[1. Call to Order]
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. >> GOOD EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2023 AT 7 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.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> WAS THERE TWO PEOPLE THERE? THERE WAS.
IT WAS A TIE. >> SO WE WILL GO TO MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE-MAYOR BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER.
ALL IN FAVOR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[5. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items]
WE WILL DO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR NONAGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE.WE WILL GO TO COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER CUTLER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
OKAY. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANTED TO TALK TO EVERYONE ABOUT TONIGHT THAT ARE SOMEWHAT LEGAL IN NATURE. AUTHORITIES IN PARKLAND ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A GROUP OF JUVENILES WHO ESCALATED THEIR PATTERN OF VANDALISM TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL IN THE PARKLAND ESTATES AREA LATE AT NIGHT. AND ON A REPETITIVE BASIS, THEY HAVE BEEN TARGETING A PARTICULAR HOME OUT THERE.
AND I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THAT THE DETECTIVES FOR OUR PARKLAND BSO HAVE ASKED ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CONTACT PARKLAND DIRECTOR RICK QUIGLEY AT 754-240-6950 OR SUBMIT TIPS THROUGH THE SAFER WATCH APP.
THOSE WISHING TO BE ANONCE MOUSE MR. BROWARD CRIMESTOPPERS, 494-493-TIPS OR ONLINE AT BROWARDCRIMESTOPPERS.ORG.
REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND YOU COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REWARD OF A TIP OF UP TO $5,000.
AND I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE THERE IS NO CALL IN OUR CITY FOR THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR. THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN TARGETED. WHERE THESE CRIMINALS HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THROW DANGEROUS FIREWORKS ON TO THE PROPERTY AND -- AND IN AN AREA WHERE -- WHERE PROPANE TANKS ARE AND COULD CAUSE GRIEVOUS HARM TO THIS FAMILY.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, I WOULD BEG TO YOU COME FORWARD AND TURN THESE PEOPLE IN.
SECONDARILY, I KNOW MAYOR, I AM GOING TO BE SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN RECORD REGARDING PROTECTING VEHICLES FROM BURGLARY. TWO DAYS AGO ON OCTOBER 2, UNKNOWN CRIMINALS ENTERED A 2023 CAD LACK AND 2022 MERCEDES WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OF A UNLOCKED VEHICLE AND STOLE TWO FIREARMS BETWEEN 7:00 TO 7:10.
FOLLOWED BY TWO OTHER VEHICLES ALL UNLOCKED HAVING WALLETS AND MONEY STOLEN FROM IT INSIDE. AND, AGAIN, I AM GOING TO REITERATE WHAT HAS BEEN REITERATED EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAD A COMMISSION MEETING BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BY THIS DAIS.
YOU GOT TO LOCK YOUR CARS. IF YOU DON'T LOCK YOUR CARS, IT IS ON YOU. AND IF YOU ARE LEAVING YOUR WEAPONS AND YOUR VALUABLES IN YOUR CARS, THAT IS ON YOU.
BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS BEING TARGETED TO PEOPLE WITH UNLOCKED VEHICLES.
SO PLEASE LOCK THEM. FINALLY, IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, I WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A NEW LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1 THAT REQUIRES MINORS TO HAVE AT LEAST A LEARNER'S PERMIT IN ORDER TO DRIVE A GOLF CART IN FLORIDA. THE PENALTY IS A NONCRIMINAL INFRACTION WITH A FINE OF UP TO $108.
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ALSO DRIVING A GOLF CART ON THE SIDEWALK IS NOT LEGAL IN FLORIDA UNLESS THE SIDEWALK IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED AS A GOLF CART PATH. AND TRAFFIC LAWS DO APPLY TO DRIVING A GOLF CART. I POINT THIS OUT, BECAUSE I LIVE IN CYPRESS HEAD AND KIDS DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN CYPRESS HEAD IN GOLF CARTS. I AM TELLING THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM WITH CHILDREN DOING THAT, BSO IS CHARGED WITH FINDING THOSE CHILDREN AND ENFORCING THE LAW.MIGHT BE MINDFUL OF THAT. HOAS MAY DO WHAT CYPRESS THAT REGISTRATION AND A DECAL ON ALL GOLF CARTS, MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BIKES AND SIMILAR VEHICLES SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
THEY HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED A FINE SCHEDULE WHERE THEY LIVE THE FIRST INFRACTION AS A WARNING.
THE SECOND INFRACTION IS A $50 FINE.
THE THIRD INFRACTION IS A $100 FINE.
AND AFTER THAT, ANY SUBSEQUENT INFRACTION WILL BE A $100 FINE AND SUSPENSION OF THE HOUSE HOLD'S BARCODE FOR 14 DAYS.
YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THE GATE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE GUARD AND ALL THAT STUFF. WHY DO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT? I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE -- I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE LOVE DRIVING THEIR GOLF CARTS.
AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT IT. AND YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAW IS AND RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE DRIVING THE GOLF CART AND UNDERAGED AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A PERMIT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE TICKETED.
LASTLY ARE I WANT TO THANK THE PARKLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OF AUTHOR NEARMAN THAT TALKED OF HIS NEW BOOK "THE CANCEL CULTURE CURSE AND THE RAGE FROM A WORLD GONE MAD." WELL ATTENDED AND A VERY INTERESTING TALK.
I THOUGHT THAT EVAN DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CONVEYING SOME OF THE ISSUES AND THE PARKLAND LIBRARY CURRENTLY HAS A BOOK.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, GRAB YOURSELF A COPY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CUTLER. COMMISSIONER IS ROW.
>> I WILL KEEP IT SHORT. WE HAVE QUITE THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. WE HAVE A WALK-BIKE ROLL WITH ALL THE FAMILY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS WHERE YOU KIND OF GET TO SEE WHAT OUR CITY IS ALL ABOUT.
SURPRISINGLY A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE END UP WALKING OR RIDING A BIKE TO SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE SCHOOLS.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ENJOY THEIR JOB, WHICH IS VERY NICE THING TO SEE WHEN YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF YOUR KIDS AND ALSO MAKE IT FUN. THANKS TO THEM AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED. PARKLAND DASH THIS WEEKEND.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, PLEASE SIGN UP.
I WILL BE LIMPING AROUND. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT AND A GOOD FUNDRAISER FOR SOS AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO GET TOGETHER. THE MORE IMPORTANT THING THAT I WILL SAY, WE REALLY HAD A REALLY INTERESTING WORKSHOP WITH 505, A CONSULT TANTS HELPING US DESIGN A VISION FOR THE HERON BAY PARCEL. WHAT WAS REALLY ARE RECURRING THEME OF THE CONVERSATION BESIDE WANTING TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY WAS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE ASK THAT ALL OF YOU PLEASE REACH OUT TO ANY ONE OF US OR ALL OF CAUSE AND US YOUR THOUGHTS.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY. WHAT YOU LIKE AND WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE TO SEE. NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT THE CLAY TOGETHER AND THE CLAY DRIES AND I WISH WE HAD THIS AND I WOULDN'T WANT THAT. SO, PLEASE, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US REALLY WANT TO BE PROUD OF, SO I WILL ASK THAT YOU REALLY TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, COMMIS COMMISSIONER ISROW.
COMMISSIONER SONIC. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU NANCY, ANTHONY FOR REACHING OUT. YOU KNOW MY MOTHER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. FINALLY SHE GOT OUT TODAY.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS AND HELPED HER GET OUT A LOT EARLIER, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RECOGNIZE THE SENATORS HERE WORKING DILIGENTLY IN TALLAHASSEE AND YOU ARE BRINGING US MONEY IN THE FORM OF A CHECK. BUT, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THIS CURRENT LEGISLATION. SO GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SERGEANT RIZA AND BSO.
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NOT EASY TO GET A RIDE AND GO THROUGH FINGERPRINTING AND PASS A CIVIL JUSTICE CLASS TO GET TO RIDE WITH SERGEANT RIZA, BUT EVERYBODY I TOLD WANTS TO RIDE WITH SERGEANT RIZA.HOW DO I GET A RIDE INTERESTING FROM THE SRO HOW BSO WORKS AND INTEGRATES WITH THE SCHOOL. AND ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS THREAT ASSESSMENT. KIDS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. KIDS THAT ARE HAVING CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING TO ME AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE RIDE WITH SERGEANT RIZA.
I WON'T TELL YOU HOW FAST HE WAS DRIVING.
HE RETAINED THE SPEED LIMIT. >> HE DID? WHEN WE NEEDED TO GO A LITTLE QUICKER, HE MIGHT HAVE ACCELERATED SLIGHTLY, NO, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US WHO HAVEN'T DONE THAT TO DO SO.
GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. ONE NOTE.
STARTED WITH THE SCHOOL PROGRAM. THEY ARE ROLLING IT OUT SLOWLY.
KIDS IN 11TH AND 12TH GRADE NEXT YEAR WON'T HAVE THE FULL ABILITY TO GET CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATION AND KIDS IN 9TH AND 10TH WILL BECAUSE A LIST OF CRITERIA TO TAKE AND THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH. ALSO THE FACT WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
FRIENDS OF THE MULTICULTURAL GROUP AND EAGLE RIDGE AND WENT TO A SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP THIS WEEK AND THE BOARD WILL APPROVE OR TENTATIVELY APPROVE A MULTICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD.
SO TO KIND OF HELP THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THE CONCERN WAS THAT KIDS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAKING THE DUAL LANGUAGE CLASS AND TRANSFERRING OVER TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT. SO THIS ADVISORY BOARD WILL HELP THEM. FINALLY TODAY WAS WALK TO SCHOOL DAY. A GREAT DAY.
I WAS AT RIVER GLADES. THE KIDS LOVED IT.
THEY WERE EXCITED .EVEN PARENTS WERICS SIGHTED OF WALKING TO SCHOOL. THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS.
>> MICE MAYOR BRIER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER CUTLER.
WE HAVE THESE MEETS. LIKE SNL, YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE FIRST SKETCH, AND AT THE END OF THE SHOW, AT THE ESPECIALLY OF THE COMMISSION MEETING WE TALK -- WE GET A PRESENTATION OF BSO OF LOCKING UP YOUR KEY FOBS SO YOUR VEHICLE A, DOESN'T GET STOLEN. B, DOESN'T GET ACCESS TO YOUR HOUSE THROUGH YOUR GARAGE DOOR OPENER.
AND C, YOU ARE NOT INVITING A CRIMINAL ELEMENT INTO THE CITY TO MAKE OTHER OPPORTUNISTIC CRIMES HAPPEN.
BUT WHAT IS MOST IRRITATING ARE, IN MY VIEW, THE IRRESPONSIBLE GUN OWNER WHO LEAVE THEIR GUNS IN VEHICLES AND THEN LEAVE THEIR KEY FOBS IN UNLOCKED VEHICLES BECAUSE THAT CREATES A PERIL AND A RISK THAT IS JUST OFF THE CHARTS.
AND IS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO STOP.
WHAT WE DON'T REALIZE BY LEAVING YOUR KEY FOB IN YOUR VEHICLE YOU ARE NOT JUST MAKING YOUR SELF AN EASY TARGET, BUT MAKING ALL WHY YOUO OF YOUR NEIGHBORS TARGETS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO SEE AND COME AND STEAL THESE VEHICLES AND COME INTO PARKLAND MORE OFTEN, MORE FREQUENTLY, AND VISIT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
BUT THE GUNS HAVE TO BE LOCKED UP.
WE HAVE TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GUN OWNERSHIP.
WE HAVE GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN OUR WORLD WITH IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE USING GUNS AND THE LAST THING WE NEED PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE GOT TO CUT OUT. I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU DID THE RIDE-ALONG. I WANT TO DO THAT EVENTUALLY.
YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST ELECTED OFFICIAL TO BE IN A COP CARD, BUT I WAS GLAD YOU ARE UP FRONT. AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE MAYOR HAS SAID IT IN OUR WORKSHOP, AND WE SAID IT UP HERE, THE PARKLAND DASH SUNDAY MORNING. REGISTRATION IS OPEN.
IT WILL BE OPEN SUNDAY MORNING AND AT PINE TRAILS AMPHITHEATRE.
YOU CAN WALK, RIDE, RUN. BUT IT IS A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT BENEFITING A TREMENDOUS CHARITY CHILDREN VILLAGES OF FLORIDA AND WE ENCOURAGE TO YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE ROCK, RIDE AND ROLL.
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AND THANK FOR THE FACULTY AND STAFF FOR WELCOMING US AND OUR STAFF PUTTING A GREAT EVENT AND PUTTING OUT GREAT LITTLE TRINKETS THAT MADE THE MAYOR AND I LOOK COOL WHICH IS EASY TO DO.SO EASY. OUR COFFEE WITH A COP OCTOBER 12, SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR REST DENTS TO COME OUT TO THAT.
THE TIME OF YEAR WE HAVE OUR PUMPKIN PATCH.
FALL IS IN THE AIR. ON THE 21ST AND 22ND.
WITH THAT, MAYOR. I WELCOME OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND RESIDENTS. WE HAVE STATE SENATOR TI TINA PULSKI AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHAVSKI AND THANK
YOU TO YOUR STAFFS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR.
I WON'T REITERATE MUCH. EVERY MEETING WE TALK OF THE KEY FOBS. THE WALK, BIKE AND RIDE WAS A LOT OF FUN THIS MORNING. WE WERE SENDING OUT STAFF THE PAST WEEK OR SO. A LOT OF UPDATES AND BIKE SAFETY. SO THIS MORNING, MORE DAYS THAN NORMAL A. A BIT OF REMIND PER BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU RIDE YOUR BIKES. WEAR YOUR HELMETS.
DON'T POP WHEELIES. DON'T TRY TO RUN PEOPLE OVER.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MEANT FOR TIK TOK AND NOT THE CITY OF PARKLAND. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARKLAND DASH ON SUNDAY. I AM WILLING TO BET WHATEVER THAT I WILL BEAT JORDAN FOR SURE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOB, BOB RUNS PRETTY QUICK.
THAT WILL BE A TOUGH ONE. BUT I GOT YOU JORDAN, FOR SURE.
>>. SOLDIER RUSH COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. A FUN EVENT.
AN OBSTACLE COURSE AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
A LOT OF FUN. JUST TO REITERATE, COMMISSIONER ISROW, THE WORKSHOP WITH THE HER ON BAY.
WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND PICKED THE RIGHT CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THIS PROCESS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS. THEY REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND COME BACK TO US. TO DO THE RIGHT THING OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT SPACE.
[7. Presentation]
WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD.LET'S DO THE CHECK PRESENTATION. LET'S BRING UP OUR AMAZING STATE SENATOR TINA PULSKI AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE HENKOVSKI.
I GUESS WE WILL GO DOWN -- I GUESS FOR PICTURES .DO WE WANT TO GO DOWN THERE OR YOU GUYS WANT TO STAY UP THERE AND TALK.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? TWO MINUTES.
THREE MINUTES. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
>> WE ARE QUICK. BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I JUST HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT SAFE STORAGE OF GUNS. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT MYSELF AND THE REP IS FIGHTING FOR GUN REFORM IN TALLAHASSEE.
UNFORTUNATELY THESE BILLS DON'T GET HEARD.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I AM FILING THE SAME BILL FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN THE ROW. SAFER STORAGE OF GUNS.
IMAGINE IF YOU ARE THE ONE WHOSE GUN WAS STOLEN AND TRAGEDY ENSUED. WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WANT THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE A GUN, BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP AND MEANS KEEPING IT LOCKED UP.
NOT IN A CAR BUT IN A GUN SAFE AND UNLOADED.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE BILLS DON'T GET HURD.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT, THIS HELPING TO GET BILLS SUCH AS A HEARD.
AND I KNOW YOU DO A LARGER BILL ABOUT GUN SAFETY, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR STATE SENATOR AND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN TALLAHASSEE ARE FIGHTING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL SAFER. SO, OKAY, ON TO THE GOOD NEWS.
SO WE -- WE SEEK APPROPRIATIONS EVERY YEAR.
THE CITY OF PARKLAND HAD TWO. WE HAD TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND ONE GOT VETOED UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I JUST SPOKE TO YOUR LOBBYIST TODAY AND WE ARE DOING THAT BILL AGAIN.
>> THEY DO A COUPLE OF MORE. >> THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO TO MAKE THAT MORE APPEALING TO GET PAST THE VETO PEN.
AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT A CHECK -- A CEREMONIAL
CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000. >> YES, IT IS.
>> FOR THE -- FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, RIGHT.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT TODAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOBBY TEAM, ALL OF YOU COMING UP TALLAHASSEE.
FOLKS OHIO PUSHED IT. A REAL PARTNERSHIP AND NOT EASY AS YOU KNOW TO GET THE THINGS PAST THE FINISH LINE AND VERY
EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT TODAY. >> YES.
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WE WERE AT A BROWARD DELEGATION MEETING FOR FIVE HOURS TODAY AND WE ARE A LITTLE PUNCHY AND EXCITED --
>> WE ARE READY TO CHILL FOR THE EVENING.
