[1. Call to Order]
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CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2022. 6:00 PM TO ORDER.
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 ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ROLL CALL.
[4A. Future Partnerships Between the City of Parkland and the Parkland Chamber of Commerce]
JACKIE? >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. TO KICK OFF OUR WORKSHOP I JUST WANTED TO TAKE ONE MINUTE AND YOU WILL SEE WHY IT IS EXACTLY 1 MINUTE. TO KIND OF GET US IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. >> OKAY I WILL GO TO THE
BATHROOM RIGHT NOW. >> I HAV-- WELCOME TO THE MATTE MET WITH MAYOR RICH WALKER. WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS EVERY
PARK AND RETAIL CENTER? >> JUST HAD SMALL BUSINESS WE CAN WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SUPPORT THEM.
>> I GET THE EMMY'S RESTAURANTS EVERY DAY BUT WE ARE MORE THAN
JUST RESTAURANTS. >> ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE GROCERY STORES, PHARMACIES, DRY CLEANERS, SPECIALTY SHOPS, BOUTIQUE STORES. IT'S AN ENDLESS LIST, SO MANY GREAT BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE IN PARKLAND.
>> AND A LOT HAD BEEN HIT HARD BY COVID.
>> IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER THAT WE SUPPORT OUR GENERAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IF YOU'RE A PARKLAND BUSINESS, JOINING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A GREAT WAY FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND AS A RESIDENT, YOU SHOULD
PARK YOUR LOCAL RETAIL SHOPS. >> WITH THE MAYOR, I'M TODD DEANGELIS. THIS HAS BEEN THE MAYOR'S MINUTE.
>> ON THE DOT! 60 SECONDS ON THE DOT.
>> AS THE MAYOR SAID, NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN PARKLAND. AND LIKE TODD, I ALSO ENJOY THE MANY RESTAURANTS WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY AND IS A RESIDENT, I REALLY STRIVE TO YOU NOW, VISIT OUR PARKLAND BUSINESSES IS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BESIDES THE CITY BEING COMMITTED TO OUR BUSINESSES, WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNER HERE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALSO HERE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
AND THE GENESIS OF THIS IS DURING STRATEGIC PLANNING AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT FORMING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
AND WE ALL REALIZE THAT WE HAVE GOT A TREMENDOUS TALENT HERE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THESE ARE ALL PARKING BUSINESSES, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY ARE VERY SMART PEOPLE SO WHY NOT PARTNER WITH THEM AND GET THEIR INPUT? AND MAKE THIS PARTNERSHIP WORK. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF STATISTICS ABOUT PARKING BUSINESSES.
TAKING A LOOK AT OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 130 BRICK-AND-MORTAR BUSINESSES, 270 HOME BUSINESSES, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR WE'VE HAD 11 NEW BUSINESSES COMING AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 42 MORE WITH THE VIP SALONS COMING IN BECAUSE THERE WILL BE EACH INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES WITHIN THE SALON.
AND THE CITY STRIVES TO MAKE THIS A VERY BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AND ONE OF THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IS THE NEW BUSINESS PROGRAM AND TODD DEANGELIS WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JACKIE. WE HAD A BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THAT AND REALIZE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH FOR NEW BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM COMMENCE THE CITY. SO WE FIRST SHIPPED THE NAME TO REFLECT WHAT IT WAS SO IT WAS MORE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE, NOW CALLED THE NEW BUSINESS PROGRAM AND WHAT THIS AMOUNTS TO IS PUTTING STRUCTURE TO IN EFFECT, A CONCIERGE SERVICE FOR BUSINESSES TO GET ON BOARD AND COMING INTO THE CITY.
WHETHER THAT IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS, QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE, KEY THINGS HE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
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THEY WILL IN EFFECT, HAVE A POINT PERSON IN THE BUILDING THAT WILL TAKE THEM BY THE HAND TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND EVEN AFTER THEY STARTED THE BUSINESS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SUCCESS.THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE ALONG THE WEBPAGE BUT WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS CITY HALL IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE THAT POINT PERSON.
THAT PERSON STAYS WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR NEEDS MET.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALL YOU KNOW, HAVING GONE TO RIBBON CUTTINGS THAT WE ALSO STARTED PRESENTING NEW BUSINESSES WHEN WE GO TO THEM AND PARTICIPATE IN A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WE PRESENT THEM WITH A PLAQUE. A APPROPRIATE WELCOME TO THE CITY THAT I THINK YOU MAY KNOW BETTER BECAUSE YOU ARE OUT THERE ACTUALLY HANDING OFF TO THEM.
IT GIVES THEM A SENSE OF BELONGING, SINCE THEY'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEIR BUSINESS AND THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
THAT IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE NEW BUSINESS PROGRAM.
>> THANKS TODD. LAST WEEK STATED THE CITY WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHAMBER AND AGAIN, TRYING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN FOR OUR BUSINESSES. I HAVE A FEW SPECIFIC IDEAS FOR COLLABORATION WE CAN TALK ABOUT BUT THE FIRST, I WANT TO INTRODUCE DOUG AND MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHO ARE HERE AND IF YOU LIKE TO USE THE MICROPHONE THERE, JUST POPPED ON AND DOUG IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU LOOKED INTRODUCE A GROUP
>> DOUG, YOU GOT TO TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
OTHERWISE IT WILL PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
MUCH FOR HOSTING US, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> OKAY SO, I KNOW ONE ITEM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING ON SOMETHING COME UP WOULD BE, A BUSINESS EXPO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE THE FARMERS MARKET BUT A BUSINESS EXPO AND PERHAPS, A TASTE OF PARKLAND.
