[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, ACTING CITY MANAGER LOCKETT.
PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORA ITEM THREE
[REVIEW OF THE APRIL 8, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE APRIL 8TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM ACTING MANAGER.GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR IN THE AUDIENCE, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER OUR, UH, COMMISSION AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE, UM, INVOCATION PROVIDED BY MINISTER HEATHER DEVON FROM REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH.
WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN FLORIDA, SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS PROCLAMATION, HONORING FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
A PROCLAMATION HONORING MR. EVANTON HENDRICKS, SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR SWELL.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS SPONSORED BY DEANDRE GI GIS JONES, OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF H, HUMAN HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, INTRODU INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT A THOMAS G WILMOTH FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE MITCH ROSENWALD, FLORIDA STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 98, AND DEBBIE AFFLECK FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DONAL.
WE HAVE OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, MARCH 18TH, SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING, MINUTES MARCH 24TH, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES AND MARCH 25TH.
WE HAVE OUR PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
[4. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S)]
CONSIDERATION OF COORDINATES ON SECOND READING COORDINATES.2025 DASH 0 0 6 AMENDING THE DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.
AND MADAM MEREDITH IS THROUGH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER.
ITEM SEVEN A, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SIX AMENDING THE DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, UH, JUST AS A, A RECAP, THIS IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON, UH, FOR SECOND READING.
THIS ORDINANCE, AS YOU'LL RECALL, UH, WAS, UH, SIMPLY TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES TO THE CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, PRIMARILY TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOMMEND TO THIS CITY COMMISSION, UH, THE, THE APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, HISTORIC, CULTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES THAT MAY BE FOUND IN THE CITY.
UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD COME TO THE CITY, UH, WITH, UH, A, UH, WITH, WITH THEIR, UH, INFORMATION AND THEIR SUPPORT.
THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.
UH, AND SO AGAIN, THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS TO GIVE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD OR MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO NOTE THAT THEY, UH, WOULD BE BRINGING THESE MATTERS FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
ULTIMATELY WOULD BE THE CITY COMMISSION'S DECISION OR DETERMINATION TO ACCEPT WHETHER TO PRESENT AN APPLICATION, UH, AS RECOMMENDED FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO THE BROWARD COUNTY, UM, COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL RESOURCE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
MADAM MAYOR, I FAIL TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE TWO.
SO, UH, TIME CERTAINS, ONE AT 6:00 PM AND ONE AT SIX 30.
SO, NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.
NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON CONSENT.
AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 7 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND TROPICAL MAILING SOLUTIONS, LLC TO PROVIDE PRINTING AND MAILING SERVICES IN COORDINATES WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 B OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR SOLE AND SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,367
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AND 24 CENTS, SUBJECT TO AN INCREASE TO POSTAGE OR PAPER RATE INCREASE.AT THIS TIME, MADAM MAYOR, I, I'LL CALL AZA P WALLER PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR UP FOR A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THIS ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
I'M THE PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, MADAM MAYOR.
THIS IS AN ITEM WHERE THE CITY WOULD'VE ENGAGED WITH A VENDOR FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES MAGAZINE TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE CITY ENGAGED, UH, AC COMPANY BY THE NAME OF EXPRESS COLOR, AND THIS ARRANGEMENT WENT ON FOR SOME TIME.
THEN THEREAFTER, THE VENDOR THEMSELVES INDICATED THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO FULFILL THIS OBLIGATION BECAUSE THEIR SERVICES WERE CUT DOWN.
THEY'RE NO LONGER DOING THE FULL SCOPE OF SERVICES.
THEREFORE, THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN ARRANGEMENT.
UH, AFTER LOOKING FOR A VENDOR, UH, SHOP SAVVY, THIS VENDOR WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AT COST FAVORABLE TO THE CITY AS WELL.
HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME TO PAYMENT TERMS, THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR WAS UNABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
PROCUREMENT THEREAFTER ADVISED THAT THE VENDOR CANNOT BE GIVEN PREPAYMENT BECAUSE IN PUBLIC SECTOR WE DON'T DO PREPAYMENTS.
UH, THE VENDOR WAS ASKED TO PLEASE ADHERE TO THIS MANNER.
NEITHER WAS THE VENDOR WILLING TO COOPERATE IN THIS MANNER.
THEREFORE, THE CITY NO LONGER, UH, COMPLETED THAT ARRANGEMENT.
AFTER THAT ONE QUARTER OF PRINTING.
WHAT THE STAFF DID AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, UH, THE STAFF WENT OUT TO THE MARKET, LOCAL VENDORS TO SEE WHO CAN FULFILL THE SERVICE IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.
UM, THREE VENDORS WERE, WERE CONTACTED.
THEY CAME IN VERY LOW, BUT STILL, AGAIN, THEY WERE UN UNWILLING TO MEET THESE CITY'S PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES WHEN IT CAME TO PAYMENT.
THEREAFTER, THE SECOND VENDOR IN LINE WAS TROPICAL MAILING.
TROPICAL MAILING WAS WILLING, UM, BY ORDER OF, UH, THE C CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, FOR SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR.
THE VENDOR WAS RETAINED AND ONE QUARTER WAS PUBLISHED.
UH, AS WE ENGAGED IN AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS VENDOR, THE AMOUNT THAT WE ENGAGED IN WOULD NOT SUFFICE US TO PURSUE TWO OTHER QUARTERS OF THIS PRINTING.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLICATIONS GO OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER AS WELL, UH, AS THE QUALITY THAT WE GOT FROM THEM WAS FAVORABLE.
MEMBERS OF STAFF, THE PUBLIC, EVERYONE WAS HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY THAT WAS DONE.
WE WANTED TO ENGAGE WITH THE VENDOR FURTHER THEREAFTER, UM, THE CITY HAS DECIDED THAT PERHAPS WE CAN USE THIS VENDOR FOR TWO MORE QUARTERS ONLY THEREAFTER JUST TAKING US TO THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, AND GIVING THE VENDOR SUFFICIENT NOTICE, SUFFICIENT TIME, HAVING ALL THE MATERIALS PRESENTED TO THEM.
AND DURING THIS PROCESS NOW FOR THESE TWO QUARTERS, GO OUT FOR PROPER OFFICIAL SOLICITATION, GIVEN US SUFFICIENT TIME TO GO OUT TO MARKET, EVALUATE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROPER SCOPE, AND GO OUT TO VENDORS, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, WE WENT OUT OFFICIALLY NOW TO THE MARKET.
UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
THE VENDOR HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE COMPARED TO WHAT HE HAS CHARGED US FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR QUARTER THAT HE DID, WHICH WAS THE LAST QUARTER.
HE SAID, LISTEN, UH, HE HAS NO PROBLEM DROPPING HIS PRICE, BUT BEARING IN MIND TWO PARTICULAR MARKET FACTORS.
ONE IS THE COST OF HIS POSTAGE, WHICH HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER, AS WELL AS THE COST OF PAPER.
AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS EXPECTING TARIFFS ON THAT AS WELL.
SO HE SAYS, LISTEN, I'M GONNA BE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH YOU.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY COST IS.
IF IT IS ADJUSTED FROM WHAT IT IS NOW, I'LL EVEN SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT I PAY FOR POSTAGE AS WELL.
SO HE IS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE.
SO, UH, THE VENDORS, UH, BEEN SO, SO FAR VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US AND WORKING WITH US AS WELL.
AND THIS TIME I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
VICE MAYOR, SIR, YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE, IT'S FOR TWO QUARTERS.
THAT MEANS AFTER OCTOBER THROUGH YES.
YOU ARE GOING IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
WILL THIS VENDOR, WILL HE STILL BE ABLE TO BID, UH, MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU? WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA START THE SOLICITATION PROCESS FROM NOW.
SO THEREFORE GIVING THIS VENDOR AND MULTIPLE OTHER VENDORS IN THE MARKET THAT WE GO OUT TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID AS WELL.
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SO FOR THE PUBLICATIONS, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WHICH ENDS THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE PAYING, WE'LL PAY THEM $28,423 AND 62 CENTS.THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN THE CORNER OF AMOUNT OF PURCHASE.
UH, MAD MAYOR TRU, YOU, IT'LL TAKE US TO AN AMOUNT.
UM, NOT EXCEEDING 58,058,000 360 7 24.
WHAT'S THE HE HE HAS OFFERED US YES.
THE 14,000 AMOUNT PER QUARTER FOR THE LAST TWO PUBLICATIONS.
UM, THE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED THEN ON THE RESOLUTION.
IT IS FOR THE 58367.24 IS FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER.
THAT'S THE COVER UP UNTIL, UH, THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO OVER ANY AMOUNTS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
WITH THE 28,000 423 62 AND ANY OTHER EXPENSES THAT MAY OCCUR.
AND VICE MAYOR, YOU SAID 28, IS IT 28 OR 58? 'CAUSE MY PAPER SAYS 58 THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THE 58 WILL TAKE US FOR THE COMPLETE FISCAL YEAR, WHAT WE'VE SPENT SO FAR, AND WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SPEND.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO OVER THAT FIGURE AT ALL WITHOUT THE COMMISSIONS APPROVAL THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AND THEN MR. ZA, THE SINGLE STOLE SOURCE PURCHASE DATA SHEET YES.
OF THE 28 4 23 WILL COVER THOSE TWO AND THE 50 WILL COVER EVERYTHING.
CORRECT? MADAM VICE MAYOR, I THINK IT SAYS SUBJECT TO AN INCREASE IN POST IT.
BUT HE, UH, THREE MADAM MAYOR, HE MUST, AND HE, HE TOLD US, LISTEN, IF IT GOES UP, I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT MY COST IS BECAUSE HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
OKAY, SO NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
A RESOLUTION, OH, EXCUSE ME A MOMENT.
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS HAS JOINED US.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 6 APPROVING USE OF CITY LOGO FOR FARM SHARE DRIVE REQUESTED BY BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO, I DON'T HAVE ONE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 7 AUTHORIZING ACTING CITY MANAGER'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ATTORNEY CALLAWAY THAT WOULD PROVIDE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON THIS ATTORNEY CALLAWAY, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
THIS RESOLUTION, UH, IS YOU'LL RECALL THE, UH, COMMISSION, UH, DESIGNATED, UH, THE CITY CLERK AS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.
UH, AND THE RESOLUTION HERE, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S CODE THAT REQUIRES THE COMMISSION TO SET THE, UH, COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, THE RESOLUTION PROVIDES THAT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER WILL RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE FORMER EQUAL TO THE FORMER CITY MANAGER'S, UH, SALARY, ALONG WITH OTHER, UH, BENEFITS INCLUDING THE, UM, CELL SERVICE AND ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, MANAGER'S POSITION, UH, INCLUDING HEALTH AND EXCUSE MR. CITY.
TONY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER IS NOT HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WOULD PREFER MAYBE US DISCUSSING THAT WITH WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DECIDE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE WANTS.
MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR AND, AND, AND COMMISSIONERS.
THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IS NOT PRESENT.
UH, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND A WORKSHOP ITEM.
UM, THE COMMISSION IS THE AUTHORITY ON THE, UH, COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, THE RESOLUTION IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT, UH, WE BELIEVE IS COMMENSURATE WITH, WITH, UH, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER'S POSITION, UH, AS, AS THE, AS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.
SO, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, THEN
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CERTAINLY I CAN ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE RELATIVE TO THE RESOLUTION.UM, WHY THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IS NOT HERE, OR HER ABILITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ON THIS SUBJECT IS, IS NOT WITHIN MY CONTROL.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
SO, IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, MR. ATTORNEY, THAT SHE JUST FILLS INTO THE POSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER WITH COMPENSATION, WHAT WAS PER CONTRACT? MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO COMMISSIONER THOMAS'S QUESTION, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, UH, THE FORMER CITY MANAGER'S SALARY BENEFITS INCLUDING HEALTH, UM, WE BELIEVE PURSUANT TO THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE ACTING CITY MANAGER'S SALARIES AND BENEFITS WOULD.
