Aug 06, 2025 Special Commission Meeting

THIS IS IN CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON RESOLUTION 20 25 1 0 5 AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO ENGAGE IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES WITH TWO PROPERTIES ALONG WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD FOR POSSIBLE ACQUISITION DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS OR PUBLIC PRI PARTNERSHIPS.

ALSO, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 2 AUTHORIZING THAT CERTAIN CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN REDUCTION IN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MARKETPLACE PLAZA.

ALSO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 4 APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE LAKE SPACE EVENT TO THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 AS AN OFFICIAL INITIATIVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 6 APPRO AN AMENDMENT TO THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OTIS GRAY PARK.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR, A CONSIDERATION OF BUSINESS CONTAINED IN CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 5.

[A. RESOLUTION 2025-105 AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO ENGAGE IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OWNERS OR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD (PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 494219180010, 494219180013, AND 494219000130), FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING INTERNAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSES, OBTAINING PRELIMINARY APPRAISALS, AND EVALUATING POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A REPORT TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE PROPERTY ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS, OR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, FOR THE INTENDED USE AS THE FUTURE LAUDERDALE LAKES CITY HALL]

BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.

CITY ATTORNEY RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 5 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNEES TO INITIATE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OWNERS OR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED ON WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 4 9 4 2 1 9 1 8 0 0 1 0 4 9 4 2 1 9 1 8 0 0 1 3 AND 4 9 4 2 1 9 0 0 0 1 3 0 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CITY HALL FACILITY.

SUCH EVALUATION TO INCLUDE CONDUCTING FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, OBTAINING PRELIMINARY APPRAISALS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR A STAFF AND OR CONSULTANT REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

A COPY OF THE PROPERTY INFORMATION AND DRAFT CONCEPT PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACH YEAR TWO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WE DO HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM AND ONLINE.

WE ALSO HAVE MS. NASIR WHO WILL ALSO JOIN HER IN THE PRESENTATION THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

NOTED MADAM MAYOR, MS. TANJU.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.

TODAY I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE, UM, ITEM FOR THE THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE DISCUSSIONS AND DUE DILIGENCE RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF TWO STRATEGICALLY LOCATED PROPERTIES ON WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

THESE SITES ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS THE FUTURE LOCATION OF A NEW LAUDERDALE LAKE CITY HALL.

THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S LONG-TERM VISION TO CENTRALIZE CIVIC OPERATIONS, ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS AND FOSTER REINVESTMENT WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER ZONING DISTRICT.

THANK YOU MS. TANGER.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? CAN WE REPEAT? FORMER COMMISSIONER? PARDON? I, I, COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. WOULD YOU COME UP PLEASE? HE WANTS TO HEAR THE PRECINCT.

OH, HE WANTS TO, OH, OKAY.

I I WANNA HEAR THE ATION.

I DID NOT HEAR YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, HE'S IN.

SO, NIR, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT A POWERPOINT TO SHOW AND IDENTIFY THE PROPERTIES AND SOME POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR THE CITY TO CON, UM, CONSIDER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. NIR.

UH, THE CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.

THAT'S NOT N IT'S NOT NIR.

AND GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER,

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I CANNOT SEE THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN.

OKAY, I SEE IT'S COMING.

UH, PART IF YOU CAN PLEASE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

THESE ARE THE THREE LOTS.

BASICALLY THE EMPTY LOT HAS TWO PARCELS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.

ONE IS 0.79 ACRES AND THE OTHER ONE 2.79 ACRES.

IF WE ADD THESE TWO AROUND 3.5 ECHOS, THAT'S THE VACANT LOT ON THE WHITE SIDE OF BANK OF AMERICA AND BANK OF AMERICA LOT IS SELL AROUND 2.5 AND UH, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT.

ON, UH, THIRD MADAM MAYOR, I'M NOT, HOLD ON A MOMENT.

I'M MISSING THE, HOLD ON A MOMENT.

MS. THANK YOU MADAM.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, UM, FOR, I, I THINK IT, I'M HEARING, UM, MR. NIR KIND OF MUFFLED, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT IS HERE, IF HE CAN PRESENT, IS HE ABLE TO PRESENT EDMA SAED? MRS. ZAMAN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE TECHNOLOGY OR RIGHT.

IT IS.

IT'S COMING IN A, I THINK I SAW HIM.

AND SAED CAN DO IT.

I'M IN LONDON RIGHT NOW OUT THE COUNTRY.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND ETHNIC CITY MANAGER AND THE RESIDENTS.

SO AS, UH, MR. NAI MENTIONED, SO ONE OF THE PERSON SALE, LIKE TWO, IT IS COMBINED OF TWO PERCEL AND IS COMBINING 3.5 ACRE.

AND IF YOU SEE THE OPTION ON, CAN YOU MOVE TO THE YEAH.

OPTION ON, SO THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY DRAFT DESIGN.

WE JUST TRY TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE THERE.

SO, UH, THE BUILDING, WE, WE, WE PROPOSE THIS VERY PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

SO THE FAST FLOOR IS 22,400 SQUARE FEET.

AND SO WE HAVE PLANNED TO HAVE THREE STORAGE CITY HALL THAT THE COMBINED SQUARE FEET WILL BE 67,200.

IF I COMPARE WITH OUR CURRENT, SO OPTION ONE IS, UM, IF WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO OBTAIN ONE, THE ONE LOT THAT IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE, THAT WILL BE THE OPTION, ONE OPTION THAT WE ARE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW.

SO IF WE COMPARE HOT, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO WITH CITY HALL BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY IS IS, UH, IT'S NOT APPROXIMATELY.

IT IS, UH, FROM THE BO BO COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISAL.

THE EXISTING BUILDING IS 20,000 450 60 SQUARE FEET AND THE PERMITTING BUILDING IS 8,569 SQUARE FEET.

AND THE MAR MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE IS 13,000 307 70 SQUARE FEET.

SO COMBINING ALL THESE THREE BUILDING IS 42,395 SQUARE FEET.

JUST RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SITE IS THE OPTION ONE.

WE'RE DISCUSSING IF WE ARE POTENTIALLY ONLY ABLE TO OBTAIN THE VACANT LOT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

A STRUCTURE ON IT AT THIS TIME.

OH YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THAT LOT AND WE DECIDED COMMISSION DECIDED TO MOVE THE CITY HALL THERE TO BUILD A NEW CITY HALL.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO PROJECT IT IF THAT LAND IS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE NEED.

OKAY, CONTINUE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 42,000 SQUARE FEET BUILDING.

WE ARE COMBINING THREE BUILDINGS, CITY HALL, PERMITTING DIVISION, AND MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING.

SO FOR FUTURE GROWTH, DEFINITELY WE NEED MORE SPACE, UH, MORE FACILITIES.

SO IF WE, UH, SO THE, UH, THE OPTION ON PRESENTING 67,000 SQUARE FEET, THREE STORY BUILDING AND IS, UH, THE PARKING LOT IS CAN FEED 250 PARKING SPACES.

SO WE CAN ACCUMULATE THIS CURRENT CITY HALL MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING AND, UM, PERMITTING DIVISION ON THE SAME BUILDING.

ADAM, MR. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME? SA ZAMAN.

ZAMAN

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ZEMAN.

WHAT ABOUT, DID YOU INCLUDE THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER? YES.

CONTINUE MRS. YEAH, SO ON THE SECOND OPTION ON THE FIRST OPTION IS ONLY THE BACKEND TWO LOT.

IT'S OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER.

IT'S COMBINING LIKE 3.5 ACRE AND WE ARE NOT SHOWING ANYTHING ON THE BANK OF AMERICA PROPERTY.

SO ON THE OPTION TWO, IF THE CITY DECIDED TO GET THE BANK OF AMERICA PROPERTY, THERE'S 2.5 ACRE LOT.

AND IF CITY DECIDED TO HAVE FUTURE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THAT PROPERTY, THIS CAN BE DONE.

AND WE HAVE PROPOSED, UH, LIKE IS VERY PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS LIKE 16,000 IS SQUARE FEET BUILDING.

IT'S ON A STORY.

WE CAN GO SECOND FLOOR, THIRD FLOOR UP TO OUR NEED AND THAT LOT CAN ACCUMULATE 243 PARKING SPACE.

MR. SAED, IS THAT POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF THE BANK OF AMERICA BUILDING IN ADDITION TO THE VACANT LOT OR DO WE HAVE AN OPTION THREE COMING UP? WE HAVE AN OPTION THREE COMING UP.

YES, WE HAVE AN OPTION THREE.

COMMISSIONER, UH, FORMER COMMISSIONER.

SO ANY, ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTION ON OPTION TWO? NO.

COURSE OPTION TWO IS, SO OPTION TWO IS IN, WE ARE GETTING THE EMPTY LAND DASHBOARD, CITY HALL AND THE NEXT LOT CALLED BANK OF AMERICA PROPERTY.

THIS CAN BE DONE LIKE, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER CAN BE THERE.

WOULD YOU NO, JUST COME TO THE MIC.

YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MIC.

COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS STATE YOUR NAME.

YEAH, UH, LAVO WILLIAMS. UH, I WOULD JUST TRY TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE TWO OPTIONS.

OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO.

I JUST, OPTION TWO IS, IS BOTH THE BUILDING AND IN VACANT LAND.

THE OPTION.

OPTION TWO PRESENT THE, ON THE BACKEND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BOTH OF THE BANK LOT.

THE FIRST LOT WE'LL BE USING FOR CITY HALL AND THE SECOND LOT WILL BE USING FOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

THIS, THIS, THAT'S THE CITY.

THAT'S THE BANK? YEAH, THAT'S THE BANK.

OPTION THREE AND THE OTHER IS THE BANK.

BANK.

CONTINUE.

SO I'LL MOVE TO THE OPTION THREE.

SO ON OPTION THREE, THE FIRST PROPERTY WILL REMAIN SAME, NO CHANGE THE CITY HALL BUILDING WITH 250 PARKING OF PARKING SPACE AND 67,200 SQUARE FEET BUILDING TO THE WEST AND THE BANK LOT PROPERTY, WE CAN PLACE, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE FIRE STATION TOGETHER.

WE'RE GONNA LOSE SOME PARKING.

BUT UH, THE CITY HALL, IF WE HAVE A EVENT AT THE EVENING ON THE WEEKEND, THE OVERFLOW PARKING CAN, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HALL PARKING CAN BE USED FOR OVERFLOW PARKING.

HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WILL WE, SO ON THIS OPTION, UH, WE, WE ARE HAVING 162 PARKING SPACES ALONG WITH THE 250 PARKING THAT WE YES, 250 NO CHANCE ON THAT PROPERTY.

IT'S STILL SAME LIKE 250 PLUS COMBINING BOTH LOT 250 PLUS 162 PARKING SPACES.

THAT'S A LOT OF PARKING SPACES AND TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS.

WE GET BOTH TWO SEPARATE.

YEAH, IT'S A, WHEN WE HAVE, LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL HAVE DIFFERENT WE WE GATHERING.

SO IF IT'S, WE CAN, WE CAN GATHERING SO BOTH OF THE PARKING CAN BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE.

YOU CAN'T MISS IT ONCE YOU'RE PASSING BY.

THOMAS, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I, I APPRECIATE THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND EVEN, UM, THE EXPANSION OF, UM, THE BANK OF AMERICA TO INCLUDE THE FIRE STATION, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A TOWN CENTER, MAKE IT CENTRAL FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, THIS IS AN IDEAL SPOT.

IT REALLY IS AN IDEAL SPOT.

WE HAVE THE, UM, THE CAPACITY HERE.

SO I I I LIKE THE LAYOUT AND

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UM, THANK YOU MR. SAEED ZAMAN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY.

MY QUESTION IS, AND AND THANK YOU ALSO TO STAFF FOR LOOKING INTO THIS.

I KNOW I'VE, YOU KNOW, ON MY ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT, UM, WHAT A NEW CITY HALL WOULD LOOK LIKE.

'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS WHAT CAN REALLY MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

IS THIS THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PROPOSED, UH, NEW CITY HALL? SANDRA, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS, UM, ONE OF THE PROPERTIES.

OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD STAY HERE AT THIS LOCATION AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPERTY, UM, TO THE EAST OF US AS WELL.

UM, WAS THE PROPERTY, UM, ARE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE MIGHT BE OPEN TO ALSO LOOKING AT HAVING DISCUSSION WITH TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE? I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER PROPERTIES THAT COULD, COULD DO SOME AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PROPERTIES WE'RE PROSPECTING.

MS. TANGER, DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, HAVING A LOCATION STUDY DONE.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IF THIS IS NOT A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE CITY HALL.

AND AT SOME POINT IF THE COMMISSION THINKS WE NEED TO GO FURTHER AND LOOK FOR DIFFERENT, UM, PROPERTIES, WE COULD HAVE A STUDY DONE THAT WOULD HELP US IDENTIFY, UM, OTHER PROPERTIES OR OF COURSE, ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, THE STAFF WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO RESEARCH AS WELL.

SORRY, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO THANK, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA JUST SEE, UH, THE, THE, THE STUDY FIRST.

I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT THE STUDY WAS GONNA BE DONE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROPERTIES AND THEN WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON SOMETHING.

WE DID THIS BEFORE THE STUDY THROUGH YOU MADAM AMERICA.

THIS WAS A PROPERTY THAT WE IDENTIFY AS BEING AVAILABLE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, OPTION ONE PROPERTY THAT LAND IS FOR SALE CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET AND THE BANK OF AMERICA PROPERTY IS ON SALE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A STUDY WHERE, I MEAN, A SITUATION WHERE WE DO HAVE PROPERTIES THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT SEEM TO FIT WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY HAS SPOKE ABOUT, HAVING A LOCATION THAT'S MORE PROMINENT, UM, ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AS WELL AS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN CENTER, WHICH IS A PARK, UH, PROPERTY THAT MS. CELESTE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT PROPOSAL AND THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AS A TOWN CENTER AREA.

SO HAVING PROPERTY THAT'S OF THIS LARGE SCALE IN THAT TOWN CENTER AREA IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE CITY DECIDED TO BRING FORWARD AS, UH, TO HAVE THIS CURRENT DISCUSSION.

ADAM, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS .

SO GREAT PRESENTATION.

I LIKE OPTION NUMBER TWO.

I THINK IT'S A A GREAT, I I THINK THE PROPERTY IS A GREAT PIECE OF PROPERTY TO HAVE THE CITY HALL AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE MAIN.

I THINK IT'S PERFECT AND I LIKE OPTION TWO.

I PREFER THE GAS, THE, UH, FIRE STATION TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS AND BRING THAT THERE.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN.

I LIKE IT.

AND OPTION NUMBER TWO WOULD BE MY OF HER CHOICE.

MAD VICE.

MAD VICE MAYOR.

IT'S REALLY FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE THERE ARE OTHER VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION MS. TANJA, BECAUSE SHE ALSO MADE REFERENCE TO THAT.

MS. TANJA.

WE DO HAVE ONE VACANT PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF US.

AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE, UM, AUTO PARTS STORE, IRELAND PROPERTY IRELAND.

IS THAT THE IRELAND? IRELAND, YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER, I KNOW THAT'S ALREADY OWNED BY THE CITY.

THE ONLY OTHER VACANT PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND UM, THE LOCATION.

SO CURRENTLY THAT'S ONLY PROPERTY THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANY OF 'EM ARE ON THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE LIKE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

AND THAT IS A REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR A CITY HALL DEVELOPMENT AS THAT UNDER, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ISLAND PROPERTY, A CITY HALL CANNOT BE BUILT ON THE ISLAND PROPERTY.

TO SEE ANY BESIDES HOMES, FEW HOMES THAT ARE FOR SALE.

UH, VIA THE CRA'S MASTER PLAN.

SO THE ISLAND PROPERTY IS NOT THERE OR CITY? WELL, NO.

UM, IT'S JUST THAT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE THERE OTHER VACANT PROPER LAND AVAILABLE BECAUSE MY CITY, I THINK I WALK IT OUT AND I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE

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SO THAT IS WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW.

I REMEMBER BESIDES THERE, WHERE ARE THE VACANT LAND THAT IS AVAILABLE? HARRISON.

THAT IS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR COMM HARRISON.

ADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON.

SO, UH, THE, THE, THE REAL QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS FOR TANJA AND ACTING CITY MANAGER, ARE WE ONLY LOOKING AT VACANT LANDS AS AN OPTION BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE TO THINK BIG LIKE A CITY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT CITIES LIKE MAYOR MARTY, LOOK AT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S POTENTIAL COLLABORATION WITH, UM, SOME OF THESE PLAZAS THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

SO ARE WE ONLY LOOKING AT VACANT LANDS AS AN OPTION? IF I MAY.

MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

VACANT PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND FOR SALE.

UM, AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ABOUT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, HOWEVER THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT'S, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL WORK OUT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY FOR SALE AND AT A LOCATION AND THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT THEM FORWARD FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AND I'M OVER HERE SHAKE.

I'M JUST THINKING WHY NOT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A STUDY WOULD HELP WITH.

YOU GET TO GO TO OTHER PLACES.

IF WE ONLY LOOK AT VACANT LANDS, I DON'T, I I THINK WE'RE LIMITING OUR OPTIONS.

UM, HOW A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WORKS IS KIND OF WHAT IT SAYS IN THE TITLE.

WE WORKING WITH PUBLIC PARTNERS AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO DO SOMETHING.

UM, THIS CAN HELP BOOST THE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.

UM, IT'S JUST AN OPTION TO ALSO LOOK AT.

THIS IS FINE TOO.

I LIKE THIS IDEA.

THERE ARE OTHER PLACES ALONG OAKLAND AND 4 41 THAT ALSO COULD BE A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP.

I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO DO A IN-DEPTH STUDY TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

MADAM MAYOR, UH, MADAM ACTIVE CITY MANAGER.

UH, JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION AND THE DAY IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.

UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A STUDY.

UM, PURCHASING IS WORKING ON A SCOPE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR TOWN CENTER, OUR CITY HALL, IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON THE RIGHT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SAW BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS VACANT.