>> I AM GOING TO TALLAHASSEE ON MONDAY.
SHE HAS BEEN THERE ONE WEEK. >> WE ARE HOSTING A TOWN HALL -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE CITY OF PARKLAND, WE ARE HOSTING A TOWN HALL MONDAY NIGHT AND FLORIDA LICENSING ON WHEELS.
LIKE THE DMV COMING TO YOU. WE HAVE ONE NEXT WEDNESDAY IN MARGATE. WE HAVE ONE IN PARKLAND ON NOVEMBER 7. SO WE ARE DOING OUR BEST, BECAUSE WE HEARD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE COMING UP.
TWO IN OCTOBER, AND ONE IN NOVEMBER IN THE AREA.
SO IF YOU DON'T GET OUR E-MAILS, PLEASE REACH OUT.
THIS IS LINDA, MY WONDERFUL DISTRICT AIDE THAT HELPS EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AND A GREAT SERVICE AND SHE ORGANIZES ALL OF IT. THANK YOU, LINDA.
>> I AM VERY LUCKY TO HAVE MY FULL STAFF HERE.
SENATOR GETS THREE. SHANA COHEN IS BRAND-NEW WITH
US. >> AND A PARKLAND RESIDENT.
>> AND A PARKLAND RESIDENT. AND SO SHANA AND CORIANA WILL BE WITH ME IN TALLAHASSEE AND ROBERT IS HERE MANNING THE PHONES FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS ANYTHING.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE MY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ONE OF THEM, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ADD YOU TO THE E-MAIL LIST IF YOU WERE NOT ALREADY ON IT. ON TO THE FESTIVITIES.
[6. Proclamations and Recognitions]
LATINA GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE LOVE.HISPANIC MONTH CELEBRATION. COME ON UP.
IS THAT MOVIE GET TO THE BEGINNING GROW.
THIS IS GET TO THE GRINGO. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FROM
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OCTOBER 15 TO NOVEMBER 15. AND KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 8TH GRADE KICKED OFF THEIR CELEBRATION WITH PASSION AND CREATIVITY. LOOK AT THIS.I LOVE THIS. LED BY THE WORK OF TEA TEACHERS COSETTE D[L]EJESUS, MONICA VASQUEZ, MONICA BORGES AND MICHELLE PINTO, THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WORKED TOGETHER FOR A TRIBUTE TO THE RICH, CULTURAL DIVERSITIES WITHIN THE HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES. OCTOBER 6, THE SCHOOL WILL GO ALL OUT BY HOLDING A MULTICULTURAL DAY THAT FOCUS ON THE DIVERSITY OF THE HISPANIC AND LATIN OPPORTUNITIES.
STUDENTS ARE HONORING THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES OF SPECTRUM OF COLORS FOUND IN THE MANY FLAGS REPRESENTING THE HISPANIC AND LATIN COUNTRIES. VICE PRESIDENT MEG CAMPBELL SAY STUDENTS WILL ENJOY EATING DISHES EMPANADAS, TAMALES, AND MORE. SHOWCASES HISPANIC ART AND INFORMATION OF INFLUENTIAL LATIN FIGURES GIVING EVERYONE A SPAN FROM SPAIN TO LATIN NS THA- AMERICA.
AT THE HEART OF THE CELEBRATION ARE THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO PLAY A ACTIVE ROLE IN THE MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION TO SHARE OF THEIR STORY ARE LEARN ABOUT THEIR ROOTS AND CONTINUE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATIONS WITH US AND FOR AN EVENT THAT FURTHER ENRICHED THE GREATER PARKLAND COMMUNITY.
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FIRST PITCH IS 8:08. SO WE WILL GET THIS MOVING.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING AND VISITING OUR CITY.
COOKING CAUSED 49% OF REPORTED HOME FIRES.
20% REPORTED HOME FIRE DEATHS. AND 42% OF HOME FIRE INJURIES FROM 2015 TO 2019 ACCORDING THE NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION. UNATTENDED COOKING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF COOKING FIRES AND DEATHS.
THE CITY OF PARKLAND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED FOR REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF COOKING-RELATED FIRES AND FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EDUCATION.
CITY OF PARKLAND RESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION MEASURES AND ABLE TO TAKE PERSONAL STEPS TO INCREASE THEIR SAFETY FROM FIRE. INFORMED FAMILIES CAN PREVENT THE MOST COOKING FIRES AND BURNS AND HELP EACH OTHER STAY SAFE WITH SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE TIPS. THE 2023 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME, COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU: PAY ATTENTION TO FIRE PROTECTION. WORKS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE IMPORTANT ACTIONS THEY CAN TAKE. BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR RICH WALKER PROCLAIM OCTOBER 8-14, 2023 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PLAN, PRACTICE AND KNOW EVENTS IN PARKLAND THAT OUR FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL PROVIDE FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION.
>> WELL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND. WE WANT TO REMIND BUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE CAUTIOUS WHILE YOU ARE COOKING.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAFE. KEEP THE KIDS OUT OF THE KITCHEN AND ALWAYS TRY TO PRACTICE -- TRY TO COOK SAFELY WITH YOUR PETS, NOT ONLY THE KIDS. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS, WE HAVE AN EVENT KICK OFF SATURDAY, SATURDAY THE 7TH AT THE CORAL SQUARE MALL HAS TO DO WITH COOKING SAFETY AND ALL TYPES OF SAFETY. WE INVITE ALL PARKLAND RESIDENTS TO COME TO SEE US SO WE CAN GIVE THIS INFORMATION.
ALL OUR ASSETS WILL BE THERE. WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF GOOD STUFF FOR THE KIDS. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. TODD, MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND STICK THAT ON OUR --
>> THE ONE THING I DID FORGET -- THANK YOU, SIR.
ONE THING I FORGOT IS OCTOBER IS ALSO CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
THE GOOD THING WE HAVE DINNER ACTIVITY AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON THE 28TH. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AND ON SALE. WE WILL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION TO THE CITY AND THE CITY STAFF TO PASS THE QR CODES AND HOW TO GET THE TICKETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PASTA. >> NO COMMENT.
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WYATT HAYGOOD. COME ON DOWN! . [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] [CHANTING] CHAMPIONS -- STATE CHAMPION SPORTS TEAMS HERE, WE HAD ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY LOVE THAT YOU JUST GOT.
THAT SHOULD TELL YOU A LOT. YES.
[APPLAUSE] >> WHEN A BUILDING INSPECTOR WRITES YOU A RED TAG, IT MEANS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE BUILDING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED QUICKLY AND NO WAY AROUND IT. NOT OFTEN THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTORS WHO ISSUE THE TAG GET THANKED FOR THEIR WORK.
THERE IS A FEW. FEW LIKE WYATT HAYGOOD.
THE CITY OF PARKLAND CHIEF STRUCTURAL INSPECTOR.
WYATT'S SUPERVISOR BILL TRACE HEY SAY WYATT RECEIVED CARDS OF THE WAY WYATT ISSUED THE TAGS. TOOK THE TIME TO EDUCATE THE OWNERS AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.
RECEIVING A RED TAG IS NOT GOOD NEWS, THE RECIPIENTS STILL APPRECIATE HIM FOR HIS WORK. AS A CITY, WE APPRECIATE YOU TOO. FOR THE THOUSAND OF BUILDING PLANS YOU EXAMINED AND THE THOUSANDS OF BUILDINGS YOU INSPECTED TO ENSURE OCCUPANT SAFETY.
WYATT STARTED WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND IN 2001.
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUCH OF HERON BAY.
GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. KNOWN FOR WORK ETHIC AND KNOWN FOR THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PLAN EXAMINER IN THE COUNTY.
NAMED PLAN EXAMINER OF THE YEAR BY THE ASSOCIATION.
THOSE WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH WYATT WILL MISS WYATT IN CITY HALL AND OUT IN THE FIELD BUT THEY KNOW HE WILL DO MORE OF WHAT HE LOVES, RIDE AND WORK ON HIS MOTORCYCLES, WATCH WESTERN SERIES AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS LOVING FAMILY.
AS A CITY WE APPRECIATE WYATT FOR HIS DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
HE WAS INSPECTOR FOR THIS VERY BUILDING OF CITY HALL.
WE CONTINUE TO VALUE ARIZONA CITY COMMISSION AND PARKLAND RESIDENTS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THANK YOU, WYATT, FOR MORE THAN 19 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
THERE WAS ONE MORE SENTENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND DEDICATION OVER THE YEARS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
RETIREMENT. >> WYATT, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY AND FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. I AM SPEAKING FROM MY HEART BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY SPECIAL EMPLOYEE TO ME AND TO ALL OF US. [CHEERING] SO WE WANT TO KNOW WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON RETIREMENT. [APPLAUSE]
>> ONLY -- ONLY ONE THING, DON'T FORGET, I WAS THE DRY WALL FOREMAN TOO WHEN WE BUILT THE BUILDING.
