Sep 08, 2026 City Commission Workshop

THREE, A REVIEW OF THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEET AN AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, DISCUSSION

[3.A. REVIEW OF THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ]

CITY MANAGER EVANS.

YES, THAT THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UH, THIS EVENING'S REGULAR AGENDA.

THE FIRST ITEM UNDER THREE A IS WE HAVE AN INVOCATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR MEETING, THEN FOLLOWED BY ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND WE HAVE TWO, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS, UH, CONCERNING THEIR REFERENDUM ITEM, UH, FOLLOWED BY ITEM FIVE A, FIVE B, AND FIVE C, WHICH ARE APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES.

THEN NEXT WE HAVE NO ITEMS UNDER PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION FOR ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

WE HAVE NONE.

AND THE FIRST ITEM

[4. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S) (Part 1 of 2)]

AS IT RELATES TO REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE CITY COMMISSION IS ITEM ORDINANCE 26 0 5.

AND I WILL ASK FOR THE CLERK TO READ THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD.

AND THE PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE BY OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR MCCOY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ORDINANCE 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 0 5 APPROVING APPLICATION NUMBER LDA DASH 26 DASH 18.

A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ASSEMBLY USE DEFINITION AND OFFICE PARK CONDITIONAL USES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGED.

MS. MCCOY.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

ONE MINUTE, MS. MCCOY.

I'M HERE.

AND TURN UP THE VOLUME THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR.

UH, CLEAR THIS UP BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE A VIOLATION OF THE RUPPA ACT.

THANK YOU, MS. GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK.

THIS EVENING I AM PRESENTING THIS ITEM AND, UH, IT'S A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT IN THE OFFICE PARK DISTRICT.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A PROPOSED CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO REPLACE EXISTING PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY DEFINITION.

THE LDR IN THE LDR WITH A NEW NEUTRAL DEFINITION OF ASSEMBLY USE, MODIFYING THE LDR SUBSECTION 7 0 4, 9 0.9 0.2 CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE OFFICE PARK DISTRICT AND CONFORMING THE TERMINOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE LDR TO THE NEW TERM ASSEMBLY.

USE A CORRESPONDENT AMENDMENT TO THE SECTION 26 DASH THREE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED SEPARATELY TO REPLACE THESE TERMS. THE PLACE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WITH ASSEMBLY USE TO CONFORM WITH TERMINOLOGY WITHIN THE LDR.

THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF DALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION IS TO ADDRESS COMPLIANCE CONCERNS UNDER THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT.

THE EXISTING LDR PERMITS CHURCHES OR SYNAGOGUES AND OTHER HOUSES OF WORSHIP AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE OFFICE PARK DISTRICT.

AND THE LIMITS SUCH USES TO ONE ESTABLISHMENT WHILE IMPOSING NON-COMPARABLE NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN OTHER ASSEMBLY USES SUCH AS BUSINESS RELATED SCHOOLS.

SO ONCE WE, UH, I WELL IDENTIFIED THIS ISSUE WITHIN OUR CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, WE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME TO,

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THIS COULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY.

SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD RIGHT AWAY.

THIS NEW CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR UP TO FOUR ASSEMBLY USES INSTEAD OF DESIGNATING SYNAGOGUES OR CHURCHES.

AND BRINGING ALL OF THOSE USES INTO UNDER ONE DEFINITION OF ASSEMBLY USES INSTEAD OF PLACES OF PUBLIC UNDER, UM, I'M SORRY, PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY.

SO THAT, SO THAT WAS SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS, NOT OFTEN FOUND IN MOST CODES.

MOST CODES USE THE TERM ASSEMBLY USES TO COVER ALL OF THESE TYPE OF USES.

SO WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TREATING THE CHURCHES AND THE SYNAGOGUES AS AN ASSEMBLY USE JUST AS WE ARE TREATING ANY OTHER ASSEMBLY USE WITHIN ANY OF THE DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY, AND ESPECIALLY AGAIN WITHIN THE OFFICE PARK BECAUSE IN THIS AREA WE ARE LIMITING THE USE OF ASSEMBLY USES WITHIN THE OFFICE PARK.

ONE MINUTE.

ADVICE, MAN, THAT'S BRILLIANT.

UM, MS. MADAM CITY CLERK, JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER TACY SWELL.

WHO NOTED MADAME VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

UM, COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR DISCUSSION ON THE STANDING? NO QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE ONE.

YOU SAID THAT, HOW MANY WERE THERE BEFORE MS. MCCOY? WHAT WAS THE USAGE? I THINK I HEARD YOU SAYING THAT IT'S WHAT FOR NOW.

WHAT WAS, SO WHEN WE WENT OUT AND DID OUR SURVEY, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ONE CHURCH, WHICH IS AN ASSEMBLY USE, AND WE FOUND TWO SCHOOLS.

SO THAT GAVE US THREE CURRENT ASSEMBLY USES WITHIN THE OFFICE PARK DISTRICT AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT TO FOUR TO ALLOW ONE MORE ASSEMBLY USE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

UM, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE AS FAR AS IT HAVING A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE CITY AND, UM, ESPECIALLY IF THE CURRENT CHURCH IN THERE NOW DOESN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UM, THEM HAVING A NEW NEIGHBOR, UH, I WOULDN'T SEE NO ISSUE WITH THIS ALL.

THANK YOU, MS. MCCOY.

I HAVE A QUESTION AS WHEN I READ THIS, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR THE THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AND IN THE WHAT, WHAT, WHERE IS THIS OFFICE PARK THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO FOR CLARIFICATION? THE OFFICE PARK IS LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE SEVEN IN THE MOST NORTHERN AREA OF THE CITY.

SO AT THE VERY TOP OF THE CITY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A OFFICE PARK, WHICH HAS MOSTLY OFFICE TYPE USES THERE, THERE'S MEDICAL USES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, WE LOOKED AT THE CODE AND DETERMINE THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE TRYING TO LIMIT, NOT TO TURN IT INTO A PLACE OF JUST ASSEMBLY USES OR CHURCHES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO KEEP AN AREA WHERE WE COULD REASONABLY SAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE OFFICE TYPE USES, BUT ALSO ALLOWING FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER ASSEMBLY USES AS WELL.

IS MORE COMMONLY USED AND MORE COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD THROUGHOUT THE UH, COUNTRY, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THE PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WAS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CODE, INCLUDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

UH, SO THIS IS THE HEADWAY PLAZA, UM, OVER THERE JUST FOR REFERENCE, SAME PLACE WHERE WE HAVE, UM, OUR BORN ON PURPOSE PROJECT AND THE FASHION ACADEMY.

SO, UM, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I I, IF THE OTHER CHURCHES, THE OTHER TENANTS DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, THE PEOPLE DOING THE SAME LINE OF SERVICE, THEN I WOULDN'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH, UM, THIS PARTICULAR TENANT ENABLED TO GO IN THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SO EVEN WITH ANOTHER CHURCH OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ASSEMBLY USES COMING IN, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SO THROUGH THAT CONDITIONAL USE, THAT WILL BE THE TIME WHEN ALL OF THAT WILL BE EXAMINED IN TERMS OF SENDING OUT THE NOTICES AS WE DO TO ALL OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORS WITHIN THAT AREA, AS WELL AS NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC THAT SOMEONE IS ASKING FOR THAT USE.

AND THAT WILL COME THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION.

IT WILL GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, AND THEN IT WILL COME TO COMMISSION FOR FINAL APPROVAL FOR THAT USE.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? I, I HAVE ONE, ONE MORE QUESTION.

UM, THIS HERE, THE LDR AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCE, IT'S BEING PRESENTED AS A JOINT RIGHT NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, RIGHT? COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS PLEASE? SO THROUGH, UM, THIS APPLICATION AS WE RE UM, CHANGE THE TERMINOLOGY OR THE DEFINITION OF FROM PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY TO ASSEMBLY USE, WHICH

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AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A COMPANION, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATED THAT DEFINITION CORRECTLY.

UM, AND MR. ATTORNEY, YES MATTER, VICE MAYOR ALSO, UH, THE REASONING BEHIND HAVING THE SECOND COMPANION ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE OF THE SINGLE SUBJECT RULE THAT IS ALLOWED FOR, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ONE RELATIVE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BUT THE COMPANION ORDINANCES ADDRESSES ONE OF THOSE, UH, DESCRIPTIONS OF A PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY OUTSIDE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BUT IN THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.

SO THE IDEA WAS TO CAPTURE THAT, UH, UH, AREA AS WELL, BUT ALSO MEET THE SINGLE SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MY OTHER QUESTION IS THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR PROTE, WHAT ABOUT NON-PROFITS? PROFITS? WOULD THEY BE CONSIDERED, UM, ASSEMBLY USAGE? ARE YOU MADAM MAYOR? NONPROFITS ARE NOT A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE WOULD USE IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE FUNDING COMES.

WE LOOK AT THE USE OF THE, UM, FACILITY.

MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. MCCOY.

ALRIGHT, MADAM CITY CLERK.

NEXT ITEM, ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 0 0 6, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

ITEM EIGHT B IS ORDINANCE 20 26 0 0 6 APPROVING A CI, A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REPLACE THE TERM PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WITH THE TERM ASSEMBLY USE IN SECTION 2126 DASH THREE.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES.

UH, THIS ITEM IS THE COMPANION ITEM THAT WILL AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO EFFECTIVELY DO THE SAME THING THAT THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM DID.

AND SO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MS. MCCOY, IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POINT, UH, PURSUANT TO STATE STATUTES, YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE ITEMS IN AN ORDINANCE HEADING.

SO YOU HAD TO HANDLE IT IN SUCH A FASHION AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE OR CONSIDERATION ONCE THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU, UM, OF ORDINANCE 26 0 6.

THANK YOU MS. COY.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SO THIS, UM, COMPANION ITEM IS FOR, AGAIN, TO UPDATE OUR TERM, REPLACE THE TERM PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WITH THE TERM ASSEMBLY USE.

AND THIS ORDINANCE IS TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUE? NO, NONE FROM ME.

TARA WILLIAMS, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

NINE.

A MADAM VICE MAYOR, WE MOVE TO CONSIDERATIONS OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA NINE, AAA'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH NINE SEVEN AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE CITY INSURANCE POLICIES PROVIDING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC.

ALSO KNOWN AS FLORIDA BLUE DENTAL INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH SOLSTICE BENEFITS INC.

VISION INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH HUMANA INC.

LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE COMPANY AND GAP INSURANCE WITH AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.

CITY MANAGER EVANS, MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY ASK FOR THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MS. WILLIAMS TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM VICE MAYOR CITY, UH, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, CITY MANAGER AND ACTING CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.

UM, IT'S OUR TIME.

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE THE YEAR AGAIN TO RENEW OUR BENEFITS THAT ARE OFFERED TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ELIGIBLE STAFF.

UH, CITY STAFF.

WE ARE CONTINUING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FLORIDA BLUE FOR ANOTHER

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YEAR.

WE'RE DOING SO SO WE CAN, UM, BECOME SELLABLE.

