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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON.THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR OSWELL PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON? PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.
[REVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER 10, 2025 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
DISCUSSION ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 SPECIAL CITY COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA.[4. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S)]
ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ITEMS. MADAM.FIRST WE WILL DISCUSS OUR SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA UNDER ITEM NUMBER FOUR A.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION CELEBRATING MS. FRANCIS HAYES, 130, A HUNDRED THIRD BIRTHDAY.
THEN WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN FOUR E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE 40 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 DASH 3 56 83 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE.
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IDENTIFIED AS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE RFP 25 DASH 34 10 DASH 18 R, SOLICITATION, AWARDING AND AAU AUTHORIZING THE CON, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BY IN BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.
PROVIDING FOR DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST ROUTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR.
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL.
AND WE DO HAVE MR. ZAM HERE, OR MS. SHARON HAYNES SHOULD BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
WE DO HAVE A ZA ONLINE IS ONLINE.
OH, MISS MS. AND WE HAVE MS. HAYNES HERE AS WELL.
I WOULDN'T MIND HER PRESENTING THE ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CLERK, UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COLLEAGUES.
I'M THE PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, UM, MAY IN COMMISSION.
IT'S AN ITEM TO, UH, REQUEST APPROVAL, UH, TO ES OF SOUTH FLORIDA BASED ON A PUBLIC SOLICITATION THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY.
UM, I DO BELIEVE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ON THE TABLE IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS.
UM, UH, MADAM CITY CLERK OR MADAM UM, VICE MAYOR.
CAN YOU JUST PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU GUYS ARE HEARING ME CLEARLY? YES, WE ARE.
UM, SO BEFORE YOU SHOULD BE A TIMELINE OF EVENTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION.
UM, WHEN IT WENT OUT, UM, WE DID GO OUT, UM, ON EIGHTH, UH, ON AUGUST 19TH.
WE DID DO A FORMAL SOLICITATION ON OUR DEMAND STAFF PLATFORM.
WE HAD TWO LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE PAPERS.
UH, WE DID HAVE A DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS FROM VENDORS, AND WE DID CLOSE THE BID ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
AFTER CLOSING ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
THE CITY DID, UM, UH, REVIEW THE PROPOSALS THAT WE GOT.
TWO PROPOSALS WERE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.
ONE VENDOR DID JUST PUT A PRICE ON THE PLATFORM AND THE OTHER DID NOT PROVIDE DOCUMENTS TO INDICATE THEIR PRICING AND SO ON.
THEY DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOLICITATION.
UH, AFTER THAT, UM, WE SENT OUT, PART OF THE PROCESS WAS THAT VENDORS WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SPECIFIC FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE THEIR FINANCIAL STRENGTH.
WE SEND THOSE DOCUMENTS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM.
THESE ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, UH, LOOKED AT THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF EACH, UH, FIRM.
UM, THEY PROVIDED SCORES US AFTER THEIR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, AND THEN WE HAD AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEETING SET UP.
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MEETING WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP ON OCTOBER 13TH.UM, NOTICE WAS GIVEN ON OCTOBER 6TH.
SO NORMALLY WE GIVE LIKE ABOUT FIVE DAYS NOTICE OR SO, UH, TO VENDORS ABOUT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEETING, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN ATTEND, UH, VIRTUALLY AT LEAST, OR AT LEAST THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
AT THAT MEETING ON OCTOBER 13TH, AS THE MEETING BEGAN, I MADE SURE, UH, THAT THE VENDORS, UH, SORRY, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE EVALUATORS INDICATED THAT THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE SOME MORE TIME.
THEREFORE, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHAT WE DID IS WE CANCELED THE MEETING, UM, UNTIL ANOTHER FIVE DAYS BEFORE PASSED AND WE ANNOUNCED ANOTHER MEETING.
WE AT THE SAME DAY, IN THE EVENING TIME, WE ANNOUNCED ANOTHER EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH THAT THE INITIAL ONE WAS ON THE MONDAY.
THIS ONE WAS NOW ON THE FRIDAY.
ON THE FRIDAY THE MEETING CONVENED AGAIN, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THEY ASSEMBLED, UM, WITH STAFF.
UM, AGAIN, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS NOT PART OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
WE JUST FACILITATE THE COMMITTEE.
UM, WE TAKE WHAT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE DOES.
UH, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF WAS MADE UP OF MEMBERS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND FROM PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE COMMITTEE, IT WAS A PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED MEETING.
IT WAS RECORDED LIVE, AND IT WAS ALSO STREAM LIVE.
AND THE COMMITTEE HAD THEIR DELIBERATIONS.
EACH VENDOR, UH, WAS ON THE PROPOSAL THAT WENT OUT.
WE GAVE TO EACH VENDOR, YOU HAVE A CRITERIA TO MEET THAT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING AND DISCUSSING AND SCORING YOU ACCORDINGLY.
UM, WHAT WE DID, EACH QUESTION THAT WAS GIVEN, UM, TO EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, FOR EACH VENDOR, HOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, HOW DID YOU FEEL THE VENDOR MET THIS CRITERIA? THEY DISCUSSED IT.
THEY DID NOT PRE PRESENT THEIR SPECIFIC SCORES AT THAT MEETING, BUT THEY DID INDICATE SCORES ON THEIR NOTES.
UM, AND THEY PROVIDED COMMENTS VIRTUALLY TO THE AUDIENCE THAT WAS PRESENT.
UM, FOLLOWING THAT, WE PUT OUR NOTES TOGETHER.
WE ISSUED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD ON DEMAND ON OCTOBER 20TH.
UM, WE PREPARED OUR NOTES AND SO ON TO THE COMMISSION, UH, TO BRING IT TO TOWARDS THE WORKSHOP, UM, ON OCTOBER 27TH.
AND RECOMMENDING OR RATHER REQUESTING THAT AND THE CITY MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE AWARD TO THIS VENDOR BASED ON THE PAST EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, ANY PROCESSES THAT WILL COMPLY WITH, UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
MADAM VICE MAYOR OR COMMISSION? MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES, GO AHEAD, MR. IF I MAY.
YOU MENTIONED A MEETING ON OCTOBER THE 13TH.
CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR US, PLEASE? RIGHT, SO ON OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH MADAM VICE MAYOR, THAT WAS THE FIRST EVALUATION MEETING WAS ANNOUNCED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD, WE HAD THE MEETING WAS CALLED.
WE ASKED THE MEMBERS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? ARE WE READY TO MOVE FORWARD? ONE OF THE MEMBERS INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME.
I WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL TIME, SO THEREFORE WE TERMINATED THE MEETING.
AND THEN THEREAFTER, THE EVENING OF THAT MEET THAT DAY, WE ANNOUNCED ANOTHER EVALUATION, MEETING EVALUATION, AND THAT SECOND EVALUATION MEETING WAS HELD, UH, ON THE FRIDAY.
IF MS. HAYS, SHE HAS ANYTHING MORE TO ADD TO THIS? NOT AT THE MOMENT.
YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS COME TO SAY SOMETHING? YES, VICE MAYOR, I HAVE A COMMENT BASED ON, OH, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST STAFF? OKAY.
UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AT OUR LAST REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING MM-HMM
THIS ITEM WAS TABLED FOR, UM, A TIME CERTAIN, WHICH AGAIN, IS TOMORROW, I BELIEVE.
UH, THE QUESTION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME FROM COMMISSIONER HARRISON WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY COMMISSION WAS REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STAFF AND THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
UM, I'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO, ACTUALLY, THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION, AND I'LL GET TO
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THAT ONE AS WELL.BUT THE, THE, THE, THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED IS WHETHER THE COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO ACCEPT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY'S EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, AS WELL AS THE SOLICITATION IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS.
AND BASED ON MY REVIEW OF THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS OUR CODE AND SOME OTHER GENERAL UNDERSTANDINGS, THE COMMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY STAFF.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, I WOULD UNDERSCORE THAT THE PROCESS, UH, THAT IS SET OUT IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE IS WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD BE GUIDED BY RELATIVE TO EVALUATING AND DETERMINING THE EXTENT TO WHICH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND WHEN I SAY STAFF IN THIS CONTEXT, I DO MEAN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS SUPPORTED BY THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURES THAT WAS FOLLOWED.
IT IS UP TO PURCHASING STAFF AND, UH, WHOEVER ELSE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION HAS AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PROCESS.
UH, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT PROCESS THAT RAISES SOME CONCERNS OR, UM, RAISES AN ISSUE TO THE COMMISSION, THEN THE SOLICITATION, UM, UH, IS AN ITEM THAT COMES TO THIS COMMISSION AS A RECOMMENDATION.
ONLY THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS.
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SEND IT BACK.
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS TOMORROW IF, IF
THE SECOND QUESTION POSED BY THE COMMISSIONER, UH, WAS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THIS ITEM COULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR PRESENTATIONS.
AGAIN, I'VE REVIEWED THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AND PROCUREMENTS ARE AGAIN DICTATED BY THE PROCESS AND THE CODE IN THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION DOCUMENT.
UM, I DO NOTE THAT, UM, NUMBER ONE, THERE ARE SEVERAL REFERENCES THAT LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE, IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST, THE COMMISSION CAN DO A NUMBER OF THINGS WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE MATTER THAT IS BEFORE THEM, BUT SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO SECTION EIGHT AND THE SELECTION PROCEDURE.
UH, THERE IS A STATEMENT IN THERE THAT, UM, IT SAYS, SHORTLISTED FIRMS MAY BE ASKED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OF ITS QUALIFICATIONS AND METHODOLOGY TO STAFF AND OR THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND I KNOW HERE AGAIN, THERE'S IT, IT DOES SAY SHORTLISTED FIRMS, BUT I, I, I, I WOULDN'T QUIBBLE WITH THE, UH, COMMENT THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION COULD REQUIRE ALL OF THOSE VENDORS THAT WERE EVALUATED BY STAFF TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UH, SO THAT IS A DECISION THAT WOULD A MAJORITY VOTE BY THE COMMISSION TO, TO, TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RECORD AS HAVING ADDRESSED COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. TONY, MADAM C THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR F RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 41 AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 55 B THREE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE APPROVE AND AUTHORIZED AN AMENDMENT TO TEMPORARY SERVICE CONTRACT AND PAYMENT OF INVOICES SUBMITTED BY LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH MANAGEMENT, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST SHUTTLES LSF TEMP CONTRACT FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN HOURLY RATE OF $68 AND 98 CENTS PER HOUR.
AND WE STILL HAVE MR. ZAM ON THE LINE, AND WE ALSO HAVE MS. HAYNES IF SHE WISHES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
ONCE AGAIN, UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UM, THIS ITEM IS, UM, AN ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU ALREADY BEFORE IN ONE RESOLUTION, BUT WE DECIDED TO SPLIT IT, UM, AS THE DIRECTIVE FROM THE A CM, UH, WE HAVE SPLIT IT TO, UH, IDENTIFY THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY CONTRACT THAT WAS GIVEN TO LI NORTH, SOUTH FLORIDA, UH, SO THAT WE DO NOT DISRUPT THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO
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THE CITY.UH, AT THE POINT IN TIME, WE DID EXPECT OR ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE NEEDED OR REQUIRED IN EXCESS OF ONE MONTH.
UM, THEREFORE WE DID, UM, INITIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM AT THE BE IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, 2025.
UM, HOWEVER, IT DOES SEEM THAT THAT AMOUNT OF, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD MAY EXCEED THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD.
THE RATE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED THERE, IT'S A RATE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO PAY THAT PAY HIM AT THAT RATE.
UM, THAT MAY EXCEED THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT, AS WELL AS TO, UNTIL WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN OFFICIAL CONTRACT FOR, UH, COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES, WHOMSOEVER, THE VENDOR MAY BE THAT WE CAN RETAIN THIS VENDOR.
THE VENDOR HAS INDICATED THAT HE HAS GIVEN THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE RATE TO NOT EXCEED THE END OF JANUARY, 2026.
SO THEREFORE, WE DO HAVE THAT COMFORT ZONE.
UH, IF, AND EXCEPT THAT, UM, THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MATTER, UH, THE PREVIOUS ITEM, WE WILL CONCLUDE THIS RATE, UM, UH, AT THE END OF OCTOBER AND BEGINNING THE CONTRACT, UH, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
IF IT IS THAT WE ARE GOING WITH LIMOUSINE OF SOUTH FLORIDA, AND WE ARE SO DIRECTED BY THE COMMISSION FOR GUIDANCE AS WELL AS WE ALWAYS, UM, SEEK THE ATTORNEY'S ADVICE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE ITEMS ARE BROUGHT HERE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, UP TO DATE WITH OUR REQUEST AND, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO NOT STOP SERVICES AT ALL AVAILABLE TO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU, MR. UM, UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, THIS ONE HERE IS TO, THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS TO BE CONCLUDED, UM, UP UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FROM OCTOBER WHEN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGAN UP UNTIL, HOW DOES, OKAY, SO THROUGH YOU MY VICE MINUTES.
SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY CONTRACT WE HAVE GIVEN TO THE VENDOR.
UM, WE WILL NOT WANT TO EXCEED, UH, ONE, HE HAS ALLOWED US THE RATE UP UNTIL JANUARY, 2026.
AND THAT'S ONE THE TERM OF IT, IT'S DETERMINED IS, IS DEPENDENT ON WHEN WE AWARD A CONTRACT, UH, FOR THESE, A, A FULL-TIME CONTRACT, A FULL LONG-TERM CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES.
SO WE DO NOT EXPECT, UM, THAT IT WILL EXCEED IN JANUARY, UM, BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION.
IF THE PREVIOUS ITEM IS APPROVED, THEN IT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE A SHORTER TERM.
HOWEVER, THE POINT BEING THAT THE RATE THAT HE'S GIVING US, UH, IT WILL EXPAND THE SERVICES THAT HE'S DOING, WILL EXCEED WHAT THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY IS.
SO IT'S PRIMARILY TO GIVE PERMISSION TO PAY THE, WHATEVER AMOUNT EXCEED THE CITY MANAGERS A LIMIT BASED ON THE INVOICES THAT WE GET AT THE TIME OF CREATING THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE NOT YET, AS YET RECEIVED THE INVOICE FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST TO THE END OF OCTOBER.
ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM, OKAY, I THINK WE WILL MOVE FORWARD THEN ON TO CITY MANAGER.
ITEM NUMBER 4G RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 42 APPRO AND AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND SYDNEY, THE CALLAWAY, ESQUIRE AND SCHUTZ AND BOWEN, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WAS ASKED THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ME TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO THE TERMS. UM, THE TERMS RIGHT NOW IS FOR AN ANNUAL RETAINER OF $600,000 TO COVER LEGAL SERVICES AND LITIGATION ONLY.
UM, THERE IS AN EXHIBIT A THAT IS ATTACHED IN THE BACKUP THAT DETAILS INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO COMPLEX AND SPECIAL LEGAL COUNSEL SERVICES TO BE BILLED AT $485 AN HOUR.
UM, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL, WE DID COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD ATTEND OUR, UM, SENIOR STAFF MEETINGS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GO OVER IMPORTANT MATTERS AND FOLLOW UPS AFTER OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ALSO REQUESTED IN THE AGREEMENT AN INCREASE OF 6% ANNUALLY IN BUY UP TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF A CONSUM, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OR SIMILAR INDEX.
UM, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF THE, THE CHANGES.
I DO HAVE MS. SHARON HAYES, FINANCE DIRECTOR TO PRO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM VICE MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, FELLOW STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
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UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, NEW INFORMATION TO ADD TO WHAT THE, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HAS ADDED.I DID PROVIDE HER WITH A SUMMARY OF MY REVIEW, UM, AND I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OUT OF THAT TO ADD.
UM, I HAVE A, JUST A MADAM CITY MANAGER SAID 6% YEARLY, IS IT PLUS THE COLI OR IS 6% ALONE? COULD YOU EXPAND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRACT? IT IS 6% PLUS WHATEVER THE CHANGE IN THE ANNUAL CPI MAY BE.
UH, THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT READS IT IS THE GREATER OF EITHER THE CPI OR 6%.
SO IT'S NOT TWO, IT'S RARELY ONE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
UM, I, I READ COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I READ ALL THE BACKUP AND EVERYTHING.
UM, JUST TO BRING CLARIFICATION, UM, I, I KNOW THERE'S SPECIAL COUNSEL AS WELL AS COMPLEX MATTERS.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE, UM, OAKLAND VILLAS, AND I KNOW THAT'S STILL NOT RESOLVED AS YET.
SO IF IT CONTINUES TO, I'M SORRY IF IT CONTINUES TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT COURTS, AND I, AND I DID READ IN THE CONTRACT ANYTHING THAT TAKES 10 HOURS OR MORE, THAT'S CONSIDERED SPECIAL COUNSEL OR COM YES.
ATTORNEY MA MADAM, UH, THROUGH THE VICE MAYOR, MADAM COMMISSIONER, UH, BECAUSE THIS MATTER, YOU RECALL, AS IT STARTED, IT WASN'T IN LITIGATION, RIGHT? WE WERE JUST TRYING TO USE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO PURCHASE IT THROUGH A PUBLIC SALE.
AFTER WE SUCCEEDED IN THAT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS THEN WENT TO THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR OWN LITIGATION, AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO, WE, MEANING THE CITY, WERE REQUIRED TO INTERVENE IN THAT LITIGATION.
SO AS IT STANDS NOW, THE OAKLAND VILLA MATTER FOR US IS A LITIGATION MATTER.
SO IT WOULD BE HANDLED UNDER THE COMPLEX LITIGATION, NOT UNDER SPECIAL COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICE.
ANY OTHER COMMAND? OTHERWISE, WE WILL MOVE ON.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
SO WE WILL NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE A 4:30 PM TIME CERTAIN, BUT I DO NOT SEE THE SPEAKER HERE AT THE MOMENT, AND IT IS IN REGARD TO THE WOVE ITEM.
