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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION
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MEETING APRIL 21ST, 2021 AT 7:00 P.M. TO ORDER.[4. Approval of Minutes]
>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. WE DID WORK TOWARD TRYING TO GET THE MINUTES FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMPLETED.
BUT WE KNOW WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE WITH SOME CHANGES ADDITIONS WHATEVER.
WE'LL HAVE THOSE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
[5. Proclamations and Recognitions]
PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH. WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT SERIOUS PROBLEM EFFECTING EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY FINDING SOLUTION REQUIRES INPUT AND ACTION FOR EVERYONE. AND OUR CHILDREN ARE THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE AND WILL SHAKE THE FUTURE OF FLORIDA.
AND CHILD ABUSE CAN HAVE LONG-TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS THAT HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE. AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS ARE CONDITIONS THAT REDUCE OR REELIMINATE RISK AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN.
EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS CREATED BETWEEN CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATION, HEALTH, COMMUNITY AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FAMILIES. COMMUNITIES MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES THAT CREATE STRONG AND THRIVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN A SAFE, STABLE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT.
PREVENTION REMAINS THE BEST DEFENSE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR RICH WALKER AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND PROCLAIM APRIL 2021 CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
>> SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A SUPERVISION BY JOE SCOTT.
HE'S RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE.
WE'LL MOVE THAT TO WHEREVER. WHEN HE GETS HERE WE WILL GET HIM IN. WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS.
WE'LL HOP IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE WE ARE AT.
[7. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items]
I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.>> I DO HAVE ONE E-MAIL I WILL READ.
BUT HOLD OFF UNTIL MY COMMENDS BECAUSE PART OF AN UPDATE I'M GIVING. I WILL READ THAT IN A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE'LL GO COMMENTS BY
COMMISSIONER CUTLER. >> THANK YOU MAYOR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT.
>> OKAY. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MY COMMENTS TO NIGHT ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT THIS RECENT TRIAL THAT WE JUST ALL WITNESSED AND OBSERVED. I THINK FOR MOST PEOPLE WHO WATCHED THAT OR AT LEAST WERE FOLLOWING ALONG I WOULD SAY THERE WAS A HARD TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE A FINDING OF INNOCENCE JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT YOU SAW BECAUSE NOWADAYS THINGS ARE ACTUALLY VIDEOTAPED.
THERE'S NO LONGER HE SAID VERSES SHE SAID.
IT'S ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE'S EYES TO SEE.
AND YET WITH THAT I ACTUALLY WAS SPEAKING TO FRIEND OF MINE YESTERDAY BEFORE THE VERDICT AND HE'S IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SAID HE WAS ON STANDBY PREDICTING AND PLANNING FOR THE LIKELY POSSIBILITY THERE WOULD BE FINDING THAT HE WAS INNOCENT. AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAD TO PREPARE FOR THAT SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT JUSTICE WAS SERVED.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING AFTER MANY TIMES AND MANY TRIALS WHICH WE'VE SEEN THE OPPOSITE HAS TAKEN PLACE.
I THINK THAT'S A STEP FORWARD. THAT'S PROGRESSION.
BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE MY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT'S DISAPPOINTING AS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND HUMAN BEING THE FACT THAT PEOPLE STILL HAD TO HAVE THAT JUSTIFIABLE CONCERN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND INNOCENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WALKED FOR 9 MINUTES AS SOMEONE KNELT ON HIS NECK AND HE DIED. THE REASON I SAY THIS.
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I THINK IT'S A STEP FORWARD. I HOPE AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF US WITH THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK ON ITEMS WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AT LEAST USE IT AS A PLATFORM TO SAY THAT WE CAN ALL COMMIT TO TRY HARDER TO DO BETTER AND TO HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME THERE IS EVER A TRIAL OF THIS KIND THERE'S NEVER SHOULD BE ANY DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MIND WHEN SOMETHING IS SEEN RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES.>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ISROW.
>> COMMISSIONER BRIER. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. I WANT SENT OUT HEARTFELT CON DOLE EVENTS, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS LOST A TEACHER MICHAEL GOODWIN HE JUST PASSED AWAY. MR. GOODWIN WAS THE DRAMA DIRECTOR SINCE 1990. AND WAS THERE FOR MANY YEARS INCLUDING WHILE I WAS THERE AND WAS ONE OF MY TEACHERS.
HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. HIS WIFE SHERRI GOODWIN SURVIVES HIM. ONCE AN EAGLE ALWAYS AN EAGLE.
OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY.
TODAY WAS A DRYING DAY FOR OUR RESIDENT WITH THE CODE YELLOWS. I WANT TO THANK LAW ENFORCE.
AND STAFF AND PARENTS FOR THEIR PATIENTS.
I KNOW AS A CHILD WITH A STUDENT AT DOUGLAS IT'S NEVER EASY WHEN THOSE THINGS COME ACROSS THE WIRE AND EVERYBODY'S ANXIETY AND STRESS LEVELS RISE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. LUCKILY, THE ISSUE WAS AVERTED. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.
I'M WEARING BLUE. KEEP THAT NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART. WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE HAD PARKLAND CARES EVENT AND THE CITY HELPING OUR COMMUNITY WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER ISSUES.
WE HAVE THE RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT COMING UP THIS SATURDAY AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER. I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT TODAY. SURVIVORS CARE GIVERS GOING THROUGH OR WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH CANCER TREATMENT HELPED OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVES ONE GO THROUGH IT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME OUT.
WE REGISTER THROUGH THE RELAY FOR LIFE WEB SITE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS WEEKEND OUR FARMER'S MARKET WITH THE BUSINES EXPO. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE BUSINESS ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CHARITIES THAT WILL TURN OUT FOR THAT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A GOOD WEATHER WEEKEND FOR THOSE TWO EVENTS.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIER. VICE-MAYOR MAYERSOHN.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN COMMISSIONER CUTLER. JUST AGAIN COUPLE OF BRIEF THINGS. I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS AT COMMISSIONER BRIER AS WELL I THINK NANCY WILL SPEAK TO THIS IN HER COMMENTS AT RIVERGLADES THE 137 STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE LOSING A BUS.
I'VE HAD NUMEROUS CALLS FROM PARENTS ABOUT CONCERNS.
SO NANCY WILL SPEAK TO IN HER COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE CONCERNING THE HAZARDOUS WALKING CONDITIONS AND JUST WHAT WE'VE DONE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AND SOME OF IT WITHIN OUR HANDS SOME OF IT IS NOT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION I GET QUARTERLY A REPORT FROM AGAIN 211.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS. THIS IS FROM THEIR SECOND QUARTER OR THIRD QUARTER JANUARY TO MARCH.
THERE'S BEEN -- THERE WERE 21 INCOMING CALLS FROM PARKLAND 81 NEEDS EXPRESSED. THE TWO BIGGEST NEEDS WERE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIAL NEEDS AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH. JUST TO KEEP AS I KNOW WE CONTINUALLY DO IS SEND OUT WHEN WE PUT OUT ON FACEBOOK REGARDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT WITH MENTAL HEALTH THAT EAGLES HAVEN IS STILL AVAILABLE. DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY GIVE ME DETAILS WHERE THE CALL COME FROM OR WHAT AGE GROUP.
IF WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN WE CAN.
JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT YOU KNOW KEEP AN EYE ON
EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE. >> TOMORROW IS EARTH DAY.
APRIL 22ND. I DID SPEAK TO WASTE MANAGEMENT THIS MORNING. NORMALLY THEY DO THEIR EARTH DAY CELEBRATION. BUT BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THEY ARE PUSHING THAT BACK SOMEWHERE TO SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER WHENEVER THEIR CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WASTE AND RECYCLING WORK GROUP WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. COMMISSIONER ISROW WAS ON THE LAST ONE. WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING TOMORROW. KIND OF IRONIC IT'S ON EARTH DAY. WE'RE KIND OF SEEING WHERE WE
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ARE AT AND WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS TO TAKE.I THINK NANCY YOU MENTIONED THAT COCONUT CREEK HAD A RESOLUTION THAT -- I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THOSE ARE MY XHIPDS.
>> THANK YOU VICE-MAYOR. >> I GUESS I WILL HAVE THE MOST COMMENTS, I WILL TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE MSD LACROSSE.
I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER BRIER WOULD MENTION THAT.
WHEN IS THE REGIONALS FOR THE GIRLS -- THE BOYS I KNOW THEY WANT THE DISTRICT. THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOTH ONE THE DISTRICT. THE BOYS I BELIEVE IS ON FRIDAY. ARE THE GIRLS TO NIGHT OR
TOMORROW? >> THANKS FOR POINTING OUT MY
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS PLAY FRIDAY.
THE GIRLS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
>> BOTH ARE AT HOME. EXCITING TO HAVE THEM PLAYED AT HOME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AVAILABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TICKETS TO GO AND WATCH.
>> THERE IS AN APP. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE.
YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM ON THE APP.
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC WEB
SITE. >> WE HAD -- ALSO HAD BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS DID VERY WELL IN THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SOME BOYS ARE GOING TO STATE AND SO FORTH.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE KIDS GETTING BACK INTO ACTIVITIES, PLAYING SPORTS AND EXCELLING IN THOSE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
IN FACT, I THINK THE TENNIS IS PLAYING OVER THE P-REC.
NOT THE P-REC. THE QUIGLEY TENNIS CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE MATCHES ARE HOME OR NOT.
I GUESS WE COULD GO THERE AND WATCH.
ALSO I WANTED TO BRING UP I ALWAYS GET E-MAIL ABOUT BIKE AND CAR SAFETY. I WANT TO REMIND YOU IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE STOP SIGNS ARE MET FOR YOU AS WELL.
THEY ARE NOT JUST FOR CAR. BIKES CAN'T RIDE WHEREVER THEY FEEL LIKE. THEY NEED TO ADHERE TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD. CARS AS WELL.
STOP SIGNS ARE MEANT FOR YOU TO STOP AT NOT ROLLING STOPS.
AND THEN THAT BRINGS ME TO SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT REPRESENTATIVE HUNSCHOFSKY -- SHE HAD BILL HB-60 WHICH TALKS ABOUT BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
I WANT TO KUDOS HER FOR WORKING ON THAT BILL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S READY TO BE HEARD AT THE FLOOR.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STRIKE PLANNING.
JUST TO KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE UPDATE AND GIVE THEM SYNAPSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR STRIKE PLANNING.
STRATEGIC PLANNING WE HAD A MEETING, FEBRUARY I THINK WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING. THEN WE JUST HAD TWO-DAY MEETING MONDAY OR SUNDAY APRIL 11 THD AND MONDAY APRIL 12TH FROM 9:00 TO 5:00. AND WHAT THESE MEETINGS ARE, THESE EARLY STRIKE PLANNING SESSIONS ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HEAR FROM RESIDENTS, RESULTS OF SURVEYS AND ALIKE.
