Mar 01, 2023 City Commission Meeting

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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MANNY.

[1. Call to Order]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE OTHER STATES OF AMERICA.

TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> ROLL CALL? >> CLERK:

[4. Approval of Minutes]

>> MAYOR: APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.LL IN

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

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO COMMISSION.

LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER CUTLER, ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT?

>> COMMISSIONER: YES MAYOR, THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS I WANT TO THANK MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR REACHING OUT TO ME. I'M A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, I SURGERY LATELY. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THIS COMMUNITY HAS REACHED OUT TO ME AND HELD ME UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE FEELING BETTER. WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER

MAYESOHN. >> COMMISSIONER: THANK YOU MAYOR THIRD FIRST OF ALL, I WILL DIMINISH WISH COMMISSIONER CUTLER A SPEEDY RECOVERY. HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE BACK HERE SITTING NEXT TO US VERY SOON. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

[APPLAUSE]. YOU WEREN'T BORN ON THE 29TH, WERE YOU?LAUGHTER]. A COUPLE OF EVENTS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, I ATTENDED THE CHRIS DIXONMEMORIAL RUN ON SATURDAY . IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SETTING WATCHING THE SUNRISE AT 6:40 A.M. IN HOLLYWOOD.

THE FUNDS THAT ARE RAISED GO TO SCHOLARSHIPS AND ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR WAS A SPONSOR CELEBRATION OF - - THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE SOCCER PICNIC AS USUAL WAS INCREDIBLE. THAT GROUP DOES INCREDIBLE JOB ALL YEAR LONG. OBVIOUSLY SOCCER IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, WE ARE GETTING A NEW PART TO PUT THEM SOMEWHERE. AGAIN, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE FAMILIES OUT THERE CELEBRATING AND ALSO CELEBRATING THESUCCESS OF THE CHILDREN . THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

ALSO AGAIN, PARKLAND YOUTH SOFTBALL HAD THEIR EVENT.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE FIRST PATIENT WITH THE MAYOR. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS THRIVING BECAUSE YEARS AGO IT WAS PROBABLY DOWN TO 20 KIDS, NOW I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.

IT IS AMAZING THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

ALSO AGAIN, WE HOSTED AS A CITY CHALLENGER BASEBALL, A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD AND WORK OF SOME PEOPLE THAT RUN THE CHALLENGER PROGRAM.SPECIALLY SAM, MELISSA AND PAUL TO DO THE PARKLAND PART OF IT. THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS ARE GETTING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THIS TUESDAY AT 11:30, WHICH IS A TIME CERTAIN, SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING SRO AGREEMENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTIONS AS IT RELATES TO SROS. IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT DIRECTION TO GO, WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

JUST AS I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NOT A CONTRACT IN PLACE YET, AND OUR REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE NORMALLY GET FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL PROBABLY IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS JUST SHY UNDER HALF A MILLION. HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS WE KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE - - HAD AN APPROVED LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAST NIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.

WE KNOW IT IS RIGHT ON THE CORNER BEGINNING MARCH 7. A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF BILLS THAT WE ARE WATCHING BOTH FROM

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HOW WE REACT AND WHAT WE DO IS GOING TO BE INCUMBENT UPON US COLLECTIVELY. I THINK WE ARE ALL GOING TO BROWARD DADE, IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF KEN IS, HE MAY STILL BE TIED UP. TO CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY IN THE APPROPRIATIONS AREA ADVOCATE SO APPROPRIATIONS THAT WE HAVE. FINALLY NANCY, JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, I NEGLECTED TO DO THIS ON OUR ONE ON ONE.

WHERE ARE WE AT IN THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, ARE WE STILL

WORKING ON THAT? >> CHRIS IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IT AND WE WILL INCUR ANY DIRECT EXPENSES IN JANUARY, NOW WE ARE DOING OUR LANDSCAPING. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, HE WILL

PREPARE THE REPORT.>> COMMISSIONER: THAT IS OFF MY

COMMENTS. >> COMMISSIONER: THANK YOU MAYOR. I ATTENDED THE SOCCER CLUB PICNIC, TALK ABOUT PUTTING ON AN EVENT.

I WAS ON PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILIES AND THEIR KIDS AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT , BUT ALSO PLUGBOARD WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD AND ESTABLISH AND GROW OVER THE YEARS IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. KUDOS TO YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, DOUG ESPECIALLY. PARKLAND CARES GOLF TOURNAMENT, AGAIN SPEAKING A GREAT EVENT THE GOVERNMENT CAUSES, THEY PUT ON A REALLY GREAT ORGANIZE ULTIMATELY GOES FOR A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SUPPORTING A LOT OF THE ENDEAVORS THAT I THINK MOST OF US IN THE SUPPORTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE WAS AN ORANGE RIBBONS FOR TEAM EVENT THAT SUPPORTS THE PAUSE OF LOVE, ALSO MENTAL HEALTH GIVING SUPPORT ANIMALS TO THOSE IN NEED.

