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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AGAIN.THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US HERE IN THE CHAMBER FOR OUR SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
MA, THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ROLL CALL MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.
PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING]
THREE.STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING.
A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING.
ADOPTING A FINAL MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
TWO ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
2026 COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
[A. RESOLUTION 2025-118 ADOPTING A FINAL MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2025, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026]
CONSIDERATION OF BUSINESS CONTAINED IN THE CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING.MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 18.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A FINAL MILLAGE OF 8.6000 8.5 MILLS OPERATING 0.1 MILLS RESERVE, AND A VOTER APPROVED DEBT SERVICE.
MILLAGE RATE FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL OPERATING AND DEBT FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE 18 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
MAYOR EDWARDS, FILLERS FOR VICE MAYOR.
FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 18 ADOPTING A FINAL FINAL MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCED IN OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE LISTENING AUDIENCE, CITY STAFF.
I AM SUSAN GOODING LIBRARY, YOUR FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 200 SECTION 0 6 5 SUBSECTION TWO, PARAGRAPH E SUBPARAGRAPH ONE.
THE FIRST ISSUE TO DISCUSS IS THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MILLAGE OF THE ROLLBACK RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.
THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS CONSIDERING A LEVY OF 8.6000 MILLS, WHICH IS 6.07% ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1081 MILLS AT 95%.
THE MILLAGE RATE WILL GENERATE A NET AMOUNT OF $17,462,205 LESS.
THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $3,291,438.
THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OR A VALOREM MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, MAKING IT THE LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
A VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE IS ALSO BEING LEVIED.
THE FINAL VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE, IT'S 0.4910 MILLS.
THIS DEBT SERVICE MILL IS APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY A REFERENDUM OR A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE PARTICIPATING QUALIFIED ELECTORS.
THE COMBINED FINAL MILLAGE RATE IS 9.0910 PER $1,000 OF A TAXABLE VALUE.
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AUDIENCE.THIS WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.
I MOVED TO, UH, MY NAME IS TREVOR SCHMIDT.
THE ISSUE I HAVE HERE IS WITH THE TAX RATE, THE MILLAGE RATE'S 8.6.
WE ARE THE HIGHEST MILLAGE RATE IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR WHAT? OUR NEIGHBOR IS OAKLAND PARK.
AND THEIR MILLAGE RATE, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
OUR NEIGHBOR TO OUR, TO OUR WEST IS GOING TO BE LAUDER HILL, WHO'S ALSO LESS THAN US, BUT IT'S ONLY BY A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU ALSO FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH IS LIKE A CLAW AROUND US, IS ALSO IN THE 5% RANGE.
HOW IS THIS LITTLE TOWN THAT'S 3.2 SQUARE MILES, THREE TWO TO 3% HIGHER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WHOLE STATE OF BROWARD COUNTY.
WE ARE ALSO, I BELIEVE, THE HIGHEST PROPERTY MILLS RATE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WHY RECENT COMMENTS IN THE NEWS AS GOVERNOR DESANTIS STATES, HE WANTS TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES.
I BELIEVE THIS YEAR WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE LOWER THE RATE, NOT KEEP IT THE SAME.
THIS YEAR YOU GUYS ARE ASKING TO KEEP 8.6.
THE SANTAS I KNOW HAS ASKED EACH COUNTY TO LOOK AT REDUCE REDUCING THESE RATES.
WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS DONE TO LOOK AT THAT? 'CAUSE IF YOU GUYS LOSE 8.6 ON THE MILLAGE RATE, THAT'D BE A BIG FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THIS TOWN.
THE OTHER POINTS ARE IS IF WE'RE PAYING SUCH HIGH MILLAGE RATES, YOU WOULD THINK THAT CRIME WOULD BE DECREASED.
THERE WOULD BE MORE BSO DEPUTIES IN THIS AREA, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS A NICKNAME, WHICH IS LAUDER KILL LAKES.
THE NEXT TOWN OVER IS LAUDER HILL.
THERE'S A LOT OF GUNS AND THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE.
BUT GENERALLY WHEN THERE'S MORE TAX RATE, THERE SHOULD BE MORE FINANCES TO HELP DETER CRIME.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING WITH THIS EXTRA MONEY THAT YOU'RE GETTING 3% MORE ON ALL THESE HOMES THAN ANYBODY ELSE TO DETER CRIME? WE ALSO HAVE A TWO, UH, ON THE SCHOOLS.
THE MIL OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS TO WHAT? A 10 RATED TWO OUTTA 10.
BUT WE'RE PAYING ALL THIS MONEY IN TAXES.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? I, I'D BE FINE PAYING THIS 8.6 RATE IF WE HAD TOP NUMBERS, LOW CRIME, LOW CAR INSURANCE, BETTER SCHOOLS, BETTER ROADWAYS.
I SEE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE ROADWAYS, BUT WHERE'S ALL THIS MONEY GOING TO? THAT'S, THAT'S THE ANSWER I'D WANT TO KNOW.
I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE NOT APPROVE AN 8.6 AND LOOK EITHER TO LOWER IT TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNOR STATUS'S REQUEST TO LOWER THESE PROPERTY TAXES.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
THERE BEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANYONE VIRTUAL MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR, THERE ARE NO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
THE FOLLOWING FINAL MILLAGE RATE FOR ALL GENERAL CITY PURPOSES, EXCLUSIVE OF DEBT SERVICE WILL BE 8.600 MILLS, WHICH REPRESENTS A 6.07% INCREASE IN THE MILAGE RATE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1081 MILL.
THE PROPOSED MILAGE RATE FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS 0.4910 MILLS.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 18 APPROVING THE FINAL OPERATING PROPERTY TAX MILIT RATE OF 8.600.
AND VOTER APPROVE DEBT RATE OF 0.4910.
MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, ASK A QUESTION.
DISCUSSION? NO, I WAS GONNA MOTION, BUT I YIELD IF SHE
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HAD COMMISSION AS A QUESTION.AND FROM DAY ONE, I WASN'T IN FAVOR IN, UM, UM, GOING THIS ROUTE IS ALWAYS TO TRY TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE, UM, UM, LOWER IT.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING MS. SUSAN, IF THERE WAS NO POSSIBLY WAY THAT IT COULD HAVE THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS EVEN AT ONE OR LI MS. LIOR.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, UH, WE PRESENTED AT, I THINK AT THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING IF, AND WE GAVE OUT THE WORKSHOP.
I WOULD SAY WE GAVE THREE CHOICES, UH, BUT LOWERING THE MILLAGE BELOW THE 8.6, AND THAT WOULD PUT US FURTHER IN DEFICIT.
AS YOU NOTED IN THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING, WE REALIZED WE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A DEFICIT.
WE UTILIZED OUR, UM, FUND, BALANCE, OUR STABILIZATION ACCOUNT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AT THE 8.6.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT MS. LIGHT BIRD.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS, AS WE'RE GROWING AS A COMMUNITY, I THINK IT GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TO LOWER THAT RATE.
UM, OTHER CITIES WERE MENTIONED, THEY HAVE A STRONG COMMERCIAL BASE, VERY STRONG COMMERCIAL BASE, SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF HELP WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, ALSO OUR INCOME, OUR AVERAGE INCOME IN THE POPULATION IS ANOTHER FACTOR TO FACTOR IN.
SO THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE JUST DIFFERENT VARIABLES.
UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED, GREW UP HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I'VE NEVER HEARD THE TERM LAUDER HILL LAKES.
UM, BUT I, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT AS WE ENGAGE WITH GOVERNMENT, UH, WE TRY TO SHOW UP AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO LOW AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK IT LOOKS GOOD, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, BUT THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT.
AND IF WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING JUST BASED OFF OF HOW WE FEEL, WE COULD ACTUALLY HURT THE CITY MORE.
SO, UM, I WAS DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF NOT RAISING IT, AND I, AND I THINK WE ALL WAS ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
UM, SO, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
I, I FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT MY OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS FEEL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK ON IT AS A, UM, RECURRING DECIMAL.
I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LOVE THAT.
WE COULD GO BACK TO MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT, BUT A CITY OF THREE MILES, ALL THE HOMES, IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE, MOST OF OUR HOMES ARE HOMESTEAD.
I LIVE IN MY HOUSE OF 42 YEARS, SO MY TAX BASE IS LOW IN COMPARISON TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO JUST BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE THAT WE COULD DO BETTER, BUT IT JUST, WHAT IT IS, WE DO NOT HAVE THE COMMERCIAL BASE.
AND IF WE DID, THEN RESIDENTS WHO OWN PEOPLE WHO OWN HOMES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS BURDENED.
SMALL CITY, THREE SQUARE MILES HOMES, A LOT OF THE HOMES ARE OLD AND PEOPLE ARE NOT MOVING.
THEY'RE NOT SELLING AND MOVING OUT THAT THEY SELL.
AND THE NEW OWNERS COME, THEY WOULD BE PAYING A LOT.
SO IT IS WHAT IT'S, AND I ALSO THINK AS INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, IF WE COULD STEP OUTSIDE OF BEING AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, OF COURSE AS AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, WE WOULD WANT LOWER TAXES.
BUT I THINK AS A GOVERNING BODY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY BASED UPON OUR RESOURCES, BASED UPON OUR, OUR FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN AND BASED UPON OUR BUSINESS BASE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UH, YES, AS AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LOWER TAXES, BUT IN LOOKING AT IT FROM AN OFFICIAL POSITION, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR BUSINESS BASE AS WE'RE WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO SO THAT WE CAN AT SOME POINT IN TIME, LOOK AT A DIFFERENT MILLAGE RATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, CRIME IS
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EVERYWHERE.AND, UM, WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR COMPLIMENT, EVEN FROM THE CRA THAT IS WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL PACKAGE WHEN WE TALK.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SAYING CRIME IS EVERYWHERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND BECAUSE OF OUR SQUARE MILEAGE, I I KNOW THAT, UM, EDUCATION IS NEEDED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SQUARE MILEAGE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE.
UM, LORD, OUR NEIGHBORING COUSIN, LAUDER HILL DOES HAVE A PROBLEM AS WELL WITH, UM, WITH CRIME.
BUT YET STILL, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT CRIME STARTS, IT MAY END UP RIGHT HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO WE ARE THE ONE THAT ADAPTS IT.
I TOO BELIEVE THAT, YES, I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, 40 PLUS YEARS.
AND YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS MILLAGE RATE LOWER, BUT WE'RE DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY.
FOR THE CITY, AND FOR PROGRAMS AND THINGS TO CONTINUE.
AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION INCREASE AND WE GET MORE, UM, MIXED USE COME IN AND MORE MONIES ARE PUT TO, YOU KNOW, FUND OUR CITY, THEN WE CAN LOOK TO ROLL BACK.
BUT CURRENTLY WHERE IT STANDS, UM, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS, UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED FOR THE PAST, ALMOST SIX, SEVEN YEARS AS IT STANDS.
YEAH, UH, I MOVED TO, I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH ONE 18.
MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR, CROSWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.
ITEM FOUR B, MR. YOUR ATTORNEY, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 0.
UH, CORRECTION, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE,
[B. ORDINANCE 2025-010 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026, COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026]
ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 1 0.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.
COPY OF SAID FINAL BUDGET IS ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT.
A DRAFT COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR PREFERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
ON THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.
I'M SOLICITING A MOTION TO BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 1 0, WHICH PROPOSES TO APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
ADAM, MAYOR, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 1 0 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
VICE MAYOR COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.
THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WILL NOW PRESENT THE FY 20 25, 20 26 FINAL BUDGET.
MS. SUSAN BERG WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
MS. BERG, OUR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED THE CITY HELD SEVERAL BUDGET MEETINGS AND WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COMMISSION BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, AND THE PUBLIC DURING THE FY 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THE FY 20 25, 20 26 FINAL BUDGET INCLUDES THE APPROVED MILLAGE OF 8.600 RATE PER 1000 TAX VALUE, AND REPRESENTS 6.07% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1081.
THE ANNUAL FIRE ASSESSMENT RATE REMAINS AT 3 3 3 0.84 PER SINGLE OF FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
THE ANNUAL SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT RATE REMAINS AT $272
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PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT.AND THE ANNUAL STORMWATER ASSESSMENT RATE REMAINS AT $75 PER SINGLE FAMILY UNIT.
SO THE FFY 20 25, 26 FINAL BUDGET, OUR OVERALL CITY BUDGET INCLUDES ITS FINAL AMOUNT, IS 111,813,166.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE TENTATIVE PRESENT PRESENTED AT THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING.
THE FINAL BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THOSE INITIATIVE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT SUPPORTS THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS, SUCH AS IMPROVING AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURES, IMPROVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND IMAGE, MAXIMIZING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCING GROWTH MANAGEMENT CODES, AND IMPROVING MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
UM, I GUESS SOMEONE IS MOVING IT FOR ME, IF I MAY HAVE THE CLICKER PLEASE.
SO THE CITY ALL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR OF THE 1.1, ONE 1.8 MILLION IS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS FIVE DISTINCT FUND CATEGORIES.
THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR OVERALL CITY OPERATION, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS DESIGNATED BY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITY REQUIRING SEPARATE ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING.
OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REVENUE COLLECTION AND PAYMENT RELATING TO OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH FINANCES MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, SURTAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS, AND OUR ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH IS SUPPORTS BUSINESS LIKE CITY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES.
THIS BUDGET IS DESIGNATED TO SUSTAIN THE CORE SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES RELY ON EACH DAY.
IT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR PUBLIC WORK OPERATION, FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL PROGRAMMING.
IT ALSO MAINTAINS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS OUR ROADWAYS, OUR SIDEWALKS, AND CITY FACILITIES.
