Dec 09, 2025 City Commission Meeting

DON'T WE NEED ANOTHER ONE?

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GOOD

[1.  CALL TO ORDER]

GOOD.

GOOD EVENING.

EVENING.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM.

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE, RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE TURN OFF A SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING WHO MAY SPEAK.

ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO.

PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.

MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME.

THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN ALLOTTED.

EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION.

CHAMBERS, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS.

PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR AN INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

OUR MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK PLEASE.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

HERE VICE MAYOR THOMAS PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY PRESENT.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THREE A.

OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY BISHOP EVERTON, B WALKER FROM FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST APOSTOLIC INC.

AND EVERYONE, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE, UH, MOTHER MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LET US PRAY.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER EVENING THAT WE COME IN ONE ORDER.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS.

WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.

YOU ARE GIVING US THIS GREAT PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU HAVE ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE TO LEAD YOUR PEOPLE.

THESE WISDOM COME FROM ABOVE AND WE RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOU, MANY WOULD HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE.

SO WE THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE VICE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS, THE LAWYERS AND ALL OF THOSE, THE ATTORNEY AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ACT IN CONCERT TO ALLOW ALL OF THESE MEETINGS TO GO ALONG.

AND AS THEY DO GOVERN, WE PRAY FOR WISDOM.

WE PRAY FOR DIRECTION.

WE PRAY FOR DIVINE ORDER THAT ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, FOR YOUR NAMESAKE WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR PEOPLE.

WE PRAY TODAY THAT JUDGMENT AND DISCRETION WILL ALWAYS BE I'LL.

MARK OF THEIR DOINGS, THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE WHERE ONE YOUNG MAN PRAYED FOR WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.

YOU GIVE TO HIM EVEN MORE THAN HE ASKED.

WE PRAY TONIGHT THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR COMMISSIONERS THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THOSE WHO GOVERN WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, AND DIRECTION.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO BRING THEIR PETITIONS TO THIS COUNCIL, THAT IT BE HEARD AND JUSTICE BE GRANTED.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE TO WHOM THEY GOVERN, FOR WHOM THEY GOVERN.

KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THE SHEPHERD AND WE ARE ALL YOUR UNDER SHEPHERD.

WE PRAY THAT AS YOU GIVE THEM THE WISDOM THAT IS NEEDED AND THE GOVERNANCE THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HAND, THESE RESPONSIBILITY AS BEING BEQUEATHED TO THEM, NOT JUST FROM THE PUBLIC BUT FROM YOU, THE DIVINE SAVIOR.

WE PRAY FOR MERCIES TODAY AND WE PRAY FOR STRENGTH.

WE PRAY FOR HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY, OH GOD, THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING THAT THERE IS A GOD THAT THEY'LL GET TO KNOW YOU.

THANK YOU FOR

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE.

THANK YOU FOR GREAT PROVISION.

AND AS THIS MEETING GO FORTH, WE PRAY FOR DIVINE ORDER OVER EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE SAID AND DONE.

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ITEM FOUR,

[A.  PROCLAMATION - NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY PRESENTED TO AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR THOMAS)]

ITEM FOUR A PROCLAMATION NATIONAL HIV AIDS AWARENESS DAY PRESENTED TO AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK ACKNOWLEDGED THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

NOTED MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS IN OUR MIDST.

THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU KNOW AIDS WORLD AIDS DAY.

UM, WAS DECEMBER 1ST, BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE MM, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO MM-HMM THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT AND WAS SPREADING ON THE CAMPUS THAT SPOKE ABOUT AIDS AND WHEN I WAS IN THE DORMITORY IT WAS AN ALL GIRLS DORMITORY AND THEY EXPLAINED IT TO US LIKE THIS.

YOU COULD GET IT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT YOU, BUT THINK ABOUT THE LAST 10 PEOPLE YOU WERE WITH AND THE 10 PEOPLE THEY WERE WITH.

SO THERE WAS PANDEMONIUM IN THAT DORMITORY 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WAS THINKING BACK WHO THEY WERE WITH AND WHO WAS WITH WHO.

AND IT GOT VERY CONFUSING.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, MY SON, HE HAD AN ORGANIZATION HIV AND THE SHIRT ENTITLED, I HAVE HIV AND ON THE BACK IT SAYS, IF ONLY IT WAS THAT SIMPLE.

SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO GIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TO WORLD FOR WORLD'S AID DATE PRESENTED TO THE AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS.

'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.

FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE NUMBERS WERE UP A WHOLE LOT, BUT BECAUSE OF AWARENESS THAT'S BEING SPREAD OUT AND BECAUSE OF INGENUITY AND NEW THINGS BEING PUT OUT, THE NUMBERS ARE SLOWLY GOING OUT DOWN.

WHEREAS ON JUNE 5TH, 1981, THE UNITED STATES CH CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CDC ISSUED THE FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT OF WHAT WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS THE HIV EPIDEMIC.

