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City of Cocoa Mayor

The City of Cocoa operates under the Council-Manager form of government. The City Council consists of five (5) members - the Mayor is elected at large and the four (4) council members are elected by each of their districts. The City Council is responsible for adopting the city budget, determining city property taxes, and regulating planning, zoning and land development in accordance with law. The City Council supervises the operations of city government by establishing policies and programs and appropriating funds for each department, with direct operational supervision by the City Manager, appointed by the City Council.Term: 4 yearsSalary: $6,600/year

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    Mike Blake
    (NON)

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    George Allen Cowart
    (NON)

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The City of Cocoa is growing quickly, so what are your proposals for residents' growing concern that outdated, insufficient infrastructure (especially water treatment, fire safety, roads, etc.) should be updated and upscaled before continuing to approve new business and housing developments? Please explain. (500 characters)

What steps will you have the City of Cocoa take to promote long term resiliency to climate impacts of stormwater drainage problems and flooding, while improving the quality of life for residents? (400 characters)

What in your professional and personal experience makes you the best candidate for this position? (200 characters)

What will you propose the City of Cocoa do in order for the Indian River Lagoon to be supported from further degradation and to stimulate revitalization? (400 characters)

Will you commit to implementing town hall meetings or "Coffee with the Mayor" to hear current city resident concerns? How would you structure them and how often? (300 characters)

The state government has recently pre-empted local governments' policy decision-making power on school curriculums, environmental protections, housing, development and other areas. What is your stance on how local governments losing authority to decide local measure will affect this community? (500 characters)

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Public Service I was elected to the brevard county Soil and Water Conservation board
Education Brevard Community College ,Georgia firefighter License, Florida fire collage (ocala), Eastern Florida College (Law enforcement), and Floidia Auctioneer basics), Real estate license,
Campaign Website http://Cowartformayor.com
Campaign Phone 321-398-1615
Campaign Mailing Address 2560 Hooper Road Cocoa Fl. 32926
All the new construction includes installing water and sewer lines if the ones that these are attached to are not up to code they should be replaced also at the developers' cost. Roads need to be looked at before the development to make sure the flow of traffic will not have a negative impact on the area. Depending on the size of the development Fire and Police need to be considered (the area might need another fire station) or law enforcement might need more officers.
every project has to have on-site stormwater storage. Checking and maintaining storm pipes, making sure water flows toward the rivers. flooding is a problem in areas that were built years back and now the elevations of new projects are higher, even with the on-site retentions some of these projects block the natural drainage of the houses or buildings that are already there.
I have been in development for around 40 years. I want to work for all the people of Cocoa not focusing on one area but the whole city. we need to work on crime, Homelessness, and getting new busines
The river is a special area for cocoa, fishing rec boating etc. Cocoa has not gotten enough from the cleanup effort yet 2 houses have gotten clam baskets. water runoff is a problem and water from treatment plants needs to go somewhere else (recycle ) we have parks and other areas that could use it. I have a problem putting a Tax Any tax in place is it always needs a Start date and a Ending date
Townhaul meetings are a great thing. We get to meet and hear ideas from people who might not be comfortable in big crowds. Giving everyone time to voice their opinions about problems and possible solutions. At least 1 a month
I have not read this. so i can not make a smart decision about this. i do believe local government knows what an area needs and how to make things work sometimes things need to be left for local governments to handle
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