THIS BUDGET INCLUDES SHARE COURSE OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM AT 30% OF THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CRA.
IT ALSO INCLUDES TRAINING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT, SENIOR AND ALZHEIMER CARE SERVICES AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS, AND THE COMMUNITY BUS PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO OUR DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES.
THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS MAJOR, MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CANAL BANK STABILIZATION, OUR WATER QUALITY PROJECTS, DEVELOPING A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER, POSSIBLY OUR NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX ASSISTING EXISTING FACILITY.
WE HAVE OUR NEW FIRE STATION, UM, THROUGH OUR CIP PROGRAM.
INSTALLATION OF BOAT RAMPS AT ALL CANALS, BRIDGE FRONT REPAIRS, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT, AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF CITY PARKS.
AGAIN, THE BUDGET SUPPORTS A WORKFORCE OF 125 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND 32 PART-TIME POSITION.
IT PROVIDES A FOR A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, A 4% MERIT INCREASE, AND ACCOUNTS FOR A 8.3% INCREASE IN THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EMPLOYEE'S HEALTH INSURANCE.
THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ARE ALSO FUNDED, INCLUDING OUR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES, LANDSCAPE AND CANAL MAINTENANCE, OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES, OUR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY, OUR VEHICLES, AND OUR MAJOR EQUIPMENT.
FINALLY, THIS BUDGET LEVERAGES GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND SERVICES TO RESIDENT GRANT SUPPORTS THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER, THE AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMERING PROGRAM, AND THE COMMUNITY BUS PROGRAM, MINOR HOME REPAIR OR RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
WITH THIS WHOLE BUDGET TAKEN TOGETHER, THE ALL FUND BUDGET REFLECTS THE CITY COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE INVESTING IN QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY
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IMPROVEMENT.I WANT, THIS IS JUST A GRAPH OF THE, I WANNA RECAP, GO BACK TO THE RECAP OF THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING WHERE A COUPLE, UM, INFORMATION WAS ASKED ABOUT OUR AIDS AND DONATION CATEGORY, WHICH INCLUDES OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANT PROGRAM, UM, DONATION TO THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH ARE FAMILY CENTRAL WOMEN IN DISTRESS, UM, UNITED WAY AREA AGENCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY LEARNING COALITION, THE MINOR HOME REPAIR AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
THESE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN THE BROADBAND FOR OPERA, WHICH THE COMMISSION REMOVED FROM THE BROADBAND, BROADBAND AND PLACED INTO THESE TWO CATEGORIES FOR ASSISTANCE.
SO, THE FY 25 26 FINAL BUDGET IS A BALANCED BUDGET AND ALL EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONDUCT THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR PER ORDINANCE.
20 11 22 SECTION 82 DASH 3 0 5, UH, 3 0 4 FINANCIAL REPORTING CITY STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
THE NOTICE OF TAX INCREASES AND BUDGET SUMMARY WERE ADVERTISED IN THE SUN SENTINEL, A LOCAL NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025, THEREBY MEETING THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE CHAPTER 200, SECTION 0 6 5, SUBSECTION TWO, PARAGRAPH D.
AND I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE MILLAGE OF THE 8.86000.
SO ALTHOUGH WE MAY BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST, OR DALE LAKES MAY BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST MILLAGE, WE ARE NOT THE, OUR ASSESSED VALUE ARE NOT THE HIGHEST.
SO IF YOU HAVE A LOWER MILLAGE AND A VERY HIGH ASSESSED VALUE, YOU WILL BRING IN THE REVENUE.
SO UNTIL OUR ASSESSED VALUE MEET THOSE OF ALL COMPARABLE CITY, AS WAS STATED HERE, WE CAN THEN TAKE ACTION TO THEN LOWER BECAUSE THE REVENUE THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN, IT'S THE MILAGE RATE TIMES THE ASSESS VALUE.
AND SO AMICABLE STATED THAT THE COMMISSION AND RESIDENT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 40 YEARS, 50 YEARS, THEREFORE, THEY HAVE HAD HOMESTEAD.
THEY ARE CAPPED AT THAT 3% OF WHAT THEIR TAXES CAN GO UP.
SO WHEN WE DO COMPARE, I DO WANT US TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, NOT APPLES TO ORANGES.
IF THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY, OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HAVING DEVELOPMENT MORE COMMERCIAL, OF COURSE THEIR, THEIR REVENUE OR AVALOR WILL GO UP, THEREFORE BRINGING THE MILLAGE DOWN.
AND UNTIL WE DO THAT, SO WHEN WE DO COMPARE, THANKS FOR THE PROBABLY COMMENT, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COMPARE THE APPLES TO APPLES.
AND BASED ON OUR OLDER RESIDENTS BEING HERE, WHICH WE LOVE, DALE LAKES OR ASSESS VALUE ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THOSE COMMUNITY HERE AND BY PRESENTATION.
THIS MEETING ALSO PORTION OF THE MEETING WAS ALSO ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR. SCHMIDT? YES, MR. SCHMIDT, AGAIN, JUST TO REBUT HER COMMENT, WE WANNA COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES.
WELL, NORTH LAUDERDALE'S ABOUT THE SAME.
EXCESS VALUE IS 16 MIL VERSUS US, AND THEY'RE AT A 7.4 KNOWLEDGE RATE, NOT AN 8.6.
SO THAT'S APPLES TO APPLES THERE.
SO NORTH LAUDERDALE, AGAIN, 7.4, WE'RE AT 8.6.
AND THAT'S YOUR COMPARISON LEVEL RIGHT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? VIRTUAL MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR, THERE ARE NO VIRTUAL COMMENTS.
THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD SOLICIT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 0 APPROVING THE FY 20 25 20 26 FINAL BUDGET.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS.
I MOVE THAT, UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 BY MAYOR SWELL
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FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.
ITEM FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MATTERS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
THERE ARE NOT ANY, ANY AT THIS TIME.
OUR SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL BACK TO ORDER OUR CITY WORK.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT, YOU WANT, DOES SHE HAVE TO DO THE TAPE AGAIN? OH, YEAH.
YOU CAN GET A BREAK DURING THAT TIME.
WE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
SHE'S LIKE WHIPPING THOSE WORDS, TALKING ABOUT PICK UP THEIR PURSE OUTTA HERE.
YEAH, WE JUST TAKE IT AND BETTER HER.
WE'RE ON G WE ARE ON, UM, F NOW.
OH YEAH, THAT'S GONNA FIVE F MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST SKIP THAT ONE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING IN.
I WAS GONNA SAY, DO YOU WANT, YOU FEEL FREE TO, YOU DON'T WANNA REMOVE IT? NO, I'M NOT REMOVING IT.
I'M GONNA PUT MY CHEST IN IT AND IF IT'S NOT, IT'S ENOUGH.
AGAIN EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THOSE WHO ARE CONTINUING TO STAY WITH US, AND THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE.
WE WILL NOW RESUME OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A TABLE FOR THE FIRE GALA EVENT.
AND THAT'S SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM.
SO I, AGAIN, JUMPING INTO THE DEEP WATERS, BUT I'M JUST A MESSENGER, SO I WILL TAKE WHATEVER COMES MY WAY.
SO THIS GALA IS GOING TO BE HONORING, UM, HAZEL ROGERS, UM, AND OTHER, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT WILL BE, UM, HONORING, UM, IT IS, LEMME SEE CARIBBEAN IDENTIFY A LOT OF THEIR LAKES AS ONE OF THE MOST CONCENTRATED CARIBBEAN POPULATION IN THE US WE SHOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE MUSEUM THAT REPRESENTS US ALL.
THIS IS PUT IN BY ISLAND SPACE AND THE EVENT IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER.
UM, SHE REACHED OUT AND ASKED FOR US, SHE WAS, UM, ISLAND SPACE, A MEMBER OF MANGO FESTIVAL.
SO LISTEN, I'M, UH, THE PRICE, I'M JUST, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING WHAT IT IS GUYS.
LOOK AT, LOOK AT COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND SO SHE'S ASKING FOR US TO, UM, SPONSOR OUR TABLE, UM, BE, UH, BECAUSE, UM, FOR THE EVENT, UM, AS I SAID, MS. HAZEL ROGERS WILL BE ONE OF THE HONOREES AND SHE'S LOOKING FOR THE CITY TO SPONSOR THE TABLE.
AND I AM JUST BRINGING IT FORTH.
UM, AND JUST HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER, UM, HAZEL ROGERS IS ASKING US TO SPONSOR A TABLE.
KHALI, THE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ISLAND SPACE, UM, SHE SENT THE, UM, THE EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER AND I, AND I TOLD HER TO PUT IT ON THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT TO SEE OUR THOUGHTS ON, FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND AND NOW WE'VE JUMPED TO 5,000 AND NO, I'M NOT IN FAVOR.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, NO COMMENT.
UM, COLLEAGUES, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF $5,000 EITHER.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND FROM READING THE INFORMATION, INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ARE $300 HUNDRED.
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I'M NOT IN FAVOR EITHER.UM, NOW WE ARE AT NUMBER FIVE H.
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SERVICES THROUGH DECEMBER 20, 26.
THIS IS A POSITION THAT'S IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH ARPA.
THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY, THIS CONTRACTED POSITION IS CURRENTLY ON STAFF, BUT THE CONTRACT ENDS THIS MONTH, SEPTEMBER.
OF COURSE, OUR CANAL WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND NASIR HAS EXPRESSED THAT HE DOES NEED THE CONTRACT TO BE CONTINUED SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN, UM, OUR CON OUR OUR CANAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EXTEND THIS CONTRACT THROUGH 2026 DECEMBER SO THAT, UM, NASIR WILL STILL HAVE HIS, UM, INDIVIDUAL ON STAFF.
AND HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THROUGH YOU.
NASIR, GOOD EVENING HONOR, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.
THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
IT'S BEEN AROUND TWO YEARS, NINE MONTHS THAT HE'S WORKING AS A CONSULT WITH US.
I HAD THE PLAN TO ACTUALLY HAVE A REGULAR EMPLOYEE, BUT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FINANCE, WE FOUND THAT WE HAVE MONEY IN ARPA THAT CAN BE EXTENDED UP TO DECEMBER, 2026.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO USE THAT MONEY, UH, TO KEEP THE SERVICE COLLEAGUES.
MR. NO SEARS, UM, DISCUSSION IS REGARDING CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT OUT OF ARPA FUNDS.
YES, ARPA UNTIL DECEMBER, 2026.
AND HOW MUCH MR. JORDAN IS HERE? I HAVE NOT CALCULATED
MAYBE OUR FINANCE CAN GIVE THAT NUMBER.
MOTHER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK COLLEAGUES.
ZA PI, PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FROM THE NOTES I HAVE, UH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE HIS CURRENT RATE BY 5% AND THEREFORE, UM, TAKING HIM TO $6,678 A MONTH.
IT'S BROKEN UP INTO TWO PARTS.
SO IT'S TWO PAYMENTS, BUT 6, 6, 7, 8 PER MONTH.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW HE'S AT 6 3 6 0 PER MONTH.
AND WE'RE TALKING OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER 30.
I I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS SINCE, UM, IT'S A STRATEGIC WAY FOR US TO KEEP THE POSITION ALIVE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? NO COMMENT.
WE'RE DISCUSSING ISLAND H YES.
RETAINING THE CONSULTANT THAT WE NOW HAVE.
SO THERE IS A CONSULTANT, MR. IL? YES.
HE'S WORKING AS A CONSULTANT WITH HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN AT THE CITY? TWO YEARS, NINE MONTHS.
HE IS, UH, AS HE WORK AS A CONSULTANT, WE DON'T USE HIM FOR ANY MEETING.
HE DOES CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION AND HE DOES DESIGNED TO PUT THE KIND PROJECT.
SO HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR TWO AND HALF, NEARLY THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS, NINE MONTHS.
YOU DON'T SEE HIM BECAUSE WE DON'T INVITE HIM IN THE MEETING.
NO, BUT I DID ASK FOR CITY MANAGER FOR ALL THE CONTRACTORS.
UH, AND HE WAS HE OR SHE HE WAS NEVER INCLUDED.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A CONTRACTOR.
HE'S A, HE'S A, HE'S AN ARCHITECT.
AS FOR CONSULTANT CONTRACTORS.
SO WHAT PURPOSE HE SERVES MR.
HE, HE'S DOING CEI, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION ALONG WITH DESIGN.
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DESIGN FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.WE DO IN-HOUSE DESIGN, WE DO IN-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND ALSO ENGINEERING DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO HOW OFTEN DOES HE COME HERE? HOW OFTEN YOU USE HIM? HE'S WORKING, UH, FULL-TIME.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I DISCUSSION TO PROCEED WITH THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR RFQ 25 DASH THREE ONE DASH ZERO TWO Q, WHERE DUE TO TIDE SCORES, THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR WAS SELECTED VIA LOTTERY AND MR. ZA P WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS, UM, SO THE CITY CITATION THAT WE HAD PUT OUT, UH, ON DEMAND, SIR.
A PUBLIC PLATFORM THAT THE CITY USES.
UM, IT WENT OUT, UH, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, AND THEN REQUESTED EXTENSIONS.
WE CLOSED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
IT, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 14 BIDS, MADAM MAYOR ON COMMISSION.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 14 BIDS, IT WAS PRETTY BIG AND WE HAD TO, WE COULD NOT EVEN COMPLETE THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN ONE.
WE HAD TO DO FOUR MEETINGS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVALUATORS HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO GO THROUGH EACH PROPOSAL.
UM, THERE WAS A SHORT LIST, I BELIEVE IT'S IN YOUR BACKUP THERE.
