Jun 22, 2026 City Commission Workshop

THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE JUNE 23RD, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM XM.

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[REVIEW OF THE JUNE 23, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WE'LL DIVERT OUR ATTENTION TO THE PINK AGENDA, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.

OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS IFICATION AND PLEDGE.

THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS BEING JUNE 8TH AND JUNE 9TH.

THEN WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A ORDINANCE 2026 DASH THREE AMENDING SECTION 82 DASH 95 OF THE CITY'S CODE RELATIVE TO DONATIONS.

AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY DID PRESENT THIS AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP AND HE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.

UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND FOR THE PUBLIC.

THIS ITEM, AGAIN, IS A SECOND READING OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 82 DASH 1 95 OF THE, UH, CITY'S CODE RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.

AS I'VE INDICATED, UH, OUR INITIAL INTENT WAS TO, UH, LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS IN WHICH WE MIGHT, UM, MAKE THE PROCESS FOR, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, MORE USER FRIENDLY.

WE THEN LEARNED THAT THE, UH, STATE OF FLORIDA HAS A PARTICULAR, UH, UH, REGULATORY CHAPTER THAT GOVERNS, UM, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SOLICITING FUNDS FROM, UM, PUBLIC AGENCIES SUCH AS THE CITY HERE.

AND SO WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE AS AGAIN, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, PROVIDES LANGUAGE THAT, UM, DECLARES THAT THE A DECLARANT, THE PERSON WHO IS UH, SOLICITING THE FUNDS, UH, WILL EXECUTE A DECLARATION THAT IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE AND THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH, UH, THE FLORIDA STATUTES RELATING TO ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SOLICITING FUNDS FROM, UH, PUBLIC AGENCIES.

I'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE COLLEAGUES, NO QUESTION.

NO QUESTION.

THANK YOU, ATTORNEY KWAY.

MADAM ACM.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

THERE ARE NONE.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NINE, A RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 6 AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AID AGENCY.

AND WE DO HAVE MS. HEIDI BROCK, WHO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

HELLO, MS. HEIDI.

UM, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS, GUESTS.

MY NAME IS HEIDI BROS, FOR THE RECORD.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE SUBMITTED TODAY AS THEY WERE DUE TODAY.

AND WE, I DID SAY THAT AT WORKSHOP THAT WE WOULD BRING THE RESOLUTIONS RETROACTIVE, SO THE COLLECTIVELY THESE APPLICATIONS SEEK, UM, APPROXIMATELY $8.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, ENHANCE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY, EXPAND PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, AND EDUCATION AND ADDRESS INCREASING SERVICE DEMANDS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS THE A FG, WHICH IS THE ASSISTANCE, THE FIREFIGHTER GRAND PROGRAM.

UM, THIS ONE, WE ACTUALLY DID TWO APPLICATIONS IN TWO CATEGORIES.

WE DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A FIRE RESCUE.

UM, WE CHIEF AND I DID SPEAK ON THIS, AND IT IS A LONG SHOT, BUT WE DECIDED TO APPLY BECAUSE WHAT'S, UM,

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WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO I SAY THAT, UM, NOTHING WORDS, NOTHING BEATS A FAIL, BUT A TRY.

SO , WE DECIDED TO APPLY AND THE WORST THAT THEY CAN SAY IS NO.

RIGHT? UM, THIS APPLICATION IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $625,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE RESCUE, WHICH IS AN AMBULANCE.

AND WE DID ALSO SUBMIT A MICRO APPLICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF A POWER STRETCHER, WHICH IS, UM, ALSO, UM, IN USE IN THE RESCUE.

WE DO NEED THE POWER STRETCHER ANYWAY FOR ONE OF THE, THE ONE THAT'S IN USE IS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD.

SO WE WILL NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE BECAUSE AFTER 10 YEARS IT REACHES THE END OF LIFE AND THEY NO LONGER SERVICE IT.

SO WE DID SUBMIT A MICRO APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $39,000 FOR THAT ONE.

SO WE HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS IN THAT CATEGORY.

SO WE ARE SEEKING YOUR RETROACTIVE APPROVAL, UM, ON TOMORROW FOR THE, UM, APPLICATIONS, THE SUBMISSIONS FOR THOSE.

THE SECOND, UM, RESOLUTION IS I NAME MADAM CITY MANAGER.

YES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE TITLE AND THEN YOU CAN PRESENT IT'S RESOLUTION 2026 AS JUROR SIX SEVEN AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SO SORRY.

WELL, I'M SO SORRY.

WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST, UM, OKAY.

QUESTIONS, MADAM COMMENTS? NONE OR WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT YOU'LL GET THE GRANT, SO AN EXTRA PRAYER.

WILL DO.

ALSO, MISS HEIDI ON THAT FIRST ONE ABOUT TAKING A LONG SHOT THAT WE MAY GET IT.

I CAN'T RECALL THE NAME OF THE HORSE WHO WON AT THE CHURCHILL DALLAS, BUT SHE WAS A LONG SHOT, A LONG, LONG SHOT AND CAME IN.

SO YOU ALWAYS TRY.

YOU ALWAYS TRY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT SUPPORT.

OKAY, SO THE SECOND AS, UM, MADAM CITY, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER SPOKE, THIS IS THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT AND THIS APPLICATION WE DID APPLY TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY, UM, REDUCTION IN FIRE, UM, FIRES.

AND WE HAVE A PARTICULAR, UM, INCIDENT IN OUR CITY WITH, WITH THE WATER AND DROWNING.

SO THIS POSITION, UM, WITH THIS APPLICATION REVOLVED AROUND FUNDING A FULL-TIME LIFE SAFETY EDUCATOR AND IT WOULD FOCUS ON FIRE PREVENTION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, SENIORS, AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

WE HAVE ALSO, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP WAIVER.

SO WE DID SELECT THAT IN THE HOPES THAT THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THAT POSITION TOTALLY.

SO THERE WOULD BE NO MATCH TO THE CITY.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, SO THAT GRANT, UM, THAT IS RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 7, AND AS I SAID, IT IS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHATEVER THE OTHER INITIATIVES I CAN BRING UP CHIEF HACKETT, BUT THAT IS THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY COLLEAGUES.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REMEMBER TOURING THE FIRE STATION AND SEEING THE NEEDS OF THE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES.

SO, UM, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE LONG OVERDUE AND, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT, UM, IF ALL GOES WELL, WE'LL HAVE, UM, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM MOVE FORWARD.

SO APPRECIATE IT.

ITEM NUMBER NINE C, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 8 AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH FEMA.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, MS. HEIDI.

SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS RESOLUTION IS TO SUPPORT THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SAFER GRANT, AND THIS ONE IS FOR THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS.

IS THAT WE NEED A FIRE RESCUE, AND THAT'S WHY WE DID APPLY FOR THE FIRE RESCUE IN THE A FG.

UM, THIS POSI THIS GRANT, UM, IS A BIG ONE.

IT, WE DID SUBMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY OVER $7 MILLION.

AND THIS GRANT IS BECAUSE WE DO NEED AN ADDITIONAL RESCUE, WHICH IS AN AMBULANCE WITHIN THE CITY.

AND, UH, CHIEF HACKETT CAN, UM, SUPPORT THAT WITH HIS STATISTICS THAT HE PRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP LAST.

SO IT IS GOING TO, UM, INCREASE THE OPERATIONAL STAFFING FROM ABOUT 43 TO FI TO 56 PERSONNEL WITH THE ADDITION OF THE, THE FIRE RESCUE.

SO THE CAVEAT

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SO ALL OF THESE GRANTS ARE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, UM, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

SO IF WE GET THIS GRANT, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL RESCUE TO PUT THESE FIREFIGHTERS ON IN LIEU OF THAT.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

IF WE, IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE AS THEY SAY, UM, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET A LOANER FROM OUR BSO JUST TO SUPPORT THAT, JUST IN CASE WE DO NOT COME THROUGH WITH THE OTHER GRANT.

BUT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO, AT THAT POINT, MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL RESCUE FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL FIRE PERSONNEL TO BE, TO BE TO MEN.

SO THAT IS THE SAFER GRANT THAT WE DID APPLY FOR AS WELL.

SO THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? COMMISSIONER HARRISON? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I DO KNOW THE NEED OF THE EXTRA FIRE TRUCK.

UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS EXTRA ONE WOULD ALSO HAVE A LADDER, WHICH IS WHAT WE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU OR OR CHIEF COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT.

I'LL, I'LL HAVE CHIEF SPEAK TO THAT.

THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA BE UNIQUE ABOUT THIS EXTRA FIRE RESCUE TRUCK? OR IS IT JUST, UH, UH, ANOTHER TRUCK? CHIEF HACKETT, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY TO THE RESIDENCE AND VISITORS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHAS ETT, YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE.

SO THIS WOULD BE FOR A RESCUE TRUCK.

THE RESCUE TRUCK IS VERY SPECIFIC IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THE TRI-COUNTY LEVEL, UH, TRI-COUNTY AREA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WHAT WE CALL A RESCUE TRUCK IS TECHNICALLY AN AMBULANCE AND WE CALL IT A RESCUE TRUCK BECAUSE THERE'S DUAL CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS ON IT.

SO THEY'RE GONNA GO TO A FIRE OR THEY'RE GONNA GO TO A MEDICAL CALL, DUAL CERTIFIED.

THE TRUCK CAN TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITALS, UM, WHERE A FIRE ENGINE OR A LADDER TRUCK CANNOT.

SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY, UH, AN AMBULANCE.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRIS.

IT WAS SAID WE HAVE 43 AND AFTER THIS WE'LL HAVE, I THINK 56.

SO IS THAT SAYING AN ADDITIONAL 13 PERSONNEL? SO RIGHT.

THE GRANT TO SAFER GRANT IS GOING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 13 PERSONNEL.

AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS, UH, DUE TO OUR STAFFING MODEL, THERE'S, WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THE THIRD RESCUE IN THE CITY, WHICH WOULD, I DON'T WANNA SAY ALICE, WHICH WOULD ACCOMPANY THREE PERSONNEL PER DAY.

WELL, THAT'S NINE PERSONNEL.

WE ALSO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR DAYS OFF VACATIONS, SICK DAYS, HOLIDAYS, UM, SOMETHING WE CALLED KELLY DAYS.

AND THAT STAFF STAFFING MODEL IS 4.3, ROUNDING UP TO 13, IT'S 12.9, BUT YOU GO TO 13.

WELL, ONE MORE QUESTION, MATT, IF I MAY.

UM, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.

WITH CERTAIN POSITIONS USING GRANTS TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS, ARE WE GONNA BE LEFT ON THE HOOK TO AT CER AFTER, AFTER A CERTAIN POINT, COVER THE COST OF THOSE SALARIES? OR, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, HOW LONG WILL THIS GRANT COVER THE COST OF THOSE PERSONNEL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

SO YEAR ONE, THE YEAR ONE AND TWO, THE GRANT COVERS 25%.

UH, YEAR THREE, THE GRANT COVERS, SORRY, YEAR ONE AND TWO, THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING 25%.

YEAR THREE, THE CITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING 65% AND YEAR FOUR, THE CITY WOULD BEAR THE FULL BURDEN OF, OF COST BY YEAR FOUR.

THANK YOU ALSO THAT MADAM MAYOR, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS, I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITY, IF IT WAS REALLY A FULL GRANT, BUT YOU ANSWERED IT ALREADY.

THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD IN MIND.

AND MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES, SIR.

ALONG WITH THE OTHER GRANTS YOU HEARD ABOUT APPLYING FOR HARDSHIPS, WE ALSO LOOKED PRETTY HARD AT TRYING TO APPLY FOR A HARDSHIP ON THIS ONE, AND THERE WAS NO SUCH HARDSHIP, SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T JUST STOP THERE.

WE TRIED TO GET THE FULL HARDSHIP ON THIS AS WELL.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU.

I I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE, FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, UM, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A HUGE SENIOR POPULATION AND OF COURSE ONE OF OUR HOT SPOTS, LIKE YOU'VE MENTIONED WITH SOMERSET, WHERE WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THERE IN TIME WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND WE CAN'T REALLY WAIT TO ALWAYS HAVE TO BORROW FROM, FROM SOMEONE ELSE.

SO, UM, IF, IF, IF ALL MAKES SENSE WITH THE COST, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO LOOK MORE TO THE COST AND ANALYSIS.

BUT, UM, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORTIVE SEEING HOW WE CAN GET MORE PERSONNEL IN OUR FIRE.

IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME LEEWAY FOR THE CITY FOR THE TIME BEING.

I, I TOO AM IN, UM, AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE AS YOU PRESENTED THE NUMBERS THAT THEY ARE GOING UP EACH YEAR FOR THE CALLS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM WHETHER IT'S A DROWNING BUT A SENIOR POPULATION.

'CAUSE I KNOW FROM MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES, UM, WITHIN THE SPACE OF THREE MONTHS.

SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS GONE UP.

SO THE NEED IS DEFINITELY THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CROSS THAT.

WE JUST HOPE THAT THESE GRANTS ARE APPROVED

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COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

MADAM CLERK.

IS COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS ONLINE YET? MAD MAYOR SHEEZ.

UM, I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

I THINK THAT MAKES IT UNANIMOUS.

UH, CHIEF AS FAR AS APPLICATION FOR THE GRANTS ARE CONCERNED, THERE'S, THERE IS SUCH A GREAT NEED FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FOR RESCUE SERVICES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ONLY IN OUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES, BUT IN OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENTIALS.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS SENIORS LIVING IN OUR HOMES AND WE ARE IN NEED OF THOSE SERVICES.

SO WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET ALL GRANTS, AND THAT ONCE WE GET THEM, PERHAPS THERE MAY BE SOMETHING AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL ASSIST THE CITY IN SUPPLEMENTING WHATEVER PERCENTAGE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.

SO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

MAD MAYOR IF I YES.

MAY ONE MORE TIME.

SO WE DON'T WANNA JUST TAKE A RETROACTIVE APPROACH TO PUTTING A RESCUE IN THERE AND TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS IT OCCURS.

PART OF THAT LIFE SAFETY EDUCATOR IS TRYING TO GET IN THERE AND FIX A PROBLEM BEFORE IT EVER STARTS PREVENTATIVE.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO HIT IT FROM EVERY, EVERY SIDE AND, AND FIX A PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES WORSE.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MS. HEIDI.

ITEM NUMBER NINE D RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 6 9 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH VPR CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $257,600 TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE VINCENT TAURUS WALL.

THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, AND WE DO HAVE MR. RON DIS BRUNI TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, UH, MADAM MR. UH, MADAM CLERK AND, UH, AUDIENCE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JUAN DES BRU, PUBLIC DIRECTOR.

UH, MADAM MAYOR.

THIS, UH, ITEM IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING AWARDING OR CONTRACT TO VP OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE OF 2050 $7,600 TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, UH, FOR THE VT WALL PROJECT, UH, VINCENT, UH, WALL PROJECT.

THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP.

UH, STAFF IS BRINGING IT BACK UP FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION.

AS YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, SOME ISSUES RELATED TO FRUITED BLOCKS, UH, WITHIN THE COMPLEX, UH, THE SERIAL COMPLEX.

ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE RESOLVED THE SAME ISSUE OVER THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING WHERE THE FLOODED BLOCKS WERE FALLING APART.

AND NOT ONLY IT'S A SAFETY RISK, UH, WE JUST HAD TO REPLACE THEM THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING.

UH, AT VT PARK LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A SECTION OF THE WORLD THAT FELL OFF BY THE BASKETBALL COURT.

UH, LUCKILY THERE WAS NO KIDS AROUND.

THERE WAS NO INJURY.

UH, BUT, UH, WE KIND OF SAFE UP THE, THAT SECTION THAT, THAT FELL OFF.

BUT THE REST OF THE BUILDING STILL HAS SOME FRUITED BLOCKS.

SO WE FELT LIKE IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN TO REMOVE THE REST OF THE FRUITED BLOCKS AROUND THE BUILDING AND PLASTER IT THE SAME WAY.

WE, UH, PROVIDED THE SERVICES OF, UH, DEVELOPING SERVICES BUILDING.

UH, SO THE ITEM WAS, UH, ADVERTISED FOR BID, UH, AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, PROCUREMENT AND VPR CONSTRUCTION WAS THE, THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BUILDER BID.

UH, I UNDERSTAND.

ANY QUESTION BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME FOR ANY INTEGRITY TO PROCUREMENT? MR. ZA IS, UH, HERE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER SWELL.

MR. RON, HOW HIGH IS THE WALL GOING TO BE? UH, TO MAD MAYOR? YES, SIR.

UH, WE NOT CHANGING THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL, THE EXISTING HEIGHT IS STAYING, WE JUST PLASTERING THE EXTERIOR WALL.

YOU'RE PLASTERING THE EXTERIOR WALL? YES, TOWARD THE, THE VT, UH, BUILDING.

WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY, ANYTHING TO THE, TO THE WALL AS IT IS.

WE JUST, UH, WE MOVING THE FRUITED BLOCKS.

MM-HMM.

AND, UH, WE PLASTER IT, UH, SIMILAR TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, 60,000.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS.

I, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS DEFINITELY NEEDED BECAUSE VINCENT TORRES PARK IS USED QUITE OFTEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, NOTATION IS SAFETY.

AND AS MR. RON SAID, THANK GOD THAT NO ONE WAS HURT LAST YEAR WHEN THE, IT'S THE FLUIDED BLOCKS THAT FELL DOWN AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT OVER HERE IN, UM, DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.

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SO THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

UM, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE BIDDING HERE.

UM, VPR CORP CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, WAS THE LEASE RESPONSIBLE? IS THAT, UH, THE MOST RESPONSIVE? RESPONSIBLE? MOST RESPONSIVE? MOST RESPONSIBLE, YEAH, I'M IN AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. RON.

UH, MR. ZAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, , CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY , MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE VENDOR IS PRESENT HERE ALSO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO THEM AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON PROCUREMENT? OUR BACKUP DOES INCLUDE THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THAT IS CORRECT.

EACH COMPANY THAT PRESENTED A BIT AND YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT AND EVALUATION OF THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

I MADAM VICE, VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, IF THIS IS APPROVED TOMORROW, WHEN WOULD CONSTRUCTION START AND THE COMPLETION DATE? I'LL DIRECT THAT THREE MADAM MAYOR THROUGH PUBLIC BOOKS.

UM, TO MADAM MAYOR, WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO SOME PROCESS AND RESTORING THE CONTRACTOR TO OUR, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICE SYSTEM.

SO MAYBE I WOULD SAY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON THE CONTRACTOR.

I'M SURE THEY'RE ON SITE, THEY CAN TESTIFY.

BUT ONCE WE PASS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, FILING THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ISSUING THE NTP, THE NOTICE , UH, IT SHOULD BE DONE.

SOMETIMES IT'S QUICK EVEN TO, FOR A REQUISITION TO GET A PO.

UH, SOMETIME WE MIGHT GET, MIGHT GET THAT IN ONE, ONE WEEK OR IT MIGHT TAKE TWO WEEKS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT'S NEEDED.

UH, IT SOMETIMES IT'S BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CONTRACTOR, BUT, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I WOULD SAY.

UM, UM, AND ALSO WE LIKE TO COORDINATE WITH PARKS, UH, UM, BUT THE GOOD THING IS IT'S ONLY AROUND THE FACILITY, SO THE FIELD WILL, WILL NOT BE IMPACTED.

UH, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE RESTROOM PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED LAST, UH, LAST MONTH.

WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THAT.

BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO OBSTACLE TO MOVING CONSTRUCTION AND IT DOES NOT IMPOSE ANY, ANY MORE DANGER OF FALLING FLUID BLOCKS OR HAS THAT BEEN CONTAINED AT THIS TIME? UH, YES, IT HAS BEEN CONTAINED, BUT ONLY THE ONE WE CAN SEE.

UM, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA MOVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

ITEM NUMBER NINE E RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SEVEN ZERO AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH REMAIN DESIGNS LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $260,052 AND 79 CENTS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE FUEL BAY OVERHEAD CANOPY REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THIS ITEM WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP, AND MR. RONDA BRUNI WILL PRESENT FURTHER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. UH, PROTOCOL ESTABLISHMENT.

AMIR.

UM, AMIR, WE HAVE A S SMALL FUEL BAY AT WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPOUND.

UH, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

THAT'S, UH, THE FUEL BAY THAT PROVIDE, UH, FUELING SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET FOR ALL DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PARKS, UH, DEVELOPER SERVICES CODE.

SO EVERY VEHICLE, UH, COME, COME IN, UH, FOR FUEL.

UH, AGAIN, HE WAS, HE'S BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

UH, ONE THING WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING LATELY IS AS, UH, THE NEW VEHICLES ARE COMING IN, THEY ARE HIGHER AND HIGHER.

SO WHEN THEY'RE PULLING IN FOR FUEL, THEY KEEP HITTING THE CANOPY ON TOP OF IT.

IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WE DEALING WITH FUEL, THEY NEED A LITTLE SPARKLE, CAN, CAN CREATE A FIRE.

AND ALSO, AND THAT'S THE CANOPY THAT PROVIDES SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE, UH, FUELING SYSTEM.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WITHIN THE SHED.

AGAIN, WE, IN FLORIDA, UH, IT'S REALLY HOT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER SHED IS PROVIDED FOR THE FUELING EQUIPMENT.

AND, AND WAS ALSO IS, UH, THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

IT'S NOT HURRICANE PROOF.

UH, WE, WE ARE WITHIN HURRICANE SEASON, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF THERE'S A HURRICANE, WE STAY, UH, RESILIENT.

SO, UM, THIS PROJECT WAS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE FY 2026 CIP AS IT NEEDED, THE IMPROVEMENT, UH, THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED FOR BID AND, UH, WE MENTIONED LLC WAS, UH, DEEMED THE MOST RESPONSIVE, UH, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE LEADER.

UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTION, UH, RELATED TO, TO THE PROJECT FOR ANYTHING WE RELATED TO , MR. ZA CAN, UH, ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

I, I NOTICED THAT, UM, THERE WERE HOW MANY HERE? I THINK IT LOOKED LIKE SIX COMPANIES THAT CAME OUT.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. SARANT.

MR. ZA,

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UH, 11 PERSONS AND ONLY ONE HAD A BID IN THREE MADAM.

THAT IS CORRECT.

ONLY ONE, ONLY ONE VENDOR PROVIDED A BID.

UM, JUST ADD, WE ARE FAMILIAR ALSO WITH THIS VENDOR.

