Mar 16, 2022 City Commission Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO ORDER ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2022. AT 7 PM.

PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONENATION UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL .

ROLL CALL.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

>> SO MOVED. QUICK SECOND.

>> WE HAVE AN APPROVAL BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER AND A SECOND BY

[5. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items]

ANYONE OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC ON NINE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? NO? OKAY.

SO WE WILL GO TO THE COMMISSION.

HOW ABOUT COMMISSIONER BRIER? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IT DOES HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. NUMBER 1, I WANT TO THINK THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY STAFF, AND OTHER RESIDENTS THAT REACHED OUT TO MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY IN THE PASSING OF MY FATHER. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CONDOLENCE. AND THE COMPASSION THAT'S BEEN SHOWN TO THE FAMILY. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MR. MAYERSOHN ON HIS UPCOMING -- IS IT A CORONATION? OR IS IT JUST BEING PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES? JUST BEING PRESIDENT? ALL RIGHT. NO CORONATION.

THIS WEEK WE HAD SEVERAL DEDICATIONS IN THE CITY.

ONE FOR THE CHILDREN'S WING IN THE PARKLAND LIBRARY, IN HONOR OF (NAME), ONE FOR PETE AND LINDA GATO AT PLAIN TRAILS, AND ONE FOR ALYSSA (NAME). I WAS HAD TWO OF THE EVENTS, BUT THEY WERE VERY EMOTIONAL, AND ALSO VERY REWARDING THAT THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS TO HONOR THOSE FOLKS.

WE HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET COMING UP ON SUNDAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEND OUT OUR PRAYERS FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND ALL THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

AND I WISH I WERE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FACULTY AND PARENTS A SAFE AND HAPPY SPRING BREAK NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIER. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY. NUMBER 1, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BRIER, FOR THE SENTIMENTS IN MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. MARCH IS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH. A MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN THAT SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY LIFE AS WELL AS THE BARRIERS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES STILL AND SOMETIMES FACE IN CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY LIVE. OUR COMMUNITY IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUS ABILITIES AND DIFFERENCES.

AND I THINK WE DO A GREAT JOB IN PROVIDING INCLUSION JUST TO GIVE THE COMMISSION AN UPDATE ON THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING . WE MET AGAIN TODAY.

MOST OF IT WASDISCUSSING OR TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT'S . A DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEYS. THE APRIL 1 MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE IN PERSON FOR ALL THE, I GUESS, THE DELEGATES? INSTEAD, WE ARE GOING TO DO A ZOOM MEETING AS OPPOSED TO IN PERSON.

THE INTENT IS TO HAVE SES PENGINEERS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE IN PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WASTE GENERATION STUDY.

THE ATTORNEYS WILL PROVIDE A HIGH-LEVEL UPDATE ON THE LOCAL AGREEMENT, AND SOME OTHER TOPICS MAY BE DISCUSSED AS WELL. AS COMMISSIONER BRIER SAID, WE HAD A FEW DEDICATIONS IN THESE PAST TWO WEEKS.

ALTHOUGH THEY WERE SOMBER MOMENTS, IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THE VIBRANT PERSONAS AND THE LEGACIES WILL BE REMEMBERED IN OUR CITY. I GUESS NOVA IS HERE, SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEIR MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM.

THEY ARE, AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON, 31 AND ZERO.

THERE IN THE ELITE EIGHT OF THE NCAA.I GUESS THE CHEERLEADERS ARE HERE? IF YOU GUYS ARE PARKLAND RESIDENTS AND YOU ARE A RISING JUNIOR, AND YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT, APPLY FOR OUR YOUTH AMBASSADOR

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AND AS ALWAYS, SERVICE HOURS ARE AVAILABLE.

LOOKS GREAT ON A COLLEGE APPLICATION.

I WAS AT THE EMERALD SOCIETY BREAKFAST AND A SHOUT OUT TO (NAME). HE WAS AWARDED THE TOP SCHOLARSHIP, I THINK A $3000 SCHOLARSHIP BY THE EMERALD SOCIETY. REPRESENTATIVE (NAME) IS HERE AND I KNOW SHE WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE.

AND I WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO THANK HER FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT SHE'S DONE IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

YOU REALLY KNOW YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS I WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE. AND JUST AS IT AND REALLY DOESN'T MEAN IT? WELL, IN A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT I WAS IN, THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS SAID TO ME, YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM KOSKI? SHE IS AMAZING! SHE'S INCREDIBLE! SHE REACHES OUT TO US. SHE TALKS TO US.

SHE COMMUNICATES TO US. SO I JUST WANT TO PRAISE HER FOR HER WORK AND HER EPIC AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY GETS WHAT IT NEEDS. SO THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED WITH AN AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU NOVA CARD FOR COMING IN AND DOING THAT. I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. INTERESTING ENOUGH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CAVEAT WAS THAT I REMEMBER 13 YEARS AGO I SPOKE ON THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.

(NAME) WAS ON THAT BOARD AND BROUGHT FORWARD ASKING FOR A PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

(INDISCERNIBLE) SUPPORTED THAT AND WE HAD A PROCLAMATION.

AND THROUGH REPRESENTATIVE (NAME)'S -- I GUESS SHE WAS AT A MEETING AND SHE SAID NO WE HAVE TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN BROWARD TO DO IT. SO TONIGHT WE WILL BE THE FIRST CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY TO MEET THAT DESIGNATION.

SOLOMON TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS BEHIND THAT.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE, I GUESS, A SELFISH PLUG TO THE NONPROFIT AWARDS. KNOW PARKLAND CARES DIDN'T NECESSARILY WIN, BUT THEY DID GET A SEMI FINALS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND THINK THE COMMUNITY AND PARKLAND BUDDIES SPORTS PROGRAM. WE WERE THE BROWARD COMMUNITY -- I GUESS, AWARD RECIPIENT. SO THAN YOU TO ALL WHO VOTED.

AND FINALLY, TOMORROW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING,

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. COMMISSIONER ISROW?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AN ECHO A NUMBER OF THE SENTIMENTS. FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS COMMISSIONER BOB MAYERSOHN. I THINK YOU WILL REPRESENT US WELL AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. ONE WAS THE NAMING OF THE WING IN THE LIBRARY FOR (NAME). THAT WAS JUST REALLY SPECIAL NIGHT AND EVENT. AND THE WHOLE TONE AND TENOR -- THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CREATED A SONG, ACTUALLY, FOR GINA. AND A PASTOR WHO ENDED UP GIVING SOME WORDS OF WISDOM. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT AND KIND OF EXEMPLIFIED WHAT PARKLAND REALLY DOES VERY WELL, WHICH IS RECOGNIZE IMPORTANT THINGS IN THIS CITY. AND ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US.

AND I THINK THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED VERY WELL.

THAT WAS ALSO DONE WITH MELISSA (NAME), THE NAMING OF FIELD EIGHT. THAT WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE. OUR NAMING POLICY HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ITS USE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO BEYOND THAT, I WOULD ALSO SAY WE HAD THE KICKOFF FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, WHICH WAS A VERY FUN EXPERIENCE FOR MYSELF, AND THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY GOT TO DEAL WITH IT FIRSTHAND.

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, AGAIN, HOW WELL ORGANIZED NOT ONLY OUR CITY IS, BUT ALSO OUR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

THE LEAGUE ITSELF IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE BUT PASSION AND DUMB ACADEMIC PASSION AND LOVE INTO AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS.

PETE GATO NAMING -- I GUESS I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THAT. ORANGE RIBBONS FOR JAMIE HAS APPLICATIONS FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS UNTIL MARCH 31.

SO RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING TO GO TO COLLEGE AND LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK IT'S A PERFECT CHANCE TO TRY TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP. THERE IS A FUNDRAISER TOMORROW AT CARMELLA'S AT 7 PM. ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CONTRIBUTE.

AND TO THE AUTISM FRIENDLY DESIGNATION.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY COOL HONOR, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE

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HOPEFULLY AGAIN, THAT CONTINUES DOWN FOR MANY OTHER WAYS AS HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY ACTUALLY TREAT OTHERS AND INSIST ON EQUALITY. AND THAT EVERYONE HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL

I'VE GOT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER

ISROW.ICE MAYOR CUTLER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO UNFORTUNATELY REPEAT MANY OF THE SENTIMENTS I GUESS. THAT OF ART EVENT EXPRESSED BY MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.

(INDISCERNIBLE). YOU ARE FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND VITAL POSITION FOR NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT FOR OUR COUNTY. AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU.

(INDISCERNIBLE). AS TO OUR CITY, IN REGARDS TO TH(INDISCERNIBLE). UGH ABOUT OUR STAFF AND LEADERSHIP. NANCY AND JACKIE FOR BRINGING THIS ABOUT. I KNOW IT REQUIRED MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY TO UNDERGO TRAINING.

AND REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT CONNECT TO OUR CITY.

IT'S A VERY STRENUOUS PROGRAM. IT REQUIRES A LOT TO MAKE THIS LEVEL. AND SO, I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR GETTING TO THAT POINT. I WANTED TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE (NAME) FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO PHYLLIS AND WITH ALL OF THE GOOD AND, MAYBE, SOME BAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED UP IN TALLAHASSEE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORKED.

WE WENT TO BROWARD DAYS AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY CHAOS.

AND YOU WEATHERED THAT STORM. IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

I ACTUALLY ATTENDED SOME OF THE THINGS MENTIONED BY MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS INCLUDING THE LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY, THE DEDICATION WING OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS AMAZING.

AND ALSO, INCREDIBLY, YESTERDAY, THE FRIENDSHIP JOURNEY ALSO HAD ARTISTS THAT WERE PART OF THAT GROUP PRESENT THEIR ART IN THE LIBRARY AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THERE AND SEE IT, PLEASE DO. WE HAVE ONE OF THE ARTISTS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW, GABE OVER THERE.

HE DID A GREAT JOB. THUMBS UP, GABE! I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I ATTENDED THE CAB MEETING ON MARCH 8. THE DISCUSSION WAS FURTHER HAD ABOUT PARKLAND DAYS NEXT YEAR. THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH BUILDING FLOATS, PREPARING FOR THE CELEBRATION, AND CONTRIBUTE AN IDEA AS TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT YEAR. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST AT ALL GETTING INVOLVED, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE CITY FOR THAT.

I NOTICED THAT THE PARKLAND CHAMBER IS IN THE HOUSE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAD AN AFTER HOURS EVENT AT THE SEMINOLE CASINO THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE.

TRACY'S SPREAD WAS INCREDIBLE WITH ALL THE FOOD AND STUFF! SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LIBRARY HAD A TRASH TO TREASURE SALE THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

I HOPE THEY MADE A LOT OF MONEY AT THAT.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY WHO CELEBRATES IT A HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.AND PARK TRAILS 20TH ANNIVERSARY REDEDICATION IS TOMORROW NIGHT. I WANTED TO BRING OUT A FUN FACT THAT IN 2002 WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENED, THE FIRST YEAR, PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY AND PARKLAND OPENED AND POSTED THE HIGHEST FOURTH GRADE READING SCORE OF ANY BROWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IN 2002, THE FIRST PRINCIPLE WAS FRANCINE RAN GUZZO AND ENROLLMENT AT THE SCHOOL WAS 770 KIDS. SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THIS IS WHY I SHUFFLE IT UP SOMETIMES (LAUGHING).ECAUSE GOING LAST IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING. BUT SOME THINGS ARE WORTH REPEATING. OBVIOUSLY, TO COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, YOU KNOW, HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

I THINK YOU WILL DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN STORE.

