[1. Call to Order]
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>> ON THE DAY OF MAY, 2024, AT 6:00 P.M. COULD WE GO AHEAD AND RISE FOR THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> MEMBER GOMEZ IS OUT. MEMBER DELLAPOLLA IS OUT. KENDRA?
>> HERE. >> ANGELICA IS OUT. LAURA? MEMBER KIMMEL IS OUT. MEMBER WOLFE IS OUT.
>> I SEE MARIANO COMING. >> OKAY, I WILL MARK THEM AS
[4. Approval of Minutes]
>> >> JUST-IN-TIME! YOU MADE THE ROLL CALL! YOU MADE THE CUT! NEXT, WE WILL CALL TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 12, 24 FOR READING. DO I HAVE A
>> SECOND. >> OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GET THE FIRST PERSON APPEAR PLEASE? THERE ARE NONE.
[6. Comments by the Chair and Board]
JUST KIDDING. I SEE NO ONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC. OPEN TO THE BOARD. I WILL START OFF JUST BY SAYING HOW IMPRESSIVE THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE. THEY WERE UNBELIEVABLE. I AM SURE YOU GUYS CAN AGREE WITH ME. IT WAS GREAT. AMAZING. JUST WATCHING THESE KIDS IN ACTION , I WISH THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EVERYONE , BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. MAYBE NEXT YEAR, WE WILL GET MORE BUSINESSES TO GET INVOLVED, GET MORE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THOSE KIDS, BECAUSE THEY ALL DESERVE ONE.AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO GO OVER, SO WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. NEXT TO RUPERT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE THEMES OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GOING FAR AND WIDE. TO THE POINT TO WHERED REACH THE SCHOLARSHIPS. SHE GOES TO A PREP SCHOOL, SO OBVIOUSLY, SOMEONE MUST HAVE APPLIED. GREAT JOB, GUYS. I'M SORRY COULD NOT MAKE IT. I WAS TEACHING ON THAT DAY. I KNOW IT WAS IN CAPABLE HANDS. THANK YOU
>> FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE CHILDREN OF OUR FUTURE IS THIS NOT A THING. IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE ALL OF THOSE AWARDEES OR SEMI FINALISTS. IT WAS JUST AMAZING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR CHAIR , BILL KENNEDY , FOR SUPPLYING ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS. I THINK THOSE ARE HONORABLE AND NOBLE . I THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
>> THANK YOU. ARE YOU KIDDING? THESE KIDS? ALL WE CAN DO IS
GIVE BACK. KENDRA? >> I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SCORE THOSE APPLICATIONS. I PROBABLY WENT OVER EACH APPLICATION AT LEAST THREE TIMES, AND I PRINTED THEM ALL OUT , AND I STILL HAVE THEM. I HAVE TO PUT FACES TO THESE APPLICATIONS. SO, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY ARE AWARDED. THIS YEAR I FELT WAS MORE DIFFICULT IN YEARS PAST.
SO, KUDOS TO THOSE WHO APPLIED . WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD
APPLICANTS. >> KENDRA, YEAH. TONIGHT, WE WILL FIND OUT THE RESULTS. I AM EXCITED. MARIANO?
>> I MAKE ECHO TO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED , IT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE STAFF TO READ UP ABOUT THIS. TO THE CITY, THE EXPOSURE IS TELL IT FOR THE CITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE OF MARKETING AND PROMOTION THAT THE CITY HAS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE OTHER CHANNELS ASIDE FROM THE ECONOMIC RECOGNITION AND GIVE
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MORE EXPOSURE. >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
ONE THING I WAS VERY SURPRISED ABOUT WAS SPEAKING TO A LOT OF THE KIDS IN PARKLAND, I KNOW YOU GUYS GET OUT THERE , AND INTO THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT OF WHAT YOU DO IS OUT THERE, BUT A LOT OF KIDS ARE CLUELESS IN THE USE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OUT THERE. THERE ARE ACTUALLY SCHOLARSHIPS THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE IN THE THOUSANDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT EVEN APPLIED FOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEM.
THAT'S KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THAT CAN BE SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PLANNED FOR TEENS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN WORK ON. MAYBE HAVING SOME SPEAKERS, AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR THESE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, GET THE PARENTS MORE INVOLVED. I KNOW MY WIFE AND I, WE WERE PRETTY VOCAL ABOUT SOME OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WERE AVAILABLE OUT THERE FOR THESE KIDS TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY TO THEM. A LOT OF THEM DID NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THEM, THEY APPLIED FOR THEM, AND SOME OF THEM GOT IT AND SOME OF THEM DIDN'T. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION OUT THERE. JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S MORE EXPOSURE OUT THERE FOR THESE KIDS. BUT I KNOW THE CITY IS DOING THEIR PART. FOR SOME REASON, IS NOT GETTING TO THE OTHERS, OR THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY FIND OUT, IT'S TOO LATE. IT'S OUT THERE, YOU'RE JUST NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH. BUT WE WILL TRY PUSHING THEM HARDER OUT THERE. GREAT.
>> MAYBE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T KNOW.
>> THINK SO. YEAH, WE GO TO ALL THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE. THEY CAN HAVE A LITTLE SPEECH ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE KIDS, I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE TO HELP OUT WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT. CLOSING OUR
[7. Approval of the Agenda]
COMMENTS, NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?>> SO MOVED. >> OKAY, LAURA. AND A SECOND?
[8. New Business]
>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT , SECONDED. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS, WHICH IS TEEN PROGRAMMING.
JACKIE, WHAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS?
