[1. Call to Order]
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>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2022 AT 7:00 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.
>> ROLL CALL? >> COMMISSIONER ISROW?
>> HERE. >> VICE MAYOR CUTLER?
>> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN?
>> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER BRIER?
[4. Approval of Minutes]
>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER.
ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SHOW... PASSES
[5. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items]
UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER BRIER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH
THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT EVENTS IN THE CITY AND FOR LOCAL CHARITIES SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, MAYOR, AND PLENTY MORE COMING UP, I INSTEAD WANTED TO USE MY TIME TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE UNFORTUNATE ISSUE PLAGUING OUR WORLD, OUR NATION, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IMPACTING ALL OF US, INCLUDING OUR CHILDREN. WHILE IT MAY GET MEDIA ATTENTION, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT ACTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IS JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE HATE. HATE COMES IN ALL FORMS, AND IT HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY OR OUR HEARTS.
HATE TEARS US APART. IT DIVIDES US.
IT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. AND HATE NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT.
AND INDIFFERENCE OR SILENCE IN THE MIDST OF HATE IS EQUALLY ABHORRENT. WE HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR LOCAL CITIES AND ACROSS THE WORLD. ANTI-SEMITISM IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY WAYS THAT HATE MANIFESTS. IF IT IS THAT TODAY, IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE TOMORROW. PEOPLE WHO HATE HAVE HATRED IN THEIR HEART AND DON'T STOP AT JUST ONE GROUP.
HATE IS UNFORTUNATELY GIVEN AIR TIME IN OUR MEDIA.
AS A RESULT, IT SEEMS MORE EXCUSABLE THAN IT IS.
OUR LEADERS, WHETHER NATIONALLY OR LOCALLY, MUST SPEAK OUT AGAINST HATE AND CONDEMN IT. HATRED OF ALL FORMS. REMEMBER, WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN THE VERY LITTLE THAT DIVIDE US. AND LOVE, IF WE ALLOW IT TO, CAN CONQUER ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, "MAYOR.
>> WELL-SAID, COMMISSIONER BRIER.
COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, YES. WE WILL GO IN ORDER.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I CAN'T SAY ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM BETTER THAN COMMISSIONER BRIER DID.
I'M GOING TO SAY TODAY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT EXACTLY WHAT HE AID. ALSO JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT ON THAT NOTE. YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THE FAMILIES, THE VICTIMS READ SOME STATEMENTS.
I WAS AT THE COURTHOUSE YESTERDAY, AND AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER EMOTIONAL TWO DAYS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT SOME INFORMATION REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL AWARENESS. PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO EAGLES HAVEN. USE TWO ON ONE... 211.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO ON MONDAY TO GO TO A JUDGE'S COURTROOM WHERE HE DOES A DIVERSION PROGRAM. IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING.
I SAT ON THE BENCH WITH HIM ALONG WITH A REPRESENTATIVE.
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T MAKE ANY RULINGS, HE DID ASK ME F IF WHATEVER RULING HE MADE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS OKAY.
I SAID NO, PERFECTLY FINE. JUST WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF THINGS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WAS GOVERNMENT WEEK. I KNOW WE ALL WENT INTO SOME OF THE THIRD-GRADE CLASSES. I HAD A BLAST.
READ FOR THE RECORD. I ATTENDED A READING AT RIVER KRP GLADES WITH THE DUAL-LANGUAGE CLASS.
I READ TO MY FAVORITE READING PAL DOMINO.
HAD A GREAT TIME. HALLOWEEN-FEST AND THE PUMPKIN PATCH. TWO GREAT THINGS THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER. I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE WAS ENOUGH SUPPLY OF CANDY. THE KIDS WERE HAPPY.
THE PARENTS WERE HAPPY. AGAIN, A GREAT TIME.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH HAVING COFFEE WITH A COP. DEFINITELY THE WAY TO GO AS FAR
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AS, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, MORE COMMUNITY POLICING.I KNOW CAPTAIN MCCONNELL WILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS SHE CAN BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF HAVE THAT COMMUNITY POLICING.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WORK GROUP, WE MET TWO WEEKS A AGO. WE KIND OF DISCUSSED SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE OUT THERE. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO END UP WORKING TOWARDS AT THIS POINT. STILL KEEPING THE LOCAL AGREEMENT IN MIND. ALTHOUGH PUTTING IN OUR BACK POCKET SOME OTHER GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK, BUT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN FRAMEWORK. NOT NECESSARILY A MASTER PLAN.
DOING THAT WITHIN 45 DAYS. WHEN THAT COMES BACK, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
THROWS MY COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. COMMISSIONER ISROW?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR COMMISSIONER BRIER. I WAS GOING TO MAKE SIMILAR SENTIMENTS. IT SHOWS THAT OUR COMMISSION, WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY KIND OF T THE... WE WILL CALL IT THE HIGHER POLICY SCYTHE GEIST OF THE COMMUNITY IS THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT.
AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO HARP ON THE GREAT EVENTS WE DID, THEY ARE ALL FANTASTIC. THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. I AGREE TO EVERYTHING THE COMMISSIONER SAID. AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD ADD TO THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP AS JEWISH YOUNG KID MYSELF, WE LEARN ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST. AS DOES EVERYONE.
AND YOU START TO THINK TO YOURSELF, HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? HOW COULD IT HAVE SNAPPED I MEAN, SUCH A DRASTIC MASSACRE OF A SINGLE GROUP OF PEOPLE OVER SOMETHING YOU WOULD THINK AT SOME POINT, SOMEONE ELSE WOULD HAVE STOOD UP AND SAID, WELL, THIS ISN'T RIGHT.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT UNTIL REALLY ONLY MORE RECENTLY IN TIME WHERE I START TO SEE HOW QUICKLY AND HOW EASILY THINGS CAN EITHER REGRESS OR CHANGE LIKE THAT.
IT TAKES ONE LIFE EVENT, ONE BIG NEWS MEDIA CYCLE, ONE BIG STATEMENT BY A CERTAIN POLITICIAN OR SOMEONE WHO IS IN POWER AND HAS A PLATFORM, AND IT CAN TOTALLY CHANGE THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC OF OUR WORLD. AND TO SIT AND WATCH AS ANTI-SEMITISM KIND OF IS ON THE RISE, IN ADDITION TO RACISM AND JUST OTHER HATE AS COMMISSIONER BRIER POINTED TO, ANTI-SEMITISM ISIS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS FOUGHT TO ERADICATE FOR 75 YEARS TO. SEE IT COME BACK IN SUCH A BRAZEN AND SUCH A PUBLIC FASHION IS, TO ME, EXTREMELY CONCERNING AND JUST SAD. I THINK IT IS... THERE IS A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PLATFORM, WHO ARE ABLE TO TALK IN A WAY THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLICLY DIRECTED, AND I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.
MEANING THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY THE PANDEMIC, I THINK CREATED A LOT OF TROUBLES AND A LOT OF ANGER AND FEELINGS AND HATE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. PEOPLE PUTTING... POINTING THEIR FINGER AT SOMEONE ELSE FOR THEIR OWN TROUBLES.
BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANY KIND OF HATE OR HARM OR NEGATIVITY TOWARDS ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHETHER IT IS JEWISH PEOPLE OR OTHERWISE. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS POLITICAL. AT THE END OF THE DAY, ELECTIONS MATTER. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT IT IS THE PEOPLE THEY ARE VOTING FOR ARE SAYING.
NOT ONLY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING BUT WHAT THEY ARE NOT SAYING.
RIGHT? PEOPLE IN THESE POSITIONS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK UP AND TO ADDRESS THINGS THEY KNOW TO BE A PROBLEM AND KNOW TO BE JUST WRONG.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY ON ITS OWN. THIS TAKES A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
THAT EFFORT CAN ONLY BE DONE WHEN PEOPLE FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN ALL MAKE A CHANGE FROM THERE.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER ISROW. VICE MAYOR CUTLER.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I CAN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER THAN MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID RELATIVE TO THE RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM ISSUES. ALL OF US GOOD PEOPLE WILL, ON A DAILY BASIS, DEMONSTRATE BY OUR ACTIONS AND BY OUR ATTITUDES WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE RIGHT IN THE WORLD, AND THE HATRED AND THE VITRIOL THAT HAS COME OUT OF A LOT OF THESE THINGS LATELY IS SOMETHING THAT IS... SHOULD BE SHUNNED BY ALL OF US.
EXAMPLES ARE SET IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS BY MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY THAT THE VICTIMS AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES OF THE VICTIMS KILLED AND
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INJURED IN MSD WHO ALL NOW HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE EMOTIONAL VICTIM STATEMENTS AT THE TRIAL BEFORE SENTENCING, 1,723 DAYS AGO, AN ANIMAL WALKED INTO OUR BELOVED MSD AND CHANGED THE LIVES OF SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH HIS HATRED AND BULLETS. I HAVE TRIED TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY TONIGHT ABOUT THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AS THEY STOOD BEFORE THE ANIMAL THAT KILLED THEIR BELOVED ONES, AENED ASIMPLY SAY I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO KNOW THEM AND TO WITNESS THEIR FORTITUDE IN THEY HAVE SUFFERED AND ENDURED.THANK YOU FOR BEING SHINING EXAMPLES FOR ALL OF US IN SO MANY WAYS. THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING TO THE WORLD AND SHARING YOUR FEELINGS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND DEMONSTRATING FOR US WHAT IS THE RIGHT PATH TO TAKE.
THANK YOU FOR HOLDING UP UNDER SUCH TREMENDOUS PRESSURE AND MAINTAINING DECORUM AND DEMEANOR THROUGHOUT THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. AND BY YOUR ACTIONS, SHOWING US WHAT IT MEANS TO SET US ON A PATH TO MAKING OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR COUNTRY A SAFER PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT OUR SCHOOLS. AND THANK YOU, BOB, FOR SUMMARIZING WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MY WORDS TONIGHT, TOO.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR CUTLER. I CERTAINLY COULD NOT SAY IT ANY BETTER. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE OF OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE HAD TO ENDURE AND WHAT THEY WILL ENDURE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. BUT WITH THAT, THEY CONTINUE ON THE PATH OF DOING BETTER. THEY ARE SHOWING THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS HATE CAN'T, YOU KNOW... GOOD IS STRONGER THAN EVIL.
AND OUR FAMILIES ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH AS MUCH EVIL AS YOU COULD, AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO PUSH FORWARD POSITIVELY EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY A SHINING EXAMPLE OF GOOD WILL OVERCOME EVIL.
IF THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE WHO ACTED IN THAT WAY, I THINK AS A WHOLE, WE WOULD BE BETTER FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER SEASON ISROW BROUGHT UP, YOU SEE ON THE NEWS, YOU SEE NEGATIVE COMMENTS OR NEGATIVE ACTIONS SEEM TO JUST BLOW UP AND JUST GET SO MUCH MORE ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT. THEY WANT THAT ATTENTION.
AND IT IS FOR US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, OR EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO STAY POSITIVE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE POSITIVITY IN THIS WORLD.
WE JUST NEED TO SHOW IT. WE NEED TO RISE ABOVE IT.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE... YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BIG TOPICS THAT YOU GUYS ALL BROUGHT UP. COMMISSIONER BRIER WAS AMAZING.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHICH I APPRECIATE.
THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, MINOR THINGS THAT I WANT TO MENTION WHICH ARE POSITIVE IN NATURE. OUR PARKLAND RANGERS TACKLE FOOTBALL TEAM, THE 8-U10-U WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THOSE YOUNG KIDS.
I'M NOT EXCITED THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER WEEK OF PRACTICE.
THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. THE CHEERLEADERS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ALSO IN THEIR PRELIMINARY CONTEST.
THEY ARE HEADED TO ORLANDO FOR, I GUESS, IT IS REGIONALS.
I'M NOT SURE. DURING THANKSGIVING BREAK.
COMMISSIONER SEASON P ISROW BROUGHT UP ABOUT VOTING.
VOTING IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK. TUESDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET OUT TH THERE, AND THAT IS HOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD. AND MAKING SURE YOU ARE VOTING FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE. I DO WANT TO REITERATE WHAT COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN SAID ABOUT THE CAPTAIN.
VERY HAPPY. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR SELECTION TEAM. YOU HAVE BEEN A FANTASTIC ADDITION. GETTING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING PEOPLE AND BEING VISIBLE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK JUST YOUR POSITIVE NATURE AND YOUR ABILITY
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TO ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY.SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR TENURE HERE IN PARKLAND.
THEN YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR CUTLER BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE SENTENCING.
TOMORROW IT IS THE SECOND BOUNDARY MEETING AT CORAL SPRINGS MIDDLE. AT 6:30.
YOU KNOW, TOMORROW'S MEETING... ALL THE PROPOSALS WILL BE SHOWN.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE MEETING WILL BE HANDLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A SCHOOL BOARD PROCESS. BECAUSE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY AND BROWARD COUNTY ARE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CORAL SPRINGS SCHOOLS.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PARKLAND SCHOOLS.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MARGATE SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE ALL BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE INFLUENCE OR CAN PROVIDE DIRECTION. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS PROPOSAL PROCESS. THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING ENGAGED AND OFFERING DIFFERENT MAPS TO SHOW WHAT THEY FEEL MAKES THE MOST SENSE. TO GIVE MSD THE RELIEF THAT IT NEEDS. THE SCHOOL BOARD HASS HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MSD IS OVERCROWDED.
AGAIN, I HAVE REITERATED... YOU KNOW, I HAVE MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMU COMMUNITIES... COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL FEEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO STAYING POSITIVE.
RIGHT? EVERY SITUATION WHERE THERE IS GOOD... WHERE THERE IS A BAD, THERE CAN BE A GOOD.
AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF WHATEVER THAT SITUATION IS, THEY WILL BE BETTER.
TOMORROW NIGHT I HOPE WE ARE POSITIVE AND WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL FEEL NEGATIVELY IMPACTED SO JUST WHATEVER COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT ARE MADE TOMORROW ARE DONE IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.
[6. Proclamations and Recognitions]
WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PIERRE SAINTIL FOR A LIFESAVING EFFORT ATSOMERSET ACADEMY. >> YOU CAN COME DOWN, WE WILL GO INTO THE WELL. CAPTAIN, IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN ALSO. WE COULD STAND OVER THERE IN FRONT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAN SEE.
