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JOINING US THIS EVENING[1. CALL TO ORDER]
FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, JANUARY 28TH, 2025.TO THOSE WHO I HAVE NOT SEEN AND A BLESSING NEW YEAR TO ALL.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
PLEASE TURN OFF SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 7 0 5 AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO.
PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH 54 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH 54 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.
MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME.
THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME.
EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
CHAMBERS, THE CITY COMMISSION IS A BUSINESS MEETING, AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS.
PLEASE DIRECT ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.
THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.
HERE VICE MAYOR CALWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, CITY MANAGER, BROWN STUBBS.
PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE SHALL UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ITEM FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]
FIVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS.MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE READ.
JANUARY 13TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES JANUARY 14TH, 2025.
CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.
THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION.
I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.
MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR, SWELL FOUR.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
[6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]
SIX, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO.
THE FIRST ONE BEING FROM MR. AKA MOON.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, CITY COMMISSION, UM, CITY OF FOR LAUDERDALE.
UM, I'M FROM MILITARY FAMILY, SO MY TONE IS KIND OF ON THAT SIDE.
I'M HERE ON AN IMPORTANT TOPIC BECAUSE THE ELECTIONS HAVE JUST FINISHED AND WE HAVE SERIOUS WORK TO DO WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THE EARTH.
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT WE'RE GIVEN NORMALLY BEFORE WE START THESE MEETINGS IS USUALLY A PRAYER FROM A REVEREND OR SOMEBODY.
THE FIRST RESPONSIBILITY WE'RE GIVEN ON EARTH IS TO MULTIPLY AND DOMINATE THE EARTH.
AND THE ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS HUMAN BEINGS
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IS TO TAKE CARE AND DOMINATE THE EARTH.AND THOSE OF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST IS THAT IN THE, IN THE LAST PRAYER THAT KINGDOM COME, THAT WILL BE DONE
SO OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE OF THE EARTH.
WE HAVE HURRICANES IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE TORNADOES, EARTHQUAKES, WE HAVE PANDEMICS EPIDEMICS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, ROADS, ELECTRICITY, HOUSING, HOUSING, INSURANCE PROBLEMS AS IT AFFECTS US IN FLORIDA, EVEN MYSELF PARTICULARLY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, TAXPAYERS, MONEY AND ANY OTHER RESOURCES.
AS I'M SPEAKING RIGHT NOW, THE AMERICAN NATION HAS RECOGNIZED THAT GOING TO SPACE IS COST US A LOT OF MONEY.
AND THAT'S WHY NEXT MATTER WITH WITHDREW YOURSELF.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BENT ON GOING TO MASS, GOING TO VENS.
NOW, I'M HERE ON A
AND TO BE HERE, I TOOK A LOT OF THINGS TO BE HERE.
THIS, THERE ARE NO FLOWERS IN MASS.
THERE ARE NO BEAUTIFUL BABIES IN MASS.
THERE ARE NO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OR SOME MEN IN MASS.
DON SPEND
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
NOW, I WILL SAID THAT, UM, THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL PERPETRATING COULD MR OF DEFENSE OR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC PLEASE? YES.
UH, UM, TO GET CONTRACTS TO DO AGAINST WHAT I JUST SAID, GOING TO MASS, LIKE I SAID, I WAS TOLD THREE DAYS AGO IN THE SPIRIT, THERE AIN'T NO BABIES THERE, THERE AIN'T NO FLOWERS THERE, THERE ARE NO HUMAN BEINGS THERE SPENDING OUR RESOURCES, OUR LEAN RESOURCES THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF THE EARTH.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BY HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT FROM AGES.
BUT SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE TOWER OF BEL.
THE TOWER OF WAS AN ATTEMPT FOR HUMANITY TO GO TO BUILD THE TOWER TO THE HEAVENS AGAINST WHAT THEY WERE TOLD TO DO, DOMINATE THE EARTH.
BUT STUBBORN ONCE AMONG US DECIDED, NO, WE MUST GO TO THE HEAVENS.
AND THEY BUILT THE TOWER AND HALFWAY THEY FAILED.
AS I'M SPEAKING RIGHT NOW, THE UNITED STATES IS ON A DIFFERENT SIDE.
LIKE I SAID, I'M FROM
NOW CHINA IS UP THERE, INDIA IS UP THERE.
SO I'M APPEALING, I'M A POLITICIAN ALSO AND APPEALING TO EVERYBODY TO LISTEN THAT LET US BE SHARP, LET US KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
LET US SPEND OUR TAXPAYERS RESOURCES IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS OF THE EARTH, THAT NOT MASS, BECAUSE MASS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU.
LIKE I SAID, THE FLOWERS WE HAVE HERE, THE P***Y, CATS, DOGS, AND ALL THESE THINGS, NONE OF YOU MADE THEM.
THEY WERE MADE ON EARTH JUST LIKE ME AND YOU.
THERE AIN'T NO ONE OR ANY OF THEM IN MASS OR IN VENUES.
SO IT IS A WASTE OF RESOURCES AND IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A FAILURE, LIKE IT FAILED WITH THE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU MR. ACKMAN, CITY OF LORD LEAGUES MADAM CLERK.
GOOD EVENING, RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, CITY STAFF, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT STRIKES AT THE HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR SAFETY, AND OUR SHARED VALUES.
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ROLE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS ONE OF SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY.IT IS A POSITION THAT DEMANDS INTEGRITY, RESPECT, AND A COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE THEY WERE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT.
YET TODAY WE ARE FACED WITH A GRAVE AND UNACCEPTABLE REALITY.
A PUBLIC OFFICIAL ON THIS DESK, SOMEONE ENTRUSTED WITH THE DUTY TO LEAD, HAS INSTEAD CHOSEN A PATH OF VIOLENCE, HOSTILITY, T DISREGARD FOR THE VERY PEOPLE THEY WERE SWORN TO SERVE.
THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS NOT ONLY ENGAGED IN ACTS OF AGGRESSION TOWARDS MYSELF AND FELLOW CANDIDATES, BUT HAS ALSO DISPLAYED EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
SUCH ACTIONS ARE NOT JUST INAPPROPRIATE, THEY ARE A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE TRUST PLACED IN THAT PUBLIC OFFICIAL BY THE VOTERS.
THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL SEED I'M SPEAKING OF IS SEED FOUR.
JUST SO YOU ARE CLEAR, VIOLENCE, WHETHER PHYSICAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL HAS NO PLACE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL BETRAYAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY.
LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT INTIMIDATION, BULLYING, CURSING, EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS STAFF, OTHER CONSTITUENTS.
IT'S ABOUT LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING, AND WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL.
WHEN AN OFFICIAL RESORTS TO AGGRESSION INSTEAD OF DIALOGUE, FEAR INSTEAD OF COOPERATION, THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL PAUSE FOR A MINUTE TO TELL YOU THAT
WE MUST ASK OURSELVES, CAN WE ALLOW SOMEONE WHO DISREGARDS THE WELLBEING OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO CONTINUE REPRESENTING US? CAN WE STAND BY WHILE A PERSON IN POWER UNDERMINES THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HOSTILITY, BULLYING, MISCONDUCT? THE ANSWER IS CLEAR.
NO, WE CANNOT AND WE MUST NOT.
I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GIVE YOU, THERE ARE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS AND ALLEGED ACCUSATIONS MADE OF CURSING TOWARDS STAFF.
AND I JUST WANNA DIGRESS BY TELLING ETHICS, ETHICS BY THE STAFF WHEN THIS PERSON TREATS YOU THAT WAY.
WHILE TONIGHT I'M NOT HERE TO ASK FOR THEIR REMOVAL, I AM HERE TO REMIND OUR MAYOR THAT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PARTISANSHIP, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR INSTITUTION AND ENSURING THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF EVERY RESIDENT.
THE WATER BOTTLE THAT WAS THROWN AT ME DURING CAMPAIGNING AND THE STORIES AND LIES THAT WERE TOLD MS. HALL, OUR CLERK IS KEEPING TIME VIA HER PERSONAL PHONE.
OUR CLOCK SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE OUT OF KILTER TONIGHT.
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PLEASE SUMMARIZE FOR US.TODAY WE MUST TAKE A STAND AND WE HAVE TO SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY, THAT VIOLENT BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, BULLYING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
LET US MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER, NOT IN FEAR, BUT IN UNITY.
LET US REMOVE THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR FROM OUR ADEAS AGGRESSION TOWARDS OTHER COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, MYSELF, CONSTITUENTS.
PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW WHO COMMISSIONER SEED FOR.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
[A. ORDINANCE 2025-001 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 5, SECTION 5.04 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 ADOPTED BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR REVISIONS TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES (“CITY”) IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($101,000), PERTAINING TO THE INCREASE IN THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 2024-004 AND SUBSEQUENT VOTER-APPROVED REFERENDUM AND REVISING THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION PROGRAM]
SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.ORDINANCE SEVEN A, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 0 1.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE BRING, UM, OH, SORRY, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT MATTER.
MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S, UH, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO ONE IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.04 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, ADOPTED BUDGET PROVIDING FOR REVISIONS TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN AN AMOUNT, NOT IN A AMOUNT OF $101,000 PERTAINING TO THE INCREASE IN THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 2024 DASH FOUR AND SUBSEQUENT VOTER APPROVED REFERENDUM AND REVISED IN FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION PROGRAM AS IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING MATTER.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UH, I WANT TO, I MOVE THAT WE BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO ONE TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
VICE MAYOR CALWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.
AT THIS TIME, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY CLERK, OUR STAFF, AND OUR AND OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BOBBY WILLIAMS. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE ITEM, UH, FOR ITS FINAL READING, UH, DOES ADDRESS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. UM, THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE ARE ASKING TO AMEND THE JOURNAL OF FUND TO INCREASE THE BUDGET BY $45,000, AND THAT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE MOST RECENTLY REFERENDUM APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF OUR MAYOR AND OUR COMMISSION.
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS THE, UH, AMENDING THE HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION PROGRAM FUND.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO, UH, RECEIVE, UH, THIS GRANT, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUDGETED $194,000 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE ACTUAL GRANT TOUR, UM, HAS INCREASED THE GRANT TO THE CITY ANY AMOUNT OF $250,000.
THEREFORE, WE WERE ASKING TO AMEND THE HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION PROGRAM FUND BY AN ADDITIONAL $56,000 FOR A TOTAL OF THE TWO, TWO ITEMS TO BE $101,000.
UH, IF APPROVED ON TONIGHT, THE, THE REVISED OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE CITY, UH, WILL BE, I THOUGHT I HAD IT HERE.
THE, UH,
AT THIS TIME, I COULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE TWO SEPARATE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEMS. ITEM SEVEN A IS A PUBLIC HEARING MATTER.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IN CHAMBER OR ONLINE? THERE ARE NONE ONLINE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED.
SEVEN A IS A PUBLIC HEARING SEVEN A IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
POLICE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
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THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I MOVE TO APPROVE.ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 1 VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.
[B. ORDINANCE 2025-002 AMENDING ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 82-356 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR METHODS OF SOURCE SELECTION, AND PROVIDING FOR PREFERENCES AND CREATING THE TARGET MARKET PROGRAM]
SEVEN B, ORDINANCE 2 0 25 DASH 0 0 2.MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ORDINANCE 2 0 25 0 0 2 2.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE 13, SECTION 82 DASH 3 56 OF THE, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR METHODS OF SOURCE SELECTION AND PROVIDING FOR PREFERENCES AND CREATING TARGET MARKET PROGRAM PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I'D LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO TWO TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL.
AT THIS TIME, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, BOBBY WILLIAMS. THE THE ITEM ON, UH, FINAL READING TONIGHT IS OF COURSE AMENDING, UH, SECTION 82 OF THE PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, WHICH IS TO, UM, PROVIDE A, PROVIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL VENDORS.
AND THREE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS, UH, ADJUSTMENT TO THE CODE IS THE, UH, INCREASE IN THE LOCAL, UH, POINT SYSTEM, UH, PROVIDING FOR VENDORS THAT, UH, APPLY FOR LOW BID SOLICITATIONS.
UH, CURRENTLY THE POINT SYSTEM OR PERCENTAGE IS UP TO, UH, 5%.
UH, WE ARE, UH, REQUESTING TO GO UP TO 10 POINTS OR 10%.
AND HOW THAT LOOKS IS WHEN WE HAVE A LOW BID, IF A LOCAL VENDOR WERE TO, UH, PROVIDE A BID ON A SOLICITATION AND THEY'RE WITHIN, UH, NOW 10 POINTS OF THE LOWEST BID, THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THAT BID.
UH, THE SECOND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE IS FOR OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WHEREBY WE USE LOCATION AS A CRITERIA.
