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REMEMBER THE ADDRESS? OH, LAST YEAR.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP THIS AFTERNOON.
OUR MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT.
WE DO WELL FOR WORKSHOP PURPOSES.
[REVIEW OF THE JUNE 9, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE JUNE 9TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.FIRST WE WILL REVERT OUR ATTENTION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA.
AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE JUNE 9TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ON THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
WE WILL HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE DO HAVE THREE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FROM REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL, REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD, AND REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY.
THEN WE'LL HAVE APPROVAL FROM OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, MINUTES OF MAY 26TH, AND THAT'S THE WORKSHOP IN CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, A CONSIDERATE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 0 0 3 AMENDING SECTION 82 DASH 1 95 OF THE CITY'S CODE RELATIVE TO DONATIONS.
AND THAT ITEM WE HAVE PRESENTED THAT BEFORE AND IT'S GONNA BE LED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.
UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
THE, UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS A AMENDMENT TO SECTION 82 DASH 1 95 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE RELATING TO CONTRIBU CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU WILL RECALL, UH, WHEN THIS SUBJECT, UH, WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, IT WAS, UH, THE COMMISSION'S, UM, UH, VIEW THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO, UH, THE PROCESS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, A LITTLE MORE LESS, UH, CHALLENGING AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE THEN LEARNED THAT, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTUALLY REGULATED UNDER, UM, CHAPTER 4 96 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
AND THAT IS TO SAY, UH, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, UH, HAS REGULATIONS THAT ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS THAT ARE BEING DONATED TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DONE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 4 96.
UH, THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS TO CHAPTER 4 96, UH, POINT SECTION 4 0 5.
UH, BUT EVEN THOSE EXEMPTIONS, UH, STILL REQUIRE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TO, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE.
AND SO OUR, I I THINK THE BALANCING, UH, ASPECT OF WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, IS TO, UH, ALLOW, UH, THE DONATIONS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WHEN THEY MEET THE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA OR THE, THE, THE CRITERIA THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UH, AND THAT IS THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION SAYS EACH SUCH ORGANIZATION, UH, SHALL ALSO FILE WITH THE CITY IN ADDITION TO THE APPLICATION, THE SWORN AND NOTARIZED, THAT A SWORN AND NOTARIZED DECLARATION ATTESTING THAT THAT PERSON EXECUTING THE DECLARATION ON BEHALF OF THE AUTHORITY, NUMBER ONE, HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
AND THEN TWO, THE ORGANIZATION HAS COMPLIED WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR.
AND, UH, SECTION 4 96 0.405 OR EXEMPT, UH, HAS COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND 4 96 0.406, THAT DECLARATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED ON A FORM THAT'S PREPARED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, AND EACH DECLARATION SHOULD BE DATED NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION TO THE CITY.
UM, THAT I THINK, AGAIN, TAKES THE CITY OUT OF THE PROCESS OF
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LOOKING TO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS THAT, UH, THE, UM, FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND SIMPLY REQUIRES EACH ORGANIZATION WHO IS SEEKING A DONATION FROM THE CITY TO GIVE US THAT DECLARATION.ESSENTIALLY SAYING, WE'VE COMPLIED WITH STATE LAW.
THAT DECLARATION, AGAIN, IS A SWORN AND NOTARIZED STATEMENT BY THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY FOR THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, SO, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO RELATIVE TO AGAIN, BEING, UM, CONSISTENT WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC FUNDS, TO ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AND THE STATE STATUTE COLLEAGUES.
ANY QUESTIONS? NONE WHATSOEVER.
YES, I THINK IT HAS BROUGHT SOME CLARITY, MR. ATTORNEY, TO THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ABOUT DONATIONS.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES.
AND MAD MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS AGAIN, I'LL, I I I WILL, UH, ADVISE THE COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OR I HAVE RECEIVED PROBABLY ALONG WITH THE, UH, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, SEVERAL REQUESTS, UH, SUGGESTING THAT THERE ARE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WAIVER OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH TRYING TO, UH, HAVE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 4 96 ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY CANNOT WAIVE WAIVE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT WITH THEM ALSO.
AND MR. CWELL, I WOULDN'T WANT ANY WA WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
A THANK YOU MR. ATTORNEY CALLOWAY.
UM, JUST, UH, FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS AND VICE MAYOR THOMAS ARE BOTH ONLINE.
ITEM NUMBER 10, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 2 APPROVING THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION'S BRAIN BUST, WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATION, SCREENING RESOURCES, AND OUTREACH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED DIMENSIONS.
AS A COMMISSIONER IN INITIATIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, THIS IS SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR THOMAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, AS IT STATES, IT'S A EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR ALL THOSE THAT, UM, ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S, UM, THE CAREGIVERS THAT GIVE CARE TO THOSE ALZHEIMER'S RESIDENT.
AND AS WE KNOW THAT IT, IT HAS AND CONTINUE TO BE INCREASED AND KNOWLEDGE IS POWER IN HELP IN HOW TO ASSIST THOSE, UH, LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
SO IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BRAIN BUS THAT WILL BE PARKED IN FRONT OF THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER, HAZEL B ROGERS, UH, MULTIPURPOSE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER, UM, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, THE BEST WAY THEY CAN TO THOSE THAT ARE LIVING WITH AND THOSE THAT ARE CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING ON ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS HAVING A SERVICE COMPLETED AT MY HOME, AND WHEN THE GENTLEMAN WALKED UP THE SIDEWALK, I SAID TO MYSELF, OH, HE LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR.
AND THE VAN THAT HE HAD, I SAID, I'VE SEEN THIS SOMEWHERE BEFORE.
SO AS I OPENED THE DOOR, HE SAYS, OH, I KNOW YOU.
AND AS WE CONTINUED TO TALK, HIS MOTHER WAS IN OUR ALZHEIMER'S PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAD SEEN EACH OTHER AND HE GAVE KUDOS AND MUCH, MUCH, MUCH PRAISE TO OUR ALZHEIMER'S CENTER AND THE CARE THAT HIS MOTHER RECEIVED AT OUR CENTER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH US AND TO LET US KNOW THE GOOD WORK THAT LAUDERDALE LAKES IS DOING, BUT THE EDUCATION AND CONTINUED WORK THAT OTHERS NEED TO DO ALSO.
ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES? NO.
ITEM NUMBER 10 B, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 3 SUPPORTING NORTHWEST 29TH STREET, MULTI-USE PATH AND RAISE INTERSECTIONS.
PRO PROJECT EXTENDING FROM STATE ROAD SEVEN TO NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE WITH SECONDARY SEGMENT ON NORTHWEST 33RD AVENUE CONNECTING OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY BY THE BROD COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
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UH, I'M SORRY.THIS IS, UM, SPONSORED BY NASIR
UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY COMMISSION, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.
I HAD ALL WORKSHOP PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, THEN WE HAD THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
I HAVE THE PRESENT PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT.
I CAN RUN THE PRESENTATION OR REFUSE US ON TO GET INFORMATION ON THIS.
PRESENTATION OR JUST INFORMATION SHOULD BE, WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SO THAT THOSE WATCHING CAN SEE YOUR VISUALS AND THE INFORMATION THAT ARE IN YOUR VISUALS.
OKAY, ROSE FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM BY BROWARD COUNTY, MPO, PRIMARILY FOR THE PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE SAFETY, MOBILITY, AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE USERS IN BROWARD COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS CLY PROJECT.
NOW IT'S CALLED ROAD FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY.
THIS IS THE FIRST CYCLE, JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
IN THE PAST WE HAD, EVERY YEAR WE HAD CLY PROJECT, IS IT WORKING OR, AND NOW THIS WILL BE EVERY ALTERNATE YEAR.
THAT MEANS IF WE SUBMIT THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, WE CANNOT SUBMIT.
WE HAVE TO WORK FOR 2020 EACH.
SO MADAM MAYOR, CHIEF
AND THEY SAID AS IT STANDS NOW, THEIR TRAFFIC, THEY HAVE NO TRAFFIC.
IT'S ONLY IN THE MORNINGS AND IN THE EVENINGS, AND THEY RARELY DON'T WANT IT.
QUITE A FEW OF THEM SAID THEY PLAN TO COME HERE TOMORROW TO VOICE THERE CONCERN.
SO AS IT STANDS, I DON'T, I LEFT THE MEETING LAST THURSDAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE TIMEFRAME THAT THEN.
CAN YOU GIVE ME THE TIMEFRAME WHEN OUR, WHEN IS THIS BEING PLANNED? JUNE 17TH IS THE DATE, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION? MM-HMM
NOW IT'S THE DECISION OF THE CITY COMMISSION WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO, UH, SUPPLY APPLY FOR THIS GRANT OR NOT.
IT'S YEAR OF ACTUALLY DECISION.
WE CAN JUST MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
WHEN WE SELECT ANY PROJECT, WE TRY TO LOOK INTO THE SCORING CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECT WILL GET HIGH SCORE.
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, MAXIMUM 12 THREE WILL BE AWARDED THOUGH WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER 30 CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY.
WE ALREADY HAVE THREE PROJECTS AWARDED BY SIMILAR GRANT PROGRAM FROM MPO.
THIS ONE IS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING SIDE DOCK THAT IS DEFINITELY OLD.
WE ALREADY HAVE AROUND FOUR FEET WIDE SIDE DOCK.
OUR PLAN IS TO MAKE IT MAXIMUM NINE FEET IN SOME LOCATION.
IT'LL BE SIX FEET, SOME LOCATION, EIGHT FEET.
AND UH, BASED ON MY LAST TOWNHALL MEETING, THEIR CONCERN WAS ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND 29 EAST STREET ALL THE WAY TO 31ST AVENUE? I TOLD THEM NO.
LIKE THE ONE WE ARE PUTTING IN THE, WHAT IS GRAY PARK? IT'LL BE SIMILAR MATERIAL.
UH,
IF THEY DON'T WANT TOO WIDE, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT EIGHT FEET, BUT WE CANNOT MAKE, MAKE IT LESS THAN EIGHT FEET BECAUSE IT HAS TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND ALSO BIKERS.
THIS IS THE COMBINATION WALKING AND BIKING.
IF WE PLAN ONLY TO, UH, DO JUST A REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, IT'S NOT GOING TO QUALIFY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET A SCORE TO BE RANKED WITHIN THE TOP 10.
YEAH, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM TOP THREE WILL BE AWARDED.
SO IF YOU WANT, I CAN DEFINITELY GO THROUGH THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT I MADE AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
IF WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS TO ATTEND FROM 29TH STREET OR ANYWHERE THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, IF PERHAPS YOU CAN INCLUDE THE, THE IMPORTANCE AND WHAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
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OF MAKING LAUDERDALE LAKES A WALKABLE COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY WHERE BICYCLES, WALKERS, AND VEHICLES CAN COEXIST AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AS WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AND TO BUILD AND TO MOVE.SO PERHAPS IF THE UNDERSTANDING, UH, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING COULD BE GIVEN WHERE THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT YES, THERE, THERE, UH, SWELL WILL BE TORN UP, BUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY TREES ON THE SWELL ANYWAY.
SO, UH, BUT, BUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR ON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO FOR THE FUTURE AS FAR AS A WALKABLE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW AROUND 18 TO 20 FEET AREA.
WE HAVE TO TAKE OUT FROM THERE.
ANOTHER FIVE FEET, UH, FOUR FEET PLUS FIVE FEET.
UH, BASED ON MY, UH, INVESTIGATION, I SHOULD SAY MY, UM, ANALYSIS, THEY MAKE IT AROUND 16 FEET OF THE SOIL AREA.
BUT WHAT I CAME TO KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO PARK ON THE SOIL AREA, THEN UH, THEY HAVE TO DO PARALLEL PARKING.
AND THE SOIL AREA IS NOT FOR THE PARKING, AS YOU KNOW.
UH, AND UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CLEAR PONDING FOR, FOR THE ROADWAY.
AND ALSO THE REASON WE ARE NOT PUTTING ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE A LOT OF TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ALSO POLE.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE DOWN ALL OF THOSE TREES AND WE ARE, WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE UTILITY CONFLICT, THE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC LINE THERE.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND IF YOU GO OVER THERE, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF AWAY CLEARANCE AND VERY MINIMUM CONFLICT WITH ANY EXISTING TREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO BASICALLY WE ARE NOT, UH, CONSIDERING TO TAKE ANY TREES OUT AND WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING TO ELIMINATE THE SOIL AREA COMPLETELY.
BASICALLY IT'LL BE THE SAME CONCEPT THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT ON NORTHWEST 41ST STREET.
THAT PROJECT REACT NUMBER ONE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
AND THAT IS, UH, COMING IN FUTURE.
UH, NORMALLY THIS KIND OF PROJECT TAKES AROUND NINE YEARS TIME.
UH, DESIGN TAKES AROUND TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S NOT OVERNIGHT PROJECT.
IT'LL BE DONE BY DOT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS.
BUT THE GRANT AMOUNT, TWO TO $5 MILLION IS THE, IF THE PROJECT COST IS LESS THAN $2 MILLION, WE CANNOT APPLY.
IF THE PROJECT COST IS MORE THAN 5 MILLION EVEN THEN WE CAN APPLY.
BUT IN THAT CASE, WE HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING SOURCE AND COMMITMENT THAT OVER $5 MILLION HARDWARE AMOUNT COMES, CT WILL BE LEVEL RESPONSIBLE AND THEY HAVE TO FUND THAT ANONYMOUS.
BUT IN THIS CASE, OUR, BASED ON OUR RISK COMMITTEE, HOLD ON, ON COMMISSIONER NA PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? INPUT THOUGHTS? MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL? YES, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
UM, I WAS NOT THERE AT THE MEETING AND I'M NOT SEEING THE PRESENTATION NOW.
I KNOW THE SCHEMATIC, UM, LOOK OF WHAT MR. NAIR IS SPEAKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT MODEL PREVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT IF TOMORROW, IF HE CAN PRESENT IT IN, YOU KNOW, SHORT FORM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MR. NASIR, WHAT THEY SAID, YOU SAID IT'S ABOUT 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IS IT TRUE? NINE YEARS? I DUNNO.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. A LONG TIME.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH, UM, UH, VICE MAYOR TO BRING SOMETHING TOMORROW.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER C, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SIX FOUR AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE BROWARD WELCOMES THE WORLD INITIATIVE.
AND, UM, THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
I DO NOT BELIEVE HE IS ONLINE.
AND YOU DO NOT HAVE, I CAN PROVIDE SOME DETAILS IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE BROWARD WELCOMES THE WORLD 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP MUNICIPAL COORDINATION PROGRAM.