AND IN 1983, THE HUMAN I DEFICIENCY VIRUS WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE OF HA AIDS MARK IN A CRITICAL MILESTONE IN UNDERSTANDING AND COMBATING THE DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVE ANNUALLY ON DECEMBER 1ST UNITES INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HIV AND AIDS, IT HAS SERVED AS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONFRONT THE HIV STIGMA, SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED AND HONOR THE LIVES LOST TO THE EPIDEMIC.

AND WHEREAS THE AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ADVANCES THE MISSION OF WORLD AIDS DAY BY PROVIDING CRITICAL HIV PREVENTION, TESTING, TREATMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY, SERVING 53,727 CLIENTS CONDUCTING 33,339 HIV

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WHEREAS THROUGH ITS BROWARD HEALTHCARE CENTERS, AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION DELIVERS ONGOING MEDICAL CARE TO MORE THAN 6,000 PATIENTS ANNUALLY DEMONSTRATE ITS VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ADVANCING THE GLOBAL COMMITMENT TO END THE HIV AIDS EPIDEMIC.

THEY OFFER FREE TESTING AT OUT OF THE CLOSET LOCATION AND THREE WELLNESS CLINICS ASSISTING INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS IN ENROLLING IN THE PREP TO PREVENT NEW INFECTIONS AND EXPANDING ASSET ASSESS, ASSESS THROUGH MOBILE TESTING UNITS THAT BRING SERVICES TO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.

ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO TEST POSITIVE ARE PROMPTLY CONNECTED TO AFS LINKAGE TEAM TO ENSURE A TIMELY ENTRY INTO CARE, DEMONSTRATING AFS VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND ADVANCING THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV AND AIDS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS PROUD TO JOIN THE AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION IN RECOGNIZING ITS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION, TESTING, TREATMENT AND CARE AND IN SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHIER, STRONGER, AND MORE RESILIENT.

NOW THEREFORE, THE MAYOR, VERONICA, ED EDWARDS, PHILIP BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN HER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 AS WORLD AIDS DAY AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN HER TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS, COMMISSIONERS TY SWELL EASTON HARRISON AND CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS TO RAISE AWARENESS TO COMBAT, TO COMBAT FIGHT AGAINST HIV AIDS, SUPPORTING THOSE AFFECTED AND HONORING THE LIVES LOST TO THIS EPIDEMIC IN WEAKNESS THEREOF.

SHE HAS HER AFFIX HERE ON TOO AND HER HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE AFFIXED THIS NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025.

VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS MAYOR AND VENICE HOWARD ACTON CITY CLERK, MMC, CITY CLERK .

RIGHT, AND TO RECEIVE THIS, I HAVE VANESSA FERGUSON AND THE GROUP THAT IS HERE TO RECEIVE IT.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME, PLEASE.

THAT'S AT THE MINUTES.

I DUNNO, IT'S SO CONFUSING.

I THANK YOU.

SO, UM, AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, LIKE VERY QUICKLY, AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED BACK IN, UH, 1987.

IT USED TO BE CALLED, UH, AIDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION.

IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, BASICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING FROM AIDS AND WHEN THE MEDICATION CAME OUT, IT BECAME MORE OF A, OF A HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

WE HAVE NOWADAYS, ACTUALLY IN 2025, WE HAVE, UM, 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE IN CARE.

WE ARE IN 50 COUNTRIES AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 67 PHARMACIES AROUND THE US.

WE DO PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES OTHER THAN HEALTHCARE, BUT THAT GOES ALONG WITH HEALTHCARE.

UM, WE DO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, WE HAVE FOOD PANTRIES.

WE HAVE, UH, OUT OF THE CLOSET, UH, WHICH IS A THRIFT STORE, WHICH IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THRIFT STORE.

PEOPLE DONATE A LOT OF, UM, THEIR THINGS THAT I DON'T REALLY NEED AND WE SELL THEM, BUT THE MONEY GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE DO HAVE ALSO OUR WONDERFUL TEAM

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UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, I MENTIONED THE FOOD.

WE ALSO HAVE HEALTHY HOUSING.

WE PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE JUST PURCHASED, UH, A BIG HOTEL IN MIAMI AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO BASICALLY IN LA AND WE'RE DUPLICATING THIS IN FLORIDA AND WE TURN THE ROOMS INTO EFFICIENCY HOUSING TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE TO PRO, TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME HOMES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH, WITH STABLE HOUSING.

BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT HIV CAN BE TRANSMITTED.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HOMELESS AND YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU'RE MORE EXPOSED TO DISEASES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CITY OF FLORIDA, THE LAKES.

AND I HAVE A SPECIAL, A VERY, VERY, VERY, I WAS TELLING MY COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL, UM, PERSONALLY, A VERY, VERY SPECIAL SPOT IN MY HEART FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I LIVED WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE US FOUR YEARS AGO.

I LIVED LIKE TWO MINUTES FROM HERE AND I, IT ALWAYS, IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, YOU I LIKE THAT TOO.

