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GOOD AFTERNOON[1. CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYONE.SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY FOR OUR WORKSHOP.
THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. HERE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.
PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[REVIEW OF THE SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM.FIRST UNDER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING, WE HAVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 1 1 RENAMING THE CITY'S MULTIPURPOSE CENTER IN LAUDERDALE LAKE.
SO THE HAZEL P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YES.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, IT'S THE SECOND READING.
WE DID THE FIRST READING AND WE DID THAT, UM, AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND SO EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE ARE ALL ON STILL ON THE SAME PAGE TOMORROW NIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, ANY FEEDBACK, COLLEAGUES, ANY UM, COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS.
SO MADAM MAYOR, WE WILL BE HAVING SOMETHING SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THE BUILDING IS UP TO PAR AS FAR AS PAINTING THE LETTER IN SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND YOU'LL BE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION.
ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA.
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE? WE ARE ON ITEM ON THE MEETING AGENDA OF THE COMMISSION MEETING.
OH, WE'RE ON THE COMMISSION MEETING.
NO, BUT I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN MR. MS. BROS COME TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION, WHICH, BUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO PULL.
ITEM CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NINE A NINE B NINE C 90.
UM, FOR RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE NINE, THAT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND ACTON CITY MANAGER TOWARD A CONTRACT TO SOLITUDE LATE MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 64,802 TO PROVIDE HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR VEGETARIAN AND ALGAE CONTROL IN THE CITY'S CANAL NETWORK.
AND MR. RON DIS BRUNI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU.
MADAM VICE COMMISSIONERS, ATTORNEY CLERK.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON DES BRU, PUBLIC OFFICE DIRECTOR.
UH, MANIR DEAR, BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION ORDERING OR CONTRACT TO SOLITUDE LEAK MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 64,800 UNIT $12 TO PROVIDE HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR VEGETATION AND ALLERGY CONTROL IN THE CANAL SYSTEM.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, WE, WE OWN AND MAINTAIN 11 MILES OF CANAL.
UH, MAINTENANCE OF THAT CANAL SYSTEM NETWORK IS DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE DO SO WITH A COMBINATION OF, UH, EQUIPMENT, MANPOWER, AND CHEMICAL APPLICATION AND IN ORDER TO BE, UH, MORE PRODUCTIVE AND MEET THE SCHEDULE AND ALSO EFFICIENT, UH, AND EDUCATION TO BID WAS, UH, ADVERTISED FOR LICENSED CONTRACTOR, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, UH, TO THE CITY.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, UH, BUT THE, THE, THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE, OF THE MONTH.
AND WE DO SPRAY CHEMICAL ALL YEAR LONG, BUT WE DO IT ONCE A MONTH FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL.
WE DO IT TWICE A TWICE A MONTH FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER.
SO THE REASON WHY WE DO IT TWICE A MONTH IS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
WE GOT GROWTH OF, UH, HERBICIDE OR ALGAE AND, UH, AQUATIC, UH, WEED THAT GROW FASTER DURING THE TIME.
THAT'S WHY WE APPLIED THE CHEMICAL TWICE A MONTH FROM MAY TO, UH,
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TO SEPTEMBER.UH, WE USED TO DO THAT IN IN HOUSE, BUT MOST OF THE COSTS ROUGHLY ON A YEARLY BASIS, IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $75,000 IF, IF WE FACTOR IN STAFF EQUIPMENT.
BUT MOST OF THE COST GOES TOWARD PURCHASE OF CHEMICAL.
WE PURCHASE LA LARGE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL, ABOUT 50,000 A YEAR WORTH CHEMICAL ALONE, UH, COPPER SULFATE HERBICIDE.
SO WE SPRAY THAT IN THE CANAL SYSTEM, BUT UH, WE NEED THE LICENSE, UH, APPLICATION TO DO SO BECAUSE THERE'S RISK OF KILLING FISHES.
IF YOU DON'T DO THE WRONG WAY, YOU MIGHT END UP NOT JUST KILLING THE WEEDS, BUT ALSO, UH, THE FISHES.
UM, WE REVIEWED THE APP, UH, THE SUB METALS WE RECEIVED, UH, THREE, UH, APPLICATION.
ONE FOR FROM SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,812.
ONE FROM SOUTHEAST LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT FOR $349,992 AND ONE FROM D'ANGELO CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR 65,756 UH, DOLLARS.
UH, STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN DEEMED THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR.
WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY MAYOR.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYOR, MAYOR, MR. DE BRUSS.
I REMEMBER CLEARLY IN 2023 YOU CAME TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND YOU ASKED, I THINK YOU ASKED FOR SEVEN NEW PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE.
NOW, WHO WAS DOING THE SPRAYING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE NOW ARE, I DON'T WANT HAVE TRUTH OR HAVE WHATEVER IT IS, IS THERE ANYONE WITH THE LICENSES IN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE DOING THIS SPRING, MR. MARTIN? I NEED THAT.
AND IF WE ARE NOW GOING TO, YOU ASKED FOR SEVEN PEOPLE, AND I THINK WE DID GIVE YOU SEVEN BECAUSE EVERYTHING, ACCORDING TO YOU, NOT MY WORD, YOUR WORD WAS GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE.
AND IF WE ARE NOW GOING OUTSIDE TO GET CONTRACTORS, HAVE YOU LAID OFF ANYONE? DO YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME COMPLIMENT OF WORKERS WHO USED TO DO THE SPRAY? I JUST WANT A YES OR NO BECAUSE THINGS ARE HARD AS IT IS NOW.
AND I CAN SAY BEYOND A DOUBT, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH WHAT IS GOING AROUND US IN THE WONDERFUL AND GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SO HAVE YOU LAID OFF ANYONE HAS BEEN TERMINATED BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW PLANNING, YOU WANT US TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO GET A CONTRACTOR TO DO WHAT WAS ALWAYS DONE IN HOUSE.
MR. RON, PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR, UH, MANAM VICE MAYOR, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS FIVE DIVISION.
UH, THE STORMWATER DIVISION HAS 12 EMPLOYEES IN IT.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S AN INCREASE FROM ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
UH, THUS SEVEN EMPLOYEE REFERRING TO IS FROM THE LANDSCAPE DIVISION, WHICH HANDLE THE LANDSCAPING AND THE, THE PARKS, THE STREETS.
BUT THE, THE CANAL SYSTEM IS HANDLED BY THE STORMWATER, UM, DIVISION.
UM, WE WENT FROM 10 EMPLOYEES TO 12.
AND ONE OF THE REASON IS THERE WAS A POINT WHERE THAT DIVISION WAS KIND OF TOP HEAVY AND THERE WERE TWO HIGHER RANK EMPLOYEE THAT RETIRED.
SO I KIND OF FLIP IT INTO MAINTENANCE WORKER.
WE NEED, MEANING WE NEED MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO CURRENTLY THERE'S ONLY ONE VACANCY IN THAT DIVISION AND WE ARE WORKING TO REPLACE THAT.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A LICENSE ON BOARD,
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BUT THAT CONTRACT, UH, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LICENSE BECAUSE WE ADVERTISE THIS IN 2023.UH, ONE OF THE REASON, UH, MAYBE PROCUREMENT SERVICES CAN, UH, CHIME IN.
ONE OF THE REASON WHY WE DID NOT AWARD THE CONTRACT IS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DELAY IN PROCURING THE SERVICES.
BUT AT THE TIME THAT WE ADVERTISED THIS CONTRACT FOR BID, THERE WAS A LICENSE, UH, APPLICATION.
BUT WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO DO, UH, BECAUSE EVERY, WE DON'T, WE DON'T SPRAY EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH.
SO IT'S ONLY ONCE A MONTH FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL AND TWICE A MONTH FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER.
BUT
WE ARE FROM 10 EMPLOYEES TO 12 AND GIVING THE, THE M AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO 11 MILES OF CANAL.
UH, AND THAT JUST DIVISION ALONE, MADAM MAYOR, MR. RON, AGAIN, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR YOU CAME BACK TO US AND YOU GOT A CONTRACT TO DO THE LANDSCAPING.
SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND WHEN IT IS.
WE GIVE YOU WHAT THE COMPLIMENT OF WORKERS THAT YOU NEED AND THEN IN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS YOU COME BACK.
YOU NEED A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR TO DO THE SAME WORK THAT YOU ASK US TO GIVE YOU.
THE WORKERS, I DON'T KNOW, LAW, CITY OF LAW, THE DE LAKE SEEM NOT TO BE ON BOARD OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE, IN UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE WAS A LICENSED PERSON THERE TO DO IT.
SO WHY NOT GET ANOTHER LICENSED PERSON TO COME BACK AND DO THE WORK.
MR. RON? UM, TO MADAM MAYOR, YES, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE LICENSE APPLICATION, BUT LIKE I SAID IT BEFORE, EVEN WITH SOMEONE WITH THE LICENSE ON BOARD, IT, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THAT SERVICE DONE BY A LICENSED CONTRACTOR BOTH FOR SCHEDULING.
UH, SO THE WAY IT IS, IT'S WORK.
THE, THE STAFF THAT DOES THE SPRAYING.
WE, WE STILL HAVE THE STAFF ON BOARD, BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPRAY CHEMICAL WITHOUT THAT.
SOMEONE WITH LICENSE ON STAFF.
BUT THE STAFF THAT DOES THE SPRAYING, THEY DO IT ONCE A MONTH.
UH, IT MIGHT TAKE THE WHOLE DAY TO SPRAY THE CANAL.
UH, WE DO, WE DO IT BY ZONE, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMEONE IN TERMS OF COST, IT'S EVEN CHEAPER BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE PURCHASE THE CHEMICAL, WE STORE THE CHEMICAL, WE TRANSPORT THE CHEMICAL.
THERE'S SO MANY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DEALING WITH THAT CHEMICAL.
IF WE HAVE SOMEONE FOR THE SAME PRICE, EVEN CHEAPER TO DO IT FOR US, I CAN TAKE THE SAME STAFF AND ALLOCATE THAT FOR, UH, ANOTHER SERVICE AND BE MORE EFFICIENT.
UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE, THE ONE STAFF THAT WAS LICENSED, UH, IT WORKS, UH, USED TO WORK FOR THE STONEWALL DIVISION AND HE, HE HELD THE LICENSE, BUT STAFF THAT DOES THE CANAL MAINTENANCE THEMSELF, THE OTHER ONE THAT SPLIT THE CANAL.
WHAT WAS ADVERTISED IN 2023 AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A LICENSE ON BOARD, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE EFFICIENT TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
SO I SAW IN A BACKUP IT WAS 75,000 THAT APPROXIMATELY THAT IT WAS COST IN THE CITY, CORRECT? TO, UM, IS THAT WITHOUT THE, UM, PERSON THAT WAS LICENSED OR WITH THE PERSON THAT WAS LICENSED? MR. UH, TO
BUT TWO THIRD OF THAT COST GOES TOWARD CHEMICAL.
WE ROUGHLY PURCHASE ABOUT 47,000 TO 50,000 WORTH OF CHEMICAL EVERY YEAR.
SO THE BULK OF THE COST IS ACTUALLY CHEMICAL.
BUT UH, UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU FACTOR IN, UH,
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COST FOR STAFF, EQUIPMENT, VEHICLE, BOAT, FUEL, UM, IT'S ROUGHLY ESTIMATED 75,000 BUCKS.THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS.
AND, AND SO MR. UH, SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT, THEY'RE OFFERING, THEY CAME IN THE LOWEST BID AT 64,008, WHATEVER, UM, FOR DOING IT SOLELY, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT TO REMEMBER.
YEAH, THEY'LL PURCHASE THEIR OWN CHEMICAL, THEY'LL SPRAY THE CHEMICAL.
THE ONLY THING WE'LL HAVE TO DO SUPERVISOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, STAY WITH THE ZONE AS WE GIVE THEM THE SCHEDULE.
AND THAT'S, WE WE'RE NOT BUYING CHEMICAL ANYMORE.
WE'RE NOT STORING CHEMICAL ANYMORE.
WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE ON TOP OF THAT CONTRACTOR, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY DO THEIR JOB THROUGH YOU.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OR THINKING ABOUT A LICENSED PERSON.
IS THAT STILL WITH THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO HIRE OR THE CONSULTANT OR WHOMEVER? MAYOR, MR. WE HAVE ONE VACANCY IN THE STONEWALL DIVISION AND WE ARE WORKING TO REPLACE THAT TO FILL THAT, UH, VACANCY.
AND THE PER PART OF THE JOB REQUIREMENT IS FOR THAT PERSON TO HAVE THE LICENSE, UH, THE APPLICATOR LICENSE THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
SO I, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON IT BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO FILL THE POSITION WITH A LICENSED PERSON, THEN WHY THE NEED FOR A MANAGEMENT COMPANY NOW, MR. UM, TO MAN, NO, THE, THE VACANCY THAT WE ARE REPLACING IS NOT THAT THE JOB IS NOT JUST FOR, UH, HERBICIDE APPLICATION.
IT'S JUST ONE TINY LOAD, UH, ELEMENT OF THE JOB ITSELF.
UM, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HERBICIDE APPLICATION.
JUST, UH, ONE PART OF THE JOB.
ONE OF ONE PART OF THE REQUIREMENT, BUT NOT THE SOLE JOB OF APPLICATION.
MADAM MAYOR, WHAT WAS YOUR THOMAS, UH, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE SOMEONE THAT'S PART OF THE JOB APPLICATION IS BEING LICENSED.
WHAT WOULD THAT LICENSE BE USED FOR MR. RUN? WELL, WE WILL HAVE, JUST IN CASE WE NEED TO, UH, HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, UM, APPLICATION, I WOULD SAY, BUT WE WILL NOT BE IN CHARGE OF DOING THAT FOR THE CANAL.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ONE STAFF WITH THAT LICENSE ON BOARD.
UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THAT BID WAS ADVERTISED IN 2023, AND AT THAT TIME WE HAD A LICENSED EMPLOYEE ON BOARD.
SO THE PURPOSE WAS FOR MORE EFFICIENCY, UH, MORE EASE OF SCHEDULING.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE DECIDED TO, TO, UM, TO DO IT WITH A CONTRACTOR INSTEAD OF IN HOUSE.
MADAM MAYOR, ONE LAST QUESTION.
AND HOW OFTEN WILL THIS, UM, MANAGEMENT COMPANY BE DOING THEIR SPRAYING OR ALGAE AND ALL THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE VERSED IN.
HOW, HOW OFTEN MALAM MR. FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL, ONCE A MONTH, BUT ALL THE CANAL SYSTEM, ALL THE ZONES FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER, UH, TWICE A MONTH, WE HAVE FIVE ZONE OF CANAL INTO THE 11 MILES OF CANAL, UH, OAKLAND ESTATE, OIL ESTATE, EASTGATE, NOT GATE AND WESTGATE COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO MY QUESTION IS THE 64,000, IS THAT GOING TO BE A YEARLY THING THAT WILL HAVE TO PAY? THIS IS JUST A ONE TIME THING, A YEARLY THING.