SO CAN, SO WE JUST SKIP IT SO WE CAN SKIP FOR NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.
MADAM VICE, MAYOR MADAM, UNTIL SHE ARRIVES, MADAM.
NOW, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE B, DISCUSSION REGARDING BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BSO CONTRACT FOR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.
UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S A FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN, SO THEY'RE NOT HERE YET.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE C, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A 6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATION EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD COUNTY.
THAT'S A SIX 30, THAT'S A SIX 30 TIME CERTAIN DISCUSSION REGARDING RESTAURANT REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MUSIC.
AND THAT'S SPONSORED BY YOU, VICE MAYOR.
AND WE DO HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
UM, VICE MAYOR COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.
I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE RESTAURANT REGULATIONS, UM, CURRENTLY THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING BOARD AS A REVIEW OF OUR CURRENT CODE.
AND SOME SUGGEST IN ORDER TO GATHER SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AND THEN BRING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION IN A WORKSHOP ITEM AS WELL.
I CAN RECALL, I THINK AS FAR BACK AS 2023, WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSION.
THE COMMISSION WAS HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT BRINGING LIVE MUSIC, WHATEVER IT IS TO THE RESTAURANTS.
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WHEN I CAME HERE YEARS AGO, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WAS A SLEEPY PLACE FOR OLD PEOPLE.IT'S NOT, AGAIN, THEY ARE MUCH YOUNGER FAMILIES MOVING IN AND THEY, I THINK, WANT, THEY REALLY WON'T SOMETHING WHEN I'M GOING TO BED AT 10 OR 11.
THAT'S THE TIME THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO GO OUT.
SO IF WE WANT TO KEEP OUR DOLLARS HERE, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DATE THE CODE.
YOU, I THINK YOU SAID YOU BROUGHT IT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
WERE ANY OF THE RESTAURANT OR ANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE AT THAT MEETING OR DID ANYTHING, WENT OUT TO TELL THEM WE WERE HAVING A MEETING AND THAT WE NEEDED THEIR INPUT? YES.
THROUGH YOU VICE MAYOR, THERE WAS SOME, UH, A FEW RESTAURANT OWNERS DID ATTEND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING, AND THAT WAS A PRETTY LIVELY DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE MEETING MM-HMM
INCLUDED THE TIMEFRAMES, HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, HOW WE WOULD, HOW WE WOULD LOOK AT NOISE, UM, WORKING WITH BSO AND FIRE, OF COURSE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OCCUPANCIES AND ANY TYPE OF SECURITY REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE IN PLACE, UM, WHICH RESTAURANTS WOULD BE ALLOWED, WHAT ZONING DISTRICTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
AND, UH, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS IN TERMS OF IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY TYPE OF OUTDOOR DINING WE SPOKE ABOUT.
AND THEN, UM, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.
EVERYBODY ON THE PLANNING BOARD HAD SOME INPUT, AND SO I AM GATHERING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS SETTING UP TIMES TO SPEAK WITH BSO AND FIRE TO INCLUDE THAT FOR OUR DISCUSSION ON OUR WORKSHOP MEETING.
AND ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU ARE NOW LOOKING ON TO BRING? HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER SO THAT YOU, YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO US AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT? I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORTH A DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER, IF POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, PROBABLY AT LEAST MISS ONE OF THE MEETINGS, BUT, UM, IF NOT, IT WOULD BE FIRST OF FIRST OF THE YEAR FOR SURE.
COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, I KNOW, UM, WAS IT CARNIVAL WEEKEND? MM-HMM
IF THAT IS BEING TAKEN, LOOK AT, IF YOU HAD DONE A SURVEY AS TO, I KNOW WE HAD LIMIT A TIME WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESTAURANT WOULD BE OPEN AND THOSE THAT WERE PROVIDED MUSIC, WILL THAT BE GIVEN SOME CONSIDERATION THROUGH YOU, VICE MAYOR, THROUGH YOU, VICE MAYOR? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, I SAW A SURVEY GO OUT THROUGH THE, UH, PIOS OFFICE MM-HMM
AND SO I HAVE TO, I'M WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO ME, BUT I'LL ALSO BE SPEAKING WITH BSO AND FIRE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE WATCHING AS WELL IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE EVENTS TAKE TOOK PLACE ON THAT WEEKEND.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MS. MS. MCCOY.
UH, YOU SAID A SURVEY WENT OUT FROM THE PIO OFFICE.
WHEN DID THAT SURVEY GO OUT AND HOW MANY RESPONSES DO WE HAVE TO DATE? UM, THROUGH YOU, VICE MAYOR? THE SURVEY WENT OUT RIGHT AFTER, I THINK IT WAS THAT SAME WEEK.
WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR RESTAURANTS THAT PARTICIPATED.
AND I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, I'M SORRY.
UM, HOW THAT SURVEY HAS RESPONSE HAS GONE.
CAN YOU, DO YOU VICE MAYOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF I COULD ASK ALBAN LEWIS TO, TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND EXPLAIN.
THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR, WATCH THIS.
MY VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, THE SURVEY WENT OUT TO SIX RESTAURANTS THAT PARTICIPATED WITHIN THE, WITH, SORRY, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE, UM, THE EVENT TO DATE.
WE'VE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM JUST ONE PERSON SO FAR.
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IS SINKS THE OTHERS.WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM AGAIN, UM, UP TO LATE LAST WEEK, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THEM.
SO OUR, OUR NEXT, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ACTUALLY GO INTO THE RESTAURANTS AND ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH THEM PERSONALLY BECAUSE GETTING THEM THROUGH EMAILS AND THROUGH PHONE CALLS HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE A BIT PROBLEMATIC.
SO I'M GONNA ACTUALLY JUST WALK INTO, TO THE RESTAURANT TO SPEAK WITH THEM.
BUT WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM, I ACTUALLY WENT IN TO SPEAK TO MR. SINGH, UM, THE NIGHT WE HAD THE, THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.
AND HE GAVE ME SOME GOOD FEEDBACK, WHICH I PRESENTED TO MADAM CITY MANAGER AS WELL.
YOU STATED THAT THE, THE TURNOUT WAS GOOD.
UM, HE SAW PEOPLE THAT HE HAD NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN IN THE STORE.
UM, I SPOKE WITH A LADY FROM BACKYARD AS WELL, AND SHE WAS SAYING THAT A LOT OF NEW CUSTOMERS CAME IN DURING THAT TIME AND THEY WERE SAYING THEY SAW THE ADS THEY HEARD ON THE RADIO, SO THEY CAME IN TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT IN TERMS OF US GETTING THE ACTUAL INFORMATION, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A BIT PROBLEMATIC.
SO WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GO IN AND TALK WITH THE PERSON.
AND THANK YOU AR SO, I DON'T THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME.
WE'VE SEEN THAT EMAILS DON'T WORK FOR BUSINESSES.
WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE LEARNING THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD 30 BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ATTEND.
I DON'T GET PAID TO DO YOUR JOB, AND I'M DOING A BETTER JOB THAN YOU GUYS AT DOING BUSINESS OUTREACH.
WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AT BRINGING THE BUSINESSES TOGETHER.
WE KNOW THE EMAILS DON'T WORK.
YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND SPEAK TO THESE PEOPLE FROM AN OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE.
UM, SECONDLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE NOISE, WHICH I AM ALSO IN AGREEMENTS WITH THE, THE MUSIC.
SORRY, NOT THE NOISE PER SE, BUT, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE CODE CAN BE UPDATED.
I JOINED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
THERE'S SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING, SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND I DID ALSO VISIT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ON THAT CARNIVAL WEEKEND.
AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THESE, THESE, THESE RULES IN PLACE, BUSINESSES ARE STILL DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO BEST TO BE BUSINESSES.
SO NO OUTDOOR SEATING ALLOWED.
BUSINESSES ARE STILL GONNA DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE VIBE, THAT'S THE CULTURE.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THAT RULE IN PLACE.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS, I'M IN A HUGE FAN.
I WANT TO HELP WITH THAT PUSH, UM, US AS COMMISSIONERS.
UH, BUT, UH, LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.
SO NOT JUST LOOKING AT HOW LONG THEY CAN PLAY MUSIC AT NIGHT, BUT ALSO ARE THEY GONNA BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A STAGE? 'CAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, INCLUDING SINGS, UM, BACCA YARD AND MONTEGO BAY RESTAURANT, THE KOREAN RESTAURANT, THEY'RE ALL SAYING WE CANNOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF FOOD ALONE.
AND THEY'RE COMPETING WITH PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET IN LAUDERHILL, MARGATE, OAKLAND PARK.
UH, THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO OUR BUSINESS' SUCCESS.
ALSO, ONE THING I HATE ABOUT GOVERNMENT IS THINGS TAKE TOO LONG.
AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, MS. MCCOY, YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN, BUT THINGS TAKE TOO LONG.
I DID THE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE.
IF I WOULD'VE WORKSHOPPED THAT, WE WOULD'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE WOULD'VE DID THIS.
AND THEN, SO WHAT, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS AS UNCONVENTIONAL AS POSSIBLE, JUST SO WE CAN EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE NOTE AGAIN.
PIO WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUTREACH FROM THE JUMP.
WE KNOW THE EMAILS DON'T WORK.
AND WITHOUT EVEN DOING THAT, WE SHOULD KNOW THE EMAILS WON'T WORK.
UM, I WALKED THE BUSINESSES AND TALKED TO EACH ONE.
SO, UM, WE DID A SURVEY BEFORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SURVEY OUT OF 37,000 RESIDENTS, I THINK WE ONLY HAD MAYBE 30 OR 50 RESPONSES IF THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AT HOW WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, THANK YOU MS. MCCOY, FOR WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UH, I'M A, I'M A HUGE FAN OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GET INPUT, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD WITH, UH, GETTING THE BUSINESSES INVOLVED AND GETTING THEIR BUY-IN, UH, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT JUST HOW LONG THEY CAN PLAY MUSIC, BUT ALSO THAT THEY CAN FACILITATE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES AND, UH, THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE A SUGGESTION, AND THIS IS TO MY COLLEAGUES TO CHIME IN, BUT IN REGARDS TO SAFETY, SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE FEEDBACK I'VE RECEIVED.
AND, UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT MAKING THEM HAVE TO HIRE SECURITY GUARD IS ENOUGH.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE REQUIRED TO HIRE ONE BSO OFFICER PER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A, A PARTY DOING, AND IT'S 500 PEOPLE, EVERY 200 PEOPLE, YOU NEED ONE BSO OFFICER.
AND THE REASON WHY, I THINK BECAUSE OF OUR CULTURE, WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO 2023 AND BEFORE WHEN WE HAD THE CRIME ISSUE.
AND I, I THINK BSO IS, IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE DETERRENCE WE COULD USE,
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MORE THAN JUST A SECURITY COMPANY.SO IF THEY WANNA HIRE A SECURITY COMPANY, THAT'S COOL.
BUT FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE AS CODE, I THINK WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT IN THERE.
THEY MUST HIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, TO BE A PART OF THAT, UM, SECURITY PRECAUTION.
WHAT, DO YOU KNOW HOW, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE CODE WAS UPDATED? DO YOU VICE MAYOR? UM, SOME OF THE COLD IS VERY, VERY OLD.
I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE MAJOR UPDATING HAS HAPPENED IN 2020.
I MEAN, MEAN 2006, 2007, AND THEN SOME MINOR UPDATING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS SINCE THEN.
WE HAVE TO START WORKING AS OF NOW ON THAT.
WE CAN'T DRIVE AWAY BUSINESSES 'CAUSE DRIVING AWAY BUSINESSES, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE TAX DOLLAR FROM HERE.
I DEFINITELY AGREE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL ALSO BE BRINGING FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY, IS TO, UM, START THE PROCESS OF DOING A COMPLETE OVERHAUL FOR THE CODE.
BECAUSE EVEN IN THE OPENGOV PROGRAM, PUTTING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION INTO THE, INTO THE PROGRAM IS CLEARLY OUTDATED.
SO WE, WE REALLY HAVE TO, UM, GET THAT UPDATED.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING HOME BUYER AND SELLER SEMINAR.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KEYS COMPANY AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.
THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON TO YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
UH, THIS IS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, ONE OF OUR CREDIBLE REALTOR COMPANIES WITHIN THE BRO COUNTY AREA.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY DO A WORKSHOP FOR HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME BUYERSHIP, BUT ALSO LEARN ABOUT FINANCE OPTIONS, CREDIT REQUIREMENTS, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, UNDERSTANDING THE INSPECTION AND APPRAISAL PROCESS, CONNECT DAILY WITH TRUSTED LOCAL VENDORS AND GET PRE-QUALIFIED.
THIS IS WITHIN THE BACKUP OF THIS GREEN FOLDER THAT HAS BEEN PASSED OUT TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY NEEDED, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THESE COMMUNITIES.
HOME BUYERSHIP IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE BEGINNING OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING.
UH, BUT WHAT I THINK IS ALSO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE YOUR HOME TO BE ABLE TO SELL IT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, EVEN RIGHT NOW WITH THE LIEN ISSUE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SELL THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIENS ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
SO THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP.
UM, THIS WILL BE NO COST TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE ASKING FOR.
UH, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING TO LOOK AT IS PROVIDING THE SPACE, AND OF COURSE, STAFF THE DATE IS TO, THE DATE IS TO BE DETERMINED.
HOWEVER, WE ARE LOOKING AT JANUARY AND DOING THIS COMMISSIONER SPONSORED EVENT.
MADAM, ANY COMMENT FROM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, MAD VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, I KNOW THERE IS, IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I, AND I KNOW THERE IS, UH, A LOT OF REALTORS OUT THERE.
WHY KEYS? WHY KEYS, REALTOR? THANK YOU.
SO THIS IDEA WAS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT OF, AND IN TALKING TO REALTORS, THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT I SPOKE WITH.
UH, THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT HE OR ANY OF THE COMPANY PER SE.
IT'S JUST THE SPECIFIC REALTOR I'M WORKING ON WITH THIS WORKS FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY.
SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, UH, THE COMPANY BEING ANYTHING, UH, UNIQUE THROUGH YOU.
UM, THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING WHY KEYS, BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW WE PARTNER A LOT WITH PARK LAKES AND THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL THAT COMES IN AND, AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SCHOOL.
AND, AND I KNOW OTHER REALTORS THAT HAVE DONE SIMILARLY, THE SAME THING HERE.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION WHY KEYS? 'CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
I DID READ, UM, MS. CAMULA, KIM, MS. WRIGHT.
YEAH, I DID READ HER BIO AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, SO I AM JUST ASKING, YOU SAID YOU DID SPEAK WITH OTHER REALTORS AS WELL.
THIS ONE WAS BETTER THAN THE OTHERS.
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THAT SAID, THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME TO ME.SO JUST IN TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO DO SOMETHING, THIS WAS THE FIRST PERSON THAT I SAT WITH.
AND, UH, IT MADE SENSE TO ME AS TO THE OUTLINE OF HOW WE COULD GET IT DONE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS, THIS SPECIFIC REALTOR, MS. CAMILLA WRIGHT, UM, IS ONE THAT I SEE TO BE COMPETENT TO HELP WITH PUTTING TOGETHER THE WORKSHOP, BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
MADAM, THERE ARE TWO REALTORS SITTING RIGHT NOW IN THE CHAMBERS.
MISS MARLENE ROY AND MS. JENNIFER CHAMBERS, AND THEY LIVE IN DALE LAKES THAN I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE.
SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE ARE CHOOSING, YOU STATED THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY, I MEAN, YOU'RE, THE PERSON WAS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO COMPARE AND GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE A CHANCE.
SO WHY DID WE JUST CHOSE HER AS, AS MY VICE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE REALTORS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES IN OUR, UM, THE, THE, THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I THINK THEY'RE JUST AS CAPABLE OF MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD GO DOWN THAT AVENUE ALSO.
YEAH, IT, IT WASN'T ABOUT CHOOSING ONE PERSON OVER THE OTHER.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, BUT I THINK THAT'S HOW THE CONVERSATION IS BEING FRAMED.
UM, IF MS. MARLENE ROY AND MS. JENNIFER CHAMBERS, IF THEY CAN SPEAK NOW, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THIS WORKSHOP AND HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR LOT OF THE LAKES RESIDENTS AND THROUGH YOU VICE MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO SOLICIT THE QUESTION TO THEM IF THEY'D LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THIS.
ANYONE FOR THE, UH, CHALLENGE? PLEASE SPEAK FOR THE RECORD.
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COMPANY.
DO WE SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS? UM, GOOD EVENING.
COMMISSIONER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, STAFF.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY OVER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
UM, FRO, THE COMPANY I WORK FOR IS UNITED REALTY GROUP.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY COMPANY.
ONLY EXPERIENCED REALTORS CAN BE A PART OF THAT COMPANY.
SO WE ARE, I KNOW I'M MORE THAN QUALIFIED TO BE A PART OF THIS.
THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES SUCH AS BE TITLE COMPANIES TO BE A PART OF THIS FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM.
WE ALL HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, SO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.
I'M WILLING TO BE A PART OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW MS. DO YOU GUYS SMITH, MS. CHAMBERS.
CHAMBERS? DO YOU WANT TO ADD ON, OR, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR HER FROM UP HERE.
I'M A FLORIDA REALTOR, HAS BEEN A REALTOR FOR A LONG TIME, RESIDENT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND I'M WILLING TO HELP ANYONE IN THE PURCHASE OF, UM, PURCHASE OF A HOME.
I ALSO WORK WITH CHARLES ROTTENBERG.
THEY'RE UNITED, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN.
SORRY, WHICH, WHICH COMPANY ARE YOU WITH? WHICH REALTOR? CHARLES ROTTENBERG.
AND BY THE WAY, I WAS A REALTOR UNTIL 20 23, 19 87.
YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN DO THE COUNTING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M OPEN TO, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO WORKSHOP THIS MM-HMM
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE NOW INCLUDING TWO LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS WITH THEIR REALTOR EXPERIENCE TO BE A PART OF THIS WORKSHOP.
UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, HOST.
SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO INCLUDE A UNITED REALTY GROUP AND THE CHARLES FIRM ALONG WITH HE IS.
SO WE CAN BRING SOME GREAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
UM, JUST FOR CLARITY, SO THAT STAFF IS AWARE, JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COMMISSION CONSENSUS TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AS FAR AS ADDING THIS AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.
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AND THEN, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS, I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED STAFF, UM, AND, UH, A SPACE.AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN JANUARY.
WE'RE STILL, THE DATE IS TO BE DETERMINED.
MAD VICE MAYOR AND I, AND I, UM, WOULD ADD THAT WE PUT THE ADDITIONAL INTO THE RESOLUTION AS WELL IN BEING IN COLLABORATION ADDITIONAL VENDORS, RIGHT? YES.
DISCUSSION REGARDING LOT O'LAKES QUARTERLY JOBS AND CAREER FAIR AS A COMMISSION INITIATIVE COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THIS ITEM INTO A FURTHER NOTICE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE H DISCUSS REGARDING COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CONNECTOR AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
YOU'RE POLL IT OR YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, YOU'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE ME.
THIS IS THE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER CONNECTOR.
UM, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT'S FOCUSED AROUND REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND TALKING TO THEM, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, AND GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO TALK TO RESIDENTS ABOUT, UH, HOW WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UH, THIS IS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, AND IT'LL BE SLATED TO START AS SOON AS WE APPROVE THROUGH RESOLUTION.
UM, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE JUST ONE MOMENT, COMMISSIONER? YES, MA'AM.
COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YOU SAID IT'S A, IT'S A CONNECT TOUR, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE TO RESIDENTS BUSINESSES.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, VERY LITTLE RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY WITH OUTREACH.
UH, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S ENGAGEMENT WALK WHERE THE MAYOR IS GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
SO HOA GROUPS AS WELL, TO GO TO THE BUSINESSES TO GO TO RESIDENTS DOOR TO DOOR CHURCHES, AS WELL AS, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS TO TELL THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND CONNECT WITH THEM TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AS TO HOW WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE OUR SERVICES.
UM, SO JUST AS YOU SAID, THE MAYOR HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, WHICH I AM NOT FOR AS, AS AS IT IS.
AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE CAMPAIGNING TO ME.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU SHOULD BE CAMPAIGNING THIS ON CITY'S, UM, RESOURCES BECAUSE THIS IS CAMPAIGNING AND THE MAYOR, UM, INITIATIVE IS ALSO CAMPAIGNING.
UH, SO I, I AM NOT FOR THAT AT ALL.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I DO RECALL WHEN I WAS, UM, RUNNING FOR ELECTION AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND, I CONNECTED WITH BUSINESSES, I CONNECTED WITH RESIDENTS, UM, AND STILL DO, AND I WOULD NOT BE, WHEN YOU SAY TOUR IT, I, I COULD SEE US GETTING ON A BUS AND ALL OF US GETTING OUT THERE, BUT THIS APPEARS TO ME TO SA SINGLE SINGLY DONE.
I, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I, I BELIEVE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF INFORMATION GETTING OUT.
UM, I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO, UH, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT COMMUNICATION IN TERMS OF WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THE LAKES NEWS HAD STOPPED.
UM, A FEW OF US DO GO TO CHURCHES TO INFORM AS WELL AS TO BUSINESSES.
UM, IT MAY NOT BE AS ELABORATE AS YOU MAY WANT IT TO BE, BUT I I AM NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS, UH, PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.
IF, IF IT'S YOUR UNDERTAKEN, THEN SURE ENOUGH YOU CAN DO THAT VICE.
CAN I MAKE ONE STATEMENT? GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT.
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TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR.UM, THIS IS NOT A CAMPAIGN EVENT.
THIS IS NOT A CAMPAIGN INITIATIVE.
I WOULD BE WALKING IN MY HAND WITH ALL CITY MATERIAL.
AND IF YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE MAYOR IS DOING IS CAMPAIGN RELATED, THEN WHY DID YOU APPROVE IT AND NOT APPROVE THIS ONE? SECONDLY, UM, I WAS INTENDING ON, UM, INCLUDING THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO BE A PART OF THIS, OF THIS, INCLUDING YOU VICE MAYOR, TO BE A PART OF ALL OF THIS.
IF I'M GONNA GO TO PARK LAKES, AND LIKE HOW YOU TOLD ME ANYTIME I GO TO PARK LAKES, I HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH YOU.
I WOULD'VE BROUGHT YOU WITH ME TO PARK LAKES.
HOW MANY THINGS HAS THE MAYOR INCLUDED YOU GUYS ON? NONE.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEANUP GOING THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A PART OF IT.
SO INSTEAD OF ASKING ME THOSE QUESTIONS, IT'S ALREADY MADE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THIS IS A CAMPAIGN THING AND IT SIMPLY IS NOT.
YOU CANNOT GO THERE AND USE CITY RESOURCES TO SAY, VOTE FOR ME OR WHEN THE ELECTION IS, THIS IS NOTHING ELECTION RELATED.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THE BEST OUTREACH EFFORTS HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THINGS.
THE CITY OF TAMARACK, COMMISSIONER MORRIE WRIGHT HAS COMMISSIONER ON THE CORNER.
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT USES THE SAME TERM COMMISSIONER CONNECT TO TALK TO THEIR RESIDENTS.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CAMPAIGNING.
IT CAN JUST BE SIMPLY BE OUTREACH RELATED.
AND I'M ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU ALL ARE SPECULATING THAT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY UNFAIR.
FOR ME, I SEE IT AS A CAMPAIGN.
ISSUE YOU ARE, NEXT YEAR IS ELECTION YEAR FOR YOU.
I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE DOWN 3, 2, 3 YEARS.
BUT TO USE CITY RESOURCES, I WENT TO A MEETING WITH O, NOT OIG, IT WAS WITH FLORIDA BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND ETHICS TRAINING TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, YOU HAVE TO DOT THE T'S AND CROSS THE I FIVE TIMES TO ME, YOU UP FOR REELECTION NEXT YEAR, IF YOUR RESOLUTION WON'T BE PASSED THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.
AND TO USE CITY'S RESOURCES TO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE.
I'M SURE PIO WILL BE WOULD BE TRODDING ALONG WITH THE CAMERA.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT IS A NORMAL THING THAT HAPPENS.
YOU DIDN'T ASK, YOU'RE ASSUMING.
WELL, WELL SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO ASSUME.
WE SHOULD NOT ASSUME RIGHT NOW.
WELL, WHY NOT? I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE YOU'RE, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE VICE MAYOR.
IT IS NEXT YEAR YOU ARE UP FOR REELECTION.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU ARE TWO, THREE YEARS AHEAD.
ONE VOTE I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE TWO.
BUT I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR YOU TO USE CITY'S RESOURCES TO GO HOUSE, TO HOUSE TO CONNECT.
YOU SAID IT'S A CONNECT TOUR AS A COMMISSIONER, IT'S YOUR INITIATIVE.
NO, I I, FOR ME, I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR THAT.
I SEE IT AS YOU ARE UP FOR REELECTION.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CAMPAIGN FOR ME.
MAYBE NOT, BUT THAT IS THE PERCEPTION THAT I SEE THAT IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE TWO YEARS, YOUR YOU WAY, YOUR ELECTION IS 2028.
EVERYONE IS NOW IN CAMPAIGN MODE FOR 2026.
HONOR VICE MAYOR, I'M NOT IN CAMPAIGN MODE.
I HAVE NOT OPENED MY CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT SINCE YOU ASKING ME ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN.
THIS ITEM IS NOT ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN.
SOMETIMES IT'S YOUR PERCEPTION, BUT THANK YOU.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REMIND, REMEMBER, PERCEPTION CAN BE, DON'T HAVE TO BE TRUE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I, THE PERCEPTION FOR ME IS FOR YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO USE, YOU CAN GO, I STILL GO OUT AND MEET WITH RESIDENTS AND KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR ON ON MY TIME.
NOT COSTING THE CITY ANY MONEY.
BUT YOU SAID IT, YOU WANT IT AS A CITY'S INITIATIVE, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO USE CITY'S RESOURCES.
NO ONE WOULD PREVENT YOU TO GO KNOCK ON ANYONE'S DOOR, GO TO ANY RESTAURANT, ANY BUSINESS.
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FOR ME, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF USING C'S RESOURCES FOR YOU TO DO THE SAME THING THAT YOU CAN KNOCK ON ANYONE'S DOOR RIGHT NOW, GO TO ANY BUSINESS.WHAT IS THE CITY DOING OR WHAT.
MAYBE SOMETIMES PERCEPTION CAN BE WRONG.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE I DISCUSSION REGARDING THE UPCOMING ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING EACH YEAR IN NOVEMBER, WE DO UM, REELECT OUR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, WHICH IS DETAILED AS THE VICE MAYOR, CRA CHAIR, CRA, VICE CHAIR, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES DELEGATE, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, ALTERNATE DELEGATE, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES DELEGATE, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, ALTERNATE DELEGATE AND BROWARD, MPO, MADAM MAD VICE MAYOR AND YES.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN WE STARTED, UM, WHERE IS IT HERE? I'M LOOKING FOR EARLY LEARNING.
THAT PERSON AT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE.
NOW IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK, IT'S NOT SIX 30, BUT IT'S NOT SIX 30.
BUT WHY NOT? SINCE THAT PERSON IS HERE.
WHAT MADAM SAM WAS IT BEFORE WE CHANGED TO 4:00 PM WAS THIS DOWN FOR SIX 30? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
NOW REMEMBER WE ALWAYS HAD FIVE O'CLOCK.
THEY PROVIDED THE TIME OF 6:30 PM OKAY, THEN IT'S TO EARLY FOR THE HAVE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE ITEM WE JUST READ AND THEN WE COULD MM-HMM
TAKE THE SIX 30 OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT ITEM NOW BEING THAT HE'S HERE AT YOUR PLEASURE.
COULD WE AGREE MR. ANSEL? MR. I THINK IT'S ANTHONY ANSEL ANS ANSWER A THIRD.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CONTINUE? ITEM NUMBER FIVE D, PRESENTATION EARLY LEARNING COALITION COALITION OF BROWARD COUNTY.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, PLEASE SIR, GO BACK TO THE FIRST.
IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAND THE COMMISSION SOME HANDOUTS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE DOING THE EARLY LEARNING MM-HMM
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
AND SO PRIOR TO THIRD, UH, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH AT THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROAD COUNTY ADDRESS OF ELC.
BROAD IS 1475 WEST CYPRESS CREEK BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
WELL, GOOD EVENING TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
ON BEHALF OF THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK, UH, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM.
YOUR PARTNERSHIP HAS ALLOWED US TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY.
THE GREAT CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, MY HOMETOWN, WHERE I GREW UP AT DURING THE 2004, UH, 2020 4 25 FISCAL YEAR, THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD COUNTY HELPED 791 LAUDERDALE LAKE'S CHILDREN RECEIVE AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE THROUGH THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM.
THAT TRANSLATED TO BE 4.2 MILLION IN FINANCIAL RELIEF TO OVER 484 LAUDERDALE LAKE'S.
HOUSEHOLD HARDWORKING PARENTS WHO CAN STAY WORKING KNOWING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE IN A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT.
LAUDERDALE LAKE IS ALSO HOME TO 17 CHILDCARE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO TOGETHER RECEIVED $3.2 MILLION IN SUBSIDY PAYMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR STAFF OPERATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL QUALITY.
IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S A LIST OF THE LAUDERDALE LACE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, UH, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUBSIDIES THAT WAS PAID OUT TO THEM.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SHEET, THE PINK ONE, THIS GIVES YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE DATA STATISTICS THAT I JUST WENT OVER.
AND THEN THE OTHER SHEET THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT BEHIND IT.
THESE ARE THE PAYOUTS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CHILDCARE CENTERS THAT ARE IN LAUDERDALE LACE AND HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY PAY TO 'EM AS SUBSIDIES JUST FOR THE 24 25 FISCAL YEAR.
MANY OF THESE CENTERS HAVE ALSO SHARED HOW MAJORITY OF THEIR
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CHILDREN, UH, ARE SERVED THROUGH THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM, WHICH TRULY SHOWS HOW VITAL THIS PROGRAM IS TO THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU IN THE CITY, UH, WE THANK THE CITY AND STAFF FOR BELIEVING IN THE WORK AND INVESTING IN BROAD CHILDREN.
AND TOGETHER WE CAN HELP MORE FAMILIES, UH, ON THE ROAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
AND I'M OVER TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
OH, ACTUALLY ONE LAST THING, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
SO, ELC BROER IS THE STATE APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF ALL EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR BROWARD COUNTY, THE LARGEST BEING THAT OF THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM.
BUT I GOTTA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR VPKA VOLUNTEER PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DOES AN ASSESSMENT OF KINDERGARTEN READINESS, I THINK 30 OR SO YEARS AGO, WE USED TO HEAR ABOUT HOW, UH, IF KIDDOS ARE READING ON THIRD GRADE LEVEL AS AN INDICATOR OF HOW WELL THEY'RE DUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT NOW STUDIES HAVE COME OUT AND SAID, UH, IS ALSO JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE KINDERGARTEN READY.
SO THE STATE HAS COME UP WITH A FORMULA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS UH, SHEET RIGHT HERE, IT'S LOOKING AT THE GAINS THAT THE KIDDOS MAKE AS WELL AS WITH THEIR CLASS SCORES AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS.
AND IN SHORT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT, IT TELLS YOU HOW THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS DOING WITH REGARDS TO CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, UH, THAT MEET OR EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.
THEY'RE AT A 88.5% FOR BROWARD COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE SCORING HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.
BUT GIVEN A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WHERE ALL 100% OF YOUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ARE ACTUALLY SCORING AT OR ABOVE MEETING EXPECTATIONS.
SO BRAVO AND KUDOS TO YOU ALL.
BRAVO AND KUDOS TO THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROAD COUNTY'S EDUCATION TEAM WHO WORKS WITH A LOT OF THESE PROVIDERS AND COACHING, UH, MENTORSHIP.
I ACTUALLY SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL AS WELL THAT HAD A COUPLE OF VIDEOS JUST FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT SHOWING YOU ABOUT HOW WE DID OUR, UH, FOR OUR EARLY EDUCATORS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR AT BOARD ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO SHARED SOME TESTIMONIALS FOR SOME OF OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ABOUT THEIR, UH, THEIR STAFF GOING THROUGH THE EARLY EDUCATION BOOTCAMP CLASSES OR JUST HOW THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAMS IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS.
SO I'M OPEN TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE MET YOU TODAY, FEW OF US FOR THOSE WHO DID MEET HIM.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE? ANY? NO, THANK YOU.
I WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU WITH OUR, UM, MY LITERACY PROGRAM THAT WE DO HERE.
SO REALLY, WE DEFINITELY WILL REACH OUT TO YOU FOR THAT.
LOVE TO ABSOLUTELY CONNECT WITH YOU.
MY CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, IS ON THE INSIDE, BUT JUST IN CASE, IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO TAKE DOWN MY, UH, THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO MY DEPARTMENT, IT IS COMMUNICATIONS, THE WORD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE S AT THE END@ELCBROWARD.ORG.
AND SPEAKING OF LITERACY, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT I'M NOT SURE IF I PUT THE FLYER IN THERE CALLED OUR BOOKWORMS PROGRAM.
THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS STARTED DURING THE TIME OF, UH, THE PANDEMIC WHERE KIDS ARE STILL AT HOME.
WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO PUT FREE BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF ALL BROW COUNTY KIDS.
SO IF YOU, UH, REACH OUT TO ME, I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT EITHER THE CITY OR YOURSELF CAN INCLUDE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER OUT TO PARENTS.
'CAUSE THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE.
BUT YOU ALSO, WE HAVE BOOKS IN, UH, BILINGUAL SPANISH AND BILINGUAL CREOLE.
AND I HAVE TONS OF BOOKS MYSELF, SO GREAT.
MAD, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU MS. RAAT AGAIN FOR EXCELLENT JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING TO, UH, TEACH OUR KIDDOS, AS YOU WOULD PUT IT, UH, KIDDOS TO GET THEM READY.
BECAUSE I RECALL WHEN I WAS A NURSE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND A LOT OF THE KIDS I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A LOT OF THE KIDS CAME TO THE CLINIC AND THEY WERE NOT READY.
SO I WAS WONDERING BETWEEN THE TIME OF BIRTH TO WHEN THEY COME TO KINDERGARTEN, WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT INTERIM THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS NOT LEARNING BEING DONE, WHETHER AT HOME OR AT ANOTHER, UM, FACILITY OR ANOTHER INSTITUTION THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THEM.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED.
YEAH, I THINK WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID, WE'VE ALL HEARD HOW THIRD GRADE TEST SCORES AND BUILDING THE PRISON PIPELINE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT NOW NEW STUDIES HAVE COME OUT THAT SHOWED THAT, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING LIKE 80% OF THE CHILD, BRAIN IS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE AGES OF THREE TO FIVE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY CAME OUT WITH THE VPK PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAVE THE, UM, EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS. AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRESCHOOL.
WELL, ONE STATISTICS THAT I DID GIVE EARLIER TODAY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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LOOK AT KIDS THAT ATTEND THE VPK, WHICH IS THE VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, VERSUS THOSE WHO DON'T.AND THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS OF KIDS WHO DID NOT ATTEND VPK WANT WAS AT 35%.
VERSUS THE KIDS THAT DID GO TO THE VOLUNTEER PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM WAS AT 60%.
SO JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEM IN THAT NURTURING ENVIRONMENT THAT'S SHOWING SHOWCASING BEST PRACTICES OF ENGAGEMENT WITH, UH, YOUNG KIDDOS, UM, DOES HELP KIDS WITH BEING ABLE TO BE THEIR BEST AND THRIVE.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ALL WITH GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE, UH, AND PROMOTING THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE I DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AMONGST THEMSELVES.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH A RESOLUTION WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT, MADAME? I DO NOT.
YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW OR YOU WANT US TO MEET TOGETHER? I THINK, HOW DID WE DO IT THE LAST TIME? I THINK WE MET RECOMMENDATION, MAYOR.
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE MAYOR COMES RECOMMEND.
UM, MR. TONY, MADAM, EXCUSE ME.
MATTER VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, I WANNA BE CLEAR AGAIN 'CAUSE THE ITEM READS THE ORGAN, THE CITY'S ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
UNDER SECTION 3.09 OF YOUR CHARTER.
THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE CITY.
REALLY THE CRUX OF IT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE VICE MAYOR FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND SO AGAIN, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, COULD WE, I, I KNOW THIS CITY MANAGER IS, IS REFERRING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE TRUE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP.
UH, AND THAT COMES THROUGH YOUR CHARTER BY VIRTUE OF THE CITY'S, UH, COMMISSIONS.
YOU'RE, UH, APPOINTMENT OF THE VICE MAYOR FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT OH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? JUST ONE MOMENT.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT THIS EVENING THEN? YES.
MR. TONY, YOU CAN DISCUSS, OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, IT'S A WORKSHOP.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY ARE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT AND YEAH.
SO, SO WE ARE DISCUSSING THE VICE MAYOR ROLE.
SO I AM NOMINATING COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS FOR THAT ROLE.
AND I SECOND THE MOTION AGAIN, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A DISCUSSION.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR POINT AND, AND MAKE IT KNOWN AS YEAH, I KNOW.
WE'RE NOT TAKING, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO DO A MOTION.
I'M JUST MAKING MY POINT THAT I NOMINATE MR. AYE.
AND I SAID I SECOND THE MOTION TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS AS VICE MAYOR FOR THE 2026.
NO, I THINK WE WERE, I WOULD PREFER ONLY DOING THAT BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE AND I RE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ROLE SHE WANTS TO PLAY.
SHE CANNOT BE A VICE MAYOR 'CAUSE SHE'S A MAYOR.
SO WE CAN DO THIS AND THEN WE LEAVE THE OTHERS UNTIL SHE GETS HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOU CAN VOTE.
YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT A GOOD POSITION? YES.
[A. PRESENTATION REGARDING WOMEN OF VETERAN AFFAIRS (WOVA) CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY ON DECEMBER 20, 2025 (4:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
DEAR.WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING WOMEN AND VETERANS AFFAIR.
WILL A CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2025.
AND WE DO HAVE MS. LINDA HULEY THROUGH COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL.
HUG WHILE SHE'S ON HER WAY UP.
SO THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD,
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WE HAD, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE LAST YEAR AND, UM, OKAY.AND SO I THINK THE MAYOR WAS CONCERNED OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO STRUCTURE IT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A OVERFLOW AND OF LAST, LAST YEAR AND, UM, USING THE FACILITY.
AND IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UM, UH, SHE AND, AND WVA AND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO SHE'S GOING TO GIVE IT, UH, THE STRUCTURE, HOW WE ARE GOING TO, UM, PUT IT TOGETHER THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT OVERFLOW AND THAT CHAOTIC LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF WOMEN'S OF VETERAN AFFAIR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
AND I'M HERE WITH THE CONCERNS OF, UH, UTILIZING THE FACILITY FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, WOMEN'S OF VETERAN, UH, TOUR DRIVE, ALONG WITH THE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. AND WHAT WE DECIDED TO, UH, TO DO TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THE OVERFLOW.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, IT IS GONNA BE BY INVITATION ONLY.
WE'RE GONNA, YOU DO INVITATION ONLY AND WE ALSO GOING TO ELIMINATE KIDS THAT ARE NOT OF AGE TO ENTER INTO THE, THE ROOM.
LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, OUR TAUGHT DRAG GOES FROM THE AGE OF THREE TO 12.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE AN OVERFLOW OF LARGER KIDS, UH, IN THE BUILDING.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT INVITED, UH, WE WON'T BE LETTING THEM IN THE, IN THE BUILDING.
AND, UH, WE WILL BE RES, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM CALLS SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW.
WE WILL HAVE AN, UH, UH, WE WOULD KNOW THE ACCOUNT SO WE WON'T, UH, GO PAST THE CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MADAM? YES.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, EVEN WITH LIKE A, A TIER WHEREBY, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT COME AT A CERTAIN TIME TO KEEP IT FLOWING, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT ALSO ALLEVIATE THE BULK OF PEOPLE? I KNOW THE INVITATION IS VERY GOOD.
SO YOU HAVE A SET AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, SAY YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR ON THE, WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, WITHIN THAT AGE RANGE.
UM, YOU'LL JUST MONITOR IT THAT WAY BY KEEPING WHATEVER YOU RECEIVE BACK IN TERMS OF RSVP, THAT'S HOW YOU'LL HAVE IT DURING THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU'RE HAVING THE EVENT.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING WITH, WITH THAT IS THAT WE, WE PUT ON A PROGRAM FOR THEM.
SO IF WE BREAK IT UP IN, IN TEARS AND DEPENDING ON THE TIMEFRAME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE BRING TO DO THE PROGRAM, THEY MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE, UH, LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND DO OUR BEST TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE INVITATIONS AND STUFF.
WHEN DOES, WHAT TIME? YOU HAVE FOUR DAYS TO DRIVE DECEMBER.
THE TOUR DRIVER IS GONNA START AT SIX IN THE EVENING.
SIX IN THE EVENING ON DECEMBER 20TH.
BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE THE PARENTS TIME TO GET OFF FROM WORK IF THEY'RE WORKING SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO BE THERE WITH THEIR KIDS.
AND ALSO, UM, FOR THE, THE, THE OTHER RELIGION, LIKE 70 ADVENTISTS, THEY DON'T DO COME OUT UNTIL SUNDOWN.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, IS IT SATURDAY? IT'S SATURDAY.
THAT SUNDOWN IS WHEN THEY, OKAY.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY, THAT THEY ARE, EVERY RELIGION AND EVERY PERSON, ESPECIALLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE FREE HAITIANS, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOSTLY SEVEN DAY ADVENTISTS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATING.
AND AGAIN, THE OTHER QUESTION, HOW MANY, ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE, PATRONS YOU'RE EXPECTING? WELL, THE, THE, UH, THE CAPACITY OF THE ROOM, I THINK THAT CAPACITY IS WHAT, 2, 2 50.
BUT WE GONNA TRY TO BRING IN LIKE 150.
WE DON'T WANNA GO OVER CAPACITY BECAUSE WE ALSO, UH, FEED THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE CAN, AND THOSE THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO, UH, ATTEND, UH, WE WILL BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, BULKS OF TOYS AND WE HAVE NEW, UH, NEW PARTNERS THAT, THAT'S GONNA PARTNER WITH US THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, GET FAMILIES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE TEAM WILL BE DELIVERING
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TO THESE OUTSIDE.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU HAVE FOR MS. HUG? NONE.
I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT VICE MAYOR FOR CLA CLARIFICATION AS FAR AS THE DRAFTING OF THE RESOLUTION.
SO THIS IS FOR USE OF THE FACILITY AT NO COST.
UM, NOT SURE IF THE USE OF THE CITY LOGO IS BEING ASKED AS WELL AND JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IF THIS IS PARTNERSHIP OR COMMISSION INITIATIVE, JUST SO THAT WE'LL KNOW HOW TO, UM, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DRAFTED.
IS IT A PA IS IT A COMM? YOUR COMMISSIONER? YES.
SO, UH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE A LOGO IF IT IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I AM, UM, SHOULD WE USE THE LOGO? THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO YEAH, I MEAN THE COMMISSION THERE, WE, WE HAVE THE, WE, WE, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO ADVERTISE IT.
WELL, WE GOING TO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADVERTISE IT.
HOW NOT, NOT REALLY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, INVITATION ONLY.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE DO TO ELIMINATE.
BECAUSE IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE ARE GONNA GET THAT PEOPLE GONNA BE WALKING IN AND IT'S GONNA BE CHAOTIC.
SO IT IS NOT, SO I WOULDN'T UTILIZE THE IT'S JUST PARTNERING THE SPACE.
JUST SHE AND I PARTNERING LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING, WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN FLYERS AND WE'LL DO AND WE'LL KIND OF REACH OUT TO, RIGHT.
AND TO ELABORATE OFF OF WHAT THE, UH, COMMISSIONER IS SAYING, YES, WE ARE GONNA MAKE OUR OWN FLYERS AND THOSE FLYERS ARE GONNA BE THE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE INVITING.
SO THERE'S NO, SO I WOULDN'T BE, I WOULD NOT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO USE THE CITY LOGO.
ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR MS. HUG? HULEY? NONE.
[B. DISCUSSION REGARDING BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE (BSO) CONTRACT FOR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
HAVE A FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN FOR THE BSO AGREEMENT.WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT? NOW IT'S 5 21.
ARE THEY HERE TO DO I DID, YES.
DISCUSSION REGARDING BSOS CONTRACT FOR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.
AND WE DO HAVE MS. SHARON HAYES TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, A REPORT PRIOR TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE OF BSL.
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THE CONTRACT WITH BSO IS FOR THE FIRE AND POLICE SERVICES THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THE CURRENT CONTRACTS IN PLACE EXPIRED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO, UM, THE CITY NEEDS TO RENEW, UM, THOSE TWO CONTRACTS TO GIVE A SUMMARY.
UM, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES AN OVERALL OF, UM, 15% FOR PERSONNEL, OPERATIONS AND TRANSFER ON THE POLICE SIDE.
THEY DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM YOU.
AND ON THE FIRE SIDE, UM, WHICH INCLUDES PERSONNEL OPERATING EXPENSES AND TRANSFERS ABOUT 25%.
UM, I DID NOT INCLUDE CAPITAL PURCHASES IN THESE 'CAUSE THOSE TEND TO BE ONE TIME PURCHASES.
AND, UM, I'LL ALLOW THE BSO PERSONNEL TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION NOW AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND BEFORE, BEFORE THAT, COULD YOU TELL US, TELL ME, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONTRACT? I WILL GET THAT FOR YOU BEFORE.
AFTER THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THEIR PRESENTATION.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, MAJOR STEPHANIE COKER WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
ERIC BOBERG, BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
COULD YOU SPELL YOUR NAME FOR ME IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
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SO THIS EVENING YOU SHOULD HAVE THE CONTRACT, WHICH CONSISTS OF, UH, THREE PARTS.THIS IS OUR PROPOSED CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE FOR Y'ALL.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY, UH, MANAGER AND JUST DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT, UM, WHEN IT'S SIGNED
UM, THIS COVERS FOR THE DLE ASPECT.
IT COVERS FOR 52 DEPUTY SHERIFFS, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR FOUR CRA AND YOUR TWO COPS GRANTS DEPUTIES.
UM, THE CONTRACT ALSO LISTS IN THERE WHAT OUR TOTAL COST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, FOR 20 25, 20 26.
AND IT WAS 11 MILLION 4 78, 4 6 7.
AND THAT'S LISTED IN EXHIBIT B OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS ANOTHER CITY MANAGER HAD WAS LOOKING AT, UM, IN-KIND EVENTS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH HER AND COME UP WITH A NUMBER FOR IN-KIND EVENTS, WHICH WAS 140 HOURS THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND THAT'S ALSO AN EXHIBIT B, THE LAST, UH, SECTION OF EXHIBIT B.
SO IT'S 140 HOURS OF, UH, WHERE BSO WILL PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.
SORRY, HOW MANY HOURS? SORRY? UH, 140 HOURS.
UM, ALSO WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, I KNOW THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HAD, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE CITY A COPY OF ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT WITH HER AS WELL, AND WE ABLE TO ADD THAT INTO THE CONTRACT AS ONE OF THE ITEMS SHE WANTED IT THERE.
AND YOU, I THINK YOU SAID IT'S 15%, IS IT 15% YEARLY? UM, MS. HAYES, OR 15%.
NOW, COULD YOU LET US KNOW MADAM VICE MAYOR? 15% INCREASE FROM THE 2025 COST OF 2026.
AND YEARLY AFTER 2026, THE, UM, CONTRACTS ALLOW FOR NEW AMOUNT TO BE PRESENTED, NEW CONSIDERATIONS TO BE PRESENTED IN MAY OF EVERY YEAR BACK TO US, THEN YES, EVERY YEAR IN MAY MM-HMM
UM, THE CONTI WOULD PROVIDE US WITH THEIR COSTS FOR FIRE AS WELL AS FOR POLICE.
UM, IT'S GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN.
COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH, UM, WHEN A BSO IS HIRED? I KNOW THEY'RE HIRED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, RIGHT? YES.
AND, BUT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO A DISTRICT OR A CITY, SO WHEN THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THAT CITY, WE ARE THE ONES THAT TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR PAYMENT AND ALL.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
WELL I, I KNOW THAT FIR AND POLICE IS DEFINITELY NEEDED, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT AND, UH, WANNA THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR WORKING ALONG AND THE ATTORNEY FOR MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE AND OUR FINANCIAL, UM, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S WAY OUT? YES, IT IS.
UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED WITH ALL THAT'S BEEN TRANSPIRING WITH THE NEW LAWS AND ALL OF THAT, WE DEFINITELY NEED, UM, THE SERVICES IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
SO I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, I DON'T HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT LINK AND THE IN KIND THROUGH YOU, UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THE IN KIND, SO THAT CAN BE USED, THAT PERHAPS SPECIAL EVENTS, GAMES, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THAT HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE IN-KIND? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE IN-KIND EVENTS, ANY CITY SPONSORED EVENT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER WILL WORK ALONGSIDE THE DISTRICT CHIEF AND THEY WILL COME UP WITH A NUMBER OF DEPUTIES TO WORK AN EVENT AND THEY COVER WHATEVER EVENT THEY SELECT.
I THINK YOU SAID YOU HAD IT'S 52 TOTAL COMPLEMENT STAFFING.
COULD YOU BREAK IT DOWN FOR US PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT B, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
EXHIBIT B, SO THAT CAN CONSIST OF ONE EXECUTIVE LIEUTENANT, ONE ROAD PATROL LIEUTENANT FIVE SERGEANTS MM-HMM
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DEPUTY SHERIFFS, TWO MOTORCYCLE DEPUTIES, TWO COMMUNITY SERVICE AIDES, ONE CRIME ANALYST, AND TWO COPS GRANT DEPUTY SHERIFFS.WHICH EXHIBIT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY, WHICH EXHIBIT? UH, THAT'S EXHIBIT B, THE FRONT PAGE OF EXHIBIT B.
UM, WITH THE TWO MOTORCYCLE, I USED TO SEE THEM A LOT IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY ON 24TH STREET.
I, I, I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE A, YOUR QUESTION, UM, MORE SO TO CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, BUT I, I BARELY SEE THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO REALLY LOOK AT.
THE MOTORCYCLE, THEY USED TO BE VERY PREVALENT OR ARE THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO BE MORE PREVALENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER, IF I COULD CHIME IN ON THAT.
UM, THEY ARE, WHATEVER TRAFFIC COMPLAINT THAT COMES IN IS USUALLY WHERE THEY'RE DISPATCHED TO.
SO IF WE'RE GETTING VARIOUS TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS COMING IN AND THEY'LL PUT 'EM THERE.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT ON 24TH STREET, MAYBE WE HAVEN'T, AND I'M JUST ASSUMING MAYBE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A COMPLAINT IN THAT AREA LATELY AND THEY BRANCH 'EM OUT.
THE DIFFERENT, I TRAVEL THROUGH, UM, IN THE MORNINGS I SEE THEM IN A SCHOOL ZONE ALONG, UH, UH, BY BO ANDERSON ALONG 31ST ON BOARD ANDERSON.
I SEE THEM IN THE MORNINGS THERE, SO I KNOW THEY'RE BRANCHING AROUND.
IT'S JUST, UH, DEPENDING ON THE COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN AT THAT TIME.
AND, AND THE COMMISSIONER? YES.
SO I SAW ONE CAR WITH LAUDERDALE LAKES ON IT.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ALL CARS THAT SAYS BSO OFFICER AND ARE LAUDERDALE LAKES ON THE SIDE? YES.
IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THEIR VEHICLES WILL HAVE LAUDERDALE LAKES ON THEM.
OUR COPI THINK WE HAVE ONLY ONE CAR RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE WORKS? TWO, MAYBE TWO.
I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE, UM, HOW MANY COP CARS WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES.
JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION REGARDING TO THE BSO AND FIRE CONTRACT.
SO THIS INCREASE WAS AS A RESULT, AS A RESULT OF A SALARY STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
AND CURRENTLY THE INCREASE IS FIVE 15%.
THIS IS FOR YEAR ONE, BUT YEAR TWO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER INCREASE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT INCREASES AT 5% EACH YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERSONNEL, WHICH WILL GO UP TO 13% AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ADD OR, OR, OR, UM, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE CLARITY SO THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, UNDERSTANDS THAT THE, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SALARY STUDY AND THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU WILL SEE THE ANOTHER 5%, ACTUALLY ANOTHER, I BELIEVE 13% AS FAR AS, UM, SALARIES 15, RIGHT FOR NOW AND ANOTHER 13, ANOTHER 13% IN YEAR TWO.
I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHAT THE INCREASE IS GOING TO BE AT THAT TIME.
SO YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I COULD CHIME IN.
SO YES, YEAR, YEAR ONE IS YOUR INCREASE WITH THE INITIAL FOR SALARY STUDY.
IT'S A TOTAL OF ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT 21% ROUGHLY.
IT'S, IT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE SALARY STUDY THAT WE WOULD DO.
SO WHAT THE SHERIFF DECIDED TO DO WAS DO IT OVER TWO YEARS.
SO YEAR ONE, UH, THE SALARY LINE ITEM INCREASED 7.78%.
YEAR TWO IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 13.05%, WHICH IS IN THE CONTRACT.
