* 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. [1.  CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:14] HERE. VICE MAYOR SWELL. HERE. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. PRESENT. I, I AM HERE VIA ZOOM. THANK YOU. ACTING CITY MANAGER, LOCKETT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY. PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [REVIEW OF THE OCTOBER 28, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AGENDA, MADAM. A CM. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. SO FOR THE, UM, THE COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAVE AN IMPLICATION PROVIDED BY MISS MINISTER HEATHER DEVON FROM REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH. UM, WE HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF REC RECOGNITION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BOARD RECOGNITION TO VICE MAYOR TYSON SWELL AS THE 2025 BROWARD COUNTY PIONEER. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING FLORIDA CITY WEEK, A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING MS. SALOME CRAWFORD BAILEY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS PROCLAMATION, CELEBRATING THE HUNDRED AND 14TH NATIONAL DAY OF REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TAIWAN, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS, A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING HINDU HERITAGE MONTH, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WOOD. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025. SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING. MINUTES SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025. SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING. MINUTES SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025, SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING. MINUTES AND SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025. CITY COMMISSION MEETING MEETINGS. WE'LL GO DOWN TO CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA. UM, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 3 0 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AMENDED 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND I'LL BRING MR. MSU NASIR UP, UM, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. NASIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONOR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE, THIS RESOLUTION, OR MPO. WE HAD PRESENTATION FROM MPO IN THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AS A WORKSHOP AS YOU CAN REMEMBER. BASICALLY IT IS TO INCLUDE TWO OF OUR PROJECTS. UM, 31ST AVENUE FROM SOUTH WEST 80 STREET TO MAGNA ROAD, 19TH STREET FROM PORTICO, UH, TERRACE TO 31ST AVENUE. THE INTENT IS TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE 2050 MTP METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND, UH, THE INTENT IS TO GET PROGRAMMING, FUNDING, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION. THIS IS COMING THROUGH MPO AND IT IS A COUNTY PROJECT. SO BASICALLY COUNTY WILL BE DOING THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PART ALONG WITH MPO. THEY'RE REQUESTING THE SAME SUPPORT FROM ALL OTHER CITIES AS IT INCLUDES OTHER CITIES LIKE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, LAUDER HILL, FORT DALE COUNTY ITSELF, UNINCORPORATED PART TAMARACK. SO BASICALLY THEY'RE GETTING SUPPORT FROM ALL OTHER CITIES. AND, UH, THE, THE RESOLUTION IS DUE BY THE PAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. THE, THAT MEANS NUMBER 10 IS THE DEADLINE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESIDENT'S MADAM CLERK OF COMMISSIONER EASTON. NOTED MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU MME. MASON. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE, UM, ITEM B RESOLUTION 20 25 1 3 1, EXTENDING THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SERVICE THROUGH DECEMBER, 2026. AND [00:05:01] THAT IS ALSO MR. MAX SIER. UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, HONORABLE MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE. I MADE WORK WORKSHOP PRESENTATION IN THE LAST MEETING. AND THIS IS THE RESOLUTION FOR YOUR KIND APPROVAL. AND, UH, THIS IS JUST TO EXTEND THE SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH HIM. THE AGREEMENT EXPIRED BY SEPTEMBER 30. WE ARE REQUESTING TO EXTEND THESE UP TO DECEMBER, 2026 WITH THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE. ARPA, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. MR. NASIR. I, I AM JUST LOOKING. UM, HE STARTED AT 6,000 A MONTH AND IS THE $6,678, UM, TO GO THROUGH DECEMBER 20, 26 EACH MONTH? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A 5% INCREASE THERE. YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU THE TOTAL NUMBER. ACTUALLY, WHEN WE, UH, EXTENDED HIS AGREEMENT, HE GOT 6% INCREASE, 3% EACH YEAR. AND THIS TIME WE ARE CONSIDERING 5% INCREASE AS IT'LL BE GOING UP TO DECEMBER, 2026. SO BASICALLY WE ARE INCREASING MONTHLY $318. HOW MUCH? $318 PER MONTH. THAT IS THE INCREASE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO IT WENT FROM 6,000 TO 6,000 360, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN IT'S A 5% INCREASE YES. THROUGH THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT. YES. SO IT'LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO DECEMBER, 2026. YES. THERE'LL BE NO MORE INCREASE IN BETWEEN. THIS IS THE LAST, AND IN FACT, OUR RPA FUNDING WILL EXPIRE BY DECEMBER, 2026. WE CANNOT EXTEND THIS AGREEMENT ANYMORE. UNDERSTAND? THANK YOU. MAD MADAM MAYOR. SO ALL THE CANALS WILL BE COMPLETED AT THAT TIME BY CONNECT CLEAR. WHILE WE CANNOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF THE PENDING, BUT THE RPA HAND WE HAVE THAT WILL BE USED BY THIS TIME, WE HAVE TO, THAT'S THE DEADLINE. WE CANNOT EXTEND BEYOND DECEMBER, 2026 FOR AR AVAILABLE ARPA FUNDING THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR CANNEL FOR YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. I'M, I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO USE THE ARPA. UM, SO AFTER THE ARPA FUND, IF WE WILL NOT COMPLETE ALL THE CANAL BANK STATE, WHERE WOULD, WOULD THIS PARTICULAR PERSON STILL BE ON STAFF? AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND FUNDING OTHERWISE, UH, AS A MANAGER, MADAM COMMISSIONER, THAT WILL YOUR DECISION, BECAUSE, UH, LET ME EXPLAIN YOU. I WANTED TO HAVE A PER CITY EMPLOYEE FOR THIS POSITION, BUT WHEN WE GOT RECOMMENDATION FROM FINANCE THAT WE HAVE APA FUNDING TO EXTEND UP TO DECEMBER, WHY WE DON'T EX EXTEND IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR FINANCE. THAT'S WHY WE FOUND, YES, THIS WILL BE BETTER. SO WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND AFTER DECEMBER, AFTER MONEY WILL BE GONE, BUT STILL AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND TO HAVE THIS POSITION BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL IN-HOUSE DESIGN FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. WE DO ALL IN-HOUSE CEI SERVICES AND WE SAVE A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO IF YOU CONSIDER, THEN DEFINITELY YES, UH, IT CAN BE INCLUDED, UH, AS A STEP FOR OUR ENGINEERING. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO WE'RE STILL SAYING THIS MA CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS SERVICES POSITION WILL STILL BE NEEDED. YES. OR ANTICIPATE AFTER 2026 DECEMBER OF DECEMBER YES. THROUGH MADAM MAYOR? YES. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. MR. NAER, IF WE WANT TO DO IN-HOUSE CEI SERVICES AND DESIGN, MR. NAER, HOW MANY CANAL STABILIZATIONS DO WE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED WITH POSSIBLY THE EXTENSION OF THIS CONTRACT BY DECEMBER, 2026? UH, BASED ON MY SCHEDULE, CURRENTLY, WE HAVE CANAL FIVE THAT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION BY NEXT MONTH. THEN IN NEXT MONTH, I'M GONNA MAKE A WORKSHOP PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT MEETING, UH, FOR CANAL EIGHT. THAT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION MOSTLY BY BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. UH, BECAUSE OF MATERIAL SUPPLY, THERE IS A TIME GAP. THEY CANNOT IMMEDIATELY MOBILIZE BECAUSE BEFORE THEY MOBILIZE, THEY HAVE TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS. THEY HAVE TO DO THE VIDEO, THEY HAVE TO DO THE TESTING FOR ALL THE [00:10:01] EDUCATION LINES TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE WORKING OR NOT WORKING TO AVOID ANY, UH, LEGAL ISSUE. SO BASICALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE CONTRACTOR MO ACTUALLY MOBILIZE ON SITE. SO AFTER HIGH, OUR PLAN IS TO DO CANNEL EIGHT. AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE, UH, CANNEL NUMBER ONE. THEN WE HAVE PLANNED TO DO CANNEL, UH, THREE, BUT DEPENDS, OR SORRY, CA IT DEPENDS ON AVAILABLE FUNDING AND CAN 11. NOW HOW MANY WE CAN DO? IT DEPENDS ON BOTH CRITERIA, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GO OVER THE PERMITTING AND DESIGN. NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE ONLY VERY SMALL STUFF. WE ARE ONLY THREE PERSONS IN ENGINEERING. YOU KNOW, WE DO INHOUSE DESIGN, THEN WE GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THIS IS NOT ONLY OUR PERMIT, I MEAN SOUTH THROUGH THE WATER MANAGE DISTRICT PERMIT, ESPECIALLY FOR CANNEL PROJECT. THE PERMITTING PROCESS TAKES LONG, LONG TIME. AND WE ALWAYS GO THROUGH THAT AFTER THE, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. AND THIS IS, WE ARE NOT, NOT DOING ONLY CANNEL PROJECT. WE HAVE CITYWIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT TOO, AND THAT HAS A DEADLINE. WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY BY NEXT YEAR, DECEMBER TWO. WE CANNOT, UH, GO BEYOND THAT. SO THERE ANOTHER OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY. THAT IS A RESILIENCE GRANT WITH DEADLINE, RESTRICTED DEADLINE. MR. NASIR CANALS 5, 8 1, 3 AND 11 REMAIN TO BE COMPLETED. THAT IS OUR ANTICIPATION. YOU KNOW, IN CONSTRUCTION, I CANNOT GUARANTEE ANYTHING BECAUSE BELOW WATER, UH, WE SCHEDULE IT, WE TRY OUR BEST TO DO BASED ON OUR SCHEDULE. THAT IS OUR GOAL. AND THE DESIGN IS BEING COMPLETED INHOUSE. WE ARE, WE ARE DOING DESIGN LIKE SAY KENNEL FIVE. DESIGN COMPLETED. WE A CANNEL EIGHT DESIGN COMPLETED. WE ADVERTISE. NOW WE ARE DOING THE DESIGN FOR THE CITYWIDE DRAINAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DEADLINE. AND ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE FOR, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. THAT TAKES TWO, THREE MONTHS TIME. BUT BEFORE EVEN WE GO TO THE PROCUREMENT, WE HAVE TO SEND THE PLANS TO COUNTY FOR SOFTWARE ORDER MANAGE, DISTRICT PERMIT. THAT ONE, IT MAY TAKE FROM ONE MONTH TO THREE MONTHS. SO BASICALLY PROCUREMENT TAKES TWO MONTHS. IF I ADD ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS ALREADY GONE. SO AFTER THAT, WE HAVE TO GET THE CONTRACTOR, UH, TO WORK ON THAT CITYWIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. BUT TODAY I'LL BE TALKING ON IT. WE HAVE THE AGENDA. I THINK I CAN WAIT FOR THAT. WE, ONE OF THE AGENDA, UH, FOR CITYWIDE IS . MR. , IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT, 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND HE'S NOT UNDER THE CONTRACT NOW, THAT THERE WAS A 3% INCREASE EACH YEAR OF THE CONTRACT, BUT YOU'RE NOW RECOMMENDING A 5% Y YES, MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE YEAR. THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED THAT. AND HIS, HIS STARTING SALARY IS VERY LOW. IF YOU COMPARE THE, HIS SALARY AS A PROJECT MANAGER IS KIND OF LOW. VERY LOW. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. NASIR, WHEN WAS THIS CONTRACT? UM, YOU SAID YOU'RE EX, WE WANT TO EXTEND IT TO DECEMBER, 2026. HOW LONG AGO HAS THE CONTRACT BEEN AND FORTH? EFFECTIVE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THIS MONTH? BECAUSE HIS CONTRACT EXPIRED LAST DAY OF LAST MONTH. THAT'S WHY IT IS EFFECTIVE FROM THIS ONE. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BEGINNING. THAT WHAT HAPPENING? HOLD ON, MR. , REPEAT YOUR QUESTION. UM, MY QUESTION IS HOW LONG THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER HAS BEEN HERE, BECAUSE IT'S A CONTRACT THAT IS EXPIRED. WHEN DID THAT PERSON CAME ON BOARD MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU WITH ENGLISH? OKAY. UH, I CANNOT REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE. NO, NO. WHAT YEAR DID THE THAT PERSON COME TO AHEAD? 20 BEGINNING OF 23. OH. SO THAT PERSON HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. BEGINNING OF TWO THREE, THAT JANUARY 23. WHO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. THOMAS? UH, IT, IT SAYS HERE MARCH 8TH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S 2022. 2020 SHOW. I THINK I SHOULD SEE HELP FROM, UH, PROCURE MARCH 8TH, 2022. SO YEAH, I'VE BEEN HERE QUITE A FEW YEARS. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MAD MAYOR, VICE MAYOR CITY, UH, AS ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK, UM, FOR MY REFCO AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, ZAPA PROCUREMENT [00:15:01] ADMINISTRATOR, UH, MADAM MAYOR. AND COMMISSIONED FROM MY NOTES, I HAVE THAT, UM, ON MARCH 8TH, 2022, A RESOLUTION WAS DONE APPOINTING, UH, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, UM, VIA RESOLUTION. UM, THEREAFTER ON JANUARY 28TH, 2025, UH, AN AMENDMENT WAS DONE TO EXTEND HIM, UH, TO SEPTEMBER, 2025. HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE. YES. BY THE MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. SO HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 2022. THEN, UH, FOR MY RECORDS, YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. . THANK YOU. THANKS. JUST A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OKAY. THANK YOU, SARAH. YEAH. UM, NO, NO, NOTHING TO RE NOT, NO, NO QUESTIONS. UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANNA REMIND THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, WE HAVE A FIVE 30 TIMES CERTAIN FOR ARC. SO RESOLUTION 20 25 1 3 2, AWARDING THE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $172,525 AND 0 CENTS TO CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES AS REQUIRED FOR THE CITYWIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. AND THIS IS ALSO, UH, MAX NA, ITEM MS. GOOD AFTERNOON. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE, AS I STATED, UH, THIS IS FOR THE CITYWIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. WE ADVERTISED IN THE PAST BEAT CAME ALMOST $5 MILLION AND WE COULD NOT MOVE AHEAD BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH FOR THE SERVING AND GEO TECHNICAL SERVICES BASED ON OUR AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION MONEY. SO WE ACTUALLY SCALED DOWN OUR SCOPE. WE ADVERTISED AGAIN, . THIS PROCUREMENT IS STARTED BACK IN 2022. IT TOOK LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES. ANYWAY, FINALLY, THIS PROCUREMENT PART IS OVER AND WE SELECTED 14 SITES. I MADE THE WORKSHOP PRESENTATION A FEW TIMES I REMEMBER. UH, AND THESE PROPOSAL IS ONLY FOR THOSE 14 LOCATIONS THAT WE SELECTED BASED ON, UH, COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION. SO BASICALLY THIS INCLUDES SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES. ONCE THEY'RE AWARDED, THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE. NOW I HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. BY DECEMBER, 2026. ONCE THEY'RE AWARD, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE FIELD, DO THE SURVEY, AND, UH, DIFFERENT TEST FOR THE TECHNICAL REPORT. AFTER THAT, WE'LL DO THE DESIGN IN-HOUSE. THEN WE'LL SEND IT TO COUNTY FOR PERMITTING. ONCE WE GET THE PERMIT, AFTER THAT, WE'LL ADVERTISE AGAIN. THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU AGAIN. AND ONLY AFTER THAT WE CAN PUT THIS IN CONSTRUCTION. SO BASICALLY, WE ARE ON A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE ON THIS PROJECT. AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, THIS IS, I FOUND THIS IS REASONABLE. BASICALLY, AT THE BEGINNING, THEY GAVE US PROPOSAL FOR $185,850. AFTER THAT, I TALKED TO THEM. I MADE A REQUEST TO SCALE DOWN SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND THEY MADE A, UH, REVISED PROPOSAL. AND THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE THIS NUMBER. AND THE CONSULTANT IS HERE. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR THE CONSULTANT, WE HERE I SEE FROM NAN THOMPSON. MAD MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. NAIR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I, I KNOW THIS WAS A TIDE FROM THE LAST TIME. THIS WAS A TIED, UH, BID, AND THEY HAD TO DO LOTTERY TO CHOOSE. RAVEN, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY? WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THEIR CAN WE, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS SURVEYING. THAT MEANS WITH TOPOGRAPHY, BOUNDARY, UTILITY, LOCATION, KI GROUND ABOVE GROUND IDENTIFICATION OF THE DRIVERS PAVEMENT, WHATEVER I NEED FOR THE DRAINAGE DESIGN, THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. AND ALSO THE CALCULATION TEST RESULT THAT SHOWS HOW QUICKLY WATER WILL BE GROWN, GOING FROM SURFACE TO BELOW WATER, BELOW SURFACE BEING GROUND WATER, HOW QUICKLY THE WATER CAN BE, WILL BE MOVING. WE, WE GET THAT INFORMATION. AND BASICALLY WE DO THE DESIGN BASED ON ALL OF THESE, UH, VECTORS. SO WITHOUT THESE, WE CANNOT DO ANY DESIGN. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW THINGS WORK VERY SLOWLY. UM, ONLY BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE SEWAGE IN THE CITY, I, I LIVE IN EASTGATE, SO I HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT EASTGATE. YOU KNOW, THEY [00:20:01] DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB ON THE ROADWAYS AND, BUT THE DRAINAGE CONTINUED TO, YOU KNOW, REMAIN THE SAME OF WHAT IT USED TO BE. IF NOT, IT GOT WORSE. AND QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS WERE SAYING, WHY WASN'T THIS DONE? PRIOR TO THE COUNTY COMING IN AND DOING SOON SEWAGE, AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER, THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THEY DID. UM, SO IT, IT'S WELL NEEDED BECAUSE THE LITTLE RAIN WE'VE BEEN HAVING, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE BANK AND OF IT AFTER THE RAIN IS OVER AND IT TAKES A WHILE FOR IT TO DRAIN THROUGH. SO THIS IS WELL NEEDED. UM, HOW LONG WILL THE PROJECT GO UNTIL WE HAVE TO COMPLETE BY DECEMBER, 2026? THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSION WHERE WE GOT NOTICE FROM THE STATE. THERE WILL BE NO OPTION FOR EXTENSION OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTION AGENCY. SO, SO WITH ALL OF THIS, IT, IF IT'S AWARDED TOMORROW, WHEN WOULD, UM, WHEN WOULD THE WORK COMMENCE IF IT IS AWARDED TOMORROW? WE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT. 1 29. WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR THE DETAILED SCHEDULE, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO DO THIS VERY WEEKLY, SOONER, THE BETTER, BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. SO WE ARE, UH, WE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE MEETING. SO BASICALLY BEFORE THE MEETING, I CANNOT HAVE ANY TIMELINE. AND IN FACT, I CANNOT HAVE ANY TIMELINE BEFORE YOUR REFER . THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. , YOU STATED THAT THIS ITEM COMMENCED ON 2022. YES, IT'S TRANSPIRED FROM 2022 UNTIL NOW THAT WE ARE UNDER THE GUN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, YEAH, THE PROCUREMENT, HOLD ON A MOMENT. YEAH, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR. WE ARE MANDATED TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR. YEAH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I CANNOT COMPLAIN ON ANYBODY. BUT PROCUREMENT, THE FIRST PROCUREMENT, WE GOT PROBLEM WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEN WE HAD TO REGENERATE THE SCOPE, THEN WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH THE PROCUREMENT. UH, AND THE PROCUREMENT OFFICER LEFT. WE GOT NEW PROCUREMENT OFFICER, AND BASICALLY IT MOVED AND THE NEW PROCUREMENT OFFICER CAME, UH, IT STARTED MOVING ONLY THAT TIME. BEFORE THAT I FAILED TO GET ANY, UH, PROCUREMENT DONE BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNDER MY CONTROL. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 3 3 CANCELING THE NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING DUE TO VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY? NO, I, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT. I, YOU KNOW, JUST WONDERING, UM, WILL BE, WE PUTTING THE MEETING TO ANOTHER DAY BE SCHEDULED FOR THE 10TH WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THANK YOU. SUMMER? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MME. MASON, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 34 APPROVING THE UTILIZATION OF THE DENTIST PROJECT FOR CONTINUATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING ARTS AND MATHEMATICS STEAM PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 A 11, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR EDUCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED. IT'S 30,000 ON HERE, BUT IT'S 29,000, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. WE HAVE SOMEONE TO GIVE US. I I'LL GIVE A YES MA'AM. SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO YOU IN JULY AT, UM, THE JULY 21ST COMMISSION, UH, WORKSHOP TO GET, UM, PERMISSION TO CONTINUE WITH THE DENTIST PROJECT FOR OUR STEAM PROGRAM. UM, AT THAT TIME, UH, WE DID NOT BRING IT BACK FOR RESOLUTION TO BE TRANSPARENT BECAUSE IT'S OVER THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. UM, SO IT CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND WE HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO GO OVER THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD. SO THIS PRO THIS PROGRAM IS FOR, UM, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH. AND IT'S A VERY WELL ATTENDED PROGRAM. UM, WE HAVE 40 STUDENTS, UH, ENROLLED RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE 28 RESIDENTS AND 12 NON-RESIDENT. UM, OUR NEXT STEM WORKSHOP IS NOVEMBER 8TH AT WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK. AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. QUESTION MADAM. QUESTION IF 12 THAT ARE NON-RESIDENTS? [00:25:01] YES, MA'AM. SO HOW DO YOU BUILD IT? IS THERE A BUILD? IS IT, IS IT FREE? IS THE PROGRAM FREE FOR THE PROGRAM? I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. IS THE PROGRAM FREE FOR EVERYONE? THE PROGRAM IS FREE FOR EV EVERYONE COMMISSION, INCLUDING THOSE THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY. YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? WELL, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PROGRAM, WE ALLOWED, UM, A COUPLE OF NON-RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THE PROGRAM. SO WE CON WE CONTINUE WITH THAT. UM, SO I DID TELL THE VENDOR TO LEAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, MAKE SURE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, OUR LAUDERDALE LAKE RESIDENTS, BUT IF WE HAVE ANY OPENINGS, THEY WILL GO ON THE WAITING LIST IN A WEEK BEFORE THE CLASSES START, THEN WE'LL FILL UP THE CLASS. BUT OF COURSE, THEY REGISTER WEEKLY. UM, AND IF THERE ARE ANY LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENT, WE TAKE THEM FIRST. ANOTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. IS THAT THEY, THE MONIES THE INSTRUCTOR IS NOT PAID ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES, THANK YOU. UH, HOW MANY, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN TOTAL ARE REGISTERED FOR THIS? 40. 40. OKAY. AND, UM, 12 ARE NON-RESIDENTS, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR. UH, WHAT TIME ON NOVEMBER 8TH IS THE STEAM WORKSHOP? UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT STARTS AT 10:10 AM YES SIR. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR. I ALSO WANNA SAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP, NOVEMBER 8TH IS ALSO NATIONAL STEAM DAY. SO, UM, I ALREADY HAD IT ON MY, UH, CALENDAR TO ASK WHEN THE NEXT ONE WAS, SO I'M GLAD IT'LL BE AT THAT TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDANCE. SO THANK YOU MR. MAX WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SENATOR MASON. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025. EXCUSE ME. IT'S ABOUT 4 29. WHAT TIME IS OUR TIME SERGEANT? IT'S FIVE 30 MADAM MAYOR, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 35 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON AVALOR ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT. AND MADAM MAYOR, I'M GONNA CALL UP, UM, MS. SHARON HAYNES, DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MS. HAYNES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY. MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, I'M DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. THAT RESOLUTION RELATES TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NEW TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE FOR BROWARD COUNTY. THAT CAME INTO EFFECT, UM, IN THIS YEAR 2025 BECAUSE THAT OFFICE HAD NOT BEEN IN OPERATION BEFORE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A NEW CONTRACT WITH THEM, AND I DO BELIEVE CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FINALIZED. THE CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY? YES. UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, I HAVE A CALL SCHEDULED WITH THE COUNSEL FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR ON TOMORROW AT, UM, NINE 30. AND THIS IS TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT THAT, UM, RELATE TO THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REVIEW ALL AMOUNTS THAT WILL PAY, THAT WILL BE PAID TO THE TAX COLLECTOR THE STATUTE PROVIDES FOR, UM, ACTUAL COST BEING, UH, THE REIMBURSEMENT VEHICLE FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR'S WORK. UM, WE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE POST CONTRACT TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO DISPUTE OR TO REQUEST CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE. UH, THEY PUSH BACK ON THAT, ESSENTIALLY DELETING THE LANGUAGE AND REINSERTING THEIR OWN. UH, THERE'S ALSO AN A, UH, INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE IN THERE THAT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY ISSUES THAT WE HOPE TO, UH, GET SOME CLARITY AND RESOLUTION WITH THE COUNCIL FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR ON TOMORROW. I DON'T, UH, MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS FOR THEM TO SUGGEST THAT, UM, THE CITY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A REPORT OR SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT IDENTIFIES WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE. UM, SEEMS TO ME TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND I WANTED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEIR, THEIR COUNCIL. [00:30:01] UM, SO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UH, A AMICABLE SOLUTION TO THAT 'CAUSE UNDER ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, CITY COULD SIMPLY SUBMIT A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST OR DO SOME OTHER THINGS AND WE BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME INFORMATION. SO, UH, I'M HOPEFUL WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, TALK OUR WAY THROUGH A AGREEMENT ON THESE TWO, TWO REMAINING ISSUES. UM, MADAM, MR. JONES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR THROUGH MR. CALLOWAY. JUST EXPLAIN TO ME, UM, THIS IS A NEW THING, SHINS? YES. COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT? YES. THE HISTORICAL, HISTORICALLY THE, UH, COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS WAS AND HAS BEEN DONE BY AND THROUGH, UH, BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT. UM, A CHANGE TO THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDED THAT THE, UH, TAX COLLECTOR FOR, UH, THE COUNTY IS A ELECTED OFFICIAL. UH, THERE WAS AN ELECTION, UH, REMEMBER, UH, YEARS OF THE MOST RECENT YEAR. UH, AND THAT RESULTED IN THE ELECTION OF THE NEW TAX COLLECTOR BECAUSE OUR RUNNING AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY PROVIDED FOR THE ANNUAL COLLECTION OF NON-AD NORM ASSESSMENTS, UM, THEY NOW NO LONGER HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THAT THAT LIES WITH THE NEW TAX COLLECTOR. UH, AND THEREFORE, LIKE ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THIS, UH, MATTER DOES REQUIRE A AGREEMENT. UM, ALSO BY VIRTUE OF, UH, STATE STATUTE WITH, UH, THE, THE CITY AND THE TAX COLLECTORS, IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A UNIFORM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT MOST FOLKS ARE. AND THERE ARE OTHER MEANS TO DO THIS, BUT THIS IS THE PREFERRED METHOD. UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM HAVING A CONTINUATION OF THE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON, UH, ADV, NON-AD ADVERSE ADV VALOREM ASSESSMENTS. IT'S JUST WHO THEY'RE BEING COLLECTED BY NOW, WHICH IS A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER. THANK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ATTORNEY CONWAY. THANK YOU MS. HAYES FOR MASON COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 36 AWARDING A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT TO CONCORD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR OTIS GRAY PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AND MR. MAX NIR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU MS. NIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE. UH, THIS REGULATION FOR THE PARK. IF YOU REMEMBER, I MADE THE WORKSHOP PRESENTATION IN THE LAST MEETING. IT IS A TIME SENSITIVE PROJECT AND, UH, IT WAS ADVERTISED FOR DESIGN BUILD TO DO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BY THE SAME TEAM. AFTER HE RECEIVED THE BEAT, UH, ALL THE BEATS ARE EVALUATED. AND FROM THE EVALUATION REPORT, CONCORD TECHNOLOGIES, THEY WERE RANKED HIGHEST. THEY GOT 260 POINTS. AND THE SECOND ONE IS WAY POINT CONTRACTING. THEY GOT 200 HIGH POINTS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE POINT BECAUSE WAY POINT WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER, CONCORDE TECHNOLOGY, CONCOR TECHNOLOGY, THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER AROUND $46,000, 46,000, $50 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO BEATS. THERE ARE OTHER BEATS TO THE RELATIVELY HIGH AS THIS IS A DESIGN BUILD THAT MEANS IT HAS TO HAVE CONTRACTOR AND ALSO THE DESIGN TEAM. THE WEAK POINT WE FOUND AS NOT, AS NOT PART OF THE EVALUATION TEAM, BUT I DIDN'T DO THE EVALUATION, BUT I AGREE WITH THE EVALUATION. WAYPOINT IN THEIR REPEAT PACKAGE, THEY DID NOT MENTION OF DESIGN ENGINEERS IN A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT. WE NEED TO KNOW THE DESIGN ENGINEER AND THEIR QUALIFICATION, WHO IS THE DESIGN DESIGN ENGINEER. AND ALSO WHAT WE FOUND IN THE SUBCONTRACTOR LIST, THEY PUT ONE NAME FOR THE SERVING SERVICES. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR THE DESIGN AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN. THAT'S NOT THE MAIN ITEM, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT THERE. AND ESPECIALLY AS THIS IS [00:35:01] A TIME SENSITIVE PROJECT, WE HAVE A SCORE FOR PROPOSED TIMELINE. THEY DID NOT MENTION ANY TIME. SO BASICALLY THEY GOT ZERO IN THAT LINE FROM ALL THE EVALUATORS. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND TECHNICAL APPROACH, THEY GOT A RELATIVELY, UH, LOWEST SCORE. I BELIEVE THESE ARE THE MAIN REASON WHO I, BEING THE LOWEST LEADER, THEY COULD NOT GET THE HIGHEST SCORE. AND ALSO I FOUND ANOTHER DISCREPANCY. I SHOULD NOT SAY DISCREPANCY BECAUSE I WAS NOT A PART OF THE EVALUATION TEAM. EVALUATION IS DONE, I SHOULD GO BY THE EVALUATION. UH, THEY PUT, UH, SERVING SERVICES 10,000 SOMETHING DOLLARS, BUT TOTAL DESIGN THAT INCLUDES SERVING DESIGN GEOTECHNICAL, THEY PUT AROUND $29,000, WHICH IS VERY LOW AMOUNT TOO. BUT BASED ON THE EVALUATION, ONCO TECHNOLOGIES, THEY IS SCORED HIGHEST AND THEY HAVE KIMLEY HO AND ASSOCIATES AS A DESIGN ENGINEER IN THE, IN THEIR TEAM. AND KIMLEY HO ALSO IS IN OUR, UH, LIST OF CONSULTANTS ARE UNDER CCNA, THEY'RE VERY GOOD CONSULTANT. THEY INCLUDED TIERS, HEALTH PRODUCT FOR GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES AND OVM SERVING FOR SERVING SERVICES THAT WE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT. SO BASICALLY I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE EVALUATION AND DEFINITELY I DO AGREE WITH THE EVALUATION, UH, IS SCORED THE WAY THEY SCORED, AND THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED THAT IT SHOULD BE AWARDED, UH, TO THE HIGHEST RANKED, UH, CONCORD TECHNOLOGY, UH, INCORPORATED BECAUSE THEIR PACKAGE IS COMPLETE, RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE, AND THE WAY THEY PUT THEIR BE ITEM REASONABLE BECAUSE WE FOUND SOME OF THE BEAD ONLY MOBILIZATION MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ONE HAS $150,000, $154,000. WE FOUND ONE HAS $220,000. WE FOR MOBILIZATION FOR THIS KIND SMALL PROJECT. THERE'S DEFINITELY UNREALISTIC, BUT THEY ARE NOT RANKED ONE OR TWO BASICALLY HERE WE FOUND CONCORD TECHNOLOGY AS NUMBER ON RANKED. THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED, UH, THIS PROJECT TO BE AWARDED TO THEM. AND THEY'RE VERY STRICT ON THEIR TIMELINE. THEY PROVIDED COMPLETE TIME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY CERTAIN TIMELINE THAT IS PROVIDED. AND THEY PROVIDED THEIR COMPLETE TEAM, THEY INCLUDED THEIR PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND TECHNICAL APPROACH IN THEIR PACKAGE. SO BASICALLY BASED ON THE PACKAGE, I, WE SEE THEY HAVE TOTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THEY PROVIDED THE TIMELINE. THAT IS ALSO REASONABLE. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT, MR. MR. MACE AT OTIS GRAY PARK, WHEN IT RAINS THERE, THERE'S A POCKET THAT REALLY FLOODS AND RETAINS THE WATER. WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT? WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY DRAINAGE IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THIS IS GRANTS FUNDED. AND IN THAT GRANTS SCOPE, THERE IS NO DRAINAGE. IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER ANYTHING FOR DRAINAGE, THAT HAS TO BE ANOTHER PROJECT. WE CANNOT INCLUDE ANYTHING UNDER THIS. BUT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED, ACTUALLY, UH, NORMALLY IN A PARK THERE IS A HUNDRED PER ALMOST 90% OR 95% PER BS AREA. IF WE HAVE ANY DRAINAGE PROBLEM OVER THERE, THAT IS NOT A DRAINAGE ISSUE. THE LOWEST SPOT AREA, WE USE THAT FOR RETENTION OR A DETENTION THAT IS PART OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. AND WE HAVE SOME DESIGNATED AREA OVER THERE THAT WE SHOULD SEE RAIN WATER AFTER THE RAIN BECAUSE THIS IS DESIGNED FOR THAT. SO YOU SEE THAT WATER, WHAT HAPPENS, MS. SEAR, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER PROJECT? NOT THIS ONE. IF WE WANT, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT IF THE INTENT IS TO USE THAT AREA AS A RETENTION AREA, THEN IF YOU MOVE THE WATER FROM THERE, YOU'RE JUST DISRUPTING THE DESIGN THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST. AND CONSTRUCTION. . THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE SCOPE OF THE SCHEDULE, UH, AND THE DIFFERENT ITEMS I HAD ASKED PREVIOUSLY CONCERNING THE FOUNTAIN. IS IT ONE ON TOP OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE? UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S THERE? UH, THANK YOU, UH, HONOR. WELL, COMMISSIONER MADAM MAYOR. YES. THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL ONE. YES, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT NA YEAR. MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE PUT OUT CONTRACTS, WE USUALLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE TRY TO GO FOR [00:40:01] PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE LOWEST BID OR AMONG THE LOWEST. WHY IS THAT? AND AND HOW DOES THAT SPEAK TO THE QUALITY IN, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE BID AMOUNT? THANK YOU TO MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS WONDERFUL PERSON. IF IT IS ITB INVITATION TO BID, WE NORMALLY AWARD THAT TO THE LOWEST BIDDER. BUT IF IT IS NOT ONLY ITB, IF IT INCLUDES QUALIFICATIONS TOO, WE CANNOT MERELY GO BY THE LOWEST BIDDER. WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE TECHNICAL PART TWO, THIS ONE HAS A DESIGN AND ALSO CONSTRUCTION. IF THE DESIGN IS NOT GOOD, CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE GOOD. WHEN THE DESIGN WILL BE GOOD. IF THE ENGINEER IS REALLY, REALLY PROFICIENT ENGINEER, IF THEY USE QUALIFIED ENGINEER, THEN WE CAN EXPECT IT'LL BE THE BEST DESIGN. THE DESIGN CONTROLS THE COST, DESIGN CONTROLS THE QUALITY OF WORK. 'CAUSE AT THE END, THE PROJECT HAS TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE ENGINEER OF THE CODE. SO , THE CONTRACTOR, THE THE DESIGN ENGINEER IS RESPONSIBLE TO CERTIFY AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK INTO THE QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE OF THE TOTAL TEAM. THAT MEANS TECHNICAL TEAM, THAT IS THE PRIMARY LEAD. WE TALK ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS AND PER CONTRACTOR, YES, THEY'RE PUTTING THE BID THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE PROVIDED. BUT IF THEY HAVE THE DESIGN TEAM, THEY HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE DESIGN BECAUSE IT'S NOT A COMPLETE DESIGN, IT'S A GUIDELINE. THEY CANNOT USE THE DESIGN A HUNDRED PERCENT. THIS IS ONLY CONSIDER ONLY 10% DESIGN. ANOTHER 90% THEIR ENGINEER NEEDS TO DO. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE FULL UNDERSTANDING WHICH CON THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK INTO QUALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS A MATCH GRANT, ISN'T IT? YES. SO THE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THE CITY PAYS HALF THE AMOUNT. WE HAVE 403, YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE HAVE $400,000 FROM THE STATE AND REST. BEFORE I EVEN SUBMITTED THE RESERVATION, I CONTACTED FINANCE FOR ACCOUNT NUMBER. YES, WE HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCE FROM CIP TO COVER THE TOTAL COST THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. THANK YOU , UH, MADAM MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS. JUST, UH, ANOTHER NOTE GOING BACK TO THE UNIFORM COLLECTION AGREEMENT. UH, ONE IS I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT FINISH THE ITEM. YEAH. DID WE FINISH COLLEAGUES? UM, YES. ITEM. OKAY. THANKS MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. NOTHING. UH, HI MADAM. WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION, IT TAKES ME A FEW SECONDS FOR THE THING TO POP UP AND I PRESS THE BUTTON. COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR HAND OR ANYTHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT. YES, YES. THANK YOU ALL FOR ASKING. I APPRECIATE THAT. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. YES. AND AGAIN, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR TOMORROW REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR MATTER IN THE EVENT, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE ASKED THE, WE WILL ASK THE, UH, TAX COLLECTOR IF THEY WILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO ANSWER. UH, AND THEN SECOND, UM, ASSUMING NOT, BUT ALSO ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T REACH A, UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TWO ITEMS. WE DO HAVE A DRAFT, UH, UH, AGREEMENT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION ON THE COMMISSION'S REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ITEM. UH, AND I WILL BE IN A POSITION TO, UH, MAKE SOME EDITS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, OUR ABILITY TO GET THERE OR NOT. BUT THE, THE DOCUMENT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I'M COMFORTABLE THAT THE COMMISSION, UH, IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT, UH, IS IN THE DRAFT, UH, DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 37 RATIFYING THE FILING OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR AUGUST 20, 25, PERIOD 11, AS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND FISCAL POLICIES. I CALL MS. HAYNES UP TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY THE ITEM. MS. HAYES. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY CODE REQUIRES THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY. AND THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED FOR AUGUST PUR 11, CIRCULATED ALREADY TO COMMISSIONERS. THIS MS. KING [00:45:01] SAID WE DO HAVE IT. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME HIGH POINTS OF THE COURT, PLEASE? OH, I WAS GONNA DO THAT TOMORROW. . UM, AT PERIOD 11, WE WERE AT 90% COLLECTION OF OUR REVENUE. UM, BUT P PERIOD 12, WHICH WOULD BE THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, SEPTEMBER, WOULD BE A BETTER GAUGE OF HOW WE DID WHEN WE COMPARE REVENUES, BUDGET TO ACTUAL. AND FOR AUGUST, WE ALSO HAD MOST OF OUR EXPENDITURES WITHIN BUDGET. WE, WE HAVE NOT EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET ON EXPENDITURES. OKAY, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM . EXCUSE ME, MADAM MAYOR THOMAS, MAY I JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE COPIES OF THAT ON TOMORROW, MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU MS. HAY. MME. MAY, SIM RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 38 REGARDING THE CITY'S HOSTING THE POWER OF CHOICE TEEN DECISION MAKING SUMMIT. I THINK THIS IS A ITEM THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. UM, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US IN, UM, SEPTEMBER, AND IT HAS TO TEEN, LET'S SEE HERE. IT'S THE TEEN DECISION MAKING SUMMIT. IT DEALS WITH EMPOWERING AND ENGAGING, UM, TEENS ON MAKING DECISIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE PRESSURES, PREVENTION FOOTPRINTS AND POWER, THE POWER OF CHOICE. WE KNOW THAT OUR TEENS ARE PRESSURED WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, DECISIONS. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, TEEN BY DR. JOANETTE, UH, JONES, BROOKS JONES IS, IS HERE BEFORE US AT THE PODIUM. IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN MORE, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ONCE SHE DOES, IF SHE'S ALLOWED TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSION. AGAIN, DR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE DE AND COMMUNITY IN THE ROOM AND ONLINE, I'M DR. BROOKS GEORGE OF UNMUTE YOURSELF, INCORPORATED. THE TEEN SUMMIT. THE POWER OF CHOICE IS ONE THAT WE FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S GOING TO BE HELD DURING, UM, NATIONAL ANGER AWARENESS WEEK, AND IT'S ALSO JUST AFTER THE BULLYING. I THINK THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL BULLYING WEEK. UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TEENS ABOUT MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES AS IT PERTAINS TO HANDLING THEIR ANGER, UM, BULLYING OTHERS AND THE DIGITAL WORLD. WE KNOW THAT THE STATISTICS HAVE SHOWN, I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 75 DEATHS NATIONALLY, UM, TO DATE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UM, INVOLVED IN SEX EXPLOITATION, WHICH IS, UH, DIGITAL USE OF INDIVIDUALS PERSONAS SUPERIMPOSED IN SEXUAL, UM, POSITIONS. AND THEN THERE BEING BLACKMAILED BY THESE INDIVIDUALS AND WITH THEM NOT HAVING THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS INFORMATION IS FALSE AND CAN'T GO ANYWHERE, INSTEAD OF THEM REACHING OUT TO ADULTS, THEY GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEIR LIVES. SO WE HAVE AN, UM, INCREASE IN TEEN SUICIDES PERTAINING TO DIGITAL SPACES. WE HAVE SCHOOL ISSUES WHERE CHILDREN COME TO SCHOOL AND GET INTO FIGHTS BECAUSE THEY'RE BULLYING EACH OTHER ONLINE. AND THEN IT COMES INTO THE CLASSROOM. AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN BROWARD COUNTY WITH A LOT OF DIGITALLY ROOTED FIGHTS. UM, SO THEY JUST WANNA HAVE KIDS GET AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WHATEVER THEY PUT ONLINE IS THEIR PERMANENTLY BUSINESSES ARE REVIEWING THEIR ONLINE PRESENCE WHEN TIME COMES FOR HIRING. UH, SO WE NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT THE CHOICES WE MAKE, ESPECIALLY IN DIGITAL SPACES. SO THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE FORUM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. UM, CYBER BULLYING, CYBER SAFETY, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DIGITAL AWARENESS, AND THEN JUST DECISION MAKING, RIGHT? TEACHING THEM HOW TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL THOUGHT, UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN TWO CHOICES WHENEVER WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT MORE ELABORATE EXPLANATION FOR ME. I DO APPRECIATE IT. I, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND I'M SEEING THE BACKUP HERE. UM, I'M, IT'S NOTED THAT POLICE SERVICES OF WHICH REQUIRED, I SEE TWO DIFFERENT FIGURES AND I'M TRYING TO GET A CLARIFICATION ON IT. I HAVE $330 [00:50:01] AND THEN IT HAD FIRE SERVICES COST TO BE DETERMINED. THEN I GO DOWN IN SECTION THREE AND I'M SEEING 8, 8 8 FOR POLICE SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DISCREPANCY IS WITH THAT. AND MAD MAYOR, CLARIFICATION, PLEASE THE QUESTION THROUGH YOU. YES, DOCTOR, THANK YOU. UM, I DID REQUEST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EXACTLY PERTAINING TO THE, THE COSTS THAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING, I DID ASK FOR A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE TO BE PRESENT TO, TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND ALSO A MEMBER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS PERTAINING TO THAT COST OR IS THAT EVENT COST? MADAM MAYOR A MOMENT. UH, I OH, MADAM CAN HAVE MADAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO SPEAK, BUT I'M ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION IF YOU SO CHOOSE. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I THINK THERE'S A DISCREPANCY IN THE RESOLUTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN, INITIALLY THE COST WAS 800 PLUS, BUT AFTER SPEAKING TO THE CAPTAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THAT NUMBER TO 300 PLUS. SO WE'LL BE SURE TO CORRECT THAT RESOLUTION BEFORE TOMORROW'S MEETING. THAT'S FOR SECURING ONE OFFICER. THERE IS NO COST FOR FIRE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, MADAME, A CM, UM, TO DR. BROOKE SHORT, UM, I'M HEARING MAYBE PERHAPS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU, YOU'RE SAYING WANTING SOMEONE TO BE PRESENT OR SOMEONE TO SERVICES TO BE IN POSITION, SOMEONE TO BE PRESENT, TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THAT SO IT'S CLARIFICATION. UM, MAYOR, IN TERMS OF A COST FOR SOMEONE, THERE SHOULD BE NO COST FOR SOMEONE TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO SERVICES BEING PROVIDED AS WE WOULD HAVE AN EVENT, THERE SHOULD BE NO COST HERE. MADAM MAYOR, MME. MAY I CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. WHEN REVIEWING THE BACKUP, THE PROPOSAL, IT DID SAY FOR SAFETY, THAT'S HOW IT WAS. DRE ADDRESSED TO BSOI TOTALLY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER THOMAS THAT IF IT'S JUST FOR PRESENCE TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE A COST BECAUSE THAT IS A SERVICE THAT BSO PROVIDED. HOWEVER, AS A PART OF THE PROPOSAL, IT DID REQUIRE SOMEONE ON SITE FOR SAFETY AS WELL AS PRESENCE. YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR US, DOCTOR? UM, I DON'T RECALL THAT. AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ERROR. THERE WAS NO, I MEAN, UNLESS THE CITY FEELS THERE IS A NEED FOR AN OFFICER FOR SAFETY FOR THE EVENT, MY INTENT AND MY REQUEST WAS JUST FOR THEIR PRESENCE TO BE THERE FOR PART OF THE COMMUNITY COHESION COMPONENT. MAD VICE MAYOR, COULD YOU GIVE US THE DATE AND WHERE THE EVENT IS GOING TO BE HELD FOR THE PUBLIC? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THROUGH THE MAYOR. UH, IT WILL, THE PROPOSED DATE IS NOVEMBER 15TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM. LOADED IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ACROSS THE HALL, ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO THIS REQUEST THIS EVENING IS TO HAVE THE, UM, CITY'S LOGO, UH, FOR MARKETING PURPOSES AS A COHESIVENESS IN SUPPORT OF THIS TEAM'S EVENT. THAT'S THROUGH THE MAYOR? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. JUST THE CD'S SUPPORT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND THE LOGO. EVERYONE'S SUPPORT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WHAT'S THE TIME DR. FRIEDMAN? 10 TO TWO. WELL, NINE FOUR SET UP, BUT THE ACTUAL EVENT TIME IS 10 TO TWO. YEAH, 39 TO THREE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ELSE OR ANOTHER THING, VICE MAYOR, HOW ARE YOU GETTING UP THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE TEAM? SO WE'VE ALREADY CONTACTED SOME LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS. THE PLAN IS TO GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS ONCE I GET THE FINAL FLYER DRAFTED AND SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPALS AT THE SCHOOLS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON IN THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC [00:55:01] SCHOOLS. AGAIN, THE OTHER QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, WHAT ARE THE AGE GROUPS THAT YOU'RE TARGETING? WE ARE TARGETING THE FIFTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE GROUPS. THANK YOU. THANK COMMISSIONER MAXI WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MME. MASON. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 39 AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKE FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56, A THREE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE IN A TEST RESPECT. RESPECTFULLY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 25 DASH 3 4 10 DASH 18 R COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE FOR A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST ROUTES LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR. A FURTHER APPROVAL IS REQUESTED TO PAY AN INVOICE FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2025 AT A RATE OF $68 AND 98 CENTS PER HOUR. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONED. I'LL BRING, UM, IF IT'S THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY, BRING AZAM PEPPER WATER UP TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COLLEAGUES. PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF FLORIDA. DALE LAKES MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS AN ITEM WHERE THE CITY HAS UTILIZED A VENDOR BY THE NAME OF LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES. THIS VENDOR WAS AWARDED A CONTRACT BACK IN 2019 AND DUE TO PROCUREMENT ISSUES IN 2023, THIS VENDOR WAS PUT ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH ARRANGEMENT, UM, AT A RATE OF 57 50. UM, DURING THAT TIME, DEFENDER HAS BEEN OPERATING ON THIS SERVICE AT THAT SPECIFIC RATE AND DEFENDER HAD APPROACHED US, UH, IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR INDICATING THAT HE CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE AT THIS SPECIFIC RATE. UM, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BE, HE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE RATE. UM, HE PROPOSED A RATE TO GO INTO EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL GO ON UNTIL JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. WE SAT WITH THE VENDOR, UH, EXPLAINED TO HIM THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT THROUGH A SOLICITATION AS IT SHOULD BE, AND IF HE WOULD ALLOW US AT THAT SPECIFIC RATE TO GO UP UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. AND WE WILL DO AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT OR A TEMPORARY CONTRACT UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER. AND THE VENDOR THEREFORE AGREED WITH US, HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR SOME TIME. HE SAID, NOT A PROBLEM. WE DID GO OUT AND DO A SOLICITATION. UM, WE WERE UNABLE TO BRING IT TO WORKSHOP IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S WORKSHOPPING NOW AND COMING TO COMMISSION TOMORROW BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, UH, NEW ARRANGEMENT GOES INTO PLACE. WE DID DO A SOLICITATION, UH, WE HAD SIX OF SIX RESPONSES TO THAT OF WHICH, UH, TWO RESPONSES WERE FOUND. NON-RESPONSIVE. ONE PROVIDED NO DOCUMENTS AT ALL, AND THE OTHER PROVIDED, UM, DID NOT PROVIDE CRITICAL DOCUMENTS TO THAT. SO THEY WERE ELIMINATED. THEREFORE, BRINGING US TO FOUR OFFICIAL RESPONSES. UM, THE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED, EVALUATED, AND THEY WERE SENT THROUGH AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE. TWO, TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEE, ONE COMMITTEE, BUT MULTIPLE PROCESSES. ONE, EACH VENDOR WAS ASKED TO PRO PROVIDE THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR EVALUATION BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THREE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT EVALUATED THEN IT WENT TO A COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE FROM, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND ANOTHER, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS. THIS COMMITTEE SAT HAD A PUBLIC MEETING DISCUSS IN THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVE AND EVALUATED, THEREFORE RECOMMENDING LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA AS THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. THE SECOND PART OF THE RESOLUTION ALSO REQUESTED PERMISSION OF DECOMMISSION. THE INFORMAL AGREEMENT, OR RATHER TEMPORARY AGREEMENT THAT WE DID FOR THIS VENDOR FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, UH, WOULD EXCEED THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL LIMIT WHEN IT COMES AS THE, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER INDICATED THAT THERE'S NOT A FIGURE, BUT WE WANT PERMISSION TO PAY THE INVOICE. THE FIGURES, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, [01:00:01] IS NOT THE SAME EVERY MONTH. THE FIGURES WILL FLUCTUATE AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. WE'LL GET THE INVOICE. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A RATE THAT'S ALREADY SPECIFIED THAT THE VENDOR DID GIVE TO US AND HE DID SIGN ON TO. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS MATTER. MR. ZA. ZA ZA, IT'S, THIS RESOLUTION IS ONLY FOR A MONTHLY, NO, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THERE ARE TWO REQUESTS IN THIS RESOLUTION. ONE IS TO PAY THE OCTOBER AND TWO IS TO AWARD AN OFFICIAL CONTRACT TO THE VENDOR AFTER, UH, RANKING HIGHEST IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE SOLICITATION THAT WAS DONE. OKAY. ONE SAYS OCTOBER ONE THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST. YES. WHICH IS NOW. YES. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE FOR HOW LONG? THAT'S A, A THREE YEAR OFFICIAL CONTRACT. OKAY. WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTION TO RENEW. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT'S MISS ERICA? I THINK IT'S NORTH, SOUTH. HOW MANY BUSES ARE THERE? ONE WE DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? WE HAVE TWO BUSES. WE HAVE A NORTH, SOUTH ROUTE AND THE EAST WEST ROUTE. SO TWO BUSES PER DAY, THEN RUNNING ALL DAY. ONE EACH ROUTE ALL DAY. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE CURRENT RIDERSHIP, UM, HAS BEEN WITH THESE VEHICLES OVER THE PAST YEAR THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? OUR RIDERSHIP IS ABOUT, UM, 4,000 PLUS A MONTH. SO WE EXCEED, UM, THROUGH THE COUNTY. UM, THE THRESHOLD HAS TO BE 7.1%. I THINK WE'RE THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP ABOUT 15%. AND, UM, WE'VE, WE HAVE BEEN, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH YOUR MADAM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS AS FAR AS AGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? AS FAR AS WHO'S, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT WE SEE IT ALL. NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I, I'M, I'M ALL FOR, UM, HAVING THE TRANSPORTATION HERE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE COULD EXPAND TRANSPORTATION TO SOME MORE PLACES, UM, IF POSSIBLE. SO JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK AT AT CONTINUED DISCUSSION. UM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT, UM, KIND OF SUPPLEMENTS, UH, 'CAUSE AS WE DEVELOP THE CITY AND WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN AREA, PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO RIDE TO SPECIFIC PLACES AND I THINK THAT COULD HELP WITH, UM, CREATING MORE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CONVERSATION. MADAM MAYOR, IF I JUST MAY ADD, UM, THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSABLE THROUGH THE COUNTY. UM, NOT FREE 99, BUT IT'S REIMBURSABLE A HUNDRED PERCENT THROUGH THE COUNTY. AND ALSO THE VENDOR IS HERE IF HE, IF, AND THE COMMISSION NEEDS ANY QUESTIONS TO THE VENDOR AS WELL, MADAM MAYOR. SO, UM, THE NEW RATE WOULD BE 75 50 75 50, CORRECT. FOR THE THREE YEAR. AND THAT RATE WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR CONTRACT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. I THINK YOU'RE, UH, TO SAY 70, I WILL ABOVE IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARY. NO. UH, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, NORMALLY WE GO THREE YEARS IN THIS CASE, WE DID PUT IT AT TWO YEAR. UM, SOMETIMES AT THE COMMISSION, AGAIN, IT'S NOT CAST IN STONE. THE COMMISSION AT THEIR WILL CAN DECIDE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO AN OFFICIAL THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTION TO RENEW, OR A THREE A TWO YEAR AND WITH THREE ONE YEARS. BUT IT'S AT THE DISCRETION AND DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION. SORRY. UM, HOW, HOW OFTEN ARE THESE TWO BUSES GOING AROUND? I KNOW IT'S ALL DAY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S POINT A, POINT B IF I MISSED THE BUS AT POINT B, HOW LONG BEFORE THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA COME? AROUND THREE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT'S ON HOURLY BASIS. IT'S A 60 MINUTE HEADWAY, HEAD HEADWAY COUNT. AND THIS IS A FIXED ROUTE. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE SPECIFIC, THEY CAN'T, UH, SPECIFICALLY ORDER FOR THAT. THEY HAVE TO RIDE THIS ROUTE TO GET TO THE KEY PLACES THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. CITY MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MISS MADAM COMMISSIONER AND MYSELF. WAS IT LASTING? WE TOOK HER RIGHT AND IT WAS EXCELLENT. AND THE, I WOULD SAY THE DRIVER WAS VERY, VERY COURTEOUS. I WOULD SAY IF YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN A RIDE, TAKE A RIDE. YOU'RE ON THE BUS, PLEASE DO. SO, I ALSO TOOK THAT RIDE AND, UH, IT, IT COVERS QUITE A BIT OF GEOGRAPHY. IT CAN EXPAND, BUT IT COVERS A BIT OF GEOGRAPHY AND THE RIDERSHIP POPULATION WAS GREAT ON THE DAY THAT I WROTE IT. SO PLEASE DO TAKE A RIDE ON THE BUS. GET ON THE BUS. MADAM MAYOR, [01:05:01] I, I JUST WANT TO, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A RFP, UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA COMMEND MR. ASAM, UH, INVITE US TO SEE ACTUALLY PRIOR TO THE EVALUATION AND ALL THAT, ALL THE DIFFERENT BIDDERS THAT COME. AND WE WERE INVITED TO SEE WHO THE BIDDERS WERE, THE CONTRACTORS AND ALL THAT BEFOREHAND. IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT IS THE FIRST TIME. UM, WE, I WAS INVITED IN AND MAYOR WAS MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ANIMOSITY AMONGST THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. UM, FOR THE RECORD, UM, MADAM MAYOR AND TWO COMMISSIONERS WERE PRESENT FOR AN EVENT AT THE ATRIUM. AND I SAID, HEY, WE HAVE AN EVENT UPSTAIRS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US. NO SPECIAL INVITATION WENT OUT. SO JUST PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. BUT IT WAS QUITE INFORMATIVE. YES, THIS IS, UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. MS. ZA, YOU DID ASK ME, BUT I HAD, YOU WERE TAKEN BY SOMEONE ELSE, , BUT, UM, MALAM, IF, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, CAN THE COMMISSION ADVISE IF THEY WILL PREFER A THREE YEAR OFFICIAL CONTRACT OR TWO YEAR WITH THREE ONE YEAR OPTION TO RENEW? I WOULD SAY THREE YEAR. OKAY. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE TO RIDE THE BUS. OKAY. MAYBE I ALSO HAVE TO JOIN WHO? ATTORNEY WICK? YES. UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I WILL, UH, PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH THE SOMEWHAT OF A ADVISORY OPINION RELATING TO, UM, CHAPTER OR SECTION ONE DASH ONE NINE OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ETHICS AS IT PERTAINS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EVALUATION COMMITTEES. JUST SO THAT WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE WE ARE IN GIVEN SITUATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MME. MAY C SO MADAM MAYOR, WE'RE GONNA [A.  PRESENTATION - INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES] GO TO OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOPS. SO ITEM FIVE IS A PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MS. WILLIAMS THE HR DIRECTOR, WE'LL BE DOING THIS PRESENTATION. WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY ACTON CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS, UM, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT. UH, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO SOME AND I PRESENT TO OTHERS MS. CHERYL DAVIS CUSPA, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. UH, I'LL GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT HERSELF. EXCELLENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. UM, MY NAME IS CHERYL CUSPA AND I'M HERE. I JUST MOVED HERE FROM MADISON, CONNECTICUT, WHERE I WAS THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR THERE FOR 13 YEARS. I WORKED PRIMARILY WITH, UH, THE AUDIT, BUDGETING, AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT. WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'D BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. VERY GLAD TO BE HERE. , I'M SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK MADAM MAYOR, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO? YES, YOU MIGHT AS WELL, MS. SARAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, UM, [B.  DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS AT OAKLAND PARK BLVD. AT SR-7 AS LISTED IN THE COMMITMENT 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN (MTP) AND CURRENTLY UNDER PLANNING PHASE BY FDOT (5:30 P.M TIME CERTAIN)] B IS DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AT STATE ROAD SEVEN AS LISTED IN THE COMMITMENT 20 20 45 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND CURRENTLY UNDER PLANNING PHASE BY FDOT AND MR. MAX NASIR IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MR. NASIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONOR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CLERK AND AUDIENCE. WE DO HAVE MPA STAFF, DOT STAFF AND THEIR CONSULTANT TO MAKE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. IT WAS PRESENTED IN THE PAST AND OUR PAST COMMISSIONERS ALSO SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND THEY'RE COMING BACK TO US AGAIN AS THEY'RE IN DESIGN PHASE NOW. WE HAD TECHNICAL LEVEL MEETING WITH THEM AT MP OFFICE AND THERE I MADE A REQUEST TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU TO UPDATE YOU. [01:10:01] AS MANY OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE DETAILS, KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR NEW CONCEPT OF THIS PROJECT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND I WOULD SAY, UH, THE MPA STUFF SHOULD TALK FASTER THAN, UH, DOT STUFF CAN FOLLOW. HELLO? GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER REPO. I'M THE REGIONAL PLANNING MANAGER AT THE BROWARD MPO. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED ORIGINALLY, UH, BACK IN 20, UH, 19 FOR OUR 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THIS IS A INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AT STATE ROAD SEVEN. BACK IN 2019. WE CAME TO THE CITY COMMISSION ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT SO THAT WE COULD STUDY AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADDRESS SOME REALLY BIG, UM, UH, GOALS FOR THAT INTERSECTION. ONE, THE FIRST ONE BEING SAFETY. UH, THE INTERSECTION WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRASH LOCATIONS IN ALL OF BROWARD, ALSO TO, UH, ADDRESS CONGESTION. SO HAVING THIS PROJECT BE A CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, UM, SOLUTION IS HIGH PRIORITY, AND THEN ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE THAT LOOKS AT PRESERVING AS MUCH ACCESS AS POSSIBLE, UH, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT IT IS A HIGH TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUS STOPS AND USES ALONG THE AREA. SO, UM, UH, SINCE 2019, THE BROAD MPO HAS CONDUCTED A PLANNING FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT, UH, LOOKED AT A PROOF OF CONCEPT WHERE WE ANALYZED A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, TRAFFIC AND THEN ALSO CREATED SOME RENDERINGS TO SHARE WHAT THE PROPOSED SOLUTION COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. WE CAME IN 2023 WHEN WE WERE UPDATING OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FROM 2045 TO 2050, SO THAT, UH, WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THOSE RESULTS WERE AND TO ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE THE PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT. SINCE THEN, NOW IN 2025, FDOT HAS PUT TOGETHER A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION THAT SHARES SOME INITIAL PRE-WORK THAT THEY WORKED ON BEFORE THE PROJECT GOES INTO THE PROPER PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE. SO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS A FURTHER ON OF THIS PROJECT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S PROGRESSED BACK SINCE 2019. IT'S, UH, QUITE DOT TO COME UP. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS IAN DEN WITH KINLEY HORN ASSOCIATES. UH, WE ARE THE CONSULTANT FOR FDOT IN THIS PROJECT, AND WE LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND SOME INITIAL, UH, FEASIBILITY DESIGNS FOR THE INTERSECTION. UM, IS THERE A CLICKER FOR THE POWERPOINT? ARE WE JUST GONNA, OKAY, SO ACTUALLY IF WE COULD GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES. UM, JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH, YEAH, THIS ONE HERE. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED MENTION, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN WE WERE INTRODUCED THAT WE WERE AT THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS. UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT AT THE DESIGN PHASE. WE'RE EARLIER THAN THAT. WE'RE AT THE PLANNING PHASE. UH, SO, UH, ON THIS ONE SLIDE YOU SEE HERE IN THE ORANGE, UH, THE PLANNING PHASE FROM PLANNING PHASE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE, THE FEASIBILITY OF IF THE INTERSECTION CONCEPT CAN FIT IN THIS AREA, UH, AS WELL AS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK PROGRAMMING AND FUNDING HOW THINGS MIGHT WORK FOR THE NEXT STEPS. AFTER THIS IS GOING TO THE PD AND E PHASE AS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT. DURING THAT PHASE, UH, WE WILL ACTUALLY NOT ONLY LOOK AT THIS CONCEPT, BUT ADDITIONAL OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT MIGHT WORK AT THIS INTERSECTION. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE TODAY IS ONE, UM, POSSIBILITY, BUT, UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR IT. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT COMMITTING TO THAT BEING THE FINAL DESIGN HERE. THERE WILL BE OTHER ALTERNATIVES I LOOKED AT FOR THE PRO OF THE PD E PHASE. ONCE AN ALTERNATIVE IS CHOSEN AT THE PD E PHASE, THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH DESIGN, RIDEAWAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE PROJECT AREA, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WHERE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IN STATE ROAD SEVEN. UH, SO WE DO HAVE THE LAKE SMALL NORTHWEST CORNER. UH, WE'VE GOT THE WALMART IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. UH, THE, THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN SHOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, INCLUDING THE DMV AND THEN THE SHOPPING CENTER IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ALL THOSE LITTLE RED SIGNS. THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT TRANSIT STOPS IN THE AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A VERY HIGH, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT CORRIDOR. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF STOPS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GET IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND TRANSFERS THROUGH HERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS A CENTER TURN OVERPASS? UH, SO A CENTER TURN OVERPASS IS A GRADE SEPARATED INTERSECTION. AND WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, UH, WE WANT TO ACTUALLY GET ALL THE LEFT TURNS OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AND BRING THEM UP TO A SECOND LEVEL. WHEN YOU HAVE A REGULAR TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'LL HAVE THE, UM, FIRST PHASE WILL BE ANYONE WHO'S MAKING A LEFT, SO EASTBOUND LEFT AND THE WESTBOUND LEFT. ONCE THOSE ARE DONE, THEN THE THROUGH MOVEMENT HAPPENS, AND THEN YOU SWITCH TO YOUR NORTH SOUTH PHASE, THE NORTHBOUND, THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT GOES, AND THEN THE THROUGHS GO. SO IN TOTAL, YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT FOUR PHASES HERE AT THE LEFT AND THE THROUGH FOR ONE DIRECTION AND THE LEFT AND THROUGH FOR THE OTHER. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANNA MAKE THIS A TWO [01:15:01] PHASE. ALL WE WANT IS THROUGHS TO HAPPEN HERE. WE WANT EASTBOUND WESTBOUND. SO YOU'RE ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD WITH THROUGHS GO TURNS RED, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SWITCH OVER TO STER SEVEN. THE THROUGHS GO TURNS RED GOES RIGHT BACK TO OAKLAND PARK, AND WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT BY BRINGING THE LEFT TURNS UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL. ON THE SECOND LEVEL, UP TOP THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR THE LEFT TURNS ONLY. SAME THING TWO PHASES, THE EASTBOUND AND THE WESTBOUND LEFTS ARE GONNA GO, TURNS RED. THEN THE NORTHBOUND, THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT ARE GONNA GO. SO BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE GIVING A LOT MORE TIME TO YOUR THROUGH MOVEMENTS. AND YOUR THROUGH MOVEMENTS ARE REALLY WHERE YOUR HIGH VOLUMES ARE. SO YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE INTERSECTION IF WE CAN DO JUST THAT ONE PHASE, UH, SO THAT FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE CARS THROUGH. BUT THE OTHER THING IS SAFETY. UH, FIRST IS FOR THE VEHICLES, WE'VE GOT LESS CONFLICT POINTS BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING THE LEFT TURN UP AND OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE T-BONE CRASHES. IF SOMEONE MAKES A LEFT TURN AND SOMEONE FROM THE UP OTHER DIRECTION HITS THEM, UM, PERPENDICULAR, WE'VE NOW REMOVED THAT FROM NEW SECTION. SO THERE'S LESS CONFLICT POINTS FOR THAT AS WELL AS FROM THE PEDESTRIAN STANDPOINT. UH, PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE STREET, BUT THEY'RE NO LONGER HAVING TO CROSS WHERE THOSE LEFT TURN TRAFFIC IS OCCURRING. AND WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO ABLE TO PROVIDE A REFUGE IN THE, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CROSSING SO THAT PEDESTRIAN CAN STOP. AND THEN, UH, UH, IF THEY NEED TO TAKE A REST AND THEN COMPLETE THE, UM, THE CROSSING TO THE OTHER SIDE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE, UM, THIS IS JUST A FEW ARROWS ON HERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, SO IF WE WANNA LOOK AT THE, THE DARKER PURPLE ARROWS HERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE MOVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN IF WE HAVE THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS? SO IF I AM, UM, AND NORTH IS UP ON THIS, SO IF I'M EASTBOUND ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND I WANT TO GO NORTH ON STER SEVEN, I'M GONNA GET UP ON, UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER TO THE MIDDLE LANE OR THE, SORRY, THE INSIDE LANE TO GET ONTO A RAMP. THEIR RAMP'S GONNA BRING ME UP TO A SECOND LEVEL, AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE A STOP, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL UP ON THE SECOND LEVEL. I'M GONNA MAKE MY LEFT TURN WHEN I GET MY GREEN LIGHT, AND THEN I COME DOWN ON A DOWN RAMP ON STER SEVEN AND IT'S GONNA DROP ME OFF A FEW HUNDRED FEET DOWN THE LINE. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO THIS IS BECAUSE THAT RAMP HAS TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO COME DOWN AT A SAFE GRADE. I NO LONGER AM AM ABLE TO ACCESS THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT THERE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER. I'VE PASSED THEM, RIGHT? SO, UM, IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE, I'M NOW GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME OTHER MOVEMENTS, WHICH WE ARE GONNA WALK THROUGH LATER. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO SEPARATE FROM, UH, THE GROUND LEVEL FROM THE SECOND LEVEL FOR THIS MOVEMENT HERE. AND THEN, UM, THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS AND THE RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS, EVERYTHING'S THE SAME FOR THEM. THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE SAME THEY WERE BEFORE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND AS FAR AS WHAT DID WE DO, UH, WE WENT OUT AND WE TOOK SOME TRAFFIC COUNTS SO WE COULD SEE WHAT TRAFFIC WAS OUT THERE TODAY. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TRAFFIC GROWTH WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE LIKE IN THE FUTURE IF WE DID NOTHING. SO, UH, THE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS, 'CAUSE THIS IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND NOT THE PD DE PHASE, WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL. WE TOOK TRAFFIC COUNTS AT THE MAIN INTERSECTION AS WELL AS ONE TO TWO INTERSECTIONS IN EACH DIRECTION TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED ALL OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY WHAT WE'RE DOING. UH, HOWEVER, WHAT WE DID NOT DO IS WE DID NOT COUNT EVERY SINGLE DRIVEWAY. WE DID NOT, UH, CAPTURE WHAT WE CALL AN ORIGIN DESTINATION TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE, UM, DRIVEWAY A DRIVER MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE LATER STAGE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR US RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE TWO TABLES THAT ARE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THAT TODAY WE'RE LEVEL SERVICE E THERE'S FIVE LEVEL, OR SORRY, SIX LEVEL SERVICE GRADES LEVEL SERVICE F IS THE WORST. IT'S FAILING. SO WE'RE E UH, WHICH IS JUST BEFORE FAILURE. AND IN THE FUTURE WITH GROWTH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE MORNING IT IS LEVEL SERVICE E IN THE MORNING. BUT IN THE AFTERNOON WE DO GO TO AN F. SO IF WE DO NOTHING, THIS WILL GO TO AN F IN THE FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, THAT NOW WE GET TO THE FUN PART. NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE, THE SLIDES HERE OR, OR THE PLANS HERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WE'RE GONNA START FROM THE WEST. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THE WALGREENS SYMBOL. THIS IS, UM, RIGHT WHERE THE WALMART AREA IS HERE, 43RD AVENUES THAT SIGNAL JUST TO THE WEST. UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE, UM, IS A KIND OF A LIGHT GRAY COLOR THAT THEN TURNS INTO THAT SIAM BLUE. THAT IS THE RAMPS. THE GRAY IS THE RAMP GOING UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL, AND THAT SIAM BLUE THAT IS THE ACTUAL CENTER AND OVERPASS ON THE SECOND LEVEL. SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, IN ORDER TO GET TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN ON THAT RAMP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO WAS WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ANYMORE TO MAKE A WESTBOUND LEFT TO GO ONTO 43RD AVENUE. SO THAT, UM, THE GRAPHIC THERE AT THE TOP MIDDLE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BLACK AND THE RED ARROW, THAT [01:20:01] RED ARROW IS THE LEFT TURN MOVEMENT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GET LOST, UM, WITH THIS CONCEPT. AND SO IF YOU WERE HEADING WEST ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND YOU WANTED TO TURN LEFT, YOU'D ACTUALLY GO PAST THE INTERSECTION, MAKE A U-TURN, AND THEN COME BACK TO MAKE A RIGHT IN. UM, GO AHEAD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS NOW THE EAST LEG, THE OTHER SIDE PASS THROUGH. UH, SAME THING HERE. WE'VE GOT THE, THE RAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WE'VE GOT IN THE SIGN BLUE IS THE, UH, THE CENTER OF CENTER TURNOVER PASS ITSELF. UH, AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE DON'T HAVE A FULL INTERSECTION, BUT THERE IS A DIRECTIONAL MEDIAN OPENING HERE. SO IF YOU'RE HEADING WEST ON OAKLAND PARK AND YOU WANT TO GO SOUTH TO GET INTO THAT DMV PLAZA, YOU CAN MAKE A LEFT TURN THERE TODAY. BUT BECAUSE OF THE RAMP TO GET UP TO THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS, THAT THAT DOES GO AWAY, THAT LEFT TURN GETS LOST. HOWEVER, JUST EAST OF HERE, 36 TERRACE, THERE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT YOU CAN MAKE A LEFT THERE AND STILL MAKE YOUR WAY INTO THE PLAZA. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE LOSING THE LEFT TURN AT THE MEDIAN OPENING, YOU CAN STILL MAKE THE MOVEMENT JUST ONE SIGNAL EARLIER. UH, NEXT SLIDE HERE. WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NORTH LEG, I BELIEVE. NO, SORRY, SOUTH LEG. SO WE'RE NOW IN THE SOUTH LEG. IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS FIT, WE HAD TO TURN IT SIDEWAYS. SO NORTH IS ACTUALLY TO YOUR RIGHT, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WALMART IS FOR ORIENTATION. UH, SO IN THIS SCENARIO, UM, SAME LAYOUT. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER LEGS, UH, AND WE'VE LOST THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN MOVEMENT. SO IF YOU'RE HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON OAKLAND PARK AND THE ONE MAKE A LEFT TO GO ONTO 29TH STREET TO HEAD EAST, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RAMP AND COMING DOWN, WE COULDN'T FIT THAT ANYMORE. UH, SO THAT LEFT TURN MOVEMENT DOES GO AWAY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THAT MOVEMENT, UH, YOU'D ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO PAST THE INTERSECTION, MAKE A U-TURN AND COME BACK. AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NORTH LEG. SO HERE WE'VE GOT TWO INTERSECTIONS WE'RE DEALING WITH. ONE IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL UP AT 34TH STREET, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A MEDIAN OPENING RIGHT NOW, KIND OF BETWEEN OAKLAND PARK AND 34TH STREET. SO THAT MEDIAN OPENING, UH, YOU HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON STER SEVEN, YOU WOULD MAKE A LEFT TO GET TO THE SHOPPING PLAZA THERE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER WHERE THE, UH, THINGS THE KFC AND THEN THE CASHING, UH, CHECK CASHING STORE ARE, THAT MEDIAN OPENING DOES GO AWAY. AGAIN, THE, THE RAMP TO GET UP TO THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS HAS TO BE THERE. SO WE, UH, WE NO LONGER ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN MOVEMENT THERE. UH, SO IF YOU WANTED TO GET INTO THAT PLAZA, YOU'D HAVE TO GO PAST THE INTERSECTION, MAKE A U-TURN, COME BACK TO MAKE YOUR WAY IN, UH, AND THEN NORTHBOUND. UH, TODAY YOU CAN'T MAKE A LEFT TURN TO GET INTO THE SHOPPING PLAZA ON THE WEST SIDE THERE, I THINK THERE'S LIKE A ROSS IN THERE. UM, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SIGNAL AT 34TH STREET AND MAKE A U-TURN TO COME BACK OR MAKE A LEFT ON THE 34TH, AND YOU KIND OF WIND YOUR WAY THROUGH THAT WAY. WE JUST DIDN'T QUITE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO GET EVERYONE DOWN IN TIME AND LET THE PEOPLE GET INTO LEFT TURN LANE WITHOUT THERE BEING SOME CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS TRAFFIC AND THAT LEFT TURN TRAFFIC. SO WE'RE GONNA LOSE THAT LEFT TURN MOVEMENT. AND THE SAME THING, YOU HAVE TO GO PAST THE INTERSECTION, MAKE A U-TURN AND COME BACK. SO, UH, IF WE GO ONE MORE SLIDE OVER, THIS IS NOW THE CENTER TURNOVER PASS ITSELF, JUST KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE MAIN INTERSECTION. SO AGAIN, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS IN RED THERE, ALL THE LEFT TURN ARROWS ARE ALL THE LEFT TURNS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, TODAY, THEY'RE GONNA GET MOVED UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SHOWING RIGHT THERE, WE'RE LOSING THEM AT GROUND LEVEL, BUT WE ARE GONNA PUT THEM BACK AT THE SECOND LEVEL IN THIS, UH, IN THIS SCENARIO HERE, THIS IS THE MOST, UM, CONSTRICTIVE IN THAT YOU'RE LOSING ACCESS, DIRECT ACCESS TO ALL FOUR CORNERS IF YOU COME UP TO THE INTERSECTION AND WANT TO GET TO THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GO UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL, MAKE A LEFT, AND ACTUALLY GO PAST THE INTERSECTION AND HAVE TO MAKE U-TURNS. SO WHAT WE DID, WE DID ONE MORE STEP FURTHER. IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT IF WE DIDN'T WANNA LOSE ACCESS? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THEM. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT LOSING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRAFFIC. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE, UM, HAVE PUT, UM, SORRY, ACTUALLY GO BACK ONE, SORRY, I THINK I WENT TOO FAR THERE. WHAT WE DID IS WE DID, UH, WE DID KEEP AT GRADE LEFTS. SO IF YOU LOOK THERE, IT'S KIND OF UNDER THE, THE, UM, THE LIGHT BLUE COLOR, BUT YOU CAN SEE LEFT TURN ARROWS. WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, IS WE'VE ALSO KEPT, SORRY, I I DID PUT YOU ON THE WRONG SLIDE. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE HERE, UM, WHAT THIS SLIDE HERE IS, IS ALL THE MOVEMENTS I WAS TALKING THROUGH WITH THE U-TURNS, IF WE JUST KIND OF CLICK THROUGH. WE DID AN ANIMATION HERE THAT SHOWS WHAT THOSE LEFT TURNS ARE GONNA HAPPEN. SO THE FIRST ONE IS EASTBOUND, DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE ANIMATION IS WORKING. UH, WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE [01:25:01] THEN. THERE WE GO. SO HERE WE GO. SO THERE'S THE NORTH MOVEMENT BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HEADING NORTH AND YOU HAVE TO GO PAST, YOU MAKE THAT U-TURN AND YOU COME BACK. AND THAT'S IF YOU WANT TO ACCESS LIKE THE NORTHWEST CORNER WHERE THE SHELL STATION IS. AND THE ROSS, IF WE GO AHEAD AND CLICK THE NEXT BUTTON HERE, THIS IS NOW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NORTHWEST, OR SORRY, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WHERE THE WALGREENS IS. SO YOU SEE THE RED THERE, YOU HAVE TO GO PAST THE INTERSECTION, MAKE A U-TURN AND COME BACK. AND THEN ONE MORE CLICK WILL BE TO GET TO THE WALMART, I BELIEVE. THERE WE GO. SO IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THE WALMART, SO YOU GO PAST MAKING U-TURN AND COME BACK AND YOU CAN MAKE A LEFT TURN TO THE SIGNAL INTO THE WALMART. SO THIS IS, IF WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ADD, UH, KEEP LEFT TURNS AT GRADE, UH, LIKE THE, THE INTERSECTION IS TODAY AND WE BROUGHT EVERYTHING TO A SECOND LEVEL. THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS THE ONE WHERE WE ADDED THE LEFT TURN LANES. UM, I KEEP SKIING HERE, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THIS. UM, WHAT GETS IMPACTED WITH ALL THE PARCELS ON THE FOUR CORNERS TO PUT IN THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS. SO EVERYTHING IN RED, IN THAT BLUE COLOR, THERE ARE PARCELS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED AND THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUIRED TO FIT THE EXTRA WIDTH AND THE EXTRA LANES YOU NEED TO BUILD THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS AND THERE WOULD BE 26 PARCELS TOTAL IMPACTED. AND THEN, AND THAT'S COVERING EVERYTHING IN RED AND BLUE. AND THEN THE ONES IN BLUE, THOSE WOULD BE POTENTIAL RELOCATIONS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE MAY BE TOUCHING A BUILDING OR THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A BUSINESS IMPACT. AND SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF THAT BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I KEPT SKIPPING AHEAD THIS ONE, I WAS JUST SO EXCITED. THIS IS WHERE IF WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO ALL THE FOUR CORNERS AND STILL ALLOW LEFT TURNS TO HAPPEN AT GRADE DOWN BELOW, WE WOULD PUT A SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE ON ALL FOUR APPROACHES. SO IF I'M HEADING EASTBOUND ON OAKLAND PARK AND I WANT TO ACCESS THE, UH, IN THE KFC IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER, I STAY DOWN BELOW. I DON'T GO UP ON THE CENTER PASS, I STAY DOWN. THERE'S A, THERE'S A LEFT TURN LANE AND THEN I MAKE MY LEFT AND IT KEEPS ME RIGHT WHERE I NEED TO BE TO GET TO THE, UM, THE BUSINESSES ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER. AND THAT HAPPENS ALL FOUR CORNERS. THERE'S A, A SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE, ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS. I CAN STILL GET TO ANY OF THE BUSINESSES ON ALL FOUR CORNERS. WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. NOW THAT DOES COME WITH AN IMPACT FROM A RIGHT-AWAY STANDPOINT. 'CAUSE IF WE'RE PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL LANE DOWN AT GRADE, THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE, UM, THE APPROACH WIDER TO FIT THAT LANE. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ACTUALLY DO TOUCH MORE AT THE INTERSECTION. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT WE TOUCH IS THE SAME, IT'S 26, BUT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS WE DO NEED MORE LAND. AND THEN, UM, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY NOW EIGHT TOTAL PARCELS WITH A POTENTIAL RELOCATION. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THAT MEANS WE MIGHT TOUCH THE BUILDING OR JUST IMPACT ENOUGH OF THEIR PARKING WHERE IT MAKES IT HARD TO DO BUSINESS. SO POTENTIALLY HAVE TO RELOCATE THAT BUSINESS. AND THEN THE, UM, ACREAGE, SO THE TOTAL AREA THAT'S, UM, WOULD HAVE TO BE ACQUIRED WENT UP FROM ABOUT 4.3 ACRES TO ABOUT FIVE ACRES. SO IT IS A MORE AREA. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT DOES FROM A RIGHT OF WAY, OR SORRY, FROM A LEVEL SERVICE STANDPOINT IS AT THE TOP, THOSE TWO TABLES ARE THE ONES YOU SAW EARLIER LEVEL SERVICE E TODAY, AND THEN EITHER AN E OR AN F IN THE FUTURE. UH, DOWN BELOW ARE THE TWO SCENARIOS. IF WE HAVE, UM, NO AT GRADE LEFTS AND BRING EVERYTHING UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL, OR IF WE DO PROVIDE FOR THAT SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE DOWN BELOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UM, BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER THERE, EVERYTHING'S LEVEL SERVICE C. EVERYTHING'S WORKING WELL. IT'S A BETTER THAN, UM, THE LEVEL SERVICE STANDARD. UH, AND THEN THE TABLE THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, SCENARIO TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER TURNOVER PASSED. THE CTO STILL MAINTAINS A C THAT'S STILL OPERATING WELL. THE AT GRADE DOES GET SLIGHTLY WORSE INSTEAD OF LOW SERVICE. C IS LEVEL SERVICE D, BUT STILL BETTER THAN THE E'S AND F WE WERE SEEING IF WE DO NOTHING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE YOU GO. AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, UM, THE CONTENT WE WANNA PROVIDE. UM, WE ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE WE JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE'S, UM, IT'S PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH. SO JUST WATCH FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, AS PEDESTRIANS, UH, AS YOU'RE, UM, CROSSING, AS YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE STREETS. WHERE DO I BEGIN? . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. BUT YOU, YOU LOST ME SOMEWHERE. UM, I UNDERSTAND, AND I KNOW IN THESE TIMES IF [01:30:01] I THINK I COULD BETTER VISUALIZE IF THERE WAS LIKE A 3D, YOU KNOW, MOTION TO SHOW ME. I KNOW THE LAST TIME IT WAS PRESENTED, ONE OF MY CONCERN WAS, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RISE, UM, WAS THE SENIORS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS, GOING UP, TAKING THAT LEFT, GOING PAST THEIR ACTUAL LOCATION AND HAVING TO MAKE THAT U TO COME BACK. IT CONFUSES ME IN TERMS OF MISSING WHERE I NEED TO TURN AND THEN HAVING TO COME BACK. UM, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAY TIME, IT IS, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC, THE TRANSIT THERE IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL IN TERMS OF MOVEMENT. AND THIS JUST THAT PARTICULAR, THAT WAS MY CONCERN THE LAST TIME. NOBODY LIKES CHANGE OBVIOUSLY. UM, BUT FOR ME, I'M VISUAL AND TO SEE IT LIKE THAT, I WOULD'VE PREFERRED SOME MOVEMENT IN SHOWING ME HOW I WOULD ACTUALLY GET ACROSS. BUT MY CONCERN IS FOR THEM AS WELL. UM, YES, IT IS TRUE. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW DEBTS RECENTLY AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. SO SOMETHING DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE OVER PATH IS SOMETHING TO BE DONE AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AS OPPOSED TO HIGHWAY. I KNOW EVERYTHING IS GOING UP NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, THOSE ARE JUST MY CRITIQUE ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER WAY I I WAS TRYING TO CONCEPTUALIZE WHILE YOU WERE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, BUT MY, YEAH, I COULDN'T DO THE FULL FULLNESS ON THAT. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT AND MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE HAVE THE SECOND LEVEL OVERPASS, IT APPEARS THAT AGAIN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A U-TURN TO GET INTO YOUR DESTINATION WHERE YOU WOULD NEED TO GO. BUT I THINK I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY IN THE LATTER PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN INCLUDE LEFT HAND TURNS. SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE U-TURN BECAUSE HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE U-TURN OCCURRING AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO'S SUPPOSED TO GO, WHETHER IT'S THE PERSON TURNING, BUT I THINK THE PERSON WHO HAS THE GREEN LIGHT IS THE ONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE TURNING, BUT THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS OCCUR. SO I CAN SEE THE MIX UP AND I CAN SEE CRASHES OCCURRING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE TO INCLUDE SO MANY U-TURNS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO HELP OUT THE LEFT TURN AND, AND WHICHEVER TURN IT NEEDS TO GO. AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS THIS GRAPHIC SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE YEARS AGO AT 4 41 AND SUNRISE BOULEVARD? SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ONE THAT CAME FOR SUNRISE AND, AND 4 41. UM, I KNOW AGO THERE WAS A CONCEPT FOR THIS INTERSECTION SPECIFICALLY WHERE THEY LOOKED AT THIS KIND OF CONCEPT. IT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, UH, AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR, OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, DESIGN ITERATIONS. UH, WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING STATE STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN. SO WE ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT IMPACTS, BUT IT IS GENERALLY FROM A MOVEMENT STANDPOINT, THE SAME THAT WAS SHOWN FOR THIS INTERSECTION PREVIOUSLY. AND ALSO YOU STATED THAT IF CERTAIN THINGS OCCURRED, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE, BUT IF CERTAIN THINGS OCCURRED THAT PERHAPS SOME OF THE BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE TO BE RELOCATED. AND THAT IS CONCERN OF MINE ALSO, THAT OUR BUSINESSES WOULD NEED TO LEAVE THEIR LOCATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO IN OUR PLAN RESTRUCTURING, RENOVATING, DOING SOME OTHER THINGS TO THE PLAZA AT 4 41 AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT MAY BE IN CONFLICT TO WHAT THE CITY IS. YEAH, WE WERE DEFINITELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BUSINESS IMPACTS WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES TO MINIMIZE IT BEST WE COULD. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN COMPLETELY ELIMINATE. JUST WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN BUILT CLOSE TO THE ROADWAY OR EVEN THE BUILDING'S, NOT ALL THEIR PARKING IS. SO ANYTIME WE DO ANY KIND OF WORK IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WIDEN OUT. SO, SO WE TRIED OUR BEST TO, TO REDUCE THAT. WE COULDN'T COMPLETELY IT. THANK YOU. YES SIR. IT'S, UH, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT OF 4 41 AND SUNRISE BOULEVARD. UH, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DID SOME, SOME OUTREACH FOR SENATOR AND OVERPASSES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY AS WELL, THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT [01:35:01] INTERSECTION SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THROUGH MOVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING OVER THAT INTERSECTION. UM, JUST THE EAST WEST MOVEMENTS AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY WIDE AND THEY'RE VERY LARGE. THEY HAVE HUGE, UM, MASONRY WALLS THAT ARE HOLDING UP THE STRUCTURE AND IT CAUSES A LOT OF, UM, UH, UH, DISCONNECTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTER AND OVERPASS IS TO CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT IS LIGHTER, THAT'S USING STEEL BEAMS THAT CAN BE ELEVATED WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE SUCH LARGE MASONRY WALLS TO HOLD IT UP AND TO ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SPACE AT GROUND SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THOSE SIGHT LINES OF THOSE FOUR CORNERS OF THE INTERSECTION AS WELL. UM, AND ALSO IT DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE UP AS MUCH RIGHT OF WAY TO GET ALL OF THOSE MOVEMENTS TO GO OVER THE INTERSECTION. SO THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE INNOVATIVE PART OF THIS, OF THIS PROPOSAL. UM, BUT YEAH, LIKE, LIKE, UM, WAS, WAS PRESENTED, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS, BUT THESE ARE SMALLER THAN WHAT WOULD BE IF WE MOVED ALL THROUGH MOVEMENTS THROUGH IT. NOTHING. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. QUESTION WAS, IS THERE, DO WE HAVE THAT MODEL THAT THEY'RE, YOU'RE DISCUSSING? IS IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ANOTHER CITY IN THE UNITED STATES? UM, IT HAS THAT PATH HAS BUILT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I CAN ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY GOOD. UM, SO THERE IS NOT ONE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STATES THAT ARE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES FOR IMPLEMENTING THEM IN THEIR, UM, IN THEIR REGIONS. SO PLACES LIKE VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND NEVADA, AND I BELIEVE ALSO NORTH CAROLINA, THEY'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT LARGE VOLUMES, LARGE ROADWAYS THAT CARRY A LOT OF VOLUMES, THAT HAVE A LOT OF CRASHES WHERE THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THIS. THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW, UM, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PATENTED, PATENTED FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. THAT PATENT NO LONGER EXISTS. SO NOW WE'RE ABLE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE, UM, POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO BECAUSE OUR PLANNING PROCESS IS SO LONG, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF ITERATIONS OF IT BEFORE IT CAN GO INTO THE GROUND. SO WE WOULD BE PIONEERS HERE IN BROWARD IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE CONSTRUCTED. MAYOR. THANK YOU. YOU COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THANK YOU. UM, WHAT, HOW, IN WHAT WAY DOES THIS IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OUR PEDESTRIANS? I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT CAR CRASHES AND COLLISIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM HERE WITH THE J WALK-IN AS WELL AS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS GETTING HIT AND ALSO DYING FROM BEING HIT BY CARS. THERE. THERE'S A FEW WAYS. SO TODAY IN ORDER TO TRY TO STOP, UM, THE GEO JAYWALKING THAT'S HAPPENING, THERE'S SOME FENCING IN THE MEDIAN TO DETER PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GREAT DETER 'CAUSE YOU COULD STILL KIND OF WALK UP TO THE FENCING AROUND THE, THIS, UM, THE RAMP SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO BE BUILT TO GET UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL. THAT IS A MUCH BIGGER DETERRENT. 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T WALK THROUGH THAT. YOU CAN'T GO OVER IT. SO THERE'S NOT REALLY A WAY TO WALK JAYWALK ANYMORE. YOU NOW HAVE TO GO TO THE INTERSECTIONS ON EITHER END. AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE AT THE INTERSECTION, SO LET'S SAY IF YOU'RE A STER SEVEN AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND ONE ACROSS FROM EAST TO WEST, UH, SO TODAY WHEN I'M CROSSING, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CROSS THE RIGHT TURN LANE, THREE THROUGH LANES, TWO LEFT TURN LANES, UH, AND THEN THREE MORE, UM, THROUGH LANES ON THE OTHER SIDE. RIGHT? SO I'M PROBABLY, WHAT IS THAT, LIKE EIGHT LANES, NINE LANES THAT I'M CROSSING WITH THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS. WE TAKE THOSE LEFT TURN LANES OUT, SO THERE'S TWO LESS LANES THAT YOU'RE CROSSING. BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE'VE PUT IN THIS CENTER AND OVERPASS RAMP SYSTEM, A PEDESTRIAN CAN CROSS HALFWAY AND THEN THEY'RE NOW PROTECTED 'CAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THE, THE RAMP AND UNDER THE BRIDGE THEY CAN STOP THERE AND THEN PRESS THE BUTTON AGAIN TO THEN CROSS THE REMAINING VIEW LANE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT BULL CROSSING ALL AT ONCE. THEY CAN ACTUALLY, WE CALL IT TWO STAGE CROSSING. THEY CAN CROSS HALFWAY, TAKE A REST AND CROSS THE OTHER HALF. ALRIGHT MAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS FOR EVEN CONSIDERING AND THINKING ABOUT PEDESTRIANS 'CAUSE IT'S A HUGE ISSUE. WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT AGREE, IS A A 3D VISUALIZATION OR REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HAVE AN OBJECTIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW AND HOW YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT. I HAVE TO SEE IT 3D YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT IN 3D IN DEPTH AND LENGTH AND, AND REALLY IN DEPTH. UM, BUT WE JUST HAVE A 2D IMAGE AND, UH, I, I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION THIS BIG AT OAKLAND AND 4 41, WHICH IS THE MOST BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN, IN, IN 3D RENDITION IF POSSIBLE. GOT IT. THANK YOU. WISH IT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. FROM THE LAST, I DON'T RECALL IF YOU WERE THE ONE THAT PRESENTED TO US, 'CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE DAAS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS PRESENTED. HAS ADDITIONAL THINGS DESIGNS BEEN ADDED TO WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO US THE FIRST TIME? UH, SO WHEN WE [01:40:01] PRESENTED LAST TIME, WE DID SHOW YOU, UM, AN INITIAL CONCEPT THAT LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND THEN ALSO WE SHARED SOME INITIAL, UH, 3D RENDERS. UM, AND THAT WAS TAKING A LOOK AT THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE WERE PROPOSING AT THE TIME. SO WITH PLANNING, WE GO AT A 300,000 LEVEL AND WE SLOWLY GO LOWER LANDING THE PLAN UNTIL WE GET AT GROUND. SO WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAD, WE DID AN INITIAL LOOK AT THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S NEEDED FOR OUR CONCEPT AND WE PRODUCE A 3D RENDERING THAT FIT THAT FOOTPRINT. UM, WHAT FDT HAS DONE NOW WITH THEIR CONSULTANT RESOURCES IS GONE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, LIKE FLYING THAT PLANE UNTIL IT GETS INTO THE GROUND LEVEL SO THAT THEY COULD GO MORE SPECIFIC INTO THE ACTUAL, UM, WIDTHS OF SOME OF THE LANES THAT ARE NECESSARY. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS A MORE REFINED VERSION OF WHAT THE FOOTPRINT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE PROJECT GOES INTO PDE FURTHER, IT'S GONNA GO EVEN DEEPER AND DEEPER AND GET MUCH, MUCH MORE SPECIFIC UNTIL IT FINALLY GOES INTO THAT DESIGN PHASE. UM, IF IT'S HELPFUL, I CAN SHARE RENDERINGS FROM THE PAST WITH ALL OF Y'ALL. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THOSE WERE DONE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THEY DO NOT REFLECT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE TODAY. IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THAT DOESN'T SHOW THE EXACT IMPACT OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS. WE KNOW THAT STATE ROAD SEVEN IN OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IS THE MOST TRAVEL INTERSECTION IN BROWARD COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT OTHER FACTORS WERE CONSIDERED AS FAR AS LAUDERDALE LAKES BEING THE PLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO AS PART OF OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA THAT GO INTO OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THEN ALSO PRIORITIZING OUR PROJECTS. SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE WANNA DO, OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE IN GOODS. SO OUR, OUR, THE, THE, THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA THAT HAS THE MOST POINTS IS SAFETY. SO WE LOOK AT THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT LOOKS AT WE'RE, UM, PEOPLE, UH, CARS, BICYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS ARE, UH, EITHER DYING OR HAVING SEVERE INJURY. SO THAT'S A HUGE CRITERIA. ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ACTIVITY CENTERS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY CENTERS HERE ON, ON STATE ROAD SEVEN WHERE PEOPLE ARE NEEDING TO GET ACCESS TO. UM, ALSO TRANSIT ACCESS. THAT'S ALSO A PIECE OF THE CRITERIA THERE. AND THEN THINGS, UH, LIKE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE HARDENING. SO RESILIENCY, UM, WERE THE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS WITHIN OUR COUNTY. SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT. WHY THIS INTERSECTION WAS, UM, PROPOSED FOR CENTER AND OVERPASS IS BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF THE INGREDIENTS WHERE, UH, A FOOTPRINT LIKE THIS COULD WORK. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO ARTERIAL ROADWAYS THAT ARE OWNED BY, UH, THE STATE THAT HAVE A LOT OF UM, RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH ALREADY THAT EXIST. YOU HAVE TWO, UH, UH, UH, LEFT TURN LANES AT THE INTERSECTION AT E AT EACH ONE OF THE FOUR APPROACHES. SO THAT'S TELLING YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, IF WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THEM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR COMMUTERS AND ALSO PROPOSE A LOT MORE SAFETY BY REMOVING A LOT OF THOSE CONFLICT POINTS. SO THIS ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE THINGS I'M HAPPY TO GO MORE IF YOU'D LIKE, . IS THERE NOT ANY EXISTING IN IN THE COUNTRY NOW? WE WOULD BE LIKE THE GUINEA PIG. YEAH, WELL I WOULD SAY IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO BE A, UH, STARTER BRAINSTORMER LIKE, YEAH. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU TO MEET YOU TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, NOT TAKEN AWAY. 