May 12, 2026 City Commission Meeting

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

THANK

[1.  CALL TO ORDER]

WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO RESIDE IN THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MORE OFTEN AT OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.

BUT NONETHELESS, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING THIS EVENING.

WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE 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 FOR SILENCE.

YOUR CELL PHONES TEN NINE EIGHT SEVEN SIX FIVE FOUR THREE TWO ONE.

ALRIGHT, ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY A AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST 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 THE ALLOTTED TIME.

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 CITY 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 THE INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING THIS EVENING.

MADAM CLERK, THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

MADAM CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

HERE VICE MAYOR THOMAS, COMMISSIONER SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY MORGAN PRESENT.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY BISHOP MICHAEL COLSON OF THE UNITY NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD INC.

FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

BISHOP PLEDGE P AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.

SHALL WE ALL STAND FOR PRAYER? ETERNAL, MOST HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS FATHER IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THY ONLY CALL ETERNAL SON, BECOME A FOUR YEAR THRONE AS TO WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS OUR SOVEREIGN KING, CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF ALL THINGS MATERIAL.

AND HE MATERIAL.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIVINE BENEVOLENCE AND SPIRITUAL GOODWILL TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF MEN FATHERS IN YOUR WORD.

YOU HAVE STATED THAT IN ALL OUR WAYS WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND YOU WILL DIRECT OUR PATH.

WE PRAY FOR DIVINE DIRECTIVES FOR UNLESS YOU KEEP THE CITY THE WATCHMEN, WATCH IT, BUT IN VAIN, THEREFORE WE PRAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL SO PROTECT THEM AND BLESS THEM, KEEP THEM FROM THE TERABYTE NIGHT AND FROM THE PESTILENCE THAT WALK IT IN DARKNESS AND FROM NOONDAY DESTRUCTION.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DO BUSINESS WITHIN HER WALLS.

WE PRAY FOR, FOR DISPARITY.

WE PRAY FOR THE WORKERS, WE PRAY FOR ADMINISTRATORS, AND MOST OF ALL WE PRAY FOR THE DIES.

THOSE WHO LEAD THE CITY WE PRAY WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AS THEY TRANSACT BUSINESS ON THE BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS, YOUR DIVINE, A PROBATION WILL BE UPON IT AND IT'LL BE EXECUTED ACCORDING TO DIVINE ORDER.

BLESS THEM LORD, THAT THEY WILL BE LIKE THE TREE THAT IS PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATERS THAT WHATSOEVER THEY PUT THEIR HAND TO, THEY WILL PROSPER, THAT THEIR LEADS

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WE ASK THESE MERCIES, WE SAY THANKS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, A NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

THANK YOU BISHOP COLSON FOR THAT PRAYER.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE WATCHED OVER AS ONLY GOD CAN WATCH OVER US.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING TO BE GIVEN WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS THAT IS IN THE BEST OF THE CITY AND THAT WILL GLORIFY GOD.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATIONS, WHICH IS WHAT THREE QUARTERS OF US ARE HERE FOR.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

PROCLAMATIONS.

OUR

[A.  PROCLAMATION - HONORING MS. ZARLINE JONES SCOTT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CAUSWELL)]

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

IT'S NICE TO SEE NEARLY A FULL CHAMBER.

SO MISS LENE HAS BROUGHT OUT HER AKA AND I KNOW HOW PROUD THE MALE VERONICA EDWARD PHILLIPS SAYS SINCE SHE IS AN AKA, BUT I WILL NOT GIVE HER THE CREDIT THIS EVENING.

I MADE SURE TO TELL SOME OF HER FRIENDS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET A PROCLAMATION AND I ASKED THEM TO BE HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO SUPPORT MY NEIGHBOR, MY FRIEND DARLENE SCOTT THIS EVENING.

THE PROCLAMATION IS HONORING MS. DARLENE JONES SCOTT AND IS SPONSORED BY NO OTHER THAN HER DAD, HER NEIGHBOR, AS I SAID HER FRIEND COMMISSIONER T SWELL AND IT READS, WHEREAS MS. ZION JONES SCOTT BORN IN 1936, HAS REACHED THE REMARKABLE MILESTONE OF 90 YEARS OF YOUNG LIFE MARKED BY EXCELLENCE, SERVICE AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO HER COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT IS THE PROUD GRADUATE OF DELO HIGH SCHOOL IN FORT LORD DAY CLASS OF 1953 AND BETHUNE COOKMAN COLLEGE CLASS OF 1957 AND WAS RECOGNIZED DURING HER COLLEGE YEARS WITH AN APPEARANCE IN JET MAGAZINE .

AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT HAS DEVOTED MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS BOTH AN EDUCATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR AND HAS MAINTAINED OVER SIX, FIVE YEARS OF ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN ALPHA CALF, ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT HAS BEEN A DEDICATED RESIDENT OF

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I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS, BUT IF IT DOES, PLEASE GO TOWARDS THE NORTH AND YOU WILL SEE.

AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT HAS PROVIDED OVER 65 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY AND IS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF ST.

CHRISTOPHER EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN HER AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LADALE LIVE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MS. ZIN JONES SCOTT AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN HER TOGETHER WITH VICE SMEAR SHOWER AND THOMAS AND COMMISSIONERS TY SWELL EASTERN HARRISON AND CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ALONG WITH THE CITIES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD IN HONORING AND RECOGNIZING HER AS A COMMUNITY PIONEER AND HER OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO CIVIC SERVICE.

MISS DARLENE SCOTT, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO STAND AND OF COURSE I KNOW HER SON IS HERE WITH HER.

COME ON OVER, COME ON DOWN MS. SCOTT.

AND I'M GOING TO ALSO ASK HER SORORITY, JOIN HER HERE, BRING HER TO THE PRESENT TO YOU MPROMISE PROCLAMATION AND OF COURSE PLEASE COME DOWN SORORITY WORDS ABOUT IT.

YES, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO TALK.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT AND MY SORORITY SISTERS US AND EVERYONE WHO'S HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE TO DESERVE THIS.

YOU ONLY DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.

YOU SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY THE BEST THAT YOU CAN AND DO RIGHT BY EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW.

AND I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GO DOWN THERE.

MY REPORT IS JUST THAT IT, THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS FROM THE STORY PRESERVATION REPORT.

OKAY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE FIRST

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NOW IT'S VERY LOW.

TESTING, TESTING, TESTING, TESTING.

IT'S VERY LOW.

THEY CAN'T PICK ME UP.

GOOD EVENING.

[B.  PROCLAMATION - RECOGNIZING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER MELISSA DUNN, COMMISSIONER DUN FROM OUR SISTER, CITY OF LAUDERHILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH US THIS EVENING.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION, OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION, I'LL JUST STAND CLOSE.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO DONNA LYNN FROM THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH SPONSORED BY MAYOR VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, NAMI WARD'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE AWARENESS AND PROVIDE PROGRAMS IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT SUPPORT A WORLD-CLASS SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY OF INDIVIDUALS FACING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

NAMI BROWARD DELIVERS SUPPORT,

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AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE TREATABLE, HEALTH CONCERNS THAT ARE WIDESPREAD AND MANAGEABLE.

AND WHEREAS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE ENCOMPASSES MENTAL HEALTHCARE, WHICH MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, VALUES, AND CULTURAL BELIEFS.

IT IS VITAL THAT THESE FACTORS ARE INTEGRATED INTO TREATMENT, ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME A BASTION OF SUPPORT.

AND WHEREAS THE BREADTH OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AFFECTING BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS IS PROFOUND.

ONE IN FIVE ADULTS WILL ENCOUNTER A MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

HALF OF ALL MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS BEGAN BY AGE 14 AND 75% BEGAN BY 24 YEARS OF AGE.

PROMPT INTERVENTION LEADS TO A MORE FAVORABLE OUTCOME AND WHEREAS HALF OF THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES NEVER RECEIVE TRANSFORMATIVE TREATMENT DUE TO BARRIERS TO CARE AND TO STIGMA, THE RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY JOURNEY OF INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION SHOULD BE CELEBRATED RATHER THAN STIGMATIZED.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ARE NOT CRIMINAL ISSUES.

NONETHELESS, INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED IN JAILS AND IN PRISONS.

NAMI COMMENDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS THAT EFFECTIVELY REDUCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ENHANCE SAFETY.

AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL CHALLENGES OR CAPABLE OF LEADING MEANINGFUL LIVES AND BUILDING AND CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO SOCIETY, COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES BY ENSURING ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT.

AND WHEREAS NAMI BROWARD COUNTY DESIGNATES THE MONTH OF MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, TO INSPIRE THOSE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, TO SEEK HELP AND TO BE UPLIFTED BY OUR MESSAGE.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE NOW.

THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDGES PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE GREAT B CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MAY, 2026 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

I URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS AND COMMISSIONERS TY SWELL EASTON HARRISON AND CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS, CELEBRATE HEALTH RECOVERY, AND SUPPORT THOSE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND WITNESS THEREOF.

I HERETO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE FIXED THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2026.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ROLL DOWN MS. LYNN.

THAT WAS A, A LOVELY READING.

THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, MAYOR OF EDWARD PHILLIPS AND THE COMMISSION AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR DE DECLARING AND ACKNOWLEDGING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

THIS IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN OUR FAMILY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER AND WORK WITH NAMI BROWER DO THE SAME.