I'LL TAKE THAT ONE TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU BACK AGAIN AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU HOME.

SO , THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BISHOP WALKER FOR YOUR BLESSING THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR INVOKING WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS TO OUR CITY COMMISSIONER FOR INVOKING SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM FOUR B

[B.  PRESENTATION - DISTRICT UPDATE FROM BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZELLE ROGERS]

MADAM MADAM COMMISSIONER, WELCOME, WELCOME HOME.

IT FEELS GOOD, .

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

VICE, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND THOSE WHO LIVE, DO WORK.

AND JUST VISIT THE

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I SAY I JOINED SAY AND WELCOME TO LAUDERDALE LA ALTHOUGH THIS PRESENTATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR FOR COORDINATING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

IT IS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING FOR THE YEAR.

IS IT? NO, I HAVE ONE MORE.

NO, YOU HAVE ONE MORE.

ONE MORE.

BUT SUNRISE, I DON'T .

OH, THANKS SO MUCH.

NIGHT TO COME.

THIS IS IT FOR ME.

I DID MY CITY OF SUNRISE.

I DID LAUDER HILL AND I DID WHICH ONE AGAIN? PLANTATION.

PLANTATION.

SEE WE WERE COUNTED.

I'M TOUCHING ALL MY CITIES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

ALRIGHT, SO WE JUST WANTED TO BRAG ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AT THE COUNTY AND I HOPE YOU HAVE NOTICED OVER THESE PAST FEW MONTHS THAT I WILL ALWAYS SHARE IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA AT THE COUNTY.

THAT IS MY PROCESS AND MY POLICY AND PROCEDURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE.

SO IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

BUT THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I'M HERE TO HELP TO FACILITATE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT BRACKET ON BROWARD COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW OF ANY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT OWNS AN HOTEL.

COME ON, PUT UP YOUR HAND SO I CAN MOVE DOWN YOUR, YOUR COUNTY HAS, OKAY, THE OMNI WILL OPEN ON THE 18TH OF, OF THIS MONTH AND I HOPE YOUR SCHEDULE PERMITTED.

YOU WILL COME AND SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT WE CALL THAT WE KNOW IT'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT, BUT WE ARE READY AND WE KNOW IT'LL GIVE US THE RETURN THAT WE ARE EXPECTING.

SO LOOK OUT FOR THE OMNI HOTEL.

BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN AS MUCH AS WE ARE HEARING PRICES ARE HIGH HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE ARE HEARING THERE'S A SHORTAGE, SHORTAGE OF HOUSES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSES.

PEOPLE ARE COMING TO OUR STATE, THEY'RE MOVING TO BROWARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

SO YES, WE HAVE A SHORTAGE.

YES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONGESTION.

SO IN AS MUCH AS WE DID PUT THAT HOTEL DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AS MUCH AS WE DID, UM, EXPAND AND RENOVATE THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ADD IT TO IT.

YOU HAVE TO VISIT IT.

I CANNOT TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT YOUR COUNTY HAS DONE AND WHAT SOME OF YOUR TAXPAYERS' TAXES ARE PAYING FOR.

ALRIGHT, SO PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT UM, CONGESTION, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

AND AT THIS TIME I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM THAT WE KNOW WE ARE CREATING DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE, BUT WE ARE ALSO OFFERING A SOLUTION.

SO YES SIR, SHOWTIME.

WELL, WHILE WE WAIT, I'LL SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT JUST HAVING THAT ROADWAY THAT WE HAVE CREATED DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE WILL, WILL LEAVE CONGESTION ON STATE ROAD 84 SOUTHEAST, 17TH STREET, CAUSEWAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ELIMINATING THE NEED TO PASS THROUGH PORT SECURITY.

REMEMBER BEFORE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SECURITY TO GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

WE WERE LOSING BUSINESS BY HAVING THAT FACILITY AND YOU CAN'T GET TO IT EASILY AS YOU CAN GET TO AN AIRPORT AND GET TO YOUR, IT'S MORE THAN ASPHALT.

IT'S A STORY OF INNOVATION, RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY LED BY BROWARD COUNTY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING DIVISION UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE CONVENTION CENTER CONNECTOR PROJECT TACKLED COMPLEX ENGINEERING CHALLENGES TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW NEAR ONE OF THE REGION'S BUSIEST GATEWAYS.

FINDING THE RIGHT LOCATION MEANT WORKING AROUND TIGHT SPACES, HIGH SECURITY ZONES AND ACTIVE PORT OPERATIONS.

WITHOUT DISRUPTING DAILY COMMERCE, THE ROUTE HAD TO REMAIN OUTSIDE SECURE PORT AREAS, ENSURING SAFETY, WHILE KEEPING FREIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT.

UNINTERRUPTED CREWS NAVIGATED UNDERGROUND FUEL, WATER AND SEWER LINES WITH PRECISION CONTRACTORS.

