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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
MAY 23RD, 27TH, MAY 27TH, 2025.
WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO RETROGRESS, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
OUR CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
HERE, VICE MAYOR, SWELL PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[REVIEW OF THE MAY 27, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE MAY 27TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM MANAGER.WE WILL START WITH OUR WORK SHOP AGENDA ITEM.
I'M SORRY, THREE DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE MAY 27TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
FIRST ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED IS ITEM SEVEN A, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 7 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.04 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, ADOPTED BUDGET PROVIDING FOR REVISIONS TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,123,750 PERTAINING TO COMMISSIONER PROOF PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 0 1 NORTHWEST 48TH AVENUE, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 27, PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATING THE NEW GRANT AWARD NUMBER 2 1 4 6 9 FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC.
DBA FLORIDA BLUE, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 6, PROVIDING FOR REVISION TO FUNDING AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH THREE FOUR.
MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, UH, GOOD EVENING, CITY, CITY MANAGER, CLERK AND OUR GUEST AND OUR AUDIENCE.
FOR THE RECORD, I AM BOBBY WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND THIS ITEM IS UP FOR, UH, HOPEFULLY APPROVAL ON THE SECOND READING, AND IT IS TO AMEND THE OVERALL CITY'S OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO AMEND THREE SEPARATE ITEMS FOR THREE SEPARATE FUNDS.
THE, UH, FIRST ITEM THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TO AMEND THE BUDGET BY IS, UH, TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS, UH, TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 0 1 NORTHWEST 48TH AVENUE.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, ON FEBRUARY 20, UH, FEBRUARY 19TH, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE CITY COMMISSION DID APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR, FOR CITY STAFF TO PURCHASE, EXCUSE ME, THE VACANT PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WHICH WE DID SO ON FEBRUARY 20TH.
AND THAT AMOUNT TOTAL, BOTH THE PURCHASE PRICE AS WELL AS THE FEES TO BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TOTALS 900, UM, $86,647.
UH, IF THE GENERAL FUND IS AMENDED, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT OR LATER THIS EVENING, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WILL BE $45,897,086.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM, UH, FOR UM, AMENDMENT IS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO INCREASE THE GRANT FUNDS BUDGET BY $100,000 TO SUPPORT THE FLORIDA BLUE GRANT, UH, TO RENOVATE AND UPGRADE THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION, UH, WAS APPROVED MARCH 25TH BY THE COMMISSION ACCEPTING THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.
UH, SO THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION, UH, BOTH TO THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES TO ALLOW FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES.
IF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS APPROVED, THE NEW OR REVISED ALL FUNDS, EXCUSE ME, NOT ALL FUNDS, BUT THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND BUDGET WILL BE 706 760 $6,075.
THE THIRD ITEM IS AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES, UH, APPROPRIATE THE GRANTS WHEN WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN ACCEPTED, UH, FOR THE, UH, 49TH YEAR, UH, MINOR
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HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE 50TH, UH, MINOR HOME, MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM YEAR.THEY WERE ADJUSTED AFTER OUR ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET BY THE COUNTY.
AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, UH, GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UH, SO WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THESE PARTICULAR GRANTS, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS TO THE CITY BY $37,103.
SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND WILL BE 500 $501,261, UH, FOR A TOTAL AMENDMENT FOR THE ALL FUNDS BUDGET BEING $1,123,750 IF APPROVED, THE ALL FUNDS BUDGET WILL BE $109,333,878.
AT THIS TIME, I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MADAM CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.
IT WAS LAST BUDGET, LAST WORKSHOP AND COMM COMMISSION MEETING.
YOU REALLY DID EXPLAIN IT, SO THANK YOU.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SO EXPLANATORY AND IN DETAIL IN YOUR DISCUSSION PRIOR, ALLOWED FOR QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS, SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
ITEM SEVEN, CORRECTION ITEM NINE, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT, AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 7 AUTHORIZING AND APPRO THE PROGRAM DESIGN FOR THE CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE ASSISTANT PROGRAM.
MS. TANYA TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE ITEM FOR, UH, ON CONSIDER AGENDA FOR THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR THE CONDOMINIUM AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS FOR A WHILE THROUGH, UH, DECEMBER OF 2024, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO, UM, RESIDENTS 55 AND OLDER THAT LIVE IN CONDOMINIUMS TO ASSIST WITH, UM, PAST DUE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
THE FUND AMOUNT AVAILABLE IS $441,090, AND THE MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT PER HOMEOWNER WILL BE $4,000.
THIS IS A ONE TIME EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ON BEHALF OF ELIGIBLE FAMILIES FOR MORTGAGE, UM, ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.
MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. TANJA, WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THESE MORTGAGES CAN, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT A MORTGAGE SHE CAN RECEIVE IS $4,000 $4,000.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR, UH, MS. MCCOY.
THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT I WANTED TO MAKE.
I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT I, I JUST REALLY WISH, WISH THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE WE CONSIDER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE 55 AND OLDER, UH, THRESHOLD.
UM, I, I DO AGREE THAT PEOPLE 55 AND OVER NEED HELP, BUT I THINK THE SAME CRITERIA CAN FIT SOMEONE IN THEIR MID THIRTIES, IN THEIR MID FORTIES WHO ALSO HAVE FAMILIES AND WHO ARE BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS AS WELL.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND FOR THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT 55 AND OLDER, WHICH IS A VULNERABLE POPULATION, BUT, UH, TOO MANY TIMES ON THIS DAY IS WE, WE ONLY FOCUS ON JUST ONE SET POPULATION.
I LIKE TO SEE US EXPAND OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO JUST A, UM, OPINION FOR THE RECORD.
I THINK ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WAS MADE IN REFERENCE TO 55 AND OLDER ARE THE INCREASES IN INSURANCE, INCREASES IN MAINTENANCE, INCREASES IN FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY HAVE, BUT ABSOLUTELY, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 30 AND I, I PREVIOUSLY BOUGHT MY HOUSE AND NEEDED A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS THAT I COULD HAVE USED SOME, BUT I THINK THE, THE INITIAL IMPETUS BEHIND THE 55 AND OLDER WAS THAT YES.
QUESTION, MADAM VICE MAYOR? NO OTHER QUESTION.
ITEM NINE B, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 7 4, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE PROGRAM DESIGN FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM,
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AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.MADAM MAYOR, MS. TANJA, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR.
THIS ITEM AGAIN, WE, UH, REVIEWED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024 WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO REALLOCATE SOME FUNDS FROM THE ARPA PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE AMOUNT OF $441,090.
UM, HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE ELIGIBILITY FOR REPLACEMENT OF AIR CONDITIONING, WATER HEATER, ELECTRICAL PLANNERS REPLACEMENT AND FIXTURE OF BROKEN WINDOWS AND DOORS REPAIR AND REPLACE OF DRIVEWAYS, FENCING, REPAIRING PLACE OF, UM, BATHROOM AND SOME KITCHEN FIXTURES.
THE TOTAL PROGRAM AMOUNT, AGAIN IS $441,090, AND EACH HOME WILL BE AWARDED UP TO $35,000 BASED ON NEED.
THE ELIGIBILITY FOR OUR HOME PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE, WILL BE THEY, THE HOMEOWNER, WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE A PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
THE HOME MUST NOT HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING CITY LIENS OR PERMITS ON IT, OR ANY ILLEGAL ENCLOSURES OR ADDITIONS.
AND ALSO THE HOMEOWNER MUST BE UP TO DATE ON THE MORTGAGE OF THE PROPERTY OR FULLY OWNED.
MS. NOTAM, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. STANGER, UP TO $35,000 FOUR FORTY ONE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY $1,090.
THAT ISN'T GOING TO GO TOO FAR, IS IT MS. STANGER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES.
UM, LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HELP APPROXIMATELY AROUND 12 INDIVIDUALS.
HOWEVER, UM, THAT COULD INCREASE BASED ON NEED.
AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ADDRESS WITH THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT'S CITY OWNED PROGRAM, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON EACH PROPERTY.
EVEN THOUGH WE CAN GO UP TO THE 35,000, SOME PRO PROPERTIES MAY ONLY NEED A FENCE.
SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP MORE RESIDENTS, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT ON THOSE TYPE OF BASIS AS WELL.
MS. TANJA, HOW DO WE MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF $35,000? 35,000 WAS AGAIN, LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE, UH, USED THROUGH CDBG FUNDING AND OUR PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, AND IN THOSE PROGRAMS WITH THESE TYPE OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS, WE USUALLY USED ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HELP ABOUT 10 OR 11 HOMEOWNERS.
AGAIN, 35,000 IS NOT A LOT IN TODAY'S MARKET, BUT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO AT LEAST DO A ROOF REPAIR OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT COULD BE A VERY, UH, SUBSTANTIAL REPAIR, BUT A VERY, ALSO A VERY NEEDED REPAIR FOR A HOMEOWNER.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. TAN, THIS IS A GRANT.
IS IT A LOAN OR A GRANT? LET ME RE UH, MS. TANJA, THIS PROGRAM IS A GRANT, HOWEVER, THERE IS A, UM, DEED RESTRICTION REQUIRED FOR THE PROGRAM SO THAT THE HOMEOWNER WILL HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOUSE FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD SELL IT OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.
THANK YOU, MS. TANJA, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS ITEM NINE C, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH SEVEN FIVE REGARDING CITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS AND TIMES FOR 2025.
AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK VETRI WILL EXPLAIN THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER.
UM, THIS, UM, PARTICULAR ITEM PERTAINS TO THE, UM, SCHEDULED MEETINGS FOR THE ADVISORY BOARDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF, UM, CALENDAR YEAR 2025.
IT SETS THE DATE AND THE TIMES THAT ALL OF THE, UM, ADVISORY BOARDS WILL BE MEETING.
THANK YOU, MS. BOB, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM 10, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 20 25 0 7 6 APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF THE OPENGOV CLOUD SOFTWARE.
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13, SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 D OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, PROVIDING FOR EXCLUSIONS AND EXCEPTION TO BID AND PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT WITH CARESOFT COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED AND AWARDED BY THE STATE OF UTAH LEAD AGENCY, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS VALUE POINT COMPETITIVELY PROCURED AND AWARDED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, RESULTED IN MASTER AGREEMENT NUMBER AR 2 4 7 2 ON BEHALF OF THE CARESOFT COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $262,233
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AND 60 CENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2026.ADDITIONALLY, AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 IN THE AMOUNT OF $115,925 AND 85 CENTS, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 5% OF SUCH AMOUNT FOR EVERY FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, MS. TANJA MCCOY IS HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS.
MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.
UM, AGAIN, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM FOR RESOLUTION 20 25 0 6 7, I MEAN 0 7 6 APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF THE OPEN GLOVE CLOUD SOFTWARE.
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 8 2 3 5 8 D, THIS RESOLUTION REQUESTS CITY STAFF TO PURCHASE THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE THE OPENGOV CLOUD SOFTWARE FOR MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION WITH A COMPLETED SOLICITATION CORPORATE PURCHASING AGREEMENT.
THE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROGRAM ON THIS, UH, RESOLUTION INCLUDES THE FACT THAT STAFF HAS WORKED OVER SEVERAL YEARS WITH AN ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT A ONLINE PERMITTING PROCESS THROUGH THE OPENGOV PLATFORM PROVIDED BY TYLER TECHNOLOGIES.
THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ON DIRECTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, DID LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM IN DETAIL STARTING IN JANUARY.
DUE TO PERSISTENT CHALLENGES AND LACK OF PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONAL GOALS.
DESPITE THE IN INITIAL INTENT TO MODERNIZE PERMITTING AN INSPECTION CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKFLOWS THROUGH INTER GOV, THE CITY WAS UNABLE TO, UH, BRING THIS PROGRAM TO FRUITION.
THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE I DECIDED AS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO REVIEW ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR THE CITY IN ORDER TO BRING THE ONLINE PERMITTING PROCESS TO THE CITY RESIDENTS.
IN RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE REASSESSMENT OF OUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OPENGOV AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
AND UNLIKE ITS PREDECESSOR, OPENGOV OFFERS A MODERN CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM, WHICH WITH CONTINUOUS UPDATES, INCLUDING FUTURE AI ENHANCEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE, TO OPERATE A STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. TANJA, WHAT GUARANTEE CAN I GET THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK, WHEREAS THE OTHER ONE STILL HAS NOT WORKED? MS. TANJA THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I AM.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY I HAVE A GUARANTEE BECAUSE IT IS NOT MY SOFTWARE PROGRAM, BUT I HAVE UTILIZED THIS PROGRAM IN THE PAST AND I AM AWARE OF ITS CAPABILITIES.
