Jan 24, 2024 City Commission Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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EVENING, EVERYONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH AT GOT TO ORDER. PLEASE WRITE 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.

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER WITH EVERYONE SAYING IT TOGETHER. SOMETIMES IT IS EMPTY AND IT IS JUST US DOING IT.

ANYWAY, ROLLCALL? >> COMMISSIONER BRIER? VICE

[4. Approval of Minutes ]

YOU. >> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE .

>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY

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

PLEASE. >> HELLO, I AM AT 6384 NORTHWEST 93RD DRIVE. I AM RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE. I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND ALSO BRING ATTENTION TO AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY IN OUR CITY. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS CONCERNING TO NOT JUST ME, BUT OTHER MUSLIMS. I AM A MUSLIM AMERICAN. I AM FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, I WAS BORN HERE, I GREW UP HERE. I HAVE A BUSINESS HERE, I WORK HERE, I WORKED ON THE HILLSBORO CANAL EMBANKMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

I CARE ABOUT MY COMMITTEE, I LOVE MY COMMUNITY. I WORKED TO IMPROVE MY COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT IS BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS IF. THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE THAT BRINGS THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY TOGETHER. ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WAS THE MUSLIM FEDERATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA. MY MOSQUE IS A PART OF THE MUSLIM FEDERATION, MY PARENTS CAME FROM PAKISTAN IN THE 1970S. THEY BUILT THAT MOSQUE. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE DOWN THE ROAD THAT IS PART OF THE FEDERATION, THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA. TWO POSITIONS CAME AND BUILT A SCHOOL TO TEACH KIDS AS PART OF THE FEDERATION. WE ARE LOCALS. WE WORK ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. WE WORK ON HELPING OUR COMMUNITY GET BACK. EVEN THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE HAD A FOCUS OF MENTAL HEALTH. SO, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH.THEY ARE PHYSICIANS. WHEN THE EVENT WAS ORGANIZED, IT WAS THE SECOND ANNUAL EVENT TAKING PLACE HERE. I WAS GLAD TO HAVE SOMETHING CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY, A PLACE THAT I CAN TAKE MY KIDS TO. ONE INFORMATION ABOUT IT WAS SPREAD, MISUNDERSTANDING DEVELOPED. THAT MISUNDERSTANDIN G LED TO COMMENTS BEING SHARED ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS LET THEM COME AND WE WILL SEND THEM TO ALLAH. IT FILLED ME WITH FEAR. I DO NOT WANT THAT. I DON'T LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE THAT IN MY ÚCOMMUNIT DON'T LIKE THAT FOR MY FRIENDS. I WOULD NOT WISH THAT ON ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS. I AM HERE FOR TWO REASONS. NUMBER ONE, TO LET MY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, TO LET MY COMMUNITY KNOW WHO I AM. TO LET YOU ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AS MUSLIMS. CAN YOU STAND FOR A SECOND? WE ARE ALL MUSLIM PROFESSIONAL RESIDENTS IN ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE IN PARKLAND. YOU WILL FIND TWO OR THREE OF US LIVING AMONGST YOU AS YOUR NEIGHBORS. OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE SOCCER FIELD PLAYING WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR MUSLIM RESIDENTS HERE IS A COACH ON THE PARKLAND SOCCER TEAM. SO, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE, IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS, IF

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COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY WELL SAID. VERY WELL SAID. I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON AND I THINK IS CONTRARY TO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IS THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE THINGS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH WE TRY TO TALK ABOUT AND WE TRY TO TEACH OUR KIDS ON A DAILY BASIS, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A VERY BAD PLACE. A LOT OF TIMES YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUSINESS MAKING STATEMENTS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO, WE DO NOT PUT MUCH EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS FAR AS THOSE TYPES OF COMMENTS. BUT, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF YOUR FAITH, YOUR , YOUR GENDER, WHAT HAVE YOU. AGAIN, PARKLAND PRIDES ITSELF ON ITS DIVERSITY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MORE. WE SEE EVERYBODY ON THE SOCCER FIELD

>> SHE IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE PRACTICING.

>> ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING. IT IS A PLEASURE SEEING

YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS?

>> I AM SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE. WE WILL GO TO COMMISSION

COMMENTS. >> COMMISSIONER CUTLER, DO YOU

WANT TO START? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO MIRROR THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS, I REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR CANDOR AND YOUR BRAVERY FOR COMING FORWARD AND HAVING THIS DIALOGUE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT DIALOGUE AND IT IS A DIALOGUE THAT HAS AN IMPACT, NOT JUST ON YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, I BELONG TO THE JEWISH FAITH. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT HAS BEEN RILED UP THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND IS A SPECIAL PLACE. IT IS A SLEEP -- PLACE THAT IS WELCOMING AN OPENING TO PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WHAT YOU HAVE EXPRESSED IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD WITH THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMUNITY COMING HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> SO, >> WE HAVE BEEN DONE PUBLIC COMMENT. SORRY. WE HAVE FINISHED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME, EMAIL ME. HE HAS GOT ALL OF MY INFORMATION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY WE HANDLE THE MEETINGS, WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THE STEPS SO THAT NEXT TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS WE CAN CONTINUE ON ON

THAT SAME PROCESS. >> THANK YOU, I'M SORRY. OUR LAST MEETING WAS DECEMBER 15. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY BREAK AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY START TO THE NEW YEAR.

JANUARY 4TH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE RENEWED GOLF COURSE AT PARKLAND GOLF.

THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE PARK RESTAURANT ON THE 19TH. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE PGC FEVER DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH BOTH. I WISH THEM CONTINUED ENJOYMENT AND SUCCESS FOR THEIR CONTINUED RENOVATIONS. THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. WE HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF FARMERS MARKETS. THOSE WERE GREAT. THE NEXT ONE FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT IS THAT YOU ARE A FOURTH. THE THEME FOR THAT ONE IS

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WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT. >> ON JANUARY THE 10TH, THE CHAMBER BREAKFAST MEETING WAS TO MEET YOUR CITIES INFLUENCERS. THAT WAS HOSTED BY NONE OTHER IN THE ILLUSTRIOUS COMMISSIONER BREYER DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. OUR MAYOR AND DEPUTY CHIEF UPDATED US IN THE CHAMBER, ATTENDEES WITH CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY AND THE ON GOINGS. ON JANUARY 11, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ASSISTING THE PROGRAM BY JUDGING FOR THE DISTRICT COMPETITION DOWN AT THE UNIVERSITY. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY AND WISH THE BEST OF LUCK AT STATE TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO MADE IT THROUGH. NATIONAL THIS YEAR ARE IN CALIFORNIA AND I KNOW ALL OF THE -- GOOD LUCK TO THEM.

JANUARY 15, THE CITY HELD IN HONOR OF MLK AT THE AMPHITHEATER. IT WAS VERY GOOD. SHOUT OUT TO DANIEL BROWN, THE SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING WAS INSPIRING AND THE KIDS WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THE MUSIC AND ANSWERS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ONCE AGAIN, OUR FINALISTS IN THE POETRY CONTEST. JANUARY 18TH, THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, WE WENT OVER TO THE ONE OVER BY CARMEL IS NEAR THE HIDDEN PUBLICS EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT NOW. HAD A GRAND REOPENING OF THEIR PT FACILITY. IT LOOKS GREAT. I WISH THEM WELL IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL, NEW EXPANDED THERAPY AREA. THE OTHER NIGHT, I ALSO ATTENDED OUR CHARTER REVIEW BOARD MEETING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE SO LUCKY IN THE CITY TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE HELPING US WITH THE GOVERNANCE OF OUR CITY. I COULD TELL THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE MAKING AND HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND WELL THOUGHT OUT SUGGESTIONS TO OUR CHARTER. ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES FOR THIS COMING ELECTION CYCLE, THE RESIDENTS CERTAINLY OWE THAT MUCH GRATITUDE FOR THEIR TIME AND DEDICATION TO SERVICE TO OUR PUBLIC. I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE, SOME OF OUR PRINCESS PEOPLE. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE COOK OFF THIS YEAR. IT WAS A PIZZA COOKING CONTEST. I AM JUST GOING TO SAY, CHOCOLATE PIZZA WAS OUTSTANDING. IT REALLY WAS. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT ONES.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE ANNOUNCED THE REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY , THEY HAVE BEEN HONORED AS THE FLORIDA FIRE SERVICE TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, ONCE AGAIN BY THE FLORIDA FIRE TRAINING DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO WISH THEM A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE DOWN THE LINE. AND WHEN I WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BRIEF. THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE THE NEW

YEAR, SO, HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> WAS THAT A QUESTION? IT WAS MORE OF A RHETORICAL. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT PRINCIPLE, SHE IS UP IN WASHINGTON TODAY. SHE PROMISED TO SEND ME THE LINK. THREE OR 4:00. I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND WE CAN ALL WATCH THEM SPEAK AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE. SHE IS NOT NEW TO THIS.

LAST WEEK WE DID HAVE BROWARD. YOU WERE THERE IN SPIRIT.

>> THERE IN SPIRIT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BODY, AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO GO UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES, BOTH OUR CENTERS AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES WITH BILLS WE MAY LIKE, WE MAY NOT LIKE, WE MAY SUPPORT THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AS WELL AS TO MEET OTHER LEGISLATORS THAT ARE NOT FROM OUR AREA AND OBVIOUSLY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE FROM AGENCIES. AGENCIES DO NOT WORK WITH HIM. WHAT I FOUND OUT A LOT OF TIMES, HERE IN TALLAHASSEE, WE ARE UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THE MORE YOU NETWORK, THE MORE THAT YOU GET TO HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, THE MORE THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE IN SPIRIT. I DO ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION SNOW FAST. IT IS MY FAVORITE EVENT GOING DOWN THOSE SLIDES. IT

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>> GREAT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> I WANT TO FIRST ADDRESS WITH ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS. WE ARE ALL HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, THIS IS WHERE WE RAISE OUR FAMILIES. THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATRED OR INTOLERANCE. I WELCOME YOU TO COME TO US IF THERE IS EVER ANY ISSUE. THERE IS EVER ANY CONCERN LIKE YOUR SAFETY OR ANYTHING ELSE.. WE WILL ADDRESS IT. WE ARE IN A HIGHLY CHARGED AND SENSITIZED ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR DISCORD THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT WE WOULD WANT. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MULTIPLE TIMES OF NOT TRYING TO BE TEACHING BUT TRYING TO TEACH HOW TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS. HATE SPEECH HAS NO PLACE. YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, ALL OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, I WANT YOU TO HAVE A SENSE OF SECURITY LIKE I DO THAT THIS IS YOUR HOME, THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG AND WE WELCOME YOU. GETTING TO THE REST OF IT, I ECHO SOME OF THE SAME COMMENTS. WE HAVE HAD A BUNCH OF EVENTS, CONGRATULATIONS TO PARKLAND GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE REOPENING OF THE COURSE AND RESTAURANT. BOTH BEAUTIFUL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY AS WAS SAID FOR US TO NOT ONLY GO AND MEET THE FOLKS THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND OTHER LOCAL AREAS, BUT TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE MEDICATIONS, I HAVE MEDICATION WITH LEGISLATORS ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, AUTO INSURANCE, ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR STATE.

SO, WE CERTAINLY COMMUNICATED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE HAVING THAT DIALOGUE. WE HAVE A GOOD FIRM THAT ASSISTS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THEM IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER CITIES.

IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP THERE, GET AT -- EDUCATED AND ADVOCATE FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS ON A STATE LEVEL. IT IS A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, IT IS A GREAT EVENT. IT BRINGS A LITTLE BIT OF WINTERTIME TO PARKLAND. I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAD SOME NEW RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN COME OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN POSTPONED BUT THE WEATHER GOT THE BEST OF IT. SO, WITH THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COMMISSIONER? VICE MAYOR? >> HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE.

WELCOME BACK . IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AGAIN. I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU SAID. WELL DONE FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING OUT. I THINK ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS YOU CAN DO IS STANDING UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN, BUT DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS RESPECTFUL. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF US HAVE SEEM TO BE ECHOING IS THAT PARKLAND, WHAT MAKES IT A GREAT COMMUNITY IS THE DIVERSITY THAT WE RESPECT THAT DIVERSITY. TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE SOCIALLY OR NOT, IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE STAND FOR, NOT SOMETHING WE CONDONE. IT IS WORKING FOR US TO STAND IN UNISON SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I THINK YOU WERE ASKING US TO BE ABLE TO SAY PUBLICLY. HOPEFULLY YOU THAT RATHER THAN JUST LOOKING FOR IT. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN THERE. A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU ALL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE JUST HAD AT THE WORKSHOP WITH 505 DESIGNS, IT IS TO IDEATE AND CONCEPTUALIZED THE NEW TOWN CENTER VILLAGE, WHATEVER THE NAME IS GOING TO BE ULTIMATELY FOR HERON BAY. IT IS A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT, WHAT I HOPE AND ASK, NOT ONLY THAT EVERYONE GOES AND WATCHES THE VIDEO OF TODAY'S WORKSHOP, WHICH SHOULD BE LIVE TOMORROW ON THE WEBSITE, BUT ALSO, PARTICIPATE

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MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I GUESS THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH ELSE TO SAY. EVERY TIME I AM UP HERE, WE ARE ALL APPEAR TOGETHER I FEEL BETTER AND BETTER ABOUT WHO I AM SERVING WITH. WHO WE ARE AS PARKLAND THEIRS. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL PARKLAND. TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES, I EXPECTED NOTHING LESS FROM THEM, BUT TO HEAR THEM SPEAK FROM THE HEART, IT IS IMPORTANT. IT IS NICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO EVERYONE THAT THIS IS THE PAGE WE ARE ON. IT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. IT IS HOW YOU ACT AND HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE. THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. WE ARE RAISING CHILDREN. WE NEED TO DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY. THE WAY YOU APPROACH US TODAY IN THE DIALOGUE WE HAVE HAD EVEN PRIOR TO THIS, YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. THESE GENTLEMEN APPEAR OBVIOUSLY DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, AS WELL. IT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY AND IT LETS ME KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS PIECES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SOCIAL MEDIA IS SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU KNOW? PEOPLE GET ON THEIR AND THEY THINK THEY CAN SAY AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. THEY FORGET OR DON'T CARE THAT IT HAS AN IMPACT. YOU KNOW? IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT CARE. THAT IS NOT PARKLAND. WE CARE. WE APPRECIATE THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE HERE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE, COMMISSIONER CUTLER HAD THE LIST OF EVERYTHING SO WE CAN JUST REWIND THAT AND I WILL CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID. OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO GIVE THE KUDOS TO ROBBIE AND CANDACE, OUR LOBBYISTS. OUR STATE LEGISLATOR WHO WORKS AT THEIR TIRELESSLY FIGHTING FOR US. TINA POLSKY, OUR STATE SENATOR. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF SURE THERE IS A BETTER PLACE FOR US. I KNOW EVERYONE IS WORKING HARD ON THAT. YOU TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT.

