Mar 25, 2025 City Commission Meeting

[1.  CALL TO ORDER]

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MADAM MAYOR, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT.

MARCH 25TH, 2025.

WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE TURN OFF FOR SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY A AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 7 5 AT LEAST 24 PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO.

PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH FIVE.

FOURS OF A CODE OF ORDINANCES, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.

MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME.

THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME.

EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

CHAMBERS, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING.

AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH INTERNAL VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS.

PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER AGAIN, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

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.

SORRY.

PRESENT.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE PROVIDED BY ASSISTANT IMAM ZABI ZAMAN OF THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

SIR, TO THE PO? YES.

I'M GONNA KEEP THIS, UH, NICE AND SHORT.

AND, UM, THE INVOCATION IN OUR RELIGION, ISLAM, IT'S ALWAYS IN ARABIC.

SO I'M GONNA START OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ARABIC .

SO I WAS TOLD THAT'S THE END OF THE PRAYER.

I WAS TOLD I HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SO WITH ONE MINUTE, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN.

IT'S THE HOLY MONTH AND THE MONTH THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN.

SO 500 YEARS AGO, THE FIRST MUSLIM WAS BROUGHT HERE TO AMERICA.

HIS NAME WAS ZA, WHO WAS AN AFRICAN SLAVE.

AND NOW 500 YEARS LATER, OUR LORD HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RAMADAN TODAY IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

SO US MUSLIMS, WERE ALL ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS AND BROTHERHOOD AND COMPASSION.

AND EVEN MORE SO IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN THIS MONTH.

THE PURPOSE IS NOT JUST FOR US TO NOT EAT OR NOT DRINK, BUT IT'S FOR US

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A BETTER PERSON EVERY YEAR COMING EVERY RAMADAN.

IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BETTER NEIGHBORS, BETTER COLLEAGUES, TO NOT JUST OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND US BECAUSE MUSLIMS HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN HARMONY WITH CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AND ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AROUND.

EVEN TO TODAY IN LAUDERDALE LAKES WHO HAVE MANY MUSLIM NEIGHBORS.

THEY MIGHT EVEN BE NICER TO YOU.

THEY MIGHT BE BETTER TO YOU IN RAMADAN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD HAD TAUGHT US TO DO, TO BE A BETTER PERSON EVERY RAMADAN.

SO I'D LIKE TO END WITH A SHORT LITTLE PRAYER FOR EVERYBODY.

MAY, MAY GOD MAKE IT SO THAT WE ALL HAVE THE WISDOM TO LEAD OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COLLEAGUES AND MANKIND AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

AND MAY HE GIVE US THE STRENGTH SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND BE RIGHTEOUS HUMAN BEINGS FROM NOW UNTIL THE DAY WE PASS AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WILL YOU PLEASE CONTINUE STANDING AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEE IT.

THANK YOU IMAM ZABI ZAMAN FOR THE INFORMATION.

A LITTLE HISTORY ON RAMADAN AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER AND THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.

THANK YOU.

ITEM FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS.

THERE ARE NOT ANY

[5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

FIVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.

FIVE A FIVE B.

MADAM MAYOR MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE READ MARCH 10TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES, MARCH 11TH, 2025.

CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO OMISSIONS OR ERRORS.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL.

FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SIR, VERY MUCH.

[6.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SORRY, POINT OF INFORMATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO ITEM FIVE BI JUST DID FIVE.

VICE MAYOR DID FIVE A AND FIVE B OH, BOTH TOGETHER.

SORRY.

YES.

APOLOGIES.

PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC MADAM CLERK.

YES, WE HAVE FORMER COMMISSIONER MARK SPENCE, FORMER COMMISSIONER SPENCE, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE DICE AND TO THE AUDIENCE.

GREETINGS AGAIN, I AM MARK SPENCE, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF LAR LAKES.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR ACCEPTING THE SEPARATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

I THINK IF YOU WOULD'VE DID THE OTHER WAY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A, A DISGRACE TO THE CITY.

I THINK HER 20 YEARS OR SO OF SERVICE, UM, SHOULD NOT BE WIPED AWAY FOR, I GUESS TWO YEARS THAT, UM, THE COMMISSION MAY NOT HAVE LIKED.

SO, AND I WOULD THINK THAT WITHIN THOSE 20 YEARS THAT SHE, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU GUYS DO NOT SPEAK FOR YOURSELF ONLY, BUT YOU ALSO, YOU ALSO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS A COMMISSIONER, SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD A GRANDPARENT, MY GRANDMOTHER ATTENDED ALZHEIMER'S CENTER AND THEY TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF HER THERE.