THAT WAS DONE AFTER THE, UH, EVALUATION COMMITTEE PRESENTED THEIR SCORES.
FIRST PLACE, THERE WAS A TIE FOR SECOND PLACE AND ONE PERSON FOR THIRD PLACE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DELIBERATING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, BASED ON OUR CODES AND, UM, THE BEST AND MOST FAIR WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN AWARDING OR SELECTING A VENDOR FOR APPROVAL.
UM, WE DID CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, TAKEN INTO OUR, OUR PROCUREMENT CODE.
THIS, THIS IS OUR ONLY MICROPHONE.
OKAY, ARE ON, NO BATTERIES BELOW THERE.
CONTINUING, UM, THEREFORE, UM, JUST BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT.
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WE GOT 14 BIDS, LONG EVALUATION PROCESS.UM, WE ENDED UP WITH TIES AFTER THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE SAT DOWN.
UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID THE CORRECT THING AND THE MOST TRANSPARENT THING AS WELL.
UH, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE OUR CODE DID ALLOW OR GIVE DIRECTION, SOME DIRECTION AS TO HOW TO AWARD TIE BIDS, UM, WHEN ALL THESE OPTIONS ARE EXHAUSTED, UH, IF THE VENDOR IS NOT LOCAL, IF THEY WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY AND SO ON.
AND THEN IT TELLS US TO DO A LOTTERY.
UH, SO WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THEY DID GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ALSO USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AN ORDINANCE TO PUT SOME MORE DETAILS INTO THAT, WHICH WE WILL BRING AT A FUTURE TIME.
UH, THE LOTTERY WE DID, UH, SETTLE ON AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WAS TO FLIP A COIN.
UM, WE HAD TWO VENDORS WHO TIED FIRST COME INTO THE CITY, CITY HALL.
UM, IT WAS A LIVE STREAM MEETING AS WELL.
SO THEREFORE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE VIEWING LIVE WHILE IT WAS GOING ON.
AND TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENT, WE HAD SOMEONE FROM THE FINANCE TEAM FLIP THE COIN FOR THE VENDORS THEY SELECTED.
AND THE VENDOR WHO, UH, AT THE TIME THIS WAS, UM, PUBLISHED, UH, AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED.
UH, THE MEETING DID NOT HAPPEN AS YET, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DELAY IT FURTHER.
BUT, UH, THE VENDOR, THE VENDOR WHO, UH, WON THE COIN TO US, UM, WAS KRAB THOMPSON.
AND I BELIEVE THEY WENT TO PLAY THE LOTTERY AFTER AS WELL.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. AS, UM, CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND BOWMAN WERE AT TWO FIFTY THREE CALL FIELD AND CTS ENGINEERING AT 2 52 WSB AT 2 51.
SO YOU TOOK THE HIGHEST, I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMALLY THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE.
YOU WANNA HELP ME? THIS IS THE HIGHEST SCORE FROM THE EVALUATION SCORE.
UM, THEREFORE WHEN WE BRING THIS FORWARD MALAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION, WE WILL BRING FORWARD, UM, DETAILS WITH REGARDS CITY VENDOR'S PROPOSAL, UH, OF COSTS AND MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, THIS IS FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
THEY CAN GIVE SOME FURTHER DETAILS ON THE SCOPE ITSELF, ON WHAT IS EXPECTED.
WE ARE, HOWEVER, ON A TIMELINE, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THIS WORKSHOP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS AWARE THAT WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO GIVE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO THE VENDOR.
UH, WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME WAITING ON THE FINAL PROPOSAL FROM THE VENDOR, OF COURSE, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS WAS A VERY TIGHT EVALUATION BECAUSE EVERYONE BASICALLY CAME WITHIN ONE POINT OR TWO POINTS.
THIS, THIS IS JUST A SHORT LIST, MADAM MAYOR.
IT WAS 14 VENDORS WE HAD TO GO THROUGH.
THIS WAS JUST A SHORT LIST THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD.
DISCUSSION REGARDING CONTRACT FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND WE DO HAVE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, MS. SHARON HAYNES, THAT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.
EVENING VICE MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, THE PROPOSED CON.
MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, I'M DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FROM OUR LEGAL COUNCIL, MADAM MAYOR, PROPOSES COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 600,000 ANNUALLY, 420,000 FOR ATTENDANCE TO ALL CITY MEETINGS AND ADDITIONAL CITY SERVICES TO INCLUDE ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
180,000 FOR GENERAL LITIGATION AND LEGAL DEFENSE SERVICES.
AND THEN COMPLEX LITIGATION WILL BE BILLED SEPARATELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, MADAM MAYOR AND FELLOW CITY COMMISSIONERS, THAT STAFF, INCLUDING MYSELF AND ACTING CITY MANAGER AND POSSIBLY OUR PROCUREMENT MANAGER, BE ALLOWED TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL TO GO OVER THE PROPOSAL.
THERE'S SOME ITEMS WITHIN IT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM FURTHER ELABORATE ON AND, UM, POSSIBLY MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
SO, MS. HAYNES, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY COMMISSION, THE A CM YOURSELF AND ATTORNEY CALLOWAY? NO, I'M ASKING FOR A CM
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MYSELF PROCUREMENT MANAGER TO MEET WITH COUNCILOR CALLOWAY TO REVIEW HIS PROPOSAL BEFORE IT'S RESUBMITTED TO YOU FOR FINAL APPROVAL.SO WHAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL COST RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I THINK I HEARD WHAT, $600,000? YES, THAT IS THE PROPOSAL FOR WHAT I MAY CONSIDER TO BE THE ROUTINE.
BUT OF COURSE, IF THERE'S LITIGATION OR OTHER MATTERS NOT COVERED WITHIN HIS RETAINER, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE OUR COSTS UP.
IF THERE'S NONE, THEN THAT'S LIKELY WHAT WE WOULD PAY FOR THE YEAR.
ANOTHER QUESTION AGAIN, MADAM VICE HERE.
NO, I'M STILL WITH THE SAME TIME.
I DON'T HAVE REALLY TO COME BACK TO YOU.
NO, BUT IT'S, THAT'S WHAT ROBERT BOOK OF RULES SAYS.
UM, MS. FINANCE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR.
WHEN, WHEN DOES THE CONTRACT EXPIRE? THE PRESENT CONTRACT, WHEN DOES THIS CONTRACT WITH, WHEN WOULD IT TAKE EFFECT? IT EX IT'S, I BELIEVE IT EXPIRES THE END OF THIS MONTH.
I, MADAM VICE MAYOR, ACTUALLY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
IT'S, IT'S A SMALL CITY AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE, I'M NOT THINKING OF THE OUTSIDE LITIGATION GENTLEMAN IS HERE TALKING ABOUT OUR MILLAGE RATE, $600,000 TO, WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL? COULD YOU EXPOUND FOR THE RESIDENTS? AND FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT FOR ME OKAY.
PER THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS RECEIVED, UM, FROM, UM, OUR ATTORNEY, THAT WOULD COVER HIS ATTENDANCE TO ALL COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE COMMISSION MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH.
AS WELL AS US CALLING UPON HIM TO REVIEW ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
UM, AND I THINK IT ALSO INCLUDE CLARIFICATION OF LEGAL MATTERS WHILE HE'S IN MEETINGS.
WHILST HE IS IN MEETINGS HERE.
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENT COST TO COME HERE? NO, NO.
I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
YOU SAID WHILST HE'S IN MEETINGS, THEY, AND YOU, WE NEED CLARIFICATION.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME? YES, SIR.
THAT IS COVERED IN HIS 600,000.
THE ADDITIONAL COST PER THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS RECEIVED WOULD BE FOR LITIGATION MATTERS.
AGAIN, THE NEXT QUESTION I NEED TO ASK, WHAT WAS THE, THE PRESENT CONTRACT? THE LAST SIGNED THE CONTRACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND IN, I BELIEVE, WAS SIGNED IN 2019.
IT WAS $252,000, UM, AGAIN, FOR SIMILAR SERVICES, 250,052.
TWO 52,250 2000 IN THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES MOVE UP TO 600,000 VICE MAYOR.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR ASKING PERMISSION TO MEET WITH OUR COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE PROPOSAL.
WELL, MR. MR. ATTORNEY KELLER, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, I STARTED ROUGHLY IN 20 20 17.
UM, AND I'VE TAKEN A LOOK 'CAUSE UH, WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS CONTEXT FOR WHY THE NUMBERS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.
AND I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE, UM, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
BUT I DID TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH CONTRACTUAL SERVICES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I LOOKED FROM THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING, UH, SEPTEMBER, UH, 2021 THROUGH OCTOBER 22, ALL THE WAY FORWARD ON A PER YEAR BASIS.
WHAT I HAVE DONE IS WE'VE PROVIDED FOR A MONTHLY RETAINER.
THAT MONTHLY RETAINER IS APPROXIMATELY $204,000
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A YEAR.THAT'S UNDER THE GIVEN CONTRACT.
IN ADDITION TO THE MONTHLY RETAINER, THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL SERVICES REQUIRED TO REPRESENT EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING THE CITY COMMISSION.
UH, AND YOU MAY RECALL, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE COMMISSION, UH, DURING A ELECTION YEAR, UH, THERE ARE SERVICES NEEDED FOR THAT.
IF THERE'S LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, THERE ARE TIMES FOR THAT.
UH, IF THERE ARE COMMISSION ISSUES THAT ARE, UM, NON-MATERIAL, THAT ARE NON-ROUTINE.
I REPRESENT YOU AS A COMMISSION AND I REPRESENT YOU INDIVIDUALLY ON MATTERS THAT PERTAIN TO THIS COMMISSION.
SAME THING WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, CITY, ALL EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
BUT I LOOKED AT THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, BACK IN 2021.
THOSE SERVICES WERE ROUGHLY 23,000 AS OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, GOING THROUGH THIS YEAR, THEY WERE ROUGHLY 137,000.
A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE OAKLAND, OAKLAND VILLA MATTER WHERE THIS COMMISSION ASKED ME TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ENSURE THAT WE DID THOSE, TAKE THOSE STEPS THAT WERE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE EXPENSES, AGAIN, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
ALSO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THAT DEPARTMENT IS FULLY SERVICED, UH, AND THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SERVICE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING, UM, UH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING AND ALL OF THOSE SERVICES ARE PART OF THE ROUTINE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND SO, AGAIN, GENERAL LITIGATION FOR THIS YEAR IS ROUGHLY $83,000.
BUT IF WE GO TO, AND THIS IS THE RUB OF WHY THE NUMBERS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.
WHEN THIS COMMISSION AUTHORIZED ME TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THREE PROPERTY OWNERS IN 2018 AND 20 20 20, UH, THAT WAS ORIO PROPERTY, ORIO PLAZA, UH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS KENT, IT WAS DUPONT, UH, AND ALLEN AND ONE OTHER MATTER.
AND AGAIN, I WAS AUTHORIZED TO DO THE WORK.
THE NUMBERS ARE WHAT THEY ARE RELATIVE TO THAT LITIGATION.
THE ALLEN CASE, WE ARE ON APPEAL.
UH, IN 2023, WE SPENT $181,000 ON LITIGATION, 2024, 101,000 ON LITIGATION 2025.
THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER IS ROUGHLY 50,000.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S ON APPEAL.
WE HAD TO PURSUE AND PROTECT THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST.
THE KENRICK CASE, WE SETTLED THAT CASE, BUT IT STARTED OUT IN 2023.
WE PAID 189,000 IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE, A HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX IN 2024, 12,000 THIS YEAR FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AGREEMENT.
ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE UNBUDGETED COSTS THAT I'VE HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
BASED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THIS COMMISSION NOW, THE RE SETTLEMENT, IT PRODUCED 1,000,200 $75,000, $1,275,000.
UH, I'VE ALSO HAD TO WORK ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
I'VE PROTECTED THE CITY'S INTEREST CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY.
WE ALSO GOT THEM TO, UH, COUGH UP ANOTHER $185,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS PLUS ANOTHER $25,000 FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES.
THE SO R PROPERTY, $70,000 PAYABLE IN 10, IN 10 EQUAL INSTALLMENTS OF $10,000.
THE BOWLING ALLEY PROPERTY, WHEN I CAME IN, THAT WAS THE FIRST MATTER I HAD TO DEAL WITH.
IT WAS AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE, BUT IT WAS UNBUDGETED.
THEY SETTLED AFTER WE WENT TO LITIGATION, HAD TO GO TO COURT, HAD TO GO ON APPEAL, SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THE CITY ON APPEAL.
THEY THEN CAME IN AND SETTLED FOR 200 AND PAID $275,000 FOR A LIEN REDUCTION.
THEY PAID ALSO $42,000 TO THE BROWARD COUNTY WATER AND WASTE, UH, SERVICES FOR AMOUNTS THAT WERE OUTSTANDING.
AND DUE TO THE CITY MARKETPLACE PLAZA THIS YEAR, $330,000 BASED
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ON THEIR NEED FOR COMING FORWARD.DUPONT, I'VE JUST GOT A JUDGMENT LAST WEEK FROM THE COURT THAT SAYS THE CITY IS ENTITLED TO THE MONIES ON THAT LIEN PLUS ATTORNEY'S FEES.
THAT CASE IS STILL OUTSTANDING.
I'M UP FOR A HEARING LATER ON THIS WEEK ON THAT CASE.
I DO EXPECT THAT ON THE DUPONT CASE AND THE ALLEN CASE, THAT WE WILL RECOUP THE MONIES THAT WE'VE INCURRED AT THE END OF THE DAY, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'VE EXPENDED IN LITIGATION, I'VE RETURNED ROUGHLY 84% OF THAT MONEY BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT IN THAT I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THESE VARIOUS MATTERS.