>> HE DID. HE OVERSAW SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU, WYATT.
>> THANK YOU. >> I WAS -- I WAS HIRED HERE MAY
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9, 011. I WENT THROUGH ABOUT TWO TO THREE INTERVIEWS. I REMEMBER ASKING THE QUESTION ONE DAY TO STEVE PAZILLO ABOUT LONGEVITY OF EMPLOYEES.AND HE TOLD ME OF STEVE MITCHELL AND MIKEY AND SCOTT WEASEL.
HE TOLD ME THE PERSON WHO WILL BE TRAINING ME, MARILYN, HOW LONG SHE HAD BEEN HERE. AND TOLD ME OF A GUY WORKING HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND GOT LAID OFF AND RECENTLY GOT HIRED BEFORE I DID. I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I STARTED BUT THAT WAS YOU. YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AT LEAST 90% OF MY JOB.
I CAN -- I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE. I AM NOT A PLAN REVIEWER BUT I CAN CONFIDENTLY ANSWER QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHAT I LEARNED FROM YOU AND STEVE MITCH AND MIKEY AND SCOTT AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO COME ON BOARD. JAN AND DAVE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU NEVER CEASE TO STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO GO UP TO THE COUNTER. AND YOU NEVER CEASE TO STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
AND AS CRAZY AS I GET SOMETIMES IN THE OFFICE -- YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO TEACH ME AND SHOW ME.
AND YOU -- YOU -- YOU, LIKE, ELONGATED MY CAREER BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME. I LOVE YOU.
[8. Approval of the Agenda]
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, BACK TO BUSINESS.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE-MAYOR BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED.
[9. Consent Agenda]
PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.CONSENT AGENDA. >> CAN I BRING UP THE CONSENT
AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION? >> YES, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ALSO. BUT ANYWAY.
SO -- WE COULD JUST DISCUSS IT, RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE IT. OR DO WE HAVE TO INVOLVE IT, ANTHONY? YES, YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE
>> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL -- I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 9-A OFF
THAT WILL BE 10 -- WHATEVER THE LAST ONE IS.
>> IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, WE CAN DO THAT LAST.
[10. Regular Agenda]
>> IS THAT GOOD, WE WILL DO IT LAST.
ANTHONY, GO TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU, MAY, ITEM 10-ARRANGES, RESOLUTION 2023-065, FAMILY FUN FEST. TO APPROVE THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE RANKING TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT WITH THE BIG FUN, INC. PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> CHRISTINE GARCIA. SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PARK OPERATIONS. IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN.
OUR FAMILY FUN FEST COMING UP. LAST YEAR COMMISSION GAVE US DIRECTION TO ACTUALLY GO OUT TO A RPP MOVING FORWARD.
WE DID THAT FOR THIS PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RANKING. AND TO TO FINALIZE THE CONTRACTR
BIG FUN FAMILY. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ONE COMMENT. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK STAFF.
APPRECIATE THE RFP. I KNOW WE ONLY GOT ONE APPROVAL.
AS I EXPRESSIONED BEFORE, MY CONCERN FOR THE PROSPECTIVE WE ARE GIVING A VENDOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT $200,000 IN FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING ORB MY COMFORT LEVEL THE ETERNAL CONTROLS THAT ARE NECESSARY. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOTHING -- I APPRECIATE STAFF.
I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH CHRISTINE.
I BROUGHT IT UP IN MY ONE ON ONE, BUT, AGAIN, THAT IS MY PERSPECTIVE. SO --
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ISROW AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER
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CUTLER. >>COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN: NO.
>> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES 4-1. >> ITEM 10B.
REDISTRICTING SECOND READING. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, REDISTRICTING THE CITY INTO FOUR CITY COMMISSION DISTRICTS DRAWN AS NEARLY AS IT PRAC TABLE ON THE EQUAL POPULATION BASIS BY THE CONTIGUOUS BOUNDARIES FOR THE NOVEMBER 2024 AND NOVEMBER 2026 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, PURSUANT TO CITY CHARTER.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND? ANYBODY SECOND? ANYBODY SECOND?
SORRY, EXCUSE ME. >> SECOND, ANYONE?
SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THERE IS NONE. A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW.
UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM 10-C, ORDINANCE 2023-012 AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND AMEN MENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE 95, LANDSCAPING AND VEGETATION, DIVISION 5 GENERALLY SECTION 59-515, DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, EXCEPTION 95 HAD BEEN 520, DEFINITIONS, SECTION. 95-1010, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, TREE REMOVAL AND TREE RESERVATION AND 95-1555 REMOVAL OF EXISTING PLANT TEEFL MATERIAL AND UNACCEPTABLE RISK AND TO CLARIFY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR REMOVAL OF EXOTIC SPECIES, PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS,
SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. >> GOOD EVENING.
NOW I WILL START. I HAD TO HAVE ANTHONY GET IT IN.
I AM GAIL EASTERLING, PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT IS HELPING OUT THE LANDSCAPE DEPARTMENT WITH THIS CODE AMENDMENT.
A FLORIDA STATUTE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2019.
AND BAYING BASICALLY, IT ADDRESSED THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES THAT HAD A RISK OF FALLING AND CREATING PROPERTY OR PERSONAL DAMAGE. AND ALLOWED HOMEOWNERS TO REMOVE THESE TREES WITHOUT MITIGATION PERMITS OR GUYS.
THE STATUTE IN 2019 HAD SOME VAGUENESS TO IT.
AND THAT WAS RECENTLY UPDATED. SO EVEN THOUGH STAFF WAS HONORING THE 2019, WE ARE NOW ADOPTING IT THAT IT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED. SO THERE IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WE ARE ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 95-515, WHICH INCORPORATES A BUNCH OF LANDSCAPE DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
SO WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO MEET THIS STANDARD AND THIS REFERENCE MANUAL INSTEAD OF CITING ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS. ONE OF THE INITIAL CONCERNS THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T DEFINE WHAT A FEW SAN TREE WAS OR WHAT UNACCEPTABLE RISKS ACTUALLY MEANT.
SO WE ARE ADDING THOSE DEFINITIONS.
ALSO JUST TO NOTE, WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN ADOPTED BY BROWARD COUNTY ALSO. THIS IS KIND OF A MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS AMENDMENT IS UNDER EXCEPTION D THIS CLARIFICATION THIS APPLIES TO ONLY SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
NOT MULTIFAMILY OR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION COMMON AREAS.
IF YOU HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION CAN BE MOVED WITHOUT A PERMIT AND MITIGATING REPLACEMENT TREE.
THE EXCEPTION OF THESE ARE MANGROVES THAT DOESN'T AFFECT ANYTHING HERE IN PARKLAND. WE ARE REVISING -- DOING A LITTLE TIDY-UP WHILE WE ARE IN THIS SECTION OF CODE UNDER K, UNDER THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TREE REMOVAL.
OUR CURRENT STAFF IS A CERTIFIED CITY ARBORIST.
CHANGING THAT LANGUAGE TO ARBORIST INSTEAD OF ARCHITECT.
RIGHT NOW, EXOTIC REMOVAL PERMITS.
THE CODE IS NOT CRYSTAL CLEAR, SO WE ARE ADDING THIS LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT CRITICAL CLEAR. SO BASICALLY YOU CAN CAN'T TAKE OUT EX-AT THE IM SPECIES. YOU NEED A PERMIT SO WE KNOW WHAT ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING ON THE SITE.
THAT IS BASICALLY ABOUT IT. IT IS BASICALLY A LITTLE BIT OF
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A CLEANUP AND ADOPTING A CODE THAT IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDASTATUTE IN BROWARD COUNTY. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GAIL? MY ONLY COMMENT ON THIS -- AND I GUESS I TURN TO ANTHONY, THE -- THE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT IN THE ONE ON ONE AS FAR AS -- BECAUSE I GUESS IT REFERS TO A COUPLE OF TIMES THE -- THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORIST BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, TREE ASSESSMENT 2017.
