Jun 10, 2025 City Commission Meeting

LOOK AT THAT ADVERTISING.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

EVERYWHERE IT CAME OUT.

NICE.

'CAUSE THE, THE FLYER FROM, THAT'S THE FLYER THAT THEY HAVE TODAY.

WELL, YOU COULDN'T SEE, BUT IT HAD THE FLAGS AND STUFF AROUND IT.

RIGHT? I WANT MY TRINIDAD COLORS.

SAY I WANT MY TRINIDAD COLORS.

I KNOW.

I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EARLY NIGHT.

WHICH PARK SHE WANTS? SHE WANTS HEAR.

NO, WE DON'T WANNA HEAR MADAM MAYOR, WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE.

BEFORE WE GO INTO, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. THOMAS WILMUTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE, MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. MARK BORDEAUX.

MR. BORDEAUX.

YES, SIR.

YEAH.

[D. PROCLAMATION - RECOGNIZING BRAIN HEALTH/ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS)]

MR. WILMUTH, COME ON, COME BACK.

MR. WILMUTH IS, IS THE REPRESENTATIVE AID OF REPRESENTATIVE MITCH ROSENWALD FROM DISTRICT 98.

NATE ROSENWALD DISTRICT INCLUDES A LITTLE PIECE OF LAUDERDALE LAKE.

SO MR. MOUT, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALSO.

THANK YOU MR.

[6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

BORDEAUX.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE BECAUSE, UH, MY PARENTS PURCHASED, UH, A DUPLEX OVER 60 YEARS AGO IN THE REAL ESTATES WHEN IT WAS FIRST DEVELOPED.

UM, MY WIFE AND I, THROUGH THE YEARS WE LIVED THERE, UP UNTIL MAYBE ABOUT OVER 45 YEARS AGO, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN NO ISSUE WITH ANYTHING UNTIL I HAD TO EVICT A PARTY OUT OF THE, OUT OF THERE.

THIS LADY HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO CUT MY THROAT.

I HATE TO BE SO DOWN TO EARTH ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DO IT.

BUT WHEN SHE FINDS OUT THAT SHE'S BEING EVICTED, SHE CALLS CODE ENFORCEMENT.

CHERYL SAVAGE COMES OUT, THE TWO OF THEM TALK.

I KNOW

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THAT THE TENANT I EVICTED HAD TO TELL THIS WOMAN, I GOTTA BE THE WORST PERSON THAT IS LIVING IN BROWARD COUNTY.

CODE ENFORCEMENT DRIVE IN AND OUT OF THE ENTRANCE OF OIL ESTATES EVERY DAY.

THERE WAS A TREE STUMP BENT OUT THERE IN THE BACKYARD FOR FIVE YEARS.

I'M JUST GONNA SAY VINES ON THE FENCE, BELONGED TO THE PARTY NEXT DOOR.

BUT IT'S MY ISSUE.

I HAVE TO TEAR THE VINES OFF.

THE VERY NEXT DAY I DID THE ISSUES.

I'M WANTING THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW THIS 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.

I'VE BEEN CITED FOR THE WRONG LIGHT BULB IN THE UTILITY ROOM.

UH, SMOKE DETECTORS.

I HAD SMOKE DETECTORS IN THERE, BUT IT'S RENTAL PROPERTY.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO 'EM.

CHERYL SAYS, YOU NEED A SMOKE DETECTOR IN HERE.

OKAY? THE NEXT DAY I PUT SMOKE DETECTORS IN EACH APARTMENT.

NEXT TIME SHE COMES OUT, SHE SAYS, OH NO, YOU NEED SMOKE DETECTORS IN, UH, IN EACH BEDROOM.

OKAY? THE NEXT DAY I WENT AND GOT EIGHT MORE SMOKE DETECTORS AND PUT 'EM.

NOW THERE'S A TOTAL OF FIVE SMOKE DETECTORS IN EACH ROOM.

UM, THE, FROM THE DRIVEWAY TO THE, TO THE WALKWAY, THERE WERE STEPPING STONES.

ONE OF THEM WAS BROKE.

YEAH.

I REPLACED EVERY ONE OF THEM.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING TO COMPLY WITH HER.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT I'D DONE, I HAD TO CALL CHERYL SAVAGE TO GET HER TO COME OUT AND SAY, OKAY, I REPLACED THIS, UH, RECEPTACLE COVER OVER A LIGHT SWITCH, YOU KNOW, 89 CENT COVER.

THERE WAS SOME MISSING.

THAT'S TRUE.

I REPLACED EVERYONE IN BOTH SIDES.

WHAT WAS CRACKED OR MISSING? I JUST, UH, I JUST FELT LIKE I, I AM BEING TOTALLY BEATEN, BEATEN UP IN THIS MATTER.

UM, THE, THE, THE, THE ELECTRICAL, I'LL ADMIT THE ELECTRICAL PANEL IN THE ONE SIDE.

I DID THAT FIVE YEARS AGO, I SAY WITHOUT A PERMIT.

YEAH.

UM, OUR MISSION THIS YEAR IS TO DIGITIZE AT LEAST 25% OF ALL OF OUR HISTORIC MEMORABILIA THAT WE HAVE.

THAT WAS CAUGHT.

MY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, UM, GOT A PERMIT.

THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN, UH, I FORGET WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, BUT, UH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN OKAY IT OR CHECK IT AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT OKAY.

BUT THE, UH, INSPECTOR COMES OUT AND HE SAYS, WHERE'S, WHERE'S THE PERMIT? WELL, MY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR WASN'T THERE, SO I'M THINKING HE'S GOT IT.

SO THE INSPECTOR LEFT.

HE SAID HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

I CALLED MY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.

HE SAYS, WELL, IT'S AT THE CITY.

HERE'S THE NUMBER FOR IT.

I WRITE DOWN THE NUMBER.

I COME STRAIGHT RIGHT OVER HERE TO PICK IT UP.

I GIVE 'EM THE NUMBER.

I'M HERE TO PICK UP THIS, THE PERMIT.

THEY CAN'T FIND NOTHING, NOTHING TO BE FOUND.

DON'T EVEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

THE GIRL SAYS, HANG ON A MINUTE, JUST WAIT A FEW MINUTES.

SO I SAT DOWN MAYBE 15, 20 MINUTES.

SHE CALLS ME UP AND SAYS, HANDS ME A PERMIT.

I SAID, WELL, OKAY.

THAT WAS NICE.

THAT DIDN'T TAKE THREE MONTHS.

BUT I AM JUST BEING TOTALLY BEAT UP OUR, THE PLACES FOR SALE.

THE THE PARTY IS WANTING TO PURCHASE THE PLACE.

THEY WANT IT EMPTY.

THE ONE SIDE HAS BEEN EMPTY NOW FOR OVER A YEAR.