UH, RIGHT NOW, THE POINT SYSTEM IS SIMILAR TO THE, UH, FIRST ITEM I JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
UH, WE ARE ASKING TO INCREASE UP TO 20%.
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS IF THE CRITERIA IS, UH, 20 POINTS, IF A LOCAL VENDOR WERE TO, UM, SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AGAINST A SOLICITATION AND THAT CRITERIA IS 20 POINTS, UM, THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY INCREASE ADDITIONAL POINTS BY BEING IN THE CITY OF DALE LAKES.
AND THE THIRD COMPONENT OF THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE CODE, OF COURSE, IS A TARGET MARKET PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE THAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL VENDORS WHEREBY WE BID OUT CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND THOSE COMMODITIES WILL BE, UM, ONLY GIVEN TO THOSE LOCAL VENDORS IN THE CITY OF LARGE LAKES.
AT THIS TIME, I COULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ITEM SEVEN B IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER? I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANYONE LINE WITH THEIR HAND UP? THERE ARE NONE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED.
MADAM MAYOR, ITEM SEVEN B IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
COLLEAGUES ITEM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE COMMENT AND SAY, I THINK, UM, A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO, UH, NOT ONLY SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT DO SO IN A WAY THAT MAKES THE PROCESS A LOT MORE EQUITABLE AND FAIR, UM, FOR OUR UP AND COMING SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO, UM, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. BOB, BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALSO THERE'S A GREAT IDEA FOR OUR BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME COMPETITIVE IN THE BIDDING PROCESS ITSELF AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THEM IF APPROVED TONIGHT THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 20 25 0 0 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL.
[C. ORDINANCE 2025-003 REPEALING CHAPTER 2 - ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE I.- IN GENERAL, SEC. 2-4 FRANCHISES FOR TOWING SERVICES, TO REFLECT COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 166.04465, FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR RULES AND ORDINANCES RELATION TO TOWING SERVICES]
SEVEN C, ORDINANCE 2 0 25 DASH 0 0 3.ATTORNEY CONWAY ITEM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, ORDINANCE 2 0 25 0 3.
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.REPEALING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL, SECTION TWO DASH FOUR, FRANCHISES FOR TOWING SERVICES.
TWO REFLECTS COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 1 66 0.04465 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR RULES AND ORDINANCES RELATING TO TOWING SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 3 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
ONCE AGAIN, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS.
UH, THE ITEM FOR FINAL READING TONIGHT AGAIN IS THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY'S, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UH, JUST ALIGNING OUR CODE TO THE, UH, FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, UH, THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE CHAPTER 1 66, UM, NO LONGER ALLOWS THE CITY TO IMPLY OR IMPOSE, I'M SORRY, IMPOSE A FRANCHISE FEE ON TOWING SERVICES COMPANY, UH, THAT PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES IN MUNICIPALITIES.
UH, SO, UH, CURRENTLY OUR, OUR CODE, UH, DOES SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT TOWING SERVICES WILL, UH, BE, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL PAY A FRANCHISE FEES.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST ALIGNING OUR CODE TO, UH, TO, UH, CLOSELY BE RELATED TO THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES.
UH, WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT IS TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT COULD PROVIDE THE CITY TOWING SERVICES.
AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A FRANCHISE FEE, UH, THE STATE DOES ALLOW US TO IMPOSE A SERVICE OR PUBLIC SERVICE TAX AGAINST THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE PERFORMED IN THE CITY OF LARGER LAKES OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME REGARDING THE TOWING SERVICES ADJUSTMENT.
ITEM SEVEN C IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER WISH TO COMMENT? MADAM CLERK, ANYONE ONLINE HAS THEIR HAND RAISED.
THERE'S NO ONE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED ONLINE.
MADAM MAYOR, SEVEN C, PUBLIC HEARING SEVEN C PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
MS. BOBBY, WE DID ASK LAST NIGHT ABOUT WHAT WAS REGULAR, REGULAR FEE, AND I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO UHONE.
UH, ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE, UH, WITH, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
UH, WE HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL RESEARCH AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY, UH, WOULD, WOULD COLLECT ROUGHLY BETWEEN $25 TO $35 PER TOWING SERVICE.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I'D LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 0 3, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
[D. ORDINANCE 2025-004 AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024-013 PROHIBITING CAMPING AND SLEEPING IN PUBLIC PLACES]
SEVEN D, ORDINANCE 2 0 25 DASH ZERO FOUR.ATTORNEY COUNTY, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO FOUR, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH ZERO THREE ESTABLISHING SECTION TWO DASH 4 71.
PUBLIC CAMPING AND SLEEPING PROHIBITED.
TWO, REFLECT THE TRANSFER OF ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO BROWARD COUNTY PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDERS IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO FOUR TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.
AT THIS TIME, ATTORNEY CALLWAY WILL PROVIDE FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ITEM THREE.
YES, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IS AGAIN, THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO REPEAL, UH, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, MOST RECENT ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PUBLIC CAMPING AND SLEEPING THAT IS PROHIBITED, UH, WHICH IS IN RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 1365, WHICH, WHICH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ENACTED.
UH, THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE CITY WAS ADOPTED IN AUGUST AFTER, UH, AUGUST OF 2024.
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TO THAT, UH, BROWARD COUNTY DID ENACT IN AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS SEEKING TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY NOT NECESSARILY PREEMPT, BUT TO PROVIDE COUNTYWIDE ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO THE COUNTY, UH, SUBJECT TO CITIES, UH, WHO MAY HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, CODES OR NOT, UH, HAVING CODES THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES.AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, THE PROHIBITION ON SLEEPING AND CAMPING ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
THE REPEAL OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD EFFECTIVELY AGAIN, UH, TRANSFER, UH, THE CITY'S ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS TO THAT OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ORDINANCE.
UH, THE CITY'S ORDINANCE, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY STATES ITS POLICY, UH, THAT IT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE OR, UH, UH, PERMIT PUBLIC SLEEPING OR CAMPING ON SIDEWALKS WOULD STILL BE IN PLACE.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO ALL OTHER CONDITIONS RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT.
AND AGAIN, THROUGH, UH, OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, UH, BSO, WE, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE COMMISSION'S APPROACH TO THIS MATTER, UH, AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE KNOW FROM THEIR HISTORY, AS WELL AS SOME RECENT ACTIONS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN TO UPDATE THEIR PROTOCOL IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE, THE PUBLIC ON THIS TYPE OF MATTER.
UM, WE BELIEVE AGAIN THAT THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS, IS, IS HIGH FOR HOW THE, THE, UH, BSO WILL ULTIMATELY RESPOND TO ITS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, ESSENTIALLY TO SAY, UM, CHARGING SOMEONE AND, AND ARRESTING FOLKS WOULD BE A LAST RESORT.
UH, AND THERE ARE OTHER SUBSTANTIVE MEASURES, UH, THAT WOULD PROCEED THAT, UH, TYPE OF ACTION.
BUT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE LAW, AFTER THE REPEAL OF THIS ORDINANCE, UH, BSO WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING, UH, THE CITY'S CODE AS WELL AS THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ON THIS MATTER.
ITEM SEVEN D IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER WISH TO COMMENT ON ITEM SEVEN D? ANYONE IN OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE? MADAM CLERK, THERE'S NO ONE IN THE VIRTUAL AUDIENCE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED BY THE MAYOR.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE FROM
MADAM, MADAM VICE PI WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL.
FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.
ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]
NINE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT.AGENDA ITEM NINE A NINE B NINE C NINE D NINE E NINE F NINE G, NINE H NINE I COLLEAGUES.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS? NINE, EIGHT THROUGH NINE? I NO.
MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 5 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RESPECTIVELY.
APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 6.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, CONSTITUTING THE NONS STATUTORY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 7.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARDS PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 8.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RESPECTIVELY, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO NINE A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDER LAUDERDALE LAKES RESPECTIVELY, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE MILITARY AFFAIRS BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 0 A
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RESPECTIVELY, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 0 1.I'M SORRY, RESOLUTION 2 0 5 DASH 0 1 1.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RESPECTIVELY.
RATIFYING APPOINTMENTS OF MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 12.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RESPECTIVELY, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 13.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE ENTER TESTS RESPECTIVELY.
THAT'S CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT DBA BROWARD HEALTH, ENUMERATING THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE STAY HEALTHY TOGETHER MOBILE HEALTH PROGRAM.
FURTHER AUTHORIZING LIMITED USE OF THE CITY'S NAME AND LOGO IN CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM AT ITS MARCH 22ND, 2025 KICKOFF EVENT.
COPY OF SAID MOU IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A DRAFT COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AS ARE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO FACILITATE AND PROVIDE IN KIND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PROGRAM AND KICKOFF EVENT, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 0 5 20 25 0 0 6 20 25 DASH 0 0 7 20 25, 8 20 25 0 9 20 25, 20 25 1 20 25 0 2 AND 2025 DASH ZERO THREE MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR.
[A. RESOLUTION 2025-014 AUTHORIZING A TASK ORDER TO KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC., TO PROVIDE MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION 2023-056, CONTRACT NO 22-3110-07QGP, LIBRARY OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONSULTANTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($106,000.00)]
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 4 MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 14.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND KIMLEY HORNE AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
UTILIZING CONTRACT NUMBER 22 DASH 3 1 0 7 QGEP LIBRARY OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $106,000.
COPY OF RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 0 5 6 AWARDING.
CONTRACT NUMBER 2022 DASH 3 1 1 0 DASH ZERO SEVEN QGEP IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.
A DRAFT COPY OF SET TASK COURT IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO FOUR TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
VICE MAYOR SWELL COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.
FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR, MADAM MANAGER.
AT THIS TIME, MS. TANJA MCCOY, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM AND IF THERE ARE ANY CONTRACTUAL QUESTIONS, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS WILL ALSO, UM, ASSIST IF NEEDED.
MADAM MAYOR, THIS, UM, RESOLUTION IS A RESOLUTION, I'M SORRY.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW, UM, KIMLEY HORN TO ASSIST US IN FINALIZING OUR PLAN THAT WE WORKED ON LAST MONTH WHERE WE WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED THE, UM, FLU AND THE FLU MAP.
UM, THIS WILL IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT, UM, PROGRAM AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE UPDATED AS WELL AS THE EAR WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO ALL OF THE AFFECTED AGENCIES.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS ITEM? MS. TANGER FORD? THE, UH,
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OUR RESIDENCE? WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE FLU MAP IS, PLEASE? YES, THE FLU MAP IS A MAP THAT ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS IN THE CITY IN WHICH WE WILL HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO, UM, HOW WE IDENTIFY THE WAY THAT WE WILL ZONE OUR, UM, CITY IN A SHORT, BRIEF, UM, ANALYSIS IS IT IDENTIFIES WHERE WE WILL HAVE BUSINESSES LOCATED, WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR RESIDENTS LOCATED SO THAT WE HAVE A ORDERLY CITY, AND THAT, UM, WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.
[B. RESOLUTION 2025-015 AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (“CRA”) REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE]
B, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 5.MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO 15 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CRA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UPDATE A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS LINKED EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 5 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR CALWELL.
AT THIS TIME, MS. CELESTE DUNMORE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND INTRODUCTION ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, CELESTE DUNMORE AND I SERVE AS THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
MAYOR, IF YOU, UM, WOULD ALLOW, I'D JUST LIKE TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT RECEIVES SPECIAL FUNDS FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE, AND THAT PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OUTLINED IN CH FLORIDA.
STATUES CHAPTER 1 63, PART THREE REDEVELOPMENT.
OUR LAUDERDALE LAKE CRA HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2000 AND OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD NEW RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, NEW BUS SHELTERS, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, A BRAND NEW PARK THAT'S ON 31ST AVENUE.
AND RECENTLY WE HAVE APPROVED AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH THE COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVE.
SO I THINK THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE CRA BOARD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.
FROM TIME TO TIME, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN WHAT WE CALL A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE OUR TIME TO LOOK AT THAT PLAN AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
THINGS CHANGE FROM, FROM DAY TO DAY.
AND SO OVER THE PAST, I WOULD SAY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE INSPIRE PLACEMAKING COLLECTIVE INC.
SOME ARE IN HERE TODAY, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME ONLINE, SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ONLINE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING ABOUT A PLAN THAT WILL TAKE US ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2030.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF DEVELOPING THIS PLAN IS THE FACT THAT IT ONLY IS BUILT ON THE COMMENTS, THE INPUT, THE FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD FROM THE PUBLIC, THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESSES, THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE WITHIN THE PLAN IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE INPUT THAT HAS BEEN GATHERED.