BUT AGAIN, THIS COMMISSION IS THE LAST, UH, AUTHORITY ON AMOUNTS AND BENEFITS.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS CAN, UM, WE CAN WE IN, WE CAN INCREASE IT OR DECREASE IT.
WE CAN DO EITHER ONE MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. QUESTION.
THE ANSWER IS, AGAIN, THIS COMMISSION SETS THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YEAH, I JUST WANTED SAY, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER IS GONNA FALL RIGHT INTO THE ROLE IN THIS INTERIM TIME, UM, WITH THE SAME EXACT COMPENSATION RATE OF WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD WITH THE FORMER CITY MANAGER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES WANNA DISCUSS FURTHER IS HERE OR THERE.
I'M OPEN TO THAT AS WELL, BUT I'M IN SUPPORT OF JUST STAYING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE JUST PREVIOUSLY CAME FROM.
WHILE WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THIS INTERIM, THINK IT MAKES IT MORE CLEAN CUT.
I, ACTING IN A POSITION IS TOTALLY, FOR ME, DIFFERENT FROM BEING APPOINTED TO THAT POSITION.
I DON'T, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE THAT REALLY YOU ARE ACTING IN A POSITION THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU.
ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SOMETHING CHANGES, IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH YOU.
SO THEY ARE POINTING YOU NOW LONG TERM TO THAT POSITION.
I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY PREFER HER BEING HERE.
THAT'S HOW I, IN MY ESTIMATION, IT'S LIKE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT.
BUT I WOULD HOPE THEN IT MEANS THAT AS LONG AS YOU ARE ACTING, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO BE APPOINTED.
'CAUSE THE, THE COMPENSATION AND THE PACKAGE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
SO TECHNICALLY I WOULD PREFER TO BE IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT WHEN I'VE BEEN APPOINTED, I'M GOING TO MY, THE SALARY AND THE BENEFITS.
I'M NOT REALLY IN THE WORKING WORLD.
BUT I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN THE WORKING WORLD, ACTING IN A POSITION TOTALLY.
WHEN I'M APPOINTED, GENERALLY THINGS MOVE UP.
DO YOU MAD MAYOR MAX WILLIAMS? WELL, SHE'S, UM, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IS NOT GOING TO BE DOING ANYTHING LESS OR MORE THAN WHAT THE CITY MANAGER THAT WAS THERE.
SO THE COMPENSATION SHOULD BE THE SAME BECAUSE SHE'S NOT LIKE SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING LESS OR COMING HOME, COME IN LESS TIME, OR IT'S THE SAME THING.
SO IT'S ONLY FAIR TO BE FAIR TO, TO GIVE HER THE SAME THING THAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS GETTING BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING THE WORK.
NOW, IF SHE WASN'T GONNA DO THE WORK, THEN THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT IF SHE'S DOING THE WORK, THEN WE JUST KEEP IT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, APPROVE IT AND KEEP IT MOVING UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEONE PERMANENT.
AND OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER HAS STEPPED INTO THE POSITION AS ACTING CITY MANAGER AND ACCORDING TO WHAT HAS BEEN READ, CAN BE AFFORDED THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER, ALONG WITH BENEFITS AS OUTLINED BY OUR ATTORNEY.
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IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING WITH THE SALARY AND BENEFITS.YEAH, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR MADAM MAYOR AGAIN.
I'M ALSO IN FAVOR ONCE AGAIN, MADAM MANAGER.
COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THE, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMISSIONERS IS A EXPRESSION OF CONSENSUS THAT THE, BUT THE COMMISSION IS NOT VOTING OR ACTING ON ANY ITEM.
COULD YOU REPEAT IT AGAIN, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT YOU JUST SAID? YES.
MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AGAIN, AS I'VE JUST, UH, DESCRIBED WHAT CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THIS COMMISSION IS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS REACHED CONSENSUS, UH, BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT APPROVED, VOTED, OR TAKEN ANY OFFICIAL ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE FOR TOMORROW'S DISCUSSION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THANK YOU, MADAM AMANDA, ITEM C, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 8 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S LEGAL INTERESTS IN PROSECUTING DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT AMER IN COMMISSION.
THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S LEGAL INTERESTS AND PROSECUTING DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ASSISTING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES AND ADDRESSING OUTSTANDING LIENS.
KEY TOPICS INCLUDE LEGAL STRATEGIES FOR ENFORCING COMPLIANCE, OPTIONS FOR RESOLVING LONGSTANDING LIENS AND POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES TO STREAMLINE ENFORCEMENT.
AND I'LL HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ITEM.
THANK YOU, MS. TANJA TRU, MADAM MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER.
I THOUGHT WE, I THOUGHT HE WAS DOING THAT ALREADY.
I I THOUGHT THAT THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
LET'S HEAR FROM MS. TANGER AND THEN WE CAN COME THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, I AM HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, UM, RELATED TO THE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY ASSISTING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES THIS ITEM, ITEM C, RESOLUTION 2 2 5 0 5 8, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST IN PROSECUTING DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WOULD ALLOW THE COURT ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR ITEMS AS WE BRING THEM FORWARD TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IS IN, UM, ALIGNMENT WITH THE LAW AND IN THAT TYPE OF MEETING, SO THAT IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE APPROPRIATELY IN CASE A MATTER GOES FORWARD TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION OR ON APPEAL.
MADAM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT I WANNA SAY I, AGAIN, UH, I AM, I, I STRESS, I THOUGHT THAT THAT IS WHAT HE, HE HAS BEEN DOING ALL ALONG.
SO IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL, HE, HE WASN'T DOING THIS, SO HE IS DOING SOMETHING OUT.
ADDITIONAL MADAM COMMISSIONER.
UM, THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TO WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING.
HE HAS BEEN HELPING US OUT WITH SOME OF THESE CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER MATTERS, BUT IN THAT PROCESS, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, GAPS IN THE PROCESS, AND WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY, UH, UTILIZE HIS OFFICE AHEAD OF TIME.
AND NOT ONCE WE FIND OUT THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES GOING ON THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DEFEND OUR STAKE IN THE MATTER TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, IS THIS GONNA COST? IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO WHAT WE'RE PAYING HIM OR IT JUST FALLS UNDER HIS HIS THING? IS THERE ADDITIONAL COST MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? THE ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE THE TIME THAT WE INCUR RELATIVE TO ANY PARTICULAR MATTERS THAT WE, UH, ARE, UH, CONTACTING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, DIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, AND AGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE, UM, A COUPLE OF MATTERS OVER THE LAST
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COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT RELATED TO LIFE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WERE OF CONCERN TO THE BROWARD, UH, FIRE MARSHAL.UH, AND WE WERE ASKED TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THERE WAS SOME COORDINATION WITH OUR OFFICE, UH, AND THE HEARING THAT WAS GOING TO BE HAD ON, ON THAT MATTER, RELATING TO, UH, AGAIN, A, A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE WANTED AND NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND THE, UH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WAS REPRESENTED.
AND SO WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN EVERY CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER, UH, BUT PARTICULARLY YOU'LL RECALL THAT THERE ARE A FEW THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN RETAINED AND, AND, AND DIRECTED BY THIS OFFICE TO ACTUALLY PROSECUTE AS FORECLOSURE LIENS.
BUT, UH, THE MATTERS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE ARE MATTERS THAT AREN'T AT THAT LEVEL.
UH, BUT DO CONCERN MATTERS THAT, UH, GIVE THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SOME CONCERN FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS PROPERLY REPRESENTED BEFORE THE SPECIAL MASTER.
MS. MCCOY OFTEN DOES THIS SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS MONTHLY.
AGAIN, UM, THESE ITEMS ARE ONLY GONNA BE THE ONES THAT I DEEM TO BE, UM, MORE COMPLICATED AND COULD CAUSE THE CITY ADDITIONAL ISSUES GOING FORWARD IF WE DON'T HANDLE THEM CORRECTLY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SAFETY MATTER, THERE WAS A BUILDING THAT HAD MULTIPLE RESIDENTS, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOWED THE LAW APPROPRIATELY IN THOSE CASES.
MS. MCCOY, UM, WHO HAS BEEN REPRESENTING US IN PRIOR YEARS TO, UM, WERE YOU, MADAM? I'M SORRY, TO THE MATTER.
WERE YOU MADAM MAYOR? I AM NOT AWARE OF WHO WOULD HAS BEEN REPRESENTING PREVIOUSLY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD HAS HAD A LOT OF GAPS IN THEM AND WERE HARDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THEM BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE NOT THERE AS NOTICING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WASN'T DONE APPROPRIATELY.
I'D IMAGINE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 9 PROVIDING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ASSIST WITH RESOLVING CURRENT LARGE OUTSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN.
THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LEGAL INTEREST IN OBTAINING COMPLIANCE IN SEPARATE, LONGSTANDING COURT ENFORCEMENT MATTERS AT ISSUES BEFORE THE CITY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
THANK YOU MS. HU, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THERE ARE FOUR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE LARGE OUTSTANDING LIEN BALANCES THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE YEARS.
AND SO I AM, UM, ASKING FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS.
OUR CURRENT, UM, PROCESS ALLOWS ME TO GIVE UP TO 10% DISCOUNT ON A LIEN.
AND, UM, IN SOME OF THESE MATTERS, THAT WOULD BE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THAT I FELT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE HANDLED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION QUESTION.
COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER THOMAS? NOT, NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT.
UM, I, I, IT'S, IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THESE LIENS HAVE REACHED TO WHERE THEY ARE.
IT'S VERY SAD, UM, BECAUSE I LOOK BACK IN THE, THE REFERENCE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2022.
THIS IS THREE YEARS INTO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BEING DONE.
WHY, WHY WAS NOT IT BEING ENFORCED FOR US TO REACH TO THE STAGE WHERE WE HAVE TO NOW ENGAGE? I, I, I'M LOOKING BACK, BUT IT, IT, IT IS ANNOYING TO ME.
UM, I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO NOW ENGAGE THE ATTORNEY, UM, OBVIOUSLY AT A FEE IN ORDER TO RECTIFY THESE SITUATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE.
I WAS NOT HERE PREVIOUSLY, AND I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT, BUT IT'S, IT, IT FRUSTRATES ME AS A CITY, IT REALLY DOES.
MAD VICE MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT A LIEN CAN BE HELD UP TO, WHAT, 20 YEARS.
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PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY ARE SAVVY.THEY KNOW THEY HAVE, I THINK THEY HAVE UP TO 20 YEARS.
AND AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE DISCHARGED IF MAYBE WE DO NOT PILOT AGAIN.
SO WE ARE NOT REALLY DEALING WITH ORDINARY LITTLE MUCH, WE'RE DEALING WITH LLC PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE LARGE INVESTMENT, AND THEY KNOW HOW MS. TANYA DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOUR PROPERTIES LISTED, IF THE CITY AT SOME POINT IN TIME NOTIFIED THEM.
AND WHAT WERE THE RESPONSES, IF ANY, MADAM MAYOR? UM, TWO OF THE PROPERTIES I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY TO BRING THOSE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND SO THOSE PROPERTIES, UM, THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA AND THE LEVY PROPERTY ARE NOW IN COMPLIANCE.
AND NOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LIEN PROCESS.
THE, UM, BRISTOL COURT PROPERTY, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS, I'M NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY WORKED WITH AND MANAGED IN THAT REGARD.