AND, UM, UH, I LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT HERE, BUT, UH, OUR, I CALL HER THE JUDGE, OUR MAGISTRATE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SHE SAYS, WELL, THE PARTY THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING THE PLACE, IF THEY KNOW THE, THE ISSUES THAT'S GOTTA BE TAKEN CARE OF, THAT'S FINE.

LONG AS THEY KNOW IT, THEY CAN DO IT.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT A NEW ROOF ON.

THEY'RE GONNA FLIP THE PLACE.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT NEW, UH, FLOORING IN.

THEY MEASURED IT, THEY'RE GONNA PUT ON NEW WINDOWS IN.

AND ANYHOW, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM BEING, MY WIFE AND I ARE STRESSED OUT OVER NOTHING.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? THANK YOU, MR. BORDEAUX.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR.

THE FINAL PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC IS FROM MS. NICOLE HALL.

MS. HALL.

GOOD NIGHT MAYOR COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS NICOLE HALL TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE NO FIERY SPEECHES, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, UM, HONORING TONIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE SAM BROWN ROOM IS OPEN EVERY FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.

UM, IT IS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ROOM.

AND WHAT WE TRY,

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UM, WE ALSO ATTEMPT, UM, BY KNOWN VIRTUAL OF OUR OWN, BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE LIVING HISTORY SITTING IN THE BUILDING WITH US, WE ALWAYS, UM, ENCOURAGE WHOEVER'S IN THE CHAMBERS TO COME OVER TO THE SAM BROWN ROOM AND TAKE PICTURES.

UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THE FURTHER BACK, I BELIEVE IT WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL WHO SAID, THE FURTHER BACK YOU LOOK IN HISTORY, THE FURTHER FORWARD YOU'LL GO, AND I THINK IT'S AN AFRICAN PROVERB THAT SAID, IF YOU DON'T HONOR A POND THAT DOES NOT HONOR ITS OWN FROG IS NOT ANY TYPE OF POND.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UM, OUR FIRST CARIBBEAN, AS SHE'S WEARING HER CARIBBEAN COLORS, FORMER, UH, MAYOR, HAZEL, HAZEL.

LET'S SAY THE HAZEL ROGERS IS IN THE HOUSE.

SHE WILL BE IN THE SAM BROWN ROOM TAKING PICTURES.

UM, SO PLEASE DO HER THE HONOR OF COMING OVER AND TAKING PICTURES WITH HER.

UM, I KNOW THE YOUNG LADY HERE, THAT'LL BE GREAT FOR YOU AS SHE'S INTERNING, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING WITH HISTORY IN THE BUILDING.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU, MS. ADAM CLARK.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO MORE, UH, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

THERE ARE NOT, NOT ANY

[A. ORDINANCE 2025-008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; RELATING TO SIGNAGE; AMENDING CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REVISING SECTION 903, “DEFINITIONS,” TO UPDATE THE DEFINITION OF “SNIPE SIGN” AND ADD DEFINITIONS FOR “CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER,” “PERSON,” AND “PUBLIC PROPERTY”; CREATING NEW SUBSECTIONS 911.2-911.2.4 TO ESTABLISH PURPOSE AND INTENT, PROHIBITED CONDUCT, ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS, PENALTIES, APPEALS, AND EXEMPTIONS]

ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

ITEM EIGHT, A MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO EIGHT.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROER COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO SIGNAGE AMENDING CHAPTER NINE OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, REVIVING SECTION 9 0 3, DEFINITIONS TWO.

UPDATE THE DEFINITION OF SNIPE SIGN AND ADDING DEFINITIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, PERSON AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, CREATING NEW SUBSECTIONS.

NINE 11.2 THROUGH NINE, 11.4 TO ESTABLISH PURPOSE AND INTENT PROHIBITED CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS, PENALTIES, APPEALS, AND EXEMPTIONS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AT AMERICAN COMMISSIONER.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVIDES TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MODIFYING CHAPTER NINE, SECTION 9 0 3, AND MS. TOCH MCCOY WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

SIGNED MADAM MAYOR.

ENHANCES PENALTIES FOR ELEVATED OR LARGE SCALE SIGN POSTINGS.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.

I AM HERE TO REVIEW A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT RELATED TO SNIPE SIGNS.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES A PROHIBITION ON THE UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF SNIPE SIGNS ON THE PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THE ORDINANCE DEFINES SNIP SIGNS AS A SIGN OF FIXED TO TREES, UTILITY POLES, TRAFFIC, INFRASTRUCTURE, BRANCHES, FENCES, OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITIES AS UNAUTHORIZED.

THESE SIGNS ARE OFTEN USED TO PROMOTE UNPERMITTED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, AND ARE TYPICALLY POSTED ON LARGE QUANTITIES ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS CONTRIBUTING TO VISUAL BLIGHT AND POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS.

THE BACKGROUND OF THIS, UM, ITEM INCLUDES THE SNIPE SIGNS OFTEN ARE CHEAPLY MADE, ILLEGALLY BE INSTALLED AND UNDERMINE THE CITY'S APPEARANCE DISTRACTS, DRIVERS, OBSTRUCTS, SIGN LINE, SIGHTLINES.

AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY POSTED WITHOUT PERMITS AND EVADE THE OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S TEMPORARY SIGN REGULATIONS, WHICH IS, UM, IN THE, WE WILL FIND IN CHAPTER NINE IN REVIEWING THE BEST PRACTICES AND ENFORCEMENT MODELS FOR THESE TYPE OF JU UH, SIGNS.

I'VE LOOKED AT OTHER CITY JURISDICTIONS AND FOUND SOME VERY ROBUST SIGN, UM, ORDINANCES THAT INCLUDE IDENTIFYING THESE SIGNS AS LITTER.

AND, UM, CLEARLY DEF A CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE SNIPE SIGN AS ITS STATUS, AS A, A PIECE OF LITTER IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PROPOSED WITHIN THIS NEW SNIPE SIGN ORDINANCE.

IT ALSO, UM, ESTABLISHES THE FACT THAT THE SIGN IT BELONGS TO WHOEVER THE, THE COMPANY OR BUSINESS IS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGN.

THIS NEW ORDINANCE ALSO ESCALATES THE FINE STRUCTURE FOR REPEAT VIOLATIONS AND

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UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE SPENDING A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR DAY REMOVING THESE SIGNS FROM OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

UM, ANY DAY, ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, WE COULD USUALLY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO A HUNDRED OF THESE SIGNS OUT OF OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

AND SO IT IS AT THIS TIME THAT I BELIEVE A ORDINANCE OF THIS NATURE IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR US TO, UH, LIMIT THESE SIGN POSTINGS PROBABLY.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THE PUBLIC HEARING? MS. HALL? YES.

MS. HALL.

UM, NICOLE HALLIGAN, THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET.

UM, I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY SURE, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD APPRECIATE IF, UM, DIRECTOR MCCOY MAYBE WOULD GIVE US THE DETAILS AS TO HOW THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN FULL AS WE DON'T HAVE THE BACKUP, THE SUPPORTED DOCUMENT HERE, UM, WITH US, BECAUSE I'M A BIT CONCERNED.