I'VE HEARD WE'VE DONE A TASTE OF PARKLAND IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS, AND THE PARKING LOT AND YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF ACCOMMODATION OF A BUSINESS EXPO AND TASTE OF PARKLAND MIGHT BE A GREAT WAY TO FEATURE BUSINESSES AND DO IT OUT THERE WHERE THEY ARE.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IDEA OUT FIRST AND SEE IF WE
WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT A BIT. >> YES.
[LAUGHTER] >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE OBVIOUSLY, COLLABORATE ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITH THE CHAMBER. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WHAT, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED? SO, I KNOW THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH RIBBON CUTTINGS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ALL TRY TO GO AND WE SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS OBVIOUSLY.
BUT YOU KNOW I THINK DOING A BUSINESS EXPO, WE DO THAT THE FARMERS MARKET, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE PROMOTED, WILL TAKE A LOT OF THE BLAME ON THIS CURRENT YEAR, WE DID NOT PROMOTE IT AS GOOD AS WE DID BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, AND THOSE PROJECTS SOUND GREAT BUT I WANT TO TRY AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.
DOING PROJECT IS GREAT BUT WHAT MORE CAN THE CITY, HOW CAN WE
HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? >> THANK YOU.
WE SEE THIS AS THE SYNERGY. THERE ARE TWO FLAVORS OF THIS.
THERE IS COLLABORATION ON THINGS THAT BENEFIT THE CITY.
AND THEN IN TURN WOULD BENEFIT THE CHAMBER.
LIKE BUSINESS EXPO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY, THAT IS ONE FORM OF THIS AND SYNERGIES WITH RESPECT TO US COLLABORATING ON IDEAS.
LIKE BEING A PART OF PLANNING OR WHATEVER.
IF THERE'S A TREND MONDAY, A STRATEGIC PLAN, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN TAP INTO THE 130 SOME ODD MEMBERS, WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE, TO WORK TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT WAYS TO GROW THE CITIES REVENUE STREAM, THE I GUESS, THE BUSINESS REVENUE AND RETAIN AND ATTRACT BUSINESS.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE, AT LEAST FOR ME, JUST FIGURE OUT OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T FIGURE IT OUT TODAY, BUT JUST HOW THE
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CITY CAN REALLY YOU KNOW, HELP YOU KNOW, PROMOTE OUR BUSINESSES AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND TO THINK ONE OF THE THINGS BY HAVING A BUSINESS EXPO OR HAVING A TASTE OF PARKLAND, BUSINESSES UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE DOING A PARTNERSHIP, WHERE COLLABORATING TOGETHER, I THINK THAT WILL ORGANICALLY HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS BEHIND YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS.SO I THINK THAT WILL IN ITSELF HELP, BUT I WOULD LIKE EVENTUALLY TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE WE HAVE YOU KNOW, MEETINGS LIKE
THIS YOU KNOW, -- >> RICH, YOU LOOKING FOR
SPECIFIC THINGS? >> AGAIN, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE TODAY WE WILL GET THROUGH THAT BUT THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE HOW, WHAT MORE WE CAN DO.
AGAIN, I THINK HAVING A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT IS FANTASTIC AND GREAT START. AND AGAIN, IT WILL MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT WE ARE PRO- BUSINESS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUCCEEDS AND WE WANT TO TRY AND HELP FACILITATE THAT BUT AT SOME POINT, WE WILL NEED TO EVENTUALLY TRY TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO MORE AS A CITY OTHER THAN NECESSARILY PROJECT? YOU TALK ABOUT -- I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND AGAIN, I DO NOT WANT TO NECESSARILY TRY TO HAMMER THAT OUT TODAY BUT I DO WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY TAP INTO THE RESOURCE OF THE CHAMBER LIKE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE RESOURCES BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE SERVE UP HERE IS A COMMISSION, AT LEAST HOW I VIEW IT, MY MAIN OBJECTIVE IS, I AM THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF. SO I TRY TO BE OUT EVERYWHERE, NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE SO I CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO STAFF, SO THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING WITH THE RESIDENTS WANT TO HEAR.
AND IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRANCH OUT EVEN HAVING MORE PEOPLE, TOUCHING DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M NOT ALWAYS TOUCHING WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE TOUCHING IT JUST GIVES US MORE INFORMATION OF WHAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR, WHAT SHOP OWNERS ARE LOOKING FOR, WHAT SHOPPING PLAZA OWNERS ARE LOOKING FOR.
YOU KNOW WHATEVER. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK AS FAR AS --
>> I THINK FROM THE CITY SIDE, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, WILL BE NICE IF WE COULD SPOTLIGHT A COMPANY, EVERY COMMISSION MEETING GIVE THEM THREE MINUTES AND COME IN TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. IT'S THREE MONTHS OF OUR TIME ON THINK IT IS TOO MUCH TO GIVE.
AND EVENTUALLY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THEM BUT I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. CREATE SOME SORT OF DISCOUNT CARD RIGHT? EITHER AVAILABLE ONLY TO CHAMBER MEMBERS OR TO CHAMBER MEMBERS OR CITY RESIDENTS WHO PAY FOR IT. EACH BUSINESS AGREES TO GIVE SOME SORT OF DISCOUNT SOME SORT OF OFFER SOME SORT OF DEAL.
EVERYONE HAS A CARD WHEN YOU GO TO THOSE PLACES, YOU CAN UTILIZE THE DEAL AND WHAT IT DOES IS DRIVES PEOPLE TO A DRYCLEANER OR SALON OR OTHERWISE.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW GOING OUTSIDE THE CITY FOR IT.