IT'S A ESTIMATED, WE CAN'T GIVE A A TRUE COST ON THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE PERSONNEL WISE, WHO'S GONNA BE IN YOUR DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.
COME MARCH WHEN WE PULL THE NUMBERS, SO WHEN WE PULL THEM NUMBERS IN MARCH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, SO IF, IF YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT, THE TENURE OF THE DEPUTY WHO'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, IF A NEWER DEPUTY COMES IN, THERE'S THE LOWER COST SALARY SCALE.
IF YOU HAVE A MORE SENIOR DEPUTY WHO'S IN THE DISTRICT, IT'S A HIGHER COST SCALE.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PUT A DEFINITIVE PRICE INCREASE, A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THERE, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY, UH, CLOSER TO 13.05.
IT COULD BE LESS, BUT I CAN'T, WE CAN'T TELL YOU UNTIL THAT TIME COME, WE CAN'T PREDICT WHO'S GONNA BE IN THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE YEAR TWO? YES.
AND THAT COVERS OUR SALARY STUDY OVER THE TWO YEARS.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO OF THE CONTRACT, A TOTAL ROUGHLY 20.83% INCREASE SALARIES SALARY FOR THE SALARY LINE.
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INCREASE, YOUR OPERATIONAL SALARY INCREASE? YES, MA'AM.YOUR OPERATIONAL LINES ARE CAPPED AT 5% NOW THIS IS JUST YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE THROUGH FIVE OF THE CONTRACT, EVERYTHING IS CAPPED AT 5%, SO 21%.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AND MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT COMMISSIONER THOMAS SAID AS FAR AS THE EVENTS AND THE 140 HOURS, THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO DO WITH CITY EVENTS, NOT THE DETAIL THAT'S DONE FOR THE GAINS BECAUSE YOU DID, I BELIEVE, MENTION THAT THAT'S EXCLUDED AT A SEPARATE COST THAT'S ESTABLISHED BETWEEN BSO AND THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
SO SHOULD YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT THE OVERALL TOTAL FOR THE FIVE YEARS, IS IT A 28% INCREASE FOR THE WHOLE FIVE YEARS? NO MA'AM.
FOR YEAR ONE AND TWO IS 20.83%.
WHAT? YOU BROKE IT UP INTO TWO YEARS FOR THE SALARY STUDY.
FOR THE SALARY, UH, LINE INCREASE AND THEN 5% AFTER THE, FOR THE OPERATIONAL LINE ITEMS. OKAY.
AND ANY CAPITAL REQUEST IS, IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DISTRICT CHIEF CAN WORK OUT IF, IF THERE'S ANY CAPITAL ITEM REQUESTS, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
A LOT AND, AND, AND WITH ALL THIS MONEY, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT COME OUTTA MY POCKET, BUT I NEED TO REALLY SEE YOU GUYS STEPPING IT UP.
LIKE, I NEED TO WALK PAST AND JUST SEE YOU MORE THAN I SEE THE RESIDENTS
THAT'S HOW MUCH I WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS STEP IT UP.
SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU KNOW, UH, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM, THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN FIGHTING HARD FOR US AND, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT WE, WE ARE SEEING IS WE ARE LOSING PEOPLE AT A HIGH RATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE SOUTH OF US TO MIAMI-DADE WHO JUST GOT A LARGE PAY INCREASE.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE NORTH OF US TO PALM BEACH AND TIME WE SEND PEOPLE THROUGH THE ACADEMY, GET 'EM TRAINED UP, THEY'RE LEAVING, YOU KNOW, EVEN PEOPLE BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IN BROWARD COUNTY IS HIGH.
AND SO THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN TRULY FIGHTING FOR US TRYING TO GET THE SALARY STUDY IMPLEMENTED TO TRY TO KEEP PERSONNEL HERE.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE DO HAVE A LARGE INCREASE OF VACANCIES IN THE AGENCY, SO YES, TO YOUR POINT, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE OUT THERE.
WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO BE OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE A LITTLE SHORT STAFFED TOO.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND THIS, THIS IS GOING TO HELP US AND IT'S NOT PUTTING US AT THE TOP, IT'S JUST PUTTING US WHERE WE CAN BE IN THE TOP THREE AT LEAST TO TRY TO BE COMPARABLE, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE AGENCY AND DRAW THEM TO US, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
THIS IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER WITH ALL OF THIS INCREASE, WHERE IS THE FUNDS GOING TO COME FROM WITH OUR SHORTFALL RIGHT NOW? WELL, WE DO HAVE THESE FUNDS THAT'S BUDGETED IN OUR GENERAL FUND.
OH, JUST THE FIRE CONTRACT? OH, YES, WE DO HAVE THE FIRE CONTRACT WHERE WE CAN OH.
SO, UM, I WOULD PROBABLY JUST PARROT WHAT THE MAJOR SAID.
UM, FIRE RESCUE, JUST LIKE OUR DLE COUNTERPARTS WE'RE HAVING, UM, RETENTION ISSUES AND TRYING TO ATTRACT, AND IT'S FOR THE SAME REASON, UH, DADE COUNTY DID THE SOUTH OF US IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
UM, THEY HAVE HIGHER SALARIES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
THIS WAS NOT BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOING THE STUDY.
UM, FOR US, AN ADDITIONAL COMPLICATING FACTOR IS OUR PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, UM, IS GOING TO A DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THEY WORK ONE DAY ON AND THEY GET THREE DAYS OFF.
UM, THAT IS GONNA BE VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR OUR PERSONNEL.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT CURVE AND STAY COMPETITIVE.
AND LIKE THE, THE MAJOR SAID, EVEN FOR US AT FIRE RESCUE, IMPLEMENTING THIS STUDY DOES NOT PUT US AT THE TOP.
IT JUST GETS US TO WHERE WE CAN BE MORE COMPETITIVE.
UM, THE GOOD THING IS WE ARE FRS, BUT THERE'S A DOWNSIDE TO THAT BECAUSE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, OUR ALSO FRS, SO THAT MAKES OUR PERSONNEL EVEN MORE PORTABLE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAVE ANYWHERE AND GO ANYWHERE WITH FRS AND THEY DON'T LOSE ANY OF THE BENEFIT OR THE PENSION SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I KNOW WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITY
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MANAGER AND THE ATTORNEY, SO, UM, PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE MAJOR SAID IS I WOULD, I, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD PARROT WHAT SHE SAID, UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.AND WHAT IS YOUR, THE COUP, HOW MANY PERSONNEL DO YOU HAVE? SO LAUDERDALE LAKES RIGHT NOW, LAUDERDALE LAKES RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
SO JUST, UH, THE, THE PROPOSED IS THE SAME STAFFING MM-HMM
UM, OBVIOUSLY UNLESS FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, THE CITY WOULD COME TO US AND SAY, WE WANT TO PUT ON ANOTHER POSITION, WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE, AND AGAIN, THEN WE WOULD DO THAT.
UM, FOR THE EXACT STAFFING, I'LL ASK MY DISTRICT CHIEF TO COME UP.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY RESIDENTS, AND THE VISITORS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHAZ ETT.
I'M YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE FOR BSO, REPRESENTING LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UH, SO OUR CURRENT STAFFING RIGHT NOW IS 48 PERSONNEL, AND, UH, THE BREAKDOWN IS YOU HAVE ONE DISTRICT CHIEF, ONE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, UH, ONE FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER, TWO FIRE SAFETY INSPECTORS, AND THEN WE GET DOWN TO OPERATIONS.
UH, YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR ONE BATTALION CHIEF, FOUR CAPTAINS, NINE LIEUTENANTS, FOUR DRIVER ENGINEERS, AND 25 FIREFIGHTERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR NO, DID, DID, UH, NO.
DID, DID WE, DID WE, DID YOU TELL US HOW MANY OFFICER, HOW MANY OFFICERS DID WE HAVE? 48.
DID SHE ADD DEMENTIA? YES, MA'AM.
[J. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PIGGYBACK CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND WATERFIELD FLORIDA STAFFING FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES, EXTENDING SERVICES FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31, 2025]
THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LA LAKES PIGGYBACK CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARACK AND WATERFIELD, FLORIDA STAFFING FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES, EXTENDING SERVICES FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
AND WE DO HAVE A ZAM THAT'S ON THE LINE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
DO YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, MAD VICE MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
CITY ATTORNEY, AFTERNOON CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY
UPLOADED DELAYS, UM, MAD VICE MAYOR.
THIS ITEM, UM, IS A CONTINUATION OF AN ITEM THAT CAME SOMETIME AGO, SAY A CONTINUATION REASON BEING, UM, UH, IT WAS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, UH, DECEMBER LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, OR AROUND THERE.
UM, THE CITY WAS PRESENTED WITH, UM, THIS CONTRACT TO ADJUST THE RATES.
UH, IT'S A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE CITY OF TAMARA FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS SERVICES, UM, THE VENDOR THAT THEY HAVE AWARDED.
TWO, THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THE RATES AND A CHANGE, AND WE CAME FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND THE CONTRACT EXPIRED IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
UH, WHILE DOING OUR REVIEWS AND PREPARING FOR, YOU KNOW, FISCAL MEASURES FOR THIS YEAR AND THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, IT WAS NOTICED AT THAT TIME THAT THE CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED, UH, IN AUGUST.
AND ALSO THE CITY OF TAMARA, THEY ACTUALLY DID AN EXTENSION TO THE CONTRACT.
NOW, IN DOING AN EXTENSION TO THE CONTRACT WAS BECAUSE THEY WENT BACK OUT TO BID.
AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT THE TIME OF PRESENTING THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU.
THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY ARE NOT READY TO AWARD AND THEY'RE STILL IN EVALUATION STAGES.
WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING OF THE COMMISSION IS THE, UM, PERMISSION TO CONTINUE USING THIS CONTRACT, UM, UP UNTIL DECEMBER.
AND THAT THEY HAVE STATED THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE VENDOR UNTIL DECEMBER, UH, 31ST, 20, 25, OR UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO MAKE AN AWARD.
UH, THEY DO NOT E EXPECT THAT IT WILL PASS DECEMBER 31ST.
UH, THEY EXPECT THAT THEY WILL AWARD BEFORE THAT.
THE LATER ON WE WILL COME TO THE COMMISSION, BRING IN THE NEW, UH, CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE, UH, REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE, UM, GOING ON TO THAT NEW CONTRACT.
IN SUMMARY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAUGHT A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT MONITORING THIS CONTRACT AS TO WHEN IT WOULD'VE EXPIRED.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE NOW HAVE IN PLACE, WE ARE UPDATING OUR DATABASE WITH THE OPEN GO PLATFORM, AND WE ARE PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE, MAKE SURE THAT WE CATCH THESE THINGS EARLY.
SO WE ARE IN THESE STAGES RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN ONE MONTH SINCE WE HAVE OFFICIALLY IMPLEMENTED THE OPENGOV PROGRAM, AND WE ARE SEEING SOME BENEFITS ON THE SOLICITATION SIDE.
WE ARE USING THE CONTRACT MODULE NOW TO UPDATE OTHER MATTERS THAT WE HAVE.
SO IN SUMMARY, UH, IT'S THE, THE REQUEST IS TO EX,
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UH, GET YOUR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE USING THIS CONTRACT UP UNTIL DECEMBER, UH, 31ST, 2025.UH, THE, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE RATE, UH, FOR THE PERIOD, UM, SEPTEMBER 1ST TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THEY HAVE AWARDED THE VENDOR, UM, A NEW RATE, UH, FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST.
UH, THE RATE THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR SEPTEMBER WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED AND WAS ALREADY APPROVED VIA, UH, RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS 17.94.
THAT ALSO FISCAL 25 FOR FISCAL 26.
THEY RECOMMEND THEY HAVE, UM, INCREASED THE VENDORS RATE TO 19.32.
UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I ALSO HAVE, UM, MS. TARA, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, WHO CAN ASSIST IN ANYTHING ON THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THIS CONTRACT.
CROSSING GUARDS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW? I'LL HAVE TO DIVER THAT TO MS. TARRO.
MS. TARRO, GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS. I'M THE HR DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, VICE MAYOR.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 15, UH, CROSSING GUARDS, 15 CROSSING GUARDS.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSION THROUGH YOU? MADAM VICE MAYOR? UM, WITH THE PIGGYBACK, WE NORMALLY PIGGYBACK WITH ANOTHER CITY TO GET THE BETTER RATE, RIGHT? THEY HAVE RECEIVED THAT AND SO, AND SO THE CON WHAT WE'RE CONCLUDING IS UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2025 WITH THE NEW RATE, ONCE THEY APPROVE TAMARACK APPROVES OF $19 AND 32 CENTS, THAT'LL BE FOR THE CROSS AND GUARDS, OR THAT'S FOR THEIR OVERALL CONTRACT.
PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, MS. SIMPSON.
SO, UH, THREE MADAM, UH, TAMARA HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE RATE AND PRESENTED IT TO THE VENDOR, AND THE VENDOR HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THAT RATE OF 1932.
AND THAT IS YES UNTIL THE END OF, UM, DECEMBER.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXTENSION TO THE CURRENT, UH, COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE THAT EXPIRED.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
I, AS I UNDERSTAND, WE ARE ON ITEM 5K.
MADAM MAYOR, WE DID DECIDE TO, UM, POSTPONE THE LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENT DISCUSSION BECAUSE YOU WERE ABSENT.
THERE WAS A NOMINATION TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER THOMAS AS VICE MAYOR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS? YES, PLEASE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK THEN.
[I. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING]
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.EACH YEAR WE MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS, MADAM MAYOR, JUST FIND THAT ITEM.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL UM, BE LOOKING TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR CRA AND FOR THE VARIOUS, FOR VICE CHAIR, CHAIR, AND FOR THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR WHICH YOU SERVE.
BROAD LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR YOUR DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE.
UH, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO TRY TO AVOID NATIONAL LEGAL, ANY SUGGESTION THAT EVEN A NOMINATION WAS AN ACTION THAT THE COMMITTEE, THAT THE COMMISSION TOOK.
SO WHAT WE'RE HAVING IS SUGGESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THOSE NOMINATIONS MAY LOOK LIKE ON ANOTHER DATE WHEN THE COMMISSION IS READY TO, UH, ACTUALLY TAKE A ACTION.
WE DID, LIKE I SAID, SELECT, UH, SUGGEST THE VICE MAYOR AND WE ALSO HAVE TO SUGGEST A CRA CHAIR AND A CRA VICE CHAIR, VICE MAYOR.
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AND NLC? MM-HMMAND SO WE HAVE FLC AND NLCC AND MPO AND NPO.
THAT'S NOT DONE IN THE SPRING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OH, FOR CRA CHAIR, MADAM VICE MAYOR? AYE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD SAY THAT THE CURRENT CRA CHAIR DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
MEETINGS ARE NOT STRETCHED OUT, SO I WOULDN'T MIND NOMINATING HER BACK AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS AS CRA CHAIR.
CAN THEY NOT MADAM VICE SECOND.
IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION AT THE TIME.
UM, WITH THE CRH CHAIR, IT'S A TWO YEAR POSITION.
ONE, TWO, IT, IT PRE PREVIOUSLY THE CRH HERE HAS HELD THE POSITION TWICE ITSELF.
AND THEN THE CONSENSUS HAS USUALLY BEEN THAT WE ROTATE THE CHAIR OF THE CRA.
IF IT'S NECESSARY, OR IF, IF IT IS THE CONSENSUS OKAY.
OF THE, OF THE, UH, COMMISSION MM-HMM
SO MME. MAY, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST, UH, LET IT CONTINUE FOR THE TWO YEARS WITH SHARON THOMAS.
VICE MAYOR SAID, SO COMMISSIONER THOMAS, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
MADAM ASAM, JUST, JUST FOR INFORMATION SAKE, UM, COMMISSIONER THOMAS HAS SERVED FOR TWO YEARS, JUST SO THAT THANK YOU.
WHAT TIME? OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I ABOUT COMMISSIONER THOMAS IS IN HER SECOND TERM AS CRA CHAIR.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR CHAIR AS CHAIR.
CRA VICE CHAIR SUGGESTED NOMINATION, PLEASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER CAR MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO, I, I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO DECLINE.
ONE COMMISSIONER, I THINK COULD, UH, SHE COULD STEP CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
HEY, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU,
ANY OTHERS? ANY OTHERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NATIONAL LEAGUE CITIES DELEGATE.
MY SUGGESTION IS I WILL NOMINATE MYSELF THAT IF YOU NO ONE ELSE WANTS THAT.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? NO, FOR ME.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THE MAYOR AS AN ALTERNATE.
A MAYOR, WE ARE A GOOD TEAM TOGETHER.
UH, I COULD, WHY WOULD THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, VICE MAYOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON TO REMAIN OUR FLORIDA LEGAL CITIZEN.
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YEAH, YEAH.I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S NOT A GOOD THING, BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S A GOOD THING.
MPO IT'S ASSUMED THAT I LIKE TO TRAVEL.
I WILL NOMINATE MYSELF FOR MPO FOR LEAGUE OF HOW MUCH? FOR AN ALTERNATE.
HOW ALTERNATE FOR, UM, F-L-C-F-L-C OR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES? I SAY SHARON.
SHE COULD COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
WHAT TIME SHE AND EASTERN WORKS WELL TOO.
MR. THOMAS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED.
THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, I CAN HEAR YOU THOUGH.
AND I THINK THE MPO BOARD ASKED MAD VICE MAYOR.
NO, THAT'S, YOU'RE NOT THERE YET.
WHICH I'M SAYING, BUT WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED.
PHILLIP FOR THE ALTERNATE FLORIDA LEGAL CITY.
COULD YOU JUST GO BACK OVER IT FOR ME? MADAM MAYOR? YES, I WILL.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON? MM-HMM
CRA, VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER THOMAS NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
DELEGATE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. ALTERNATE COMM.
AND, AND MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS ALTERNATE.
M-P-O-M-P-O-I AM NOMINATING MYSELF.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.