MS. TANJA, NOW THAT THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA AND THE LEVY PROPERTY INDUSTRIAL PARK ARE CURRENT COMPLIANCE AS OF NOW, SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO RECOVER THE LIEN FUNDS.
AND HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? UH, THIS IS WHAT THIS, UM, RESOLUTION THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THIS IS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW ME TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BRING THOSE LIENS INTO COMPLIANCE.
MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, BRISTOL COURT, YOU'VE GOT AN OUTSTANDING LIEN AMOUNT OF LOOKS LIKE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OR AT $1.6 MILLION.
UH, FOR MARKETPLACE PLAZA, WE'VE GOT $600,000 THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.
THE LEVY PROPERTY OF, UH, OVER 700, ALMOST $750,000.
UM, THE WAY YOU COLLECT ON THE LIS IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEGOTIATION THAT IS FIRM, UM, AND YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO TAKE THE MATTER TO, UH, HAVE IT JUDGED BY COURT IF NECESSARY.
UH, BUT, UM, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, INCLUDING, UH, THE DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I HAVE HAD, UH, CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON THE BEST APPROACH TO DO THIS.
AND AS COMMISSIONER THOMAS ALLUDED TO, UM, THESE ARE LIEN AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO ACCRUE DAILY BY THE OWNERS, UM, IN, IN MANY CASES, REALLY HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OTHER THAN THE OWNER'S REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MARKETPLACE JUST RECENTLY CAME INTO CODE, UH, INTO COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH THE CODE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UH, BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT THOSE LIENS WERE RUNNING PRIOR TO THE TIME I WAS REPRESENTING THE CITY.
UH, AND SO THE IDEA IS TO, UH, EN ENSURE THAT THERE'S A, UH, DISCUSSION THAT TAKES PLACE, THAT PUTS THE CITY'S INTERESTS FIRST.
UM, AND HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE GET WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE SUBJECT OF, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT I WOULD BRING BACK TO THE CITY, UH, WHEN IT WAS APPROPRIATE RELATIVE TO, UH, WHAT A NEGOTIATED AMOUNT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT CERTAINLY THE OWNERS HAVE KNOWN THAT THESE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING, UH, AGAIN, HAVE JUST BEEN WILLING, UH, AND WAITING FOR THAT, UH, 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD TO LAPSE WITHOUT ACTION.
UH, BUT, UH, A A AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO GET COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND WE HAVE THAT ON SOME OF THESE, BUT THE IDEA IS COMPLIANCE UNDER CHAPTER 30 OF THIS CITY'S CODE ALSO MEANS PAYMENT OF ALL AMOUNTS THAT ARE DUE AND OUTSTANDING TO THE CITY.
MADAM AMANDA, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 0 APPROVING THE USE OF OF THE CITY'S LOGO FOR THE WOMEN OF VETERAN AFFAIRS INC.
WVA GARAGE SALE EVENT SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NOTHING TO SAY.
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THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER.SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
SO WE HAVE A 6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN, UM, HARRISON, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE, YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD OR WAIT TILL, DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? I'M SORRY.
UH, MY REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, MAD COMMISSIONER HARRIS.
OH, SHE WAS ASKING ME DIRECTLY.
NO, I SAID, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR
THE EYE CONTACT, UM, SHE, YEAH, SHE, SHE IS HERE.
SO, UH, TO YOUR DISCRETION, MADAM MAYOR, SINCE UM,
[A. DISCUSSION REGARDING MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON) 6 P.M. TIME CERTAIN]
THIS ITEM IS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.COLLEAGUES, IF YOU DON'T KNOW.
DISCUSSION REGARDING MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING MEN'S HEALTH EXPO AND WELLNESS.
YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, WE HAVE, UH, SAMANTHA SUE ROSE HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, THE CITY'S MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO EVENT.
AND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SAMANTHA TO GIVE US A OUTLINE OF WHAT TO EXPECT.
COMMISSIONERS, GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THE MEN'S HEALTH.
I BELIEVE THE LAST DISCUSSION WE DID TALK ABOUT THE MEN'S HEALTH, WHAT IS COMPOSED OF, AND THE QUESTION WAS THE BUDGET, WHAT WOULD IT COST? UM, I THINK THAT'S WAS, THAT'S WHERE WE LEFT OFF LAST WEEK.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A, UM, CITY MANAGER IN REGARDS TO THIS EVENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE OR NOT.
SO SOME OF THE BUDGET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO BE FOR FLYERS, 5,000 COPIES, WHICH USUALLY RUN BETWEEN 150 TO $200.
UM, DJ AV, WHICH IS BETWEEN 2,500 TO 4,500 BETWEEN THAT RANGE.
AND THEN IS GOING TO BE HIRED ME AS A CONSULTANT, UM, AT $75 AN HOUR.
AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE THE BREAKDOWN IN FRONT OF YOU.
I DON'T HAVE, IT WAS IN YOUR BACKUP INFORMATION THAT SAYS, LET ME CHECK.
IT'S IN THE BACKUP ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT, THAT VICE MAYOR THROUGH YOU.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE BUDGET, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
GOING BACK, IS THIS YOUR CITY'S INITIATIVE? COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
SO I WAS TOLD QUESTION, I'M ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
YOU A CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE? IT IS NOT MY PERSONAL COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.
NO, IM IT'S NOT YOUR 6,000 IN INITIATIVE.
I WANTED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THROUGH YOU EVENT.
SO, UM, I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, THE INITIATIVE FROM EACH COMMISSIONER CAN, UH, GO WITHIN THEIR $6,000 A YEAR BUDGET.
UH, HOWEVER, I KNEW THAT THIS EVENT WOULD REQUIRE MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THAT, OBVIOUSLY.
SO WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER WAS, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS WE HAVE TO COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS MY FACE WOULDN'T BE ON IT AS MY PERSONAL INITIATIVE.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S AN EVENT THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY PUT ON AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
SO THIS IS NOT A COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON EVENT.
THIS IS BEING PITCHED TO BECOME A CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES EVENT.
AND, UH, IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP FOR THE FORMER CITY MANAGER.
THIS CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER ALSO THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
FIRST, TO SEEK OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL HELP ON HOW WE CAN DO EVENTS MORE EFFECTIVELY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF TIMES.
WE'RE WASTING MONEY ON EVENTS AND NOBODY IS SHOWING UP.
SO WHY NOT INVEST THE MONEY ON GETTING PROFESSIONAL HELP TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE TURNOUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND TO DO IT THE PROPER AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.
UH, EVENTS COST MONEY TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, COST, MONEY, UH, AS DISCUSSED BEFORE, I'M STILL WILLING TO, UH, HELP WHEREVER I CAN WITH THE EVENT.
BUT THIS IS NOT MY SPECIFIC INITIATIVE.
THIS IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE AN EVENT FOR THE CITY.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS NOW GOING TO BE MET WITH MS. BOBBY BECAUSE, UM, WAS IT BUDGETED IN THE 20 25, 26 BUDGET, MS. BOBBY?
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'CAUSE I, WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON ALL OVER, WAS IT A, HAS IT BEEN BUDGETED? MS. BOBBY, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS SEAT ATTORNEY.UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, CITY CLERK, STAFF, UH, AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD.
I AM BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.
AND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THIS EVENT HAS NOT BEEN BUDGETED.
THERE IS, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYWHERE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT GOING THROUGH TURMOIL.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY CITY AND IT HAS NOT BEEN BUDGETED.
IT MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO FIND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE TO PUT ON THIS EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, WELL, I KNOW FOR SURE I WOULD NOT BE VOTING ON IT BECAUSE THINGS ARE HARD, HARD, HARD, LIKE GRANITE, NOT EVEN LIKE STONE RIGHT NOW.
AND COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST YOU'RE LOOKING ON RIGHT NOW? I WANT TO ASK COMMISSIONER HARRISON THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
I'M STILL HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT QUESTION IS FOR SAMANTHA.
SHE'S PRESENTING THE SAMANTHA.
SO, UM, ON THE LOW END, WE CAN GET IT DOWN UNDER 10,000.
UM, WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SEEKING SPONSORSHIP, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN DO TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE BUDGET.
AS I SAID, SEEK OUTSIDE SPONSORSHIP IS ONE OF THEM.
CHARGE IN MAYBE A SMALL VENDOR FEE TO OVER SET, UM, OVERCOME SOME OF THE COSTS.
SO IT CAN DEFINITELY BE LOWERED.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CLIMATE IN TIME THAT THINGS ARE VERY HARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL NEED TO BUILD THE MORALE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE CAN WORK IT WHERE WE REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUSINESSES TO SEE IF THEY CAN COME ON.
AND THAT WAY THEY CAN ALSO DRIVE TRAFFIC BACK TO THEIR BUSINESS IS A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.
AND TO, TO ANSWER, UM, VICE MAYOR'S CONCERN, UM, WHY I HAD SAMANTHA SPEAK ON IS 'CAUSE SHE'S GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO LOOK, LOOK AT THOSE FIGURES.
SO THIS IS WHAT SHE AND THE ACTING CITY MANAGER CAME UP WITH IN LIEU OF CONTINUED CONVERSATION.
BUT MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BOBBY WILLIAMS. IF, IF SHE CAN, I KNOW THIS PARTICULAR BOBBY, THANK YOU.
I KNOW THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, OBVIOUSLY THE MEN'S HEALTH WAS NOT LINE ITEM BUDGETED WITHIN THE BUDGET, BUT BASED ON OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT, WOULD YOU SAY? FOR SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGH MADAM MAYOR? I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT AMOUNT WITH ME AS I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THIS CONVERSATION.
HOW, HOWEVER, AS PRESENTED IN OUR, UH, PRIOR MONTHS, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTS, UH, WE ARE SOMEWHAT UNDERSPENT.
UM, SO THERE, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS, UH, IN OUR CURRENT GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET SOME SPONSORSHIP.
FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GO GET THAT.
GO, GO THERE AND THEN COME BACK.
SO IN I HOLD A MOMENT, MR. ARCH.
I WOULD LOVE, SINCE THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID, SEEKING SPONSORSHIP.
I WORK WITHIN MY $6,000 IN A BUDGET.
AND IF I KNEW THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE, OF COURSE I WOULD'VE ASKED FOR BOTH.
AND I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE HARD, HARD, HARD.
SO I WOULD MIND YOU GOING OUT, MAYBE GET A FEW SPONSORSHIP AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK AND MAYBE, MAYBE IT WON'T BE 10,000, IT COULD BE 8,000.
SO FOR ME, I WOULD PREFER THAT.
MR. GRUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR TO COMMENT ON THAT QUESTIONS.
ONCE WE GO IN NOW TO SEEK SPONSORSHIP, WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE DATE OF EVENT TO BE CONFIRMED BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SEEK, UM, POTENTIAL PARTNERS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOOD WITH OUR WORD
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IN FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH OUR OBLIGATIONS.I CANNOT GO TO POTENTIAL, UM, SPONSOR ON HYPOTHETICAL EVENT TO BE HAPPEN.
SO TO MOVE FORWARD, WE JUST HAVE TO CONFIRM IF THE DATE, THE TIME, AND THE CITY IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS INITIATIVE.
MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU, UH, TO, UH, VICE MAYOR, UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COWELL.
UH, THE, THE, THE FIRST THING IS WHETHER WE HAVE THE MONEY OR NOT.
THIS EVENT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ON IT AS THE NAME, BUT WE DO HAVE MONIES AND FUNDS THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS.
SO WE HAVE TO GET, I THINK THE BEST THING IS KIND OF GET AN EXACT AMOUNT AS TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE TO WORK WITH FROM THAT RESPECT.