THE NAMING OF THE LIBRARY. THE PARK -- OR THE FIELD, THE TWO FIELDS FOR ALYSSA, GINA AND FOR PETE WAS AS COMMISSIONER ISROW SAID, A SOMBER MOMENT. BUT IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THEIR NAMES WILL LIVE ON. THEY WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

WHAT ELSE? YEAH, SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU GUYS, THE LITTLE LEAGUE'S? AGAIN, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE FANTASTIC.

LITTLE LEAGUE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN.

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AND REPRESENTATIVE (NAME), THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. GREAT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. AND AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB UP THERE AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND YOU REPRESENT NOT JUST PARKLAND, BUT YOUR DISTRICT

[6. Proclamations and Recognitions]

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND DESIGNATION AS AN AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY.AND LEWIS WILL PROBABLY SAY IT, BUT JUST SO -- I THINK I HAVE IT IN HERE AS WELL, WHERE THE SECOND CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. TAMPA IS THE OTHER CITY.

WE JUST DID (INDISCERNIBLE) I'M NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE SUBJECT SET BUT THE SECOND CITY IN FLORIDA.

THAT'S A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR CITY STAFF.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD DOWN TO THE BOWEL .

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE CITY OF PARKLAND, THE MAYOR, THE FOLKS APPEAR IN THE STAFF THAT WORK HERE AT CITY HALL THAN IT IS ABOUT CARD.

BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY STAFF, JACKIE MOULTRIE IS HERE.

HE WILLIAMS, SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF CARD. AND THE AUTISM FRIENDLY PROJECT AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND. AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S THE SECOND CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. THIS DECLARATION OF AUTISM FRIENDLY. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS BEEN GOING ON, ROUGHLY, 8 TO 10 YEARS.

CARD HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

WE HAVE GIVEN THE AUTISM FRIENDLY DESIGNATION TO CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS IN MIAMI AND BROWARD.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE GIVE THIS DESIGNATION TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. AND KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR STEPPING UP. REALLY, I WON'T GET INTO TOO MANY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE AUTISM FRIENDLY PROJECT IS, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT INCLUSION. IT'S ABOUT INCLUDING EVERYONE.

IT'S ABOUT INCLUDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AUTISM AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE FOLKS WHO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AUTISM. AND YOU GUYS STEPPED UP AND UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT THAT REALLY IS.

AND HOW SUPPORTING OUR POPULATION -- THAT POPULATION IS TO MOVING FORWARD. WHETHER IT'S THE FOLKS IN THE LIBRARY, PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH HAS A BUNCH OF VENDORS THAT ALSO GOT TRAINED IN AUTISM AND AUTISM STRATEGIES.

WHETHER IT'S THE BSO'S THAT ARE PART OF THE CITY.

WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THOSE ARE ALL ENTITIES THAT GOT TRAINED IN AUTISM.

HOW TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM.

HOW TO WORK WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

HOW TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT SO THOSE FAMILIES CAN COME IN ANDENJOY THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR CITY HAS TO OFFER.

AND YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE TRAINED IN THOSE FACETS AND THOSE STRATEGIES NOW. THAT'S AN HONOR TO SAY .

FOR US AT AND YOU GUYS AS WELL. AND I THINK THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR AGENCY AND YOUR CITY IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DUPLICATE ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO -- AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE PERSON, WHICH IS JACKIE MOULTRIE.

SHE REALLY PROVIDED MOST OF THE TRAINING, ALONG WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOR THE STAFF HERE IN CITY HALL.

SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB OVER THE TWO-YEAR PROCESS IN ORGANIZING AND CONSTRUCTING THE TRAININGS, AND DEVELOPING THE TRAININGS, AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE TRAININGS.

SO KUDOS TO YOU, JACKIE! IT'S REALLY ABOUT YOU AND THE STAFF! [APPLAUSE] SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO PRESENT THIS AWARD -- THIS AUTISM FRIENDLY WORD TO THE MAYOR AND THE FOLKS STANDING UP HERE.

AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

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THIS KIND OF DESIGNATION DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

NOR IS IT ACHIEVED WHICH IS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.

IN FACT, THIS WAS NOT JUST A TEAM EFFORT, IT WAS TWO TEAMS. THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND THE UM NSU CARD PROGRAM.

SO LET ME SAY IF YOU THINK USE, STARTING WITH MAYOR CHRISTINE HUNSCHOFSKY, UNDER WHOSE LEADERSHIP THIS PROJECT BEGAN.

WE ARE GRATEFUL YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR CURRENT COMMISSION FOR SEEING THIS PROCESS THROUGH.

OUR STAFF MEMBERS, JACKIE WEHMEYER, BRITTANY CAMPBELL, CHRISTINE MILLIGAN, MELISSA (NAME), MICHELLE ANDREWS, LENORE RUSSO, CHRISTINE GARCIA, SCOTT PEARSON, RYAN MARIANO AND ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THEIR EFFORTS.THE STAFF IS ALSO PUT TOGETHER THE CITY'S FIRST-EVER AUTISM AWARENESS ACCEPTANCE DATE EVENT. IT WILL BE A PINE TRAILS PARK ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9, FROM 9 AM UNTIL NOON.EEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA FOR INFORMATION ON THAT EVENT.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU ALSO TO CHALLENGE HER BASEBALL, AND THANK YOU TO RISING TIDE CARWASH, WHICH WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE AS ONE OF OUR PARKLAND BUSINESSES.

TRUST ME, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN A GREAT CARWASH, IT'S AN AMAZING BUSINESS MODEL. FINALLY, THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNER, THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DOMINIC MIAMI, NOVA, CENTER FOR AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES.

THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE ARE HUMBLE TO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH YOU FOR THIS DESIGNATION.

WHILE WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE FIRST CITY TO RECEIVE THIS FIRST DESIGNATION FROM YOU, IT IS OUR HOPE, AS I KNOW IT IS YOURS, WHERE THE FIRST OF MANY. HERE'S HOPING OTHERS HAVE SEEN THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER UNTIL ALL CITIES ARE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS AUTISM FRIENDLY.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]

[CHATTER] >> SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION FOR THE MST CHEERLEADERS, WHO I, ASSUME, ARE THOSE THEY ARE IN THE BACK ROW! AFTER SAILING THROUGH REGIONALS, THE MST CHEERLEADERS COMPETED IN THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE O'CONNELL CENTER AT THE

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IN 11 POINTS BEHIND STATE CHAMPS WHEN MAYOR HIGH SCHOOL IN ORANGE COUNTY.HILE THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THIS TEAM IS SUCH THAT THEY WERE LIKELY DISAPPOINTED BY NOT WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WE ARE PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WINNING THE REGIONALS AND FINISHING THIRD IN THE STATE AND WHAT WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASONS EVER FOR MST CHEERLEADING. CONGRATULATIONS TO COACHES PATTY THOMPSON AND ASHLEY MARINARA LOW IN THE ENTIRE 2022 MST COMPETITION SQUAD.

[APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB!

>> THEY ARE ALL CHEERED OUT! >> GREAT JOB!

>> THANK YOU! >> WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER TONIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO BRING YOU IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.

[CHATTER] [LAUGHTER]

[APPLAUSE] >> OKAY!

[7. Presentation]

DISTRICT 96 FLORIDA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE

(NAME). >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HOME AGAIN! WE HAVE NORMALLY A 60 DAY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT WE GOT A LITTLE -- WE NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME THIS YEAR. THE MONEY WAS THE OFFICIAL LAST DAY OF SESSION, WHERE WE VOTED ON A $112 BILLION BUDGET, WHICH IS BY FAR THE LARGESTBUDGET WE HAVE EVER HAD IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA . 1/3 OF WHICH CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE ALSO STILL MEETING EXPECTATIONS IN THE BUDGET.

SO IT WAS A GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS A TYPICAL YEAR.

SO I WOULDN'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

ANYTHING I'M GOING TO BE TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW IS JUST PRELIMINARY. MOST BILLS HAVE NOT GONE TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS THAT WE VOTED ON DID NOT GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, NOR HAS THE BUDGET ONTO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

THE GOVERNOR DOES HAVE LINE ITEM VETO POWERS, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. SO ANYTHING I'M TELLING YOU IS ALL PREFACED WITH IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR DOES WITH THIS.I WILL SAY THAT I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE WORKED ON FIVE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED THIS SESSION.

ONE OF THEM WAS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.

GIVING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLETO BECOME LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS . IF ANYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT AREA, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERY AREA RIGHT NOW.

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SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE CERTIFIED SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP OUT. ONE OF THE OTHER BILLS THAT WAS S INCREDIBLY PROUD TO PASS WAS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR MILITARY SPOUSES. FLORIDA HAS A VERY LARGE GROUP OF MILITARY. MILITARY GETS MOVEDAROUND ALL THE TIME. WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR MILITARY, BUT OFTEN THE SPOUSES GET OVERLOOKED.

THEY HAVE TO MOVE WITH THEIR SPOUSES.

WHEN THEY COME TO FLORIDA, IF THEY HAVE AN OCCUPATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, THEY HAVE TO GET THAT RENEWED HERE .

MAKE SURE THEY GET ALL OF THAT IN ORDER BEFORE THEY CAN WORK.

SO WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT EXPEDITES THE PROCESS AND ALSO WAIVES THE FEE.O THAT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET TO WORK QUICKER AND IT WILL BE AN EASIER TRANSITION TO THEM AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ANOTHER BILL THAT I WORKED ON THAT PAST WAS MENTAL HEALTH FOR STUDENTS.

WHAT THIS DOES IS, IN THE SCHOOLS, STUDENTS ARE GETTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. HOWEVER, THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS AREN'T ALWAYS AWARE OF WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, EITHER AT SCHOOL OR IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT REQUIRES THE SCHOOLS TO LET THE CAREGIVERS AND FAMILIES KNOW WHAT SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THEM. IF YOU ARE JUST TREATING THE STUDENTS, THERE'S USUALLY A LOT MORE GOING ON AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILY ALSO GETS THE CARE AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE A VERY HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. NOT JUST FOR THE STUDENT WHEN THEY ARE AT SCHOOL, BUT ALSO IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT.

ANOTHER BILL THAT I WORKED ON THAT PAST IS FUNDING FOR SHIRTS. WHAT THIS DOES IS THERE ARE MANY SHERIFF'S WHO DO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES STOP THE BROWARD SHERIFF IS ONE OF THOSE SERIFS.

WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS ANYTHING THAT WAS LEFT OVER IN THEIR BUDGET, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEND BACK TO DCF. IF THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING SOMEONE OR HAD SOME EXPENSES THAT WENT PAST THE YEAR, THAT COULD ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THIS BILL ALLOWS HIM TO CARRY A PERCENT OF THAT BUDGET FORWARD.

THEY CAN'T USE IT TO CREATE ANY NEW EXPENDITURES, BUT IT WOULD BE COVERING ANY EXPENDITURES THAT MIGHT HAVE ROLLED OVER IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ANOTHER BILL THAT IS VERY DEAR TO ALL OF US HERE THAT I WORKED ON THAT PAST WAS THE SCHOOL SAFETY BILL.