AND, UH, WE WANT JUST, I JUST WANT TO AMPLIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE STATED IN HERE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, UM, DEFINITELY WORTH, UM, AMPLIFYING.

ONE IS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE COMMON AS AS, UH, THE MAYOR READ IN THE PROCLAMATION, ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN OF ONE OUT OF, UM, UH, 50% SORRY OF CHILDREN DEVELOP AND START HAVING SYMPTOMS BY AGE 14 BY THAT TENDER AGE OF 14, 75% OF PEOPLE BEGIN SEEING CHALLENGES

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AND THE PRO, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT GET TREATMENT FOR INSURANCE REASONS OR FOR STIGMA, BUT TREATMENT IS AROUND US.

MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE NO ONE'S FAULT.

IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF BAD PARENTING, BAD CHARACTER.

PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE ALL AMONGST THE MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE, UH, THAT WALK THE EARTH.

AND THEY ARE ALSO MEDICAL ILLNESSES THAT REQUIRE MEDICAL CARE.

THEY'RE TREATABLE AND TREATMENT WORKS.

AND THE EARLIER THE TREATMENT, THE BETTER THE OUTCOME.

NAMI EXISTS TO ASSIST WITH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. I MYSELF TEACH A COURSE CALLED FAMILY TO FAMILY BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AFFECT THE WHOLE FAMILY OFTEN AND THERE'S OTHER, UH, COURSES FOR, UH, PEER TO PEER PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS FIRSTHAND AND ALSO SUPPORT GROUPS.

SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HELP IS OUT THERE.

YOU CAN CONTACT NAMI BROWARD OFFICE.

ALSO, WE PARTNER WITH MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, WHICH IS JUST ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, LITTLE CLOSER TO UNIVERSITY.

AND THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL BOOK THAT THAT THEY, UH, IS ONLINE AT NO CHARGE CALL CONNECTIONS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, A PLACE FOR TREATMENT OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF, OF, UH, EXTENSION OF MENTAL HEALTH, THEY HAVE THIS, IT'S CALLED CONNECTIONS.

IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, SOUTH FLORIDA.

THERE'S ALSO THE CENTRALIZED RECEIVING FACILITY RIGHT HERE.

I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S A A MILE AWAY.

IT'S ON, UH, STATE ROAD SEVEN, JUST SOUTH OF OF COMMERCIAL 24 7 IS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE OVER 18.

THERE'S NO WRONG DOOR.

THEY WILL GUIDE THE THE PERSON TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR, UH, HAVING ME AND UM, CONNECTIONS.

OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH NAMI FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE MENTAL HEALTH AREA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION

[C.  PROCLAMATION - RECOGNIZING MAY 17 - MAY 23, 2026 AS FLORIDA WATER REUSE WEEK (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]

IT WILL BE ACCEPTED BY JESSE VAN IKE, SPONSORED BY MAYOR VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

WHEREAS SAFE, CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES ARE ESSENTIAL TO FLORIDA'S ENVIRONMENT,

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AND WHEREAS ALTHOUGH FLORIDA'S WATER SUPPLIES ARE FINITE, THE STATE'S POPULATION AND NEED FOR WATER RESOURCES CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

AND WHEREAS WATER REUSE PROVIDES A MEANS FOR CONSERVING AND AUGMENTING FLORIDA'S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES.

AND WHEREAS FLORIDA HAS ESTABLISHED THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF WATER REUSE AS STATE OBJECTIVES IN CHAPTER 3, 7 3 AND 4 0 3 FLORIDA STATUTES.

AND WHEREAS FLORIDA HAS RISEN TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER IN WATER REUSE, WE ARE USING APPROXIMATELY 958 MILLION GALLONS OF RECLAIMED WATER PER DAY.

MORE THAN 56% OF THE WASTEWATER TREATED TO CONSERVE FRESH WATER SUPPLIES AND RECHARGE OUR FRESH WATER RESOURCES.

AND WHEREAS FLORIDA'S PERMITTED REUSE CAPACITY IS MORE THAN 1.6 BILLION GALLONS PER DAY, APPROXIMATELY 62% OF FLORIDA'S TOTAL PERMITTED CAPACITY FOR ALL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND WHEREAS MAY TYPICALLY A DRY MONTH, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S POURING DOWN RAIN OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, TYPICALLY A DRY MONTH WHEN WATER DEMANDS ARE HIGH, IS A GOOD TIME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY CAN HELP SAVE FLORIDA'S PRESSURE, WATER RESOURCES THROUGH WATER REUSE.

AND WHEREAS WATER REUSE FLORIDA, THE STATE SECTION OF THE WATER REUSE ASSOCIATION HAS PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF MAY 17TH TO 23RD, 2026 AS FLORIDA WATER REUSE WEEK.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS JOINED WITH WATER REUSE FLORIDA TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE WATER REUSE AND CONSERVATION.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS IMPLEMENTED A WATER REUSE PROGRAM AND ENCOURAGES EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RECLAIMED WATER.

NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF THE GREAT RECAST CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 17 TO 23RD, 2026 AS FLORIDA WATER REUSE WEEK IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS AND COMMISSIONERS TY SWELL EASTON HARRISON AND CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS TO HELP PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES BY PRACTICING WATER CONSERVATION AND USING RECLAIMED WATER EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND WITNESS THEREOF.

I HAVE ONE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE FIXED THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2026.

MR. VAN, I'D LIKE TO THANK THESE RIGHT INTO IT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

THIS PROCLAMATION WILL ENSURE THAT FLORIDA'S WATER RESOURCES REMAIN CLINICAL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

THANK YOU.

AND ONE MORE PROCLAMATION.

[D.  PROCLAMATION - CELEBRATING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK]

OKAY, MAY 17TH THROUGH 23RD, 2026 PUBLIC WORKS

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WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2026 MARKS THE 66 ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDWARD PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE GREAT WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES DO HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 17TH TO 23RD, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

PLEASE JOIN ME ALONG WITH VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS, COMMISSIONERS TYSON SWELL EASTON HARRISON AND CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS AND WITNESS THEREOF.

I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE AFFIXED THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2026.

AND THIS PROCLAMATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY DIRECTOR OF OUR GREAT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR. RON DEBUS.

I CERTAINLY LAST BUT

[E.  PRESENTATION - HOME AND BUSINESS OF THE QUARTER 2026 (SPONSORED BY THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD)]

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MAD MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, YES, STAFF.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, MY NAME IS PAUL MARTIN.

I'M THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE UNIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD.

I'M HERE WITH ME.

I'VE GOT MY TEAM ALL FROM UNIFICATION.

DO YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M PAT WALKER, ASSISTANT CHAIR.

I'M SHIRLEY MEMBER BY .

OKAY.

HOME AND BUSINESS OF THE QUARTER.

WE SELECT OUR HOME AND BUSINESS OF THE QUARTER AND THIS TIME WE DO OAKLAND ESTATE EVERY, WE CHOOSE THEIR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH WE SELECTED.

SO WE LOOK FOR THE BEST HOMES HOME WITH LANDSCAPING, HOME WITH PAINTING, YOU KNOW, JUST OUTSTANDING HOMES.

AND FOR THIS YEAR WE HAVE, WE HAVE TOOLS.

WE FIRST ONE HERE, WE'VE GOT THIS DEREK MCLAREN.

THIS IS FOR THE OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

UM, BUSINESS OF THE, THIS IS FOR GOING THE DONKEY DONUT AND THEIR PRESENTATION WAS WONDERFUL.

DONKEY, DONUT DONKEY.

YES.

I HAVE A LITTLE INPUT WHENEVER YOU SEE US WALKING AROUND TAKING PICTURES.

PLEASE DON'T THINK WE ARE TRYING TO ARM YOUR PROPERTY OR YOUR HOUSE.

WE JUST TRYING TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS AND TAKE PICTURES.

THANK YOU.

TIME WELL SPENT.

TIME WELL SPENT.

YES.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

ITEM FIVE A APRIL 27TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

MINUTES

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APRIL 20.

APRIL 27TH, 28TH.

EIGHTH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE READ.

APRIL 27TH, 2026, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES APRIL 28TH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.

COMMISSIONER SWELL.

FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM SIX, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM MAYOR, WE HAD ONE PETITION, MR. ARI RAGAN.

MR. RAGAN.

MR. PGAN.

MR. PGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY CONSIDERATION

[9.  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT A, EIGHT B, A C AND EIGHT D COLLEAGUES.

NINE, NO, NINE A, NINE B, NINE C AND NINE D COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO.

OKAY.

MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS RE NO RESOLUTION 2026 RESOLUTION, HM, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 4 6.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

THE FACILITIES AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA.

FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, A DRAFT COPY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE ITEM ITEM NINE B RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 7.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA RATIFYING APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

NINE C RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 8 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

NINE D RESOLUTION 2 2 6 DASH 0 4 9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR THE INSTRUCTION TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM CITY CLERK MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 6 20 26 DASH 0 4 7 20 26 DASH 0 4 8 20 26 DASH 0 4 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM 10,

[A.  RESOLUTION 2026-050 APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE GRILL & CHILL: FATHER'S DAY BBQ EVENT TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)]

MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH

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6 5 5 0 5 0 SORRY, FIVE ZERO.

WHAT AM I READING? COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MME. MAY SEAL.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, COLLEAGUES AS DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT AND A FEW TIMES BEFORE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GRILL AND CHILL FATHER'S DAY EVENT BARBECUE, UM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HONOR THE FATHERS AND BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND FOSTER A STRONGER COMMUNITY.

THIS WILL BE HELD IN THE PARKING LOT OVER AT VINCENT TORRE PARK.

ALL EXPENSES WILL BE COMING FROM, UM, MY INITIATIVE ACCOUNT, UM, AND ALSO, UM, POTENTIAL SPONSORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AS WELL AS A GRILL, UM, ACTIVITY THAT FATHERS AND THEIR SONS CAN PARTAKE IN TOGETHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? NO.

SO THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SWELL WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH ZERO FIVE OH TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[B.  RESOLUTION 2026-051 APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE BUSINESS CONFERENCE ANNUAL SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR TALENT MATTERS (YTM) AND COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA APPROVING THE ADDITION OF THE BUSINESS CONFERENCE ANNUAL SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR TALENT MATTERS.

YTM TO THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

2027 TO BE HELD ON JUNE 13TH, 2026 AT THE HAZEL P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM.

FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE LIMITED USE OF THE CITY'S NAME AND LOGO IN CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE EVENT PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SO LIST A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 5 1 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR COMMISSIONER SWELL.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM 11 CORRESPONDENCE.

IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM CLERK? NO MA'AM.

WE'RE ON DISCUSSION.

WE'RE ON DISCUSSION.

ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? WELL, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS MADAM MAYOR, SO MAYBE COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, THIS IS ENLIGHTEN ME WITH IT.

YES, THIS IS, UM, AN INITIATIVE TO HOST A BUSINESS CONFERENCE, UH, ANNUAL SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YTM YOUR TALENT MATTERS, UM, HOSTED BY, UH, PETE KENNEDY, UH, FOR PROFESSIONALS SEEKING ALIGNMENT AND STUDENTS EXPLORING THEIR PURPOSE.

SO BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS EXERCISES AND WORKSHOPS, HELPING PEOPLE PULL OUT THEIR TALENTS, UH, THAT THEY NATURALLY HAVE AND HOW THEY CAN APPLY IT, UH, TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIVES.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, PETE KENNEDY HAS HOSTED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE A WORKSHOP THAT I MYSELF HAS BEEN A PART OF.

UM, THEY USE A STRENGTH-BASED, UH, MODEL TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOUR STRENGTHS ARE AND HOW YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, CAN IDENTIFY AND ALIGN THOSE STRENGTHS WITH YOUR GOALS.

THIS IS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 13TH INSIDE THE HAZEL P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM.

AND MAY I ASK WHAT TIME YOU HAVE IN MIND AND COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YES, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME HERE.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

APOLOGIES.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIME, UH, IN FRONT OF ME HERE.

UH, BUT I DO KNOW IT'LL BE IN THE DAYTIME.

IT WON'T BE IN THE EVENING ON THAT SATURDAY.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIME.

SORRY, I'M NOT PREPARED WITH THE TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, WE DID LOCK IN AN EXACT TIME.

MADAM AC MI DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT ON THE CALENDAR OVER THERE.

I ACTUALLY DO NOT SEE IT HERE, BUT MAYBE VINCE, HE'S PROBABLY CHECKING RIGHT NOW TO THEIR CALENDAR TO FIND OUT.

MR. VINCE,

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GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER.

CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS VINCE MULLER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.

UM, CAN I ASK YOU, WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR ON THE CALENDAR AGAIN? HARRISON TIME.

WHAT DOES HE, UH, IF YOU HAVE IT ON THE CALENDAR, THE TIME FOR OUR JUNE 13TH, UM, EVENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT 9:00 AM JUNE 13TH AT 9:00 AM OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU VINCE.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, GOOD TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

SORRY THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE, UM, IN THE, THE BACKUP OR RESOLUTION, BUT WE, UM, THEY CONFIRMED THE, UH, THE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THAT DAY AND TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES TO YOU? BY THE WAY, I'M CURIOUS WILLIAMS, I'M CURIOUS TO WHAT TIME IS THE, UH, WE ARE ALL, WE ALREADY PASSED IT, BUT WHAT TIME IS THE, THE BARBECUE COMPUTER JUST DIED.

OH, SORRY.

NEVERMIND.

I'LL SEE IT ON THE FLYER.

THAT'S OKAY.

WAS IT SCARY? YES, THE DAY AFTER.

YEAH.

YEAH, THE DAY AFTER.

ON THE 14TH.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BACK ON THE 14TH.

YEAH.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? ON ITEM 10 B, I SOLICIT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 5 1.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR COMMISSIONER CROSWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM 11 CORRESPONDENCE.

IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM CLERK? MADAM MAYOR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 12, REPORT OF

[12.  REPORT OF THE MAYOR]

I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO STAYED IN THE AUDIENCE UNTIL THE END OF OUR MEETING, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR OUR BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU MADE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED PROCLAMATIONS BECAUSE THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THE WARS ARE NOT GIVEN OUT LIGHTLY.

THEY'RE GIVEN OUT FOR SERVICE AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY, LADALE LAKES, BUT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AGAIN, BISHOP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYER, FOR YOUR COVERING.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO ASK GOD'S BLESSINGS UPON THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAY IS A MONTH OF MANY, MANY, MANY RECOGNITIONS.

I JUST WANT TO TELL ABOUT A FEW OF THEM BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY COMPRISES ALL OF THEM.

HAITIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN MAY HONORING THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HAITIANS AND HAITIAN AMERICANS.

THE CELEBRATION BEGAN IN 1998 IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, WHEN INTELE CREOLE AIRED A MONTH LONG SERIES ON HAITIAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND GLOBAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

THE MONTH LONG OF OBSERVANCE GREW FROM HAITIAN FLAG DAY ON MAY 18TH, COMMEMORATING THE CREATION OF HAITI'S FLAG IN 1803.

DURING THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE, HAITI BECAME THE FIRST BLACK REPUBLIC IN THE WORLD, THE FIRST TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND THE ONLY COUNTRY FOUNDED BY A SUCCESSFUL SLAVE UPRISING.

HAITIAN HERITAGE BLENDS TAINO AFRICAN AND FRENCH INFLUENCES EXPRESSED THROUGH VIBRANT ART, MUSIC, CUISINE, FAITH AND STRONG FAMILY COMMUNITY VALUES.

MAYORS ALSO JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IN MAY THAT RECOGNIZES THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH AMERICANS ACROSS NEARLY FOUR CENTURIES OF US HISTORY.

IT HIGHLIGHTS JEWISH INFLUENCE AND FIELDS SUCH AS SCIENCE, LAW, MEDICINE, THE ARTS, BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE, WHILE ALSO PROMOTING AWARENESS OF JEWISH CULTURE AND TRADITION.

THE MONTH SERVES AS A PLATFORM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, CELEBRATE JEWISH HERITAGE AND COUNTER ANTISEMITISM THROUGH VISIBILITY AND LEARNING.

THE ORIGINS OF JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH TRACED BACK TO 1980 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JEWISH HERITAGE WEEK, WHICH COMMEMORATED KEY EVENTS IN JEWISH HISTORY, INCLUDING THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING AND HOLOCAUST

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IN 2006, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED MAY AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

MAY IS ALSO ASIAN AMERICAN AND SPECIFIC EER HERITAGE MONTH.

EACH MAY ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS.

A API HERITAGE WAS ORIGINALLY CELEBRATED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY UNTIL CONGRESS EXPANDED THE OBSERVANCE TO THE FULL MONTH IN 1990.

MAY WAS CHOSEN AS THE MONTH TO COMMEMORATE A API HISTORY BECAUSE THE FIRST JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS CAME TO AMERICA ON MAY 7TH, 1843.

ADDITIONALLY, THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, WHICH WAS BUILT WITH SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT FROM CHINESE IMMIGRANT LABORERS, WAS COMPLETED WITH A GOLDEN SPIKE ON MAY 10TH, 1869.

MAY IS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN DECLARED THE FIRST NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY IN 1986 EXTOLLING THE VALUES OF OUR NATION'S EDUCATORS.

IN HIS PROCLAMATION, THE PRESIDENT WROTE OUR TEACHERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND BEYOND, DESERVED THE GRATITUDE OF OUR NATION FOR THEIR WISDOM SACRIFICE, COMMUNITY, SERVICE, AND DEVOTION TO THEIR STUDENTS.

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED TO HONORING TEACHERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION, IMPACT, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION.

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS CELEBRATED DURING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY WITH NATIONAL TEACHER DAY FALLING ON THE TUESDAY OF THAT WEEK.

THIS YEAR, THE WEEK RAN FROM MONDAY, MAY 4TH TO FRIDAY, MOR MAY 8TH AND NATIONAL TEACHER DAY WAS ON TUESDAY, MAY 5TH.

THE OBSERVANCE RECOGNIZES THE VITAL ROLE TEACHERS PLAY IN SHAPING STUDENTS' LIVES AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTING THEIR DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND INFLUENCE ON FUTURE GENERATIONS.

TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO LAUDERDALE LAKES TEACHERS, THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDED BREAKFAST REFRESHMENTS FOR OUR HARDWORKING DEDICATED TEACHERS.