SEVERAL CITIES THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
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UM, THESE ARE FUNDS ACTUALLY, BROWARD COUNTY HAS TRANSFERRED FUNDS TO THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL.LAUDER HILL IS THE LEADING CITY WHO WILL BE DISPERSING FUNDS TO THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES TO, UM, FUND THEIR PARTICULAR FIFA WORLD CUP EVENT.
THIS HAD TO BE DONE WITHIN A CERTAIN LIMITED TIMEFRAME.
UM, WHEN STAFF LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR, THE ONLY, UM, EVENT THAT WAS UPCOMING WAS COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S FATHER'S DAY REAL AND CHILL COOKOUT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, A SOCCER, UM, CLINIC AND OTHER SOCCER RELATED EVENTS AND TEACHINGS WERE, UM, UM, DETAILED OUTLINED IN A PLAN TO HAPPEN ON, I BELIEVE IT IS JUNE 14TH.
IT'S A SUNDAY, SUNDAY, UM, IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GIVING US A BUDGET FROM $6,500 TO $12,000, DEPENDING UPON THE COST.
SO IT'S ON A REIMBURSEMENT TYPE BASIS.
THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO FUND THIS EVENT INITIALLY, AND THEN WE WOULD SUBMIT OUR EXPENSES TO THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL AND THEY WILL IN TURN REIMBURSE THE CITY.
SO THAT'S THIS SUNDAY, MS. VENICE.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO PLAN, COORDINATE EVERYTHING.
WE ARE MADAM MAYOR BECAUSE THIS EVENT WAS APPROVED BEFORE.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THE GRILL AND CHILL AND CHILL.
IT WAS ALREADY IN THE PLANNING STAGES, A FLYER WAS DONE, WHICH IS WHY I MENTIONED THAT HIS EVENT WAS THE ONLY ONE READY TO BE ABLE TO BE A PARTICIPATING EVENT.
THAT'S HOW THE CITY WAS ABLE TO BE A PARTICIPATING CITY ALONG WITH OTHERS.
UH, SO THERE IS ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN.
I DID SEE A FLYER WHERE, AND THE, THE LIST OF EVENTS THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE, BUT WE DID HAVE ENOUGH TIME JUST BECAUSE THIS EVENT WAS ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
INITIALLY THE FATHER GRILL AND CHILL IS, OR WAS AN INITIATIVE, WAS HIS INITIATIVE? THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT WAS HIS INITIATIVE WITHOUT THE WORLD CUP ADD ON.
NOW, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO NOW BEING A FIFA WORLD CUP? WOULD THOSE INITIATIVE FUNDS STILL BE UTILIZED OR NOT? I DID ADVISE STAFF THAT THE INITIATIVE FUNDS WOULD NEED TO COVER THIS EVENT AND THEN THE COMMISSIONER WOULD GET REIMBURSED HIS, HIS INITIATIVE FUNDS.
UM, IF THE CITY PAID FOR ANY PORTION OF IT, THEN THE CITY WOULD NEED TO BE REIMBURSED IF THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, I BELIEVE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS EVENT IS GOING TO COST.
UM, I DON'T SEE IT ATTACHED HERE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $7,000 FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT.
DID MS.
SO I I DID BRING THAT UP, MADAM MAYOR, WHEN I MET WITH THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF, I, I DO WISH COMMISSIONER HARRISON WAS HERE BECAUSE I BROUGHT THAT UP SO THAT THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT.
AND I WANTED THE COMMISSIONER TO EXPLAIN, I DID EXPLAIN THAT IF, UM, THE COMMISSIONER DOES HAVE INITIATIVE FUNDS AND IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH, SO IF IT COSTS $6,000, WHAT WOULD COME OUT OF HIS INITIATIVE FUND BASICALLY? WELL, HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY IT ALL, BUT HE WOULD GET BACK 3000 AND HE WOULD PAY 3000.
BUT ENOUGH THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FUNDS IN THE INITIATIVE ACCOUNT TO FUND THIS.
THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO COVER AND THEN BE REIMBURSED.
COMMISSIONER
I DON'T SEE HOW WE WOULD BE INCORPORATING BROWARD COUNTY FUNDS FOR FIFA.
I MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
THE, TO ME THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER, IT'S NOT THE CITY BIG FUNDS FROM BROWARD COUNTY SHOULD BE USED BY
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THE CITY AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.ISN'T IT A, UM, I I'M NOT, I NEED EXPLANATION BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IS IT HIS INITIATIVE OR IS A, A COLLABORATION? UM, LIKE PLEASE, I CAN'T, I STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND THE $7,000 OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT HAVE $7,000.
SO EXPLAIN TO ME, HOW IS IT, SO MAYBE IT'S NOT HIS INITIATIVE THEN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MAD IT WAS APPROVED COMMISSIONER, UM, HIS INITIATIVE SWELL AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, WILLIAM WILLIAMS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DAY.
IT WAS APPROVED AS HIS INITIATIVE INITIALLY WITHOUT CERTAIN COMPONENTS.
BUT WHEN WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY OR WHEN THE COMMISSIONER SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT A MEETING WITH BROWARD COUNTY, I WAS ASKED TO ATTEND A MEETING.
STAFF ATTENDED THE MEETING IN BROWARD COUNTY AND CITY OF LAUDER HILL ADVISED THAT IF WE HAD AN EVENT, REGARDLESS IF IT'S AN INITIATIVE OR A CITY, IF WE HAD AN EVENT, IT COULD BE AN ADD-ON TO THAT EVENT BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME, IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING FOR THE CITY TO ADD ANOTHER EVENT.
PLUS IT IS A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH.
SO THE CITY WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO SPEND, BUT, UM, WITH IT HA OCCURRING THIS WAY, THE CITY COMMISSION'S INITIATIVE WOULD BE USED AND NOT INITIALLY CITY FUNDS WOULD BE USED, BUT THERE WOULD BE A, A REIMBURSEMENT COMPONENT.
I THINK WHERE THE DISCONNECT COMES, MISS DENISE, AT LEAST FOR ME ANYWAY, AND HOLD FOR IT, IS YOU STATED THAT IT IS AN INITIATIVE.
THE FUNDS WOULD COME FROM COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S INITIATIVE FUNDS, BUT THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT EXCEEDS TOTAL ALL OF OUR INITIATIVE FUNDS.
WHETHER WE WERE JUST BEGINNING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET YEAR WITHOUT $6,000.
SO I I I'M MISSING, I'M MISSING THAT.
SO YES, THE BALANCE, WHATEVER HE HAS IN HIS INITIATIVE, FUNDS OF COURSE WOULD BE USED SO THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY A PORTION WHICH WOULD BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS MUCH, THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE THIS MONTH MUCH IN HIS INITIATIVE ACCOUNT, ANY OF THE, SO THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO COVER A PORTION.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, WE HAVE MONEY FOR OUR INITIATIVE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR INITIATIVE.
SO THE CITY IS GOING TO GO INTO THEIR GENERAL FUND TO HELP HIM PAY ON THIS INITIATIVE THAT HE'S DOING.
HOW DID WE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN HE STARTED THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS INITIATIVE? I, I'M, I'M VERY, I'M, I'M, I HAVE QUESTIONS OF HOW THIS WAS NOT A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WHEN HE BROUGHT IT IN AT THE FIRST MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I I DO BELIEVE THAT I CAN ADDRESS THAT.
THE SECOND PORTION OF YOUR QUESTION, UH, COMMISSIONER CARLENE, BECAUSE I WAS AT THE MEETING AT THE BROWARD COUNTY WHEN LAUDERHILL WAS PRESENTING THEIR PROPOSAL TO THE COUNTY ABOUT GIVING MONIES TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO DISPERSE OUT AND HAVE SOME KIND OF EVENT THAT WOULD REPRESENT, UM, THE FIFA WORLD CUP.
SO IT WAS NOT APPROVED AS YET, AND IT'S JUST RECENTLY IT WAS APPROVED BY BARROW COUNTY BECAUSE THEY HAD PUT THE LEAD ORGANIZATION, THEY HAD GIVEN MONEY TO THE LEAD ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS IN MIAMI, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO DISPERSE OUT.
SO THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL MONEY.
WHAT I AM SEEING IS THAT IT'S, I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT HE TOOK OVER FROM FORMER VICE MAYOR, UM, THIS GRILL AND CHILL FATHER'S DAY BARBECUE, BUT IT ALSO INCORPORATES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, THAT WORLD CUP THEME WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, ALMOST LIKE TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT KEEPING THE THEME OF THE WORLD CUP IN ADDITION TO, 'CAUSE THAT WAS NOT WITH THE FIRST
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FATHER'S DAY GRILL AND CHILL.SO THE ADDITIONAL THING I WOULD BELIEVE COMES FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING TO CELEBRATE, WHICH IS THE WORLD CUP, UM, SOCCER, WHICH I SEE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS INITIATIVE.
SO I DO PRESUME THAT THAT WOULD COME FROM THE CITY IN ORDER TO GET THIS MONEY, UM, FROM, FROM BROWARD COUNTY THAT'S BEEN DISPERSED FROM LAUDER HILL TO COVER THAT ADDITIONAL, THAT'S, I'M JUST EXPRESSING THAT BECAUSE I WAS AT THAT MEETING AT BROWARD COUNTY WHEN THEY DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS YET.
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE FUNDS SO THAT OTHER CITIES THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT VICE MAYOR.
SO, UM, AND I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL CONVERSATING HERE.
UM, SHOULD WE NOT THEN SEPARATE THE RESOLUTIONS, HAVE ONE RESOLUTION ABOUT THAT, THE, THE WORLD CUP AND ONE RESOLUTION FOR ITS INITIATIVE.
WOULD THAT BE BETTER TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS? MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SWELL, WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION FOR COMMISSIONER EASTERN HARRISON HAVING HIS GRILL UNTIL FOR JUNE THE 14TH.
NOW, I, I'LL SAY RIGHT NOW I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE THAT HIS INITIATIVE WAS GRILL AND CHILL.
VINCENT TORE PARK, I THINK IT ENDS ON SUNDAY AT 4:00 PM NOW TO HAVE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT BROWARD COUNTY, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH FIFA.
SO HE NEEDS TO DO HIS INITIATIVE AND IF, WHATEVER, IF WE DO, IF THE TIME IS NOT THERE, WE NEED NOT TO DO IT.
HELLO EVERYBODY, THIS IS COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WAS ONLINE THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION.
FOR SOME REASON, MY ZOOM USERNAME WAS NOT COMING UP AS IT USUALLY DOES, BUT MY HAND WAS RAISED AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOME TIME TO SPEAK.
BUT, UM, YES, THIS WAS INITIALLY PASSED AS AN INITIATIVE, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
WHEN SOMETHING IS PASSED AS AN INITIATIVE, IT TOO IS A CITY EVENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ESSENTIALLY VOTE THAT A COMMISSIONER CAN BE THE MAIN LEAD SPONSOR FOR THE INITIATIVE, BUT IT'S BEING DONE THROUGH THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME AS A CITY LOGO ON IT.
NOW, WHAT WE HAD WAS A DISCUSSION WHERE EARLY ON THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL MADE A PROPOSAL TO THE COUNTY AND SAID, LISTEN, WE ARE WORKING WITH THESE PARTNER CITIES TO INCLUDE SOCCER RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE SPIRIT OF FIFA.
ALL THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AGREED TO CELEBRATE FIFA AND BE A PART OF THIS, UM, THIS COALITION FOR BRINGING, UH, YOU KNOW, SOCCER TO BROWARD, FIFA TO BROWARD.
AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS IN ANY ACTIVITY WE HAVE GOING ON CITY RELATED, CITY RELATED, HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE SOCCER ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THESE FUNDS? SO THIS IS STILL A CITY EVENT, IT'S A COMMISSIONER CITY EVENT.
IT IS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.
WHEN WE DO AN INITIATIVE AND IT GETS APPROVED, WE GET TO ADD ELEMENTS TO OUR INITIATIVE.
IF WE WANT TO ADD A GRILL TO THE INITIATIVE, WHICH IT IS, THAT'S OKAY.
IF WE WANT TO ADD FLAG FOOTBALL, IF WE WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S FAMILY ORIENTED, BOUNCE HOUSES, WE CAN ADD ELEMENTS TO OUR INITIATIVES, HOWEVER WE SEE FIT.
ALL WE DID WAS ADD THE ELEMENTS OF SOCCER SO THAT WE COULD BENEFIT, UM, WITH THESE MATCH FUNDS.
I TRU YOU MAD A MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I, I'M NOT, UM, I'M NOT, UM, TO MY, UM, I'M NOT BRINGING, UM, SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT YOUR INITIATIVE OR ANY WHAT, UM, I GUESS WHAT CALLED ME IS THE FACT THAT A CM KEEPS SAYING THE $7,000 AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE 7,000, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION IS.
BUT I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW WE ARE GONNA FIX THAT $7,000 THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT A CM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE $7,000 AND IF IT IS AN INITIATIVE, WHY IS IT BEING REIMBURSED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND I, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MAKE NOTE THAT AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO THE, UM, COMMISSION JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, JUST
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LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE AND WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE AND THAT THIS WAS COMING TO THE COMMISSION.JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT TO CLARIFY WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS AND ANSWER HER QUESTIONS.
UM, IN REGARD TO, OH, YOU SAY SOMETHING, SORRY.
OH NO, MY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. HOLD ON.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING, AS I MENTIONED, I DID, AND COMMISSIONER, UM, HARRISON CAN CLARIFY.
I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE HAD TO, WE HAVE TO SEND TO THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL.
IT DOES EXCEED WHAT COMMISSION INITIATIVE FUNDS EACH COMMISSIONER HAS.
SPECIFICALLY ARE WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A MINIMUM OF $6,500, UH, EACH COMMISSIONER GETS SIX, UM, $6,000.
I DO NOT TOTALLY RECALL THE COST OF THIS INITIATIVE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S APPROXIMATELY $7,000.
I DO KNOW COMMISSIONER HARRISON HAS INITIATIVE FUNDS, UM, AND HE CAN EXPOUND MORE ON HOW MUCH HE HAS, BUT ANY, UM, DEFICIT WOULD HAVE TO BE COVERED BY THE CITY.
HOWEVER, IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH.
SO SAY THE EVENT IS $6,000, WELL, WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET $3,000 BACK BECAUSE IT'S A ONE TO, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE.
I DID ASK THE LEGISLATIVE AID TO CALL AND CLARIFY TO JUST ENSURE AND TO ALSO SPEAK WITH COMMISSIONER HARRISON TO JUST MAKE SURE THERE WAS CLARIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE INITIATIVE FUNDS WAS GOING TO BE USED AND JUST MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS CLARITY.