AND AGAIN, TWO OF THESE ARE OUTSTANDING.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING FOR THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING THE CITY'S INTEREST RELATIVE TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE CITY CLERKS, PURCHASING, AND GENERAL LITIGATION, THAT IS ROUGHLY APPROXIMATELY $420,000 PLUS, UH, ANOTHER 180 THAT WE FELT WAS, WOULD BE A MATTER THAT WE COULD DO THE LITIGATION.
WE STILL HAVE SOME CLEANUP WORK ON DUPONT, UH, AND WE STILL ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PURSUING THE FEES, UH, AND THE CITY'S LIENS ON THE OUTSTANDING CASES RELATIVE TO, UH, THE DUPONT MATTER AND THE ALLEN CASES.
SO I STARTED OFF WITH THIS, AND THIS HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THREE CASES TO WORK WITHOUT A BUDGET.
SO NOW THESE THREE CASES ARE WINDING DOWN.
WE'VE GOT PAID ON, ON, UM, ON KENT, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PAY $200,000 A YEAR.
DUPONT AND ALLEN ARE STILL OUT.
AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OUR LITIGATION.
WE'VE NOT LOST THE CITY ANY MONEY.
AND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE NON-LITIGATION MATTERS ARE REPRESENTING THE CORE INCHES THAT IS TAKING CARE OF THE CITY'S, UH, INTERESTS WITH RESPECT TO NOT JUST THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT ALSO YOUR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT, AND PARTICULARLY THE COMMUNITY SER THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS MULTIPLE DIVISIONS TO IT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE SOMETHING I SAID BEFORE, WHENEVER WE AS A COMMISSION VOTE OR AGREE ON SOMETHING, WE'RE THE ONES THAT'S LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT.
SO IF, IF YOU HEAR THE GENTLEMAN'S ARGUMENT, HE'S SAYING, WE SENT HIM OUT THERE TO DO THAT.
HOW, HOW SO AGAIN, I WASN'T HERE AS A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? I WASN'T HERE EITHER, BUT I I I WILL SAY THIS, UM, IT'S NO SECRET THAT LEGAL SERVICES ARE NOT CHEAP.
UM, AND IT, IT IS ALSO NO SECRET THAT BASED OFF OF THE RECORD, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS DONE A, A PRETTY GOOD JOB, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE CASES AND THE BATTLES HE'S HAD TO FIGHT FOR THE CITY'S INTEREST.
THAT'S, THERE'S NO SECRET ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT A FIGHTER IN THEIR RECORD, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE THE FLOYD MAYWEATHER OF CITY ATTORNEYS RIGHT NOW, SO THERE'S NO SECRET ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT, THAT COMES WITH A COST.
AND, UM, FLOYD MAYWEATHER CALLS HIMSELF MONEY MAYWEATHER FOR A REASON BECAUSE OF THE PERFORMANCE.
UM, HOWEVER, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE LEAN AMNESTY STUFF, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE OUT HERE THINKING WE'RE DOING A, WE'RE SENDING HIM TO GO TALK TO THESE FOLKS.
EVEN IF HE SENDS AN EMAIL, THAT'S A COST.
AND THIS IS NOT AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY.
SO HE TOO HAS A FIRM HE HAS TO REPORT BACK TO.
HE HAS HIS OWN CAMP, HE'S PROTECTING THE CITY'S INTEREST.
THESE THINGS ARE INCURRING A COST TO THE CITY.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UM, I I, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH.
I THINK IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT BASED OFF OF HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT ON THEM, 84% ALREADY HAS BEEN RECRUITED.
I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, TO TAKE A, A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT HOW WE ARE SPENDING OUR MONEY FOR OUR LEGAL SERVICES.
I THINK WE NEED A LOT MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I THINK WITH OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, I THINK SHE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN AND WE NEED TO TAKE A, UM, A REALLY CLOSE LOOK, AN X-RAY LOOK AS TO HOW WE CAN DO THIS IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS GONNA GO.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GONNA GO TO MAYBE BILLING IN A BUDGET WHENEVER WE SEND HIM FOR LITIGATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA GO TO, TO DECREASE THE COST OF LITIGATION.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT DOING IN-HOUSE SERVICES VERSUS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY IF THAT MAY SAVE COSTS.
I THINK IT'S A TEAM DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.
AND, UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ADD ON TO THAT, UH, THE IDEA THAT WHEN
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IT COMES TO A CITY, WE CAN'T BE AFRAID TO LITIGATE.THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE, WE CAN'T EVEN BE UP HERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA NO LONGER LITIGATE WHEN IT'S TIME TO.
NO, WE HAVE TO, THAT'S JUST A PART OF BEING A PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND AGAIN, MR. CALLAWAY DOES A GREAT JOB.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT AMNESTY, ELDER CITIES LOOKED AT OUR AMNESTY PROGRAM AND THEY SAID, THIS IS A MONEY GRAB.
YOU'RE GOING AROUND THE PEOPLE CHARGING 'EM 35%.
BUT IF, IF, IF, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CHARGE 'EM FOR THE AMNESTY.
BUT IF THEY SETTLE, YOU WOULD HAVE THEM SETTLING THAT 35%.
SO WE NEED TO POLICE AND REGULATE HOW WE DO ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAVE NO FRIENDS UP HERE.
MY, MY, MY JOB IS TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
NOT MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS OR HOW THEY FEEL.
I CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AND STILL BE RESPECTFUL.
BUT AS A CITY, THE CITY THAT I CARE ABOUT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE SPENDING OUR MONEY AND HOW WE ARE DOING THAT AND HOW IT MAKES US LOOK.
'CAUSE AT ONE POINT, I WAS THE ONLY ONE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THE AMNESTY.
YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME THAT STAFF WROTE ALL OF THAT.
SO, UH, THOSE, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UM, AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION.
AN AMPLE MEANS MORE THAN ENOUGH, AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION.
I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU SAID, LITIGATION COSTS MONEY.
AND MANY TIMES WE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO GO HERE AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING ON THE BIG PICTURE.
BUT ONCE YOU SEND HIM THERE, HE HAS A RIGHT TOO.
HE, HE LIKES US, BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE US THAT MUCH, THAT HE'S GOING TO WORK FOR FREE.
AND THE PEOPLE WILL CALL HIM FOR NONSENSE, NOT REALIZING THAT ONCE YOU CALL HIM AND INVOICE IS GOING TO BE PREPARED FROM HIS OFFICE AND SENT TO FINANCE OR WHEREVER THEY SEND IT.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MONEY.
I THINK THE CONSULTANT, MS. LEBER, THAT GAVE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, THAT MONEY, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
MAYBE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT MAYBE OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS FAR UP THERE AND WE ARE DOWN THERE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR RESOURCES FOR IF I WANT LEGAL ADVICE.
IF YOU REALLY WANT GOOD ADVICE, YOU HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT.
BUT CAN THE CITY AFFORD IT? CAN A SMALL CITY LIKE LORD DE LAKES RIGHT NOW, $600,000 OUTSIDE OF ANYTHING ELSE TO DO, MEETINGS AND RESOLUTION, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS CITY.
NOT A LOT OF MONEY IS COMING IN, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING? ARE WE GOING TO GET SOMEONE IN HOUSE? AND THEN THINGS THAT THAT PERSON CANNOT HANDLE.
WE CANNOT JUST DECIDE THAT, OKAY, THE CONTRACT IS EXPIRING IN ANOTHER WEEK.
NO, WE HAVE TO HAVE FAR, FAR MORE DISCUSSIONS.
MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
STATE OF MONEY, UM, THE CITY AFFORDED AFFORDABILITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE ATTORNEY.
FIRST OF ALL, WE, WHEN I CAME ON, UM, I SHOULD SAY I INHERITED A LOT OF, UH, LITIGATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE PRIOR.
AND IT CAME ON MY COUNSEL, MY WATCH.
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AND SO WE WERE PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY RECOUPED.AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES A LOT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH IT TAKES IN ORDER TO, UM, GET ALL OF THIS DONE.
I, I, SO IT, IT DOES REQUIRE SOME CONVERSATION FOR US.
OUR EYES ARE OPENED NOW, AND I DO, UH, GO WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, THE CURRENT FINANCIAL DIRECTOR SAYS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THIS.
WHILE WE ALSO HAVE CONVERSATION WITHIN OURSELVES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FULL PACKAGE TO HEAR WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS IN COMING BACK TO US.
THAT WOULD BE, BUT I, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE FOR BRINGING FUNDS BACK TO THIS, THE CITY, BUT LOOKING INTO OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER OURSELVES IN ORDER TO, UM, MAKE THIS WORK FOR EVERYONE AND NOT ONLY GET THE BEST FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO TO HAVE THE RIGHT THINGS IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD.
SO I'M IN FAVOR FOR, UM, THAT CONVERSATION BEING HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO THE TABLE FOR US TO CONSIDER WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
I THINK THE COMMENTS HAVE ALL INCLUDED THE FACT THAT WE ARE APPRECIATIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PART OF THE JOB FOR ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK INTO THE CITY.
I'VE HEARD AS IT RELATES TO THE BOWLING ALLEY.
AND I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES 28 YEARS, AND I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE BOWLING ALLEY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND THAT'S ONE SPECIFIC ITEM, BUT THERE'S ALSO A SAYING THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
SO IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY OR, OR OUR REPRESENTATION, LEGAL REPRESENTATION HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
IT'S SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE, SOMEONE WHO IS COMPETENT, SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP TO OTHERS WHEN THEY COME AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME TO COME AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND IN MY OPINION, ATTORNEY CALLAWAY HAS STOOD UP FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AS FAR AS BEING INVOICED FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS GROWN.
I THINK WE'RE MOVING THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, MAYBE WE AND WILL NOT NEED AS MUCH INTERVENTION AS WE HAVE HAD BEFORE.
ONCE WE COMPLETE THE, I THINK YOU SAID THE RAD AND WHATEVER THE OTHER TWO ARE, THEN WE WILL NOT NEED AS MUCH LEGAL INTERVENTION AS WE HAVE.
SO POSSIBLY SOME OF THOSE COSTS WILL GO DOWN.
SO I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF THAT DISCUSSION BETWEEN FINANCIAL SERVICES, PROCUREMENT AND OUR ATTORNEY.
BUT LET US REMEMBER WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO GET FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THE CITY OF LONGDALE LAKES AT ANY TIME TO BE IN A, THE CITY TO BE IN A LEGAL LITIGATION BECAUSE WE DID NOT DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS CONCERNED.
SO ABSOLUTELY, I AM IN FAVOR OF THAT DISCUSSION.
SO I SENTIMENT, UM, TO EVERYTHING THAT MY MAYOR SAID, UM, I THINK, UM, CAL, MR. CALLOWAY IS A VERY GOOD ATTORNEY.
HE HAS COME IN THIS, UM, CITY AND DID THE JOB, AS YOU SAID ABOUT THE BOWLING ALLEY THAT WAS THERE THROUGH MY FOURTH HOURS.
AND HE CAME IN AND HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO.
HE'S DOING THE WORK AND IF SOMEONE IS DOING THE WORK, THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR IT.
SO I AM OPEN FOR, UM, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE WHERE IT IS.
AND AS, UH, MAYA, MY MAYOR SAYS, YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU GET.
SO YOU GO AND YOU GET, GET AN ATTORNEY.
THAT'S HALF HIS POINTS, BUT WILL MAYBE NOT GET THAT KIND OF SERVICE.
SO LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE, LET'S SEE WHAT'S ON THE TABLE, AND, UM, SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE.
BUT HE'S AN EXCELLENT ATTORNEY.
UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AGAIN, I WILL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE, UM, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
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I ALSO JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE I DO NOT CHARGE ANYONE FOR TELEPHONE CALLS.I MEAN, TO SUGGEST THAT I JUST BILL FOR THAT IS, IS JUST ABSOLUTELY NOT CONSISTENT WITH MY PRACTICE OF 30 PLUS YEARS.
SECOND, I'VE BEEN HERE UNDER CONTRACT.
I WORK AT A RATE THAT MY ASSOCIATE WORKS AT.
MY ASSOCIATE IS THREE YEARS IN PRACTICE.
I WORK AT THE SAME RATE THAT SHE WORKS AT.
SO I'M NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING TO GET PAID.
I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WHEN I INITIALLY CAME ON FOR THIS CONTRACT.
UM, AND FOR EVERY HOUR THAT I WORK, I'M WORKING AT PROBABLY 40% OF MY ACTUAL BILLING RATE.
IF YOU SAID, AM I LOOKING TO GO OUT AND GET PAID? NO, THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF CONTRACT FOR SERVICES THAT I HAVE WITH THE LAU, WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND MY FIRM RECOGNIZES THE SAME THING.
MME. MAY STAND ITEM NUMBER 5K DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THE SIE HASTINGS PARKWAY PROJECT.
AND MR. RON DE BRUS IS HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM.
UH, I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION, MADAM MAYOR.
I GUARANTEE I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
BACK IN JULY, 2024, UH, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HALL AND ASSOCIATE, UH, TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE STEIN PARKWAY PROJECT.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE CONSULTANT ALL ALONG.
SO NOW THEY SUBMITTED THEIR DESIGN AND I'M SUBMITTING IT TO THE COMMISSION TO JUST TO GET INPUT, UH, FROM THE BOARD.
UH, WE PAID 120,000 FOR THE DESIGN.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 802, 880,000, UH, DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.
SO ONCE WE DONE WITH THE DESIGN, WE'LL SUBMIT THAT, UH, TO THE COUNTY, UH, FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN THEY'LL RELEASE THE, THE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SOME KEY FEATURES OF THAT PROJECT INVOLVE DRAINAGE, UH, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT, UH, STREETSCAPES AND WAVE FIGHTING, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING.