IT HAS BEEN, I'M SURE, A TASK FOR THE INSPIRE TEAM TO COME UP WITH THE OVERALL GOALS OF WHICH MS. LESLIE DELMONTE WILL DISCUSS WITH THE PUBLIC.
BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK UPON OUR REQUEST WITH FAVOR AND ADOPT THE LAUDERDALE LAKE CRA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING MS. LESLIE DEL MONTE UP TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, CELESTE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MADAM, UM, C CITY MANAGER, UM, CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
UM, ARE WE PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
UM, IT'S BEEN, AS I'VE TOLD YOU, EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN YOU, IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE, UM, NOT ONLY TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, AT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS, BUT TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT YOUR NEEDS WERE, WHAT YOUR, UM, ASSETS ARE AND, AND WHAT YOU COULD REALLY BUILD UPON, UM, DURING THESE LAST FEW YEARS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE LEFT WITH THE CRA.
UM, AND AS THE PRESENTATION COMES UP, WE'LL, WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT.
AND, AND WHILE THAT IS COMING UP, I I DO WANNA POINT OUT, UM, THAT THERE ARE, UH, A FEW MEMBERS ONLINE.
UM, AND HERE WITH ME TODAY IS JOAQUIN VARGAS WITH, UM, TRAFFIC TECH, WHO WAS CRUCIAL, UM, AS A SUB-CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE TRAFFIC AND, AND HOW SOME OF OUR ROADWAYS COULD ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
UM, SO AS WE, UM, GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I'LL, UM, OH, OKAY.
UM, JUST WANNA DO, UM, A BIT OF A RECAP, UM, AN OVERVIEW, GO OVER OUR PLANNING APPROACH FOR THOSE OF US WHO MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, A PART OF THIS PROCESS OR ARE KIND OF COMING IN AT THE TAIL END, UM, AND KIND OF GO OVER WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
AND IN THE SAME WAY, SUMMARIZE OUR, OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, PORTION, WHICH, AS CELESTE SAID, REALLY, REALLY DROVE THE PLAN, UM, AND WAS OUR, OUR DRIVING FORCE AND INSPIRATION FOR, FOR WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE PLAN UPDATE ITSELF, JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, AND HERE YOU COULD SEE IN THAT, UM, MAP AND, AND IN THE YELLOW OUTLINE, THE DISTRICT THAT CELESTE WAS DESCRIBING, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2000.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 551 ACRES, AND THERE'S BEEN UPDATES, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE IN 2003, THEN 2009, 20 13, 20 14.
AND THEN THIS IS A TERMED DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE 30 YEARS, UM, AND IT IS SET TO SUNSET IN 2030, WHICH AT THIS POINT MEANS YOU HAVE FIVE YEARS, UM, LEFT OF THIS PLAN.
SO NOT ONLY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD WRAP UP THE CRA, UM, AND, AND HAVE A PLAN THAT ALLOWED YOU TO DO THAT, BUT ALSO A PLAN THAT SET YOU UP AND, AND CREATED A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT TRANSITION AND SET THE CITY UP, UM, IN, IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR WHEN THE CRA DOES SUNSET.
AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM ALL THE FUN, UM, ELEMENTS THAT WE AS PLANNERS, ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO, TO DIVE INTO, UM, THE PLAN ALSO HAS TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES.
AND I WANTED TO, UM, POINT THAT OUT, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN THAT ARE, UM, REQUIRED, UM, BY THE STATUTE.
AND, AND WE MAKE SURE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT WE CHECK EACH ONE OF THOSE BOXES.
AND THIS IS, UM, BACK TO OUR APPROACH.
WHEN WE SET UP, UM, AND, AND ARE ENGAGED TO WORK WITH MUNICIPALITIES, WE, UM, TYPICALLY HAVE THE TIMELINE.
WE START OFF WITH A KICKOFF MEETING, ESTABLISH A PROJECT BRANDING WITH THE CITY.
FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, I HOPE AT THIS POINT, MOST OF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THIS POP UP.
YOU'VE GOTTEN THE CARDS, YOU'VE GOTTEN EMAILS, YOU'VE SEEN THE WEBSITE.
THAT LITTLE LOGO THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND CORNER AT THE BOTTOM WAS EXCLUSIVELY CREATED FOR THIS EFFORT.
UM, OUR GRAPHICS TEAM IS AMAZING IN, UM, KIND OF GETTING TO, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT AND GETTING TO KNOW AND PULLING THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SORT OF IDENTIFYING A BRAND FOR THE PROCESS SO THAT EVERYONE, WHEN THEY SEE A FLYER, WHEN THEY SEE, UM, SOMETHING POP UP ON THE WEBSITE, THEY AUTOMATICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EFFORT AND, AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE, UM, FOLLOWING THAT SPECIFIC, UM, PROJECT OR, OR APPROACH.
AND THEN WE, WE START LOOKING AT, IF WE COULD JUST GO BACK, I'M SORRY.
WE START LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THERE, AND THE DATA, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STUDYING AND THE REALLY ANALYZING, UM, WHAT'S THERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY IN, IN ANY, UM, BACKGROUND IN, UM,
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RESEARCH, THERE'S THE QUALITATIVE AND THEN THERE'S THE QUANTITATIVE.UM, AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.
THERE'S THE DATA, THERE'S THE RAW SOURCES, THE BONES, UM, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE QUALITATIVE, WHICH TAKES A LOT OF REALLY GETTING TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, THEIR EXPERIENCES, HOW THEY INTERACT, HOW THEY USE THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, THE, UM, STRATEGY, WHAT IS, WHAT IS ALL OF THIS TELLING US IS, IS THE DATA, THE NUMBERS, IS THAT REALLY BEING, UM, OR IS THAT WHAT'S BEING FELT AND WHAT'S BEING EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY? ARE THERE ANY GAPS? ARE THERE ANY, UM, AREAS THAT REALLY COULD BE ENHANCED OR COULD BE, UM, LOOKED AT TO SORT OF, UM, HELP, UM, BRING THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE DEVELOP THE PLAN AND WORK TOWARDS, UM, THE, THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
AND, AND PART OF THAT IS, UM, COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY AND THEN FOCUSING THAT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, AS WE SORT OF EXIT AND THEN PUT IT ON YOUR, YOUR HANDS, AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT.
THE PLAN ITSELF, UM, LOOKS AT PREVIOUS STUDIES, THAT EXISTING CONDITIONS AT EVERYTHING, THE CRA, ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THE CRA HAS DONE SO FAR, ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE.
UM, THERE'S, UM, A LOT THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, UM, NOT JUST, UM, AS A CITY, BUT ALSO AS A CRA DISTRICT.
A LOT OF EFFORT, UM, THAT HAD GONE INTO, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE LAST 24 UH, YEARS, UM, THE CRA HAD DONE A LOT, UM, AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND REALLY BUILD ON THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE, THE MARKET AND ECONOMIC COMPONENT THAT LOOKS AT, UH, THOSE NUMBERS AND WHAT THE TIFFS, UM, LOOK LIKE AND WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE IN ORDER TO PROJECT FOR THOSE SIX YEARS.
UM, THEN OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PORTION, WHICH WE'LL TOUCH MORE ON IN A MOMENT, TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS WHERE, UM, JOAQUIN'S TEAM CAME IN.
AND THEN WE DO, UM, A BIT OF AN ANALYSIS THAT IDENTIFIES STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS.
AND THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO KIND OF POSITION EVERYTHING, UM, VISUALLY TOGETHER AND, AND KIND OF WEIGH THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER AND, AND REALLY PRIORITIZE WHAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT I TOUCHED ON.
BUT THESE ARE SORT OF THE MAIN, UM, FOCUS AREAS THAT, THAT WE LOOK FOR AND THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING ON WHEN WE DO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING LIKE A WELL-ROUNDED, UM, INPUT.
AND HERE, UM, IS A SUMMARY, UM, OF THE, UM, SOME OF THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPENED.
AS, AS I SAID, WITH THAT BRANDING, WE CREATE A PROJECT WEBSITE.
THAT PROJECT WEBSITE, UM, HAD A SURVEY ON AN INTERACTIVE MAP.
IT NOT ONLY WAS IT, UM, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE COULD ANSWER, IT WAS ALSO AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE YOU COULD DROP A PIN AND PUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON A SPECIFIC PLACE, UM, OR PUT YOUR OWN QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE COULD THEN COME IN AND COMMENT ON.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD QUITE, UM, A GOOD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE SURVEY.
UM, I THINK IT WAS A TOTAL OF 94, UM, ANSWERS TO THAT SURVEY.
ASIDE FROM EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, IN THE WORKSHOPS, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, JOIN YOU AT THE ANNUAL BLACK EXCELLENCE PERIOD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOVE TO DO.
UM, AND I TELL YOU TO THIS DAY, IT BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE.
IT'S LIKE ONE OF THE MOST, UM, LIKE ENGAGING EVENTS THAT I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF IN A COMMUNITY.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO SEE THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION, UM, AND, AND REALLY HOW MUCH, UM, THE COMMUNITY ENJOYED THAT EVENT AND HOW MUCH YOU DO AS A CITY.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, UM, TO BE A PART OF IT.
UM, BUT WE LOVE DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO GET FOLKS TO COME OUT TO SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS, UM, EVEN THOUGH I'M COM VERY, VERY IMPRESSED, UM, BY THE NUMBERS THAT WE GOT AT, AT OUR WORKSHOPS.
HOWEVER, WE LOVE GOING OUT TO YOUR EVENTS, TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND, AND SHOWING UP WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY AT SO THAT WE COULD GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK INCLUDING, UM, KIDS, YOU KNOW, DOING DRAWINGS FOR US AND, AND PUTTING THEIR TOP FIVE FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT
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THE CITY.UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT TO SPEAK TO A REALLY BROAD, UM, UM, REPRESENTATION OF, OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE HAD TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS ON MARCH 8TH AND MARCH NINE, UH, AND MAY 9TH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A VIRTUAL, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS MEETING, WHICH WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THEIR PARTICIPATION IS CRUCIAL, UM, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
UM, WITH THE SOUND CENTER, UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO, YOU AS A CITY AS A CRA, UM, ARE DEPENDENT ON HOW THESE, THESE DEVELOPMENTS MOVE FORWARD AND THE, UM, INTERACTION WITH THEM AND WHERE THEY'RE AT AND, UM, HOW SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENTS OR HOW SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE INCENTIVIZED IS REALLY CRUCIAL TO THE PLAN.
UM, SO HAVING THEIR INPUT, KNOWING WHERE THEIR MINDSET, WHERE THEIR PULSE WAS ON, ON THEIR PROPERTIES WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE GOT TO INTERACT WITH THEM AT, AT THIS, UM, VIRTUAL MEETING.
SO THAT WAS REALLY USEFUL FOR THE PLAN AS WELL, UM, ASIDE FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT, WE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS PROCESS WHERE WE KIND OF WEIGH IT ALL, UM, AND, AND START COMING UP WITH THE VISION.
AND THE REASON YOU SEE A CIRCLE THERE AND SORT OF CYCLICAL IS BECAUSE WE'RE SORT OF ALWAYS DOING THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, YOU KNOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION HAS TO BE BASED ON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND IT ALL KIND OF HAS TO MAKE SENSE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET TO THE VISION AND WE PAUSE AND MAKE SURE, LIKE, WAIT, LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
DOES IT ALL STILL MAKE SENSE? SO THAT ALL OF IT REALLY, UM, LEAVES YOU A PLAN THAT IS IMPLEMENTABLE AND WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, A LOT OF IT, AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, WHAT WE KEPT HEARING.
THE, THE ONE COMMON THEME THROUGH ALL OF THIS WAS THE TOWN CENTER.
WE HAVE THE BROAD PRINCIPLES, UM, AND THE GOALS, BUT REALLY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT'S DRIVE THE C WHAT DROVE, UM, THE PLAN FOR THE CRA DISTRICT WAS THAT REDEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN CENTER AND HOW THAT MAY BE ABLE TO IMPACT AND, AND EXPAND OUT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE LAND USE YOU HAVE, UM, A LOT OF THE REGULATORY, UM, FRAMEWORK ALREADY IN PLACE, WHICH IS AMAZING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PLANS THAT WE DO, THAT'S SORT OF THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT IN PLACE, WHICH GIVES YOU, UM, A, A GREAT, UM, UM, STEPPING STONE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD FROM.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, IT'S IN A GREAT LOCATION, BUT HOW COULD WE IMPROVE THE CIRCULATION SO THAT IT REALLY BECOMES A DISTRICT? AND THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC REALM ON PROGRAMMING AND GATEWAYS AND PUBLIC ART.
SO THIS ALL GOES TO THAT SOUND CENTER AND THE EXTENDING AREAS.