COME ON, STATE LEGISLATORS, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT INSURANCE. THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.

THAT IS SOMETHING I HEAR DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I KNOW A LOT OF US TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT THAT. THE BROWARD LEAGUE, THE FLORIDA

[6. Proclamations and Recognitions ]

HAVE ONE. I HAVE TWO. THERE ARE SIX OF THEM. I AM GOING TO GO FIRST. LET'S GET THE INDIAN PRINCESS PROGRAM IF YOU WANT TO COME UP. WHOEVER IS THE REPRESENTATIVE. I SEE WILL, STEVE, IF YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM, COME ON UP. I CANNOT DO THAT FIRST, YOU HAVE TO GO SIT DOWN. YOU

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I AM HOLDING THE MICROPHONE. YOU'RE GOING TO DO PARKLAND DASH. PARKLAND DASH, WHO IS COMING UP HERE FOR THE PARKLAND

DASH? SOS? OH, JUST SOS? OH. >> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. LAST YEAR'S PARKLAND DASH WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE. WE NOT ONLY SOUGHT TO HOLD A HEALTHY EVENT OUTDOORS, BUT ALSO SOUGHT TO RAISE MONEY FOR A WORTHY CAUSE. SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES FLORIDA IS A NONPROFIT THAT OPENED IN 1993 TO PROVIDE FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. THE ON-SITE PROGRAMS INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, MEDICAL SERVICES, ENTERTAINING ACTIVITIES, TUTORING, READING AND MATH, INDEPENDENT LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM. WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS VALUABLE COMMITTEE PARTNER WITH PROCEEDS FROM PARKLAND DASH. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SPONSORS OF THE EVENT. THANK YOU TO SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES OF FLORIDA FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE, DAILY IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE VILLAGE, GO CHECK IT OUT. IT IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.

TO MENTION IS ON THE BOARD OF SOS CHILDREN'S. SO, I ASSUME WE CANNOT DO THE ONLY ARGUMENT DASH BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHECK. OH, WE HAVE TWO CHECKS BUT I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO CROSS OUT THE NAME AND WRITE IN A NEW NAME. NOW WE HAVE THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHO IS HERE? THERE WE GO. THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL PEOPLE OVER THERE. LORI, WHERE IS SHE? WHERE? OH.

THERE. COME ON. HOW LUCKY ARE WE? WE HAVE THE CHAIR OF THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. PARKLAND DASH CONTRIBUTION TO BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LOCATED IN PARKLAND. WE CANNOT FORGET THAT PARK. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS ARE ALWAYS PRESENTED TO BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCATED IN PARKLAND. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE AND THERE IS NO MORE PURE WAY OF DOING SO THAN CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL THAT CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. THE SCHOOL LEADERS TO CONTINUE AS OUR SCHOOLS REMAIN STRONG AT MANY CHALLENGES YOU'RE IN AND YOU'RE OUT. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PRINCIPLES, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE CHILDREN WHO CONTINUE TO EXCEL UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS AND WE KNOW IT STEMS FROM THE GREAT WORK THAT IS DONE FROM THE COACHES, EMPLOYEES AND PRINCIPALS. AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATE IT, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS FROM THE 2023 PARKLAND DASH.

NOW, THIRD. NOW WE CAN BRING ON THE INDIAN PRINCESS. NOW I

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ACCORDING TO THE INDIAN PRINCESS WEBSITE, TAKE IT FROM THE INDIAN GUIDES PROGRAM, THE INDIAN PRINCESS PROGRAM SEEKS TO ENSURE AND STRENGTHEN THE BONDS BETWEEN FATHERS AND THEIR DAUGHTERS. NOW BRINGS TOGETHER DOZENS OF THOUSANDS IN NORTH BROWARD. A NUMBER OF OTHER OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.

TONIGHT WITH GREAT THANKS TO ALL OF US WHO OUGHT PUMPKINS AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER, WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THAT CAUSE AND PRESENT PROCEEDS FROM THE 2023 CITY OF PARKLAND PUMPKIN PATCH TO THE INDIAN PRINCESS PROGRAM.

>> WE ARE TRANSITIONING .

YOU WANT TO PRESENT IT? GUYS, I AM GOING TO CALL THE PARKLAND LIBRARY BOOKMARK CONTEST WINNERS AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME. I AM PROBABLY GOING TO DO THAT. THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS MYRA. MYRA, COME ON DOWN IF YOU ARE HERE. SO WE GREENER -- ZOE GREENER.

CHARLOTTE HUSSEIN. THOUGH WE, WHICH ONE? SETTLE IT. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? THEY BOTH MOVED? OKAY. WE WILL HANG ONTO THEM.

OH, YOU CAN MAIL THEM. YOU CAN MAIL THEM. GREAT. ETHAN, ARE YOU HERE? NATHAN? JACK? VALENTINA'S ELISE? VINCENT'S ELISE? GRAYSON VELARDE. ALL RIGHT. AVA. AVA? AVA? ALL RIGHT. SO, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ENJOY THE ART OF HOLDING A BOOK, THE SIGN OF A NEW CHAPTER EMERGING IN HARD COPY IN THE CRISP SOUND OF ACTUAL TURNING PAGES, A BOOKMARK MEANS EVERYTHING. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE ARTWORK OF EVENTS YOU REGULARLY VISIT OUR LIBRARY AND DECIDED

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THE LIBRARY TO GET THEM.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT JOB, GUYS, GREAT JOB.

>> WEST GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. COME ON DOWN. IS THE CO-CHAIR? NO? YOU RAN HERE BY YOURSELF?

>> THEY GOT HOMEWORK TO DO. HURRY.

>> HARD WORK, SKILL AND PERSEVERANCE WITH THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE IN TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEETS. BOTH TEAMS PLACED IN THE TOP FIVE FOR THE MSAA COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. COACH BROWN AND SEVERAL RUNNERS ALSO RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS FOR THEIR TIME. CONGRATULATIONS TO NATHAN, ALEX, DYLAN, LEVI, MATTEO, ALEXIS EMMA AMELIO, JORDAN AND EVA FOR FINISHING IN THE TOP 10 IN THE MSAA CHAMPIONSHIP. ALEXIS ALSO FINISHED FIRST WITH THE FASTEST TIME IN BROWARD COUNTY. AS A TEAM, THE BOYS FINISHED IN THIRD AND THE GIRLS PLACED FIFTH IN THE MSAA CHAMPIONSHIP, KNOWING JUST HOW CHALLENGING THE COMPETITION IS WITH THESE CONFERENCES, WE KNOW THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS PUT FORTH THEIR ALL. THIS TEAM EXEMPLIFIES SPORTSMANSHIP, INTEGRITY, RESPECT ON AND OFF THE TRAIL. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, CITY COMMISSION, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WEST GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. WE WITH -- WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS. KEEP ON RUNNING.

THE WEST GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF TEAM. COME ON DOWN.

WHEN YOU ARE ON A SMALL TEAM, EVERYTHING YOU DO COUNT, ALL THE TIME. THE FOCUS ON TRUST AND RESPONSIBILITY IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MEANER AND YOUR SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN YOUR TEAMMATES IS PRETTY INTENSE. THIS IS HOW IT MUST FEEL TO BE ON THE GIRLS GOLF TEAM, WHO WON FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW

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I THOUGHT SOME PEOPLE WERE GOING TO.

>> THERE GOES ALL OF THE PUBLIC. WE WILL TALK SOON.

[7. Approval of the Agenda ]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES

[8. Consent Agenda ]

UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT AGENDA -- >> MOTION TO APPROVE. ANYONE

FROM THE PUBLIC? >> NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE THE MOTION AND A SECOND. ROLL

CALL? >> COMMISSIONER CUTLER? COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? COMMISSIONER BRIER? VICE MAYOR

ISROW? MAYOR WALKER? >> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES

[9. Regular Agenda ]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2023 087 FPL LICENSE AGREEMENT TURN BRIDGE DRAINAGE PROJECT. APPROVING THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT WITH INSTALLATION OF IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE TERM OF THIS PROJECT. FIGHTING

FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> THANK YOU. >> SECOND. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.

>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? COMMISSIONER CUTLER? COMMISSIONER BRIER? VICE MAYOR ISROW? MAYOR WALKER? MONTHLY

SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY TO >> QUIGLEY TENNIS COURT RESURFACING. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO AWARD A CONTRACT OF FAST DRY CHORDS WITH RESURFACING OF THE TENNIS COURTS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TENNIS NET AT THE TENNIS CENTER NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $134,090, PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND TIER

>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? >> DID BEGET HIS APPROVAL FOR

THIS? >> I DON'T SEE HIM HERE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> THING THAT THERE IS NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC AND LESS IS NOT HERE ANYMORE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BITE COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND A SECOND BY VICE

MAYOR ISROW. ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER BRIER? COMMISSIONER CUTLER? COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? VICE

MAYOR ISROW? MAYOR WALKER? >> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES

UNANIMOUSLY. >> RESOLUTION 2024-010 PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD APPOINTED WITH RESOLUTION OF COMMISSION PARKLAND APPOINTED AS THE SECOND APPOINTED FOR THE BOARD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE SECOND ALTERNATE. SOMEONE HAD TO LEAVE. WHAT DO WE HAVE? SEVEN? WE HAVE SEVEN APPLICATIONS. IS THAT RIGHT? X APPLICATIONS. IF ANYONE DOESN'T HAVE -- DOES ANYONE HAVE --

>> WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE AS A CITY , SUPERTALENTED FOLKS VYING FOR THIS POSITION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE TOP TWO OR WHATEVER, BUT I

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>> IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF ONE, THERE IS NO NEED. YOU CAN

GIVE ONE. >> THE SAME THING. I LOOKED AT THE LIST WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS ONLY

NOVEMBER. THEN WE START OVER. >> RIGHT.

>> COMMISSIONER BREYER WAS FIRST.

>> ALEX, HE APPLIED THE LAST GO AROUND, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HE IS A REALTOR IN THE AREA AND HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECTS RELATED TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE

MY RECOMMENDATION. >> HE IS ON THEIR BOARD.

>> CHRIS IS IN THE COMMUNITY, HE IS HERE, I SEE HIM AT THE

GYM. >> THE FACT THAT YOU ARE HERE AND YOU SHOW UP IS HALF THE BATTLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE

INTEREST. >> I AM A BIG FAN OF ALEX. I AM CERTAINLY NOT TAKING THAT PICK FROM YOU.

>> THERE ARE NO LOSERS, ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

>> SELFISHLY. THE PARKLAND ISLANDERS, OR WHATEVER THEY ARE

CALLED. ANYBODY? >> I HAD A TOP TWO, AS WELL WITH ALEX AND BOBBIO RODRIGUEZ. THE EXPERIENCE IS RELEVANT WITH THE MIXED-USE ROLE RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. MASTER PLANNING OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AT. I THINK EITHER TWO OF THEM OF THEM WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I AM MISSING WITH JORDAN. I HAD THOSE TWO PEOPLE AS MY TWO PICS, AS WELL.

>> WHICH ONES? >> FABIANO AND ALEX.

>> FABIANO , THE EXPERIENCE IS UNBELIEVABLE. I WILL SAY HE IS PART OF CC RESIDENTIAL WITH PARTNERS AND MAY PROMPT THEM POTENTIAL CONFLICT ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD. YOU KNOW, I AM SURE THAT IS A WORKAROUND. IT IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAS, IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

>> OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. GIVE ME ONE. ALEX?

>> YES. >> JUST PICK ONE. ONE OF YOUR

TWO. >> I WILL GO WITH ALEX.

>> CHRIS? >> COMMISSIONER CUTLER? YOU

GET ONE. >> I AM FINE WITH ALEX.

>> OKAY, THAT IS 3 FOR ALEX AND 2 FOR CHRIS. SORRY, CHRIS. WE ARE GOING WITH ALEX. BUT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I WILL

SEE YOU TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE A --

>> WE NEED TO VOTE. SO, MOTION, ANYBODY WANT TO MOTION?

>> MOTION TO APPOINT ALEX AS THE NEW SECOND ALTERNATIVE.

>> SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO TALK BAD ABOUT ALEX? NOW IS YOUR TIME. SO, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR ISROW AND A SECOND BY

COMMISSIONER BRIER. >> COMMISSIONER CUTLER? COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN? COMMISSIONER BRIER? VICE MAYOR

ISROW? MAYOR WALKER? >> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, ALEX. AS IT WAS SAID, NOVEMBER, EVERYTHING GOES BACK UP FOR A VOTE.

>> RESOLUTION 2024-011, PARTICIPATION WITH A RESOLUTION TO THE COMMISSION. AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION ALL LAWSUITS SEEKING A DECLARATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 112-1 VERRATTI 14 STATUTE, THE REQUIREMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS TO FILE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND INVALID PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I KNOW THIS ITEM WAS PUT ON AND AT LEAST TWO COMMISSIONERS BUT I AM HERE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE ONE.

>> YES. YOU CAN GIVE US AN OVERVIEW, BUT LET'S KEEP IT

BRIEF. UNDER 10 MINUTES. >> UNDER 10, I WILL KEEP IT UNDER FIVE HOW ABOUT THAT. IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE MADE A CHANGE TO THE STATE LAW THAT NOW REQUIRES LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS SUCH AS THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR TO FILE WHAT IS CALLED A FORM SIX FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. IT IS MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE AND SOMEWHAT ARGUE INTRUSIVE THAN THE TRADITIONAL FORM ONE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE THAT COMMISSIONERS CAN MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS HAVE FILED IN THE PAST. SINCE THAT TIME, BY DECEMBER 31ST, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT APPROXIMATELY 113 ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA ACTUALLY RESIGNED AT THEIR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE TO AVOID HAVING TO FILE A FORM SIX FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE GOING FORWARD IN OFFICE. I KNOW MY FIRM, PROBABLY OTHERS RECEIVED

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QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THIS ENCOURAGES MORE PEOPLE TO RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE. AS LOCAL OFFICIALS, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE CLOSEST TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS QUITE INTRUSIVE. I AM PRETTY SURE WHOEVER PUT THIS FORWARD PROBABLY COULD'VE PUT THEM PROPERTY INSURANCE OR SOMETHING ELSE FORWARD. INSTEAD, THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT THE FORM SO WE MIGHT AS WELL LET THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS DO IT TOO. TO ME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE PER SE, I JUST BELIEVE WE COULD BE DOING BETTER THINGS THAN THIS. IT DISCOURAGES GOOD PEOPLE FROM RUNNING. IT DOESN'T MAKE THE POOL BETTER, IT MAKES THE POOL SMALLER. THAT TO ME IS AN ISSUE. WE ARE TO HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO HELP US. NOW WE ARE THROWING MORE WRENCHES INTO THAT TO MAKE IT HARDER. I AM NOT A FAN OF IT. NOT A FAN OF NECESSARILY SPENDING MONEY FOR THAT LAWSUIT. YOU KNOW, IF THAT IS WHAT I AM TOLD I HAVE HAVE TO DO, THEN SO BE IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY TO TRY AND FIGHT THIS BUT CLEARLY, I AM WITH YOU. WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TAKE. I WISH THEY WOULD BE FOCUSING ON INSURANCE. THIS DOES NOT MAKE FLORIDA BETTER IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO, TO ME, IT IS A WASTE OF TIME FOR THEM TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS BILL. GO AHEAD.