>> I CAN SEE IN THE WELL. >> THANK YOU.
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SERVE NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS IN PARKLAND SCHOOLS. HOLD ON A SECOND.
WHAT DID I JUST SAY THERE? >> SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SERVE NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS IN BROWARD SCHOOLS.
WHICH COULD BE LOCATED IN PARKLAND.
THEY ARE A CONSTANT LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.
THEY ARE GO-TO PERSONNEL FOR SCHSCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
THEY PROVIDE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IN SOME CASES, THEY DO MUCH MORE. ONE SUCH OCCASION WAS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, AROUND LUNCHTIME AT THE SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY. A STUDENT RAN TO SRO DEPUTY SAINTIL AND INFORMED HIM A FRIEND OF HIS WAS CHOKING.
THE DEPUTY RUSHED TO THE STUDENT, ADMINISTERED ABDOMINAL THRUSTS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER AND QUICKLY AND SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED THE STUDENT'S AIR PASSAGE.
WHILE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED QUICKLY, IN SOME WAYS, IT UNDERSCORES THE COMPLEXITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT'S JOB ON A DAILY BASIS. RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN EFFICIENT AND INSTINCTIVE WAYS.
DEPUTY SAINTIL IS BRAND NEW TO SOMERSET ACADEMY.
HAVING STARTED AT THE BEGINNNG HE IS ALSO RELATIVELY NEW TO THE PARKLAND DISTRICT OF BSO, HAVING TRANSFERRED HERE IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, HE IS QUICKLY FITTING IN. BOTH PARKLAND AND SOMERSET ACAD ACADEMY. WE ARE AS GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM IN OUR CITY AS SOMERSET IS TO HAVE HIM IN THEIR SCHOOL.
WE RECOGNIZE AND APPLAUD HIS LIFESAVING EFFORTS.
THANK YOU. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
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(APPLAUSE). >> WE WERE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY EAGLES HAVEN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY,... WELL, NOT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING THE FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THE SENTENCING. OBVIOUSLY, THAT TAKES PRECEDENT TO A PRESENTATION. SO WE WILL GET THEM BACK AS SOON AS WE CAN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A TESTAMENT TO HOW VITAL THEY ARE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE THANK EAGLES HAVEN FOR THEIR WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY, MOST DIRECTLY, WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEM HERE, GIVING US AN UPDATE AT SOME POINT.
[8. Approval of the Agenda]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER.
[9. Consent Agenda]
PLEASE SHOW A PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.CONSENT AGENDA? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR... COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER. ROLL CALL.
>> COMMISSIONER BRIER? >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER ISROW? >> YES.
[10. Regular Agenda]
>> CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD. THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM 10A AND BE ARE RELATED. I'M GOING TO READ BOTH TITLES INTO THE RECORD. YOU WILL NEED SEPARATE VOTES ON EACH ITEM. WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT'S LEGAL COUNSEL HERE TODAY, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THE FIRST ITEM IS 10-A.
ORDINANCE 2022-015. PARKLAND STORAGE ANNEXATION, SECOND READING. PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION TO THE CORPORATE LIMIT OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND OF APPROXIMATELY 3 #.83 ACRES OWNED BY PARKLAND STORAGE LLC AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOXAHATCHEE ROAD, THREE QUARTERS O'.
>> A MILE WEST OF PARKSIDE DRIVE.
FILINGS WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES PROVMENT% VIEDING FOR INCLUSION OF THE CITY CODE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE SECOND ITEM IS 10 WILL HAVE B. REZ LEUTIONZ 2022-063.
THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ATTACHED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND LLC CONCERNING THE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOXAHATCHEE ROAD. APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WEST OF PARKSIDE DRIVE. AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'LL JUST GAVE BRIEF SUMMARY. IT IS SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AT THE FIRST READING. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL GAIL'S THUNDER. I DON'T THINK YOU WERE PLANNING ON GIVING A SUMMARY OF THE AGREEMENT, GAIL.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR THE PROCESS FOR PROCESSING LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE CITY.
PURSUANT TO THE ANNEXATION. AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE DEDICATION OF A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE SOUTH PARCEL THAT IS ALSO OWNED BY THE APPLICANT ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT PART OF THE ANNEXATION TCHT APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO DEDICATE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF HILLSBOROUGH ROAD WEST. THAT IS IN THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL BE PAYING THEIR PRO RATA SHARE FOR PREVIOUS GUARDRAIL AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CITY DID WHICH... ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $7,000 TOTAL. THEY WILL ALSO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOXAHATCHEE ROAD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
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AND ROADWAY BEAUTIFYCATION PROJECT.AND THAT IS FOR ABOUT $120,000. $120,000.
THAT IS THEIR SHARE BASED ON THEIR FRONTAGE ON... OF THE CITY'S COST FOR THOSE PROJECTS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THERE IS A SITE PLAN, INCLUDED AS AN EXHIBIT TO T THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. YOU ARE NOT IMPROVING A SITE PLAN... APPROVING A SITE PLAN TONIGHT.
YOU ARE NOT APPROVING ANY DEVELOPMENT.
YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THE ANNEXATION.
THE ULTIMATE SITE PLAN, I KNOW THAT STAFF WASN'T YET COMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF THE SETBACKS.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO SOME OF THE SETBACKS.
THERE WILL BE ENHANCED SETBACKS FROM WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER.
>> I JUST WANT TO JUST RECAP. YOUR RECAP.
FOR THE 10-A ANYWAY. THAT IS PURELY THE ANNEXATION.
WHATEVER THE SITE PLAN ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO BE WILL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND
THEN ULTIMATELY, TO US. >> THAT IS CORRECT.
YOU ARE NOT APPROVING LAND USE OR REZONING OR SITE PLAN OR
ANYTHING. >> THIS IS PURELY, DO WE WANT AN NECKED... ANNEXED LAND INTO THE CITY OF PARKLAND?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. YOU ARE NOT APPROVING ANY LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. APPLICATIONS AS PART OF THE
ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. >> GOT IT.
MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD, GAIL EASTERLING, PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
ANTHONY SUMMARIZED IT VERY WELL. THIS IS A 3.83-ACRE SITE WITH A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT ITSELF.
>> WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A PRESENTATION ON 10-A.
OOPS. JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, YOU CAN SEE HERE IT IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE FALLS ON THE SOUTH
>> QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW IT HAS NOTHING NECESSARILY TO DO WITH THE ANNEXATION ASPECT, YOU ADDRESSED AN ISSUE OF A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROAD PROJECT.
IS THAT GOING TO INCLUDE A TURN-IN LANE FOR PURPOSES OF ACCESSING THIS PROPERTY? AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE I WOULD ENVISION THAT THERE WILL BE TRUCKS COMING TO THIS PROPERTY, AND SO THAT BECOMES SOMEWHAT OF A SITUATION THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS AN ADVANCED PART OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE.
>> I WOULD ASSUME THAT ALL OF THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE SITE PLAN AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD...
>> NOT THE TRAFFIC, PER SE. BUT ACTUALLY, A TURN LANE INTO
THIS AREA. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE SITE PLAN. THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC
STUDY, YOU KNOW, TO DETERMINE... >> THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE THE PROJECT CAME BEFORE THIS IS COMING TO US.
I KNOW THAT IS ALREADY THROUGH DESIGN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. SO WITH THE LOXAHATCHEE PROJECT, THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR ALL EXISTING USES ON THE ROADWAY. WHICH THERE IS AN IDENTIFIED USE THAT WAS EXISTING. THERE IS ALREADY A TURN LANE AS PLANNED INTO THE PROPERTY. IT IS PLANNED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NOT WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M... THE POINT I'M GETTING TO IS THAT THE CURRENT USE PLAN MAY NOT FORECAST NECESSARILY ENVISION WHAT THE NEXT USE MIGHT BE IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A STORAGE PLACE WHERE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND DO THAT KIND OF STUFF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE LONG-TERM PROCESS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE TURNS WITH TRUCKS AND BACK-UP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'M SORRY. YOU FORGOT THE ANSWER.
RIGHT? ARE YOU GOOD, VICE MAYOR?
(LAUGHTER). >> THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THAT TURN LANE, IF NEEDED, WILL BE DEDICATED WHEN THE PROPERTY IS PLATTED. WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS AFTER WE GET LAND USE AND ZONING IN PLACE.
>> OKAY. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? NO? YUP. WE HAVE PUBLIC.
COME ON. ONLY ON DOWN, PUBLIC.
COME ON DOWN, PUBLIC. GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
WE LIKE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. YOU GET YOUR THREE MINUTES OF FAME. NOT 15.
AND WE ARE STRICT WITH THE THREE MINUTES.
JUST KIDDING. >> MY NAME IS FAY.
THIS IS MYRA. >> ADDRESS, PLEASE?
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>> 8427 WEST BLUE SPRING DRIVE. TWO DOORS FROM ME.
IN THAT LITTLE RED BOX, YOU COULD SEE ADJACENT ARE GOING TO BE... THERE WOULD BE BUILDING, THERE ARE SOME VILLAS THERE. WE LIVE IN THOSE VILLAS.
OUR BACKYARD WILL BE LOOKING AT THE SITE.
SO THE FIRST THING, I'M SO HAPPY THAT IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH YOU SAY YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A TURNING LANE, IT IS SO TEENY, THAT ROAD, AND NOW THAT I JUST MOVED IN THERE, WHEN I MAKE A LEFT AND A RIGHT ON LOXAHATCHEE, IT IS A SCARY PLACE.
AND I'M JUST SAYING. IT IS A DANGER.
GOOD LUCK TO WHOEVER FIGURES OUT THE... OKAY.
THE OTHER THING IS WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREES IN THE BACK. RIGHT NOW WE LOOK AT TREES WHEN WE LOOK OUT FROM OUR PROPERTY. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE TREES?
HAVE THEY TAKEN THEM ALL DOWN? >> NO.
THIS ISN'T A BACK-AND-FORTH. I CAN HAVE YOU TALK TO GAIL.
THAT IS GOING TO BE NEXT STEP. WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, WE ARE JUST APPROVING THE ANNEXATION OF THE LAND ITSELF.
THE NEXT STEP WILL BE ZONING, THE PLAT, ZONING.
DESIGN AND ALL THAT STUFF COMING FORWARD.
THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.
YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOW EXPRESSED SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, WHICH GAIL WILL MAKE NOTE OF. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU WANT TO GET WITH GAIL NOW, SO SHE CAN MAKE SURE YOUR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED. AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE
WHAT IS THE LAWS OF PARKLAND? IF THEY KNOCK DOWN A TREE, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER TREE? ARE THEY ALLOWED TO JUST CHOP DOWN ALL THESE 50-YEAR-OLD
GORGEOUS TREES? >> SO EVERY TREE IS TREATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER...
ALTHOUGH GAIL IS PROBABLY THE EXPERT IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
>> ANYWAY, WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO NOT MAKE US...
>> WE ARE A TREE CITY. YOU KNOW, U.S.A.
WE VALUE THE GREENERY, THE TR TREES.
JUST LIKE YOU. WHENEVER WE DO ANY CONSTRUCTIONST, WE ALWAYS KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND.
>> THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. GREAT.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WHATEVER CONCERNS YOU HAVE, JUST GET WITH GAIL SO SHE CAN MAKE NOTES.
AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE ADDRESSED.
>> AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC.
>> MY NAME IS DAVID WHITE. I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 5877 NORTHWEST 73RD COURT. IN PARKLAND.
MY WIFE AND I LATE THEY ARE MONTH ARE BUYING A VILLA.
APPARENTLY, JUST DOWN FROM THE WOMAN WHO JUST SPOKE.
CURRENTLY, IF YOU LOOK OUT, THERE IS A BERM.
AND CURRENTLY, BEHIND THAT BERM IS AN AREA THAT PEOPLE PARK DUMP TRUCKS AND SEMITRAILERS AND WHATEVER ELSE.
RIGHT? AND I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT LOOKING OUT AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A STORAGE FACILITY, I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER IT IS JUST A SINGLE-LEVEL STORAGE FACILITY WHICH I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE, HOPEFULLY.
OR IF IT IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-STORY THING THAT WILL BE LOOMING BACK THERE. BECAUSE IT IS A VERY... THESE VILLAS ARE EXPENSIVE. $5350,000 INVESTMENT.
IT WILL BE THE FOURTH HOME WE HAVE OWNED IN PARKLAND.
AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS.
WE ARE THIS BUILDING EIGHT WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE FURTHER AWAY
>> BUT IT IS KIND OF HARD TO TELL WITH THE MAP.
SO I WILL MAUK SHIRE THAT SHE IS AWARE...
>> OBVIOUSLY, YOUR VIEWS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WE TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT AGAIN, AS THE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS AS TO WHAT THE FACILITY WILL BE.
WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. AND KNOWING YOUR CONCERNS NOW IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO PLAN EARLIER IN THE
PROCESS. >> THAT IS NOT A DONE DEAL AT THIS POINT. THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO
SOMETHING PRESUMABLY WILL GO THERE.
A STORAGE FACILITY. WHAT THAT STORAGE FACILITY ULTIMATELY LOOKS LIKE IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
>> OKAY. BECAUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT THERE, THIS IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANYONE HERE, BUT WE WERE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION THAT, THAT RYAN... THE HOME COMPANY WAS GOING TO TRY TO PURCHASE THAT LAND AND IT WOULD BE LIKE A
SECOND PHASE OF THE... >> IT IS POSSIBLE THEY TRIED TO DO THAT AND THEY WERE... IT IS HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT
WHOLE PROCESS TRANSPERIOD. >> GOT IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> YEAH, THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE? WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN.
>> WE ARE DISCUSSING A AND B. CORRECT?
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW JUST A. I FIGURE WE GET THROUGH.
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THAT WE WILL GO TO B. >> WELL, A I'M FINE WITH.
B IS... B IS MORE THE AGREEMENT.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW WAS FIRST.
YOU HAD THE TIME DELAY THERE. ANYWAY, WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE. THIS IS 10-A.
BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.
ROLL CALL. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW WE GO TO 10-B. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, IF YOU
WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. >> SO I GUESS THIS IS MY
QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT. >> APPLICANT?
>> APPLICANT. OR THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
APPLICANT. >> THERE WAS NO QUESTION ASKED
>> YOU ARE GOOD. >> LIZ ADLER.
COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT. 200 EAST BROWARD BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. 33301.
>> I'M IN SUPPORT OF. THIS AND NOT THAT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS GOING TO AFFECT MY VOTE BECAUSE I SAID I'M GOING TO VOTE YES, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS WOULD THE APPLICANT CONSIDER PROVIDING STORAGE SPACE, AND AGAIN, IF THE CITY NEEDS IT AT SOME POINT FOR MINIMAL CHARGE OR NO CHARGE?
THAT IS MY QUESTION. WELL, THAT WAS EASY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
ANYONE ELSE HERE HAVE... >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.
>> COMMISSIONER ISROW? >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER BRIER? >> YES.
COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? >> YES.
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> HERE WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 10-C.
BUDGET AMENDMENT. FIRST READING.
THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021-0016.
ADOPTING THE BUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022.
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND AGREEMENT, INCREASING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FUND BY $308,724, PROVIDING FUNDING BY UTILIZING EXISTING RESERVES FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH MECCA BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT AND THE DEPOSIT PAID
FOR THE HERON BAY GOLF COURSE. >> OF DAY.
>> REAL QUICK, THIS IS JUST A STABBEDDARD YEAR-END BUDGET CLEANUP THAT WE DO FOR 2022. IT IS JUST ADJUSTING OUR FUNDS PROPORTIONATELY AS TO WHAT ANTHONY HAD MENTIONED WITH THE UP ARPA FUNDS AND OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
MOTION TO APPROVE? >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE? SEEING AS THE PUBLIC HAS LE
I MEAN, YOU WERE CLOSE. >> STORY OF MY LIFE.
(LAUGHTER). >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.
ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER BRIER?
>> YES. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN?
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE 36-ACRE PARK DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA APPROVING THE EVALUATION, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH TOP-RANK PROD POSER, CPH INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF 36-ACRE PARK.
NOT TO THE EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $3,300,000.
AND APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCESS TO
PROCURE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. >> OKAY.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY FOR THE AWARD FOR THE DESIGN.
THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
IT IS PRESENTED TO YOU BY THE COMMITTEE.
AND ALSO THE REQUEST TO DO PROCUREMENT PROCESS OF CMR RISK.
WHICH THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, THE STAFF WILL RECOMMEND.
IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT.
>> YEAH. A LITTLE BIT TO EXPLAIN THE CMAR. THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN DESIGN-BUILD. IT GIVES CITY MORE FLEXIBILITY.
>> CORRECT. >> BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ISN'T YET CHOSEN.
THAT PERSON WILL GET CHOSEN AT A LATER DATE.
SO A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND A LOT OF THINGS I HAVE HEARD,
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ESPECIALLY NOW WITH COST INCREASES, THIS IS... THIS GIVES CITY MORE PROTECTION IN OUR COST.AND AGAIN, IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY DURING THE
SO BASICALLY, YOU GO AND YOU PROCURE, YOU START TO DO THE DESIGN. EARLY ON, YOU BRING THE CONTRACTOR IN. SO THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE DESIGNER. TO YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND MAKE SURE WHEN THEY GIVE US A PRICE, IT IS A SET NUMBER. IT IS NOT GOING TO GO ABOVE.
IT IS A MORE CLEAR PROCESS. WE SEE ALL THE BUSINESS.
WE SEE THE COST. IT WILL BE A MORE REALISTIC
NUMBER. >> I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO TAKE IN THIS PARTICULAR PARK.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MADE IN OUR 101S IS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ULTIMATELY WOULD BE NICE TO SEE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PARK IS IT TO BE MORE OF A TRUE COMMUNITY PARK SO THAT WE DON'T OVERPROGRAM THIS PARTICULAR PARK.
SO THAT IF A FATHER AND A SON OR MOM AND DAUGHTER OR TWO FRIENDS OR WHATEVER WANT TO GO OUT AND WHATEVER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WANT TO DO, THERE IS AVAILABLE PARK SPACE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN WE DO TRAINERS, MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING WE SAY, LOOK, NO TRAINERS HERE. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF. MY BIG THING IS THAT WE DON'T OVERPROGRAM THIS PARK. THAT THIS PARK IS A TRUE COMMUNITY PARK. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. MAYBE SOME ADOLESCENTS CAN COME.
YOU KNOW, 55-PLUS, YOUNG, OLD, WHATEVER.
THAT THEY CAN ALL ENJOY WHENEVER THEY LIKE.
YOU HEAR A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE TRYING TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, PINE TRAILS. IT IS, OH, IT IS ALWAYS FOOTBALL GAMES. OR BASEBALL.
WHATEVER IT IS. A LOT OF PROGRAMMING.
WE OBVIOUSLY NEED THAT. AND THAT IS GREAT.
BUT I THINK IT IS NICE TO OFFER ALTERNATIVES AS WELL.
THAT IS JUST MY TWO CENTS FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING FROM THE
COMMUNITY. >> AND MAYOR, CAN I ADD ONE THING? ONE THING WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS TO... WHETHER IT IS SOME COMMITTEE UNDER THE PARKS AND REC BOARD OR SOMETHING ELSE WHERE WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT INTO WHAT IS GOING AT THIS PARK, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS WITH OUR GRANT AS TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE THERE.
BUT THAT WE HAVE SOME REAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND INPUT
INTO THAT PROCESS. >> WELL, PART OF THIS AWARD, THIS DESIGN... THIS DESIGNLER DO THAT.
THIS IS PART OF THEIR SCOPE. THAT THEY HAVE X AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THOSE TYPES OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT IS... YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. LIKE YOU SAID, MAYOR, THIS IS PART OF THE SCOPE. ONE WILL BE THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING THAT THIS GROUP WILL WORK WITH.
AS WELL AS WITH SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH AND OTHER STAKE HOLDERS
SO GREAT. POINT THERE, COMMISSIONER BRIER.
DID I SEE IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM? >> I DO JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO I'M READING THE KIND OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE PROCESS.
THE ONE THING I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE DESIGNER AND THE ULTIMATE BUILDER? WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUILDER IS UNTIL SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF SECURE WITH THE DESIENLER AS TO, YOU KNOW, I SEE ONE OF THE ISSUES COULD USUALLY BE THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DESIGN OR ANYTHING DEALING WITH QUALITY.
IS THERE SOMETHING MORE GRANULAR THAT WE CAN BUILD INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DESIGNER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO MITIGATE ON THE BACK END ANY OF THAT DISCONNECT?
>> SO ACTUALLY, THIS PROCESS I IS... IT ACTUALLY BRINGS A LITTLE MORE CONNECTION, A LITTLE BIT.
THE KEY POINT IS BRINGING IN THE CONTRACTOR EARLY ON.
WHEN THE DESIGN IS MAYBE ONLY 30% AHEAD.
THEY WILL START WORKING TOGETHER AT THAT TIME.
>> THE CONTRACTOR PROCESS WILL BE ANOTHER PROCESS WE WILL GO
WE ARE NOT OUT YET. WE KNEED TO HAVE THIS APPROVED, THIS PROCEDURE. TO BE ABLE TO PROCURE HIT THE WAY. IT NEEDED TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION. IF APPROVED, WE WILL BE READY TO GO OUT THERE AND START THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS ALREADY.
WHEN WE ARE AT 30%, WE WILL HAVE ONBOARD, THE CONTRACTOR.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL DO A PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT. WHERE THEY WILL WORK WITH THE DESIGNER TOGETHER AND THEY WILL EVALUATE.
PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS DESIGN CONTRACT WOULD INCLUDE THE
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ANYONE ELSE? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> OH, THERE WE GO. >> YOU DIDN'T... YOU WEREN'T
(LAUGHTER). >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL?
>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER BRIER? >> YES.
>> ITEM 10-E. RESOLUTION 2022-060.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AWARD.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA AWARDING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPOSIBLE BIDDER CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC. FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $128,000. PROVIDING FOR EXCUSINGS,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THIS IS FOLLOWING UP THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO EXTEND THE SERVICES THAT IS WE ALREADY PROVIDE HERE AT CITY HALL.
WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, THE... THIS PROJECT IS BASICALLY, WE WILL INSTALL TWO NEW STATIONS. ONE ON EACH PARK.
EACH STATION WILL BE A DUAL CONNECTION.
ONE WILL BE AT THE PARK BY THE CONCESSION BUILDING.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WILL BE ON THE PINE TRAILS PARK BY THE
AMPHITHEATER. >> IT SOUNDED PERFECT.
>> THANK YOU. SO THIS IS UP FOR BID.
THIS IS THE AWARD FOR THE CONTRACT.
>> GREAT. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN STRATEGIC PLANNING.
WE WANTED TO ADD MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AMENITIES. AND SO NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD A COUPLE MORE CHARGING STATIONS AT BOTH OUR PARKS.
THIS IS SIMPLY AWARDING THAT CONTRACTOR THAT AWARD.
>> MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YES.
COMMISSIONER? >> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN THE 101S. YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THESE ARE STANDARD CHARGERS AND NOT FAST CHARGERS. AND THE WORRY IS HAVING THESE AT THE PARKS, IF THEY ARE NOT FAST CHARGER, YOU MAY BE HAVING SOMEONE PARK THERE FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE DIFFERENCE IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN.
THAT I WOULD THINK THAT HAVING FAST CHARGERS WOULD MEAN THAT WE ARE HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO USE THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS PRACTICAL GIVEN THE FINANCIAL
SO WE HAVE INVESTIGATED A LITTLE BIT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITHOUT FURTHER DESIGN, WE WOULD NEED A LARGER LOAD TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THOSE TYPE OF CHARGERS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF PINE TRAILS RIGHT NOW, WE COULD FIND THE CONNECTION THAT WE NEEDED. WITHOUT KNOWING THE CABLE INCREASES... YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY HARD TO TELL.
WE ARE PROBABLY LOOKING, I THINK ALEX FOUND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO ON THE CHARGING. IT IS MORE LIKE $100,000 MORE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CAPABILITY OUT THERE.
THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING. >> WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH.
>> I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE... I MEAN, YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT, COMMISSIONER BRIER. I WOULD SAY 99.9% OF THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE HAS A CHARGING STATION AT THEIR HOUSE. THIS WOULD BE MORE LIKE A TO TOPOFF. LIKE OOPS, I FORGOT.
I DIDN'T CHARGE IT LAST NIGHT. AND I'M WATCHING MY KID PLAY BASKETBALL. I'M WATCHING TV IN MY TESLA.
I'M USING UP MY BATTERY. LET ME CHARGE UP A LITTLE BIT
MORE. >> THESE CHARGERS WOULD CHARGE AN HOUR AT 18%. GOOD FOR 22 MILES OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT. >> ENOUGH TO GET YOU HOME.
>> ENOUGH TO GET YOU HOME. YES.
>> YOU COULD CHARGE YOURSELF ON YOUR OWN CHARGER.
COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? >> SO I GO BACK AND LOOK AT STRATEGIC PLANNING. A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT STUFF IN STRATEGIC PLANNING.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A NO-BRAINER.
WE MOVE IT FORWARD. I LOOK AT THIS MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT... BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW PNZ HAD A THING ABOUT CREATING AN ORDINANCE WITH CHARGING STATIONS.
OTHER PLAYS WERE LOOKING TO GET INTO IT.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE IN THE SENSE OF JUST A STAND-ALONE.
BECAUSE WE MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA OF BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, FRIENDLY.
TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL OF LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.
I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY ABOUT POSSIBLY TAKING THIS $120,000 AND MAYBE LOOKING AT A PILOT TYPE OF PROGRAM TO SEE IF WE WANT TO INVEST IN EV CARS WITH OUR STAFF.
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AGAIN, WHETHER IT IS PARK RANGERS, SO THAT WE CAN BE THE LEADERS. BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR CHARGERS IN THE LONG-TERM FROM THE FEDS. OR WHEREVER ELSE IT IS.I JUST THINK THIS IS MORE... AND THIS IS JUST... YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON THAT. THAT MAYBE WE JUST PUT A PAUSE ON IT. TODAY.
NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT DOWN THE ROAD.
NO NO PUN INTENDED. JUST PUT A PAUSE ON IT.
AS YOU SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ELECTRICAL POWER TO
>> FOR THE DIFFERENCE. >> FOR THIS ONE, YES.
>> THE ELECTRICAL POWER. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO CHANGE DOWN THE ROAD. WE ARE PROHIBITED IN DOING THAT.
>> YOU WERE REQUIRED ADDITIONALLIENS WILL HAVE RIGHT.
LIKE I SAID, WE TALKED ABOUT LAND USE PLANNING.
MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, LIKE I SAID, IN OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, WE LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ISSUES. AND WE SEE WHERE IT IS AT BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PUT SOMETHING HERE AND THEN PUT SOMETHING HERE AND THEN FIND OUT THAT IS NOT THE DIRECTION.
SO THAT IS MY OPINION. >> I TEND TO AGREE, BOB.
THE ONE THING I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH, I THINK THAT HAVING TO INVEST IN THE FLEETLE OF ELECTRIC CARS BEFORE WE DO THE CHARGERS MIGHT BE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I DO AGREE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS NECESSARILY AN URGENT NEED FOR.
THIS I THINK IT IS A GREAT ADDITION.
EVEN SOMETHING I WAS THINKING, HAVE WE LOOKED INTO WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THESE CHARGERS MAY HAVE SOLAR CAPEN'TS? SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST ADDS SOMETHING WHERE IT IS NOT JUST PULLING FROM THE ELECTRIC GRID. I MEAN, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE... I KNOW THERE IS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF THESE. I'M NOT AN EXPERT BY ANY MEANS.
I DO AGREE THAT I THINK THIS IS BECOMING MORE OF THE NORM IN COMMUNITIES. SO YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO ADD SOME MORE CHARGERS, I TEND TO AGREE.
WE COULD DO THIS FROM A WHOA LIST TICK APPROACH.
MORE AT CITY HALL, START PAVING THE WAY FOR HOPEFULLY, A CITY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES. A FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T MIND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THIS OFF... I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I THINK THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. FOR IT TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE. CERTAINLY, IN THE PUBLIC WORKS SECTOR. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE AROUND, YOU KNOW, TOWN OR WHATEVER.