THEY'VE BEEN HELD OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS IN A RETREAT STYLE SETTING. WHEN WE DID THIS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AT THE PARKLAND LIBRARY.
WE WERE ABLE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF AS WE BEGIN BUDGET PREPARATION. NO VOTE OR IMMEDIATE DECISION ARE MADE IN THE EARLY SESSIONS.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 29TH, FROM 1:00 TO 4:00.
DURING WHICH WE WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON EACH OF THE TOPICS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
THESE UPDATES WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS AND MORE PLANS, THEY WILL GET MORE DIRECTION FROM US.
AT 4:00 P.M. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP WHICH WILL FURTHER DIRECT STAFF AS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED IN THIS PROCESS. AFTER THAT, WE WILL BE PLANNING RESIDENT AND COMMISSION WORKSHOPS.
THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK. WHICH ALWAYS VALUE OUR RESIDENTS FEEDBACKS AND OPINIONS.
WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF SURVEYS.
OUR MOST RECENT RESIDENT SURVEY HAD JUST OVER 1,000 RESPONDED. WHICHES THE LARGEST SURVEY RESPONSE TO DATE. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S RESPONSE. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK. IN FACT WE JUST HAD ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ONE FOR THE FALLS AND THEN ONE FOR OUT
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FRONT OF PARKLAND GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB WHERE WE DO A ROUNDABOUT. WE PUT DESIGNS OUT TO THE RESIDENT. WE ASK THE RESIDENTS TO PICK WHICH DESIGN THEY PREFERRED AND THOSE ARE DESIGNS THAT WE'RE USING YOU KNOW TO GO FORWARD WITH.THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY ON STRATEGIC PLANNING.
I WANTED TO GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON CASCATA, MIRALAGO AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. I HAVE AN E-MAIL I WANT TO READ INTO THE RECORD FROM GARY FIXEL.
DEAR MAYOR WALKER AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND COMMISSION. ONCE AGAIN I FIND MYSELF WRITING TO YOU REGARDING LENNAR.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON.
BELOW ARE PICTURES OF OUR SIDEWALK AFTER BRIEF RAIN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE WHEN LOOKING DOWN AT THE FIRST PICTURE THERE'S LITTLE RAIN LEFT ON THE SIDEWALK HOWEVER THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS EXTREMELY POOR DRAINAGE AND IN FACT A SPOT CONSTANTLY FLOODS WITH EVERY RAIN.
I CONTACTED ADAM HAZ. OUR LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES.
I BELIEVE HE'S OUR EIGHTH OR NINTH REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS TO ASK FOR RESOLUTION.
BELOW THE TEXT CHAIN. WHEN IS CITY OF PARKLAND GOING TO STAND UP TO LENNAR AND GET THEM TO CORRECT THE ISSUE? SEVERAL MEETING AGO I HEARD ABOUT A BUILDING MORATORIUM.
LENNAR IS BUILDING RAPIDLY IN CASCATA AND IT'S OBVIOUS THEIR GOAL IS BUILD AND GET OUT OF DODGE.
THEIR PLAY DANT DISREGARD TO THE RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND CAN NO LONGER BE TOLERATED.
APPARENTLY THE CITY FOUND A WAY TO GET LENNAR TO ADDRESS THE MUCK IN MIRALAGO. TIME TO RINSE, LATHER AND REPEAT THE SAME METHOD TO GET LENNAR TO ADDRESS THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS IN CASCATA. BOND THEY'VE POSTED IS NOTHING MORE THAN PETTY CATCH TO MULTIBILLION CORPORATION AND 100-DAY FINES FOR THE FOUNTAIN HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE MEANINGLESS. I USUAL YOU TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. AS YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THE PLANTS ARE DYING OR THEY HAVE ALREADY DIED HAS WERE PLANTED WITHOUT REMOVING THE PODS. WHO DOES THIS WORK AND HOW DOES IT HOW DOES IT PASS INSPECTION? WE GOT THAT E-MAIL LAST NIGHT. ABOUT 8:30.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON TOP OF LENNAR FOR THESE ISSUES.
IT'S INCREDIBLE HELPFUL. MOST OF THE TIME.
ALL OF THE TIME I FORWARD THE E-MAILS AND SEE WHAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO OR WE WITH DO TO HELP.
SUWANDA IS VITAL IN MAKING SURE A LOT OF THIS GETS DONE.
LENNAR DID RESPOND THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH M MR. FIXEL AND FOR THE TIME BEING HE SEEMED HAPPY WITH THE RESOLUTION THEY HAVE COME UP REACHED OUT TO THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND ASSURED THE LANDSCAPING IS BETTER MAINTAINED AND SHRUBS REPLACED AS NEEDED. SO LENNAR DID GET BACK TO HIM RIGHT AWAY. AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOLUTION. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT SOLUTION. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
THE CASCATA FOUNTAINS, THE SIGNS ARE UP.
THE FOUNTAINS ARE WORKING. THE LIGHTS ARE WORKING OUT FRONT OF CASCATA IN ADDITION TO OUTFRONT WE SAID CONTACT WITH FP&L TO MAKE SURE THEY WORK THROUGHOUT THE OTHER LIGHTS IN TOSCANA. THEY ARE WORKING TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
JUST TO GO PARKLAND BAY, COMPLIANCE FOR THE FIRE AND WATER FEATURE THAT IS STILL NOT WORKING.
WE PUT THAT ON COCOMPLIANCE. THAT'S ONE OF THE ONLY TOOLS AT THIS JUNCTURE. YOU KNOW LENNAR IS WAITING FOR VARIOUS PARTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THEY'VE HAD DIFFICULTY HAVING THIS PARTICULAR FEATURE STAY LIT ALL THE TIME. THE CANALS, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S LENNAR, OR RESIDENT WHOSE EVER, PUTS RESIDUE AND WASTE INSIDE THE CANAL THAT'S SOMETHING LANNAR IS WORKING ON TO GET CORRECTED.
I KNOW MIRALAGO SPECIFICALLY THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT A SPECIFIC LEVEL THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LAKES OUT BEFORE THEY START CLEANING THOSE. THEY'VE DONE SOME MINIMAL
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CLEANING. THEY NEED THE LAKES TO BE LOWER. THERE'S INSULATION MAINTENANCE AT THE CLUBHOUSE. THE OVERGROWN GRASS.MIRALAGO WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT WEB SITE.
LENNAR TOOK A BREAK AT THE WORK ON THE CLUBHOUSE WITH THE MOLD AND THINGS THEY HAD GOING ON OVER THERE.
THEY ARE BACK THEIR WORK ING MONITORING THAT SITUATION.
FOUR SEASONS, A LOT OF THE RESIDENT HAD ISSUE WITH IRRIGATION. KAY HOV IS ALLOWING THE EXTRA PUMP. THE PERMITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED. AND HOPEFULLY THAT SECOND PUMP GETS DONE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF
[8. Approval of the Agenda]
THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> PLACE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[9. Consent Agenda]
CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT
>> ROLL CALL. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC ON
. >> SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[10. Regular Agenda]
>> WE'RE TALENT REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 10-A RESOLUTION 2021-036:A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE STATE OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY.
>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
WE WANT TO REPLACE THE VINYL COMPOSITION TILE AT THE PREC BECAUSE IT NEEDS IT. A LITTLE BIT BETTER WEAR AND TEAR AND IT WILL LAST LONGER. BIGGER SQUARES THAT SHOULD GO DOWN EASIER. LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT DONE. AND WE'RE UP ON REPLACING SOME OF THE IRRIGATION PUMP STATION AT UNIVERSITY.
AT QUIGLEY PARK AT THE IMMEDIATE BEGAN.
PRICING CAME BACK IN WE HAD BUDGETED $50,000 FOR THE P-REC VINYL FLOORING. CAME IN $49,659.
>> WE BUDGETED 46,020 AND THE QUOTE CAME IN AT 48,196.
>> WE'RE UNDER BUDGET A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE UP TO PAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. >> WELL, DONE.
THANKS, BILL. ANYBODY HAVE -- ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?
>> COMMISSION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.
>> PLEASE SHOW IT MASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> ITEM 10-B RESOLUTION 2021-035:SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL SURTAX FUNDED PROJECTS.
MAYOR, VICE-MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, SHERRY TOOPS THE BUDGET GRANTS MANAGER FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE WITH THE NEW CITY ENGINEER AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BROWARD SURTAX FUND PROGRAM.
JUST A NOTE THEY ARE REBRANDING AND IT WILL BE NOW CALLED MOBILITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM OR MAP.
JUST WANT TO GIVE QUICK REVIEW OF HOW WE GOT HERE.
BROWARD COUNTY HAD ASKED THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR HELP TO
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ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE THE PENNY FOR TRANSPORTATION SURTAX.IN EXCHANGE WE WOULD GET A PORTION OF THE FUNDING.
SO WE DID ADVOCATE TO OUR CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE FOR IT. AND IT PASSED NOVEMBER OF 2018. THE 1% SURTAXES WAS ADDED AND THEY STARTED COLLECTING. THE CITY'S MEANWHILE HAD SUBMITTED A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WANTED FUNDED THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD FIT AND THAT WAS OVER 500 CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ENDED UP BEING SUBMITTED.
TOP COUNTY ENTERED INTO AN ILA WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES PROMISING TO SHARE IN THE FUNDING.
AND BROWARD MPO GOT TO WORK ON THE LIST OF 500 PROJECTS.
AND WHAT THEY FOUND AFTER EVALUATING EACH ONE PRIORITIZING AND RANKING THEM IS THAT REALLY THEY COULD ONLY DO THE FIRST 110 WITH THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF FUNDS THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO THEY CALLED THAT THE CYCLE ONE PROJECT. CYCLE ONE PROJECTS AGAIN WERE 110 PROJECTS THAT WOULD EAT UP THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR THE CITY.
A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE ILA WAS JUST SENT OUT RECENTLY, JUST TO CAPTURE ALL THE THINGS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO SET A PROCESS FOR GOING FORWARD. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DO HAVE THREE PROJECTS ON THAT CYCLE ONE LIST.
THESE THREE PROJECTS MADE THE LIST.
WHEN WE SUBMITTED THEM PROBABLY OVER THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE ASKING FOR DESIGN FUNDING.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED. WE'VE MOVED ON.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THE PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE WORKING NOW WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO MOVE THESE FORWARD AS NEEDED INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ONCE YOU HAVE MADE IT INTO THAT CYCLE ONE THAT BUCKET OF 110 PROJECTS THAT MEANS THEIR INTENT WAS TO FUND THE WHOLE PROJECT.