IF THERE IS SOMEWHERE IN THIS -- WHETHER WE CAN ADD THAT AS MAY BE AMENDED. AS WE DISCUSSED.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO EMULATE WHAT BROWARD COUNTY HAS
OR WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. >> SURE, THE BULK OF THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY BOTH THE STATE LAW THAT WAS REFERENCED PREVIOUSLY AS WELL AS THE RIGHT ON THE COUNTY ORDINANCE CHANGE. THE LANGUAGE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU REFLECT THOSE CHANGES AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND EITHER ONE OF THOSE PROVISIONS, BUT THERE IS -- AS MAY BE AMENDED THAT YOU SEE IN THE NUISANCE TREE DEFINITION. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNTY AND GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE GENERALLY -- WHEN IT COMES TO LANDSCAPING, TREE PRESERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY CODE ON THAT ISSUE.
AND WE HAVE TO BE AS STRINGENT AS THEY ARE.
I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM BEFORE SECOND READING AND WILL
REPORT ON THAT ISSUE. >> ANTHONY, DID YOU NOTICE ON SECTION 95, 515, THE FIRST STATEMENT IS "THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AS AMENDED ARE ADOPTED AS REFERENCED."
>> YEAH, SAYS "AS AMENDED." I USUALLY PUT "AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME." I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THEIR INTENT. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.
THE OTHER SECTION THAT THE COMMISSIONER PREVIOUSLY -- COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION DIDN'T HAVE THAT LANGUAGE. FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNTY AND
SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THERE IS NONE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE-MAYOR BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.
>> OKAY. SO ITEM -- WE MAY HAVE RENUMBERED IT. FORMALLY 9-A, CURRENTLY 10-D, CITY COMMISSION, 20234-2024 PROPOSED COMMISSION CALENDAR
AMENDED. >> BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE COMMISSION CALENDAR. AT OUR LAST MEETING THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ON SOME DATES, SO EVERYONE KIND OF REACHED BACK OUT TO ME TO PROVIDE SOME CONCERNING DATES.
AND KNOWING THAT ANTHONY HAS A DEERFIELD MEETING ON A TUESDAY OF THE SAME WEEK, I LOOKED AT POTENTIAL THURSDAYS TO RESCHEDULE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CALENDAR, THERE IS A QUITE -- QUITE SOME MOVEMENT HAPPENING.
ONE OF THE THURSDAYS, HOWEVER, THAT WEDNESDAY WAS JUNE 19.
SO THAT IS AN INITIAL HOLIDAY. SO THAT THURSDAY WAS THE BEST OPTION. BUT IF YOU -- IF YOU DON'T CONSIDER THAT ONE DAY, THERE IS -- THERE IS ONE, TWO.
TWO THURSDAYS THAT ARE CHANGED AND ONE TO A MONDAY.
SO THREE DATES CHANGED OFF OF A WEDNESDAY.
AND I KNOW THAT WAS SOME CONCERN FOR THE -- FROM SOME COMMISSIONERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO -- TO KIND OF GET YOUR GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS CALENDAR FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> BOB, YOU WANTED TO PULL THIS. DO YOU WANT TO START? AND, AGAIN, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO TRY TO GET EVERY -- EVERY COMMISSIONER IS PART OF A MEETING, BUT HISTORICALLY WE HAD OUR MEETINGS THE FIRST -- AND, AGAIN, IT IS PUBLISHED ALL OVER. HAVE AT THAT MEETING.
THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, THE FIRST WEEK AND THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE WEEK. WE HAD IT AT TIMES WHERE WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL MEETING OR WE SCHEDULED IT THE FOLLOWING WEEK OR A THURSDAY OR A MONDAY. OBVIOUSLY HAVING BUDGET HEARINGS AND THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY GUIDED.
I AM JUST MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING IT THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE WEEK AND THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE WEEK, BECAUSE THESE MEETINGS ARE NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT THEY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET PUBLIC ATTENDING AND THERE MAY BE ISSUES WE DO HAVE ATTENDING. I WOULD RATHER LEAVE IT THAT WAY, AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES -- OBVIOUSLY MEETINGS WE CAN'T ALL ATTEND. I KNOW -- MICHAEL CITRON HAS HIS EVENT ON THURSDAY WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF US ARE GOING OR WHATEVER MAY BE THE CASE, BUT PEOPLE SOMETIMES WORK AROUND THAT BECAUSE THEY FIGURE THAT YOUR COMMISSION MEETINGS WILL BE ON THE FIRST AND THE THIRD. IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS NOT TIME SENSITIVE AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T ALL BE THERE, WE JUST POSTPONE THAT ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING.
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IT IS EASY ENOUGH SAID AND DONE. THAT IS MY THOUGHT PROCESS.I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY ELSE FEELS.
>> I WILL CHIME IN ON THAT. I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST THE PRIORITY IS THE COMMISSION.
WE ARE HERE TO DO A JOB AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PARTICIPATION BY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK HAVING THE SCHEDULE PLANNED OUT IN ADVANCE AND PUBLISHED GIVES THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE EXTENT THEY NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR WHATEVER, THEY KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS. AND ASIDE FROM THAT, THEY CAN ALWAYS STILL WATCH IT ON THE INTERNET OR SOMETHING THEY WANT TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT ON. USUALLY THEY ARE ONLY COMING WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA AND THEY COME FROM THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE DATES HERE. I GET IT, BOB.
NICE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STANDARD TO KEEP IT BY.
BUT IN MY OPINION, I THINK TO IT THE EXTENT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS SO ALL OF CUSS BE HERE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR INPUT IS, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THE PRIORITY.
THAT IS MY VIEW OF IT. >> I SORT OF FALL IN THE MIDDLE.
BECAUSE I -- I TOTALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THE MEETINGS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I -- I -- LISTEN, I -- I HAD AN ISSUE WITH A COUPLE OF THE DATES TOO. BUT I APPRECIATE STAFF'S ATTEMPT TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE. AND I DO AGREE HAVING US AS A BODY SINCE WE CAN'T TALK AMONGST OURSELVES OUTSIDE OF THIS DAIS ABOUT ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE US, IT BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPERATIVE. BUT I WILL DEFER TO THE MAJORITY HERE, BECAUSE I SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT.
AND IF -- IF IT IS -- IF WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND ON THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE GOT TO ACCOMMODATE SOME SCHEDULES.
IF IT IS AN ANOMALY HERE AND THERE, I THINK THAT IS FINE.
BUT I AM SORT OF MIXED HERE. >> THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WE CAN'T TALK.
COMMISSIONER CUTLER EXPLAINED THAT EXACT PROBLEM.
AND HE WAS IN FAVOR OF HAVING MORE WORKSHOPS AND A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
WE HAVE TWO STRATEGIC PLANNING, ONE IN DECEMBER AND ONE IN MARCH AND APRIL. I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT I WANT TO TALK TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT. HOW DO I DO THAT.
I THINK TO COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S POINT.
MAY BE A ONE-OFF TYPE OF THING WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT SOMEWHERE. I AM THROWING OUT IDEAS.
I KNOW YOU WERE VERY FRUSTRATED EARLY ON GOING --
>> I KNOW WE HAVE MORE WORKSHOPS THAN WE HAVE -- NANCY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS TOPICS AND GET TOGETHER. SO I -- I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM -- LIKE VICE-MAYOR BRIER, I AM KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
I WILL BE HONEST, I LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE.
I SAID I SET MY SCHEDULE. I HAVE JUST GOTTEN SO ACCUSTOMED TO THE WEDNESDAY, THAT I -- I DON'T -- I DON'T PLAN.
I DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT WEDNESDAY.
I COACH SPORTS. I TELL -- I WILL COACH, BUT DON'T PUT ME ON WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THEN I WON'T BE THERE.
I WILL COACH. I WILL COACH TWO TEAMS, THREE TEAMS, BUT DON'T EXPECT TO BE ON WEDNESDAY EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAVE MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH. I HAVE ALL WEDNESDAYS OFF.
THAT WAY I GET A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF.
SO, THAT IS KIND OF HOW I WORK AROUND MY PARTICULAR SCHEDULE.
AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO THINK AT ALL BECAUSE I AM NOT A REALLY GOOD THINKER ANYWAY.
NOT HAVING TO THINK OF WEDNESDAY IS NICE.
I HAVE NO IDEA. >> A TESTAMENT FOR US WANTING TO BE HERE FOR THE MEETINGS. I THINK THAT IS WHAT NANCY'S COMMENDATION IS, I HAVE GOT FIVE COMMISSIONER OR FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS DAIS THAT CARE ABOUT THE JOBS.
CARE FOR THE MEETINGS AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE.
THAT IS A GOOD THING. AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT, WE ARE STILL ATTENDING REMOTELY. TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. I KNOW WE ALL AT TIMES HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT WHETHER FOR A HEALTH ISSUE OR TRAVEL ISSUE AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THAT IS WHERE I FALL. I AM SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE BUT I
SEE BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN. >> SO AS FAR AS THE CALENDAR DOES GO. OCTOBER 19, I CANNOT MAKE.