IT'S, SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO MAYOR.
MADAM MAYOR, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE TREAT THE, THE CANALS? UH, MADAM MAYOR? YES.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A, UM, SOLITUDE IS DOING THAT CURRENTLY UP TO SEPTEMBER.
SO THIS MONTH THEY ARE APPLYING CHEMICAL TWICE THE MONTH.
SO WE'VE DONE ONE, UH, APPLICATION ALREADY FOR SEPTEMBER.
SO THERE'S ONE, ONE MORE APPLICATION TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE MONTH THROUGH YOU MET COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, YOU'RE SAYING THIS, UM, COMPANY'S ALREADY DOING THE WORK ON A MONTH TO MONTH, UM, BASIS BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE OUR LICENSE, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER.
WE, WE GAVE THEM SHORT TERM, I THINK IT WAS A FIVE MONTH, UH, CONTRACT TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AFTER SEPTEMBER, THE CONTRACT EXPIRED.
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CURRENTLY, BUT AFTER SEPTEMBER, IF WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT AND WE HAVEN'T HIRED THE, THE NEW STAFF MEMBER MM-HMMUH, WE GONNA HAVE A, A PROBLEM.
SO HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN HAVING SOLID SOLITUDE DOING THIS? HOW LONG IT'S BEEN NOW? UH, DURING MY MAIL, I BELIEVE FROM MAY THIS YEAR TO SEPTEMBER.
AND HOW MUCH HAVE WE PAID THEM SO FAR? UH, ABOUT 20, 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND IN TOTAL FOR THE, FOR THE FOUR OR FIVE MONTH COMMISSION? NO, THEN NOT, SO, SO THIS WOULD BE, HOW MUCH WOULD IT, WHAT IS THE SALARY FOR HIRING SOMEONE WITH THAT LICENSE? WHAT IS IT LIKE, WHAT IS A GOING SALARY? I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADVERTISING UHHUH
THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW MAY BE, UM, MAY 72,000 FOR THE YEAR 72.
MR. HARRISON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, MR. RON, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I GET BACK TO, UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR, YOU JUST SAID IF WE WERE TO HIRE SOMEONE WITH A LICENSE, IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $72,000, GIVE OR TAKE.
AND THE CONTRACT PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US IS 64 8 12 MM-HMM
BUT THE 64 8 12 CONTRACT TRACTOR WILL ONLY SPRAY FOR THE MONTHS FROM MAY UNTIL WHATEVER THE MONTHS THAT YOU SPECIFIED.
I CAN'T RECALL, BUT THE EMPLOYEE THAT WE WOULD HIRE WITH THE LICENSE FOR 70 SOMETHING WOULD SPRAY AND PERFORM OTHER DUTIES.
BUT I HAVE TO ADD THAT THE 70,000 JUST FOR THE EMPLOYEE THAT'S RIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE TO PURCHASE 50,000 WORTH OF CHEMICAL AS WELL TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, COMMISSIONER OFFICER WILLIAMS. SO, YES, WE, WE STILL HAVE TO PURCHASE THE CHEMICAL.
UH, WE STILL HAVE TO ANCHOR COST FOR FUEL.
UH, SO 72,000 FOR THE EMPLOYEE IS JUST ONE COST.
WE STILL HAVE TO PURCHASE THE CHEMICAL.
UH, WE HAVE TO ANCHOR COST FOR FUEL EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S, BUT THE EMPLOYEE WOULDN'T BE JUST PERFORMING SPRAYING APPLICATION.
UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, TWO QUESTIONS.
SO DOES 64,000 INCLUDE ALL THE CHEMICALS THAT WE NEED,
YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD'VE LOVED, I WOULD'VE LOVED THAT YOU BROUGHT US THE COMPANIES TOGETHER AND THE BIDS AND WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING AND WHAT THEY WERE NOT OFFERING THAT WE COULD SEE A COMPARISON IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A DECISION INSTEAD OF YOU DECIDED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH SOLITUDE AND SAID, HERE, THEY'RE THE BEST ONE.
BUT HOW DO I, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING, THE COMPARISONS THAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO I WOULD'VE APPRECIATED IF WE HAVE JUST BROUGHT IN ALL THE THREE COMPARISONS THAT I COULD MAKE A, A DECISION, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALL HAVE, SEE WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT OFFERING, WHY WE CHOSE THIS ONE.
UH, DO YOU MIND MAYOR RON? NO.
UH, A BID PROCESS IS IDENTICAL FOR ALL S SO THE, THE SCOPE THAT WE ADVERTISE IS THE SAME FOR ALL VENDORS.
THEY PROVIDED THE PRICING BASED ON WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICE FOR, BUT THE SCOPE IS THE SAME FOR ALL VENDOR.
ALL THREE VENDORS HAVE THE SAME BID DOCUMENT.
SO THEY PROVIDED DIFFERENT PRICES.
SOLITUDE PROVIDED 64,812, UM, SOUTHEAST LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT WAS WAY OUT THERE.
AND, UH, DEANGELO CONTRACTING SERVICES WERE AT 66,756.
BUT FOR THE SAME SCOPE, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY BID.
THE, THE SCOPE HAS TO BE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
MR. RYAN, BETWEEN SOLITUDE, LATE MANAGEMENT AND DEANGELO CONTRACTING SERVICES, THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT 18, MAYBE LITTLE LESS THAN $2,000.
WAS THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THE SAME? THE REASON THAT SOLITUDE WAS CHOSEN WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST THE LOWEST? NO.
UH, WE, WE LIKE THE, WE LIKE TO USE THE TERM THE MOST RESPONSIVE, UH, AND RESPONSIBLE, UH, BUILDER, BUT YES, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE SELECTION AS WELL.
MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE SMITH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DID, BUT I'M WITHDRAWING WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
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THANK YOU, HONOR.NEXT WE HAVE NINE B NINE B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE 20 AUTHORIZING THE MAN TO ACTON CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
FOLLOWING A SOLICITATION AS NUMBERED ON THE CITY'S DEMAND STAR PLATFORM TO PROVIDE A SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY FOR THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,400.
AND WE DO HAVE MR. RON HERE AGAIN TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
IS IT 30 OR 32 $30,400? MY APOLOGY.
MR. RON, LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT MAYOR, UH, YET BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING OR CONTRACT TO STENT A CONSULTANTING SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF $30,400 TO PROVIDE A SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY FOR THE SERIES SERIES SOLID WASTE, UH, FEE ASSESSMENT.
STAFF IS BRINGING IT UP FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION.
UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, MAKING AN ASSESSMENT TO THE CURRENT, UH, SOLID WASTE FEE THAT, UH, WE COLLECT FROM EVERY RESIDENT.
UH, CURRENTLY WE COLLECT $272 EVERY, UH, FROM EVERY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN IN, IN PLACE SINCE 20 18, 20 19.
AND THE PROCESS, UH, THE, THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN RENEWED TWICE IN, UH, 2019.
AND LAST YEAR IN 2024, EVEN WITH THE NEW, UM, RENEWAL, PART OF THE, UH, THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS THE FACT THAT, UH, THERE'S A CONSTANT FIVE YEARS, 5% INCREASE, BUT EVERY TIME WE WE RENEW, THE WEIGHT WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT EVERY YEAR IT GOES UP BY 5%.
SO THE HOW MUCH WE PAYING WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH, WITH THE RATE THAT WE ARE COLLECTING FROM THE RESIDENTS.
SO STANTEC WILL EVALUATE ALL OF THE OPTION AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, TO THE SL COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY, UM, THE BEST DECISION IS MADE TOWARD MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT OR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
MADAM MAYOR WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, THAT INCLUDES BULK GARBAGE PICKUP AS WELL DO MAYOR.
RECYCLING BULK AND REGULAR GARBAGE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 21 TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO THE MOST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE, AND LOWEST BIDDER, SAFA CONSTRUCTION WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CANAL FIVE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,423,585.
AND, UM, WE HAVE PROCUREMENT ZA FOR THIS ITEM, MR. ZA, OR, UM, WE ALSO HAVE NASIR FROM ENGINEERING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
MY NAME IS ZA AWA, PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES, UM, IAN COMMISSION.
THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, THAT WAS SOLICITED ON OUR DEMAND STAR PLATFORM.
UH, WE DID BROADCAST TO 2061 VENDORS ON DEMAND STAR 61 PLAN HOLDERS.
UH, THIS WENT OUT, UM, JUNE 11TH, 2025, UH, AND CLOSED, UH, ON AUGUST 15TH, 2025.
UH, AFTER THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED, UH, WE HAD FIVE BIDS RECEIVED.
UH, WE DID REVIEW FOR RESPONSIVENESS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VENDORS WERE COMPLIANT WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY PROVIDED, AS WELL AS THE LOWEST BID.
UH, THEREFORE, SFA CONSTRUCTION, UH, WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIVE BIDDER.
UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PROCUREMENT PROCESS REGARDING THE SCOPE ENGINEERING IS HERE AND THEY CAN ADVISE MORE ON THE SCOPE AS WELL.
AND THIS IS, IT SAID WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY NOT THIS STUDY.
THE ONE POINT WHAT, 5 MILLION? GOOD AFTERNOON.
5,000,001 AND A HALF MILLION COMMISSIONERS AND AUDIENCE? YES.
THIS IS ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
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PLAN IN HOUSE.SO BASICALLY WE ADVERTIS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
THIS IS ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE CANAL FIVE IS OR TELL THE AUDIENCE? EAST OF EAST OF 33RD AVENUE.
AND SOUTH OF C 13 CANAL, ALL THE WAY TO 32ND STREET.
SOUTH OF, SO IT'S 30 FLORIDA THIRD AVENUE, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH GATE SIDE.
CONNECTS ON THE NORTH SIDE C YES.
SO I THINK IT STARTS ON 32ND STREET ENDS ON 32ND STREET.
THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE OTHER SIDE, YES.
SOUTH FROM FROM 13 DOWN TO 32ND, 32ND.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, JUST WANNA CONFIRM, IS ARPA MONEY THAT'S DOING THIS? WE HAVE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR, LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLAR FROM ESTATE APPROPRIATION.
MR. NACIO, WHAT TIME FRAME ARE WE LOOKING ON NOW? IF WE START CONSTRUCTION? UH, IF IT IS APPROVED.
THAT PART, I CANNOT GIVE THE TIME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S STILL HERE IN PROCUREMENT.
AS SOON AS WE APPROVE IT, ONLY AFTER THAT I CAN CONTACT, I CAN TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR TO GIVE US THE TIMELINE.
SO BASICALLY IT'LL DEPEND ON CONTRACTS, TOUCH, TIMELINE.
OUR ANTICIPATION IS TO COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS OUR TENTATIVE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR ARPA MONEY WE HAVE TO USE OR WE HAVE TO BE IN AGREEMENT, UH, BY DECEMBER, 2026.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU MR.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. YEAH, NO, I'M JUST READING.
SO WE ARE ASKING, IT SAYS HERE THAT, UM, FIVE 507 $14,740 YES.
AND SO WE ARE ON, ARE WE GIVEN THE DIFFERENCE OF, OF THAT? YES.
SO, OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO IF WE'RE GIVEN THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT, WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR THE FULL $1.4 MILLION MINUS, MINUS, MINUS THE 1770? SHOULDN'T WE BE ASKING FOR THE DIFFERENCE FOR APPROVAL? NO, YOU ALREADY, YOU ARE APPROVING THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT INCLUDES THIS GRANTS AMOUNT, AND THE REST WILL BE COMING FROM ARPA.
SO TECHNICALLY NON VICE MAYOR MM-HMM
AND SO I'M, I'M CON THIS IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE CONTINGENCY, UH, INCLUSIVE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PERMITTING CONTINGENCY, THAT CITY WILL BE GETTING FROM THE GRANTS.
THERE ARE, THERE IS ALSO CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY FOR UNFORESEEN REASON.
WE, WE MAY USE IT, WE MAY NOT USE IT, BUT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST MAYBE LESS THAN THIS BECAUSE THIS IS BY PAY ITEM AND THE QUANTITY.
SO WHEN WE WORK BELOW WATER, THE QUANTITY MAY BE LITTLE BIT LESS OR MORE.
WE CAN EXACTLY FIGURE OUT A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPOSSIBLE, PRACTICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORK BELOW WATER.
MRS. C, I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, SO I JUST NEED TO EXPLANATION.
SO IT SAYS WE ARE GETTING ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THE BALANCE REMAINING, WE, WE ARE TAKING IT FROM THE OPERA FUND.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, SHOULDN'T THAT WHAT IT SHOULD BE REFLECTING YOU SAYING WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE EXPLAIN THAT PART TO ME.
NO, WE PUT THAT WHY WE PUT THE FUNDING SOURCE.
WE PUT HALF A MILLION DOLLAR THAT IS IN THE AGENDA ITEM AND REST WILL BE COMING FROM ARPA.
WHATEVER IS THE, WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS 514,007, UH, $740.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO RETURN THIS MONEY.
THE REST OF THE AMOUNT YOU ARE APPROVING THE MAXIMUM IT IN THE REALITY THAT MAY BE LESS THAN THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T PUT THE QUANTITY, WHATEVER WE NEED, WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT FROM ARPA.
YOU'RE APPROVING THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
THAT WILL BE IN THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
ONE IS ARPA AND ONE IS THE STATE APPROPRIATION.
MAD ITEM NUMBER NINE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 22 AUTHORIZING THE
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ACTON CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN EXTENSION TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES.THIS WAS PRESENTED ALSO AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, MADAM MAYOR, BUT WE DO HAVE ERICA LOCKETT HERE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, IF YOU'D LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION.
ITEM NINE D OH, SHE LOOKS SO NICE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK.
ERICA LOCKETT FOR THE RECTOR FOR THE, FOR THE RECORDS.
UM, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.
IT'S A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION, UM, FOR THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
THIS IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SHUTTLE, OUR NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST ROUTES.
AND IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT PAID FOR BY THE COUNTY.
AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
AND CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES MA'AM.
OH, YOU LOST WEIGHT? YES, MADAM.
A CM CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 10, A RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 23.
THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE FOR RAMS CAR CARE CENTER, WHICH IS A LONGSTANDING FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES SINCE 2004.
AND THEY'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO RELOCATE THEIR OPERATION TO 35 51 TO THIR 5 59 NORTHWEST 19TH STREET.
AND THIS MOVE IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF REEF PLAZA.
AND WE DO HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY THAT SHOULD BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
UM, BUT I DO NOT SEE HER PRESENT.
THIS ITEM WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.
MADAM MAYOR, IS MS. TANJA ON ON SITE? MS. ASAM? MME. MAY SIM I'M HOPING THAT SHE IS ON HER WAY AS FAR AS I KNOW SHE IS ON SITE AND I WILL TRY TO GET A HOLD OF HER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? AND I'LL DO THAT ALSO.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL HERS A, B, C 10 CONSIDERATION.
YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE ALL HER.
I GUESS THEY HAVE TO MOVE TO A, B, C.