>> THE FIRST THING IS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU . WHEN THIS BILL CAME TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND SENATE FLOOR, THEY WERE, I THINK, THE ONLY BROWARD DELEGATION OF LEADERSHIP AMONGST FOUR OTHERS. SO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR

SUPPORTING THIS. >> 100%. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I SEE THIS MORE OF NOT NECESSARILY BEING A LEGAL ISSUE, EXCLUSIVE OF THE FACT THAT THEY MADE THE CHANGE IN THE GAME THAT'S EXTREME. YOU KNOW, I SEE THIS MORE OF THIS IS A POLICY ISSUE THAN A LEGAL ISSUE. I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY. I HAVE GOT FOUR LETTER HERE. THAT IS WHAT I CAN SAY TO CHALLENGE IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW VALID THIS CASE WILL BE. MY POINT IS, AS WELL, SAYING THIS AS WELL, IF WE GET INTO THIS LAWSUIT WITH WHATEVER IT MAY BE. HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. WE HAVE TERMS. YOU HOPE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL COME IN BUT I THINK OUR APPROACH IS BETTER OFF TO GO BACK TO TALLAHASSEE AND GET THIS CHANGED TO CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD IN PERSPECTIVE. I KNOW OTHER STATES DO THAT, AS WELL. TO THE POINT THAT YOU STILL ACCOUNT TO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PRINT OUT BEFORE. SCHOOL BOARD LEADERS PRINT OUT THE

FORM. >> MAYBE WE CAN TRADE THEM FOR

THE SUNSHINE LAW. >> WE WILL HAPPILY FILL IT OUT IF WE CAN TRADE YOU FOR THE SENSE THAT LAW.

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>> TALK ABOUT A HANDICAP. RIGHT?

>> I JUST CANNOT SUPPORT US GETTING INVOLVED IN LITIGATION . I THINK IT IS MORE OF A POLICY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ABDICATE FOR OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> I'M GOING TO STEP IN. CAN I ASK FIRST, HOW MANY CITIES HAVE

SIGNED UP SO FAR? >> WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET AT LEAST THOSE 10 CITIES . WE HAVE HAD INDICATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET 10 CITIES. WHETHER OR NOT PARKLAND

PARTICIPATES OR NOT. >> THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I AM AGREEING WITH BOTH THINGS SAID BEEN ON THE ONE HAND, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VITAMIN NOT JUST FOR PERSONAL REASONS. I DO THINK IT IS VERY INTRUSIVE AND KIND OF ODD THAT THE POINT OF DISCLOSURE IS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR ANYTHING. I CAN BE DONE IN A MUCH LESS INTRUSIVE WAY THAN WHAT IS BEING ASKED. FOR A POLICY STANDPOINT, I AGREE. I THINK A HOME ROLE PERSPECTIVE, EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T CREATING A RULE THAT THE CITY IS USURPING OUR AUTHORITY, IN A WAY, IT IS KIND OF OBLIGING LOCAL OFFICIALS TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS REQUIRING IT. REALISTICALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. REGARDLESS OF IF WE GO IN LOBBY I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE FRUITFUL. ADVOCATE. I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO DO MUCH. I ALSO AGREE THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING I NECESSARILY WANT TO SPEND CITY FUNDS ON. I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE SUPPORTING IT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OFFER TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, I AM NOT GOING TO VOLUNTEER ALL OF THE OTHER LAWYERS APPEAR, BUT MYSELF, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP AND PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER WAY I CAN ON A PRO BONO BASIS. IF THAT IS NOT ANY CONFLICT OR ANYTHING. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE THAT TO THE EXTENT I CAN, BUT I AGREE, IF THERE IS ALREADY A FRIEND -- FRONT THAT IS GOING FORWARD I DON'T THINK

WE NEED TO TO CONTRIBUTE. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE

COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER BRIER? >> I AM TORN ON THIS. I AM ALL FOR TRANSPARENCY. I AM CONCERNED, NOT AS A COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW , I WILL DO WHAT I NEED TO DO ACCORDING TO LAW. I AM CONCERNED AS A RESIDENT THAT MIGHT CITY GOVERNMENT MAY BE IMPACTED BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS FORM ARE SO INTRUSIVE THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT WANT TO RENT FOR THIS POSITION. THAT IS WRITING TICKETS TO A POLICY ISSUE BEYOND THAT. SO, WHILE I AM NOT FOR USING TAXPAYER FUNDING TO FIGHT A FIGHT FOR ONE PERSON FOR THIS DAIS PERSONALLY. I THINK IT GOES BEYOND THAT, I THINK IT GOES TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THE BODY GOING FORWARD. OF THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATES THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET IN THIS ELECTION. WE ARE LOSING TWO SENIOR AND QUALIFIED -- PRINT BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT VERY SENIOR. THAT WAS A LOW BLOW. IN TERMS OF THEIR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS BODY AND ANY, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHO COMES BEHIND THEM AND WHO COMES BEHIND US? I DO NOT SEE IT AS MOVING THE GOALPOST TO MAKE IT A BETTER CROP OF CANDIDATES. I IS MAKING IT WORSE CROP. I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SECURITY AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. I THINK THAT DOES POSE A CHALLENGE. I AM CONFLICTED. BECAUSE OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.

YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. MY OTHER CONCERN IS IF WE ARE NOT PART OF THE FLIGHTY -- PARTY FIGHTING THE FIGHT, WILL WE WIN THE FIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LENGTH, BUT

THAT IS ANOTHER CONCERN. >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. IN ADDITION TO THIS REQUIREMENT, THERE WAS IMPLEMENTED SOME LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS ON MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL. THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CHALLENGED THAT RESTRICTION. THERE WAS ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SIMILARLY SITUATED TO THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL. THE COURT IN THAT CASE STATED ENFORCEMENT NOT AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE SIMILARLY SITUATED, BUT ONLY AGAINST THE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO FILED THE CLAIM. OH, THAT IS WHAT THE JUDGE DECIDED TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR MATTER. YOU KNOW? I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, I CANNOT TELL YOU IF THAT WOULD OR WOULD NOT HAPPEN HERE. IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

>> ARE BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE LITIGATION BUT UNWILLING TO FINANCIALLY COMMIT?

>> MY CONCERN FROM THE WAY ANTHONY EXPLAINED IT, IF WE DO NOT HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT, WE DO NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF THE

BONE IF THEY CATCH IT. >> IF WE ARE PUBLICLY

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SUPPORTING -- >> YOU HAVE TO BE A PARTY. THAT IS HOW IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME. THAT RAISES THE CONCERN FOR ME.

I UNDERSTAND THAT $10,000 IS BASED ON GETTING AT LEAST 10 MUNICIPALITIES PRETTY THINGS YOU WILL GET FAR MORE THAN THAT, ANTHONY. SHOULD THIS BODY POSTPONE THE VOTE ON THIS UNTIL WE FIND OUT HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE SIGNED ON AND MAYBE THAT NUMBER COMES DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY?

>> I HAVE A CONCERN WITH PERSONALLY PUTTING RESIDENT

DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEFORE ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BILL

IS. >> I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ASPECT OF IT. YOU KNOW, BOB RAISED THIS IDEA THAT IS IT A BENEFIT THE PEOPLE ON THE DAIS OR IS IT A BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS? IN ORDER TO GET GOOD QUALITY CANDIDAES TO COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY WE WANT TO SET UP HERE. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON THAT. IT IS HAVING A CHILLING EFFECT ACROSS THE STATE. THEY ARE LEADING THEIR DAIS AND LEAVING THEIR CITY WITHOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF THIS RULE.

>> NOW, I'M GOING TO TALK HISTORY A LITTLE BIT. THIS HOLDING HIM BACK IN THE 70S. THERE WERE BIGGER ISSUES IN THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES. WANTED TO ALLOW FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE SECURITY TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR LEADERS. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THIS FORM IS RELATIVE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE IN TALLAHASSEE AND ALL OF THAT. IT HAS NOW HAD A TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT THAT IT HAS IMPACTED OTHER ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND HOW IT HAS TRICKLED DOWN TO THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT, OBVIOUSLY, IS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEADERS THAT ARE SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY ARE TRANSPARENT RELATIVE TO WHATEVER THEIR DEALINGS ARE.

WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES ARE ON THE DAIS. THAT IS THE RESULT OF WHY THEY WERE DOING THIS. MY CONCERN IS AT A LOCAL LEVEL, WE ARE HAVING A CLEAR CHILLING EFFECT. THE INTRUSIVENESS OF WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS PRETTY ORDER US. I HAVE A DILEMMA, AS WELL. I AM ALL FOR PEOPLE KNOWING EVERYTHING, HAVING TRANSPARENCY. IF YOU ARE ON THIS DAIS AND YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, YOU NEED TO ANNOUNCE IT BUT OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE. THEY ARE TO HAVE SANCTIONS AND ETHIC ROLES.

TRAINING SESSIONS THAT WE GO TO. WE DEAL WITH ALL THAT STUFF ANYHOW. MY CONCERN IS WHEN THIS CAME OUT, THERE WERE LEGISLATORS THAT BROUGHT THE SAME KIND OF ACTION LAWSUIT DEALING WITH THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO FILL OUT FOU AND SIX. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THAT YET AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE LAWSUITS WERE SUCCESSFUL. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THEY WERE NOT AS THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT FORM SIX. IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WE CAN CONTRIBUTE $10,000 TO A LAWSUIT BUT IS IT A LOSING PROPOSITION? ARE WE THROWING THE MONEY AWAY? ARE WE MAKING A STATEMENT BY TAKING OUR TAX DOLLARS AND PAYING $10,000 AND SAYING WE ARE WILLING TO FIGHT THIS FIGHT BUT WE KNOW THAT IT IS A LOSING FIGHT. OR, ARE WE WILLING TO JUST SAY, LET SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT. WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THEIR WAS CHALLENGES IN SOME OF THE BOOKS. THEY STEPPED INTO THE FRAY AND THEY FILED A LAWSUIT.

THEY COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN OUR POSITIONS. WE DECIDED AS A COLLECTIVE BODY NOT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT LAWSUIT. IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED SUCH AS THE LOCAL LEVEL WHERE IF WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED IN A POLICY DRIVEN STATEWIDE TYPE OF PLACE.

>> I AM BUYING WHAT YOU ARE SELLING. I LIKE THAT. JOINING THE LAWSUIT PROBABLY DOES MAKE MORE SENSE THAN TRYING TO ADVOCATE. I AM CURIOUS AS SOMEBODY WAS MAD AT SOMEBODY AND THEY STILL WANT TO DO THIS. THAT HAPPENS A LOT TOO. THINK MORE THAN THE 10,000, IT SHOULD GO DOWN TO 10,000 IF 10 PEOPLE.

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>> THE PRICE MAY GO DOWN BUT I HAVE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AT. WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. ALSO ANTICIPATED THIS MAY COST MORE THAN 100,000.

>> HOW FAR ARE WE TO BRINGING THIS UP TO VOTE COMPARED TO

OTHER CITIES? >> FAR AHEAD. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I AM NOT THE LEAD ON THIS. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE HAD A HANDFUL THAT HAVE ALREADY APPROVED IT AND SOME THAT ARE CONSIDERING THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. JULY 1ST IS

THE DEADLINE TO FILE THIS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CA SHARE THIS, NOT ONLY DO NUMBER, BUT THE CITY THAT ARE JOINING THE FIGHT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE BOTH SIDES OF THIS, TO A COMPETENCE, IT MAY HURT OUR CITY TO COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S POINT FROM THE HISTORICAL SPECTER, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I WOULD RATHER BE ON THESE ITEMS ENDING A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIGHT THE FIGHT.

>> I DO WANT TO EXPLORE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THIS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS TONIGHT. JOINING A LAWSUIT FOR $10,000 DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT IS JUST $10,000. IT BECOMES THE LITIGATION AND IT GOES FROM THE TRIAL COURT LEVEL AND APPELLATE COURT LEVEL, THE EXPLANATION OF UNDERSTANDING THIS LAWSUIT, IF YOU ARE ON THE LOSING SIDE WITH THE ATTORNEY FEES OR OTHER COSTS THAT ARE STATUTORILY MANDATED THAT ALSO HAVE TO OCCUR. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE THINGS YET. TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW, IT IS A KNEE-JERK REACTION KIND OF A THING. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE THIS LITIGATION MIGHT GO.

MAYBE BRING THE LITIGATORS HERE THE PEOPLE FROM YOUR FIRM THAT ARE INTENDING TO BRING THIS ACTION SO THAT WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE. ARE WE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL? ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPACT THE RIGHT THINGS MOVING FORWARD?

>> DO WE WANT TO TABLE IT WITH QUESTIONS?

>> I DO. >> OR WITH ANSWERS? I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE ARE HEADING ANYWAY.

>> LISTEN. I AM SURE, MY HOPE IS THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION. GO AHEAD, ANTHONY APPEARED FOR AND WHAT I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. RIGHT?

>> I DO. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER NOW. I AM SURE I CAN GET THE LITIGATORS FROM MY FRONTIER

>> YOU CANNOT ANSWER EVERYTHING. SO, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THE MOTION. IT WHEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT. I MAKE A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION? IF YOU TABLE IT AND DON'T PULL IT OFF THE TABLE BY THE END OF THE NIGHT IT DIES. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IT AT LEAST A MONTH.

>> I WOULD SAY 30 DAYS . WE CAN ALWAYS DEFER IT AGAIN AND PUSH IT BACK IF WE NEED TO PUT A MOTION TO DIFFERENT FOR 30 DAYS TO GET BETTER EDUCATED ON THE SCOPE OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED.