SO THAT STILL MY QUESTION REMAINS, IF INITIATIVE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE USED, WHY ARE THEY BEING REIMBURSED? UM, WELL, THEY, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE GRANT.
DO YOU NOT A MAYOR? HOLD ON A MOMENT.
THEY ADVISED THAT THERE'S A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH, SO IF 6,000 IS SPENT FOR THIS EVENT, WE WOULDN'T GET BACK 6,000 EVEN THOUGH UNDERSTAND THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US BACK 3000.
THAT'S WHAT THE, I I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT MADAM, A CM, BUT IF IT IS AN INITIATIVE, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER HARRISON, HOW ARE HIS INITIATIVE FUNDS BEING UTILIZED? AND YOU SAID THAT HE WOULD BE REIMBURSED.
WHY? WELL, THE CITY WOULD BE REIMBURSED IF IT EXCEEDS THAT BECAUSE HE WOULD USE FUNDS FROM HIS INITIATIVE AND THEN THE BALANCE THAT THE CITY PAID, WE WOULD BE REIMBURSED.
BUT OF COURSE IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE HE WOULD'VE EXPENDED HIS INITIATIVE FUNDS AND THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY REIMBURSEMENT NOT FOR HIS INITIATIVE TO THE INITIATIVE FUND OF THE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. HOLD ON.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO JUST UNDERSTANDING, SO IF IT'S, IT'S 7,000, HE HAS SAY 5,000, THEY'LL GIVE BACK THE 2000 BACK TO THE CITY ITSELF.
IF THE CITY, UM, DECIDE TO TAKE PAY, UH, TO PAY THAT EXTRA, UM, $2,000 AND THEN SO THE REIMBURSEMENT WILL COME BACK AND THEY'LL GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT HE WOULDN'T GET ANY MONEY BACK IN HIS ACTUAL, UM, FUNDING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, YOU MEAN BY THAT? BECAUSE I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION AND THE SECOND QUESTION.
THE SECOND ONE IS, I HEARD YOU SAID THAT YOU SENT AN EMAIL.
I, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, YOU CANNOT SEND EMAIL.
WELL, FOR ME, I CAN SPEAK ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND THINK THAT I'M LOOKING AT MY EMAIL TO READ THE DETAILS OF SOMETHING A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE OR THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
SO IF YOU'RE SENDING SOMETHING THAT I REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO, I WOULD NEED IT AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
JUST SECOND, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
AND I'M GONNA LEAVE ROOM FOR, UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED, BUT, UH, SHE ACTUALLY EXPLAINED THAT CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS EXPLAINED HOW IT SHOULD WORK.
MY INITIATIVE WOULD NOT BE, UM, REIMBURSED.
I'M GONNA EXPEND AS MUCH AS I CAN AND THE REMAINING WILL BE, UH, REIMBURSED BACK TO THE CITY.
SO SHE ACTUALLY CLARIFIED THAT.
AND I WAS GOING TO CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS AS WELL.
UH, ADDITIONALLY REGARD TO THE EMAIL, IT WAS SENT AS SOON AS, UH, POSSIBLE.
IT WASN'T TODAY, IT WASN'T FRIDAY, IT WAS SOMETIME EARLIER LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE COUNTY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES?
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NO.STILL NOT CLEAR? PARDON? COMMISSIONER MADAM MAYOR, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR AS TO THIS, WHICH AREAS YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ON.
I'M NOT CLEAR BECAUSE IT, UM, TO ME THERE WAS A RESOLUTION PASSED AND IF WE ARE GOING TO ADD ON THEN WHY SHOULDN'T WE HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION? MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON? THANK YOU.
THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED WAS A FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT WITH FAMILY ORIENTED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THAT EVENT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT'S STILL HAPPENING.
IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD CAME UP SINCE THAT RESOLUTION, IT WAS, THERE WERE ELEMENTS ADDED ON TO FIT THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT SPEAKS TO NEEDING ANOTHER RESOLUTION BEING PASSED.
IT'S STILL A LONG THEME WITH A FAMILY FRIENDLY FATHER'S DAY GRILL AND CHILL EVENT.
THERE'S JUST SOCCER ELEMENTS ADDED IN THERE.
THAT'S ALL YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO FROM FOR THE UNDERSTANDING FOR MY COLLEAGUE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH, I THINK TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION IS THERE.
IT'S JUST NOW THAT THEY CREATED THIS, UM, NOW THAT THEY HAVE PUT ALL THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW TO SAY, UM, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR EXCEED WHAT HE HAS IN HIS ACCOUNT.
SO NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY TO HELP WITH THAT, WITH HELP TO KIND OF HELP HIM OUT WITH THE MONEY BECAUSE HE ONLY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO REIMBURSE BACK THE CITY.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY LOSING ANYTHING.
WE ARE JUST KIND OF HELPING OUT A SITUATION AND THEY'LL GIVE US BACK THE MONEY.
SO HE'S JUST, I, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HE'S JUST ASKING FOR US TO KIND OF HELP HIM OUT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN HIS, UM, IN HIS INITIATIVE FUND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, WE WILL NOT RECEIVE ALL OF OUR FUNDS BACK.
SO WHATEVER THE CITY INFUSES INTO THIS, IT WILL BE A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH.
YES, IT WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO THE CITY, BUT NOT BACK TO HIM.
SO IF, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IF HE HAS 5,000 AND WE DO TWO AND THE, UM, THE, THE ORGANIZATION GIVE US BACK THREE, WE WOULDN'T GIVE HIM THAT EXTRA ONE.
THE WHOLE THREE WOULD JUST GO BACK INTO OUR, UM, OUR FUND IN OUR, OUR, IN OUR ACCOUNT.
WILL WE RECEIVE THE ENTIRE THREE MADAM A CM OR WE WILL RECEIVE 1500? MADAM MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT THE BUDGET FOR THIS IS ABOUT $7,000.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON HAS, I BELIEVE MAYBE 3000 IN HIS ACCOUNT.
SO THERE MAY BE A, IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH, SO THERE MAY BE A SMALL SHORTFALL THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE TO COVER.
I JUST WANT THAT TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE ALL OF THE FUNDS, ALL OF THE CITY FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DO HAVE A FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN MADAM MAYOR, AND THIS IS FOR
[A. PRESENTATION ON PREMIUM MOBILITY "PREMO" BY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE A ON THE GREEN SHEET, THE WORKSHOP AGENDA PRESENTATION ON PREMIUM MOBILITY PRIMO BY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.AND THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY NASIR MSU.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR SERVICE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND, UH, WANTED OR TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU ON A EFFORT THAT WE STARTED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
UM, I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON, AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE IT.
THIS EFFORT STARTED AS A COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS BACK IN 2023 AND WHAT THAT IS, A COA, IT'S ACTUALLY A TRANSIT INDUSTRY TURN.
WHAT IT IS IS WHERE WE DO A SYSTEM CHECKUP EVERY 35 YEARS, AND IT'S WHERE WE TAKE THINGS LIKE RIDER FEEDBACK, WE TAKE DATA, AND THEN WE LOOK AT PROJECTED GROWTH IN TERMS OF POPULATION AND DENSITY AND USE THIS INFORMATION TO DESIGN
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A SMARTER, MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM.AS WE STARTED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENT OF THE PLAN THOUGH, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS ESSENTIALLY REBRAND THE EFFORT AND WE WANTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TRANSIT TERMS TO SOMETHING THE PUBLIC COULD RESONATE WITH AFTER A ROUND OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS AT THE COUNTY.
WHERE WE ENDED WITH THOUGH, WITH THIS EFFORT WAS THE TRANSIT FORWARD 2040 VISION PLAN.
OKAY? THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS PLAN.
WHEN WE STARTED, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS ACTUALLY BRING CLOSER TRANSIT, LINK TRANSIT CLOSER TO EVERYONE.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW TRANSIT OPERATIONS WORK, TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY A QUARTER, IDENTIFY AN ALIGNMENT, GO OUT AND BUILD STOPS, BUY BUSES, AND THEN EXPECT THE BUS TO DRIVE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, DOWN THE QUARTER.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THIS PLAN THOUGH, IN TERMS OF BRINGING THE TRANSIT SOLUTION CLOSER TO EVERYWHERE, SO WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE PARADIGM AND ADDRESS WHAT WE CALL THE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY THAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE A LOT OF THE AREAS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
WE ALSO WANTED TO ENHANCE THE FREQUENCY OF TRAVEL FOR, I'M SORRY, ENHANCE THE FREQUENCY FOR EASIER TRAVEL.
WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS THAT IF YOU GO OUT AND STAND AT ANY BUS STOP ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE TIME THE NEXT BUS COMES.
RIGHT NOW, MOST OF OUR SYSTEM HAS WAIT TIMES IN EXCESS OF A HALF AN HOUR.
ACTUALLY, SOME ACTUALLY REACH AN HOUR.
WHAT'S PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PLAN THOUGH, IS THAT WE REDUCE THE WAIT TIME TO ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30 MINUTES DEPENDING ON THE ROUTE, AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO EXPAND OUR SERVICE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE SERVICES START EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND THEN LATER IN THE EVENINGS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKED WHEN WE STARTED THIS EFFORT WAS WHY NOW? WELL, THERE WERE TWO ISSUES THAT WE WANTED TO SOLVE JUST IMMEDIATELY WITH THIS EFFORT.
ONE, WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY'S GROWING CONTINUES TO GROW.
THIS IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, DENSITY AND POPULATION, AND IT'S ALSO SPECIFIC TO JOBS.
ALSO, WHAT WE WANTED TO SOLVE THOUGH WAS A, IT WAS A PROBLEM THAT ALL TRANSIT OPERATORS SAW COMING OUT OF COVID, AND THAT WAS WE SAW A CHANGE IN COMMUTING PATTERNS.
PEOPLE WERE CHANGING THE WAY THAT THEY WERE GETTING TO WORK, HOW OFTEN THEY WERE GOING TO WORK, AND YOU HAD A LOT OF FOLKS ON WHAT WE CALL THESE ABBREVIATED WORK SCHEDULES.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO THOUGH WAS USE TRANSIT FORD 2040 AS A MEDIUM TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ASK US, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA OF DRIVING THIS? WHAT WE WANTED THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE MAKE CHANGES TO OUR SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'VE GOT 44 FIXED ROUTES IN OUR SYSTEM, AND WHAT WE DO IS WE CALL TWEAKS THAT WE MAKE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
A LOT OF THESE TWEAKS ARE SPECIFIC TO CUSTOMER COMMENTS, CUSTOMER REQUESTS, AND UNFORTUNATELY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS.
BUT WE WANTED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WEREN'T LOOKING TO TWEAK THE SYSTEM WITH THIS EFFORT AND THAT WE WANTED TO CHANGE MATERIALLY HOW TO CHANGE HOW THE PLAN PROVIDED CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THE COUNTY.
IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER I MENTIONED WIDER INPUT WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT, WERE OVER 8,000 COMMUNITY TOUCHPOINT FOR THIS EFFORT.
WHAT THOSE TOUCH POINTS INCLUDED WAS STAFF INTERVIEWS.
WE HAD POPUP EVENTS ACROSS ALL NINE DISTRICTS.
WE HAD LISTENING SESSIONS WITH OVER 30 PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS.
WE HAD ONLINE ENGAGEMENT IN THE FORM OF A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AND AN ONLINE SURVEY, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE CONSULTANT GO OUT AND RIDE OUR SERVICES.
WHAT THEY DID IN WRITING OUR SERVICE WAS THEY WENT OUT AND INTERVIEW CUSTOMERS ONE-ON-ONES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING THEIR NEEDS.
THE LION'S SHARE OF THESE 8,000 TOUCH POINTS, THEY'LL COME THROUGH WHAT WE CALL ORIGIN AND DESTINATION SURVEYS AND AN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION SURVEY, AND IT'S ANOTHER TRANSIT INDUSTRY TERM, BUT WHAT WE USE THOSE TO DO IS TO DETERMINE WHERE PEOPLE STARTED THEIR TRIPS, WHERE THEY ENDED THEIR TRIPS, AND THEN THE QUARTERS THAT THEY USE TO MAKE THOSE TRIPS.
ALSO KEY FOR THIS TYPE OF EFFORT IS THAT YOU WANT TO GET A STA A SAMPLE SIZE, WHAT WE CALL STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS TYPE OF EFFORT.
WITH THE 7,300 SURVEYS THAT WE COLLECTED, THOUGH WE EXCEEDED THE STATISTICAL VALIDITY NEEDED FOR THIS EFFORT.
I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT DATA.
WHAT WE USED WAS THE CENSUS DATA, WHICH GAVE US, GIVES US RATHER A 10 YEAR LOOK AHEAD OR LOOK RATHER, IN TERMS OF SOCIOECONOMIC, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE UH, ECONOMICS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
WE ALSO USED THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR REFRESH ON THE CENSUS DATA.
WE USED A RELATIVELY NEW PLATFORM CALLED REPLICA, AND WHAT REPLICA ALLOWED US TO DO WAS IT ALLOWED US TO TRACK NON-IDENTIFIABLE CELL PHONE TRIPS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, WHAT THIS ALLOWED US TO DO WAS, AGAIN, ANOTHER CHECKPOINT TO SAY WE UNDERSTOOD WHERE CU, WHERE CUSTOMERS WERE COMING FROM, WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO, AND AGAIN, THE WAYS THAT THEY WERE CONNECTING THESE TRIPS.
WE USED SOMETHING CALLED LONGITUDINAL HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYMENT DATA.
WHAT THIS GAVE US, ESSENTIALLY IT TOLD US BASED ON CENSUS TRACK THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH, IN A CENSUS TRACK, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
WE USE ADVANCED SCHEDULING SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF MAKING THE BUSES OR OR SCHEDULING THE SERVICE.
SO THIS MORE FREQUENTLY, AND ALSO ADDRESSING THE EARLIER AND STARTER LATE TIMES.
AND THEN WE ALSO USED THE HEAT MAPS.
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THE HEAT MAPS ALLOWED US TO DO IS WE TOOK THESE DATA POINTS AND PUT THEM ON A MAP AND THEN OVERLAID OUR EXISTING SYSTEM.AGAIN, IT WAS ANOTHER CHECKPOINT THAT WE USED TO MAKE SURE OUR SERVICES WERE STARTING WHERE THEY NEEDED TO START, ENDING WHERE THEY NEEDED TO END, AND THEN MAKING SURE WE WERE TRAVELING ALONG QUARTERS THAT WERE MORE CONDUCIVE TO TRANSIT SURFACE.