I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UM, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS ON THE BOOKS.

AND, UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT'S ON THE BOOKS AND WHAT HAS PROMPTED THE NEW ORDINANCE? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF IT? UM, BECAUSE WE JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AHEAD, UM, AND SEE THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE STRATEGIES AS WE DEAL WITH, UM, SIGNS, WE ARE SPEAKING AS IF IT'S ONLY COMMERCIAL, BUT IT ALSO WOULD DEAL WITH THE RESIDENT, A PERSON DOING A GARAGE SALE AT THEIR HOME, UM, POLITICAL CANDIDATES.

SO WE JUST WANNA BE SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE RIGHT OF THE COMMISSION IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS OR WHATEVER, BUT WE JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'VE, UM, DRIVEN THIS CITY, UM, AT LEAST FOUR DAYS A WEEK, EVERY DAY, EVERY INCH OF THIS 3.874 CITY.

AND I CAN'T COUNT, UM, 50 SIGNS.

HOWEVER, UM, I'M NOT DISPUTING THE AMOUNT OF SIGN THAT CODE SAID THAT THEY'RE PICKING UP.

HOWEVER, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT PROMPTED, PROMPTED THIS, THE BEING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS WITH A FEE SCHEDULE.

WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW, WHAT IT, WHAT PROMPTED IT? OR HOW MUCH HAVE WE COLLECTED IN FEES PREVIOUSLY? HOW MUCH DO, HOW MUCH REVENUE DO WE PLAN TO COLLECT, UM, WITH THE NEW FEES? HOW ARE WE GONNA ENFORCE IT? FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A CANDIDATE, WHAT ARE THE EXCEPTIONS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO CANDIDACY? UH, SO WE JUST WANNA BE SURE.

UM, 'CAUSE OFTENTIMES THINGS KIND OF SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS, UH, SO WE JUST WANNA BE SURE AND GET MORE DETAIL.

I BELIEVE ON THIS PARTICULAR, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THIS ORDINANCE ON THE BOOK WITH A FEE THAT I DON'T BELIEVE, I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FACTUALLY WHEN I SAY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE EVER COLLECTED ANY REVENUE WITH THE CURRENT FEES OR WHAT'S GOING TO, UM, ENABLE US TO COLLECT REVENUE WITH A NEW FEE STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU, MS. HALL.

MS. TANJA, UH, ANYONE ELSE? PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC.

PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC IS CLOSED.

RAISE ANY QUESTION? NOTHING FOR ME.

PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC IS CLOSED.

MS. TAN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WHAT PROMPTED IT IS TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT'S ABILITY TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE PROCESS FOR, UM, ENFORCING THIS CODE.

YES, SNIPE SIGN IS ON IN OUR CO ORDINANCE AS A PROHIBITED SIGN.

HOWEVER, IT DID NOT HAVE THE DETAIL THAT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE WILL PROVIDE FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND MYSELF TO GO AFTER THESE COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES DIRECTLY.

THERE'S ALSO WHAT WE CALL A TEMPORARY SIGNAGE ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS THAT COVERS POLITICAL SIGNS AND YARD SIGNS, AND ANY OF THE TEMPORARY SIGNS THAT THE, UH, COMMUNITY MIGHT NEED TO POST.

THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS SPECIFICALLY TO REGULATE WHAT WE CALL SNIPE SIGNS.

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NO, NO, MADAM MAYOR.

NO, NO QUESTION.

BUT I, I JUST WANNA ADD, UM, I, I WALK IN THE MORNING AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I PICK UP SNIPE SIGNS ON 24TH STREET.

IT COULD BE PICKED UP AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, AND BY EIGHT O'CLOCK IT'S BACK UP AGAIN ON THE, ESPECIALLY ON 24TH STREET.

I DO SEE IT CONSTANTLY, AND THE LADIES LAUGH WHEN I WALK AND, UM, PICK UP THE SIGNS AND DUMP THEM IN THE GARBAGE.

SO I AM SEEING MORE SO OF IT.

IT'S NOT JUST HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, IT'S THROUGHOUT WHEREVER I GO.

AND THIS WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE REINFORCED TO LET YOU KNOW.

OTHERS KNOW THAT THE AESTHETICS, UM, OF THE KNIFE SIGN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED HERE.

SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REINFORCED.

MADAM MAD VICE MAYOR ON 36 TERRACE NEAR OAKLAND PARK, BELLA VISTA, BUT NEW, BEAUTIFUL, EXPENSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

WHEN I WALK IN THE MORNINGS, THE SIGNS ARE OUT THERE, BANK OF AMERICA CHOICE BANK, STRAIGHT DOWN.

WHEN I SEE THEM, I WOULD TAKE THEM UP, PUT THEM DOWN FLAT, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ON ONE SIDE.

THEY GENERALLY PRINT IT.

BUT IT IS A PROBLEM.

IT REALLY, REALLY MAKES MY CITY LOOKS BAD.

IT IS AMAZING TO ME HOW FAST THEY CAN REPLACE A SIGN.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

ONCE IT IS TAKEN UP, IT IS THERE EARLY IN THE MORNING.

PICK IT UP, COME BACK A FEW HOURS LATER, IT'S THERE AGAIN.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE PATROLS IN THE AREA, BUT IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PROBLEM BECAUSE I ALSO PICK UP THE SIGNS.

I TAKE THEM HOME, I SEPARATE THEM FOR EITHER BULK OR TRASH.

BUT IT IS, IT IS, IT IS THE PROBLEM.

SO THANK YOU MS. TANJA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY PUTTING THEM ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THE OTHER DAY, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEKEND COMING INTO 24TH STREET, THEY WERE ALL THROUGHOUT ON 24TH STREET.

THEY HAD PLACED THEM STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT.

UM, SO THEY'RE GETTING MORE BRAZEN TO COME WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, NOT ONLY ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THANK YOU, MS. SANJA.

MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.

UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

I'M MOVE TO APPRO MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO EIGHT.

VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

B ITEM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

ITEM EIGHT

[B. ORDINANCE 2025-009 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING; APPROVING APPLICATION 04-TA-25, AND ADOPTING THE 2050 LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (“COMPREHENSIVE PLAN”); ADOPTING THE 2024 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT (“EAR”) FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR EAR-BASED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT AND UPDATES TO THE CITY’S FUTURE LAND USE MAP (“AMENDMENTS”); COPIES OF WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL OF TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART II OF CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES]

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH NINE.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELAYING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING APPROVING APPLICATION ZERO FOUR DASH TA DASH 25, AND ADOPTING THE 2050 LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ADOPTING THE 2024 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

PROVIDING FOUR-YEAR BASED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT AND UPDATES TO THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP, COPIES OF WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL OF THE DOCUMENT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART TWO OF CHAPTER 1 63, FLORIDA OF STATUTES REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

I MOVE THAT WE BRING ITEM, SORRY, I MOVE THAT WE BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

FOR A MOTION PASSES MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS

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ORDINANCE APPROVES THE AL OF THE CITY'S 2024, UM, EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT.

AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THIS ORDINANCE AGAIN APPROVES THE TRANSMITTAL OF THE CITY'S 2024 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT.

EVERY SEVEN YEARS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE STATUTE TO REVIEW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SUBMIT AN EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REVIEW BASED UPON AMENDMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPROVAL FOR THE FLORIDA STATE OF COMMERCE.

IT IS IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 1 63 THAT WE MUST DO.

THIS CITY MUST DETERMINE IF AMENDMENTS TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE NECESSARY AND REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE REQUIREMENTS AND NOTIFY THE STATE PLANNING AGENCY OF ITS DETERMINATION.

IT IS THROUGH THIS, UM, TRANSMITTAL THAT THE CITY WILL COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY REQUIREMENTS.

AND I HAVE KIMBERLY HORN ASSOCIATE HERE TO, UM, REVIEW AND GO OVER DO A PRESENTATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

GOOD EVENING.

CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP? SENT IT TO T.

TRANSPORTATION, THIS TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING FROM AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION

EXCUSE ME.

WHAT WAS THE DONATION? WE WILL DO IT WITHOUT THE SLIDES.

THEY'RE THE SAME SLIDES THAT YOU SAW ON YOUR MAY 27TH WORKSHOP.

SO I'M ESSENTIALLY GONNA BE WALKING THROUGH VERY SIMILAR JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE.

SO AS, UH, MS. MCCOY MENTIONED, WE WERE ENGAGED TO COMPLETE THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT.

AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT CHAPTER 1 63 OF FLORIDA STATUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT STATUTE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN AS THERE ARE REQUIRED POLICIES WITHIN THAT PLAN FOR US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH.

SO THOSE ARE THE BIG TWO KIND OF PILLARS THAT THIS STANDS ON, ESSENTIALLY.

AND WHAT WE DO THEN IS WE LOOK AT ARE THERE ANY POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT HAVE CHANGED, UM, DUE TO LEGISLATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO IN THE CASE FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS UPDATING IT ON SOME OF THE BIGGER THINGS THAT WERE PASSED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2024 WHEN THIS PROCESS ORIGINALLY STARTED.

AND SO THE BIGGEST THING IS ADDING A PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE.

ALSO ADDING PROVISIONS THAT COMPLY WITH THE LIVE LOCAL ACT AND THE SEPTIC TO SEWER BILLS THAT WERE PASSED IN THE LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS EXTENDING FOR BOTH A 10 AND 20 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE LOOKING WITH THIS COMP PLAN AT BOTH TODAY, WHAT IS EXISTING CONDITIONS IN 2025, PROJECTING THAT 10 YEARS OUT TO 2035 AND THIS PLAN ACTUALLY GOES TO 2050.

AND WITH THAT, UM, WHEN THIS WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE LAST YEAR, THE COMMENTS RECEIVED WERE THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND ENSURING THAT THOSE WERE BASED ON RELEVANT AND RECENT DATA INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS.

SO BASICALLY THAT MEANS TAKING A LOOK AT EVERYTHING, MAKING SURE IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, WE'RE GETTING YOU UP TO DATE, AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POPULATION INCREASE THAT'S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN OVER THAT TIME.

SO IN THE CASE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO SEE AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 RESIDENTS BY 2050.

SO WE'RE ENSURING THAT ANY LEVEL OF SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION, YOUR WATER, SEWER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EVEN IF IT'S PROVIDED BY ANOTHER JURISDICTION, THAT YOU HAVE CAPACITY TO HAVE THESE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY.

ADDITIONALLY, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, THIS IS ONE THAT IS HIGHLY REGULATED BY BROWARD COUNTY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING THERE AT ENSURING THAT IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THAT LAND USE PLAN, REALLY FOCUSING REDEVELOPMENT ALONG TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, AND I'LL JUST BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH ALL OF YOUR ELEMENTS SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IN HERE.

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TO BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.

BIG FOCUS IN THIS, UM, PLAN FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES IS ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE MITIGATING ANY HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AND THAT YOUR ROADWAY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE WILL BE COMPLIANT AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW.

LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, REALLY JUST UPDATED FOR, TO BE RELEVANT WITH STATE STATUTE AS IT RELATES TO STEP TO SEWER.

AND THEN ALSO ENSURING YOU HAVE CAPACITY AND THOSE RELATE THOSE, UM, OTHERS, JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDERS FOR YOU, THAT THEY ARE ALSO ANTICIPATING THE SAME AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH AND HAVE THAT ACCOUNTED FOR.

UM, WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT, CURRENTLY IT'S THE CITY IS PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, A LOT OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE POLICIES IN THERE THAT ARE ALSO LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS AND THOSE THAT WANT TO WORK.

IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, I ALREADY MENTIONED THE ADDITION OF A PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT.

UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT WAS SIMPLY UPDATED TO REFLECT, UM, THE UPDATED COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AND ENSURE THOSE PRIORITIES ARE WOVEN INTO THIS PLAN SO THAT IT'S IN TWO PLACES.

REALLY FOCUSING ON ALSO THAT BUSINESS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THE RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT, UH, WAS UPDATED TO ALIGN WITH YOUR RELATIVELY RECENT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN AND ENSURING THAT THE PROVISION OF THAT THOSE PROGRAMS AND PARKS ARE ADEQUATE FOR THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS THAT YOU HAVE.

UM, IN THE CONSERVATION ELEMENT, WE TOUCH ON EVERYTHING FROM AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY ENERGY, AND ALSO CONSERVATION LANDS.

I KNOW WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE WORKSHOP, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT A PARK AND, UM, ITS CONSERVATION PURPOSE THAT IS AN AREA DESIGNATED AS CONSERVATION LAND ON THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE MAP.

SO IT WILL STAY CONSERVATION LAND.

UM, IT'S LAND USE IS PUBLIC RECREATION, WHICH ALLOWS FOR PASSIVE RECREATION, WHICH IS BOARDWALKS TRAILS SINCE THERE IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THAT SITE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT IN THERE 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP IN THE WORKSHOP.

ADDITIONALLY, UM, THERE'S ELEMENTS FOR INTER INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS IN BROWARD COUNTY APPROPRIATELY TO ACHIEVE SIMILAR GOALS, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES ELEMENT, WHICH IS NO LONGER REQUIRED BY THE STATE, BUT JUST ENSURES CONCURRENCY AND CONSISTENCY, UM, WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANNING EFFORTS.

UM, SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE.

IT'S PRETTY HOLISTIC.

I WOULD SAY.

THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS MAKING SURE WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE AND WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE COUNTY.

