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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON.THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.
PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[REVIEW OF THE MAY 26, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE MAY 26TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM, A CM.WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY REVEREND DR.
EZRA L TILLMAN FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PINEY GROVE, AND THEN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR A.
WILL HAVE OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
THERE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE MAYOR SAMUEL S. BROWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARDS SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.
FIVE A APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES.
WE'LL HAVE APPROVAL OF, UM, MAY 5TH MEETING, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES MAY 11TH, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES AND MAY 12TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.
MOVING ON, WE HAVE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
WE HAVE NONE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
NINE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, A RESOLUTION 2026 SLASH 0 5 2 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CYPRESS PRESERVE PARK.
THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY MS. HEIDI BROCK TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUE, STAFF, RESIDENTS, AND GUESTS.
MY NAME IS HEIDI BRO, FOR THE RECORD BUDGET OFFICER.
AND THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, UM, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS IS A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES STAFF TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, UM, THROUGH THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CYPRESS PRESERVE PARK.
UM, WE WANT TO DO SOME REHABILITATION TO THAT PARK.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM WAS WORKSHOPPED, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE ARE SEEKING TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT CYPRESS PRESERVE BECAUSE IT IS A VITAL GREEN SPACE WITHIN THE CITY.
HOWEVER, YEARS OF AGING AND SEVERE TREE, UM, TREE ROOTS, UM, INTRUSION HAVE CAUSED SOME MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, UM, THAT HAS CREATED SAFETY HAZARDS.
UM, A DA ACCESSIBILITY IS NOT THERE AT THIS TIME, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT AND IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY WITH THE TRAIL AND EVERYTHING AND MAKE IT MORE, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS FOR THE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
THE TOTAL PRODUCT COST IS ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW AT $785,000.
THE MAX FOR THE GRANT, HOWEVER, IS $450,000.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE WOULD BE A GAP OF ABOUT $335,000 TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
AND, UM, WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE A MATCH.
IT IS MANDATORY, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A, A COMPETITIVE GRANT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A MATCH ANYWAY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, GOING INTO IT, WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO AT THE COST ESTIMATED, WE, UM, WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN ABOUT 335.
UM, I SAY I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE IS ZERO FINANCIAL IMPACT THIS EVENING.
WE ARE JUST SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, ONCE IF WE ARE AWARDED, WHICH WE HOPE WE WILL BE, BECAUSE WE DID SUCCESSFULLY GET A GRANT FOR THE OLDEST GRAY, UM, PARK.
SO WE WANT TO, WE WILL OF COURSE HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL FOR INCLUSION INTO THE BUDGET.
WE WILL LOOK AT IT INTO IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AND, UM, HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN THE CIP AS ONE OF OUR PROJECTS FOR, UM, THE CIP.
UM, SO AS I SAID, WE ARE FULLY PREPARED FOR THIS GRANT.
WE DID HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING ON, UH, LAST THURSDAY, THE 21ST, WHICH MADAM, UM, VICE MAYOR SHOWED UP
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TO.AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING SUPPORT LETTERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW SUPPORT LETTERS FROM OUR ADVISORY BOARDS AND, UM, A FEW H EIGHT.
WE ARE JUST NOW SEEKING YOUR FORMAL APPROVAL.
AS I SAID, THIS WAS WORKSHOPPED.
UM, THE PROJECT SCOPE IS, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, DO A MULTI UPGRADES TO THE MULTI-USE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 1800 LINEAR FEET OF EXISTING ASPHALT PO PATHS, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR THE KNEES.
SO WE ARE GONNA DO THAT AS A, THE SAME, UH, PRODUCT AS OTIS GRAY.
TO MAKE IT MORE EASY TO WALK AND FOR THE JOINTS AND ALL OF THAT, AND DO SOME STRUCTURAL ADDITIONS INSIDE AMENITIES, WE WANNA INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PAVILION ON THE BACK PART OF THE PARK.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE PRESENTATION, THAT IS THE SCOPE.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. NOTED.
YES, MR. NONE, MS. HARRISON? YES.
YOU MENTIONED A PAVILION TOWARDS THE BACK.
I'M TRYING TO ENVISION, I WALKED THE PARK LAST WEEK, SO I'M TRYING TO ENVISION EXACTLY WHERE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
SO THERE IS A CLEARING ONCE YOU GET AROUND.
I THINK IT'S FACING THE ROADWAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SAWGRASS.
THERE IS A HUGE CLEARING THERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE, WE INTEND TO, UM, PUT THAT PAVILION.
WOULD THAT PAVILION BE A PART OF THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING FOR? YES, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS SCOPE.
THE, IS IT JUST ONE PAVILION INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE? YES, BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER, WE HAVE WHAT, TWO OTHER PAVILIONS? THERE'S TWO OTHER ONES WE'RE GONNA, UH, OF COURSE RENOVATE THOSE.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY NEW ADDITION.
UM, THE BATHROOM RENOVATION WILL COME ALONGSIDE US.
I WAS GONNA MENTION THE BATHROOM.
A LOT OF WORK, BUT I'M ALSO INTERESTED BEYOND THE TRAIL, UH, WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO FOR THE PARK.
I THINK WE COULD INSTALL MAYBE LIKE A BUTTERFLY GARDEN IN THE PARK.
WE CAN MAYBE DO SOMETHING LIKE, SO I, I'M NOT TOO SURE OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS WOULD ENGAGE WITH THE PARK, BUT IF WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT PARK, I THINK WE CAN FACILITATE A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS, UM, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TYPE OF THINGS WITH ENVIRONMENTALISM, UM, PROGRAMS. UM, PEOPLE CAN PLANT NURSERIES BACK THERE.
MAYBE A LITTLE GARDEN, UM, YOU KNOW, A PETTING ZOO, SOMETHING, BUT I I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH WE COULD DO.
YOU COULD BRING GOATS BACK THERE.
UM, SO YOU MAD MAYOR, UM, COMMISSIONER THAT, THOSE WERE A LOT OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING.
WE DID GET, UM, SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT, UM, SO WE, THIS IS JUST, THINK OF IT AS PHASE ONE.
THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE MAIN STRUC THE MAIN, UM, PART OF THE PARK, WHICH IS THE TRAIL.
SO ONCE WE DO THAT, WE WANNA GO BACK IN AND DO, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR URBAN TRIMMING.
WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY ONCE WE TRIM THE TREES AND WE HAVE SOME NEW PLANTS IN THERE, THE BUTTERFLIES WILL COME BACK.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME EDUCATIONAL, UM, SIGNAGE AS YOU WALK.
WE HAVE, WE ARE GONNA INSTALL BENCHES, NEW BENCHES ALONG THE PATH AS WELL.
THERE WAS EVEN TALK OF A KOI POND IN THAT HUGE MIDDLE AREA.
YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, WAS DISCUSSED.
UM, AND EVEN A BOARDWALK OVER.
SO WE, I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
AND OF COURSE, MADAM MAYOR SPOKE ABOUT, SHE, UH, SUGGESTED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP A MORE PROMINENT SIGN.
AND SO WE WILL, ONCE WE GET THE PARK UP AND RUNNING, WE WILL DO SOME EDUCATIONAL AND PROMOTION ABOUT COME TO CYPRESS PRESERVE.
YOU KNOW, IT IS A PASSIVE PARK, SO WE CAN'T DO A LOT OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE, WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THE PAVILION INSTEAD OF A PLAYGROUND.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT IS A GREAT PARK TO WALK.
AND ONCE IT'S DONE, I'M GONNA BE OUT THERE WALKING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
IT WAS GREAT BEING IN THAT, UM, TOWN HALL AND HEARING ALL THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COMMISSIONER HARRISON WAS THERE BECAUSE HE RECOMMENDED MOSTLY, UM, WHAT EVERYONE SAID.
BUT ONE OF THE THING THAT CAME UP AS WELL WAS SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, SAFETY, HAVING, BECAUSE IT'S AWAY FROM, AND, UH, A LOT OF THE TREES WILL BE TRIMMED BACK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY WANDER IN.
SO SAFETY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF IT AS WELL.
HAVING THOSE, WHAT IS IT? I GUESS WIFI, BUT ALSO HAVING CAMERAS AROUND THE AREA.
AND, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE
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DID SPEAK ABOUT THE, THE, THE SAFETY.WE DO WANNA DO SOME SECURITY UPGRADES, INCLUDING, UM, INSTALLING CAMERAS IN THERE.
WE, UM, THE LIGHTING, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THAT.
IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST OPTION TO DO LIKE SOME, UM, TO DO LIGHTING, BUT WE ARE IN, WE WANNA DO THE SECURITY CAMERAS.
WE DO HAVE A CIP PROJECT, AN ONGOING PROJECT TO IMPROVE, UM, OUR SECURITY CAMERAS AROUND THE CITY.
SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY DO OUT THERE.
SHE ANSWERED IT WAS ABOUT SECURITY AND I WISH I HAD MY BSO UM, PARTNER HERE BECAUSE WE, OF COURSE WE WILL ALSO ENGAGE AND, UH, WITH OUR BSO TO MAKE SURE AND VISIBILITY FOR BSO AND OUR PARK RANGERS TO, YOU KNOW, DO, UM, TO HAVE MORE VISIBILITY OUT THERE ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, GET IT UP AND RUNNING.
I DON'T MISS HEIDI, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT.
DO YOU KNOW THE SIZE? WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE PARK? ABOUT WHAT, TWO ACRES AND ONE TON MR. RON MAYBE KNOWS.
IF WE HA UH, HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER HERE, MR. NASIR, WHO THE CITY ENGINEER, SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL ACCURACY OF THE PARK, BUT THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE EXISTING WALKWAY TRAIL AROUND 1700 LINEAR FEET.
WE ARE ADDING FEW TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED NEW SHELTER THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ON THE WEST SIDE.
THAT IS CLOSE TO TURN FIVE ON THAT SIDE IN OPEN AREA AS, UH, I ALREADY MENTIONED.
SO BASICALLY YOU CAN COMPARE THIS AREA.
WHAT IS GRAY TOTAL? 3000 LINEAR FEET HERE.
WE HAVE AROUND 1700 LINEAR FEET.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT 1800 LINEAR FEET, BUT WITH THE SAME WIDTH, IT'LL BE NINE FEET.
RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE NINE FEET.
AND THE EXISTING TRAIL IS NOT US IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU MS. HEIDI.
ITEM NUMBER NINE B RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 53.
SUPPORTING THE HELPER ACT OF 2025, HOUSE RESOLUTION 2094 IN SENATE BILL 9 78, WHICH ESTABLISHES A HOME LOAN PROGRAM TO MAKE HOME OWNERSHIP MORE AFFORDABLE TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND TEACHERS.
AND THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.
A CM AS I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT HOME OWNERSHIP IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND DESIRED, UH, OF, OF OUR CAREER AND LIFETIME.
AND HOME OWNERSHIP NOW IS AT SUCH A POINT WHERE WE REALLY CANNOT AFFORD A TWO INCOME FAMILY, MOSTLY CANNOT AFFORD A HOME FOR THEIR FAMILY.
SO THE RESOLUTION IS CALLED THE HELPER ACT OF 2025, SENATE BILL 9 7 8, AND HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 0 9 4.
THAT WILL HAVE A BILL THAT WILL ASSIST TEACHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, FIREFIGHTERS, AND THOSE IN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS CATEGORY WITH DOWN PAYMENT AMOUNTS FOR A HOME.
SO WE ARE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THE SENATE AND, AND THE HOUSE IN TALLAHASSEE WILL PASS THIS BILL BECAUSE OUR, OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EDUCATORS, TEACHERS REALLY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH HOME OWNERSHIP.
SO MY COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER NINE C, RESOLUTION 2026 AS 0 5 4 AWARD OF CONTRACT TO MTI CONSTRUCTION GROUP FOR THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX RENOVATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $544,374 AND 84 CENTS.
MR. RONDA BRUS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
AND IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO PROCUREMENT, MR. ZAM PROP IS ALSO PRESENT THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, MR.
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CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD.PAUL COX, DIRECTOR, UM, UH, MADAM MAYOR DI BEFORE YOU, THESE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO MTI CONSTRUCTION GROUP FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $544,274, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, $80,000 CONTINGENCY.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENT AT THE POOL FACILITY.
UH, CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC AT THE POOL FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S A POOL THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE POOL, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET THEM INTO SUMMER.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF AMENITIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF UPGRADE.
UH, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENT WILL INCLUDE PAINTING AND REPAIR OF THE AC ROOM, UH, ALL THE INTERIOR OFFICES, UH, THE BREAK ROOMS, UH, WE'LL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE PLACE THE COUNTERTOPS AND THE CABINETS.
UH, WE GONNA UPGRADE BOTH RESTROOMS, UH, MEN AND WOMEN, UH, RESTROOM.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW PORCELAIN TILE.
THE HANDICAP WELDING NEED UPGRADES THAT WILL BE, UH, ADJUST AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE GONNA PRESSURE CLEAN, WE'RE GONNA PRIME AND PET THE ROOF.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO NEW FLOORING.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE AND REPLACE THE, THE STATIONARY BACK BIKES THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY.
UH, THE POOL SHED WILL BE UPGRADED.
UH, THE OFFICES, THE RESTROOM, THE JANITOR CLOSET, UH, THE PUMP ROOM, ELECTRIC ROOM, UH, POOL, EXIT GATE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S SAFE.
UH, UH, THE PARKING, THE PARKING LOT ENTRANCE GATE AS WELL WILL BE, WILL BE UPGRADED.
UH, THE WINDOWS WILL BE REPLACED.
SO DOOR REPLACEMENT OF, UH, UH, THE NEW LOCKERS WILL BE UPGRADED, UH, FOR BOTH, UM, MEN AND WOMEN.
UH, SO WE WILL PRETTY MUCH SWEEP THE, THE FACILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO PAR.
SO THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR WAS SELECTED TO, UH, PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
AND, UH, MTI CONSTRUCTION WAS DEEMED, UH, THE MOST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR, UH, TO THE PROCUREMENT, UH, PROCESS, FAMILY.
ANY QUESTION ABOUT MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME? I HAVE MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER ASWELL.
THE POOL IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT IS SO DATED, THE BATHROOMS ESPECIALLY.