I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE FACT THAT WE WILL, UH, HAVE THIS PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONLINE PERMITTING TO OUR RESIDENTS.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS? MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I, I THINK THAT, UH, THIS FITS INTO OUR OVERALL GOAL OF MODERNIZING THE CITY FOR A WHILE, RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THEY WISH THERE WAS ONLINE PERMITTING, AND WE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET THEIR DEMANDS WITH THAT.
SO, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR US TO LOOK INTO.
UM, ALSO, SEVERAL CITIES IN BROAD ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY USING OPENGOV AND IS WORKING FINE FOR THEM, AND THERE ARE CITIES WHO ARE USING THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CITY AND RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT, UM, THEY ARE GUARANTEEING LIVE SUPPORT, UM, FROM A CITY'S PERSPECTIVE WHERE THE CITY CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND GET SUPPORT FROM THEM.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT FROM WHO WE'RE CURRENTLY USING, AND FROM A RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE, THE RESIDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE ONLINE.
UH, PEOPLE WHO WANNA START BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO A LOT MORE EASILY.
RESIDENTS WHO WANNA PULL PERMITS WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO EASILY.
SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
THANK YOU MS. TANJA, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AGAIN.
UM, ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS, IT HAS A PLETHORA OF THINGS THAT IT'S INTERCONNECTED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, SO YOU CAN, UM, INTERCHANGE WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO IT'S ONE
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OF OUR REQUIREMENTS BY, I THINK, STATE LETTING US KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PERMANENT UP AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE APPLICANT BY A CERTAIN TIME.AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FULFILL THAT.
I THINK AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF, NOT EVEN TRIAL AND ERROR, BUT JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK THAT IS NOT WORKING FOR US, LIKE THE, THE SQUARE IN THE ROUND PEG SORT OF PHILOSOPHY, THAT IT IS TIME THAT WE MOVE TO ANOTHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WOULD GIVE US WHAT WE NEED.
WE KNOW WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM, FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM BUSINESSES ABOUT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
AND IF THIS WILL MOVE US FROM WHERE WE WERE TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND ESPECIALLY THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS THAT IT WILL ALLOW US FOR, AND THE PERSONAL, UM, MAINTENANCE OR SERVICE THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE CITY FORWARD IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MANAGER.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ITEM 10 B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH SEVEN SEVEN RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FILING OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, PERIOD SEVEN OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 IS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 82 DASH 3 27 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, BOBBY WILLIAMS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THE ITEM THAT WE WILL DISCUSS TONIGHT IS THE, UH, APRIL'S FINANCIAL REPORT REPRESENTING THE SEVENTH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
IF THE IT TEAM CAN QUEUE UP THE PRESENTATION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT AND A HARD COPY IN FRONT OF YOU, BOTH THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL SPREADSHEET.
WELL, WHILE WE QUEUE UP THE PRESENTATION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THE GENERAL FUND.
AS YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND DOES REPRESENT THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE, OF THE ALL FUNDS BUDGET.
SO IN TERMS OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, CONDITION OR POSITION OF THE CITY, WE ARE IN A POSITIVE POSITION WITH THE REVENUE TRENDING AT 47% OF BUDGET, ALTHOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UM, OUR 58% TARGET, UM, HOWEVER, THE EXPENDITURES ARE AT 36%, WHICH IS BELOW THE REVENUE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ATTEMPT TO REVIEW THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BY CATEGORY.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION YET? OKAY, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST KEEP, UH, I'LL KEEP MOVING ALONG HERE.
IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S AVALOR TAXES, WE COLLECTED 98% OF OUR, UH, REVENUE, UH, FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
IN TERMS OF FRA UH, FRANCHISE FEES, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED 43% OF THE BUDGET AT 1.69, $1.6 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORY UTILITY TAXES, THE CITY HAS COLLECTED 59% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST $2 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF OUR SALES AND USE TAXES, THE CITY HAS COLLECTED, UH, 49% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $2.8 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES REVENUES, SOMETIMES CALLED CHARGES, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, WE'VE COLLECTED 39% OF BUDGET, UH, JUST BARELY UNDER 800,000.
UH, WE TYPICALLY COLLECT THE MAJORITY OF THIS PARTICULAR REVENUE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
IN TERMS OF THE PERMITS, LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS, WE'VE COLLECTED ROUGHLY AROUND 8% OF BUDGET.
UH, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, BEHIND IN ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS.
UH, WE TYPICALLY TRY TO BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY, UH, BUT WE MAY HAVE, UM, MISSTATED WHAT WE WOULD RECEIVE IN THE ENGINEERING FEES.
IN TERMS OF THE FINES AND FORFEITURES, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED ROUGHLY 4% OF BUDGET, WELL, OVERALL, 19% OF WHICH, UH, WE, WE'VE SEPARATED THE COURT SETTLEMENTS THAT THE ATTORNEY DOES LITIGATE ON OUR BEHALF FROM THE REGULAR FINES AND FORFEITURES.
SO THE REGULAR FINE FINES AND FORFEITURES IS FOUR 4% OF BUDGET.
WELL, WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, CLOSE TO $20,000.
AND IN TERMS OF THE COURT SETTLEMENT LITIGATED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WE'VE COLLECTED ROUGHLY 69% OF BUDGET.
WE DO ANTICIPATE TO, UH, RECEIVE ROUGHLY, UH, $206,000, UH, FROM THOSE LITIGATIONS.
AND IN TERMS OF THE MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSFERS, UH, TYPES
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OF REVENUE WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, 5% OF BUDGET, UH, JUST BARELY UNDER $800,000.ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, THE REVENUE HAS BEEN COLLECTED AT 47% OF BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $21 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE EXPENDED, EXCUSE ME, 36% OF BUDGET, AND I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE, THE LIST OF DEPARTMENTS HERE.
WE HAVE OUR COMMISSION AT 39% OF BUDGET, UH, BELOW OUR TARGET, UH, AT $170,000.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, TRENDING AT 83% OF BUDGET ONLY BECAUSE, UH, OF HIS, UH, SPECIALIZED IN GENERAL LITIGATION THAT HE DOES ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UH, DOWN BELOW IN OUR NOTES, NOTES, UH, AREA, UH, WE, WE DID INCLUDE A STATEMENT TRYING TO SEPARATE HIS NORMAL RETAINAGE FROM HIS ACTUAL COST TO DO THOSE ADDITIONAL, UH, LITIGATIONS FOR THE CITY.
IN TERMS OF THE CITY CLERK, UH, EXPENDED 48% OF BUDGET, OR $251,000.
THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET IS 52% OF BUDGET AT 631,290.
THE FINANCIAL SERVICES BUDGET IS AT 37% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST 800,000.
THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION IS 10% SPENT, OR $1.3 MILLION SPENT.
AT THIS TIME, THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS AT 51% OF BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO JUST A LITTLE OVER $200,000.
THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET IS AT 29% OF BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO 431,000 PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, GENERAL FUND PUBLIC WORKS IS AT 42% OF BUDGET OR EXPENDED $1.3 MILLION.
THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS EXPENDED 45% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST $1.6 MILLION.
OUR ADVISORY BOARDS, UH, ROUGHLY 17% OF BUDGET OR EQUIVALENT TO JUST A LITTLE OVER $7,000.
THE GENERAL FUND DEBT, UH, WE'RE AT 8%, UH, SPENT.
UH, THE GENERAL FUND DEBT DOES INCLUDE THE CURRENT GENERAL FUND DEBT THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS OUR LEASES FOR OUR ENTERPRISE CONTRACT.
FOR THOSE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT AMOUNT IS, UH, $96,000 RIGHT NOW SPENT, UH, BSO, UM, BOTH EMS AND POLICE, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE DOING WELL.
THEY ARE JUST BELOW TARGET AT 57% AND, UH, 56% RESPECTIVELY.
AND OF COURSE, THE ALLOWANCE FOR REVENUE LOSS.
UH, WE'VE, UH, BUDGETED AT, UH, $1.6 MILLION.
HOWEVER, TO DATE, UH, THROUGH APRIL 30TH, WE'VE SPENT $527,000, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 31% OF THE BUDGET.
AGAIN, FOR THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL, WE'VE EXPENDED 36% OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO $16.3 MILLION.
UH, JUST OVER TO THE RIGHT COLUMN, WE HAVE OUR MAJOR FUNDS AT THE TOP.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, UH, FAIRLY WELL ON MOST OF THE FUNDS.
IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A FOR A WHILE, OKAY? MM-HMM
OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE I'LL GO THROUGH ONLY THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE MONITORING OR, UH, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T EITHER OVERSPEND OR UNDERSPEND.
SO THE, UH, FOREST OF GENERAL FUND IS DOING WELL AT 36% SPENT.
UH, CAN WE GO TO THE REVENUE, UH, ONE SLIDE UP? OKAY, GREAT.
SO, SO THIS SLIDE IS REPRESENTING THE MAJOR FUNDS, THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE, UH, A BUDGET OF $1 MILLION OR MORE, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, OF COURSE, OUR, THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND.
WE KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PRIORITY FUNDS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF, OF FUNDS.
UH, GENERAL FUND DOING WELL IN TERMS OF REVENUE COLLECTION AT 35% SHOULD BE 47%.
UH, FIRE RESCUE, WE'RE AT 85% COLLECTION.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE RESCUE REVENUE DOES COME FROM THE, UH, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
THE GRANTS FUND, WE'RE AT 8%, UH, COLLECTION, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE SPEND MONEY BEFORE WE'LL RECEIVE IT.
UH, WE, WE, UH, TYPICALLY BOOK ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY, BUT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
UM, IT'S IN YELLOW ONLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF WE SPENT THE MONEY, WE WILL CATCH UP ON SOME OF THOSE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES, AND WE ARE GONNA RECEIVE THE MONEY AS WELL.
UH, THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND IS ALSO IN A NEUTRAL PATTERN, UH, AT 39% RECEIVED, UH, SIMILAR TO THE GRANTS FUND.
UH, WE HAVE TO SPEND, UM, THOSE DOLLARS IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THOSE BACK FROM THE GRANTOR
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AND ADDITIONALLY TO THE CITY.THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IS SUPPORTING, UH, THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FOR ABOUT $145,000, I BELIEVE, FOR THIS YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE CIP UH, FUND, OH, I'M SORRY, DID I SKIP ONE? NO, THE, UH, CIP FUND, THE GENERAL CIP, WHICH IS FUND THREE 15, WE'RE AT 9% BUDGET.
AND HOW THE CIP FUND WORKS IS WE SPEND THE MONEY IN THE FUND, AND THEN WE MOVE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SO DURING THE, UH, BUDGET ADOPTION OR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THIS IS WHERE WE ASK FOR APPROPRIATIONS FROM OUR FUND BALANCE, SO THAT WE COULD FUND THOSE, UH, IMPORTANT OR PRIORITIZED PROJECTS.
IN TERMS OF THE SURTAX FUND, WE HAVE NOT COLLECTED ANY MONEY IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, FUNDING FOR TWO OF THE PROJECTS, AND WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL, UH, PROJECT FUNDING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
IN TERMS OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, YOU'LL SEE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DOING WELL AT A 10% COLLECTION, UM, FOR THE OPERATING PORTION OF THE STORMWATER FUND, AND IT'S MOSTLY FUNDED THROUGH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OR THE, OR THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
UM, BUT ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL GRANTS, AND WE'RE USING CASH BALANCE TO, UH, AFFORD SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PENDING IN THE WATER MANAGEMENT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FUND.
IN TERMS OF THE SOLID WASTE, WE'RE AT 50% COLLECTION AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE ON THIS FUND, WE KNOW IT'S RECEIVED, UH, BY OUR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
AND FINALLY, OUR BUILDING SERVICES FUND IS TRENDING AT 41% OF REVENUE COLLECTION EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST $700,000.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RECEIVING FUNDING FOR ACTUAL PERMITS BEING PURCHASED, AND THOSE TYPES OF, UM, USER USER FEE ACTIVITIES AT THIS TIME, I COULD ANSWER OR ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE CURRENT POSITION OF OUR FINANCIALS.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH MI MS. BOBBY, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD BE TRENDING AT 58% IN THE GENERAL FUND REV REVENUE.
IS THAT, BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF HAS NOT COME IN AS YET, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO, SO HOW WE BUDGET IS ON A STRAIGHT LINE, AND, AND ALL THAT MEANS IS EVERY, EVERY MONTH WE ANTICIPATE EITHER SPENDING OR COLLECTING A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE BUDGET, AND THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO 8% EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
BUT SOMETIMES THE REVENUES DON'T COME IN, IN THAT WAY.
AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR STATE REVENUES ARE TWO MONTHS BEHIND, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR EXPENDITURES, SOMETIMES THEY AREN'T.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS FALL IN THE RIGHT ORDER IN TERMS OF 8%, UH, JANUARY OR 8% FEBRUARY, UH, THEY DO FALL IN CYCLES.
UH, THE EXAMPLE BEING, UH, SAID IS THE PARTS AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE WE COLLECT FROM PARKS IS RECEIVED DURING THE SUMMER.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UM, ENGINEERING INSPECTION IS SLOW.
IS THERE A NEED FOR MORE ENGINEERS OR WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH THAT? UH, THROUGH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, SUCH A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE BUDGET SIX MONTHS OUT.
UH, ALTHOUGH WE ARE EXPERIENCED AND EXPERTS IN OUR AREAS, WE ARE NOT MAGICIANS.
SO WE, WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO LOOK AT WHAT PROJECTS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT PROJECTS ARE COMING UP, AND I THINK WE'LL ANTICIPATE IT TO, UH, PAY FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSPECTIONS DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD.
AND, UH, DURING THE PROCESS, WE DETERMINE, WELL, UH, WE BELIEVE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING MECHANICAL INSPECTIONS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE NEEDING PLUMBING INSPECTIONS, ARE GONNA BE NEEDING ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS.
AND IT'S JUST THAT SOMETIMES IF, UH, PROJECTS ARE, ARE STALLED OR ABANDONED, WE DON'T COLLECT THAT REVENUE ON TIME.
THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY, THE ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS MADE BEHIND.
THIS IS AN OBSERVATION I MADE FROM YOUR COMMENTS.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OUR REVENUES? SO, SO, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY WE PRESENT A FINANCIAL REPORT TO YOU EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
SO WE COULD, UH, GAUGE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE'RE COLLECTING, AT WHAT RATE, AND, UM, HOW QUICKLY WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE IT, SO THAT IF WE DO ANTICIPATE ANY CHALLENGES, WE CAN REDUCE OUR SPENDING.
SO WE DON'T OVERSPEND WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED.
SO WE SORT OF MONITOR, NOT SORT OF, BUT WE MONITOR THE REVENUES THAT WE ARE RECEIVING BASED UPON THE INSPECTIONS THAT HAVE OR HAVE NOT BEEN MADE.
MADAM MANAGER, WE DO HAVE A FIVE 30 TIMEFRAME.
[A. DISCUSSION REGARDING PARTNERSHIP REQUEST SPRAY DA WORLD COMMUNITY PLAY DAY EVENT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON) (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN THAT'S ITEM FIVE A ON THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA DISCUSSION REGARDING PARTNERSHIP REQUESTS BRAID A WORLD COMMUNITY PLAY[00:35:01]
DATE EVENT, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.SO, UH, WE DID HAVE THE, UM, EVENT COORDINATOR THAT I WAS WORKING WITH, UM, THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE ON.
SHE JUST TEXTED ME SAYING SHE HAD TO COME OFF BECAUSE OF THE GRADUATION SEASON, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UM, IF THERE WAS TO BE ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THE EVENT, WE ALL HAVE THE, UM, PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US AS TO WHAT'S IT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED WITH.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS EVENT IS, UH, NO COST IN TERMS OF THIS PROPOSAL HERE.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT, UH, FIRE AND POLICE IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ESTIMATED TO BE NEEDED OR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 200 TO 400 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS JULY 19TH EVENT, WHICH IS A SATURDAY.
UM, I DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS, UM, ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN TERMS OF, UH, POLICE AND FIRE.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR CHIEF HERE, UM, AND WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COST, WE ARE LOOKING TO, OR MAYBE WE CAN HEAR FROM THE CHIEF, UH, MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM OUR CHIEF IN TERMS OF THE COST FOR THE EVENT.
CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? CHIEF HACKETT? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, AS FOR THE COST FOR FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN-KIND SERVICES A COUPLE OF TIMES THROUGH A YEAR, AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE IN-KIND SERVICES THAT WE CAN, UH, CONTRIBUTE.
THE LAST ONE WAS THE BLACK EXCELLENCE PARADE AND FESTIVAL, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
I DIDN'T WANNA STEAL HIS THUNDER, BUT YES, WE DID, UM, AGREE THAT HE COULD HELP OUT WITH THAT.
AND, UM, BSO IS JUST GETTING THE FINAL DETAILS IN TERMS OF THE COST, BUT WE DO KNOW BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE'S GONNA BE THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE TWO DEPUTIES BEING THERE, BUT, UM, UH, THANKFULLY, SO WE'RE REGIONALLY, SO MAYBE THEY CAN WORK OUT WITH, UH, ROTATING SOME, UM, OFFICERS REGIONALLY AS WELL.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR IF MAYBE, UH, WE CAN ALSO ASK THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, CAPTAIN, UH, PHILLIPS TO COME IN, SPEAK SOME MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS IF HE HAS ANY THROUGH YOU.
OKAY, I'LL LET, I'LL LET THE CAPTAIN UNTIL CAPTAIN PHILLIPS THROUGH YOU.
UM, WE LOOKED AT IT, UM, MY, MY EXO HE, HE BRIEFED ME ON WHAT THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU ALL HAD EARLIER, AND HE MENTIONED THAT YOU TOLD HIM APPROXIMATELY 200 PER, UM, 200 PEOPLE WAS ATTENDING.
AND WITH THAT HE MENTIONED MAYBE TWO OFFICERS.
AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ROAD PATROL DEPUTIES TO JUST CIRCLE THROUGH, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS FINE.
UM, IF IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND 200, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, AND WE CAN PROBABLY ASSIST WITH, UM, TWO OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, IF IT, YOU KNOW, BECOMES MORE THAN 200, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE MORE OFFICERS.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JUST, UM, CONFIRMING THOSE NUMBERS AND JUST MAKING SURE THOSE NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT ACTUALLY, UM, PARTICIPATES IN THE EVENT.
UM, CAPTAIN, UH, WANTED TO ASK YOU, COMMISSIONER, UM, HARRISON, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THIS PERSON TO COME IN OR TRY TO GET IN EVEN ON THE, THE NEXT MEETING? I KNOW THIS IS FOR JULY, JULY 19TH.
YOU'RE ASKING COMMISSIONER HARRISON TODAY? YES.
UH, SHE WASN'T AGAINST JOINING TODAY.
IT JUST WAS A, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BIT OF A MISHAP.
UM, WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO COME, SHE COULD PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE THEN, MAYBE MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ONE-ON-ONE OR WITH THE CITY MANAGER IF IT'S THAT URGENT.
WE KNOW IT'S A WHOLE MONTH UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND WORKSHOP.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S DEFINITELY OPEN TO TO, TO COME IN AND SPEAK.
HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO THE COMMISSION, BUT SHE CAN COME SPEAK AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, AND, OR IF, IF WE SEE A TIMELINE CRUNCH, THEN OF COURSE WE CAN EXPLORE OTHER CHANNELS.
SO WE WOULD ASK, WHAT'S HER NAME? COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
HER NAME IS JESSICA, LAST NAME JESSICA.
WHAT'S HER LAST NAME? WILLIAMS, I THINK.
IS IT WILLIAMS? DO YOU HAVE HER LAST NAME? WILLIAMS. IS IT WILLIAMS? WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS, YES.
WE'LL ASK MS. WILLIAMS, JESSICA WILLIAMS TO, UH, COME FOR A PRESENTATION AT NEXT WORKSHOP.
I HAVE A QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO THIS HAS BEEN WORKSHOPPED OFFICIALLY ONCE OR TWICE.
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ARE WE CONSIDERING TODAY AS A WORKSHOP, SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENT TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS, I WAS HOPING WE WOULD CONSIDER TODAY A WORKSHOP, UH, THE LAST, THE, THE LAST TIME.WE JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT THE COST, AND WE CAME BACK WITH THAT AS AN ANSWER.
AND I THINK WE'VE WORKSHOPPED SOME OF THE ITEMS TODAY.
WELL, I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO COST, AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY.
WE RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT BSO AND FIRE AND POLICE, BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY AS FAR AS CAUSE OF CONCERN.
MAYBE, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER, UH, COULD LOOK INTO HOW MUCH THE STAGE WOULD BE AND COST FOR STAFF.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? UH, HOW MUCH STAGE WOULD BE HOW MANY STAFF PERSONS WE WOULD NEED, UH, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY STAFF PERSONS WE WOULD NEED THE COST OF THOSE STAFF PERSONS.
AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO MARKETING AND PROMOTION, SPONSORSHIPS.
THINGS WERE JUST A LITTLE VAGUE FOR ME THAT I NEEDED SPECIFICS ON SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE PRESENTATION.
MY, MY, MY PERSON, JESSICA WON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK BASED ON THE NUMBERS FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE GONNA BE SHOWING UP, CITY CAN BEST PROVIDE THAT.
SO, UM, WE, WE'LL WAIT ON THE CITY FOR MORE INFORMATION WITH THAT.
WOULD MS. WILLIAMS HAVE INFORMATION ON MARKETING? OH, THAT'S FREE OF COST FOR THE CITY, WHATEVER SHE'S DOING? YES.
THE CITY WILL NOT BE ASKED TO UNDERWRITE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS TO UNDERWRITE.
NO, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP IS THE CITY, LIKE ANY OF THE ITEMS USES ITS EMAIL BLAST AND HOW WE GET OUT COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SEPARATE.
BUT NO, SHE'S NOT GONNA ACCESS HERE TO COVER NO COST WITH, UH, MARKETING SHE'S DOING ON HER END.
WELL, MY QUESTION WOULD, UH, REMAINS THE CITY'S COST.
SO, JUST TO CONFIRM, AS FAR AS DIRECTION FOR CITY STAFF, IS THIS COMING BACK AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP OR SHOULD WE SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY COMMISSION BEFORE THAT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? WE CAN TAKE A SENSE OF, I WOULD WANT IT TO COME BACK AS ANOTHER WORKSHOP OF COLLEAGUES.
I DID NOT HEAR FROM MADAM VICE MAYOR NOR COMMISSIONER.
WELL, TWO OUT OF THREE OTHER ONE.
IT REALLY DOES NOT MATTER TO ME.
IF WE COULD, UM, MAYBE FOR TIME WE COULD.
UM, RIGHT NOW, AS I, WHEN I LOOK ON IT, THERE IS NOT MUCH COST TO THE CITY.
SO IF, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS THING GET GOING OFF, I WOULD, COULD WE USE THIS AS A SECOND WORKSHOP OR YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, MADAM? I STILL NEED INFORMATION, SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE WRITTEN PRESENTATION.
MS. WILLIAMS. MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
SO I, I, I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT.
I, I THINK, UM, I THINK WE ARE WORKSHOPPING IT NOW AS WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO IF IT GOES TO A COMMISSION MEETING AND WE TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE, THE INFORMATION ISN'T THERE.
WE STILL HAVE TIME AT THAT TIME TO TAKE A VOTE AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
BUT I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT, WHEN YOU SAY ON THE WRITTEN PROPOSAL PROPOSAL, JUST FOR CLARITY, WHICH ITEMS ON THE WRITTEN PROPOSAL ARE YOU SAYING? I'M LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS SOUTH PROMOTE.COM MM-HMM
HEADING, I AM LOOKING AT THE AREAS THAT SAYS MARKETING PROMOTION, DIGITAL PRINT, FLYER DESIGN, PRESS RELEASE, SOCIAL MEDIA, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SPONSORSHIP, DEBT CREATION, OUTREACH TO LOCAL CORPORATE SPONSORS, DELIVERABLES, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
WELL, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANNA TAKE YOU THE TIMELINE IS, IS VERY CLEAR, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A LITTLE BIT PAST THE EVENT TIMELINE.
BUT THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE CLARIFICATION.
WELL, MADAM MAYOR, AS I WAS SAYING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF BY
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SOUTH PROMO.IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SECTION WHERE IT SAYS MARKETING AND PROMOTION, THAT'S A SUB ITEM UNDER THE SECTION OF SOUTH PROMO'S RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN YOU SAID HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA COST THE CITY, EVERYTHING UNDER MARKETING AND, AND PROMOTION, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING DIGITAL, THEY'RE GONNA BE PRINTING FLYERS, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING PRESS RELEASE STUFF.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA ON THEIR END.
THE CITY HAS THINGS THAT THEY DO STANDARD.
WHEN WE SEND OUT EVENTS THROUGH EMAIL, WE SEND OUT, HOWEVER WE SEND OUT STUFF, WE DO THAT FOR ALL THE EVENTS THAT THE CITY'S PARTNERING WITH.
SO SHE'S JUST EXPECTING THE CITY TO DO THEIR JOB THAT THEY USUALLY DO.
BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS UNDER THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THESE ITEMS ARE NO COST TO THE CITY.
UH, I, I, I DO AGREE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, LIKE WITH ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A FACE WITH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO THAT'S ALSO, I, I NEED TO SEE THIS PERSON AND I'M NOT IN DISAGREEMENT WITH IT, JUST TO HAVE IT WHEREBY I CAN GET JUST A LITTLE MORE CLARITY.
MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MANAGER, IF I MAY, LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL UNDER PARTNERSHIP REQUEST, I BELIEVE IN THE EVENT THIS PROVIDES ANY CLARITY UNDER PARTNERSHIP REQUESTS, IT STATES JUST THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND IT HAS SIX BULLETS THAT THE CITY WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND THAT IS ON THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE.
IT'S NOT NUMBERED, IT'S ABOVE AT THAT, IT'S AT THE TOP.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING AS FAR AS A PARTNERSHIP.
YOU'RE SPEAKING OF SERVE AS THE OFFICIAL HOST AND SPONSOR OF EVENT.
ASSIST WITH CONFIRMING THE EVENT LOCATION, LAUDERDALE LAKES RECREATION PARK, COORDINATE THE USE OF THE SHOW, MOBILE, HELP SECURE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY PERSONNEL, PARKS AND REC SUPPORT, SUPPORT THROUGH THE CITY'S MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CHANNELS, PROMOTE CITY REPRESENTATION AND PRESENCE AT THE EVENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? THAT IS CORRECT.
I STILL WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN KNOWING AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY, WHAT STAFF, PERSONNEL AND ASSOCIATED COSTS FOR THE CITY.
SO DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR, I THINK FOR ALL OF US IS CAN WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN TIME FOR OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, OR DO WE THINK WE NEED TO WORKSHOP THIS AGAIN? I DON'T, I DON'T.
I'M IN, I'M IN FAVOR OF NOT WORKSHOPPING IN AGAIN, I'LL MAKE SURE SHE CAN COME AT THE NEXT ONE.
SHE'S DONE THIS WITH NUMEROUS CITIES.
UM, BUT I, I THINK WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MS. WILLIAMS HERE.
SO THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE MADAM COMMISSION? YES.
ACCORDING TO COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON, WE WILL HAVE HER PRESENT AT THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
WE COULD PREPARE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A RESOLUTION TO BE ON THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING, BUT IT WILL BE A WORKSHOP ITEM AS WELL BEING THAT WE DO DISCUSS THE, UM, RESOLUTIONS, THE MEETING AT THE WORKSHOP, AND THEN THE CITY COMMISSION HAS THE OPTION TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THAT ITEM DEPENDING ON WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED.
AND ADVICE, MAYOR, IF I COULD GET A CLARIFICATION OF RESTATEMENT, YOU SAID THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE, AND THEN YOU DID, THERE WAS NO CONTINUATION.
NO, WHAT I MEAN BY WHERE THEY, IT SAYS PARTNERSHIP REQUEST WHAT THEY WANT FROM THE CITY, HELP SECURE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY PERSONNEL, PARKS AND RECREATION SUPPORT.
SUPPORT THROUGH THE CITY'S MARKETING.
I'M LOOKING ON MR. BIN AND THE NEW LADY THAT IS IN PIO, I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY GENERALLY DO WHEN WE ARE HAVING ANYTHING, ANY CITY'S INITIATIVE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UM, COMMISSIONER COMMISSION, CITY MANAGER, I MEANT THAT IS CORRECT.
THE MARKETING RESPONSIBILITY IS LISTED UNDER SOUTH PROMO.COM.
THAT'S WHY I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MS. WILLIAMS HERE TO ASK HER QUESTIONS SO WE CAN ALL BE CLEAR.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MADAM BY MAYOR YES, MA'AM.
THAT WE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT SHE NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO HER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE HER TIME.
WE'LL COMMUNICATE WITH HER AHEAD OF TIME.
[B. UPDATE FROM THE YOUTH COUNCIL REGARDING THE 2025 CHILDREN'S WEEK (6 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
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FIVE B UPDATE FROM THE YOUTH COUNCIL REGARDING THE 2025 CHILDREN'S WEEK.EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
DID WE FINISH WITH A MEETING, COMMISSIONER MEETING? THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM.
AND I DO SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE THE YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT THIS, UM, ITEM IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY MR. VINCENT OR ERICA, MR. VINCENT MULLEN.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS VINCE MULLEN, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UH, THIS ITEM IS IN REFERENCE TO CHILDREN'S WEEK.
UM, LAST MONTH ON APRIL 15TH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TRANSPORTING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE OF, TO TALLAHASSEE TO PARTICIPATE, TO PARTICIPATE IN CHILDREN'S WEEK WITH THE EMPHASIS ON TEAM DAY.
UH, THEY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF GREAT, AWESOME ACTIVITIES.
AND I WON'T STEAL THEIR THUNDER BECAUSE THEY PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL THAT ARE GONNA PRESENT VIA POWERPOINT.
UH, BUT BEFORE I BRING THEM UP TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT PRESENTATION, I DO WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, ON THAT TRIP, WE DID ENCOUNTER SOME TRAGEDY, RIGHT? UH, TRAGIC EVENT.
WE WERE ON THE CAMPUS OF FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY WHEN A ACTIVE SHOOTER WAS PRESENT.
AND A SHOOTING DID TAKE PLACE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK MY STAFF, MISS EUDORA POPE IS SHE MISS RA POPE, WHO'S NOT HERE AT THE TIME, BUT ALSO MISS RO WALLACE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM JUST FOR BEING, UH, GREAT PROFESSIONALS AT THE TIME AND PUTTING THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS FIRST.
UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY AND MAKING SURE OUR KIDS WERE SAFE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THESE CHILDREN, UH, THESE TEENS FOR BEING SUCH GREAT COACHABLE KIDS.
AND, UH, IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY OF UNFORESEEN, UH, INCIDENT, THEY WERE AWESOME.
THEY, THEY TOOK COACHING, THEY WERE RESPECTFUL.
THEY DID EVERYTHING THAT WAS ASKED TO THEM, ASKED OF THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE SAFE.
SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, EXTEND MY GRATITUDE AND FOR THEM FOR THAT.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I WON'T TAKE THAT THUNDER.
I'LL LET THESE YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENT THEIR PRESENTATION AND LET YOU KNOW THE GREAT TIME THEY HAD IN TALLAHASSEE.
HI, MY NAME IS MS. HELLO, MY NAME IS LEONA.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN START THE SLIDE.
SO THIS IS DAY ONE, US AT THE CAPITOL.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
WE SAT AND WE LEARNED ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS THAT'S INCORPORATED WITH, FOR, UH, THAT'S INCORPORATED FOR THE YOUTH.
UM, WE HEARD ABOUT THE DJ J PROGRAM, UM, THE SCHOOL PROGRAM, THE LOTTERY PROGRAM.
WE HEARD ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS THAT WE COULD BRING BACK TO THE CITY.
AND I'M NOT GONNA STILL NOBODY ELSE THUNDER.
I'M GONNA LET SOMEBODY ELSE COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN THEIR EXPERIENCE OF DAY ONE.
SO DAY ONE, IT WAS A VERY GREAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND PERSPECTIVES OF LIKE, THE DIFFERENT JOBS AND THE ROLES AND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE PEOPLE.
LIKE YOU SEE IT ON TV, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE CAMERAS.
SO IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE BEING ABLE TO SEE IT UP CLOSE AND SEE HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS AND PLAYS OUT.
WE ALSO HAD A VERY FUN TIME HERE.
UM, WE WENT AROUND THE CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND WE GOT TO SEE ALL THE SITES THAT THERE WERE, AND WE EXPLORED LIKE ALL THE WAYS THAT THEY MAKE LAWS AND, UM, WORK THE JUDICIARY BRANCH OF THIS STATE STANDARD.
I ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT THE LOBBYISTS, AND I ENJOYED THE TREASURE HUNT THAT THEY GAVE US IN THE CAPITOL, WHERE, LIKE SHE SAID, WE WENT AROUND, WE SAW LIKE THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA AND WHAT THEY DID TO MAKE OUR LAWS.
BUT WE ALSO DID GET TO MEET WITH, UM, DR.
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OUR COLLEGE TOUR, OUR FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE TOUR.THE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE TRAUMATIC, BUT THANKS TO THE BEAUTIFUL STAFF THAT WAS WITH US, THEY TOOK CARE OF US LIKE WE WERE THEIR OWN.
LIKE, I KNOW THEY WAS SCARED, BUT THEY DIDN'T SHOW THAT THEY WERE SCARED.
THEY MADE SURE THAT WE WERE FINE.
UM, AFTER WE HAD A BRIEFING, WE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE CAMPUS AND I ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AT FSU.
IT OPENED ME UP TO LIKE, THE EXPOSURE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REAL WORLD.
UM, BEFORE THE TRIP WAS CUT SHORT, I REALLY DID ENJOY SEEING HOW BIG THE CAMPUS WAS.
AND LIKE ANTONIO SAID, I ENJOYED HOW THE STAFF TOOK CARE OF US AND PROTECTED US UNTIL IT WAS TIME FOR US TO GO.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CUT SHORT, IT WAS STILL A GOOD EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE ONE OF THE, LIKE, YOU SHOULDN'T JUST DWELL ON THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
LIKE, ONE OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WERE LIKE THE STAFF, HOW THEY TREATED US, AND HOW GOOD IT WAS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.
SO LIKE, ONE OF MY COLLEGE CHOICES MIGHT BE FSU JUST BECAUSE OF LIKE HOW THE STAFF TREATED US.
SO THAT JUST, THAT STUCK WITH ME.
UM, DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED AT FSU, IT WAS REALLY EASY TO STAY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE TRIP BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING STAFF.
THEY TOOK REALLY WELL CARE OF US, AND THEY MADE THE, THE TRIP REALLY ENJOYABLE DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY OUR LAST SLIDE WAS THE ETIQUETTE DINNER.
THANKS TO THE AMAZING CITY OF LAR LAKES, WE ALL HAD SOME YUMMY, YUMMY DINNER.
UM, THIS NIGHT WAS LIKE OUR RECAP NIGHT.
UM, WE HAD A GOOD NIGHT THIS NIGHT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THIS.
THE ETIQUETTE DINNER WAS VERY NICE.
IT WAS LIKE, IT FELT LIKE FAMILY, IT FELT LIKE AT HOME.
AND YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY A GOOD EXPERIENCE BEING WITH EACH OTHER.
WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS, THE BAD THINGS, WHAT WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A RECAP OF THE ENTIRE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR BREAK.
SO YEAH, THE DINNER WAS VERY NICE.
I ENJOYED THE FOOD AND OUR CHEF WAS FUNNY.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GO ON THIS TRIP.
I REALLY ENJOYED THE ETIQUETTE DINNER THE MOST BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SUCH A FUN EXPERIENCE AND IT, LIKE, IT OPENED A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IT REALLY, REALLY SHOWED HOW MUCH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WITH US, THE EDUC, THE INSTRUCTORS, REALLY CARED FOR US AND STUFF.
AND I REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STATE AND LEARN NEW THINGS AND EXPERIENCED NEW EXPERIENCES.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOWING THE TEENS OF THE CITY OF LA LAKES TO GO ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE THE CAPITOL.
MANY OF 'EM PROBABLY WOULD'VE NEVER BEEN UP THERE TO GO SEE THE CAPITOL, BUT SINCE OUR COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYBODY ALLOWED THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR 'EM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND LET'S CONTINUE TO DO IT.
I JUST CAME BACK TO ASK FOR THAT.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN SUCH A MANNER AS YOU DID.
I AM GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO VISIT ONE OF MY ALMA MAERS, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
I, UH, AM EXCITED THAT YOU ALL HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE, EVEN THOUGH IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO LEARN A LOT AND A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, WHICH YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE EXPOSED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT PLACES, DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR TAKING CARE OF YOU.
I WAS AWAY AT ANOTHER CONFERENCE WHEN YOU ALL WERE IN TALLAHASSEE, AND I KEPT CALLING MY MANAGER, HOW ARE OUR KIDS DOING? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? ARE THEY BEING TAKEN CARE OF? AND SHE WAS ABLE TO ASSURE ME.
THANK YOU MR. VINCE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS.
AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT REPRESENTATION, LORD, YOUR LAKE.
THANK YOU MADAM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S ITEM
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER (MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]
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THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER.THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MANAGER.
AS WE ALL KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER, AND WE WANT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US FOR US TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION NUMBER ONE OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS ITSELF.
SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE MORE OPPORTUNITY WE ARE ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEN WE CAN MAKE AN INFORM DECISION ABOUT OUR NEXT STEP.
SO, MS. TARA, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
WE DO HAVE MS. TARA WILLIAMS AND MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, WHO WILL ALSO BE TAG TEAMING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY CLERK.
AS WE KNOW, SELECTING A CITY MANAGER IS ONE OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS ELECTED THE ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN DO, UM, DURING THEIR TIME.
UM, PER THE RECRUITMENT GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATOR, THERE ARE TWO, UM, A FEW OPTIONS.
AND HERE ARE THE, HERE ARE THE TWO.
ONE IS TO UTILIZE A, UM, EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO UTILIZE THE IN-HOUSE RECRUITMENT WITH AN ASSISTANT OF A SENIOR ADVISOR.
A FEW PROS AND CONS BETWEEN THE TWO.
USING THE FIRM, IT'S TIME SAVING.
UM, THE FIRM HANDLES ALL SOURCING, SCREENING AND, UM, INITIAL INTERVIEWS, UM, ACCESS TO PASSIVE, UM, CANDIDATES.
SO RECRUITERS OFTEN, UM, HAVE NETWORKS WITH THE CANDIDATES.
UM, EXPERTISE IN MARKETING KNOWLEDGE, THEY SPECIALIZE.
THE SPECIALIZED FIRMS UNDERSTAND HIRING TRENDS, UM, COMPENSATION BENCHMARKS, AND, UM, THE CANDIDATE'S EXPECTATIONS.
UM, IN THE INDUSTRY, THEY ARE QUALITY, QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
SO YOU'LL GET A GOOD QUALITY CANDIDATE VERSUS A, A PLETHORA OF QUANTITY, A QU QUANTITY CANDIDATES.
A FEW CONS, UM, OR ONE OF ONE CON IS LESS CONTROL OVER THE PROCESS.
SO BECAUSE YOU'RE USING A A FIRM, WE WON'T HAVE, UM, AS MUCH CONTROL BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THAT PROCESS.
A FEW PROS AND CONS OF IN-HOUSE, UM, COST CONTROL.
SO NO, THERE'S NO THIRD PARTY FEE.
UM, A STRONGER EMPLOYER BRANDING BECAUSE IN-HOUSE KNOWS, UM, THE, THE CITY, UM, THE CONS WOULD BE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.
INTERNAL TEAMS MAY LACK THE BANDWIDTH TO FILL THE POSITION, UM, SLOWER TIME TO HIRE, UM, BASED ON THE HR TEAM, JUGGLING OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT MAY TAKE, UM, A LONGER TIME TO HIRE A CANDIDATE.
UM, SPECIALIZED ROLES CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR YOUR HR TEAM AND RECRUITING BURNOUT.
SO I'M JUST SEEKING GUIDANCE, UM, FROM, FROM THE COMMISSION ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED.
SO TECHNICALLY YOU ARE NOT, YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND IN-HOUSE, I WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THINGS WOULD STAY WHERE IT NEEDS TO STAY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A NATURAL FUNCTION, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN OF WOMEN THAT YOU KNOW, ALL THIS ONE, I THINK THIS ONE IS A GOOD CANDIDATE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I PREFER BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE VOTE.
I ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF, FIVE MAYOR SLASH COMMISSIONERS, ONE VOTE.
BUT FOR NOW, MAYBE IF YOU WERE SEASONED AND MAYBE IF YOU WERE SEASONED, MAYBE I WOULD NOT WANT IT EITHER.
I, WE WENT THAT ROUTE BEFORE, DID NOT.
AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, I'M SPEAKING FOR ME, VICE SM MAYOR SWELL, IT NEVER WORKED OUT.
WE SPEND MONEY HERE AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LOOK ON THE MONEY.
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SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS WASTED HERE, AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO BRING THE BEST, WE CANNOT, WE SHOULD NOT START PENNY PINCHING.SO I WANT SOMEONE OUT, SOMEONE THAT CAN DO THE SEARCH, PROPER SEARCH.
IT'S STILL GOING TO BE TO, FOR US TO MAKE THAT IMPORTANT DECISION.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE CITY.
DOING THIS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE? UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A RUSH, BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UH, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THE, THE SAME PROS AND CONS OF WORKING IN-HOUSE VERSUS WORKING WITH THE FIRM.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE DIRE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND, AND ADVISE US ON WHERE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR A CITY MANAGER.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE WANNA STICK WITHIN FLORIDA, IDEALLY THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA, ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT IN A RURAL STATE WHERE THERE'S NOT ANOTHER CITY, BUT MILES AWAY.
AND THIS TRI-COUNTY AREA, WE HAVE SO MUCH TALENT.
IF YOU POST A JOB SAYING YOU'RE HIRING FOR SOMETHING AND PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THE JOB, HAVING SOMEBODY COME IN AND PAY THEM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ISN'T GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY OPINION.
I THINK WE CAN SAVE MONEY BY JUST DOING IT IN-HOUSE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS REFERRED TO I, I THINK WE HAVE SOME SEASONED PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT'S, THAT'S DESIGNED TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
UH, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF SAVING THE MONEY.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS PROCESS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A COMMUNITY PANEL TO GIVE SOME TYPE OF INPUT WHERE THEY CAN ALSO INTERVIEW THESE CANDIDATES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IT ALSO IS GONNA COME TO THE COMMISSION.
SO THERE'S SO MANY FILTER MECHANISMS IN PLACE.
I DON'T SEE HOW SOMEBODY CAN CONSTRUE AND OVER INFLUENCE THAT PROCESS.
I JUST, I'M JUST IN FAVOR OF SAVING THE MONEY.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE OF TRYING TO FIND OUT, WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH APPLICANTS FOR CITY MANAGER.
I FEEL LIKE IF WE POSTED THAT POSITION, WE'RE GONNA GET A BUNCH OF APPLICATIONS.
YOU ONLY HIRE SOMEBODY TO COME AND HELP YOU WITH THAT IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH DOING THAT.
IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH RECRUITING, I DON'T THINK WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH RECRUITING.
UH, SO I THINK WE CAN DO THIS IN-HOUSE WITH OUR STAFF, AND I THINK WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR JUST GIVING US THE PROS AND CONS OF IN-HOUSE AS WELL AS DEALING WITH A FIRM.
AND, AND I AM FOR DEAL, UM, LOOKING AT A FIRM OUTSIDE, UM, BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING, NO DISRESPECT, YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ARE HIGH.
UM, NEVERTHELESS, I HEARD SOME IN-HOUSE CONSTRAINTS, COST CON CONTROL, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, SLOWER TIME TO HIRE.
UM, AND WE WANT IT DONE IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
UM, BUT AS WELL AS STILL CAN USE THE COMMUNITY AFTER WE RECEIVE, UM, AFTER WE RECEIVE THE APPLICANTS, WE STILL CAN BRING IT TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WE MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION.
BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, OUTSIDE SOURCE I WAS HERE, UM, WITH THE LAST HIRING OF THE LAST CITY MANAGER AND IN-HOUSE DID NOT GO WELL.
UM, WE MADE THAT DECISION AMONGST THE DAAS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I WOULD LIKE A QUALIFIED FIRM TO TAKE THIS PROCESS THROUGH AND BRING US, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH.
IN THE UTILIZATION OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM, WOULD THEIR MAIN RESPONSE, WHAT WOULD THEIR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY BE AS FAR AS RECEIVING APPLICANT'S, PUTTING THE INFORMATION OUT EXACTLY, WHAT WOULD THE STEPS OF AN EXECUTIVE FIRM BE? SO A FEW STEPS WOULD BE THEY WOULD DEFINITELY POST THE POSITION, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE GOING TO SOURCE FOR THE, UM, POSITION.
THEY'LL DO ALL THE SCREENING, ANY INTERVIEWS.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A QUICKER
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PROCESS BECAUSE WE'LL BE ASSIGNED TO, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE.THE FIRM WOULD CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS, INITIAL, INITIAL INTERVIEW TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT THEM TO MEET.
AND AFTER THAT POINT, THEY WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THOSE CANDIDATES THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD THEN INTERVIEW.
THEN I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A SEARCH FIRM.
I I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THE COMMUNITY GIVING US INPUT ALSO.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SEARCH FIRM AND NOT IN HOUSE.
SEARCHING ON THE OUTSIDE, YES.
AND I'LL JUST HAVE BOBBY, UM, BOBBY WILLIAMS, IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR, TO ALSO, UM, MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
THANK, IN REGARD TO THAT PROCESS, ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, BOBBY WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE, UH, SELECTED AN OPTION TO MOVE AHEAD, UM, IT BECOMES A CONTRACTUAL ISSUE.
SO IN THE, UH, MEMO THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE DISCUSSED, UM, PERHAPS BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THREE TO FOUR CONTRACTS THAT ARE ALREADY VETTED OF EXECUTIVE FIRMS. AND PERHAPS THEY CAN DO A PRESENTATION WITH YOU.
AND FROM THOSE PRESENTATIONS, YOU CAN SELECT ONE OF THE FIRMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH.
MS. BARBIE, WE RECEIVED A LIST OF EXECUTIVE FIRMS PREVIOUSLY.
IS THAT AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST OR, OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO BE ADDED? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, WE PROVIDED YOU A LIST OF, UM, COMPANIES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE ICMA, WHICH WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 30 OR 40 COMPANIES.
AND WE ALSO PROVIDED A SEPARATE LIST, UH, WHERE MYSELF, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE FORMER HR DIRECTOR DID SOME IN INDIVIDUAL, UH, LOOK AT SOME FIRMS. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, LOOK AT, UM, ANY OF THE FIRMS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO LIKE HANDPICK AND BRING TO YOU FOR A PRESENTATION.
AT, AT THE, AT THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, WELL, ON JUNE 9TH.
SO I, I JUST NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
UM, WITH THAT, IT'S, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FIRM.
IT'S EACH ONE OF US GOING TO, AFTER WE LOOK AT THE FIRM, RECOMMEND A FIRM INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT COLLECTIVELY, HOW MANY FIRMS WERE CHOSEN FROM THAT.
THAT'S LIKE, IF I CHOOSE SHARON THOMAS AND THREE MORE THROUGH SHARON THOMAS, WE WOULD BRING THAT, THAT COMPANY, THAT FIRM FORWARD.
UM, THE END RESULT WOULD BE THE SELECTION OF ONE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH.
VIA THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE APPROVING ADOPTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2050; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL (EAR) REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR THE EAR-BASED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES AS REQUIRED UNDER PART II OF CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES.]
FIVE D, DISCUSSION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE APPROVED ADOPTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2050, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL EAR REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE EAR BASE, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS, AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES AS REQUIRED UNDER PART TWO OF CHARTER CHAPTER 1 63, FLORIDA STATUTES.THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS. TANJA MCCOY TANJA, WHO YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, SO I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE, UM, CITY'S, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRANSMITTAL PROCESS.
THIS IS THE CITY INITIATED REQUEST FOR APPROVAL AND TRANSMITTAL OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP SERIES FOR REVIEW.
UNDER THE STATE COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS, THE AMENDMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 1 63, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
REVIEWED AND APPROVED THIS ITEM ON MAY 22ND, 2025, UNANIMOUSLY IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
THE AMENDMENT WILL BE TRANSMITTED AND RE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT
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TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL, AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED REVIEWING AGENCIES IN ACCORDING WITH STATUTE 1 63 FLORIDA STATE STATUTES.JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT, UH, EVERY SEVEN YEARS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO REVIEW ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SUBMIT AN EVALUATION.
AND I REPORT BASED FOR AMENDMENTS TO APPROVAL OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF UM, COMMERCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 63.
MOST RECENTLY, THE CITY TRANSMITTED THE AIR BASE AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE IN RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VIA THE COMMERCE REFERENCE NUMBER 24 0 1 ER.
THAT TRANSMITTAL WAS REVIEWED AND THE CITY RECEIVED A ORC REPORT, WHICH IS AN OBJECTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND COMMENTS REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, PROVIDING THE CITY WITH SOME CORRESPONDENCE THERE THAT IDENTIFIED SOME, UM, DEFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR TRANSMITTAL.
AND THEN IN JANUARY OF 28TH, 2025, THE MARIN COMMISSION APPROVED AUTHORIZATION OF A TASK ORDER FOR KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES INCS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND DEFICIENCIES OUTLINED BY THE STATE AND COUNTY.