WHAT? ANY OTHERS? NO, NO ONE ELSE WANTS IT.
THERE'S NOT ALTERNATE FOR THAT BOARD.
AND DID I MISS VICE MAYOR BEFORE I CAME IN? NO.
ONLY VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS.
SHARON, WE NOMINATE SHARON AS VICE MAYOR.
VICE MAYOR ELECT, SHARON THOMAS.
FOR SUMMARY, OUR VICE MAYOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, CRA, CHAIR.
COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON, CRA, VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER.
SHARON THOMAS, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
DELEGATE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
WILLIAM CARLENE, MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MM-HMM
ALTERNATE MAYOR OF VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
CITY DELEGATE COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON.
ALTERNATE MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS AND MPO.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT THE 6:00 PM CERTAIN IF YOU ARE THE CHAMBER IS HERE.
MR. P, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM AC N THANK YOU.
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND AN UPDATE ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE INAUGURAL CHAMBER BREAKFAST HELD ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 (6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
WE DO HAVE A 6:00 PM TIME, CERTAIN DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND UPDATE ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE INAUGURAL CHAMBER BREAKFAST HELD ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025.AND WE HAVE MS. VECO, YOU CAN TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION CITY ATTORNEY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER, VIRTUAL AUDIENCE, COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS, AND GUEST PRESENCE.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ALKA BUCHANAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
THIS DISCUSSION PERTAINS TO A FUNDING REQUEST FOR A NEW INITIATIVE PROPOSED BY THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE INITIATIVE TITLED SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL PROSPERITY IS DESIGNED TO BOOST REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
HIGHLIGHT THE ADVANTAGES OF SHOPPING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23RD.
THE CHA THE THE CHAMBER PRESENTED THIS REQUEST IN THE FORM OF THE PROPOSAL.
DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMISSION RAISED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND REQUESTED THAT THE ITEM BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
SPECIFICALLY, THE COMMISSION ASKS
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FOR A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGETED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIATIVE OUTCOMES FROM THE CHAMBER'S SEPTEMBER 25TH BREAKFAST EVENT, WHICH INCLUDE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN ATTENDANCE, THE NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS, REGISTRATION IN TOTAL, VERY NEW GENERATED FROM THE EVENT.A OVERVIEW OF THE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, WITH EACH CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP LEVEL ALSO HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.
AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DALE CHAMBER COMMERCE IS PRESENT.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, UH, CITY COMMISSIONERS, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS NOT HERE NOW, AND CITY CLERK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING.
I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE MS. MCKENNAN ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER HERE.
IT IS THE SHARP LOTTERY LEAKS INITIATIVE.
SOME INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, PRIOR TO MY ATTENDANCE HERE, WHICH WOULD'VE ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I ALSO WANT TO DIVE INTO SOME UPDATES AS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE, UM, THE CHAMBER WAS FORMED.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, A VERY HARD WORKING NINE MEMBER BOARD, WHICH SEE THIS CHAMBER AS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS TO THE CITY.
UM, THE LAST MEETING OR UH, BREAKFAST THAT WE HAD, UM, WELL, WE DO KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST ONE.
WE HAD 108 MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT, UM, INCLUSIVE OF, YOU KNOW, SOME CITY OFFICIALS AND SO FORTH.
THE SECOND BREAKFAST THAT WE HAD WAS HELD AT FLORIDA MEDICAL.
UH, WE HAD, UM, AROUND 52 REGISTRATIONS FOR THAT ONE.
THAT ONE WAS AGAIN, UH, GREAT SUCCESS.
UH, THAT ONE WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO HAND OUT, UM, THE MEMBERSHIP PACKAGES FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
UM, DATE, WE HAVE HAD MEMBERSHIP IN QUITE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
UM, WE HAVE HAD NONPROFITS, UM, THE PROFESSIONAL, THE STANDARD, STANDARD PLUS, AND TRUSTEE CORPORATE.
WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE SO FAR AND WE ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THEM.
AS FAR AS THE THIRD BREAKFAST OR EVENT IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE, UH, GOTTEN SPONSORSHIP FOR THAT ONE, UH, ALREADY.
SO WE ARE, UM, FEVERISHLY, UM, GOING IN THE PLANNING STAGE AND INFORMATION WILL BE COMING OUT ON THAT ONE, UM, PRETTY SHORTLY AS WELL.
UM, OF COURSE, I WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY.
BUT LET ME DIVE INTO THE IMPORTANT MATTER AT HAND, WHICH IS THE SHOP LAUNDRY LEAKS.
AS WE ALWAYS SEE IN THE CHAMBER, UM, OUR INITIATIVES AND WHAT WE PUT OUT IS DESTINED TO ADD VALUE TO THREE ENTITIES WITHIN OUR CITY.
IT IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IT IS THE RESIDENTS, AND IT WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT THE CITY AS WELL.
SO WE SEE THIS INITIATIVE AS AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UM, TO HELP US GET THIS GOING.
UM, AS MENTIONED IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WAS PUT FORWARD, WE ARE SEEKING, UM, A LITTLE OVER $8,000.
AND THIS PRIMARILY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES.
THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL COST, WHICH WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THAT, WHICH THE CHAMBER IS, UM, GOING TO STAND, UH, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE MAILING OUT OF THOSE FLYERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCING AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THE, UH, POST OFFICE TO DO THAT.
UM, ALL WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS IDENTIFY THE ZIP CODES AND THE POST OFFICE HAS A SERVICE THAT WILL JUST DISTRIBUTE IT.
SO IMAGINE THIS, UH, IF YOU WILL.
SO ALL THE SIGNS ARE UP ACROSS THE CITY.
SO RESIDENTS ARE DRIVING THROUGH THEIR SEEING NEW CHAIN OF COMMERCE AND THEY'RE SEEING THE SHOP LORD LEAKS.
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THAT, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT THE FLYERS ARE GOING TO BE MAILED OUT TO EACH ZIP CODE IN THE CITY, UM, TO THE OVER 13,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AROUND US.WHEN THEY GET THAT FLYER, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, A, A POWERFUL, UM, OFFER THAT THEY WILL FIND IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REVIEWS.
AND SO WITH THAT OFFER, WE ARE GONNA GET THEM TO EITHER SCAN A CURE CODE OR UTILIZE, UM, A WEB ADDRESS THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE FLYER.
AND THAT WILL GET THEM TO OPT INTO OUR WEBSITE DATABASE.
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO NOW START COMMUNICATING WITH THEM BASED ON THEIR OWN PERMISSION.
WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THAT INFORMATION IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE AND PRESENT SOME OFFERS THAT WE WILL GIVE TO THE RESIDENTS OF LORD DE LAKES.
THEY WILL TAKE THAT OFFER AND THEY WILL GO TO THOSE BUSINESSES AND THEY WILL SHOP THERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A CYCLE THAT WILL CONTINUE, UM, EVEN WHEN MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ARE GONE.
UM, IT IS GOING BE THAT LONG BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY FROM AN ECONOMIC AND FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
AS WE GO ALONG, OF COURSE, WE'LL MAKE CHANGES.
WE'LL MAKE CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT THE BEST PRODUCT THAT IS OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE CITY.
AND FOR THE BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, WE KNOW ABOUT THE VALUE THAT IT PROVIDES FOR BUSINESSES.
UM, I'VE LISTED THEM IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT TO, UH, EVERYONE AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS AS WELL AS FOR THE BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER EVERY SINGLE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE TO YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. HI, MR. GREEN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW MANY TOTAL MEMBERSHIP, WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE? OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, UH, PAID MEMBERS.
AND AS I SAID TO YOU, THAT 22 IS DIVIDED INTO ONE NONPROFIT, NINE PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS.
THERE ARE EIGHT STANDARD MEMBERS.
THERE'S ONE, SORRY, THREE STANDARD PLUS.
AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE TRUSTEE MEMBERS.
WE DO HAVE SOME PENDING MEMBERS, UM, WHO HAVE NOT ACTUALLY PAID AS YET, SO PROBABLY NOT GONNA COUNT THOSE UNTIL THE EGGS ARE ACTUALLY HATCHED.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM, UH, THERE AS WELL.
DREW, YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER.
SO THE, THE ONE THAT YOU HAD 180, UM, HOW MANY MEMBERS DID WE GET FROM THAT? SUCH A LARGE TURNOUT? IT WAS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ONE HUNDRED EIGHT.
ONE EIGHT, UM, THAT WE GOT, I PROBABLY SAW AROUND 18 MEMBERS FROM THAT.
AND MADAM MAYOR, YES, THROUGH, YOU JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, THE DYNAMICS OF HOW THINGS START.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE BUILDING A BUSINESS, RIGHT? UH, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT CHAMBER OF THAT.
AND SO NO, BUSINESSES START ON DAY ONE AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE SELLING $6 BILLION WORTH OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
WE, WE BUILD, UM, WE, WE LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK AND THE RESULTS.
UM, IF THERE ARE MISTAKES OR THINGS THAT WEREN'T DONE AS SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE LOOK BACK, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT, AND THEN WE CONTINUE.
UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS TO BUILD MEMBERSHIP.
WE NEED TO PROVE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT THEY SHOULD BE TO DO THAT.
THERE ARE SOME INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
WE WILL PROMOTE THE CHAMBER AND WHAT WE CAN GIVE, BUT NOTHING BEATS.
THEN SEEING THEM HAVING CUSTOMERS WALK INTO THEIR BUSINESS PLACE AND SEEING I'M FROM LARGER LAKES, UM, AND THAT WE CAME THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS WHY THIS INITIATIVE IS SO VALUABLE AND SO IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE.
SO THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TODAY WAS, UM, THE MONEY THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR THE $8,000 WE ASKED THAT WE WANTED TO SEE A REPORT OR FINANCIAL REPORT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE OUTCOME.
'CAUSE YOU ARE ASKING US TO INVEST IN MONEY.
SO WE WANTED TO SEE HOW DID THAT TURN OUT? WHAT DID YOU COLLECT AND HOW MUCH DID YOU HAVE TO SPEND? HOW MANY, HOW MUCH DID YOU GET IN? UH, SO WE WANTED A, MAYBE A WRITTEN REPORT, BUT WELL, TO YOU MAD
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ME.WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE COMMUNICATION IS THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED.
I DIDN'T GET AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED A FINANCIAL REPORT.
IT ASKED FOR HOW MANY MEMBERS WERE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE PRESENT, HOW MANY MEMBERS WERE, UH, SIGNED UP FROM THAT.
UM, WHAT WAS THE RECEIPT FROM THAT DAY OF THE EVENT.
THAT PARTICULAR DAY, WE GOT TWO MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY PAID THEIR MEMBERSHIP ON THAT MORNING.
UM, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WITH FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH THOSE PENDING MEMBERS, OUR PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO CLOSE AN ADDITIONAL 16 OR SO MEMBERS AFTER THAT.
AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT ONE, WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE TO GET IT IN.
SO, UM, THE, THE, IF YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND ASK THEM, AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THEM.
MADAM MAYOR, SO HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE PUT INTO MAKING THAT EVENT HAPPEN ON, ON THE 25TH? TWO MAD MAYOR, WHEN YOU SAID WE, UM, COMMISSIONER, WELL, THE COMM, THE CHAMBER, WELL, THE CHAMBER, UM, GOT SPONSORSHIP FOR, UH, THE EVENT.
UM, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DID UP TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE REMEMBER WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WE COLLECT THE MEMBERSHIP DUE AND THEN WE SPEND IT ON, YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GERMAN INTO THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
SO FOR THE FIRST ONE, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF SPONSORSHIP FOR THAT, AND WE UTILIZE, UTILIZE THAT SPONSORSHIP MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE SUCCESS.
UH, FROM THERE, WE ALSO WENT AHEAD AND GOT SPONSORSHIP FOR THE SECOND ONE, AND WE GOT SPONSORSHIP FOR A THIRD ONE AS WELL.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE MONEY WE USED ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE, THE PACKAGE, THE MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE THAT WE GOT.
SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET, UM, CERTIFICATES, UM, PLAQUES, UM, AS WELL AS THE, THE SCREEN THAT GOES ONTO THEIR DOORS TO SEE THAT I AM A, YOU KNOW, VALUE OF A MEMBER OF THE, OF THE CHAMBER.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE SPEND WHATEVER MONEY WE COLLECTED.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER.
SO ONE MORE QUESTION TO AMANDA.
THE $8,344 AND 23 CENTS THAT YOU'RE ASKING OF US, HOW MUCH OF THAT DO YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT? HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH THE CHAMBERS, I'M SORRY, HOW MUCH DOES THE CHAMBERS HAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS OR, AND ALL THESE, COULD YOU, UM, GET MAYBE SPONSORS FOR THESE AND IF NOT, HOW MUCH DURING THE TWO BREAKFAST THAT YOU HAD, YOU, YOU, THE CHAMBERS HAD, HOW MUCH HAVE THEY COLLECTED THAT MAYBE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS 8,000? AND WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, SO THE $8,344 THAT WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING TO THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER TO PUT THIS EVENT ON.
WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT MAY BE INVOLVED IN THIS? I MENTIONED ABOUT THE POSTAGE THAT COST 3,300, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT FROM THE POST OFFICE BASED ON THE ESTIMATE THAT WE GOT, THE CHAMBER IS WILLING TO PUT UP THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FUND THAT PART OF IT.
WHICH, SORRY, WHICH PART? THE, THE POST POST POSTAGE.
BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE ON, ON THIS, ON THE ITEM ITEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE HAVE THE CORRUGATED SIGNS FOR 6 72.
WE HAVE 10 WOODEN FRAMES FOR 1,530 YARD SIGNS FOR 2 47, 10 FEATHER FLAGS FOR 1,070, 15,000 FLYERS.
612 THERE IS THE 500 POSTERS, 1000 BUSINESS DECALS.
AND THEN THERE IS THE COST FOR MAILING OUT THOSE, UM, FLYERS TO THE RESIDENTS.
THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ASKING, UM, THE CITY TO DO.
BUT JUST TO EMPHASIZE, UH, AGAIN, COMMISSIONER AND, AND COMMISSIONERS AND, AND MADAM MAYOR, WE COULD OF COURSE TRY AND GET OTHER BUSINESSES TO TRY AND GO WITH THIS.
UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT THE CITY HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY OF THE CITY.
WE DON'T ONLY CARE ABOUT THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF OUR, OF OUR CITY, WE CARE ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTES A LOT IN TERMS OF REVENUE THAT DRIVES THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS TO HAVE A PARTNER WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE THAT THE CITY IS INVESTING IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMERCE.
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WE HAVE THE LOGOS OF THE CITY AS WELL AS THE CHAMBER ON THE SIGN THAT WE HAD PUT FORWARD AS THE SAMPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING.UM, SO RATHER THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, SIX DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, IF WE COULD GET THAT, WE WOULDN'T COME TO THE CITY.
BUT WE FEEL THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THAT THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WANTING BUSINESSES TO GROW, UM, AS WELL.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WHEN YOU, YOU ASK FOR THE $8,000, RIGHT? UM, YOU THEN YOU HAD TWO BREAKFASTS.
SO I WOULD, I WAS EXPECTING THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK THAT WE WILL BE LIKE, THE MONEY WOULD BE MAYBE LESS BASED UPON THOSE TWO.
SO I CAN SEE THAT ALL THERE WAS SUCCESS AND NOW HE'S COMING BACK, BUT HE'S ASKING FOR LESS BECAUSE THOSE TWO MEETINGS WERE SUCCESSFUL.
SO, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING THAT IS BEING ASKED.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING SURE.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
SO YOU MADAM MAYOR, UM, SO THE SITUATION IS THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, TO DEAL WITH AS WE MOVE ALONG.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP NOW.
WE SOUGHT AND GOT SPONSORSHIP FOR THREE, UM, EVENTS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DO THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG.
SO LET US SAY THE FOURTH OR FIFTH EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT WE DON'T GET A SPONSOR, WE CAN'T LEAVE THE CHAMBER BROKE.
NOT BEING ABLE TO FOOT THESE EXPENDITURES WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE THEM.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE MONEY FOR THE RAINY DAY AS WELL.
AND SO THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT COME UP IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN'T GET SPONSORSHIP FOR, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FUNDING.
AS STATED BEFORE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD SEE THIS AS AN INVESTMENT IN THE CITY.
JUST LIKE HOW THE CITY PARTNERS WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY CAN, YOU KNOW, RUN PROPERLY.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AS WELL.
UM, AND I HOPE THIS IS NOT SEEN AS THE CHAMBER COMING TO THE CITY JUST TO GET FUNDING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITY.
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WHEN WE HAVE NINE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE, ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT AND THEIR EXPERTISE, ABSOLUTELY FREE OF COURSE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THEN IS TO PARTNER WITH THE LARGEST ENTITY, WHICH IS OUR CITY THAT CARES A LOT ABOUT EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT RUNS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO RUN.
BELIEVE YOU ME, UM, COMMISSIONER THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THIS WILL HAVE AN EVERLASTING POSITIVE EFFECT ON CITY RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I THINK I HEARD YOU SAID THAT YOU NEEDED THE MONIES TO DO SOME MAILING THROUGH THE POST OFFICE.
MADAM MAYOR, THE MAILING IS GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CHAMBER.
SO WHAT DO YOU, THE OTHER THINGS NEED THE MONEY FOR THAT.
SO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING MONEY FOR IS, SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE CITY CURRENTLY, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME SIGNS THAT THE CITY HAS PUT UP TO PROMOTE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE SOME SIGNAGE LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN PUT UP IN VARIOUS PLACES.
THIS IS TO PROMOTE SENSITIZE, CREATE AWARENESS FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO NEED TO, THE, THESE CORRUGATED SIGNS NEED FRAMES.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME YARD SIGNS THAT WE CAN PUT INTO, UM, THE RESIDENTS YARDS SO THEY CAN BE AWARE OF IT AS WELL WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH.