AND SO THOSE, THOSE YEARS, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER FOR AND THANK HER AND MS. OLIVE AND ALL THOSE FOLKS AND ALZHEIMER'S CENTER FOR WHAT THEY DID.

UM, THEY WENT OUT THEIR WAY TO HELP MY FAMILY NAVIGATE THE MEDICAL BILLING PROCESS.

AND IT WAS A, UM, IT WAS A, A, A A THING THAT APPEARED FOR OUR FAMILY.

'CAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER'S A VERY STRONG PERSON AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S STRONG WILLED HAD THEIR OWN HOUSE AND EVERYTHING AND TO LOSE EVERYTHING ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND, AND BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR MEMORIES START TO SLIP AWAY.

AND THEN FOR THE SERVICE THAT OUR CITY PROVIDE HELPED HER FOR THE ENDING YEARS OF HER LIFE.

SO I'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THAT.

I MEAN, MS. CHESTER BROWN STOPS.

AND SO WHEN I SAID I LOVED MY CITY MANAGER, IT WASN'T NO, UM, NO SEXUAL CON CONTINUATION OR WHATEVER IT IS 'CAUSE SOMEBODY CALLED MY MOTHER AND TOLD ON ME.

SO I GOTTA MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THAT IT WAS GENUINELY BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE THAT SHE

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SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WOULD BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD HONOR HER EVEN IT'S JUST A POST ON FACEBOOK JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR SERVICE.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR.

UM, ALSO LAST WEEK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

UM, UH, ONE OF 'EM, A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD JUST, UM, THROW AWAY THE RULE BOOK LIKE TRUMP DOES AND NAME THE PARK AFTER SOMEBODY.

UM, I HIGHLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE START TO WANT TO IGNORE THE RULES, THEN WE'LL FIND OURSELF IN A SLIPPERY SLOPE, UM, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO.

AND WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS TOO.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, FROM LISTENING TO LAST NIGHT'S WORKSHOP, I THINK WE ARE MUDDYING THE WATERS BETWEEN THE BEING ADMINISTRATORS AND BEING LEGISLATORS.

SO WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT WE ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO CREATE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYEES IS NOT GONNA GO WELL FOR YOUR NEXT CITY MANAGER OR THOSE WHO ARE HELD TO BE LED.

SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU GUYS TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CHARTER TO FOLLOW, AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR IS THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THEY FOLLOW YOUR ORDERS AS YOU DIRECT THEM TO, AS A BODY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE, MADAM CLERK, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND SHE SAID, I'M FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. WE'VE SERVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS.

AND I AM VERY FRUSTRATED.

I HAVE WRITTEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SPEECHES TODAY AND I TORE 'EM UP.

BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK FROM MY HEART.

YOU ALL KNOW I LOVE LAUDERDALE EGGS.

I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THE WAY THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING.

OKAY? WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED A CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? AND WE KNOW WE NEED SOMEONE THAT KNOWS HOW TO BE A CITY MANAGER.

OKAY? I SENT A PAPER, UH, DURING ONE OF THE CLASSES THAT I WENT TO OVER THE YEARS.

UH, IT'S THE ICMA.

AND THEY'RE A GROUP THAT COME IN.

THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE ALL CITY MANAGERS WHO COME IN AND WILL VOLUNTEER AND HELP YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR CITY GOING.

I'M NOT, I'M VERY FRUSTRATED WITH HOW THE CITY LOOK DIFFERENT AREAS.

I'M JUST GONNA NAME SOME PLACE ON 24TH STREET AND 38TH AVENUE.

THERE ARE TWO CARS THAT'S BEEN PARKED THERE, I'M GONNA SAY THREE WEEKS NOW.

AND THEY DO CATTY CORNER ON 28TH STREET AND 36TH AVENUE.

THERE'S A, UH, CAR WASH.

HE EVEN HAS CHAIRS SITTING OUT THERE.

HE HAS, UH, PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE WAITING IN LINE TO GET THEIR CARS DONE.

THIS IS NOT LIKE MY LAUDERDALE LAKE, I SHOULD SAY.

I'M VERY FRUSTRATED.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH TRAINING FOR OUR COMMISSION, OKAY? IF, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT, I, I HAVE NEVER, I HAVE BEEN HERE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES, NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF A LOT OF DALE LAKES HAVE WE EVER NOT HAD A QUORUM ON THIS DIET.

AND THEN WHEN THE, WHEN WE ENDED UP HAVING GOING ON WITH THE MEETING, WE ENDED UP BECAUSE WE COULD NOT HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM.