WHAT WE EXPECT IS THAT WE'LL HAVE THESE SURTAX FUNDING AGREEMENTS COMING FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT MADE IT INTO CYCLE ONE. WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT AND WHY I'M STANDING HERE AS A GRANT MANAGER, IS THE NEW PROCESS FOR GOING FORWARD. BROWARD MPO HAS CREATED A PROCESS. THEY'VE LAID IT OUT LIKE A GRANT PROCESS. IT'S AN ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ANNUALLY FOR US TO SUBMIT DRADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECT TO BE FUNDED BY THE SURTAX BECAUSE IT'S IN EQUITY -- EFFECT FOR 30 YEARS.
WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW TO GET IN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE FORESEE WANTING FUNDING FOR.
AGAIN WE'RE NOT -- WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THOSE FIRST 110 CYCLE ONE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO EAT UP THE MONEY THROUGH 2026. THESE CYCLES TWO IF WE CAN CALL THEM THAT PROJECT MAY NOT SEE MONEY UNTIL 2027.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN THERE AND GET RERANKED AND AGAIN WE HAD PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THAT FIRST 110.
THAT WE CAN RESUBMIT. BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT ALL THESE PROJECTS ONLINE.
AND, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE MUST YOU KNOW SUBMIT. THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE STREET LIGHTING, SOUND WALLS, AND OF COURSE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WOULD ALLOW FOR WIDENING BIKE LANES . THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. THESE ARE THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE READY TO SUBMIT, AGAIN, BEFORE 5:00 TOMORROW.
TO GET THEM IN TO MPO SO THEY CAN THEN EVALUATE AND RERANK THESE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING IN THE FUTURE. ONE OF THE KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE APPLICATION IS THAT WE HAVE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. THAT SAYS THAT, YES, YOU AGREE YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR FUTURE FUNDING. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE
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>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT.
>> I WILL KEEP THIS SLIDE UP FOR THE COMMISSION, SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF PROJECTS. BEING REQUESTED.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW EARLIER SHERRY MENTIONED WE -- ACTUALLY CONFIRMATION FROM MPO THAT THE LOLOXAHATCHE ROAD PROJECT WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING.
BULL AN ELEMENT WILL BE THE DOT PRESENTING THAT THE SOUND WALL REQUEST FOR THE PROJECT WHICH IS WHERE THE COMMUNITIES OF MAYFAIR AND PARKLAND PLACE THEY WILL PRESENT TO THE BOARD THAT SOUND WALL IS A REQUIREMENT.
BUT CANNOT BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CURRENT LOXAHATCHEE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND AN ELEMENT THAT STAFF IS PURSUING IS MOVING THAT SOUND WALL THROUGH THE SURTAX PROCESS. AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, WE'LL GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS PRESENTED. WE WANT TO HAVE SOME ON OUR TACTICAL APPROACH WITH REGARD TO THE NOISE WALL AS FOR TIMING WHEN WE PUT IN APPLICATION FOR THAT PROJECT.
>> OKAY. JUST TO BE CLEAR THE PREVIOUS PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ON CYCLE ONE ON ALREADY APPROVED IS LOXAHATCHEE ROAD AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE; CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> BY US AGREEING OR DISAGREEING OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THIS HOPEFULLY THEY GET RANKED AND PLACED INTO THAT CYCLE TOO.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
WE GO UP WITH ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITY.
THERE'S A RANKING SYSTEM. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THESE? DO YOU LIKE -- COMMISSIONER
LET ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PERIMETER SOUND WALLS ON LOXAHATCHEE. IS THAT PLAN FOR 2047, WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN ON THESE ITEMS?
>> THAT GOT LAST. THAT STREET LIGHT PROJECT ORIGINALLY WE WERE PLANNING TO SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION.
WE FOUND OUT THE COUNTY HAS IT AT THAT'S OWN SURTAX PROJECT AND WE HAVE NO NEED FOR US TO SUBMIT THAT AS THE
APPLICATION. >> SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
IT'S FOR THE STREET LIGHT HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD.
IT'S NOT FOR THE PERIMETER SOUND WALL.
>> CORRECT. >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STREET LIGHTS HILLSBOROUGH BLOD BOULEVARD -- BOULEVARD THAT'S IN THE LIST OF THINGS. THAT'S CORRECT.
>> ON THIS LIST ARE THE ONES THAT WERE EARLIER SUBMITTED BUT YOU WANT TO RESUBMIT THEM. OR DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST.
>> SOME OF THE ITEMS LISTED ARE.
>> IS THERE A RANKING THAT STAFF BELIEVES IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY BASED UPON THIS
LIST? >> IF I CAN ADD TO THAT.
DOES IT MATTER HOW MANY WE SUBMIT.
WITH WE JUST SUBMIT. >> DO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE? DO WE PRIORITIZE WHEN WE SUBMIT THIS LIST? WOULD WE SAY WE PREFER HERE'S OUR PRIORITY LIST.
YOU GUYS DO WHATEVER. WHAT WE DID LAST TIME.
WE DIDN'T DO THIS EXERCISE THE FIRST.
THEY CAME TO CITY AND GIVE ALL PROJECT.
THIS TIME THEY WANT TO BE MORE CLEAR.
THEY WANT THE LIST AND IT HAS TO RATIFIED BY WAY OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. WE DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RANK THE PROJECT. WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST CYCLE.
WE DID SEND COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHICH PROJECTS OR PROJECTS WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
WHAT YOU LOOK FOR US TODAY TO SAY WE'RE GOOD WITH ALL THE PROJECTS. IF WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT IN MIND SPEAK UP. AND WOULDN'T HURT TO GIVE PRIORITY LIST SO YOU CAN SUBMIT LIKE LAST TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT ON HERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ACTUALLY SAY OUR PRIORITY PROJECT. AND TO COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S QUESTION ABOUT STAFFS CONSIDERATION FOR PRIORITY, THE ONE PROJECT ON HERE FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE THAT WE THINK WILL CHECK ALL THE BOXES, IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA OF THE SURGICAL FAX IS OUR UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND OLD CLUB ROAD ROUNDABOUT. WE'RE EXPANDING THE FUNDS ON THAT. WE ASK SURTAX FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THAT PROJECT YOU CAN CHECK ALL OF THE BOXES FOR MOBILITY. WE HAVE A HIGH CHANCE ON THAT PROJECT. .
>> THE ROUNDABOUT AT LOX ROAD THAT'S ANOTHER REIMBURSEMENT
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>> AS FAR AS YOU KNOW WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS MUCH ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE APPROVED THOSE ALREADY. CONSIDERING WE'RE DOING IT.
THE HOMBURG ROAD BIKE LANE. ANYONE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
THAT? >> I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION THOSE.
GOING BACK TO PREREQUISITE FOR THESE.
WHAT ABOUT DRAINAGE? >> EVERYTHING YOU SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT HAVE TO BE RELATED TO YOUR ROADWAY AND MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION. FROM A DRAINAGE PERSPECTIVE.
THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY THE DRAINAGE THAT'S LINKED TO THE
ROADWAY. >> IF YOU HAVE LET'S TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE RANCHES, THAT DO HAVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE AT TIME WITH THE DRAINAGE, WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY BE A PROJECT?
>> I LIKE WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH IT.
IT'S GREAT THINKING. THE WAY THE CRITERIA READS THEY WOULD ONLY FUND DRAINAGE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRAIN IN THE PHYSICAL ROADWAY ITSELF.
AS LONG AS IT'S DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROADWAY YOU COULD GET FUNDING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> WE HAVE THAT -- THOSE PLANS ARE DONE UP.
WOULD IT HURT TO THROW THAT IN THERE?
TAKE A STAB AT IT? >> AREN'T THE DRAINAGE CANALS ACTUALLY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO ROAD.
AREN'T THEY OUT UTILIZED FOR DRAINAGE PROJECT.
>> JUST FOR CLARITY, THE WAY THE SURTAX WORK WITH REGARDS TO THE RANKING OF PROJECTS DUE TO SURTAX.
THE COUNTY HAS ITS TRANSPORTATION OR ITS ROADWAY NETWORK MAP AND THE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS AND THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ARE RANKED BASED UPON THE ROAD ITSELF.
GIVEN A EXAMPLE. STARTS FROM YOUR MAJOR ROADWAYS. GOING FROM I-95.
YOU COME DOWN TO 441 AND INTERIOR STREET AND RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE PRIORITY FOR RANKING FOR FUNDING KIND OF GOES IN THAT ORDER AS WELL.
WE COULD GIVE IT A TRY AND PUT THE ROADWAYS IN.
YOU NEVER KNOW. >> BUT DUE TO THE NONTRAVEL -- GOT IT. WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE PLANS DESIGNED. THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A DIFFICULT PROJECT TO ADD. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BRING
THAT UP. >> AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ROADWAY DESIGN BUT AS PART ON THIS PROCESS YOU COULD REQUEST
DESIGN FUNDING AS WELL TOO. >> NO HARM NO FOUL.
>> THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM AT ON THAT.
>> IS PART OF THIS CRITERIA RANKING IT AS PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY VERSUS SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE -- IF THIS IS CYCLE TWO AND YOU SAY WE HAVE TO DESIGN IT.
WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND ANOTHER 10 YEAR.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SUBMIT DEPENDING ON WHEN CYCLE
>> I'M JUST SAYING FROM A RANKING STANDPOINT -- LIKE FOR EXAMPLE I LOOK BISHOP ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S NOT IN THE HIERARCHY OF WHERE IT COMES.
FOR US TO RANK THAT NUMBER ONE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT PRIORITY >> I THINK WHAT SUANDA SAID.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOU TO PROVIDE ME WITH RANKING.
I LOOK FOR SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT LISTED AND IF YOU FEEL A PROJECT ON HERE IS PRIORITY LET US KNOW.
WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. >> THAT BEING SAID.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE COMMISSION TO JUST CONFIRM ALL THESE PROJECTS ON THIS LIST WE'RE GOOD WITH.
AND IF WE COULD ADD THE RANCHES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OTHER THAN THAT. IF THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST, OTHERWISE, THIS IS THE LIST.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'LL APPROVE TODAY.
>> LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION IF I MIGHT.
DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE DOING THINGS WITH BICYCLES AS WELL LIKE BIKE LANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> IT'S MOBILITY PROJECT.
WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING A BIKE LANE AT THE END OF HILLSBOROUGH GOING ALL THE WAY TO LOXAHATCHEE SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO GETTING TO THE NATIONAL PARK WITHOUT HAVING TO GET ON LOX ROAD? ON THE BACK END OF DEVELOPMENT
WHAT I CAN DO IS COUNTY ALREADY HAS THEIR SURTAX
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PROJECT. WE COULD SEND A REQUEST TO COUNTY FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL BIKE LANES.IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR SURE WITH BIKERS GOING ON LOXAHATCHEE AND TRYING TO GET TO THE PARK.