OKAY? BY AND LARGE, WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS TOLD US THROUGH THIS PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT WAS THAT THEY WANTED OUR SERVICE TO BE ON TIME.
THEY WANTED THE ABILITY TO MAKE EASY TRANSFERS.
WHEN I SAY THAT, WHAT I MEAN IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE WAIT TIME FOR CONNECTING ROUTES.
THEY WANTED MODERN AMENITIES THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THINGS LIKE TAP TO PAY TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY ALSO WANTED THE ABILITY TO MAKE BETTER CONNECTIONS.
THE BETTER CONNECTION SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THE MAJOR TRIP GENERATORS.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, AND JOBS.
IN TERMS OF A STRATEGIC OUTLOOK, WHAT THE PLAN BRINGS TO THE COUNTY, YOU'LL GET FASTER TRIPS TO YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.
YOU GET MORE FREQUENT SERVICE.
AS WE MOVE TO SCHEDULE MORE RU, MORE BUSES COMING IN THE HOUR, YOU GET BETTER CONNECTIONS.
AS WE MOVE TO REDUCE THE WAIT TIME BETWEEN ROUTES, YOU GET MORE SERVICE OPTIONS.
AS WE MOVE TO, AGAIN, WE'RE RETHINKING THE SYSTEM, REALIGNING THE SYSTEM, AND IMPLEMENTING NEW MODES OF SERVICE.
YOU GET MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE, AND WHAT THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO IS HOW WE REALIGN THE SERVICES.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR ROUTE STRUCTURE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROUTES THAT MAKE WHAT WE CALL THESE LOOPS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT WAS PROPOSED AS PART OF TRANSIT 4 24 IS THAT WE WOULD STRAIGHTEN OUT THESE ROUTES TO PROVIDE MORE DIRECTNESS OF TRAVEL.
THIS SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THINGS LIKE UPGRADED TECHNOLOGY, UPGRADED BUS STOPS, BUS SHELTERS, TRANSIT CENTERS, AND TRANSFER FACILITIES.
YOU GET A MORE ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM.
THIS GOES BACK TO THE CONCEPT OF, AGAIN, PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY, AND YOU GET INCREASED RIDERSHIP BY THE NATURE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE SYSTEM.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS BCTS EXISTING SERVICE MIX.
THE BACKBONE OF OUR SYSTEM IS THE LOCAL BUS SYSTEM.
AGAIN, WE'VE GOT 44 ROUTES ACROSS OUR NETWORK.
WE'VE GOT THE EXPRESS BUS SERVICE THAT PROVIDES SERVICE FROM SOUTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY DOWN TO DADE COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN MIAMI, JACKSON CIVIC CENTER, AND THE BRICKELL FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
YOU'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE THAT'S OFFERED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH 19 MUNICIPALITIES, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE ROUTES, 54 OF THEM PROVIDE SOME OF THE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
YOU'VE GOT THE PARATRANSIT PROGRAM, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE DISABLED POPULATIONS ON DEMAND SERVICE.
YOU'VE GOT THE LATE SHIFT CONNECT PROGRAM AND WHAT THE LATE SHIFT CONNECT PROGRAM IS, IT'S ANOTHER ON DEMAND SERVICE, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT OPERATES DURING TIMES WHEN BCT DOES NOT REGULARLY HAVE SERVICE ON THE STREET.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SERVICE THAT OPERATES IN THE LATE, LATE EVENINGS AND EARLY, EARLY MORNINGS.
AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO TIE THESE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH OUR RIDE BCT APP, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK SOME OF THE SERVICES IN ADDITION TO ACCEPTING SOME FORMS OF MOBILE FARE PAYMENT, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF TRANSIT FORWARD 2040, THOUGH THIS OVERLAY OF SERVICE IS HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS NETWORK.
THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS NETWORK GIVES YOU THE 15 MINUTE SERVICE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT'S SPECIFIC TO QUARTERS LIKE UM, ATLANTIC SAMPLE, SHERIDAN, HOLLYWOOD AND DIXIE HIGHWAY.
YOU'VE GOT THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK.
THIS GIVES YOU THE 10 MINUTE SERVICE OF BETTER THAT'S PLANNED FOR QUARTERS LIKE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND STATE ROAD SEVEN.
YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SOLUTION, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED FOR BROWARD BOULEVARD.
YOU'VE GOT THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED ALONG THE FEC QUARTER TO THE EAST.
YOU'VE GOT THE MICRO TRANSIT SOLUTION NOW SPENDING A FEW MINUTES ON MICRO TRANSIT.
WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE STARTED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN IS THAT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DID NOT KNOW WHAT MICRO TRANSIT WAS.
IF YOU'VE USED UBER, IF YOU'VE USED LYFT, LYFT, THEN YOU'VE USED MICRO TRANSIT.
MICRO TRANSITS IS BEING PROPOSED FOR A SOLUTION FOR THREE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS FOR US, ONE IN THE AREAS WHERE WE STRAIGHTEN OUT OUR ROUTES TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE.
MICRO TRANSITS IS BEING PROPOSED AS A SOLUTION TO BACKFILL IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY TAKING OUR SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM IN AREAS THAT WE CALL TRANSIT DESERT.
TRANSIT DESERT, AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER TRANSIT INDUSTRY TERM, BUT WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS IS AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE TRANSIT SERVICE.
NOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRANSIT DESERT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IMPLEMENTING MICRO TRANSIT THERE INSTEAD OF OUR, AGAIN, THE CURRENT PARADIGM WHERE WE WOULD GO IN, IDENTIFY A ROUTE STRUCTURE, IDENTIFY ALIGNMENTS, AND BUILD STOPS.
AND THEN THE THIRD SOLUTION IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
MICRO TRANSIT IS BEING PROPOSED AS A MODE SHIFT IN THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE PROGRAM FOR TWO CIRCUMSTANCES.
ONE WHERE YOU'VE GOT ROUTES THAT ARE, UH, PERFORMING POORLY AND SECOND WHERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE GREATER COVERAGE AND A GREATER SERVICE AT A LOWER COST.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU'VE GOT THE UPGRADED AMENITIES.
AND AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS TO THINGS SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE UPGRADED BUS STOPS, SHELTERS, TECHNOLOGY, TRANSIT CENTERS, AND TRANSFER FACILITIES.
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OKAY, FOR A MINUTE, ON THE MICRO TRANSFER SOLUTION, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A SOLUTION WHERE YOU WOULD DOWNLOAD AN APP.AGAIN, JUST JUST LIKE YOU DO NOW WITH UBER LYFT.
YOU WOULD BOOK YOUR TRIP VIA THE APP OR EITHER A PHONE CALL AND THEN THE SERVICE WOULD COME TO YOU TO PICK YOU UP, WAS BEING PROPOSED A 21 MICRO TRANSIT ZONES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS ABOUT AN AREA WHERE EACH ZONE IS ABOUT TWO TO THREE MILES IN TERMS OF SHORT TRIPS, BUT IF YOU'RE TRAVELING WITHIN THAT ZONE, THE SERVICE WOULD PICK YOU UP, DROP YOU OFF WITHIN THE ZONE, BUT IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF THAT ZONE, WHAT IT WOULD DO IS PICK YOU UP AND THEN TAKE YOU TO A POINT WHERE YOU COULD CONNECT INTO BCTS EXISTING FIXED ROUTE STRUCTURE TO FINISH YOUR TRIP.
OVERALL, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS USE TRANSIT FORWARD 2040 AS THE LAUNCH PAD FOR OUR NEXT CHAPTER.
AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OVER 21 MICRO TRANSIT ZONES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, THE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY.
MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT NOT TWEAKING THE SYSTEM.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE OVER 100 MATERIAL CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM.
THIS INCLUDES NEW ROUTES, NEW SERVICES, REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING SERVICES, AND A RE-IMAGINING OF HOW THESE TRIPS ARE CONNECTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND THEN OUR PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATES SAY THAT IF WE MAKE THESE CHANGES AS THEY'RE PROPOSED, WHAT WE'LL SEE IS A 68% INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP.
TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT ON THAT THOUGH, OUR FIXED ROUTE NETWORK CARRIED ABOUT 23 MILLION TRIPS LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A 68% INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP ABOVE THE 28, I'M SORRY, 23 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF ROLLING THIS OUT PHASE, THE ROLLOUT, TRADITIONALLY WHEN COAS ARE DONE, THEY'RE DONE WITH A THREE TO FIVE YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.
WHAT WE ASK OUR CONSULTANT TO DO SPECIFICALLY THOUGH, IS THAT WE WANTED A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD COVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD, AND THEN THESE SOLUTIONS WOULD ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED IN AT THE SAME TIME WE IMPLEMENT THE PREMO PROJECTS.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A NEAR TERM, WHICH TAKES US FROM 2026 TO 2029.
YOU'VE GOT A MIDTERM THAT TAKES US FROM 2030 TO 2034, AND YOU'VE GOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION THAT TAKES US FROM 2035 TO 2040.
WHAT'S KEY TO NOTE THOUGH, IS IF YOU LOOK ALONG THE LEFT HAND AREA OF THE SCREEN, YOU GET EACH ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIME BANDS FOR THE NEAR TERM.
WHAT WE HAVE IS WHAT WE CALL LOW HANGING FRUIT, AND THESE ARE CHANGES THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY AN INCREASE IN OPERATING DOLLARS.
AS YOU MOVE FROM NEAR TERM TO MIDTERM, YOU SEE THAT YOU GET THE SAME TREATMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEAR TERM WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT, AND COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FROM MIDTERM TO LONG TERM, YOU SEE THAT YOU GET THE SAME TWO TREATMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT TERM, SORRY, THE NEAR TERM AND THE MIDTERM WITH THE ADDITION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUTER RAIL NORTH.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE TO THE LEFT IS BCTS CURRENT SYSTEM MAP AND WHAT SHOULD JUMP OUT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY ARE THE, WHAT WE CALL THE TRANSIT DESERTS TO THE WEST.
THERE'S SOME ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY, WHICH YOU SEE ARE THE INEFFICIENT ROUTE STRUCTURES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THE ROUTES ARE NOT STRAIGHT, BUT THEY MEANDER.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RI THOUGH, WHICH YOU SEE IS BCTS ALL IN PLAN AT 24, WHAT THAT ENCOMPASSES IS THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, HIGH FREQUENCY BUS NETWORK.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE AREAS THAT WE FILLED IN IN TERMS OF SERVICE.
YOU ALSO SEE WHERE WE STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ROUTE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
WHAT'S KEY TO NOTE HERE THOUGH, IS IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACKGROUND, WHAT YOU SEE ARE THE SHADED AREAS.
THE SHADED AREA SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THE 21 MICROT TRANSIT ZONES THAT PROPOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
OKAY? NOW, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THIS WAS A VISION PLAN, SO TELLING YOU THAT IT'S A VISION PLAN IS TELLING YOU THAT IT'S NOT FUNDED AT THIS POINT.
OUR PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATES PUT THE COST OF THIS PLAN IN $1.4 BILLION, AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS TAKE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, THOUGH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IS A 68% INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.
WE STARTED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN ACTUALLY IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND THAT STARTED WITH ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH OUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
THAT WAS INTO DECEMBER AND JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
WE STARTED THE DISTRICT MEETINGS, WHICH WE HAD THE LAST ONE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
ACROSS ALL NINE DISTRICTS, WE'VE HAD LISTENING SESSIONS AND OVER 30 PARTICIPATING IN MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDES ALL CITIES IN ADDITION TO STRATEGIC PARTNERS LIKE FPO, I'M SORRY, FDOT, NPO, URBAN LEAGUE, AND AGAIN, WE ALSO HAD A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, WHICH WE HAD LAST WEEK AS WELL.
WE'RE FINISHING UP THE PUBLIC OUTREACH WITH WHAT WE CALL POPUP EVENTS, AND THERE'S 17 POPUP EVENTS THAT ACTUALLY STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO.
AGAIN, THOSE ACROSS ALL NINE DISTRICTS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE BEING HELD IN OUR MAJOR TRANSIT CENTERS
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OR TRANSFER CENTERS IN ADDITION TO SOME CITY SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.WHAT I WOULD SHOW YOU HERE THOUGH, IS AN EVOLUTION OF THE SERVICES SPECIFIC TO LAUDERDALE LAKES.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS YOUR CURRENT ROUTE STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES OUR FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY SHUTTLE.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT THOUGH, IN THE NEAR TERM, WHAT YOU SEE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO MICRO TRANSIT ZONES.
YOU GET NEW SERVICES IN TERMS OF A NEW ROUTE STRUCTURE, UM, AND ALSO YOU GET WHAT WE CALL THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS NETWORK.
AGAIN, EVERY ROUTE THAT TOUCHES CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL HAVE IMPROVED FREQUENCIES AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
MOVING TO THE MIDTERM NETWORK, YOU SEE WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT ON THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE LIGHT RAIL ON THE SUNRISE QUARTER OR COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD QUARTER.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED LONG-TERM NETWORK, BUT AGAIN, THIS SHOWS ALL SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTY IN, IN ADDITION, SPECIFIC TO THOSE THAT AFFECT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MR. MCCOY FOR THAT MOST INTERESTING PRESENTATION DETAIL.
YES, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
I WILL JUST SUBTRACTING HOW OLD I'LL BE BY THAT PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, I WILL DEFINITELY NEED SOME A DA AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT COST-WISE, I SEE YOU SAID $1.4 BILLION.
WILL THAT COME THROUGH THE CITIES AS WELL IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE? HOW WILL THAT FUNDING BE, UH, ALLOTTED? WE HAVEN'T HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FUNDING, BUT THERE WOULD BE NO EXPECTATION THAT THE CITIES WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AGAIN, WHEN WE START HAVING FUNDED DISCUSSIONS.
IT MAY BE STATE, IT MAY BE LOCAL, IT MAY BE SEARCH TAX, IT MAY BE GRANT, BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS NO PLAN TO DIS, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE THE CITIES IN TERMS OF, UH, FUNDING THAT 1.4 BILLION.
COMMISSIONER FOXWELL, MR. MCCOY? YES, MA'AM.
BASED ON PROPERTY TAX GETTING ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, AND IF IT PASSES, WHERE WOULD THE FUNDING COME FROM WHEN BROWARD COUNTY, THE COUNTIES ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE FUNDS AS OF WHAT THEY HAVE NOW? AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE THINKING OF THAT OR THAT'S SOMETHING NEW? NO, THERE WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE FUNDING BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT.
IT MAY BE LOCAL, IT MAY BE SURTAX, IT MAY BE STATE, IT MAY BE FEDERAL, IT MAY BE GRANTS.