BUT THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE WHICH IS STILL ENOUGH TO BE JUSTIFIABLE FOR THE BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW IT DRIVES PEOPLE TO GO THERE. I THINK IT ALSO GENERATES
REVENUE. >> I HAD THE SIMILAR CONVERSATION WITH DOUG ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO FINE-TUNE WHAT WITH THE CHAMBER RESPONSIBILITY BE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH OF THE WEEDS. YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CHAMBER CAN DO, LET'S TAKE THE DISCOUNT CARD OR WHATEVER. THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THE CHAMBER CAN RUN WITH IT WE CAN POTENTIALLY HELP WHETHER IT IS US ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, OR WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. YOU KNOW THAT WE KIND OF NEED
TO HAVE AROUND. >> I JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
IT STARTED WITH THE NOTION THAT WE ARE IN THE CITY THAT IS EVOLVING. CITY THAT IS GROWING.
NOW WE'VE GOT OVER PROBABLY 35,000 RESIDENTS AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST, IF NOT THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, MAYBE BEYOND, AMOUNT OF C SUITE BUSINESS EXECUTIVES PER CAPITA IN OUR CITY THAN
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ANYWHERE ELSE IN FLORIDA. WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE UPON THAT. I THINK WHAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING IS GREAT. BUT WHAT I LIKE TO SEE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF ADDITIONALLY, AN ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD WHERE WE ARE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON RIBBON-CUTTING AND THOSE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES THAT OUR BUSINESSES HAVE.AND AS WE SEE BUSINESSES COME AND GO AND TURN THE LIGHTS OFF, SOMETIMES IT IS A PRODUCT OF POOR MANAGEMENT, SOMETIMES AS THE ECONOMY BUT SOMETIMES IT IS THE COMMUNITY NOT EMBRACING THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE OF WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER LOOKS LIKE. AND EITHER IT IS GETTING THE CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH SOME SORT OF ADVISORY BOARD IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS SORT OF HOW WE STARTED OFF THIS DISCUSSION WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING.
BUT RATHER GETTING TO A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LET'S TALK ABOUT DOING THAT AND WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP MAY LOOK LIKE. RATHER THAN A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. LET'S TALK ABOUT A TRUE PARTNERSHIP IN PROVIDING SOME SORT OF RESOURCES AND SYNERGIES THAT WE CAN WORK ON WITH THE CHAMBER ON A LARGE SCALE.
AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, HOW WE ROLL IT OUT. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS, I WANT TO FOCUS ON MORE OF THE RELATIONSHIP FIRST.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE STARTING TO DO TODAY, BY HAVING THIS WORKSHOP AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT I THINK TO JACKIE! CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN BENEFIT AND BY STARTING SLOWER, I KNOW THAT I TALKED TO DOUG A LITTLE BIT STARTING WITH SOME PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THAT WE COULD START TO FIND AND DEVELOP EXACTLY WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP CAN BE AND WHAT MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU.
WE REALLY NEED TO THINK, SOMETIME TO UNDERSTAND YOUR GOALS, UNDERSTAND OUR GOALS IN THE WEEK AND TRY TO CALM IT'S LIKE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE 100 PERCENT RIGHT BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY COULD DO.
AND I THINK THAT HAVING THIS, WE CAN KIND OF IRON OUT OVER SOME TIME AND ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO AS A PARTNERSHIP. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP TO YOUR POINT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> THE QUESTION POSED IS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU OR WE CAN DO FOR EACH OTHER? AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR VISIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD LIKE FRANCIS, PARKLAND WILL HAVE PARKLAND DAYS PARADE AND THUS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHAMBER AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO PUT TOGETHER A FLOAT AND TO PRESENT THE FLOW THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENCE THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE CITY AREA SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO KNOW THE BUSINESS, A FREE OPPORTUNITY BASICALLY, TO ADVERTISE.
THE EXPO THING, I WANT TO QUESTION HOW WILL BE APPROACHING THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE BOTH BRICK-AND-MORTAR, RESTAURANTS AND FACILITIES AND WE HAVE ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
IF YOU DO AN EXPO LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO PRESENT IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN SHOWCASE NOT JUST THE RESTAURANT WHERE THERE BRICK-AND-MORTAR BUT ALSO BUSINESSES, AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU NEED TO DO IT IN MAY BE A NEUTRAL AREA, SOME AREA WHERE PERHAPS SHOWCASING BUSINESSES OWNED IN THE CITY AND ON THE OTHER HAND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN ONE CENTRAL LOCATION AT THIS POINT.
THEY ARE SPREAD OUT IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT WE NEED TO REALLY FLESH OUT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE CITIES PERSPECTIVE TO HELP YOU ALONG WITH THE CHAMBER STUFF.
>> WERE VERY CLEAR ON IT. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR WHY IS.
I HAVE A DETAILED AGENDA. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT IS, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY'S WHY THE CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE THINGS INDIVIDUALLY X AMOUNT OF LABOR TO GO AROUND AND X AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. OUR WHY IN OUR MISSION IS THE SAME IT'S ALWAYS BEEN. IT'S TO BE THE VOICE OF BUSINESS AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. WE CAN FURTHER THAT BY CREATING SYNERGIES WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS.
