* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] THANK YOU. [1.  CALL TO ORDER] GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MEETING FOR THE CRA MONTHLY AGENDA IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM [2.  ROLL CALL] CLERK CHAIRPERSON THOMAS, PRESENT VICE CHAIR HARRISON. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SWELL COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. CRE. ADMINISTRATOR HOWARD. HERE. CRE. ATTORNEY HAYGOOD. HERE. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH I MINUTES [3.  MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING] FOR THE PREVIOUS MEETING. I HAVE A MOTION. MADAM CHAIRMAN AT THE REVIEW OF THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETINGS NOT FINDING ANY ERRORS OR CORRECTIONS NEEDED REMOVED FOR ACCEPTANCE. THANK YOU CHAIR PERSON THOMAS FOR VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? MADAM CHAIR? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. [5.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. MS. CELESTE. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER, CRA ATTORNEY, CRA ADMINISTRATOR, MADAM SECRETARY, MADAM CHAIR. UH, JUST NOTED THAT ACKNOWLEDGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER SWELL AS AN ATTORNEY. WELL THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. CELESTE DUNMORE, CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. I WILL SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I AM HERE TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE, AT THE PREVIOUS CRA MEETING, THE CRA BOARD APPROVED UP TO $578,000 TO MAKE COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO A PLAZA CALLED LAKES CENTER. IT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF 4 41 AND NORTH OF 41ST STREET OR NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THAT PLAZA. AND THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO REPAINT ADD AWNINGS TO REROOF AND TO ALSO IMPROVE THE SIGNAGE THAT'S ON THE SITE. THE OBLIGATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS TO RESURFACE THE PARKING AREA AND TO MAKE ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THEY DEEMED NECESSARY IN ORDER TO HAVE AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING PROPERTY. THEY ARE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT BY THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL HAVE GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. AS IT RELATES TO OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT. WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN ADDITION TO THREE OTHER VIDEOS THAT WERE PRODUCED, THERE IS A FOURTH VIDEO THAT WAS PRODUCED BY IN-HOUSE BY OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER MANAGER AND WE NOW HAVE A VIDEO THAT OUTLINES THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT ON THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT, WE WILL CERTAINLY SEND THE VIDEO. IT IS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER PLATFORMS. IT IS OUR GOAL TO PROMOTE THE LAUDERDALE LAKE CRA USING DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS TOMORROW. AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THE KIDS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN FLORIDA CITY WEEK AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE CRA FOR THEM AS WE GO ALONG. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE MARKETING SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT CRAS HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE CLOSED OUT TWO HOMES PREVIOUSLY. THE CRA BOARD APPROVED SIX HOMES THAT BELONGED TO ONE PROPERTY OWNER. IT WAS A PROPERTY OWNER OF DRAX INVESTMENT. HE HAS COMPLETED FIVE OUT OF THE SIX. WE ARE WORKING ON THE SIXTH HOME, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING. SO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE UM, GOOD NEWS REGARDING THAT PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT. AS IT RELATES TO THE REQUEST FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, MADAM CHAIR, I'D JUST LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR. THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PROVIDE THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CRA, ONE OF WHICH IS THE IRELAND PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED ACROSS FROM VINCENT TORRES MEMORIAL PARK. IT'S ABOUT 2.57 ACRES. THE OTHER IS THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN OF WHICH AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE [00:05:01] ARE CLOSING OUT THE GARDEN AND WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE A SOLICITATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE END OF THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, WE REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF AS MANY CENTER BLOCKS AS POSSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN LIEU OF SENDING THEM TO THE, UH, WASTE FACILITY. SO IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT DEFINITELY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SOLICITATION AND THAT WILL BE TO PROPOSE A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THE THIRD PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CRA IS THE TRAILHEAD PARK. AS YOU KNOW, THE TRAILHEAD PARK IS COMPLETE. THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST TO PROVIDE THE CONSULTANTS. WE PROVIDED THE NAMES OF THE CONSULTANTS FOR ACTIVE PROJECTS AT THIS POINT. THAT'S CRAVEN THOMPSON SALTS MICHELSON, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE WORK ALONG WITH J MICHAEL HAGOOD WHO SERVES AS OUR CRA ATTORNEY. MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO RESPOND AS IT RELATES TO THE NARRATIVE. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, CHAIR? YES. COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR ME PLEASE? THANK YOU. MS. CELESTE, A DRS INVESTMENT PROPERTY. HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU YOUR MARK FOR THAT? THROUGH YOUR MADAM CHAIR. I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT AMOUNT FOR THAT WAS PAID OUT TO DRS INVESTMENTS AFTER THE THE MEETING. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. ESTE? YES. FOR THE CINDER BLOCK DISTRIBUTION, HOW MANY BLOCKS ARE REMAINING TO BE DISTRIBUTED AND AT WHAT POINT WILL WE JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM TO WHEREVER WE NEED TO TAKE THEM TO? THROUGH YOUR MADAM CHAIR, WE HAD 2,700 CINDER BLOCKS. ALTOGETHER WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED 1700, SO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND CINDER BLOCKS LEFT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME JUST TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEREAFTER WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE SOLICITATION, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR OR THE NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE SOLICITATION WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU, MADAM CHAIR, ABOUT THE CINDER BLOCKS. MS. CELESTE, YOU SAID MAYBE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND LEFT. ARE YOU GOING TO SEND OUT ANY NOTICES FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND GET IT OR YOU'RE FINISHED WITH THAT THROUGH YOUR MADAM CHAIR? DEFINITELY WE WILL BE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. TYPICALLY WE GO ON SATURDAYS. WE FIND THAT THAT'S A MORE CONVENIENT TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE MAKING SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON THE WEEKEND. MAYBE MORE SO DURING THE WEEKDAY, BUT IT GOES OUT VIA LAKES ALERT AND THAT HAS BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR US TO GET THE WORD OUT. THANK YOU. UM, MS. CELESTE, UM, IN TERMS OF, ARE WE JUST LOOKING AT RESIDENTS OR ANYONE OUT FROM LAUDERDALE LAKES AREA AND GET CINDER BLOCKS THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR? OUR FOCUS REALLY HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE THE CINDER BLOCKS TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GARDENING. WE HAVE NOT LIMITED IT TO JUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN DOING THE SAME, THEN WE CERTAINLY WOULD WORK WITH THEM. BUT JUST AS LONG AS IT'S IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WE'VE PLANNED IN OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. ANOTHER QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, ANSWER ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, IS THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BEING UM, USED CURRENTLY, IS IT BEING UP AND MAINTAINED? IS IT BEING MAINTAINED THROUGH YOUR MADAM CHAIR? I THINK WHAT WAS CHALLENGING FOR US WAS THE WEATHER. THERE WAS, AS YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN AND SO WE SAW A, A HUGE HIKE IN THE THIS GRASS, BUT WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. RECENTLY THERE WAS COMMUNICATION TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE GRASS NEEDS TO BE CUT. SO THANKS FOR DOING THAT. 'CAUSE I DID PASS BY AND, AND SAW THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS, UM, ALSO WITH THE DRAX INVESTMENT. UM, CAN WE GET PICTURES? I THINK YOU HAD PROVIDED US BEFORE, BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES WHEN THEY'RE ALL COMPLETED. YOU SAID IT'S FIVE OUT SIX HOMES, SO TO YOUR WELL, I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU. THE ANSWER IS YES. ABSOLUTELY. THE BEFORE PICTURES WE TYPICALLY WOULD GET THEM FROM THE OWNER AND SOMETIMES THEIR PICTURES HAVE CARS AND SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE THEM, BUT YOU DEFINITELY WILL HAVE PICTURES OF THE IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION [00:10:01] ON BEHALF OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, SHE IS GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN AN EXPO CALLED FIT E. IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL EXPO WHERE BUSINESSES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. AND SO SHE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A PORTFOLIO. THIS PARTICULAR PORTFOLIO WILL GO TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING TO THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES OR INTERESTED DEVELOPERS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE. SO WE WILL HAVE A PORTFOLIO. OUR GOAL IS TO DO THAT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE ON HER BEHALF THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE IS WORKING ON. MADAM, SIR, THANK YOU. UM, THAT FITS IS THIS WEEK. SO THE PORTFOLIO WILL BE AFTERWARDS. HOW DOES THAT, SHE'S GONNA ATTEND BUT HAVE THE PORTFOLIO AFTER TO PRESENT. IS THAT HOW YOU'RE ADDRESSING THAT? I'M SORRY, I COMBINE THE TWO. SO SHE'S AT FITZY, SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE. THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THAT SHE'S PREPARING FOR, FOR FTSE. AND THE SEPARATE CONVERSATION OR DISCUSSION IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, EXPANDING, OPENING UP A BUSINESS AS WELL AS DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE INFORMATION ON VACANT PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR DEMOGRAPHICS OR ANY INFORMATION THAT IS USUALLY NEEDED WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO FIND A SUITABLE AREA. IT'S TRUE. I DON'T KNOW WHY MY MIC KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF. THAT'S WEIRD. UM, UH, WITH FITZ AND IN THE SPIRIT OF FOREIGN, UM, INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND ALL OF THAT, WE HAVE OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ON 31ST. UM, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS IT OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE EITHER THROUGH THE CRA OR THE CITY? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SPEAK ON THAT WITH HOW THE, THE, EITHER THE CITY OR THE CRA RECOGNIZES THAT. UM, PROPERTY I DO. YOU MADAM CHAIR? I CERTAINLY CAN BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CRA AREA OR I CAN ALWAYS FIND OUT IF IT'S NOT, BUT IT IS STILL DESIGNATED AS A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE. OKAY. UM, DO YOU MADAM CHAIR, UH, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE? UM, IN TERMS OF IF, IF, IF PEOPLE ARE IN THERE, THEY'RE IMPORT OR EXPORTS AND WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PROS FOR BEING WITHIN THAT ZONE? SO TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE ON DUTIES, BUT I MUST SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF THEY DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE, THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE IN LARGE VOLUME. SO IF IT'S SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY IMPORT OR EXPORT A LOT OF PRODUCTS, IT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT FIT, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS GET IN COMMUNICATION WITH BRIAR COUNTY OR WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A GOOD FIT. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXTRA COMMENT I WANTED TO, TO MAKE. BUT TYPICALLY THERE IS A SAVINGS. OKAY. ARE, ARE THROUGH MADAM CHAIR, ARE THERE ANY TAX BREAKS OR ANY OTHER INCENTIVES THAT, UH, WE USE TO, UM, THAT THEY CAN GET FROM BEING WITHIN THAT TRADE ZONE? ASSUMING THIS IS SOMEONE WHO DOES IMPORT LARGE THROUGH MADAM CHAIR, SOMETIMES YOU WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES EVEN BEYOND THE TAX BREAKS THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, ADDITIONAL POINTS OR EVEN THE STATE WILL DO THAT IF THEY HAVE, IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN A PARTICULAR ZONE. IT COULD BE A FOREIGN TRAY ZONE, IT COULD BE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. SO TYPICALLY THERE OTHER BENEFITS THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES. THAT WOULD BE KEY. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR? I WANTED TO MENTION INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE BUFFER WALL. OUR FIRST POINT OF ACTION, IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING WITH BARETT COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO, UH, CONFLICTS WITH ANY PROJECTS THEY MAY HAVE ON 31ST AVENUE, BUT WE HAVE SEVEN OUT OF 27 REMAINING PROPERTY OWNERS. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO FIND THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE WE NEED SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THEM TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. IF NOT, THEN WE LITERALLY WILL HAVE TO SKIP OVER THAT AREA AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. SO EVERYBODY HAS BEEN POSITIVE, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WE'RE STILL REACHING OUT TO SEVEN OUT OF THE 27. FOR SOME OF THEM THE ADDRESSES HAVE CHANGED AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE NOTIFIED BROWARD COUNTY. FOR SOME, THE OWNERSHIP MAY HAVE CHANGED. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING THAT PROJECT AS MUCH AS FAST AS WE CAN [00:15:01] SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED WITH THE COMMUNICATION TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THEN GET INTO ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN AND SO FORTH THROUGHOUT THE PHASES. THE SECOND THING IS FOR THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH THE CONSULTANT SAS MICHELSON NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE GONNA SHOW US, AS THEY MENTIONED, SOME CONCEPTS OVERALL. I'M NOT SURE HOW DEEP THEY'RE GONNA GET INTO THE DETAIL OF THOSE SIGNS, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN INITIAL CONVERSATION JUST TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED. OF COURSE, EVENTUALLY THOSE SIGNS OR CONCEPTS WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION. WE HAVE MET WITH THEM TO TOUR ALL OF THE AREAS. SO WE KNOW THAT THE ORLE ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO GET, AS YOU KNOW, THE WALL, THERE ARE TWO WALLS. THERE'S ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 41ST STREET AND A WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 41ST STREET, UM, THAT ARE VISITED BY A NUMBER OF IGUANAS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLEAN THAT AREA UP AND GET SURVEYS SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL BE DESIGNED. BUT YOU'LL GET NOT ONLY THE DESIGN FOR THE ENTRYWAY SIGNS, BUT YOU ALSO GET CONCEPTS FOR THE ORIAL ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD WALL. AND AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER PROJECTS, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE CRA'S LIFE. WE THANKS TO YOU AS WELL AS THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER. IT HAS BEEN POSTED AS OF TODAY, SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, WE WILL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IS THE