OUR UTILIZATION IS CURRENTLY HIGH, SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SELLABLE FOR ANY FOR ADDITIONAL YEARS TO ANY OTHER VENDOR, WE NEED TO CONTINUE.

UM, THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH FLORIDA BLUE AND REALLY, UM, DRILL DOWN OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM, UM, WITH THEM.

FLORIDA BLUE PROVIDED AN INITIAL, UM, MEDICAL RENEWAL OF 20 POINT 84% AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF NEGOTIATION.

WE CLOSED IT AT 9.44, UH, RENEWAL RATE PERCENT, UM, ALL AUXILIARY SIDE DENTAL, HMO GAP, VISION AND LIFE ALL RENEWED AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

OUR PPO PLAN IS INCREASING BY 5% AND THAT'S WITH, UM, SOLSTICE.

SO OVERALL FOR OUR ENTIRE BENEFIT PROGRAM, WE'RE INCREASING AT 8.52%.

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES? WHAT? COULD YOU REPEAT IT AGAIN, MS. TARA? I'M SORRY.

SENTENCE SAY IT.

I CAN'T HEAR IT.

MIKE, COULD YOU REPEAT A LAST SENTENCE OVERALL? SURE.

UM, ACROSS ALL LINES, THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WE'RE INCREASING AT 8.52%, SO YOU DID NOT HEAR HOW MUCH HARD 0.5 IS.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES, YOU MAY.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR DID POINT OUT IS THE CLAIM PREMIUM RATIO.

AND, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS ADMINISTRATION AND AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE OUR BOOK OF BUSINESS, IT'S COSTING THEM MORE TO ENSURE OUR BOOK OF BUSINESS.

SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR IT MAY COST THEM A DOLLAR 10 TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.

AND SO INVARIABLY WHEN WE GO TO MARKET, OTHER COMPETITORS DON'T BOOK ON, DON'T BID ON OUR BOOK OF BUSINESS.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE A CONSERVATIVE EFFORT FROM ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMORBIDITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR, OUR WORKFORCE.

HOW CAN WE PUSH WELLNESS IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY TO MOVE OUR EMPLOYEES OFF OF SOME PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND THE LIKE.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE MORE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE ROUTINELY THAT IS YOUR LARGEST LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 600, $700 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH.

IT, IT GETS VERY EXPENSIVE VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NUMBERS FIT THAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE BENEFITS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DID WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT PLAN DESIGNS AND OTHER MECHANISM TO INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYEES TO, TO MAKE SOME LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO REDUCE THE COST.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD GET EXPENSIVE VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH, RIGHT? MOST DEFINITELY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I DO SEE MR. GILLUM IN, UM, IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, NINE B MADAM.

SO CLERK MADAM VICE, MADAM VICE MAYOR, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 0 9 8, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN BY THE BROWARD MPO, MR. C? YES, MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO OR CITY ENGINEER, I'M SORRY, TO COME AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NASER.

HONORABLE VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, UH, CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.

MPO CAME TO THE LAST MEETING AND MADE THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THESE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PREPARATION CITY'S OBLIGATION IS TO PAY ONLY 10% OF THE TOTAL COST, TOTAL COST $175,000.

WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE ONLY $17,500.

90% WILL BE CONTRIBUTED BY MPO.

THEY WILL DO THIS MASTER PLAN, BUT WE'LL, OUR CITY WILL HAVE WORKING GROUP TO WORK WITH THEM AND THEY'LL HAVE SEVEN MEETINGS WITH THE CITIES WORKING GROUP.

THEY WILL ALSO INVOLVE OUR RESIDENTS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND ALSO THEY'LL HAVE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

THE WHOLE INTENT OF THIS TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN IS DEFINITELY PUBLIC SAFETY CONNECTIVITY.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN IN THE CITY DEPARTMENT

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KNOWLEDGE.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GOING TO GET IT.

THANK YOU MR. NASIR.

UM, COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD, MR. NASIR? EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT FOR THE AUDIENCE.

THE, NORMALLY THIS KIND OF GRANT COMES THROUGH SAFE STREETS FOR ALL AND WE APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL GET THAT GRANT.

AND THE REQUIREMENT OF THAT GRANT IS WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE SAME OUTPUT THAT WE WILL GET WITH MPO.

SO BASICALLY, UM, OUR PRESIDENT, ACTING ASSISTANT, I THINK ACTING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHO WAS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME, I HAD CONVERSATION WITH HER AND UH, SHE DIRECTED ME TO GO FOR THIS AS THIS WILL COST LESS MONEY FOR THE CITY, BUT IN TERMS OF BENEFIT, WE'LL GET THE SAME OUTPUT THAT WAS TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.

THIS IS ALSO TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN CITY, UH, COUNTY IN FACT CONTACTED ME IF WE ARE INTERESTED TO GO WITH THEM THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO GET THIS KIND OF SERVICES.

THIS WAS OFFERED TO US.

AND DEFINITELY, UH, THIS IS VERY GOOD FOR US THAT THEY OFFERED US AND WE REALLY NEED IT BECAUSE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT, I THINK, UH, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, UH, MP IS PLANNING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER, UH, UH, COUNTIES TOO, TO HAVE A VISION ZERO IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS BY 2050.

OUR INTENT IS NOT TO ALLOW, ALLOW ANYBODY TO BE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY ENSUED DUE TO TRAFFIC CRASH.

SO TO HAVE THAT KIND OF SAFETY IN THE CITY AND TO HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY, DEFINITELY STUDIES RECORD THIS IS GOING TO IDENTIFY IF WE HAVE ANY BOTTLENECKS, IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND MOBILITY CONNECTIVITY, THEY'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, THEN DEFINITELY THEY WILL CREATE SOME RECOMMENDATION THAT IS GOING TO HELP THE CITY FOR BETTER FUTURE PLANNING TO ENHANCE THE TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.

AND WE CAN ALSO USE THAT TO GET ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO BASICALLY THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR US TO GO AFTER A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED GRANTS.

AND ONCE WE IMPLEMENT THAT THE OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE CITY WILL BE IMPROVED.

UH, MR. NASIR, THANK YOU.

BUT FROM JANUARY, 2027 TO FEBRUARY, 2028, WHAT WILL THEY BE DOING? JUST GIVE US A, A SCOPE OF WHAT THEY DOING.

IN NOVEMBER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST MEETING, UH, CITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP TO WORK WITH THEM.

THAT MEANS FROM THE CITY STAFF, THEY'LL ALSO GET, UH, OUR CITIZENS TOO.

AT THE BEGINNING THEY'RE GONNA DO THE ASSESSMENT AND BASED ON, BUT BEFORE THE ASSESSMENT, THEY'RE GONNA PICK SIX LOCATIONS IN THE CITY FOR THE STUDY.

THAT MEANS CORRIDOR, THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE SIX AREAS, THE ROAD THEY HAVE TO TAKE FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO DO THE FULLY SKILLED STUDY.

TO DO THAT, THEY NEED FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY STAFF.

THEY NEED TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS.

WHAT IS THE CONCERN, WHAT IS THE CONCERNS? SO BASICALLY IT'S KIND OF, I SHOULD SAY VERY HIGH DEGREE OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

THEY WILL HAVE, THEY WILL USE THEIR CONSULTANT.

OUR CITY STAFF WILL BE INVOLVED AND OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED TOO.

YOU WILL BE INVOLVED TOO.

SO IT'LL BE COLLECTIVE COLLABORATION.

AND WITH THAT CONDITION ASSESSMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO PINPOINT THE ISSUES.

THEN NEXT SYSTEM IS THE TECHNICAL PART TO HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND HOW THE PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED.

SO IDENTIFICATION OF THE ISSUES, THEN TECHNICAL SOLUTION TO THE ISSUES.

THEN FINALLY THEY'LL COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE OVERALL, UM, IMPLEMENTATION IN FUTURE.

SO WE SEE THIS IS THE STUDY PART, NOT THE IMPLEMENTATION PART, BUT WE NEED THIS TO GO FOR THE GRANTS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT IT.

EVEN IF WE WANT TO GET FUND FROM THE MPO, THIS WILL BE REQUIRED TOO.

UM, MR. NASIR, I, I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A STUDY ALREADY DONE ON OUR CITY.

IS IT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THIS IS WHEN THEY CAME TO US FIRST? TOTALLY DIFFERENT .

THAT IS STUDY VERSUS THIS STUDY COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO CONSIDER THE, OUR CITY.

NORMALLY WHEN THEY DO THE STUDY, THEY PICK A DUTY ROAD, 31ST AVENUE.

WE HAD THE STUDY CONDUCTED, IT COST AROUND $400,000.

THERE IS PTF GRANT, WE WERE THE LEAD CITY FOR THE STUDY.

THEY DID THE STUDY ALL THE WAY FROM BROWARD BOULEVARD TO MCNAB ROAD.

THAT'S A NOW BIG PROJECT AROUND $35 MILLION PROJECT.

BUT THAT OUTCOME AS THE RESULT OF THE STUDY, THAT IS ONLY FOR THAT ROAD.

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AND IT CAN BE LOCAL ROAD, IT CAN BE DUTY ROAD, IT CAN BE COUNTY ROAD.

THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION, DISCUSSION AND ALSO ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE CONCERN.

ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS? THANK VICE MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF, IF THE BOARD WOULD INDULGE US FOR A FIVE MINUTE RECESS SO WE CAN RESOLVE THIS TECHNICAL ISSUE.

UH, QUESTION FOR, FOR STAFF.

BY COMPLETING THIS STUDY, DOES IT NOT PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH FDOT? YES.

THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO SEEK THAT KIND OF GRANT.

SO FEDERAL GRANT WILL COME THROUGH MPO AND AS THIS WILL BE PREPARED BY MPO, THIS SHOULD BE ON THE TOP PRIORITY LIST.

LIKE 31ST AVENUE, THEY CONDUCTED THE STUDY AND WE ARE THE LEAD CITY.

NOW THAT IS ONE OF THEIR PRIORITY PROJECT.

YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

UH, MANAGER, MADAM VICE MAYOR, TO BUILD ON THAT POINT.

SURE.

UM, SO IN, IN ORDER FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET TRANCHES OF MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY REQUIRE CERTAIN STUDIES AND CERTAIN ANALYSES TO BE CONDUCTED.

SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY POSITION US IN REALLY GOOD SPACE AFTER THESE MEETINGS TO GO ASK FOR APPROPRIATIONS TO ADDRESS FOR SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES AND SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS IN ESSENCE THE FIRST STEP, THE STUDY PHASE.

THERE WILL BE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS AS TOURETTES.

AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE.

'CAUSE IT WILL CERTAINLY POSITION AS WELL IN, UM, WASHINGTON IN THE FUTURE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. NASIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, NINE C MADAM CITY CLERK, MADAM VICE MAYOR, UH, NINE C IS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH NINE NINE, ACCEPTING A $300,000 GRANT AWARD AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, WATERSHED PLANNING PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S STORM WATER MASTER PLAN.

