Oct 28, 2024 City Commission Meeting

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 28. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? TRY IT NOW. IT WAS THE OUTSIDE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

OKAY. NO? >> TESTING. TESTING.

>> MAYBE I'M JUST NOT TALKING LOUD ENOUGH.

>> TESTING. >> LET ME GET CLOSER.

[1. Call to Order]

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 7:00 P.M. , TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> SO WE ARE APPROVING THE WORKSHOP AND THE REGULAR MEETING . ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE ARE GOING TO PLAY --

[5. Proclamations and Recognitions]

>> SHOULD I BE WORRIED ? >> JUST A LITTLE.

>> COMMISSIONER CUTLER, COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, WE HAVE SERVED TOGETHER FOR FIVE YEARS. I CANNOT THANK THE TWO OF YOU ENOUGH. WE ARE ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT, ON OUR COMMISSION. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS WERE WERE PROFESSIONAL. WE DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERY VOTE, BUT YOU KEPT ME ON MY TOES. YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME A LOT FOR NOT ONLY HAVE YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT BEING A MAN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET EVERYONE TO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT YOU NEED TO FIND THAT MIDDLE GROUND. AND YOU NEED TO FIND THAT MIDDLE GROUND IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WAY.

>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT KEN CUTLER AND BOB MAYERSOHN AND THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND , IT STARTS WITH ME BEING A RESIDENT . I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THEM BEFORE DECIDING TO RUN FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM LEAD, INCLUDING AFTER THE SHOOTING.

SEEING THEM LEAD OUR CITY AND HELP OUR CITY NAVIGATE WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE'LL. START TO TURN IT INTO GOOD . AND NOW HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST THREE PLUS YEARS TO SIT ON THE DAIS WITH THEM , SEE THE WAY THEY TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, SEE THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT STATEWIDE AND OTHERWISE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION -- COMPASSION AND CARE THEY HAVE. IT IS INSPIRING. IT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE NOTICE OF. THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE GIVEN MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY , HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND . AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAVE REPRESENTED PARKLAND BUT ALSO SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF PARKLAND. LOSING THEM ON THE DAIS IS LOSING TWO TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS. TWO TRUE GOOD GUYS. TWO TRUE GOODHEARTED PEOPLE .

WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED ON EVERY ISSUE, AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE IF WE AGREED ON EVERY ISSUE, WE WOULD ONLY NEED ONE OF US UP THERE AND NOT FIVE. BUT I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME THEY MAKE A DECISION, THEY ARE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS WELL . AND I RESPECT THE HECK OUT OF THEM FOR IT.

>> WHEN I FIRST MADE THE DECISION TO RUN FOR CITY COMMISSION, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS EVERYONE TELLS YOU TO DO IS YOU GOT TO CALL THE SITTING COMMISSIONERS. YOU GOT TO GET TO KNOW THEM. YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE AT IN TERMS OF THEIR POLICIES AND WHAT THEY SEE AS THE CURRENT ISSUES GOING FORWARD. WHEN I FIRST REACHED OUT TO KEN CUTLER, HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY MORE RESPONSIVE. HE GAVE ME HIS TIME AND ALSO RESPECTFUL IN TERMS OF BEING VERY CANDID WITH ME ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT COMES WITH THAT RULE , AS WAS BOB. WHAT THAT SET THE TONE FOR WAS A RELATIONSHIP THAT CONTINUED TO BUILD AND GROW. BOTH OF THEM UNIQUE IN AND OF

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AND THERE IS ALWAYS THIS NOD TO THE HISTORY SO THAT WE DON'T EITHER DO SOMETHING WRONG THAT KIND OF THROWS OFF ALL THE WORK IN PROGRESS THAT HAS GOTTEN US HERE. THAT HAS BEEN A VERY VALUABLE ASPECT ABOUT KEN THAT I'M GOING TO MISS DEARLY ASIDE FROM HIS SENSE OF HUMOR. AND FOR BOB I CAN SAY A LOT OF THE SAME. WHILE MAY NOT HAVING THE MOST HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS A BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROCESS . THE SYSTEM, THE PLAYERS. ALL THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND HOW THOSE THREAD TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE. BOB HAS HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN DIFFERENT ROLES, WHICH IS GIVEN HIM A UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT. HIS RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BEING ABLE TO GIVE US ACCESS TO INFORMATION OR OPPORTUNITIES TO LET PARKLAND SHINE. AND THOSE TWO UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSPECTIVES ARE GOING TO BE GREATLY MISSED . BUT REALISTICALLY WHAT I WILL MISS THE MOST FROM THEM IS REALLY JUST THE JOKES. MOST PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE IS WHY WE ALL TAKE OUR JOBS VERY SERIOUSLY , WE SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO HAVE FUN DOING IT. I KNOW THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND ADD THEIR SAME VALUE AND SUPPORT , JUST FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE. OBVIOUSLY GOING TO MISS THEM, BUT I WISH THEM WELL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES THEY TAKE ON.

>> MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING A CITY COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS REACHING OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS. BEING ABLE TO -- OUR SCHOOLS AND SEEING THE CHILDREN SMILE AND GETTING THANK YOU CARDS FROM THEM. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. BEING ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE PARK AND SEE YOUNG CHILDREN PLAY AND THE SMILES THEY HAVE. WORKING WITH OUR SPORTS PROGRAM AND SEEING THE SMILES ON THOSE KIDS AND THE PARENTS WHO ARE SO HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY. THAT

IS WHAT I AM PROUD OF. >> IN CONSIDERING TO BE A COMMISSIONER , I LOOKED AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY. I HAVE NOW SERVED SEVEN PLUS YEARS AND I HAVE TO SAY WITH PRIDE THAT I HAVE SERVED WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE GENUINELY GIVEN BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. DURING TIMES OF TRAUMA, DURING TIMES OF REALLY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ON HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL . AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WITH GREAT PRIDE I THINK WE HAVE DONE A REALLY

GOOD JOB. >> KEN CUTLER IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA IN A SPORTCOAT. KEN CUTLER HAS SO MUCH NOT ONLY PARKLAND HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE BUT ALSO SOCIAL HISTORY. SOCIAL JUSTICE HISTORY. IT IS AMAZING TO ME. KEN IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE SWEETEST INDIVIDUALS, BUT TO SIT AND TALK WITH HIM IS LIKE GETTING AN EDUCATION FROM A PROFESSOR. I JOKE THAT WHEN KEN WAS RECENTLY IN EGYPT, THERE WERE PROBABLY TOURISTS WITH HIM GOING, ENOUGH ABOUT EGYPT. WE KNOW THE HISTORY.

THANK YOU. NO. KEN HAS READ A LOT OF BOOKS. HE HAS GOT SO MUCH INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NOT ONLY OUR CITY AND CITY GOVERNMENT. HE IS JUST A TREASURE.

>> I THINK KEN CUTLER HAS READ PROBABLY ABOUT -- LET'S SEE. I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD KEN IS, BUT I HAVE TO ASSUME HE READS AT LEAST 100 BOOKS A YEAR. NOW I DON'T WANT TO DO MATH AND OFFEND HIM. THOUSANDS OF BOOKS.

>> WELL, I HAVE NEVER FULLY COUNTED THAT NUMBER, BUT AS A CHILD I WAS ALWAYS EITHER READING A COMIC BOOK OR SOME SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY NOVEL . AND THEN OVER THE YEARS AS I PROGRESSED THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT INTO COLLEGE, I MAJORED IN ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH A MINOR IN HISTORY AND THEN WENT ON TO LAW SCHOOL. SO IF I WERE TO TRY TO COUNT THOSE BOOKS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE OVER 1000.

>> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, YOU ARE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE THICK OF THINGS AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BROWARD DELEGATION. YOU ARE STILL GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US. YOU ARE STILL GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, LOCALLY, AND IN TALLAHASSEE, SO

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>> WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE ON THE DAIS.

INDIVIDUALS IN AND OF THEMSELVES ARE GREAT.

INTELLECTUAL. HIGH INTEGRITY. THE SUM IS GREATER THAN THE WHOLE OF ITS PARTS. THERE IS THE SYNERGY THERE THAT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN FIND IN ANY OTHER CITY. AT LEAST NOT THAT I KNOW

OF. >> HI, KEN AND BOB. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. OUR WORK HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN YOU HAVE HAD THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.

THE CITY HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU, WHETHER IT WAS BOB THAT VACATING FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, OR KEN CHAMPIONING PARKLAND'S PAST. A DIVERSITY OF IDEAS, AND YOU BOTH HAVE ENSURED THAT. YOU ARE THE LAST TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE IN OFFICE WHEN THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY OCCURRED. OUR RESIDENTS ON YOU -- OH YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE . THAT LEADERSHIP WAS AN EXAMPLE THAT HELPS CITY STAFF PERSEVERE WHEN OUR RESIDENTS NEEDED US THE MOST.

THANK YOU FOR BEING AMAZING BOSSES. THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATING ALL OF THE CITY STAFF, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING DEVOTED ADVOCATES TO CITY OF PARKLAND RESIDENTS. ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY , WE ALL LOVE, THANK YOU. WE WILL

MISS YOU BOTH. >>

>> FANTASTIC VIDEO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING. LET'S GO DOWN INTO THE WELL. WE HAVE SOME MORE FESTIVITIES.

>> YOU NEED A TISSUE YET? >> I'M JUST CHOKED UP

>> COMMISSIONER . YOU ARE FIRST.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER MICHAEL , ONE OF THE FORMER PROUD MAYORS OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND. AND IT IS REALLY MY HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE TWO GREAT LEADERS AND TWO GREAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED -- AND I'M GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 2000'S IN PARKLAND POLITICS , PARKLAND HISTORY -- THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS FEELING THAT PARKLAND ALWAYS -- WE HAD A VERY LOUD ROAR. WE WERE A SMALL CITY IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT WE REALLY COLLECTIVELY SPOKE -- WE REALLY PUNCHED ABOVE OUR WEIGHT IN PARKLAND. AND THAT WAS DUE TO LEADERS LIKE KEN AND LIKE BOB MAYERSOHN. ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION WE GET TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES. WE GET TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS . AND IT IS ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO COME BACK TO PARKLAND TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM. IT IS THE PLACE MY FAMILY AND I CALL HOME. WE LOVE PARKLAND. AND WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO SEE AS A COMMUNITY SUCH A GREAT COLLEGIAL BODY UP HERE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR RESIDENTS.