SPEAKING OF THE CITRON EVENT. I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR BUT HE ACTUALLY PLANNED THAT EVENT TO MISS MY WEDNESDAY MEETING. SO -- YOU KNOW, SO THAT -- THAT
IS HOW. >> MOVE THAT BACK TO THE 18TH.
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>> BUT FOR US DOING WHAT WE DID WITH NANCY TO HAVE SOME FORWARD THINKING AND SAY, LOOK, A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM NOW I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. TO ME THAT PROCESS IS IMPORTANT.
ABSENT DOING THAT, WE WILL END UP IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS WHERE SOME OF US CAN'T MAKE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND BOB, I GET YOUR POINT TO PUSH IT TO ANOTHER DAY.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS KIND OF LAGGING.
YOU KIND OF HAVE THESE ITEMS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT TIME SENSITIVE AND NEED TO HAVE A SECOND READING OR WHATEVER.
I JUST WORRY THAT ABSENT THIS EXERCISE, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE CHANGED THAT MUCH. IT IS NOT LIKE DRASTICALLY CHANGING THE TYPICAL SCHEDULE. JUST ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE DATES WE KNEW WE WOULD TRY TO ATTEND. WE TAKE THE POSITION WE SHOULDN'T CHANGE IT AT ALL, CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN THE
ALTERNATIVE. >> TAKING A LOOK, YOU HAVE NOVEMBER. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NEXT WEEK, WHICH, AGAIN, SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT.
YOU HAVE NOVEMBER WHICH IS NOT THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. DECEMBER IS ALSO THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH -- OR ONE OF THEM IS -- I THINK MAYBE WE
CANCELLED THE WORKSHOP. >> BOB, IF I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
WHEN MY AGENDA IS PRETTY LIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, SO WE SHOULD HOLD ONE MEETING. SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE THOSE OFF DAYS, IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE HOLDING ONE MEETING OF THE MONTH AND SOMETIMES BETTER TO HOLD IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH VERSUS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH AND WAITING A WHOLE
ANOTHER MONTH. >> I MEAN, I -- LIKE I SAID --
>> WHAT IS OUR NOVEMBER DATE, BECAUSE I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
>> 13TH, A MONDAY. THERE WAS CONFLICT ON THE 15TH.
SO DUE TO THAT CONFLICT, WE ARE ONLY HOLDING ONE THAT MONTH.
SO THAT'S -- THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
>> IF WE WERE TO MOVE BACK THE OCTOBER DATE TO THE 18, TO THE WEDNESDAY, THEN REALLY WE ARE ONLY MOVING TWO OTHER DATES, IS THAT RIGHT? NOVEMBER.
>> AND APRIL AND THE JUNE. >> JANUARY, APRIL AND JUNE.
>> JANUARY WE ARE CHANGING BECAUSE POTENTIALLY NONE OF US
>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID. >> TO ME IS A MUST.
A MUST. >> THAT IS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
IF WE CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM, WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING.
>> LISTEN, I AM -- I HAVE A FLEXIBLE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
>> LET'S NOT BRAG ABOUT IT COMMISSIONER CUTLER.
[LAUGHTER] AND I WILL SAY WITH REGARDS TO THE WORKSHOP THING. YOU ARE RIGHT.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. WANTED TO MAKE SURE MORE WORKSHOPS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND HAVE DIALOGUE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO DO THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS DAIS.
AND IN MY MIND, THE IMPORTANT THING AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND IF WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE FLEX IN OUR CALENDAR TO DO THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. WE EACH HAVE OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS -- MOST OF US.
SORRY. AND SO -- YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE ARE FORWARD THINKING AND BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AHEAD, WE SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE.
AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE IN ATTENDANCE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE CITY'S BUSINESS
DONE. >> I DON'T MIND MOVING WHAT I THINK TO BOB'S POINT WHICH I AGREE WITH.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE HABIT OF -- IF IT IS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, IT IS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET TO THE HABIT.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE EVEN HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
>> IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE CHANGING EVERYTHING AROUND.
>> BUT FOR JUNE 19 AND BROWARD DAYS, IF WE MOVE THE OCTOBER MEETING BACK, WE ARE ONLY MOVING TWO OTHER DATES.
>> RIGHT. LOOK, LIKE I SAID, HOLIDAYS ARE
HOLIDAYS, I GET THAT. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM.
>> WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM. I GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
>> I DON'T THINK WE ARE MOVING THAT MANY, BUT I DO HAVE AN
ISSUE. >> MY PROPOSAL -- IF YOU WANT ME TO THROW ONE OUT. WE MOVE BACK THE OCTOBER DATE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE
NOT HERE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. >> I WON'T BE AVAILABLE ON THE 18. BECAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS BE A
TRADE-OFF. >> I WON'T BE AVAILABLE ON THE
>> NO, I AM JUST SAYING -- >> WELCOME TO ANY WORLD.
>> BUT I -- I UNDERSTAND, AS I SAID, IF IT IS ON -- IF IT IS ON
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THAT FIRST WEDNESDAY OR THIRD WEDNESDAY, IF I AM NOTAVAILABLE. >> ARE YOU PUNKING ME? I AM OKAY MISSING THE IN-PERSON MEETING AND TRYING TO GET ON THE PHONE UNLESS FOR SOME REASON I AM TRAVELING AND I CAN'T GET ON THE PHONE. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST MEETING.
I JUST WASN'T AVAILABLE. EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
I JUST WASN'T. >> TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE.
>> THAT IS A FAMILY LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY SITUATION. THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO IN OCTOBER. BECAUSE A CHOICE WHETHER WE WANT THE MAYOR HERE OR YOU AND JORDAN WHICH -- WE WILL FLIP A COIN.
>> YOU GUYS, I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU PICK.
NOT GOING TO HURT THE MAY MAYOR'S FEELINGS.
>> IN ALL HONESTLY IF YOU THINK HAVING IT ON THE WEDNESDAY OF THE DATE, THAT IS A GOOD ONE TO SWITCH.
ONE OF US WILL NOT BE THERE ANYWAY.
IF WE WILL MAKE IT THE STANDARDIZED DATE, PROBABLY THE
BEST ONE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. >> I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, BUT -- OTHER NEEDS THAT SOME OF US ARE UNAVAILABLE.
NOT JUST ONE DATE. >> I THINK WE ARE JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE OCTOBER. >> MY PROPOSAL IS THAT WE LEAVE THE CALENDAR AS IS, EXCEPT WE CHANGE THE OCTOBER DATE BACK TO
THE 18TH. >> YOU MEAN AS AMENDED.
>> AS MODIFIED. WE LEAVE THE CALENDAR AS
MODIFIED. >> CHECK YOUR CALENDAR, KEN.
>> GOING BACK TO FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE.
>> JUST THROWING IT OUT HERE. WE CAN ALWAYS JUST DO THE 25TH WHICH IS THE LAST WEDNESDAY, BECAUSE MAYBE EVERYONE IS
AVAILABLE. >> THAT IS PUMPKIN PATCH.
>> OH, OKAY. >> MY PROPOSAL IS TO MOVE IT TO THE 18TH AND LEAVE THE OTHER DATES AS AMENDED.
>> SO HOW MANY OF US ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE 18TH?
>> THREE OF YOU. >> THREE IN PERSON.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE D AS AMENDED BUT WITH CHANGING THE OCTOBER 19 BACK TO THE OCTOBER 18 DATE.
>> SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC?
PLEASE TALK ABOUT OUR CALENDAR. >> SEEING THERE IS NONE.
A MOTION BY VICE-MAYOR BRIER AND A SECOND BY -- WAS IT COMMISSIONER ISROW? YES?
ROLL CALL. >> I AM THINKING, YES.
>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. >> LET ME CHECK MY CALENDAR I AM
[11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office]
GO GOOD.>> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COMMENTS BY THE BROWARD SHERIFF -- OH --
>> GOOD EVENING. CAPTAIN MC CARDLE.
>> BEFORE YOU SPEAK WE HAVE ROBBY FROM TRIP SCOTT IS ON THE LINE. AND HE -- HE IS OUR LOBBYIST.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE $150,000 GRANT WHICH WE WERE PRESENTED TODAY BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND STATE SENATOR.