SO THOSE ARE THE BIG TWO THINGS FROM HERE.

THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO TRANSMIT THIS TO FLORIDA COMMERCE AFTER FIRST READING, AND THEN THEY HAVE A 60 DAY WINDOW TO PROVIDE US ANY COMMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE PROCESS.

UM, WELCOME TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

UM, JUST TOUCHING BACK, I THINK IT WAS MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER, UM, HARRISON HAD SPOKEN ABOUT, I THINK IT'S THE PRESERVE.

PARK.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A CONSERV? YES, MA'AM.

SO IT'S DESIGNATED CONSERVATION LANDS PER BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN, AND THEN IT'S LAND USE IS PUBLIC RECREATION, WHICH HAS, UM, A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON IT.

SO THE ONLY RECREATION THAT COULD BE ALLOWED WOULD BE WALKING TRAILS, UM, ANYTHING PASSIVE, YOU KNOW, BIRD WATCHING, LOOKING AT NATURE, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO, AND THEN INFILL PROJECTS.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, THIS IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, SO I HOPE WE, WE DON'T GET ANY DEFICIENCY IN THERE 'CAUSE IT APPEARS THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE REQUIRED AND UPDATES AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

UNDER THE HOUSING AND PROPERTY RIGHTS, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE LAND IN WHICH TO CONTINUE TO BUILD.

SO HOW WILL WE MEET THIS CITY? HOUSING IS PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH WE KNOW.

THEN IT SAYS INCREASED DENSITY IS NECESSARY.

EXISTING POLICIES HIGHLIGHT MEETING HOUSING DEMANDS THROUGH EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT.

DO YOU WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, PLEASE? YES.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT THIS IS UPDATED IS TO INCLUDE, UM, PROVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, SUBTLE DENSITY, UM, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING WHERE APPROPRIATE.

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SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, SCARCE LAND, MAKING SURE THAT IF SOMEONE'S GONNA COME IN ON THAT, PERHAPS THERE'S MORE UNITS WHERE APPROPRIATE.

UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH THE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE LIVE LOCAL ACT TO ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ALSO PROVIDED WITHIN THE CITY.

MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING 20 ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM NINE,

[9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM

[A. RESOLUTION 2025-078 AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES' ("CITY") SUPPORT JOINT COLLABORATION, AND CO-HOSTING OF THE SPRAY DA WORLD (SDW) COMMUNITY PLAY DAY EVENT]

10 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH SEVEN EIGHT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA.

AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES SUPPORT JOINT COLLABORATION AND CO-HOSTING OF THE SPRAY, THE WORLD COMMUNITY PLAY DAY EVENT WITH SOUTH PROMO.COM TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JULY 26TH, 2025 AT THE VINCENT TAUS MEMORIAL PARK FROM 12:00 PM TO 4:00 PM FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE LIMITED USE OF THE CITY'S NAME AND LOGO IN CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS, SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE EVENT TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM JUNE 10TH, 2025 AND TERMINATING ON JULY 27TH, 2025, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AS NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO FACILITATE AND PROVIDE IN KIND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE EVENT PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SO THIS THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

READ TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 7 8 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

MAD AMANDA, MADAM MAYOR.

THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES AND APPROVES THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE SUPPORT, JOINT COLLABORATION AND CO-HOST THEN OF THE SPRAY, THE WORLD COMMUNITY PLAY DAY EVENT WITH SOUTH PROMO.

AND THIS, UM, ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY, UM, COMMISSIONER EASTERN HARRISON, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOUTH PROMO, UM, JESSICA WILLIAMS OF SOUTH PROMO ON THE LINE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER BEFORE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE COMES JUST WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION ON THE DATE, ON THE REFERENCE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US AS SAY 27 26.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

UM, WE HAVE JESSICA WILLIAMS FROM SOUTH PROMO ON THE, UM, LINE.

UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF MY EVENTS THAT I'M LOOKING TO, UH, MAKE AS AN INITIATIVE OF MINE.

AND, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMS, UH, WE COULD, I'M SURE SHE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I HAVE NONE.

I JUST HAVE A, A QUESTION FUTURE TO MAKE ONE OF THESE YOUR INITIATIVE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERENCING? YOU SAID TO MAKE ONE, TO MAKE THIS ONE ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES? YES, THIS IS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES.

THIS IS ONE OF YOUR, THIS IS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES, YES.

SORRY, THIS IS, THIS IS PROPOSING TO BE ONE OF MY INITIATIVES.

I APOLOGIZE.

I THANK YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS COLLEAGUE? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SOLUTION.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO IF IT'S ONE, I'M JUST, I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING HERE.

UM, IF IT'S ONE OF, UM, YOUR INITIATIVE, DOES IT, YOUR MONEY, DOES YOU HAVE GO INTO YOUR INITIATIVES OR DOES THE CITY, HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, IT WOULD, YOU'RE CORRECT.

IT WOULD BE, UM, FUNDS WOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S INITIATIVE? YES.

OH, OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THE MAYOR ON, ON WHAT? ON WHAT, UM, THE FUNDS THAT HE HAS IN HIS INITIATIVE AND THAT WILL COVER.

SO DEPENDING ON THE COST OF THE, THE HARD COST OF THE CITY, OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO HIS INITIATIVES.

FUNDS.

THESE OTHER SERVICES, OF COURSE ARE, UH, IN KIND, UM, BUT THE OVERTIME FOR THE STAFF, UH, FROM MY BUDGET AND OF COURSE THE, UM, THE BSO COST AS WELL.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN UNDER STAFF, UM, THAT IS A HARD COST THAT WE KNOW THAT WE WANTED TO SEE HOW MUCH STAFF WOULD COST.

I'M WILLING TO COVER THAT COST.

UM,

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UH, THE, THE FIRE FOR THE MEDICAL TEAM, PARAMEDICS, OF COURSE, UM, THIS IS HOW MUCH THE IN KIND ASSOCIATED COST WOULD BE, BUT THE FIRE CHIEF DID SAY THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.

UH, LAST PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WE HAD.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THAT'S IT.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON, FOUR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 78 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR, SWELL FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

12, REPORT OF THE MAYOR AGAIN.

ITEM 11, CORRESPONDENCE.

MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CORRESPONDENCE.

ITEM

[12. REPORT OF THE MAYOR]

GOOD.

AM I MISSING SOME PEOPLE? , GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL HERE AND GOOD EVENING TO THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING TO US VIRTUALLY.

FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

AS ALWAYS, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY.

WE WANT YOU TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY.

SO EVEN IF YOU AREN'T VIRTUAL, YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND OUR CLERK WILL RECOGNIZE YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE YOUR INPUT ALSO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND STAYED.

AND THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR VIRTUAL ORDINANCE.

WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE AGAIN, OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THOSE OF US ARE HERE.