THIS BILL JUST ADDED ON TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE MST COMMISSION. ALSO ADDING ONTO THE MST COMMISSION THAT THEY CAN EXTEND THEIR TIME AND CONTINUE TO MEET. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP SCHOOL SAFETY IN THE FOREFRONT.

AND I WANT TO REALLY THANK THE MEMBERS OF STAND WITH PARKLAND.

WE HAD SEVERAL UP OF THEM IN TALLAHASSEE.

(NAME) WAS THERE REGULARLY AS WELL AS RYAN PETTY.

THESE FAMILY MEMBERS REALLY WORKED HARD ON ALL SIDES OF THE AISLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LEGISLATION COULD PASS.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP SCHOOL SAFETY IN THE FOREFRONT.

BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY, AS TIME GOES BY, TO KIND OF FORGET.

AND TO THINK YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT CLOSE ATTENTION. TIME IS PAST.

IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO BE VIGILANT.

THERE IS ALWAYS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMPONENT.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW TRAINING -- THERE IS DE-ESCALATION TRAINING ON HOW TO HANDLE CRISIS SITUATIONS.

THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT -- TO HAVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. SOMEOF THE APPROPRIATIONS.

THIS WAS AGAIN, SO FAR, A GOOD YEAR.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT I HAD FOR FUNDING, EAGLES HAVEN WELLNESS CENTER, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, WAS CREATED AFTER THE SHOOTING AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS. THOSE WHO MIGHT KNOW, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE TABLE WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS, CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL, AND MANY OTHERS.

WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF PLACE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE. WE DIDN'T WANTED TO BE SOMETHING THAT SEEMED SO INCREDIBLY CLINICAL THAT NOBODY WOULD WANT TO GO THERE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE.

EAGLES HAVEN IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS.

A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO IF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK, IF YOU JUST WANT TO DO ART THERAPY, OR WHATEVER TYPE OF THERAPY YOU WANT TO DO OR JUST HANG OUT. IT'S A PLACE TO GO DO YOUR HOMEWORK. A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE AND KNOW THAT IF YOU DO NEED HELP, THERE IS A PLACE WITH A WARM HAND. WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE LICENSED CLINICIANS WILL MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO GO TO GET THE SERVICES YOU NEED. EAGLES HAVEN WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL AND ALSO WITH BOCA FUNDING. THE VOCA FUNDING RAN OUT.

SO THERE WAS A GAP THIS YEAR. OR THERE WILL BE A GAP THIS COMING YEAR. SO I PUT IN FOR A REQUEST OF $600,000 FOR EAGLES HAVEN. THANKFULLY, THAT MADE IT INTO

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THAT'S 200,000. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE (INDISCERNIBLE) FUNDING AND IT'S IN THE BUDGET AS A BIG ITEM, IT'S MORE PROTECTED THAN THE SINGLE ITEMS THAT CAN BE MORE EASILY VETOED.

SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I DID, AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES, SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES, 500,000 TO HELP THEM FIX THEIR ROOMS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE AWARE, SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE DOES WONDERFUL WORK WITH FOSTER CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALSO THE BROWARD MEDICAL ALERT TEAM. $1 MILLION IN ORDER TO HAVE A MOBILE EMERGENCY (INDISCERNIBLE).

SO THAT EMERGENCY ROOM IS COMING TO THE SITUATION TO HELP. ADDITIONALLY, COP (INDISCERNIBLE) AT HOLY CROSS HEALTH.

I GOT 500,000 FOR THEM IN THE BUDGET.

IN THE DAVID (NAME) JEWISH CENTER 49,000.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE NICE PROJECTS.

IT WAS A VERY MIXED BAG FOR CITIES THIS YEAR.

THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS. COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PREEMPTION ON SMOKING IN THE PARKS WAS REMOVED.

I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO, I THINK I WAS STILL A COMMISSIONER. I WENT UP ADVOCATING FOR THAT BILL AND IT NEVER PASSED. SO THAT IS ON ITS WAY.

IT ALSO PASSED THROUGH. THEY REMOVED CIGARS.

YOU CAN'T REGULATE CIGARS AND PARKS, BUT YOU CAN STILL REGULATE CIGARETTES. AT LEAST THERE'S THAT.

THERE'S BEEN A BIG FOCUS ON CYBERSECURITY AND THERE'S SOME FUNDING INVOLVED IN THAT. THERE'S A REAL FOCUS THAT CITIES WORK HARDER AND GET THE HELP AND TRAINING THEY NEED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR DATA . PSO CYBERSECURITY STOP IF AND WHEN THAT GETS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THE INFORMATION ON THAT AND HOW THE CITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, SENATE BILL 620 PAST. THAT WAS THAT ONE WHERE BUSINESSES CAN SUE THE CITY IF THEY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR REVENUES.

THE GOOD NEWS IS TOWARD THE END, THERE WERE MANY MORE EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE, ZONING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ANYTHING THAT IS DUE TO AN EMERGENCY ORDER. BUT I DID SPEAK OUT ON THE FLOOR ABOUT IT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE STATEHOUSE THAT HAVE NOT HAD LOCAL EXPERIENCE. IN FACT, THE ONE REPRESENTATIVE GIVE AN EXAMPLE AT A TIME WHEN THE BUSINESS WAS LOSING MONEY BECAUSE OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE.

HE MENTIONED HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT WITH THE CITY IN THE END. AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR A LAWSUIT. AND I ACTUALLY EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN CITIES.

IN CITIES, IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION, YOU KNOW? THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE? THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS.

THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WATCH OUR KIDS. THESE ARE NOT SOME BIG CORPORATIONS THAT ARE DISCONNECTED FROM THE CITY.

THERE'S MUCH MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESSES IN CITIES. THE CITY OF PARKLAND HAS ALWAYS DONE THAT WELL. THIS COMMISSION HAS CONTINUED AND THE LEADERSHIP HAS CONTINUED TO PROMOTE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. THEREFORE, A LAW LIKE THIS IS NOT NEEDED. AND IN MY OPINION, IT IS A LAW THAT WILL ONLY BE ABUSED BY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND TRY TO MAKE THE CITY DO SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THEM. SO I DID SPEAK OUT ON THAT.

BUT -- I AM IN THE MINORITY UP THERE (LAUGHING).

OTHER THAN THAT WE HAD A LOT OF FUNDING THIS YEAR FOR MENTAL HEALTH. THERE WAS FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE UPDATE FOR NOW. WE DID HAVE SOME BILLS THAT WERE TROUBLESOME IN MANY WAYS. THERE WAS THE HB FIVE, WHICH WAS THE ABORTION BAN. THERE WAS ALSO HB SEVEN.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW IT WOULD AFFECT EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOMS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT THAT WILL HAVE HIS TRAINING.

TRAINING THAT COMPANIES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO FEDERALLY.

AND THAT THIS BILL COULD CAUSE HIM TO NOT BE ABLE TO (INDISCERNIBLE) AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY HURT BUSINESSES IN MANY WAYS.O THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T GREAT.

TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I AM MOST DISAPPOINTED IN IN OUR

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THERE WERE TWO BILLS I CAME TO THE HOUSE FLOOR THE PAST.

SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THEY DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.E ARE IN A COMPLETE CRISIS RIGHT NOW WITH HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE. IT IS AWFUL.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING DROPPED LEFT AND RIGHT.

CITIZENS INSURANCE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE INSURANCE OF LAST RESORT IS 900,000, A MILLION.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIDICULOUS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CARRIERS WHO ARE LEAVING THE STATE.

I'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT WE WILL BE CALLED BACK (INDISCERNIBLE) IN THE BEGINNING OF APRIL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE THIS IS A CRISIS LIKE NO OTHER THAT WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

IN ADDITION TO THE RENTAL CRISIS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

RENTS ARE SKYROCKETING. SOME OF THEM 50 PERCENT.

AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND COSTS HAVE GONE I HAVEN'T GONE UP BY 50 PERCENT. IT'S NOW ALMOST A PREDATORY MARKET. AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO TURN. THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. I BROUGHT UP SOME AMENDMENTS ON MY OWN THAT WOULD'VE JUST BEEN A TEMPORARY STOPGAP FOR JUST A YEAR. THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTED.

BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR WILL CALL US BACK FOR A SPECIAL SESSION.

BECAUSE THE NUMBER 1 THING I HEAR EVERYWHERE I GO IS ALL ABOUT THE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE CRISIS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. WHICH IS GREAT WHEN OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO FLORIDA, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, RESERVE FAMILIES HERE, HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS, AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO RETIRE HERE, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO (INDISCERNIBLE).

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION VERY MUCH.

IT WAS GREAT -- THE AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY.

IT WAS AN IDEA BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION OVER TWO YEARS AGO.

THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE BENEFITS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HAVING STRONG ADMINISTRATION THAT IT CARRIES FORWARD IN THE PLANNING. PARKLAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY INCLUSIVE CITY STARTING WITH PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS AND CONTINUING WITH RISING TIDE CARWASH.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.

AND ONCE AGAIN, SHOWING PARKLAND AS BEING THE WONDERFUL FAMILY AND INCLUSIVE CITY THAT IT IS.

>> AMAZING! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE! [APPLAUSE] I APPRECIATE YOU ADVOCATING FOR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE AND RENT. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TWO THINGS THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE, MYSELF. BUT YOU HEAR SOME OF THE LANDLORDS, WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO RENTERS IS REALLY SAD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ADVOCATING FOR THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING YOU DO -- EAGLES HAVEN -- YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN YOUR SHORT TIME THERE.

IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I'M EXTREMELY HONORED THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING US. SO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS --?

>> NO, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

WE SAY ALL THE TIME, AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I'M A FAN, BUT WE SAY ALL THE TIME HOW WONDERFUL IT IS THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENTING US UP IN TALLAHASSEE.

BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, SOMEONE WHO SAT ON (INDISCERNIBLE) AND SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH ALL THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH, FOR YOU TO BE UP THERE, IT GIVES ATTENTION TO ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ON A MUCH DIFFERENT LEVEL. SO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO FOLLOW SUIT. SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING. AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE ARE EXTREMELY HONORED TO HAVE YOU UP THERE REPRESENTING OUR RESIDENTS. NOT ONLY BEING A RESIDENT, BUT YOU BEING IN A GOVERNING POSITION AND ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE COME FROM. IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS, SO THANK

YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW?

>> YEAH, I'M IN A KEEP IT SIMPLE.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID.

AND JUST THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING THE THINGS THAT MATTER. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN GET ELECTED AND THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS, BUT BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH, HOME RULE, THINGS DEALING WITH ACTUAL -- THE ISSUES THAT MOST HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF INSURANCE, THESE THINGS MATTER. I THINK SOME PEOPLE GO UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO PLAY POLITICS. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ACTUALLY BEING CONSTRUCTIVE AND ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE.

SO THANK YOU. >> I'VE ALREADY SAID WHAT I SAID. AND I'LL JUST REITERATE --.

>> I HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN REGULARLY!

[LAUGHTER] >> AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THIS TO THIS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVE (NAME). AS MAYOR, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

AS A REPRESENTATIVE NOW, NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH

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ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN TALLAHASSEE.