SO I THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE FOUND MONEY TO REALLY IMPROVE OVER THERE.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM.
WE JUST GOT NEWS OF ONE, UH, NEAR DROWNING, UM, THAT NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.
SO THE UPDATE, ALL THE NEW AMENITIES WILL HELP TO BRING KIDS TO COME IN.
UM, ONE OF THE THING, ONE OF MY QUESTION HERE, I SEE TWO VENDORS THAT WERE SOLICITED.
UH, ONE WAS $486,189 AND ONE WAS 5 44 3 74 0.84 CENTS.
I'M WONDERING WHY MTI WAS CHOSEN OVER FSV AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO MR. ZAM FROM
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, THE PACIFIC CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
ZA PROCUREMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UM, THREE, MADAM MAYOR TO THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION.
UM, MTI CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT THAT THEY QUOTED, INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY WAS 5 4 4 3 7 4 8 4 FSV WAS 5 6, 6 1, 8 9.
IT WAS A TYPO IF IT'S, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, PLEASE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS LOOKED AT BEFORE, BECAUSE I'M SAYING, OH, THEY ARE LESS THAN, SO WHY WE CHOSE THAT.
AND I KNOW ARROWS DO HAPPEN, BUT, UM, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
SO YOU SAID IT WAS FIVE, HOW MUCH? 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 1, 8, 9.
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THANK YOU.MR. R, WHAT TIME FRAME? WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING? WHEN I, I, WHEN WOULD THE CONTRACT IS MADAM MAYOR? SO AS SOON AS THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED, UH, WE DEF DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH, UH, THE POOL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DO NOT STOP, COMPLETELY STOP THE OPERATION.
OR IF WE NEED TO, WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT.
MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO SUMMER, WHICH IS THE PEAK USAGE OF THAT, UH, FACILITIES, UH, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH POOL STAFF, UH, AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF, UH, THE USAGE OF THE POOL.
MR. ON WHAT PERIOD OF TIME WOULD THE POOL BE CLOSED DOWN OR WILL IT BE CLOSED DOWN FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME? UM, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK, UH, DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN TERMS OF THE MEANS AND METHOD.
AND IF ANYTHING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ADVERTISED, UH, TO THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE IF WE HAVE TO CLOSE, UH, ANY PART OF THE FACILITY.
BUT THAT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE GONNA DO CERTAIN THING AND WHAT TIME.
SO THAT HAS TO BE COORDINATED.
BUT WE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO ADVERTISE THAT IF, IF WE NEED TO CLOSE, UH, THE POOL FOR A DAY OR FOR TWO, WE'LL HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT TO THE PUBLIC.
AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN OR IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO, WE CANNOT IMPOSE MEANS AND METHOD TO THE CONTRACTOR, BUT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE IMPACT ON, UH, ON THE OPERATION OF THE POOL.
TO THAT QUESTION I WAS ASKING, BECAUSE THE POOL IS VERY WELL UTILIZED, THERE ARE OUR MATURE ONES WHO UTILIZE IT IN THE MORNINGS, THREE DAYS PER WEEK, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL SWIMMERS.
AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER AND YEAR ROUND BASIS, THERE ARE SWIMMING LESSONS FOR THE KIDS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SWIMMING LESSONS FOR THE KIDS THAT COME FROM THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.
SO I'M, UH, VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CLOSING IT, AND ESPECIALLY TO VICE MAYOR'S POINT THAT OUR CHILDREN LOVE WATER AND WE JUST HAD AN INCIDENT IN THE CITY ITSELF.
SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT PRIOR NOTIFICATION WILL BE GIVEN, BUT I'M ALSO NOT GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT FOR SOME PERIODS OF TIME IT WILL BE CLOSED BECAUSE IT IS UTILIZED.
I'M SURE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
EVEN, EVEN IF WE DON'T CLOSE IT, SAFETY HAS TO BE, UH, NUMBER ONE, EVEN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE FACILITY WHILE IT'S BEING USED.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE CLEARLY MARK THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE TO A, TO AVOID, UH, KIDS, UH, YOU KNOW, WANDERING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL BE COORDINATED.
I HOPE WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE IT.
I DON'T WANNA RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY HARD NOT TO CLOSE IT, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S SUMMERTIME AND THAT'S THE PEAK, UM, TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA USE THE FACILITY.
I'M HAPPY TO THANK YOU MME. MASON.
ITEM NUMBER NINE D RESOLUTION 20 26 0 5 5 AWARD IN A CONTRACT TO CON BUILDERS, INC.
FOR THE RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT VINCENT AND TORRES PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,248 AND 0 CENTS.
AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY RISH BRU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MR. UH, IF YOU MAY.
ITEM NINE D NINE E, NINE F AND NINE G ARE BO OUR RESOLUTION THAT, THAT ARE BROUGHT BACK.
AND FOR OF THE SUBMISSION FOR FORMAL APPROVAL, THOSE ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP.
THEY ALL PERTAIN TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN A LOT OF THE PARKS FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, VINCENT PARK, NORTHGATE PARK, UH, CYPRESS PRESERVE AND ALL GRAY PARK CURRENTLY, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SPIKE AND, UH, VANDALISM IN THOSE BATHROOM, UH, SPECIFICALLY NOT GATE.
WE CAN'T EVEN USE THAT FACILITY TO, UH, TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT RESTROOM BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD.
UH, AND WE HAVE TO UPGRADE THOSE FACILITIES.
UH, SO THOSE PROJECT WERE, UH, DETAILED TO IMPROVE, UH, THE RESTROOM OF EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES.
AND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WAS CONDUCTED BY, BY PROCUREMENT SERVICES AND CON BUILDERS, WAS, UH, DEEMED TO BE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BID OFF FOR VT PARK.
UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE BID IS $58,248
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FOR ALL GRAY PARK.IT'S HIGHER BECAUSE AT ALL GRAY PARK, WE HAVE TWO WESTCOM FACILITIES, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE AND ONE OF THE EAST SIDE, UH, FOR NOT GATE PARK.
AND FOR CYPRESS PRESERVE OF THE ML IS 62,000 HUNDRED AND $10.
AGAIN, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE, UH, UH, DOOR REPLACEMENT.
UH, WE GONNA REPLACE THE ENTIRE WC UNO.
UH, THE, UH, LIGHTING SYSTEM WILL BE UPGRADED.
UH, THE PARTITION WALL WILL BE UPGRADED.
UH, NEW EPOXY FLOWING, UH, WILL BE, WILL BE DONE.
UH, A DA COMPLIANCE, UH, FOR THE BAR AND THE MIRROR.
AND ALSO ANY MODIFICATION THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO ELECTRICAL,
AGAIN, THE SCOPE IS PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR FOR ALL OF THOSE BATHROOM, BUT SOME OF 'EM ARE LARGER THAN ALL OTHER, SOME OF 'EM ARE SMALLER.
THAT'S WHY THE PRICE, UH, FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, UH, TWO MENT SERVICES, UH, WE CONDUCTED EACH ONE OF THEM AND INDIVIDUALLY, UH, FROM VT PARK, UH, ALL GRAY PARK, NORTHGATE PARK, AND CYPRESS RESERVE, UH, AND CON BUILDER WAS DEEMED TO BE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE, UH, LEADER.
AGAIN, THOSE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP, MADAM MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND.
ANY FURTHER QUESTION, UH, THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA UPGRADE ALL OF THESE.
IF IT'S APPROVED, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN IT IN TERMS OF SAFETY? YOU KNOW, HAVING AN EYE ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S, IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE WITH THE, UM, BSO.
THOSE HAVE TO BE IN PLACE ELSE.
WE ARE GONNA GET RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE WERE WITH VANDALISM AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO HELP TO MAINTAIN ALL THESE FABULOUS, UM, UPGRADES THAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO, UH, TO MAYOR? UH, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH BSO.
UH, WE EVEN, UH, WITH FURTHER, AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE AUDIENCE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO TO HELP CURB THAT.
SO YES, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AS FAR AS THE PLAN FORWARD TO MINIMIZE THAT.
'CAUSE MOST OF THOSE VENDORS USUALLY HAPPEN AFTER THE PRO IS CLOSED.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS. UH, BUT WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AS TO HOW WE GONNA, UH, PROTECT, UH, THAT INVESTMENT GOING FORWARD.
THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE, UH, I KNOW I SAW, UM, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS HERE THAT HE CAN EVEN ASSURE THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THEY CAN PUT IN PLACE.
HE'S ON, HE'S ON A PHONE CALL A PHILLIPS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD HEARD CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.
WE, WE ARE ON THE ITEM TALKING ABOUT RENOVATING ALL THE DIFFERENT PARKS, THE, YOU KNOW, RESTROOMS AND UPGRADE.
SO MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF SAFETY TO OBSERVE AND SEE WHO'S COMING THERE AT NIGHT, VANDALIZING THOSE PARK, IT'S USELESS.
WE PUT ALL THIS MONEY INTO IT.
AND MAINTENANCE, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ON PUBLIC WORKS, BUT THE SAFETY OF KEEPING THESE PARKS THE WAY THEY OUGHT TO BE KE AND THE EQUIPMENT, THAT'S THE PUBLIC'S MONIES THAT WE'RE USING.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR.
UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE PARKS AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO LET THE, UM, CITY KNOW AND THE PARK WORKERS KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO THE PARKS TO LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN HAVE OUR DEPUTIES COME OUT AND ASSIST THEM.
ESPECIALLY THE PARKS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THE HOMELESS.
AND THE LAST, UM, PLANS WE PUT INTO PLACE, AS FAR AS I KNEW THEY WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED, I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WERE NOT WORKING.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A STANDING ORDER THAT IF THERE'S, UM, ANYTHING GOING ON IN THE PARKS AFTER HOURS THAT WE ARE TO GET OUT THERE, MAKE ARRESTS AND, UM, PROSECUTE FOR THOSE CONCERNS IF THEY'RE HAPPENING AFTER HOURS.
SO WE ARE DOING OUR PART IF, IF IT'S NOT BEING REPORTED TO US AND PEOPLE JUST SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO GET 'EM IN TROUBLE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MY DEPUTIES HAVE, UM, DEALT WITH.
NOW WE ARE HAVING OUR DEPUTIES GO OUT WHEN TIME PERMIT THROUGH
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CALLS FOR SERVICES AND MANPOWER, AVAILABILITY TO BE PROACTIVE AND GO AND CHECK SOME OF THE PARTS JUST TO WALK AROUND, MAKE SURE THINGS AREN'T GOING ON AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.BUT IT'S BEEN TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN DOING THOSE THINGS AND IF SOMEONE HAS DROPPED THE BALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY JUST GOTTA LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SO WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND PUT MORE ENFORCEMENT TO IT.
BUT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BEFORE.
WE DID PUT OUT A COUPLE OPERATIONAL PLANS TO GET OUT TO THE PARKS AND TO, UM, MAKE CONTACT WITH WHOMEVER WAS IN THE PARK OUT THE DARK.
AND, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS.
AND IF THERE ARE SOME GOING ON NOW, WE'LL, UM, REINSTITUTE OUR OPERATIONAL PLAN AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF IT THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR STATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK ONE OF THE PARKS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS NORTHGATE.
SO, AND IT'S ON THE MAIN AS WELL.
MAYBE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED AND, UM, HANDLED.
'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA UPGRADE ALL THIS WITH ALL THIS MONEY AND THEN IT GETS RIGHT BACK TO VAN BEING VANDALIZED, THAT'S NOT REALLY GOOD TO PUT ALL THESE FUNDS IN THERE.
UM, I WENT TO NORTHGATE NORTHGATE PARK LAST WEEK.
I SHOULD HAVE CALLED YOU CAPTAIN.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA PUT THAT ON ME.
BUT, UH, WE, WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO UP THE FREQUENCY AND HOW WE'RE VISITING THE PARKS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN DO IN-HOUSE FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE PARK RANGERS OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO'S HANGING OUT THERE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, WHEN I WENT OUT TO NORTHGATE PARK, THERE WAS SOMEBODY AIR DRYING HIS CLOTHES ON THE FENCE AT NORTHGATE PARK.
THIS WAS JUST LAST WEEK, MAYBE WEDNESDAY.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HE'S JUST TRYING TO DO BECAUSE HE'S DOING IT THAT DAY.
THEY'RE USED TO BEING OUT THERE.
THERE'S PEOPLE UNDER THE PAVILION JUST HANGING OUT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HANGING OUT.
BUT, UM, THEY ARE UTILIZING, I'M JUST GONNA USE THE WORD SUBSTANCES.
I IN THE OPEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
AND THE LAST TIME I WENT TO THAT PARK WITH A PARENT JUST FOR A MEETING, SHE TOLD ME, SHE'S LIKE, LISTEN, THIS IS WHY I DON'T BRING MY KIDS TO THIS PARK.
THERE'S JUST RANDOM PEOPLE HANGING OUT.
I, IT, IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE.
UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I ASKED WAS FOR RON TO SHAVE THE HEDGES, WHICH WE'VE DONE.
SO PEOPLE DRIVING BY CAN ACTUALLY SEE INTO THE PARK.
THE SAME THING WAS DONE AT TRAILHEAD PARK.
SO WE WANT IT TO BE VERY VISIBLE SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A PLACE TO HIDE.
BUT DESPITE THAT, PEOPLE ARE STILL THERE OFTEN, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY SEEM TO BE HOMELESS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
BUT IF, IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE TO JUST HANG OUT UNDER THERE AND SMOKE AND PUT UP THEIR CLOTHES ON THE, ON THE PLAYGROUND FENCE AND BEHIND THE WALL WHERE THE BATHROOM IS, THE BATHROOM IS HORRIBLE.
SO I'M GLAD WE TALKED ABOUT THE BATHROOM, BUT THIS IS THEIR OASIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING ONLY THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE UTILIZING.
THIS PARK IS REALLY JUST FOR THEM.
THE AVERAGE RESIDENT DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO THAT PARK.
SO, UM, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THIS FREQUENT ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE TO MITIGATE THIS, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING PROACTIVE BECAUSE IF THEY KNOW NOBODY'S GONNA COME AND BOTHER THEM, THEY'RE GONNA STAY THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING THERE.
AND YOU CAN JUST TELL THAT'S KIND OF THE TONE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE SAME THING AT CYPRUS PRESERVE.