THIS IS THE SAME VENDOR THAT'S CURRENTLY WORKING AT, UM, THE ALZHEIMER'S BUILDING.

OH, OKAY.

COLLEAGUES, NO QUESTIONS.

MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR ME? NO QUESTION, MADAM.

THANK YOU, MR. ZA.

ITEM NUMBER NINE F RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 71, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN IN LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY FOR SHARON RESOURCE BURDENS OF THE CITYWIDE N-P-D-E-S-M-S FOUR PERMIT AND AUTHORIZING BROD COUNTY TO CONDUCT TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRED BY THE N-P-D-E-S MS FOUR PERMIT AND MR. RHONES BRUNI WILL PREVENT FURTHER PRESENT.

FURTHER.

MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS? NO QUESTIONS.

MR. RON, UH, PROTOCOL MAYOR, UH, DECIDE EMULATES TO, UH, EXECUTION OF, UH, INTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROAD COUNTY FOR ALSO SHARING, UH, FOR THE NPDS PERMIT.

UH, THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1987 ENACTED THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM IS A, IS A, UH, A COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM THAT ENSURE THAT EVERY ENTITY THAT OWNS AND OPERATE A STORMWATER SYSTEM, UH, ENSURE THAT THE WATER THAT IS DISCHARGING INTO ANY WATER BODY, WHETHER IT'S CANAL, CANAL, LAKE, OR ANY WATER SYSTEM, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WATER IS CLEAN, SO, AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATION.

SO THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT EVERY CITIES AROUND THE, THE COUNTRY HAS TO HAVE A PERMIT IN ORDER TO OPERATE THAT SYSTEM.

UH, THE US EPA DELEGATES, UH, THE POWER TO, UH, ISSUE PERMIT TO THE STATE AND, UH, THE STATE.

UH, IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS, UH, THE COUNTY APPLIES AS THE LEAD PERMIT.

AND IF WE CITY IN THE COUNTY APPLIES AS CO PERMITTED, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A COST FOR MONITORING THE WATER QUALITY AND ALSO, UH, PAYING TO THE STATE.

THE TOTAL COST FOR THE, FOR THE YEAR, UH, FOR THE COUNTY IS, UH, 400 AND, UH, $58,000 FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO THAT BURDEN OF THE COST IS SHARED, UH, WITHIN ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, OUR COST IS GOING TO BE 10,000, UM, ROUGHLY $10,000, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 2% OF THE COST.

AND WHAT THE COST FOR THE PERMIT IS BASED ON, ON A POPULATION BASED.

AND THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR POPULATION SHARE WITH THE COUNTY.

WE ARE ABOUT ABOUT TWO 2%, UH, POPULATION OF THE COUNTY AS WELL.

SO THAT'S IN LINE WITH, UH, WITH THAT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT NEW.

WE ARE GOING TO THE FIFTH CYCLE.

UH, WE'VE BEEN TO FOUR CYCLE, UH, ALREADY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE COST WENT UP A LITTLE BIT FROM ROUGHLY 7,000 TO NOW 10,000, I THINK 579 BUCKS.

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME? COLLEAGUES? NO, NO QUESTIONS.

WE DO HAVE TWO

[A. PRESENTATION BY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) ON THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS AT OAKLAND PARK BLVD. AND SR-7 (FM 453154-1), AS LISTED IN THE COMMITMENT 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN (MTP), TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT INTO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PHASE (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]

TIME CERTAINS.

THE FIRST IS AT 5:30 PM AND THAT IS A PRESENTATION BY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

AND STATE ROAD SEVEN IS LISTED IN THE COMMIT COMMITMENT 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT INTO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PHASE.

AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE THREE TIME CERTAINS MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT 6:00 PM AND THEN AT SIX 30, THANK YOU.

AND WE DO HAVE MR. NASIR MSU, WHO WILL INTRODUCE, UM, HIS GUEST TO SPEAK THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. .

OUR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION ACTING, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.

OUR DOT STAFF IS OUR HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

AND WE HAVE ALSO, AND, AND HERE CAN HEAR, HEY, YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW.

YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSER MR. .

THE PAST, IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX YEARS OR MAYBE MORE THAN THAT ALREADY NOW.

OR YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT AND HANDHOLD IT.

, WE HAVE, UH, DOT UH, STAFF, AND ALSO WE HAVE MPO STAFF OVER HERE.

THE PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE BY DOT, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

UM, WE HAD A RESOLUTION FROM THIS CITY COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT IN

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UH, DOT, THEY DID SOME STUDY AND, UH, BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT THEY FOUND IT.

BASICALLY, THE INTENT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO REMOVE THIS PROJECT FROM THEIR LIST, UH, BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS.

THIS IS NOT FEASIBLE PROJECT.

UH, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ON IT.

UH, UH, GOOD EVENING.

HELLO.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER REPO.

I'M THE REGIONAL PLANNING MANAGER OF THE BRAND.

HELLO.

SIT ON .

OKAY, GREAT.

YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, GREAT.

UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER REPO.

I'M THE REGIONAL PLANNING MANAGER AT THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND PO FOR SHORT.

AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT WITH FDOT AND THEIR CONSULTING TEAM IS A PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED INTO MR. MR I'M SORRY, CAN YOU, IS IT WORKING OKAY.

GOTTA GET REALLY CLOSE WITH THIS, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, SO WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT IS A PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2019.

SO IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LITTLE BIT NOW.

AND WHAT THIS PROJECT AIMED TO DO WAS TO LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND STATE ROAD SEVEN TO COME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN THAT COULD ADDRESS SOME MAJOR ISSUES THAT THE INTERSECTION IS FACING.

ONE BEING SAFETY.

A LOT OF CRASHES ARE HAPPENING THAT AT THAT LOCATION, NOT JUST AT THE INTERSECTION, BUT ALSO UP AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE, THE APPROACHES ALSO CONGESTION.

IT'S AN INTERSECTION THAT DOES EXPERIENCE QUITE A BIT OF CONGESTION, NOT JUST WITH, UM, VEHICLES, BUT ALSO WITH TRANSIT BUSES, AND THEN ALSO PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS WHO USE THE CORRIDOR.

SO, UM, THE BROAD MPO THROUGH ITS CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS IDENTIFIED A PROJECT THAT WE THOUGHT COULD FIT WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE INTERSECTION THAT IT PRESENTS, AND TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY ADDRESSED THOSE TWO MAJOR ISSUES, WHICH ARE CONGESTION AND SAFETY.

NOW, FDOT HAS TAKEN THE PROJECT FURTHER THROUGH A FEASIBILITY STUDY, AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY ARE THE RESULTS OF THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSPECTIVE COMING FROM THE PLANNING LEVEL DOWN TO THE ENGINEERING LEVEL WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA AND FACTS.

SO, THANK YOU.

OF OAKLAND PARK AND STATE ROAD SEVEN.

YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES.

GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MARTINE MARQUEZ.

UH, I PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

ON BEHALF OF THE DOPI WOULD LIKE TO THANKS THE CITY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY OR THE DISABILITY STUDY FOR A, UH, CENTER, UH, TURN OVER OVERPASS, UH, CONCEPT FOR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE SEVEN AND ALCON PARK BOULEVARD.

LET ME, THE PURPOSE OF, OF THE MEETING TODAY, NOT ONLY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, BUT ALSO TO, UH, GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE TO THE OPERATION OF THE INTERSECTION AND ALSO IMPACTS, UH, TO THE RIGHTAWAY AND TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND WE ARE SEEKING CONSENSUS FROM THE CITY, UH, IN EXPLORING, UH, EXPLORING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

UH, I NEED THE, OH, HERE.

IT'S, SO BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, YOU HAVE THE, WHAT WE CALL THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT THE DOP FOLLOWS FROM PLANNING ALL THE WAY TO CONSTRUCTION.

THERE ARE FIVE PHASES, UH, OF THAT THE, THE PROJECT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH BEFORE IT'S CONSTRUCTED.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE KEEP THIS IN MIND BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE BECOME EVIDENT WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY WE ARE SOLICITING OR SEEKING YOUR, UM, YOUR SUPPORT IN EXPLORING SOME ALTERNATIVE.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE, AND PART OF THAT PLANNING PHASE, WE PERFORM WHAT THEY CALL A FEASIBILITY STUDY, EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE TO SEE THEIR FEASIBLE, THEY'RE SAFE, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

OKAY, SO YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERSECTION

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AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR SCREEN, THERE ARE NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND, UM, ALSO, UH, ACTUALLY ABOUT 11 BUS STOPS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE STUDY.

SO WHAT IS A CTO? WHAT IS A CENTER TURN OVERPASS? WELL, THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT PROPOSES TO SEPARATE THE TRAFFIC FROM THE TRUE TRAFFIC AND THE LEFT TURN TRAFFIC BY ELEVATING THE LEFT TURN TRAFFIC AND IT, AND, AND BASICALLY IMPROVING THE OPERATION OF THE INTERSECTION WHILE PROVIDING SAFETY TO, UM, PROVIDING MORE SAFETY TO PEDESTRIAN.

BECAUSE IT MINIMIZES THE CONFLICT POINTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY OF TURN LANES.

SO THIS IS BEFORE YOU, IS AN IDEA OF HOW IT WORKS.

YOU ELEVATE, AND WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE IS THE BRIDGE.

YOU SEE BRIDGES ON BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND THERE ARE RAMPS ELEVATED THAT ARE ALLOWED TO SEPARATE THE LEFT TURN TRAFFIC FROM THE TRUE TRAFFIC.

THAT'S THE CONCEPT.

NOW, IN THE PAST, UH, IN THE, IN OUR OCTOBER MEETING, UH, OCTOBER 27 OR 2025, WE CAME BEFORE YOU AND WE MADE A, A PRESENTATION AND YOU GAVE US SOME VALUABLE FEEDBACK.

ONE, YOU REQUESTED A 3D RENDERING OF WHAT THAT INTERSECTION THAT I, UH, JUST, UM, UH, DESCRIBED FOR YOU LOOKS LIKE, UH, YOU EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, U-TURNS AND DIABETIC MOVEMENTS, UH, THAT WILL BE REQUIRED ONCE WE BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND, UM, YOU INQUIRE AS TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS BEEN BUILT BEFORE IN THE UNITED STATES.

I THINK WE MENTIONED THAT AT THE TIME THERE WERE NON BILL, BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE IN, IN DESIGN AND IN EVALUATION, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE STATE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

AND YOU EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS WE GO ALONG THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

SO HERE IS THE RENDERING OF A, IN AN INTERSECTION SIMILAR TO THIS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU MAINTAIN TRUE TRAFFIC AND YOU ELEVATE THE LEFT TURN LANE.

YOU HAVE TWO INTERSECTIONS, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER.

AND THE IDEA BEING THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA TURN LEFT, THEN YOU GO UP AND THEN MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND THEN YOU HAVE A SIGNAL CONTROLLING THAT AND MAKING THE, THE, THE, THE OPERATIONS OF THE INTERSECTION A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.

NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THIS DESIGN IS THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE ELEVATING AN INTERSECTION, RIGHT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE THE BRIDGE AND YOU HAVE WALLS THAT EXTENDS HUNDREDS OF FEET IN EACH UH, LEG.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE IS GONNA BE SOME OBSTRUCTIONS OR SOME ACCESS LIMITATIONS TO THE BUSINESSES AROUND THE INTERSECTION.

IN, IN VIEW OF THAT, WE CAME UP WITH A CONCEPT THAT ALLOWS LEFT TURN LANES, UH, ONLY TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND THAT IN, IN, IN ORDER TO MAKE, UH, TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE, WE EVALUATED, THAT'S THE ONE BEFORE YOU.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS A LEFT TURN LANE, UH, ON THE, ON, NOT ON THE ELEVATOR SIDE, BUT, UH, ON THE, ON THE MAIN ROAD.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT THERE.

NOW THIS IS, LET'S, I'M GONNA TRY TO DESCRIBE FOR YOU THE IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC ON EACH, UM, EACH LEG OF THE INTERSECTION.

THIS IS THE WEST END ON, ON OAKLAND.

AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE WALLS, YOU SEE THAT PURPLE LINE IN, IN, IN THE DRAWING, THERE IS A PURPLE LINE THAT IS WHERE THE ROAD IS COMING DOWN AND TOUCHES GROUND, THE EXISTING GROUND.

SO WE CANNOT MERGE TRAFFIC BEFORE THAT.

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AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WILL NOT TRAFFIC THE TRUE TRAFFIC GOING WEST.

CANNOT MAKE A LEFT TURN ON 43RD AVENUE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY WEST TO 46TH TO MAKE A U-TURN TO COME BACK AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND THEN THE TRUE TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION TO MAKE A U-TURN AND, AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH SIDE.

NOW NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT.

SO THIS IS THE, THE, THE CASE IN THE SOUTH DIRECTION.

AND I, I, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I CAN'T, I CAN, I HAVE TO, I CANNOT SEE THAT FAR.

SO I HAD TO GO WITH MY PHONE, WHICH IS NOT THAT, UH, IT'S NOT ANY BETTER ACTUALLY, BUT, UM, THE, THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENS HERE.

THANKS.

SO THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENS IN, IN, UH, ON, ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH A, A STEREO SEVEN, WHERE YOU HAVE THE TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO NORTHWEST 26TH STREETS AND TURN AROUND TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROPERTIES IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT.

SO THIS, THIS EXHIBIT FOR YOU OR SUMMARIZES THE REROUTING OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE INTERSECTION, IT PROVIDES YOU WITH LIKE AN ARROW YOU CAN SEE IN DIFFERENT COLORS, UH, HOW THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THOSE WALLS, BECAUSE OF THOSE RAMPS, WHY YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND, UH, AND, AND THAT GIVE YOU A BETTER, IT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE FOURTH SLIDES THAT I JUST PRESENTED BEFORE THAT'S OPERATION HERE IS ANOTHER.

UM, HERE'S ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT WE FOUND IN THE PROJECT AS WELL.

THIS PROJECT HAS A WIDE FOOTPRINT, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD REQUIRE RIGHT AWAY IF YOU SEE IN THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, RED LINES OR RED SHADED AREAS.

THOSE ARE RIGHTAWAY NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.

THOSE, THERE ARE 26 PROPERTIES THAT WILL NEED TO BE ACQUIRED OUT OF THOSE EIGHT WILL BE FULL TAKES.

SO THE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RIGHTAWAY IMPACT, UH, IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO LET ME SUMMARIZE THE FINDINGS OF OUR STUDY.

THERE IS AN INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN GRADES SEPARATING THE TRUE TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT TRAFFIC.

UH, THERE IS AN, AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE IT MINIMIZES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY THE LEFT TURN TYPE.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE RES THE ALTERNATIVE PRESENTS SOME CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES AND THE OPERATION OF THE, OF THE INTERSECTION ITSELF.

AS YOU HAVE TO GO WAY FARTHER THAN YOU NEED YOU, YOU WILL NORMALLY DO TODAY IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE, THOSE BUSINESSES AND THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES IN EACH QUADRANT, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RIGHTAWAY THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THIS.

UM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ALONE WITHOUT RIGHTAWAY IS ABOUT 75 MILLION.

SO THAT'S THE RESULT OF OUR STUDY.

THERE IS, HOWEVER, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLY ON, THE PROCESS HAS FIVE, FIVE PHASES.

FIRST IS THE PLANNING, AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE PD AND E STUDY.

THEN WE GO INTO DESIGN, THEN EVENTUALLY WE GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.

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THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS, HAS IMPLEMENTED A NEW, UH, RULE, IF YOU WILL, UM, THAT REQUIRES THAT ALL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE IT GOES INTO A PD AND E PHASE OF THE STUDY.

IN OTHER WORDS, IN ORDER FOR THIS, UM, ALTERNATIVE TO GO BEYOND THE POINT WE ARE IN TODAY, THE FUNDING FOR, FOR RIGHTAWAY AND FOR CONSTRUCTION AT DESIGN NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS MAKES, AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.

AND, AND, AND THE PRICE IS SUCH THAT, UH, ADAM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO, TO, UM, DO IS EXPLORE WHAT THEY CALL OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE A GREAT, THAT ARE NOT AS, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COST EFFECTIVE, THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A GREAT SEPARATION.

SOMETHING THAT IT MORE IN LINE WITH ADDRESSING, UH, CONFIGURATIONS OF THE INTERSECTION AT GRADE, YOU KNOW, AS THEY ARE TODAY, THAT MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE RIGHT WAY, IMPACTS TO THE CITIZENS, IMPACTS TO THE BUSINESS BUSINESSES.

AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF, UM, RE IF, IF, IF THE FUNDS ARE REPURPOSED OR REPROGRAMMED ACCORDINGLY IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THE STUDY.

UH, AND WE ARE SEEKING, UH, YOUR SUPPORT TO AS NEEDED IN TO EXPLORE OTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT CAN BE FUNDED.

THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE AND THIS IS THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

OKAY, MR. MARQUES, QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN YOU SAY SEEKING THE CITY SUPPORT EXACTLY, WHAT ARE YOU REFERENCING? WELL, WE, WE, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION, SOMETHING, UH, FROM YOU THAT WILL SUPPORT THE DOT EXPLORING OTHER ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE IN THE SYSTEM I THINK WE HAVE EXPLORING THIS, THIS CTO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE THE FUNDING THAT EXIST AND EXPLORE, UH, OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND MORE AFFORDABLE.

IS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THE ONLY CITY THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED TO BE IN NEED OF GREAT IMPROVEMENTS? THE ONLY ONE, YES.

MY YES.

ON A SOMETHING LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

OH, OKAY.

YOU SAID THIS TYPE OF PROJECT DOES NOT EXIST ANYWHERE IN THE US AT THIS TIME.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHY LAUDERDALE LAKES? THERE ARE STATES, OTHER CITIES, WHY LAUDERDALE LAKES AND WHY DO YOU ALL, WHY DOES FO DETERMINE THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS? UH, SURE I CAN HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER RA OBR, MPO, UM, SO, UH, THE BROD MPO BACK IN 2019 AS PART OF THE 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS WITHIN BROWARD THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE OPTIMAL LOCATIONS FOR A TRON OVERPASS.

THE REASON WHY WE, UM, UH, EXPLORED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRON OVERPASS IS MOSTLY BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY IS VERY BUILT OUT, MEANING THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LAND AVAILABLE FOR US TO DO ANY KIND OF MAJOR INTERCHANGE TO ADDRESS MAJOR CONGESTION ISSUES OR MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT INTERSECTIONS THAT WOULD BE MOST SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT, WE LOOK FOR, UM, UH, ROADS THAT ARE QUITE WIDE, MEANING THAT THEY HAVE THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, PROBABLY TWO LEFT LANES AS WELL ON EACH OF THE APPROACHES OF THE INTERSECTION.

AND THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE SOME KIND OF INTERVENTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, THIS AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY.

NOW, UH, WHY SOMETHING LIKE, UH, UH, THROUGH LANES OVER THAT YOU SEE SIMILAR TO, UM, SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND STATE ROAD SEVEN WASN'T RECOMMENDED IS BECAUSE WE'VE, UH, HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, UM, UH, ENJOYABLE BY THE, THE, THE POPULATION, BY THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT CUTS OFF COMMUNITY.

HOPEFULLY A CENTER TURN OVERPASS GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LESS OF A STRUCTURE THERE.

YOU HAVE BETTER SIGHT LINES AND LESS RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS SO THAT A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES AREN'T FULLY AFFECTED.

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UH, KNOWING VERY WELL THAT THE PRESENTATION THE FDOT GAVE TODAY IS VERY, VERY GOOD.

AND THEY CLEARLY DID IDENTIFY SOME RIGHT OF WAY ISSUES AND SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT ISSUES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW GOING AHEAD, THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT.

UM, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT HERE TODAY.

OTHER PLACES THAT THE CENTER TURNED OVERPASS IS BEING EXPLORED, THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN, UH, UH, MARYLAND, NEVADA, AND ALSO NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THESE, UH, HAVE BEEN EXPLORED BUT NOT YET IMPLEMENTED.

AND A LOT OF THE REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT IMPLEMENTED IS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BEING ABLE TO GATHER THE COST FOR THOSE TO GET GET DONE.

UM, BUT THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THOSE AREAS IS THAT THEY HAVE MORE RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABILITY THAN WE HAVE HERE IN BROWARD.

SO REALLY WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THINGS SAFER AND MAKE THINGS PRO, UM, UH, PROGRESS BETTER WITH THE COST OF THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT IS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES OR ELSEWHERE, BE FULLY SUPPORTED BY FOC THE COST OF THE PROJECT.

SO FDOT PLANNING TO ALL THROUGH ALL OF THOSE FIVE STAGES WOULD FDOT FULLY FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THAT WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.

SO, UH, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF FUNDING FROM THE CITY UNLESS THERE'S ANY KIND OF AESTHETIC THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IT, SUCH AS, UM, A THEMING OR BRANDING OR KIND OF LANDSCAPING OR MAYBE SPECIALIZED LIGHT FIXTURES.

BUT NO, THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

THAT'S BEING SOUGHT FROM THE CITY.

UH, BUT FOR FDOT, I WON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THEM, BUT THEY DID SAY TODAY THAT THEY HAVE A NEW POLICY IN PLACE THAT SAYS THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO ENTER A PD D AND E PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, EVALUATION, THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO LINE UP THE FUNDING FOR, UM, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE BUDGETS ARE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT AND SO THEY DON'T FEEL BASED, I THINK, BUT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY COULD DO THAT.

BUT I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM, MADAM.

HOLD MAD.

COMMISSIONER .

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS , I'M PROJECT MANAGER FOR FDOT.

SO THIS PROJECT WAS INDICATED, WAS IDENTIFIED BY MPO IN 19 20 19.

SO IT'S BEING ON THE BOOK, SO FDOT, JUST BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH ANY PROJECT, JUST DO A PLANNING STUDY TO SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE.

AND, UH, THIS ONE HAVE A, OF COURSE WITH GREAT SEPARATE YOU IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC COM TRAFFIC CAPACITY.

BUT THE MAIN CONCERN FROM FDOT TO LOOK AT IS THE FIRST LEVEL, THE IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS, TO ALL FOUR LEGS.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS PROCEED, YOUR GAS STATION ON BOTH SIDE PROBABLY WILL BE BY, WILL BE AFFECTED ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE, WALMART AND THE WALGREENS.

SO ALL WILL BE IMPACTED.

AND ALSO EVEN THE LIKE WALMART, YOU CANNOT MAKE LEFT TURN GET INTO THE WALMART, SO YOU WILL BE ALL THE WAY A ONE SLICE SHOW, YOU MAYBE NEED TO TAKE A U-TURN AND EVERYTHING.

SO ALSO FUNDING ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW FDOT SAID YOU DON'T KEEP DOING SOME STUDY.

THE FIRST LEVEL, YOU CANNOT EVEN FUND IT.

FOR EXAMPLE, I, I DID DESIGN BECAUSE DESIGN IS EASY.

YOU PUT ON THE PAPER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO PROCEED, WHICH IS LIKE, UH, MEANS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO PUR PURCHASE RIGHT AWAY MAKING THE WORK PROGRAM IN NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

AND UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY RIGHT AWAY PURCHASE, YOU ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS IMPACT.

YOU NEED NOT JUST PURCHASE THE LAND, YOU NEED TO PAY BUSINESS FOR THE BUSINESS IMPACT, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE AT THE, LIKE A CENTRAL OF THE CITY.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GO TO PURCHASE FARMLAND, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.

SO AT THIS POINT, FDOT CANNOT LIKE A FOUNDED EVEN THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY PHASE.

SO IF THIS CANNOT BE FULLY FUNDED, THE POLICY SAYS YOU DON'T PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS PD AND E PHASE.

SO WE ARE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT.

IT'S LIKE, UH, I THINK LIKE, UH, A IT'S YOUR CITY.

YOU MAYBE DIDN'T WANT YOUR BUSINESS GOT IMPACT EITHER.

SO MAYBE WHEN WE PRESENT TO YOU, YOU SEE IT, IT MAYBE IT'S NOT LIKE A BEST ALTERNATIVE FOR YOU.

SO THAT'S WHY WE THINKING REPORT, REMOVE THIS FROM THE PDNE STUDY, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING POINT, MAYBE DO SOME OTHER THING, ADD GREAT TO SEE WHICH KIND

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THINGS WE CAN AFFORD AND UH, IS KINDA AFFORDABLE AND, UH, CAN ALSO CHANGE, MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THIS ATION.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I, I'M A LITTLE BIT UPSET.

THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US, UM, WE DID GIVE INFORMATION AS TO HOW IT WOULD IMPACT, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO GO ABOUT A BLOCK TO COME BACK.

SO IT WAS NOT PROPERLY THOUGHT THROUGH.

THAT'S JUST HOW I SEE IT.

IT WASN'T PROPERLY THOUGHT THROUGH BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD EIGHT YEARS IT WOULD TAKE, NOW WE'RE HERE IN NO, NO FUNDING FOR THIS MAGNITUDE OF A PROJECT.

SO EVEN WITH OUR SUPPORT TO GETTING SOMETHING LESS, BECAUSE NUMBER ONE GOING UP, OUR CONCERN WAS WHEN SENIORS HAVE TO GET UP ON THE RAMP TO THINK TO COME AROUND, FORGET THE BUSINESSES, THAT'S VERY CONFUSING.

EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE JUST DOING THAT LEFT HAND TURN.

SO NOT ONLY LEFT HAND TURN, BUT TO BE ABLE TO MISS THE BUSINESSES AS WELL.

TO ME THAT WASN'T PROPERLY THOUGHT THROUGH IN TERMS OF DOING A STUDY FOR OF THE CITY.

WE ARE AT THE HEART OF BROWARD COUNTY AND BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE HEART OF BROWARD COUNTY, THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT GO THROUGH IS ASTRONOMICAL.

UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT COMES THROUGH, UH, THE CITY.

AND I THINK MORE THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THIS BECAUSE HERE AGAIN NOW IT'S GOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU BUILD SOMEBODY HOPES UP AND THEN YOU BRING IT DOWN.

NOT THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS LIKE GOING HIGH AND THEN GO BACK DOWN LOW.

BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THAT, UM, PARTICULAR LOCATION AT OAKLAND PARK AND 4 41, TOO MUCH IS HAPPENING THERE AND THEY KNOW THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH SUPPORT, BUT I AM, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT HAVING TO COME BACK AND SAY, NOW THERE'S NO FUNDING TO SUPPORT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AFTER YOU DID YOUR STUDY AND DESIGN COMMISSIONER , I WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? BECAUSE I THINK THE PRESENTERS SAID THERE COULD BE ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE AS VICE MAYOR JUST SAID, IT'S A BUSY, I THINK IT'S AMONG THE BUSIEST CORRIDOR IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO BUYING OUT BUSINESSES, NO MONEY.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD RIGHT NOW.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR MAKING THAT CORRIDOR SAFE? THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

WE PROPOSE LIKE EIGHTH GRADE, NOT GRADE SEPARATE.

RIGHT NOW YOU REMEMBER YOU YOU, YOUR LEFT TURN IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

YOUR STREET IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

THEN WE ALL SEE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

SO WE DID THE, OUR STUDY TO PRESENT WHAT'S, IF WE DO THIS, WHAT'S THE, LIKE AT PLANNING LEVEL, WHAT'S THE RESULT OF IT? SO I, I THINK WE'LL PRESENT THIS TO EVERYBODY ALREADY, BUT THEN EVERYBODY AGREED THIS IS NOT GOOD IDEA.

SO WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEKING OTHER ALTERNATIVES AT GRADE.

AT GRADE WE HAVE A SEVERAL SOLUTION WE NEED TO DISCUSS FIRST.

THEN YOU NEED TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND TO SEE LIKE WHICH WAY, LIKE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE THE, UM, ITS SO LIKE CHANGE THE SIGNAL TIMING AND THE, UH, MANAGE THE TRAFFIC FLOW.

SO THAT'S ONE WAY AND MAYBE ADD LIKE A RIGHT TURN LANE AND THAT'S THE OTHER WAY.

SO IF WE DON'T LIKE, UH, HAVE A BIG DEPEND ON LIKE, UH, HOW FAR RIGHT AWAY NEEDED, AND THEN WE TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT WAY, THAT WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE.

SO WE THAT WILL THROUGH THE STUDY.

LIKE FIRSTLY YOU HAVE A, YOU TRY TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY HERE.

THAT'S THE FIRST IDEA YOU, YOU GATHER IN YOUR MIND, THEN YOU PRESENT, THEN EVERYBODY DOESN'T LIKE IT.

SO WE NEED GO BACK TO OUR DRAWING BOARD, TRY TO GET MORE IDEAS.

SO THEN WE'LL PRESENT

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AGAIN.

MR. COUNCILOR? YES.

AND WHAT, WHAT TIME FRAME ARE YOU NOW LOOK, IF WE DECIDE THAT THAT IS NOT IN OUR INTEREST AND WE NEED AN ALTERNATIVE, WHAT TIME FRAME ARE YOU WE GOING TO LOOK ON NOW? GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS JESUS SOA, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT FDOT.

SO I'M IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

JUST ONE CLARIFICATION I WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT THE FUNDING.

THE FUNDING WASN'T THERE FOR THE WHOLE CONCEPT.

UM, WE WERE, WE HAD THE FUNDING FOR WHAT IS A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY, WHICH IS A PD D AND E STUDY.

WE DID HAVE THE FUNDING.

THEN IN DECEMBER THE POLICY CAME THAT WE COULDN'T START OR CONTINUE A PD D AND E STUDY IF WE COULDN'T SECURE FUNDING FOR EIGHT YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHY THE FUNDING FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT WAS NEVER THERE.

BUT WE COULD CONTINUE THAT STUDY.

NOW, WHEN THE POLICY CAME, WE CAN'T CONTINUE THE STUDY BECAUSE WE CAN'T SECURE 75 MILLION OR WHICHEVER IS THE COST.

AND ON STUDYING OTHER ALTERNATIVES, WE CAN DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

UH, SOME SMALLER FEASIBILITY STUDIES COULD TAKE SIX MONTHS.

THEY COULD TAKE A YEAR.

I WOULD SAY A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER TO TWO YEARS IN CASE WE HAVE MORE COMPLICATIONS, BUT HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN LESS AMOUNT OF TIME.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

SO BASICALLY, UM, THE F FDOT CAME IN TO ASK US, I MEAN, WHAT I'M SEEING, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HAPPENING.

IT SEEMED LIKE YOU GUYS CAME TO REALLY ASK US FOR FUNDING.

WE DON'T HAVE IT.

SO I'M NOT SURE.

I'M NOT SURE.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WE ARE HERE MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.

WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? ARE YOU ASKING US TO FUND SOMETHING? IT IS LIKE WE'RE BEATING AROUND THE BUSH THERE, RIGHT? NO, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR FUNDING.

WE, WHEN WE START A STUDY FOR A PROJECT THAT, AS YOU MAY HAVE IT MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

IT'S SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN HERE BEFORE.

WE DO CHECKPOINTS AND WE COME AND PRESENT TO YOU TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY WILL ENTERTAIN.

SO THAT WAS OCTOBER 27TH PRESENTATION.

THEN AS WE WENT THROUGH THE STUDY, WE HAD OUR CONCLUSION THAT THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FEASIBLE PROJECT FOR BUSINESSES FOR THE LOCATION AND OPERATIONS.

AND NOW WE'RE PRESENTING THAT WE ARE WITHDRAWING FROM WHAT WE PRESENTED BEFORE.

SO NO ONE GETS CONFUSED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OCTOBER AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN CONTINUING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE MORE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS.

AND AS IT WAS MENTIONED, TRAFFIC, OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SAFETY.

BUT WE'RE NOT SEEKING FUNDING.

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF AND SUPPORT OF ALTERNATIVE AT, AT GREAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY LOOKING FORWARD IN, IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE FUTURE OF HOW WE WANT TO DEVELOP OUR CITY, OUR TOWN CENTER, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT INTERSECTION, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WANT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO DECREASE ACCIDENTS, DECREASE INJURIES, DECREASE THE, THE CONGESTION THAT OCCURS AT THAT INTERSECTION.

SO FOR SUPPORT THEN I, I, YES I WOULD.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

IT IS LIKE A CHILD, YOU PROMISE THEM SOMETHING AND COME BACK AGAIN AND THERE'S NOT MONEY.

SO WE WANT SOMETHING NOT ONLY FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE, BUT SOMETHING WHERE THAT WE KNOW THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO MONIES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FULFILL THE PROMISE OF THAT PROJECT.

CORRECT.

AND THAT, AND THAT'S PART OF THE EIGHT YEAR POLICY THAT, OKAY, UM, THE DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING OUT MORE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, UH, LESSER SCALE, NOT SOMETHING SO MAYOR, SO WE CAN SEE THE BENEFIT SHORT AND SHORT TERM.

RESOLUTION SUPPORT, IF YOU DO WANT TO EXPLORE A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE, WE CAN TAKE THAT AND THEN START THE AMENDMENT PROCESS TO CHANGE THAT PROJECT.

THANK YOU FDOT UH, CLOSING REMARKS.

I I I JUST WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING.

UH, CHRISTOPHER RIS, NPO, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE, UH, OUR FDAT IS LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO EXPLORING OTHER ALTERNATIVES IS BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE AN IMPLICATION ON OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT DOES SIT AS A TYPE OF WORK FOR SENATOR TURN OVERPASS AND THAT PROJECT CANNOT CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OTHER ALTERNATIVES UNLESS WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT PROJECT SO THAT IT CAN DO SO.

SO WITH YOUR

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6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN AND THAT IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HIRING OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER THAT'S SPONSORED BY YOU.

THANK YOU MR NA MADAM.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A

[B. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HIRING OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS) (6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]

UM, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, AYE, AT THIS POINT I THANK YOU MS. TARA.

AT THIS POINT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE COMMISSION HAS RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, AND I WANT TO THANK THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

I WANT TO THANK MS. JENNIFER CONDE CHAMBERS, MS A ROY, MS. PAUL MARTIN, MS. MEREDITH MCCLEARY, AND, AND MR. PATRICK GREEN.

I THINK WITH THAT GROUP, WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE, THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES, THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES, THAT THEIR EVALUATIONS WERE ONES WHERE THEY COULD COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH SOME OF 'EM.

SO I WANT TO THANK THAT COMMITTEE SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.

SO NOW, MS. TAR, YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

WE RECEIVED SIX RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE INTERVIEWED IN ADDITION TO FOUR OTHER APPLICANTS TO REVIEW.

IF WE WANTED TO, IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THE SIX, IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INTERVIEW THE SIX AS RECOMMENDED, OR AS I UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, IF WE WANT TO NOT INTERVIEW X NUMBER FROM THE SIX OR WE WANT TO ADD X NUMBER FROM THE FOUR ALTERNATIVES.

SO HERE WE ARE, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE AAS FOR THE RECORD.

TARA WILLIAMS, THE HR RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

UM, THAT IS CORRECT, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I DO HAVE OUR, UM, LEAD RECRUITER, JIM DENEEN ON, UM, TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION RECEIVED, UM, THE 10, UM, APPLICATIONS AND THE RECOMMENDED SIX.

AND I THINK, UM, OUR A CM HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTED TO DO IT NOW OR AFTER WE, UM, INDICATE THOSE CANDIDATES, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR COMMISSION.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, I THINK ADAM MAYOR.

SHE, I THINK SHE WANTED TO SPEAK.

SHE WANTS TO SPEAK A CM.

OH, I DID NOT SEE YOU.

EXCUSE ME.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

A CM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SERVING AS THE ACTON CITY MANAGER.

I'M TRULY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE FINALISTS.

AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, I HAVE DECIDED TO WITHDRAW MY NAME FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION FOR THE POSITION.

AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS YOUR ACT, CITY MANAGER, AND I REMAIN FULLY COMMITTED TO SERVING THE CITY, THE MAYOR, AND COMMISSION OUR EMPLOYEES, THE RESIDENTS DURING THIS TRANSITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MADAM.

A CM MS. TAR.

I HAVE OUR LEAD RECRUITER, UM, JIM, JIM DEAN, ON TO SPEAK TO THEIR DICE REGARDING THE NEXT STEPS.

MR. DINE.

JIM DAIN HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

YES, WE CAN.

LOUD AND CLEAR.

ALL GOOD.

CAN YOU SEE ME? I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN SEE YOU.

NO, WE CANNOT SEE YOU.

BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, I, I AM, I WANNA THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT THIS RECRUITMENT FOR YOU.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

TALK ABOUT A HARDWORKING GROUP.

THAT'S A LOT OF TIME TO PUT IN.

THEY WENT THROUGH ALL 10 OF THE, UM, RESUMES THAT WE HAD.

UH, A LOT OF SPIRITED DEBATE.

UM, I GAVE THEM A 10 FOR BEING A GREAT COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH.

AND THEY KNOW I GAVE AN 11 FOR BEING A LOT OF FUN.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE REAL.

THEY WERE REALLY AN INTERESTING GROUP.

WE HAD A GOOD TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE THINK IS THE BEST FOR YOU TO INTERVIEW.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UH, OUR PROCESS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE, UM, ADVERTISED, AS YOU KNOW, FROM APRIL THROUGH MAY.

UH, WE GOT 109 RESUMES FROM 21 STATES, 71 OR 74 WERE FROM FLORIDA.

UH, CAN EVERYONE STILL HEAR ME? YES.

CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME?

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YES, GO AHEAD.

EITHER SCREEN FLIPPED OFF, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS BEING HEARD OR NOT.

SOMETIMES OVER THE WHOLE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS TO YOU THAT THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO ANSWER.

WHAT THAT LEAVES US WITH IS YOU HAVE A REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU OF THE 109 RESUMES AND, AND THAT, THAT SPEAKS WELL OF YOUR REPUTATION AS A CITY TO HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS JOB.

OF THAT, I HAD 11 PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIPS OR IN, WHEN I COMPARE THEM TO EACH OTHER, I HAD 11 PEOPLE THAT WERE STRONGER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE SO STRONG THAT I INTERVIEWED WITH DREW BECAUSE THEY GOT ANOTHER JOB.

SO WE HAVE REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES, AND IN SOME CASES HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

UH, YOU HAD BE, I WOULD, IF YOU, IF I WERE YOU, I'D BE VERY HAPPY WITH MY REPUTATION TO GET THAT KIND OF OUTPOURING.

UH, YOU SAW, WE GAVE YOU THE REPORT OF THE 10, UH, THE COMMITTEE, WORKING WITH MYSELF.

WE WENT THROUGH THE RESUMES.

I, I WENT OVER IN DETAIL MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES, WHICH LASTED IN A LOT OF, SOMETIMES OVER AN HOUR AS PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, WHERE WE DUG DEEP INTO THEIR BACKGROUND TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND ALSO TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THE RIGHT CHEMISTRY OR CULTURAL FIT IS THERE.

UM, THE COMMITTEE WAS, UH, DECIDED THAT THEY FELT THAT SIX CANDIDATES ALWAYS EQUALS NOW SHOULD MOVE FORWARD TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE BEST GROUP TO INTERVIEW.

UH, MS. HOWARD, AS YOU, AS YOU SAW JUST THIS EVENING, WITHDREW.

UH, SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE.

SHE DID VERY WELL IN FRONT OF THE GROUP, BUT THAT THEN LEAVES US WITH FIVE, FIVE.

IF YOU DECIDE TO INTERVIEW, YOU NEED TO VOTE TO DO THAT.

UM, THAT'LL TAKE A WHOLE DAY.

IT'LL BE VERY WORTHWHILE TO YOU.

EXHAUSTING TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT ALSO EXCITING.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU EVER DO IS HIRE A NEW MANAGER.

UH, IT'S NOT TO BE UNLIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES THAT WE'RE GONNA FACE.

IF, ESPECIALLY IF THE NEW, UH, IN OR, UH, PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION GOES THROUGH, I THINK ALL CITIES ARE GONNA BE PUSHED TO THEIR LIMITS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MANAGE SUCCESSFULLY.

IF YOU, SO, TODAY, YOU WOULD DECIDE WHO, IF YOU, YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW IN PUBLIC.

UH, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 1ST.

WHAT I'M ANTICIPATING IS THAT THAT MEETING OFFICIALLY COULD START MAYBE EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING, OR NINE.

WE'D HAVE TO PICK WHATEVER WE WANT.

AND THEN IF SAID, SAY EIGHT 30, GIVE US A LITTLE TIME BEFORE WE GET INTO THE INTERVIEWS.

I'M THINKING WE'D DO AN INTERVIEW FROM NINE TO 10, 10 TO 11, 11 TO 12.

GO TO LUNCH FROM 1230 TO ONE 30, THEN AN INTERVIEW FROM ONE 30 TO 2 30, 1 FROM TWO 30 TO THREE 30.

THEN YOU COULD DO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE.

PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND GIVE YOU THEIR INPUT BEFORE YOU START YOUR DEBATE ON HOW YOU'RE GONNA PROCEED AT THAT TIME.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL COME DOWN ONE AT A TIME, TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR.

UH, WE WILL HAVE A SET OF 10 QUESTIONS.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, UH, WHAT YOUR HR DIRECTOR AND I TALKED ABOUT IS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, BUT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE HAS ANY ADVANTAGE.

UM, IF EACH ONE OF YOU COULD GIVE US THREE QUESTIONS, WE'D LIKE THOSE BY FRIDAY, IF YOU COULD.

THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD WOULD GO TO THE HR DIRECTOR, AND THEN SHE AND I WOULD CONSOLIDATE THOSE, THOSE 15 INTO 10 QUESTIONS.

AND WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE SEES THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE HANDED OUT THE MORNING OF THE MEETING.

NOW, WE WOULD SE I'LL BE THERE ALL DAY TO HELP HANDLE THE PROCESS.

THE, THE, THERE'S FIVE CANDIDATES.

NOW.

THE FIVE CANDIDATES WOULD BE SEQUESTERED.

I WORK WITH TARA.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A ROOM FOR THEM.

THEY WOULD COME DOWN ONE AT A TIME IN ALPHABETIC ORDER.

EVERYBODY'S EQUAL IN THIS GROUP.

AND YOU WOULD GET THEM, ASK THEM, THEY COULD DO AN INTRODUCTION FOR A FEW MINUTES.

YOU DO YOUR 10 QUESTIONS.

USUALLY THE QUESTION ANSWERS I TELL THE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE THREE TO FOUR MINUTES.

AND THEN YOU, THEY CAN DO A, A, A COUPLE OF MINUTE WRAP UP, AND THEN THAT LEAVES YOU SOME TIME TO ASK SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE, BEFORE WE BRING DOWN THE NEXT CANDIDATE.

ONCE THAT CANDIDATE IS, IS FINISHED, THEY'RE GO, THEY GO BACK INTO SEQUESTER.

SO NO CANDIDATE EVER HEARS OR SEES WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAID.

ALSO, NO ONE EVER SEES THE QUESTION BEFORE ANYONE ELSE.

WE BRING THE NEXT CANDIDATE ON DOWN AND SO ON.

NOW, THEY GET RES SEQUESTERED FOR A REASON.

AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED, UH, INTERVIEWING, AND AFTER YOU HAVE HAD YOUR PUBLIC INPUT THERE, THERE COMES TIMES, ESPECIALLY IF THE CANDIDATES, WHICH YOU HAVE HERE, SOME REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES, WHEN IT CAN GET DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO, TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CANDIDATES.

WHAT I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO IS, AND, AND

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THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS WE CAN BRING THE ANY CANDIDATES DOWN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, ONE AT A TIME.

AND BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SEQUESTERED, YOU COULD ASK THEM SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, YOU MAY REALLY HAVE FOCUSED.

AFTER YOU TALK TO EVERYONE, YOU MAY REALLY FOCUS AND HONE DOWN ON A COUPLE SPECIFIC AREAS.

UH, AFTER THAT TAKES PLACE, IF YOU NEED THAT EXTRA INPUT, THEN YOU HAVE TIME TO DEBATE AMONG YOURSELVES.

AND HOPEFULLY WE HOPE THAT YOU COME UP WITH A, UH, UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR WHO YOU BELIEVE, UH, SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT MANAGER WITH THE IDEA IF THAT PERSON ACCEPTS, WHICH THEY SHOULD, UM, THAT YOU WOULD TRY TO HAVE A CONTRACT ON YOUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING FOR THEM TO SIGN SO THEY COULD BE OFFICIALLY BECOME YOUR NEW MANAGER.

CAN I GIVE ANYONE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? COLLEAGUES? MADAM MA'AM.

COMMISSIONER, JUST TO CLEAR YOU, YOU WERE, UH, MENTIONED THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR PER PERSON.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'LL BE A FULL DAY.