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SECTION THERE AS OUR DOWNTOWN TOWN CENTER. HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THAT WHOLE DESIGN AND LOOK, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? SO DEFINITELY WE DID, UM, HAVE A MEETING PREVIOUSLY WITH, UH, CITY STAFF MEXICO WAS THERE, AND THEY DEFINITELY BROUGHT UP ALL OF THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY. SO AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO MOVE ON, IF YOU, UM, WOULD LIKE THE PROJECT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK, UH, VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF THAT, UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACTS OR IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DANCE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, , JUST TO ADD, UM, SORRY. UH, HONORABLE THE MAYOR, VICE COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND OTHERS. IN FACT, UH, I TALKED TODAY ABOUT THE REGULATION FOR TWO INCLUSION OF THE TWO HIGH CORRIDOR, HIGH INJURY NETWORK CORRIDOR, UH, PROJECT 31ST AVENUE AND 19TH STREET THAT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE TOMORROW. THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE CONCERN THAT HAWAII, THIS INTERSECTION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EYE INJURY NETWORK CORRIDOR BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT. THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT CORRIDOR. SO BASICALLY, UH, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND COMMISSIONER FIRST TIME THEY [01:45:01] MADE THE PRESENTATION THAT HAS COMPLETE ANIMATION. YOU COULD, IT, YOU COULD SEE THE TRAFFIC, HOW THAT IS MOVING. AND AS THEY'RE IN A VERY PRELIMINARY STAGE, UH, AFTER THIS EP SUPPORT, THEY'LL BE MOVING INTO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. MAYBE THAT TIME THEY CAN WORK WITH MORE OPTIONS AND THEY MAY COME WITH THE MORE VISIBLE OPTION TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO YOU. BUT, UH, NEXT TIME I'LL BE COMING TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO LET THEM CONTINUE THIS PROJECT. THEY'LL LEAD OUR SUPPORT. UH, THAT'S WHY, UH, THOUGH I REQUESTED THEM TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO INFORM YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME TO MOVE INTO THE FEASIBILITY PHASE, THEY MAY NEED OUR RESOLUTION. WOULD THERE BE ANY FINANCIAL NO. JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY ANYTHING. . THANK YOU MS. THANK YOU MS. . THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK NATALIE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . I'M SORRY MADAM MAYOR. SO WE'RE [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING WOMEN OF VETERAN AFFAIRS (WOVA) CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY ON DECEMBER 20, 2025 (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] ON ITEM C. DISCUSSION REGARDING WOMEN OF VETERAN AFFAIRS. WOVE CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2025. SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. UH, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WAS PUT ON. UM, IT'S NOT MY PERSONAL INITIATIVE. IT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING NOW FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. I'VE BEEN, UH, PARTNER WITH, UM, WVA AND IT'S HAPPENING ON RIGHT AFTER THE CITIZENSHIP DRIVING THE MULTI. SO I GUESS, UM, NEW MANAGEMENT, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY AND, UM, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE'LL BE HAVING THE TOY DRIVE THERE. BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING FROM THE CITY EXCEPT THE SPACE. UH, WE'RE NOT, WE ARE NOT REQUIRING TO USE THE LOGO. UM, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING ANY, UM, HELP WITH PROMOTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST THE SPACE. THERE IS A REASON, REASON, SORRY, SOMEONE HAD A QUESTION? UH, NO. UH, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE AN OBSERVATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND PERHAPS WE CAN FIND. OKAY. I HAVE ATTENDED THE WOBA TOY DRIVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND IN PARTICULAR LAST YEAR IT WAS STANDING ROOM. NO, THERE WAS NO STANDING ROOM ONLY, YES, YES. FOR YOUR LAST YEAR. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT, LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY REGISTER THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO RECEIVE GIFTS? UM, NO. WE DO NOT REGISTER THEM. WE, UM, TARGET ALL THE KIDS IN ALL THE SCHOOLS AND THEY KIND OF PARENTS BRING THEM ALL OUT SO WE DON'T REGISTER. YES. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IS TO REGISTER THE KIDS AND HAVE A CERTAIN AGE GROUP TO COME FROM ONE TIME PERIOD TO THE OTHER AND THE NEXT AGE GROUP TO ATTEND FROM ONE TIME PERIOD TO THE OTHER. SO WE CAN DECREASE SOME OF THAT CONGESTION. BECAUSE I THINK IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE COME THROUGH THERE, WE PERHAPS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE IN IN PARTICULAR SINCE IT FOLLOWED THE, THE IMMIGRATION. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA. I WILL DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH, UM, WITH MS. ULEY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A VERY EXCELLENT IDEA. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. I WILL SPEAK WITH HER, THE SEBL AND SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR THAT TO MAKE IT LESS. 'CAUSE I KNOW I THINK LA THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR WE HAD BICYCLES AND THAT WAS A THING. WE HAD A LOT, WE HAD ABOUT 30 BICYCLES AND EVERYONE WANTED A BIKE, SO IT WAS PACKED. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY BICYCLES WE'LL HAVE THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS THE CR THE REASON, BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE COME UP WITH SOMETHING, AS YOU SAY, A DIFFERENT WAY IN THAT WAY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT, UM, FLOW LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. , ANY QUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND COURSE OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER THOMAS IT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. IS, IS THIS YOUR SPONSORED EVENT? YEAH, IT IS NOT MY INITIATIVE, BUT I I I PARTNER WITH THEM. IS A PARTNERSHIP OR SPONSORSHIP. WE'VE, WE'VE DONE BEEN DOING IT TOGETHER FROM THE FIRST DAY, [01:50:01] FROM THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENS. SO I DON'T PUT ANY MONEY IN IT IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. UM, IT'S JUST A PARTNERSHIP PERHAPS. MADAM MAYOR? SORRY. YES, YES, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, UH, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME, UM, I, MY QUESTIONS FOR THE A CMI DON'T KNOW IF, UM, OKAY. ALRIGHT. OUR, OUR CURRENT HERE. UH, I, I THINK THE CLARITY WAS THAT THE PAST FEW YEARS WE, WE DIDN'T DO IT IN A FORMAL WAY AND, UM, THAT WAS DONE INCORRECTLY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND WE WANNA DO IT MM-HMM . IN A MORE FORMAL WAY. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S BEING INTRODUCED AS, HEY, LET'S DO THIS THE CORRECT WAY, GET IT DONE IN THE PROPER PROCESS, HAVE IT WORKSHOPPED, UH, HAVE IT BEEN AN OFFICIAL EVENT OR PROPOSAL FOR THE SPACE BEING USED. BUT I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS, UH, IN ANY WAY RELATED TO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IN HER COMMISSIONER CAPACITY. THANK YOU. I, I'M, UM, CLEAR. PLEASE EXPLAIN. I'M NOT, I SEEM TO MISS THAT WHEN YOU MEAN IN MY COMMISSIONER CAPACITY. THANK, THANK YOU. I JUST MEANT AS AN INITIATIVE AND I WANTED TO, UM, DO YOUR OH, OKAY. RIGHT. SO WHEN IT, WHEN IT STARTED, I WAS A COMMISSIONER. I AM STILL, UM, IT WAS NOT SAY MY INITIATIVE, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP. SO IT WASN'T MY INITIATIVE THAT I DO ON A YEARLY AND PUT MY MONEY IN IT. IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN WVA AND COMMISSIONER CARNEY, MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I, I I THINK THAT SORT OF DID NOT CLEAR THINGS UP. NO. WELL, I MEAN YOU CAN AS A COMMISSIONER, WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, I THINK WE, WE CAN, THERE ARE THINGS, IT IS JUST LIKE THE, UM, THE, THE TEAM SUMMIT, SHE WANTS TO USE THE SPACE, BUT, UH, IT'S NOT MS. SHARON INITIATIVE, BUT SHE BROUGHT IT TO THE TABLE. I THINK IT MAKING SENSE. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US AND TO THE CITY IF WE WERE TO JUST SEPARATE OUT THE TWO ITEMS AND TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM WOVE ON WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FROM THE CITY AND OKAY. BUT THE, WE, WE NEVER LOOK FOR ANYTHING FROM THE CITY EXCEPT THE SPACE. OKAY. BUT, BUT THAT IS STILL A REQUEST. RIGHT? SO NOW, UM, WE, UH, I SPOKE WITH THE CM AND SHE'S SAYING BRING IT TO THE TABLE AND HAVE A RESOLUTION PUT FORWARD, UM, STATING THAT WE'RE ASKING TO USE A SPACE FOR THAT EVENT, BUT THERE'S NO ONE, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING. AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO BE PAID, I MOST LIKELY WOULD DO SO, BUT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING FROM THE CITY EXCEPT FOR THE SPACE. IF THERE WILL BE SEC, IF WE NEED SECURITY, WE ARE PROVIDED OURSELF ALSO THAT ADVICE THERE. SO IS SOMETHING, WHAT WAS THAT? I AM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE SPACE. YES, MA'AM. CLOSING THE SPACE IS SOMETHING, SO YOU ARE TECHNICALLY ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS TO ALLOW WOVE TO USE THE SPACE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN OR MAYBE I'M MISINTERPRETING WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY. I DON'T, RIGHT. NO, UM, ALL AS I WAS STATING, ALL WE'RE ASKING IS TO LET US CONTINUE TO USE THE SPACE LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS FOR THE TO, FOR THE TOY DRIVE WITH ROVER. MADAME MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR. MM-HMM . THAT LAST YEAR THERE WAS MAYBE IF A FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD COME, THEN MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE CLOSED BEFORE I DRIVE DOWN. SO WHAT, WHAT SUGGESTIONS ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE? SHE DID ASK THAT MAYBE YOU COULD WOVE NOT YOU SINCE IT'S NOT, YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE INITIATIVE. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. IT'S NOT SO, SO I REMEMBER THE MAYOR MADE A SUGGESTION AND I TOLD HER THAT THAT WAS A GOOD SUGGESTION AS FAR AS REGISTERING THEM AND THE AGES AND GIVE THEM A CERTAIN TIME FOR A CERTAIN AGE GROUP TO ATTEND THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT OVERFLOW LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR. AND I STATED THAT I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH LINDA, THAT WE CAN, UM, MAYBE SET SOMETHING UP THAT IT COULD WORK THAT WAY, WHICH I ALSO STATED THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA. MADAM MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER. YES. [01:55:01] AXEL WILLIAMS. WILL YOU GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH MS. AND CONVEY TO HER WHAT THE MAYOR SUGGESTED AND THEN GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH US? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION TO DECIDE BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. YES. WE WILL GET, I WILL SPEAK WITH HER AND I WILL, WE WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND PUT IT TOGETHER THAT A AGE, A CERTAIN AGE COME AT A CERTAIN TIME. THAT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. IT CAN BE DONE AND THEN THAT WILL, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO TO PREVENT THAT OVERFLOW OF, OF, OF CHILDREN COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE MRS. HIGLEY TO COME TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OUTLINING EXACTLY HOW THE, THE DONATIONS WILL BE MADE SINCE IT IS A WOVE REQUEST SO THAT WE CAN OFFICIALLY HAVE IT THAT WOVE IS REQUESTING THIS AND WOVE THIS IS WOVES PLAN. SO MS. HULEY, SHE'S PRESENTED TO US BEFORE, SO SHE'S NOT A STRANGER TO US. RIGHT. AND, AND MAKE THE OKAY, I HEAR YOU. GREAT, GREAT EVENT. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, MA'AM. THANK YOU [D.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82-356(A)(3) OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE, AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP25-3110-22R EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM (RE-BID), BE AWARDED TO MGT IMPACT SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO ASSIST IN THE RECRUITMENT OF A CITY MANAGER, FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($28,500.00).] MADAM. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION ITEM D UH, DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56, A THREE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AND, AND ATTEST RESPECTFULLY, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD IN ACCORDANCE I THINK CONTRACT AWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL RFP 25 DASH 310 DASH 22 R, EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM REBID BE AWARDED TO MANAGEMENT IMPACT SOLUTIONS LLC FOR AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO ASSIST IN THE RECRUITMENT OF A CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $28,500. AND I WILL, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, CALL UP MR. ZAM PEPPER WALLA AND MS. TYRA WILLIAMS, UM, HUMAN RESOURCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM IN OUR CONTINUED SEARCH FOR AN ACTIVE AND A CITY MANAGER THAT WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE RECEIVED BIDS, THE EVALUATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED AND MR. AND MS. WILLIAMS WOULD GIVE US A REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. ONCE AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, CITY, CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. UM, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, UH, AS YOU WOULD RECALL, EARLIER IN SEPTEMBER, UH, TO BE SPECIFIC, ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, WE MET WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN FOR THE SOLICITATION WENT OUT. THAT WENT OUT PREVIOUSLY FOR THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM, BE SQUASHED AND REBID. AND THAT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, STAFF WENT THROUGH AND ISSUED A NEW SOLICITATION, INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE, UH, THAT WAS NOT PRESENT BEFORE, SPECIFICALLY THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. UH, THAT WAS NOT PRESENT BEFORE WE DID GO OUT. UM, IT WAS BROADCASTED TO 833, UH, VENDORS, 30 PLAN HOLDERS. AND THE BID CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 26. AND BASED ON THE SOLICITATIONS RECEIVED, FOUR WERE RECEIVED. UH, THE BIDS WERE SENT THROUGH AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE. UH, PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD. THE COMMITTEE DID DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PUT FORWARD TO, UH, AWARD TO MGT IMPACT SOLUTIONS LLC BASED ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION. UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I DO HAVE MS. TARA, WHO IS AVAILABLE, UH, WHO WAS ALSO PART OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED. JUST WANT TO SAY MR. UH, MR. ZA, THAT I DID REVIEW ALL FOUR OF THE, THE EXIT THAT YOU ALL PRESENTED AND NGT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME AND OUTLINED THE SERVICES THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE, THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE TO THE CITY. THE TIMELINE, YES. AND THE TIMEFRAME. SO FOR ME, [02:00:01] THAT WAS VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. NO, NOTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK [E.  DISCUSSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION TO AWARD A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT TO MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING, LLC, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOURCEWELL MASTER PROJECT: 199030, CONTRACT NO. 041123-MSL, FOR THE PURPOSES OF UPGRADING THE LIGHTING AT WILLIE WEBB PARK – BASKETBALL COURTS AS PART OF THE PARKS REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ($75,600.20) AND 5% CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS ($3,780.00) FOR A TOTAL OF SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS ($79,380.00)] ITEM EA DISCUSSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION TO AWARD A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT TO MUCO SPORTS LIGHTING LLC IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOURCE WELL MASTER PROJECT 1 9 9 0 3 0. CONTRACT NUMBER 0 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 MSL FOR THE PURPOSES OF UPGRADING THE LIGHTING AT WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK BASKETBALL COURTS AS PART OF THE PARKS REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION PROJECT, ANY AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,600 AND A 5% CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,780 FOR A TOTAL OF $79,380. AND MADAM COMMISSIONER, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, I'LL CALL AZAM PROPER WALLET UP, UM, TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM BEFORE WE, UH, , BEFORE WE GET, UH, TO THIS ITEM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE NEXT ITEM AND SAID THAT MGT ALSO INCLUDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHERE THERE WILL BE, UM, INPUT AND A TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MEET AND COME AND GIVE THEIR INPUT ALSO CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. . AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, ONCE AGAIN, PROTOCOLS ESTABLISH, UM, THIS REQUEST IS TO BRING, UH, RESOLUTION TO COMMISSION, UM, AWARDING, UM, THIS VENDOR MUSCO SPOTLIGHTING, UH, A CONTRACT. AND THIS VENDOR HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPETITIVELY BID THROUGH SOURCE. WELL, A BACKUP WAS PRESENT, WAS PUT FORWARD IN YOUR PACKAGE INDICATING WHERE THEY SCORED WHEN SOURCE WELL DID THEIR SOLICITATION. THIS VENDOR HAS ALSO PROVIDED A RS MEANS TO BACK UP THE LABOR THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED TO THE COM TO THE CITY, UH, FOR SERVICES. THIS IS TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING IN WILLIE PARK, UM, FROM STAFF AND FROM PUBLIC WORKS, HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT, UH, THE SUBCONTRACTOR IMPERIAL ELECTRICAL THAT THIS VENDOR IS USING HAS DONE WORK FOR THE CITY IN PAST THIS ITEM ITSELF HAS BEEN PREPARED SOMEWHERE, UM, SINCE MAY OR JUNE THIS YEAR TO COME BEFORE COMMISSION, BUT HAS BEEN BUMPED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE AGENDA. UM, WE ARE GETTING A GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDED VENDOR, UH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME. WE DO HAVE SOMEWHERE UP UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER NEXT YEAR. BUT THIS HAS BEEN PUSHED SO FAR. THE VENDOR HAS BEEN BEARING PATIENCE WITH US AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I HAVE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND DIRECTOR WHO CAN ADVISE MORE ON THE PROJECT ITSELF OR ANYTHING ON PROCUREMENT MATTERS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. MR. DES BRU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD BY NAME IS JUAN DES BRU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. UM, MADAM MAYOR. UH, WILL WE PARK, WE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED SOME IMPROVEMENT AT THE PARK WHEN, UM, THE BASKETBALL COURT TO THE FELLOW GRANT, UH, THE COURT WAS, UH, RESURFACED VENUE NEW, UH, FENCING. UH, THE BASEBOARD WAS JUST REPLACED, BUT THE LIGHTING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, THE PARK WAS CREATED, I BELIEVE IN OH SEVEN. CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR POSTS WITH, UH, HPS LIGHTING, WHICH IS HIGH PRESSURE, UH, SODIUM LIGHTING. THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY, UH, ENERGY GUZZLERS. THEY COST REALLY LOT MONEY TO, TO OPERATE THOSE LIGHTS. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF LIGHTING, THEY KIND OF OLD, THEY DO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LIGHTING. UH, THAT, THAT IS UP TO STANDARD. UH, ON AVERAGE FOR AN OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT THAT IS NOT PROFESSIONALLY USED, UH, WE LOOKING AT ABOUT 20 TO 30, UH, FOOT CANDLE. UM, BUT 25 IS ROUGHLY THE AVERAGE WITH THE NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM. WE GETTING, UH, 50 FOOT CANDLE AS PART OF THAT, UH, SYSTEM, WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. AND ALSO THE CONTRACTORS GUARANTEEING AT LEAST 30 FOOT CANDLE FOR 10 YEARS AS PART OF THE SYSTEM. SO IT'S GUARANTEED FOR 10 YEARS WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN 30 FOOT CANDLE THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE BASKETBALL COURT. UH, MAL MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. RON FOR THAT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY. I KNOW WE'RE GETTING GOOD LIGHT IN NOW, BUT THIS WILL BE BETTER. UM, THERE'S SO MANY, UM, CHILDREN [02:05:01] AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THAT AREA, SO THE LIGHTING NEEDS TO BE GOOD. UM, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE WATCHING VIA CAMERA ON WHAT'S NEEDED. WE NEED THAT VISIBILITY AS WELL. SO I, I DO FEEL THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO COME OVER AND PLAY BASKETBALL AND ALL THAT, AND THE PARK IS LOOKING GOOD. SO WITH THE GRANT, I AM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, NO QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. MR. JONES. ITEM [F.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO MARSDEN SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO DOLLARS ($199,662.00) TO PROVIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES] FA DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO MARSDEN SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $199,662 TO PROVIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES. UM, I'LL CALL MR. ZA UP AND THEN MR. RON FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MATT, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED. UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF VICE MAYOR WOULD REMEMBER ONE DAY SHE CAME TO THE CITY AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET THROUGH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FILMS WHO SHOWED UP FOR THE SITE VISIT, RIGHT, RIGHT. I REMEMBER , UH, ON, UM, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAD 28 FIRMS SHOWING INTEREST IN DOING WORK FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES. UH, THIS WAS BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. UM, OF THOSE 28 FIRMS, UH, THE SITE VISIT WAS A MANDATORY SITE VISIT. SO IF YOU WERE INTERESTED, YOU HAD TO SHOW UP, UM, ON THIS ON 40 SITE VISIT. FROM THAT, WE HAD 17 VENDORS PROVIDED US A RESPONSE, PROVIDED A BID SHOWING INTEREST IN DOING WORK WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF BIDS THAT WE GOT, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPER DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE. THE VENDORS WERE ALSO REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PROCESS TO PROVIDE FINANCIALS WHERE THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE FIRM WAS ALSO EVALUATED BY OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UH, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT THE VENDORS WERE ASKED TO DO. ONE WAS PROVIDE A PRICE FOR ANNUAL SERVICE, AND ALSO WHAT WAS NOT DONE BEFORE WAS PROVIDE, UH, A PRICING OR A RATE RATHER FOR OPTIONAL SERVICES. EXAMPLE, WHEN THE CITY HAS EVENTS ON TIME AND TIME, WE HAVE TO GET A QUOTE FROM A VENDOR OR EVEN OUR INCUMBENT, AND WE CAN'T, WE PRETTY MUCH WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT WHAT THE VENDOR NORMALLY GIVES US. SO THE VENDORS WILL ASK TO ALSO PROVIDE A RATE SHEET, UM, INDICATING WHAT RATE THEY WILL CHARGE US PER SQUARE FOOTAGE. UM, THIS PROCESS WAS ALSO DONE IN TWO FORMS. ONE, THE COMPLETE LIST OF VENDORS. THEY WERE EVALUATED, UM, IN THE FIRST ROUNDS. THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT FROM THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS A PUBLIC MEETING, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MET, THEY SCORED THE VENDORS AND THE VENDOR WHO SCORED HIGHEST. HIS PRICE WAS ALSO VERY HIGH. AND AGAIN, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE CHOSE THE OPTION TO GO FURTHER AND INVITE THE FOUR HIGHEST RANKED VENDORS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS. SO THESE FOUR VENDORS, THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY. UH, THEY WERE IN, THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PROPOSALS TO THE SAME COMMITTEE AS WELL. UH, AFTER THE ORAL PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE DONE, UM, MILES, THEN SALT LLC, THEY SCORED THE HIGHEST. THE TEAM WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, THEIR PRESENTATION, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE, AND WERE VERY INTERESTED IN SECURING THEIR SERVICES AS WELL. UM, THEREFORE, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF TO PROCEED AWARDING, UH, JANITORIAL SERVICES, UH, TO MA AND SOUTH LLC FOR AN AMOUNT OF $199,662. AND ALSO, UH, APPROVING THE RATE THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED US, UH, PER SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET AS, AS WELL, UH, AS INDICATED BEFORE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS? I'M AVAILABLE. UH, MR. RONDA PRUNES. UM, HE'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SCOPE ITSELF. VICE MAYOR. WHEN MR. HASAN HASAM, WHEN DOES THE CONTRACT START? SO, RIGHT NOW, UM, THROUGH MADAM MAYOR, WE ARE ON A MONTH TO MONTH WITH OUR INCUMBENT BECAUSE WE'VE CONTRACT SOLICITATION PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO AWARD IT. UH, WE WILL, UH, WE HAVE INDICATED TO THE VENDOR, UM, ON THIS MONTH TO MONTH THAT WE WILL GIVE HIM 30 DAYS NOTICE, UH, TERMINATION, TERMINATION NOTICE. SO WE EXPECT TO CLOSE OFF EVERYTHING, UM, BY THE END OF DECEMBER WITH HIM. GIVE HIM A NOTICE OF TERMINATION BY THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AND BEGIN THE NEW VENDOR BY THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CURRENT, IS IT WIFE AND HUSBAND THAT CURRENTLY SERVICES US? THEY'RE UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT. THEY'RE UNDER THE INCUMBENT, YES. [02:10:01] THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. NOTHING, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. YES, MA'AM. ITEM G. MADAM [G.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE RENEWAL CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY'S LOBBYISTS: BECKER & POLIAKOFF, ALCADE & FAY, LTD. AND RONALD L. BOOK, P.A.] MAYOR COMMISSIONED A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE RENEWAL CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY LOBBYIST, BECKER AND POFF, ADE AND FAYE, LTD, AND RONALD L BOOK. THIS IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE RENEWAL CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY LOBBYIST. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MADAM MAYOR, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, IS ONLINE TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MS. VENICE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THESE CONTRACTS ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2008. ATTACHED IN YOUR BACKUP ARE THE PAST CONTRACTS AS WELL AS THE RENEWAL. THE LAST RENEWAL THAT WAS DONE, UM, THEIR CONTRACTS HAVE AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN RENEWED, UM, DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION THROUGH A RESOLUTION. SO, UM, I SPOKE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND REGARDING THIS MATTER AND WANTED TO JUST PRESENT THIS TO THE COMMISSIONERS. THE CONTRACTS BASICALLY HAVE NO END DATE. EITHER PARTY CAN TERMINATE, UM, PROVIDED THEY GIVE THE RESPECTIVE TIME THAT'S, UM, DEFINED IN THE CONTRACT. UM, WE DO HAVE A FEDERAL LOBBYIST AND WE PAY HIM $5,000 PER MONTH FOR HIS SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE TWO STATE LOBBYISTS, AND WE PAY THEM EACH $3,333 PER MONTH FOR THEIR SERVICES. SO THIS MATTER IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION TO SEE HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, RETAIN ALL THREE LOBBYISTS AND JUST TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTS, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE CONTRACTS IN EXISTENCE NOW HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 2008. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MADAM A CM, WHY DO WE NEED TWO LOBBYISTS IN TALLAHASSEE? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THAT IS A DECISION OF THE COMMISSION, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COMMISSION. WHEN I DID INQUIRE THROUGH BECKER AND BOOK, I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS, AT THE TIME A THIS COMMISSION DECISION. THEY FELT A PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE GOOD. SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BOTH LOBBYISTS DO WORK TOGETHER DOING THE SAME TYPE OF WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. SO IF THE COMMISSION FEELS THAT WE NEED TO LOBBYISTS, WE CAN RETAIN THEM. HOWEVER, IF THE COMMISSION FEELS THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO STATE LOBBYISTS, UM, THEN WE CAN RETAIN ONE. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE ONE FIRM THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR FEDERAL OVERSIGHT FOR US WITH LEGISLATION. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO FIRMS THAT'S DOING THE SAME JOB FOR US IN TALLAHASSEE. I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF CITY RESOURCES. UM, I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER. AND PERSONALLY, WHEN WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE, I THINK WE WERE VERY WELCOMED BY THE BECKER FIRM. UM, THEY BROUGHT US AROUND TO DIFFERENT PLACES, AND I UNDERSTAND TWO PEOPLE, UM, ARE FROM THE TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS. BUT THE BECKER FIRM HAS A MULTIPLE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THEIR PERSONNEL, UM, THAT, THAT THEY WORK WITH. UM, I ALSO THINK THEY'RE WELL CAPABLE. UM, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT PURPOSE THE BOOK FIRM SERVES THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM BECKER. UM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO KIND OF CONSOLIDATE OUR RESOURCES IN JUST ONE FIRM FOR OUR STATE. UM, ADVENTURES. THANK YOU. ALSO, COLLEAGUES, WHEN WE ATTEND TALLAHASSEE AT THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING, IT'S USUALLY BECKER WHO COME THIS, UH, INTRODUCES US TO LEGISLATORS, PROVIDES THE MEANS FOR US TO MEET WITH THEM, GIVES US A SCHEDULE EARLY MORNING, LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING, WHATEVER. AND I, I, I WAS NEVER SURE OF WHAT BOOK DOES WE WOULD VISIT THEIR OFFICE, BUT I WAS NOT SURE WHAT SERVICES BOOK PROVIDES. SO I WOULD THINK IF WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS, BASICALLY, AS I COULD ASCERTAIN, PROVIDE THE SAME SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT THE ONE WHO HAS TRADITIONALLY PROVIDED THE SERVICES TO US, HAS BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH US, HAS NETWORKED WITH US. I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT RETAIN THE BACK OF HER. YES. MAD MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. IT'S, I [02:15:01] WOULDN'T SAY IT'S FASCINATING. I FIND IT RATHER STUPID THAT SUCH A SMALL CITY, SMALLEST AMONG VERY, VERY SMALL CITY WOULD THINK THAT HAVING TWO PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE TO DO THE SAME JOB. I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS SOMETHING INNATELY WRONG. I WOULD SAY WITH BLACK CITIES THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION. 'CAUSE IF WE WERE PAYING ATTENTION, WHY WOULD WE HAVE TWO LOBBIES AT IN, AT THE SAME PLACE? IT'S NOT THAT ONE IS IN TALLAHASSEE AND ONE IS IN CALIFORNIA OR NORTH CAROLINA. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ALL THE TIME. AND WHY WAS IT EVER IN PLACE FROM THE BEGINNING? I DON'T KNOW IF MY CITY HAS MAYBE MORE PEOPLE THAN I THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SAYS WE HAVE. I'LL GO WITH, UH, WITH BECCA. WHAT? YOLANDA JACKSON? MADA. YES. I WOULD GO WITH THAT FIRM. I THINK SHE'S ALWAYS VISIBLE AND SHE COMES, SINCE I'M HERE EVERY TIME TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. SO I WOULD, I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO HAVE TO MADAM MAYOR. I, I TOO, UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF, UM, NOT KNOWING THE REASON THEY DO SIMILAR WORK. THE ONLY THING I, I SAW WHERE WAS THERE WAS A COMPARISON WITH BOOK IS THAT THEY BROUGHT US TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO THE AGENCIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST US WITH CERTAIN, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UM, NEEDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE WITH GRANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, WHEN WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE. BUT BECKER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ONE TO BRING US AROUND AND, UM, BRING US TO THE DIFFERENT LINEUP, THE MEETINGS WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, STATE REPS. AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WALK AROUND WITH US. SO I, I DO, I KNOW BOOK HAS A VERY STRONG, UM, PRESENCE IN TALLAHASSEE AS WELL, BUT BECK, IT SAYS, BE BECKER AND POLO. POLO POFF PO COUGH. SO WE ARE DEALING WITH TWO, A COMBINATION THERE AS WELL. WE HAVE THE, UM, BUT BECKER IS THE ONE THAT WE USE. SO I I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, MR. BOOK, THE BOOK, NO, MR. BOOK, UM, SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OUR, OFF OF OUR, SORRY, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. SORRY, MADAM COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MY HAND IS RAISED MADAM MAYOR. SO SORRY. HER HAND IS SHE, YOU SEE IT? I'M SORRY. MS. POP SAID YES, IT IS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I DO AGREE WITH I, I, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SEEN BECKER, UM, THEIR EMAILS. THEY'RE BEING SO UPFRONT. I DON'T KNOW, I'VE, I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE SECOND NAME. SO I AM TRULY IN FAVOR OF JUST HAVING BECKER ONLY ONE, UM, IN TALLAHASSEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I, I THINK, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THAT WAS SAID, A FEW THINGS. UH, ONE IS, IF, IF THE, IF THE LADDER OF THE TWO HAS SUCH A HUGE PRESENCE, HOW COME WE HAVEN'T BEEN FEELING IT HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES? I THINK THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE. YEAH. WE, WE, WELL, I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SMALL IN SIZE, BUT WE'RE BIG IN SPIRIT, AND WE HAVE A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED IN TALLAHASSEE, AND I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING IT FROM THE BOOK FIRM. UH, BUT ALSO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THIS IN SAYING, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE CLIENTS, WHERE DOES LITTLE LOW LAUDERDALE LAKES FALL ON THAT LIST? SO IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU, IF WE DON'T SEE FROM YOU, WE KNOW WHERE WE FALL ON THAT LIST. AND I CAN SAY THAT THE BECKER FIRM HAS BEEN TREATING US LIKE NUMBER ONE. UM, THEY MAY HAVE THREE NUMBER ONES, BUT WE'RE ONE OF THEM. AND, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THAT WITH THE WAY THEY TREATED US AND, UH, GAVE US, UH, WELCOMING ENERGY IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, ALSO THIS, THE THIRD THING TO LOOK AT IS SINCE 2008, WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG FOR US TO, AND WE'RE CLEANING HOUSE WITH ALL THE OTHER CONTRACTS WE'RE DOING, BUT THIS STUFF GOTTA STOP. TOO MANY PEOPLE WILL SEE LAUDERDALE LAKES IS JUST A PLACE TO DUMP CONTRACTS, TO DUMP FAVORS, TO, TO PARK UP, UH, STORAGE SPACES, TO LEAVE THEIR EMPTY CARS, TO THROW THEIR TRASH. [02:20:01] AND THIS IS NOT THAT TYPE OF CITY. THIS IS NOT JUST A CITY FOR A QUICK CONTRACT. SO I WANT THIS TO BE A MESSAGE TO, UH, WHOEVER WANTS TO DO CITY, UM, BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, THAT WE ARE A CITY LIKE ALL THE OTHER 30 MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND, UM, WE SEE OURSELVES TO BE RESPECTED AS SUCH. THANK YOU. YOU MAD CM, YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION. UM, A CNN. ABSOLUTELY. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM. ACTING ASIEN [H.  DISCUSSION REGARDING FY 2026 PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS] MADAM MAYOR IN COMMISSION. ITEM HA DISCUSSION REGARDING FY 2026 PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS FOR FY 2026, AND AT THIS TIME, THREE, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL CALL UP MS. SHARON HAYNES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM. ALSO, BEFORE WE GO ON, UH, MS. HAYNES, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE DID NOT DISCUSS ADAY AND FAYE THAT ARE WE OH, YES. ALSO IN FAVOR OF RETAINING ACA, DAN AND FAYE. YES. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, DURING THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026 BUDGET, THERE WERE 14 PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, BUT THEY WERE NOT FUNDED. AND COMMISSION DECIDED TO TABLE THOSE MODIFICATIONS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE THREE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE ONLY STAFFED BY TWO PERSONS. HUMAN RESOURCES, PROCUREMENT, AND PROCUREMENT. AND, UM, THE BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS BEEN ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR CLERICAL WORK. AND SO, MADAM MAYOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FUNDING THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE DEEM CRITICAL IN HELPING THE CD TWO CONTINUE WITH ITS WORK TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND LESS REACTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION WITH THE MANY CONTRACTS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO FUND AND TO DEAL WITH. THOSE THREE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING TO BE FUNDED ARE THE BENEFIT SPECIALISTS IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING ASSISTANT. THOSE WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AT AN ANNUAL COST OF ABOUT $280,000 FOR THE YEAR, PROVIDING WE HIRE AT THE SALARIES THAT WERE BUDGETED. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT MAD MAYOR, WE ARE ASKING TO APPROVE THE PROJECT MANAGER UNDER THE, UM, THE CRA. THAT DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH CRA FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND. THAT WOULD ALSO NOT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. UM, BUT OUT OF THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, WHICH THE DIRECTOR HAS SUGGESTED THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT BUILDING OFFICIAL, SHE WOULD BE REVISING THE AGREEMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE WITH GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. UM, MS. UM, SHARON, YOU SAID IT'S WHAT? 200? IT'S ABOUT 200 AND ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS. 280,000 FOR THE THREE POSITION FROM THE GENERAL FUND? YES. AND WE ARE RUNNING AT A DEFICIT. SO I THINK THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU, WHEN THE PROPOSAL WAS DONE, IT WAS LIKE $1.5 MILLION. WELL, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE THREE POSITIONS. I WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE, THE OTHERS THAT WERE THERE. MS. CELESTE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE ANYONE AND TO SPARE, SO THAT IS GOOD, BUT NOT MORE THAN THE THREE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE TIGHT. MAD, MAN. THANK YOU. UM, OUT OF THOSE THREE, I CAN PERSONALLY ADVOCATE FOR TWO, THE PROCUREMENT AND THE HR, UH, BENEFIT SPECIALISTS, THOSE TWO SPECIALISTS. I CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THE THIRD ONE UNTIL I PERSONALLY SEE THE LIST OF ALL THE OTHER ONES AND HOW THEY WOULD FIT INTO THE BUDGET. SO THAT, THAT THIRD ONE, ME PERSONALLY, I, I, I GOT TO STAY NEUTRAL ON, UM, MY, MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, IS, UM, NEY AND ASSOCIATES, CALVIN AND NEY, IS THAT, AM I, AM I PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. I I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THEM FROM RIGHT. BEING OUR BUILDING. BUT I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S THROUGH THE CRA? NO, NO, THE CCRA FOR THE, I'M SORRY. THIS THROUGH THE BUILDING? THE, THE, THE, YES. YEAH. WE, I, I PERSONALLY WANT THEM OUT OF THE CITY, SO I, I DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO BE A PART OF ANYTHING WE DO HERE AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. SO I WOULD LIKE, IF THAT'S A DIFFERENCE, I WANT TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL, THAT THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT. OKAY. THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH US PROVIDING SERVICES [02:25:01] TO THE BUILDING, THIS DEPARTMENT. AND SO THE DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT IS SUGGESTING THAT SHE CAN MODIFY THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THEM IF SHE'S ABLE TO HIRE A BUILDING. OH, HIRE A BUILDING OFFICIAL IN-HOUSE. I GOT YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. YES, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. UM, IF, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE MODIFICATION SHE'S SUGGESTING? MY UNDERSTANDING IS CURRENTLY, UM, WITH GEO AND ASSOCIATES, WHEN A PROPERTY HAS TO BE INFECT INSPECTED, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, UH, PLUMBING INSPECTOR, AND VARIOUS, UM, OTHER CATEGORIES. UM, SHE'S SUGGESTING THAT IN HOUSE WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE ONE PERSON WHO CAN PROBABLY DO MORE THAN ONE THING. I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, MS. SHARON, FOR THAT POSITION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE SCOPE OF INSPECTIONS AND SERVICES THAT WE WOULD NEED. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MS. STANCHER. YES. THANK YOU. I'M IN A, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROCUREMENT AND BENEFITS ALSO. I, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, FOR THE, THE ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT LAWS THAT ARE COMING DOWN, UM, THAT ASSISTANT NEEDS TO BE GEARED TOWARDS THAT. I DO BELIEVE SHE NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH THERE. I, I'M AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF IT. AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, I'M AGREEMENT WITH ALL FOUR, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF THE CRA. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YES, MADAM MAYOR, I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH WHAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [I.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NEW OPEN CARRY LAW (SPONSORED BY CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY)] ITEM AYE, A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NEW OPEN CARRY LAW SPONSORED BY CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. UM, THIS IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NEW OPEN CARRY LAW. SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, CAN I CALL UP CAPTAIN PHILLIPS? AND FOLLOWED BY ATTORNEY CALLWAY, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FLORIDA UPDATE WITH THE, UM, OPEN CARRY AS OF SEPTEMBER THE 25TH, 2025, UM, FLORIDA'S BAN ON OPEN CARRY WAS STRUCK DOWN. AND IT PRETTY MUCH THAT SAYS THAT ANY ADULT WHO MAY LAWFULLY POSSESS A FIREARM CANNOT OPENLY CARRY IT IN PUBLIC. THAT'S ALL IT SAYS. NOW, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE CANNOT STOP OR ARREST ANYBODY SOLELY BECAUSE THEIR FIREARM IS VISIBLE AND CARRIED IN A SAFE MANNER. SO, PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IN WHICH I'M CARRYING MY FIREARM RIGHT NOW, THAT'S LEGAL. HOWEVER, IT REMAINS PROHIBITED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 7 9 0 0.06, SUBSECTION 12 IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES, JAILS, COURTHOUSES, AND POLLING STATIONS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, SCHOOL FUNCTIONS, AND SCHOOL BUSES, AS WELL AS OUTPORT TERMINALS AND SECURE AREAS SUCH AS TSA CONTROLLED AREAS, IT'S ALSO PROHIBITED IN BARS AND BAR AREAS OF RESTAURANTS, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL OR SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS, NOT INVOLVING FIREARMS MEET. NOW THIS IS WHAT WOULD APPLY FOR THE CITY, IS IT'S ALSO PROHIBITED IN MEETINGS OF GOVERNING BODIES. IE CITY COUNCILS COMMISSION, CITY COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETINGS AND LEGISLATURES. WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE PROPOSED SETTING UP THEIR OWN ORDINANCES THAT WILL HELP PROTECT THEM AT THEIR CITY WITH REGULAR CITY FUNCTIONS. UM, AS TO THE DAY AND DAY OPERATIONS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE PROHIBITIONS, THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTS THAT WILL, HUH? YEAH. SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE, UM, PROHIBITED AREAS, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE LITTLE EXAMPLES THAT WE USE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME IDEA AS TO WHAT'S LEGAL AND WHAT IS NOT ILLEGAL. UM, SO [02:30:01] LIKE IF YOU SEE A GUY WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH A HOLSTER HANDGUN, AND HE'S JUST GOING ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, THAT'S LEGAL. NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HE'S FINE. HE'S NOT BREAKING THE LAW. HOWEVER, IF A WOMAN ENTERS A COURTHOUSE WITH A VISIBLE HANDGUN, A HANDGUN, UM, IT'S NOT PERMITTED, OKAY? BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A COURTHOUSE WITH THE VISIBLE HANDGUN, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE IT'S STILL PROHIBITED. SO AS WE NAVIGATE THIS OPEN CARRY LAW, THERE WILL BE EXAMPLES, AND I'M SURE IT'S GONNA MAKE SOME NEW CASE LAW AS IT RELATES TO JUST THE, UM, SPECIFICS OF THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT. BUT IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S HOW THE OPEN CARRY LAW READS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS, I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN TO ANSWER THEM AS IT RELATES TO THE EXAMPLES AND THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, FROM THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS IT, THAT FLORIDA STATUTE NUMBER, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, THE ONE THAT PROHIBITS THAT STILL PROHIBITED. IT'S FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 7 9 0 6, SUBSECTION 12, SUBSECTION 20 12, 1 2. MADAM MAYOR, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. YES. WHAT ABOUT CHURCHES? IS IT PROHIBITED? OR YOU CAN BRING YOUR OPEN CARRY TO CHURCHES NOW, RELIGIOUS PLACES ACCORDING TO THIS, THAT IS NOT A PROHIBITED PLACE. THEY CAN, ALTHOUGH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON CAPTAIN'S, UH, RESPONSE, UM, A CHURCH IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY, RIGHT? AND UNDER FLORIDA LAW, UH, A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER CAN ALLOW OR DISALLOW FIREARMS OR WEAPONS ON THEIR PROPERTY. UH, IF THEY DISALLOW IT AND THE PERSON DECIDES TO AREA IT ANYWAY, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, TRIGGER A TRESPASS. UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF LAW UNDER THAT SCENARIO MATTER. MAYOR. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. UM, DOES THIS INCLUDE BOTH HANDGUNS AND ASSAULT RIFLES? SO THERE ARE SOME, THERE IS SOME DIFFERENT READING AS IT RELATES TO RIFLES, SOME OF THESE AREAS. UM, I'M JUST GONNA READ IT STRICTLY FROM HERE. UM, 7 9 0 DASH POINT, I'M SORRY. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 7 9 0 0 6. SUBSECTION ONE TWO APPLIES ONLY TO OPEN OR CONCEALED CARRY OF HANDGUNS IN A PROHIBITED LOCATION. AS SUCH, THERE IS CURRENTLY A LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW THAT DOES NOT CLEARLY PROHIBIT OPEN CARRYING OF LONG GUNS IN THESE LOCATIONS. AND AN ARREST UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES 7 9 0 0.06, SUBSECTION 12 SHOULD NOT BE MADE. SO THERE ARE SOME, THERE'S A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S, THESE ARE PROHIBITED AREAS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO CARRY LONG GUNS. MADAM MAYOR, WHAT DO WE, UM, AND, UH, IF, IF, UM, REASONABLE A CITY ATTORNEY CAN CHIME IN, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING OUT OF TALLAHASSEE? ARE THEY LOOKING TO REVISE AND ADD MORE CLARITY TO THIS? OR IS THIS CURRENTLY IN LAW? LIKE, IS THIS A GLITCH BILL WHERE THEY FILED IT AND IT'S WHATEVER, AND THEN NOW THEY GOTTA GO BACK AND REVISE IT TO MAKE IT MORE FINE TUNED? ATTORNEY COUNTY, ATTORNEY CALLAWAY MAY BE BEST TO ANSWER THAT, AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO THE COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON'S QUESTION, UH, THIS IS NOT, UM, THE FOLLOW UP FROM A LAW THAT WAS PASSED. UH, IT INVOLVES A FACT SCENARIO IN WHICH A PERSON, UH, WAS ARRESTED PUBLIC FOR OPENLY CARRYING A FIREARM. UH, THAT PERSON WAS CHARGED WITH A VIOLATION OF, UH, THE STATUTE, SEVEN 90.053. UM, THEY WENT TO COURT. THE PERSON'S LAWYER FILED A MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE, CLAIMING THAT IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT. THE LOWER COURT, UH, DENIED THAT IT WENT ON APPEAL. THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, UH, ISSUED A DECISION THAT, UH, IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. UH, THE STATUTE, UH, PROHIBITING OPEN CARRYING OF WEAPONS WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA THEN ISSUED A ADVISORY OPINION, ESSENTIALLY COMMUNICATING TO THE STATE AND PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING BSO, THAT UNDER THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE CASE DECISION, UH, [02:35:01] THAT DECISION, UH, IS SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS. UH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ATTER INTERPRETATION WAS BAN ON OPEN CARRYING OF WEAPONS WAS FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND THEREFORE, UH, FOLKS CAN CARRY AN OPEN WEAPON IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE LEGAL QUESTION THAT IS PRESENTED, UH, AND MAYBE A LITTLE MUCH FOR THIS CONVERSATION, BUT THE LEGAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE OPEN CARRYING OF WEAPONS, UM, WAS, APPLIES ONLY TO THE FACT SITUATION THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS CHARGED WITH THE CRIME, IEA PERSON WALKING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH AN OPEN CARRY FIREARM, OR DOES IT VIOLATE OR FIND UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ALL CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH A PERSON COULD BE FOUND LIABLE FOR VIOLATING THE LAW IN ITS STANCE AS CARRYING OPEN WEAPONS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, IN OTHER SCENARIOS, NOT A PERSON WALKING DOWN THE STREET DOES THIS LAW APPLY. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION WOULD LEAD THE STATE TO, AND, AND THEIR POSITION IS THAT IT, IT DOES APPLY. UM, I AM AMONG THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE INTERPRET THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF THE COURT DECISION, UH, DID NOT STRIKE DOWN SEVEN 90.053 IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT IS DEFINED AND CONFINED TO THE FACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH THE PERSON WAS CHARGED. AND NOT IN OTHER SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF THAT INTERPRETATION. I HAVE OTHER, UH, COLLEAGUES IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY ARENA WHO, UH, ALSO SUPPORT THIS INTERPRETATION. UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT INTERPRETATION, IT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS, UM, OR INVITES A POSITION THAT WE MAY TAKE THAT REALLY SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH REGARD TO THE LOOPHOLE THAT CAPTAIN PHILLIPS CORRECTLY APPOINTED TO UNDER, UM, THE STATUTE OR UNDER THE DECISION AS INTERPRETED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. UM, LONG GUNS WOULD BE PERMITTED IN THIS SETTING WITH THIS CITY COMMISSION MEETING, UM, ALTHOUGH A FIREARM WOULD NOT, SO A PERSON COULD WALK IN HERE WITH A GUN WITH A LONG GUN. AND ACCORDING TO THE INTERPRETATION BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHERS, THAT PERSON WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SIT IN HERE AND CARRY THEIR LONG GUN. OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND HIS ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, HOW THEY WOULD RESPOND TO IT. BUT THE LEGAL ISSUE IS WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE STATUTE OR THE CASE CAN BE FOUND TO BE APPLICABLE ONLY TO THAT SPECIFIC SET OF FACTS, IT DOES ULTIMATELY LEAD US TO A CONCLUSION THAT, UM, LONG GUNS ARE ALSO NOT PERMITTED, UH, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN. NOW, ALSO WANT TO COMMENT THAT THE FLORIDA, UH, LEGISLATURE HAS SPECIFICALLY PREEMPTED THE FIELD OF REGULATIONS OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. THAT IS TO SAY, UM, THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY DECLARES IT IS OCCUPYING THE WHOLE FIELD OF REGULATION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE, SALE, TRANSFER, TAXATION, MANUFACTURE OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE COUNTY, CITY, TOWN MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES OR ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OR REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY LOCAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT RELATING THERETO ANY SUCH EXISTING ORDINANCES, RULES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ARE DECLARED NULL AND VOID. SO THE FRAMEWORK BY WHICH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING BROWARD COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CAN, UM, ADOPT REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. IT'S VERY NARROW. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT COULD WE ERECT SIGNS AND [02:40:01] PARKS THAT SAYS NO CARRYING FIREARMS. UM, THAT LIST THAT CAPTAIN PHILLIPS DESCRIBED FOR YOU UNDER 7 90 0 6 SUBPARAGRAPH 12 LISTS, ESSENTIALLY 15, WHAT WE CALL SENSITIVE LOCATIONS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN OUT BY THE LEGISLATURE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE SENSITIVE LOCATIONS IN WHICH FIREARMS, UH, CAN BE CARRIED TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S PARKS AND OTHER SPACES ARE NOT IDENTIFIED IN HERE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE CITY OF THE, THE, OUR, OUR, UH, PARKING LOT OUTSIDE, YOU WOULD THINK, OR YOU WOULD WANT NO FIREARMS ON PUBLIC SPACE, BUT THE LAW DOES NOT PROHIBIT THAT. IN FACT, THE LAW ABSOLUTELY ALLOWS IT UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, GUISE THAT WE FIND IN, UH, UH, CHAPTER SEVEN 90 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES. SO, UM, I THINK CAPTAIN PHILLIPS HAS PUT IT PRETTY WELL RELATIVE TO WHAT OPEN CARRY DOES. UM, BUT THERE IS SOME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWYERS, UH, WITH, UH, THE SHERIFF'S GENERAL COUNSEL, UH, BUT ALSO AMONGST THEMSELVES TO DETERMINE WHAT PATHWAY MAY, UH, WELL BE, UH, THE MOST STRATEGIC PRODUCTIVE PATHWAY TO PURSUE CONCERNING, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT OR WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE EVENT THAT A UH, PERSON WANTS TO WALK INTO A GOVERNING COMMISSION MEETING LIKE THIS WITH A LONG GUN, UH, AND WHAT SHOULD THE LAW BE? SO I THINK, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY AS MUCH AS WE CAN SAY ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, IN THE PLACES WHERE OPEN CARRY IS ALLOWED, THE GUN MUST BE HOLSTERED. UM, MADAM MAYOR, NO, THE GUN GUN DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HOLSTERED. HOWEVER, UM, IT HAS TO BE CARRIED IN A SAFE MANNER, AND THAT IS DESCRIBE A SAFE MANNER THAT'S UP FOR INTERPRETATION, CERTAINLY. AND, AND THERE IS A, I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR TO MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ON THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS SAFE. UM, IF A PERSON, I'M LOOKING UNDER CHAPTER SEVEN, 90.10 RELATING TO THE IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS OR FIREARMS, IF A PERSON HAVING OR CARRYING ANY DIRK SWORD CANE, FIREARM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, OR OTHER WEAPON SHALL, IN THE PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE PERSON'S EXHIBIT THE SAME, IN A RUDE, CARELESS, ANGRY, THREATENING MANNER, NOT UNNECESSARY SELF-DEFENSE PERSON. SO OFFENDING SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE PUNISHABLE UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 7 75 0.082, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. UH, SO A FACT SCENARIO GUESSING, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HERE, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S CARRYING IT OPEN, THEY WOULD PROBABLY LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON WAS DISPLAYING IT. UM, PERHAPS POINTING IT EVEN NON-INTENTIONAL AT SOMEONE THAT WOULD MAKE IT CARELESS. BUT CAPTAIN SAID, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS A FACT BY A FACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCE, AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW, WHICH THEY WOULD KIND OF KNOW IT IF THEY SAW IT. I WOULD. UH, BUT CAPTAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A, A, A, A BETTER INTERPRETATION OR A BETTER DESCRIPTION OF WHAT I'VE DESCRIBED. I WAS, UM, I WAS READING THE SAME THING AS YOU READ IT. UM, FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, UM, 7 9 0 1 1 0 VERBATIM THE EXACT SAME THING. HERE IS MINE. YES. RIGHT. THANK YOU, KEVIN. HOWEVER, I, I WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS OPEN CARRY DOES NOT PROTECT, UM, FELONS FOR, UM, CARRYING WEAPONS. SO IF IT'S A PERSON THAT THINKS THAT THEY CAN CARRY AN, UH, A WEAPON, A FIREARM OPENLY, IT DOESN'T PROTECT THEM IF THEY'RE A FELON, SO THOSE PERSONS CAN BE ARRESTED. SO, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF ROOM TO MAKE ARRESTS AS IT RELATES TO CARRYING FIREARMS. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST THAT THIS CHANGE IN THIS UPDATE IS JUST STRICTLY ALLOWS YOU TO CARRY THE, UM, YOUR FIREARM OUT IN THE OPEN. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. JUST LIKE I'M CARRYING MINE RIGHT NOW. [02:45:01] COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. YES, KAREN, IT, UM, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO STILL BE REGISTERED AND EVERYTHING, RIGHT? CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. IT SHOULD BE REGISTERED. HOWEVER, UM, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU DO NOT NEED A CONCEALED WEAPONS, UM, LICENSE TO HAVE A WEAPON. SO, OKAY, REPEAT THAT PLEASE. , KINDA LOW, BUT YOU DO NOT NEED A LI THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU NEEDED TO HAVE A, UM, LICENSE TO CARRY A WEAPON, HOWEVER, THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, THE CAPTAIN'S REFERRING TO A CONCEALED WEAPON TYPICALLY WOULD UNTIL MOST RECENTLY REQUIRED A, A PERMIT FOR THAT CONCEALED WEAPON. UH, THE LEGISLATURE RECENT YEARS, UH, DID AWAY WITH THAT PARTICULAR, UH, REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, ACT AC MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION. [J.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT] ITEM J. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT. THIS IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE RENEWAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT. AND DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, MR. ASAM AND OH, MS. SHARON HAYES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MS. SAME. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER AND THE NEW CONTRACT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, FOR CONTINUATION OF SERVICE AT ABOUT AT $600,000 PER YEAR. UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF, UM, REGARDING, UM, THE, THE AMOUNT 600,000 AND TRYING TO, UM, POSSIBLY REDUCE THAT AMOUNT. ALSO, UM, THE BILLING THAT WE FELT MAY HAVE CON MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE 600,000 BEING, UM, BEING EXCEEDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, WE DID NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A MONTH. THE CITY ATTORNEY DID SEND US AN UPDATED CONTRACT. HOWEVER, IN REVIEWING IT, STAFF STILL HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE SUMMARIZED, UM, IN A MEMO TO YOU. AND, AND SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT THOSE ARE. NOW. THE RETAINER THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ASKING FOR IS 420,000 PER YEAR. AND THAT RETAINER, THE LANGUAGE USED, IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT. AND SO OUR CONCERN IS THAT STAFF CONSULT IS NOT INCLUDED AND, AND WOULD CAUSE THE 600,000 TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE CITY TO GO OVER THAT AMOUNT. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CONTRACT SHOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT SPEAK TO INCLUDING STAFF CONSULT AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATORS. CITY ATTORNEY DID, UM, VERBALLY AGREE TO DO THIS. BUT, UM, IT WAS NOT DETAILED IN THE CONTRACT. UM, GENERAL LITIGATION SERVICES, WE ARE, UM, THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AT A RATE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE, UM, LITIGATION SERVICES. THERE'S NO CAPITAL HOURS FOR, UH, BUDGET ESTIMATES. AND SO, AGAIN, THE FAIR HERE IS THAT THIS COULD WE EXCEED BUDGETED AMONGST. AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR WHEN THERE'S LITIGATION. UM, THERE BE SOME SORT OF COST ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IF THE ACTION IS WORTH PURSUING SO THAT MAYOR COMMISSION HAS SOME IDEA OF THE COST THAT IS LIKELY TO BE, UM, INVOLVED. AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ASKING FOR AN ANNUAL RATE INCREASE OF CPI. UM, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE, YEARLY INCREASE PLUS 5%. UM, SHOULD THE CITY AGREE TO THAT, THAT CAN LEAD TO INCREASES OF EIGHT, NINE, 10%. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT CPI WOULD BE FOR THIS YEAR. LOOKING AT IT, IT WAS 2.9%. SO WHEN YOU ADD 5% TO THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU AN ANNUAL INCREASE. IF WE WERE DOING AN INCREASE THIS YEAR FOR ABOUT 8%, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COMMISSION HERE IS FOR THE ANNUAL INCREASE BE CAPPED. IF WE'RE USING CPI AT, AT A, UM, AN AMOUNT, MAYBE 4%, UM, OR A SET PERCENTAGE, IF WE'RE NOT, UM, 3%, 4%, [02:50:01] WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DEEMS IS ACCEPTABLE. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IN THE CONTRACT, WE DID NOT NOTE ANY PROVISION THAT DEALT WITH INVOICE DISPUTE. UM, HOW THAT IS RESOLVED, IT DOES SPEAK TO US LETTING THE CITY ATTORNEY KNOW IF WE DISPUTE ANY CHARGES, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE US AN OPTION IN HOW, HOW WE RESOLVE THOSE DISPUTES. AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT A CLAUSE BE INCLUDED THAT SPEAK TO HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, DISPUTE SHOULD BE RESOLVED. UM, I PRESENTED TO YOU, I HAD SHARED WITH, WITH SOME OF YOU, UM, EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE BILLINGS THAT WE FEAR IF THAT PRACTICE SHOULD CONTINUE WOULD CAUSE, UH, BUDGETED AMONGST TO, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ACTUAL AMOUNT TO GO WAY ABOVE WHAT, WHATEVER WE MAY BUDGET, 600,000, 700,000. UH, AVERAGE SPEND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ON LEGAL SERVICES IS 815,000. OUR BUDGET WAS ABOUT 500,000. SO IN ORDER TO CONTROL AND HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT OUR EXPENDITURE IS LIKELY TO BE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER HAVING CAPS AND ALSO HAVING SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE LIKELY TO INCUR, UM, WHEN, WHEN THE CITY ATTORNEY IS HANDLING A MATTER. UM, I DID INCLUDE ON THE, THE MEMO THAT I SUBMITTED, UM, THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THE CONTRACT FOR YOUR EASY REVIEW AND, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATE TO THE MEMO THAT I SUBMITTED. MS UM, MS. HAYNES, YOU SUBMITTED, MS. PAV JUST PASSED OUT TO US. YES. UM, SERVICES RUNNING AND THE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, YEAH, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DISPUTING WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND PRI AND FOR PREVIOUS BILLING. AND WHEN I MET WITH SOME OF YOU ONE-ON-ONE, I SHOWED, UM, THOSE EXAMPLES TODAY WHEN I MET WITH, UM, VICE MAYOR, SHE ASKED ME AND OUR MEETING WAS ONLY THIS AFTERNOON TO MAKE COPIES FOR, UM, THE REST OF YOU. SO I DID THAT. AND THE SINGLE SHEET THAT WE HAD ON THE DESK IS, IS ME SUMMARIZING THE CONTRACT WITH THE AREAS THAT I WANTED YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO, THAT I, UM, IN DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGER ON PROCUREMENT MANAGER THAT WE FELT CAN LEAD TO, UM, ACTUAL COSTS EXCEEDING, UH, BUDGETED COSTS AND EXCEEDING THE CONTRACT. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A CURRENT CONTRACT WITH CITY MANAGER. AND IN A PREVIOUS MEMO THAT I DID SUBMIT TO YOU, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2025, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT, UM, IS COMING TO AN END AT THE END OF JUNE, THE CITY HAD PAID TO CITY ATTORNEY $363,666 FOR STAFF CONSULT. AND THIS IS EXCLUDING THE RETAINER AND EXCLUDING LITIGATION. SO IF YOU WERE TO ADD THAT ONTO 600,000 FOR A NEW CONTRACT, THAT COULD LEAD TO ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. SO WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF THE, THE NEW PROPOSAL IS TO INCLUDE THOSE STAFF IN SOUGHT, THAT IT'D BE SPELLED OUT SO THAT WHEN THE BILLS ARE RECEIVED, ANYONE REVIEWING IT WOULD UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THOSE THINGS ARE NOT TO BE BILLED FOR THE RETAINER ON THE SINGLE SHEET OF $420,000. WHERE'S THE LANGUAGE THAT INCLUDES WHAT THE RETAINER COVERS? PARDON? PARDON? I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION. OH, THE $420,000 FOR THE RETAINER, THE LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFIES WHAT THE RETAINER COVERS, THE, UM, I COPIED IT IN THE, IN THE SECTION HERE THAT SAYS LANGUAGE IN CURRENT CONTRACT. AND, AND BASICALLY IT COVERS CITY ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL CITY SERVICES, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE, UM, CONTRACT THAT JUST EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER. BUT IT, IT SAYS, SO IT'S EXPENSES PAYABLE, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW EXPENSES ARE PAYABLE, BUT I'M STILL LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY WHAT DOES THE RETAINER COVER PER THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US. UM, MADAM MAYOR, IT'S THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AS BEING CITY CD SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL CD SERVICES SPELLED OUT IN EXHIBIT A THAT WAS CIRCULATED TO THROUGH COMMISSION IN THE BACKUP. [02:55:01] YES. I SEE IN THE BACKUP. PARDON? I SAID IN THE BACKUP YOU SAID EXHIBIT A IS IN THE BACKUP. I'M JUST SAYING EXHIBIT A IS IN THE BACKUP. YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU FINISHED, MADAM? YES. YES. MS. HAYS, MADAM MAYOR, MS. HAYS, HOW THERE ARE A FEW CITIES MAYBE IN SIMILARITY TO LOWER THE, THEIR LAKES IN SIZE, IN SIZE, I MEAN POPULATION I CAN THINK OF MAYBE WEST PARK IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. DID YOU DO ANY, DID YOU DO ANY, LEMME REPHRASE IT AGAIN. HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LOOK ON THE OTHER CITY IN SIMILAR SIZE AND WHAT THEIR CONTRACT IS? BECAUSE A SMALL CITY OF LORD, THEIR LAKES WITH LESS THAN 40,000 PEOPLE, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW THAT NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR, IT'S HARD TO BE BLACK IN AMERICA. LET ME JUST SAY IT HOW I WANT TO SAY. BECAUSE BEING BLACK IN AMERICA, THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I SUPPOSE BLACK FOLKS DON'T SPEND TIME LOOKING AT MONEY FOR, I JUST CANNOT SEE A SMALL CITY, THIS SIZE POPULATION, NOT PARKLAND, WHERE YOU HAVE FIVE, $6 MILLION HOOPS. THE AVERAGE PRICE HOME IN LAW, THE DAY LAKES OUTSIDE OF CASH ESTATES IS ABOUT HALF A MILLION. I THINK MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OVER HALF A MILLION. AND FOR US TO SPEND THIS YEAR NEARLY OR ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLAR IS BEYOND THE PAY. IT IS HARD, HARD, HARD. AND I DON'T KNOW, BEING BLACK, IT SEEMED TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THREE SQUARE MILE, THAT'S WHAT LAURA DELIC, THREE TIMES FOUR NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, 12 SQUARE MILES, 12 MILES. AND I THINK I HEARD THE LAST TIME, LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAD MEETING THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE DOES NOT CHARGE FOUR TELEPHONE CALLS. SO MS. HAYES, YOU ARE NEW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOUND THE TIME TO GO BACK AND DO RESEARCH. 300 AND ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CONSULT WITH STAFF IS A LOT OF MONEY. TO ME, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. AND WE DON'T, I'M NOT LIKE CORAL SPRINGS OR DOWN FORT LAUDERDALE WITH 3000 ODD PEOPLE WORKING HERE. A LITTLE BIT OVER A HUNDRED. SO IT MEANS THAT STAFF SPENT A LOT OF TIME CONSULTING WITH THE CITY ATON FOR THAT PRICE. AND I SEE SOMETHING ON THE PAPER THAT YOU SENT WHEREBY THERE ARE TWO CHARGES. HE SUMMARY MR. SIDNEY C CALLAWAY PARTNER AND JANELLE MORGAN ASSOCIATE, AND THE RATE HOURLY RATE IS THE SAME, FOUR $32 64 CENTS PER HOUR FOR HIM. AND 4 32 64 4 MS. MORGAN, I, CAN YOU OR DO MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU [03:00:01] ARE THE PERSON I SHOULD BE ASKING, WHY WOULD WE BE BILLED FOR TWO PEOPLE, TWO ATTORNEYS AT THE SAME TIME? I, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION. CITY ATTORNEY CAN BETTER ANSWER MAYBE MR. ATTORNEY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO THE COMMISSION PLEASE? UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, FIRST OF ALL, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. UM, IF Y'ALL WERE PASSED OUT SOME INFORMATION, I DIDN'T GET IT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN IT. SORRY, THEY, THEY DIDN'T PASS YOU A, UM, A COPY OF WHAT WE HAD JUST PASSED OUT TO US. NO, I DON'T SEE WHY THAT HAPPENED. I'M SORRY. AND, AND I WILL SAY AGAIN, AND I, IT, IT'S NOT THE CITY CLERKS ISSUE. UM, THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT ALSO I THINK, DEFINES THIS PROCESS. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH MS. HAYNES ANY DAY OF THE WEEK REGARDING THIS CONTRACT. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANY COMMISSIONER REGARDING THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT. NO ONE HAS CALLED ME, MS. HAYNES HASN'T CALLED ME TO SAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR CONTRACT. I'VE HAD ONE CONVERSATION WITH HER IN PERSON, UH, AND SHE, UM, DESCRIBED WHAT HER CONCERNS WERE. I WENT TO THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT APPLIES AND I POINTED THAT OUT TO HER. AND NOTWITHSTANDING SHE ARRIVES AT THE SAME POSITION. UM, THIS USE OF THE WORD CON CONSULTATIONS, LET ME JUST KIND OF PAINT A PICTURE. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A CONSULTATION, YOU WANT TO TALK TO A LAWYER AND YOU ASK THEM IF YOU CAN COME AND GET A CONSULTATION, WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE YOU? GENERALLY, YOU GO SIT DOWN WITH A LAWYER. SOMETIMES THEY'LL CHARGE YOU FOR THE CONSULTATION, SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO IT FOR FREE. THAT CONSULTATION WILL USUALLY BE ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 40, MAYBE 60 MINUTES IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SAME LAWYER AFTER YOU'VE PAID THEM FOR THAT CONSULTATION OR IF THEY GAVE IT TO YOU FREE AND YOU ASK THEM ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR YOU WANTED THEM TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK OR YOU WANTED THEM TO READ ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS OR YOU WANTED THEM TO THINK. AND A LAWYER, UH, IS CHARACTERIZED NOT BY WHAT THEIR HANDS DO, BUT WHAT THEIR MIND DOES. AND IF YOU ASK THEM TO WORK BEYOND WHAT IS BEYOND THE FOCUS OF THAT ONE CONSULTATION, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WE NEED TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR ME TO REPRESENT YOU. I DON'T CONSULT WITH CITY STAFF OR THE COMMISSIONERS. YOU ALL ARE MY CLIENTS. I SPEAK WITH CITY STAFF ALL DAY LONG. I TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ALL DAY LONG, SOMETIMES 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. I DON'T CHARGE FOR EVERY TIME I'M TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER OR TO ANY OTHER STAFF UNLESS IT INVOLVES SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND THE FOCUS OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION. AND THERE'S CONTRACT LANGUAGE. I POINTED TO MS. HAYNES FOR THAT TELECONFERENCE WITH THE CITY AUDITOR ON ON JULY 2ND. YOU KNOW WHY I CALLED THE CITY AUDITOR AND WHY I CHARGED THE CITY AUDITOR? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY AUDITOR WAS HERE? THE CITY AUDITOR WAS HERE, VICE MAYOR BECAUSE THE CITY HAD NOT TIMELY FILED ITS APP. ITS, ITS ITS AUDIT FINDINGS. THE COMMISSION, AND I THINK EVEN THE VICE MAYOR HAD SOME PRETTY VOCAL COMMENTS ABOUT THAT PROCESS. NOW, WHY WOULD YOUR LAWYER CALL THE AUDITOR? AND BY THE WAY, YOU SEE I CHARGED 0.20. THAT'S, UM, SIX MINUTES IS WHAT JANELLE AND I BUILD BY INCREMENTS. SO TWO OF THOSE SIX MINUTES WAS ROUGHLY 12 MINUTES. BUT THE REASON I CALL THE CITY AUDITOR IS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS JUST BEEN IN PUBLIC ANNOUNCING THAT IT HAD NOT COMPLETED A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I WANTED TO KNOW DIRECTLY FROM THE AUDITOR, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS TO THE CITY FOR NOT HAVING AN AUDIT FILED ON TIME? ARE THERE LEGAL ISSUES THAT I SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH? AND THE [03:05:01] AUDITOR AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT AND HE SAID, ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE SOME LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS. WE STILL HAVE SOME DAYLIGHT BETWEEN PARTICULAR CONSEQUENCES, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO DO X, Y, AND Z. THE NEXT HIGHLIGHTED PARAGRAPH ON JULY 10TH, RECE RECEIVE AN ANALYSIS OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE AUDITOR, DELAYED FILING REGARDING THE DELAYED FILING OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT AND ELEMENTAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREED UPON PROCEDURES ENGAGEMENT REVIEW, ELEMENTS OF THE ENGAGEMENT. IN MY INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUDITOR, BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD, PARTICULARLY FROM THE VICE MAYOR REGARDING A FORENSIC AUDIT, ONE OF THE THINGS AGAIN THAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH WAS THE RAMIFICATIONS OF A FORENSIC AUDIT OR SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE. AND SO I WAS ASKING THE ALT THE AUDITOR, ARE THERE ARE, MY COMMISSION MAY ASK ME, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS WITH REGARD TO A REQUEST FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT? IS THAT THE BEST OPTION? IS IT THE MOST FEASIBLE OPTION? ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS ON THE TABLE THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING? SO THAT'S WHY I SPOKE WITH THE AUDITOR. THE AUDITOR SAID, HERE'S WHAT YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT FOR YOUR COMMISSIONERS. AND HE MENTIONED AN AGREED UPON PROCEDURES ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT AS A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO A FORENSIC AUDIT. HE LATER SENT ME THAT DOCUMENT, AND YOU'LL SEE ON JULY 10TH, I TOOK JUST UNDER AN HOUR TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND TO READ THE DOCUMENT. I NOW, THAT'S TO ANSWER THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION. THERE ARE APPARENTLY OTHER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER ITEMS FROM JULY ONE THROUGH JULY 25TH, AND AGAIN, MS. HAYNES SENT ME HER DISPUTE ON THIS DOCUMENT. I SENT HER A MEMORANDUM ADDRESSING EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT SHE POINTED TO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED FROM HER MY MEMORANDUM TO HER EXPLAINING WHY THOSE CHARGES WERE MADE. BUT I SAID TO HER, IN ESSENCE, THE WORK THAT IS IDENTIFIED HERE, AGAIN, GOES BEYOND THE DAY-TO-DAY FOCUS OF THE WORK THAT I'M RETAINED UNDER THE, THE RETAINER AGREEMENT. THAT IS WHY IT IS BILLED. IN FACT, I TOOK ALMOST FOUR HOURS TO DRAFT AN INITIAL MEMORANDUM ADDRESSING HER CONCERNS TO HER. SHE SENT BACK ANOTHER INVOICE. I TOOK ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF TO SPECIFICALLY IN WRITING ADDRESS A MEMORANDUM TO HER ON THOSE ISSUES. ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, RESTATING THE SAME THING. SO, UH, I HAVE MY BILLS, I REVIEW, THERE ARE SOMETIMES THERE'S AN ISSUE ON A BILL I FROM CLIENTS ALTOGETHER. AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THOSE BILLS AND I'M HAPPY TO RESOLVE THOSE BILLS. BUT FOR THE BILLS THAT SHE HAS SENT BACK, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THESE BILLS. I LOOKED AT THEM AND I ADDRESSED THEM TO HER. SHE'S CHOSEN TO REVIEW A PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE PART THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS WORK THAT REQUIRES A FOCUS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ROUTINE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC MATTERS RELATING TO COMPLEX RESEARCH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME NOW, BUT I TOOK THE TIME TO ADDRESS THAT TO HER IN WRITING. I'M DISAPPOINTED IF SHE HAS NOT PROVIDED Y'ALL WITH THAT. AS FOR THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, I SAID TO MS. HAYNES, AND I'VE SAID TO ANYONE ELSE WHO LISTEN, AND I CAME HERE IN 2018, I HAD A TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO TWO HUNDRED $70,000 CONTRACT. THAT CONTRACT AGAIN REPRESENTED THE WORK AND THE BUDGET OF A CITY ATTORNEY WHO HAD BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND LEFT PROBLEMS THAT I INHERITED. THE CONTRACT THAT, THAT I'M PROPOSING NOW. AND WELL, I'LL JUST PUT A PLUG IN IT SINCE WE'RE HERE. [03:10:02] I HAD AN INEXPERIENCED COMMISSION AT THE TIME. I WAS NOT 100% FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY AS I AM NOW. THE COMMISSION ENGAGED ME IN 2022 ON THREE MATTERS THAT HAS RESULTED IN THESE EXPENDITURES RELATING TO LITIGATION COST. WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED IN THE CONTRACT BEFORE US IS A SIT IS A $600,000 CONTRACT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT, I BELIEVE, WITH THE CLOSEST COMPARABLE CITY TO LAUDERDALE LAKES, WHICH IS NORTH LAUDERDALE. I'VE ESSENTIALLY PROPOSED A BASE RETAINER OF $420,000. THAT RETAINER COVERS EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE ITEMS. ONE GENERAL LITIGATION. LET ME IDENTIFY WHAT A GENERAL LITIGATION MATTER IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ALSO A SPECIAL COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICE MATTER AS WELL. DO Y'ALL REMEMBER OAKLAND VILLA? WE ASSISTED THE CITY IN MAKING A PUBLIC PURCHASE OF THAT THROUGH A BIDDING SYSTEM THROUGH THE CLERK OF THE COURT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT BID, THE PROPERTY OWNER WENT TO COURT AND ASKED THE COURT TO VACATE THE SALE. WAS I NOT SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE CITY? I REPRESENTED THE CITY. THE CHARTER AND THE CODE REQUIRES ME TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON ALL LEGAL MATTERS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY. WE OPPOSED THE PROPERTY OWNERS REQUEST TO VACATE THE SALE. THE PROPERTY OWNER TOOK THE JUDGE THROUGH A NUMBER OF HURDLES AND HOOPS, WHICH WE OPPOSED AND WE PREVAILED IN OUR OPPOSITION. THE PROPERTY OWNER THEN FILED A LAWSUIT OR A APPELLATE, UH, SUBMITTED TO HIS, HIS, HIS SUIT AT THE APPELLATE LEVEL, ASKING THE COURT TO REVERSE THE LOWER COURTS. THAT MATTER IS STILL ON APPEAL. WERE WE NOT SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS? AND I REMIND YOU WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT KIND OF LITIGATION, IT CAN'T BE BUDGETED PER SE. I KNOW WE HAVE TO DEFEND THE CITY. THAT MATTER IS ON APPEAL. AND FRANKLY, AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID TO YOU WHEN I THOUGHT I SHOULD, WE EXPECT TO PREVAIL ON APPEAL, WE DO NOT EXPECT AN APPELLATE JUDGE TO SAY, GIVE THE CITY THEIR MONEY BACK. STOP WITH ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A STRONG CASE ON APPEAL, BUT THAT'S A GENERAL LITIGATION MATTER. ANOTHER LITIGATION MATTER IS A MORTGAGE COMPANY. BANK OF AMERICA SUES A PROPERTY OWNER FOR DEFAULT ON A RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE. THE CITY IS NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN A LOT OF CASES. WE LOOK AT THOSE CASES CLOSELY BEFORE WE TAKE A SUBSTANTIAL, ANY AMOUNT OF WORK INVOLVED IN THOSE CASES. PRIMARILY WE LOOK FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS. DOES THE CITY HAVE AN ACTUAL INTEREST IN THIS MATTER OR EXAMPLE IN THE BANK OF AMERICA CASE? IT'S A MEDLEY CASE. MS. HAYNES, THE BANK IS IN FIRST POSITION. IF THAT PROPERTY IS SOLD BECAUSE THE HOMEOWNER DEFAULTED ON THE MORTGAGE, THE BANK WANTS ITS MONEY. THE JUDGE GIVES THE BANK A FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT FOR WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT IS. AND USUALLY SOMETIMES THERE ARE SURPLUS PROCEEDS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MATTER, WE LOOK TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY HAS SOME KIND OF INTEREST. AND IT MAY BE FROM ONE OF THE CCB C-D-B-D-G GRANTS WHERE THAT IS TIED UP WITH THAT PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN'T SELL OR CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, UH, WITHOUT PAYING THE CITY ITS MONEY BACK. THOSE MATTERS ARE PART OF WHAT WE LOOK AT. [03:15:02] SO IN EFFECT, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE, AS MUCH AS YOU THINK, IT DOESN'T COVER EVERYTHING I'M ON HERE AT THE DAYS. I'M SAYING TO MY CLIENTS, THE COMMISSIONERS, IT COVERS EVERYTHING. WITH THE EXCEPTION, THE $420,000 COVERS EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE GENERAL LITIGATION, WHICH I'VE JUST DESCRIBED. COMPLEX LITIGATION, WE'RE SUED OR WE HAVE TO GO TO A CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER IF WE'RE SUED BY VARUN WELDING BECAUSE THEY THINK OUR LIEN IS TOO EXCESSIVE AND WE'VE GOTTA GO TO FEDERAL COURT WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTIES. THAT'S COMPLEX LITIGATION. AND THE LAST THING IS, IF THERE'S A MATTER THAT IS, WE KNOW AT THE OUTSET IS GOING TO REQUIRE MORE THAN 10 HOURS OF TIME, WE'VE AGREED THAT WE WILL SPELL OUT THAT MATTER RIGHT UP FRONT. I WILL SPEAK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND I WILL SAY, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS UNIFORM COLLECTION AGREEMENT WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR. THAT MATTER WOULD REQUIRE MORE THAN IT. AND IT HAS, I WOULD SAY TO THE MANAGER, THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE 10 OR MORE HOURS. I'M SURE SHE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE IN WRITING OR HE, WHOEVER THE MANAGERS WOULD, WOULD AGREE IN WRITING. THAT WOULD BE IN WRITING. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. GENERAL LITIGATION, COMPLEX LITIGATION AND SPECIAL COUNSEL. LEGAL SERVICES AS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED, SPECIAL STATE AGAINST SPECIAL COUNSEL, SPECIAL COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICES, WHICH YOU SAY WILL TAKE OVER 10 HOURS. AND THAT IS ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US BEYOND 10 HOURS OF WORK. AND WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SAY IT. , ARE YOU WILLING VICE MAYOR MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES. ARE YOU GOING TO, WHEN I LISTEN TO MS. HAYS, I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT SHE, MAYBE I'M NOT A LEGAL SCHOLAR, THAT SHE FEELS THAT THINGS ARE NOT SPELLED UP. SO IN YOUR CONTRACT, ARE YOU GOING TO EXPLAIN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY WHAT IS COVERED? UM, I WROTE AN EXHIBIT, I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. AND AGAIN, IF YOU NEED MORE, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE. ALL I'M SAYING IS I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT MS. HAYNES AND THE MANAGER COULD SAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. DA DA DA DA. I HE'S, HE'S ADDRESSING, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. BUT ITEMS ON EXHIBIT A, ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS, PROVIDING ADVICE AND COUNSEL, LEGAL OPINIONS, PARLIAMENTARY GUIDANCE UPON REQUEST REVIEW, NON-LITIGATION MATTERS OR ISSUES IN WHICH EVERYTHING ON EXHIBIT A UNDER A GENERAL REPRESENTATION SERVICES. I WANT TO CHECK BECAUSE I'M HOPING THIS IS THE MATTER, BUT I'M SAYING TO YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. A COMMISSIONER, I'M SAYING THIS CONTRACT AND MY PROPOSAL INCLUDES EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GENERAL LITIGATION, COMPLEX LITIGATION AND SPECIAL COUNSEL SERVE LEGAL SERVICES. PERIOD. PERIOD, PERIOD. I MADAM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, UH, JUST APPOINTED. I HAVE MY HAND RAISED WHEN IT'S MY TURN. I DIDN'T SEE, IS IT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS SAND HAS BEEN UP FOR A MINUTE. HAVE HER I YIELD MYSELF. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, I AM SAD. I, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. CALLAWAY FOR A WHILE AND HE HAS BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. UM, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I DO DO A LOT OF IMMIGRATION LAW. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT OUR CITY NEEDS A GOOD ATTORNEY WITH KNOWLEDGE AND, UM, OF GOVERNMENT PRACTICE. AND MR. CALLOWAY DOES BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WITH THAT ONE. THE LAST ATTORNEY WE HAD HERE BEFORE I GOT HERE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING. HE, [03:20:01] UM, MR. CALLAWAY HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE CITY, UM, FROM THE BOWLING ALLEY. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE THAT MAKE US IN COMPLIANCE AND WE ARE NOT IN, IN, AND THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE. SO I I, I BELIEVE THAT HIS CONTRACT IS A GOOD CONTRACT AT 420,000. HE STARTED BACK IN, WHAT, SIX, 10 YEARS AGO AT 200 SOMETHING THOUSAND. AND THIS MAN, THIS NOT YOUNG MAN, OLD MAN HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD FOR THE CITY. I'VE SEEN HIS PASSION. I SEE HIS LOVE FOR THE CITY AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD FOR THE CITY. AND WHEN THAT BILL COMES AND THE HIGHER THE MONEY COSTS, HE'S NOT GOING OUT THERE LOOKING FOR WORK AND UM, AND SAY, OH, LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO CHARGE THE CITY MORE MONEY. 'CAUSE I NEED MORE MONEY. VISA WORK THAT, UM, AS HE STATED, HAS LEFT FROM THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY THAT WASN'T DOING ANYTHING THAT HE HAS BEEN COMING AND PICKING UP AND BEEN CLEANING UP AND STILL CLEANING UP ON. SO THIS MAN IS WORKING HARD FOR US, AND IF WE DO NOT SEE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ILLEGAL ISSUES, WE ARE NOT GOING TO COURT. WE ARE NOT ON CHANNEL 10 77 NEWS SAYING WE ARE DOING ANYTHING WRONG. HE HAS REALLY WATCHED OUR BACK TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT LEGAL PATH. SO I AM NOT SEEING WHERE HE'S ASKING FOR ANYTHING GREAT THAT WE SHOULD NOT REALLY SIT AND CONSIDER. AND THE $180,000 THAT HE'S SEEN IN LITIGATION, THAT IS WHAT, UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY. LET'S PUT THAT DOWN FOR LITIGATION. IT MAY NOT BE $180,000 FOR THE YEAR. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO HIM IN ORDER FOR HIM TO LITIGATE. IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE, THEN THAT MONEY IS NOT TOUCHED. I, IF I'M NOT, IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE EXPLAIN IF I'M WRONG. ALSO, THE, THE MONEY THAT IS BEING, UM, COLLECTED FROM ALL THESE, UM, THING, UM, LITIGATION THAT HE TAKES TO COURT. ALL THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, ARE NOT ABIDING BY RULES. AND THE MONEY THAT HE HAS BEEN COLLECTING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IS LITERALLY BEEN PAYING HIS, PAYING HIS SALARY. LOOK, LOOK AT THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE. SO WHEN THIS, THIS, WHEN HE'S ASKING FOR THIS MONEY, HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT COMING TO THE TABLE, HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING. AND RIGHT NOW HE'S COMING AND ASKING FOR THIS MONEY AND HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING. THIS MAN BEEN DOING THE WORK AND HE HAS GONE BEYOND THE CALL OF DOING HIS WORK. SO REALLY LOOK INTO IT. CONSIDER WHAT WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HERE AND ANYTHING WE'RE DOING, WE NEED GOOD LEGAL REPRESENTATION. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY THEM LESS AND YOU'RE GONNA GET WHAT YOU GET YOUR PAY FOR. THEN WE ARE IN A WHOLE HEAP OF TROUBLE. SO REALLY CONSIDER MY COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT THIS. AS YOU SAID, HE'S DEAR, OPEN TO TALK. IF I HAVE A QUESTION, I TALK TO MY CITY MANAGER, TALK, HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE. EXACTLY. HE EXPLAIN TO YOU EXACTLY HOW HIS SERVICES WORKING AND FOR YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT HIS CONTRACT IS FAIR TO WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR AND FOR THE WORK THAT I SEE HOW HE WORKS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE. I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. HE'S NOT MY BFF. I'M JUST BEING TRYING TO BE FAIR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, I REALIZED THAT WHEN I CAME AND TOOK OFFICE, I WAS NOT FULLY AWARE BEHIND THE SCENES OF, UM, WHAT WAS LEFT ON THE TABLE FROM MY PREOR. UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS OWED TO THE CITY, I HAD NO IDEA THE FULLNESS OF THE SCOPE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I WAS NOT ENGAGED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT OF THE ATTORNEY, AND PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE, UM, TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY ON MY BEHALF, UM, SHOULD HAVE SAT DOWN WITH THE, BUT AS A NEWBIE TRYING TO LEARN ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS BEHIND THE SCENE, GETTING COUNSEL OF HOW TO OPERATE ON THE DAIS, I SAW OR DID NOT FORESEE ME SITTING DOWN OR SAYING TO MY COMMISSIONERS [03:25:02] THAT WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE OR THE LITIGATIONS OR THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAD TO TAKE PLACE. I DID NOT KNOW THE SCOPE OF WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN. THEN I STARTED TO HEAR THAT THIS PEOPLE AT THIS PLAZA OWED MONEY AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WAS GOING TO REPRESENT US. SURE, WE RECOUPED MONIES THAT HAVE COME INTO THE CITY. HE HAS FOUGHT WELL FOR US ON OUR BEHALF. DID WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO SAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH LITIGATION OR HALT STOP, STOP WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING OUTTA HAND. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TRANSITION SINCE I HAVE SAT IN THIS SEAT, A LOT OF TRANSITION. AND SO I BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE STATE WHEREBY WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. YES. I UNDERSTAND THE SIZE OF THE CITY. I UNDERSTAND HOW MA MUCH PEOPLE ARE MAKING. I'M NOT THAT FAR FROM THEM. . , BUT , THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. MAD MAYOR. YOU SAID NOT FAR FROM THEM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. HOLD ON, PLEASE. I APOLOGIZE. I'M SORRY. AND SO I, I BELIEVE WE ARE STARTING AT A PLACE WHEREBY HE IS OPEN. I SAT DOWN AND SPOKE WITH, AND I HAD QUESTIONS FOR MR. CALLOWAY, AND HE LOOKED, HE WAS FRANK WITH ME, TO SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? AND I DO BELIEVE START AND OUT. THIS IS A GOOD WAY. WE HAVE, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH LITIGATION FROM DIFFERENT ONES. I BELIEVE WE'RE AT A STATE NOW WHEREBY THINGS ARE STARTING IS LIKE THE CAR THAT COULD, NO, THERE'S PROBLEMS. LET'S GET THE CAR ROLLING, LET'S GET IT ON FOUR WHEELS SO THAT IT CAN START NOW, UM, GET TO WHERE IS THERE PROBLEMS WITHIN WHAT WAS BILLED. THERE'S A FEW THERE THAT PERHAPS NEED TAKEN LOOKING AT. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT MR. CALLAWAY HAS THE CITY'S BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS SCOPE OF, UM, HIS NEW CONTRACT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BY MY COMMISSION AND, UH, BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, UM, IS DARN GOOD IN WHAT HE DOES. I EVEN ASKED HIM THE QUESTION, DO YOU THINK YOU'VE OUTGROWN THE CITY? AND HIS QUESTION WAS, NO, HE HAS NOT FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT HE HAS TRAINING OTHERS IN ORDER TO REACH TO WHERE HE'S AT. I, I THINK HE HAS A GENERAL HEART IN ORDER TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY AND FIGHT ON BEHALF. I DO BELIEVE THIS IS REASONABLE. THAT'S MY, UM, MY LITTLE BIT. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IN, IN 2018, I'M SO SORRY. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. ALL RIGHT. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I, UH, MY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HAYNES, THE TWO MEMOS THAT, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY SENT TO YOU WAS THAT CIRCULATED THROUGH THE COMMISSION. CITY ATTORNEY RESPONDED TO MY QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE INVOICES THAT I WAS DISPUTING THAT WAS, UM, COPIED TO THE CITY MANAGER. NO, THAT WAS NOT CIRCULATED. AND I'M GONNA ADD TO THAT, THAT AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY, I REVIEW EVERY CONTRACT THAT RELATES TO AN INVOICE BEFORE I APPROVE THAT INVOICE FOR PAYMENT. I HAVE NOT QUESTIONED ANY INVOICES RELATED TO LITIGATION, BUT THIS CONTRACT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WORKING [03:30:01] UNDER UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER UNDER EXHIBIT A. IT SPEAKS OF COVERING CONTRACTS, LIENS, OTHER MATTERS THAT WERE BILLED TO THE CITY. THAT WAS THE BASIS ON WHICH I QUESTIONED THOSE INVOICES. CITY ATTORNEY RESPONDED EXPLAINING THAT THOSE INVOICES WERE BILLED BECAUSE OF THE TIME SPENT ON THOSE ISSUES. NOTHING IN THIS CONTRACT SPEAKS TO THAT. THE CONTRACT THAT IS WRITTEN CURRENTLY MAKES THE CITY ATTORNEY THE JUDGE AND THE PROSECUTOR. AND SO AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE CITY, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT BILLS THAT ARE PAID ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT IS ON THE CONTRACT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. ALRIGHT, MAN. THANK YOU. UM, WELL, I ASKED BECAUSE IF, IF, IF THERE'S SOME VERBIAGE OF HIM TRYING TO STATE WHAT IT IS OR WHY HE CHARGED THAT WAY, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN FAIR FOR US TO SEE WHO, WHO WOULD BE HAPPY TO, I CAN FOLLOW WITH THOSE EMAILS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MY AND MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, SO MY COMMENTS ARE KIND OF, UM, MULTIFACETED. UH, FIRST OF ALL, LITIGATION IS NOT CHEAP. LITIGATION IS NOT CHEAP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE GOOD LITIGATION. AND I THINK, UH, THANKFULLY IN, IN, IN FAVOR OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY AT THIS POINT, HE DOES HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF PERFORMANCE. UM, IN REGARDS TO, FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITH THE, THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE AT A BETTER PLACE THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST TIME. 420,000 COVERING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA USE HIM FOR. AND 180,000 IS GOING TO BE FOR GENERAL LITIGATION. SO TO ME, THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAT I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY BUDGETING FOR LITIGATION. UH, BUT ALSO I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT OUT OF 10 HOURS, IF HE'S GOING BEYOND THAT, HE HAS TO COME TO US FOR PERMISSION TO GO AFTER THAT LINE OF WORK. IS THAT CORRECT, MS. HAYNES, TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING? YES, BUT I WANNA ALSO ADD THAT THAT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT THAT WAS RECEIVED BY STAFF. OKAY. WELL, I'M, I'M GONNA HOPE IT'S GONNA BE IN THE CONTRACT. 'CAUSE I LIKE WHAT THAT, I LIKE HOW THAT SOUNDS. OKAY. UM, AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE REVISIT AND WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE HASH IT OUT. THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE CITY THAT, UH, WE CAN'T GO AROUND TRYING TO SPEND LESS ON IF THE SERVICE IS BAD, WE HAVE TO REVISIT THAT IF CERTAIN THINGS AND WHATNOT. IF YOU HAVE A SWORD THAT WINS IN EVERY FIGHT YOU USE, WE DON'T COME BACK AND SAY, HOW CAN WE BUY A CHEAPER SWORD? YOU KNOW? SO, UM, BASED OFF OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE, I THINK WE'RE AT A BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE AT LAST TIME. I THINK BASED OFF OF, UH, WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR ATTORNEYS AT THIS LEVEL, PERFORMING AT THIS LEVEL, I THINK IT'S STILL A GOOD RATE. AND, UM, FOR THE 180,000 THAT'S BUDGETED FOR GENERAL LITIGATION, UM, I'M SATISFIED WITH THE FACT THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE SOME TYPE OF BUDGET TO WORK ON. SO WE CAN WATCH THIS OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO IT OR IF WE'RE GOING OVER, AND AGAIN, THAT'S BUDGETED, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE 35,000 RETAINER EQUALING UP TO 420,000. SO, UH, AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, I AM IN AGREEANCE WITH THIS. AND, UH, AGAIN, IF I HAD ANY COMPLAINTS AND, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW, MS. HAYNES, DO YOU HAVE, YOU, YOU PROBABLY JUST, UH, I KNOW YOU KIND OF JUST STARTED, BUT I I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS AS FAR AS THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY. I HAVE, I, I DON'T KNOW MR. CALLWAY. I, WE'VE HAD MAYBE TWO CONVERSATIONS. I'VE HEARD GLOWING COMMENTS ABOUT HIS WORK, BUT AGAIN, MY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY IS TO ENSURE YES, MA'AM, THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING OUT THE DOOR ARE LEGITIMATELY GOING OUT THE DOOR. YES, MA'AM. I REVIEWED THIS CONTRACT AND THIS CONTRACT IS THE BASIS ON WHICH I QUESTION SOME OF THE INVOICES THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. WELL, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I WANNA SUGGEST, UH, UH, GIVE MR. CALLOWAY A CALL AND SEE HOW YOU GUYS CAN COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING WITH CLARIFYING WHAT'S IN THE VERBIAGE. BUT, UM, OUTTA ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CUT COSTS ON, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER IN COST AND PERFORMANCE. UH, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT HERE. I THINK, UM, IT'S FAIR. I THINK THE LAST CONTRACT WE HAD, THERE WAS NO RAINS, THERE WAS NO GUARDRAILS OR NOT ENOUGH. AND I THINK MS. HAYNES, YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN MAKING IT PRESENT TO YOU SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE MORE GUARDRAILS. SO, UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH. THANK YOU, MADAM. BACK IN 2018, WHEN WE DID THE INTERVIEWING FOR A CITY [03:35:01] ATTORNEY, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY FIRMS APPLIED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WITH, WITH MR. CALLOWAY AND THE SCHULTZ TEAM WAS THAT MR. CALLOWAY TALKED ABOUT MOVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PERSONA AND OUR BRANDING AND THE WAY THAT WE WERE LOOKED UPON, LOOKED UPON WAS NOT VERY FAVORABLE. IS EVERYTHING OKAY? CAPTAIN, THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES WAS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE AS FAR AS THE PERCEPTION AND HOW THE COMMUNITY SAW US AND HOW RESIDENTS SAW US AND, AND HOW BROWARD COUNTY SAW US. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I RECALL MR. CALLAWAY SAYING AT THAT TIME WAS THAT HE WANTED TO THANK YOU. HE WANTED TO MOVE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES INTO A POSITIVE PLACE. OF COURSE, WE ASKED THE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT HE COULD DO FOR THE CITY FINANCIALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OTHER THINGS, IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS THE ONE THAT PUTS THE, LIKE, THE LITTLE ICING ON THE CAKE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBERED MR. CALLAWAY DOING BECAUSE WHEN I CAME IN 2016, THE BOWLING ALLEY WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT. AND I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY OF DALE LAKES NOW FOR 28 YEARS, AND THE PREVIOUS CITY ATTORNEY GO TO COURT, HE COME BACK AND SAID THERE WAS A STAY, I GUESS I'M USING THE RIGHT LEGAL OF TERM, THAT THERE WAS A STAY OR A CONTINUATION. HE WOULD COME BACK AND NOTHING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AND THIS BASICALLY WAS ON EVERYTHING THAT HE WENT TO COURT FOR. THAT BASICALLY WE DID NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. SO SINCE WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE COMMISSION, DECIDED TO GO WITH, WITH THE SHELVES THAT THE LOOK FINANCIALLY OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS, MR. CALLAWAY HAS DEDICATED A LOT FOR US. MR. CALLAWAY HAS PROVIDED INPUT COUNSELING. I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR. CALLAWAY ABOUT, ABOUT THE CONTRACT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT COULD BE BETTER DONE. BUT I THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY GIVES, UH, MS. HAYNES AND ATTORNEY CALLAWAY AND MADAM A CM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN. IF WE NEED TO IRON OUT SOME THINGS, LET'S IRON OUT SOME THINGS. UM, A CONTINUATION OR A DISCONTINUATION OF AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES AT THIS TIME WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT. I SAID WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. SO IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR LESS, TO PAY LESS, THEN PERHAPS WE'LL GET LESS. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COME TO A COMPROMISE THAT YOU ALL, MR. CALLAWAY, MS. HAYNES, MADAM A CM, AND THEN WHEN IT'S BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION, THAT WE CAN COME TO A COMPROMISE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THE TERMS OF THE RETAINER, TERMS OF LITIGATION, WE SAID 180, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT BE AS MUCH AS 180. AND IF IT EXCEEDS 180, THEN IT EXCEEDS 180 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE REPRESENTED BY, BY LEGAL COUNSEL. GENERAL LITIGATION, COMPLEX LITIGATION AND SPECIAL COUNSEL. LEGAL SERVICES ARE SPELLED OUT, KIND OF SORT WHERE THERE MAY BE A LITTLE GRAY AREA IN, IN SOME OF THESE AREAS IS COMPLEX SERVICES. MAYBE WHAT I THINK IS COMPLEX ATTORNEY MAY NOT THINK, WOULD THINK THAT IT IS COMPLEX, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO, OR, OR MS. HAYNES WOULD NOT THINK IT'S COMPLEX OR MADAM ACTON. A CM WOULD NOT THINK IT'S COMPLEX. BUT I JUST THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM MR. CALLAWAY FOR THE REPRESENTATION, WHICH IS AN ANCILLARY THING OF THE YOUNG, OF UPCOMING ATTORNEYS THAT HE HAS PROVIDED INPUT AND AND SERVICES TO HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, I THINK IS, IS ADMIRABLE. BUT I JUST THINK ATTORNEY CALLOWAY, [03:40:01] MS. HAYNES, MADAM A CM, I'M ASKING YOU TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN, DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, MS. HAYNES, THAT YOU HAVE IN CONFLICT WITH CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. ALSO, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE CPI AND THE 5%. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CPI AND THE 5%. THAT'S EASY. THAT'S EASY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EASY PEASY, BUT LET THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD THAT DOES NOT STAGNATE THE CITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THIS CITY, AND THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD THAT I JUST KNOW THAT BRILLIANT MINDS LIKE THE ATTORNEY, LIKE YOU, MS. HAYES, OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER CAN GET THIS TOGETHER AND PROVIDE SOMETHING AND PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE SERVICES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM AC OH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS HAS A HAND UP COMMISSIONER. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UH, I'M NOT DOING ZOOM AGAIN. I'M TREATED LIKE A STEPCHILD ON THE ZOOM THING AND IT, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU GUY. THANK EVERYONE FOR THOSE WORDS. AS I STATED, I AM ALL FOR AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONTRACT. AND IF WE HAVE DOUBTS, THAT'S WHERE WHAT HE HAS THERE TO SIT WITH HIM AND TALK WITH HIM, TALK TO THE CITY, OUR, UM, CITY MANAGER, AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND WHY THAT MONEY IS, IS REQUESTED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S AN UNFAIR REQUEST. SO AGAIN, AS AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, YOU PAY FOR, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR AND THIS, AND THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR US TO BE THINKING ABOUT LOSING SUCH A GOOD, GOOD ATTORNEY LIKE MR. CALLAWAY. AND MS. HAYES, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU. YOU AND I DID MEET ALSO. SO THIS IS NOT A ONE-WAY INTEREST THAT I, I MAY HAVE, I HAVE IN MAKING MY DISCUSSION TONIGHT. I, I, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU REALLY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR SKILLS AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR NO, NO NONSENSE. AND I LIKE THAT. SO I, I KNOW THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER ON THIS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, THAT ENDS OUR AGENDA WORKSHOP. UM, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, ITEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL MY KEYS. TAKE IT UP. WHAT WOULD I, I'M GONNA GET INTO YOU. NOT TOO FAR THIS. * 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.