>> SOON THEY WILL HAVE BIKE LANES ON LOLOXAHATCHEE.
>> THESE PROJECTS ARE CYCLE TWO.
WE'RE TALKING IN REALITY PROBABLY TEN YEARS.
>> I THINK IN THE EVENT THAT LAND AT THE TAIL END OF WHERE
THE PROPERTY --P >> I THINK -- >> DO WE NEED TO SUBMIT PLANS
WE DON'T. THEY WILL FUND DESIGN.
>> THAT DOESN'T HURT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, IF I MADE.
IMPROVEMENTS TO A PUBLIC ROAD STORMWATER SYSTEM THAT ADDRESSES TRAINAGE EFFICIENCY ARE ELIGIBLE PROVIDED THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT ONLY ADDRESS STORMWATER RUN OFF
FROM A PUBLIC ROADWAY. >> OKAY.
ALL WE ARE SAYING IS IF YOU CAN FIT IT IN.
FIT IT IN. IF IT DOESN'T FIT THE CRITERIA. DOESN'T FIT.
THAT'S FOR YOU TO DECIDE. >> YES.
>> BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PUT THAT IN.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
WE HAVE THIS LIST PLUS THE RANCH PLUS A BIKE LINE FROM HILLSBOROUGH THE END OF HILLSBOROUGH.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? >> WHAT IS DISCUSSION
PERIMETER SOUND WALL? >> WE WANT TO GET THIS OFF THE LIST FIRST. THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SOUND
WALL. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT IDENTIFIED WITH REGARD TO SOUND WALL NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGY APPROACH.
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE DOT.
THAT'S HAPPENING IN MAY. THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE RESIDENT IMPACTED BY THE ROAD WALL.
WE WANT TO BRING THIS ON YOUR RADAR.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL MAKE IN IT TIME FOR THIS YEAR.
THE INFORMATION JUST NOT OUT THERE FOR AS OF YET.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS TOOL WE WILL HAVE IN THE TOOLBOX TO
GET IT ON THE SURTAX. >> IF YOU CAN SNEAK IT IN.
AND EVEN IF DOESN'T QUALIFY. YOU GET IT ON THEIR RADAR.
AND SO MAYBE IT MEET FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
BUT THEN YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION YOU NEED. I THINK YOU SHOULD SUBMIT IT.
>> QUESTION. YOU SAID THERE'S NO LIMIT OF THE NUMBER THE CITY CAN SUBMIT?
>> NO. >> BUT THE FACT THAT IS THERE LIMIT ON HOW MANY ARE SELECTED PER MUNICIPALITY.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF. >> I WOULD IMAGINE WE'VE GOT THROUGH. HOW MANY DID YOU SUBMIT THE
FIRST TIME. >> MAYBE 15 OR 20.
>> THE REASON I ASK. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T ASK US TO RANK IT THE POSSIBILITY THEY COULD MAKE A DECISION THAT YOU ONLY GET X NUMBER OF THE NUMBER THAT YOU SUBMIT.
OR SOME PROPORTION WE WOULD INHERENTLY HAVE TO TRY TO PRIORITIZE. OTHERWISE WE WILL CANNIBALIZE
THE CHANCE. >> I WANT TO SAY THEY'VE NEVER INDICATED ANYTHING OF SUCH. IT'S ALL BASED UPON MOBILITY.
IF YOU HAVE STRONG MOBILIY PROJECTS, YOU WILL GET RANKING. NOTHING INDICATED ABOUT
SPECIFIC NUMBER. >> THERE'S A CHECKLIST.
DOES IT CHECK THIS BOX? >> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND THE MORE BOXES WE COULD CHECK WITH A PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEY WILL RANK IT HIGHER FOR THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE DAMAGE OURSELVES BY PUTTING MORE OUT THERE. BECAUSE WHO KNOWS.
MAYBE WE GET LUCKY AND WE GET A PROJECT WHERE FOUR PROJECTS CHECK ALL THE BOXES. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE WE PUT THE PROJECTS ON THERE THAT CHECK THE MOST
BOXES POSSIBLE. >> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.
MY CONCERN EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY GOING THROUGH TULLE SAME CONVERSATION. THIS IS BROWARD KOUBLTY INITIATIVE. THEY HAVE TO ENSURE WHEN MOBILITY IS ASSESSED THEY ASSESS FOR EACH INDEPENDENT KIND OF CONTEXT. JUST BECAUSE WE GET ALL THE BOXES. ALL I'M SAYING IF WE HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION ON THE CHANCE THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE VIEWED FROM A KIND OF WHOLE LIST STATISTIC
COUNTY APPROACH. >> FOR ME, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. FOR ME PERSONALLY I WOULD RATHER THREE MORE OUT THERE AND MAYBE WE GET LUCKY.
I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
I THINK -- >> I'M FINE WITH THAT IF
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WANT
TO TALK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? >> NO.
>> DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
>> SECOND. A MOTION TO APPROVE BY
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COMMISSIONER BRIER AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER.. >> SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> MAYOR. SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IS HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STOP OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW. WE'LL GET YOU IN.
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JOE. THANKS FOR COMING.GOOD EVENING. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, MISSION MORALES, JUST SAW YOU A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.
GREAT TO BE HERE BY MY HOME CITY OF PARKLAND.
I'VE BEEN OUT VISITING A LOT OF CITY COMMISSIONS LATELY.
THE REASON I GET OUT AND GO AROUND BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE.
AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY. THIS IS PROGRAM THAT'S GONE ON FOR MANY YEARS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND WITH THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND TRY TO GET THE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN OUR ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE. THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT.
MANY OF THE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY AT HOME.
WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT. AND THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE. IS TO SEE IF I COULD ASK COMMISSION TO PROVIDE SOME HELP WITH GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE, THE PARENTS ARE AWARE, SO THAT THEY CAN PUSH THE CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR HOME TO GO AHEAD AND REGISTER.
LET ME EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS. FOR ANY STUDENT WHO IS HIGH -- U.S. CITIZEN OVER THE AGE OF 16 THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PREREAL -- PREREGISTER TO VOTE.
THEY WILL BE IN THE SYSTEM BUT NOT IN THE VOTER ROLL UNTIL THEY TURN 18. WHEN THEY TURN 18 THEY MOVE OVER TO THE VOTER ROLL. WHAT THIS DOES FOR US IT KEEPS US FROM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SAY WE HAVE OUR VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE OR ALSO KNOWN AS BOOK CLOSING 29 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. IF THE KIDS TURNS 18 WITHIN THAT WINDOW AND WASN'T ABLE TO REGISTER, OR SIMPLY DID NOT GET AROUND TO IT YET WE'VE GOT IN IT THE SYSTEM.
THEY ARE REGISTERED. THEY CAN GO OUT AND VOTE.
WHEN THEY TURN 18 THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY NEED TO REGISTER WHICH IS COMMON FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUNG VOTING IN THEIR FIRST ELECTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY NEED TO REGISTER. THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS EARLY IN LIFE. THAT GIVES US VOTER FOR LIFE.
HOPEFULLY WE SENT OUT MATERIALS.
I HOPE YOU WILL HELP ME GET THE MATERIALS OUT TO PUBLIC TO
GET EVERYONE ENGAGED. >> WE HAVE THAT FLIER.
MAYBE TODD CAN GET SOMETHING OUT ON THAT AS WELL SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SHARE. WE CAN DO BY CITY.
WE DO IT INDIVIDUALLY. WE COULD DO TOGETHER AS GROUP.
THE MORE PEOPLE WHO VOTE THE BETTER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE
ANYTHING -- >> COMMISSIONER CUTTER.
>> MR. SCOTT, THANKS FOR COMING.
I CAN'T RECALL IN THE HISTORY OF PARKLAND WHEN THE SUPERVISE OF ELECTION WAS LAST HERE BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT YOU CAME.
I DO WANT TO INQUIRE AND MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW WE RECENTLY RECEIVED ON APRIL 1ST OF THIS YEAR NOTIFICATION OF WHAT IT WAS GOING TO COST OUR MUNICIPALITY FOR ELECTIONS IN THE CITY. IT INDICATED THE COST HAS GONE UP BY FIVE TIMES WHAT IT WAS IN THE PROCEEDINGS YEARS.
COULD YOU GIVE US SOME EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT THAT IS DUE TO AND WHAT HAS CAUSED THAT OCCUR?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF
AT ALL. >> JOE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO TALK ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THIS.
DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR TAKE ON THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING IT.
I WANT TO FINISH THIS TOPIC REAL QUICK.
>> JUST ONE THING YOU MAYBE YOU HAVE ALREADY.
I KNOW OUR PTA AND PTSA ARE VERY ACTIVE.
AND GREAT RESOURCE. THAT MAY BE ONE THING YOU MAY WANT TO DO. WE'VE GOT A GROUP HERE.
I KNOW THAT BROWARD COUNTY HAS THE BROWARD COUNTY COUNCIL OF PTA. IF YOU NEED A CONTACT OR WHATEVER, I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONTACT. I KNOW MY TEAM WORKING HARD TO GET TO COMMUNITY GROUPS. WE BEEN HITTING THIS FROM
EVERY ANGLE I CAN. >> I CAN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING
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BY TOPIC. >> MY WIFE IS TEACHER THAT INVOLVED WITH THE DECA PROGRAM.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CLUBS THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT MIGHT HELP BE ABLE TO HELP YOU PUSH IT FROM KIDS KIND OF THING. THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU
AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
APPRECIATE THAT. >> JUST ONE MORE RECOMMENDATION. OUR LIBRARY, I'M SURE WE COULD SET UP A BOOTH OR INFORMATION AS ONGOING FEATURE HOPEFULLY PEOPLE OF AGE WHO COME HERE COULD SUPPORT THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING TO DO.
>> ALL EXCELLENT POINTS. I APPRECIATE THAT.
IF WE CAN GET BACK ON COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S TOPIC.
CONCERNING THE FEES. IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING A
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. >> LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED WITH FEES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. ONE OF THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO PUT AN ESTIMATE TO WHAT THE ELECTIONS WILL COST THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WE'RE TOLD TO BASICALLY PROJECT WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WILL BE AND PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE TO EACH OF THE CITIES FOR WHAT THEIR SHARE OF THOSE COST WILL BE. THE ONE THING THAT SURPRISED ME COMING IN FOR THOSE DON'T KNOW I WAS ELECTED LAST NOVEMBER. IT STARTED IN JANUARY.