I THINK LARGER VEHICLES... WE ARE STILL SOME TIME AWAY FROM THAT. CERTAINLY, WITH THE CHARGING STATIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, FOR ME, THIS IS JUST A, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER AMENITY TO ADD TO OUR RESIDENTS.
IT IS NOT SAYING THIS IS ALL WE ARE GOING TO DO AND WE WILL CALL IT A DAY AND SAY WE ARE DONE. YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, I'M FINE WITH DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE ELECTRIC VEHIC VEHICLES, I THINK THEY ARE GREAT.
I THINK THEY ARE STILL MANY, MANY YEARS AWAY.
YOU KNOW, AND TO SAY HER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, I GUESS WE CAN HAVE THOSE ARGUMENTS AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
>> YEAH. >> THAT IS A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM TO ME IS WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO...
>> I AGREE WITH THAT, MAYOR. IF I COULD CHIME.
IN HAVING A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IT.
LOOKING INTO, IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, THE COST DIFFERENTIAL.
MAYBE IT IS TOO MUCH TO DO IT WITH FAST CHARGERS.
I AGREE WITH THE NOTION ABOUT A FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY, IN TERMS OF COST ISSUES, AWAY FROM THAT. NANCY ALSO RAISED A GOOD POINT IN MY DISCUSSION WITH HER IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE TO THOSE VEHICLES.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MECHANIC AND A ROCKET SCIENTIST. THAT IS WHAT SOME OAF THESE VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE... I'M BEING FACETIOUS.
A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FOR MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC FLEET OF VEHICLES. BUT I'M WHOLLY COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THIS OFF UNTIL STRATEGIC PLANNING SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT IS DEFINITELY WHERE WE ARE GOING EVENTUALLY. AND TRYING TO PLOT IT OUT IN A MORE METHODICAL FASHION, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DOWNSIDE
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO... >> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
MOTION TO... IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE ANTHONY UNTIL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DISCUSS THIS AT STRATEGIC PLAN?
JUST DO A MOTION TO TABLE. >> THIS IS TO SET THE BID.
THE BID ARE ONLY GOOD FOR A CERTAIN TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN... >> WE CAN THROW THEM OUT.
>> REJECT THE BID AND REBID IT. >> WE WILL REJECT THE BIDS.
>> THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY.
>> I MEAN, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, I MEAN, IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE COST SENSITIVITY ISSUES?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YES. >> THE COST WILL NOT GO DOWN.
IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING.
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>> THE PRICES WERE GOING UP. >> THE TECHNOLOGIES COULD
THAT, TOO. >> WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF,
TECHNOLOGIES CHANGE EVERY DAY. >> THERE ARE SOME GRANTS THAT MAY APPLY. DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF WHERE YOU ARE PUTTING THEM. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT
>> THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALWAYS... >> EVEN ON OUR... YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR APPROPRIATIONS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ASKING FOR AN PROAPS OF AN ELECTRONIC CHARGING STATION.
WHETHER IT GETS MONEY, I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN TRY. >> IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU WON'T
>> ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY... WE HAVE A VOTE ON THIS, I GUESS? A MOTION TO TABLE. BY COMMISSIONER BRIER? A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL.
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> HERE WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 10-F.
CITY VEHICLE PURCHASE PIGGYBACK. A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE PIGGYBACK OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES CONTRACT FSA22-VE LE 0.0 FOR PURSUIT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER VEHICLES FOR CITY VEHICLE PURCHASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $247,047 TO DUVAL FORD.
PROVIDING EXECUTION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> ON THIS ONE, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DON'T TABLE THIS.
AND WAIT FOR POTENTIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THESE
ARE VEHICLES WE NEED CURRENTLY. >> AND IT IS VERY HARD TO GET
>> (LAUGHTER). >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? AGENDA ITEM? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, WE
>> DID YOU RESEARCH OR... YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME LATER.
THE APPROXIMATE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT WE GET BACK FROM THE
POTENTIAL SALE? >> I'M STILL RESEARCHING THAT.
JUST WHENEVER YOU HAVE IT. SEND IT ALONG.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.
A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR CUTLER. ROLL CALL.
[11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office]
>> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BROWARD'S... BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. CAPTAIN MCCARTEL.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING DEPUTY SAINTIL AND TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HONOR THE GOOD WORK THAT THE DEPUTIES DO DAY-TO-DAY. YOU KNOW, IT IS GREAT TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE. I APPRECIATE.
THAT THAT GOES A LONG WHY WITH MY STAFF.
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR. THAT YOU ALSO MENTIONED COFFEE WITH A COP. WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESSFUL EVENT LAST WEEK. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE EVENT, INCLUDING THE STAFF THAT CAME OUT.
THAT WAS VERY FUN TO MEET EVERYBODY.
CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING MORE OF THAT, AND SPREADING IT OUT ALL OVER THE CITY.
DOING IT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE HOPE TO CONNECT WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AS F AS THE CRIME GOES, I WANTED TO MENTION LAST WEDNESDAY, WE HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE BREAK-IN AT PARKLAND COMMONS.
SOMEBODY HAD LEFT A POCKETBOOK ON THE SEAT AGAIN IN PLAIN VIEW.
AND THE WINDOW WAS PUNCHED OUT. AND THE PURSE WAS STOLEN.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT IS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER TO NOT MAKE IT EASY FOR THESE CRIMINALS AND JUST LOCK IT OR LOSE IT.
THAT IS WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY. REMOVE YOUR BELONGINGS.
LOCK YOUR VEHICLES. DON'T LEAVE THINGS IN PLAIN VIEW TO HELP US OUT. I WANTED TO MENTION ALSO THAT THIS MONDAY NIGHT, MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY, TUESDAY MORNING ABOUT 1:30 IN THE MORNING, WE HAD DEPUTIES PATROLLING ON THE EAST SIDE. AND WE HAD ANOTHER GOOD OUTCOME.
THEY WERE OBSERVING A JUVENILE THAT WAS RIDING A BIKE, LOOKING INTO CARS. THEY MADE CONTACT WITH THAT PERSON. AND HE HAD GLOVES ON HIM.
WINDOW PUNCH. CERTAINLY, HE WAS UP TO NO GOOD.
AND THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE DEPUTIES THWARTED HIS EFFORTS. I APPRECIATE THEM BEING OUT THERE. VISIBLE AND GOING OUT WITH ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS THAT THEY SEE.
BECAUSE CERTAINLY, THAT IS GOING TO DETER ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THAT IS ANOTHER GOOD THING THAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION AND WITH THE PUBLIC.
>> THAT WAS THE EAST SIDE. >> THAT WAS THE EAST SIDE OF THE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. >> IT WAS.
SO WE ARE OUT THERE. BUT AGAIN, ALSO IT IS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND THE PUBLIC. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, GIVE US A CALL RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
WE CAN HAVE DEPUTIES GO OUT AND RESPOND.
WE HAVE OTHER ASSETS THAT CAN RESPOND OUT TO HELP ADDRESS
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
>> I HAVE ONE THING BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CAPTAIN.