LET'S, UM, APPLAUD THEM.

WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING GREAT THINGS, AND I THINK I HEARD THEM SAY THAT THEY'RE COMING BACK TO THE CITY SO THAT THEY CAN PRACTICE WHATEVER THEIR PROFESSION IS AND WHATEVER SERVICES THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE.

SO WE ARE BEING PRAYERFUL FOR THEM.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THEM TO HAVE A GREAT COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, TO HAVE FUN, BUT ALSO TO REMEMBER THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY ARE THERE.

SO WE ARE KEEPING THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.

WE WANT TO ALSO FOR NATIONAL CARIBBEAN, AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, WE WANT TO TAKE THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR, OUR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN POPULATION, OUR CARIBBEAN POPULATIONS FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO NOT ONLY THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BUT TO OUR COUNTRY.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

OUR, OUR COMMISSIONER ROGERS SAYS THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, YOU DID NOT HAVE TO BE, IT MAY STILL BE, I'M NOT SURE, UM, A CITIZEN AS LONG AS YOU HAD A GREEN CARD THAT YOU COULD SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

UM, MILITARY.

SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR, OUR CARIBBEAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS DID SERVE.

WE WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE THE WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, OUR WOVE.

WE WANT TO THANK MS. LINDA HUGHLEY FOR HER FORESIGHT AND HER VISION IN RECOGNIZING WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

UH, WE WANT TO THANK OUR OWN LISA DUNKLEY STATE REP LISA DUNKLEY FOR HER SERVICE IN THE MILITARY.

AND WE WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE IN OUR AUDIENCE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY, IN OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

OUR MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR WILL BE HELD ON JULY 2ND AT 6:30 PM AND I'M ASKING EVERYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, THE PARENTS TO PLEASE LISTEN IN AND TUNE IN BECAUSE MY GUESTS ARE GOING TO BE MS. ELIZABETH SEALEY AND MS. CHRISTINA RAMIREZ, WHO IS THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE MEALS BENEFITS DEPARTMENT, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A DRASTIC CHANGE IN FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES FOR OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

THOSE MEALS OUR CHILDREN DEPEND ON, AND SOMETIMES THOSE ARE THE ONLY MEALS, NUTRITIOUS MEAL THAT OUR CHILDREN GET.

SO ON JULY 2ND AT 6:30 PM I WILL HAVE THE COORDINATOR OF THE MILLS PROGRAM FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY AND HER ASSISTANT ASKED MY GUEST, THEY WOULD TALK TO US ABOUT THE NEW REGULATIONS.

THEY WOULD TALK TO US ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, NOW THERE WILL BE AN APPLICATION PROCESS, THEN THERE WILL NO LONGER BE A ROLLOVER FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

SO OUR PARENTS REALLY, REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

I AM GOING TO ASK, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE SUMMER, I'M GOING TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATORS

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AT OUR SCHOOL TO PLEASE SEND OUT A ROBO TO THE PARENTS TO REMIND THEM AND TO ASK THEM AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LISTEN IN ON JULY 2ND SO THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THIS AND THAT OUR PARENTS WILL BE PRE INFORMED AND WELL-INFORMED ABOUT THE NEW NUTRITION PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ENGAGING WITH US TONIGHT IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU

[13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR]

MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING FOR THE RESIDENTS BUSINESSES.

THOSE ARE STILL WHO ARE STILL IN THE CHAMBER AND THOSE ONLINE.

I HOPE YOU HA ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL SUMMER AND YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR KIDS GRANDKIDS WHO ARE OUT ON SCHOOL BREAK.

PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE POOLS IN THEIR BACKYARD, PLEASE REMEMBER TO BE VIGILANT WITH YOUNG KIDS.

FLORIDA IS THE LEADING STATE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOUNG KIDS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO DROWNING.

TONIGHT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, VENICE HOWARD, ON HER GRADUATION VISION FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE EARNED A CERTIFICATE IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.

IT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME.

THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, A PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THROUGH AN INTENSIVE CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON STRATEGIC PLANNING, RESILIENCE, AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE.

THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, SHE WAS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.

AND THAT IS MY MOTTO, THAT IN LORD THE DE LAKES, WE WILL ALWAYS THRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.

SHE HONED THE SKILLS NEEDED TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX CHALLENGES, TO LEAD WITH VISION AND PURPOSE.

BY EARNING THIS CERTIFICATE, SHE EXPANDED HER LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING LORD DE LAKES, WHICH IS MY COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY AND INNOVATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, VENICE.

HOWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VICE MAYOR.

SWELL.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU STAFF.

PLEASE REMEMBER, FOR THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE TO HYDRATE, I THINK ON SUNDAY THE TEMPERATURE WENT NEARLY TO A HUNDRED DEGREES.

AND OF COURSE I WILL SEE YOU.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT JUNETEENTH.

CAN YOU TELL ME SOMETHING? ARE WE HAVING JUNETEENTH? YES MA'AM.

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED FOR OUR JUNETEENTH PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE HELD ON JUNE THE 18TH.

IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, MORE INFORMATION, IT'S GONNA BE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE.

WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SIT DOWN EVENT.

AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ERIC LOCKETT IS HERE AND CAN PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

YES.

JUST A LITTLE BIT.

MISS ERICA, YOU DON'T MIND MISS ERICA? MM MM NO? OKAY.

OF COURSE, ON JUNE 27TH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FUN FIELD EVENING CELEBRATING CARIBBEAN AMERICAN MONTH DAY, STARTING AT, I THINK 6:00 PM TO 10 PMS COME OUT IN ALL YOUR FANCY COLORS, PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES.

SO I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

AND

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AND OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AT VINCENT TOURIST SPA.

SO SEE YOU THEN.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY.

AND YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER

[14. REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS]

HARRISON.

GOOD EVENING.

TO EVERYONE WHO ARE STILL HERE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, STICKING WITH US.

UH, WHEN I SAW THE AGENDA WAS SHORT AND SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, I WAS HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE WOULD STICK AROUND, BUT IT'S OKAY.

I'M SURE THEY'RE HOME LISTENING.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, AS WELL TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER.

UM, AND CONGRATS TO ALL THOSE WHO RECEIVED PROCLAMATIONS TODAY.

UH, YOU GUYS DEFINITELY DESERVED IT AND I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ALSO GOT SOME MONEY ALONG WITH THAT.

SO, UM, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.

AND ALSO, UM, CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION AS WELL TODAY.

THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES OF THIS MONTH, UH, WANTED TO BE VERY BRIEF.

UH, THE, UH, CHESS CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE ON JULY 3RD AT 6:00 PM UH, IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.

UH, PLEASE COME OUT AND, UH, GET A GAME, A GOOD GAME OF CHESS.

AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY, YOU CAN COME AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY CHESS.

UH, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE MOVED NOW TO THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

AND THAT'S ONE BEING JULY 3RD.