UH, THE, THE SLIDE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, CURRENTLY IS, CAN, CAN YOU MOVE ONE SLIDE OTHER, THE SLIDE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, IS THE ENTRANCE FROM AUCKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE ARE PROPOSED, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT, UH, AT THE, AT THE ENTRANCE FROM OAKLAND PARK.
UH, THERE ARE SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AT OAKLAND PARK AND, UH, RC AND PARKWAY, WHICH IS A STEP ASPHALT.
UH, THERE IS A, UM, DIRECTIONAL SIGN, WHICH WILL BE DECORATIVE.
I DON'T HAVE OPPORT TO TYPE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH, THE CRO CURRENTLY IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING SIGNAGE.
HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN HAVE THAT ON, ON TIME, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THERE'S ALSO A LARGE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT, AND ALL OF THE INTERSECTION WILL BE IMPROVED WITH STEPPED ASPHALT.
UH, THIS SLIDE IS LITERALLY THE INTERSECTION WHERE CITY HALL IS LOCATED RIGHT NOW, AND GOING EAST BACK TO WARD SEVEN, AND ALSO FURTHER DOWN ON 36.
UH, SAME PATTERN WITH LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT.
UH, THERE ARE SOME ABOUT 10 PARALLEL PARKING SPACES THAT ARE PROPOSED ALONG THE, THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.
UH, THE CONSULTANT IS SUBMITTING THREE OPTIONS FOR THE, FOR THE DECORATIVE, UH, INTERSECTION.
UH, OPTION ONE IS A STEP ASPHALT THAT KIND OF MIMIC WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
OTHER LOCATION, LIKE, UH, EVEN 37TH STREET, 41ST.
UM, BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER PATTERN THAT THEY SUBMITTED, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
UH, SO I'M REQUESTING OPTION, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY
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COMMISSION TO SELECT ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN TONIGHT.MR. RON? UH, YES, YOU'RE ASKING TONIGHT VOICE SELECTION.
AND ALSO THIS IS THE PART, UH, THIS IS THE TREES AND, AND SHOPS THAT ARE PROPOSED.
UM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY OF THE STREET TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT, WE CAN, THAT'S THE TIME TO REMOVE THEM.
AND IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR TREE THAT YOU LIKE MORE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE OF THAT TREES ALONG THE, THE LANDSCAPE SECTION.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, I AM NOT BEING A ARCHITECT OR, UM, ARBORIST OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
I'M SEEING ALL THESE DIFFERENT PALMS AND HOW I MAY LIKE IT, BUT HOW DOES IT LOOK AESTHETICALLY? HOW CAN IT BE CARED FOR? I SEE A JUMBO LIMBO THAT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN BE MASSIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWING ME THIS TELLING, TELLING US TO CHOOSE EVERYTHING LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I NEED A, I WOULD LOVE A BETTER CONCEPTUAL THING ON HOW IT WOULD LOOK WITH MAYBE A PALM THERE.
I KNOW HOW TO PUT MY HOUSE TOGETHER.
BUT TO SET THESE ALONG THE, THE HOUSEY HASTING, UM, ROADWAY, I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE THERE.
WHETHER OR NOT IT MAY LOOK GOOD OR NOT, WHAT IS THE MAINTENANCE OF IT? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT WE NEED TO, WE, I THINK WE NEED TO, TO KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST SHOWING US ALL SHRUBS, PALMS, TREE, WHAT WOULD WORK BEST ALONG THAT, THAT ROADWAY? MADAM MAYOR, MR. RON, YOU HAVE A RESPONSE? YEAH, SURE.
UM, THIS IS THE LIST OF, UH, THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE DESIGN.
SO THEY ARE SCATTERED BASED, BASED ON THE ENGINEER'S PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHERE THEY ARE.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S A LONG STRETCH, UH, IT REALLY, IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLACE THOSE TREE IN REAL TIME ON THAT SET OF PLANTS.
BUT I CAN CREATE SOME SECTIONAL PROFILE, PROBABLY BRING IT BACK WITH MORE DETAIL.
BUT AS FAR AS THE PALM TREES, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, UH, THE S PALM, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN.
IT'S, IT'S DIRTY FOR THE MOST PART.
IF I COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S COULD BE PROBABLY MY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL TO, UH, TAKE IT OUT.
UH, AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE, UM, PER CURRENT ORDINANCE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IS TECHNICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE.
SO ONE OF THE THING THAT PROBABLY THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED IS, UH, WORKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL WAY THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF MAINTENANCE OF THAT SECTION OF THE, THE LANDSCAPE.
UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE MAY HAVE SOME PUSHBACK FROM, FROM THE RESIDENT, UH, WHICH ARE PLAN ON, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, THIS PROJECT TO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO GET, TO GET INPUT FROM, UH, FROM THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
I, I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME AND I SAID, I WANNA SEE PICTURES OF TREES AND SHRUBS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT YOU AND ON KIMBERLY HORN.
NOW, I THINK WHAT WOULD HELP IS A 3D REPRESENTATION OF THE TREES IN REAL TIME.
IF, IF, IF POSSIBLE, I KNOW AI AND STUFF COULD DO THINGS.
UM, I, I, I DO HAVE AN ACTUAL OPINION.
SO ON THE SECOND PAGE, WE'RE AT THIS CROSSWALK, THE DECORATIVE INTERSECTION, OPTION ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
UM, I, UM, I'M LEANING TOWARDS EITHER ONE OR THREE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THREE WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY LOOK A LITTLE CLUMSY.
UH, BUT I KNOW JUST LOOKING AT OPTION ONE, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BEAUTIFY THAT AREA IN THOSE THREE AREAS.
SO I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT CROSSWALK.
I, I'M, I'M LEANING TOWARDS BEING IN FAVOR OF OPTION ONE.
'CAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT'LL LOOK BETTER FOR THE TREES.
UM, NOW I WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO US ON MORE DETAIL, IF YOU CAN, AROUND THE HOW, WHICH ONES IT GIVE YOU MORE OF A DIFFICULTY WITH MAINTAINING.
SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING ABOUT THE SABLE PALM.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT AS YOU WERE SAYING IT, I DO REMEMBER GROWING UP SEEING THESE TREES.
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IF YOU DON'T GET TO IT, THE, THE DEAD ONES WILL JUST HANG DOWN.AND THEN THEY'LL SOMETIMES FALL.
UM, WHEN STORMS HAPPEN, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
SO I, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF OMITTING THAT, BUT ONE TREE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME ON THE TOP ROAD, THE CREPE MYRTLE, I THINK THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND I WOULD WISH TO SEE MORE TREES AND SHRUBS THAT HAVE COLOR THAT'S VIBRANT SO PEOPLE CAN JUST GET THE FEELING OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LIVING IN COLOR.
AND MAYBE THAT CAN BE OUR THEME.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE SO DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.
YOU MIGHT TELL ME, COMMISSIONER, OVER THE SUMMER, ALL THOSE PINK STUFF FALL OFF AND IT'S A REGULAR TREE.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS, RIGHT?
UH, TWO, YOU GET SIX MONTH OUT OF THE, THE CRIP MURDER.
OH, REALLY? YOU GET SIX MONTH AND THEN, SEE THAT'S NOT ALL.
AND THE, THE OTHER SIX MONTH, NOTHING BUT STAKES.
UM, AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO END BY SAYING, UH, HOWEVER WE CAN FIND A SWEET SPOT BETWEEN AESTHETICS AND, UM, SUSTAINABILITY, LONGEVITY.
UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK ANY OF THESE, JUST GOING ALONG THERE MORE, WOULD DEFINITELY SPRUCE UP THE AIE HASTINGS PARKWAY.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS? WHY ARE WE DOING IT? UH, THE PROJECT, UH, TO MADAM MAYOR, THE PROJECT.
WHY, WHY ARE WE DOING IT? MR. RON? THROUGH MAYOR, BACK IN 2007, UM, THERE WAS A CONCEPTUAL THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UM, BASED ON A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED.
AND IN 2020, WHEN THE CAX PROGRAM WAS, UH, ENACTED, UH, THE MANAGER AT THAT TIME SUBMITTED THIS PROJECT FOR FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE, UH, ALONG, UH, SOME LOCATION ALONG LCS THING.
AND ALSO, UH, THE IDEA WAS TO ENHANCE THE WHOLE ENTRYWAY, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT'S WHERE CITY HALL IS LOCATED.
JUST TO MAKE IT GRAND USE IN A WAY, UM, TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY, BRING, UH, PROPERTY VALUE.
WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE FUNDING FOR? TO MAYOR SURTAX.
THEY ALLOCATED $1 MILLION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THEY HAVE RELEASED 120,000 FOR, FOR THE DESIGN.
THE BALANCE OF IT IS, IS THERE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK WE SHOULD USE THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD FINISH THE JOB, UH, RON? THINK SO.
YEAH, I, I, I THINK WE SHOULD FINISH THE JOB.
I THINK WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO NOT ONLY HONOR ONE OF THE GREATEST CONGRESSMEN IN THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO, UM, HELP BEAUTIFY THE ENTRYWAY TO CITY HALL.
AND WE STARTED, I THINK WE SHOULD FINISH IT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER TO DO JUST THAT.
AND I THINK THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE THING FOR US TO DO.
THANK YOU, MR. COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AS WELL.
JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, AESTHETICALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THE RIGHT WHERE PALMS OR IT GOES THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED PROPERLY.
'CAUSE WHEN THAT'S DONE, THAT MEANS THE CITY, IF I'M, IF I STAND CORRECTLY, WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT.
RIGHT? AT THIS TIME, NO, BUT I'M ASKING, UH, THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW ME TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FIND LEGAL AVENUE FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THAT SECTION OF THE WORLD,
SO, UM, TO MAYBE TO A RESOLUTION OR, UH, I MADE AN ORDINANCE.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT CAN BE DONE.
THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO INTEREST IN THAT, UH, OPTION.
UM, MR. RON, YOU SAID THE ADJACENT OWNER IS THAT LITTLE PIECE OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE BEFORE YOU COME, YOU GO TO OAKLAND PARK WHERE THE LIGHT IS ON THE WEST SIDE? I THINK THERE IS A CITY MONUMENT WITH WEST GATE OVER THERE.
IT'S A ONE-WAY STREET COMING FROM THE CHURCH THERE.
WHAT IS THAT LITTLE AREA YOU ARE, YOU ARE REFERRING TO? UM, TO, THAT IS THE, THE ENTRANCE OF THE, THE, THE PROJECT FROM AUCKLAND PARK ON THE WEST SIDE.
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SECTION I'M REFERRING TO, UH, IF YOU TAKE ANY PROPERTY, UH, BEHIND THE SIDEWALK, IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THE SWELL IS TECHNICALLY WIDE OF WAY, BUT IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT.SO IF, IF, IF WE PLANT A TREE AND THE SWELL ACCORDING TO THE AUDIENCE, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO MAINTAIN THAT TREE AS WELL, IS, IS THERE ANY, ANY SIDEWALK ON THAT SIDE, ON THE WEST SIDE COMING TOWARDS OAKLAND PARK? ON, ON THE EAST SIDE IS THE, UM, LAKES MALL.
IS THAT THE AREA WE ARE LOOKING ON OR ANOTHER AREA? UH,
THERE IS A SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE.
WHEN I'M DRIVING THIS EVENING, I'LL, YES.
MAKE SURE I TRUE YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MR. WILLIAMS. SO WHAT ABOUT THE RESIDENTS? ARE THIS GONNA AFFECT THE RESIDENTS THERE, UM, HOUSES OR CO UH, APARTMENTS IN THAT AREA? UH, TO MY MAIL, NO.
IT WILL NOT AFFECT THE RESIDENT IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC OR ACCESSING THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE TREES, NO, BUT THE TREES, THAT'S WHY, UH, I WANNA ENTER IN THE OPTION TO HAVE MAINTENANCE BY THE CITY OF, OF THOSE TREES AFTER INSTALLATION.
SO, MR. RON, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT CONSULTING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE CITY MAINTAINING THE SWELL ONCE WE PLANT WHATEVER WE ARE GOING TO PLANT ON THE SWELL, BECAUSE NOW IT IS THE HOMEOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY MORE OR LESS TO DO THAT.
ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, YES.
UH, EVEN IF, EVEN, EVEN IF THE CITY PLANT THE TREE, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO MAINTAIN IT, AND I KNOW, UM, HISTORICALLY ON EASTGATE AND OTHER LOCATION, UM, WE HAD THE, THE SAME ISSUE AND IT COST, UH, SOME MONEY TO, TO MAINTAIN A TREE.
BUT WE DON'T WANNA OPEN A CAN OF WORM AS WELL, SO WE WANNA DO IT ONLY FOR THAT SECTION OF THE, OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF TREES THAT ARE, ARE PROPOSED BECAUSE WE WANNA ENHANCE THE, THE WHOLE PARKWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
SO RON, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THE CITY DOING THE MAINTENANCE FOR THESE PARTICULAR TREES, UH, TO MA YES.
MR. RON? I SEE TREES AND SHRUBS.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A COMBINATION? YES.
AND, UH, I WANNA PUT OUT TO THE ATCH GRASS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO NOT HAVE BECAUSE IT'S A NIGHTMARE TO MAINTAIN IT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE DISCUSSION WITH THE CONSULTANT AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, ONE LAST THING.
UH, AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, MIKE, FELLOW COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UM, LIKE A 3D SO THAT WE HAVE AN VISUAL, YOU KNOW, UM, REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I, I KNOW A BEAUTIFUL OUTLAY HERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TREES WOULD LOOK NICE IN THE, IN THE AREA.