TWO THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO THE HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT EVENT.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND THING IS I HAVE RECEIVED A FEW COMPLAINTS, AND ONE OF THEM I SAW AND BY THE TIME I TRIED TO LOOK FOR THE VEHICLE'S TAG, I COULDN'T GET IT.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE TROLLING AROUND THE SHOPPING CENTERS. THE COMMONS AND OTHER SHOPPING CENTERS, PROBABLY IN PARKLAND. I HAVE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS.
DOING THE AGE-OLD, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO SELL SOME SPEAKER EQUIPMENT OR SOME AUDIO EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. AND OBVIOUSLY, LIKELY, A SCAM.
I JUST WOULD BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
I HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN APPROACHED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE PUBLIX.
COMING OUT OF PUBLIX. IN THE COMMONS AND ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. ABOUT THAT SAME SORT OF SCAM.
>> SO THEY ARE BEING SOLICITED TO PURCHASE ITEMS?
>> YEAH. IT IS SOMEBODY COMING UP WITH A POLO SHIRT ON SAYING "HEY, WE HAVE SOME EXTRA AUDIO EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT THAT... SPEAKER EQUIPMENT" OR WHATEVER.
TRYING TO SELL THEM OUT OF THE BACK OF AN S.U.V.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
>> THE ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO... AND I'M SURE BSO HAS IT, BUT JUST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEBODY, WHEN TO CALL 911 AND WHEN TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT DEFINING WHAT AN EMERGENCY IS TO SOMEBODY. THE POSSIBLE SCENARIO.
IF YOU FEEL THAT IS APPROPRIATE. AS WE KNOW, YOU HAVE OPERATORS THAT SOMEBODY CALLS A 911, IT TAKES UP TIME AND WHATEVER.
AS OPPOSED TO IT MAY BE JUST SOMETHING THAT IS MINUSCULE IN NATURE. IF BSO HAS SOMETHING, I GUESS WORK WITH NANCY ON JUST TRYING TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CONTINUE
TO CALL 911... >> VERY GOOD POINT.
>> BUT I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE WHEN IN DOUBT, CALL 911.
YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT... >> I KNOW.
IT IS UP TO... >> IT MAY NOT BE MINUSCULE TO
YOU OR... >> THAT IS WHY I SAID I IF IT IS SOMETHING IN BSO'S TRAINING OR POLICY OR WHATEVER, IF THEY WANT TO PUT IT OUT AND FEEL THAT IT MIGHT JEOPARDIZE, THEN FINE.
NOT. BUT I THINK SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I SEE MOVING FORWARD IS THAT PEOPLE CALL 911 JUST TO... SOMEBODY CALLS UP AND SAYS "I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY." AND IT TAKES SOMETHING...
IT TAKES SOMEBODY TO HANDLE THAT CALL.
WHEN THERE MAY BE ANOTHER EMERGENCY WHERE SOMEBODY IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK TO MAKE THAT CALL.
IF YOU GUYS... >> THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT I JUST MENTIONED. A PRIME EXAMPLE.
I ASKED ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT TO ME IF THEY HAD CALLED BSO. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE UP 911 TIME. THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
>> SO IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, IF NOT, YOU KNOW,
CERTAINLY, I CAN LOOK FOR THAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE AGENCY PROTOCOL AND THE STANCE ON.
THAT IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, HAPPENING RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, TO CALL 911.
IF IT IS SOMETHING DELAYED, YOU KNOW, YOU COME HOME AND PERHAPS YOUR HOME WAS BURGLARIZED, THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. IT DEPENDS ON IF IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WE PREFER YOU CALL 911.
[12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department]
>> COMMENTS BY THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
>> SO A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, WHEN A COMMISSION MEETING FALLS ON THE FIRST OR SECOND DAY OF THE MONTH, I DON'T HAVE STATS FOR YOU. OUR REPORTING WINDOW IS NOT CLOSED. I KNOW YOU ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT.
THAT I WILL HAVE STATS FOR YOU AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR NOTHING. (LAUGHTER (NOT FOR NOTHING.
THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MIKE.
I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT TWO CARS CATCHING FIRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED?
>> ONE CAR CAUGHT FIRE FROM COMPLETELY ELECTRICAL.
NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THAT. >> WAS IT AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE?
>> IT WAS AN ELECTRIC... >> PROBLEM WITHIN A COMBUSTION
GOOD DIFFERENTIAL. >> AND THEN THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS SO CLOSE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE COMPLETELY AND THEN A THIRD VEHICLE, THE PAINT WAS SCORCHED OFF THE SIDE BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSE TO THE OTHER TWO. AGAIN, NOTHING SUSPICIOUS THERE.
>> THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK NANCY FOR LETTING BILL TRACEY COME TO US TODAY.
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I SPOKE WITH NANCY TODAY. WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE A DECISION THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRE MARSHAL. BRUCE BOWERS IS RETIRING.
THANK YOU AGAIN. FRIDAY MORNING, WE WILL BE OFFERING EIGHT NEW FIREFIGHTERS JOB OFFERS.
FOUR OF THEM WHICH ARE YOURS. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
THAT WE WILL BE CHANGING SOME FRIDAY MORNING.
>> WE WILL HOPEFULLY BRING THEM TO A MEETING TO SAY HI TO
[13. Comments by the City Manager]
GREAT. COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER.
>> JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON MONDAY.
AT 11:30 TO DISCUSS SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.
AND ALSO ON OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING THE 16TH, WE ARE HAVING A WORKSHOP BEGINNING AT 5:30.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.
[14. Comments by the City Attorney]
COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY? >> I HAVE ONE COMMENT TONIGHT
FOR THE COMMISSION. >> THE ONE DAY... I MEAN, REALLY? (LAUGHTER).
>> I CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT, MAYOR.
ANYWAY, I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON A SERIOUS NOTE.
I DID GET CONTACTED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICEST.
THE ISSUE IS REGARDING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF TRANSPORTATION SURTAX DOLLARS. A COUPLE OF CITIES THAT HAVE PRESENTED PROJECTS TO THE COUNTY, AND THEY ARE STAND-ALONE NONVEHICULAR MOBILITY PROJECTS. LIKE SIDEWALKS.
OR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES. AND THE COUNTY HAD TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN AUTHORIZED USE OF SURTAX FUNDS. SOME CITIES HAVE DISAGREED WITH THAT. THE COUNTY HAS AGREED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR AN OPINION.
AND SO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO CITY ATTORNEYS TO SEE IF WE WOULD WANT TO JOIN IN THE OPINION.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, IF THE OPINION IS YES, YOU CAN USE TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE FUNDING CYCLES. THOAFS FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR NON-VEHICULAR MOBILITY PROJECTS.
SUCH AS STAND-ALONE SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
I JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU ALL HAD ANY OBJECTION TO ME JOINING IN AS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO THAT OPINION REQUEST.
>> WE COULD GET MORE MONEY IF WE SAY YES.
>> IT WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER AUTHORIZED USE.
ALTHOUGH SOME... IF THE OPINION IS FAVORABLE, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR ABILITY TO REQUEST FUNDING IN THE FUTURE FUNDING CYCLE.
YES FOR ME. >> HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL JOIN IN. THANK YOU.
>> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND.
(LAUGHTER) HAVE A GOOD ONE. >> THANK YOU, G
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.