PERSON THAT WILL BE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN FACILITATING ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND MOVING THEM AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE BUFFER WALL, THE SIGNAGE PROJECT, THE NORTHWEST 30TH TERRACE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT, THE WESTGATE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS THE NEW PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION, WHICH IS OUR VINCENT TORRES MEMORIAL PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS WE GO ALONG AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED ACCORDINGLY. MOST OF THESE PROJECTS WE ARE HOPING WILL BE COMPLETE WITHIN 20 BY 20, 27 OR CLOSE TO IT. IT IS OUR GOAL TO TRY TO COMPLETE AS MANY CAPITAL PROJECTS AS POSSIBLE BEFORE, UM, 2030. IN 2030 DECEMBER, 2030, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ALLOCATION FROM BROWARD COUNTY AS I UNDERSTAND. SO WE WILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN BEST USE THOSE PARTICULAR FUNDS WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE LEFT. THANK YOU. YES, MR. LES. THE ALLOCATION FROM BROWARD COUNTY IN 20 20, 20 30, WHICH IS ALSO OUR SUNSET YEAR. MM-HMM . WE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THAT YEAR THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR. I BELIEVE MR. HAGOOD WANTS TO MR. YES. COMMENT ON THAT. UM, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK AS LONG AS THEY'RE ON THE CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NEW TERRITORY SO TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY'S UNDER, UNDER, UM, CONTRACT, UM, THEN I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY BE SAFE NOW BETWEEN SPENDING IT AND BEING UNDER CONTRACT, I DON'T KNOW IF ALLOCATING IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. UM, WE REALLY IN, IN NEW TERRITORY, UM, WITH THIS WE CAN'T, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S UNPRECEDENTED WITH SOME OTHER CRASS IN BROWARD COUNTY. WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING AS OF YET. UM, AND STATEWIDE, I THINK BROWARD COUNTY'S GONNA PROBABLY BE THE FIRST COUNTY TO REALLY, UM, RUN INTO THIS ISSUE ON SUN SETTING. SO TO BE DETERMINED, , UM, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST COMING BACK, I, I DON'T, I GUESS I CAN PUT THIS OUT THERE, BUT I, I REALLY NEED THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THE EXTENSION OF THE CRA, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. NOT TO GET RID OF OUR TIFF MONEY THAT [00:20:01] WOULD COME IN, BUT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, UM, AT EXTENDING THE CRA AND CHAIRMAN. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AT THE CRA CONFERENCE ON LAST WEEK, THERE WERE SOME MUNICIPALITIES WHO SPOKE ABOUT EXTENDING OR HAD EX THEIR, UM, SUNSET EXTENDED. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO START LOOKING INTO IT. NOW WE DO HAVE FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS. WE WILL PASS BY SO QUICKLY. SO IF WE CAN START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS NOW, UM, THAT MAY BE HELPFUL TO US. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. YES. THROUGH YOU. UM, BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY IS A CHARTER COUNTY, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM RIGHT FROM YEAH, YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY. IN THE PAST I CAN SAY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE, BUT UNDERSTAND POLITICAL, RIGHT? IT IS POLITICAL. UM, AND, AND I, I DO THIS DURING MY, THEY WOULD KNOW, I UNDERSTAND MY TIME, UM, BUT FROM SPEAKING TO QUITE A FEW OF THE, UH, OTHER CITIES, THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION IN BROWARD COUNTY. IN BROWARD COUNTY. I DON'T THINK IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY MIGHT EXTEND IT, BUT THEY AREN'T GONNA STAND THE TIFF PAYMENTS. THEY STILL, THEY WON'T BACK THEM UP. SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, YOU CAN KEEP GOING BUT YOU WON'T BE GETTING MORE MONEY FROM US. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE NO, I WAS GONNA, ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UM, SO I, UM, I'M IN AGREEANCE OF EXTENDING THIS, THE CRA. UM, I, I THINK WE, WE SHOULD SHOOT FOR TRYING TO GET IT WITH THE TIFF DOLLARS INCLUDED. UH, I WANTED TO ASK THE, UH, CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CAN WE GET A LIST OF ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN BROWARD THAT ARE LOOKING TO SUNSET WITHIN THE NEXT, AT MOST 10 YEARS? UM, BECAUSE MAYBE IF THEY TOO ARE ABOUT TO SUNSET, WE CAN FORM A COALITION AND GO TO THE COUNTY AND TRY TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT. SO THAT'S JUST A STRATEGY I'M THINKING ABOUT. IF SOMEONE ELSE IS GONNA SUNSET WITHIN THREE, FIVE YEARS JUST LIKE US, THEY, AND, AND I, AND I ALSO THINK BROWARD COUNTY SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE TIF DOLLARS ACT, UM, ASPECT. UM, SO LOCAL CITIES CAN DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST TO BRING INTO THEIR CITIES. UH, SO I, I THINK MAYBE A, A LIST IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT, UH, THROUGH EMAIL BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING OF, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES IN BROWARD ARE ALSO FACING SUNSET. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD ADD TO THAT, THOSE THAT HAVE EXTENDED WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, PLEASE ADD THAT AS WELL SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND IF THEY ARE RECEIVING, WE'LL BE RECEIVING THE TIP. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. MADAME CHAIR EXTENSION IS ONE THING, BUT ARE THEY ABLE TO KEEP THE TIFF? 'CAUSE IF YOU, YOU, IF WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND IT AND FINANCIALLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT, IT MEANS THAT IT'S GOING, STILL GONNA END UP COSTING THIS YEAR SOME MONEY. SO SEE, IN DOING YOUR RESEARCH OR CALLING ME MS. CELESTE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT OR WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE COLLECTING TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY. UM, I CAN TELL YOU JUST INITIALLY FROM SPEAKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE EXTENDED, I KNOW MARGATE FORT LAUDERDALE WAS WORKING WITH THEM, CITY OF TOWN OF DAVY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THERE WAS NO CONTRIBUTION. BUT I'M GOING TO CHECK TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE WITH THEM AND TO CHECK THE TEMPERATURE ON FUTURE REQUESTS THAT MAY HAVE COME BEFORE THEM RECENTLY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COLIE? OKAY. THANKS. ARE YOU THROUGH MS. CELESTE? YES. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. UM, SIX [6.  FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT] REPORT FROM, UH, SIX A. MR. HAGOOD, CRA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 15. A RESOLUTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S FILING OF THE AGENCY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 PERIOD 12 SEPTEMBER, 2025. FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS AS REPAIRED [00:25:01] BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE AGENCIES ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND PHYSICAL POLICIES. UH, COPIES ATTACHED HERE TO EXHIBIT A, WHICH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE REPRESENTATIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? ADAM? MAYOR MADAM CHAIR, A MOTION TO BRING THE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO FIVE TO THE FLOOR. VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR CHAIRPERSON. THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MS. MADAM ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AT THIS TIME THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR SHARON HAYES, WILL PRESENT THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORT PREPARED BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MSES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND DEPUTY CHAIR CITY, CRA ATTORNEY, SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR, CITY CLERK, AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SHARON HAYS, I AM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE DRAFT FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE CRA AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THE FIRST PAGE OF THE REPORT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED TO YOU SHOWS THE REVENUES THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE CRA AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND REVENUES CAME IN AT 5,519,518, WHICH IS ABOUT 99% OF BUDGET. AND WE ALSO HAD INTEREST INCOME THAT IS RECORDED AS MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE TOTALING $301,718. THAT ALMOST DOUBLED WHAT WAS BUDGETED. THE EXPENSES. PERSONNEL SERVICES UTILIZE ABOUT 98% OF THEIR BUDGET AT $442,795 AND 3 CENTS OPERATING ONLY UTILIZE 38.1% OF THAT BUDGET AND CAPITAL OUTLAY 8.2% I BELIEVE THE CRA DIRECTOR SORT OF EXPLAINED FOR SOME OF THE SLOWDOWN ON THE CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS. AND THEN THE NON-OPERATING WAS AT 94.2% FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THE CRA WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE A NET SURPLUS, UM, BASED ON THEIR REVENUE AT 5.8 MILLION AND THEIR EXPENDITURE AT 3.5 MILLION OF ABOUT $2.2 MILLION TO ACT TO THEIR FUND BALANCE. UM, THEY DID NOT UTILIZE ANY OF THE FUND BALANCE THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN THE 2025 BUDGET AND THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE BECAUSE THOSE ONES ARE BUDGETED FOR CAPITAL ITEMS. AND, UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT'S THE REPORT. HAYES, I I KNOW UM, YOU SAID I THINK IT WAS EIGHT POINT SOMETHING FOR THE NON-OPERATING EXPENDITURE IN, UM, THE FOLLOW UP 'CAUSE YOU DID IT WITH THE OTHERS IN THE FOLLOW UP, UM, REPORTS. COULD YOU JUST PUT THAT PERCENTAGE IN THERE? I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE. THE NON-OPERATING AT 94.2% BUDGET WAS 1.1 MILLION 982,700. THAT'S THE FAULT LINE UNDER YOUR SIERRA TRUST FUND EXPENSES. OKAY. I I WAS JUST FOLLOWING YOU THROUGH ON THE FIRST ONE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH. BUT DO I GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SEE THAT? BECAUSE YOU HAD PERCENTAGES IN ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OPERATING, UM, BUT THE NON-OPERATING EXPENDITURE, YOU, YOU BROKE THAT DOWN WITH CRA HOME BUYER. THERE WAS, YOU MENTIONED A PERCENTAGE BUT I DIDN'T SEE 94.2%. IT'S NOT ON YOUR REPORT. IT'S NOT ON YOUR REPORT. OH, IT'S NOT ON YOUR OH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UM, NOT SURE IF THEY MADE THIS CHANGE AFTERWARDS. PRESENTED TO ME. ALRIGHT. I WOULD HAVE A CORRECTED COPY. CIRCULATED. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES? 94.2. OKAY. VICE CHAIR. MM-HMM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MADAM CHAIRMAN? SO THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL PLEASE. VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR CHAIR PERSON THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. [00:30:02] THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. IT SAYS [7.  