SO WE COULD NEVER FORGET -- OBVIOUSLY SHERRY IS NOT HERE TODAY TOO. AND ALSO ROBBY WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR THE CITY AND ENSURING WE GET EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE DESERVE. SO KUDOS AND MUCH THANKS TO
WHEN WE WERE DOING THE CHECK PRESENTATION BUT TODD NEVER GAVE
ME THE MICROPHONE. >> I WILL GIVE TODD A RIDE LATER ON MY GOLF CART. BECAUSE IT IS VERY HOMETOWN HE
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO ROBBY AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR FOR THAT -- THOSE FUNDS.
WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO PUT THEM TO GOOD USE.
MOST OF YOU SAID A LOT OF THE COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO SAY TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU WERE GOING TO TALK OF THE CAR BURGLARIES THAT HAPPENED.
>> I WAS. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
JUST -- JUST TO ADD TO WHAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND OUR DEPUTIES AND OUR BURGLARY APPREHENSION TEAM FOR THEIR PHENOMENAL AND OUTSTANDING WORK.
THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY HERE AND IT SHOWS.
OUR BURGLARY APPREHENSION TEAM. THEY HAVE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THEY WORK ON DIFFERENT TASK
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FORCES THAT SURPASS JURISDICTIONS AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE INSTRUMENTAL HERE IN FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR US AND APPREHENDING INDIVIDUALS IN THE ACT.AND DEVELOPING INTELLIGENCE. AND THEY JUST REALLY ARE SUCH AN AGENCIES SET FOR US HERE IN PARKLAND.
SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEM.
WITH THE AIR SUPPORT UNITS THAT WATCH FROM OVERHEAD AND THROUGH THEIR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND HELP US BUILD CASES AGAINST THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ABLE TO ARREST THE JUVENILES AND OUR DETECTIVE WENT OUT AND OBTAINED A CONFESSION.
SO IT WAS JUST A SUCCESSFUL -- SUCCESSFUL OPPORTUNITY.
ARE WE OKAY? ROBBY MISSED HIS ENTIRE SENSE OF GRATITUDE. SO -- NANCY SAID IT BEST.
HE CAN WATCH IT BACK. >> JUST REWIND.
[LAUGHTER] >> CAPTAIN, ONE THING -- AND I IMAGINE YOU MAY GET TO IT AND TALK ABOUT IT.
OBVIOUSLY WE MENTIONED IT A LITTLE BIT AT THE OPENING OF THE MEETING FOR PURPOSEFUL EFFECT, BUT THE NOTION OF GETTING A VEHICLE STOLE SUNSHINE ONE THING FROM SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY LEFT THEIR KEY FOB. TO ME THE SCARIER SCENARIO THERE IS A WEAPON IN THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS ITS OWN IMPLICATIONS. AND CHALLENGES THE NOTION OF RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP. CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THINGS? AND WHAT -- NOT THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO THAT IT CREATES, BUT ESSENTIALLY, THE IMPORTANCE OF
PEOPLE SECURING THEIR FIREARMS. >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
IT CAN GET IN THE WRONG HANDS. WE HAVE SEEN WHERE KIDS HAVE GOTTEN A HOLD OF WEAPONS AND HAVE HARMED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS UNINTENTIONALLY. OBVIOUSLY THE THREATS THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY FROM ADULTS AND JUVENILES WHO ARE JUST WANTING TO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST OTHERS. AND VIOLENT CRIMES.
WE SEE THE ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE REPORT AND. UNBELIEVABLE THINGS THAT YEARS AGO WERE JUST UNHEARD OF. IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE STORING YOUR WEAPONS IN YOUR CAR.
YOU ARE LEAVING THEM IN THERE. AND NOW THESE TWO KIDS PER SE COULD COME AND TAKE POSSESSION OF IT.
TRY TO SELL THEM TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
USE THEM TO COMMIT CRIMES AND WORSE, YOU COULD USE IT TO HARM SOMEBODY. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES OUR JOB A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
IF YOU REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE HOLLYWOOD POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED.
HE WAS RESPONDING TO A CAR BREAK-IN AND THE INDIVIDUAL HAD A WEAPON WHO THEY BELIEVE WAS TAKEN FROM A CAR, IN ONE OF THE CAR BURGLARIES AND THEY SHOT -- RATHER HE SHOT AND KILLED THE OFFICER. SO -- I MEAN, THE -- THE TRAGEDY THAT COULD ENSUE FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, IS -- IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PREVENT. IT IS AS EASY AS LOCKING YOUR CAR. WE SEE IT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT WILL REPORT CAR BREAK-INNINGS THAT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS LOCKED.
SO IT WORKS. AND THAT IS WHAT WE DRIVE HOME HERE EVERY DAY. WE CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, RIGHT.
>> FRUSTRATINGLY REDUNDANT, YEAH.
>> I DID WANT TO SAY WE HAD ANOTHER CASE, A JUVENILE OUT STEALING BIKES OVERNIGHT. I WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK, OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WE HAD A REDHAENT CALLED US RIGHT AWAY, GAVE US A DESCRIPTION AND OUR DEPUTIES RESPONDED OUT THERE AGAIN.
DID AN AMAZING JOB AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE JUVENILE.
A GREAT OUTCOME. WITH THE COMMUNITY'S HELP, THAT IS PARAMOUNT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I SAW A VIDEO OF THE JUVENILES HERE ON TUESDAY BREAKING INTO THE -- WELL, OPENING UNLOCK CAR DOORS, RIGHT.
BUT -- YOU KNOW THE SUSPECT WOULD GO INTO THE CAR.
THAT WAS UNLOCKED. WHILE HIS CO-DEFENDANT, RIGHT, HIS PARTNER, WAS PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN BROAD DAYLIGHT JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO COME BACK TO THE CAR.
YOU COULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DRIVE BY.
NOBODY CALLED US. NOBODY THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE ARE SOMETIMES BUSY IN OUR DAY TO DAY AND RUSHING TO GET HERE AND RUSHING TO GET THERE, BUT IF THE COMMUNITY CAN JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, LIKE A CAR LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHERE OTHER CARS HAVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY GO OFF THE ROADWAY TO DRIVE AROUND THEM.
IT IS PROBABLY A PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD PROBABLY CALL US.
JUST THINGS LIKE THAT. IN THE CASE OF THE STOLEN BIKE, THAT IS WHAT THE RESIDENT DID. JUVENILE HANGING OUT LATE AT
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NIGHT. THEY CALLED US AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION RIGHT AWAY. WE APPRECIATE THAT.THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN FOR MENTIONING SERGEANT RIZA. HE IS REALLY THE REASON WE ARE SO SUCCESSFUL IN OUR SRO PROGRAM IN PARKLAND.
I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH. REALLY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RIDE WITH HIM AND LISTEN TO HIS PERSPECTIVE ON SCHOOL SAFETY AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE IN THE SCH SCHOOLS.
SO I WELCOME ANYONE TO DO A RIDE-ALONG.
IT IS AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO HAVE LUNCH THAT DAY. VERY BUSY DAY IN THE SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER CUTLER FOR THE VANDALISM INCIDENT. WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.
WE PUT OUT NEWS RELEASES. THERE IS A REWARD, $5,000 THAT LEAD US TO ARRESTING THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THE WORD GETS OUT.
WE ARE HOPING THAT MAYBE THIS PERSON HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.
MAYBE BRAGGED TO HIS FRIENDS ABOUT IT.
AND SOMEONE WILL CALL WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT WILL LEAD US TO HOLDING THEM RESPONSIBLE. OKAY.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR COFFEE WITH A COP NEXT THURSDAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU 8:30 A.M. AT CARMELA'S.
[12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMENT FROM THE CORAL SPRINGS
PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AS YOU ARE AWARE WHEN I'M HERE, CHIEF MOSER IS OFF GALAVANTING THE WORLD.
NECESSARY CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS COMING HOME BUT HE SAID I SHOULD COME AND SAY HI TO YOU GUY.
ONE THING, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS.
IT MEANS A LOT TO US FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS A BIG WEEK NATIONWIDE. SPECIFICALLY ABOUT KITCHEN FIRINGS AND COOKING SAFETY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT.
OVER 30 YEARS IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
I EXPERIENCED MORE KITCHEN FIRES THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF FIRES AND MORE INJURIES AND BURNS FROM COOKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND DOING A LOT THIS WEEK. SPECIFICALLY SOME TURKEY FRY ER SAFETY THINGS AND DIFFERENT I THINK IT IS PARKLAND AND CORAL SPRINGS. AND CANCER PREVENTION.
CANCER AWARENESS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THE FIRE SERVICE AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE. WE PROUDLY WEAR OUR PINK SHIRTS AND REPRESENT THOSE -- THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH CANCER.