THE SECOND THING OF SPONSORSHIPS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK WE HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE BETTER JOB WITH SPONSORSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, HOWEVER, TO ASK HER TO, UH, SEEK SPONSORSHIPS BEFORE WE APPROVE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S KIND OF FAIR.
I THINK THAT WE CAN'T ASK PEOPLE FOR MONEY FOR AN EVENT THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT.
SO I, I WANNA DEFER TO SAMANTHA ONE MORE TIME THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, UM, TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ON THAT, UH, LITTLE BIT MORE.
I WILL LIKE TO CALL UP MR. HOLNESS WHO WOULD ASSIST AND HE'S ACTUALLY WILLING TO SPONSOR $500 TOWARDS THIS COST.
WONDERFUL
COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, STAFF.
I COMMEND YOU, MS. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR THIS EFFORT.
MEN MEN'S HEALTH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ALSO.
AND TOO OFTEN WE NEGLECT OUR HEALTH.
WOMEN ARE FAR MORE KEEN IN TAKING CARE OF THEIR HEALTHCARE, WHEREAS MEN DON'T DO SO ENOUGH.
FOR EXAMPLE, CANCER, PROSTATE CANCER IN PARTICULAR AFFECTS ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN AT A LARGE PERCENTAGE.
IN FACT, STATISTICS THAT I'VE SEEN SAYS THAT IF YOU REACH A 70 YEARS OLD, FIVE IN EIGHT BLACK MEN WILL SUFFER FROM PROSTATE CANCER.
NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL.
HYPERTENSION, ANOTHER KILLER DISEASE.
AND YES, WE'RE IN A FINANCIAL HARD TIMES AND MAYBE GET WORSE, BUT YET WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HEALTH BECAUSE WITHOUT HEALTH YOU CAN'T WORK.
UH, WE'RE A CITY WITH, UH, UH, LOWER INCOME COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST THE POPULATION IN HELPING TAKE CARE OF THEIR HEALTH, I THINK IS CRITICAL.
SO I'M COMMITTING RIGHT NOW TO A $500 SPONSORSHIP.
UH, I HEARD $10,000 OF AS POTENTIAL COST.
I'LL ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE GARNER ANOTHER 500 IN SPONSORSHIPS.
SO I'M COMMITTED TO RAISING BETWEEN WHAT I GIVE AND WHAT I CAN GET SOMEWHERE ELSE.
$1,000 TOWARDS YOUR EFFORT? UH, IT IS, IT IS AGAIN, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
WE SEE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR BREAST CANCER THAT THIS PROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BLACK WOMEN.
PROSTATE CANCER IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY MUST BE KEEN ON.
SO I'LL REACH OUT AND ENSURE THAT I HELP, UH, ALONG THE WAY TO, UH, SUPPORT THIS WORTHY CAUSE.
UM, I, I TOO, UH, I UNDERSTAND MEN'S HEALTH IS EXTREMELY IOR IMPORTANT.
FEW FAMILY MEMBERS WITH ISSUES.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT A FORMER COMMISSIONER DALE HOLNESS SPOKE ABOUT, UM, LAST YEAR, I KNOW, UM, THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE FOR MEN AROUND THE FATHER'S DAY, UM, WEEKEND.
AND WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE, HELP GIVE MEN MENTAL HEALTH WITH MEN.
SICKNESS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE'RE LOSING A LOT MORE OF OUR MEN THAN WE ARE WOMEN BECAUSE OF THAT VERY SAME PROBLEM.
NOT GETTING TO THE DOCTOR IN TIME, NOT KNOWING THE SIGNS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
BUT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MY MY QUESTION TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS THAT I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN ALLOTTED X AMOUNT FOR OUR
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INITIATIVE.IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN PUT TOWARDS THIS FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONER THROUGH YOU, MA'AM? THANK YOU.
I STILL WANTED TO INVEST A LARGE SUM OF MY BUDGET, YEARLY BUDGET, WHICH I HAVEN'T SPENT ANY OF YET, UH, TOWARDS THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, I'VE ALREADY MADE PARTNERSHIPS WITH WALMART AND OTHER BUSINESSES WITHIN LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT DO WANT TO SPONSOR.
BUT AS SAMANTHA MENTIONED, NOBODY'S GONNA GO TO SPON, ASK FOR SPONSORSHIPS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN STONE.
I AM COMMITTED TO DONATE A PART OF MY BUDGET TOWARDS THIS EVENT.
YOU MADAM MAYOR, HOW MUCH
UH, HON HONESTLY, LOOKING AT IT BETWEEN TWO TO $3,000, IT'S SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I DID NOT WANT TO JUST LEAVE THIS HANGING.
OF COURSE, IF YOU DO AMAZING IN SPONSORSHIP, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE WILL, THAT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M COMMITTED TO DONATING A SPECTRUM, A RANGE BETWEEN TWO TO $3,000.
AND, AND AGAIN, THROUGH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY.
I CHOSE TO NOT MAKE THIS MY EVENT BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY.
SO MY NAME AND MY FACE WOULD NOT BE AT THE TOP OF THE FLYER.
I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE CITY.
I TOO KNOW PEOPLE, MY FAMILY THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL HEALTH, THAT SUFFERED FROM, I HAD LO LOST A UNCLE AND A GOOD FAMILY FRIEND THAT DIED OF SUICIDE.
THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND MEN AND BLACK MEN'S HEALTH.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AT THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR MY QUESTION, START AT THE TOP OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE IT SAYS PRE-EVENT PLANNING AND COMMISSIONER HARRISON LED INTO REALLY MY FIRST QUESTION.
WHEN HE SAYS HIS NAME WILL NOT BE AT THE TOP AS A SPONSOR, I THINK WE NEED TO TWEAK MS. RA OUR NARRATIVE A LITTLE BIT.
IT SAYS WE ARE PROUD TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON FROM THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
YOU WILL BE COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UM, ALSO AS I'M SCROLLING AND AS I READ EARLIER, PART OF YOUR NARRATIVE SPEAKS TO THE POPULATION THAT THE, THE THE MALE POPULATION TO WHICH WE ARE GEARING BILL GEAR MAY GEAR THIS PARTICULAR EXPO AND IT SAYS MEN OF CARIBBEAN MINORITY AND OTHERS.
I THINK TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE, WE NEED TO SAY MEN OF ALL AGES.
AND THAT WILL BE ADJUSTED, UM, NOW TO THE BUDGET, ESTIMATED BUDGET.
VENUE RENTALS, $0 TO THE LAUDERDALE LAKE.
SO IF IT IS APPROVED, THEN OF COURSE WE WILL BE APPROVING THE USE OF THE VENUE HERE FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE MARKETING AND PROMOTION TO BE DETERMINED.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT CITY OF LONGDALE LAKES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE? YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE SO WHAT HAPPENED? UM, HOLD ON, I'M SORRY.
APOLOGIZE FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTION.
I THINK AS A COMBINATION, UTILIZE THE PLATFORM THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAVE AVAILABLE AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I WAS JUST NOW ALSO GET A SPONSORSHIP FROM WHAT, WHAT RADIO FORCE OF THE FORCE OF THE CARIBBEAN RADIO AMONG WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME AIR TIME AVAILABLE FOR US.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE ESTIMATED BUDGET IS SPEAKERS.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE WE REFERENCING AND HOW MUCH ARE WE ANTICIPATING PAYING THE SPEAKERS? SO WE, I AM HOPING TO GET THE SPEAKERS FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR AT NO COST.
I WILL SAY THAT'S THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE THIS, UM, EVENT.
I'M NOT ANTICIPATING OF PAYING ANYONE.
AV TECH 2,500 TO 4,500, CORRECT.
IF WE HAVE STAFF ON SITE, WE WILL HAVE TO PAY STAFF.
SO FROM THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE WITH THE THEN, UM, ACTON CITY MANAGER, SHE SAID THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL OVERSEE THAT AND I BELIEVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARK AND RECREATION WAS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AND AGREED ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANEUVER THIS, BUT OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECS IS NOW OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER.
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MADAM MAYOR, UM,SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE INCLUDED AS AN INCLINE INKIND COST.
THANK YOU MS. THERE MADAM DIRECTOR
WE'LL INVITE BSO AND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, TO PARTICIPATE.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH BSO? SO I GOT THE PLEASURE OF MEETING, UM, A GENTLEMAN LAST, THE LAST MEETING AND I AM PLANNING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING ONCE WE'RE CONFIRMED TO GET THEM ON BOARD AND PROJECT MANAGER.
10,000 TO $15,000 FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER AND IT SAYS 26 WEEKS, 5 75 PER WEEK.
BUT WE ARE NOT, IT WILL NOT ENCOMPASS 26 WEEKS.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY THAT WAS ADJUSTED AND IS GONNA BE TO FROM 12 WEEKS AT EIGHT HOURS A WEEK.
I THINK THE TOTAL COME UP TO 7,212 WEEKS, EIGHT HOURS PER WEEK TIME.
75, I THINK IT'S 72 IF MY MATH IS INCORRECT.
FOOD, YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAVE SPONSORS TO DONATE ALL OF YOUR FOOD.
SO WHAT, UM, TO OFFSET THAT, UM, ISSUE, WE ARE PLANNING TO INVITE VENDORS THAT WILL PROVIDE FOOD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'LL SEEK SPONSORSHIP FOR FOOD TO PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN.
AND THE TOTAL UNADJUSTED COST CORRECT.
MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, ITEM B IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING CONGRESSWOMAN CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA SHELI MCCORMICK'S DISTRICT MOBILE OFFICE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THIS IS A SIX 30 TIME CERTAIN MADAM MAYOR, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT UP.
UM, THIS IS, ARE THEY ONLINE? THEY'RE NOT HERE.
ARE THEY ON ONLINE? SORRY? ARE THEY ONLINE? MS. P, EXCUSE ME.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. ARE THEY ONLINE? MS. SHE'S CHECKING.
OH, WE MOVING FAST ON THIS AGENDA? THIS IS PRETTY GOOD.
SO WE COULD MOVE ON UNTIL SIX 30.
MAX WILLIAMS, THEY'RE NOT ONLINE.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM MANAGER, ITEM C.
[B. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR SURTAX-FUNDED MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE NW 36TH TERRACE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT]
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR SURTAX FUNDED MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.THIS DISCUSSION IS REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO PROVIDE FUNDS UNDER THE SURTAX PROGRAM FOR THE NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
AND MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'LL CALL RON PUES PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR UP FOR A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
AND I'M VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
I, MADAM C MADAM CLERK AND, UH, AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JUAN DES BRU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
BACK IN 2018, UH, THE COUNTY'S VOTERS APPROVED, UH, A SUR TAX PROGRAM.
UH, WE USED TO CALL IT PENNY TAX.
WHAT IT IS, UH, EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE GAS STATION, UH, YOU PURCHASE GAS, THEY CHARGE ONE PENNY ON EVERY, UH, GALLON OF GAS THAT YOU PURCHASE.
SO THE GOAL OF THAT PROGRAM IS TO COLLECT FUN, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE UTILIZED, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, UH, MOBILITY, UH, TRAFFIC, SAFETY, SIDEWALK STUFF TO THAT EFFECT.
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UM, EVERY MUNICIPALITIES WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A LIST OF PROJECT, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED CONSIDERED ON THE UNDER THE SURTAX.UH, NOT NORTHWEST 36 STAIRS WAS ONE OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE SIRTAX AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
UM, MAY I HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION TO GO OVER THE SCOPE? SURE.
AND, UH, THE PROJECT LOCATION, UH, KURT, CAN YOU UPLOAD THE PRESENTATION FOR ME PLEASE? UH, THANK YOU KURT.