WE HAVE D AND E AND THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE.
SO, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 26 CANCELING THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND OCTOBER 14TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING DUE TO THE CITY COMMISSION ATTENDING THE FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.
UM, AND THIS IS A CONFERENCE THAT CITY COMMISSIONERS MAYOR AND COMMISSION ATTENDS EACH YEAR.
UM, SO THIS IS STANDARD WHEN THIS HAPPENS FOR US TO CANCEL THE MEETING.
MADAM MAYOR, THE YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT, UH, PROCLAMATIONS ARE DONE ON THE FIRST, UH, MEETING, BUT I HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND IF I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN DO IT AT THE SECOND, UM, MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER.
THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY, MADAM MAYOR.
OH, YOU WON'T BE MR. HARRISON.
UH, I I'M IN FAVOR FOR THAT, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON CLARITY.
IS IT THAT THERE'S POLICY STATING WE HAVE TO DO PROCLAMATIONS ON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING WE DO BY PRACTICE AND THROUGH YOU, THROUGH TO US CITY ATTORNEY COULD PROBABLY ELABORATE.
I RESOLUTION, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMISSION BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED A POLICY THAT MOVED THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THAT, UH, ITEM TO THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
BUT I, THROUGH YOUR MAD MAYOR, I'M IN FAVOR OF FOR, UM, AN EXCEPTION OF OCTOBER DURING IT, THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, I'M IN FAVOR WITHOUT, MAYBE I WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE, SO IT WON'T AFFECT ME.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR, MY BIRTHDAY.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 27 APPROVING THE FUNDING OF THE AMOUNT OF $8,344 AND 23 CENTS FOR THE NEWLY FORMED LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INITIATIVE TITLED SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING, LOCAL PROSPERITY.
AND WE HAVE VCA BUCHANAN WHO WILL BE PRESENTING
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THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER OR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE, COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS AND GUESTS PRESENT FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
AS THE A CM STATED, THE ITEM RETURNS TO A RESOLUTION SEEKING FUNDING FOR A NEW INITIATIVE LAUNCH BY THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE INITIATIVES TITLED SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL PROSPERITY AIMS TO STIMULATE REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF SHOPPING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN THE CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP.
INCLUDED IN YOUR INFORMATION PACKAGE THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU EARLIER IS A PROPOSAL PREPARED BY CHAMBER REPRESENTATIVES DETAILING THE INITIATIVES, OBJECTIVES, PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY, TARGET AUDIENCE AND BUDGET UNDER THE TEAM SHOP LOTTERY DE LAKES.
ADDITIONALLY, I WISH TO INFORM THE COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM CHAMBER LEADER FOR THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE BRANDED GIVEAWAY ITEMS. THESE, THESE ITEMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE UPCOMING LOT OF DE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH.
AND THE MAIN PURPOSE OF GETTING THESE ITEMS IS TO PROMOTE THE WE HERE CITY, SHALL THE COMMISSION DEEM IT APPROPRIATE TO PROCEED WITH THIS REQUEST AND, AND MAKE THE DONATION.
I'LL RESPECTFULLY REQUEST PERMISSION FOR, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT RESOLUTION TO INCORPORATE THIS ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAD MAYOR, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MAD MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. BUCHANAN.
SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR CASH.
WELL, MADAM MAYOR, WELL, THE RESOLUTION IS YES.
THE RESOLUTION THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU TOMORROW IS A REQUEST FOR MONEY FOR FUNDING FOR AN INITIATIVE.
THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST IS YES, NO CASH, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BRANDED ITEMS. PENCILS, WHAT? WHATEVER THAT PROMOTE THE LOTTERY DE LICKS.
MS. HANNAN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CASH PLUS OTHER STUFF THERE.
MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, VIELKA FOR AMAZING PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, SO MY, MY, MY COMMENTS IS, IS STILL THE SAME.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF A STRENGTHENING OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF US HAVING OUR CHAMBER.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF SUPPORTING THE CHAMBER.
UM, HOWEVER, I I, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN AND I KNOW, UM, THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE CHAMBER CAME AND SPOKE.
UH, WE CAN'T BE A CHARITY TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
OKAY? WE, WE, WE CAN'T, THE, THE, THE IDEA OF A CHAMBER IS THERE ARE BUSINESS MEMBERS THAT PAY THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTE INTO A CERTAIN POT.
SO THINGS LIKE THIS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF.
I'M NOT AGAINST SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.
UM, I AM AGAINST GIVING THEM TRINKETS OR STUFF.
I THINK THEY CAN PROBABLY COVER THAT THEMSELVES AND THEN THEY CAN DO A LOGO REQUEST.
BUT, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE SOME TYPE OF COST TO US IN SOME WAY.
BUT, UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO BE KNOWN AND MAYBE YOU CAN TELL THE CHAMBER, MAYBE IF YOU SAY IT'D BE DIFFERENT FROM ME SAYING IT, BUT WE, WE WE'RE NOT HERE TO KEEP GIVING THEM MONEY.
THEY HAVE TO START WORKING THESE BUSINESSES TO PUT MORE SKIN IN THE GAME TO HELP DEVELOP THE CHAMBER.
UM, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR SOME TYPE OF, UM, RESOURCES TO HELP THE CHAMBER.
AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A PATTERN.
I SAID IT THE VERY FIRST TIME 'CAUSE I HAD A FEELING
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STRESS THIS TO THEM THE NEXT TIME THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER GIVE THIS MUCH AGAIN, TO BE HONEST, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE NEXT TIME THAT THEY'RE THINKING JUST, JUST, JUST CAUTION AND WITH SOME TYPE OF DISCRETION.
MS. KO, WHAT IS THE CHAMBER CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE ASKING US.
NOT THE TRINKETS, BUT THE $8,000 WORTH IS THE CHAMBER ASKING THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THEIR PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISEMENT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BY THE MAYOR? UM, BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH MR. GREEN, I I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, RAISED SOME SPONSORS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE BREAKFAST AND TO DO THE WEBSITE
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AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WERE LISTED MS VEHICLE, BUT BASED ON UHHUH.MADAM MAYOR, I THOUGHT EARLIER IN OUR DISCUSSION, MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THAT THE CHAMBER HAD SECURED A SPONSOR FOR THE BREAKFAST MM-HMM
AND THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TOMORROW, IS FOR THE INITIATIVE.
THE INITIATIVE THAT THEY HAD LISTED IN THEIR PROPOSAL THAT THEY CALL SHOP, SHOP, LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING, LOCAL PROSPERITY.
AND WE, SO THE $8,000 AND CHANGE THAT THEY, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY CHANGE, IT'S $8,344 AND 23 CENTS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE ONLY.
DO YOU MIND THERE? I REVIEWED THE BACKUP MATERIAL FOR THE POSTERS AND THE SIGNS AND THE MAILING MAIL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I, I THINK IT'S A BIT EXCESSIVE WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF THE CITY TO DO.
UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A FLAG POLE IS, OR I FORGET WHAT IS IT? FEATHER FLAG.
I'M SURE I CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S EXCESSIVE TO ASK OF THE CITY TO DO EVERYTHING.
WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT, WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE CHAMBER.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CHAMBER, BUT I NEED TO SEE WHAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING TO START UP FOR ITSELF RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO START UP, GIVE YOU TRINKETS, THEN COME BACK AGAIN POSSIBLY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
I JUST THINK THIS IS A BIT EXTENSIVE, EXCESSIVE RATHER FOR THAT.
UM, I, I DON'T WANT THE CHAMBER TO HAVE A BAD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
I THINK THE BEGINNING OF THIS DYNAMIC IS VERY KEY.
SEPARATE FROM THEM RECEIVING SPONSORSHIP FOR THE BREAKFAST.
WELL, HE CAME IN FIRST TO ASK FOR A SPONSORSHIP FOR THE BREAKFAST FROM US, AND THEN HE GOT SPONSORSHIP FOR THE BREAKFAST, SO NOW HE'S ASKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO WE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CHAMBER IS WORKING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST AN IDEA OF HOW THEY'RE RAISING MONEY.
I KNOW MEMBERSHIP WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING IN ON A MEETING.
THEIR DISCUSSION MEMBERSHIP LEVELS IS, UH, WE JUST WANNA KNOW, IS ANY OF THAT MONEY PLANNING TO GOING TOWARDS HELPING TO START THEMSELVES UP? UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET, BUT NO.
YEAH, THAT'S, BUT, BUT THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO BE KIND OF ANSWERED.
WHAT ARE YOUR MEMBERSHIP LEVELS LOOKING LIKE? DO YOU EVEN HAVE THAT FINALIZED? HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAVE DONE MEMBERSHIPS AND HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU RAISED? HOW'S THAT GOING? I KNOW THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS, BUT IF THEY CAN'T JUST EXPECT US TO KEEP SUPPORTING, WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO IF, IF, UM, I, I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN OR ANYBODY FROM THE ACTUAL CHAMBERS IN HERE TODAY, BUT IF, IF YOU CAN KIND OF RELAY THAT, THAT'S PART OF MY DISCUSSION.
HOLD COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
SO MS. BIANCA, HOW YOU DOING? I'M FINE, MADAM MAYOR.
SO THESE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS TO PROMOTE THE, THE EVENT THAT'S HAPPEN COMING UP OR IT'S JUST TO PROMOTE, UM, THE CHAMBER ALTOGETHER? EXCELLENT QUESTION.
SO I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRANDED ITEM IS TO PROMOTE THE CITY AND THAT WILL BE USED OR DISTRIBUTE AT THE UPCOMING LA DE LAKES.
NOW THE MONEY, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY.
THE MONEY, UM, I GUESS IT'S TWOFOLD BASED ON, ON THE PROPOSAL IS DEFINITELY, UM, THEY'RE SAYING THEY WANT TO, TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THEY WANT TO BUILD PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WANT TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH TO THE CHAMBER, TO THE CITY AS WELL AS TO THE CHAMBER.
SORRY, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT IN AGREEING WITH THIS BECAUSE IF, I THINK WITH THE BREAKFAST HE STATED WHY HE'S HAVING IT, THERE IS, THERE'S LIKE A HUNDRED BUSINESSES THERE MM-HMM
AND IF HE CAN ATTRACT ALL THE, AND, AND THEIR FEES IN ORDER TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER MM-HMM
SO IF THEY GO THERE AND MAKE A HARD SELL, THEY MAY CAN GET EVERYBODY TO REGISTER TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER AND GET THIS MONEY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
SO HAVE THEY DONE THAT, MADE THAT EFFORT YET? THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, SO I'M NOT SURE I'M ON BOARD ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, UM, THIS PROJECT, OR IT'S IN TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS? MM-HMM
HOW ARE WE GOING TO, ARE THE FLYERS ALREADY MADE UP? UM,
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I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROMOTIONAL ITEMS HERE AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW PEOPLE OR THEY HAVE PEOPLE READY IN PLACE, IF THIS IS APPROVED TOMORROW, ONE DAY TO BLAST IT, I, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT, MADAM MAYOR, AS FAR AS I KNOW THE INITIATIVE, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED.I KNOW THEY CRAFTED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE PRESENTED THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE AND HE PUT IT IN THE PROPOSAL.
THEY HAVE, THEY LAUNCHED IT ALREADY AND HAVE EVERYTHING ORDERED.
I I WASN'T PREVIEW TO THAT CONVERSATION.
WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSAL, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER? LIKE THE CORRUGATED SIGN AND THE WOODEN FRAMES AND ALL THESE THINGS TO PROMOTE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR THOMAS.
ALRIGHT, I'M LOOKING HERE RIGHT NOW.
15,000 FLYERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO 13,000 HOUSEHOLD $612.
WHEN IS THAT GONNA GO OUT IN ORDER TO REACH THE HOUSEHOLD? BY THURSDAY.
BY WEDNESDAY? BECAUSE IF THIS IS THURSDAY, 9 25 BREAKFAST, HOW IS THE HOUSEHOLDS GOING TO NO, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THIS STUFF OUT.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HERE ADAM, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I'M NOT IN THIS MEETING, MADAM MAYOR.
THAT IS THE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE INITIATIVE IS NOT GONNA START ON, ON THIS THURSDAY.
THIS THURSDAY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 25TH.
THIS THURSDAY IS NOT TO START THAT PARTICULAR, IT IS TO ALL LET PEOPLE KNOW AND THE BUSINESS KNOW THAT THE LAUNCH, THE, THE LAUNCHING OF THE CHAMBER AND START I GUESS RECRUITING MEMBERS AND OF COURSE I GUESS THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT THEIR PLANS ON HOW THEY MOVING FORWARD.
SO IF APPROVED THE $8,000 IS MOVING FORWARD FROM THE BREAKFAST.
THE BREAKFAST IS JUST THE GATHERING FROM WHAT THEY GOT SPONSORED.
UM, YEAH, THA THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP BECAUSE WE, WE'VE HAD SO MANY PROPOSALS LIKE A MOVING TARGET, SO THERE'S NO CONTINUITY ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WE'RE HELPING WITH, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE, THE BREAKFAST IS HAPPENING AND THIS IS JUST AN OUTREACH INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL.
AND THERE IT IS A NEW CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING NOW.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR RESOURCES FOR, TO HELP THEM WITH AN OUTREACH INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL AND THEY WANT THE CITY TO FOOT THE BILL
MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
MADAM MAYOR, MS.
WHO CAME UP WITH THAT MONEY? MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THOSE NUMBERS WERE REPRESENTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT MR. PATRICK GREEN.
SO I'M ASSUMING WITH THIS BOARD, WITH THIS INTERIM BOARD, THEY ARE THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S STILL, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S STILL NOT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I COULD UNDERSTAND THEM COMING TO US FOR UNDER $5,000.
I WOULD BE MORE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT, BUT $8,344 FOR SIGNS, FLYERS, WHATEVER IT IS, I, I NEED MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT TYPE OF DECISION.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, I'M NOT IN FAVOR RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR EITHER, BECAUSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE BREAKFAST, THEY SHOULD ABLE TO GENERATE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AT THE BREAKFAST IF THEY DO THEIR JOBS, IF THEY'RE, UM, BRINGING MEMBERS, MEMBERS SIGN UP, MEMBERS THERE, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I WANNA SEE THEM DO SOMETHING AND ONCE THEY DO THAT THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HELPING IN SOME WAY.
MS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO ALL THE BUSINESSES.
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THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.IF IT'S THE COMMISSIONER'S WILL, WE CAN ENSURE THAT MR. GREEN IS HERE TOMORROW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLAN FOR SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES AND ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ABOUT.
UM, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. HOW ABOUT WE TABLE IT UNTIL AFTER THE BREAKFAST AND THEN HE BRINGS US BACK A REPORT AND HOW THAT WENT AND WHAT HE, HOW MANY MEMBERS THEY GOT AND HOW MUCH HE COLLECTED AND THEN WE COULD TAKE IT FROM THERE.