UM, IT'S A A GREAT SPACE FOR OUR TOWN CENTER.

AND HAVING REALIZED THAT, I REACHED OUT TO ALL COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF THE CITY AND I WANTED TO JUST ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN ONE ACCORD.

IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT LOCATION JUST TO BRING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN START PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS.

UM, SO THIS ISN'T WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND, UM, BUILD A CITY HALL.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE FOR US.

BUT WE DID NOT WANNA LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASSED BY US FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO, UM, OBTAIN THAT PROPERTY WHEN WE COULD HAVE, BECAUSE IT IS PRIME LOCATION.

UM, WE DID CONSIDER IT THE MARKETPLACE.

WE KNOW THAT THAT'S AN IDEAL LOCATION ALSO.

UM, BUT THERE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE MARKETPLACE AND IF WE CAN GET THAT ENTIRE CORNER, UM, FOR OUR TOWN CENTER, THAT WOULD BE REMARKABLE FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALSO FROM WHAT I HAVE, UM, ACQUIRED FROM THIS, UM, COMMISSION.

THAT THAT'S YOUR VISION AS WELL.

THE MARKETPLACE VICE VICE.

THE, THAT CORNER.

THAT CORNER.

BEING THE TOWN CENTER, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

THE, MAYBE THE IDEAL PLACE WOULD'VE BEEN DALE.

MARKETPLACE ENT DOMAIN TAKES WOULD TAKE YEARS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT LAWYERS ARE THERE TO FIGHT FOR.

IT WOULD TAKE MAYBE ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

AND I THINK IF THIS PROPERTY IS UP FOR SALE, WE WOULD BE FOOLISH NOT TO GO AFTER IT.

THAT'S HOW I SEE IT, MAYOR.

'CAUSE I KNOW EMINENT DOMAIN WOULD TAKE AT LEAST I WOULD SAY 10 YEARS.

'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT ALL THE WAY MAYBE TO THE SUPREME COURT.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

CURRENTLY AND IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF LAND.

YOU KNOW, THIS MAY SEEM SIMPLISTIC, BUT I KNOW GOD IS NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND.

AND WE ARE, WE ARE LANDLOCK

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I, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY I WENT ON A BUS TOUR WITH, UM, SOME NEW TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES AND JUST SHOWING THEM AROUND WHAT WE HAVE AND WHERE THEIR STUDENTS, UH, RESIDE CURRENTLY.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S GOOD TO ACQUAINT THEM WITH WHERE THEY'RE COMING AND WHO THEY'RE TEACHING AND THE LOCATION TO WHICH THEY LIVE.

AND WE WERE SHOWING THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT, UM, AFFECT LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I KNOW WHEN I CAME HERE, THERE WAS JUST BUSH ALONG 4 41 UP OAKLAND PARK AND I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE 40 YEARS DEVELOP.

AND THIS LAND IS HERE FOR US, PRIME PROPERTY FOR US IN ORDER TO EXPAND OURSELVES BECAUSE AS I SAID, GOD IS NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND.

WE NEED TO TAKE OPPORTUNITY.

THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.

AND ONE OF JUST, AND ONE OF OUR VISIONS IS TO HAVE OUR CITY HALL VISIBLE.

WE WE'RE BACK HERE AS, AS I LIKE TO SAY IN THE CUT WHERE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHERE WE ARE.

AND WE WERE VISIBLE.

4 41 OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD THAT WOULD BRING US OUT.

IT.

OUR MASTER PLAN IS 4 41 AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD FOR OUR CENTRAL HUB.

THEN OUR CITY HALL NEEDS TO BE THERE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER BUSINESSES, MIXED USE PROPERTIES.

WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT INTERSECTION, SINCE IT IS THE MOST TRAVEL INTERSECTION IN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND THAT WOULD BE A PRIME LOCATION ON THANK YOU.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

MM-HMM .

OH, I'M SORRY.

MY WE GO.

SO LOOKING AT THESE PROPERTIES, THE VACANT PROPERTIES, BANK OF AMERICA PROPERTY IS PRIME.

SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES COME AND YOU HAVE TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE TIME.

IF YOU WAIT SOMETIMES.

WHERE ARE WE GOING? SO I AM ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF US PURSUING THAT.

HARRIS.

LISTEN, I THINK WHAT THE ISSUE IS, UM, NOT THAT, UM, ANYBODY'S AGAINST THIS LAND, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPTION.

UM, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT AND I THINK WE SHOULD GO AFTER IT.

IF IT'S FOR SALE.

MY ISSUE IS THAT, ARE WE LOOKING AT A BROAD ENOUGH SEARCH? SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER ISSUE, IF WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THAT ISSUE, IT WOULD BE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THAT.

ARE WE HAVING A BROADEN OF SEARCH? IS THE QUESTION? AND THE ANSWER HAS BEEN NO.

MY OTHER ISSUE IS THAT I FEEL LIKE WHEN THE COMMISSION HEARS THIS IN OUR MINDS, WE'RE STARTING TO FEEL LIKE, OH MAN, WE GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON SOMETHING.

AND REALLY WE DO NOT, WE HAVEN'T TALKED WITH THESE PEOPLE.

OR MAYBE SOME PEOPLE HAVE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S UNDERGROUND.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE CAN LIMIT OUR TIMELINE.

IF YOU LOOK AT TWO, THREE OPTIONS AT ONE TIME, INSTEAD OF JUST COMING WITH JUST ONE, THIS CAN STILL BE THE BEST OPTION.

THIS IS A GREAT SPOT.

THERE'S VACANT SPACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WILL BE UTILIZED, WHETHER IT'S FOR A CITY HALL OR NOT.

AND IT HAS TO BE UTILIZED THE RIGHT WAY.

I'M IN FOR, I'M IN FAVOR OF A NEW CITY HALL.

I RAN ON IT, I CAMPAIGN ON IT.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE UP HERE AND, AND SAY THE SAME THING.

WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WITH THAT, I SPOKE WITH CITY STAFF, I SPOKE WITH CITY STAFF IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE CITY STAFF AT CITY HALL WANTS A NEW CITY HALL.

WE'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY CITY WITH ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M IN FAVOR OF A NEW CITY HALL BEING ON THAT CORRIDOR.

WHY ARE WE ONLY GETTING ONE OPTION IS MY QUESTION.

THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE.

AND WE HAVEN'T DONE A, A FULL STUDY WHAT WAS JUST SAID.

WE HAVE NOT DONE A STUDY TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

SO THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION.

UNLESS ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I WOULD FOR COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, I'M SORRY.

MAD MAYOR.

IF WE DO NOT SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY, THEN I WOULD THINK THAT NONE OF US AS COMMISSIONERS DESERVE TO BE SITTING UP HERE.

SO LET'S GO.

DON'T WASTE THE TIME TODAY.

TODAY IS A A SPECIAL DAY, WHICH I KNOW FOR ME, I SHOULD NOT EVER BE HERE.

BUT WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE, THE LA THE PLACE IS UP FOR SALE.

IF WE DO NOT SEIZE THIS MOMENT, IT'LL NEVER BE THERE TOMORROW.

IT WON'T BE THERE THIS AFTERNOON.

SO I WOULD ASK MADAM MAYOR, CALL THE VOTES BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO TODAY.

THERE NO .

THIS IS .

NO WORK LIKE THAT.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE.

ALL I'M SAYING IS MORE.

OH, DON, COMMISSIONER HARRISON COMMENT.

MS. TANYA, HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR UH, YES,

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I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT.

SO THROUGH THIS, UM, OPTION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THE, THE COMMISSION CAN AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REVIEWING THESE PROPERTIES AS A POTENTIAL FOR THE CITY HALL.

FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND DR. STEVENS AGAIN.

LAVO WILLIAMS. HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD.

UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A-A-A-A-A NEW CITY HALL.

UH, WHEN I WAS SITTING ON THE COMMISSION, WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.

IT'S THEIR COST.

FIRST STATE, EVEN GOTTA BY HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST, RIGHT? AND IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT, ARE WE GONNA GET A BOND ISSUE SO THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT? PEOPLE GOTTA VOTE ON THE BOND ISSUE.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU STILL GONNA GET IT.

MM-HMM THE OTHER THING IS, HAS ANYBODY WENT TO BANK OF AMERICA AND ASKED, WHY ARE YOU CLOSING THIS BANK? OR ARE THEY CLOSING THE BANK? AND IF THEY'RE CLOSING THE BANK, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO FACILITATE THEM NOT LEAVING JUST TO SAY, I GOT A PROPERTY FOR A CITY MANAGER, I'M LOSING A BANK.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO A COMMUNITY.

SO WE CAN SIT HERE AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS PROPERTY OFF.

IF YOU WANNA COMPARE YOURSELF TO DER HILL OR HOLLYWOOD.

'CAUSE THEY GOT THEIR, UH, THE, THE CITY, THE CITY HALL ON, ON MAIN STREET.

WHAT'S YOUR TAX BASE? SO IF YOU START TAKING THESE LAND OFF THE, OFF THE ROAD, EVERYTHING THAT YOU TAKE OFF, IT'S MONEY.