INSTALLED OVER 100 AUGER CAST PILES SOME MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEET DEEP TO SUPPORT THE 1300 FOOT BRIDGE IN SOUTH FLORIDA'S TOUGH SOIL.

CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMEDIATED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE PORT EVERGLADES STAYED FULLY OPERATIONAL.

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THIS NEW ROUTE EASES CONGESTION, BOOSTS SAFETY AND LETS VEHICLES BYPASS THE PORT'S CORE.

THE PROJECT INITIATED BY BROWARD COUNTY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING DIVISION DESIGNED BY WSP INCORPORATED, BUILT BY LEAD ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS AND INSPECTED BY BROWARD COUNTY CERTIFIED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES WAS SUPPORTED BY PRIME CONSULTANT F AND J ENGINEERING GROUP AND SUB-CONSULTANT.

SOLID CONSULTING.

OVER 90% OF INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED BY CBES, PROVING LOCAL TALENT BUILDS WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND WITHIN BUDGET.

THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE GAS TAX PENNY FOR TRANSPORTATION, SURTAX AND A STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COUNTY INCENTIVE GRANT.

THIS PROJECT IS A SMART INVESTMENT IN BROWARD COUNTY'S FUTURE.

THE CONVENTION CENTER CONNECTOR ISN'T JUST OPEN, IT'S PAVING THE WAY FORWARD.

WAY FORWARD.

OKAY, YOU HEARD ALL OF THE TAXES BUT YOU DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT AVALOR, RIGHT? MM-HMM SO YOU AVALOR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT OR PORT IS SELF SUPPORTING.

OF COURSE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PROJECT.

PORT EVERGLADES, AS WE CALL IT, THE THREE MAIN PRODUCTION, THREE MAIN SOURCES OF REVENUE COMES FROM OUR CRUISE PASSENGERS, CONTAINERIZED, CARGO, PETROLEUM AND ENERGY.

THAT IS YOUR PORT SELF-SUPPORTING AS THEY COME.

AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE KNOWN AS THE ONLY STATE THAT ALL OF YOUR TREE METRICS, THE REVENUE STREAM FOR THAT AREA CAME IN AT THE HIGHEST RATE IN EVER.

ALRIGHT, SO CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL OF YOUR ENGINE, ALL OF YOUR REVENUES ARE COMING IN REAL HIGH AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S NOT KNOWN, BUT YET IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE ECONOMICS IS WORKING FOR US AND WE'RE INVESTING IN THE RIGHT PRODUCTS THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ALL TRAVEL DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE, WE ARE CONNECTED FROM THE EVERGLADES ALL THE WAY TO THE PORT AND EAST AND WEST WAS WITH SUNRISE EARLIER AND THEY WANTED ME TO KNOW THEY'RE READY FOR A LIGHT RAIL.

I SAID OKAY, CENTRAL BROAD NEED TO START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

SO EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES ABOUT LIGHT RAIL COMING UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF SUNRISE BROAD OR WHEREVER, BUT JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.

10 YEARS, WE WOULDN'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS SMALL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT, BUT IT'S WELL RECEIVED.

NUMEROUS FOLKS OVER 70 COUNTRIES CAME TO ZI THIS YEAR.

LARGEST AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATED.

AND I KNOW I, MY CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE PARTICIPATED, WOULD KILL ME IF I DIDN'T.

AND CELESTE, IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT LAUDERDALE LAKES ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ZI.

WE CONTINUE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO PROMOTE OUR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE.

MOST CITIES ARE NOT PUSHING THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE NOW MORE THAN EVER.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE AND HOW TO REALLY EXECUTE AND NAVIGATE THE TARIFFS THAT ONE HAS TO PAY.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU PAY NOW OR YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE A BUYER AND YOU ARE SHIPPING IT OUT OF HERE, THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD PAY.

ALRIGHT? SO EVERYONE WANTS TO HOLD ONTO THEIR REVENUES BEFORE THEY START SPENDING.

SO THAT'S AN OPTION FOR YOU.

BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS 6,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS 60 AGENCY, OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, $8.8 BILLION AND I'M SAYING $8.8 BILLION.

AND WE ARE ALWAYS CONSCIOUS, WE ARE ALWAYS, UM, VIGILANT, WE ARE ALWAYS CAREFUL AS TO HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND WE ASK QUESTION.

BUT WE ARE GONNA BRAG THIS YEAR ON THE FACT THAT WE CUT OUR MILIT RATE OF 5.6.

THAT'S TOO HIGH PERCENT.

I MEAN WOW, IT'S STILL OKAY.

THE MILEAGE RATE MM-HMM WE DID THAT.

IT WAS HARD, BUT WE ALSO LAID OFF SOME STAFF.