ALSO SWIM WITH THE COMMISSIONER POOL PARTY.

IT'S GONNA BE ON JULY 12TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM THIS IS GONNA BE AT LAUDERDALE LAKES SWIMMING POOL AT 3 0 7 7 NORTHWEST 39TH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, RIGHT NEXT TO LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, WHERE WE HAD THE AMAZING, UH, MANGO FEST EVENT.

UH, COME OUT AND ENJOY, UH, MUSIC, FOOD, SNACKS, AS WELL AS YOU CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN FREE SWIMMING LESSONS.

UH, SO PLEASE COME OUT ON JULY 12TH, UH, IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THE FIRST OF MANY OF THIS INITIATIVE OF SWIM WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE.

AND AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING, WATCHING FROM HOME, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

COMMISSIONER MAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD EVENING EVERY GOODNIGHT.

EVERYONE WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TOWARDS CITY MANAGER.

AWESOME JOB.

UM, ALSO NOT MUCH TO SAY THANKS TO, UM, SENATOR OSGOOD, UH, COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS, UH, REP LISA DUNKLEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA MCCORMICK TO COME TOGETHER WITH ME TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO OVA FOR WOMEN AND VETERANS.

THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I WANTED THAT TO BE DONE AND I WANTED IT FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND THEY JUMPED ON BOARD AND HAD IT DONE AND WAS HERE.

SO IF THEY'RE LISTENING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, GETTING ON BOARD WITH ME WITH THAT AND I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, UM, HAPPY HERITAGE CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH TO ALL MY HAITIANS AND MY JAMAICANS, BARBADOS, TRIN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US.

WE HAVE A, OUR COMMUNITY IS, UM, PRETTY MUCH A, A DEFINITELY A CARIBBEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

SO HAPPY CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE SHOWS UP ON JUNE 27TH, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

YEAH, THAT ONE I WILL BE ATTENDING.

SO EVERYONE NEED TO SHOW UP 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO SHOW UP.

MOTHER'S DAY COME AROUND, THEY MAKE A BIG TO-DO.

AND GOODNIGHT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, GOOD NIGHT AGAIN EVERYONE.

AND, UM, I DITO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING AND FOR THOSE ONLINE, I AM REALLY GRATEFUL.

I, UM, ALSO WANT TO SAY, WHEN I WAS COMING IN ON I THINK 36TH STREET, I SAW A LOT OF FLAGS, ALTHOUGH IT WAS RAINING AND THE FLAGS WERE SO PROMINENT FOR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

SO THANK YOU TO PIO, ALL THOSE THAT HAD THOSE PLACED UP THERE.

IT'S VERY NOTICEABLE.

SO I KNOW THAT WE CELEBRATED MOTHER'S DAY LAST MONTH, AND I KNOW THAT THIS MONTH IS FATHER'S DAY MONTH, RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE.

AND, AND I, UM, I ALWAYS HEAR THE FATHER SAY, YEAH, WHEN

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I WON'T CALL ANY NAMES IN HERE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PERSON SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THE USUAL CUP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH AND EVERY FATHER IN HERE AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU THAT YOU HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT, FATHERS YOU HAVE ON YOUR FAMILIES.

AND DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

WE OFFER YOU HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LOVE, GUIDANCE, AND SACRIFICES THAT YOU HAVE MADE.

ALTHOUGH MY DAD IS NO LONGER HERE, I CELEBRATE THE DADS EVERYWHERE.

GOD, DADS DADS WHO FILL IN FOR DADS.

AND I WANT TO EXPRESS THIS OPPORTUNITY AND MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LESSONS THAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT AND OUR TEACH IN YOUR CHILDREN, THE VALUES YOU HAVE INSTILLED AND THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE.

THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY, BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER IS IN THE ROOM AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE HER TONIGHT.

MS. VICTORIA.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT YOU CAN DO TO ACKNOWLEDGE, HIGHLIGHT THEIR STRENGTHS AND KINDNESS, CELEBRATE THEIR SACRIFICES, ACKNOWLEDGE HOW THEY HAVE SHAPED YOUR LIFE AND CHARACTER.

REFLECT ON THEIR WISDOM.

SHARE FOND MEMORIES AND DO IT WHILE THEY ARE STILL HERE.

CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

ORGANIZE A MEAL TO CELEBRATE DAD WITH OTHERS AND LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE AND APPRECIATE THEM.

BUT NOT ONLY LET THEM KNOW, BUT EXPRESS YOUR LOVE AS WELL.

SO FROM A MOTHER AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BROTHERS, SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND, MEN WHO ARE FATHERS, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

I CELEBRATE YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU TO THE LISTENING AUDIENCE, TO THOSE THAT ARE STAFF, THAT ARE DADS, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD ONE.

I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN , CELEBRATE YOUR DADS THIS WEEKEND.

ALL THE DADS, GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM MANAGER.

THANK

[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]

YOU MADAM MAYOR.

IN REGARD TO CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE HAVE A BUDGET JOINT MEETING ON JUNE 11TH AT 5:30 PM AT CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, ON NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN.

WE HAVE OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON JUNE 18TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM IN THE MULTI AUDITORIUM.

WE HAVE OUR CITY ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY ON JUNE THE 24TH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING IN THE GIRAFFE ROOM.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN UNITY FEST, UM, ON JUNE THE 27TH.

SO COME ON OUT EVERYONE, ENJOY CULTURE, FESTIVITIES, FOOD, AND FUN FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES MEMORIAL PARK.

SIX TO, YEAH, SIX TO 10:00 PM BUDGET WORKSHOPS ON JUNE, JULY 9TH AND JULY 16TH AT 6:00 PM IN THE CHAMBERS.

ALSO, OUR STATE OF THE CITY IS ON JULY 23RD AT 6:30 PM IN THE MULTI AUDITORIUM.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.

THE SAM BROWN ROOM IS OPEN FROM SEVEN 30 TO 8:30 PM THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.

DURING CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE HAVE OUR ADULT DANCE CLASSES, WHICH INCLUDES LINE DANCING.

JOIN US EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR THIS CLASS AT THE ECC ON THE SECOND FLOOR FROM 6:00 PM TO SEVEN.

WE ALSO HAVE AUC ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PING PONG MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES DOMINO'S ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT THE RESOURCE ROOM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING FROM MORE INFORMATION CALLED 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 7 8 5.

WE ALSO HAVE A FLORAL CLASS, SO DISCOVER YOUR CREATIVITY AND GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WHILE EXCI, WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXCITING FLORAL CLASS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

IT'S A FOUR WEEK AND ENGAGING CLASS DESIGNED TO TEACH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FLORAL DESIGN.

AND THIS CLASS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAYS AT THE ECC.

THE COST IS $40, AND YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AT CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.ORG.

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WE HAVE FARM SHARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION, AND THAT'S GONNA BE HELD ON JUNE THE 26TH AT 10:00 AM WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

WE HAVE ESOL CLASSES.

THOSE ARE HELD ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM SUMMERTIME ONLY, AND REGISTRATION IS OPEN.

JUNE'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE JUICY PATTIES AS OUR LAKES BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT FOR JUNE.

OUR MOBILE HEALTH UNIT IS BRINGING HEALTH TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND THEY PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS HAPPENS ON MONDAYS BEGINNING JUNE 9TH, EVERY MONDAY UNTIL JULY THE 28TH.

THE WEEK OF OUR CARIBBEAN HERITAGE FEST, THEY WILL BE HERE ON MONDAY, SO THEY WILL, THEY'LL BE HERE ON THURSDAY, SO THEY WILL NOT BE HERE ON MONDAY.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT SERIES, SO IF YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF OUR, UM, CARIBBEAN, UM, ACTIVITIES AND FOOD AT OUR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN FEST, PLEASE COME OUT FOR MORE CARIBBEAN FLAVORS AT OUR FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT.

THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WALMART.

IT WILL BE HELD THE LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT, AND THAT IS THE LOCATION ON STATE ROAD SEVEN.

THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE IS IN OUR CITY.

BROWARD COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY IS PROUD TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH TAX DISCOUNTS, PAYMENT PLANS, E-BILLING, DRIVER'S LICENSE, UM, AND ALSO PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION.

SO THEY'LL BE HERE FRIDAY, JULY 11TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM INSIDE CITY HALL IN THE GIRAFFE ROOM.

ALSO, WE ARE HIRING FOR VARIETY OF POSITIONS, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO TAKE THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE, UM, LAUREN POTS, WHICH IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AH, WELCOME ABOARD.

LAUREN MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.

UM, MY DIRECTOR.

I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I'VE WORKED IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID IN MY INTERVIEW IS THAT I CARE MORE ABOUT THE PLACES THAT I WORK FOR THAN THE PLACES THAT I'VE LIVED OVER THE YEARS.

AND I KNEW I SAID THAT BEFORE I EVEN KNEW THE TAGLINE OF THE CITY IS WE CARE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THE WORK THAT I DO, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALRIGHT, ATTORNEY CALLOWAY, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE PUBLIC.

WELCOME, SET.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

BEFORE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE ATTORNEY, I JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO, UH, 63 YEARS FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES ON THE 22ND OF JUNE.

ALRIGHT, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAUDERDALE LAKES.

[16. REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY]

JUST A SMALL NOTE RELATIVE TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE'VE DESCRIBED AS THE OAKLAND VILLAS PROPERTY.

AS I REPORTED THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, THE, UH, PROPERTY WAS SOLD AT A PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WAS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER AND PURCHASER, UH, HAVING DEPOSITED, UH, JUST UNDER, UM, UH, $970,000 IN THE, UM, UH, REGISTRY.

UM, THE, UH, PARTIES AFTER THE SALE HAD OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, FILED A MOTION TO VACATE THE, UH, PUBLIC SALE.

UH, THE JUDGE INITIALLY ENTERED AN ORDER DENYING THAT MOTION.

UH, I REPORTED, UH, AGAIN, A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT, UH, TWO MORE MOTIONS WERE FILED, UH, RECENTLY, UH, AGAIN MAKING THE SAME REQUEST TO VACATE THE PUBLIC SALE.

THE JUDGE ENTERED AN ORDER ALSO, UH, DENYING THOSE TWO MOTIONS.

UM, WHICH ORDER WAS VERY SPECIFIC AS TO THE REASONING OF THE COURT.

UM, AND THAT KIND OF ORDER.

THE JUDGE ESSENTIALLY IS ANTICIPATING THAT, UH, THE MATTER WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN APPELLATE HEARING, UH, BEFORE THE FOURTH DCA.

AND SO HIS FINDINGS, UH, RELATIVE TO THAT ORDER, UH, DENYING THE MOTION TO VACATE,

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UH, WAS VERY SPECIFIC AS TO HIS, UM, HOW HE GOT TO HIS OPINION.

UM, THE CITY AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING, WE ALSO ARGUED THAT THE MOTION SHOULD BE DENIED.

WE ALSO FILED A MOTION TO INTERVENE IN THE LAWSUIT JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S INTEREST WAS PROTECTED AS THE PROCEEDINGS AND ANTICIPATION OF A APPEAL PROCESS.

THE JUDGE GRANTED THE CITY'S MOTION TO, UM, UH, INTERVENE IN THE LAWSUIT.

UH, WE THEN NOTED THAT AFTER THE, UH, UH, ORDER DENYING THE MOTION TO, UH, VACATE, UH, THE DEFENDANTS DID, UH, FILE A, UH, NOTICE OF APPEAL.

UM, SINCE THEN, THE CITY, UM, MY OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY HAS ALSO FILED A MOTION TO THE COURT TO DIRECT THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY.

UH, THAT IN, IN EFFECT IS OUR EFFORT TO AGAIN, TRANSFER THE INTEREST.

UH, THE CITY DOES HAVE AN EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE DEPOSITED, UH, THE, UH, MONIES FOR THE PURCHASE.

UH, BUT, UH, THE DEFENDANTS HAVE ALSO NOW, UH, FILED A MOTION TO STAY PENDING APPEAL.

UM, THE CITY'S MOTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AS WELL AS THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY THE CASE PENDING APPEAL, UM, WILL BE, UH, HEARD ON JUNE 26TH.

UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT THE COURT WILL, UM, UM, DECIDE WHAT ITS POSITION IS RELATIVE TO EITHER STAND THE CASE OR DIRECTING THE CLERK TO ISSUE THE TITLE.

UM, IT'S 50 50 AT THIS POINT.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY LEVEL OF ASSURANCE AS TO WHAT THE COURT IS LIKELY TO DO.

UH, I DO KNOW THAT THE FOURTH DCA, AFTER RECEIVING THE DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF APPEAL HAS ALSO DIRECTED THEM TO FILE THEIR BRIEF, UM, APPELLATE BRIEF, UM, ON OR BEFORE, UH, JULY, UH, I'M SORRY, JUNE 18TH, UH, WHICH IS SHORTLY, UH, AFTER, UH, TODAY.

SO, UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE THE APPELLATE COURTS WILL RESOLVE THIS ISSUE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

UH, AND, UH, WE WILL REPORT, UM, I'M GUESSING SOMETIME IN THE, UM, FIRST HEARING IN JULY.

UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, UH, THIS MATTER WILL BE RESOLVED, UH, SUCCESSFULLY ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES.

AND I'M SAYING, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE JUDGE IS GONNA DO RELATIVE TO THE TWO MOTIONS, I DO HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THE APPEAL, UH, THAT THE, UH, CITY WILL PREVAIL ON THE DEFENDANT'S APPEAL.