AND YOU WERE ASKING THE CITIZENS TO AGAIN, PAY HIGHER TAXES BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING PROPERTY OFF OF THE TAX ROAD.

NOW THIS WHOLE FACILITY, IT CAN BE FACILITATED THAT WE CAN BUILD AGAIN.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE ON, I MEAN, JUST 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S ON THE FRONT STREET.

THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE ARE CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT ON THE FRONT STREET.

AND I, I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S, THAT'S FOR A FACT.

OKAY? SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, BUT LOOK AT THE COST FIRST.

WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET? HAS ANYBODY TELL WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET FOR YOUR CITY MANAGER? CITY, CITY COMPLEX.

ANYBODY KNOW IF YOU GOING DON'T HAVE A BUDGET, HOW YOU GONNA DO A STUDY AND SAY I'M WITHIN MY PRICE RANGE? CLEARLY WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT THIS THROUGH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SIT AND TELL ME, I GOT FROM OUR CITY HALL, WE GOT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

NOW WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I GOT A $50 MILLION BUDGET.

NOW I CAN GO FROM HERE.

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SET THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEND.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SPEND, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE BENEFIT ONCE YOU GET IT DONE? THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THIS CITY NEEDS OTHER THAN THE CITY HALL.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE DO NEED A NEW CITY HALL, BUT IT AIN'T THE PARAMOUNT THING.

I'M GONNA BE TAKING PROPERTY OFF OF MY TAX ROLL.

OH, I TOOK THE TIME, YOU KNOW, TAKING PROFIT UP OUR TAX ROLL.

IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND A BANK, I MEAN, IS ANYBODY I'M ASKING SERIOUSLY? IS ANYBODY TRYING TO TALK TO THE BANK AND SAY DON'T LEAVE IS ANYBODY, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T BE AGGRESSIVE AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE NOT TO LEAVE, THEY AIN'T GONNA LEAVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T CARE.

I NOTICED THIS.

IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GET ALL ALL, I NOTICED THIS.

THE IDEA IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT THE EXECUTION OF HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT, IT'S JUST NOT MAKING SENSE.

IF YOU'RE GONNA DO A STUDY, ALRIGHT, SO THEY COME BACK AND SAY, THE PROPERTY'S AVAILABLE, BUT THE PROPERTY COSTS $30 MILLION.

I CAN'T DO IT.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOUR COST IS.

BUT WE HAD ANOTHER BUILDING THAT WE WERE GONNA BUILD ACROSS THE STREET FOR $10 MILLION.

I THINK Y'ALL PUT THAT ON HOLD.

IS THAT STILL FEASIBLE? DID WE BUY THE PROPERTY OVER HERE BY THE, UH, BY THE UH, UH, OAKLAND VILLAS OR OAKLAND? OAKLAND VILLAS? DID WE EVER BUY OUR PROPERTY? I KNOW Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

DID Y'ALL BUY IT? SO NOW WHEN YOU GONNA NEED THE DEVELOPMENT ARE ARE, ARE WE IN THE LAND BUSINESS? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW MANY CITIES.

I SAID IN THE LAND BUSINESS.

SO ARE WE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY? SO NOW YOU GOT THE PROPERTY OVER THERE THAT IS DEVELOPED, THAT'S GONNA COST MONEY.

NOW YOU'VE THINKING ABOUT CREATING TWO MORE PROPERTIES THAT'S GONNA COST MONEY.

DON'T MAKE SENSE.

I DON'T WANT MY MONEY AIN'T GOING TO THAT

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RAISING MY TAXES.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR TAX MIL RATE AND, AND, AND OUR DEBT MIL RATE? WHAT IS OUR DEBT? WE GOT TWO, TWO MIL RATES.

YOU GOT A REGULAR MIL RATE AND THEN WE GOT OUR DEBT MIL RATE.

AND THEN YOU ASKING PEOPLE IN THIS ECONOMY TO BE IN TO PAY MORE MONEY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ACQUIRE THIS LAND WITHOUT TAXING THE UH, CONSTITUENTS.

FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, DR. STEVENS.

UH, DID YOU HAVE COME, UH, MS. TANGER THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BANK OF AMERICA.

THAT PROPERTY IS IN FORECLOSURE.

THE BANK OF OF AMERICA DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY.

THEY ARE A TENANT AT THAT PROPERTY.

THANK YOU DR. STEVENS.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AT THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR AWESOME RESIDENTS AND STAFF.

UM, I DID, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND HOW WE GOT TO THE TABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BECAUSE OPPORTUNITIES DO HAPPEN.

I JUST WANNA CAUTION THE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EVEN THESE CONVERSATIONS.

IS IT GONNA NOW INCREASE? DOES THEIR ATTORNEY HAVE TO BE INVOLVED? IF THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION, WILL THAT INCREASE THE COST THAT'S GONNA GO TO THEIR ATTORNEY? SO THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED.

'CAUSE I HEARD COMMISSIONER HARRISON TALK ABOUT A LOCATION STUDY.

SO IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IDEA IS A PART OF OUR LONG RANGE PLAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE TO START TASKING YOUR STAFF TO WORK ON THE LONG RANGE PLANS SO THAT WE'RE NOT PREPARED WHEN OPPORTUNITY COMES.

I'M HEARING EVERYBODY SAY THIS NEW CITY HALL HAS BEEN IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN.

WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME WORK TOWARDS THOSE ACTION ITEMS SO THAT NOTHING SHOWS UP AS A SURPRISE TO YOU.

AND SO THERE ARE COSTS THAT ARE GONNA BE ASSOCIATED.

I THINK I SAID IT IN OUR BUDGET MEETING.

WE WASTE SO MUCH MONEY ON THINGS.

WE SPENT 200 AND SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE SYSTEM THAT WE CHANGING NOW.

AND SO 10 DECISIONS LIKE THAT IS $2 MILLION.

AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT THE STAFF IS REALISTIC AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IT IS WE DO NEED A NEW CITY HALL.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO CAUTION YOU DON'T LOSE FOCUS OF THE BIG PICTURE.

YOU HAVE A, A CONTRACT FOR YOUR THREE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS.

YOUR CITY MANAGER IS INTERN, YOUR HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR AND YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.

THOSE ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS OF ANY CITY.

SO AS YOU'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THOSE STAFF THAT WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO, IN THE END CARRY OUT ALL OF THESE MISSIONS.

'CAUSE WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS, UH, BEEN COMING HERE, DID SUBMIT, WE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING SOMETHING ACROSS THE STREET HERE, A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? THAT'S OFF THE TABLE.

WE CAN'T KEEP MAKING THESE TYPES OF DECISION.

WE CAN'T DO NO UPGRADES AT THE PARK 'CAUSE WE MOVING EVERYTHING ACROSS THE STREET.

NOT A NEW COMMISSION IN, WE DON'T STOP THAT.

ONCE AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE CONTINUITY IN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY OUR PREVIOUS COMMISSION.

I'M NOT AGAINST AN OPPORTUNITY.

I'M TELLING YOU, HOLD YOUR STAFF ACCOUNTABLE TO WORK ON LONG RANGE PLANNING ITEMS. SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO YOU.

THANK YOU DR. STEVENS.

MADAM MAYOR, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, BEVERLY WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK MORNING.

I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS REDUNDANT.

I HAVE BEEN COMING FOR TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN OFF THE DI DIETS, QUESTIONING THINGS, ASKING THINGS.

OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS A CITY MANAGER.

I HAVE TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHEN, WHEN THE PHARMACY MANAGER WHO PASSED AWAY AND WHY HE WAS NOT QUALIFIED, BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ABLE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE FOR DOING, FOR GOVERNING THIS.

YOUR, YOUR OR YOUR STAFF.

IT WASN'T THERE.

AND FROM THAT POINT ON, ONCE YOU START TAKING AWAY THE IMPORTANT THINGS OF YOUR CHARTER, YOUR BIBLE, YOUR COMMISSION, NOW WE GOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN, I, I CAN COME IN 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S OKAY THAT I COULD COME IN.

I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES I'M, I'M WATCHING, I'M ALWAYS ON THE COMMISSION WATCH.

SOMETIMES I COME, SOMETIMES I'M VERY FRUSTRATED.

WHAT'S GOING ON AS THE, UM, DR.

STEVEN SAYS THE THE MOST THREE IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE NOT QUALIFIED OR THEY, IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED, THEN THEY HAVE NOT BEEN VETTED.

I WOULD SAY JUST PROPERLY VETTED.

OKAY? I HAVE SAID THIS OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

I'M GOING FROM LOCAL LEVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TO TO MY, TO CITY HALL BECAUSE I SEE THE SAME THING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN CITY OF LAUDERDALE, LA NOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP, I'M GONNA HOP ON THIS, THIS GREAT, I'M GONNA GET THIS.

WE'RE GONNA BUY, UH, THE, THE, UM, UP HERE ON 44TH STREET.

YOU KNOW, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THAT BUILDING? WE

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GET THAT BUILDING.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT BUILDING HAS TO BE GUTTED.

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CHANGED IN THAT BUILDING.

GOTTA HAVE NEW WINDOWS.

IT'S GOTTA HAVE NEW ROOF.

I'M SURE ALL OF THIS STUFF, ALL OF THIS MATTERS.