THERE'S PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN THE, IN THE BUSHES, LIKE THEY'RE JUST HANGING OUT THERE.
UM, THAT OPEN PLACE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THAT PAVILION, THERE'S A LITTLE CAMP SET UP OVER THERE.
YOU COULD TELL SOMEBODY WAS SLEEPING THERE IN THE BUSHES.
WE COULD SIT UP HERE AND SAY WHAT WE HAVE ON PAPER, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
THESE, UM, THESE ARE PARKS THAT I GO TO ALL THE TIME JUST TO DRIVE BY AND IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING.
A CM OUR PARK RANGER, HOW OFTEN DOES OUR PARK RANGER MONITOR OUR PARKS? AND DOES THE PARK RANGER WORK ON THE WEEKEND? I WANT MADAM MAYOR.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT WE RECENTLY BROUGHT TO THE POLICE CAPTAIN'S ATTENTION.
UM, THAT DOES SPEAK TO PUBLIC CAMPING AND SLEEPING.
UM, I HAVE MET PERSONALLY WITH THE CAPTAIN AND TEAM THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE JUST SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS THE PARK AND PUT UP NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, BEING THAT WE HAVE THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR PARK RANGERS ARE MONITORING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE ARE, ARE HOMELESS.
AS COMMISSIONER HARRISON SAID, THEY ARE.
WE, WE DO WANNA TAKE CARE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DO REQUIRE SERVICES AS WELL, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UTILIZING OUR PARKS APPROPRIATELY.
I AM LOOKING FOR THE AUDIENCE FOR MR. VINCE
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TO SEE IF HE'S HERE TO SPEAK TO THE SCHEDULING OF THE PARK RANGERS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.ANY MORE QUESTIONS TO CAPTAIN? THAT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE PARK RANGERS.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE AND HOW OFTEN DO THEY GO TO THE PARK.
MR. VINCE CITY EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS VINCE MULLIN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO HAVE THREE PARK RANGERS ON STAFF.
THEY PATROL THE PARKS ON THE HOUR FROM CLO OPENING TO CLOSING.
MR. EVENTS, IN THE EVENING HOURS, WHEN OUR EVENING ACTIVITIES BEGIN, WE HAVE ONE PARK RANGER WHO WAS POSTED AND PLANTED AT WILLY WEBB.
WE HAVE A, ANOTHER PARK RANGER WHO IS POSTED AND PLANTED ADVENTURE TORRES.
AND THAT THIRD PART, RANGER ROAMS THE SIDE PARKS, MEANING CYPRESS PRESERVE AND OTIS GRAY AND NORTHGATE PARK.
DOES EITHER ONE OF THOSE RANGERS WORK THE WEEKEND? MR. VINCE? YES.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TWO RANGERS ON STAFF ON THE WEEKENDS.
MR. VINCE, DO THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT, OKAY.
DO YOU, DO YOU MAKE UP A SCHEDULE FOR THEM OR THEY JUST ROVING GO WHERE THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH, THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? NO, THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE A DAILY SCHEDULE.
SO THERE'S A TIMELY AROUND EACH HOUR WHERE THEY MUST VISIT EACH PARK.
WE HAVE A LOG IN WHICH THEY CHECK THE RESTROOMS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND PAVILION AREAS.
SO THOSE JUST TO BE CHECKED ON THE HOUR, THE RESTROOMS. AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED INITIALLY WHEN THEY GO, EXCUSE ME.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? THEY INITIAL WHEN THEY CHECK THE RESTROOMS? YES, MA'AM.
OH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, THEY DO.
SO MR. VINCE, THERE IS A LOG IN THE BATHROOM WHERE THE PARK RANGER SAYS MAY 26TH, 2026 3:23 PM BATHROOM.
HOW IS, HOW IS THAT LOG THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, CORRECT.
THERE IS A LOG AND THAT LOG IT, IT MAINLY, UH, REFLECTS THE SAFETY OR OF ANY, UM, MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
SO WHEN THEY GO IN, CHECK THE RESTROOM, THEY WILL CHECK SINK, OPERATIONAL, TOILET OPERATIONAL, UM, SAME THINGS FOR THE PAVILIONS IN THE PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, THE, I I, I DON'T WANT TO DISCREDIT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF I'M HEARING THAT NORTHGATE HAS BEEN VANDALIZED, UM, AND THERE IS A SCHEDULE FOR THESE PARK RANGERS, ARE THEY REPORTING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU OR THE DIRECTOR IN TERMS OF, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NOW THEY'RE A FORM OF SECURITY, THEIR FORM OF, UM, LETTING YOU BE AWARE OF WHAT'S WITHIN THE PARK AND IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS COME TO US A LONG TIME AGO.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SAYING HOW VANDALIZED NORTH, UH, NORTHGATE PARK IS, UH, AND, AND PEOPLE, THE PARKS ARE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE THERE FOR THE, AND IF THE COMMUNITY IS AFRAID TO GO INTO THE, THE PARKS, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THERE'S REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.
SO MY QUESTION IS THAT AS MY COLLEAGUES AS AF ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOCUMENTING WHAT THEY SEE? YOU KNOW, I, I THINK MY BIGGEST THING AS A HEALTH PROFESSION, EVERYTHING I HAD TO DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, AND SO WHAT WE SEE, WE SEE SOMETHING, WE SAY SOMETHING, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL CONCERN.
SO I AM, I'M NO DISCREDIT TO THEM, BUT I, I THINK THEY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. YEAH.
BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.
UM, ARE, DID THEY, ARE THEY REQUIRED, DO YOU GUYS GIVE THEM TRAINING OR DO THEY GET TRAINING THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? YES, THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE DS IN MIND THAT WHEN THEY DO GO TO PATROL THESE PARTS, UH, I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE REPORTING THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE.
UH, WHETHER THEY CATCH THE VANDALISM IN THE ACT MM-HMM
BUT TO REPORT WHAT HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE THEIR LAST VISIT OR WHAT HAS BEEN VANDALIZED, UH, I, I DO HAVE RECORD OF THEM
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REPORTING THOSE THINGS AND JUST AS WELL AS THEM, UH, THE HOMELESS WHO WE MAY REFER TO, WHO ARE SITTING UNDER THE PAVILIONS AT THAT TIME, UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THEY REALLY AREN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG.THEY'RE PATRONIZING THE PARK, JUST LIKE, UM, THE NEXT PERSON.
NOW, IF THEY WERE TO BE CAUGHT IN THE ACT, VANDALIZING THE BUILDINGS, I'M CONFIDENT THAT OUR PARK RANGERS WOULD REPORT THAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
WHEN THEY'RE NOT THERE PERMANENTLY, THEY'RE PATROLLING AROUND THE HOUR.
YOU, MR. MAX WILLIAMS, DO WE HAVE FUNDING FOR MOORE PARK? DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THAT IS A QUESTION NOW.
OR DEFER TO A DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? MADAM A CM? THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT DURING BUDGET TIME.
IF WE'D LIKE TO ADD MORE PARK RANGERS.
IF THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FEELS, THAT'S A COMPLIMENT THAT THEY, THEY NEED AT THIS TIME.
UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THIS SUBJECT, UH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN ACTS OF VIOLENCE OR VANDALISM, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU SEE SOMEONE DOING THAT, THEN THEY'RE OBLIGATED, AND THAT WOULD BE AN EASIER MATTER TO DEAL WITH.
UM, I WILL ALSO JUST REFER THIS MATTER TO BOTH THE RANGERS AND TO CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND HIS DEPUTIES.
UH, I BELIEVE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, PART OF THE, UM, STATUTORY PROHIBITION THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO FOLLOW.
NOW WITH REGARD TO SLEEPING AND CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING IN THAT STATUTE THAT REFERENCES WHAT LOOKS LIKE CAMPING.
SO IF WE SEE SOMEONE WHO APPEARS TO BE SLEEPING OR CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, UH, I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE OR THE STATUTE DOES ADDRESS THAT AND GIVES, UH, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SOME BASIS TO MAKE CONTACT IF WE SEE SOMEONE WHO APPEARS TO BE SLEEPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
IE THE PARKS, UH, WITHOUT PROPER, UH, AUTHORITY.
UM, I, I AGREE THAT MOST OF THE TIMES WHAT WE SEE IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG PER SE.
PEOPLE ARE THERE UTILIZING THE PARK.
UM, MY ISSUE IS, I, I KNOW FOR A FACT WHO WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB TO THE FULLEST EXTENT.
BECAUSE WHEN I SEE PEOPLE DRYING THEIR CLOTHES, IT TAKES MORE THAN AN HOUR TO DRY YOUR CLOTHES OR AROUND THAT TIME.
SO THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE WAS SOMEBODY UNDER THE PAVILION AT NORTHGATE PARK, THE PAVILION, THE SMALL ONE CLOSEST TO THE FENCE.
THIS GUY WAS JUST SLEEPING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, ON THE GROUND, ON THE PAVILION SLEEPING.
I, I WENT OVER THERE TO SEE IF HE WAS AT LEAST ALIVE.
I DIDN'T BOTHER HIM OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, IT, PEOPLE ARE JUST COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE USED TO THIS CYPRESS PRESERVE PARK.
SOMEBODY WAS SLEEPING THERE WITH THEIR DOG, HE WAS SLEEPING ON THE TABLE.
UM, SO WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE GO AND HE HAD HIS SHIRT OFF.
SO WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THESE PARKS, IT, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK CONDUCIVE FOR THIS IS WHERE I WANNA BRING MY FAMILY TO.
HOW DO OTHER CITIES DEAL WITH THESE? WHY WE AREN'T SEEING THIS HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES? YOU KNOW, UH, LAUDERDALE LAKES IS IN OAKLAND PARK AND 4 41, IF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT HERE, THEY'RE GOING FLOCK TO THIS CITY AND DO THAT IN THESE PARKS.
I THINK THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE RANGERS AND BSO.
I THINK IF THE RANGERS SEES SOMETHING EVEN VANDALISM, THEY NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE, DOCUMENT THAT, AND LET THAT BE A CASE.
UM, SECONDLY, WHAT WARNING SYSTEM DO WE HAVE FOR PEOPLE? IF WE SEE SOMEBODY SLEEPING OR DOING IT WRONG, WHAT'S THE SYSTEM IN PLACE OF? OKAY, THEY GET ONE WARNING, BUT THEN IF WE SEE THEM AGAIN, THEN WE HAVE TO CALL BSO AND LET THEM TAKE IT FROM THERE.
DO WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE? BECAUSE THEY JUST REALLY FEEL, YOU CAN TELL NOBODY'S SPOKEN TO THEM BEFORE.
AND IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENFORCING THE POLICY VERSUS JUST TELLING SOMEBODY, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
AND THEN LEAVING, KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET RIGHT BACK TO IT WHEN YOU LEAVE 30 MINUTES LATER.
SO DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF REPORTING STUFF BETWEEN THE RANGERS AND BSO THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? UH, YES.
THAT IS THE JOB OF THE RANGERS.
THEY ARE THE LIAISONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY SEE UNLAWFULLY THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, IF I CAN REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE SLEEPING UNDER THE PAVILIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, LIKE AC M REFERENCE, WE DID JUST BECOME ABREAST OF THE ORDINANCE OF PUBLIC CAMPING.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME EDUCATION TO BRING OURSELF UP ABREAST TO WHAT THAT TYPICALLY
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MEANS FOR THE DAYTIME.UH, WE ALREADY HAVE SIGNAGE AS FAR AS WHEN THOSE THINGS OCCUR AT NIGHTTIME, WHEN THE PARTS ARE CLOSURE.
NO TRESPASSING SIGNS LIKE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS ALLUDED TO, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO GO IN AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, ONCE THE PARK IS OPEN, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT BLATANTLY IN FRONT OF YOU COMMITTING ANYTHING UNLAWFULLY, IT'S VERY HARD TO, TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, MATTER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, VINCE.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE PARK RANGERS.
IF, IF I COULD GO AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN ALL THE PARKS ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
I JUST THINK THERE'S SOMETHING, THERE'S A GAP IN HOW WE'RE ENFORCING IT.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PARKS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU MR. VINCE.
IT'S FOR THE CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.
WHEN I WALK AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, THERE IS A BUS STOP RIGHT BEFORE BELLA VISTA ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND OF COURSE NORTHGATE PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND WHEN I WALK PASSING THERE, PEOPLE ARE THERE SLEEPING.
IT IS SIX 30, THE SUN IS COMING UP AND THEY ARE THERE SLEEPING OVER THE HEAD AT THE BUS STOP RIGHT THERE, MADAM MAYOR.
AND THAT IS, I WOULD SAY THREE TIMES OUT OF FIVE WHEN I WALK THERE, PEOPLE ARE THERE SLEEPING MADAM MAYOR BUSES AND THEY GO, THEY'RE NOT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE THERE TO TAKE THE BUS.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS YES, MADAM MAYOR.
WHEN WE, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO WHEN WE'RE BEING NOTIFIED OF THESE MATTERS, WE WILL DEFINITELY ADDRESS THEM FOR THE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW WITH WHAT WE SEE RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
UM, LIKE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER SAID, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE SLEEPING UNDER THE AIR.
SO WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE STILL ARE AVAILABLE TO GET OUT AND MAKE THOSE, UM, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
IF WE'RE CALLED UPON NOW AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, OUR DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE IN SCHOOL ZONES DOING, UM, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND THEY'RE AT OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE CITY DOING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND HANDLING CALLS AND DEALING WITH ACCIDENTS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY BUSY.
SO IF WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON LIKE THAT, UM, MAD MAYOR, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.
I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SOMEONE BREAK, GO OUT AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE MATTER AT HAND.
UM, COMMISSIONER EAST SMITH, SAME THING WITH YOU.
IF YOU SEE THESE THINGS GOING ON, CALL AND LET ME KNOW.
PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE GOING ON.
WE CAN'T FULLY ADDRESS THEM, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT OUR DEPUTIES AT THAT TIME IN THE MORNING, THEY ARE EXTREMELY BUSY.
THEY'RE OUT HANDLING ACCIDENTS FOR SCHOOL ZONES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THE MORNING.
MY, MY QUESTION AGAIN, IT'S A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
SOMEONE IS SLEEPING ON THE BUS, AT THE BUS STOP LYING ON THE BENCH.