WHEN YOU SEE ITFIRSTHAND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT -- I SPOKE TO THIS REPRESENTATIVE TO TRY TO GET THIS , AND BACK AND FORTH --? THERE'S A LOT OF TRADING.

AND YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB. I SAID THE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME -- WHEN I GO TO A LEGISLATORS OFFICE (INDISCERNIBLE) WHEN I GO UP THERE -- I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVE (NAME). THE FIRST THING OUT OF HER MOUTH WAS REPRESENTATIVE (NAME) REPRESENTS YOU.

SHE'S AMAZING! THE REST WAS A PIECE OF CAKE.

BUT I THINK YOU FOR THAT. AND TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE

THINGS THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. IF I MIGHT JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, YOU REALLY LEARN WHAT IT IS TO ACTUALLY BE A PUBLIC SERVANT. YOU DON'T GET TO HIDE STOP GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, OR YOU GO TO THE PARK, OR JUST GO TO YOUR DRIVEWAY AND YOU GET FEEDBACK. AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. IT'S THE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.

IT'S WHAT REAL PUBLIC SERVICES. AND I HAVE CARRIED THAT WITH ME IN THIS JOB, IN THE STATEHOUSE. WHEN PEOPLE COME UP, I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL AT HOME. I WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OF THEM BEING UP THERE. AND I NEVER WANT TO FORGET WHERE I CAME FROM, AND I NEVER WANT TO FORGET WHY I'M THERE.

HANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH ME IN THIS.

I CAN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF. THANK YOU, NANCY.

[8. Approval of the Agenda]

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> AND THANK YOU, RAJ!>> ABSOLUTELY!

[LAUGHTER] >> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[9. Consent Agenda]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIER. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL.

[10. Regular Agenda ]

ANTHONY, TAKE AWAY. >> THINK YOU MAYOR, ANTHONY SOROKA, CITY ATTORNEY. THE FIRST ITEM IS 9A ORDINANCE 22-01 ENGINEER CODE UPDATE SECOND READING.

AND WARNS OF THE CITY COMMISSION AMENDING THE CITY O PARKLAND LINDA BOWMAN CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE LXXV COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD STANDARDS, ARTICLE XC OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING , ENGINEERING STANDARDS, AND PERMITS FEES AND BONDS TO MODIFY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, DRAINAGE, AND OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR COMPLICATION

CONFLICT (INDISCERNIBLE). >> GOOD EVENING.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M GAIL (NAME) SENIOR PLANNER PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT. IF YOU RECALL AT YOUR LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE ENGINEERING STORMWATER ORDINANCE. AND YOU ARE BASICALLY -- IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ORDINANCE. THERE WEREJUST A FEW COMMENTS .

I'LL GO AHEAD AND -- OKAY. IF YOU RECALL, THERE WERE FIVE SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WERE (INDISCERNIBLE).

OF THOSE, NUMBER 1, SECTION 751 70 THERE WERE TWO MINOR CHANGES THERE. SECTION 2 HAD NO CHANGES, 3 HAD A COUPLE MINOR CHANGES, 4 NO CHANGES, AND 5 YOU HAD ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SO SINCE THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO NUMBER 2 AND NUMBER 4, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE, THREE AND FIVE.

SO THIS IS NUMBER 1. I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN WHO MAY HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP. WE TALKED ABOUT METER BOXES AND THEN FILL AROUND METER BOXES. IN THE LANGUAGE WAS THAT IT WOULD APPLY TO ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.

SO I THINK THAT SHOULD ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THAT CONCERN. ANY COMMENT REGARDING THAT

REVISION? >> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, DOES

THAT ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN? >> YES, IT DOES!

>> GREAT! THANK YOU.

OKAY. THE SECOND SECTION.

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I'M SORRY (LAUGHING)! >> WE CAN SEE IT!

>> I WAS TRYING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THERE WE GO! OKAY.

I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONER CUTLER WHO BROUGHT THIS UP. TO SPECIFY THE REFERENCE FOR THE 25 YEAR RAIN EVENT STOP AND SO, THAT WAS ADDED IN NUMBER 3, AS YOU SEE HERE IN SECTION 135530.

THAT LANGUAGE WAS ALSO DUPLICATED IN.

A7 OF THE SAME SECTION. >> DOES THAT SATISFY --?

>> YES. >> OKAY!

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR! >> GREAT! AND THE LAST THING THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS DISCUSSED WAS THE WARRANTY BOND. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS WHETHER WE WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.

SO I HAVE ABOUT 10 OTHER CITIES HERE TO SHOW YOU.ERE WE GO! AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF CITIES ARE RUNNING ONE YEAR.

WILTON MANORS WAS SIX MONTHS. SO OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE READS FOR TWO YEARS. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE IMPROVEMENT COST OF THAT WARRANTY BOND RANGES BETWEEN FIVE UP TO GENERALLY 50 PERCENT.

WHAT MANORS IS SORT OF ABNORMAL.

AND WE ARE AT 25 PERCENT. SO I THINK WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MID RANGE OF 20 PERCENT.O IT'S UP TO YOUR DISCRETION IF TWO YEARS SHOULD REMAIN OR IF YOU WANTED ANY CHANGE TO THAT?

>> PERSONALLY, I LIKE HOW IT READS NOW.

LOOKING AT THIS, TWO YEARS IS MORE THAN WHAT THE STANDARD IS.

IN THE 25 PERCENT, AGAIN, LOOKS TO BE ABOUT AVERAGE.

ARE WE IN AGREEMENT? >> YEP.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT. >> OKAY, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT.

>> I AGREE WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES PROPOSED FOR THE ORDINANCE. I WOULD LIKE YOUR SUPPORT TO

APPROVE IT FOR SECOND READING. >> GREAT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.> VICE MAYOR?

>> I SPOKEN TO (INDISCERNIBLE) AND ANTHONY ABOUT THIS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IN FIGURING THIS OUT RELATIVE TO THE ENGINEERING CODE ASPECTS. WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED, STOMACH THE CITY OF PARKLAND STORMWATER MASTER PLAN REPORT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THEIR RELATIVE TO IDEAS OF PUTTING IN DRAINAGE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS -- CANALS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER STUFF.

THERE ARE SOME DEFINITIONAL ASPECTS THAT ARE IN THE NEW ENGINEERING STUFF. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CODE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO POTENTIALLY APPROVE ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT WITH THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURAL ASPECTS.

>> STEVE WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT (INDISCERNIBLE).

CONSULTANT TO THE CITY. GREAT QUESTION.

THIS ORDINANCE ACTUALLY GREW OUT OF -- ACTUALLY, IT STARTED ON THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN. THERE WERE SOME IMMEDIATE ISSUES ON DRAINAGE THAT (INDISCERNIBLE) ADDRESSED TO THE CITY FOR DEVELOPMENT GOING ON.

SO THAT ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT MAY BE ABLE TO DO IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES TO ALLEVIATE (INDISCERNIBLE).

THAT'S WHY IT WENT AHEAD OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS. THERE REALLY SEPARATE ITEMS. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. ONE IS BASICALLY MAKING SOME CHANGES TO AN EXISTING ORDINANCE WHICH IS THERE.

THERE IS DRAINAGE WORDING PUT IN.

BUT THE BULK OF THAT ORDINANCE IS THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.

>> OKAY. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO A SCENARIO FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.

I TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN YOUR CODE AND WE BEGIN OPERATING UNDER THE PRESUMPTION OF THAT CODE. BUT SOME OF IT MIGHT APPLY TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, SOME MIGHT PERTAIN TO OLD STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING REDESIGNED OR REDEVELOPED FOR PURPOSES OF CONFORMING WITH THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CODE DOESN'T CREATE ANY ISSUES RELATIVE TO DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND THEN FINDING THAT YOU

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MIX. >> YES, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND. AND THERE IS A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE EXISTING CANAL WAY .

THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ORDINANCE AND THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN WHETHER IT'S ROOT: EXISTING --.

>> SO IN YOUR OPINION, THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS ORDINANCE AND THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN?

>> YES, SIR. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> SO ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER'S ROPE. ROLL CALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 9B, ORDINANCE 2022-004 SENIOR EXEMPTION FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS WITH LONG-TERM RESIDENCY. SECOND READING.

THE NORMS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND FLORIDA AMENDING SECTION 1950 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS 65 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER WHO MEET CERTAIN RESIDENCY, INCOME, AND OTHER STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

-- --. >> OKAY.

SO THIS IS SECOND READING. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.

>> ITEM 9C RESOLUTION 222210 MULTIPLE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS TO PIGGYBACK. AUTHORIZING THE PIGGYBACK OF THE SOURCEWELL EZIQC CONTRACT NUMBER FL SCA GC 02041019 SCDE FOUR TERRAMAR PARK PAVILION REPLACEMENT, IRRIGATION PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT, CITY HALL REFURBISHMENT, AND RE-SOD CROWN AT PARK TRAILS PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF -- TO SHIFT CONSTRUCTION (INDISCERNIBLE) PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION AND

EFFECTIVE DATE. >> GOOD EVENING.

(NAME) PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THIS PROJECT IS PRESENTED TO YOU IS A GROUP OF FOUR PROJECTS TO PIGGYBACK THE (INDISCERNIBLE). ONE IS FOR THE TERRAMAR PARK PAVILION REPLACEMENT, WHICH ENTAILS REPLACING THE ROOF AND PAINTING THE STRUCTURES OF (INDISCERNIBLE).

PAVILIONS AT THE PARK. THIS IS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT. THE NEXT ONE IS IRRIGATION PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT. (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE) OF THE TWO EXISTING PUMP STATIONS.

ONE IS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING AND THE FIRE STATION, AND THE OTHER ONE IS (INDISCERNIBLE).

AND AGAIN, (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

THE OTHER ONE IS CITY HALL REFURBISHING.

(INDISCERNIBLE) REPLACEMENT OF THE CARPET OF THE CHAMBERS AND ALSO THE CITY (INDISCERNIBLE). THE NEXT ONE IS THE RE-SOD OF (INDISCERNIBLE) FIELDS. THAT IS BASICALLY RECITING ONLY THE CROWN, BECAUSE THAT ONE IS BEEN MORE DAMAGED WITH CONSTANT USE. (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> GREAT. WHEN THE PAINTING OF THE TERRAMAR PARK PAVILION? LIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON SCHEDULING OF WHEN THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE?

>> YEAH, THAT ONE -- THE REPLACEMENT SHOULD TAKE 60 TO 90 DAYS UPON THE MATERIAL DELIVERY.

THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO -- UNTIL WE ORDER IT -- IS I KNOW PART OF OUR BRANDING IS A COLOR SCHEME.

>> YEAH. >> SO I'M NOT SAYING TO NOT DO THE PROJECT. I JUST KNOW THE COLOR SCHEME IS SOMETHING WE WERE THINKING OF. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LOGO MAY COME OUT? MAYBE IT'S RED?

BLUE? >> MAGENTA!

>> WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT!

[LAUGHTER] >> I KNOW THAT.

BUT THE POINT BEING, I DON'T KNOW -- SO IF IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD WAIT A LITTLE BIT? JUST A SUGGESTION.