THROUGH YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UH, AT THIS TIME I WOULD ASK FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND OUR BUDGET OFFICER TO PRESENT RESOLUTION 26 0 9 9 AND ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT THROUGH YOU, MR. MS. HEIDI BROOKE, AND MR. DES BRU TAG TEAM.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, CITY, UH, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, UM, COLLEAGUES, GUEST RESIDENTS.

UM, IS THERE IT, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY.

SO, UM, SO MADAM, UM, THIS ITEM VICE IS THROUGH ONE MINUTE, MS. HEIDI, WE ARE NOT GETTING A VIEW ON THE DAIS.

YOURS? NO.

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RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE READY? YES, WE ARE.

CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, COLLEAGUES.

GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN.

UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, UM, CITY ATTORNEY.

UM, SO THIS ITEM IS, UM, THE GRANT AWARD FOR THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

SO AT A GLANCES, WE HAVE THIS AWARD FROM THE, UH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE DID APPLY FOR $300,000, UM, AND WE WERE AWARDED THAT, THAT AWARD THROUGH, UM, THEY HAS A MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM.

AND THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES A MATCH FOR THE CITY.

UM, THE ESTIMATED COST IS $500,000.

SO WE ARE GOING TO, UM, ADD A $200,000 TO THE PROJECT FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $500,000.

AND THAT IS, UM, WE WERE SENT THE GRANTS AGREEMENT AND THAT AGREEMENT, THE, UH, PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS THROUGH MARCH, MAY 31ST, 2028.

SO THE PROJECT SCOPE, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HIRE A QUALIFIED CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE OUR EXISTING STORM WATER SYSTEM, IDENTIFY CURRENT AND FUTURE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING NEEDS, AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY, WATER QUANTITY, AND FLOOD RESILIENCY.

AND THIS PROCESS WILL ALSO INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS AWARD IS THAT, AS SAID, THE GRANT IS $300,000.

OUR CITY MATCH IS $200,000 FOR A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $500,000 INTO OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, NO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED.

THIS WILL COME OUT OF THE STORMWATER RETAIN EARNINGS.

THE PLAN WILL SUPPORT THE CITY'S CANAL STABILIZATION AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

SO WE DO HAVE, AND WHY THAT MATTERS, IT'S THAT OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT.

JUST LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT WILL ALSO POSITION US TO APPLY FOR FUTURE, UM, GRANT FUNDING.

THAT IS GONNA BECOME A MANDATORY THING FOR THE CITY TO HAVE.

WE HAVE NOT UPDATED THAT STORM MASTER PLANT SINCE, UH, THE STORMWATER MASTER PLANT PRETTY MUCH GIVE US A SYNOPSIS OF WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE SO WE CAN CREATE PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN REACTING TO HOTSPOT.

SO JUST SHORT AND SWEET.

WE RECOMMEND THAT, UM, COMMISSION APPROVES THE RESOLUTION ONCE IT COMES BEFORE YOU AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO RESPOND TO THE STATE, UM, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THEM SENDING US THE AGREEMENT, WE ARE WITHIN THAT TIME.

UM, SO WE DO WANT TO RESPOND TO THEM TO SEND THEM THE EXECUTED AGREEMENTS ON OUR SIDE SO THAT THEY CAN EXECUTE ON THEIR SIDE SO THAT WE CAN START THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT STORM WATER PLAN IN PLACE.

THAT'S A SHORT PRESENTATION.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MADAM, THROUGH YOU MS. COMMISSIONER, WHAT TIME FRAME ARE YOU LOOKING? SO, AS I SAID, UM, THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS FROM WHEN WE EXECUTE TO MAR, UH, MAY 31ST, 2028.

BUT WE WANNA GET THAT, UM, DONE MUCH FASTER THAN THAT.

'CAUSE WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT PLAN IN PLACE.

THANK MS. HEIDI? UM, THIS IS FOR MR. RON, AND THAT WILL BE DOING THE WORK.

I KNOW IN EASTGATE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH, THERE IS A BILLBOARD THERE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE STORM WATER QUALITY.

IS THAT WHAT WE ARE REFERRING TO? UH, TO, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

SO MANAGER AND THE AUDIENCE.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JUAN DE BRU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

THE BILLBOARD YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE CURRENT, UH, CAR BANK RESTORATION PROJECT THAT'S, UH, UNDERGOING, BUT THAT'S ALL ENCOMPASSES THE, THE ENTIRE DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY.

UH, WE, WE HAVE 11 MILES OF CANAL, AND FOR THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS, UH, WE'VE BEEN GOING PROACTIVELY FIXING A LOT OF THOSE, UH, BACK EROSION.

UH, BUT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 77,000 FEET OF DRAINAGE PIPE.

DIFFERENT SIZES FROM 15 INCH TO 24 TO 60 INCHES.

UH, THE LAST STORMWATER MASTER PLANT WAS CONDUCTED IN OH SEVEN, AND

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WHEREVER THERE'S A FLOODING, WE TRY TO FIX IT, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING PROACTIVELY TO LONG TERM PREVENT THE SYSTEM FROM OVERLOADING.

SO THE SOME MASTER PLAN WILL GIVE US A LIST OF PROJECT, LIST OF ISSUES THAT WE CAN PROPERLY PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UH, IT CAN BE SMALL PROJECT, A BIG PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE A, A CLEAR VISION AS TO WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE AND HOW TO FIX THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT STORM MASTER PLAN.

AND ALSO, WHENEVER THERE'S A GRANT AVAILABLE, THE FIRST DOCUMENT THEY WILL ASK YOU IS, DO YOU HAVE A STORM MASTER PLAN UPDATED? AND PARTLY WE DON'T HAVE ONE MAD THANK YOU.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION, MR. RON.

UM, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED THAT ALL THESE THINGS SET US UP FOR FEDERAL GRANT, SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS IN PLACE.

ANY QUESTION? OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUE HAVE COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, RON, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN ALMOST 20 YEARS.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE HAVE, UH, A STONEWATER MASTER PLAN BE UPDATED? MADAM VICE MAYOR ON, IN A PERFECT WORLD, EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT STORMWATER SHOULD, SHOULD BE UPDATED.

REMEMBER, WE, UH, FROM OH SEVEN TO NOW, I WOULD SAY WE ADDED, UH, APPROXIMATELY 3000 TO 4,000 FEET OF DRAINAGE PIPE TO THE SYSTEM.

UH, BUT AS IT'S 77, 70 7,000, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PLUS WHATEVER WE ADDED SINCE THEN, AND THOSE ARE, UH, PIPE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR WHEREVER WE HAD THE PROBLEM FIVE YEARS AGO, WE DON'T HAVE IT.

I CAN POINT OUT TO NORTHWEST 49TH AVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, WHENEVER THERE'S A STORM EVENT, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SLEEP BECAUSE IT WOULD FLOOD SO BAD IN FRONT OF, UH, FLORIDA MEDICAL.

BUT A YEAR AGO, WE COMPLETED A DRAINAGE PROJECT ON, ON THAT ROADWAY.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A, A PROBLEM OVER THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER HOTSPOT, UH, IN THE CITY WITH FRAUDING.

BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T WANNA GO AFTER THE HOTSPOT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR VISION OF THE ENTIRE CITY INSTEAD OF THOSE RED SPOTS, WHICH WILL POP UP IN THE PLANT.

BUT WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA BE REACTIVE.

WE WANNA BE PROACTIVE THROUGH YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER TSI, BUT PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO OTHERS ARE ABLE TO HEAR.

PLEASE, MR. RON.

I'M LOOKING ON LAUDERDALE MARKETPLACE.

IT DOESN'T HA YOU DON'T NEED HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE STREET RIGHT THERE.

THE ENTIRE SHOPPING PLAZA TO BE FLOODED IS THAT PRIVATE PROPERTIES ARE INCLUDED OR ONLY OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY? THE MARKETPLACE IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY.

MM-HMM .

WE DO NOT, UH, ACCOUNT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THERE ARE JOURNAL REQUIREMENT THAT ENSURE THAT OKAY, PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE PROPERLY.

SO THEY, THEY, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO, UH, TO JOIN THEIR, UM, THE STORMWATER CURRENTLY.

I I'M NOT SURE THAT SYSTEM IS, UH, SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR, UH, FOR THE SIZE OF THAT PROPERTY.

I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF, NOT ONLY FLOODS AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE TO DRY.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME ISSUES THERE.

UM, BUT IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WE WITHOUT GONNA, UH, WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION, UH, FROM THE CITY SIDE, UH, ON, ON THAT PROPERTY THROUGH YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU THROUGH, THROUGH YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER? YES.

UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY, UM, THROUGH THE CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, MECHANISMS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND SEE IF WE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THEIR, THEIR DRAINAGE, BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE STANDING PUDDLES IN THAT PARTICULAR PARKING LOT.

SO FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, WE AS STAFF WILL GO OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

BUT ALSO, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD AND LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT ALSO OUR IMPACT FEES BECAUSE INVARIABLY, WHEN THAT PARCEL REDEVELOPS, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO

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SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STORM WATER IS TRADE TREATED AND THAT THE STORM WATER DISCHARGES INTO OUR STORMWATER BODY.

SO THAT IS A MAJOR PROJECT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DRAINAGE HOLISTICALLY.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY EVEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO ENFORCE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S STANDING WATER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING'S NOT HAPPENING.

SO I'LL MAKE IT A POINT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND, AND WE'LL GO OUT TO THE SITE.

YES, COMM COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

AND I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE OF MIND FRAME WE NEED TO HAVE MOVING FORWARD.

UH, JUST BECAUSE SOMEWHERE IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, IT STILL AFFECTS THE RESIDENTS.

AND WHEN RESIDENTS GO OUT AND SEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK TO US FOR ANSWERS WITH THAT.

SO WE JUST GOTTA GET OUTTA THAT MINDSET.

I THINK THE SAME THING WAS SAID ABOUT A POTHOLE IN A APARTMENT COMPLEX, THAT IT WAS UP TO THE HOA TO DO SOMETHING, BUT IT'S STILL WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THERE, THERE HAS TO BE MORE WE CAN DO WITH WORKING WITH THESE HOMEOWNERS, UM, OUR WHATEVER TOOLS WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLKIT TO, TO HELP WITH THAT ENFORCEMENT.

WE WANT THAT TO BE ALONG THE ANSWER, NOT JUST IT'S SEPARATE.

I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT.

AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR A TIME CERTAIN, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR US NOT, UH, HANDLING THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 GROUP INSURANCE RENEWAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. RON.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. RON.

10 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON REGULAR AGENDA.

MADAM CITY CLERK.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY, YES.

UH, WE DO HAVE

[5.A. DISCUSSION REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2027 GROUP INSURANCE RENEWAL (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]

SO IF THE BOARD WOULD INDULGE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT TIME CERTAIN ITEM AND THEN GET BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS ONLINE.

THANK YOU AS WELL.

WELCOME, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MR. MAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU, MR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

TARA WILLIAMS, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER AND ACT CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.