WHAT DOES REDEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES GROWTH LOOK LIKE? UM, HOW DOES IT GET TRIGGERED? HOW DO YOU USE IT AS A CATALYST? WHAT DOES THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, BECOME, UM, AS A RESULT OF THIS? THEN WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC REALM FOR THE USER LOOK LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS OR TO ENHANCE THIS? UM, AND THEN FOR THE EVERYDAY USER, THAT GATEWAY, UM, AND PUBLIC ART, WHICH REALLY BECOMES A PART OF WHAT WE CALL PLACEMAKING.
UM, AND BEGINS TO ENHANCE THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
SO THE REDEVELOPMENT APPROACH AS A WHOLE, IT'S ORGANIZED.
WE HAVE THE VISION, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMMING.
AND, UM, BY NOW YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PLAN ITSELF, NOT JUST THE PRESENTATION.
AND YOU SEE THAT THAT, UM, BASICALLY IS THE, UM, WAY THAT WE SET UP, UM, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAN.
AND THEN THE, THE VISION, UM, ONCE AGAIN, IS, IS REALLY TO CREATE THIS DYNAMIC COMMUNITY OR ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WILL HAVE, UM, TO CREATE THIS, UM, DYNAMIC COMMUNITY THAT FOCUSES ON QUALITY OF LIFE BY, UM, PROMOTING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, BY HAVING, UM, BY ACTIVATING THE TOWN CENTER, BY IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY AND BY HAVING A WIDE ARRAY OF HOUSING AVAILABILITY.
UM, THAT THOSE THREE THINGS COULD BE, UM, OR, OR EVERYTHING THAT CAME
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UP IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS COULD BE SUMMARIZED INTO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES WITH HOUSING, UM, BEING ONE OF THE MORE REOCCURRING TOPICS OF CONVERSATION, UM, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE IT IS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA AND EVEN THROUGHOUT THE NATION.UM, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WHAT DROVE THAT, UM, CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TOWN CENTER WAS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING, AND NOT JUST ADDITIONAL HOUSING, BUT DIFFERENT TYPOLOGY OF HOUSING.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT, UM, WITH SOME OF THE EXERCISES THAT WE DID DURING THE WORKSHOPS, UM, WE HAD PENCILS OUT, WE HAD MAPS, WE HAD PEOPLE GET, YOU KNOW, REALLY INTO THE DETAILS AND, AND DRAW FOR US AND, AND POINT OUT, UM, PLACES THAT THEY FELT NEEDED, REDEVELOPMENT, PLACES THAT NEEDED TO BE ENHANCED, HOW THESE PLACES MIGHT CONNECT.
AND FROM THAT, WE, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FROM THEIR FEEDBACK, WE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER THE PLAN, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THAT TOWN CENTER, FOCUSING ON THOSE THAT SOUTH, UM, EAST CORNER, NORTHEAST CORNER AND NORTHWEST CORNER, WHERE THIS COULD REALLY BECOME, START TO BECOME MORE OF A DISTRICT, NOT JUST THESE, LIKE SEPARATED FOUR QUADRANTS, HOW TO CONNECT THOSE BETTER, HOW TO, UM, CREATE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR INFILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, A COMPONENT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT WAS REALLY CONNECTING TO THIS AREA HERE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO, AS A CITY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING, UM, SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND, UM, DEDICATING AS, AS PART OF YOUR, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AS A CITY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UM, LOOKING AT A COMMUNITY CENTER AND A SORT OF MORE CAMPUS LIKE, UM, CIVIC AREA, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT TIE BETWEEN THAT CIVIC AREA AND THE TOWN CENTER AND COMMERCIAL AREAS IS CRUCIAL.
SO WE LOOKED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO PULL THOSE TOGETHER.
AND THEN WE ALSO SAW OPPORTUNITIES, HOW IT MAY EXPAND FURTHER NORTH, UM, WHERE SOME OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT MAY ALREADY BE, UM, CONSIDERED OR COULD START TAKING PLACE SOONER, UM, RATHER THAN LATER.
AND HERE YOU COULD SEE, UM, WHERE AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THAT MIXED USE IN FIELD DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL, ONCE AGAIN, WAS A REOCCURRING THEME.
WE LOOKED ABOUT PARK, UH, PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT WALKING THROUGH ASPHALT, SO THAT SOME OF THOSE COULD START TO BECOME ALMOST LIKE MAIN STREETS WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE, UH, PLEASANT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN AS, AS THEY'RE STARTING TO MEANDER THROUGH SOME OF THESE AREAS.
UM, AND REALLY WHEN I TALK ABOUT DISTRICT, WHAT I MEAN IS AN AREA THAT WOULD WANNA KEEP YOU ENGAGED, THAT WANTS TO MAKE YOU CONTINUE TO WALK.
UM, YOU'RE NOT JUST WALKING FROM YOUR CAR TO A STOREFRONT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING, OH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA LOOKS NICE.
THERE'S SHADE TREES, THERE'S SAFE SIDEWALK.
LET ME MAYBE GO TO A RESTAURANT I HAVEN'T, UM, VISITED AND LET ME CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT AREA.
AND REALLY THE QUALITY OF THE STREETSCAPE IS WHAT DOES THAT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE, YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT IN ALL OF THESE IMAGES.
UM, THEN OBVIOUSLY IN THAT ONE THERE, UM, IN, IN THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU SEE THAT CONNECTION TO THE CIVIC CENTER, AND WE ARE PICTURING THAT, UM, ALSO AS LIKE AN ENHANCED MAIN STREET CONNECTION, UM, BECAUSE THAT MUNICIPAL, UM, RECREATIONAL CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE, UM, A CRUCIAL PART OF, OF THE PLAN.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, NORTH OF THE TOWN CENTER ITSELF, IT COULD BE COMPLETELY INTEGRATED, UM, AS PART OF THAT PLAN.
SOME OF THAT SAME, THOSE SAME, UM, NOTIONS ON THAT OTHER PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, UM, THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY EXPECT TO SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT SOON BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER.
AND WHAT WE REALLY TRIED, UM, TO DO IN A LOT OF THESE WAS GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'D LIKE TO, WE CAN'T DICTATE HOW THESE HAPPEN.
UM, THE MARKET DRIVES SOME OF THIS, THE DESIRE, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS DRIVE SOME OF THIS.
SO THERE IS FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO THE PLAN SO THAT ANY OF THESE COULD HAPPEN FIRST AND STILL ACT AS CATALYST FOR THE OTHERS.
AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION WITH PHASE ONE AND, AND THESE SORT OF INTERTWINE
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AS, AS I WAS DESCRIBING BEFORE IN THE PROJECTS, IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND MICRO MOBILITY, ACTIVATE THE TOWN CENTER AND ENHANCE PUBLIC AREAS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING.WE ARE CALLING THEM PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE, BUT WE DON'T SUSPECT THAT PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE OVER OR LIKE NEED TO HAPPEN IN ITS TOTALITY FOR PHASE TWO TO HAPPEN.
THESE SORT OF HAPPEN HAND IN HAND.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF EACH HAPPENS WITH EACH OF THE PROJECTS HERE.
YOU SEE, UM, WHAT SOME OF THOSE ACTUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, UM, COULD BE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE WE'RE, UM, INCLUDING THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE GATEWAY AND, AND WAY FINDING SIGNAGE PROJECT, THE 35TH STREET AVENUE WALL, WHICH YOU HAD, UM, IN YOUR PLANS.
AND IT WAS, UM, TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH, UM, DURING THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT WAS NECESSARY.
THE WESTGATE SOUTH STREET SCAPE PROJECT, THE, UM, DECORATIVE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH STATE, UM, NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN, UM, SOME OTHER RIGHT, UH, RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS ON 30TH, UM, PAYING ATTENTION AGAIN TO THAT INTERSECTION FOR THE TOWN CENTER, UH, UM, ON STATE ROAD SEVEN AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD SO THAT WE NOT JUST LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC ITSELF, BUT LIKE THAT PEDESTRIAN, UM, CONNECTION AND THE MEDIAN AND HOW THAT INTERSECTION IS WORKING SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE, UM, A, A BETTER RELATIONSHIP AND MOBILITY BETWEEN THOSE FOUR QUADRANTS.
UM, THE VINCENT THOMAS MEMORIAL PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH AGAIN GOES TO THAT CIVIC, UM, AND, AND MUNICIPAL COMPLEX PROJECT AND A FEW OTHERS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ORDER.
UM, BUT THEY BEGIN TO SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE CRA AND THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR.
AND HERE YOU COULD KIND OF SEE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT, UM, CYCLICAL PROCESSES, THESE, UM, THREE COMPONENTS, THE CRA OPERATIONS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND THE INITIATIVES, UM, AND PROGRAMMING THAT ALL SORT OF PLAY A ROLE, UM, IN HOW YOU'RE GOING TO OPERATE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, WITH THAT T FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
UM, THIS IS OUR, OUR FINAL MEETING WITH YOU.
UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, NOT ONLY TO, UM, WORK ON THE PLAN, UPDATE THE PLAN, BUT ALSO TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY.
WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF, UM, HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
UM, I REALLY HAVE TO COMMEND CELESTE.
SHE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL GUIDE THROUGH ALL OF THIS, UM, AND, AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW TO, UM, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR INPUT.
UM, AND THAT'S BEEN INVALUABLE IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN I'VE LOVED SEEING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AT THESE EVENTS.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO GET TO KNOW YOU, UM, AND TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY, UM, TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT I, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.
UM, IT, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY REWARDING TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE FUTURE.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEM.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MR. MONTY.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND ENGAGING PROCESS AND I THINK THOSE OF US WHO PARTICIPATED IN IT ALSO ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME.
FIVE YEARS IS NOT A LONG TIME.
WE BLINK OUR, OUR EYE IN THE FIVE YEARS WE'LL BE GONE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXECUTING THE, UM, AND IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD.
IF WE, MS. CELESTE, IF WE APPROVE THE PLAN, WHAT TIMEFRAME, SINCE IT'S ONLY FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE, WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING ON TO START THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE HAVE INCLUDED WITHIN OUR PLAN A SCHEDULE, SO THE SCHEDULE HELPS TO KEEP US ON TASK.
WE STARTED OUT WITH THIS PROCESS IN 2024, SO WE WILL MAKE, HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE WILL WORK WITH OUR CIP OUR VERY OWN THAT WE WILL,
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UM, DISCUSS WITH THE CRA BOARD AND PROVIDE UPDATES AT EVERY MEETING.VICE STILL NOT MADAM VICE MAYOR.
I'M STILL NOT CLEAR BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY FIVE YEARS ARE LEFT TO DO, TO FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF WE, THIS IS THE CRA PLAN THAT IT'S A NEEDS TO BE APPROVED.
WHAT TIMEFRAME FROM TODAY YOU ARE LOOKING ON? WHEN DO YOU EXPECT IN ANOTHER YEAR TO REALLY START WORKING ON IT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE WILL START TOMORROW.
AND THE PLAN TAKES US OUT TO 2030.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME FOR THE CITY.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS AS A RESIDENT AND NOW I'LL BE A PART OF IT AS A COMMISSIONER.
SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PUTTING COMMUNITY INPUT AT THE FOREFRONT.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, ALL OF THIS STUFF TALKED ABOUT, IS EVERYTHING SET IN STONE IN TERMS OF THE PLAN OR IS THERE STILL ROOM IF, IF A BETTER IDEA COMES UP, SOMETHING MORE INNOVATIVE, NOTHING TOO MAJOR, BUT IS THERE STILL SOME ROOM FOR ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE PLAN? MS. DIMAN? SORRY.
UM, SO THERE ARE PORTIONS THAT HAVE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE'VE BUILT IN FLEXIBILITY AS I MENTIONED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE, UM, ARE CERTAIN COMPONENTS THAT MIGHT NOT, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER AS A CITY, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, SO THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PLAN WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCENTIVES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ALLOW YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO, YOU KNOW, GEAR THAT TOWARDS WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE SHORT TIMEFRAME THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO RECONSIDER MATTER.
MA'AM, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, ANSWER.
AND UM, I GUESS AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, AS WE WERE LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT IT AS IT WAS ONGOING MOVING FORWARD, ARE WE STILL GONNA PERIODICALLY UPDATE NOT JUST US AS A COMMISSION, BUT THE PUBLIC AS WELL SO THEY CAN, UM, CONSISTENTLY BE A PART OF THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD? MS. CELESTE, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, AND WE HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED, UM, AS DISCUSSED IN OUR CRA MEETING, A NUMBER OF PROMOTIONAL, UM, INITIATIVES WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERTAKE AS WELL AS OUTREACH TO GET SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE AWARE OF HOW WE'RE FAIRING AND HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING WITH THE PROJECTS.
