Sep 21, 2022 City Commission Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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>>MAYOR: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND FINAL BUDGET HEARING ON FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M. 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. >>MAYOR: ROLL CALL.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER

[Additional Item]

>> AY. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

BEFORE WE START THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMISSION, WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE -- WE GOT MAYOR RUSSO. WE WILL INTRODUCE CAPTAIN MICHELLE CARDO. [APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO TO YOU, YOUR NEW CAPTAIN AND MIKE GELSKY.

>>MAYOR: WELCOME ABOARD. WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SO MANY RESIDENTS TODAY. THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE

HERE FOR THE BUDGET HEARING. >> I THOUGHT THEY WERE HERE

FOR ME. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD IN THEIR COMMAND AND LEADERSHIP. AND YOU ARE IN GREAT HANDS.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

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

[APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR: OKAY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU ARE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE -- OR IF YOU ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OTHER THAN THE BUDGET OR -- WHAT ELSE IS ON HERE? HERON BAY. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO SPEAK. OTHERWISE WE WILL WAIT UNTIL

WE GET TO THE -- >> DEREK FLESHMAN.

>> COME ON DOWN. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

I'M DEREK FLESHMAN. 11959 LEON CIRCLE NORTH.

IN PARKLAND IN THE COMMUNITY CALLED FOUR SEASONS.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS AND IDEA FOR YOU, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER. I PREPARED A PIECE OF PAPER.

IT'S A MAP. WOULD IT BE OKAY FOR ME TO

GIVE IT TO EVERYONE. >> SURE.

>> AS YOU KNOW, FOUR SEASONS COMMUNITY IS ACCESSED SOLELY BY LOXAHATCHEE ROAD. AND I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE NO EGRESS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OTHER THAN ON LOXAHATCHEE. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO HILLSBOROUGH AS THE OTHER COMMUNITY THERE DO.

I'M CONCERNED THAT THE EVENT OF NATURAL DISASTER WHETHER IT BE HURRICANE, ANY FLOODING ISSUES, ANY ACCIDENT, THAT COULD BLOCK OR IMPEDE THAT ROAD.

IN A CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IT'S AN OVER FIVE COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE. THERE IS NO WAY OUT IF THE LOXAHATCHEE CANAL WOULD FLOOD OR THE TELEPHONE POLES COME DOWN OR ANY DISASTER, WE ARE LOCKED IN.

AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF AN ACCESS FOR US TO GET OUT TO HILLSBOROUGH AS AN ESCAPE ROUTE. I KNOW YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING TWO OTHER COMMUNITIES FURTHER WEST. I'M HOPING THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN PUT A ROAD OVER THERE THAT WOULD ACCESS FROM LOXAHATCHEE OVER HILLSBOROUGH AS AN EMERGENCY ESCAPE IN CAUSE OF A DISASTER.

THAT'S WHY I COME. I HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER

THIS. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY

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MAYBE -- >> OUR ASSESSANT CITY

MANAGER WILL -- >> ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM?

>> SEEING THERE'S NONE, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS. WE'RE QUESTIONING TO MOVE TO COMMISSION COMMENTS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND NANCY AND CHRIS AND EVERYBODY ON THE PREPARATION OF THE BUDGET. YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB IN ENSURING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS IN GOOD FINANCIAL STANDING. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS HERON DAY PROCESS. IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN MORE THAN MONTHS. BUT IT'S GOTTEN MORE AGGRESSIVE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

I APPRECIATE STAFF, THIS COMMISSION, THE RESIDENTS, HOA'S, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO GET TO THIS POINT. I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ENGAGEMENT. WE'LL GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS WHEN THE AGENDA ITEM COMES UP.

I ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOUNDARY PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF RUMORS GOING AROUND. THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ON FACEBOOK REGARDING THE BOUNDARY PROCESS.

YOU CAN GO TO BROWARDSCHOOLS.COM/BOUNDARY PROCESS TO GET THE LATEST UPDATED INFORMATION.

AS OF TODAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO ANYONE WHO HEARS ANYTHING CONTRARY TO ANY PROPOSALS ANY DISCUSSION, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT ACCEPTED ANY PROPOSALS.

THERE'S BEEN NONE THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THEM.

ANYTHING AT THIS JUNCTURE IS HEARSAY, PEOPLE TALKING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE RELAXED.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY POSITIVE.

WE STAY CONSTRUCTIVE. AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING EVENTUALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT SOME STUDENTS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE'RE IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW.

WE JUST NEED TO TRY TO LET THE PROCESS PLAY OUT, CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED AND IF ANYBODY EVER HAS ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US, STAFF AND SO FORTH. OCTOBER 3RD IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY WIDE MEETING THAT WILL BE CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION, OCTOBER 3RD WOULD BE THE TIME FOR THAT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COMMISSIONER BRIER ON COMMISSION COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR.

I WILL BE QUICK. I KNOW WE WANT TO GET TO OUR AGENDA. I WANT TO WISH COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN SIGNIFICANT OTHER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS AND I WILL LEE IT AT THAT.

I'M PROUD OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING. ALL THE PRIOR MEETING AT OUR COMMISSION AT THE NISD BOARD AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE A DETERMINATION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WE WILL WAKE UP TOMORROW AND STILL LIVE IN THE BEST CITY YOU CAN IMAGINE.

WE'LL STILL HAVE PLENTY ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS, ACTUALLY I HAVE A VIEWPOINT AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET TO THAT VIEWPOINT TODAY AND THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE CONTROL OF THE DESTINY WITH THE HERON BAY GOLF COURSE. REST ASSURED, EITHER WAY WE WILL BE FINE AND THE RESIDENTS WILL GO FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK BY OUR CITY STAFF.

IT'S NOT BEEN AN EASY ENDEAVORER.

I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK BY THE HERON BAY HOA.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR VOICES AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIER. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS AS COMMISSIONER BRIER.

OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GET INTO THE DISCUSSION ITEM I'M SURE YOU WILL HEAR FROM ALL OF US.

JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES, COUPLE INFORMATION THE MAYOR AND I ATTENDED THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITY GENERAL MEETING. SKOS

>> SCOTT WESTER WAS THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED HIM AFTER THE MEETING WHAT DOES HE SEE AS THE CHALLENGES REGARDING HEALTHCARE.

HE SAID RISING COST IN HEALTH INSURANCE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ALL RESIDENTS.

AND JUST YOU KNOW THAT'S HIS PERSPECTIVE AND HIS POINT OF

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I WANT TO THANK OUT CITY CLERK ALISON FOR THE WORK SHE DID WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.

POLICY COMMITTEE, SHE GAVE A LOT OF INPUT.

NOT ONLY IS IT JUST FOR JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE HABAD. IT'S OPEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I WOULD CHECK WITH HABAD WHAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE.

IT'S A GREAT PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS.

THE SOLID WASTE WORKING GROUP.

I KNOW EVERYBODY GOT A COPY OF THE DRAFT.

NANCY, IF WE CAN GET THAT ON OUR, I GUESS IT'S OUR NEXT AGENDA. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY.

AND WE'VE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY AND LATITUDE TO GET COMMISSION RESPONSES AND PROVIDE THEM BACK.

THE OCTOBER 15TH DEADLINE IS NO LONGER FOR US -- IT'S NO LONGER A CHALLENGE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER -- I GUESS TWO OTHER -- TWO OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION, I DO WANT TO WISH MARGIE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S LISTENING. THERE'S A MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING SRO REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR AS WELL AS THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THROUGH THE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION AND THROUGH ANDREW DUNKEL THE ATTORNEY WITH THE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION BUT HE REPRESENTS CORAL SPRINGS IS TO TRY TO GET A MULTIYEAR AGREEMENT WITH INCREASING LEVELS OF REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

WE'LL SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES AT THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CELEBRATING THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. I WISH YOU HEALTHY AND HAPPY

HOLIDAY. >> THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ISROW?

>> I WILL KEEP IT SHORT. IT'S GOING REITERATE AGAIN I THINK NOW WE ALL HAVE TO WISH MARGIE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T. JUST, YOU KNOW TO GO BACK TO WHAT COMMISSIONER BRIER SAID.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE LOOK AT THIS ROOM.

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR PARKLAND REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME TONIGHT. BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. I SHOWS THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE. THEY CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES PARKLAND PARKLAND.

IT'S TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.

PARKLAND IS OUR TOGETHER BUILT BABY.

WE MAY HAVE IDEAS WHAT THE FUTURE SHOULD BE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE TAKING OUT OF YOUR DAY. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS YOU COULD BE DOING. BUT YOU ARE HERE.

GOING BACK TO BOUNDARY PROCESS.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.

I ASK ALSO USE THAT FURTHERANCE OF MSD BOUNDARY PROCESS WHICH WE WILL GET TO AFTER THIS.

AGAIN, ALSO HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU.

VICE-MAYOR CUTLER. >> THANK YOU MAYOR.

I WILL NOT REPEAT WHAT EVERYONE SAID WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGIE.

PARKLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HAS PURCHASED A WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART WHICH THEY WILL UNVEIL ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH AT 4::15 OR SO P.M.

PLEASE SHOW UP AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU ALL I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING I WANT TO SAY A TON OF E-MAILS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO FROM EVERYBODY. BOTH SIDES CONVEYING AND EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE CONFRONTING US INCLUDING THE MSD BOUNDARY ISSUE AND WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

I SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO ALL OF YOU.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU VICE-MAYOR.

I THINK I'VE ALREADY SAID EXCEPT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARGIE. WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO

[7. Approval of the Agenda]

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>>>MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW AND A SECOND BY

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>> AYE. >> SHOW IT PASSES

[8. Final Reading of the FY2023 Millage and Budget]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. ITEMS 8A AND 8-B ARE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET. I WILL READ BOTH TITLES INTO THE RECORD. WE WILL NEED SEPARATE VOTES ON EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. ITEM 8-5.

ORDINANCE 2022-010 ADOPTING THE FY-23023 MILLAGE RATE, SECOND READING:

>> ITEM 8-B. ORDINANCE 2022-011 ADOPTING THE FY-2023 BUDGET, SECOND READING.

THIS FISTIAL YEAR FINAL OPERATING MILLAGE 7.60% MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 3.9943M ILLS CALCULATED

PURSUANT TO FLORIDA LAW. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR THE RECORD CHRIS JOHNSON FINANCE DIRECTOR. I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS HERE.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> WE'RE FINALLY AT THE FINAL STAGE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT STARTED WAY BACK IN JULY.

TONIGHT IS THE SECOND AND FINAL HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATE AND THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

AS ANTHONY SAID THIS YEAR THIS 2023 BUDGET BASED ON TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUE OF 6.6 BILLION DOLLARS.

ALMOST A 10% INCREASE. OUR TOTAL INCREASE 600 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR. THAT 600 MILLION MADE UP 142 MILLION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND 460 MILLION OF EXISTING VALUE BY THE LOWEST INCREASE COUNTYWIDE.

AND THAT IS DUE TO SINCE ABOUT 82 TO 83% OF RESIDENT HAVE HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES THEY ARE CAPPED AT 3% INCREASE BASED ON THE SAVE OUR HOMES ACT.

THIS YEAR THAT PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILLION IN REVENUE. BASED ON THE PROPOSED RATE OF 4.2979 MILLS WHICH IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.

I LIKE TO SHOW THIS GRAPH IN CASE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THE CITY DOESN'T RECEIVE ALL THE TAX BILL.

THERE'S VARIOUS COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP YOUR TAX BILL.

THEY U.S. APPROXIMATELY 23 TO 24% OF THAT.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, TWO THIRDS OF YOUR TAX BILL GOES TO BROWARD COUNTY OR THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

THEN THE REMAINING ABOUT 10 TO 12% GOES TO SOUTH FLORIDA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL AND FEW OTHER SMALL TAXING AGENCIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY. HERE IN THE CITY WE ALWAYS PRIDE OURSELF ON ONE OF THE LOWEST MILLAGE RATES.

OUR PROPOSED RATE OF 4.2979 IS ALMOST TWO FULL MILLS LOWER THAN COCONUT SPRINGS. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WE'RE ADDING 3 FULL-TIME POSITIONS PERMIT TECH IN THE BUILDING FLEET MECHANIC, AND PUBLIC WORKS PURCHASING COORDINATOR. ELIMINATING THREE-FULL-TIME POSITIONS DUE TO OUT SOURCING MAINTENANCE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FILL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR ROLE. WE TOOK THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET. PROGRAMMED INTO THIS BUDGET IS COST OF LIVING INCREASE OF 5%.

AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, YOU CPI STILL RUNNING 8 OR 9% ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS TRY TO HELP US RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO ATTRACT NEW EMPLOYEES AS WELL. MERIT INCREASES ARE SCHEDULED AT 0 TO 3%. AND RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL INCREASE 1% AS WELL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS RESIDENTS THIS NOT A TRADITIONAL PENSION PLAN.

WE'RE NOT SUBJECT TO PENSION OBLIGATIONS THAT SOME LARGER CITIES OR LIKE THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE SUBJECT TO.

THE CITY IS GOING TO OFFER 4% MATCH TO THEIR 457 ACCOUNT IF LOW IEE CONTRIBUTES 4%.

AND THEN HEALTH INSURANCE KIND OF WHAT COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN WERE SAYING INCREASING 9.5%.

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DEFINITELY KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD.

OUR GENERAL INSURANCE INCREASING 15%.

BSO CONTRACT IS INCREASING A LITTLE BIT OVER $700,000.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WITH HAVING SUCH A FINANCIAL STABLE CITY WE HAVE 25% STABILIZATION RESERVE AND OF ABOUT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S IN THE EVENT OF AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN OR AN EMERGENCY SUCH AS HURRICANE THAT IF WE NEED TO USE THOSE FUNDS WE COULD USE THAT WITHOUT AFFECTING ANYONE MILLAGE RATES GOING FORWARD. WE HAVE AN INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE OF ABOUT $750,000 THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR INSURED PROPERTY. THIS YEAR WE'RE INCREASING OUR REPLACEMENT FUNDING, INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN UP BY 400,000 UP TO 2.1 MILLION AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDING UP TO $500,000. THIS IS KIND OF GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTS FROM AN OPERATING PERSPECTIVE WE WILL INCREASE 9.7% CITYWIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL PROJECT. WE WENT THROUGH THEM IN AUGUST AND AT THE LAST MEETING.

BUT THE TOTAL CAPITAL PROGRAM HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE WE MET LAST MONDAY. WE HAVE TOTAL 21.1 MILLION SCHEDULED IN BUDGETED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AND I WANT TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO SHERRY TUBS OUR BUDGET MANAGER.

SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB HELPING PREPARE AND ASSIST IN THE ENTIRE BUDGETED PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. KUDOS TO HER FOR BEING SUCH AS TEAM PLAYER IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU, CHRIS. I WANT TO REITERATE.

WE THANK OUT FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS TOP NOTCH.

YOU GUYS ALWAYS KEEP US IN BEST FINANCIAL POSITION, WHICH IS -- I APPRECIATE IT. ONE THING I WANT TO KIND OF JUST TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT AND POINT OUT SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS HERE. OBVIOUSLY HOME PRICES ARE INCREASING YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY IN PARKLAND BUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS MAYBE NOT TOTALLY UNIQUE TO PARKLAND BUT VERY UNIQUE THE FACT THAT YOU SAID 82 TO 83% OF OUR HOMES ARE HOMESTEADED. THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THAT BEING SAID 3% INCREASE IS LARGEST INCREASE YOU CAN GET ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.