UH, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON NORTHWEST 36TH TERRA, SOUTH OF, UH, OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
AND IT GOES ON 29 COURT, UH, TO END UP ON 30TH AVENUE.
UH, CURRENTLY IF YOU DRIVE ON 36 TERRACE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE TWO LANES ON EACH DIRECTION.
ONE ON 36, BUT WHEN YOU TURN ON 29 COURT, THERE'S ONE LANE ON EACH DIRECTION.
UM, THERE'S A PARALLEL PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE ON 36TH TERRA, BUT ON THE WEST SIDE THERE'S NO PARKING.
IT'S JUST NOTHING BUT, BUT GRASS, UH, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF 36TH TERRA.
AND WHEN YOU TURN ON 29TH COURT, THERE'S ONLY A SIDEWALK ON THE WEST.
ON, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, THERE'S, UH, ABOUT 15 FEET OF PAVEMENT THAT'S STRIPED.
PRETTY MUCH YOU CAN SEE CAR PARKING ALONG THAT ROAD AND THEN LEAVING THAT THE, THE ENTIRE SPACE BEHIND.
UM, THERE ARE SOME LANDSCAPE AND MEDIAN CURRENTLY, BUT IT'S NOTHING BUT SOME PALM TREES.
THERE'S NO SHRUBS, PALM TREES AND, AND GRASS.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE LANDSCAPE IS LIKE.
THERE'S A FEW SPEED BUMP AND ALSO THERE'S DRAINAGE ALONG THAT ROAD.
SO THE PROJECTS, UH, SCOPE PRETTY MUCH IS PRIMARILY TO REDUCE, UH, THE LANE.
SO NOW, INSTEAD OF TWO LANES ON IN EACH DIRECTION, ON 36 TERRA, WE'LL HAVE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND WITH THE NEW PROJECT, THEY'LL HAVE SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDE.
CURRENTLY, IF YOU ARE WALKING ON THE EAST SIDE ON 36 TERRA, ONCE YOU GET TO THE PLAZA, UH, PRETTY MUCH IS THE DEAD END.
THERE'S NO CONTINUATION TO THE SIDEWALK UP TO ALAND PARK BOULEVARD.
THAT GAP WILL BE FILLED AS WELL.
AND ALSO THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE.
ON 36TH TERRA, WE'LL HAVE NEW SIDEWALK AND ALSO PARALLEL PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE ON 36TH, UH, TERRACE, WHEN YOU TURN ON 29 COURT, WE WILL ADD A MEDIAN WITH LANDSCAPE AND ALSO PUSH THE PILOT PARKING FURTHER TO THE SIDE TO JUST ENHANCE, UH, THE ROADWAY.
UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THIS PROJECT WAS PRETTY MUCH DESIGNED BACK IN 2007.
WE HAD TO REVAMP THE PROJECT AND SUBMIT IT UNDER THE SURTAX.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS WHAT THEY CALL CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECT, MEANING DESIGN WAS COMPLETELY, IT WAS GOOD TO GO.
AND THEY PROVIDED $863,663 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WE'VE BEEN DOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COUNTY AS FAR AS I OUT THE AGREEMENT.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT AND I'M READY TO SUBMIT, UH, THE AGREEMENT FOR, UH, CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL.
SO AFTER APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT, THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO OUT THERE, ADVERTISE A PROJECT FOR BID, SELECT A CONTRACTOR FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE, THE TIMELINE FOR THE GRID IS DECEMBER, UH, 2026.
THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR, UM, BIDING PROCESS, PERMIT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.
MAAM, UNLESS ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MAYOR FROM YOU AT THIS TIME? MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES, MR. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WALK THERE NEARLY EVERY MORNING AND AFTER THE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, SO I WILL BE HAPPY WHEN THE PROJECT STARTS AND I'M READY TO GET THE RESOLUTION ON RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONNECTIVITY AND ALL OF THAT.
THERE'S, WE CANNOT PUT LIKE A BICYCLE LANE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT THERE, OR IT'D BE TOO MUCH FOR THE AREA.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, UH, THE WAY WE WORK WITH THE
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COUNTY, ANY SMALL CHANGE TO THE PLANS BY EITHER DELAY THE WHOLE PROCESS.BUT I, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE, UH, THE TIME THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED BACK IN 2007, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT DID NOT INCLUDE A BIKE LANE.
BUT I CAN LOOK INTO IT AND SEE WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROBLEM TO ADD THAT, UH, OR HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT THE DESIGN? ALSO THE GRANT, UH, BUT WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, A DRAWBACK WHEN YOU, WHEN ADD TO THE SCOPE OR WE REDUCE SOMETHING IN THE SCOPE.
MR. RON, ONCE THE PROJECT IS PUT OUT TO BID, WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF TIME DO WE GIVE BIDDERS TO SUBMIT TO APPLICATIONS? UM,
UH, CURRENTLY THE ONLY THING PENDING IS THE AGREEMENT.
ONCE WE APPROVE, UH, THE SEAL COMMISSION APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR THEIR OWN PROCESS AND WE'LL GET AN EXECUTIVE COPY OF IT AND WE'LL GO TO GO FOR BIDDING AND, UM, ADVERTISEMENT.
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING RENTAL PROPERTIES REGISTRATION AND FEE STRUCTURE (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]
DISCUSSION REGARDING RENTAL PROPERTIES, REGISTRATION AND FEE STRUCTURE.THIS IS SPONSORED BY MADAM MAYOR.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I'M SURE IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES WE KNOW WHERE RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE AND KNOW WHERE NOT RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE.
SO I ASKED FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ON RENTAL PROPERTIES.
HOW DO WE IDENTIFY RENTAL PROPERTIES? WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE WHO COME IN TO RENT PROPERTIES? ARE THERE ANY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION? ANY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH INSPECTION? MS. TAN, UM, MADAM MANAGER, MS. ARE YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE, UM, ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE CITY THROUGH, UM, REVIEWING ANY TYPE OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES.
UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CREATE A RENTAL UNIT WITHIN THEIR GARAGE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO MOST OF THE TIME WE FIND THOSE PROPERTIES DURING THE NORMAL CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS, UM, THERE IS A $75 FEE TO REGISTER FOR A RENTAL PROPERTY.
AND, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION THAT YOU HAD MADAM MAYOR? THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE IDENTIFY RENTAL PROPERTIES.
I THINK YOU, UH, SAID THAT WE USUALLY THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS, WE FIND OUT THAT A PROPERTY IS RENTAL, THE FEE, IF THERE IS A RENTAL APPLICATION FEE.
AND IS THERE AN INSPECTION FEE? BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, EACH RENTAL PROPERTY MUST BE INSPECTED AND PASSED THE CODE AS FAR AS INSPECTION IS CONCERNED? YES.
CURRENTLY OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO INSPECT AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT $75 FEE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT INCREASING QUESTIONS.
COLLEAGUES? YEAH, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, QUESTION AND COMMENT WITH THE CLIMATE IN WHICH WE'RE LIVING CURRENTLY HOUSING, I WAS PART OF A PANEL ON SATURDAY DEALING WITH THE HOUSING CLIMATE AND UM, MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING EITHER EVICTED OUT OF THEIR HOME MORTGAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, OUT OF THEIR RENTAL PROPERTY, KIDS ARE COMING BACK HOME, ALL OF THAT.
AND SO I'M NOT SAYING IT'S, IT WILL NOT BE, IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE, BUT THE DYNAMICS HAVE CHANGED CURRENTLY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADVERTISE AND STRESS, BUT GIVEN THE CLIMATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINGS WE HAVE DONE WHEREBY THEIR HOUSING, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR HOME TO MAKE INCOME, MONEY TO MAKE, UM, THEIR NEEDS MET AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT IT, IT'S A COMMENT, IT'S A VERY STITCHY STICKY SITUATION.
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SHOULD NOT BE ENFORCED, BUT IT'S HAPPENING.IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF SO HOW DO WE RECTIFY THAT? HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, IT'S HARD TO FIND A, A, A PROPERTY THAT YOU ASSUME THAT THEY'RE RENTING THERE.
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU GONNA CHECK EVERY PROPERTY IN THE CITY? MS. SANGER, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? NO, WE DON'T, UM, CHECK EVERY PROPERTY.
IF WE GET A CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT OR IF SOMEONE, A NEIGHBOR OR SOMEONE NEARBY, YOU KNOW, MAKE A COMPLAINT, THEN THAT IS WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, REVIEW THAT PROPERTY AND SEE IF THERE IS A VIOLATION IN TERMS OF RENTAL OR IF THEY HAVE DONE SOME TYPE OF, UM, UN PERMITTED CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL, UH, RENTERS.
MS. PUTMAN, MS. TANGER, WITHSTANDING THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE CHILDREN COME BACK HOME, OTHERS LIVE IN THE HOME, WHAT ABOUT THE INVESTORS? MY CONCERN ARE THOSE INVESTORS WHO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND RENT OUT PROPERTY, NOT WITHSTANDING, WE UNDERSTAND KIDS ARE BACK HOME, FIVE CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT WHAT ABOUT INVESTORS? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THOSE INVESTORS ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD FIND ONLINE ADVERTISING THOSE UNITS FOR RENT.
AND THOSE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED.
MS. TANJA, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOW USING THEIR OWN PROPERTY AS WHAT THEY CALL IT,
IT'S, WE ARE IN A CLIMATE WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT YOUR SALARY DOES NOT ALLOW YOU WITH TAXES AND INSURANCE.
I KNOW PEOPLE NEXT DOOR TO ME THAT I'M SURE THEY WERE RENTING OUT THE CEILING AS WELL BECAUSE THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE LIVING THERE,
BUT, UH, IT'S JUST A QUESTION MAYBE OF SURVIVAL MORTGAGE IS AT, RUNS AT FOUR OR $5,000 A MONTH.
AND ON LORD HILL THEY DO REGISTRATION.
SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN GO AFTER INVESTORS, THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING ON BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY RENTING OUT PROPERTIES.
BUT THE ORDINARY PERSON RENT OUT A ROOM HERE AND GO THERE.
'CAUSE IT COULD BE A RELATIVE.
MY MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THE INVESTORS, ONCE THE INVESTOR IS REGISTERED, PAYS THE ASSOCIATED FEE FOR INSPECTION AND APPLICATION THEN WE GET INTO OUR, OUR HUMANITY CONCERN ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE WORLD IS TODAY, AND THOSE WHO RENT, WHO ARE RENTING OUT.
BUT IF WE CAN GET TO THE INVESTORS, THEN WE AT LEAST WILL KNOW WHAT RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE THERE.
IS THE COUNTY HAVING SOMETHING OR HAS SOMETHING, OR WILL BE HAVING SOMETHING MS. TANZ, FOR AS INFORMATION PROGRAM ON RENTAL PROPERTIES THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A PROGRAM TO ASSIST US WITH, UM, SETTING UP THE RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM ALREADY SET UP.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK THIS PROGRAM PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT, GIVEN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS THE, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO, UM, UM, DO PROPER INSPECTIONS.
PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED AND INFORMED ON THE COUNTY'S PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE.
YES, MADAM MAYOR, I, I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE, UH, COMMENT.
IN TERMS OF AIRBNB, THAT IS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF RENTAL THAT THE STATE ALSO HAS SOME VERY STRICT MANDATES ON.
AND SO, UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC POLICY FOR THE AIRBNB RELATED RENTAL PROCESS.