WELL, WE KEEP DOING THE HOT SKIP AND A JUMP AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE, RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY STARTING TO CALL, WELL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I I HAVE NO IDEA IF YOU ALL DON'T COME UP HERE AND SPEAK AND TELL THEM WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL HAVE A CITY MANAGER THAT'S QUALIFIED.

YOU CAN'T, NOT AGAINST MS. DENISE.

I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HER.

SHE KNOWS THAT WE'VE HAD PERSONAL TALK, BUT YOU GOVERN THREE PEOPLE.

WE GOT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE, AS I SAID, 135 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

INDEPENDENTLY? 'CAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING IT AND THEN COME TO THE TABLE AND SAY, STAFF, LET'S WORK ON THIS.

FORMER COMMISSIONER WOOD, MS. HALL, GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR COMMISSION, CITIZENS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

UM, I'M ALSO GONNA SOUND REDUNDANT, BUT I AM LEANING TOWARDS THE PUBLIC PRIVATE, UM, STUDY TO BE DONE FOR CITY HALL.

I BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE CITY, INCLUDING THE COMMISSION, IS EXCITED ABOUT A NEW CITY HALL.

MY AND AFTER SPEAKING SOME TIME AGO WITH OUR FORMER COMMISSIONER, BEVERLY WILLIAMS, SHE SAID, OH, MS. HALL, THIS IS TALKS THAT HAS BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR MANY YEARS.

UM, I TOO WILL SAY THAT I RAN ON A NEW CITY HALL LIKE COMMISSIONER.

UM, HARRISON SAID THAT HE DID.

THE QUESTION IS THE OTHER FOUR PEOPLE THAT'S ON THE COMMISSION TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF FORMER COMMISSIONER LEVO WILLIAMS. WHERE DID THE IDEA COME FROM? WHERE, WHAT, WHERE'S THE PLANNING BEHIND? IT'S YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR IDEA.

NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE UNTIL I KNOW WHEN I THOUGHT OF IT, I REACHED OUT TO A FORMER MAYOR OF ANOTHER CITY WHO HAS PROPERTY IN THIS CITY AND TOLD ME OF ALL THESE OTHER OPTIONS.

UM, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I POSSIBLY DIDN'T HAVE THE YEARS OF GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF IT.

BUT I KNEW THAT I WANTED US TO HAVE ANOTHER CITY HALL.

SO IF THIS IS YOUR IDEA, RIGHT? WHERE, WHAT'S YOUR, WHERE'S THE ANALYSIS DONE ON SUCH A LARGE IDEA? THE MONEY, THE LOCATIONS, WHEN, AND I'M, I DON'T WANNA CALL ANY NAMES, BUT A FORMER, UM, CANDIDATE AND I, WE STARTED THIS AND WE STARTED IT INITIALLY BECAUSE, UM, IN THE RECENT YEARS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HERE, LOCATION, A LOT OF THEM HAD LARGE OUTSTANDING FINES AND DUES THAT WERE DUE.

THEN WE LOOKED AND WE STUDIED AND WE TALKED ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS AT NIGHT AND WE LOOKED AND WE THOUGHT, HOW CAN WE KEEP THE TAX DOLLARS ON THE TAX ROLL? BECAUSE YOU SEE, WE WERE GETTING COUNSEL FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS AND PUBLIC PRIVATE IS THE WAY THAT WE LOOKED AT IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE TOWN CENTER WAS, THE MARKETPLACE WASN'T EVEN KNOWN TILL WE STARTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, 'CAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, I CHAIR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

SO WHERE DID THE IDEA COME FROM? WHERE'S YOUR STUDY? WHERE'S YOUR ANALYSIS? UM, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE TAX DOLLARS SO AS TO NOT BURDEN THE RESIDENTS WITH THE COST AND WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL BACK IN THE DAYS AS SPREAD AMOUNTS.

SOMETIMES YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE ONE AMOUNT AND THEN WHEN YOU BREAK GROUND AND WHATEVER ELSE, UM, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.

RIGHT NOW, FOR YEARS I'VE KNOWN THAT THE BANK OF AMERICA PROPERTY IS NOT OWNED BY THE BANK.

IT'S OWNED BY SOMEONE.

I BELIEVE THEIR FORECLOSURE.

BUT SO ARE OTHER PROPERTIES.

DO YOUR INVESTIGATION.

OTHER PROPERTIES ARE IN TROUBLE TOO, IN THE CITY.

THAT COULD BE PRETTY, COULD BE BETTER.

GIVE YOU MORE SPACE.

THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS UP HERE EARLIER, WHILE THE SPACE IS NO, IT'S AVAILABLE, IT'S TIGHT, CAN BE TIGHT.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BANK PROPERTY AND THEN THE DRIVE-THROUGH AREA.

AND THAT LAND, BECAUSE THE LAND NEXT TO IT BELONGS TO FPL.

IF I'M CORRECT, UM, AND I I KNOW I'M CORRECT.

A PIECE OF LAND THERE BELONGS TO FPL.

SO WHAT HAVE YOU ALL WHO THE COMMISSION IS A LEGISLATURE AND YOU ALL MAKE THESE POLICIES AND COME UP WITH THIS.

SO WHERE DID YOU DO YOUR, WHEN DID EACH OF YOU WORK

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LET'S DO THIS.

WE CAN'T JUST THROW STUFF ON THE WALL TO AND HOPE THAT IT, UH, SITS.

'CAUSE WHEN AN IDEA IS NOT YOURS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILTER IT THROUGH AND BRING IT TO FRUITION THE PROPER WAY.

UM, WHAT I WILL SAY IS BAD IDEAS IS WHAT CAUSED US A GAS STATION RACETRACK DOWN THE STREET IS NOW CLOSED.

IT WAS ONLY OPEN FOR 10 YEARS.

IT'S GONNA TAKE US AT MINIMUM ANOTHER 10 YEARS FOR THE LAND.

THE LAND IS GONNA SIT THERE.

BAD DECISION MAKING FOLLOWING, DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK, COME UP WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS AND VISION FOR OUR CITY.

YOU, YOU ARE TASKED WITH THAT.

WE VOTED FOR YOU FOR THOSE REASONS.

I THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD DAY, MAYOR.

SO MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, A A COMMENT WAS MADE BY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF WE DO NOT PURSUE THIS PROPERTY, YOU DON'T DESERVE YOUR SEAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IF YOU ARE UP HERE AS A COMMISSIONER OR WHATEVER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE VISION AND YOU DON'T HAVE STRATEGY, YOU DO NOT DESERVE THIS SEAT.

YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS SEAT.

I THINK TOO, IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US TO NOT PURSUE THIS.

I THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE THIS IF THEY ARE IN HOT WATER OR SOMETHING'S GOING ON.

LET'S LOOK INTO IT.

WE ARE FUNCTIONING IN A NARROW-MINDED FASHION AND JUST LOOKING AT JUST ONE SPOT.

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THIS IS THE WHOLE TOWN CENTER AREA WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THIS PAPER, AND WE HAVE NOT DONE A PROPER STUDY AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH OURSELVES, BUT I HAVE HAD TALKS WITH STAFF AND WE HAD DISCUSSED MULTIPLE PLACES AND NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING ONE.

WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS FOR THEM TO HAVE APPROVAL TO GO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

THAT'S ONE THING.

WE HAVE A WHOLE SCHEMATIC OF SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US.

MY ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS A SHINY ITEM THAT IF WE'RE TOO FOCUSED ON THIS, WHY CAN'T WE FOCUS ON THIS IN OTHER PLACES? IF THIS POTENTIALLY FALLS THROUGH, WE WASTED POTENTIAL TIME TO LOOK AT OTHER SPOTS AS WELL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER AREAS.

A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JUST TOLD US SHE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

SO WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS, AND MY QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR AS WELL IS WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT? DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST? AND, UH, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS PLEASE THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, SANDRA, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I WANNA CORRECT THE RECORD.

I DID NOT SAY, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT A PUBLIC PART PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS.

I DID SAY I DID NOT KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT FOR US.

IT'S THE SAME BECAUSE AS IT IS, IT IS THE SAME THING.

THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SPEAK AS THE VICE MAYOR STATED, MR. REPRESENTING OURSELVES AND OUR RESIDENTS, PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER.

THAT GOES FOR STAFF, OUR AUDIENCE, AND OUR COMMISSION.

MS. TANGER, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, AS THE VICE MAYOR STATED, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IMMINENT DOMAIN OR WHATEVER, THAT THOSE LAWYERS ARE GOING TO SAY, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE ON THEIR PROPERTY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR RULES.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR OWN PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEN IT IS YOUR LAND AND YOU CAN DO MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH IT.

SO THAT IS WHY I STATED THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL WORK OUT FOR US.

AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION, I'M SORRY, .

MADAM MAYOR, YOU HAD AN, WAS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME? YES, YES.

THE QUESTION WAS WHAT'S, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THE QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT AND THE COST THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IS BECAUSE THROUGH MY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, SHE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT TAKE ON ANY OF THOSE EFFORTS UNTIL WE HAD APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION.