ONE THING THAT SURPRISED ME WAS THAT THERE'S A GREAT DISPARITY BETWEEN THE COST SHARE THAT WAS BEGIN TO CITIES THAT HAVE ELECTION IN MARCH VERSES THE CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. IT DOESN'T APPEAR.
NO ONE COULD SHOW ME WHERE THERE WAS ANY SORT OF RHYME OR REASON TO HOW THE PRICE STRUCTURE THEY CAME UP WITH FOR NOVEMBER CITIES. WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
FROM WHAT I CAN TELL. IT'S MORE OR LESS A NOMINAL FEE. WHEN YOU CHANGE FROM A NOMINAL FEE TO ACTUAL COST. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THAT THERE WAS ANY CHANGE IN THE ACTUAL COST.
WE SAY IT WENT UP 400%. THE COST IF ANYTHING I WILL BRING THE COST OF ELECTIONS DOWN.
I WILL MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT. AND THE COST OF TAX PAYERS WILL BE LOWER IN THE FUTURE. IF I HAVE ONE OVERARCHING GOAL FOR MY FIRST TERM HERE IS THAT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE CHEAPER THAN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
IT WILL BE BETTER TURNOUT. WE WERE DOING AT LOWER COST.
NOW THE QUESTION BECOMES, HOW DO YOU SLICE UP THE PIE? WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY FOR ME.
JUST TO CONTINUE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE WITH THE NOMINAL. I'M DIRECTED TO DO AN ACTUAL COST. I HAD TO GIVE MY BEST ESTIMATE WHAT I THOUGHT THE ACTUAL COST WAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I PUT OUT. SINCE THEN I HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH CITIES, ABOUT YOU KNOW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY FIND WAY TO MAKE IT FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING VERY ACCURATE AND CONCISE TO EACH CITY. WE PLAN TO COME UP WITH NEW FORMULA. I WILL SHARE.
SOMETHING I TOLD ALL OF THE CITY CLERKS TODAY THAT WE WILL PUT OUT THIS FORMULA. WE'RE WORKING ON TWEAKING IT NOW. WE WILL PUT THAT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK SO CITIES CAN CALCULATE THEIR OWN COST OF WHAT IT WILL BE BASED ON HOW MUCH YOU'RE ADDING.
SOME CITIES MAY ONLY ADD ONE COMMISSION SEAT WHILE OTHER MAY HAVE 20. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO CREATE VARIABILITY ON WHAT THE COST WILL BE.
ONE THING THAT I OFTEN GET. I CAN ANTICIPATE WHAT SOME OF THE EL KWLS QUESTIONS WILL BE. I WILL ANSWER THEM UP FRONT.
THERE'S TALK ABOUT HOW THERE WOULD BE THIS ECONOMIES OF SCALE CREATED IF EVERYBODY HAD THEIR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER INSTEAD OF MARCH. BUT I'M SURE -- I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON WHEN YOU ADD COMPLEXITY.
COMPLEXITIES LEADS TO COST. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY. FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO HAVE LOWER COST YOU HAVE TO HAVE STANDARDIZATION.
THERE'S NO STANDARDIZATION. IT'S NOT THE SAME ACROSS THE COUNTY. IT'S DIFFERENT BALLOT IN EVERY CITY. EVERY CITY HAS DIFFERENT RULES. SOME CITIES ARE SINGLE MEMBER.
SOME ARE AT-LARGE. SOME CITIES YOU PICK THREE COMMISSIONERS THREE AND SOME YOU PICK ONE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS TO IT.
ALL OF THAT COMPLEXITY DOES ADD COST TO ALREADY COMPLEX ELECTION THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BIGGER RACES HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. THE WAY OF THINKING THAT WAS OUT THERE IN THE PAST WAS SIMPLY FALSE.
IT WAS ALWAYS FALSE. THERE WAS ALWAYS VOICES SAYING
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IT WAS FALSE. THERE'S LOTS OF COUNTY WHERE THEY ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO ALLOW CITIES TO MOVE TO NOVEMBER BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M WALKING INTO THIS.AND I'M TRYING TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT I DID NOT CREATE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO BE FAIR ALL TO CITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE ACCURATE COST TO EVERYBODY.
AND I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> THANKS FOR COMING HERE.
YOU SAID IT WENT FROM NOMINAL COST STRUCTURE TO DIRECT COST.
WHEN YOU SAID NOMINAL MEANING ALL NEW MUNICIPALITIES WERE
CHARGED THE SAME AMOUNT. >> BASED ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTER. A CITY THAT HAS VIEWER VOTER PAYS A SMALLER FEE. PRESUMABLY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF SHORTFUL BETWEEN WHAT THE OLD MUNICIPALITIES WERE PAYING OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T HAVE DRAMATIC INCREASE.
>> NO. THERE WAS NOT A SHORTFUL.
JUST TO EXPLAIN. ACTUALLY I LIKE TO USE -- THERE'S AN ANALOGY. SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING IN PARALLEL. IT HAS TO DO WITH PETITION COST. THERE WAS A LAW PAST LAST YEAR THAT MOVED THE PETITION COST FROM BEING FOR THE ISSUE PETITION FROM BEING NOMINAL FEE OF 10 CENT AND THEY WENT OUT AND ASKED US TO FIGURE OUT THE EXACT COST.
EACH COUNTY WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN COST FOR PETITION. WE WERE TOLD BY LAW YOU HAVE TO CHARGE THE COST. FOR US HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY WE CAME UP WITH 37 CENTS. SOMEONE CAN COME AND SAY WHY DID YOU RAISE THE PRICE 370%. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DIRECTED TO DO. WE'RE DIRECTED TO DO ACTUAL COST. SOME COUNTY IS OVER A DOLLAR ON THE PETITION COST. THEY RAISE OVER 1,000% INCREASE. DID THEY HAVE A BUDGET SHORTFALL BEFORE. IN THE CASE OF THIS ONE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THE LAW CHANGED.
IT'S THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE ME SIMPLY DID NOT MAKE AN HONEST ATTEMPT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WAS.
>> IF I COULD. TO TOUCH ON WHAT COMMISSIONER ISROW IS SAYING. I HAVE THE SAME EXACT QUESTION. WHAT I WAS READING TODAY IN THE E-MAIL FROM THE OTHER DAY; YOU'RE RAISING ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO YOU'RE RAISING -- HOWEVER MUCH SIT.
LET'S ASSUME IT'S 1 MILLION. YOU RAISE 1 MILLION IN ELECTION COST. WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WHERE DID THAT MONEY -- TO COMMISSIONER ISROW'S POINT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SHORTFUL.
DID THE COUNTY PICK UP THE DIFFERENCE? OR -- THERE WAS A SHORTFUL. THE COUNTY SUPPLEMENTED THOSE COST BY THEIR OWN TAXES SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING THE CITIES WHICH I'M NOT SAYING WRONG RIGHT OR INDIFFERENT.
YOU ASK THE CITIES TO BARE THE COST FULLY AS OPPOSED TO THE
COUNTY SUPPLEMENTING ANY COST. >> I THINK THAT'S A FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT I DON'T EXACTLY SHARE.
THEN I WILL EXPLAIN WHY. ONE THING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR; GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT. I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF.
ONE THING HAPPENED IN 2018. SIGNER ATTACK WHERE TWO OFFICES WERE INFILTRATED BY HACKERS.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS IN THE NEWS.
THERE WERE GRANTS PUT OUT TO HELP COUNTY ELECTION OFFICES GET UP TO SPEED. TO GET THEIR CYBERSECURITY TOGETHER. THEN YOU HAD CORONAVIRUS HIT US. AND THEN THERE WAS THE CARES ACT THAT WAS PASSED MODIFIEDED A BUN OF SOME.
SOME OF THESE THINGS AND GRANTS THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO US.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE INCUR EVERY ELECTION.
IN SOME CASES THE COST WON'T GO AWAY.
YOU HAD IMPACT TO THE ECONOMY AND THE OVERALL IMPACT IN TAXES WHERE THE COUNTY HASN'T QUITE DETERMINED EXACTLY WHAT THE BUDGET WILL BE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
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>> MY JOB IS TO FIGURE OUT WITHOUT THAT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT I WILL GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE STATE GOVERNMENT. HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO CHARGE THE STATE. FINAL BILL --
>> COULD BE HALF. >> RIGHT NOW IT'S AN ESTIMATE.
>> IT'S AN ESTIMATE. FINAL BILL DOESN'T COME UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. AS FAR AS WHAT THE COST WILL BE, NO ONE KNOWS ANSWER TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONER CUTLER. >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP.
I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. THE LAST TIME WE MADE 11,000 FOR ELECTION PROCESS. NOW YOUR ESTIMATE AROUND 55,000. THAT'S FIVE-TIME INCREASE.
SO FAR I HAVEN'T REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME AS TO WHY IT WOULD BE SUCH A LARGE INCREASE TO THE CITY. WHEN IN TWO YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD BIG INCREASE IN POPULATION.
WE STILL HAVE SIX PRECINCTS. I DON'T ENVISION WE NEED MORE POLL WORKERS. I'M AT A LOSS AS TO WHY WE WOULD HAVE SUCH DRAMATIC INCREASE TO THE CITY.
>> I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN.
WE WENT FROM MODEL NOMINAL FEE.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE HONEST EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COST WERE. THEY BASICALLY CAME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT HAD NO BASIS IN REALITY.
I DID THE WORK OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT REALISTIC NUMBER AND COST. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY FOR ME TO SAY TAKE THE NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR AND ADD PERCENTAGE FOR INFLATION AND GIVE THEM THAT.
I WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU NOW.
AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT CATCH UP WITH YOU.
IF I LET THIS CONTINUE AND DON'T BRING UP ACCURATE FACT THE NUMBER WAS NONSENSE BEFORE.
IT WAS BASED NOTHING. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. MY UNDERSTANDING LAST TIME WE PAID 11,000. THAT WASN'T AN ESTIMATE.
THAT'S WHAT WE PAID. WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THERE; IF THE COUNTY DIDN'T SUPPLEMENT WHICH YOU SAID TO COMMISSIONER ISROW. DID IT SUPPLEMENT ADDITIONAL FUND. DID IT COST MORE THAN 11,000.
THE ANSWER IS NO ONE KNOWS. IT'S PART OF THE BENEFIT OF BEING NEW. THERE'S NO ANSWER TO THAT.
11,000 WAS YOUR ESTIMATE THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU.
PRE-COVID 11,000 WAS THE ESTIMATE YOU GOT.
AFTER COVID, AFTER THIS ELECTION THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE, 11,000 WHAT YOU PAID.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT NO ONE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TWICE AS MUCH VOTE BY MAIL. AND HAVE TO RUN THE PRECINCTS.
EVERYTHING CHANGED BECAUSE OF COVID.
YOUR BILL DIDN'T. YOUR BILL WAS THE SAME.
WHY? BECAUSE ITS BASED ON NOTHING.
>> I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS EARLIER.
THANK YOU COMING OUT. THEY'VE BEEN ON COMMISSIONER
FOR LOS ANGELESER THAN I. >> MY QUESTION IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF THE RATIONALE IN THEIR BEING MORE NOMINAL FEE VERSES A FEE FOR MARCH ELECTION.
THERE'S A COST SAVINGS IN ADDING ON THE CITY ELECTION FOR WHATEVER COMES UP IN THE CITY TO NOVEMBER ELECTION PROCESS RATHER THAN AN INDEPENDENT MARCH ELECTION.
IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC.
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IF WE GO TO ACTUAL COST, MEANING YOU WILL HAVE MUNICIPALITY. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE MUNICIPALITIES CHANGING THAT PROCESS.>> THE GOAL BASED ON THE ESTIMATES THAT I PUT OUT.
THE FEES ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE'S NO FINANCIAL INCENTIVE.
IN MARCH YOU GET MUCH LOWER TURNOUT THAN NOVEMBER.
WE PLAN FOR 80% TURNOUT. MARCH 15% TURNOUT.
THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE JUST RIGHT THERE.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUCH SMALLER SCALE.
THAT'S ONE POINT. YOU HAVE AN EARLY VOTING PERIOD. YOU GIVING SO MUCH MORE SERVICE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN NOVEMBER IF YOU KEEP ELECTION IN NOVEMBER FOR ROUGHLY THE SAME COST.
THERE'S NO INCENTIVE TO GO TO MARCH.
I DON'T WANT MY THUMB ON THE SCALE OF THE ZILGS.
I SHOULDN'T BE FINANCIAL. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. THEY WANT ONE OVER THE OTHER.
MAKE IT FOR THAT REASON. YOU ADD COMPLEXITY TO OUR ELECTION. YOUR INCREASING COST.
NO. YOU'RE NOT SAVING US MONEY.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE ELECTION TOMORROW. THE COUNTY SHOULD HELP BECAUSE WE DO BENEFIT FROM THE MARCH ELECTIONS.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE STATE LEVEL OF SPECIAL ELECTION THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE FUNDS. OVERALL WE NEED MY PHILOSOPHY IT NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE SHOULD CHARGE THE COUNTY. EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD WITH RESPECT YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.
WE WILL CREATE A FORMULA. >> VICE-MAYOR, MAYERSOHN.
>> FIRST OF ALL SUPERVISOR SCOTT, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
KIND OF ECHOING THE SAME LINE OF CONCERN OR QUESTIONS IS THAT -- IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ELECTION.
NO BALLOT ELECTION. WHAT WOULD IT COST THE CITY OF
PARKLAND? >> IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN ELECTION THEN YOU WOULD NOT -- THERE WOULD BE NO COST.
>> NO COST AT ALL. >> THE 55,000 THAT'S PROJECTED COULD BE POTENTIALLY ZERO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE?
>> IT'S ZERO IF YOU DON'T HAVE CITY ELECTION.
>> ZERO IF YOU DON'T HAVE CITY ELECTION.
>> THE CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ELECTION.
THEY HAVE ELECTION IN MARCH. THEY PAY IN MARCH.
>> AT THAT POINT THE NO ONE WAS OPPOSED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE BALLOT QUESTIONS.
THERE WOULD BE -- WHEN SOMEONE CAME IN TO VOTE FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, OR WHATEVER OTHER ELECTION WOULD BE GOING.
NO PARKLAND INITIATIVE ON THAT BALLOT.
>> I GUESS THEN MY QUESTION IS FROM 55,000 AS YOU SAID AN ESTIMATE BASED UPON HOWEVER YOU CALCULATED IT.
AT THE SAME TIME THIS THE PROPOSED BUDGET WORKSHOP.
GRANTED THIS IS FOR THE 2020 BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THIS IS PREVIOUSLY BEFORE YOU ARRIVED.
AND I UNDERSTAND THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS IS THAT THERE WAS MORE OF A COST SHARING THAT MUNICIPALITY RODE ALONG. BEING THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT COUNTY -- LIKE YOURSELF, SUPRE
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SUPERVISOR ELECTION. PROPERTY APPRAISER.YOU HAVE OTHER COUNTY ENTITIES.
YOU HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ON THE BALLOT.
SOIL AND WATER. YOU HAVE OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE BALLOT FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION.
>> YES. AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY STATE AND FEDERAL THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT.
THAT'S WHY -- AND AGAIN, I'M JUST LOOKING HERE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SAYING THE MARCH MUNICIPAL ELECTION BREAKING INTO WHAT YOU DO SOUNDS LIKE TO ME YOU SAY LOOK THE COST FOR ELECTION STILL A COST.
I SHOULDN'T EQUATE TO WHETHER YOU HAVE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OR MARCH. YOU SHOULD SHARE THE SAME COST. TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.
WE USE TO HAVE ELECTION IN MARCH IS THAT THE COST AND AGAIN THIS THE BEFORE YOU, THE COST WAS THE CITY ABSORBED ALL OF THE COST. WE DIDN'T HAVE EARLY VOTING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS.
MAYBE JUST ELECTION DAY. NOT NECESSARILY EARLY VOTING.
SOME COST WERE MINIMIZED. AND THAT'S WHY MUNICIPALITIES PAY THE TOTAL COST. I'M NOT DISAGREEING OR AGREEING WHETHER YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T.
HAVE COST THAT ARE EQUAL IN NATURE.
BUT ALL I'M LOOKING AT IS THAT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME WHEN YOU SAY ECONOMY OF SCALE IN GENERAL ELECTION WHERE YOU HAVE YOU KNOW FEDERAL OFFICES; YOU HAVE STATE OFFICES THEY SHOULD SHARE IN SOME OF THAT COST OR GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND LET THE COUNTY ABSORB THOSE COST AS OPPOSED TO
HITTING THE MUNICIPALITY. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. THE MARCH ELECTION.
YES THE CITY PAY THE WHOLE COST, WHICH UNDER THE NEW MODEL THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT WON'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN THAT WAY. IN NOVEMBER THE COST IS NOT COMPARABLE. MARCH LIKE A TOYOTA COROLLA.
NOVEMBER LIKE A LAMBORGINI. IT PROBABLY DOESN'T COVER FOR MOST OF THE COUNTY DOESN'T COVER THE PAPER.
THAT FOR THE BALLOTS THAT WERE PRINTED.
FOR THOSE -- FOR THE CITY ELECTION.
YOU CAN'T SAY IF IT DIDN'T COVER THE PAPER.
OTHER OVER HEAD COST WITH THE CITY ELECTION.
THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO COVER SHOWS COST.
I THINK THAT'S -- I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT COMPLEXITY COST IS DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE CAN USE TRY TO POKE HOLES IN MY PLAN.
THE FACT IS IT REALLY HARD TO ARGUE IT'S CHEAPER AND IT'S HARD TO ARGUE. GRANTED THE FACT IF THERE'S NO ELECTION. WE DON'T CHARGE YOU.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. WE DON'T CHARGE THE CITY UNLESS THEY HAVE ELECTION. IF YOU DO HAVE ELECTION.
WE HAVE TO CHARGE YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A COST STRUCTURE TO SAY THIS IS YOUR SHARE.
>> THAT'S WHERE YOU SAY IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY.
IF THERE'S NO ELECTION THERE'S NO CHARGE.
THE PRECINCTS WILL BE OPEN. THERE WILL BE WORKERS.
EVERYTHING WILL BE THERE. IF WE DO HAVE ELECTION.
HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY WHAT THE MUNICIPAL COST IS TO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE AT THIS POINT YOU MAY BE THIS FAR APART. HOPEFULLY WE GET TO THIS PART.
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING.
>> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.
YOU SAID IT WILL BE BASED ON ACTUAL COST.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TOOT GIVE THE QUOTA 50 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLAR. WHAT ARE THE COST YOU LOOK
ATMENT. >> WE LOOK AT THE CHARGES WERE
ACTUAL COST IN NOVEMBER. >> IT WASN'T THE COST ITSELF.
WE HAD A CORE BUDGET WHICH COVERED SOME OF THE BASIC.
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WE CAPTURE THE COST IN SEPARATE SPREADSHEET.AND BASICALLY THAT COST. IT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT OUR FINANCE PEOPLE DETERMINED WAS A COST SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO THE ELECTION. THE MAIN THING WE TAKE OUT BASIC SALARIES THE 78 FULL-TIME PEOPLE.
BASIC SALARIES. SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE GET OVERTIME. OVERTIME DOES GET CHARGED.
THEIR BASE SALARIES DO NOT. THAT'S THE COST STRUCTURE.
MY QUESTION NEXT IS AT LEAST FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE E-MAIL CIRCULATING. THERE'S A NUMBER OF AGENCIES OR ENTITIES THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL COST. THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ONE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE AT LEAST WITH RESPECT TO ADDITIONAL OVERRUNS. MY QUESTION IS HAVE YOU EXPLORED. IF ANSWER YOU HAVE NOT ASKED THEM TO ALSO UP THEIR INCREASE OR INPUT AT ALL.
MY QUESTION IS WHY. THAT'S A VALID POINT.
I HAVE HEARD THAT. BEFORE NOW.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT. BUT I WILL -- THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT BEFORE WE GET TO FINAL SOLUTION.
>> LAST QUESTION IN TERMS OF FINAL SOLUTION.
YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB. OUR JOB ALSO TO BE FIDUCIARIES OF OUR RESIDENT TAX MONEY. WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS CHANGE BEING IMPLEMENTED. WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADVOCATE TO ENSURE WHATEVER THE RESULT THAT WE HAVE SOME SAY OR AT
LEAST TRY TO HAVE A SAY IN IT. >> I THINK THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE NOW. I TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND I DON'T MIND IT. I WELCOME THE CONVERSATION.
I WELCOME THE DEBATE. I HOPE YOU KNOW MY GOALS IS FIND THE RIGHT ANSWER AND BRING THE COST DOWN FOR ALL TAX PAYERS. IT'S ALL TAX PAYER.
IT'S HOW YOU SLICE THE PIE. FINDING THE RIGHT WAY TO SLICE THE PIE NOT JUST CONTINUING NONSENSE INTO THE FUTURE.
THIS MY CHANCE TO DO IT. BECAUSE I'M NEW AND WASN'T HERE LAST YEAR. BUT MY GOAL TO FIND THE RIGHT ANSWER. I WILL BE TRANSPARENT AS I HAVE BEEN TONIGHT. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT. AND WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULT.