UH, MS. TANGER, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, WHEN INVESTORS, WHERE DO YOU GO TO SEE WHEN AN INVESTOR COME IN? YOU SAID YOU, THERE'S A WAY FOR YOU TO CHECK THAT OUT AND SEE WHERE DO YOU GO? THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, THROUGH YOU,
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MADAM MAYOR.THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, WEBSITES WE CAN LOOK AT IN TERMS OF, UM, RENTAL.COM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, CRAIGSLIST, WE, WE CAN PERUSE ALL OF THOSE WEBSITES TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY AND ARE NOT REGISTERED.
MADAM MAYOR, UM, I, I'M SORRY, I, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT JUST TAKING OFF THE WORDS YOU'RE SAYING, YOU SAID YOU CAN, ARE YOU NOT CURRENTLY DOING IT? NO, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, I MEAN, WE, I'M NOT SURE IF THE STAFF HAS BEEN DOING THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW WITH JUST THE LEVEL OF CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY ON THIS, ON A BASIS RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, LOOKING AT OUR CODE AND UNDERSTANDING THE RENTAL, UM, PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT PRETTY QUICKLY.
[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING AMENDING & REINSTATING THE SWIM CENTRAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND BROWARD COUNTY]
REGARDING AMENDING AND REINSTATING THE SWIM CENTRAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND BROWARD COUNTY MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION.THIS IS A DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY AND BROWARD COUNTY REINSTATING AND AMENDING AN AGREEMENT FOR WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED ON AUGUST 16TH, 2006, AND I'LL HAVE MR. VINCE MULLEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICE COME AND GIVE YOUR BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THIS ITEM, MR. DEFENSE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THIS ITEM IS IN REFERENCE TO A CONTRACT, OH, I'M SORRY FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS VINCE MULLEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARTS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, THIS ITEM IS IN REFERENCE TO A CONTRACT CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO PROVIDE WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS, AS AS EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS, CAMPS, AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY'S SWIM CENTRAL GRANT.
THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2006 AND RENEWS AUTOMATICALLY, ANNUALLY.
HE HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY BROWARD COUNTY THAT AN AMENDMENT BE MADE TO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.
THE AMENDMENT IS STRICTLY TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION THAT THE CITY RECEIVES FOR PROVIDING SWIM LESSONS.
CURRENTLY, WE RECEIVE $3 AND 20 CENTS PER DAY FOR EACH CHILD WHO PARTICIPATES IN SWIM LESSONS, AS ARE AQUA AS COMPLEX.
UH, THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO RECEIVE $4 AND 25 CENTS PER CHILD.
THAT IS A DOLLAR AND 5 CENTS INCREASE.
UH, THE SECOND COMPONENT TO THE SWIM CENTRAL GRANT PROVIDES FREE VOUCHERS FOR SWIMMING LESSONS TO BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS.
THIS VOUCHER COVERS EIGHT SWIMMING LESSONS.
THE CITY RECEIVES $40 PER CHILD AGES 18 AND UNDER WITH THE AMENDMENT.
WE WILL RECEIVE, UH, A $15 INCREASE AND RECEIVE $55 PER CHILD.
CURRENTLY, FOR ADULTS WHO RECEIVE THIS FREE SWIM LESSONS VOUCHER, WE RECEIVE $50 PER ADULT WITH THE AMENDMENT.
THAT IS A $10 INCREASE, UH, MATTER MAY COMMISSION.
I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AGREEMENT AND THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED MAD.
MR. VINCE, HOW MANY KIDS ARE ENROLLED RIGHT NOW? UH, WELL, RIGHT NOW DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR, WE SERVE ABOUT 180 KIDS THROUGH ALL OF THE PROGRAMS. YES, THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE, MY QUESTION, HOW MANY, UH, WOULD WE SERVE? I, I'M GRATEFUL TO BROWN COUNTY THAT IT HAS BEEN INCREASED SO THAT WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM WE CAN SERVE IN TERMS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN? UH, WELL THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, UH, RIGHT NOW WITH THE 180 THAT IS ABOUT OUR MAX THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR YEAR, DUE TO SCHEDULING AND JUST CAPACITY FOR SERVICE.
BUT OVER THE SUMMER, UH, I'M SORRY, NOT OVER THE SUMMER WHEN WE GET INTO THE, UH, VOUCHERS FROM WATER SMART.ORG FOR BROWARD, FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN, THOSE ARE SIMPLY, UM, JUST AVAILABILITY OF THE POOL HOURS.
UH, ONCE WE'RE OPEN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT COMING IN LARGE GROUPS LIKE THE SCHOOLS AND CAMPS, THEY COME INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A HANDLE ON SERVING AS MANY AS CAN COME.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, VINCE.
AND I'M, I'M ALSO GLAD AS WELL THAT WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE INCENTIVES WITH THE PROGRAM.
UH, WHAT CAN WE DO? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET OF RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE OUR CITY POOL, BUT ALSO WITHIN HOUSING COMMUNITIES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THEY TOO HAVE A POOL.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE CREATIVE TO MAYBE BRING SOME OF OUR STAFF INTO COMMUNITIES TO HOST SWIMMING LESSONS THERE AND, AND STILL BE WITHIN THE LIEU OF THIS PROGRAM? IS THAT POSSIBLE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UH,
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THE, THE GRANT ITSELF IS NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL POOLS.IT IS FOR, UM, CITY, CITY POOLS CORRECT.
SO WE CANNOT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO RESIDENTIAL POOLS.
WE HAVE TO KEEP IT AT THE CITY POOLS.
MR. EVENTS, I'M GLAD ALSO TO SEE THE INCREASE BECAUSE, UM, I SEE THE KIDS COMING OUT FOR SWIMMING LESSONS, THE SCHOOL'S BRINGING THEM OVER, THE DAYCARE IS BRINGING THEM OVER, AND THEY'RE ALSO VERY, VERY EXCITED.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE LIFEGUARDS AT THE POOL FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY DO WITH THEIR KIDS.
RECOGNIZING THAT WATER CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING TO SOME KIDS.
A LOT OF KIDS KNOW IT IS NOT, BUT THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLE THE KIDS WHEN THEY COME OUT FOR SWIMMING LESSONS.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PLEASURABLE SIGHT TO SEE.
JUST TO COMMENT, I, I KNOW I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PERRY RING.
IS IT THE PERRY RING? UM, JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO, AND I RECALL WHEN WE DID CLEANUP IN THE NORTHGATE AREA, THERE WAS A PERRY RING, AND I HAD TO TELL SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
AND, AND I, I WISH YOU WOULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO PERHAPS EVEN MAKING THEM AWARE OF THAT RING.
YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE LEARNING HOW TO SWIM, BUT MAYBE THE MOM DOES NOT, YOU KNOW? UM, AND THAT RING IS THERE NOT FOR THEM TO JUMP IN, BUT TO THROW OUT AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT.
I WILL TAKE THAT TO OUR AQUATIC STAFF TO IMPLEMENT.
OUR SIX 30 TIME CERTAIN, DID YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT? ARE THEY HERE? HE'S THERE.
SO, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA SHELI MCCORMICK DISTRICT MOBILE OFFICE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO, UM, THIS IS, UM, SHE W WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN, UM, IT'S A BUS.
IT'S NOT A BUS, IT'S A LITTLE MINIVAN ON THURSDAYS.
UM, WE HAVE A, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN DATES APRIL 17TH, THE 20TH, UM, MAY 20TH, JUNE 17TH, FROM SEVEN, FROM 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO PARKING SPACE, ONE FOR THE VAN, AND ONE FOR THE TENT.
AND THIS MOBILE SERVICE WILL ASSIST ANYONE WITH NEEDS RELATED TO FEDERAL, UM, TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY.
SO I HAVE AN EDWARD ON, ON ONLINE, AND THAT IS ON HER AID.
UH, WE'LL EXPLAIN MORE IN DETAILS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
UM, SO FAR, THE VAN IS IN FOUR CITIES NOW.
I HAD MY LIST HERE OF WHERE WE ARE.
UM, WE AT, UH, IN SUNRISE, WE ARE IN BELL GLAZE AND IN FORT YEAH.
GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EDWARD MEJIA AND I SERVE AS A DISTRICT OUTREACH MANAGER FOR YOUR CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA SCH MCCORMICK.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO KINDLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR HOSTING OUR CONGRESSIONAL MOBILE OFFICE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THESE MOBILE OFFICE DAYS IN THE, OUT, IN THE DAYS OF APRIL 15TH, MAY 20TH, AND JUNE 17TH.
FROM THE HOURS OF 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON ASSISTING RESIDENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCY MATTERS SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND IMMIGRATION, THE IRS AND MUCH MORE.
AS PART OF OUR CONTINUED EFFORT TO MEET CONSTITUENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO FEDERAL SUPPORT, WE CURRENTLY HOLD SIMILAR MOBILE OFFICE HOURS IN FOR DALE SUNRISE, POMPANO BEACH, WEST PALM BEACH, BELL GLAD, AND ROYAL PALM BEACH.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO REACH DALE LAKES, PART OF OUR ROTATION.
LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
REPEAT REPEATEDLY THE, THE TIME, THE, THE DATES AGAIN.
MR. THURSDAY SAID WHAT TIME MR. MEHER? THE DATE FROM FOUR.
FROM 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM NO, THE, THE DATE.
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IT'S A THURSDAY.APRIL 17TH, MAY 20TH AND JUNE 17TH.
THAT'S 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM 4:00 PM THAT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH THOSE MONTHS.
BY LOOKING AT MAY 15TH TUESDAY.
WOULD THAT BE? WELL, WHO WROTE THIS WITH US? WE WERE GONNA HAVE VICE DAY.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, SORRY.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE ATTACHMENTS, UM, THAT WE WAS ATTACHED TO THE WORKSHOP.
SO MAYBE THEY PUT THE DATES WRONG.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THE DATES THAT YOU HAVE EDWARD BE THE DATE? APRIL 15TH.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO WERE THIRD.
MY, MY COLLEAGUES STATING THAT MAY 20TH MAD MAYOR IS THE, UM, IT'S A TUESDAY, TUESDAYS, CORRECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON, I, I HAVE TO REFER BACK TO THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY FORUM I WAS AT ON SATURDAY.
AND I ADMONISHED THE ATTENDEES THERE TO MAKE IT THEIR BUSINESS, UM, TO GET IN TOUCH AND KNOW WHO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ARE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL LEVEL.
SO I KNOW NOT ONLY, UM, CONGRESSWOMAN IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO COME TO OUR CITY, BUT ALSO OTHER REPRESENTATIVE, UM, HAVE BEEN STATIONED IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.
LISTEN, NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT.
SO THE WRITING OF LETTERS AND ALL OF THAT, CALLING AND MAKING YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AWARE AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE YOU VOTED FOR THEM.
AND SO THIS, I BELIEVE, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT RIGHT AT HAND WHERE WE ARE SO THAT THERE'S EASY ACCESS TO IT.
I THINK, I THINK ALSO THAT, UM, I CANNOT RECALL THE TIMES THAT THE BROWARD HEALTHPOINT MOBILE UNIT IS HERE.
AND I KNOW IT'S THURSDAYS, BUT IT COULD BE.
SO LIKE A TWO FOR TWO, FOR ONE THAT YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR CONGRESS PERSONS AND RESOURCES AND SERVICES, AND ALSO UTILIZE THE MOBILE HEALTH UNIT ALSO.
SO WITH THEM BEING THERE MAYBE OVERLAPPING ABOUT AN HOUR, IT GIVES THE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I HAVE NO COMMENTS, MADAM.
I WOULD WANT TO THEN TO CLARIFY, IS IT THURSDAY 13? YEAH.
SO, UM, THIS TUESDAY, MR. MIHIR, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT'LL BE TUESDAYS SOMEBODY WOKE.
SO, BUT, UM, ON, IN APRIL, YOU SAID APRIL 17TH, THAT'S ON A THURSDAY 15TH.