WHETHER THEY ARE LARGE BUSINESSES LIKE BROWARD HEALTH
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OR WHATEVER. WHEN WE CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY WORKING ON SAY, THE PARKLAND DAYS.AND HELP PROMOTE AND HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND WORK ON IT TOGETHER, SPLITTING THE RESOURCES, THAT BENEFITS EVERYBODY. THERE IS NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING. BUT AS THE CHAMBER GROWS, WE LOOKING FOR OTHER PARTNERS. THE CITY IS A GREAT PARTNER.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT EVER EXISTED IN THE PAST SO IT SEEMS A VERY FERTILE GROUND. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO LEARN ABOUT TODAY. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE CAPACITY AND INTEREST OF THE STATE TO ACTUALLY DO THIS? THERE'S A MILLION OPPORTUNITIES, DISCOUNT CARDS, BUSINESS EXPO, FARMERS MARKETS. THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF WAYS WE CAN ALL BENEFIT. UNTIL WE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO AND IS WILLING TO DO, IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH OURSELVES SO TO SPEAK.
OF ALL THESE IDEAS AND ALL THESE RESOURCES AND A BUNCH OF BUSINESS PEOPLE READY TO WORK. -- ELICITING IDEAS FROM US, THE BOARD MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED. AND YOU KNOW WE ARE READY TO
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK EVERYONE HAS TOUCH ON SOMETHING HERE THAT IS IMPORTANT, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN TOGETHER BEFORE AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER SO IT IS KIND OF LIKE A BRAND-NEW RELATIONSHIP EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT COMPLETELY BRAND-NEW. AND I THINK IS GOING TO TAKE MAYBE A FEW OF THESE WINS AND PROJECTS TO REALLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND GET TO KNOW WHAT THIS BRINGS THE TABLE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO COME UP WITH CONFIDENCE OF LIST OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER AND WHAT WE CAN DO UNTIL WE REALLY START DIVING IN. AND SO, YOU KNOW FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE PLAN ON HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE CHAMBER SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE INTO THE WEEDS AND DIVE INTO THE, HOW DO WE DO SOME OF THESE THINGS AND SOME OF THE LOGISTICS OF THEM. BUT I THINK WE STARTED FOR THE COUPLE OF THINGS AND I THINK PARKLAND DAYS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FROM YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK ON TOGETHER AND THEN REALLY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR EACH OTHER. THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY
CONVERSATIONS I BELIEVE. >> I WANT TO START AT INCEPTION BECAUSE I VIEW THIS IS TO ISSUES.
WEALTH REISSUES COME WHERE THE CHAMBER BODY OF MEMBERS, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHAMBER, WHICH IS EXISTING BUSINESSES AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY OR NOT BRICK AND MORTAR.R MAYBE IT IS A 50-50 SPLIT.
YOU HAVE THAT GROUP THAT IS ALREADY PART OF THE CHAMBER AND TRYING TO GET PLUGGED INTO THE CITY.
YOU GOT ANOTHER GROUP THAT TODD TOUCHED HIM WITH THE NEW BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT BUSINESS IS ALREADY COMING TO SEE YOUR CONTEMPLATING COMING INTO THE CITY AND WE SHOULD FIGURE A WAY TO GET THOSE PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THEM.
AND WHEN WE GET THE LIST OR WHENEVER GET IDENTIFIED AS NEW BUSINESS, IF WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE CHAMBER, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO TOUCH POINTS.
THEN THE THIRD IS, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN HELP THE EXISTING BRICK-AND-MORTAR BUSINESSES OR THE BRICK-AND-MORTAR BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME TO TREMOR. WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER IT IS THROUGH PRD OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM, OUR BLASTER WE HAD FOLKS FROM, WAS IT RIVERSTONE SHOPS?
>> RIVERSTONE SHOPS CAME IN TO TALK ABOUT THEIR MONUMENT SIGN AND HOW THAT WAS CREATING SOME CHALLENGES, AND THEY WANTED TO IMPROVE THE SIZE OF THAT SO IT WAS RE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD.
I THINK THEY WERE OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT WE CAN HELP ON BOARD NEW BUSINESS, PLUG THEM INTO THE CHAMBER, GET THEM OFF AND RUNNING, WE CAN HELP EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE AND FIGURE OUT WAYS WE CAN ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES IN AREAS THAT FIT WITHIN PARKLAND AND THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION. I'M GLAD THIS NEW BUSINESS PROGRAM IS EDUCATING BUSINESSES ON THE PROCESS BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE, AS DOUG SAID, THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF TASKS, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP ITSELF IS A LARGER ISSUE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. IT SHOULD BE CULTIVATED
MEMORIALIZED. >> COMMISSIONER, MAYOR.
>> JACKIE, I GUESS MY QUESTION, WHAT DO OTHER CHAMBERS DO AND OTHER CITIES DO, TO WORK TOGETHER? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY TAMARAC HAS A CHAMBER, -- CORAL SPRINGS, COCONUT CREEK, FORT LAUDERDALE.
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THERE ARE CHAMBERS, DEERFIELD BEACH.HOW DO THEY WORK FOR ME CITY PERSPECTIVE AND WE INVESTIGATED TO SEE HOW THEY WORK WITH THEIR CHAMBERS AND I THINK MY QUESTION TO DOUG, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO OBVIOUSLY CORAL SPRINGS, YOU HAVE AN IDEA BUT TAMARAC AND OTHER CITIES OR OTHER CHAMBERS TO SEE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH CITIES?
>> I WILL LET JACKIE GO FIRST. >> HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANY OF THEM YOU KNOW, ANY INDIVIDUAL CITIES IN PARTICULAR.
AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE FIRST I WANTED TO SEE YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY AND EVERY CHAMBER IS GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT IN A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP.