UH, MA'AM, VICE MAYOR.

UM, AND JULY 1ST IS THE DESIGNATED DATE TO YES.

AND WHAT IF ALL THE COMMISSION CANNOT BE PRESENT AT THAT TIME? THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SELECT A DIFFERENT DATE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY THERE.

AND THAT'S, WE UNDERSTAND THAT CAN HAPPEN.

WE PICKED THIS OUT BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED TO BE THE, THE BEST STATE THAT WE COULD THINK OF.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY ALL YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.

THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS PROCESS, THE WAY IT IT HAPPENS IS EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT.

AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE EVER QUESTION THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S ALL IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE HEARS WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY.

THEY ALL GET THE SAME QUESTIONS.

EVERYONE GETS TO UNDERSTAND.

AND LIKE I SAID, UH, SOME COMMISSIONS DECIDE TO TAKE PUBLIC INPUT.

THEY, THEY'LL USUALLY DO THAT AFTER ALL THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED.

SO THE COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT THAT TIME BEFORE THEY START THEIR DEBATE ON WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO HIRE.

ANOTHER QUESTION, VICE MAYOR.

UM, SO I, I LIKE THE PROCESS.

SO WHERE WOULD THE, UH, QUESTION WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE THOSE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BE ONCE THE PROCESS IS FINISHED OF INTERVIEWING, ASKING THE QUESTIONS? WELL, WHAT THEY WOULD BE AT YOUR COMMISSION MEETING, THEY WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERVIEWS.

WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY, THEY WOULD'VE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU HEAR.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? YES.

AND THEN SOME COMMUNITIES, UH, LIKE TO TAKE INPUT FROM THE C FROM THE CITIZENS AFTER THE DEBATE PERIOD.

AND AFTER YOU'VE INTERVIEWED EVERYONE, THEN A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE COME UP AND FOLLOW YOUR STANDARD RULES IF IT'S THREE MINUTES OR WHATEVER.

AND PEOPLE WILL GIVE YOUR INPUT SO THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FROM THOSE CITIZENS WHO HEARD EVERYTHING.

AND THEN YOU CLOSE THAT PUBLIC INPUT, AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU ON, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE GONNA DEBATE.

DO YOU WANNA CALL ANYBODY BACK? DO YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO, WHO BEST SUITS YOUR NEEDS? AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF YOU CAN, THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND SEE IF YOU CAN UNANIMOUS IN WHO YOU PICK.

SO FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, STARTING OFF WITH EVERYBODY BEING SUPPORTIVE IN THIS PROCESS USUALLY CAN LEAD TO THAT.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK WITH EACH OTHER AFTER YOU'VE HEARD EVERYONE.

AND THE BEAUTY IS SOMETIMES YOU REALLY NEED TO CALL SOMEBODY DOWN BECAUSE MAYBE ONE PERSON SAYS, YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY STOOD ON THIS ISSUE.

WELL, YOU SAY, OKAY, LET'S BRING 'EM DOWN AND ASK.

AND I, AND IT'S REAL, IT'S WHAT'S GOOD IS IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC COLLEAGUES.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES? NO.

COMMISSIONER COWELL, 1ST OF JULY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

CANDIDATE I LOST 'CAUSE HE ALREADY GOT ANOTHER JOB.

I DON'T, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I THINK I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINT ON THAT.

NO.

COULD WE HAVE A, A LIT, UM, MORE DATES? OR IS THIS A, CAN WE MAYBE DISCUSS A DATE THAT WE'LL AGREE UPON INSTEAD OF JULY 1ST? OR THAT'S JULY 1ST IS NO OTHER DATE.

I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.

THE, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WHAT TARA AND I LOOKED AT, YOU HAVE CANDIDATES HERE THAT ARE REALLY GOOD.

YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE.

AND SO THE SOONER YOU CAN INTERVIEW THEM, 'CAUSE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS, THE BETTER IT IS SO THAT THEY DON'T, LIKE I HAD ONE

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SO THE SOONER WE CAN IN, IN, UH, INTERVIEW THEM, THE BETTER IT IS FOR YOU TO GET AN ANSWER ABOUT WHO YOU WANT AND WHETHER THEY CAN TAKE THE JOB.

THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ON OUR AGENDA SEVERAL TIMES.

COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

OH, WHAT A HAPPY DAY IT IS FOR ME.

I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON HOW PLEASED I AM THAT THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSION IS FINALLY POSTING FOR A CITY MANAGER.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SOME CONCERN.

I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS WHEN I HEARD HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD HAD POSTED.

MY CONCERN WAS, WERE THEY GIVEN THE, WHAT WE NEEDED IN THIS CITY? OKAY.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T PUT DOWN WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.

AND WHAT WE NEED IS A STRONG PERSON COMING INTO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A CERTIFIED QUALIFIED CITY MANAGER SINCE 19.

SINCE 2015.

THAT'S WHEN MR. BAKER WAS HERE.

MM-HMM.

THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE COMMISSION LISTENING TO STAFF.

IT DEALT WITH BEING, UH, COMMISSION INVOLVED IN THE, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S STAFF THAT HE HIRED.

AS FAR AS ASSISTANT MANAGER.

I READ ON ONE OF OUR CHARTER SITES THAT WAS CLEANED UP.

IT WAS NOT, THEY DID NOT MENTION ALL OF THIS STUFF.

SO I'VE BEEN ON TWO DIFF UH, TWO DIFFERENT SITES.

THE ONE THAT I, WHEN I WAS ON THE COMMISSION THAT I ACTUALLY SAW WHERE IT SAID QUALIFIED TO HAVE EXPERIENCE.

AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT'S ON THIS AGENDA, WHICH I HOPE THEY ARE, HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT'S NEEDED.

WE DID NOT HAVE THAT HERE.

AND IT SHOWS, THAT'S WHY WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH OUR, OUR, UH, UM, EMPLOYEES.

BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS WHO INSIST ON INVOLVING THEMSELVES IN WHAT SHOULD BE A STRONG CITY MANAGER, WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD.

TRUE.

EVERY TIME THE CHART IS NOT USED, IT SIMPLY DEVALUES OUR CITY.

WHEN I SEE CONDITIONS IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE TO, I HAVE TO CALL.

I DO A LOT OF CALLING IN TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

THEY KNOW MY NUMBER WHEN I CALL, IT'S COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. HERE I AM.

AND IF I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, WHY IS IT THIS? WHY IS THAT? THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE GET A STRONG, STRONG CITY MANAGER, WE DON'T NEED ANYBODY.

JUST, OH, BECAUSE I'M YOUR FRIEND, I WANT YOU TO DO THIS.

OR THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE A STRONG PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS CITY.

WE ARE FALLING DOWN THE, THE, THE RABBIT HOLE LITERALLY EVERY WEEK.

YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST, THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S STRONG, THAT ACTUALLY KNOWS, THAT KNOWS FINANCE.

THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE CITY MANAGER.

IT'S NOT JUST SAYING, I'M THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I'M GRATEFUL TODAY.

AND THAT'S WHY I MADE IT MY BUSINESS TO COME OUT HERE.

'CAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS FOR THIS DATE.

FOR ME, FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT THIS CITY.

THEY WANNA SEE US ALL LOOK LOOKING.

WELL, NOT US.

THEY WANT YOU ALL TO BE ALL PROFESSIONAL, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS.

I GET SO MANY QUESTIONS AND I'M STILL NOT A COMMISSIONER, BUT I DO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND I SAY TO THEM, YOU ALL NEED TO.

DON'T CALL ME.

COME OUT, CALL YOUR COMMISSIONERS OR COME OUT TO CITY HALL, COME TO WORKSHOP, AND THEN YOU CAN GET YOUR OWN ANSWERS.

WHEN I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO KNOW AN ANSWER, I COME.

OTHER TIMES, I, A LOT OF TIMES I'M SITTING AT HOME AND I'LL WATCH ON TV OR WHATEVER.

'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN MY CITY OF LAUDERDALE LA AND YOU ALL KNOW, I CALL THIS MY CITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE FINALLY MAKING A BIG STEP.

AND THERE WAS NO ICMA DASH CM DESIGNATION, BUT IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CANDIDATE WAS ACQUIRING THIS PARTICULAR DESIGNATION.

FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS COLLEAGUES, I DO WANT TO, I REVIEWED ALL SIX CANDIDATES WHO WERE RECOMMENDED AND THE 4, 5 5 WHO WERE NOT ONE CANDIDATE, I DID NOT QUITE FIND TO FIT THE BILL THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO FIT THE BILL THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR OR EXPRESSED TO LOOK FOR IN A CITY MANAGER PERHAPS.

WELL, I DID READ CLEARLY, I DID READ THOROUGHLY.

THERE IS A COVER PAGE WHICH DID NOT EXPRESS FROM MY FINDINGS, THE CANDIDATES EXPERIENCE RELATED TO STRATEGIC PLANNING, POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS AND OR BUSINESSES, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE CANDIDATE FROM MY READING, HAD VERY LITTLE DAY TO DAY, VERY LIMITED DAY TO DAY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE.

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SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE.

THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, OR MAYBE IT'S FOR MS. TARA.

I SPEND SOME TIME OVER THE WEEKEND LOOKING ON THE, I DON'T FIND FIVE.

I SEE LESS THAN FIVE THAT I WOULD WANT TO INTERVIEW.

SO I NEED TO KNOW.

MUST IT, DOES IT HAVE TO BE FIVE OR CAN IT BE LESS THAN FIVE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? IT CAN BE LESS THAN FIVE.

IT'S UP TO THE AAS.

WHETHER OR NOT THANK YOU.

YOU WANT TO DO, IF YOU COLLECTIVELY AGREE ON FOUR, THEN IT WILL BE FOUR.

IF YOU COLLECTIVELY AGREE ON THREE, THEN IT WILL BE THREE.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, UM, QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, MADAM MAYOR.

THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE SAYING, IS THAT IN THE TOP FIVE THAT THEY GAVE US? YES.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MADAM MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO, ALRIGHT, THANK DISCLOSE WHO IT'S, OR DO YOU WANNA DIS DISCLOSE THE CANDIDATE NUMBER APPROPRIATE? MM-HMM .

IT IS CANDIDATE NUMBER, CANDIDATE NUMBER FOUR, CHARLES CHAD MORRIS.

I THINK THAT'S HOW I FELT THE SAME WAY TOO.

JIM, DO YOU WANT TO CLEAR UP, UM, THE, OR JIM, CAN YOU CLEAR UP THE MAYOR'S CONCERNS REGARDING MR. MORRIS, THE CANDIDATE PERMISSION? UH, I CAN, UM, THIS IS REALLY WHERE YOU'RE GETTING DOWN TO.

THESE ARE YOUR BEST CANDIDATES AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE STRUGGLED WITH, IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAD ADEQUATE CANDIDATES TO INTERVIEW.

AND YOU, THERE IS, UH, SOME COMMISSIONS, UH, THERE ARE COMMISSIONS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, DECIDE THEY WON'T INTERVIEW MORE THAN THREE.

OKAY? AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TRY TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THAT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS, REMEMBER NOW YOU HAVE A GREAT CANDIDATE POOL, OKAY? IF YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, WHICH IS WHY YOU GOT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WAS TO HELP YOU NOT NECESSARILY MAKE COMPLETELY YOUR MIND UP.

IF YOU DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY GOT FIVE HERE, BUT WE THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE FOUR.

UH, THAT'S REALLY UP TO YOU AS YOU'VE LOOKED.

THAT'S WHY WE GAVE YOU THE BOOK.

UH, IT WOULD NOT BE, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE COMMISSION IF THEY WANT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE FIVE.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES THEY ONLY WANT TO INTERVIEW FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES, BECAUSE CLEARLY, AND HERE'S WHAT WE DON'T DO.

YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHO WORKS FOR YOU AND WHO'S THE STRONGEST.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT PREFERENCE IN YOUR MIND UNTIL THE INTERVIEWS ARE DONE.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL.

BUT IF IN YOUR MIND, AFTER READING THE MATERIAL, YOU THINK THAT, LET'S SAY THAT CANDIDATE DOESN'T HOLD, ISN'T AS STRONG AS THE OTHER CANDIDATES, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO INTERVIEW 'EM, IT'S STILL GONNA BE A LONG DAY.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR YOU TO REDUCE THE NUMBER, ESPECIALLY ON IF YOU HAVE FIVE AND YOU GO BACK TO FOUR, THAT WOULD NOT BE UNUSUAL AT ALL.

UH, MS. TAR COLLEAGUES, MY MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT ABOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER, BUT THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, WILLIE, DID NOT MEET THE BASIC QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

OKAY? SO MS. TARA, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? DO, SO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IS WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE CANDIDATES IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW AND VOTE ON THOSE.

EXCUSE ME, MS. UMFOR, WOULD YOU COME TO THE MIC PLEASE? SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, UM, I WAS ON THE, THE COMMITTEE AS WAS MS. MEREDITH MCCLEARY.

UM, AND, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR JIM TO EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATE BECAUSE WHEN HE EXPLAINED THE GENTLEMAN'S BACKGROUNDS OR THE PEOPLE'S BACKGROUNDS, IT WAS A LOT CLEARER TO US WHY THIS PERSON MAY BE AN INTERESTING FIT FOR OUR CITY.

I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANY DECISION FOR OUR COMMISSION.

YOU GUYS WERE ELECTED BY US TO SERVE THIS CITY, BUT WE LEARNED A LOT MORE BY, BY ASKING A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND THAT WAS ALL WE WERE

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TRYING TO SAY.

WE, WE JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR EVERYONE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WILL HELP IF JIM COULD EXPLAIN, THANK YOU, THE COLLEAGUES AT THIS.

IF THE COMM, MR. DEENE, IF THE COMMISSION WERE LIKELY TO DO THAT, I WOULD DO THAT.

THE ONLY THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS I WOULD BE EXPLAINING WHY I THINK THE CANDIDATE DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTERVIEWED.

NOT WHY THAT PERSON DESERVES OVER ANYONE ELSE TO BE SELECTED.

BECAUSE I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE ANY INFERENCE.

THAT'S ALL YOUR DECISION.

DO I THINK THE CANDIDATE HAD STRENGTHS THAT MAY NOT APPEAR IN THEIR RESUME? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GUY LIKE ME WITH ALL THOSE EXPERIENCED INTERVIEWS, PEOPLE, WHAT YOU HAD HERE WAS A PERSON WHO QUITE FRANKLY WAS IN FLORIDA FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, OKAY? UH, IN THE CITY HE WAS IN.

I'M GONNA TRY AND LEAVE SOME THINGS OUT, OKAY? AND THE CITY WAS IN, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT JOBS THAT HE HELD VERSUS THE OVER HOUR I SPENT DIGGING DOWN INTO THE THINGS THAT THAT PERSON DID, THEY SH HE SHOULD, HERE'S THE THINGS I MEASURE, WHETHER HE, HE WOULD BE A, A GOOD COMMUNICATOR WITH THE PUBLIC, THE COMMISSION AND THE STAFF, WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE.

UH, WHETHER THAT PERSON IS CAPABLE OF DOING A GOOD JOB, MENTORING AND, AND MANAGING STAFF, WHETHER THAT PERSON WOULD BE A PROBLEM SOLVER.

NOW, THE THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE THE THINGS THAT ALL OF YOU WANTED AT A TIME INFLUENCE OR, OR TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THAT INFLUENCED WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR CHARACTERISTICS THAT EACH ONE OF YOU SAID OUR NEXT MANAGERS SHOULD HAVE.

UM, I I WANNA KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAPITAL EXPERIENCE THAT PERSON HAS.

WERE THEY A CONSENSUS BUILDER? DID THEY HAVE, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH OPERATIONS AND SERVICE? COULD THEY DO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS? DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE? UM, HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE DID THEY HAVE WITH CONTRACTS? UH, DOING PRESENTATIONS BOTH IN FRONT OF THE DIOCESE AND IN FRONT OF PUBLIC GROUPS? UH, WOULD THEY UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICAL DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MANAGE? HOW BADLY DO THEY WANT THE JOB? AND IS THE REASON THEY WANT THE JOB A GOOD REASON? YOU WANT SOMEBODY THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT SOMEBODY YOU WANT, BUT YOU WANT SOMEBODY THAT WANTS YOU.

UM, DID THAT PERSON DO THEIR HOMEWORK, WHICH SHOWS THEIR INTEREST IN, IN THE COMMUNITY OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR ISSUES ARE AND WHAT YOU MIGHT BE FACING.

UM, WAS THE CHEMISTRY GOOD WITH THAT PERSON? DID I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE GOOD, UH, CULTURAL FIT? WHAT KIND OF DEGREES DID THIS PERSON HAVE? UM, IN THIS CASE, THE PERSON HAD A BA IN BUSINESS AND AN MPA AND WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR WAS A MASTER'S AS A PREFERRED, UM, 12 YEARS SPECIFICALLY IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN 13 MORE YEARS IN BOTH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE ARMY.

UM, I DID FEEL THAT THIS PERSON GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF, I I WILL TELL YOU, UM, UM, THAT POINT, NOT HIS RESUME WAS SOMEWHAT WEAK.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS JOB, I RUN INTO PEOPLE THAT IN A LOT OF CASES HAVE STRONGER BACKGROUNDS THAN THEIR RESUME SHOWS.

HE DID BETTER IN THE INTERVIEW AND WAS DEFINITELY STRONGER THAN HIS RESUME.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, DON'T KID YOURSELF.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE WHOSE RESUME GOOD.

YOU WONDER IF SOMEBODY ELSE WROTE IT AND SOMEBODY ELSE HAD THE JOB.

'CAUSE THEY CLEARLY, THEIR RESUME SHOULD, SHOULD I SAY IS EXAGGERATED.

OKAY? THIS WAS NOT THE CASE HERE.

I THINK THAT HE UNDERVALUED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PERSON EARNED.

SO WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT I THINK THAT PERSON IS A REASONABLE PERSON TO INTERVIEW, BUT YOU, YOU HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES.

DO I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE IN THAT GROUP THAT MAY HAVE A STRONGER BACKGROUND IN THIS PERSON? YES.

I'D RATHER NOT GET INTO SAYING THAT BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANT TO INFLUENCE.

BUT, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, IF YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED THEM ALL OVER.

WE'RE INTERVIEWING FIVE PEOPLE, THAT'S THE MAX.

ANYBODY DOES.

AND, AND, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IN READING THAT RESUME AS YOU, DID YOU THINK THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THE PERSON'S WEAK ENOUGH THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO INTERVIEW HIM, MR. DENEEN, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT'S VERY REASONABLE.

MR. DENE, UH, YES, THANK YOU.

WOULD THINK THAT BASED ON HIS RESUME.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT INPUT.

IT DID GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, BUT THE INSIGHT IS COMING FROM YOU.

THE RESUME AND THE EXPERIENCE LISTED DID NOT TOUCH FOR ME CLOSELY TO WHAT YOU SAID FROM YOUR INTERVIEW.

SO, UM, I I STILL HOLD TO, TO, TO MY THOUGHT THAT THIS CANDIDATE, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

NO PROBLEM.

I, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS PERSON DID, DID RESUMES VERY POORLY WRITTEN AND DOES NOT GO INTO THE DETAIL THAT YOU NEED TO.

I GOT MORE OUT OF THEM BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE IN DRAWING IT OUT IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT I CAN CLEARLY SEE WHY YOU

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THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY A, A PART OF THE PROCESS IS KIND OF TWOFOLD, LOOKING AT THE RESUME AND THEN DOING AN INTERVIEW, AND WE SHOULD DO BOTH TO GET THE FULL PICTURE.

I THINK BELABORING THE POINT ON ONE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE UNFAIR.

UM, I LIKE YOUR POINT THAT YOU POINTED OUT.

IF WE HAVE A CRITERIA IN PLACE AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NOTICED ON PAPERWORK THAT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE, BUT TO GO DOWN A RABBIT HOLE ON A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS PERSON EXCEPTIONAL, THERE'S FOUR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE POOL.

I'D BE OPEN TO INTERVIEWING ALL FIVE AND HAVING US MAKE A COMPLETE DECISION THAT WAY.

I WOULD NOT, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER , I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE AN EQUAL CHANCE.

SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD WITH RESUMES AND SOME ARE NOT.

SO I, THERE ARE FIVE OF US HERE, FOUR RIGHT NOW.

ONE IS ONLINE THAT WE COME TO A CONSENSUS THAT YOU WANT MAYBE FOUR, MAYBE I WANT THREE, BUT MAYBE THE OTHER THREE COMMISSIONERS.

ONE FIVE MADAM MAYOR.

SO I WOULD PREFER THAT WE GO WITH THE FIVE THAT THE RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE AND GIVE, DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE FOR YOU WHEN YOU INTERVIEW THEM THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PASS YOUR VOTE.

SO I WOULD SAY, SORRY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? LET'S GO WITH STAFF.

NO, MS. HARRISON.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

UM, I'M OPEN TO FOUR OR FIVE INTERVIEWING.

I I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU MADAM MAYOR ON THE, IS, IS THIS A MATERIAL, A MATERIAL REASON IN TERMS OF, ARE THESE CRITERIA SET IN STONE AND YOU NOTICED THAT THERE'S SOMETHING HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT WE OUTLINED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN ALIGNMENT? WELL, IN REVIEWING THE RESUMES FOR ALL FIVE, SIX CANDIDATES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED, AND I ALSO REVIEWED THE OTHER FOUR WHO WERE NOT RECOMMENDED, THE ITEMS THAT I SPECIFICALLY STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY DISCUSSION WAS THAT THIS APPLICANT DID NOT, FROM HIS RESUME, YEAH, FROM HIS RESUME DID NOT INDICATE TO ME THAT HE HAD THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS SOMEONE LEAVING US IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HIS RESUME SPEAKS VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVE OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

SO YES.

UH, MS. TAR, ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I, OH, UM, I'M SORRY.

MY BEST EMERGENCY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I, UM, I WOULD BE OPEN TO GIVING A FAIR SHOT TO ALL.

THANK YOU, MS. HARRISON.

NO, I I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

I THINK JIM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH SITTING WITH EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY AND OUTLINING THE PROCESS.

ALL THE COMMISSION WAS ON BOARD WITH APPOINTING PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND IF, IF WE WENT WITH JIM AS A FIRM AND THE COMMUNITY WENT WITH FIVE CANDIDATES, I'M OPEN TO APPLYING, TO GIVING ALL FIVE A SHOT.