WHO, WHO, WHO DO THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY? I'M READING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IS, UM, HE WANTS, WE WANTS TO START IT ON THE 15TH.
IS THERE A CONSENSUS? DO WE HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION ATTORNEY OR HOW, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? IT'S A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.
YES, MR. QUESTION IS THAT THE ASK IS TO BEGIN THE MOBILE UNIT FOR CONGRESSWOMAN MCCORMICK THROUGH APRIL 15TH, WHICH IS THE WEEK FROM TOMORROW.
MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMISSION CAN APPROVE THIS MATTER BY RESOLUTION.
UH, THE TIMING OF THAT RESOLUTION IS PROBABLY A QUESTION, BUT IF THE COMMISSION DEEMS IT IMPORTANT TO ACT ON THIS MATTER, THE WAY THE COMMISSION ACT WOULD BE THROUGH A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE, YOUR HONOR, MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS, HONOR, CAN WE DO A GOLDEN ROD FOR TOMORROW? MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? QUESTION? THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
IF, UM, WANTED TO DO THAT, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AND CERTAINLY WE COULD PROVIDE THAT.
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THE COMMISSION KNOWS THAT, UH, IN ORDER TO BRING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, YOU WOULD REQUIRE UNANIMOUS CONSENT.UM, DO I HAVE, UM, CONSENT FROM EVERYONE TO HAVE A GOLDEN ROD FOR RESOLUTION THAT THEY CAN PROCEED FOR NEXT WEEK? YES.
SO WE'LL HAVE A GOLDEN ROD FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR TOMORROW THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE VAN AND SETTING UP ON APRIL 15TH.
EDWARD? THANK YOU, MS. MIHIR, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND MS. MAYOR, MADAM MANAGER, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, ITEM F.
[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER SPONSORED BY MADAM MAYOR.YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER.
AS THIS DISCUSSION, UH, COLLEAGUES, IS THAT WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS HIRING OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
WE DO HAVE AN ACTING CITY MANAGER AT THIS TIME, BUT, UH, WITH ALL DUE DILIGENCE, WE NEED TO START THAT PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER, WHETHER WE WANT TO GO OUT, WHETHER WE WANT TO GO IN A SEARCH, HIRE A CONSULTANT.
SO THE DISCUSSION IS OPEN TO YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED IN HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER.
I THINK, UH, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GET ON THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE MEETINGS TO GET OFFICIAL THINGS DONE.
BUT I THINK WE CAN DO THIS IN, IN A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY.
UH, BASED OFF OF WHAT I AM HEARING, I THINK IT'S THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE COMMUNITY TO SEEK OUTSIDE FOR OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
I THINK, UH, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE DONE, UH, WITH THE INTERNAL, UH, LATERAL MOVEMENT OR, UM, INTERNAL UPWARD MOBILITY.
I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO SEEK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
UM, I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T GO THAT FAR OUTSIDE.
I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY STAY WITHIN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA.
UM, COUPLE OF REASONS WHY I THINK ONE IS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE HAVE A VERY PARTICULAR MAKEUP OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND WE WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY THAT PROBABLY WAS TOO FOREIGN FROM THAT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT TALENT, I FEEL LIKE, WITHIN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UM, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THE COST, AS MADAM VICE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE VERY, UH, SENSITIVE WITH HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.
AND TO GO THROUGH A, A HUGE NATIONAL SEARCH COULD PROBABLY BE BURDENSOME ON OUR BUDGET.
SOMETHING I DON'T THINK WE BUDGETED FOR.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE COULD ALSO SAVE A TON OF MONEY WITH TRYING TO RETAIN SOME GOOD TALENT SOMEWHERE DOWN HERE WITHIN FLORIDA, AT LEAST THE STATE.
UH, BUT, UM, I WOULD PREFER SOMEONE WHO, IN TERMS OF THE CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY, WOULDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF A LEARNING CURVE.
I WOULD LOVE, I DON'T WANT RESTRICTION.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO GO TO HAWAII, ALASKA AS FAR AS THERE, OR MAYBE LOUISIANA.
BUT I WOULD, I'M NOT GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SOUTH FLORIDA 'CAUSE MAYBE SOMEONE IS UP IN CLAY COUNTY OR PO COUNTY OR WHEREVER THAT NEEDS.
BUT REALLY THE, THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE NEED TO DO A DILIGENT SEARCH AND GET THE RIGHT PERSON WITH THE RIGHT FIT WILLIAMS. OKAY.
SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEEK, UM, TO HIRE SOMEONE AND NO APPOINTING, I THINK WE SHOULD HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS AND THAT WE CAN GET THE RIGHT PERSON AND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE POSITION.
MR. THOMAS? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I, UM, I KNOW COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS HAD GIVEN US A PAPER THE OTHER DAY OF THOSE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST US THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO.
I THINK ALSO WE DO NOT NEED TO TAKE THIS TASK ON OURSELVES.
WE DO NEED TO HIRE A CONSULTANT.
I WOULD NOT RESTRICT IT TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA IN OUR SEARCH, BUT I THINK A CONSULTANT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE AND MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND MORE COMPETENT ABOUT
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WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR AN APPLICANT FOR A CITY.SO I THINK GOING THE ROUTE OF A CONSULTANT WOULD BEST SERVE US THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE RESOURCE THAT FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS GAVE TO US, THAT THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES THAT PERHAPS HR WOULD HAVE A LIST AND PERHAPS OUR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD ALSO HAVE A LIST WHERE HE COULD ASSIST US IN COMPILING A LIST.
ONLY THAT'S SOMETHING, MR. ATTORNEY THAT YOU AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, UH, I CAN CERTAINLY DO SOME RESEARCH THROUGHOUT, UH, AS, AS FAR AS YOU WANT, IF IT'S STATEWIDE OR, OR IF IT'S RELATIVE TO A CONSULTANT.
UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THOSE CONSULTANTS WITH THAT EXPERTISE ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN FLORIDA.
UH, BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST WITH COMPILING A LIST OF CONSULTANTS FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW.
UM, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND A LIST, UH, LIKE IF WE NEEDED TO PURCHASE COMPUTERS FROM SOMEBODY, WE PUT THE BID OUT.
IS THIS GONNA BE A SIMILAR PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD PUT THE BID OUT AND ALL THOSE OUT THERE WHO ASSIST IN FINDING CITY MANAGERS WOULD APPLY? IS, IS THAT CORRECT THAT THE MR. ATTORNEY, I DON'T SEE HR, RIGHT? MADAM MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS.
THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD LOOK TO DO, AND I ACTUALLY INTENDED TO DO IT TODAY, BUT GOT CAUGHT UP ON SOME OTHER THINGS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO WOULD BE TO SEE WHETHER, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE, AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FOR PROCURING CONSULTING SERVICES.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE, UM, LOOKING AT THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST.
BUT THE IDEA OF COMPILING A LIST, WE CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT IS, THAT'S IT, MADAM COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. SO, UM, HOW QUICK ARE I? THE QUICKER, THE BETTER, I THINK HOW YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO CASE RIGHT AWAY, COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, THE MAYOR, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET A HR PERSON HERE, HERE THROUGH YOU? UM, THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR, UM, MS. DEANDRA GIDEN JONES IS HERE? YES, THERE.
WELL, I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THEN.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER, VIEWING AUDIENCE.
IS IT, DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS THE, THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE SEARCH? I BELIEVE BOBBY WOULD, COULD HELP ME WITH THIS QUESTION, BUT IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS FAR AS PICKING A SEARCH FIRM.
SO, SO MS. DEANDRA, ARE YOU SAYING THAT ONCE WE RECEIVE A LIST OF CONSULTANTS, THAT THEN THE CALL TO BID, IF YOU WILL, WILL GO OUT TO THOSE AND THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVE WILL BE IN ALIGN WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS? YES.
YOU WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
SO THROUGH PROCUREMENT, A BID OF SORT WOULD GO OUT AND THOSE COMPANIES WOULD RESPOND.
SO THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD BE LETTING THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS IN THE SEARCH FIRM TO DO THE COMPLETE SEARCH.
THOSE PARAMETERS WILL GO WITHIN THE BID AND THEN THE BID WILL GO OUT AND THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED WOULD BID ON THE SERVICE.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SELECT A COMPANY BASED ON THOSE RESPONSES.
UM, HR, WHAT, WHAT TIMEFRAME I COULD WE BE LOOKING ON THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE ENTIRE, JUST GET PROCESS FROM PROCUREMENT BECAUSE HE SAID WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT, THE TIMEFRAME JUST FOR PROCUREMENT AND GETTING THE BID OUT.
I WOULD HAVE, UH, BOBBY ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS FAR AS WHAT THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE.
BOBBY, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, BOBBY WILLIAMS, UH, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
I THINK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I BELIEVE THE,
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THE, THE QUESTION WAS IF WE WERE TO GO OUT TO BID, MEANING WE WOULD DO A BRAND NEW SOLICITATION AND PROVIDING, UH, A SCOPE LOOKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE FIRM TO, TO UH, LOOK FOR US A SENIOR MANAGER.TYPICALLY PROCUREMENT DOES TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS.
THAT'S ABOUT THREE MONTHS FOR THE COMPLETE PROCESS TO HAPPEN, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN A LOT FASTER IF WE COULD DEFINITELY DEFINE SOME SCOPE IN TERMS OF THE CONSULTANT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY THE MANAGER YOU WANNA LOOK FOR, BUT THE CONSULTANT.
UM, UH, AN OPTION ALSO WOULD BE TO PULL TOGETHER SOME PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS, UH, THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, I KNOW THAT WE BRING TO YOU QUITE A, QUITE A BIT OF PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS AND THERE'S ALREADY COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACTS OUT THERE ALREADY FOR EXECUTIVE FIRMS. UH, PERHAPS WE CAN BRING YOU A LIST OF THOSE AND WE CAN CAN VET, UH, THOSE TO SEE, UH, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE LOCAL OR, OR COULD, UH, WORK WITH US BEST AND GIVE US A ROUNDABOUT PRICING POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD GIVE US A PRICING POINT, UM, IN ADVANCED.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL A FEW CONTRACTS TO SEE, UM, WHO WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCAL TO US AND CAN ACCOMMODATE THE CITY.
SO MS. BOBBY, THE FIRST STEP IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO INFORM YOU OF THE SCOPE OF THE TYPE OF CONSULTANT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, COME TO A CONSENSUS IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF, UH, USING A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT, UH, OR A COMPLETELY NEW SOLICITATION WHERE THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE FIRM AND WE ARE PROVIDING OUR OWN SCOPE.
I, I THINK THAT'LL BE THE FIRST STEP.
UM, DEPENDING ON WHICH, UH, PROCUREMENT VEHICLE THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FOLLOW, UM, THAT COULD HELP THE FINANCIAL SERVICES, UH, TEAM AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO MOVE A LOT FASTER.
'CAUSE WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW, HOW TO PROCEED.
SO UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, OUR FIRST STEP IS E TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO LOOK AT PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE OR TO ESTABLISH A, A DIFFERENT LIST, IF YOU WILL.
AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THE ONLY CAVEAT THAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT AGAIN, IS I STILL THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WOULD BE PRUDENT ON OUR PART TO REALLY LOOK TO ENSURE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT MAY TOUCH ON WHAT PROCESS IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROCUREMENT ITSELF.
HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTUAL, BOBBY JUST MENTIONED ONE EXCEPTION TO PROCUREMENT, WHICH WOULD BE A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT.
AND AGAIN, MY VIEW IS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD, WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT AS WELL THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF BOBBY HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POINT.