WE HAD A RIBBON-CUTTING WHICH I PERSONALLY WAS VERY HAPPY WITH IN THE COURTROOM IN THE BROWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR SOMEBODY ESPECIALLY LIKED HIM WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TALENT THE LEGAL COMMUNITY BUT THE BROWARD COMMUNITY AT LARGE.THIS MORNING A TIME I ATTENDED THE PARKLAND CHAMBERS EVENT, IF ANYBODY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PARKLAND CHAMBER, I URGE YOU TO LOOK INTO IT.

IT IS GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, NOT JUST IN THE PEOPLE INVOLVED BUT THEY REACH IN THE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY DEDICATE PEOPLE BOTH BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS TO NETWORK AND CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES.

PARKLAND LITTLE LEAGUE IS OPENING DATA SATURDAY, 10:00 A.M. AT FAIRMOUNT PARK. I ASKED EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT,ESPECIALLY MY TEAM THE BRAVES .

PARKLAND TODAY IS OF COURSE MARCH 11.HOPEFULLY EVERYONE BY NOW HAS ON THE CALENDAR. RUN FOR LEGAL ALSO THE SUNDAY, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, THERE IS TIME STILL TIME, PLEASE ET ON THAT.THE LAST SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS, I'VE GOTTEN USE OF REPORT OF ANTI-SEMITISM EXPERIENCE IN SOMERSET. OF COURSE, ANTI-SEMITISM IS ON THE RISE JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY BUT NATIONALLY. I THINK INCHES ONE VERY CONCERNING, BUT TWO, IS SOMETHING THAT PARENTS NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KIDS ABOUT.

NO HATE SHOULD BE TOLERATED WEATHER IS ANY RELIGION,RACE, GENDER OR WHAT HAVE YOU . ANTI-SEMITISM IS SOMETHING THAT IF NOT CALLED OUT AND ADDRESSE , ESPECIALLY IN RECENT YEARS, IS SEEMINGLY BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON AND MORE AND MORE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED .

I WOULD ASK NANCY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS LOOKING TO HAVE AN ADL GIVE A PRESENTATION AT SCHOOLS. I'M SURE THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO COME ONE NIGHT TO A MEETING AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE STATISTICS SHOWING THE PROBLEM IS GROWING BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MITIGATE AND PREVENT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE GOT.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR BRIER.

>> VICE-MAYOR: YES, I WANT TO ECHO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CITY MANAGER NANCY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THE BEAGLE RUN A SUNDAY, IT IS NAMED AFTER SCOTT BEAGLE, ONE OF THE TEACHERS AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY KILLED IN 2018.

WITH THAT ORGANIZATION HAS DONE UNDER DOUG IAN'S LEADERSHIP IS TRANSCENDED IN PARKLAND. IT IS GONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IF NOT BEYOND AND THEY ARE DOING RUNS ALL OVER.

THEY DID WONDERFUL AS THEY RECENTLY, IT'S AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT,

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I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT THERE FOR BOTH.

IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND BE A PART OF THAT. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS BEEN ROLLOUTS OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. IT HAS BEEN A VERY STRESSFUL TIME FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, BUT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND THEIR PARENTS AND TELL THEM NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO THEY WILL DO AMAZING THINGS.

THEY WEATHER THEY GOT INTO THE REACH SCHOOL, DREAM SCHOOL OR OTHERWISE, CONGRATULATIONS. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE TODAY ABOUT PARKLAND TODAY AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT IS GOING ON. IT SEEMS AS IF THEY HAD BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK, WE HAVE PARKLAND DAY COMING UP ON MARCH 11. WE WILL HAVE A PARADE IN THE MORNING, FESTIVITIES ARE STARTING AT 4:00 AT THE AMPHITHEATER WITH FOOD, CONCERTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT STUFF PLANNED.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO RESERVE MARCH 11 TO, TO PARKLAND DAY PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT IS HAPPENING PARKLAND IN RECENT TIME IS THE INAUGURAL COED KICKBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. IT IS AN HONOR, AND I JUST WANTED TO THINK THE CITY. PUTTING JOKES ASIDE, ALTHOUGH IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS, I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY STAFF AND CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE ROLLED OUT OVER THE LAST YEAR REALLY, OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT, WE HAD WITHOUT SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR OUR ADULTS, PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME COED ATHLETICS IN THE CITY. WE HAVE A COED SOFTBALL PROGRAM, THE COED KICKBALL PROGRAM.

IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE AND EXERCISING, BUT THE AMOUNT OF COMMODITY, COMMUNITY BUILDING, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS GETTING OUT THERE ON THE FIELDS, MEETING OTHER PROCTOR RESIDENTS HAD JUST BEEN FANTASTIC.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO IS NOT BEEN A PART OF THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS OR THOSE TWO PROGRAMS TO GET INVOLVED.

NOT TOO MANY MORE, WE HAVE A. IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND GET A LITTLE ACTIVE MUSCLE THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. WITH THAT LATER, I AM DONE.