AND THEN THE PERSON RUNNING IN THE MEETING SAID, WELL, WE'LL JUST HOLD THE MEETING UP UNTIL THAT PERSON GET HERE.

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU RUN A CITY, OKAY? LAST NIGHT, I, I WAS HERE FOR, FOR, FOR A LITTLE BIT AND SEEING WHAT WENT ON.

YOU NEVER CHALLENGE ANOTHER PERSON ON THE DAAS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE HERE FOR.

SO I'M HERE TODAY.

WE NEED A CITY MANAGER.

WE'VE BEEN DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE.

WE ENDED UP WITH THE MAYOR SCHAMAS COMING FROM WESTERN TO COME HERE TO HELP US GET OUT THAT RABBIT HOLE.

AND WE DO NOT NEED TO BE THERE.

THERE'S NO ONE WHO UNDERSTAND.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE BUDGET.

I DON'T COME HERE FOR A LOT OF THE MEETINGS, BUT WE ARE LIKE 38% OF THE FUND BALANCE.

IT REALLY SHOULD BE ABOUT FIVE TO 15%.

WHY IS THAT? WE ARE MISSING SO MANY STAFF.

A LOT OF TIMES I I I WOULD TEXT MS. JUNE WHO WAS CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I DON'T BOTHER MS. MS, UM, VERONICA BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.

AND I REFUSE TO, TO CONTINUE TO STRESS HER OUT BY SENDING HER STUFF.

WE HAVE GOTTA LISTEN.

I, YOU, YOU AND YOU ALL CANNOT HAVE A A, A RETREAT WITH STAFF.

YOU ARE NOT STAFF.

YOU DON'T DO THAT WITH STAFF.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH STAFF.

YOU CITY MANAGER, I SEE ONE, ONE TIME AFTER THE OTHER.

YOU ALL KEEP SAYING THINGS THAT'S TOTALLY OUTTA ORDER.

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU RUN A CITY.

I'M VERY FRUSTRATED WITH HOW THE CITY LOOK.

I'M VERY FRUSTRATED WHEN I COME TO COMMISSION MEETING.

A LOT OF TIMES I'M, I I I WOULD DO WATCH.

SOMETIMES I'M HERE AND SOMETIMES I'M AT HOME WATCHING.

SO LAST NIGHT I WAS HERE, BUT I HAD AN ERRAND TO RUN.

SO WHEN I GET HOME, I SEE THIS FIASCO TAKING A PLACE TO TWO COMMISSIONERS.

THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT NO MESS LIKE THIS.

I LOVE LAUDERDALE LA I'M FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY UP THERE, BUT FRIENDSHIP AND, AND HOW MY CITY

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I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO LOOK FOR CITY MANAGER.

I KNOW.

SEE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

OH YEAH, YOU GOT YOUR MONEY BECAUSE WE, WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WE BOUGHT THAT $1.56 MILLION BUILDING.

WE'VE, UH, ALMOST LOST THE SOUTH, THE NORTHEAST CORNER ON THAT THING BECAUSE NOBODY UNDERSTOOD.

YOU'RE NOT READING YOUR MATERIAL AND YOU'RE NOT READING YOUR BACK UP.

I CAN TELL, OKAY? I KNOW WHEN YOU ASKED A CERTAIN QUESTION, AIN'T NOBODY READ NOTHING.

AND THAT IS ONE OF YOUR JOBS.

YOU GOT ELECTED HERE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE JOB.

I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHER JOB YOU HAVE, Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW I DID MY COMMISSION WORK AND I CONTINUE TO DO MY GARDEN WORK BECAUSE I LOVE MY CITY OF LODGE LA WE HAVE NO POLICE OFFICERS RIDING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ANYMORE.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ASKED THEM TO DO.

IF YOU ARE ON THE MAIN STREET, PLEASE JUST RIDE THROUGH.

SO THE PE RESIDENTS CALL.

WE DON'T SEE NO POLICE.

NO, NO.

YOU SURE DON'T.

I DON'T EITHER.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND WE NEED A CITY MANAGER.

Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK FOR CITY MANAGER.

SO I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK HERE AND SAY THIS AGAIN, BUT IT'S JUST VERY FRUSTRATING.

I TELL MY NEIGHBOR, DON'T CALL ME.

YOU ALL NEED TO COME HERE.

SO I'M HERE NOW.

DON'T CALL ME NO MORE.

I AM NOT THE SAVIOR FOR THE CITY, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CITY'S DONE RIGHT.

Y'ALL DON'T HEAR FROM ME.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, MADAM CLERK, MR. BYRON MAILER.

MR. MAILER, MADAM MAYOR PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

I'M HERE FOLLOWING UP ON THE SPECIAL MEETING THAT YOU HAD THE OTHER DAY.