BEING HOMESTEADED. WHICH IS GREAT FOR YOU PERSONALLY, BUT AS A CITY THAT'S TRYING TO KEEP A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT OUR RESIDENTS REQUIRE, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR INCREASE IN REVENUE WAS 2.3%. WHICH IS THE LOWEST IN BROWARD COUNTY. IT'S JUST ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND. OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T SEE THE PROJECTIONS AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET SURPLUS WHEN WE WOULD GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE EITHER NEED TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE OR DECREASE OUR EXPENDITURES.

THAT'S -- >> THAT'S APPROXIMATELY FISCAL YEAR 2025 WHEN THE CITY REACHES BUILDOUT AND NEW OPERATIONAL COST FOR THE 36-ACRE PARK COME ONLINE.

AND AT THAT POINT POLICE AND FIRE CRACK ACTUAL INCREASES WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE AD VALOREM REVENUE INCREASES.

POLICE IS FIRE IS -- WHAT PERCENTAGE?

>> APPROXIMATELY 50% IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> AND THEY GO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 6% INCREASE.

>> IF WE LOOK 2.3 INCREASE AND 50% OF THE BUDGET GET INCREASED 5% IF YOU DO THE MATH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIGURE OUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR POTENTIAL MILLAGE INCREASES. I JUST WANT THE RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT AS STAFF AND CERTAINLY AS A COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT WE CAN CUT COST WHEN AND WHERE WE CAN. OBVIOUSLY PARKLAND IS A SPECIAL PLACE. OUR RESIDENT DEMAND A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE. IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR A MOTION.

>> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN.

>> JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, I JUST WANT ALERT THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS THAT WE MAKE TWO CONTRIBUTIONS TO I GUESS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. ONE TO THE AREA AGENCY ON AGEING OF BROWARD WHICH I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS? AND IT'S NOT JUST WE'RE GIVING THEM MONEY. THERE'S A

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THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION.

AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL, BUT IT'S A MATCH OF DOLLARS.

I DID SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSON AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE READY HE WILL DEFINITELY GET US TOGETHER WHETHE INDIVIDUALLY OR SOME WAY COLLECTIVELY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN.

INDIVIDUALLY AND SHOW US THE THE COMMUNITY AND HOW IT'S -

WORKING. >>MAYOR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO BRING UP.

IT WAS IN THE BUDGET AND I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE WAS THERE'S $50,000 INCREASE DUE TO CREDIT CARD CHARGES.

WHEN SOMEONE USES A CREDIT CARD THERE'S A PROCESSING FEE. I KNOW WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT FEE CHARGED ADDITIONAL.

SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.

IF YOU GO AND RENEW YOUR DRIVER'S ID OR TAX OR LICENSE PLATE, IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO PAY BY CHECK, IT -- IF YOU WANT TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD, THEY PAY YOU A FEE. I'M NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE TODAY. BUT SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER WHETHER WE PUT IT IN STRATEGIC PLANNING OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND THE OTHER THING IS I WANT TO THANK SHERRIE AND CHRIS FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY DO ON THIS BUDGET AND TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW IT WASN'T IN THIS BUDGET YEAR BUT LAST BUDGET YEAR THE 1.5 MILLION. THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA.

WE GOT ANOTHER $200,000 THAT WAS GOING INTO OBVIOUSLY OUR COFFERS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

>>MAYOR: GREAT. >> ANYONE MOTION?

>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE, MOTION APPROVED.

>> SECOND. >> I WILL GIVE YOU THIS ONE.

>> ITEM 8-A. >> CORRECT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.

ROLL CALL.

>> PLEASE SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> 8-B FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA

ITEM? >> NOPE.

OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVE BY VICE-MAYOR CUTLER AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.

[9. Consent Agenda]

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, CHRIS. CONSENT AGENDA.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE; WE HAVE A MOTION BY BRIER AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.

[10. Regular Agenda]

PASSES MAN UNANIMOUSLY. >> WE'RE ON REGULAR AGENDA.

10-A. ORDINANCE 2022-013 AMENDING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS.

AND COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE ZONING DEPARTMENT.

AS WE GET NEAR TOWARD THE OWNED OF THE YEAR WHERE YOU DO BOARD REAPPOINTMENT, KIND OF CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE WORDING ON ATTENDANCE FOR THE ADVISORY BOARDS KIND OF DIDN'T READ CRYSTAL CLEAR.

THIS WAS JUST TO COME IN AND CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT. ON PAGE 2 OF THE ORDINANCE, I DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT TONIGHT.

THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE. PARAGRAPH C ON THE SECOND PAGE JUST CLARIFYING THAT THE CALENDAR FOR ATTENDANCE WILL GIVEN ON DECEMBER 1ST OF EACH YEAR AND THEN MONITORED FOR ONE YEAR, TWO ABSENCES ARE OKAY.

ON THE THIRD ABSENCE YOU ARE CONSIDERED VACATED OR ABANDONED YOUR POSITION. PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR THE ADVISORY BOARDS.

THERE'S LANGUAGE HERE NOW UNDER THE CASE OF A DEATH OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER THE DEATH OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER OR CHILD, STEPCHILD, PARENT GRAND PARENT.

MEMBER HOSPITALIZATION AND POTENTIALLY SUMMONED FOR JURY DUTY WOULD BE NOW EXCUSED ABSENCES AND WOULD NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE TWO ABSENCES AND THIRD ABSENCE

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>> ALL RIGHT. >> GO AHEAD VICE-MAYOR.

>> THIS COULD BE AN ANTHONY QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEW ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE RETROACTIVE AS TO ANY OF OUR SITTING BOARD MEMBERS OR ANYTHING THAT WE DO WILL

BE PERSPECTIVE. >> WELL IT WOULD NOT BE RETROACTIVE. WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THE ROSTERS ON THOSE BOARDS. AND THEY WILL RUN UP TO THE REAPPOINTMENT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED I BELIEVE FOR EARLY NOVEMBER. AND THEN THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR WILL START WITH THE FIRST MEETINGS IN DECEMBER.

>> YEP. >>MAYOR: I THINK THIS IS GREAT. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. AND WE APPRECIATE ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP THE CITY. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S A COMMITMENT AND IF SOMEONE DOES MISS TOO MUCH IT DOES UPSET THE CONTINUITY OF THE BOARD.

I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND. SOMETIMES LIFE HAPPENS YOUR JOB OR WHATEVER AND YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW, A REASON TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON -- THAT'S

WHY WE HAVE ALTERNATES. >> THE ONLY AND AGAIN THIS IS JUST A QUESTION. AND I'M FINE EITHER WAY.

THE REQUIREMENT, DOES THIS TRICKLE DOWN TO THE

ALTERNATES AS WELL? >> I MEAN WHEN I WAS SITTING ON PNZ. WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THE ALTERNATES TO EVEN SHOW UP. THAT WOULD BE JUST, AGAIN, ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT IT APPLIES TO

THEM OR DOESN'T. >> DO ME, I DON'T KNOW, AN ALTERNATE IS ALTERNATE. I DON'T THINK AN ALTERNATE

SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO -- >> I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THIS. NUMBER ONE, ANY HARD AND FAST RULE YOU END UP CREATING SO MANY EXCEPTIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE IN THERE FAMILY ILLNESS, IF IT'S SCHEDULED ON RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.

OR IF THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING.

I THINK WE ASK DIFFERENT THINGS OF OUR DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD DOES A LOT OF WORK BEYOND THE SCHEDULED MEETINGS. WHEREAS THE OTHER BOARD ESPECIALLY OUR PNZ BOARD DO A LOT OF WORK IN PREPARING FOR MEETING AND THE LENGTH AND DURATION OF ATTENDING THE MEETING. WE HAVE HAD SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE CALLED SHORT NOTICE ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH TIGHT DEADLINES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO WITH REGARDS TO THE PARKLAND ROYAL PROJECT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HARD AND FAST NATURE OF THIS RULE.

NOT INCLUDING OTHER EXCEPTIONS.

I THIN THAT YOUR -- THE WAY IT IS CONSTRUCTED IS THAT YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATING SOMEONE BUT THEN THEY CAN COME BACK BEFORE THIS COMMISSION TO BE

REAPPOINTED. >>MAYOR: THEY WOULD ONLY COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION TO BE REAPPOINTED THE THEY ARE AT-LARGE. IF IT'S YOUR PICK, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO REAPPOINT THAT PERSON.

>> WE LOSE PROBABLY FIVE PEOPLE ON OUR PARKS AND REC.

I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS.

GRANTED I UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND WE SHOULD LAY OUT THE RULES AHEAD OF TIME. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CULTIVATE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.

>>MAYOR: IF YOU WANT TO ADD.

NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO ADD MORE EXCEPTIONS.

I THINK ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE RULES SO THAT IT GETS HANDLED AT OPERATIONAL OR STAFF LEVEL.

LOOK, WHEN PEOPLE MISS, YOU KNOW, IT PUTS ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE STUFF. IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS TO ADD. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT. AT LEAST FOR ME, ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE ORGANIZED GET PASS TONIGHT. I WOULD IMAGINE AS FAR AS HOLIDAYS WE WOULDN'T BE SCHEDULING MEETINGS ON HOLIDAY. THAT ONE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE AN ISSUE. IF YOU WANT TO ADD A FAMILY

MEMBER -- >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WE PUT IN THEIR PROVISIONS. THIS DEALS WITH THAT SPECIAL BOARD MEMBERS -- IF THEY ARE SHORT NOTICE AS WE HAD IN THE PAST. THIS 16 AND 18 MONTHS.

WE HAD SHORT-NOTICE HEAVY LIFTING PNZ MEETING.

WE WERE PUTTING THEM UNDER THE GUN TO MAKE DECISIONS.

I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR. >> IF I COULD ADD ON THAT.

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SCHEDULED MEETINGS. >> THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS WOULD NOT BE COUNTED. .

>> ALSO THING WE SHOULDER HOLD THEM TO SAME STANDARD IF THEY CAN ATTEND BY ZOOM OR PHONE.

DOES THAT COUNT? >> CURRENTLY, THE COMMISSION CAN ATTEND ELECTRONICALLY. THE ADVISORY BOARDS CAN NOT.

CURRENTLY, THE COMMISSION CAN GRANT EXKCUSED ABSENCES AND AT VICERY BOARDS CANNOT. THAT'S THE READING IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE NOW. WITH REGARD TO YOUR REGARDING ALTERNATE BOARD. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE RIDES ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND IN ALL DISCUSSIONS HOWEVER ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY UNLESS THEY ARE NEEDED TO CREATE A QUORUM.

THAT'S THE JUXT OF THIS ORDINANCE.

>> I THINK ALTERNATES SHOULD ATTEND -- SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THEY ARE THERE. THEY ARE THERE IN THE EVENT OF AN ABSENCE. IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE -- SOME BOARDS ARE TREAT ALTERNATES DIFFERENT. SOME ENGAGE THEM INTO TOTALITY. SOME OF THEM HAVE VOTING --

>> ONLY CALL THEM WHEN THEY NEED THEM.

THEY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT.

I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE FAMILY HOSPITALIZATION AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER HOSPITALIZATION.

I THINK THERE COULD BE -- HOW HAS THIS BEEN DONE

IN THE PAST? >> I AGREE WITH YOU.

I DON'T THINK WE WILL FIGURE OUT ALL THE OPTIONS.

WE COULD HAVE A CATCH ALL OF SAYING OR SOME OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT REQUIRES SKIPPING AND THEN LEAVE IT TO THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION HAS THE ABILITY TO GRANT AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.

THAT CATCH ALL WILL BE PUT T THE COMMISION TO MAKE A VOTE OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY DEEM THAT TO BE EXCUSED

ACSENSE. >> I DIDN'T SEE THAT

LANGUAGE. >> YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO

GRANT EXCUSED ABSENCES. >> YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY IN THAT SECTION TO GRANT YOURSELVES EXCUSED ABSENCES.

AS FAR AS THE BOARD MEMBERS GO, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE

AT THE STAFF LEVEL. >> THAT'S FINE.

>> I DON'T CARE. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

I THINK WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COVER ALL THE

POTENTIAL. >> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING MAKES A TON OF SENSE. IT ADDRESSES WHAT BRIER IS SAYING. I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE TO ME I THINK ALL OF THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED AT THE STAFF LEVEL. AS FAR AS IF IT'S AN EXCUSED ABSENCE OR NOT. YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL LATITUDE AT THAT LEVEL. YOU KNOW, TO GRANT AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE

HELD. >> I THINK THEN IF THERE'S A DETERMINATION THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MORE THAN TWO UNEXCUSED ABSENCE SHOULDN'T IT COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION RATHER THAN AN -- AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED

AND THEN REAPPOINTED. >> THAT'S WHAT STAFF WOULD

DO. >> AND IF YOU ARE TAKING THE POSITION YOU ARE TAKING THE POSITION.

UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU MISS TWICE, YOU WILL BE REMOVED. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW IF ONE OF YOUR APPOINTMENTS GETS REMOVED BECAUSE YOU MISS TWO YOU ARE FREE TO REAPPOINT THAT PERSON. AND IF MAYBE THAT PERSON DECIDES THAT LOOK IT'S TOO MUCH TIME.

I CAN'T DO IT. THEN YOU GET TO PICK SOMEONE ELSE. THEN IT COMES BACK TO US AS FAR AS THE REAPPOINTMENT AND AT-LARGE APPOINTMENT OR WHATEVER THAT IS. WE SHOULDN'T GET INVOLVED UNTIL IT GETS BROUGHT BACK TO US FROM STAFF.

THAT'S MY OPINION. >> I AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS THAN WE HAVE POSITIONS. IT'S UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET SELECTED IF WE CREATE TOO MUCH LEEWAY.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT HERE TO BE IN THE SITUATIONS THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF. PEOPLE NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE UP FRONT ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN COMMIT TO.

IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO WATCH THEIR KIDS FOOTBALL

GAME, YOU KNOW -- >> THAT'S THEIR RIGHT THE DO THAT. IT'S A VOLUNTEER POSITION.

YOU GOING INTO THIS POSITION KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO. TO ME IT'S KIND OF CUT AND

DRY. >> RIGHT.

IF YOU ARE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY APPOINTED DIRECTLY BY A CITY COMMISSIONER, IT'S STRICTLY YOUR DECISION WHETHER TO REAPPOINT THEM OR A NEW MEMBER. ONLY THE AT-LARGE MEMBERS WOULD -- IF THE STAFF IF YOU ARE GIVING THAT AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE A THIRD ABSENCE IS UNEXCUSED, THAT AT-LARGE

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MEMBER. >> BUT THAT'S MY POINT.

AREN'T WE OPENING IT UP TO THE COMMISSION ANYWAY IF

IT'S AN AT-LARGE POSITION. >> WE OPEN UP TO

REAPPOINTING. >> WE'RE APPOINTING SOMEONE

ELSE. >> AT-LARGE; CORRECT.

>> ONLY FOR AT-LARGE. >> IF YOU ARE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTEE MISSED TWO ABSENCES DAY ARE TECHNICALLY

REMOVED. >> ON THE THIRD ABSENCE THEY WOULD BE REMOVED. DOES THAT HAVE TO COME BACK -- WE'RE APPROVING BY RESOLUTION.

HAS TO COME BACK FOR RESOLUTION?

>> THE REMOVAL WOULD NOT AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN.

WHEN YOU APPROVE A NEW MEMBER OR REPLACEMENT MEMBER OR THE SAME COMMISSION WANTED TO APPROVE THE SAME MEMBER AND ULTIMATELY DOES COME BACK TO YOU FOR A VOTE.

I THINK TRADITIONALLY THE COMMISSION IS RESPECTED OTHER'S DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR OWN

APPOINTEES. >> LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE MORE IN LINE REAPPOINTMENT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THE NORMALLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT.

WE WILL VOTE AT THE TIME OF REMOVAL.

>> SAY YOUR APPOINTMENT GETS REMOVED.