DO YOU MIND, MAYOR? I, I WILL, UH, DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TO BRING IT BACK WITH MORE DETAIL.
HOPEFULLY LIKE A 3D DRIVE BY FORM SET WITH SEVEN, I'M SURE WITH ORCAD NOW THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, WITH A VISUAL.
MR. THOMAS? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, SO RON, WITH THE MR. DES BRU, SO WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE, UM, YOU NEED A ANSWER TONIGHT? UH, TO MY MAYOR, IF I'M BRINGING IT BACK? UH, I WOULDN'T SAY SO.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE M DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER.
AND YOU'RE THE SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM, AND MR. ZAM IS HERE TO PROVIDE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DID SORT OF GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, IF YOU WILL, MR. ZA ZA, WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT PART OF IT ALSO IN YOUR PRESENTATION? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
UM, PROTOCOLS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
UH, THE LAST TIME THIS, UH, ITEM CAME FORWARD, UM, THE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION WAS TO SCRAP THE BID AND GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, UH, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WE DID IS EXACTLY AS DIRECTED.
UM, I THINK IT WAS ON THE WORKSHOP, THE MONDAY,
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UH, BY THE WEDNESDAY WE WENT BACK OUT.UH, WE REVISED THE SCOPE, UH, NOT NECESSARILY THE SCOPE, BUT WE ADDED THE THINGS THAT WERE MISSING.
UM, PETER, PRIMARILY IT WAS THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, UH, THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE CLEANED IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE PUT IT BACK OUT A BIT IMMEDIATELY.
IT WAS ON THE WEDNESDAY, UH, FOLLOWING THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, CITY WORKSHOP.
UM, OFFICIALLY IT WAS LAUNCHED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, AND IT WILL BE CLOSING THIS FRIDAY.
WE WILL BEGIN THE EVALUATION PROCESS ONCE MORE, UM, AND BRING IT FORWARD TO THE C NEXT CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AS TO OUR FINDINGS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE M I'M SORRY, FIVE.
AND DISCUSSION REGARDING RENAMING AND DESIGNATED SECTION OF NORTHWEST 41ST STREET, LOCATED EAST OF NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE AFTER BOYD H ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, UM, DR.
PRINCIPAL, DR. JAMES GRIFFIN, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UH, THIS ITEM IS COMING BACK FOR DISCUSSION SO WE CAN GET A, UM, HAVE MORE DISCUSSION, GET A MORE FEEL FOR IT.
UH, THIS IS TO RENAME, UH, DESIGNATED SEC DESIGNATED SECTION OF NORTHWEST 41ST STREET, UM, AFTER, UH, BOYD ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. DREAMS GRIFFIN, WHO WAS ALSO THE FORMER PRINCIPAL OF LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I ATTACHED, UH, WHAT I HAD JUST HAD PASSED OUT WAS A LIST OF ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT PRINCIPAL GRIFFIN HAS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE YEARS OF JUST BEING INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND OF COURSE, WE REMEMBERED, WE RECENTLY, UH, GIFTED HIM A PROCLAMATION FOR BRINGING BOYD ANDERSON TO A, A SCHOOL.
UH, THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO A B SCHOOL AND AN A SCHOOL.
SO, UM, HIM BEING A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN THAT EDUCATIONAL AREA WITH BOTH LAKES MIDDLE AND BOYD ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK IT'S, UH, A GOOD THING TO COMMEMORATE HIM WITH A STREET NAMED AFTER HIM.
UH, THIS PACKET THAT I PASSED OUT IS PRETTY LENGTHY, SO I'M JUST GONNA GLEAN THROUGH IT WITH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
UM, UNDER ACADEMIC AND PROGRAMMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE PROFICIENCIES THAT HE'S INCREASED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
MIND YOU, THIS IS A CITY AND AREA WHERE WE'RE LOW ON LITERACY RATE AND MATH PROFICIENCY, BUT HE ALSO DEVELOPED A COLLEGIATE PROGRAM WITHIN THE SCHOOL.
UH, YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACCOLADES, HE WAS NAMED FLORIDA PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, UH, LEGACY MAGAZINE AND LEGACY SOUTH FLORIDA, TOP BLACK EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, BROWARD COUNTY, PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR IN 2010, FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS LAUNCHED A JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PRE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND PREPARE STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE WORKPLACE.
HE INCREASED THE PROFICIENCY OF MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND ELA AND EARNED A SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER B GRADE IN 2024.
AND, UH, AGAIN, RECENTLY, THE SCHOOL IS BECOMING A SCHOOL, UH, ENSURED A HUNDRED PERCENT ENROLLMENT TO BROWARD COLLEGE FOR THE CLASS OF 2024 GRADUATION.
CREATED A SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER HORSE EQUESTRIAN CLUB PROGRAM.
UM, ALSO BUILT THE NATION'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL SYNTHETIC ICE HOCKEY RINK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANTHONY CLE FOUNDATION.
AND HE'S ALSO, UM, ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO INVOLVED ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL.
NOW, JUST SO WE HAVE A VISUAL OF THE STREET, OF THE SECTION OF THE STREET PROPOSED.
THE, ON THE SECOND ATTACHMENT IS AN ACTUAL AREA VIEW OF THE MAP.
YOU'LL SEE HERE GOING NORTH AND SOUTH IS NORTHWEST 31ST AVE.
AND GOING NORTH AND SOUTH AGAIN.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS 29TH AVE, RIGHT BEHIND BOYD ANDERSON.
THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS WALK AND PARENTS FREQUENT WHEN THEY DROP OFF THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND PICK THEM UP FROM SCHOOL.
WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THE STREET, THE EAST SIDE OF NORTHWEST 41ST STREET, GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOL BACK OUT TO 29TH AVE THAT BEING NAMED, UM, AFTER THE PRINCIPAL AND COMMEMORATION OF ALL OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HE'S DONE, REALLY, NOT ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO END THIS BY SAYING I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO PERSONALLY WORK ALONGSIDE, UH, MR. GRIFFIN ON MULTIPLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WITH ANY SCHOOL YOU TRY TO WORK WITH IS, UH, WHETHER THE PRINCIPAL HAS A MINDSET TO DO SOMETHING INNOVATIVE, DO SOMETHING CREATIVE.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU GO TO SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW, THE BUCK STOPS AT THE PRINCIPAL, WHETHER THEY THINK THE IDEA'S WORTH IT, AND PRINCIPAL GRIFFIN IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHERE THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE WHERE HE'S GONNA FIND A WAY TO DO IT.
UH, WHEN WE WANTED TO START THE HORSE PROGRAM AT BOYD ANDERSON, A LOT OF PEOPLE DOUBTED THAT BEING A POSSIBILITY.
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AND THROUGH HIS INNOVATION AND HIS WAY OF MAKING IT HAPPEN, HE MADE THAT HAPPEN.UH, HE WORKS GREAT WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF POPULATIONS IN SCHOOLS, AND HE HAS ALSO BUILT LEADERSHIP PIPELINES FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME PRINCIPALS AT OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL.
UH, MULTIPLE PEOPLE SERVED UNDER HIM HAS LEFT TO NOW BECOME PRINCIPALS AT OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE OF THEM BEING RIGHT NOW AT LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO I, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FITTING THAT WE HIGHLIGHT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS BY RENAMING, UH, DAT STREET.
UM, AFTER HIM, THE PRINCIPAL, BOYD ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL COLLEAGUES, I AM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER.
I, I'M STILL TRYING TO PICTURE WHERE THE STREET IS.
UM, IF I'M LOOKING AT IT, IT'S A SHORT STREET FROM, IT'S, YOU SAID, GOING UP 30 WHERE YOU HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES.
WHERE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE YELLOW.
THAT'S, THAT'S A STREET THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, I AM, I GUESS I'M NOT UP ON NAMAN OF STREET.
IT WAS JUST THE LAST TIME WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT NAMING OF A BUILDING.
I THOUGHT THE PERSON HAD TO PASS IN ORDER TO NAME THAT STREET, THAT BUILDING.
AND, AND SO I, A STREET, I AM MORE, UM, UPDATED ON IT.
UH, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT MR. GRIFFIN, UM, BRINGS A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY.
HIS RESUME, OBVIOUSLY IS, UM, VERY, AS COMMISSIONER, UM, HARRISON BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG PROFILE HERE.
I WOULD, UM, I I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT IF THAT'S, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO STAFF IN TERMS OF THIS BEING DONE AND HOW IT, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE OF IT BEING DONE? YES.
UM, HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH A CM AND WE MADE SURE WE DID THE DUE DILIGENCE.
UM, BUT I KNOW POSSIBLY WE CAN HEAR FROM RON, UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, OF COURSE, TO HELP KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY AND, UM, HOW WE ARE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE.
BEFORE MR. RON COMES, I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO ABOUT THE LOCATION.
NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE AND 41ST STREET, AND A TRAFFIC LIGHT IS THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE AND THE CORNER STORE IS THERE, UNLESS I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG, SORRY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, THE CORNER STORE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET'S, CORRECT? MM-HMM
UM, THERE IS, UH, GOING INTO THE 41ST STREET, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE.
THERE IS ONE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, THERE'S, SORRY, THERE'S A, BECAUSE THEY COME OVER, SO YEAH, THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE.
SO YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE 31ST AND 40, 31ST AVENUE AND 41ST STREET INTERSECTION GOING INTO BOY ANDERSON.
THAT'S SUCH A SHORT, UM, IT'S JUST ONE, ONE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF BLOCK SHORT DISTANCE, AND THEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE AUDITORIUM WHEN YOU, YOU'RE DRIVING TO IT, THEN YOU'LL BE DRIVING TO THE AUDITORIUM.
AND THEN TO GET TO NORTHWEST 29TH AVENUE, YOU GO AROUND THE PARKING LOT, THE MAIN PART OF THE SCHOOL, AND THEN BACK OUT.
SO, SO WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT LITTLE PIECE.
ON 41ST STREET TO THE AUDITORIUM.
AND, UM, FOR IT TO GO FROM OUTSIDE THE STREET AND LOOP AROUND THE SCHOOL ITSELF, WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FITTING, BUT THE SIGN COULD ONLY BE AT 31ST AND 41ST, 31ST AVENUE AND 41ST STREET, WHICH IS A COUNTY.
IS THAT A DROP OFF FOR THAT? WE'RE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY KNOW THAT THAT STREET IS IN HONOR OF DR.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A DOCTOR YET, MR. GRIFFIN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A COMBINATION OF, OF BOTH.
THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE TRIPS OF HOUSES.
SO KIDS ARE WALKING THROUGH THERE AFTER SCHOOL AND BEFORE SCHOOL.
UM, AND ALSO ON THE 29TH AVE STREET PARK GOING NORTH AND SOUTH AND 41ST STREET, UH, WE COULD POSSIBLY ALSO PUT A A, A 41ST STREET SIGNED ON THAT CORNER AS WELL.
THAT IS A DROP OFF AREA THAT PARENTS ARE COMING IN AND DRIVING THEIR CARS INTO THE ACTUAL SCHOOL.
I GUESS IT'S A, MAYBE A QUESTION FOR ME, FOR MR. ROGER, RIGHT.
AS I WAS, WE PUT A SIGN AT THE 29TH AVENUE AFTER YOU LEAVE THE PARKING AREA FROM BA YES.
THAT IS WHERE MADAM MAYOR THAT IS WHERE, WHERE
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THE MULTI-FAMILY HOMES ARE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 29TH AVENUE.29TH AVENUE IS WHERE YOU TURN INTO THE GUARD GATE COMING INTO BOY ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL ON THE, YOU GO 39TH STREET, MAKE A LEFT, MAKE A LEFT AND GO.
I JUST THINK THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MR. GRIFFIN'S MANY, MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I DON'T THINK THAT LITTLE SPACE WILL DO HIM JUSTICE, ADAM MAYOR, 29.
IF, IF WE FOUND A ROAD THAT WAS 15 MILES LONG, I DON'T THINK IT'LL DO JUSTICE.
THE THING WAS THAT INITIALLY, UM, I I, I DID THINK THAT 39TH STREET WOULD BE GOOD GOING STRAIGHT DOWN.
HOWEVER, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE SHARE A PART OF THAT STREET WITH THE CITY NEXT DOOR, THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.
SO THAT, THAT CAUSES A NUANCE OF, WE ALSO HAVE TO GET THEM TO APPROVE IT AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW THEY DO STREET NAMING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT HOW WE DO IT OVER HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS ROAD GOING IN AND OUT AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL THAT CAN BE HIGHLIGHT HIM SOME MORE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I NEED TO, BUT TAKING NOTHING FROM MR. GRIFFIN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT LITTLE PORTION OF THE ROAD WOULD DO HIM JUSTICE.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD BEING AGREE WITH THAT PARTICULAR PORTION.
ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MR. GRIFFIN.
BUT 29TH AVENUE, WHERE I THINK, UM, THE NEW PARK IS TRAIL TRAILHEAD PARK AT 39TH.
SO WHY NOT THINK ABOUT THAT AREA FROM 29TH.
FROM 39TH, GOING UP TO THE 29TH TO 29TH TO 29TH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, AGAIN, WE COULD, WE COULD, UH, CONSULT WITH RON TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE IF WE CAN JUST, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE AGREEMENT WITH NAMING SOMETHING OUT OF HIM, BUT, BUT, UM, WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO DO THAT? SO IF 39TH STREET CAN GO UP TO 29TH AND THAT BE NAMED AFTER HIM, I THINK THAT'S A PLAUSIBLE, I WAS, UM, THINKING THAT IF WE USE 39TH STREET, THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE OAKLAND PARK BECAUSE IT'S SHARED.
BUT I WOULD THINK RON COULD CLARIFY THAT SOME MORE.