I HAD SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND I DIDN'T GET NO ANSWERS FROM THE DIOCESE.

AND I HAD, I HAD EXPECTED THAT DURING YOUR SUMMATION, YOU WOULD'VE, UH, REACTED TO MY QUESTION.

SO LET ME POSE A QUESTION.

NOW, UH, I MAKE MENTION WHETHER THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WAS WORKING ON PRE DIEM BECAUSE IIII WAS IN THE CHAMBERS WHEN YOU DECIDED TO GIVE HER THE JOB, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR OF ANY CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT.

NOW SHE'S LEAVING OUT, THAT IS WHERE THE CONTRACT WOULD'VE KICK IN AS TO ANY STIPULATION AS TO SHE GONNA GET 10 WEEKS PAY, SHE GONNA GET VACATION PAY, WHATEVER.

BUT NO, I NEVER HEAR.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW AS I MADE NOTES TO MYSELF AND SAID, UH, I KNOW THEY, YOU, YOU WOULD SELECT THE GUIDANCE OF THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY AS FAR AS THAT CONTRACT IS CONCERNED, BUT NOTHING WAS MADE.

AND I SAID, NO COMMENT WAS MADE FROM THE DIOCESE IN YOUR SUMMER.

AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED.

SO I I I'LL GIVE YOU LIKE A SLACK FOR THAT.

UH, AS, AS FAR AS I SEE, UH, MY FRIEND MENTIONED ABOUT NAMING THE CITY, MY, MY PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOESN'T APPRECIATE A CONTRIBUTION THAT THIS LADY HAD MADE IN THIS CITY.

AND SHE, SHE COULD HAVE LEFT AND GO SOMEWHERE.

IT'S GONNA LIVE, BUT SHE TOOK IT OUT.

SHE LOSE THE FIRST SELECTION BY TWO POINTS AND SHE COME BACK.

SHE WON, SHE WENT AWAY AND COME BACK.

MADE HER CONTRIBUTION IN ALL FACETS OF THE CITY.

UH, I DON'T THINK, I THINK THE RULE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED WAS DONE THROUGH RESOLUTION.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY CHARTER PER SE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND, UH, HE WAS REFERENCED ME WHEN I SAID, PULL TRUMP .

BUT THAT, I JUST DO THAT SAY THAT IN JEST.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UH, I LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHEN THEY'RE ALIVE.

SO I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO CONSIDERATION.

OH, SO GOING FORWARD, SEEKING AS A NEW CITY MANAGER, YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IS REQUIRED.

UH, I MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU HAVE THIS, UH, ACADEMY, SO, YOU KNOW, AND I, I HEARD THE PREVIOUS P PIKA REFERENCE A, A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER THAT YOU DON'T READ THEIR ACCOMPANY THING.

AND, AND AT THE TIME, THOSE COMMISSIONERS READ EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTING, SO THEY TOOK UMBRAGE TO IT.

NOW, AS I SAID, UH, WE'RE IN MODERN TIMES.

WE HAVE ALL AI AT OUR DISPOSAL.

SO USE ALL THE RESOURCES, USE THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IF IT NEEDS BE, YOU CAN CALL UP

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IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEEK ALL THE INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AS I SAID, UH, MADAM MAYOR, IN YOUR SUMMER TONIGHT, I WANT TO FIND OUT, I, I WANT YOU TO ADDRESS HOWEVER, WHETHER IT IS THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY OR THE MAYOR TO ADDRESS MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAILER.

MADAM CLERK, MR. DEVAL DECOSTA, MR. DECOSTA MAD MAYOR, EACH AND EVERYONE GOODNIGHT.

THANK YOU.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND UM, I'M VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE WAY THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LANZO HAVE BEEN TREATING ME AS A RESIDENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

I HAVE CRIED MANY NIGHTS.

I'VE HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

I'VE REACHED A POINT SOME OF THE TIME.

I HAVE TO WONDER IF THESE GUYS CAME FROM A MOTHER OR IF THEY HAVE A HEART.

YOU CANNOT DESTROY SOMEONE'S PROPERTY.

AND THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU ACT LIKE YOU DID NOT DO IT.

I HAVE VIDEOS, I HAVE PICTURES.

EVEN YESTERDAY, I HAD TWO REPRESENTATIVES COME TO MY HOUSE.

ONE OF THE LADIES, SHE WAS VERY PASSIONATE.

SHE APOLOGIZED.

THAT'S VERY NICE OF HER.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WAS TOLD ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TO FILE A CLAIM.

YOU ARE PUTTING ME OUT TO, TO FILE A CLAIM.