AGAIN, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE HAS NO BEEN, THERE'S BEEN NO MONEY EARMARKED FOR THIS.
IT'S JUST AT THIS POINT A VISION PLAN THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NO MATTER HOW OLD I AM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A BETTER TRANSIT SYSTEM IN BROWARD COUNTY ITSELF.
BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT LATE SHIFT CONNECT AND THAT TAXI AFFAIRS WILL BE SUBSIDIZED.
WOULD YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR THIS OR WOULD YOU CALL, HOW DOES THAT, HOW WILL THAT PROGRAM WORK? THE LATE SHIFT CONNECT.
THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR IT.
WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S REALLY FOR, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE COMMUTERS, THOSE WHO, THOSE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, UH, WHO ARE WORKING LATE.
AND AGAIN, IT OPERATES ON A PREMISE THAT, UM, IT'S OPERATING DURING TIMES WHEN WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE FIXED ROUTE SERVICES ON THE STREET.
TRUTH BE TOLD THOUGH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, TRANSIT FORWARD 2040, THAT WINDOW IN THE EVENING MAY GET SMALLER BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT OUR SERVICES WOULD ACTUALLY START EARLIER IN THE MORNINGS AND LATER IN THE EVENINGS.
SO THAT WINDOW THAT THE LATE SHIFT CONNECT OPERATES WOULD ACTUALLY GET SMALLER.
THERE ISN'T, THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR IT.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF SUBSIDY, I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I KNOW THERE WAS A SUBSIDY AND THEN WE INCREASED THE SUBSIDY, UH, WHERE THE COUNTY ACTUALLY PAID MORE OF THE COST, BUT I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.
AND FOR YOUR MICRO, ONE OF THE AREAS IN YOUR MICRO TRANSIT COMPONENT WAS THAT THE RESIDENT WOULD CALL FOUR DRIVER AND WOULD MEET THE DRIVER AT A PICKUP POINT.
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CURB SERVICE PICKUP POINT.WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE END ZONE TRIPS IS THAT IS PART OF CONSIDERATION.
THAT IS PART OF THAT IS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, YOU ALSO DISCUSSED NEAR MIDTERM AND, AND THE THIRD CATEGORY IN YOUR NEAR AND MIDTERM.
ONE OF THE ROUTES, AND I CANNOT RECALL BECAUSE I WASN'T WRITING FAST ENOUGH OR, OR THE, THE, THE POWERPOINT WENT TOO FAST FOR ME, BUT IT, IT SAYS THAT ONE, EITHER THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH WOULD HAVE THE RAIL IN THE MIDTERM, BUT THE OTHER WOULD NOT.
IT'S BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL, BUT WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THE COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH WOULD COME ON IN THE MIDTERM AND THEN COMMUTER RAIL NORTH WOULD COME ON IN THE LONG TERM.
ANY HAVE QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY.
SO VERY, VERY MUCH VERY INTERESTING.
I WON'T BE AROUND AT THAT TIME.
ITEM NUMBER 10 D RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 6 5 APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF THREE NEW DELL SERVICE TO CAR SOFT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION FOR THE CITY, UTILIZING THE OMNIA COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 23 DASH 6 6 92 DASH ZERO ONE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.
WE DO HAVE MR. KURT HERE TO, UM, PRESENT THIS ITEM AND, AND, UM, ALSO ON IF THERE FURTHER QUESTIONS TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THOSE ATTENDING ONLINE.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS KURT BROWN AND I'M THE IT MANAGER.
UM, THIS WAS A PRIOR DISCUSSION, UM, SOME WEEKS BACK, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE RECORDS.
THE DELL SERVER IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING THE CITY ENTERPRISE RESOURCE.
UM, PLANNING ERP MUNI ENVIRONMENTS HAVE, HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR EXPECTED LIFECYCLE, ORIGINALLY RELEASED BY DELL IN SEPTEMBER, 2014.
MIC UP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER MR. CUR, PLEASE.
UM, THESE SERVERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS OLD AND ARE AT THE END OF THEIR OPERATIONAL VIABILITY.
IN ADDITION, TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, THE CITY ERP SYSTEM PROVIDER HAS NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT THE MUNI MUSE ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES AN URGENT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE.
THIS ENVIRONMENT IS CRITICAL TO THE CITY DAILY OPERATIONS AS IT STORES AND PROCESSES ESSENTIAL INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE DELIVERY OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES DUE TO UNPRECEDENTED MARKET DEMAND PARTICLE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVER COMPONENTS.
THE CITY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE DELL QUOTATION ARE CURRENTLY VALID FOR ONLY 14 DAYS.
FURTHERMORE, PRICING IS SUBJECT TO PERIODICALLY INCREASES AND THERE RESERVES A RIGHT TO MODIFY PRICING AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO SHIPMENT, INCLUDING AND AFTER AN ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED.
ACCORDINGLY, THE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS AWARDING THE PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE DELL SERVICES, THREE DELL SERVERS TO CARESOFT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.
THE PROPOSED PRICING FOR THE SERVERS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OMNI CON OMNI PARTNERS CONTRACT NUMBER 2 3 6 6 9 2 0 2, WHICH PROVIDES COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED AND PUBLIC PUBLICLY AWARDED COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PRICING IN TRINITY CITY RESERVES FAVORABLE, FAVORABLE TERMS AND VALUE.
AS NOTED IN THE COVER AGENDA SHEET, THE COATED PRICE INCREASED FROM 112,000 126024 CENTS TO $124,752 AND 31 CENTS WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD.
AND THIS INCREASE REFLECTS THE 14 DAY CODE POLICY.
DESPITE THE INCREASE IN PRICING, THE PROJECT REMAINS WITHIN BUDGET.
THE ITEM IS PRESENTED, EMPHASIZED THE URGENT NEED TO REPLACE THE CITY AGING.
DELL SERVERS, WHICH HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE STAFF RESPECTIVELY REQUEST THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL TO PRIORITIZE REPLACEMENT TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED RELIABILITY, SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MUNIS ENVIRONMENT.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS OR PROCUREMENT MANAGER AS, UM, PAPER IS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? THAT'S IT FOR ME.
MAYOR, COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T, MME. MAY.
I THINK YOU DID MAKE A PRESENTATION A FEW MONTHS AGO ON THIS, CORRECT? ANYTHING HAS CHANGED BESIDE THE PRICING? UM, NOT EXACTLY.
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ONLY THE PRICING HAS GONE UP.MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I'M IN FAVOR.
WE'LL DIVERT OUR ATTENTION TO THE WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE B,
[B. DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF FIFTY (50) DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS]
DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS.AND MS. TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.
THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RECENTLY COMPLETED THE AMENDMENT TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THE APPROVED AMENDMENT INCLUDED AVAILABLE ALLOWABLE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WITHIN DESIGNATED FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES TO A MAXIMUM OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1 6 3, FLORIDA STATUTES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR ZONING CODES CONTAINING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY STANDARDS AT, UH, WHICH ARE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CONTAIN RESIDENTIAL DEN DENSITY STANDARDS AT 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
WITH THIS INCONSISTENCY, THE CITY IS, UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS NOW ASKING TO BRING THESE TWO ITEMS INTO CONSISTENCY, WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
UH, AS WE KNOW, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAD TAKEN A WHILE TO UPDATE, AND PREVIOUSLY IT ONLY INCLUDED THE 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
WITH THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE, UH, ANTICIPATED THE ARRIVAL OF NEW RESIDENTS, AND SO WE WANTED TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DO SOME REDEVELOPMENT OR PROJECTS THAT WILL ALLOW UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
AND SO WITH THAT, NOW WE HAVE TO AMEND OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALSO ALLOW FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THE 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, WHAT IT MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE GOING UP CAN BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO THESE, UH, THROUGH HUMANA MAYOR, THESE ACTIVITIES WOULD TAKE PLACE ON HIGH INTENSITY, UM, MULTIFAMILY AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNATED IN OUR CODE AS, UM, RESIDENTIAL HIGH INTENSITY MULTIFAMILY.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE SOME DISTRICTS WHERE IT'S ALREADY DESIGNATED AT 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
MOSTLY IN THE, UM, MULTIFAMILY HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.
UH, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE, WOULD BE NOW IN THE 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN THOSE AREAS.
ALSO, UM, WITH OUR LIVE LOCAL ACT, WE HAVE TO BRING THIS INTO CONSISTENCY BECAUSE THE LIVE LOCAL ACT REQUIRES US TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS TO GO INTO MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, OUR MIXED USE DISTRICTS, ANY PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, OFFICE, PARK, TOWN CENTER, AND OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
SO WITH THOSE, UH, STATE PRE EXEMPTIONS, WE HAVE TO BRING THIS INTO COMPLIANCE SO THAT WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THESE PROJECTS, WE WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS WELL AS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I TALKED, TOOK THIS TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY LAST YEAR, WE REVIEWED IT AND HIS, UH, OFFICE WROTE AN OPINION BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF, UM, INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT AND WHY OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS DOES NOT MATCH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ACCORDINGLY, I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAD THAT APPROVAL FROM THE STATE BEFORE WE MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
HELLO? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARDING A CONTRACT TO VPR CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION FOR THE VINCENT TORRES WALL REPAIR PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($257,600.00)]
C, DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARD AND A CONTRACT OF VPR CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION FOR THE VINCENT TORRES WALL REPAIR PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $257,600[01:15:02]
AND 0 CENTS.AND MR. RON DISPR, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECT PRO PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
MR.
DEAR, BEFORE YOU IS, UH, DISCUSSION TO OUR AWARD CONTRACT TO, UH, VPR CONSTRUCTION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $257,600, UH, TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, UH, FOR THE VT WALL REPAIR PROJECT.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS, UH, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, SAFETY, UH, AND OUR MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, UH, THE FACILITIES, CITY HALL, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, ALZHEIMER VT.
UH, THEY ARE, UH, 50 YEARS AGO, THE THE OUTDOOR OUT SIDE WALL WAS FILLED WITH FLUTED BLOCKS AND THE LAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS, THEY JUST STARTED FALLING APART.
UH, THE MOST RECENT CASE THAT WE HAVE WAS, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING.
UH, JUST OVERNIGHT, ONE SECTION OF THE WALL FELL DOWN.
UH, THERE WAS NO INJURY AT THAT TIME, AND WE HAD TO CHIP THE ENTIRE FACILITY AND WE PLASTER THE WALL, UH, AT THE QUIET FACILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
LAST YEAR, UH, AT VINCENT WAS PARK BY THE BASKETBALL COURT.
THERE'S A SECTION OF THE WALL THAT FELL DOWN.
AGAIN, NO, THERE WAS NO INJURY.
UH, THANK GOD THERE WAS NO INJURY, BUT A GOOD SECTION OF THE DOOR FELL DOWN SO THE REST OF THE BUILDING, UH, IS STILL FILLED IT WITH, UH, THE FOOTED BLOCKS.
UH, WE FELT THAT IT WAS, UH, SAFE TO JUST REMOVE THE ENTIRE, UH, BUILDING WITH THE FOOTED BLOCKS.
AND, UH, WE PAIR IT IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT WE DID FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED FOR BID AND VPR CONSTRUCTION WAS THE, UH, THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE, UH, BIDDER.
AND THAT, UH, FUND FOR THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN THE LAST BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED IN MARCH, UH, THIS YEAR FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE WAR.
I ANSWER ANY QUESTION, THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
MAYOR NONE, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I THANK YOU, MR. RUN.
[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARDING A CONTRACT TO REMANTON DESIGNS LLC FOR THE FUEL BAY OVERHEAD CANOPY REPLACEMENT FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND, FIFTY TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY NINE CENTS ($260,052.79)]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE D, DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARDING A CONTRACT TO ROMANTIC AND DESIGNS LLC FOR THE FUEL BAY OVERHEAD CANOPY REPLACEMENT FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $260,052 AND 79 CENTS.AND MR. RISH BRUNI WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CALL, ESTABLISHED MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THIS ITEM IS IN REGARD TO ORDER OF CONTRACT TO MENT DESIGN, LLC AND
WE HAVE A SMALL FUEL BAY WHICH PROVIDE FUELING SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, GASOLINE AND DIESEL, AND WE'VE BEEN USING THAT, UH, FOREVER.
UH, BUT TO PROTECT THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE ELEMENT, WHICH IS THE SUN AND, UH, RAIN, WE HAVE A SMALL CANOPY ON TOP OF THE, UH, EQUIPMENT.
UH, 30 YEARS AGO IT WAS OKAY, BUT OVER THE YEAR, THE EQUIPMENT ARE GETTING, UH, TALLER AND TALLER.
UH, WHEN WE BUY LIKE NEW EQUIPMENT, THEY JUST TALLER NOW.
SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHEN THEY TRY TO FUEL, NOW THEY'RE HITTING THE CANOPY BECAUSE THE, THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT WE, WE HAVE NOW, THEY, THEY'RE TALLER.
AND ALSO, UH, BECAUSE THE CANOPY WAS BUILT 30 YEARS AGO, IT'S NOT UP TO HURRICANE STANDARD.
SO, UH, WE PUT THAT PROJECT IN THE CIP, UH, FOR 2026 TO REMOVE THE CANOPY AND WE PLACE IT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S HIGHER.
SO WE WILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH VEHICLE HITTING THE CANOPY AND ALSO A STRONGER CANOPY THAT CAN SUSTAIN HURRICANE WIND.
SO THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED FOR BID, UH, AND, UH, MOMENTUM ON SERVICES, UH, DESIGN SERVICES WAS DEEMED THE MOST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BE THE, UH, MAYOR.
ANSWER ANY QUESTION ABOUT MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
JUST A, A THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OUT REACH FOR SMALL CITIES.
NOW MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MR. RON.
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ACM.[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND ALL 31 MUNICIPALITIES FOR SHARING RESOURCE BURDEN OF THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) MS4 PERMIT AND AUTHORIZING BROWARD COUNTY TO CONDUCT TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRED BY THE NPDES MS4 PERMIT]
E DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND ALL 31 MUNICIPALITIES FOR SHARING RESOURCE BURDEN OF THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM.MS FOUR PERMIT AND AUTHORIZING BROWARD COUNTY TO CONDUCT, CONDUCT TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRED BY THE N-P-D-E-S-M-S FOUR PERMIT.
AND RHONDA BRUNI WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MR. ESTABLISHMENT MAYOR.
UH, THE OTHER BEFORE WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING EXECUTION OF, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WARD COUNTY, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, SHARING RESOURCES FOR THE NPDS PERMIT.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, UH, THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1987, UH, ESTABLISHED, UH, THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM, N-P-D-E-S.