AND WHEN WE SEE WHAT GOES ON IN POLITICS ON ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS IN THE WORLD, IT IS JUST A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO SEE PEOPLE PUTTING THE COLLECTIVE GOOD OF THEIR COMMUNITY FRONT AND CENTER IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT BOB MAYERSOHN WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE LEADER OF THE DELEGATION. HE IS THE KIND OF PERSON YOU COULD WALK OUT OF IF YOU ARE AT BROWARD -- YOU WALK OUT OF A HALLWAY SOMEWHERE. YOU TURN AROUND AND BOB MAYERSOHN IS THERE. HE LED THE LEAGUE OF

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WHEN YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT REALLY IS THE FAMILIES THAT WE SHOULD THINK AS WELL. SO LET'S GIVE THEIR FAMILIES A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> WITH US . AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING UP CERTAIN ASPECTS OF YOUR PRIVACY AND YOUR LIFE SO THAT THEY CAN SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THIS. YOU CAN READ ALL OF THIS ABOUT BOB AND KEN. IF I READ IT ALL, WE WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOTH DONE SO MANY GREAT THINGS. BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT TODAY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 , IS BOB MAYERSOHN APPRECIATION

DAY IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. >>

>> AND MONDAY -- WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS MEETING QUICK BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY HOURS IN THE DAY. I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU EARLIER. IT IS ALSO KEN CUTLER APPRECIATION DAY IN

BROWARD COUNTY . >>

>> GIVE THAT TO BOB. THAT IS WITH THE THANKS OF A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE COLLEAGUES I SERVE WITH, AND EVERYBODY IN HOWARD COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, GUYS. >> STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE AND STATE SENATOR TINA .

>> TRIBUTES. STATE SENATOR SAID I SHOULD START. SINCE SHE IS HIRING THAN I AM, I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO HER ON THIS. I AM VERY MIXED BEING HERE TODAY . I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO CRY JUST BECAUSE I HAVE SERVED WITH BOTH OF YOU ON THIS DAIS PROBABLY DURING THE FOUR MOST DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING YEARS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND , STARTING WITH MASSIVE FLOODING IN JUNE OF 2017 . HURRICANE IRMA IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017. MASS SHOOTING AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL . FEBRUARY 14, 2018. AND THEN IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, WE HAD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN MARCH OF 2020. NOT WHAT ANY OF US EXPECTED WHEN WE SIGNED UP TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY WE LOVE SO MUCH. NO ONE TOLD ME THERE. I BLAME MICHAEL. I BLAME MICHAEL. ANOTHER UDINE.

THERE WE GO. IT'S IN CHALLENGING TIMES THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE WORST THERE IS IN THE WORLD YOU ALSO TREASURE THE BEST THERE IS IN THIS WORLD. AND TO SEE A COMMISSION WHERE PEOPLE CARED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVED . IT WASN'T ABOUT BECOMING ON FAMOUS ON X OR TWITTER OR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED. IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT DOING THE WORK DURING A TIME WHERE DOING THE WORK IS REALLY HARD BECAUSE WE WERE ALL IMPACTED JUST LIKE THE COMMUNITY WAS. YOU TWO ARE INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. YOU HAVE NOW SECURED YOURSELVES , KEN, IRONICALLY, IN THE HISTORY OF PARKLAND . IT WAS AN HONOR TO

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CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITY. >>

>> YOU WANT TO DO THE -- >> SURE. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE THE PAST FOUR YEARS TO HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND. ALL OF YOU. AND BOB -- YOU WON'T BE MISSED BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE YOU. BOB IS IN TALLAHASSEE ALL THE TIME. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.

KEN, WE WILL MISS YOU, BUT AM SURE WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH. WE WILL PLACE IN PICKLEBALL. YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN ME IN WHEN I WAS A NEWBIE FOUR YEARS AGO AND BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND KIND AND ALSO YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE GUYS ADVOCATE REALLY WELL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THEY COME TO TALLAHASSEE. THEY FIGHT FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND IMPORTANT BILLS ON CITY GOVERNMENT . AND SO WE HAVE GOT SOME GREAT REPRESENTATIVES HERE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND YOU TWO WILL BE VERY MUCH MISSED . JUST QUICKLY , THIS LOVELY TRIBUTE FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA , BE IT RESPECTFULLY PROCLAIMED THAT BOB MAYERSOHN AND KEN CUTLER ARE THANKED FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF STEADFAST SERVICE TO THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENTS FROM THE PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION. THANK YOU.

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>> BREYER FROM JARED MOSCOWITZ'S OFFICE.

>> WELL, GOOD EVENING. IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN JARED MOSCOWITZ. BEFORE I GET STARTED I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND JUST THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. BOTH OF YOU -- I FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN FOREVER. EIGHT YEARS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE KNOWN YOU LONGER THAN THAT FOR SURE. I HAVE A SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL RECORD TODAY. BOB IS USUALLY THE ONE ASKING IF I CAN GIVE CONGRESSIONAL RECORDS TO SPECIAL PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT I HAVE IT FOR BOTH OF THESE FINE GENTLEMEN. AND I TRULY MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. LIVING IN PARKLAND . OBVIOUSLY I HAVE A PERSONAL CEILING -- FEELING ABOUT IT. BUT ALSO WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN TED PRIOR TO MOSCOWITZ TOO. ALL EIGHT YEARS WORKING WITH YOU. IT'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY FRIENDS AND WORK TOGETHER.

BEFORE I GO AHEAD AND READ THIS I WANTED TO MENTION THE CONGRESSMAN HAS REQUESTED THAT FLAGS BE FLOWN OVER THE CAPITOL IN HONOR OF BOTH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. YOU WILL GET THAT. AND IT WILL SAY FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. AND THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD IS LONG AND WONDERFUL.

IT READS, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 118TH CONGRESS AND THE SECOND SESSION. FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CELEBRATING PARKLAND COMMISSIONERS BOB MAYERSOHN AND KEN CUTLER ON THEIR RETIREMENT AND YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE FROM THE HONORABLE JARED MOSCOWITZ OF FLORIDA AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OCTOBER 28, 2024 . MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE DISTINGUISHED CAREERS AND RETIREMENTS OF TWO EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SERVANTS FROM PARKLAND, FLORIDA. COMMISSIONER BOB MAYERSOHN AND COMMISSIONER KEN CUTLER. EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PARKLAND'S RESIDENTS AND HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE COMMUNITY. THE MISSION HER BOB MAYERSOHN WAS ELECTED TO THE PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION IN 2016. BEFORE BEING ELECTED TO OFFICE HE SERVED AS THE PARKLAND EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR AND A PLANNING AND

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COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN'S VISION AND COMPASSION WILL BE FELT IN PARKLAND FOR GENERATIONS, AND HIS RETIREMENT MARKS THE CONCLUSION OF A CAREER DEFINED BY INTEGRITY AND SERVICE. COMMISSIONER KEN CUTLER WAS ELECTED TO THE PARKLAND COMMISSION IN THREE 2016. YEARS PRIOR HE BEGAN ACTIVISM BY JOINING THE PARKLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND ENCOURAGED THE COMMISSION TO BUILD A NEW LIBRARY IN THE CITY. HIS DEVOTION TO THE LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING TO THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING AND EXPANDING THROUGH THE PAVE THE WAY TO READING PROGRAM, WHICH LED TO THE BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY WE HAVE TODAY. KEN ALSO LED DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS WITH THE PARKLAND IS A HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WISH LATER BROUGHT THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO LIGHT. HIS RESEARCH DISCOVERED MORE ABOUT HOLMBERG, PARKLAND'S ROAD , AND RECOVERED ARTIFACTS TAKEN FROM PARKLAND'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE , WHICH BROUGHT THE CITY'S HISTORY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. HE DISTINGUISHABLE HE SERVED PARKLAND, CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S LEADERSHIP WILL BE GREATLY MISSED, BUT HIS LEGACY OF THOUGHTFUL GOVERNANCE WILL ALWAYS INTERPRET TOGETHER, COMMISSIONERS MAYERSOHN AND CUTLER HAVE BEEN DEDICATED LEADERS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PARKLAND THROUGH THEIR TIRELESS WORK IN PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, AND WELL-BEING. THEIR LEADERSHIP WAS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL IN THE WAKE OF THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY WHERE THEY WORKED GENTLY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATE FOR MORE ROBUST SAFETY MEASURES AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. BOTH COMMISSIONERS HAVE DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS TO MAKING PARKLAND A SAFER AND MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THEIR RETIREMENTS MARK THE END OF TWO ILLUSTRIOUS CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF CIVIC LEADERS . MR. SPEAKER, I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING COMMISSIONERS BOB MAYERSOHN AND KEN CUTLER ON THEIR WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENTS AND EXPRESSING OUR DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE. WE WISH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES ALL THE BEST IN THE YEARS AHEAD. JARED MOSCOWITZ, MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

CONGRATULATIONS. >>

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU OPEN IT UP LIKE THIS?

>> YEAH. OPEN IT. >>

>> IT'S A LOT. >> OKAY. NOW WE HAVE OUR CITY

MANAGER, NANCY MORANDO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE CITY OF PARKLAND WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THESE CRYSTAL BLOCKS IN REPRESENTING YOUR STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP TO US DURING OUR TRAGEDY OF EVERY 14, 2018 . THEY ARE VERY HEAVY, SO BE CAREFUL. THIS IS THE CRYSTAL BLOCK . SO WE DID DISTRIBUTE THESE TO FELLOW CITIES THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HELPING US GET THROUGH OUR TRAGEDY AS BOTH OF YOU HAVE. FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT

LEADERS THROUGH THAT TRAGEDY. >>

>> OKAY. NOW WE HAVE ADDITIONAL GIFT BAGS FOR COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND COMMISSIONER CUTLER. AND THEN I WILL READ OUR PROCLAMATIONS.

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>> OH, OH WOW. >> KEN CUTLER, PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED TO CITY OF COMMISSION CITY OF PARKLAND HAD A TRACK RECORD OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY. THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS GOVERNED BY CITY COMMISSION COMPRISED OF FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN MAYOR AND FOUR COMMISSIONERS. THE CITY COMMISSION IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY , SETS POLICY FOR THE CITY, ADOPTS ORDINANCES, AND MAKES KEY DECISIONS THAT IMPACT ALL PARKLAND RESIDENTS. KEN CUTLER WAS DULY ELECTED TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION IN 2016 AND RE-ELECTED IN 2020. COMMISSIONER CUTLER IS A QUINTESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PARTNER HAVING BEEN A LONGTIME INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE PARKLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE PARKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. COMMISSIONER CUTLER IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, WHICH IS EVIDENT IN THE FACT THAT WHILE HE WAS CITY COMMISSIONER HEE CROW WROTE A BOOK ENTITLED, A HISTORY OF PARKLAND.

COMMISSIONER CUTLER WAS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 14TH , 2018 , AND HELPED LEAD OUR CITY THROUGH THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRAGEDY AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. COMMISSIONER CUTLER HAVING THE PROPENSITY TO SEE THE VALUE AND HISTORICAL SCOPE AND MEANING OF LIFE'S DAILY CONTEXT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REVIVING THE CITY'S SIGNATURE CELEBRATION, PARKLAND DAY. AS WELL AS CHAMPIONING THE IMPORTANCE OF NAMING FACILITIES AFTER THE CITY'S FOUNDING FIGURES. COMMISSIONER CUTLER HAS SERVED THE CITY HONORABLY, CONDUCTED HIMSELF WITH DIGNITY, AND HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND. BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, MAYOR WALKER, AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION HEREBY COME -- PROCLAIM CUTLER HONORABLE AND COMPLETE.