WE NEED TO CREATE, UM, SOME FEATHER FLAGS, WHICH IS THOSE FLAGS THAT YOU SEE THAT THE BREEZE BELOW LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER, THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
AGAIN, AWARENESS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THERE.
THE 15,000 FLYERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRINTING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE 13,000 PLUS HOMES IN THE CITY, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE BUSINESS AND THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS MUST BE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THE FLYERS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN USE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THERE ARE POSTERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALSO CREATE THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE DOORS OR WINDOWS OF BUSINESSES SO THAT AS RESIDENTS WALK THROUGH, UM, OR GO TO SHOP, THEY WILL SEE THAT AGAIN, AWARENESS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE IS THE DECALS
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WHICH ARE GOING TO NOT PROMOTE THE BUSINESS AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES INITIATIVE.SO THAT IS WHERE THAT MONEY WILL COME IN.
UM, COMMISSIONER? YES, AGAIN, MR. PATRICK, ON YOUR YOU HAVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAIL OUT, GO BACK AND LOOK ON YOUR THING THERE THAT YOU PLAN TO MAIL OUT OVER 30 TO OVER 13,000 HOUSEHOLD, OKAY? YES.
AND YOU JUST SAID TO ME, NO, THAT, UM, $3,218 90 CENTS FLYER MAILINGS.
AND THIS IS WHAT IS IN YOUR THING THERE.
SO WHAT, JUST UPDATE ME, WHICH IS CORRECT.
YOU NEED THE MONEY TO DO THE MAILING OR NOT.
'CAUSE I DID ASK YOU AND YOU SAID NO, WHAT IS RIGHT HERE? LEMME JUST LOOK BACK AT THIS ONE.
LEMME SEE THIS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
WELL, HE'S LOOKING SO AFTER, IF WE SUBTRACT THE MAILER, WE ONLY NEED 5,000 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THIRTY THREE IF I'M MISTAKEN.
IF I'M, I THINK THAT IF WE SUBTRACT THAT IF, 'CAUSE YOU, YOU STATED THAT THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THE MAILER.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS UPDATED 'CAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF IMPROVEMENT, SOME KIND OF SUCCESS WITH THE TWO EVENTS.
'CAUSE HE'S TAKEN OUT THE MAILER PART, YOU UNDERSTAND? BUT IT STILL, IT STILL WAS IN THERE.
SO, SO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE $3,218 IS INCLUDED, UH, IN THIS NO, IT'S NOT.
SO, OKAY, SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR $5,125 AND 50 33 CENTS.
OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
'CAUSE I GOT THE OLD ONE AND YOU DID TWO.
AND SO NOW I SEE THAT THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENCE.
WELL, THE ONE THAT I PRESENTED AND THE THE ONE, THE ONE THAT YOU GOT WAS THE ONE THAT YOU GOT FIRST.
RIGHT? THERE WAS SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO IT AND THAT YOU DIDN'T AND THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE IT, SO NO PROBLEM.
WELL, I'M IN, I ALSO WAS DOING A SUBTRACTION FROM WHAT I HEARD MR. UH, GREEN SAID THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO I'M IN, I'M, YOU KNOW, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE $5,125 AND 33 CENTS.
MAYOR, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE 5,000, OH, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
WHAT? 90 CENTS THE CHAMBER? YEAH, RIGHT HERE.
DETAILS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IN YOUR OUTLINE.
WHAT ARE THE DECALS FOR? SO THE DEC THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THE DECALS ARE GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE WINDOWS OR DOORS OF THE BUSINESSES.
SO WHEN, UM, A RESIDENT WALKS, THEY CAN SEE THAT, THAT THIS BUSINESS IS PARTICIPATING IN THE SHOP LAU LAKES, UM, INITIATIVE.
AND YOU HAVE A, WILL GET THE CONSENSUS OF ALL BUSINESSES TO HAVE THE DECAL PLACED YES.
PARTICIPATION IN THE SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO WE, THE, THE, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
UM, SOME BUSINESSES WILL PARTICIPATE, SOME BUSINESSES WILL CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATE, THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE TWO BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES THAT ARE OFFERING THE SAME SERVICE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUSINESS WITH THE DECAL, WE WANT RESIDENTS TO GO TO THAT BUSINESS AND FORCE THE OTHER BUSINESS TO BECOME A PART OF THIS WHOLE NETWORK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE SEE THAT IT'S KIND OF A, YOU'RE IN A PREMIUM CATEGORY WITH THE DECAL ON YOUR DOOR THAT YOU ARE ONE, A CHAMBER MEMBER,
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AND TWO, THAT YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AMAZING INITIATIVE THAT WILL DRIVE THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR A CITY.I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY HELPING TO SPONSOR.
BUT AFTER SEVERAL EVENTS AND YOU ONLY HAVE 22 MEMBERS, WHERE IS THE BUY-IN FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BE MEMBERS OF THE THE CHAMBER? WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THAT? RIGHT.
AND THAT'S AN AMAZING QUESTION, UH, MADAM MAYOR.
AND AS I SUGGESTED BEFORE ABOUT, UH, BUILDING A BUSINESS AND, AND WHEN WE SHOP AS WELL AND WHEN WE GO TO, TO, TO BUY THINGS, SOME OF THE TIMES WHAT HAPPENS, IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE ASK.
IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE FOLLOW UP TO BE ABLE TO GET A BUSINESS TO JUMP ON BOARD AND TO, TO COME ON.
SO, WHICH IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROVE VALUE BEYOND A DOUBT AS TO HOW BUSINESS CAN BENEFIT.
IF I'M A BUSINESS PERSON IN THE CITY OF LA DE LAKES AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LOT MORE BUSINESS FROM THE RESIDENTS WHERE I HAVE MY BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO BE VALUE THAT I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ELSEWHERE.
THIS IS WHY THIS INITIATIVE IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE ARE ALSO DOING, BY THE WAY, IS FOR THOSE PERSONS OR BUSINESSES WHO ARE NOT YET PAID THEIR MEMBERSHIP DUE OR SIGNED UP TO BECOME MEMBERS, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THEM.
WE GOT 108 PERSONS, UM, 80% OF IT IN THE FIRST ONE WE GOT, UH, A LITTLE OVER 50 IN THE SECOND ONE, RIGHT? VERY FEW OF THOSE WERE IN THE FIRST.
SO WE HAVE A DATABASE OF PERSONS WHO WANT SHOW INTEREST.
ONCE THEY SHOW INTEREST, THEN OUR TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY WORK WITH THEM, WORK ON THEM TO GET THEM TO COMMIT, SIGN UP FOR THE, UH, FOR THE MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND PAY.
SOMETIMES THESE THINGS WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
NOW, WHEN THE MOMENTUM HAS KICKED OFF AND IT'S GROWING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUSINESS WHO I'M PRETTY SURE GONNA CALL US.
WELL, HOW CAN WE BECOME MEMBERS? BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM SO THEY SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE ARE DOING IT.
THIS IS WHY WE THINK THIS INITIATIVE IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT MIX TO GET THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, THERE'S A CHAMBER HERE THAT IS WILLING AND IS ABLE TO HELP YOU DRIVE THE SUCCESS AND GROWTH THAT YOU WANT.
AND ONCE THE INITIATIVE IS OFF THE GROUND, IT HAS BEEN GOING, UM, YOU HAVE SEEN PROGRESS COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO GIVE US A REPORT ON THE INVESTMENT OF WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO GIVE TONIGHT.
HOW ARE THE BUS, HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO WE HAVE IN? THIS IS A PROJECTED QUESTION.
HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO WE HAVE IN THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AFTER THE INITIATIVE HAS GONE FOR SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS? UM, HAS THERE BEEN AN INCREASE IN REVENUE? HAVE BUSINESSES BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR EMPLOYEE BASE? THINGS LIKE THAT? SURE, SURE.
SO BY THE CHAIRMAN, SORRY, BY THE MAYOR, UM, LIKE, CALL IT IN, IN INVESTORS, WHEN YOU INVEST IN A BUSINESS OR SOMETHING, YOU EXPECT TO GET REPORTS AS TO HOW YOUR MONEY'S WORKING.
UM, AND THE CHAMBER IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE PROVIDING THOSE KIND OF UPDATES, UM, AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CHAMBER.
UM, SO PLEASE EXPECT TO GET THOSE REPORTS ABOUT HOW THE PROGRESS IS GOING, UM, WHAT MAY NOT BE GOING AS SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE HELL, BEN, IN ENSURING THAT THIS CHAMBER PROVIDES OUR CITY WITH VALUABLE, VALUABLE RESULTS AND WITH YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU WOULD MAKE TONIGHT THAT WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
TRUE YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MC.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS STATING EARLIER.
LIKE I THOUGHT TONIGHT YOU WOULD'VE GIVEN US SOME, UH, EXTENSIVE REPORT ON WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS, BOTH AND WHAT WENT WRONG, WHAT DIDN'T, WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T.
AND YOU KNOW, THE, A REAL REPORT INSTEAD OF YOU JUST SPEAKING AND TELLING US WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NOW, UM, COMMISSIONER, WE, WE GOT AN EMAIL, UM, ABOUT WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS, UM, TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, I DON'T RECALL ANYTHING IN THAT EMAIL THAT SUGGEST THAT WE ARE TO GIVE A DETAIL REPORT OTHER THAN THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.
NOW, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, WE CAN ALWAYS GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE
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YOU SOMETHING.WE CAN, I CAN CREATE SOMETHING.
UM, TODAY'S WHAT MONDAY? I CAN CREATE SOMETHING AND HAVE IT ON YOUR DESK, IN YOUR EMAIL BOX BY WEDNESDAY TO LET YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON SINCE THE FIRST CHAMBER BREAKFAST UNTIL NOW, INCLUDING FINANCIALS, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE MADE SO FAR.
BUT JUST WANT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE WE, WE UNDERSTAND AS WELL THE CHAMBER IS A SEPARATE ENTITY SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT.
IF THAT INFORMATION IS WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM IN GIVING IT TO YOU.
UM, THERE WAS MENTION MADE, UH, SOMETIME AGO ABOUT THE CHAMBER SHOULD NOT BE A BABY TO THE CITY WHERE YOU'RE CONTINUOUSLY DEPENDING ON THE CITY TO FUND AND SUPPORT.
WE FEEL IT IS MAJOR ENOUGH THAT THE CITY SHOULD, THE CITY SHOULD PARTNER WITH US TO GET THIS DONE.
BUT IF YOU NEED THAT INFORMATION, AND IF YOU SAY YES TONIGHT, I CAN HAVE THAT REPORT SENT TO YOU AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN YOUR EMAIL BOX.
YES, I, I'M IN IMPROVEMENT OF WITH THE DEDUCTION WITH, THERE WAS A OVERSIGHT.
I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE APPROVAL FOR THE 5,000 PLUS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, FOR TIME, SAY KYLE, MY QUESTION MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTATION THAT A DONATION REQUEST APPLICATION IS REQUIRED FROM ANYONE REQUESTING A DONATION ACCORDING TO OUR CODE, IN ADDITION TO A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
UM, SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND PROCEED IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS HERE TONIGHT.
A DONATION REQUEST APPLICATION IS REQUIRED, MADAM, A CM, ALONG WITH A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
WHAT WAS NOTHING? SAME, SAME, SAME.
THANK YOU MR. BUT I JUST, ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE I GO BECAUSE I LOVE TO GET DEFINITIVE ANSWERS OR ASSESSMENT IS WHERE WE GO.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT A WHILE AGO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FROM HERE? IF YOU DECIDE NOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO, WHAT IS IT THAT WE DO NEXT APART FROM FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION, SEND IT BACK TO YOU AND KINDA GET THINGS DONE.
AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, UM, WE WERE REALLY HOPING THAT THE INITIATIVE WOULD KICK OFF FOR AT LEAST THE DECEMBER PERIOD.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, WE NEED TO GET THE SCIENCE MADE FLYERS DONE, THE MAILING OUT, AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THE DECEMBER SHOPPING PERIOD WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GET INTO.
UM, CAN WE TRY AND GET INSIDE THERE? WE CAN TRY.
WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THIS DONE, IF NOT, UH, FIRST QUARTER OF 2026.
UM, TRY AND GET THINGS DONE THE WAY IT IS.
SO I JUST WANNA KIND OF SET SOME EXPECTATION FOR OURSELVES SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, THE TIME WHEN THIS MAY BE DISPERSED.
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE A CONSENSUS? YES.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS? YES.
MADAM? UH, MADAM MAYOR? YES, MADAM.
I'LL SEND YOU OVER THE FORMS OKAY.
FOR COMPLETION SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED.
WE ARE BACK TO I, UH, MADAM MAYOR, MS. KO.
UH, SO JUST FOR MY PURPOSES ON MY SIDE, SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
SO WE DO THAT, TAKE THAT TO A RESOLUTION AFTER, OR WE JUST WAIT OR HOW WE PROCEED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S CLEAR ABOUT HE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE APPLICATION, BUT THEN NOW WE GO TO A RESOLUTION OR NO FOR A DONATION.
ALL WE NEED IS THE APPLICATION AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WHICH I'LL SEND TO MR. GREEN.
AND I DO WANNA TAKE, UH, ANOTHER NOTE.
UH, I APOLOGIZE, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT COMMUNICATED TO MR. GREEN AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
THAT WOULD BE ME BECAUSE I DID NOT HEAR ABOUT THE FINANCIAL, UM, PROBLEM REPORT.
BUT HE SAID HE'S WILLING TO DO IT IF THAT'S, IF NECESSARILY IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.
THAT HAIRSTYLE WILL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING.
[K. DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2025-100 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED-TIME AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS]
ASCERTAIN, WE ARE ON K.DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO ZERO PROVEN AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED TIME AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS.
AND MS. TANJA MCCOY IS HERE TO PRESENT
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THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THIS ITEM IS REGARDING THE LIMITED TIME LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFIED CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CITY HAS BEEN, UM, REVIEWING THIS POTENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COMPLIANCE AND, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE PROGRAM AND WHAT SHOULD BE REMOVED.
UM, THE CURRENT DOCUMENT READS AS FOLLOWS, PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS DURATION, AMNESTY WINDOW WILL BE OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS.
THE DATE OF START WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION ELIGIBLE CRITERIA FOR AMNESTY PROGRAM.
THIS AMNESTY PROGRAM APPLIES TO ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO FULL COMPLIANCE SETTLEMENT OFFER.
THE CITY WILL ACCEPT A FLAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL LIEN BALANCE EQUAL TO 15% FOR TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT FOR ALL HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.
35 FOR TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT FOR ALL NINE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, AND 20% FOR TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT FOR THE SECOND.
AND SUBSEQUENT NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER OR OWNERS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR REDUCTION WITH THE SAME APPLICATION.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS INCLUDE AMNESTY APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION FEE, PROOF OF COMPLIANCE VIA PRE-APPLICATION, I MEAN PRE-INSPECTION AND FINAL INSPECTION AND PROPERTY OWNER VERIFICATION.
UPON TALKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND A MEETING WE HAD, UM, LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE APPLICATION FEE AND THAT FEE.
WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE $200 WOULD BE FOR HOMESTEAD, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, CONDO, AND TOWN HOMES.
AND THEN THE $1,500 APPLICATION FEE WOULD BE FOR THE NON-HOMESTEAD COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, THE PAYMENT OPTION WOULD BE PAY IN FULL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL, OTHERWISE THE LEGAL WILL REVOLT VERT TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM TO A OPPORTUNITY FOR CODE COMPLIANCE OR OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY LIKE TO CHANGE.
WOULD YOU, UH, CONSIDERED CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM? MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
MS. UM, MCCOY? I AM I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE RECEIVING THE OLD AMNESTY PROGRAM REDUCTION BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING, UM, YOU MENTIONED 20%.
I DON'T SEE THAT IN OUR BACKUP.
YEAH, THIS WAS IN MY NOTES THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS, SO I JUST HAVE A NOTE HERE ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT WAS WHAT THE CHANGE FROM THE OLD DOCUMENT WAS.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO, UM, PASS THIS AROUND? I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THAT.
SEE THAT? UM, MS. MS. TANJA? SEE IF I CAN GET IT.
CAN I GET A COPY OR I DON'T SEE WHATCHA LOOKING FOR OR SOMETHING.
I'M JUST, I JUST TOOK A PICTURE.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE COPY CAPABILITIES ON THIS FLOOR HERE? THAT MAKE SENSE? MY APOLOGIES.
UM, OR I COULD PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
YEAH, IF WE CAN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
IS THIS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA? NO, NO, NO.
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FROM TAKE A PICTURE WHERE WE STARTED WITH THE PROGRAM TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.I GOT IT ON MY, I TOOK A PICTURE.
VICE YOU CAN MAKE COPY MR. TANJA.
YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT $1,500 FOR NONE HOMESTEAD.
IS IT, ARE YOU LOOKING ON APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR JUST MAYBE ONE PERSON WHO HAS A PROPERTY, ONE PROPERTY THAT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND LIENS IS THERE.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA BREAK IT DOWN? BECAUSE I COULD HAVE A TRIPLEX OR FIVEPLEX AND THE OTHER PERSON NEXT DOOR HAS ONE.
A SINGLE HOUSE, SINGLE PROPERTY.
$1,500 TO ME WOULD NOT BE THE, THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ONE PERSON'S PROPERTY.
YES, THAT'S, THAT'S WAS MY PROPOSAL WAS TO, UM, REDUCE THAT FOR ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A CONDO.
UM, AND A TOWN HOME, IT WOULD JUST BE THE $200 FEE.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE HOMESTEAD, NOT HOMESTEAD, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT HOMESTEAD AND IT'S JUST A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE THE $200 FEE.
SO THE 1500 WOULD BE DR. WILLIAMS FOR THE BUSINESSES, THE 1500 WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAS BUSINESSES, TRIPLEXES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY OPERATING A BUSINESS.
HOMESTEAD COLLEAGUES ON THIS END.
MS. TANYA, WE SHOULD HAVE A COPY.
ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE WITH US WHILE WE'RE WAITING? UM, I WAS PLANNING TO BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR, UM, THE RESOLUTION ON OUR NEXT NOVEMBER MEETING.
MADAM MAYOR, IF WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AGREEMENT.
FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE, PLEASE.
PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED, SO I'M STANDING HERE REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, AS OUR, AS WE BEGIN AS A CHAMBER OF CONFERENCE, COMMERCE, COMMERCE, WE WANT TO BE ACTIVE WITH OUR CITY AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH THE BUSINESSES.
AND SO WE LOOKED INTO THE AMNESTY PROGRAM AND WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS CITIES.
WE KNOW THE RANGE WENT FROM 1% ALL THE WAY TO 35%, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ACCESS CITY DO 10% FOR ALL APPLICANTS, BOTH HOMESTEAD AND NON NON-HOMESTEAD.
UM, I JUST DISTRIBUTED A SHEET, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, UM, CHAMBER, WHICH KIND OF BROKE DOWN FROM INITIALLY WHAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU GUYS.
UM, ORIGINALLY, AND THEN PER OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT WE KNEW THAT SHE HAD TAKEN DOWN FROM NOTES, BUT PART OF IT WE GOT MIXED UP.
SO UNDER RATE REDUCTION FOR THE HOMESTEAD, WE CHANGED IT TO A SINGLE FAMILY CONDO AND TOWN HOMES.
AND WE RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THE CLASSIFICATION LIKE THAT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE NO CONFUSION BETWEEN HOMESTEAD AND NON HOMESTEAD BECAUSE WE DO KNOW IN OUR CITY THERE WERE SOME HOMES THAT ARE NON-HOMESTEAD THAT MAY HAVE VERY HIGH LIENS.
AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE HOMES TO BRING THOSE HOMES TO, UM, CLEAR THE LIENS SO THAT THAT PROPERTY CAN BE REINVESTED, SOMEBODY COULD BUY IT, AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO THE APPLICATION FEE, WE AGREE WITH THE CITY, CITY WITH APPLICATION FEES, THE 200 F IT'S SAFE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME, CONDO, TOWNHOUSE TOWN HOMES, AND 1500 FOR A MULTI-UNIT AND COMMERCIAL.
UM, THE CHANGE STATUS, UM, TO BE IN A COMPLIANCE APPLICATION, I KNOW BEFORE IT SAID SIX MONTHS, BUT I BELIEVE YOU GUYS MADE THAT CHANGE.
UM, DURATION OF PROGRAM YOU HAVE 18 MONTHS.
AND WHAT WE'VE GOT THIS FROM IS FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
THEY DID A LEAN, UM, AMNESTY PROGRAM IN 2023.
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THEY HAD, BEFORE THAT THEY HAD A, UM, A LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM THAT THEY STARTED IN 2017.AND THAT LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM GENERATED $4.9 MILLION IN EIGHT YEARS.
AND WHEN THEY DID AMNESTY PROGRAM, SORRY, IN 2023, THEY, UM, UP TO JUNE OF 2025, THEY, THEY COLLECTED $2.33 MILLION.
AND THAT'S, UM, NEARLY HALF OF WHAT THEY DID IN EIGHT DID IN EIGHT YEARS WITH THEIR LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM.
SO ALSO IN THE BACK, I KIND OF GAVE YOU THE, UM, THE MEMO FROM THE CITY OF, CITY OF FOR DOLLARS BACKUP WHERE I GOT THE NUMBERS FROM.
AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UM, FOLLOW THROUGH THE 10%.
WE THINK IT'S MORE ATTRACTIVE, WE GET MORE PEOPLE IN AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THESE, UM, THESE LINKS SETTLED.
THANK YOU FOR VICE TENSE MADAM MAYOR HARRISON.
UM, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY POINT AS WELL.
WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THE PERCENTAGES, UH, BASING IT OFF OF WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND AMNESTY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE AMONG THE HIGHEST, IF NOT THE HIGHEST, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, UM, SETTLE FOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT AS OF YET, BUT I THINK THE PERCENTAGES ARE A LITTLE TOO HIGH.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE GAIN BY DOING THIS IS WE GET A CHANCE TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO BUY INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE PERCENTAGES TO BE LOWER.
UH, I THINK THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
HERE IS MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MADAM, VICE MAYOR, EXCUSE, IT'S FOR MS. TANJA, THE $200, WOULD THAT COVER THE COST THAT THE CITY HAD INCURRED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? MADAM NOT, NO.
THAT WOULD NOT COVER HARD COSTS.
WOULD THE 10% COVER OUR COST? NO.
THEN I THINK AT LEAST WE SHOULD TRY TO RECOVER OUR COST TO YOUR COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. WHAT WOULD BE THE PERCENTAGE TO COVER OUR COST THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? WHAT I'VE, I HAVEN'T TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT COSTS IN THIS PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE OTHER AMNESTY PROGRAMS IS THAT THEY DO REQUIRE THAT YOU PAY COSTS.
SO THAT'S WHY, ANOTHER REASON WHY THE AMOUNT AT 35%, WE MAY NOT COVER ALL EVERYBODY'S THE COST THAT WE SPEND ON EACH ONE, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, BALANCE THINGS OUT AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT OUR PROGRAM DOES NOT EXCLUDE ANYONE.
OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAVING THOSE LOWER UM, AMOUNTS, THEY DO REQUIRE COSTS AND THEY ALSO EXCLUDE HIGH DOLLAR LIENS.
MAYOR, MAD VICE MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER IF WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR COST IS COVERED AND THEN MAYBE 10%, BUT TO SAY 10% AND THE COST IS NOT COVERED.
IT MEANS THAT IT IS THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THE VIOLATIONS THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT IS, UM, IDENTIFYING THAT COST BECAUSE THESE LIENS CAME INTO PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME MM-HMM
SO MAYBE GOING FORWARD WOULD BE EASY FOR US TO CALCULATE THAT COST.
BUT THE FACT THAT A, THE MA THE LIENS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE, WELL BEFORE TODAY.
THEN MS. THEN MS. TANYA, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE PERCENTAGE THAT IS BEING PROJECTED WOULD HELP TO COVER SOME OF THOSE COSTS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES.
THE PERCENTAGE THAT'S BEING PROJECTED WILL COVER SOME OF THOSE COSTS IN WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY INCURRED OVER, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, RA I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS NEW, NEW, THE 15%, THE 35 AND THE 20% AND ALL THE FEES.
I'M IN FAVOR FROM IT FOR IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT, MS. MR. GREEN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF IS THAT THE MEASURES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE,
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AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT ARE REGARDING BUSINESSES, THAT WE DON'T MAKE IT MORE OF A PUNITIVE MEASURE, BUT A MEASURE THAT WILL INCENTIVIZE, INSPIRE, AND MOTIVATE BUSINESSES TO COME FORWARD.THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OUR LEASE LIAISON OFFICER SUGGESTS THAT FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A 35%, UM, FIGURE, HAS COLLECTED IN THE 2000 AND 2017 4.9 MILLION.
UM, AND AS OF JUNE, 2025, THEY EXPECTED TO REACH 2.7 MILLION.
NOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO PUNISH BUSINESSES AND PROBABLY DRIVE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE CAN KEEP THE FIGURES AS THEY ARE.
I MEAN, NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
THE VIOLATIONS HAPPEN ALREADY, IT'S GONE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THE CITY BOOKED THE INCOME FROM THAT PAST TO BE ABLE TO SHORE UP THEIR FINANCES FOR 2025 OR 2026.
IT IS GOING TO BE, I'M PRETTY SURE, ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE CITY TO USE TO SATISFY, UM, ALL THE EXPENDITURES THAT IT HAS.
FROM A CHAMBER'S PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HAVING HIGH NUMBERS, BUT FEWER BUSINESSES PARTICIPATING.
I THINK A BETTER ROUTE TO GO WOULD BE TO HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE NUMBER BASED ON WHAT HISTORY HAS TOLD US, BASED ON WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND IF THOSE NUMBERS WORK IN THE OTHER CITIES, WE CAN'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE BELIEVE IN THE CITY THAT A HIGHER NUMBER IS GOING TO HELP US TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE IN THAT, THAT, THAT MAY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
BUT IF YOU HAVE 35% AND 10% OF THOSE BUSINESSES DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MAY NOT ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL, WHICH IS TO GET PEOPLE OUTTA THE VIOLATIONS AND GET THEM TO START OPERATING NORMALLY.
IT IS BETTER THAT WE GET MORE BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE.
SO WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, MORE BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE SO THAT THE GOALS CAN BE ACHIEVED.
AND LASTLY, I WILL SAY THIS, THE CHAMBER STAND FIRM IN WANTING TO HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BY THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE FEEL IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY AND BUSINESSES.
SO WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE GIVEN THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY AND WITH BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ONE.
BUT IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE FOR THE CITY AND MAKE EVEN MORE SENSE FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR ELSE.
WHAT WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT WE GET A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESS WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY IT, WHO WILL COME FORWARD AND SAY YES.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROBLEM JUST GOING ON FOREVER.
I THINK I NEED TO STRESS THAT.
COME UP AS I'M SPEAKING, COME UP.
I THINK I NEED TO STRESS THAT THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT TO PENALIZE ANYONE, THE BUSINESSES NOR THE HOMEOWNERS.
SO IF WE COULD KEEP THAT FRAME OF MIND THAT THIS IS NOT REGARD PENALIZATION, BUT IT IS REGARDING TRYING TO, TO RIGHT.
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN WRONG FOR A LONG TIME.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I REPRESENT ONE OF THE BUSINESSES WHO, WHICHEVER VERSION YOU ADOPT IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.
AND I THANK THE MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ISSUE I'M IN FAVOR OF, OF THE, THE CITY ADOPTING THE PROGRAM.
NOW, I, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, UM, THAT WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THIS CITY OR ANY OTHER CITY, UM, MAY, UM, UH, REALIZE IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO DEPEND UPON THE AMOUNT OF EACH, UH, PARTICULAR FINE, UH, AND LIEN THAT EXISTS OUT THERE.
UM, I, I KNOW THIS FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES BECAUSE NOT HERE IN THIS CITY, BUT IN ANOTHER CITY HERE
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IN BROWARD COUNTY, I AM A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.AND SO I HEAR THE CASES, AND MANY OF THE CASES ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS COMING BEFORE ME BECAUSE IN THE PARTICULAR CITY WHERE I SERVE AS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THEY'VE GIVEN ME THE AUTHORITY TO REDUCE THE LIENS.
SOME CITIES DO, SOME CITIES DON'T.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED HERE IS TO GIVE THAT AUTHORITY TO STAFF.
AND I, I HAVE A POLICY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THAT COME BEFORE ME TO GIVE THEM A FLAT 10% REDUCTION.
UH, NOW THAT MAY BE 2004, UH, FOR A PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS A $20,000 LIEN AND ACCRUED, BUT IT MAY BE 50,000.
AND I'VE HAD PROPERTY OWNERS WHO'VE COME BEFORE ME WITH SIGNIFICANT FINES.
AND EVEN AT A 10% REDUCTION, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IN THE BIGGER SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S GOING TO EVEN OUT.
AND SO IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT COVERING YOUR COSTS, UH, UH, AND YOUR STAFF COSTS, WHICH IS A, A LAUDABLE, UM, UH, UM, OBJECTIVE, I BELIEVE THAT AS YOU SEE THE PROGRAM BEING IMPLEMENTED OVERALL, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE HIGHS AND LOWS.
IT'S GONNA AVERAGE OUT AND YOU'RE GONNA COVER THOSE COSTS, UH, IN, IN MY VIEW AND MY OPINION AND MY EXPERIENCE.
SO I'M HERE TO, UM, SAY THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, I SUPPORT STAFF, OBVIOUSLY FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF REPRESENTING PROPERTY OWNERS.
MIKE, PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR, ONCE HE'S DONE, IF YOU PARDON? NO, I'M SAYING ONCE HE'S DONE PRESENT, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST MAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A 7:00 PM UM, SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
NO, AS SOON AS WE GET MR. HARRIS BACK.
BACK ON ONE LAST THING, ONE LAST THING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY FROM PERSPECTIVE OF REPRESENTING PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A SELF-INTEREST IN IT BEING AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT OVERALL YOU WANT TO INCENTIVIZE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE, MAY HAVE HIGHER, UM, LIENS THAT HAVE ACCRUED TO MAKE IT, UH, FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO COME IN, SETTLE UP THEIR ACCOUNTS AND BE ABLE TO MOVE ON, WHETHER TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY OR TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THESE LIENS OUT THERE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, I SUPPORT THE, IN PRINCIPLE, THE CONCEPT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF ONCE IT'S, UH, IT'S ADOPTED SO I CAN GET MY CLIENT THE RELIEF THAT IT WANTS.
WE TAKE, WHAT WAS THAT, MR. HARRIS? THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO KNOW, WHICH COMPANIES DO YOU REPRESENT WITHIN THE CITY? OH, UM, MR. HARRIS IN THIS PARTICULAR, THE LANDLORD OF THE, UM, UH, DOLLAR TREE STORE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UH, IF WE PASS THIS LEAN AMNESTY PROGRAM AS IT IS, IT WON'T BE A LEAN AMNESTY PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD BE THE BIGGEST, UH, AMONGST THE LARGEST, MOST AGGRESSIVE AMNESTY PROGRAMS IN BROWARD COUNTY.
IF WE PASS THIS IN ALL 31 CITIES, UM, APPARENTLY THE GENTLEMAN CAME TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF NEEM AMNESTY IS TO GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO FEELS, IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST STRATEGY TO GET A LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES AT ONE TIME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.
UM, MY QUESTION FOR MS. MCCOY IS, WE TALKED ABOUT COSTS.
WHAT ARE THE HARD COSTS? MS. TANYA, EXCUSE ME, MADAM MAYOR, THIS OFF AGAIN? YES, SIR.
SO SOME OF THE HARD COSTS WOULD INCLUDE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TIME THAT WE'VE SPENT WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT.
UM, THE MAGISTRATE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING THE MAGISTRATE TO COME TO, UM, ANY TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAD TO RETURN TO THOSE LOCATIONS TO TRY AND GET THE, UH, PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SOME OF OUR FIRE INSPECTIONS AS WELL THAT WE PAY TO BROWARD COUNTY.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LONG LIST OF HARD COSTS THAT WE CAN GO OVER AND I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU IF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THAT AS WELL.
WELL, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
IF YOU GET IT TO ME BY THE NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORKSHOP IT AGAIN SO
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THAT THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP RIGHT NOW.BUT MY QUESTION IS YOUR, IT IS YOUR POSITION THAT, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE RECEIVING SAYING EVEN AT 35%, YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COVER ALL OF THE HARD COSTS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? AT 10%, 15% AND EVEN AT 35%.
SOME OF THOSE HARD COSTS NOT LIMITED TO, BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE HARD COSTS.
IS THAT YOUR ASSESSMENT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR.
I WOULD, UM, STATE WHAT MR. HERRON SAID AS WELL, IS THAT OVER THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE LIEN, THOSE HARD COSTS WILL BE COVERED AS MUCH AS WE CAN RECOUP.
'CAUSE RIGHT AT THIS POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECOUPING FUNDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MS. MCCOY, DO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY OUTSTANDING LIENS WE HAVE OUT THERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES? WE SIGNED DO HAVE A LIST OF, UM, THAT WE HAD IN OUR, UM, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
SO I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT LIST.
NO, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, THAT WASN'T THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE LIENS OUT THERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING LIENS OUR LAST TIME YOU MENTIONED WE DID NOT HAVE ALL OF THEM.
SORRY, ANSWER THE MIC ISN'T ON.
IT AND, AND, AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO TO THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID ONCE THE MIC IS ON, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT CAN AVERAGE OUT AND WHAT CAN'T? DOESN'T REALLY, LIKE I KNOW THAT WE GET PEOPLE HERE TO COME AND ADVOCATE AT THIS POINT OF THE GAME AND ALL OF THAT WE ARE CALLED.
AND THAT THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM A LEAN AMNESTY BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TO COMPARE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO CALL IT THAT THIS IS NOT HELPING BUSINESSES, THIS IS NOT HELPING BUSINESSES AND MAJORITY OF THE COSTS IS GONNA BE INCURRED BY THE BUSINESSES.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE OUTSTANDING LIENS OUT THERE? DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE A CURRENT LIST OF ALL OUTSTANDING LIENS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER.
SO HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT BASED OFF OF WHAT WE RECOUP, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BALANCE OUT? IS THAT THE HOPE OR IS THAT BASED OFF OF THE AMOUNT OF LIENS THAT'S OUT THERE? BECAUSE FROM WHAT IS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S HIGHS AND LOWS WHEN YOU SAY WE CAN BE ABLE TO RECUPERATE OUR COSTS, WHAT ARE YOU BASING THAT OFF OF IF WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF LIENS THAT ARE OUT THERE? DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR.
WHEN I STATE RECOUP COSTS, I AM STATING THE 35% IS A RECUPERATION OF COSTS THAT WE HAVE SPENT TO ENFORCE THE LIEN AND ENFORCE THE CODE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
MADAM MAYOR, THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT WOULD COVER THE COST IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LIENS ARE OUT THERE, DO YOU? MADAM MAYOR, THE AMNESTY PROGRAM IS NOT FOR US TO RECOVER EVERYTHING THAT WE SPENT.
IT'S A PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOR THE CO THE LIEN HOLDER TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO WE HAVE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPENT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE LOOKING TO RECOUP AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN TERMS OF COST THAT HAS BEEN SPENT BY THE CITY IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
IT IS NOW SEVEN 7:03 PM AND WE MUST ADJOURN THE WORKSHOP AT THIS TIME AND COMMIT WITH THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT THIS TIME.
AND WE CAN EITHER, THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS.
OH, AND THOSE WHO CAME IN FOR CITY COMMISSION AND DID NOT TURN IN YOUR PINK SLIP, GO AHEAD AND DO SO AT THIS TIME.