MADAM MAYOR, I'M GONNA BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
OKAY? YES, I'M TO IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS ON THAT MM-HMM
SO JUST TO GET MY MARCHING ORDERS, SO THE COMMISSION'S IN AGREEMENT THAT WELL NOT AGREEMENT, THEY'VE GOT A CONSENSUS CONSENSUS THAT TOMORROW NOT NECESSARILY THE RESOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
WE GONNA TABLE, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THE BREAKFAST ON THURSDAY.
AND THEN, AND HAVE MR. GREEN COME BACK AT ANOTHER WORKSHOP.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES.
THE MATTER IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS COMMISSION DESIRES TO TABLE THE ITEM.
IT WILL, THE TITLE WILL BE READ AND A MOTION APPROPRIATE FROM THIS COMMISSION CAN GO FORWARD AT THAT TIME.
AND TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND, AND THE REPORT, PLEASE ASK HIM TO BRING A DETAILED REPORT ON, ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THE, AT THE BREAKFAST, HOW MANY MEMBERS THEY ACQUIRE, WHAT THE, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY COLLECTED DURING THAT TIME.
'CAUSE ALL MEMBERS THERE IS A FEE, SO, YOU KNOW, A VERY DETAILED REPORT ON THE OUTCOME.
OKAY? SO MADAM MAYOR, SO YOU DON'T NEED HIM TO COME TOMORROW THEN? NO, NO, NO.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS MADAM.
WE WILL NOW TRANSFER OVER TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A 5:00 PM TIME CERTAIN, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION UNDER FIVE
[B. PRESENTATION REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2024 YEAR END FINANCIAL AUDIT (5:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
B REGARDING OUR FISCAL YEAR, 2024 YEAR END FINANCIAL AUDIT.AND WE DO HAVE MR. HARVEY HERE, MR. RODERICK HARVEY, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY.
MY NAME IS RODRICK HARVEY, PARTNER WITH HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS AND WE ARE THE AUDITORS OF RECORD OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UH, TODAY IN THIS WORKSHOP WE BUILT, WE WILL PRESENT, DISCUSS, UH, THE AUDIT, UH, AND WHERE IT IS, WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE AUDIT IS 99% DONE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SOME SIGN OFFS.
UH, WE DID HAVE THAT SENT OVER TO YOU LATER, EARLIER, SORRY, EARLIER TODAY.
I DO WANNA MAKE AVAILABLE TO EACH OF YOU, I AM AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU TO DISCUSS, GO OVER ANY OF THE AUDIT NUMBERS AS YOU WISH.
UH, I BELIEVE I GENERATED AN EMAIL MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.
AND SO THAT STILL STANDS IF ANY OF YOU WANNA MEET WITH ME TOMORROW AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE.
REGARDING THE AUDIT RESULTS, UH, WE HAVE PERFORMED OUR AUDITS.
WE ARE ISSUING AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION.
WE HAVE, UH, ISSUED ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE AUDIT OPINIONS, WHETHER IT RELATES TO THE SINGLE AUDIT, UNIFORM GUIDANCE AND THE OVERALL, UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT A SAMPLE OF TRANSACTIONS, UH, FOR ALL OF THE CLASSES.
REVENUES, EXPENSES, AGAIN, GRANTS COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE NO REMAINING UNCORRECTED FINANCIAL STATEMENT ISSUES OR ITEMS. ALL PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE AFER AS REQUIRED BY GAS, GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS.
AND WE HAVE THOSE BALANCES IN YOUR REPORT.
ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS EACH YEAR WE DO, ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO REPORT TO THOSE WITH GOVERNANCE.
YOU ALL THE ELECTED, IF WE HAVE ANY FINDINGS, THERE ARE TWO TYPE OF FINDINGS.
AND SO WHETHER SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY OR MATERIAL WEAKNESS, WE REPORT THOSE TO YOU IN WRITING AND, AND USUALLY VERBALLY.
UM, BASED ON OUR AUDIT TESTING FOR 2024, WE HAVE NO, UM, REPORTABLE FINDINGS TO, UH, ISSUE OR TO REPORT TO YOU.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS A, A VERY GOOD, UH, PLACE FOR THE CITY TO BE.
UH, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS AUDIT PERIOD IS
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LATER THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD'VE DONE.UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH RESOURCES.
I AM HAPPY THAT THE CITY HAS GONE AND GOT APPROPRIATE RESOURCES NOW, NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, UM, TO ASSIST.
AND SO WE REALLY BELIEVE, UH, NEXT YEAR, UH, THE 25 AUDIT WILL BE BACK TO THE STANDARD TIME OF YEAR, WHICH IS USUALLY THAT APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME, UH, THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE AND REPORT TO YOU.
SO MADAM MAYOR, THAT IS MY REPORT.
UM, IF YOU WILL ALLOW, I WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU, VICE MAYOR OR THE COMMISSIONERS OR MANAGER, ATTORNEY, UM, THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME AS THE AUDIT PARTNER.
CAN YOU, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS? I CAN THANK YOU CAN READ, UH, I CAN'T AN ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST GOT IT AND IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED PAGES.
SO MY SUGGESTION, SO DID YOU, WELL, WE JUST GOT IT.
YOU STAY UP TONIGHT, CUT THE TV OFF, READ 125 PAGES, I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW ABOUT 8:00 AM AND WE GO OVER IT.
GOOD LUCK, BUT NO, YES, I AM AWARE THAT IT WAS, UH, POSTED IN, UH, TO YOU ALL LATE.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO ME TOMORROW, ANYTIME, NOT A PROBLEM.
AND WE CAN NOW REVIEW OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
WE'RE BACK TO OUR QUASI 20 20 25 DASH 1 23.
THIS IS IN REGARD TO RAMS CAR CARE CENTER, INC.
AND THEIR REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE, WHICH I READ EARLIER FOR THE RECORD.
AND MS. TORA MCCOY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
MADAME VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.
I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE RAMS CAR CARE.
THIS, UH, WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
IT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.
IT IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE RAMS CAR CARE CENTER, WHICH IS A LONGSTANDING FAMILY BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR SINCE 2004.
THIS CONDITIONAL USE WILL ALLOW THEM TO RELOCATE THEIR OPERATIONS DUE TO THE REEF PLAZA.
THE BUILDING THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND SO THEY'RE, UM, MOVING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO RELOCATE.
SO IN ORDER TO, UM, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION TO THEIR BUSINESS.
AND SO THIS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, JUST TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHERE THIS IS.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, WHERE KENTUCKY IS THAT CAR? YES.
THE GUY, THE REPAIR ONE THAT'S RIGHT AT THE END, YES.
RIGHT ON WHERE YOU SEE IT, RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE, UM, OF PLAZA.
IS THERE YOU MADAM MAYOR, IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS IN THERE THAT'S GONNA ASK FOR MAKE THESE REQUESTS? ALSO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OTHER REQUESTS OF THIS NATURE, HOWEVER, THAT BUILDING IS ONE THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS AREN'T GOING TO BE, WILL BE, UM, REBUILT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO BE IN THE PLAZA.
HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE PLAZA AND RAMS CAR CARE HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED A PLACE ON NORTHWEST 19TH STREET THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEEDS THROUGH YOU.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION, UM, IF THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A PLACE.
BUT, UM, TO, TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONER'S QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THAT PLAZA.
I DROVE THROUGH THERE JUST THE OTHER NIGHT.
I NOTICED THE BUSINESSES, LIKE MOST OF THEM ARE NO LONGER IN THERE.
UM, SO THE, THE DONNAS, THE, THE, THE CHINESE STORE REALLY JUST THE PAWN SHOP, AND I THINK THE, THE COIN LAUNDRY IS, IS, IS WHAT'S REALLY LEFT.
ARE THOSE BUSINESSES PLANNING ON COMING BACK IN THE NEW PLAZA OR ONCE THAT NEW PLAZA IS BUILT? UH, IT'S UP TO THE LEASING OWNER TO NOW PUT OUT AND SEE WHO WANTS TO COME IN.
I DON'T KNOW THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY, UM, ARE HAVE A LEASE THAT THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE UNDER, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT LEASE.
HOWEVER, UM, I THINK MOST OF THE LEASES WERE, UM, PRETTY MUCH UP AT THIS TIME.
SO IT, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A NEW PLAZA WITH A NEW, UM, GROCERY STORE IN PLACE.
UM, THE NEW BANK WILL BE THERE AS WELL
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AS I KNOW THAT THE PAWN SHOP WILL BE, NOT THE PAWN SHOP, I'M SORRY, THE CHECK CASHING BUSINESS WILL BE MOVING TO ANOTHER, UH, PLACE ON IN THE PLAZA.ITEM NUMBER 10 B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 24 QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AS WELL REGARDING SBA TOWERS XLLC APPLICATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 1 1, 1 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS LOCATED AT 3 0 0 1 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN IN LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
THANK YOU MS. TAN THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A, ANOTHER QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AND IT IS FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER UNDER SECTION 1 1 1, 1 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION IS ONE THAT, UM, DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.
AND SO IN ORDER TO, UM, ALLOW THIS APPLICANT TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION THROUGH OUR CODE, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS QUAI QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AND BE DENIED.
IF THAT IS DENIED TOMORROW NIGHT, THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM, UM, ON OUR AGENDA.
UH, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, LET ME JUST RECIRCLE BACK ON THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
THIS BOTH, UH, BEGINNING WITH ITEM 10 A IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, WHICH MEANS, UH, MAD MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU'LL BE TAKEN OFF YOUR LEGISLATIVE HATS AND YOU'LL BE PUTTING PRETTY MUCH ON A FACT-FINDING HAT.
UM, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD ME SAY, THESE TYPES OF PROCEEDINGS ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO GIVE PROPER COURT TO A PROPERTY OWNERS DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, BEGINNING WITH ITEM 10 A, UM, THE PROCESS WILL BE IS THAT YOU WILL HEAR TESTIMONY FROM, UH, STAFF.
YOU'LL HEAR TESTIMONY FROM THE APPLICANT.
YOU'LL HEAR, UH, OR SEE ANY DOCUMENTS OR EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, RESOLUTION, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL, YOU'LL SEE PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO ITEM 10 A AND UM, 10 C.
THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION UNDER FOR 10 A AND 10 C.
THAT REQUIRES YOU TO LOOK UNDER THE STANDARDS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 5 0 3.
AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ONE, THEY'RE LISTED FOR YOU.
YOU'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES OR DOES NOT SATISFY EACH OF THOSE CONDITIONS.
IF YOU BELIEVE THE APPLICANT SATISFIES THOSE CONDITIONS UNDER, UH, AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY, REVIEWING ALL THE DOCUMENTS, THEN AT THE END OF THAT DISCUSSION, YOU WILL DELIBERATE AND YOU WILL MAKE A FINDING THAT IT WILL, UH, THE APPLICATION DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OR IT DOES NOT.
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ITEMS 10 A AND 10 C.
THIS IS ALSO A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.
SO AGAIN, YOU WILL STILL HAVE YOUR LEGISLATIVE HATS ON.
UH, BUT UNDER ITEM 10 B, UH, THE REVIEW WILL BE, THE STANDARDS THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
AND AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION THEY'RE IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 11, 11.5, AND 11, 11.6.
THOSE STANDARDS ARE LAID OUT, AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE A FINDING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATION MEETS THOSE PARTICULAR STANDARDS UNDER 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6.
IF YOU FIND THAT IT DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARDS UNDER 11, 11.5 OR SIX, THEN YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION.
IF YOU FIND THAT IT DOES, YOU WILL, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THE APPLICATIONS ON ANY OF THESE THREE ITEMS. YOU CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR JUST SIMPLY APPROVE OR DENY.
NOW, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE ITEM C, YOU HEARD ME SAY IT'S, YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THE STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 5 0 3.
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UNDER 5 0 3? UH, IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARDS OF 5 0 3 UNDER APPLICANT, THE ITEM NUMBER 10 C, YOU WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF IT MEETS SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED UNDER SECTION 11, 11.7 11.11.7 OF THE CODE PROVIDES FOR A EXCEPTION TO THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET THE STANDARDS UNDER 11, 11.5 OR SIX, WHICH IS ITEM 10 B.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO HEARINGS ON THE CELL TOWER APPLICATION.
ONE IS TO DETERMINE IF IT MEETS THE STANDARDS UNDER 11, 11.5 AND 11.6.
IF IT DOES NOT, IF YOU MAKE THAT FINDING, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE APPLICANT WILL ASK YOU TO REVIEW THE MATTER AS A CONDITIONAL USE UNDER 11, 11.7, WHICH IS A EXCEPTION.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR RESOLUTION, YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IN ADDITION TO, UH, SECTION 5 0 3.
NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, SO YOU'LL KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHETHER WHO THE AFFECTED PARTIES ARE.
THERE'LL BE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR TESTIMONY AND WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, UH, TOMORROW.
BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU, AGAIN, TO RESERVE YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THIS MATTER UNTIL THE TIME OF THE HEARING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY, UH, CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO, UH, DUE PROCESS MATTER.
THANK YOU MR. COMMISSIONER FERRISON.
JUST TO, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IF, IF WE DO, UH, WANT TO SEEK MORE DUE DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH, WOULD YOU SUGGEST WE REACH OUT TO THE A CM AND OR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR? OR HOW WOULD YOU ADVISE? UH, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE APPLICATIONS.
UM, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE.
I WOULD STILL ENCOURAGE YOU, AGAIN, TO RESERVE JUDGMENT, UM, PENDING THE TIME THAT YOU'RE AT A HEARING.
UM, AND YOU'LL RECALL, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BEFORE, YOU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE HAD, UH, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT OR SOMEONE THAT MAY BE AN AFFECTED PERSON.
IF THERE HAS BEEN A COMMUNICATION, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO IDENTIFY WHEN THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPENED, WHAT DID IT ENTAIL, AND ALL OF THE DETAILS.
AND THERE WILL BE A WRITTEN FORM OF DISCLOSURE THAT WILL BE NECESSARY, BUT YOU'RE CERTAINLY FREE TO COMMUNICATE WITH, WITH STAFF.
UM, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
MADAM MAYOR, ONE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
IS TOMORROW THIS ITEM? IS THAT THE OFFICIAL HEARING? YES.
MAD MAY SAY, WE ALSO HAVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 1 25, WHICH IS ALSO A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, A APPROVING SBA TOWERS XLLC APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE WITH EXCEPTIONS, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PLACEMENT OF A 105 FOOT STEALTH MONOPINE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER, LOCATED AT 3 0 0 1 NORTH STATE ROAD.
AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND, UM, APPLICATION FOR THE CELL TOWER.
THIS IS THE CONDITIONAL USE THAT, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ASKING FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET IN THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE WAY THAT THE, UM, TOWER IS SITUATED, AS WELL AS THE DISTANCE FROM OTHER TOWERS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE A, UM, DECISION ON.
ITEM NUMBER 10 F RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 28 TO ALLOW MUSIC AT RESTAURANTS DURING CARNIVAL WEEKEND.
AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, MS. TANJA, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS A ITEM THAT, UM, FOR DISCUSSION, UM, THIS DISCUSSION ITEM WILL COME FORWARD ON OUR DISCUSSION HEARING TODAY, BUT IT ALSO WILL COME FORWARD TOMORROW AS A RESOLUTION.
UM, THIS IS A ITEM THAT WILL ALLOW THE CERTAIN BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO HAVE MUSIC, LIVE MUSIC, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC DURING THE CARNIVAL WEEKEND ONLY.
SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY KEY OBJECTIVES.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE BUSINESSES TO SHOWCASE THE CITY'S DIVERSITY,
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CULINARY OPTIONS, SUPPORT LOCAL RESTAURANTS BY DRIVING NEW CUSTOMER TRAFFIC, FOSTER, UM, CULTURAL PRIDE, AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS, POSITIONING THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES AS A VIBRANT DESTINATION FOR FOOD AND CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT.SO, AND, UH, THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS EVENT WAS THAT DURING CARNIVAL THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL AREA.
AND SO WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES BRING, UM, PEOPLE INTO THE CITY.
AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.
SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO SEE HOW THAT COULD WORK OUT.
YES, MS. WHAT TIME WILL BE CARNIVAL? UM, THIS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHAT TIME CARNIVAL IS, BUT THIS, UH, WILL BE FROM ONE TO EIGHT.
1:00 PM TO EIGHT IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
THE, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DATE OF CARNIVAL IS.
THE CARNIVAL SHOULD BE, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD ABOUT CARNIVAL, SO I'M JUST GOING BY THE DATE THAT I WAS TOLD.
'CAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH CARNIVAL.
I'M NEW TO THE AREA, SO, OKAY.
YOU MAD MAYOR THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, UM, ACT, MS. VICE MAYOR, I MEAN, NOT VICE MAYOR, UM, ACT CITY MANAGER.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHEN CARNIVAL IS OCTOBER 12TH? OCTOBER 12TH? YES, IT DOES RUN FROM OCTOBER 4TH TO OCTOBER THE 12TH.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THEY HAVE, THEY START WITH A JUNIOR CARNIVAL ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH.
THEN THEY HAVE A PAN JAMBOREE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 10TH.
THEN THEY HAVE DOVER, WHICH IS GONNA BE HERE IN LAUDER HILL ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PARADE AND BAND OF CONCERTS WILL BE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, I BELIEVE IN MIAMI.
I, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED IN THE BACK OF CONCERN IN BUS TRANSPORT.
IS, AM I STILL TO BELIEVE THAT IS SO THAT WAS AN EARLIER PLANNED.
IF IT WAS INCLUDED THAT WAS DONE IN ERROR, UM, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE BUS TRANSPORT.
MADAME COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER.
UM, WE WE'RE IDENTIFYING IT AS CARNIVAL WEEKEND BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND THE 12TH.
SO IS THAT, ARE WE ALLOWING THEM TO, UH, HAVE THIS EXCEPTION ALL DAYS BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND THE 12TH, OR JUST THE WEEKEND? THE FOURTH AND FIFTH AND THE 11TH AND THE 12TH.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, RESPECTIVELY.
MR. TAN, DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ACTIVITY WOULD GO ON FOR ONE OF THE WEEKENDS, WHICH IS, UH, OCTOBER 10TH THROUGH THE 12TH.
UM, AND THIS ONLY ALLOWS THEM WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF 1:00 PM TO 8:00 PM ON, ON THOSE WEEKEND DAYS.
MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
I KNOW THE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UH, THE DESCRIPTION YOU READ ABOUT THE, THE, THE PURPOSE, HOW THIS IS PROMOTING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE CITY AND CAN HELP BRING PEOPLE WITHIN THESE AREAS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK AT AS OPPORTUNITY OUTSIDE OF CARNIVAL WEEKEND.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AT ALL TIMES AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR PRECISELY.
I'M ALSO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN EXPAND THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.
AND, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN, TANJA, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US.
MS. TANJA, WHY UNTIL EIGHT THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TONE IT DOWN AT A REASONABLE HOUR.
UM, SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE BACKED UP TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SO JUST, UM, BEING A TEMPORARY SITUATION AND WE NOT HAVING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE IN PLACE FOR, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE LIVE MUSIC, LIKE, UM, SOUND BARRIERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD TO END IT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
VICE MAYOR, EIGHT O'CLOCK IS EARLY.
IF IT'S CARNIVAL, IT'S CARNIVAL.
I COULD SEE ENDING ANYTHING AT AT 10, EIGHT O'CLOCK IS LIKE FOR KIDS.
WHAT ABOUT ADULTS LIKE ME? YOU'RE BED AT EIGHT, MADAM MAYOR.
WHAT ABOUT ADULTS LIKE ME, RECYCLING TEENAGER LIKE ME, SHE GOES TO HER BED THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
I GUESS I WAS THINKING OF MYSELF 'CAUSE I AM IN BED BY EIGHT
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A BIT EARLY.SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LEAVING HOME.
THEY'RE JUST LEAVING HOME AT 10.
REALLY? BUT EIGHT O'CLOCK IS A BIT EARLY.
DREW, YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER.
I'VE BEEN OVERLOOKED LIKE SIX TIMES.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
ARE THEY DOING IT IN THE MUSIC AND ALL THAT ENTERTAINMENT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT? THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT IN THE PARKING LOT OR GO OUT.
THEY JUST NEED TO DO IT INSIDE, IN, OFF, INSIDE THE RESTAURANT.
THIS WILL BE, UM, REQUIRED TO BE INDOORS.
THEY WILL HAVE A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT FOR THIS ACTIVITY SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE TYPE OF, UM, SITUATIONS WITH THEM PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
WELL, MAYBE I DO, BUT I WAKE UP EARLY.
I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIME.
UM, AS YOU SAID, THERE'S NO BARRIERS, BUT WILL THERE BE A SOUND, UM, VOLUME THAT OUGHT TO BE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO BARRIERS.
I, UM, I'M ON 24TH STREET AND THEY HAVE SOME TIME ON 19TH STREET, WHICH IS TWO STREETS DOWN.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE OUTSIDE SOMETIME, BUT I CAN HEAR IT THROUGH MY WINDOW AND I HAVE HIGH IMPACT, BUT I, THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR WINDOW I KEEP AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY LOUD.
SO I, I PRAY THAT, AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE IN TERMS OF VOLUME.
'CAUSE I KNOW CARNIVAL, I, I CAN GET INTO CARNIVAL TOO.
SO, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
MS. TANJA FOR MUSIC ON THE INSIDE, THERE IS A LEVEL, A DECIBEL LEVEL, IF YOU WILL, FOR MUSIC ON THE INSIDE.
I KNOW THE OUTSIDE ALSO, BUT WE'RE TALKING INSIDE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AND I'VE WORKED IN CITIES THAT HAD LIVE MUSIC.
I MEAN, THEY WERE EVERY WEEKEND.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT ANY TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT TOWARDS, UH, NOISE OR DECIBELS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS VERY SUBJECTIVE.
AND SO IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR, THIS IS WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM, UM, THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE WORKED ON THESE TYPE OF ISSUES.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BRING THOSE, UM, ISSUES FORWARD OR TO MONITOR THOSE, SOME OF THE CALIBRATION TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO, TO EVEN BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT A DECIBEL IS, IS VERY HARD TO, UM, TO APPLY TO A SITUATION.
AND SINCE THIS IS JUST FOR ONE WEEKEND, I THINK THAT WE JUST LET IT, LET IT GO AND ENJOY CARNIVAL.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE DAYS OF NICE MUSIC
WE, WE'LL LET IT GO AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE ARE LETTING IT GO TEMPORARILY UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP.
YES, BECAUSE ANY, ANY, ANY, ONCE I START TO DRAFT THE ORDINANCE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS.
THANK YOU MS. TANJA FOR 11 O'CLOCK.
MADAM MAYOR, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES.
10:00 PM 11:00 PM WOULD YOU, IS IT THE CONSENSUS TO REVISE OUR RESOLUTION TO STATE 10:00 PM INSTEAD OF 8:00 PM FOR THAT WEEKEND, OR 11:00 PM GO HAVE SOME FUN.
HEAR THE COMMENTS OF COLLEAGUES.
I'M TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COME MAX WILLIAMS. I'M ON THE SENIOR CITIZEN SPECTRUM.
SO, UM, EIGHT O'CLOCK
LOOK, THE, THE, THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T LEAVING THEIR HOUSES UNTIL 10.
UM, IF, IF YOU ASK ME, JUST ME, I'LL SAY TILL, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, I
WE'LL ENSURE THAT THE RESOLUTION IS REVISED TO REFLECT THE NEW TIME.
MAY SEE, UM, BACK TO THE WORKSHOP AGENDA.
WE DID HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE A, BUT THAT ITEM HAS SINCE BEEN, I'M SORRY, POINT OF CORRECTION.
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THE COMMISSION MEETING.WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE, ONE MORE.
I KNOW MR. HARVEY WAS HERE EARLIER FOR THE AUDIT.
WE CONCLUDED THAT'S, IT SAYS ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE, WE DID HAVE MR. HARVEY HERE EARLIER FOR THE AUDIT.
HOW, HOW TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO REVIEW THIS? IF I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TOMORROW? AT, AT, UM, CAN WE IT TOMORROW IS A DEADLINE.
WE HAVE TO, MR. HARVEY EXPLAINED THAT THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THAT WE ARE LATE WITH OUR DEADLINE.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UM, APPROVE IT TOMORROW SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SUBMITTING IT TO THE STATE.
UM, IS THAT DEADLINE, SEPTEMBER 30? THAT WAS THE DEADLINE THAT WE SET.
THE DEADLINE HAS ALREADY PASSED, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JAC REQUIRING THIS INFORMATION.
SO WE DO WANNA GET IT TO THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I'M GONNA CROSS MY FINGERS.
UM, MY COMMENTS WITH THESE THINGS, WE JUST HAVE TO DO BETTER.
'CAUSE MR. HARVEY ISN'T IMPROVING IT.
SO IF THIS GOES UP THERE AND COMES BACK DOWN IN A BAD WAY, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE, WE'RE THE ONES ON THE HOOK.
SO, UM, PLEASE THANK YOU TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. SO I'LL GO HOME AND PRAY OVER IT.
SPRINKLES SOME HOLY WATER AND, AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
AS COMMISSIONER HAS SAYS, I'M NOT READING.
IT DEFINITELY WILL BE BETTER NEXT YEAR.
NOW WE'LL REVERT BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
AGENDA NUMBER FIVE A HAS BEEN REMOVED.
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REGARDING SUPPORTING THE BROAD MPO AMENDED 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR INCLUSION OF TWO PRIORITY QUARTER CORRIDOR CORRIDOR PROJECTS.NORTHWEST 19TH STREET TO NORTHWEST 43RD TERRACE TO NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE AND NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE SEGMENTS STREET, I'M SORRY, SEGMENTS BETWEEN BROWARD BOULEVARD TO MCNABB ROAD.
AND WE DO HAVE MR. NASIR HERE WITH HIS TEAM TO PRESENT THIS ITEM WITH THE MPO TEAM.
MR. NA, IF YOU WOULD, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONOR MAYOR, VICE CITY COMMISSION, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, AND THE AUDIENCE.
AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME, UD MOAD NASIR, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND ALSO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR THE GREATER CITY OF ROD LAKE, THE W AIR CITY YOU ALREADY SAW.
THIS IS, UH, WE HAVE TWO STAFF FROM MPO.
HE'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND, UH, HE'S THE PROJECT MANAGER, DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER.
AND WE HAVE ALSO COUNTY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT COUNTY WILL BE COMING TODAY.
SO THIS IS THE BEST TIME FOR YOU.
ASK ANY PERSON OUTSIDE THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.
I'M JAMES ROMAR, I'M A DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE BROWARD, MPO, WHERE'D THEY GO? AND I ALSO HAVE AL RESI, WHO'S THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE MPO AND THEN MIN LEE, WHO'S DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE COUNTY SIDE.
ONCE WE GET STARTED, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS, BUT THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU THIS EVENING IS TO CONSIDER, UM, APPROVING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR IMPROVEMENT ON TWO CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON IN THIS STUDY, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE AND NORTH NORTHWEST 19TH STREET.
AND WE'LL HAVE SOME DETAILS IN THIS AS IT GOES FORWARD.
I'LL JUST KEEP PRIMING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS AN EFFORT THAT IS COMBINED, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROWARD MPO, BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
JOINTLY, WE APPLIED FOR A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL, UH, FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH IS SS FOUR A.
WE'RE GONNA USE A LOT OF INITIALS AND ACRONYMS, SO STOP ME IF I SAY ONE THAT I HAVEN'T EXPLAINED PROPERLY.
AND WE WERE USING THE $5 MILLION TO DEVELOP THE BROWARD REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, OR FOR SHORT, WE CALL IT BSAP BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
AND WITH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, THREE MAJOR OUTCOMES.
WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WILL INCREASE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT,
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FUND, AND IMPLEMENT THEM.WE ALSO ARE IDENTIFYING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS SAFETY IN DIFFERENT WAYS SO THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A GOAL WITH A MILESTONE THAT BY THE YEAR 2050, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS DECREASED TO ZERO.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT OH 48, 48, 32 FA WAS IT.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD A LITTLE UNDER ABOUT A THOUSAND CRASHES ON OUR ROADWAYS THAT RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY PER YEAR.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER.
AND WE HAVE DONE SOME ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT THE MOST DANGEROUS CORRIDORS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
AND ONCE THE POWERPOINT IS UP, YOU'LL SEE SOME GRAPHICS OF THAT.
BUT, UH, A VERY DANGEROUS CORRIDOR IN THE COUNTY IS NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE.
AS YOU ARE ALL PROBABLY VERY, VERY WELL AWARE, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CRASHES THAT INVOLVE VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS.
AND SO THERE IS AN APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO ADVANCE SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS.
AND SO WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
WE ALSO LOOK AT 19TH STREET BETWEEN, UH, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE AND NORTHWEST 43RD TERRACE.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER COUNTY FACILITY.
AND AGAIN, FOR SOME REASON, THERE IS A HIGHER NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE CRASHES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO ENCOURAGE SAFER BEHAVIOR, SLOWER SPEEDS, RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE, UH, MOVEMENT, AND ALSO IMPROVED ABILITY FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO USE THE CORRIDOR AND TO CROSS THOSE STREETS.
SOON WE'LL HAVE PICTURES THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU.
BUT ALONG WITH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF, UM, PARTICULAR AREAS THAT ARE OF CONCERN AND OVERALL WITH THE ACTION PLAN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS, UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, I THINK, OVER 60 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND, AND HOW WE CAN COME AND WORK WITH YOU TO IMPROVE, IMPROVE SAFETY ALONG YOUR CORRIDORS.
WHILE MADAM MAYOR, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATION, PRESENTATION, I, I THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF YOUR WORKSHOPS AND TRY TO PUT MY LITTLE NICE TO SEE YOU DOTSON AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I YOU IDENTIFIED THAT 11 OF THE 338 CORRIDORS YES.