>> THAT'S ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR AND WE'RE ALL CLEAR THIS IS AN ESTIMATE.
AS THIS PROCESS STILL FLUID, MAYBE YOUR FORMULA COULD CHANGE AND OTHER ENTITIES MAYBE THEY WILL BE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE. THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FINAL BILL TO DWINDLE DOWN BASED ON WHAT YOU FIND
OUT ON THIS -- >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WHO DO CITIES HAVE TO PAY AT ALL?
>> YOU KNOW THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS TO ASK.
>> THEY DON'T. >> YOU KNOW IT'S PAID.
GUESS THEY ARE PART OF COUNTY FUND.
I THINK THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE.
YOU KNOW PERHAPS THEY SHOULD GET A BILL.
IT'S NOT UP TO ME. ONE LAST QUESTION.
>> HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS BEEN THE CUT FOR ALLOCATION BETWEEN COUNTY VERSES MUNICIPALITY. THE FUNDING.
HAS IT BEEN MUNICIPALITY COVER 80%.
COUNTY PICKS UP 20. >> NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER LOOKED LIKE ABOUT 5%S TO THE CITY.
5% OF THE OVERALL COST OF THE ELECTION TO THE CITY.
>> UNDER YOUR PROPOSAL, WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
>> CLOSER TO 20%. >> ONE MORE QUESTION COMMISSIONER BRIER. I WANT TO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SCOTT. WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK OFF-LINE. I KNOW THE ISSUES AREN'T ENDING. YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS ONGOING. MY CONCERN ARE TWOFOLD ASIDE FROM THE COST ASSOCIATED I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK ONE OF THE REASON CITY LIKE PARKLAND MAY HAVE CHOSEN TO GO WITH NOVEMBER RATHER THAN MARCH ELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS THE COST FACTOR. AND I IMAGINE THAT ITS BECAUSE IT WAS TAG ALONG TO GENERAL ELECTION.
AND NOW WE WILL BE IN A POSITION WE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO REVISIT BECAUSE THE COST ARE GOING TO BE EITHER THE SAME OR LESS IN GOING THE OTHER WAY POTENTIALLY.
>> IT'S NOT LESS. >> AT LEAST THE SAME.
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THERE'S NO FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HAVING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER ANY LONGER BASED ON THIS PROPOSAL.THE MONEY SHOULDNT BE A CONVERSATION PIECE ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SUPERVISOR SCOTT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
SORRY TO KEEP YOU MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN YOU
>> MY DRIVE HOME IS SHORT. THANK YOU ALL.
DO YOU REMEMBER WE ARE AT. 10-C.
ITEM 10-C, ORDINANCE 2021-035:MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.
>> GREAT THANK YOU AGAIN THIS SECOND READING.
WE'VE ALREADY WE DID APPROVE THE FIRST READING.
I WILL JUST OPEN UP. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC. ANYONE FROM THE COMMISSION?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL.
UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM 10-D, ORDINANCE 2021-007:PROCUREMENT CODE REVISION, FIRST READING: THIS ADJUSTMENT TO THE PURCHASING CODE IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON AUTH AUTHORIZED DEBT SERVICE. THIS REVISION WILL PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION FOR BOND, BANK LOANS AND OTHER DEBT TRANSACTIONS. ESPECIALLY WITH THE VOLATILE MARKET IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION AND TO BE AN EXEMPT PURCHASE. THAT IS REQUEST FROM STAFF.
JUST CLARIFYING SOME OF THE EXISTING THINGS WE HAVE.
I APPRECIATE ANTHONY FOR DIGGING THROUGH ALL THAT.
ALL THAT STUFF. VICE-MAYOR MAYERSOHN.
>> WE HAVE IN OUR PROCUREMENT CODE 24 ITEMS THAT ARE EXEMPT.
THE REASON -- THERE'S VARIOUS REASONS THEY ARE EXEMPT.
OBVIOUSLY YOUR EXEMPTING OUT OF THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. WHAT I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH AND I JUST PASS ON TO YOU AND WOULD HOPEFULLY GET SUPPORT IS TO JUST ADD THAT A MEMORANDUM IN CURRENTLY ONE OF OUR EXEMPT AREAS THAT A MEMORANDUM MUST BE GENERATED DESCRIBING AND JUSTIFYING THE NONCOMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT.
AS LONG AS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT JUSTIFIED IT.
WHEN WE GET BACK THE INFORMATION, MEMORANDUM FOR NANCY, MARKET CONDITIONS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I THINK IT'S ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR US.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. >> NANCY?
THAT'S GOOD WITH YOU. >> THAT'S FINE WITH US.
>> NO PROBLEM. >> WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON AGENDA
>> COMMISSION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> I WANT TO MAKE CLARIFICATION. MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDMENT
WITH JUSTIFICATION. >> CORRECT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED BY CUTLER AND A SECOND AS AMENDED BY VICE-MAYOR MAYERSOHN.
>> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> ITEM 10-E DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING CITY CLERK'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW-CURRENT PERIOD.
>> GOOD EVENING. DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN
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THE LIBRARY. ACTUALLY THIS ITEM WE HAVE TWO THINGS TO DISCUSS I BELIEVE TONIGHT.THE FIRST IS THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF TAKING A LOOK AT THE CITY CLERK'S EVALUATION AND PERCENTAGE INCREASE FOR THIS PAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE. I TOLD YOU I WOULD COME TO YOU WITH THE AVERAGE OF ALL FIVE SCORES AND THAT'S THE 2.8%.
>> THE SECOND IS JUST TO CLOSE OUT OUR DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IN STRIKE PLANNING ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY WE WOULD USE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE CITY CLERK'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY CLERK'S EMPLOYMENT ANNIVERSARY IS MARCH 9TH OF EVERY YEAR. BY FEBRUARY 1ST, EACH COMMISSIONER WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A WRITTEN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FORM. AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE THE FORM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AN ORAL REVIEW OR WOULD LIKE TO DO COMBINATION OF BOTH. THE COMMISSIONER MAY OBTAIN SOME INPUT FROM KEY WORK PARTNERS AT THE CITY CLERK WORKS WITH TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCE.
AND WE WOULD HAVE DEADLINE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THAT WITHIN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRST CITY COMMISSION MEETING IN MARCH SO WE COULD MAKE THIS DONE TIMELY.
THEN I WILL AVERAGE ALL FIVE SALARY INCREASE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDE THAT TO COMMISSIONER FOR THAT FIRST COMMISSION MEETING IN MARCH. AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPTION THAT YOU COULD DO A MID-YEAR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND WE WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SAME FORMS AND INFORMATION.
>> I WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?
>> CLOSING TO PUBLIC. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD.
>> CORRECT, THANK YOU. >> THAT'S THE MOTION.
[11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office]
IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS BY THE BROWARDSHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> GOOD EVENING.
CHRIS MULL AGAIN. NOT MUCH GOING ON COUPLE OF CAR BURGLARY GOING ON. THAT'S THE BAD NEW THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE MADE TWO ARREST LAST NIGHT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT ARE ALSO THE SAME CULPRITS THAT DID THE EARLIER RESIDENTIAL CAR BURGLARS ON EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
THE REASON WE THINK THAT THEY WERE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES THEY WERE WEARING COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO A WEEK OR SO AGO.
THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL A CLUE.
BUT I DID WANT TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON MORE SERIOUS NOTE.
WANT TO TOUCH ON COUPLE OF INCIDENTS.
NOT SPECIFICALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT YOU AGAIN AS YOU ARE OUT TALKING TO RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS.
WE HAD A FEW INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT WERE SUSPICIOUS AND THEN DIDN'T TAKE ACTION.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING IS NOT A CATCH PHRASE. IT'S IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT AFTER THE FACT AND CANVAS AREAS NOT ONLY DID I THINK THIS WAS SUSPICIOUS ENOUGH BUT I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE TAG. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT IN MY COMMUNITY. PARKLAND ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO PRIDE OURSELF HOMETOWN FEELING.
I KNOW IN SMALL HOMETOWNS PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU THINK SOMETHING PROBABLY ISN'T RIGHT THAT IT IS ISN'T.
TRUST YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR SIXTH SENSE AND GIVE A CALL.
EVEN IF IT IS NOTHING. WE WOULD NOTHING.
THAN THREE OR FOUR CARS BONE INTO IT.
>> I THINK GREAT REMINDER. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH
THAT TOO. >> VICE-MAYOR MAYERSOHN.
>> CAN YOU ADD WHEN YOU DO YOUR TWEETS OR OTHER INFORMATION I MEAN I GUESS TODAY MY SAFER WATCH APP WAS PINGING. JUST TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT YOU KNOW THEY CAN SUBSCRIBE TO IT.
GET THE APP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
WOULD KIND OF BE HELPFUL. THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION NECESSARILY GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GOING NOT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TRAUMA OR CONCERN BUT JUST SO THAT THEY GET IT FROM A SOURCE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT ESCALATE.
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THE QUESTION COULD WE PROMOTE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE APPS OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR.TO VICE-MAYOR MAYERSOHN POINT. BY YOU DOING IT YOU ENDORSE WHICH HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VALUABLE TOOL.
AN ASSET THEY COULD HAVE. >> RIGHT.
>> WHEN SAFER WATCH CAME OUT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF THAT APP. WE WERE A TEST PILOT -- TEST DISTRICT FOR THEM. WE EMBRACED SAFER WATCH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LITERATURE WE LEAVE AROUND.
IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO REFRESH.
>> MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT TOO. SAFER WATCH.
>> LASTLY WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE DID GET OUR YARD SIGNS IN. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN PUTTING A YARD SIGN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, COME SEE ME.
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU. >> MOST OF WHO LIVE IN COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT UP -- WE LIKE TO PUT UP SIGNS. WEAR NOT -- WE'RE NOT
ALLOWED. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
[12. Comments by the Coral Springs/Parkland Fire Department]
>> COMMENTS BY THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE
DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I DO NOT HAVE MUCH THIS EVENING.
JUST OUR STATS FOR LAST MONTH. 204 TOTAL EVENTS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. OF THE FIRE AND EMS140 WERE EMS AND TWO WERE FIRE CALLS. THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT THE VACCINE SITE.
AND KIND OF WHAT THE ANTICIPATION WILL BE.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF TODAY.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO TRANSITION THAT SITE OVER BACK TO THE STATE OR PRIVATE ENTITY. BUT THE SITE WILL REMAIN FOR QUITE SOMETIME. EVEN IF THE CITY IS NOT RUNNING THE SITE. THE SITE WILL BE RUN BY SOMEBODY. THE COMMERCIAL VACCINES ARE BECOMING WIDELY AVAILABLE. THAT SITE COULD NOT BE THERE.
WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE THERE FOR QUITE SOMETIME STILL.
>> JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT SITE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW EASY THE ACCESS AND HOW GREAT AND QUICKLY YOU MOVED THE LINE.
>> AND YOU DON'T NEED APPOINTMENT.
THEY ACCEPT WALKUPS NOW. BUT TO YOUR POINT, TO THE RESIDENTS, WITH THAT SAID NO APPOINTMENTS ALSO COULD BE LONGER WAITS. SO THERE'S STILL SITES THAT ARE DOING APPOINTMENTS. THERE'S SITE DOING WALKUPS.
IT'S EFFICIENT THERE. THE STAFF WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH WE HAVE GOOD STAFF THERE.
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN QUICK. PEOPLE DON'T WAIT LONG AS
>> IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MALL OVER BY THE MAIN ENTRANCE WHERE THE MUSIC STORE USED TO BE.
>> COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER.
[13. Comments by the City Manager]
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A TON OF COMMENTS.>> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON VICE-MAYOR MAYERSOHN REQUEST FOR THE INFORMATION ON THAT HAZARDOUS CONDITION OVER HILLSBOROUGH AND PARK SIDE DRIVE.
OUR CITY ENGINEERS OUT THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNTY. AND THEY WERE ASSESSING THE AREA. AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT A CROSSWALK NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL INSTALL THAT CROSSWALK.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE DIDN'T AGREE THAT IS NOT HAZARDOUS.
IT WAS HAZARDOUS. ONCE A CROSSWALK IS INSTALLED.
AND THE CITY HIRES CROSSING GUARDS; THEY WILL BE A SAFE ROUTE TO THE SCHOOL. AS MUCH AS WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SAY THAT WE COULD FIGHT FOR THE BUS, IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR POWER AS THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR THE PAST 2002 -- TWO TO THREE YEARS THIS COULD GO AWAY. THEY ARE HOLDING OFF UNTIL AUGUST INSTEAD OF IMPLEMENTING IT SOONER.
THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF IT.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE BUSES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE CROSSWALK IS DONE; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
THEY WILL START IT EVEN WITH THE CROSSWALK DONE, THEY WILL START IT IN AUGUST. AND THEN IN AUGUST, WE WILL COVER THE COST -- [INAUDIBLE]
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>> THREE ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARD.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DO THE CROSSING.
THAT WOULD BE A COST TO US OF ABOUT $50,000.
>> DO WE NEED -- DOES THERE NEED TO BE DESIGN A CROSSWALK IN AREAS WHERE LIKE WHITTIER OAKS, 76 DRIVE WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHITTIER OAKS. IS THERE SOME SORT OF CROSSING THERE. OR CROSSING GUARD THERE.
OR ARE THOSE EXEMPT BECAUSE DAY DON'T GENERATE ENOUGH
TRAFFIC. >> IF IT'S A STRAIGHT PATH, WHICH THEY ARE COMING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEN THEY GET TO THAT INTERSECTION OF HILLSBOROUGH AND PARK SIDE. THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE CROSSWALK. BECAUSE THEY ARE SAFE PATHWAYS
ALONG THAT ENTIRE ROAD. >> BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION, IF CARS COME OUT AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING, OR 7:30 IN THE MORNING FROM THOSE DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN AND OUT AND YOU'VE GOT YOU KNOW FIRST GRADERS WALKING HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE -- I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ASKING ME.
YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN IT. YOU HAVE MILL RUN GOING ACROSS. THEY WILL GO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH. THEY WILL HIT 76 DRIVE.
THEY WILL HID THE MAYFAIR ENTRANCE UNTIL THEY GET TO PARK SIDE AND HILLSBOROUGH. HOW IS THERE SAFETY PROTECTED AS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH WITH CARS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE
MORNING. >> YOU HAVE THAT AT EVERY
COMMUNITY. >> I'M NOT -- LOOK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING WHERE EVERY COMMUNITY -- EVEN IN PARKLAND, YOU HAVE KIDS GOING TO HERON BAY.
PARK TRAILS NOT GETTING A BUS. I'M SERIOUS TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE BACK TO THE RESIDENT ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHY ARE THOSE AREA DON'T HAVE A CROSSING GUARD.
AND YOU KNOW, YET THE LARGER AREA BEING PARK SIDE AND HILLSBOROUGH IS REQUIRED. I KNOW THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY LEGISLATION I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL PASS ALTHOUGH REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME IT SHOULD.
THEY WILL HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REEXAMINE THE HAZARDOUS WALKING CONDITION.
SOME MAY BE TO LOOK AT AGE GROUPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF HAZARDOUS WALKING AND KIDS CARRYING A 20-POUND BACKPACK
WALKING TWO MILES. >> THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S NOT AN EASY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
>> RIGHT. IT WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FIND OUT FROM THE STATE WHAT THEIR RESPONSE IS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CONTROL IT.
>> I THINK YOU CAN'T HAVE CROSSING GUARDS AT EVERY INTERSECTION. I THINK ONCE THEY FUNNEL TO THE MAIN ARTERY TO THE SCHOOL. THAT'S WHERE WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS NOW AT HILLSBOROUGH THAT THERE'S NOT A CROSSING GUARD THERE. THAT'S A MAIN FOR
THOROUGHFARE. >> THAT WILL CHANGE AFTER COVID. WITH COVID THERE'S NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WALKING OR DRIVING OR WALKING.
>> THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
WE DON'T GET MONEY IN THE STATE.
ANY MONEY FROM THE COUNTY. >> NO, WE DON'T.
>> WE JUST GET THE REQUIREMENT.
>> I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE POINT OUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH RIVERGLADE.
WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE CAN'T PUT ACCESS TO THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS ALLOWED TO DO FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY REASONS. YOU KNOW PER THE SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE TO SOMEHOW GO AROUND THE OTHER WAY WHETHER DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL OR TAKING THE LONG LOUD. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TALKED ABOUT CUTTING THROUGH TERRAMAR.
WE KNEW ABOUT THIS OVER 2, 3, 4 YEARS AGO.
ONE OF SOLUTION WAS TO CREATE EASIER ACCESS THROUGH THE PARK. AND UTILIZE WHERE THE POWER LINES ARE. UNFORTUNATELY, FEBRUARY 14TH HAPPENED AS ALL WE KNOW ENTRY INTO SCHOOLS THE HIGHLY RESTRICTED NOW. THE WHOLE PROJECT IS OFF THE
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TABLE. >> PERHAPS WE CAN WORK WITH PTA TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
THERE'S KID THAT WILL BE TRANSITIONING FROM BUSES.
FOR SAFETY PURPOSES I UNDERSTAND THEY MAY NOT BE AT
EVERY INTERSECTION. >> MAYBE THE PTA CAN HELP.
>> COMMUNICATION. >> WE DO BELIEVE IT WILL JUST INCREASE THE CARS. NOT SO MUCH THE WALKER.
THE TRAFFIC WILL BE -- >> THERE WERE PROGRAMS OUT THERE. AS YOU SAID.
WE'RE NOT UNIQUE. THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT DO THAT. SOME OF THEM HAVE IDENTICAL IT A WALKING TRAIN WHERE THEY GET TWO PARENTS EVERY DAY THEY SWITCH ROTATE AND THEY TAKE TEN KIDS.
ONE IN THE FRONT AND ONE IN THE BACK TO HELP WALK KIDS TO SCHOOL. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THE PTA
WANT TO LOOK AT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THE DECISION ON THE BUSES HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY. THIS IS COOL BOARD DECISION.
WE AS CITY COMMISSION EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE KID TO BE BUSSED DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. THAT'S NOT OUR DECISION.
>> CORRECT. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO THAT WOULD BE IT.
[14. Comments by the City Attorney]
THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.>> I HAVE A COMMENT TONIGHT. SINCE MARCH 2020 AS YOU FAUX THE KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF RESTRICTION TO ADDRESS THE SPREAD OF COVID.
SINCE DECEMBER OF 2020 COUNTY OPERATING UNDER THE SAME COUNTY ORDER INCLUDING MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY UNLESS THEY CHOSE TO BE MORE STRICT.
SINCE DECEMBER THE SAME ORDER HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
MONDAY NIGHT BROWARD COUNTY UPDATED.
I FIGURED I WOULD GO OVER THE CHANGES IN RESTRICTION AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ONES THAT SEEM TO BE MORE IMPACTFUL TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> FIRST THEY DELETED RESTRICTIONS FOR A LOT OF THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT WERE IN PLACE.
SO PARKLAND POOLS AND OTHER AMENITIES.
THEY WERE LIMITED TO 50% CAPACITY.
THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOING AWAY.
PUBLIC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PRIVATE CLUB POOLS, NO MORE RESTRICTIONS WITH RESPECT TO BEACHES.
SAME TO GOLF COURSES. THEY REMOVED THE RESTRICTIONS.
BOATING AND MARINE ACTIVITIES AND PARKS, KEEP IN MIND WHEN I SAY THEY REMOVE RESTRICTION. I'M NOT SPEAKING AS THE FACEMASK. THOSE ARE STILL IN PLACE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. GENERALLY AS A WHOLE THEY REDUCED SOME OF THE MORE STRINGENT SANITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MOST ESTABLISHMENTS AND AMENITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY REMOVED THE 10% LIMITATION FOR OUTDOOR OPEN-AIR EVENTS. SO LONG AS THEY CONSISTENTLY PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING. OR THE EVENT IS AN ORGANIZED SPORT. THEY REMOVED RESTRICTION FOR MOST OF THE SCHOOL -- AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
NOW RECOMMEND COMPLIANCE WITH CDC GUIDELINES INSTEAD.
TO THE EXTENT THERE'S VACATION RENTAL.
NOW THEY ARE UP TO 10 WITH AN EXEMPTION IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME HOUSEHOLD AND THEN I THINK I SHOULD POINT OUT ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT REMAINING IN PLACE IS THE 50% CAPACITY LIMITATION ON ACCOMPLISHMENT SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL AND MOVIE THEATERS.
AND WHAT THE COUNTY DID IN THIS ORDER THEY CREATED A MATRIX BY WHICH THEY ARE STATING WHEN CERTAIN METRICS ARE HIT THEY ARE GOING TO EITHER ELIMINATE THOSE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS OR LOOSEN THEM UP.
THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS, THAT AT LEAST 50% OF THE ADULTS IN BROWARD COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE VACCINATION SHOT.
AND ALSO THAT THE TESTING POSITIVITY RATE GETS REDUCED BELOW 5%. I THINK IT'S OVER LIKE A FIVE-DAY ROLLING BASIS FOR PERIOD OF TEN DAYS.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE SAME RESTRICTION FOR FOUR MONTHS. MONDAYS A CHANGE LOOSENING THINGS UP. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> MOTION TO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.