AND SO IN THAT PROCESS, THIS IS WHY WE ARE BRINGING A VERY PRELIMINARY REQUEST TO EVEN START THE PROCESS OF STUDYING THIS PIECE OF LAND.

MS. CHANDRA, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR DISCUSSION AT THIS MEETING TODAY IS TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION OF THE DETAILS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO START THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THIS PROPERTY, CONTACTING, UM, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AND FINDING OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING A BUDGET AS WELL AS GOING OUT FOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE ON THOSE ITEMS, UH, AHEAD OF TIME, THEN THAT'S ONE SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT FEEL WAS IN OUR PREVIEW TO DO.

OKAY, THOMAS.

YOU KNOW, I, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD COME UP IN TERMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A STUDY.

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IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE, YOUR COSTS, DEBT TO COST AND ALL OF THAT IS IN, IN LINE.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, NOT ONLY THE STUDY HERE, I DO AGREE THAT A STUDY SHOULD BE MADE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY.

BUT TO LOOK INTO THIS, WE ARE HERE FOR A PRELIMINARY IN ORDER TO STEP FORWARD.

IT'S NOT SAYING WE ARE BUYING THE BANK OF AMERICA.

THIS IS JUST A PRELIMINARY STUDY AND I I DO AGREE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED SOMETHING IN YOUR CITY.

I DO UNDERSTAND.

AND, AND WHAT I AM TRYING TO ASCERTAIN AS WELL IS THAT THERE ARE MANY, UM, COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE COME UP ON THE, ON THE DAAS OWN PERSONALITIES FROM OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO THE CONTINUITY SOMETIME THINGS ENGRAFT IN NEW PERSONALITIES WITH STAFF, STAFF LEAVING THOSE COMING, UM, IT DOES TAKE A WHILE.

IT DOESN'T TAKE TWO YEARS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE THREE YEARS, IT TAKES A WHILE.

SO EACH ONE IS BEING DEVELOPED, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE DAIS, UM, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND TO GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS NOT DONE THEN AND WHAT IS NEW NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NEW VOICE COMING IN, IN ORDER TO HEAR THEM OUT AND TO PLAY THAT THROUGH.

BECAUSE WE CAN BE, THIS WHOLE LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FORWARD THINKING WERE MISTAKES MADE.

OBVIOUSLY MISTAKES WERE MADE WITHOUT A DOUBT.

AND SOME OF THE FORMER FOUNDATIONALS SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT.

BUT WE ARE HERE NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP, PROCEDURES AND ALL THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE CHANGES HAPPENING SO OFTEN.

THIS ONE LEAVING, THAT ONE COMING, YOU KNOW, AND HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT PROPER STANDARD SET? THIS IS ANOTHER NEW THING, BUT YET STILL, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO DO A STUDY ON THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A STUDY TO LOOK IT OVER AND TO APPROACH THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THE COMMISSION TEAM BACK AGAIN.

AND AS WELL PLEASE DO YOUR, UM, STUDY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

UM, I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

UM, A STUDY IS IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, PARTICULARLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOWN CENTER CORRIDOR.

UM, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S THE PROS AND CONS OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND CREATE THAT PARTNERSHIP.

SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE POTENTIALLY MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN YOUR VACANT LAND.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE, BUT YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IT MAY WORK FOR THE CITY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO DO A STUDY ACTING CITY MANAGERS.

SO WE CAN SEE HOW ALL THESE OPTIONS COULD BENEFIT THE CITY.

IF YOU COME WITH ONE PLAN, YOU COME WITH OPTION ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

ALL I'M ASKING FOR, I THINK THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

AND THEN THE FEASIBILITY OF SET OPTIONS.

TWO.

OFTEN WE ONLY GET JUST PRESENTED WITH ONE THING AND IT SEEMS SKEWED.

UM, IF THIS CONVERSATION WAS JUST TO GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE, WE COULD HAVE HAD THAT WITHOUT A SCHEMATIC.

YOU GUYS COULD HAVE HAD SOME IDEAS OF HOW YOU WANTED TO GO ABOUT IT, BUT YOU BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSION, THE WAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IS IF, OH, WE'RE GOING FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWING YOU GUYS TO DO.

WE GONNA LIKE US TO GO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

BUT ALSO I WANTED TO ALSO MAKE MENTION THAT I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AT 150%.

I THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE IT.

I THINK WE SHOULD SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

I THINK IF IT'S AVAILABLE AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE SHOULD NOT HESITATE.

MY ISSUE IS I, WE, WE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET THIS RIGHT.

AND BY THE WAY, THE COMMUNITY IS CORRECT.

I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, MY COLLEAGUES ARE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY COME AND SPEAK, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAYING THINGS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE ADVICE FROM.

I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO WHO'S NEW AND WHO'S NOT, BUT TOO OFTEN IN, IN, IN CITIES.

THAT'S WHY I TALK ABOUT VISION.

WHY IS THIS JUST A NEW PLAN? WHERE HAVE ALL THE PLANS BEEN FROM BACK THEN? I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

AND I ALSO THINK EVEN THOUGH STAFF MAY LEAVE OR WHATEVER, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE.

SO IF THEY DO LEAVE, IT DOESN'T STOP NO TRAIN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ITEM, WE DO

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IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

I THINK WE SHOULD GO FOR IT.

SOME PEOPLE UP HERE IS GONNA MAKE IT SEEM LIKE I'M SAYING OTHERWISE.

NO, I THINK WE SHOULD GO FOR IT.

THAT'S THE COMMON SENSE THING TO DO, BUT IT'S ALSO COMMON SENSE TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.

THAT'S, THAT'S JUST DO A STUDY.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET EXCITED, PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR CITY HALL, BUT THEY AIN'T DO NOTHING TO HELP BRING A CITY HALL.

LET'S DO IT AS THE RIGHT WAY FROM NOW.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

SORRY.

UH, NASIR HAD HIS HAND UP.

OH, MR. NASIR.

UH, MAYOR, SORRY.

I ONLY GIVE THE INFORMATION TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER.

SHE HAS THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU MADAM ACN.

UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE PLAN DEFINITELY WAS TO GET A, A STUDY DONE TO SEE WHAT PROPERTIES WERE AVAILABLE.

THAT HAS BEEN THE PLAN SINCE I'VE BEEN ACTING CITY MANAGER.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS PREVIOUSLY A STUDY WASN'T DONE.

HOWEVER, IN THE MIDST OF THAT, THERE WAS DISCOVERY THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS AVAILABLE.

AND WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST THAT A PROPERTY HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AND FORWARD THINKING.

PEOPLE SCOOP IT UP AND THEY'VE CONSTRUCTED, THEY'VE DEVELOPED IT AND WE POSSIBLY HAD LOST A CHANCE.

I DIDN'T WANT THE CITY TO POSSIBLY LOSE THIS CHANCE.

UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE LOOKING AT THIS PIECE OF PRIME PROPERTY.

SO OF COURSE TO WAIT FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY WHEN THIS IS HERE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LOSE SOME TIMING THERE.

SO WHY NOT BRING IT FORWARD? AFTER SPEAKING IN MY ONE-ON-ONES, I SPECIFICALLY SPOKE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS AVAILABLE.

UM, WE, AND AND IN TURN THE DECISION WAS TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD WITH AS THE RULE RESOLUTION SAID, UM, CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, OBTAINING PRELIMINARY APPRAISALS, EVALUATING POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS, CO CONSISTENCY WITH CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IF WE DEEM OF COURSE, THAT THIS IS WHERE WE WANT OUR CITY HALL, IF IT IS THE COMMISSIONER'S WISH, WISH WE COULD STILL, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PLAN, MOVE FORWARD WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

BUT THIS PROPERTY IS STILL AVAILABLE NOW.

AND IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND IT'S BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND IT IS DECIDED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN OF COURSE THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

OR WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU.

I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I THINK ALL OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM TO YOU MADAM MAYOR.

I THINK OF, EXCUSE ME, MS. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, GO CONTINUE.

SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR.

I KNEW IN MY MIND FROM THE ONE-ON-ONE THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF DOING JUST THAT.

UM, BUT AS A PART OF MY DISCUSSION, I HOPE IT'S UH, DOESN'T, UH, I HOPE IT'S RECEIVED WELL, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CITY HALL, WE WANT A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT'S OUT THERE.

AND TODAY IT WAS JUST ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR PLACE.

I ASKED ABOUT VACANT SPACES.

SOUND LIKE THAT WASN'T A PRIORITY.

MY ONE-ON-ONES CONVERSATION, EVERYTHING IS A PRIORITY AS LONG AS IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

WE UP HERE HAVING DISCUSSION OF WHAT A NEW CITY HALL IS AND WE'RE NOT EQUIPPED WITH WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE.

SO, UH, AS A PART OF MY DISCUSSION, I WANT US TO LOOK AT MORE OPTIONS, BUT I LOVE THIS IDEA AND I'M GONNA VOTE FOR IT.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.

I THINK IT IS FORWARD THINKING.

IF IT'S AVAILABLE, GO FOR IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME.

YOU MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 5 FOR THE FOR APPROVAL.

ADAM CLERK VICE, UM, MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR COWELL 1 0 5.

IT'S JUST SECOND WORD.

OH, OKAY.

1 0 5.

YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE CORRECT.

GO AHEAD PAUL.

UH, THANK YOU SENATOR MAXWELL WILLIAMS. APPRECIATE IT.

MADAM CLERK.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR.

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

THANK YOU MS. TANGER.

MAD CASEY

[B. RESOLUTION 2025-102 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN REDUCTION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES (“CITY”) AND MARKETPLACE PLAZA, LLC (“SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT”)]

RESOLUTION 2025

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DASH ZERO TWO APPROVING AND 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 LLCA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND 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 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN AMOUNT OWED TO THE CITY PAYMENT TERMS, INCLUDING CONDITIONAL SATISFACTION OF THE RECORDED LIEN AND A COMPLIANCE INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 9 0 0 AND 2 3 7 8 4 NORTH STATE ROAD.

SEVEN LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA 3 3 3 1 1.

AS SETH FORTH IN THE LIEN IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 1 1 9 5 2 9 0 4 4 FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE TERMS THEREOF.

A COPY OF THE LIEN INSTRUCTION.

THE LIEN INSTRUMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE C CITY'S LIEN PAYOFF CALCULATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT B.

A DRAFT COPY OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED YEAR TWO AS EXHIBIT C, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 0 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR COSAL.

FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

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

THANK YOU MADAM MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU SANDRA.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CODE FOR A AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN REDUCTION AGREEMENT WITH THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA LLC.

THE INTENT OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO PROMOTE CODE COMPLIANCE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL RELIEF TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WHILE UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY AND HIGH STANDARDS OF THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, THE OUTSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS CREATED A BARRIER TO, FOR ITS REHABILITATION LIMITED ITS MARKETABILITY FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AND DISCOURAGED POTENTIAL REINVESTMENT.

TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, THE CITY STAFF WORKED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DEVELOP AN EQUITABLE LIEN REDUCTION AGREEMENT.

THIS EFFORT IS IN INTENDED TO PROMOTE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, RESOLVE TITLE ISSUES, AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND NEIGHBORING HOOD IMPROVEMENT.

AND I ALSO HAVE THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNER'S ATTORNEY HERE TO PRESENT AS WELL.

YOUR ATTORNEY CALHOUN.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS HOPE CALHOUN.

I'M LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNSEL FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT MOVING THIS SETTLEMENT FORWARD.

UM, IT IS, IT WILL FACILITATE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DO SOME THINGS ON, ON THE FINANCIAL END SO THAT HE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE, WITH REDEVELOPMENT.

UM, IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING TO GET TO THIS PLACE.

NOTHING IS PERFECT IN LIFE, BUT WE ARE HERE, UM, TO SETTLE AND IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

THANKS.

AND, AND THOMAS, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

AND FOR THE AUDIENCE, UM, WHAT IS THAT SETTLEMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED? SANDRA, THE SETTLEMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS FOR $330,000.

UM, PAYMENT, THE OWNER WILL PAY $165,000 ON FRIDAY, AND THE BALANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER 22ND, IS THE FINAL PAYMENT DATE.

AND, AND MS. TJA, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT? THAT IS A 35% OF, UM, THE LIEN THAT HE HAS CURRENTLY OWED.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IF 35% IS THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE LEAN AMNESTY REQUIREMENT, UM, BUT THIS IS THE SETTLEMENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS SET PRECEDENT FOR OTHER BUSINESSES, BUT, UM, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE OWNER TO SETTLE, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO ABOUT THAT.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK YOU DO AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THANKS SO MUCH.

MAD MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

VICE MAYOR CROSWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

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

AND COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU ATTORNEY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MS.

[C. RESOLUTION 2025-104 APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE “LAKES SPACE” EVENT TO THE CITY’S SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AS AN OFFICIAL INITIATIVE (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)]

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RESOLUTION.

2025 DASH FOUR APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE LAKE SPACE EVENT TO THE CITY.

SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 AS AN OFFICIAL INITIATIVE.

AND THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE, UH, LAST MEETING.

LAKE SPACE IS, UH, AIMED TO BE A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE EVENT WHERE IT'S GONNA BE A TALENT SHOW, ALSO A BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION.

UM, THE DATE, PROPOSED DATE IS NOVEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE BELLA VISTA COMMUNITY.

BELLA VISTA IS ON BOARD WITH THE EVENT.

UM, THEY THINK IT'S FEASIBLE, AND, UH, WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR TODAY SO WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN FOR AN EVENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESSFUL.

RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 4, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE LAKE SPACE EVENT TO THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026 AS AN OFFICIAL INITIATIVE BY COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON TO BE HELD AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER AT THE BELLA VISTA APARTMENTS GREEN SPACE, BEGINNING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MAD A MOTION.

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

I THOUGHT WE DID DO THAT.

MEMBER CLERK COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

MADAM MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 0 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, IT'S BELLA VISTA, APARTMENT GREEN SPACE.

WHAT, WHAT SECTION OF THE BELLA VISTA WOULD YOU BE USING? YOU, MADAM.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS COMPLETING HIS DISCUSSION.

UM, IN THE BELLA VISTA APARTMENT COMPLEX, IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, UM, IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, THAT LONG GREEN FIELD IS A PRETTY BIG FIELD.

UM, THAT, THAT'S THE AREA, THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD BE.

AND WHAT IT, WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL? WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO THERE? SO THE SHOW MOBILE, THE STAGE THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY IS GONNA BE MOVED AND BROUGHT ONTO THAT FIELD.

THE ONE FROM OVER THERE.

FROM THE PARK.

ONE FROM OVER THERE? YES, MA'AM.

THE ONE WE HAVE HERE, UM, IN PARKS.

UM, AND IT'S A BIG FIELD.

ONCE YOU GET THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE SHOW MOBILE COULD FIT ON THE FIELD.

I KNOW THE FIELD I LIVE BEHIND.

NO, NO.

I LIVE BEHIND THERE, SO I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING.

MM-HMM .

MR. HARRISON.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, SO, UH, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT THERE'LL BE A, UM, COMMUNITY TALENT DOING A TALENT SHOW, SINGING ANY TYPE OF TALENT YOU COULD THINK OF.

ALSO A BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION.

UM, THE WINNERS HAVE SAID THINGS WITH WIN PRIZES, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY THIS AS A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.

THERE'LL BE VENDORS ON THE PERIMETER AROUND THE FIELD, AS WELL AS A KID'S CORNER WHERE COMMUNITY CAN COME OUT AND ENGAGE WITH THE VENDORS, NONPROFITS.

BUT ALSO IF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY HAVE A BUSINESS, THEY TOO CAN BE A VENDOR.

AND, UM, THE IDEA IS TO DO THIS QUARTERLY.

AND MADAM, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THIS IS YOUR INITIATIVE.

THIS, THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD ONE BEFORE.

YES, MA'AM.

BUT SO THIS IS MY, OH, SORRY.

NO, NO, I'M JUST ASKING IF IT'S, THAT IS YOUR INITIATIVE IS, I THOUGHT WE, YOU WERE HAVING ONE ON JULY 26TH, WHICH I THINK THAT WAS ABANDONED THAT, SO THIS IS A NEW THING FOR YOU THEN, MR. HARRISON.

AND THANK YOU.

MAD VICE MAYOR.

NOTHING WAS ABANDONED.

THIS IS A, A SEPARATE INITIATIVE FROM MY, THIS IS MY INITIATIVE.

UM, THERE'S NO OTHER ORGANIZING ANYTHING AROUND IT EXCEPT FOR THIS IS COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON.

THAT'S WHERE THE RESOLUTION READS.

THERE'S NO OUTSIDE PARTNERSHIPS IN, IN TERMS OF WHO'S HELPING TO ORGANIZE IT.

UM, SO THIS IS MY INITIATIVE.

UM, WHATEVER THE COST IS GONNA BE WILL BE COMING OUTTA MY BUDGET AS WELL, UNLESS WE CAN FIND SPONSORSHIPS, WHICH I PLAN TO DO.

BUT IF NOT, EVERYTHING WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH MY INITIATIVE ACCOUNT.

AND THIS IS, YES, MY COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, ONE, ONE QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU.

UM, I, I'M STILL TRYING TO PICTURE THE LOCATION.

I'M, I'M STILL TRYING TO,

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IN THE PARKING.

I KNOW WHERE THE LIBRARY IS.

AND WHEN YOU LEAVE THE LIBRARY, THERE IS A, A STRIP.

THE APARTMENTS WENT BACK AND FORTH.

I, I'M TRYING TO RECOGNIZE, I KNOW THERE IS A RESIDENT HERE FROM BELLA VISTA TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE FIELD IS.

RIGHT.

I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE FIELD IS, KEN.

UM, BUT I, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT BELLA VISTA IS ON BOARD WITH IT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RESIDENTS? UM, I KNOW THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM TO JOIN IN AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING IT QUARTERLY.

SO HERE AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT FEASIBILITY STUDY.

HAVE YOU REALLY LOOKED INTO THIS IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS THERE DO WANT IT? MA'AM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

WE DO EVENTS ALL THE TIME.

WE DON'T ASK THE RESIDENTS FIRST.

I UNDERSTAND.

NO, I THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S, NO, NO, NO.

UH, OKAY, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

UM, BECAUSE I JUST WANT, I KNOW WE HAVE A HARD TIME EVEN PARKING WHEN WE GET OVER THERE.

UM, AT THE ECC, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING AROUND THAT AREA.

SO I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE A FUNCTION HAPPENING THERE AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE CARS PARKED IN THE AREA, PEOPLE GOING TO AND FRO.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY VISION FOR IT.

I DON'T, I DON'T SEE IT.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THERE'S OVERFLOW PARKING.

YEAH, WE, WE, WE ASKED IT LAST TIME.

AND SO THERE IS OVERFLOW PARKING IN BELLA VISTA.

WHEN WE DO EVENTS THERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S CERTAIN, CERTAIN PARKING SPACES THAT SAYS LIBRARY USE ONLY.

SO WHEN YOU GO TO AN A LIBRARY EVENT THAT'S NOT A PART OF BELLA VISTA, YOU MAY HAVE TROUBLE PARKING.

WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO BELLA VISTA'S OVERFLOW PARKING.

UH, THEY HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF PARKING.

THAT WASN'T A CONCERN THEY BROUGHT UP, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF IT WAS, THEY WOULD'VE BROUGHT IN IT UP, BUT IT WASN'T A CONCERN THEY BROUGHT UP.

AND, UM, SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO OVERFLOW PARKING.

MM-HMM .

TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY BAD IDEA.

UM, TO HAVE ALL, THERE'S NO PARKING.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PARKING THAT IS BEEN SPEAKING OF, BUT THERE'S NO PARKING, UH, DISTURBING OF THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I, AND MY QUESTION ALSO IS WHY DO WE CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? YOU TALKING TO MR. HARRISON THROUGH? YOU NEED TO LOOK THIS TO YOU.

LET ME TALK TO YOU.

WHY DID HE CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? MADAM MAYOR HARRIS.

UM, HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE HAVE A ISSUE WITH, UM, TURNOUT WITH OUR EVENTS.

UM, THROUGH MY COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS AN ORGANIZER, I'VE DONE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE DONE EVENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE WHERE YOU BRING EVENTS AND CONTENT AND THINGS GOING ON INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WHEN YOU WORK WITH NONPROFITS, THIS IS WHAT THEY TRY TO DO.

IT HELPS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO BRING IT TO THEM.

SO, UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOVE IT.

I ALSO FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA BE HAPPY THAT FINALLY SOMETHING'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

'CAUSE WHEN YOU DO ASK THE RESIDENTS, THEY ALWAYS SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? NOBODY'S REALLY IN TOUCH WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT CITY HALL.

UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RE-ENERGIZE OUR PARKS, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY FIGURED OUT A BEST REPEATABLE WAY TO DO THAT.

SO TO GO WHERE THE CROWD IS TO GO, WHERE THERE'S TO GO, WHERE THERE'S RESIDENTS THAT NEEDS THAT SPACE ACTIVATED, THAT GREEN SPACE IS NOTHING GOING ON THERE.

SO, OBSERVATIONS THAT I HAD, COMMISSIONER HARRISON MM-HMM .

WHEN I LEFT AN EVENT AT THE ECC ON THE LAST WEEK, I ALWAYS DRIVE PAST THE GREEN SPACE BECAUSE I LIKE TO TAKE WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES I CAN TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I'M IN AS I OBSERVED THE GREEN SPACE.

YOU SAID THE SHOW MOBILE, THE BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION VENDORS, THE KIDS CORNER AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

LOGISTICALLY, TALK TO ME ABOUT LOGISTICS.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY LOGISTICS.

I MENTIONED THERE'S GONNA BE, I'M GONNA ANSWER, I'M GONNA ANSWER.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

EXCUSE ME.

GO AHEAD.

YEAH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY LOGISTICS.

WHEN I SAID THAT THERE'S A GREEN SPACE, I, AND THAT'S A, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.

THERE'S A RECTANGLE GREEN SPACE.

THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE AND WIDTH TO WHERE VENDORS CAN SIT COMFORTABLY AROUND IN THE PERIMETER OF THAT GREEN SPACE.

SO IN TERMS OF LOGISTICS, THEY'LL BE THERE WITH THEIR TENTS AND THEIR PRODUCTS THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE OUT OR POSSIBLY ENGAGE WITH A NON AS A THEIR NONPROFIT.

SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LOGISTICS FOR THE VENDORS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN VERY WELL WHAT LOGISTICS IS DR. STEVENS, SHE MIGHT, MAYOR WHY SHE'S COMING UP.

I'M SORRY.

DR. STEVENS, GO AHEAD.

GOOD MORNING.

THE PROTOCOL

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HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

I'M ELLE STEVENS AND I'M A OWNER OF ONE OF THE TOWNS IN BELLA VISTA.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE APARTMENTS COULD GIVE APPROVAL FOR THE GREEN SPACE THAT'S OWNED BY THE MASTER TOWN HOME ASSOCIATION.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE WITH LARGE EVENTS ARE THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE MIS CONTRACT MEETINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BLOCKED ME IN PARKED IN THE OTHER SPACE, THAT AS OWNERS, WE HAVE TWO SPACES THAT WE ARE ON WITH NUMBERS.

AND SO I, I'M, I'M CAUTIONING YOU TO TALK TO THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE HIRED TO HANDLE OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN NOW GET TO US.

BECAUSE GENERALLY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY PROPOSE IT AND THEY GIVE IT TO US TO VOTE ON.

AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT AN EVENT ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE NOT LIVING THERE, IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD THAT WE CAN HAVE MAJOR EVENTS, BUT AS ONE THAT PAYS TAXES AND A MORTGAGE OVER THERE, THE PARKING IS HORRIBLE.

THAT LITTLE BIT OF PARKING WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING.

SO I'M JUST CAUTIONING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY.

THERE'S NOT GOOD, UM, THERE'S NOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MASTER, WITH THE, A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND THE APARTMENTS THAT THAT IS NOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

BUT THAT GREEN SPACE IS OWNED BY THE MASTER.

I PAY EVERY MONTH INTO THAT.

AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS EVENT.

AND IF YOU WANNA HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S USING THAT, I WOULD SAY A, A RESPONSIBLE STEWARD COMMISSIONER, GO TALK TO THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OVER THERE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THIS, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO DO IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE EVENT.

THANK YOU MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, OH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UH, SHE PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

NOW I MOVE FOR RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 0 4 FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS AGAINST COMMISSIONER THOMAS AGAINST MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL AGAINST MOTION FAILS MADAM A SIN.

[D. RESOLUTION 2025-106 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM (RTP) GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP) FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OTIS GRAY PARK, EXTENDING THE GRANT TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025]

RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO SIX PROVEN AN AMENDMENT TO THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OTIS GRAY PARK EXTENDED THE GRANT TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

AND WE HAVE MS. HEIDI BROCK THAT WILL PRESENT, OH, I'M SORRY, ATTORNEY MADAM CITY ATTORNEY.

RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 6.

ATTORNEY .

NO WORRIES.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THAT CERTAIN RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM, RTP GRANT, AGREEMENT NUMBER T 2 2 12 BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FDEP AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE PROVIDING FOR EXTENDING GRANT TERM FOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE OTIS GRAY PARK THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

DRAFT COPIES OF THE FDEP AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT ARE ATTACHED HERE TOO AS A COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE CLERK MAD MAYOR MADAM VICE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 6 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

THANK YOU MADAM.

MAY MS. HEIDI BROCKWELL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY.

ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES RESIDENCE.

THE ITEM BEFORE USE RESOLUTION TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OTIS WAY PARK TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

JUST SOME BACKGROUND, THE CITY WAS AWARDED A $400,000 RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT WITH A $200,000 MATCH FOLLOWING EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH FDP IN JUNE, 2023.

PROGRESS HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, PROCESS, WHICH WE HAD TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO BE GIVEN BY THE STATE.

UM, THAT TOOK OVER EIGHT MONTHS OR SO.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DID HAVE TURNOVER WITH STAFF AND COMPETING PROJECTS

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AND COMPETING INTERESTS, SO IT WAS, UM, DELAYED TO THIS TIME.

WE HAVE, HOWEVER, WE DID SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.

WE DID RECEIVE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, UM, ON JULY 25TH, AND THE STATE HAS BEEN DOING ADMINISTRATIVE EXTENSIONS SINCE THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE ALSO BEHIND.

SO WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, EXTENSION THROUGH DECEMBER WHERE WE CAN GO INTO THE BIDDING PROCESS FOR A AWARD FOR CONTRACT.

AT THAT TIME.

THEY WILL THEN LOOK AT, THEY WILL, UM, ALSO HAVE TO EXTEND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

SO WE ARE NOW ASKING, THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE AMENDMENT.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO, UM, EXECUTE THAT AMENDMENT AND THE EXTENSION THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THIS TIME.

MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, LIKE TO BRING, I'D LIKE TO, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 6.

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

SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

MY COLLEAGUES.

INU.

I AM FIVE CONSIDERATION.

MAD FIVE.

CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MATTERS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM SIX ADJOURNMENT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.