AND I ASSUME THOSE TWO 31ST AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN OUR BACKUP IS TWO OF THE PRIOR, ONE OF THE 11, CORRECT.
I I, I KNOW THAT 19TH THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I KNOW THAT 19TH STREET IS REALLY, UM, A HEAVY DUTY ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE TURNING, THE TURNING AND PEOPLE CROSSING OVER JUST THE OTHER DAY WE GOT A REPORT AS WELL CONCERNING THE PEDESTRIAN BEING HIT.
YEAH, THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SPOT RIGHT THERE.
ON, ON 19TH, THERE IS A, UH, CENTER TURN LANE THAT ALLOWS FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS.
AND SO THE PROPOSAL FOR SAFETY INCLUDES PUTTING SOME CONTROLS ON WHERE THE TURNING ACTION OCCURS, WHICH WILL HELP INCREASE SOME OF THE SAFETY AND WILL HELP CHANNELIZE THE, THE MOVEMENTS SO THAT IT'S, PEOPLE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE AWARE AND PREDICT THE, THE ACTIVITY THAT THEY'LL SEE ON THE ROADWAY.
AND THEN SOME OF THE, THE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS THEN ALSO ALLOW FOR SAFER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SO THAT IT'S NOT A PEDESTRIAN HAVING TO RUN ACROSS A FIVE LANE ROAD WHERE THEY CAN GO PARTWAY, HAVE LANDING AND THEN CONTINUE ON THE REST OF THE WAY.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THERE.
UM, OVER TIME, CREATING A UNIFIED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SEPARATION, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY'RE, THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE USING.
UM, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY YOU'RE SAFE RIDING IN A BICYCLE LAYING ON THE ROAD, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE IF IT'S SEPARATED WITH A CURB.
AND SO THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF APPROACH IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO ON NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE.
AND DO I CLICK IT FORWARD? UD ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, LET ME GO BACK A SEC.
SO I GAVE A LITTLE OVERVIEW THEN OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THE PLAN.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED THERE'S $5 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH ALLOWED US TO DO A LOT MORE ANALYSIS THAN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES HAVE DONE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE ALSO DID FOCUS AREAS ON SCHOOL ZONES, ON RAIL CROSSINGS, ON MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS, ON, UH, TRAFFIC THAT INTRUDES INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
THE COUNTY ALSO HAS BEEN A PARTNER IN THAT, THAT THEY PROVIDED A $1.25 MILLION, UH, IN-KIND SERVICES MATCH.
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THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE FED INFORMATION INTO OUR PLANNING EFFORTS HERE.SO I, I WON'T HIT THOSE AGAIN, AGAIN, ABOUT THE GOALS, THE PROJECTS AND POLICIES.
WE MENTIONED THE MAP OF THE, THE, THE DANGERS CORRIDOR.
SO YOU SEE THOSE RED LINES THERE.
AND THOSE AS, AS THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, THERE ARE 338 CORRIDORS THAT ACCOUNT FOR OVER 70% OF THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S 3 38, ABOUT 6% OF THE ROADWAYS.
AND SO IF WE CAN FOCUS ON IMPROVING THOSE, WE'LL DO A TREMENDOUS EFFORT IN DECREASING THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS.
OVER HALF OF THOSE ROADWAYS ARE STATE OWNED CORRIDORS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT STATE ROAD SEVEN FURTHER SOUTH.
UM, DIFFERENT AREAS, 31ST AND 19TH ARE, ARE, ARE COUNTY FACILITIES.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME CITY FACILITIES, I THINK OF INTEREST TO YOU ALL HERE AMONG THE TOP 10 WORST CORRIDOR SEGMENTS.
FOUR OF THEM ARE AT THE INTERSECTION THERE OF OAKLAND PARK AND STATE ROAD SEVEN.
SO EACH OF THOSE LEGS COUNTED, THOSE ARE FOUR OF THE WORST.
WE COORDINATED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT FDOT.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY ALREADY PLANNING SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
SO WE DID NOT FOCUS OUR EFFORTS.
AND AS THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, WE DID END UP SELECTING 11 CORRIDORS THAT WE CALLED OUR PRIORITY CORRIDORS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DO WALKS, TO DO TRAFFIC, UH, CRIME, I'M SORRY, CRASH ANALYSIS, UH, GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND WE DEVELOPED CONCEPT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR CORRIDORS.
UM, THE, AS WE DID THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, I JUST WANTED TO HIT REAL QUICKLY ON THREE MAJOR THEMES THAT ALSO WILL THEN TIE INTO WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR 31ST AND FOR 19TH STREET.
UM, FIRSTLY, IF WE CAN REDUCE SPEEDS THAT WILL INC DECREASE THE SEVERITY OF THE CRASHES THAT DO OCCUR, IF WE LOOK AT MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CRASHES, THAT WE CAN HELP LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE THOSE.
AND THEN NIGHTTIME CRASHES ARE ALSO A CONCERN IN TERMS OF THE LIGHTING.
SO IN TERMS OF SPEED REDUCTION, LEMME JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SLIDES IN HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, IN TERMS OF SPEED REDUCTION, IF WE CAN REDUCE THE SEVERITY, IF YOU GET HIT BY A CAR GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR COMPARED TO GOING 50, YOUR CHANCE OF SURVIVING IS MUCH GREATER.
IF IT'S MOVING AT A SLOWER, SLOWER SPEED, SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE SAFE, SLOWER BEHAVIOR, THEN THAT CAN DECREASE THE SEVERITY OF THE CRASHES.
WITH MID-BLOCK, WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THE TRANSIT STOPS ARE NOT LOCATED CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION, SO PEOPLE WILL CLO CROSS WHERE IT'S CONVENIENT.
SO WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP, BROWARD COUNTY, TO EITHER LOOK AT RELOCATING THOSE BUS STOPS TO SAFE CROSSINGS OR PUTTING IN SOME MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE IN THE PLANS FOR 19TH AND FOR 31ST AND THEN NIGHTTIME CRASHES.
WE FOUND THAT THE CRASHES THAT OCCUR AT NIGHT, WE THOUGHT WOULD OCCUR WHERE THERE WAS NOT LIGHTING IN PLACE.
WE'RE FINDING THAT THERE IS LIGHTING, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WORKING CORRECTLY OR IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.
SO WE HAVE SOME STANDARDS THAT WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SEE ABOUT IMPROVING THE LIGHTING AND MAKING IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE AS THEY MOVE AROUND IN THE EVENINGS.
I DID MENTION WE HAD A DIFFERENT SET OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE PLAN.
UM, TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE AMENDMENT PROCESS TO GET THESE PROJECTS INCORPORATED INTO OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO BRING THE, THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FOR FUNDING.
AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TALK TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS SUCH AS YOU THIS EVENING, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BEFORE IT MOVES FORWARD FOR FUNDING.
WE HAVE HAD OCCURRENCES IN THE PAST WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PLANS IN OUR DOCUMENTS THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF.
AND SO WE WANT, WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT OCCUR, AND THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS OF COMING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE IN OFFERING SUPPORT FOR THIS APPROACH.
AND ONCE WE GET YOUR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, WE ALSO HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK AND A COST ESTIMATE, AND WE'VE SHOWN COORDINATION WITH THE PARTNERS ALONG WITH THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF MOVING THIS FORWARD.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO THEN GET THAT IN LINE FOR FUNDING SO THAT IT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, WE DID FOCUS ON 11 DIFFERENT PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
UM, OVER 10% OF THE OVERALL DEATHS ARE OCCURRING ON THOSE 10 CORRIDORS.
SO WE, WE HOPE WE CAN FOCUS EFFORTS AND, AND MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.
HERE'S A LIST OF THE CORRIDORS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN OTHER CITIES.
DEERFIELD BEACH HAS DONE THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT PLANTATIONS COMING UP HOLLYWOOD, UH, FORT LAUDERDALE.
AND SO WE, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION.
I DID JUST WANT TO REINFORCE BEFORE I HAND THIS OVER TO AL TO TALK ABOUT THE CORRIDORS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AS PART OF THIS.
SO I HOPE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE, UH, MEDIA, SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA ALERTS OR GOOGLE THINGS OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
WE PUT, UH, SIGNS AT BUS STOPS ON, UH, UH, BIKE RENTAL KIOSKS, VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES TO HELP MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF SAFETY WITH TIPS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE MORE SAFELY AND ALSO TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PLANNING EFFORT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND SO WE THANK YOU.
HERE AT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDER, UH, SORRY, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
IS THERE A QUARTER JAR I CAN PUT
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CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR PROVIDING THE VENUE FOR TWO OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.THEY WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS THE CHANCE TO GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS.
WE THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE LOCAL EXPERTS.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, SO WE CAN BRING IN INFORMATION ABOUT DATA AND CRASHES AND, BUT THEY CAN TELL US SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE HAD A WALK ALONG THE CORRIDORS AND THEN ALSO TO PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THIS.
THEN LET ME HAND IT OVER TO FASEL WHO WILL DIVE IN A LITTLE TO THE, THE PARTICULAR CORRIDORS AND THEN FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY.
UH, SO MY NAME IS A FASO KSI AS, UH, JAMES HAD STATED, BUT THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I'M GONNA GO OVER TODAY OH, OKAY.
IS, UH, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE, UH, FROM NORTHWEST EIGHTH PLACE IN MCNABB ROAD.
SO, UH, WE WE'RE DOING A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES THROUGHOUT THIS CORRIDOR, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF, I WANT TO SAY IT'S 26 COUNTERMEASURES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SHARED USE PADS, WE'RE LOOKING AT RACE CROSSINGS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ADDING STREET TREES, NARROWING LANES, AND, AND DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNTERMEASURES THAT ARE REDUNDANT, RIGHT? NOT JUST FOCUSING ON THAT ONE THING IS GONNA FIX A SOLUTION, THAT IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY GO THROUGH HERE, BUT THESE ARE THE TYPICAL SECTIONS, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE HOW THE ROAD'S GONNA LOOK LIKE TO YOU ALL AS YOU ALL ARE DR.
DRIVING THROUGH, UH, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE.
UM, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE IS ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MILES LONG, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP THE SAME EXACT LAYOUT THROUGHOUT.
SO, UH, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHOICES.
AND THEN FOR NORTHWEST 19TH STREET, UM, AS JAMES STATED, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 43RD, 43RD TERRACE, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE.
AND ALONG THAT CORRIDOR WE'RE DOING, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 31ST AVENUE, BUT WE'RE STILL HITTING ABOUT 24 DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.
UM, SOME OF THE INTERESTING ONES ALONG HERE SINCE 19TH AND 31ST, A AVENUE DO INTERSECT EACH OTHER.
RIGHT? SO, UH, ONE THING WE'RE DOING AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IS PROVIDING A PROTECTED INTERSECTION, WHICH I'M GONNA SHOW A PICTURE OF, UH, SHORTLY.
UH, WE ARE, UM, AS I STATED, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY KIND OF MEASURES AND THE HOPE THAT THAT'S GONNA REALLY HELP US REDUCE THOSE SEVERE CONFLICTS AND THE BENEFITS OF VALVE REDUCING THOSE SEVERE CONFLICTS OR, OR THOSE SEVERE CRASHES, IS WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THE EXISTING CRASHES THAT ARE OUT THERE TOO.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST THE TYPICAL SECTIONS OF 19TH STREET.
SO THE TOP ONE IS, UM, WEST OF ZERO ROAD SEVEN.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THERE'S A CURRENT PROJECT THAT IS ALONG NORTHWEST 19TH STREET WEST OF ZERO ROAD SEVEN.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE A, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CHANGING THE TYPICAL SECTION AT THAT LOCATION, BUT EAST OF STATE ROAD SEVEN ALL THE WAY UP TO 31ST AVENUE, UM, THIS IS HOW THE, UH, CORRIDOR'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE, THE SIDEWALK'S GONNA BE WIDER, THEN THE LANES ARE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT NARROWER AND WE ARE GOING TO BE INTRODUCING SOME NEW MEDIANS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR WITHOUT IMPACTING THE BUSINESS.
THE ABILITY FOR BUSINESSES TO DO THEIR, UM, THEIR, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TURNING MOVEMENTS AND IMPACTING, OH, I DUNNO WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
AND, UH, AND IMPACTING THEIR ACCESS.
SO FOR THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GRAY ONES.
SO, UM, ON THE TOP LEFT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A RACE INTERSECTION.
WE, WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE A RAISE INTERSECTION, I WANNA SAY IT'S ALONG LOS SOLAS IN SIERRA FOR LAUDERDALE.
THEY, THIS IS A MORE NEWER TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT'S STARTING TO BE ACCEPTED BY A LOT MORE AGENCIES SUCH AS FDT ACCEPTS THIS TREATMENT NOW ON, ON SOME OF THEIR, UH, FACILITIES DEPENDING UPON THE SPEED.
UM, ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A RACE CROSSWALK.
UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN THE COUNT.
WE, WE HAVE ONE IN THE COUNTY GETTING BUILT ACTUALLY ALONG NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE, JUST NORTH OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
SO IF YOU'RE HAPPEN TO BE IN THAT AREA, YOU CAN ALSO CHECK IT OUT AND, AND SEE HOW THAT FUNCTIONS.
AND, UM, THE PICTURE ON THE TOP RIGHT.
AND THE BOTTOM LEFT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, COUNTERMEASURES THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED AT SOME OF THESE CROSSINGS, LIKE THOSE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS AND THE MIDBLOCK REFUGE AREAS.
SO IN THE TOP MIDDLE IS THAT EXAMPLE OF A PROTECTED INTERSECTION.
UM, WHAT A PROTECTED INTERSECTION ALLOWS YOU TO DO IS IF YOU'RE WALKING OR YOU'RE BIKING, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET FURTHER ALONG AND YOU'RE CROSSING AS A VEHICLE IS TURNING.
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VIEW OF THE DRIVER.UM, THAT WAY IT ALSO GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU CAN MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE PULLING AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, THERE, THERE'S A ALSO MANY OTHER, UH, SAFETY COUNTERS MEASURES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.
BUT, UH, OTHER EXAMPLES IS LIKE THAT SPEED TIP ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A RAISED CROSSWALK.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, UH, PROVIDING, UH, LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS, UM, WHICH ALLOWS YOU AS A PEDESTRIAN OR A CYCLIST A FEW EXTRA SECONDS ON, WHILE THE SIGNALS ARE ALL RED.
IT'LL GIVE YOU THREE TO FIVE SECONDS TO GO INTO THE INTERSECTION SO YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SOME OF THOSE TURNING VEHICLES.
AND, UH, ALSO DEFINITELY LOOKING AT LIGHTING AND, AND JUST DOING SOME VERY COMMON SENSE TYPE OF COUNTER MEASURES SUCH AS, UH, JUST STRIPING THE CROSSWALKS, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, UM, SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES REGARDING SPEED, UH, REDUCING THE, THE TURNING RADIUSES AT THE INTERSECTION.