WE KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING THROUGH CANCER OR HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME KIND OF CANCER, BUT IN THE FIRE SERVICE, PARTICULARLY BIG -- BIG TICKET ITEM.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPOSE TO OVER THE COURSE OF OUR CAREER WHICH WE ARE JUST LEARNING NOW ARE KILLING OUR FIRE FIGHTERS. IT MEANS A LOT TO US AND MEANS A LOT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMMISSION. THE RIDE ALONG.
I MENTION THAT. YOU CAN'T MENTION THAT IN FRONT OF A FIRE FIGHTER AND NOT EXPECT US -- A FIRE TRUCK IS SO MUCH
BETTER THAN A POLICE CAR. >> LET ME KNOW WHEN WE ARE READY, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT IT ON THE DAIS.
>> MOST OF YOU HAVE YOUR HELMETS IF YOU DID THE FIREOPS 101.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY TESTING TO GET ON WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. >> NO FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENT?
>> NO FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENT. WE ALWAYS TELL OUR BROTHERS IN GREEN AND BLUE THAT WHEN THEY GRADUATED THE POLICE ACADEMY THEY GOT A BADGE AND GUN. WHEN WE GRADUATED WE GOT A BADGE AND A PILLOW. YOU GO THE TO TRY THE LAZY BOYS OUT AND JOIN US ON THE FIRE TRUCKS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU.
THE VEHICLE THEFTS. I -- I KNOW YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. I KNOW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB, AS DOES CSPD IN THIS AREA BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD EMERGENCY VEHICLES STOLEN. SOME OF THE VEHICLES DON'T HAVE KEYS AND PEOPLE FIGURED OUT TO STEAL EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
RESCUE TRUCK. STOLEN FIRE ENGINES.
TELL OUR PEOPLE THE SAME THING THEY TELL OUR CITIZENS.
LOCK UP THE VEHICLES. THEY ARE WORTH MULTIMILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND CAN HURT PEOPLE. WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GREEN AND ON BOO BOARD WITH YOU GUYS WITH THAT. AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO.
A PRETTY BUSY MONTH IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND, WE HAVE 249 INCIDENTS. 175 FIRE AND EMS INCIDENTS.
74 OTHER TYPES OF INCIDENTS. TWO STRUCTURE FIRES.
AND OUR RESPONSE TIMES WERE FIRE AND EMS OVER 90% OF THE TIME EIGHT MINUTES OR LESS FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
AS USUAL, WE ARE PROUD OF THOSE NUMBERS AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU
GUYS DO FOR US. >> TWO QUICK THINGS.
NUMBER ONE ONLY BECAUSE YOU MENTION IT.
I AM FEELING RUSTY ON OUR FIREOPS STRAINING.
REUP IT ONE DAY. >> IS EVERYBODY PHYSICAL DAYABLE
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AND READY TO GO AND NOBODY IS HURT.>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PROBABLY EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCES I HAD AS A COMMISSIONER JUST BECAUSE -- PEOPLE HEAR PAY LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS TO DO DO, BUT TO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IT. I AM SAYING IT TONGUE AND CHEEK BUT IT WILL SHALL INTERESTING AGAIN.
>> I WILL WORK WITH THAT AND GET WITH CHIEF MOSER.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, CITY MANAGER MORANDO.
DID YOU IT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BACK.
A GREAT TIME. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH NANCY AND DISCUSS IT PUBLICLY.
THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN THE FALLS, ON THE 22ND.
A RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
THEY CALLED 911. CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE ARRIVED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE GATE, RIGHT. AND NOW APPARENTLY IT IS AN UNMANNED DATE WHICH TYPICALLY A KNOCK BOX OR SOME SORT OF OTHER CLICKER. FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE WAS A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH THE GATE. THERE WAS CONCERN ON THE RESIDENTS' PART THAT CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND WASN'T ABLE TO -- MEANING IT WAS SOMETHING MORE ON THAT END, BUT THE INVESTIGATION TURNED OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A TECHNICAL DEFECT WITH THE GATE. SO IT BRINGS UP A COUPLE OF POINTS. NUMBER ONE IS -- AND I SPOKE TO NANCY ABOUT THIS -- IS THERE SHOULD BE SOME PROCESS FOR PROCEDURE QUARTERLY OR SEMI ANNUALLY OR ANNUALLY.
AS A DEPARTMENT, YOU SPEAK WITH THE HOVS AND HAVE SOME SORT OF GATE OR ROAD THAT REQUIRE CLICKER OR WHATEVER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TESTING IT ON A RECURRING BASIS.
AND TWO, OBVIOUSLY ALSO JUST WORKING WITH THE HOAS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BECAUSE FORTUNATELY THIS ENDED UP BEING OKAY, RIGHT, RELATIVELY.
BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO CALL UP FOR THE RESIDENTS THE FALLS, NOT BY VIRTUE OF THE FAILURE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND BUT, TWO, A RESPONSIBILITY ON ALL OF OUR PARTS TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS ARE WORKING THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO IF AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS, IT DOES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I PERSONALLY HANDLED THAT ISSUE AND DID THE BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
WE HAVE ALL OF YOUR GATES CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH OUR PARKLAND UNITS AND SUPERVISORS.
EVERYBODY HAVE THOSE CLICKERS IN THE VEHICLE AND REQUIRED TO GO DOWN THERE. TO GO TO EACH LOW CHASE THAT HAVE THEM, TEST THEM, AND -- LOCATION AND HAVE THEM AND TEST THEM. THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF IT IS, IF I CHECK IT TODAY AND IT FAILS TOMORROW.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PHYSICAL CHECKLIST FOR THOSE.
I AM NOT SURE IT IS MONTHLY AND I WILL CHECK AND HAVE MIKE GET BACK TO YOU BUT AT LEAST EVERY TWO MONTHS IT IS CHECKED IN YYOR COMMUNITIES. YOUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS DID A FANTASTIC JOB TO MAKE SURE THEY TO THE US TO AND WE GOT TO THEM. I WAS IMPRESSED WHEN WE READ THE ROMP. WE CHECK THESE THINGS QUITE OFTEN, AND PARTICULARLY, THEY ARE WORK CAN ON NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NEW -- I THINK THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO PASS A -- AN ORDINANCE BEING OPENED FOR SPECIFIC TONE OF OUR SIRENS.
THAT HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IF THAT IS THE CASE IF WE CALL SOMEBODY -- UNFORTUNATELY FROM ISD FROM HALLANDALE AND GET INTO YOUR HAD SHGZOAS AND GATES EWINGS THAT ONLY TONE SIREN. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND KEEP YOU APPRISE $OF THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> THREE QUICK THINGS.
>> NO WORRIES. >> NUMBER ONE -- NUMBER ONE, I WAS THE ONLY ONE OF US COMMISSION THAT WENT INTO THE
I HAVE THE VIDEO TO PROVE IT. >> BECAUSE I HAVE A BEARD.
>> THE BEARD WILL KEEP FROM YOU GOING ON TO THAT.
>> I HAD A BEARD TOO. >> NUMBER TWO, IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T AS OF YET, I RECOMMEND AND ACTUALLY SAYING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, DOWNLOAD THEPULSE POINT APP BECAUSE GIVES YOU THE ABILITY FOR ANY CARDIAC ARREST INCIDENT, YOU CAN GET AN AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION. IF YOU WERE WITHIN 150 FEET OR
YARD. >> YOU CAN CHANGE THAT INTO ANYTHING. 500 YARDS, YOU CAN GET THEM.
>> AMICABLY GET YOU. IF YOU ARE TRAINED IN CPR, LIVING IN THE FALLS AND WOULD ALERT ME THAT THERE IS A CARDIAC ARREST INCIDENT. THE LAST QUESTION AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION, WILL FRANK BE MAKING MEATBALL
AND SAUCE AT THE PASTA DINNER. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I FAILED TO BRING THAT UP.
I NKNOW WE HAVE OUR SPAGHETTI DINNER OCTOBER 28 THAT WE HOST
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EVERY YEAR FOR CANCER AWARENESS. WE SERVE SPAGHETTI DINNERS TO THE COMMUNITY. A BIG DEAL WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS. OUR FORMER FIRE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER DOES ALL THE COOKING. HE IS VERY PRECISE ABOUT IT.IT IS A BIG DEAL TO HIM. YES, WE WILL BE DOING THAT.
I WAS TOLD WE WOULD DO SALAD, CRISPY SALADS.
LOOKING INTO THAT AND NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE HEALTHY OPTIONS. FRANK IS A HEALTHY COOK.
I HEARD SOMEBODY MENTION HIS MEATBALLS AND I AM NOT.
[14. Comments by the City Attorney]
>> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
>> NO COMMENTS. >> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY
>> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> OKAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.