IT'S A NATIONWIDE SYSTEM THAT ENSURE THAT EVERY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THAT MANAGE AND CONTROL AND STORMWATER SYSTEM, THEY ENSURE THAT WE TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTION TO PREVENT, UH, POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER WASTE.
UH, TECHNICALLY EVERY DRAIN SYSTEM, UH, WHEN IT RAINS, THEY TAKE THE WATER FROM THE STREET, FROM THE ROOF, UH, JO DOWN TO A DRAIN PIPE, AND ULTIMATELY THAT WATER END UP IN A CANAL OR LEAK.
SO THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE WATER IS CLEAN ENOUGH SO THE WATERWAYS ARE NOT CONTAMINATED.
UH, THE US EPA DELEGATES, UH, THE RIGHT FOR THE PERMIT TO THE STATE.
SO EVERY FIVE YEARS THERE'S A CYCLE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CYCLE FOUR.
UH, THE NEXT CYCLE IS ABOUT TO BE CYCLE FIVE.
SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT.
AND WHERE EVERY YEAR WE PUT TO THE STATE IN TERMS OF EVERY STEP THAT, UH, WE TAKE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE STORM SYSTEM IS, IS BEING MONITORED AND ALSO MANAGE, UH, WE HAVE TO REPORT WHEN THERE'S A NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UH, IF THERE'S ILLICIT, ILLICIT DISCHARGE, UH, WE HAVE TO REPORT THAT AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, EVEN OUR COMPOUND FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THERE ARE, UH, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF WE WASH CARS, THAT WATER DOESN'T GO INTO A CANAL BECAUSE THERE ARE POTENTIAL CON CONTAMINATION.
WELD COUNTY, UH, TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS.
UH, INSTEAD OF EVERY CITY APPLYING FOR PERMIT INDIVIDUALLY, UH, THE COUNTY APPLIES AS A LEAD PERMIT AND EVERY CITY IS IN THE COUNTY ARE, ARE CO PERMIT.
SO WE SHARE THE BURDEN OF THE COST, UH, FOR THE PERMIT FOR ONE YEAR.
UH, THE YEARLY COST FOR, FOR THE COUNTY IS, UH, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY 8,000, GOSH, UH, AND $41.
SO THAT COST IS SHARED ACROSS ALL THE CITIES, UH, WITH, UH, 27 CENTS PER CAPITA.
AND IN OUR CASE, THE SHARE FOR THE CITY OF RED LAKES IS 10,000, UH, $579, WHICH REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 2% OF THE COST.
AND ALSO, UH, BASED ON THE PER CAPITA OF 70, UM, 27 CENTS PER, UH, PER CAPITA.
SO THERE'S A BASE RATE OF $800, AND THEN WE, WE GET CHARGED, UH, 27 CENTS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF POPULATION WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A REQUIREMENT.
UH, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PERMIT.
UH, WE, WE CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.
UH, THE $10,000 WE PAY NOW IS THE SLIGHT INCREASE FROM THE, WHAT WE WERE PAYING LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS CLOSE TO ABOUT $7,000 A YEAR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M, AS I'M WORKING ON THE CURRENT WE REPORT FOR LAST YEAR, WHICH IS DUE JUNE 30TH, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S A REQUIREMENT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.
AND I ANSWER ANY QUESTION THE BOARD MAY HAVE FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NOTHING.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR ADAM, NUMBER
[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025-132 RELATIVE TO THE FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY THE AWARDED VENDOR FOR RFQ 25-3110-02Q PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES, CRAVEN THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES INC. WILL BE CHANGED FROM THE RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE CITY'S STORMWATER FUND BALANCE/RETAINED EARNINGS]
FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH THREE TWO RELATIVE TO THE FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY THE AWARDED VENDOR FOR RF Q2 FIVE DASH 300 ZERO DASH ZERO TWO Q PROFESSIONAL SURVEY.AND IN GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES, CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES INC.
WILL BE CHANGED FROM THE RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM FUNDED BY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE CITY STORMWATER FUND BALANCE RETAINED EARNINGS.
AND WE HAVE MR. AKSU THAT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MS. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
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TWO CITY ATTORNEY, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.THIS IS FOR THE SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES TO CONDUCT IN-HOUSE DESIGN FOR THE DRAINS PROJECT WE COMPLETED, WE GOT 14 LOCATIONS, UH, COMPLETED BY M AND THOMSON, SERVING AND GEOTECHNICAL THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN.
BUT WHEN WE DID THE PROCUREMENT, UH, WE COMPLETED ONLY TWO PROJECTS.
AFTER WE AWARDED THE SECOND PROJECT, WE FOUND OUR RESILIENCE GRANT ALREADY USED AND WE HAD $190,000 SHORT.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE NO FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM THE GRANT.
NUMBER TWO, THE SCOPE INCLUDES 14 LOCATIONS.
WILL YOU USE THIS MONEY FROM THE RESILIENCE GRANT? WE WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE 14 LOCATIONS IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT'S WHY AS WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUND AVAILABLE FROM THE GRANT, WE HAVE TO USE OUR EASTERN WATER FUND.
THIS IS FOR THE DRAINAGE DESIGN.
MADAM CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF MADAM VICE MAYOR.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. NASIR? NONE FROM ME.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? NO QUESTION.
[G. DISCUSSION REGARDING REVISIONS TO THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY USAGE AND FEE STRUCTURE POLICY]
5G.DISCUSSION REGARDING REVISIONS TO THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY USAGE AND FEE STRUCTURE POLICY.
AND WE DO HAVE ERICA LOCKETT ON LINE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONED.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, STAFF HAS BEEN, UM, SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME REVIEWING, DISCUSSING AND UPDATING THE FACILITY USE POLICY TO ENSURE IT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OPERATION NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, OUR GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP A POLICY THAT IS CLEAR, CONSISTENT, AND TRANSPARENT FOR EVERYONE WHO UTILIZES THE FACILITY.
UH, STAFF FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES THAT CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE EXPECTATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL FACILITY USERS.
THE UPDATED POLICY ESTABLISHES CONSISTENT PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE RENTAL AND USE OF FACILITY OWNED PARKS, FACILITIES, AND AMENITIES, WHILE ENSURING, UM, EQUITABLE ACCESS, PROPER USE AND COST RECOVERY FOR CITY ASSETS.
AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, STAFF RESEARCH FACILITY USE POLICIES AND FEE STRUCTURES FROM SEVERAL NEIGHBORING AND COMPAR COMPARABLE MUNICIPALITIES.
WE ALSO REVIEWED BEST PRACTICES AND COMMON PROVISIONS, UM, CONTAINED IN OTHER MU MUNICIPALITIES, FACILIT USE POLICIES AND INCORPORATED, UM, SIMILAR LANGUAGE WHERE APPROPRIATE TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AS ALSO, UM, BASED ON OUR RESEARCH, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, WE FOUND THAT THE CITY'S CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE IS IN LINE WITH OTHER CITIES.
WHAT WITH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE CHARGING FOR SIMILAR FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
THEREFORE, UM, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES IN THE FEE STRUCTURE AT THIS TIME.
OVERALL, THE POLICY PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK THAT HELPS STAFF ADMINISTER FACILITY RENTALS, UM, WHILE ENSURING USERS UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE UTILIZING CITY FACILITIES.
STAFF BELIEVE THIS POLICY, UM, STRIKES A BALANCE BETWEEN PROVIDING ACCESS TO OUR FACILITIES AND PRO PROTECTING CITY RESOURCES.
MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, I HOPE YOU HAD TIME TO REVIEW, UM, THIS POLICY AS IT WAS PROVIDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE SEEKING FEEDBACK RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANY PROPOSED CHANGES FROM THE COMMISSION SO STAFF CAN INCORPORATE THOSE REVISIONS AND BRING THE POLICY BACK FOR APPROVAL.
AND THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND ALSO, MR. MULLIN IS THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WE, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM BEFORE, UM, YOU HAVE A RESIDENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE COMMENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS AND I ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES LIBRARY IN 1999.
THAT WAS A, UH, A BOMB THAT WAS PASSED
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OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE COUNTY.THE BOND WAS, UH, TO INCREASE BUILD, UPGRADE ALL LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTIES.
2010 OUR COMMISSIONERS, CRA BOARD AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER COLLABORATED THAT THE LI OUR LIBRARY WOULD BE MOVED FROM RIGHT OUT HERE AND MOVED OVER ON OPEN PARK BOULEVARD.
WE HAD JOHN BILLINGSLEY, ERIC KANES, UH, SAM BROWN, HAZEL ROGERS, BETON RUSSELL, DAVID SCH, LAVO WILLIAMS, THE 2010 CRA BOARD.
WHEN IT FINALLY WAS ORGANIZED, ACTUALLY OPENED.
ERIC HAYNE WAS THE CHAIRPERSON.
BEN WILLIAMS WAS THE VICE CHAIR.
COLEMAN, PATRICIA HAWKIN WILLIAMS, BARRINGTON RUSSELL, AND DAVID.
NOW I'M HERE TODAY TO TRY TO GET SOME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING, OKAY, I'VE BEEN IN THIS CITY SINCE, SINCE, UM, WHAT, 19, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO TAKE THE LIBRARY.
THAT WAS IN THE COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY.
I SENT THIS LETTER, UH, LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK THE ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, MS. REED, RECEIVED AN EMAIL STATING THAT THE LIBRARY WOULD NOW BE CHARGED FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDING.
BEFORE I GO FURTHER, THE LAUDERDALE LAKES LIBRARY AND THE ECC BUILDING WAS CREATED IN 2010.
IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CRA OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THE MONIES WERE DERIVED BY BROWARD COUNTY 1999 BOND.
THE BOND WAS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY RESIDENTS.
IN THE MEANTIME, BROWARD COUNTY AND LAKE CRA MADE PLANS FOR OUR NEW LIBRARY.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE USED TOGETHER.
IT DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY ENTITY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES, YOU ARE NOW ASKING THE BROWARD COUNTY TO PAY THE CITY TO WHERE WE PARTLY OWN.
I SENT A REQUEST, CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PLEASE RESEARCH THE ARCHIVE SO THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AS TO WHY WE HAVE THE COMBINED VISION.
I WAS TOLD THIS AFTERNOON THAT THEY CAN'T FIND NOTHING.
WELL, THIS PAPER, RIGHT, THIS IS AT THE LIBRARY AND IT LISTS EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN OPENING HAD OPENING OUR LIBRARY IN 2014.
MS. MICHELLE, WHO WAS OUR ONLY, OUR SECOND LIBRARIAN, HAD STARTED A COMPUTER CLASS IN 2014.
AND IN 2025 THE LIBRARIAN RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THE CITY WAS DISCONTINUED THE CLASS IMMEDIATELY, WHICH THEY DID.
AND STARTING A LANGUAGE CLASS, IT WAS A PAID CLASS.
AND SO THEY DID, IT DID NOT MATTER THAT THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMPUTER CLASS CAME AFTER WORK.
IT REALLY INCONVENIENCED THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS.
THEY DID, THEY DID ACCEPT ANOTHER TIME, TIMEFRAME AND THEN THEY LOST MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE TIME.
BECAUSE WE ARE BROWARD COUNTY, WE ARE THERE A FEW TIMES.
AND WE NEED THE FCC, THE BROWARD COUNTY AREA ON AGING.
JUST JANUARY THROUGH, UH, MARCH, HAD A SIX WEEKS TRAINING TAI CHI CLASS BEFORE THE RESIDENTS, NOT JUST SARAH.
OURS, WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
SO WE USED THE UPSTAIRS 'CAUSE WE COULD NOT USE THE CONFERENCE ROOM TO HAVE BECAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 25TH.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 1230 TO ONE 30.
WE USED THE BED, THE UPSTAIRS BECAUSE OF SPACE NEEDED.
THE CLASS ARE ONE HOUR AND NEED NOTHING FROM ADDITIONAL FROM THE STAFF OTHER THAN OPENING THE DOOR.
THIS WOULD BE OUR SECOND CLASS.
THE BROWARD COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, UH, MONTHLY GROUP WOULD HAVE OUR MONTHLY MEETING.
THIS IS A TRAVELING MEETING HELD AROUND THE COUNTY AT DIFFERENT LIBRARIES MONTHLY.
THE DALE LAKES FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE THE HOST FOR OCTOBER.
FOR THIS, WE WILL NEED SET UP.
THE CORNERSTONE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.
AND I, I I, I'M, I'M JUST, BESIDES MYSELF THAT I CANNOT EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY MY COMMISSION CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED OUR LIBRARY.
WE HAVE ALL KIND OF CLASSES THERE.
WE JUST FINISHED A CLASS WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE WHO CAME IN LEARN HOW TO DO, UH, HAND QUILTING.
WE HAVE THE KIDS WITH THE ROBOT.
SO NOW WHAT ARE YOU ALL ASKING US TO DO? AND I WROTE DOWN SOME OF THESE LITTLE NOTES BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS PAY A $10 FEE TO JOIN THE LIBRARY AS A FRIENDS GROUP.
NOW WE COULD HAVE US OXTAIL AND RICE AND BEANS DINNER AND SELL ON FRIDAYS.
'CAUSE WE, THAT'S THE ONLY MONEY WE GET.
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WE SELL THE BOOKS.THIS HELPS US WITH ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE.
IT SAYS BROWN COUNTY WITHDRAWN.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CONVEYED TO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, ALL OF THE LIBRARY Y SO NOW I DON'T KNOW.
I'M TRYING TO EXPECT HOW, HOW IN THE DEVIL YOU ALL FIGURE WE CAN RAISE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD CHARGE PEOPLE TO COME IN THE DOOR.
MAYBE WE SHOULD, WHEN THEY CHECK OUT A BOOK, WE SHOULD CHARGE THEM FOR THE BOOK.
SO NOW I'M SHOWING YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU GO OVER THERE, IF YOU NEVER SEE IT, YOU CAN GO OVER THERE AND SEE.
SO NOW IT WAS SAID THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING HERE.
WHETHER, WHETHER YOU ALL CAN FIND THE PAPERWORK OR NOT.
SHE CAME IN AND SHE THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY.
WHEN I SAW THAT THIS, THIS MUST BE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
GOTTA BE A JOKE BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOUR RESIDENCE? PEOPLE WHO COME TO THAT LIBRARY.
OUR LIBRARY IS USED MORE THAN BASICALLY ANY OF THE OTHER LIBRARIES.
'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS.
THEY COME IN AND THEY DO STUDY.