UM, I'M OPEN TO WHAT THE MAJORITY OF COMMISSION WANTS TO DO TOO.

I WANT TO HEAR EVERYBODY OUT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET THIS RIGHT.

I, I, I DON'T WANT TO BE, UH, I, I DON'T EVEN WANT RIGHT NOW ANY TYPE OF LEANING TOWARD, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT THIS GUY NOW WHEN HE SHOWS UP, THAT ALREADY CAUSES SOME INFLUENCE.

I, I, I JUST WANT THIS TO BE AS NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE.

I WANT THIS TO BE AS ANTI-POLITICAL AS POSSIBLE.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT FINDING THE BEST CITY MANAGER, THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY.

THIS CITY NEEDS A LOT OF WORK ON ALL LEVELS IN EVERY DIMENSION, EVERY DEPARTMENT.

AND WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO, TO MISS THE MARK ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR SIDE OF THE PROCESS.

SO I'M, I'M OPEN TO GIVING ALL A FAIR SHOT, BUT I'M ALSO THINKING IT'S IMPORTANT THAT US AS A COMMISSION, WE'RE ON BOARD WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

I AM IN FAVOR OF GIVING THE FIVE A SHOT.

LET'S INTERVIEW THEM AND THEN MAYBE THE ONE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IS NOT THE ONE WHO KNOWS, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF GIVING ALL FIVE A SHOT.

AND HOLD ON A MOMENT.

WE HAVE THREE VOTES HERE, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

SO LET ME GET TO MINE.

RESUMES AND WHAT WE THINK ABOUT EACH CANDIDATE.

I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF GIVING ALL FIVE A SHOT.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION WAS TO HEAR OUR THOUGHTS ON THE

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SO IT, IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE CANDIDATE, WHICH WE ARE, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THEM TO GIVE INPUT.

SO I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF GIVING ALL FIVE AN INTERVIEW.

COMMISSIONER, VICE MADAM MAYOR, WHAT'S THE CONSENSUS? COMMISSIONER CONSWELL? YES.

STILL TALKING.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHAT WAS I ASKED? WAS MY, WAS MY NAME COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GIVE A VOTE.

NO, THERE'S NO VOTING.

I THERE'S NO VOTING.

NO, I WAS JUST MY COMMENTS.

YES, YOU CAN.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I DIDN'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE WENT DOWN THAT ROAD WHERE YOU CALLING OUT THE NAME AND SAYING, UM, I DON'T FIND THAT THAT WAS NOT PROFESSIONAL AT ALL.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED THAT OPEN THAT GATE, BUT WE DID.

AND THE WAY YOU ARE ADAMANT ABOUT THAT PERSON, AND, AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, I, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S PERSONAL, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE JUST STICK TO THE FIVE, SHOULDN'T HAVE CALLED ANY NAMES AND JUST MOVE WITH THE PROCESS, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

SO I'M ALL FOR LET'S DO THE, THE FIVE.

BUT THEN AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE MENTION HIS NAME AND TALKING ABOUT HIM AND EVERYTHING, IT'S JUST, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED.

COMMISSIONER, UH, COLLEAGUES, PRIOR TO MY SAYING THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE, I ASKED HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR IF IT WERE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO INDICATE THE PERSON'S NAME.

IF SHE WOULD'VE SAID NO, IT IS NOT, THEN I WOULD NOT HAVE.

THIS IS A PROCESS THAT ALL OF US ARE, WE'VE COME TO THIS POINT AND WE WANT IT TO GO AS SMOOTHLY AS IT CAN FROM THIS POINT ON, THERE'S NOTHING I WOULD EVER DO THAT'S NON-PROFESSIONAL FOR THIS CITY.

IT IS NOT PERSONAL COLLEAGUES.

I DO NOT KNOW THE CANDIDATE.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE CANDIDATE HAD NOT SEEN THE CANDIDATE'S NAME PRIOR TO THIS.

SO THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL MATTER.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, HOLD ON A MOMENT.

OH, GO AHEAD.

UM, MS. MCCLEARY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES.

THANK YOU, COMM.

UM, MS. MCCLARY, COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER AON.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU DID ATTEMPT TO NOT NAME THE PARTICULAR YES, I DID.

DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? COME TO THE MIC.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS CLARIFIED.

OH, OKAY.

SHE WAS GOING TO STAY, I THINK, UH, THE COMMISSIONER PRYOR ON THEM.

UH, CLARIFIED NAME FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS MEREDITH MCCLARY.

40 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THE WE CARE CITY.

UM, BUT IN AS MUCH AS I'M HERE, I HEARD THE QUESTION TO BE ON QUALIFICATIONS AND BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE QUALIFIED BASED UPON THE WRITTEN QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE WERE GET GIVEN AND THE ONES CHOSEN MET THE WRITTEN AND THE WRITTEN QUALIFICATIONS WE WERE GIVEN HAD SOME EITHER OR.

AND IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE REAL CAREFULLY, IF IT'S NOT ONE AND THEY MET THE OTHER, I THINK YOU MAY WOULD CHANGE, UH, SOME OPINIONS.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON? NO, I JUST, OKAY.

UM, UM, MADAM HR.

OKAY, SO IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW, MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL FIVE CANDIDATES.

THAT IS THE CONSENSUS.

UH, THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE DATE BEING JULY 1ST, WHICH IS NEXT WEDNESDAY.

DO YOU WANT TO PROPOSE A DIFFERENT DATE? I, I, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL, I HAVE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT THAT WAS SET BEFORE, SO THAT DATE'S NOT GONNA WORK.

MS. TARA? I KNOW MR. DENINE SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE SORT OF LIKE, OF GREAT URGENCY, BUT, UM, IT APPEARS AS IF JULY 1ST IS, IS VERY SOON DOES NOT ALLOW THE COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULE EVENTS TO UNSCHEDULE OR NOT ONE UNSCHEDULE.

SO WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT ANOTHER DATE.

DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU HAVE A DATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE? MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I, SINCE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WEDNESDAY, I, UM,

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JULY 8TH.

JULY 8TH, COLLEAGUES.

THAT WILL BE OKAY FOR ME.

MS. HARRISON.

JULY 8TH IN THE MORNING, ALL DAY.

I'LL BE IN ALL DAY.

ALL DAY.

YEAH, THAT WORKS FOR ME.

IT WORKS FOR ME.

ALSO.

MAXWELL WILLIAMS. DOES IT WORK? PARDON? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? DOES IT WORK FOR HER COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? DOES JULY 8TH WORK FOR YOU? YES.

I CAN BE THERE JULY 8TH ALSO.

YES, THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WOULD CONDUCT THE CITY MANAGER'S INTERVIEWS WOULD BE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH.

IT IS AN ALL DAY EVENT.

UM, AND WE WILL BE, UM, INVITING ALL FIVE RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES.

THANK YOU MS. TARA.

JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, MS. TARA.

IT, AT THAT TIME, WILL IT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR NOT UNTIL THE COMMISSION MEETING? THAT MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OPEN.

AND WHERE WILL IT BE HELD? IF ANYTHING? IT WILL BE HELD THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

IT'LL BE HELD HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER.

THANK YOU MR. TO YOU MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. ARE WE GONNA PUBLIC, UH, PUBLICIZE IT? WOULD IT BE PUBLIC PUBLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES.

THIS MEETING WILL BE PUBLIC PUBLICIZED.

THANK YOU, MS. TAR MADAM MAYOR SIM.

SIX 30 TIME CERTAIN PRESENTATION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT.

WE DO HAVE A

[C. PRESENTATION - FISCAL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT (6:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]

AND MS. SHARON HAYNES WILL PRESENT AND INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MS. HAYNES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY CITY MAG, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES RESIDENCE.

MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

MR. HARVEY IS HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK.

UH, MY NAME IS ROD CARVEY WITH H-C-T-H-C T'S THE AUDIT FIRM OF RECORD FOR THE WE WECARE CITY OF CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE AUDIT RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 25.

WE HAVE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUDIT STANDARDS, UH, AND OUR ENGAGEMENT LETTER, WHICH WAS DATED FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026.

BASED ON OUR AUDITS AND OUR PROCEDURES, WE ARE ISSUING A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION WITH THE DATE JUNE 12TH, 2026.

OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT RESULTS.

WE'LL GO OVER SOME SUPPLEMENTAL SLIDES AND REQUIRED COMMUNICATION, THINGS THAT WE AS YOUR AUDITORS SHOULD REPORT TO YOU AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AGAIN, WE HAVE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAS, GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS TO DETERMINE IF THE CITY IS PERFORMING ITS ACCOUNTING RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAP.

WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR REQUIRED AUDIT REPORTS.

THEY ARE NO OUTSTANDING MATTERS AND ALL SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE DETAILED.

IN NOTE, ONE OF THE FER SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS.

WE DE WE DEEM SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES AS ALLOWS FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS DEPRECIATION, FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS, AND THE FAIR VALUE OF PENSION ASSETS, SIGNIFICANT RISK, POTENTIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE AND REVENUE RECOGNITION.

AND THERE ARE NO NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT AFFECTED THE FY 25 FISCAL YEAR.

THIS NEXT, THESE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE MUST REPORT TO YOU AS THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE.

THERE ARE NO MATTERS TO REPORTS FOR UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS, ANY FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION OMISSIONS.

WE HAVE NO MATTERS TO REPORT CONTROL DEFICIENCIES.

UH, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.

NONE TO REPORT, NO RELATED PARTY ISSUES TO REPORT.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SLIDE.

AGAIN, AS IT LISTS OUT THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE WOULD, SHOULD REPORT TO YOU.

OUR JOB IS TO AUDIT AND REPORT.

AND SO I'LL HIT A COUPLE OF THE, UH, IMPORTANT MATTERS.

NO ILLEGAL ACTS OR FRAUD TO REPORT.

NO, NONE COMPLAINTS WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED

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DURING THE AUDIT.

NONE, NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT.

UM, AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NO CONSULTATION WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS OR OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS BASED ON GASB STANDARDS.

WE ARE DEEMED INDEPENDENT.

OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, WE'LL DELVE INTO THE NUMBERS FOR THE CITY EXPENSE EXPENSES.

AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK AT A TWO YEAR COMPARISON FOR FY 25 EXPENSES, 50.8 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 47.6 MILLION FOR THE 24 YEAR.

WE SELECTED A SAMPLE OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND TESTED THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY AND PRESENTATION REVENUE FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD.

AGAIN, .

WE TESTED SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS.

REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED AGAIN, 2025 OF 9 30 25, 53 0.2 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 56.2 MILLION.

CAPITAL ASSETS, UH, FOR THE TWO YEAR PERIOD REMAIN RELATIVELY FAT FLAT.

49.6 COMPARED TO 47.9.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO AUDIT AND REPORT.

SHOULD ANY MATTERS COME TO OUR ATTENTION, THEY WILL FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES.

A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY, WHICH IS A DEFICIENCY IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS LESS SEVERE THAN A MATERIAL WEAKNESS, YET IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU ALL AS THE ELECTEDS OR A MATERIAL WEAKNESS, WHICH IS A WEAKNESS IN THE CONTROL ENVIRONMENT OR A COMBINATION OF WEAKNESSES SUCH THAT WITH EMPLOYEES PERFORMING THEIR NORMAL DUTIES, IT WOULD NOT BE CORRECTED OR DETECTED, UH, IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

BASED ON OUR AUDIT RESULTS, WE HAVE NO MATTERS TO REPORT.

AGAIN, MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROVIDE US ACCESS TO PAPER AND DOCUMENTATION AND PEOPLE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IS TO, FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND AGAIN, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PERFORM OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A-I-C-P-A STANDARDS MATTER.

MADAM MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO ANSWER THEM.

IF I CANNOT, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITHIN THE NEXT 24 48 HOURS WITH THOSE ANSWERS THROUGH FINANCE OR DIRECTLY TO THE ELECTEDS, MY VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. HARVEY.

THERE'S ONE QUESTION 'CAUSE IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MADE IT A MORE SEAMLESS PROCESS THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

UH, YOUR OBSERVATION IS CORRECT.

UH, WE'RE NOT SWEATING BULLETS THIS YEAR.

UH, I THINK IT'S RELATIVE TO THE MANAGER, UH, THE ACTING MANAGER, UH, REALLY DELVING IN EARLY AND HELPING TO SET THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PLANNING AND MOVEMENT, HER DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WITH MAKING SURE THAT HCT AND STAFF WAS ON BOARD WITH WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND WHEN AND CHECKING IN WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN ALSO FINANCE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY KEPT TO SPEED WITH WHAT WE NEEDED.

AND SO HATS OFF TO FINANCE WITH FOLLOWING UP AND MAKING SURE WE HAD WHAT WE NEED.

AND THEN I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB OF JUST PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE ON SITE TO DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

UH, HELPED US ALL TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE TO MEET THE, UH, JUNE 30 DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

COLLEAGUES? NONE FOR MAYOR.

MAYOR, MR. HARRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. HARVEY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, GETTING IT DONE IN A TIMELY MATTER.

AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING THOROUGH WITH YOUR, UM, FINDINGS.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. HARVEY.

WE WILL REVERT OUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS G RESOLUTION 20 26 0 7 2, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 32 TO MODIFY THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEY AND N GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES AWARDED BY CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, AND WE DO HAVE MR. NASIR, ENGINEER AND THE DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU MR. NASIR.

STATEMENT AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.

HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND THE AUDIENCE.

YES, I, UH, MADE THE

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UH, WE COMPLETED, UH, GEOTECHNICAL AND SERVING SERVICES THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN, BUT WE DID TWO DRAIN PROJECTS AND THE FUNDING WE HAD FROM THE STATE UNDER A RESILIENCE GRANT THAT IS ALREADY USED.

WE HAVE NO FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM THAT GRANT.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO USE THIS FROM THE FUND.

AND THE, THE SERVICES ACTUALLY WAS DONE FOR THE DRAINAGE DESIGN.

SO IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT RELEVANT.

WE DID IN-HOUSE DESIGN.

AND THIS YEAR'S, THIS IS RECORDED FOR OUR IN-HOUSE DESIGN WITHOUT, UH, GEO SURVEY AND GEOTECHICAL REPORT.

WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING.

DESIGN, I DON'T THINK SO.

COLLEAGUES? NO.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? NOTHING.

THANK YOU MR. ZI.

THANK YOU MADAM.

WE'VE RECEIVED 16 MILLION $130,633.

NOW WE'RE ON 10 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 3 EXCEPT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT RESULTS.

WE DID JUST DISCUSS THAT AND HAD THE PRESENTATION.

NEXT, 10 B RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 4 RATIFYING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF APRIL 30TH, 2026.

AND MS. HAYNES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MS. HAYNES.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE ER, SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR PRESENTING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY AS OF APRIL 30TH, 2026 PERIOD.

SEVEN.

FINANCIAL REPORT SHOWS THAT THE CITY GENERAL FUND HAS A POSITIVE BALANCE YEAR TO DATE OF $5.3 MILLION.

WE HAVE REV REVENUES UP TO THIS POINT OF $24,338,888, WHICH IS 61% OF OUR BUDGET.

THAT IS ABOVE A TREND OF 58% FOR PERIOD SEVEN AND EXPENDITURES OF $18,945,581, 48% OF EXPENDITURE ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ARE OUR BIGGEST SOURCE FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.

SO FAR, WE ARE AT 114% OF WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED.

THAT IS FOLLOWED BY OUR SALES AND USE TAX AND IN OUR UTILITY TAX ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, ALL OVER DEPARTMENTS ARE BASICALLY WITHIN BUDGET TO EXCEPTIONS BEING THE BSO, UM, EMS AND POLICE.

AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HOW WE PAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH ON OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS, WHICH IS, UM, A SOLID WASTE FUND, UH, STORMWATER AND, UH, BUILDING SERVICES.

THE STORMWATER, UM, HAS A DEFICIT AS OF THE END OF APRIL OF JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, $1,052,841.

THE SOLID WASTE HAS A SMALL SURPLUS OF $133,540.

AND OUR BUILDING SERVICES, UM, HEARING THAT'S EVERY MEETING IS SOMETHING WITH THIS MICROPHONE.

EVERY SINGLE MEETING WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION TO CONTINUE.

UM, SOLID WASTE, UM, AS OF END OF APRIL HAS A SMALL SURPLUS OF $133,540 BUILDING SERVICES, A DEFICIT OF $196,311.

AND THEN ON OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THE OUTSTANDING FUNDS HERE ARE A FIRE RESCUE FUND, WHICH IS SHOWING, UM, A SURPLUS OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO THOUSAND CRA, OF COURSE AT 4 MILLION.

AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR CAPITAL FUNDS HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

SO THEY HAVE A HEALTHY SURPLUS AS OF THE END OF APRIL OF 4,313,000.

AND THEN OUR GAS TAX FUND IS DOING WELL AT 153,631 SURPLUS.

UM, AND FINALLY, IN OUR OTHER MINOR FUNDS, OUR GRANT FUND, UM, IT'S THE NEXT FUND THAT WE HAVE WITH A SMALL DEFICIT.

AND THAT'S MOSTLY DUE TO HOW WE RECOGNIZE REVENUE IN THAT FUND.

UM, ONCE WE'VE DONE THE WORK AND WE BUILD

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A FUNDING AGENCY, UM, AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED.

SO TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIPTS OF $211,662 AND EXPENDITURE OF $1,151,166.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RECEIVABLES PENDING IN THAT FUND, SO THAT SHOULD INCREASE OUR POSITION BEFORE THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, OUR CODE SETTLEMENT AT THE END OF APRIL, 250, $2,312 AND 50 CENTS.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE ONE.

UM, THANK YOU MS. HAYNES FOR THAT REPORT.

JUST TO ASK YOU, WITH THE STORM WATER, THAT'S WHAT, THAT WAS THE DEFICIT.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE OF THE THINK IT'S 1,000,050.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE EXPENDITURE THERE IS LIKE 3.3 MILLION 402,000 113.

SOME OF THAT IS FOR CAPITAL, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED AND LIKE I JUST EXPLAINED, UM, IT'S THE CITY SPENDING UPFRONT AND THEN APPLYING FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

I SEE HEIDI, UM, OF SUBMITTING FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON THAT, ON THAT, UM, ON THAT FUND.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THAT WAS THE QUESTION FOR ME.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MS. HAYES.

MADAM SAND.

WE'LL DIVERT OUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA, AND THE NEXT ITEM

[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING PLANNING OF THE NEW FIRE STATION]

IS FIVE D.

DISCUSSION REGARDING PLANNING OF THE NEW FIRE STATION.

MR. RON DIS BRUNI WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, THERE WILL BE A TRAINING TOWER AND ALSO ALL THE ADMIN OFFICES LIVING QUARTERS, UH, INCLUDING 14 DORMS WOULD BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

WE CALL ESTABLISHMENT MAYOR.

UH, MAD MAYOR WILL DISCUSS IN APRIL.

STAFF IS FOLLOWING UP, UH, WITH THE CITY COMMISSION ACCOMMODATION TO BRING IT BACK, UH, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

UH, AND THE LAST WORKSHOP, UH, I PROVIDED, UH, THREE OPTIONS THAT WERE DESIGNED BY, UH, CPZ ARCHITECT FOR THE FIRE STATION.

UH, THOSE OPTIONS WERE, UH, DESIGNED TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEED OF THE FIRE STATION.

CURRENTLY, THE, THE EXISTING STATION HAS ONLY THREE BASE.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATION IN TERMS OF FUTURE GROWTH OF THE FIRE STATION, UH, THE FUTURE NEED OF THE FIREFIGHTER AS WELL.

UM, WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUE WITH THE CREDIT FACILITIES AND WITH THE CREDIT, UH, UH, UH, DORM ROOMS THAT, UH, THE, THE EXISTING STATION, UH, FUNCTIONAL, FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT, UH, LONG TERM OPERATIONAL, UH, EFFICIENCY AND, AND ALSO ZONING, UH, REQUIREMENT.

SO THE THREE OPTIONS THAT, THAT WERE PROVIDED, UH, BACK IN APRIL WERE PRETTY MUCH A COMPLETE OVER OVERALL OF, UH, ALL THE NEEDS WHICH WERE ASSESSED, UH, WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, THE FIRE CHIEF, UH, WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT WE NEED, UH, IN A NEW FIRE STATION TO THE NEXT, UH, 50 YEARS.

AND BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, WE'RE ASKED TO BRING BACK THOSE ACTION WITH ACTUAL COST.

SO WE PROVIDED, WE LOOKED AT, UH, DESIGN COST, UH, CONSTRUCTION COST, UH, RELOCATION COST, AND ALSO WE WERE TASKED TO, UH, LOOK AT OTHER SCENARIO WHERE ALTERNATIVELY, UH, TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THE STATION FROM THE EXISTING SITE TO THE CRA PROPERTY.

UH, JUST A QUICK RECAP, UH, MADAM MAYOR TO THE LAST, UH, OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

UH, THIS IS THE FIRST OPTION, UH, OPTION NUMBER ONE.

UH, IT'S A ONE STORY BUILDING, UH, WITH A DRIVE WITH FOUR DRIVE TOOL, UH, BASE.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE.

UM, AND THE, THE BASE WILL BE 70 FEET LONG.

UH, CURRENTLY, UH, FOR THE BASE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE FIRE TRUCKS HAD TO ACTUALLY BACK IN INTO THE BASE, BUT WITH THAT OPTION, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPTION TO JUST DRIVE IN AND DRIVE OUT, WHICH WILL, UH, REDUCE THE RESPONSE TIME.

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UH, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT OPTION IS, UH, 17,249 SQUARE FEET.

UH, TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE CURRENT STATION IS, UH, 12,450 SQUARE FEET.

UH, THE SECOND OPTION IS A THREE STORY BUILDING, UH, WITH THREE PROPOSED BACKEND BASE, ALL 70 FEET LONG.

UH, THE FIRST FLOOR WILL BE A, UM, ON THE, THAT, THAT WILL BE IN THE FIRST FLOOR.

THERE'LL BE A, A CHILLING TOWER.

UH, THE ADMIN OFFICE'S LIVING QUARTER IN THE 14TH DORM WILL BE IN THE SECOND FLOOR.

MR. RON, CAN WE GET THE SLIDE FOR OPTION TWO, PLEASE? I'M SO, I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR.

THIS IS THE SECOND OPTION.

LAND FROM THE CRA CAN BE PRETTY, PRETTY LENGTHY.

I APOLOGIZE.

ON MAYOR.