YOU KNOW, FIRST IT WAS REALLY, LET'S GET THIS STARTED AND THEN AS WE START WORKING THROUGH SOME ITEMS, THEN THAT WILL BE THE GREAT TIME TO REACH OUT TO OTHER CHAMBERS AND SEE HOW THEY DO WITH A PARTICULAR ISSUE A PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE ARE UNIQUE WE WANT TO SEE WHAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR AND
NUMBER ONE. MY UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S MEETING WAS THAT THERE WAS AN AGENDA SO I'M GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE.
BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL AS THOUGH I'M SWIMMING OUTSIDE MY LANE AND YOU KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT THINGS OUT OF TURN. SO, WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THAT IS WHERE THIS ALL STARTED. AND THIS GOES BACK TWO YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS. I'VE ACCUMULATED WORK PRODUCT FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CITIES AND HOW THEY CONCEIVED AND BUILT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I SPOKE TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. TO SEE HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WORK. AND IT WAS FASCINATING BECAUSE I THINK AS THE CITY MANAGEMENT GOES, SO GOES THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE STORY OF THREE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS FOR INSTANCE IN CORAL SPRINGS.
AND YOU KNOW NOW THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THE CITY DID A STATE OF THE CITY HAD A CHAMBER BREAKFAST. SO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF AS WE ALL KNOW, WILL THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT YOU WILL EITHER BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE CITY OR IS TABLED. THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE SLED.
THE CHAMBER IN THE CITIES USUALLY WORK TOGETHER WHAT'S GOOD FOR COMMERCE. AND THUS WITH THEM IN THE MIDDLE.F IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY AND THEIR INTERESTS ALIGN, I'VE SEEN IT IN HOLLYWOOD IN CORAL SPRINGS.
THOSE OF THE CITIES WHERE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE AND I TALKED TO THEM. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE SO WE KNOW WE KNOW HOW IT CAN GO.
WE CAN ONLY TAKE IT X AMOUNT OF YARDS DOWNFIELD.
SO IT WORKS, THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR IT.
EVERYBODY WINS. >> THERE IS NO QUESTION, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT BUT -- TO JACKIE'S POINT, CORAL SPRINGS AND HOLLYWOOD ARE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE THEN PARKLAND IS. THEY HAVE MUCH MORE BRICK-AND-MORTAR SHOPPING AND WHAT HALF YOU, SO IS DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CHAMBER CAN'T YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON FOR EVEN HAVING THIS WORKSHOP.
IT IS TO TRY TO FIND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER.
>> I WASN'T SELLING, I WAS JUST ANSWERING BOB'S QUESTION.
>> NO, BUT MY POINT IS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS YOU KNOW, STEP ONE INTO REALLY BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE ALL OBVIOUSLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
BUT WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FINE-TUNE WHAT WE CAN DO. BECAUSE WE TALK YOU KNOW, THERE IS LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU KNOW, THAT STAFF CAN PERFORM. SO WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND I THINK HAVING THIS WORKSHOP, HAVING SOME PROJECTS TOGETHER WILL BUILD A RELATIONSHIP CLOSER, STRONGER AND WHILE WE ARE HAVING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS, YOU KNOW AND WORKING TOGETHER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY HEY, WE CAN HELP IN THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP IN THIS AREA AS THE CITY, AS THE CHAMBER.
THIS IS HOW YOU ARE DOING IT? WE CAN HELP YOU HERE.
AND WE CAN START TO FINE-TUNE AND DEVELOP A STRATEGY, A PLAN, HOW IT WORKS FOR PARKLAND, RIGHT?
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BECAUSE WE COULD GO AND TAKE CORAL SPRINGS, YOU KNOW CHAMBER OUTLINE AND SEE HOW THEY DO IT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT HERE SO WE ARE BUILDING THIS FROM SCRATCH.SO I THINK HAVING THIS MEETING, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW THE CHAMBER AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY KNOWS ALL FIVE OF US ARE BEHIND THIS. WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE CAN BENEFIT EACH OTHER.
WE WANT YOU TO HELP US, YOU WANT US TO HELP YOU AND WE BOTH WANT ALL OF THAT. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP, YOU GUYS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TO COME TO CITY HALL OR ASK QUESTIONS AND TALK TO JACKIE OR TALK TO NANCY OR TALK TO ANYONE OF US, CAN START TO SAY, WE ARE STARTING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S MISSING.HAT WE CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN DO.
I THINK WE ARE OFF TO A GOOD START BECAUSE WE ARE FINALLY DOING THIS AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET TOGETHER AND TAKE STEPS FOR A FINAL PRODUCT REQUEST TO MAKE
>> I THINK IN MY CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT I GATHER FROM THEM IS KIND OF THAT DRINKING OUT OF FIRE HOSE THING.
YOU CAN'T DO TOO MUCH RIGHT AT THE OUTSET WITH X AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. I THINK THAT WE PICK A COUPLE OF PROJECTS. AND THAT ANNOUNCES TO THE WORLD, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. AND WE WORKED OUT DETAILS AND WE WORK OUT OUTCOMES AND WE WORK OUT LOGISTICS.
AND WE PARTNER ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WE SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND THAT WE BUILD OUT THIS PROCESS FROM THERE. AND PERHAPS, THAT'S WHERE WE START, IT WE START LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE.
AND THAT LEADS US INTO WHATEVER.
THE REST IS JUST DETAILS. >> YES.
