Feb 18, 2025 CRA Meetings

THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING.

MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE READ THE MINUTES.

JANUARY 21ST, 2025.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

CHAIRPERSON THOMAS FOR VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER.

SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NONE.

MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, THE EXECUTIVE

[5. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT]

DIRECTOR REPORT IS MISS.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, MY NAME IS CELESTE DUNMORE AND I SERVE AS THE CRA, WHICH IS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ANNOUNCE OUR DEPUTIES THAT ARE PART OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKE, CRA COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT.

CAPTAIN WARNELL PHILLIPS WILL COME UP IF YOU AGREE TO INTRODUCE THEM.

OH, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

SO EIGHT ARRESTS FROM THE BURLINGTONS, THE WALGREENS, UM, SO THAT, THAT WITHIN ITSELF IS JUST NOT THEFT.

WAITING WITH PATIENCE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD EVENING.

SO FIRST, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CITY, A LOT OF DALE LAKES AND THE CRA AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS COMMUNITY, UM, POLICING UNIT.

I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, UM, THE OFFICERS THAT WE'VE SELECTED ARE DEFINITELY, WERE HANDPICKED TO GO OUT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY APPEAL TO THE DESIRES AND THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS OWNER IN WHICH THE CRA NEEDED THOSE PARTICULAR PERSONNEL.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU ALL SO YOU WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

AND SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR NORMAL DAYS, THEY KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO'S WORKING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DEPUTY JANELLE SOWELL.

WELL, SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DEPUTY QUINTER WRIGHT, ALSO KNOWN AS Q.

AND OUR THIRD OFFICER IS DOMINIQUE SOBO.

HE'S FILLING IN FOR ONE OF OUR OTHER DEPUTIES, BUT HE ALSO IS AN AWESOME OFFICER AND HE'S A GREAT HANDPICKED SELECTION AS WELL.

SINCE WE, ALTHOUGH WE JUST STARTED THIS UNIT, UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING FROM MY, MY TEAM AND THE BUSINESS OWNER HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.

SO I'M JUST GONNA HAVE ONE OF THEM JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK FILL IN AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND JUST THE RESPONSE THEY'VE BEEN GETTING FROM SOME OF THE, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS AS WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD AND WORK OUT SOME OF THE KINKS AND KEEP PUSHING THIS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO FIRST OFF, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS UNIT WAS ACTUALLY VERY NEEDED.

UM, I MUST SAY SINCE WE'VE STARTED THE CALL RESPONSE, HOW FAST WE CAN GET THERE AND HOW, UM, THE AGENCY ALSO PROVIDED US WITH CELL PHONES SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

IT HELPS US OUT A LOT.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE THEY'RE IN THERE DOING THEFTS OR HAVING THESE DISTURBANCES, THEY CAN CALL US AND WE CAN BE ON THE WAY BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY LEAVE THE STORE.

AND WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK, UM, MYSELF AND DEPUTY SWELL, WE'VE HAD LIKE FOUR ARRESTS, A PERSON, A PIECE,

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WE, WE ARE THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEFTS FROM IT, BUT WE'RE ALSO GET MAKING DRUG ARRESTS.

SO IT IS A BIGGER PICTURE, UM, THAT THIS UNIT HAS STARTED AND IT SERVES.

SO EVERY DAY WE GO OUT THERE, WE ARE WORKING, WE'RE, UM, NETWORKING AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THE UNIT, SO THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS DO FEEL SAFE AND THAT WHEN THEY DO CALL FOR US TO COME, THEY GET A QUICK RESPONSE TIME THEN IN THE PAST.

SO, OH, WONDERFUL.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR IT AS WELL.

WONDERFUL.

OH, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER DEPUTY GONNA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM MORE? SURE, SURE.

DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

UM, AS SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL AS OURSELVES.

WE'RE NOT JUST DOING RESIDENTIAL CALLS LIKE WE'RE USED TO, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD A RAPPORT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN EFFECTIVELY, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO SEE WHAT IT IS THEY NEED FROM US.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BUILDING THE RAPPORT AND HELPING TO PUT A SMILE ON EVERYONE'S FACES, GOING OUT THERE, COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.

IT'S BEEN A BLESSING.

THAT'S IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

SO AS MY TWO FEMALE DEPUTY PARTNERS ARE SAYING, UM, I'VE JUST BEEN HELPING OUT WITH THIS UNIT, BUT, UM, FROM WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING SINCE THIS PROGRAM'S BEEN STARTED, THEY'VE SEEN A DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF DEATHS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WITHIN THE BUSINESSES.

UM, ALSO WHAT THEY TOUCHED UPON BY HAVING A UNIT JUST DEDICATED TO HANDLING THE BUSINESSES UP IN THE CITY, THE RESPONSE TIMES TO GET TO THE CALLS HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE QUICKER.

AND THAT'S RESULTED IN US BEING ABLE TO CATCH THESE INDIVIDUALS IN PROGRESS AS THEY'RE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.

SO IN MY OPINION, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S MAKING A BIG CHANGE, SO THANK YOU.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE UM, UNIT IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I KNEW THERE WERE SOME CURRENT CONCERNS ABOUT WHO WOULD BE IN THE UNIT.

HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DEPUTIES THAT WE'VE SELECTED ACTUALLY MODEL THE, UM, IDEAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ACTUALLY REFLECT THAT IN A WAY THEY GO OUT AND ACTUALLY RESPOND WITH THIS COMMUNITY POLICING CONCEPT.

SO AGAIN, YOU HEARD FROM THEM, THEY'VE TOLD YOU THAT THE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE BUSINESSES HAS DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE MORE OFFICERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY WORKING THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

SO THEIR RESPONSE TIMES SHOULD BE DROPPING AS WELL.

SO IT'S A POSITIVE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

AND I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS AND ACTUALLY HAVE A MODEL THAT WE COULD PROBABLY USE IN OTHER AREAS AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR OTHER OFFICER.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ROHAN SALMON.

HE'S THE OFFICER THAT'S GONNA WORK THE OTHER, UM, SWING.

SO I'LL LET HIM HAVE A QUICK WORD AND UM, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY WAS PRESENTED TO ME, I SAID YES WITHOUT HESITATING, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT BUSINESSES ARE TO COMMUNITIES.

UM, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKE TO, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND THEY HAVE BEEN WELCOMING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I, WE DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MANAGER OF BURLINGTON CHRISTIE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THEFTS.

UH, AND WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVE WHENEVER WE HAVE A LITTLE DOWNTIME ON THE ROAD, WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL SHIPS.

UH, SHE'S, SHE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS INTRODUCING THE CRA TO HER, SHE TOLD ME SINCE JANUARY SHE DID, UH, WHEN SHE RAN THE STATS, HER STATS WENT DOWN 50%.

UM, AND THAT'S BETWEEN A, UH, COLLABORATION BETWEEN HERSELF AND US, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO I PITCHED THIS AS LOT OF THE LAKES.

THE CITY OF LA DE LAKES, UH, STARTED THIS INITIATIVE SO THAT THEY CAN ENHANCE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN YOU, THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND YOUR PATRONS, SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN RUN YOUR BUSINESS IN, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT AND THE PATRONS CAN SHOP WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, FEAR OF THEM EVEN BEING VICTIMS AS WELL.

SO IT IS VERY GOOD THAT YOU GUYS DID THIS.

UM, IT'S VERY WELL, I'M TELLING YOU, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN ANOTHER 50% OF BURLINGTON'S LOSS COULD GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE HERE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST.

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ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO.

I DON'T WANT TO, UH, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND MAKING THIS A GOOD PLACE TO INVEST IN YOUR BUSINESS.

UM, SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT.

I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, CAPTAIN, COULD YOU TELL ME WHICH UNITS YOUR DEPUTIES WERE IN PRIOR TO COMING OVER HERE TO THIS ONE? SO, UM, ALL OF THE DEPUTIES WERE ROAD PATROL DEPUTIES THAT ACTUALLY GOT OUT AND DID THE SAME EXACT THING.

SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE, THOSE DEPUTIES WHO HAD THAT UNIQUE SKILL OF ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

SO THEY ALL WORKED THE ROAD BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT.

MADAM CHAIR, CHAIR, UM, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.

UH, DO YOU ROTATE? NO.

BUSINESSES MAYBE START FROM NINE UNTIL NINE OR 10.

DO YOU HAVE THEM ON ONE SHIFT OR YOU HAVE SO THEY'RE STAGGERED.

THEY'RE STAGGERED.

THEY IN THAT STAGGERED TIMES, YES.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO THERE'S FOUR OFFICERS.

WE HAVE, THEY, AND THEY WORK, THEY HAVE COVERAGE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

SO WE HAVE TO STAGGER THEIR, UM, THE TIMES THEY COME IN.

SO WE HAVE ONE GROUP THAT COMES IN AROUND NINE IN THE MORNING, WORK TILL, UM, NINE AT NIGHT, AND ANOTHER GROUP THAT ANOTHER DEPUTY COMES IN 11 IN THE A IN THE MORNING TILL 11 AT NIGHT.

SO THAT GIVES US THE MOST BLANKET COVERAGE THAT WE CAN GET WHEN, UM, WE'RE UTILIZING THIS RESOURCE.

AND THANK YOU ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU BEING HERE.

ANY OTHER RESPONSES? THANK YOU.

YEAH, I DON'T, I DO NOT HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED, MADAM CHAIRMAN, THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS STARTED.

I THINK IT REALLY, YOU HAD THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK BEFORE WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOT OFFICIALLY STARTED.

AND I, I DID HEAR FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED, NUMBER ONE, FIRST OF ALL, BUT THEN THEY WERE EXCITED AND WANTED US TO KNOW THAT THEY WELCOME YOU AND WE'LL WELCOME YOU.

SO I AM SO EXCITED.

I SEE THAT WE ARE, ARE REPRESENTATIVE, THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THAT YOU HAVE CELL PHONES THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE BUSINESSES TO LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE ON THE ROUTE, ON ROUTE AND THAT THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO YOU'LL KIND OF, SORT OF BE PREPARED ONCE YOU GET THERE.

SO AGAIN, WELCOME.

I'M SO, SO VERY, VERY EXCITED.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

OKAY, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, UM, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND WELCOME.

UM, KNOW YOU GUYS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB.

SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

I DITO MY COLLEAGUES.

WELCOME.

WELCOME TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

ALRIGHT, UM, SIX A, I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE STILL ON CELESTE EXECUTIVES REPORT.

MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF PROPERLY.

MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER, CRA, ATTORNEYS CITY MANAGER, CRA ADMINISTRATOR, MADAM SECRETARY FOR THE RECORD.

SO THAT'S DONE MORE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.

PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD CERTAIN FOCUS AREAS BASED UPON WHAT WAS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AT THE TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO REFORMAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT TO INCLUDE THE FOCUS, THE THREE FOCUS AREAS GOING FORWARD.

THAT INCLUDES TOWN CENTER HOUSING AND I CALL IT TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS THE IMPROVEMENT OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE CRA AREA.

I WILL HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AS DONE BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL SEE A NEW FORMAT WITH THE THREE FOCUS AREAS AND WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR EACH.

ALSO, PART TWO OF TWO, WHICH NORMALLY CONSISTS OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WE WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF OUR PROGRESS WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

YOU MAY ALSO SEE THEM, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON A DIFFERENT CHART TO MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECT, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, THE PHASE OF THE PROJECT, THE AMOUNT, TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

SO THAT WILL BE REFORMATTED

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AS WELL.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH OUR PROJECTS.

SO KURT, IF YOU CAN CALL UP THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO QUICKLY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY, HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING, AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT COMPLETED PROJECTS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL TRIAL HEAD PARK.

IT IS NEARING COMPLETION THAT ONE, A DA PARKING SPACE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF FEBRUARY.

THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO CHANGE THEIR PROJECT MANAGER BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER WITH THEM, BUT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DELAY AS THEY TRANSITION TO ANOTHER PROJECT MANAGER.

BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT AS THEY PROMISE TO HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY.

THE SOMERSET DRIVE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.

THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR.

WE CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, THE ROUNDABOUT THAT IS WITH A PHOTO OP.

AND OF COURSE WE WILL SEND OUT THE PHOTO OP TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL ALSO PLACE INFORMATION WITHIN OUR NEWSLETTER AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE COMPLETED OUR HOME BUYER PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE EXHAUSTED $645,000 TO THE FOUR HOMEOWNERS.

THEY ARE DOING WELL AND WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO RESPOND OR TO POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BY GIVING THEM SOMEONE WHO CAN ASSIST THEM AS THEY, UH, VENTURE INTO HOME OWNERSHIP.

NOW WE GET INTO THE ONGOING PROGRAMS. THESE ARE OUR REDEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.

SO WE START OFF WITH THE COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CRA BOARD.

ONE WAS APPROVED, WHICH IS LAKE SHOPS THAT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHOPS OF ROYAL.

ON THE WEST SIDE OF 4 41, THERE IS A MONTEGO BAY.

THERE IS A PHARMACY THERE, THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, INCLUDING THE NEW JUICY PATTIES IS LOCATED WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR CENTER.

THE CRA BOARD IS PROVIDING 1.1 MILLION.

THE OTHER BUILDING IS THE LAKE CENTER THAT IS LOCATED NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM HEADWAY OFFICE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF 4 41.

THERE'S A DOLLAR GENERAL WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR CENTER.

THE CRA IS CONTRIBUTING 578,000 TO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO, OR WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE TWO APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, WE, THAT IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE UP TO 80% ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.

ON 31ST AVENUE, 30TH TERRACE, AND 31ST TERRACE.

WE PROVIDE FUNDS TO PAINT, REPLACE THE ROOF, NEW WINDOWS, NEW DOORS, NEW DRIVEWAY, LIGHTING FEATURES, AND OTHER EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WILL DISCUSS THIS PROGRAM A LITTLE LATER IN THE AGENDA, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS MOVING FORWARD.

AND TO DATE, WE HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT DUE OF $160,120.

THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AS DISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE UP TO 50% OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT HAS TO BE ON VACANT LAND OR UNDERUTILIZED LAND.

THERE ARE SOME PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED, OR SOME PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL LAND WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AND IT ALSO INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

OUR PLAN, WE HAVE THE NEW NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE BUFFER WALL.

NOW WE GET INTO OUR NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WITH THE ADOPTION OF

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AND YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN, CORRECT? I WANNA MAKE SURE.

YES, YES, YES.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IN A CENTER IS A CONCEPT OF THE WALL ITSELF.

IT IS A WALL THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE FROM 39TH STREET CLOSE TO NORTHWEST 44TH STREET.

IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE EASEMENT, THE DOCUMENTS FOR EASEMENT, WHICH GIVES US THE RIGHT TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY TO BUILD UP ON THE PROPERTY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO 31ST AVENUE.

IT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT THE WALL AND USE THEIR PROPERTY TO SURVEY THE LAND AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

SO CURRENTLY THE CRA ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY ARE REVIEWING THOSE DOCUMENTS AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE TYPE OF WALL THAT WILL BE SUITABLE.

NOW, WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONCEPT, PLEASE KNOW, UNTIL WE BRING IT BEFORE THE CRA BOARD.

SO NOTHING'S WRITTEN IN STONE UNTIL WE BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD.

WE GET COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, OF COURSE, AS WELL AS THE BOARD, AND THEN WE MOVE INTO DESIGN.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST IN A PLANNING PHASE AND WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BUFFER WALL? MADAM CHAIR? YES.

MADAM CHAIR? YES.

THANK, YES, THANK YOU.

YES, MS. CELESTE FOR THE BUFFER WALL.

WE ARE NOW IN THE PLANNING STAGE.

WHEN WE, WHEN DO WE SEE US MOVING TO THE NEXT STAGE? THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I, THE NEXT STAGE WILL BE TO GO INTO THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THAT MAY TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEE WHO HAS INTERESTS IN THE PROPERTIES.

RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A LOAN, THEN WE HAVE TO GET THE RIGHTS FROM THE MORTGAGE COMPANY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

HOPEFULLY SIX MONTHS.

THAT MAY BE AGGRESSIVE, BUT THAT'S MY GOAL, IS TO GET THE AGREEMENT PLACED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE AGREEMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE THE CITY COMMISSION IS THE ONE WHO WILL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO THAT SHOULD TAKE, I WOULD SAY, ABOUT AN EXTRA THREE MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO DO BEFORE WE GET IT ON THE AGENDA.

SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN NINE MONTHS YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME BEFORE YOU, WITH AGGRESSIVELY COME, BEFORE YOU WITH A REQUEST TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GET INTO THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE WALL.

ONCE WE GET INTO THE DESIGN OF THE WALL, THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AFTER WE DO THAT, THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A CONTRACTOR TO BUILD THE WALL.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE COMPLETION YEAR AS 2026.

THAT'S VERY AGGRESSIVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

SO, UM, THE COMPLETION YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS 2027.

YES, MS. CELESTE, THE WALL, WHAT HAVE YOU DECIDED? WHAT TYPE OF WALL? IS IT GOING TO BE? CONCRETE OR WHAT? YES.

MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP MR. DES BROOMS, WHO IS OUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR, WHO WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

THANK YOU, MR. DEPRO.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.

I'M SURVEY VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, UH, MANAGERS, UH, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, THE, THE WALL, THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS GONNA BE PRECAST CONCRETE WALL.

AND WE, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ALONG UNTIL THE FIRST AVENUE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SOLID WAR THAT CAN SUSTAIN NOTHING IMPACT, BUT HURRICANE IMPACT AS WELL.

SO, PRECAST CONCRETE.

AS WELL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DISTANCE TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVE, BUT IT'S LONG OVERDUE, BUT IT'S IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT THING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A, YOU KNOW, UM, AS YOU SAID, 20 26, 20 27.

SO I WAS THINKING PERHAPS TWO YEARS

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ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY.

SO THIS IS A CRA AND A CITY PROJECT.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IN THE BUDGET, THERE ARE FUNDS FOR A WALL AT THE ENTRANCE OF OR ESTATES TO REPLACE THAT WALL, AS WELL AS A, A SIGN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED WITHIN NORTHGATE ON 34TH STREET.

IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UM, WHO IS, WHO HAS REPRESENTED THE CITY OF LADO LAKES VERY WELL, WE ARE GOING TO COME FORTH WITH FIVE ADDITIONAL SIGNS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CRA AREA FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION.

AND AS PART OF THIS, IT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIGNS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT, AS YOU CAN SEE.

SO WE HAVE SIGNS THAT ARE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.

WE HAVE WAY FINDING SIGNS, WE HAVE DIGITAL BOARDS.

SO JUST KNOW THAT FROM TIME TO TIME YOU MAY GET A REQUEST.

IT MAY BE ON THE CRA SIDE, IT MAY BE ON THE CITY SIDE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE SIGNS.

THIS, UM, DOCUMENT HAS CONCEPTS.

THESE ARE NOT DRAWN TO SCALE.

SO THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL DESIGN, THE ACTUAL SIZE IN TERMS OF PROPORTION.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE SIGNS ARE PROPORTIONAL BECAUSE THE TAIL IS AN INTERESTING SHAPE.

SO OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU JUST KNOW, AGAIN, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE DESIGN OF THESE SIGNS.

MS. ESON, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I, I'M LOOKING AND IT HAS THAT SURFBOARD WHALE LOOK TO IT.

UM, WHO GAVE THE CONCEPT FOR THE LOOK? I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS A FIRM THAT PROVIDED DIFFERENT CONCEPTS FOR SIGNS.

AND SO BASED ON THE SIGNS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE SIGN THAT WILL BE USED GOING FORWARD FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

SO IT WAS DECIDED BY THE CRA BOARD MANY YEARS AGO.

AND THEN WE CAME BACK ON A SECOND OCCASION TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE STYLE.

THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN THE COLOR AND SOMEWHAT, I WOULD SAY THE, THE STYLE, THE, THE TAIL.

THE SALE WAS STILL THERE, BUT THERE WERE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS.

AND SO IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CRA BOARD AT THE TIME THAT THIS WOULD BE IN TERMS OF THE COLOR SCHEME AND THE STYLE WOULD BE THE BEST SIGN TO USE COLLEAGUES.

UM, I LIKE IT.

UM, I SAID, I LIKE THE, THE LOOK MADAM CHAIR.

OH, SORRY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CELESTE.

I, I, I HAD THE SAME QUESTION AS THE CHAIR.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT REPRESENTS.

I KIND OF FEEL INDIFFERENT ABOUT IT, TO BE HONEST.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT, IT'S REALLY SUPPOSED TO REALLY REPRESENT OR SHOW.

LIKE IF YOU GO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, AND I HATE TO BRING UP OTHER CITY, UH, CITIES AS AN EXAMPLE 'CAUSE WE'RE DIFFERENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, CORAL SPRINGS, EVERY ENTRYWAY THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE SUN THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUNNY CITY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

UM, WELCOME TO FORT LAUDERDALE.

EVERYTHING IS LIKE, ALONG THAT THEME.

AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT STORY THIS TELLS IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR.

IT STARTED WITH THE SALE THAT'S WITHIN OUR CITY LOGO.

AND SO IT'S A MM-HMM .

THEY TOOK THAT AS ONE OF THE, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

IDEAS TO.

I SEE.

CREATE THIS IN THE END TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SURE.

QUESTION FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GLAD SOMEONE ELSE HAS ASKING IT.

UM, THEY MADE THIS DECISION BEFORE I BE WAS COMMISSIONER AND I AND I, UP TO THIS DAY, STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND STANDARD.

SO I FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I'VE BEEN ASKING THAT

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'CAUSE I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T GET IT.

CAN WE CHANGE IT? MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO ASK.

I WANT TO ASK MR. ES, IS THIS CODIFIED ANYWHERE THAT WE HAVE TO USE THIS? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE WORD TO USE, BUT, UM, CAN WE CHANGE IT IF THE BOARD SO SEES FIT? MADAM CHAIR, I JUST THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PERHAPS THAT WILL HELP TO RESPOND.

SO THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT WAS PRESENTED AND IT WAS ALSO PRESENTED DURING THE TIME WHEN WE HAD THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN MODIFICATION COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

SO OVER A SERIES OF MONTHS, IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AND THERE'S BEEN NO OPPOSITION.

BUT THE RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION IS IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT, IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE CRA BOARD AS WELL AS THE CITY COMMISSION, THEN THAT IS WHAT WE WILL ACT UPON.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I, I, I, I THINK MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW ARE, YES, A CRA BOARD A LONG TIME AGO MAY HAVE PUT THINGS IN PLACE.

UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO AES, THE AESTHETICS OF THINGS, I THINK THAT THERE CAN BE SOME ROOM FOR ADJUSTMENTS, UH, WITH, WITH HOW THINGS LOOK.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A, A DIFFERENT BOARD WITH DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, PROBABLY NEWER AND MORE FRESH IDEAS ON, ON THIS NEW CRA BOARD.

AND, UM, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THERE MIGHT BE SOME HESITATION WITH CHANGING THINGS THAT WE WORK SO HARD TO PUT TOGETHER, WHICH I'M ON, I, I AGREE WITH.

BUT AS, AS FAR AS THE AESTHETICS OF THINGS, OR MAYBE WE HAVE THE SAME GOAL FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT OF A APPROACH.

I THINK THERE'S SOME ROOM FOR CHANGE WITH THAT.

I NOW HEARING THAT IT'S A SALE, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.

I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE SALE IN THIS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A DINOSAURS TYPE OF CLAW OR SOMETHING.

OH DEAR.

MY CHAIR.

NO OFFENSE.

THIS IS NO, NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY.

I JUST, I'M JUST SAYING, WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM SOMEBODY DRIVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO INTERPRET WHAT, HOW, HOW THIS SPEAKS TO, THANK YOU.

THIS, I'M SURE IT WAS PASSED BY THE COMMISSION WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED.

MS. CELESTE, WERE YOU PART OF IT OR IT WAS DURING MR. ROGERS TIME THROUGH YOUR MADAM CHAIR? IT WAS BOTH.

IT WAS BEFORE ME AND AFTER ME.

FOR ME, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE AS NEWBIES, WE COME AND WE DON'T LIKE WHAT IS THERE.

AND I AM LOOKING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN MY GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IT'S THE SAME THING THAT NEW PRESIDENTS TAKE PRESIDENT TAKE OVER, AND THE FIRST THING THAT HE DOES IS TO CHANGE WHAT WAS THERE.

I, FOR ME, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

AT LEAST IT IS DIFFERENT.

I LIKE THE COLORS.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT MAYBE WE DON'T LIKE IT.

WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT.

AND IT, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THESE SIGNS WILL NOT BE PUT, IT WON'T BE PUTTING, I DON'T SEE THOSE, THESE SIGNS BEING PLACED MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.

AND THEN ANOTHER SET OF COMMISSIONERS COME AND THEN THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

AND WHAT HAPPENS? SO FROM THE MAYOR FACT THAT IT WAS PASSED BY THE BODY, THE CRA BOARD, I WOULD, FOR ME, I THINK IT, WE SHOULD ALLOW IT TO STAY.

THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT.

I, I, I DON'T RECALL THIS BEING PRESENTED, ESPECIALLY THE SIGNS, UNLESS I DID NOT, BUT I, I DON'T RECALL THE SIGNS.

UM, I, I AM LOOK AND I HEAR MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK.

UM, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

YOU MADE A COMMENT, MS. CELESTINE, THAT DURING, UH, ETTE OR WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THAT THIS WAS PRESENTED.

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SO IF WE ARE, IT'S, IN LOOKING AT THIS, AS I SAID, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COLORS.

IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S CONFIGURED WITH THAT BACK PIECE.

UM, AND YOU IDENTIFYING THAT YES, IT BELONGED TO THE SALE, UM, TO ME, WELL, THAT'S THE SALE.

UM, BUT I, I STILL DON'T SEE A SALE NE NEVERTHELESS.

UM, I REALLY, I, I, I, I JUST DON'T, I'M NOT, UM, WITH THE CONCEPT THAT'S THERE, AND I UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES SPEAKING IN TERMS OF CHANGE, BUT MAYBE THE COLORS ARE GREAT.

COLORS ARE GREAT BECAUSE THIS WOULD IDENTIFY WHERE THE CRA BOUNDARIES ARE.

SO YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THAT YOU STILL WANNA KEEP THE SAME LOOK OF THE CITY.

UM, I, UM, I, I, I JUST DON'T SEE IT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT DISTINGUISHES THE CRA MOST DEFINITELY.

BUT PERHAPS WE COULD COME WITH SOMETHING THAT TWEAKS WHAT WE SEE HERE, NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM IT.

THE COLORS ARE GREAT.

UM, BUT TO ACCENT IT OR SOMETHING , UM, I, I'M OKAY WITH THE COLORS.

I THINK THE COLORS ARE, IT SPEAKS TO THE CRA BOUNDARIES.

UM, I THINK WHAT WHAT'S GONNA HELP US WITH MAKING THE DECISION IS JUST SEEING SOME OTHER OPTIONS.

I UNDERSTAND.

I THINK YOU, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH IT WAS AGREED UPON BY THE COMMISSION.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE PRIOR COMMISSION BEFORE US.

IS THAT CORRECT? NOT THROUGH YOUR MADAM CHAIR.

NOT THIS, THIS BOARD.

RIGHT.

NOT THIS BOARD.

RIGHT.

SO PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T UP HERE, YOU KNOW, WERE KIND OF IN THAT, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING.

I, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, AGAIN, AND, AND I KNOW WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO, SO, SO MUCH GOES INTO A 30 YEAR PLAN THAT YOU CAN'T JUST GET A NEW SET OF COMMISSIONERS EVERY FOUR YEAR THAT JUST WANT TO UNROOT EVERYTHING.

WE'RE GONNA LIKE EXTEND THE TIMELINE.

BUT THE WAY THINGS LOOK, WE CAN'T TRY TO LOOK THE WAY WE THOUGHT WOULD LOOK GOOD 30 YEARS AGO, WOULD LOOK GOOD TODAY IN 2025.

UM, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THEY LOOK TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

UM, I'VE SEEN THIS FOR A WHILE AND I KNEW IT WAS COMING UP.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING UP TODAY LIKE THAT.

BUT I, I ALWAYS WANTED TO GIVE MY INPUT ON THIS.

I JUST DIDN'T.

I JUST SEE OTHER CITIES AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE, THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S TOO MUCH.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE MINIMALIST, SOMETHING THAT POPS OUT WITH YOU WITH THE COLORS, BUT STILL LETS, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THIS JUST HAS, UM, IT'S, IT'S GIVEN ME THEME PARK VIBES.

LIKE THERE'S A THEME PARK, LIKE JURASSIC PARK OR SOMETHING.

NO OFFENSE.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH THIS, WHO THE DESIGNERS WERE.

NO OFFENSE.

I JUST KNOW I WASN'T THERE TO GIVE MY OPINION ON THAT.

SO PLEASE TAKE NO OFFENSE.

IF I MAY, MADAM, UM, JUST MAKE IT AN OBSERVATION, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST TWO.

IS, AM I CORRECT MS. CELESTE, TWO OF THE CURRENT YEAH.

MONUMENT TYPE SIGNS ALREADY UP? YES, SIR.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT.

AND ONE MORE THING, IF I MAY.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT'S WHAT I SAW.

ABOUT THE ONE HERE HAS A WATER FOUNTAIN BEHIND IT THAT NO ONE EVER SEES.

YOU SEE, I THINK IT'S AT TRAILHEAD PARK, RIGHT? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YES, SIR.

WE HAVE ONE AT TRAILHEAD.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR MESSAGE BOARD IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

RIGHT? RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

SO THE ONE IN FRONT OF TRAILHEAD PARK, IT FITS THE THEME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE STUFF GOING ON, BUT THE ONE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, I'VE NEVER LIKED IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT FITS THE THEME OF LIKE, THIS IS COM.

LIKE, IT, IT HAS A COMMUNITY VIBE, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL CITY.

LIKE, IT DOESN'T FEEL MUNICIPAL, LIKE THE ONE IN FRONT OF TRAILHEAD PARK.

I THINK IT FITS THE THEME BECAUSE YOU HAVE, AGAIN, I HATE TO SAY IT, LIKE A JUNGLE VIBE TO THE, TO THE, TO THE PARK AND STUFF.

BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS NOT MATURE ENOUGH.

OH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

AS I SAID, I WAS THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING.

I WAS ON AN ISLAND BY MYSELF WHEN I SAW IT.

IT TO ME LOOKS LIKE A, YOU KNOW THAT HORN THAT IS ON TOP OF THE RHINO HEAD? THAT'S, I WAS LOOKING THE RHINO SN, THAT'S, YES, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE A PARK THEME AND OH, DON'T LET US TALK

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SO YEAH, IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA.

BUT IF WE CAN CHANGE IT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I'M ALL ON BOARD.

THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR, WE WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY.

I'M, I'M THINKING OF TWO THINGS RIGHT NOW.

THE FIRST IS, WHAT I'VE HEARD THE MOST ABOUT WAS THE, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A SALE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SALE, A TAIL, I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THE EXACT TERM.

BUT IT APPEARS THAT IF WE REMOVE THAT AND THEN WE WORKED WITH SOMEONE TO STILL KEEP THE COLOR SCHEME MM-HMM .

AND KEEP THE OTHER FEATURES INTACT, THAT PERHAPS THAT WOULD WORK.

IF NOT, NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO BRING BACK, IF I CAN FIND THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED, OR THREE TO START ALL OVER.

BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT LOOKS PRESENTABLE, WHAT DOES NOT, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE OTHER OPTIONS.

SO MADAM CHAIR, THAT WOULD BE MY THREE OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

MADAM CHAIR, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, SILLA.

SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW.

UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE, WE DON'T JUST WANT JUST THE HORN TO GO AWAY AND JUST GIVE US SOMETHING INSTEAD OF THE HORN OR GIVE, UH, GIVE US THREE TO FOUR NEW RENDITIONS WITH THE SAME COLORS.

THREE TO FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WITH THE SAME COLORS.

WE LOVE THE COLORS.

IT HELPS US IDENTIFY THE CRA AREAS.

WE WANNA LOOK AT THREE TO FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

NEW, NEW, UH, NEW OPTIONS.

UM, AGAIN, I KNOW IT, I DON'T MEAN TO ADD MORE WORK.

I, I DON'T, UM, KNOW HOW LONGER THIS GONNA ADD TO THE PROCESS.

IT'S JUST A DESIGN PIECE.

AND I THINK WE'RE IN THIS PHASE, BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN IN THE RENDITION PHASE.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE.

SO WE, WE SHOULD STILL BE ON PAR WITH THE TIMELINE.

BUT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, A FEW OPTIONS THAT ARE COMPLETELY NEW.

NOT EVEN THINGS YOU'VE HAD ALREADY.

YES, MS. CELESTE, WITH WHAT YOU PRESENT RIGHT NOW, WHAT TIMEFRAME WERE YOU LOOKING ON TO GET TO PUT UP THESE, OF THESE ERECTED RIGHT NOW FOR THIS, THERE WERE NO CHANGES RIGHT NOW.

26 FOR THE CRA FOR THE SIGNS THAT WE HAD BUDGETED.

2026.

SO NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADDITIONAL SIGNS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE OTHER LOCATIONS.

YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MADAM CHAIR AGAIN, MS. CELESTE, WHAT TIMEFRAME DOES IT TAKE TO GET FROM THE PLANNING, DRAWING, EVERYTHING? HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE IF WE, THE BOARD DECIDES THAT THIS IS NOT WHERE THEY GOING TO GO AND THEY WANT TO GET MAYBE FRESH NEW IDEAS? HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? MADAM CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO DEFER THAT QUESTION TO MR. DES BRUS.

THANK YOU, MR. DES.

UH, THANK YOU MRS. DONNO.

UH, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, ALONG WITH THE AESTHETIC OF THE SIGN, UH, ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING INTO IS CONSTRUCTABILITY BECAUSE THE TWO SIGNS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, THEY ARE BRICK AND MORTAR, BUT WE KNOW THAT THOSE SIGN THAT THEY CAN RUN OVER BY VEHICLE A LOT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE OPTION OF CONSTRUCTING THE SIGN WHERE, WHEN ONE OF THEM IS, UH, DAMAGED OR BROKEN DOWN BY ACCIDENT, WHERE YOU CAN JUST REMOVE IT, BRING A NEW ONE AND SQUARE IT UP AND, AND THERE WE GO.

SO, UH, THE TWO CURRENT OPTION RIGHT NOW ARE ALUMINUM AND FOAM.

SO NOT ONLY WE WANNA BUILD A SITE, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT WHATEVER OPTION THAT WE CHOOSE, UH, THAT IS ABOUT TO BUILD THE SIGN WITH EITHER FORM OR ALUMINUM.

BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE TWO, THE TWO SIGN THAT WE HAVE IS BRICK, UH, AND MODEL.

SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BUILD A SIGN AND WE MOVE IT, WE PLACE IT AT WHEEL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS GATE NORTHGATE, UH, WESTGATE.

AND THEY DO, UH, GET ONE OVER BY, UH, A LOT.

ACTUALLY, WE'RE MISSING A FEW SIGN AS WE SPEAK

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ON WARD SEVEN.

WE ARE MISSING ONE ON NORTHGATE BY 34TH STREET.

SO IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, ONCE WE MOVE PAST THE, UH, CONCEPTUAL PLANNING, UH, CONCEPTUAL FORM OF THE SIGN, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO SELECT A, A VENDOR THAT CAN DESIGN THE SIGN ACCORDINGLY.

SO THAT'S WHY THE TIMELINE FOR 26 20 26, UH, CAME ABOUT.

UH, I DUNNO IF I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

AGAIN, MR. DE BRUS, THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING ON.

AND RIGHT NOW, MS. CELESTE TOLD US THAT THIS WOULD BE READY MAYBE FOR 2026.

I AM ASKING IF WE DON'T GO THIS WAY, CHOSE ANOTHER ROUTE.

SINCE THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING ON THE, FROM THE BOARD RIGHT NOW, WHAT NEW TIMEFRAME WOULD WE BE LOOKING ON? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS WOULD BE READY TO BE INSTALLED 2026.

WHAT WHATEVER WE ARE LOOKING ON RIGHT NOW, THE NEW WHAT, THE NEW CONCEPT OF WHAT, WHAT TIMEFRAME TO GET IT, THE DRAWINGS, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND TO PUT THEM UP, UM, TO MADAM CHAIR.

UH, JUST THE PROCESS OF SELECTING, UH, UH, CONSULTANT TO DESIGN, UH, THE CONCEPT.

I WOULD SAY WE, WE COULD EASILY ADD ANOTHER SIX TO NINTH MONTH TO THAT PROCESS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST, WE JUST DESCRIBED.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING ON 2027, BUT ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU TO MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT ECHOES WHAT WAS KIND OF ASKED.

SO, WELL, LET ME ASK THIS FIRST.

CURRENTLY WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE GATEWAY SIGNAGE, WHAT PHASE ARE WE, ARE WE IN THE PLANNING PHASE OR ARE WE NOW LEAVING OUT OF THE PLANNING PHASE FOR, FOR, FOR THIS, UH, TO MADAM CHAIR PLANNING? WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE.

IT'S NOT OVER YET.

PLANNING.

SO THE PHASE OF DECIDING WHAT WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE, THAT'S THE DESIGN PHASE.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, TO MUCH STILL PLANNING? THAT'S STILL PLANNING.

SO IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AND DECIDE WHAT WE WANT AS A BOARD, AND THEN YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT THAT INTO THE PROJECT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S GONNA ADD POTENTIALLY ANOTHER SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO THE TIMELINE JUST FOR CHOOSING A DIFFERENT LOOK? UH, IF WE DON'T USE THAT, WE HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.

SO WE HAVE TO, UH, SELECT A PROFESSIONAL, GIVE US, GIVE THEM OUR IDEAS AS TO WHAT WE LOOK LOOKING FOR SO THEY CAN DESIGN SOME NEW ALTERNATIVES AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BRING IT FORWARD, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION.

AND FROM THERE WE'LL MAKE A SELECTION AND THEN GO BACK TO THAT SQUARE AGAIN WITH THE NEW SELECTION.

SO WITH PROCUREMENT, SELECTING CONSULTANT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.

SO I CAN EASILY SEE BETWEEN SIX AND NINE MONTHS NOW ADDED.

ADDED ONE.

MR. DES BRU, UM, WHAT I HEARD FULLY WAS 20 26, 20 27.

IS THAT FOR, TO INCORPORATE BOTH THE CONCEPTUAL, THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGNAGE AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUFFER WALL? GIVE ME THAT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FULLNESS OF THAT.

'CAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE WERE TO DO A NEW CONCEPT, THEN IT WOULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL NINE MONTHS.

SIX TO NINE MONTHS.

ARE WE JUST LOOKING AT, OKAY, SO THE CONCEPT FOR THE PRECAST CONCRETE IS ONE YEAR.

YOU'RE SAYING, UM, UM, ARE WE, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

VENUE SIGNS, THE ONE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

THE BOTH, THE BUFFER ON 31ST AVENUE IS A SEPARATE PROJECT FROM THE, I UNDERSTAND.

ALRIGHT, SO LET ME RETRACT THAT.

UM, THE CONCEPT FOR THE FIVE ADDITIONAL SIGNS YOU SAID IS UP TO 2026, RIGHT? FOR IT TO BE PLACED IN THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS NEXT YEAR, 2026.

FOR TWO SIGNS FOR THE FIVE ADDITIONAL SIGNS THAT ARE NEEDED.

'CAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO IN, IS THAT, SO, UM, THE TWO THAT WE HAVE WERE

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RIGHT.

AND THE ONE IN, UH, BY THE TRAILHEAD PARK ARE NEW SIGNS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCEPT WE'RE LOOKING TO CARRY OUT.

THAT'S WHAT'S HERE WE'RE LOOKING TO CARRY OUT FOR THE REST.

ALL RIGHT.

I NEED TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THOSE SIGNS AGAIN.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK.

UM, BECAUSE WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SEEING, IF THOSE ARE ALREADY IN THEN, UM, TO CREATE, TO DISTURB WHAT IS SET IN PLACE TO CARRY US THROUGH TO 2026, THEN THAT WOULD BRING A WHOLE NEW DIFFERENT CONCEPT FROM THE TWO THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW.

SO I, I, I SAY WE TAKE A LOOK.

I, I, I LOVE THE COLORS, SO I, I GUESS I'M JUST NOT PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S AT CITY HALL AS WELL AS TRAIL HILL PARK.

SO I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

THANK YOU, MS. CELESTE.

ADAM, SHARE THE DIRECTION PROVIDED FROM THE CRA BOARD.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR DIRECTION IS.

COLLEAGUES, I'M, I'M STILL ON THE PAGE WHERE I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OTHER OPTIONS.

HOLLY, IS THAT THE CONSENSUS OF EVERYONE? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, DIFFERENT OPTIONS ALSO.

UM, DEFINITELY MINUS THE, THE TAIL, THE SALE.

OH YEAH.

THROUGH YOUR MADAM UM, CHAIR.

YES, DEFINITELY CHANGE IT.

CHAIR.

OH, QUESTION TO YOUR MADAM CHAIR.

HOW MANY MORE SIGNS DO YOU GUYS HAVE TO PUT UP YOUR HONOR'S? FINE.

MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT FOR THE CRA ONLY? YES.

ALTOGETHER, IT'S FOUR.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ALTOGETHER, BUT ONE IS THE WALL, SO IT'S THE OLA ESTATES WALL.

SO I COUNT THAT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

SO THERE'S ONE ON NORTHWEST 34TH STREET, ONE NEAR SOMERSET DRIVE, ONE ON 33RD AVENUE, WHICH IS NEXT TO ST.

HELEN'S.

THE OTHER ONE IS WITHIN ONE OF OUR PROJECTS, WESTGATE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THAT SIGN AS WELL.

THAT'S FIVE.

THAT WOULD GO FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.

SO THE CONSENSUS I SEE THREE, UM, IS TO HAVE A NEW DESIGN.

THANK YOU THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

WE WILL FOCUS ON THE COLOR SCHEME BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO NARROW IN ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO DEFINITELY THE COLOR SCHEME WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE MENTIONED, MEANING THE COLOR SCHEME FROM THE LOGO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

ALSO, TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT THERE ARE SIGNS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED AND THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY.

WHEREAS IF THE LOGO CHANGES OR IF THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE LOGO, THEN THE SIGN IS INTACT.

THEY JUST CHANGE THE LOGO.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER TIME.

IF YOU NOTICE WITH THE EXISTING SIGNS, IF OUR LOGO CHANGE, IT WAS THE KALEIDOSCOPE, THEY HAD THAT.

AND THEN WHEN THE LOGO WAS REVERTED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL, THEY JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE LOGO.

THAT IS AN OPTION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, WE CAN MENTION THAT AS AN OPTION TO HAVE A STANDARD SIGN.

AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF REPLACING THE LOGO WITH THE COLOR SCHEME FROM THE LOGO.

MADAM CHAIR? YES, IF I MAY, I'M, YES.

I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SIGNS AND NOT SURE IF IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD CHANGE THE CURRENT MONUMENT SIGN SIGN THAT'S OUT FRONT IN CITY HALL AND THE TRAILHEAD SIGN THAT'S CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF THE TRAILHEAD PARK.

THAT MAY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNS.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE CRA PLAN OR NOT.

MR. ELLI, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A NUMBER OF SPECIFIED GATEWAY SIGNAGE IN THE CURRENT CRA PLAN OR IF IT'S BROUGHT THROUGH MADAM CHAIR RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SPECIFIED NUMBER.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INCLUSION OF THE CURRENT SCIENCE, THEN

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I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

SO WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE IN THE CRA UM, PLAN? SO CURRENTLY BUDGETED, WE HAVE TWO ORIAL ESTATES WALL, I, I COUNT THAT AS WELL AS NORTHGATE.

SO BUDGETED 20 25 2.

WE HAVE INTRODUCED THE ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE CRA BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

WHAT I HEARD WAS SOME CONSIDERATION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING SIGNS.

I I WANNA MAKE SURE COLLEAGUES CLARIFICATION THE CURRENT TWO EXISTING SIGNS.

UH, WOULD WE BE REPLACING THOSE? I NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

UM, SO, UM, DO YOU MADAM CHAIR, UM, BASED OFF OF WHAT I'M HEARING, THE CITY MANAGERS SAYING, IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN OUR CURRENT PLAN TO GET RID OF THESE CURRENT TWO AS WELL.

I'M ALL FOR THAT AS WELL, BUT AT MINIMUM THESE NEW SIGNS THAT ARE UP AND COMING I'D LIKE TO SEE BE DIFFERENT EVEN IF THE CURRENT ONES STAY, STAY THE SAME.

MADAM CHAIR, MS. CELESTE, ABOUT WHAT PRICE RANGE ARE WE LOOKING ON FOR THE SIGNS RIGHT NOW? MADAM CHAIR? I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE TWO THAT WERE BUDGETED.

WE BUDGETED 400,000 FOR THE TWO.

THAT'S THE WALL AND THE SMALLER SIGN IN TERMS OF THE COST FOR THE ADDITIONAL SIGNS.

ONCE WE HAVE THE ACTUAL CONCEPT AND DESIGN, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE CURRENT DIGITAL BOARD WAS 93,000.

MS. CELESTE, IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THE EXISTING TWO, THE ONE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND THE ONE BY TRAILHEAD PARK, OUR TOTAL THEN WOULD BE SEVEN, FIVE NEW AND TWO REPLACEMENTS.

THREE.

YOU MADAM CHAIR? THAT IS CORRECT.

WE HAVE FIVE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TWO.

AS MENTIONED, IF I MAY, THE TRAIL HEAD PARK AND THAT SIGN KIND OF ARE MARRIED TO EACH OTHER.

THE SAME THEME.

IT, IT REPRESENTS WHAT THE TRAIL HEAD MES IN TERMS OF THE GREENWAY TRAIL.

SO, UH, WE MAY BE OKAY WITH THAT FOR THE EXISTING SIGN AT CITY HALL, WE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IF IT IS TO BE REPLACED, TO PUT IT ON THE END OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR USE OF IT.

IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE C RCRA BOARD WOULD AGREE TO DO.

CHAIR.

I THINK MR. CELESTE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE EXISTING SIGN IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD OTHER SIGNS.

SO TO GET THE MOST JUICE OUT OF THE ONE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE OTHERS FIRST AND THEN COME BACK AROUND SINCE IT'S ALREADY THERE, I WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

MS. CELESTE, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AS WELL.

COLLEAGUES, SAME HERE.

UM, I, A QUESTION I HAD FROM THE DISCUSSION, IT'S NOT REALLY LEGAL, IS DO YOU WANT CELESTE TO GO OUT AND GET A PROFESSIONAL OR START THE PROCESS FOR THE DESIGN? I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN HOUSE TO DO IT, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET A PROFESSIONAL AND BRING YOU DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND I GUESS THAT WAS THE QUESTION.

I WASN'T SURE THE BOARD HAD GIVEN HER DIRECTION ON MS. ESON.

UM, THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN, I GUESS THROUGH PROCUREMENT OR THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE CRA BOARD, WE WILL UTILIZE THE FUNDING TO PROCEED WITH YOUR DIRECTION.

IF IT'S TO COME UP WITH A, A NEWS DESIGN WITH THREE OPTIONS, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THE EXISTING FUNDS WE HAVE IN PLACE.

UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THE, THE TIMELINE, WHICH YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT COLLEAGUES.

YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.

YES, YES, YES.

TO HAVE TO COMMUNICATE SO EVERYBODY'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THE, IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

THIS IS GREAT

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SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I REALLY DO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THE WESTGATE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS INCLUDES A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD NEAR WALMART.

IT IS THE HIDDEN JEWEL WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND TO ASSESS THE AREA, AND WE HAVE DETERMINED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD LIGHTING, STREET LIGHTING, IMPROVE THE CROSSWALKS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SWELL TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING ON THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS TO MODIFY THE SIGN.

AND WE WILL, UH, OF COURSE BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AS WE TALK MORE ABOUT THE OVERALL DESIGN AND OTHER SPECIFICATIONS THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT TO GET TO GET IT COMPLETED.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE NO CONFLICTING PROJECTS IN 2028.

OH, I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR, IF, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION FOR ME.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.

YOU MAY MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT FOR SIMILAR ARTERIES, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE MY FAVORITE PROJECT, I GUESS BECAUSE IT'S NEXT TO THE TROY HEAD PARK.

IT IS A NORTHWEST 30TH TERRACE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THAT AREA.

THIS IS A ROAD THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRAILHEAD PARK.

IT RUNS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL OR THE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS ON THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY.

WE HAVE, UH, WHAT IS CALLED, I CALL THEM INLETS.

THEY'RE CURB CUTS THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY USED FOR PEOPLE TO HOUSE THEIR GARBAGE BINS AND THEY'RE SPEEDING ON THE ROAD.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER THAN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND TO HELP WITH THE SPEEDING.

SO THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU INVOLVES ALONG THE ENTIRE ROAD.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IS JUST A SEGMENT.

THE ENTIRE ROAD WOULD HAVE A, WHAT WE CALL IT, I CALL IT A, A MINI ROUNDABOUT WITH DECORATIVE ASPHALT TREATMENT.

THAT'S JUST DECORATING THE, THE ASPHALT COLORED ASPHALT AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE NEAR THE ROUNDABOUT.

THE REMOVAL OF THE CURB CUTS, OF COURSE.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER, UM, IDEAS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH, WE WILL OF COURSE BRING THAT BEFORE THE CRA BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND AS WE MOVE INTO THESE PROJECTS, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CERTAIN CONSULTANTS AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, WE WILL REQUEST A 3D SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE VISUALLY HOW IT WILL LOOK.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL ADD TO THE SCOPE OF WORK OR SCOPE OF SERVICES.

MADAM CHAIR, I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND THIS JUST GIVES AN IDEA OF THE TYPES OF INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE OFFERING.

WE HAVE OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, AND WE HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, 5.5 MILLION.

UM, OF COURSE WE KNOW WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES, WE IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE, BUT MADAM CHAIR, WE ARE PREPARED AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACTION PRESENTED FROM THE BOARD.

AND THAT COMPLETES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.

YES, MS. CELESTE? I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE, I NORTHWEST 36 TERRORISTS FROM OAKLAND PARK, NORTHWEST 36TH TERRA TO NORTHWEST 30TH PLACE.

VISTA APARTMENT ON THE WEST SIDE RIGHT THERE.

THERE IS NO SIDEWALK THERE.

AND IT IS A HAZARD TO WALK.

IT'S NOT MUCH THE END OF THE APARTMENT.

UM, BELLA

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IT IS HAZARDOUS TO WALK AND IT IS ALWAYS UNKEMPT.

THIS MORNING WHEN I WALKED, I, I WAS REALLY, REALLY UPSET TO SEE THE NEW, THAT APARTMENT BUILDING LITTERED WITH PAPER FROM NORTHWEST 30TH PLACE STRAIGHT BACK TO THE LIBRARY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.

I WOULD HOPE THAT IT IS, I KNOW THEY HAVE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS INCLUDED.

FILTHY REAL LOOKING.

BUT, SO I WOULD LIKE MR. DE BRUS TO MAYBE FOR YOU TO GET SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE RIGHT THERE FROM 30 36 TERRACE BACK TO THE ECC LIBRARY RIGHT THERE.

I THINK THERE IS ONE OR TWO BUILDINGS THERE.

HORRIBLE.

AND I, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A BAG OF GARBAGE THERE FOR SIX WEEKS.

FOR SIX WEEKS.

I WALKED DOWN THERE, A POSSUM WENT AFTER ME THAT, THAT SAME BUILDING THERE RIGHT BEFORE YOU HAVE THE BUS STOP.

THE BUS SHELTER IS NOT BAD.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S FOR AN EXPENSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANYONE THAT IS, THAT THEY HAVE PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PASS AND OPEN THEIR CAR, MAYBE THE WINDOW THROW, WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT IT LOOKS REAL, REAL BAD CHAIR.

BUT THE SIDEWALK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE.

, YES, I'LL DEFINITELY, I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

I, I'VE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE, UH, WITH OTHER ISSUES.

LIKE I KNOW ON THE EAST SIDE, CLOSER TO THE LIBRARY, THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH THE PAVER THAT WAS, UH, COMING OUT AND I HAD TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND DEFINITELY I REACH OUT TO, TO, UM, BELLA VISTA.

WE GOT THE SIDEWALK.

THERE'S A CITY PROJECT, UH, FOR 36 TERRACE THAT IS FUNDED BY THE CERTEX.

IT'S ACTUALLY $863,000 THAT THE CERTEX IS PROVIDING TO THE CITY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE IS ON THE, THAT IS MISSING IS PART OF THE PROJECT AS A MATTER OF FACT.

MM-HMM.

UH, JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH AN UPDATED, BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FUNDING AGREEMENT MM-HMM.

TO BE BOUGHT FOR TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

UH, JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM, UH, THE SIRTAX.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN UPDATED SCHEDULE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED IN DECEMBER.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEVER RECEIVED IT, BUT NOW THEY WANTED US TO ADJUST THE SCHEDULE.

SO, UH, I WOULD SAY PRETTY SOON, UH, STAFF WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD THE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT ON 36TH YEARS.

IT GOES FROM AUCKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AROUND TO 38TH AVENUE.

UH, COMMISSIONER.

MR. RON.

IS THAT IT, MS. CELESTE, FOR YOUR REPORT? YES.

TO THE FOUR FOR DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND WITH ALL THE NOTED, UM, CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE, WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU.

UM, THE FINANCE NUMBER SIX, FINANCE

[6. FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT]

DIRECTOR REPORT.

SIX A MADAM , UM, CRE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH TWO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S FILING OF THE AGENCY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025, PERIOD.

FOUR JANUARY, 2025.

FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT AS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE AGENCY'S ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND PHYSICAL POLICIES AND COPIES ATTACHED HERE TO EXHIBIT A, WHICH GONNA BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION REPRESENTATION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MAY I HAVE GOING TO BRING YOU TO THE FLOOR, MADAM CHAIR GREEN, CRA, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 2

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VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOUR.

COMMISSIONER CALWELL FOUR.

COMMISSIONER EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR CHAIRPERSON THOMAS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

AT THIS TIME, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FINANCE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT.

THREE.

YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025, THUS 0 0 2.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR ATTORNEY, OUR EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR, AND OUR SECRETARY.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

FOR THE RECORD, I AM BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

AND TONIGHT, UH, WE WILL, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE, UM, THE FOURTH MONTH, UH, OF THE FISCAL YEAR'S FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS THE JANUARY 31ST REPORT, ENCOMPASSING 33% OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, REVENUE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF EXHIBIT A IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL AS IN YOUR PACKET, YOUR ELECTRONIC PACKET.

BUT IN TERMS OF REVENUE, THE CRA HAS COLLECTED, UH, 37, UH, MY APOLOGIES, 30.7% OF ITS REVENUE.

UM, YOU WILL NOTE THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, 99.8, CLOSE TO 100%, UM, OF OUR TIF.

UM, THAT COMES FROM THE CITY, THAT COMES FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY, THAT COMES FROM OUR CHILDREN'S COUNCIL, CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL, AND COMES FROM THE NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE DID RECEIVE IN THE CRA FOR THE, FOR THE PERIOD.

UH, JANUARY, UH, IS ADDITIONAL INTEREST EARNINGS, UH, VALUED AT $102,000, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS GREAT.

AS YOU SEE, WE ARE, UH, TRENDING AT 64% OF THE BUDGET FOR, FOR, UH, THOSE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES.

UH, OVERALL THE, UH, CRA HAS COLLECTED A TOTAL OF $5.6 MILLION, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, FOURTH PERIOD OF THE, UH, FOURTH PERIOD OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE CRA.

WE'LL START WITH THE PERSONNEL SERVICES.

RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE CRA HAS EXPENSED 30.6%, UM, OF ITS BUDGET FOR ITS PERSONNEL, WHICH INCLUDES OF COURSE, OUR SALARIES AND OUR FRINGE BENEFITS FOR THOSE THREE POSITIONS.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR.

IN TERMS OF THE OPERATING, UH, EXPENDITURES FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, REPORTING PERIOD, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDERSPENT, UH, QUITE A BIT UNDERSPENT AT 1%, UH, OF BUDGET, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ONLY SPENDING A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UH, THAT AMOUNT, UH, INCLUDES ITEMS LIKE OF COURSE, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, OUR LEGAL SERVICES, UM, SOME OF OUR PLAN EXPENDITURES TRAINING PROFESSIONAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF, UTILITIES AND OFFICE SUPPLIES, THOSE TYPES OF EXPENDITURES.

IN TERMS OF CAPITAL OUTLAY, THE CRA HAS EXPENDED 7.6% OF THIS BUDGET AT $423,000.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT THIS INCLUDES MOSTLY, UH, EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE SUMMERSET, UH, ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.

AND IN TERMS OF THE NON-OPERATING, WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HOME BUYER PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UM, FOR THIS PERIOD ALONE, WELL NOT THIS PERIOD ALONE, BUT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UH, WE HAVE EXPENDED A LITTLE OVER $500,000 FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

OVERALL, AGAIN, THE EXPENDITURES ARE TRENDING BEHIND THEIR REVENUE.

UM, SO THE, THE CRA IS PENDING ANY POSITIVE POSITION AT THIS TIME.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO OUTSTANDING DEBT IN TERMS OF THE CASH MANAGEMENT.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE CRA'S, UH, COMBINED TOTAL OF ITS TWO BANK ACCOUNTS, ONE AT THE BANK OF AMERICA AND THE OTHER AT TRUIST TOTALS $25 MILLION.

UH, THE, OF COURSE, THE BALANCE DOES REMAIN POSITIVE AND IS TRENDING JUST AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE AT THIS SAME PERIOD IN THE PRIOR YEAR IN.

IN TERMS OF, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, NONE THROUGH THE PERIOD OF JANUARY, UH, 31ST 2025.

AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD.

COLLEAGUES, YOU'VE HEARD THAT THE FINANCIAL REPORT, NO.

ALRIGHT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAD CHAIR? YES.

I WOULD LIKE

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BRING IT TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR CHAIRPERSON THOMAS FOUR VICE CHAIR HARRISON.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN REPORT.

[7. CHAIRMAN REPORT]

UM, JUST I'M EXCITED USING THAT WORD FOR OUR NEW DEPUTIES AND THE REPORT THAT THEY BROUGHT BACK FOR THE, FROM THE BUSINESSES TO SEE THAT COLLABORATION THAT IS GOING ON, WHICH WILL MAKE IT A BETTER PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR CITY.

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS STAND IN.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AD HOC, THERE ARE NONE.

LEGAL REPORT.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US? ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE NOT IN ANY TROUBLE, SO THERE'S NOTHING COMING FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT

[A. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM]

OR ANY OLD BUSINESS.

ALRIGHT.

11, A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR THROUGH YOU.

MS. CELESTINE DUNMORE, OUR EXECUTIVE CRA DIRECTOR.

GETTING UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.

AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WE HAD A HEALTHY DISCUSSION REGARDING A COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DESIGN.

AND SO AS MENTIONED FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES UP TO 50% OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME CASES UP TO 75% IF CERTAIN, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

AND SO THIS PROGRAM COVERS PAINTING NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, NEW WINDOWS, NEW DOORS, NEW LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION, UM, IMPROVING THE PARKING LOT, NEW SIGNAGE AND ANY OTHER RECONSTRUCTION.

AT THE APPROVAL OF THE, UPON APPROVAL FROM THE CRA BOARD, WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM THAT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UP TO 50%, BUT ALSO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE BASED UPON WHAT I JUST MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.

AND I WILL GET MORE INTO THE SPECIFICATIONS TO ALLOW THE 100%.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS FAR AS THE CHANGES, WE WANTED TO ADD A MANDATORY CONSTRUCTION SIGN.

THE SIGN WOULD SAY CRA DOLLARS AT WORK AND I ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE THAT SAYS BUSINESSES ARE OPEN SO THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS IS TAKING PLACE, THE BUSINESSES ARE STILL OPEN AND PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO PATRONIZE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON TO CONSTRUCT THE SIGN.

AND ALREADY WE HAVE TWO SIGNS THAT WILL BE PLACED UP AT THE PLACES THAT I MENTIONED, THE LAKE SHOPS AS WELL AS LAKE CENTER.

SO MY GOAL IS BEFORE THE MONTH ENDS TO HAVE THOSE SIGNS UP SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM AT OUR OUR NEXT MEETING AND YOU'LL SEE THEM ALONG THE WAY DOWN STATE ROAD SEVEN.

ALSO, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CHANGE, WOULD ALLOW FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PERMITTING FEES AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.

WHEN WE DISCUSS THE A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT, MADAM CHAIR, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MET AND THEY INCLUDE IT MUST BE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT.

THE PROJECT MUST SUPPORT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN OUR ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION OR BEFORE APPLICATION.

THE PROJECT MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR.

WE MADE A CHANGE TO SAY OR REQUIRED TIMEFRAME PER PROJECT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECTS TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.

SO WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT THAT TIMEFRAME WILL BE AND OF COURSE THAT PARTICULAR APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

THE PROJECT MUST SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPANCY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MARKETING PLAN THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WHICH HAS THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE DEFICIENT.

SO YOU'LL FIND THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GETTING UP TO 50% VERSUS

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ALSO, AS PART OF THE PROGRAM DESIGN CHANGE, WE PUT A STRIKE THROUGH PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PROJECTS WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 50% IN PRIVATE FUNDING BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT.

SO IT WOULD BE QUITE CONFUSING.

SO WE REMOVE THAT AS PART OF THE EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS.

TYPICALLY, WE'VE NOT HAD MORE THAN ONE PROPOSAL OR APPLICATION.

HOWEVER, IF THAT TIME CAME, THAT WOULD COME WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.

THEN WE JUST PROVIDED GUIDELINES FOR YOU TO REVIEW AS YOU CONSIDER THE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD COME BEFORE YOU IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER EVERYTHING.

MADAM CHAIR, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE RESPONSES.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

THERE WAS ONE LAST PROVISION.

HOWEVER, IN SPEAKING WITH MR. HAYGOOD, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT WOULD PROTECT THE TENANT, WHETHER IT BE A COMMERCIAL TENANT OR A RESIDENTIAL TENANT.

SO WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH KNOWING THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED AND AS PART OF OUR GUIDELINES AND THE AGREEMENT, IF THEY DO NOT ADHERE TO THAT, IF THEY DO NOT HONOR THAT, THEN THIS CRA BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO RECAPTURE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE LOAN RECIPIENT.

MADAM CHAIR, THAT ENDS THAT CONVERSATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A HEALTHY DISCUSSION.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT MS. CELESTINE.

UM, I SEE THAT YOU DID PUT IN PLACE WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.

ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUE OR COMMENTS ON THAT? MADAM CHAIR? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

MS. CELESTE.

UNDER REIMBURSEMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS THE 100% WE CHANGED IT FROM, WE SUGGESTED CHANGING IT FROM 75 TO 100% AND ONE OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SAYS PROJECT MUST SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPANCY AND ALIGNMENT WITH LAUDERDALE LAKES BUSINESS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

WOULD YOU GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT PLEASE? YES.

SO THAT'S UNDER OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT ARM, WHICH IS MISS VCA AND VCA BUCHANAN, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

SO SHE WORKED WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES, WHICH WAS A FIRM THAT DID AN ANA THAT CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS BASED UPON THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND OTHER FACTORS THAT PLAY A ROLE INTO THE BUSINESSES WHERE THEY LOCATE.

AND AS PART OF THAT, RETAIL STRATEGIES DEVELOPED A MARKETING PLAN.

AND SO THAT IS A PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES THAT WE ARE DEFICIENT.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO AS PART OF THE REIMBURSEMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THEIR OCCUPANCY BY ONE BASED UPON THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE INDICATED WITHIN THAT MARKETING PLAN.

FOR INSTANCE, FOR LAKES SHOPS, THEY ACTUALLY INCREASED THEIR OCCUPANCY BY MORE THAN ONE.

SO IN THIS CASE, THEY WOULD'VE QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COLEY MADAM CHAIR? YES.

UM, UH, CELESTE, I DON'T LIKE THAT SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEN YOU SEE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT, IT MEANS THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO JUST PAINT THE BUILDING, IT'S JUST A MAKEOVER.

THAT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS SUBSTANTIAL.

IT'S MORE THAN 50%.

GENERALLY ON THE CITY SIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEFINITELY MORE THAN 50% OF THE BUILDING IS IMPROVED IN SOME WAY.

IMPROVED EXTERIOR.

EXTERIOR FROM COST, FROM A COST STANDPOINT, NOT FROM A COST STANDPOINT.

THAT'S THAT TERM IS GONNA PRESENT SOME ISSUES.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT SUBSTANTIAL TO YOU MAY NOT BE SUBSTANTIAL TO ME, SO I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE A MORE OF A OBJECTIVE STANDARD AS OPPOSED TO SUBJECTIVE.

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THANK YOU FROM, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. HAGAR.

UM, FROM WHAT IT READS, THE PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PRO PROJECTS THAT WILL UPGRADE A SUBSTANTIAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING SIMULTANEOUSLY, THUS GIVEN GREATER IMPACT TO THE PROJECT.

UH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ? I THOUGHT YOU LOOKED AT THIS MR. HAY? YEAH, JUST THAT ANYTIME YOU GET A, A SUBJECTIVE TERM, LIKE SUBSTANTIAL, OKAY, IT CAN PRESENT PROBLEMS. AND I KNOW CELESTE HAS SOMETHING IN MIND, SO IT'D BE BETTER IF WE COULD DEFINE THAT IN AN OBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OBJECTIVE TERMS. SOMEBODY COULD LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH YES, THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL.

SO IN ESSENCE, I THINK WHAT MR. HAGOOD IS SAYING, UM, SOME CRITERIA THAT DISTINGUISHES WHAT THAT SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT TO THE PROJECT.

AND TYPICALLY WHEN WE MEET, WE USE THE ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE INFORM THEM THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.

MEANING YOU ARE PAINTING, YOU'RE ADDING ALL NEW WINDOWS, ALL NEW DOORS, LIGHTING FEATURES IN THE PARKING LOT.

YOU'RE NOT JUST COMING IN TO SAY, I WANT A COUPLE OF TREES.

YOU'RE NOT COMING IN TO SAY, I WANNA PAINT ONE BUILDING OUT OF THE THREE THAT ARE THERE.

WE DESCRIBE THAT AS YOU ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE UNDER ELIGIBILITY.

MADAM CHAIR? YES, GO AHEAD.

AND MS. CELESTE, IF WHAT YOU JUST OUTLINED WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL SLASH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS IMPACT WINDOWS, DOORS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WHY DON'T WE JUST LIST THEM AS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT? SUCH AS? SUCH AS, YES, IT MAY OH, THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR.

IT MAY BE BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING LEMME SEE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS MUST BE MADE.

SO THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE FACADE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WILL, WE WILL DEFINITELY.

SO LET'S MODIFY THAT.

RIGHT? I I THINK EVEN REFERRING BACK TO THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS NEED TO BE DONE.

SO MAYBE THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL PERHAPS COULD BE OUT.

BUT TO FOLLOW THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, UM, WE, WE CAN COME OF LANGUAGE.

MADAM CHAIR, WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS SUBSTANTIAL.

THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU SAID SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS INC.

INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROGRAM.

OUTLINE THE ELIGIBLE.

YEAH, WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, WE'LL HAVE SOME LANGUAGE.

JUST THAT PORTION THERE I HAVE IT.

I PROMISE YOU.

WHEN THE MEETING'S OVER, IT'LL COME TO ME.

A NEW BUSINESS MR. , CRE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH THREE.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT? NO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

12.

[A. CRA RESOLUTION 2025-003 (“CRA”), APPROVING A MODIFIED RESIDENTIAL PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (“THE PROGRAM”) ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT “A”; AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRPERSON AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION]

A RESOLUTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING A MODIFIED RESIDENTIAL PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.

ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT A, AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRPERSON AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM CHAIR? YES.

UM, I MOVE THAT WE BRING CRA RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO THREE TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOUR.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL

[01:30:01]

WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

MS. CELESTE DUNMORE ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR.

WE ARE BRINGING BACK A RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD APPROVE THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE SUGGESTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM WHERE THE CRA REIMBURSES UP TO 80% OF RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS, PAINTING, ROOF REPLACEMENT DRIVEWAY, NEW WINDOWS, NEW DOORS, LIGHTING FEATURES, AND WE ADDED FENCE TO THAT CHANGE AS WELL AS EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CRA BOARD SPECIFICALLY AS RELATES TO A CHANGE, WE EXPANDED THE AREA.

SO WE ARE NOW INCLUDING THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS THAT ARE LOCATED ON 43RD TERRACE THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES AS WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY, THE NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT GUIDELINES WHERE WE ARE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.

SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND ALREADY EXPRESSING INTEREST OUT OF THE SEVEN.

WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THREE, SO WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OWNERS AS WE MOVE ALONG, BUT THEY'RE VERY EXCITED.

SO THEY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THEM FOR THIS PROGRAM IF YOU APPROVE IT.

OF COURSE, THE NEXT CHANGE WAS TO COME TO REIMBURSE THE RECIPIENT FOR PERMIT FEES.

WE HAD SOME HOUSE CLEANING TEXTS THAT WE ADDED, FOR INSTANCE, BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES THEY WERE PROVIDED, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO ADD IT HERE SO IT WOULD BE CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

ALSO, THE PROGRAM DESIGNED, WHENEVER THEY'RE READING THROUGH, WE ASK THAT THEY INITIAL EACH PAGE TO SHOW THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM.

AND ALSO TOWARDS THE END, WE PRO PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE OF THE COSTS AND HOW MUCH WOULD BE REIMBURSED, UH, BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO WE JUST PLACED THE WORD EXAMPLE SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE.

MADAM CHAIR, THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

CHAIR, CHAIR, ANY QUESTION? YES.

MS. ES HOW MANY BUILDINGS, HOW MANY APARTMENT BUILDINGS ARE BEHIND THERE CURRENTLY? ALL ALTOGETHER THERE ARE SEVEN ON 43RD TERRACE ON 30TH TERRACE, 31ST TERRACE, 31ST AVENUE.

THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 95.

SO CODE HAS WORKED WITH MANY OF THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR BUILDINGS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S STILL MANY MORE THAT NEED TO, TO BE IMPROVED.

AND THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO? UM, UH, NO.

I'M THINKING OF THE NEW ON 43RD.

43RD.

TERRACE.

TERRACE AND OAKLAND PARK.

JUST I THINK BEHIND, UM, WALMART.

EXACTLY.

THROUGH YOU.

MADAME CHAIR, HOW MANY BUILDINGS? 'CAUSE THAT'S A NEW PROJECT FOR YOU, FOR THIS AREA, YES.

THROUGH YOU MADAME CHAIR.

THERE ARE SEVEN AND IF YOU WILL ALLOW I HAVE SEVEN.

THAT'S WHERE I WANTED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SEVEN BUILDINGS.

ADAM CHAIR FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I HAD MADE COPIES OF THE, THE SEVEN AND AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

IT IS SOUTH OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND RIGHT BEHIND THE, THE WALMART.

ABOUT FENCING? THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO ASSIST IS BECAUSE CHAIN LINK FENCES ARE PROHIBITED AND SO THEY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR FENCE.

I'M GLAD FOR THAT.

I'M SORRY, NOT THE ROAD BEHIND THE WALMART, BUT THERE'S A ONE ROAD FROM THAT ROAD GOING WEST INTO THAT WESTGATE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU MS. CELESTE, FOR INCLUDING THAT SECTION THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THEY'RE VERY EXCITED.

SO THANK YOU.

YES, SOMEONE INVITED ME TO A CLEANUP THAT DAY, SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE HOMES.

MADAM CHAIR? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. LES.

YOU STATED THAT FENCING WAS ADDED AS ONE OF THE ELDER REQUIREMENTS.

ARE WE GOING TO STIPULATE THE TYPE OF OF FENCING CHAIN LINK? PVC WOOD, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO

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AND SO WE DECIDED TO ADD THAT TO ASSIST THEM.

I MUST TELL YOU THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, AND I KNOW WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION A, A WHILE BACK TRYING TO UM, CLEAR THIS UP, BUT ON 30TH TERRACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 30TH TERRACE, WHICH IS ON THE SIDE WHERE THE PARK IS LOCATED, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO OFFER THE FENCE AS AN OPTION FOR THEM BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR FENCES ARE CONNECTED TO THE FENCE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING DOWN IN ORDER TO PUT UP THE WALL.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT THEM, OR WE DIDN'T WANT THE CRA TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN DOWN AT SOME POINT ONCE THE WALL IS PLACED.

SO YOU WILL SEE.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

YOU'LL SEE EXCLUDING 30TH TERRORISTS ON THE WEST SIDE AND THAT IS WHY IT SAYS EXCLUDING 30TH TERRORISTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CON THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. CELESTINE FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION.

MAY I HAVE A, A MOTION? SURE, YES.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CRA RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 3.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, OR CHAIRPERSON THOMAS FOR VICE CHAIRPERSON HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION? NO, NONE.

WELL, THE PRACTICE, THE MEETING IS ADJOURN.