UH, THIS DISCUSSION IS REGARDING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LA BEAR LAKES, UM, AUTHORIZED IN THE RENEWAL OF FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 SECOND, 27 OF THE CITY INSURANCE BENEFITS PROGRAM, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UM, FLORIDA BLUE DENTAL INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH BENEFITS, VISION INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH HUMANA LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH MU MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE COMPANY AND GAP INSURANCE WITH AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE COMPANY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST, I HAVE, UM, MIKE GELLIN FROM GELLIN BENEFITS GROUP HERE TO PRESENT OUR BENEFITS RENEWAL SUMMARY, FINAL RATES, AND EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND IF IT CAN PLEASE PUT UP THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MR. GILLUM.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, UH, MIKE GILLUM WITH THE GILLUM BENEFITS GROUP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, INSURANCE, UM, FOR THE LIFE DISABILITY.

SO WE'LL START WITH AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

YEAH, THAT'S BETTER.

SO INITIALLY WE STARTED OUT WITH A 21% INCREASE APPROXIMATELY, AND, UH, AS TARA SAID EARLIER, WE'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE DOWN TO 9.44% ON THE, UH, MEDICAL INSURANCE.

AND THAT GOES IN LINE WITH THE NATIONAL HEALTHCARE TRENDS.

UM, SO THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WILL PAY IS ABOUT $126,000, AND OVERALL IT'S 8.52%.

UH, SO THIS CHART JUST SHOWS THE, UH, COMPARISON OF THE MEDICAL RENEWAL, UH, AS WE PROGRESS FROM THE INITIAL 20 POINT 20.84% DOWN TO 10.1, AND THEN DOWN AGAIN FURTHER TO 9.44.

NOW, WE DID NOT SHOP THE INSURANCE, WE JUST NEGOTIATED DIRECTLY WITH, UH, FLORIDA BLUE.

UH, IT'S REALLY NOT USEFUL TO SHOP INSURANCE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, THEY WON'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.

THEY WON'T GIVE OUT ANY SERIOUS RATES AND THEY'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUOTE WITHOUT SERIOUSLY TAKING A LOOK AT IT.

SO, AS TARA SAID EARLIER, SOMETIMES IT'S BEST TO JUST STAY HOME AND WORK ON WHAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON TO BEST BETTER PREPARE YOURSELF, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

UM, SO THIS CHART JUST SHOWS THE, UH, FLORIDA BLUE, UH, HMO PLAN.

THE MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE ON THIS PLAN, UH, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY COMPLAINTS, UH, FROM THIS PLAN OR FROM THE CARRIER

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IN FLORIDA BLUE OUTSIDE OF THE NETWORK ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH, UH, UH, BROWARD HEALTH, WHICH SHOULD BE COMING TO A CLOSE AT SOME POINT SOON.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE FLORIDA BLUE POS PLAN.

THERE ARE FEWER EMPLOYEES ON THIS PLAN.

UM, BUT THE, UH, FINAL INCREASE HERE WAS 6.18%, UM, 27, 20 $7,000 BELOW, UH, THE INITIAL RENEWAL.

UH, SO WE DO OFFER OTHER LINES OF COVERAGE, WHICH MAKE THE FULL TOTAL PACKAGE, INCLUDING THE DENTAL PPO DENTAL, HMO DIVISION INSURANCE, THE GAP INSURANCE.

AND I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE GAP INSURANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

UH, THE GAP INSURANCE IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY HAVING A HEALTH PLAN WITH A HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE, BUT EVERYONE DOESN'T HIT THAT DEDUCTIBLE.

SO WE HAVE THAT GAP INSURANCE IN CASE SOMEONE DOES, INSTEAD OF THEM COMING OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET TO COVER THAT GAP.

THE GAP INSURANCE COVERS THAT POCKET.

SO SOME CITIES HAVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF HAVING RARELY RICH INSURANCE, UM, BUT EVERYONE IS NOT GONNA NEED THAT LEVEL OF INSURANCE.

SO THIS KEEPS OUR COST DOWN AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYEES IN CASE THEY NEED IT.

UH, WE ALSO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, BASIC LIFE INSURANCE, UH, BASIC ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE AND OTHER ANCILLARY PRODUCTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE PAID, UH, THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE COSTS, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

UH, SO THE TOTAL PLAN COSTS, UH, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON, SO I CAN'T SEE, BUT THE TOTAL INCREASE IS ABOUT $105,000.

AND OVERALL 9.44%, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE 20% THAT WAS INITIALLY, UM, PRESENTED.

UM, THE CONTRIBUTION STRATEGY IS TO, UH, CONTINUE TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO PAY WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW.

SO THE CITY IS ABSORBING THE INCREASE.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO LET EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT THEY ARE INDIRECTLY RECEIVING A RAISE BY NOT PAYING THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THE INSURANCE THAT THE CITY IS ABSORBING ON THEIR BEHALF.

UH, AND SO THESE ARE THE, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THESE HEALTH PLAN, UH, AND THE, UH, ANS LAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE DENTAL HMO DENTAL PPO HUMANA VISION AND THE GAP PLAN.

UH, AND THIS BREAKS DOWN THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THE CITY ABSORBS COMPARED TO WHAT THE EMPLOYEES ABSORB.

SO THE CITY IS TAKING THE, THE BULK OF THE COST, REMOVING THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN FROM EMPLOYEES, UH, AND THEIR PAYCHECKS.

UM, SO A RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER, UM, LOCK IN THE ANCILLARY LINES, WHICH ARE YOUR DENTAL, VISION, LIFE, AND DISABILITY.

UM, YOU HAVE THE BUDGET FIGURE AND THEN, UM, AS THE MANAGER AND HR DISCUSSED, UM, TALK ABOUT THE, A STRATEGY TO HELP EMPLOYEES IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY HELP BRING RATES DOWN.

UM, AND, AND PEOPLE NEED COACHING ON HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, HOW TO READ A NUTRITION LABEL, UM, HOW NOT TO, HOW DRINKING MULTIPLE CANS OF SODA CAN IMPACT YOUR DIABETES.

UH, SO JUST DOING THAT EDUCATION TO LET EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT WE NEED TO TAKE, DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF OUR PERSONAL HEALTH, AND THAT WILL EXTEND TO THE COST OF INSURANCE.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO QUESTIONS.

I HAVE QUESTION, BUT IT'S NOT, NOT TO MR. GALLEN.

PROPERTIES, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? MM-HMM .

WE'LL COME BACK, UM, SINCE THERE'S NO QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. WILLIAMS? WELL, IT'S RARELY FOR THE CITY, THIS NEW INSURANCE, HAVE WE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION JUST IN CASE PROPERTY TAX PASSES AND THERE IS GOING TO BE LESS MONEY? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT ADVICE, MAYOR.

SURE.

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE HAD INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS AT THE STAFF LEVEL THAT IF AMENDMENT THREE, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS PROVIDED FOR HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS THE, UM, REDUCTION IN FOR, FOR NON-HOMESTEAD

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AND HEALTH INSURANCE BEING ONE OF THE LARGER LINE ITEMS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MOST LIKELY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH.

IN FACT, I THINK IT'S PART OF YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW.

WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU VIRTUALLY THE SAME INFORMATION AND SHOW YOU THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT INVARIABLY YOU MAY HAVE TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTE MORE OF THE COST TO DEFRAY THE COST FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

AND IT'S REAL CONVERSATIONS THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF TOMORROW.

SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT.

UM, AND TO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BENEFITS, UH, PARTNER, THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES.

EVEN MODIFICATIONS TO PLAN, DESIGN TO, WHEREAS WE HAVE A GAP INSURANCE THAT WE HELP AND ASSIST WITH DEFRAYING THE COST.

IN SOME CASES, MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE IN PASSING THAT COST OVER TO THE EMPLOYEES.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS ON THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY IF, IF THIS AMENDMENT GOES THROUGH.

AND, UM, MAD VICE PI DON'T KNOW IF MR. GELLIN HAD ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THAT AS WELL.

MR. GILLIN? UH, YEAH, WE, WE WORK WITH OTHER CITIES AND THERE ARE SOME CITIES WE WORK WITH.

THEY HAVE A HIRING FREEZE WITH A HUNDRED VACANCIES AND PLANS TO DO SIGNIFICANT LAYOFFS IF, UM, IF THE AMENDMENT PASSES, AND OF COURSE, UM, EMPLOYEES WILL END UP PAYING MORE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

UM, THEY MAY NOT, BECAUSE IF THEY DROP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ABSORB THOSE COSTS, BUT THEY'RE PREPARED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, WHICH WILL, UH, IMPACT THE COST TO EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SALARIES.

MR. GO.

UH, WE ARE NOW ON CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA 10 A IS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 1 0 0 REGARDING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE FREE LITTLE LIBRARY PROJECT SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 B 10 A MADAM VICE MAYOR.

[4. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S) (Part 2 of 2)]

SO, JESUS, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR AT THIS TIME, SINCE THIS IS AN INITIATIVE BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WE WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UH, THIS IS A, SUPPOSED TO BE A SIMPLE MOU, WHICH BASICALLY STATES THAT THE, THE CHURCH AND PARTNERSHIP CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER IS AGREEING IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE TERRE LIBRARY, VANDALISM, UM, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, THAT THEY'LL COME OUT AND REPAIR THE TERRE LIBRARY.

WHO, IF I, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHO'S MAINTAINING THE LITTLE LIBRARY, WILL THEY BE MAINTAINING IT AS WELL? YES.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY MAINTAINING IT.

IF, IF ANY, OH, YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE BOOKS BEING PUT IN THERE.

RIGHT.

SO THE KIWANIS CLUB WILL BE, UH, STOCKING THE LIBRARIES WITH BOOKS, MAINTAINING IT IN THAT FASHION.

AND THE CHURCH WILL BE MAINTAINING IT STRUCTURALLY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE STRUCTURE.

ALRIGHT.

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

UM, TO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION ARE IN RECEIPT OF THE MOU AND WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THE BOARD IS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS FASHION, THAT YOU GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXECUTE THE MOU ONCE IT MEETS LEGAL SUFFICIENCY IN ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESOLVING ANY LITTLE OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE RELATED ISSUES.

WE DO HAVE THE MOU, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN, UH, ITEMS ARE CONTAINED IN THAT MOU TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THE CITY'S INTEREST AS WELL AS THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S INTEREST AND, AND OUR PARTNERS ARE ALL PROTECTED.

AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT WHEN THIS ITEM DOES COME BEFORE YOU IN A REGULAR MEETING, THAT YOU APPROVE IT CONTINGENT ON CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY ADMINISTRATION, UH, APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CARLY AND MAXWELL WILLIAMS? WE CAN HEAR HER IN THE BACK, BUT DOWN ON THE PA SYSTEM FOR SOME REASON, BUT SHE, I HEARD HER SAY NO QUESTIONS.

BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I BELIEVE THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, GET THE AUDIO IN THE AUDITORIUM SO YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HEAR AND, AND ALLOW FOR THE COMMISSIONER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SET PRESENTATION.