>> WE CAN VISIT --. >> THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE ON THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE TALKING

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SO IF WE COULD PUT IT ALL NICE TOGETHER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS ON THAT. OTHERWISE, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO THE SOONER THE BETTER. I WOULD JUST HATE TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE COLORS ALL MATCH.

>> AND WE CAN FACILITATE SAMPLES (INDISCERNIBLE).>> AND CROWNS FOUR AND FIVE (INDISCERNIBLE) .

>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS COMING UNDER BUDGET, CORRECTLY.

>> CORRECT. >> 200,000.

>> I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.

>> YES, IT IS. >> IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING. FOR PURPOSES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT TURNING SOME OF THE FIELDS AT TERRAMAR PARK -- ONE OF THE FIELDS AT PINE TRAIL INTO TURF, IF WE COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE INCLUDING THIS RECITING OF THE CROWN FOR FOUR AND FIVE, FOR WHAT THE MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE FOR THOSE GRASS FIELDS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

>> OKAY. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER'S ROPE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYOR'S AND. ROLL CALL.

>> ITEM 90 RESOLUTION 2022-018 GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND FLORIDA APPROVING THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA'S TRUST WITH FLORIDA FOREVER GRANT FUNDING AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT -- TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND PROVIDE FOR THE CITY'S RECEIPT OF $1.5 MILLION OF GRANT FUNDING -- --

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING THIS IS THE LARGEST GRANT THE CITY OF PARKLAND HAS EVER RECEIVED. KUDOS TO SHERRY AND EVERYONE

WHO WORKED ON THIS GRANT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.>> THANK YOU! THANK YOU! SHERRY TUBES, BUDGET AND GRANTS MANAGER FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AS YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 2020 WE APPLIED FOR THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY TRUST PARKS AND OPEN SPACE GRANT. TO HELP REIMBURSE A PORTION OF THE ACQUISITION COST OF THE BEASLEY LAND, THE LAND AT (INDISCERNIBLE). WE APPLIED FOR 1.5 MILLION.

HEN IN JULY 2021, THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY TRUST BOARD MET.

THEY RANKED AND REVIEWED US, OUR APPLICATION, AND WE QUALIFIED FOR THE GRANT.FOR 1.5 MILLION.

SO YAY! BUT -- IT TOOK THIS LONG TO FINALLY GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, FOR APPROVAL. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT BY APPROVING THIS GRANT AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL BE HELD TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. AND I WILL LIST THEM NOW.

PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE GRANT FUNDS, THE CITY MUST CREATE A MANAGEMENT PLAN DETAILING THE PROPOSED USE OF THE LAND AS A PERK. AND SUBMIT A PROJECT PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK. WE MUST RECORD A NEW DEED.

THE DEED MUST CONTAIN COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE THAT THE USE OF THE LAND COMPLIES WITH SECTION 28, ARTICLE X OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

THE DEED MUST CONTAIN A REVERSION CONVEYANCE OR TERMINATION CLAUSE THAT BEST TITLE IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND IF ANY OF THE COVENANTS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THIS GRANT AGREEMENT ARE VIOLATED. THE CITY MUST DEVELOP THE SITE AS A PERK. AND OPEN THE DEVELOPED SITE TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DATE OF THE FINAL DISBURSEMENT OF THE GRANT FUNDS.

WHEN WE DEVELOP THE SITE, AS A PERK, WE MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH AS A BASEBALL FIELD, MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, PLAYGROUND, A TRAIL OF AT LEAST AND A HALF MILE LONG WITH PARK BENCHES AND A WATER FOUNTAIN.

CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS.

INTERPRETIVE KIOSKS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF ABOUT SIX PER YEAR. WE MUST PLANT APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF THE LAND WITH THE NATIVE VEGETATION.

AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE SURFACE WATER THERE OR ADDRESS ANY FLOODING ISSUES. WE MUST INSTALL A PERMANENT FLORIDA COMMUNITY TRUST SIGN. THEN, AFTER THE SITE IS DEVELOPED AS A PERK, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP REPORTS SHOWING OUR PROGRESS.

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AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> SO -- WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT, WE SUBMITTED OUR PLAN? SO THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BASED ON THE PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED?

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> RIGHT.

SO THEY HAVE ALREADY SEEN WHAT -- AGAIN, IT'S A CONCEPTUAL PLAN BUT IT'S STILL A PLAN WHAT WE WOULD DO.

I WOULD IMAGINE ANY GRANT WE GET -- BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED.

BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IS TYPICAL?

>> YES, I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANTS THAT HAVE REQUIREMENTS OF DEDICATION AND RESTRICTIVE VIEWS THAT WE FILED BEFORE.

WHAT ELSE? THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS GRANT, THE RTP GRANT, WE GOT FOR THE TRAIL AT PINE TRAILS PARK.

THAT ALSO REQUIRED A DEDICATION OF USE.

SO YES, IT'S VERY COMMON TO HAVE LOTS OF STRINGS ATTACHED.

>> RIGHT. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION -- IT'S

JUST A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED? >> YES, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL

SITUATION. >> OKAY.

>> THANKS, MAYOR. A COUPLE OF STRINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED THAT CAUSE ME THE MOST PAUSE FOR CONCERN OR THE MAIN ONE IS THE REVERBERANT CAUSE. THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.

BECAUSE WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND IS IF WE DON'T MEET OR SOMEHOW VIOLATE THE TERMS OF THIS GRANT, WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS THAT ON THE ONSET WE GIVE OF HER BERBER DEED WHICH MEANS THEY GET THE PROPERTY CONVEYED OVER TO THEM. SO WHAT I ASKED NANCY TO IS TO SEE IF WE COULD GET AN EXTENSION ON THE DEADLINE TO AGREE TO THIS GRANT. SO WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VET THESE ISSUES OUT AT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

BECAUSE WHILE IT'S A FANTASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US TO GET THIS MILLION AND AND A HALF DOLLARS, AND WHILE AT LEAST CONCEPTUALLY, WHERE WE PROPOSED A PERK THAT MEETS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, WE NOW KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ARE.

WE KNOW WHAT THE STRINGS ATTACHED ARE.

WE CAN USE THE ADDITIONAL, I THINK IT WAS 30 DAYS, TO ALLOW US TO DISCUSS AT STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL APPRECIATIVE OF THE REVERTER CLAUSE ISSUE IN THE DEED.

BECAUSE THAT, TO ME, THIS PARCEL OF LAND WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND IF FOR SOME REASON THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE GUIDELINES OF THE GRANT FOR 1,000,000 AND A HALF DOLLARS, WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING THAT LAND OVER TO THE FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST.

>> TO THAT POINT, IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AT STRATEGIC PLANNING? OR CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT NOW? CONCERN. MY SECOND MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRING OF US, AND I DON'T KNOW FROM A FINANCIAL IMPACT WHAT EXACTLY THOSE OTHER THINGS THEY ARE REQUIRING US TO DO WILL HAVE ON US.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY GIVE US $1.5 MILLION AND IT COST US $30 MILLION TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE -- I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY THE BENEFIT OF THE BARGAIN WE ARE LOOKING FOR. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE VET IT MORE THOROUGHLY AT STRATEGIC PLANNING, SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF DIG INTO WHAT THOSE FINANCIAL THINGS MIGHT BE FOR US.

>> HAVE WE DONE ANY OF THAT HOMEWORK NOW? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IN GETTING THE GRANT WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE STRINGS ATTACHED. WITH THE STRINGS ATTACHED, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE -- I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ELEMENT WOULD HAVE? WE ARE ALL HERE NOW.

> IT'S A FINANCIAL THING. SHE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY ARE IMPOSING UPON US.

>> IT'S JUST A YEARLY REPORT. >> AREPORT.

AND IF YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE THINGS LIKE THE EDUCATIONAL KIOSKS , AND THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH CHRISTINE.

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CONVERSATION NOW? >> ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS TIMETABLES. INCLUDING THREE YEARS WHERE THE SPARK WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT OUT AND COMPLETED.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ALL WE HAVE SAID THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT LAND IS IT'S GOING TO BE A PARK.

AND WHILE WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, THOSE IDEAS HAVEN'T MATERIALIZED INTO A PLAN, INCLUDING TIMING AND FUNDING OF THAT. I'VE KNOW WE'VE SECURED A LINE OF CREDIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND I THOUGHT STRATEGIC PLANNING WAS GOOD, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO DO BY ACCEPTING THIS GRANT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH.

OMETHING WE ARE VENTING OUT FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT. BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT TO DO IS FOR US TO COMMIT TO THIS AND ACCEPT A GRANT WITH HIS REVERTER CLAUSE. AND THEN, FOR SOME REASON, THERE IS SOME HICK UP FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF

THE REQUIREMENTS. >> I MEAN, WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT SUPPLY ISSUES AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON US (INDISCERNIBLE) ON THE TIME

CHART WILL STOP. >> AGREED.

AND I WOULD ASSUME, YOU KNOW -- BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ALL ASSUMPTIONS. EVEN WHEN WE PLAN OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO NECESSARILY DO, WE STILL MAY RUN INTO HICK UPS AS FAR AS TIMING GOES. BUT FOR US TO NOT -- IF WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PARK, FOR US TO NOT ACCEPT IT, WHATEVER THEIR STIPULATIONS ARE, WE HAVE TO MEET. BECAUSE IT'S $1.5 MILLION, WE WOULD BE FORFEITING IF WE DON'T MEET THOSE GUIDELINES.

>> NO, IT'S WORSE. IT'S $1.5 MILLION THAT WOULD HAVE TO GIVE BACK, BUT THEY WOULD GET THE PROPERTY.

>> WELL, THAT'S IF WE DON'T MEET --.

>> THAT'S MY POINT. >> BUT AGAIN, THE STRINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED, I MEAN, YOU GUYS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG -- THEY SAY IT HAS TO BE A PARK FOREVER.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT WILL BE THE CASE.

IT HAS TO HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S AN EASY ONE. THE CONCESSIONS, IF WE WANT CONCESSIONS, WE JUST HAVE TO SEND THEM OUR PLAN WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE TO INITIALLY SET OUT A PLAN WITH WHAT OUR BUSINESS MODEL OR WHATEVER IT IS.O WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A LOT OF THE INFORMATION.

WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PART.

SO AGAIN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO TALKING ABOUT IT AT STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE CAN'T NOT ACCEPT THIS MONEY.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ACCEPT THIS MONEY, WE ARE FORFEITING $1.5 MILLION. I UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL RISKS, BUT IF WE'VE ALREADY AGREED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A PARK, WE HAVE TO MEET WHATEVER THEIR STIPULATIONS ARE.

BECAUSE BY US NOT ACCEPTING THE MONEY, AND MAKING IT A PARK LATER? BECAUSE MAYBE WE WANT TO TAKE FOUR YEARS TO MAKE IT OR WHATEVER? THAT'S NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.E HAVE TO ACCEPT THE 1.5 MILLION THAT WE WERE AWARDED.

SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO.

AGAIN, THE LIST I SAW? THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT LIST THAT WORRIES ME AS FAR AS SOMETHING WE CANNOT DO.

OBVIOUSLY, THE THREE YEAR TIME IS ALWAYS A CONCERN.

BUT WE WILL NEVER BE 100 PERCENT CONFIRMED ON THAT.

>> YEAH, IT DOESN'T START TODAY, BY THE WAY.