SO IT FORCES YOU TO GO A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, BUT THEN ALSO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ATTENTIVE TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS OR CYCLISTS, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKING AT REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO A SPEED LIMIT THAT THE DESIGN CAN SUPPORT.
AND THAT WAY IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE DRIVING THE CORRECT SPEED BASED ON WHAT THE ROADWAY IS, THEN POTENTIALLY THERE'S LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF THOSE SEVERE HIGH SPEED CRASHES FROM OCCURRING.
AND POTENTIALLY ALSO FOR THAT, THIS CAN ALSO HELP OUT TRAFFIC EN ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T DRIVE 50 MILES AN HOUR AND YOU CAN ONLY DRIVE 45, THEN YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE, UM, EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT BY A, BY A LARGE AMOUNT.
MADAM MAYOR, MAY I ASK A QUE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANTED TO ASK, I KNOW IN FORT LAUDERDALE THEY HAVE SOME OF THE CURVE THAT GO FURTHER OUT IN THE STREET FOR TURNIN.
UM, WELL, IS THAT DESIGNED IN, IN THIS, IS IT SIMILAR? UM, YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, LIKE NORTHWEST 15TH AVENUE OR SOME PLACES.
I BELIEVE IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, I THINK THEY HAVE WHAT THEY, WHAT'S CALLED LIKE TRUCK APRONS WHERE AS A DRIVER WHEN IT FORCES YOU TO MAKE A TURN AT A SLOWER, AT A SLOWER SPEED WHERE YOU'RE STOPPING AND THEN TURNING RATHER THAN JUST FLYING AROUND THE TURN LIKE YOU'RE GOING ONTO AN ON RAMP, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT UM, REDUCING THOSE RADIUSES OR THOSE, THE TURNS AT THE INTERSECTION TO TRY TO HELP ACCOMMODATE A MORE APPROPRIATE SPEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TURNING.
WHICH WILL ALSO HELP OUT WITH THE CROSSWALK SPACING AND IT PUSHES THOSE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK TOO.
TWO, IN YOUR CORRIDOR WIDE IMPROVEMENTS, ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS RELOCATION OF BUS STOPS, UM, AND PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE BUS STOP NOW EXISTS.
WHERE WOULD THEY BE LOCATED? YES.
SO, UM, WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AND UM, BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN GET THOSE BUS STOPS, ONE TO LINE UP, UM, ON EITHER SIDES OF THE ROADWAY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SOMETIMES THERE'S KINDA LIKE AN OFFSET.
WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS BECAUSE WHAT OUR FINDINGS TOLD US WAS WHERE YOU HAVE A BUS STOP, THERE'S MORE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN CRASHES THAT ARE OCCURRING THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CROSSING THE STREET AS A PEDESTRIAN WALKING 500 FEET OR A THOUSAND FEET DOWN THE ROADWAY AND THEN CROSSING IT AND COMING ALL THE WAY BACK.
WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
SO HOW CAN WE BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPOSE IT AT A LOCATION THAT MAKES SENSE? AND WHERE THERE'S ALREADY EXISTS, WHERE THERE'S EITHER EXISTING BUS STOPS OR WHERE MAYBE WE CAN MOVE ONE OF THOSE BUS STOPS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET TO BE CLOSER TO THAT CROSSING SO THAT WAY WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF THE BUS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY CROSS AT THAT LOCATION COMFORTABLY.
AND WE CAN TRY TO MOVE THOSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME OFF THE BUS TO, UH, THOSE TYPE OF LOCATIONS.
BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF BUS STOPS, WE'RE JUST GONNA BE MOVING IT, UH, CLOSER TO A SIGNAL LIGHTS CROSSING.
AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CRASHES OR ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ARE PERSONS GETTING OFF THE BUS AND CROSSING THE MAJOR HIGHWAY OR ANY HIGHWAY RIGHT AT WHERE THEY GET OFF THE BUS INSTEAD OF WALKING AS YOU SAY, THOSE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET AND CROSSING AT THE CROSSWALK.
AND, AND UH, WHILE, WHILE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY PARTNERS, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE EVERY SINGLE BUS STOP BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S INTENT WHILE THOSE BUS STOPS ARE THERE, BUT WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE BUS UP TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHERE THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE TOO.
ALRIGHT, SO I THINK I JUST HAD TWO MORE SLIDES.
SO THE DEADLINE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT IS NOVEMBER 10TH OF UM, OR A MONTH AND A HALF FROM NOW.
AND THEN, UM, WE WANT, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT, WE'RE GONNA INTEGRATE THE PROJECTS
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THAT HAVE ONE INTO OUR MTP SO WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, HOW MUCH SAFETY FUNDING WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS AND FIND A TIME WINDOW WHERE WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND THESE PROJECTS.SO THAT'S GONNA BE OUR NEXT STEP.
AND AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER THROUGH ACTION WE CAN ACHIEVE ZERO.
AND UM, FEEL FREE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT THE QR CODE, WHICH IS, UH, SAFE STREETS FOR BROWARD, THE NUMBER FOUR BROWARD.ORG.
AND UH, WE ARE HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, UM, OUR SUPPORT IS THE RESOLUTION.
THAT'S OUR SUPPORT, NOT MONETARY, NO.
YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
THIS WILL LINE UP THE CITY TO RECEIVE THIS FUNDING IF WE GET THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES? ALRIGHT, MR. DIER, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
SO VERY MUCH, VERY INFORMATIVE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING ALONG THE CORRIDORS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, JUST REMEMBER THAT I'M THE SITTING BOARD MEMBER FOR YOUR YES, HE IS.
I DON'T VICE MAYOR FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, AS THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR THE REGULATION OF SUPPORT, I ALREADY PUT THAT IN OUR NOVAS AGENDA SYSTEM FOR OCTOBER 27.
[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AGREEMENT]
JUST RE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON NON AVALOR ASSESSMENTS AGREEMENT THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO BE APPROVED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL, UM, AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE, THE PERIOD OF WHERE WE'RE ACCEPTING THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL THAT FROM THE AGENDA AND BRING IT BACK NEXT FISCAL.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE
[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A TABLE FOR THE WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (WOVA) ANNUAL MILITARY BALL (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]
E DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A TABLE FOR THE WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YES.
SO THE MILITARY BALL IS, UM, WOVE.
UM, AND THE PRESIDENT, THE CEO IS, UM, LINDA LEY, WHO SHE IS, THE, UH, ON OUR, I THINK SHE IS THE SECRETARY FOR OUR, UM, MILITARY ADVISORY BOARD.
ANYWAY, TO SETH SAID, UM, LAST YEAR WE PURCHASED THE TABLE, UM, TO THE BALL, UM, WHICH DIDN'T GO THROUGH US, THE PROPER CHANNEL, UNFORTUNATELY BACK THEN.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY NOW.
SO WE ARE, UM, BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, UM, SPONSORING A TABLE AGAIN THIS COMING YEAR.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH DO WE DO.
WE HAVE A COST OF, IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS, A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, FOR THE TABLE FOR 10.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID ATTEND, WE ATTEND EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND LAST YEAR WE DID PURCHASE A TABLE AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS INSTEAD OF JUST DOING IT ON THE SIDE LIKE IT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY.
SO OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM VICE SMITH.
I PURCHASED MY OWN TICKET LAST YEAR.
AND IF WE, IF WE START TO GIVE EVERY 5 0 1 C MONEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? I PURCHASED MY OWN TICKET, CAME FROM MY VOUCHER ACCOUNT, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO CONTINUE UNDERSTOOD.
I CAN GO BY MYSELF EITHER THROUGH MY OWN FUNDS OR THROUGH THE VOUCHERED ACCOUNT.
I'M NOT WILLING, AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS MONEY TO BE JUST THROWING IT AWAY.
WHOEVER WANTS MONEY COMES TO CITY OF LORD AT
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THEIR LEGS AND GET IT.SO I DON'T MIND BUYING ANOTHER TICKET THROUGH, THROUGH THE VOUCHER ACCOUNT.
I'LL DO THAT, BUT I'M NOT IN ANY FAVOR, IN A FAVOR OF THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT, OKAY, I HAVE A FRIEND, A COMMISSIONER WHO LIKES THAT PROJECT, BRINGS IT THERE AND IT GOES THROUGH.
YOU HAVE WON AND YOU BRING IT AND NO ONE IS WILLING TO, NO, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
THE CITY AT THIS STAGE CANNOT AFFORD IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I AM THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT I SUBSCRIBE TO AND THE WASHINGTON WALL STREET JOURNAL, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT TELLING ME WHAT'S HAPPENING.
'CAUSE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WHAT I'M READING IS NOT WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE SEEING.
SO I PURCHASED MY OWN TICKET LAST YEAR AND I'M WILLING, IF I NEED TO GO TO PURCHASE MY OWN TICKET, I DON'T THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS THAT ANYBODY WANTS SOMETHING THEY SAY.
AND THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THERE TO PROMOTE IT.
I PURCHASED MY TICKET AND IF I WANT A TICKET THIS YEAR, I WILL PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE.
MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
MY, UH, COMMISSIONER TCI, UM, NO FAVORITISM HERE.
AS I STATED, UM, THEY PURCHASED A TICKET LAST YEAR, UH, TABLE BEYOND MY KNOWING.
UM, IT DIDN'T, WASN'T DONE ANY FAVOR TO ME.
AND SHE WANTED THE SAME THING THIS YEAR AND I TOLD HER WOULD HAVE TO PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO THINGS.
I AM PRETTY MUCH OKAY WITH EVERY DECISION.
I THINK SHE HAS DONE A LOT IN OUR CITY AND IT'S NOT A LOT.
UM, SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT SHE HAS DONE, ESPECIALLY WVA.
SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY AND WE HAVE GIVEN HOW MANY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN MONEY TO, LIKE 600 AND SOMETHING OF THEM.
SO I WAS JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING AND BRINGING IT FORWARD.
SO I DO RESPECT YOUR, YOUR DECISION.
MAD MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
I TOO PURCHASED MY TICKET THROUGH MY VOYAGER, UH, VOUCHER ACCOUNT LAST YEAR.
AND, AND I'M ALSO WILLING TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.
UM, I, I KNOW OUR TABLE WASN'T THAT FULL.
UM, BUT I WILL ALSO SUBMIT TO PURCHASE THROUGH MY ACCOUNT AND I TOO PURCHASED MY TICKET LAST YEAR OUT OF MY ACCOUNT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHO SAID AT THE TABLE THAT THE CITY PURCHASED.
AND PLUS ONE, PLUS ONE BECAUSE I PURCHASED MY TICKET ALSO.
SO, BUT THEN WHEN, WHEN SHE ASKED TO THE FOR THE TABLE, I SAID, NO, WE ALL PURCHASED OUR TICKET.
SO AFTER RESEARCH WE FOUND OUT THAT WE DID PURCHASE THE TABLE.
SO I I, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
BUT I, WE, I PURCHASED MY OWN TICKET FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND, SO I DID TOO FROM, UM, MR. ATTORNEY.
[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A TABLE FOR THE FIYAH GALA EVENT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]
AND, AND COMMISSIONERS.UM, MYSELF AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HAD A, UH, DISCUSSION THIS MORNING WITH STAFF AROUND, AND Y'ALL WILL RECALL, I'M SURE RECEIVING THE, UH, OIGS, UH, COMPLIANCE REVIEW RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF TABLES FOR THE MAYOR'S 2023 AND 2024 GALA.
UM, THAT APPEARS NOT TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE CITY OTHER THAN CAUSING CITY STAFF MYSELF, UH, TO REVIEW, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE BASIS COVERED RELATIVE TO WHAT IS REQUIRED.
UM, AND THERE IS SOME PIECE THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE MOST HELPFUL TO THIS COMMISSION IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE REQUIRED.
SO THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY AGAIN, IS JUST REMEMBER THAT YOUR VOUCHERED EXPENSE ACCOUNTS ARE EXACTLY THAT.
THEY'RE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE PUBLIC FUNDS AND ANY USE OF THOSE FUNDS, YOU WANT TO AGAIN, ENSURE THAT YOU ARE, UM, DOING THE RIGHT THING RELATIVE TO THE FORMS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PURCHASING A TICKET.
SO I'M AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU REGARDING, AND WE HAD THAT, UH, DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF TOO, WHO IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THE BASIS, BUT PART
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OF COVERING THE BASIS FOR US MEANS, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE RIGHT PROMPTS ON ANY, UH, DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND THE FORMS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THAT, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO YOUR VOUCHERED EXPENSE ACCOUNT.I DIDN'T I GET A CHANCE TO COMPLETE MY COMMENTS.
THAT, THAT I THANK YOU,
UH, BUT I, I DO THINK IN ALL HONESTY, THAT WOVE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THAT THEY DO PARTNER WITH US ON OUR RESOURCE FAIRS ON OUR CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY.
SO I, I THINK JUST AS WE DO THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, OF THE TABLE OF $1,000.
THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY COMMENTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB.
HOW MUCH DID WE PAY FOR THAT TABLE? $1,000.
SO WE DO THAT FOR THE QANTAS CLUB EVERY YEAR.
AND AS THE ATTORNEY SAYS, I DON'T THINK OUR VOUCHER ACCOUNT IS TO BUY TICKETS TO GO TO EVENTS.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK, UM, COMING TOGETHER AND, UM, ASKING THE CITY TO PURCHASE THIS TABLE FOR WOVE THAT DOES SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BEING THAT, UM, WE DID IT LAST YEAR BEING HOW IT HAPPENED, I REALLY WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY THINK ABOUT US PURCHASING A TICKET, UM, A TABLE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THROUGH PURCHASING A TICKET THROUGH THE VOUCHER IF POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, MAYBE FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT FOR THIS ITEM, I THINK, UM, THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME GOING.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING WHAT THEY DO, UH, FOR VETERANS MAD MAYOR.
SO IS THAT A MAX WILLIAMS? SO THAT'S, UM, SO, UM, MAJORITY IS NOT IN FAVOR OF NO, THEY'RE NOT.
I MADAM MAYOR, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I PROBABLY DIDN'T GET MY POINT ACROSS.
SO WELL
UM, AND I WANT OUR COMMISSIONERS TO BE AWARE THAT STAFF IS AWARE.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE WHEN IT RELATES TO THE PURCHASE OF TABLES OR TICKETS, THAT IS PARTICULARLY ON THE RADAR OF THE BROWARD, OIG.
UH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY SUCH PURCHASES THAT WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN PLACE, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY PROTOCOL FOR EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION AND THAT WE'RE FILLING OUT THE FORMS AS REQUIRED.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR CONCERN IS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COVERED RELATIVE TO THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
AND MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY, WOULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT PURCHASING TICKETS VIA VOUCHERS? YEAH.
UM, NO, I, YOU, YOU CAN PURCHASE A TICKET VIA YOUR NON VOUCHER OR YOUR VOUCHER EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
BUT JUST REMEMBER THE FIRST WORD THAT I JUST SAID IN THAT SENTENCE.