ARE THEY, IS THERE, IS THAT A VIOLATION IF THEY'RE ASLEEP? JUST BASED ON THIS ORDINANCE WE GOT SLEEPING UNDER OPEN AIR AND THE SLEEPING ORDINANCE, IT COULD FALL UNDER, UNDER THERE.
I I DO AGREE WE SHOULD BE MORE, UM, PROACTIVE AT REACHING OUT TO BSO.
HOWEVER, MY, MY CRITIQUE IS THIS TOO.
I BELIEVE BSO DRIVE UP AND DOWN OAKLAND AT 4 41 TOO, AND THEY SEE THESE THINGS 'CAUSE THE BUS STOP IN FRONT OF WALMART, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE MINI HOUSE.
IF YOU ASK ME LIKE THEY HAVE CLOTHES AND EVERYTHING, I, IF I'M TAKING THE BUS, I'M NOT GONNA STAND UNDER THERE.
UM, SO PLEASE, I I THINK IT'S ON EVERYBODY SINCE WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS AS STUFF THAT WE JUST WANNA DRIVE BY AND SEE.
'CAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE ONLY IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND I HATE SAYING THAT 'CAUSE I GREW UP FEELING LIKE THAT.
UH, BURGER KING IS HORRIBLE OVER THERE.
THAT BUS STOP HOR, IT'S LIKE THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE THEY CAN COME AND DO THAT AT.
SO IF, IF YOU DEPUTIES SEE THAT, WE ASK THAT YOU GUYS NOT JUST WAIT ON US EITHER AND MAKE IT BE A PART OF BSOS CULTURE TO SAY, LISTEN, LET'S, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA, AND, AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I, THE OFFICERS, THEY ARE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS EVERY THOROUGH FAIR WITHIN THE CITY.
AND, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE ATTENDING CALLS, THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THE RESPONSE TO CERTAIN
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CALLS.SO THAT, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT LOOK RIGHT OR YOU JUST BE LIKE, HEY, WHY ARE THEY DRIVING OUT? THEY'RE PRIORITIZING THEIR RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CALLS AS THEIR TRIAGE IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE RECEIVE IT.
SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BLAME TO GO AROUND.
UM, THE BRO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE WILL TAKE, WE WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS IN THIS AND JUST WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESSING ALL THIS COLLECTIVELY.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'M SORRY YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? UH, SURE TO YOU, BUT LET ME SEE.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THE BIOHAZARD THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY ON THOSE SHELTERS.
UM, SOMETIME I FEEL SORRY FOR, FOR MY STAFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE BIOHAZARD EVERY DAY.
UM, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY BIG PROBLEM.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR FOR MADAM MAYOR RON.
WORK WITH BSO TO CLEAN IT UP FOR US.
BEEN CALLING THEM A C MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS WILL STAFF WILL WORK WITH BSO AND PARKS AND THE RANGERS TO ENSURE THAT WE ATTACK THIS ISSUE, UH, MORE FREQUENTLY FOR SOME RELIEF.
UM, WE DO HAVE, THAT ACTUALLY TAKES CARE OF ITEM, ITEM NINE, D, E, F, AND G.
WE DO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN THAT WAS AT 5:30 PM MADAM MAYOR, WE'LL REVERT TO OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
[A. PRESENTATION - SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY FOR THE SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUNDS (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
UNDER ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ITEMS PRESENTATION, SOLID WASTE RACE STUDY FOR THE SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUNDS.AND WE DO HAVE MR. RON DE BRUNO WHO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU MR. YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UH, POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT AM MAYOR.
UH, IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, THE CITY COMMISSION AWARDED A CONTRACT TO STANTEC CONSULT CONSULTING AND TO PROVIDE, UH, A RATE OF SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY, UH, FOR THE CITY.
UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SOLID WASTE, UH, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
THE, THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT WITH IS 2 72 A YEAR.
IT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 20 18 20 19.
SO THE, THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY ENTEC AND TONIGHT MAYOR TO YOU, I HAVE MR. JEFF RACKLEY FROM STANTEC, UH, THAT WILL PROVIDE US WITH, UH, THE RESULT OF THAT STUDY TO THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, UH, APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO, TO GO OVER THE, UH, SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT STUDY.
UM, AS RON SAID, MY NAME'S JEFF RACKLEY, UH, MANAGER WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES.
UM, I WAS ALSO HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO PRESENTING THE RESULTS OF THE FIRE ASSESSMENT STUDY.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, BUT, BUT SIMILAR SETUP O OVERALL.
SO AS RON SAID, THIS, UH, STUDY HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OR SO.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRE COVID COSTS HERE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COST INCREASE OVER THE YEARS, UM, SINCE THEN.
SO YOU, YOU'LL SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT.
UM, JUST A QUICK REFRESHER ON NON AVAL ALARM ASSESS.
SO IT'S A CHARGE IMPOSED AGAINST PROPERTY TO DIRECTLY FUND THE COST OF PROVIDING CERTAIN SERVICES AND OR FACILITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LIST OF A COUPLE ITEMS THAT YOU CAN USE NON AVALOR ASSESSMENTS FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS YOU CAN'T USE ASSESSMENTS FOR.
THE KEY THERE IS REALLY THAT THERE HAS TO BE A BENEFIT TO PROPERTY AND NOT TO PEOPLE.
SO THINGS LIKE EMS SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, SOME OF THOSE TYPE THINGS THAT, THAT REALLY BENEFIT PEOPLE AND PROVIDE KIND OF A GENERAL BENEFIT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
THE COMMON ONES YOU, THE MOST COMMON YOU SEE AROUND THE STATE ARE REALLY FIRE SOLID WASTE, STORM WATER, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ROAD PAVING OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAPITAL ASSESSMENTS.
UM, THE KEY HERE IS THAT EVERY DOLLAR RAISED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT FOR SOLID WASTE, JUST LIKE WITH FIRE, IT HAS TO BE USED FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
SO IT CAN'T BE USED FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, CAN'T BE USED FOR PAVING OR SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE STRICTLY FOR SOLID WASTE.
THE OTHER KEY POINT IS THAT IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A TAX.
I I KNOW THE, THE FOLKS PAYING, YOU'RE GONNA SAY WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL IT.
IT'S ON THE TAX BILL, YOU'RE COLLECTING IT, IT'S A TAX TO THEM.
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SOME DIFFERENT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THOUGH THAT, THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM YOUR, YOUR TAXES.SO THE TWO KEY REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE A SPECIAL BENEFIT.
SO IT CAN'T, AS WE SAID, BE A, A GENERAL BENEFIT AND YOU CAN'T INCLUDE PROPERTIES THAT WOULDN'T RECEIVE A BENEFIT.
SO PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T RECEIVING SOLID WASTE SERVICES SHOULDN'T BE CHARGED FOR, FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT, THAT THE COSTS HAVE TO BE REASONABLY APPORTIONED.
SO IN THIS CASE IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THEY'RE ALL RECEIVING THE SAME SERVICE.
SO, SO WE DON'T HAVE A BIG ISSUE HERE, BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO CHARGE PROPERTIES FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, SIZE OF THEIR LOT OR FRONT FOOTAGE ON THE STREET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT HAS TO BE REASONABLE AND LOGICAL, AND IT ALSO HAS TO BE DATA DRIVEN.
YOU CAN'T JUST DECIDE THAT WE, WE THINK THIS PROPERTY SHOULD PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THESE PROPERTIES OVER IN THIS SECTION SHOULD PAY $500 IF THEY'RE ALL GETTING THE SAME SERVICE, ESSENTIALLY THEY SHOULD PAY THE SAME, THE SAME COST FOR THAT SERVICE.
SO THE ASSESSMENT UPDATE ITSELF, WE, WE USED 2026 BUDGETED.
WE DATA AND PROPOSED CONTRACT COSTS AND WE ESCALATED THAT FORWARD FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
UH, WE USED THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS BILLING DATABASE, JUST LIKE FOR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT.
THEY'VE MAINTAINED THAT FOR, FOR THE CITY.
AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO WE'RE JUST PULLING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE RECEIVING THOSE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES.
AND AS WE SAID, WE'LL PRESENT THE RATES HERE AND THE CALCULATIONS, THEY'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDING.
WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE RATES, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THESE SERVICES THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT.
HOWEVER, THESE ARE REAL COSTS.
THE MAJORITY IS BEING A CONTRACT COST, SO THEY HAVE TO BE FUNDED SOME WAY.
SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH VALOREM TAXES OR SOME OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUE SOURCE, THESE ARE COSTS AT THE CITY'S, UM, EXPERIENCE.
SO THE SERVICES, WE PUT THIS IN HERE, JUST JUST SO THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS CAN REALLY SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDING HERE.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR IS CURBSIDE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.
SO RECYCLING, COLLECTION AND PROCESSING, FULL WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL, AND THEN PERIODIC HOUSEHOLD WASTE.
WOULD YOU SPEAK MORE TOP OFF, YOU SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY INTO THE MIC PLEASE? UH, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
SO THE, UM, COST OF SERVICE WE, WE LOOK AT AND, AND AS I SAID, THIS WAS BASED ON 2026 BUDGETED DATA.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE BULK OF THE COSTS ARE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, UM, PERSONNEL AND OPERATING COSTS, MUCH SMALLER PERCENTAGE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TAKING OUT THE $150,000 FRANCHISE FEE REVENUE SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE BILLING FOR, FOR THOSE COSTS.
WE THEN ADD IN ALL THE COST OF COLLECTING THE ASSESSMENT FROM THE STATUTORY DISCOUNT, WHICH IS APPLIED FOR EVERYONE THAT PAYS THEIR TAXES EARLY.
THEY GET UP TO A 4% EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT.
WE ALSO ADD IN A LITTLE BIT THERE FOR UNDER COLLECTIONS.
UM, IN, IN THE EVENT YOU DON'T COLLECT THAT ASSESSMENT FOR THIS YEAR, THERE POTENTIALLY COULD BE A REVENUE SHORTFALL.
EVENTUALLY YOU'LL BE MADE WHOLE OF THAT THROUGH THE TAX BILL LEAD SALE.
BUT WE, WE ADD THAT IN THE COST TO COLLECT THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR, THE COST FOR THE PROPERTY APPRAISER TO PUT THE ASSESSMENT ON TRIM.
UM, THERE IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO MAIL NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS.
MOST OF THE, THE MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY USE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR THAT AND UTILIZE THE TRIM NOTICE AS OPPOSED TO INCURRING THE COSTS AND COMPLEXITY OF HAVING TO MAIL NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY JUST ADD IT AS A LINE ON THE TRIM NOTICE.
AND THEN THE COST OF CONDUCTING THE STUDY ITSELF.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBERS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST OVER $3 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE GOING OUT OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD WHAT THOSE COSTS LOOK LIKE.
SO THE, THE NEXT PIECE OF THE DATA THAT WE LOOK AT IS FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATA, AND IT'S JUST ALL THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE RECEIVING SOLID WASTE SERVICE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 5,350 DWELLING UNITS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST MATH.
ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT COSTS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND CAN BE INCLUDED, WE ADD IN ALL THE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND THE COLLECTION COSTS NET OUT THE REVENUES.
WE DIVIDE BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO GET A COST PER DWELLING UNIT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT COST IS $573 PER DWELLING UNIT OR FY 27.
AND WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO, TO THE CURRENT
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RATE, RON MENTIONED THE $272 THAT GENERATES SOMEWHERE AROUND $1.5 MILLION.SO WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS BASICALLY THE COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT YOUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT RATES ARE ARE COVERING.
SO ABOUT 50%, A LITTLE MORE THAN 50% ACTUALLY IS BEING COVERED BY THE, BY THE GENERAL FUND FOR THESE SERVICES.
AND, AND REALLY THAT'S A FUNCTION OF, OF TIME MORE THAN ANYTHING.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT YEARS OR SO SINCE THIS WAS UPDATED, THAT WAS PROBABLY BASED ON THE PRIOR YEARS DATA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, BY THE TIME YOU, YOU'RE COLLECTING THIS MONEY, WE'RE ALMOST 10 YEARS FROM, FROM THE LAST STUDY, INCLUDING THAT COVID PERIOD AND INCREASED COSTS FOR FUEL AND AND DISPOSAL.
SO THIS IS FAIRLY TYPICAL OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE STATE AS WELL AS WE'RE UPDATING THESE SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENTS.
SO THIS SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING YOU THAT SAME, SAME RATE AND REVENUE COLLECTION, UM, AND, AND ESTIMATED NET REVENUE AT THAT 5 73, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 2.8, $2.9 MILLION COLLECTED.
YOU CAN SEE FOR THE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THE, THE CITY DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO ADOPT ANY RATE UP TO THAT MAXIMUM RATE.
UM, SOME OF OUR CLIENTS SOMETIMES LIKE TO ADOPT IT IS AN ANNUAL DECISION, SO YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THE RATES ANNUALLY.
BUT SOME OF OUR CLIENTS LIKE TO ADOPT A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE RATE AND KIND OF SET THAT FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
IT, IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE FRONT, SO YOU'RE OVER COLLECTING, YOU'RE UNDER COLLECTING A LITTLE BIT AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD, BUT IT KIND OF KEEPS IT AT LEVEL FOR THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS, OF COURSE, AFTER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, OR 6, 7, 8 YEARS, WHERE WE ARE NOW A A HUGE INCREASE.
SO SOME, SOMETHING TO TO THINK ABOUT THERE IN, IN YOUR STRATEGY IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW MUCH OF THIS DO WE WANNA FUND THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT? YOU KNOW, SHOULD IT BE FULLY SELF-SUSTAINING AND, AND A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENTS, OR DO WE WANT TO SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH SOME OTHER FUNDS? AND THEN, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN'T BIND A FUTURE BOARD AND ADOPT RATES NOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, KIND OF WHAT, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS O OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? UM, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
I MEAN, THE, THE, THE RATES ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT'S, AS I SAID, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS AND KIND OF THE, THE TIMELINE, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'RE, WE'RE HERE FOR DISCUSSION, SO THERE'S NO DECISION AT THIS POINT.
I BELIEVE THESE WILL BE COMING BACK IN THE FORM, EITHER OF A RESOLUTION OR AT LEAST FOR, FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION AND CONSENSUS TO DETERMINE WHICH RATE YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE TRIM NOTICE.
UM, AND JUST LIKE YOUR AVALOR TAXES, THAT, THAT AMOUNT YOU PUT ON THE TRIM NOTICE CAN BE HIGHER THAN THE FINAL AMOUNT YOU ADOPT, BUT YOU CAN'T GO ABOVE THAT TRIM NOTICED AMOUNT.
SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THERE, THAT WHATEVER'S ON THE TRIM NOTICE SETS YOUR UPPER LIMIT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS REDUCE THAT AT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING WHEN YOU COME BACK IN, IN EITHER LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER TO ADOPT THE FINAL RATES THAT WOULD GO IN THE TAX BILL.
YOU COULD LOWER IT AT THAT POINT, BUT YOU CAN'T RAISE IT AT AT THAT POINT.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO, TO KEEP IN MIND WITH YOUR STRATEGY THERE AS WELL.
AND KIND OF HOW THIS FITS IN WITH THE, THE REST OF YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR FIRE ASSESSMENT AND, AND AVALOR TAX RATE AND YOUR OTHER REVENUES IS, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE MOVING, MOVING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HERE THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
BUT THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM HERE, BASICALLY LIKE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA DECIDE ON YOUR PRELIMINARY RATES.
THOSE ARE GONNA GO ON TRIM, YOU'LL NOTIFY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER.
THERE'S A 20 DAY PERIOD THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT ACCORDING TO STATUTE, AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU'D ADOPT YOUR FINAL RATES AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, TRY TO COVER IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE, THE CALCULATIONS OR ASSESSMENTS IN GENERAL OR NEXT STEPS OR CONCERNS, QUESTIONS FROM, FROM ANYONE MATTERS? MAD MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, MAD MAYOR.
WELL, BSO WE ARE GONNA NEED SOME SECURITY UP HERE.
IF WE WERE TO PUT THROUGH SOME OF THESE RATES THAT, UH, WE SEE, UM, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT JUSTIFIED.
WE KNOW WHAT THE RESIDENTS, THE RESIDENTS THAT WE DO HAVE HERE AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO AFFORD THERE.
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I I LOOK AT INVESTORS COMING INTO THE AREA AND TAKING A LOT OF THESE HOMES OR SENIORS AND ALL OF THAT.UM, AS YOU SAID, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ASSESSMENT WOULD BE.
'CAUSE IT COMES IN WITH THEIR TAXES, RIGHT? IT'S AUTOMATICALLY IN.
SO THAT TAKES A LOT OF CONSIDERATION.
MR. RON, I I JUST WANNA ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
HOW DOES THIS WEIGH WITH THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY? HOW DOES THE TWO COINCIDE OR ARE THEY SUPPLEMENTED? HOW DOES THAT WEIGH THIS, A NON VALOREM AND THE SOLID WASTE? SO ARE WE PAYING TWO DIFFERENT IN COMBINATION? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THOSE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY ONLY DEAL WITH DISPOSAL.
SO WHEN WE COLLECT, UH, WASTE CURBSIDE, UH, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS COLLECTION AND HAULING.
WE HAVE TO DRIVE IT SOMEWHERE AND DISPOSE OF IT WHEN WE GET TO THAT SITE.
THERE'S ANOTHER ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE PAY CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE, UH, IT'S ABOUT $56 PER TON WHEN WE DUMP OUR TRASH.
SO THE SOLID WASTE IS TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT.
ULTIMATELY, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO PAY THE $56.
IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE ONCE WE, UH, THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE, UH, ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH NEW FACILITIES.
BUT THE, THE COST FOR COLLECTION FROM THE CURBSIDE TO HOING IT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON IT.
AS IT STANDS NOW, WE GET TWO PICKUP PER WEEK, UH, TWO
WE HAVE, UH, WHAT WE CALL 2 1 1 MM-HMM
UH, TWO REGULAR GARBAGE PER WEEK.
ONE RECYCLE PER WEEK AND ONE BULK PER WEEK.
AND I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE BULK HAS NO CAP, MEANING, UH, YOU CAN PUT A WHOLE HOUSE ON THE CURB WEBSITE.
THEY ARE, UH, OBLIGATED TO PICK IT UP.
AND THAT'S AN UPGRADE TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, BULK SERVICE THAT WE USED TO HAVE BEFORE 2019.
USED TO BE TWO, ONE AND A QUARTER, MEANING WE TO HAVE ONE BULK PICKUP PER MONTH.
AND IT WAS, UH, REALLY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE BULK, MOSTLY AROUND THE MULTIFAMILY, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF EVICTION AND, UH, NEW TENANT COMING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
UH, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, YOU HAVE THOSE COUCHES MATTRESSES PILED UP ON THE SIDEWALK.
UH, COMMISSION QUESTION, NOT FINISH.
MY QUESTION IS, OR WAS, I KNOW OF BIG CITIES LIKE PALM BAY, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE PICKUP PER WEEK FOR REGULAR GARBAGE.
NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES OUT, EIGHT OUT OF 10 TIMES ON MY BLOCK ON A THURSDAY.
YEAH, MAYBE OUT OF 20 OR 25 HOMES, MAYBE YOU FIND FOUR OR FIVE GARBAGE OUT FOR THERE.
THE BULK OF THE GARBAGE IS ALWAYS ON A MONDAY.
NOW, WITH ALL OF THIS THAT WE ARE LOOKING ON, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS MAYBE TO CUT DOWN ON COSTS IF WE ONLY HAVE ONE PICKUP PER WEEK FOR TRASH.
DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD AUGMENT SOME OF THE, UH, TO REMIND MAYOR? UH, I'M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT, UH, REDUCTION IN SERVICE, HOW MUCH? UH, I DEFINITELY WILL SAVE SOME, SOME MONEY, BUT, UH, HOW MUCH I I I'M NOT ABLE TO PREDICT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THAT WOULD, UH, SAVE US, BUT DEFINITELY THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN SERVICE.
AND IF THIS IS THE WAY OF THE COMMISSION, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN SERVICE.
WELL, I WOULDN'T MIND YOU MAYBE FINDING OUT, BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON HERE NOT, IS NOT, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FROM 2 72 RIGHT NOW TO 600 AND OUR DOLLARS, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.
A LOT OF THEM ARE ON FIXED, FIXED FIXABLE INCOME.
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SO I WOULD MIND IF YOU COULD LOOK ON THAT.THE OTHER SIDE, IF WE HAVE ONE PICKUP PER WEEK FOR TRASH, BESIDES THE RECYCLE AND THE BULK, MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM TO DO THAT.
MADAM, DO YOU HAVE THAT? DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? WE WILL DEFINITELY, I'LL WORK WITH RON TO MAKE SURE WE, WE LOOK INTO THAT AND GET YOUR RESPONSE.
MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, THAT MR. RON.
MY CONCERN FOR MY COLLEAGUE WITH DECREASE IN WHAT I AM SEEING WHEN I WALK IS NOT ONLY THE RECYCLE, UM, THE REGULAR GARBAGE BIN FILLED, BUT THE RECYCLABLE BINS ARE BEING FILLED WITH GARBAGE AS WELL.
SO HOW DO WE COUNTERACT OR HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF RECYCLE BIN THAT DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER MATERIALS INSIDE OF IT.
IT TAKES ALL OF US HELPING TO COUNTERACT BECAUSE THE CITY IS BEING CHARGED BACK FOR THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S JUST MY DILEMMA GOING TO ONE.
WELL, I, THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY BECAUSE BOTH BINS ARE BEING FILLED WITH GARBAGE.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I AM NOTICING.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER TIME, CERTAIN ITEM NUMBER FIVE B
[B. PRESENTATION - BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE REGARDING PET REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA PRESENTATION FROM BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE REGARDING PET REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.AND WE SHOULD HAVE A BROWARD COUNTY REP HERE, MR. ZACHARY RINKIN, WHO IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CON.
EVENING, ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS, THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,202 SQUARE MILES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
YOUR BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING ALL OF THEM, BUT I'M SURE THAT THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION WOULD AGREE THAT THE NEARLY 3.7 SQUARE MILES THAT MAKE UP THIS CITY ARE A BIT MORE SPECIAL THAN THE REST OF THEM.
I'M ZACHARY RANKINS, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE, THE COUNTY'S OFFICIAL PET ADOPTION AND ANIMAL WELFARE AGENCY.
WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH FREE PET ADOPTIONS, PET REGISTRATIONS, AND ANIMAL CODE ENFORCEMENTS.
AND WHILE MANY OF YOU GUYS MAY KNOW ABOUT DIFFERENT SHELTERS AND RESCUES, THERE'S A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM.
WHILE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS RESPOND TO BOARDS OF TRUSTEES, OUR BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING VICE MAYOR MCKENZIE AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER ROGERS, ENSURES THAT WE RESPOND TO YOU.
THAT'S THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM.
THIS EVENING, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PET REGISTRATIONS.
IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AND REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL OF OUR DOGS AND CATS REGISTERED EACH YEAR.
WE'VE RECENTLY EXPANDED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THREE YEARS FOR JUST $25.
IF YOU HAVE A MICROCHIP, YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR DOG OR CAT FOR A YEAR.
IF YOU ALSO HAVE A MICROCHIP FOR JUST $65, YOU CAN REGISTER THEM FOR THREE YEARS.
NOW, WHEN YOU COMBINE THE PET REGISTRATION AND A MICROCHIP, IT CREATES A GREAT RESOURCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WHEN YOUR CAT GETS LOST OR YOUR DOG GETS LOST, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECONNECT THAT DOG OR THAT CAT WITH YOU.
AND SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO COME THROUGH AND GET PET REGISTRATION BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY REQUIRED, BUT THEY'RE AMAZING RESOURCE TO REUNITE FAMILIES ALL THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
FROM THE SAWGRASS TO THE SEA GRASS, WE ARE BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE, THE COUNTY'S OFFICIAL PET ADOPTION AND ANIMAL WELFARE AGENCY.
WE ARE A SERVICE OF THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
I STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS RELATED TO PET REGISTRATION AND ALSO LARGELY BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE.
WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE IF YOU DON'T REGISTER YOUR ANIMAL? WELL, YOU CAN GET A CITATION, BUT THE GREATER CONSEQUENCE IS THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HERE
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IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ARE VERY, UM, IN TUNE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUS OF OUR COMMUNITY.WE KNOW THAT RABIES IS A ZOONOTIC DISEASE, MEANING THAT IT CAN GO FROM AN ANIMAL TO ANOTHER ANIMAL OR AN ANIMAL TO A HUMAN BEING.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE RABIES OF VACCINATIONS UP TO DATE, IT ENSURES THAT WE HAVE A HEALTHY BROWARD COUNTY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEN, RESOURCES THAT WE OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITY IS EVERY MONTH WE TYPICALLY OFFER FREE CLINICS.
AND SO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY CAN GET, UM, A MICROCHIP FOR FREE.
SO THAT DISCOUNTS THE PET REGISTRATION, WHICH AGAIN, IS $25 FOR ONE YEAR, OR $65 FOR THREE YEARS IF YOU HAVE YOUR MICROCHIP.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
UH, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU HAD TO REGISTER ALL OF YOUR PETS WHEREVER YOU LIVE, AND OF COURSE, PARTICULARLY HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PETS ARE REGISTERED FROM RESIDENTS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES? WELL, UM, I CAN TELL YOU, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR PET REGISTRATION.
REGRETTABLY, THERE ARE LESS THAN ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE REGISTERED HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
THERE ARE OVER A MILLION ANIMALS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
AND SO ONE OF THE RESOURCES WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND TO THE COMMUNITY IS, UH, PET SPAY AND NEUTER.
AND SO THE, THE FEES FROM THE PET REGISTRATION HELP PAY FOR THOSE, UM, SPAY NEUTER OPPORTUNITIES.
SPAY NEUTER IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF, UM, ONE OF OUR LADIES IN THIS ROOM GETS PREGNANT, WE ANTICIPATE ONE, UM, ONE HUMAN BEING TO COME OUT.
UM, TYPICALLY WHEN AN ANIMAL GETS PREGNANT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, UM, ANIMALS THAT THEY CAN HAVE.
AND SO WHEN THAT LITTER COMES OUT, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AS A COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT REALLY IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PET REGISTRATION AND SPAY AND NEUTER, HOW DOES THE BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT? 'CAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THE MEDIA.
WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING ALL OF OUR, UH, CITY COUNCILS AND CITY COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
WHEN WE DO THOSE, UM, CLINICALS, WE PARTNER WITH CITIES TO DO THOSE FREE CLINICS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT GOING THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIP AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE THESE RESOURCES.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR INTERIM, UM, CITY MANAGER AND ALSO THE DEPUTY CLERK WE'RE VERY RESPONSIVE TO ME AND TRYING TO GET ME OUT HERE, UM, AND FACILITATING THIS PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND FACILITATION, UM, AND MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM.
DO YOU HAVE A FLYER WITH YOU? A FLYER THAT YOU CAN SEND TO US? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SOME CITIES ARE ALLOWING US TO PUT BANNERS IN THEIR PARKS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE, UM, REMINDED OF THOSE VARIOUS, UM, OBLIGATIONS TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO, UM, IF YOU CAN, I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE, UM, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO GET THOSE VARIOUS RESOURCES, BUT WE HAVE READY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO, UM, SHARE WITH YOUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
YES, MADAM MAYOR, MR. COWELL, I SEE A LOT OF STRAY ANIMALS.
DOGS AND CATS WHEN I WALK, THAT RARELY DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYONE IT WOULD APPEAR.
IS THERE ANYWHERE IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT WE CAN CALL? WELL, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT'S A TREMENDOUS QUESTION.
AS WE SAID, UM, THERE ARE OVER A MILLION, UH, DOGS AND CATS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ANIMAL CENSUS DATA.
AND SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY 350 KENNELS AT OUR SHELTER.
AND SO ROUGHLY EVERY SIX WEEKS WE ARE OVERCROWDED.
SO IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO ADOPT A DOG OR A CAT, PLEASE STOP BY OUR SHELTER AND WE'RE WAIVING ADOPTION FEES.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PAY THE $25 PET REGISTRATION FEE.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF IF YOU SEE A SITUATION, UM, MADAM COMMISSIONER, IF YOU SEE A SITUATION WHERE AN ANIMAL IS IN HARM HARM'S WAY OR ANIMAL IS HARMING ANOTHER ANIMAL, OR AN ANIMAL IS HARMING A HUMAN BEING, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL 3 1 1 AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE JOB DONE, CALL 3 1 1, AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE JOB DONE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS, FOR ALL SERVICES AND INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO TO BROWARD.ORG/ANIMAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. RICKERS.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET IT OUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES ALSO.
WELL, THANK YOU KINDLY, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE INTERIM MANAGER TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
WE WILL REVERT BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER NINE H, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH
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0 5 9 REGARDING A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AWARD WITH WATERFIELD FLORIDA STAFFING, L-L-C-D-B-A STAFFING CONNECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPROVED CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE CITY OF PLANTATION FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES.AND WE DO HAVE MS. TARA WILLIAMS, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE AAS FOR THE RECORD, TARA WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND THIS ITEM IS TO GAIN APPROVAL OF THE COOPERATIVE CONTRACT WITH STAFFING CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE CITY OF PLANTATION FOR OUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS COMPUTER ANSWER QUESTION.
IT'S EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THE ITEM ENTAILS.
WHAT THE ITEM ENTAILS IS FOR US TO, UM, HAVE TO WORK TO CONNECT WITH THIS.
WELL, ACTUALLY, LET ME, THIS IS FOR THE CONTRACT, SO LET ME REFER TO AZAR TO SPEAK TO THE CONTRACT.
AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, ZAM, A PROCUREMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DALE LEAGUES.
UM, THE CITY OF DALE LEAGUES, UH, HAD PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF TAMARACK ON THEIR, UH, CONTRACT FOR CROSSING GUARDS.
THAT CONTRACT, UH, WOULD'VE EXPIRED, UM, SOMETIME LAST YEAR.
THEY EX DID MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS AND THE CITY OF TAMRA DID DO A NEW SOLICITATION AND PLANNED TO AWARD AT THE 11TH HOUR.
THE AWARDED VENDOR, THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR AWARD RATHER, WAS UNABLE TO START BECAUSE HE SAID THAT THE TIME WAS TOO SHORT.
THE CITY OF TAMRAN WAS ALSO GOING BACK OUT TO RES SOLICIT, UM, IN EARLY JANUARY.
AND DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES WITHIN THE AGENCY, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
THEREFORE, THEY EXTENDED AT THAT TIME THE INCUMBENT CONTRACT WITH THAT VENDOR THAT WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH TO THE END OF JULY OF THIS YEAR.
AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT AGENCY AS WELL, THEY WERE UNABLE TO, UM, SUCCESSFULLY GO BACK OUT ON THEIR OWN SOLICITATION AND HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF PLANTATION.
UH, CITY OF PLANTATION DOES HAVE A SIMILAR CONTRACT.
UM, IT'S THE SAME RATE, UM, AS WELL AS THE SAME AWARDED VENDOR.
UM, WHO'S ON THAT CONTRACT, WHO'S SERVICING US AT THIS POINT IN TIME? THE, THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP WAS FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF PLANTATION, UH, ON THAT CONTRACT.
UM, JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD, AS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
THERE ARE CONTRACTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND SO ON.
UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF YOUR, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE UNDER, UH, AS PART OF OUR PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, FALLING UNDER PURCHASES OF GOODS OR SERVICES FROM CONTRACTS AWARDED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OR NONPROFIT ENTITIES AND SO ON.
UM, CITY OF PLANTATION AWARDED THIS CONTRACT SOMETIME AGO AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME VENDOR THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW, UH, AS WE UNDERSTAND WITH THE VENDOR WHO IS ALSO PRESENT HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UH, THE CROSSING GUARDS THAT WE DO HAVE UNDER OUR, UM, ABILITY RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL NOT BE CHANGED WHEN WE SWITCH.
IF WE GET THE APPROVAL TO SWITCH OVER, UH, THIS CONTRACT IS TO SET TO BEGIN, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST WHEN THE CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES, UM, THE CITY ON OUR OWN, WE'RE UNABLE TO FIND THAT SUFFICIENT TIME WHERE WE FIND IT THAT WE CAN SOLICIT, EVALUATE AN AWARD AND FIND SUFFICIENT TIME TO DO OUR OWN CONTRACT.
THEREFORE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UM, PURSUING THIS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF PLANTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE POSSIBLE.
MR. PROCUREMENT
UM, THIS CONTRACT GOES, UM, THIS OFFICIAL TERM GOES INTO 329783.70.
UH, AGAIN, THE RATING STRUCTURE, UH, IT COINCIDES WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE NOW.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE NEW RATE, UH, IN THE EXISTING ONE WOULD'VE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.
THE PLANTATION ONE STARTS IN JANUARY.
UM, IT COINCIDED WITH THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE LAWS ON THE LABOR LAWS AS WELL.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO, UH, EXTENSIONS WITH THE PLANTATION CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE.
BUT THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY.
IT'S, I I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD AND ALSO FOR, UM, RESOURCE OFFICERS WHEN THE COOL BOARD TAKES BACK SO MUCH MONEY FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.
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THE QUESTION REGARDING CITY CAME FOR SCHOOL BOSTON GUARDS.I WAS OPPOSED AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND MS. TARR WAS TO SEE IF SHE COULD FIND SOME INFORMATION, BUT GO AHEAD MR. TRAIN, BUT THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS CLOSED.
WELL, REMEMBER WHEN I CAME YOU HAD FINISHED THAT MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.
WHERE WE GONNA GET THERE THOUGH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER COWELL'S QUESTION, UH, WHICH IS IN FACT A LEGAL QUESTION.
SO I, I, I, UH, UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT SHE'S ASKING.
UM, AND I WAS PREPARED AT THE LAST MEETING TO ADDRESS THAT.
I DON'T HAVE MY MATERIALS ON THAT MATTER RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN GET THEM LATER ON.
UH, BUT THE, THE ESSENCE OF THE ANSWER, UH, MADAM COMMISSIONER, IS, UH, THERE HAS BEEN FLORIDA LAW AND JUDICIAL PRECEDENT THAT ESTABLISHES THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, THE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PAY FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GARDEN.
AGAIN, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT I DID LOOK AT THIS THE LAST TIME THIS ISSUE CAME UP.
AND OH, THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S FROM THE LEGISLATION, LEGISLATION.
BUT I REALLY WONDER WHY MM-HMM
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT, UH, THE, UH, LEGISLATURE AND, AND THE COURTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THEY BELIEVE PLACES PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE SERVICES TO GO, UH, TO THE MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THE ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE.
AND AGAIN, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON THAT, UM, AT, AT, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'LL REVERT BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A 6:30 PM TIME, CERTAIN ITEM NUMBER FIVE
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HIRING OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS) (6:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
C UNDER ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ITEMS. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HIRING OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER THAT IS SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.WE WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE, MS. TARA, ON THE HIRING OF OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
AT YOUR LAST REPORT, YOU INDICATED WE RECEIVED 50 APPLICATIONS.
THE DEADLINE DATE IS MAY 29TH, AND TO DATE, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? AND WE, ARE WE IN THE NEXT STEP? SURE.
UH, PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
UM, ACTUALLY, I INVITED OUR LEAD RECRUITER FOR MGT TO JOIN THE MEETING.
SO IS HE ON JIM? AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
MADAM, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
UH, TARA, DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW? YES.
TAKE THE NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M WITH MGT, THE RECRUITER THAT YOU HIRED, UH, FOR THE NEW CITY MANAGER POSITION.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU, ALRIGHT, UH, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE, WE DON'T CLOSE THE, UH, UH, PROCESS UNTIL THIS FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE 92 RESUMES.
OKAY? OUT OF THAT, UH, WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE AT THE TOP IN TERMS OF QUALIFICATIONS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY ME.
UM, I ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE A GOOD SLATE OF CANDIDATES.
THE ISSUE, IF YOU WANNA GET INTO WHAT THE ISSUE WILL BE.
SO, SO FAR WE'RE DOING REAL WELL.
I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT IN A LOT OF CASES, THE BEST RESUMES WE GET TRADITIONALLY TEND TO BE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OR THE LAST TWO DAYS.
REASON BEING, SOMETIMES THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE READY AND WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR RESUME READY.
AND THEN THERE ARE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES THAT WAIT TILL THE VERY END BECAUSE THEY WANNA POLISH THEIR RESUME, THEY WANNA DO RESEARCH ON THE CITY.
SO I STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS, UH, AND I'M ANTICIPATING SOME ADDITIONAL RESUMES.
ALSO, IN ADDITION TO ADVERTISING, I KNOW OUR, OUR FIRM HAS BEEN PUTTING THE WORD OUT ON OUR NETWORK.
I ALSO BEEN MAKING A LOT OF PERSONAL CALLS TO PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE AN INTEREST, UH, THAT THIS WOULD BE A, A
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REALLY GOOD JOB FOR SOMEONE THAT IT, YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT CO, UH, COMMISSION TO WORK FOR AND A GREAT CITY.THE ISSUE AFTER THIS, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO CONTINUE, IS GONNA BE HOW DO, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE, I, I CAN SUGGEST SOME NEXT STEPS, THINGS THAT HAVE ALWAYS WORKED THAT SO THAT IT'S TRANSPARENT AND THAT IT'S EASY TO FOLLOW FOR THE, FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR YOURSELVES IN MAKING THE SELECTION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD, UH, I CAN WALK THROUGH SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT? OKAY.
WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING IS, LET'S SAY THAT I HAVE 10 PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SELECTED FOR INTERVIEWS BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
THE REAL ISSUE THEN IS HOW DO WE GET TO ONE PERSON? AND THE BIGGER, THE, THE WAY TO GET THERE IS HOW DO YOU GET TO THE IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS? NOW OF ALL THE GOVERNMENTS I'VE WORKED FOR 30 SOME ODD GOVERNMENTS, OKAY? OR 30 SOME ODD PLACEMENTS IN 16 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
THE DIFFICULT PART A LOT OF TIMES IS HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT, THAT TOP GROUP THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN PERSON.
I HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMMUNITY THAT WANTED TO INTERVIEW IN PERSON AT THE DAAS MORE THAN FIVE CANDIDATES.
AND I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE WITH THIS COMMISSION.
NOW THE ISSUE IS HOW DO YOU GET FROM 10 PEOPLE DOWN TO FIVE? YOU STILL HAVE TO SELECT IN PUBLIC FROM THE LIST FIVE.
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH CANDIDATES THAT THIS WILL APPLY, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU APPOINT A, A SUBCOMMITTEE.
YOU CAN DO IT BY LET'S SAY ONE PERSON PER COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD, UH, MEET WITH ME AND WITH HELP FROM TARA, WALK THROUGH THE RESUMES OF THE TOP 10 PEOPLE SAY.
AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT INFORMATION, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
AND I WOULD GIVE THEM ALL MY PERSPECTIVE BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND MY INTERVIEWS WITH THAT GROUP, THEN TOGETHER WITH MY REPORT THAT THEN THAT GROUP COULD COME TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
REMEMBER, THEY, NO ONE'S PICKING THIS CANDIDATE FOR YOU, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO RECOMMEND TO YOU THE BEST QUALIFIED GROUP TO INTERVIEW.
UH, MY SUGGESTION IS THAT SEEMS TO WORK BEST BECAUSE YOU STILL GOTTA MAKE THIS DECISION IN PUBLIC.
BUT INSTEAD OF YOU TRYING TO BE THERE WITH ALL 10 RESUMES LOOKING THROUGH ALL THIS AND, AND YOU'RE NOT PICKING A PERSON AT THAT POINT, YOU'RE JUST PICKING THE PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW.
AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU, YOU HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE MAYBE ONE PERSON PER COMMISSIONER ON THERE, BECAUSE IT'LL TAKE SOME WORK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THERE'S 10 PEOPLE, ALL 10 RESUMES, ALL THEIR BACKGROUND MATERIAL.
AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE GROUP ON EACH ONE BASED ON MY INTERVIEWS.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE AS IF YOU DO THAT AS EARLY AS JUNE 8TH, YOU COULD APPOINT THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN BETWEEN JUNE 9TH AND THE 16TH, I'M JUST THROWING OUT SOME IDEAS, UH, WE COULD MAKE TO MAKE THAT MEET, TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON JUNE 22ND.
BECAUSE THEN YOU, YOU WOULD GET THE WHOLE GROUP OF 10 PEOPLE AND, AND I'LL ALSO PROVIDE THE NAMES OF THE OTHER 80 SOME PEOPLE THAT, UH, HANDED IN RESUMES.
AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE ON THE 22ND WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW IN PUBLIC.
AND THEN YOU, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE AN A COMPLETE DAY TO DO THAT.
YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE PROBABLY SOMETIME BETWEEN, UH, JUNE 29TH AND JULY 10TH, A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE YOU CONCENTRATE ON DOING THIS.
IT'LL BE A DAY LONG PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU INTERVIEW FIVE PEOPLE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT AN HOUR PER PERSON ON THE INTERVIEW SIDE, NOT COUNTING ANY DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS PROCESS THAT I'M OUTLINING, I'VE NEVER HAD IT FAIL ME.
EVERYONE GETS TO SEE EVERYTHING TRANSPARENTLY AND UH, I THINK THE COMMISSION WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE CANDIDATE POOL THEY WILL GET.
AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE HARDER THINGS IF, IF WE'RE LUCKY IS IT'LL BE HARD TO SELECT BETWEEN REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UM, I CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW I WOULD SUGGEST YOU INTERVIEW THAT DAY, UH, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER AND THAT ALL THE CANDIDATES WILL GET AN EQUAL SHOT.
OKAY? THE SECOND PART AT ANOTHER TIME, MR. DENEEN COLLEAGUES, DO ANY QUESTIONS ON INFORMATION JUST PROVIDED? UH,
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EXCUSE ME.NO, I WAS ASKING MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED.
AND THERE IS NOT ANY, SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MR. DENE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCESS.
WE'LL REVERT BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, I RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 6 0 APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CULINARY AFFAIRS INC.
TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE 2026 SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM AT WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK, FUNDED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND CONSUMER SERVICES SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,000.
AND MR. VINCE MULLEN WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY AG CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS VINCE MULLER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICE.