10 B MADAM CITY CLERK, MADAM VICE MAYOR, UH, 10 B RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 REGARDING THE CITY'S FACILITY USE FOR FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, THIS CITY MANAGER, UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS TO BE PRESENTED

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SO IF YOU CAN GIVE US A MOMENT, WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. SURE.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY.

SURE.

UH, COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES.

UH, I CAN HEAR YOU.

UM, COMMISSIONER, WE'RE ON THE ITEM CONCERNING, UH, YOUR INITIATIVE, UH, RESOLUTION 26 0 1.

1 0 1.

AND AT THIS TIME, UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF WE CAN ALLOW THE COMMISSIONER THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

IT'S YOUR TIME.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS TO THANK YOU.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.

COLLEAGUES, NO QUESTIONS.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THE, UM, THE CITIZENSHIP.

IT'S A FREE CITIZENSHIP DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND I DO IT IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR OVER FIVE YEARS IN OUR CITY.

UM, I KNOW IT BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, UM, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WAS CONCERNED ABOUT USING THE FACILITY AND NOT PAYING.

SO AFTER, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS LIKE SIX MONTHS STRAIGHT, UM, I BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION IN, UM, IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HOPEFULLY GET AN APPROVAL TO USE A FACILITY AT NO COST.

UM, WE WILL, THE FLORIDA IMMIGRANT CORRELATION WILL PROVIDE A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS.

THEY, THE CITY WOULD NOT BE LIABLE.

UM, I, I USUALLY DO IT EVERY MONTH, UM, ASKING TO DO IT EVERY OTHER MONTH AND USE A FACILITY.

UM, IT'S FROM 10:00 AM UH, WE'LL WORK OUT WHICH SATURDAY'S ALWAYS GONNA BE ON A SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM SET UP AT NINE, BREAKDOWN AT FOUR.

AND THIS WILL BE EVERY OTHER MONTH.

UM, STARTING IN 2027.

UM, AGAIN, UM, WE CAN WORK WITH THE FACILITY LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING BEFORE WITH MS. ERICA, THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO RENT THE SPACE, UM, DURING THAT TIME, IF IT'S IN THE EVENING, WE CAN WRAP UP AND MAKE SURE WE ARE OUT THERE IN TIME FOR THAT PERSON TO RENT THE SPACE.

IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO RENT THE SPACE DURING THE TIME THAT WE WOULD USE A SPACE, UH, WE HAVE USED A SMALL ROOM BEFORE THE, UM, THE DOMINO ROOM AND WE MOVE AND I CAN CONTROL HOW MANY PEOPLE REGISTER TO COME IN SO WE CAN MAKE IT WORK THAT IT DOESN'T COST OR THE CITY DOESN'T LOSE ANY MONEY IN THE PROCESS.

AND, AND AT AT THE SAME TIME HELPING THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SEE AND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS IN OUR C FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE HELPED OVER 2000 RESIDENTS ALREADY BEING NATURALIZED.

AND IT'S A VERY, I I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY CALLS I'VE GOTTEN 'CAUSE I THINK I'VE STOPPED DOING THE DRIVE SINCE JULY IN OUR CITY AND THE CALLS THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING, LIKE, WHEN ARE WE DOING IT? WHEN ARE YOU DOING IT? I'VE BEEN DOING IT MORE IN, IN MIAMI AND ALL THE PLACES, BUT NOT IN MY CITY.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT BACK IN OUR CITY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL CONSIDER IT.

AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.

COLLEAGUES.

MADAM VICE SMITH.

I THOUGHT THAT WE DID PASS, I THINK WAS IT IN JULY OR JUNE? MISS ERICA, UM, HAD, UM, THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST DISCUSSION

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WE HAD.

MY PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN I READ THE CHARTER, LORD THE DE LAKE CITY CHARTER, IT SAYS CLEARLY THAT BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET ANYTHING MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.

THAT IS WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS.

AND IF WE ARE ABIDING BY THE CHARTER, I KNOW THAT IT'S COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, THAT'S, SHE DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

BUT TECHNICALLY THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR US HAD TO BE CITIZENS.

SO TECHNICALLY IT DOES NOT, THEY ARE NOT A PART OF THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, AS I SAID BEFORE, HAVING CARVE OUT, WE ARE CARVING OUT STUFF FOR ONE COMMISSIONER AND THAT IS WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM.

PROBLEM IS THAT YOU'RE CARVING OUT FOR, FOR ONE COMMISSIONER, THE MAYOR SLASH COMMISSIONERS HAVE ONE VOTE UNDER THE CHARTER.

SINCE IT'S CHARTER, IT'S EQUAL.

DOES NOT ALLOW US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO HAVE SOMETHING CARVED OUT, ESPECIALLY FOR US.

MISS COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, THAT SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.

BUT MY PROBLEM AND STILL MY PROBLEM, THAT WE WERE GIVING EVERY NONPROFIT ANYONE AROUND TOWN WHO WANTED A SPACE, THEY WERE WELCOME TO COME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THEY GOT IT.

STAFF PREPARED THE BUILDING AND THEN YOU TAXPAYERS HAD TO PAY THE STAFF.

STAFF BREAKS IT DOWN.

WELL, LUCKILY, I WOULD SAY I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY RISK INVOLVED WITH INSURANCE BECAUSE NO ONE SIGNED THE PAPER WHEN WE WERE HANDING OUT.

IT'S LIKE SWEETS, WHOEVER WILL COME TO THE CITY OF LORD THEIR LAKES AND THEY WERE GIVEN A FREE SPACE.

I WAS TOLD COMMISSIONERS GET ONE.

I THINK EMPLOYEES AND COMMISSIONERS MAYOR COMMISSIONER GETS ONE FREE SPACE PER YEAR.

YOU WANT THE SECOND ONE? IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS $690 FOR FOUR HOURS, LET'S SAY.

THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM THE PARKS.

SO FOR ME, IT'S, I, IT'S IT, I I KNOW COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FELT THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PERSONAL.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL FOR ME THAT, BECAUSE IF I DO IT FOR ONE, IT MEANS EVERY RESIDENT OF LORD DE LAKES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAYBE HAVE HOMESTEAD OR BUSINESS, WANT SOMETHING AT THE CITY, THEY WOULD'VE HAD A RIGHT TO GET IT.

SO I, NOTHING HAS CHANGED FOR ME.

I WAS WILLING TO GIVE HER MY ONE TIME TO MAKE IT.

MAYBE SHE WOULD HAVE HER ONE AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS OR WHOEVER WOULD DO THAT.

BUT IT'S HARD FOR US TO CARVE OUT SOMETHING FOR ONE COMMISSIONER.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M OLD FASHIONED OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH ME.

MAYBE BEING OLD COULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, I SEE THINGS DIFFERENT.

BUT LIKE CITY CHARTER

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AND THAT IS WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE COMMISSIONER.

MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL.

SO I DO THINK, I MEAN HER STATEMENT, MY COLLEAGUE STATEMENT SOUNDS, UH, PERSONAL BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE, DON'T LOOK AT ME.

IT'S 'CAUSE NUMBER ONE, THE FLYER DOES NOT SHOWCASE CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. IT SHOWCASE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.

AND IT DOESN'T EVEN A LITTLE LOGO OR FLICK IT SHOWCASE THE WORK.

IT DOESN'T SHOWCASE ME.

MY PICTURE'S NOT ON THE TOP.

I AM NOT GLOWING ON IT.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN SHE'S SAYING, UM, ONE COMMISSIONER'S BEING GIVEN THE SAME, UH, GIVEN SOME KIND OF FAVOR.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.

BECAUSE IF ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER HAS A WORK THAT IT INVOLVES A COMMUNITY THAT IS A, A BRINGING SOME VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD, WE WOULD BE ON BOARD.

NO ONE ELSE HAS THAT IDEA, BUT I DO.

SO MIGHT ALSO THINK WHEN YOU ALSO MADE THE STATEMENT ABOUT, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR YOUR CITIZENS.

YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT RE IN THAT CITIZEN WHO VOTED FOR YOU, HAVE MARRIED TO SOMEBODY WHO JUST GOT THEIR PAPERS TO THAT MARRIAGE AND NOW IS A CITIZEN TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

SO IT DOES AFFECT THE HOUSEHOLD.

SO DON'T, DON'T SAY THAT.

'CAUSE JUST BECAUSE THAT PERSON COULD VOTE FOR YOU IN THAT HOUSE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN THAT HOUSE, WHO'S ABOUT TO NEED TO GET THEIR CITIZENSHIP OR DON'T EVEN HAVE PAPERS.

SO THAT IT DOES AFFECT THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS A, IT'S A LOOK AT THE PROGRAM.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.

AND OTHER CITIES ALLOW US TO USE A SPACE.

I WAS IN LA CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE TWO WEEKS AGO.

I'M IN MIRAMAR.

UM, TAMARACK, WE, THERE'S NOWHERE IN THIS, THIS WHOLE, UM, FLORIDA THAT ANY CITY I GO TO HOMESTEAD THE CITY IN MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH, THEY ALLOW US TO USE A SPACE.

AND NO ONE CHARGES US TO USE A SPACE BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW, WHAT VALUE THIS PROGRAM IS.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHY.

AND THEN ALSO, IF THE, THE SPACE IS NOT BEING USED AND IT'S CLOSED ON A SATURDAY AND NO ONE IS USING THE SPACE, WHAT HARM IS IT THAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU OR THE CITY OR THE RESIDENCE TO USE THE SPACE IF THE SPACE IS EMPTY AND IT'S NOT BEING USED, WHAT AM I TAKING AWAY FROM THE CITY IF THE SPACE IS EMPTY AND NOT BEING USED? MADAM VICE SMITH, COMMISSIONER MAC, UH, CARLIN, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER TYSON SWELL.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM.

I COULD UNDERSTAND IF COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS WAS VOLUNTEERING HER SERVICES.

I COULDN'T, I WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT THAT IS HER REGULAR JOB.

MAYBE AS I SAID, MAYBE BEING OLD.

I DON'T SEE STUFF THE WAY OTHERS SEE.

BUT THAT IS HER REGULAR JOB.

SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM HERE.

AND I AM, UH, THE NEXT QUESTION I'LL ASK, IF SHE WAS NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE AND SHE CAME TO THE CITY TO RUN THE PROGRAM, WOULD WE AS COMMISSIONERS, AS ELECTED OFFICIAL, WOULD WE ALLOW HER TO DO IT EVERY TIME SHE WANTS TO DO IT? SO I LEAVE THAT WITH YOU.

YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU.

THE CITY.

EVERY CITY AS COMMISSIONER, LIKE I, I'LL GIVE EXAMPLE, CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, I WENT TO THEM.

AND IF I WASN'T AN EMPLOYEE, I WASN'T A COMMISSIONER, I WOULD'VE CAME TO EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER OR THE BODY AND ASK PERMISSION.

AND I HAVE DONE THAT TO ALL THE CITIES PRETTY MUCH.

AND NO ONE HAS EVER

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SAID NO TO IT.

SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING I'M, I DON'T THINK IT'S AGE, UM, WHY YOU'RE MAKING THESE STATEMENTS AND THESE IS MY VIEW.