IT WILL START ONCE WE GET THE MONEY.

AND THAT CAN BE QUITE A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW.

WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE HAVE TO SUPPLY.

>> AGAIN, I'M SURE IF WE ARE KEEPING THEM UP TO DATE WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR WHATEVER IT IS -- WE SECURED THE LOAN TO PAY FOR THE PARK. SO WE HAVE ALREADY MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT AT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

WE PARTY SET EVERYTHING IN MOTION.

WE'VE GOTTEN THIS GRANT. WE'VE TAKEN OUT A LOAN.

WE AGREED IT'S GOING TO BE A PARK.T'S UP TO STAFF TO SAY YES, THESE TERMS CAN BE MET. AND THEY SHOULD BE MET.

AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.

BUT WE NEED TO -- THERE IS NO -- WE CANNOT NOT ACCEPT THE

GRANT. >> YEAH.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK (INDISCERNIBLE).

A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET. BETWEEN OUR AFTERCARE PROGRAMS, OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS, OUR EVENTS SO FORTH WILL NOT HAVE A MAJOR

BUDGET IMPACT. >> IF I CAN JUST PLAY DEVILS ADVOCATE? I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

$1.5 MILLION ISN'T SOMETHING WE SHOULD TURN AWAY.

I ALSO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BRIER.

IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IT IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING INTO TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T BITE OFF

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THE $1.5 MILLION WOULD BE NICE TO SUPPLEMENT AND SUPPED SUBSIDIZE IT. MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE -- THIS IS ALL CONTINGENT UPON ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? OBVIOUSLY CHRISTINE IS GONE NOW, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME. RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALL SITTING PRETTY. IN A YEAR FROM NOW THINGS CHANGE AND LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

WE ARE LEFT SITTING WITH A BAG OF THINGS WE PROBABLY IMPLEMENTED THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BUT WE DID IT FOR THE

PURPOSES OF COMPLYING. >> TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT OF -- THE YEAR THAT THIS WAS AWARDED TO US, THEY HAD $10 MILLION TO GIVE OUT.HAT WAS ALREADY

APPROPRIATED. >> OKAY.

GOOD.

IS IN THE CONTRACT. >> YOU ARE RIGHT.

IT DOES STATE THAT UNFAIRLY. WE DO HAVE NO WORRIES ABOUT THE APPROPRIATION.> OKAY. GOOD.

THE NEXT THING IS THE CONDITION OF THE WATER QUALITY FACILITY.

WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE WEDGE.

HAVE WE DONE ANY DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT PROPERTY I KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE?

>> WELL, WHAT WE PROPOSED IN OUR GRANT APPLICATION WAS

BUILDIN A RETENTION POND. >> SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE IDEA.

WHEN YOU HAD UP TO PINE TRAILS PARK, THE EASTERNMOST RETENTION AREA IN THE BACK LOOKS LIKE A FANCY WETLAND.

THAT WAS BY DESIGN TO MEET THE WATER QUALITY.

THERE IS (INDISCERNIBLE) IN THIS GRANT TO PLANT NATIVE SPECIES. WE WILL COMBINE BOTH TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH THE REQUIREMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THAT'S GOOD. IN TERMS OF THE EXTENSIONS.

I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN IN HERE BUT THE EXTENSIONS ARE BASED ON? WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED OF THIS THREE-YEAR EXTENSION IF WE WANTED IT?

>> IF WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, IF WE SHOW THAT WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR PLAN, THEY WILL GIVE US A PLAN AND WE WILL WORK TOWARDS IT.

BUT IF WE HIT HICCUPS LIKE SUPPLY OR A CONTRACTOR BAILS ON US, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS ENTITY OVER TIME BY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE GRANT.

AND THEN, WE CAN ASK FOR AN EXTENSION.

>> OKAY. THE LAST QUESTION IS THE THREE YEAR REQUIREMENT, IS THAT ASSUMING THAT ONCE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THAT ALL THE OTHER CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED? OR IF IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON, DOES THAT SATISFY IT?

>> YES, THAT'S THE WAY I READ THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

>> AS LONG AS WE MEET THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, LIKE THE FOUR DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE

PUBLIC AT THAT TIME. >> LOOK, THE QUESTION REALLY IS -- DO WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE TERMS THAT THEY GAVE US, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO MEET ANY OF THOSE -- AND RISK, POTENTIALLY, LOSING THE PROPERTY? THAT ARGUMENT IS GOING TO BE (INDISCERNIBLE).

SO OUR STAFF BROUGHT THIS BEFORE US BECAUSE THEY FELT WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL MEET THOSE STRENGTHS.

THERE IS GOING TO BE STRINGS ATTACHED ANYTIME WE GET A GRANT. SO WE JUST NEED TO BE PRPARED, WHICH AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE.

THAT WE ARE READY TO ACCEPT THE MONEY.

AND AGAIN, THE STRINGS ATTACHED -- IT'S A SCARY ITEM THAT THE AD ABOUT THE DEED. BUT IT'S A SCARY ITEM.

AS LONG AS ALL THE ITEMS ARE MET, THAT IS IRRELEVANT.

ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ARE, TO ME, VERY SIMPLE.

FOR -- I WOULD IMAGINE A LOT MORE THAN FOUR.

WHAT IS IT, 1/4 MILE WALKING PATH? WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SEVERAL MILES, POTENTIALLY, OF WALKING PATHS. THE WATER QUALITY? IT'S NOT MUCH TO WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO.

AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION AT STRATEGIC PLANNING. THE QUESTION IS: ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT THE DEED -- THE POTENTIAL OF THEM TAKING THE PROPERTY AWAY IF WE DON'T MEET THESE RESTRICIONS? AND THE CLEAR ANSWER IS WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

THERE'S NO CHOICE BUT TO MEET THOSE CRITERIA.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE DON'T ACCEPT THE MONEY AND WE DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITH THAT PARK.

>> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. BUT THE LAWYER IN ME IS I WORRY

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THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST ASSUME ALL OF THEM ARE GOOD TO BE DONE IN TANDEM AND PARALLEL.

AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA GET ON INSUFFICIENT TIMES.

I THINK STRATEGIC PLANNING IS A GOOD IDEA TO TALK ABOUT IT.

ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS SOME TIME THAT WE HAVETHE ABILITY TO CONFER ON THIS. AND THAT THE MONEY ISN'T GOING TO BE GRANTED FOR SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, I DON'T THINK IT HURTS. TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PICTURE OVER THESE NEXT TWO, THREE, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OF WHAT IS

GOING ON EACH YEAR . >> AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HURT.

I'M JUST SAYING THE TRUE QUESTION IS ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT THEIR STRINGS TO ACCEPT THE MONEY? I MEAN, THAT'S THE QUESTION. AND THAT'S A QUESTION WE'LL HAVE TO -- I'M GLAD WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION OUT.

BECAUSE IF WE GO TO STRATEGIC PLANNING, THAT'S THE QUESTION WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ULTIMATELY ANSWER.

BECAUSE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS AND ALL THAT STUFF? WE'VE TAKEN OUT A LOAN TO BUILD THIS PARK.

SO WE'VE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE ARE BUILDING THIS PARK.

>> MAYOR, IF I CAN? I DON'T SIT HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW COLD WATER ON THE NOTION THAT WE JUST GOT 1,000,000 AND A HALF DOLLAR GRANT.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. MY ONLY PURPOSE IN ASKING OUR CITY MANAGER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO MAKE A DECISION IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING AT STRATEGIC PLANNING IS PARK IN TANDEM WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS. SO I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT HYPOTHETICALLY IF -- AND I KNOW WE TOOK OUT THE LINE OF CREDIT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT ON THE LINE OF CREDIT JUST HAD TO BE USED FOR PARKS IN GENERAL. SO I WOULD WANT TO SEE THIS IN TANDEM WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS.

TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN THE APPROPRIATE TIME.ECAUSE IF THERE IS A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF OTHER PRESSING REASONS AND THE PARK, AND WE ARE GOING TO FALL OUT OF THAT GRACE PERIOD OR THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD, I WOULD TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT GIVING UP THE LAND THAT WE STRUGGLED SO HARD AND FUNDED TO GET. SO ALL I'M SUGGESTING IS THIS: IS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN EXTENSION ALREADY.

WE'VE SECURED THE 30 DAY EXTENSION, WHICH GIVES US THE TIME TO PRESSURE TEST IS LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY.

WE BRING IT TO STRATEGIC PLANNING.

ONE OF THE ITEMS I WANT TO SEE AT STRATEGIC PLANNING IS NOT ONLY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THIS PARK AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO BUILD OUT AND DEVELOP THIS PARK.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW THIS FITS IN THE TIME FRAMES WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ENDEAVORING TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THE CITY. BECAUSE IF WE FEEL THAT WE CAN BEAT THIS BY A MILE, OR AT LEAST BEAT THE TIMEFRAME IN LIGHT OF THE OTHER PROJECTS? THEN, MAYBE MY CONCERN WILL BE COMPLETELY ALLEVIATED. BUT IF IT GETS CLOSE OR WE HAVE SOME FUNDING ISSUES OR OTHER ISSUES, WHERE WE ARE DECIDING TO PUT RESOURCES TO OTHER AREAS OR JUST FOCUS ON PROJECTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AREN'T PUTTING OURSELVES INTO A BIT OF A BEAR TRAP HERE.

THAT'S ALL I'M SUGGESTING. >> I'M FINE WITH PUTTING THIS TO STRATEGIC PLANNING. MY POINT IS -- I UNDERSTAND WHAT COMMISSIONER BRIER IS SAYING.

HE CERTAINLY HAS VALID POINTS. BUT BECAUSE WE WERE AWARDED THIS $1.5 MILLION, WE AGREED THAT THAT LAND WE BOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A PARK. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BECAUSE WE CANNOT FORGO $1.5 MILLION AND BUILD THE PARK IN FIVE YEARS.

BECAUSE THEN THAT SAYS WE WEREN'T PREPARED.

WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE EVEN APPLIED FOR THE GRANT.

>> LET ME JUST ASK A QUESTION RELATIVE TO THE REVERTER ISSUE.

THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS THING, ARE THEY LOCKED SOLID? THERE IS NO NEGOTIATING STOMACH NEGOTIATION ON ANY OF THIS STUFF? IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE GRANTING US $1.5 MILLION.

THE LAND VALUE ALONE IS WELL IN EXCESS OF WHAT THEY ARE GRANTING US. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A DRACONIAN TYPE OF CLAUSE, WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN LIEU OF THAT VIOLATION -- IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE A REVERTER OF THE LAND, BUT MAYBE THE AMOUNT UP TO WHAT THEY GRANTED US MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE PAY.

SO THAT'S A NEGOTIATION THING THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN CONTRACTUAL SITUATIONS. IT JUST SEEMS THAT THE EQUITY OF THIS DOESN'T BEAR OUT. THAT'S MY CONCERN.

>> I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE ANTHONY WEIGH IN.

BECAUSE THIS COMES FROM FLORIDA FOREVER MONEY.

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OF THE MONEY. >> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM.

I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THIS OUT OF THERE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT EVEN THE STAFF THERE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE REVERTER CLAUSE, IT SPEAKS TO THE DEDICATION OF THE LAND. ISSUING THIS DEED AND RESTRICTING THE USE PER THIS PROVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH RESTRICTS USES TO RECREATION, OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC PARKS. EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY DOING HERE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED A COPY OF THE FORM -- DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET.

BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF THESE MINOR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO WOULDN'T NECESSARILY TRIGGER THAT IT'S AUTOMATICALLY A REVERSION. BUT I THINK -- AND MAYBE WE CAN FLUSH THAT OUT WHEN WE GET THE FORM AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE. WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT.

BUT MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION IS IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS, YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE THAT THAT LAND IS GOING TO STAY WITH THOSE USES IN PERPETUITY.

>> YEAH. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THOSE TERMS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE ARE GOING TO GET THOSE EXACT TERMS, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT GOES INTO THE DECISION PROCESS.

>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE US, IF WE HAVEN'T AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVEN'T YET, AT LEAST BROACH THE SUBJECT.

GRANTED, I'M FAR NEWER THAN TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE DAIS, OR THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD OF THIS TYPE OF -- AS COMMISSIONER CUTLER PUT IT, DRACONIAN CLAUSE.

HEY, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE GRANT MONEY BACK PLUS INTEREST? WE WOULDN'T PROBABLY EVEN BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. BUT WHEN I HEARD OF THE REVERTER CLAUSE HERE, THAT'S WHAT CAUSED ME MOST CONCERNS.

ND WHEN THERE WAS TIME LIMITATIONS TO IT AS WELL.

IT ISN'T YOUR JUST GONNA MAKE A PARK BUT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT A PARK AND HAVE ALL THESE USES AND MAKE IT AN APPROPRIATE 80 W AND PERPETUITY. AND DO IT IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD. THAT CAUSES ME CONCERN.

AND IF WE DON'T, WE GET THE LAND.

SO WHETHER IT'S SEEING IF NEGOTIATE THAT ISSUE? I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF IT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE PENALTY OUTWEIGHS THE SIN. AND SO, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD NEGOTIATE THAT ISSUE. AND THEN, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE GO INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY ACCOMPLISH NOT ONLY ALL OF THE STRINGS ATTACHED, BUT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE STRINGS ATTACHED BUT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.

>> I WOULD JUST ADD FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST HAS GIVEN OUT OVER 600 GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA SINCE THEIR EXISTENCE IN 1990. MANY IN BROWARD COUNTY.

>> THAN THEY PROBABLY ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT CONTRACT.

OKAY. >> SO HAVE THEY TAKEN ANYBODY'S

PROPERTY? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF

(LAUGHING). >> THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NEVER, EVER, EVER CHANGE IT.

>> OKAY. >> DO WE HAVE THAT ANSWER WITH CERTAINTY OR ARE WE JUST GUESSING?

>> I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE ANSWER.

IN ALL REALITY, SOMETIMES CONTRACT PROVISIONS ARE THERE BECAUSE A LAWYER PUT IT IN OR SOMETIMES IT'S ACTUALLY EXECUTED ON. SO I THINK THE DISTINCTION IS WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR HISTORY OF PATTERN IS.

IF IT'S A HIGH PROBABILITY OR LOW PROBABILITY.

>> HYPOTHETICALLY, IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW -- DECIDES TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THAT LAND UP WITH A PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE? WE WOULD GIVE UP THE ABILITY (LAUGHING) TO STILL OWN THE LAND? I JUST THINK WE JUST NEED TO KICK THE TIRES A LITTLE BIT

MORE ON THIS.>> OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE THEN, WE ARE JUST GOING TO TABLE IT, RIGHT?

WE ARE JUST GOING TO TABLE IT. >> YOU CAN TABLE IT AND THEN WE CAN BRING ANOTHER ITEM --

>> I WOULD (INDISCERNIBLE).>> DEFER IT.

>> DEFER TO APRIL 20. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT?

>> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO MAKE IT.

>> OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER BY COMMISSIONER BRIER. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL.

>> ITEM 9E DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL ACTION REGARDING FLORIDA SENATE BILL 224 HOUSE BILL 105 REGULATION OF SMOKING.

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>> WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE IF THEY WANT TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE SMOKING IN THEIR PARKS AND ALSO PUBLIC BEACHES. SO THIS IS GOING TO THE GOVERNOR. ALL WE WOULD DO IS SEND A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR SAYING THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS

BILL. >> YEAH.

I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BEFORE.

IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE ON SUPPORT.

WE JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE FINAL LANGUAGE WAS.

AND I'M STILL IN SUPPORT. >> THE ONLY THING THAT -- I MEAN, THE ONLY THING I'M HEARING -- AND AGAIN I CAN FIND OUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

IF WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO IT -- THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS TRYING TO COLLECTIVELY COLLECT ALL THE CITIES THAT ARE BEHIND IT. SO WHEN THE GOVERNOR GETS IT, THEY CAN THEN FACILITATE IT AND SAY HERE'S ALL THE CITIES AND CAN YOU SIGN IT, GOVERNOR? SO LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR IS A

MATTER OF HOW WE EXECUTE IT. >> WE COULD DO BOTH -- FORWARD IT TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE AND TO THE GOVERNOR.

>> THE ONLY THING IS IT MAY NOT BE AS IMPACTFUL.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF THEY LIKE TO JUST, KIND OF, PRESENT.

SO IT'S NOT AS IF THE GOVERNOR IS GETTING 50 LETTERS.

HE'S GETTING ONE FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE AND HERE ARE ALL

THE CITY SUPPORTING IT. >> SO FOR NOW, WE CAN WRITE A LETTER. IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THE SAME LETTER.

WE CAN DO THAT. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE

BEST OPTION. >> YOU.

>> YOU ARE TALKING TO THE FUTURE PRESIDENT THERE!

[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY.

AND ON THAT, I THINK THE LETTER WILL SAY THE CITY IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE TAKEN A VOTE AS A COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THE ITEM.

>> 'SOR ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO WITH STOMACH

SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ROLL CALL.

ROLL-CALL VOTE] PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WITH THAT, WE MIGHT JUST SEND AN EMAIL TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE AND STATE AT OUR NAME TO THE LIST.OKAY.

YOU ARE ASSIGNED TO DO THAT! WRITE AN EMAIL TO YOURSELF!

[LAUGHTER] >> DEAR ME.ITEM 9F CITY CLERK

CONTRACT AGREEMENT. >> GOOD EVENING JACKIE WEHMEYER, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. AS YOU KNOW LESS COMMISSION MEETING, YOU AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACT CHANGES WITH THE CITY CLERK.

WE DID SO SUCCESSFULLY. AND WE'VE GOT THAT IN THE BACKUP FOR YOU. AND WE REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THE CITY CLERK'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.

>> OKAY. GREAT.

SO ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> SINGH AS THEIR IS NONE, (LAUGHING) MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.

ROLL CALL.

[11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office]

CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMENTS BY THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.>> GOOD EVENING (INDISCERNIBLE) (NAME).

IT SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT I CAN'T (INDISCERNIBLE) PLEASE LOCK YOUR CAR DOORS. WE HAD ANOTHER FIREARM STOLEN SINCE OUR LAST REPORT. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY FIREARMS STOLEN OUT OF VEHICLES IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

>> I MEAN -- IS THERE SOMETHING -- I MEAN, I KNOW WE DO 9:00 SUB CAN WE STEP IT UP A NOTCH AND SAY -- YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GUN SAFETY IS NOT A PREEMPTION AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. BECAUSE IT PUTS CAPTAIN CALCUTTA AND ALL HIS MEN IN DANGER.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT AS IRRESPONSIBLE A CITIZEN OR

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AND IF SOMEONE TAKES IT AND, YOU KNOW, DOES SOMETHING AWFUL WITH IT, THAT TO ME -- I THINK WE NEED TO STEP UP AND AT LEAST START MENTIONING -- BOOK, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

PUT YOUR GUNS -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT TAKING A STANCE OTHER THAN SAYING LOCK THEM UP. YOU KNOW? SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER OR DISCUSS OR WHATEVER. BUT IT'S EVERY WEEK NOW -- FIREARMS ARE BEING STOLEN OUT OF PEOPLE'S CARS.

IT'S NOT ONCE IN A WHILE. NOW IT'S BECOMING EVERY TIME.

EVERY TIME YOU ARE TELLING ALL OF US APPEAR THAT A GUN WAS STOLEN -- TWO, THREE. THE LAST TIME IT WAS THREE, WASN'T IT? I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE VEHICLES. EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A DANGEROUS WEAPON. BUT THAT'S NEARLY AS DANGEROUS --.

IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE TARGETING CARS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THESE OWNERS HAVE GUNS OR IS THIS HAPPENSTANCE? PURE COINCIDENCE?

>> (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE). >> COMMISSIONER BRIER?

>> IS THERE ANY REPERCUSSIONS FOR SOMEBODY -- I UNDERSTAND IF SOMEBODY IS TAKING ALL THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

LOCKING THEIR GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND LOCKING THEIR CAR AND THEIR VEHICLE IS STOLEN OR BROKEN INTO.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NO HARM NO FOUL.

BUT FOR SOMEONE LEAVING THEIR KEY FOB AND CAR UNLOCKED AND THEY HAVE THE GUN IN THEIR UNLOCKED -- IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. OR SOMEBODY LEAVES IT IN THE RESTROOM SOMEWHERE. ARE THERE ANY REPERCUSSIONS FOR

GUN STEWARDSHIP? >> UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NOT -- UNLESS -- GOT FOR BID (INDISCERNIBLE) A CHILD.N MY OPINION, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> RIGHT. >> UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THOSE EXTRA PENALTIES TO (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> YEAH. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.

IF YOU WANT TO BE SILLY, AND THAT'S USING A KIND WORD, AND LEAVE YOUR WALLET OR YOUR MONEY OR YOUR PERSONAL ITEMS UNLOCKED IN YOUR CAR WITH THE KEY FOB INSIDE OF IT, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.UT IF YOU DO IT AND YOU ALSO HAVE A WEAPON IN THE VEHICLE, THEN YOU ARE RAISING THE STAKES HERE FOR OUR

SAFETY. >> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, YOU

LOOK LIKE YOU WANT TO CHIME IN. >> DOES BSO HAVE -- BECAUSE I KNOW ONE POINT IN TIME, I BELIEVE, LIKE A GUN SAFETY LAW THAT WE COULD GIVE OUT TO RESIDENTS? SOMETHING TO SAY LOOK, HERE'S --?

>> WE USE TO (INDISCERNIBLE). (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

>> AND THE LEAVE THE KEY TO THE LOCK ON THEIR FOB!

[LAUGHTER] >> (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM

MICROPHONE). >> AND NOBODY USED IT.

>> I BELIEVE IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY WHO OWNS A FIREARM TO KEEP IT SECURE.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO JUST REITERATE THAT.

I THINK WE CAN FIND SOME BALANCE --.

>> FROM A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT WE CAN TRY.

>> I KNOW IS PROBABLY NOT -- WE WILL PROBABLY GET SOME PUSHBACK

FROM PEOPLE. >> AM NOT CONCERNED WITH PUSHBACK. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS. WE CAN GIVE IT A TRY.

WE POUNDED THE PULPIT ON THIS (INDISCERNIBLE) WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS WHATSOEVER. WE CAN GIVE IT A SHOT.

>> GIVE IT A SHOT! >> NO PUN INTENDED!