THIS COLLABORATION SEEKS TO COMPLETE ALL NECESSARY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE BY THE QUARTER OF 2025.
UM, THIS PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED THROUGH EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS WERE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE EAR PROCESS AND PLAN AMENDMENT PROJECT BETWEEN DECEMBER 20TH, 2018 AND JULY OF 2021.
THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDED PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS IN JANUARY OF 2019 AND DISTRIBUTED ONLINE AND PAPER-BASED SURVEYS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE SURVEYS AT THE 2019 SPRING FESTIVAL, AS WELL AS DULY NOTIFIED PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS, THE AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IS INITIATED WHEN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSMITS A PROPOSED OR ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND REGIONAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF UM, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS, WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, OTHER AGENCIES THAT MAY INCLUDE, BE INCLUDED IN THE REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IF THE AMENDMENT AFFECTS SCHOOLS, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CUSTOMER DEPARTMENT, I'M SORRY, AND CONSUMER DEPARTMENT OF EDUC OF SERVICES AND FLORIDA FISH AND WILD CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
ANY COUNTY OR LOCAL AGENCIES OR GOVERNMENTS OR MUNICIPALITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE, UM, CHANGES TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF ANY AFFECTED MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
AND I NOW HAVE KIMBERLY HORN HERE TO PROVIDE US WITH A PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT THOSE UPDATES INCLUDE.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, ALLIE PALMER WITH KIMBERLY HORN FOR, AND, UH, AS TANJA MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT PRESENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES.
UM, AND WE SPOKE, UH, TANJA GAVE YOU QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION JUST NOW.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY FOR ANY, UM, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.
I COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, MADAM.
COULD YOU JUST THE ACRONYM EAR, COULD YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT THAT IS FOR? ABSOLUTELY.
SO EAR STANDS FOR EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT.
UM, AND SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA REQUIRES THAT ALL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE STATE GO THROUGH AN EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLANS EVERY SEVEN YEARS.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THAT.
ONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COMPLIANT WITH STATE STATUTE, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH, UH, CHAPTER 1 63 AS MS. TANJA HAD MENTIONED.
UM, ANOTHER REASON IS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, EVERY SEVEN YEARS THINGS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, UM, MOST SPECIFICALLY YOUR POPULATION.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, THE STATE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ACCOMMODATING WHAT WE CALL LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR YOUR POPULATION WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, MAIN REASON WHY WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVERY SEVEN YEARS.
AND SO, UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THIS IS SORT OF THE ORDER OF EVENTS AS FAR AS THE COMPLIANCE THAT WE WERE
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JUST TALKING ABOUT.SO, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST WE DO AN EVALUATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MEET THE STATE LEGISLATION, SPECIFICALLY STATUTE, STATE STATUTE CHAPTER, UM, 1 63, WHICH CONTAINS ALL THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT RELATED LAWS FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
UM, ANOTHER CAVEAT FOR JURISDICTIONS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY, UM, BECAUSE YOU ARE A CHARTER COUNTY, YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR LAND USE PLAN.
AND SO, UM, ANOTHER LAYER THAT GO THAT WE GO THROUGH FOR ALL OUR CLIENTS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN.
SO AFTER WE CHECK FOR CONSISTENCY, UM, WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THOSE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES, WE THEN PROPOSE, UM, AND RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED TO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ULTIMATELY ON THE ACTUAL TEXT THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED WITHIN YOUR PLAN.
SOMETIMES THOSE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS DO END UP IMPACTING YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY.
SO THAT IS JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE NEXT STEP AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT UM, JUST AS FAR AS WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLANS, OUR VISIONING PLANS, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD REALLY, UM, REFLECT RIGHT UNDERNEATH THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO ARMS ESSENTIALLY REFLECTING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EXPRESSION FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE ASPIRATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT AND LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADWAYS, HOUSING, UM, CONSERVATION AREAS, RECREATION AREAS, ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS ESSENTIALLY THE LAND WITHIN YOUR MUNICIPALITY.
AND IT SHOULD REALLY BE YOUR SORT OF NORTH STAR, YOUR COMPASS, YOUR GUIDING LIGHT, HIGH LEVEL, UM, POLICY THAT GUIDES ALL THE REST OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT RELATED DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO UP ON THE SLIDE RIGHT NOW, ARE YOUR ELEMENTS RIGHT NOW WITHIN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU HAVE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
AND SO THERE ARE REQUIRED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS SUCH AS FUTURE LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, REC AND OPEN SPACE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION, UM, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS.
THOSE ARE THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS THAT ARE JUST WHAT WE CALL BEST PRACTICE.
SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO A COMMUNITY, UM, AS IS, UM, CONSERVATION AND UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE ALSO HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE CHANGING IN SOME WAY TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE TWO ITEMS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHICH IS THE STATE COMPLIANCE AND THE COUNTY OF COMPLIANCE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THEM HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO JUST, UM, A LITTLE BIT HIGH LEVEL OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
I KNOW TANJA WENT THROUGH SOME OF THIS.
I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO AS TANJA HAD MENTIONED, WE HAD KICKED OFF THE PROJECT, UM, AGAIN, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IN JANUARY TO ADDRESS SOME OF WHAT WE CALL THE ORC REPORT, WHICH IS THE OBJECTION COMMENTS AND, UM, OBJECTION COMMENTS REPORT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
UM, SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS THROUGH UPDATING YOUR EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT AS WELL AS YOUR DATA INVENTORY ANALYSIS.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY WE PROVIDED THE CITY IN APRIL WITH UPDATED GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS.
SO AFTER THOSE WERE DELIVERED AND REVIEWED BY STAFF, WE ARE NOW PRESENTING THEM TO YOU.
UM, AS, UH, TANJA HAD MENTIONED, WE WENT TO THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY MEETING LAST WEEK, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THEIR JOB IS TO RECOMMEND TRANSMITTAL.
YOUR JOB IS TO APPROVE TRANSMITTAL SO WE CAN THEN SEND IT TO THE STATE FOR THEIR REVIEW.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SENDING IT TO BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL.
ONCE THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY APPROVED WHAT WE HAVE TRANSMITTED TO THEM, UM, THE STATE WILL THEN SEND US A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION IS THE GOAL, AND BROWARD COUNTY WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON ONE OF THEIR NEXT UPCOMING PLANNING COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR WHAT WE CALL RECERTIFICATION.
AND THEN AFTER ALL OF THEIR REVIEWS ARE COMPLETE, IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND YOU WILL GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FINAL ADOPTION HEARING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS WE HOPE.
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SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON AS FAR AS THE EAR BASED UPDATES, THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL UPDATES.SO THESE ARE AGAIN, THOSE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE FOUR MAIN THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING OUR REVIEW ARE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT.
THAT IS A NEW ELEMENT REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
IT'S VERY BRIEF, IT IS ABOUT FIVE LINES
UM, BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY JUST SORT OF REPEATS WHAT ALREADY IS IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE STATUTES.
THEY, UM, THERE WAS LEGISLATION A FEW YEARS BACK THAT REQUIRES ALL JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE THIS SAME STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS IN THEIR ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN REGARDS TO PROPERTY RIGHTS.
UM, AND SO NOTHING REALLY TO THAT WILL IMPACT THE CITY OVERALL FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S JUST DUPLICATING SOME INFORMATION THAT ALREADY EXISTED AT A STATUTORY LEVEL.
UM, THE LIVE LOCAL ACT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES IN NEW BILLS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, THIS IS IN RELATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW THAT IMPACTS LAND USE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, UM, WE ESSENTIALLY WENT THROUGH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND JUST MADE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WAS CONFLICTING WITH THAT STATE LEGISLATION.
SEPTIC TO SEWER IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME UP IN LEGISLATION LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS PUSHED BY THE DEP AND THEY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WHICH THEY ARE STILL, UM, TRYING TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE IN MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE ANYTHING, ANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE STILL ON SEPTIC COME ONTO A SEWER SYSTEM WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO THOSE POLICIES, AGAIN, WE ARE PROPOSING TO UPDATE IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT LEGISLATION.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE LETTER FROM THE STATE THAT YOU RECEIVED LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO THE 10 AND 20 YEAR PLANNING HORIZONS.
THE STATE IS NOW REQUIRING YOU TO LOOK AT TWO PLANNING HORIZONS.
IN THE PAST, THEY WERE ONLY REQUIRING YOU TO LOOK AT ONE.
SO IN ESSENCE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POPULATION THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE IN THE CITY IN THE 10, IN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, AND THEN AGAIN IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE CAPACITY FOR ALL YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN BOTH OF THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TIME, UM, PLANNING HORIZONS.
SORRY,
UM, UP ON THE SCREEN IS THE CITY'S VISION, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL VERY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
WE JUST LIKE TO BRING THIS UP AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL, UM, ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THE POLICIES, BECAUSE OUR GOAL, OF COURSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS FAR AS AMENDMENTS TO YOUR POLICIES, ARE STILL IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S VISION.
UM, A LOT OF THIS WE'VE DISCUSSED TO SOME EXTENT, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, WHICH IS REALLY THAT, UM, WHAT WE CALL THE MAJOR ELEMENT.
AS FAR AS FAR AS YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE REALLY SHOULD BE GUIDING A LOT OF YOUR OTHER ELEMENTS.
'CAUSE IT SETS THE STAGE, IT SETS THE TONE FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS THE UPDATES, AGAIN, WE RELATED TO THE PLANNING HORIZONS.
SO THE POPULATION PROJECTION IS, UM, SHOWS AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 RESIDENTS OVER THE 20.
WE ACTUALLY DID A 25 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON, UH, PLANNING PERIOD JUST TO ENSURE THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW AND UPDATE THAT, THAT AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOUR 20 YEAR WENT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT INCREASE IN RESIDENCE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD ENOUGH RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS IN THE CITY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT INCREASE IN, UM, IN RESIDENCE WITHIN THE CITY.
WE ALSO TOOK A FOCUS ON REDEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE SOME DENSITIES AND INTEN IN INTENSITIES WITH A MIX OF LAND USE LAND USES, AGAIN, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT POSSIBLE FUTURE GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ENCOURAGED, UM, REDEVELOPMENT ALONG TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, LIKE KIND OF TYING INTO YOUR TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS COMING TO THE CITY HAS OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UM, IN ADDITION TO ANY PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION.
TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION,
SO, UM, SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU'LL SEE UPDATES TO IN THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT INCLUDE A FOCUS ON DESIGN FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? JUST ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN A CAR.
SO WE LOOKED AT TRANSIT, WE LOOKED AT BICYCLE USE, WE LOOKED AT ANYTHING ELSE, UM, RIDE SHARE, ANYTHING ELSE, BUS BUSES, MASS TRANSIT THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CITY.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STILL, UM, PROMOTING THE USE OF THOSE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND MAKING SURE THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT UPDATING SOME POLICIES BASED ON ENCOURAGING E EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THOSE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND NOT JUST IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
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LOOKED AT MITIGATING HIGH TRAFFIC AND ADVERSE LEVEL OF SERVICE IMPACTS, ESSENTIALLY LOOKING WHERE YOU HAVE SOME TRAFFIC CONSTRAINTS WHERE POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE NEEDED ON YOUR ROADWAYS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S POLICIES THAT, UM, REQUIRE US TO, UH, ADDRESS THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME CONSISTENT WITH YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENTS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT.AND THEN LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ARE WE FOCUSED ON TRANSITIONING TOWARDS ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES? UM, THAT IS MORE RELATED TO ANYTHING THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE CITY, NOT SO MUCH ON THE RESIDENT SIDE.
NEXT SLIDE, TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS,
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE REQUIRED ELEMENTS THAT, UM, YOU WILL, THAT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY CHECKING THE BOX OFF FOR THE STATE.
AS FAR AS THE UPDATES IN THESE TWO ELEMENTS, WE LOOKED AT ENSURING MAINTENANCE AND ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS WERE COMPLIANT.
SO ESSENTIALLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT GROWTH THAT WE'RE PROJECTING THE 10,000 RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITY, ROADWAY UPDATES THAT THEY CAN HAVE CAPACITY FOR YOUR FUTURE PROPO, PROJECTED FUTURE GROWTH.