IT WOULD BE UP TO YOU. IF YOU WANT TO SAY OKAY.

I WILL PASS UP THE ALTERNATE, THAT'S YOUR RIGHT. AND THEN WE AS A GROUP WOULD

ADD THE ALTERNATE. >> I WILL GO WITH THAT.

>> ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS?

SEEING THERE'S NONE. >> I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ADDED CATCH ALL EXCEPTION.

THAT GIVES THE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT CONSTITUTES AN

EXCUSED ABSENCE OR NOT. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE TO CREATE A CATCH-ALL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ADDRESS EVERY SITUATION.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR STAFF YOU KNOW WITHOUT CLEAR CRITERIA, FOR APPLYING SUCH A STANDARD. BECAUSE YOU CAN GET THE GAMUT OF EXCUSES. ITEMS IN THERE NOW SEEM EASILY DOCUMENTED. SOMEONE PASSES AWAY, THERE'S A HOSPITALIZATION, THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE EASILY DOCUMENTED. JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU DO A CATCH-ALL SOME STAFF MEMBER NANCY OR HER DESIGNEE HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND YOU KNOW WITH

CATCH ALL LANGUAGE -- >> I THANKS.

THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NEVER GOING TO ENUMERATE EVERY SITUATION. THE STAFF IS STILL CAPABLE OF REQUESTING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION OR INFORMATION AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE JUDGMENT TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER IT'S REASONABLE OR NOT.

>> OKAY. >> THE ONLY THING I MIGHT SUGGEST. WE LIST DEATH OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY, DEATH OF DOMESTIC PARTNER.

ALSO INCLUDE THE TWO PARAGRAPHS AS HOSPITALIZATION OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD KIND OF GIVE.

THEN, AGAIN IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO BRING RECEIPT AND GO YOU WERE IN THE HOSPITAL CAN WE SEE THE BILL?

WE'RE TAKING IT ON FAITH. >> AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO SCHEDULE MEETING ON

RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY. >> WE HOPE NOT.

>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN WERE YOU RECOMMENDING THAT A MEMBERS HOSPITALIZATION INCLUDE MEMBER OR FAMILY

MEMBER HOSPITALIZATION? >> IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, PARENTS, CHILD, STEPCHILD, THEN THE SAME THING AS DOMESTIC PARTNER, STEPCHILD, GRANDPARENT, THAT LANGUAGE.

>> FOR HOSPITALIZATION. >> OKAY.

>> OR EMERGENCY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.

>> GOOD? >> I AGREE WITH WHAT BOB SAID. IF YOUR IS GOING TO HOSPITAL; YOU ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> YOU GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE

HOSPITALIZATION. >> YES.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE HOSPITALDATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE CATCH ALL EXCEPTION THAT ALLOWS THE STAFF TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT INDEX CUED ABSENCE OR NOT.

>> I THINK THE STAFF UNDERSTANDS OUR CONCERN.

WE WANT THEM TO BE HERE. ABSOLUTELY.

>> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ISROW AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.

>> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES 4-1.

>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 10-B RESOLUTION 2022-053. TERRAMAR PARK PICKLEBALL COURT IMPROVEMENT AWARD.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

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>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE? WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND SECOND BY MAYERSOHN.

PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> 10-C ORDINANCE 2022-012. APPROVING A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SECOND READING.

OUT TO THE COMMISSION SINCE FIRST READING AND PER YOUR REQUEST NSID DID INDICATE IN WRITING THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION PERIOD TONIGHT DAYS FROM 60 DAY SO THE CONTRACT FOR YOU NOW HAS PROVIDES FOR 90-DAY INSPECTION PERIOD.

ADDITIONALLY, I ADDED SECTION 5 TO THE ORDINANCE BASED ON RECENT DISCUSSIONS. THAT PROVIDES A MECHANISM FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT PRIOR TO CLOSING SHOULD SOMETHING BE REVEALED IN THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT YOU WARRANT IN DETERMINATION AND THAT PROCESS IS BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION.

>>MAYOR: BRIEF HISTORY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

NSID HAS GONE THROUGH -- NSID PURCHASED 210 ACRE. THEY BOUGHT THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE. IT WAS THEIR INTENTION TO BUILD STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND A NATURAL PRESERVE.

THEY ONLY NEEDED 150 ACRE. THEY LEFT 65 ACRES LEFT OVER. THEIR INTENTIONS WERE TO SALE THE 65 ACRES AND OFF SET SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WERE INCURRED BY THE RESIDENTS.

BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, YES, NSID DID BUY IT BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NSID WATER AND SEWER, WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT LAND. THAT IS LAND THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS -- I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF 17,000 CUSTOMERS THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO PURCHASED THE LAND.

NSID FACILITATED THAT. THEY COLLECT, TAXES FEE, WHAT HAVE YOU. THEY USE THE MONEY HOW THEY SEE FIT. THEY WENT THROUGH TWO SEPARATE RFP PROCESSES TO SELL THE 65 ACRES.

MOST OF IT ON CORAL RIDGE KNOB HILL.

THE FIRST ROUND OF RFP THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FROM FALCON ABOUT $38 MILLION. TRIPLE FIVE, 33, 32 MILLION.

UPPER BUENA VISTA ABOUT $28 MILLION.

AND EAST COAST DEVELOPERS WERE AT $20 MILLION.

RFP PROCESS CHOSE BUENA VISTA.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO TERMS IN A CONTRACT WITH NSID. SO NSID THEN WENT OUT TO ANOTHER RFP PROCESS. THAT RFP PROCESS GARNERED THREE PROPOSALS. ONE WAS TOLL BROTHERS AT 32 MILLION. AND I BELIEF FAN COHN GROUP.

EAST COAST DEVELOPERS AT 20 MILLION.

THAT ORIGINAL RFP PROCESS GARNERED THE SUPPORT FROM THIS WAS NSID COMMITTEE. THE FIRST COMMITTEE WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CORAL SPRINGS.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM PARKLAND.

AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HOA.

THIS SECOND RFPS ALL DONE IN HOUSE BY NSID.

THAT COMMITTEE CHOSE THE LESSER OFFER OF $20 MILLION FROM EAST COAST DEVELOPERS. AS A COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN THE INTEREST OF AT LEAST INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL OF PARKLAND BUYING THAT LAND. SO THAT WE COULD POTENTALLY CONTROL THAT -- CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. AND NSID AGREED.

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WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY WHAT THE LATEST OFFER WAS BY THE LATEST OFFER WAS BOTH BY TOLL BROTHERS AND EAST COAST DEVELOPERS AT $25,410,000. THAT CURRENTLY IS WHAT OUR CONTRACT IF WE DECIDE TO PASS IT THAT'S WHAT THAT CONTRACT IS SLATED FOR. IF WE DECIDE NOT TO BUY IT, THEY WOULD THEN IMMEDIATELY SELL THE LAND TO EAST COAST DEVELOPERS. AS FAR AS THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE NEGOTIATED A TERM SHEET WITH THE HOA BOARD. THEY HAD NOT VOTED AS THE COMMUNITY YET WHICH IF WE DO BUY IT, THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN. BUT THAT TERM SHEET HAS BEEN AGREED UPON BY THE HOA. OBVIOUSLY IT HASN'T BEEN TOTALLY AGREED BY US YET. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN OUR FINAL VOTE. AT THE LAST MEETING, WE VOTED 3-2 TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD.

THIS MEETING TONIGHT OR THIS FINAL ORDINANCE WILL NEED A SUPERMAJORITY WHICH IS FOUR OF OUR FIVE COMMISSIONERS TO AFFECTATE THE CONTRACT. THAT'S THE HISTORY OF THE P PROCESS.

NOW GETTING INTO MY PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL BELIEFS.

I'VE BEEN A PROPONENT OF PURCHASING THIS LAND PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE BEGINNING. OBVIOUSLY WE LISTENED TO THE BUDGET TONIGHT. I'M GLAD TO SEE TO MANY RESIDENTS WERE HERE. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THAT, YES, WE ARE IN FANTASTIC FINANCIAL STANDING WHICH, AGAIN, I APPLAUD NANCY AND OUR FINANCING DEPARTMENT. BUT THAT WILL COME TO AN END. IN A FEW YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH THE DECISION AS THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

WE WILL BE FACED WITH THE DECISION WHERE WE ABLE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. AND IF WE CAN'T FIND THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE. WE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW MUCH WE WILL WANT TO RAISE THE MILLAGE RATES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PARKLAND NOT JUST FROM A TAX BASE, BUT IT DOES GIVE US THE ABILITY TO REALLY SIT DOWN AS THE COMMISSION, SIT DOWN WITH THE RESIDENTS. WE CAN REALLY SEE WHAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

DO WE WANT TO DEVELOP HALF OF IT.

DO WE WANT TO BUILD A PARK? DO WE WANT TO BUILD A TOWN CENTER? DO WE WANT TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN IF WE PURCHASE IT, WE CAN CONTROL 100%.

IF WE DON'T BUY IT WE'LL BE FACED WITH WORKING WITH EAST COAST DEVELOPERS IN DEVELOPING THAT LAND.

ONE OF THE THINGS FOR ME THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED BASED ON EAST COAST RFP, THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROCESS, THEIR BODY OF WORK DOES NOT SHOW THAT THEIR ABILITY TO PRODUCE A LARGE-SCALE PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT PROJECT IS, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, WHETHER IT'S A PARK.

THIS WOULD BE THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE EVER DONE. THAT TO ME WOR WORRIYS -- WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT IS THE SKILL SET AND THE EXPERIENCE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CONSIDER.

BECAUSE BEFORE THIS MEETING WE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO BE AWARDED.

THERE WERE RUMORS, WELL, MAYBE IT'S TOLL BROTHERS OR SOMEONE ELSE. CLEARLY THOSE WERE ALL RUMOR. WE NOW HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER AND EAST COAST DEVELOPERS HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY NSID. LOOK, NSID HAS THEIR OWN PRIORITIES. YOU KNOW THEIR PRIORITIES THEY TALKED ABOUT IT AT THEIR MEETING IS GETTING THE MONEY FAST, HAVING NO STRINGS ATTACHED AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT DOESN'T TIE IN TO ME PERSONALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THE LAND.

ME, PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE, IS DONE IN A PARKLAND-LIKE FAST.

AND THAT IS TO ME NOT NECESSARILY NSID'S YOU KNOW

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I WANT TO ALSO TOUCH ON THE SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND YOU'RE NOT WRONG YOU KNOW. A ANTHONY HAS TALKED ABOUT IT. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND CUTLER. WE DO HAVE THE MOST CONTROL AT THE YOU KNOW AT THE ZONING LAND USE LEVEL.

HOWEVER, WE CANNOT MAKE SOMEONE DO COMMERCIAL.

WE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME STOPPING RESIDENTIAL OR LIMITING RESIDENTIAL. WE COULD LIMIT IT.

BUT RESIDENTIAL WILL ABSOLUTELY COME.

AND MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP, NANCY AND I HAD A WORKSHOP WITH THE CORAL SPRINGS COMMISSION AND THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE OF OUR IDEAS. THEY LIKED SOME OF THIS THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US AS A COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW, CITY TO CITY. AND TRY TO SEE, WHAT CAN WE DO AS TWO CITIES THAT BENEFITS BOTH OF US TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AND DOESN'T MAKE TYPICALLY IMPACT EITHER ONE OF US. CORAL SPRINGS OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE A DIFFERENT CITY THAN WE ARE.

THAT'S NOTHING DIFFERENT. THEY ARE MORE GROWTH ORIENTED. THEY ARE MORE REVENUE ORIENTED. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS FORGET TO MENTION IN THIS LAND PURCHASE, 30% OF THE LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE IS IN THE CORAL SPRINGS CITY LIMITS.

WHILE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WORK WITH CORAL SPRINGS AND WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT ANYTHING TO DO; THAT GIVES US A HUGE BENEFIT OF COMING TOGETHER AS TWO CITIES, WHO GET ALONG WELL, COMING TOGETHER AND GETTING A PROJECT THAT'S GOOD FOR BOTH CITIES.

IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT PUTS WHAT GETS BUILT IN PARKLAND AND OR CORAL SPRINGS IN JEOPARDY.

BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T COME TO A CONSENSUS WITH EAST COAST DEVELOPERS, THEN PARKLAND WILL GO AND DO THEIR THING.

AND CORAL SPRINGS WILL GO AND DO THEIR THINGS.

I WOULDN'T BLAME THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THAT'S THEIR JOB.

OO TO PROTECT THEIR RESIDENTS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES CONCERN ME IS THE FACT THAT ON THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AND SAMPLE IS THERE CORNERSTONE PROJECT, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE NORTH OF 700 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

A HOTEL, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMERCIAL.

THAT PROJECT IS BUILT ON 4.2 ACRES.

IN THE CENTER ISLAND SECTION OF CORAL RIDGE KNOB HILL THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, OR -- I'M HOPING TO PURCHASE. 8 ACRES IS IN CORAL SPRINGS.

EIGHT. I JUST MENTIONED ON THE CORNER OF SAMPLE AND UNIVERSITY THERE'S 700 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMERCIAL.

AND A HOTEL ON 4.2 ACRES. THAT WORRIES ME.

WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY WE BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT MSD IS OR THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING A BOUNDARY PROCESS. AND THIS BOUNDARY PROCESS IS BEING DONE SPECIFICALLY TO MSD, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE CORAL SPRINGS AND PARKLAND RESIDENTS BECAUSE MSD IS OVER ENROLLED. WE GOT THE BENCHMARK NUMBERS. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE OR WE DO KNOW WHAT THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE. BUT AT THE WORKSHOP, AT THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH WE ALL ATTENDED, THEY MENTIONED THAT MSD THE MOSTOVER CROWDED HIGH SCHOOL IN ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY. THAT WORRIES ME.

IF WE LOSE CONTROL AND SOMEHOW ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS MORE THAN POTENTIALLY AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THE LAND.

50 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND COMMERCIAL.

WHATEVER IT IS. WE DON'T KNOW BUT WE KNOW ANY RESIDENTIAL UNIT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SCHOOL

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WHY DID YOU MOVE TO PARKLAND?

>> FOR THE SCHOOLS. NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN.

PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT. PEOPLE LOVE THE PARKLAND.

PEOPLE LOVE THAT IT'S QUIET. PEOPLE LOVE THE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND OWNING IT AND CONTROLLING IT GIVES US ALL THAT ABILITY TO KEEP ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE LOVE ABOUT PARKLAND.

WE CAN PUT AS MUCH GREEN THERE AS WE WANT.

WE CAN PUT AS MUCH PARK SPACE THERE AS WE WANT.

WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT. IT WILL BE UP TO US AS RESIDENTS. AND ULTIMATELY AS A COMMISSION TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, SAY, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW -- IF THERE'S A VISION. OF COURSE, DO WE HAVE PLANS

WRITTEN OUT? >> NO.

BUT THERE'S VISIONS OR AT LEAST I HAVE VISIONS OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CITY LOOK LIKE, WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CITY GO AND TO ME THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FAMILY-ORIENTED TOWN CENTER THAT HAS A LOW-IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT. THERE'S GOING TO BE IMPACT WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL. WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL.

THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT. BUT WE CAN DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT WE CAN TAKE. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN AREA WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN COME TOGETHER WHICH WE DO BETTER THAN MOST CITIES WITH OUR FARMERS MARKETS OUR EATS AND BEATS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SMALL TOWN THINGS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS GIVES US EXACTLY THAT CONTROL.

AND THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DICTATE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. I DON'T WANT TO HOG ALL THE TIME UP. BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.

BUT CLEARLY, THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY AND IT ALLOWS US TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY. AND TO ME THAT'S IMPERATIVE.

YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE THE ABILITY TO POINT MYSELF IN THE DIRECTION THAT I WANT THE GO IN, AND GO IN THAT DIRECTION, AS OPPOSED TO BEING LED AROUND BY SOMEONE ELSE. I WILL CHOOSE MY OWN PATH EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE EASY. BECAUSE I WON'T WITH.

BECAUSE YOU WILL SAY, WELL I DON'T WANT THAT.

WELL I WANT MORE OF THAT. OR I WANT THIS.

BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER, TALK ABOUT IT, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BEST.

NOT EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY. THAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MANY MORE MEETINGS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL WANT DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THAT'S A FANTASTIC THING.

I LOVE HEARING WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO SAY AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE -- [APPLAUSE]

>>MAYOR: WE CAN GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC IF THERE'S A LIST. I'M JUST GOING TO START THIS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. I'M FINE SITTING HERE ALL NIGHT AND LISTENING TO EVERYONE SPEAK AND EVERYONE GIVE THEIR YOU KNOW SPEECH AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY THINK. BUT WE'RE ALSO FINE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE AGREE AND YOU KNOW WE JUST WANT TO MAYBE RAISE OUR HANDS IN AGREEMENT. OR YOU WANT TO JUST COME UP AND SAY, I AGREE WITH THE OTHER PERSON.

THAT'S FINE TOO. WE'LL SEE WHERE THE COMMENTS -- WHERE THE COMMENTS COME.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT ANYONE FROM SPEAKING.

BUT IF WE START SEEING YOU KNOW, THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS WE CAN SAY LOOK, AGREE WITH WHAT THE LAST PERSON SAID WHICH IS GREAT. WHO IS FIRST?

>> WE START WILL RICHARD DEUTSHE.

>> VICE-MAYOR CUTLER. >> I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INPUT.

AND REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT SOMEONE SAYS LET'S RESPECT THEM AND WHAT THEIR OPINION IS AND GIVE THEM YOU KNOW, THE AWED YANSZ THAT T THETHE THEY -- AUDIENCE THEY DESERVE.

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>> I LIVE IN THE GREENS WITH MY LOVELY WIFE OF MANY YEARS. AND I HAVE BEEN FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

AND I'VE BEEN TO THE DEBATES.

I'VE BEEN TO NSID. I'VE BEEN TO YOUR BOARD MEETING. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THERE'S RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S RIGHT THERE BE INSHOWN MAYOR WALKER'S COMMENTS.

BUT ALSO BY THE COMMENTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT US FROM RISING TAXES, TO PROTECT US FROM BUDGETARY ADVENTURISM.

THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S WHERE I HAVE MY BENCH TO WATCH FOR OVERSPENDING AND THINGS THAT COULD LEAD TO HIGHER AND HIGHER TAXES.

HOWEVER, WHAT TRUMPS MONEY AND TAXES IS QUALITY OF LIFE. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS ENVIRONMENTAL, BY THE CITY IS KNOWN FOR; IT'S RUINED BY OVERCROWDING AND OVERDEVELOPMENT AND INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT. THIS COMMUNITY HAS A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE PROFILE. IT'S STARTING TO BE ENCROACHED UPON. THE MONSTROSITY FROM CORAL SPRINGS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN GO WRONG. AND I URGE THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL RISKS AND THEY ARE NOT TO BE DISMISSED. BUT THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE OF CONTROLLING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS WORTH FINANCIAL RISK. AND THAT FINANCIAL RISK IS LIMITED. IT'S NOT WHOLLY THE WHOLE AMOUNT. IT COULD ACTUALLY END UP BEING A BENEFIT FINANCIALLY TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT JUST WEIGHING THE TWO THINGS.

BEING ABLE TO BE IN CONTROL AND PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YEARS TO COME FOR THE LAST REALLY LARGE UNDEVELOPED PARCEL IS A FINANCIAL BENEFIT THAT CAN GOT BE DENIED. IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMISSIONER'S HERE WHO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE HERE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TURN FOR ONE SECOND AND ASK THE AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU WANT PARKLAND TO CONTROL THAT LAND OR NOT? YES OR NO.

>> LET ME HEAR FROM YOU. >> YES.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THROUGH ALL THIS.

I HAVE TIME. THANK YOU.

>> I JUST WANT TO END IT AND SAY, THAT, AGAIN, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE VALUE IS WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU WILL CHOOSE TO GO

WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] ALISON?

>> MARK? >> THERE'S NO ONE BEHIND YOU. RICH, I WAS JUST SEEING IF THE THREE OFFICERS WERE THERE.

I APPRECIATE IT. I PROMISE, KEN AND I WILL BE GOOD TONIGHT. I WON'T DOWN ABBREVIATED BS WHICH I GUESS IS PROFANITY. I THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION. ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT. I WANT ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE TO SPEAK. YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME THREE TIMES. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOME STUFF. AND I TRIED TO CLARIFY IT A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH KEN AHEAD OF TIME.

MY BACKGROUND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW.

I'VE BEEN A CIVIL ENGINEERS FOR 43 YEARS.

LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA. I WORKED FOR 30 YEARS FOR EXXON-MOBIL. AND WHEN I RETIRED FROM EXXONMOBIL I MANAGED THEIR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. I WAS DIRECTOR TWICE WITH THE MOBILE OIL. AND I WILL TELL YOU, AND THIS IS WHAT WORRIES ME, NOBODY WANTS A GAS STATION IN THEIR BACKYARD. BUT I WORKED ON PUTTING GAS STATIONS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND WHAT CONCERNS ME HERE IS IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH WEALTH AND ENOUGH PATIENCE IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE YOU WILL GET -- YOU WILL GET THE DEVELOPER WILL GET THEIR WAY.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

WITH THE, RICH, WITH THE ZONING HERE.

IF EAST COAST WANT TO PUT DOWN THEIR FOOT AND MOVE

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THEIR MONEY COMES FROM BRUSSELS.

IT'S COMING FROM ISRAEL. THEY HAD AN ARCHITECT FROM SHANGHAI. EAST COAST IS THE MONEY.

I THINK IT'S A BIGGER THING. THIS IS WHAT WORRIES ME.

THE OTHER THING TO CLARIFY, I'VE BEEN WORKING YOU KNOW -- NEIL WORKED WITH OUR PAST PRESIDENT WORKED WITH NSID FOR THREE YEARS. I'VE BEEN WORKING THEM FOR TWO YEARS. OKAY.

I WAS IN THE FIRST RFP. ALL THEY SAID WAS COMMERCIAL. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANY SPECS.

YOU KNOW THE ONLY REASON IT WASN'T EAST COAST THE FIRST TIME AND IT SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE YOU ARE LAYING 10 TO 12 MILLION ON THE TABLE. IS BECAUSE THE CITY OF PARKLAND, THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, AND THE HOA, WE PICKED -- WE PICKED WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE BEST.

THE EMPORE Y-- EMPORIUM. I THINK ONE OF THE PLANNERS WAS THERE. GRACE WAS THERE.

AND I WATCHED ROD COLOGNE RUN THE EMPORIUM OFF.

THEY ALMOST WALKED OUT THREE TIMES.

>> JUST A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THEN ON THE SECOND ROUND, YOU KNOW THEY'VE ACTED IT'S A CHARADE. THEY ACTED LIKE THEY'VE GONE

THROUGH A PROCESS. >> LOOK.

I DON'T WANT GET INTO NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND -- WE KNOW WHAT WE SAW IN PUBLIC. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

>> I WILL MOVE PAST THAT. LET ME SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE TERM SHEET. I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL LOVE THIS CITY. I RESPECT YOU.

I KNOW YOU ARE ALL HONORABLE PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW ON THE TERM SHEET, WE YOU KNOW, WE ARGUED BACK AND FORTH. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT WATERED DOWN. AS I TOLD KEN EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW KEN HAS A CONCERN WITH THE HALF MILLION DOLLARS. WHAT I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WE'VE ALREADY GOT $250,000 OF LEGAL FEES IN THIS. BETWEEN LENNAR AND SID AND THE TERM AGREEMENT. WE'VE STILL GOT EASEMENTS TO WRITE. EVEN WITH YOU GUYS.

WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE WHOEVER THE HOMEOWNER DEVELOPERS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY $400,000. BUT, IF WE CAN PUT -- IF WE PUT MORE PROTECTIONS IN THE TERM SHEET.

WE TALKED ABOUT LIMITS AND STUFF LIKE THIS.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. THEN I'M OPEN.

IF THERE'S REALLY A PROBLEM WITH HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

I HOPE THERE ISN'T. WE ARE SPENDING LEGAL FEES.

AND, KEN, YOU GOT TO GO IN THE OTHER LOBBY.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

ELLIOTT ROSSBURG. >> GOOD EVENING.

ELLIOTT ROSSBERG. TONIGHT THIS COMMISSION HASES A AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LAST LARGE PARCEL WITHIN THE CITY.

NSID VOTED TO SALE TO EAST COAST BUILDER AND DEVELOPERS. IF YOU DO NOT VOTE FOR IT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHY, YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR. WHY THIS COMMISSION SHOULD VOTE TO PURCHASE THE LAND FROM NSID.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS EAST COAST HAS MISLEAD THE COMMUNITY AND MISREPRESENTED FACTS.

DURING THE NSID, RFP PROCESS --

>> YOU ARE FREE TO SAY EVERYONE FREE TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT. I JUST WANT TO LIMIT OUR DISPARAGING COMMENTS. LOOK -- I WILL ONLY BE STATING FACTS. I WILL NOT BE GIVING NEGATIVE OPINION NECESSARILY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN A FORTHRIGHT ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY TO DEAL.

THEY SAID THEY DEVELOPED OVER 100 MILLION OF PROJECTS INCLUDING TWO ICE ARENAS AND A SHOPPING CENTER AND THEY HAD NOT DONE IN OF THOSE. WHEN PRESSED ON THAT, THEY BASICALLY AGREED THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE DIDN'T DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT POINT OUT. THEY ARE NOT -- THEY HAVE MISREPRESENTED FACTS AND IN PUBLIC FORUMS WHEN THEY WERE

TRY -- >> THAT'S THE POINT I WANTED

TO MAKE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> THEIR PROPOSALS HAVE FLIP-FLOPPED. SCOPE.

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AND THEIR LATEST PROPOSAL THEY SHOWED NOW 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF MEDICAL OFFICE ON THE LAYOUT IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING HOMES. THEY VERY SLOPPY IN PROPOSAL AND SHOWING 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF FIRST LEVEL THAT'S HOW THEY CALLED IT FIRST LEVEL RETAIL.

WITH NO PROVISION OR ANY DETAIL HOW MUCH SECOND LEVEL MIGHT BE THERE. THEY HAVEN'T REALLY PROPOSED -- SHOWN CLEAR STATEMENTS THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN THEY SHOW PLAN FOR 40 TO 45 LUXURY HOMES.

YET THE LAYOUT SHOWS ONLY 35 HOMES AND ACCESS ROAD TO ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL. WITH 1 OF THOSE HOMES ON THE ACCESS ROAD. THAT'S HARDLY LUXURY HOMES.

TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THEY'VE NEVER DONE A PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE. THEY ARE DOING THE PRESERVE AREA WHICH 150 ACRES. BUT THAT'S BASICALLY GROUND CLEARING AND PUTTING IN SOME PATHWAYS.

WE NEED A PLAN THAT MAKES THE BEST SENSE FOR PARKLAND INCORPORATING SOME MODEST RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND TRUSTWORTHY DEVELOPER WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO EXECUTE THIS PLAN. HAVING PARKLAND OWN THIS PROPERTY AND IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT DEVELOPER TO PARTNER WITH US MAKES THE BEST SENSE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. WE THEN CONTROL OUR OWN

DESTINY AS YOU WELL SAID. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THIS COMMISSION TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF PURCHASING.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.

I LIVE IN HERON BAY AND SIT DIRECTOR ON THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE CONVERSATION VERY BRIEFLY TO OUR BELOVED CITY AND THE WORD BELOVED, I THINK WE SHARE IT ALL.

I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT ON EVERY MEASURE.

WE'VE OBSERVED SIZABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

SCHOOL OVERCROWDING. AND THEY'VE ALL BECOME TROUBLING ISSUES THAT WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT.

PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT REZONING HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN WELL CONTROLLED FOR THE FUTURE.

WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT THIS FOR THE HERRON BAY GOLF COURSE. THIS IS AN INFLECKION POINT FOR US THAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO REPEAT THE PAST.

MY CHILDREN, MANY OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, THEIR CHILDREN, HOME VALUES AND CITY SAFETY ARE ALL AT STAKE. THE CITY COMMISSION HAS A TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE WITH THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITIES IN MIND. I KNOW THE MAYOR TOUCHED ON THIS PREVIOUSLY. THINK ABOUT IT.

PARKLAND WITH OVER 35,000 RESIDENTS WITH 10,000-PLUS IN HERON BAY ALONE. WORKING TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, AND ALIGNED DEVELOPER, AND MASTER PLAN WE CAN CONTROL THE LAND USE AND FUTURE OUTCOMES. IT'S OUR TIME TO STEP UP AND PROTECT PARKLAND. I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THIS IS REASON YOU JOINED THE COMMISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF EAST COAST BUILDERS WITH VAST EXPERIENCE BUYS THE PROPERTY THERE'S NO COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BUILDER AND THE TWO CITIES.

IT WILL BECOME FRACTURED PROCESS WHERE INDIVIDUAL CITY INTEREST DO NOT COME TOGETHER.

IMPLORE YOU TO PUT PERSONAL RESERVATIONS I SIDE.

THE BEST PATH FORWARD THE VOTING ON THE PURCHASE OF 65

ACRES FROM NSID. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALISON? >> MARTY WINEBALM.

>> TREASURE OF THE HERON BAY BOARD.

THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP A WHILE AGO THAT YOU SPEND 20 TO 30 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD THE PARK.

AND WITH NO RETURN. HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME POTENTIAL UPSIDE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AS THE COMMISSIONER YOU ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT PARKLAND AS THE WHOLE.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CREATE A LASTING LEGACY BOTH AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AS COLLECTIVELY FOR THE CITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BY THE CITY PURCHASING THE PROPERTY TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH CITY CORAL SPRINGS AND THE HERON COMMUNITY.

THE PROJECT WILL HAVE BETTER OUTCOME, AND YOU WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

IF THIS IS NOT DONE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE CORAL SPRINGS PORTION OF THE DEVELOP.

. I URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

[01:20:07]

>> NO NOTES. NO NOTES.

KEN, WEBSTER, PARKLAND ISLE 7235 WEST 110TH AFTER.

I WANT TO START OFF THANKING EVERYBODY.

DEFINITELY AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN -- WHAT DID YOU SAY? AGGRESSIVE OR CONTENTIOUS RECENTLY.

YOU KNOW, WE HELD AT PARKLAND ISLES WE HELD AN EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING MONDAY NIGHT TO REVIEW THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I ENGAGE WITH MY COMMUNITY. WE INVITED RICH.

RICH SPOKE TO THEM. IT WAS THE SUPPOSE ATTENDED BOARD MEETING WE'VE HAD AND RICH CAN TELL YOU BY FAR THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON THAT DIDN'T EXPRESS THE SAME VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN ELOQUENTLY PRESENTED HERE.

EVERY PERSON FOR THE LAST WAS ADVOCATING STRONGLY THAT THE CITY AND THIS COMMISSION PURCHASED THIS LAND AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR PARKLAND.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE OTHER THINGS THAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED RICH, WHICH REALLY FRIGHTENED ME AND SHOULD FRIGHTEN EVERYBODY HERE IS THAT POINT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AND SAMPLE.

THAT WILL TO ME 700 UNITS ON FOUR ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY WHEN YOU HAVE 30 ACRES OR EIGHT ACRES IN THAT ONE ZONED AREA. TO ME THE OUTCOME IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PARKLAND.

I WON'T REITERATE ALL THOSE BAD THINGS.

SO YOU DON'T TRY TO CUT ME OFF, RICH ABOUT EAST COAST DEVELOPERS. BUT PEOPLE SHOULD DO THEIR OWN HOMEWORK. YOU SHOULDN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO SHARE THING THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T READ ABOUT. BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO READ ABOUT OTHER TRANSACTIONS THAT NSID AND SOME NSID MEMBERS HAVE DONE AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT CHOICE IS ABSOLUTELY CONFLICTED CHOICE AND DEFINITELY NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PARKLAND. AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY ACCEPT I WANT TO SAY TO COMMISSIONER CUTLER.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ YOUR BOOK.

I'M EXCITED TO READ IT. BUT I'M MORE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOUR IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON WHAT THE COMMISSION'S IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF PARKLAND.

AND TONIGHT, THIS IS 21 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED HERE.

I'VE COMMITTED MYSELF TO PARKLAND.

I'VE WORKED AS THE PRESIDENT OF PARKLAND ISLES FOR 20 YEARS NOW. YOU KNOW, I'M INVOLVED IN THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL WITH MOST OF THE OTHER PRESIDENTS OR A LOT OF THE OTHER PRESIDENTS ONCE THAT REPRESENT A GOOD PORTION OF THIS CITY.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST DECISION THAT'S COME BEFORE THE CITY AND THIS COUNCIL IN THE LAST 21 YEARS.

I HOPE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING AND APPRECIATE YOUR

TIME AND ENERGY. >> THANK YOU, KEN.

[APPLAUSE] GARED LEETS.

>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.

I WILL ALSO REFRAIN FROM GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHERE SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.

ALTHOUGH I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE DEAL THAT WAS DONE BETWEEN NSID WAS AND EAST COAST AND THINK IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD RESULT FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND. I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE CONTROL WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.

YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY NORTHING GET BUILT ON THAT LAND. AND AS WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

WITH WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH RESIDENTIAL, WE COULD BE EXERCISING OR OSTRACIZING A PORTION OF EAST PARKLAND FOR SCHOOLS. WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH COMMERCIAL. WE COULD FLOOD THE AREA WITH DAILY TRIPS AND TRAFFIC BEYOND WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.

I THINK SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED ON THAT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT IS THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE REALM OF 60% OF THE OVERALL TRAFFIC ENTERING PARKLAND COMES DOWN KNOB HILL ROAD. IT'S INCREASING BY THE DAY AS WE BUILD OUT THE COMMUNITIES.

YOU ARE STILL APPROVING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DOWN THERE. WE GOT A NEW COMMUNITY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT'S 55-PLUS.

THAT DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.

I NOTICED IN THE CITY BUDGET WE APPROVED 36 ACRE PARK RIGHT ON KNOB HILL ROAD. THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE REDUCING THE OVERALL TRAFFIC COMING DOWN THERE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 65 ACRE BEING DEVELOPED.

ALSO, IN MY RESEARCH THE LAST TIME ALL SAW TRAFFIC STUDY; MAJOR TRAFFIC STUDY DONE ON THAT INTERSECTION WAS BY WCI IN 1997. MAJOR TRAFFIC STUDY.

LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF ALL THESE COMMUNITIES YOU HAVE

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I CAN SEE NO EFFICIENT POINT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND ANY OF THE PROPOSAL, INCLUDING THE CITY.

WITH EAST COAST I CAN'T IMAGINE WE WILL GET A GOOD RESULT. IF THEY NEED ACCESS THROUGH CORAL SPRINGS THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT PARKLAND.

GUESS WHAT? DOESN'T MATTER.

WE HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT GET BUILT.

IF THEY CONNECT THE TWO PROPERTIES, GUESS WHAT? WE CAN'T STOP THEM. I URGE YOU GUYS TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS. HAVING CONTROL IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THING. YOU GUYS SHOULD WANT THAT CONTROL. HECK, MOST POLITICIANS CLAMMER FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUY AREN'T TRUE POLITICIANS AS WE MIGHT SEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON TV. BUT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT GOES THERE. BEING ABLE TO REACT WHAT THE BOUNDARY DECISIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE, BEING ABLE TO REACT TO WHAT THE RAMIFICATION OF BUILDING ANOTHER GIANT PARK WITHOUT EXPANDING THE ROAD, WITHOUT CREATING DIFFERENTIAL WAYS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORS NOW. WOULD BE A MISCARRIAGE TO THE CITY. I URGE YOU TO VOTE TO BU THE LAND AND TAKE THE CONTROL AWAY FROM NSID AND WHATEVER THEY HAVE GOING ON WITH EAST COAST BUILDERS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] JIM WEISS.

>> HELLO, JIM. >> GOOD EVENING.

JIM WEISS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PARKLAND HISTORIC SOCIETY FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HERON BOARD OF DIRECTORS SINCE WCIA TURN OVER IN 2013.

TODAY MY COMMENTS ARE PRIMARILY BUT NOT SOLELY DIRECTED AT MY FRIEND VICE-MAYOR CUTLER AS A MEMBER OF THE PARKLAND HISTORIC SOCIETY, I'VE STUDIED AND WRITTEN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PARKLAND AND I BELIEVE THE DECISION THIS EVENING IS HISTORIC MOMENT AND IT MATTERS. WHAT THESY IS FACING SIMILAR WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED TO PUT AN AIRPORT OR MUNICIPAL DUMP ON THE LAND THAT'S NOW HERON BAY OR WHEN NARCO BUILDER WANTED TO BUILD OVER 8 UNITS PER ACRE ADDING 62,000 RESIDENT TO PARKLAND OR WHEN THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY HAS PLAN TO ROUTE THE EXPRESSWAY SPLITTING PARKLAND OR CITY OF PARKLAND CORAL SPRINGS IN HALF.

I URGE YOU -- THE DECISION -- THE DECISION TONIGHT REGARDING THE 65 ACRES OF THE HERON BAY GOLF COURSE. LONGER IS ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS. NSID LAST WEDNESDAY CHANGED THAT ENTIRE DISCUSSION. I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE 65 ACRES. AND PROCEED RESPONSIBLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN HERON'S BAY FRONT YARD.

IT MATTERS. IT MATTERS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JIM.

[APPLAUSE] JIM BARRON.

>> THESE ARE HARD ACTS TO FOLLOW.

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, I THINK MAYOR WALKER SAID IT ALL.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SHOULD BE AS EASY AS VOTING ON PICKLE BALL COURTS. THIS IS A NO-BRAINER SITUATION. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE ALL THE DETAILS LIKE THE ELOQUENT SPEAKER THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. BUT I'M JUST STATING FACTS.

AND IT WILL DESTROY THIS COMMUNITY.

THE CITY OF PARKLAND AS WE KNOW IT.

AND VICE-MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T AGREE, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. AND ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE IHIS IS A NO-BRAINER.

I'M NOT GOING TOEN COME CLOSE TO USING MY WHOLE TIME. IT SHOULD BE AS EASY VOTING ON PICKLE BALL COURTS. NO-BRAINER, EVERYBODY.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T BRING UP THE BOARD MEMBER ORDINANCE. BECAUSE THAT WAS A DIFFICULT

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ONE. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M RAY SHEER.

RESIDENT OF HERON OF BAY AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I SERVED FOR 30 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CALL THE SMELL TEST. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT CERTAIN COMPANIES AND SO FORTH.

I WILL NOT ELABORATE ANYMORE.

BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE SOMETHING DOESN'T REALLY PASS THE SMELL TEST HERE WITH THIS POTENTIAL SELL OF THIS TO EAST COAST, I WOULD URGE THE COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE 65 ACRES AND QUENCH THE STINCH.

THANK YOU. > ALISON, HOW MANY PEOPLE

DO YOU HAVE TOWN LIST THERE? >> JUST THREE MORE.

>> OKAY. >> WE WILL GO A LITTLE BIT OVER THE HOUR AND 30. TRYING TO GET EVERYONE IN TO SPEAK. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK LITTLE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.

>> ROBERT KATZ. >> ROBERT KATZ, 11512 NORTHWEST, PARKLAND IN HERON BAY.

I'M BEFORE YOU AGAIN I SPOKE BEFORE.

ALL THE SENTIMENTS EVERYTHING THAT THE MAYOR HAS SAID AND WHAT THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE HAVE SAID IS HOW I FEEL. THIS THE REALLY I'M HAPPY LIKE THE PICKLE BALL COURTS. I WILL NEVER PLAY.

I KNOW IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND EXPECT THAT NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN OUR LAST MEETINGS, VICE-MAYOR CUTLER, AND COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, THIS IS REALLY DIRECTED FOR YOU. I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY A LONG TIME BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE HAD PHO STICKERS.

AND I COULDN'T WAY FOR THE DAY I COULD BUY MY OWN HOUSE IN PARKLAND. THE PEOPLE LINE IS THAT IN 2018, WHEN WE WERE WALKING DOWN CORAL SPRINGS DRIVE FROM PINE TRAILS PARK TO STONEMAN DOUGLAS IN MARCH.

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY WERE JUST SAYING HOW PEOPLE PARKLAND AND WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN WE BANDED TOGETHER, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MADE STATEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF MY PEOPLE IN THE EAST PART OF PARKLAND, I WILL EFFECT THEM AS MUCH AS WEST PARKLAND. BUT THERE WAS THE STATEMENT THAT WAS SAID AND WE ALL CAN LIVE BE IT.

AND IT WAS HASHTAG PARKLAND STRONG.

IT'S NOT EAST COAST. IT'S NOT WEST COAST.

IT'S PARKLAND. IT'S ALL OF US THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS. NOT JUST HERON BAY.

PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. FORGIVE ME.

STEVE DIKBREITER. >> 8242 NORTHWEST 124 TERRACE. EVERYONE SAY IT.

I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WALKER HAS STATED ALL OF THE CRITERIA. AND THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. THAT'S VERY WELL STATED.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT PARKLAND NOT NECESSARILY BEING IN THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT THE MONEY UP FRONT AND PUT PRESSURE TOWN SCHOOLS. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IF WE WORK WITH A DEVELOPER LIKE TOLL BROTHER WHOSE HAS STELLAR REPUTATION. THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUE. THE IMPACT WILL BE FAR LESS THAN SOMETHING OUT OF OUR CONTROL LIKE EAST COAST DEVELOPERS. THINK OF THE IMPACT ON THE SECURITY AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE PRESSURE ON THE SCHOOL.

EAST COAST WANTS TO BUILD A HIGHER DENSITY NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN EVEN THE LUXURY HOMES FROM TOLL BROTHERS WITH ALL THE CONDOS AND THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THEY ARE PROPOSING. OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY OUT OF OUR CONTROL. BUT BEYOND THAT, I WANT TO JUST SAY I WANT TO BRING IN A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL ISSUES. I'VE BEEN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND SOFTWARE ENGINEER MY SPENTIRE LIFE.

I WILL VOLUNTEER IF WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE TRAFFIC HERE.

I WILL WORK WITH WHOMEVER MIGHT BE NECESSARY AND WILLING TO WORK WITH ME IN MITIGATING THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS ON WHATEVER COMES DOWN THE PIKE.

AND AS ANOTHER SMALL ISSUE. I WANT TO BRING TO POINT.

ALSO THINK LIKE A LAWYER THIS STATEMENT RIGHT HERE IN THE ORDINANCE SAID THIS IS THE SITE WEST OF KNOB HILL BOULEVARD. IT'S TECHNICALLY KNOB HILL ROAD. I DON'T WANT TO LAWYER TO COME UP AND SAY, YOU BOUGHT THIS LAND BUT IT'S MEANINGLESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT KNOB HILL BOULEVARD.

THERE'S NO SUCH LAND. PLEASE MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

I WILL GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME BACK TO WHOEVER SPEAKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WITH THE FOUR LAWYERS

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THAT RIGHT. >> SAYS AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT ONE. WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.

NO PROBLEM. >> ALISON?

>> LAST ONE. ARMANDO GOANAGA.

>> COMMISSIONER, FIRST I GOT TO SAY MY ADDRESS.

7226 NORTHWEST 127TH WAY IN HERON BAY.

COMMISSIONER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM HERE FOR MY FIRST TIME SINCE THIS STARTED HAPPENING BECAUSE I'M SHOCKED. JST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. I WAS A DIVISION PRESIDENT WITH WCI AND IN THIS ROOM A NUMBER OF TIME OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO COME IN HERE AND DEMONSTRATE AND WE WERE HELD TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD TO GET THE APPROVALS THAT WE GOT TO BUILD MOST OF THE HOMES TOWN WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

AND I READ THE PAPER AND I'M IN SHOCK.

BECAUSE THE FEELING THAT I GET IS THAT NSID HAS THIS TREMENDOUS POWER AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING NSID WILL BUILD THIS OR THAT. THE POWER RESTS HERE.

EVERY HOMEOWNER IN HERON BAY THAT LIVES ON THE GOLF COURSE PAID A HUGE PREMIUM TO BE ON THE GOLF KOURS.

EITHER 100,000. $50,000.

$200,000. I WAS THERE AT THE TABLE WHEN WE COLLECTED THAT. AND THE WAY THAT I SEE IT, THAT GOLF COURSE NEEDS TO EITHER BE A GOLF COURSE OR A PARK. NOTHING ELSE.

AND THE POWER IS HERE. NSID IN MY OPINION WENT WAY OVERBOARD AND PAID 30 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS NO ENTITLEMENTS.

THAT GOLF COURSE WITHOUT ENTITLEMENTS WAS WORTH THE 4 MILLION THEY PAID FOR IT. WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IS STAY OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS IF SOMEONE WAS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THAT GOLF COURSE, THEY SHOULD HAVE COME IN HERE FIRST GOTTEN A DEVELOPMENT APPROVED AND THEN IF SOMETHING PROPER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HERON BAY THAT PAID TO BE TOWN GOLF COURSE GOT APPROVED. I WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT THESE FOLKS PAID WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR TEN AND 20 YEARS. THEN WHATEVER WAS APPROVED WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WITH THE CITY. NOBODY WOULD HAVE PAID 32 MILLION IN THEIR RIGHT MIND FOR A GOLF COURSE THAT HAS NO APPROVALS. IT MAKES ME VERY SUSPICIOUS ABOUT WHY THIS PROPERTY HAS GAINED IN VALUE SO MUCH.

ALSO ONE OTHER THING. I HAPPEN TO OWN A LOT IN HERON BAY RIGHT NOW. EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN MY LAWN GUY FORGETS TO CUT THE GAS.

I GET A NOTICE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THE GRASS TOWN GOLF COURSE IS WAY OVERGROWN.

IF NSID BOUGHT THAT, THEY SHOULD BE MAINTAINING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS MAINTAINING THEIR LAWN.

LET'S -- AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT YOUR PURCHASE.

BUT EITHER YOU PURCHASE IT AND IF YOU GUYS DECIDE THE DO THAT. THAT'S FINE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PART OF IT YOU ARE PURCHASING.

OR YOU HOLD NSID TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT YOU HELD WCI TO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I REMEMBER COMING IN HERE USING DENSITY OVER PROPERTY WE OWNED BECAUSE THE CITY REQUIRED CERTAIN DENSITY. AND NOW WHEN I READ THAT IF WE DON'T DO THING NSID WILL LOAD THAT WITH HOUSES, NO.

THEY CAN'T DO IT. AND IF NSID PAID TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THAT PROPERTY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE -- AND I'M PART OF A LAWSUIT THAT COUPLE OF GUYS PUT TOGETHER.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ASSOCIATION TO SUE THEM.

I'M NOT HERE TO BADMOUTH ANYBODY.

IN MY OPINION, IF WHOEVER MADE THAT PURCHASE FOR NSID, PAID 32 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR. I HOPE THEY HAVE DIRECTORS AND OFFICES INSURANCE. JUST BECAUSE THEY PAID IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO APPROVE SOMETHING ON THERE.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS

PARTICULAR ITEM? >> COME ON UP.

>> WELL, I'M DEBBIE SAFFRA. 120TH DRIVE.

I'M NOT A BIG SPEAKER. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS OUR HAIL MARY. WE COMMISSIONER CUTLER, COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, ONE OF YOU NEEDS TO CATCH THAT BALL AND SCORE. THIS -- THERE'S NO TURNING BACK. THIS IS OUR ONLY LAST HURRAH. OUR ONLY CHANCE TO CONTROL THESE 65 ACRES AND I'M BEGGING ONE OF YOU TO CATCH

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[APPLAUSE] DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO

SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? >> COME ON DOWN.

>> ONCE WE'RE DONE PUBLIC SPEAKING WE WILL TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE-BREAK AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK HAVE

OUR DISCUSSION. >> HELLO.

I'M JUST A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

I THINK SOMETIMES IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OR THE EXPERTISE TO BADMOUTH ANYONE INVOLVED IN THIS POSSIBLE TRANSACTIONS.

ALL I SEE IS THAT EVERYTHING STARTS WITH PROTECTING YOUR BOUNDARIES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IN HISTORY YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY NOT ONLY I PROTECTED BOUNDARIES MY CITY, BUT I ACTUALLY EXPANDED IT. I THINK ALLOWING NSID TO SELL THAT LAND WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT FROM THEM. LETTING OUR ENEMY SIT NEXT DOOR TO US. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INVESTMENT PERSONALLY. I HAVE LIVED HERE JUST 7 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED HERE 30 YEARS, 20 YEARS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I WORK IN HOLLYWOOD. I WORK IN WELLINGTON.

AND I CHOSE PARKLAND AS HOME FOR SOME PARTICULAR REASONS.

AGAIN, FOR ME POLITICS IS VERY SIMPLE.

BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. JUST EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES.

PROTECT THEM. AND TOTALLY BELIEVE AS RESIDENTS BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED HERE WE WILL HAVE THE RESILIENCE TO HASH IT OUT AMONG OURSELVES WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THAT LAND.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] COME ON, STEVE.

>> I WAS WAITING FOR YOU. >> HI, EVERYBODY.

>> 5710 NORTHWEST 63RD PLACE.

PARKLAND. >> SINCE I WAS HERE LAST TIME. AND I EXPRESSED MY OPINION I THINK YOU KNOW MY OPINION IS PRETTY MUCH STILL THE SAME WHICH IS THAT THIS CITY, NO CITY SHOULD BE IN THE LAND SPECULATION BUSINESS. AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS.

IT'S LAND SPECULATION. NOT MAYBE MINIMAL RISK LAND SPECULATION. BUT IT'S LAND SPECULATION.

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER DEVELOPMENT BROKERAGE BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS, I THINK IT'S -- I'VE HEARD SOME THINGS TONIGHT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. OR AT LEAST THE WAY I BELIEVE IT IS. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T SEE EAST COAST BUILDERS, TOLL, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VENTURES, DONALD TRUMP, SPENDING 25 OR 30 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY THATLAND UNLESS OR UNTIL THEY KNOW THEY CAN BUILD SOMETHING ON IT.

AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, DEED RESTRICTIONS STILL CONTROL THAT 65 ACRES.

IT'S STILL DEED RESTRICTED FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. EAST COAST BUILDERS CAN SIGN A PURCHASE CONTRACT. THEY CAN PUT UP A DEPOSIT.

THEY CAN DO MINIMAL DUE DILIGENCE.

PHY -- UNTIL THEY KNOW THEY CAN BUILD SHOPPING CENTER AND RESIDENTIAL.

THEY WILL NOT CLOSE TOWN LAND.

IT WOULD BE CRAZY. I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.

I SIGN A LOT OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS WITH A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE. I GENERALLY NEVER CLOSED ON LAND SALE UNTIL I HAD A BUILDING PERMIT.

THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS IS PROBABLY 18 MONTHS, 24 MONTHS? IF IT WAS READY TO GO TODAY.

IT WOULD BE 18 TO 24 MONTHS WAS BUILT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THINK THE NOTION THAT NSID IS GOING TO SIGN A CONTRACT AND THEY ARE GOING TO SALE THE LAND. I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.

I THINK THEY ARE JUST -- I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF BAD SITUATION. AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID THEY PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT LAND.

WITHOUT A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE.

I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO COME HELP THEM.

YOU KNOW KIND OF BAIL THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT.

ONE MORE THING. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAMPLE AND UNIVERSITY. AND THERE'S EIGHT ACRES OF THIS IN CORAL SPRINGS. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. AGAIN, THAT'S A COMPLETELY

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IT'S MAIN AND MAIN IN THE HEART OF CORAL SPRINGS.

IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME AS EIGHT ACRES OF A GOLF COURSE NEXT TO SHOPPING CENTER IN PARKLAND.

IT'S JUST MY OPINION. AGAIN, THAT YOU KNOW, THE CITY CAN CONTROL THIS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS OTHER THAN WRITING A CHECK FOR 25,400,000 PLUS THE CARRY COST AND ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT GO WITH IT. INSURANCE, MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SINGLE COMMISSIONER UP THERE THAT'S GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW WITH CERTAINTY THAT THEY WILL NOT ALLOW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR SOME TYPE OF DEVELOP. .

YOU SAY YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL CALLING OUT FOR THE LAST TIME.

>> THERE WAS FEW OTHER PEOPLE HERE PAST THEIR TIME.

>> THANKS. [BOOING]

>> I'M ANDREW RAIDER. I'M BETWEEN PARKLAND HOUSES FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. FORMALLY 7510 APPALACHIAN LANE PARKLAND. I JUST WANT TO STAND HERE FOR A MOMENT IN GRATITUDE. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE LAND SPECULATORS WHO KEPT TERRAMAR PARK AVAILABLE. I WANT TO TAKE THE LAND SPECULATOR WHO KEPT THE QWEST TO OUR CITY.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER WHO WERE LAND SPECULATORS WHO KEPT PINE TRAILS PARK AVAILABLE TO US AS FOR THE CITY. A COMMISSION HAS TO BE A SET OF VISIONARIES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHINGARIES OF WHAT PARKLAND IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, TEN, 20, 30, 40, YEARS FROM NOW, THEN YOU ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB. YOUR JOB TO SPEND THE MONEY NOW FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR WHAT'S GOING TO COME.

WHAT'S GOING ON, ON SAMPLE AND UNIVERSITY.

I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER CUTLER WROTE A BOOK.

I'M HIS LAWYER PARTNER BY THE WAY; IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY EYESORE. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT THERE.

IT WAS BUILT ABSOLUTELY INCONSISTENTLY WITH ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD HOPE WOULD BE BUILT THAT BRINGS PEACE TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY, YOUR JOB IS TO BE THE TRUSTEES OF THE FEELING OF PARKLAND. AND IF YOU CAN'T KEEP THE FEELING OF PARKLAND, THEN FRANKLY YOU SHOULDN'T BE SITTING UP THERE. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

>> GABBY SELTZER. NORTHWEST 73RD STREET.

HERON BAY. I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING UNTIL THE GENTLEMAN SAID HE HAS 30 YEARS WORTH OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE.

I DO ALSO HAVE 30 YEARS WORTH OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE. I OWN SHOPPING CENTER, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, DEVELOPMENT AND I DO THINK THIS IS NOT A SPECULATION PLAY.

I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE THE VISION THAT LIKE WAL-MART DOES OR TARGET DOES, THEY DO BUY LAND WAY AHEAD OF TIME FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTROL THIS LOCATION.

YOU ALREADY HAVE THE NUMBER ONE IMPORTANT THING, WHICH IS LOCATION, LOCATION, LCATION.

THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING IS CONTROL THE DIRT.

THE ONE THAT CONTROLS THE DIRT CONTROLS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE VISION OR WHERE YOU WANT THAT PIECE OF LAND TO GO.

IF I WAS GOING TO DEVELOP IT, MYSELF, AND I DIDN'T CARE FOR IT WAS AN EYESORE BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING OF MAKE MONEY. I WOULD DO FOUR TIMES WHAT THEY DID IN CORAL SPRINGS. I URGE YOU -- AND I ALSO HAVE BEEN RESIDENT HERE FOR 19 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN WHAT'S GONE AROUND PARKLAND.

I'M VERY PROUD OF LIVING HERE IN THIS CITY.

AND I URGE YOU TO REALLY PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY AND CONTROL IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

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>> >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT

WOULD LIKE TO? >> I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REAL SIMPLE. YOU'VE HEARD EVERYBODY SPEAK CLEARLY THERE'S BEEN A VOICE OF DISSENT AMONG ALL OF THE VOICES. I'LL JUST SAY THAT, ON THE COMMISSION, YOU GUYS HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS AT YOUR FINGER TIPS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE OPTIONS.

ULTIMATELY, YOU ARE THE LINE OF DEFENSE BETWEEN BAD DECISIONS FOR CITY OF PARKLAND, AND AVOIDING BAD DECISIONS. IN YOUR GUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF EAST COAST IS THE WRONG MOVE FOR PARKLAND IT'S NOT A MONEY QUESTION OR LAND SPECULATION.

IT'S DOING YOUR JOB. IT'S PROTECTING THE CITY.

MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE.

THAT'S IT. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE? ONCE WE CLOSE WE CLOSE.

I NOW CLOSE TO PUBLIC. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK FIVE-M VICE-MAYOR CUTLER, DON'T BE LAST. THERE'S COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. OKAY.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.

AND WE DID CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION UP HERE. I KIND OF ALL RIGHT STARTED THINGS EARLIER. BUT I THINK I FORGET WHAT I SAID. AND I CAN'T REPEAT IT.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN.

DOES ANYBODY -- >> COMMISSIONER BRIER?

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

ALL THOSE THAT SENT E-MAILS, CALLS, MEETING AND WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

FROM THE DAY I STARTED AS A CITY COMMISSIONER, AND NANCY AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MANY TIMES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

I'VE BEEN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY AT LEAST EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF ACQUIRING THE REMAINING VACANT OR AVAILABLE PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

THAT'S FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ALONE.

SOMEONE SAID IT BEST. IT'S TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE, OF THE SMALL TOWN ATMOSPHERE AND ALL OF THE CHARM IN THE REASONS WHY WE COMMUTE FROM MIAMI AND MIRAMAR AND HOLLYWOOD AND TO WEST PALM BEACH FROM OUR HOME IN PARKLAND. BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WILY.

IT'S WHAT WE LOVE. AND IT HAS ALL THE ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU WANT TO RAISE A FAMILY IN, GROW OLD IN ALL THE OTHER THINGS IN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE TRIED TO BE COLLABORATIVE IN THAT PROCESS. AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WORKING WITH THE BOARD WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY AT TERON BAY HOA AND THE CITY STAFF AND CITY COMMISSIONS WE TRIED TO WORK AS COLLABORATORS IN THIS PROCESS. MEETING WITH DEVELOPER, GOING TO SEE THEIR OTHER PROJECTS.

TAKING THEM FOR TOURS AROUND HERON BAY.

AS WE HAVE GOTTEN FURTHER ALONG IN THIS PROCESS, IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE TAKEN STEPS BACK IN THIS PROCESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETRIMENTAL THINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED PAUSE FOR CONCERN. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

SOME PROMISES BROKEN. CANDOR IS AN ISSUE.

ALL THE WHILE, THE GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO PRESERVE THE KARM OF OUR CITY AND SEE IF -- CHARM OF THE CITY BE ART OPPOSE THAT PROCESS AND STEER IT TO ITS ULTIMATE CONCLUSION. WHEN I WAS FIRST RUNNING FOR COMMISSION. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR PARKLAND. WHY DO YOU WANT TO RUN? I DON'T WANT PARKLAND TO GET SCREWED UP.

JASON AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

WE LOVE IT HERE. WE'VE DECIDED TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE OFTEN TIMES IN THAT MEANS THAT FOR GOING SOME PERSONAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE PARKLAND GET SCREWED UP.

AND WHETHER THAT'S US ALLOWING IT OR US BEING PASSIVE IN ALLOWING IT. THAT IS BEEN MY CONCERN ALL ALONG. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID A SCENARIO THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT AND WOULDN'T SEE AS A BENEFIT TO PARKLAND.

AND I THINK THERE IS A CHANCE -- NOT THAT THIS COMMISSION OR THAT OUR ZONING LAWS OR LAND-USE LAW DON'T GIVE US ADEQUATE PROTECTION.

I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE WHERE WE WILL NOT HAVE THE ULTIMATE CONTROL TO AVOID SCREWING PARKLAND UP.

AND THAT IS WHY EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT PLENTY OF CONFLICTS

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THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO BE A PROPONENT FOR THE CITY BUYING THIS PROPERTY. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY EVEN IF IT'S INCREMENTALLY BETTER THAN THE REVERSE, OR THE FLIP SIDE.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THE CHARM AND NATURE OF ALL THE REASONS WHY WE LOVE PARKLAND AND CANDIDLY. I THINK THIS COULD BE A WIN WIN FOR OUR CITY.

THE RESIDENTS THAT WANT IT TO BE GREEN SPACE OR GOLF COURSE. I LOVE THOSE IDEAS.

BUT IT HAS PROVEN NOT TO BE A FINANCIALLY VIABLE MODEL FOR A GOLF COURSE. I TRIED MY BEST TO SUPPORT IT. IT HASN'T PANNED OUT.

AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT WILL BE DETERMINED LARGELY IF WE CONTROL THE PROCESS BUT WHAT WE DECIDE IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY STAFF, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR CONSULTANTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T CONTROL THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE LESS CONTROLS OVER AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSES ME CONCERNS. I HAVE HEARD ALL THE STATEMENTS WE HAVE THESE ABILITIES AND WE CAN PUSH BACK ON DEVELOPERS. BUT I HAVE YET TO SEE THAT REALLY COME TO FULL FRUITION WHY IT BEEN ON THIS DIAZ FOR THREE YEARS. MORE RESPECT FOR LAW TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO CONTROL DEVELOPMENT AND RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE WAY PARKLAND LOOKS THE WAY IT LOOKS. HOWEVER THOSE LAWS HAVE DIMINISHED THE CONTROL THAT THE CITY CAN EXERCISE OVER A PROPERTY OWNER AND A DEVELOPER OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO WE'RE FACED WITH A VERY TOUGH QUESTION.

DO WE PAY 25 AND A HALF MILLION FOR PROPERTY TO STEVE'S POINT. HE RAISED GOOD POINT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE WORTH THAT TODAY.

IS IT AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE IN PERFORMING PSHGLAND THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE.

I THINK YES. I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG IT'S LESS OF LAND SPECULATION ISSUE AND MORE OF A PRESERVATION ISSUE. BECAUSE MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. WEDNESDAY'S VOTE TO BACK US INTO CORNER. AND YOU KNOW IN DOING THAT, WE'RE FACED NOW WITH THE DECISION TONIGHT.

AND THERE'S BEEN MANY CATCHY PHRASES.

THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TONIGHT. AND THE E-MAILS.

MANY RESIDENTS. BUT I THINK THE OVERALL RESOUNDING VIEWPOINT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE LOVE WHERE WE LIVE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET IT SCREWED UP. OR SEE SOMEONE ELSE COME IN AND US NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PREVENT THAT.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRASS BUT IT'S MY SORT OF SIMPLIFICATION OF THE ISSUE. I ALSO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT PARTS HERE. I MEAN -- THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND. I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH MY COLLEAGUES OVER THE LAST WEEK.

NSID LOST THE SERVICE OF VALUABLE MEMBER TO THAT BOARD IN BOB PAYTON NOT ONLY FORMER CITY MANAGER HERE IN PARKLAND BUT HAS BEEN A GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OTHER BROKEN PROMISES THAT HAVE HAPPENED. BUT WE STAND HERE TONIGHT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY AND WHETHER YOU CALL IT HISTORIC WHETHER YOU CALL IT UNPRECEDENTED WHAT EVER, YOU MADE SOME GOOD COMMENT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN MY VIEW TO NOT GET INTO A PERFECT SITUATION, BUT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE FACED WITH IN A MANNER THAT I THINK WE CAN MAKE PARKLAND EVEN BETTER THAN IT CURRENTLY IS.

THAT'S SOMETHING WILL GO ON THAT LAND.

PEOPLE HAVE SAID IT BEFORE. WE'VE TALKED WITH THE HOA.

THE HOA HAS BEEN REASONABLE AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN REASONABLE IN WHAT THEY FORESEE AS BEING A FAIR COMPROMISE. WE HAVE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND MORE RESIDENTIAL.

CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND COMMERCIAL AND GENERATING REVENUE. MY GOAL AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS. DON'T MESS PARKLAND UP.

[APPLAUSE] AND I WILL REITERATE IT AGAIN. ALL THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN FAIR HAVE BEEN ACCURATE, HAVE BEEN FROM PEOPLE WHO CARE AS MUCH AS I DO ABOUT PARKLAND.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE PROCESS THAT IS NOW CULMINATED WITH A CONTRACT. IS IT PERFECT CONTRACT?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. I HAVE ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF HAVE TRIED TO NAVIGATE THE ISSUE THAT HAVE CAUSED US THE MOST TO SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE A FAIR RESOLUTION AND MOVE FORWARD. AND WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TOWN DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PHASE

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TONIGHT IS NOT THE END OF THE PROCESS.

IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

IF WE VOTE FOUR OR FIVE, 4-1 OR 5-0 TONIGHT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS TO START DOING THE HARD WORK WHICH IS THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS PROPERTY.

CONTINUING THE COMMUNICATIONS AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING OF WHETHER IT'S THE NORTH PARCEL OR OTHER PARCELS. CONTINUING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS. BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO NAVIGATE AND BE THE CURATOR OF WHAT GOES ON THAT PROPERTY. NOT HAVE SOMETHING FORCED DOWN OUR THROAT. I THINK WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A LIVELY AND HELPFUL DISCUSSION.

AND WITH THAT MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIER.

COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN SAID.

WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE CONVERSATION FOR A WHILE.

EVERYONE HAS SAID IT BEST. YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS I'VE BEEN IN FAVOR OF THIS FROM DAY ONE.

I WAS IN FAVOR WHEN THE LAND FIRST PUT UP FOR SALE IN THE CITY WAS ORIGINALLY VYING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE AND SUFFICE TO SAY THERE WERE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHERE ULTIMATELY THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS KIND OF TAKEN AWAY FROM US IN THE EARLIER STAGES.

FORTUNATELY THAT OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENTED ITSELF AGAIN.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO PRESENT ITSELF A THIRD TIME.

THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER HERE.

WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR COMMISSIONER PEOPLE ASKED ME JORDAN, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? GOING BACK TO STATEMENT GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER.

I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A POLITICIAN IN THE SENSE PEOPLE LOOK AS THE POLITICIAN.

I RAN BECAUSE I LOVE THIS CITY.

YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY CORNY MATERIALS.

ITS EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER BRIER.

PRESERVE THE CHARACTER, CHARM AND SMALL TOWN FEEL OF THE CITY. SMALLTOWN IS SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE. DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S SOMEWHAT INNETTABILITY.

WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF LAND IN THE CITY AND THAT LAND IS QUICKLY BEING SCOOPED UP.

AND THIS IS LAST MAJOR PARCEL THAT WILL DICTATE A LARGE PORTION OF THE CHARACTER AND MAKE UP OF OUR CITY. WHTHER YOU LIVE ON THE EAST OR WEST SIDE. OUR CITY IS NOT THAT BIG.

WE DON'T HAVE TRUE NEW YORK CITY MANHATTAN.

WE ARE ALL LIVING IN PARKLAND.

THE E-MAILS I RECEIVED ARE INTERESTING.

BECAUSE TO HEAR FROM PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE YES THERE WERE SOME NOT IN FAVOR OF BUYING IT.

THEY WERE THE MINORITY. NOT TO SAY THERE AREN'T PEOPLE THAT DISAGREE WITH THE PURCHASING OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT. ONE THAT REALLY STRUCK ME THE MOST WAS SOMEONE WHO RECITED TO ME OUR COMMISSION'S OWN MISSION STATEMENT.

I WILL READ THAT. IT'S OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND VISION IN CARRYING OUT THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY MAKING FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND WHILE CONTINUALLY RESPONDING TO NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS SO AD PRO PO ABOUT THAT IS THE WORD VISION.

ONE OF VICE-MAYOR RELUCTANCESY IS THE LACK OF COMMONS VISION. WHAT I WANT TO DO KIND OF PAINT WHAT I HAVE IN MIND. SIMILAR TO WHAT I THINK THE MAYOR HAS IN TERMS OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THIS PROPERTY. WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS, WHETHER YOU HAVE GRANDKIDS. EMPTY NESTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CITY CENTER.

NOT A STRIP MALL. A CITY CENTER WITH GREEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT HAS A PLAYGROUND, HAS A SPLASH PAD; HAS CERTAIN AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO SIT ON TABLES, WHAT HAVE YOU. CONCREGATE.

HANG OUT, MAYBE EVEN HAVE A PICNIC.

SURROUNDED BY COFFEE SHOP, MAYBE AN ICE CREAM STORE, COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS AND IDEALLY I WOULD LIKE FOOD.

A FOOD HALL. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE DISAGREEMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FOOD HALL MUCH MORE IN TREND. ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SMALLER OVERHEAD. YOU GET MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW AND NOVEL BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND IF THEY AREN'T SUCCESSFUL THEY LEE AND THEY GET REPLACED BY SOMEONE ELSE AND THE ONE THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL MAY TURN INTO THEIR OWN BRICK AND MORTAR IN THE FUTURE.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE ARE BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROPOSAL TRIPLE FIVE SUBMITTED. THEY MADE USE OF THE WATERWAYS TOWN LAKES. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BIKE PATHS WALKING PATHS THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO EAT DINNER TOWN WATER WHERE RIGHT NOW DEJA VU THEIR ONLY GAME IN TOWN. IF YOU WANT TO SIT SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE IN PARKLAND NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE OTHER RESTAURANTS AS THE WATERFRONT SITUATION, WE SHOULD BE HAVING MORE OF THAT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

I ALSO THINK IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL SIZE OF IT.

THAT'S UP FOR US TO DECIDE. I THINK THE PROBLEM I SEE IN

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WE NEED THE LONG-TERM VISION HERE.

LET'S SAY THE DEVELOPER PUTS IN SOMETHING.

THOSE STORES ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO LAST.

THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEED. THE MEDICAL OFFICES, THEY COME AND GO. PEOPLE GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

THERE'S ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS WHAT HAVE YOU.

WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THAT PROPERTY. OWNERSHIP THAT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN IF THE SAME WAY KEN SAID ABOUT PINE TRAILS PARK TERRAMAR. AT SOME POINT A DECISION HAD TO BE MADE. RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? SOLD TO SOME OTHER COMMERCIAL INVESTOR? OR SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO HOLD OUT TO RESIDENTS AND SAY THIS IS FOR YOU.

WE DID THIS FOR YOU. AND NOT JUST FOR YOU COLLECTIVELY. BUT I LIKE YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. THIS IS THE DECISION.

AND ONCE THIS DECISION IS HERE OR GONE TONIGHT; WE DON'T GET IT BACK. I KNOW WE MAY NOT SHARE THE EXACT TYPE OF VISION. BUT I THINK WE HAVE AGREED STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CITY CENTER. NOW PEOPLE MAY IN THEIR MINDS BY ABLE TO VISION THAT DIFFERENTLY.

AND THE SCALE MAY BE THIS OR THAT.

BUT THE CONCERN ABOUT RECOUPING OUR INVESTMENT IS WHAT CLOUDING THE JUDGMENT OF AN OTHERWISE DECISION THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT JUST SAVING AND PRESERVING WHAT WE HAVE BUILT HERE. YOU KNOW, FROM LOOKING AT IT FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. I AS TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY OR BECOME HISTORY.

TO MAKE HISTORY YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BOLD.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE NORM THAT MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK.

BUT THOSE RISKS ARE WHERE YOU GET THE GREATEST REWARD.

MY CONCERN IS THAT IN NOT TAKING THAT RISK, YES, WE CAN SIT AND LOOK AT OUR 25 MILLION IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT.

WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, BE REALLY HAPPY WITH OURSELVES.

BUT TEN, 20, 50, 100 YEARS FROM NOW.

GOD WILLING THINGS DON'T GET OUT OF CONTROL, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY, THEY TOOK THAT LEAP OF FAITH AND IT PAID OFF NOT JUST FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, IT PAID OFF FROM HOW PEOPLE WILL STILL CHERISH AND LOVE THE CITY THE SAME WAY PEOPLE 60 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED IT, 40 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY STARTED TO TURN IT INTO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST FARMS AND HORSES AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME FOR TO US PUT A STAMP ON OURSELVES AS A BOARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.

BECAUSE WE ARE THE STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S FINANCES.

WE DO HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IN MIND.

AND, YES, AGAIN, THERE'S RISK.

SOMEONE MADE THE STATEMENT IF I DON'T KNOW NSID WOULD HAVE PAID 32 MILLION FOR THIS.

THE REALITY IS, THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT KNOWING THEY WERE GOING GET RECOUPED FROM RESIDENTS.

THEY DON'T CARE. THEY WOULD HAVE PAID 60 MILLION. WE WILL MAKE BACK AT THE MINIMUM 13 MILLION. I AGREE.

THAT COULD FLUCTUATE. DEPENDS ON ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT AT THE MINIMUM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN HERE IN GOOD CONSCIOUS CAN SAY THAT 65 ACRE IN ONE OF THE MOST HIGH I WILL ATTRACTIVE AND SOUGHT OUT NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS GOING TO BECOME WORTHLESS. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE I CAN'T TELL ANYONE ELSE WHAT TO DO.

KEN, BOB, I SPEAK TO YOU AS WELL.

I DO ASK THAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE REAL RISKS. WHAT ARE THE REAL CONCERNS YOU ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT OR AFRAID OF AND DO THOSE HAVE REAL MERIT TO IT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS OR IN THE SENSE OF RIGHT NOW OF BEING ABLE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

I THINK IF WE ALL LOOK FROM A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE WE ALL SHOULD HOPEFULLY REACH THE SAME END POINT WHICH IS

[02:10:01]

THAT'S WHY I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, I KNOW YOU GUYS ALL LOVE ME; RIGHT? LOOK, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TO FIGHT. ALL THE RESIDENT WHOSE HAVE SENT E-MAILS AND I'VE SPOKEN TO.

THIS IS WHAT MAKES PARKLAND GREAT.

THERE ARE SOMETIMES DECISIONS THAT -- EYEI'VE B ON COMMISSIONER FOR LAST SIX YEAR.

I'VE SEEN AND RESIDENT FOR 26 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN THE UPS AND DOWNS, DIFFERENT DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE THAT THERE'S 3-2 VOTES. THERE'S 4-1.

I'M STILL TRYING TO GET THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE PASSED.

THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. THERE'S NO FOR ME -- IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE. BUT I'M ON -- I WILL CALL IT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE. AND YOU KNOW, MY REASONS ARE BASED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I THINK ARMANDO SAID WHEN HE WAS WCI HE WAS HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS FIGHTING FOR EVERY TOOTH AND NAIL THAT HE COULD GET FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. AS PLANNING AND ZONING OR AS COMMISSION WE MADE SURE THAT WHAT NEEDED TO BE PARKLAND LIKE REMAINED PARKLAND LIKE. EVERY DEVELOPER THAT CAME IN HERE DID NOT WANT TO BE -- TO COME INTO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE PUT THROUGH THE RINGER. THAT'S HOW WE CREATED THE PARKLAND THAT YOU GUYS ALL KNOW AND LOVE.

THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT THE 36 ACRE PARK THAT WE PURCHASED 24 ACRES OF IT. THAT WAS DESIGNED BECAUSE A, IT WAS ININCORPORATED BROWARD.

THERE WAS A POSSIBLE THREAT FOR SEVERAL DEVELOPERS AND I THINK SOME OF THEM MAY BE HERE TONIGHT.

THAT WANTED TO BUY THE PROPERTY.

AND BEING UNINCORPORATED. THEY COULD HAVE BUILT, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT UNITS TO THE ACRE.

THAT WOULD HAVE PRESSURE ON EVERYONE.

WE BOUGHT IT. NANCY CAN ATTEST.

I THINK THEY OFFERED 8 MILLION AT FIRST.

WE TURNED IT DOWN. WE SAID, NO.

THEY CAME BACK. WE NEGOTIATED.

I THINK WE SAID, WELL IF THEY COME THROUGH WITH SOMEWHERE AROUND 6, WE'LL TAKE IT.

AND I THINK IT MANAGED TO COME 7.1.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US LET'S BUY IT.

IT WASN'T A FINANCIAL DECISION IN THE SENSE OUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE GET BACK. BASED UPON WHAT WE FELT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE FACT THAT WE COP IT INTO THE PARK AND WE HAD A NEED THAT WAS ALSO ADVANTAGEOUS. BUT ITS BASED UPON SOMEONE COMING INTO THE CITY AND DECIDING WHAT THE DO AND FOR TO US HAVE NO SAY IN THE MATTER.

WHEN PARKLAND ROYAL CAME IN. AND WANTED TO ANNEX IN WHICH WAS THE NSID PROPERTY IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY. WHEN THEY ANNEXED IN WE SAID TO THEM, AGAIN, YOU GUYS WANT TO COME IN, NOT A PROBLEM. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT AGE RESTRICTION ON THE HOMES THAT YOU BUILD KNOWING THERE WAS PRESSURE FROM THE SCHOOLS.

KNOWING THERE WOULDN'T BE TREMENDOUS TRAFFIC ON LOXAHATCHEE ROAD BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY HAVING A PROBLEM. THIS COMMISSION AND AGAIN I HAVE NO ILL-WILL FOR ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTE YES OR NO. BUT REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION.

AND THEY ALL HAD THEIR REASONS WHY.

BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME IS THAT WE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES.

WE'VE WE BY THE WAY THERE WERE ALSO SIX OR SEVEN AIR VARIANCES. BASED UPON THE CODE AND DESIGN AND ELEMENTS WE SAID GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU WANT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PARKLAND.

FOR ME, AGAIN, THIS IS THE THING THAT WE HAD PROPERTY APPRAISED AT. AS IF NOT AS IS.

RANGING BETWEEN 13 MILLION AND 9 MILLION.

WE'RE NOW LOOKING TO PAY 25.4 MILLION.

THAT'S A RED FLAG SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULD PAY MORE FOR SOMETHING THAN IS ACTUALLY APPRAISED FOR.

IT'S A CONCERN. ESPECIALLY FROM AS SOME HAVE SAID FROM A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT MOST OF THE TIME

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THEY RECIPROCATE. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO 13 OR 14 MILLION. WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY SOME OF THAT LAND. IS WE WERE TOLD BY NSID.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. CORRECT?

>> WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A PIECE OF LAND.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. THERE'S ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE ACRES THAT IS UP IN THE NORTH PART THAT WAS -- DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THIS IN CONTRACT? WE'LL SELL IT TO YOU BUT INCLUDE IT LATER ON.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME.