ANY OTHER OPTIONS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? I'M OPEN TO, UH, WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DESIRES, AND I'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY IF THERE'S ANOTHER VEHICLE OUT THERE OTHER THAN THE, THE TWO.
UM, CERTAINLY OPEN MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I THANK, THANK YOU, BOBBY.
I THINK THIS PROCESS, UM, WE DON'T WANNA DRAG IT OUT, UM, TOO LONG.
I THINK, UH, ALTHOUGH OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, IS SO FAR DOING A GREAT JOB, UM, I THINK SHE WAS THE, AN THE EXCELLENT, IF NOT THE BEST CITY CLERK IN THE COUNTY AND, UM, WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPEDITIOUSLY MOVE TOWARDS FINDING, UH, THE CITY MANAGER FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO, UM, I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING THE, THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT.
I'M OPEN TO THE PIGGYBACK, UH, CONTRACT IDEA IF IT GETS US A GOOD PRICE.
AGAIN, THE MORE WE SEARCH, I THINK THE MORE THE COST IS GOING TO BE THE, THE MORE WE BROADEN THE SEARCH, THE MORE THE COST IS GONNA BE AS WELL.
AND THESE THINGS CAN GET PRICEY.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PERSONALITIES.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE SOMEONE IS QUALIFIED ON PAPER, IT MAY NOT MEAN THE BEST FIT FOR THE CULTURE OF THE WE CARE CITY.
SO, UH, ALTHOUGH WE WANNA MOVE FAST, WE ALSO WANNA DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
THIS MIGHT BE THE PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS.
YOU NOW HAVE A LIST, UH, THREE, MADAM MAYOR.
I DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A, A LIST THAT I AM MANAGING AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT THERE ARE DATABASES THAT, UH, THE PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS DO USE TO, UH, GATHER OR TO RESEARCH THOSE TYPES OF, UH, CONTRACTS.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO IN BRINGING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO US.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. SO I THINK WE, SHOULD WE GET THE LIST FROM BOBBY ON THE PIGGYBACK? I'M NOT A FAN OF PIGGYBACKING, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT LIST AND WE ASK THE ATTORNEY TO, TO COMPILE
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A LIST FOR US ALSO, AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION AND WHICH WAY TO GO.COLLEAGUES IS THE CONSENSUS THAT MS. BOBBY WILL SUBMIT A PIGGYBACKED LIST OF CONSULTANTS FOR US, AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL ALSO DEVELOP A LIST AND THAT WE WILL REVIEW BOTH.
AND IF POSSIBLE TO COME MR. THOMAS THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, LOOK AT, UM, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING STREET ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]
MAYOR, COMMISSION ITEM G DISCUSSION REGARDING STREET ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS.THIS IS SPONSORED BY MADAM MAYOR.
UH, COLLEAGUES, THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, ITEM THAT REALLY, REALLY PERTURBS ME AS WE DRIVE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SEE QUITE A FEW, WE SEE NUMEROUS, WE SEE A LOT OF ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS ON THE SWELL ON THE POLE, EVERYWHERE THAT THEY CAN PUT THEM.
SO I ASKED MS. TANGER IF SHE WOULD PLEASE LOOK TO SEE WHAT IS RELEVANT IN OUR CODE.
I LITERALLY, ONE MORNING LEFT HOME AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, WENT BACK AT 11, PICKED THE SIGNS UP VIA THE ROUTE THAT I WAS TRAVELING, CAME BACK OUT A FEW HOURS LATER, THEY WERE BACK AGAIN.
SO, MS. TANJA, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE US SOME HELP.
SO, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE REVIEWED OUR CODE.
OUR CODE IS, UM, CLEAR THAT THOSE, WHAT THEY CALL SNIPE SIGNS ARE NOT A, UM, ALLOWED IN OUR CITY.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR MANY OF THE CITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
I DID ACTUALLY ATTACH TO THE AGENDA, UM, A SAMPLE OF A CITY'S CODE THAT ACTUALLY REALLY DID DEAL WITH THE SNIPE SIGNS.
AND, UM, THAT CODE, WELL, IT WAS A NEWS ARTICLE DISCUSSING THE CODE.
AND TO BE BE CLEAR, THAT IS WHERE I'M FROM.
AND, AND AS SNIPE SIGNS WERE NOT A ISSUE THERE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CODE THAT THEY HAD RECENTLY ENFORCED BEFORE I CAME THERE, THAT, UM, WAS VERY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY WERE IDENTIFYING THE PEOPLE WHO PUT OUT THOSE SIGNS AND THEY WERE FINDING THEM A PRETTY HEFTY FIND.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE, I THINK WOULD BE OUR BEST SOLUTION FOR OUR CITY, IS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF STRENGTHENING OUR CODE AND THEN, UM, ACTIVELY IDENTIFYING AND FINDING THE, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE CONTRACTING WITH THE SIGN COMPANIES TO PUT THOSE SIGNS OUT.
I DID TAKE SOME TIME AND, UM, MADE SOME CALLS MYSELF TO THE ON, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIGNS THAT WE ARE PICKING UP, AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR LOCATIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT WE WOULD NEED.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SEND THEM A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND, UM, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FINDING THEM.
UH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE, UH, NEED TO AMEND THE CODE.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE IN THE POSITION TO WORK WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOP OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO, UH, BRING THOSE ITEMS TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, AND THAT AMENDMENT PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE WOULD ACCOUNT FOR, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THOSE MATTERS ARE TAKEN TO A HEARING IF NECESSARY.
MS. TANYA, DOES OUR CODE CURRENTLY ADDRESS SNIPE SIGNS? I, I'M, I'M SCROLLING THROUGH THE BACKUP.
I THINK I SEE OUR CODE CURRENTLY DOES ADDRESS SNIPE SIGNS, BUT IT'S VERY VAGUE IN THE WAY THAT IT ADDRESSES THE SNIPE SIGN.
AND THEN I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE FINES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO BE A DETERRENT, SO IT SHOULD AS $25.
UH, I THINK THAT WOULD NEED TO GO UP QUITE A BIT TO ACTUALLY,
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UM, MAKE A DENT IN THESE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING THESE SIGNS OUT.SAYS HERE IN FIRST NOTICE, 25 SECOND NOTICE, 53RD NOTICE, 104TH NOTICE 500.
BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE FOURTH NOTICE, IT NEEDS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST, UH, TANJA BE SOMETHING ENOUGH FOR DETERRENT? I'M THINKING 125 FOR THE FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTICE AND THEN INCREASING THREE TIMES FROM THAT POINT.
WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR, LOOKS LIKE? WE'RE THINKING THE SAME WAY.
I THINK ONE OF THE, UM, THINGS THAT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR THESE, UM, NEWS ARTICLE WAS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CHARGING PER SIGN.
AND I KNOW WHEN YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF SIGNS THAT'S OUT THERE, IF YOU START TO CHARGE PER SIGN, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE ACTUAL, UM, COST TO THE, UM, PERSON.
I THINK I LIKE THAT BECAUSE IF I CAN JUST RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ONE PARTICULAR BUSINESS IS EVERYWHERE.
UM, USUALLY WHEN WE PICK UP THE SNIP SIGNS, THERE'S ABOUT 30 OR 40 FROM THE SAME COMPANY.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK IF YOU'RE CHARGING EVEN AT THE RATE OF $75 PER SIGN FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION AND THEN DOUBLE FOR THE NEXT VIOLATION TO ONE 50 PER SIGN, I THINK THAT IS WHAT WOULD, UM, GET THEIR ATTENTION AND MAKE LAUDERDALE LAKES THE CITY NOT TO PUT THE SIGNS IN.
MAX WILLIAMS, I THINK WE SHOULD CHARGE A, UM, A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
MY, MY TAKE ON IT WOULD BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SIGN.
I MEAN, YOU GOTTA MAKE IT BRUTAL.
YOU GOTTA MAKE IT HARSH AND YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE NOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MESS PLAYING AROUND IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.
IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR, FOR PER SIGN TO FIND.
AND, AND SO A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SIGN THAT WE NEED TO FIND THEM, PERIOD.
AND IF, AND, AND WHEN IT REACH FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEN WE NEED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DO A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SIGN.
I THINK THE HIGHER WE START OFF THE BETTER.
SO THEY WILL KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE QUITE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE PROLIFERATING THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU MS. SANDRA MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION ITEM H DISCUSS
[G. DISCUSSION REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS]
DISCUSSION REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS.UM, THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CURRENT STATE OF THE, OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS, I HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM.
MS. CHANGE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WELL, I'M SORRY, WE, THE NEW, WE HAD A NEW ONE START TODAY.
WE HAVE FOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
WE HAVE, UM, ONE SEASONED OFFICER.
WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL IN THEIR TRAINING.
THEY WILL BE OUT IN THEIR VEHICLES THIS WEEK, UM, PICKING UP SIGNS AND, UH, NOTING CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS.
THEY HAVE A TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO ON, UM, APRIL 28TH.
AND THEY WILL COMPLETE ON MAY 1ST.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY RELEASED OUT INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC ON THEIR OWN.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY WILL BE DRIVING AROUND IDENTIFYING VIOLATIONS, WORKING WITH, UH, OUR CURRENT SEASONED OFFICER, VERONICA, TO UH, ADDRESS THOSE VIOLATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT HOW WE WANTED TO BREAK OUR SIX CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS UP.
AND WE'VE IDENTI WELL, I'VE IDENTIFIED FOUR AREAS ON WITH THE MAP, AND I'M HAVING STEVEN CREATE THAT MAP FOR ME.
AND I WILL, UM, SEND THAT OUT TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE FOUR AREAS WHERE WE'LL HAVE RESIDENTIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN TWO, UM, THE CITY WILL BE SPLIT WITH TWO COMMERCIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AND THAT WAY WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS IN EVERY AREA THAT WILL BE COVERING THE CITY AT ALL TIMES.
EVERYBODY, MAYOR, DOCTOR? YES.
HOW MANY OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WRITE WRITE NO.
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ONE? TECHNICALLY WE HAVE RARELY WON.YES, WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY A, A DEPARTMENT THAT IS SO VITAL TO THE CITY COULD HAVE GONE DOWN WITH ONLY ONE FOOT OFFICER.
WHERE DID WE GO FROM? I WILL SAY THAT THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THAT UM, WHEN, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, WE WERE DOWN TO I THINK ABOUT FOUR.
AND, UM, AS THOSE OFFICERS LEFT AND THE POSITION WAS POSTED, THERE WAS NO APPLICANTS.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE APPLICANT AND THEN THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS THAT APPLICANT WAS ELIMINATED.
AND SO AT THAT POINT, I TALKED TO, UM, OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND DECIDED TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT COURSE OF ACTION, WHICH IS TO HIRE OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT TRAINED, THAT DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I HAD TO CREATE A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY DO, UM, GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY WOULD BE SAFE AND THEY WOULD BE AWARE AND HAVE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY CAN CITE.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICE WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS IS THAT THEY'RE VERY WELL, UH, ABREAST OF THE CODE.
AND SO TO HAVE ONE OF MY OFFICERS WALK OUT THERE AND NOT KNOW THE CODE, I WOULD BE PUTTING THEM IN A BAD POSITION.
DO YOU MAD THE MAYOR, DR. WILLIAMS. WHAT'S HOW MANY THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE TO HIRE A TOTAL OF HOW MANY? OUR CURRENT BUDGET HIRE, WE CAN HAVE, UM, SIX CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ONE, I'M, I'M SORRY, SIX CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ONE PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER OR SENIOR OFFICER.
AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
WE DO NOT HAVE A CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER AT THIS TIME.
YOU HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.
WE DO NOT HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE NO REPORTS FOR THAT IN OUR, UM, COMMISSION.