SO THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR OPTION NUMBER TWO IS 21,274 SQUARE FEET.

AGAIN, IN PERSPECTIVE, THE CURRENT STATION IS 12,000 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S ABOUT DOUBLE, ALMOST DOUBLE THE SIZE OF, UH, UH, THE CURRENT STATION.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING HIGHER.

THAT'S WHY THIS SC VILLAGE IS, UH, WAY MORE.

UH, THE THIRD OPTION IS A TWO STORY, UH, TWO STORY BUILDING.

UH, WITH, UH, BACKEND BASE IN THE FIRST FLOOR, A TRAINING TOWER, ADMIN OFFICES LIVING QUARTERS, INCLUDING 14 DORMS, UH, ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT OPTION IS 19,594.

UH, I HAVE TO, UH, PLEASE, UH, UH, MAKE THE POINT THAT DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CONSULTANT, THE FIRE CHIEF, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF WANTED EVERYTHING, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSTRAINT THE, THE SIZE OF, UH, THE STATION.

WE TEND ALL THE NEEDS, UH, TO FIT THE NEEDS OF, UH, THE FIRE STATION FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

IT'S A LOT TO FIT IN 12,000 SQUARE FEET.

WE HAVE TO TRY, UH, WHAT TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, TO COME TO THOSE THREE OPTIONS.

UH, AGAIN, UH, WE LOOK AT THE COST FOR RELOCATION.

UH, THE COST FOR DESIGN, UH, THE COST FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO THERE'S A SPREADSHEET, UH, UH, ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR, FOR THE DI UH, THE FIRST OPTION WHEN, UH, WE LOOK AT TWO SCENARIO.

THE FIRST SCENARIO IS TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING STATION AND BUILD THE NEW STATION AT THE SEA ON THE SAME SIDE.

AND TO DO SO, UH, WE HAVE TO RELOCATE, UH, THE FIRE STATION FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO.

AND THAT WILL COME WITH A COST.

SO IF WE CHOOSE THE FIRST OPTION WITH THE FIRST SCENARIO, UH, THE COST WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDED WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 16.3 MILLION BUCKS.

AND THE SECOND OPTION, AND WITH THE SAME SCENARIO BUILDING IN AT THE EXISTING SITE, EXISTING SITE, UH, THE COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $17.8 MILLION.

AND THE THIRD OPTION WILL BE $20.3 MILLION.

THAT IS TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING SESSION AND BUILD IT ON THE SAME SITE.

NOW, THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS ASKED BY STAFF IS TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, MOVING THE STATION TO THE CRO PROPERTY.

WE LOOKED AT THOSE COSTS AS WELL.

UH, THE FIRST OPTION, UH, IN THAT SCENARIO WILL BE 14.5 MILLION.

THE SECOND OPTION, OPTION NUMBER TWO, WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 17.1 MILLION, AND THE THIRD OPTION WILL COST APPROXIMATELY 18.5 MILLION.

I WANNA POINT OUT, UH, SOME CHALLENGES, UH, RELATED TO MOVING THE STATION TO THE CRA PROPERTY BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE CRA OWNS THAT PROPERTY.

SO THERE WILL BE A PROCESS, UH, TO, FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY FROM THE CRA AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE GRANT, UH, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE $3 MILLION FROM THE GRANT FROM F-D-F-D-P, WHICH WILL EXPIRE IN JUNE, 2027.

AND THE REST OF IT WILL COME FROM CITY FUNDS.

SO WE JUST GET AN EXTENSION FOR NEXT YEAR.

UH, THE PROCESS TO ACQUIRE THE

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WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE SITE IS, UH, PLANNED TO HAVE EITHER A COMMUNITY CENTER OR ANY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

SO IF, UH, THE CITY WANT TO BUILD A FIRE STATION ON THAT SITE, UH, THE CRS WILL GO AND FOLLOW THE TAXING AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THAT PLAN TO INCLUDE A FIRE STATION.

WE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE, SO IF IT'S THE, IF THE CITY WANNA GO IN THAT WORLD, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT LOSE THE CREDIT BECAUSE WE MIGHT, UM, NOT GET ANOTHER EXTENSION.

I JUST WANNA BRING, UM, BRING OUT THAT FACT, UH, MADAM MAYOR.

SO I'VE HAD DISCUSSION WITH, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES IN TERMS OF, UH, A VALUABLE FUNDING AND HOW WE WOULD FUND TO, TO GET THE GAP, UH, TO MAYOR.

UM, MISS, UH, SHARON, SHE'S RIGHT HERE.

, MISS SHARON.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE.

SO YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE IN YOUR PACKET A MEMO WITH, UM, SOME SUGGESTIONS AND HOW WE MAY POSSIBLY FUND THE FIRE STATION.

SO BEGINNING WITH THE 3 MILLION GRANT AND THEN THE CITY TOOK OUT A LOAN BACK IN 2023 FROM TRUIST BANK FOR $7 MILLION THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVICING.

AND THAT $7 MILLION WAS TO PARTIAL, PART OF IT WAS TO FUND THE FIRE STATION.

PART OF IT WAS TO FUND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT SINCE WE HADN'T MOVED AN EITHER TO JUST GO AHEAD AND USE ALL 7 MILLION FOR THE FIRE STATION, UM, THE CITY CONTRIBUTES 3 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BRING US TO 13 MILLION.

AND THEN WE ARE ALSO SUGGESTING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND, UM, WE CAN DO THAT.

I WENT AHEAD AND CITED THE SECTION OF THE STUDY FOR YOU IN MY MEMO.

AND, AND THIS BASICALLY WOULD BE A ONE-TIME CAPITAL ASSESSMENT TO A RESIDENCE AND BUSINESSES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE STATION.

AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE, IF WE WENT WITH THE OPTION THAT WOULD COST ABOUT 16 MILLION, YOU WOULD SEE HOW MUCH, UM, EACH RESIDENT WOULD CONTRIBUTE AS ONE TIME CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO THE FIRE STATION.

QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL, CHERYL, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

NOW THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE A BALLOT INITIATIVE, SIR? HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO IT? MR. ATTORNEY CALLWAY, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A BALLOT IS THE SPECIAL PART FOR A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT? I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

JUST YET, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET IT TO YOU BEFORE TOMORROW.

FROM MY READING OF THE STATUTE AND I DEFER CITY, THE ATTORNEY, WHEN HE READS IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, WE SIMPLY NEED TO, UM, POST THE NOTICES AND ADVISE THE RESIDENTS.

UM, BUT THAT'S JUST FROM MY READING.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, MADAM.

I WAS SAYING FROM MY READING OF THE STATUTE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE NEED A SPECIAL BALLOT.

WE DO NEED TO NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NOTICES.

SO, MS. SHARON, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE $153 AND 53 CENTS PER RESIDENT FOR HOW LONG? IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME, UM, CAPITAL ASSESSMENT.

SO IF WE DECIDE TO DO IT, WHICH MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE THAT OPTION TO DO IT IN NEXT YEAR, FY 2027.

AND SO ON THE 2027 TAX BILL, BESIDES THE REGULAR ASSESSMENT FOR FIRE PREVENTION, THERE'D BE A ONE TIME $153 AND 53 CENTS AS A CAPITAL, UM, ASSESSMENT FOR THE FIRE STATION.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

UH, VICE, VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. HAYNES, FOR THIS DETAIL, UM, PRESENTATION.

WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU THOUGH, ALRIGHT, SO YOU GAVE THE $16 MILLION, IS THAT JUST FOR OPTION ONE? YEAH, I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THE OPTION WOULD BE.

NOW, IF WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO GO WITH OPTION TWO, OF COURSE, THE, AND WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO A SPECIAL CAPITAL ASSESSMENT, THEN OF COURSE THE AMOUNT CHARGED TO THE RESIDENT WOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER.

IF, IF THAT WAS AN OPTION YOU WANTED TO DO, THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE AGREE ON THE OPTION AND THE AMOUNT, THEN WE CAN CALCULATE THE ASSESSMENT.

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I, I THINK I APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING THIS DOWN.

IF YOU CAN ALSO, THE, THE THREE OPTION, HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR US TO SEE, WHAT WOULD THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BE FOR ME HAVING A, BEING A RESIDENT AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER, THE THREE DIFFERENT OPTION? 'CAUSE IF WE HAVE TO CHOOSE IN TERMS OF WHICH ONE OF THE OPTIONS, UM, WHETHER IT'S NUMBER THREE OR NUMBER TWO, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT WOULD FALL.

BUT THIS, I'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT AND HAVE THAT TO YOU BY TOMORROW.

THANK YOU CO COMMISSIONER MAXFIELD WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MS. HAYES.

MADAM .

AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 0 7, WHERE THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL DONATION FROM WESTWAY TOWING INC.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING

[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025-107 WHERE THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL DONATION FROM WESTWAY TOWING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) DIRECTING THAT THE FUNDS BE RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS]

IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000, DIRECTING THAT THE FUNDS BE RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.

AND WE DO HAVE MR. ZA PUR THAT CAN PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ZA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AS PROCUREMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FLORIDA LEAGUES.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, THIS, UM, DISCUSSION AROSE AFTER, UM, THE CITY WAS TRYING TO CONFIRM THE INTENTION OF WESTWAY TOWING, UH, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY.

UH, WE DID HAVE A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION WITH HIM, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO ASKING HIM, YOU KNOW, IF HIS INTENT COULD BE TO DIVERT HIS FUNDS OR HOW EXACTLY HE INTENDED TO PUT HIS FUNDS AND SO ON.

UH, HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS PRESENT IN THE CITY, THAT HE PARTNERS WITH THE CITY, THAT HE'S ABLE TO, UM, HELP THE CITY GROW IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

HE WANTS TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAMMING.

UM, WHILE YES, WE DO GIVE HIM SOME, UM, ADVERTISEMENTS AND WE GIVE HIM SOME PROMOTIONS BY PUTTING HIS LOGOS ON DIFFERENT THINGS, IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHERE DOES THIS FUNDING GO.

UM, A DISCUSSION WAS HAD AND AT THE TIME WHEN WE DID THE RESOLUTION, THAT PROPOSAL TO PUT FUNDING, UM, PART OF IT, UM, FOR BREAST CANCER EVENT AND PART FOR VETERANS EVENTS.

UH, HIS INTENTION, UH, WHEN HE UNDERSTOOD IT AFTER THE FACT WAS THAT IT SHOULD BE FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS, NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMISSIONER EVENTS.

AT ANY POINT IN TIME, IF A COMMISSIONER WANTS TO COME BACK TO HIM AND APPROACH HIM FOR ASSISTANCE ON COMMISSION INITIATIVE, HE'S MORE THAN OPEN.

HE'S MORE THAN WELCOME.

HE SAYS HE HAS A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE, BUT HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE AND THE INTENT THAT IT GOES TO CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.

THEREFORE, THIS, UM, DISCUSSION, UM, IS TO BRING FORWARD THE FACT THAT, UH, AMENDING THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KNOWN THAT THE FUNDING THAT HE GIVES ANNUALLY TO THE CITY, IT'S A CONTRIBUTION TO GO SPECIFICALLY TO CITY SPONSORED EVENTS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COLLEAGUES COMPARISON? THANK YOU.

I JUST WANNA SAY I, I, UM, I I THINK IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING WHERE THAT'S WHAT HE INTENDED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WE'RE JUST CORRECTING THE LANGUAGE.

SO, UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.

NO, NOT AN ISSUE.

COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. HE DID SAY GLASS.

THANK YOU MR. NO QUESTIONS.

MAD MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MME. MASON.

F DISCUSSION REGARDING RENEWING THE CONTRACT TERM FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY CONSULTANTS, WHICH CURRENTLY COMPRISES 11 DIS OF 11 DISCIPLINES, SPREAD AROUND 22 VENDORS, AND MR. ZAM WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

NEXT ITEM IS

[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING RENEWING THE CONTRACT TERM FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY CONSULTANTS WHICH CURRENTLY COMPRISES 11 DISCIPLINES SPREAD AROUND 22 VENDORS]

THANK YOU, MR. ZA.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED IAN COMMISSION.

THIS IS AN ITEM WHERE THE CITY BACK, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, AWARDED A CONTRACT TO MULTIPLE VENDORS, UH, IN WHAT WE CALL THE LIBRARY OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT'S HELD BY MANY CITIES, UH, AS A FORM, AS A TOOL, UH, TO EASE, UM, SOME PROCESS WHERE VENDORS ARE PRE-QUALIFIED IN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES.

IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS.

IT'S A VERY LONG PROCESS, AND IT'S A VERY DETAILED PROCESS.

UH, AT THE TIME WHEN THE CITY DID THIS SOLICITATION, UM, MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS, MULTIPLE CONTRACTS, UH, MULTIPLE EVALUATION PROCEDURES HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, VENDORS WENT THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS, AND THEN THE POOL WAS FORMED.

THIS POOL HAVEN'T BEEN FORMED, UM, WHICH IS ATTACHED IN YOUR BACKUP.

UM, DIFFERENT VENDORS WERE GUARANTEED OR WERE RATHER PLACED INTO DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES.

I DID, UM, DO A SMALL CHART, WHICH IS A SUMMARY OF WHICH VENDOR WAS PLACED IN WHICH DISCIPLINE AND HOW MANY CONTRACTS THEY WERE

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AWARDED.

THESE CONTRACTS, AND TO BE SPECIFIC, IS NOT A CONTRACT OF AWARD FOR A SPECIFIC CONTRACT, BUT RATHER MORE SO OF A PREQUALIFICATION.

UM, UH, THE VICE MAYOR ASKED, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO AS TO HOW THE ROTATION WAS GOING FOR THESE VENDORS, WHICH IS PART OF, OF, OF THE PROCESS FOR THIS CONTRACT.

UM, I, DURING MY TIME HERE, IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WHERE THE VENDORS IN THESE DISCIPLINES ARE OPERATING ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS, WHICH I BELIEVE I ALSO DID INCLUDE IN THE BACKUP AS TO WHAT THE ROTATION HAS BEEN LOOKING LIKE.

THIS CONTRACT IS NOW IN ITS THIRD, IT'S IN FINAL YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL TERM, WHICH IS FOUR YEARS, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS, UH, RENEWAL ONE YEAR EACH.

MY RECOMMENDATION AND THE MANNER THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO PROCUREMENT NOW IS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN HOW WE DO THINGS.

WE ARE ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.

THE ORIGINAL TERM IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE COMMISSION, UM, THROUGH CON CONVERSATION WITH MY, UM, DIRECTOR AND THIS ATKIN CITY MANAGER, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY IF THE C IF THE CITY COMMISSION WILL NOT LIKE TO GO FORWARD OR WILL AGREE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE VENDORS HERE GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WOULD WANT TO GO INTO THE OPTION TO RENEW.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO THAT OPTION TO RENEW TERM, BUT IT IS A, THE DIRECTIVE OF THIS, OF THE CITY COMMISSION IF THEY WOULD NOT LIKE TO RENEW AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RENEW, UM, VENDORS, THEY ARE THERE.

UM, WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS IN THE PAST OF CERTAIN VENDORS.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE PREROGATIVE ON MY OWN AND SAY THAT, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY MANAGER JUST AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS EVERY VENDOR.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL ON THIS AS WELL.

COLLEAGUES? NONE, NO, NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

NONE.

VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY.

UM, I, I SEE SOME X BY SOME IS THE, AND SOME DO NOT HAVE THE X IS THAT THEIR QUALIFICATION IN FULFILLING, FOR INSTANCE, BCC ENGINEERING.

SO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, B, C, C, ENGINEERING, THEY WERE AWARDED TWO CONTRACTS IN TWO DISCIPLINES.

ONE, THEY WERE AWARDED A CONTRACT IN STORMWATER, DRAINAGE AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING.

SO THEY HAVE TWO CONTRACTS, RIGHT? I, I UNDERSTAND.

AS OPPOSED TO CRAVEN AND THOMPSON HAVE SEVEN AND SEVEN, IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE EQUIPPED WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, WHAT IS IT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FULFILL THAT, UH, SO THAT CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER IS NEEDED.

THREE, MADAM MAYOR, THE TIMELY SOLICITATION WAS DONE.

VENDORS WERE ASKED TO PRODUCE A PROPOSAL TO MATCH THOSE DISCIPLINES.

SOME VENDORS, THEY APPLIED FOR MORE THAN ONE DISCIPLINE, BUT THEY WERE NOT GUARANTEED, THEY WERE NOT AWARDED IN EACH DISCIPLINE.

THEY WENT THROUGH A EVALUATION COMMITTEE, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS PUBLIC PUBLICLY NOTICED AND WENT OUT ON PUBLIC VIEWING AND SO ON.

AND BASED ON THAT EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT WAS HELD, THEY WERE AWARDED THESE, UM, UM, DISCIPLINES.

THANKS MAYOR.

SO GET BACK TO BCC ENGINEERING.

I KNOW IT'S ON A ROTATING BASIS, SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR A LAND SURVEY, THEY WOULDN'T BE PART OF THAT.

CORRECT.

ALRIGHT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE CALVIN, I MEAN, I, I WOULD BE UP TO GOING OUT TO REDOING ANOTHER SOLICITATION WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, ELEMENTS THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERING OR THAT COMPANY.

COLLEAGUES.

ANOTHER COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, MAY I HAVE NONE? NO COMMENT.

MOTHER, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YEAH, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE AS FAR AS GOING OUT, UH, FOR ANOTHER SOLICITATION, UH, TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

UH, ZAM, DO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO PROCEED? I DO BELIEVE SO.

TYPE OF CONSENSUS.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? YES.

JUST TO CONFIRM, UM, AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT, THE VENDORS WILL NOT BE RENEWED AND WE HAVE TO BEGIN PROCESS FOR A NEW SOLICITATION PROCESS TO AWARD AT THAT TIME.

I'M IN CONSENSUS OF THAT.

YES MA'AM.

MR. COWELL? UH, YES.

YES MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER

[G. DISCUSSION REGARDING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR DETAIL SERVICES FOR YOUTH ATHLETICS AND CITY SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS]

G, DISCUSSION REGARDING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR DETAILED SERVICES FOR YOUTH ATHLETICS AND CITY SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS.

AND WE DO HAVE, UM, VINCE HERE THAT WILL EXPLAIN THAT ITEM THROUGH

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YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. VINCE? GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY AT THE CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS VINCE MULLEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.

MADAM MAYOR, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS FOR A DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER THE MEMBER MEMORANDUM.

A MEMORANDUM, EXCUSE ME, BETWEEN BROWN SHERIFF'S OFFICES AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

UM, THIS MOU IS IN REFERENCE TO DETAILED SERVICES FOR CITY SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL AS ATHLETIC EVENTS.

UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HOST NUMEROUS SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL AS LARGE, JUST SPEAK TO THE MIC, I'M SORRY.

AS WELL AS A LARGE ATHLETIC PROGRAM THAT HOUSES A LOT OF SPEC.

AND WE DO REQUIRE SERVICES FROM BBSO DETAILED SERVICES FOR THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC CONTROL AS WELL AS CROWD CONTROL.

UH, TRADITIONALLY OUR PROCESS IS TO GO THROUGH THE DETAIL OFFICE AND THEIR PROCESS IS WE WOULD SUBMIT A REQUEST IN A FORM OF EMAIL STATING THE DATES AND TIMES IN WHICH WE NEED DETAILED SERVICES AND WE WILL RELY ON, UM, A OFFICER TO PICK UP THE DETAIL, WHICH IS KIND OF A RANDOM BASIS.

THEY HAVE THE CHOICE TO DO SO OR TO NOT DO SO.

UH, FROM EXPERIENCE, WHAT WE NOTICE IS THAT THIS SOMETIMES LEAVES US IN A BIND AT THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS TO WHERE IF A OFFICER DOES NOT DECIDE TO PICK UP THE DETAIL, THEN WE'RE WITHOUT THE SERVICE.

AND ON THE DAY OF, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT BSO PRESENCE THAT'S NEEDED.

UH, SO AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, UH, SPEAKING WITH CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, SEEING WHAT OTHER CITIES DO, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, LOCATE A MODEL FROM THE CITY OF POMPANO THAT IS CALLED THE FUND SEVEN AGREEMENT THAT'S ATTACHED.

A DRAFT OF THAT, UM, IS ATTACHED TO YOUR BACKUP.

WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW CAPTAIN FELLS AND HIS TEAM TO FORM A CREW WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF OUR OFFICERS THAT ALREADY PATROL OUR AREA AND GUARANTEES US THOSE SERVICES, UH, FOR THOSE ATHLETIC EVENTS.

NOT LIMITED ATHLETIC EVENTS, BUT ALSO FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO VERSUS DEPENDING ON THE DETAILS TO PICK UP AND HOPE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS AND HOPE THAT THEY FULFILL THE WHOLE SHIFT.

THIS AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND HIS TEAM TO FORM A CREW THAT WILL GUARANTEE US THE SERVICES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE EVENTS.

UM, LETTER VICE MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU MR. VINCE, YOU SAID IS THE BACKUP JUST TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION? IS THERE SOME NUMBERS? ARE WE LOOKING AT A SET PRICE? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, UH, SO THERE ARE NO NUMBERS IN THE AGREEMENT.

UH, WHAT IT IS, IS WE WILL PAY THE OVERTIME RATE OF THOSE SET DEPUTIES AND WE, UH, THEY'LL INVOICE US ACCORDINGLY ACCORDING TO THE HOURS OF WORK AT THOSE SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT WE REQUESTED.

SO VICE MAYOR.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS DRIVER SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

THEY'VE BEEN COMING TO THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.

THEY'VE BEEN PRESENT AT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AS THEY THERE BEEN, UH, A PRICE SET FOR THOSE EXTRA WORKERS THERE THAT DO COME FROM BSO THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO I DO HAVE CAPTAIN FILLERS WITH ME, UM, WHO WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE MORE.

SO ON THE RATE AS IT REG AS IT REGARDS TO EACH OFFICER AS THEY HOLD DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

AND IF I'M CORRECT, WELL, I LET CAPTAIN PHILLIPS SPEAK, IF I'M CORRECT, THEIR RATE, UM, IS THE OVERTIME RATE, WHICH VARIES DEPENDING ON THEIR POSITION.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CAPTAIN PHILLIPS TO CLEAR THAT UP.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER.

YES, MA'AM.

SO WHAT, WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS WITH WE ARE TRYING TO FUND, GET THOSE DETAILS COVERED, WE, UM, GO THROUGH THE DETAIL OFFICE SPEAKING.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD SO MANY CHALLENGES TRYING TO FILL THESE DETAILS TO WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY BEING, UM, FUNDED AT THE PREMIUM RATE.

THE PREMIUM RATE AT THE DETAIL OFFICE AT THAT TIME WAS LIKE $96 AN HOUR BECAUSE OF THE, UM, SHORT TIMEFRAME TO GET IT FUNDED AND THE, UM, URGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS FILLED WITH DOING THIS METHOD, WE HAVE MUCH BETTER CONTROL OVER AND THE OFFICERS WHO ARE FILLING IT, THEY'RE PAID AT AN OVERTIME RATE, WHICH MANY OF THOSE OFFICERS, UM, ARE WORKING FOR A CHEAPER RATE AS OPPOSED TO THE $96 PREMIUM RATE THAT WAS BEING CHARGED.

SO IT SERVES SEVERAL PURPOSES.

IT ALLOWS US TO BETTER CONTROL THE DETAIL WHERE WE CAN HAVE A HIGHER SUCCESS RATE OF HAVING THEM FILLED, AND IT ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE DETAIL OFFICE DETAIL TO MAKE SURE THIS IS BEING DONE.

OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN 96 HOUR.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.

UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO KNOW, SINCE IT'S BEING, UM, DONE AT A LESSER RATE, WHAT'S THAT LESSER RATE, SIR? IT VARIES ON THE, UM, TIMES OF SERVICE THAT THE ACTUAL OFFICERS ARE IN, IF THEY, WHATEVER THEIR PAY RATE IS.

HOWEVER, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE

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I'M HEARING ANYTHING AND, AND GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE MAXIMUM TIME THAT THEY SPEND OUT THERE.

WHAT COULD, WHAT COULD BE SAY FOR AVERAGE, UM, DETAIL OFFICER THAT COMES OUT? AVERAGE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE GAMES WOULD, HOW LONG THEY WOULD LAST AND ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE.

ARE THEY THERE FOR PRACTICE AS WELL? YES.

UM, MAD, THEY'RE THERE FOR, UM, PRACTICE AND THEY'RE THERE FOR THE GAME DURING THE WEEKEND.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, WOULD THIS DETAIL BE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SPECIAL? WHENEVER THEY'RE WORK IN DETAIL, IT'S VOLUNTARY.

UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO WORK.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP WHO KNOW THE COMMUNITY, KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO, IT'S, THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK IN THE OVERTIME AS OPPOSED TO US TRYING TO ATTRACT SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT SOMEWHERE WHO'S TRYING TO COME IN AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUTH ACTIVITY.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SET NUMBER TO COMPRISE THE DETAIL? NO, MA'AM.

IT'S, THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED, IT'S JUST WE NEED TO TAKE IT FROM ONE POT AND JUST SET IT IN ANOTHER AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED.

IT'S ALREADY THERE.

IT JUST ALLOWS US BETTER ACCESS TO CONTROL AND GUARANTEE THAT THE DETAILS WILL BE FILLED.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY? YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

I DID THE, THE READING AND THE REVIEW ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REQUEST FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND AS PART OF THE EXHIBIT TO THE MOU THAT BECAUSE THE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALREADY DEFINED, UH, THAT THERE, THERE COULD BE A, A EXHIBIT THAT IDENTIFIES ALL OF THE OFFICERS ALONG WITH THEIR REGULAR RATES OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WHAT THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE RATE WOULD BE FOR ANY OVERTIME, PRIMARILY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME INSTANCES WHERE IT WOULD NOT.

TALK A LITTLE BIT INTO MIKE.

CAPTAIN, PLEASE, SIR.

YEAH, YEAH.

PRIMARILY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME, YOU KNOW, VARIATIONS TO THAT IF ANOTHER OFFICER HAD TO COME IN AND FILL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY OR JUST THROUGH SCHEDULING AND MANPOWER, UM, YOU KNOW, PURPOSES.

H DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE NAME OF THE GREENWAY TRAIL ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT C 13 CANAL, EXTENDED FROM STATE ROAD SEVEN.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.

THANK YOU MR. VINCE.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, YOU GOT SOMETHING ELSE, MR. VENT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER

[H. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE NAMING OF THE GREENWAY TRAIL ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SFWMD) C-13 CANAL, EXTENDING FROM SR-7 TO NW 31 AVENUE AS VETERANS PARK OR VETERANS WALKWAY TRAIL]

NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE IS VETERANS PARK OR VETERANS WALKWAY TRAIL.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT A PRIOR WORKSHOP ABOUT WANTING TO, UM, LOCATE A VETERANS PARK AND THE GREENWAY TRAIL WAS A, A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING BROUGHT FORWARD.

WE'VE HAD MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, SOUTH WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE TEAM IS HERE TO PROVIDE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SEE IF THAT'S STILL AN OPTION FOR YOU THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. RYAN.

LOCAL ESTABL MAD MAYOR.

UH, AS A REQUESTED STAFF REACH OUT TO, UH, SOUTH FLORIDA.

OUR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THEY OWN THE WAY OF THE TRAIL BETWEEN STATE SEVEN AND NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, OF THE TRAIL.

AND, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, IT'S UP TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO WE NAME THE TRAIL.

UH, POLITICS WOULD BE A RESOLUTION.

HOWEVER, IF, UH, THE SEAL COMMISSION WANNA ADD MORE LIKE MONUMENT, UH, THEY, THEY DON'T SAY NO, BUT THEY JUST WANNA SEE WHAT IS GOING GOING TO BE BEFORE THEY APPROVE IT.

BUT AS FAR AS WE NAMING THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL, UH, IT'S UP TO THE SEAL COMMISSION TO, TO RENAME IT.

OKAY, MR. RON, MADAM COMMISSIONER SWELL MA'AM.

MR. RON, IF IT IS NAMED AS THE MAYBE LORD DE LAKES VETERANS TRAILER PARK, WOULD WE BE THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT? WHO MAINTAINS IT? NOW I SHOULD ASK.

DO YOU WANT MAYOR? UH, WE ACTUALLY, WE, WE MAINTAIN THAT TRUCK.

OH, THE CITY MAINTAINS IT.

SO IT'S NOT, OKAY.

SO YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT.

SOMEWHAT OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY.

THE C 13 CANAL IS, IS, IS A GREAT WALKING CANAL, BUT MY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT IS, WILL IT BE VISIBLE ENOUGH TO THOSE WHO ARE VISITING OUR COMMUNITY OR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? MOST VETERANS PARKS, AS I'VE SEEN, THEY'RE ON

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THERE IS A MONUMENT, THERE'S PARKING WHERE YOU CAN GET OUT AND LOOK AT WHATEVER ARTIFACTS OR VISUALS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.

SO THE C 13 CANAL, A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL LONG CANAL, BUT WOULD IT BE VISIBLE ENOUGH THAT, AND IF I WANTED TO GO TO THE CANAL, WHERE WOULD I PARK IF I WANTED TO SEE THE ARTIFACTS THAT'S THERE? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE WHAT COME INTO MY MIND.

IS IT REALLY VISIBLE ENOUGH, UH, BY MAYOR CURRENTLY THAT THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL, UM, BETWEEN STATE WOULD SERVE IT AND 31ST AT EACH END OF THAT TRAIL? THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S NO SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'M SURE THAT IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IF IT'S THE WHEEL OF THE COMMISSION TO WE NAME IT, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME THING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO, TO, UH, DRAG ATTENTION.

CURRENTLY DRIVING FROM WARD SEVEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHERE ABOUT CLEARLY IF ANYTHING IS ADDED TO BRING ATTENTION, I'M SURE IT'LL BE VISIBLE.

AND SAME THING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR 31ST AVENUE AS WELL.

UH, AS FAR AS PARKING, UH, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE T TRAIL IS BEING, UH, USED, UH, BY PEDESTRIAN BIKE.

UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PUBLIC PARKING.

UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED, UH, LOOKED ON IF COLLEAGUES.

THAT SOUNDS COMMISSIONER CONSWELL.

THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS HAS BEEN AT THIS THING GETTING SOMETHING FOR VETERANS FOR EVER SINCE I'M HERE, SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SO IT, UH, UM, I WASN'T SURE, IS IT GOING TO BE VISIBLE? YOU SAID WE CAN SEE IT FROM 31ST AND, UM, FROM WHERE ELSE? ? YES.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO AROUNDABOUT, ONE ON THE SIDE OF WARD SEVEN.

THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE SIDE OF, UH, NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE.

THEY ARE BOTH VISIBLE FROM, UH, DRIVING, UH, ALONG THOSE ROADS.

SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THIS ROUNDABOUT WOULD DEFINITELY DRAG ATTENTION TO, TO THE TRAIL.

UH, AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL.

MADAM MAYOR, I, I, MADAM MAYOR, I, I, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY.

I DON'T AGREE.

I, UM, I DON'T LIKE THAT IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO, WHY CANNOT WE NOT RENAME THE NORTHGATE PARK TO, UH, THAT'S MORE VISIBLE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER.

I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECT WILL BE GIVEN TO THAT PARK BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T TREAT IT, TREAT IT SOME KIND OF WAY.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE STILL FIGHTING ON RENAMING NORGATE PARK TO BE THE VETERANS PARK.

I WOULD PREFER THAT.

WOULD, THAT IS WHAT MY, I PREFER.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS TRAIL THAT WE ARE TALKING THAT CAN, THAT IS THERE, THERE, I MEAN, NOT EVEN VISIBLE.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE DRIVING AND TURNING YOUR HEAD OFF, LOOKING UP, NOT LOOKING WHERE YOU'RE GOING JUST TO SEE IT.

I, I CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I, I DON'T THINK THE VISIBILITY, AND I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR VETERANS HERE IN THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO NORTHGATE PARK.

UH, THAT CAN BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

BUT WOULD IT REQUIRE, OF COURSE, IT WOULD REQUIRE INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

WE WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS, BUT I DON'T THINK THE C 13 CANNELL WOULD DO JUSTICE TO OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER OR MR. RON WHO STARTED THE CONVERSATION IN GETTING A C 13 CANAL THERE AS VETERANS PARK.

IT WAS LAST, SOMETIMES LAST YEAR, I THINK.

SO SOMEONE MUST HAVE STARTED THE CONVERSATION TO .

YES, IT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE WORKSHOP.

I BELIEVE IT WAS BROUGHT BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

YOU DID? COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY.

YES, I DID BRING THIS UP INITIALLY.

UM, THE, THE THING IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF USAGE OF THE TRAIL.

UM, AND IT WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM STAFF BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHAT WE COULD AND COULD NOT DO.

UH, BUT, UM, I DO AGREE WITH THE TRAIL BEING THAT, UH, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH NORTHGATE PARK, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE LOVELY.

BUT THE, THE MAIN ISSUE IS THAT ON HOLIDAYS, THE PARK WOULD BE CLOSED.

THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T LIKE IT.

UH, IN THESE TWO ROUNDABOUTS THAT RON IS REFERRING TO, SOMETHING CAN GO THERE THAT IS VISIBLE.

AND, AND, UM, I, I THINK THAT,

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UH, PEOPLE DO USE A TRAIL AND THE TRAIL CAN BE USED AS A COMMEMORATIVE, UH, RALLY OR COMMEMORATIVE WALK WITH VETERANS.

UH, SO THE TRAIL COULD BE USED.

THE TRAIL IS ALREADY HEAVILY USED, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION.

THIS CAME ON THE AGENDA, UH, FROM STAFF THIS TIME AROUND.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I'M, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UM, WITH THE TRAIL ONLY BECAUSE I, WHEN I WENT TO, I THINK IT WAS WEST PALM BEACH FOR THE, UM, REDEVELOPMENT, I THINK THEY HAD A SEMINAR UP THERE.

CONFERENCE, AND WE DID TOUR THE CITY AND THEY HAD A VETERAN'S, UM, WALK.

WASN'T, WASN'T A GREAT DISTANCE TO IT, BUT THEY HAD A BENCH SEATED WITH DIFFERENT NAMES AND THEY HAD A LITTLE WALL.

I THINK ALL OF THAT, EVEN FOR A PAUSE MOMENT FOR SOMEONE WALKING ALONG THE TRAIL TO STOP AND OBSERVE, AND AS YOU SAID, UM, WATER MANAGEMENT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE ANYTHING THAT GOES THERE.

UM, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

VISIBILITY, YES, IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT AS YOU STATED WITH THE TWO ROUNDABOUTS, SOMETHING THAT CAN GO THERE TO MAKE IT VISIBLE.

ALSO, IT'S THE COLORS THAT ARE USED IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND DRAW.

SO, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

I LIKE IT.

MS. HARRISON.

I WALK.

YEAH, IT'S A NICE PLACE.

IF YOU'RE A WALKER, I'M SURE DAILY SOMEONE IS GOING TO, PEOPLE GO BACK AND FORTH, SO WHY NOT? WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE LAND TO GO PURCHASE OR TO SOMEONE GIVE US A GIFT TO MAKE IT INTO A VETERAN'S PARK.

MAY CALL IT VETERAN TRAIL.

IT'S A TRAILWAY.

WHY NOT? I'M IN AGREEMENT.

MS. EY, THANK YOU.

I, I TOO AM IN AGREEMENT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UTILIZE THE TRAIL AND IT'LL BE A GOOD WAY TO ADD ON TO THE TRAIL EXPERIENCE.

I AM NOT IN AGREEMENT.

YEAH, I, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

AND I, AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENED, WE LOOKED AT SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.

WE LOOK AT THE SAM BROWN MONUMENT, BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT SOME OF THE AREAS DID NOT BELONG TO THE CITY.

SO THAT WAS A OUT, I KNOW WE DID LOOK AT NORTHGATE AND FROM WHAT I HEARD, THE RESIDENTS, THEY WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

I DIDN'T HEAR TOO MANY AGREEMENTS.

SO IF YOU WANNA ASSESS, DO YOUR ASSESSMENT AGAIN, UM, AND LOOK INTO NORTHGATE.

BUT I THINK THAT OPEN SPACE WITH THE TRAIL, IT'S A NICE WALKWAY.

COMMISSIONER MAXON WILLIAMS, SHE SAID SHE'S NOT, I ALREADY SAID MY PIECE.

THANK YOU MR. I DON'T AGREE.

YOU DO HAVE CONSENSUS.

MR. UH, SO THE CONSENSUS IS TO BRING IT BACK FOR RESOLUTION OR YES, NO.

THANK YOU HONOR MADAM.

NUMBER I DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NON AVALOR ASSESSMENT FOR THE SOLID WASTE FEE.

ITEM

[I. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT FOR THE SOLID WASTE FEE]

AND MS. SHARON HAYNES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR OR MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. HAYNES.

HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE $458.

VISIT TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, WITHIN YOUR PACKET, THERE SHOULD BE A ONE PAGE MEMO ENTITLED, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROPOSED SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT FEE FOR 2027.

THE CITY HAD, UM, STANTEC CONSULTING DO A FIRE ASSESSMENT, A SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT FEE EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERAGE WAS THAT WE'LL NEED TO ASSESS $573 PER HOMEOWNER TO FUND 100% OF SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS.

IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE CONTRIBUTE NO FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING $272 ANNUALLY.

SO I PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR FUNDING.

SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO DO 90%, THEN EACH HOMEOWNER WOULD PAY $515 AND WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE $306,385 FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SHOULD WE DO 80%? THEN THE ASSESSMENT TO

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AND THE GENERAL FUND WOULD PROVIDE, IT'S THE MIC.

HOLD ON, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU .

UM, SHOULD THE CITY CHOOSE TO GO AT 80% THEN THE CHARGE PER HOMEOWNER WOULD BE $458.

THE GENERAL FUND WOULD NEED TO SUBSIDIZE THE SOLID WASTE FUND A LITTLE MORE THAN $600,000.

AND, UM, AT 70% THE ANNUAL CHARGE WOULD BE $401.

AND THE GENERAL FUND WOULD NEED TO SUBSIDIZE 919 $154.

AND WE ARE BRINGING THIS AT THIS POINT TO HELP US WITH OUR BUDGET PREPARATION.

'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE THE COMMISSION IS.

UM, COMMISSIONER CONSWELL? YES.

THIS WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE THE OTHER DAY.

I ANOTHER FOR ME, THERE CAN BE, I DON'T, PEOPLE ARE HURTING FROM 2 72 5 73.

THAT'S TOO MUCH.

WHAT I DID ASK, COULD WE DO A STUDY THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO PICKUPS PER WEEK, WE ONLY HAVE ONE AND THAT WOULD HAVE CUT DOWN SOME SOMETHING WOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD HAVE TO BE, THERE MUST BE A, WOULD BE AN ADJUSTMENT INSTEAD OF, I HAVE PICKUP IN EASTGATE MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

SO WHY NOT HAVE IT A BIG CITY LIKE PALM BAY WITH NEARLY OVER 200,000 PEOPLE.

THEY ONLY HAVE ONE PICKUP.

SO IF I WOULD LOVE THAT, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO FIND OUT WHAT WOULD IT COST IF WE WOULD HAVE ONE PICKUP FOR, UM, I BELIEVE THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ON THE CONTRACT, UM, WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT UP UNTIL 2027 OR 2028.

SO THAT MAY REQUIRE AMENDING THAT CONTRACT.

UM, IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE TERMS OF THAT CONTRACT, AND WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT, UM, THE RATE NEXT YEAR.

BUT FOR THIS YEAR WE WANTED SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE THE COMMISSION IS.

WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH PROPERTY TAX, WITH ALL OF THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING, IT'S HARD TO GO AND TELL SOMEONE THAT YOUR SOLID WASTE WAS 2 72 AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE 5 73 $301 MORE, MORE THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT.

THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME.

IT'S TOO MUCH.

SO WE NEED TO SEE HOW CAN WE MINIMIZE THINGS FOR THE RESIDENTS.

MS MS HAND, NINE OUTTA 10 TIMES ON A THURSDAY ON MY STREET.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER STREETS, BUT WHEN I WALK, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF GARBAGE PANTS ON A THURSDAY FOR GARBAGE.

IT'S ALWAYS THERE ON A MONDAY, ON A THURSDAY.

NOT MUCH.

SO WE NEED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

WOULD WE HAVE TO PUT IN THE BUDGET, I'M COMING RIGHT TO YOU, MR. RON.

UM, JUST WANNA ASK MR. RON, I KNOW MS. HAYNES HAD EXPLAINED WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED, UM, MS. MS. HAYNES, UM,

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UM, SAY WE WERE TO DO 80% THE DIFFERENCE, WOULD I, I KNOW THAT'S TO JUMP A 200 AND SOMETHING OR 200 PLUS AS I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MY, UM, COLLEAGUE THAT IT'S A, IT'S A BIG JUMP, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES, UM, WITH THE UNCERTAIN UNCERTAINTY OF THE CLIMATE.

BUT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT RECOMMENDATION, MR. RON, COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT PLEASE? WITH THE ONE PICKUP, I KNOW WE DO THE SOLID WASTE, THEY ALSO DO THE BULK GARBAGE AS WELL, RIGHT? SO THAT I'M SURE PEOPLE WOULDN'T WANT TO, TO LOSE, BUT WITH THE, UM, ACTUAL GARBAGE PICKUP MAYBE YES.

DECREASING.

UM, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, MR. UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, COURSE WHEN I DID LOOK INTO THE CITY OF PORT CENTRALITY THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDE, UH, WHAT WE CALL A ONE, ONE AND A QUARTER, SO ONE REGULAR GARBAGE PER WEEK.

ONE WE CYCLE PER WEEK AND ONE BULK PER MONTH.

BUT THEIR ASSESSMENT RATE IS ACTUALLY $467.

SO THEY GETTING WAY LESS FOR WAY MORE.

AND ALSO THEY ADDED $20 EVERY YEAR THAN KEEP INCREASING IT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IS A 2 1 1, WHICH IS AN UPGRADE FROM WHAT WE USED TO HAVE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

SO WE HAVE TWO REGULAR GARBAGE PER WEEK, ONE RECYCLE PER WEEK AND ONE BULK PER MONTH, PER PER WEEK.

WE USED TO HAVE ONE BULK PER MONTH AND YOU, IT WAS A DISASTER.

UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, VICE MAYOR, IT COMES DOWN TO POPULATION DENSITY.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST, HIGHEST DENSITY IN THE COUNTY.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 9,767 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTY.

UM, THEY ESTIMATE TRASH, UM, PRODUCTION BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN POUND EVERY ONE.

THAT'S HOW THEY ESTIMATE TRASH.

EVERY PERSON PRODUCE FOR BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN POUND OF TRASH PER DAY.

SO THAT MEAN PER SQUARE MILE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF TRASH.

UH, COMPARED TO PORT CENTRALITY, THEIR DENSITY IS 2300 PER SQUARE MILE.

THIS IS WAY LESS.

THEY PRODUCE WAY LESS TRASH.

AND THAT'S WHY WE STRUGGLING WITH TRASH BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY, WE PRODUCE MORE TRASH PER SQUARE MILE THAN ANYONE IN THE COUNTY.

SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THE ONE BULK PER MONTH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY, UH, UH, PROPERTIES.

THE SCHEDULE USED TO BE AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THE ONE PICKUP.

AND WE DO SOMETIMES THERE ARE CERTAIN LOCATION WITH HIGH, UH, TURNOUT, TURN, TURNAROUND, UH, TENANT, UH, PEOPLE GET EVICTED USUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND THEY DON'T TAKE THOSE OLD COUCHES MATTRESSES, UH, THEY LEAVE THAT ON THE SIDEWALK.

AND IMAGINE BALL PICKUP IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND THAT WOULD BE STAYING ON THE SIDEWALK FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH.

THAT, THAT'S BE ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES.

UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO REGULAR GARBAGE PER WEEK AND ONE RECYCLE.

WE ARE DEALING WITH A HIGH CONTAMINATION RATE.

PEOPLE USING THE RECYCLE BIN AS REGULAR GARBAGE.

WHENEVER THEIR GARBAGE IS FULL, THEY USE THE RECYCLE AND WE PAYING EXTRA BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION.

SO IF WE HAVE ONE COLLECTION, AND I DON'T WANNA SEE WHAT RECYCLE IS GONNA BE LIKE BECAUSE THE RECYCLE BIN IS LITERALLY GONNA BE AN EXTRA REGULAR GARBAGE.

SO THOSE ARE THE PROS AND CONS.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME SAVING IN ONE HAND, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES AS WELL.

I HOPE THAT YES IT DOES.

MAYOR HARRISON, THANK YOU.

I WELL EXPLAINED RON.

I REALLY BROKE IT DOWN AND PUT EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY IT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW WE DO THINGS WITH RECYCLING.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ANY COMMENTS? NOTHING MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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I, SORRY, I JUST WANT HARRISON.

THANK YOU MA MADAM.

A CM THROUGH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, CAN WE PUT A STICKER ON THIS MICROPHONE SO WE MAKE SURE WE HOLD ONTO THIS? DARREN CLOSE .

I HAVE ALREADY SENT A TEXT.

YEAH, THIS MICROPHONE ACTUALLY WORKS.

YES, I CONCUR MADAM MAYOR.

SO, AS MS. HAYNES WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FROM THE RATES STUDY, UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT FOR THE 2027? I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED AT IN A SERIOUS MANNER.

FOR THE DISCUSSION, UM, I AM SEEKING GUIDANCE ON WHAT RATE WE SHOULD USE TO PREPARE THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET FOR 2027.

2027.

CORRECT, MADAM? AS OF NOW, MS. HAYES, NOTHING COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS OF NOW.

THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING THE SOLID WASTE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

THE SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT, I BELIEVE HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED SINCE 2018.

WOW.

MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR, I, I WOULD, I WOULD RA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, IF WE COULD GET IT AT THE 70% I THAT, THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION.

THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN JUMP FROM $272 TO $573.

IT, IT'S, I NEED TO ADD TO THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMPLAINING AS IT IS.

AND, AND SO TO HAVE THIS, HOW COULD IT BE, HOW COULD THAT SUBSIDIZE THEM, YOU KNOW, MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS.

THAT'S HIGH.

SO MS. SHARON, AYE, THE 70% RATE AT THE 70% RATE OF FOUR OH MY EYES KIND OF THANK YOU AT 4 0 1, THEN THE GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE SUBSIDIZING.

YEAH, THE GENERAL FUND WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT 919.

919 WAS $154.

MONEY.

MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THE GENERAL FUND ALSO.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM ACM.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AS MS. HAYNES SAID, THIS HASN'T BEEN ADJUSTED SINCE 2018.

AND REALLY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

THAT IS THE REASON THE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT HAD AN INCREASE IN SUCH A LONG TIME.

IF IT WAS BEING DONE PERIODICALLY AS IT SHOULD, THEN IT WOULD'VE CAUGHT UP TO ITSELF.

UM, JUST AS WE'LL SEE THE, UM, WITH FIRE WHERE THE, UM, INCREASE IS VERY MINIMAL BECAUSE WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADJUST IT TIMELY.

AND ALSO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WITH THE PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION, IF THIS IS NOT INCREASED AND WE'VE BEEN CARRYING IT AND WE STILL DO, WE ARE ALREADY IN A DEFICIT, IF THIS PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION PASSES, WE WILL BE EVEN IN A MORE DEFICIT.

AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RESIDENTS WILL GET SOMEWHAT OF A BREAK BECAUSE OF NO LONGER PAYING SOME PROPERTY TAXES WHILE THE CITY WILL STILL BE COVER SUBSIDIZING THIS FEE.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL OVER THE YEARS BY NOT INCREASING AND TRYING NOT TO INCREASE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

MADAM MAYOR, UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER BEFORE, MAYBE WE TAKE MS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE OUR BUDGET? PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING? UM, I BELIEVE PER CITY CODE.

IT IS DUE TO YOU BY AUGUST 1ST.

I'M TRYING TO GET IT TO YOU BY THE, UM, REQUIRED DEADLINE.

WHAT I WAS THINKING OF, OF MAYBE WHEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING AND THE PUBLIC, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN COME AND LET

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THEM KNOW.

IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO HEAR FROM YOU THAN THE COMMISSIONERS.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING IT.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

AND WE WILL DO THAT WHEN YOU FORMALLY ADOPT A RATE, UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER UNDER, UM, THE GUIDELINES.

WE HAVE TO BRING A FORMAL RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RATE IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THE BUDGET, I DIDN'T WANT USE ONE NUMBER AND THEN IT'S NOT WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS.

SO WHEN WE COME BACK WITH, UM, THE RESOLUTION BASED UPON THE RATE THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST TODAY, THEN WE WOULD PRESENT THAT INFORMATION AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, NOT A MAYOR.

ANY, ANYTHING CAN BE AMENDED.

RIGHT? I I WOULD GO WITH ANYWAY.

YOU LOOK AT IT, MONEY IS STILL GONNA COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO PAY $515, 4 58, I KNOW IT'S EDUCATION.

THEY'RE GONNA BE SWAMPED WITH EDUCATION COMING UP IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX.

UM, ALL THE ASSESSMENT FEES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASSESSED BEFORE.

NOW THEY MAY ASK WHY NOW? BECAUSE THEN IT CAUSES A DEFICIT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR BUDGET.

I I WOULD PROPOSE THE 70% JUST AS A STARTER.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT MORE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL BUDGET.

YOU NEVER KNOW SOMETHING ELSE.

ME, THE NINE SOMETHING MS. SHARON THAT YOU STATED THAT WOULD BE COMING.

THE GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE A SOLID WASTE FUND TO ABOUT THAT AMOUNT.

AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE ESTIMATES.

IF WE ARE ABLE TO CONTROL COSTS, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET A HANDLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR RECYCLING 'CAUSE THAT COST KEEPS GOING UP WITH THE CONTAMINATION, THEN IT'S POSSIBLY NOT GONNA BE AS MUCH.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, MAY I SAY SOMETHING TO THAT? IF WE TAKE THE PLEDGE, THERE IS A PLEDGE OUT THERE, IT'S A SERIOUS THING.

TAKE THE PLEDGE, UM, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER.

I HAVE, UM, THERE ARE SOME BROCHURES AND I'M DROPPING THEM BY MY, BY MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WHEN I WALK IN THE MORNING, I AM SEEING THAT THEY'RE USING THAT RECYCLE BIN AS AN ADDITIONAL BIN.

TAKES ALL OF US.

BUT I THIS IS, THIS IS A HARD THING RIGHT NOW.

YES, IT'S FROM 2 72 TO $401.

THAT'S $139, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT, 50% MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT OVER 50%.

I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HURT AND PINCH THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THE RESIDENTS ON THAT.

SO AT THE 70%, SO I WOULD SAY WE START WITH 70% MM-HMM .

JUST SO THAT YOU CAN START YOUR BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

REGARDING THE NON AVALOR ASSESSMENT FOR THE FIRE RATE.

THANK YOU MS. SHARON.

ITEM NUMBER J, DISCUSSION

[J. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NON AD-VALOREM ASSESSMENT FOR THE FIRE RATE]

MS. HAYNES, MADAM MAYOR .

AND LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND, UM, INSTITUTIONAL, THOSE RATES ARE PER 100 SQUARE FEET.

I FORGOT TO TYPE THAT AT THE END.

THOUGHT IT WAS SO

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CHEAP.

OKAY, SO THAT'S THE $11 AND CHANGE.

11.

$11 AND 12 CENTS INCREASE COMMERCIAL.

ARE WE IN CONSENSUS WITH US? YES.

INCREASES? I THINK SO.

MS. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

COMMISSIONER COWELL? THAT'S GOOD? YES.

EXCELLENT.

YES FOR ME.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER AXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MS. SHARON.

REGARDING A REQUEST FROM BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS FOR THE USE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

ITEM NUMBER K, DISCUSSION

[K. DISCUSSION REGARDING A REQUEST FROM BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZELLE ROGERS FOR USE OF THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR A DAY EVENT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)]

CHAMBERS FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR A DAY.

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

UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HAZEL ROGERS, AND ME, UM, AT, I'M ALSO SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE WHERE WE HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR FOR THE DAY DEALING WITH YOUTH.

AND ALL THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR IS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE DAY SO THE YOUTH CAN ROLE PLAY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS A PART OF AN ELECTED BODY.

AND, UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE THIS TO BE TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 29TH FROM 3:00 PM TO 8:00 PM.

UM, AND, UM, THERE'S NO LIFT ON OUR END.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE WOULD, UH, LIKE TO DO HERE IN THE COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PREVIOUSLY, THE DALE LAKES KIWANIS CLUB SPONSORED MAYOR COMMISSION FOR A DATE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT POSSIBLY WHY THEY ARE NOT? I THINK IT'S BEEN AT LEAST TWO YEARS THAT THEY HAVE NOT SPONSORED.

SO SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, AND AROUND THAT.

BUT THE, THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DECIDED TO TAKE THIS UP SOLELY AND, AND PIONEER THE PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YES, MA'AM.

ARE WE EXPECTING, ARE WE EXPECTING YOUTH FROM AROUND THE COUNTY FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS? SCHOOL IS OUT.

SO WHO ARE WE EXPECTING DURING THE TIME? YEAH, NO, WE, WE ARE EXPECTING, UH, STUDENTS FROM LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDERHILL, AND SUNRISE.

I WAS ON A ZOOM CALL LAST WEEK, UM, A PART OF THE PLANNING CALL WHERE THE YOUTH WERE ON THE CALL AS WELL.

UM, THEY'RE DOING A MOCK DATE AND THE SUNRISE, UH, CITY CHAMBERS, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO, UM, UH, UH, A SUBSEQUENT MOCK DATE HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.

MY, MY QUESTION WHY SO LATE? TIGHT, MADAM MAYOR.

OH, TIGHT COMMISSIONER.

SORRY.

OH NO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE STILL, I'M STILL YOU'RE STILL ON THE FLOOR.

MADAM, MAAM, ON THE FLOOR.

GO AHEAD.

I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE, UM, JUNE 29TH EVENT FROM THREE UNTIL 8:00 PM 8:00 PM WOULD THE COMMISSION, WOULD THEY NEED IT OR AS FAR AS MICROPHONES ARE CONCERNED, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEED FOR THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER YOUTH? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS.

I CAN IMAGINE THEY'LL NEED IT.

SO IF YOU'RE ALLUDING TO STAFF YES, TO SOME EXTENT.

UM, DETAILS WAS WORKED IN COORDINATION WITH OUR STAFF AND, AND SOMEHOW, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS ITEM IS BROUGHT UP, SO THE DISCUSSION, SO WE CAN STILL SUPPORT IT.

UM, BUT I CAN IMAGINE THEY'LL NEED IT AND AT LEAST THE LIGHTS TO BE ON, OH MY GOD.

UM, THE LIGHTS BEEN ON, UH, NO PROBLEM.

WE HAVE, UH, STAFF HERE WHO HERE INTO NINE WHO BEEN TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.

AND WHEN THE EVENT IS OVER, WOULD THERE BE, AND USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU HAVE REFRESHMENTS.

MM-HMM.

WOULD THERE BE ANY TYPE OF FOOD OR REFRESHMENTS OR ANYTHING? I I DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS.

WE'RE NOT A TECHNIC, I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO BRING FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS INTO THE, NOT INTO HERE, BUT INTO THE CHAMBERS.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETIMES THEY SET UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL THERE OF COURSE.

OR IN THE ROOM.

I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I COULDN'T IMAGINE THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY TYPE OF REFRESHMENTS.

BUT, UM, I I DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS.

MA COMMISSIONER SWELL.

NOW IT'S, IT LEAVES AT FIVE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO YOU CAN, THIS IS, THIS IS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WHY SO LATE? I STILL WANTED TO ASK THE REASON BECAUSE IT'S, AND MAYOR COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY, I WOULD'VE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD'VE HAD IT IN APRIL.

THAT WAS THE TIME THE GENERATOR HAVE IT.

BUT WHY HAVE IT AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK WHEN MR. KURT AND HIS TEAM COMMISSIONER HARRISON, CHECK OUT THOSE THINGS FOR US? SURE.

RESPONSE, CAN IT BE MOVED TO A DURING THE DAY WHEN ALL STAFF IS HERE AND IT IS HERE, CAN IT BE MOVED DURING WORKING HOURS? I HAVE HEARD FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONER ROGERS PERSONALLY THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE IT WORK.

BEFORE YOU RESPOND AND INCORPORATE INTO YOUR

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I'M SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVE.

WELL YOU, AND THAT INCLUDES WORKING WITH THE STAFF IN THE CITY.

AT ONE POINT THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE AS A COMMISSION BRINGING UP FOR DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, THIS IS THE INITIATIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

I, I SUPPORT YOUTH LEARNING ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF LOGISTICS TO MAKE IT WORTH, I'M SURE THE COUNTY AND STAFF ARE WILLING TO COME TO A COMMON GROUND.

THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE TIME CHANGE, UM, PRIOR, IT WAS DONE IN THE DAYTIME WHERE WE COULD ALL ATTEND AND, AND HEAR.

UM, I DO RECALL WHEN THE STUDENT COUNCIL, STUDENT COUNCIL WAS UP AND YOUTH COUNCIL.

YOUTH COUNCIL, UM, DID IT.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND BE A PART OF THAT.

AND, AND SO I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S A CONSIDERATION FOR THE TIME CHANGE MM-HMM .

SO THAT ALL THIS ACCOMMODATION THAT'S NEEDED.

AND SO 29TH IS LIKE NEXT WEEK.

MONDAY WEEK.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD COME BACK WITH SOME INFORMATION FOR TOMORROW.

MR. MAX WILLIAMS. ANY COMMENTS? WAIT A MINUTE.

I'M SORRY.

MY, IT TAKES A WHILE TO PRESS THAT LITTLE BUTTON.

NO, I'M, I'M ALL FOR IT.

UM, UM, SO WE SAID WE, WE COULDN'T, WE WE COULD MOVE THE TIME UP.

UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WE COULD EITHER MAKE IT UNTIL STARTED EARLIER AND ENDED AT FIVE.

YOU THINK WE COULD DO THAT? I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AND I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

AND WILL THAT REQUIRE OVERTIME? WELL, I'M SORRY.

WE WOULDN'T NEED SECURITY, DO WE? WELL, WE WILL HAVE, IF IT'S, IF IT, IF IT'S BETWEEN, IT WILL BE BETWEEN THE OPERATING HOURS BETWEEN, THAT'S WHY I SUGGEST UNTIL FIVE THEN WE SHOULD BE OKAY.

BUT IF WE DO IT LATER AND GO TO EIGHT O'CLOCK, THEN YOU MAY WANNA THINK ABOUT, WE MAY HAVE TO GET SECURITY AT THE DOOR.

SO THAT'S WHY I SUGGEST MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ENDED AT FIVE, WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS PERSONALITY HERE AND THEN WE WOULD WON'T REALLY RISK IN HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT OVERTIME.

WE, WE ARE LEANING TOWARDS COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UM, BETWEEN OPERATING HOURS OF THE CITY, UH, FROM NINE TO 4, 4 30, UH, COMPLETION BY FIVE WHEN THE CITY CLOSES.

SO IF YOU COULD BRING SOME INFORMATION BACK TOMORROW.

WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT IT'S A WORTHWHILE EVENT.

MADAM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WERE ASKING.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE TIME I DID INQUIRE AND DWIGHT SAID THEY WOULD BE AMENABLE TO CHANGING THE TIME SO THAT IT CAN OCCUR DURING BUSINESS HOURS BECAUSE I DID EXPRESS TO HIM THAT IT WOULD TAKE HAVING STAFF STAYING AFTER HOURS AND CLOSING UP BECAUSE MICS ARE NEEDED.

SO IT WOULD BE NEEDED AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEM WORK OVERTIME, WHICH THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING.

UM, ALSO, UM, THEY ARE GONNA BE SERVING REFRESHMENTS.

SO IT DOES REQUIRE SETUP IN THE GIRAFFE ROOM AS WELL.

AND THE ORDER OF EVENTS WILL BE THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BE HERE AT ABOUT 3:00 PM UM, THEY WOULD DO SOME TYPE OF DRESS REHEARSAL PRIOR TO THE EVENT, WHICH WOULD START AT 6:00 PM THEY WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF DINNER OR REFRESHMENTS WERE SET UP.

SO OF COURSE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A FULL SETUP WITH TABLES, TABLECLOTHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH THE CITY WILL HAVE TO TURN IN TO HAVE LAUNDERED.

SO THERE ARE GONNA BE EXPENSIVE EXPENSES.

I JUST WANT THE COMMISSION TO KNOW.

UM, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO, UM, THE CITY'S PROBABLY GONNA EXPENSE SOME FUNDS ON THIS EVENT.

MINIMAL, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT INCLUDE STAFF.

IF THE, IF THE FEEDING EVENT IS GOING TO BEGIN THE DAYTIME, IT'S GOING TO BE BEFORE THEY START THE PROGRAM.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

SO NOT AT EIGHT.

SO THE PROGRAM STARTS AT 6:00 PM BEING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE AT THREE, THEY'RE GONNA DO A DRESS REHEARSAL AND PRIOR TO THE START OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS SIX, PRIOR TO THAT THEY WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF REFRESHMENTS IN THE GIRAFFE ROOM IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF SETUP IN THE GIRAFFE ROOM.

SO WHAT STAFF THINKS.

SO WHAT STAFF WILL BE, WILL ACCOMMODATE THE FROM SIX UNTIL,

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NOW IF IT CHANGES, THERE WILL BE NONE.

THAT WAS THE CURRENT PROGRAM, BUT OF COURSE BEING THAT THEY ARE, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

MY APOLOGY.

SO NO, SHE ANSWERED BY THAT MA.

SO WE CAN COORDINATE WITH DWIGHT IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND IF THE COMMISSION IS IN AGREEMENT WITH MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, ASK THEM TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

WE'RE ALL IN FOR MOVING TOWARDS, UM, CITY OPERATIONAL TIMES.

PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ITEM NUMBER, A FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. AT THE LAST UM, MEETING, SHE DID INQUIRE ABOUT CHARGES FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TO USE THE ECC.

YES SIR.

PASS THIS OVER TO THAT.

THANK YOU MASON.

YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

AND NOW WE ARE ON OUR

[A. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

UM, WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE FEE SCHEDULE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE REGARDING PARTNERS LIKE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

WE KNOW THAT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE DOES UTILIZE THE GIRAFFE ROOM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO DRIVER'S LICENSE AND OTHER, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR PURVIEW.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME LANGUAGE THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THAT AGREEMENT AND POLICY AND PROCEDURE TO ALLOW FOR THOSE TYPE OF USES.

UM, I KNOW THAT INFORMATION WAS SENT TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND FOR FEEDBACK, BUT I BELIEVE ANOTHER VERSION IS GOING TO BE SENT WITH THIS INFORMATION BEING INCORPORATED.

MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET AND YOU WILL.

UM, THAT IS A, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THAT N NEED TO LEAVE B FORMER COMMISSIONER LEVOY WILLIAMS. BASICALLY THE SAME, UM, ISSUE CONCERN THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED.

NEXT WE HAVE ANITA GRARD ISSUES RELATIVE TO GARBAGE ON KEPT PROPERTIES AND LOUD NOISES.

IN HER ORIAL ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY WHO CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON.

PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, SO WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO MS. ANITA AND HER, UM, NEIGHBOR OUT IN THE FOYER.

AND WE ALSO, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WENT OUT AND REVIEWED THE AREA.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY DERELICT VEHICLES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY CHECKED AGAIN AS OF TODAY, DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE GOING ON AT THAT TIME.

UM, SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SHE HAD, SHE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO RON AS WELL AS THE CAPTAIN.

AND, UM, THOSE ARE CONCERNS HAVE ALREADY ALSO BEEN ADDRESSED.

GOOD.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, BUT CAN I HEAR THE, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY MR. RON AND CAPTAIN PHILLIPS? MM-HMM .

PLEASE.

UH, PORTICO ESTABLISHMENT, UH, ONE OF THE COMMENT WAS RELATED TO A DAMAGE WALL.

UH, A 32ND TERRACE, NO, 32ND AVENUE.

IT'S, UH, DEAD END, UH, ROAD.

SO THERE'S A DAMAGED WALL AT THE DEAD END.

HER HOUSE IS ABOUT LIKE THE THIRD HOUSE BEFORE THE DEAD END.

UH, APPARENTLY YOUR CAR JUST RAN TO THE WALL A FEW TIME AGO, BUT THAT WALL ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE SUMMER LAKE, UH, CONDOMINIUM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AUCKLAND PARK, THE CITY OF CLAND PARK.

THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF A GATED COMMUNITY, UH, ON 44TH STREET AND 31ST AVENUE THAT'LL BE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION.

THAT COMMUNITY BUILD, UH, IS WITHIN THE CITY OF, UH, OAKLAND PARK.

HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE HOA BOARD TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE WALL IS DAMAGED.

I EVEN, UM, PROPOSED TO MEET WITH THEM ON SITE SO WE CAN DISCUSS HOW THEY'RE GONNA FIX THE WALL.

BUT THE WALL BELONGS TO THE, UH, SUMMER LAKE, UH, HOA.

AND, UM, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

ALSO, THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH TRASH.

AND BASED ON MY LAST TWO VISIT, I'LL TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT, UH, STREET IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENT WAS ACTUALLY TRASH ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, NOT THE WHITE OF WAY, WHICH SHE ACKNOWLEDGED AS WELL.

A PARTY HOUSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

DR. PHILLIPS PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED, UM, MADAM MAYOR, I HAD MY UNITS TO GO THROUGH AND CHECK ON THAT AREA THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT WHEN SHE CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE.

AND IT WAS PRIMARILY ABOUT SOMEONE HAVING

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UM, I HAD MY DEPUTIES CHECK IT OUT.

IT WAS UNFOUNDED AT THE TIME.

HOWEVER, WE'RE CON WE'RE DOING CONTINUING SURVEILLANCE AND FOLLOW UP JUST TO MAKE SURE.

UM, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, ONGOING PARTIES OR ANYTHING.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU MS. TANER.

NEXT TANJA, UM, FOR ROSE RICHARDSON ISSUES RELATIVE TO CARS BEING PARKED ON FRONT YARDS AND A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE BACK OF ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES IN HER OLA ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT WAS ANOTHER CONCERN.

YES, THAT WAS, UM, THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERN AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE IN THAT SAME AREA.

SO WE DID NOT, UH, IDENTIFY ANY DERELICT VEHICLES PARKED ON THE SWELLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.

AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY A PROPERTY THAT HAD A HOUSE BUILT IN THE BACK, BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO, UM, CONTACT THE NEIGHBOR SO THAT SHE CAN POINT OUT TO US WHAT PROPERTY SHE WAS REFERRING TO WITH THE HOUSE IN THE BACK.

MAY I MISS YOU? THAT CONCLUDES THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOODNIGHT.