us picked Palm Bay to live because it wasn’t developed.
The odd part about this article is the land is not located within the city limits of Palm Bay. It is located within the county of Brevard in District 5. Currently Jason Steele's district - (who will be vacating his seat this November). The residents will have a Palm Bay address but will not be in the city of Palm Bay unless the property is annexed. The city of Palm Bay has offered to serve water and sewer to this community which is odd since Palm Bay cannot serve its existing residents with water and sewer. The new water treatment plant is still 2 years out. The house count for this development as of 8/2024 is 3247. Schools at full capacity already, horrible 2 lane road (Babcock St.), no fire station within 9 miles currently, etc. Brevard Planning and Zoning has already stated the impact fees will not cover what is needed for infrastructure. This Orlando developer is expecting the county to bring these services to his land. How much you wanna bet the taxpayers will be footing the bill?
Palm Bay City Council Seat 5 has a candidate backed by Developers, Contractors, Surveyors, Engineers, Brevard Home Builders Association etc. Voters Beware.
Would his initials happen to be RW?
No - Seat 5 Candidate MJ.
Thank you
Most likely outcome is they will be annexed before the first PUD is submitted.
The first PUD was submitted on 8/12 and approved by Brevard Planning and Zoning. It is understood this property does not touch any of Palm Bay and therefore cannot be annexed.
Yup lets hike up the price of land so local people can not buy it and plop overpriced HOA's on there...seems fair...I just want these developers and investors to be driven out of Florida we are good, we are full stop building...
I thank you for your support. I just can't believe how long the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS DO NOTHING TO PROTECT OUR WATER. But I have to let the CONTRACTOR that is doing the work on HIGHWAY 1 at the Malabar rd red light, going south.
UNBELIEVABLE great job.
Their water truck is RIGHT THERE AS THEY CUT THE ROAD OPEN, & DO THE WORK IN the middle of 1.
PROFESSIONAL.
SHUT OUT FOR A REAL CONTRACTOR WHO FOLLOWS THE REGULATIONS.
NAME OF THE COMPANY IS
VApaving CONTRACTORS.
Awesome.
What's crazy is they BLAME FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR POLLUTING THE RIVER.
THE TRUTH IS IT IS ALL THE GOVERNMENT CON TRACTORS,
NASA, & GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
IF REGULATIONS ARE FOR CITIZENS, WHY IS THEIR GOVERNMENT CON TRACTORS GETTING AWAY WITH POLLUTING.
Be the first to buy a house in this old swampland!
Generally speaking, growth is good . It does have its pains.(the traffic here is nowhere near as bad as Orlando, DC or LA) . In the Corporate world, the axiom is "you either grow or die". Thus growth is a good problem to have. (I would add its my expectation that growth will largely pay for itself, NOT load the legacy taxpayers with new burdens like mandatory utility connections, which is something worth getting irritated about IMO). I can site multiple communities in the northeast where they have the opposite characteristic (people exiting those states leaving behind a worn infrastructure and reduction in tax revenue for the remaining residents to carry) . I wouldn't trade places with them. My only question is, when will the St John's Parkway southbound from Malabar road be completed?
Emerald Lakes let their EPA permit expire, sun Terra will have to apply for a new permit since there's a lot of wetlands involved. Watch closely please.
This is horrible. More homes and people. Nothing to be excited about.
THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAWS. POLLUTING THE WATER,
NO WATER TRUCKS TO KEEP THE DUST FROM THE DIRT BLOWING INTO THE STREETS, NO STRAW AROUND THE DRAINS, STOPPING FOR THE RED LIGHT ON BABCOCK AND NEW PARKWAY WHILE RAINING, WATER SOMETIMES IS 10 TO 15 INCHES OF STANDING WATER. 50 TONS TRUCKS FLYING 10 TO 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMITS. CALLED BEVARD PUBLIC WORKS, NOTHING BUT EXCUSES.
FEDERAL LAWS TO PROTECT THE WATER IN THE RIVER OUT TO THE OCEAN. THEN BLAME THE FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR THE POLLUTED WATERS.
GOT PICTURES, AM TALKING TO THE FEDERAL WATER PROTECTION AGENCIES.
TIME TO FINE THESE POLLUTING COMPANIES.
Okay first of all, this article screams AI-written so why bother with a lazy “author’s” name when he just told a software system what to say.
Second of all, this news is garbage that nobody will be happy about. And don’t start with ‘unless you live on acreage’. Do you? Or is the pot calling the kettle black? Only a small percent of us live on acreage in PB and even still, very few of us are in these cookie cutter gentrified homes. READ THE ROOM.
Not Lazy:
Based on the provided search results, here is a biography for Thomas Gaume of Palm Bay, FL:
## Biography
Thomas Gaume is a resident of Palm Bay, Florida. He served in the U.S. Navy for 12.5 years, working as a Fire Control Technician with advanced training in electronics and leadership[2][4]. After being honorably discharged in 1994, he settled in Palm Bay[1][6].
Gaume has been actively involved in the Palm Bay community. He volunteered as a coach and board member for Palm Bay West Little League, founding the city's first Challenger Division for children with disabilities[6]. He served as the Chairman of the Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce and spent 18 months as the Chamber's Government Affairs Director[2][6]. Gaume owned two small computer and internet companies, receiving the Palm Bay Chamber's Small Business of the Year award in 2000[6].
Gaume has run for Palm Bay City Council multiple times, campaigning on issues like infrastructure improvements, opposing new taxes and assessments, and attracting business development[2][4][6]. In 2018, he ran for Seat 4, advocating for a bond referendum to fund road repairs instead of new fees[2]. Though unsuccessful in his City Council bids, Gaume remains involved through advisory boards and his local news website "The Palm Bayer"[6].
Now retired, Gaume performs acoustic guitar shows for charitable causes and assisted living facilities[6]. He is married with two adult children, and multiple generations of his family reside in Palm Bay[6].
Citations:
[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/tgaume
[2] https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/09/meet-candidates-palm-bay-city-council-seat-4/1497001002/
[3] https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/palm-bay-fl/thomas-gaume-4928950
[4] https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/27/meet-candidates-running-palm-bay-city-council-seat-4/853227002/
[5] https://www.wesh.com/article/palm-bay-concerns-crimes-the-compound/46003624
[6] https://palmbaylive.com/meet-seat-3-candidate-thomas-guame/
[7] https://twitter.com/tgaume?lang=en
[8] https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/news/meet-palm-bay-city-council-candidates/article_db80c0f4-f78c-11ea-8d30-dbfd2b3aa87b.html
Thanks again AI!
I will say this until I’m blue in the face !! Unless you live on acreage!!!! Your home was also untouched land🤦🏽. You are probably like everyone else on here complaining and live less than 10ft from your neighbors
Mr Bill Smith, no need to say it till you’re blue in the face. Ironically, you can advocate for preservation of the land and resources, while simultaneously living in a home, while ALSO owning acreage, while also living in a townhome part of the year while also vacationing in a condo. You see the dichotomy? Relax. You must never leave the house or know how crowded the roads already are, either. Someone has to stand up for rehabbing old development VERSUS plowing the land to build NEW.
We as a community need to get together and fight this development!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the City's brand new comprehensive plan. Where I find the most relief is in the transportation section where on the first page are the mandates the city must abide by. Of particular interest is Policy TE-1.1E. The City shall develop and implement Land Development Regulations which establish criteria which require new roads and streets designed as an integral part of, and consistent with, the Future Transportation Map, and Policy TE-1.1G. Continue to enforce the Concurrency Management Ordinance to ensure that future development does not cause a reduction in the level of service (in other words add more traffic than there is capacity on the roadway).
https://www.palmbayflorida.org/government/city-departments-f-to-z/growth-management/land-development-planning/comprehensive-planning
Why hasn’t it been implemented so far?
We can put together petition. We’ve got to use our voice.
Why would you celebrate this? This is horrible we need green space trees etc to survive we will regret all the building we are doing! Pure greed! Very depressing We need parks not more housing develpment!
If you don’t live on acreage you have no room to talk!! Bc your home was once green space 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽
Agree. On top of the overdevelopment that just happened at the end of 192 south of EGAD. Terrible.
Just ONE MORE reason to leave this shithole of a city. Quiet decent neighborhoods are a thing of the past. I guess I'm going back to Texas.
Yes. I do believe the original Palm Bay project was something like this many years ago, it failed due to lack of funding, part of the charm of Palm Bay is that it is quiet and sleepy. What a terrible money grab, someone needs to put together a petition to halt this.
Disgusting, this town is already too crowded, the infrastructure can't handle what it's got now !!!
Yes.