AND AS SUCH, STAFF AND MYSELF, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU'RE USING THOSE FUNDS, THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR AND THAT THEY'RE DOCUMENTED.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE FOUND IN THE OIGS REVIEW, TWO THINGS ACTUALLY.
ONE IS, UM, THEY NOTED THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUIREMENT, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT DOCUMENTATION, THEN THE CITY WILL HAVE VIOLATED THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUIREMENT TO KEEP THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT HAS THAT PERTINENT INFORMATION.
SECOND THING FROM THAT OIG REPORT IS THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY SAID IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS AFTER THE MAYOR'S GALA IN 2026 MM-HMM
THEY WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S COMPLIANCE GENERALLY ON THOSE ISSUES.
BUT PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE MAYOR'S 2026, THE BROWARD MAYOR'S 2026, OH, ASK MADAM MAYOR.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING APPLIES TO THE PURCHASE OF TABLES, TICKETS FOR ADMISSIONS,
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ET CETERA.WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT STAFF HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROPERLY DOCUMENTED.
AND THEN FOR YOUR PURPOSES, YOU WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S A GIFT, IF YOU CAN ACCEPT IT, IF YOU CAN.
DOES THERE, IS THERE A DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT? SO WE WANT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
I JUST, ONE MORE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AND THANK YOU ATTORNEY FOR THAT INFO.
SO LISTEN TO THE WORDS HE SAYS IS AN EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
BUYING A TICKET TO GO TO AN EVENT IS NOT AN EXPENSE ACCOUNT, IS NOT OUT OF AN EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
SO IT'S BETTER FOR THE, THE CITY TO PURCHASE A TABLE AND EVERYONE GOES THAN GO INTO YOUR EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BUY A TICKET, TO GO TO AN EVENT.
WE DO HAVE A 6:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING.
MADAM MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START OUR 6:00 PM SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT THIS TIME? MR. CALL CITY COMMISSION.
I NEED A MOTION TO AD SHOULD WE, I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND TO RESUME AFTER OUR SPECIAL CITY COMMISSIONER, MADAM MAYOR, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I, I, I YIELD TO COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A ITEM AND THE YOUNG LADY HAVE BEEN HERE FROM THE, UH, CONCEPTION OF THIS FIRST MEETING.
IF WE CAN PUSH THAT ITEM UP BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT.
ALEX G I'M, I'M, I'M ON, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT.
[G. DISCUSSION REGARDING TEEN TALK TRIAD - FALL FORUM (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS)]
THANK YOU.DISCUSSION REGARDING TEEN TALK TRIAD FALL FORUM, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I WAS APPROACHED, UH, AND I THINK A FEW OTHER, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, IS AWARE OF THIS, UM, TEEN POWER OF CHOICE TEEN DECISION-MAKING SUMMIT BY MS. UH, GEORGETTE.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S OKAY.
AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE HER TO EXPLAIN, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT, UM, PROGRAM FOR OUR TEENS, HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT, UH, TRIALS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF BULLYING, IN TERMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT EXPLOITATIONS THAT'S GOING ON THROUGH CYBER BULLYING AND THE WHOLE NIGHT.
I, I REALLY BELIEVE AT THIS TIME IT WOULD BE, UH, MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SPONSORING SHE IS REQUIRING, UH, FOR OUR LOGO, A DATE HAS BEEN SET AND THAT WE WOULD BE ON BOARD WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, OUR TEENS IS OUR NOW, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT DECISIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE WAS NOT AS EXUBERANT AS IS, AS IS NOW WITH, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND IN INNOVATIVENESS WITH HOW BULLYING TAKES PLACE.
WE'RE DOING CYBER BULLYING, EXPLOITATION, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED, AND SHE WANTS TO BRING ALL THIS AT THE TABLE TO REALLY EDUCATE AND GET, UM, THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
I KNOW MS. GEORGE UM, HAS, WAS WORKING WITH OUR SUMMIT THIS PAST YEAR.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE VENDORS FOR US.
AND WHEN I HEARD, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE BY THE TEENS, IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL IN TERMS OF THEIR AWARENESS AND HOW THEY ARE TO, UM, ACTUALLY STOP AND THINK BEFORE THEY GET INVOLVED.
JEANETTE HERE AND, UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION TO DO HER, WE HAVE A, A POWERPOINT BEFORE US.
WE HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE US, UM, ON WHAT IT WOULD ENTAIL.
THE TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD BE 200 TO 300 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
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STUDENTS.SHE'S ASKING FOR, TO USE THE MULTIPURPOSE.
WE MAY HAVE TO CUT THAT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO HOUSE IN THERE.
BUT IF IT'S OKAY BY THE COMMISSION, UM, DR. GEORGE IS HERE.
JEANETTE IS HERE, UM, TO PRESENT DR.
JEANETTE GOOD EVENING ESTEEM, MEMBERS OF THE DAIS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN PERSON AND ONLINE.
GEORGE, THE PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AT UNMUTE YOURSELF, INCORPORATED.
WHAT I'M HERE TO PRESENT IS THE THIRD OF OUR TEEN TALK TRIAD.
IT WAS FOCUSED ON LOVE, SHOULDN'T HURT.
WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, WHICH IS THE SAME WORKSHOP I TOOK AND PRESENTED DURING THE GAME CHANGERS SUMMER PROGRAM.
AND THEN IN MAY WE WERE, AND THAT WAS DONE IN HOLLYWOOD IN MAY, WE WENT TO SUNRISE AND WE DID A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS CONVERSATION FOCUSING AROUND THE ISSUES THAT YOUTH ARE DEALING WITH, STRESS AND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.
AND ANYONE IN A WEST INDIAN HOUSEHOLD, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR KIDS COME AND TELL YOU HAVE STRESS, THEY HAVE STRESS AND ANXIETY, YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE STRESS FOR? YOU HAVE NO BILLS.
SO JUST HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TEENS TODAY.
UH, WE DID THAT IN MAY IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE.
UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON DID ATTEND.
UM, I DID INVITE, I TYPICALLY INVITE ALL THE, THE CITY INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE WHO COULD ATTEND ATTENDED.
UM, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, UM, THE MAYOR, AND, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, HARRISON AND COMMISSIONER THOMAS ABOUT BRINGING THIS IN.
I DIDN'T GET TO VICE MAYOR CARSWELL, SO DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT.
UM, BUT THE WHOLE POINT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, UM, UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND ARE AWARE, UH, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
26% OF US TEENS AGE 13 TO 17 REPORT EX REPORTED THAT THEY EXPERIENCED CYBER BULLYING IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
THIS WAS DONE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO BY BRIGHT PATH BEHAVIORAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
33% OF BOYS AGE NINE TO 12 HAVE EXPERIENCED ONLINE SEXUAL INTERACTIONS INDICATING EARLY EXPOSURE RISKS TO SEX AND PORNOGRAPHY.
UM, AND THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR BY THE PARENTS INC.
AND THEN 80% OF TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS REPORT EXPOSURE TO AT LEAST ONE ONLINE RISK LAST YEAR, UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR PROACTIVE DIGITAL SAFETY EDUCATION.
UM, THE GOALS OF THIS EVENT ARE TO BRING DIGITAL SAFETY AWARENESS TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS HAVE DONE SEVERAL WORKSHOPS INTERNATIONALLY AND LOCALLY ON NAVIGATING THE METAVERSE.
AND THERE ARE MANY PARENTS THAT HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON ONLINE DIGITALLY WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT GAMES THAT EXIST AND THE ACCESS TO STRANGERS IN THESE SPACES.
UM, SO DIGITAL SAFETY AWARENESS IS FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE ADULTS TO BE, TO BE AWARE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT STEPS THEY NEED TO TAKE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF EXPLOITATION THAT EXIST IN THESE SPACES AND HOW TO PREVENT ONESELF.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO ALSO CONVERSATIONS AROUND SPECIFIC CYBER CRIMES AND ALSO HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
AND THEN THE HOPE IS TO HAVE VENDORS IN THE ROOM, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THESE, UM, THESE DIFFERENT ARENAS TO THE TEENS.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THIS SLIDE BEING SO SMALL FOR THE AUDIENCE.
UM, HERE I DID HAVE 150 TO 200 TARGETED INDIVIDUALS.
I GOT A LITTLE, UM, CARRIED AWAY IN THE PAPER PROPOSAL I SUBMITTED TO YOU GUYS.
UM, BUT AS MANY AS THE ROOM WOULD HOLD, AS MANY AS WOULD SHOW UP, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO PRIORITIZE THE CHILDREN COMING TO THIS EVENT SO WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW BSO DID GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY HAD A WORKSHOP, I THINK IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LATER LAST YEAR, WHERE THEY INTRODUCED THE ISSUE OF SEX EXPLOITATION AND THE FACT THAT TEACHERS IN THE COMMUNITY NEED TO BE AWARE THAT ARE CHILDREN'S INFORMATION ONLINE, THEIR, THEIR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TAKING THEIR PICTURES AND SUPER IMPOSING THEM, UM, IN SEXUAL POSITIONS AND COMPROMISING, UM, PHOTOS AND THEN GIVING IT BACK TO THEM AND THREATENING THEM WITH, UH, EXPOSURE TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IF THEY DON'T, UH, PAY MONEY.
AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN FINDING IS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR ALONE, 17 SUICIDE RELATED DEATHS IN TEENS CONNECTED TO SEX EXPLOITATION.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION AROUND THAT, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CURRICULUM,
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AGAIN, DIGITAL SAFETY, CYBER BULLYING PREVENTION, CYBER CRIME AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZING EXPLOITATION.THE DIGITAL SPACE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY A SPACE WHERE, UM, TRAFFICKING INDIVIDUALS TARGET YOUTH.
AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IN THE, THE COUNTY OF BROWARD.
UH, SO WE WANT TO ALSO FOCUS ON BRINGING SOME AWARENESS TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HOW THE DIGITAL SPACE CAPITALIZES, UM, ON THAT.
UM, WHY ARE WE HERE? I WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENT AS, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M USING THE RIGHT WORD, BUT DO I DO APOLOGIZE AND STRIKE THAT FROM THE RECORD IF IT'S NOT THE CORRECT WORD,
BUT I WOULD LIKE THE CD SUPPORT IN ALLOWING, UH, THE SPONSORING THE USE OF THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM ACROSS THE WAY AND SUPPORTING THIS BY BEING, BY THE WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW THEIR LOGO TO BE PLACED ON THE FLYERS DOCUMENTATION, UH, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION DOING THIS, THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.
IT IS ALSO ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE LOGO TO BE ON THE FLYER AND INFORMATION, BECAUSE WHEN IT IS THEN SENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT AND THEIR TEAM TO REVIEW FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THERE IS A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT APPROVAL PROCESS WILL GO THROUGH.
UM, SO YES, A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE, I OVERALL JUST AB THAT, AND THAT WAS KIND OF ON THIS SLIDE, THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE VENUE.
UM, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULD BE, AGAIN, YOU WOULD BE COMING OUT OF POCKET FOR THE COST OF YOUR SECURITY STAFF.
AS FAR AS OTHER STAFFING, THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR THAT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
UM, AND THE OVERALL BUDGET, THE POTENTIAL COST FOR THE ORGANIZATION WOULD BE OUR MARKETING, UM, OUTREACH AND OUR RESOURCES FOR THE ACTUAL WORKSHOP AND ANY FOOD, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME SPONSORS.
AND WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT ANY, TO PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS SUCH.
WE JUST WOULD LIKE THE VENUE AND YOUR, UM, LOGO AND THE FLYER.
SO THAT CONCLUDES, UM, MY PRESENTATION.
MR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, I LOVE THE, THE PRESENTATION.
I AM TOTALLY IN FAVOR, SO I'M ALL ON BOARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
DO WE HAVE THE DATE PLAN, UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, I DID CONFER WITH THE PARK TEAM, AND THE NOVEMBER 15TH DATE IS AVAILABLE FROM THE HOURS OF NINE TO 3:00 PM I AM.
I, THE, THE POTENTIAL TIME FOR THE ACTUAL EVENT IS 10 TO TWO, SO THAT GIVES US TIME FOR SETUP AND STRIKE WHAT DAY, SORRY.
I'M IN FAVOR, MOTHER, MS. HARRISON.
UM, I TOO AM IN FAVOR, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THIS TYPE OF WORK IN ACTION.
I THINK YOU HIT ON ALL OF THE KEY POINTS WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THE YOUTH FROM MENTAL HEALTH TO ALL THE EXPLOITATION, UM, AND JUST, UH, OVERALL SELF-ESTEEM.
UM, I THINK THE CITY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS.
I I WASN'T SURE IF YOU'RE WERE REQUESTING A CITY SPONSORSHIP OR WAS THIS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE? UH, DIDN'T KNOW.
UH, LIKE IF IT WAS JUST ASKING FOR SUPPORT OR IF THIS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, JUST, JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THAT, PLEASE.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE SUPPORT, SUPPORT OF, UM, IT'S NOT A IT'S INITIATIVE FOR ME.
UM, NOVEMBER, ADAM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, JUSTICE.
I, I, UM, EITHER WAY I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT.
COMM, UM, COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE AND NOT, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, FOR BRINGING SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT TO THE DAY, TO THE COMMISSION, TO THE CITY, UH, THAT COULD BENEFIT OUR YOUTH.
JENNETTE, I RECALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID WITH OUR TEAMS AND THE GAME CHANGERS, WHICH WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
AND YOUR TOPICS THAT YOU HAVE IN ADDITION TO OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SOME ADULTS CAN USE THAT INFORMATION ALSO BECAUSE IT, IT DOES APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE EVENT.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, UM, SHE WAS HERE MARCH THE SECOND WHEN WE HAD WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN.
TALKING ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
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A STRANGER TO THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR.
HAVE A GOOD, JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT DATE NOVEMBER 15TH.
SO I WILL HAVE TO, UM, DEFER TO THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOMORROW IF THAT DAY ISN'T AVAILABLE.
UM,
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, THANK YOU.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR CUTTING IN.
UM, UH, WE ALREADY SPOKE AND I ALREADY HAD CONFIRMED THE, THE, THE SPACE ONCE WHEN SHE REACHED OUT TO ME.
SO WE WERE ALREADY, SO IT WAS ALREADY CONFIRMED.
IT'S NOT MS. ERICA, WOULD YOU COME UP PLEASE? NO, THAT'S WHY I, NO, BECAUSE WE, I, I DID PUT IT ON HOLD THE DATE.
THAT'S WHAT MS. ERICA HAS TO SAY.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, I'M NOT AWARE OF THIS EVENT.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT IT, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THE DATE IS AVAILABLE, BUT WE WILL CHECK.
UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL INTO THE OFFICE AND ASK IF SOMETHING IS AVAILABLE, BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHAT IT'S FOR, SO THEY'LL TELL THEM YES OR NO.
SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A SOLID ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL HAVE THAT CONFIRMATION TOMORROW.
THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP IS NOW ADJOURNED.