>> MAYOR: OKAY, EVERYBODY TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING AS FAR AS ALL THE EVENTS GO, THE PARKLAND CARES, THE BEAGLE RUN THAT IS COMING UP, OBVIOUSLY MARCH 11. HE SOCCER PICNIC, SOFTBALL.

ALL OF OUR RECREATION SPORTS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS MENTIONED I TALKED ABOUT OFTEN IS THEY ARE ALL RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. NOBODY GETS PAID FOR WHAT THEY DO AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, CERTAINLY DOES ON THE BOARD, BUT EVEN THE COACHES SPEND HOURS UPON HOURS UPON HOURS TRAINING, MENTORING, COACHING YOUR CHILDREN.

GIVING YOU A LITTLE BREAK FROM YOU HAVING TO WATCH YOUR CHILD.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ADULTS WEATHER IS THE FATHER, UNCLE, BROTHER, SISTER WHOEVER, THEY GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR CHILDREN.GET INVOLVED WITH YOUTH IN GENERAL.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE MISSING NOWADAYS IS THAT CONNECTION WITH CHILDREN TO OTHER CHILDREN TO ADULTS, TO MENTORS, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COUNTRY IS MISSING AS A WHOLE. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO. WE DO A GREAT JOB IN PARKLAND OF BEINGINVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN , BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO INVOLVED. WITH THAT, ALSO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY. WITH THAT, HE WILL MOVE ON TO A

[6. Proclamations and Recognitions]

PMCCARVER. >> SPEAKER: ALRIGHT, OKAY.

I WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT SOLDIER RUSH AND MANNY,

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I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW SOLDIER RUSH WAS BORN OUT OF MANDY'S LOVER OBSTACLE COURSES. IT STARTED WHEN HE WAS IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. SINCE THE INCEPTION WHICH IS NINE YEARS AGO, PROCTOR HAS BEEN THE HOME OF SOLDIER RUSH AND PARTICIPATION IS GROWN TO OVER 1500 RACERS.

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCE TO MILITARY VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

O, LAST NOVEMBER, THE RACE FOR JUST THAT ONE SOLDIER RUSH DONATED $1000 TO YOUR HOMETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE IMMEDIATELY PUT THOSE FUNDS TO USE BY PURCHASING COMMAND BOARDS. THESE BOARDS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNE TO BE USED AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL THAT SETS UP IN LESS THAN A MINUTE AIDING SUPERVISORS WITH MANAGEMENT DURING CRITICAL INCIDENTS. THESE BOARDS ARE CRITICAL TO US AND THAT THEY FACILITATE QUICK DECISION-MAKING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

MANAGE GENEROSITY AND SPIRIT OF GIVING BACK MADE IT SO MUCH TO ME AND MY STAFF, SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM DURING THIS COMMISSION MEETING. CANNOT THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR PAYING IT FORWARD AND REINVESTING FALCONS COMMUNITY TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

WITH THAT SAID, IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS EAGLE TO MANNY MAYER IN YOUR RECOGNITION OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE PARKLAND DISTRICT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE].

>> SPEAKER: I WORKED GREAT UNDER PRESSURE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, ALL OF YOU HERE. IT IS REALLY AMAZING BEING HERE TONIGHT TO SEE THE EFFORT THAT YOU ALL PUT IN TO MAKE SURE PTHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST THREE DIGITS AWAY, 9-1-1. YOU ARE RELENTLESS WITH PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US. ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOUR, FOR NOW AND FOREVER, I AM IN. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. [APPLAUSE].

>> MAYOR: THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM.

[7. Approval of the Agenda]

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR BRIER AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY POSTS?

[8. Consent Agenda]

>> VICE-MAYOR: MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> COMMISSIONER: SECOND. >> MAYOR: ANYONEFROM THE PUBLIC ? SEEING NINE, WE HAVE A COMMISSION MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRIER. ROLL CALL?

>> CLERK:

[9. Regular Agenda]

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU MAYER. ITEM 9 A IS ITEM 2023 Ã005, PARKING FOR GRADING AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND PATHWAY SIDEWALK REPAIR AND COVERAGE. - - APPROVING THE PIGGYBACK OF THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE CONTRACT NUMBER 12504 Ã613 FOUR PARKING REGRADING AND PATHWAY SIDEWALK REPAIR IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 TO SOUTHEASTERN ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MAYOR: DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION?

>> SPEAKER: IS ANTHONY HERE? >> MAYOR: IS RIGHT THERE.

>> SPEAKER: NO, THE OTHER ANTHONY.

I WANT TO SAY THIS PUBLICLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE MOVING ON, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

YOUR DILIGENCE, WE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WHAT YOU HAVE UPGRADED OUR

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>> MAYOR: I CANNOT SAY IT OTHER THAN THAT.

>> SPEAKER: IT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHING SO FAR.

>> WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

LIKE STARS COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR LIVES, SHINE BRIGHT AND GO

ON. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU ANTHONY.

ANY MORE COMMENTS? >> THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS THAT I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THE PATHWAY BETWEEN COVER BRIDGE, I HAVE EXPRESSED TO NANCY, THE PATHWAY BETWEEN COVER BRIDGE AND THE 6 ACRE WOOD PARK, THERE IS A LOT OF ROUTE PROTRUSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. I KNOW IT'S NOT COMPLETE, BUT

AT LEAST IT IS MOVING FORWARD. >> MAYOR: MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE DO HAVE ANY PUBLIC WE JUST WALKED IN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BRIER.

ROLL CALL? >> CLERK:

>> MAYOR: PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> ITEM 9B. RESOLUTION 2023 Ã014, INCLUSION OF THE AAP AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE. - - PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE, MAYOR IF I MAY HAVE A POINT OF INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMISSION THAT THIS RESOLUTION IN THE LANGUAGE THEREIN IS BASED ON RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO BY THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SINCE THAT TIME THERE'VE BEEN MULTIPLE CLARIFICATIONS AND STATEMENTS BEEN MADE BY BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND THE COLLEGE BOARD WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, SO THE CITY COMMISSION MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, THAT IS

IT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I KNOW THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SPEAK FIRST, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

>> COMMISSIONER: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK IF THAT IS OKAY.

FIRST OF ALL, IT IS INTERESTING THAT JORDAN WOULD POINT OUT THE ISSUE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, BECAUSE IN MY MIND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT SEEMINGLY ARE OCCURRING IN OUR COUNTRY. AS OUR PRESIDENT HAS SAID, HISTORY MATTERS HISTORY MATTERS, BLACK HISTORY MATTERS, JEWISH HISTORY MATTERS. YOU CAN'T JUST CHOOSE, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE TRUTH. THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR NATION GREAT. WHEN I HEARD THAT THIS WHOLE THING WAS GOING DOWN WITH THE GOVERNOR AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT PUT FORTH THEIR RESOLUTIONS INDICATING THAT THEY WERE AGAINST SOME OF THE PROPOSALS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US AS LEADERS IS A CITY THAT CARES ABOUT OUR PEOPLE TO PREVENT OPEN ATTACKS ON THESE KINDS OF THINGS. THE EVISCERATION OF BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE IS THE FIRST PART OF THE PATH TO US REWINDING THE CLOCK. I REALLY WANTED TO COME OUT WITH THIS RESOLUTION. I DO UNDERSTAND, AS ANTHONY POINTED OUT, SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE INTO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES IN POLICY THAT HAVE OCCURRED PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF BEING SICK AND IN THE HOSPITAL. SO I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE IF THE DECISION TONIGHT WERE FOR US TO SAY TABLE THIS AND PERHAPS REVISIT IT AT ANOTHER TIME, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. BUT, I DO THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT FROM US AS CITY LEADERS THAT WE PUT THE WORD OUT THAT GOOD GOVERNMENT AND GOOD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HISTORY AND OUR PATHS WILL HELP US MAKE A BETTER FUTURE.

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>> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CUTLER.

COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN? >> COMMISSIONER: JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I DID REACH OUT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BARD. I DID SPEAK TO LOUISE PAUL WHO IS THE SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES SUPERVISOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY LANGUAGE.WHAT THEY INFORMED ME WAS THAT, AGAIN I DO NOT WANT TO GET TO THE POLITICS OF IT, BUT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THE WAY THAT THE CURRICULUM STANDS, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS NOT REVIEWED IT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN REVISED. THEY HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT. SO EVEN THE LANGUAGE THAT IS HERE DENOUNCING THE GOVERNOR'S DECISION, OR BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION, THAT IS NOT RELEVANT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT. NOW, THEY MAY ACCEPT IT AND THEY MAY NOT SPREAD WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT JUST FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN DEFERRING IT. I KNOW THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT US STAYING IN OUR LANE AS COMMISSIONERS, YET PEOPLE COME UP TO US AND ASK US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND APPROVE OR NOT OTHER THINGS ARE APPROVE OTHER THINGS.

THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FROM, I WILL CALL IT ACADEMIC FREEDOM, IS THAT WE HAVE A LIBRARY.

HISTORICALLY, AND COMMISSIONER CUTLER CAN CHIME IN, WE DID NOT DECIDE TO HAVE THE COUNTY LIBRARY, WE DECIDED TO HAVE A CITY LIBRARY. AGAIN, THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE, BOOKS THAT MAY BE BANNED OR NOT BANNED, WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THAT AS A COMMISSION. AS I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DEEP INTO IT, BUT FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS POINT TODAY, I THINK WE DO FOR IT AND GET MORE INFORMATION.

MAYBE EVEN AT SOME POINT IN TIME FOLLOW THE LEADER FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES AND HOW THEY APPROACH IT.

>> MAYOR: SO, I WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR ON WHERE I STAND ON THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. WE ARE NONPARTISAN ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE ARE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND. OUR JOB IS IN FACT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL PEOPLE WHICH PARTY WE BELONG TO.

IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOLD THAT LINE. ONCE WE GET INTO THE POLITICS OF THINGS, THAT PERPETUATES A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WETALK ABOUT . FOR US AS A BODY, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

I HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE, I HAD ONE PERSON I THINK, WE ALL GOT AN EMAIL, BUT I HAD NOT HAD ANY RESIDENT SAYING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS? GOING BACK TO UNDERSTANDING OUR ROLE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOLS, WE CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT MSD IS A PROGRAM SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOLS LOCATED IN OUR CITY ARE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS.

NOT ONLY DO NOT HAVE ANY SAY IN THE SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR CITY BOUNDARIES, WE CERTAINLY HAVE NO SAY WHEN YOU GET FURTHER AND GET TO TALLAHASSEE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE GOVERNOR, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, OR AS A CITIZEN, YOU HAVE YOUR RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS IN CERTAIN AREAS.

WE HAVE COMMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO DENOUNCE THE GOVERNOR OR APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR, OR WHOMEVER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. BUT, TO MAKE DECISIONS AS A CITY, THAT IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY CAREFUL OF DOING. OBVIOUSLY I WILL GIVE COMMISSIONER CUTLER, WHO I BELIEVE IS 99.9% OF THE TIME THE MOST EDUCATED AND RESEARCH PERSON UP HERE, YOU GUYS FIGHT IT OUT, BUT THIS RESOLUTION WAS FLAWED FROM THE BEGINNING.IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, WHEN WE ARE PUTTING OUR NAME ON SOMETHING, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR NONPARTY AFFILIATION, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE PUTTING ON THEIR.

THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

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ONCE WE GET INTO POLITICS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS

WORSE. COMMISSIONER ISROW?>> COMMISSIONER: I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH WHERE WE AS POLICYMAKERS STILL SHOULD, COULD AND SHOULD, WEIGH IN ON ISSUES ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO EDUCATION, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO MY VIEW ON SAFETY, IT IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THIS RESOLUTION IS TAKING A POLITICAL STANCE. IT IS URGING OUR GOVERNOR TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH THE DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WITH SOME PEOPLE TRYING TO SPIN INTO A POLITICAL RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING FROM A POLITICAL POSITION AND WE CAN START RESIDENTS FROM COMING FROM POLITICAL POSITIONS, THAT WE AS A COMMISSION, IT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR DUTIES AS POLICYMAKERS TO STAND UP ON SOMETHING THAT WE EITHER BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE STUDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITY AT LARGE,OR EVEN THE STATE .WHILE WOMEN HAVE CONTROL OVER IT PER SE, I DO THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WHEN MISSIONS LIKE THIS ARE MADE, WE DO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT OBVIOUS THAT IN A NONPARTISAN WAY ADDRESSING THE MERITS OR THE NON-MERITS OF THE DECISION AND DO IT BASED ON DATA AND FACTS AND UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE OF THE COMMISSIONER CUTLER SAID IT WILL, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT FACTS. HISTORY IN THIS ESSENCE IS SUPPOSEDTO BE ABOUT FACTS . NOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY TRY TO SPIN THAT AND TWISTED AND CREATE ART HISTORY, BUT FOR CERTAIN ISSUES, I WORRY THAT IF WE ARE CURRENTLY PASSIVE AND TAKE A STEP BACK AND CATER TO THE MINORITY PEOPLE WHO SAY WE SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED IN THESE AREAS, BUT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE FEEDING INTO OUR POLITICAL AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO STANDING UP FOR MORE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE BEHIND IT REGARDLESS OF WHO THE POLITICIAN OR WHAT PARTY THEY ARE WITH AND WHO IS SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING IT.

I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, WE SHOULD TABLE IT BECAUSE CONSERVATIVES HAVE CHANGED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE BACK AWAY FROMTHIS , AS WE DO HAVE A ROLE WHERE IF WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE DISTRICT BEING MADE IN AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF OUR KIDS AND COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT.

>> MAYOR: AS LONG AS IT IS NOT POLITICAL.

>> COMMISSIONER: TO ME, RESOLUTION IS NOT POLITICAL.

>> MAYOR: THIS RESOLUTION WAS BORN ON THAT.

ALL THE RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE URGING THE GOVERNOR, WHICH OTHER CITIES HAVE PASSED, HE NEVER DENIED, HE WANTED THE FREEDOM ADJUSTED OR REVISED. WHAT THEY SAID PUBLICLY AS THEY REVISED IT WITHOUT ANY POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM THE GOVERNOR OR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS TRUE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE SAID PUBLICLY. THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS. I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE WOULD NOT ADDRESS A RESOLUTE EDUCATION ISSUE, BUT THIS RESOLUTION WAS BORN FROM AN

EDUCATIONAL ISSUE. >> I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT, I'M JUST READING THISFOR WHAT IT SAYS , IT WAS JUST PRONOUNCING THE REJECTION OF THE AP AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

COURSE. >> MAYOR: AND IT WAS NEVER

EXCLUDED. >> COMMISSIONER: WHAT I THINK IT WAS THE GOVERNOR ISSUE WITH THE CURRICULUM ESSENTIALLY SIGNALING THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO .

>> MAYOR: IT WAS NOT EXCLUDED. THE CURRICULUM ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEEDED TO BE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF -

- NEVER EXCLUDED. >> COMMISSIONER: WELCOME I THINK YOU MEANT STRONG IN THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS.

>> MAYOR: WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE, THAT IS GETTING INTO MY OPINION, IS EITHER FACT OR IS NOT.

I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO SOMEBODY SAID THIS AND THIS PERSON SAID THAT IN THIS PERSON SAID THAT, THAT IS NOT OUR ROL , IN MY OPINION. YOU CAN HAVE YOURS AND I WILL RESPECT IT 100%. IF THERE IS A FACTUAL ISSUE IN

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WE ARE REPRESENTING 35,000 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND. WE ARE NOT MAKING RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE I BELIEVE A CERTAIN WAY.

WE ARE MAKING RESOLUTIONS BASED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE OUR

RESIDENTS WANT US TO DO. >> COMMISSIONER: SO THE WHEREAS CLAUSES ON JANUARY 12, 2023, DESPITE THE COLLEGE BOARDS DECADE-LONG - - FORWARDED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NOTIFY THE COLLEGE BOARD FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT IT IS NOT APPROVED THE INCLUSIN OF AP AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE BECAUSE THE COURSE AND ESPECIALLY CONTRARY TO FLORIDA

LAW. >> MAYOR: AGAIN, THE RESEARCH THAT I DID, THAT IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE FACTS WERE. I COULD BE WRONG AND WHAT MY RESEARCH SHOWS, BUT MY RESEARCH IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION SHOWED THAT THE CURRICULUM NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE IT HAD THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIDN'T LIKE IT, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS CHANGED WITH THE CURRICULUM.

THE COLLEGE BOARD DID MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT MAKE THE CHANGES BASED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE, BUT THEY MADE THOSE CHANGES. I REPRESENT 35,000 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY APARTMENT. I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO REPRESENT AS MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS AS I CAN.

AS A NONPARTISAN ARTIFICIAL, IF I FEEL THE SPEAK OUT AS I DO OFTEN, I WILL ABSOLUTELY SPEAK OUT BUT I WILL NOT SPEAK OUT MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY MUST HAVE A CHAMBER FULL OF RESIDENTS THAT SAY I HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH THIS.

IF I HAVE A SYMBOL FOR RESIDENTS KNOCKING ON MY DOOR TELLING ME THAT I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER THING, I WILL LOOK AT THAT AND A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIGHT.

ME AS A NONPARTISAN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I WILL STAY DOING THINGS TO BETTER THE CITY APARTMENT.

>> COMMISSIONER: AND I RESPECT THAT, AND FAMILY ARE COMING FROM, BUT A COUPLE THINGS ON THAT.

IF THE INFORMATION ON NUMBERS THIS IS NOT ACCURATE, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS BASED OFF OF OTHER FORMER CITY THAT PASSED IT, THE MORE SERIOUS CONCERN.

THE RESEARCH I DID SHOW THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH LGBT TOPICS BEING SHARED IN IT, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH I

UNDERSTAND. >> MAYOR: THAT IS A PART OF THE

CURRICULUM. >> COMMISSIONER: IT WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME THE TRUTH THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEVER EVEN HAD THIS CONVERSATION, THERE WAS NEVER EVEN A POSSIBILITY OF IT NOT BE INCLUDED FOR AP CREDIT, THIS IS

THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THAT. >> MAYOR: THAT IS WHY WE DON'T

GET INVOLVED IN THESE ISSUES. >> COMMISSIONER: WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHEN THIS RESOLUTION WAS PREPARED, WHO DO THE FACT CHECKING TO MAKE SURE WHAT IS BEING SAID IN OUR CITIES

RESOLUTION WAS ACCURATE? >> MAYOR: THE MOTION WAS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. THE MOTION FOR US WAS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SENT TO US BY WHOEVER IT WAS SENT TO, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAUDERHILL OR IT WASN'T FOR HIM TO SAY HAVE A WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND COME UP WITH THEIR OWN RESOLUTION AND ONLY SEARCH AND, WITH WHAT WE DETERMINE AS A BODY THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT.

LET'S HOP ON BOARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.

I ASKED ANTHONY THAT, I DID NOT DO RESEARCH ON THE TO COME UP WITH MY OWNRESOLUTION BECAUSE THE MOTION WAS TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS BROUGHT ON .

AGAIN, WHETHER THAT MOTION IS ACCURATE OR NOT, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT RESEARCH THAN I HAVE. WITH THE MEDIAN WAY THINGS ARE NOWADAYS, WHO THE HELL KNOWS WHAT IS RIGHT? MAYBE I'M HALF RIGHT, ABM 0% RIGHT, WHO KNOWS? HE WILL PROBABLY NEVER GET A FACTUAL ANSWER.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH SHOWED, I AM TELLING YOU WHAT MY RESEARCH SHOWED.

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER AND WHEN WE GET MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION, THERE, THAT ON FEBRUARY 4 FIRST - -

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>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS A VOTE ON APRIL 15.

>> AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE CAN LOOK TO READDRESS IT OR FIGURE OUTWHAT TO DO . I JUST THINK IT IS TOO PREMATURE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT HAS IN THE RESOLUTION DEFINITELY UNTIMELY INFORMATION.

THAT IS WHERE I STAND. >> COMMISSIONER: I JUST WANT JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE READ ARTICLES THAT FLORIDA - - POLITICAL AGENDA. EDUCATION IS ABOUT PURSUIT.

>> MAYOR: JORDAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TELL YOU THAT YOUARE

CORRECT, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT . >> COMMISSIONER: MAYOR, IT IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER IT'S CORRECT OR NOT, WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT FACTS AND HISTORY.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE POINT MAKE THAT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND NOT BASED OFF WHAT SOMEONE SAID THIS IS WHAT SOMEONE DIDN'T SAY.IT'S IMPORTANT CONVERSATION NOT BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY BUT THE VERY ESSNCE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE BASED OFF OF ACCURATE INFORMATION. RIGHT NOW, THE FACT THAT WE AS A BODY CAN'T EVEN AGREE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE INTENDED TO WOULD PASS OR WALK PASS IS BASED ON SOMETHING FACTUAL OR SOMETHING SAID IS CONCERNING TO ME.

>> MAYOR: I READ THE SAME NPR ARTICLE, I DON'T KNOW HOW

ACCURATE THAT ARTICLE IS. >> MAYBE IT'S TIME THAT MEAN ANTHONY DIVE DEEPER AND DO MORE RESEARCH AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU ALL SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN REFER TO AS FACTUAL BASED ON RESEARCH THAT WE CONDUCT.

>> THAT IS WHY I REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THERE THE ONE THAT HAD THE INFORMATION AND WILL EITHER IMPLEMENT OR NOT IMPLEMENT. I CAN GIVE YOU THE GUYS NUMBER, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO UPDATE US ON WHERE THAT IS AT.

WHEN I ASKED THEM THE EPIC THE EDUCATORS, THEY SAY THE STATE OF FLORIDA CURRICULUM WAS REVISED.

THE INITIAL CURRICULUM HAVE EDUCATIONAL VALUEOR WHATEVER IT MAY HAVE BEEN , BUT AT THE SAME TIME SIMULTANEOUSLY THE COLLEGE BOARD WAS REVISING THE COURSE. THIS HAS BEEN A PILOT PROGRAM.

THE OTHER ISSUE TO KIND OF EXPAND ON IT IS AGAIN WHERE THE STATE LIES WITH AP CLASSES, IV CLASSES, COURSES DUAL ENROLLMENT AND THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS THAT WANT COLLEGE CREDIT. THAT IS BEING LOOKED AT - - SCHOOLS ARE COUNTIES GOING TO DECIDE? HOW ABOUT FORGOT THE STUDENTS? THESE COURSES ARE FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT TO GET AHEAD, SAVE MONEY AND GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION.

AS I SAID, I WOULD DEFER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THEY ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE COLLEGEBOARD AND KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON .

AS I SAID, LEGISLATIVELY, WE COULD PROBABLY SEE WHAT CITIES REMAIN AND AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD WE MAKE A DECISION ON

WHERE TO GO WITH IT. >> MAYOR: WE TAKE A VOTE?

>> THERE IS A MOTION TO DEFER. >> MAYOR: SO AMOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BRIER .

ROLL CALL: >> CLERK:

>> MAYOR: PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> ITEM 9C IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CITY CLERKS PERFORMANCE REVIEW, CURRENT PERIOD.

>> CLERK: GOOD EVENING - - THE ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TODAY IS THE CITY CLERKS ANNUAL MERIT INCREASE PER CONTRACT. EACH YEAR GET OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW HER PERFORMANCE AND SELECT TO REWARD A MERIT INCREASE FOR YOU SO CHOOSE. I SPOKE TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND THE AVERAGE OF THE RECOMMENDED INCREASE IS 3%.

>> MAYOR: OKAY, CONGRATULATIONS.

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

SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> I WILL SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BRIER, CITED BY COMMISSIONER MAYESOHN.

BROKAW? >> CLERK:

>> MAYOR: PLEASE SHOW CAPACITY INITIALLY, CONGRATULATIONS.

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

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>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE THREATS THAT WERE RECEIVED REGARDING MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS LAST MONTH. HE RECEIVED TWO THREATS AND WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THEM.THEY ARE OPENCASES, WE ARE INVESTING BOTH THOSE .

THERE'S NOT MUCH INFORMATION THAT I CAN PROVIDE BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF COVID INVESTIGATIVE WORK, WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT WE UTILIZE THAT WE DON'T PUBLISH TO THE PUBLIC FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. WE ARE WORKING THOSE TWO THREATS. THE FIRST ONE WE RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 15 WE BELIEVE CAME FROM SOMEONE IN OTHER STATES.

WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THAT, WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE LEADS TO HOPEFULLY LEAD TO AN ARREST. THE SECOND ONE WE BELIEVE HAS LOCAL TIES TO BROWARD COUNTY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INVESTIGATING AS WELL, STILL ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING FALLING DOWN LEADS, TALKING TO PEOPLE. WE ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING BOTH.I WISH THAT I COULD SHARE MORE, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE TAKE THOSE THREATS SERIOUSLY.

WHEREVER THEY OCCUR. THE SHERIFF HAS INSTITUTED THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, A THREATMANAGEMENT UNIT .

WE ACTIVELY MONITOR OVER 18,000 CAMERAS ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

IN SCHOOLS WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCAMMERS TO GETREAL-TIME INFORMATION . THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. WE TAKE THE STRESS VERY SERIOUSLY, AGAIN WE HAVE INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES THAT WE TAKE TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME, BUT AS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE, IT SOMETIMES MAKES OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO TRACK DOWN THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE. REST ASSURED AS I CAN GET UPDATES AND PROVIDE THEM TO YOU, I WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT WITH REGARD TO THE THREATS. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION ON A LIGHTER NOTE THAT WE WILL BE OUT AT THE FARMERS MARKET.

WE ARE GOING TO BE CALLING THEM T-SHIRTS AND HATS TO SUPPORT THE TORCH RUN, PLEASE COME AND VISIT OUR TENT AND SUPPORT US IN SUPPORTING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.

>> IN REGARD TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, I KNOW THERE ARE - - EVENTS, DO WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED IN THIS AREA?

>> WE WILL HAVE ONE SCHEDULED, WE HAVE OTHER FUNDRAISERS

PLANNED FOR PARKLAND. >> THE LAST ONE WE HAD A THOUGHT WAS A DC)JC VU, THAT W A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WOULD COME OUT AND SUPPORT IT. THE OTHER PARTIES ONE OF THE NEXT SCHEDULED COFFEE WITH A COP?

>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE ONE PLANNED OR ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES, WE HOPE TO DO ONE IN MARCH. THAT INFORMATION WILL BE

FORTHCOMING. >> MAYOR: COMMENTS?

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

PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LAST MONTH WE HAD 117 EMS CALLS AND TWO FIRE INCIDENTS.JUST ANOTHER QUICK THINGS, SPEAKING OF FUNDRAISERS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4 OUR FIREFIGHTER BENEVOLENCE ASSOCIATION IS HAVING A TAKEOVER AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS IN CORAL SPRINGS WHERE YOU WILL PROBABLY GET HORRIBLE WEIGHT SERVICE FROM THE STAFF MEMBERS, BUT WE ARE RAISING MONEY AND GIVE A LOT OF MONEY TO LOCAL CHARITIES HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN COME AFTER THAT.

THE DAY AFTER THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAD A CALL AT A LOCAL SCHOOL WHERE A 12-YEAR-OLD WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST. I WON'T RUIN THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TWO OF THE SROS PERFORMED CPR ON THIS YOUNG GIRL AND THEIR ACTIONS ALONG WITH OUR CRUISE DEFINITELY SAVED HER LIFE. THE REASON I BRING IT UP TODAY BECAUSE THE CREW IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT SENT THE EMAIL TO ALL OF THE CHIEF OFFICERS IN THE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THE FACT THAT THE ADDITIONAL NUMBER ON THE RESCUE TRUCK WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS OUTCOME.

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HE SAID IF ONE LIFE IS AFFECTED, IT WORKED.

I BELIEVE THOSE THING YOU SAID AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

IT IS ALREADY PAID OFF AND WE KNOW IT WILL IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS.

[12. Comments by the City Manager]

>> SPEAKER: THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> MAYOR: COMMENTS BY THE CITY

MANAGER? >> CITY MANAGER: YES, I WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ARE LISTENING TO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN OFFERING MEMORANDUM FOR THE 21 ACRES, WE ARE LOOKING TO SEEK A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CITY OF PARKLAND/HERON BAY PARKLAND. THAT MEMORANDUM IS THERE.

COLLIERS WILL BE HANDLING THEIR PROCESS FOR THEM TO THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS THERE. I ALSO WANTED TO BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE THAT $1.5 MILLION SCT GRANT.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION TO COME UP WITH THE PROJECT PLAN, SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEAD'S UP, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED.

[13. Comments by the City Attorney]

>> MAYOR: THAT IS GREAT. >> SPEAKER: THAT IS ALL I HAVE,

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMENTS BY THE CITY

ATTORNEY? >> CITY ATTOURNEY:

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.