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. AT THE APRIL A STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, THE CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSED PROVIDING TEENAGERS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES. CURRENTLY, THE LIBRARY IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OFFER TEEN PROGRAMMING, THINGS FROM BOOK CLUBS TO TEEN NIGHTS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. BUT, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME INSTANCES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE HAD MAYBE THE KIDS ON BIKES CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS , SOME KIDS HANGING OUT AT SOME OF THE CLUBHOUSES AND CAUSING SOME ISSUES . MAYBE THESE KIDS JUST NEED SOMETHING TO DO. ALTHOUGH WE ALREADY PROVIDE TEEN PROGRAMMING , SOME OF THEM ARE NOT WELL ATTENDED , AND SOME OF THE KIDS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON MAYBE AREN'T INTO STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT. SO, WE ASKED THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO MAYBE WEIGH IN AND PROVIDE SOME TEEN PROGRAMMING IDEAS SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED. BUT, SINCE YOU ALL ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE PARENTS, MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE TO US. SO, WE ARE HERE TO TAKE IN SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, AND WE WILL ALSO BRING THIS BACK TO YOUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS. WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL TAKE THOSE IDEAS, WE WILL
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MERGE THEM WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD IDEAS, SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT SOME OF THOSE WILL OVERLAP, AND WE WILL SEE WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS CAN DO TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECOME A REALITY. SO, IF THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO DISCUSS. HERE IS HOW I LOOK AT IT. YES, THESE TEENS ARE OUT THERE. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GROWINGUP, WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO. WRITING, HAVING FUN, DOING THINGS. WE DID NOT GET THE SCRUTINY WE DO NOW BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE AREAS THAT WERE EXPOSED TO US. WE HAD TONS OF FUN THINGS TO DO. THESE KIDS THAT ARE WANTING OR NEEDING SOME ACTIVITIES , SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST NOT COOL TO THEM. SO, WE DO COME UP WITH SOME COOL IDEAS. SOMETHING THAT WILL INTRIGUE THEM. SOMETHING THAT WILL STIMULATE THEM TO GET INVOLVED. WHAT I AM THINKING IS WHO BETTER TO FIND OUT THE INFORMATION FROM THEM THE KIDS? IT'S SAD WE ARE GETTING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT EVEN JUST DOING A SURVEY OF THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES TO SAY WHAT IS IT THAT WOULD INTRIGUE YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. BECAUSE WHAT IMPRESSES OR INTRIGUES ME, AND IMPRESSES OR INTRIGUES LAURA, MARIANO, AND KENDRA IS NOT THE SAME AS A 15-YEAR-OLD. SO, I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE 15-YEAR-OLD THINKING. MY SUGGESTION IS TO GET A LITTLE SURVEY, A LITTLE SOMETHING TO GO OUT TO THE TEACHERS AND LET THE TEACHERS ASK THE KIDS. WHAT IS IT TO JUST HAVE FIVE MINUTES OF EVERYBODY'S DAY, HAD A PIECE OF PAPER, DROP IT IN A BOX, AND HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS THAT THESE KIDS WANT. I CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF IDEAS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO JUST WRITE THEM DOWN? WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING NOW? THEY ARE ALL DOING TIKTOK, RIGHT? THEY ARE ALL DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS , BUT THERE IS FUN CHALLENGES THAT THINGS COULD DO. LIKE A TIKTOK FUN CHALLENGE. IF THE KIDS DO WANT TO ACTUALLY COME OUT, THEY CAN STILL GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND TO FUN CHALLENGES. THEY CAN MAKE A MOVIE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MAKE A MUSIC VIDEO. SOME KIDS ARE VERY MUSICALLY INVITE INCLINES, AND YOU CAN GET THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE A MUSIC VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT A FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS. ONE THING I FIND THAT A LOT OF THE KIDS DON'T REALLY KNOW A LOT ABOUT, AND I DO A LOT WITH THE PATROL, FIRST AID IS SO IMPORTANT. KIDS AT THAT AGE WOULD BE REALLY INTRIGUED BY HAVING A COOL FIRST AID, BECAUSE EVEN JUST GETTING OUT OF A CAR THAT GOES INTO A LAKE, OR PERFORMING A TOURNIQUET, OR DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS, CPR AND ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF , MAYBE SOME TYPE OF FIRST AID CLASSES FOR TEENS DIRECTED TOWARDS TEENS. NOT FIRST AID FOR ADULTS AND TEENS CAN COME, IT HAS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD TEENS. THINGS THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND. IF THEY ARE DOING THESE VIDEOS , YOU KNOW, RECORD A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS, YOU KNOW? DO SOMETHING NICE AND RECORD IT WHILE YOU ARE DOING IT, AND THEN SHOWCASE SOME ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT YOU ARE DOING, EVEN IF IT IS IS BRINGING FOOD TO SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF FOOD , OR HELPING SOMEBODY WASH THEIR CAR, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN'T GET OUT AND DO IT THEMSELVES. I KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS WAS COOKING WITH A CHEF. HAVING A COOKING DAY, BUT HAVE A PROFESSIONAL CHEF, AND COOK WITH THESE KIDS, AND TEACH THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COOKING AND THAT KIND OF THING. BUT HAVE A COOL CHEF SHOW UP. DIVORCE OF PARENTS IN FLORIDA. I KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM . MY WIFE WENT TO SCHOOL , WITH WHAT WAS HER NAME? CHRISTINA OR WHATEVER HER NAME IS? SHE WAS ON TV AT THE TIME. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF COOL CHEFS OUT THERE . YOU COULD HAVE AN ART CONTEST, HAVE SOME TYPE OF ART CONTEST. SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE MORE WITH THESE KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR IS HAVING A PAINTBALL OR LASER TAG EVENTS, YOU KNOW? HAVING SOMETHING, BECAUSE THESE KIDS WANT TO BE OUT THERE. THEY WANT TO BE ACTIVE. THEY WANT TO HAVE FUN. BUT THERE HAS TO BE SAFE WAYS OF DOING THESE THINGS. THAT IS A LOT OF FUN FOR KIDS. YOU DON'T SEE THAT AROUND HERE. ANOTHER THING I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PUT INTO THIS , BUT EVEN JUST TO BUILD A REALLY COOL OBSTACLE COURSE. WHEN HE DOES THE SOLDIER RUSH AND HE HAS AN OBSTACLE COURSE, THESE KIDS LOVE THAT. NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW,[00:15:02]
DOES IT TEACH THEM HOW TO WORK AS A TEAM, IF YOU COULD HAVE AN OBSTACLE COURSE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE CHALLENGES AND WORK AS TEAMS, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS THEM HOW TO WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A COMMON GOAL TO PERFORM A CHALLENGE , YOU KNOW, AND WE COULD GET SOME LOCAL SPONSORS, YOU KNOW, SOME BUSINESS OWNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO START GIVING PRIZES AS REWARDS FOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND STUFF. THAT IS JUST A FEW IDEAS THAT I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE I RAN OVER HERE TONIGHT. BUT I STILL THINK NO MATTER WHAT WE COME UP WITH, I WOULD STILL LOVE TO HEAR IT FROM THE KIDS. WHAT IS IT THAT THEY ARE SEEKING FROM THEIR COMMUNITY? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE REACHING OUT, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY LISTEN , LET US RIDE OUR BIKES. LET US HAVE FUN. LET US DO THIS, YOU KNOW? ARE THEY GOING ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY? SNOW. THERE ARE BETTER WAYS OF DOING THINGS.SHOULD THE PARENTS GET MORE INVOLVED WITH THEIR KIDS? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK 12 HOURS A DAY, AND THEY WILL NOT BE THERE DURING SOME OF THE TIMES THAT THE KIDS ARE OUT RIDING THE BIKES. AGAIN, IF WE GIVE THEM AN AVENUE WHERE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A BIKE PARK, DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LARIMER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE HAD THE BIKE PARKS , DOING LITTLE HILLS IN ALL OF THESE THINGS. GIVE THEM A PLACE TO DO IT. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY IDEAS , BUT I GUESS WE WILL START WITH MARIO. HE'S DYING OVER THERE.
I'M SURE HE HAS SOME GOOD IDEAS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY THAT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOLS HERE , AND WHAT IS THE OFFER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT? THERE IS A WAY TO LINK HIM ANY THERE ARE REGISTERED IN THE CITY , AND WHAT IS THE OFFER OF THE CITY? AND THEN, PROJECT, SOMEHOW, WHAT IS A PRIVATE OFFER . DANCE, GYMNASTICS . SO, I'M PROPOSING JUST ASKING THEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM, WHAT IS THE OFFER? WHAT DO THEY HAVE FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS? AM I MAKING MYSELF SOMEHOW CLEAR? BEFORE
PROPOSING? >> I KNOW. IT'S HER TO SOMETIMES GET THAT IDEA OUT OF YOUR MIND.
>> COMPARED TO HOW MANY PEOPLE LEAVING THE CITY.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE EVENT THE KIDS ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW HAVE TO DO WITH LIBRARIES, THEY HAVE TO DO WITH BOOKS, AND THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK THESE KIDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND ON BIKES REALLY CARE ABOUT. I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO PULL THOSE KIDS IN.
IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW , BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT MARIANO WAS SAYING. DO WE OFFER ANYTHING FOR THESE TEENS OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE BOOK CLUB, AND THINK THAT THEY WILL HAVE NO INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW? OBVIOUSLY, KIDS HAVE GREAT INTEREST IN THEM , AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS THAT WANT THAT KNOWLEDGE, WANT TO LEARN, AND KEEP GROWING, BUT THEN THERE ARE LITTLE BOYS OUT THERE WHO JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN AND RIDE THEIR BIKES, AND GET AWAY FROM SCHOOL AFTER 5:00, GET OUT THERE, AND GET OUT SOME OF THEIR EXERTIONS. YOU KNOW?
>> THAT IS WHAT I AM BURSTING ABOUT. ALL OF THE IDEAS ARE FABULOUS, BUT THEY SOUNDED TO ME , AS AN EDUCATOR WHO COVERED CONEY ISLAND, YOUR IDEAS ARE WHAT PARK AND REC SHOULD BE OFFERING, AND I DON'T THINK ARE GOING TO ATTRACT THE YOUTH THAT ARE CREATING THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. SO, DO WE HAVE A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN PARKLAND? BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT COMES TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS , AND
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THEY DO TARGET THE TYPE OF YOU THAT IS HAVING THE PROBLEM.EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IS WONDERFUL. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, THE CHILDREN, THEY ARE NOT EVEN CHILDREN. THE TEENAGERS THAT LIVE HERE, THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED IN IT. BUT THIS TYPE OF -- THE YOUNG MAN, I AM ASSUMING, THE YOUNG BOYS OR GIRLS THAT ARE CREATING THE HAVOC NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION. MAYBE THEY WOULD DO A MOVIE IF THERE WAS A RAPPER HELPING THEM TO THE MOVIE, BUT I KNOW THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS A GOOD PARTNER TO BRING INTO THE CITY. THEY WILL REALLY TARGET THIS POPULATION. AND I WILL SAY, THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY , AND MANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAD IN CONEY ISLAND ENDED UP BEING NBA PLAYERS. SO, THEY HAVE MORE OF A BIG BROTHER APPROACH THAT IS VERY RELATABLE . I DON'T KNOW IF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS 18 OR YOUTH OUTREACH TO CREATE A BETTER ORGANIZATION TYPE OF THING. THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO THREATENING. BUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA MAY BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER BRINGING INTO
PARKLAND. >> HERE IS MY PROBLEM. MY PROBLEM IS THIS. LET'S SAY WE HAVE 100,000 TEENS. OUT OF 100,000 TEENS, FIVE MIGHT BE TROUBLE, OR 10 MIGHT BE TROUBLE. I WANT TO CATER TO THE OTHER 99,000 KIDS THAT ALSO
NEED A PLACE TO GO. >> WHEN ALL OF YOUR THREADS MIGHT DRAW OTHER KIDS IN. ALL OF THEIR BUDDIES GOING TO THE OBSTACLE COURSE IN SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND IT MIGHT DRAW THEM IN. I DON'T WANT TO CATER THIS TEEN EVENT TOWARDS THE FEW KIDS THAT ARE DISRUPTING THE CITY RIDING THEIR BIKES WHEN THERE IS THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO. >> THE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO US REGARDING THE FIVE OR ONE OR 3%. IS THERE IS TWO PARTS HERE, OKAY? THE HOPE IS THAT WHETHER YOU HAVE A SPECIALIZED CLUB OR LATE LOT OF ENHANCED PROGRAMMING, THAT WILL BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. YOU KNOW? FOR BOTH. NOT JUST THE SIDE AND THAT SIDE, BUT TO BRING IT, AND MAYBE BECAUSE THE CITY, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ALL OF THOSE LARGE HOUSES THAT THEY BUILD , WE HAVE MORE YOUNGER PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR CITY. SO, IT IS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY NEED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED. BUT THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED FROM AN EDUCATOR'S PERSPECTIVE WOULD NOT BE SOLVING THE PROBLEM THAT WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. IT WASN'T SO THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND WE NEED TO GIVE THEM STUFF, IT WAS DESCRIBED AS WE HAVE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE CREATING HAVOC OUT OF BOREDOM AND THEY ARE NOT HAVING OTHER THINGS TO DO , AND THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THOSE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT BE HAPPY BAKING.
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, JACKIE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. I AM LOOKING AT THE ITEM AS" TEEN PROGRAM". I AM NOT LOOKING AT THE ITEM AS DISRUPTIVE TEEN PROGRAMMING.
CAN YOU WOULD KNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT IS IS FOR THE TEENS OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, OR THOSE THAT ARE DISRUPTING THE
CITY OF PARKLAND? >> I CAN SAY THAT I THINK THAT THIS BECAME A DISCUSSION TOPIC BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY -- WELL, NOT SO MANY, BUT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF THESE KIDS WHO ARE CAUSING A FEW ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, I DON'T THINK IT IS SOLELY BASED ON THAT , BUT THAT IS HOW THIS DEVELOPED INTO A CONVERSATION. AS YOU ALL SAID, SOMETIMES KIDS ARE BORED. THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO .
THEY DON'T HAVE COOL THINGS TO DO WITH THEIR FRIENDS. SO, WHAT CAN WE PROVIDE THAT MIGHT BE COOL TO THEM , OR AN OUTLET TO THEM THAT MAYBE THEY WOULD TAKE THAT OPTION WITH THEIR FRIENDS INSTEAD OF MAYBE GOING OUT AND HANGING OUT IN A CLUBHOUSE AND MAKING A PROBLEM THERE. IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, BUT THE GENESIS OF THIS IS REALLY TO TRY AND GRAB A HOLD OF THE INTEREST OF THOSE KIDS THAT MAYBE WE ARE NOT GETTING A
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HOLD OF RIGHT NOW. >> I LIVE ACROSS THE PARK. I TRIED TO GO TO AS MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PARK. I KNOW IT LASTS MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR. IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN REFOCUS THE CITY'S POINT OF VIEW? ATTRACT SOMETHING THAT THE YOUNGER POPULATION WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO STAY? WHEN YOU GO THERE, AND IT GETS DARK , YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE PARK. THE WHOLE PARK GETS DARK. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THERE AND WALK AROUND WITH THEIR PARENTS.
THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING. IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY COULD REFOCUS THE EVENTS THAT YOU TRY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PARK TO THE YOUNGER FOLKS . HOW MANY TEENS DO WE HAVE? 10,000? MINE DOESN'T? WHATEVER? WE NEED THINGS TO ATTRACT THEM. WE NEED FUN THINGS. HOW MUCH FOOD CAN YOU EAT? THEY COME, THE EATS, THEY LEAVE! THERE IS NOTHING THERE TO KEEP THEM. MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS YES , TRY TO FIND ACTIVITIES, OR SOMETHING IN THE PARK THAT MIGHT BE A PARKLAND BASEBALL LEAGUE . WE DON'T HAVE SWIMMING HERE. WHATEVER IT IS , WE NEED SOME TYPE OF REFOCUSING ON THAT .
>> WELL, WE HAVE BASKETBALL, WE HAVE FOOTBALL, AND WE HAVE BASEBALL. WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THOSE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE KIDS THAT WE ARE TARGETING NOW DON'T WANT TO PLAY THOSE SPORTS.
>> WE HAVE A BASKETBALL CLINIC. NOT A LEAGUE, BUT A CLINIC.
>> I JUST FOUND THAT OUT RECENTLY. I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
>> IS A FORMER MEMBER OF PARKS AND RECREATION, I'M REALLY SURPRISED, YOU SAID IT WAS PROPER FOR THEM? BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE THEIR PROGRAMMING NOT RECYCLING OTHER OLD PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE DOING, BUT STARTING TO THINK MORE OUT
OF THE BOX. >> YES. THE CITY COMMISSION
ASKED BOTH TO TAKE THIS ON. >>
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
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET A TEXT SAYING GAME CANCEL, NOT ENOUGH ATTENDANCE. IF THEY GET TO A CERTAIN AGE, FOR SOME REASON, THEY DRIFT. THEY GO SOMEWHERE. A LOT OF IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE DEMANDS OF SCHOOL. I THINK THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THESE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE DEMANDS, I GUESS, THAT ARE HAVING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FREE TIME ON THEIR HANDS WHILE THERE FRIENDS ARE IN THE HOUSE STUDYING AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BETTER THEMSELVES, THOSE ARE THE KIDS
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THAT WE NEED TO TARGET, AND MAYBE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA MAYBE HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW.MAYBE THEY CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
>> I JUST GOOGLED IT. THERE IS A CHAPTER IN FORT LAUDERDALE, THERE IS ONE IN DEERFIELD BEACH. AND SOME PEOPLE SPONSOR IT . JIM MORAN. I'M SAYING IT WRONG. AND I'M LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S FOR ALL AGES . THEY ARE VERY EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH ALL AGES, ALL STAGES. YOU KNOW, ALL DIFFICULTIES, WHATEVER. MAYBE WE CAN DO AN OUTREACH WITH AN EAGLES NEST. BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND, THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING, YOU KNOW? YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP HAVING GANGS IN PARKLAND. THEY WOULD EVER COME OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GO TO THE PARK. AND IT STEMS FROM BOREDOM AND NOT HAVING A PLACE TO GO , AND IS PROBABLY WHY THEY ARE GOING TO CLUBHOUSES AND HANGING OUT . YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS THEIR OWN PLACE AND SPACE , AND PROFESSIONALS THAT REALLY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE, RETRAIN, AND REFOCUS ANY BEHAVIORS. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO IF I CAN HAPPEN , YOU KNOW, OR OTHER TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, SUMMER IS COMING VERY FAST. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACTIVITIES FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL KIDS THAT LIVE IN PARKLAND , WE WILL BE HAVING A LOT MORE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN OUT OF BOREDOM, AND WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING , IT'S KIND OF LATE TO START ANYTHING , BUT IT SHOULD BE DONE ASAP FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT.