CHAIRMAN REPORT] CHAIRMAN REPORT. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT, WHICH, UM, IT WAS GREAT BEING UP IN WEST PALM BEACH FOR THE FRA CONFERENCE, UM, WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, VICE CHAIR AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER, UM, VERONICA EDWARDS, PHILLIP. AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS PROMPTED TO GO THROUGH THE CLASSES 'CAUSE I GRADUATED. UM, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY, UH, VICE CHAIR TO ALSO PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT AS WELL. AND, AND COMMISSIONER AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. AND FOR ALL THOSE THAT WERE INTENDED, IT WAS REALLY A GREAT FRA CONFERENCE. UM, AND, UH, OUR ADMINISTRATOR WAS THERE AS WELL AND, UM, GOT A FLARE. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GO AND MEET WITH OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES AND SEE. SO WE HAVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF SEEING WHAT TAKES PLACE WITH OTHER CITIES AND BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT HERE. UM, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT OUR STREET SCAPES CAN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS, IF NOT BETTER THAN WE WILL NOT, UM, BE LITTER OURSELVES. BUT WE WANT THE BEST HERE AS WELL IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. I DID TAKE A 2.5, UM, MILE WALK WITH VICE CHAIR. UM, AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH LOOKING AND WHAT CAN BE DONE. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WAS, UM, BROUGHT FORTH WAS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. YES. PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO UP AND, AND RECEIVE THAT, TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? STAND IN. MADAME CHAIR, WE HAVE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS AD HOC. MADAME CHAIR, WE HAVE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. HAGOOD. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN A WHILE. PLEASE GIVE US SOMETHING. UM, THE BEST I CAN GIVE YOU IS THAT WE ARE NOT IN TROUBLE. THERE ARE NO LAWSUITS AND THE MONEY'S THERE. RIGHT? AND THE MONEY'S THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OLD OLD BUSINESS. ANY NEW BUSINESS. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE 12 [A.  CRA RESOLUTION 2025-016 ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUDIT REPORT PREPARED BY HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS & CONSULTANTS, LLC] A CR RESOLUTION. MR. OOD? YES. UH, CR RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 16. A RESOLUTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUDIT REPORT PREPARED BY HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS, LLC ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRPERSON, SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION AND REPRESENTATIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR, PLEASE? MADAM CHAIR? YES. I MOVE. WE BRING CRA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 16 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS CHAIRPERSON THOMAS FOR VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MADAM ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WILL HAVE CELESTE DUNMORE, CRA EXECUTIVE ASSESS, UM, ASSISTANT INTRODUCE THE AUDITOR THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT WAS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, WAS CONDUCTED BY AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT. THE FIRM IS HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS, LLC. AND WE WILL HAVE MR. RODERICK HARVEY COME FORTH TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS. THANK YOU MR. HARVEY. THANK YOU FOR PATIENTLY WAITING. NO PROBLEM. HELLO. HELLO. NO PROBLEM. UH, CHAIRWOMAN COMMISSIONERS. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. MY NAME IS RODERICK HARVEY, PARTNER WITH HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. WE ARE THE AUDIT FIRM OF RECORD FOR THE LAUDERDALE LAKE CRA. OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, WE WILL DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE, UH, AUDIT, UH, AGAIN FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 24. [00:35:09] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. WE HAVE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER, WHICH WAS DATED NOVEMBER 25TH. UH, WE HAVE ISSUED A CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED AUDIT REPORT. THE DATE OF THE AUDIT REPORT IS SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE AUDIT RESULTS AND REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. WE WILL GO OVER TODAY. SUPPLEMENTARY SLIDES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE SCOPE OF OUR AUDIT WAS TO AUDIT THE CRA IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE CRA NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IS PERFORMING ITS ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAP, GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. UH, WE REVIEWED THE AUDIT RISK. THERE WAS NO, UH, CHANGE IN OUR RISK ASSESSMENTS. WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THE AUDITOR'S REPORTS. THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING MATTERS AND ALL SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UH, NOTED IN NOTE ONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES REVOLVE AROUND DEPRECIATION AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS, UH, SIGNIFICANT RISK AREAS, MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE AND REVENUE RECOGNITION. AND THERE ARE NO NEW ACCOUNTING GAS BS THAT RELATE TO THE CRA FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2024. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS DECK, THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING MATTERS AS IT RELATES TO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS OR CORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS AND A FINANCIAL STATEMENT. PRESENTATION AND DISCLOSURE IS ALL INCLUDED IN THE AUDIT REPORT. UH, HAPPY AGAIN TO REPORT. NEXT SLIDE. THERE ARE NO INTERNAL CONTROLS DEFICIENCIES AND NO RELATED PARTY MATTERS TO REPORT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A PART OF OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION, UH, AS YOUR AUDITORS TO GO THROUGH AND REPORT TO YOU IN WRITING AND VERBALLY IF THERE ARE ANY MATTERS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS DECK, WE HAVE NO MATTERS TO REPORT. I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW AREAS, ILLEGAL ACTS OR FRAUD, NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UH, NO SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OR OTHER ISSUES AND NO SIGNIFICANT, UH, DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT. UH, NO DISAGREEMENT WITH MANAGEMENT. OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CRA FOR A WHILE AND SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM DOESN'T PROVIDE US ANY ISSUES OR MATTERS TO REPORT. NEXT TWO SLIDES PLEASE. NEXT THREE SLIDES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO THE NUMBERS AGAIN. WE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAS. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 2024 WAS RIGHT AT A MILLION DOLLARS AS YOU COMPARE THAT TO 600,000 IN THE 23 YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE SELECTED A SAMPLE OF SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE TRANSACTIONS AND TESTED THOSE TRANSACTIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE FOR A COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY AND PRESENTATION. WE ALSO TESTED TO ENSURE THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 1 63 0.3876. NEXT SLIDE. REVENUE, UH, REVENUES FOR THE YEAR 5.7 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 5.3. UH, CAPITAL ASSETS 3.1 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 2.1 FOR THE 23 YEAR. THE RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, OPERATE AS A TRIPOD, WHICH US AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS, UH, ALSO CONSIDERS MANAGEMENT. AND OF COURSE, YOU AS THE ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, THERE ARE TWO TYPE OF DEFICIENCIES, A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY, UH, OR MATERIAL WEAKNESS. WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE CRA HAS NONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE AT THIS TIME. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE OF US. IF WE CANNOT ANSWER AT THIS TIME, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE EMAIL. AS ALWAYS, I'VE MADE THIS, UM, OPEN. WE ARE AVAILABLE, I AM AVAILABLE AS YOUR AUDITOR TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU ONE-ON-ONE. AND THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, TO DISCUSS THE AUDIT REPORT, THE AUDIT RESULTS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR OR THE COMING YEAR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS NO. FOR MR. HARVEY? NO QUESTION. I SEE COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. NO MA'AM. NO QUESTION. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, PERFORMING AT, UH, AT THE LEVEL THAT YOU ARE TO PROVIDE US WITH SUCH A DETAILED REPORT. WE DO APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:40:01] YES. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THANKS. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? LET CHECK. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 1 2 25 DASH 2 1 16 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR CHAIRPERSON. THOMAS 2 7 5 CHAIRPERSON. WHAT ONE, JUST TO POINT OF INFORMATION, CLARITY DID CLARITY, DID SHE SAY 0.15 OR ONE SIX? I THINK I HEARD ONE FIVE. WE'RE ON ONE SIX. WE'RE ON ONE SIX. ARE WE LOOKING AT CRA? WHAT IS THE DISCREPANCY? WHETHER YOU SAID 20 25 0 1 5 OR ZERO ONE. 6 0 1 6. ZERO ONE. SIX SIX. I'M SORRY. CAN WE RESTATE THE MOTION? 2025 DASH 0 1 6. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR CHAIRPERSON. THOMAS FOR VICE CHAIR HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ANY ITEMS [13.  ITEMS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION/ANNOUNCEMENTS] FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION? UH, SO GO AHEAD. YES. THANK YOU. MAD CHAIR. I THINK AT ONE OF OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS, PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THREE PS BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE, UM, AND I KNOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE MUNICIPALITIES OR COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS IN ORDER TO HAVE FUNDING FOR, FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. SO IF WE COULD HAVE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US ON THREE PIECE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, YEAH, I I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THREE PS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I, I WAS, I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE NEW CITY HALL AND THERE WAS NO CONSIDERATIONS OF