MADAM MAYOR, BEFORE YOU ALL IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND CULINARY AFFAIRS TO SERVE AS THE VENDOR TO PROVIDE OUR NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MEALS FOR THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE RUN A SUMMER BREAK SPOT THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT WILLIE WELL PARK, THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM HOSTS 120 KIDS ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL KIDS, WHICH WE RECEIVE TO GET THOSE, UH, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MEALS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, IN THE, IN THE EFFORTS TO FIND A VENDOR FOR THIS PROCESS, WE DID DO A FORMAL SOLICITATION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROCUREMENT, UM, IN WHICH WE ONLY HAD ONE SUBMISSION, WHICH IS OUR LOAN VENDOR THAT YOU SEE HERE, MR. CULINARY AFFAIRS, WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF PROCUREMENT, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE DID GO OUT FOR A FORMAL SOLICITATION UNDER THE CITY'S OPENGOV PLATFORM AND WE RECEIVED THAT ONE SUBMISSION.
UM, WITH THAT ONE SUBMISSION WE DID DEEM THE ONE, THE ONE SUBMISSION UNFEASIBLE AS THERE WAS A OVERSIGHT BY THE VENDOR WHEN PROPOSING HIS HIS NUMBER.
UM, I DO HAVE MR. ZA WITH ME TO CLEAR UP ANY PROCUREMENT QUESTIONS, BUT WE DID HOST A MEETING WITH THE VENDOR TO, UH, GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY HIS NUMBER DIDN'T MATCH HIS PROPOSAL, DIDN'T MATCH WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE ACCORDING TO THE SOLICITATION.
AND HE DID EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT, BUT DUE TO THAT WE DID HAVE TO CANCEL THE BID ITSELF AND WE ARE REQUESTED TO AWARD THE, THIS CONTRACT TO THIS VENDOR UNDER A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT.
I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE NONE FOR ME.
ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 1 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2026.
AND MS. SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES RESIDENCE.
MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF DALE LAKES.
PRESENTING THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS RESULT AS OF MARCH 31ST, WHICH IS EXACTLY HALFWAY THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BEGINNING WITH OUR GENERAL FUND AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2026, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND REFLECTS A STRONG MEDIA FINANCIAL POSITION WITH REVENUES, OUTPACING EXPENDITURES, AND PRODUCING A FAVORABLE OPERATING MARGIN.
GENERAL FUND REVENUES TOTAL 21.46 MILLION AND THAT'S IN THE GREEN ON THE REVENUES ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE REPORT IN YOUR FOLDER.
UM, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE TOTAL 15.66 MILLION OR 40% OF OUR AMENDED BUDGET.
AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN A POSITIVE NET CHANGE IN OUR FUND BALANCE OF 5.80 MILLION FOR THE YEAR TO DATE, UM, ON OUR EXPENDITURES OVERALL, OUR GENERAL FUND SPENDING IS WELL BELOW OUR MIDYEAR BENCHMARK.
MOST OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING DEPARTMENTS ARE OPERATING BETWEEN 28 AND 42% OF THE AMENDED BUDGET AMONGST A GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REFLECTS 16% OF BUDGETS SPENT BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOCATION COSTS FOR THE OTHER FUNDS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RECORDED.
SO GENERALLY, BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDE ALL OF THE SERVICES FOR OUR SUPPORT FUNDS LIKE SOLID WASTE AND STORM WATER, THEY'RE USUALLY CHARGED, UH, INDIRECT COST.
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RECORDED.UH, DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURE MINIMAL AT 7% IS OUR LOAN PAYMENTS ON OUR CITY'S OUTSTANDING LOANS ARE ONLY PAID TWICE YEARLY.
PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO REPRESENT THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE CATEGORY WITH BSO POLICE AT 60% AND EMS AT 55% CONSISTENT WITH OUR CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS TO SUBMIT PAYMENT AT THE START OF THE MONTH.
THERE NO INDICATIONS OF OVERSPENDING WITHIN ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
ON THE SECOND PAGE IS THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.
THE CITY'S PROPRIETARY FUNDS SHALL MIX YEAR TO DATE RESULTS NATURALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
OUR STORMWATER REVENUES TOTAL $981,272, UH, 52% OF THE BUDGETED REVENUES, THE EXPENDITURES ARE AT 23% OF BUDGET.
DESPITE LOW EXPENDITURE LEVELS, THE FUND IS STILL HAVING A NEGATIVE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.
UM, THE STORMWATER REVENUES WOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR AS, UM, SOME OF THAT REVENUE COMES IN MONTHLY FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY WATER.
UM, THE VARIANCE IN OUR EXPENDITURE ON THE EXPENSES IS PRIMARILY DUE TO A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN UM, REFUNDED.
AND THEN FOR SOLID WASTE, THE SOLID WASTE FUND SHOWS REVENUES AT 59% OF BUDGET AND THAT IS ABOUT 87% OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR.
$551,000 WAS BUDGETED FOR REALLOCATION FROM SOLID WASTE RESERVES IF NEEDED TO COVER EXPENDITURES.
WE'VE NOT YET MADE ANY TRANSFERS.
AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2026, SOLID WASTE EXPENDITURES ARE AT 42% PRODUCING A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE INCREASE OF 368,000.
THIS WILL DECREASE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEAR AND MORE EXPENSES ARE INCURRED FOR THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND.
REVENUES ARE ONLY AT 28% OF BUDGET.
THIS FUND, WE ALSO BUDGETED $448,000 TO BE USED FROM RESERVES TO HELP COVER IT EXP EXPENSE COVER THE FUND'S EXPENSES.
WE'VE NOT DONE ANY TRANSFER AS OF MARCH 28TH.
EXPENDITURES ARE AT 44% AND THIS FUND HAS A NEGATIVE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OF $265,411.
AND THEN ON THE THIRD PAGE WOULD BE OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND OUR CAPITAL AND OUR SAW TAX AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FUND HAS NOT REALLY HAD VERY MUCH SPENDING.
OUR FIRE RESCUE FUND PERFORMANCE STRONGLY WITH 80% OF REVENUES COLLECTED AND 60% OF EXPENDITURES INCURRED RESULTING A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE CHANGE OF 1.44 MILLION.
THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND REVENUES INTO THE ALZHEIMER FUND IS AT 22% OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES ARE AT 37% YEAR TO DATE.
THE DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD SO FAR IS $133,214.
A CRA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUND STANDS OUT WITH 97% OF REVENUES, RECOGNIZED ONLY 6% OF EXPENDITURE SPENT GENERATING A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE CHANGE OF 4.9 MILLION, WHICH IS EXPECTED GIVEN THE TIMING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES.
THE GAS TAX FUND CONTINUES TO TRACK FAVORABLY DUE TO LOW SPEND ON CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDED FROM THESE REVENUES.
AND THEN ON THE FINAL PAGE IS OUR DEBT SERVICE MONTHS, THEREFORE PAYMENT OF REVENUE AND CAPITAL BONDS.
THE FIRST PAYMENT FOR THE YEAR IS DUE APRIL.
UH, OTHER BUDGETED FUNDS, THE GRANT FUNDING COMES SO FAR IS FOR THE COMMUNITY BUS AND JAG PROGRAM.
OUR EXPENDITURES THERE INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NORTHGATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAM FUNDS INCLUDING CDBG PROGRAMS, HOUSING REPAIR, AND HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION SHOWN ON REVENUE RECOGNITION.
THESE FUNDS RECEIVE TRANSFERS FROM THE JOURNAL FUND ONCE THEY INCUR EXPENDITURES.
AND OUR CODE SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY AS OF THE END OF MARCH WAS $225,125.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, I'M SORRY, CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
WE WILL REVERT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA
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ITEM NUMBER FIVE[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION'S "BRAIN BUS," WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATION, SCREENING, RESOURCES AND OUTREACH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED DEMENTIAS AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE FOR FY 2027 (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR THOMAS)]
D DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION'S BRAIN BUST, WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATION, SCREEN AND RESOURCES AND OUTREACH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED DEMENTIA.AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE FOR 2027, THIS IS SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR THOMAS, THE MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BRAIN BUS OUTSIDE AND WE KNOW QUITE A FEW OF OUR, WE HAVE THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER AND QUITE A, AN ALZHEIMER IS ON THE RISE.
THIS PARTICULAR BUS COMES AND THIS BRAIN BUS, IT'S A FREE MOBILE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIA WHILE CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO CRITICAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT IN CRUEL AND ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT AND THEIR CAREGIVERS.
THROUGH EDUCATION ON EARLY DETECTION, BRAIN HEALTH AND CAREGIVING RESEARCH, ADVANCEMENT AND RISK REDUCTION.
THE INITIATIVE, THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE EMPOWERS AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO THE STAFF HERE AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH KNOWLEDGE, GUIDANCE AND ACCESS TO LOCAL SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND THEY'LL BE COMING IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
IT'LL BE, THE BUS WILL BE OUTSIDE.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW MOBILE BUSES, UM, ON DIFFERENT, UH, SICKNESSES ON DIFFERENT, UH, AWARENESSES TO THE CITY.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ADDITION TO HELP OUR CAREGIVERS AND THE FAMILY ON HOW TO, THE NEEDS THEY HAVE WITH CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH ALZHEIMER'S.
I KNOW ALL OF US MAY KNOW OF SOMEONE OR HAVE DEALT, MY MOM PASSED AWAY FROM ALZHEIMER'S, SO THIS IS DEAR TO MY HEART.
AND EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ESPECIALLY FOR THE CAREGIVERS, UM, THAT ASSIST THESE LOVED ONES, IT GETS VERY HARD.
SO KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED AS WELL AS UM, PROGRAMS TO HELP FORM SUPPORT GROUP IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST ASKING YOU, UM, TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS FOR THE NOVEMBER, IN EARLY NOVEMBER, THE BUS WILL COME AND IT'LL BE IN FRONT OF THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER, UM, FOR FAMILY AND RESIDENTS TO COME AND GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
SO I'M MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, I'M IN SUPPORT.
IS IT EVERY ONCE A MONTH? EVERY, NO, THIS BRAIN BUS, THEY, THEY GO ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, WE MET, WE WENT IN JANUARY TO TALLAHASSEE AND UM, THEY TOLD US WE COULDN'T RESERVE UNTIL JUNE.
SO NOW IS THE TIME THEY'RE DOING A REVOLVING AND THEY HAVE, UH, GIVEN US THE GO AHEAD TO COME IN NOVEMBER.
THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY'RE BEING USED.
SUPPORT AND VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD.
YES, I WAS GOING TO ASK AFTER THE ROTATION, CAN WE GET BACK ON THE ROTATION? I'M SURE
[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING A RESOLUTION FOR NW 29 STREET MULTIUSE PATH AND RAISED INTERSECTIONS PROJECT EXTENDING FROM SR-7 TO NW 31 AVE, WITH A SECONDARY SEGMENT ON NW 33 AVE CONNECTING TO OAKLAND PARK BLVD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH BROWARD COUNTY MPO ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY (REV) REQUIREMENTS]
E DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORTING OF RESOLUTION FOR NORTHWEST 29TH STREET.MULTIPATH AND RAISE INTERSECTIONS.
PROJECT EXTENDED FROM STATE ROAD SEVEN, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE WITH A SECONDARY SEGMENT OF NORTHWEST 33RD AVENUE CONNECTING TO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH BROWARD COUNTY, MPO ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY REV REQUIREMENTS AND MR. NASIR UD WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE.
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THIS PROJECT IS TO APPLY FOR RAPE PROGRAM WAS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY.THAT'S THE CYCLE ON WITH BROAD MPO.
JUNE 17 IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND THEY REQUIRE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COMMISSION.
THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT OF C SLEEP PROJECT IN THE PAST WE HAVE THREE C SLEEP PROJECTS AWARDED C SLEEP NUMBER FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE.
THAT WAS, UH, ALREADY AWARDED.
NORMALLY THIS KIND OF PROJECT TAKES AROUND NINE YEARS TIME.
DAVE IS REPLACING C SLEEP STILL.
THERE ARE SOME SENSE IN THE CRITERIA DOLLAR AMOUNT.
NOW TWO TO $5 MILLION MINIMUM IS $2 MILLION, MAXIMUM $5 MILLION.
IN THE PAST WE HAD THE OPTION TO SUB SUBMIT TWO APPLICATIONS MAXIMUM, BUT THIS TIME THEY ELIMINATED THAT WE CAN APPLY ONLY ONE PROJECT FOR ALTERNATE YEAR.
THAT MEANS EVERY OTHER YEAR WE CAN APPLY.
AND IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR HAPPENING NOW.
UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE PROPOSED ON 41ST STREET, NINE FEET, UH, WIDE OR MEDIUM, EIGHT FEET WIDE MULTIUSE PATH THAT COMBINES WALKWAY AND ALSO PEDESTRIAN BOTH.
SO BASICALLY, UH, THIS WILL BE STARTING FROM SR SEVEN.
IT'LL GO ALL THE WAY TO 33RD AVENUE.
AND ON FROM 33RD AVENUE IT'LL CONNECT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
AND FROM 33RD AVENUE ON 29 WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF, BUT THERE IS NO ROAD.
WE ARE PLANNING TO INSTALL A WALKAWAY TRAIL IN THAT AREA.
AND UH, I AM, BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME, I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THE DETAILS, BUT IF YOU, UH, OR IF YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE MAP NEXT TIME YOU DON'T SEE THE MAP.
I THINK YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THIS ONE SHOWS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT THE WALKWAY NINE FEET WIDE MULTI-USE PATH.
ONLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, NOT ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, RAISED INTERSECTION, ALL THE INTERSECTIONS WILL BE RAISED WITH THE STAMPED CONCRETE.
AESTHETICALLY IT'LL LOOK REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND IT'LL ALSO HELP TO CONTROL THE SPEEDING.
AND IT DOES HELP THE SAFETY, ESPECIALLY THE ROAD CROSSING.
THAT WILL BE IN THE RAISED PART OF THE INTERSECTION AND IT'LL PROVIDE ADDED SAFETY FOR THE VEIAN.
AND ALSO THE BIKING WILL BE VERY SAFE TOO, AS IT'LL NOT BE, UH, ON THE CLOSE TO THE TRAVEL LAND.
THERE IS A GAP IN BETWEEN THE MULTI-USE PATH AND THE TRAVEL LAND.
WE'LL HAVE A SOIL AREA IN BETWEEN, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE BIKERS TO VERY COMFORTABLY BIKING.
AND ALSO WITH THE WIDE, UH, SIDEWALK, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE TO WALK.
AND WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO PUT ON THE NORTH SIDE BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT.
THERE ARE A PL POLE, LOT OF TREES.
AND BASED ON OUR SIDE VISIT, WE FOUND WE CANNOT PUT ON BOTH SIDES.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE TO LIMIT ONLY ON TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
THE FUNDING, UH, THE MAXIMUM FUNDING IS $5 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES DESIGN, CEI AND CONSTRUCTION.
THE WAY I, UH, WE, UH, DID THE COST ESTIMATE, IT'LL BE WITHIN $5 MILLION.
SO BASICALLY IF THERE IS ANY NON-ELIGIBLE ITEM ONLY, THEN WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE.
OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE, UH, FULLY FUNDED.
IF IT IS AWARDED, IT'S VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, PROGRAM.
NORMALLY IN, BASED ON OUR PAST EXPERIENCE, THEY RANK, UH, THEY ACTUALLY AWARD 12 TWO RANKED PROJECT IN THE COUNTY IN THIS TIME.
I DUNNO HOW MANY THEY'RE GOING TO AWARD, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL MORE THAN THREE.
AND IF WE ARE AWARDED SAY THIS TIME, NEXT TIME WE CANNOT APPLY.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ANOTHER CYCLE.
THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE CONDITION THEY SET.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COURSE I CAN ANSWER.
[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONTINUOUS USE OF THE CITY FACILITY FOR THE FREE COMMUNITY CITIZENSHIP DRIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]
THANK YOU NASIR F DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONTINUOUS USE OF THE CITY FACILITY FOR FREE COMMUNITY CITIZENSHIP DRIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FLORIDA IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATE IMMIGRANT COALITION.AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE REMEMBER THAT WE HAD AN APPROVAL
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FOR ME USING THE FACILITY MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, EXCUSE ME.UM, SEEKING SUPPORT AND APPROVAL TO CONTINUE OUR FREE CITIZENSHIP DRIVE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
UH, THIS INITIATIVE FOCUS ON SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING FAMILY ACROSS FAMILY ACCESS OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES FOR MANY PERMANENT RESIDENTS BECOMING THE UNITED STATES CITIZEN, MEAN ACHIEVING SECURITY AND STABILITY.
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE ASSESSED OVER 2000 LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS.
WE ARE SAVING THEM AT LEAST OVER 700 THOUSANDS DOLLARS.
'CAUSE THE APPLICATION COSTS IS $760 AND WE SPECIALIZE IN THE FEE WAIVER AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT, UM, $760.
AND WE HAVE HELPED OVER 2000 A LOT OF DAY LAKES RESIDENTS DURING THAT.
SINCE I'VE STARTED THE PROGRAM, UM, I'VE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE BEEN, WELL I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, UM, DRIVE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THIS SATURDAY.
I'M DOING IT IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.
I DO IT EVERY OTHER MONTH IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, MIRAMAR, TAMARACK, LAUDERHILL, UM, TAMPA, JACKSONVILLE, OA HOMESTEAD, AND ALL THESE CITIES PROVIDE THE FREE SPACE WITH NO COST.
THEY EVEN PROVIDE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, EVEN IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, THEY, THEY DO PROVIDE THE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, I WANNA CLARIFY THAT I AM EMPLOYED WITH THE FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION AS A LEAD CITIZENSHIP COORDINATOR.
I DO NOT RECEIVE ANY PERSONAL BENEFITS FROM THESE DRIVES.
THE REQUEST CONCERNS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE RESIDENT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND I WILL REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS MATTER TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY.
SO BASICALLY SUMMARIZE, UM, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW AND THE SERVICE HAS REALLY BEEN GOOD TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN CONSIDER, UM, MAYBE, UM, CONSIDER ME CONTINUING WITH THE PROGRAM IN OUR CITY.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ALSO, I MUST TOUCH ON THE FACILITY RENTAL.
IF THERE'S, IF I HAVE THE SPACE AND SOMEONE CALL AND WANT TO RENT THE SPACE, SHE LET ME KNOW.
AND WE EITHER SHIFT THE DATE OR USE A SMALL RESOURCE ROOM.
IF SOMEONE NEEDS A SPACE IN THE EVENING, WE MAKE SURE WE CLEAN UP AND GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE THEIR EVENT.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING SO AND WE HAVE NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES.
SO I'M ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN WE DID IT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, WE DID IT THE RIGHT WAY AND PUT IN THE RESOLUTION.
WOULDN'T BE HAVE SO, BUT NOT, SO NOW I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THIS WILL BE THE CITY I WORK IN AND AS A COMMISSIONER AND I, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE CITY BECAUSE I'M A COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY.
BECAUSE START, WHEN I STARTED THE PROGRAM, WE WERE DOING IT IN LAUDER HILL, WHAT JOE SCOTT ALLOWED ME TO USE THE SUPERVISOR ELECTION SPACE.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO BRING IT IN MY CITY.
SO I WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO IT THROUGHOUT ALL THE OTHER CITIES, BUT THEN I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT IN MY CITY WHERE I RESIDE AND WORK AND LIVE.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER ME CONTINUE DOING THIS WORK IN THIS CITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO ON.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT, UM, HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A FLICK TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS SPACE FOR FREE, RIGHT? SO WHEN I THAT, SORRY, SUE, YOU MIGHT HAVE MAYOR.
SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS NOW, SINCE DAILY DAYS, UM, WE HAVE ASKED TO USE A SPACE AT NO COST.
'CAUSE IT'S A FREE SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.
THE VOLUNTEERS USE THEIR TIME, SO WE'RE ASKING TO CONTINUE TO USE THE SPACE AT NO COST.
AS, AS I SAID, I AM FLEXIBLE WITH WORKING WITH THE DATES.
I AM NOT GOING TO TRY TO, IF THERE'S A RENTAL PROPERTY, SOMEONE NEED TO RENT THE SPACE, I'LL MOVE OVER IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL WORK WITH THAT.
AND WE, AND ERICA IS NOT HERE.
UH, LAST ONE, WE HAD SOMEONE RENTING THE SPACE AT THREE O'CLOCK AND WE GOT OUTTA THE THERE BY TWO THAT SHE COULD HAVE THE SPACE, UH, LAST TIME THEY
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HAD SOMEONE AT A PRIOR BREAKFAST.WE JUST USE A LITTLE RESOURCE ROOM AND LIMIT HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT THE PRIOR BREAKFAST COULD GO ON.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE CITY.
UM, IF THE SPACE IS THERE, I WOULD LOVE TO USE IT AND CONTINUE BRINGING IT TO THE CITY.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
DOES, DOES, DOES FLICK HAVE A, A BUDGET FOR A RENTAL IN THEIR ORGANIZATION? NO, BECAUSE, UM, THANKS.
THAT QUESTION TO YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, WE GET OUR FUNDING TO RUN THE PROGRAM TO THE NATIONAL, UH, AMERICA CAMPAIGN.
THEY PROVIDE US FUNDING SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
SO BASICALLY WHEN WE GO, WHEN I GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT AND I GO THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NOT JUST BROWARD, I MEAN MIAMI-DADE, PALM BEACH, TAMPA, ORLANDO, JACKSONVILLE, WE ASK TO USE A SPACE FOR FREE THAT WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY.
A AGAIN, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE GREAT WORK.
I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE WITH FLICK WHEN I WAS WITH, AT THE TIME, NEW FLORIDA MAJORITY, WHICH IS ALSO A NONPROFIT.
USUALLY NONPROFITS DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR SPACE RENTAL.
UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, BUT I'VE, I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE 'EM.
I'VE SEEN THEM, I'VE WORKED IN SPACES WITH THEM.
UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS HAPPENING IN THE CITY, AND I THINK IT IS ALREADY FREE TO THE RESIDENTS.
I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACE BEING USED WITHOUT THEM PAYING FOR THE SPACE.
IF THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, WHICH I SUPPORT, IT COULD BE A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, AND THEN THROUGH YOUR INITIATIVE YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, UTILIZATION OF THE SPACE IN MORE CREATIVE WAYS, BUT YOU'RE EMPLOYED, SO IT CAN'T BE AN INITIATIVE.
SO NOW THEY'RE JUST A REGULAR ORGANIZATION TRYING TO DO SOMETHING IN A CITY.
SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR ONE, WE HAVE TO DO FOR ALL.
AND, UH, BASED ON HOW MUCH FREE SPACE THEY'VE USED ALREADY, I, I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN MORE THAN ENOUGH.
AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE, THE MISSION OF FLICK.
I KNOW FLICK VERY WELL, BUT I I JUST CAN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF HAVING 'EM USE THIS SPACE FOR FREE.
I LIVE NEAR LAUDERDALE MARKETPLACE AND I THINK MAYBE MORE THAN 80% OF THAT, UM, PLAZA IS NONPROFIT.
YOU HAVE THE LICENSE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO GET, UM, SNAP MEDICAID, YOU HAVE LIMIT.
AND IF THEY DON'T COLLECT RENT, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO PAY THE RENT? I LIKE WHAT FLICK DOES, BUT THE QUESTION FOR ME IS YOU CANNOT CARVE OUT SPACE FOR ONE PERSON BECAUSE IF YOU CARVE OUT FOR ONE, YOU HAVE TO CARVE OUT FOR ALL.
MAYBE I, MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
OR MAYBE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY, WHAT SHOULD I SAY? IF I CARVE OUT FOR ONE NON-PROFIT, MAYBE WHAT MAYBE YOU MAYBE NEED TO DO, FIND OUT FROM FLICK, HOW CAN THEY WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND INSTEAD OF THE 10% THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO ALL NON-PROFITS, MAYBE THEY CAN COME UP WITH A BUDGET AND SAY, WE CAN'T.
BUT FOR ME, IF YOU CARVE OUT FOR ONE, YOU NEED TO CARVE OUT FOR.
SORRY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING.
UM, MAYBE IF SHE WERE ON THE OTHER FOOT, I WOULD'VE SAID THE SAME THING.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT SINCE FLIP BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER A DECADE, NO OTHER CITY HAVE EVER ASKED THEM TO PAY.
I'VE DONE, UM, DOING THE DRIVE TWICE A MONTH EVERY OTHER MONTH IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.
THEY PROVIDE US A SPACE AND IFIED FOOD AND FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND THEY HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR PAY.
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UH, MIRAMAR.NOBODY HAS EVER, SO YOU GUYS WILL BE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL BE THE FIRST CITY SINCE THIS PROGRAM HAS STARTED THAT IS ASKING FLICK TO PAY FOR THE SPACE TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
I'M NOT UPSET WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT.
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR VIEWS AND OPINION, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT.
BECAUSE I DID MY RESEARCH BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, I RATHER PAY MY WAY THAN ASKING, UM, IS SO I'LL NOT BE, I'LL BE THE COMMISSIONER WHO RUNS THE PROGRAM, WHO LIVES IN THE CITY, WHO WON'T ABLE TO DO IT WITHIN THE CITY THAT SHE RESIDE IN BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE HER TO PAY.
AND THIS WILL BE THE ONLY CITY THAT IS SAYING THAT THEY NEED TO PAY.
AND I'VE DONE IT IN SO MANY CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND EVEN WHEN DALE HAD IT UNDER HIS WINGS,
UM, IF THAT'S HOW YOU NO, SO NOT RIGHT NOW.
SO IT, IT IS HURT, HURT A LITTLE BIT HURT AND DISAPPOINTED, BUT IF THAT'S HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT IT, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GUESS.
SO THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YOU AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO ON THE DESK WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF LONGDALE LAKES.
AND WE HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND I STILL DO THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
UM, BAR NONE WHAT IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
WHEN WE SAID YES, AND IN MY MIND AT THE TIME WE WERE SAYING YES FOR THAT PARTICULAR TIME, BUT THEN IT MOVED ON AND IT EVOLVED, WHICH IS FINE WITH ME.
ALSO, MY CONCERN WITH IT IS THAT WE MAY BE SETTING A PRECEDENT IF WE SAY NO, WE DO NOT HAVE TO CHARGE FLICK FOR THE SPACE ITSELF.
OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD SAY NO CHARGE.
BUT MY THOUGHT IS WE WOULD BE SETTING A PRECEDENT.
SO HOW, UM, WHAT PRESIDENT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE SETTING IN THE OTHER CITIES THAT ALLOW ME TO USE IT AT NO CHARGE? I CAN'T ANSWER FOR THE OTHER CITY.
MADAM MAYOR, HOLD ON A MOMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR.
I, WHEN WE INITIALLY, UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN TERMS OF RENTAL FOR THE SPACE AND THE MONIES THAT WERE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THE CITY BECAUSE OF NON CHARGE.
SO NOW THERE ARE FEW NON-PROFITS THAT ARE PAYING, WHETHER IT'S AT A REDUCED RATE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
THE PROGRAM IS A EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEN BENEFITED FROM THE PROGRAM.
NEVERTHELESS, I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT IT'S A PRECEDENT WE'RE SETTING.
IF WE'RE ASKING THE OTHER NONPROFITS TO PAY, IT NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, BECAUSE THEN THERE IS FAVORITISM, SO WE'RE BEING VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH THAT.
UM, MAYBE IT'S AT A DISCOUNTED RATE, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO COME IN.
WE ARE SETTING FOR ALL THE OTHERS THAT DID NOT PAY PREVIOUSLY, THAT ARE NOW PAYING.
AND SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SET WITH FLEX AND THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES TO SEE WHAT CAN BE WORKED OUT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR INPUT.
UM, MADAM, UH, COMMISSIONER MCWILLIAMS, MADAM
TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME AND THE COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEGAN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE'LL RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE NEXT ITEM G BE, UM, PULLED AND, AND ADDED TO THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA.
I MAKE A PROPOSAL TO PULL ITEM G FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
THIS IS A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION.
ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH, OUR COLLEAGUES.
ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH PULLING ITEM G? DO WE HAVE TO CONSENT TO IT? IT'S ALREADY A WORKSHOP ITEM, SO WE DON'T, WE JUST CAN MOVE TO THE, UM, COMMISSION MEETING.
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WE DON'T HAVE TO.JUST GIVING, UM, THE IT DEPARTMENT A MOMENT TO ABSOLUTELY PREPARE FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.