I AM NOT TELLING YOU IT WAS REAL PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU LIKE YOU WOULD DO HERE, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

IF THE POSITION HAS NOT BEEN FILLED

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MM-HMM AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THE TAXPAYERS.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

SO WE TOOK THAT LIBERTY, BUT WE WANT TO ALSO SAY A PROPERTY TAX.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR REGION, WE'RE FOCUSED ON GETTING OUR RETURN NOT ONLY TO BE A DONOR COUNTY AND I KNOW YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO BE A DONOR CITY, WE WANT TO GET THE BEST RETURN ON THE DOLLARS AND WE ARE FOCUSED THERE, BUT I AM SURE YOU KNOW THAT IF THERE'S A TARGET ON PROPERTY TAXES, WHERE THE REVENUES WILL COME FROM IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE FUNDING COMING IN.

SO WE HAVE TO START EDUCATING OUR POPULATION OR RESIDENTS.

SO I'M ON THE ROAD SHOWING WHAT WE ARE USING OR AT VALOR IN DOLLARS FOR AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE GONNA FIND AND SUBSTITUTE THOSE RE REVENUES.

DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? SO WE ARE HAPPY THAT THIS YEAR WENT WELL FOR BROWARD COUNTY.

WE ARE BOND ISSUE.

WE HAVE NO OUTSTANDING REVENUE BOND, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOT PAID OFF.

ALRIGHT? NONE THAT NEEDS AVALOR DOLLARS TO PAY IT OFF.

ALL, ALL BEEN DONE.

ADD PROPERTY TAX FOCUS ON PRIMARY REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.

REGIONAL FIRE SERVICES CONSOLIDATED NINE 11 SERVICES.

THAT'S WHAT WE USE OR AVALOR IN DOLLARS FOR MAINLY OR DETENTION CENTERS, COUNTY ELECTION SERVICES OR HUMAN SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS AND FACILITY TRANSIT, PARA TRANSIT.

YOU'VE SEEN THE BUSES AROUND HERE.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

YOU HAVE USED YOUR DOLLARS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.

WE ALSO APPLY HORSE TO LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS AND TO OUR PARKS BECAUSE WE NEED TO RECREATE.

SO WE ARE, I'M SHARING WITH YOUR LISTENERS TODAY AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE MUST KNOW WHERE THE REVENUES ARE COME FROM.

COMING FROM.

WE MUST KNOW HOW WE WOULD LIKE FOR DOLLARS TO BE SPENT AND THAT'S WHY YOU PARTICIPATE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT.

SO I WANNA SAY THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

YES, IT'S MY LAST DAY OF WORK.

I THINK IT'S MY LAST CITY THAT I'M TOUCHING AND I WANNA SAY ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR.

KNOW THAT YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS THERE, IS ACCESSIBLE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND ME.

I DO ANSWER MY PHONE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR BLESSINGS AND A PROSPEROUS 2026.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HAPPY KWANZA.

HAPPY HANUKKAH FEL DAD BON ALL THAT TO SAY.

BE BLESSED AND YOU WILL SEE ME NEXT YEAR.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXTENDED TIME, MADAM MAYOR.

AND I'M GONNA PUT MY VOICE TO REST.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASON I NEED TO GIVE IT A BREAK.

THANK YOU.

BUT I WOULD BE REMISS.

I'M GLAD I LOOK AND I SAW THE SMILES FOR MY STAFF.

ONE WAS LUKE WAS HERE EARLIER AND I SEE MIMI IN THE BACK AND OF COURSE EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW DWIGHTS.

RIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU.

COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT OUR STAFF, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF.

NO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET YOUR ENERGY FROM , BUT I NEED MY STAFF ALL THE TIME.

BUT COLLEAGUES, STAFFERS, THANK YOU.

THE ONLY, NO, I WAS GONNA SAY THE ONLY MAN ON THE DPO.

I FORGOT THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY AND EASTON, THE ONLY ONE ELECTED.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, .

THANK YOU MR. ROGERS.

THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT BROWARD COUNTY AND WHERE THE REVENUE DOLLARS HAVE GONE.

I'M ANXIOUSLY LOOKING FORWARD AND EXCITED TO GOING TO THE HOTEL TO VIEW THE HOTEL AND PERHAPS DEPENDING ON THE RATE, MAYBE DO A NIGHT OR SO.

OH, ABOUT SO AT THE HOTEL.

BUT WE, WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY.

YOU DO ALWAYS INVITE US HERE.

AND AS AN ASIDE, YOU SAID THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING.

I'M INVITING YOU TO OUR NE OUR MEETING TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

.

.

BUT I KNOW YOU DO WATCH US VIRTUALLY SOMETIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE TO US AND FOR POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY AVALOR TAXES THAT WERE USED.

SO WE ARE REAL, REAL GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

I'M SURE THE OTHER CITIES WERE GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

ALSO, WE'LL BE INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AS RELATES TO LIGHT RAIL.

SO WHOMEVER IS GOING TO INITIATE THAT.

IF

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BUT, UH, THAT, THAT IS A TOPIC THAT IS A LONG TIME COMING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMETIME BEFORE.

SO AGAIN, THE FOREIGN TRADE, WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FOREIGN TRADE, GET INVOLVED IN THE FOREIGN TRADE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.

MADAME VICE MAYOR, YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, YOU COVERED IT ALL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING IN OUR MIDST.

REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU MIMI.

THANK YOU MR. DEWINE AND WELCOME HOME .

THANK YOU.

IT SEEMS LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY COMES THROUGH LONDALE LAKES AT ONE POINT IN TIME, SO WE'RE GOOD.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM

[5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

FIVE A NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

MINUTES ITEM FIVE B, NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

I HAVE READ THE NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR MISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

I'M GOOD.

MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR, VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOUR, COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[6.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM MAYOR? WE HAVE TWO PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MR. BORDO.

MR. BORGE.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, I AM NOT ONE THAT, UH, KNOWS HOW TO REALLY REPRESENT MYSELF SO MUCH, BUT ANYHOW, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, EVERYONE ELSE IN THE OFFICE THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE? I NEVER GET A CHANCE TO SPEECH ABOUT EVERYTHING.

ONE THING THAT I FORGET ALL THE TIME, I AM BEING FINED $400,000 FOR NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE ISSUES THAT ARE AGAINST ME.

AGAIN, I HAVE STATED THAT I DO NOT WORK ANYTIME, UM, CHERYL SAVAGE CAME UP TO ME, I'D MEET HER AT THE DUPLEX.

SHE WOULD TELL ME, I GOTTA DO THIS, I GOTTA DO THAT.

I GOTTA DO WHATEVER.

REPLACE THE PLASTIC LIGHT SWITCH.

I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT A HUNDRED TIMES.

THE VERY NEXT DAY I DO THAT, THE VINES ON THE FENCE THE VERY NEXT DAY.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 10 YEARS.

IT'S NEVER BEEN NO ISSUE UNTIL I HAD TO EVICT MY TENANT.

MY TENANT KNOWN HAS KNOWN FOR SIX, EIGHT MONTHS I WAS SELLING THE PROPERTY.

SHE HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE A MOVE.

IT CAME TO THE, THE TIME TO WHERE I HAD TO EVICT HER TO GET HER OUT.

I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THIS.

SHE CALLS CODE ENFORCEMENT.

CHERYL SAVAGE COMES OUT.

SHE HAD TO BAD MOUTH ME IN THE WORST WAY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

SHE BEEN THERE EIGHT, EIGHT TO NINE YEARS, NEVER HAD NO PROBLEM OTHER THAN BEING LATE ON RENT.

I NEVER CHARGED HER A LATE CHARGE, UH, UNSUFFICIENT FUNDS.

I NEVER CHARGED, I NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO THIS WOMAN.

BUT ANYHOW, UM, I I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS CONTINUING AND GOING ON.

UM, I WOULD THINK THAT THE WHOLE BOARD UP HERE COULD HAVE ENOUGH COMMON SENSE TO SEE THAT MAYBE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LADY WAS MAYBE A LITTLE WRONG IN A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I'M BEING ACCUSED FOR.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, SHE BEFORE, I MEAN, SHE SAYS AFTER A YEAR, WELL, EVERYTHING IS CLOSED OUT, BUT YET I'M STILL BEING SUED FOR THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS.

I MENTIONED TO HER ABOUT A CAR THAT WAS IN, IN THE TENANT'S SIDE, WAS THERE FOR, I'M JUST GONNA SAY FOUR MONTHS WITH AN EXPIRED TAG ON IT.

I ASKED CHERYL ABOUT, CHERYL, ABOUT WHAT? ABOUT THIS CAR THAT'S BEEN SITTING HERE WITH THE TAG ON IT, WHATEVER.

OH, WELL, UH, WE WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THAT OR WHATEVER.

WELL, YEAH, 10, I START GETTING FINED $10,000 FOR THAT CAR AND IT WAS MOVED THE NEXT DAY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I AM BEING, MY WIFE AND I BOTH ARE BEING TORTURED SO MUCH OVER THIS ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN AS INNOCENT AS CAN BE.

THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS MAYBE LAID ON COMPLIANCE WAS WITH A BLASTED WINDOW CRANK.

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I COULD NOT FIND A WINDOW CRANK IN BROWARD COUNTY, BELIEVE ME OR NOT.

I DIDN'T WANNA REPLACE THE WINDOW.

THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER WAS GONNA PUT ALL NEW WINDOWS IN NEW FLOORING.

THEY HAD EVEN CAME IN AND MEASURED ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND EVERYTHING FOR THE FOOTAGE WE WERE GOING TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE DAYS.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS, THIS LIEN POPS UP.

I, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

UH, AND, AND, AND MY ATTORNEY, UH, HE, HE NOTIFIES ME THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL NOT EVEN SPEAK WITH MY ATTORNEY.

WHY? I MEAN, I HAVEN'T COMMITTED NO MURDER.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS MESS.

IT IS CHOKING MY WIFE AND I TO DEATH.

THE DUPLEX HAS BEEN OUR INCOME.

THE PLACE HAS BEEN EMPTY BECAUSE I'M HOPING THIS WILL GET CLEARED UP AND I CAN SELL IT BECAUSE THE BUYERS WANT IT EMPTY SO THEY CAN GO IN AND REVAMP THE PLACE, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.

I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME.

I KNOW I SOUND, I'M VERY UPSET AND I AM UPSET.

ANYHOW, GOOD NIGHT SIR, AND HAVE A HOLIDAYS.

THANK YOU.

MORNING, MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE FORMER VICE MAYOR, MARK SPS, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF DICE AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS.

UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, THE BOUNCE HOUSE.

UM, CLOSE, SORRY, I'M HERE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE BOUNCE HOUSE.

UM, LAST NIGHT I HEARD THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR SAY THAT THE GENERATORS REQUIRE A PERMIT.

UM, I DISAGREE WITH THAT.

I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE IN ANY, ANY CODE OR ANY FIRE, UM, CODE THAT, THAT REQUIRES PORTABLE GENERATORS TO HAVE A BUILD, TO HAVE A PERMIT.

ALSO, I'M ASKING YOU FOR ACTION.

SO I'M ASKING THE CITY COMMISSION TO EXEMPT, UM, PLACES OF WORSHIP FROM THAT SPECIAL EVENT.

UM, ORDINANCE.

I, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT FOR A CHURCH TO HAVE A PICNIC OR A SOCIAL EVENT ON THIS CAMPUS, THAT IT SHOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, FORM.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT REQUIRES IT, BUT THAT IS THE POSITION OF THE CITY STAFF.

SO I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE A DEFINITIVE, DEFINITIVE DECISION ON THAT.

SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO AN EXEMPTION FOR PLACE OF WORSHIP.

UM, ALSO I'M, I HEARD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

I WANNA REMIND THE CITY COMMISSION THAT SPECIAL EVENTS IS NOT PART OF YOUR JOB AS FAR AS THE, THE CHARTER IS CONCERNED.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED WHEN I CAME ONTO THE COMMISSION.

I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SPECIAL EVENTS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING WAS COMING FROM.

SO WHEN I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM THAT PUT TOGETHER THAT, UM, THE SPECIAL EVENT, UM, BUDGET THAT WE HAVE NOW.

NOW IT SEEMS VERY CHAOTIC.

I THINK PART OF IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK OUR CITY HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOALS, OBJECTIVES THAT WE CAN FOLLOW.

SO MAX AND I KNOW THE ONE THAT WE HAD, THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAD IS NOW EXPIRED.

UM, WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW ONE OR WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IT FROM A WHILE AGO.

BUT THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB AS COMMISSIONERS TO DO THE STRATEGIC PLANS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE CITY TO FOLLOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

FORM VICE, VICE MAYOR, CLERK, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO MORE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MM-HMM .

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT

[A.  ORDINANCE 2025-012 APPROVING ADOPTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2050; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL (EAR) REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR THE EAR-BASED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES AS REQUIRED UNDER PART II OF CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES]

ITEM EIGHT, EIGHT, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO TWO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROPOSED EAR BASED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS REVISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DATED OCTOBER 7TH, 2025.

A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A FURTHER PROVIDING FOUR EAR BASE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE, LAND USE ELEMENT, CONSERVATION ELEMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENTS PROVIDING

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THIS MOTION.

AND MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU.

THIS A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MME. MAY.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THIS ORDINANCE APPROVED THE TRANSMITTAL OF THE CITY'S 2025 EAR AND MS. TANJ MCCOY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM A CM.

WOULD YOU, UM, SAY WHAT YEAR IS FOR OUR LISTENING AUDIENCE PLEASE? SURE.

IT'S THE EVALUATION APPRAISAL REPORT.

THANK YOU, MS. SANDRA.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, UM, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER.

UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE, UM, RE TRANSMITTAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO THE, UH, STATE OF FLORIDA.

THIS RETAL IS REQUIRED.

IT IS, UH, 2025 DASH ONE ER.

THE BACKGROUND RELATED TO THIS IS THAT, UM, THE CITY TRANSMITTED THE ORIGINAL 2025 YEAR REPORT ON AUGUST 12TH, 2025.

AND THEN IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA COMMERCE DEPARTMENT DECLARING OUR EAR NULL AND VOID THAT, UM, NOTICE DECLARED THE EAR NULL AND VOID BECAUSE THEY DEEMED THAT SOME OF OUR POLICIES WITHIN OUR EAR, UM, GOP, WHICH IS GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES, THEY DEEMED SOME OF THOSE TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE AND BURDENSOME.

THIS CAME INTO, UM, CONFLICT WITH THE SB 180, NOW CHAPTER 2025 DASH ONE 90, SECTION 28 LAWS OF FLORIDA.

AS WE KNOW, THIS NEW LAW CAME OUT DURING THE PROCESS OF US PREPARING AND TRANSMITTING OUR ORIGINAL EAR TO THE STATE.

AND SO DURING THAT TIME, ONCE THEY REVIEWED IT, THEY FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS NEW LAW.

SO AT THIS TIME I HAVE REVIEWED OUR DIA, WHICH IS OUR DATA INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS REPORT, AS WELL AS IG OUR GOPS GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES.

AND I HAVE CREATED REVISIONS TO THOSE THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE POTENTIALLY MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME AS IT RELATES TO.

ALSO I HAD SOME OF THOSE POLICIES WERE RELATED TO THE BROWARD COUNTY, UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, I'M SORRY, BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN.

AND TWO OF THOSE POLICIES SPECIFICALLY AFTER TALKING TO BROWARD COUNTY, I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE YEAR REPORT.

AND SO AS WE CAN SEE ON THE UM, POWERPOINT, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MARKED OFF ARE THE ONES THAT I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE SO THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DINGED BY THE STATE.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONES THAT WERE NOT REMOVED WERE CHANGED THE WORDING FROM TWO ENCOURAGED OR PROMOTE INSTEAD OF INS INSTEAD OF REQUIRED.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN THE WORDING STATED REQUIRED.

SO I HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE WORDS AND NOW THIS TRANSMITTAL WILL ALLOW ME TO, IF WE APPROVED TONIGHT, I WILL BE ABLE TO RETRANSMIT THIS EAR TO THE STATE AND REQUEST APPROVAL.

MS. TANYA, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER POWERPOINT SLIDES BESIDES THE COVER HERE WHERE YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING'S BEEN MARKED OUT AND I'M SORRY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THE, ANOTHER VOID LETTER? YES.

AND THEN THIS IS THE ONE ABOUT THE BACKGROUND THAT I WENT OVER AND THESE ARE THE, UH, THIS IS SHOWS YOU THE POLICIES THAT THEY DEEMED TO BE MORE BURDENSOME, POTENTIALLY MORE BURDENSOME OR RESTRICTIVE.

AND THE ONES IN THE GREEN BOX ARE THE ONES THAT YOU UPDATED.

THE ONES THAT ARE MARKED ALIGNED THROUGH ARE THE ONES THAT I REMOVED AND THE REST I UPDATED.

OKAY.

MAYOR? YES.

MR. ATTORNEY? YES.

MADAM MAYOR.

AND COMMISSIONERS.

AGAIN, THIS

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AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS BILL IS UNDER CHALLENGE BY A NUMBER OF CITIES ACROSS THE, UH, STATE OF FLORIDA, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT IS DEEMED THE MOST RESTRICTIVE, UH, PROHIBITION ON A MUNICIPALS USE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.

SO, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ARE INTENDED TO COMPLY, BUT JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS MATTER IS UNDER, UM, UM, LEGAL CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU MS. .

UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SO ONCE THIS IS, UM, HOPEFULLY APPROVED BY THE STATE, IF AT SOME POINT THE, DURING THE LEGAL CHALLENGE IT'S DETERMINED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE BACK IN, WE WILL REVIEW, RE-REVIEW THAT AT THAT TIME AND IT MAY COME BACK FOR BEFORE COMMISSION IF WE DEEM IT TO BE NECESSARY.

THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

COLLEAGUES, NOTHING.

WE GONNA CLOSED CLOSE.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER SWELL.

UM, MADAM MAYOR, YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO 12 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

SIGNING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ITEM EIGHT,

[9.  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA ITEM, I MEAN ITEM NINE, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE A, NINE B, NINE C, NINE D, NINE E, AND NINE F MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION IS RESOLUTION 2 0 25 DASH 61 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 35 6 A ONE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZED IN THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND TO TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND SAY FOR CONSTRUCTION LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,218,740 PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN INVITATION TO BID ITB 25 DASH 63 10 DASH 15 B.

OKAY? YES, COLLEAGUES WOULD, PARDON ME, JUST ASK WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEEDS TO BE, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT MADAM MAYOR, I'LL REREAD THE TITLE FOR RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 16 1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56 A ONE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZED IN THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND SAFER CONSTRUCTION LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,218,740.

PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN INVITATION TO BID ITB 25 DASH 63 10 DASH 15 B DASH ZERO DASH 2025 AP FOUR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT CANAL EIGHT A COPY OF SAFER CONSTRUCTION'S LLC BIDS RESPONSE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A DRAFT COPY OF SET CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PRI PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 62 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56 A ONE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND REMENTON DESIGNS LLC CONTRACTOR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $249,794 AND 6 CENTS PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN INVITATION TO BID ITV 26 63 10 DASH FIVE B FOR ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.

A DRAFT COPY OF SAID CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE CONTRACTOR'S SCOPE OF SERVICES AND SUBMITTAL INFORMATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO

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COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 63 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND A TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND HEAVY CIVIL INC.