* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD AFTERNOON, [1. CALL TO ORDER] EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP THIS AFTERNOON. OUR MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE, VICE MAYOR THOMAS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SWELL PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD. PRESENT. CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. PRESENT. MME. MAYO, WE HAVE A QUORUM FOR WORKSHOP PURPOSES. FOR WORKSHOP PURPOSES. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE A COURT. OKAY. MAD MAYOR FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS PRESENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION [3.A. REVIEW OF THE JULY 28, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ] ITEM THREE, A REVIEW OF THE JULY 8TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AGENDA, MADAM, A CM, AND MADAM A CM. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR THE COMMISSION'S SOLICIT THAT WE BRING ITEM 10 I AS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION FOR THE COMMISSION AGENDA WHEN WE GET THERE. COLLEAGUES. ITEM 10 I IS RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 9 6 AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF DALE LAKES. I'M ASKING THAT, UM, IT'S MOVED UP TO THE BEGINNING. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YES, THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE'LL DIVERT OUR ATTENTION TO THE PINK SHEETS, WHICH IS THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE A, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND THEN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS. NEXT ITEM NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS. FIVE A JULY 13TH, 2026, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, AND B JULY 14TH, 2026. CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. THERE ARE NO PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING. SEVEN. A ORDINANCE 20 26, 4 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES APPROVING A CITY INITIATED TAX AMENDMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS. THIS ITEM WAS HEARD ON FIRST READING AND IT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. WE DO HAVE TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. TANJA. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COMMISSION. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, WHO'S ONLINE THE COMMISSION. CITY ATTORNEY. CITY CLERK. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT, IS A CI CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT FOR A, UM, TO CHANGE OUR CURRENT TEXT TO ALLOW FOR UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH WOULD BRING OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS INTO CONSISTENT WITH OUR NEWLY APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 2050. NO DISCUSSION. NOT NOTHING FOR ME, BECAUSE I THINK WE DID, SHE DID DISCUSS IT THE LAST TIME. MR. ATTORNEY ? UH, YES. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TOMORROW'S PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. I UNDERSTAND IT FULLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO, NO COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING. ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, A RESOLUTION 20 26 0 8 0 0 9 6. REMOVE 10 I UP. OKAY. SO YOU'D LIKE, YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ITEM NOW. YES. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. MADAM MAYOR, ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A RESOLUTION 20 26 0 8 8 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL REPORT. [00:05:01] 10 I THAT IS RESOLUTION 20 26 0 9 6. AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. AND I BELIEVE TARA WILLIAMS, HR DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK FOR YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. TAR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EAAS, TARA WILLIAMS, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. AS WE COME TO THE END OF OUR, UM, CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT, ALL THE CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES PROVIDED A DESIRE SALARY RANGE. AS PART OF THEIR RECRUITMENT PROCESS. MR. EVANS INDICATED A DESIRE BASED SALARY OF 2 35 TO TWO 50. HR HAS PROVIDED, UM, THE MARKET SALARY AND TRI-COUNTY, UH, COMPARISON FOR CITY MANAGER SALARIES, UM, FOR YOUR REVIEW. THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO ASSIST THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION DURING TODAY'S DISCUSSION, UM, OF THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, AND TO SERVE AS A VIABLE RESOURCE. UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION, HR RESPECTFULLY DEFERS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. YES. UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AND TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. UM, THIS COMMISSION TASKED ME WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEGOTIATING THE AGREEMENT WITH, UM, MR. EVANS. UH, SO WE WANT TO START WITH THE IDEA THAT FIRST, MR. EVANS, UM, LIKE ALL, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT PERSONS, UH, WOULD BE ENTITLED TO A BASE SALARY. UH, HIS PROPOSED BASE SALARY, UH, WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 35 AND $250,000. THAT INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THIS COMMISSION, I BELIEVE, THROUGH THE CONSULTANTS, THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. SO WE STARTED THE CONCEPT OF, UH, NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UM, THAT ANNUAL BASE SALARY IN MIND. UM, LIKE ALL OTHER, UM, MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, UH, THE CITY MANAGER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE, UM, A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY THROUGH ITS RETIREMENT PLAN UNDER 4 57 B. THAT IS A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. HE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY, UM, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. IN ADDITION TO THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION, HE WOULD ALSO BE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S 4 0 1 A, WHICH IS A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN. SO BOTH OF THESE PLANS ARE AVAILABLE TO CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, AND THE CITY DOES, UM, CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE TWO FUNDS. UM, NOW WE ACTUALLY NEGOTIATED A SALARY, UH, AT $240,000, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT WHEN WITHIN THE AREA WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE. UM, MR. EVANS, UH, THEN, UH, BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION OF, I'D LIKE THE OPTION OF TAKING THE AMOUNTS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PUTTING INTO MY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. I'D LIKE THE OPTION OF HAVING THAT BE ALLOCATED TO ME, NOT ON, ON A TAX DIVERT BASIS, BUT I'D LIKE THE ONE TIME SALARY PASS, PUT THAT ON TOP OF THE SALARY. AND THEN, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, AS CONSIDERATION FOR THAT, I'D BE WILLING TO VOLUNTARILY, UH, WAIVE ANY OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO HIS, TO THAT 4 57 PLAN. SO WE REVIEWED, UM, MANAGEMENT PLANS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UH, AND I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THIS TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, IT DOES HAPPEN. UH, THIS CITY, UH, DOES NOT, UM, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SY SYSTEM. SO IT, THE CITY HAS ITS OWN RETIREMENT PLANS, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO PLANS THAT I'VE DESCRIBED. SO IT WASN'T, UM, ATYPICAL FOR THE KIND OF, UH, REQUEST THAT WE GOT FROM MR. EVANS RELATIVE TO, UH, HAVING THAT AMOUNT APPLIED AS A ADD-ON TO HIS SALARY. UH, THE AMOUNT IN QUESTION AGAIN, UH, WE STARTED OFF AT 18% OF THE ANNUAL BASE SALARY, BUT WE ACTUALLY AGREED ON, UH, 15% OF [00:10:01] HIS BASE SALARY, UH, WHICH WOULD BE $36,000. UM, SO IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, UM, YOU CAN SEE UNDER, I WANNA GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO, THIS HAD TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, MEETING, UH, IRS GUIDELINES AND OTHER, UH, RULES THAT ARE AT PLAY. UH, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST, WHEREAS CLAUSE, IT SAYS, IN LIEU OF THE CITY MANAGER MAKING, UH, IN LIEU OF THE CITY, MAKING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO A DIVERT COMPENSATION PLAN ON THE MANAGER'S BEHALF, TO PROVIDE THAT CONSIDERATION IN THE AGREEMENT AS A COMPONENT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S PERSPECTIVE, ANNUAL BASED SALARY FOR SERVICES NOT YET RENDERED. UH, THAT STATEMENT IS SAYING HE HAS ELECTED TO RECEIVE THAT DEFERRED COMPENSATION AMOUNT ADDED ONTO HIS SALARY. AND IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE CONTRACTUALLY PROPER, IT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE HE BEGINS. SO YOU SEE THE WORDS IN HERE, IT'S HIS PROSPECTIVE ANNUAL BASE SALARY FOR SERVICES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN RENDERED. SO THAT IS, UH, A, A LEGAL PIECE THAT DOES MATTER, UH, RELATIVE TO PROTECTING THE CITY'S INTEREST. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, WE, UH, ARE AT THE POINT WHERE THE SALARY IS $276,000, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY, UH, IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY THAT SAME $36,000 OR EVEN HIGHER IF IT WERE 18%, WHICH IS TYPICAL AS WELL. THE CITY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY THOSE AMOUNTS INTO HIS DEFERRED COMPENSATION. UH, AND SO THAT PIECE IS, UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE, IT'S IN, UM, SECTION SEVEN OF THE AGREEMENT. UH, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED AGAIN TO LOOK AT THE, UM, TRANSITION PROVISION, UH, THAT, UM, MR. EVANS IS ASKING TO REMOTE TO WORK REMOTELY FROM AUGUST ONE THROUGH AUGUST 30TH, UH, AND BE COMPENSATED FOR THOSE HOURS. I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. EVANS THAT HE IS ASSISTING HEAVILY WITH TRANSITIONING HIS FAMILY INTO A NEW HOME, UH, AND THAT HE IS ALSO GOING TO BE RELOCATING TO, UH, FORT LAUDERDALE DURING, UH, THE MONTH OF AUGUST. AND SO, UH, THAT, UM, CONVERSATION, UH, WAS A SUBJECT THAT WE DID VISIT. UH, AND HE DID SAY THAT, UH, HE WOULD BE HERE ON PREMISES, UH, AT LEAST THREE DAYS A WEEK. UH, AND THAT, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH HIS WIFE AND HIS SCHEDULES WERE MEETING EACH OTHER, IT PROBABLY WOULD WIND UP THAT HE'D BE HERE ON AVERAGE MORE THAN THREE DAYS A WEEK. SO HIS POINT WAS, I'M GOING TO BE THERE. AND IN FACT, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE AGREEMENT, UH, EXECUTED, I WILL BE, UH, ON PREMISES ON WEDNESDAY AT TWO O'CLOCK. SO HIS POINT WAS, IT'S, I'M SAYING REMOTE, BUT I AM COMMITTING TO THE CITY THAT I WILL BE ON PREMISES AT LEAST THREE DAYS OF THE WEEK, AND IT WILL LIKELY BE MORE THAN THREE DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UH, AFTER AUGUST 31ST, UM, HE'LL BE HERE, UH, LIKE EVERY OTHER EMPLOYEE WOULD BE. SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE, THE TRANSITION AND AGAIN, THE COMMISSION AS THE, UH, ABILITY TO, TO TALK ITS WAY THROUGH, THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION. UH, CAN WE GO UP SOME MORE? KURT, PLEASE. UH, SECTION THREE, AGAIN, OUTLINES THE DUTIES AND THE AUTHORITY. THESE ARE THE SAME DUTIES THAT ARE IN EVERY CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER, INCLUDING THE ONE FOR YOUR, UH, A CM, YOUR CURRENT A CM, AS WELL AS THE FORMER CITY MANAGER. UH, THESE ARE KURT. CAN WE MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE? IN SECTION FOUR, WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROVISION. UH, AND THIS ESSENTIALLY IS MEANING TO SAY THAT, UM, ANY INITIAL CHECK-IN WILL BE EVALUATION WILL BE TAKEN, UH, BY THIS COMMISSION AND THE MANAGER, UH, AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS. AND THAT IS, AGAIN, THE COMMISSIONER WILL COME TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND DISCUSS HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND GET A REPORT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. UH, AND THEN THAT EVALUATION WILL THEN, UH, BE, UH, DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AT THAT POINT. AND OBVIOUSLY, HIS SALARY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON, UH, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THAT EVALUATION [00:15:01] LOOKS LIKE. AND YOU SEE, I HIGHLIGHTED THE AREA WHERE THE COMMISSION SHALL EVALUATE, REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANAGER IN A PUBLIC MEETING, SUBJECT TO PROCESS, FORM, CRITERIA AND FORMAT THAT'LL BE MUTUALLY AGREED WITH THE MANAGER AND THE COMMISSION. UH, THE COMMISSION WILL PROVIDE THE MANAGER WITH A WRITTEN SUMMARY STATING THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION AND PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MANAGER TO, UH, DISCUSS THE EVALUATION WITH THE COMMISSION. THIS PROCESS, AGAIN, IT'S BUILT INTO THIS AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT MOST, UM, UH, AGENCIES DO WITH THEIR EXECUTIVES THAT THEY DO HAVE A, A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE, UH, PROGRESS AND THE EVALUATION OF, UH, THE, UH, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR, FOR THE CITY. KURT, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE? UNDER SECTION FIVE? OKAY, SECTION FIVE. THE SECTION FIVE, UH, AGAIN, IS THE ANNUAL BASE SALARY, AND THAT AGAIN, IS THE COMBINATION OF THE $36,000 PLUS THE $240,000 THAT, UH, WILL BE PAYABLE AND, UH, EQUAL, UH, INSTALLMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AS ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE PAID. AND THEN, KURT, IF YOU COULD MOVE SECTION SEVEN TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE UNDER RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS. UM, AGAIN, LIKE ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES, MR. EVANS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE 4 0 1 A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN. UM, THAT, AGAIN, WILL BE THE CITY CONTRIBUTING 13% OF THE MANAGER'S GROSS SALARY, UH, ON A PER PERIOD BASIS. NOW, UNDER PARAGRAPH B, THAT IS THE VOLUNTARY WAIVER AND OPT OUT OF THE 4 57. UH, THE MANAGER EXECUTES A VOLUNTARY ABSOLUTE AND IRREVOCABLE ELECTION TO OPT OUT OF AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL EMPLOYER FUNDED CONTRIBUTIONS, MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS OR DISCRETIONARY DEPOSITS, UH, INTO THE IRS, INTO THE CITY'S IRC SECTION 4 57 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. THAT, IN EFFECT, IS SAYING AGAIN, THAT HE IS ABSOLUTELY WAIVING, UH, HIS RIGHT FOR THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION INTO THAT PARTICULAR PLAN. THAT WAIVER IS ABSOLUTE AND IT'S IRREVOCABLE. THAT MEANS HE CANNOT COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, I, I CHANGED MY MIND, I'D RATHER BE IN THE DEFERRED IN THE 4 57 PLAN. SO, UH, ONCE YOU MAKE THAT, UH, SELECTION, YOU, YOU, IT, IT'S IRREVOCABLE. KURT, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE? UH, AND AGAIN, UNDER, UH, SEC PARAGRAPH CA, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, LANGUAGE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE, UH, AGAIN, THE ADEQUACY OF THIS DOCUMENT FROM AUDIT AND, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THE MANAGER SHALL NOT RECEIVE, HAS NO RIGHT TO REQUEST ANY CASH PAYMENT, INCREASE BASE SALARY OR BONUS OR ALTERNATIVE FORM OF TAXABLE OR NON-TAXABLE COMPENSATION IN LIEU OF THE WAVE 4 57 B CONTRIBUTIONS. UM, AND AGAIN, UM, IF YOU'RE GETTING A DEFERRED COMPENSATION, THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT BEING TAXED ON THOSE AMOUNTS BECAUSE HE'S SELECTED THE OPTION OF HAVING THAT AMOUNT PLACED INTO HIS SALARY THAT IS A TAXABLE, UH, EVENT. AND THOSE INCOMES, UH, HE'LL, HE'LL BE SUBJECT TO, UH, IMMEDIATE, UH, TAX CONSEQUENCES ON THAT. BUT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT. AND, UM, HIS COUNSEL AND I HAVE WORKED THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT. SO THESE PROVISIONS, MR. EVANS IS, UH, ENTIRELY, UM, CONSISTENT WITH, AND, UM, UNDER E UH, IS ANOTHER PROVISION THAT IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS WHERE THE PARTIES, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT THE, UH, THIS POSITION IS NOT UNDER THE CITY'S, UH, UM, A, UH, THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM. SO, UH, THAT'S SAYING THAT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, THE CITY OR THIS, UH, INDIVIDUAL RELATING TO THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM. NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. THE AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE YOU SEE IS $650 PER MONTH. THAT'S, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE, UM, EXECUTIVE SALARIES AND, AND THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR OTHER CITY MANAGERS, [00:20:01] UH, INCLUDING THOSE HERE AT THE CITY. UH, THE, UH, SALARY OR TELEPHONE IS ONE THAT, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE RECENTLY. UH, THE MANAGER WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH A CITY-OWNED PHONE FOR HIS USE DURING, UH, HIS EMPLOYMENT NOW RELATIVE TO DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION. THE CITY, AGAIN, LIKE, UH, OTHER EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, UH, THE CITY DOES AGREE TO PAY THE MANAGER'S PROFESSIONAL DUES FOR MEMBERSHIPS IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. UNDER SECTION 12, RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, AGAIN, THE CITY AGREES TO BUDGET AND PAY REASONABLE AND CUSTOMARY TRAVEL AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANAGER'S ATTENDANCE AT, UM, VARIOUS CONFERENCES THAT ARE AGAIN, ASSOCIATED WITH HIS DUTIES AS THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO SECTION 13, UM, RELATIVE TO OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT. UH, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE CITY DOES AGREE, UH, TO ALLOW, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO JUST BE REAL CLEAR THAT, UH, THE PRIMARY DUTIES OF, UH, THE CITY MANAGER IS HIS WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. SO THAT, UH, PARAGRAPH A, UH, MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR THAT THAT'S HIS FIRST, HIS ONLY REAL FULL-TIME POSITION IS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, AND THEN UNDER B UH, CITY MANAGER, LIKE ALL OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN THIS CONTRACT, WE'RE PROVIDING THAT AGAIN, THAT HE, UH, AGAIN, AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND, UM, MATTERS THAT, UM, COULD REQUIRE, UH, INVESTIGATIONS OR REFLECT ON THE CITY. SO, UH, THAT PARAGRAPH, AGAIN, IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, ALL OF THESE AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING PRIOR MA UH, AGREEMENTS WITH THE OTHER, UH, MANAGERS. UH, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE? THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AGAIN AROUND, UH, ACTIVITIES. UH, MR. EVANS, UH, WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT HE, UH, AGAIN, IS A PROFESSIONAL. HE'S INVOLVED IN CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. UH, THERE'S SOME ACADEMIC THINGS THAT HE LIKES, UH, AND, AND HAS AN INTEREST IN, UH, AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT HE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN. UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, HE WILL, UH, AGAIN, HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE ON BOARDS OR COMMITTEES OR, UH, UH, ACCREDITATION TEAMS SERVE ON BOARDS THAT ARE REGIONAL OR LOCAL OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT OR CHARITABLE AND DELIVER PRESENTATIONS. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE IS THAT THE CITY, UH, COMMISSION, UH, IS GIVEN WRITTEN NOTICE OF HIS PARTICIPATION IN ANY OF THESE TYPES OF MATTERS, WHICH I WOULD GENERALLY DESCRIBE AS NOT FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES. UM, THE, UM, PERMISSION, UH, OF THE CITY WOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED IF THERE'S ANY OUTSIDE ACTIVITY THAT, UH, WOULD, UM, PROVIDE SOME FORM OF FINANCIAL COMPENSATION OR AN HONORARIUM THAT WOULD IN FACT, REQUIRE APPROVAL BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THIS COMMISSION IF HE WERE TO, UH, ENGAGE IN THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. SO, UH, THAT WOULD COME, UH, WITH NOTICE AND THEN WITH THE COMMISSION HAVING TO, UH, VOTE ON THAT. AND THEN UNDER SECTION F, THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL, UH, IF IT DETERMINES THAT ANY ACTIVITY INTERFERES WITH THE MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE OR DEMANDS EXCESSIVE TIMES OR CREATES AN UNFAVORABLE, UH, PUBLIC PERCEPTION. AND SO, IN ESSENCE, HE IS FREE TO, AGAIN, WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS PARAGRAPH IS, WE BELIEVE MEETS BOTH THE CITY'S NEEDS AS WELL AS HIM, UH, WITH HIM OUT IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY AND DOING THESE THINGS. IT DOES ENHANCE THE REPUTATION OF THE CITY. SO WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME MUTUAL BENEFIT FROM HIM BEING, UH, IN THE POSITION OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, AND THEN UNDER SECTION 14, UM, THIS AGREEMENT, UM, BY ALL MEANS, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING IN DISAGREE THAT, UH, WOULD OTHERWISE, UH, LIMIT OR PREVENT, UH, THE CITY COMMISSION FROM EITHER REMOVING OR DISCHARGING THE CITY MANAGER BY RESOLUTION AT ANY TIME, UH, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE. UH, PROVIDED UNDER, UH, THE CITY'S CHARTER AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PARTICULARLY SECTION, UH, TWO DASH, UH, UH, TWO 14, UH, OF THE CODE, UM, KURT, CAN YOU GO UP? [00:25:02] ALL RIGHT. UH, SECTION 15 AGAIN JUST, UH, CONFIRMS WHAT THE, UH, ACTS ARE THAT WOULD SUBJECT THE MANAGER TO, UH, REMOVAL OR DISCHARGE. THESE ARE BASIC ITEMS THAT ARE IN EVERY CONTRACT. NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. AND UNDER SECTION 16 IS A PROVISION, UH, AGAIN, THAT IS FOUND IN MOST OF YOUR CITY MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS HERE. UH, IT IS ESSENTIALLY A PROVISION THAT THE PARTIES AGREE THAT, UH, UH, THE MANAGER WILL WORK, UH, AND DEVOTE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, THAT TIME COULD BE, UH, COULD, COULD DIFFER, UH, BASED ON ANY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, THAT THE PARTIES CAN MUTUALLY AGREE ON. BUT IN ESSENCE, UM, THE, THE CONTRACT IS CONTEMPLATING, UH, AND THE COMMITMENT FROM THE MANAGER, UH, WOULD BE TO DEVOTE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS TO THE CITY OF, OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. KURT, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE? ALRIGHT. UM, AND MADAM, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, THIS DOCUMENT, DO YOU, YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, BUT THIS DOCUMENT, AGAIN, IS LEGALLY BINDING. IT IS ENFORCEABLE. UH, IT DOES PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS. UH, BUT IT ALSO PROMOTES, UH, A AGREEMENT WITH THE, UM, UH, MANAGER THAT AGAIN, WE BELIEVE IS, UM, RELATIVE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST, UH, WEEK AND A HALF. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT. YES, I HAVE ONE. MR. CONSWELL, MADAM MAYOR, BACK TO MS. ATTORNEY. MM-HMM. ABOUT MR. EVANS WORKING REMOTELY. I WAS HOPING THAT SINCE THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ARE OFF, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME THAT THE NEW CITY MANAGER WOULD GET A CHANCE TO KNOW THE EXECUTIVE STAFF. AND IT MAY BE LOOK AROUND, MAKE HIS OBSERVATION, SEE WHAT IS WORKING FOR WHAT IS NOT WORKING. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA, BUT THE FIRST MONTH HE'S GOING TO BE HERE. HE'S NOT GOING TO BE HERE PHYSICALLY FOR ME, IT DOES NOT GO WELL FOR ME. YOU ARE NEW. I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CAN BE OBSTRUCTIONIST. THEY ARE NOT HERE TO OBSTRUCT FOR A MONTH. NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT MY OWN SELF. THAT WOULD BE THE TIME I WOULD HOPE THAT HE WOULD USE TO GET TO KNOW THE EXECUTIVE STAFF. AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT HE'S ONE OF THOSE THAT LIKE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS A TIME I WOULD HOPE THAT HE WOULD'VE USED SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER, HE'S READY TO START. SO FOR ME AS A COMMISSIONER, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THAT SIDE. AND I THINK WHEN HE WAS HERE, HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO MOVE, SO MAYBE HE HAS CHANGED HIS MIND. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS HE HAD SAID. OKAY. UH, SO MAYBE HE CHANGED HIS MIND, BUT FOR ME, I, I WOULD MIND HIM RECONSIDERING. ALRIGHT, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, COMMISSIONER CASWELL'S, UM, COMMENT. LET ME BE CLEAR IF I HAVEN'T BEEN MM-HMM . UM, I DID SPEAK WITH MR. EVANS ON THIS SUBJECT. MM-HMM . UM, HE ASSURED ME THAT HIS COMMITMENT, AT LEAST PARTICULARLY DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, IS FOR AT LEAST HE'LL BE ON PREMISES THREE DAYS A WEEK. MM-HMM . HE ALSO SAID, MR. CALLAWAY, UH, I'VE GOT MY FAMILY, I'VE GOT YOUNG KIDS, I'VE GOTTA GET THEM INTO SCHOOL. I'M DOING SOME THINGS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. MM-HMM . UH, I'M ALSO RELOCATING TO FORT LAUDERDALE, SO I DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO GET DONE, BUT I CAN ASSURE [00:30:01] YOU I WILL BE ON PREMISES. AND IN FACT, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS AGREEMENT DONE, THEY'LL SEE, THE CITY WILL SEE MY FACE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 PM SHARP THIS WEDNESDAY HERE, THIS WEDNESDAY AT 2:00 PM SHARP. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HIS REQUEST FOR REMOTE MM-HMM . MEANT THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE AT ALL. IN FACT, MY COMMENTS AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, HE WILL DEFINITELY BE HERE AT LEAST THREE DAYS OF THE WEEK. UH, AND HIS OTHER COMMENT WAS, AGAIN, IF MY WIFE AND I, DEPENDING ON HOW WE CAN COORDINATE OUR SCHEDULE, I WILL LIKELY BE HERE MORE THAN THREE DAYS A WEEK ON AVERAGE IF WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE FOUR WEEKS. SO, UM, DO UNDERSTAND MR. CALLOWAY THAT I'M GONNA BE THERE. SO, MR. ATTORNEY, MR. CALLO, IT, HE IS, HE'S SAYING HE'S COMMITTED TO AT LEAST THREE DAYS A WEEK? YES, HE SAID THAT TO ME. TO YOU? YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS WHAT MR. EVANS CONVEYED TO YOU MM-HMM . THAT HE WILL BE HERE AT THE CITY PHYSICALLY AT LEAST THREE DAYS? YES, I CAN GO WITH THAT, YES. BUT WORKING REMOTELY FOR FIVE DAYS, NO, IT WOULDN'T GO WELL FOR ME, BUT I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF SINCE I ONLY HAVE ONE VOTE, ONE VOICE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. MR. EVANS. ACCORDING TO HIM, THREE DAYS PER WEEK WILL BEGIN THIS WEDNESDAY TO TODAY, AFTER TOMORROW, IF THE CONTRACT IS, IS APPROVED FROM THE DAY THAT HE SIGNS THE CONTRACT AND WHEN THE PARTY SIGNED THE CONTRACT, HE SAID I WILL BE THERE ON WEDNESDAY. UH, AND THEN FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, I WILL BE THERE AT LEAST THREE DAYS OF THE WEEK, LIKELY MORE, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON MY WIFE AND I, AND OUR ABILITY TO COORDINATE. 'CAUSE SHE'S DOING SOME THINGS. AND I'M GONNA BE RELOCATING AS WELL TO FORT LAUDERDALE. SO THE INFERENCE WAS IN AUGUST, BUT DEFINITELY HE WILL BE HERE AT LEAST ON THIS WEDNESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY, YES. OKAY. WEDNESDAY, MADAM MAYOR, JUST A MOMENT. UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, PLEASE? YES, SURE. UHHUH. , UH, WEDNESDAY. YOU'RE HOPING THAT THE CONTRACT, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THAT TOMORROW BECAUSE HE HASN'T SIGNED US YET. UM, HE HASN'T SIGNED THE CONTRACT AS YET. 'CAUSE WE NEED A RESOLUTION. FIRST MATTER MAYOR TO COMMISSIONER CASWELL'S QUESTION I, I THINK ABOUT THE CONTRACT. MM-HMM. UM, THE MANAGER WOULD SIGN THIS CONTRACT MM-HMM. CONTRACT TONIGHT IF THE COMMISSION WERE IN THE POSITION TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT. SO HE ASSURED ME THAT WHEN THE COMMISSION APPROVES THE CONTRACT, HE WILL EXECUTE IT AND THE PARTIES WILL THEN BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. OKAY. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I ALSO WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUE WAS LOOKING INTO NOT BEING PRESENT. I KNOW THE CLARIFICATION IN SECTION TWO, UH, FOR THE TRANSITION. IT SAYS, UP UPON EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CITY MANAGER MAY PERFORM HIS DUTIES REMOTELY. IT SAYS MAY REMOTELY THROUGH AUGUST 30TH, AND SHALL BE COMPENSATED ONLY FOR ACTUAL HOURS WORKED DURING THAT PERIOD. UM, COULD YOU BRING MORE CLARIFICATION TO THAT? THE CITY MANAGER'S FIRST ONSITE REPORTING DATE SHALL BE AUGUST 31ST, 2026. MR. ATTORNEY CALLWAY, I THINK I MISSED, THIS IS ADDRESSED TO MR. CALLAWAY, THAT'S IN THE TRANS SECTION TWO TRANSITION. YES. RIGHT. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR, I'M SORRY, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GET YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. IS, IS, ARE YOU SUGGESTING OR INQUIRING ON WHEN HIS REPORTING DATE WILL BEGIN? THAT'S CORRECT, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING ON, IT SAYS, UPON EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, RIGHT, THE SENATE MANAGER MAY PERFORM HIS DUTIES REMOTELY THROUGH AUGUST 30TH. SO YOU EXPRESSED TO US THAT HE SAID TO YOU PERSONALLY, [00:35:01] IT WILL BE, UM, AT LEAST THREE DAYS PER WEEK. I, I AM NOT SEEING IT HERE, SO I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUE MM-HMM . AND IT SAYS, AND SHALL BE COMPENSATED ONLY FOR ACTUAL HOURS WORK DURING THAT PERIOD. THE CITY MANAGER'S FIRST ONSITE REPORTING DATE SHALL BE AUGUST 31ST, 2026. YES. LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, UM, IT, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SINCE WE ARE NOT IN OFFICE, WOULD BE THE TIME FOR HIM TO COLLABORATE, GET TO KNOW, UM, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THOSE THAT ARE THERE, I KNOW WHAT WAS EXPRESSED TO YOU, BUT AS IT IS HERE, AND AGREEMENT IS AN AGREEMENT, AND WHAT I AM SEEING IT SAYS MAY PERFORM HIS DUTIES REMOTELY THROUGH AUGUST 30TH. SO THAT'S FROM THE FIRST, OR WHENEVER IT'S SIGNED TO AUGUST 30TH, AND IT SAYS THE CITY MANAGER'S FIRST ONSIDE ONSITE REPORTING DATE SHALL BE AUGUST 31ST. SO THAT'S WHEN FULL DUTY SHALL TAKE PLACE, WHETHER IT'S FIVE DAYS A WEEK OR MORE. THAT'S WHY. OKAY. I AM LOOKING AT THAT TRANSITION, UM, STATEMENT. YES. AND MAD MAYOR, UM, TO THE VICE MAYOR'S, UH, QUESTION, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS DISCUSSION, THIS PARAGRAPH, I WILL REVISE TO INCLUDE, UM, THAT MR. EVANS AS THE CITY MANAGER ON THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN HE WILL MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE, BE ON PREMISES AT LEAST THREE DAYS DURING THE COURSE OF ANY WEEK BETWEEN, UH, THE TIME OF THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT AND AUGUST 30TH. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOUS MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, I ALSO AGREE WITH THAT I AM, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSITION THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE FOR HIS FAMILY. SO I UNDERSTAND THERE MAYBE SOMETIMES, BUT, UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SECTION BE A LITTLE, UM, MORE CLEAR AND SPECIFYING THAT WE'RE AGREEING THAT AT MINIMUM THREE DAYS OUT OF THE WORK WEEK. AND ALSO, UH, THAT SHOULD ALSO CLEAR UP WHERE IT SAYS, ONLY COMPENSATED FOR ACTUAL HOURS WORKED. WE KNOW AT MINIMUM HE'S GONNA WORK THREE FULL, UM, DAYS DURING THE WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. I ALSO THINK THE CLARIFICATION, MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE, UH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT THAT IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING, IT DOESN'T EXIST. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YEAH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, I DO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT HAVING IT IN WRITING AND ABOUT THE THREE DAYS. UM, BUT JUST, WE JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, THAT IT IS A TEMPORARY TRANSITION BEFORE HIM HERE. I GUESS AS YOU STATED ATTORNEY, HE'S DOING THE RE UM, TRANSFERRING WITH HIS FAMILY. I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT A LACK OF COMMITMENT ON HIS PART. UM, WE HIRE HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO SIMPLY SIT FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN A CHAIR IN OUR CITY. I DON'T THINK IT WILL STOP HIM FROM DOING HIS JOB AND DOING IT SUFFICIENTLY. SO, I MEAN, BUT I DO AGREE THAT IF THAT'S, IF HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO THE THREE DAYS, THEN LET'S PUT IT IN WRITE END. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MME. MASON. YOU'RE SO WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. R. NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TIME CERTAIN [5.A. PRESENTATION REGARDING CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PREPARATION (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN) ] AT 5:30 PM PLEASE. AND THAT'S ON THE ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP, ITEMS FIVE, A PRESENTATION REGARDING CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. AND MR. MSU NASIR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. NASIR. SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON. ANOTHER MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE. OUR MPA STAFF IS GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, UH, ON THIS TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN SCOPE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO KNOW AND YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, DEFINITELY YOU CAN ASK THEM. UH, [00:40:01] THIS IS A REQUIRED PRESENTATION AS WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR THE RESOLUTION AS WE HAVE TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH THEM IF WE AGREE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. UM, MY NAME IS KAREN FRIEDMAN. I AM A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, INVITING ME TO PRESENT AT YOUR WORKSHOP THIS EVENING. UH, MY AGENDA, I'M GONNA KEEP THIS TO LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. UM, SO FIRST I'M GONNA EXPLAIN, ESPECIALLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BROWARD, MPO, WHO WE ARE. UM, THEN I'LL JUST GO INTO SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PROGRAM. I'LL SHARE AN EXAMPLE THAT, UH, WE RECENTLY COMPLETED FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL. AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS. SO, THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WE ARE A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. WE'RE NOT PART OF BROWARD COUNTY. WE'RE OUR OWN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED, UH, TO UNDERTAKE THE LONG RANGE AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR BROWARD COUNTY. UM, OUR BOARD IS MADE UP OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER TACY SWELL FROM THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. IN ADDITION TO OUR LONG RANGE, UH, PLANNING EFFORTS, WE ALSO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH, UH, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM PLAN AND PRIORITIZE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AND ONE OF OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IS OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PROGRAM. UM, WE WORK WITH TWO CITIES OVER ABOUT A TWO YEAR PERIOD WHEN WE DO OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLANS. I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT'S INVOLVED. UM, BUT WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH THEM TO HELP, UM, CITY STAFF IDENTIFY COMMUNITY DRIVEN MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR UP TO SIX ROADWAYS IN THE COMMUNITY BASED ON BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFETY, SPEED MANAGEMENT, AND COMPLETE STREETS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FOULING ALONG WITH THE PRESENTATION, I I WANNA POINT OUT THE GRAPHIC IN THE CENTER OF THIS SLIDE. AND SO WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THAT IF A PEDESTRIAN IS HIT BY A CAR THAT'S TRAVELING AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, THERE'S AN 85% LIKELIHOOD THAT PEDESTRIAN WOULD SURVIVE. BUT THE, IF THE DRIVER JUST GOES 10 MILES PER HOUR FASTER, THE LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVAL, UM, DROPS DOWN, UH, TO 45%, OR EXCUSE ME, 55%. AND THEN IF THE DRIVER IS GOING 40 MILES PER HOUR AND STRIKES A PEDESTRIAN, THERE'S ONLY A 55% LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVAL. SO WE HAVE A BIG EMPHASIS ON, UH, ADDRESSING SPEEDS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THE ROADWAYS AND FOR COMPLETE STREETS. I'M TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE'S FACILITIES FOR, UM, ALL ROADWAY USERS, WHETHER THEY'RE PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, TRANSIT RIDERS, DRIVERS, WHAT HAVE YOU. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE BULLET POINTS HERE, BUT THIS TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE OFFER TO THE CITIES. NOT ONLY WILL THEY BENEFIT FROM THE EXPERTISE OF MPO STAFF, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONSULTANTS WHO WILL BE, UM, ASSISTING ON THIS EFFORT. THE BROWARD MPO PROVIDES 90% OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS, AND WE ONLY ASK FOR A 10% MATCH FROM THE CITIES. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND WE IDENTIFIED LAUDERDALE LAKES WOULD BE AN IDEN IDEAL CANDIDATE, UM, FOR WORKING WITH US THROUGH THIS EFFORT. IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS, AND AS OF NOW, WE'VE COMPLETED FOUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLANS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO TWO CITIES AT A TIME, AND THE SECOND CITY WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW IS COOPER CITY. HERE IS WHAT THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE FOR THE LAUDERDALE LAKES TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE ASSUMED A KICKOFF IN NOVEMBER OF 2026, SO A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW WITH THE PLAN WRAPPING UP IN FEBRUARY OF 2028. UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PLAN HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE THREE TIMES THAT WE WOULD, UH, MEET WITH THE CITY OR PRESENT TO THE CITY COMMISSION. WE'RE SHOWING THOSE WITH BIG ARROWS, UM, RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS COMING BACK IN JUNE OF 27. AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT, UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, POTENTIAL DATES FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS, UH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BROWARD COUNTY, BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S ALL SHOWN HERE ON THIS SCHEDULE. BUT I THOUGHT WHAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IS IF I JUST WENT THROUGH AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN WOULD DELIVER FOR THIS CITY. IT IS A PLANNING EFFORT. SO IN THE END, WHAT YOU WOULD GET IS A PLAN, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THAT PLAN. SO THE EXAMPLE I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS FROM THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL. SO [00:45:01] WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN REPORT ITSELF, WE DOCUMENT THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, HOW ALL DECISIONS WERE MADE. UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SAY SIX ROADWAYS. SO YOU COULD SEE A MAP OF THE SIX ROADWAYS THAT WE, UM, INCLUDED FOR LAUDER HILL. UM, THE EXAMPLE I'M GONNA SHOW IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED FOR NORTHWEST 56TH AVENUE, WHICH IS JUST A BIT FURTHER WEST FROM HERE. SO AS WE PRESENT A ROADWAY, WE GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROADWAY. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR GOALS FOR THE ROADWAY, A COMPILATION OF THEIR EXISTING CONDITIONS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE PROVIDE, UM, OBSERVATIONS BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS WE GO OUT INTO THE FIELD AND WE OBSERVE YOUR ROADWAYS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. SO WE DOCUMENT THOSE. WE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF FIVE YEARS OF INJURY CRASHES, INCLUDING ANY TRENDS ON THAT ROADWAY OR PARTICULAR STATISTICS THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY. WE THEN, UH, DEVELOP THE ACTUAL SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING A RECOMMENDATIONS MAP AND A DETAILED SCOPES OF WORK. AND THIS BECOMES REALLY CRITICAL. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING FROM EXTERNAL PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S US FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OR EVEN FROM THE FEDERAL PARTNERS, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF COMPONENTS THEY'RE GONNA ASK. SO THEY'RE GONNA ASK YOU FOR A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK. WE ALSO INCLUDE VISUAL GRAPHICS TO HELP, UM, A VARIETY OF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS BETTER VISUALIZE AND UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROPOSING. SO YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF DIFFERENT GRAPHICS. AND FINALLY, THE PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES, AGAIN, ANOTHER CRITICAL REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR, UM, EXTERNAL FUNDING OR IF YOU'VE DECIDED TO SELF-FUND ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. SO FOR THE NEXT STEPS WE HAVE PROVIDED TO CITY STAFF, UH, A COPY OF THE SCOPE OF WORK WE WOULD NEED THAT EXECUTED. UM, ALSO THE 10% COST SHARE PAYMENT, WHICH IS ONLY $17,500, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU IS QUITE A BARGAIN FOR THE, UH, LEVEL OF WORK THAT THE, UH, CITY WOULD RECEIVE. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WOULD SCHEDULE THE FIRST STAFF WORKING GROUP MEETING FOR NOVEMBER OF 2026, AND I THINK THAT WAS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. SO, UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR, UM, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PROGRAM, THIS IS THE, UH, WEBSITE FOR THAT. BUT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I HAVE NONE. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. FREEMAN, FOR COMING IN AND PRESENTING THIS TO US. I, I DO BELIEVE, AND YOU HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED WHAT SIX ROADWAYS THAT WOULD BE USED. HAVE YOU DONE THAT AS YET? NO, WE HAVEN'T. SO, UM, I'M GONNA ANSWER THAT IN TWO THINGS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY STAFF WOULD BE THE ONES MAKING ALL OF THE DECISIONS. OKAY? I'M UNABLE TO PULL BACK UP THE, THE PRESENTATION, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, UM, THAT DECISION WOULD BE MADE BY STAFF ABOUT HALFWAY DURING, UH, THE PLANNING EFFORT. SO WE UNDERTAKE A WHOLE HOST OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE COME TO YOUR CITY STAFF AND WE DO PRESENT THEM A SUGGESTED LIST OF SIX, BUT THEY COULD CERTAINLY SAY ACTUALLY FOR POLITICAL REASONS OR FOR OTHER REASONS, WE WOULD RATHER LOOK AT SOME OTHER ROADWAYS. UM, SO WE COME TO THEM WITH, UM, SOME STRATEGIC GUIDANCE, BUT CERTAINLY IT IS UP TO CITY STAFF. THANK YOU THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. UM, I, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REAL GOOD IDEA, BE ONLY BECAUSE IT, THE SCOPE AND EVERYTHING, THE GRAPHICS CAN BE USED FOR FURTHER FUNDING SOURCES, UM, GRANTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP US WITH, UM, OUR STREETSCAPE AND ALL OF THAT, PROVIDING SAFETY. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR, UM, COMPREHEND ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS SAFETY. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CORRIDOR, UH, AREA OF 4 41 IN OAKLAND. SO I, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A, A VERY GOOD IDEA THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO THE CITY, FINDING THAT FUND IN 10%, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY. UH, WE CANNOT HOLD THAT BECAUSE THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE THAT GO THROUGH LAUDERDALE LAKES AS WELL. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, MS. FREEMAN, AFTER THIS, AT THE SIX MONTH [00:50:01] POINT WHERE STAFF WILL IDENTIFY THE SIX ROADWAYS THAT THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FROM THERE? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE COULD BRING BACK THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. IF IT'S POSSIBLE, OTHERWISE I WILL DESCRIBE IT. SO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHEDULE IS FOCUSED ON ASSESSING EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND WE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY JUST HARD DATA, SO IT'S NOT JUST INFORMATION SUCH AS ROADWAY VOLUME AND, AND ALL THAT TYPE, WHAT WE CALL HARD DATA. BUT WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALSO INCLUDING SOFT DATA, SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPALS, FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FEEDBACK FROM YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO LET'S SAY WE GET TO THAT HALFWAY MARK, IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT. THE STAFF SELECTS THE SIX ROADWAYS AFTER THAT, UM, WE WORK, SORRY, WE IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE ROADS, DEPENDING ON THOSE ROADS THAT MAY REQUIRE SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR BROWARD COUNTY. UM, BUT THOSE ARE THEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY STAFF WORKING GROUP. WE ASSUME THERE WOULD BE TWO MEETINGS WHERE WE WOULD VET THOSE WITH THEM. UH, THERE COULD ALSO BE MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF INPUT, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS AT THAT LEVEL FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, IN SOME CASES I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION AT A COMMISSION WORKSHOP. IN SOME CASES WE WOULD HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING. SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE LOOKING ON YOUR SCREEN AT THE SCHEDULE. SO WHERE IT SAYS PLAN STUDY AREA, DO I HAVE A THING? YES. PLAN STUDY AREA UP TO SIX ROADWAYS? YES. YES. SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT IS SHOWN FOR MAY 20, 27TH. AND THEN AFTER THAT IT SHIFTS, SHIFTS DOWN, EXCUSE ME, TO POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, THE CONSULTANT AS WELL AS OURSELVES WILL DEVELOP A LIST OF POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND SOME SOLUTIONS. SOME COMMUNITIES ARE REALLY OPEN TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. I ALWAYS MENTION THE ROUNDABOUT, SOME COMMUNITIES WHEN WE COME FORWARD AND WE SAY, ONE OF THE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IS A ROUNDABOUT, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR OR WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, SO WE TAKE THAT TIME, UH, TO VET OUT THOSE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THEN GO BACK TO THE STAFF WORKING GROUP. FINALLY, I, IN NOVEMBER OF 2027 FOR THE FINAL GO, NO GO ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, APPROVAL, THEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE ACTUAL PLANNING DOCUMENT WITH THE COST ESTIMATES AND THE SCOPES OF WORK, I THINK FOR 10%, 17,000 PLUS INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY. THAT IS, IT'S WORTH IT. WE ARE, ARE IN OUR MASTER PLAN WORKING ON OUR, OUR CORRIDOR, ON OUR TOWN CENTER ON 4 41 AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE IN SAFE STREETS AREA. WE PROVIDE FOR VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS, MOTORBIKES, BICYCLES. AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WORKING OUR TOWN CENTER. SO THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD. I SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. FRIEDMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE SO WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. NOW WE WILL REVERT BACK TO OUR PING SHEETS AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, I'M SORRY, NUMBER NINE A UNDER CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION 2026 DASH EIGHT ZERO APPROVING THE CONTINUED USE OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING CONTRACT COOPERATIVE GROUPS CONTRACT WITH TD BANK FROM THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH FOR THE CITY'S PURCHASING CARD PCARD PROGRAM FOR THE SECOND RENEWAL TERM, AUGUST 23RD, 2026 THROUGH AUGUST 22ND, 2031. AND MS. CHERYL CUSPA, ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. PIPA. GOOD, A GOOD EVENING. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. UH, THIS RESOLUTION IS REQUESTING THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT CURRENTLY WITH TD BANK, UM, FOR RP CARD SERVICES. THE COOPERATIVE GROUP CONTRACT EXPIRES IN AUGUST AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING TO SIGN THE NEW CONTRACT INTO EFFECT. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT. UM, LOOKING THROUGH THE CONTRACT, NOTHING MAJOR HAS CHANGED. THERE ARE A FEW [00:55:01] BENEFITS THAT COULD, UM, BENEFIT THE CITY. ONE OF THOSE IS THE ABILITY TO GET REBATES AFTER SPENDING AN ANNUAL, UH, PURCHASE OF $300,000 RATHER THAN $500,000. UH, THIS MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COOPERATIVE GROUP'S REBATE SCHEDULE. UM, A SECOND BENEFIT IS THAT, UM, THE REBATES START GETTING HIGHER ONCE WE HIT 10 MILLION COLLECTIVELY AMONGST THE ENTIRE GROUP. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE REACH THE $10 MILLION THRESHOLD, WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET UP TO 1.6% BACK. AND THERE ARE ALSO, UH, NEW CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINING THIS UNIT. WE DO NOT KNOW THEM YET AS TO WHO THEY ARE, BUT, UM, THAT WILL ONLY BENEFIT US AS WELL BECAUSE IT'LL BE MORE CITIES CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPENDING THRESHOLD. AND THAT'S IT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. MADAM MAYOR, NO QUESTIONS. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. CUSPA. JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY, UM, IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. IS THAT HOW THEY MAKE IT? IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE YEARS THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? UH, YES, THAT IS THE STANDARD CONTRACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NOTHING MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. A CM THANK YOU MS. CUS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE B RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 81, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO SEVEN, WHERE THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL DONATION FROM WESTWAY TOWING INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 DIRECTING THAT THE FUNDS BE RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR A CITY SPONSORED EVENT. AND MR. ZAM IS NOT HERE, BUT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED PRIOR WHERE WESTWAY TOWING DOES PROVIDE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY IN THE FORM OF A DONATION. IT WAS BEING USED FOR CITY COMMISSION INITIATIVES IN THE PAST, BUT THE OWNER OF WESTWAY DID ADVISE THAT HE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE USED FOR ONLY CITY SPONSORED EVENTS, AND THAT IF THERE ARE ANY CITY COMMISSION INITIATIVES THAT ARE UPCOMING, HE PREFERS THAT CITY STAFF CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY FOR DONATION TO THOSE TYPES OF INITIATIVES. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS? SOUNDS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. QUESTION. MAD VICE MAYOR. NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE C, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 8 2 REGARDING CANCELING THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS STANDARD EACH YEAR WHERE WE TAKE SUMMER REPRIEVE, THE COMMISSIONERS DO NOT MEET SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE FOR OUR UPCOMING BUDGET. ELISE, NO, NO QUESTIONS. LOOKING FORWARD. MADAM VICE MAYOR. YEAH, NO QUESTIONS. I I I THOUGHT I HEARD, UM, AUGUST INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. NO, I'M JUST JOKING. NICE. I'M SURE SHARON WOULD LOVE THAT ADDITIONAL TIME SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE FOR OUR BUDGET, BUT THIS DOESN'T REALLY HELP STAFF COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WELL, THAT'LL TAKE US THROUGH LABOR DAY, BUT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YEAH, I I THOUGHT WE WERE OFF SEPTE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, BUT I GUESS MY MISTAKE, SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM MAC SIM. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE D, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 8 3 REGARDING APPRO AND AMENDMENT TO THE KIMLEY HORN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SERVICES AGREEMENT. TASK ORDER AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION 20 25 14. IF YOU'D LIKE AN EXPLANATION, MS. TANJA MCCOY IS PRESENT. THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. TANJA PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES, THIS IS A, UM, ADJUSTMENT WITHIN THE TASK ORDER FOR KIMBERLY HORN. IN ORDER TO FINALIZE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUIREMENTS WITH DUE TO HB 180, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN, AND THIS WILL TAKE US THROUGH 2027, MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND BRINGING OUR PLAN BACK SO THAT WE CAN ADD THE LANGUAGE THAT WE, UH, WANTED TO ADD ON THE PLAN THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE [01:00:01] DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A HURRICANE, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS IN 2027. , NO QUESTIONS. NO, MADAM VICE MAYOR, NO QUESTIONS. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. A CM YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER NINE E RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 8 4 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR CONTRACT NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 82. TEMPORARY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR SERVICES FOR ADMINISTERING BUSINESS GRANTS PROGRAMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES EXTENDING SERVICES THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH, 2026, WHICH BRINGS THE VALUE OF THE CONTRACT TO $14,500 FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. WE DO HAVE MS. VIEKO BUCHANAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. ZA. YES, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES, THE VIRTUAL AUDIENCE AND THOSE PRESENCE. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS VKA GANNAN AND I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. THE ITEM SEEKS TO AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR CONTRACT TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION OF BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAMS AND ONGOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. DEMAND FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO RISE, ESPECIALLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SUPPORT COMPANIES ARE SEEKING RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN OPERATIONS, BOOST SUSTAINABILITY AND STAY COMPETITIVE. INTEREST REMAINS HIGH IN MARKETING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR TARGETED PROGRAMS THAT BUILD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND DIGITAL CAPACITY AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT. SO IN RESPONSE, WE ARE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH THE BUSINESS GROWTH INITIATIVE AND PITCH COMPETITION, WHICH IS A FREE EDUCATIONAL SIX WEEK HYBRID SERIES, OFFERING WORKSHOPS, ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING AND PITCH COMPETITION WITH FINANCIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOT OF DAY LAKES SPORT PARTICIPANTS. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH BROWARD SCORE TO FACILITATE THESE COURSES, MENTORSHIP SESSIONS, AND TRAINING FOR THE PITCH COMPETITION. ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL PROBABLY ALSO REVIEW IN THE FINAL DRAFT FOR THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 2027 TO 2032, WHICH INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND MILESTONES THAT REQUIRE CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THESE FACTS FURTHER REINFORCE THE NEED FOR DEDICATED STAFF AND SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WILL HAVE FOR ME TODAY. NO QUESTIONS. JUST MADAM MAYOR? YES. COMMISSIONER COWELL. MS. , JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE CITY, YOU SAID IT'S ONLY FOR THREE MONTHS? IT'S, YEAH, WE SUPPOSED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND GO, UM, WE SUPPOSED TO, YEAH, SIX WEEKS, SEPTEMBER, ALL THE WAY TO OCTOBER. AND THE GRADUATION IS IN NOVEMBER. IT SAYS OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. OH, YOU'VE BEEN, I'M SORRY, MY APOLOGIES. BY THE MAYOR? YES. THE, YES, THE, UM, THE CONTRACT FOR THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR. MM-HMM . YES. IT'S FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER. OKAY. SO THAT PERSON IS GOING TO ASSIST YOU? YES, DIRECTLY. OKAY, GOOD. YES, I'M HAPPY FOR THAT. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. NO QUESTIONS, BUT I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS BECAUSE AS WE SEE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE OUR ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THE CITY, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I, I WANNA JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY. SO THIS IS A, THIS IS FOR, UH, 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE PAPERS WITH ME, SO I APOLOGIZE. UM, THIS IS FOR THE A SIX WEEK, YOU, YOU ASKING US TO APPROVE THE SIX WEEKS PROGRAM, RIGHT? THE PROGRAM HASN'T STARTED YET. MADAM MAYOR, MY APOLOGIES. NO, THIS ITEM RELATES TO THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR THAT, TO ASSIST ME WITH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. OKAY, UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. JUST UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I SAW, I SAW AN AD, UM, ON FACEBOOK THAT YOU GUYS WERE ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM. SO I JUST WANNA REMEMBER WE DID APPROVE THE PROGRAM ALREADY, MADAM. YEAH, IT'S PART OF THE PLAN THAT I HAVE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR. YES, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ALTA. THANK, THANK YOU. MME. MAY STAND. MADAM MAYOR, IF I [01:05:01] COULD JUST COMMENT AND JUST TO PROVIDE CLARITY AS WELL. THIS INDIVIDUAL IS ALREADY, OF COURSE, WORKING AS A CONTRACTOR AND THIS IS JUST EXTENDING THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW FOR THE THREE MONTHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MS. . YOUR HONOR, ITEM NUMBER NINE F RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 85 ACCEPT IN THAT CERTAIN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE PROGRAM CONTRACT JZ 0 26 DASH 25 DASH 2027, BUY IN BETWEEN THE IDE COUNCIL ON AGENT OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC. IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDERDALE LAKES, ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER, PROVIDING FOR IN FACILITY RESPITE SERVICES, IN-HOME RESPITE CARE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SPECIALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER FOR THE TERM COMMENCE IN JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $392,689. AND WE DO HAVE MS. ERICA LOCKETT, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ONLINE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING. CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD. ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS OUR CONTRACT WITH AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING FOR, UM, IN-HOME RESPITE CARE AND IN FACILITY RESPITE CARE, CASE MANAGEMENT AND SPECIALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. UM, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO WORKSHOPPING. AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, PROJECT DOLLARS, BUT WE HAVE SINCE GOTTEN PROJECT DOLLARS AND THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, INCREASING OUR IN-HOME RESPITE CARE DOLLARS. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY DID INCREASE 'EM FROM $15 TO $20. SO I AM HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO WHEN THE NURSES GO OUT FOR IN-HOME RESPITE, WE WOULD, THE, PROBABLY THE MOST WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY, IT'S $10, BUT WE DO USE CNAS. SO IT'S A, IT'S A WASH. WE PAY THE CNAS $20 THROUGH NURSING AGENCY AND THEY WILL REIMBURSE US TO $20. OKAY. SO I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE CONTRACT STARTS JULY 1ST IS CUSTOMARY FOR THEM TO SEND US THE CONTRACT LATE AND THEY WILL RETRO BACK TO ANY FUNDS SPENT AS OF JULY 1ST. MADAM MR. ? IT'S FOR MS. ERICA. MS. ERICA? YES, MA'AM. HOW MANY PATIENTS YOU HAVE IN-HOME RESPITE? NO, IN-HOME RESPITE, WE HAVE 11 IN FACILITY RESPITE. WE HAVE 21. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. NO QUESTIONS. MADAM VICE MAYOR? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? UH, NOTHING. MADAM MA. THANK YOU MS. ERICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN THE FUND. WELL, $5 INCREASE IN THE FUNDS PROVIDED FOR US, AND THAT WILL HELP US TO PROVIDE, UM, MANY MORE SERVICES THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MS. ERICA, FOR OUR IN-HOUSE ALZHEIMER'S PROGRAM, WHAT IS OUR CAPABILITY? I, I'M, I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? YES. FOR OUR IN-HOUSE, HOW MANY CAN OUR ALZHEIMER'S PROGRAM, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM? 48. 48. AND YES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 30, 21 21. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD. YOU'RE WELCOME TO THAT. APPRECIATE IT. MADAM ACM. ITEM NUMBER NINE G RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 86 TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR STAFFING, YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES AND CITY SPECIAL EVENTS. WE DO HAVE VINCENT MULLEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU STAFF THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. VINCENT IS VIRGIL. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, . GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CITY CLERK. MY NAME IS VINCE MULLIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. UM, THIS ITEM IS AN ITEM THAT WE WORKSHOPPED LAST MONTH, IS IT IN REFERENCE TO THE, UM, PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DRAFT BETWEEN BSO AND THE CITY OF LOT OF THE LAKES AND REFERENCE TO DETAILED SERVICES FOR OUR FULL ATHLETIC EVENTS AND SPECIAL AND SPECIAL EVENTS. UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS CIRCUMVENT THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM IN WHICH WE GO THROUGH THE DETAIL [01:10:01] OFFICE, WHICH HAS WE BEEN FOUND TO NOT BEING US SUCCESSFUL WITH FILLING THE DETAIL AS FAR AS HAVING THE PROPER SECURITY AT OUR GAMES. SO WHAT THIS PROCESS WILL DO IS ALLOW CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND HIS CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND HIS IN-HOUSE CREW TO FORM A STAFF THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ENSURE WE HAVE THIS PROTECTION AT BOTH PRACTICES AND GAMES. I KNOW AT THE LAST WORKSHOP IT WAS THE REQUEST OF THE DIETS TO HAVE THE RATES OF THOSE SPECIFIC OFFICERS PROVIDED, AND THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BACKUP FOR YOUR REVIEW. SO I WILL BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MOU ALI? NO QUESTIONS. NO, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, UM, JUST QUESTIONING, I, I LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT RATES, UM, AND I KNOW THE, THE ATHLETIC TEAM AS WELL AS THE, THOSE THAT COME TO VIEW ARE FAMILIAR WITH BSO, BUT WHAT ABOUT HAVING SECURITY THERE AND PERHAPS LOOKING AT ONE BSO, HOW WOULD THAT, UH, IT WOULD CUT COURSES, BUT HOW FEASIBLE WOULD THAT BE FOR BRINGING IN THAT COMPLIMENT AND TAKING OUT ONE BSO THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF SPEAK TO, ON THE PARKS END AS FAR AS OUR RE OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THAT IN THE PAST MM-HMM . UM, THEN I'LL LET CAPTAIN PHILLIPS GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU HIS SPIEL ON, ON HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THAT, THAT DYNAMIC. BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE USED SECURITY COMPANIES TO SECURE ATHLETIC EVENTS, UM, AS WELL AS SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE PARK. AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT IT SEEMED TO BE SORT OF REACTIVE BECAUSE THEY ENDED UP CALLING BSO. UM, THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH THAT THE SECURITY TEAM COULD DO FOR THE TYPE OF, UH, THE TYPE OF COVERAGE WE NEEDED. AND WE FOUND THAT THEY WERE MORE OR LESS THAN ANY TIME A SITUATION ARISE THAT THEY WOULD DEPEND ON BSO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT BSO AND WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR BSO TO RESPOND TO THE CALL. FINDING TO BE MORE REACTIVE THAN PROACTIVE WHEN THEY'RE, VERSUS WHEN THEY'RE ON SITE ALREADY. UM, MORE AND MORE SO OF A PREVENTATIVE ACTION. AND I'LL LET CAPTAIN PHILLIPS GET INTO HIS SPIEL OF HOW HE FEELS, UM, ABOUT WORKING WITH A SECURITY COMPANY. OKAY. WHY CAPTAIN PHILLIPS IS STANDING, BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY HERE. I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. EVENTS, PLEASE. FOR THE SECURITY THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD, NOT BSO, BUT THE SECURITY, WHAT WERE THEIR DUTIES? WHAT COULD THEY DO? UM, THEY, THEY WERE TO PATROL THE GROUNDS, OF COURSE, TO PATROL THE GROUNDS, OVERSEE AREAS WHERE MONEY WAS BEING EXCHANGED, SUCH AS THE CONCESSION STAND. UM, IF THEY WERE, IF WE WERE TO A PARK STAFF WAS TO SEE ANY DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND WE NEEDED ASSISTANCE ASKING PATRONS TO LEAVE THE PARK OR ANYONE TO BE REMOVED, THEY WOULD KIND OF BE OUR, UM, FORCE THAT WE LEAN ON. THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THE PATRONS WEREN'T ALWAYS RESPECTING SECURITY AS THEY ARE NOT OFFICIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THEM BEING UNARMED. THEY WERE JUST KIND OF LIMITED TO THE DUTIES THEY COULD DO WITH DEALING WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SO IT'S MORE FOR APPEARANCE SAKE THAN ANYTHING ELSE SINCE THEY WERE UNARMED, DID NOT HAVE ANY ARRESTS AUTHORIZATION? IT WAS MORE FOR APPEARANCE SAKE, CORRECT. MORE SO FOR APPEARANCE AND, UM, YOU, LIKE YOU SAID, THE APPEARANCE AND THE ABILITY TO, TO ASSIST, UH, WITH CONTACTING LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM, MORE OBSERVATION, JUST MORE EYES, MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THEY WERE LIMITED. UM, THEY CAN'T DO BUT SO MUCH. HOW MANY DID WE HAVE, MR. VINCE? HOW MANY SECURITIES? IF I CAN REMEMBER RIGHT, WE WOULD GO BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR. BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR. THAT WAS A WHILE BACK, BUT IF MY MEMORY'S JOGGING CORRECTLY, BUT BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR AT THE TIME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM ACM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. BEFORE THE CAPTAIN STARTS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS AND SHARON, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND I WERE JUST COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WERE MAYBE FEASIBLE. OF COURSE, SPEAKING WITH THE CAPTAIN, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET ON THIS. AND ONE THING THAT WE THOUGHT, UM, VINCE DID HAVE A GOOD POINT ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT MAYBE HAVING ONE BSO AND A SECURITY OR TWO BECAUSE THEY ON ARE UNARMED, UM, MAYBE ONE OR TWO. KNOWING THAT FOR BSO WE DO HAVE A ZONE OFFICER WHERE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'RE STILL, UH, HAVING A BSO UM, PRESENT. BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN BSO COULD CALL A BACKUP BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, BECAUSE WE DO PAY FOR POLICE SERVICES IN GENERAL, SO THERE IS A ZONE OFFICER THAT COULD COME OUT GIVEN IF THERE'S [01:15:01] AN EMERGENCY. SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT JUST IN CASE IT'S FEASIBLE. LIKE I SAID, I DID REQUEST A MEETING WITH CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE TEAM SO THAT WE CAN IRON OUT DETAILS. THANK YOU. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, UM, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WITH THE BROWN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOUR DISTRICT COMMANDER FOR, UM, LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW TO SEE HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE. HISTORICALLY, THIS DETAIL HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FILL BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE PARK IN THE AFTERNOONS. UM, THE TIMES, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS SAYING THAT IF THERE'S A ON-DUTY BSO, THEY CAN RESPOND TO ASSIST. HOWEVER, DURING THE TIMES THAT THESE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON, IT'S THE TIME THAT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR HIGHEST CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OUR CALL VOLUME IS JUST ASTRONOMICALLY BUSY AT THAT TIME. SO IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR AN OFFICER WHO'S ON DUTY TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO COME AND RESPOND. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THIS IS WHEN WE ARE HAVING AN OFFICER OUT HERE WORKING, YOU HAVE TWO OFFICERS, SO IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT THERE ON SCENE. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE TAKEN, AND ME JUST BEING RESPONSIBLE ABOUT THE FISCAL NEEDS OF THE CITY, I'VE ACTUALLY SCALED THE DETAIL BACK TO WHERE IT COVERS THE MOST OPTIMAL TIMES TO WHERE WE CAN GET THE MOST COVERAGE AND PRETTY MUCH THE MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. I UNDERSTAND PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE WITH CONSIDERING THE CITY'S FINANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, YOUR REPORT. I, I THINK THAT USING JUST SECURITY GUARDS, UM, TO HELP OUT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING TO DO. UM, I DON'T WANT TO CUT COST TO COMPROMISE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE ACTUAL, UH, SWORN OFFICERS OUT THERE, PEOPLE IN BSO UNIFORM, I THINK THE PARK, IF, IF SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING, IT'LL BE MORE OF A DETERRENT. IF YOU HAVE SECURITY GUARDS OUT THERE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY'RE GONNA CALL BSO ANYWAYS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE WAIT TIME IS GONNA BE FOR BSO TO BE ON SCENE. SO, UM, I THINK IT COULD ACTUALLY COST MORE AND ALSO OPEN UP, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE THINGS TO HAPPEN. 'CAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA RISK IT IF THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY GO TO JAIL OR GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE BSO OFFICER. UH, I ALSO HEAR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SAYING THE SAME THING. UH, THEY WOULD, IF THEY'RE GONNA DO, UH, A, AN EVENT OR A PARTY, THEY FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WILL RESPECT THE BSO OFFICER BEFORE A SECURITY GUARD. I THINK THE SAME APPLIES FOR OUR PARKS. AND, AND, AND EXCUSE ME, MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE WHEN WE STARTED THIS FUND SEVEN, UM, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, IT'S BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH THE DETAIL OFFICE, WE JUST COULDN'T GET THE COVERAGE THAT THE CITY NEEDED FOR THEIR AFTER, UM, SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WITH FOOTBALL SEASON COMING UP AS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY JUVENILES AND ACTIVITIES GOING ON AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THE NEED FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS FUND SO WE CAN DO THE BEST WE CAN DO FOR THE CITY FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. CAPTAIN, DO YOU HAVE A SET DETAIL OR IS IT VOLUNTARY? UM, DETAILS ARE VOLUNTARY, VOLUNTARY, AND EVEN THIS MEASURE HERE IS VOLUNTARY. HOWEVER, THE WAY THAT IT IS FUNDED, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE MORE CONTROL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS IT RELATES TO AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UM, FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND THE OTHER ACTIVITIES YOU HAVE GOING ON, UM, IN THE AFTERNOON. HAS THERE EVER BEEN A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE NOT HAD VOLUNTEERS FOR DETAIL THE NUMBER THAT YOU NEEDED? YES. WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FUND IT THROUGH THE DETAIL OFFICE, THAT WAS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE WERE SOME MATTERS WHERE YOU REALLY HAD THESE HIGH PROFILE GAMES THAT WERE GOING ON, IT WAS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE TO GET ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE TO MAKE SURE YOU COULD ADEQUATELY STAFF THOSE GAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING UM, HAPPENED. AND IT ALSO HELPS CURTAIL THE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THAT THE GAMES ATTRACT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM ASAM. OH, MADAM MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. MR. MULLIN HAS HIS HAND UP. PARDON? MR. MULLIN HAS IT. MR. EVENTS. MR. EVENTS, YES. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS SINCE THE LAST WORKSHOP, MYSELF AND MS. ERICA, WE DID SURVEY THE SURROUNDING CITIES WHO HAVE FOOTBALL AND CHEER PROGRAMS TO SEE WHAT THEIR METHOD [01:20:01] OF SECURITY WAS. AND WE DID FIND THAT ALL OF THEM, IN FACT, EVERYONE WE SURVEYED DOES USE SOME FORM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER THEY'RE A CITY WHO HOUSES THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THEY DO BUSINESS WITH BSO, WE DID NOT FIND ANY FOOTBALL AND CHEER PROGRAM WHO USES A SECURITY COMPANY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VINCE. THANK YOU MADAM. YOU ARE WELCOME. MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2026 AS EIGHT SEVEN AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY. AND WE DO HAVE MR. RON DE BRUNI PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. RON. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, BUT I'M, UH, A CM MR. CELIA CLERK. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON DE BONDS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WE COUNTY FOR SOLID WASTE, UH, DISPOSAL AUTHORITY. UH, THIS ITEM WAS, UH, LAST WORKSHOP. UH, STAFF IS BRINGING IT BACK FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION. UH, THIS ITEM RELATES TO, UH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT MET. UH, IF YOU CALL BACK IN MAY, UH, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UH, TO THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT FIRST AMENDMENT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, UH, 80% OF THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES HAD TO APPROVE IT BY AUGUST 15 OR FOR THAT FIRST AMENDMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE. SO THERE WAS SOME, UH, RELUCTANCE FROM THE LARGER MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO APPROVE IT. SO THEY WERE SLOW IN GETTING TO THAT THRESHOLD OF 80%. UH, ONE OF THE, UM, THEIR CONCERN WAS THE LONG TERM, UH, COMMITMENT TO THAT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS 40 YEARS. SO IN ORDER TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT CONCERN, UH, THE SALARY, UH, THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY BROUGHT UP THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO EASE UP THAT TERM INSTEAD OF 40 YEARS. THEY GIVE THEM AN OPTION TO GET OUT IF THEY WANT TO AFTER 25 YEARS. AND AS A RESULT, UH, THE LARGER MUNICIPALITIES THAT WERE HOLDING OUT NOW, THEY'RE PROVING THAT, UH, FIRST AMENDMENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT AS WELL. SO AS OF FRIDAY LAST WEEK, UH, THE NUMBER OF, UH, MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE, THAT HAS HAVE APPROVED THE FIRST AMENDMENT DROPPED TO 26 NOW, AND ALSO SO FAR 22 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE APPROVED THE SECOND AMENDMENT. UH, AGAIN, THE ONLY TERM THAT HAS CHANGED IS, UH, THE OPTION TO OPT OUT AFTER 25 YEARS INSTEAD OF 40 YEARS. I'LL ANSWER THE ANY QUESTION, UH, THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME. THANKS. NOT VICE MAYOR, NO QUESTION. I, I THANK YOU MR. RON FOR SPEAK. SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER AND EXPLAINING IT QUITE EXPLICITLY. COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT ANY BETTER. I AM EXCITED THAT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN FOR THE CITY AND I TRUST THAT IT WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS AFTERNOON, HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. RON. UH, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETINGS FOR PARTICIPATING. LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. I GUESS THERE'S STILL A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM GIVING SOME CLARITY ON AS TO WHERE PARTICULAR DROP BOXES WILL BE AND WHAT CITIES. BUT, BUT THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MADAM, MA'AM, THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM. ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A RESOLUTION 2026 DASH EIGHT EIGHT RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 2026. MS. SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. CUSPA OR MS. CUSPA . GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AGAIN AND VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. UM, AS OF THE END OF MAY 31ST, AS OF THE END OF MAY, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS MAINTAINING A POSITIVE OVERALL FINANCIAL POSITION IN THE GENERAL FUND. THE REVENUES ARE APPROXIMATELY 25.6 MILLION. PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS REMAIN THE CITY'S STRONGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE WITH APPROXIMATELY 16.3 MILLION, AND THAT IS 115% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THE SALES TAXES, UTILITY TAXES, FRANCHISE FEES, AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES ARE PERFORMING WITHIN ACCEPTED RANGES WHILE PERMITS, LICENSES, FINES AND SERVICE REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY TRAILING. OTHER FINANCING [01:25:01] SOURCES HAVE NOT YET BEEN REALIZED. THIS IS WHERE NEW PROJECT FUNDING WILL BE UTILIZED ONCE PROJECTS ARE IMPLEMENTED. FOR THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, MOST OPERATING DEPARTMENTS ARE SPENDING WITHIN THE BUDGET EXPECTATIONS. PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S LARGEST OPERATING INVESTMENT WITH THE BSO POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENDING APPROXIMATELY 68% OF ITS ADJUSTED BUDGET AND THE B-S-O-E-M-S IS AT 63% FOR THE YEAR TO DATE. ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE CITY COMMISSION ARE GENERALLY TRACKING BETWEEN 44 AND 57% OF THE BUDGET. AS FAR AS THE PROPRIETARY FUNDS, CURRENTLY, THE STORMWATER FUND IS PERFORMING WELL WITH REVENUES TO DATE OF 60% OF THE BUDGET AND A GRANT REIMBURSEMENT TOTALING 1.2 MILLION FROM THE FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. EXPENSES FOR THE PERIOD REMAIN 30, ABOUT 33% PRODUCING A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 218,000. SOLID WASTE IS ALSO PERFORMING SLIGHTLY ABOVE WITH REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES ENDING THE MONTH OF MAY WITH APPROXIMATELY $151,000. THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS OPERATING IN A DEFICIT CURRENTLY AT 170 1294TH FOR THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. THE CIP SURTAX AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FUNDS ARE SHOWING NEGATIVE BALANCES AS THE EXPENDITURES FOR THESE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, TRANSFERRED YET. THIS HAPPENS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR. THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND REVENUES ARE AT 30% OF BUDGET, AND THIS FUND RELIEVES SOME OF ITS REVENUES FROM GRANTS WHICH ARE PENDING REIMBURSEMENT. CURRENTLY EXPENDITURES ARE CURRENTLY AT 63% FOR THE YEAR TO DATE. THE FIRE RESCUE FUND HAS GENERATED AN INCREASE FOR THE YEAR TO DATE DUE TO REVENUES, OUTPACING EXPENDITURES, AND THE CRA HAS COLLECTED ALL ITS ANTICIPATED REVENUES, BUT IT HAS EXPENDED ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ITS BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE CAPITAL AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, UM, IS PERFORMING AS EXPECTED EXPENDITURES ARE BELOW BUDGET AND LOAN PAYMENTS AS LOAN PAYMENTS ARE ONLY MADE TWICE A YEAR. AND FINALLY, THE COURT SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY HAS TOTALED $269,500 THROUGH THE END OF MAY, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ASK ANY OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NO ITEM VICE MAYOR, NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. TON. THANK YOU MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 B RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 89, ADOPTING A PROMO PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR A FISCAL YEAR 2027, ESTABLISHING OF A ROLLBACK RATE AND SETTING THE DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TENTATIVE OF OPERATING AND DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATES. AND MS. SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THE, UM, PRELIMINARY RATE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU TO THE CITY COMMISSION IS THE SAME RATE THE CITY HAS HAD SINCE 2019, WHICH IS 8.6 MIL. UM, WE'RE ASKING THAT, UM, WE USE THAT RATE FOR THE 2027 BUDGET. THE ROLLBACK RATE WOULD'VE BEEN 8.2372 AND WOULD'VE NETTED US APPROXIMATELY $640,000 LESS THAN THE CURRENT RATE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON IT. HONOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL? YES, MS. HAYS, NOT 8.6 MILAGE AS OF NOW. HOW, WHAT ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS SEPARATE. YES, THAT'S [01:30:01] ALSO, UM, SO THE TOTAL MILLAGE WILL BE 9.06, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE AS WELL. IT'S 9.6 MILLAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE, VICE MAYOR AND THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, WITH, WITH THE ROLLBACK RATE, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE NOT INCREASED OVER THE PAST FIVE, SIX YEARS. UM, WITH THE ROLLBACK RATE, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE ROLLBACK RATE? WITH THE ROLLBACK RATE, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $603,573 LESS, UM, THAN IT WOULD WOULD WITH KEEPING THE RATE AS IT IS BY MAYOR. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, SO IT, IF WE, IT, DO WE HAVE, UH, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, PLEASE. UM, IF WE IN, WE'RE NOT INCREASING OR IF WE INCREASE, YOU KNOW, CAN I GET THE DIFFERENCE HERE? SO IF WE KEEP THE RATE AS IT IS, WHICH IS 8.6 MIL, WE WOULD, UM, A PROJECTED REVENUE TO THE CITY WOULD BE $18.3 MILLION, 3.5 OF THAT GOES TO THE CRA. AND SO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THE REVENUE THERE WOULD BE 14.8 MILLION 14 $846,822. THE ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH IS THE RATE THAT WOULD GIVE US THE EXACT SAME TAX, UM, VALUES WE HAD IN 2025 IS 8.2, 8.2372. AND THAT WOULD NET US, UM, 14 MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY, TWO HUNDRED FORTY $3,259. AND THAT WOULD BE $603,572 LESS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE KEEP THE MILLAGE, UM, RATE AS IT IS, IS EVEN WITH THAT SLIGHT INCREASE IN, UM, TAX, YOU WOULD SEE WHEN I PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2027, THAT THE CITY IS STILL AT THE DEFICIT BECAUSE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, WE HAVE KEPT THE, UM, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS RATES VERY LOW, AND AS A RESULT, THE GENERAL FUND HAS HAD TO SUBSIDIZE THESE COSTS. AND SO THAT IT'S, UM, CAUSE THE GENERAL FUND TO BE IN A DEFICIT. AND EVEN WITH THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH US INCREASING THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, UM, AND THE SOLID WASTE, THE SOLID WASTE INCREASE, IT STILL DOES NOT COVER THE FULL COST OF ITS OPERATIONS. AND SO WE'D BE ALSO SUBSTITUTING THAT FUND TO ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH I WOULD PRESENT TO YOU LATER DURING THE WORKSHOP. SO I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY COM I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS? YES. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DO NOT INCREASE, WE JUST KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS FOR NOW, BUT NOW, WHICH I DO NOT WANT. I AM. I I DO NOT, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE IT INCREASE AT ALL. NO, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE. I THOUGHT COMMISSION WOULD NOT WANNA DO ONE AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND MS. HAYNES, WITH US MAINTAINING THE 8.6, WOULD WE STILL HAVE TO GO INTO OUR GENERAL FUND TO COVER OTHER AREAS? WE WILL, YES. OR INCREASE OTHER AREAS? UM, WELL I, I HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN YOUR BOOK AND I'LL ALSO GO OVER DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. ALRIGHT, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. NO, MADAM, I HAD A QUESTION. MR. COWELL. MS. HAYNES, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH, UM, FROM THE BROWARD APPRAISES OFFICE FOR LORD DE LAKES? I DID NOT CALCULATE THAT, BUT I CERTAINLY CAN AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU WHEN I, WHEN I'M DOING A BUDGET PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. HAYNES. THANK YOU MADAM. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 10 C, RESOLUTION 20 26 9 0 PROVIDING FOR A PRELIMINARY RATE RESOLUTION FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A FIRE RESCUE SERVICES ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR [01:35:01] 2027 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATES FOR FIRE SERVICES. AND WE DO HAVE MS. HEIDI BROCK, WHO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. BROCK. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY, CLEAR COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS, GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. HEIDI BROS. BUDGET OFFICER FOR THE RECORD. SO, UH, MADAM MAYOR, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, THE RESOLUTION 20 26 0 9 0, THIS IS THE IMPOSITION OF THE PRELIMINARY FIRE, UH, RESCUE ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCEDURAL, UM, RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 46 OF OUR CITY CODE, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE FIRE ASSESSMENT AND SECTION 1 97 3 6 3 2 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES THAT GOVERNS THE COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS. SO APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION ON TOMORROW DOES NOT ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATES. WE DO HAVE TO DO A PRELIMINARY RATE FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CERTIFY TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER BY AUGUST 4TH BECAUSE WE DO USE THEM TO COLLECT OUR NON AVALOR ASSESSMENTS. AND THAT IS THE DATE THAT HAS BEEN SET BY THEM TO ALLOW THEM THE TIME TO COMPLY WITH THE TRIM PROCESS, THE TRUTH AND MILLAGE PROCESS. SO WE DO HAVE TO CERTIFY THE PRELIMINARY RATES TO BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER BY AUGUST 4TH. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE OFF, SO WE HAVE TO BRING IT AT THE NEXT MEETING TOMORROW. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A SET, UM, A DATE FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH, UM, FOR THE FINAL RATE, UM, ADOPTION. SO THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE NOTICE WILL GO OUT TO RESIDENTS IN AUGUST. THERE THEY WILL SEE THE RATES AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN NOTICE OF THE, UM, FINAL OF THIS, THE HEARING FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER SO THAT THEY CAN COME OUT OR, AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD ON THAT FINAL RATE ASSESSMENT. SO YOU DO HAVE AN EXHIBIT A IN YOUR BACKUP AND THAT, UM, GIVES THE PROPOSED RATE OF $344 AND 96 CENTS PER, UM, RESIDENTIAL UNIT. IT'S AN INCREASE OF $11 AND 12 CENTS OVER THE CURRENT RATE OF $333 AND 84 CENTS. AS YOU KNOW, WE DID DO A FIRE RATE STUDY AND AT THE JUNE 22ND WORKSHOP, WE HAD STANTEC COME AND WELL ACTUALLY THEY PRESENTED THE FIRE ASSESSMENT PREVIOUS, BUT WE DID WORKSHOP THAT, UM, PROPOSED RATE IN JUNE ON JUNE 22ND. AND STAFF WAS GIVEN THE DIRECTION AS YOU AGREED TO, UM, GO WITH THE, UM, THE $344. SO WE ARE BRINGING THAT AS A PROPOSED RATE FOR ADOPTION ON TOMORROW. UM, OVERALL THE PROPOSED RATES ARE PROJECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $7.34 MILLION IN ASSESSMENT REVENUE AND THAT FUNDS ABOUT 55% OF THE CITY'S $13.2 MILLION FIRE RESCUE CONTRACT WITH BSL. UM, THE REMAINING COSTS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH OTHER CITY, UM, REVENUE SOURCES, MAINLY GENERAL FUND AND OTHER, UM, COST RECOVERY. SO STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT TOMORROW WE DO APPROVE THAT PRELIMINARY RATE ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE CAN CERTIFY TO BROWARD COUNTY TO KEEP IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR TRIM PROCESS. AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, I CAN DO MY BEST TO ANSWER. SO MS. B, THAT'S $344 PER YEAR THREE, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT MATTER, MAYOR? 3 44? YES. PER YEAR. OKAY. YES. SORRY, COLLEAGUES. NO QUESTION. NONE. MADAM VICE MAYOR, NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. BOX. THANK YOU MAD. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 D RESOLUTION 2026 DASH NINE ONE, ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATE AND ASSESSMENT ROLE, MS. HEIDI BROCKS WILL PRESENT THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, MS. BROCK. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED. UM, SO WE ARE SETTING THE PRELIMINARY RATES FOR SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT. UM, THIS WAS ALSO WORKSHOPPED ON THAT JUNE 22ND, UM, WORKSHOP WHERE WE HAD, UM, STANTEC DO, UM, THEY DID PRESENT THE ASSESSMENT STUDY THAT THEY DID. WE HAVE KEPT OUR RATES UNCHANGED FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR SOLID WASTE. WE DO KNOW WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT INCREASES EVERY YEAR BY 5% ABOUT, UM, SO IT IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE OUR RATES SO THAT WE CAN KEEP PACE WITH THAT CONTRACT AND PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO THE, THERE WERE FOUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED. UM, WE ARE AT $272 PER YEAR RIGHT NOW FOR FULL COST RECOVERY, IT WOULD GO TO ABOUT $573, [01:40:02] I BELIEVE WE DID NOT WANT TO STRESS OUR RESIDENTS WITH THAT FULL, THAT HIGH INCREASE RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE GRADUALLY GOING AND THE PROPOSED RATE IS $401 PER YEAR. SO THAT IS THE PRELIMINARY RATE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT TO CERTIFY TO, UH, BROWARD COUNTY, UH, PROPERTY APPRAISER BY AUGUST 4TH. MS. HEIDI, COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT IS THE RATE AS OF NOW? IT IS $272 2 72. AND YOU WANT TO MAKE IT 401? YES, THE, THE FULL COST RECOVERY WOULD BE 5 73. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. 29 20 COMMISSIONER. CAUSE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY MADAM MAYOR. UM, ALL IS WELL ON MY END WITH THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NOTHING MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SORRY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 F RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 9 3 APPRO IN A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST SUBMITTED BY GUNS RESOLUTION 2026. THAT 0 9 2 ADOPTED A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR STORMWATER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATE AND ASSESSMENT ROLE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. MS. HEIDI, MS. HEIDI. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THIS IS THE LAST OF OUR, UM, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RATES FOR FISCAL 27. THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF THE PRELIMINARY STORM WATER ASSESSMENT FEE FOR, UM, FISCAL 27. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RATES THAT WE SET PRELIMINARILY, UM, NOW TO CERTIFY TO BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR INCLUSION IN THE TRIM MAILING NOTICES TO A RESIDENTS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO THAT THEY CAN BE READY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IN SEPTEMBER. UM, THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT, IT PROVIDES A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, UM, OF OUR CITY'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO FOR FISCAL 2027, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN ASSESSMENT OF $7 AND 50 CENTS PER, UM, RESIDENTIAL UNIT. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT $6 AND 25 CENTS, SO THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $1 AND 25 CENTS PER MONTH, WHICH IS, UM, WE ARE GOING FROM $75 PER YEAR TO $90 PER YEAR PROPOSED PER, UM, RESIDENTIAL UNIT. SO, UM, AT THAT RATE WE ARE, UH, ESTIMATED TO BRING IN ABOUT $426,960 IN ANNUAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. UM, SO TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION, WELL TOMORROW'S RESOLUTION DOES NOT ADOPT THE FINAL RATE. IT'S JUST A PRELIMINARY AND THEN THAT WILL BE ON THE TRIM NOTICES TO RESIDENTS MAILED IN AUGUST. SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, YES, HEIDI, THERE CAKE, I WOULD SAY YOU ARE THE MESSENGER, BUT I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO RAISE THE RATES, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD ON RESIDENTS. I'M LOOKING ON NEARLY, WHAT, 40% MORE BETWEEN THE THREE, THE FIRE SOLID WASTE AND STORM WATER. I'M HOPING THAT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE HOME HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND I'M SURE THE CONDO ASSOCIATION GET BACK, THAT WE WILL GO OUT, SEND PEOPLE FROM THE CITY TO EDUCATE THEM SO THAT THEY WON'T HAVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN THEY GET THEIR TAX WHEN IT COMES FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. HOPE THAT WE WILL FIND TIME TO SEND SOMEONE, SEND PEOPLE OUT WHO KNOW TO TELL, LET PEOPLE BE AWARE AND THE REASON, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT, OH, THE CITY'S [01:45:01] DOING ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THE CITY TAKING AWAY OUR MONEY FOR THEY NEED TO BE EDUCATED. WHY? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOME EDUCATIONAL YES. UM, TO GO, YES, TO GO TO THE, TO THE RESIDENCE COURT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AND TO THE CONDO AND THEY, SO THAT THEY ARE EDUCATED. IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY LORD OF THE LAKES IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE MONEY, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAS, WHAT IS HAPPENING. OKAY. AND UM, TO THAT COMMENT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A WORKSHOP, I BELIEVE. OH, IT'S CANCELED. OKAY. SO WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THAT, THAT WAS MY CONCERN AS WELL IN TERMS OF ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, SERVICES BEING INCREASE AT THIS TIME. BUT EDUCATION IS DEFINITELY NEEDED BECAUSE THIS HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED. IF IT WAS BEING INCREASE IN INCREMENTS, UM, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THE RESIDENT, WHICH I'M A RESIDENT ALSO. UM, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEM SO MUCH, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME THING. UM, AND IT SEEMS A BIT HIGH. SO EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS, THAT THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, TO THAT POINT WELL TAKEN, WE HAVE NOT INCREASED THE RATES IN, IN SEVERAL YEARS. UM, THAT IS CORRECT. UM, NOT SURE IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO KEEP OUR RATES THE SAME WAY JUST TO NOT TAX RESIDENTS, BUT IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY AT THIS POINT, SO POINT TAKEN THAT WE, UM, WILL REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS. I JUST GOT A CALL FROM A COLLEAGUE IN BOCA AND THEY ARE ALSO INCREASING THEIR FIRE RATES AND SHE WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO RESIDENTS, THEY, SO THAT'S THE POINT WELL TAKEN. SO WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT WITH MY DIRECTOR, MS. SHARON. AND I THINK THAT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, UM, MS. HEIDI AND FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW AND MAYBE TO GIVE THEM A HISTORICAL, AS FAR AS RACE OR CONCERN, WHAT THOSE SERVICES COVER AND TO LET THEM KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE TIMES THAT WE'RE, THE ECONOMIC TIMES THAT WE'RE IN, BUT ALSO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL SECURE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. ABSOLUTELY. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR SAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 [5.E. DISCUSSION REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST (CLRR 26-7) SUBMITTED BY GONZALO GOMEZ (HURACAN SP LLC) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3960 NW 30TH TERRACE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA ] F RESOLUTION 20 26 0 9 3 APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST SUBMITTED BY GONZALO GOMEZ, LOCATED AT 39 60 NORTHWEST 30TH TERRACE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MS. MCCOY, THANK YOU. PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS ONE OF TWO LIEN REDUCTION REQUESTS THAT IS ON THE MEETING THIS, UM, TODAY AND TOMORROW. AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM CAME BEFORE US AFTER REQUEST FROM, UH, MR. GONZALEZ GOMEZ. HE IS REQUESTING A LIEN REDUCTION. UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS CITED BACK IN JANUARY, 2019 FOR DERELICT VEHICLES AND PROPER BULK TRASH PLACEMENT AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL OWNERSHIP SIGNED AGREEMENT. AND SO THOSE, UH, VIOLATIONS HAD RAN FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. AND AT THIS CURRENT STATE, THIS LIEN HAS, UM, BALLOONED INTO $299,442 AND 70 CENTS. AND THIS, UH, PROPERTY OWNER DID COME IN DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, INSPECTORS WENT OUT AND WORKED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE. AND ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS LIEN FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER , MS. STANCHER, AND DO YOU CARE TO LET US KNOW WHAT ARE, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION THE PERCENTAGE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MS. MCCOY, AFTER REVIEWING, UM, THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION IN HIS LETTER OF, UM, [01:50:02] DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE PROCESS, THAT HE DID HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME AND THE TENANT. AND SO, UM, CURRENTLY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A SIX 65% REDUCTION IN THE LEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, I STAND, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WANT EVERYONE INTO COMPLIANCE AND I DID READ, UM, THE MR. GONZALEZ'S, UM, LETTER, GOMEZ LETTER THAT HE SENT IN, AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS THINGS BEYOND HIS CONTROL, BUT THE, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE SINCE THAT TIME. WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT OUGHT TO BE KEPT IN COMPLIANCE IF THIS IS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. I I I DO ACCEPT THE 65%, UM, REDUCTION FROM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS TONIGHT. MS. TJA, IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES THE 65% REDUCTION, IS THERE A CLAUSE OR REQUIREMENT THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, THAT THE LIEN WILL REVERT TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? NO, THE LIEN WOULD NOT REVERT ONCE THE LIEN IS PAID, BUT THEY, IF THEY DID GET ANOTHER LIEN, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OR NOT AT ALL. UH, SO IT WOULD BE, THEY, I WOULD, I THINK THEY'D HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD BRING IT BACK BEFORE COMMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL. IS THAT CLEAR IN THE DOCUMENTATION? YES. THAT'S WITHIN OUR POLICY, NOT MA'AM, HARRISON. YEAH, I I, I THINK THE MAIN GOAL SHOULD BE NOT JUST TO GET IN COMPLIANCE, BUT TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE AND I, I THINK MAYBE NOT TOO AGGRESSIVE, BUT WE CAN PUT A MEASURE IN THERE FOR A TIME WINDOW, EVEN AFTER PAY THAT YOU MUST STAY WITHIN COMPLIANCE OR YOU'RE HELD TO PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE LIEN. MR. TURNER. GALLOWAY, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, WHAT GENERALLY HAPPENS IF THE COMMISSION, AND AGAIN, WE START WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT THE COMMISSION HAS THE INHERENT AUTHORITY TO DENY ANY DECREASE IN THE LIEN AT ALL, BUT IF YOU AGREE TO REDUCE THE LIEN AND THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER COMPLIES WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE POLICY, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE THOSE POLICIES. UM, AFTER THEY'VE MADE ALL OF THE PAYMENTS AND THEY'VE COMPLIED WITH THOSE CONDITIONS, THE CITY WOULD THEN RECORD A RELEASE AND SATISFACTION OF THE LIEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THERE'S NO LEGAL ENTITLEMENT ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROPERTY UNLESS THE PROPERTY IS CITED FOR, FOR SOMETHING ELSE DOWN THE ROAD. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF, IT VERY WELL COULD. UH, BUT MY, MY BIGGEST POINT IS IF YOU APPROVE THE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST AND THE OWNER PAYS THE FINES ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL THEN BE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE AND RECORD THE SATISFACTION OF THAT LIEN. THAT LIEN THEN GOES AWAY. THE PROPERTY OWNER, YOU HOPE THAT THEY COMPLY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE OR WITH ALONE WITH EVERYONE ELSE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO RELATIVE TO GOING BACK, EXCEPT IF THEY WERE TO COME BACK AGAIN, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE HISTORY OF HAVING GOTTEN A WAIVER AND THEN ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT WOULD BE UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THAT POINT. SO AFTER THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SATISFIED THE PAYMENT OF THE LIEN, UH, THE CITY HAS SIGNED OFF ON IT AND SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, A YEAR LATER, TWO YEARS LATER, THE NON-COMPLIANCE BEGINS AGAIN, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE CASE BEGIN. A SEPARATE CASE [01:55:01] BEGINS ALL OVER AGAIN. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YES, MR. HARRIS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IS IF, IF THEY EXECUTE THEIR PART OF THE AGREEMENT AND MAKE PAYMENT, THEN WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY WHAT'S WRITTEN. UM, HOWEVER, I I THINK THERE STILL MAY BE A WAY TO STILL ADD SOMETHING IN THERE TO PROVIDE A WINDOW AS WE MAY NOT RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM THEM UNTIL THAT WINDOW OF TIME HAS PASSED. UH, THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY, OF COURSE, MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. YES. MADAM MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S, UM, STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE, UH, CONDITIONS, STAFF AND THE OWNERS SHOULD HAVE A CONCRETE PAYMENT PERIOD FOR THIS PARTICULAR MATTER. OKAY? UH, AND I BELIEVE IT'S SHORT, BUT THE DIRECTOR CAN KIND OF TALK US THROUGH WHAT THAT PERIOD LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S PRETTY DEFINITE AND THE PAYMENT CONDITIONS ARE BASED ON THAT PERIOD. THANK YOU MATTER MAYOR MS. HARRIS. THANK YOU. SO THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION, MAYBE THAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH THE PAYMENT CONDITIONS AND THE PAYMENT TIME. SO TANJA, IF YOU CAN, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, EXPLAIN THE CONDITIONS AND THE TIMELINE, MS. TANJA THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, ONCE THE COMMISSION DETERMINES WHAT THE LIEN REDUCTION AMOUNT WILL BE, STAFF WILL TAKE THAT AMOUNT AND ADD ANY, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OR COSTS TO IT AT THAT TIME, SIT DOWN WITH THE APPLICANT AND DETERMINE WHAT THE PAYMENT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM BASED ON THE POLICY. UH, CURRENTLY FOR A NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY, OUR POLICY ALLOWS US TO TAKE FULL PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS. AND THEN ALSO WE ARE, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO A 18 MONTH PAYMENT PLAN. SO DEPENDING ON WHICH OPTIN OPTION THAT THEY CHOOSE, THE LIEN WILL NOT BE FULLY RELEASED UNTIL ALL PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. YOUR HONOR, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF DURING THAT PAYMENT PERIOD THEY VIOLATE WITHIN THEIR LIEN AGREEMENT DURING THAT PAYMENT PERIOD? BECAUSE THE LIEN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, THE LIEN CAN GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE 30 DAYS AND AN 18 MONTH OPTION? YES. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, MS. SANDRA, IF THE PERSON TAKES AN 18 MONTH, DO YOU ADD ON INTEREST ON IT? DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WE DO NOT HAVE AN INTEREST ADDITION. NO INTEREST THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH OUR CODE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WHERE WE'RE ADDING INTEREST TO THE LIENS. AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WOULD BE LOOKING AT IN OUR, UM, FEE STUDY THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO. MADAM, PLEASE, MADAM, PLEASE, MS. STAN, 18 MONTHS IT'S STRETCHED OUT. I WOULD HOPE I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM ANY OTHER PLACE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ME 18 MONTHS WITHOUT ANY INTEREST. SO PLEASE CHECK ON THAT FOR ME. YES, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR WILL DO. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, WITH, IN REGARDS TO, WE MAY NOT DO INTEREST, BUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, HOW DO, HOW DOES THAT LOOK IN COMPARISON TO THE 30 DAY PLAN VERSUS THE 18 MONTH PLAN? THROUGH THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, WE CAN ADD ADMINISTRATIVE FEES RELATED TO THE PAYMENT PLAN AS WELL AS ANY OTHER FEES. SO ANY COST THAT WE INCURRED THROUGH THIS PROCESS WILL BE PAID BY THE APPLICANT. OKAY. WHAT IS 30 DAY OR THE PAYMENT PLAN? YES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I SAY THAT BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THE, UM, WHAT THE, UM, THE INTEREST OPTION WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT I, I THINK WE HAVE TO CHOOSE EITHER OR WHERE WE'RE MAKING MOST USE OF OUR TIME, WHETHER WE'RE GETTING IT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OR THROUGH AN INTEREST OPTION. SO ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MS. TANJA. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MS. TANJA, DURING THE TIME FROM 2019 TO CURRENT, UM, WAS INTEREST ADDED ON TO THE INITIAL FEE THAT THE OWNER WAS CHARGED MS. TANJA THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. NO INTEREST WAS ADDED. SO MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU, UH, SO WHAT BROUGHT THE FEES UP? WAS IT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS? MS. TANJA, THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, THE FEES WENT UP, UH, AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN NON-COMPLIANCE AND THAT PERIOD OF TIME WAS 1,397 DAYS. MADAM VICE MAYOR, [02:00:01] MADAM MAYOR. SO I'M ASKING YOU, HOW DO YOU ASSESS THAT? IS IT THROUGH, YOU SAID IT'S NOT INTEREST, IT'S NOT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. IS THERE A SET RATE THAT YOU USE ACCORDING TO HOW LONG IT TAKES THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE? YES. THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. SO THE MAGISTRATE SET, UH, $100 PER DAY PER UM, VIOLATION, WHICH WAS $300 PER DAY. THEY HAD THREE VIOLATIONS AND IT WAS $300 PER DAY. AND THAT INCREASED AT A RATE OF, UM, 130, I MEAN 1,397 DAYS. AND THAT'S WHAT GOT THESE COSTS UP TO THIS NUMBER. ONCE THE PROPERTY WAS IN COMPLIANCE, CODE COMPLIANCE WENT OUT AND COMPLIED THE PROPERTY IN MAY OF 2023. THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS ME. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, ALL MY, I ALL MY QUESTIONS ARE BEING ANSWERED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. MADAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 20 26 0 9 4 [5.F. DISCUSSION REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST (CLRR 26-3) SUBMITTED BY JERMAINE KAISLEY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3491 NW 39TH AVENUE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA ] APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN RE REDUCTION REQUEST SUBMITTED BY JERMAINE KALEY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 34 91 NORTHWEST 39TH AVENUE, LAUDERDALE LAKES. TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. SANDRA. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT, UM, HAS REQUESTED A LIEN REDUCTION FOR THIS MEETING. SO THIS PROPERTY WENT INTO VIOLATION IN AUGUST OF 2021 FOR WORK PERFORMED WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE APPLICANT, UM, DID NOT RECEIVE THAT PERMIT UNTIL MARCH OF 2026. AND THEN THEY CAME IN AND REQUESTED THE, WAIT A MINUTE, LEMME MAKE SURE I GOT THAT DATE RIGHT. YEP. MARCH OF 2026 IS WHEN THEY COMPLIED AND THEN THEY CAME IN AND REQUESTED THE LIEN REDUCTION. AND HOW MUCH IS THE LIEN MS. SERGEANT? CURRENTLY THIS LIEN IS FOR $164,242 AND 70 CENTS. AND STAFF IS AGAIN RECOMMENDING A 65% LIEN REDUCTION BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S LETTER. UM, THAT ALSO STATED SOME HARDSHIP THAT THEY DEALT WITH DURING THE TIME OF THIS LIEN. UM, BEING ACCRUED, I'M IN FAVOR. I WOULD SAY ONCE THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD NEVER BE THAT STUPID NOT TO KEEP IN COM. KEEP IT IN COMPLIANCE. IT'S LIKE GETTING A TICKET. YOU PAY A DRIVER'S LICENSE TICKET, YOU PAY FOR IT, AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU GO BACK AND DO THE SAME THING. YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO BE CHARGED AGAIN AND IT MEANS THAT THIS NEXT TIME, NO WAY. SO IS THIS PROPERTY, MME. MCCOY? IS IT A RENTAL? YES, THIS IS ALSO A RENTAL PROPERTY. THIS IS ALSO A RENTAL PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. I'M GOOD, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE 65% REDUCTION ALSO. MS. THANK YOU, MS. DUN. MAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [5.G. DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2026-062 APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY PROPERTY AND APPROVING COLLECTION OF OUTSTANDING PILOT FEES AT CLOSING, PURSUANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ] EIGHT, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 9 5 APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY PROPERTY AND APPROVING COLLECTION OF OUTSTANDING PILOT FEES AT CLOSING PURSUANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND MS. TANJA MCCOY CAN PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR MS. THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS A RESOLUTION, UM, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND RECEIVE THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY AWAY FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY PROPERTY. THIS WAS A LONGSTANDING ISSUE WHERE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD MADE A, SIGNED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN WHICH THEY HAD AGREED TO DO SOME, UM, RIGHT AWAY IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN TURNED THE, THAT PROPERTY OVER TO THE CITY VIA A DEED DEDICATION. THE OWNER FAILED TO COMPLETE THEIR [02:05:01] PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED SOME PILOT FEES AND, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 260,000 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2025. AT THIS TIME, THE BANK HAS TAKEN OVER THE PROPERTY AND WENT AHEAD AND SOLD THE PROPERTY TO A NEW, UH, CHARTER SCHOOL AND HAVE AGREED TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OR MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE DEDICATION AND PAYMENT OF THOSE PILOT FEES. HOW MUCH ARE THE PILOT FEES, MS. SANJA? 260,000? UH, MAYOR MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY? YEAH. MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, ON THIS ITEM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT, UH, THIS IS THE OLD CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY PROPERTY. UM, THE PILOT FEES THAT WERE IN OUTSTANDING, WE, UH, BELIEVED INITIALLY THAT THEY WERE OUTSTANDING FOR THE YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2025. UM, WE NOW UNDERSTAND, UH, HAVING LOOKED AT THE PUBLIC RECORDS THAT IN 2024, UM, THE PROPERTY WENT BACK ONTO THE TAX ROLL ACCORDING TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISERS. SO IT IS BEING TAXED AS A, UM, UM, A, A ANOTHER PROPERTY. SO THE PILOT FEES ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THE YEARS 2024 AND 2025. THE AMOUNT OF THE PILOT FEES FOR 2021 THROUGH 20, UH, 23 IS ROUGHLY $145,000. AND THAT DOES INCLUDE PAYMENT OF, UH, INTEREST FOR THE LATE PAYMENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY PAID, I BELIEVE, LAST, UH, JULY OF 2025. UH, BUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE PILOT FEES IS ROUGHLY $145,000 AND THEY'VE ALREADY PAID. THEY'VE ALSO PREPARED THE, UH, CORRECTED DEED. THEY'VE IMPROVED THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S NOW WHAT WE IS THAT EAST WEST ROUTE BETWEEN 33RD AVENUE AND SOMERSET DRIVE. UH, SO THE PROPERTY, UH, YOU RECALL WAS INITIALLY GIVEN BY A IMPROPERLY, BUT IT IS READY. UH, AND THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO COMPLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE PILOT USE REQUIREMENT. MADAM MAYOR MADAM, I'M SORRY. NOT TO OVERRIDE YOU, COMMISSIONER MADAM MAYOR. I DID NOT HEAR VICE MAYOR. THE LAST VICE MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR. YES, MADAM MAYOR. I DID NOT HEAR THE LAST THING THAT MR. CALLAWAY SAID IS HEAD WAS TURNED AWAY FROM THE MIC. I'M JUST ASKING HIM TO REPEAT THE LAST THING HE SAID. THANK YOU. UH, YES, UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHAT I WAS SAYING TO, UH, VICE MAYOR IS THAT THE PILOT FEES, UH, ARE DUE AND OWING ONLY FOR THE YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2023. THE AMOUNT OF THOSE FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE YEARS IS ROUGHLY $145,000. THEY'VE SOLD THE PROPERTY PART OF THE SALE TRANSACTION INCLUDED, SETTING ASIDE THOSE MONIES, UH, AND MAKING THE PAYMENT TO THE CITY, WHICH THE CITY HAS RECEIVED VIA A, I BELIEVE, AN A CH OR A A WIRE. SO THE MONIES HAVE BEEN PAID TO THE CITY. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS ALSO, UH, PREPARED THE DEED, UH, AND IMPROVED THE PROPERTY AS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE, UH, UH, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE PRIOR OWNERS. DID YOU GET EVERYTHING, MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES, I DID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COBORN. I SAW WHERE THERE ARE NOW THEY HAVE ADVERTISEMENT FOR SCHOOL, PUTTING UP 26, 27, BUT IT HAS THE SAME NAME. CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY. MR. ATTORNEY KELLY? YES. UH, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, COMMISSIONER COWELL'S, UH, UH, STATEMENT, UM, THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, I BELIEVE IS A, UH, IS NOT AN ENTITY RELATED TO CHAMPIONSHIP. UH, IT IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL UNDER FLORIDA LAW. IT'S NOT A CHARTER SCHOOL, UH, WHICH IS, IS A DISTINCTION THAT, UH, WILL BE IMPERATIVE. BUT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE CITY COULD DO RELATIVE TO PREVENTING THE OPERATION OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL. NOW, ON THAT PROPERTY, THEY'RE ADVERTISING ELEMENTARY THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. [02:10:02] NOTHING BY THE MAYOR. OKAY, MR. HARRISON, NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. TANYA MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NOW, WE'LL THAT COMPLETES THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA AND WE'LL DIVERT OUR ATTENTION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA, WHICH IS ON THE GREEN SHEET. FIRST [5.B. PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FY 2026-2027 PROPOSED BUDGET ] ITEM IS NUMBER FIVE B PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 26 27 PROPOSED BUDGET. MS. SHARON HANSEL, MAKE THIS PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME THROUGH YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MS. HAYNES, THE BUDGET. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. UM, MY NAME IS SHARON HAYS AND I'M WAITING FOR IT TO LOAD THE, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET. MIKE, MS. HAYES, IT'S NOT ON GOOD EVENING. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. I'M WAITING ON IT. OKAY, THERE IT IS. UM, BUT I DID, UM, PROVIDE PRINTED COPIES TO EACH OF YOU SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG, UM, WITH WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE 2027 BUDGET. UM, AND THEY SAW A 65TH YEAR. SO THE FIRST PAGE IS THE, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET SUMMARY. AND UNDER THE GENERAL FUND YOU'D SEE THAT WE, UM, HAVE REVENUES OF $32,664,217. AND THEN THERE'S TRANSFER IN OF 1,667,769 IN USE OF FUND BALANCE OF $937,192. AND THAT'S FOR GENERAL FUND. AND THEN, UM, GOING ACROSS IN THE TOTAL, 'CAUSE I WOULD NOT READ THE WHOLE THING, IS A SUM TOTAL OF OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE CRA, THE FIRE AND OUR CYBER FUND, AS WELL AS OUR CIP FUND. UM, THE NEXT COLUMN REPRESENTS OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH ARE THE SOLID WASTE STORM WATER AND, UM, THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH, UM, THERE'S SPECIAL, THE, THE, UM, MILITARY RATE ACCOUNTS FOR THAT. AND SO, UM, THE TOTAL, UM, INCOME THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR 2027 IS A BUDGET OF $92,613,284. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM SECTION IS THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURE FOR EACH OF THE JOURNAL FUND, UM, DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL REVENUE ENTERPRISE AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS. RIGHT AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU'D SEE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE PROPOSES 92 MILLION 32, 30 90 2 MILLION, 2200 $718. AND SO THAT LEAVES US WITH A VERY SMALL SURPLUS, BUT THAT SURPLUS COMES FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. THE, UM, FIRE ASSESSMENT FUND, WE HAVE A SMALL SURPLUS OF $540,485. AND THEN UNDER THE ENTERPRISE FUND YOU'LL SEE A SMALL SURPLUS THERE OF $40,081. THAT WOULD BE FROM OUR STORMWATER FUND. AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR EXPENSES, OUR INCOME. SO OUR PROPOSED REVENUES, AGAIN, $34,331,987, AND WE NEEDED TO GET TO $35,269,179. AND SO YOU SEE USE OF FUND BALANCE THERE OF NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY $2. AND THEN BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE EXPENSES PERSONNEL AT 9.9 MILLION, OPERATIONS, 6.3 MILLION CAPITAL OUTLAY. THESE ARE NOT PROJECTS, THESE ARE PURCHASES THAT ARE, UM, IN EXCESS OF OUR CAPITAL THRESHOLD THAT WE MUST CAPITALIZE. THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND. SO OVERALL OUR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS WOULD BE AT 16.4 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE POLICE, UM, A 10.7 MILLION FIRE. AND THIS IS THE PORTION FOR, UM, NON-FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES THAT'S CHARGED THE GENERAL FUND OF 5.8 MILLION LEGAL 630,000. AND THEN, UM, A CALL IN MERIT SHOULD THE COMMISSION CHOOSE TO APPROVE ONE. UM, WE DID AN AVERAGE OF 5% OF PERSONAL COSTS. UM, PREVIOUSLY THE CITY HAS DONE ABOUT SEVEN, SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $496,918. [02:15:02] THE ALZHEIMER FUND DOES NOT SUPPORT ITSELF, SO THE GENERAL FUND WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE $281,655. AND, UM, SIMILAR FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUND, $535,000 AND 225,310 NEEDED FOR THAT SERVICE. AND SO THAT LEFT US WITH A DEFICIT OF NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN ONE NINETY TWO, HENCE THE USE OF FUND BALANCE THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP. AND THEN THIS NEXT, UM, PAGE IS, UM, TO GO OVER OUR FUND BALANCES. WE'VE USED IT OVER THE YEARS, JUST GOING BACK FIVE YEARS. UM, SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE FUND BALANCE, BUT IT SHOULD REALLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SO I SHOW WHAT THE ADOPTED REVENUES HAD BEEN FROM 20 21, 20 22, THE ADOPTED EXPENDITURE AND WHAT HAD BEEN APPROPRIATED FROM FUND BALANCE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE USE A SMALL AMOUNT IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWO, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY 8,000 FOR OPERATIONS. BUT IN 20 22, 23 AND 23, 24, THAT GREW TREMENDOUSLY. IN 25, 26, UM, IT WENT DOWN A BIT TO 1.7 MILLION. AND HERE IN 26 27, WE ARE DOWN TO NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY $2. UM, IT'S A 47% REDUCTION. UM, WITHIN THE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE, UM, DID THIS YEAR, WE DID SAY WE WOULD STRIVE FOR AT LEAST A 25% REDUCTION. SO, UM, WE'RE AT LEAST MEETING THAT GOAL. UM, NEXT, UM, PAGE IS SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE ARE GIVING TO THE COMMISSION. AND IF THE AMOUNT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, IT MEANS THAT WE'VE ALREADY INCLUDED IT IN PREPARING THE BUDGET. UM, STARTING WITH BSO, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE 2027 CONSIDERATION THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM BSO, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE INCREASES WERE BASED UPON PREVIOUS YEAR BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE ACTUAL COST THAT THE COUNTY WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, EXPERIENCED FOR SERVICING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. AND THAT WAS SIMILAR FOR THE FIRE. AND SO WE WROTE TO THE COUNTY AND ASKED THEM TO ADJUST THE CONSIDERATION BASED ON THEIR INCREASES ON WHAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY, UM, WHAT THE ACTUAL COST HAD BEEN. BASED UPON THAT, WE MADE A REDUCTION OF 1.8 MILLION ON THE, UM, POLICE SIDE AND 1.4 MILLION ON THE FIRE SIDE. UM, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UM, POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE USING SECURITY OR HYBRID MATTER FOR, UH, FOOTBALL GAMES. AND SO WE HAD ALREADY PREPARED THIS AND THAT, UM, INCLUDED 60,000 REDUCTION. THAT'S WHAT WE HAD CALCULATED. SHOULD THE COMMISSION CHOOSE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING MAYBE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS WE HOST TO MAYBE FOUR SIGNATURE EVENTS. UM, THOSE ARE FOUR RECOMMENDED EVENTS AND THAT WOULD BRING US, UM, ABOUT 74,000 CARS. WE ALSO PROPOSED REDUCING COMMISSIONERS INITIATIVES. THESE CUTS WERE ALL ACROSS THE CITY, SO NO ONE WAS SPARED. UM, WE ARE ALSO SUGGESTING REDUCING COORDINATING NEWSLETTERS TO THREE TIMES YEARLY. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 20,000. UM, SIX IS TO LIMIT THE KOHLER IF WE APPROVE ONE TO STAFF WHO'S BEEN ON PERSONS WHO'VE BEEN ON STAFF, UM, LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS. SO SOMEONE HIRED AFTER APRIL 1ST WOULD NOT GET A KOHLER UNTIL THE SECOND YEAR. UM, SEVEN. AGAIN, HERE WE ARE SUGGESTING, UM, IF WE DO GIVE A CALLER THAT IT BE ABOUT 2% AND THAT WE LIMIT MERIT INCREASES TO ABOUT 3%. SO THAT WOULD BE AN AVERAGE REDUCTION OF 2% GOING FROM SEVEN TO FIVE. UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS TO, UM, ELIMINATE THE CAFETERIA CREDIT. WE DO NOT INCLUDE THAT IN OUR BUDGET, HENCE IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED. UM, AND SO BASED ON OUR PROPOSED CUTS, THE TOTAL THERE IS $3.8 MILLION. AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE FELT MAY BRING IN SOME REVENUE. AS YOU SAW IN THE BUDGET SUMMARY, WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE ASSIGNMENT CARE FUND TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $280,000. UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THAT IS A FREE SERVICE AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING PERHAPS A MINIMAL FEE TO THE RECIPIENTS OF, UM, THAT SERVICE TO ASSIST IN THE BURDEN, UM, THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE. [02:20:02] UM, WE'RE ALSO SUGGESTING A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN OUR EMERGENCY TRANSPORT FEE FROM A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PROBABLY $1,010. UM, WITHIN OUR STATUTE, IT DOES ALLOW FOR ASSESSING FALLS ALARM FOR FIRE. UM, WE DON'T CURRENTLY DO THAT. BASED UPON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY COLLECT ABOUT 30,000. AND THEN ANOTHER PROPOSAL WAS TO ASSESS EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SINGLE COVERAGE THAT ARE PAID 100% BY THE CITY, UM, POSSIBLY ASSESS, UH, A MINIMAL AMOUNT TO ASSIST WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE COST, WHICH I THINK THIS YEAR IS, UM, OUR BUDGET WAS AT 12%, BUT I'M TOLD IT'S PROBABLY COULD BE HIGHER. UM, IN, IN GREEN IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEED ZONE AND THE RED LIGHT CAMERA. THOSE ARE THE ANTICIPATED REVENUES WE SEE COMING FROM THOSE IF THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED BY THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND SO TOTAL PROPOSED REVENUE INCREASES COULD BE $930,519. UM, THE NEXT PAGE IS, UM, JUST A TWO YEAR COMPARISON OF EACH DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WASN'T ANY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. ACTUALLY WE DID ONG ABOUT 2% FROM 2026, $16,502,224 TO $16,317,343. THE NEXT PAGE IS A DETAILED REVENUE OF, UM, HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE 34 MILLION, UM, IN REVENUE. AND I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN PUTTING NOTES, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED, SOME EXPLANATION, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THOSE, BUT I WOULD NOT, UM, GO THROUGH READING EACH LINE ITEM. AND THEN, UM, WE PROVIDED THE DETAIL OF EVERY DEPARTMENT BUDGET. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS, IS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, IF THERE'S A NUMBER, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO TO EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT IF THERE'S A NUMBER HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, THAT'S WHERE WE HAD MADE DEDUCTIONS. AND, UM, IT'S JUST, AND THEN THERE'S EXPLANATION, UM, FOR EACH OF THE EXPENDITURE, WE DID ASK DIRECTORS TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR EXPENDITURES. UM, AND SO FOR THE MOST PART THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOU, UM, IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK IS THE OTHER FUNDS. UM, MOST OF THIS IS THE, UM, GENERAL FUND NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SLIDE. UM, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND THE CAPITAL FUNDS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SLIDES THAT I'VE PRESENTED? I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK THIS, THIS IS, UM, WELL PUT TOGETHER. I JUST WANTED SOME CLARITY AROUND THE COMMISSION INITIATIVES. YOU SAID THAT WAS LOOKING AT, UM, A CUT THAT WOULD SAY IT WAS ABOUT 10,000, I THINK IT SAID, UH, HOW, HOW, HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK FOR OUR INITIATIVES? SO THEY'RE THE, THERE, THERE ARE 10 COMMISSIONERS, THERE ARE FIVE COMMISSIONERS. I'M SORRY. UM, EACH OF YOU AWARDED $6,000, UM, FOR INITIATIVES. AND SO, UM, IF WE REDUCE EACH COMMISSIONER TO 4,000, THAT'S 2000. UM, PER COMMISSIONER. THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE 10,000. SO, SO INSTEAD OF SIX, SORRY, THREE MADAM MAYOR. SO INSTEAD OF SIX, WE'LL BE GIVEN 4,000 EACH A YEAR FOR OUR COMMISSION INITIATIVE. WELL, IN 2027. IN 2027, YEAH. OCTOBER. YES MA'AM. FIVE. IT'S HARD, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A DEFICIT. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR I WAS, I HEARD THAT WE HAD A DEFICIT CARRYING FROM 2018 AT 1.4 MILLION. SO I WOULDN'T SAY THEY HID IT, BUT WE WERE NOT TOLD MAYBE IF WE WERE TOLD BEFORE WE WOULD'VE STARTED DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO IS WHAT IT IS. IF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU NEED, WE NEED TO CLEAR IT. THANK YOU MS. MS. SHARON FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN THE COMMISSIONER'S [02:25:01] INITIATIVES. WHERE MY CONCERNS LIE IS WITH THE STAFF REDUCTIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, UM, YOU WOULD LIMIT THE KOHLER. SO STAFF HIRED BEFORE APRIL 1ST, 2020. SO THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF THE CITY IS STAFF HIRED ON THE KOHLER, GOES INTO EFFECT. OCTOBER ONE, SOMEONE HIRED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE COER. AND SO THE PROPOSAL IS THAT STAFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON PERSON, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON STAFF AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. 'CAUSE GENERALLY THERE'S A SIX MONTH PROBATION. AND, UM, WE FELT, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST SELF OUT THAT PROBATIONARY PERIOD BECAUSE MOST PERSONS ARE COMING ON AT A NEGOTIATED SALARY. AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD GET THEIR MERIT INCREASE AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A KOHLER INCREASE. WELL, WELL, I THINK IF STAFF ARE ON BOARD AND THEY RECEIVE A MERIT INCREASE AND THE TIME ROLLS AROUND FOR COLA, I THINK THAT THEY'RE DUE THEIR COLA. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING. WE'RE SEEING SOMEONE'S BEEN ON STAFF FOR TWO WEEKS. SOMEONE, SOMEONE THAT STARTS WORK IN SEPTEMBER, UM, WHICH IS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, SHOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR KOHLER IN OCTOBER ONE. THEY WOULD GET A KOHLER IN THIS CASE IN 2028. SO YOU'RE TALKING APRIL 1ST OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE EMPLOYEE IS HIRED. YES. MY SECOND CONCERN IS REDUCING THE KOHLER AND THE MERIT FROM 7% TO 5%. I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES WORK VERY HARD. I I UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO REDUCE OUR COSTS, BUT I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE THE LAST SOURCE OF REDUCTION THAT WE LOOK AT FROM 7% TO 5% IS A LOT FOR SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF, OF, OF THE CITY. THEY DO THE WORK, THEY GO OUT IN THE HEAT. SO I'M, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF REDUCING THE COLA AND THE MERIT FROM 7% TO 5% AND ALSO WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF ASSESSING A $10 FEE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SINGLE COVERAGE. UM, I'M SINGLE. I'M SINGLE. I I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UNLESS I WANT TO. BUT I, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. BUT I, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF ASSESSING AN EMPLOYEE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINGLE COVERAGE. UM, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I WANT IT TO BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE AND WHEN WE WERE MAKING THESE PROPOSALS AND LOOK AT EVERY VERY, EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THAT THE FINAL DECISION IS THAT OF THE COMMISSION. BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND ALSO THE DOLLAR IMPACT OF APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING, UM, ANY OF THOSE PROPOSALS. AND, AND AS WELL, UM, THE REASON FOR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING YOU WITH THIS DETAILED BUDGET IS HOPEFULLY ON YOU, UM, DURING YOUR REVIEW OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU YOURSELF MAY COME UP WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS OR MAY SEE SOME EXPENDITURES 'CAUSE YOU DO HAVE A DETAILED BUDGET WHERE PERHAPS WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES. BUT THAT'S US BEING AS TRANSPARENT AND AS FAIR AS WE COULD IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER. I'M GLAD WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL ALTERNATIVES, BUT FOR EMPLOYEES, FOR ME WOULD NOT BE A GOAL FOR ME. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. DID I GET MAD? MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? UH, NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. NO, YOU'RE FINE. I SAID SOME. YEAH, I I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, AGREE WITH YOU ON THE REDUCE OF A COLA AND THE, UM, THE ASSESS A $10 EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION FOR SINGLE COVERAGE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS REFERRING TO. I'M, I'M OBVIOUSLY AGAINST THAT AS WELL. UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AND THREE B IN REGARDS TO THE SECURITY GUARDS AND THE DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD NOT TOO LONG AGO PRIOR TO THIS. ARE YOU GONNA INCORPORATE KIND OF OUR THOUGHTS INTO THIS BUDGET? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WANT TO NOT HAVE TO USE SECURITY GUARDS IF WE DON'T HAVE TO. SO YOU ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO, UM, IF WE WERE TO ONLY MAKE ONE CHANGE, WHICH IS THE, UM, TO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO HOW THESE FOOTBALL GAMES, UM, OR HOW SECURITY IS PROVIDED, THEN THAT 60,000 WOULD BE ADDED TO THE 937,000. SO THEN OUR, OUR DEFICIT INCREASE WOULD BE ABOUT A MILLION. OKAY. [02:30:01] UH, MADAM MAYOR, MS. HARRISON, THANK YOU. ON ITEM, UH, TWO, I THINK THAT IS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS TO FOUR SIGNATURE EVENTS. UM, CAN I GET A, A LIST OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK TO GO WITH THESE FOUR? UM, WE HOST ABOUT A DOZEN SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A PAGE WITH THAT, BUT I DID NOT INCLUDE IT. UM, ONLY BE SORRY. DO YOU MAD? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN COME UP. UM, BUT I, I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE CITY, UM, UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FOUR SUGGESTIONS. AGAIN, IT'S COMMISSION DECISION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT, UM, IT'S NOT JUST A DIRECT COST OF, YOU KNOW, HOSTING THE SPECIAL EVENT. UM, THERE'S ALWAYS US TO STAFF OF OVER TIME THAT SUSHI INVOLVED THAT HELPS TO CARRY TO THAT COST AS WELL. UM, AND SO AGAIN, IF, IF WE DECIDED WE JUST WANNA CONTINUE WITH ALL OF THE EVENTS, WE WOULD ADD THAT 74,000 BACK TO THEIR DEFICIT AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT UP MR. AIR. YEAH, NO, I, I'M NOT SAYING TO, UM, ADD THEM IN. I, I, I AGREE WITH, I I AGREE WITH REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL EVENTS WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, SIGNATURE EVENTS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SO WE CAN PROBABLY GIVE INPUT ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP VERSUS IT KIND OF GIVES US THE OPTION TO SEE WHAT ARE THE FOUR WE WANT TO NARRATE DOWN. ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT PAGE, BUT I CAN PROBABLY EMAIL IT TO YOU, UM, WHEN I GET BACK TO MY SEAT. SURE. AND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. UM, WHAT IS THE LAUDERDALE LAKES FESTIVAL? OH, UM, SO THAT'S WOULD'VE NORMALLY BEEN OUR CARIBBEAN UNITY FESTIVAL. UM, HOWEVER, DUE TO SOME LANGUAGE IN, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE HOUSE BILL THAT WAS PASSED, UM, WE, UH, WE'RE, WE ARE LIKELY TO BE PROHIBITED FROM USING ANY LANGUAGE THAT INFERS, UM, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND, AND SO IT WAS IN, UM, TRYING TO BE PRUDENT AND, AND TRY TO USE A TERMINOLOGY THAT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE AND, AND I THINK COUNCIL COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON, ON THAT. BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S OUR CARIBBEAN UNITY FESTIVAL. UNDERSTOOD. MY, MY, MY FOLLOW UP WAS THANK YOU, UH, AND I'LL YIELD ADAPT TO THIS. MY, MY QUESTION WAS, ARE WE SURE THAT CALLING IT THE CARIBBEAN UNITY FESTIVAL WILL FALL WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE HOUSE BILL IS TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE CAN DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY? OF COURSE. I DON'T KNOW. MR. MR. ATTORNEY CALLWAY, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION, ARE WE SURE THAT CALLING IT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES FESTIVAL OR CALLING IT THE CARIBBEAN UNI FEST? UM, SHORT ANSWER, COMMISSIONER IS NO, WE'RE NOT SURE. UM, THE LAW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MY REVIEW OF IT IS SOMEWHAT VAGUE, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT JUST MEANS THAT IT INCREASES THE EXPOSURE TO THE CITY BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAY IS X, SOMEONE ELSE CAN SAY IS WHY, AND RIGHT. WE HAVE TO KIND OF FIGHT IT OUT AND THAT'S WHERE THE EXPENSE AND THE EXPOSURE COMES FROM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. AND MS. MS. HAYNES, UM, BARRING THE LANGUAGE OF, OF THE NEW LAW, THE IS THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH FESTIVAL OF EXCELLENCE OF SIGNATURE PROGRAM. UM, YES. UM, IN OUR DISCUSSION, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FESTIVALS WE THOUGHT, SO MLK FESTIVAL WAS, WAS DEEMED, UM, A FESTIVAL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HOST. AND SO WE THOUGHT WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION THAT THE BLACK EXCELLENCE FESTIVALS COULD PROBABLY BE FOLDED INTO THE MLK, UM, CELEBRATIONS. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK, BUT IT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION SEPARATION OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. MS. HAYNES AND I, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT LIKE TO THE CITY NOT TO RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY IN THE CITY AND IN AMERICA. SO WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS, I WILL HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT. UH, I I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. I WAS WAITING PLEASE BEFORE HER. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUE. ARE YOU YIELDING? THANK YOU, MS. HANS. THAT'S MY MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS FOR MS. HAYS. IN MAKING UP THIS BUDGET, [02:35:01] DID YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION JUST IN CASE THE PROPERTY TAXES PASSED A LITTLE, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOSTING OUR STRATEGY SESSION IN SEPTEMBER, AND SO WHILE WE TRY TO, UM, TO PLAN, UM, WITH THE INTENTION THAT IT MAY PASS, WE FELT IT BEST TO LEAVE SOME OF THE MORE, UM, STRINGENT PROPOSALS FOR THAT SESSION. UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE LIKE A PLAN B BUDGET, UM, IF, IF IT PASSES, UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY. IF IT PASSES, IT GOES INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY. UM, AND SO WE FELT BECAUSE THE VOTE IS IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, WILL NOT GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO REACT. AND SO TO BE PRO PROACTIVE, IT'S THE REASON WHY WE ASKED FOR THAT STRATEGY SESSION IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE WOULD SEND YOU THE ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS AND THE DOLLAR IMPACT OF THOSE PROPOSALS, UM, AND, AND USE THAT TO PREPARE OUR, UM, PLAN B BUDGET PER SE. MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. I, UH, MS. HAYNES, I, I KNOW VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT. UM, I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD THINK ON, NOT ONLY ARE WE RAISING THE SERVICES FEE, BUT HERE AGAIN, WE'RE DECREASING WHAT WE'RE OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE THERE. I I DON'T WANT TO BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I PAY, BUT YET STILL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I AM ACCUSTOMED TO, UM, ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, IT'S DOING, IF THE PRO, IF THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE TO, UM, BE PUT INTO LAW, I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT PLAN B, BUT WITH THIS FIRST PLAN HERE IS LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE NOT SAY WE ARE TAKEN AWAY, EVERYTHING FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THERE, IF THE BILL IS PASSED, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH THE STREETS, HAVING TO DO WITH THE PARK. SO WHAT ELSE ARE YOU OFFERING IF YOU'RE DECREASING SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO. I'M JUST SAYING TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE AVENUES, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MS. HAYES. THANK YOU. MAD AC YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT [5.C. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A $300,000 GRANT AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (FDEM), HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM (HMGP) WATERSHED PLANNING PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY’S STORMWATER MASTER PLAN ] WE HAVE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF 300,000 GRANT AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, WATERSHED PLANNING PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY STORM WATER MASTER PLAN. AND WE HAVE MS. HEIDI BROCK TO PRESENT, AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. MSU, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. BROCK. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO AFTER THAT I WANT TO PRESENT SOME GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED , WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED A GRANT OF $300,000 FROM THE, UM, FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT HAS A, UH, MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, WHICH THE CITY ABSOLUTELY NEEDS. UM, WE DID APPLY IN, I THINK ABOUT FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED, SO THEY HAVE SENT US THE AGREEMENT FOR EXECUTION. SO THIS IS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE, UM, THE AWARD AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK. IF THE DIRECTION IS THAT WE WANT TO ACCEPT AND MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK IN, UH, SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE, UM, GRANT AND, UM, EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT. SO THIS I SAID IS THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, AND WE NEED THAT BECAUSE IF WE ARE TO APPLY FOR MORE STORMWATER GRANTS, THAT IS GOING TO BE A MANDATORY THING FOR THE CITY TO HAVE IN PLACE, AND IT GOES IN CONCERT, UM, WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL. SO THAT IS THE NEWS THAT I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STORMWATER PLAN ITSELF, MR. OU IS HERE. COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER CONSWELL. CONGRATULATIONS, MADDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE DID WORK WITH OUR GRANT CONSULTANT ON THIS ONE AS WELL, SO [02:40:01] HE'S WORKING. MR. VERY GOOD. I TOO WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIVING A GRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER MADAM VICE MAYOR, I DI ALL THAT. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS HEIDI. I I JUST WANT TO JUST DROP THIS IN HERE NOW, UM, BECAUSE SOMETIME WE DON'T VALUE WHAT WE HAVE IN HOUSE. UM, I HEARD THE OTHER DAY FROM ANOTHER GRANT RIDER FROM ANOTHER CITY, I'M NOT GONNA CALL THE CITY THAT, UM, THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO MS. HEIDI TO HELP THEM IN OCCURRING, YOU KNOW, A GRANT THAT THEY PUT FORTH. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU MS. HEIDI, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THAT OTHERS ARE RECOGNIZING WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE CITY, AND, YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH BY THE VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NOTHING. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED. MS. HEIDI. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK MME. MASON. DISCUSSION REGARDING [5.D. DISCUSSION REGARDING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) FOR THE FREE LITTLE LIBRARY PROJECT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON) ] A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE FREE LITTLE LIBRARY PROJECT. THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, AS WE KNOW, THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY WAS, UH, ONE OF MY COMMISSIONER INITIATIVES THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, UM, THROUGH SEEKING PARTNERSHIP, CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER, UM, WHO'S DONE THINGS WITH THE CITY BEFORE IN TERMS OF, UM, SOME OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY WANT TO, UH, THEY'RE WILLING TO NOT ONLY DONATE MATERIALS TO HELP BUILD A LIBRARY, BUT ALSO, UM, THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT A, AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LIBRARY SHOULD, SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THEM. SO THEY DRAFTED A DRAFT MOU, WHICH OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS STILL LOOKING AT AND READING THROUGH TO COME BACK WITH A FINAL VERSION. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS BASICALLY ALLOWING THEM TO DO IS TO, OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, UM, ON CALL, BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND MAINTAIN AND MAINTENANCE AND FIX THE LIBRARY SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THE LIBRARY, SUCH AS VANDALISM OR IF THE DOOR BREAKS OFF, UM, AT FREE OF CHARGE, THEY WOULD COME OUT AND, UH, FIX THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE LITTLE LIBRARIES. UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THE ONE AT TRAIL HEAD PARK, THAT'S GREAT. THERE'S ALSO ONE AT THE LAUDY HILL WEST KEN LA MULTIPURPOSE CENTER THAT MAY BE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN YET, BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT ONE AT THE LAUDER HILL MULTIPURPOSE CENTER RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO DALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OKAY. IS WHERE IT'S, SO, I'M, I'M EXCITED. I LOVE THE LIBRARIES. THANK YOU. HELLO, MADAM. MY IN VICE MAYOR EXCITEMENT USING MADAM MAYOR. I'M IN FAVOR. GLAD COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YOU THINK THAT WILL ALLOW KIDS TO READ IS IMPORTANT TO ME, YOU FREEDOM AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE IN FAVOR MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS WERE ALREADY DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, WHILE WE REVIEWED THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. SO WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER G, DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2026, JUROR SIX TWO. WE ALREADY, WE DID THAT ONE THAT WELL AS WELL. THANK YOU. UM, NOW H DISCUSSION [5.H. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REVIEW OF POLITICAL SIGN REGULATIONS AND COMMISSION POLICY DIRECTION AND MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATES ] REGARDING THE REVIEW OF POLITICAL SIGN REGULATIONS AND COMMISSION POLICY DIRECTION AND MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATES. MADAM MAYOR, MS. TAN MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM, MS. TAN PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS WAS A OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL SIGN, UM, ORDINANCE SO THAT, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING INTO ELECTION PERIOD AND IT'S ALREADY KIND OF KICKED OFF. SO WE WANTED TO GO OVER OUR CURRENT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS LOOK AT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE US TO REVIEW AND MAYBE ADJUST OUR CODE IN ANY WAY. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE, UH, ISSUE FIRST WE LOOKED AT SOME KEY ISSUES. WE, UH, REALIZED THAT THERE'S NO MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S NO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OR INTERSECTION, NO PROHIBITIONS ON PLACEMENT OF MEDIAN SWELLS, TREES, PARKS, OR UTILITY EASEMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR CODE THAT, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE ANCHORING OR POSTING OF SIGNS. [02:45:01] AND THERE ARE SOME AMBIGUITY IN, IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SIGNS CAN BE POSTED. SO WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES CLOSE BY IN PROXIMITY TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND WE DID ALSO LOOK AT SOME, UM, FEDERAL LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO, UH, ACCOUNT AS WE LOOK AT THIS CODE. AND, UH, WE HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. SO CURRENTLY OUR REGULATIONS ALLOW THE SIGNS TO BE PRETTY MUCH PLACED IN ANY DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY. UM, STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND CHANGING THAT. THE MAXIMUM SIGN FACE CURRENTLY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, A SIGN CAN BE FOUR SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS BASICALLY A TWO BY TWO. AND THEN FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THE SIGN CAN BE 16 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS BASICALLY A FOUR BY FOUR SIGN. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SIGNS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IN CODE COMPLIANCE AS WELL, WAS TWO PER CANDIDATE OR ISSUE PER PARCEL. SO, UH, A HOMEOWNER OR A PROPERTY OR BUSINESS COULD ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SIGNS PER CANDIDATE OR ISSUE PER PARCEL. SO THAT COULD ADD UP TO QUITE A BIT OF SIGNS ON ONE PARCEL. AND THEN FOR A, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, IT SAYS TWO PER CANDIDATE OR ISSUE PER BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT OR ACTIVITY FOR. SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA, IF THERE'S SAY 25 BUSINESSES WITHIN THAT PLAZA, THEY COULD HAVE, UH, OVER 50 OR MORE SIGNS OUT THERE IN THE PLAZA ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT CODE. UM, SO STAFF WAS LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME DIRECTION IN THAT AREA. WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER CODES AND, UH, MOST OF THEM STAYED A MAXIMUM OF THREE TEMPORARY SIGNS PER PROPERTY. AND A LOT OF THE CODES DID REFER TO THESE SIGNS AS TEMPORARY SIGNS OPPOSED TO POLITICAL SIGNS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, FIRST AMENDMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD GET US CAUGHT UP INTO A, UM, FEDERAL REGULATION ISSUE WITH A POLITICAL SPEECH. SO A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY DID TAKE OUT AND DID NOT LABEL THE SIGNS AS POLITICAL SIGNS, BUT LABEL THEM AS TEMPORARY SIGNS AND USE THAT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE POLICY. SO WE HAVE NO SIGN HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES DID HAVE A FOUR FOOT MAXIMUM IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND SIX FOOT IN THE COMMERCIAL AREAS. UM, THE SIGN STRUCTURE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIMITATIONS ON THAT. UH, SOME COMMUNITIES DID REQUIRE SIGNS TO BE SECURELY ANCHORED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE CONDITION. AND THEN ALSO, UH, LOCAL RESTRICTIONS, UH, NONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED PROHIBITED PLACEMENT ON PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS OR MEDIAS AND SWELLS. AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO ADD THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE TO THE SIGN CODE AND THE DISPLAY PERIOD. WE DO HAVE, UM, IN OUR CODE CURRENTLY, YOU MAY POST YOUR SIGN 90 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND THEN IT HAS TO BE REMOVED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION. UM, AGAIN, WANTED TO MAYBE BEEF THAT UP A LITTLE BIT AND ADD SOME, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS CAN REMOVE THOSE SIGNS AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE IF WE HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE SIGNS. UM, OUR CODE DOES ALLOW US TO, UH, HAVE FREESTANDING SIGNS AS WELL AS ATTACHED SIGNS. AND AGAIN, WE RECOMMEND THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME, UH, ATTACHED SIGNS, THAT THAT WOULD ONLY BE AFFIXED TO FENCES SO THAT THERE, THE SIGNS WOULDN'T BE ON SIDES OF BUILDINGS OR WINDOWS. UM, PROPERTY OWNER PERMISSION IS REQUIRED BASED ON OUR CODE, WHICH WE THINK IS APPROPRIATE. AND WE WOULD ALSO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT IT BE PROHIBITED FROM BEING PLACED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. WE DID WANNA SAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THERE TO REMOVE THE SIGN IF IT'S DAMAGED OR DETERIORATED FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC VIEW. AND THEN NO ILLUMINATION SIGNS. WE WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT TO THE CODE AND ALSO DEFINITELY WANNA ADD SOME SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. WHAT WOULD INCLUDE PROHIBITING SIGNS THAT OBSTRUCT THE SITE DISTANCE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS A DA ROUTES OR TRAFFIC CONTROL [02:50:01] DEVICES. AND BASICALLY THE LAST POINT WOULD BE TO BEEF UP OUR ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND ALLOW US TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN CODE COMPLIANCE CAN REMOVE THESE SIGNS. MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU. I I JUST WANTED TO SAY I, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT THE CODE. I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME TIME TO REALLY LOOK THROUGH IT AND COME BACK WITH SUGGESTIONS, BUT WHAT YOU'VE SAID SO FAR SEEMS PRETTY FAIR. MAD VICE MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT, BUT I DID BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ACTON CITY MANAGER, UM, CONCERNING A POLITICAL CANDIDATE FROM ANOTHER CITY PUTTING IN THEIR SIGNS IN OUR CITY. IF IT WAS A CERTAIN DIMENSION, UM, THEY HAD TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE HOME CITY AND THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE IN THE CITY WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THAT, UM, THAT SIGN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PERMIT REQUIRED FOR POLITICAL SIGNS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF HAVING A PERMITTING REQUIREMENT, WHETHER IT'S A PAID FEE OR JUST REQUIRED TO, UM, HAVE STAFF REVIEW IT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA. I LIKE WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH THIS. UM, YOU COULD CHECK ON, UM, OAKLAND PARK. THEIR, THEIR POLICY IS, IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PUT LIKE A BIG SIGN UP AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS BACK IF YOU TAKE IT DOWN AND, UM, THAT YOU CAN GET A RE GET THE REFUND BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD, BUT DEFINITELY TO KIND OF LOOK ON HOW THEY DO THEIR SIGNS IN THAT CITY AND MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MODIFY TO FIT US. BUT AS, UH, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT IF ANOTHER, UM, CITY BRING THEIR SIGN IN OUR CITY, WE SHOULD, THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF MONETARY CHARGE. MS. SANJI, WE'VE ALREADY SEE POLITICAL SIGNS UP, UM, EVERYWHERE. BIG, TALL, SMALL, LONG, SHORT, WHATEVER. WHAT DO WE ALLOW IN THE CITY OF LONGDALE LAKES AS IT RELATES TO POLITICAL SIGNS? FOR POLITICAL SIGNS? RIGHT NOW WE DO ALLOW TWO PER PARCEL FOR RESIDENTIAL AND TWO PER BUSINESS IN A COMMERCIAL PLAZA. UH, THE SIGN, THE LARGER SIGNS ARE LIMITED TO A FOUR BY FOUR, WHICH IS 16 SQUARE FEET. AND THEN THE SMALLER SIGNS WHICH ARE ALLOWED IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IS TWO BY TWO. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE BASIS OF OUR CODE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO TO HAVE, UH, I THINK THOSE ARE TWO BY TWOS, YOU ARE SAYING TWO PER PARCEL OR PLEASE EXPLAIN, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. TWO PER CANDIDATE OR ISSUE. SO A PARCEL COULD HAVE MULTIPLE CANDIDATES THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING AND MULTIPLE ISSUES, SO IT COULD BECOME QUITE A BIT OF SIGNS WITHIN THEIR YARD OR, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS, UH, TWO PER BUSINESS. COULD BE A LOT IN A PLAZA FOR SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ITEM NUMBER [5.I. DISCUSSION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR USE OF THE CITY’S FACILITY AND LOGO BY THE BROWARD SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION/UNITED WAY BROWARD FOR AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 17, 2026 (SPONSORED BY MAYOR VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS) ] I DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR USE OF THE CITY'S FACILITY AND LOGO BY THE BROWARD SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, UNITED WAY BROWARD, FOR AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2026. AND THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY MAYOR UM, EDWARDS PHILLIPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM ACM SUICIDE IS SOMETHING THAT WE VERY RARELY TALK ABOUT, AND WHEN IT DOES OCCUR, SOMETIMES WE SEEM TO BE A BIT SURPRISED THAT SUICIDES ARE OCCURRING, BUT SUICIDES ARE GREATLY TIED TO MENTAL HEALTH. WE KNOW THAT NOW MENTAL HEALTH IS GREAT EMPHASIS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND PERSON RECEIVING SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH. SUICIDE IS AMONG [02:55:01] THE TOP 10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, RESULTING IN ABOUT ONE DEATH EVERY 11 MINUTES. ADDITIONALLY, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS RESULT IN AN EVEN LARGER NUMBER OF NON-FATAL INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM INJURIES. SUICIDE IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS ALWAYS EXISTED IN THE US IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PEOPLE 10 TO 34 YEARS OF AGE. THE FOURTH LEADING CAUSE AMONG PEOPLE 35 TO 54 YEARS OF AGE AND THE EIGHTH LEADING CAUSE AMONG PEOPLE 55 TO 64 YEARS OF AGE. STATISTICS AS IT RELATES TO BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY TO DECEMBER, 2024, WHERE THE STATS WERE IN NOT FOR 25, THERE WERE 148 SUICIDES IN BROWARD COUNTY DURING THAT PERIOD, THE GENDER OF THOSE WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE, THERE WERE 1131 FEMALES AND 117 MALES TOTALING 148 SUICIDES IN BROWARD COUNTY FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, WHICH IS FIVE MONTHS, 148 SUICIDES IN BROWARD COUNTY. THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THOSE 148 WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE, 101 WHITE 21 BLACK, 19TH, HISPANIC, FOUR ASIAN, THREE OTHERS TOTALING 148. THE BROWARD SUICIDE PREVENTION CORRELATION CONVENED STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF BROWARD COUNTY TO WORK TOWARDS A SHARED GOAL OF REACHING A ZERO SUICIDE INITIATIVE IN BROWARD COUNTY. THE COALITION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019 AND IT BRINGS TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 LOCAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION LEADERS, HOSPITALS, AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE COALITION'S PURPOSE IS TO ALIGN, INFORM AND COORDINATE, EDUCATE SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTY TO STRENGTHEN SYSTEMS, EMPOWER PARTNERSHIPS, AND REDUCE DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. THE COALITION IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED WAY, WHO PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THIS WORK BY HOSTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DRUG PREVENTION WORKSHOPS, SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKSHOP, AND MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION. THE COALITION IS REQUESTING TO UTILIZE THE HAZEL P ROGERS BUILDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAYOR VERONICA EDGES PHILLIPS. THE EVENT TIME IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, PROPOSING FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL 3:00 PM LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED. UH, THEY'RE ASKING FOR USE OF THE FACILITIES PREFERRED SPACE WITH A LARGE MEETING AREA, WHICH THE HAZEL P ROGERS CENTER IS THE FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP WILL BE OPEN AND CLOSING PLENARIES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS. THEY'RE ASKING FOR A BREAKOUT ROOM AND FOR USE OF THE KITCHEN BECAUSE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED, THEY WILL PROVIDE PUBLICITY AND MARKING AND ASKING FOR THE CITY TO DO SO. ALSO ON ITS SO MEDIUM SOCIAL MEDIUM SITES, YOU'RE ALSO ASKING FOR BSO REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH IS ANOTHER ISSUE FOR COLLEAGUES. I'M ASKING AS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES FOR 2027 THAT WE ACCOMMODATE THE COALITION, THE SUICIDE COALITION FOR UTILIZATION FOR THEIR WORKSHOP, FOR THEIR PANEL DISCUSSION, AND FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? ALRIGHT, MAAM? YES, SIR. THANK, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING SUICIDE AWARENESS, UM, FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO AND, UM, IN SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. MS. DOWN. I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I, I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT. UM, I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE TO, I THINK THAT SPACE FOR THAT DAY. WHAT TIME? IT WAS A, IT'S A SATURDAY, RIGHT? OCTOBER 17TH. I DID CHECK WITH THE CITY'S OVERALL CALENDAR AND WAS INFORMED THAT THAT DATE WAS AVAILABLE. OH, OKAY. I'M NOT SURE, BUT UM, YEAH, I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF IT. UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT. RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MME. MAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. [03:00:01] AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, WORKSHOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOODNIGHT EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. RECORDING STOPPED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.