DOUG, CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO HIJACK THE AGENDA EITHER.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AND I'M SURE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSION IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US, WITH THE CHAMBER ENVISIONS AS BEING THE ASK FROM THE CITY WITH THE CHAMBER WOULD LIKE FROM THE CITY IF THERE IS A BULLET POINT OR SOMETHING OF, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK. FORGET ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE CAN HELP BECAUSE I'LL USE THE MARRIAGE ANALOGY.
WE ALREADY LIKE YOU AND I WANT TO GET ENGAGED.
WE WILL WAIT FOR THE MARRIAGE LATER BUT LET'S AT LEAST GET ENGAGED. FORGET ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU CAN BULLET POINT IN AN EMAIL EVEN, WHAT YOU THINK THE ASK IS FROM THE CITY, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US BECAUSE THE WHOLE GENESIS OF THIS WAS WE ALL RECOGNIZE AS WE EVOLVE AS A CITY, NEEDING TO DO SOMETHING WITH REGARDS TO IMPROVING AND SUPPORTING BUSINESSES BUT THERE WAS A STAFF CONCERNING THINK, ABOUT ANOTHER ADVISORY BOARD AND WHAT COMES WITH THAT.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO LAY ON MORE WORKLOAD AND THE IDEA WAS THAT RATHER THAN DOING THAT, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER COULD FACILITATE AND GET US TO THE SAME GOAL.
>> I THINK LISTENING TO ALL THIS, I THINK WE MIGHT BE OVER COMPLICATING IT. YOU ASK WHAT CAN THE CITY DO OR THE CHAMBER CAN DO. EXACTLY TO THE POINT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HIS RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTUATE WHATEVER PROJECTS ARE.
BUT WHAT THE CITY HAS IN SPADES IS A PLATFORM, WE HAVE A VOICE, A COMMUNITY WE CAN REACH OUT AND TOUCH AND YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER REALLY IS ONLY AS BROAD AS RIGHT NOW AS THE CHAMBER MEMBERS. AND YOU AS MARKET IT BUT IT IS NOT AS EASY AS FOR US TO REALLY KIND OF HAVE THE EYES AND THE EARS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WHERE I SEE THE RELATIONSHIP WORKING AS WE COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.
WE HELP ADVERTISE, HELP TO GET AWARENESS OF IT.
YOU GUYS CAN HELP BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING DYNAMIC OF BEING ABLE TO GALVANIZE AND ORGANIZE AND YOU ARE STELLAR.
WHAT YOU DEMONSTRATED IS THAT YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY BECOMING THE DE FACTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD BY VIRTUE OF THE CHAMBER. NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE WORK. OBVIOUSLY I THINK THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPLEMENT WHEREVER WE CAN BUT THE REAL VALUE I THINK I SEE HERE IS US JUST BEING ABLE TO PUT A MEGAPHONE TO ALL THE THINGS YOU BEEN TRYING TO REACH AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING AMAZING ON REALLY GRANULAR BUILDING BUT I THINK EXPONENTIAL GROWTH. ONCE IT IS BUILT AND ONCE EVERYONE HAS AN AWARENESS OF IT, THEN I THINK THE PROJECTS
ARE ENDLESS. >> CAN I ADD ONE THING, MAYOR?
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JUST ONE. I ONLY TALK IN 60 SECONDS.TO COMMISSIONER BRIAR 'S POINT, WITH THE ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE ANALOGY I FEEL IT TO SOME EXTENT WE ARE ON A FIRST DATE AND SHOW TO SAY BUT WE KNOW WE WANT A SECOND ATE.
SO, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO GET OFF THE TARMAC IS THIS ISN'T REALLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A CONVERSATION, IT'S A JOURNEY WE TAKE TOGETHER. TONIGHT IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THAT, TO FORMALIZE AND SAY OKAY, WE PUT IT OUT IN THE PUBLIC FORUM, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER SORT OF THING.
AND NOW WE TAKE IT FROM HERE AND SEE HOW IT EVOLVES.
>> SO I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT A BUSINESS EXPO, TASTE OF PARKLAND OR WHATEVER. THAT LOOKS LIKE I THINK, SOME EVENT LIKE THAT, TO THE VICE MAYORS POINT, WE HAVE WHAT? FOUR OR FIVE SHOPPING PLAZAS? MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT DOING YOU KNOW, FIVE TIMES IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE TIMES OVER THE NEXT YEAR. BUT YOU KNOW, WE SET A SCHEDULE, WEATHERS TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, WHATEVER IT IS WE SAY WE WILL DO IN A PARKLAND COMMONS AND NOT TO MAKE ANYONE FEEL SLIGHTED, THIS IS THE ROTATION.
RESTARTING HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT ONE AT 441 OR WHATEVER. YOU KNOW SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK IS GREAT. EITHER WE DID THE BUSINESS EXPO BEFORE AT THE PUBLIX SHOPPING PLAZA, NORTH THAT WAS A CITY EVENT OR A CHAMBER EVENT, BUT THAT IS, THINK IT'S GREAT, IT GIVES YOU NOT TO THE VICE MAYORS POINT, ANY BUSINESS CAN COME OUT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE BRICK OR MORTAR OR A HOME-BASED BUSINESS.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SUPPLY. IF YOU WANT TO BRING BUSINESS CARDS OR LITTLE TCHOTCHKES, YOU CAN DO THAT ON YOUR OWN AND IT'S UP TO YOU BUT THERE IS SPACE THERE YOU KNOW WHATEVER IT IS WE DO, BUT I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS GREAT AND I THINK PARKLAND DAYS WE NEED TO FIND THE SPACE TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE ENGAGED WITH WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR PARKLAND DAYS, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVEN IF WE, WE ARE PARTNERED TOGETHER BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO AS FAR AS THE CHAMBER IS CONCERNED.