THE SCOPE OF THE POTENTIAL COST. COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S POINT WAS A GOOD POINT THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY OF THE SHIFTING PROVISION, ET CETERA. WOULD DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? FROM WHEN YOU WERE JUST DEALING WITH MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY? THAT YOUR FIRM

REPRESENTS OR CAN ANY CITY? >> ANY CITY WITHIN THE STATE.

BACK WITH THE INFORMATION INFORM THE CITIES RATHER THAN THING IS ANY CITY WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, WE MAY GET OUT OF THE 411 CITIES, MAYBE YOU GET ANOTHER 250. JUST KEEP

THAT IN MIND. >> THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T KNOW WHO OR IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE, I COULD IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE MORE OF AN ORGANIZED FRONT. I KNOW THEY ARE LEADING THE CHARGE ON A LEGAL FIRM. BUT GALVANIZING VISION, MAYBE THERE IS MORE WE CAN DO.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT IF WE COULD FIND OUT FROM THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES IN FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IF THEY HAVE INTENTIONS TO JOINING OR PURSUING SIMILAR ACTIONS.

>> GREG ROSS AT BROWARD DAYS. >> IT IS AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE FOR OUR CITY, BUT EVEN SMALLER CITIES, PEOPLE ARE RESIGNING

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SO RIDICULOUS. >> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THE PUBLIC ON THIS ONE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIER WITH ALL OF THOSE STIPULATIONS, ANSWERS, QUESTIONS, WHAT HAVE YOU GET A SECOND BITE COMMISSIONER CUTLER. ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER BRIER? COMMISSIONER CUTLER? VICE

MAYOR ISROW? MAYOR WALKER? >> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES

UNANIMOUSLY. >> I WILL HAVE IT WITH MY

PARTNERS HERE IN 30 DAYS. >> NEEDED IN 29 DAYS OR UNDER

THE 30TH DAY. >> HAVE THE BRIEFS FILED AT

LEAST THREE DAYS BEFORE. >> ITEM E AND F, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THESE WILL BE PRESENTED TOGETHER BY BOTH STAFF AND THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE HERE ARE HERE TONIGHT. I WILL READ THEM BOTH INTO THE RECORD.

AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL NEED SEPARATE VOTES ON EACH ITEM AT THE END. ORDINANCE 2024-001 AMENDING FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO COMMERCIAL. THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE -- GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE ROAD AND .7 MILES WEST OF THE DRIVE. FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY R-10 TO CITY OF PARKVIEW COMMERCIAL. PROVIDING FOR RECERTIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. F, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-002, REZONING 4.35 ACRES TO SELF STORAGE DISTRICT FIRST READING GIVEN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY PARKLAND, FLORIDA. REZONING 4.35 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF LOXAHATCHEE ROAD. FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY AT CULTURAL RESIDENTIAL TO CITY OF PARKLAND F-1 SELF STORAGE DISTRICT. CASE NUMBER RZ 23-001.

>> IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK. IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE YOU HAVE PRESENTED BEFORE US.

>> YES. THANK YOU. IT IS GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAPPY TO BE HERE. AS ANTHONY INTRODUCED THE PROJECT, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT IF THEY WISH TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, OF COURSE. AS WE HAVE GOTTEN BACK INTO THE CITY HERE, IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. A LOT OF HISTORY THAT HAS GOTTEN US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT. PROPERTY, AS ANTHONY NOTED, IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES SHOWN HERE AT THE SUBJECT SITE. IT WAS ANNEXED EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, SEPTEMBER, 2023. YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING AREA TO THE EAST FALLS TO THE SOUTH IS A VACANT PARCEL OVER COMMON OWNERSHIP. SAME OWNER OF THE APPLICANT TONIGHT. TO THE WEST IS A PARCEL THAT IS STILL LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY IN THAT SAME GENERAL VICINITY. SO, THE TWO APPLICATIONS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE THE LAND USE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS THE REZONING. WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, PROBABLY IN MARCH, WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU THE SECOND READING OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE SECOND READING OF THE REZONING, AS WELL AS A PLAQUE, A SPECIAL AMENDMENT, A SITE PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD. THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER MEETING, POTENTIALLY. BUT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST TWO TONIGHT. THE FIRST APPLICATION IS THE LAND USE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT, AS I NOTED. SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, IN ORDER TO PUT THE PROPERTY ON OUR LOCAL LAND USE MAP, WE HAVE TO ASSIGN IT A CITY DESIGNATION AND THEN IT CAN BE SHOWN ON OUR LAND USE MAP HERE. THIS IS OUR CURRENT MAP. YOU WILL SEE IT IS IN A GRAY COLOR THERE. THAT IS BASICALLY SHOWING IT WAS IN BROWARD COUNTY. ONCE WE GIVE IT, ASSUMING IT IS GIVEN A CITY DESIGNATION, WE WILL CHANGE THE BOUNDARY AND SHOW THE RIGHT COLOR. SO, THE REQUEST FOR THE LAND USE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT IS

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THE COMMITTEE ARE SEEKING THE PARKLAND COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED EARLIER IN THE FALL. SO THEN, WHEN WE GET PAST THE LAND USE PLAN MAP, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ZONING MAP.

SO, THE ZONING HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE MAP. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING THE DESIGNATION OF THE PARKLAND S-1 STORAGE DISTRICT IN THE S-1 DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN TO ACCOMMODATE SELF STORAGE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO, THERE IS A LOT AT WORK THAT WENT INTO ESTABLISHING THAT DISTRICT THAT SELF STORAGE USES THE ONLY USED IN THE DISTRICT. THAT IS BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION. YOU WILL SEE THAT AS PART OF THE MARCH PUBLIC MEETING. SO, WHILE LAND USE PLAN MAP AND AMENDMENTS SUBJECT TO THE TWO CONDITIONS NOTED. THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY THAT THE LOCAL LAND USE MAP IS -- THAT IS A STANDARD PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANYTIME WE CHANGE OUR LOCAL MAP, IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR MAP. THE SECOND IS APPROVAL OF THE CORRESPONDING TEXT AMENDMENT THAT IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE STATE, CURRENTLY.

THAT TEXT AMENDMENT ALLOWS SELF STORAGE IN THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE CATEGORY. THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT IS CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND SECOND READING. WE ARE WAITING FOR COMMENTS THE STATE. ASSUMING WE HAVE NONE, WE WILL BE BACK IN MARCH FOR SECOND READING IN THE ONLY READING OF THE RESOLUTIONS. STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REZONING. NO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ON THAT APPLICATION. SO, JUST TO RUN THROUGH THE TIMELINE AND PROCESSING AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSMITTAL IN THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT. THAT IS THE TEXT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE TEXT COMPONENT AND A MAP COMPONENT TO THIS PROJECT. THERE IS A GENERAL APPLICATION THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED, REVEALED AND APPROVED BY THE FALLS PROPERTY TO THE EAST. THAT IS IN RELATION TO A MODIFIED BERM DESIGN. WE WILL GET INTO THAT AT THE SITE PLAN LEVEL. THAT IS JUST A NOTE IN THE PROCESSING TIMELINE HERE. OBVIOUSLY HERE WE ARE TODAY FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE REZONING. WE WILL COME BACK IN MARCH, AS I SAID WE WILL GET INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENTS AFTER THAT MEETING WHERE WE HAVE TO RECERTIFY OUR MAP AND OUR TEXT.

THE PLAQUE THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING. IT WILL ALSO BE RECORDED AND ON FILE. THAT GETS US THROUGH THE LIFETIME OF THE PROJECT HERE. ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT YOUR

PRESENTATION? >> I WILL LET I.T. HELP YOU

WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT THAT I HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PICTURES AND SLIDES, BUT THEY ARE THE SAME THAT SHE ALREADY SHOWED YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. WE WERE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING RECENTLY. WE HAD ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAITLIN FIRST MENTIONED, NOT ONLY THE ONES YOU HAVE TONIGHT, BUT THE ONES HE WILL HAVE IN MARCH. THEY WERE ALL RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. WE ALSO HAD THE NEIGHBORS FOR THE MEETING.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THERE IS BEAUTY DRAINAGE, THE WALL, PUTTING IN THE LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS THEY RECEIVED THAT NIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I HAVE A BUNCH OF PICTURES, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THE ONES YOU JUST SAW. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE

PICTURES OF THE BUILDING. >> NOT ONLY BUILDING, BUT FROM THE BACKYARD OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE PROPERTY.

>> I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS CAITLIN, THE APPLICANT. THERE WILL BE A VARIANCE REQUEST COMING I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT

THAT TO >> THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS ON

HERE. >> OBVIOUSLY DO YOUR ANSWERS

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TONIGHT. >> YOU ALSO REFERENCED THAT WE ARE TAKING A FIRST READING TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE WAITING FROM SOME RESPONSE FROM THE STATE AND APPROVAL FROM THE STATE WITH THE EXTENSION FROM THE SECOND READING. WHY ARE WE

JUST WAITING FOR THAT? >> ANY OBJECTION ON PRESENTING THE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUESTED.

>> WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT IT.

>> I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE NOT VOTING ON IT, BUT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON IT.

>> WAIT A MINUTE BUT HOW COME IT ONLY CAME UP HALFWAY.

>> IMO ARE COMFORTABLE GOING ON BUT WE ARE VOTING ON. DO THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE FIRST AND SECOND READING.

WE ARE WAITING FOR THE STATE TO COME BACK.

>> WHAT IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE STATE IS THE TEXT AMENDMENT THAT YOU SAW THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR THAT ADDED SELF STORAGE AS A PERMITTED USE TO YOUR COMMERCIAL LAND USE CATEGORY.

IN COORDINATION WITH CITY COUNCIL, WE WERE COMFORTABLE PROCESSING THIS AS A FIRST READING AND HOLDING OFF FOR SECOND READING UNTIL THAT STATE REVIEW --

>> TONIGHT WE ARE STRICTLY APPROVING FUTURE AND USE MAP FOR COMMERCIAL. THAT IS IT. THE SECOND ONE IS REZONING. BUT WE ARE NOT APPROVING THE SITE PLAN. WE ARE NOT APPROVING --

>> WE ARE APPROVING REZONING TO THE DISTRICT THAT IS YET TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE IF I AM UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY.

>> IT IS ONLY FIRST READING. YOU ARE NOT TECHNICALLY APPROVING ANYTHING TONIGHT OTHER THAN MOVING IT FORWARD TO THE SECOND READING THAT WE WILL NOT BRING BEFORE YOU BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE COMMENTS TO THE STATE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON IF WE ANTICIPATE SUBSTANCE OF COMMENTS THAT WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING THAT IS BEFORE THEM.

>> I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE STATE GIVEN THEIR CURRENT ROLE INCAPACITY IN REVIEWING THESE TYPES OF AMENDMENTS. I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED. ANTHONY NOTED WE WILL NOT BRING THIS BACK IF THE STATE DID NOT ALLOW THIS AS A PERMITTED USE IF THEY DID NOT APPROVE --

>> DISTRIBUTED OF 30 DAYS IS MY GUESS. BE APPROVED FIRST READING TONIGHT, THEY GET APPROVAL FROM THE STATE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS. WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THE SECOND READING FASTER. THAT IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS.

>> THE USE IS THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC USE. THE SITE PLAN IS NOT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU ARE ULTIMATELY

NOT VOTING ON THAT TONIGHT. >> IF I COULD, BEFORE I START WHAT THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN TALLAHASSEE IS ADDING TO THE LIST OF COMMERCIAL LAND USE CATEGORY, THE WORDS SELF STORAGE. IT IS THAT SIMPLE. THE REASON THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF THE STATE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS IS BECAUSE SELF STORAGE IS LISTED AS A COMMERCIAL USE IN BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN, WHICH THEY ALSO HAVE TO REVIEW. IT IS ALSO LISTED AS A COMMERCIAL USE AND MANY LAND-USE PLANS FOR CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY.FOR THEM TO SAY YOU CANNOT HAVE IT, WHEN EVERYONE ELSE CAN, I JUST CANNOT SEE THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. NOW, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH DOESN'T EVEN GO THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAP AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR 1ST READING TONIGHT IS A SMALL-SCALE AMENDMENT. THERE IS NO NEED TO SEND IT TO THE STATE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THAT TEXT AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IS ADDING A COUPLE OF WORDS TO THE LIST. I CANNOT IT IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. LET ME GO THROUGH AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE. WANT TO REVIEW THE HISTORY, WE ESTABLISH THE S-1 ZONING DISTRICT IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. THE ONLY PERMITTED USE IN THAT DISTRICT IS SELF STORAGE. THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT IS IF IT WAS A USE PERMITTED IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT WITH AS MUCH DETAIL AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE WHERE YOU CAN ATTACH CONDITIONS AND MAKE CHANGES AND SO ON. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AGREEMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN TALLAHASSEE AND THE ZONING CODE AMENDMENT WERE BOTH APPROVED LAST YEAR IN JUNE. THE ANNEXATION WAS APPROVED BEFORE THAT BUT IT DID NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH.

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IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15TH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AS WELL. THE BROWARD COUNTY MAP IS THE SAME OF THE AMENDMENT YOU HAVE FOR FIRST READING TONIGHT TO CHANGE FROM THE PALM BEACH DESIGNATION TO THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 10TH. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT USE THAT UNTIL THE PARKLAND MAP IS AMENDED AND WE RECERTIFIED THE PARKLAND MAP. THE RECERTIFICATION PROCESS IS PRETTY MUCH A HOUSE KEEPING THINGS LIMITED TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL WHERE YOU WILL CHANGE THE ACREAGE OF THE CITY AND THE CITY LAND USE MAP TO INCLUDE THIS PROPERTY.

YOU WILL STILL BE DESIGNATION IN THE TABLES OF YOUR LAND USE PLAN WILL NOW INCREASE THE COMMERCIAL ACREAGE BY THE ACREAGE OF OUR PROPERTY. IT IS LARGELY A HOUSEKEEPING THING.

THAT HAS TO BE DONE. OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE TWO ITEMS TONIGHT AND THE OTHER ITEMS FOR MARCH. LET ME GO INTO THAT. THESE AR THE MAPS THAT ARE BASICALLY THE SAME OF WHAT WAS SHOWN TO YOU.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE SHOWED YOU. IT IS PUT ON THE RED AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. COMMERCIAL IS RED ON THE LAND USE MAP. THESE ARE, AGAIN, FOR ZONING. I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THIS. WE HAVE THE F-1 THAT WAS ADOPTED. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO S-1 IS AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THERE IS ALSO A ROLE THAT F-1 DISTRICTS, I SHOULD SAY SELF STORAGE FACILITIES MUST BE LOCATED AT LEAST A MILE AND A HALF AWAY FROM EVERY OTHER SELF STORAGE FACILITY. EVEN IF THE SELF STORAGE FACILITIES ARE IN A DIFFERENT CITY. IF YOU LOO AT ONE FROM CORAL SPRINGS IF YOU OVERLAY THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD PUT A SELF STORAGE FACILITY IN PARKLAND IF YOU CHANGE RESIDENTIAL -- THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE IS DEVELOPED AS AN ALF. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IT IS ACTUALLY THE COMMERCIAL. THE FACILITIES ON THE PROPERTY ARE NOT COMMERCIAL. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF SELF STORAGE FACILITIES IN THE WAY THIS WAS DONE. THIS IS THE PLOT THAT WILL NOT BE ON TONIGHT, BUT IT WILL BE IN ON MARCH. IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE, IT SHOWS THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY. PROVIDES ANY EASEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED DESIGNATION THAT ARE NEEDED. IT ALSO HAS A NOTE WHAT IS COMMON FOR BROWARD COUNTY THAT RESTRICTS THIS PROPERTY TO SELF STORAGE WITH HUNDRED AND 48 722 SQUARE FEET WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SITE PLAN, AS WELL. SO, THAT WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA WHEN THE SECOND READING OF THE LAND USE AND ZONING ARE ON THE AGENDA. HERE IS OUR SITE PLAN. IT IS TURNED SIDEWAYS NOW. I WILL SHOW YOU A COLOR VERSION IN A SECOND. MAYBE THEY WILL MAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE ISSUE. THERE IS ONE VARIANCE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. IT IS THE WITH OF THE BUFFER GUARD. IT IS NOT FOR THE NUMBER OF TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS FOR THE WIDTH. WE ADOPTED A NEW ZONING CODE. WHY DO WE HAVE A NEW VARIANCE? IT DID NOT SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO ME. THE ANSWER I RECEIVED IS THE FOLLOWING. YOU HAVE IN YOUR CODE, THE BUFFER GUARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERY ZONING DISTRICT. THIS ZONING DISTRICT IS LUMPED IN WITH ALL OF THE OTHER LAND RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY. B1-B2- B3. EVEN COMMUNITY TYPE DISTRICTS WHERE YOU HAVE PLACES LIKE A CITY HALL OR A FIRE STATION OR WHATEVER. THEY HAVE SPECIFIC WIDTH OF THE BUFFER DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE ADJACENT TO.

APPARENTLY THE THINKING AT THE TIME WHEN IT CAME IN WAS TO NOT OPEN UP THAT SECTION OF THE CODE. IT DEALS WITH EVERY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY. KIND OF EXCLUDING THE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE IT IS BUFFERS OF COMMERCIAL NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. RATHER THAN OPENING UP THAT ZONING CODE SECTION, WHICH DEALS WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS AND ALL THE OTHER USES, THE BETTER THING TO DO IS DO A VARIANCE FOR THIS. ALL IT IS IS BE WIDTH OF THE BUFFER WEST, SOUTH AND EAST. I WILL COME BACK TO THAT.

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APPROVING IT TONIGHT DEAR >> NOT TONIGHT BUT I WAS ASKED IF I WOULD PRESENT IT. THE ONLY ITEMS THAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON TONIGHT, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS ALL THE START FOR MARCH, NOW. ISSUE, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE ISSUE THAT WE ASK ABOUT IT

AGAIN. >> WE CAN DO IT WHEN WE NEED TO DO IT. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO REVISIT THAT ISSUE BECAUSE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ALREADY COMING INTO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION. ON TOP OF THAT, A VARIANCE FOR THE VERY ISSUE THAT RESIDENTS, AND WE AS A

BODY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. >> THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT, WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCEPTION, THAT'S A PROTECTION FOR THE CITY. THAT'S NOT A BENEFIT FOR US. FOR US, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WAS JUST A USE PERMITTED AS OF RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN ALL WE NEED IS A SITE PLAN. THE FACT IT NEEDS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS SOMETHING THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY PUT IN YOUR CODE THAT ANY SELF STORAGE FACILITY ANYWHERE WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A USE PERMIT AS OF RIGHT AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, IF YOU HAD B3 ZONING AND YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHOPPING CENTER, AND YOUR SHOPPING CENTER IS A USE PERMITTED AS OF RIGHT, THE CITY CAN'T SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE A SHOPPING CENTER ON THAT PROPERTY BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND IT. BUT WHEN IT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION THAT YOU CAN. THEN YOU CAN SAY, WE ARE ONLY GOING TO APPROVE THIS IF YOU INCORPORATE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED OF YOU. AND IT CAN'T JUST BE SOMETHING YOU MAKE UP. IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING REAL. BUT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION ALLOWS YOU TO ANALYZE THE USE ON THAT SPECIFIC PIECE OF PROPERTY TO SAY, I KNOW IT'S B3 AND I KNOW WE NORMALLY ALLOW SHOPPING CENTERS. BUT YOU ARE GOING TO PUT IN , I DON'T KNOW, A POOL STORE WITH CHLORINE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. THAT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THAT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, EVEN THOUGH THIS PROPERTY IS B3 AND EVEN THOUGH A POOL STORE IS LISTED, IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WITH WHAT'S AROUND IT IS THAT A GOOD IDEA?

>> THAT'S EXACTLY THE CASE HERE WHERE WE HAVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION BACKING UP TO RESIDENTS AND THEIR BACKYARDS.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE BEING FORESHADOWED. I THINK I'M FORESHADOWING TOO. MY CONCERNS, WE ARE BEING FORESHADOWED WITH THE VARIANCE OF THE BUFFERS WITH THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENCES AROUND THEM AND

THAT'S A CONCERN. >> UNDERSTOOD. SO HERE IS OUR

SITE PLAN AND CAR NOW. >> HAVE YOU BROUGHT THE SITE PLAN TO PLANNING AND ZONING YET?

>> YES. AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, AND THE VARIANCE.

THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON ALL OF THEM BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AND WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORS THERE WHO LIVE RIGHT IN THE AREA.

>> WE CAN KEEP GOING BUT I THINK YOU HEARD THE CONCERNS OF COMMISSIONER BREYER, FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION AGAIN.

>> THAT'S MY POINT. WE DON'T NEED TO DEBATE THE VARIANCE

NOW. >> YOU ARE HEARING COMMISSIONER BREYER'S CONCERNS. IF NO ONE ELSE HAS THOSE

CONCERNS. >> DO YOU WANT ME TO STOP? I

WILL STOP. >> YEAH. YOU GUYS CAN MATCH UP AND TRY TO ADDRESS HIS CONCERNS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THIS AGAIN. I'M GOOD HEARING IT ONCE.

>> COMMISSIONER, PERHAPS YOU COULD GIVE US A CALL AND LET US

KNOW KNOW -- MORE. >> ANTHONY, DID YOU READ THESE

IN? >> I READ BOTH OF THEM IN.

>> ANYBODY? >> MOTION TO APPROVE 9E.

>> REPORTER: ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC?

>> SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS PICK

>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ROLL CALL?

>> THIS IS JUST ON 9E ABOUT THE LAND USE MAP. RIGHT?

>> YES. UNANIMOUSLY. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? I'M SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 9F BY COMMISSIONER.

>> THERE WERE NO CONDITIONS FOR THE REZONING.

>> YES. AND THEN A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

>>

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UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM 9G IS DISCUSSED VACANT

LAND IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. >> OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO, NANCY? OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BROAD TOPIC. TWO OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND GET THROUGH TODAY ARE, ONE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING IT CLEAR TO COUNTY SCHOOLS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY OWN LAND IN PARKLAND THAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS TO COME TO US FIRST AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH LAND THAT IS OWNED IN THE CITY. EVEN IF YOU OWN IT I BELIEVE IT'S YOUR OBLIGATION TO COME TO THE CITY, HAVE A CONVERSATION BEFORE YOU TRY TO PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA AND SELL IT. I DO APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR REMOVING IT FROM THEIR AGENDA. WHAT PRECIPITATED THIS IS THERE IS 10 ACRES OF LAND ON UNIVERSITY THAT THE SCHOOL 17 ACRES. SEVEN ACRES. SEVEN ACRES. RIGHT? RIGHT. LOOK, SCHOOLS COULD USE THE FUNDS. SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. WE SAW, THROUGH THEIR ATTEMPT FOR POLICING, WHAT KIND OF DIRE NEEDS THAT THEY ARE FINANCIALLY. THEM TRYING TO LOAD THEIR COFFERS WITH EXTRA FUNDS IS CERTAINLY A GOOD IDEA, SO I CAN APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOARD BEING PROACTIVE. THAT BEING SAID, HAVING COME BEFORE US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION , OR ALLOWING US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IS A COMMISSION, MAKES THE MOST SENSE. WHAT WORRIES ME NOT AS MUCH AS THESE 10 ACRES IS THE 10 ACRES OF LAND THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF HILLSBORO AND HILL. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THE SCHOOL BOARD START HAVING DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT LAND. OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S A SCHOOL IT'S A SCHOOL. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH WHOMEVER TO BUILD WHATEVER IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY. THEY SHOULD COME TO US FIRST . WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT IF WE SO CHOOSE. OR AT LEAST TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE ENTITY THAT IS INTENDING POTENTIALLY TO BUY IT. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT STATEMENT OUT TO BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS AND ANYONE ELSE. NUMBER TWO, TO DISCUSS, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS LAND PREVIOUSLY . AS I HAD JUST SAID, BROWARD HEALTH HAS ALREADY PURCHASED LAND ADJACENT TO THIS. THEY DO HAVE SOME VERY PRELIMINARY GENERAL PLANS . AS FAR AS THE 10 ACRES, BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT BUILDING THE SCHOOL. SO FOR THEM TO HOLD ONTO IT , WHATEVER. BUT THAT'S UP TO THEM. IT'S NOT UP TO US.

WHAT WOULD WE DO? WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.

OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BANK AND HOLD WHATEVER LAND WE CAN BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTROL IT'S BEING PUT THEIR. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THE 10 ACRES IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY. AND FOR US TO SPEND WHATEVER IT MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BROWARD HEALTH HAS OFFERED, BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY IT'S NORTH OF $10 MILLION.

THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR PRICE TAG. WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BROWARD HEALTH BECAUSE THEY'VE STILL GOT TO COME TO US, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO, AND I HAVE TO GO TO THE PROCESS AS FAR AS SITE PLANS, ZONING, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH BROWARD HEALTH TO ENSURE WHATEVER HAPPENS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS. IT'S OF GREAT CONCERN TO ME. WHEN I CAME ONTO THIS COMMISSION THREE YEARS AGO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT , AND NANCY SENT A LETTER TO BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. BECAUSE OF OUR CONCERN THAT WE HAVE TWO PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY THAT WERE DESIGNATED FOR SCHOOLS AND THERE WAS A CLEAR INDICATION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION ANYTIME SOON OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS ON THOSE PROPERTIES. WE APPROACHED THE CITY, NANCY APPROACHED THE

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BEFORE THAT HAPPENS I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO THE -- BE IN DIALOGUE, AS ONE ENTITY TO ANOTHER, ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND THE FUTURE OF HIS PROPERTY. AND IF THERE IS A MECHANISM THAT THEY TREAT MUNICIPALITIES DIFFERENT WITH SURPLUS LAND, WE SHOULD EXPLORE THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT IS FOR OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HAVE GONE TO A PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING ANOTHER SCHOOL, WHICH WE MAY NOT NEED THIS IS TO, BUT WE WILL NEED IN VERY SHORT ORDER. IF IT WASN'T FOR A RECENT BOUNDARY CHANGE WOULD ARGUE THAT WE DO NEED IT NOW ANYWAY. BUT MY POINT IS, WE CONTRIBUTED TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BUY LAND TO PUT A SCHOOL ON IT. THAT LAND COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOLD PUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN A SCHOOL ON IT. I FIND THAT TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT.

>> I THINK WE ARE ADDRESSING IT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IF THIS LAND IS SOLD THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. IF THIS LAND IS SOLD THAT INVESTMENT THAT PARKLAND

MADE -- >> THAT WAS AN INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE HOW MANY YEARS AGO? WHAT IS THE APPRECIATION ON THAT MONEY? THOSE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR FOR OTHER PURPOSES WITH A FAR GREATER APPRECIATION. IT IS NOT JUST THE MONEY THAT WE LAID OUT AT THE TIME. THERE'S THE LOST VALUE OF FUNDS AND OPPORTUNITY COST AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MY POINT IS THIS, WE DID IT FOR THE INTENTION OF PLANNING OUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. WE DID IT BY PUTTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE LINE TO ENSURE THAT EVENTUALLY THERE

WOULD BE A SCHOOL THERE. >> THERE WILL NOT BE THE SCHOOL THERE. WE KNOW THAT. THERE WILL NOT BE A SCHOOL THERE.

>> I BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SELL IT TO A CHARTER SCHOOL.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

>>I CAN ASSURE YOU, 1 MILLION%, THEY WILL NOT SELL IT TO A CHARTER SCHOOL. THAT BEING SAID, YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TALK ABOUT GETTING

INTEREST ON THE MONEY. >> I WASN'T ON THE DAIS AT THE TIME. BUT THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP AT THAT TIME BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PUT LAND DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. AND THE CITY CONTRIBUTED A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY AT THAT TIME TOWARDS THAT ENDEAVOR. I DON'T KNOW. WE NOW HAVE A SHIFT IN PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT LAND. THEY SHOULD COME BACK TO THEIR PARTNER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION .

HAVING A CONVERSATION NOW. TO SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION , THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO NOW IS US HAVE THE CONVERSATION IF WE ARE INTERESTED OR COULD POTENTIALLY BUY IT THEN WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT'S SCHOOL BOARD THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN PURCHASING THAT LAND. WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EIGHT CAME BACK THAT THE 10 ACRES OF LAND, BASED ON THE VALUE, DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO PURCHASE THAT LAND. THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT STRATEGIC PLANNING. WHILE WE ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BANK LAND, TRY TO AVE LAND, WE ALL AGREE. WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, BECAUSE BROWARD HOUSE

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IT WOULD GIVE US , AND THIS IS POTENTIALLY, GIVE US SOME LEVERAGE. THEY ALREADY OWN LAND ADJACENT TO IT. SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUR $895,000 BACK , AND HAVE POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT LEVERAGE WITH BROWARD HEALTH WHEN WE DIDN'T ALL UNANIMOUSLY AGREE. BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH THAT WE CAN DO THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

UPON ASSUMPTION, UPON ASSUMPTION. WE WERE TALKING IN STRATEGIC LANDING. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS PARCEL WAS BEING TOLD TO US BY BROWARD COUNTY. IT WAS UP FOR SALE FOR A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

>> WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

>> BUT THOSE ARE ETHEREAL CONVERSATIONS. WE ARE NOW FACED WITH A POTENTIAL ACTUAL SALE, OR A POTENTIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT AN ACTUAL SALE TO A THIRD PARTY. I ALSO DON'T THINK, AND I'VE ASKED ANTHONY TO LOOK AT THIS , I DON'T THINK THAT THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THE SCHOOL BOARD SELLS OR SURPLUSES PROPERTY TO A CITY GOVERNMENT IS THE SAME AS THE MECHANISM OR EVALUATION THAT THEY WOULD TO A THIRD-PARTY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THIS. HE MAY BE RIGHT .

>> THEY PAID WHAT? $5 MILLION FOR THE LAND TAX SO THEY PAID $5 MILLION FOR THE 10 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS $500,000 AN ACRE. IN THE CURRENT MARKET, AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE 10 ACRES, WHAT IT WOULD DO, WHERE IT IS, WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE IT FOR. $5 MILLION FOR LAND THAT WE WOULD LIKELY JUST LEAVE THEIR DOESN'T SOUND FISCALLY

RESPONSIBLE. >> ON THAT STARTING POINT, I AGREE. HAVING THIS WORKED HIS WAY TO THE PROCESS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WITHOUT OUR INPUT OR EVEN COMING TO US IS CONCERNING. I WILL EVEN SAY THAT WE WERE CUTTING AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FACILITY. AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CLEVELAND CLINIC MADE A COMMENT SAYING, WE RECOGNIZE THAT BROWARD HEALTH WILL BE BUILDING A FACILITY HERE, COMING HERE AND BUYING THIS PROPERTY. TO ME IT WAS LIKE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION, WHICH WAS CONCERNING BECAUSE THEY OWN IT. THEY WERE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE PLOT OF LAND.

>> THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY KNOW THAT BROWARD HEALTH IS BUILDING SOMETHING. THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING. IT'S

JUST A MATTER OF >> I GET IT. MY POINT IS, AND I THINK I'M TALKING IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COMMISSIONER IS SAYING, WE ARE NOT HERE TO PUT A WRENCH IN ANYONE'S TIRE AND TRY TO STOP SOMEONE FROM DOING SOMETHING. BUT AT LEAST LET US BE A STAKEHOLDER IN THE PROCESS, RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S IN OUR CITY. THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OTHER THAN GETTING STRAIGHT BACK OF THE $895,000. BUT I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. THIS PARCEL IS BETTER SUITED FOR BROWARD HEALTH BECAUSE YOU'RE DEVELOPING SOMETHING ADJACENT TO IT.

RATHER THAN US TRYING TO SWIM UPSTREAM BUT I WOULD RATHER DO IS TRY TO OPEN A CONVERSATION AS TO THE PARCEL THAT IS ON KNOB. MAYBE THE INCREASE OF THE VALUE OF WHAT OUR INITIAL INVESTMENT WAS OF THIS PARCEL COULD SOMEONE BE A TRIGGER ALLOCATED TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE ARE ABLE TO GET OWNERSHIP STAKE IN THE HILL PARCEL BECAUSE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A PARK IN THAT AREA. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CITY FOLD IN THAT AREA. WHERE IT ALLOWS US A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND, GIVE US WHATEVER POTENTIAL DOWN THE ROAD. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THE CONVERSATION AS WELL . RECOGNIZING THAT WHATEVER THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DECISIONS ARE NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO BUILD A SCHOOL. THEY ARE RIGHTSIZING, THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN SOME SCHOOLS. MAYBE NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RETURN OF THE $895,000 I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A FAIR DEAL TO SAY, HERE IS ESSENTIALLY AN INTEREST FREE LOAN FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS. I WOULD RATHER USE IT AS A CONVERSATION RECOGNIZING THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP CASH THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FROM THE SALE. MAYBE IT'S EASIER TO GIVE UP

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>> GO AHEAD. >> I'M GOING TO GO WITH COMMISSIONER CUTLER. I WILL GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY. THIS LAND WAS SOLD TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2005. THE CITY COMMISSION AT THAT TIME I THINK TO GET FUNDING THEY NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. CITY PARKS SAID THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE. WANT TO SELL IT THEY WANT THAT MONEY BACK. TO COMMISSIONER BRIARS POINT , FORESIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT WE WANTED BACK WITH INTEREST. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND I KNOW ANTHONY IS RESEARCHING IT. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOPS ABOUT SURPLUS AND PROPERTY . EVERY TIME THEY HAVE THEIR DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLANNED . THERE IS A WORKSHOP ABOUT THE 10 ACRE PROPERTY . LET'S SET ASIDE THE ACRES AT HILL. IN 2019 WE WENT BEFORE THE BOARD. THEY SAID, WE ARE NOT TO SURPLUS YET. TO THE MAYOR'S POINT OF BUILDING A SCHOOL, THIS WAS INITIALLY SET ASIDE TO BUILD -- HEIGHTS. SO THAT'S WHERE HERRIN HEIGHTS CAME IN. THIS LAND HAS BEEN SITTING THERE SINCE 2006 AND 2007 WITH NO INTENTION TO DO ANYTHING BUT JUST HOLD ONTO IT. THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLY TRAFFIC ISSUES OR WHATEVER IT MAY GENERATE. THEN YOU ADD THE OTHER PARCEL OUT FRONT. WHEN BROWARD HEALTH WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THE $2 MILLION PRICE TAG PER ACRE, $14.5 MILLION, THEY HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT BUYING THIS LAND . HOW DO WE CREATE SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL USE OUT OF IT? I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ALL ALONG WITH BROWARD HEALTH ABOUT THIS. TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THEY ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN BEING A PARTNER IN THE CITY WITH A LOT MORE EVENTS THAT WE DO.

THIS, I BELIEVE, AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS PARCEL, IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH BROWARD HEALTH. ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT RESIDENCE. THIS INCORPORATED INTO THE AREA . CALL IT MEDICAL AREA, OR MEDICATION -- MEDICAL AREA. STUDENTS TO WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED. WHEN THEY ARE GOING FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY WALK INTO A MEDICAL AREA AND IT'S LIKE , I NEED TO TAKE AN X-RAY. THEY ARE NOT IDENTIFIED. PLUS, THEY CAN HAVE A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ON STAFF. HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH BROWARD HEALTH AND CREATING SOMETHING THAT WE WANT. TO THE POINT OF BEING IN THE DRIVER SEAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL. WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES TO DO OR HOW THEY DECIDE TO SURPLUS IT, OR HOW THEY GET RID OF IT, WHATEVER THEIR PROCESS IS. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE THERE PROCESS. WE CAN SUGGEST, WE CAN ADD , WE CAN RECOMMEND. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU'VE GOT NINE PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> MYPOINTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH BROWARD HEALTH OR EVEN THE FUTURE USE BY BROWARD HEALTH, OR THE INTENDED USE OF THAT PROPERTY. MY POINTS ARE, WE ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP.

IT'S CLEARLY NOT GETTING DONE. WE TRIED TO OPEN UP A DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTLY ABOUT THESE TWO PARCELS THREE YEARS AGO AND WERE TOLD WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING A DIALOGUE. AND AT NO TIME HAS THE SCHOOL BOARD COME BACK TO US AND SAID, LET'S TALK. HERE'S OUR PLANS FOR THIS PARCEL AND THAT PARCEL. LET'S SIT DOWN AND HAVE THAT. SO I WANT TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE. IT HAS NOTHING

TO DO WITH BROWARD HEALTH. >> WE ARE DEALING WITH TWO THINGS AND IT'S ALL COMBINED AT ONCE. THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD SELL THIS LAND. SITTING ON THIS LAND IS A WASTE OF EVERYBODY'S DOLLARS. IT'S A WASTE OF OUR DOLLARS BECAUSE WE ARE TAXPAYERS TO THE BROWARD SCHOOLS. THEY SHOULD SELL THAT LAND. THEY SHOULD HAVE COME TO US FIRST AND HAD THAT CONVERSATION. WHETHER IT'S, BROWARD HEALTH CAME TO US.

BECAUSE CLEARLY BROWARD HEALTH WANTS TO PAY $2 MILLION AN ACRE. SO FOR US TO GET IN THE WAY OF THAT , TO COMMISSIONER MAYERSON'S POINT, THIS GIVES US OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE SENDING THE MESSAGE , TONIGHT, TO THE BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU OPERATE. YOU NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS

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THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH BROWARD HEALTH IN THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL. HOW WE HANDLE THE 26 ACRES DURING THIS PROCESS IS ANOTHER THING. WHAT JORDAN SAID IS A GOOD THING. MAYBE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SAY, MAYBE WE CAN ROLL THAT IN , MAYBE WE CAN SURPLUS THAT. THE 26 ACRES MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BUY IF WE CAN AFFORD IT. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ON THE 10 ACRES. SO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE PROCESS ON THIS 10 ACRES.

>> AREN'T THEY CONNECTED? >> NO.

>> I VIEW THE SCHOOL BOARD'S POSITION ON SURPLUS AND ANY PARCEL IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TWO

PARCELS ADDITION. >> ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER. THEY MAY SURPLUS ONE AND NOT SURPLUS THE OTHER.

AGAIN, THIS 10 ACRES WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER BE ANYTHING.

THE 26 ACRES COULD VERY WELL BE SOMETHING. THAT VERY WELL COULD BE A HIGH SCHOOL. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING HOLDING ONTO. IT IS NOT WORTH HOLDING ONTO THE 10 ACRES OF LAND BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NOTHING ON IT. 26 ACRES COULD BE SOMETHING.

>> THEY THOUGHT THESE 10 ACRES HAD POTENTIAL. THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT OR NEGOTIATED THE ADDITIONAL SITE THAT THEY HAD.

THEY WOULD HAVE BUILT SOMETHING.

>> WHY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE COME AND TALK TO US THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE APPROACHED THEM ABOUT IT? BIG -- BECAUSE WE HAD

DIALOGUE. >> MAYBE NOT AT THIS COMMISSION BUT THERE'S BEEN DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ALL ALONG.

GRANTED, THEY HAD MOST RECENTLY, A CHANGE IN

LEADERSHIP. >> MAYBE THIS WAS THE KICK TO SAY, LET'S START SELLING SOME OF THIS STUFF. MAYBE THAT'S THE BATTLE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HAVING INTERNALLY. BUT THAT IS FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS.

>> I CERTAINLY GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF, WE ENTERED A PARTNERSHIP AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEAR IT. TO THE POINT THAT IT GOT ON THE AGENDA. IT JUST HAPPENED. IT WASN'T LIKE, HEY, THIS IS COMING ON THE AGENDA. IT JUST CAME IN ALL

THE SUN WAS LIKE , OH. >> WE ARE MAKING IT VERY CLEAR TONIGHT THAT WE ARE NOT HAPPY. BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE HAPPY

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND DRIZZLE OF THE UNHAPPINESS NEEDS TO BE SITTING BACK IN A TABLE, AND TALKING GLOBALLY, IN MY VIEW, ABOUT THE PARCELS OF LAND.

>> I'M NOT SAYING NOT TO TALK GLOBALLY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SELL THE 10 ACRES OF LAND BECAUSE WE WANT TO WORK WITH BROWARD HEALTH IN A PARTNERSHIP AND WE BELIEVE THIS WILL GIVE US MORE LEVERAGE WITH BROWARD HEALTH. YOU DON'T NEED THIS, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE 10 ACRES.

BROWARD HEALTH ALREADY OWNS THE SEVEN ACRES. THEY PAID $2 MILLION AN ACRE. WE ARE NOT COMPETING WITH BROWARD HEALTH.

>> A LOT OF GLOBAL DISCUSSION.

>> AND THEN WE CAN SAY, AND THE 26 ACRES.

>> >> IF THEY SAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SURPLUS THE 26 ACRES. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION TO BE

HAD. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. >> THAT MAY BE FINE. BUT IF THAT'S HOW THEY WANT TO TREAT A PARTNER I VIEW THAT AS BEING

PROBLEMATIC. >> THEY MAY NOT WANT TO SURPLUS

IT. >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M ALSO HEARING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS THAT THEY ARE NOT BUILDING A

SCHOOL. >> THEY'RE NOT BUILDING A SCHOOL ANYWHERE. THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING ONTO THIS 10 ACRES FOR 15 YEARS. 26 ACRES IS A VIABLE PLOT OF LAND. 10 ACRES IS NOT A VIABLE PLOT OF LAND. AGAIN, IF THEY SAY WE WILL SURPLUS THIS BUT NOT SURPLUS THAT, WHAT WE HAVE GLOBAL CONVERSATION ABOUT? AND IF WE DO, WE WILL COME TALK TO YOU.

AS LONG AS WE GET THAT PROMISE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD I'M

HAPPY. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE FAR DIFFERENT FROM ONE PROPERTY

VERSUS THE OTHER. >> AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES ALTOGETHER. THE 10 ACRES, TO

ME, IS SOMETHING. >> COMMISSIONER , TO THE POINT YOU HAVE. NUMBER ONE, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING SOME SORT OF -- ON THIS 26 ACRES. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS. WITH THE ADMINISTRATION . WHETHER IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS PEOPLE, WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. YOU ARE ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOUR LAST MEETING WAS. BUT YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS. THREE MONTHS LATER OR WHATEVER HAPPENS. I GUESS THAT'S THE REALITY OF GOVERNMENT. WHEN YOU GET THAT CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP , WHICH THEY HAVE HAD MOST RECENTLY, YOU HAVE ONE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WAS TO GO ONE WAY, ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO GO ANOTHER WAY. NIGHT YOUR THIRD OR FOURTH ONE INTO THE MIX AND THEY WANT TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO, MAYBE AT SOME POINT IN

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WHAT'S HAPPENING? THAT'S WHERE I HEAR YOU. TO YOUR POINT, AND THIS IS THE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY, FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY , COMMISSIONS IN THE PAST HAVE MADE DECISIONS. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS. COMMISSIONS IN THE FUTURE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, THAT COMMISSION MADE THAT DECISION TO DO WHATEVER IT IS. THAT WAS THE GREATEST IDEA IN THE WORLD. OR IT WAS THE WORST IDEA IN THE WORLD. AND YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT AT THAT TIME. THE FLAVOR AT THAT TIME WAS, WE NEED LAND, WE HAVE LAND, HOW CAN WE HELP? FORESIGHT IS, WE SHOULD HAVE GOT SOMETHING IN THE MIX AS OPPOSED TO GOING, HERE IS AN INTEREST-FREE LOAN. THAT'S A

CHALLENGE. >> MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT ALSO, SEND THE SCHOOL BOARD A LETTER LETTING THEM KNOW OUR DISSATISFACTION OF HOW TO HANDLE THIS PROCESS . AS FAR AS THE 10 ACRES IS CONCERNED, IF THEY DECIDE TO SURPLUS IT TO BROWARD HEALTH WE ARE OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BROWARD HEALTH. HOWEVER, THE 26 ACRES OF LAND WE FEEL WE NEED TO HAVE AN INITIAL DIALOGUE WITH YOU WHENEVER YOU CONSIDER SURPLUS SING IT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAYBE CURL -- COERCE YOU , THEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I SEE THOSE AS TWO DIFFERENT PIECES.

>> THE POINT WAS MADE, WHETHER THEY ARE DOUBLING THEIR MONEY ON THE SALE OF HIS PROPERTY, LET'S DISCUSS THE 26 ACRES IN LIGHT OF THAT WITH REGARDS TO OUR CONTRIBUTION. HOW ARE THEY NOT CONNECTED? THAT'S MY POINT.

>> IF THEY DECIDE TO SURPLUS THIS LAND

>> I GET YOU. BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A DIALOGUE. IN OUR MINDS THEY ARE CONNECTED. IN OUR MINDS THEY ARE.

>> IN MY MIND THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED. IN YOUR MIND THEY ARE. IN MY MIND THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED BECAUSE THEY CAN DECIDE TO SURPLUS ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. SO THERE'S NO CONNECTION. BECAUSE ONE IS GETTING A SURPLUS. MY POINT IS, WE EITHER TELL THEM , DON'T SURPLUS THE 10 ACRES, SURPLUS THE 10 ACRES SO WE CAN THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BROWARD HEALTH , AND WE TAKE IT UP WITH BROWARD HEALTH.

INSTEAD OF GETTING THE MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T

HAVE IT . >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD BLESS THEIR SALE OF THE 10 ACRES BEFORE THEY COME TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE OTHER PARCEL THAT'S WITHIN OUR CITY AND HOW WE RECONCILE THE ISSUES.

>> WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WE TELL THEM, YOU NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH US BEFORE YOU SURPLUS IT. THAT'S ALL WE CAN SAY TO THEM. AND WE CAN TRY TO COERCE THEM TO POTENTIALLY SURPLUS IT IF WE ARE IN A POSITION TO BUY IT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE ARE. THAT 26 ACRES.

>> MY POINT IS, WHY WOULD WE BLESS THE SALE TO A THIRD PARTY BEFORE THEY COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS PARCEL TO BEGIN WITH? LET'S INVITE THE DIALOGUE FIRST. BEFORE WE BLESS THE SALE TO SOME THIRD PARTY WITHOUT INCLUDING US IN THE PROCESS. BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, HAD THEY COME TO US SAYING, THE CITY OF PARKLAND. WE WANT TO SURPLUS THIS LAND.

>> WHAT CONVERSATION WOULD YOU LIKE? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO

BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD TO SAY? >> COME TO US AND SAY, CITY OF PARKLAND. WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY DESIGNATED. THIS 10 ACRE PARCEL FOR A SCHOOL. YOU CONTRIBUTED MONEY. WE WOULD LIKE TO SURPLUS IT AND SELL IT TO BROWARD HEALTH. WE WOULD SAY, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE 26 ACRE PARCEL? LET'S TALK.

MAYBE THERE'S A RESOLUTION PICK

>> WAS VISIBLY SAY, WE DO WANT TO SURPLUS IT.

>> IF YOU NEVER GET TO THE TABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION YOU WILL NEVER KNOW. THAT'S MY POINT. THEY NEVER CAME TO US IN THE RESPONSE TO THE LETTER THAT NANCY SENT IN THE OVERTURES WE MADE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. LET'S INVITE THAT CONVERSATION. TO YOUR POINT, THEY MAY DECIDE TO SURPLUS THE LAND AND MOVE FORWARD. BUT I WOULD BE BLESSED BEFORE WE SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE AND TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PARCEL?

>> OKAY. I HAVE SAID WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND SEND THEM A LETTER . BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO SURPLUS THE LAND THEY SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US.

>> I'M FINE WITH THAT PART. YOU WENT BEYOND THAT AND SAID, WE ARE OKAY WITH YOU SELLING THE LAND TO BROWARD HEALTH.

>> I'M HAVING TROUBLE LANDING THE SPOT BECAUSE I HAVE

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>> CAN I TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP?

>> HOW DO WE KNOW THE OTHER IS NOT?

>> BOB, I ALREADY TRIED FIRST. I THINK BOTH OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF APPROACH. I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, MAYOR, THAT THESE ARE NOT RELATED. BUT TO COMMISSIONER BRIARS POINT, THERE IS AN INTERPLAY BETWEEN HOW ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER. A LOT OF THAT I THINK HAS TO DO WITH THE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF, YES, THEY CAN SELL IT. AND IF THEY ARE JUST GOING TO WRITE US A CHECK FOR $895,000 THEN CERTAINLY YOU ARE CORRECT IN SAYING THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DISCUSSED HERE.

THESE ARE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE DISPARATE ISSUES.

THE REALITY IS, IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEING GOOD PARTNERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONSIDERATION OF THAT MONEY . AND ANTHONY WILL TELL US WHATEVER THE HISTORY IS. WHETHER IT IS $1 MILLION WITH NO EXPECTATION OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOU BUILD US A SCHOOL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE EVER WAS A DISCUSSION.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW SCHOOL, HERE'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT.

RIGHT? WE WILL HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

>> BOB JUST GAVE US THE HISTORY.

>> OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SOME SORT OF DOCUMENTATION OR SOMETHING.

WE DIDN'T JUST WRITE A CHECK WITH HELLO AND THANK YOU. THE POINT IS, WHAT COMMISSIONER BRIARS SAYING HAS MERIT IN MY MIND . THE CONVERSATION SHOULD HAPPEN NOW . EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT SURPLUS IN THE HILL PROPERTY JUST YET. I GET IT.

EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AS OF TODAY TO BUY IT. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PUTTING US IN A POSITION AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE . I GET WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. THEY'RE

COMPLETELY SEPARATE. >> I'M SAYING THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT. WE HAVE TO THEN FOLLOW THIS UP WITH A CONVERSATION WITH THEM .

>> THAT'S FINE. >> WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT, I WANTED TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SAY WE DON'T NEED TO

VOTE ON IT ANYWAY. >> CORRECT?

>> THEY CAN BRING IT UP. >> THIS IS& A DISCUSSION

ANYWAY. >> WITH BOB, ODDLY BOB AND I

ARE ON THE SAME EXACT PAGE. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT.

>> YOU ARE MAKING ME STRUGGLE HERE EVEN HAVING THIS.

>> LET ME MAKE IT EASIER. MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE PROCESS.

BECAUSE TOMORROW THERE COULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM. WERE TALKING ABOUT SURPLUS AND 26 ACRES. JUST HEAR ME OUT BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING. TOMORROW THERE COULD BE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM ABOUT SURPLUS IN THE OTHER 26 ACRES. AND THEN WE HAVE DONE NOTHING TO MOVE FORWARD THE PROCESS BY WHICH SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.

>> I BELIEVE BEFORE THEY SURPLUS ANY PROPERTY IN PARKLAND THEY SHOULD COME TO US AS PARTNERS AND TALK TO US.

THAT DIALOGUE WOULD INCLUDE INTENDING TO SURPLUS THE 10 ACRES TO SELL IT TO A THIRD-PARTY , BROWARD HEALTH. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEIR PROCEDURES ARE. WE COULD PUT ON THE MARKET, WE COULD AGREE TO SELL TO BROWARD HEALTH OR NOT.

HAPPENED HERE TODAY. THEY PULLED IT FROMTHEIR AGENDA KNOWING THAT THEY DID SOMETHING INCORRECT. THAT'S WHY THEY PULLED IT FROM THE AGENDA. THEY PULLED IT FROM THE AGENDA BECAUSE THEY SAID, YOU ARE RIGHT. WE SHOULD HAVE SPOKE TO YOU FIRST. THE ONLY REASON WE BROUGHT IT UP. TONIGHT WAS SO THAT WE COULD THEN PUBLICLY LET THEM KNOW, WHICH WE ARE DOING , AND FOLLOW IT UP WITH CONVERSATION, AND FOLLOW IT UP WITH A LETTER TO SAY, LOOK, IF YOU DECIDE TO SURPLUS THE 10

ACRES OF LAND THAT'S FINE. >> DID I MISS THE SIT DOWN? IF THEY PULLED FROM THEIR AGENDA BECAUSE THEY SHED -- SAID WE SHOULD TALK TO FIRST. THAT'S MY PROBLEM.

>> WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE 10 ACRES OF LAND. WHAT CONVERSATION? IT'S NOT EVEN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD TICKETS A CONVERSATION WITH BROWARD HEALTH. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS SELL IT. YOU KNOW WHAT BROWARD HEALTH IS GOING TO DO WITH IT.

>> I HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PACKAGE BOTH. ONE VERSUS THE OTHER. I GET THAT. WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO LEVERAGE IS MY QUESTION . LET'S GO TO HILL OR HILLSBORO. THEY ARE EITHER GOING TO BUILD A SCHOOL ON IT OR NOT. TO SELL IT I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION. IN ORDER TO DO THAT THEY'VE GOT TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS OR WHATEVER. SO THEY ARE NOT AS QUICK TO MOVE ON THAT. HOWEVER, WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IN THAT PROCESS , AND I JUST

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WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, WE WANT THAT MONEY BACK. I'M JUST

THROWING THAT IDEA. >> ALL I WANT IS THE DIALOGUE.

I HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A THIRD PARTY FOR THE 26 ACRES. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SOMEBODY ELSE OTHER THAN BROWARD HEALTH FOR

THE 10. >> LET ME JUST FINISH. MY POINT IS, YOU HAVE MY GOOD FRIEND, CHRIS, OVER HERE. HE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR YEARS. AND I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH CHRIS FOR YEARS. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT WHOEVER ELSE TO GET INTO THE CONVERSATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO SET UP AND APPOINTED. MAYBE INCLUDE THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. PUT EVERYTHING OUT ON THE TABLE. I AGREE, THAT SHOULD BE DONE. TO ME THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS , AGAIN, WE DON'T CONTROL THE PROCESS OF WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES TO SURPLUS AND PROPERTY. THEY HAVE A FIVE YEAR DISTRICT EDUCATION FACILITY PLAN THAT SHOULD ADD INTO THAT EVERY YEAR THEY UPDATE, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER IT IS. AND IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD. EVERY TIME THAT ROLLS OUT I LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT PROPERTY IS BEING SURPLUS, WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING, WHAT FACILITIES THEY ARE ADDING ONTO THE COVERED WALKWAY. ME, PERSONALLY, WHEN I SIT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONE ADVISORY BOARD, OR OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD , I MORE AWARE OF IT THAN ANYBODY HERE. YOU HAVE IT, JORDAN HAS IT. KEN HAS HAD SOM HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. TO ME, THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALL ALONG. MAYBE YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF IT . BUT I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THIS PARCEL YEARS AGO. TALKING TO DR. CARTWRIGHT AND WHOEVER ELSE WAS THERE.

>> HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS GOING BACK THREE YEARS AGO AFTER HE FIRST GOT ELECTED ABOUT THESE TWO PARCELS. AND I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME, AND NOTHING CHANGED UNTIL THE AGENDA ITEM GOT PUT ON. WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN SURPUS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF TOMORROW THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM FOR THE 26 ACRES.

>> THERE STILL MAY BE NO INTEREST IN SURPLUS JUST

BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA. >> UNDERSTOOD. BUT AT LEAST COME AND TALK TO US THAT YOU'RE EVEN CONTEMPLATING IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE TONIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING. I'M PRETTY SURE THE SCHOOL BOARD , KNOWING THAT THE CHAIR IS HERE, UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY THIS PROCESS IS HELD. BUT THAT, TO ME, IS ONE THING. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, I WANT TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS. IF WE WANT TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS I'M PERFECTLY FINE DOING THAT. BUT I WANT TO MIX THE THREE THINGS. IF THE THIRD THING IS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 26 ACRES THEN WE CAN INCLUDE THAT INTO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE TONIGHT.

BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THEM OUR BLESSING. THEY CAN SELL IT. MY ONLY POINT WAS, IF WE GIVE OUR BLESSING , AT LEAST WITH BROWARD HEALTH, THAT SHOWS A LITTLE MORE GOOD FAITH . WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BUY IT BECAUSE YOU ALREADY OWN THE LAND NEXT TO IT. BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND WE CAN START HAVING

THOSE DIALOGUES. >> MAYBE YOU ARE MISUNDERSTANDING. I AM NOT SAYING THAT I AM NOT PRO OR CON BROWARD HEALTH BUYING THE LAND , OR PRO OR CON WHAT BROWARD HEALTH INTENDS TO DO. I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE. I WOULD LIKE, BEFORE WE BLESS ANYTHING, TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS FOR THE TWO PARCELS. IF THEY TELL US THEIR INTENTION IS TO SELL ONE TO BROWARD HEALTH AND DO NOTHING WITH THE OTHER, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. BUT I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.

>> THEY JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA ITEM TO SELL IT TO BROWARD HEALTH. CLEARLY THEIR INTENTIONS ARE TO SELL IT.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS

AGREEABLE WITH THAT. >> WHETHER OR NOT IT IS VOTED ON AND PASSED, WHO KNOWS? BUT CLEARLY THEIR AGENDA IS TO SELL

10 ACRES OF LAND PICK >> SO COME TALK TO US. I WILL REACH OUT. I WILL SET UP THE MEETING AND REACH OUT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BLESS A SALE BEFORE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.

HOW DO WE KNOW? HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE? WHAT IF THEY SAY, AND SO AND SO IS LOOKING AT BUYING 26 ACRES.

>> THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 10 ACRES.

>> IT'S THE PROCESS. IT'S THE PROCESS, RICH. HAVING NO DISCUSSION WITH US BEFORE INTENDING TO SELL.

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>> I SPOKE TO TORI. DID YOU SPEAK TO TORI?

>> I SPOKE TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR.

>> WHEN THIS GOT PUT ON THE AGENDA BY TORI, I CALLED HER AND SAID, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? YOU NEED TO REMOVE IT SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.

HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE TO COME TO US. HE MAY PUT IT BACK ON NEXT MONTH AND TRY TO SELL IT. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT SELL IT.

BUT IT'S HIS RIGHT TO DO THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A

CONVERSATION WITH US. >> MY POINT IS, WE MAY NOT BE AGAINST THEM SELLING. BUT SIT DOWN AND TALK TO US. TELL US

ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS. >> THE PLAN IS TO SELL IT. THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NO MONEY. THEY ARE DOWN TO NOTHING. AND THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN DURING THE POLICE MEETING THAT WE WERE AT. THEY HAVE ZERO MONEY. SO THEY SHOULD BE SELLING LAND. THIS LAND MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO SELL. SO MY POINT IS

>> WHEN YOU REACHED OUT TO TORI SAY, I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS PARCEL IN THE OTHER PARCEL? THAT'S MY POINT. LET'S HAVE A

CONVERSATION. >> WHAT CONVERSATION DO YOU

WANT? >> THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION.

BROWARD HEALTH. >> I UNDERSTAND HAVING THE CONVERSATION. THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON. I'VE CALLED CHRIS UP , I DON'T KNOW, ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY? ARE YOU SELLING IT? ARE YOU PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA? WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM. HIS RESPONSE IS, WE HAVE IT ALREADY BUT I'M WAITING TO FIND OUT. I'M NOT SURE YET.

SUPERINTENDENT AT A DISTRICT 7 MEETING CLEARLY STATED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SURPLUS. HE CLEARLY STATED THAT. OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WASN'T THERE. BUT CLEARLY STATED THAT.

I AGREE. POPPED UP ON THE AGENDA. WE TOLD YOU IT'S COMING. IT'S COMING. THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. I GET YOUR POINT TO THE PART OF, IF THEY WANT US TO BE A COLLABORATIVE YOU'VE GOT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. THERE HAS TO BE COMMUNICATION. AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT. FORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT LEVELS, I HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT STAFF AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. MY POINT IS, FOR TODAY, AGAIN, THAT LAND, THOSE 10 ACRES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE ABOUT BEING SURPLUS. WE HAVE NEVER HAD , AND BOARDS BEFORE US HAVE NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE LEVERAGE THE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THE TWO PROPER PARCELS AND THE WEDGE CAME WAY AFTER THIS 10 ACRES. BUT THIS HAS BEEN ON THERE. IT'S BEEN ON THE WORKSHOPS NUMEROUS TIMES. AND THE BOARD ITSELF SAID, WE ARE NOT WILLING TO LOOK FORWARD WITH THIS. SO THEY CAN PUT IT ON AN AGENDA. THE BOARD CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT, WHAT NOT TO DO WITH IT. TO YOUR POINT, LET'S HAVE A

CONVERSATION WITH THEM. >> THAT'S ALL I WANT.

>> YOU CAN CALL UP ANY OF THEM. >> RICH , I NEVER WENT FOR AN INDEPENDENT CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT BUYING LAND FROM THEM BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THAT AS A SINGLE COMMISSIONER IT IS MY ROLE WITHOUT DISCUSSING WITH THIS BODY. WHAT I DID WAS ASK

NANCY TO OPEN UP A DIALOGUE . >> BUT WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING. THIS EXACT 10 ACRES.

WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND DECIDED IT WASN'T WORTH

FOR US TO BUY IT. >> CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT

HAPPENED. >> NEVER PART OF THE

CONVERSATION. >> AT THIS POINT THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THIS MEETING TO MAKE WHATEVER DECISION THAT THEY WANT. WE WILL GO FROM THERE. WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION AT STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH THIS 10 ACRES. IT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND FOR US TO PURCHASE.

IF THEY DECIDE TO SURPLUS IT THAT IS ON THEM. IT IS WHAT IT IS. AS FAR AS THE 26 ACRES, CLEARLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BEFORE ANYTHING COMES. AND THAT'S WHAT I

WANTED TO GET TONIGHT. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT.

INAUDIBLE ] >> YOU HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER

[02:20:11]

AS I SAID HERE BEFORE, THE 26 ACRES, YOU HAVE TO COME TO US BEFORE . AND WE ARE SAYING THAT. SO WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT I DON'T NEED THEM TO COME TO ME BECAUSE THEY ARE SELLING IT. WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? THAT'S FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BROWARD HEALTH. BOB AND I BOTH AGREE BY US SAYING, LOOK, IT'S A GOOD IDEA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BROWARD HEALTH. SO BROWARD HEALTH KNOWS WE ARE ON BOARD WITH IT AND MAYBE WE CAN GET HOME, OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

INSTEAD, WE ARE NOW FIGHTING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD .

>> RICH, TODAY IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING, OTHER THAN RUMOR , I KNEW BROWARD HEALTH BOUGHT THE ADJACENT PLAN, I KNEW THAT BROWARD HEALTH HAD AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, I KNEW IT POPPED UP AN AGENDA ITEM. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT BROWARD HEALTH INTENTIONS WERE FOR BOTH PARCELS. YOU AND BOB MAY HAVE. THIS THE FIRST I'M HEARING OF IT. MY POINT IS, I'M NOT OBJECTING TO IT BROWARD HEALTH INTENDED. YOU ARE TAKING IT THE WRONG WAY.

>> THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN TELL US WHAT BROWARD HEALTH WANTS TO DO. THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN ONLY SAY, WE WANT TO SURPLUS THE LAND. AND THAT'S WHAT PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA DID. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO PASS. BUT THAT'S THEN PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA AND SAYING, WE WANT TO SURPLUS THIS LAND.

WHETHER OR NOT IT PASSES AS A WHOLE OTHER SITUATION. BUT THEY HAVE CLEARLY STATED THEY WANT TO SURPLUS THE 10 ACRES OF

LAND. >> AND YOU ARE VERY WELL RIGHT THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY SHOULD SELL THE LAND. THEY SHOULD PROBABLY SELL BOTH PIECES. WE WANT TO TALK TO.

>> THE 26 ACRES, IN MY OPINION, IF THEY SAT ON A WORTHLESS 10 ACRES THAT THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ON FOR 15 YEARS, THEY ARE NEVER SELLING THAT 26 ACRES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO TRY TO COERCE THEM. I'M ALL FOR TRYING TO DO THAT. RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT IN THE FINANCIAL POSITION TO DO IT. SO YOU WOULD RATHER JUST LET THEM SIT ON IT.

CONTINUE TO SIT ON THAT FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS, JUST LIKE YOU SAT ON THIS ONE. IT WILL BENEFIT NO ONE. BUT THE DEAL WASN'T CLEARLY WE SHOULD HAVE GOT INTEREST. THEY DO SELL IT.

$895,000. CAN WE GET TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BROWARD HEALTH . MAYBE AT THAT POINT WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AS FAR AS THAT, I WOULD SAY THIS DISCUSSION IS OVER. UNLESS

SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. I THINK ANTHONY NEED SOME CLARIFICATION.

>> JUST A FEW. IT WAS A $5.5 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE. THE CITY CONTRIBUTED $850,000 TOWARD THAT PURCHASE PRICE. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE INTEREST. AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY. WE DID GIVE THEM 150,000. WE DID GET $850,000 FROM THE DEVELOPER AT THE TIME. MY APOLOGIES IF I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT. I THINK YOU CAN STERNLY MAKE THE POINT, HAD WE NOT GOTTEN THAT A UNDER $50,000 WE WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY GOTTEN OTHER THINGS . IMPROVEMENTS OR OTHERWISE.

>> SO WE JUST TRANSFERRED MONEY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD . HUNDRED

50,000. >> INITIALLY THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD GIVEN US THE MONEY TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THIS TRANSACTION. SO IT WAS EARMARKED FOR SCHOOL CAPACITY.

SO HOW WE CHOSE TO DO IT WAS A COMMISSION DECISION TO APPLY THAT A UNDER $50,000 TO THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THIS PARCEL.

WE COULD HAVE USED IN ANOTHER FASHION BUT THEY CHOSE NOT TO.

POINT, IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF TAXPAYER MONEY. OKAY. SO IT IS STILL GETTING THAT $850,000. CLEARLY THAT IS NOT THE DEAL THAT WAS MADE. IT'S MONEY THAT WE GOT.

>> WE LOST THE BENEFIT OF USING THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES BECAUSE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD THE SCHOOL. WE ARE MANY YEARS LATER AND STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE SCHOOL.

>> WHICH IS NEVER COMING, WHICH WE ALL KNOW. WITH THAT, I THINK WE HAVE BEAT THIS ONE PRETTY MUCH TO THE END. HI, LORI. LORI, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, COME ON. YOU CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS. YOU DON'T NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME.

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>> I HAVE BEEN YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THIS ITEM, THIS LAND FOR BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THIS LAND CAME UP. IT CAME UP FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS. I QUICKLY SAID, WAIT, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OF PARKLAND. AND I BELIEVE THEY DID GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THAT I HEARD ABOUT SELLING THIS LAND UNTIL IT GOT SMACKED ON THE AGENDA AND I WAS BLINDSIDED ABOUT IT.

PARKLAND, THIS IS MY DISTRICT. AND IT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD HAVE NEVER PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT COMING HERE AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF YOU. AND MAKING SURE THAT STAFF IS HERE TO PRESENT. AND FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO HAVE THAT COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP. SO I WAS BLINDSIDED ABOUT THIS. I WAS IN THE DARK. EVERYTHING WITH BROWARD HEALTH. I WASN'T MADE AWARE OF ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE APPARENTLY BEEN HAVING WITH PAST SUPERINTENDENTS. -- WAS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT TO EVER COME TO ME . THE SCHOOL BOARD HASN'T EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS YET. FOR MY UNDERSTANDING COME A WE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT COLLABORATION TO THIS POINT. I WILL MAKE SURE TO TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HAVE STAFF TO COME TO PRESENT TO YOU , HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF YOU TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I THINK THAT'S FAIR. THAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP, THAT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP. I VALUE YOU AND THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> WE VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH YOU. THAT'S ALL I WANT. ALL I WANT IS THE DISCUSSION. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, LORI. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S ALL YOU WANT. YOU ALSO WANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 26 ACRES PICK

>> BUT ISN'T THAT PART OF IT? >> NO, IT'S NOT.

>> WE ENDED THE DISCUSSION, GUYS.

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

>> IS A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. >> WE ENDED IT. NO TAKEBACKS.

>> CHRIS IS TAKING COPIOUS NOTES.

>> ARE YOU AWAKE BACK THERE? LOOK AT DOUG. HE STAYED HERE THE WHOLE TIME. OR SHOULD I SAY, MAGNUM PI.

>> GOOD EVENING. JUST ONE TOPIC ITEM FOR YOU ALL TODAY.

WE ARE STILL SEEING MOTORISTS DISOBEY THE TRAFFIC SIGNS ON LOCKS WROTE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S TAKING PLACE. WE HAVE BEEN ISSUING CITATIONS. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE OBVIOUSLY. WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC, FOR THEIR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THE WORKERS, PLEASE OBEY THE SIGNS. GO BY THE DETOURS. DRIVE SAFE. THAT'S IT.

>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, WHO WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS DRIVING TO THE ROAD AND THOUGHT IT SAID LOCAL THROUGH TRAFFIC ONLY. AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN MAYBE CLARIFY THAT. I GET WHY THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE SHE CALLED ME SAYING, I HAD AN OFFICER STOMACH. I SAID, MOM, PLEASE. YOU ARE KILLING ME.

>> YOU ARE RATTING HER OUT. >> I WAS WORRIED IT WAS GOING TO SHOW UP IN THE BLOTTER. TRUTHFULLY, THE SIGN , I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN CLARIFY IT. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE SAY, I'M GOING THROUGH IT AND PARKLAND.

>> I WILL GIVE HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

>> RESIDENCE. THESE ARE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF PARKLAND.

>> TOO IMPORTANT TO GO AROUND.

>> MAYBE WE CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT.

>> IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE PARKLAND. MY POINT IS, IT'S PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF PARKLAND.

>> WE WILL USE DISCRETION IF IT'S A LEGITIMATE ISSUE.

>> IF IT'S JORDAN'S MOM, WE KNOW.

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

>> IF YOU CALL ME FROM JAIL IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT STORY.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL COME TO THAT.

>> THAT'S A LOT. >> COMMENTS BY THE PARKLAND

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FIRE DEPARTMENT? >> I'VE GOT YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 166 CALLS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND LAST MONTH. ALL EMS CALLS, NO FIRE CALLS, THANKFULLY. I LEFT FOR YOU ALL THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL FIND VERY INFORMATIVE. IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND AS WELL AS CORAL SPRINGS. ENJOY THE READ, IT'S VERY INTERESTING. WE HAVE AMERICAN HEART MONTH. WE INVITE ALL OF YOUR RESIDENCE TO CONSIDER TAKING CPR, AED, THOSE CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR FIVE-TIME AWARD-WINNING FIRE TRAINING CENTER OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. AND SIGN UP FOR THOSE CLASSES . IN CORAL SPRINGS AND PARKLAND WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST RESUSCITATION RATES IN THE ENTIRE NATION.

OBVIOUSLY WE THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND OUR STAFF, WHICH A LOT OF IT IS. WHEN THE RESIDENTS START CPR EARLY AND PUT AEDS ON PEOPLE EARLY THOSE RATES OF RESUSCITATION ARE EX-POTENTIAL. SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THAT

TRAINING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> I GO BACK BECAUSE IT'S STILL EMBEDDED IN MY MIND. ONE OF THE RECOGNITIONS WAS FOR AN EMS PERSON WHO WAS RESUSCITATING A GENTLEMAN. RESUSCITATED H TIMES. THE RESPONSE WAS , I FEEL THAT THIS PERSON WANTS TO LIVE. ON THE EIGHTH TIME OR NIGHTTIME THEY CAME BACK. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE STAFF THAT YOU GUYS HIRE AND HOW YOU WANT TO TRAIN THEM . SO MANY PEOPLE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT. SO THANK

YOU. >> WE DEFINITELY DON'T LIKE TO GIVE UP. AND YOU DIDN'T ASK. IT REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING. I ATTENDED THE BROWARD FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION MEETING TODAY, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON COMMUNICATIONS. THEY ARE FINALIZING HARDWARE UPGRADES ON THEIR SIDE OF THE CENTER.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THOSE TESTS BEING DONE VERY SOON.

>> WE DID SIGN A MONIKER, BY THE WAY.

>> COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER. COMMENTS BY THE CITY

ATTORNEY. >> NO COMMENTS.

>> MOTION TO ADJOURN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.