I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO.

BUT YET STILL, I'VE NEVER BEEN LATE ON PAYING MY TAXES.

I TRY TO ABIDE BY THE RULES AND THE REGULATION.

I KEEP MY PROPERTY UP TO STANDARD AND I THINK I NEED HELP FROM EVERY MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN HELPING ME ACHIEVE MY GOALS.

AND YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THIS COMPANY AND REACH OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW ONCE YOU DESTROY PEOPLE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE TO HELP BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO GET THESE PROBLEM FIXED OR TO REPLACE THEM.

MOST OF ALL, FROM I WAS A CHILD, I HAVE BEEN RAISING PET FISHES.

I HAVE VARIOUS SPEECHES OF FISHES.

THESE FISHES ARE MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

WHENEVER I HAVE A ROUGH DAY OR A ROUGH TIME GOING THROUGH MY LITTLE ISSUES, THESE ARE WHAT KEEP ME CALM AND KEEP ME RELAXED.

AND I LOST EVERYTHING.

AND I'M JUST HERE TO PLEAD MY POINT.

AND I'M VERY THANKFUL.

AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE AND I'LL BE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS VERY OFTEN AND I WILL SPREAD THE NEIGHBOR, I WILL SPREAD THE NEWS TO MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN DAMAGE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU MR. DECOSTA.

MADAM CLERK.

MS. NICOLE HALL.

MS. HALL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, UM, TO ECHO THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST RECENTLY CAME UP, UH, WITH LONZO.

IT IS AS THE FORMER, UH, PERSON WHO DID THE RESTORATION, WHICH YOUR PROPERTIES TO BE RESTORED EQUAL TO EQUAL OR BETTER.

UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT.

THE PROCESS IS ULTIMATELY TO FILE A CLAIM.

UM, THEY CAN COME AND SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT MAKE SURE YOU TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR PROPERTY.

I CAN SPEAK TO, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU JUST DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD? I CAN SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

MAYOR, MAYOR, SIDEBAR, EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU INTERRUPT ME OR THE CLOCK ISN'T WORKING.

I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE SAME RESPECT.

AS A RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS, A MOTHER WHO HAS RAISED THREE ADULT CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY, PLEASE.

OKAY.

AS I SAID, UM, SIR, IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT TO ME, YOU CAN AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION.

PROMISE TO THE BOARD GOING FORWARD.

AS I SAID.

NEXT IS,

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ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IS THE FACT THAT THIS SHOULD ALSO BE A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

UM, AND I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE.

ALSO, I AM ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH RETREATING WITH THE STAFF.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER, WHERE THEIR POWER LIES, ALL THE WAY FROM MEETING WITH STAFF TO WHO CAN END A MEETING OR WHO CAN MOVE A MOTION.

NUMBER TWO, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, AS SOME OF YOU ALL SIT ON A PLATFORM, YOU ARE GIVEN WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE LEGAL ADVICE WHEN WE SPEAK TO IMMIGRATION.

I HEARD SOMEONE LAST NIGHT SAY, THEY ARE THE FOREMOST PERSON ON THE BOARD THAT CAN GIVE LEGAL ADVICE.

NOW, JUST OUT OF MY OWN INFORMATION, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER THAT SITS UP THERE, UH, WELL RESPECTED BY A LOT OF YOUNG BLACK ATTORNEYS COMING OUTTA SCHOOL.

UM, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING THE FOREMOST PERSON, UM, TO GIVE IMMIGRATION ADVICE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, UM, WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TAKING, UM, THAT ADVICE.

WE ARE LITERALLY SITTING HERE AND TELLING RESIDENTS TO DISOBEY THE LAW FOR ANOTHER ISSUE LEADING WITH THE POLICE AND THESE INITIATIVES THAT ARE SELF PROPELLING TO HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UM, WALK THE COMMUNITY.

POLICE OFFICERS HAVE ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS, RIGHT? WE ALL WANT THEM WHEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

WE ALL WANT THEM, UM, WHEN WE NEED THEM, BUT WE DON'T WANNA REALLY SEE THEM WHEN WE DON'T CALL THEM.

SO THEY HAVE A PRECARIOUS POSITION.

I HEARD INITIATIVE MADE TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS STEP OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR DUTIES AND WALK THE COMMUNITY ERECT THINGS IN DRIVEWAYS, ALL OF WHICH IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.

ULTIMATELY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO FOCUS ON IS BEING TO FOLLOWING UP ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT THAT WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY AND AS YOU ALL SPOKE ABOUT AS A BOARD.