THREE PS WHEN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR SPOKE ON THAT. AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT PROSPECTS SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN THE CRA BOUNDARIES. SO, UH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CRA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE, UH, CITY AND, UH, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. SO, UH, WOULD LOVE TO AS WELL ADD THAT TO A FUTURE AGENDA TO DISCUSS ABOUT AND LOOK AT THE OPTIONS. ALSO, UH, WE CAN PROPERLY LOOK AT EVEN ANY RENDITIONS OF WHAT A NEW CITY HALL COULD LOOK LIKE OR NEW BIG DEVELOPMENTS CAN LOOK LIKE WITHOUT PROPERLY DOING A VISIONING SESSION, SEEING WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, WHAT THE RESIDENTS THINK IS NEEDED, WHAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE GOING THROUGH. UM, THERE'S A WAY TO CURB CRIME JUST THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BY ITSELF. SO, UM, WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNLESS WE HEAR FROM OUR, UM, RESIDENTS AND BEFORE WE START BUILDING, UH, THINGS. SO, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY START TO CONSIDER HOW ARE WE POLLING AND SERVING OUR RESIDENTS. I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING THE BEST JOB AT DOING THAT. I THINK WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB AT SERVING WHAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT OUR, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE. UM, ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT THE CRA CONFERENCE WAS VERY MUCH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT'S DOING A LOT OF GREAT AND CREATIVE THINGS WITH THEIR CRA. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, UTILIZE OUR COA TO PROMOTE, UM, THE ARTS. UM, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES WITHIN THE CITY WHERE HOW WE FIND OUR IDENTITY IS LAKES AND COLOR. AND I THINK OUR SLOGAN USED TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LAKES AND COLOR. BUT I THINK WE COULD HAVE A VERY VIBRANT CITY IN TERMS OF THE ARTWORK THAT WE PORTRAYED THROUGH MURALS, THROUGH OUR LANDSCAPING, UH, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR DIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE. UH, SO, UH, I HOPE WE CAN ALSO HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AROUND HOW WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS THROUGH ARTWORK IN THIS CITY. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIRMAN. YES. YES. I ALSO ATTENDED THE FRA CONFERENCE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WAS THE LARGEST THAT HAS BEEN HELD SINCE FRA CONFERENCES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED. I TOOK THE BUS TOUR OF WEST PALM BEACH AND RIVIERA BEACH. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THERE ARE SO MANY MAGNIFICENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH STREET SCAPES, WITH RENOVATIONS, WITH NEW BUILDINGS. IT IS JUST AMAZING WHAT CAN BE DONE IF YOU HAVE THE GREAT COLLABORATION, THE FORESIGHT AND THE VISION OF WHAT YOU WANT YOUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE ALL OF US PROBABLY, UM, MAY NOT BE HERE AT LEAST ON THIS DUS WHEN CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN. SO IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE A FOUNDATION AND WE HAVE THE BALL ROLLING. ALSO, I WANTED US TO SEE OUR PROUD GRADUATE, OUR CHAIRPERSON, SHARON THOMAS. SHE GRADUATED FROM [00:45:01] THE FRA ACADEMY AND WE ARE SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF HER COMMISSIONER TO CHAIRPERSON THOMAS AS A MEMBER OF THE FRA BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR HARD WORK, ON YOUR TAKING YOUR CLASSES AND THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING AS OUR CHAIRMAN AND CONTINUE TO BRING AS OUR CHAIRMAN. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, ONE OF THE THING, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WALKED, IT WAS WALKING, IT WAS CONNECTIVITY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND ALL THAT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT STREETSCAPE DOES ALLOW US TO CONNECT ONE WITH ANOTHER. AND, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENVISION THAT HAPPENING HERE. CAN IT? MOST CERTAINLY. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THAT BECAUSE THEN THE COUNTY HAS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE STREET AND ALL THAT. BUT SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A BALL THAT WE COULD JUST SIT DOWN ON IN THE MIDST OF OUR WALK-IN SCHEME OF WHAT WE SAW THAT JUST CREATED THAT MOMENT. TO JUST PAUSE. JUST TO PAUSE. SO I DID PURCHASE ONE OF THE BOOKS FROM THE SPEAKER AND PASSED IT ON TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PERSON. SO THIS WAY, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE WITH OUR STREETS AND, AND SO IT'S A, I TOLD 'EM IT'S A LONER. SO THE CREATIVITY OF THE MIND, UM, DEVELOPMENT WITH TREES AND ALL OF THAT. HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN BE DONE TO ALLOW THE TREE TO NOT EXPAND OUT BUT TAKE A UPWARD, UM, MOTION. UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND MAINTENANCE IS GOOD. OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING REQUIRES MONEY. AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AGAIN, NOT ONLY WHILE I WAS TAKING THE COURSES TO RIDE THE BRIGHT LINE, BUT I TOOK THE BRIGHT LINE UP FOR THE CONFERENCE AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. I'LL TELL YOU THE JOKE ANOTHER DAY. SO ON THAT NOTE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.