* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. MADAM CLERK, [1.  CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] OUR MEETING IS NOT CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. SWELL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. HERE. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD HERE. ASSISTANT CITY. ATTORNEY MORGAN. HERE. MADAM MAYOR. UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS IS PRESENT ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SO IS COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM THREE, [REVIEW OF THE JULY 22, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE JULY 22ND, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM, A CM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. OUR FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT, AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 8 7 AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTFULLY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT NUMBER 25 DASH 310 DASH 13 R TO KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES, INC. TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC COMMON PROJECT IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $436,954 AND 49 CENTS. AND WE DO HAVE MR. NASIR, OR I'M SORRY MR. RON, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. RON, SENIOR ATTORNEY AND THE AUDIENCE. CAN YOU HIM MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS R DE BRONZE DIRECTOR, UH, MADAM MAYOR. THE BEFORE YOU IS, UH, RESOLUTION AWARDING OR CONTRACT TO, UH, KIM LEON AND ASSOCIATE IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $436,000, 954049 CENTS TO PROVIDE, UH, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC ING PROJECT. UH, MY MAYOR, UH, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP AND STAFF IS BRINGING IT BACK, UH, AS A FORMAL RESOLUTION. UH, THIS PROJECT PRETTY MUCH INVOLVE THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALLING DEVICES SUCH AS SPEED BUMP, ROUNDABOUT AND, UH, VARIOUS LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, SPECIFICALLY AND EASTGATE NORTHWEST 24TH STREET. THERE WILL BE ROUNDABOUT AND SPEED BUMP AND NORTHGATE, UH, NORTHWEST, UH, 34TH, UH, STREET, NORTHWEST 35TH AVENUE, AND, UH, IN OAKLAND STATE, UH, WEST OF, UH, STATE WAS SEVEN ON NORTHWEST 41ST STREET AND ALSO WESTGATE AND, UH, NORTHWEST, UH, 33RD STREET. AGAIN, IT'S ALL A COMBINATION OF ROUNDABOUT AND, UH, SPEED BUMP. UH, THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY FDOT. THE ENTIRE DESIGN COSTS WILL, WILL BE COVERED. WE APPROVED AN AGREEMENT. UH, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED AN AGREEMENT LAST YEAR, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, FOR FUNDING SERVICES. SO KIM LEHAN WAS SELECTED TO, UH, EXTENSIVE AN EXTENSIVE, UH, RFP PROCESS, WHICH WAS MONITORED BY FDOT, UH, REVIEWED BY FDOT AND APPROVED BY FDOT. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH FORMAL, UH, CONTRACT AWARD AND WHICH WILL, UH, BE THE LAST STEP BEFORE DESIGN PROCESS. IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME, MADAM MAYOR OR THE BOARD, BE, UH, HAPPY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION? MAX COMMISSIONER? NO, MADAM MAYOR. MS. PAV? DOES COMMISSIONER THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER HARRISON HAVE THE HANDOUT? MADAM MAYOR? THEY DO NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 0 8 8 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SURTAX INTERLOCAL PLANNING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY, BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND THE MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND MR. RON WILL BE PRESENTING THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. RON. YEAH, POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT MAYOR, UH, THE, THIS ASYLUM IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE TEX, UH, PROGRAM, UH, WITH, UH, BRO COUNTY O THE CITY. AGAIN, THIS ASYLUM WAS A WORKSHOP IN THE LAST, IT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP. WE ARE GOING GETTING IT FORWARD FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION. UH, THIS IS THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SURTAX PRO, UH, PROGRAM, UH, MADAM MAYOR. [00:05:01] AND THAT AMENDMENT WAS REQUESTED AND, UH, BY THE BE COUNTY, UH, CITY MANAGER ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, TIMELY COMPLETION OF PROJECT TO THE CEX PROCESS. SO ALL THE CITY MANAGERS AROUND THE COUNTY WERE CONCERNED AND THEY GET TOGETHER WITH WELD COUNTY TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENT. THAT, UH, AGREEMENT. SO IT IS A WELL, UH, APPROVED AND EXECUTED, UH, ITEM FROM THAT TOURNAMENT MET, WHICH WILL HELP, UH, THE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD. AND PRETTY MUCH WELL COUNTY, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER SIGNED IT ON JUNE 10TH, AND AS OF TODAY, MORE THAN 51% OF THE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTY HAVE ALREADY MOVED THAT . UH, AGAIN, IT PROVIDES SOME FLUIDITY TO THE PROCESS. THERE ARE SOME KEY CHANGES WHICH REALLY ARE GOOD FOR CITIES. ONE OF THEM IS THE, THE FACT THAT BEFORE THE THIRD AMENDMENT MUNICIPALITIES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE SURTAX FUNDING OR GREAT MATCH, AND THAT AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE, UH, THAT POSSIBILITY FOR, FOR CITIES, WHICH IS A GOOD LOSS. AND ALSO THERE'S A FORMULA BASED, UH, MODEL WHERE THEY PROVIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, LEVEL OF FUNDING BASED ON THE, UH, CITIES POPULATION EVERY YEAR. SO, UM, IF YOU CALL LAST, UH, MEANING THE VICE MAIL RECEIVE A, A CHECK FROM THE CERTEX THAT WAS IN RELATION TO THAT THIRD AMENDMENT, UH, THE KIND HEAD OF THE, OF THE PROCESS. SO NOW EVERY YEAR, EVERY MUNICIPALITY WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT NOT SUBLET, BUT SUPPLEMENT THEIR R AND M, UH, UH, FUNDING. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME, MADAM MAYOR, BE MORE THAN HAPPY MADAM CLERK. ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER HARRISON. NOTED MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, ANY HAND RAISED MADAM MS. PALM? NO QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU MADAM. A ITEM NUMBER NINE C RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 8 9 AUTHORIZING THE ACT IN CITY MANAGER TO APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO JULY 1ST, 2025 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. COPS HIRING PROGRAM THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING TWO SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS. AND WE DO HAVE MS. SUE WITH MS. HEIDI WHO WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. HEIDI. GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER , ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES. RESIDENTS. UM, AT THE JUNE 9TH, 2025 WORKSHOP, THE CITY COMMISSION REACHED CONSENSUS TO APPLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 COPS HIRING PROGRAM CHP. THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COPS OFFICE BY THE JULY 1ST, 2025 DEADLINE. AND THIS RESOLUTION SEEKS TO FORMALLY APPROVE THE SUBMISSION RETROACTIVELY. SO JUST TO FUND A QUICK FUNDING SUMMARY OF THE GRANT APPLICATION THE OFFICERS REQUESTED, OR TWO, THE GRAND DURATION IS THREE YEARS PLUS ONE YEAR FOR RETENTION. THE FEDERAL SHARE MATCH, WHICH IS WHAT COPS WILL PAY, IS UP TO $250,000. THE CITY CONTRIBUTION IS ESTIMATED AT 866,314 OVER THE THREE YEARS. SO THAT IS A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST AT 1,116,314. AS PART OF OF THE COPS HIRING PROGRAM GUIDELINES, GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO ASSUME A PROGRESSIVELY LARGER SHARE OF THE COST OVER THE THREE YEAR GRANT PERIOD. SO IT IS ESTIMATED, AS I SAID, THAT THE COST OF ONE OFFICER OVER THE THREE YEARS WITH THE GRANT, 558,157, AND THAT IS BASED ON THE HIGHEST SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR SO OFFICER. SO THIS APPROACH ENSURES THAT FULL FUNDED COVERAGE IS INSURED AND IF YOU KNOW, SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WILL HAVE A COST SAVINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T USUALLY HIRE COPS OFFICERS AT THE HIGHEST RANK. SO THESE SAVINGS WOULD REDUCE THE CITY'S REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH AND OVERALL FINANCIAL OBLIGATION, UH, JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO ENHANCE POLICE PRESENCE AND RESPONSE TIMES, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND ADDRESS RISING PUBLIC SAFETY DEMANDS WITH FEDERAL POSTURE. SO AS I SAID, THE ACTION REQUESTED IS TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPS HIRING GRANT PROGRAM RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1ST, 2025. I [00:10:01] CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS? NO QUESTION MS. HEIDI, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT $558,157, IS THAT FOR ALL OF THE OFFICE? I WROTE ONE, BUT PER OFFICER PER OFFICER MAYOR OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD, CORRECT. OKAY. THAT INCLUDES THE CITY MATCH AND THE GRANT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND RAISED. NO MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. HEIDI, MADAM. A CM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH NINE ZERO AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SAFER GRANT PROGRAM RETROACTIVE TO JULY 3RD, 2025. AND MS. HEIDI WILL AL WILL ALSO PRESENT THAT ITEM TO YOU. MADAM MAYOR. MS. HI. THANK YOU. MAD CITY MANAGER PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED. SO AT THE JUNE 23RD WORKSHOP, THE CITY COMMISSION REACHED CONSENSUS TO APPLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 SAFER GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH FEMA. SO THE GRANT APPLICATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY, UM, SUBMITTED THROUGH THE FEMA GOLD PORTAL, UM, BY JULY 3RD. AND THIS RESOLUTION SEEKS TO FORMALLY, UM, APPROVE THE GRANT APPLICATION RETROACTIVE. SO FUNDING SUMMARY OF THIS GRANT APPLICATION, WE DID APPLY FOR 13, UM, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS TO STAFF AN ADDITIONAL RESCUE TRUCK OVER THREE SHIFTS. THE GRAND DURATION IS THREE YEARS, AND THE FEDERAL SHARE IS $3,337,370 AND 40 CENTS OVER THREE YEARS. THE CITY CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE $2,000,074, $581 OVER THREE YEARS. SO THE HIRING COSTS BREAKDOWN FOR FEMA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM COPS. YEAR ONE AND TWO, FEMA PAYS 75% AND IN YEAR THREE THEY PAY 35%. SO IT STILL LETS US AS THE CITY ATSU A GREATER RESPONSIBILITY. UM, THERE IS NO RETENTION, UM, HERE FOR THE SAFER GRANT VERSUS . THERE'S THAT. UM, HOWEVER, WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS, THE POSITIONS MUST BE NEW FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTERS GRANT. WE MUST MAINTAIN THE BASELINE STAFFING LEVELS AS WHEN WE APPLY. SO WE CANNOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. SO, AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR THE FULL THREE YEARS. THERE IS A CONDITION THAT TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT. SO WE HAVE APPLIED AND THIS RESOLUTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION. HOWEVER, I MUST, UM, SAY THAT GRANT ACCEPTANCE IS CONTINGENT ON THE ACQUISITION OF AN ADDITIONAL, UH, PRIOR RESCUE TRUCK TO BE DEPLOYED WITH THE 13 REQUESTING OFFICERS. SO, AS I SAID, THE RESOLUTION IS TO FORMALLY APPROVE THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT, AND AS IF THE GRANT IS APPROVED AND AWARDED, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE, UM, ACQUISITION OF A PRIVATE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IS THERE A DEADLINE TO PURCHASE THE TRUCK? SO WE WOULD KNOW BY THIS, WE MAY BE AWARDED OR WE WOULD KNOW SOMETHING SOMEWHERE. UM, AT THE END OF, I WOULD SAY OCTOBER-ISH THIS YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH THE GRANT AGREEMENT PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT. I WOULD SAY MAYBE AROUND A YEAR. UM, SO WE WOULD, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THE GRANT MM-HMM . TO, IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DECISION THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, ARE THEY, UM, PROVIDING FUNDING TO HELP US PURCHASE THIS THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? THE GRANT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR EQUIPMENT, UM, PURCHASE. IT'S JUST FOR THE HIRING OF THE FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BE AT THAT COST AS A CITY TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. CAN WE FIND GRANTS THAT COULD HELP US PURCHASE THE FIRE TRUCK? UM, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? WE HAVE LOOKED, I HAVE STILL SEARCHING FOR, UM, GRANTS THAT DO ALLOW FOR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. OKAY. NO LOCKS. I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING YET. NOT YET. OKAY. YEAH, BUT WE'RE STILL SEARCHING. THANK YOU, MS. HEIDI, WHAT IS THE PROJECTED COST OF THE FIRE TRUCK? MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE CHIEF PACKET HERE. OH. WHO CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THAT'S OKAY? YES. THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MAD MANAGER, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHAZ HACKETT. I'M YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE BSO. UH, THE CURRENT [00:15:01] PRICE IN TODAY'S DOLLARS FOR A FIRE RESCUE VEHICLE, A RESCUE TRUCK IS, IS BASICALLY, UH, AN AMBULANCE. UH, AND WE CALL IT A RESCUE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT'S DUAL CERTIFIED. FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS, THEY RESPOND TO FIRES AS WELL AS FURNACES. THE CURRENT COST FOR A NEW RESCUE TRUCK IS APPROXIMATELY 650 TO $670,000 IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. NOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UH, AVENUES TO GO AHEAD AND, AND PURCHASE A VEHICLE AFTER SPEAKING TO OUR FLEET DIVISION, UM, GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT. IT COULD BE PURCHASED OUTRIGHT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO ASCERTAIN RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S LIKE A FIRE ENGINE, IF YOU WERE TO PURCHASE IT OUTRIGHT, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS PERCENTAGE OF SAVINGS IF YOU PAID CASH, THAT'S OPTION ONE. OPTION TWO IS A LEASE TO PURCHASE, UH, AND THAT'S THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL VENDOR. AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION IS JUST TO LEASE. CURRENTLY, BSO FIRE RESCUE DOES NOT LEASE TO PURCHASE, NOR DO WE LEASE ANY OF OUR OWN VEHICLES, BUT THAT WOULDN'T STOP US FROM ENTERTAINING, UH, A MUNICIPALITY FROM DOING SO. UH, SO A CITY COULD EITHER LEASE WITH THE VENDOR, LEASE TO OWN WITH THE VENDOR, OR WE COULD BE THE LEASER AND COORDINATE THAT, AND YOU WOULD JUST PAY BSO. WE WOULD PAY THEM. UM, SO TODAY, IF WE WERE TO PUT A PURCHASE ORDER IN FOR A RESCUE VEHICLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TWO TO THREE YEAR LAG TIME TO RECEIVE THAT VEHICLE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING, IF THE CITY WERE TO PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN TODAY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO FULLY FUND THAT UNTIL DELIVERY OR ACCEPTANCE OF THAT VEHICLE. SO YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT A TWO OR THREE YEAR TIMEFRAME. NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THE CITY AGREES AND APPLIES FOR THE SAFER GRANT AND WE RECEIVE A SAFER GRANT VIA, SO WE'LL PUT A SPARE RESCUE HERE SO THAT STAFFING COULD AUTOMATICALLY GO ON THAT RESCUE WITH NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO THE CITY AND CHIEF. APPROXIMATELY WHAT WOULD THE COST BE OF THE PUT BE? THE FIRE RESCUE VEHICLE? SO THE FIRE RESCUE VEHICLE IN TODAY'S DOLLARS IS AROUND 650,000 TO $670,000. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT HISTORICALLY, IF YOU WERE TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE AFTER FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS IS, IS YOUR LIFESPAN. SO EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING THAT INSTEAD OF REPURCHASING A VEHICLE AT SEVEN YEARS, SAY AT $700,000, WE'RE ABLE TO RETROFIT THAT, ALRIGHT? AND IT'S GENERALLY HALF THE COST OF A NEW VEHICLE. SO IN SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW, LET'S SAY THE CITY TODAY PURCHASES A VEHICLE OR $700,000 AND SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW, INSTEAD OF PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE, WE CAN RETROFIT THAT VEHICLE, SAVING THE CITY AROUND 350,000. I AM SPEAKING IN TODAY'S DOLLAR, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFLATION WOULD BE. SEVEN YEARS. AND WE CAN DO THAT UP TO THREE TIMES. SO WHEN WE PURCHASE A CI, THE, IF THE CITY PURCHASES THE VEHICLE AND SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW YOU RETROFIT IT, YOU COULD DO THAT THREE TIMES. SO INSTEAD OF PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE EVERY SEVEN YEARS, YOU'RE JUST RETROFITTING IT EVERY SEVEN YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES. SO 21 YEARS. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU MS. HEIDI. MADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2025. MADAM MAYOR. SORRY. UM, COMMISSIONER THOMAS JUST RAISED HER HAND. I'M BACK. OH, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MY QUESTION TO THE CHIEF, I KNOW HE DID SAY, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I KNOW HE DID MENTION THAT, UH, IF WE APPLIED FOR, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THIS GRANT AND, UM, IT WAS AWARDED AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE, THE FIRE RESCUE TRUCK, WE COULD GET SOMETHING FROM, I GUESS, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR BSO IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE GRANT UNTIL ONE IS AVAILABLE TWO TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW. UM, AND THAT WOULD WE HAVE TO PAY, UH, FOR THAT TRUCK, THAT FIRE RESCUE TRUCK THAT IS PROVIDED? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? PLEASE? YES MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. SO WE HAVE SPEAR VEHICLES AT OUR FACILITY, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE ONE OF OUR SPEAR VEHICLES, PLACE IT IN THE CITY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, SO THAT WOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL COST UNTIL, UM, THAT TRUCK, WHICH IS TWO TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW, IS AVAILABLE FOR US. SO WE, WE IN TURN, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING [00:20:01] CORRECTLY, WOULD STILL BE IN CONTRACT WITH, UH, IF WE CHOOSE TO, WHETHER LEASE OR PURCHASE TO LEASE EITHER ONE LEASE TO PURCHASE. UM, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE IN CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THAT, UM, FIRE RESCUE TRUCK WHILE WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY FROM BSO. SO MA'AM, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, I THINK YOUR, YOUR QUESTION WAS WE WOULD PROVIDE THE, OR WOULD WE PROVIDE THE SPARE RESCUE VEHICLE TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WHILE LAUDERDALE LAKES IS UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE? RIGHT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT IT IS TWO TO THREE YEARS THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT'S TWO TO THREE YEARS THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT FIRE RESCUE TRUCK. SO THE STIPULATION WE COULD GET THE FIRE RESCUE TRUCK FROM BSO, UM, IN FULFILLING WHAT THE EMERGENCY THAT SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT IS. BUT AFTER THAT, WOULD WE HAVE TO PUT FORTH MONEY IN ORDER DURING OR AFTERWARDS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE NEW TRUCK? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO THE, SORRY MADAM MAYOR THREW YOU. SO THE SPARE TRUCK THAT WE WOULD PUT HERE WOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE TWO OR THREE YEARS THAT IT WOULD TAKE IN ORDER, AH, THE NEW VEHICLE THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WOULD BE PURCHASING. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU KINDLY. THAT'S IT, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU KINDLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH NINE ONE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND ACT CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT TO FLORIDA RESILIENT GRANT AGREEMENT WITH BNC DIVING SERVICES. LLC FREE OF THE CANAL FOR REHABILITATION PROJECT, AS IS REQUIRED PER RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM AND MR. NASIR WILL PRESENT THAT I ITEM THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. NASIR, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONS, THE CITY MANAGER, THE AUDIENCE. THIS AGREEMENT, UH, THE AMENDMENT IS TO THE AGREEMENT WITH OUR AWARDED, UH, CONTRACTOR, PNG OR CANNEL FOUR. THE LOCATION OF CANNEL FOUR IS BETWEEN 41ST AND 47TH STREET, UH, WEST OF 35TH AVENUE AND EAST OF 38 TERRA THAT'S IN ORAL ESTATE. UH, THE PROJECT IS DONE. THE CONTRACTOR COMPLETED THE KENNEL LOG. WE, UH, PAID THE CONTRACTOR, THEN WE SUBMITTED THE REIMBURSEMENT PACKAGE TO DEP. AND DEP ACTUALLY, UH, GAVE US THE COMMENT THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY, EXCEPT WE NEED TO INCLUDE THIS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THESE ARE ACTUALLY BASIC THING THEY'RE ASKING US TO INCLUDE. AS YOU SAW IN THE EXHIBIT, IT INCLUDES, UH, SOLID WASTE, UH, DISPOSAL ACT, CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT, FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT, UM, MADE A PRODUCT. WE COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY WANTED TO HAVE THIS WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH CONTRACTOR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SEE THIS KIND OF CONDITION THAT WE GOT FROM DEP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I CAN ANSWER THAT. IN FACT, AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, WE INVITED DEP, THEY CAME, THEY INSPECTED AND THEY ACCEPTED OUR CONSTRUCTION WORK. THAT MEANS THE PROJECT WORK IS ALREADY APPROVED BY DEP. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO. MR. NAIA, WOULD YOU IDENTIFY WHERE CANAL FOR IS PLEASE? BETWEEN 41ST STREET AND 42ND STREET. WEST OF 35TH AVENUE. AND, UM, IT'S IN OIL ESTATE. GRACE HILL. ALRIGHT, JUST NORTH OF 41ST STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ADAM. THANK YOU MR. OH, YOU NEXT UP TOO. MR. MADAM. A CM. THANK YOU MS. NO QUESTIONS. MR. DE THANK ITEM NUMBER NINE F RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 9 2 CANCELING THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 11TH, 2025 AND AUGUST 25TH, 2025, AND THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12TH, 2025 AND AUGUST 26TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING COLLEAGUES NONE AND RAISE NO, NO QUESTIONS MADAM, MME. MAY SEE ITEM NUMBER 10, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH NINE THREE, ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR STORM WATER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR [00:25:01] 2026 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATE AND ASSESSMENT ROLE. AND WE DO HAVE MS. SUSAN LEOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, SUSAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE VISITING AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS SUSAN GOODING LIBRARY AND I AM ACTING AS YOUR FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT IN THE CAPACITY OF INTERIM FINANCIAL SERVICES. AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. THE PROCESS OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ESTABLISH A PRELIMINARY FORM WATER ASSESSMENT BRIEF FOR COLLECTION THROUGH THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE, SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH DEADLINES AND PUBLIC NOTICE REPORT. JUST OVERVIEW, THE MONTHLY RATE WILL BE $6 AND 25 CENTS AT ANNUAL RATE OF $75 PER RESIDENT FOR A TOTAL REVENUE IN OUR FY 26 BUDGET OF 355,725,000. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION CITY STAFF WILL CERTIFY THIS, UM, PRELIMINARY ROLE TO THE VPA BY AUGUST 4TH AND IT WILL APPEAR ON THE TRIM NOTICE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING, AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, ALEX AND RAISE MS. FOX? NO, MADAM MAYOR, NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SUSAN. ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 10 B RESOLUTION 20 25 5 DASH NINE FOUR ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26. AND MS. SUSAN WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR SUSAN, ALL PROTOCOL HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AND ESTABLISHED VALUE WASTE ASSESSMENT, WHICH RESOLUTION IS TO ESTABLISH THE PRELIMINARY SALARY RATE SERVICE CHARGE, WHICH WILL BE COLLECTED THREE PA THE PROPOSED RATE IS $272 PER RESIDENT. ALSO, THERE'S NO CHANGE FROM UH, 2026 TO 2025. THERE'S NO CHANGE. ESTIMATED REVENUE TO COLLECT 1,455,472. IT ALSO WILL BE APPEARED ON THE TRIM NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS COMMISSION APPROVAL. THERE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 15TH I WHOLE CITY BE I ENTERTAINING ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS AN ON YOUR BACKUP. COULD YOU EXPLAIN OPTIONAL BACKYARD SURCHARGE OF $2 AND 61 CENTS, PLEASE? BACK, YOU SAID BACK CHARGE. BACK CHARGE. IT SAYS OPTIONAL BACKYARD SURCHARGE $2 AND 61 CENTS. ARE WE ON SOLID WASTE? YES. FOR YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO THE OPTIONAL BACKYARD SUR UH, SURCHARGE, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE TRIM NOTICE PER SE, JUST THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, PICKUP. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS BILLED SEPARATELY. UM, I BELIEVE THROUGH BUSINESSES IF THEY CHOOSE TO CONTACT, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHO'S OUR SOLID WASTE, UM, FARMER, WHAT WOULD THE SURCHARGE COVER? WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE? WELL, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE STORMWATER, UM, I'M SORRY, IN THE SOLID WASTE IS FOR THE SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO IT WILL COVER OPERATIONAL COSTS AS WELL. THE 2 72 WOULD NOT COVER OPERATIONAL COSTS. IT SHOULD, YES. THEN I I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE TWO WE CAN DO AND, AND MADAM MAYOR, WE CAN DO ALSO DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO YOU. UH, TOMORROW PLEASE. UM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, NOT A COMMENT. NOT A COMMENT. JUST WANTED TO ASK MS. SUSAN TO PLEASE SPEAK UP MORE. UM, SHE KEPT DRIFTING IN HER PRESENTATION TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MIC, IF I'M HAVING THAT ISSUE. MAYBE OTHERS ARE. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MADAM. MAYOR MADAM MAC. I THINK SOME OF THOSE CHARGES ALSO HAVE TO DO WITH, UM, IF THAT AREA HAS A POOL, MAYBE A LARGE PATIO DECK, POSSIBLY RAIN GARDEN OF SOME SORT. OKAY. BUT MSID WOULD BRING US FURTHER INFORMATION. YEAH. THANK YOU [00:30:01] MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH NINE FIVE ADOPTING THE PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE SERVICES ASSESSMENT FOR RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATES FOR FIRE RESCUE SERVICES AND MS. SUSAN WILL ALSO PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, OUR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED AND OBSERVED THIS RESOLUTION ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE SECTION 46 DASH 2 8 8, CHAPTER 46, AND THE FLORIDA STATUTE 1 9 7 0.3 6 32. IT SERVES TO ESTABLISH THE CITY INTENT TO FUND THE FIRE RESCUE SERVICE THROUGH A NON-AD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR WE ARE SETTING THE RATE. UM, AND THIS WILL BE DONE AT OUR, THE RATE WILL BE SET AT OUR SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 COMMISSION MEETING. AND WE ARE ALSO MAINTAINING THE CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE. UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT FIRE TRUCKS AND ALL OF THOSE, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS, OFFICES AND THE SAFER. SO THIS WILL, UH, BECOME VERY IMPORTANT IN SETTING THIS FIRE RESCUE PRELIMINARY RATE FOR THE FIRE SERVICES TO BSO. AND THIS WILL ALSO APPEAR ON OUR TRIM NOTICE THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE BCPA ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021. QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES RAISE HAND. MS. POCK NO, MADAM MAYOR. NO THANK YOU MS. SUSAN MME. MAY STAND. ITEM NUMBER 10 D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 9 6 ADOPT A TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, ESTABLISHED IN OF A ROLLBACK RATE AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED OPERATING DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATES. AND MS. SUSAN WILL BE PRESENTING THAT ITEM TO YOU. AGAIN, ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVE AND ESTABLISH THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 2 0 0 0.065 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE, ESTABLISHING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR 2026, CERTIFY THE ROLLBACK RATE AND NOTIFYING BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. OUR CURRENT MILLAGE RATE IS 8.6000, NO CHANGE. THERE IS ALSO A VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE OF 0.4910. THERE'S NO CHANGE THERE. UM, TOTAL PROPOSED MILLAGE IS 9.0910, NO CHANGE. THE ROLLBACK RATE WILL BE 8.04 TO FOUR. THE PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RATE BY 6.93% AND THIS WILL BE, UM, APPEARING ON THE TRIM NOTICE TO OUR RESIDENTS REVENUE ESTIMATED TO COLLECT FROM OUR PROPOSED RATE IS 18,000,380 1002 68. IF THE ROLLBACK RATE IS UTILIZED, IT'LL BE REVENUE COLLECTED OF 70 MILLION 1 0 2 7 1 8 AND WILL BE ENTERTAINED. ANY QUESTIONS? CORRECT. RAISE HAND. NO QUESTIONS. MAD. THANK YOU MS. SUSAN MADAM, A MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A TIME, CERTAIN 5:30 PM THAT'S FOR ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ITEMS. NUMBER FIVE [A.  DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING THE NEWLY FORMED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE FUTURE PLANS AND NEEDS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN )] A. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT ITEM NOW, MADAM MAYOR? YES. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING THE NEWLY FORMED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE, FUTURE PLANS AND NEEDS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND MR. PATRICK GREEN WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM GREEN. AND, UM, ACTUALLY I'LL HAVE MS. VIELKA COME TO THE PODIUM. FIRST TO INTRODUCE MR. GREEN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR VCA. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER OR AUDIENCE, VIRTUAL AUDIENCE, COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS PRESENT FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS VCA BUCHANAN. I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO A PRIOR DISCUSSION WITH MR. GREEN, A MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. MR. GREEN IS LEADING THE INITIATIVES TO ESTABLISH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES TODAY. HE'S JOINED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NEWLY FORMED COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS BEEN CREATED TO SUPPORT INCORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER. THEY'RE PRESENT TO SHARE UPDATES ON THEIR PROGRESS AND OUTLINE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, MADAM CHAIR, IF, IF YOU ALLOW, UH, MR. GREEN IS RIGHT HERE. MR. GREEN, [00:35:04] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY THE CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, A VERY SPECIAL TO YOU. MY NAME IS PATRICK GREEN AND ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, MADAM MAYOR, WANT TO EXTEND A HARTFORD THANKS TO YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, AS WELL AS TO THE MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE CITY OF FLORIDA LAKES FOR YOUR INPUT AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE LARGER LAUDERDALE LAKES TEAM OF COMMERCE. IT HAS NOT COME TO LIFE. IT IS BREATHING AND IT'S LIVING. UM, LEMME SHARE WITH YOU, UM, MADAM MAYOR, SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE SINCE OUR MEETING ON JUNE 25TH THAT YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE SELECTED A, A VERY DYNAMIC BOARD OF NINE MEMBERS. UM, AND THESE ARE TRAILBLAZERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME, UM, AND THE EXPERTISE TO ENSURING THAT THE LAWS THAT THE LEAGUE STREAM OF COMMERCE IS GONNA BECOME SUCCESSFUL. UM, IS A PRESIDENT, A VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, EVENTS DIRECTOR, MARKETING DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT LIAISON, LIAISON OFFICER, AND THE DIRECTOR OF LARGE. AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE TWO OR FOUR MEMBERS HERE TODAY. UH, WE HAVE MS. ANN DOZA, WHO IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT, AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. BOROUGH, WHO'S OUR MARKETING DIRECTOR. THAT IS KEN OVER THERE AT OUR FIRST BOARD MEETING ON JULY 8TH. UM, MADAM MAYOR, WE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED THE BYLAWS AS WELL AS THE ARTICLE OF IN COOPERATION. UM, SINCE THAT THE CHAMBER HAS APPLIED TO FOR REGISTRATION, UM, UH, TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND WE HAVE ALSO SOUGHT THE 5 0 1 C3 DESIGNATION, WHICH WE WILL DO AFTER WE HAVE GOTTEN THE APPROVAL FROM THE STATE. UM, ONCE REGISTRATION IS COMPLETED, WE'LL OPEN, OF COURSE, A BANK ACCOUNT, UM, WE'RE PAYING MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, THEIR MEMBERSHIP DUES, UH, DEPOSITED AND SIGNAL THE FULL LAUNCH OF THE CHAMBER. UH, MEANWHILE, OUR MARKETING EVENTS AND MEMBERSHIP TEAMS, UM, HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORK, UM, IN MAKING SURE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS IS CLEARLY SET. UM, OUR MARKETING EFFORTS INCLUDE CREATING A WEBSITE. SO WE'VE STARTED THE PROCESS. UH, WE'VE ALSO STARTED THE CREATION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, AND OF COURSE THERE ARE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO ENSURE THAT THE AWARENESS CAME CREATED, UH, WITHIN THE ONLY 650 ACTIVE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. UM, THE CHAIN WAS PRESENT AT THE LAST FINANCIAL EDUCATIONAL, UH, FEAR THAT WAS HOSTED, UM, RIGHT HERE. UM, AT THE EVENT WE GOT 19 BUSINESSES GAVE US THE INFORMATION, UM, AND ASKED US TO REACH OUT TO THEM WHEN THINGS HAVE GOTTEN OFF SO THEY CAN BECOME MEMBERS. THE MEMBERSHIP TEAM HAS CREATED A VERY COMPELLING VALUE PROPOSITION, UM, THAT IS STRUCTURED TO IN DIFFERENT INVESTMENT TIERS. SO YOU'LL HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS, DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIP, UM, VALUES THAT THEY WILL END UP GETTING. WE HAVE FROM STUDENTS, UH, STRAIGHT UP TO HONORARY LEVELS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A STUDENT WHO IS OR STILL IN COLLEGE WHO IS, UH, BUSINESS MINDED OR BUSINESS ORIENTATED, THEN WE CAN GET THEM INSIDE THE CHAMBER TO KIND OF START OFF THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE BUSINESSES. AND, UM, TAKEN ON THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT THEY HAVE. UM, TO BUILD MOMENTUM, THE CHAMBER WILL HOST A MONTHLY BUSINESS BREAKFAST, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENT. UM, AND IN THAT, UH, BREAKFAST WILL INVITE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY MEMBERS AS WE CAN GET. UH, OUR GOAL IS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF DECEMBER, WE ARE LOOKING TO REGISTER AT LEAST 200 MEMBERS OUT OF THE OVER 650 THAT WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE THE DATABASE, WE DO HAVE THE LIST, WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION. AND SO THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AMBITIOUS, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, BUT I, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE BOARD AND THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE WORKING IS GONNA WORK, UM, AS SERIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. WE KNOW MADAM MAYOR, THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZES HOW VALUABLE, UM, A VIBRANT CHAMBER IS. STRONG CHAMBER [00:40:01] MEANS A MORE ROBUST AND COMPENSATIVE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, INCREASED TAX REVENUES AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT FOR NEW BUSINESSES, AND OF COURSE, GREATER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN. GREEN . THERE'S JOB CREATION, UM, EXPANDED ACCESS TO STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH WHICH THESE GOALS. UM, MADAM MAYOR, WE ARE ASKING FOR MODEST INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY AND IT'S MODEST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN OTHER CITIES, THE CHAMBERS THAT EXISTED THERE, THEY DID GET SOME HELP FROM THE CITIES TO START THE PROCESS OFF. WE GET THE TRAINING WHEEL GOING UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO RIDE ON, UM, THE REGULAR WHEELS. SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE REQUESTING $5,000 TO COVER THE COST OF THREE MONTHLY BREAK FAST. SO THE STATE WILL LOOK, BECOME SPONSOR OF THOSE THREE BREAK FAST. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND USE WHAT THE INCOME WE HAVE GENERATED FROM MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FUND ALL OUR ACT ACTIVITIES GOING FORWARD. UM, THIS INVESTMENT, MADAM CHAIRMAN, WILL ALLOW THE CHAMBER APART FROM ALL THE BENEFITS THAT I OUTLINED BEFORE, WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BANNER AT EVENTS, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS SO ONES TO DO AT THAT POINT. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ON IT AS WELL. UM, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS MORE THAN A SPONSORSHIP. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH CHANCE OF, SO THE SEEDS OF A MORE PROSPEROUS LA THE LAKES BUSINESS COMMUNITY. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE STANDING AT THE THRESHOLD OF SOMETHING SPECIAL AND EXTRAORDINARY FOR THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING THE VISION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE CONTRIBUTION AND SURE THAT YOU WILL MAKE ENSURE THAT THE CITY AND THE LAW EX CHAMBER QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. GREEN. YOUR PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, TOP-NOTCH AND, UM, I, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ENGAGED IN THE PARTICIPATION AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. YOU SAID, UM, THE SPONSORSHIP WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF BREAKFAST FOR THE MEET AND GREET. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN? MADAM MAYOR? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER. THAT WAS COMMISSIONER. PARDON? MADAM MAYOR. YES, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, IS ABOUT $5,000 YOU'RE LOOKING AT. SO, UH, TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THE, THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IS 9,600 AND I BELIEVE $56 MM-HMM . AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS WE, AND THAT WILL COVER THINGS LIKE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED, UM, TO GET THE BREAKFAST GOING. UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHARGE MEMBERS, UM, IN THE INITIAL STAGES BECAUSE WE WANT AN INCENTIVE TO GET PEOPLE IN THERE, AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN TRY AND CONVERT THEM OVER TO BECOME MEMBERS. UM, AND SO WE WILL USE THAT AS AN INCENTIVE TO INVITE AS MANY PEOPLE IN THERE AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO BECOME MEMBERS. NOW, ONCE THEY BECOME MEMBERS, THEN AFTER THAT, AFTER THE THIRD, AFTER THE THIRD ONE, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OTHER REVENUE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN USE TO FUND ALL THE GREAT CLASS GOING FORWARD. OKAY. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS. THANK YOU. UH, MR. GREEN, UH, ALSO WITH THAT TIER, I HOPE THAT NONPROFITS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT TIER AS WELL. YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, THAT IS THE SECOND TIER, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE NONPROFITS WHO MADE SUCH MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY, UM, THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT'S ONE QUESTION OF THE 19 BUSINESSES FROM THE RESOURCE FAIR THAT WE HAD, HAVE WE CONTACTED THEM ANY? AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE AS FAR AS MEMBERSHIP? ALRIGHT, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, MADAM CHAIRMAN, IN ADDITION TO THE LIST THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WE DID MAKE SOME INITIAL CONTACT JUST TO FOLLOW UP. UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM THE VALUE THAT THEY WILL GET WHEN THEY BECOME MEMBERS, UM, AND, [00:45:01] AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION TO ALLOW THEM TO BECOME MEMBERS. SO WE HAVEN'T CONVERTED THEM AS YET, BUT WE HAVE MADE JUST SOME INITIAL, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTACT JUST TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY THE TABLE. UM, AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING THEM WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR, MR. HARRISON. UM, MR. GREEN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THE NEWLY FORMED CHAMBER. UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE CHAMBER, I THINK IS GONNA BE, UH, NEEDED FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, I ACTUALLY THINK MORE BUSINESSES NEED TO HAVE A VOICE WITHIN CITY HALL, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB AT DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. UM, THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD, YOU, YOU DID COME BACK AND TOLD US YOU WOULD BE COMING TO ASKING FOR SOME SUPPORT, SOME RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THE INITIAL STEPS, UM, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. UH, YOU MENTIONED SOME ITEMS CREATE A WEBSITE, UM, MARKETING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GONNA, UM, INCLUDE CREATING FLYERS. IS THERE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ITEMS AS WELL? AND, AND, AND DO YOU CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THOSE ITEMS? UM, THE FUNDS FOR, SORRY, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE FUNDS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE CREATION, UM, IS TAKEN CARE OF ALREADY. UM, WE DO HAVE THAT COVERED. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OR ANY REQUESTS TO BE TO THIS. AWESOME. UM, HAVE YOU ALREADY STARTED? THANK YOU THREE MADAM MAYOR. UM, I DID MENTION LAST TIME THAT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, ENCOURAGING THE BUSINESSES TO INVEST AS WELL. HAVE YOU RAISED, UH, SOME TYPE OF FUNDS FROM THE BUSINESS MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY A PART OF THE CHAMBER? SUE, YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UM, WELL, AS I STATED BEFORE, THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN PEACE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THE VALUE PROPOSITION THAT WE WANT BRING FORWARD TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, AND IT WILL BE UNFAIR TO GO TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOUR INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE WITHOUT PROVING VALUE TO THEM. AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT, UM, I GOT THE REPORT THIS MORNING FROM, UH, OUR MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR AND WE ARE GONNA JUST LOOK AT IT FROM A BOARD LEVEL, ENSURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS VALUABLE TO THE MEMBERS AS WELL AS WELL AS VALUABLE TO THE CHAMBER. WHEN WE HAVE DONE THAT, THEN THAT IS WHEN WE START LOOKING AT GETTING INVESTMENTS FROM THEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP TO FINANCE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS THAT WE'RE GOOD HAVING. UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, NOT YET, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, MR. GREEN, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF PROBABLY PUTTING A CART BEFORE THE HORSE ON A, ON A FEW THINGS HERE. UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT DISCUSSIONS FIRST, GETTING THOSE COMMITMENTS FIRST, SETTING UP THE MEMBERSHIP PROCESS FIRST. UM, THOSE 19 BUSINESSES THAT WAS AT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY FAIR, WE, WE COULD HAVE HAD A PROCESS TO FUNNEL THEM, GET THEM ENGAGED, PAY MEMBERSHIP, UM, I MEAN, I'M NOT AGAINST US PUTTING SOMETHING TOWARDS, UH, A BREAKFAST, BUT TO, TO DO THAT EVENT AND THEN TRY TO EXPRESS THE VALUE AT THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED. THERE'S NO TELLING IF THEY'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, SEE THE VALUE IN THAT. UM, I JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF, UM, AND, AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS HOW MUCH WOULD EACH BREAKFAST COST? I KNOW YOU SAID THAT SHOULD COVER THE FIRST THREE TO 5,000. HOW MUCH WOULD EACH BREAKFAST COST? THANK YOU. SO I'LL ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS TO YOU MANAGEMENT AND I, UM, SO I DO, I CAN APPRECIATE THE, THE SENTIMENTS THAT YOU SHARE ABOUT THE, THE, THE CAT BEFORE THE THE HORSE. UM, THE THING IS THAT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS TO RUSH THROUGH SOMETHING AND THEN MAKE ERRORS IN THE PROCESS. IT'S A, IT'S A THOUGHT OUT PROCESS THAT WE ARE USING, UM, WITH THE NINE DIRECTORS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, IT IS REAL. SO PART OF THAT PROCESS INVOLVES ARGUMENT C RESEARCHING SOME OF THE, UM, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AROUND US. THEY'RE GONNA SEE WHAT THE MARKET IS, IS CHARGING FOR INVESTMENT, WHAT VALUE THEY'RE PROVIDING BASED ON THAT, THEN WE CAN COIN SOMETHING THAT WILL FIT AND MATCH WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. IF WE WERE TO GO TO A BUSINESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 19 BUSINESS THAT WE, UM, SAW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND SAID TO THEM, HEY, LISTEN, UM, THE COST FOR MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO BE, UH, $50 OR 300, WHAT ARE YOU GIVING US FOR THAT? WELL, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TO THEM. SO I'M SAYING WE HAVE NOT LOST THEM AND WE HAVE NOT LOST ANYBODY. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE USE, UM, IT IS PROVEN, TESTED, HAS VALUE FOR THE PERSONS WHO ARE RECEIVING IT, AND THEN WE CAN DELIVER. UM, THE SECOND QUESTION, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, REGARDING THE COST OF THE BREAKFAST, THE, THE FOOD ITSELF GONNA COST US, UH, AROUND $13 EACH. YOU MADAM MAYOR, HOW MUCH IS EACH BREAKFAST GONNA COST? I'M SAYING IT'S 30 $13. [00:50:01] $13 EACH BREAKFAST IS, NO, NO, SORRY, SORRY, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THREE, MADAM MAYOR, YOU SAID THERE ARE THREE BREAKFAST EVENTS, CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. HOW MUCH IS EACH EVENT GOING TO COST? SO EACH EVENT IS GONNA RUN US AROUND A THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO DO YOU MAD MAYOR? DISAGREE. SO THE COST OF THE BREAKFAST, WE ARE TRYING TO GET AT LEAST, UH, AROUND A HUNDRED PERSONS, UH, TO EACH BREAKFAST. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON, UH, 300 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE MONTHS. UM, AND SO WHEN WE ADD IN ALL THE OTHER STUFF TO PROMOTE AND TOOLS AND SO ON, UM, THAT WAS WHERE OUR COST COMES UP TO . MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, MR. GREEN, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF VAGUE. IT IS COSTING AROUND 3000, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FIVE. UM, AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE CHAMBER. I THINK WE CAN, UH, PUT TOGETHER A CHAMBER. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE BENEFICIAL. UM, I, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE I THINK WE HAVE THE NETWORK OUT THERE TO SOMEHOW HELP WITH THAT $5,000. UH, I THINK THE CITY MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD BE COMMITTED TO HELPING TOWARDS THAT. BUT I, I THINK IT HAS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP, LIKE YOU SAY, WHERE YOU CAN COME BACK AND SAY, HERE ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PUTTING SKIN IN THE GAME WILLING TO INVEST TOWARDS THIS. AND WE NEED HELP FROM THE CITY TO HELP GET THE REST OF THIS, UH, TO REACH THE FINISH LINE. UH, I, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF, UH, THE CITY BEING EVERY TIME, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT OVER THE CHAMBER OFFICIALLY, SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER, BUT I, I PERSONALLY THINK YOU CAN, UH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KEEP NETWORK AND RAISE SOME OF THE FUNDS FROM THE MEMBERS OF, UH, TO, TO, TO HOST THESE, UH, BREAKFASTS, YOU'RE LOOKING TO HOST DISAGREE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE. I, I DID SAY 3000, 5,000, UM, 5,000 INCLUDES THE COST OF THE OTHER STUFF. SO IT'S NOT JUST PROVIDING BREAKFAST. UH, WE NEED PROMOTIONAL STUFF TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE THERE AS WELL. UM, SO THE ADDITIONAL COSTS ABOVE WHAT THE BREAKFAST COSTS WOULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET A HUNDRED MEMBERS INTO ONE, FEED THEM, TALK TO THEM, GET THEM ALL MOTIVATED, EXCITED TO BECOME PART OF THE MEMBER. UM, AND, AND, AND WE ARE NOT AGAINST HAVING MEMBERS HAVING SKIN IN THE GAME AS WELL. UM, THAT HAS TO BE THE PART BECAUSE THE CHAMBER IS NOT THE CITY. WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING SOME FRIENDLY FIGHTS WITH THE CITY, I HOPE SOMETIMES TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL AS IF THE CITY OWES US AND WE CAN'T GO TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG. THIS IS A BETTER WAY BASED ON OUR OWN RESEARCH. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. BUT WE, WE THINK IT IS PRUDENT FOR THE CITY TO PARTNER IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN FUNCTION. THE BENEFITS OF A CHAMBER IS PROVEN THAT WHEN BUSINESSES DO WELL IN A CITY, THE CITY WILL DO WELL. AND SO YOUR INVESTMENT HERE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT AS WE ARE JUST GIVEN MONEY. YOU BE IN A AN ATM, THEY'RE PROVIDING MONEY FOR, UM, UH, A CHAMBER IS AN INVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE BENEFITS CAN COME BACK TO THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENT. OKAY. AND RAISE MICHAEL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MR. GREEN FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I THINK THE CHAMBER COMMERCE IS A GREAT IDEA AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JUMP ON BOARD AND SUPPORT HIM WITH THE $5,000. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MADAM A CM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. VCA. WE DO [B.  ADVISORY BOARDS' PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION (BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MILITARY AFFAIRS BOARD, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD) (6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)] HAVE A TIME CERTAIN OF 6:00 PM IT IS 5:54 PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE TIME? CERTAIN NOW, MADAM MAYOR? YES. ADVI ITEM NUMBER FIVE B ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. WE DO HAVE THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE DO HAVE MS. MATTEL, DR. MATTEL STEVENSON, DR. STEVENS. GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR. OUR COMMISSIONER'S, UH, C ASSISTANTS, I MEAN OUR ACT, CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE. I'M GONNA ASK THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COME UP. UM, WE HAVE MS. JANINE YOUNG, WHO IS OUR VICE CHAIR, BARBARA SMITH, WHO'S OUR SECRETARY, MR. EARL ESTELLE, WHO IS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AT LARGE AND SIMONE SHEPHERD, WHO IS NOT HERE. BUT WE HAD A VERY ACTIVE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE MET AND WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST LISTEN LISTENING TO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS [00:55:01] LAST YEAR THAT WE START EARLIER. AND SO WE STAND TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR 2026 BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE DURING OUR MEETING TIMES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO CAUTION, I KNOW THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PUT IN DEADLINES FOR DEPARTMENTS TO ENTER BUDGETS, BUT IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR US TO COMPLETELY DO THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE SET OUT TO APPOINT US TO DO IF THOSE BUDGETS ARE NOT SUBMITTED IN A TIMELY MANNER. I THINK THAT WE HAD MAYBE ONE OR TWO MEETINGS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE BUDGETS TO WORK WITH FOR THE DEPARTMENTS. SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, WE WILL NUMBER ONE, SUGGEST THAT THE CITY ADOPTS THE CURRENT MILLAGE RATE OF 8.6000. WE ALSO CAUTION, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FIRE ASSESSMENT THAT THEY JUST RECEIVED THE RESULTS FOR. SO OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEN YOU GET THAT FIRE ASSESSMENT AND THAT IT IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED WITH THE CHIEF AND BUDGET THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT 'CAUSE IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT ANY ASSESSMENT, WHETHER IT'S STORMWATER, WATER, FIRE, OR IT'S ONE MORE STORMWATER, THE SANITATION, THAT THOSE ASSESSMENTS FULLY SUPPORT THOSE SERVICES. BECAUSE WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS WHEN THOSE ASSESSMENTS DO NOT, I KNOW NO COMMISSIONER WANTS TO SAY WE ARE INCREASING YOUR ASSESSMENT, BUT WHEN THOSE ASSESSMENTS DO NOT SUPPORT THE SERVICES, YOU END UP TAKING IT FROM ANOTHER POT OF MONEY AND EVENTUALLY YOUR RESERVES BEGIN TO DWINDLE. SO IT IS OUR THING THAT WE SUPPORT WHATEVER THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE FIRE ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS WILL, WILL GIVE YOU. SAME THING WITH THE STORM WATER, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S COST RECOVERY IN PLACE SO THAT I'M NOT TALKING OVER ANYBODY HEAD. IT'S THE WHOLE THING THAT WHATEVER YOU CHARGE, IT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THOSE SERVICES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. SO THAT MEANS THAT IF WHAT WE'RE CHARGING DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU STRONGLY LOOK AT AND ASSESSMENT, THAT WILL TOTALLY TAKE CARE OF THE SERVICES THEMSELVES. OKAY? ALSO THAT WE REALLY, UM, LOOK AT A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR MAJOR EQUIPMENT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND EQUIPMENT, BUT SO THAT THE CITY STAYS FISCALLY SOUND THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE OR ENSURE THAT THE CITY MANAGER WHEN YOU HIRE ONE PUT IN PLACE WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT USE MAJOR EQUIPMENT, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR ALL EQUIPMENT. BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT PUT A REPLACEMENT PLAN IN PLACE, YOU WAKE UP WITH A SURPRISE AND SOMETIMES THAT SURPRISE CAN BE TO THE TOMB OF $300,000. SO IT IS, IT IS, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT ALL MAJOR EQUIPMENT HAS A REPLACEMENT PLAN IN PLACE. ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A ALLOW, UM, WITH LOST REVENUE, UM, THAT COVID MONEY THAT'S LINGERING AROUND. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE START LOOKING HONESTLY AT THOSE. I KNOW A LOT OF THAT FUNDING WENT TO TOWARDS MINOR HOME REPAIR RENT ASSISTANCE, AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR RESIDENTS DEPENDING ON A POT OF MONEY THAT AFTER 2026 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. AND SO WE WANT TO CAUTION, UM, THE CITY ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EASING OUR, WHETHER IT'S MINOR HOME REPAIR, WHETHER IT'S HARDENING OF THE HOMES, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL RENT ASSISTANCE, THAT THAT MONEY THAT WE REALLOCATED FOR LOST REVENUE, THAT WE ALL KNOW BY THE END OF, I KNOW 12 20 26 IS WHEN SOME OF IT, ALL OF IT HAS TO BE DONE. THAT WE DON'T DEPEND ON THOSE PROGRAMS. OKAY. UM, OTHER BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS YOU CAN READ, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS LOOKING AT THE IMPACT THAT TARIFFS MAY HAVE ON SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES THAT WE PURCHASE, THAT WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT EVEN AT A CITY OF OUR SIZE, THAT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL PASSAGE WILL IMPACT. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OUR CITY? ALSO, WE GET THE COPS GRANTS AND WE'RE ALL SCREAMING ABOUT YES, YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A COST TO THE CITY AND AFTER THE FOURTH YEAR, JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE A PLACE TO DO IT. I KNOW WE'RE REAPPLYING FOR THOSE FUNDINGS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE SINCE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS SOMETHING THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WHEN WE MET WITH YOU SAID WAS A PRIORITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS A WAY THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS LEVEL, EVEN IF COPS FUNDING GO AWAY. SO WE WANTED THAT TO STAY AT YOUR FRONT FOREFRONT. UM, ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CREATING PROGRAMS THAT CAN ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE PREPARED AND READY FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. UM, ONE OTHER ONE I WANNA BRING UP IS, OH, AN ANALYSIS, RIGHT? AN ANA A FULL ANALYSIS OF ALL OF YOUR POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE, AND A LOT OF THE PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS THAT WE DID SEE, A LOT OF IT REQUESTED ADDITIONAL STAFF. AND SO MY THING IS, IF WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT FILLING POSITIONS WE HAVE NOW, WE'RE CRE WE'RE CREATING MORE. BUT THAT WE REALLY DO A FULL ANALYSIS OF ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF THE STAFF AND WHERE WE'RE AT, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THINGS ARE PRESENTED TO YOU THAT ARE FOR YOUR POWER TO VOTE ON, THAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF FACTS, NOT OFF OUR FEELINGS. THE OTHER THING WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REVIEW DEPARTMENTAL [01:00:01] LEVEL BUDGETS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT HOW WE REDUCE COSTS. I THINK WE SAID THIS BEFORE, 'CAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE A CHANGEOVER IN STAFF, WE DON'T KNOW OR YOU'VE NOT BEEN PRESENTED, HEY, YOU'RE JUST PRESENTED WITH, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE LIKE, WE WANNA START THIS NEW PROCESS. BUT YOU'VE GOTTA START ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE IMPACT? HAVE WE SPENT ANY MONEY ON, ON THINGS THAT WE'VE NOT USED? AND SO WE WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT. AND SO ALSO EXPLORE NEW REVENUE SOURCES LIKE CARES ACT FUNDING, MEDICAID ECONOMIC AND RECOVERY FUNDING AND PUBLIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPLANT. SO THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE TO YOU GUYS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE HAD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES HAND RAISED? NO. MADAM. YES, SHE DOES HAVE HER HAND. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU DR. STEVENS FOR THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION. ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATION THOROUGHLY, UM, LOOKED THROUGH BECAUSE YOU HAD EARLIER TIME IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, ASSESS WHAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU. UM, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. EVEN SOME OF THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU GAVE ARE TO BE TAKEN, UH, THOUGHT WORDLY BECAUSE I DO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ON THE BOARD HAVE THE CITY AT HEART. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UM, ALL THAT YOU RECOMMENDED AND, AND I'M, I'M ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, UM, THE ASSESSMENTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ASSESSMENT WHEN IT COMES TO US FOR SERVER SERVICE, RECOVERY AND SUPPORT OF THOSE SERVICES. WE DON'T WANT TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE IF IT'S NOT COVERING THE SERVICES THAT WE DO PROVIDE. 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE SERVICES HAVE GONE UP OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION, THOSE RECOMMENDATION BY THE TEAM. THANK YOU DR. STEVENS AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION TO YOUR MEETING. IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING AND A VERY SHARING MEETING AND WE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL WHAT THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS PRIORITIES IN OUR CITY. AND DEFINITELY THE ONE THAT I, ALL OF THEM, BUT THE ANALYSIS OF STAFF POSITIONS IS ONE THAT REALLY SHOULD BE WITH THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE KEY THING WE DID TALK ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING. THANK YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET THE COMMUNITY. MADAM MAYOR, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET THE COMMUNITY ABOARD. SO NEXT CYCLE, UH, WE DO WANNA HOST A MEETING WHERE ALL OF THE ADVISORY BOARDS COME TO A BUDGET WORKSHOP SO THAT AS THEY'RE MAKING REQUESTS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE OPERATE IN SILOS AND WE ONLY SEE OUR PORTION, BUT I THINK THAT IF WE INVOLVE HAVE ONE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH EVERY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION, THEN I THINK THAT NOW WE ARE AT LEAST ENGAGING MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. YES. THANK YOU DR. STEVENS AND THE BOARD FOR, UH, PRESENTING, UH, THIS AND THE LAST, UH, DISCUSSION WE HAD WAS GREAT AS WELL. UM, I JUST HAD ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK. ACTING CITY MANAGER, CAN WE GET ALL OF HER TALKING POINTS THAT SHE HAD IN THE BACKUP SO WE CAN REVIEW? I DIDN'T REALLY, UH, GET A CHANCE TO READ ALONG. WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THE BACKUP, SO, UH, IF WE COULD, UH, JUST GET THAT SHARED. SURE, NO PROBLEM. WILL DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. STU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANKS. THE NE THE NEXT MADAM MAYOR'S MILITARY ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE CHAIRPERSON LINDA HUEY AND VICE CHAIRPERSON JOHN DAVIS. MR. DAVIS. GOOD EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONERS. MADAM MAYOR, CITY CLERK. IN THE ABSENCE OF, UH, LINDA HUGHLEY, UH, BOARD, UH, CHAIR, I'M GONNA MAKE OUR, OUR PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL THANK THE CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO EXIST FOR SUPPORTING AND CARING ABOUT THE VETERANS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE, HAVE SERVED FOR US ALL TO SHARE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE. I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, TACY FOR REAPPOINTED ME. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS TIME UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR LIAISON, [01:05:01] SO THE MILITARY AFFAIRS BOARD, OUR YEAR IN REVIEW AND OUR VISION FORWARD, THE MILITARY AFFAIRS BOARD HAS MADE REAL PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING BONDS BETWEEN OUR VETERANS AND THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED. VETERANS BRUNCH. WE WELCOME OVER 60 GUESTS, WELCOMING NEW VETERANS INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND INTO OUR, OUR AWARENESS OF OUR EXISTENCE, BUILDING CONNECTIONS AND APPRECIATION. WE PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE, UH, WE UNITED RESIDENTS AND VETERANS IN A SHARED VIBRANT SPACE. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE VETERAN'S PARKING SPOTS. UH, YOU NOTICE I'M PARKED IN ONE TONIGHT, A COUPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY VERY MUCH PROVIDING THAT TO THE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY, A GESTURE THAT'S TRULY VA VALUED. THE LAKES NEWS FEATURES, THIS SPOTLIGHTS OUR HOMETOWN VETERANS AND, AND HEROES WITH PLANS TO KEEP THEIR STORIES UPFRONT AND CENTER WHERE WE'RE GOING. THANKS TO YOUR PAST GENEROSITY, WE'VE LAID A STRONG FOUNDATION. NOW WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING TO POWER, UH, 2025 AND 2026 INITIATIVES. UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON OUTREACH POPUPS, QUARTERLY GA GATHERINGS WHERE VETERANS FEEL HERD AND CONNECTED. NEWSLETTER RESOURCE, PAGE A DID YOU KNOW, COLUMN SHARING TIPS, BENEFITS, AND VITAL SUPPORT INFORMATION. WE'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PHYSICAL MEMORIAL IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE, LAKE LAUDERDALE LAKES. AS WE DRIVE THROUGH MANY CITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, I NOTICED IN TAMARACK THERE'S A HUGE VETERANS MEMORIAL WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SHARING THE LARGEST PHYSICAL MEMORIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE SAM BROWN MEMORIAL, AND MAKING IT THE SAM BROWN VETERANS MEMORIAL BECAUSE IT, IT, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE POSITIONS IN, IN THE CITY, AND IT WOULD TRULY SHOW THAT WE HONORED OUR VETERANS. WE'RE PLANNING OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS, LUNCHEONS, TOWN HALLS, AND WELLNESS GATHERINGS TO FOSTER CONNECTIONS AND EASE ISOLATION, MARKETING AND RECOGNITION, OUTREACH TOOLS AND PERSONALIZED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THAT UPLIFT THE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF RETIRED VIETNAM VETERANS IN BROWARD COUNTY. MANY LIVE ALONE IN FIELD DISC DISCONNECTED. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THAT. YOUR SUPPORT GOES BEYOND FUNDING. IT'S A PROMISE OF VISIBILITY, RESPECT, AND CONSISTENT CARE. LET'S KEEP SHOWING UP. LET'S TURN CIVIC PRIDE INTO DAILY SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO SERVE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO THE VETERANS. ANY QUESTIONS HENRY RAISED? NO, MADAM MAYOR. AND MR. DAVIS, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR GENTLEMAN THAT'S ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD STANDING BEHIND YOU? GOOD EVENING. UH, MADAM MAYOR, MY NAME IS, UH, JAMAL JENKINS. JENKINS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH MAKING THE MONUMENT, UH, VETERAN. I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK. WE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I SPOKE WITH LINDA, SO I THINK THE MONUMENT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. THANK YOU, MR. JAKE. NEXT WE HAVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, AND I BELIEVE SECRETARY CRYSTAL, CRYSTAL KOMAN, AND BOARD MEMBER JAMES HUMPHREY AND PAUL MARTIN ARE PRESENT. [01:10:02] WHO YOU? MADAM MAYOR. DR. BASS. HELLO EVERYONE. UM, HELLO. HELLO. OKAY, HOW YOU DOING? UM, I'M THE CHAIRPERSON. I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING, UM, I'M DR. CULLEN BASS ON MY, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO STATE IS RUDOLPH MCKEN, VICE CHAIR. I HAVE CRYSTAL, WHO'S THE SECOND EXECUT? PAUL MARTIN IS A MEMBER AT LARGE, AND ALSO JAMES HUMP, ALSO A MEMBER AT LARGE. BEING PASSED AROUND IS A LIST OF SUPPORT THAT I'M GONNA BE GIVING. I'M GONNA MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET. I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA JUST HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN THINGS IN THIS REPORT THAT I THINK WOULD BE PERTINENT. BUT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU CAN ALSO ALWAYS ASK ME THE QUESTION AGAIN. I LIVE IN 38 21 NORTH WEST 41ST STREET, OVER IN ORIO ESTATE. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW, I ALSO, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FIVE LONG TIME ON THIS PARK TRACK FOR A LONG TIME. WOW. TOO LONG, BUT IT'S LONG . ANYWAY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TALK ABOUT THE GOAL OF THE PARK. MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE THINK PARKS IS ONLY SPORTS, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S A, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST PARKS. JUST PARKS. IT'S, IT, IT DRAWS PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE A PURIFIED PARK. IT BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO THE GOAL OF THE BOARD IS TO ONE, UH, ROUTINELY VISIT PARKS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND REPORT ANY SAFETY PROGRAMS AND, OR IT CONCERNS OUR MAIN GOAL IN PARKS AND RECS. IT'S SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST. AND WE GO OUT AND VISIT THE PARK AND WE SEE DAMAGE ITEMS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE REPORT IT BACK TO OUR LIAISON, WHICH IS VINCE MULLEN, AND HE REPORTS TO YOU GUYS. AND OUR ONE PRIORITY IS SAFETY FIRST. NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT SAFETY. THEREFORE, WE GET SAFETY OUTTA THE WAY. IT DON'T, E SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. THE SAFETY IS ALWAYS OUR TOP GOAL. UH, SECOND THING IS TO BE THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE ALL THE RESIDENTS, AND AS IT RELATES TO REQUESTS, RISK PROGRAMS AND FACILITATE ANY SERVICES, WE GIVE BACK SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. THEN WE BRING NEW PROJECTS ON BOARD. IT ALWAYS GET APPROVED THROUGH. ALL WE DO IS RECOMMEND. WE JUST A ADVISORY BOARD. WE RECOMMEND IT GET APPROVED THROUGH THE COMMISSION. SO THAT'S THE SECOND THING. ACTIVITY, UH, ATTENDANCE AND SUPPORT. SUPPORT EVENTS. WE GO BY DIFFERENT, UM, SPORTING EVENTS LIKE BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, WHATEVER. IT, IT'S, WE HAVE AN EVENT THAT WE TRY TO SUPPORT AS WELL, UH, AND ADMINISTER. THROUGHOUT THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, WE, UH, SUGGEST NEW PROGRAMS, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND AMENITIES AND LEISURE OF SERVICES TO BE BETTER. HOW TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS RESIDENTS. FIRST, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RESIDENTS. IF IT'S NOT THE RESIDENTS, I'M THINKING IT'LL BE ANYONE ELSE. SO WE COME FIRST AS A RESIDENT, AND I AM A RESIDENT AS WELL. AND, UH, FOURTH, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY PROGRAM. WE TRY TO GET OUR FLYERS. DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY GET IT OUT. WE SU WE RECOMMEND IT, IT UP TO BEING PART OF POLICY AND PROCEDURE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THROUGH THROUGH PARKS AND REC. WE CAN'T MANDATE ANYTHING. WE JUST MAKE RECOMMENDATION AND THEY TRY TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE RECOMMEND OR GET APPROVAL THROUGH THE COMMISSION. THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO. NOW, THE OTHER ITEMS FROM THE REPORT ACTIVITIES, YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT. READ IT BECAUSE IT IS ALL THERE IN PRETTY WELL FILLED OUT. NOW, OUR CURRENT ITEMS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS WE DO A LOT OF, UM, WE CALL 'EM, WE CALL 'EM TOUR. I MEAN, WE CALL 'EM, UH, UM, UM, TOURS. WE GO BY DIFFERENT PARKS. WE, WE SEGREGATE IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE SIX OR SEVEN PARKS. WE GO BY THREE DURING ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. DAYS, MONTH, WE DO THE OTHER AND WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE PRESENT THAT BACK. AND, UM, AND I LIKE TO ALL, UH, LEAVE THAT ALONE. BUT ACTUALLY WE STAY BREATH ON. POSITIVE PROCEDURES, WHAT YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TASK AS ONE GROUP. I LIKE WHAT THE GUY SAID OVER HERE. PARTNERSHIP. I LOVE THE WORD THAT HE USED. PARTNERSHIP, I LIKE THAT WORD. SO WE TRY TO BE PARTNERS WITH ALL THE ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE TRY TO GIVE OUR INPUT ON WHAT WE CAN DO AND STAY IN OUR LANE, NOT OUTSIDE OF OUR LANE. SECOND, WE WANNA PROVIDE CONTINUED SUPPORT DEPARTMENT THROUGH ATTENDANCE AND RECOMMENDATION. WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE ON TIME AND ALWAYS WANT TO BE PRESENT THROUGH ALL OF, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE MISSING ANY MEETING. WE LOVE OUR BOARD AND EVERYBODY HAVE INPUT. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD ATTENDANCE THROUGH OUR BOARD. WE WANT, WE DO THE CLEAN. WE WANNA BE PART OF THE CLEANUP, UM, PROJECT BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE PARKS THAT UNMANNED STIPEND PRESERVE, BUT JUST, UH, UNMANNED PARK. UM, AND IT OTIS, OTIS GRAY, OTIS GRAY. SO THOSE PARKS THAT BY PEOPLE, THE USES OF THE PARK, A LOT OF TRASH AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE OUT THERE. BEAUTIFICATION MEANS A LOT TO THE PARK. TO ME. IT MEANS A VERY LOT. IT ATTRACTS PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE TRASH AND STUFF, I DON'T WANNA GO TO THAT PARK AND BRING MY KIDS OR MY GRANDKIDS. I GOT PLENTY OF GRANDKIDS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAY CLEAN. SO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THOSE ISSUES. AND THEY ALSO CAN BE A HAZARDOUS BECAUSE PEOPLE, THESE KIDS OR SOMEBODY MIGHT PICK UP SOMETHING AND PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTH. SO ONCE AGAIN, SAFETY ALWAYS COME FIRST. [01:15:01] AND THEN, UH, SURVEY THE RESIDENTS. WE GO BY. I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. I'M A MEMBER OF PINE GROVE. I TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND, WE ALL PART OF THE CITY, AND WE FIND OUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THE, UM, THE PARK, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND FINALLY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, WE, I JUST, WE JUST HAD A SHORT MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE TO, THIS IS THE LAST THING, MY LAST ITEM I WANNA BE SHORT, IS THAT WE WANT TO SHOWCASE THE PARK. SO, UM, IT'S NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS HOW WE MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LET IT MOVE FORWARD AS, AS, AND SEEING CAN IT WORK IS THAT WE WANT TO SHOWCASE REALLY WELL ABOUT HAVING, UM, WITH THE JOINT VENTURE, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOODHOOD WITH PINEY GROVE. WE WANNA HAVE A JOINT VENTURE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE CHURCH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A, WE GOTTA HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BUILD FROM THE CHURCH, NOT INWARD ONLY. WE WANT TO BUILD OUTWARD. SO WITH THE, THE BLESSING, UM, FROM THE COMMISSION, ALWAYS THROUGH THE COMMISSION, I WANT, WE WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT WHERE THAT, THE COMMUNITY, WHICH OVER THERE, UNDER THE PERIOD, BECAUSE WE GOING THROUGH A LOT THIS YEAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT. AND, UM, CAMBRIDGE SQUARE, SO WILLIE WEBB IS OVER THERE BY CAMBRIDGE SQUARE. THAT'S ONE OF THE PARKS THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, THEY'VE BEEN TARGETING AND THEY DID BEAUTIFUL RENOVATION. THE, THE BASKETBALL, THE BASKETBALL, GOLDEN FIELD, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'VE DID. SO WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE OUT TO SHOW 'CAUSE THEY DON'T COME OUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF EVENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT EVENTS, GONNA PRESENT IT, AND WE LIKE, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW. AND, AND WE WANT TO REQUEST THAT, UH, WE WANT TO INVITE, UH, WE, THE MAYOR IF POSSIBLE, IF NOT THE VICE MAYOR, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMISSION AND ALSO WITH PINE GROVE. I WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE PASTOR AND ALL THE MEMBERS OVER THERE, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME OF THE, UH, MINISTRY AND WE WILL HAVE THE THING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE A DAY OUT AND THEY CAN ENJOY THE PARK AND SEE WHAT IT IS. AND THEN THEY CAN PASS IT BACK. AND WORD OF MOUTH IS THE BEST, BEST ADVERTISEMENT. SO WITH THAT SAID, ARE THERE ANY, THAT CONCLUDES, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO THE, UM, PARKS AND RECS BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO OUT THERE. UM, UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOME KEY THINGS ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION, WHICH IS A BIG THING FOR ME. UH, I HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY TOUR THE PARKS AND RECS, UH, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND BEEN TO SOME OF THE PARKS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, SOME OF THE PARKS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN THIS REPORT. AND I TOTALLY AGREE. UM, CYPRUS PRESERVE PRESERVATION PARK NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION. UM, AND I, I WANT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO OUT THERE TO NOT ONLY HELP THE PARK, BUT RE-ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE PARK SO IT GETS UTILIZED AND IT GETS USED. AMEN. ON THAT ONE OF, OF COURSE, OF COURSE. IT IS. I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL ON THAT. UM, ALSO, UM, YOU SPOKE ABOUT UNMANNED PARKS. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO, TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET MORE COVERAGE IN OUR PARKS. AND I ALSO NOTICED, UM, THAT HAVING INTERNAL MAINTENANCE STAFF COULD ALSO BE OF A HELP WITH OUR PARKS AS WELL, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS JUST WAITING ON PUBLIC WORKS TO COME OVER AND DO THINGS WHEN NEEDED. IF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR OWN INTERNAL STAFF TO KIND OF RECTIFY, TAKE CARE OF THINGS, UH, I THINK THAT COULD BE OF HELP. SO JUST A FEW OBSERVATIONS I MADE IN THE YEARS. I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 20 SOMETHING YEARS. WE HAD THAT AT SOME POINT. DR. OH, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD. I DIDN'T KNOW. I DON'T APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. NO SPEAK OR NO? YES, GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. I APOLOGIZE MADAM MAYOR, IT WASN'T MY INTENTION TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. I GO AHEAD DR. MAY. IT'S NOT MY INTENTION. GO BACK, DR. BASS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS WE HAD THAT IN THE PAST. I'VE BEEN HERE, YOU WENT THROUGH A DIFFERENT KIND OF, THE TURNOVER ON COMMISSION. IT TURNS OVER QUICKER THAN THE RESIDENTS TURNOVER. AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, YOU, SO IF THINGS CHANGE, NOT NOTHING BAD, YOU HAVE TO GO IN THE TIMES AS TIMES GO. BUT IN THE PAST THAT WE DID HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO PROBABLY REVISIT. BUT I, I DEFINITELY SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING. AND I, I, YOU AND I ON THE SAME PAGE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. RAISE HAND. NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. AND ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE DR. BASS, INTRODUCE YOUR COMMITTEE. BOTH. I THOUGHT I DID AT THE BEGINNING. THEY'RE CALLING NAMES WE DON'T KNOW. OH, GOOD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M CRYSTAL COTMAN. I'M THE SECRETARY ON THE, UH, PARKS AND . [01:20:01] GOOD EVENING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JAMES HUMPHREY. I'M ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER. YES. PAUL MARTIN. JUST THE, THE DECLARATION. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER. HI MAYOR. MAYOR. WELL, I THINK IT WAS A NICE PRESENTATION, MR. EK CONCERN IN THE FOX. I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE UP MUCH TIME, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU WOULD SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOPE EVERYTHING WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DR. I'M SORRY. UM, I'M VICE MAYOR, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WELCOME RECREATION VICE CHAIR. SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU MS. EVENTS ONCE AGAIN, LET'S CONCLUDE THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATION. Y'ALL ENJOY YOUR DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAD A CM. NOW WE HAVE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD CHAIRPERSON NICOLE HALL. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, STAFF AND RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF AS THE COMMISSION DIRECTLY RECEIVES ALL THE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD SEE. AND ONCE IT COMES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, IT THEN GOES TO THE COMMISSION. UH, I'LL JUST GO OVER BRIEFLY MORE SO FOR THE RESIDENTS THAN ANYONE ELSE. UM, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY ABOUT THE FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 1 6 3 PLANNING, UM, COMMUNITY PLANNING ACT. THAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. IT IS A MANDATED BOARD. UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, THAT IS A PLACE FOR THEM TO COME TO FIRST BEFORE THEY COME TO CITY HALL, UH, BEFORE THEY EVEN CALL COMMISSIONERS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE AND ASK ABOUT EVERYDAY NEED, UH, PARKING, ANY TYPE OF ZONING ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY MAY HAVE. UM, BASICALLY OUR BOARD IS TASKED WITH FOLLOWING THE STATUTORY AND MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LIVE-IN DOCUMENT. UM, IT'S A LIVE-IN PLAN THAT WE CHANGE AND WE WORK ON CONTINUOUSLY. UM, THAT DICTATES EVALUATION AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING MAP CHANGES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ENSURING ORDERLY GROWTH, ACQUIT, EXCUSE ME, ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY WITH THE FLORIDA GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT AND LOCAL PLANNING POLICIES. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST SMART STEWARDS, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT AND BALANCE AND INNOVATION WITH PRESERVATION AND GROWTH WITHIN OUR CITY. THESE ARE THE MOST RECENT ORDINANCES. SO A LOT OF THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU ALL SEE THAT COME TO THE COMMISSION TYPICALLY GOES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. FIRST. UH, THE ADOPTION OF THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONING, DISTRICT ORDINANCE, WHICH ENCOURAGES WALKABLE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT COMBINED IN RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL OFFICE USES. ANOTHER THING, ENHANCING REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL ALONG KEY CORRIDORS LIKE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND STATE ROAD SEVEN, UPDATING THE SIGNAGE, ONE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WAS MOST RECENTLY PASSED. UM, SIMPLIFYING SIGNS PERMITTING WHILE PRESERVING THE AESTHETICS OF THE CITY. IMPROVING BUSINESS VISIBILITY. ONE OTHER THING, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATION ORDINANCES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAD, UM, ESTABLISHING CLEAR GUIDELINES AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RENTAL WITHIN OUR CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE RECENTLY DID. UH, CREATING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE CODE AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH PROMOTES ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES WITHIN OUR CITY. AND WE ALIGN OURSELVES WITH, UH, REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE, UH, STRATEGIES THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR FUTURE LAND USE. SO TYPICALLY, I LIKE TO TALK JUST TO THE RESIDENTS. TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERYTHING, YES, TYPICALLY IN THE RESIDENTS. TYPICALLY, UH, WHATEVER USE IS DONE IN THE CITY, IT IS VERY, VERY [01:25:01] IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT. EVERY FIRST TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM WE MEET . IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL COME OUT, UM, IN ORDER TO VOICE YOUR COMPLAINTS, CONCERNS REGARDING WHAT WE ARE DOING WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES, UH, ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH ANYTHING HAVING TO DO. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A RESIDENT COME OUT MOST RECENTLY THAT WANTS TO LOOK AT FOOD TRUCKS WITHIN OUR CITY. SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND. AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT. WE'RE ALSO ON ZOOM, UM, EVERY FIRST TUESDAY, 6:00 PM PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. UM, ANOTHER ADDITION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THAT WAS EXCELLENT THIS YEAR, WE DID AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT FOR OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD, UM, MENTIONED IN HAVING THE BOARD GO TO THE BUDGET PROCESS DURING THE BUDGET SEASON TO DO OUR REQUESTS. THANK YOU ALL. ANY QUESTIONS? GRACE? NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. HALL, MADAM A SIM FOR THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE MS. JOEL MCCRAY. MCCRAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER AND MADAM MAYOR. THE REPORT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN, UPDATED TO YOU NOW, AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. SO THIS YEAR FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION, WE, WE, WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP AND AN OFFICIAL LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS. AND ACTING CITY MANAGER WAS DISTRIBUTED ALONGSIDE WITH A BREAKFAST REINFORCING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING EDUCATION. SO THAT WAS GIVEN DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION AND STAFF AS WELL AS TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY. AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND DUNKING DONUTS. AND AS WELL, WE WANTED TO ASK THAT WE WANT TO HONOR DUNKING DONUTS FOR MATCHING OUR CONTRIBUTION AND CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD. AND WE WANT TO EXTEND A FORMAL INVITATION TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION TO JOIN US IN A SPECIAL PLAQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 4TH AT 2:00 PM THIS RECOGNITION WILL UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. ALSO IN THE REPORT, AND I'M GOING NOT TRYING TO READ IT VERBATIM, YOU CAN SEE WE INCLUDED A BUDGET ANALYSIS. AND OUR REASON FOR BEING HERE. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND UPCOMING INITIATIVES IN THE GROWTH SCOPE OF BOARD'S WORK, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A $2,000 INCREASE TO OUR CURRENT ANNUAL BUDGET. THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL ENABLE THE BOARD TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT THROUGH ENHANCE TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENTS, INCREASE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ACQUISITION OF NECESSARY IDENTIFICATION MATERIALS SUCH AS PERSONALIZED NAME TAGS, ADDITIONAL SEARCH FOR IMPROVE FOR IMPROVED VISIBILITY IN THE PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND SCHOOL EVENTS. AND ALSO HELP WITH OUR STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE 20 25 20 26 YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HELP PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENT, UM, PARENT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, A CAREER DAY MENTORSHIP, ALONG WITH OUR TEACHER APPRECIATION EXPANSION. AND WHEN, LET ME EXPLAIN. WHEN WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS, THEY THINK THE BOARD IS THERE. WE CAN BUY FURNITURE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR THOSE THINGS. WHEN WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO TELL THEM, YOU GET A BUDGET FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO WE'RE, WE ARE AT, WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN. SO WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE DID SEE A NEED. THEY SOMETIMES ASK [01:30:01] FOR US IF WE COULD, UM, GIVE STUDENT INCENTIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO BUY ICE CREAM FOR IF, FOR HONOR ROLL OR DIFFERENT THINGS THEY WANT TO AWARD STUDENTS. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY SO THAT WE COULD SORT OF HELP, UM, ASSIST IN THOSE MANNERS. AND WE ARE, WE THINK WE ARE, ARE APPRECIATIVE TO BEING A PARTNERSHIP. THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD IS HONORED TO SERVE AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY AND ITS SCHOOLS. OUR EFFORT REFLECTS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, EQUITY, AND ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION. TOGETHER WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS THRIVE. AND THANK YOU. YES, MADAM MA'AM. MR. UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED REPORT. UM, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I'M IN FULL FAVOR OF THE INCREASE, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF THE GREAT NEWS THAT, UH, WE HAVE A FEW NEW SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOW A'S AND B'S WITHIN THE CITY. SO YOU GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. YES, YES, YES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING WAS, UM, A, A NUDGE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. SO WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REINVEST AND INVEST SOME MORE IN WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOLS WANNA DO MORE FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION WITH STAFF MORALE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE DISTRICT. UH, THE, THAT'S THE KEY PART TO HELPING US MAINTAIN AID SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. YES. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. MCCRAY. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT. IN DEPTH, UM, OUTLINE OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I'M ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUE OF SUPPORT OF THAT INCREASE. BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU, WHEN I WORKED IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, FURTHER OUT WEST, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED DONORS CHOOSE AND, UM, PERHAPS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TEACHERS, UM, TO RESEARCH THAT IN ORDER TO GET SUPPLIES AS WELL AS THOSE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THEIR CLASSROOM. UM, THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE THAT TEACHERS I KNOW THAT DID IN ORDER TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SUPPLY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVED IT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT THEY MADE SURE THEIR, UM, THEIR CLASSROOM WAS, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINED PROPERLY TO ASSIST THE STUDENTS. SO THAT'S JUST ONE, ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL THAT DONORS CHOOSE. MS. MCCRAY. FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THEY ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL? THESE BOARD MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL? YES. WE, WE ALL ARE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. UM, I AM ASSIGNED TO OREO ELEMENTARY, UM, JENNIFER CHAMBERS. CONDI IS ASSIGNED TO LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL. LANITA DAWKINS IS ASSIGNED TO PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GEORGE RICH AND ROOSEVELT MCCLARY, THEY HAVE A, THEY WORK TOGETHER BETWEEN FIRST, UM, FIRST BAPTIST HONEY GROVE ACADEMY, AS WELL AS CENTRAL CHARTER AND, AND BOY ANDERSON. I'M SORRY, RICHARD. THANK YOU. UM, ARE THERE ANY VACANCIES ON THE BOARD CURRENTLY? NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. MCCRAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I TOO AM IN AGREEMENT WITH INCREASED TO HELP SUPPORT THE RESOURCES THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHO YOU VERY PROUD OF THEM, MAX WILLIAMS. AND YOU GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH I SUPPORT YOU, SO WORDS CANNOT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. SO I'M TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE INCREASE. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. REE, MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER TIME. CERTAIN, YEP. ITEM NUMBER FIVE [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) CONSULTANTS FOR MPO CSLIP CYCLE 5 (CITYWIDE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS) PROJECT (6:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)] C. DISCUSSION REGARDING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS FOR MPOC SLIP FIVE. AND THIS IS FOR CITYWALK SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. AND MR. NASIR WILL PRESENT YOU MADAM MAYOR. MR. NASIR, EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, [01:35:01] CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND THE AUDIENCE. C-M-P-O-C SLEEP CYCLE FIVE. UH, THIS IS CITYWIDE SIDE OF PROJECT. IT IS, IT WAS AWARDED BY MPO AS A NUMBER ON RANKED IN BROWARD COUNTY. NOW IT IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. INITIALLY THIS WAS ESTIMATED OR DESIGNED BY 2027, BUT, UH, DOT INFORMED US THAT THE DESIGN WILL START BY 2026 FOR THIS PROJECT. IT IS FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT AND IT HAS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. A LAB CERTIFIED PROJECT PROJECT IS SPECIFIC LAB CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. THEY ARE GIVING US MORE THAN $300,000 FOR THE DESIGN. AND WE CAN DO AN IN-HOUSE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT. BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION WITH DOT STAFF, WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSULTANT AND DOT ALREADY DID PROCUREMENT TO SELECT THEIR CONSULTANT FOR DISTRICT FOUR TO DO THE DESIGN OR C SLEEP PROJECT THAT REQUIRES LAB CERTIFICATION. AND BASED ON THE MEETING WE HAD WITH DOT, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY APPROACHING TO YOU TO, UH, INFORM THAT DO T'S PREFERENCE. WE USE THEIR CONSULTANT TO AVOID THE COMPLEXITIES OF REIMBURSEMENT AND OTHER APPROVAL ISSUES. WHATEVER WE DO, EVERYTHING MUST BE APPROVED BY DOT. AND IN THIS CASE, IF WE USE THEIR PROCURED CONSULTANT, THEY WILL ALLOW US TO DO THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE CONSULTANT, THOUGH THEY'LL BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATION. WE WILL COME TO YOU FOR YOUR, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL. THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES. BUT IF WE DO OUR OWN PROCUREMENT, UH, EVEN THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR APPROVAL. AND THE LIST OF CONSULTANTS WE ALREADY HAVE THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT CANNOT BE USED. IT HAS TO BE STANDALONE PROCUREMENT. THAT MUST INCLUDE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. BUT DOT ALREADY DID THEIR PROCUREMENT WITH THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR LAB CERTIFIED PROJECTS. AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INFORM YOU THAT. AND ALSO I WILL COME BACK WITH THE AGENDA ONCE WE DO THE NEGOTIATION WITH THEIR CONSULTANT. AND IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THE DESIGN FEE, THEN YOU CAN APPROVE IT. IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT, MAYBE THEN WE MAY NEED TO GO FOR THE, UH, PROCUREMENT, BUT IT STILL WILL BE THE SAME WITHOUT THEIR APPROVAL. WE CANNOT AWARD THE PROJECT WITHOUT THEIR APPROVAL. WE CANNOT APPROVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WITHOUT THEIR APPROVAL, WE CANNOT DO THE CONSTRUCTION. THIS PROJECT HAS AROUND MORE THAN 300, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE DESIGN. MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CEI THOUGH I REQUESTED THAT WE WANT TO CONDUCT CEI IN HOUSE. UH, WE, I COULD NOT GET THE CONFIRMATION YET BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS PROJECT WILL START IN 2029. SO BASICALLY THERE IS THREE YEARS TIME PERIOD THEY WANT TO SPEND ON DESIGN. AND FROM OUR SIDE, WE ARE GOING TO MANAGE THE PROJECT, BUT STILL WE HAVE TO REPORT TO DT. IT HAS SOME RESTRICTION, IT HAS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET ANY COURSE INQ, UH, PREFER US TO GET, UH, WITH DOT TO USE THEIR CONSULTANT FOR THE NEGOTIATION OR NOT. QUESTION COLLEAGUES. MR. NIR, YOU USE THE LETTER. CEI. WHAT IS, WHAT DOES CEI STAND? INSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION. THAT IS THE ENGINEERING DURING CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS. AND FOR THE CITYWIDE IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS JUST FOR SIDE DOG SIDE ALLY, THIS IS FOR THE NEW SIDE DOG. WE HAVE SOME SIDE DOG GAPS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SIDE DOCK. WE ARE GOING TO PUT NEW SIDE DOG. THIS IS SOLELY FOR THAT FOR NEW SIDE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE CITY. IF YOU SEE ANY MISSING SIDEWALK, THAT MEANS THE, IT WILL BE COVERED UNDER THIS PROJECT. WELL INDIRECTLY, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE'RE REPAIRING? OKAY, THIS ON, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, 52ND AVENUE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIDEWALK. UH, I CANNOT JUST, IF YOU CROSS, UH, C 13 CANAL SOUTH OF THAT, YOU WILL SEE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK WHERE WE HAVE A WALL. SO THERE IS A MISSING, UM, PIECE OVER THERE FOR 52ND AVENUE. AND ON 29TH STREET WHERE WE HAVE THE SCHOOL, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU WALK OVER THERE, YOU WILL SEE ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE IS NO SIDE. SO BASICALLY WE ARE GOING TO PUT SIDEWALK. AND ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO [01:40:01] LIO PARK, UH, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, BUT SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF OUR ISSUE, WE CANNOT PROVIDE THE SIDEWALK. AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ROAD, WE ARE MISSING SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT OF ISSUE. WE DON'T HAVE AN UPPER RIGHT OF WAY TO PUT THE SIDEWALK. THOSE ARE THE AREAS WILL BE EXCLUDED. WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT. OTHERWISE, WE DO HAVE RIGHT OF WAY AND WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALK. WE ARE GOING TO PUT SIDEWALK UNDER THIS PROJECT. WE JOINED ABOUT SIDEWALKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, HAVE CRACKS OR ARE RAISED AND HAVE STUMPS IN THEM. THAT IS FOR MAINTENANCE. IT'S NOT OUR PROJECT. WE ARE DOING NEW , NOT THE MAINTENANCE PART OF IT THAT WILL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CRACK TIPPING HAZARD, THAT WILL BE A PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE. THANK YOU. RAISE HAND MS. PAUL NO LONGER HAS HER HAND RAISED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. NASIR. MADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE WOULD REVERT, WE WILL REVERT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. I BELIEVE THAT ENDS OUR TIME CERTAIN, CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 10 D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 9 6 ADOPTED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 ESTABLISHMENT OF A ROLLBACK RATE AND SETTING A DATE. I THINK WE DID THAT ONE. YES WE DID. YEAH. WE ARE ON E. SOUND FAMILIAR? WE ARE ON E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 9 7 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR THE INTERIM FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT. UM, MADAM MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN NEED OF A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM TO PROVIDE EXPERT CONSULTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES. CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS PROCURED MS. SUSAN GOODING LIBRARY, UM, AS OUR INTERIM FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT. SHE'LL BE PROVIDING EXECUTIVE LEVEL DECISION MAKING AND OVERSIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT A RATE OF $130 PER HOUR. SHE WILL BE WORKING, UM, APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS EACH WEEK. QUESTION? NOPE. MAD MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. THANKS MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 F RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 9 8 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK DIRECTOR. UM, MADAM MAYOR, WE ALSO ARE IN THE NEED FOR A HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE TARA WILLIAMS, UM, SERVING AS OUR FIN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND OUR CONSULTANT AT THIS TIME. UM, WERE JUST EXTENDED HER CONTRACT UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2025 WHILE WE GO OUT IN SEARCH OF A PERMANENT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. AND HER RATE WILL BE THE CURRENT RATE AS IT IS NOW OF $6,000 EACH MONTH. NO QUESTIONS MADAM. NO QUESTION. THANK YOU, MADAM. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 G RESOLUTION 20 25 99 RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S FILING OF THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 PERIOD EIGHT MAY AND PERIOD NINE JUNE. FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS AS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND FINANCIAL POLICIES. AND MS. SUSAN WILL, UM, GOODING LIBRARY WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, MS. SUSAN, ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED AND ESTABLISHED. I WILL BE PRESENTING MAY AND JUNE OF 2025. YOU HEARING ME? WELL? YES, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T. SO I WILL BE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE MONTH OF JUNE SINCE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE MONTH OF MAY. ALSO, THE SUMMARY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU. YES. COULD YOU DO MONTH BY MONTH, PLEASE? SURE, NOT A PROBLEM. MAY, UM, 2025 FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH REPRESENT, UM, 67% OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT HAS LAPSED. AND THE SUMMARY STATES THAT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE TOTAL WAS AT 49% RECEIVED. WITH AVALOR BEING OUR LARGEST REVENUE, WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 99% OF ALL OF THAT REVENUE COMING [01:45:01] IN. THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENTS. UM, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE INCLUDES FRANCHISE TAXES, UTILITY TAXES, SALES AND USE TAXES, REVENUE, I MEAN SERVICE REVENUE PERMITS, LICENSE FINES AND FORFEITURE AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE AS STATED, UM, IN EACH OF THE, UM, BULLETED ITEM, SOME REVENUE ARE APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS BEHIND WHICH IT'S OUR UTILITY AND OUR FRANCHISE TAXES. MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT COMES IN ALL YEAR LONG. SO AT AT 67% OF OUR FISCAL YEAR EXPANDED, WE HAVE RECEIVED 49% OF OUR REVENUE. THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE IS REPRESENTING 40%. YOU ALWAYS WANT YOUR REVENUE TO BE MORE THAN YOUR EXPENDITURE. SO THAT'S A PLUS. WHEN OUR EXPENDITURE ARE LESS THAN OUR REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED COMMISSION, UH, MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, WE C WE, THEY EXPANDED 45%. UM, THE CITY ATTORNEYS EXPANDED AT 84%. CITY CLERK, THAT 56% AND CITY MANAGER AT 60% AT ALL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. BELOW THAT 67%. THERE WERE TWO DEPARTMENTS WHICH I WILL HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES. AT IN MAY, THEY WERE ACTUALLY BELOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, EXPENDITURE WAS 84%, WHICH REPRESENT, OR WE ARE AT 67% OF THE FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, UM, DIGGING INTO THE DETAIL, WE REALIZE THAT THE ATTORNEY HAS SOME MAJOR LITIGATION THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH. SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THAT FOR THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE, THEIR BUDGET, UM, EXCEEDED THE 67%. NONETHELESS, THEIR OVERALL BUDGET, THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AND WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, THOSE LITIGATION EXPENSES WAS EARLIER IN THE FISCAL YEAR AND NOT LATER IN THE FISCAL. SO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, IN YOUR SUMMARY AND THERE'S SOME NUMBERS, THEY'RE VERY MINUTE. I'M NOT SURE THAT I WILL GO OVER EACH MINUTE NUMBER. I CAN'T SEE THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND SO I WILL MOVE ON FROM MAY INTO JUNE UNLESS THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MAY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES REGARDING MAY'S FURNITURE? NO. CONTINUE. MS. SUSAN? OH NO, SHE DOES. SHE CAME OFF. SO THE JUNE 30TH, 2025 REPRESENTS 75% OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. THE REVENUE COLLECTED AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT'S 52%. UM, AGAIN, OUR AT VALOR, WHICH IS OUR MAJOR REVENUE, WE ARE COLLECTING ALMOST 100% OF THAT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, UM, WAS EXPANDED AT 49%, ALTHOUGH WE ARE AT 75% OF THE YEAR EXPANDED. THAT IS A BIG, THAT IS GREAT. YOU WANNA BE BELOW WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN EXPENDITURE. YOU DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE YOUR REVENUE COMES IN AND THE EXPENDITURE IS BELOW THE REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHT THAT. IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, UM, I TALKED ABOUT THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THERE WAS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER, WHICH WAS HUMAN RESOURCES. UM, THERE WERE 89% EXPEND BASED ON 75% OF THE YEAR ALREADY GONE. AND THAT EXPENSE WAS A RESULT OF, THERE WAS A PREVIOUS PAYOUT THAT WE HAD TO DO FOR THE PAST, UM, DIRECTOR. SO THAT CAUSED THE EXPENDITURE LOWER. NONETHELESS, I EXPECT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE BELOW THEIR BUDGET EXPANDED. UM, D-S-O-E-M-S ARE YOU SHOWING THAT WE ARE AT 82% EXPANDED AND POLICED? 82%. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY IS, UM, PAYING THOSE EXPENSES IN ADVANCE. SO THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ELABORATE FURTHER. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO. RAISE HAND? NO. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. SUSAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER H RESOLUTION 20 25 100 APPROVED AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED TIME AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. AND WE HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY [01:50:02] COMMISSION CITY CLERK. I AM HERE TO PRESENT AN ITEM THAT WILL BE HEARD TOMORROW AT TOMORROW'S MEETING AND, UH, GIVE A BRIEF REVIEW OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT. THIS, THIS RES THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM. I'M SORRY. THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM TO ADDRESS OUTSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE, REDUCE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON PROPERTY OWNERS, AND APPROVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RESOLVE LONGSTANDING LIENS. THE AMNESTY PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A TEMPORARY OPPORTUNITY FOR ELIGIBLE HOMESTEAD AND NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OWNERS TO SETTLE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS AT A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RATE CONTINGENT UPON MEETING COMPLIANCE BENCHMARKS. PROGRAM AIMS TO BE EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR PROPERTY OWNERS FACING LIENS, INCENTIVIZE COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CODES, AND EXPEDITE THE SETTLEMENT OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS AND MAINTAIN, AS WELL AS MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND DETER OF DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE CODE OF ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE. WERE YOU MADAM MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. TJA? MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON? THANK YOU. UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW MUCH THE, UM, WHAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FROM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IF THEY WERE TO OPT INTO THE AMNESTY PROGRAM? SANDRA, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THIS PROGRAM WOULD, UM, ALLOW FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TO, UH, RECEIVE A REDUCTION UP TO 15% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT. AND THEN THE NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY WOULD RECEIVE A 35% REDUCTION. WELL, 35% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS WHAT IT WOULD BE REDUCED TO MADAM MAYOR. MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU TANJA. UM, THE LAST, THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING WE HAD, WE, WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, I KNOW YOU DRAFTED, UH, A PROPOSAL. YOU GOT THE PROPOSAL THAT I SENT IN CORRECT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES. I KNOW YOU DID A SIDE BY THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I KNOW YOU DID A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. WHAT ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT I SUBMITTED VERSUS WHAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT IN A LITTLE AFTER THE FACT? THE MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE PROGRAM DURATION, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT YOU SUBMITTED WAS FROM AUGUST 1ST THROUGH MAY OF 2026. THE PROGRAM THAT I SUBMITTED WAS FROM AUGUST 1ST THROUGH J JANUARY 30TH, 2026. THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IS THE SECOND DIFFERENCE THAT, UH, THE SIDE-BY-SIDE IDENTIFIED. AND, UM, FOR THOSE, THE RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW FOR CURRENT COMPLIANCE TO COME INTO PLAY. AS WELL AS, UM, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THAT IS, UM, THIS A SMALLER APPLICATION FEE, $150 PLUS $25 FOR EACH LIEN. AND IT ALSO INCLUDE PROPERTIES TO BE ACT ACTIVE IN LITIGATION AND MANDATES FULL PAYMENT OF ALL HARD COSTS. THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT YOU SUBMITTED, WHEREAS THE PROGRAM THAT I SUBMITTED REQUIRES A SUB SUSTAINED COMPLIANCE, UM, FEATURE, WHICH IS ASKING THAT THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS AND THE NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES BE IN COMPLIANCE FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. APPLICATION FEES ARE, ARE HIGHER. UM, THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY WOULD PAY $200 FOR A APPLICATION FEE AND THE NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES WOULD PAY $1,500 FOR AN APPLICATION FEE. AND MY PROGRAM PARTICULARLY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, UM, A PRE-INSPECTION, WHICH I THINK IS ON BOTH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS A FINAL INSPECTION. THE PRE-INSPECTION, UM, WOULD BE A FREE INSPECTION FOR MY PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD HELP THE PROPERTY OWNER TO IDENTIFY [01:55:01] WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM OR NOT. AND THEN THE FINAL INSPECTION WOULD COME ABOUT ONCE THEY, UM, CAME BACK TO US AND SAID WE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS OUTTA ORDER, WE FIXED THOSE AND NOW WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO APPLY AND DO A FINAL INSPECTION. THE THIRD THING WOULD BE THE SETTLEMENT, UH, PERIOD, WHICH WAS NO, THAT WAS JUST THE, WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THE 15% FOR NON-HOMESTEAD UNDER YOUR PROGRAM AND NO, 10% FOR NON-HOMESTEAD, FOR HOMESTEAD UNDER YOUR PROGRAM AND 15% FOR NON-HOMESTEAD. AND THEN MY UH, LIMITS WOULD BE 15% FOR HOMESTEAD AND 35% FOR NON-HOMESTEAD. THE RE REPAYMENT PERIOD WOULD BE 30 DAYS FOR MY PROGRAM. AND I THINK YOU WANTED 60 DAYS TO MAKE THE PAYMENT. THANK YOU. UH, I REMEMBER YOUR FEEDBACK YOU GAVE ME WAS COMMISSIONER OUR TWO PROPOSALS LIKE 90, 95% SIMILAR. AND UM, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES, THE THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS SOMETHING I HONED IN ON, WHICH IS TANJA DI DIRECTOR. I DON'T WANT US TO CREATE IT IN A WAY TO WHERE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WOULDN'T QUALIFY IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO YOU MENTIONED ONE THING ABOUT THE DURATION OF HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE. YOU SAID THAT WAS SIX MONTHS, CORRECT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE DI DURATION OF WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE. YES. SO, SO HOW LONG IS THE AMNESTY PROGRAM YOU'RE OFFERING? WERE YOU MADAM MAYOR? SIX MONTHS. SO BEFORE THE, AT THIS POINT, ARE YOU DISCUSSING MS. TANJA THE AMNESTY PROGRAM OR THE LINK? AT THIS POINT I'M DISCUSSING ONLY THE AMNESTY PROGRAMS AND I AM, UM, DOING A SIDE BYSIDE COMPARISON OF THE AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT I PROPOSED TO COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER HARRIS PROPOSED. MADAM MAYOR? NO. COMMISSIONER HARRIS, THANK YOU. JUST TO BE CLEAR, AMNESTY IS REGARDING LIEN REDUCTION. IS THAT CORRECT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. OKAY. AMNESTY IS A, A FORM OF LIEN REDUCTION. HOW MANY THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, HOW MANY PROGRAMS ARE YOU OFFERING? ONE OR TWO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT I AM LOOKING AT. ONE IS THE AMNESTY PROGRAM, WHICH IS A SHORT TERM PROGRAM, SIX MONTHS, AND THEN A LIEN REDUCTION, COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A LONG TERM PROGRAM THAT WILL CONTINUE ON UNTIL SOMEONE TELLS ME I CAN'T CONTINUE IT ANYMORE. ALRIGHT, MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UM, WITH YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE FOR SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. THAT'S FOR THE AMNESTY PROGRAM. UNDERSTOOD. NOW, IF THEY WANTED TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE FOR SIX MONTHS FOR THE AMNESTY PROGRAM, BUT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM IS GONNA BE OVER IN SIX MONTHS, WOULDN'T THAT DISQUALIFY 'EM FOR THEM TRYING TO APPLY FOR THAT SAME PROGRAM THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? AT THE END, THIS WOULD BE FOR, UM, BUSINESSES OR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AMNESTY PROGRAM. HOWEVER, WHEN THE AMNESTY PROGRAM COMES TO AN END IN SIX MONTHS, THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE AN ONGOING PROGRAM. SO MADAM MAYOR, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS YOU DON'T WANT 'EM TO BE A PART OF THE AMNESTY PROGRAM, BUT THE LONG-TERM PROGRAM, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BE A PART OF THE FIRST PROGRAM, THE AMNESTY, AND THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE FOR SIX MONTHS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME THE AMNESTY PROGRAM IS ROLLING OUT, AND BY THE TIME THEY'RE DONE DOING WHAT YOU WANT 'EM TO DO AFTER SIX MONTHS, THAT AMNESTY PROGRAM WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THAT. WHAT I WANT IS, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE. SO I AM NOT LOOKING TO ELIMINATE ANYONE I AM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED COMPLIANCE FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE AMNESTY PROGRAM AND THEN AS WELL AS THE, UM, BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT. ADAM MAYOR, A MOMENT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAX. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, THE FACT THAT HE BROUGHT HIS OWN PROGRAM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, SORRY. SORRY. MY BAD. I'M I'M GIMME A MOMENT. GIMME A MOMENT GUYS. GIMME A MOMENT. 'CAUSE I'M SO UPSET. OKAY. UM, THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON HERE AND THE COMPARISON. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT COMPARISON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE [02:00:01] I'VE NOT SEEN MY COLLEAGUE COMPARISON. I THINK THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE, WE HIRE YOU TO DO A JOB. THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND THIS PROGRAM IS A FULL PROOF PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING, THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF US AND NOW WE HAVE TO NIP THAT IN THE BUD. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OTHER CITIES. I DON'T CARE IF CITY, LAUDER HILL, SUNRISE, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, WHO CARES? WE ARE LADALE LAKES. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND THROUGH YOU MADA MAYOR, I'M VERY OFFENDED BY THE FACT THAT MY COLLEAGUE CAN BE PRESENTING HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE. LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE. SO I DON'T EVEN SEE WHAT YOU, YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THIS BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE NOT YET TO SEE. WHAT HIS PROPOSAL, HIS AND THE, THE, THE FACT THAT HE BROUGHT IN HIS PROPOSAL TO OVERCOME YOUR PROPOSAL, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU BACK AND FORTH AND IGNORING THE OTHER CO PEOPLE ON THE DESK IS JUST DISRESPECTFUL. TOTALLY. AND I'M P****D. SO LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT WHERE WE ARE GOING AND I HOPE MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WILL LOOK INTO THIS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE PRESENTING IT AND ENFORCE WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HIRE YOU TO DO. AND IF WE CAN RESPECT THE PERSON WE HIRE TO DO A JOB THAT I THINK IS HERE TO BETTER OUR CITY, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE HER? MAYBE WE SHOULD NOT GET WHERE WE SHOULD GET HER IN A POSITION, RIGHT? NO, THIS IS, WE SHOULD, WHY, WHY ARE WE FIGHTING WITH HER IF THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING? SO WE NEED TO STICK TO HER THING. AND AGAIN, THE FACT DON'T, THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN SEE IN FRONT OF ME IS HAVING HIS OWN IS LIKE HIS, HIS OWN DAY IS OWN LITTLE GROUP . I'M MOTHER MAYOR. REALLY? YOU NEED JUST CONTINUE ON MR. MAX WOOD. ANYWAY, MS. SANDRA, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE SIDE BY SIDE AND WHAT SHE SAID TO YOU AND WHAT YOU GET TO HIM THAT NEEDS TO STOP. TOTALLY. NOW, WHEN WE GO TO HIS AGENDA ON THE ITEM THAT IS, I THINK IT'S COMING UP ON THE WORKSHOP AND THEN YOU WANNA CROSS NOTES, WE'LL ADDRESS IT THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE RESUME AND NOT THIS BACK AND FORTH THING THAT YOU GUYS ARE, HAVE THESE LITTLE SIDEBAR THAT WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, RAISE HAND. MS. BOND. NO, MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRIS. WELL THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. HER HAND IS RAISED NOW. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I DO APPRECIATE IT. I'M, I'M IN AGREE, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. IF WE'RE ON ITEM, UH, H AT THIS TIME DEALING, UH, TO HAVE THE COMPARISON NOW, WHICH WAS NOT IN OUR BACKUP, WE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT'S ON HAND AND NOT TO JUMP THE GUN. SO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, THAT WE STICK TO WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY MS. TANJA AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, UM, ACCORDINGLY WHEN IT, THE OTHER PRESENTATION THAT HAS TO BE GIVEN. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO STICKING TO THE, UH, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TANJA, AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST UH, SAY THIS FOR EDUCATION FOR NOT JUST, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT TO THE AUDIENCE, THESE COMMISSIONERS ARE THE LEGISLATIVE ARM OF THIS CITY. WE WRITE THE POLICY OR WE'RE AT LEAST SUPPOSED TO WRITE THE POLICY. NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE HIRE STAFF TO GIVE INPUT ON SAID POLICY. BUT WHERE A LOT OF THE O'LAKES HAS GONE OFF THE RAILS IS WE'VE ALLOWED YOU GUYS STAFF TO WRITE THE RULES FOR US. SO I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, THE QUESTION THAT THEY TRIED TO JUMP IN AND STOP YOU FROM ANSWERING WAS THIS, THE SIX MONTHS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAM, THE FIRST PROGRAM IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE SIX MONTHS THAT YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE THEY CAN GET INTO THE PROGRAM. YOU ANSWERED BY SAYING, THAT IS NOT MY GOAL. THAT THE QUESTION IS YES OR NO FOR THIS SCENARIO. IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BE A PART OF THAT SIX MONTH PROGRAM AND THEY ARE NON-RESIDENTIAL, IF THEY COMPLY WITH SIX MONTHS AND THAT IS OVER, WILL THEY YES OR NO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM? DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES SIR. IF A NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE AS OF TODAY, THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE AMNESTY PROGRAM. [02:05:03] MADAM MAYOR BARRY ON WHAT I'M ASKING MADAM MAYOR TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ON AUGUST 1ST, YOU'RE GONNA GO IN AND DO AN INSPECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS ARE IN COMPLIANCE FROM THAT POINT ON, YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE FOR SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. YOUR PROGRAM RUNS FROM AUGUST 1ST TO JANUARY 30TH. IN THAT SCENARIO FROM WHEN YOU INSPECT FROM AUGUST 1ST GOING ON AND THEY STICK TO THE SIX MONTHS, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM? NO, THEY WILL NOT. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, YOU JUST PROVED MY SUSPICION. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED YOU AND THIS COMMISSION WAS IN CONSENSUS OF THAT TO NOT COME BACK WITH ANYTHING THAT WOULD CUT OUT THE BUSINESSES. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER BACKGROUND THINGS. NOW YOU WANT TO GO AFTER THE BUSINESSES, YOU HAVE A LEAN AMNESTY REDUCTION OF 35%, EVEN IF YOU TOOK THEM TO COURT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SETTLED WITH ANYWAYS. MORE THAN LIKELY WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING LIEN RIGHT NOW. COMMISSIONER, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT DEALS WITH LIENS. WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING LIENS SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM. OKAY, COMMISSIONER, THE LEAN AMNESTY PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CORRECT. ARE WE DISCUSSING THE LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM? LET'S SEEN LIMITED TIME AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. OKAY, WITH THE AMNESTY BUT NOT THE LEAN AMNESTY PROGRAM. WITH THIS SIX MONTH PROGRAM, WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT THERE ARE CITIES, NOT MAJORITY OF THEM IN BROAD 'CAUSE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES IN BROAD ACTUALLY WANNA WORK WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE ARE THE ONLY CITY RIGHT NOW. WE ASK OURSELVES WHY WE'RE BEHIND, WE'RE THE ONLY CITY RIGHT NOW THAT'S FIGHTING WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND TRY TO HEM THEM UP AND TAKE THEM TO COURT. YOU WROTE POLICY FOR A ARM THAT DOES NOT, THAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT IN POLICY AND YOU SPECIFICALLY CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD DISQUALIFY THEM. AND THAT'S JUST ONE THING. YOU ALSO, I'M SURE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS AS WELL IS GONNA BE SOMETHING INCLUDED IN THAT. IF A PROPERTY OWNER HAS OVER A HUNDRED PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A HASSLE FOR THEM TO QUALIFY FOR THIS. I ASKED YOU, COULD YOU PLEASE COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT CUT OUT MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES AND YOU, WE KNOW YOU CONSULT WITH UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CITY STAFF OR IF IT'S THE CITY ATTORNEY YOU CONSULT WITH TO PUT TOGETHER THIS, BUT WHAT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO US IS NOT THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION. NOW I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING. IF WE DECIDE TO, TO TAKE THEM TO COURT, IF THEY DECIDE TO FIGHT US BACK, ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LIENS OUT THERE, WE ALREADY ARE PAYING OUR CITY ATTORNEY WAY ABOVE TARGET. THIS IS NOT A REVENUE SOURCE. YOU HAVE BUSINESSES IN THIS CITY THAT WANT TO GO ACROSS THE STREET, LITERALLY TO LAUDERHILL BECAUSE THEY'RE WILLING TO BREAK THEIR LEASE TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT CLEANING UP OUR CITY. THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU SAY AS FAR AS GETTING STUFF IN COMPLIANCE. AND I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. WE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE ARM OF THE BODY. WE WRITE THE POLICY. ALL I WAS DOING BY BRINGING MY OWN POLICY WAS MY DAMN JOB. NUMBER ONE. YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU MADAM MAYOR. NUMBER ONE. YOU NEED TO TAKE A BASE OUTTA YOUR VOICE. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ME, I WILL GET TO YOU. COMMISSIONER TANJA. I'M DISAPPOINTED. COMMISSIONER BODY, DISAPPOINTED TO WHEN TANJA COMES HERE, SPELL WILLIAMS. YOU MAY JUST THE MOMENT I'M DISAPPOINTED MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY FINISH PLEASE. I'M DISAPPOINTED. ARE WE DONE? WE ARE NOT HERE. EXCUSE ME MADAM MAYOR, MAY I PLEASE GO? PARDON? AM I I ACKNOWLEDGED STILL. I'M HERE. INTERRUPTION. SORRY. WE ARE ASKING FOR A PROGRAM THAT I, THAT IS HERE TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES AND NOT ONLY DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY WON'T QUALIFY FOR THE SAID PROGRAM, NOT ONLY DO YOU KNOW THAT, BUT OUT OF THE 100 AND PLUS BUSINESSES THAT SOME OF OUR PEOPLE MAY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO HUSTLE AND HASSLE TO GO GET THESE STUFF. THIS IS NOT US HELPING THEM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER CITIES, WE CARE ABOUT OUR OTHER CITIES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A NEW CITY HALL, WE CARE ABOUT OUR OTHER CITIES. WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR TAX BASE, ALL THE GREAT STUFF THEY DO, WE CARE ABOUT OUR CITIES THEN. AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE MAIN REASON WHY OTHER CITIES CAN DO THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A THRIVING BUSINESS COMMUNITY. NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND A FIRM THAT'S GOING AFTER PEOPLE IN IN COURTS AND STUFF. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY? WHEN THINGS GO SIDEWAYS, YOU WON'T TAKE THE BLAME. I WILL. SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I DO MY JOB. I HAVE TO. YOU COULD JUST FIND ANOTHER CITY TO WORK FOR. I'M OWED TO THE RESIDENTS. I HAVE ONE MORE POINT, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY THANK YOU. ONE MORE POINT, MY LAST POINT RIGHT NOW I WILL BE BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER [02:10:01] MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'M SO HAPPY THAT NUMBER ONE, WHEN RE AND LED TO THE AUDIENCE, SHE'S NOT RUNNING AND DOING THINGS ON HER OWN. SHE COME TO US, SHE HAS HAD CONVERSATION WITH US SEVERAL TIMES AND WE ALL HAD A CONSENSUS AND BROUGHT IT BACK AND SHE BROUGHT BACK THE INFORMATION TO US. ISN'T THAT CORRECT? THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR SANDRA? ABSOLUTELY. AND I SPECIFICALLY SET THE TERM BASED ON A COM, A COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER HARRISON THAT SAID TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A SHORT TERM AMNESTY PROGRAM BECAUSE I ORIGINALLY REQUESTED IT TO BE ALL YEAR OR LONGER, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO EVERY THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, EVERY CONVERSATION AND, AND THROUGH THE AUDIENCE HERE AND ALL OF YOU THAT'S CLAPPING, UM, SHE'S NOT MAKING IT ON HER OWN. SHE COMES TO US EVERY MEETING AND SHE TALKS TO EVERY, ALL FIVE OF US AND WE ALL AGREE AND THAT'S WHY SHE PUT THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER FOR US TO VOTE ON IT TOMORROW. IT WASN'T THAT SHE WENT IN HER OFFICE AND JUST WRITE IT DOWN AND THEN COME TO THROW IT DOWN HER THROAT AND SAID, HERE YOU GO. WE ALL HAD A VOTE, INCLUDING OUR COMMISSION HERE IS ON THE DAYS. AND WE ALL HAD A CONSENSUS. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT SHE WAS. SO WE SPOKE, SHE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE VOTING TOMORROW. SO NO, SHE'S NOT DOING IT ON HER OWN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, UM, REMARK IS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN AND I THINK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD STICK WITH IT AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE CONSENSUS VOTES TOMORROW PERIOD. MAYOR HAND RAISED MS. MA. NO, MADAM MAYOR CHAIR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, YOU'RE RIGHT. SHE DOESN'T DO IT ON HER OWN. UM, I WANT TO DEFER TO THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. DOES YOUR OFFICE ASSIST WITH THE PUBLICATION AND THE CREATION OF SAID RESOLUTIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR? DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, OUR OFFICE ASSIST WITH THE, UM, DRAFTING OF ALL RESOLUTIONS? SO THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. THANK YOU. UH, SECOND CORRECTION THAT WAS MADE. UH, SO, UH, RIGHT, SHE DOESN'T DO IT ON HER OWN. UH, SECOND CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. UM, WE DID NOT VOTE IN A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION. WHAT YOU GUYS DID WAS, YOU GUYS MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOU HAD CONSENSUS, BUT THAT WASN'T TRUE CONSENSUS. YOU GUYS TOOK, YOU HEARD WHAT EVERYBODY SAID. YOU LOOKED UP AND YOU SAID OKAY, AND TOOK NOTES AND THEN YOU WENT TO THE OFFICE WITH EVERY OTHER THING WE DO TO TAKE CONSENSUS. MADAM MAYOR LOOKS, DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS? YEAH. HOW YOU GUYS FEEL? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE TAKE A CLEAR CONSENSUS. WE TOOK A VAGUE CONSENSUS THAT TIME. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, TANJA, DID YOU WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE FIRM TO DRAFT THIS RESOLUTION? IF NOT, WHO DID YOU WORK WITH THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MS. HAND. I WORKED WITH THE COMMISSION. I BROUGHT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION, THIS, UH, POLICY AGENDA TO THE COMMISSION ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AS A WORKSHOP ITEM. AND I LISTENED TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND I PREPARED A DOCUMENT THAT IN MY UNDERSTANDING, HAD THE INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THE COMMISSION. MADAM MAYOR DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, DID YOU? SHE JUST SAID THAT SHE WORKS WITH ALL RESOLUTIONS BEING FORMED. IT'S A QUESTION THAT REQUIRES THE ANSWER. DID YOU WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE FIRM TO HELP DRAFT THIS SAID RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT? DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. THANK YOU. IT'S MY DUTY TO WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY DOCUMENT THAT I DRAFT IS LEGALLY REVIEWED. MADAM MAYOR. NO, IT'S YOUR DUTY TO DO WHAT THE COMMISSION ASKS OF THE CITY MANAGER TO DO AND THEN TELLS YOU TO DO. WE WRITE THE POLICY AND YOU MAKE SURE IT'S LEGALLY SOUND. YOU GUYS ALWAYS SPOONFEED US POLICY AND GET US TO NOD OUR HEADS. AND WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THIS TIME, CERTAIN THINGS I LET HAPPEN THIS TIME, YOU'RE COMING WITH A RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO HURT. SO HERE'S MY NEXT QUESTION, MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THROUGH THE PRE-INSPECTION AND THE WHOLE INSPECTION OF CF, THEY QUALIFY. IS BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS INCLUDED IN THAT SAID QUALIFICATION? WERE YOU MADAM MAYOR STANDARD? YES, MADAM MAYOR, DO YOU HA ARE, AREN'T YOU? DO YOU THINK OF SOMEONE? ALL RIGHT. IF IF THERE'S SOMEONE, A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS MULTIPLE BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES UNDER THEIR PURVIEW, DOES EACH OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE TO COME IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID PAPERWORK OF BUSINESS, TAX REVIEWS, ET CETERA. SO BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, SANDRA, ALL BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES SHOULD HAVE A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. MADAM MAYOR, THE QUESTION, HERE'S A QUESTION. IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES IN HIS PLAZA, IN HIS PURVIEW, HIS OR HER, DO EACH OF THOSE IN THAT SCENARIO, DO EACH OF THOSE REQUIRE TO HAVE UPTODATE, BUSINESS [02:15:01] TAX RECEIPTS AND ALL PAPERWORK IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR SAID PROGRAM? I'M GOING TO THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I'M GOING TO, I THOUGHT I ANSWERED THAT. ALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES OPERATING, WHICH WOULD BE ALL BUSINESSES IN ANY PLAZA HOMEBASED BUSINESSES, UH, YES OR NO. PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S THAT, JUST AN ANSWER. ALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. MADAM MAYOR HARRISON, DO YOU THINK IT'S FAIR FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE OVER TO GO AND DO IT? DO YOU THINK THAT KIND OF DECREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THEY MAY QUALIFY THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR SANDRA? I DO NOT. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTIES THAT'S OPERATING A BUSINESS ON THEIR PROPERTY HAS THE PROPER CODE COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT FEELS LIKE, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT SOMEONE HAS SOME PERSONAL THING GOING ON BECAUSE I'M, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. IT SOUNDS PERSONAL. SO UNLESS SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY TRYING TO HELP SOME OTHER BUSINESS IN THE CITY, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THIS CANNOT BE THIS PASSION AND ALL THIS FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, A LOT OF THEIR LAKES. SO IT'S SO THERE IS SOMETHING AND WHATEVER IS IN THE DARK WILL COME TO LIGHT BECAUSE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. OKAY? SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. WHY MY COLLEAGUE IS TAKING SUCH A BIG STAND TO THIS. BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ALONG THE WAY, THIS WASN'T THE STAND BEFORE, BUT NOW THE STAND GETTING STRONGER, THE BASE AND THE VOICE GETTING HARDER, BUT, UM, SOMETHING IS GOING ON. OKAY? AND WE ARE HERE. YOU TALK ENOUGH, UH, UHUH, THAT'S FOR ME TO DETERMINE. LISTEN, LET ME TALK 'CAUSE I'M, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU. OKAY? BUT HE'S RE INTERRUPTING ME. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. SO WE ARE GOING TO STICK TO THIS. UM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CONSENSUS TO STICK TO THIS REGARDLESS OF ALL THE STUMBLES THAT HE'S SAYING THIS, SOME, THIS IS A PERSONAL THING THAT HE'S MAKING PERSONAL WHATEVER HE KNOWS WHATEVER IS GOING ON, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S PERSONAL. I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD PLAN WE FOR, FOR, FOR MS FOR THIS YOUNG LADY TO BE STANDING HERE WITH A RESOLUTION IS BECAUSE SHE CAME TO US SEVERAL TIMES, AGAIN, AS I SAID, AND HAD THE CONVERSATION, AND EVEN THOUGH WAS THE MAYOR GO AROUND AND SAID, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS? WHATEVER, HOW SHE DID IT, IT WAS SAID. AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S BRINGING IT FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD, UM, PLAN AND WE SHOULD STICK WITH IT. DO NOT LET ANYONE TRY TO INTIMIDATE AND TRY TO CHANGE IT, PERIOD. OKAY? NOW KEEP IN MIND, LET ME JUST ONE MORE MINUTE. I WANT, I HAVE A THOUGHT. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, YOU, LET'S PUT EXAMPLE. THIS, THIS WAS LIKE ASSOCIATION WHEN YOU, WHEN THEY ASSESS AND SAID, I, I'M GOING TO ASSESS A MILLION DOLLARS TO OUR ASSOCIATION, AND NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY $2,000 A MONTH AND YOU AIN'T GOT NO JOB. THEY DON'T CARE. THEY JUST GO AHEAD AND THEY FORECLOSE ON YOUR HOUSE. THEY DON'T HAVE NO SYMPATHY, NO UNDERSTANDING, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. SO WE ARE GONNA BE HARDCORE HERE. THEY, THESE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US FOR SO LONG FOR YOU TO HAVE A VIOLATION IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I THINK HOW MUCH WE HAD ON THE, THE, THE, THE PLAZA ACROSS THE STREET WAS IN THE MILLIONS, THE DISRESPECT OF YOU IGNORING, IGNORING EVERY SINGLE VIOLATION OVER AND OVER AND OVER. LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER. LIKE WE, YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR US. AND I KNOW THEY CAN'T GO. THEY TALK ABOUT LEAVING THE CITY. GO WHERE? GO TO PLANTATION, GO TO HOMES, GO, GO TO WILTON, MANUS AND DO THAT. NO, YOU CAN'T GO THERE AND DO THAT. SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA LEAVE AND GO TO THE CITY, GO AHEAD BECAUSE MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME OTHER BUSINESS PEOPLE IN HERE THAT WILL HAVE RESPECT FOR A CITY AND FOLLOW THE CODES AND FOLLOW OUR REGULATIONS. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S IT. MADAM MAYOR, HAND RAISED. MS FIVE. NO MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'M ON THE SIDE OF ALL OF THE BUSINESSES IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. THE REASON WHY YOU'RE HEARING THE BASE AND THE VOICE NOW AND NOT BEFORE IS BECAUSE WE TRIED TO WORK WITH YOU. WE ASKED YOU TO GO BACK AND YOU TOOK NOTES, WENT AND CAME BACK WITH STUFF THAT WAS STILL UNATTRACTIVE ON THE FRONT END. WHAT'S IN THE DARK IS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DISQUALIFY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE THAT OWE SO MANY LIENS, IT'S GONNA BE A PAYDAY. AND THIS IS NOT [02:20:01] A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE CITY. I SAID IT LAST TIME, I TRIED NOT TO BE RUDE AND SO OPEN ABOUT IT, BUT NOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IS YOU TRY TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOU'VE WORKSHOPPED IT TWICE. SO NOW IT'S A RESOLUTION. JUST GET US TO NOD HEADS ON SOMETHING AND YOU CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING. AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE FRONT END. MOST OF SAID BUSINESSES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. AND YOU ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS LIKELY THEY ARE GONNA BE DISQUALIFIED. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT IF YOU TAKE THEM TO COURT, YOU'RE MORE THAN LIKELY GONNA WIN. WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DARK ON MY END. WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS THAT FOR ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE, HOW ARE WE MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE? UM, AS FAR AS PEOPLE OWING LIENS, MAJORITY OF THESE OTHER CITIES, THESE, UM, CITIES HAVE PUT FORTH PROGRAMS THAT'S WAY MORE LENIENT THAN EVEN WHAT I'M SAYING. AND THEY HAVE THRIVE, THRIVING BUSINESSES. WHY ARE WE GOING AFTER THESE FOLKS? WHY ARE WE TRYING TO TURN THIS INTO A REVENUE STREAM? WHY ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR INCONVENIENT FOR OUR BUSINESSES? THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION. WHAT WAS PUT FORTH? UH, MS. TANJA WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. I SPOKE WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY. I SPOKE WITH YOU AS A GROUP IN THE COMMISSION. I SENT AN EXAMPLE TO HELP SERVE AS SOME TYPE OF GUIDELINE. AND THEN YOU TOLD ME IT WAS 90% THE SAME. AND BY THE WAY, IT IS IN THE BACKUP. IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AGENDA, BUT IT IS IN THE BACKUP. ALL COMMISSIONERS HAVE IT AND IT'S NOT 95% THE SAME. IT IS GONNA CUT OUT MAJORITY OF COMMERCIAL OWNED BUSINESSES BECAUSE WHAT IS GOING ON IS THAT THERE ARE SOME CITIES OUT THERE THAT ALLOWS THE, AND I'M SORRY, I KNOW MR. CALLAWAY ISN'T HERE TODAY, BUT I, THAT ALLOWS THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL TO TAKE PEOPLE TO COURT. THAT ALLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PARTNER WITH THAT. THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE DARK. IF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, AND WITHOUT MAKING ANY ACCUSATIONS, I GAVE ONE OR TWO CHANCES TO ALLOW YOU GUYS TO CLEAR IT UP, COME BACK WITH SOMETHING. YOU DIDN'T TAKE PROPER CONSENSUS. YOU COULD WATCH YOUR REVIEW. AND ALSO YOU CAME BACK. I SPECIFICALLY SAID, I SAID, WE WANT TO GIVE OUT. IT'S LIKE WE WANNA MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE AND INCENTIVE. YOU GOT THE MAYOR, FORT LAUDER O DEAN TRAN IS POSTING ON HIS INSTAGRAM, HEY, YOU GUYS BE A PART OF THIS AMNESTY PROGRAM. WE HAVE BUSINESSES ARE LOVING IT. THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO US INSTEAD OF HAVING US CHASE THEM DOWN JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO SEND EMAILS TO THESE PEOPLE, FOR OUR ATTORNEY TO SEND EMAILS TO THESE PEOPLE. WE GET CHARGED FOR THAT. THAT'S NOT A PART OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING HIM, THEM, SORRY, THE FIRM. WE, EVERY TIME YOU GUYS SEND THEM AN EMAIL, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THAT. WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO SEE A LOT OF THEIR LAKES AS A HOME WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE. WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT POLITICAL FOR ME. THE POLITICAL THING IS WHEN YOU ASK SOMEONE A QUESTION, THEY GIVE YOU LAWYER LANGUAGE. THIS IS NOT POLITICAL FOR ME. YES OR NO? IS THIS AN AMNESTY PROGRAM? AT LEAST 70% SIMILAR TO WHAT 90% OF BROWARD COUNTY IS DOING? THE ANSWER IS NO. AND TANJA, WE'RE GONNA REMEMBER THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WAS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH HOW MAJORITY OF CITIES ARE DOING IT. WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THAT. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I, I UNDERSTAND THE PASSION. I GET IT. UM, BUT THERE'S A WAY, AND, AND, AND THIS IS A BIT SIDEBAR IN WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE, AND, AND I THINK THE MAYOR, YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THAT. THE WAY HOW YOU SPEAK TO THE STAFF IS OFF THE CHAIN. THE NO, NO, BUT IT'S TRUE. I DON'T, I I, NO, MR. WILLIAMS DON'T ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE. OKAY? I'M SORRY. BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU'RE TALKING TO THIS YOUNG LADY. YES, YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT SHE'S DOING, BUT SHE'S A, SHE'S, SHE'S A PERSON AND YOU'RE SPEAKING TO HER IN A VERY RUDE MANNER. AND I DON'T, AND YOU DO THAT A LOT. AND THAT, SORRY, AND THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. YOU COULD, THERE'S A, YOU CAN BRING YOUR POINT ACROSS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT BASE AND GETTING LOUD AND TALKING DOWN AND TO THEM. AND THAT'S NOT COOL. AND THAT'S JUST A SIDEBAR. ANYWAY, WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. MADAM MAYOR, JUST A MOMENT. MS. TANJA, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. , IF I MAY. MS. TANJA, THE SIX MONTH COMPLIANCE FOR NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES. TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PLEASE. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO IF A NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE AS OF TODAY OR ANYTIME BEFORE TODAY, THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE AMNESTY PROGRAM. IF THAT PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES SIMILAR AMOUNTS OFF AS THE AMNESTY PROGRAM. IT'S [02:25:01] JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROCESS IN TERMS OF REVIEW. IT INCLUDES, COULD BE THE MAGISTRATE OR BRINGING IT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR REVIEW THROUGH THE LIE REDUCTION PROGRAM. WHEREAS THE AMNESTY PROGRAM IS, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, IS A PROGRAM THAT'S DESIGNED TO CUT ALL OF THE RED TAPE AND FOR YOU TO GO STRAIGHT TO A 35% REDUCTION IN THE COST OF YOUR LIEN. MS. MS. TJA, FOR THE NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, THEY HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR THE PROGRAM. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. SO, SO IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES THIS ON TOMORROW EVENING, WHEN DOES THAT WINDOW OPEN THE, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? THE WINDOW OPENS ON AUGUST 1ST. SO AUGUST 1ST IF APPROVED, A NON-HOMESTEAD BUSINESS MUST HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO AUGUST 1ST THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, NO, SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO APPLICATION. SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO APPLICATION. SO IF THEY MAKE APPLICATION AUGUST 2ND, THEN THEY MUST HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO AUGUST 2ND. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES. CORRECT. AND TO YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, MASTER WILLIAMS. AND YOU HAD IT FOR A LONGER TIME. YOU SAID YOU HAD IT FOR A YEAR. YOU STARTED A YEAR RIGHT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. MY ORIGINAL, UM, I THINK IT WAS, MIGHT HAVE BEEN 18 MONTHS. 18 MONTHS. BUT AFTER, UH, THE WORKSHOP, I REDUCED THE TIMEFRAME BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED AND SURE. YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE AND UNDER THE COMMENTS THAT YOU, BASED UPON OUR COMMISSIONER HERE ABOUT REDUCING THE TIME. YES. ALRIGHT. MAD MAYOR, MS. HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, LISTEN, WE HAVE ROOM TO NEGOTIATE ON THE TIMELINES. WE HAVE THE ROOM TO NEGOTIATE. MY MAIN THING TO DRIVE HOME WAS ON THE FRONT END. LET'S NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THERE THAT'S GONNA DISQUALIFY MOST BUSINESSES. LET'S MAKE IT FAIR TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM. IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE PROGRAM TIMELINE WITHIN THE SAID PROGRAM, AND THOSE LIENS GO BACK TO THE SAME AMOUNT WE GO AFTER THEM. HARD. THAT WAS MY PROPOSAL. NOT TO MAKE THE LIENS GO AWAY. IF YOU'RE GONNA DO A AMNESTY PROGRAM, MAKE IT A FAIR SHOT FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN AND ON THE FRONT END SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO NOT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN. THE LANGUAGE WAS JUST CHANGED TO DO EXACTLY THAT. THAT'S WHERE MY ISSUE IS. UM, THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY OF AS FAR AS SPEAKING TO STAFF, I KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED, TANJA, YOU HAD THE PLEASURE OF INVITING ME TO COME SPEAK TO YOUR STAFF. WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION. UM, I'M JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS CITY THAT I GREW UP IN, THAT I WAS BORN IN AND YOU KNOW THAT, AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION BEFORE AND AFTER AND, UH, PUBLIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN SPEAKING TO THE STAFF, THEY WERE HAPPY THAT COMM A COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY CAME BY AND HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR THEM OUT. IT WAS LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. SOME PEOPLE ONLY APPLAUD STAFF FOR POLITICAL POINTS. I'M GONNA GO CHECK IN WITH YOU. I'M GONNA GO HEAR THAT THEY NEED ANOTHER AC UNIT OVER THERE. I'M GONNA GO HEAR THAT. THEY WANT PAINTINGS ON THE WALL. THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THE WORK OF LIFE. I'M GONNA GO LISTEN TO THEM ABOUT THAT. AND THEY HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS. AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO WORK, DO LIVE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT I DID NOT KNOW. SO NOW I COULD PUT A FACE TO THAT. BUT, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHEN WE UP HERE, BEING COMMISSIONERS, BEING DIRECTORS, WE GOTTA TAKE HEAT. THE HEAT I BRING ON YOU, IF I DON'T DO THAT, I LET THINGS PASS. I GET HEAT FROM THE RESIDENTS AND YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY ELSE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, MAYBE, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS DISRESPECT, TAKE IT AS PASSION. I JUST FELT LIKE WE KIND OF MISSED THE MARK IN DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND IT'S SENSITIVE TO ME BECAUSE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO GO, WE NEED A STRONG COMMERCIAL BASE. OUR RESIDENTIAL BASE IS NOT GONNA DO IT ENOUGH. WE NEED A STRONG COMMERCIAL BASE, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL OF THESE TENANTS. AND I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, YOU TALK TO A CITY ATTORNEY IN ANOTHER CITY, ASK THEM, SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO FOR OH, AMNESTY PROGRAM, MAN, THEY'RE GONNA COME RUNNING TO YOU. THAT WAS THE GOAL. AND I'M AFRAID THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONLY CITY THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK UP AND SAY, HEY, WHEN THEY SAY, WHO WAS IT? BECAUSE YOU, I'M ON RECORD, IT WON'T BE 'CAUSE OF COMMISSIONER HARRISON. WHAT WAS ASKED FOR WAS NOT BROUGHT ON [02:30:01] THE FRONT END. IT WAS SQUEEZED TO WHERE MAJORITY OF THESE TARGETED BUSINESSES THAT I SUSPECT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE 'EM TO COURT. WE ARE NOT GONNA LET STAFF RUN THE CITY. MADAM MAYOR, WE'RE NOT GONNA LET STAFF RUN THE CITY, NOT GONNA LET STAFF RUN THE CITY. WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP. NAH, I FIRST MET YOU. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. STILL AM. I THINK YOU ARE WHAT THE CITY NEEDS, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I THINK YOU GOT IT WRONG. WE'RE NOT GONNA LET STAFF FROM THE CITY. YOU SEE, WE DON'T HAVE WE, SO I'M GONNA JUST LEAVE IT THERE. THAT GOES FOR ALL STAFF. THANK YOUR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS HAND RAISED? NO, MADAM MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SAN MADAM. A CM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 10 J AYE AYE, RESOLUTION 20 25 1 0 1 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT THROUGH STRUCTURED REVIEW PATHWAYS. AND THAT IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY MS. TANJA AS WELL. MS. TANJA, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS AS THEY COME ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE CODE COMPLIANCE WHILE REDUCING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON PROPERTY OWNERS TO AND IMPROVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RESOLVE NEW AS WELL AS LONGSTANDING LIENS. THE COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM WILL ESTABLISH A FORMAL PROCESS FOR REVIEWING AND ADJUSTING LIENS BASED ON COMPLIANCE STATUS, PROPERTY CONDITION, AND OTHER QUALIFYING FACTORS FOR HOMESTEAD AND NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURAL FRAMEWORK THAT WILL PROVIDE EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR PROPERTY OWNERS FACING LIENS INSTEAD OF BY COMPLIANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODES, EXPEDITE THE SETTLEMENT OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. I AS, WHEN I CAME INTO THIS POSITION AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I HAD SEVERAL, UH, BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL AS PROPERTY OWNERS COME TO ME AND REQUEST A PROCESS FOR REDUCING THEIR, AS I REVIEWED OUR PROCESS AND THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR'S PROCESS, I IDENTIFIED SOME GAPS IN THE PROCESS. AND THIS, UH, THESE TWO PROGRAMS, THE AMNESTY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THIS COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM, WILL FILL THOSE GAPS, JUDGE, COLLEAGUES, HAND RAISED MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. HUNTER MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 J RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO TWO PROVEN IN AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN REDUCTION IN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND MARKETPLACE PLAZA, LLC AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. TANJA. APOLOGIES THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, THIS IS A, UH, LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST, AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO US BY THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA, IN WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REQUEST THAT THEIR LIENS BE REDUCED. AND, UM, THEY BROUGHT THIS TO US IN THAT REQUEST. THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THE REQUEST IS MS. MS. HUNTER, I'M SORRY. AND THE REQUEST IS, THE REQUEST IS FOR A LIEN REDUCTION FROM $943,000 TO 330,000. ANY OTHER SUPPORTING INFORMATION ON THAT MS. HUNTER? YES, I DO. THANK YOU. TRUE YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX. SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE FOR YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THIS IS 35% REDUCTION. THANK TENDER ANDRES MS. STAFF? NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. TANJA. OH, SHE, SHE RAISED HER HAND. YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, WITH REGARDS [02:35:01] TO THIS, UM, REDUCTION HERE, I, I KNOW THAT THE MARKETPLACE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, UH, I WAS INQUIRING WHETHER THEY PAINTED THE BUILDING OR NOT. THOUGHT THAT WAS A PART OF THE PACKET. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE BUILDING WAS PAINTED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I AM JUST LEARNING ABOUT THEIR REQUEST FOR PAINTING THE BUILDING. SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS AS OF THIS TIME. THAT WAS A, UM, STIPULATION FOR THEM TO EVEN BRING THIS FORWARD TO COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MR. MADAM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU'LL FIND THAT OUT FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THAT ENDS THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. SO WE WILL TRANSFER BACK OVER TO OUR WORKSHOP, AND WE LEFT [D.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HEALTHCARE BENEFITS ANALYSIS] OFF ON ITEM FIVE D DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HEALTHCARE BENEFITS ANALYSIS. AND WE DO HAVE MS. TARA TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MS. TARA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACT CITY, UM, MANAGER AND ACT CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS. I AM THE INTERIM HR DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. IN PREPARATION FOR OUR UPCOMING OP OPEN ENROLLMENT, OUR BROKER, THE GALLS BENEFITS GROUP, IS HERE TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HEALTHCARE RENEWAL MARKET TRENDS AND HISTORICAL DATA. MR. AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, MADAM. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. UH, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. I THINK THERE'S A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. UH, MIKE YELLEN WITH THE GELLAN BENEFITS GROUP. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO MIKE GALLAND WITH THE GALLAND BENEFITS GROUP, AND WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, OUR PLAN AND STRATEGY AS WE HEAD INTO OPEN ENROLLMENT. UH, WE DO HAVE THE RENEWAL FROM FLORIDA BLUE. UH, WE'RE GONNA SHOP THE INSURANCE AMONG OTHER CARRIERS AND THEN COME BACK, UH, WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT, AS WE ALL KNOW, HEALTHCARE INCREASES HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO EVEN IF YOU HAD GREAT CLAIMS EXPERIENCE, UH, YOU WOULD STILL EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE JUST BECAUSE THE COST OF OF, OF INSURANCE GOES UP EVERY YEAR. THERE'S HEALTHCARE INFLATION, THERE'S HOSPITAL CONSOLIDATION, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO WHY INSURANCE COSTS GO EVERY YEAR. AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD THE FACT THAT YOU MAY HAVE AN UNHEALTHY POPULATION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SOME EMPLOYEES AND SOME, SOME OF THE DEPENDENTS OR ON THE PLAN, THAT LEADS TO THE, UH, INCREASE IN THE COST OF, OF HEALTHCARE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. UH, SO THIS IS JUST A FEW, UM, UH, NATIONAL HEALTHCARE TREND ORGANIZATIONS. SO I JUST WANNA SHOW A FEW OF WHAT THOSE TRENDS ARE. NEXT SLIDE. ALRIGHT, AND SO, UH, THESE, I JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS. SOME, SOME FACTORS THAT ARE INFLUENCING TREND, UH, PROVIDED CONSOLIDATION. SO, UH, THERE ARE HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT ARE CONSOLIDATING. THERE'S A CHANCE THAT BROWARD HEALTH MAY ACTUALLY CONSOLIDATE WITH, UM, MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE. UM, SO YOU HAVE HOSPITALS THAT HAVE CONTRACTS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES. UH, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE CONTRACTED WITH FLORIDA BLUE, UH, FLORIDA BLUE AND BROWARD HEALTH HEALTH ARE AT A, UH, A STALLING POINT WITH THEIR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. UM, ACCORDING TO FLORIDA BLUE, BROWARD HEALTH IS ASKING FOR A 60% INCREASE. UH, AND FLORIDA BLUE IS SAYING, NO, WE CAN'T AGREE TO A 60% INCREASE BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO PASS THAT COST ON, UH, TO MEMBERS. AND SO THERE'S A STALL RIGHT NOW. UH, IN ADDITION, THERE'S, UM, HEALTHCARE, UH, CARRIER CONSOLIDATION. SO THERE'S SOME MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES, UH, AND SOME HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE, HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE, UH, INDUSTRY INCLUDING HUMANA. SO NOW AS WE SHOP THE INSURANCE, YOU HAVE, UM, I MET AETNA, CIGNA, AND UNITED HEALTHCARE. UH, SO THE, THE POOL OF, OF CARRIERS THAT WE CAN GO TO HAS BEEN SHRINKING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES. THERE'S NEWER MEDICATIONS. PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER, UM, EVEN IF THEY MAY BE LIVING UNHEALTHY OR LIVING LONGER, THAT COSTS MONEY. AND THEN THERE'S STILL SOME, UH, EFFECTS OF THE, UH, PANDEMIC. NEXT SLIDE. UH, [02:40:01] SO JUST SOME MORE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTHCARE ENTRY AND COST INCREASES AS IT RELATES TO MEDICAL PPO PLANS, HMO PLANS, DENTAL PLANS, AND, UH, PHARMACY INFLATION. NEXT SLIDE. UH, FACTORS INCLUDING, UH, INFLUENCING PHARMACY TRENDS. SO, SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS, SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS ARE WHAT THEY CALL COC, HIGH TECHNOLOGY DRUGS OR COCKTAIL DRUGS. YOU NORMALLY HAVE TO GO TO AN OUTPATIENT CENTER TO GET, UH, THE TREATMENT OR IT, IT'S A DRUG THAT HAVE TO BE A REFRIGERATED. THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE DRUGS. UM, THEY'RE COVERED UNDER A LOT OF HEALTHCARE PLANS SO THAT, UM, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE COST OF, UH, HEALTHCARE, INSURANCE AND DRUGS, AS DOES, UM, UH, PRICE INFLATION ON, UH, PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THIS IS A LIST, UH, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN COMMERCIALS, UH, UH, DIABETES OR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS ARE JUST SUPER POPULAR, SUPER EXPENSIVE. UH, YOU CAN'T WATCH TV WITHOUT HEARING A FAN, A, A FAMILIAR JINGLE ABOUT SOME OF THESE SONG, ABOUT SOME OF THESE DRUGS LIKE WILL GOBI OR OZEMPIC. UM, AND EVEN THOUGH INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THESE DRUGS, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE YOU CAN GET THESE DRUGS JUST FOR WEIGHT LOSS OR FOR DIABETES. NOW, INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE SAID, ONLY IF YOU HAVE DIABETES CAN YOU QUALIFY FOR THESE DRUGS. BUT THEY'RE STILL VERY EXPENSIVE AND IT'S REALLY DRIVING THE COST OF, UH, MEDICAL CARE AND, UH, PHARMACY COSTS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, JUST ANOTHER GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF SOME OF THE GLP ONE, UH, DRUGS AND THE, UH, INCREASES. NEXT SLIDE. UH, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDER LAKES. AND YOUR OVERVIEW, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, THE CURRENT PLANT STRUCTURE, AND THEN SOME BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST A HISTORICAL DISPLAY OF WHERE WE WERE IN TERMS OF THE CARRIERS THAT WE WORKED WITH AND THE COST OF THE INSURANCE. SO THE TOP IS THE HMO PLAN WHERE MORE EMPLOYEES ARE ON THE HMO PLAN. THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 10 OR 12 EMPLOYEES ON THE PPO PLAN, OR THE, THE POS PLAN HAS OUT OF NETWORK BENEFITS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE CONSISTENTLY TRIED TO KEEP COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE COST OF INSURANCE NOW COMPARED TO THE 20 22, 20 23 YEAR, I'M SORRY, THE 23, 24 YEAR WHEN WE WERE LAST WITH ADMIN, WE ACTUALLY REDUCED COSTS. UM, SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU A, A, A, A DISPLAY OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN PAYING GOING BACK TO 2019 WHEN WE START FIRST STARTED WORKING, UH, WITH THE CITY OF DALE LAKES. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS CHART SHOWS THAT WHEN WE TRANSITIONED FROM HUMANA TO ABED, WE INCREASED THE VALUE OF YOUR INSURANCE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE CO-INSURANCE AMOUNT WAS 50%. SO IF YOU HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL UNDER HUMANA, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET YOUR DEDUCTIBLE OF $2,000, AND THEN YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF THE COST AFTER YOUR DEDUCTIBLE. SO IF THE COST WAS $10,000, YOU PAY 50% OF $5,000. SO BY MOVING THE ADMIN, WE LOWERED THE CO-INSURANCE PERCENTAGE FROM 50% TO 20%. UH, WE REDUCED THE OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUM. SO IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAID WENT LOWER. UH, WE DECREASED THE, UM, THE COST, UH, AND LOWER COPAYMENTS FOR ITEMS LIKE MRIS. SO WE WEDU WE INCREASED THE LEVEL YOUR BENEFITS WHILE REDUCING COSTS. NEXT SLIDE. THEN WHEN WE TRANSITION FROM ADMIN TO FLORIDA BLUE, WE DID THE SAME THING. WE LOWERED YOUR DEDUCTIBLES, UH, TO LESS THAN 2000, DOWN TO 1000. UM, WE LOWERED YOUR COPAYMENTS. WE LOWERED THE COPAYMENTS FOR YOUR PHARMACY SERVICES. SO AGAIN, WE, WE INCREASED THE VALUE OF YOUR INSURANCE WHILE DECREASING COSTS. UH, NEXT SLIDE. UH, SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF TRANSITIONING FROM ADMIN TO FLORIDA. BLUE ADVENT IS A FLORIDA, UH, BASED, UH, INSURANCE CARRIER, WHEREAS FLORIDA BLUE IS PART OF THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK. NATIONAL INSURANCE, WE ENHANCED THE BENEFITS, REDUCE YOUR COSTS, UM, EXPANDED ACCESS, UM, AND, UH, THERE WAS A $10,000, UM, FUND FOR WELLNESS DEDICATED TO WELLNESS TO HELP BUILD A CULTURE OF WELLNESS HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. AND THEN, UH, FLORIDA BLUE HAS A FLORIDA BLUE FOUNDATION. THEY WANTED TO BE A GREAT BUSINESS PARTNER TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND THEY DONATED $100,000 TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO HELP IMPROVEMENTS AND YOUR, UM, SENIOR CARE AND ALZHEIMER'S CENTER. SO THEY TRY TO BE AN OVERALL, UH, GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER. NEXT SLIDE. UH, SO THIS SLIDE IS, UH, PART OF YOUR RENEWAL FROM FLORIDA [02:45:01] BLUE. JUST SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION JUST SHOWING THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE EMPLOYEE ONLY CATEGORY AND THE INCURRED PERIOD AND THE PAID PERIOD THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY USED TO EVALUATE, UH, AND DETERMINE WHAT YOUR RENEWAL WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, UH, CLAIMS DISTRIBUTION, UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO, UH, EVERY, EVERY, UH, INSURANCE, EVERY GROUP THAT'S COVERED UNDER INSURANCE, TYPICALLY, UM, 80% OF THE COST COMES FROM 20% OF THE GROUP. SO THE MAJORITY OF ANY GIVEN POPULATION WILL BE GENERALLY HEALTHY, BUT THEN YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20% OF A GROUP THAT WILL GENERATE THE BULK OF THE COST. SOMEONE HAS DIABETES, SOMEBODY HAS CANCER, SOMEBODY HAS SOME RARE DISEASE THAT WILL DRIVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE COST. SO THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE IS 'CAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE GROUP SHOULD COVER, UH, THE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT HAS, UH, LARGE CLAIMS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, THERE'S POTENTIALLY 26 LARGE CLAIMS, UM, COMING FROM THE, UH, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. SO, UM, THE LAST, UH, THE THIRD COLUMN TO THE LEFT SHOWS WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID IS SO FAR. AND THE LAST TWO COLUMNS SHOWS WHAT THE ESTIMATED COSTS WILL BE OR, OR POTENTIALLY COULD BE FOR THESE LARGE CLAIMS. SO 26 IS LARGE FOR A GROUP OF ABOUT 140 EMPLOYEES AND ABOUT 85 90 ON THE HEALTH PLAN. UH, NEXT SLIDE IS A CONTINUATION OF, UH, SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS. SO AGAIN, 26, UH, POTENTIAL LARGE CLAIMS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING, UH, THE COST OF THE INSURANCE. NEXT SLIDE. UH, AND IF YOU LOOK HERE, THESE ARE THE CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY, CORONARY HEART DISEASE, UH, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, DIABETES, HIV, WE ARE ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR THE BOOK OF BUSINESS OF FLORIDA BLUE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY MUCH EXCEEDING WHAT THEY SEE AS NORMAL FOR THEIR BOOK OF BUSINESS. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING, UH, THE COST OF INSURANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR RENEWAL THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS IS, UH, A FINANCIAL CALCULATION THAT MOST OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES USE TO ARRIVE AT THEIR RENEWAL NUMBERS. SO BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR, THE, THE, THE PLAN YEAR WHEN IT ENDS FLORIDA BLUE EXPECTS TO COLLECT, UM, ABOUT $1 MILLION IN PREMIUM FROM, UM, THE CITY OF LORD O'LAKES. THEY EXPECT TO PAY OUT $1.3 MILLION. AND SO THE, THE REQUIRED RE RENEWAL, UH, IS ABOUT 34%, BUT THEY'RE ONLY REQUESTING A PREMIUM OF 1.239 MILLION. SO THEY EXPECT NEXT YEAR TO PAY OUT $1.3 MILLION. THAT'S A PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT PLAN YEAR PERIOD. BUT THEY ARE, UM, REQUESTING 1.239 OR A 23% INCREASE. NOW, THE 23% INCREASE IS NOT THEIR FINAL OFFER. THEY'RE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE, COME DOWN, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLE THAT WILL FIT YOUR BUDGET, BUT BASED ON THE CLAIMS, THAT'S WHAT IT'S, WHAT'S BEING CALLED FOR AS OF TODAY. OUR NEXT SLIDE. UM, SO THIS IS THE RENEWAL. YOU'RE, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE ON THE HMO PLAN, ABOUT 95, 98 EMPLOYEES. AND THAT PLAN IS EXPECTING A 22% INCREASE. UM, THERE ARE EIGHT EMPLOYEES ON THE POS PLAN, WHICH HAS OUT-OF-NETWORK BENEFITS. THAT IS A, UH, 37% INCREASE OF OVERALL, UH, THE INCREASE IS ABOUT 23%. AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, UM, FOR THE HMO PLAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 22% ABOVE THIS YEAR, IT'S ONLY 8% ABOVE THE YEAR BEFORE LAST. AND FOR THE POS PLAN, IT'S ONLY 13% ABOVE THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT DIS DISCOUNT OR DECREASE LAST YEAR WHEN WE TRANSITIONED FROM ADVENT TO FLORIDA TO BLUE. NEXT SLIDE. UH, SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF HOW MUCH YEAR OVER YEAR. UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP WHEN WE WENT, WENT TO FLORIDA BLUE. SO WE DID SAVE MONEY ABOUT 14% LAST YEAR. AND, AND NOW AGAIN, WE'RE GOING, UH, ABOUT 8% ABOVE THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, NEXT SLIDE. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF THE POS PLAN. SO, AGAIN, A DIP. SO WE WENT DOWN AND KIND OF MATCHED, UH, THE 22, 23 NUMBERS LAST YEAR. AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING BACK UP AND AGAIN, THERE'S ROOM TO NEGOTIATE WITH, UH, FLORIDA BLUE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST, UH, A PROJECT TIMELINE. SO THE ACTIVITIES WE PLAN ON, UH, DOING AS WE LEAD UP TO OPEN ENROLLMENT. SO WE DID ISSUE AN RFP, IT'S IN THE HANDS OF THE INSURANCE CARRIERS. I'VE, ME, UH, AETNA, CIGNA, UH, AND UNITEDHEALTHCARE. UH, WHEN WE DID SHOP THE INSURANCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BOTH, UH, CIGNA AND, UM, UH, AETNA DECLINED THE QUOTE. SO THEY [02:50:01] RECEIVED YOUR RENEWAL, THEY RECEIVED THE DATA, THEY SAID, NOPE, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED, WE DIDN'T WANT YOUR BUSINESS. UM, SO THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH ANY OF THE CARRIERS. UH, THAT LEAVES US WITH LESS LEVERAGE THAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH FLORIDA BLUE. BUT AGAIN, THEY, THEY WANNA BE A GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER AND WORK WITH US. BUT WHAT WE WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE RESULTS BACK TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN TIME FOR SUCCESSFUL, UH, OPEN ENROLLMENT. UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF THE, UH, OF THE PROCESS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING ON GETTING THE RESULTS BACK, UH, FROM THE CARRIER MARKET. WE'LL SUMMARIZE IT, WORK WITH HR, WORK WITH YOUR STAFF, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU, UH, BY THE TIME YOU COME BACK FOR YOUR FIRST MEETING, UM, IN, UH, SEPTEMBER. UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HENRY? NO, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MR. GALEN. YES. YOU SAID THAT THE PROJECTED INCREASE WOULD BE ABOUT 23% THIS YEAR, BUT IT MAY BE NEGOTIABLE. YEAH, SO THAT'S THE SHOULD BE USED TO NEGOTIATE. UH, SO JUST THE FACT THAT, UM, WE'VE ONLY BEEN WITH, UM, FLORIDA BLUE FOR ONE YEAR, SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ADVANTAGE TO THEM TO LOSE, UM, CITY OF LAUDER O'LAKES AS A CLIENT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR. UH, THEY WON'T, THEY CERTAINLY DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY. IT TAKES ABOUT THREE TO FIVE YEARS FOR A CARRY TO MAKE MONEY ONCE THERE A CHANGE. UH, NUMBER TWO, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE SINCE THEY'RE NO LONGER CONTRACTED WITH, UH, BROWARD HEALTH. SO THEY ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH, WITH, UH, BROWARD HEALTH, AND THEY'RE TRY TRYING TO GET THEM BACK IN THE NETWORK. THEY'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO KEEP THEIR CURRENT CLIENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LLOYD LAKES. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DO HAVE A CONCERN FOR THE CITY. THEY DID THAT, UH, DONATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, TO YOUR SENIOR CENTER. SO THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER. ANOTHER BENEFIT, UM, A DISTINGUISHING FACTOR OF FLORIDA BLUE VERSUS THE OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES. CIGNA, AETNA, AND UNITED HEALTHCARE ARE ALL PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY. THEY'RE DRIVEN BY THE, THE PROFIT MARGIN. UH, FLORIDA BLUE IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMPANY, SO IT'S NOT THE DRIVING, OBVIOUSLY, THEY WANNA MAKE A PROFIT, BUT THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO WALL STREET LIKE THESE OTHER, UH, AREAS. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MR. GILLUM. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DID SHOW, AND AS YOU SAID, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER INSURANCE CARRIERS ARE NOT AS ROBUST OR NOT AS, UM, ACCOMMODATING TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BECAUSE THEY DID NOT, UM, COME ON LAST YEAR. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEM COMING ON THIS YEAR, I, I'M NOT ON THE PLAN, BUT FROM WHAT I SEE, UM, I DO SEE THE BENEFITS OF, UM, FLORIDA BLUE, BUT I'VE HEARD, ALSO HEARD COMPLAINTS AND THAT DEALS WITH ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERN WHEN YOU PRESENTED WAS SOME OF THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FROM NOT ONLY PERSONAL BUT CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HEART DISEASE AND ALL OF THAT. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND AWAKENING ME TO EVEN SOME OF THE, UM, CRUCIAL NEEDS THAT WITH OUR HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON HERE. AND, AND THAT'S A BIG ISSUE ALL AROUND WITH GETTING CARRIERS TO REALLY TAKE ON, UM, THOSE, THOSE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT. UH, AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT FLORIDA BLUE WAS NONPROFIT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR ELABORATE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, UH, BRIEFLY. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, SHAHI, JAR GALEN WITH GALEN BENEFITS GROUP. UM, JUST KIND OF THE HISTORICAL OUTLOOK. UM, AND KIND OF SPEAKING TO, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS' COMMENTS. THAT'S WHY WHEN WE, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE THESE DIFFERENT, UH, INSURANCE CARRIERS, WE TALK ABOUT WELLNESS PROGRAMS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE COST OF INSURANCE, UM, BUT WE KIND OF WORK AND NEGOTIATE WELLNESS, UM, BENEFITS WHEN YOU ALL WERE, WERE WITH HUMANA. HUMANA BEFORE THEY, UM, IN ESSENCE, UM, LEFT THE MARKET. UM, AND WE HAD THAT 63% INCREASE BEFORE THEY EXITED THE MARKET. THAT'S WHY WE MOVED YOU TO, TO AVMED AFTER LOOKING IN THE MARKET AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE COST AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT, UM, MR. GALEN JUST WENT THROUGH. SO THESE WEREN'T ARBITRARY MOVES WITH HUMANA. YOU ALL HAD, UM, A WELLNESS PLATFORM. OBVIOUSLY NO CITY COULD ABSORB A 63% INCREASE, SO WE MOVED YOU TO AVMED AT THAT TIME. UM, [02:55:01] AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A WELLNESS PROGRAM PER SE. AND SO IN, AND KIND OF MAKING THE MOVE TO BLUE CROSS, BLUE, FLORIDA, BLUE, RATHER, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT YOU ALL HAD THAT WELLNESS OPTION AND THAT'S WHY WE NEGOTIATED THOSE DOLLARS. SO THEY COULD BE THAT CULTURE OF WELLNESS THAT'S DEVELOPED WITH INCENTIVES, ET CETERA, UM, SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE INCENTIVIZED TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEMSELVES. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HR TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER A HEALTH FAIR AS WELL AS BIO BIOMETRICS DAY. UM, WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UM, TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO BE, UM, EMPOWERED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN HEALTH, UM, YOU KNOW, STATUS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT, UH, FORWARD THAT WE, WE WEREN'T HAPPY WHEN WE SAW THE STATISTICS, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATING THE WELLNESS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. POWER. [E.  DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF TRAILHEAD PARK BY THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKES UNDER THE CITY’S ADOPT-A-PARK PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT] ITEM NUMBER FIVE, E DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF TRAILHEAD PARK BY THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKES UNDER THE CITY'S ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND THAT ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK, OH, YES, MS. . SO THIS PROGRAM BEEN GOING ON FOR THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, A LONG TIME SINCE WE START, SINCE I STARTED HERE IN 2021 OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? WHAT YEAR? SARAH HAD A MAYOR, ERICA, SINCE 2022. 22. AND THE PARK WAS STILL UNDER GROUNDS. AND WE PUT THE APPLICATION ON THE WEBSITE, UM, ASKED, AND WE DID A CALL OUT FOR WOULD, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A PARK, AND WE HAD THE QANTAS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WAS THE ONLY APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED. AND NOW THAT THE PARK IS COMPLETELY DONE, WE ARE NOW WANNA MOVE FORWARD IN, UM, GETTING THEM INDUCTED AND, UM, HAVING THEM, UM, TAKING CARE OF THE PARK. SO PASS IT OVER TO MS. , MS. ERICA, MISS ERICA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER. UM, CITY CLERK, UM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING. I WAS GONNA SAY, . UM, SO WE'RE JUST SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPT A PARK WITH KIWANIS CLUB, ADOPTING A, THE TRAILHEAD PARK. UM, AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, GOWANUS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION IN 2022. THEY HAVE SINCE EXPRESSED THEIR CONTINUED INTEREST AND RESUBMITTED A AN AN APPLICATION IN MAY. UM, THIS ITEM WENT THROUGH THE CRA BOARD IN JUNE FOR APPROVAL. WE SPOKE TO OUR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD, SO NOW WE'RE HERE, UM, BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR US TO BRING IT BACK FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UM, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, PROJECT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED WITH SOME BASE. I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT. I, AND, AND I THINK, UH, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVING SOMEBODY ADOPT ONE OF OUR PARKS. IS THAT CORRECT? ARE YOU MADAM MAYOR ERICA? YES. I'M SO EXCITED, UH, FOR THE KIWANIS CLUB. IN DOING SO, KUDOS TO THEM. I'M ALSO A, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB, UM, AND, AND SERVE ON THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE. SO, UH, I, I JUST, UH, WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE CLUB AND KUDOS TO YOU, ERICA, FOR FACILITATING THIS PROCESS AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND JOYS, MS. F? NO, MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ERICA. THANK YOU. UM, A THANK [F.  DISCUSSION REGARDING UTILIZING THE DENNIS PROJECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH (S.T.E.A.M) PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE, SEC 82-358 (A) (11) EDUCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($30,000.00) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026] YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING UTILIZING THE DENTIST PROJECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE STEAM PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE SECTION 82 DASH 3 58, A 11 EDUCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND MS. LOCKETT WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM FOR YOU. MADAM MAYOR. MS. ERICA PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED FOR THE RECORD, ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONED THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUNCHED A PILOTS, UM, STEM PROGRAM IN OCTOBER OF 2024 TO MARCH OF 2025, AND WE UTILIZED LESS REV LOST REVENUE FUNDING. UM, THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. IT HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. A TOTAL OF $24,000 WAS UTILIZED FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM. SO I'M BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT WE CONTINUE THE PROGRAM FROM OCTOBER, 2025 TO [03:00:01] MAY OF 2026. THAT WOULD TAKE US THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. UM, AND THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS $29,000. SO WE JUST WANTED TO COME TO THE MAYOR, COME BEFORE THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S OVER THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD TO ASK COULD WE UTILIZE THE PROGRAM? MAD MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF FOLLOWING WHAT THE, UM, THE DENTIST PROJECT HAS BEEN DOING. SO THEY HAVE A STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. SO I SEE THE ROBOTICS THEY WORK WITH AND THE STEAM, UM, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH. SO I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY, UM, ARE IN INCLUDING ALL FIVE OF THOSE THINGS WITHIN THAT. SO, UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, I THINK $30,000 IF THAT HELPS US REACH MORE KIDS AND SUSTAIN THE PROJECT AND THE PROGRAM. I'M IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ERICA. MADAM MAYOR, NOW? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND I'D LIKE THAT ADDED A, THE ARTS INCLUDED INTO THIS PROGRAM. UM, I, I WOULD ALSO LOVE FOR US TO EVEN MEET SOME OF THE, THE PRIOR STEAM, UH, PARTICIPANT THAT HAS BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM, IF THAT CAN BE ARRANGED. ERICA, YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU, MISS ERICA. THANK YOU MS. A C THANK [G.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)] YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 5G, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER. AND THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY MAYOR VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SEEKING A FIRM TO ASSIST US WITH HIRING A CITY MANAGER. AND IT'S A METHODICAL PROCESS, AND WE NEED AN UPDATE AS MS. OH, MR. ZA. MR. ZAM? YES, MADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, A CITY CLERK, UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COLLEAGUES. MY NAME ZA PEPPER. I'M THE PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM, UM, THROUGH DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, STAFF DID GO OUT ON OUR PLATFORM DEMAND STAR, UH, ISSUE SOLICITATION FOR AN EXECUTIVE FIRM TO SELECT A FIRM SO THAT THEY, THAT FIRM WILL ASSIST US IN SELECTING A CITY MANAGER. UM, WE DID GO OUT AND BIDS DID CLOSE EARLIER IN JULY. UM, WE SENT IT OUT TO 867 VENDORS. UM, OUT OF THOSE VENDORS, 11 VENDORS WOULD'VE QUOTED, WE DID PUBLISH, UM, AN AN EVALUATION ON THE PLATFORM THAT DID NOT INCLUDE FIGURES, AND THAT WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY. WE DID NOT WANT TO MISGUIDE ANYONE. REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE RECEIVED BIDS AS LOW AS 10,000 AND AS HIGH AS 39,000. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE FALSE HOPE AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS. THE VENDOR THAT WE SELECT MUST BE LOWEST COSTS, RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE. WE HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED COSTS. WE HAVE DETERMINED RESPONSIBILITY ALREADY. NOW WE RESPONSIVENESS, SORRY. NOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE, THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF MEETING OUR SCOPE, MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS, AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRM THAT WE SELECT IS THE FIRM THAT WE WANNA WORK WITH. WE HAVE ALSO INDICATED PRIOR THAT BEFORE BRINGING TO COMMISSION, WE WILL BRING OUR SHORTLIST TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR GUIDANCE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MADE THAT SELECTION CORRECT AND THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SELECTION THAT WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND RAISE NO QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. WAS, UM, YOU, YOU ALWAYS PRESENT VERY WELL AND YOU, YOU COME PRETTY ON POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL, MADAM MAYOR, WE JUST WANNA PUT ON POINT, AGAIN, A NOTE TO THE COMMISSION. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG PROCESS. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE, UH, I HAVE ASKED, UM, HR TO SIT WITH ME. SO WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PROPOSAL PAGE BY PAGE, WHETHER IT BE 50 OR A HUNDRED, WHATEVER. WE ARE GOING THROUGH EACH PAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE EVERY PROPOSAL IN DETAIL. AND IT IS GONNA BE A LENGTHY PROCESS AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. UM, THIS IS A VERY METHODICAL PROCESS AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT YOU OUGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [H.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION USING THE NASPO ALTERNATE CONTRACT SOURCE NO. 43230000-23-NASPO-ACS AND EXECUTED CONTRACT NO. CTR060028 COMPETITIVELY PROCURED BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR SOFTWARE VALUE ADDED RESELLER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE APPLICABLE SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS AND MANUFACTURERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($40,000.00) PER FISCAL YEAR FOR SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND A CONTINGENCY OF FIVE PERCENT (5%) FOR ANY UPCOMING INCREASES FOR A FINAL AMOUNT OF FORTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($42,000.00)] FIVE H DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE [03:05:01] SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM SHY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION USING THE NASPA ALTERNATE CONTRACT. SOURCE NUMBER 4 3 2 3 0 0 DASH TWO THREE DASH NPO DASH A CS AND EXECUTED CONTRACT NUMBER CTR 0 6 0 0 2 8 COMPETITIVELY PROCURED BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR SOFTWARE VALUE ADDED RESELLER, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE APPLICABLE SOFTWARE PUBLISHES AND MANUFACTURERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,000 PER FISCAL YEAR FOR SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CONTINGENCY OF 5% FOR ANY UPCOMING INCREASES FOR A FINAL AMOUNT OF $42,000. AND MR. ZAM WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, UM, PROTOCOLS, ESTABLISHED MEMBERS COMMISSION. UM, THIS ITEM, IT'S AN ITEM REGARDING A DISCUSSION THAT WAS HELD, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO REGARDING SHAI INTERNATIONAL, UH, OR RATHER DELL, UH, SOFTWARE. SHAI INTERNATIONAL IS THAT LIKE WALMART OF SOFTWARES AND THEY ALSO DO HARDWARE PROGRAMMING AS WELL. UM, HARDWARE PRODUCTS. SHAI INTERNATIONAL IS A VENDOR THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, PURCHASED FROM, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST AS WELL. UH, THEY HAVE A COMPETITIVELY BID COOPERATIVE CONTRACT WHERE THE CITY ENJOYS PREMIUM PRICING, NOT JUST REGULAR PRICING, BUT DISCOUNTED PRICING, UM, FROM THIS VENDOR FOR VARIOUS SOFTWARE. OVER TIME, THE CITY PURCHASES SOFTWARE TO PROTECT OUR EQUIPMENT AND OUR DATA THAT WE STORE REGULARLY, UH, OVER TIME AS WELL. THESE SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE A ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION, TWO YEAR, OR SOMETIME THREE YEARS. IT'S JUST SO HAPPENS THAT IN FISCAL 26 THESE SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL ALL COME TO AN END. AROUND THE SAME TIME, UH, STAFF IS BRINGING TO THE COMMISSION A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE HAVE YOUR APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD NOT USING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL LIMIT, BUT RATHER COMING TO YOU FOR PERMISSION THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCURE THESE SOFTWARE PROGRAMMINGS FROM THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR, UH, AT THE PRICES THAT THEY GAVE US. NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE END TIME, WE ARE UNABLE TO GET PRICES RIGHT NOW FROM THE VENDOR. SOME SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL EXPIRE A COUPLE MONTHS LOWER DOWN, BUT WE WANT TO BE READY IN 2026, UH, IN OCTOBER THAT WE CAN START THESE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VENDOR, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE PRICES. WE ARE ANTICIPATING A 5% INCREASE FROM WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT WE PAY NOW WILL COVER US AS, AS STATED THERE. SOME WILL GO FOR ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, AND THREE YEARS. UM, UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I DO ALSO HAVE WITH ME ONLINE, UM, KURT OR IT MANAGER IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MR. ASSAM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M JUST LOOKING AT ON THE BACKUP, UM, YOUR TOTAL SAYS 32,000. UH, WHAT IS CURRENT $346 AND 99 CENTS AND YOU ARE REQUESTING 40, 42%. IS THAT IN ANTICIPATION OF AN INCREASE? AGREE, MADAM CHAIR. THAT IS CORRECT. UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING A 5%, UH, WE ARE GOING TO 40,000 BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IT MIGHT BE, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NOT SURE, UH, VENDORS ARE UNABLE TO GIVE US A SOLID QUOTATION AT THIS TIME. BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAPSE WITH DELAYED MEETINGS OR, OR THIS MEET, THIS ITEM BEING PUSHED FROM AGENDAS BECAUSE OF OTHER ITEMS AS WELL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SOFTWARE, THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE UP TO DATE, UH, THAT IT IS PROTECTED. UH, THAT'S WHY WE ARE BRINGING IT NOW. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY, QUESTIONS? NO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THAT'S MADAM CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANNE. THANK YOU. NUMBER FIVE [I.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL LICENSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM (TIPS) COOPERATIVE PROGRAM CONTRACT NO. 210303, TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICATIONS DATA SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS FROM RINGCENTRAL, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($30,000.00) FOR THE ANNUAL COST OF THE LICENSES AND SERVICES] I DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL LICENSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM TIPS COOPERATIVE PROGRAM, CONTRACT NUMBER TWO ONE ZERO THREE ZERO THREE, TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICATIONS DATA SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS FROM RINGCENTRAL, INC. AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 FOR THE, THE ANNUAL COST OF THE LICENSES AND SERVICES. AND MR. ZA WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU. COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. ONCE AGAIN, PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND AUDIENCE AS WELL. UH, THIS ITEM IS REGARDING OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM. UH, A COUPLE, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE CT MOVED AWAY FROM OUR REGULAR PHONE SYSTEM AND MOVED INTO RINGCENTRAL. RINGCENTRAL IS NOT THAT REGULAR PHONE SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN PICK UP TRANSFER [03:10:01] CALLS, BUT IT DOES A MULTIPLE, DOES MULTIPLE OTHER FEATURES WITH IT. UH, THAT HELPS STAFF IN MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS AS WELL. UM, AT THE TIME THIS RESOLUTION WAS DONE LONG BEFORE I WAS HERE. UH, IT WAS AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICES, WHICH WAS BELOW THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT, AND THAT WAS ALL WELL AND FINE. OVER TIME, THE CITY HAS INCREASED IN STAFF. UM, INCREASING IN STAFF MEANS THAT WE HAD TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL LICENSES. LICENSING MEANING FOR NEW STAFF, THEY NEED NEW PHONES, THEY NEED A NEW NUMBER, AND THAT'S WHY NOW THE LICENSES INCREASED. WE DO HAVE TO INVOLVE STAFF AT TIMES, BUT IN PR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE IS AN INVOICE PENDING, APPROVED PENDING APPROVAL THAT WE NEED TO PAY, WHICH HAS IN GONE OVER THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT BY A LITTLE BIT IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN BEFORE THE AGREEMENT, THE 60 MONTH TERM THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS VENDOR, WHICH EXPIRES IN 2027. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COVERED LIMIT FROM THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS PERMISSION. UH, THE COMMISSION KNOWS, UH, WHAT YOUR, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN SIGHT. AS FOR STAFF INCREASES AS WELL, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT APPROVAL LIMIT NOT EXCEEDING $30,000. IF WE NEED TO INCREASE IN MORE LICENSES, UH, FOR MORE STAFF MEMBERS THAT MAY COME ON, WE HAVE THAT APPROVAL. SO IT'S TWOFOLD. WE CAN SAY ONE, TO PAY WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH HAS EXCEEDED THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT. IT'S AT, UH, 26,000 THEREABOUT, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT ALLOWANCE AS WELL. IF WE NEED TO INCREASE. AGAIN, THE VENDOR DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR US TO COME TO COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, BUT MAXING AT 30,000, IT DOESN'T GO BEYOND 2027, JUST AROUND THE TIME BEFORE IT EXPIRES. WE WILL BE NEGOTIATING WITH THE VENDOR AGAIN, ONCE MORE FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? MADAME? MY HAND RAISED? NO, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ZA. THANK YOU. ADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [J.  DISCUSSION REGARDING FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PINEY GROVE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)] FIVE J. DISCUSSION REGARDING FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PINEY GROVE, BACK TO SCHOOL BASH USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. THANK YOU SIR, VERY, VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING COLLEAGUES. BEFORE I START MY DISCUSSION, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DO WORSHIP AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PINEY GROVE, BUT THIS IS NOT A, A PERSONAL REQUEST THAT I AM MAKING. THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PINEY GROVE IS ASKING TO UTILIZE AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR ITS BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 4TH FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY TO HAVE A RESOURCE TABLE AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING, THE COMMUNITY, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS. SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR USE OF THE LOGO, OF COURSE, ALSO TO HAVE A RESOURCE TABLE THERE. AND THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR SPONSORSHIPS IN THE DISCUSSION OF SPONSORSHIPS. I AM NOT ASKING THE CITY TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES FOR SPONSORSHIP THAT I WILL PROVIDE THE RESOURCE SPONSORSHIP OUT OF MY FUNDS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MADAM MAYOR? I JUST WANNA SAY I'M SUPPORT OF THIS BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE OUR LOGO. THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE CITY AND, UM, I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, SO I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO WALKING OVER WHEN THEY HAVE IT. THANK YOU ANDRE, TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, I AM ALL FOR IT. AND RACE? NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. YOU'RE WELCOME. MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER, UM, ADAM AC. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [K.  DISCUSSION REGARDING HOSTING A FLORIDA LICENSING ON WHEELS (FLOW) EVENT AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] 5K. DISCUSSION REGARDING HOSTING A FLORIDA LICENSING ON WHEELS, ALSO KNOWN AS FLOW EVENT AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE AND IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO I HAD THIS IDEA ABOUT, UH, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FLOW VAN AND I WISH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, UM, WHAT FLOW VAN IS, IS WITH THE FLORIDA LICENSE, UM, THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES. THEY HAVE THIS BIG BUS WHERE THEY GO FROM DIFFERENT CITIES AND, UM, PROVIDE THE OUTREACH THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWED AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AT THE DMV, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT LONG LINE AND THAT LONG WAITING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. SO THIS WILL REALLY HELP IN OUR CITY AND HELP OUR RESIDENTS, UM, TO GET THEIR LICENSE, RENEW THEIR LICENSE, AND OTHER THINGS THAT COMES ALONG WITH, WITH THE PROGRAM. ANY QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES? HOW OFTEN WOULD THEY BE HAND RAISE? UM, NO, NO MATTER MA'AM, HOW OFTEN WOULD THEY BE? OUR, UM, I AM HAVE NOT WORKED OUT THE LOGISTICS WITH THEM. WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING HOW AND WHEN AND HOW, HOW OFTEN. SO ONCE I, UH, GET THAT [03:15:01] TOGETHER, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO ADDRESS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TO GO TO THE DMV FOR ANY REASON, YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES. EVEN IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, IT SEEMS AS IF ABOUT 30, 40, 50 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME APPOINTMENT TIME THAT YOU DO. SO THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAX. MADAM A SIN. THANK YOU, MADAM [L.  DISCUSSION REGARDING USE OF VACANT GREENSPACE AT THE BELLA VISTA COMMUNITY FOR LAKES SPACE AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE L DISCUSSION REGARDING USE OF VACANT GREEN SPACE AT BELLA VISTA COMMUNITY FOR LAKE SPACE AS A COMMISSIONER IN INITIATIVE. AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO THIS EVENT, UM, THAT I'M LOOKING TO, UM, HOST AND BRING TO THE COMMUNITY IS CALLED LAKE SPACE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME OUT AND SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT, UH, BUT ALSO HAVE A, A BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN PITCH THEIR BUSINESSES AND GET SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT IT IS THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO. UM, THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, THE BELLA VISTA APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE LAWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AND THIS JUST GOES BACK TO THE THEME. I'M TRYING TO BRING EVENTS TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE HAVE A GREAT STRATEGY BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR PARKS, BUT MAKING IT MORE INTIMATE I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. UM, THEY LOVE THE IDEA AND THEY, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH US. UM, I TOLD HIM, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOTTA FOLLOW PROTOCOL, GO THROUGH COMMISSION, BUT, UM, THAT'S THE SUM OF THE EVENT. WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE EVENT ON NOVEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY. THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO PROMOTE RECRUIT TALENT, ALSO GET SPONSORSHIPS FOR, UM, SET EVENT LAKE SPACE. THAT'S IT. COMMISSIONER, UH, THOMAS HAS HER COMMISSIONER. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD RAISED MY HAND FOR THE LAST, UM, THE, I THINK ITEM, ITEM, WHAT IS IT? ITEM THE ONE, COMMISSIONER CARLENE. BUT I'LL MOVE ON. UM, COULD YOU TELL ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE? UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, UM, BRING THE SHOW MOBILE OVER ONTO THIS LAWN. AND, UH, THAT IS GONNA WORK AS A STAGE. WE'RE GONNA DO OUTREACH TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN LAUDERDALE LAKES BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER TO SEE WHO HAS ANY SPECIFIC TALENT, WHETHER IT BE SINGING, DRAWING, UM, ET CETERA. UM, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, THAT'S LOOKING TO PITCH THEIR, UM, BUSINESS TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE'LL ASSEMBLE A PANEL OF JUDGES, WHICH ARE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS IT'S A BIG, BEAUTIFUL FIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE, UM, A LOT OF VENDORS AND TENTS. UH, THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A KIDS CORNER WHERE A CORNER OF THE FIELD IS GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY FOR KIDS ACTIVITIES. AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE SEEKING A PARTNERSHIP FROM SEVERAL NONPROFITS TO, UH, BE A PART OF, UH, THIS, WHETHER IT'S BY TABLING OR HOWEVER THEY'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE. UH, THIS WOULD BE AN INITIATIVE, UH, BY ME AS A COMMISSIONER. UH, AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THOMAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, I'M TRYING TO GET A PICTURE OF WHERE EXACTLY I KNOW WHERE BELLA VISTA IS. WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS OPEN FIELD THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THIS STAGE? THANK YOU. SO IF YOU'RE AT BELLA VISTA, IMAGINE BEING IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY. THERE'S A GAZEBO, LIKE A COVERING WHERE PEOPLE SIT DOWN. IT'S A CIRCULAR SITTING DOWN THING. THERE'S A WHOLE FIELD BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND THE LEASING OFFICE OF BELLA VISTA APARTMENTS. OKAY. I, I THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE, UH, SOMETHING AT THE ECC, THERE IS NO PARKING SPACE OR ANYTHING, AND THAT'S IN THAT SAME VICINITY. I, I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ENGAGEMENT FROM THE OTHERS WITHIN THAT LOCATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE LOGISTICS OF, UM, THAT LOCATION FOR THE, WHAT, THE CROWD YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW. IF YOU'RE ONLY, UM, DIRECTING IT TOWARDS THE GENERAL VICINITY OF WHERE THEY ARE, THEN PERHAPS YES, IT WOULD WORK. BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST MY VIEW IN SEEING WHERE IT'S BEING LOCATED. YES. YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. UM, AND BELLA VISTA, OF COURSE, UM, WOULD THINK THE SAME THING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND YES, IT WILL BE MARKETED, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST TO THAT BELLA VISTA COMMUNITY. THIS [03:20:01] IS AN ADDED THING FOR, FOR THEIR RESIDENTS AS WELL. UM, SO IDEALLY, MOST PEOPLE ATTENDING WOULD JUST HAVE TO WALK DOWNSTAIRS AND, UM, JOIN THE EVENT. THANK YOU, MADAM. UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SORRY, COMMISSIONER CARLENE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I, IT, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE, UM, AREA SPACE BECAUSE YOU SAID RECENTLY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, TO SHOWCASE TALENTS FROM ALL AROUND. SO IF PEOPLE ARE BEING SHOWCASED, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA BRING, UM, ALONG FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, WHATEVER WITH THEM. I'M JUST, MY CONCERN IS THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THERE AS OPPOSED TO A VINCENT TOUS PARK. 'CAUSE IT, IT'S A SMALL AREA, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A GAZEBO AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S STILL A SMALL AREA. SO THAT'S JUST MY, UH, MY THOUGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS BY THE ECC. THERE'S NO PARKING AT ALL. MAYOR? YES, THANK YOU. NO, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT. UM, THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES WITHIN BELLA VISTA. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, THE LEASING OFFICE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING. THEY BELIEVE IT'S FEASIBLE. UH, WHEN WE DO EVENTS AT THE ECC, THERE'S PARKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ECC, BUT BELLA VISTA IS SAYING THEY WILL WORK WITH US TO ACTUALLY HELP DESIGNATE PARKING FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS, IS VALID, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN LOOKED AT. AND, UM, I DO AGREE IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR JACKSON WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SAM, MADAM MAYOR. I CAN SAY ONE MORE THING. I JUST WANTED TO ADD IT IN. THIS IS ALSO A ADDED BENEFIT TO WHAT THE CITY'S TRYING TO DO. 'CAUSE BELLA VISTA IS ACTUALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CRA DISTRICT. SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS ALONG THE LINES FOR THE GOALS OF THE CRA AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO ADD IT IN. UH, SORRY, ONE MORE THING. IF I MAY, UH, THIS, I, I ALSO WANTED TO REQUEST THIS AS WELL BE A GOLDEN ROD, UH, FOR TOMORROW, BEING THAT IT'LL GIVE US, UH, ENOUGH TIME TO NOT ONLY CONSIDER IT, BUT ALSO TO, UM, PROMOTE TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. WHEN IS THIS EVENT FOR NOVEMBER 8TH, IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME WE MEET IN SEPTEMBER, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO RECRUIT THE TALENT AND, UM, ALSO, UH, DO THE EVENT THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SO, REQUESTING A GOLDEN ROD FOR TOMORROW TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR FROM THE CITY TO USE THE LOGO? WHAT, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR THAT IT NEED TO BE A GOLDEN ROD? ARE WE ASKING FOR SOMETHING FROM THE CITY? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS GONNA BE A COM UH, COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE. SO THE LOGO WOULD ALREADY BE ON THERE. UM, AS WELL AS THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THE EVENT FROM NOW, LIKE ANY OTHER INITIATIVES. SO INSTEAD OF WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER TO DO THAT, UM, THIS WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT FROM NOW, MAYOR. SO YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE A GOLDEN ROD TO APPROVE IT AS YOUR INITIATIVE AND THAT'S IT. YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU, MAY I ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN, COMMISSIONER MASTER WILLIAMS, TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS? MM-HMM . WAS YOUR QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S REQUEST FOR A GOLDEN TOMORROW JUST TO APPROVE THAT AS HIS INITIATIVE OR TO APPROVE THE, NOT APPROVE BECAUSE WE CANNOT VOTE. BUT TO YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THE INITIATIVE. I'M NOT IN FAVOR, I'M, I JUST WANTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE CLARIFICATION, JUST IF THAT, SO HE'S, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU, YOU WANT US TO DO A GOLDEN ROD JUST TO SAY, OH, THIS IS HIS INITIATIVE AND JUST ADD IT ON? NO, NO. THIS HIS INITIATIVE MR. HARRISON, RIGHT. COMMISSIONER HARRIS? NO. OH, WE ALL HAVE INITIATIVES. I DID THE SWIM TO COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE THAT HAS TO BE PROMOTED TO BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY FOR THIS TO BE, UH, WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AND WE APPROVE IT AGAIN. THE CITY CANNOT PUT IT OUT THAT, HEY, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN THE BELLA VISTA COMMUNITY. SO I'M ASKING FOR A GOLDEN ROD SO WE CAN APPROVE IT TOMORROW INSTEAD OF WAITING TO APPROVE IT IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PROMOTE THE EVENT AGAIN. AND I, I DO APOLOGIZE. YOU KNOW, I GOTTA UNDERSTAND THIS. WHEN IS THE EVENT AGAIN? WHEN IS IT? OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 8TH. SO NOVEMBER 8TH. IF WE, IF SAY THIS COMES IN ON, IN SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST MEETING [03:25:01] IN SEPTEMBER, YOU HAVE ALL OF OCTOBER TO PROMOTE IT. SO END OF HALF OF SEPTEMBER, A MONTH AND A HALF. SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE NEED TO DO A GOLDEN ROD TOMORROW. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. I I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT TOO MUCH. UM, WE USUALLY NEED A MONTH AND A HALF TO PLAN EVENTS. IT'S JUST A CONSIDERATION OF BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE THIS IN TIME. THE MORE TIME YOU HAVE TO PROMOTE AN EVENT, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL THE EVENT IS GONNA BE. IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO IT A MONTH AND A HALF, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE SURE THIS EVENT IS GONNA BE ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL. SO THERE WAS A GOLDEN ROD REQUEST A LITTLE EARLIER BEFORE. I'M MAKING A GOLDEN ROD REQUEST AS WELL FOR THIS ITEM TO SEE IF WE CAN CONSIDER, UM, APPROVING IT NOW SO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PROMOTE FOR THIS EVENT. MY THOUGHTS IS I DO NOT HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE GOLDENROD REQUEST. MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE SPACE AND THE NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE EVENT, BUT MY CONCERN ALSO IS ABOUT THE SPACE. BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE GOAL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. VERY HAND RAISED, MS. P, SO MAKE SURE WE DON'T YEAH, NO, MADAM MAYOR MME. MAY SOON. THANK [M.  DISCUSSION REGARDING DIAPER BANK DISTRIBUTION FOR NATIONAL DIAPER DISTRIBUTION WEEK (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] YOU SO MUCH. UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE M DISCUSSION REGARDING DIAPER BANK DISTRIBUTION FOR NATIONAL DIAPER DIS DISTRIBUTION WEEK, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MS. HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THE FORT, THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE DIAPER BANK HAS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE WHERE, UM, THEY SET UP SHOPPING, GIVE OUT DIAPERS FOR FREE. UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN AMAZING THING TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, PEOPLE ARE SPENDING A BUNCH OF MONEY ON DIAPERS AND THERE'S CURRENTLY NO STATE FUNDING TO COVER EXCLUSIVELY DIAPERS FOR INFANTS. SO WE HAVE A HUGE GAP, UM, AND I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS. I'M LOOKING TO DO THIS TO KICK IT OFF DURING, UH, NATIONAL DIAPER WEEK, WHICH IS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER THE WEEK OF THAT WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, I THINK 13TH TO 21ST. I'M LOOKING TO DO IT THAT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH. THIS ISN'T GONNA COST THE CITY ANYTHING. UH, THE GREATER FORT LAURO DIAPER BANK IS GONNA COME AND SET UP, AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ON A RECURRING BASIS. COMMISSIONER, COLLEAGUES, HENRYS, NO MATTER MAYOR, IS THIS A GOLDEN ROD ALSO? COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, COMMISSIONER? YEAH, I'M ASKING IS THIS IS A GOLDEN ROD ALSO? HE DID NOT REQUEST A GOLDEN OH, OKAY. JUST ASKING. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT. MY SORORITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT BEFORE HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE MET AT NORTHGATE PARK, ALL OF THE SORORITY CHAPTERS CAME TOGETHER, DONATED DIAPERS, WE PUT THEM AND ORGANIZED THEM INTO BAGS, AND THEN WE GAVE THEM TO THE DIAPER BANK. SO THAT THINKS A GREAT, AWESOME. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU MATTER. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH, UH, THEM AND YOU ALL AS WELL, IF THEY'RE OPEN TO IT. UM, BUT I, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS AND THE DISPARITIES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. JUST WANNA SAY I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU MADAM. A THANK [N.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AN AMNESTY PROGRAM (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE N DISCUSSION REGARDING AN AMNESTY PROGRAM SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT, UH, A PREVIOUS PLAN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE. THIS IS JUST A DRAFT PROPOSAL THAT I WANTED TO SUBMIT, UM, IN A GOOD SPIRIT OF EXERCISING THE POWERS THAT WE DO HAVE AS, UH, LEGISLATORS BEING THE POLICY ARM OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. UM, IT'S JUST A DRAFT, UH, BUT THE MAIN CORE PIECES OF IT IS KIND OF WHAT'S KEY, UH, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO HOW WE MOVE ABOUT, UM, ANY TYPE OF LEAN AMNESTY PROGRAM. NOW, I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS DEBATE AS TO HOW MUCH THE APPLICATION FEE IS GONNA BE. I THINK THERE WAS A ANOTHER, UM, SUGGESTION OF $1,500. I THINK THAT'S OKAY. UM, HOWEVER, GOING BACK TO MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS ON THE FRONT END, THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. ALSO, THIS PROGRAM, UM, WAS AIMING TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT, NOT JUST THE SURROUNDING CITIES, BUT NUMEROUS CITIES THROUGHOUT BROWARD IS DOING AT THE MOMENT. UM, WE WANT TO WORK WITH A PROGRAM THAT CAN BE, UH, VALUABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, ANOTHER PART HERE, IT SAYS 10% OF THE LIENS FACE VALUE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND 15% OF THE LEAN VALUE FOR COMMERCIAL. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NEGOTIABLE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A DRAFT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. UM, LOOKING AT 35% FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM THAT, THAT'S JUST NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL. A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN THE CITY HAVE [03:30:01] BUSINESSES IN OTHER CITIES, AND THEY FEEL THE DISPARITY. SO I THINK 35% IS A LITTLE TOO HIGH. UM, WHAT'S PROOF THAT 35% MIGHT BE TOO HIGH IS THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT THERE'S A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT AGREEMENT IS AT 35%. SO WE'RE WILLING TO SETTLE FOR THAT. HOW IS THAT A AMNESTY PROGRAM AMOUNT? BUT, UH, 35% IS JUST A LITTLE TOO HIGH FOR, UM, FOR ANY LEAN AMNESTY PROGRAM. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES INSTEAD OF BELABORING THE POINT. I THINK WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSION AND DEBATE EARLIER, UM, TO JUST READ THE BACKUP, READ THE BACKUP, AND JUST KIND OF JUST IN YOUR HUMAN MIND, ASK YOURSELF, IS THIS A HUMAN THING TO DO THAT, UM, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS TRYING TO DO, UH, WHEN PEOPLE WANNA DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE BUSINESS FRIENDLY? NOT JUST IN HOW WE SAY IT, NOT JUST IN WHERE WE PUT OUR FACES OR WHAT WE CHOOSE TO SPOTLIGHT, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE CREATE POLICY? AND I THINK THAT'S KEY. SO, UH, I WON'T BELABOR TO POINT TOO MUCH, BUT, UH, IT'S IN THE BACKUP AND I ENCOURAGE YOUR COLLEAGUES TO, UM, GLEAN OVER IT WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION AND RAISE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND THAT COMPLETES THE WORKSHOP AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. GOODNIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.