AND THAT DOGE HAS SENT OUT LETTERS TO EVERY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY THAT OUR DUE BACK BY APRIL 8TH, WE RECEIVED ONE I'M SURE LET US KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

NOT WASTE OUR OWN MONEY TO DO AN AUDIT, BUT TO ALLOW DOGE TO DO THE AUDIT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST LIKE HIAL DID A SIMILAR COMMUNITY TO OURS SO THAT WE CAN STAND WITH OUR CHEST, OUR HEADS HIGH, AND OUR CHEST OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE NO SHENANIGANS, NO MISAPPROPRIATION OR ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY TIME.

THANK YOU MS. HALL.

MADAM CLERK.

MS. HALL, NO MORE COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION

[A.  ORDINANCE 2025-005 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING SEC. 86-5. – FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL LAW ADOPTED, TO INCORPORATE ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS UTILIZING SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS, CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, CHAPTER 316 STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL]

ITEM SEVEN, A ITEM, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 5.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 86 DASH FIVE, 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 PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU.

A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 5 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

FOUR MARY EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU HONOR MANAGER.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE? YES, UH, UH, FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

AND TO THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS UP THERE.

LET'S WAIT FOR YOUR NEW COMMISSIONER TO COME BACK.

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE WHEN THEY GET UP, BUT WE ARE NOT FUSSING 'CAUSE IT WAS, UM, ADAM, MAYOR GLORIA LEWIS FOR THE RECORD.

3,500 NORTHWEST 41ST STREET, LADALE LAKES, FLORIDA.

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS ORDINANCE AND I PROBABLY, SINCE IT'S THE SECOND READING AND YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE STAFF, UH, COME FORTH AND TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING, BUT I, AS I'M LOOKING AT IT WITH THE, UM, WHEN WE SEE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS THAT WE SEE, UM, I'M THINKING NOW, AND I KNOW I JUST HEARD MY FORMER COMMISSIONER SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY POLICEMEN IN OUR CITY.

SO, AND NOW WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT PUTTING OUT SPEED, PROBABLY THE SPEED DEVICES WE SEE IN OTHER CITIES THAT DETECTS THE SPEED LIMIT.

MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT A COST TO THE CITY? AND THAT WAS BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET EDUCATED ON THAT MORE.

AND THE SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE IS DO WE HAVE DESIGNATED AREAS OF WHERE THE SPEEDING IS TAKING PLACE? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

FORMER COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

MADAM MANAGER.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

THIS ORDINANCE WILL ADJUST SECTION 86.5 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS, UTILIZING SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS. AND WE DO HAVE BOBBY WILLIAMS HERE AS WELL AS, AS CHIEF CAPTAIN WARNELL PHILLIPS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MS. BOBBY.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS, THE ATTORNEY ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, OUR STAFF AND OUR AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

AND THE ITEM TONIGHT, OF COURSE, IS ON SECOND READING AND IT'S JUST TO ADJUST THE SECTION 86, UH, 0.5 OF OUR, UH, CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH IS THE FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL LAW.

UH, THERE IS NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THIS IS JUST THE ORDINANCE TO ADJUST THE CITY'S CODE.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, UM, COMMISSION THAT WELL THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THE, UM, THE STATE HAS ADJUSTED ITS, UH, STATE LEGISLATURE, UH, WITH CHAPTER 13, WHICH IS THE STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL TO ALLOW, UH, GOVERNMENTS TO, UM, INSTALL THE CANBERRA DETECTION SYSTEMS. AND, UH, AGAIN, OUR ORDINANCE IS JUST TO ADJUST, UH, SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW, UH, THE STATE'S LAW.

UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, OUR, UH, SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ARE OUR PRIORITY, AND WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM SAFE BY REDUCING THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC.

RIGHT NOW, THE, UH, ANTICIPATED LOCATIONS ARE OUR FOUR DESIGNATED SCHOOL SCHOOL ZONES, WHICH ARE, UH, PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY ALONG 4 41.

IT IS, UH, OREO ELEMENTARY ALONG 31ST.

IT'S ON THAT BACKSIDE OF THE ROAD, UH, WHERE, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS BOARD ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND OF COURSE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, LARGE O LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, BY LAW WE CAN ONLY INSTALL CAMERAS IN THOSE, UH, SCHOOL, THOSE DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONES.

UH, I DO HAVE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WITH ME WHO MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE DS.

UM, AS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, UM, LAST NIGHT IN BRIEF, UM, THE, THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MAKE THOSE SCHOOL ZONES SAFER AND, UM, JUST LIKE WE ALSO MENTIONED, THEY USE THE LPR TECHNOLOGY SO THEY CAN, UM, TRACK THE SPEEDING THAT GOES THROUGH IN THOSE AREAS.

SO A LOT OF TIMES THE SPEED LIMIT MAY BE 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SOMEONE'S PROBABLY GOING 25, 30 MILES AN HOUR, NOT REALLY REALIZING THAT THEY'RE BREAKING THE SPEED LIMIT TO THAT EXTENT.

SO THAT'S HOW IT'S, UM, IT CAPTURES THOSE VIOLATIONS.

AND, UM, JUST THROUGH SOME OF THE PILOT STUDIES THAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY

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COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BOBBY OR CAPTAIN PHILLIPS? NONE FROM ME, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU MS. BOBBY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THE MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR.

MOTION HARRISON, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM ORDINANCE.

I APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO FIVE VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

MOTION PASSES ITEM EIGHT,

[A.  ORDINANCE 2025-006 AMENDING THE DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD]

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SIX, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE SIX, DIVISION SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 4 22 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL, MADAM.

THANK YOU.

MOTION TO MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

I MOVE THAT WE BRING ITEM EIGHT A, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH SIX TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MARK SPENCE.

UM, PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ALREADY.

UM, I JUST WANNA GET SOME CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE CHANGING THE RULES TO, TO MIMIC THE BROWARD COUNTY RULES, BUT RIGHT.

CURRENTLY BROWARD COUNTY HAS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD THAT IS THAT RIGHT NOW, IF WE WANT TO SEEK A SITE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM OTHER WAY, OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO CREATE, UM, GO THROUGH THEM TO CREATE ACL G, WHICH IS A CERTIFIED LOCAL, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED? A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO IS THIS, ARE WE CREATING A CLG OR IS THIS BOARD GONNA FIND SITES AND THEN DO THE APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY? SO THAT'S, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

MADAM MANAGER.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER.

THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AT THE JANUARY 13TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE SIX, DIVISION SIX, SECTION TWO DASH FOUR TWO OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES.

UM, AND THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION OF THAT REQUEST, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS HERE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAIL.

UH, YES MATTER.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

AS WE STATED LAST NIGHT, UH, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD CAME TO, UH, THIS CITY COMMISSION REQUESTED ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY THAT, UH, WOULD'VE ALLOWED IT TO, UH, ACTUALLY COMPLETE A REVIEW AND TO MAKE A REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION FOR DESIGNATION OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES JURISDICTION AS BEING EITHER HISTORIC OR, UH, OTHER SIGNIFICANCE UNDER THE CITY'S CODE.

WHAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD DID NOT, UH, REALLY UNDERSTAND OR HAVE IN FRONT OF IT, WAS THAT THE POWERS AND DUTIES AS DESIGNATED UNDER THE CURRENT, UH, SECTION TWO DASH 4 22 OF THE, UH, CODE DID NOT GIVE IT THAT AUTHORITY.

UM, AGAIN, WE NOW KNOW THAT, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DESIGNATE PROPERTIES AS EITHER HISTORIC OR HAVING SOME CULTURAL OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE HAS TO COME BY AND THROUGH THE, UM, UH, UH, PRESCRIPTION OF THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES HERE.

THIS, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION FOUR TWO DASH 4 22 OF THE CITY'S CODE, UH, AGAIN, EXPANDS THE, UH, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO INCLUDE, UH, ESTABLISHING A LIST OF PROPERTY SITES, BUILDING STRUCTURES, OBJECTS, LANDSCAPE FEATURES, OR DISTRICTS WITHIN THE

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IT ALSO PRESCRIBES ADDITIONAL DUTIES TO PREPARE A DRAFT HISTORIC DESIGNATION APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN SECTION FIVE DASH 5 33 B OF THE BROWARD COUNTY, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE REVIEW OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, ALSO TO MAKE SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSIONS AS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE ON THIS SUBJECT.

AND SO NOW THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO AGAIN, UNDERTAKE ANALYSIS, A STUDY OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY'S CORPORATE JURISDICTION AND TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THIS CITY COMMISSION THAT THOSE PROPERTIES BE, UH, RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND TO THE COUNTY FOR PURPOSES OF BEING A HISTORIC OR AN ARCHEOLOGICAL OR CULTURAL, UH, UH, SITE.

UH, BOTTOM LINE AS THE CITY COMMISSION HERE WOULD HAVE THE, UM, APPLICATION, UH, AND WOULD MAKE THE APPLICATION TO BROWARD COUNTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE ULTIMATE DESIGNATION.

BUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS AMENDMENT, AGAIN, IS TO INVITE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO BRING THOSE MATTERS TO THIS COMMISSION THAT IT DEEMS NECESSARY, BUT ALSO APPROPRIATE UNDER THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I WANTED TO MOVE TO, UH, MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT ORDINANCE TWO ZERO.

LET ME ASK IT.

YES, MA'AM.

GO AHEAD.

YES, MA'AM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, THERE WAS MR. ATTORNEY FOR DISCUSSION.

YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SORRY FOR DISCUSSION.

STILL NOT DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE BRING ITEM, I'M SORRY, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 6 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

OH, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MR. TO CALL HIM.

OH, SORRY.

CLERK ADAM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES.

UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID SOMETHING WHILE HE WAS READING ABOUT SOME CITY YOU WERE READING AT THE BEGINNING.

UM, WHAT, UM, WHICH ARE THERE ANY CITY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY START PRESERVATION BOARD WAS DOING OUTSIDE OF YES MATTER, MAYOR TO, UH, AND COMMISSIONERS? TO THE VICE MAYOR'S INQUIRY, THERE ARE CITIES WHO QUALIFIES AS CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT QUALIFICATION, THOSE CITIES WHO HAVE AN ORDINANCE, UH, AND IS ALSO A QUAL A A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, CAN, UH, PROVIDE FOR DESIGNATING HISTORICAL ARC OR ARCHEOLOGICAL OR CULTURAL SITES, UH, WITHIN THEIR CORPORATE JURISDICTIONS.

BUT AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED AND, UH, IN FACT THE, UH, THE CITY MISSED THE DEADLINE ON THIS MATTER.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PROBABLY BEFORE MY TENURE HERE, BUT, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU DO HAVE TO GO BEFORE, UH, THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES ITEM MAYOR AHEAD.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SIX FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR COWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NINE,

[9.  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED? MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE THAT WE PULL, GIMME A SECOND HERE.

I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NINE F, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 4 7.

JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, THE QUESTION BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS TO PULL

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IF ANY ITEM IS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THAT ITEM WOULD GO TO THE TOP OF, UM, ITEM NUMBER 10.

BUT THEN THE CONSENT AGAINST, UH, AGENDA WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE READ AND ACTION TAKEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO, SO COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YEAH, I WANT TO PULL, UH, RES RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 7 UNTIL THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

MADAM MAYOR, SORRY FOR CLARITY.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S TRYING TO DO AS WELL.

YES.

BUT PROCEDURALLY MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, ONE IS TO PULL THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MM-HMM .

AND THAT I BELIEVE IS WHAT COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S REQUEST WAS AS SUCH, ITEM NINE F GOES TO THE TOP OF, UH, ITEM 10 ON THE AGENDA.

THE COMMISSION NOW HAS ITEMS A THROUGH E TO CONSIDER AS, AS WELL AS, UM, I'M SORRY, NINE A THROUGH E PLUS NINE G TO CONSIDER.

AND THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS POINT.

SO WE'LL GET TO ITEM NINE F AFTER THE COMMISSION TAKES ACTION.

UNDERSTOOD.

SO THE IDEA SHOULD BE TO FIRST PULL IT AND THEN LATER IF YOU'D LIKE TO TABLE IT, THEN WE CAN TAKE OKAY.

IT'S UNDER THE REGULAR AGENDA.

YES.

SO IF I MAY, YES, COMMISSIONER, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, THOMAS.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY CITY ATTORNEY.

I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NINE F, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5.

I MOVE TO PULL ITEM NINE F, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 4 7.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

NOW THE READING OF ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ON CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LINE A NINE B NINE C NINE D NINE E NINE G MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 42.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING AN APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 4 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 4 4, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA RATIFYING NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF AN AT LARGE MEMBER TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARDS PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH FOUR FIVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC RECORDS.

EXEMPTION FOR MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WORK OR HAVE ANY PART IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS OF A CITY PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 4 6 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THAT CERTAIN GRANT AGREEMENT GIFT NUMBER 2 1 4 6 9 BETWEEN BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC.

DBA FLORIDA BLUE AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PRO, PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS FROM FLORIDA BLUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO FUND UPGRADES AND RENOVATIONS AT THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.

A DRAFT COPY OF SAID GRANT AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 4 8,

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FURTHER AUTHORIZING CONTINUATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LOBBYISTS FOR ADVOCACY OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES DURING THE 2025 STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE 119TH SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

COPY OF SAID LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A DRAFT COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MOVE TO APPROVE 2025 DASH 0 4 2 DASH 0 4 3 DASH 0 4 4 DASH 0 4 5 DASH 0 4 6 AND DASH 0 4 7 8 FOR 8 8 8.