DO YOU WANT TO DO A CHAMBER FLOW WHERE YOUR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES? OR DO YOU WANT TO INVITE ALL THE BUSINESSES TO DO ONE? I'M SURE THE VICE MAYOR IS TOTALLY ON BOARD. IF WE COULD HAVE 100 FLOODS THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO WOULD BE EACH BUSINESS DOES HER OWN FLOAT FINE, BUT THAT IS REALLY A CHAMBER PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT PART AND IS JUST A MATTER OF FINDING OUT FROM THE CITY, YES, YOU CAN DO 10 FLOAT OR 20, WHATEVER THAT IS, WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME SORT OF PARAMETERS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT PARKLAND DAYS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HERE IS THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CHAMBER AND YOU GUYS KIND OF RUN WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, ON YOUR OWN.
>> ONE IDEA FOR THE PARKLAND DAYS, YOU WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR RESIDENCE FOR PARKLAND DAYS, I THINK THE FLOAT ISSUE ASIDE, THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE BUSINESSES IN ANOTHER WAY.
MAYBE BRING THE BUSINESS EXPO TO PARKLAND DAYS AND HAVE BUSINESSES OUT THERE WITH TENSOR WITH YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM PHYSICALLY OUT THERE. A TASTE OF THEIR FOOD, -- >
I THINK THAT'S PART OF -- >> A THING IS MORE THAN JUST THEY CAN HELP DRUM UP MORE SUPPORT FOR THAT THAN JUST
HAVING A FLOAT. >> THUS THE THING AGAIN ONCE WE GET INTO A THING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WE ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE QUESTIONS ARE DEPENDING WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON WILL KNOW THE QUESTIONS OR CAN WE DO THIS OR THAT.
ONE SUBSTANCE COME UP AND WE RESOLVE THEM WE KNOW MOVING FORWARD, WHAT SOME OF THOSE PARAMETERS ARE.
KUESTER SEEMS OVERLY JUMPED IN AND SAID THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PARKLAND DAYS SO SHE'S ALREADY JUMPED ON BOARD SAYING, THESE ARE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU GUYS WILL HAVE.
>> WHILE CINDY HAS BEEN PART OF OUR COMMITTEE AND MEETING SO A LOT OF THESE IDEAS ARE SAME CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN OUR PLANNING MEETINGS. YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF THESE
COME TO FRUITION. >> ELLIS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY? >> I WAS GOING TO ASK IF IT'S OKAY IF SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SPEAK.
I LOVE TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT DOUG WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THINGS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT
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THE COMMISSIONERS -- HAS RAISED.THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS PEOPLE JOIN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
I COULD NAME A DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD GO TO DO BUSINESS NETWORKING. THE REASON I INVEST TIME AND ENERGY INTO THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPECIFICALLY, IS THAT IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING MY BUSINESS, I GET TO BE INVOLVED IN A WAY TO IMPROVE LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF PARKLAND. AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR MISSION, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, BEING THE VOICE FOR BUSINESS IN PARKLAND IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. I THINK IF THE IDEA OF HAVING AN ADDITIONAL COMMISSION OR ADVISORY BOARD HAS SOME CONCERNS TO IT, OR TO EVEN MORE FORMALIZE AND SOME THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO FOR EXAMPLE, AT TIMES, WE'VE HAD SOME INVOLVEMENT IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.
I THINK WE LEFT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES IN FRONT OF YOU WERE COMING DOWN THE PIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT ARE GOING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF TRAUMA SPECIFICALLY. I THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO BRING REPRESENTATION TO THAT.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING SPECIFICALLY, THERE COULD BE SOME QUICK WINS, WOULD BE A BYPRODUCT OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATION.
FOR ME RATHER THAN GETTING SPECIFIC NOW, JUST A GENERAL IDEA, LET'S MAKE SURE THE DIALOGUE CONTINUES AND THAT WE DO IT IN A FORMALIZED WAY. MECHANISMS THAT ALREADY EXIST.
NOT TO GREAT EXTRA WORK FOR CITY STAFF.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON WHERE'S IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE CHAMBER AND IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REGULAR BASIS? I WILL ALSO SAVE I'M SURE YOU GOT FEEDBACK, WE'VE GOT A TON OF TREMENDOUS FEEDBACK THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED. EOPLE THAT MISSED TO HAVE SERIOUS FOMO AND WE REQUEST THAT WE DO ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS. I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB SURE A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
MORE PEOPLE WILL COME OUT NEXT TIME.
>> COMMISSIONER MANCHIN? >> HE SAID HE WANTED TO LET
>> AND JACK MILLER, TREASURER OF THE CHAMBER.
I VIEW THE CHAMBER AS AN EDUCATIONAL FORUM AND I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY KNOW WHETHER WE CAN EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING BUT EDUCATE AND HAVE A FORM SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LOCAL ZONING ISSUES AND THINGS THAT
IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS. >> GREAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? HI EVERYONE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. ONE THING THAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT TYPICALLY IS A CITY FUNCTION BUT THE CHALLENGES WHERE THE CHAMBER WORKS WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING IN BUSINESSES. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULDN'T BE OUR STRENGTH. HOWEVER, IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WORK AS A NORM OF THE CITY, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY NEED A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE INSTRUCTED TO CITY WILL LOOK AT A CITY. A CHAMBER GOING OUT TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES WILL NOT SAY YOU'RE JUST A CHAMBER BUT WE WORK TOGETHER AS A PARTNERSHIP, WE CAN WORK AS AN ARM OF THE CITY WERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY AND IF THERE IS AN ATTRACTION, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING IT TO FRUITION AND BRING BUSINESSES
I'M GOING TO DO THIS. COMMISSIONER --
>> THE GREAT POINT. IT IS SO TRUE THAT RINGING IN NEW BUSINESS IS THE HARD PART. PEOPLE ARE HERE OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THEM AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, HOW DO WE DO THAT AS A PARTNERSHIP? AND I THINK GOING BACK TO FIND WAYS IN THE COURT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE FLOODGATE BECAUSE WE MANAGE CONTROL OF IT BUT WE MAY MAYBE, WE COULD HAVE A SHARK TANK TYPE IDEA FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GENERATE BUSINESSES OR INCUBATE SOMETHING AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IT AND
ALLOWED -- >> THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN LETTING BUSINESSES KNOW THAT PARKLAND IS BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
THAT ATTRACT BUSINESS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE KNOW THE CITY
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IS WELCOMING AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BUSINESS, THAT'S WHAT BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ATTRACTED TO.>> I AGREE BUT WE HAVE TO MARKET THAT.
THERE HAS TO BE A WAY BE PROMOTED.> AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS YOU KNOW, IS ALL ABOUT.
A STARTING THOSE FIRST STEPS. >> WILL LISTING AND THEN I'LL PASS THE TORCH. I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL ONE THING WE DONE FOR THE CITY LEVEL AND NOW -- MAY WE ALSO PUT OUT A SURVEY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND KIND OF DOING MORE IN THE SENSE OF WHERE ARE YOUR PAIN POINTS AND WHERE THINGS YOU CAN SEE CAESAR DOING MORE OR MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT IN THE CITY VERSUS THE CHAMBER CONTEXT.
JUST GENERALLY, WHAT IS THAT YOU NEED OR WHAT YOU THINK IS LACKING RIGHT NOW? I THINK WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND THERE MIGHT BE COMMONALITY THAT WE ARE MISSING.
>> COMMISSIONER. >> AND THEN WE WILL START TO
WRAP UP. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, I THINK THIS IS JACKIE AS WELL, YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER. THINGS JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THOSE YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR OR FIVE LITTLE WINS THE KIND OF CREATE -- WOULD HAVE TO SIT THERE AND -- DEVELOPING WINS, DEVELOPING MORE COMMUNICATION AND AS AN EXAMPLE I WILL POINT OUT WE HAVE -- HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE CHAMBER SO THEY CAN HELP PROMOTE IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A CHAMBER VISIT TO GET THE TRAFFIC FLOWING. AND I THINK SOME OF THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.
FROM THAT STANDPOINT, AS A CITY, AND SHARE WITH YOU, WE BECAME AN AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY. THERE IS AN AUTISM FROM THE BUSINESS. I WAS JUST EVERY BUSINESS IN THE CITY BE PART OF THAT. THAT REVOLVES IN WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER AS WELL AS THE CITY, TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT AND I THINK AS JACK SAID, IS THAT MAYBE HAVING SOME TYPE OF FORUM OR EDUCATIONAL COME IN WHERE NOVA COMES IN AND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, HOW WERE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACHIEVED BUT THAT CAN BE DONE AS WELL AS EITHER THROUGH CHAMBER MEETING OR BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER.
BUT I THINK DOING A LOT OF THOSE JOINT THINGS ARE THE LITTLE WINS THAT HELP CREATE THE SYNERGIES AND THEN, AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH DOUG ABOUT OUR BRICK-AND-MORTAR BUSINESSES, WANTING TO BE PART OF THAT SUCCESS.ECAUSE THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. WE GO TO SOMEBODY AND WE SAY WHY. SO WE WANT TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO BE PART OF IT.
AND HELP THE CITY WHERE WE ARE NOT STRUGGLING MAKING THE DECISION THAT WE WANT TO PROMOTE BUSINESS BUT WE DO THE CHAMBER OR YOU KNOW, NON-CHAMBER.
I THINK IF WE DO THOSE LITTLE WINS, WILL CREATE MORE AS WELL.
>> I THINK THAT, WE HAVE ALL ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S GOING ON AND HELPING AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND JACKIE IS TAKING GREAT FIRST STEPS IN OPENING THE DIALOGUE.
GO AHEAD.> IS GOING TO SAY, TO ME, THAT'S THE BEST FIRST STEP. THERE IS NOW THIS CONDUIT.
FROM THE CITY TO THE CHAMBER. SO THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE NOW OPENING AND THEREIN IS THE PROCESS.
DEFINING ALL OF THIS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MEMORIALIZING THIS AND STATING IT TO THE WORLD, THAT'S IT.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. >> EXACTLY!
>> THANK YOU. >> FOR SURE! I THINK TONIGHT, THE WORKSHOP IS GREAT AND I ASSUME YOU WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WHATEVER WE CAN DO OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL WANT TO HELP. AND THAT GOES THE SAME WITH DOUG AND SIDNEY AND EVERONE ELSE. APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT TONIGHT, IT'S BEEN GREAT SEEING YOU GUYS.
I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAD A BLAST, I THINK IT WENT WELL, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING ALL THE SLIDES TOGETHER, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE ARE DOING AND WHAT IS UPCOMING. AND HAVING YOU AS AN APARTMENT
FOR THAT I THINK IT'S GREAT. >> AND IF YOU CAN GET US TO
LIST IT WILL BE HELPFUL. >> OKAY SO EVERYBODY'S GOOD?
>> THAT BEING SAID, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> MOTION TO ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.