MAYOR'S, ALSO NURSES APPRECIATION MONTH, NATIONAL NURSES WEEK 2026 RUNS FROM MAY 6TH TO TUESDAY, MAY 12TH TODAY CONCLUDING ON INTERNATIONAL NURSES' DAY, WHICH MARKS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S BIRTHDAY NATIONAL NURSES WEEK HAS EVOLVED OVER THE DECADES.

IN 1954, THE FIRST OBSERVANCE MARKING FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S CENTENNIAL 1974, PRESIDENT NIXON PROCLAIMED NATIONAL NURSES WEEK 1982, THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES DECLARED MAY 6TH AS NATIONAL NURSES DAY 1990, IT WAS EXPANDED TO A FULL WEEK, MAY 6TH THROUGH MAY 12TH, PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED IN 1994.

THE OFFICIAL THEME FOR THIS YEAR OF NURSES APPRECIATION MONTH IS THE POWER OF NURSES CELEBRATING THE VITAL CONTRIBUTION OF NURSES TO HEALTHCARE AND COMMUNITIES COINCIDING WITH THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION'S 130TH ANNIVERSARY NURSES APPRECIATION WEEK RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION, EXPERTISE, AND LEADERSHIP OF NURSES HIGHLIGHTING THEIR ROLE IN PATIENT CARE, ADVOCACY, AND HEALTHCARE INNOVATION.

IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTHCARE GENERATIONS, PATIENTS, AND COMMUNITIES TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES NURSES FACE, INCLUDING STAFFING, SHORTAGES AND BURNOUT.

MAY NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEK IN 2026 IS PART OF THE NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH IN MAY WITH KEY OBSERVANCES INCLUDING ARMED FORCES DAY ON MAY 16TH.

MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEK IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY DURING NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH IN MAY A TIME DEDICATED TO HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WHILE THE EXACT WEEK MAY VARY BY ORGANIZATION, IT TYPICALLY ALIGNS WITH THE WEEK LEADING UP TO ARMED FORCES DAY, WHICH THIS YEAR FALLS ON SATURDAY, MAY 16TH.

THIS SATURDAY THIS WEEK PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES TO RECOGNIZE MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH CEREMONIES, EVENTS, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. KEY RELATED OBSERVANCES, UM, FORCES DAY WILL BE HELD MAY 16TH, 2026, WHICH CELEBRATES ALL BRANCHES OF THE US MILITARY.

AND IT'S OFTEN THE FOCAL POINT OF MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEK,

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WE'LL BE, BE MAY 25TH, WHICH HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN MILITARY SERVICE.

FLEET WEEK.

FLEET WEEK WILL BE HELD MAY 21ST TO 31ST FEATURING NAVY MARINE CORPS AND COAST GUARD SHIPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED.

WE WANT TO THANK THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO INDIRECTLY HAVE SERVED WITH THEM, OUR VETERANS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

SOME, UM, ADDITIONS, THE MAYORS ENGAGEMENT WALK WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY, MAY 16TH.

I WILL BE WALKING AND DISCUSSING AND TALKING WITH RESIDENTS OF THE CYPRESS CHASE NORTH CONDOMINIUM UNITS AND THAT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY, MAY 16TH, CYPRESS CHASE, NORTH 11:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR WILL BE HELD MAY 28TH AT 6:30 PM YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY.

PLEASE LOG ON TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION.

MY GUEST WILL BE THE HONORABLE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN STAY ONLINE AND ASK THEM OR YOU CAN SEND THEM IN PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION.

AND THE CARIBBEAN, OUR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN UNITY FEST, I THINK WE HAVE SOME FLYERS IN THE SEATS WILL BE HELD JUNE 5TH AT VINCENT TORRES MEMORIAL PARK, 5:00 PM UNTIL 10:00 PM AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING FROM MADAM HCM.

AND PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY ON JUNE 25TH, 2026 IN THE HAZEL P ROGERS AUDITORIUM.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS, COMMISSIONER COWELL.

[14.  REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS]

GOOD EVENING.

I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF THIS EVENING.

I WAS TOLD BY THE MAYOR THAT I NEEDED TO BE BRIEF AND, AND SHE WAS GOING TO BE BRIEF.

WHOA.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME.

NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 22ND, 2026, VICE S MAYOR SHARON THOMAS AND COMMISSIONER SWELL WILL BE HAVING A FOOD SPRING GIVEAWAY AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3,500 WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, RIGHT BEFORE ST.

JOSEPH'S NURSING HOME.

IT STARTS AT 9:00 AM UNTIL THE FOOD RARELY 12 O'CLOCK, BUT WE COULD FINISH BY 10 OR 11.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THE PEOPLE COME AND GET THE FOOD AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE ALERT SYSTEM IS WORKING.

I'LL TRY THEN ON THE JUNE 14TH, 2026, REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS IN THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES, AND THE CHURCH WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR SERVICE AT 4:00 PM ON JUNE THE 14TH.

IT IS NOT THE OLDEST CHURCH IN LORD DE LAKES.

THE OLDEST IS MERRILL, BUT IS NEARLY AS OLD AS MERRIL.

SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK EVERYONE, WE HERE TO COME OUT AT 4:00 PM AND HELP WITH THIS CELEBRATION.

NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY BESIDES GOODNIGHT AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN TO EVERYBODY, UM, PRESENT, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US ONLINE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, JOINING, BEING PART OF THE COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY RECEIVING THEIR PROCLAMATIONS TODAY.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS PARTICULARLY TO OUR PUBLIC WORKERS, UH, AND, AND RON, UH, THIS BRUNO FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

OF COURSE, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU TO OUR, UM, PRESENT BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE HERE AT THE CITY FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, ACKNOWLEDGING THE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR DUNKING DONUTS FOR COMING OUT TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AS WELL.

THAT CONCLUDES IT FOR ME.

MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

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UM, SO THE MAYOR HAD LEFT OUT ONE THING, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, SO I'M GONNA CALL HER OUT.

UM, NATIONAL WOMAN HELP MONTH IS IN THE MONTH OF MAY, AND THAT IS WHEN, UM, NATIONAL HELP MONTH, WE FOCUS ON EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS TO PRIORITIZE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.

WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE DOING, UM, A MOBILE MAMMOGRAM SCREENING ON SATURDAY, MAY 30TH, 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM UM, ALL SCREENING IS FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL THE YOUNG LADIES OUT THERE, I THINK FROM AGES 40 TO 64.

UM, EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY COVERED AND YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND THERE'S A REGISTRATION LINK TO REGISTER FOR THAT UPCOMING EVENT.

AND AS I SAID, EVERYTHING IS FREE AND YOU KNOW, AS WOMEN, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELF, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MAMMOGRAM AND THAT IS GOING TO BE FREE ON THAT DAY.

WITH THAT SAID, UM, GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA COVER THAT MADAM.

A CM, RIGHT? MADAM A CM.

THANK YOU

[15.  REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]

I'LL JUST GO OVER A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS WORKING ON.

FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT AT THE LAST MEETING TO HEAR THIS, UM, I'LL JUST RUN OVER A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS.

OUR CANAL THREE STORM WATER PROJECT FOR FLOOD MITIGATION, AS WELL AS OUR GATED OUTFALL FALLS AND FLOW SKIMMERS PROJECT, ALSO FOR FLOOD PREVENTION.

AND WE ARE DOING AN ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER EXPANSION.

SO OUR ALZHEIMER'S CARE IS GONNA BE FULLY UPDATED AND BEAUTIFUL VERY SOON.

UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OUR FEDERAL APPROPRIATION SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING INTO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO ADVANCE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN PUBLIC WORKS.

WE ARE VIGOROUSLY WORKING ON UPDATING OUR PARKS AND THEIR BATHROOMS. OUR OLDEST GRADE PARK IMPROVEMENTS IS 80% COMPLETE.

OUR NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE DONE BY OCTOBER, 2026.

OUR NORTHGATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS IS APPROXIMATELY 50% COMPLETE AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON TRAFFIC COMMON, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ORIAL DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY.

AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF MAY.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON CITYWIDE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND OUR CANALS.

LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE OUR SECOND ANNUAL CARIBBEAN AMERICAN UNITY FEST THAT'S COMING UP ON JUNE THE FIFTH.

PLEASE PARTICIPATE AS WE CELEBRATE OUR RICH CARIBBEAN AMERICAN CULTURE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT PERFORMANCES THAT DAY.

PLEASE PICK UP A FLYER.

UM, THE COST IS FREE FOR EVERYONE, SO WE NEED LAUDERDALE LAKES TO COME OUT AND SHOW OUT BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING A VERY ELEVATED EXPERIENCE TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO COME OUT.

UM, AND IF YOU WANT AN EVEN MORE ELEVATED EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE VIP TICKETS WHERE YOU GET TO SIT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL IN FRONT AND GET TO SEE TAURUS RILEY LIVE AND IN COLOR.

UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE YOU THERE.

IT STARTS, I'M SORRY, THE COST IS $75 FOR THE VIP TICKETS, BUT OF COURSE FREE OF CHARGE FOR GENERAL ADMISSION.

THE VIP TICKETS DO INCLUDE AN EXPERIENCE OF FOOD AND WINE TASTING AND AS I MENTIONED, PREMIER UPFRONT SEATING AS WELL TO SEE THE VARIOUS CELEBRITIES.

UM, THAT IS MY REPORT.

MADAM MAYOR, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM ATTORNEY.

NO REPORT FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND CHIEF MADAM MAYOR.

YES, SIR.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS VICE MAYOR,

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