>> ELECTED TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION HAD A LONG TRACK RECORD OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY. THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS GOVERNED BY THE CITY COMMISSION COMPRISED OF FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS , A MAYOR, AT FOUR COMMISSIONERS. THE CITY COMMISSION IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY SETS THE POLICY FOR THE CITY, ADOPTS ORDINANCES, AND MAKES KEY DECISIONS THAT IMPACT ALL OF CITY OF PARKLAND'S RESIDENTS.

BOB MAYERSOHN WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION IN 2016 AND RE-ELECTED IN 2020.

COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN CONTINUES TO HAVE THE UNFAILING CHAMPION OF CAUSES THAT SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENCES, HAVING BEEN A SELFLESS ONGOING ADVOCATE FOR PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS.

COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN CONTINUES TO BE THE CITY'S CONSUMMATE AMBASSADOR AND REPRESENTATIVES. HAVING RECENTLY RECEIVED THE 2024 SAMUEL PRESIDENTIAL AWARD AS WELL AS A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE HOME RULE HERO AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND ON THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTOS.

COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN WAS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 14, 2018 , AND HELPED LEAD OUR CITY THROUGH THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN HAS SERVED THE CITY HONORABLY, CONDUCTED HIMSELF WITH DIGNITY, AND HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND . BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, MAYOR RICH WALKER, HEREBY PROCLAIM COMMISSIONER BOB MAYERSOHN SERVICE TO PARKLAND HONORABLE

AND COMPLETE. >>

>> WE ARE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO, IF I COULD CALL UP WESTPARK MAYOR BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES PRESIDENT. SHE ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION FOR -- AND GREG ROSS .

>> GOOD EVENING. I AM FELICIA BRUNSON, AND MAYOR FROM THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF WESTPARK AS WELL AS PRESIDENT OVER THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO, I STAND WITH YOU WITH MY PREVIOUS

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THE FIRST ONE FOR COMMISSIONER KEN CUTLER. THEY BOTH BASICALLY READ THE SAME THING. WE JUST HAVE SOME EXTRA REMARKS TO BOB.

AND WE WILL TRY TO KEEP THEM NICE. WE WON'T TRY TOO HARD.

IT READS AS FOLLOWS. THE CERTIFICATE OF STOCK WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES. THIS IS TO CERTIFY COMMISSIONER KEN CUTLER IS THE OWNER OF ONE SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF BROWARD COUNTY'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FROM SAWGRASS TO SEAGRASS. THIS STOCK WILL CONSISTENTLY CONTINUOUSLY APPRECIATE AS BROWARD COUNTY'S 31ST MUNICIPAL CITIES PROSPER AND GROW. THE SHAREHOLDER HOLDS A VESTED INTEREST -- GOING TO BRING MY GLASSES. I KEEP SAYING THAT. I DID THIS THE OTHER DAY, DIDN'T I? THE SHAREHOLDER HOLDS A VESTED INTEREST IN THE THRIVING CITIES AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR ROLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREAT COMMUNITIES TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT . SO THIS IS SEALED ON THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES ON OCTOBER 28, 2024 , AND IT IS SIGNED BY MYSELF, PRESIDENT FELICIA BRUNSON, AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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>> AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR COMMISSIONER -- IT SAYS ROBERT . I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS. I KNOW BOB . YES. I KNOW BOB. SO THIS IS FOR BOB AND HE GETS THE SAME EXACT ONE. BUT WE ALSO WANT -- BOB IS ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS . WE JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY WE ARE GOING TO -- WE KNOW YOU WON'T BE FAR. WE KNOW THAT WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO SEE YOU. WE ENJOY YOUR WIT . I GUESS THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD. WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. BUT JUST YOUR LAUGHTER. YOUR FUN NATURE. AND YOUR DEDICATION TO ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY PARKLAND BUT EVERY CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO FUNCTION AND TO LIVE TO THRIVE . SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT CHAPTER AND WE KNOW THAT WE WILL STILL BE CALLING YOU AND DEMANDING THINGS. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THE

SAME. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. >>

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

>> NO PRESSURE. NOW WE ARE GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC -- I KNOW SHARON IS GOING TO SPEAK FIRST. YEAH. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO DO THAT.

>> ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> OKAY. RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS HERE IN PARKLAND. FIRST OF ALL , THANK YOU, ALL, FOR COMING TONIGHT. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND FOR MY HUSBAND. AND TO THE COMMISSION -- I'M NOT SAD . I PROMISE. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY HUSBAND CONCLUDES HIS DEDICATED -- VERY DEDICATED -- SERVICE TO THE CITY . AND IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE BY HIS SIDE THE WHOLE TIME.

SOMEONE SAID IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I DID NOT FEEL LIKE THAT AT ALL, TO BE HONEST. IT WAS A PLEASURE ALL THE TIME FOR ME. I GET TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ON THE CAREER AND THE JOURNEY BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY THAT WE BOTH LOVE . IT IS A PLACE WE HAVE CALLED HOME FOR 27 YEARS. WE BROUGHT UP OUR FAMILIES HERE

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OBVIOUSLY HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES . EIGHT YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN EASY FOR THE CITY OR ITS RESIDENTS . WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF STONEMAN DOUGLAS. NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE TO STAND THERE WITH THE COMMUNITY , BUT HE ALSO SAT WITH ME AND STOOD BY MY SIDE , OFFERING LOTS OF STRENGTH AND COMFORT. AND VERY RESILIENT FOR ME. SOMETIMES I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I NEEDED BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME. AS WAS MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON-IN-LAW. AS HIS ROLE, HE IS OBVIOUSLY THE UNOFFICIAL HISTORIAN . MAYBE IT IS OFFICIAL. I'M NOT SURE, FROM WHAT YOUR WORDS SAID TONIGHT. BUT HIS PASSION FOR HISTORY IS ALWAYS ABOUT PRESERVING OUR STORIES , THE LEGACY, THE IDENTITY, AND OBVIOUSLY HE EVEN WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARKLAND'S HISTORY IS FOREVER REMEMBERED . I KNOW I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE HIS ROLE AND MY ROLE ALSO . AND HE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A STEWARD OF PARKLAND'S HERITAGE EVEN WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL TITLE . AS HE STEPS DOWN, I KNOW THAT THE STAFF HERE -- THE FELLOW OFFICIALS , AND ALL OF THOSE HE HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE -- WILL MISS HIS THOUGHTFUL PRESENCE ON THE DAIS. HIS LOVE FOR PARKLAND AND THE IMPACT ON THE CITY WILL BE FELT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME . THANK YOU, KEN, FOR YOUR TIRELESS DEDICATION, YOUR LOVE FOR ME AND FOR YOUR CITY. AND YOUR REMARKABLE SERVICE TO THE CITY . OUR WHOLE FAMILY REALLY HOLDS SO DEAR. PARKLAND IS FOREVER BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU . THANK YOU, GUYS, VERY MUCH.

>>

>> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SYDNEY WILL GO FIRST.

>> THANK YOU. SYDNEY SELTZER. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHILDREN SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY AND A PROUD PARKLAND RESIDENT. IN BOTH OF THOSE CAPACITIES I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING TO THESE FINE GENTLEMEN. I BECAME VERY BONDED WITH THEM -- WELL, WITH KEN IN 2018 AFTER THE TRAGEDY ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. AND I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU, OF COURSE, AND BOB AND THE WHOLE COMMISSION FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN GOES BACK ABOUT 20 YEARS . FORGIVE ME. I HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE . ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO BOB CAME INTO MY WORLD ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS , AND THAT NEVER STOPPED. THE PASSION AND COMMITMENT HE BROUGHT TO THAT WORK AND THEN TO THE LITERACY WORK THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON TOGETHER ALWAYS WITH PASSION, LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN AND A COMMITMENT TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER AS HAS BEEN SAID. SO I HAVE A CHALLENGE TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION WITH HIM LEAVING. I NEED ANOTHER CHILD ADVOCATE AND ANOTHER COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO READ GRADE LEVEL BY THIRD GRADE. TO BE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF THEM . THAT LEGACY IS IN YOUR HANDS NOW. I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OUT WHO IS GOING TO PICK UP THE MANTLE. MEANWHILE, BOB, I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER BE FAR . I WILL BE HUNTING YOU . AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE HUNTING ME. OH, AND IF

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THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

>>

>> MY NAME IS CAROLYN MARX. I AM A 39-YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND. I HAVE KNOWN BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN FOR A LONG TIME, AND I HAVE WATCHED THEM BOTH GROW TREMENDOUSLY IN THEIR LOVE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND. BOB, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH BUT HE SPORTS NO ONE CAN EVEN DESCRIBE. IT IS INCREDIBLE. I HAVE WATCHED YOU GROW HERE IN YOUR ROLE AS COMMISSIONER AND IT IS WONDERFUL. KEN I HAVE KNOWN A LITTLE BIT LONGER. WHEN I FOUNDED THE PARKLAND LIBRARY, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY AND I HAD A FRIEND, DIANE DAVID, WHO DIDN'T THINK I WAS CRAZY AND JOINED ME ON THE JOURNEY. WE WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO GIVE US A TWO-BEDROOM TRAILER AND IT BECAME OUR FIRST MAJOR LIBRARY. WE HAD FRIENDS -- DIANE WAS ACTUALLY THE FOUNDER OF THE FRIENDS. WE HAD A MEETING ONE NIGHT. IN COMES THIS GENTLEMAN . DIANE LOOKED AT ME, I LOOKED AT HER AND SAID, WHO IS THIS ? WELL, IT WAS KEN CUTLER. HE SAID, I CAME HERE TO JOIN FRIENDS. WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS AND WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MEN WHO CAME TO JOIN THE FRIENDS. WE SAID, WELCOME. COME SIT DOWN. AND OF COURSE FROM THERE KEN BECAME INVALUABLE. HE SAID ON THE COMMITTEE -- WE BUILT THIS LIBRARY AND EVENTUALLY BECAME PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR NOT ONLY YOUR FRIENDSHIP BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS WE SAT THROUGH WHERE I KNOW I WAS SLIGHTLY IMPOSSIBLE. AND YOU CALL ME DOWN AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LIBRARY TO BECOME WHAT IT IS. SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO BOTH OF YOU, I LOVE THIS CITY. SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE, NEEDLESS TO SAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF

YOU HAVE DONE FOR PARKLAND. >>

>> ANYONE ELSE? I KNOW JEFF WANTED TO SPEAK.