LIKE IT OR NOT. NSID STILL CONTROLS THAT PROPERTY. THEY HAVE PROVIDE WATER.

SO ANYBODY WHO BUILDS ON THAT, IS HAS TO SUCCUMB TO NSID AND WHATEVER THEIR INNERCONNECT FEES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM NUMBER ESTABLISHED. THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $5 TO 50 MILLION. THAT'S A CONCERN.

I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON. LIKE I SAID SHARE WITH YOU THE POSITIVE THINGS. GRANTED, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL SOMETHING. A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN MAYBE THROUGH LAND USE OR ZONING.

BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND ANTHONY YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF IT'S A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT HAS TO COME BEFORE US BEFORE COMMERCIAL, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, NO IT DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY OF

PARKLAND. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOU CAN SAY NO WE DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE BEST

INTEREST. >> WE CAN DO THAT.

NOW, THAT MAY BE FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

THERE'S RESIDENTIAL USE. AGAIN, WE CAN SIT HERE AND CURRENTLY ZONED AT ONE UNIT PER TWO ACRES; AGRICULTURE

ONE. >> IT'S A-1 AND I DON'T THINK THEY CAN GET ONE UNIT PER TWO ACRES.

YOU CAN GET ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO AN AGRICULTURE USE. THAT'S WHAT IT IS ZONED AS.

WE CAN TURN AROUND AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO -- SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE US FOR REZONING APPLICATION.

AND PROVIDE RATIONALE AND REASON WHY THEY WANT TO REZONE. I THINK VICE-MAYOR CUTLER MENTIONED THIS, THIS SHOULD REMAIN THE GOLF COURSE SHOULD REMAIN A GOLF COURSE OR NATURAL LAND IN PERSON PERPETUITY. IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME TODAY -- THERE'S TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. I'VE HEARD E-MAILS HAVE NOISE ISSUES WE HAVE COMMERCIAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YOU KNOW FOR 25 MILLION I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THE LAND VACANT.

THIS WAY IT SATISFIES EVERYBODY'S NEED.

I WOULD LIKE THE DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN AFFORD THAT. CAN WE, NANCY?

>> OKAY. THESE ARE THE ISSUES TO ME.

AS I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF YOU OUT HERE TONIGHT, DON'T THROW HATCHETS AT ME. I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.

AND AS I SAID THAT'S WHERE -- WHERE I'M AT.

>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? >> LET ME START OFF WITH SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.

I DO AS I SAID EARLIER TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUTT.

I'VE GOTTEN INPUT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE I NEVER MET BEFORE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT JUST FROM THE HERON BAY AREA FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND TALKED TO ME. I'VE ALSO -- I WILL TRULY TELL YOU NOT SLEPT FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO GO WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

BECAUSE IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE.

IT IS NOT IN ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION IN MY MIND A NO-BRAINER ISSUE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING 25.41 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE CITY'S TAX REVENUES.

THE MONEY THAT IS SITTING OVER MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO SAVE THAT'S PART OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

ALL OF YOU. NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING HERE. NOT JUST THE HERON PEOPLE.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE REST OF THE CITY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT FUND. IT IS A HEAVY DECISION THAT IS BEING MADE BY THIS COMMISSION.

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IT ALWAYS MATTERS TO ME. AND I DO LOOK AT MOST OF MY DECISIONS THROUGH THE LENSE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

MANY OF YOU POINTED OUT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER TIME IN THE CITY.

THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL.

OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN BUFFETTED BACK AND FORTH BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS OVER MANY YEARS THAT HAVE COME AT US. THE IDEA OF HAVING A PRISON OUT HERE. THE IDEA OF HAVING AN AIRPORT OUT HERE. THE IDEA OF HAVING A DUMP OUT HERE. WE HAD THE CITY BRINGING THEIR SLUDGE INTO THE CITY. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER TIME.

THAT EACH SUCCESSIVE COMMISSION HAS GONE TO BATTLE OVER. IN THE EARLY YEARS OF PARKLAND'S HISTORY, THE COMMISSION DIDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF TAX REVENUES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

THEY DID NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL.

THEY BASICALLY -- THE CITY WAS BASICALLY STARTED TOWN BASIS OF A DONATION OF PROPERTY.

AND DEDICATION OF ROADS THAT WAS LAND THAT BELONGED TO MR. BLUNT. HE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO SAY I WILL GIVE TO THE CITY THESE THIN HOPES THAT THEY WILL BECOME A CITY AND BUILD THEMSELVES.

AND WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE DONE THAT AMAZINGLY.

OKAY. I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 1997; I CAN TELL YOU I RAISED MY FAMILY HERE.

WE'VE GONE TO ALL THE SCHOOLS HERE.

MY WIFE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. WE LOVE THIS DAMN CITY.

FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE COMMISSIONS OF THE PAST HAVE A AM A ALLOWED PURCHASER.

THERE'S A PIECE OF LAND FOR SALE.

THEY GET TO BUY IT. JUST LIKE NSID DID.

THEY WENT UP AND NEGOTIATED WITH THE CLUB LINK AND THEY GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE LAND.

HERON BAY COULD HAVE DONE THAT TOO.

CITY OF PARKLAND COULD HAVE DONE THAT TOO.

AND WE DIDN'T. NEITHER ONE OF US.

NEITHER HERON BAY FOR THE CITY TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY.

NSID DID. THE FACT THAT THEY SPENT 32 OR 33 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY, IN MY MIND IS CRAZY. BUT THEY SAW IN THEIR MINDS THAT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET LAND FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE THEY NEED IT.

WHETHER IT FOR WATER MANAGEMENT OR FOR SETTING UP SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARK; OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

THAT ENVISIONED THAT AND PUT THIS PIECE OF LAND UP.

IN THE PAST WHEN DEVELOPERS CAME TO THIS COMMISSION, NOT THIS COMMISSION, NOT THIS SEATED COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION UTILIZED WHATEVER IT COULD TO STAND FIRM ON IT'S ZONING POWERS IT'S LAND USE POWERS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THAT SERVED THEM WELL IN THE PAST AS THE GENTLEMAN POINTED OUT FROM WCI, WHO INTERESTINGLY DIDN'T PUSH HERON BAY WHILE LIVING THERE EARLY ON TO BUY THE PROPERTY, THE COMMISSION STOOD STRONG WITH WHAT THEY HAD.

SIMEON HAS POINTED OUT THAT OVER TIME, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF LEGAL THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF STATUTORY SCHEMES, AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CASES THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER TIME THAT HAVE TAKEN A SUBSTANTIAL BITE OVER WHAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE ERODED OUR ABILITY AS LOCAL LEGISLATORS TO DO MANY MENTION.

THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE GUN CONTROL AND ALL KINDS OF TOBACCO CONTROL. ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE LEGISLATURE HAS TAKEN THAT AWAY FROM US.

HAVING SAID THAT; I BELIEVE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING WITH FACT THAT FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THE COMMISSION HAS UTILIZED ITS ABILITY THROUGH LAND USE AND ZONING TO TRY TO CONTROL THEIR DESTINY THAT WE'RE AT THE DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.

WE'RE AT THE TIME WHERE WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO RELY ON WHAT HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US, BUT WE MAY NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF THE BOX.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THINKING OUT OF THE BOX, MEANS WHEN

[02:25:02]

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THAT LAND NEEDS TO BE USED FOR, AND WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY STATED TO US IN THE E-MAILS THEY'VE SENT TO US AND THE PHONE CALLS AND THE OFFICE MEETING THAT EYE HAD WITH A NUMBER OF YOU IN THE MEETING I'VE HAD WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. PEOPLE WHO ARE DEVELOPER.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR DESTINY.

WRONG. DON'T GET ME WRONG.

DON'T GET ME WRONG. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT 25 MILLION DOLLARS IS A HUGE PRICE TAG FOR CONTROLLING THAT DESTINY. OKAY.

AND THAT PRICE TAG -- THAT PRICE TAG DOES NOT COME WITHOUT A COST. FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WROTE TO ME OR TALKED TO ME AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAID, WE WANT TO REMAIN A PARK. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING BUILTEN THAT PROPERTY. WE DON'T WANT ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU NEED TO GET THAT THROUGH YOUR MINDS THAT SOMETHING -- SOME DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO OCCUR ON THAT PROPERTY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PARK.

PART OF IT MAY BE A PARK. PART OF IT MAY BE GREEN SPACE. TO NEED TO BE DEVELOPED.NG - AS MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE HAVE POINTED OUT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT VERY CAUTIOUSLY AND VERY CAREFULLY.

AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS COMMISSION AND EVERY COMMISSION TO LISTEN TO RESIDENT AND GET FEEDBACK.

ULTIMATELY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT AS THE MAYOR HAS POINTED OUT. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND I'M TELLING YOU AS I'M SITTING HERE TODAY AND HONESTLY AS I CAN, THAT DECISION IS GOING TO INCLUDE SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT THERE.

OKAY. WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.

WE CAN DO IT SO THAT HOPEFULLY THE MAJORITY OF YOU ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DONE.

BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH A PRICE TAG. THAT PRICE TAG IS GOING INCLUDE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND. THAT TIED INTO ALL OF THIS.

TIED INTO WHAT WE USE THAT LAND FOR, IS GOING TO BE ISSUES RELATIVE TO SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE IDEA THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CITY OF PARKLAND THAT ARE GOING TO PUSH ON WHAT NOSE BOUNDARIES ARE GOING TO BE.

WHAT KIDS WILL GO TO THAT SCHOOL.

WHAT KIDS DON'T GO TO THAT SCHOOL.

I NEED EVERYONE TO COLLECTIVELY BE ON THE SAME TEAM AND PAGE. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTIES IS TIED AS THE MAYOR HAS SAID TO THE IDEA THAT WHEN WE MOVED HERE AND WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 1997 THE PURPOSE WAS BECAUSE I WANTED MY KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOLS IN PARKLAND.

YOU'RE ALL OUT HERE TONIGHT WHEN WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD INCLUDING HOW WE WILL BUILD THIS THING INCLUDING WHAT THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES WILL BE. I NEED YOU ALL TO LISTEN UP AND BE THERE FOR US. OKAY.

CAN I GET A COLLECTIVE YES?

>> THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> I SPOKE EARLIER. I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING

ELSE. >> THE JUDGE WILL RULE IN YOUR FAVOR. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE HONOR TO MOTION TO APPROVE THIS?

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIER. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>>MAYOR: I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CUTLER.

I KNOW YOU TOOK YOUR TIME THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO COME UP WHAT YOU BELIEVED TO BE THE BEST DECISION.

AND I APPRECIATE THE HOMEWORK YOU'VE DONE.

[02:30:02]

WITH ALL OF YOU. TO SERVE --

>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING. I WANT TO RESIDENTS TO HEAR THIS. I AM AS PROUD TODAY AS I'VE EVER BEEN AT OUR COMMISSION. NOT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE OTHER PEOPLE WHO AGREED WITH ME.

I'VE GOT A PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME I THINK THE WORLD THAT DISAGREED WITH ME. THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM LESS OF PARK LANDER. DOESN'T MAKE HIM LESS OF A TRUE STEWARD OF YOUR TRUTH. AND SO I LOVE YOU FOR YOU ENTHUSIASM. BUT I AGREE WITH THE VICE-MAYOR. YOU DON'T WANT TO COMMISSION TO SIT UP HERE THAT WILL THINK AN ISSUE THAT'S 25 AND A HALF MILLION THAT WILL EFFECT THE NEXT 100 YEARS IS SUCH AN EASY DECISION. WITHOUT ANY FORETHOUGHT AND TAKING YOUR TIME, IT BECOMES A NO-BRAINER GUT REACTION.

WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS FOUR GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT AND A STAFF THAT'S COMMENCERATE WITH IT.

THAT CARES SO MUCH ABOUT THIS CITY.

AND ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT EACH ONE OF US HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A SMALL PART OF THAT THEY MULLED OVER THIS LOST SLEEPNESS NIGHT.

WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE SLEEP TONIGHT.

AND IF MY WIFE'S GOOD WIFE SHE WILL HAVE A GLASS OF WINE LATER FOR ME. WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE UP HERE WHO REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OUTCOME ALL CARE AND LOVE PARKLAND FOR WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT COULD BE.

>>MAYOR: NEXT ITEM. WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM.

>> 10-D. RESOLUTION 2022-052:HERON BAY ALTA SURVEY.

>>MAYOR: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS

ITEM? >> SEEING THERE'S NONE;

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIER. ROLL CALL.

4-1. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY, NANCY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET WITH THE HERON BAY HOA AND THEY GO THROUGH WITH THE VOTE TO GET THE RESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT. START LOOKING INTO CHERETT AND PHASE TWO AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

>> WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE ON THE CONTRACT AND WE STILL HAVE YOU KNOW A SITUATION WHERE IT COULD ALL FALL APART. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THIS THAT ARE PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE THAT COULD CAUSE IT TO FALL APART.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH NANCY THAT SHE'S -- THAT'S -- I'VE TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING.

>> CONSULTANTS, SURVEYS, PHASE 2.

THE HOA, RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GOT TO

MAKE SURE -- >> OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT IS THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO START GIVING CONSIDERATION TO GETTING SOMEBODY ONBOARD IMMEDIATELY WHO CAN HELP US WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR WHAT

THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YEP. ALL RIGHT.

BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE HEARD FROM THEM EARLIER.

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

>> TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. >> VERY MUCH SO.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING OUT.

BIGGEST CROWD I'VE HAD HERE. I'M KIND OF NERVOUS.

MIKE MOSER WITH THE PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

STATS FROM LAST MONTH. 171EMS CALLS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. THREE FIRE CALLS.

TWO HAZ-MAT AND SMALL BRUSH FIRE.

JUST REMINDER OUR OCTOBER 8TH PASTA DINNER FOR CANCER AWARENESS AT STATION 80. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU

THERE. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT

FLIER. >> WE JUST GOT SOME IN.

I WILL GET IT TO YOU. >> JUST REAL QUICK KEEP AN EYE ON THE STORM. INVEST 98 THAT'S OUT THERE.

THEY ARE MANY MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT IT COULD COME UP FROM THE GULF SIDE AND BACK INTO SOUTH FLORIDA.

WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR STAFF FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING SERVICES.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE STILL PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR GO LIVE DATE WITH COCONUT CREEK FIRE RESCUE AND POLICE ON TO

[02:35:02]

THAT WILL BENEFIT YOUR RESIDENTS WE WILL BRING QUICKER. WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON.

THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BUDGET. AND THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WILL BE COMING HERE TO PARKLAND WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT YOUR RESIDENTS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE.

THERE'S A PROGRAM OUT THERE. I GUESS IT'S SUPPORTED BY 211. BUT IT'S HEROES FOR HEROES.

WHICH IT GIVES THE ABILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO IF THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SOME MENTAL ISSUES OR CHALLENGES TO, TALK TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FIRST RESPONDERS.

IF YOU NEED INFORMATION, I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND AS WELL AS BSO TO

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. >> THANK YOU.

[13. Comments by the City Manager]

VERY NICE, COMMISSIONER. >> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY

MANAGER? >> I'M JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS NEW ADVENTURE IN FRONT OF US. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A STELLAR JOB. VERY EXCITED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

>> AND THEN ALSO NEXT MONTH WE ONLY HAVE ONE COMMISSION MEETING. IT'S OCTOBER 19TH.

WE'RE ONLY ONE MEETING IN OCTOBER.

>> OKAY. >> AND CITY ATTORNEY.

WOULD YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? .

>> THINK THE CITY MANAGER AND I WILL BE VERY BUSY GOING FORWARD AFTER TODAY. NO FURTHER

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