ALSO COORDINATING WITH ANY, UM, SERVICE ENTITIES OR UTILITIES ADJACENT GOVERNMENTS THAT MAY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT MAY BE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE CITY AND ENSURING THAT THAT CAPA THAT POPULATION, UH, PROJECTION CAN ALSO BE, UH, SERVED BY THOSE OUTSIDE ENTITIES, NOT JUST IN, UM, THOSE WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, MAINTAINING SOLVENCY THROUGH SOUND BUDGETING AND LONG-TERM PLANNING.
SO MAKING SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IN THOSE 10 AND 20 YEAR PLANNING HORIZONS, NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS PREPARED FOR THAT GROWTH.
UM, HOUSING AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IS THE, UM, THE NEXT TWO ELEMENTS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
SO AS FAR AS HOUSING IS CONCERNED, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, RIGHT NOW THE CITY HOUSING IS PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WE HAD LOOKED AT SOME POLICIES THAT COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE DENSITY TO MEET THE FUTURE HOUSING NEED AGAIN, BASED ON THOSE INCREASES IN POPULATION.
UM, A LOT OF THAT ALSO LINKED BACK TO THAT LIVE LOCAL BILL THAT I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER AS WELL, TO ENSURE THAT COMPLIANCE EXISTING POLICIES, UM, HIGHLIGHT MEETING HOUSING DEMAND THROUGH EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO JUST MAKING SURE, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH ANY AFFORDABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATUTE.
AND THEN, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ADOPTING THAT PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE STATUTE, STATE STATUTE LANGUAGE.
UM, THE NEXT ELEMENT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU'LL SEE AS FAR AS POLICY UPDATES IN THIS PARTICULAR ELEMENT IS JUST REALLY ENSURING THAT, UM, THE ELEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN.
UM, THERE JUST HAD BEEN SOME TIME IN BETWEEN, I BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE UPDATES HAD BEEN MADE TO YOUR C WHAT WE CALL CRA PLAN.
SO WE JUST WENT BACK AND KIND OF MADE THOSE UPDATES IN YOUR POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THOSE TWO ALIGN.
UM, SOME OF THOSE POLICY UPDATES WERE RELATED TO RETAINING AND ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES, WHICH, UM, I KNOW IS ALWAYS A, A GOAL OF THE CITIES CREATING FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS AND THEN ACHIEVING ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, UM, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ELEMENTS, UH, WERE RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE.
SO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT RELATE TO JUST, AGAIN, ENSURING THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR FUTURE GROWTH, LOOKING AT THAT FUTURE POPULATION, UM, AND MAKING SURE THERE'S ALSO A DIVERSITY OF OPTIONS IN RECREATION, UM, AS WELL.
UM, THAT ALSO SOMETIMES LOOKS AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECREATION.
SO NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOUR STANDARD PARKS, BUT MAYBE DOING SOME SHARING WITH OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES LIKE SCHOOLS AND, UM, OTHER OPTIONS WHERE THERE COULD BE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY.
ALSO, MAINTAINING INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION WITH BROWARD COUNTY, OF COURSE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PARKS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, AND THAT THE RESIDENTS USE ARE, UM, BEING MAINTAINED AND THAT YOU ALL ARE IN THE COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE OTHER AGENCIES.
AND LASTLY, UM, SOME EXPANSION WITH CITY-OWNED RECREATION FACILITIES WHERE, UM, APPLICABLE AND NECESSARY.
UH, UM, THE NEXT ELEMENT IS CONSERVATION.
AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS CONSERVATION IS CONCERNED, UM, THERE IS A NOTE HERE JUST STATING THAT THERE IS NO ACTUAL CONSERVATION LAND USE WITHIN THE CITY, BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AS FAR AS CONSERVATION IS CONCERNED.
AND THOSE, SOME, SOME OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDE AIR
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QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, AND ENERGY ABUNDANCE.AND SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS FAR AS THOSE THINGS ARE CONCERNED, WHAT THE CITY CAN BE DOING, JUST MORE FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE IN REGARDS TO INCREASING AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY AND CONSERVING ENERGY.
NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.
SO, UM, THE BIG ONE HERE IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNTY, AGAIN, BROWARD COUNTY, UM, BROWARD NEXT, WHICH IS THE LAND USE PLAN FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING, UM, COUNCIL.
SO, UM, JUST UPDATING YOUR POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT COMPLIANCE ALSO MAINTAINING AND COOPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE CULTURE OF COMMUNICATION AND PARTICIPATION WITH ALL THE SURROUNDING CITIES OF LAUDERDALE LAKE.
SO JUST AGAIN, ENCOURAGING, UM, I KNOW YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB AT THAT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, UM, TO ENSURE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IMPACTS ALSO FROM AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND YOUR POLICIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES, OF COURSE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR ALL THE, UM, RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE UPDATES TO THE ELEMENTS.
SORRY THAT TOOK A MINUTE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS, AS I
SOME OF THE NEXT, UH, STEPS, AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION IS YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN AT YOUR, UM, JUNE 10TH MEETING FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE TRANSMITTAL, UM, APPROVAL SO THAT IT CAN GO TO THE STATE TO BE REVIEWED.
UM, AFT AT THAT POINT, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME IN WHICH TO TRANSMIT THE PLAN UPDATES BACK TO THE STATE.
THEY WILL HAVE AGAIN, A 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD.
WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT OUR, UH, CONSERVATION EFFORTS MM-HMM
AND, UM, IT WAS STATED THAT, UH, GO BACK A RIGHT THERE.
THE CITY DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY REMAINING UNDISTURBED OR NATURAL HABITAT, UH, BUT THERE ARE STILL KEY AREAS FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
I, I DO KNOW OF AN AREA AND I LOOKED IT UP HERE AND IT, AND IT IS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, UM, CYPRUS PRESERVE CONSERVATION PARK THAT'S IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE OVER THERE.
AND WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAD THAT A PART OF YOUR CONSIDERATION AND, UM, HOW COME THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST? AND GREAT QUESTION.
WE WILL, UM, LOOK AT THE LAND USE.
IT MIGHT BE UNDER RECREATION VERSUS CONSERVATION, SO THAT MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IS INCLUDING THAT AS PART OF CONSERVATION LAND USE, THEN THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
BUT IF YOU CAN, UM, THANK YOU, UM, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, WHAT RECREATION WOULD INVOLVE VERSUS, UH, CONSERVATION.
SO RECREATION IS TYPICALLY LAND THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY YOUR RESIDENTS.
SO EVEN, UM, AS LITTLE AS PASSIVE RECREATION, SO HIKING PATHS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT PEOPLE CAN STILL ACCESS IT.
ANYTHING THAT THE RESIDENTS OR THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS WOULD TYPICALLY FALL UNDER RECREATION LAND USE.
WHEREAS CONSERVATION LAND USE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE, ESSENTIALLY, IT'S JUST, UM, PROTECTED LAND THAT IS FOR NATURE AND ANIMALS AND THINGS OF THAT
THAT HELPS BECAUSE, UM, I THINK WE, WE, WE WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN MY OPINION.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE NATURE TRAILS THERE, BUT PEOPLE ALSO GET TO ENJOY NATURE, SEE WILDLIFE.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF SOMETHING WE WANT TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, BUT JUST SPEAKING FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BE A PART OF THE PLAN AS WELL.
WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT SPACE.
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD A POLICY UNDER RECREATION THAT ESSENTIALLY HIGHLIGHTS THOSE GOALS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARK.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
'CAUSE UM, THAT PRESERVE PARK IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR STIPULATION FOR THE DIFFERENCE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH AND ENJOY.
UM, SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE HERE WITH THE CONSERVATION, THE PRESERVE? HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY AT YOUR, AT YOUR DECISION AS TO HOW YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE CATEGORIZED, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE I'M ASSUMING IT'S CITY OWNED.
IS IT A CITY OWNED PARK? YEAH, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE.
YEAH, SO, I MEAN, DID YOU WANNA SAY IT? IT'S UNDER CONSERVATION AREA COMMISSIONER
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HARRISON.OH, SORRY, I SORRY ABOUT THE MAYOR.
I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S UNDER CONSERVATION AREA.
THE NAME OF THE PARK IS CYPRUS PRESERVE CONSERVATION PARK, BUT I, I'M, I'M, MAYBE WE CAN SEE IF THAT CITY ORDINANCE OR STATE ORDINANCE THAT DETERMINES WHAT'S WHAT MS. TANJA THREE YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
ALSO, WHEN WE, UM, LOOK AT HOW WE, UH, IDENTIFY THE AREA, SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT, UM, WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, WE HAVE A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE NEED TO MEET.
SO THAT MAY BE WHY THAT PARK WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION, BECAUSE I DO KNOW LOOKING AT THE 10,000 RESIDENTS THAT'S COMING ON BOARD THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY KIND OF UNDER OUR REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
SORRY, WERE YOU TALKING? I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICK, I JUST, WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS IF, IF WE'RE SAYING THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY NATURAL HABITAT, I THINK THIS IS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT COMMISSIONER THOMAS, AS PART OF THE BACKUP MATERIAL, THERE WERE SOME OBJECTIONS THAT WE RECEIVE.
HAVE WE ADDRESSED THOSE OBJECTIONS? AND WILL THAT BE PART OF OUR TRANSMITTAL SUBMITTAL THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES.
THAT WAS THE, UM, PURPOSE AND INTENT WAS TO ADDRESS THOSE OBJECTIONS MOST, UM, VIGOROUSLY AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT, UM, TO BRING THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBJECTIONS WITH THE WAS TO BRING THE PLAN INTO CONSISTENCY.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THIS UPDATE IS TO MAKE EVERYTHING CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, WHICH WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT BEFORE WE SUBMITTED, BUT SOME OF THE RULES CHANGED WITH THE STATE.
AND SO WHEN WE, UM, SUBMITTED, TRANSMITTED IT BEFORE THEY KICKED IT BACK BECAUSE THEY IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAD SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITHIN OUR PLAN.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
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FIVE[F. DISCUSSION ON LIEN MITIGATION PROCEDURES FOR NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES]
E DISCUSSION REGARDING LIENS AGAINST HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES.AND THAT ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY MS. TANJA MCCOY.
UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MS. UM, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION.
UM, SO I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS AS A WORKSHOP ITEM, HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES AND THE LIEN MITIGATION PROCESS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATE, UM, HOMESTEAD PROPERTY LIENS.
I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES COME BEFORE ME.
AND JUST LOOKING AT OUR PROCESS FOR SOME OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, OUR PROCESS IS PRETTY, UH, CLEAR AND AND STRAIGHTFORWARD.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES COULD BE, UH, PRETTY HIGH.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A POLICY IN PLACE THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE HIGHER END HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.
AND THROUGH THAT, UM, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, WORKING WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. ONE IS A LEAN REDUCTION PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR NON-HOMESTEAD, UM, PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A CONCEPT THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, AGAIN, THAT WOULD PERHAPS INVITE, UM, A CONSIDERATION OF THREE TIERS FOR THAT LIEN REDUCTION PROCESS.
THE FIRST TIER MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THE, UM, ADMINISTRATION TO HEAR, UM, LIEN REDUCTION REQUESTS WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON THE AMOUNT, THE COMMISSION WOULD SET THE AMOUNT.
AND FOR A WAY OF A EXAMPLE, UH, PERHAPS $25,000 WOULD BE THE AMOUNT FOR WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS COULD PARTICULARLY, UH, MS UH, UH, MCCOY'S DEPARTMENT COULD ADMINISTER LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN, SAY, 25,000.
AND AGAIN, BY WAY OF JUST AN EXAMPLE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, MIGHT BE A MATTER THAT COULD, UH, AGAIN, UH, REQUEST AN APPLICATION.
BUT THAT APPLICATION WOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW BY THE CITY'S SPECIAL MASTERS OR THE SPECIAL CITY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
UH, ANYTHING ABOVE, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A NUMBER, UH, WHICH THIS COMMISSION WOULD, UH, DETERMINE TO BE APPROPRIATE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT MATTER WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE
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TO COME BEFORE, UH, THE COMMISSION FOR A, UM, UH, ITS CONSIDERATION AND A RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR A LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST.RIGHT NOW, STAFF IS STILL WORKING REALLY ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN, BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT THAT MATTER COULD BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP AGENDA.
THE OTHER ITEM RELATIVE TO, UH, REDUCTION, UH, A LIEN REDUCTION WOULD BE A AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO ASSIST HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A LIEN.
AND OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS STILL BEING, UH, DRAFTED, BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE A LEVEL OF RELIEF.
AND AMNESTY PROGRAM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, UH, EXTENDS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DURING THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
UH, AND THEN IT IS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE.
THE MAIN THING WITH REGARD TO, UH, ANY LIE REDUCTION PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S AN AMNESTY OR OTHERWISE, IS THE CITY'S ABILITY AND NEED TO BALANCE BETWEEN OBTAINING AND HAVING A EFFECTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE WHEREBY HOMEOWNERS BUSINESSES ACTUALLY HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE.
AND THEN THERE ARE OFTENTIMES, AGAIN, WHERE THE NEEDS MAY BE THAT THERE'S SOME PROCESS THAT IS NEEDED FOR AN ALLOWANCE OF A REDUCTION.
UH, AND SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE BALANCING ISSUES BEFORE THIS COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE BELIEVE WITH, UH, WORKING WITH THE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR THAT, UH, THIS MATTER AGAIN, COULD COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING.
ALEX, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, I THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY FOR PRESENTING THOSE OPTIONS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.
I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE GO WITH, WHETHER IT'S A AMNESTY OR LIEN REDUCTION, I THINK AS LONG AS WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE TO FIRST BE IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, I THINK THE CITY HAS BEEN GOING ON TOO LONG WITH THESE ISSUES.
UM, I THINK IT AFFECTS THE CITY.
I THINK IT AFFECTS OUR VALUE HERE IN THE CITY AND IT AFFECTS THE WAY THE CITY LOOKS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT, IT TENDS TO GIVE ME INSIGHT ON HOW DO PROPERTY OWNERS VIEW THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL.
UM, I I, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS, ONE FOR COMMERCIAL AND ONE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
I THINK WE CAN, UH, TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN, IN ONE SWING FOR, FOR EVERYONE.
UM, AND, AND, AND BY DOING IT, I THINK WHAT WHAT COULD WORK IS JUST DOING AN AMNESTY WITH US DETERMINING WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY BACK BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY OWE IN TOTAL.
I THINK THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, AND AND GOING TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND, AND SEEING WHERE WE ARE.
UH, DID YOU KNOW THAT ALL THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IN PAPER FORM, LIKE WE DON'T HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY UPLOADED.
SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE LIENS THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE A LIEN.
THERE'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT HAVE A LIEN ON FILE THAT MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T LET THEM, THAT WE'RE GONNA START NOTIFYING PEOPLE.
UH, AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE TIME THAT ALL THIS IS GONNA TAKE.
WE HAVE A PROPERTY, I CAN'T SEE, IT'S IN MY FACE.
SORRY, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
WE HAVE AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE, IN CITY HALL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS WITH THE LIGHT.
IT'S BEEN ADDRESS, MADAM MANAGER ADDRESS.
UH, SO I THINK, UH, INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER A PROPERTY WHO OWED HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND MIND YOU, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO PAY LITIGATION FOR THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE A COST TO THE CITY TO DO THAT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE CHASING PEOPLE DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO COURT.
UH, PEOPLE AREN'T JUST GONNA BE WILLING TO JUST DO THAT.
I THINK IF WE FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY IN COMPLIANCE, WHAT WE COULD DO IS DO AN AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
GIVE THEM 90 DAYS, WHATEVER WE SET.
BUT IN DOING SO, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME TO US WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME.
ALL WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS JUST FOCUS ON NOTIFYING THEM.
LIKE, LISTEN, WE'RE NOTIFYING YOU.
YOU HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF TIME TO COME AND UH, UH, BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THIS AMNESTY.
BUT INSTEAD OF US PAYING TO CHASE THEM DOWN, WE CAN SET IT UP TO WHERE THEY CAN COME TO US.
THEY'LL HAVE THE INCENTIVE TO COME TO US.
ALSO, WE, WE, WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF HOW MANY LIENS ARE OUT THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL OF HOW MANY LIENS ARE OUT THERE.
WE KNOW MAYBE SOME OF THE CHRONIC CASES, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THE LIENS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING THAT CREATES AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO COME TO CITY HALL TO BE IN
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COMPLIANCE, ALL OF THAT COMING AT ONE TIME, I THINK WE CAN RECUPERATE A LOT MORE MONEY AND SAVE A LOT MORE TIME IN DOING THAT, UH, STRATEGY.SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS, MADAM MAYOR, MAD NICE THERE.
WHAT COMMERCIAL VERSUS RESIDENTIAL, WHERE DO WE HAVE THE WORST MS. SANDRA THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, IT'S HARD TO IDENTIFY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER EASTON, UH, SPOKE, WE DO HAVE ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS IN A PAPER FORMAT AND WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO GET THROUGH THOSE DOCUMENTS TO TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO HAS LIENS AND WHO DON'T HAVE LIENS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMERCIAL IS PROBABLY THE MOST EGREGIOUS IN THE FACT THAT, UM, THOSE LIENS USUALLY COME ABOUT IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE NOT, UM, FOLLOWING THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE OR UM, THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT UM, THROUGH OUR MAGISTRATE, OUR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THAT THOSE LIENS ARE PROBABLY THE MOST EGREGIOUS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS GO BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN 2023 THERE IS A, I WALK IN THE MORNINGS AND THAT IS FROM JULY OF 2023 AND NOW IT IS 2025.
AND THAT PROPERTY, I REMEMBER CLEARLY IT WAS $200 PER DAY.
AND INSTEAD OF THAT PROPERTY BECOMING BETTER, IT IS WORSE.
IT'S AN A SMALL APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IT GRIEVES ME TO KNOW THAT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN KEEP THEIR PROPERTY IN THAT CONDITION.
IN MY CITY I WALK AND THE PROPERTY THAT THAT PROPERTY IS MAYBE 80 OR 90% OCCUPIED, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE SOMEONE TO PICK UP THE GARBAGE.
IT'S ALL OVER THE, I THINK THEY WERE SIGHTED MANY, MANY TIMES.
SO HOW DO WE AS A CITY, 'CAUSE THIS IS MY CITY YOU ARE PASSING THROUGH, IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT YOU.
AND IF YOU DRIVE NINE OUTTA 10 TIMES, YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT.
BUT WHEN YOU WALK, LIKE HOW I WALK IN THE MORNINGS, I SEE THE CONDITION AND IT IRKS ME TO KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE DO NOT LIVE IN MY CITY.
THEY LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE HOA RULES OR THE CITY'S RULES WHEREVER THEY LIVE.
BUT THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO COME INTO MY CITY COLLECT THAT THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS THERE AND THEY DON'T CARE HOOTS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT PROPERTY HAD, THEY WERE GETTING SECTION EIGHT, FEDERAL FUNDS DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I'VE NOT SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT SINCE JULY OF 2023 TO THIS MORNING, MAY 27TH, 2025, NEARLY TWO YEARS THEY WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO CORRECT IT.
THE DE LAKES, MAYBE TO THEM IT'S A DUMP.
I LIVE HERE AND I'M A PART OF THIS CITY AND IT GRIEVES ME AND IT IRKS ME TO KNOW THEY DON'T CARE.
SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO BALANCE IT OUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THEM.
BECAUSE WHEREVER THEY LIVE, THEY CERTAINLY DON'T TREAT IT LIKE THAT.
I THINK A BLANKET AMNESTY FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESSES WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF.
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EVEN THOUGH MS. TANJA, OUR RECORDS MAY BE ON PAPER, AS YOU SAY, I KNOW THAT WE NOTIFY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CODE REQUIREMENTS.SO FOR US TO BLANKETLY AMNESTY EVERYONE THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TIER SYSTEM THAT YOU SPOKE OF AND THAT CITY ATTORNEY SPOKE OF AS IT RELATES TO RESIDENTS AND AS IT RELATES TO BUSINESSES, UM, PAPER, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HARD COPIES ARE BETTER THAN TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET LOST AS MUCH AS TECHNOLOGY OR YOU DON'T INADVERTENTLY DELETE THEM AS YOU WOULD HARD COPY.
SO I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TIER SYSTEM THAT YOU AND CITY ATTORNEY SPOKE OF AND I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT AN AMNESTY PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, I THINK THE, THE AM THE AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND A RESIDENTIAL WOULD HELP FOR THIS REASON.
WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THESE FILES, WE HAVE TO PAY STAFFED FOR RETRIEVAL TO GO THROUGH THOSE FILES.
THE SECOND THING IS THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KNOWN, IT'S NOT A A IT'S NOT AN ASSUMPTION.
WE DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH LIENS IS OWED TO THE CITY THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY OWE LIENS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO OWES US LIENS.
SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST FLYING BLIND HERE.
WE'RE GOING AFTER THESE CHRONIC CASES.
BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE CASES, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S CHRONIC AND WHAT'S NOT? SO MY, MY MY FEEDBACK IS TO DO IT EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE WE'RE BEHIND AS A CITY.
I THINK WHAT COULD HELP IS THAT WE CREATE AN INCENTIVE.
WE HAVE TO DO IT BASED ON STRATEGY.
'CAUSE THE MAIN GOAL IS GETTING BACK INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THESE PLACES.
SO AS THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED, SHE'S BEEN WALKING PAST THAT PROPERTY SINCE, OH, SINCE 2023.
WENT TO THE JUDGE, THE MAGISTRATE, NOTHING STILL HAS HAPPENED.
IF WE PUT OUT SOMETHING AND SAY, LISTEN, BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE HOLDING YOU UP FOR, YOU CAN JUST PAY A PERCENTAGE OF THAT.
THEY WOULD'VE FIRST GOTTEN IN COMPLIANCE.
SO HER WALKING EVERY MORNING, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE SAW THAT.
AND WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THE MONEY BY NOW.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO ACROSS THE CITY FOR ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES.
NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL, NOT JUST COMMERCIAL, BUT WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF MONEY PAYING FOR LITIGATION.
WE WANT, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST CITY ATTORNEYS IN THE STATE, PROBABLY THE COUNTRY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY SOME MORE FOR THAT LITIGATION.
AND ALSO IT'S GONNA COST US CITY STAFF.
WE TALKED ABOUT AN EVENT EARLIER, HOW MUCH STAFF IS GONNA COST, THIS IS GONNA COST STAFF A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO GO AND GO THROUGH THESE FILES.
IT'S A HIMALAYAN WORTH MOUNTAIN WORTH OF PAPERWORK IN THOSE OFFICES.
AND UM, HARD COPIES ARE GOOD, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY, YOU COULD JUST PRESS IT AT A PUSH OF A BUTTON AND RETRIEVE IT LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST GO BACK AND FEEL LIKE WE, WE COULD HAVE BOTH, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THE CITY RIGHT NOW TO RUN PEOPLE DOWN.
IT'S GONNA COST MOST IMPORTANTLY TIME AND IT IS GONNA COST US MORE MONEY.
SO I I JUST SAY FROM A STRATEGY, IF WE DID IT A BLANKET AMNESTY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO AVOID ALL OF THAT.
I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH CONSIDERATION.
I WOULD THINK THAT WHEN A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS FIRST RECEIVED A NON-COMPLIANCE FROM CODE COMPLIANCE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN HEED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
I ALSO AM QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA WHERE MADAM VICE MAYOR WALKS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF I'M VERY ENERGETIC, I WALK THAT AREA ALSO.
BUT I JUST THINK A BLANKET AMNESTY BECAUSE I DID NOT APPLY MYSELF TO TAKING CONTROL OF WHAT I TOLD I WAS NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF, NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFULLY.
WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM VERY QUICKLY.
SO YOU, YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED THEM BOTH.
MS. SANDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, ITEM SIX, A PETITIONS FROM
[A. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]
THE PUBLIC.NO, WE WILL THAT VERY BRIEFLY.
UH, THAT PROPERTY, UH, AS SHE CAME TO THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, I TALKED TO HER.
IN FACT, UH, SHE CANNOT DO YOU ALL BY HERSELF.
IT HAS PERMITTING REQUIREMENT AND WE ALSO HAVE OBLIGATION TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE STATE IN PDS PERMIT.
AND CL RESTORATION REQUIRES NOT ONLY OUR PERMIT, IT NEEDS
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DP PERMIT, ARMY COURT OF ENGINEERS PERMIT,SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PERMITTING REQUIREMENT AND ALSO COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT THERE.
SO WE CAN, WE CANNOT ALLOW HER TO DO IN HER OWN WAY, OWN WAY BECAUSE THIS IS WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND WE HAVE TO DO IT.
AND SECOND THING, WE DON'T HAVE THE DESIGN FOR THAT PORTION OF THE CANNEL, BUT THAT IS IN OUR CIP LIST.
GET BACK WITH MS. MS GILLARD TO FURTHER AND TO HAVE THIS FURTHER THIS DISCUSSION.
I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT, THAT SHE WAS OKAY.
THE WORKSHOP IS NOW ADJOURNED.