WE HAD ONE COMMISSIONER WHO WOULD COME IN AND USE OUR STUDY ROOM, NOT FOR STUDYING, BUT FOR NOT FOR STUDYING, BUT FOR HAVING A MEETING.
THE CITY USED TO COME AND USE THE, OUR CONFERENCE ROOM FOR SMALL MEETINGS AND NOT GO UP.
I HATE TO, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SEE STUFF LIKE THIS.
BUT WE CAN DO ALL, UH, WORLD AROUND, WELL, WORLD AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU ALL HAVE MORE, UH, EVENTS THAN ANY CITY.
THEY THINK YOU ALL PROLIFIC PLANNERS.
SO NOW I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE OUR MEETINGS HERE.
IF I HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THE COUNTY, I WILL SPEAK WITH, I'M GONNA CALL MY COUNTY COMMISSIONER THAT REPRESENT THIS AREA.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS HERE WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS EVENT WAS TAKING PLACE.
I WAS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO ALL OF OUR MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT TRY NOT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
IT'S NOT MAKING ANY KIND OF SENSE.
LIBRARIAN WAS GONNA COME IN, BUT I Y'ALL HAVE TOO MUCH ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW BECAUSE THE LIBRARY COACHES AT EIGHT.
SO SHE'S GONNA COME FROM SEVEN AND THEN BE BACK THERE.
ITEM NUMBER I DISCUSSION REGARDING STREAMLINING THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
I'M SORRY, WE MISSED ONE H DISCUSSION
[H. 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)]
REGARDING THE CONTINUOUS USE OF THE CITY FACILITY FOR THE FREE COMMUNITY CITIZEN DRIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION.AND I KNOW THAT THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS BEFORE, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR, UM, IT WAS DECIDED TO PLACE THIS ITEM BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
A CM YES, I DID ASK AT THE TIME FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, BUT AT THIS TIME I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES, NONE FROM ME, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO COMMENT.
[I. DISCUSSION REGARDING STREAMLINING THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]
REGARDING STREAMLINING THE CITY COMMISSION, WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.ALSO SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, YES, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I WANT TO TABLE THAT ITEM FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. ITEM NUMBER
[J. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HIRING OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]
J, DISCUSSION REGARDING HIRING OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER.AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH AS THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD VERY SWIFTLY AND VERY EFFICIENTLY AS FAR AS THE HIRING OF OUR NEW CITY MANAGER IS CONCERNED.
AT OUR LAST REPORT, THERE WERE 102, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, APPLICATIONS.
AND WE ARE NOW IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE HIRING PROCESS OF MS. TARA.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE EDAS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, TO MADAM MAYOR'S POINT, WE RECEIVED 102 RESUMES.
THE LEAD RECRUITER HAS REVIEWED ALL OF THOSE RESUMES AND HAS NARROWED THOSE DOWN TO 11 TOP CANDIDATES.
UM, PER THE LAST MEETING WITH THE LEAD RECRUITER, THE LEAD RECRUITER MADE A SUGGESTION THAT WE, UM, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UM, FORM
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A EVALUATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD CONSIST OF EACH COMMISSION MEMBER PROVIDED ME WITH ONE NAME TO FORM THE COMMITTEE.THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW ALL 11 RESUMES AND THEN, UM, NARROW IT DOWN TO THE TOP FIVE AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE, UM, TO THE COMMISSION.
AT THIS TIME, I'M READY TO TAKE, UM, THE NAMES OF FROM EACH MEMBER OF THE, UM, COMMISSION, AND, UM, THEN I'LL CONTACT EACH ONE TO GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
MS. TAR, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE RESUME EVALUATION COMMITTEE IS MS. MEREDITH MCCLARY.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS MR. PATRICK GREEN.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS MS. JENNIFER CHAMBERS COUNTY.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS MR. PAUL MARTIN AND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MY RECOMMENDATION IS ANIKA
UM, FROY ANIKA, UM, UM, FROY? YES.
UM, ONCE WE MEET WITH THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND THEY MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, EACH COM, YOU THE COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE ON THOSE, UM, ON THOSE, ON THAT RECOMMENDATION, REPEAT THAT MS. TAR PLEASE.
SO ONCE WE, ONCE THE COMMITTEE MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU ALL WILL BE GIVEN ALL 11 AND THE FIVE RECOMMENDED, AND THEN, UM, COLLECTIVELY WE'LL BE, YOU'LL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THOSE FIVE OR CHANGE OUT THE FIVE.
UH, MS. TARA, I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
SO WILL WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE OTHER SIX? YES.
BUT WE'LL ALSO GET THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE FIVE CORRECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
THAT MADAM MAYOR, THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS.
I WILL, UH, EMAIL MY IN CONTACT INFO.
[K. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT (AFG) PROGRAM]
K, DISCUSSION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM.AND THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY HEIDI BROCK.
UM, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER, COLLEAGUES.
SO THIS, UM, TODAY'S DISCUSSION IT WILL COVER, IF I MAY TAKE THIS, UM, IN COLLECTIVE, IT WILL COVER THREE FEMA, FIRE SERVICE GRANTS PROGRAMS, THE A FG, WHICH IS THE ASSISTANCE TO FIRE FIGHTERS GRANT, THE SAFER, WHICH IS THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND A FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT.
SO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORT FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT BUT CONNECTED WAYS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WANNA, UM, LOOK AT THEM, UH, COLLECTIVELY.
SO, AS I SAID, THE ASSISTANCE TO THE FIREFIGHTERS GRANT THAT FUNDS EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE FIREFIGHTERS SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SAFER THAT SUPPORTS FIREFIGHTER HIRING, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE STAFFING LEVELS, AND THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY PROGRAM THAT FUNDS PUBLIC EDUCATION, COMMUNITY RISK PRODUCTION REDUCTION PROGRAMS, AND FIRE SAFETY INITIATIVES.
SO TOGETHER THESE GRANTS STRENGTHEN OUR FIRE SERVICE OPERATIONS, IMPROVE RESPONDER SAFETY AND REDUCE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT ALL, UM, I WILL BRING CHIEF HACKETT, WHO WILL NOW PRESENT EACH PROGRAM IN MORE DETAIL.
SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS EVENING, UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, IS JUST SOME GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION ON WHETHER WE SHOULD MOVE AHEAD WITH APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS.
UH, WE DID APPLY FOR THE SAFER GRANT LAST YEAR.
WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL, HOWEVER, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE, UM, CAN RESUBMIT.
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AT GETTING SOME, UH, FEEDBACK FROM DIFFERENT, UH, SAFETY, FIRE SAFETY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, AS CHIEF WILL MENTIONED.SO WE WANT TO ASK YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.
ALL THREE GRANTS ARE DUE JUNE 22ND.
SO WE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT JUST SITTING, WE ARE WORKING TO PULL TOGETHER THE INFORMATION.
SO IF IT IS THE COMMISSION'S, UM, GUIDANCE, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
IF NOT, WE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
SO CHIEF HACKETT WILL PRESENT EACH PROGRAM, UM, IN A BIT MORE DETAIL.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, RESIDENTS, AND VISITORS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHAZ HACKETT.
I'M YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO, SPEAKING IN ORDER, UH, K, L AND M, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON K FIRST, WHICH IS THE A FG GRANT.
UH, PROVIDES GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT.
UH, THERE'S TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR.
UM, AND THE SECOND ONE FOLLOWS INTO L AS WELL.
SO I DON'T WANT IT TO BE MISCONSTRUED ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
BUT FOR ITEM K, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR.
SO ANYTIME WE HAVE TO TAKE A PATIENT INTO THE BACK OF A RESCUE TRUCK, IT'S NOT THE OLD STRETCHERS ANYMORE THAT YOU PICK UP AND YOU HAVE TO LIFT.
UH, THE COST OF THIS NEW STRETCHER IS APPROXIMATELY 38 TO $40,000.
UH, IT LIFTS 700 POUNDS AND IT TREMENDOUSLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF INJURIES TO FIREFIGHTERS BACK INJURIES.
ONE BACK INJURY ALONE COULD COST SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THIS ONE DEVICE, PERSONALLY I'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE SINCE IT'S COME OUT, PROBABLY THE PAST 15 YEARS, HAS BEEN GAME CHANGER FOR THE EMS SECTOR, ESPECIALLY IN FIRE RESCUE HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UM, THE COST SHARE FOR THAT I BELIEVE IS 10%.
UM, THE COST SHARE FOR THE SECOND ONE THAT I'M GONNA TELL YOU IS ALSO 10%.
NOW ON THE, THE LAST, THIS ONE HERE IS A LONG SHOT.
THE RESCUE TRUCK COSTS APPRO APPROXIMATELY 650,000 TO $700,000.
THE COST SHARE, IF AWARDED WOULD BE 10%.
AND THE CURRENT, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS TWO RESCUE TRUCKS IN PLACE.
WHAT A RESCUE TRUCK IS, IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, IS THAT IT'S AN AMBULANCE WITH FIREFIGHTERS ON IT.
I'D LIKE TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT BECAUSE HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA ESPECIALLY, WE ALL HAVE TO BE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS.
90% OF OUR JOB IS PARAMEDICINE.
[L. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER) GRANT PROGRAM]
UM, SO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS A HIGH FREQUENCY OF TRANSPORTS TO THE HOSPITALS.SO THE CURRENT TWO RESCUE TRUCKS ARE IN PLACE.
WE'RE REQUESTING A THIRD, AND WE'RE REQUESTING A THIRD AS I FALL INTO ITEM L.
IF ITEM L DOESN'T PASS TONIGHT OR WE DON'T RECEIVE THE GRANT, THAT RESCUE TRUCK IS NOT NEEDED.
BUT IF WE APPLY FOR IT AND WE GET IT AND WE DON'T GET THE SAFER GRANT, WE WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED IT.
OKAY? SO WE'D LIKE TO APPLY FOR THAT TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY IF WE GET THE SAFER GRANT.
SO, ITEM L ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM K ONE? MADAM MAYOR, MR. SWELL, MR. CHIEF, BIG 650,000.
DID YOU SAY ONLY 10% WOULD'VE BEEN OUR COST? THAT WOULD BE THE COST SHARE.
OKAY, SO IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL DENSITY POPULATION, RIGHT? UH, IT'S A VERY DENSE AREA AND I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO GO ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BECAUSE WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO HERE TODAY IS TO APPLY FOR A SAFER GRANT.
AND AT THE END OF THAT GRANT, THERE IS DEFINITELY COST.
THERE'S COST ON YEAR ONE, THERE'S COST YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE, AND THE CITY WILL HAVE THE FULL BURDEN OF COST ON YEAR FOUR.
SO MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING LIVES, PREVENTING EMERGENCIES, AND PROVIDING TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THAT STATEMENT CANNOT BE MORE TRUE.
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SHARED RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVING FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, EDUCATORS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS.TONIGHT I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN THAT VILLAGE BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO PURSUE TWO FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES AND EXPAND LIFE SAVING CAPABILITIES AND EDUCATION.
SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE ASKING TO SEEK APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE SAFER GRANT AND THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT.
TOGETHER THESE GRANTS ADDRESS BOTH SIDES OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ENSURING THAT HELP ARRIVES QUICKLY WHEN EMERGENCIES OCCUR, AND PREVENTING EMERGENCIES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.
PRIOR TO 2010, LAUDERDALE LAKES USED TO HAVE AN EXTRA RESPONDING UNIT.
IT USED TO HAVE A LADDER TRUCK, AN ENGINE, AND TWO RESCUE TRUCKS.
AFTER THE FINANCIAL DOWNTURN OF 2010, THE CITY SAW THE CUT OF THE LADDER TRUCK.
SO WE'RE RESPONDING WITH THREE EMERGENCY UNITS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN IS A 55% INCREASE OF CALL VOLUME FROM 2010 TO 2024.
AND THE DATA THAT I AM GOING TO PROVIDE TO YOU, UM, ON THE DASHBOARD, THE GREEN AND WHITE PAPER, UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE NUMBERS UP TO THE END OF 2024.
AND THE REASON THAT I DID NOT USE 2025 NUMBERS IS THAT, AND I'LL, I'LL GET INTO IT, BUT THE UHU, THE UNIT, OUR UTILIZATION, WE HAVE A MAJOR GLITCH IN TRYING TO IDENTIFY ACCURACIES FOR 2025.
SO I DIDN'T USE THOSE NUMBERS WHATSOEVER, BUT WE KNEW THAT 2024 WAS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE, WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE TRANSITIONED TO A NEW SOFTWARE.
AND THAT SOFTWARE DOES NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE UUS WHERE THE PREVIOUS SOFTWARE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED IT.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT 2025 NUMBERS ARE NOT THERE.
UM, WE DID SEE A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 250 TO 300 CALLS FROM THAT 2024 CALL VOLUME.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I'M TRYING TO MISLEAD YOU IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
THAT IS THE REASON FOR NOT MAKING THOSE 20, 25 NUMBERS IN THERE.
BUT THERE WAS A SLIGHT REDUCTION.
UM, SO PRIOR TO 2010, LAUDERDALE LAKES HAD AN, AN ADDITIONAL FRONTLINE RESPONSE UNIT AVAILABLE TO SERVE COMMUNITY, UM, UNDER, WHILE THAT DECISION MAY HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AT THE TIME, THE DEMANDS PLACED ON EMERGENCY SERVICES SYSTEM TODAY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE 16 YEARS AGO.
AS I STATED, WE HAVE A 55% INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME WITH ONE LESS RESPONDING UNIT.
THE RESULT IS OUR PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EMERGENCIES WITH FEWER AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAN THE COMMUNITY ONCE HAD.
WHEN SOMEONE EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, EVERY MINUTE MATTERS, STUDIES SHOW THAT A VICTIM'S CHANCE OF SURVIVAL DECREASES BY APPROXIMATELY 10% FOR EVERY MINUTE THAT PASSES WITHOUT CPR AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK THERAPY.
WHEN EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESOURCES MUST RESPOND FROM A GREATER DISTANCE, THOSE MINUTES CAN QUICKLY DISAPPEAR.
LAU DE LAKES IS A DENSELY POPULATED COMMUNITY WITH A DIVERSE AND VULNERABLE POPULATION.
THE CITY CONTAINS EIGHT SCHOOLS SERVING APPROXIMATELY 7,500 STUDENTS, 12 DAYCARE CENTERS, 12 BOARD AND CARE FACILITIES AND ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER, A HOSPITAL, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THESE OCCUPANCIES CREATE A DEMAND FOR RAPID AND RELIABLE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THAT CONTINUE TO GROW.
THE SAFER GRANT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE CRITICAL RESPONSE CAPACITY THAT WAS LOST DUE TO BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND A BETTER ALIGNED STAFFING LEVELS.