AND ON THAT NOTE, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, UM, MS. CELESTE, I'M JUST THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF RESIDENTS WOULD ATTEND THE CRA MEETINGS AND THEY WOULD GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS PLANNING, WHAT'S BEING PLANNED.
MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. DEL MONTE.
I JUST WANT TO ADD IN, UM, WHEN I WENT TO THE CRA CONFERENCE, UM, INSPIRE WAS AWARDED, UM, FOR A PROJECT THEY DID IN ANOTHER CITY AS WELL, AND THEY, UH, GRACIOUSLY DISPLAYED OUR, OUR, UM, DESIGN AS WELL, WHICH I FELT PROUD OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WHEN I SAW IT UP THERE AT THE CONFERENCE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN AND YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. CELESTE.
BACK UP, MADAM MAYOR, BACK UP.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 1 5.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
[C. RESOLUTION 2025-016 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, A CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHIFF CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, INC. AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR WORK ORDER NO. 133498.00 PURSUANT TO SECTION 82-358(D) OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOURCEWELL CONTRACT NO. FL-R6-GC-092524-SCD, FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND 20/100 ($294,474.20) WITH A FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE DOLLARS AND 13/100 ($44,171.13) FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND 33/100 ($338,645.33)]
C, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 6.ATTORNEY GALLWAY MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO 16 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY.
CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHIFT CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INC.
AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR WORK ORDER NUMBER 1 3 3 4 9 8 0 PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 DASH 3 3 5 8 D OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE.
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOURCE WILL CONTRACT NUMBER FL R SIX GC 0 9 25, 24 DASH SCD FOR
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THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $294,474 AND 20 CENTS WITH A 15% CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,171 AND 13 CENTS FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET NOT TO EXCEED $338,645 AND 33 CENTS.A COPY OF THE SOURCEFUL CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF THE CITY CONTRACT AND WORK ORDERS ATTACHED TO AS EXHIBIT B DRAFT COPIES OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU MADAM COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 16 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
AT THIS TIME, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM AS IT IS A PROCUREMENT ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU MS. BOBBY, ONCE AGAIN.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY CLERK AND OUR STAFF AND THE AUDIENCE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, BOBBY WILLIAMS. UH, THE ITEM TONIGHT, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, REQUESTING TO, UM, TO PIGGYBACK, UH, WELL TO GOING TO CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY, SHIFT CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS, IS TO ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, SO THIS, SO THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE WILLOW WEBB SENIOR PARK, BUT ALSO ENHANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS, UH, IS REQUESTING A CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT SERVICES AT THE WILLOW WEB, UH, SENIOR PARK.
THE CONTRACTOR IS, AGAIN, SHIFT CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UM, THOSE INCLUDE, UH, RENOVATING THE BASKETBALL COURT, RENOVATING THE BASKETBALL PLAYGROUND SURFACE AND THE BACK WALL, THE BACKBOARDS REPLACING THE FENCING AROUND THE BASKETBALL COURT AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE PARK.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, PUTTING DOWN SOME NEW LANDSCAPE AND SOME OTHER, UM, ITEMS SUCH AS RENOVATING THE PAVILION AND THE RESTROOMS. UH, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS, UH, THAT IT IS GRANT FUNDED.
UH, SO WE ARE LEVERAGING AS MUCH AS WE CAN SO THAT WE AREN'T USING ALL OF OUR CITY DOLLARS.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT, UH, STATE, A FLORIDA GRANT, UH, FLORIDA RE RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $112,500 TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND WILL, WILL SUPPLEMENT THE REMAINING BALANCE OF JUST A LITTLE OVER $226,000.
UM, THE COMPANY, UH, SHIFT CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED DID PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $294 $294,474.
UH, HOWEVER, IT DOES INCLUDE IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING THE, MOVING THE GROUND AND THE ELEMENTS AROUND.
UM, SO WE ARE REQUESTING A 15% CONTINGENCY, AND THAT CONTINGENCY IS EQUIVALENT TO, UH, 44,100 $7,171 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $338,645.
UH, AT THIS TIME, I COULD ANSWER OR ENTERTAIN ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE, THE PURCHASE OF THE PROJECT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THANK YOU AGAIN, BOBBY WILLIAMS. I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS, UH, PROJECTS.
UH, WILLIE WEBB IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARKS IN THE CITY.
UH, WENT TO WILLY WEBB, UH, SUMMER CAMP GROWING UP.
SO, UH, BUT I, MY QUESTION IS AROUND, YOU MENTIONED IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING TO THE BATHROOM, UH, AREA, AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DONE.
AND I ASK BECAUSE, UM, AS MADAM MAYOR ASK OR YOU SAY ANY CONCERNS? MY CONCERN IS, AND I WENT THERE THE OTHER DAY, SO IT'S THE SAME BATHROOM AS WHEN I WENT THERE AS A CHILD.
THERE'S USUALLY ACTIVITIES THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF DETER THAT AT NIGHT WHEN THE PARK IS CLOSED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALREADY HAVE CAMERAS THERE, BUT ANYTHING THAT CAN DETER ANY AFTER HOURS ACTIVITY, UH, THAT TAKE PLACE OVER THERE.
AND I KNOW IT'S A BIG PARK, AND IN THAT, WHERE THAT BATHROOM IS, IS PRETTY SECLUDED.
IT CAN BE DARK AND, AND GLOOMY.
SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT NOT TO BE A HANGOUT SPOT OR SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST SOLICIT AND HANG OUT AT.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO DETER THAT WOULD BE GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED.
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MADAM MAYOR? NOT THAT HARVEY.UM, I, I KNOW I, I SEE SOME NEW FACES IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS AWARE WHERE WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK IS, SO IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PARKS, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST IDENTIFY THAT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT VISITED WILLY WEBB PARK, MS. BOBBY, UH, YOU MADAM MAYOR.
I DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC ADDRESS TO WILLOW.
WE SENIOR PARK, HOWEVER, IT IS SOUTH ON 4 41 SOUTH ON 4 41 AND 21ST STREET.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE ROBIN, WHO'S OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHO MAY HAVE THE ADDRESS AND COULD PROBABLY GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, UH, DIRECTIONS TO THE PARK.
MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MR. ROBIN COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK.
MY NAME IS ROBIN UDINE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WILLY WEB PARK IS LOCATED, UM, EAST OF STATE, STATE ROAD SEVEN ON 21ST STREET.
IT'S A, IT IS A, IT'S A DEAD END.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND IT'S A VERY NICE PARK.
UM, THE BAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, COMMISSIONER AND THAT, UM, YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA BE CHANGED OUT IN THE BATHROOMS? IT'S ALL THE FIXTURES.
UM, THE, ALL THE FIXTURES, THEY COME OVER WITH THE URINALS AND THE SINKS AND DEPOSITS, AND WE HAVE, WE WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE WATER FOUNTAIN.
WE GONNA OPEN UP THE CEILING AND PUT THE COOLING SYSTEM UP IN THE CEILING AND PUT A BUBBLE, UM, AT THE LEVEL WHERE THE KIDS CAN HAVE IT AND IT'S E ACCESSIBLE.
MR. ROBIN, HOW MANY BATHROOMS? IT'S TWO.
MR. THOMAS? YEAH, MADAM MAYOR, I, I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COLLEAGUE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE DONE.
I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES AROUND THAT LOCATION.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YES, CAN BE DONE.
WE, WE HAVE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHTING, UM, BUT WE CAN DO SOME IMPROVEMENT.
AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER GRANT FOR LIGHTING.
UM, WE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IT WITH, UM, A COMPANY CALLED MOSCOW.
UM, MS. BOBBY CAN PROBABLY GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ALSO.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM BOBBY THROUGH YOU.
UH, MS. BOBBY, YOU MADAM MAYOR.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR THE LIGHTING, UH, SERVICES, BUT, UH, WE DO PLAN TO COME BACK TO YOU HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, NO, THE, THE FEBRUARY 25TH MEETING, UM, TO REQUEST, UH, PIGGYBACK CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY IN MOSCOW, UH, TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING AT WILLOW WEBB.
IMPROVE MY WILLOW WEBB'S SENIOR PARK.
AND THE ADDRESS TO WILLIE WEBB IS 3 6 0 1 NORTHWEST 21ST STREET.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
I'D LIKE TO APPROVE, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO 16.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR CALWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.
[D. RESOLUTION 2025-017 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR CONTRACT NO. 22-3410-01R, TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (“ARPA”) FUNDED PROJECTS (CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SERVICES), EXTENDING SERVICES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 AND INCREASING THE CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($50,880)]
D RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 7.ATTORNEY COUNCIL, MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SEVEN A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR CONTRACT NUMBER 22 DASH 3 4 1 0 DASH ZERO ONE R.
TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA FUNDED PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SERVICES EXTENDING SERVICES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, AND INCREASING THE CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,880.
A COPY OF SAID CONTRACT AND AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 7 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.
ONCE AGAIN, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, THIS, UH, CONTRACT AMENDMENT IS ONE OF, IS FOR ONE OF OUR CRITICAL, UH, TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE FACILITATING,
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UH, A COUPLE OF OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROJECTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY OUR CANAL BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT, WHICH IS, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY, EXCUSE ME, OVER THE LAST, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE, UH, THE TEMPORARY CONTRACTOR, UM, UH, IS, UH, HIS FUNDING IS ALMOST EXHAUSTED FROM WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS WAS APPROVED.
AND, UH, TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING TO DO TWO THINGS.
NOT ONLY EXTEND HIS CONTRACT THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT ALSO TO, UM, PROVIDE A SMALL 6% INCREASE IN HIS OVERALL COMPENSATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UM, TO THE TUNE OF $360 PER MONTH, WHICH WOULD TAKE HIM TO ONLY 6,360, UH, PER MONTH.
UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE, UH, WANTING OR REQUESTING TO AMEND THIS CONTRACT IS $50,880.
UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THESE CRITICAL POSITIONS, UM, THAT IS SO GREATLY NEEDED TO ASSIST THE CITY, UH, WITH HIGH LEVEL, UM, MANAGEMENT, UM, OVER THOSE CANAL PROJECTS.
UH, MR. MONIER, WHO IS THE TEMPORARY CONTRACTOR THAT THE CITY DID AWARD A CONTRACT TO, UM, RESPONDED TO A FORMAL SOLICITATION AND HIS SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED DE PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES ONLY.
UM, HE'S, HE'S COME HERE, HE'S WORKED SO WELL WITH THE CITY.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE, WE'VE EX EXPANDED HIS SCOPE A LITTLE BIT, HE'S CONTINUED TO WORK WITH US.
UH, AGAIN, UH, WHEN WE FIRST APPROVED OUR ARPA PROJECTS OR AMERICAN RESCUE PLANT FUNDED PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY OUR CANAL PROJECTS, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT TWO OR THREE.
WE ARE, UH, HOPING TO, UM, HOPING TO IMPROVE, UH, UP TO I THINK FIVE OR SIX CANALS, UH, THANKFULLY THROUGH ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE, THROUGH THE STATE.
UM, SO CURRENTLY SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL DUTIES THAT MR. MONIER IS PERFORMING RIGHT NOW IS NOT ONLY IS HE DOING PLANNING AND DESIGN, BUT HE'S DOING COST ESTIMATING.
HE'S ASSISTING MY TEAM WITH CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
HE'S DOING DAILY SITE INSPECTION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE'S DOING THOSE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING FINAL INSPECTIONS.
UH, SO TONIGHT AGAIN, WE ARE REQUESTING JUST A SMALL INCREASE OF A 6%, UM, TO HIS MONTHLY COMPENSATION THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AT THIS TIME, I COULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MS. BIBE, HOW MANY CANAL BANK STABILIZATION PROGRESS ARE LEFT REMAIN TO BE COMPLETED THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? DO NOT HAVE MY LIST WITH ME.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING CANAL NUMBER FOUR, AND I BELIEVE CANAL NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS MAY NOT BE IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
EIGHT, FIVE AND THREE ARE COMING UP NEXT.
AND WHEN WE MAKE THOSE REPORTS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE EIGHT, FIVE AND THREE ARE, SO AT LEAST THE RESIDENTS WILL KNOW THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AND EXCITEMENT CAN EXTEND TO THEM THAT, THAT THEY'RE HAVING THE FENNELL BANK EROSION TAKEN CARE OF.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 7.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.
[E. RESOLUTION 2025-018 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SYMBIONT SERVICE CORPORATION PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF A GEOTHERMAL POOL HEATING/COOLING UNIT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC. 82-358 (3) OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR SOLE AND SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINETY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND 90/100 ($91,155.90); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO/100 ($5,000.00) PER YEAR]
RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 8 ATTORNEY, HONOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO 18.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE, THE CITY AND SYMBIANT SERVICE CORPORATION PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF A GEOTHERMAL POOL HEATING SLASH COOLING UNIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH THREE BY 3 5 8 AND THREE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, PROVIDING FIRST SOLE AND SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $91,155 AND 90 CENTS FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR UP TO $5,000 PER YEAR.
A DRAFT COPY OF SAID PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.
A COPY OF THE DIRECTOR'S WRITTEN DETERMINATION AND SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION ARE ATTACHED HERETO RESPECTIVELY AS EXHIBIT B AND C, COPIES OF EXHIBIT A, B, AND C CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 8 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR SWELL COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS MOTION PASSES.
ONCE AGAIN, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM WITH THE AS SYSTEM OF MS. ERICA LOCKETT PARKS, PARKS DIRECTOR AS NEEDED.
THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MS. BOBBY.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY REQUESTING A SOLE SOURCE, UH, CONTRACT, UH, TO THE COMPANY, SYMBIANCE SERVICE CORPORATION.
AND, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
OF COURSE, AGAIN, ENHANCING AND MAINTAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE OUR ONE AND ONLY AQUATIC CENTER, OUR SWIMMING POOL.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, OUR SWIMMING POOL HAS, UH, HAD, UH, NO IMPROVEMENTS SINCE IT'S BEEN, UH, INSTALLED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT WAS 2000, 2000, RIGHT? 2006.
AND IT HAS, UH, HAVE NOT HAD ANY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE ARE HOPING, UH, THIS GEOTHERMAL, UH, HEATING AND COOLING UNIT, UM, WILL EN WELL, IT WILL ENHANCE OUR POOL, BUT ALSO TOO, IT'LL REDUCE OUR COST ON OUR PROPANE, UH, THAT WE SPEND ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO KEEP THE POOL POOL WARM.
UH, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE GEOTHERMAL IS THAT IT KEEPS THE POOL BOTH HOT AND COLD.
UH, SO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, IT'LL KEEP IT SOMEWHAT COOL.
AND OF COURSE, IN THE COOLER, COOLER MONTHS OR COOLER TEMPERATURES, IT'LL, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR TEMPERATURE SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARMER AND WE CAN KEEP OUR SENIORS, UH, COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR AQUATICS, UH, AEROBICS.
IN THE MORNING TIME, THE UH, COMPANY, UH, SYMBIANT SERVICE CORPORATION DID PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $82,869.
AGAIN, MUCH LIKE THE, THE PROJECT BEFORE, IT DOESN'T INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO THE CITY IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL, UH, CONTINGENCY OF 10%, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 8,280, ALMOST $87 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF 91,150, $55 AND 90 CENTS.
UH, ALSO TOO, UH, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS COMPANY, UH, COURSE WE ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER, UH, THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT, UH, PROCESS AS A, AS A SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER.
UH, WE HAVE DONE, UH, ALMOST A YEAR'S WORTH OF, UM, RESEARCH ON, UH, THIS UNIT.
AND THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE COMPANY, WHICH IS A SYMBIANT COMPANY THAT WE ARE WANTING TO CONTRACT WITH IGNITE TONIGHT, THAT IS A, UH, VIABLE AND FEASIBLE SOURCE FOR OUR CITY.
UM, THE COMPANIES THAT USE, UH, THIS COMPANY, IT IS PRETTY MUCH EVERY COMPANY IN BROWARD COUNTY, UH, CITY OF PLANTATION, TOWN OF DAVEY, UM, CITY OF HAYES, UH, CITY OF I HAD LOTS OF CITIES HERE.
WELL, THERE'S QUITE A, QUITE A FEW CITIES.
UH, MOST OF THE CITIES THAT DO HAVE THIS GEOTHERMAL HEATING UNIT ARE USING THIS, ONLY USING THIS COMPANY.
SO AGAIN, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, THIS COMPANY FOR CONTRACT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $91,155 AND 90 CENTS.
AT THIS TIME, I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, BOBBY.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WATER HEATER IF APPROVED.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAY HAVE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AT THE POOL AS WELL, SINCE IT'S BEEN SO LONG? ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT A FANTASTIC, UH, QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE.
COMMISSIONER EASTON, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I DO APOLOGIZE, UH, RIGHT NOW.
WE DO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR UPCOMING, UH, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THOSE TO YOU ON FEBRUARY 25TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 BA 0 1 8 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.
MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.
[F. RESOLUTION 2025-019 RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER’S FILING OF THE CITY’S FISCAL YEAR 2025, PERIOD 2 (NOVEMBER); FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT, AS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE CITY’S ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND FISCAL POLICIES]
F, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 9.ATTORNEY CALLWAY, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 19 A RESOLUTION 20 ZERO, EXCUSE ME, 2 0 2 5 19.
RATIFYING, THE CITY MANAGER'S FILING OF THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 PERIOD.
TWO NOVEMBER FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT AS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND PHYSICAL POLICIES.
COPY OF IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR.
AND ONCE AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT OF TONIGHT MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM.
THIS IS MY LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT,
THE, UH, WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, WE ARE, UH, AT THE 17% MARK, MEANING, UH, THAT'S OUR TARGET RANGE.
UH, TYPICALLY WE WANT ALL OF OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES TO BE AROUND 17%.
UH, RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL NOTICE OUR REVENUE IS JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER THE 17%.
UH, OUR REVENUE IS TRENDING AT 8%.
HOWEVER, UH, TYPICALLY AROUND, UM, THIS MONTH, WHICH IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN AT 8% OF, OF BUDGET.
NOW, WHAT THE 8% OF BUDGET REPRESENTS IS OUR VALOREM.
WE RECEIVED $1.1 MILLION IN AVALOR, REPRESENTING 9% OF OUR BUDGET.
WE'VE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $500,000 IN FRANCHISE, UH, FEES.
UH, REPRESENTED 14% OF THAT BUDGET.
WE'VE RECEIVED $622,000, UH, FOR UTILITY TAXES, REPRESENTING 19% OF THAT BUDGET FOR SALES AND USE TAXES, WHICH IS OUR STATE REVENUES.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, CLOSE TO $800,000, UH, WHICH IS, UH, 14% OF BUDGET FOR OUR SERVICES REVENUES, WHICH MAKES UP A LOT OF OUR FACILITY RENTALS AND PARK ACTIVITIES.
UM, ALSO IT INCLUDES OUR EMS COLLECTIONS AS WELL.
WE'VE COLLECTED $121,000 OF REVENUE, UH, AT 6% OF BUDGET FOR THE CATEGORY PERMITS, LICENSES, AND INSPECTIONS.
WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, $23,000, WHICH IS 3% OF BUDGET, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE ANTICIPATE, UH, GENERATING A BULK OF THIS REVENUE THROUGH THE LARGER, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGH ENGINEERING FEES.
IN TERMS OF THE FINE, UH, FINES OF FORFEITURES CATEGORY, WE DID COLLECT $34,000, REPRESENTING 5% OF BUDGET.
AND THEN OUR FINAL CATEGORY, OUR MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS, UH, WE COLLECTED, UH, $34,000.
'CAUSE I'M, OH, I'M SORRY, $142,000, UH, REPRESENTING 1%.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT MISCELLANEOUS IS ALL INTEREST EARNINGS, ALL INTEREST EARNINGS.
IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES, UM, THE EXPENDITURES ARE TRADING JUST A BIT AHEAD OF REVENUE, AND TYPICALLY THIS IS WHAT WE EXPERIENCE IN EVERY YEAR.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO BE ALARMED.
WE DO MANAGE THIS BUDGET ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, UH, UNLIKE THE REVENUE, I'LL JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE EXPENDITURE ITEMS, UM, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, WE'VE, UH, SPENT, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER $130,000, UH, REPRESENTING 22% OF BUDGET.
HOWEVER, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY DOES, UM, UM, DOES COMPLETE ALL OF OUR SPECIAL AND GENERAL LITIGATION.
AND ALSO TOO, HE'S ASSISTING THE STAFF WITH THE PURCHASE, UM, OF BRAND NEW PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT ELSE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR BSO, UM, OUR, UH, BSO UH, EMS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TYPE OF EXPENDITURES, AS WELL AS OUR BSO POLICE, WHICH IS OUR CONSIDERATION, BOTH AT 16%, MEANING WE ARE PAYING OUR BILLS ON TIME TO BSO.
AND FINALLY, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR REVENUE LOSS CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOSS REVENUE.
THOSE INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE, UH, SOME YEARS AGO WE'RE AT 200 AND, UH, $218,000 SPENT REPRESENTING JUST 13% OF ITS BUDGET.
AGAIN, OVERALL, THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 9%.
BEFORE I MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN FOR THE OTHER FUNDS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND? NONE.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE OTHER MAJOR FUNDS, TYPICALLY THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE, UM, WELL OVER A MILLION OR, OR SPECIAL.
UH, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, A FEW OF THEM ARE,
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HAVE THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE TRENDING ABOVE THE REVENUE.MUCH LIKE OUR AVALOR, IT COMES IN A LITTLE BIT SLOW, UM, ALREADY, UH, WE RAN SOME REPORTS FOR DECEMBER AND WE, AND WE SEE THAT BIG JUMP IN OUR REVENUE.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT MONTH'S REPORT WHERE THE REVENUE DOES, UH, EXTEND FURTHER THAN OUR EXPENDITURES.
SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE FIRE RESCUE FUND, WHICH IS FUNDED PRIMARILY BY OUR SPECIAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE IS AT 9% WHILE THE EXPENDITURES ARE RIGHT ON TARGET AT 17%.
UH, THE, UH, ALZHEIMER, UM, UH, REVENUES AT BARELY 1%.
UH, THE EXPENDITURES, UH, WELL ABOVE AT 9% HOW, HOWEVER, UH, A LOT OF REVENUE CAME IN TODAY.
AND SO WE'LL BE, UH, CREDITING IT, CREDITING IT INTO THE EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY CATEGORY.
UM, I'M SORRY, MONTH PERIOD, SORRY.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT BIG JUMP IN THOSE REVENUES COMING INTO THE CITY.
MOSTLY GRANTS IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION, GAS TAX FUND, UH, DOING PRETTY GOOD.
THE REVENUE IS, UH, TRENDING AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES.
OUR REVENUE BEING 10% EQUIVALENT TO, UH, $83,659 IN COLLECTION.
IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR DEBT SERVICE, UH, THE REVENUE, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, 7% EQUIVALENT TO 66,962, UH, DOLLARS.
UH, TYPICALLY WE PAY OUR OUTSTANDING DEBTS IN JANUARY AND IN JULY, SO WE'LL SEE THOSE EXPENDITURES IN A FEW MONTHS.
AND IN TERMS OF THE STORM WATER, UM, MUCH LIKE THE FIRE FUND, THE REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE REVENUES HAVE ALREADY COME IN, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT HUGE REVENUE JUMP IN FUTURE REPORTS, UH, SOLID WASTE, UH, ON TARGET, THE REVENUE IS, UH, TRENDING ABOVE THE EXPENDITURES AT 3%.
IN TERMS OF THE, UH, BUILDING SERVICES, WE ARE MONITORING THE BUILDING SERVICES TO MAKE SURE, UM, THERE ARE, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, EXPECTATIONS, UM, ARE GOING TO BE MET AT A CERTAIN POINT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TWO MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE DO SEE THE REVENUE IS JUST LAGGING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES.
BUT WE ARE MONITORING THE, UH, BUILDING SERVICES FUND, UH, JUST BELOW ON THE, LIKE THE OTHER OF THE MINOR FUNDS.
I ONLY WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT, UM, A FEW.
AND THAT IS ALWAYS OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
AS YOU SEE, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, UH, BOTH COLLECTED AND, AND EXPENDED 21% OF ITS BUDGET AND SAME FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY.
THESE ARE THE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIVE YEAR SIP PLAN AND, UH, BUDGET PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE EXPENDED $192,922 AT 2% OF ITS BUDGET.
UM, AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATED TO THE, ANY OF THE PHONES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TONIGHT? I HAVE, NO, NONE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 1 9 VICE MAYOR, SWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR.
DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
[13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR]
GOOD EVENING, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, ALL THOSE IN THE CHAMBER.IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME NEW FACES AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN THE NEXT TWO MORE WEEKS, YOU WILL BE BACK HERE.
TODAY IS A SAD DAY FOR ME AND FOR MY COUNTRY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE NEWS.
I DON'T MEAN FAKE NEWS, I MEAN RED NEWS, BUT TO ME, I THINK THE COUNTRY, IT'S LIKE WE ARE ON, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ALL GOVERNMENT SERVICES ENTITIES ARE ABOUT TO COLLAPSE DELIBERATELY.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRAY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PRAYER CHANGES A LOT AND GOD WILL CONTINUE TO SOFTEN HEARTS THAT ARE
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STUBBORN.REMEMBER PHARAOH, GOD HARDENED THE PHARAOH'S HEART.
AND FINALLY, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GOD DECIDED, OKAY, IT'S TIME NOW SOFTENS PHARAOH'S HEART TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO GO.
AND I ALWAYS SAY, I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE GETS THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THEY DESERVE.
NOW A PEOPLE GETS THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THEY CHOOSE.
YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES WHAT WE LOOK ON THESE SMALL THINGS, OH, THIS PERSON GAVE ME $500 AND THAT PERSON IS COMING BACK.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ME SEVEN.
NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES NOTHING.
NO ONE IS REALLY GIVING YOU ANYTHING.
WE DON'T LOOK ON THE BIG PICTURE.
THE SMALL PICTURE IN UNITED STATES A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS IMMIGRATION.
AND AS I KNOW FOR A FACT, THE ONLY TWO SET OF PEOPLE IN UNITED STATES THAT ARE TO ME ENTITLED TO THE GREAT, WONDERFUL UNITED STATES ARE NATIVE AMERICANS AND BLACK AMERICANS WHO WERE TRANSPLANTED HERE AGAINST THEIR WILL.
ANY OTHER SET OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO ME, THEY ARE IMMIGRANTS.
WHETHER YOU CAME ON A PLANE, ELLIS ISLAND SOUTHERN BORDER CROSSED THE DARION TRAIL UP IN PANAMA, WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM, WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS AND
AND AS I SAY TO MYSELF AND TO OTHERS, SOMEONE HAD TO BRING US HERE.
IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE SKY.
AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SO SELFISH.
I READ STORIES LAST WEEK, A WOMAN CROSSED, SAID SHE CROSSED THE BORDER 30 YEARS AGO FROM MEXICO.
SHE WAS ABLE TO FIND A MEXICAN WHOSE FATHER HAD SPONSORED HIM, AND THEY GOT MARRIED.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN LIVING IN ARIZONA.
AND ACCORDING TO HER, SHE HAS TO PROTECT THE HOMELAND.
NOW SHE'S AN AMERICAN, FULL FLEDGED, FULL BLOOD.
AND ALTHOUGH SHE HAS UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, COUSINS, UNCLES, AUNTS, SHE, SHE'S NOW A FULL-BLOODED UNITED STATES AMERICAN AND BELIEVE THAT NO ONE ELSE SHOULD COME.
SO I'M ASKING FOR PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN PRAYER.
'CAUSE GOD, GOD CAN CHANGE ANYTHING BECAUSE AS POWERFUL AS WE ARE, NO ONE KNOWS WHEN HE OR SHE IS READY TO GO.
SO THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, THAT WE START PRAYING.
I READ, I READ YESTERDAY A TEACHER IN TEXAS CALLED ICE BECAUSE TOO MANY KIDS DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH.
TODAY, THE WEBSITE OF ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT PUT ANYTHING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THAT STARTS IN ANOTHER, HOW MANY MORE DAYS? THREE DAYS, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
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AWAKENING.AND SINCE I CAN'T CHANGE THE COLOR OF MY SKIN, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU CAN, I CAN'T.
I CONSIDER MYSELF AMERICAN BY CHOICE.
I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT IS AMERICAN, AND IT'S A SAD DAY.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT PRAYER CAN CHANGE MUCH.
SATURDAY IS BLACK EXCELLENCE DAY FOR US HERE.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR DECIDES THAT WE CAN'T DO IT.
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
SO PLEASE COME OUT, BRING THE KIDS, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME, AND I'LL SEE YOU IN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER
[14. REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS]
HARRISON.UH, WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING, UH, TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES, AND AS MY COLLEAGUE, MADAM VICE MAYOR MENTIONED, I HOPE THAT WE, UH, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE SEE YOU, AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
UM, I THINK MADAM VICE MAYOR TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE DO CARE.
AND THAT'S FOR EVERYONE WHO'S A RESIDENT IN THE CITY.
UH, WHETHER YOU WERE BORN HERE IN THIS COUNTRY OR NOT, OR IF YOU CAME HERE FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITY, UH, WE DO CARE ABOUT YOU.
UM, WHETHER YOU'RE AN IMMIGRANT, YOU'RE A US CITIZEN, OR EVEN IF YOU'RE HOMELESS, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE DO CARE.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE ATTEND THIS SATURDAY'S EVENT, UH, ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE STOPPED FROM HAVING IT, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS BEING THERE, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, MY EXPERTISE IS IMMIGRATION.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT I AM TRYING TO, UM, PROVIDE TO MY COMMUNITY AND THE WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF IF, UM, ICE OR HOMELAND SECURITY COMES IN.
AND TO SAFEGUARD YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CITIZENS, RESIDENT, UM, PERMANENT RESIDENTS, AND, UM, UNDOCUMENTED.
ONE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR ICE.
IF ICE KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ICE MEANS IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM ENFORCEMENT.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO OPEN UNLESS THEY HAVE A WARRANT SIGNED BY A JUDGE.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR DOOR.
UM, BY LAW, NON LEGAL, NON-RESIDENTS, WHICH ARE LEGAL, PERMANENT RESIDENTS, YOU SHOULD BE WALKING, UM, CARRYING YOUR GREEN CARD WITH YOU.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR GREEN CARD.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR GREEN CARD AND YOU HAVE A TEMPORARY PROTECTION STATUS, YOU GET AN EDA, WHICH IS AN EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION, PLEASE WALK WITH THAT WITH YOU.
ANYWHERE YOU GO OR YOUR GREEN CARD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THE GREEN CARD IS NOT EXPIRED AND YOU KEEP THAT ON YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES.
UH, NUMBER THREE, IF YOU HAVE LEGALLY, UM, HAVE LEGAL STATUS AND YOU GET STOPPED BY ICE, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.
PLEASE EXERCISE THAT RIGHT? EVEN IF YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
IT'S BEST NOT TO SAY ANYTHING.
SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.
IF YOU HAVE IMMIGRATION CASE IN PROCESS, CARRY A COPY OF THE RECEIPT WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED AND YOU APPLY FOR YOUR, UM, YOU APPLY TO GET STATUS HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE A CARD, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, WALK AROUND WITH THAT RECEIPT LETTER THAT YOU GET FROM INS IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT WITH YOU, UM, THAT YOU CAN SHOW.
IT WON'T PREVENT YOU FROM BEING ARRESTED.
BUT WHAT IT WILL PREVENT IS WHEN YOU DO GET, UM, ARRESTED, UM, BY ICE, WHEN YOUR ATTORNEY, WHEN YOU GET AN ATTORNEY, YOU'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION THERE READY FOR HIM TO HELP YOU MORE QUICKER AND FOR YOU TO GET RELEASED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS, AGAIN, REMAIN SILENT AND REQUEST TO SPEAK TO AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY.
JUST ASK TO SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY.
AGAIN, I CANNOT STRESS REMAIN SILENT AGAIN.
UM, ALSO, IF YOU'RE YOUR UNITED STATES
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CITIZEN, DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE OUT OF IT.UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN AND ALSO BEING HISPANIC, UM, THEY'RE GONNA STOP YOU AND THEY'RE GONNA ASK.
AND IF YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT YOU WERE BORN HERE OR YOU ARE NATURALIZED HERE, THEY'RE, THEY CAN ARREST YOU AND TAKE YOU TO, TO ICE IN MIRAMAR.
SO FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE B NATURALIZED OR BORN HERE, WALK WITH YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, UH, OR TAKE A PICTURE, HAVE IT ON YOUR PHONE.
UM, YOUR PASSPORT, THE PASSPORTS YOU CAN HAVE, UM, ORDER A PASSPORT.
YOU CAN HAVE A CARD, A PASSPORT CARD.
IT LOOKS LIKE A CREDIT CARD WITH YOUR PICTURE.
UM, ADVISING EVERYONE WHO ARE CITIZENS BORN HERE OR NATURALIZED TO GET ONE AND KEEP IT IN YOUR WALLET.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET YOU A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY TO FIGHT FOR YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS BECAUSE IT WAS VIOLATED.
SO IT'S BEST TO JUST BE PREPARED.
UM, ALSO, IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO TRAVEL DOMESTICALLY AND YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED, DON'T DO THAT.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO GO ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW, UM, BY TRAIN, BY BUS, AND I KNOW IF YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED, YOU CAN FLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND YOU GUYS TO DO THAT AT ALL.
IF YOU GOTTA GO TO WORK, GO TO WORK, COME HOME.
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US, WE GO HOME TO JAMAICA AND COME BACK, UM, COMING BACK IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
SO WHEN YOU DO COME BACK, REMEMBER THEY'RE GONNA PRESSURE YOU TO DO THING.
DON'T SIGN ANYTHING WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH CUSTOM BECAUSE THE FORM THAT THEY WANT YOU TO SIGN IS I FOUR, UH, I 4 0 7, WHICH IS, UM, RECORD OF ABANDONMENT.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA SIGN THAT.
SO LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA SIGN ANYTHING.
IF THEY INSIST IN, IN FORCING YOU TO DO THAT, TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT GONNA SIGN.
AND YOU WANT TO, UM, YOU WANNA GO IN FRONT OF AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE.
ONCE YOU MENTION THAT YOU GOT, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IF THEY DETAIN YOU, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA SEE THE JUDGE AND PLEAD YOUR CASE AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE.
UM, WHAT ELSE? IF YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY, PLEASE DON'T GO NOWHERE.
EVEN IF YOU WERE CONVICTED AND YOU DID YOUR, YOU DID YOUR PROBATION, YOU DID YOUR THING, THE THE CHARGES WAS DISMISSED, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
JUST KIND OF KEEP UNDER THE RADAR.
UH, TOMORROW, UH, WEDNESDAY THE 29TH FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM UM, WE'LL BE HAVING A MEETING VIRTUALLY TO EVERYONE SHOULD JOIN IN.
UM, IT IS GOING TO TEACH YOU ABOUT, TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED, YOU HAVE RIGHTS.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UM, TEACH YOU HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF IF SOMETHING HAPPENED.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A FAMILY READINESS PLAN WHERE WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A, WHERE YOU NEED, TEACH YOU HOW TO CREATE AN EMERGENCY, UM, KIT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WHERE YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE, WHO'S YOUR ATTORNEY, WHO'S THIS, THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOUR FAMILY KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO CALL TO HELP YOU OUT OF THE SITUATION.
UM, TO REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT TOMORROW, IT'S AT WWW.FLI.ORG/EVENTS.
AGAIN, IT'S WWW.FL.ORG/EVENTS OR YOU CAN CALL ME (954) 588-0473 AND I'LL SEND YOU THE LINK.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS COMMISSION.
AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.
I SINCERELY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, WHEN I WAS COMING IN THIS EVENING, IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE THOSE THAT ARE HERE TO THE END.
THOSE ARE REGULAR, BUT THOSE THAT ARE, HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE.
THAT YOU ARE HERE AND YOU'RE STAYING TOWARDS THE NET THE END.
WHEN I WAS COMING IN TONIGHT AND SOMETIME YOU'RE IN YOUR HOME OR WHATEVER AND YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE SOMETHING, BUT AS I WAS WALKING IN BACK OF THAT WALL, I SAW A, A FRAME PICTURE AND IT SAID HERITAGE.
NOW ON THAT, ON IT, IT SAYS HERITAGE.
IN SPITE OF WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID,
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SURE ENOUGH, IT'S TO BRING FEAR INTO US.IT ALLOWS US NOT WANTING TO MOVE OR WALK OR DO OR SAY, JUST LIKE THINK ABOUT IT.
UM, AT ONE TIME, CERTAIN TOOTHPASTE CAUSED CANCER.
YOU WANNA, YOU DIDN'T WANNA GO OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR.
IN SPITE OF WHERE WE LAND, WHERE WE ARE, WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS OR PERISH TOGETHER AS FOOLS.
THE VERY SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBITIOUS IS MERELY THE SHADOW OF A DREAM.
YOUR LIFETIME IN THIS FORM IS TO BE HONORED AND CELEBRATED, NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY OF WHO YOU ARE.
BROTHERHOOD IS THE VERY PRICE AND CONDITION OF SURVIVAL BY MARTHA LUTHER KING.
THERE IS A DESTINY THAT MAKES US BROTHERS AND SISTERS NEITHER GO THEIR WAY ALONE.
THAT TELLS US THAT WE DO NEED EACH OTHER.
ALL THAT WE SEND INTO THE LIVES OF OTHERS COMES BACK INTO OUR LIVES.
HUMAN RIGHTS REST ON HUMAN DIGNITY.
OUR DIGNITY IS NOT IN WHAT WE DO, BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND.
WHAT IS IT YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOURSELVES? WHAT IS IT YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS? WHAT IS IT YOU UNDERSTAND IS WHO YOU ARE AS A PEOPLE? THEN WE WILL NOT INFECT OR INFILTRATE ONE ANOTHER WITH HATRED, BIGOTRY, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE FROM THE ISLANDS OR, UH, ONE WAS BORN IN A A SPANISH COUNTRY.
WE WILL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
SO BEFORE WE CAN BE DICTATED TO FROM A HIGHER LEVEL, WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER ON THE LOWER LEVEL.
SO OUR HERITAGE, IT ALSO SAYS WHEN WE LOSE THE RIGHT TO BE DIFFERENT, WE LOSE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE FREE.
DON'T LOSE THAT, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
CULTURAL HERITAGE SAYS HERITAGE ARE THINGS THAT ARE PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS SUCH AS CULTURAL TRADITIONS, NATURAL FEATURES AND HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, CULTURAL HERITAGE.
WE EACH HAVE OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE.
YOU ARE A RESILIENT SET OF PEOPLE.
YOU ARE A STRONG SET OF PEOPLE WHEREVER YOU COME FROM.
STAND AND KNOW YOUR VALUE AND YOUR WORTH.
THERE'S A SAYING THAT GOES, UM, AND BECAUSE OF MY BELIEF TO LIVE IS DIE OR SOMETHING OR TO GAIN, I FORGOT THE FULL QUOTATION OF, OF IT, BUT I WILL STAND NO MATTER WHAT.
I WILL STAND AND BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO LET FEAR PARALYZE US.
DON'T BE SO TENSE TO PUT OUR HANDS IN THE HANDS OF ONE PERSON.
STAND FIRM IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD AS MY COLLEAGUES ARE TOO, TO SATURDAY TO PROUDLY WEAR MY SHIRT FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE PARADE.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
TO LIVE IS CHRIST, TO DIE IS GAY.
THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE SITTING TO MY RIGHT FOR COMING AND FOR STAYING AND TO LISTENING.
THANK YOU TO THE COUPLE HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
THANK YOU TO THE YOUNG LADY IN THE PINK.
THANK YOU FOR OUR RETURNING RESIDENTS WHO COME AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING
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ON IN OUR CITY.THERE ARE, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THOSE THAT I HAVE NOT WISHED A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YET.
AT OUR FIRST COMMISSION MEETING, I TALKED ABOUT LAST, LAST TERM.
I WAS EXCITED AND THAT I REMAIN EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR GREAT WEEK HERE AT CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND THAT IN THIS TERM THAT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR GREAT PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ARE CARED FOR.
THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ENTRUSTED TO US.
AND THAT THE PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR OF BOTH OUR STAFF AND OUR MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER WILL BE SUCH THAT WE WILL MAKE PROGRESS AND THAT WE WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY.
AND TALKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, SHE INFORMED ME THAT SOME OF THE STAFF ALSO ADDED THEIR PS TO MY THREE PS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE THREE PS ADDED TO MAKE THIS A GREAT, GREAT CITY.
OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXCELLENCE FESTIVAL AND PARADE WILL BE THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST.
THE LINEUP WILL BEGIN AT CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOL AND PROGRESS SOUTH TO NORTHWEST 36TH STREET AND THEN INTO VINCENT TORRES PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME.
WE ARE GOING TO BE FREE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FREE TO ENJOY OURSELVES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FREE TO TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I'M GOING TO ASK US THAT WHEN WE ARE THERE.
TALK WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU DO NOT KNOW.
TELL THEM WHERE THEY CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY.
HAVE THEM TO SIGN UP FOR LAKES ALERT IF THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR LAKES ALERT, BECAUSE WE GET GREAT INFORMATION ON OUR LAKES ALERTS LINE.
ALSO, TOMORROW EVENING AT 6:30 PM YOUR MAYOR WILL HAVE MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR, WITH OUR OWN CAPTAIN WARNELL PHILLIPS.
AND OUR TOPIC WILL BE THE BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND RECOGNIZING, ADDRESSING AND PREVENTING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.
AS YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, HAS RAISED AND CONTINUE TO RAISE ITS UGLY HEAD.
AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE OUR BSO AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ENSURING OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THAT IF THEY RECEIVE A CALL, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CALL IS ALL ABOUT.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS HAS INSURED ME, AND I WON'T SAY A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT, THAT THOSE WHO WILL BE DOING OUR COMMUNITY POLICING WILL BE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO JOIN US TOMORROW EVENING AT SIX 30.
GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WWW.LAUDERDALELAKES.ORG.
IT WILL BE A LIVE EVENT AND CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOPIC AT HAND ON TOMORROW EVENING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I COME OUT TO THE WORKSHOPS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS CROWDED.
YOU HAVE A CADRE OF ATTORNEYS THERE TALKING WITH THE RESIDENTS, OR NOT NECESSARILY RESIDENTS, BUT TALKING WITH THOSE WHO COME OUT.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE IMMIGRATION.
AND ALSO, THANK YOU ALSO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, EVERYONE, STAFF.
NO, DID YOU DO YOUR REPORT? YES.
[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]
MANAGER.JUST TO ADD TO THE INFORMATION, UM, IN REFERENCE TO WHAT IS COMING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR, JUST READ SOME CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE DID RECEIVE IN REFERENCE TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
UM, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE QUESTION AND ANSWER BULLETIN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET IN REFERENCE TO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS A FREEZE ON BENEFITS TO AMERICANS LIKE SNAP OR STUDENT LOANS? THE ANSWER IS NO.
ANY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES DIRECT BENEFITS TO AMERICANS IS EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED FROM THE PAUSE AND EXEMPTED FROM THIS REVIEW PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE ALREADY EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED IN THE GUIDANCE, MANDATORY PROGRAMS LIKE MEDICAID AND SNAP WILL CONTINUE WITHOUT PAUSE.
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FARMERS, PELL GRANTS, HEAD START RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE PAUSED.IF AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED THAT THESE PROGRAMS MAY IMPLICATE THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS, THEY SHOULD CONSULT THE OFFICE.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY JUST A BIT AND PRAY AND HOPE THAT THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT FROM THAT OFFICE.
ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO, OF COURSE, THANK MY HARD WORKING STAFF AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO TOGETHER AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE PROGRAMS, THE PROJECTS, AND THE EVENTS.
AS WE COULD SEE FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
IT WAS ACTION PACKED, PROJECT ORIENTED, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WILL HAVE OUR MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR ON TOMORROW AT SIX 30 VIA ZOOM, OF COURSE, OUR BLACK EXCELLENCE PARADE AND FESTIVAL.
WE ARE COMING, STARTING FROM CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOL, GOING DOWN STATE ROAD SEVEN ALL THE WAY TO VINCENT TORRES PARK.
THAT IS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, BRIGHT AND EARLY START EIGHT 30.
AND WE WILL HAVE FESTIVITIES GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
AROUND THREE O'CLOCK, WE HAVE A DRUM LINE FACE OFF, FEATURING OUR VERY ON BOY ANDERSON DRUM LINE.
WE HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, VARIOUS VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
SO THIS WILL BE THE PLACE TO BE ON SATURDAY.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR FARM SHARE DISTRIBUTION EVERY THIRD THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AT THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM.
COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR OUR ADULT DANCE CLASSES ON WEDNESDAYS AT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER.
PLEASE REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE LINK THAT YOU WILL FIND ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE REGISTRATIONS FOR OUR ESOL CLASSES THAT TAKE PLACE MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 10:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM AND TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, FIVE TO EIGHT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 8 2 9.
WE CONTINUE TO HOST OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS, PING PONG CLUBS ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, NINE TO 12 AT VINCENT TORRES PARK AND DOMINO'S MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM AT OUR RESOURCE ROOM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, OUR JANUARY'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLY MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS HORIZON TAX SERVICES.
THEY'RE LOCATED ON 3,500 STATE ROAD SEVEN NUMBER ONE 90, AND CAN BE REACHED AT 9 5 4 7 0 6 1 1 9 1.
WE ARE NOW REGISTERING FOR OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY.
THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES INVITES RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2025 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY, WHICH IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THE CITY OPERATES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND SPEAK TO GLENDA BROCKINGTON.
WE ALSO ASK THAT EVERYONE VISITS OUR WEBSITE.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SCAVENGER HUNT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW CLUES, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND WIN SPECIAL PRIZES WEEKLY.
THIS WILL BE STARTING FEBRUARY THE 21ST THROUGH MARCH 21ST.
MADAM MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT FOR TONIGHT AS MS. PEGGY AND MR. RUN ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR OUR SERVICES TONIGHT.
[16. REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY]
CITY, TONY CALLWAY.UH, YES, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, JUST A BRIEF REPORT ON, UH, THE MATTERS THAT ARE OF SUBSTANCE FOR THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATING TO ONGOING, UH, LITIGATION WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE PROPERTY THAT WE, UH, KNOW AS THE, UH, DUPONT PROPERTY.
UH, THAT IS A PROPERTY, AGAIN, THAT WAS A SUBJECT OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN PROSECUTION THAT CONTINUES TO GO FORWARD.
UM, THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THAT LAWSUIT, UH, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO.
UH, WE ARE IN THE, UH, ARBITRATION PHASE AND WE EXPECT TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THIS MATTER THIS YEAR.
UH, THIS CASE IS ALSO RELATED TO A PRIOR CASE RELATING TO A NON-HOMESTEAD, BUT A, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE LAWSUIT, UH, THAT IS ON APPEAL PURSUANT TO THIS COMMISSION'S AUTHORIZATION.
UH, BOTH OF THESE CASES ARE, AND YOU'LL RECALL, UH, I THINK MOST OF THE COMMISSIONS WITH PERHAPS THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UH, THAT THIS
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ALLEN CASE WAS A MATTER IN WHICH THE JUDGE, UH, AT THE LOWER COURT DECIDED THAT, UH, HE, UH, KNEW BETTER THAN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND DIRECTED, UH, THE CITY TO, UM, DO THINGS THAT WERE INCONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW RELATIVE TO, UH, THE SPECIAL MASTER'S ORDER.UH, AND THAT MATTER IS ALSO THE SAME JUDGE AS THE JUDGE WHO, UH, WE ARE IN FRONT OF ON THE DUPONT MATTER.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THE FAVORABLE OUTCOME ON THE APPEAL, WHICH EFFECTIVELY WILL AGAIN, REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS BEFORE THE SAME JUDGE ON THE DUPONT MATTER.
AND WE EXPECTING, ALSO EXPECTING THAT, UM, THE APPELLATE COURT'S DECISION WILL GIVE SOME CLARITY TO CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES AS THEY REVIEW THE ORDERS THAT ARE ENTERED BY THE CITY SPECIAL MASTER, UH, ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO THAT, AGAIN, IS STILL PENDING.
UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE, UH, RE LLC MATTER.
YOU'LL RECALL AGAIN THAT THAT MATTER WE RESOLVED, UH, LAST YEAR.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $17,000 PER MONTH, UH, THAT WILL, UH, OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, UH, RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT IN THAT CASE.
UM, FINALLY, AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, THE OAKLAND VILLA MATTER, UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, A FEDERAL JUDGE, UH, AUTHORIZED THE UM, UH, FORECLOSURE OF THIS PROPERTY THAT IS DESCRIBED AS OAKLAND, UH, UH, OAKLAND VILLA LOCATED AT 43 0 1 NORTHWEST 39TH AVENUE.
UM, THERE WAS A HEARING IN FRONT OF THE STATE COURT JUDGE, UH, ON THE LENDER'S REQUEST TO REINSTATE A PUBLIC SALE OF THIS PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE COURT'S FINAL JUDGMENT.
UH, THE COURT DID ENTERTAIN THAT HEARING AND ENTERED AN ORDER RESCHEDULING THE SALE TO OCCUR ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM.
UH, AND THEN AS OF THE 23RD OF JANUARY, UH, THE PROPERTY, UH, THE LENDER ACTUALLY, UH, DID FILE A NOTICE OF SALE INDICATING THIS FEBRUARY 20TH SALE DATE.
UH, AND SO WE FULLY EXPECT THAT THIS MATTER WILL GO FORWARD WITH REGARD TO A FORECLOSURE SALE ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2020, 25 AT 10:00 AM AND AS I INDICATED BEFORE, UH, THIS IS AN ONLINE SALE.
IT'S LIKELY TO TAKE, UM, IT MAY BE AN HOUR OR 30 MINUTES BEFORE THAT SALE IS COMPLETE.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO UH, BE PREPARED TO UH, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THAT PROPERTY, UM, AND MATTER.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS, AT, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.