I THINK IT'S PERSONAL BECAUSE I CANNOT, YOU AS A LEGAL, PERMANENT RESIDENT YOURSELF WHO HAD TO FILL OUT THOSE SAME FORMS IN ORDER TO VOTE AND BE SITTING WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, YOU ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THIS PROGRAM THAT IS SO VALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I CANNOT UNDER, IT BLOWS MY MIND.

COMMISSIONER, WHAT IS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PROGRAM? BECAUSE I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, YOU ARE REALLY FIGHTING OVER ME USING A SPACE THAT IS NOT BEING USED.

COMMISSIONER CARLY MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, MY, MY VIEW ON THIS, IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND GOTTEN THEIR CITIZENSHIP.

EXCELLENT PROGRAM.

UM, THE SPACE IS THERE.

CAN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU WANT TO USE THE SPACE AND SEE IF SOMETHING CAN BE WORKED OUT CONCERNING GIVING UP A ONE TIME FOR YOUR TIME SLOT AND MAYBE COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT HERE AGAIN MM-HMM .

UM, TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYONE WHO COMES IN.

IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT IS THERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.

BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO BACK AND AT THE TIMES, STARTING IN 2027, IT'S VALUABLE TO THE CITY.

I DO BELIEVE THAT.

BUT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TIME, IF YOU CAN CUT IT DOWN WHERE WE CAN WORK MUTUALLY TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, UM, UM, I, OKAY.

I I'M OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS.

UM, I USED TO DO IT ONCE A MONTH, UM, THROUGH THE PREVIOUS, UM, UM, WHOEVER.

UM, AND I ASKED TO DO IT EVERY OTHER MONTH AND IT STILL SEEMED TO BE AN ISSUE.

SO I'M, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY SAD BECAUSE HERE I AM JOINING IN LAUDERHILL, NORTH LAUDERDALE ALL THE WAY AROUND IN CITIES AND THE CITY THAT I LIVE IN, I CANNOT DO IT IN MY CITY.

THAT'S COMMISSIONER.

SORRY.

I, I IT IS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

I HEAR YOU.

UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TABLING IT AND REVISITING IT TO SEE WHERE WE CAN COME TO A HAPPY MEDIUM.

UM, BECAUSE I, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY I'M GETTING SUCH A PUSHBACK WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

I, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.

AGAIN, IT IS, I, I CANNOT STRESS MORE HOW THIS FEELS PERSONAL.

CANNOT STRESS.

SO WILL YOU TAKE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION AS TO LOOK AT THE TIME SURE.

AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK THAT OUT? SURE.

10 10 C MADAM CITY CLERK MADAM VICE MAYOR TENANCY RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 1 0 2 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2026.

MR. UH MR. EVANS, CITY MANAGER EVANS.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK FOR OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, DIRECTOR HAYNES, TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION CONCERNING THE, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHARON HAYNES, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THE GENERAL FUND, YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD NARRATIVE AS WELL AS A SPREADSHEET DETAILING THE, UM, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE JOURNAL FUND.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM.

VICE MAYORS, THE ATTORNEY, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENCE.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES.

CAN I, CAN I HAVE YOU STOP A MINUTE? I'M RIGHT HERE AND I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP OR THAT'S NOT SPEAK? THE MIC IS NOT LOUD ENOUGH.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL START AGAIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM VICE MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2026.

STARTING WITH

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SO AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2026, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE OVERALL FINANCIAL POSITION.

JOURNAL FUND REVENUES ARE OUTPERFORMING EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

YEAR TO DATE, GENERAL FUND REVENUES TOTAL $26.9 MILLION.

OUR BIGGEST REVENUE HAS BEEN OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION AT A HUNDRED AND AT 116% OF BUDGET.

WE COLLECTED TO DATE $16,000,441, $805 IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

OUR SALES TAXES AND UTILITY TAXES ARE THE NEXT HIGH INCOME REVENUES.

HOWEVER, THESE AMONGST ARE BELOW THE BUDGET ANTICIPATED FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPREADSHEET, YOU WOULD SEE ALL OF THOSE AMONGST THE TRENDING BELOW 75%, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF JUNE.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE DELVE IN TODAY'S, UM, SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THAT ARE, UH, FRANCHISE FEES FOR SOLID WASTE CAME IN IN JULY AND AUGUST.

SO THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN, UM, THE JULY REPORT AS WELL AS IN THE, UM, AUGUST REPORT AS WELL.

OUR CODE COMPLIANCE CONC DEFINES, UM, A TRENDING MUCH LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED.

UM, OUR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES ARE IN LINE WITH BUDGET, AND MOST OF THIS INCOME COMES FROM INTEREST INCOME, LIEN SEARCHES AND PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES OR PILOT FEES.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, MOST OF THE OPERATING DEPARTMENTS ARE SPENDING WITHIN BUDGET.

UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S LARGEST OPERATING INVESTMENT WITH OFFICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, EXPENDING 80% OF ITS ADJUSTED BUDGET AND, UH, E-S-O-E-M-S AT 85% YEAR TO DATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE CITY COMMISSION ARE TRACK TRACKING WITHIN BUDGET.

ALL GENERAL FUNDS COMBINED HAVE EXPENDED 58% OF BUDGET.

UM, I'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ON THE SECOND PAGE, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

SO, UM, OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE STORM WATER FUND SHOWING A SURPLUS OF 330 $1,489.

UM, THE FUND IS PERFORMING WELL.

THE, UM, REVENUES TO DATE ARE AT 73% OF BUDGET.

UM, THE STORMWATER REVENUE INCLUDES A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OR THE UTILITY TAX AND GRANT FUNDS EXPENSES FOR THE PERIOD ARE AT 3.5 MILLION OF WHICH 2 MILLION WAS ALSO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

MOVING ON TO THE SOLID WASTE FUND, THE SOLID WASTE FUND IS EXPERIENCED IN A SMALL DEFICIT, AND THIS IS EXPECTED AS WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE KNEW THAT THE, UM, SOLID WASTE FUND WAS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO ENCOUNTER DEFICITS.

SO WE HAD BUDGETED TRANSFERS FROM RETURN EARNINGS, AND THOSE WOULD BE DONE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THE EXPENSES.

A BUILDING SERVICES FUND IS ALSO, UM, SHOWING THE DEFICIT OF $183,012.

THE REVENUES ARE NOT PERFORMING AS WE HAD HOPED, AND SO EVEN THOUGH EXPENSES ARE WITHIN BUDGET, THE FUND IS STILL SHOWING A LOSS, AND THEY'RE NOW MOVED TO OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH IS ON THE THIRD PAGE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BEGINNING WITH OUR FIRE RESCUE FUND.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUES COLLECTED IS AT 6.2 MILLION AS OF JUNE 30TH OR 90% OF BUDGET.

HOWEVER, FINE INSPECTION FEES RECEIVED FOR THE YEAR SO FAR ONLY EQUALS $46,426.

NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS AT $7,320 FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION, WHICH IS ONLY 2% OF BUDGET.

THE FUND HAS A SURPLUS OF $76,068.

I DID LOOK INTO WHY THE, UM, INSPECTION FEES WERE SO MUCH BELOW BUDGET AND, UM, THE REASON IS THAT WE ONLY SENT OUT OUR BILLS IN JULY, SO WE EXPECT THAT REVENUE TO PICK UP IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

UM, THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT FUND IS THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND.

THE REVENUES AS OF JUNE 30TH IS AT 33% OF BUDGET.

THE BUDGET FOR THIS FUND COMES FROM LOCAL AND STATE GRANTS AND CITY SUBSIDIES.

THE FUND HAS ONLY RECEIVED A LOCAL PORTION OF ITS GRANT FUND FROM THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE AND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.

NO STATE FUNDING HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS OF JUNE 30TH.

THUS, THE FUND POSITION CONTINUES WITH A DEFICIT BALANCE OF 343,943 AS OF THE END OF JUNE.

THE CIP, THE SUR TAX AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FUND ENSURING NEGATIVE BALANCES THAT THE EXPENDITURES

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FROM THESE FUNDS ARE FROM FUND BALANCE FUNDS FOR US, WHICH HAPPENS CLOSER TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

UM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND, THE CRA HAS COLLECTED ALL ANTICIPATED REVENUES, BUT HAS EXPANDED ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ITS BUDGET, LARGELY REFLECTING TIMING OF CAPITAL AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

AND THEN ON THE FINAL PAGE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WE HAVE, UM, UH, MINOR FUNDS.

UM, OTHER BUDGETED FUNDS ON THE SIGNIFICANT ONES ARE GRANT FUNDS.

I DIDN'T PUT A NARRATIVE ON THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THE 8.5 MILLION IN REVENUES, SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT, THAT LOOK ACTUALLY 5 MILLION REPRESENTS THE UPPER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SPENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAVE, UM, RECOGNIZED IN OUR REVENUE.

THE WAY THAT OUR FUNDING WORK, ONCE YOU SPEND IT, YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THE REVENUE, THE MONEY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE CITY WAS BOOKED AS DEFERRED REVENUES.

AND SO WE KIND OF REIMBURSE OURSELF ONCE WE'VE INCURRED EXPENDITURES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY THE GRANT FUND WAS SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT, UM, INCREASE THERE.

AND THEN THE COURT SETTLEMENT IS WHERE USUALLY ASKED THE DETAIL AT THE END OF JUNE WAS $286,687 AND 50 CENTS.

THAT'S THE REPORT I'M AVAILABLE FOR.

ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR MS. HAYNES? I THINK I HAVE ONE.

SHE SAID THE BUILDINGS.

MS. HAYNES, YOU SAID THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND REVENUES ARE NOT PERFORMING.

IS IT THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY BUILDINGS GOING UP? UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE REPORT THAT REVENUES ARE AT 45% OF BUDGET.

UM, I DON'T HAVE A FULL EXPLANATION OF, UM, ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE WHEN THE REVENUES WERE BUDGETED.

UM, BUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, THE MONTH TO MONTH COLLECTION, IT IS TRENDING SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, UM, THAN, THAN WHAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED.

THANK YOU, MS. HAYES.

MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

MS. HAYNES.

UM, I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT ON THE ORIGINAL BUDGET VERSUS ADJUSTED BUDGET.

UM, I SEE WITH BSO SERVICES WE'RE FROM 11.4 TO 10, AROUND 10 DO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT'S THE RE REDUCTION FOR? UM, BSO? UM, THAT'S ON THE POLICE SIDE.

SOME OF THOSE FUNDS ARE COVERED BY THE CRA FOR THE, UM, I GUESS THE, THE COMMUNITY POLICING.

POLICING.

UNDERSTOOD, OKAY.

YEAH.

SO, SO THAT, THAT'S NOT REFLECTED ON HER, THE COMMUNITY POLICE.

SO THAT WOULD BE ON THE CRA'S EXPENDITURE.

SO IT'S REMOVED FROM THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

SO THERE, THERE WAS NO REDUCTION, JUST A, JUST A MOVEMENT OF FUNDS, RIGHT? CORRECT.