>> HI, I AM JEFF SCHWARTZ. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE PARKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR 15 YEARS -- 18 YEARS? I AM ALSO VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BROWARD COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. I WANT TO THANK BOTH BOB AND KEN FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT AND ALL THE YEARS WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER NOT ONLY FOR THE HISTORY OF PARKLAND AND ALL THE EVENTS WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER BUT FOR THE TERRIBLE EVENTS OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS SHOOTING AND THE WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER TO SAVE THE MEMORIAL AND HAVE THEM CATALOGED AND PRESERVED AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY , FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

>> DEBBIE HICKSON. EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED WHAT A GREAT THING YOU DID FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN THE TRAGEDY HAPPENED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU FROM THE FAMILIES THAT YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR COMPASSION FOR ALL OF US -- SOME OF US DID NOT LIVE IN PARKLAND, BUT YOU TOOK US AND TREATED US AS IF WE WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY

MUCH. >>

>> YEAH. >> GRACE SOLOMON. 8095 AVENUE PARKLAND. I WAS NOT PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT . I DID NOT PREPARE SOMETHING , BUT WHEN I GOT HERE I JUST FELT THE NEED TO. SO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I'M USUALLY BETTER WHEN I PLAN SOMETHING. IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS -- IT WAS A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO SERVE WITH THE BOTH OF YOU, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MOST TRYING TIME OF OUR CITY . THE LEVEL OF YOUR COMPASSION , THE LEVEL OF YOUR RESPECT FOR OTHERS , AND YOU'RE JUST DESIRE FOR THE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST

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OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE VERY MISSED TO NOT HAVE YOU UP ON THAT DAIS, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE LIFELONG PARK LENDERS AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND TO OFFER THAT ADVICE. AND WE ALWAYS SAY PARKLAND HAS THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING. PARKLAND DOES HAVE THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING. AND EVEN IF WE DID NOT KNOW IT THEN, WE KNEW AT THE MOMENT WE WENT TO OUR ETHICS TRAINING AND WE SAW ALL THESE OTHER CITIES THERE. THE THREE OF US LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. WOW. THEIR COMMISSIONS ARE A LITTLE CRAZY. AND THE FACT THAT WE PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICS . IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW , THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN, GUYS. >>

>> GOOD EVENING , MAYOR, COMMISSION, CITY MANAGER. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS , WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIPS. IT MEANS SO MUCH. AND A BIT OF MY PERSONAL THANK YOU IS I WAS YOUR FIRE CHIEF WHEN YOU GUYS WERE ELECTED AND IT WAS A PRIVILEGE AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE SERVED THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS. BUT YOU TWO BEFRIENDED ME RIGHT AWAY. YOU MADE ME FEEL WELCOME. YOU MADE ME FEEL LIKE I HAD A SENSE OF BELONGING. I HAVE SERVED FOR TWO BODIES OF GOVERNMENT , TWO COMMISSIONS. I AM PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO HAVE SERVED. YOU GUYS ARE AN AMAZING COMMISSION. I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT. THE COMMISSION I SERVED FOR WAS AN AMAZING COMMISSION. I'M VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONS I HAVE SERVED UNDER. AT THE END OF THE DAY , WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. WE GOT TO GO OUT AND PLAY ON THE FIRE GROUND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND DO SOME TRAINING AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME PERSONALLY. TO THIS DAY EVEN WHEN I BECAME CITY MANAGER WE STILL EXCHANGE PHONE CALLS.

WE STILL TALK ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I TRULY DO. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO ME. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING STAY ON THIS DAIS AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND . BROWARD COUNTY AND FLORIDA BECAUSE YOU ARE BOTH VERY INVOLVED. TO THE FAMILIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SERVANTS. THESE GUYS ARE TREMENDOUS .

>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER. FROM THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT PARKLAND HAVING WORKED FOR ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS OF THE CITY. I LEARNED SO MUCH MORE FROM YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME HOW MUCH MORE WHAT A GREAT CITY IT IS. CERTAINLY I AM GOING TO MISS YOUR SERVICE. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, YOU TAUGHT ME TO BE A BETTER LEADER. THANK YOU. YOU'RE PUSHING ME FOR BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THE FEDERAL ACTION STRIKE TEAM I WILL NEVER FORGET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU.

>> TEMPTED TO. I'M USUALLY UP THERE SITTING THERE WATCHING THE CLOCK GO DOWN. THANK YOU, GUYS, VERY MUCH.

>> MAYOR, CHAIR OF THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY. PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE , KEN, OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED NOT AS OFTEN AS BOB'S . AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I CAN REALLY SPEAK TO BOB'S SERVICE . YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHICH PEOPLE THINK IS NOTHING, BUT IT TAKES SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME . AND WHEN YOU DO IT, YOU PUT THE EFFORT FORTH. AND FROM THERE YOU CAME ONTO THE FEDERAL ACTION STRIKE TEAM AND I WAS A CHAIR TWICE, BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU SET THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AT THE FLY IN. AND FOR THAT IT IS A RECORD THAT I HOPE WILL BE BROKEN ONE DAY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR THAT. IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE REALLY HELD A POSITION ON THE

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YOUR SERVICE. WELL DONE. >>

>> GOOD EVENING. TODD ROGERS. MY FULL ADDRESS? LIVE IN HERON BAY. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF GETTING ALL OF YOU ACTUALLY, BEING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. I HAVEN'T BEEN ELECTED TO ANYTHING. I DON'T EVEN RUN MY OWN HOUSE. I WAS SHARING THE STORY WITH ONE OF YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN VISITING THIS AREA SINCE 1977. MOVED HERE IN 1985. MY AUNT AND UNCLE LIVED IN HERON BAY WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED BEING BUILT AROUND 99. THEY DROVE ME THROUGH RELATIVELY CORE. THEY DROVE ME THROUGH THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS IN FAIRYLAND.

WHEN I WAS 15 I WAS SITTING ON 41 AND HOLMBERG LOOKING AT THE WELCOME PARKLAND SIGN. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT, BUT I KNEW I WANTED TO LIVE THERE. MY WIFE AND I BACK IN 2017 -- I WAS ACTIVE IN THE CITY PRIOR PLANNING ZONING BOARD. SPOKE ABOUT PARKLAND. THE MAYOR THERE INTRODUCED ME TO CHRISTINE, WHO WELCOMED ME TO THE CITY BEFORE I EVEN CAME TO THE CITY. WE DECIDED TO COME HERE FOR THE SCHOOLS. WE GOT A GREAT WELCOME FROM IRMA. AND THEN FROM THERE, OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY . WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU TWO. YOU HAVE CHALLENGED ME BOTH ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME UP ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. I TRAIN PEOPLE ON ACCOUNTABILITY, SO IT IS FANTASTIC. BUT IN A NUTSHELL I WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE DONE -- ALL OF YOU -- TO HAVE CREATED A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ME, MY WIFE, AND MY SON. AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR PROBABLY MANY PEOPLE. WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN ME TO APPOINT ME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE. YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS CERTAINLY SHAPED THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND SETTING IT UP FOR A PROSPEROUS FUTURE .

I REMEMBER THE FIRST CONVERSATION WHEN WE MET. WE DISCUSSED THE REMAINING BUILDOUT OF THE CITY AND THAT THE BUILDOUT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT . YOU EMPHASIZED THOUGHTFUL GROWTH , NOT JUST ANY GROWTH . AND AS KEN AND I SAY PRIVATELY, GUARD THE PALACE. KEN, YOUR COMMITMENT TO MEMORIALIZING THE HISTORY OF PARKLAND IS SECOND TO NONE. A GREAT CITY SHOWCASES ITS HISTORY . I HOPE YOU CONTINUE YOUR HISTORICAL COMMITMENT TO PARKLAND. IT IS WHY WE ARE A SPECIAL PLACE. IT WAS INDEED AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE . I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND TO MY FRIEND, BOB, BOB AND I MET ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I BACKED HIS OPPONENT. WHICH IS MENTIONED BY HIM FROM TIME TO TIME. BOB IS AMAZING AS WE ALL KNOW. HIS CHARITABLE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY LEAVES A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND DISTINCTION. BOB AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PERSONAL FAMILY ADVICE . HE IS A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL AND HIS ADVICE TO ME HAS BEEN INVALUABLE AND I KNOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF LAUGHS , BOB. OUR PERSONAL INSIDE JOKES ABOUT ALWAYS ASKING THE QUESTION , WHY? AND YOUR STORIES ABOUT THE GREAT SPORTSCASTER HOWARD COSELL. BOB DOES AN INCREDIBLE HOWARD COSELL IMPRESSION . ALL JOKING ASIDE, BOB, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AND FOR SO MANY PARKLAND RESIDENTS .

THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. AND THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU .

PARKLAND IS A SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE OF SPECIAL PEOPLE LIKE YOU. YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOURSELF TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY . WE ALL OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. I WISH YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. BY ALL MEANS , LET'S KEEP IN TOUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> SWEET. I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. TO THE TWO OF YOU, BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF

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YOU. >>

>> NOW COMING UP IS CHRISTINE, WHO RESIDES AT 9976 NORTHWEST 64TH COHORT HERE IN PARKLAND. AS A MOM WHO MOVED HERE WITH OUR FAMILY 24 YEARS AGO, I WANT TO THANK YOU, KEN, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID WITH THE PARKLAND LIBRARY. OUR KIDS WENT TO THE TRAILER PARKLAND LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS THERE. WHILE IT WAS VERY QUAINT AND ADEQUATE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE LIBRARY SUCH AN AMAZING CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL HUB HERE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. BOB, WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER AND OUR FAMILIES A VERY LONG TIME. FROM PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS TO YOUR BRACES FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR SITTING THROUGH COMMISSION MEETINGS, SITTING THROUGH SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS, FIGHTING FOR BOUNDARIES BEFORE THE COMMUNITY SEEMED TO REALIZE RECENTLY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS , AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY WHO HAS STOOD UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT MUCH OF A VOICE IN A LOT OF THE PROCESS. THERE ARE -- IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE LINENS YOU BRING TO EVERYTHING. IT MIGHT MEAN DISCUSSIONS GO LONGER, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE RICHER . AND THEREFORE, EVEN I HAVE LEARNED OVER TIME TO DO A LOT MORE LISTENING WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT TO GET ON THE DAIS AND I WAS LIKE , BOB, WE CAN'T HAVE MEETINGS GOING UNTIL MIDNIGHT ALL THE TIME .

THERE IS BEAUTY IN BREVITY. AND THEN OUR FIRST COMMISSION MEETING I WAS SO NERVOUS ABOUT STAYING ON TRACK ON THE AGENDA THAT I THINK IT WAS ROBBIE WHO POINTED OUT TO ME THAT YOUR HAND WAS UP THE WHOLE TIME WAITING TO BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND GET THEIR WATER FROM COCONUT CREEK. IT IS COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN WHO AFTER MANY YEARS OF OTHER COMMISSIONS TRYING SUCCESSFUL IN LOWERING THE SERVICE FEE THAT IS CHARGED BY 10% TO PARKLAND RESIDENTS FROM COCONUT CREEK UTILITIES. YOU ARE ALSO THE ONE WHO BROUGHT BACK -- PUSHED TO GET BACK TO YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO GET OUR YOUTH MORE INVOLVED . YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY. THERE ISN'T A FACT YOU CAN'T FIND. THERE ISN'T A STATUTE YOU CAN'T FIND. AND YOU WORK HARD TODAY STILL FOR THE PEOPLE OF PARKLAND WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL PUBLIC SERVICE IS. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH TRYING TIMES IN PUBLIC SERVICE , YOU FIND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THOSE REAL HUMAN BEINGS THAT NOTICE YOUR HUMANITY ALONG THE WAY. THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE CITY , BOB, WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS AGREED ON THINGS LIKE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS , YOU NEVER FAILED TO SEE ME AS A HUMAN BEING IN THIS PROCESS . AND WHEN THE JABS WERE BEING THROWN FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, WHETHER YOU AGREED WITH WHAT I THOUGHT OR AGREED WITH MY ACTIONS, YOU ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT I FELT UNDERSTOOD AND THAT IT WAS OKAY TO NOT ALWAYS BE OKAY. ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY , MY DAD , WHO YOU ARE HIS SECOND FAVORITE ELECTED OFFICIAL, MY HUSBAND, AND BOTH OF MY BOYS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP . BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT SPECIAL KIND OF PUBLIC SERVANT WHERE THE POLICY IS NEVER GOING TO BE CLOUDED IN A WAY THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE HUMANS WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED BY WHAT IS SAID AND HOW IT IS SAID AND HOW THE APPROACH IS DONE. TODAY LEADERSHIP OFTEN SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE JUST YELLING AT EACH OTHER , BUT LEADERSHIP IS ALSO THE FOOTPRINTS YOU LEAVE ON PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT CHANGE THEM AND REMIND THEM OF THE GOOD IN THIS WORLD AND THAT THEY CAN ALSO CONTINUE FORWARD IN THAT SAME WAY . YOU, BOB MAYERSOHN, HAVE LEFT AN AMAZING FOOTPRINT IN THE MANY YEARS YOU

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FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE GOOD PERSON AND AMAZING PUBLIC SERVANT YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND, I JUST WANT TO

PERSONALLY THANK YOU. >>

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED -- MY HORSE OUT HERE. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION AND PRIOR , FORMER COMMISSIONERS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY . SO BEAUTIFUL , ME AND MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE -- ALLIGATOR ALLEY -- AND MYSELF JUST TO LIVE HERE. WHERE ELSE COULD YOU BE WHEN YOU'VE GOT COYOTES IN YOUR PASTURE AND RATTLESNAKE AND MOCCASINS ALL AROUND YOUR HOUSE ? IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS. ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE 1800S. ENTERED THE TOWN IN 1910. GREW UP THERE. AND I HAVE WATCHEDTHIS COMMUNITY. BACK WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY THERE WAS ONLY SIX, MAYBE SEVEN CITIES. TODAY THERE IS 31. HOW BLESSED WAS I TO BE IN AN BOAT WITH A GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A GAME WARDEN AND RIGHT HERE IN PARKLAND. AND I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE . AND YOU HAVE REALLY DEVELOPED THIS CITY , KEEPING IN MIND THE ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT .

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY BECAUSE AS WE GO FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE IN FLORIDA. BOY, DO I LOVE THIS PLACE. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF WATER IS THE LIFE OF FLORIDA, FROM SAWGRASS TO SEAGRASS . AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE . AND I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SERVICE. >>

>> ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE ? IF THERE IS NOBODY ELSE , WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD TO THE COMMISSION . WE WILL LET THOSE

GUYS FINISH OFF. >> I WILL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SOME OF MY COMMENTS WERE CAPTURED ON VIDEO SHOWING WAY TOO MUCH JUST HAIR. ASIDE FROM THAT -- EARLY IN THE MORNING.

TODD SEDUCED ME. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, LONG BEFORE I SAT ON THIS DAIS I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF KNOWING BOB AND KEN A LITTLE BIT AND SEEING THEIR LEADERSHIP AND ADMIRING THEM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU SERVING ON THIS DAIS THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEARS, EVERY MEETING, EVERY WORKSHOP , IF YOU WATCH THEM, IT IS LIKE A MASTER CLASS BY TRUE GENTLEMEN. I DON'T USE THAT TERM IN THIS CASE LOOSELY. TRUE GENTLEMEN WHO WANT TO DO THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THEIR CITY, PUT THEIR EGOS ASIDE, AND TRULY WANT TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE LEARNED MUCH FROM BOTH OF YOU. I CONTINUE TO LEARN EACH TIME I HEAR YOU SPEAK AND SEE YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORDS AND DEEDS. AND I'M INSPIRED BY BOTH OF YOU . WE HAVE FACED A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES. I KNOW YOU FACED EVEN MORE CHALLENGES BEFORE I CAME ON THIS DAIS. I SAW IT AS A RESIDENT AND A FATHER. WE HAVE FACED MANY CHALLENGES -- THE FIVE OF US. WE JOKE AROUND ABOUT NOT ALWAYS AGREEING, BUT IT IS BECAUSE WE ALL CARE SO MUCH THAT WE LEND A DIFFERENT LENS TO EACH CHALLENGE THAT FACES US. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED WITH SUCH INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION LISTENING TO DIFFERENT SIDES OF A SOLUTION, LISTENING TO DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH AN ISSUE, AND ALWAYS DOING IT IS TRUE GENTLEMEN LEADERS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS I WAS THINKING OF WORDS THAT

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CONTINUE TO ENDORSE. >>

>> WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID? WELL, IT'S ON MY NOTES. I THINK YOU CAN JUDGE A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHARACTER BY WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THEM. AND I THINK YOU'RE TONIGHT WE HAVE HEARD SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE TESTIMONIES TO WHO THE TWO OF YOU ARE. WHAT YOU STAND FOR AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID BUT IT BEARS REPEATING . WE ARE NOT JUST COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE NOT JUST AS A COLLEAGUE BUT AS SOMEONE WHO REALLY LOVES THIS CITY AND IS PROUD TO SEE THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN AND THE GROWTH AND THE NOT ONLY CHANGE BUT ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T CHANGED. JUST AS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. THE THINGS WE HAVE KEPT THE SAME.

BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR ME AS SOMEONE WHO CAME INTO THIS COMMISSION ALMOST COMPARED TO A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL. I LOOKED UP TO YOU GUYS AS A SENIOR. BEEN VERY WARY OF USING THAT WORD . JUST -- YOU KNOW, WISE PEOPLE. TO BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM YOU BOTH AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU VIEW THE WORLD AND HOW YOU INTERACT WITH IT. SO I WANT TO START FIRST WITH YOU, BOB, BECAUSE KEN , TO HIS CREDIT, RAN UNOPPOSED WHEN I WAS FIRST RUNNING. BOB I GOT THE PLEASURE OF MEETING IN EARLY VOTING WHERE THE FIRST THING I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT BOB WAS ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW. THE FIRST THING I LEARNED WAS ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. HE SAT NEXT TO HIS OPPONENT AND HAD THE BEST TIME JUST SHOOTING THE PROVERBIAL YOU KNOW WHAT -- MOST PEOPLE GET INTO THE RACE AND GET VERY COMPETITIVE AND IT GETS UNCOMFORTABLE AND AWKWARD.

NOT BOB. BOB HAS A WAY OF ENDEARING HIMSELF TO PEOPLE AND JUST BEING BOB. HOW DID I GET TO KNOW BOB ? I GOT TO KNOW BOB BY WAKING UP AT 6:00 A.M. EVERY MORNING AND SHOWING UP AT THE PINE TRAILS PARK WITH ALL OF THE SIGNS THAT HAD OUR NAMES ON IT. I USED TO LISTEN TO BOB FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS A DAY SCREAMING, BUBBLING BOB, THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLOT. SO MUCH SO THAT MY SON STILL CALLS HIM BUBBLING BOB . HE KNOWS HIM -- WELL, UNCLE BOB SOMETIMES. BUBBLING BOB . YOU KNOW, THE THING IS THAT AS MUCH AS I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, I ALSO KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER TRULY FORGET YOU BECAUSE OUR HOUSE HAS A DRAWER -- AND THIS IS TRUE -- FILLED WITH BOB MAYERSOHN CHIP CLIPS THAT I THINK BASICALLY EVERY BAG IN OUR HOUSE IS BOUND BY A CHIP CLIP BY BOB MAYERSOHN CHIP CLIP . YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN IN OUR HOUSEHOLD. A COUPLE THINGS, BOB. NUMBER ONE IS YOUR EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION. GROWING UP EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME.

IT'S BEEN A FAMILY VALUE I HAVE ALWAYS CHAMPIONED IN MYSELF. YOU HAVE ALWAYS MADE THAT A VERY CLEAR DELINEATION OF SOMETHING YOU WERE SUPPORTIVE OF. I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE WHILE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DIRECT HANDS-ON APPROACH TO EDUCATION, I LEARNED FROM YOU THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE AND ADVOCATE FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOUR WORK HAS BENEFITED

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ANYONE WHO KNOWS KEN, HE HAS AN IMMACULATE LIBRARY AT HIS HOUSE. HIS BACKGROUND WAS JUST A FACADE OF 1000 BOOKS. HE HAD THIS EASEL WITH A PROJECT HE WAS WORKING ON . ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I WAS TALKING TO MY COLLEGE PROFESSOR AGAIN AND GOT A LITTLE INTIMIDATED. YOU COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY WARMER.

ANYONE WHO KNOWS KEN -- SIMILAR TO BOB. THEY HAVE HEARTS OF GOLD. CAN THEY BE GOOFY? OF COURSE. YES. BUT I THINK THAT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO CHARACTER. IF ANYONE WHO HAS THAT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTEGRITY AND INTELLIGENCE AND CAN STILL LAUGH AND BE SELF-DEPRECATING TO ME IS ALWAYS A SIGN OF SOMEONE WHO REALLY GETS IT. SOMEONE WHO IS NOT FULL OF THEMSELVES. THE SUBJECT PRIORITY AND NOT THEMSELVES. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SPOKE , YOU GAVE ME SOME VERY SAGE ADVICE, WHICH WAS JUST TO KIND OF BE MYSELF AND REALLY KIND OF ALWAYS LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS MEANINGFUL TO ME. AND I HAVE TRIED TO CARRY THAT THROUGH TO THIS DAY. AND I THINK IN LIGHT OF THAT YOUR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS IS SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS WHERE EVERYONE IS SO FOCUSED ON THE NEW AND THE SHINY AND WHATEVER IS NEXT. SO QUICK TO FORGET WHERE THEY CAME FROM OR HOW THEY GOT HERE. FOR YOU TO ALWAYS BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE I THINK IS SO INTEGRAL TO OUR COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO EVEN TACKLE CERTAIN ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE IN OUR CITY. NOT TO SAY IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED BY PRIOR COMMISSIONS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND BE ABLE TO APPLY IT IN A WAY THAT SOLVES PROBLEMS OR ACHIEVES GOALS THAT REALLY HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A THORN IN THE CRAW FOR QUITE SOME TIME. REALLY COOL TO SEE. PINETREE ROADS, WHICH NOT ONLY FROM THE HISTORICAL ASPECT FROM YOUR LEGAL ACUMEN. THAT FOR ME PERSONALLY AS A LAWYER . I EXPECT THAT -- RESPECT THAT GREATLY. YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING THROUGH OUR ARCHIVES. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE -- EVEN THE LAWYERS WE OUTSOURCED HAD NO IDEA ABOUT. VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ULTIMATE RESOLUTION. SO THAT I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND REALLY APPRECIATIVE. ONE MORE THING ABOUT YOU. ALWAYS ENJOYED YOU LISTEN A LOT BEFORE YOU SPEAK . BOB, YOU LISTEN TOO BUT YOU ALSO SPEAK A LOT. I WILL SAY THERE IS TIMES IN THE

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HOPEFULLY YOU WILL STILL BE THERE. TRUTHFULLY I -- MY KIDS LOOKED TO YOU TO PUT THE BAIT ON THE HOOK SPIRIT THEY DON'T LOOK TO ME. I KIND OF NEED YOU THERE. BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS -- IT IS HARD. IT IS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN SO ACCUSTOMED TO OUR DYNAMIC. HOW WE ALL INTERACT. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE . PEOPLE ASK, YOU LIKE BEING THE COMMISSIONER? PEOPLE THINK THAT IS A CRAZY THING TO SAY. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST ENJOYABLE THING I HAVE EVER DONE, BUT IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN BE -- NEXT TO ME. THE TWO OF YOU OBVIOUSLY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A WORKSHOP AND TO ME THE TRUE BAROMETER IS LEAVING A WORKSHOP AND ALL OF US GOING FOR PIZZA IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. IT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY DINNER. IT DOES. THAT IS STAFF INCLUDED. THAT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER , RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, AND WE ARE HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS DONE ALL THREE OF THOSE WITHOUT FAILURE. IT IS HARD TO DO THIS. NOT GOODBYE UNTIL NEXT TIME. ESPECIALLY COOL THAT IT IS EVEN MORE POIGNANT TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY WRITE THE PARKLAND HISTORY BUT ALSO BE A PART OF IT. I THINK BOTH OF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT. I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS. BUT I PERSONALLY AM GOING TO MISS YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

>> SAID. BUT , I MEAN , SIMEON BRIER AND JORDAN. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE WILL HAVE IS WE WILL BE ABLE TO NOW TALK TO ONE ANOTHER . I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE THE TWO OF YOU BRING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO THIS COMMISSION, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU GUYS ALWAYS MAKE SURE -- SOMETIMES I EVEN SAY I MAY BE A LITTLE SPONTANEOUS AND THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND BE A LITTLE WACKY, BUT I KNOW WHEN I COME UP HERE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT ARGUMENT WITH YOU GUYS. I KNOW CHRISTINE -- SHE SAID IT AS FAR AS STATUTES AND POLICIES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE JOB. THERE IS NO ONE THAT KNOWS MORE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAN YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE , AGAIN, THAT MAKES ME BE BETTER BECAUSE I CANNOT JUST COME UP HERE AND WING IT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO CALL ME OUT ON

IT. >>

>> BUT NO. IT'S VERY APPRECIATED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS UNDERESTIMATED IS THE IMPACT YOU HAVE HAD NOT JUST IN PARKLAND BUT ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY. YOU HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES . I KNOW MOST

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BUT I THINK -- THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE , AGAIN, I THINK IT IS PARTLY MY PERSONALITY, BUT IT IS NICE HAVING SOMEBODY TO KIND OF SIT BACK , LISTEN , AND THEN TAKE EVERYTHING IN AS JORDAN SAID. LISTEN TO EVERYBODY AND KIND OF WELD IT ALL TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND . THESE PAST FOUR YEARS BEING MAYOR HAS BEEN AN HONOR FOR ME SERVING WITH YOU GUYS . HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY -- I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO MISS YOU GUYS, BUT SELFISHLY, YOU ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE WE HAVE NICE CHEMISTRY . AGAIN, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO. BUT WE AGREE THE RIGHT WAY. SOME OTHER CITIES DON'T DISAGREE THE WAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DISAGREE . AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT WILL RUB OFF TO THE CITY. WE ARE THE LEADERS OF THE CITY, SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY AND THE RESIDENTS DO FEEL THAT. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE AS CHRISTINE SAID BEFORE , YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME REALLY HARD TIMES . YOU GOT UP EVERY DAY . CONTINUE TO WORK. YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS. THAT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I APPRECIATE IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS AS THINGS COME UP AND I LOOK TO YOU GUYS FOR SOME ADVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR

SERVICE. >>

>> WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST -- YOU GUYS.

>> FRIENDS AND FELLOW PARKLAND ENTHUSIASTS , I HOPE YOU BEAR WITH ME AND FORGET THE LENGTH OF THIS AFTER ALL OF THE SPEECH THAT HAS GONE ON. THIS IS MY LAST SPEECH AS A PARKLAND COMMISSIONER, SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID IT RIGHT . I DON'T HAVE THE GIFT OF THE OFF-THE-CUFF ELOQUENCE THAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE AND THAT SO MANY WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US TONIGHT HAVE. I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF MY SPEECH AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THROUGH IT. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT MY TWO TERMS AS PARKLAND ÚCOMMISSIONER HAVE COME TO AN END. IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY AND A CENTURY AGO THAT I FIRST TOOK ON THIS ROLE WITH THE VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND A HEART FULL OF HOPE. MY INTENT FROM THE BEGINNING WAS TO GET BACK TO THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDED MY FAMILY WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE TO GO UP . AS I PREPARE TO STEP DOWN, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT AND EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE AND TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THIS HAS BEEN. I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY -- INDULGE ME. I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE SHARON FOR SHARING THIS JOURNEY WITH ME. SHE IS MY SOUNDING BOARD, MY RUDDER, WHEN I FELT CAST ADRIFT WITH SOME OF OUR MORE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES, MY ROCK , AND HER COURAGE IN THE FACE OF PARKLAND'S DARKEST DAYS HELPED ME NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CRUSHING LOSSES OF THE TRAGEDY AND ITS AFTERMATH. I WANT TO WISH HER AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND 40TH ANNIVERSARY , WHICH WE WILL SHARE IN DECEMBER. I WANT TO THANK ALSO MY CHILDREN, DOUG AND LAUREN, AND THE GRANDKIDS , WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SLEEPING BUT HOPEFULLY WATCHING , WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US HERE TONIGHT .

AND TO SAM AND JASON, WHO ARE HERE AND ARE SOON TO BE MET GRANDSON , WHO WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT HIS NAME IS YET . BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE. FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS LOVE AND SUPPORT WHILE I WAS BOTH IN AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE . I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT EXTEND MY SEVERE GRATITUDE FOR THE MANY DIGNITARIES, ELECTED OFFICIALS, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT TO SEE BOB AND I OFF INTO THE SUNSET OR MAYBE WATCHING US ON

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YOUR TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING OUR CITY, OUR PARKS, AND ARE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF INSPIRING. FROM DAILY UPKEEP TO THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS YOU HAVE RUN, YOU HAVE MADE OUR PARKS AND CITY MORE THAN JUST GREEN SPACES. YOU HAVE MADE THEM VITAL THRIVING CENTERS OF COMMUNITY LIFE. YOUR HARD WORK OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED, BUT TODAY LET ME ASSURE YOU IT HAS NOT GONE UNAPPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, EXPERTISE, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT. TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, I OFFER MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE. NANCY, JACKIE, CHRISTINE, CHRIS, TODD, MARCELLA, BILL , JEAN, ALEX, AND THE REST OF OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM. YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF OUR CITY IN SO MANY WAYS. WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOUR STRATEGIC INSIGHTS AND PASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TOGETHERWE HAVE TACKLED CHALLENGES, CELEBRATED SUCCESSES, AND CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TO MAKE PARKLAND A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS CONNECTED, PROTECTED, AND INSPIRED. HAVING SERVED TWO TERMS, I ALSO HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE ASSISTANCE AND WISDOM OF OTHER STAFF AND MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS WHO HELPED MAKE BEING A PARKLAND COMMISSIONER A SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR, INCLUDING BOB PAYTON, KAREN GARDNER YOUNG, JENNIFER JOHNSON, ANDY , BILL EVANS, AND MANY OTHERS. TO MY BROTHER AT LAW, OUR CITY ATTORNEY , ANTHONY SOROKA, YOU HAD TREMENDOUS SHOES TO FILL IN COMING HERE AFTER ANDY'S 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I WILL TELL YOU YOU HAVE DONE SO MAGNIFICENTLY. IN YOU THE CITY HAS AN EXCELLENT LEGAL MIND TO SERVE IN THE ROLE OF GUIDING AND PROTECTING US AND MY HOPE IS YOU REMAIN IN THAT POSITION FOR AS LONG AS ANDY DID. TO ALLISON AND STEPHANIE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ORGANIZED, ALWAYS BEING THERE IN OUR NEED TO BE PREPARED TO HANDLE CITY BUSINESS, AND PUTTING UP WITH MY ENDLESS REQUEST TO DIG INTO THE HISTORICAL FILES AND ARCHIVES OF OUR BELOVED CITY. THANKS SO MUCH TO MY BUDDIES AT THE PARKLAND LIBRARY, MICHELLE, MARGARET, REPRESSOR KYLE, JETER, AND THEIR TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN AND FLOURISH THE BEAUTIFUL PARKLAND LIBRARY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST PART OF MY JOURNEY. I WANT TO EXPRESS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE GENTLEMAN YOU SEE BEFORE ME TONIGHT ON THIS DAIS, WITH WHOM I HAVE HAD THE EXTREME HONOR OF SERVING AS A FELLOW COMMISSIONER. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST EMBARKED ON THIS MISSION I SENSED THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL . LITTLE DID I KNOW JUST HOW SPECIAL IT WOULD BECOME. EACH OF YOU HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COMMISSION WITH REMARKABLE WISDOM , UNWAVERING DEDICATION, AND A SPIRIT OF COMER ARTERIES THAT HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF INSPIRING. THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE FACED WERE OFTEN DAUNTING, BUT IT WAS THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH AND COMMITMENT THAT WE TURNED OBSTACLES INTO OPPORTUNITIES. YOUR INSIGHT AND EXPERTISE HAVE BEEN GUIDING LIGHTS ILLUMINATING OUR PATH AND ENSURING EVERY DECISION WE MADE WAS ROOTED IN THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATION AND MUTUAL RESPECT . TOGETHER WE NAVIGATED COMPLEX ISSUES, CRAFTED INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND CHAMPIONED CAUSES THAT MATTER DEEPLY TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE SUCCESS WE HAVE ACHIEVED IS A TESTAMENT NOT JUST TO OUR INDIVIDUAL TALENTS BUT TO THE SYNERGY WE FOSTERED AS A TEAM. EACH MEETING, EACH DISCUSSION, AND EACH DECISION HAS BEEN A TESTAMENT TO YOUR DEDICATION AND COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT HAS DEFINED OUR WORK. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. YOUR WISDOM AND COLLEGIALITY HAVE MADE THIS APPARENTLY MEANINGFUL. THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF SERVING ALONGSIDE YOU AND MAKING THIS CHAPTER OF OUR LIVES SO REMARKABLE. AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT BOB AND I, CARRY WITH YOU THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED AND THE FRIENDSHIPS WE HAVE FORGED. I'M CONFIDENT THE VALUES WE HAVE CHAMPIONED AND SPIRIT OF COOPERATION WE HAVE EMBRACED WILL CONTINUE TO RESONATE IN ALL THAT YOU DO. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ALSO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE COMMISSIONERS I HAD A CHANCE TO SERVE WITH IN MY FIRST FOUR YEARS AS WELL. THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE, STACY, AND GRACE SOLOMON. BOB AND I WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU AT A TIME OF OUR COMMUNITY'S GREATEST NEEDS THROUGH THE SHOOTING AT MSD, THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES, THE THOUSAND YEAR FLOODS, HURRICANES BRITT I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND THE LOVE YOU SHARE WITH AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I CAN SAY HAVING DONE THE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND LIVED THROUGH SOME OF IT THAT I THINK WE ENDURED AND PERSEVERED THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING OF MANY COMMISSIONERS' SERVICE IN THE HISTORY OF PARKLAND AND PROBABLY ANY CITY, CERTAINLY IN BROWARD COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO KEEP OUR

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THIS INCLUDES THE PARKLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE PARKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHOSE WORK HAS ADDED TREMENDOUSLY TO THE EDUCATION AND VIBRANCY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, TO THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ELECTING ME TO SERVE . SORRY. I SWEAR I WASN'T GOING TO CHOKE UP. I WILL TAKE THESE HOME WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR ELECTING ME TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. YOU ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOUR ENGAGEMENT, FEEDBACK, AND ENTHUSIASM HAVE BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MANY OF OUR INITIATIVES. IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO SEE HOW OUR PARKS, SCHOOLS, LIBRARY, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS , OUR BUSINESSES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BECOME GATHERING PLACES FOR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS. YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS HAS FUELED MY COMMITMENT AND MADE EVERY CHALLENGE WORTHWHILE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST YOU PLACE IN ME AND PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER. AS I STEP AWAY FROM THIS ROLE, I CARRY WITH ME COUNTLESS MEMORIES OF COLLABORATION , PROBLEM SOLVING, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT. WHILE MY TERM IS ENDING, THE WORK WE'VE DONE TOGETHER WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT PARKLAND FOR YEARS TO COME. I'M CONFIDENT THAT FUTURE IN OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE BRIGHT AND THAT THE TEAM WE BUILD WILL CONTINUE PUSHING FORWARD WITH THE SAME PASSION AND DEDICATION. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONER AND WISH CINDY MURPHY AND BERGER LOOK IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. I'M CONFIDENT YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION AND WILL HELP TO LEAD AND GUIDE OUR CITY INTO THE FUTURE. I LEAVE YOU WITH ONE BIT OF WISDOM THAT MY FRIEND TONY TOLD US ABOUT.

HE LIKES TO SAY THIS , AND I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT WHEN I AM MAKING A DECISION. REMEMBER TO GUARD THE CASTLE. PARKLAND IS A GEM OF A CITY. CONTINUE TO NURTURE AND PROTECT THE FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU TURN OFF 441 ONTO HOLMBERG ROAD AND REALIZE IT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER PLACE. IT IS MAGIC . IT IS HISTORY. IT IS HOME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE.

>>

>> WE ARE GOING TO NEED THAT SPEECH FOR THE ARCHIVES. PASS ÚIT TO ALLISON WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

>> MY TURN? MOTION TO APPROVE? NO. I JUST WANT TO -- NORMALLY THIS IS THE TIME WHEN COMMISSIONERS GIVE COMMENTS, SO I DO HAVE TO JUST SHARE THAT I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK WE HAD THE PONY BAIL AND JAIL EVENT . I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR NUMEROUS YEARS . SIX YEARS. NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I HAVE RAISED. SO I MADE IT INTERESTING. I SAID, LET'S SET THE BAR IN RAISING $15,000 FOR TOMORROW'S RAINBOW. IF I GET TO THAT POINT, I WILL STAY IN PONY GEL WITH MY TWO FRIENDS, ROCKY .

>> BUSTER? >> NO, NO. ROCKY AND RIVER. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER BREYER AND THE MAYOR WERE ALL SHOUTING TO PEOPLE. WE DON'T NEED MONEY TO GET BAILED OUT. JUST GIVE IT TO BOB. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT LEVEL, BUT IT WAS FUN. AND THAT IS THE TESTAMENT . I KNOW KEN WASN'T THERE, BUT HE DID CONTRIBUTE. I WASN'T SURE WHETHER HE CONTRIBUTED TO KEEP ME IN OR BAIL ME OUT. BUT THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW WE ARE AS A COMMISSION. I KNOW ANTHONY GAVE SOME SUPPORT. ALLISON. SOME OTHERS GAVE SOME SUPPORT.

WASN'T SURE WHETHER SHE WANTED TO BAIL ME IN OR BAIL ME OUT.

SHE TOOK MY FINGERPRINTS ANYWAY. BUT THAT IS THE KIND OF

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TREND -- MAYOR ROSS. I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT. I KNOW TRACY IS WATCHING. SO I HAVE TO GIVE HER THE SIGN. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TODD IS, BUT HE MIGHT MAGICALLY APPEAR TOMORROW AT THE MEETING. ANYWAY, THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING AND ALWAYS BEING THERE. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU GUYS. I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK THEY HAVE LEFT, BUT I KNOW THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HIXON AND -- WERE HERE TONIGHT.

I DO WANT TO THANK OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FOR COMING . IS MURRAY STILL HERE? THERE HE IS. IS HOWARD HERE? HE LEFT. HOWARD WEINER. I KNOW ANGELICA HAD TO LEAVE . CITY STAFF. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. I KNOW WE ALWAYS DON'T AGREE , BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN GETTING TO THE BOTTOM LINE . NANCY. WHERE DID SHE GO? NANCY . JACKIE, CHRISTINE, BILL, EVANS . PROBABLY LISTENING SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK . CHRIS. THANK YOU, GUYS.

MARCELLA. LOOK, IF ANYBODY EVER NEEDS A PARTY PLANNER, MARCELLA IS IT. SHE KEEPS US IN LINE. IF WE DON'T ANSWER AN EMAIL, SHE PROVIDES IT TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. ALSO WANT TO THANK JILL . IS JEANNIE STILL HERE? DID YOU BRING YOUR -- JEANNIE AND I HAVE A LONG-STANDING CONVERSATION . SHE WORE SOMETHING ONE DAY AND I SAID TO HER, WHY ARE YOU WEARING THAT? TO THIS DAY , SHE HASN'T WORN IT SINCE . SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU ARE COMMISSIONER.

I REALIZE I HAVE BEEN UP HERE FOR REALLY WHEN I SAY 16 YEARS . FIVE ON OUR PNC. THREE ON OUR EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS NOW OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. SO IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY CLERK , ALLISON. THANK YOU FOR -- ARE YOU WRITING DOWN THAT? RECORDING IT ? DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND STEPHANIE FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU DO. ANTHONY, THANK YOU. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I BECAME VICE MAYOR I HAD TO SWITCH SEATS WITH KEN, WHICH KIND OF THREW ME OFF . BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, EVERYTHING I HAD -- SO NOW I GET UP. THANK YOU FOR OUR FRIDAY PHONE CALLS. YOU CAN STILL CALL . WE WILL CHECK IN AT 5:00. DO WANT TO THANK OBVIOUSLY AS WE MENTIONED THE TRAGEDY AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT DEVELOPED WITH SOME OF THE FAMILIES. THE FOYERS . THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT INSPIRATION I THINK FOR ALL OF US IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHEN I SAY UNFORTUNATELY , I AM GLAD TO BE PART OF THEIR LIVES . MY PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS PEOPLE. ARE YOU THE ONLY ONES LEFT? THEY HAVE BEEN WITH ME. THEY PUT UP WITH ME. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE ME LOOK GOOD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK CINDY . GO BACK A LONG WAY.

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CONGRATULATIONS. I DID WANT TO THANK MY OTHER -- I WILL CALL IT MY OTHER JOB. I GUESS IT IS A JOB. MY WATER CONTROL DISTRICT PEOPLE . BRIAN. IS SANDRA STILL HERE? SHE LEFT.

SHE MUST HAVE LEFT. 10:00 AT NIGHT. I AM ALMOST DONE. I DO WANT TO THANK -- GUYS ON THE DAIS. PUTTING UP WITH ME. I KNOW WE KID AROUND OF THINGS. I DO WANT TO ALSO JUST MENTION MY THANK YOU S FOR LAST , MY MOM, WHO UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR. SHE WAS A GREAT SUPPORTER AND ENCOURAGED ME TO CONTINUE TO RUN . AND I THANK HER FOR HER WISDOM AND SUPPORT. I DO WANT TO THANK MY SON GARRETT, WHO I KNOW IS WATCHING . I THANK HIM FOR ALWAYS TELLING ME, DAD, YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND AGAIN, THANK MARGIE FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME.

>> MOVING TO ALLEGRO. AND THEN FINALLY , YOU KNOW, THEY SAY BE BOLD, BE BRIEF, BE BRILLIANT, AND BE DONE. IT HAS BEEN MY EXTRAORDINARY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS I HAVE LED WITH PASSION, INTEGRITY, AND A FOCUS ON GOVERNANCE OVER POLITICS, ENABLING ME TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. TOGETHER WE HAVE NAVIGATED MONUMENTAL CHALLENGES, BUT WITH YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT , WE HAVE OVERCOME THEM. AS I STEP DOWN, I'M CONFIDENT THAT PARKLAND'S FUTURE REMAINS BRIGHT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OUR SUCCESS TO CREATE A LASTING AND POSITIVE IMPACT FOR ALL RESIDENTS. WITH GRATITUDE, THANK YOU.

>>

[7. Approval of the Agenda]

>> OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

>> MOTION. >> AND I JUST PULL ITEM 8B ?

>> IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT IF YOU DIDN'T.

>> POSTERITY. >> OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA , PUTTING 8B WITHOUT 8B. YEAH. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> SO WE ARE PULLING EIGHT B. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.

[8. Consent Agenda]

>> CONSENT AGENDA, MAYOR. WE NEED TO APPROVE 8 A .

>> YOU ARE RIGHT. WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY

[8.B. Resolution 2024-089: City Attorney Legal Services Fees And Rates]

OPPOSED ? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM 8B, RESOLUTION

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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING REVISED LEGAL SERVICES FEES AND RATES FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION

AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE . >> COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, DO

YOU WANT TO START? >> SO IN LOOKING AT 8B AND LOOKING AT THE RATE OF -- I THINK IT WAS 275 FOR NOT THE RETAINERS FINE . THE RECOVERY COST IS FINE. BUT LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONAL LEGAL WORK . I DID LOOK AT SOME OTHER CITIES AND I THINK THE 275 NUMBER IS NOT COMMISERATE WITH SOME OTHER CITIES. SOME OF THEM ARE UP TO 325. I THINK THE AVERAGE IS 300 . OBVIOUSLY I HAVE GOT THREE ATTORNEYS HERE THAT KNOW THE RATE . THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOVERNMENTAL RATES. DIFFERENT THAN REGULAR STANDARD RATES. FIVE OR $600 AN HOUR. CHARGES LIKE 1200 AN HOUR. BUT I THINK -- AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MY SOMEWHERE LANDING IN THE $300 RANGE WILL HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE OR EVEN SIX YEARS.

>> I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE WITH ANTHONY. YOU WON'T GET AN ARGUMENT FROM ME.

>> I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN ARGUMENT, BUT MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT THE NUMBER -- WHOEVER CAME UP WITH 275 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WAS BASED OFF OF SOME REVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND NEIGHBORING CITIES. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED NECESSARILY TO AN INCREASE, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THIS IS A NUMBER THAT DOES GET REVIEWED ON A PERIODIC BASIS. I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY JUMP IT TO THE POINT WHERE IF IT IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN A YEAR AND MAKE ANOTHER INCREMENTAL INCREASE -- MY POINT WOULD BE IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 300 WE DO IT UNDER SOME AGREEMENT THAT IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE OTHERWISE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CREATING AN INCREASE.

THAT IS KIND OF MY THINKING. >> I AM FINE WITH -- WANT TO

MAKE IT TWO YEARS? >> ONLY BECAUSE --

>> I UNDERSTAND. I AM FINE WITH DOING THAT.

>> ARE WE NEGOTIATING ? >> THAT IS OKAY WITH ME. I HAVE YEARS. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT I WILL NOT COME BACK TO

YOU FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. >> OKAY. SO YOU HAVE A MOTION?

>> I HAVE A MOTION TO CHANGE IT TO 300 FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

>> EVERYTHING ELSE THE SAME. >> OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AND A

SECOND BY VICE MAYOR. >>

[9. Regular Agenda]

>> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM NINE A. RESOLUTION 2024-047 RANCHES NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND ROADWAY RESURFACING. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA , APPROVING THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE'S RANKING AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATED CONTRACT WITH THE TOP-RANKED PROPOSER, BERGERON LAND DEVELOPMENT INC., FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR ROAD LASER RESURFACING , PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR AN

EFFECTIVE DATE. >> JUST BEFORE -- WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO READ ANYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I WILL SEND THE EMAIL. I GOT A REVISED PRICE. I DID GET AN UNSOLICITED BID FOR WATER FROM BERGERON, WHO IS ALSO DOING THIS JOB. ONE THING WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND .

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A FUTURE DISCUSSION, BUT IF THEY ARE DOING THE WORK , I WOULD ASSUME THIS PRICE DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WORK . BUT JUST FOR FYI -- AND I AM NOT CERTAINLY ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST THIS . I JUST WORKED WITH A RESIDENT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I DID GET HIS FINAL PRICING TODAY AND IT IS FOR $8.9 MILLION . THAT WOULD BE FULL WATER AS PER THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. OBVIOUSLY IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE EVEN DURING YOUR NEGOTIATIONS . YOU COULD MAYBE POTENTIALLY COME BACK WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS WELL. BUT

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SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. I WILL FORWARD THE EMAIL TO NANCY LATER TONIGHT SO SHE CAN PASS

IT ALONG. >> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IF WE ARE LOOKING AT YAY OR NAY THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT WHETHER THERE WERE ANY OTHER GRANT OR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

>> I THINK WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY TOUGH TO GET ON THE TIMING.

>> I MEAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT IS IRRELEVANT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE VOTING ON THE RANKINGS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. AND THEN STAFF HAVING THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE. SO IF STAFF DECIDES THEY CAN NEGOTIATE A DEAL, THAT'S FINE. BUT CURRENTLY OUR BOAT IS TO APPROVE THE RANKINGS. JUST WANT TO BE

MINDFUL OF THAT. >> YEAH. OKAY. DO I HAVE A

MOTION? >> I THOUGHT WE -- BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL STUFF THEY ARE GOING TO THROW INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT IT IS DONE IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO WORK. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DO DECIDE WE ARE GOING TO DO WATER IN THE RANCHES , WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS DONE AT THE TIME OF THEIR -- NOT AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE IT SO THEY

HAVE TO DIG IT UP AGAIN. >> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WATER WOULD POTENTIALLY NOT AFFECT THAT EITHER WAY. BUT I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. AND I'M SURE THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. BUT THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY COME BACK TO US AT SOME POINT WHEN WE GO TO APPROVE. AND WE WILL STILL HAVE TO DISCUSS ANY POTENTIAL ASSESSMENTS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AND YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.

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>> ITEM 9B. RESOLUTION 2024-087. SUPPORTING THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 8.5 ACRES INTO PARKLAND. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND , FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE D ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 8.5 ACRES WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS AND THE EXTENSION AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE NECESSARY ACTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE FILINGS TO EFFECTIVE -- EFFECTUATE THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF PARKLAND , PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MY LAST SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER CUTLER AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN. ROLL CALL.

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

>> GOOD EVENING , MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES OTHER THAN TO SPEAK ON THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RETIRING AND LEAVING US. I WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT WAS FOR US TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND LISTEN TO THE MANY FOLKS THAT CAME UP AND JUST GAVE SUCH HEARTFELT SPEECHES AND JUST THEIR EXPERIENCES WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU BOTH . IT IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION AND THE MANY YEARS YOU HAVE DEDICATED TO THE CITY . I HAVE ONLY MYSELF BEEN HERE TWO YEARS BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT BOTH OF YOU WELCOMED ME INTO THIS PARKLAND FAMILY AND REALLY SHOWED ME WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE PART OF A CITY THAT PUTS ITS RESIDENTS FIRST . THEIR WELL-BEING, WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM AHEAD OF THEIR OWN . SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR JUST HOW MUCH YOU HAVE SUPPORTED ME, HOW YOU HAVE SUPPORTED MY STAFF , WHETHERIT IS ATTENDING WITH A COP OR PARKLAND NIGHT OUT. ANY EVENTS WE HAVE. IT MEANT A LOT TO ME FOR YOU TO ATTEND THOSE EVENTS AND BE THERE AND SUPPORT ME PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY. SO FOR THAT I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

I WISH YOU BOTH THE BEST. I KNOW I WILL STILL SEE YOU AND SPEAK TO YOU . IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU NEED, PLEASE FEEL

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

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>> THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE

DEPARTMENT . >> I'M ALSO GOING TO FORGO MY VERY EXCITING STATS THAT I ALWAYS PROVIDE YOU GUYS AT EVERY COMMISSION MEETING. SORRY. ON BEHALF OF CHIEF AND MYSELF AND THE 200 EMPLOYEES OF THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU TWO FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THAT EVERYONE OF OUR EVENTS. WE SEE YOU GUYS AT THE STATIONS. WE LOVE HAVING YOU GUYS AROUND . THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN TO PUBLIC SAFETY HEE IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION HAS BEEN REMARKABLE AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH WHEN WE COME TO YOU GUYS AND ASK FOR THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS FOR YOUR RESIDENTS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED US .

STAFFING NEEDS, EQUIPMENT NEEDS. EVERYTHING HAVE ALWAYS ASKED FOR. YOU HAVE ALWAYS SIMPLY ASKED US, WILL IT BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS? IF THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU GUYS MADE THE DECISION AND MADE IT POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. KEN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET YOU A DOOR OFF OF AN OLD FIRE TRUCK ONE OF THESE DAYS. THAT ONE THAT IS SITTING OUT THERE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. BOB, IF IT EVER COMES TO BE -- I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD NAME IT THE BOB MAYERSOHN FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE IN THE FUTURE . BUT SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU BOTH

[12. Comments by the City Manager]

APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. >> COMMENTS BY THE CITY

MANAGER. >> I WILL BE QUICK BUT I DO HAVE SOME PREPARED ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO BOTH OF YOU. I'M GOING TO START WITH BOB. AS I THINK BACK ON THE EIGHT YEARS, I REALIZE HOW MUCH I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE TIME WORKING -- PLENTY OF MOMENTS WE DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE, BUT THOSE DEBATES WERE INVALUABLE. THEY ILLUSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A GOOD LISTENER AND CONSIDERING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED THE PASSION YOU HAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE ISSUES IN YOUR WORK WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AS WELL AS YOUR DEDICATION TO EDUCATING WITH CHILDREN. YOUR ADVOCACY AND COMMITMENT HAVE BEEN INSPIRING AND I APPRECIATE THE IMPACT YOU HAVE MADE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, BOB.

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST. KEN , I CAN'T FULLY EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. YOU TRULY EMBODY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT. I HAVE SEEN YOU APPROACH EVERY DECISION WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY , AND GENUINE CARE. WORKING WITH YOU HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE , AND I'M TRULY GOING TO MISS YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM . THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING AND BELIEVING IN ME, AND I HOPE I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU PROUD. THANK YOU,

KEN . >>

[13. Comments by the City Attorney]

>> COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

>> I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BEACH AND VICE MAYOR, WANTED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY TO COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN BUT COULDN'T MAKE IT AND ASKED THAT I DO SO. I DO HAVE A COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH FOR SERVICE IN THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE COUNTY. COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN AS WELL. YOU MAY WANT TO DRIVE OVER THERE TODAY, BOB BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH I DO HAVE THIS TO PRESENT TO YOU. POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO BOTH OF YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR VOTING FOR ME FOUR YEARS AGO. GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO. GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY EVEN THOUGH KEN PROBABLY LOOKED AT ME INITIALLY AND SAID HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAS AS MUCH HISTORY. THANK YOU FOR CHALLENGING ME , BOTH OF YOU, IN YOUR OWN VARIETY OF WAYS. THANK YOU, BOB, FOR YOUR 5:00 CALLS ON FRIDAY. YOU WILL THROW 13 DIFFERENT THINGS AT ME. WE HEAR A LOT OF CITY ATTORNEYS. SOMEHOW YOU COME UP WITH THINGS -- IDEAS AND CONCEPTS I HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. I THINK THAT IS JUST YOU FOLLOWING THROUGH ON YOUR PASSION FOR THE RESIDENTS AND TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LEGAL DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD. LEGAL STRATEGIES WE HAVE HAD. I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED IT. COULD BE ON TUESDAY MORNING AVAILABLE ON A SATURDAY TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE, WHO I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR DID NOT MAIL IT IN. TO THE VERY END THEY ARE STILL WORKING. I'M STILL GETTING CALLS ABOUT THIS ISSUE OR THAT ISSUE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT HAS TRULY BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH THE BOTH OF YOU.

AGAIN, I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR YOU. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU AGAIN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY AND THE FIRM. THANK YOU.

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ADJOURN THE MEETING? >> SECOND.

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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.