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ANTHONY, I KNOW THAT REGULATION OF GUNS HAS BEEN BASICALLY VESTED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TAKEN AWAY FROM MUNICIPALITIES BUT WHAT ABOUT ORDINANCES DEALING WITH THESE KINDS OF ISSUES ? SOME SORT OF CODE VIOLATION OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CRAFTED THAT WILL PUT SOME TEETH IN THE IDEA THAT THE PERSON LEAVING A WEAPON IN A CAR THAT GETS STOLEN IS DOING MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING BAD LUCK AND

HAVING THEIR POSSESSION TAKEN? >> UNDERSTOOD.

I CAN LOOK AT IT. BECAUSE THE WAY THE PREEMPTION IS SET UP, PARTICULARLY WITH VERY UNIQUE AND UNUSUAL

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>> MAYBE THE VIOLATION IS THAT THEY LEFT THEIR CAR UNLOCKED WITH A WEAPON IN IT. AND IT'S NOT THE MATTER OF ANY KIND OF REGULATION ON THE WEAPON, NECESSARILY, BUT ON THE FACT THAT THE CAR WAS UNLOCKED AND THE WEAPON WAS IN IT.

>> MAYBE WE COULD JUST DO A CODE FOR ANYBODY WHO LEAVES

THEIR KEY FOB IN THE CAR ? >> THEN WE WOULD HAVE NO SOFTBALL TEAM!

[LAUGHTER] >> TRUE! YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TROUBLE.

>> I'M JUST KIDDING. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE BABY STEPS. I THINK IF WE TRY TO STRUCTURE SOMETHING FOR (INDISCERNIBLE). I KNOWIT'S GOING TO FALL ON DEAF EARS , AS OUR KEY FOB --. ALTHOUGH WE ARE ABOUT TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD. ANOTHER TIE THIS WEEK.

NOW WE HAVE FIVE TIES. >> (INDISCERNIBLE) YOUR TEAM.

>> I TRULY BELIEVE NO ONE IS LEAVING THE FIREARM IN THE CAR

THINKING -- (INDISCERNIBLE). >> I GET IT.

BUT YOU SHOULD BE LITTLE MORE RESPONSIBLE.

>> CAPTAIN, WHEN WE ARE DISCOVERING THIS, ARE YOU GUYS TAKING A REGISTER OF ALL THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THESE GUNS? SO WE HAVE A RUNNING TRAIL SO OF CRIME IS COMMITTED --?

>> ABSOLUTELY (INDISCERNIBLE). >> OKAY, GOOD.

>> I TAKE IT THERE'S A VERY LOW CHANCE OF RECOVERY?

>> THEY GET RECOVERED. WHEN WE MAKE ARRESTS, THEY GET RECOVERED. OFTEN, THOSE FIREARMS ARE NOT FOUND IN POSSESSION OF THOSE WHO STOLE THEM.

>> RIGHT. >> OKAY.

[12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department ]

THANK YOU. >> THINKING.

COMMENTS BY THE CORAL SPRINGS PFIRE DEPARTMENT.>> (NAME) (INDISCERNIBLE). CHIEF IS AWAY IN OCALA TAKING A DRONE CLASS BECAUSE HE DOES ALL THE NERD STUFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE BECAUSE TOMORROW I'M OFF. IT'S AN IRISH NATIONAL HOLIDAY SO I WILL NOT BE WORKING TOMORROW! I HAVE LOTS TO DO AT HOME.

[LAUGHTER] >> FRIDAY?

>> MAYBE FRIDAY. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

WE HAD (INDISCERNIBLE) CALLS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A 28 DAY MONTH. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT IS THE GAS LEAK . WE HAD THREE IN PARKLAND ALONE.

THE CONTRACTORS ARE CONTINUOUSLY HITTING THESE LINES. THEY ARE MARKED.

THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND THEY ARE SO HITTING THEM.

IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUR RESOURCES.

WE SEND MULTIPLE UNITS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE GAS COLLECTING ANYWHERE AND CAUSING ANY ISSUES.

WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY. WE'VE HAD VERY BIG ONES -- MAINLINES RUNNING THROUGH (NAME) ROAD.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES.

THOSE WHO HAVE TO CALL IN MAJOR HAZMAT TEAMS AND THEY SHUT THE ROWS DOWN. THE ONES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND ARE MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE THEY ARE BEING HIT BY SPRINKLER INSTALLATION AND REGULAR CONSTRUCTION. SO WE WERE WORKING ON DOING SOME EDUCATION WITH THESE CONTRACTORS WITH TYCHO.

THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER. THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH US.

THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIBLE. THEY COME UP VERY QUICKLY TO REPAIR THESE LINES. SO WE WILL START WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE KNOW ARE CONTINUOUSLY DEALING WITH THESE. SO WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 OR 60 DAYS WE CAN GET THAT ROLLED OUT.O DO A PARTNERSHIP.

JUST BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES -- THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT IT TAKES TO MITIGATE ONE OF THESE. AND TO MAKE SURE, OBVIOUSLY, (INDISCERNIBLE). CHIEF MOZER WILL KEEP YOU AND NANCY AND THE COMMISSION INFORMED ABOUT THAT.

APRIL, OBVIOUSLY, IS AUTISM. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE GROUP YOU HAD APPEAR. THAT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE CITY SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CARD AND NOVA.

WE ARE DOING SOME EDUCATION FOR OUR MEMBERS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE AUTISTIC CHILDREN. THEY CAME TO US AND WOULD LIKE

[01:45:01]

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND WE WILL DO IT.

WE USUALLY DO THEM IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATIONS.

THEY WANT TO MEET US IN CORAL SPRINGS, ANYPLACE IN PARKLAND.

WE WILL MEET THEM AND INSTALL THEM PROPERLY AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.> THANK YOU. >> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION -- WHAT REPERCUSSIONS ARE THERE IF ANY FOR THESE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE BREAKING GAS LINES? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES

SOME MONETARY --? >> ACTUALLY, I WAS TALKING TO CHIEF MOSHER AND CORAL SPRINGS HAS IMPLEMENTED A CHARGE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE CHARGE IS, IT GOES TO THE HOMEOWNER. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING. I HAD MY FINANCE DIRECTOR LOOK INTO IT ALONG WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT AND HOW TO ENFORCE IT.

BUT IT DOES AFFECT THE HOMEOWNER VERSUS THE

CONTRACTOR. >> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.

I TAKE IT THE REASON THIS IS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EDUCATION BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES?

>> CORRECT. AND IT IS SOME NEGLIGENCE, HONESTLY, ON THEIR PART. THERE ARE THINGS IN PLACE.

THE LINES ARE MARKED. THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT.

A SUNDAY SCREWS OUT THERE NOBODY IS OUT THERE TO SUPERVISE AS A DIG HERE OR DON'T TAKE CARE.

THERE MARKED. SO THAT IS AN ISSUE AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE EDUCATION THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE -- TO WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR FREE OF CHARGE.

BECAUSE IT'S COSTING THE TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO BE OUT THERE. AND IT CAUSES US TO BE OUT THERE FOR HOURS. AND GOING BACK TO THE POINT ABOUT RULES AND RECOUPING SOME OF THAT FUNDING? WE HAVE WAYS OF DOING THAT FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

WE JUST HAD A MAJOR SPILL, AND I KNOW NANCY WAS MADE AWARE OF IT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID BY A GARBAGE TRUCK.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOUP THE COST OF THAT.

PCHECKED ON BUSINESSES. IT SHUT DOWN ROADS.

WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH STAFF TO INCLUDE THESE GAS LEAKS.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE HOMEOWNER.

(INDISCERNIBLE). SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO GET THAT UNDERWAY.

>> NANCY, I WOULD THINK THAT WHATEVER WE DO -- BECAUSE I KNOW CONTRACTOR 101 YOU CALL THEM OUT AND GET THE RED FLAGS AND YOU STAY AWAY FROM THEM. BUT IF WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE REPEATEDLY VIOLATING THIS, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GET A WARNING OR SOMETHING? AND THEN THERE IS FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE CONTRACTOR? THAT'S ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO MANDATE THAT THEIR STAFF IS EDUCATED ON THIS. IS THERE IS EITHER A DESIRE FOR THEM TO AVOID IT BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING A BLACKEYE, OR THERE ARE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS.> USUALLY IT'S

FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS --. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT A BLACKEYE.

>> IT STOPS THEIR WORK AS WELL. THAT TO STOP ALL THEIR WORK AND MOVE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT. IT HURTS EVERYBODY.

AND IT'S DANGEROUS. BE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.

MOST OF THE LINES RUNNING RESIDENTIALLY ARE VERY SMALL.

BUT SOME OF THE MAINLINES -- IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND VOLATILE.

[13. Comments by the City Manager]

RIGHT. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. >> COMMENTS BY THE CITY

MANAGER? >> YES.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY SINCE I HAVE BOTH CHRIS AND SHERRY HERE TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON RECEIVING THE G FOA DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD.

[APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB.

[14. Comments by the City Attorney]

>> GREAT. COMMENTS BY CITY ATTORNEY?

>> I WILL BE BRIEF. REPRESENTATIVE (NAME) GAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS WE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY. WE DISCUSSED THE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY BILLS LAST TIME. IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WERE NOT ABLE TO RECONCILE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN THE BILL DIED. BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED IF IT COMES BACK NEXT YEAR. SO IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S LIABILITY EXPOSURE, IT WILL BE THE SAME AS IT WAS PRIOR TO THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. A LEASE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE OTHER ONE WAS SENATE BILL 280, WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE CITY AND CITY STAFF TO PREPARE A DETAILED BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT FOR ANY ORDINANCE THAT WAS PROPER FOR YOU. SO THAT ALSO DIED.

THAT WAS NOT APPROVED, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN (INDISCERNIBLE).

FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THE ITEMS

[01:50:06]

SO IT DOES ALLOW FOR BUSINESSES TO MAKE A CLAIM FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS DAMAGES. THOSE BUSINESSES MUST BE ESTABLISHED FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE. AND THEY HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT AT LEAST 15 PERCENT OF THEIR BUSINESS PROFIT WOULD BE IMPACTED ON A PER LOCATION BASIS.

SOME GOOD NEWS AS MS. (NAME) MENTIONED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF (INDISCERNIBLE) ADDED TO IT. ORDINANCES WERE YOU CANNOT CLAIM BUSINESS DAMAGES. WOULD BE ANYTHING REQUIRED TO PASS OR EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.

TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ORDINANCES, PLANNING, LAND DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT ORDERS, ZONINGS STOP FLORIDA BUILDING CODE REGULATIONS. ORDINANCES OR CHARTERS (INDISCERNIBLE). I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MECHANISM IN THE BILL FOR SOME SORT OF PRE-SUIT MEDIATION. WERE ESSENTIALLY THE BUSINESS, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CLAIM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN (INDISCERNIBLE) TO THE CITY.

AT LEAST SIX MONTHS BEFORE FILING THE CLAIM.ND DOCUMENT THEIR REASONS AND THEIR BASIS FOR BUSINESS DAMAGES.

THE CITY COULD RESPOND. THE CITY ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO GRANT THE WAIVER. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN MECHANISMS IN PLACE BEFORE YOU GET THERE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THOSE KEY POINTS ON THAT.

AND CERTAINLY I WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH ANY OF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS. (INDISCERNIBLE).

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.