UM, DO YOU VICE MADAM VICE MAYOR? SURE.

UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, CAN YOU POINT ME TO WHERE THE, THE BUCKET OF THE BUDGET IS? AND, AND I HAVE TO ASK THIS EVERY TIME, WHERE IF WE GET OUR, OUR FUNDS FROM THE COURT CASES WITH THE LIENS MM-HMM .

A A AGAIN, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT BEING SEPARATE.

WHERE CAN I FIND THAT ON THIS, UM, OUTLINE? OKAY.

SO ON THE FIRST PAGE OF REVENUES, ON THE LINE IT SAYS FINES AND FORFEITURES.

THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT WE HAVE A, UM, DESCRIPTION THAT SAYS CODE SETTLEMENTS.

THE REVENUES ARE ONLY AT 45% AND THUS THE, THE EXPENDITURES ARE, ARE OUTPACING THE REVENUES.

AND THAT'S HOW MUCH WE, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN SO FAR? YES, SIR.

YES, MS. HAYNES BROUGHT IN SO FAR FOR THIS YEAR? YES, MADAM.

UM, COMMISSIONER.

OKAY, MARK, PLEASE.

MS. MS. MS. HAYNES, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ON THE BUILDING, I, OH, I THINK COMMISSIONER SWELL ASKED THAT ABOUT, UM, THE EXPENSES ARE MORE THAN THE REVENUES COMING IN, BUT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER THAT CLEARLY.

SO, UM, ONCE FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED AND APPROVE IN THE BUDGET DIRECTORS, UM, HAVE THE OPTION OF SPENDING THOSE FUNDS, UM, THE ASSUMPTION IS USUALLY MADE THAT THE REVENUES ARE GONNA BE COMING IN TO EITHER, UM, MATCH THOSE EXPENDITURES OR HOPEFULLY EXCEED THE EXPENDITURES.

SO, ALTHOUGH YOU SEE THE BUILDING SERVICE EXPENDITURES IS AT 67% OF BUDGET, WHERE 75% OF THE YEAR.

SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH WITHIN, WITHIN BUDGET.

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SO MAD VICE.

SO IT'S REALLY A PROJECTION THEN THE BUDGET OR THE BUDGET? THE BUDGET, UM, PROJECTION.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A PROCESS.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THE PROJECTION WAS MORE THAN LIKELY BASED UPON THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S COLLECTION.

UM, HOWEVER, THE CURRENT YEAR COLLECTIONS JUST TRENDING SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.

UM, I HAVE LOOKED INTO JUST ONE PART OF IT, WHICH IS, UM, ONE PART OF WHAT THE BUILDING SERVICES HANDLE, WHICH IS THE INSPECTIONS.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF THE PERMIT, UM, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE, UM, BUILDING SERVICES INCOME COMES IN, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON.

UM, WHILE OUR FEES ARE MUCH LOWER THAN WE, WE'VE ANTICIPATED.

MAD.

YES, YOU MAY.

UM, A QUESTION TO THE, TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

SO WHEN IT WAS LOOKED TO ESTABLISH THE FUNDING OR ESTABLISH A BUDGET FOR THAT PROGRAM, WAS HISTORIC TREND ANALYSIS, DID WE LOOK AT THREE YEARS AS IT RELATES TO REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES? OR DID WE ANTICIPATE THAT BECAUSE OF X, Y, Z DEVELOPMENT, THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE AN INFLUX OF REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT COMING ONLINE AND MAYBE THAT PROJECT WAS DELAYED OR, AND THE LIKE, WAS, WAS THAT, UM, I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE.

I JOINED STAFF RIGHT AFTER THE BUDGET WAS COMPLETED.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY.

SURE, YES.

YEAH.

HISTORICALLY WHAT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, STAFF MEETS INTERNALLY AND PUTS TOGETHER WHAT IS A REVENUE PROJECTION FOR THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY YOU LOOK AT YOUR HISTORICAL TRENDS, BUT THEN IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COMING ONLINE, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THE REVENUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN SUBSEQUENT, UM, BUDGET CYCLES, WE SHOULD NOT OVERSHOOT THAT NUMBER.

AND IF IN FACT THAT IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S TRENDING, WE WOULD THEN DEFINITELY BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR A DISCUSSION JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE NOT MEETING WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.

SO SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE, WE WILL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

AND AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, WELL, WE HAVE THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE STAFF TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND MAYBE WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE HISTORIC TREND IS TO SEE IF YOU KNOW, HISTORY.

JUST, WE JUST HAD A BAD YEAR, OR IT WAS JUST US OVERSHOOTING A NUMBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU, MS. HAYNES.

VICEMAN.

MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, WHICH WAS BUDGETED AT TWO 2.06 MILLION MM-HMM .

SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. HAYNES.

UM, UNDER REVENUE, AGAIN, ON THE FIRST PAGE, IT'S VERY VAGUE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT SAYS MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, AND THEN UNDER THAT IT SAYS OTHER FINANCING SOURCES.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WOULD FALL UNDER THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES AND HOW DID THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR REVENUE GO FROM 13 MIL TO 6.6 MILLION? UM, SO I'LL BEGIN WITH MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES.

SO THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, UM, AS I EXPLAINED IN THE NARRATIVE, COMES FROM THE INTEREST ON OUR INVESTMENT INCOME.

UM, IT COMES AS WELL FROM LIEN SEARCHES, UM, PAYMENT OF, UM, PILOT FEES, UM, AND ANY OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MONKS THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR.

AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA, UM, CHARTER COX THAT, THAT JESUS REPORTED UNDER THAT LINE.

ON THE LINE IT SAYS OTHER FINANCING SOURCES.

SO WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, THE CITY ANTICIPATED USING ABOUT 13, WELL USING $13.5 MILLION, UM, TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SOME OF OUR OPERATIONS.

AND IF YOU MAY RECALL, BACK IN FEBRUARY, I BROUGHT AN AMENDED BUDGET TO THE CITY, UM, WHERE BECAUSE WE HAD DONE A TRANSFER IN 2025, I ADVISED COMMISSION THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO TRANSFER, UM, 13.5 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO THAT WAS ADJUSTED DOWN TO 6.6 MILLION BASED UPON THE REQUESTS, UM, AND THE CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE FELT WE WERE GONNA COMPLETE IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, SORRY, THIS THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ANSWERED IT, BUT IT WENT FROM 13 TO SIX.

THAT'S WHAT YOU ANSWERED.

YEAH.

THE ORIGINAL BUDGET UNDER THE OTHER FINANCING.

SO THERE ARE TWO LINE ITEMS. YOU ASKED ABOUT

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AND THEN YOU ASKED ME ABOUT OTHER FINANCING SOURCES.

SO THOSE ARE TWO LINE ITEMS. SO I EXPLAINED THAT THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, WHERE THAT COMES FROM MOSTLY, UM, INTEREST ON INVESTMENT, LEAN SEARCHES MM-HMM .

AND PILOT FEES, AND THEN OTHER FINANCING SOURCES, OTHER FUNDS THAT THE CITY INTENDED TO USE FROM ITS FUND BALANCE.

AND SO WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IN FEBRUARY, THAT WAS ADJUSTED DOWN BASED UPON THE ACTUAL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE FELT WE WERE GONNA ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THE YEAR, THE THE DISCIPLINE.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK 'CAUSE I'M ONLY ASKING FOR, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE A BIG CONTRAST HERE FOR THE DEPARTMENTS ON UNDER GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, UM, WENT FROM ALMOST 15 MILLION TO 8.5 MILLION.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT AS WELL? RIGHT.

UM, THIS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION HAD INCLUDED, UM, SOME OF THAT TRANSFER THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, UM, FROM, FROM THE REVENUE.

SO THE OTHER FINANCE AND SOURCES GOING INTO THE JOURNAL FUND WOULD'VE BEEN RETAIN EARNINGS AND THEN THAT RETAIN EARNINGS WAS GONNA BE USED TO PAY FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

AND SO IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHEN WE MADE THOSE REALIGNMENT OF FUNDS THAT WE WERE GONNA REALIGN TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL ACTS, UM, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WERE UTILIZED AND THAT'S WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECREASE.

COMMISSIONER CARLENE, MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NOTHING.

THANK YOU MS. HAYNES.

SAME.

WE HAVE, UM, UM, 10 10 F NO, 10 D SORRY, MADAM CITY CLERK, MADAM VICE MAYOR, ITEM 10 D, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 1 0 3 APPROVING THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES, YOU MAY.

AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK FOR THE ACTING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MS. HOWARD, TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

MADAME VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, AND CITY ATTORNEY.

MY NAME IS VENICE HOWARD AND I'M THE ACTON ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ACCEPT THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES DEVELOPED FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR 2027 AND 2032.

THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, ALONG WITH THE GOVERNING BODY, MET FOR FOUR SESSIONS DURING THE TIME OF FEBRUARY AS WELL AS MARCH, 2026, AND WE DEVELOPED GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

A DRAFT OF THE ADOPTED GOALS WERE PRESENTED AT A CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP PRIOR IN APRIL.

FOLLOWING THAT WORKSHOP, WE WERE ADDRESSED.

THE COMMISSION WAS ADDRESSED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEY WANTED TO ADD SOME ADDITIONS TO THE PLAN.

UM, WE MET THESE CHANGES WERE MADE RESUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION, AND THE CITY COMMISSION ALSO REQUESTED FURTHER CHANGES THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING DE DEPARTMENT.

THOSE CHANGES ALSO WERE MADE.

NOW THE PLAN IS BEING NOW SUBMITTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION BY THE COMMISSION.

THERE IS A PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION.

UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR? YES.

IT, IF YOU CAN CUE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

AND IF WE CAN START ON PAGE THREE, WHICH STARTS WITH PRIORITY ONE.

I MADAM VICE MAYOR,

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IF I MAY.

YES, YOU MAY.

UM, SO I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR IN THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES ARE ITEMS THAT FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THROUGH A DIRECTIVE THROUGH THE BOARD, THE MANAGER CAN EXECUTE ACCORDINGLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID IDENTIFY AS PART OF THE LOOK AT YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IS THERE'S OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO INSERT INTO YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT HAVE THE BOARD LOOKING AT ITEMS MORE THAN A 30,000 FOOT APPROACH.

WHETHER IT'S WHAT DO YOU DO FOR YOUR CITY HALL FACILITIES, WHAT DO YOU DO, UH, CONCERNING SOME OF THE, THE OPERATIONAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES.

AND SO AS, AS YOU WORK THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WILL BE BRINGING BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

AND I, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO EVERY AGENDA ITEM THAT WE BRING FORWARD AS A CITY SHOULD FIT UNDER YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, IF IT DOESN'T FIT UNDER YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.

AND SO THERE IS GONNA BE A CORRELATION THAT YOU'LL SEE IN SUBSEQUENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT EVERYTHING THAT STAFF PRESENTS AN ITEM.

AND LET'S JUST SAY YOUR ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IS FISCAL STEWARDSHIP.

IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE BRING FORWARD THAT LOOKS TO REDUCE THE COST OF GOVERNMENT, WE WILL TIE IT TO FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ACTUALLY IN THE AGENDA ITEM.

AND SO THAT IS THE LEVEL OF, OF DETAIL THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING WHEN WE BRING AGENDA ITEMS THAT WHATEVER THOSE PRIORITIES ARE, I'M GONNA BE ASKING THE STAFF, DOES IT CONNECT TO THE PRIORITY? IF IT DOESN'T CONNECT TO THE PRIORITY, WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AND EITHER ADD A PRIORITY OR CHANGE THE PRIORITY.

BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO SHOULD FALL INTO YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

AND SO WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD TO BRING POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS AND MAYBE YOU HAVE A PRIORITY AND THEN YOU HAVE SUBSETS OR GOALS OR OBJECTIVES.

SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOU ALL IN A PRIVATE AND THEN PUBLIC SETTING TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT, UM, SINCE I, SINCE I STARTED HERE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM.

UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CITY MANAGER.

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU, UH, FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE I THINK FOR A WHILE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT TYPE OF CONTINUITY BETWEEN WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND WHAT THE PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS.

UH, I'M ALSO PLEASED WITH HOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS.

LAST TIME WE ALL KIND OF AGREED THAT THERE WERE THINGS IN IT THAT WAS HOLDING US SO SPECIFICALLY TO CERTAIN METRICS AND NOW IT'S, IT'S GENERAL, YET IT'S ON TARGET WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND I, I THINK YOU HIT IT ON THE NAIL BY SAYING WHATEVER WE DISCUSS SHOULD ALIGN WITH THAT.

SO, UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

INCIDENTS THROUGH THE STRATEGIC EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOLS PARKS AND KEY INTERSECTIONS BY 10% COMPARED TO THE FISCAL 2026 RATE.

SO DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS AT OUR, OUR WORKSHOP WHEN WE DISCUSSED THESE, WE MADE SURE OF TWO THINGS THAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE ATTAINABLE AND ALSO THAT THEY WERE, UM, TIME SPECIFIC AS WELL.

UM, SO WE HAVE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER WITH MILESTONES SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING, UM, OUR PRIORITIES.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL MOVE ON TO PRIORITY ONE.

THAT IS TO ENSURE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY BY PROTECTING TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND ENSURING THE CITY'S LONG-TERM ECONOMIC HEALTH.

AND WE HAVE THREE GOALS TIED TO THIS PRIORITY GOAL.

ONE DASH ONE IS BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, WE WANT TO DECREASE EXPENSES ON PAPER AND PRINTING UTILIZATION BY 50% FROM FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND GOAL ONE DASH TWO BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, REDUCE RELIANCE ON FUND BALANCES TO ELIMINATE ANY BUDGETARY DEFICIT AND WE'LL SEE THAT WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO DOING JUST THAT.

AND GOAL ONE DASH THREE BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, IMPLEMENT A COST RECOVERY APPROACH THAT OFFSETS AT LEAST 20% OF EXPENSES FOR CITY PROGRAM.

PRIORITY TWO IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.

AND IN DOING SO BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, WE WANNA DECREASE CRIME

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BY FISCAL YEAR 2029, LAUNCH A CITIZEN ACADEMY TO FOSTER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, REDUCE EMERGENCY CALL VOLUME THROUGH TARGETED FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION BY 20% AS A MEASURED AGAINST FOR 2026.

AND BY 2032, ACHIEVE AN ISO CLASS ONE RATING FOR PRIORITY NUMBER THREE.

WE'D LIKE TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, SECURE AND EXECUTE AT LEAST ONE VIABLE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

BY FISCAL YEAR 2030, COMPLETE THE CANAL THREE PROJECT TO CONTINUE WITH IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND DRAINAGE.

AND BY 2032, PRIORITIZE AT LEAST TWO VIABLE PROJECTS AND DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TOWN CENTER PRIORITY GOAL THREE FOUR BY FISCAL YEAR 2030 FORMALLY ESTABLISH A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITH DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OVERLAPPING THE CRA FOOTPRINT AND ANY OPPORTUNITY ZONE DESIGNATED PARCELS.

THIS IS ONE THAT WE DID WORK ON WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE CITY ALSO HAVE SENT TWO DIFFERENT CENSUS TRACKS AND IT'S BEING LOOKED AT BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY WHERE WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF RESPONSE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

GOAL THREE FIVE I FISCAL YEAR 2029 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED LAUNCH A PUBLIC PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURIAL INCUBATOR HUB BY PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE OR CITY FACILITY TO START.

THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE WORKED ON WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

PRIORITY FOUR, ENHANCE THE OVERALL APPEAL OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE CITY THROUGH BEAUTIFICATION ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION INITIATIVES.

BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, WE'D LIKE TO REDUCE THE CITY'S CONSUMER AND BUSINESS LITTER INDEX SCORES BY 50% AS MEASURED AGAINST FISCAL YEAR 2026 LITTER INPUT BY FISCAL YEAR 2029, ENSURE 80% OF PERMIT SUBMISSIONS ARE COMPLETE ON SUBMITTAL AND BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY RATINGS FOR PIO AND IT DEPARTMENTS TO ACHIEVE A 25% GROWTH IN SATISFIED OR HIGHLY SATISFIED RESPONSES ON THE ANNUAL CONSTITUENT SURVEY.

AND BY FISCAL YEAR 2027, ESTABLISH A DISTINCTIVE LAUDERDALE LAKES ECONOMIC BRAND THAT POSITIONS THE CITY AS A PREMIER AND BUSINESS READY LOCATION FOR INVESTMENT AND GROWTH FOR PRIORITY FIVE.

WE'D LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S WE CARE CULTURE BY DELIVERING RESPONSIVE, HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT CONSISTENTLY MEETS AND EXCEEDS COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS.

BY FISCAL YEAR 2032, ACHIEVE A 90% COMMUNITY TRUST RATING BASED ON RESULTS FROM A NEWLY LAUNCHED PUBLIC FACING IMPACT DASHBOARD.

AND A 24 HOUR RESPONSE GUARANTEED BY FISCAL YEAR 2032 ENSURE THAT 100% OF CITY STAFF ACHIEVES A SCORE OF 85% OR HIGHER IN THE NEWLY LAUNCHED WE CARE ACADEMY TRAINING.

PRIORITY NUMBER SIX, INVEST IN YOUTH AND FUTURE LEADERS BY CREATING PATHWAYS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION WITHIN THE CITY.

BY FISCAL YEAR 2028, LAUNCH A STRUCTURED MUNICIPAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR 25 LOCAL YOUTH BY FISCAL YEAR 2030.

FORMALIZE COLLABORATIONS WITH THREE OR MORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO CREATE CL CAREER EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES, HOST CAREER WORKSHOPS AND CONNECT WITH 100 OR MORE STUDENTS ANNUALLY BY FISCAL YEAR 2032.

ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE PIPELINE THROUGH FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH 10 PLUS LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND DIRECT PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT SUCCESSFULLY PLACING 40 YOUTH INTO HIGH VALUE APPRENTICESHIP OR PAID PROFESSIONAL ROLES.

SO MADAM VICE MAYOR

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COMMISSIONERS, THAT IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THIS PLAN IS GOING TO DELIVER A MORE PROACTIVE CITY OPERATIONS, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, GREATER TRANSPARENCY, AND STRONGER FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THE CITY.

OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

NONE FOR ME? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY.

YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

CITY MANAGER.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 EI KNOW IT'S CLOSE TO THE TIME OF OUR COMMISSION MEETING.

WE ARE FINISHING UP THE WORKSHOP AND WE WILL DISCUSS, FIND OUT FROM STAFF HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE WORKSHOP ITEMS. THERE'S A FEW THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN INITIALLY IN THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE CAN CROSS OFF, BUT WHEN WE WILL BRING BACK THESE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE ACTUAL WORKSHOP, COMMISSION, WORKSHOP AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, OUR LAST 10 E BEFORE OUR COMMISSION MEETING, 10 E ADAMS CITY CLERK, MADAM VICE MAYOR, ITEM 10 E, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 1 0 4 REGARDING A REQUEST FOR USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO BY THE BROWARD SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, UNITED WAY BROWARD FOR AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2026, SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

AND, UH, MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE MS. MAGGIE DIRI BORGE FROM UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY.

IS SHE PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER? YOU ARE.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

WE'LL REPRESENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD, EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

UM, IS IT ON? YES.

UM, TO ALL, UM, CA CORRECTION, MY NAME IS CASSANDRA EVANS.

MAGGIE'S NOT HERE AS OF YET, AND I SERVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BROWARD SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR OUR INAUGURAL TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE DATE MENTIONED HERE ON THE AGENDA.

UM, IN AN EFFORT TO REACH ZERO SUICIDES HERE IN THE COUNTY OF BROWARD, UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT THAT WAS INITIATED, UM, FOLLOWING MAR STONEMAN DOUGLAS.

AND IT IS A CONSORTIUM OF OVER ABOUT 75 BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE SERVICES, HOPE AND RESILIENCE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HUMBLY ASK FOR THE PERMISSION TO USE THE LOGO.

THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY FOR THIS.

UM, PARTICULAR EVENT IS GONNA BE SPONSORED EITHER THROUGH, UM, SPONSORSHIPS OR THROUGH IN-KIND DONATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M FOR IT.

NO, NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

I'M IN SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER CARLY MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO COMMENTS.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.

AND WHAT'S THE DATE OF IT? WHAT DAY? IT'S GONNA BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 24TH.

UM, BEGINNING AT 10 TILL UM, FOUR O'CLOCK.

10 TO FOUR.

YES MA'AM.

SUCH A, SUCH A VIABLE, UM, AWARENESS BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND, ESPECIALLY WITH MENTAL, UM, ILLNESS, MENTAL DISEASE AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL STRESS PLAYS A LOT ROLE WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO WE DO WELCOME THAT.

THANK PRESENTING.

THANK YOUR MM-HMM THAT ENDS OUR COMMISSION.

UM, WORKSHOP.

BEFORE WE START ON OUR COMMISSION MEETING, CITY MANAGER, HOW CAN WE APPROACH TO ADDRESS WHAT WE DID NOT COVER IN THE, UH, WORKSHOP? THERE'S QUITE A FEW ITEMS HERE FROM CITY STAFF THAT ARE IMPORTANT ONES.

IN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.

UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY.

SO YES SIR.

WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE REGULAR AGENDA AND SO WE CAN PROCEED FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT.

UM, I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, THE BOARD ALLOW FOR STAFF AND I AND I WILL ASK FOR THE ASSISTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER TO ASSIST

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AND THEN DURING MY CITY MANAGER COMMENTS I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH WHETHER IT'S WE PUSH SOME ITEMS ONTO A, A SUBSEQUENT WORKSHOP OR SEE WHICH ITEMS ARE TIME SENSITIVE IN NATURE AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING DURING MY COMMENTS FOR, UH, THE MEETING LATER ON THIS EVENING ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THESE.