WITH TODAY'S SERVICE DEMANDS, ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WOULD IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON OUTSIDE RESOURCES, IMPROVE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY, AND HELP ENSURE ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR SIMULTANEOUS EMERGENCIES.
I DO WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE AUTOMATIC AID AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS, JUST LIKE LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAU HILL, OAKLAND PARK, TAMARACK SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EQUALLY AS BUSY.
SO WE WILL GET SOMEBODY, I PROMISED YOU ON ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS MAYBE A YEAR AGO, IF WE HAVE TO CALL FROM HELP FROM JACKSONVILLE OR ORLANDO, WE WILL CALL.
SOMEBODY WILL BE HERE, SOMEBODY WILL BE HERE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I PROMISED THE CITY MANAGER THAT I WOULD SORT OF CONDENSE THIS PRESENTATION, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO STICK TO THAT.
SO, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR HAND, THE GREEN AND WHITE, I ALSO HAVE IT HERE ON THE BOARD.
UH, I SKIPPED AND I WILL SKIP FORWARD.
IF YOU WANT ME TO BACK UP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'M JUST TRYING TO CONDENSE AND KEEP MY PROMISE.
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AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS OUR CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO STATION 37.AND LAUDERDALE LAKES INCLUDES ONE FIRE STATION, ONE ADVANCED SUPPORT FIRE ENGINE, TWO ADVANCED SUPPORT RESCUE TRUCKS, UH, BATTALION CHIEF, MYSELF AS YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF, THREE INSPECTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
TOTAL CALLS FOR EMERGENCIES AS WE SEE IN 2010, WE'RE 5,328, AND WE FAST FORWARD TO 2024.
WE RESPONDED TO 8,260 CALLS, A 55% INCREASE.
ALONG WITH THE RESPONDING TO ADDITIONAL CALLS, WE ALSO SAW A MAJOR INCREASE IN TRANSPORTS TO THE HOSPITALS.
SO FROM 2021 TO 2024, WE SAW A 530 TRANSPORT INCREASE.
NOT PERCENTAGE, BUT JUST IN ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IN A GRAPH COMPARISON, I TRIED TO GO BACK AS FAR AS 2010 TO GET THAT.
THE PROBLEM WAS, IS THE OTHER DATA STATEWIDE WAS OBSOLETE.
WE COULDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION ACCURATELY.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I DO A LITTLE COMPARISON OF THE AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY CALLS THAT WE RESPOND TO COMPARED TO THE TRANSPORTS.
SO YOU COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCES.
I BRIEFLY SPOKE ABOUT UNIT HOUR UTILIZATION.
SO BASICALLY 24 HOURS IN A DAY.
IF A UNIT RUNS 12 TIMES IN THAT DAY, AND THEIR AVERAGE TIME ON SCENE IS AN HOUR, THEY'RE BUSY 50% OF THE TIME.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THAT SOME OF OUR UNITS ARE AT 40%, SOME ARE AT 38%.
BUT THE MAJOR CONS, UH, CONSIDERATION TO LOOK AT IS THAT OUR FIRE ENGINE IS ABOVE 30%.
IT'S CURRENTLY AT, AND TODAY, AS I LOOK AT IT TODAY, POSSIBLY 34%.
AND I SAY POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE ACCURACY OF THOSE NUMBERS, UM, WE DO KNOW THAT OUR FIRE ENGINE IS BECOMING MORE BUSY.
OKAY? WE COULD SEE THAT IN THE DATA THAT IT IS BUSIER.
SO WE WOULD ASSUME THAT THE UTILIZATION, THE UHU PERCENTAGE IS HIGHER.
WHY IT'S CONCERNING THAT IT'S ABOVE 30% IS BECAUSE IT'S RUNNING MORE MEDICAL CALLS AND WHEN IT'S ON MEDICAL CALLS, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO RESPOND TO CAR ACCIDENTS, TO FIRES, UM, INCIDENCES OF THAT NATURE WHERE THE SUPPRESSION UNIT IS SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TO.
SO THEY'RE BEING INUNDATED WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS.
SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE UNIT HOUR UTILIZATION INCLUDE POPULATION CALL VOLUME, TIME ON TASK.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US TO START AN IV TO INTUBATE SOMEBODY? THESE ARE ALL FACTORS TO AFFECT TRAFFIC TO THE EMERGENCY TRANSPORT TIMES AND TRAFFIC FROM THE HOSPITAL.
IF WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT TO BROWARD GENERAL FOR A TRAUMA ALERT, IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LOT LONGER TO TRANSPORT THERE AND A LOT LONGER TO COME BACK.
SO THAT AFFECTS THOSE TIMES OF AVAILABILITY.
SOMETHING THAT REALLY POPS OUT IS SOMETHING CALLED CONCURRENT CALLS.
CONCURRENT CALLS ARE, WHEN ONE CALL HAPPENS, THAT UNIT RESPONDS AND ANOTHER CALL HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WHAT WE SEE IS 53% OF THE TIME WHEN ONE CALL HAPPENS, ANOTHER CALL HAPPENS.
AND AS WE STARTED DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE DATA, WE SAW THAT APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE DAY.
SO SIX HOURS, WE HAD NO RESCUES AVAILABLE IN THE CITY.
UM, VICE MAYOR'S HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE HIGH ACUITY EMERGENCIES.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, SO I SKIPPED THAT.
UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT A HIGH ACUITY EMERGENCY IS, IS THAT ANYTIME WE RUN A CALL AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF IMMEDIATE DEATH, OKAY? UH, AS WE SEE IN 2024, THERE ARE 520 OF THEM, 524.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADVERSE EFFECTS.
UM, ISO, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS CURRENTLY AN ISO CLASS TWO.
THE BEST YOU COULD BE IS AN ISO CLASS ONE.
WE DO SEE, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT DO HAVE ISO CLASS ONE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS IF THE CITY WERE TO OBTAIN THREE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS PER SHIFT ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH ISO, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO TO AN ISO CLASS ONE.
WHY DOES IT MATTER? IT MATTERS TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEIR INSURANCE RATES COULD DECREASE BY 6% AND FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COULD DECREASE BY UP TO 11%.
I SAY COULD, THERE'S THE CAVEAT BECAUSE IT'S UP TO THE INSURANCE CARRIER.
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AND I WILL FINISH THE ITEM L ON THE AGENDA.I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT AND I DO APOLOGIZE, COLLEAGUES.
UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND GET IT.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, MAD VICE MAYOR.
I, YOU KNOW, UM, I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD TO CALL 9 1 1 FOR MY NEIGHBORS SEVERAL TIMES.
AND, UM, IN TERMS OF THIS POWER STRETCHER, IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP, UM, WITH TRANSPORT FROM THE HOME ONTO, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT, APPLYING FOR THAT GRANT.
I THINK APPLICATION FOR ALL OF THE GRANTS CHIEF WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY ITSELF.
UM, I TOO HAVE HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY, UH, IN MY HOME.
AND I MUST SAY THAT THE RESPONSE TIME IS GREAT.
THE SERVICE IS GREAT, THE CARE WAS GREAT.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, THEN CERTAINLY IF WE CAN RECEIVE FUNDING FOR IT AGAIN, UH, THE IS TWO RATING WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BECOME AN IS ONE RATING? SO IT IS DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT DO AFFECT THE ISO RATING.
WE WERE SHORT BY LESS THAN HALF OF A POINT.
OKAY? UM, WE WERE NEGATIVE ON THREE ASPECTS OF THAT.
NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T HAVE A LADDER TRUCK, OKAY? AS MUCH OF OF, YOU KNOW, A, A PRESTIGE AS IT WOULD BE FOR ME TO SAY, WE HAVE A LADDER TRUCK HERE IN THE CITY.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT RIGHT NOW TODAY.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE SURROUNDING AGENCIES THAT DO COVER US.
OKAY? JUST LIKE WE COVER THEM WHERE THEY NEED AN ENGINE OR A RESCUE, THEY HELP US OUT AS WELL.
UM, SO WE LOST POINTS ON THAT.
WE LOST LOST POINTS ON FACILITY TRAINING.
FACILITY TRAINING MEANS TAKING OUR UNITS OUT OF THE CITY AND SENDING 'EM TO BROWER FIRE ACADEMY, CORAL SPRINGS, MIAMI-DADE, OR PALM BEACH COUNTY TO GET HANDS ON IN A STATE CERTIFIED FIRE ACADEMY OR A FIRE FACILITY.
UM, SO IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO PULL THESE UNITS OUTTA SERVICE.
UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE STARS ALIGNED PERFECTLY TO PULL THEM OUT, TO SEND THEM OFF.
AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE SEND 'EM OFF AND WE HAVE TO CALL THEM BACK BECAUSE OF THE CITY, THE CALL VOLUME HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THEY'RE LOSING POINTS ON THAT.
AND THE THIRD ONE BEING STAFFING.
SO ON MY PERSONAL PHONE CALLS WITH THE ISO EVALUATOR, THEY TOLD US THAT IF WE WERE TO HAVE THAT PERSONNEL HERE IN THE CITY, AUTOMATICALLY IT WOULD BE AN ISO CLASS ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THE CAUTIONARY AREA FOR ME IS LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAX.
AND, AND IT'S A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE, UM, TO APPLY FOR THIS, AND NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN SERVICES THAT CANNOT BE TOUCHED, WHICH IS EMS AS WELL AS BSO.
UM, BUT TO HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL, I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH BSO AS WELL, UM, IS A CONCERN.
ALTHOUGH IT'S NEEDED, ALTHOUGH IT'S NEEDED, UM, RESCUE TRUCK NEEDED HERE AGAIN, WE ARE PAYING, YOU SAID 10% OF THAT WOULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IF THE AWARDED CORRECT? MM-HMM
MADAM MAYOR, FINISH COMMISSIONER CONSWELL.
IF WE DO NOT APPLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO APPLY.
WE CAN GET IT OR WE DON'T GET IT.
AND IF WE GET IT AND THINGS CHANGE, THERE IS NO MONEY TO FUND IT TO ME.
THERE IS NO MONEY TO MATCH WHATEVER IT IS, WE'D LEAVE IT ALONE.
BUT IF YOU DO NOT APPLY, THEN YOU'RE STILL OUT.
SO WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND APPLY MADAM MAYOR? SO WE DIDN'T WANNA PROVIDE A PROBLEM WITHOUT PROVIDING A SOLUTION.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL GENERATING REVENUE GENERATING STREAMS. UM, NOTHING'S FINALIZED, OBVIOUSLY IN DISCUSSIONS
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AND, AND GREAT IDEAS BEING THROWN AROUND, UM, TO HELP PROVIDE THAT COST STABILITY TOWARDS THAT.LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T WANNA PROVIDE YOU A PROBLEM WITHOUT PRO PROVIDING YOU A SOLUTION.
SO THERE'S WAYS AND MEANS OUT THERE TO HOPEFULLY COVER THE EXACT COST, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE, POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT LESS.
BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT ARE THAT, THAT ARE THERE.
UM, FOR THE POWER STRETCHER, I DID WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT.
THEY DO HAVE A, A LIFESPAN ON IT.
SO WHETHER WE GET THIS ADDITIONAL RESCUE OR NOT, THE CITY WILL NEED TO PROVIDE.
UH, IT WON'T BE IN THIS YEAR'S.
UM, CAPITAL WILL BE IN, IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO OCTOBER 27, UM, JUST BECAUSE THE ONE CURRENTLY PLACED ON ONE OF THE RESCUES IS ALMOST PHASED OUT.
AND AT 10 YEARS THEY STOPPED SERVICING IT.
THERE'S A LIABILITY AND THAT'S A BIG MESS.
[M. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FEMA FIRE PREVENTION & SAFETY (FP&S) GRANT PROGRAM]
SO, THANK YOU, CHIEF.UH, WE STILL HAVE THE LIFE SAFETY EDUCATOR.
DID YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK ON THAT AS WELL? NO, ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL SHORTEN, I I WILL SKIP THE PRESENTATION.
YOU GUYS HAVE EVERYTHING IN YOUR, YOUR POSSESSION AS IT IS.
UM, THE LIFE SAFETY EDUCATOR, UH, IN OUR OPINION, IS A MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN FOUR DROWNINGS, UM, THREE OF THEM BEING PEDIATRIC, ONE BEING AN ADULT.
UM, SO WHAT THE LIFE SAFETY EDUCATORS DO IS THEY GET OUT THERE AND THEY EDUCATE THE 7,500 SCHOOL CHILDREN, RIGHT ON EVERYTHING FROM FIRE, SAFETY, SMOKE DETECTORS, ESCAPE, THEY GET INTO THE ELDERLY HOMES, THE AFS, ST.
ANTHONY'S, UM, AND IT, IT GOES FROM BIRTH ALL THE WAY INTO DEATH.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL EDUCATE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY.
UM, AND YOU'VE HEARD, WE TALK ABOUT ROSS RATES, THE RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION, GETTING A HEARTBEAT BACK WHEN SOMEBODY COLLAPSES.
UM, THE BIGGEST AGENDA ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH IS HAVING THEM GET OUT AND EDUCATE AND TEACH AS MANY CPR CLASSES AS THEY CAN.
C-P-R-A-E-D BECAUSE I'D LIKE, EVEN THOUGH OUR ROSS NUMBERS ARE FANTASTIC, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, YOU'VE SEEN THE LADIES AROUND, UH, MS. REBECCA AND MS. JESSICA.
THEY'RE OUT AT EVERY SINGLE, UM, SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE'RE SHARING THEM WITH THE REST OF BROWARD COUNTY.
UM, SO WE'RE, THEY'RE VERY LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAN COME HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS AND DETAIL.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH, UM, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PACKET THAT I GAVE YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, I'M ALWAYS MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING.
UM, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING OUT THERE AND EDUCATING FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.
WE CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT.
AND SOMETIME MY HUSBAND, UM, HE WOULD BE IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH THE CHILDREN.
I MEAN, TALKING FOR HOURS AND THINKING THAT THEY'RE NOT GRASPING WHAT HE'S SAYING.
BUT EVENTUALLY SOMETHING DID TAKE A HOLE.
I KNOW THAT ALL THE SWIMMERS AND THE INSTRUCTORS AT THE SWIM POOL COMPLEX ARE TRAINED IN CPR, BUT MAYBE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM, HAVING THAT EDUCATION BROUGHT IN THERE WOULD BE VERY GOOD AS WELL FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRAINING OUR YOUNGER ONES AND AND OLDER.
WE'LL BRING THIS BACK AS A RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT DOES, IT IS OUR INTERNAL POLICY TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION APPROVED.
SO AT THE NEXT MEETING, THANK YOU MME. MASON.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA.