* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD [00:00:01] AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MARCH 24TH, 2025. THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE, VICE MAYOR, SWELL PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT, CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. KENISHA. AND WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME. ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION [REVIEW OF THE MARCH 25, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] REVIEW OF THE MARCH 25TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU, [4.  DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S)] MADAM MAYOR. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA WE DO HAVE A 6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. FIRST WE HAVE ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE 20 25 0 0 5 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 85 DASH SIX, FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL LAW ADOPTED TO INCORPORATE ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS, UTILIZING SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTES. CHAPTER THREE 16, STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL. AND MADAM MAYOR, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF. I SEE THAT HE'S NOT PRESENT HERE, UM, BUT HE WILL BE AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM. OKAY, THERE'S NOT ANYONE ELSE HERE, MADAM MANAGER. WE'LL CHECK ONLINE, MADAM MAYOR, TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS HERE. IF YOU COULD, THANK YOU. CHECK VIRTUALLY. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ONE ONLINE, MADAM MAYOR, TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. I I RECALL THE LAST TIME MS. BOBBY HAD SPOKE ON THIS ITEM HERE. HOLD ON A MOMENT. UM, SOLICIT A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FOR, FOR DISCUSSION MOTION. YOU DON'T NEED TO. THIS IS THE WORKSHOP. THE WORKSHOP. WE ARE NOT, WE, WE ARE ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA, BUT WE'RE IN A WORKSHOP. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YEAH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, I DO RECALL THAT MS. BOBBY HAD, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, MS. HEIDI IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ON IT THIS EVENING, AND THE MANAGER, MS. HEIDI. GOOD AFTERNOON. EXCUSE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, STAFF AND COLLEAGUES. I'M HATTIE BROAD STANDING IN FOR MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, FINANCE DIRECTOR. SO THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE THE, OR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 20 25 0 0 5, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE, UH, SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LIMITS. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING IN MARCH, ON MARCH 11TH, 2025. AND IT'S, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT AT THIS TIME. SO PRETTY MUCH THIS IS TO INCORPORATE THE SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS. WE DO HAVE, UM, A TASK FORCE THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CITY TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, WHICH IT ALSO REQUIRES PUBLIC, UM, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND, UM, A PROCESS TO APPEAL. SO WE WILL WORK WITH, UM, I BELIEVE ALSO THE BSO AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DO THAT. AND IF THIS ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, THE CITY STAFF WILL BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION. THE FINAL PROGRAM DESIGN FOR YOUR APPROVALS. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY? YES, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, THE ESSENCE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO REVISE OR AMEND THE CITY CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL, UH, RELATIVE TO SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM. SO THIS WILL, UH, AGAIN, UH, AMEND THE CITY'S CODE SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTES REGARDING, UH, THE, UH, STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURE. OKAY, MR. THOMAS? NO, I, YEAH, THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CALLOWAY. BUT, UH, MS. HEIDI CONFIRMED THE 30 DAY AWARENESS, I GUESS, UM, AND THE TASK FORCE. I GUESS THE BSO CAN LET US KNOW WHO THAT WILL BE ONCE THEY'RE HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. STARTS AT THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, OR WHO IS IT? MISS HEIDI, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. OH, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE . MISS HEIDI. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY YES. WE WILL BRING BACK THE FINAL, UM, PROGRAM DESIGN FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THIS IS JUST TO INCORPORATE AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE. I THINK I SEE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WALKING IN. WOO HOO. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, THE BELL. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, WOULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEFING ON THE, UM, SCHOOL SPEED ZONE, SCHOOL SPEED, WHO'S ON SPEED LIMITS UTILIZING THE SPEED DETECTION [00:05:01] SYSTEM? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. CITY MANAGER COMMISSIONERS, CITY CLERK. SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN, EVERYONE HEAR ME? YEP. OKAY. SO THIS SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY A SYSTEM THAT USES, SO I'M GONNA REWIND WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. IT'S US TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE, THEY USE LPRS TO, UH, MONITOR THE TRAFFIC IN THE SCHOOL ZONES DURING CERTAIN PERIODS OF THE DAY, MOSTLY WHEN SCHOOL IS GOING ON. AND THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA IS PRETTY HIGH. SO THEY USE THE LPRS TO, UM, TRACK SPEEDING VIOLATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WHEN THEY GET THE, UM, VIOLATIONS, THEY'LL TYPICALLY GO THROUGH, THEY'LL FILTER OUT WHAT IS A LEGITIMATE VIOLATION AS OPPOSED TO WHAT ISN'T. AND THEY HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THEY USE TO GO THROUGH AND ALLOW THAT, THAT TO BE VETTED. SO, UM, THEY COULD ISSUE OUT ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DISCUSSED BEFORE I CAME IN, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FILL IN AS I HEARD THE CONVERSATION. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, UM, I'LL BE MORE THAN GLADLY TO ANSWER THEM. I HAVE NONE. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. HEIDI. ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING EIGHT A ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 6. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MANAGER, ORDINANCE 20 25 0 0 6 AMENDING THE DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AND JUST TO PROVIDE SOME HISTORY, AT THE JANUARY 13TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, THE BOARD CAME TO THE COMMISSION REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER TWO OF DIVISION SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 4 22 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD. IN THE COVER MEMO, YOU'LL SEE THE THREE, UM, RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE ESTABLISHED, AND IT'S ALSO OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION. WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC, ANY QUESTION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, HAVE ANYTHING? UM, THE ESSENTIAL THRUST OF THIS ORDINANCE MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, IS TO AMEND THE CITY'S CODE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WHAT IS NOW, UM, A, A PREEMPTION ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, UH, ISSUES, UH, WHICH IS REALLY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY. UH, THE CITY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN A WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO, UM, ACT ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION. UH, ABSENT THAT, THOUGH, THE AMENDMENTS, UH, ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S CODE RELATIVE TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ISSUES ARE AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING THAT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE. UH, THE PARTICULAR, UH, UH, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, APPLICABLE TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD ITSELF IS TO AMEND THEIR DUTIES TO ALLOW THEM TO INVESTIGATE AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COMMISSION RELATIVE TO PROPERTIES THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE HISTORIC OR HAVE, UH, AR ARCHEOLOGICAL OR CULTURAL, UH, BACKGROUNDS OF SIGNIFICANCE. AND AGAIN, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS TO THIS COMMISSION, AGAIN, WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR USING THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE. SO IF IT COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION, IT WOULD COME WITH, UH, THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR DOES MEET THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE AT THAT TIME. IT WOULD THEN ALLOW THE CITY COMMISSION TO, UM, AUTHORIZE A, AN ACTUAL APPLICATION TO BROWARD COUNTY FOR ANY PROPERTY, OR THAT, UH, THE CITY DEEMS WOULD BE, AGAIN, UH, SUBJECT TO AN APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. SO THEIR DUTIES ARE, UH, REALLY AMENDED TO GIVE THEM MORE THRUST AND INSIGHT, UH, AND AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THIS COMMISSION WITH PROPERTIES THAT THEY WOULD DEEM TO BE OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU. UH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE EXPLANATION. UH, JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I THINK [00:10:01] THIS IS A GOOD AMENDMENT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE I SERVED BEFORE, UH, BECOMING ELECTED. AND, UM, THE AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING THEM TO GO AROUND AND IDENTIFY HISTORIC LANDMARKS, I THINK FITS WITHIN THE TUNE OF WHAT THE BOARD IS TRYING TO DO. UH, SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN, UH, SUPPORT. ALSO, I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, BOY ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND A LOT OF THE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL AS SOME OF THE PLACES TO DESIGNATE. THEY'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT SOME CHURCHES. THIS IS JUST CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH THE BOARD. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT. ADAM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UM, ONE OF MY QUESTION THAT I POSE, UM, WILL THERE BE, I KNOW IT'S DESIGNATED PLACES WITHIN THE CITY, BUT WHAT WOULD I, AS A RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR, UM, LOCATION IS A HISTORICAL POSITION? WILL THERE BE A SIGNAGE? SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR. OOPS. SORRY. WHOEVER WOULD YOU LIKE, MADAM MAYOR? MADAM MAYOR? YEAH, MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING TO HER QUESTION. COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING TO THE BOARD? YEAH. TO THE BOARD? YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. DIRECTOR? UH, THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, SIMILAR TO HOW THE HISTORIC BOARD WOULD RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THEY DO PLAN TO EVENTUALLY COME TO THE COMMISSION AND ASK FOR SOME RESOURCES TO HELP WITH GETTING SOME TYPE OF PLAQUE OR MARKER TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THESE HISTORIC LANDMARKS. UH, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD THING ALSO FOR US TO SUPPORT. 'CAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WHAT'S THE POINT OF DESIGNATING IT IF THE COMMUNITY CAN'T RESONATE WITH AND IDENTIFY IT AS WELL? SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, TWO PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED MERRI CHURCH, WHICH IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN LORD DE LAKES, AND IT'S WAS THAT OT, UM, RIGHT ON 37TH STREET AND STATE ROAD SEVEN THAT, UM, JERRY'S AUTO, BUT IT HAS, THE NAME HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED, BUT, UM, TWO PLAQUES, A PLAQUE IS THERE, AND THERE IS ONE AT MARY. 'CAUSE MERRILL IS THE OLDEST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, MADAM MAYOR. AND THAT WAS DONE IN 2017, I THINK 17 AND EIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. RIGHT. SO THAT MAKES MY POINT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, MAD VICE MAYOR MAKES MY POINT. IT'S THERE, BUT WE DON'T, THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. SO, AND, AND, UH, ALONG THOSE POINTS ALSO IS TO MAKE THE MARKER, OR WHATEVER DESIGNATION WE GIVE TO BE VISIBLE FROM WHEREVER, UH, THE RESIDENTS ARE DRIVING, WALKING, BIKING, SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND TO KNOW IT, BECAUSE, UM, UM, I DARE SAY THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALREADY MARKETS IN SOME PLACES. SO MAKE IT VISIBLE. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY, UH, YES, ON THE, UH, QUESTION AS WELL, UM, THE COUNTY'S CODE, UH, I READ IT LINE BY LINE, BUT I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THAT IT DOES HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR HOW, UH, THE CITY OR ANY PROPERTY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS SUCH WOULD BE, UH, MEMORIALIZED. I CAN ALSO, UH, UH, UH, STATE THAT, UH, THESE PROPERTIES GENERALLY ARE REGISTERED IN A, UM, A FORMAT THAT, UH, AGAIN, WOULD ALLOW ANY, ANYONE IN PARTICULAR TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DO, THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE IDENTIFIED ON A NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PROPERTY. SO AGAIN, THE COUNTY'S PROTOCOL WOULD COVER THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW, I KNOW, UM, VICE MAYOR HAD WORKED ON THE, THE BOARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, THAT THERE IS A ROOM HERE THAT'S DESIGNATED, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW, EVEN RESIDENTS THAT'S DESIGNATED HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. WHEN THE CITY STARTED, WHO WAS ALL THE COMMISSIONER. AND IT'S UPSTAIRS HERE. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE TOO, IF WE'RE TYING THE TWO TOGETHER. UM, IN TERMS OF THE ROOM AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, PLAQUE OR SITE, MME. MAY, MME. MAY I, MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YES. AT MAYBE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, [00:15:02] IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT BEFORE ONCE, FIRST TUESDAY, BEFORE YOU START YOUR COMMISSION MEETING, THE ROOM WOULD BE OPEN FOR HALF AN HOUR. I DO RECALL THAT, YES. YES. FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO THERE. SO MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RESURRECT. SO THAT IS A SAMUEL BROWN HISTORIC ROPE. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN THE GREAT COUNTY OF BROWARD COUNTY. OH, REALLY? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO THE ROOM HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO HIM. THAT WOULD ALSO GIVE THE MEMBERS OF THE PRE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE, TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS THAT ARE THERE, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE THERE, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM ALSO. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THAT. BY WELCOME, MADAM, YOUR COMMENTS ALL HAVE BEEN NOTED, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE A, B, C, D, E, FG. IS THERE ANYONE, UH, ONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NINE F, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 4 7. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, ON TOMORROW'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THAT ITEM JUST TO PROVIDE SOME MORE CLARITY ON THE ITEM, AND IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. YOU ARE WELCOME. UM, MADAM MAYOR, AS TO THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, I UNDERSTOOD FROM COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S COMMENT AND THE, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS THAT THIS MATTER WOULD BE PULLED BY VIRTUE OF A MOTION TO TABLE. THE ITEM FOR THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OH, OKAY. YES, TO TAPE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM MAYOR, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. THAT'S RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 2. MATTER MANAGER, WE NEED TO HAVE A ROLL CALL ON PULLING AND TABLING. WE DO THAT. THAT'S TOMORROW. DO. OH, OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. MATTER, MAYOR, MANAGER. THANK YOU. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH FOUR TWO, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. THIS RESOLUTION APPOINTS MS. DAPHNE EDWARDS AS VICE MAYOR. TY TY SWELLS APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD. I, I WOULD LOVE, SHE HAS ACCEPTED AND SHE HAS SAT ON BOARD BEFORE, SO I KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE ONE OF THE, SHE WON'T DISAPPOINT US. I WOULD SAY. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION 2025, THAT'S ITEM NINE B. APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, THIS RESOLUTION APPOINTS MS. JENNIFER CHAMBERS, CONDI AS ALSO VICE MAYOR CASWELL'S APPOINTEE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. AND I'LL SAY THE SAME THING, MS. JENNIFER CHAMBERS, CONDI IS ALWAYS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, ALWAYS ENGAGED, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO SIT ON BOARD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO DITTO AND ECHO MADAM VICE MAYOR'S COMMENTS. UH, MS. CHAMBERS CONDI IS A NEIGHBOR OF MINE AND CYPRUS CHASE. WE SERVED ON THE SAME HOA BOARD, SO I THINK SHE'LL BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. THANK YOU. UM, MANAGER RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 4 9 C APPOINTING AN AT LARGE MEMBER TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. AND RECENTLY AT A WORKSHOP, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DISCUSSED AND APPROVED AT LARGE MEMBER, UM, NEIL RAMSEY. [00:20:03] EXCUSE ME, JUST POINT OF INFORMATION. CALLAWAY, I BELIEVE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION'S ADOPTION OR APPROVAL. UH, IF IT WAS AT A WORKSHOP, THEN IT WAS AN ITEM THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TOMORROW'S CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM MANAGER, ITEM NINE D, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 5 URGING THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION FROM MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND EMPLOYEES WHO PREFER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WORK, OR HAVE ANY PART IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS AT A CITY. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS HAVE PRESENTED THIS ITEM BEFORE, STATING THAT THE FACC, THAT'S THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CITY CLERK BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS PURSUING THE STATE LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION OF CURRENT MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FUNCTIONS. SO THIS, UM, ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA ON CONSENT FOR APPROVAL TOMORROW, MADAM MANAGER, ITEM NINE E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 6 AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT GRAND FUNDING FROM THE FLORIDA BLUE, A TRADEMARK OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR UPGRADES TO THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER. AND I BELIEVE VINCE IS HERE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THAT INFORMATION. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU MR. VINCE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK. UM, AT THE JUNE 24TH COMMISSION MEETING IN 2024, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM FLORIDA BLUE, THE TRADEMARK OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. WE WERE SINCE THEN, UH, SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION AND THE CITY WAS AWARDED THE GRANT. THIS, THE FUNDING SOURCE IS MUCH NEEDED AS UPGRADES AND RENOVATIONS TO OUR ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER TO INCLUDE RESTROOM INNOVATIONS, KITCHEN IMPROVEMENTS, FURNITURE REPLACEMENTS, AND OTHERS ESSENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CRUCIAL FOR ENHANCING THE CITY'S QUALITY CARE AND PROVIDED INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? I DON'T HAVE ANY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. QUESTION COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT OF THIS. SO WHEN I ASK A QUESTION, I HOPE NOT TO ALLUDE THAT I'M ANY WAY CRITIQUING JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, UM, AIMED AT UPGRADING THE BATHROOMS, FURNITURE, AND OTHER IMPROVE. CAN WE JUST GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S BEING UPGRADED ABOUT THE BATHROOM? UM, WHAT'S GETTING UPGRADED, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FURNITURE IS GONNA BE NEW COUCHES AND NEW LOUNGE AREA. UH, JUST, JUST GENERAL QUESTION. YES, COMMISSIONER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AS FAR AS THE FURNITURE GOES, WE WILL BE GETTING NEW RECLINING SEATS, UH, UPGRADES TO THE SITTING AREA, THE DINING AREA. IF YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH OUR ALZHEIMER'S CLIENTS, THERE ARE CERTAIN COMPLIMENT, UH, COMPLIANCES THAT WE HAVE TO BE IN AS FAR AS OUR FURNITURE DUE TO THEIR COMFORT AND THEIR CONDITIONS. SO IT WILL UPGRADE ALL OF THE FURNITURE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND AS WELL AS THE RESTROOMS. IT'LL MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A-D-A-D-A COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS UPGRADING THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT'S MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR, FOR OUR CLIENTS WITH THE DISEASE. AWESOME. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAD MANAGE, MADAM MANAGER. ITEM NINE G RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 8, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES 2025 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2025 STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THE 119TH SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, THIS WAS PRESENTING AT THE LAST PRESENTED AT THE LAST CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. UM, IT OUTLINES, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, THE LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THE RESOLUTION IS NEEDED TO FULFILL A CRI CRITICAL REQUIREMENT IN THE EVENT THE CITY IS AWARDED FUNDING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO RE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH FOUR NINE REQUESTING A DECREASE IN PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR HOME AND CONDO OWNERS. THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, THIS RESOLUTION, [00:25:01] IT'S IN SUPPORT, SUPPORT IN SENATE BILL 5 5 4, SENATE BILL 5 9 2, AND HOUSE BILL 4 51 TO DECREASE PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR HOMEOWNERS AND CONDOMINIUM OWNERS. FURTHER TO PROVIDE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR AT TASK AT RISK CONDOMINIUMS, O OWNERS NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH THE FLORIDA CONDOMINIUM LAW. SO IT'S THE THREE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO ASSIST OUR CONDOS, UM, AS WELL AS HOMEOWNERS TO DECREASE. I, I THANK YOU MR. THOMAS. I DO RECALL WHEN WE WERE IN TALLAHASSEE AND IN WASHINGTON DC WE DID BROACH THE SUBJECT EVEN THOUGH WE WERE THERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. WE ALWAYS, WHOEVER WE SPOKE WITH, WE BROACHED THE SUBJECT OF WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE WOULD BE AVAILABLE OR COULD BE AVAILABLE TO OUR HOMEOWNERS AND IN PARTICULAR OUR CONDOMINIUM OWNERS. BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS, INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE, INCREASE IN HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE INCREASES ALL AROUND. SO, UM, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. IT'S, IT'S CITYWIDE ALL AROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. ITEM 10 C, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 51, APPOINTING A DIRECTOR, AN ALTERNATE, AND A SECOND ALTERNATE TO THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR THE 2025. 2026 TERM. UM, 10 B 10 B, WE LEFT 10 B, 10 B MANAGER, I'M SORRY, 10 B RESOLUTION 20 25 0 5 0 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FILING OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY PERIODS THREE AND FOUR OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 IS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 82 DASH 3 27 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES. MY APOLOGY AND HEIDI BROCK WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MS. HEIDI. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER, AND COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS. ONCE AGAIN, HEIDI BROCK STANDING IN FOR MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, WHO HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY THIS EVENING. SO, UH, WE ARE PRESENTING THE DECEMBER 20, 24 AND JANUARY, 2025 FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION. IF IT'S, SO PLEASE, I CAN JUST, UH, REVIEW THE JANUARY AS IS IT IS THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION, IF THAT IS OKAY WITH THE COMMISSIONS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO AS OF JANUARY, 2025, UM, WE HAVE COLLECTED IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE 30, IT'S AT 35% COLLECTED. OUR AOR REVENUE IS AT 84% COLLECTED. OUR FRANCHISE TAXES 27%. UM, SALES AND USE AND UTILITY TAXES ARE 36 SALES AND USE TAX, 27% SERVICE REVENUE, 14% PERMITS, LICENSES, REV INSPECTION, REVENUE, 6% FINES AND FORFEITURES, 11% MISCELLANEOUS AT TWO. SO THAT TOTAL IS AS SAID, OVERALL FOR GENERAL FUND, 35% COLLECTED. AND THAT IS JUST ABOVE TARGET FOR THIS PERIOD, UM, FOR FOUR MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. FOR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, UNDERSPENT, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING. HOWEVER, WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME DEPARTMENTS WHO WILL, UM, EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE CURRENT, IN THE COMING MONTHS. SO, UM, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE AS OF JANUARY IS AT 21%. SO, UM, IF WE TAKE THE MONTHS AND WE DIVVY IT UP INTO 8% EACH MONTH, WE SHOULD BE ABOUT 32%, UM, EXPANDED AS WELL. BUT AS I SAID, CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS WILL, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THEIR EXPENSES MAYBE IN THE SUMMER AND, UM, MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS OR A FEW OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR EXPENSES AS WE GO FORWARD. SO MAYOR AND COMMISSION OFFICE IS A 21%, UM, EXPENDED. CITY ATTORNEY. UH, WE KNOW THEY PERFORM A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. SO THEY ARE AT 59%, THE CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THEY'RE ALL IN THE 20, UM, 25 AND 28% FINANCIAL SERVICES, 20% GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, 6% HUMAN RESOURCES IS AT 30% DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, 17 PUBLIC WORKS, 23 [00:30:02] PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES 27. OUR CITY BOARDS ARE AT 10% OF THEIR BUDGET. UM, GENERAL FUND DEBT IS AT 4%. AND WE DO PAY OUR, OUR DEBT IN JANUARY AND JULY B-S-O-E-M-S 33%. SO THEY ARE RIGHT ON TARGET BSO POLICE, 32%. SO THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, REVENUE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET. SO YOU DO HAVE YOUR BACKUP WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE ANY. I'M TRYING, YEAH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR WITH, WITH THE, UM, THE ALZHEIMER'S. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ALZHEIMER'S PART OF IT. THE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE ALZHEIMER'S FUND, I, THAT WAS APPROVED, WASN'T IT? AND THAT WAS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES. COMMISSIONER. AS PART OF THE BUDGET? YES. OKAY. HOWEVER, WE WON'T MAKE THAT TRANSFER UNTIL IT IS, UM, NECESSARY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE IT AS OF CREDITED, IF THAT, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? ON, ON THE, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, REGULAR SALARIES. I KNOW MISS HR PERSON IS NOT HERE. THE COMPLIMENT FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMPLIMENT IS? REGULAR SALARIES, WHO THE COMPLIMENTS ARE? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THE COMPLIMENT FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER? UH, NO. MADAM MC, MADAM CAN, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT, UM, TO YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A NOTE OF THAT. MADAM COMMISSIONER, MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE HR DIRECTOR IS PRESENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE HER TO COME UP AND ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM UNTIL SHE ARRIVES, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHE HAS TO COME DOWN FROM HER OFFICE, YES, IN A MINUTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, YES, MISCELLANEOUS OPERATE IN, I GUESS I WOULD NEED SOMEBODY FROM THE ALZHEIMER'S. MAYBE YOU CAN. I SEE NUMBER TWO DOWN THE BOTTOM, MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING SUPPLIES. IS THAT WHAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT OR WHAT WE WERE GRANTED? IT SAYS 83,000 DOWN, BONNIE SAID, BROWARD, MEALS ON WHEELS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, GA, FOOD SERVICE AND OPERATE AND COSTS. SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MS. HEIDI. SO THE MR. MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING SUPPLIES, THAT IS AN EXPEND, UH, EXPENDITURE CATEGORY. UM, MADAM COMMISSIONER. MM-HMM . SO YOU'RE ASKING IF THE BROWARD MEALS, MEALS ON WHEELS, AND ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I, I'M UNDERSTANDING, I'M, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE, SEE THE REVENUE TOTAL. SO ALL THOSE DOWN THE BOTTOM ARE EXPENDITURES. YES. SO THE REVENUE TOTAL, THAT'S THE, UM, THOSE, UH, WHAT, RIGHT, 10 OR 11 CA UM, LINES ARE, THAT'S THE REVENUE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SALARIES FOR PERSONNEL TOTAL AND THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAT WILL GIVE US THE TOTAL EXPENSES. SO THOSE ARE ALL EXPENSES. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. HEIDI. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. DERA? SHOULD BE DONE MOMENTARILY. MS. MADAM MANAGER, MADAM [00:35:01] MANAGER. PRESS, WE'RE GONE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 10 C, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 1, APPOINTING A DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE, AND THE SECOND ALTERNATE TO THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR THE 2025. 2026 TERM. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER MARK SPENCE WAS THE DIRECTOR. AND IN THE ABSENCE, VICE MAYOR SWELL HAS BEEN SERVING AS IN THAT POSITION, BEING THE ALTERNATE DIRECTOR. COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS IS THE SECOND ALTER DIRECT ALTERNATE DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY, ALEX, WE ARE IN NEED OF DIRECTORS AND ALTERNATE AND A SECOND ALTERNATE. I DON'T MIND. MADAM VICE MAYOR. I DON'T MIND. MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T MIND BEING WHERE I AM NOW. I AM ALTERNATE. THE FIRST ALTERNATE. NO, NO, BECAUSE FORMER VICE MAYOR HAS LEFT MM-HMM . AND I TOOK OVER FROM HIM. OKAY. SO THE, SO I DON'T MIND THE DIRECTOR. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COLLEAGUES. WE NEED A FIRST ALTERNATE AND A SECOND ALTERNATE. I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING COMMISSIONER MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, I RECOMMEND, UM, COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON FOR A SECOND. FOR THE FIRST OR THE SECOND ALTERNATE. THE FIRST, OKAY. I'LL, I'LL PUSH IN THE SECOND. MADAM MAYOR, HOLD ON A MOMENT. MADAME VICE MAYOR . MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I, I ACCEPT. THANK YOU MADAME VICE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. AND I RECOMMEND COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE. AND I HOPE SHE ACCEPT. I ACCEPT THOMAS. I ACCEPT. THANK YOU. SO OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITY WILL BE MADAM VICE MAYOR TY SWELL. FIRST ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER HARRISON. SECOND ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM AMANDA. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'M JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM MS. GIDDINGS JONES. SHE IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND SHE'LL BE UP MOMENTARILY. THERE SHE IS. THANK YOU, DEANDRA. GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD. DEANDRA IT. GIDA JONES? YES. DEANDRA, HR DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY. CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER. YOU WANTED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF STAFF FOR ALZHEIMER'S? SO WE HAVE SEVEN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES. SEVEN. SEVEN. AND MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME WHAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE? IS THAT, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. MR. ANDREW? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE AN ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR. WE HAVE THREE PROGRAM, FOUR PROGRAM SPECIALISTS, A CASE MANAGER AND A NURSE CASE. THANK YOU. MAD MADAM MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. THANK YOU, MS. DEGER. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. DEGER. ITEM NUMBER 10 D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 2 AMENDING SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR TO INCLUDE THE DRIVEWAY INITIATIVE. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, SO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I WAS JUST CHANGING, UM, ON THE, UM, WHAT IS IT? THE, UM, OUR INITIATIVE, UM, RESOLUTION, UM, SWITCHING IT OUT TO THE DRIVEWAY INITIATIVE INSTEAD OF THE GUN BUYBACK, UM, PROGRAM. OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? UM, THE DRIVEWAY INITIATIVE IS SOMETHING THAT I SPEAK, UM, SPOKE TO BSO ABOUT, UM, NOT CAPTAIN PHILLIP, BUT, UM, IT'S WHERE I, WE, WE HAD A MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE GUN BUYBACK. AND IT WASN'T ACCORDING TO BSO, THERE, IT WASN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT SUCCESSFUL. UM, SO WE WERE BRAINSTORMING AND THERE'S IN COUPLE CITIES THAT THEY HAVE THE, UM, DRIVEWAY INITIATIVES. THAT'S WHERE WE ASK A RESIDENT TO, IF [00:40:01] GIVE US PERMISSION FOR BSO TO COME TO THEIR DRIVEWAY AND SET, THEN BSO WILL SET UP A TENT, HAVE MUSIC GIVEAWAYS AND EVERYTHING, AND HAVE ALL THE RESIDENTS COME IN AND, UM, TALK WITH THEM AND ENGAGE WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, GET FEEDBACK. THEY SAID THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. SO WE WANT TO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY. SO WE CHOOSE A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO EVERY MONTH WE'LL DO NORTHGATE ONE HOUSE, THEN WE'LL DO SOUTHGATE EASTGATE AND WHICHEVER RESIDENT WOULD LIKE US TO, UM, BSO. SO BSO WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. THEY'LL SET UP THEIR TENT, THEY'LL HAVE, UM, MUSIC, THEY'LL DO, DO EVERYTHING. AND THEN THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET OR OVER THE OTHER STREET CAN COME AND SIT. THEY FIND IT TO BE MORE, UM, THE RESIDENTS GET MORE ENGAGED AND THEY GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM, AND THEY GET TO FEEL MUCH MORE SECURE AND SAFE. SO WE ARE GONNA GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE HOW IT WORKS. MOTHER? YES, MA'AM. I MAYBE, I, I DON'T WANT TO SAY I'M A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL, BUT THE CLIMATE THAT IS AROUND NOW WHERE I DON'T EVEN SEE MY NEIGHBORS ANYMORE, AND I, I USED TO HAVE 9, 10, 11 PERSONS OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE GREAT UNITED STATES WITH ICE AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. IF ANYONE IS GOING TO WANT TO VENTURE OUT WHEN THEY SEE THE, SO IN THEIR YOUTH, YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MR. WILLIAMS, SO THERE WON'T BE ANY ICE THERE IN THE UNIFORM. UM, YOU CAN'T KNOCK SOMETHING DOWN UNTIL WE TRY IT. SO THAT'S JUST YOUR ASSUMPTION. SO UNTIL WE GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE HOW IT WORKS, I THINK IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. IT IS BEING SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THIS CLIMATE CHANGE, AS YOU SAY, WITH THE IMMIGRATION. AND NO ONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT IMMIGRATION THAN I DO. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. SO WE CAN'T KNOCK IT DOWN UNTIL WE TRIED MAD MAYOR MASON HARRISON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I, I I AGREE WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TRY IT OUT. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH VICE MAYOR'S POINT. UH, THE CURRENT CLIMATE IS, IS, IS A LACK OF TRUST WITH ALL TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT, WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, IT'S ALL TYPES OF LACK OF TRUST. AND THERE'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BSO AND ICE WHERE THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ORDERS. THEY HAVE TO, IF THEY IDENTIFY, SEE SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO REPORT IT. AND, UM, I, I KNOW HE WASN'T PRESENT AT THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL MEETING, BUT WE DID A WHOLE PRESENTATION WHERE THEY EXPLAINED THAT TO US. UM, EVEN SOME THINGS I WAS PLANNING ON DOING, I REALIZED I HAD TO PIVOT. SO I WOULD JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUE, UM, COMMISSIONER TO KIND OF CONSIDER HOW YOU'RE GONNA GO ABOUT DOING THAT, AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A CLIMATE OUT THERE WITH, UM, BSO AND THEY DO HAVE TO REPORT TO ICE, UH, THROUGH COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. YES. RIGHT. I DON'T THINK NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA BE COMING TO, TO THE EVENT SAYING, OH, I'M UNDOCUMENTED. WHAT CAN I DO? UM, IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD COME IN. UM, THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE COMING TO TALK TO, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAPPEN, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING TALKING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT POLICING IT. THERE WON'T BE AN IMMIGRATION. NO ONE IS GOING TO QUESTION, A BSO IS NOT GONNA ASK. SO WHAT IS YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS? SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING. YOU SAID THERE'S NO TRUST. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THAT TRUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE OKAY. WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT COMING AFTER YOU. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS THERE IS GOING TO COME IN AND SAY, UM, BSO IS NOT GONNA BE ASKING RESIDENTS, OH, WHAT IS YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS AT THE EVENT? THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE ASKED TO ANYONE. SO I THINK THEY'LL BE SAFE. UM, WITH THAT MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. IS THIS QUESTION THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? FOR THE COMMISSIONER CARLEY? YES, SIR. MM-HMM . UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IS COMMISSIONER CARLY GONNA BE PRESENT AT THE EVENT? YES. OKAY. SO IF SOMEONE COMES UP TO HER SINCE SHE KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT IMMIGRATION, THEY COULD ASK HER THAT IN FRONT OF BSO AND THAT COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING. SO IT IS JUST A CONCERN I HAVE FOR THE RESIDENTS. OH, SORRY. TO, TO KIND OF, UM, BE MINDFUL OF AS WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY BE MINDFUL OF THE CLIMATE. WE LOVE BSO HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE, BUT WE WANNA DO THINGS PROPERLY. MADAM MAYOR, THEN I WON'T BE AT THE, I I DON'T NEED TO BE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T NEED TO BE THERE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I THINK THE MORE WE CAN ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE COMMISSION AND WITH BS O, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT I, I THINK MY CONCERN [00:45:01] ALSO IS BS O'S PRESENCE AND BSO KNOWS THAT WE LOVE THEM AND, AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUT I THINK WHEREVER THEY MAY BE, MAY DETER, IF YOU WILL, RESIDENTS FROM COMING RESIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE NOT GOING TO A LOT OF PLACES NOW, BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE, THE UNCERTAINTY, UM, OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, WE HAVE HAD THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PICKED UP IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES IN OUR PLAZAS. UH, I'VE HEARD A COUPLE AT THE SCHOOL. SO WE NEED TO BE VERY, VERY MINDFUL OF BSOS PRESENCE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE MANDATED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. UM, I ORIGINALLY HAD MY MAYOR AND A COP, AND I DISCUSSED WITH CAPTAIN PHILLIPS THAT PERHAPS WE NEED TO READJUST THE MAYOR AND THE COP BECAUSE WITH THE MAYOR AND A COP WALKING THE COMMUNITY AND KNOCKING ON DOORS, THEN THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE A DETERRENT. SO I HAVE DOWNSIZED THE MAYOR AND THE COP TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WALK, STILL TAKING CONCERNS, STILL GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT BSO DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY, STILL WHAT THE CITY DOES, LAKES ALERT EVENTS, ET CETERA. AND STILL TRYING TO GARNER THAT INFORMATION AS TO HOW BSO CAN STILL HELP. SO I'VE SORT OF LIKE DOWNSIZED MAYOR, READJUSTED MAYOR, AND A COMP TO MAYOR AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WELL, I, ANYTIME WE CAN ENGAGE BSO, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE CLIMATE AT THIS TIME. YOUR MIGHT, MAYOR, MADAM, MADAM, UH, COMMISSIONER. YEAH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. UM, BSO AND I CAN SIT DOWN AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT AND TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, OR, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WE COULD FIX. WE CAN FIX IT ALONG THE WAY TO MAKE IT WORK. SO I AM OPEN TO DOING THAT. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. WE'RE, WE WANT TO ENGAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? ONE OF OUR THEMES OF ALL OF US IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL. WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. AND, AND SAME THING. IT'S, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT HERE AGAIN, THE CLIMATE, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLIMATE IN WHICH WE WE'RE LIVING AND EXPERIENCED IN, UM, THE EVENT THIS WEEK WAS GOOD. THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS VERY GOOD. CAME OUT, BUT IT'S LIKE, COME OUT, GRAB AND GO. THAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE. ALTHOUGH A LOT CAME OUT TO, UM, A WONDERFUL EVENT. SO IT, IT'S JUST, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT AND ADJUST OURSELVES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY LACK OF CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, AS YOU SAID, YOU'RE GONNA GO BACK TO BSO AND READ IT. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU TO, TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WHAT IS GOING ON? WE CAN'T CHANGE. AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT THREE AND A HALF YEARS OR MORE. SO MY JOB THAT I'VE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE TO, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TEACH THEM WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A GET TOGETHER, THEY COULD JUST BE WALKING TO PUBLIX AND SOMETHING HAPPENED. THEY COULD JUST BE WALKING DOWN THE STREET JUST GOING FOR A STROLL. AND IT HAPPENED. WE CAN'T AVOID THIS. OKAY? SO WE, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR LIVES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS TEACHING WHAT IS YOUR RIGHTS WHEN YOU, 'CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED, AND NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION YOU ARE IN OR WHAT YOUR STATUS IS, YOU HAVE RIGHTS. SO IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW LIKE, HEY, YOU HAVE RIGHTS. LIKE I WAS SPEAKING EARLIER, ONE, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING. IF THEY'RE KNOCKING OUT YOUR DOOR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN IT UNLESS THEY HAVE A WARRANT SERVED, HAVE BY A JUDGE, THEY HAVE RIGHTS. SO INSTEAD OF, WE TRY TO SCARE EVERYONE AND LET EVERYBODY LOCK IT UP IN THEIR HOME, LET'S TEACH THEM THEIR RIGHTS. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AVOID WHAT'S HAPPENING. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MY NEPHEW WAS BORN AT HACKENSACK HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY. BORN AMERICAN PARENTS DIDN'T, WERE NOT HERE UNDOCUMENTED. 'CAUSE IT'S MY SISTER WHO SPONSORED ME 1979. AND HE WAS PICKED UP BECAUSE THE LAW STATES OR SAYS, IF CAPTAIN PHILLIPS BELIEVES [00:50:01] THAT I'M HERE ILLEGALLY, HE HAS A RIGHT TO PICK ME UP. BORN AMERICAN, WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. I DON'T, MAYBE AUNT TRAVELED TO JAMAICA MAYBE FOUR OR THREE TIMES IN ISRAEL. SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T LIVE IN A GHETTO. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO THAT'S, AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, AND AGAIN, I CANNOT STRESS AND I HOPE OUR RESIDENTS ARE LISTENING. EVEN IF YOU ARE BORN AMERICAN CITIZEN, YOU NEED TO START WALKING WITH YOUR PASSPORT. A PICTURE OF IT, OR THE PASSPORT CARD. IF YOU'RE A PERMANENT RESIDENT, YOUR CARD, IF YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR HERE ON ASYLUM, IF YOU HAVE YOUR TPS, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU NEED TO START WALKING WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS. BECAUSE IF YOU, IF I'M BORN HERE, EVEN WITH MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S 20, SHE'S BORN HERE. BUT IF SHE GETS STOPPED BY THE COP AND SHE HAS NOTHING, SHE HAS HER PASSPORT. SHE HAS A, THE LITTLE PASSPORT CARD THERE, $30, IT LOOKS LIKE A DRIVER'S LICENSE WALK WITH YOUR THINGS. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY STOP YOU AND YOU DON'T, YOU SAY YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU CAN'T PROVE IT. THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE IF THEY WANT TO. I MEAN, IT'S JUST HOW IT IS. SO WE HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE, WALK WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS, TAKE A PICTURE, KEEP IT ON YOUR PHONE. HEY, IF, IF HE HAD IT AND THEY STOPPED HIM AND HE SHOWED IT, I, I DON'T THINK HE WOULD'VE ARRESTED HIM OR TAKEN HIM WHEREVER IT IS. HE WASN'T ARRESTED. RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING TO YOU IS, YOU GOT TO START WALKING. EVEN IF YOU'RE A BLACK AMERICAN, YOU WERE BORN HERE. GET YOUR PASSPORT OR TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE. WALK WITH YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, WALK WITH STUFF TO PROTECT YOURSELF, BECAUSE THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. SO JUST BE, JUST PROTECT YOURSELF. DO YOU, I HOPE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE, ANOTHER BRIEF PRESENTATION IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS TO EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS. JUST BE PREPARED. WALK WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS. I HAVE ON MY PHONE MY, MY CERTIFICATE. I GOT MY PASSPORT CARD AND IF THEY STOP ME, BAM. 'CAUSE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IS NOT ENOUGH. IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MITCHELL WILLIAMS, MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE A 6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN, WE ALSO HAVE MR. DWIGHT HICKSON THERE. UM, JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS ITEM. HE HAS TO LEAVE MOMENTARILY, BUT HE DOES HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON THE WORKSHOP. IT IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO DISCUSSION REGARDING BROWARD COUNTY'S REQUEST FOR USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO FOR FARM SHARE. THIS IS ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA MEAN FIVE D ITEM FIVE D. THAT'S CORRECT. I IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIM BEFORE COMMISSIONERS. YES. FIVE D. OKAY. YOU SAID A. ALRIGHT. DWIGHT SSON, MR. DWIGHT SSON, WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER, MADAM CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY AND RESIDENTS. UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE FIVE D. UM, THIS IS NOTHING NEW. UH, WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY PARTNERED WITH OUR FARM SHARE EVENT. WE DO IT TWICE A YEAR IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT. AND, UM, COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS IS PLANNING A FARM SHARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION ON APRIL THE 18TH. UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE IN-KIND SERVICES THAT THE CITY TYPICALLY PROVIDES, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING A FORKLIFTER GET THE PALLETS OFF OF THE TRUCK. UM, THEY LOAN US SOME TENTS, UM, AND THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT WARRANTS RECOGNITION. UH, WE DO HAVE A DRAFT FLYER THAT WE'D LIKE PERMISSION TO USE A LOGO. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST STICK IT ON THERE JUST TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AS A PARTNER SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT AS YOU ALL, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. THOMAS? YES, MADAM MAYOR. THAT, THAT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT. AND I APPRECIATE, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, HAZEL ROGERS FOR ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT LAUDERDALE LAKES. I I KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER, UM, EVENT JUST A WEEK BEFORE FROM FARM SHARE. SO I GUESS, UM, THIS COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE DOUBLY BLESSED, RIGHT? , [00:55:01] MR. DO I, YEAH. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I BELIEVE MADAM VICE MAYOR IS SPONSORING, UH, FARM SHOW EVENTS AS WELL THE WEEK BEFORE. RIGHT? UM, THIS ONE WOULD ACTUALLY BE, UM, ON THE 18TH, AND THIS WAS PLANNED WAY IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE PLANNED IN NOVEMBER. UM, SO IT'S, WE NORMALLY DO TWO PER YEAR. AND, AND THIS, THIS IS OPEN TO THE ENTIRE, WE WE'RE GONNA BE ADVERTISING THIS TO THE ENTIRE, TO HER ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDER HILL, SUNRISE PLANTATION PORTIONS OF OAKLAND PARK. SO WE EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDING THE HELP. UM, SO RATHER HAVE MORE THAN, THAN LESS MAD MAYOR, HOLD ON A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND, UM, MY APPRECIATION AS WELL TO COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS. UM, I USED TO VOLUNTEER AT HER FOOD DISTRIBUTION, SO YES, I, I KNOW WHAT GOES DOWN. UM, AND, AND BOTH OF THEM ARE GONNA BE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. THE ONE LATER ON IN THE YEAR AS WELL IS GONNA BE IN LAKES. IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S NO, THERE IS NO, UM, CONFIRMED VENUE FOR THAT ONE IS YET, BUT WE HAVE THE DATES CONFIRMED FROM FARM SHARE. OKAY, GREAT. IN THE PAST IT HAS RESIDED IN LAUDERDALE LAKES AT DIFFERENT CHURCHES. UM, THIS ONE WILL BE AT ST. HELEN'S. I JUST FOLLOW UP, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION AS IT BEING MARKETED AND PROMOTED TO WHO? IT'S GOING TO THE WHOLE DISTRICT. CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT'S, WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE LA IS A STRATEGIC PLACE TO HOLD STUFF. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ON THAT. AND A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, UH, JUST A MOMENT. UH, VICE MAYOR, I RECOGNIZE YOU IN A MINUTE. YES. UH, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS BEING GIVEN FOR THOSE IN COMMISSIONER ROGERS DISTRICT, WILL THEY BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION THAT THEY ARE IN THE CITIES AND THE DISTRICT? UH, NO. THERE WILL NOT. OKAY. BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'LL BE MARKETED TO EVERYONE IN HER DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE NOT GONNA TURN ON, TURN DOWN ANYONE IN NEED. THANK YOU. GREAT. MADAM VICE MAYOR. MADAM, HE DID ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE IT WAS GONNA BE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. DWIGHT. ADAM MAYOR. MR. HARRISON, ONE MORE QUESTION AS I THINK ABOUT IT. UM, I KNOW USUALLY THESE ARE DRIVE THROUGH FORMATS. CORRECT. AND I KNOW WE, WE, WE HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO WALKING UP AS WELL, JUST SO WE CAN SAY THAT. IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION BUT STILL SHOW UP IN THEIR BASKETS? AND TH THIS IS A DRIVE THROUGH FORMAT, AND AS ALWAYS, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH WALKUPS. UM, FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, WE WANT TO CONTINUE PROMOTED AS A DRIVE THROUGH. BUT KNOWING MADAME COMMISSIONER, SHE'S GONNA WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ALTERNATIVE FOR PERSONS THAT MAY WALK UP. BUT THIS IS MARKETED AND SHOULD BE A DRIVE THROUGH FORMAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. DW. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, DWIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND COMMISSIONERS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS SO WE CAN HAVE A RESOLUTION AS WE NORMALLY DO. PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION. YES, MA'AM. I'M, I'M IN, UH, SUPPORT. YES, IN FAVOR. I'M IN FAVOR. YES. YES, YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OUR 6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN HIS IS HERE. [A.  DISCUSSION REGARDING WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GARAGE SALE EVENT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS) 6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN] AND THAT ITEM IS ON THE WORKSHOP. AGENDA ITEM FIVE, A DISCUSSION REGARDING WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GARAGE SALE EVENT SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE, UM, LINDA ULEY, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WOMAN OF VETERANS AFFAIR AND OUR, UH, VETERANS BOARD MEMBER, UH, PRESIDENT ALSO, I THINK, I'M SORRY. SO SHE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT, UM, THE GARAGE SALE IS ABOUT AND WHEN SHE WOULD LIKE IT TO HAPPEN. AND WHERE. THANK YOU MS. HUGHES. THANK YOU. EXCUSE. I THINK THE SHORT ONE I'LL SHARE, I'LL SHARE. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. HUGHES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS LINDA HUGHLEY. I AM THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF WOMEN'S OF VETERAN AFFAIR, UM, TO THE MAYOR, MAYOR PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR [01:00:01] SWELL, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, AND COMMISSIONER EASTON. I HOPE THIS LETTER FINDS YOU WELL. ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN'S OF VETERAN AFFAIR, INC. WOVE, I AM REACHING OUT TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT AND PERMISSION TO HOST A COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE, UH, FUNDRAISER IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENT IS TO RAISE FUNDS TO ASSIST VETERANS IN NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING THEM WITH ESSENTIAL RESOURCE SUCH AS HOUSING ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL CARE, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, AND OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES. THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON APRIL THE 26TH, 2025, AT THE VINCENT TORRES, UH, MEMORIAL PARK. FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM WE WILL BE INVITING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS TO DONATE ITEMS FOR SALE. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE GARAGE SALE WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, ENSURING THEY RECEIVE THE HELP AND THE RESOURCE THEY NEED AND DESERVE AFTER THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR NATION. WE KINDLY REQUEST THE CITY'S ASSISTANT IN FACILITATING THIS EVENT, INCLUDING SECURING A PUBLIC SPACE AND PROVIDING CITY TABLES AND CHAIRS. WE BELIEVE THIS, THIS INVITATION ALIGNS WITH OUR SHARING COMMITMENT TO HONOR AND UPLIFT OUR VETERANS COMMUNITY. ADDED THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES MILITARY ADVISORY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PERMISSION TO REGISTER ALL MILITARY VETERANS ATTENDING THIS EVENT. SO THAT, UH, IN FUTURE FOR FUTURE EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR SUPPORT. LINDA HUGHLEY, UH, WOMEN WOMEN'S OF VETERAN AFFAIR, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO QUESTION, COLLEAGUES? I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER CO. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM, FOR WHAT YOU DO AS A CHAIR ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS WVA. UM, VETERANS ARE DEAR TO MY HEART AS WELL. I, I KNOW WE HAD A SITUATION WITH EVEN TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW, HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS WITHIN THE CITY OF FLORIDA, DALE LAKES. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IDENTIFY? 'CAUSE UP TO NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE VETERANS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA IDENTIFY IN ORDER TO SEND, EXTEND THE INVITATION TO THEM WITH, WITH THE EVENT GOING ON, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MILITARY ADVISORY BOARD FROM, FROM THE CITY OF LA LA REGISTERING EVERY VETERANS THAT ENTERED THE, UH, THE GARAGE SALE. SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS OF HOW MANY VETERANS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF LA. WE WON'T HAVE 'EM ALL, BUT THE ONES THAT COME TO THE EVENT, WE'LL, WE'RE TRYING TO REGISTER THEM AND TRYING TO ALSO GET THE CITY TO DO THE SAME THING WHEN THEY HAVE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY EVENTS. IF WE CAN, UH, REGISTER OUR VETERANS AND THEN THAT WAY, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SEND FLYERS AND WHATEVER WE NEED, UH, TO THESE, UH, VETERAN RESIDENT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW VETERANS IN, IN THE CITY OF A LOT OF THEIR LAKES. UH, BY, UH, LOOKING UP THE, UH, THE REPORT HERE IN ALL THE CITIES, WE HAVE OVER 900 VETERANS IN OUR CITY AND HALF OF THOSE VETERANS ARE, ARE WAR VETERANS, AND THEY HAVE PURPLE HEARTS. SO WE, UH, DURING THE STATISTICS, MOST OF THE, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAVE MORE, UH, PURPLE HEART VETERANS IN YOUR CITY. SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO LOCATE AND TRY TO FIND THESE VETERANS SO WE CAN SHOWCASE THEM AS WELL. MADAM MAYOR, GREAT IDEA. I I REALLY LOVE IT. BUT JUST LIKE HOW PURPLE HEART WOULD MEAN THEY'VE BEEN FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? IS THAT YES. YEAH. UM, SO JUST LIKE HOW THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY COMING OUT, IT, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM BEFORE TO GET THEM OUT. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THOSE THAT WOULD COME OUT OR THOSE THAT CAN DRIVE OR SOMEONE CAN BRING THEM. BUT THE ACTUAL PURPLE HEART ONES, YOU KNOW, UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE DISTANT AND THAT WOULD HELP YOUR LIST AS WELL, RIGHT? THERE MUST BE SOME WAY BEFOREHAND MADAM MAYOR, TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, DO THAT. SORRY, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK WHAT, WHAT WHAT WOULD HELP IS AS WE BUILD A LIST OF VETERANS IN THE CITY THROUGH YOUR EVENTS, I, I THINK THE WORLD WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING FOR IS LIKE A VETERAN REGISTRY. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S MAYBE A NATIONAL [01:05:01] UMBRELLA VETERAN ORGANIZATION YOU, YOU KNOW OF OR MAYBE THAT I'M, I'M NOT A VETERAN, I'M NOT IN THAT WORLD, BUT USUALLY IN EVERY WORLD IT'S LIKE A NATIONAL SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? AND YEAH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, WE DO HAVE A NATIONAL REGISTER, UH, BUT IT DOESN'T, UH, SAY OKAY, HE'S FROM THIS CITY, UH, THEY'RE FROM THAT CITY. BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, A NATIONAL REGISTER. BUT IT WILL SAY, OKAY, LIKE THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS A THOUSAND PURPLE HEART VETERAN, BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHAT COMMUNITY THEY'RE FROM. MAYBE IF YOU, MR. HARRISON, SORRY. THANK YOU. MAYBE IF YOU AS CEO EXECUTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, CEO AND FOUNDER, MAYBE IF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY, THAT MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE BACK THAT THEY HAVE. 'CAUSE IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE IN FLORIDA, THEY MAY THEY HAVE IT SOMEWHERE. POSSIBLY ALSO, UH, 'CAUSE I HAD A MEETING WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN'T PROVIDE THAT LIST 'CAUSE OF HIPAA. SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WELL. EXACTLY. YEAH. SO I I, I GET THE CHALLENGE OF IT, BUT I JUST, I JUST, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO KIND OF PUSH AND IDENTIFY. UM, 'CAUSE EVEN A WAY AROUND THAT IS IF WE INCLUDE A AREA AGENCY ON AGING, THEY CAN GIVE THAT LIST TO THEM. SO WE STILL GET TO IDENTIFY AND SERVICE. SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE, UM, IF YOU COULD PROBABLY JUST ASK AROUND AND THEN IF YOU GET QUESTION. YEAH, BECAUSE THE, UH, WELL, THE WOMEN'S OF VETERAN AFFAIR, WE DO A MILITARY BALL, SO THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY FROM EVERYWHERE. UH, AND WE ALSO, UH, DO A LIST. UH, AND WE DO HAVE A LIST THAT'S COMPILED. UH, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT, A LOT OF THEIR LAKES, UH, VETERANS ON THERE, THEY'RE VETERANS FROM, FROM EVERYWHERE. AND THEN WHEN I DO EVENTS WITH THE, UM, WITH UNITED WAY MISSION, UNITED, UNITED WAY, I DO A LOT OF EVENTS WITH THEM. I'M THEIR PARTNER, THEY'RE MY PARTNERS. AND WE, WE UH, SORT OUT VETERANS THAT WAY AS WELL. SO WE DO, I REACH OUT WITH DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND STUFF. YEAH, WE DO DO THAT, BUT IT'S STILL KIND OF, KIND OF TOUGH. SO WE JUST GOTTA DO WHAT WE CAN DO THE MORE EVENTS WE PUT ON, UH, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET 'EM OUT. WE WILL DRAG 'EM OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, DO THINGS THAT WILL, UH, PROMPT THEM, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT. VETERANS ARE VERY PROUD PEOPLE. I'M A VETERAN AND I'M VERY PROUD AND A LOT OF VETERANS ARE PROUD. BUT IF WE DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, TO, UH, SHOW THESE VETERANS, THEY THEY WILL, THEY WILL COME OUT. BUT YOU GOT TO, IT GOTTA BE A FORCE BEHIND IT. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. IT APPEARS ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I, VETERANS ARE GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK IN A LOT OF THINGS. AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A VETERAN CENTER HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, IN, IN THE PLAZA. AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE VFA VETERANS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT VFA STANDS FOR, TO MAYBE CONTACT SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, CONTACT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES IT, THAT WHEN UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE FUNERALS AND THEY PROVIDE THE, UM, THE GUARD, I'M GONNA CALL 'EM COLOR GUARDS 'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL YES, UHHUH , BUT THOSE WHO, WHO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF HONOR FOR, IF YOU CAN CONTACT THOSE AGENCIES AND THE VFA AGENCIES AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME OTHER RESOURCES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? NO, UM, IT WAS, IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT AND, UM, PRESENTED AND I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WILL GO ALONG AND, UH, SUPPORT, SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU FRANKLIN. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANNA SAY, MS. LINDA, THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO ME ONCE I WAS ELECTED. WELCOME. WE HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION. WELCOME. AND I'M SO IN LOVE WITH WHAT SHE DOES, SO I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. LEY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. LEY, MADAM MANAGER, RESOLUTION 10 E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 3 SUPPORTING SENATE BILL THREE 30 HOUSE BILL FOUR 19 AND HOUSE BILL 8 7 3, KNOWN AS THE PAUSE ACT. AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THE PAUSE ACT, WHAT IS IT? THE PROTECT ACCESS TO UTILITY SERVICE IN EMERGENCIES. SO WHAT PRETTY MUCH THAT IS, UM, I THINK IF YOU GUYS READ THE NOTES, IS ABOUT HELPING OUR FLORIDAS THAT ARE STRUGGLING DURING TIME OF, UM, EMERGENCY DURING THE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HURRICANE. UM, WE ALSO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF IT THAT IS AIMED TO PROTECT PREGNANT TENANTS. AND THAT PART OF THAT ACT IS STATING THAT IF A WO WOMAN IS PREGNANT AND SHE'S GOING TO EVICTION, UM, SHE CANNOT [01:10:01] BE TERMINATED. SHE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A THREE MONTHS VACANCY, A THREE MONTH TO VACATE THE PREMISES IF SHE'S PREGNANT, AND IF SHE HAS ANY CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND, UM, AT LEAST THREE MONTHS TO VACATE THE PREMISES. 'CAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU, UM, YOU DO A VACATE, SOMETIMES IT'S IMMEDIATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE, UM, BSO, WHEN THEY HAVE THE WANT TO VACATE THE PROMISES. SO WHAT THIS ACT IS DOING ALSO FOR THE PREGNANCY, PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT IS GIVING THEM THREE MONTHS. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET ANY TIME. THEY LITERALLY CAN JUST KICK THEM OUT. SO THIS IS WHERE, UM, FORGOT THE NAME, UH, THE BILL THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IN TALLAHASSEE. AND WE WANNA SO SHOW, UM, OUR SUPPORT ON, ON THIS BELT. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I OWN RENTAL PROPERTY. AND IT IS HARD. IT'S, IT'S ON THE SURFACE, IT APPEARS GOOD, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORTGAGES, INSURANCE, WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU ARE PREGNANT, AND I'M GOING TO SAY, WELL, YOU CANNOT BE EVICTED BECAUSE YOU ARE PREGNANT. I WOULD NEVER, I, I DON'T SEE, IT'S A NICE WAY OF SAYING IT, BUT I GUARANTEE TALLAHASSEE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR IT TO YOUR MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO, UM, ATTORNEY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE PAUSE ACT IS, IT IS, IT'S, IT'S IN EFFECT. WE ARE ADDING THE PREGNANCY TO IT. RIGHT. SO THE PAUSE ACT IS THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE ADDING IN IS THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE, AFTER THE WRITTEN NOTICE TO TERMINATE THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, WE ARE ASKING TO GIVE THE PERMISSION IF THEY'RE PREGNANT AND HAVE CHILDREN UNDER 18, AT LEAST THREE MORE MONTHS TO VACATE. WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM THAT TO LIVE THERE FOREVER, BUT SHOW SOME COMPASSION AND GIVE THEM AT LEAST THREE MONTHS TO VACATE. I DON'T, I KNOW I DO HAVE RENTAL STUFF TOO, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPASSION, ESPECIALLY AS YOU STATED WITH THE CLIMATE, WITH THE IMMIGRATION THINGS AS ARE GOING IN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SCARED TO GO TO WORK. A LOT OF STUFF HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW. SO WHERE I, I THINK IT WILL PASS. UM, I DON'T SEE HOW THEY WOULD BE SO COLD-HEARTED THAT THEY WOULD NOT, UM, WE ARE ONLY ASKING FOR THREE MONTHS TO GIVE THEM, GIVE THEM WHEN TO GIVE THEM THE WRITTEN NOTICE TO TERMINATE THEIR LEASE, GIVE THEM THREE MORE MONTHS. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND THAT VICE MAYOR QUESTION. IS THIS, IN ADDITION, THE PREGNANT AND WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE EIGHT YEARS OF 18 YEARS OLD MM-HMM. WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THREE 30? YES. SO IT'S, IT'S, THE PAUSE ACT IS ALREADY IN PLACE, RIGHT. WHERE THEY HELP, UM, FLORIDIANS, IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BILL OR WATER BILL DUE TO EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO NOW THEY'RE ADDING SOMETHING EXTRA IN IT FOR THE PREGNANCY. SO THE PAUSE BILL IS ALREADY THERE. SO WE ARE ADDING IN THE PREGNANCY. SO HB FOUR 19 MM-HMM . AND SO THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. UM, ATTORNEY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT SPEAKING, I JUST HAD A QUICK THING. AN ATTORNEY CAN, UH, CLARIFY WITH THIS AS WELL. YES, CLARIFY PLEASE. UM, WITH THIS BILL, IS IT SAYING THAT, SO THE PAUSE ACT IS ALREADY THERE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADD PREGNANCY NOW TO THAT AS A CONDITION. IF SOMEONE IS NOT BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS AND THEY'RE ONLY PREGNANT, DO THEY, DOES THIS STILL APPLY TO THEM? QUESTION WHEN YOU I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. SO MY QUESTION, I'LL SAY MY QUESTION AGAIN. THE PAUSE ACT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THEY OWE, BUT THEY CAN SHOW, LISTEN, I'M BEHIND ON MY LIGHT BILL, I'M BEHIND ON THESE THINGS. HELP ME OUT. THEY JUSTIFY THAT THEY GET THREE MONTHS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. SORRY, I, I'LL LET NO THAT, THAT THREE MONTHS. WELL, WELL, WELL, MY QUESTION IS, IF SOMEONE IS JUST PREGNANT AND THEY'RE NOT BEHIND ON BILLS, DOES THIS APPLY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS? NO. UH, I'LL LET SAY MR. MAX WILLIAMS. SORRY, I'LL LET, NO, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. SO THE BEHIND IN YOUR LIGHT BILL AND EXPLAIN TO ME, UM, SYDNEY, IF I'M WRONG, UH, THE, THE WEATHER, THE, THE PART WITH THE UTILITY BILL IS IF THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER OR SOMETHING IS HAPPENING AND THEY'RE BEHIND IN THEIR BILL, DON'T SHUT OFF THEIR WINDOW. OH, GOT YOU. OKAY. DON'T SHUT OFF THEIR LIGHTS NOW THEN WE WANNA ADD IN NOT, UM, IF SHE'S BEHIND ON HER BILL OR HER BEYOND HER BILL. BUT IF SHE'S PREGNANT AND SHE'S GOING TO EVICTION OUT OF HER, UH, APARTMENT, [01:15:01] AT LEAST WHEN THE, THE, THE NOTICE TO TERMINATE IS GIVEN, GIVE HER AT LEAST THREE MORE MONTHS ON TOP OF THAT TERMINATION IF THE, AND TO, TO GIVE HER TIME TO LEAVE. RIGHT. SO, MADAM MAYOR, REAL QUICK. OH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. SORRY. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY. SO IF THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER AND, AND YOU'RE BEHIND ON BILLS, YOU GET THE PAUSE. SO MY QUESTION THEN, IS THIS ADDING THAT IN THERE, DOES IT JUST ONLY APPLY IF YOU'RE PREGNANT? IS THAT ENOUGH TO GET THE PAUSE WHETHER YOU'RE NOT UNDER A NATIONAL DISASTER OR NOT? I JUST, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO TO MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. MAX WILLIAMS, SORRY. SO TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE WE ARE JUST ADDING IN THE PREGNANCY, UM, CLAUSE IN THERE. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISASTER. EXPLAIN IT TO, UM, THAT'S MY QUESTION, RIGHT? UM, I'M SORRY. THE, THE, UM, THE DISASTERS THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, PREGNANCY, IF IT'S, WE ARE ADDING IN ANOTHER ASSISTANCE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, WELL, IT'S NOT, THIS IS FOR THE PAUSE ACT IS FOR EVERYONE. SO NOW WE ARE PUTTING IN A LITTLE PIECE FOR PREGNANCY PEOPLE, A PREGNANCY WOMEN, PEOPLE, PREGNANT WOMAN THAT IF THEY'RE PREGNANT AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH EVICTION, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR LIGHT BILL OR THEIR WATER BILL. BUT IF THEY'RE, NOW, NOW, SAY FOR INSTANCE, NOW SHE'S HAVING A NATURAL DISASTER. SHE'S BEHIND HER LIGHT BILL AND HER WATER BILL, AND SHE'S ALSO PREGNANT AND SHE'S GETTING EVICTION, THEN OF COURSE ALL OF THAT. BUT IF SHE'S NOT, HER LIGHT BILL IS OKAY. THERE'S NO DISASTER HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, NO FLOOD, NOTHING, EVERYTHING IS PERFECT AND SHE'S ON HER BILL, BUT SHE'S GETTING EVICTED FROM THIS PROPERTY THAT SHE'S IN, AND SHE'S PREGNANT WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18. THEN THIS IS WHERE THE PAUSE ACT COMES IN AND SAID, LET'S GIVE HER THREE MONTHS MORE ON THE FINAL NOTICE TO EVICT THAT SHE CAN FIND SOMEWHERE TO GO WITH HER CHILDREN. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, DESPITE THE DISASTERS, AS LONG AS SHE HAS KIDS UNDER 18, SHE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO GET THE PAUSE. NO, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO BE, I'M SORRY. SHE HAS TO BE PREGNANT. SHE HAS TO BE PREGNANT AS LONG AS SHE'S PREGNANT. SHE DESERVES TO GET THE PAUSE. THAT'S THE ONLY REQUIREMENT THAT CAN SATISFY HER TO GET PAUSE. SHE NEEDS TO BE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR. OKAY. SORRY. A CITY ATTORNEY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MATTER PEOPLE WHEN THERE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE WOMEN ARE PREGNANT, SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM ARE BEDRIDDEN, SOME CANNOT WORK, SOME HAVE ISSUES. SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONSIDERATION. I'M IN SUPPORT OF, SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, UH, HARRISON. HARRISON. I'M IN SUPPORT OF MORE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SINGLE PARENTS. I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT TO VICE MAYOR'S POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS. I KNOW, BUT NOT EVERYTHING WE DO IS GOOD ON MOMENT. HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. AND I THINK THE MATT THROUGH MAD MAYOR, I DUNNO IF THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS HIS MAD MAYOR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY JUST READ A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. CAN'T HEAR MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, LET ME JUST READ, UM, SOME OF THE INFORMATION AGAIN THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR, UH, THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE HAVING. UM, THE PAUSE ACT WOULD HELP PROVIDE STABILITY FOR FLORIDIANS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. UH, AND THIS IS AMIDST, UH, GOVERNOR DESANTIS ADMINISTRATION'S ROUTINELY, UM, UTILITY RATE INCREASES, UM, WHEN UTILITY RATES ARE SKYROCKETING AND THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO CLIMB. UH, AND, AND THESE ARE PROPONENTS OF THE BILL. THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE NEED STATE PROTECTIONS THAT ENSURE EVERY CERIDIAN'S BASIC RIGHTS TO LIFESAVING AND ELECTRICITY, LIFESAVING WATER AND ELECTRICITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF INCREASINGLY SEVERE CLIMATE DISASTERS AND EXTREME WEATHER. UM, FLORIDA LEADS THE NATIONS AND HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. UM, AS IT PERTAINS, THERE IS A EXTREME HEAT IS A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES, PREGNANT WOMEN, SENIORS, UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, AND OUTDOOR WORKERS AMONG OTHERS. SO IN ESSENCE, THIS ACT, UM, PROHIBIT PROHIBIT ELECTRIC AND PUBLIC AND OR WATER UTILITIES FROM DISCONNECTING SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS OR FEES DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. IT ALSO OUTLINES THAT UTILITIES, UH, MAY NOT RECOVER LOST FUNDS FROM CUSTOMERS FOR ANY FEES THAT ARE INCURRED IN COMPLYING WITH THE ACT. SO AGAIN, THE ADDITION TO PREGNANT WOMEN TO THIS, UH, ACT, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN I BELIEVE 2021, UM, IS STILL CONTINGENT ON A FRAMEWORK AROUND, UM, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. [01:20:01] AND, AND IT PROVIDES, UH, THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION, UH, FROM HAVING, UH, ELECTRIC OR PUBLIC OR WATER UTILITIES FROM BEING DISCONNECTED ASSOCIATED WITH EXTREME WEATHER EITHER. UM, THOMAS, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, ALRIGHT. SO WHEN, WHEN YOU DISCUSS THAT, OR YOU KNOW, THE INTERPRETATION, I HEARD PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE MIDST AS WELL. YES. AND SO WE ARE ADDING THAT ASIDE FROM DISASTER, A CLAUSE TO, BECAUSE IT INCLUDES PREGNANT WOMEN. NOW WITH, WITH WITH THE AMENDMENTS, IT, IT INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES SENIORS AND OTHER, UH, MADAM MAYOR. HOLD ON. MOMENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. SORRY. AND THE, UM, OH, YOU FINISHED COMM, SORRY. HOLD ON A MINUTE. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. THANK YOU. I, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR WITH THAT BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD YOUR INTERPRETATION OFF THE BILL, IT INCLUDED SENIORS, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER THAT I DIDN'T, WITHIN THE CLAUSE OF THE UTILITIES. AND BECAUSE OF DISASTER AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, UNDER THIS BILL, UNDER THIS BILL, IT WILL INCLUDE PREGNANT WOMEN AND SENIORS AND OTHERS. LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. MADAM MAYOR. SORRY. UM, ATTORNEY CALLERY, MY QUESTION WAS THAT THE STATUTE THANK YOU. WAS THAT THE FLORIDA STATUTE YOU JUST READ OR IS THAT THE PROPOSED BILL THAT, THAT, THAT YOU JUST READ? I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. WAS THAT THE FLORIDA STATUTE THAT WAS ALREADY ADOPTED? THIS IS LANGUAGE FROM PROPONENTS SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. WITH THE CURRENT STATUTE IN COMPARISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SORRY. WITH THE CURRENT STATUTE OF THE PAUSE ACT, SORRY, THERE'S A CURRENT STATUTE CALLED THE PAUSE ACT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. RIGHT. IN THAT CURRENT STATUTE, DOES IT ALREADY HAVE LANGUAGES AND PROVISION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN? I HAVEN'T READ THE ENTIRE ACT, BUT I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THIS AMENDMENT IS GONNA ADD THAT IN THAT LANGUAGE. OKAY. SO IN, SORRY MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, MR. HARRISON. SO THE ADDED LANGUAGES IN PARTICULAR CASES OF PREGNANT WOMEN. SO IT'S, IT IS TELLING THEM THAT IN I JUST IN PARTICULAR CASES OF PREGNANT WOMEN DURING A NATURAL DISASTER IS WHAT'S BEING ADDED IN MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. AT TOMORROW'S MEETING, I WILL HAVE AWESOME. AN ACTUAL SUMMARY OF THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION TO COVER THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS POSING. THANK YOU, MR. AND ALSO IT'S ADDING IN THE RENTAL. THE RENTAL, THE RENTAL WAS NEVER IN THERE. IT IS ADDED IN THE RENTAL. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT PREGNANCY, SO RIGHT. BUT THE TERMINATION OF THE, THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, UM, IS BEING ADDED IN. ALSO. IT WAS LIGHT BE WATER BILL AND NOW THEY'RE ADDING IN THE RENTAL, BUT ONLY GEARED TOWARDS PREGNANT WOMEN ONLY. SO THE ADDITION OF RENTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE A FLORIDIAN WHO IS NOT PREGNANT WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. NO. OKAY. THIS BILL, UH, COVERS EVERYONE, AS YOU SAID, BUT WE ARE ADDING IN ALSO THE PREGNANCY AND WE ARE ADDING IN FOR AS FAR AS EVICTION OF A PROPERTY ON A RENTAL PROPERTY. IT A POINT, IT APPLIES TO IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT AND HAVE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18, THAT IS BEING ADDED IN. AND I THINK MR. CALLAWAY WILL ACCEPT THAT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I THINK PROBABLY FOR ME, I KNOW THEY WANT TO ADD IT IN SINCE THE PAUSE ACT ALREADY EXISTS. BUT I THINK IF THEY WOULD'VE SEPARATED AND MADE IT A SEPARATE BILL RIGHT. AND REFERENCED THE PAUL'S ACT. RIGHT. I THINK THAT MAY, MAY MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT CLEARER ADDING ON, UM, PREGNANT WOMEN WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT FLORIDIANS THAT INCLUDES PREGNANT WOMEN. CORRECT. AND IT'S, IT KIND, IT'S JUST, JUST KIND OF MUSHES IT UP A LITTLE BIT. AND A MAYOR, UH, I WOULD JUST REMIND THAT THIS IS STILL A, A BILL. UM, AND IN FACT, YOU'VE GOT A SENATE BILL THREE 30. YOU'VE GOT A HOUSE BILL FOUR 19. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER HOUSE BILL 8 73, WHICH INCLUDES THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING RELATIVE TO, UM, UM, UH, PROVIDING TENANTS WHO ARE PREGNANT OR WHO HAVE CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF OF 18 THAT IS PARTICULARLY LOCATED IN HOUSE BILL 8 73. UH, AND THE OTHER BILLS, AGAIN, ARE STILL WORKING THEIR WAY ALONG WITH THIS BILL, [01:25:01] THROUGH THAT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. SO I THINK THE RESOLUTION IS TO SUPPORT THE GIST OF IT, BUT THE ACT IS NOT FINISHED AS WE SPEAK. COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OH, SORRY. UM, I, I'M IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF GIVING MORE RESOURCES TO PREGNANT WOMEN. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH, ACTUALLY, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA, BUT IN THE COUNTRY. I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE. I, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF GOING THIS ROUTE IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. UM, MY QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, COMMISSIONER KNOWS OR MM-HMM . UH, CI CITY ATTORNEY MIGHT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF HIM, BUT WHO ARE THE SPONSORS OF THESE BILLS? WHICH, WHICH SENATORS? I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PRESENTED WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THE SPONSORS WERE, BUT, UM, WHO ARE THE SPONSORS OF THE BILL? COMMISSIONER CARLENE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION COLLEAGUES, UM, MR. ATTORNEY WHO'S SPONSORING THE BILL? I KNOW I DID NOT BRING THE, SORRY, I DIDN'T BRING THE NOTES HERE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU TOMORROW, WHO SPONSORED THE BILLS? AND AS YOU SAID, WE HA THEY HA THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SENATE BILL 3 3 0 AND THE HOUSE BILL 4 1 9. AND THEN WE'RE ADDING THE, THE HOUSE BILL 8 7 3, KNOWN AS TO AIM TOWARDS THE PREGNANT TENANTS. ADAM MAYOR. RIGHT. SO THERE'S THREE BILLS COMBINED. THAT WAS THE QUESTION. I WON'T, WITH COMMISSIONER HARRIS OR I GUARANTEE KNOWING WHAT GOES ON IN TALLAHASSEE. MM-HMM . IT'S GOING TO BE A DEMOCRAT WHO SPONSORED THAT, NOT A REPUBLICAN. DOES IT MATTER? YES, IT MATTERS. MM-HMM . SO IS IN PASSING COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. SO WHAT DO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MY POINT IS MADAM UM, COMMISSIONER. MM-HMM . UH, WILLIAMS. UH, MADAM COMMISSIONER. MADAM MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. MY POINT IS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL IS COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS THAT DEMOCRATS SPONSORS THESE THINGS. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM A REPUBLICAN SENATOR OR HOUSE THAT HAVE SUPER MAJORITY, EVEN WHEN THE BILLS ARE STUPID AND IT'S SPONSORED BY A DEMO, UH, REPUBLICAN HOUSE AND THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR, IT HAS 80 OR 90% TO PASS THE, THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. IT MATTERS A WHOLE LOT. SO, SO COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, YOU DO MATTER. YES, MA'AM. SO IS THAT MEANING, IF YOU ARE ASSUMING THAT, THAT WE SHOULD NOT SHOW OUR SUPPORT? I'M NOT, UH, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM V MAYOR, THERE IS NO WAY I, I'M, I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT, BUT I KNOW I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR IT. BECAUSE AS I SAID, RIGHT HERE, I OWN PROPERTY. AND IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE, NO MORTGAGE COMPANY'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MONTHS MORTGAGE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S A BUSINESS. IT'S NOT BASED ON EMOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. WELCOME. MADAM MAYOR. SHOULD I PROCEED, UH, TO YOUR MADAM MAYOR. EXCUSE ME, WILLIAMS. SORRY. THANK YOU. SO, UM, MR. CALLOWAY, YOU'LL BRING MORE THE INFORMATION. AND WHO IS SPONSORING THE BILL? I'LL HAVE THAT TOMORROW. I DO KNOW THAT, UM, SENATE BILL THREE 30 IS SPONSORED BY SENATOR BERMAN. I'M NOT SURE IF HIS OR HER DISTRICT MM-HMM . BUT SENATOR BERMAN IS THE, UH, OFFICER FOR, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM 10 F RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 4, OPPOSING SENATE BILL NINE 20, SENATE NINE 20, SENATE BILL 94, AND HOUSE BILL 7 5 9, WHICH SEEKS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM AGE AT WHICH A PERSON MAY PURCHASE OR TRANSFER A FIREARM. THIS ITEM IS ALSO SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER WAXER WILLIAMS. SO THAT'S SIMPLE TO THE POINT. IT'S 18. UM, IT'S 21 AGE OF 21, AND THEY, THEY'RE CONSIDERING LOWERING IT TO THE AGE OF 18, WHICH I THINK THAT'S CRAZY. SO WE ARE OPPOSING, UM, THAT BILL NOT TO, UM, SAYING WE'D LIKE IT TO REMAIN 21, NOT LOWER THE AGE TO 18. 'CAUSE AT 18 YEARS OLD AT 21, I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY'RE [01:30:01] SAYING MUCH AS 18. SO THAT'S LIKE SO WRONG. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL AGREE ON THAT TOMORROW. ALEX, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. YEAH, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I, I REALLY DON'T THINK IT SHOULD GO BELOW THE 2121. IS THAT LEGAL AGE WHERE YOU CAN DRINK AND DO ALL THAT? UM, BELOW THAT IT'S, UM, I'M AGAINST THAT. SO I STAND IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. I'M IN AGREEMENT. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. I'M IN AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. I'M IN AGREEMENT. ALSO, I THINK THE AGE OF 21, EVEN STILL A LITTLE BIT YOUNG. UM, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN 18 BEING ABLE TO HAVE OR TRANSFER A FIREARM. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND GUIDELINES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TO THIS. YEAH. MADAM MAYOR, I'M ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 5 SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 1668 AND HOUSE BILL 1435, THE FLORIDA ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND IMMIGRATION ACT. THIS IS ALSO SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE'RE EXHAUSTED. OKAY. SO THIS ONE I KNOW IS SPONSORED BY DOTTIE JOSEPH AND, UH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE DOTTIE JOSEPH AND SENATOR CARLOS SMITH. DON'T ASK ME TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME. UM, THE BILL, UM, CHAMPIONED THE FAIRNESS AND SAFETY AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL FLORIDIANS. IT REJECT FAILED POLICY TO EMBRACE, UM, THREATENING TREATING EVERYONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ORIGIN. UH, ORIGIN RECENT LEGISLATION HAS, UM, HARMED THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE IMMIGRATION, THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. AND THIS BILL IS TO HAVE, UH, PROSPERITY FOR ALL, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS IS. I ASKED, UM, THE ATTORNEY TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE 'CAUSE I DID NOT. MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. YES. MATTER. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTE, UH, SENATE BILL, EXCUSE ME, 1668, PROPOSES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, TASKED WITH PROMOTING IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE INCLUSION, IMPROVING ECONOMIC MOBILITY, ENHANCING CIVIC PARTICIPATION. IT AMENDS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING A DRIVER'S LICENSE, ALLOWING THE USE OF SPECIFIED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF IDENTITY, AND PROHIBITING THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES FROM WAIVING CERTAIN TESTS FOR APPLICANTS. DURING THESE, USING THESE DOCUMENTS, IT ALSO PROHIBITS THE DEPARTMENT FROM DISCLOSING CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. HOUSE BILL 1435 CREATES THE OFFICE WITH NEW AMERICANS, PROVIDES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OFFICE OF NEW AMERICANS, UM, PROVIDES THAT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON A PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS IS UNLAWFUL REVISES PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES, LICENSING, E-VERIFY, E-VERIFY SYSTEM, THE PRACTICE OF LAW, THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETAINERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, DNA SAMPLES, EDUCATION AND RECLASSIFICATION OF PENALTIES BASED ON A PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. IT ALSO REMOVES PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO HOSPITAL PATIENT DATA COLLECTION, HUMAN SMUGGLING, SANCTUARY POLICIES, DUTIES RELATING TO IMMIGRATION, DEES REIMBURSEMENT OF COST AND SENTENCE OF DEATH FOR CAPITAL OFFENSES COMMITTED BY UNAUTHORIZED PROHIBITS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR OFFICERS, SHERIFFS DEPUTIES AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCIES FROM ENGAGING IN CERTAIN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN A SPECIFIED DISTANCE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. I, I HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES. UM, YES. SO, YES, GO AHEAD, MS. MAXWELL. OH, YOU, OH, I THOUGHT YOU, YEAH, I DID. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YES. I WAS READING THE BACKUP MM-HMM . AND THE LAST SENTENCE UNDER THE BACKGROUND SAYS, PROHIBITS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR OFFICERS SHARES, DEPUTIES, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCIES FROM ENGAGING IN CERTAIN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN A SPECIFIED DISTANCE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. MM-HMM . HOW DID THAT, HOW DOES THAT COMPLY OR NOT WITH, UH, THE RULE? NOW AS FAR AS IMMIGRATION IS CONCERNED, IT DOES. [01:35:01] WHO WHO SUPERSEDES WHO DOES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPERSEDES THIS IF PASSED? IT'S JUST A QUESTION. GO AHEAD, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, THE MAYOR'S QUESTION. UM, THE EXTENT TO WHICH HOUSE BILL 1435 SEEKS TO PROHIBIT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR OTHER OFFICES, INCLUDING SHERIFF'S, DEPUTIES, AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES, FROM ENGAGING IN CERTAIN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, ACTS WITHIN A SPECIFIC DISTANCE, UH, RELATING TO PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR CHILDCARE FACILITIES OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, SUGGESTS THAT THE CURRENT STATE STATUS OF THE LAW IS, UH, THOSE SUCH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DO HAVE JURISDICTION TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN LEVELS OF, UH, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT THIS PROPOSED BILL IS, UH, SEEKING TO PROHIBIT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UH, I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION AND A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IF THAT'S OKAY. UM, MY QUESTION IS FOR, UM, THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION, UH, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS YOUR PURPOSE OF TRYING TO SPONSOR THIS? YOUR INTENT? UH, YOU'RE ASKING, UM, COMMISSIONER CARLY MAX. WILLIAM MAYOR, MY PURPOSE IS TO HELP THROUGH THE MAYOR. OH, YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. OH, I'M SORRY. OH, THAT'S OKAY. I NEVER GOT USED TO THAT. IT'S OKAY. . UM, THE PURPOSE OF, UM, IS AN IMMIGRATION, UH, BILL TO HELP THE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE HERE IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ARE, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT'S GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONES THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED. AND THIS IS TO HELP OUR IMMIGRANTS AND THEY'RE ALL IN FEAR. OKAY. IT MAY I SEE YOUR HEAD, IT MAY NOT PASS. WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE TRYING, THIS IS HOW WE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT BACK. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, HONESTLY, I, I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF WHETHER IT PASSES OR NOT, NOT WITH THIS ITEM. RIGHT. THIS ITEM IS TAKING A STANCE AGAINST SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE WHERE US AS A CITY, WE COULD LOSE OUR CHARTER FOR GETTING BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YES. AGAIN, WE WERE AT A NORTH REGIONAL MEETING AND THEY WENT INTO THIS IN DETAIL. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUT THERE. 'CAUSE PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE CAN SPONSOR WHATEVER THEY WANT. IT JUST WON'T PASS. THEY GET TO GO HOME. US AS A CITY TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS, WE HAVE A POTENTIAL OF LOSING OUR CHARTER. WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN, HE'S GIVING YOU EXACT VERBIAGE. HE'S NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU LAYMAN'S TERMS. THAT'S THE LAW. WE ARE PUTTING OUR CITY AT RISK FROM TRYING TO SPONSOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I'M ALL ABOUT FIGHTING BACK. I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. SURE. YOU MIGHT, MAYOR. SO, UM, LET ME ASK OUR ATTORNEY, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S HERE FOR. UM, ACCORDING TO MY COLLEAGUE, THIS WILL, WHAT WOULD, WHAT IT DO TO OUR CITY? YOU STATED, WHAT DID YOU SAY? WAS GONNA PUT OUR CHARTER IN JEOPARDY. PUT OUR CHARTER IS THIS SPONSORING, THIS BILL WILL PUT OUR CHARTER IN JEOPARDY, UM, ATTORNEY, MR. CALLWAY, UH, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO THE COMMISSION'S QUESTION. WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROPOSED ACTION, UH, ON THE RESOLUTION WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE CITY'S CHARTER? I WOULD SAY ON THE OUTSIDE, I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD THREATEN THE CITY'S EXISTENCE AS A CHARTERED MUNICIPALITY. UH, WE DO KNOW, HOWEVER, UH, THAT, UM, THERE'S A LEVEL OF POLITICAL, UM, UH, INFLUENCE AND PERHAPS EVEN CONSEQUENCES. UH, BUT AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, MY OBJECTIVE AND, AND, AND, AND MY ROLE IS NOT TO ADVISE YOU ON THE POLITICS OF WHAT YOUR DECISIONS ARE NECESSARILY. UH, BUT TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, UH, I HAVE AN OPINION AS TO THE CITY'S EXPOSURE TO LEGAL, UM, UH, CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF A RESOLUTION, UM, I WOULD, UH, SAY THAT THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES ARE PROBABLY LESS, UH, CERTAIN THAN, UH, OTHER POLITICAL OR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT MAY BE AT PLAY FOR THIS TYPE OF, UM, UH, OF, OF, OF ACTION. BUT, UH, UH, THE CITY HAS LEGAL EXPOSURE ON A NUMBER OF MATTERS PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY LONG. EVERY DAY WE GET A, A NUMBER OF, UM, UH, COMPLAINTS AND MATTERS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO ENGAGE IN. I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS COMMISSION CHOSE TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE, UH, ANY PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR, UM, ABILITY TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. ALRIGHT, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. SO, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE'S NOT GONNA TELL US HOW TO VOTE . ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S UP TO US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE READING AND [01:40:01] LET, LET ME DIAL BACK ABOUT THE CHARTER BEING, UM, TAKEN AWAY. WHAT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OUR FUNDING AWAY FROM US. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE'RE GONNA LOSE OUR CHARTER , THEN WE'RE GONNA LOSE THE CITY. SO THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A LOT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AWAY FROM US. UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF TO DO THAT. AND LITTLE LOWE, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL BE A PRIME PERSON TO BE SUBJECT TO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR CITY'S FUNDING IN JEOPARDY. AGAIN, I WANT TO FIGHT BACK. UH, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY IS NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THINGS. WE CAN JUST EDUCATE. SO I WANT TO FIGHT BACK, BUT, UH, WHAT WAS SAID BY THE EXPERT AT THE MEETING WAS, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RAISE YOUR HAND WITH A MEGAPHONE. NOW IT'S NOT THAT TIME. THE, THE POLITICS OF THIS SITUATION WITH THESE, UM, I'M NOT GETTING INTO DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, BUT THEY ARE EXTREMISTS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A REASON TO TAKE OUR FUNDING AWAY FROM US. AND WE ARE A CITY WITH MAJORITY BLACK PEOPLE. SO I'M TRYING TO SO SPEAK IN SPEAK IN BETTERMENT OF THE CITY. SO I, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SPONSORING ANY KIND OF BILL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING, THAT OUR CITY'S AT RISK FOR SPEAKING UP AND TO AND AT RISK FOR LOSING OUR FUNDING BECAUSE WE'RE SPEAKING UP. YES. AND WE'RE NOT SPONSORING, WE'RE CREATING A RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM. WE'RE NOT SPONSORING, WE'RE CREATING A RESOLUTION. SO WE'RE SAYING, AND IT'S NOT JUST COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS SAYING THIS, WE'RE ALL HAVE TO BE UP HERE AND AGREE THAT WE ALL ARE SAYING THIS. AND THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. RIGHT. SO I'M, WHAT I AM SAYING IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. LAST WEEK, FORT MYERS ON THE WEST VOTED THREE THAT I SUPPOSE THEY ONLY HAVE SIX COMMISSIONERS, THREE VOTED, FOUR, AYE TO COME IN, THREE VOTED AGAINST. AND GUESS WHAT? THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND VOTE REVOTE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WERE ABOUT TO COME DOWN ON THEM. NOW, IT'S NOT THE TIME, NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PASSIONATE, BUT IT'S LIKE GOON SQUADS ARE OUT. AND SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE WOULD SAY IT IS SIMPLE. SOMEONE BLOWS IT OUT OF PROPORTION. OH LORD, THEIR LEGS IS GOING, IS DOING THIS, DO THAT NOW, NOT THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR HAND AS THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR NORTH LAUDERDALE AND THE OTHER IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY. MM-HMM . AND THEY WERE, I BELIEVE BOTH OF THEM ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD. NOW IS NOT THE TIME. BECAUSE IF THEY, MR. THE SCIENTIST, THE GOVERNOR EXPECTS ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHETHER YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL THEM UNDOCUMENTED OR WELL THEY CALL THEM ILLEGAL. I DUNNO HOW YOU CAN BE ILLEGAL AS A HUMAN BEING BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE ON THE EARTH. BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR A SMALL CITY. AND IT'S NOT ONLY MY CITY IS NOT BLACK AMERICAN BECAUSE BLACK AMERICANS ARE BORN HERE. MY CITY HAS MORE, IT'S AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. SO NOW, ALTHOUGH WE ARE PASSIONATE AND ANGRY, I'M ANGRY WHEN I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER. NOT ONLY UNITED STATES TODAY, MY COUNTRY, WHERE I CAME FROM, IF THEY DO NOT BREAK OFF WITH VENEZUELA OIL, WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST OIL THEY GET, THE P THE PRESIDENT STATED TODAY, HE'S GOING TO CHARGE THEM 25% IN TAR. SO IT'S LIKE THE TENTACLES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED ALL OVER. SO MADAM MAYOR, OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I TOO WAS AT THAT, UM, THAT MEETING. AND THEY WERE VERY ADAMANT NOT ONLY IN PUSHING, [01:45:02] UM, IN OPPOSING CERTAIN BILLS, BUT ALSO GATHERING, BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE GATHERINGS. UM, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE ASSUMED AS YOU ARE RALLYING OR YOU ARE OPPOSING CERTAIN THING, EVEN IF IT'S AS INNOCENT AS HAVING A, UM, THE ONE YOU PROPOSED EARLIER WITH THE COP JUST COME IN TO HAVE FUN. YOU NEVER KNOW IN THE MIDST OF COMING TO HAVE FUN. SO IT'S A VERY DELICATE, UM, TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN WITH THE DIFFERENT LAWS THAT ARE OPPOSED FORWARD. AND, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE LOVE OUR CITY AND WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CITY TO, TO REALLY HOLD FAST. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT IN, UM, SUPPORT OF WHAT'S BEING DONE TO IMMIGRANTS. I'M AN IMMIGRANT AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AT WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, AND, UM, PUT A PAUSE ON CERTAIN OF THESE THINGS. 'CAUSE IT AFFECTS ALL OF US. I, I THINK WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE, AS WE'VE SAID ABOUT IMMIGRATION, BUT IT'S THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THE COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE NOW. WE HAVE TO BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT WE DO BECAUSE LAWS HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND CARRIED OUT THAT WE MAY SEEMINGLY THINK ARE UNFAIR. AND I THINK A LOT ARE UNFAIR, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. NOT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AS FAR AS IMMIGRATION IS CONCERNED. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. OH, YEAH. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I HEAR EVERYONE, UM, UM, THOUGHTS. UM, IT'S SAD THAT, UM, THAT'S THE WAY, UM, IT'S GOING AND THAT WE ARE NOT, WE ARE SCARED TO STAND UP AND, AND DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT'S, THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM FIVE B. DISCUSSION REGARDING MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, [B.  DISCUSSION REGARDING MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] ITEM FIVE B, DISCUSSION REGARDING MEN'S MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO. UH, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AS, UM, AN INITIATIVE THAT'S LOOKING TO INCREASE AWARENESS AROUND MEN'S HEALTH IN JUNE. IN JUNE, WHICH IS MEN'S HEALTH MONTH. UM, THE IDEA IS THAT WE CAN CREATE A SPACE IN LOT OF THE LAKES WHERE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN COME OUT AND RECEIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND INFORMATION WHILE HAVING A GOOD TIME, UH, WITH DOING THIS EVENT, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO BRING SOMEONE ON WHO'S EXPERIENCED WITH DOING EVENTS, UH, GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CITY, MAKING SURE OUR EVENTS ARE ENGAGING. SO I'M, I'M PARTNERING WITH A EVENT CURATOR WHO I HOPE THE CITY CAN PARTNER WITH. SORRY. UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ALLOW 'EM TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THE EVENT, TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAILS AS TO WHAT THE EVENT IS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE AND THE MECHANISMS FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE YOU'RE TO, YOU'RE GOING TO INVITE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE COME AND SPEAK. UM, IF IT'S OKAY TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY, BRIEFLY ABOUT THE EVENT AND KIND OF THE INS AND OUTS AND LOGISTICS FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INVITE MS. SAMANTHA. UH, GIMME ME A SECOND. I'M GONNA, UH, SAMANTHA SAGE TO COME AND SPEAK, UH, WITH US. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? I DON'T HAVE NAME. OH, IS THAT ALSO MADAM MAYOR? ALSO FAMILIAR PHASE THROUGH THE CITY HAS DONE EVENTS HERE BEFORE. SO IT'S SAMANTHA, I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP YOUR LAST NAME. IT'S RAJ RA. YES. JUST REMOVE ONE L AND IT'S RAJ. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT MEN'S HEALTH AWARENESS. TWO YEARS AGO I LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE TO BRING AWARENESS ON MEN'S HEALTH AND BROWARD COUNTY. AND IT HAS WELL RECEIVED 2024. I HAVE SEEN A LOT MORE VISIBILITY WITH MEN'S HEALTH AND RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE LAUNCHING A MASSIVE INITIATIVE FOR THE MEN'S HEALTH FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE. AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT COMMISSIONER EASTON SAID, HEY, THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT INS LAUDER [01:50:01] LAKES, LAUDERDALE LAKES, I'M SO SORRY, UM, TO BE A PART OF THIS BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT A FAMILY WITHOUT FATHERS AND RESOURCES VERY IMPORTANT AND HAVING THE VITAL RESOURCES PROVIDED FOR FAMILY TO GET ACCESS IS IMPORTANT. SO THE MEN'S HEALTH AWARENESS EXPO WOULD PROVIDE, UM, IS A FULL DAY OF EVENT IS ON JUNE 28TH, UM, IS GONNA CONSIST OF WORKSHOPS, UM, FITNESS CLINIC. WE HAVE SOCCER, UM, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE RESOURCES, UM, WITH SCREENS. AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE A KIDS, KIDS, UM, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ZONE. SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CATERING FOR CHILDREN AND, UM, MUSIC BARBECUE AND INVITE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE'RE HOPING TO ENGAGE CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND EVERYONE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE A PART OF THIS. ESPECIALLY LOCAL BUSINESSES, DOCTOR OFFICE, RESTAURANTS, SO WE CAN CONNECT THE FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES THAT IS IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE? MADAM MAYOR? QUESTIONS? MADAM VICE MAYOR, WHERE DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING IT? UM, WAS IT THE WILLOUGHBY? WILLY WEBB PARK. PARK THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO WORKING WITH STAFF TO COORDINATE WITH THE SURROUNDING APARTMENTS TO USE THEM FOR OVERFLOW PARKING AS WELL. I JUST THOUGHT I'D ADD THAT IN. AND WHAT TIME WILL IT BEGIN? VICE MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. UM, WE'RE LOOKING BETWEEN 10 TO FIVE, 10 TO FIVE ALL DAY. IT'S GONNA BE BREAKING UP IN THE MORNING. WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THE SCREENS, WHICH IS A HALF DAY, WHICH IS INCLUDE WORKSHOPS AND THE HEALTH SCREENS AND THE FAMILY. FUN. THEY, IT WILL TAKE PART FROM 12 UNTIL FIVE. OKAY. QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, THANK, THANK YOU, MS. I HAVE A MADAM MAYOR. MR. THOMAS, WHAT IS THE, THE COST FOR ALL OF THIS AND HOW WOULD THE CITY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE CITY WOULD GIVE IN KIND, WHAT WOULD BE THE COST? DO YOU HAVE THE COST? SO THE COST WOULD, UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGERS AND THE STAFF. WE ARE GONNA TRY TO UTILIZE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES TO MINIMIZE THE COST. UM, SOME THINGS WE CAN'T TURN AWAY FROM IS GONNA BE THE AUDIO, UM, AV SOUND SYSTEM, AND OF COURSE MYFI AS A CONSULTANT. BUT MOST OF THE COSTS WE ARE LOOKING TO GET SPONSORS, REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO COME ON AS A SPEAKER, PROVIDE RESOURCES. SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF LEGWORK TO OFFSET THIS COST. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 13 TO, I SAID 20,000, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU. WE, WE DON'T RIGHT NOW HAVE A COST FOR IT. ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL COST, UH, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE A STAGE, SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT IN-HOUSE. THAT WON'T BE A COST. AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO DO THAT. UH, AT OUR RECENT EVENTS AS, AS WELL AS THEY WERE CONCEPTUALIZED, WE FEEL LIKE MAYBE STAFF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO DO EVENTS PROFESSIONALLY CAN BENEFIT FROM MAKING THE EVENTS MORE SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT WOULD POSSIBLY REQUIRE PARTNERING WITH A CONSULTANT. UH, MISS SAMANTHA HERE IS A CONSULTANT WHO DOES EVENTS, HAS DONE EVENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE AND HAS DONE EVENTS IN THE CITY OF LAU OF THE LAKES. YOU'VE DONE EVENTS IN THE LAU OF HELL, LAUDER HILL AND OKAY. HOPEFULLY NOW IN MIAMI. . YEAH. SO, SO SHE'S, SO SHE'S BUSY. UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT COST. WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT RIGHT NOW BETWEEN MS. SAMANTHA AND STAFF. AND I KNOW WE ARE IN A TRANSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND, UH, WE'RE, IT'S IN CONTINUED CONVERSATION. SO, UM, QUESTION. YES. IS THIS ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES? YEAH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. SO IT WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT UP TO BE AN INITIATIVE, UH, AS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES. HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT IF THIS IS EXCEEDING OUT OF, UH, MY PERSONAL BUDGET TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, LET'S SAY, UM, I'M WILLING TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND NOT LET IT BE AN INITIATIVE OF MINE. NOT HAVE MY FACE ON IT, [01:55:01] BUT LET IT BE A CITY'S EVENT. SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING DOING. IF WE CAN MAKE IT COST EFFECTIVE, STILL, I DON'T MIND, BUT I SAID THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF STILL MAKING THE EVENT HAPPEN. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT STILL STANDS AS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES AND I'M OKAY WITH KEEPING IT THAT WAY. BUT IF THINGS CHANGE, IF IT'S BETTER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, THEN YOU KNOW, I'LL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. BEYOND, AS, AS ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES AND THE PROJECTED OR STATED PROJECTED COST OF $13,000 DOES SUCCEED? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHY I SAID WE DO NOT RIGHT NOW HAVE A CAUSE AND I JUST WANNA ADD THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CAUSE IN MAN'S HEALTH, I AM ALSO WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE EVENT GOING AND BRING THE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS DIRECTLY IN NEED. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS AS INITIATIVE SUPPORT, SPONSORSHIP, ET CETERA. ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S A BEAUTY ABOUT COLLABORATIONS AND BRINGING THIS AMAZING EVENT TO LIFE. MR. THOMAS? YEAH, I, I'M DEFINITELY A PROPONENT OF MEN'S HEALTH 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH OF MEN'S HEALTH, UM, AND WELLNESS. UH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE DOLLAR FIGURE SIGN OF IT. SO, YOU KNOW, JUNE 28TH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD'VE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, A BUDGET MORE OR LESS. I KNOW YOU'RE IN CONVERSATION NOW, SO, UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE US BEFORE WE CAN SAY YES OR NEED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO, UM, THE INITIATIVE MADAM MAYOR, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU, MS. HARRISON. THANK YOU. AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SAYING IT'S A GREAT IDEA, UM, A GREAT INITIATIVE TO HAVE. UM, THIS BEING A WORKSHOP ITEM, WE'RE JUST TALKING THROUGH IT STILL. WE'RE RIGHT ON TIME TO HAVE THAT READY BY TIME IT GOES TO A MEETING ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. RA. THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CONDOMINIUM OWNERS AND THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM] THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. NEXT ITEM FIVE C DISCUSSION REGARDING MORTGAGE ASSISTANT PROGRAM FOR CONDOMINIUM OWNERS AND THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. THIS IS GONNA BE A DISCUSSION TO REVIEW THE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANT PROGRAM AND MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH THE REALLOCATION OF ARPA DOLLARS. AND WE HAVE TANJA MCCOY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WILL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MS. TAN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, VICE MAYOR , I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS ITEM NUMBER, UH, FIVE C. IT IS IN REGARDS TO THE DISCUSSION FOR THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 1 0 4, WHICH ALLOWED THE RELOCATION OF 800,800 AND I MEAN EIGHT $882,180 OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT A R FUNDS FROM THE CITYWIDE BROADBAND PROGRAM TO CERTAIN TITLE ONE PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY A MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CONDOMINIUM OWNERS WITHIN 55 YEARS AND OLDER, AND A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IN EQUAL AMOUNTS OF 400,000, $40,000 AND 40, I'M SORRY, $441,090. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, THIS DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I AM BRINGING FORWARD TODAY, AND I HAVE ATTACHED THE RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE MORTGAGE AND HOME REPAIR ASSISTANT PROGRAM DOCUMENTS. AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. MS. TANGER, WHEN DID I, WAS IT IN JANUARY? THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED? YES, IN JANUARY. SO HALF OF THE MONIES WILL BE GOING, WILL BE ALLOTTED TO THE CONDOS, AND THE OTHER HALF WILL BE FOR THE MINER HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. YES. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR. I WOULD SAY IT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME BECAUSE I HEARD LAST WEEK YOU ARE OVERBLOWN, THE NEARLY ROOM WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY. YES. SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR AT 40 [02:00:01] $409,000 WILL BE REALLY, REALLY HANDY. MS. ATTEN, DO YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IN THE BACKUP ITEM? SIX. UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT MUST BE PASSED DUE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. WAS THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU CANNOT BE CURRENT ON YOUR MORTGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS I PREPARE THIS PROGRAM, I'M IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UM, THE COMMISSION'S WISHES AND THE WAY THAT THEY, UH, PROPOSE THIS PROGRAM TO GO AND THAT YES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, HAVE YOUR MORTGAGE BE IN ARREARS BEFORE YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM BASED ON THIS, UH, DOCUMENT. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION, NUMBER ONE, UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AWARD AMOUNT WILL VARY BASED UPON NEED AND WILL BE DETERMINED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. IS THERE A MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM AMOUNT? YES. THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WOULD BE $4,000. NOT MUCH. OBJECTION TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS? UM, HOW DID THEY GET THE APPLICATION? CAN THEY APPLY ONLINE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? THE APPLICATION WILL COME OUT ONCE EVERYTHING IS APPROVED AND, UM, WE WILL HAVE THIS APPLICATION POSTED ONLINE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND, UM, TURN IN THE APPLICATION IN PERSON. YES. UM, AND HOW, UM, HOW, HOW WE ARE PLANNING TO GET THE WORD OUT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE, UH, PLAN TO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT THAT WOULD, UH, GET THIS WORD OUT AS WELL AS WE WOULD USE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, OUR LAKES ALERT, UH, THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO, UH, MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM. MR. WILLIAMS, UM, IS THERE A LIMIT OF, UM, FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UM, FROM THE AVAIL UP TO $35,000 PER HOUSEHOLD? RIGHT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 35,040 $2,000, WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WITH THE CDBG FUNDING PROGRAM AS WELL. UH, MS. TANJA, A RESIDENT CAN OR CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN BOTH PROGRAMS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, THE RESIDENT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH PROGRAMS, BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT, UM, THE RESIDENTS THAT'S ALREADY RECEIVING ONE PROGRAM AND THEN, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST. THE PRE THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. MAYOR, OH, COMMISSIONER. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION IF THEY BRING, BRING THE APPLICATION. AND WILL THERE BE ANYONE TO ASSIST THEM TO FILL IT OUT THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? I AM CURRENTLY RE MAKING A REQUEST TO THIS, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR ASSISTANCE IN OUR HOUSING PROGRAM. WE, UM, DO RECOGNIZE WITH THESE TWO PROGRAMS COMING OUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WOULD NEED SOME TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO HELP US WITH APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO WITH THAT, MS. TANJA, I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WOULD THAT, WHERE WOULD THE, THESE ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PART-TIME. UM, WHERE WOULD THE ASSISTANCE COME FROM? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'M LOOKING AT, UM, BRINGING ON ONE TEMPORARY, UM, WORKER WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP, UM, MS. JULIE DOMINIQUE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE COMPLETE AND FILLED OUT CORRECTLY AS WELL AS DOING ANY PRINTING OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD NEED TO GET THESE APPLICATIONS COMPLETED. YES. UM, AND HOW LONG A PROCESS WOULD THAT BE? WHAT'S THE WINDOW FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED AND THE DEADLINE FOR THAT? DEPENDING. IS IT A MONTH, TWO MONTHS? HOW DOES THAT WORK THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? WE'RE LOOKING AT A 30 TO 60 DAY PROCESS FROM THE TIME WE OPEN UP THE PROGRAM TO WHEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS COMPLETED AND, UM, START THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE PROPERTIES AND MAKING A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHO WOULD BE AWARDED FOR THE PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MS. TANJA, SO JUST LIKE HOW WE WENT THROUGH, UM, THE INFORMATION LAST WEEK, WILL THAT STILL [02:05:01] THAT PROCESS TAKE PLACE THIS TIME AS WELL? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT FOR THE, UH, HOME IMPROVEMENT PIECE, WHICH, UM, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT, THAT AS CONSULTANT PRESENT SIMILAR TO WHAT MS. JANICE PRESENTED LAST WEEK. THANK YOU TOO, MAYOR. NO ENOUGH. SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER HALL. . THANK YOU MR. MAX WILLIAMS. UM, KENDRA, THEY, THE PARTS WHERE THEY SAID NOTARIZED, IF THEY CAN'T GET IT NOTARIZED, WILL YOU, UM, IF THEY BRING IT TO THE CITY, WOULD WILL THEY BRING, GET IT NOTARIZED HERE, SANDRA, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, WE DO HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE NOTARIES ON STAFF IN OUR CURRENT DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM FIVE E [E.  DISCUSSION REGARDING STAFF RETENTION AND A PROPOSED FOUR (4) DAY WORK WEEK (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] DISCUSSION REGARDING STAFF RETENTION AND A PROPOSED FOUR DAY WORK WEEK. ALSO SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, GOING TO BRING UP, UM, OUR STAFF, MS. UM, TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, I BROUGHT THE ITEM UP AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT, UM, THE STAFF HAD, UM, THEY HAD A WHOLE PRESENTATION ABOUT IT YEARS NOW, . IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED, IT WAS JUST A MERE COINCIDENCE. SO, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD SOMETHING ALREADY DRAFT OF LONG TIME AGO AND WANTED TO PRESENT TO US. SO, UM, I I HEARD IT WAS MISS NA DODGE THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF IT, SO I BROUGHT HER UP TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. MS. NASH WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT. SO STAFF, UM, REQUESTED THAT I MAKE THE PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO KURT, CAN YOU CUE THE PRESENTATION? . OKAY. SO STAFF IS LOOKING AT THE TRANSITION TO A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK AND THEY FEEL THAT IT WOULD ENHANCE WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY AS WELL AS, UM, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. OVERARCHING GOALS WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTIVITY, CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDE EXTENDED MORNING AND EVENING HOURS, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, OFFER GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE IN THE WORK LIFE FOR THE COMMITMENTS OF EMPLOYEES, AND ALSO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING STAFF. WHAT IS A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK WOULD LOOK LIKE? THIS CONCEPT EXTENDS THE EMPLOYEE'S WORK WEEK FROM EIGHT TO 10 HOURS A DAY. THE SCHEDULE ACCOMMODATES EARLY MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON. CUSTOMER SERVICE NEEDS, THIS ALLOWS FOR EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS WHILE MAINTAINING A WORK LIFE BALANCE FOR STAFF. WITH THIS NEW FOUR HOUR WORK WEEK, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK, ENGINEERING AND PARKS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY EFFECTIVELY. UM, FROM THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MUNICIPAL OFFICE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY THROUGH SUN SUNDAY. SERVICES FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS NEEDED. AND THE COMMISSION AND ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO PROCEED AS SCHEDULED. WOULD THIS AFFECT EMERGENCY SERVICES? UM, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL BE IMPACTED FOR THE FOUR DAY WORK WEEK BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRACTED WITH OUR FIRE AND POLICE SERVICES AND THOSE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE 24 7. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, EVERYONE WILL CALL 9 1 1 AS USUAL. AND, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFF RETENTION, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THERE'S MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CURRENTLY CLOSE BY WITHIN OUR MIDST THAT ARE USING THESE, UM, FOUR DAY WORK WEEKS AS A WAY TO RETAIN STAFF. AND THIS IS A LIST OF THE CURRENT, UM, CLOSE BY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE USING THESE, UM, HOURS. AND THAT'S LAUDER HILL, NORTH LAUDERDALE, DAVY, HOLLYWOOD, AND MIRAMAR. NOW I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, YOU, UH, YOU WERE HERE A FEW YEARS AGO. I THINK THEY DID HAVE [02:10:01] A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK. HEAR YOU CAN'T HEAR MADAM VICE MAYOR, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MIC IS, YOU CAN HEAR, CANNOT HEAR. CAN YOU HEAR US IN NO, IT WASN'T ATTEMPTED. THEY DID HAVE A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK HERE AT THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ABANDONED IT. SO BEFORE I'M GOING TO DECIDE FOR OR AGAINST, I WOULD REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHY IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THERE WAS A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK HERE. MIGHT MONDAY THROUGH. YES, I DID. WOULD YOU LIKE ME? MANAGER, MADAM MANAGER MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CALL HR TO THE PODIUM TO PROVIDE SOME INFO HISTORY MAY OUTSIDE MS. GIDDINGS JONES, IF YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE AND MADAM MAYOR, AFTER SHE'S PRESENTED FINAL QUESTION. YES, MS. DANDRE, CITY UNION. AGAIN, DEANDRE, GUS JONES, HR DIRECTOR, CITY UNION MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND AUDIENCE. I THINK THE QUESTION WAS WHY DID WE ABANDON THE FOUR DAY WORK WEEK WHEN I HAD IT PREVIOUS? UM, IT WAS YEARS AGO, MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD THE FOUR DAY WORK WEEK, AND I THINK THERE WERE RESIDENTS WHO WERE TRYING TO COME IN ON FRIDAY AND WERE FRUSTRATED THAT WE WERE CLOSED AT THAT TIME. UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ABANDONED AND WE WENT BACK TO THE FIVE DAY WORK WEEK. I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE REASONS. I WASN'T ONE THAT MADE THE FINAL DECISION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. MAD MA'AM. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UH, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS GONNA BE THE MAIN THING I WAS GONNA SAY. UM, WELL, FF FIRST OFF, THE, THE HOURS OFFERED UP UNTIL 6:00 PM DOESN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE ON MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IS IT CITY CLOSES AT 5:00 PM IS THAT CORRECT? LIKE ANY OTHER? OKAY, SO CLOSE OF BUSINESS IS AT FIVE AND WE WANT TO, THE, THE, THE PITCH WAS MORE HOURS, BUT JUST AN ADDITIONAL HOUR I DON'T THINK MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. UM, I'M, I I DON'T THINK I'M IN SUPPORT OF A FOUR DAY WEEK. I'M, I'M, I JUST, I I THINK IT'S GONNA DO A DISSERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS. I UNDERSTAND OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IT, BUT THEY HAVE MORE CAPACITY THAN US. THEY'RE BIGGER CITIES. WE HAVE, WE ALREADY HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY AS A COMMISSIONER. I WAS EMBARRASSED WITH THE WOMAN WHO CAME IN AT THE LAST MEETING AND SAID NOBODY COULD HELP HER TO BE HONEST. SO WHY WOULD WE ADD MORE CONSTRAINTS TO SOMEONE LIKE THAT? I JUST DON'T THINK A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK IS THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO. MADAM VICE MAYOR, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER HARRISON. OUR CITY IS SMALL AND, UM, FOUR DAY WORK WEEK MAYBE WOULD, IF YOU HAD THE YOUNGER FAMILIES HERE. MOST, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE MIDDLE AGED, SO THE EXTRA HOUR WOULD NOT REALLY HELP THEM. MAYBE IT'LL HELP THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET READY TO COME ON A FRIDAY, BUT CERTAIN IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE RESIDENT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, APPRECIATE THAT. UH, ONE OF MY THINGS, I I THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE PROFICIENT AND EFFICIENT BEFORE EVEN SPEAKING CONCERNING THE FOUR DAY WEEK BECAUSE I TOO HAVE CALLED IN JUST AS A REGULAR, UM, RESIDENT AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET TO WHERE I NEEDED TO GO. UM, COUPLE TIMES I HUNG UP BECAUSE I DID NOT GET, UH, SOMEONE TO COME BACK TO ME. SO I, I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT, UM, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF WE HAD MORE STAFF THAT WERE MORE EFFICIENT, 'CAUSE WE'RE, LOOK RIGHT NOW, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID IN TERMS OF WHEN WE PUT THE APPLICATION OUT, WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE STAFF TO FILL THAT POSITION TO ASSIST. SO IF WE'RE NEEDING ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE NOW TO HELP WITH THE PROCESS, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF YOU GO ON A FOUR DAY? UH, I, I WOULD NOT BE IN SUPPORT MAYBE AT A FUTURE TIME, BUT NOT CURRENTLY. I DON'T, I DON'T, I THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE EFFICIENT AND PROFICIENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHEN I WAS WORKING, OF COURSE I'M WORKING NOW, BUT WHEN I WAS WORKING, [02:15:02] I ALWAYS WANTED A FOUR DAY, NO, I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK. BUT I FOUND THAT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIES THAT HAVE FOUR DAY WORK WEEKS, THAT THE TIME EXPANSION AS I, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON SAID A ONE HOUR REALLY DOES NOT SATISFY THE NEED OF THE RESIDENT WHO IS TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE CITY, GET OFF AT FIVE, TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE CITY BY SIX. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT TRAFFIC IS IN BROWARD COUNTY. WE ALL KNOW WHAT TRAFFIC IS RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER, 4 41 IN OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND TRYING TO TRAVERSE THAT AREA. SO I THINK IN, IN ORDER FOR US TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR STAFFING PATTERN, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAFF. UM, MAYBE TEMPORARY STAFF WHERE THE NEED ARISES. BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED ME THAT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I WOULD'VE SAID YES, BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, I CANNOT SUPPORT THAT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU. I I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THAT, UM, I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT FIVE DAY WORK WEEKS AND WE CLOSE AT SEVEN. JUST THOUGHT I PUT THAT OUT THERE. , MADAM MAYOR. OH, HE'S FUNNY. I THINK THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY, UM, MEET THAT, UM, PROPOSAL IF WE DID SOME, UM, FOUR DAY WORK WEEKS WHERE WE USED TEAMS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, OPTIONS THAT SOME OF THE CITIES ARE DOING IN ORDER TO STAY OPEN THE ENTIRE FIVE DAYS, BUT ALSO HAVE A TEAM, A, A TEAM AND A B TEAM WHERE, UM, THEY WOULD BE HERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, ADDITIONAL HOURS, AND MAYBE EVEN, I'VE TALKED TO MY STAFF ABOUT EXTENDING THE THURSDAY AS A, AN ADDITIONAL HOUR MAYBE TO 7:00 PM SO THAT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TIME. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. MS. TACHO. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OKAY. SO OF COURSE THEY WILL BE HOURS OPEN EARLY IN THE MORNING. 'CAUSE WE, WE USUALLY OPEN AT WHAT TIME? 8:00 AM SO WE ARE DOING, WE ARE OPEN AT SEVEN, SO IT'S NOT REALLY ONE, IT'S TWO HOURS WE ARE DOING AT 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING. A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD STOP BY AND, UM, DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BEFORE THEY GO TO WORK. ALSO, UM, JUST THINKING WE STILL COULD HAVE A FOUR DAY WEEK. UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, IT COULD BE LIKE CERTAIN STAFF WORK MONDAY TO THURSDAY. CERTAIN STAFF WORK TUESDAY TO FRIDAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL FOUR DAYS, BUT THEY'RE, WE COULD SPLIT IT UP. I MEAN, TO JUST FLAT OUT SAY NO TO IT AND NOT TRY TO COME UP WITH A WAYS TO KIND OF WORK IT OUT THAT THE EMPLOYEES WILL BE YOU KNOW, BENEFITING FROM IT. AND OF COURSE, UM, EMPLOYMENT, UM, EMPLOYEE RETENTION, THERE'S PEOPLE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER CITIES. HEY, THEY HAVE FOUR DAY WEEKS, I'M GONE. YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT WHERE IT CAN BE MONDAY TO FRIDAY. ONE TEAM AND ONE TEAM WILL CHOOSE IT TO FRIDAY. IF THAT'S, IF YOU GUYS ARE WORRIED ABOUT NO ONE IS HERE ON A FRIDAY. MADAM SANDRA, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSAL THAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS JUST GAVE TO US THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UM, I CAN SPEAK ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND I CAN SAY THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE TEAM SETTING BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE OUR FULL STAFF TUESDAY THROUGH, UM, THURSDAY, THE, UM, FRIDAY AND THE MONDAY AND FRIDAY STAFF WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULDN'T BE A FULL STAFF. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF. MM-HMM . WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROPO THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY. YES MA'AM. WE ARE LOOKING AT IT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF AND I WILL HAVE TO GAIN MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO SPEAK FOR THEM. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. UM, THE THING IS THAT WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US IS WHAT WE ARE SAYING NO ON. RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT NOW WE HAVE COME AFTER DISCUSSION AND GIVEN YOU OTHER IDEAS OF HOW YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, SET THAT STAGE AND BRING THAT BACK TO US. SO I, I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH MY OTHER COLLEAGUE, UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. BUT THIS WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. SO WE ARE SPEAKING, YOU ARE COMING TO US TO GET OUR APPROVAL. AND ON THIS APPROVAL, I, I WOULDN'T APPROVE IT. MADAM VICE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND HER EXECUTIVE STAFF. THEY COULD WORK OUT THAT, [02:20:01] THAT TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, ONE GROUP TUESDAY, THEY WOULD KNOW WHERE THE NEED IS, THE DAYS WHERE THERE IS NEED. YEAH. BUT FOR ME, I WANTED, I WOULD PREFER CITY HALL BEING OPENED FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESIDENTS OF LORD LAKES. BUT THE CITY MANAGER AND HER TEAM WOULD HAVE TO IRON OUT. THAT IS, I WOULD KNOW WHERE TO START. YOU WOULD KNOW WHERE. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S THE MADAM VICE MAYOR MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT. I THINK ON CERTAIN MATTERS WE SHOULD BE ASKING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF HOW THEY FEEL. DO YOU THINK WE COULD BE BETTER AT FIVE DAYS A WEEK OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK? I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ACTING CITY MANAGER. SO, UH, WHEN I WAS BRIEFED ON THIS, I CHOSE NOT TO ASK. 'CAUSE HONESTLY, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS. UM, BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN COME BACK, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME PERSONALLY IS US OPEN MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL TWO HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN FROM WORK TO GET SAID SERVICES AND, UH, HOW YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE. I THINK WE'LL BE OPEN TO HEARING MORE ABOUT, BUT I, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HEAR FOUR WEEKS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND THEY GET EXCITED AND SAY, OH, WE SHOULD DO THAT HERE. IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH. IT JUST ISN'T. ALSO, IT WAS MENTIONED BY ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT, UM, SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. DO YOU, UM, OTHER CITIES HAVING IT? IT'S COMPETITIVE. I, I, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE ONLY BECAUSE OF FOUR DAY WEEKS. I THINK IT'S A, I I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION BETWEEN, UM, SORRY, I THOUGHT, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION BETWEEN WORK ENVIRONMENT PAY AND UPWARD MOBILITY. THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I THINK THAT'S WHY SOMEONE IS GONNA SEEK TO WORK IN ANOTHER CITY THAN LAUDERDALE LAKE. SO I WANNA SEE A PROPOSAL ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THE GOVERNMENT HERE MORE EFFICIENT, MORE OF A BETTER PLACE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY WHO WORKS HERE. UM, AND I'M, I'M A PROPONENT FOR THE FIVE DAY A WEEK, SO THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING MS. TANJA IS, UM, FOR THIS PROPOSAL THAT UM, PERHAPS YOU CITY MANAGER EXECUTIVE STAFF COULD GO BACK AND BRING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE AS FAR AS SERVICE PROVISION TO CITY RESIDENTS AND FOR THE STAFF. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. [F.  DISCUSSION REGARDING STAFF DAY WITH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] ITEM FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING STAFF DAY WITH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS SO MANY THINGS HERE. WELL, I'M SO OVER IT. , I DIDN'T NOTICE. UM, WELL, I WAS PROPOSING THAT WE DO, UM, A, A STAFF RETREAT WITH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND, AND THE EMPLOYEES, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US. NOT JUST ONE DEPARTMENT, ONE DEPARTMENT HERE, BUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER DOING SOME KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND, OR RETREAT, UH, TEAM BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN NAME IT OR BRAINSTORM HOW IT SHOULD WORK. BUT I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT SOMEHOW I SEEM LIKE ALL MY IDEAS ARE BEING SHUT DOWN. SO I GUESS, UM, THIS ONE IS SHUT DOWN TOO. SO MADAM MAYOR MEETING AND ADJOURN. MADAM MAYOR. GO FOR IT. HARRISON. SORRY, . SHE CAN'T JUST RUNNING MUTE, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY I ACTUALLY LIKE THIS IDEA. I DO WHATEVER. I LIKE THIS IDEA. YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU SPONSORED THIS MANY ITEMS. I THINK THAT SAYS SOMETHING, BUT, UM, HOLD ON. DOES THAT SAY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS COMMISSIONER TO YOU MAD MAYOR. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? MAYOR? I WASN'T DONE WITH MY POINT. NO, BUT WHAT DOES THAT SAY? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL TO YOU, MOTHER MAYOR. I AM ASKING A QUESTION. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? HOLD ON. COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS NOT FINISHED. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. I JUST WANNA SAY IF, IF YOU KNOW, MY DISCUSSION IS THAT I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF STAFF TODAY WITH THE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE FOR OUR STAFF AT THE CITY AND THEY SHOULD GET TO KNOW THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ALSO WORK HERE AT THE CITY. SO REGARDLESS OF WHO SPONSORS THIS, I'M IN SUPPORT. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO SPONSORS IT, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO BRINGS THE IDEA TO THE TABLE. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT FOR THE CITY. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. WELL, THAT'S HOW IT COMES ACROSS. THAT IS WHAT IT'S COMING ACROSS. IT'S LIKE, IT'S [02:25:01] NOT WHAT THE IDEA IS, BUT WHO'S BRINGING THE IDEA? AND THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEW. SO ON YOUR REMARKS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REMARK MEANT, SO I NEED YOU TO ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT. OKAY. TO THE MAYOR, TO THE COMMISSION. IF, IF MR. HARRISON, IF COMMISSIONER HARRISON WANTS TO NO MA'AM. THANK YOU. PLEASE STOP ATTACKING ME. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. DON'T DO THAT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. DON'T APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAD MANAGER. MADAM MAYOR, I MAY SAY SOMETHING. NO. OKAY. I MEAN NOT NO, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW. NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ALL UP HERE. GO BY CONSENSUS. IT'S NOT A ONE PERSON COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I AM AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MR. WILLIAMS. I AM AWARE OF THAT. STOP ATTACKING ME. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. UM, MADAM MAYOR. AND REGARDING TO THAT LAST ITEM, NOT SURE IF WE NEED TO GET CONSENSUS ON THAT ITEM. I KNOW COMMISSIONER EASTERN HARRISON DID SAY THAT HE WAS FOR THE CREATION. MADAM VICE MAYOR HERE. YEARS COMMISSIONER. FINE. THAT'S FINE. MADAM MAYOR ALREADY. YOU KNOW, I, UM, I TRY MY BEST TO, YOU KNOW, GET IN TO KNOW, BUT A DAY WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE TOGETHER. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M FINE ALSO, MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THAT ENDS OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS? A PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC? THERE ARE NONE. MADAM MAYOR. SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. SEE YOU TOMORROW. SEE YOU TOMORROW. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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