>> THE PROBLEM IS, IN THE CITY'S DEFENSE , THIS HAS NEVER BEEN A PARKLAND PROBLEM. SO, THEY NEVER NEEDED TO HAVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB COME IN, OR THEY HAD THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS OUTSIDE HELP TO COME IN AND WRANGLE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S ONLY REALLY COME UP IN THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS. IT'S A BRAND-NEW PROBLEM FROM THE CITY THAT THEY ARE AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGING AND WANTING TO JUMP ON AND TAKE CARE OF , BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED TO HAVE FOR THESE KIDS? I REMEMBER A PROGRAM CALLED "SCARED STRAIGHT", WHERE I THINK WITH THESE KIDS NEEDS TO KNOW IS MAYBE THEY NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, MAYBE THEY NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND. I KNOW THE CAPTAIN IS
FANTASTIC. >>'S "SCARED STRAIGHT", THEY
GO TO THE JAIL. >> EXACTLY. WE NEED TO TELL THEM. MY DAUGHTER AND SON HAPPEN TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE, AND I THINK A LOT OF THESE KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS REALLY THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR BEHAVIOR, WHAT IS GOING AND HOW IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR FUTURE. TO STOP IT NOW BEFORE IT COMES A PROBLEM , WHEN THEY ARE STILL YOUNG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT WE ARE DOING THAT THE KIND OF STUPID , BUT WE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW . THEY ARE BORDERLINE CRIMINALS. AND SOME OF THESE KIDS , YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE JUVENILES IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE SMART KIDS, THEY UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST LIKE THAT SHOW "SCARED STRAIGHT" OR WHATEVER IT WAS WHEN THEY VISITED A JAIL, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM HERE WHERE WE COULD BRING IN SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM , YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE GET TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THESE KIDS AND SAY HEY, LISTEN, LET ME JUST SHOW YOU WHAT YOUR FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTEN UP NOW. BECAUSE NOW, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP THIS. MAYBE WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR BEHAVIOR , I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY. YOU KNOW, AT THAT AGE, THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND . MY KIDS UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND THEIR WHOLE LIVES, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT IS AN IDEA THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR BRING IN ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, TO EDUCATE THESE KIDS ON THE CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR BEHAVIOR. I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT, YEAH.
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>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING? SO, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD IDEAS THAT YOU PUT OUT THERE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD TABLE THIS AND GO AND DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IN THIS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY , THIS IS NOT OUR EXPERTISE IN PARKLAND BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE, BUT WHAT I DO THINK, TO RECAP SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL SAID, WE DO HAVE PARKLAND KNIGHTS. WE HAVE THE MOVIE DATES FOR THE CHILDREN. WE HAVE THE BANDS THAT ARE MAYBE FOR OLDER ADULTS. BUT , PERHAPS BRINGING IN THOSE PARKLAND KNIGHTS , SOME ENTERTAINMENT THAT THESE TEENAGERS WOULD BE MORE AMENABLE TO. BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TIKTOK CONTEST. AND HAVING THE PNA WERE TEENAGERS SHOW THEIR SKILLS AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO , I LIKE BIKE PARK, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE TARGET FOR WHAT I AM UNDERSTANDING. THESE KIDS THAT ARE BIKING, FROM WHAT I HEARD , FROM LOCAL FACEBOOK PAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE ON THEIR BIKES, AND I DON'T THINK THEY ARE NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR TROUBLE , BUT THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING. MAYBE IS THERE ROOM SOMEWHERE TO MAKE A BIKE PARK WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY GO? BECAUSE WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? PARKLAND HAS BEAUTIFUL PARKS , BUT WHAT DO THEY HAVE FOR THOSE TEENAGERS ? A ROCK CLIMBING WALL, OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS . DO WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HERE IN PARKLAND? BECAUSE I THINK THE CLOSEST ROCK CLIMBING WALL IS DOWN IN NEWARK. WHAT WAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER CITIES? CAN COME BACK AND DO SOME RESEARCH, AND THEN COME BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING. OR, IF WE NEED THIS ASAP , PERHAPS WE CAN EMAIL YOU WITH THESE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN GET RIGHT ON THIS BEFORE THE SUMMER COMES BEFORE SCHOOL IS OUT IN, WHAT, THE END OF THE MONTH? I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE OUR BIGGEST THING, IS RESEARCH . WHAT AMOUNT OF FUNDS DOES PARKLAND HAVE TO PUT TOWARDS THIS TOO MAY BE MAKE BIKE PARK, OR MAYBE MAKE SOME THINGS WERE THESE TEENAGE KIDS WHO REALLY DON'T HAVE THOSE OTHER INTERESTS , MAYBE THEY WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT DOES SEEM TO BE THAT TARGET GROUP THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? MEMBER GROWING UP, WE HAD THESE BIG PARKS . YOU BREAK A BONE, I AM SORRY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
KIDS ARE GOING TO GET HURT. >> THEY DO.
>> BUT WE ALL BECAME WHO WE ARE TODAY.
>> TO YOUR MEMBER THE SKATEBOARDERS? THEY WOULD GO TO THE MALL, AND THE PLACE WOULD SAY NO, YOU CAN'T SKATEBOARD HERE, AND SO THEY BUILT SKATEBOARDING PARKS. IT WAS VERY POPULAR. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? ARE BOYS AND GIRLS, BUT
THAT IS THEIR INTEREST. >> THAT IS THE THING. WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS.
>> APPARENTLY IT IS BIKES, RIGHT? SO, I THINK WITH YOU FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GO TO BIKE , IT IS THE
COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, HOUSES. >> ALL RIGHT. I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS IF YOU CAN SEND US OUT AN EMAIL FOR ANYBODY WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT JUST SAYING CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS OF SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE COULD DO, AND THEN TAKE THE SUGGESTIONS AND RUN WITH THEM, MAYBE HAVE A SURVEY WITH THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOL BEFORE THEY LET OUT?
>> OR IF WE SEE THE BIKERS, ASK THEM! I HAVE SEEN THEM . I WILL LITERALLY TALK TO THEM, YOU KNOW? SAY HEY, GUYS, WHAT IS UP? SO, IF WE TALK TO THEM, ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A BIKE PARK, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE CITY FOR.
WE CAN HELP YOU. >> HOW DO YOU APPROACH THESE KIDS? HONESTLY? IF YOU COME OUT TO ME WITH ANGER , THEY WILL RESPOND WITH ANGER. A LOT OF IT HAS TO BE HOW THEY ARE
APPROACHED BY THE ADULTS. >> THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN POLITE
TO ME. >> IF YOU APPROACH THEM NICELY, THEY WILL TALK TO YOU! THEY ARE NOT ANIMALS. THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO HAVE A FUN TIME. ARE THEY DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY? NO, BUT THAT IS HOPEFULLY WERE WE CAN GUIDE THEM IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FOR THAT. >> SO, I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN EMAIL AND GET INFORMATION FROM THE TEAM WITHOUT BEING IN THIS
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PUBLIC FORUM, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS YOU ARE GIVING IDEAS , BUT WE WILL MAKE THE ASSUMPTION HERE THAT EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH ME PASSING ALONG THESE IDEAS. IF I DO IT OUTSIDE OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING, I DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. I DO KNOW THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WHEN IT COMES TO SUMMER. HOWEVER, THE IDEA WAS NOT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THIS DONE BY SUMMER, BECAUSE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT WAS ONLY IN APRIL. SO, THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING. PLUS, EVEN IF WE DID SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, WE NEED TIME FOR PROGRAMMERS TO PUT THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER. SO, IT IS NOT SOMETHING FOR US TO NECESSARILY RUSH. I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THESE IDEAS AND SHARE THEM , BUT WE CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE MORE IDEAS IF WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE THE LARGER GROUP . BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL PASS ALONG. JUST ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE BIKE PARK, ALTHOUGH THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT IDEA , I AM NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE KEPT TRACK OF WEDGE PRESERVE PARK. WEDGE PRESERVE PARK IS A NEW PARK WE ARE BUILDING ON HILLSBORO. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS PLANNED TO BE THERE IS A NINJA WARRIOR COURSE. SO, WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE THE ROCKCLIMBING WALL AND THINGS, THOSE MAY BE ALREADY IN MOTION, WHICH WILL BE GREAT. THE OTHER THING IS THE COST TO BUILD A PARK . THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED, I WANT TO SAY, ABOUT 20 SOME MILLION, AND IS NOW UP TO $50 MILLION, AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS . WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE TO GET THE PARK BUILT OUT. IT HERE ON THE LIST. IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO FISCALL.>> AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO PULL THE KIDS FROM
HILLSBORO. >> THAT'S JUST THE ONLY OPTION THAT WE HAVE HAD, IS BUILDING THAT PARK. BECAUSE WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THAT PARK, SO THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THAT PARK. SO, THAT IS JUST THE PARK SPACE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO
US. >> THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
>> UNDERSTOOD. BUT LIKE I SAID, I WILL PASS ALONG WHAT I HAVE HERE NOW, BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY, IF IT IS GOOD WITH YOU ALL, FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO. THEY SHOULD BE DOING THAT IN A
PUBLIC MEETING. >> WE WILL DO THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO BRING IT BACK UP AGAIN, AND FIND OUT WHERE THE CITY IS ON THIS ISSUE, AND MAYBE TAKE IN SOME OF OUR
CONSIDERATIONS FROM TONIGHT. >> CAN I SEND AN EMAIL WITH IDEAS HERE?
>> WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT, LIKE I SAID, AND A PUBLIC MEETING HERE, BECAUSE THESE IDEAS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN OUR IDEAS THAT YOU ARE PASSING ME TO ASK OH AND PASS ALONG AS A GROUP. IF I DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, THAT WILL BE IN A PUBLIC MEETING , AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE DECISIONS BEING MADE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING.
>> WELL, IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH ANY IDEAS BEFORE IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN, TELL HER, QUICK?
>> YOU HAVE AN IDEA? >> YES, IF YOU CAN WRITE ON THE IDEA OF THE QUESTION CENTER, OR THE GREEN AREA?
>> THE FARMERS MARKETS, RIGHT?
>> YES. WE CAN BUDGET TO PROVIDE LANDING AT NIGHT. I DO NOT KNOW WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE PARK, BUT THERE ARE MORE KIDS. WE ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT.
>> I THINK THAT THE BIKERS THAT ARE HAVING THE PROBLEM ARE NOT IN THAT AREA. IF THEY ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DO SAY TO SAY THAT, BUT I HAVE SEEN THEM THERE. WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
>> AWAY FROM THEIR, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BIKE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THAT CENTER. I DOUBT IT.
>> OKAY, WELL, THAT IS MY IDEA, YOU KNOW, TO ENTER A PARKING LOT. IT IS A GREAT GREEN AREA .
>> GOOD. >> I JUST WANT TO ADD, BECAUSE IT IS BOTHERING ME A LITTLE BIT, THAT AREA OVER IN HILLSBORO, I THINK WE WILL BETTER SERVE THE YOUTH IN
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COCONUT CREEK THAN WE ARE IN PARKLAND. BECAUSE IT'S ALREADYCLOSE TO 441 ON HILLSBORO. >> NO, MA'AM, THAT IS HILLSBORO . IT'S JUST WEST OF WHERE SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY
IS. OUT THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU. FOR SOME REASON, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN. OKAY, THANK YOU!
>> I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CENTRAL FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH,
YEAH. >> AND THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A NINJA THING? I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD SOLUTION. WITHIN THAT PARK, BUILDING THINGS FOR THEM TO BE
ACTIVE. >> IS A LITTLE TOO FAR AWAY.
>> IT'S NOT THAT FAR. >> THE PARK, WHICH PRESERVE PARK IS ALSO GOING TO BE A NONPROGRAMMED PARK. IT'S MORE SPACE FOR THE SPORTS LEAGUE TO USE FIELDS. IT WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVITIES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE I SAID, 10 BASEBALL GAMES GOING ON AT ONE TIME OR THAT KIND OF THING. SO, IT SHOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT IS A FEW YEARS OUT BEFORE IT WILL BE BUILT.
>> SO, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION FOR RIGHT NOW OR ANY
>> OKAY. >> IF WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THESE KIDS THAT ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR BEHAVIOR, AND WE ARE STOCKPILING THEM INTO AN AREA, WILL THE CITY BE PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF SECURITY FOR THOSE EVENTS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE HAD? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE . ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE YOU MOVE ON?
>> WELL, MAYBE I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF THE LASER TAG COMPETITION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE LOCALLY AT TRAILS END. COMBINE THAT WITH THE PARKS AND REC. WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT HERE IN INTEREST THOSE KIDS. OR EVEN A BIKE COMPETITION THERE AT TRAILS END. I WILL SAY TO UTILIZE PARKS AND REC WITH
THIS. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS
THAT THESE KIDS WOULD ENJOY. >> SO, LET'S INCORPORATE THOSE
IN. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, LET'S
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MOVE ON. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OLD BUSINESS. TONIGHT'S OLD BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY NEW BUSINESS FOR US, BECAUSE WE GET TO HEAR ABOUT WHO THE WINNERS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ALSO, I GUESS WE WILL DISCUSS THE USE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.>> WE ARE. FIRST OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL EXCITED TO FIND OUT WHO OUR WINNERS ARE, AND AS YOU ALL SAID , WE HAVE JUST GOT A BUNCH OF FANTASTIC , SMART, AND VERY ENGAGING YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WHEN WE SEE THESE APPLICATIONS AND WE HEAR THESE INTERVIEWS. WE SEE THAT WE HAVE MOSTLY, WHICH IS GREAT, KIDS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME AND THE CARE THAT YOU TOOK WITH THE APPLICATIONS IN THE INTERVIEWS.
WE SAW THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ALL ONE SCORE OR ANOTHER. EVERYONE REALLY TOOK THEIR TIME , AND TOOK SOME REAL GOOD CARE WITH THAT. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE THREE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS . WANTED 2000, WHEN IT 1200, AND ONE AT 800. AND THEN, WE HAVE SEVEN ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS . IN THOSE ARE TWO FROM THE MASON TAYLOR FAMILY, THREE FROM THE KENNEDY LAW TM , ONE FROM THE EATON FAMILY, AND ONE FROM THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO, ONCE WE HAD ALL OF OUR SCORES PUT TOGETHER, WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE TOP 20 SCORING APPLICANTS, AND AFTER THAT, WE DID THE INTERVIEWS , AND NOW, OUT OF THOSE 20, WE HAVE 10 STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO, STARTING WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD , THE $2000.00 SCHOLARSHIPS IS ALA FRIEDMAN. $1200.00 SCHOLARSHIPS AND DELETE NOVELLO. THE $800.00 SCHOLARSHIPS IS FOR JC BRONNER.
THEN, WE WILL START WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS HERE. THREE FROM THE KENNEDY LEGAL TEAM. WE HAVE GOT $500.00 EACH FOR KALE AND BRONCO, JULIA LEVINE, AND SAMANTHA VENTER.
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THE MESA FAMILY HAS TWO $500.00 SCHOLARSHIPS. ONE FOR HANNAH BERKOWITZ, AND ONE FOR LAUREN FITZGERALD. THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $500 .00 SCHOLARSHIP IS RILEY DEXTER, AND THE $500.00 SCHOLARSHIP IS FOR EATON BROWN. SO, ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE SCORES FELL OUT, AND THESE ARE OUR TOP SCORES, WE DO TECHNICALLY NEED TO VOTE FOR YOU TO OKAY THAT WE WILL MOVE THESE FORWARD. THE PRESENTATION OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE MADE AT THE JUNE 5TH COMMISSION MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. SO, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU ALL TO BE THERE. I KNOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO MAKE IT TO THE MEETING, IT'S KIND OF NICE, AS KENDRA SAID, TO PUT SOME NAMES AND FACES TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS .WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS , WE DID THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT WE KNOW IT GOT OUT TO THEM, BECAUSE, OUT OF ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS, THOSE STUDENTS WENT TO EIGHT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. IT WAS MST, BUT ALSO, SEVEN ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS. SO, WE KNOW IT GOT FILTERED OUT THERE. MARCEL HAS GOT EVERYTHING.
>> HONESTLY, I THINK THIS IS THE MOST APPLICANT WE HAVE HAD.
>> IT IS. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MANY SCHOLARSHIPS THIS TIME AROUND TOO. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT GENERATED SOME ADDITIONAL INTEREST. YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THING I HAVE GOT A
BETTER SHOT AT AT THIS TIME. >> IT TOOK A LOT LONGER TO DO.
>> FOR SURE. AND I AM SLATED TO TALK TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. DOUG EATON IS GOING TO HAVE ME TALK TO THE CHAMBER AT A MEETING IN THE FALL . WE ARE SCHEDULED TO DO THAT SO THAT I CAN SEE WHAT SOME OTHER BUSINESSES MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE
STUDENTS. THANK YOU. OH? >> SORRY.
>> DID YOU GET HIT? >> YOU MENTIONED THE PARTNER
COMMISSION IS JUNE 5TH? >> YES. THAT IS THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE STUDENTS. SO, BESIDES MST, WE HAVE APPLICATIONS FROM STUDENTS AT NORTH BROWARD PREP, POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, AMERICAN HERITAGE, ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, CARDINAL GIBBONS, PINECREST, AND THE DAVID JEWISH DAY SCHOOL.
>> GOOD JOB. WE WILL CONGRATULATE THE CITY FOR THAT
ONE. GOOD JOB. >> ALL RIGHT. SO, WE WILL NEED A VOTE, THEN, TO ACCEPT THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, AND IN THAT WAY, MARCELLA WILL BE GETTING SOME CHECKS PUT TOGETHER SO WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR JUNE 5TH.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE NAMES GIVEN OF
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> CALL THE ROLE. >> WE ARE UNANIMOUS.
>> OKAY. THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAD ATTACHED TO THIS IS, AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS REQUESTED OF US TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT WE SEND OUT TO THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO, THAT IS THERE AND ATTACHED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO
WITHOUT FURTHER. >> FIND SOMEWHERE SCHOLARSHIPS
>> I AM FINE AS LONG AS I AM CONCERNED. OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM? >> THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. MARCELLO JUST CAME FROM BSO RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND THEY HAD THEIR LAST EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
OUR CURRENT TEAM OF BSO, THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FUN THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS KIND OF NICE, BECAUSE THEY JUST CAME OFF OF PROVIDING TWO PRESENTATIONS. THEY GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD JUST THE OTHER WEEK, AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THAT, THEY GIVE THEIR PROJECT PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. ANOTHER GREAT GROUP OF FIVE STUDENTS.
SO, NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO GET OUR APPLICANTS IN FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. WE HAVE THE APPLICATIONS SENT OUT , WE HAD A DEADLINE OF MAY 10TH , AND WE DID NOT GET ENOUGH APPLICATIONS. SO, WE HAVE EXTENDED THE APPLICATION DEADLINE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, AND THAT DEADLINE IS MAY 24TH.
ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAS KIDS THAT ARE GOING INTO 11TH GRADE, ASK THEM TO GET ON THE WEBSITE AND APPLY. BUT JUST AS
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WE HAVE DONE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE PEPPERED ALL THE SCHOOLS, GOSH, I KNOW WE HAVE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE PRESENTED BY SCHOLARSHIPS , BUT WE CAN SEND HIM ANY MORE THAN THAT. ANY SCHOOL IN THE AREA THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A PARKLAND RESIDENT AND IT, WE HAVE SENT IT OUT. CURRENT 10TH-GRADERS GOING INTO 11TH GRADE IN THE FALL.>> MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A FLYER FOR THE BIKERS.
>> WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST , WE WILL TAKE THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT DID THE APPLICATION REVIEW LAST YEAR , AND THE INTERVIEW GROUP, AND SWAP THEM. WE CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT , IT MEANS THAT THE APPLICATION REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE SHERRY KAMEL, LAURA PLOTNICK, RUPERT RHODD, AND MARIONO GOMEZ, AND THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL BE ANGELIKA SCHLANGER, KENDRA CROMPTON, DENISE DELLAPOLLA, AND JEFFREY WOLFE.
WHAT WE DO IS ONLY WILL GET ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS TOGETHER, WE WILL SET A SCHEDULE , AND WE WILL JUST NEED TO DEAL , FOR THE INTERVIEWS, WE'LL NEED TO SET SOME SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT WE DID FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS. BUT, WE CAN GET INTO THE SUMMER , AND HOPEFULLY GET THOSE APPLICANTS TAKEN CARE OF.
>> FANTASTIC. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM? ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF. NOW THAT YOU ARE EXHAUSTED, I AM SURE YOU HAVE
NONE. >> IT IS A SOMETHING TO REMIND YOU ALL. THE JUNE 5TH MEETING WOULD BE IN PORTON FOR YOU ALL TO ATTEND. BUT THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 IS THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT, AND THAT WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. BUT THE STATE OF THE CITY ISN'T JUST A RUNDOWN OF WHERE WE ARE , BUT IT IS CATCHING UP WHERE WE ARE WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING , AND WHAT THINGS ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY. BUT BECAUSE WE ARE PARKLAND, WE DO IT VERY PARKLAND LIKE. SO, IT WILL BE AN EVENT. WE WILL HAVE A HARPIST, WE WILL HAVE HAND SERVED HORS D'OEUVRES, WE'LL HAVE A MINGLING AREA OUT HERE IN THE ATRIUM BEFORE EVERYBODY COMES IN AND GETS TO HEAR FROM OUR CITY COMMISSION. WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL VIDEO. THAT IS NEXT WEDNESDAY , THE 22ND, I
BELIEVE. >> I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN, I
BELIEVE. >> WHAT TIME DOES A START
>> 6:00? A. >> IF YOU DO KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT, WE ARE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO RSVP ON THE WEBSITE JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE HERE. SO,
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IF YOU COULD DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THAT IS ALLI HAVE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN, AND CAN I GET A
MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> SO MOVED. LUCK AND A SECOND? LAURA HAS BEEN WINNING TO SAY THAT THAT SHE GOT HERE.
>> SECOND. >> SHE WAS TO SEE THE HOCKEY GAME. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ALL RIGHT. NO ONE
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