UH, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE AND CITY COMMISSION AND OTHERS.
I, THE REASON I CAME HERE, BECAUSE I DEAL WITH COUNTY TRAFFIC.
I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY TO REPRESENT OUR CITY TO COUNTY TRAFFIC.
YES, DEFINITELY WE CAN, THIS IS OUR ROAD.
WE CAN DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO DO.
WHATEVER COORDINATION WE HAVE TO DO WITH COUNTY, WE DEFINITELY, WE CAN DO THAT.
WHICH ROLE ARE YOU REFERRING TO, MR? AS LONG AS THAT IS OUR LOCAL ROAD, YOU HAVE THE FULL FREEDOM TO NAME IT AS YOU WISH.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, DEFINITELY I CAN DO THAT.
THIS 39TH STREET, THE CITY, CITY, THIS IS, NO, THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OUR, WITHIN OUR CITY.
NONE OF IT IS IN OAKLAND PARK.
WHAT CITY LIMIT? WITHIN OUR CITY LIMIT.
CAN WE, CAN WE RENAME A ROAD, HALF OF A ROAD? YES, WE CAN.
WE CAN DEFINITELY, I CAN TRANS, UH, TALK TO COUNTY TO PUT THE TRANSITION.
UH, THOSE SIGNED SHOULD BE OKAY.
IT, IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I DON'T SEE LEGALLY ANY ISSUE.
THERE SHOULD BE ANY ISSUE, ANY INPUT WOULD BE NEEDED FROM OAKLAND PARK.
I, NO, I HAVE TO TALK TO COUNTY TRAFFIC FIRST.
IF ANY INPUT NEEDED, THEY'RE GOING TO ADVISE US IF WE CHANGE ANY NAME.
WE HAVE TO TALK TO COUNTY BECAUSE OF OUR AGREEMENT.
AND IF WE, IF WE CHANGE THE NAME LIKE LC HAS, WE DID THEY HAVE TO PUT THE ROAD SIGN? THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO TALK TO THEM.
WHATEVER YOU PROPOSE, I WOULD REQUEST YOU NOT TO APPROVE ANYTHING.
NOW YOU CAN GIVE SOME TIME TO TALK TO COUNTY, THEN I CAN COME BACK AND I CAN LET YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, UH, IF WE HAVE ANY RESTRICTION OR NOT.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON? THANK YOU.
INITIALLY, I WAS 100% FOR 39TH STREET, BUT THROUGH TALKING TO STAFF, WE RAN INTO THE OAKLAND PARK ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HEAR FROM RON TO HELP CLARIFY THROUGH YOU.
MAYOR, UH, RON DE BRU, PAUL CO DIRECTOR.
IT'S SHARED WITH OAKLAND PARK.
UH, THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK, ABOUT 75% OF THE ROAD IS IN OAKLAND PARK, BUT THE PORTION THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
WE, WE DON'T NEED THE APPROVAL, BUT
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FOR THE SAKE OF TRAFFIC, UH, MAYBE WE MIGHT CONSIDER LIKE A DUAL NAME WHERE WE KEEP THE 39 OR GIVING SOME DIRECTIONAL ERRORS TO INDICATE THAT.ONCE YOU CROSS 29, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THE NAME OF THE PRINCIPLE, IT CAN BE DONE.
BUT WE DON'T NEED, UH, APPROVAL FROM, UH, OAKLAND PARK.
YOU STATED THAT A PORTION, A PERCENTAGE OF THE ROAD BELONGS TO LAKES.
UH, WHICH PER, WHERE, WHERE IS THAT PERCENTAGE? AS YOU GO EAST FROM NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE, YOU ARE IN LOT OF THE LAKES, BUT ONCE YOU CROSS NORTHWEST 29TH AVENUE, YOU ARE IN OAKLAND PARK.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
NOW, JUST TO VERIFY, SO 29TH AVE GOING NORTH AND SOUTH ON THAT BACK ROAD, THAT'S LAUDERDALE LAKE STILL, UH,
ACTUALLY, HALF OF IT IS IN RATHER LAKES.
THE OTHER HALF IS IN OAKLAND PARK LEFT AND RIGHT.
I'M DEALING WITH AN ISSUE WITH THE EAST SIDE WHERE THE, THE BUSH ACTUALLY DUMP SIDE.
CURRENTLY PEOPLE DUMPING STUFF ON THE WEEKEND.
IT'S ACTUALLY IN OAKLAND PARK, BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE, THE BULK ALL THE TIME.
UH, AND ALSO, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A, THERE'S A CURRENT RESOLUTION, UH, TO NAME THAT STREET AGAINST A TECH.
THERE WAS A KID THAT PASSED A FEW YEARS BACK AND THERE WAS A CURRENT RESOLUTION.
IT WAS NAMED AFTER, UH, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE KIDS, BUT, UH, THERE'S A CORRECT RESOLUTION THAT, UH, IT WAS NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY ALREADY.
SO MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
WELL, I, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE 41ST ZIGZAG WASN'T TOO LONG.
THIS IS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF, OF OF STREAK THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO NAME 39TH IF WE GO WITH THAT.
UH, BUT I'M IN FAVOR FOR THAT.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS INITIALLY GOING FOR.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK ON THAT.
BUT SINCE WE DON'T, UM, MY INITIAL PREFERENCE WOULD BE THE SAME TO RENAME 31ST 39TH STREET, UP TO 29TH AF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN JUST MAD MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
BUT THAT WOULD BE ONLY JUST ONE BLOCK, BUT I IT'S JUST ONE BLOCK.
YEAH, BUT I THINK IT WHERE TRAILHEAD PARK IS.
AND YOU WOULDN'T BE, I DON'T THINK YOU'D BE DOING HIM JUSTICE BECAUSE THE 31ST AVENUES COUNTY ROAD, THEY CAN'T USE IT.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO 29TH AVENUE, GOING FROM TRAILHEAD BACK TO BOARD ANDES, I COULD UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST THAT LITTLE ENTRANCE THERE WOULD MAKE MUCH SENSE.
SO, SORRY, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UH, 29TH.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE TALKING ABOUT IT, TO WORKSHOP IT 29TH, GOING DOWN TO 39TH DOESN'T GO TOWARDS TRAIL TRAILHEAD PARK.
SO WHERE IS TRAILHEAD PARK? 30 31ST.
BUT THE ENTRANCE IS NOT ON 39TH.
YOU, THERE'S THE 30TH TERRACE GOING INTO THE, I THINK MR. I THINK MR. RON CAN.
I WAS JUST, UH, MAKING THE POINT.
THE TRAILHEAD PARK IS ON 30TH TERRACE.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
MR. UH, IF I'M, IF I MAY CLARIFY ALSO ON 41ST.
YES, MR. RON? UH, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 300 FEET FROM 31ST AVENUE TO THE GATE IS RIGHT OF WAY, BUT ONCE YOU CROSS THE GATE, YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY.
UH, WE, IT'S NOT RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET THE APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN AGREEANCE OF COMMEMORATING SOMETHING AFTER THE PRINCIPAL.
WE JUST TRYING TO FIND THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT AND DO IT IN THIS AREA.
WOULD YOU GUYS BE OPEN TO HEARING FROM PRINCIPAL GRIFFIN, SEE WHAT HE WOULD PREFER? OR WE CAN, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UM, GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO FROM THE COUNTY AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AS FAR AS OAKLAND PARK IS CONCERNED AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS POINT
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FROM THE DISCUSSION, NORTHWEST 29TH STREET.NINTH NORTHWEST 39TH STREET AT 29TH AVENUE TO 41ST STREET.
HAVE I GOTTEN, HAVE I GOTTEN, THERE'S THREE STREETS.
WHERE DOES, WHERE DOES, NO, NOT THREE STREETS.
I MEAN, TURNING AT OH, GOTCHA, GOTCHA, GOTCHA.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THREE MADAM MA.
THE, THE TWO OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 31ST AND 39TH STREET GOING TO 29TH, OR 31ST AND 41ST STREET GOING TO 29TH, WHICHEVER OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS I'M IN FAVOR OF.
THEY'RE BOTH WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPLEX OVER THERE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHICH ONE IS MORE FAVORABLE.
AND I'M ALSO RELYING ON, I'VE SPOKE WITH THIS EXTENSIVELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN DO IT AND THEY'LL JUST GET BACK TO US WITH DETAILS ON HOW WE CAN DO IT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN DO IT.
IS THAT RIGHT? MR. RON? DO MAD MAYOR, MR. UH, 39TH STREET FROM NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE TO 29TH AVENUE, UH, LIKE MISS TENNESSEE CITY.
UH, BUT 41ST, UH, WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT 300 FEET OF THE WILD WAY.
'CAUSE ONCE YOU PASS THE GATE, THAT'S SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY, YOU HAVE TO GET THE APPROVAL.
WELL, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UM, THE, THE PROPOSAL THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SHOOT FOR 39TH STREET.
THAT WAS THE INITIAL PLACE I THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE IT.
UM, UM, SO 39TH STREET, UP TO 29TH AVE IS WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE RENAMED THIS STREET FOR.
I, I THINK THAT I, I AM IN FAVOR OF RECOGNIZING MR. GRIFFIN, BUT I THINK JUST A SHORT STRETCH DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO FOR MR. GRIFFIN.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF ANOTHER STREET WE COULD POSSIBLY USE? YES.
IF YOU'RE ON 39TH STREET, MAKE THE LEFT ONTO 29TH AVENUE AND GOING AS FAR NORTH AS WE CAN.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR NORTH WE CAN GO ON 29TH AVENUE, MR. RUN? 44TH NORTHWEST.
BUT ISN'T THAT OAKLAND PARK AS WELL, RIGHT? IS THAT STILL LAKE? IT'S A, IT IS A HALF AND HALF.
WE'D HAVE TO GET OAKLAND PARK TO JUMP IN, UH, THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS.
AND THEN AGAIN, THEY TOLD ME THE OAKLAND PARK FACTOR.
SO WE, WE, I, I SAT WITH STAFF AND WE DID SOME DUE DILIGENCE AROUND IT.
BUT GOING TO OAKLAND PARK, THEY HAVE THEIR RULES FOR NAMING AS WELL.
I'M STILL SHOOTING FOR 39TH STREET, IF THAT'S OKAY.
IF MY COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THAT, I'M, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
I I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF 39TH STREET.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IT? I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME TIGHT SPACE HERE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, TO MY COLLEAGUE, I HEARD MADAM MAYOR SPEAK ABOUT 29TH, DOWN TO 29TH NAMAN.
THAT IS ALMOST LIKE A CURVE AROUND, GIVE IT MORE CREDIBILITY TO MR. UM, MR. GRIFFIN.
I THINK ALSO, UH, FOR US TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT, THIS IS ULTIMATELY OUR FINAL DECISION, BUT IT DOES NEED TO GO TO THE COMMITTEE.
MADAM MAYOR, IS THAT CORRECT? NO.
WHAT COMMITTEE? MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
THE, UM, PROPOSAL FROM THIS COMMISSION OR A COMMISSIONER, UH, WOULD BE THE ITEM THAT WOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF THE DELIBERATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, CONSTITUTED FOR PURPOSES OF THAT THEY WOULD BE ASKED TO RECOMMEND OR NOT RECOMMEND OR RECOMMEND WITH CONDITIONS, WHATEVER THE PROPOSAL THAT IS COMING FROM THE COMMISSION OR A COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
I KNOW THAT THE, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE.
I KNOW THE RENAMING OF THE FACILITIES, UM, LIKE THE ONE WE JUST PASSED HAD TO GO THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT I DON'T RECALL OFFHAND FOR THE RENAMING OF, OF STREETS, SO I'D HAVE
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TO CHECK.I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST OPINED, BUT I'M NOT SURE WENT OFF.
YEAH, A PUBLIC FACILITY OR A CITY FACILITY INCLUDES STREETS.
SO THE PROCESS WOULD STILL BE THE SAME.
UH, SO WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF OPTIONS FOR THIS AREA.
SO I'M SHOOTING FOR DOING A PROPOSAL FOR A PORTION OF 39TH STREET WHERE PARENTS, KIDS AND STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK AND SEE US COMMEMORATE, UH, PRINCIPAL GRIFFIN.
AND, UM, AND WORKING WITH STAFF.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE CLEAR PROCESS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OVER TIME.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE PORTION OF 39TH STREET FROM NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE TO NORTHWEST 29TH AVENUE? YES, MA'AM.
SO JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY FOR THE MINUTES, WILL THIS BE BROUGHT BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION OR, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I THINK MISSIER AND MR. RON SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO TALK WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE PORTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTHWEST 39TH STREET BELONGS TO OAKLAND PARK AND TO CS.
CORRECTION RON THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MAYBE RON CAN EXPLAIN AGAIN, IT'S SIDE, THE LONGS OAKLAND PARK, UM, NORTHWEST 39TH.
FROM NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE TO NORTHWEST 29TH AVENUE IS A CITY ROAD BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH? NO, THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UH, THE ROAD GOES EAST, WEST, UH, BUT THE ENTIRE RAILWAY IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
UH, THAT PORTION THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT IS OWNED BY THE CITY, NORTH AND SOUTH.
BANNER MA OWNED, HOLD ON A MOMENT.
UM, NORTHWEST 39TH STREET GOES EAST AND WEST.
SO, UH, THE WILD OF WAY GOES FROM NORTH AND SOUTH, FROM EDGE TO EDGE.
MAD MAYOR WAS ASKING THE NORTH AND SOUTH BORDERS WITH THE SEA.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT JURISDICTION, BUT THE WHOLE, UM, WORLD OF WAY IS OWNED BY THE CITY COMMISSIONER.
SO RON, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY FOR, UH, 39TH STREET.
FOR
BUT, UH, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, SURE.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE COTTON WILL SAY.
I WAS THINKING OF MADAM CELESTE, CRA, SHE PUT UP THE HANDICAP PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 2030 NINTH STREET, NEAR THE CANAL THERE.
AND I THOUGHT, I HEARD IT WAS OLD OAKLAND PARK.
COULD SHE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED WHERE IT'S, WHAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU GIVE SOME INPUT, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
AGAIN, CELESTE DUNMORE, CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THE QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE AREA WHERE THE HANDICAP PARKING IS LOCATED.
THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE X.
SO ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, LEADING FROM 31ST AVENUE TO 29TH AVENUE.
THAT IS THE WHOLE STREET IS WITHIN THE CITY OF FLORIDA LX BOUNDARIES.
OH, DISCUSSION REGARDING RENAMING THE SAMUEL BROWN MONUMENT TO THE SAMUEL BROWN VETERANS MONUMENT SLASH SAMUEL BROWN AND VETERANS MON MONUMENT.
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
SO THE, UH, THE MILITARY BOARD, UM, ASKED FOR ME TO SPEAK ON THIS.
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UM, THEY WOULD LIKE, SINCE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A PARK, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPACE FOR THEM.SO THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO CALL THE MONUMENT THAT'S AT THE FRONT, UH, SAM BROWN AND THE VETERANS MONUMENT, AND ALSO IREST ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE MONUMENT.
UM, THE FIVE CIRCLES OF THE MIL OF THE MILITARY, I THINK THERE ARE FIVE.
AND INCLUDE THE, THE, THE AMIL, THE LOGOS ON, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT ON THE, ON THE FLOOR.
SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK OF THAT.
I WAS JUST ADD, SO ALL WE ARE GOING TO DO IS SAY SAMRA, UM, AND VETERANS MONUMENT.
IT'S, I, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO HONOR OUR VETERANS YES.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THE LOCATION WHERE SAM BROWN IS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST MM-HMM
I KNOW NORTHGATE HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PARK RENAMING THE PARK ITSELF TABLE.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT ON THE TABLE.
I'M SAYING I, I KNOW THEY HAD SOME THOUGHT, BUT I WOULD THINK THE PARK ITSELF WOULD BE A MORE FITTING PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A PARK.
YOU CAN GATHER, YOU CAN HAVE EVENTS AT THE PARK, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR VETERANS DAY AT THE SAM BROWN MONUMENTS.
BUT I THINK THE PARK WOULD PROVIDE A, A BETTER LOCATION AND, AND, AND MORE VISIBILITY.
WELL, TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YEARS AGO, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I, WE SUGGESTED THE NORTHGATE PARK, AND I THINK MR. UM, A COUPLE MAYNARD CAME UP AND A COUPLE OF THE NORTH GATE RESIDENTS CAME AND THEY WERE FURIOUS ABOUT EVEN TOUCHING IT.
SO I HAD THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT AND PUTTING A STATUE IN IT.
AND THEY WERE SAYING NO, AND IT WAS, SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A FIGHT.
SO THE MILITARY BOARD SAID, OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS IDEA? SO I'M OPEN, THEY'RE OPEN TO IDEAS AND NEW SUGGESTIONS IF IT WORK.
I DO RECALL YOUR, YOUR DISCUSSION.
MAXVILLE WILLIAMS. I REALLY DO RECALL THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I, I STILL THINK IF, LET'S GET THE FEEL FROM NORTHGATE RESIDENCE AGAIN.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER, UH, PRESENTATION.
AND AT A PARK, BECAUSE THERE CAN BE FAMILY EVENTS, THERE CAN BE VETERANS EVENTS.
SO WE'LL SET UP THAT MAYBE WE COULD SEND AN INVITE OUT ONCE AND HAVE THEM COME IN AND SPEAK THEIR THOUGHTS.
YEAH, I'LL TALK TO CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT.
THE, WHERE THE MONUMENT IS LOCATED IS COUNTY PROPERTY, SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM TOO.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL, I'LL WORK WITH CITY MANAGER TO BRING IT BACK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND SEE HOW MAYBE THEY FEEL BETTER.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO, THREE YEARS.
MAYBE THEY'RE SOFTEN UP A BIT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE P DISCUSSION REGARDING VETERANS DAY APPRECIATION.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE.
MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MY, I THINK EVERYONE SENT ME OUT TO, TO, TO SOLICIT FUNDS.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I END UP, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ONE MORE JAB.
SO THE, THE MILITARY BOARD, UM, VETERANS, UM, DAYS COMING UP, UH, SOON.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR USUAL THING THAT WE DO, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND
AND THEY'RE REALLY ASKING FOR GIFT CARDS TO GIVE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER ON THE MILITARY BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MILITARY AND FOR THE ATTEND.
AND ALL THE ATTENDANTS, UM, THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE FUNCTION, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN'T GIVE ALL, BUT WE WANNA GIVE, UM, THEY WOULD, THEY'RE REQUESTING ABOUT 30, UM, GIFT CARDS AT $25 A PIECE.
SO THAT WORKS OUT TO BE SEVEN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THEY, THEY'RE ASKING FOR GIFT CARDS OF FIVE GIFT CARDS OF $50 AND 30 GIFTS CARDS FOR AT $25 TO BE GIVEN OUT ON VETERAN'S DAY.
MADAM MAYOR, I KNOW YOU'RE THE MESSENGER.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO GET THE BULK OF WHATEVER.
SO THE THING IS THAT I, I OVERHEARD THAT THERE'S OVER 600 TO 700, UM,
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VETERANS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.AND TO SPECIFY THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS INCLUDED INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO TO SPECIFY FIVE OUT THE LOT, UM, OF BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS DIVIN DIVIDEND, YOU KNOW, DIVIDING IT UP TO 30 IN TOTAL, THAT'S NEGATING EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S IN THE CITY.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, TO YOU MADAM MAYOR, THE $30, THE $25 GIFT CARD IS FOR THE PE UM, THE ATTENDEES THAT ARE ATTENDING.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE SAID ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WILL MAYBE ATTEND.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE GIFT CARDS COME IN.
I'M JUST DELIVERING THE MESSAGE.
SUPPOSE THERE ARE MORE IN ATTENDEES, UM, THAT THEY'LL GIVE OUT WHAT THEY HAVE.
I MEAN, I COULD BRING SOME, IF WE WANT TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION, I CAN DEFINITELY HAVE, UH, I THINK TOMORROW THEY CAN OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
WE CAN BRING SOME, UH, MAYBE LINDA TO KIND OF COME AND EXPLAIN.
SHE'S A, I THINK SHE'S NOW THE PRESIDENT ON THE ADVISORY BOARD TO FIND WHAT THEIR DIRECTION IS AND WHY THEY NEED IT AND HOW IT GONNA WORK AND HOW IT GONNA DISTRIBUTE.
WELL, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT LOT OF DAY LAKES HAS HAD SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T, I WASN'T AWARE OF.
DID YOU GET SOME EXTRA MONEY? WHERE DID IT COME FROM? I AM TALLAHASSEE OR WASHINGTON DC WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE MONIES JUST GIVING OUT.
NO, THERE ARE OVER 700 VETERANS IN THAT'S NOT FAIR.
AND IF 50 TURNS UP, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? NO, THE ANSWER TO ME IS NO.
I DON'T HAVE TO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
SAY MY, MY SENTIMENTS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GONNA BE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD, EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT I RECALL, TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE GAVE OUT, UM, CERTIFICATES AS WELL AS A LITTLE PLAQUE TO THE VETERANS MM-HMM
THOSE THAT WERE NOT IN ATTENDANCE, I PERSONALLY BROUGHT IT TO THEM.
ONE HAS YET SINCE PASSED AWAY, BUT I DELIVERED IT TO THEIR HOME.
SO TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT 50 PEOPLE, IS THIS FOR THE BREAKFAST? IS THIS FOR A B? THE BREAKFAST, THE VETERAN'S BREAKFAST BY, UM, I, SORRY, MADAM, UM, MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I AM LOOKING THROUGH THE EMAIL THAT THEY SENT ME ABOUT IT, BUT IF WE HAVEN'T FOUND IT BY THEN, BUT I'M NOT, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON.
BUT I WILL HAVE THEM COME AND EXPLAIN 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE FULL DETAIL.
SO BEFORE YOU GUYS SAY NO, LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND, AND PLEASE LET'S HAVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY YES, WE WOULD GIVE $50 TO THE VETERANS ON THE BOARD VERSUS 25.
I'M JUST A GOOD MESSAGE CARRIER.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER I WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.
UM, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE Q, DISCUSSION REGARDING SEALING AND EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
WE, WE DO HAVE SOME PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC RESPONSES THAT WE CAN MOVE ON, ON TO UNTIL COMMISSIONER GETS HERE.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM DAPHNE PERRIN, CHURCH OF ATONEMENT EVENT ISSUES.
AND WE DO HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU MS. TANJA PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO, UM, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC PETITION IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING FROM, UH, DAPHNE PERRIN AT THE CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT.
AND SHE WAS, UM, QUESTIONING WHY THE PERMIT, UH, NUMBER CHANGED IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FEES WERE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND, UM, SO I DID HAVE A TI A CHANCE TO TALK TO MS. PARENT AND, UM, HELP HER UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE CITY, UM, WE NEED MORE TIME WHEN IT COMES TO
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THESE TYPE OF SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS.UM, SHE SUBMITTED THE CHURCH OF ATONEMENT SUBMITTED THEIR PERMIT ON JULY 29TH, AND THE EVENT WAS TO BE HELD ON, UH, AUGUST 9TH.
SO THAT GAVE US ONLY 11 DAYS TO REVIEW THE PERMIT.
AND DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS DOCUMENTATION THAT WASN'T ACCOMPANIED IN THE PERMIT.
SO WHEN, UM, THE FIRST FEES WERE PROVIDED, THEY WERE PROVIDED IN ERROR DUE TO THE LACK OF THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION.
THEN WHEN WE RECEIVED THE SITE PLAN, UM, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE PERMITTED ON SITE.
AND SO DURING THAT TIME, THE PERMIT FEES WERE ADJUSTED BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THEN AS THE LAST REVIEW TOOK PLACE, IT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THE, UM, PERMIT TECH HAVE FORGOT TO PUT ON THE, UH, OVERTIME, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON A SATURDAY.
SO WITH THAT DISCUSSION WITH MS PARENTS, SHE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND, AND SHE DID STATE THAT THE CHURCH KNOWS ABOUT THOSE, UH, EVENTS, AND THAT NEXT YEAR THEY'LL PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME AND BRING THE PERMIT IN EARLY.
SO I'M REQUESTING THAT PEOPLE, UM, DO TURN IN THESE TYPE OF PERMITS AT LEAST 30 DAYS AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT IT WILL GIVE US SUFFICIENT TIME TO REVIEW IT PROPERLY AND MAKE COMMENTS AND, UM, RESPOND BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT.
ALSO, THE, UM, BUILDING OFFICIAL WAS NOT IN ON THAT FRIDAY, SO SOME OF THE FEES THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE MAYBE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADJUST.
I COULDN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE HIS APPROVAL TO DO SO.
UH, OUR NEXT IS TAMATI SINK ORDINANCE CODE CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR RESTAURANTS.
MS. CON, THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.
SO, UM, WITH THE, UM, COMMENTS BY MRS. SINGH, UM, I, I THINK WITH OUR, UM, EVENT THAT WE'RE HAVING, THIS IS ONE OF THE RESPONSES TO HER COMMENTS AS WELL AS I AM, UM, ACTIVELY WORKING TO RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE, UM, MUSIC IN RESTAURANTS.
I HAVE FOUND SOME DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO WHAT MAY HAVE, UM, PROMPTED THE CODE CHANGE TO NOT ALLOW MUSIC, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN TERMS OF, UM, RE INCIDENTS AROUND THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES.
SO I'M DOING THAT RESEARCH RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PERMIT, I MEAN A CODE THAT WILL ALLOW THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT IS GONNA BE, UM, DEFINITELY STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY AS THEY ARE THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA.
I MEAN, MOST CITIES DO HAVE THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY, BUT YOU NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD CODE IN PLACE TO, UM, ALLOW THE TYPE ACTIVITY, SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, INCLUDING SOUND BARRIERS, UM, WHEN WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A DETAIL ON SITE AND WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES CAN HAPPEN AND WHAT TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENTS IS ALL BEING REVIEWED.
WE WILL, UM, REVERSE BACK TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S ITEM FIVE Q DISCUSSION REGARDING SEAL AND EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOP.
UM, WE HAVE DONE AN EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOP BEFORE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE PAST.
HARRIS SAYS STATE ATTORNEY, THE PREVIOUS STATE ATTORNEY.
IT'S GONNA BE WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY OF HAROLD PRYOR HERE.
WE HAVE THE PREVIOUS ONE HERE.
BUT, UH, BASICALLY THEY WANT TO DO AN EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOP.
I WANT TO PARTNER WITH THEM, UM, WITH THEM TO BRING IT TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THE DATE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS NOVEMBER 14TH, AND THIS IS TO, UM, BE A SEAL AND EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR FOLKS THAT CAN QUALIFY AND GET, UM, THEIR RECORDS EXPUNGED.
UM, AND IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM AND I THINK THE CITY CAN BENEFIT FROM IT.
AND THIS IS, UM, SLATED TO BE HELD IN A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
ALEX, WHAT, WHAT TIME MR. COMMISSION? THE TIME IS ONE SECOND.
THE TIME IS GOING TO BE FROM THREE TO SEVEN.
AND WHAT DAY ON FRIDAY? FRIDAY, OCTOBER.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA.