Mar 12, 2025 City Commission Meeting

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OKAY. ARE WE ON? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OKAY.

[1. Call to Order]

EXCUSE ME. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.

ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER MURPHY, PRESENT. VICE MAYOR HERE IS RHO.

HERE, MAYOR. WALKER. HERE, COMMISSIONER. BRIER.

HERE, COMMISSIONER. KANTERMAN. HERE. THANK YOU.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

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

WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, MUSLIM RESIDENTS OF CITY OF PARKLAND.

AND JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITY COMMISSION AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR WELCOMING US AND WELCOMING, WELCOMING RAMADAN INTO OUR CITY HALL. SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IFTAR HERE FOR FOR YOU GUYS.

WE'VE HAD A LONG YEAR OF BRIDGE BUILDING, AND WE CONTINUE WE HOPE TO CONTINUE DOING THIS FOR AS LONG AS WE'RE RESIDENTS HERE.

AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE MUSLIMS LIVING HERE. THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A TIME WHERE WE'RE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS TO EACH OTHER.

AND BEING HERE FOR EACH OTHER TO UNDERSTAND OUR NEEDS AS A AS NEIGHBORS AND AS A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. SO WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF MUSLIMS REPRESENTED HERE IN TERMS OF THEIR PROFESSIONS, IN TERMS OF THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET YOU AND FOR YOU TO MEET US THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS NOW, THE SECOND YEAR, IS GREAT AND WE'RE HOPING TO BUILD ON THIS TRADITION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.

AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOU WHENEVER YOU NEED. GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN AND JUST WANT TO SAY PARKLAND STRONG.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DON'T MIND US.

WE MAY ALL JUST BE GETTING UP FOR A SECOND TO GO BREAK OUR FAST.

OF COURSE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GOT IT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO THE COMMISSION, MR. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WELL, SINCE THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THERE'S BEEN A LOT HAPPENING, SO THIS MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL FOR ME.

WE DID ENJOY. SIMEON'S 50TH BIRTHDAY IS AT HIS HOUSE.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL. WELCOME TO THE PLUS 50 CLUB, BY THE WAY.

THAT WAS A NICE ADDITION TO OUR OUR LITTLE CLUB.

WE OPENED PARKLANDS YOUTH SOFTBALL AND CHALLENGER BASEBALL.

WE ALSO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTNER FORUM, WHERE WE WORK WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEMSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TRY TO ENERGIZE ENHANCE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, ALL FOR THE STUDENTS.

WE GOT TO CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT PARKLAND GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.

YET ANOTHER FARMERS MARKET WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE CRAFT FAIR THIS TIME AROUND.

AFTER THAT, WE GOT TO GO TO THE THE WALK FOR FRIENDSHIP AT THE AMPHITHEATER THAT WAS HOSTED BY RABBI RABBI FROM CHABAD AND THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE, WHICH, IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE IS, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT MATCHES TEENS WITH KIDS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS FOR ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES. IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE MID 90S.

THERE IS OVER 80 CHAPTERS NOW, INCLUDING ONE HERE IN PARKLAND WITH CHABAD.

IT IS OPEN TO CHILDREN OF ALL FAITHS, SO IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE DETAILS ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN FIND THEM ON CHABAD WEBSITE.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE PARKLAND DAY, WHICH WAS A ROUSING SUCCESS.

WE HAD MORE PEOPLE TO THE PARADE THAN I HAD EVER SEEN.

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THEY REALLY LIKED THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY FOR THEIR BEST FLOAT THAT THEY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON. AND OF COURSE IT WAS AWESOME SEEING THE PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION GALLOPING AROUND WITH SKILLS THAT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE I COULD HAVE.

WE WERE ABLE TO NAME A FIRE STATION 42 FOR BECKY GUERIN, WHO, AMONG COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF SERVICE THAT SHE GAVE TO THE CITY, SHE SERVED AS AS MAYOR AND THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR FROM 1978 THROUGH 1986, AND WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE HER FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING HER GRANDDAUGHTER THAT WAS THERE FOR THE CEREMONY THAT EVENING.

OF COURSE, THE BUSINESS EXPO PERFORMANCES ARE HIGHLIGHTED, HEADLINED BY BLACK FLAG, WHICH IS A KENNY CHESNEY TRIBUTE BAND, DID A GREAT JOB. OUR OUR PARKS AND REC AND EVENT STAFF ONCE AGAIN KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK FOR THE ENTIRE DAY'S EVENTS.

I REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR MUSLIM FAMILIES FROM PARKLAND AND THE AREA FOR TONIGHT.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY TOUCHING. AND RAMADAN MUBARAK, FOR THOSE THAT CELEBRATE AND OF COURSE, FOR THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING PURIM THIS FRIDAY. GET SOME HAMANTASCHEN.

IT'S GOOD STUFF. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY, TRY IT. IT'S REALLY GOOD. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER BRIER. I KNOW WE GOT A PACKED HOUSE, SO I'LL BE.

I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO FIRST START BY THANKING NANCY AND SOWANDE AND THE STAFF.

CHRISTINE, FELICIA, ALL THOSE. WHEN WE STARTED TALKING, I THINK IT WAS FOR FOUR PLUS YEARS AGO IN STRATEGIC PLANNING ABOUT BRINGING BACK PARKLAND DAY TO THE CITY. IT WAS HARD TO ENVISION THAT, NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD HAPPEN.

AND NUMBER TWO, THAT IT WOULD BE SO WARMLY RECEIVED.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS A TRADITION THAT I GREW UP AS A KID ATTENDING, AND IT'S REALLY SO NICE TO SEE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT I KNOW OUR STAFF DOES.

TO PUT THAT TOGETHER OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS JUST BEEN, I THINK, A STEAMROLLER EFFECT OF ADDING ON TO THAT EVENT.

SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY. EVERYTHING FROM THE PARADE TO THE NAMING OF THE FIRE STATION FOR FOR ONE OF OUR FORMER MAYORS, TO THE VOLUNTEER LUNCH, TO THE CONCERT, AND A LOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS WELL FOR ORGANIZING THAT AND ALL THE HARD WORK TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. THE CHAMBER EVENT WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENT.

IT WAS AGAIN, WHEN THE CHAMBER STARTED UP TEN YEARS AGO.

AND TO SEE EVAN AND SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO STARTED IT BACK UP WITH US IT WAS A REALLY NICE OCCASION TO SEE THE GROWTH OF NOT ONLY OUR, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT THE FOLKS WHO ARE INVESTING INTO PARKLAND, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUSINESSES HERE OR THEY LIVE HERE AND THEY'VE GOT BUSINESSES ELSEWHERE, IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT TO SEE EVERYONE TURN OUT FOR THAT.

WE HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET WITH THE CRAFT FAIR COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. AND I ALSO WANT TO WISH RAMADAN MUBARAK OR HAPPY RAMADAN TO TO OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS AND PARKLAND RESIDENTS.

WHEN WE STARTED THIS SORT OF TRADITION LAST YEAR OF THEM SHARING THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS WITH US, I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL WAY TO BREAK BREAD WITH SOMEBODY, BREAK DOWN BARRIERS, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT UPBRINGINGS AND CULTURES.

AND IT REALLY BROUGHT US CLOSER TOGETHER AS RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS. SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT VERY MUCH.

WITH THAT MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MURPHY.

GOOD EVENING. YES, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF AS WELL.

BUT I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND BRIER COVERED MANY THINGS, WHICH IS GREAT.

I DO WANT TO WISH SAMANTHA A BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN AND NANCY, OUR CITY MANAGER, A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY.

THE OPENING SPRING OPENING OF BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WAS AWESOME TO BE PART OF.

AND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHAMBER 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND I SAY THIS A LOT, BUT IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN JOINING THE CHAMBER, YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OR OTHERWISE INTERESTED IN CONNECTING FROM A CHAMBER PERSPECTIVE, YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY JOIN. IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW. AND THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AT PARKLAND GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB FOR THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND WE WE GOT A LOT OF PICTURES AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DANCING.

AND IT WAS IT WAS JUST A GREAT CELEBRATION. DEFINITELY THE WALK FOR FRIENDSHIP.

SO IMPORTANT. REALLY ENJOYED BEING PART OF THAT AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE MY FIRST TIME AS A NON BYSTANDER AND ACTUALLY BEING IN THE PARKLAND DAY PARADE FOR OUR CITY'S 62ND BIRTHDAY. THAT WAS AMAZING. ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS AND HER DOG WERE ABLE TO JOIN, AND I THINK THAT HER DOG, APOLLO, WAS THE BIGGEST HIT. AND WE JUST HAD SO MUCH FUN JUST CELEBRATING THE CITY AND SUCH A GREAT TURNOUT.

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AND INTO THE EVENING, THE CELEBRATION THERE. AND FINALLY, I DO WANT TO SAY HAPPY RAMADAN.

JUST ENJOYED SO MUCH THE CAMARADERIE AND MEETING MUSLIM NEIGHBORS TONIGHT AND SHARING IN AND BREAKING BREAD WITH THEM.

IT WAS SUCH GREAT FOOD. I COULD HAVE EATEN ABOUT TEN PLATES OF IT.

BUT MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. VICE MAYOR ISRAEL. IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW.

FOLLOW THESE COMMISSIONERS. I MEAN, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN SAY ABOUT PARKLAND THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID, BUT I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN PRIOR TO MY TIME OF BECOMING A COMMISSIONER, PARKLAND HAD NOT YET BEEN BROUGHT BACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK FOR THE 60TH BIRTHDAY, IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE KIND OF ONE OF THESE BIG HURRAHS JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE CELEBRATION OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CITY.

BUT FOR IT TO CARRY OVER AND TO SEE THAT IT STILL GETS THE SAME EXCITEMENT AND THE SAME ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST, YOU KNOW, A BIG CELEBRATION, IT'S AN ANNUAL THING IS SO ENJOYABLE TO ME BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, GETTING THE CHANCE TO JUST SEE THE SMILING FACES OF PEOPLE AT A PARADE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE THROWING CANDY. I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THEM, BUT IT'S REALLY AT THEM. MY KIDS PARTICULARLY, THEY FIND IT VERY FUN TO THROW CANDY AND I KEEP EXPLAINING TO THEM, STOP HITTING PEOPLE. BUT NO, IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ONLY USUALLY FIND IN IN CITIES OR TOWNS THAT HAVE THIS QUOTE, SMALL TOWN CHARM, RIGHT? AND NOWADAYS IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY HARDER TO TO FIND THAT AND TO HAVE IT HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY AND A PLACE THAT'S OTHERWISE STILL A PRETTY, YOU KNOW, MODERN AND SOPHISTICATED CITY IS REALLY A COOL BALANCE THAT I THINK IS VERY HARD TO FIND, AND PARKLAND DOES IT VERY WELL. SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK AND TIME GOES INTO THAT.

IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE COMMISSION, BUT THE CITY ITSELF AND THE RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU. I ALSO HAD A REALLY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE THAT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT DEPUTY CHIEF JASON GONZALEZ HAS SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THESE FIRE STATIONS ARE ARE FIRE STATIONS, RIGHT? WE ARE THE RESIDENTS. WE HELP SUPPORT IT, WE PAY IT, WE FUND IT.

AND THEY'VE ALWAYS SAID, WHICH SOMETIMES SEEMED KIND OF LIKE JUST, YOU KNOW, A THING TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, COME VISIT US, COME CHECK IT OUT, YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT YOUR STATIONS, MEET YOUR FIREFIGHTERS.

AND IN FACT, I LIVE IN WATERCREST AND FIRE STATION 109 HAPPENS TO BE JUST DIRECTLY ABUTTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I WAS ON A BIKE RIDE WITH MY TWO KIDS, AND MY DAUGHTER JUST SO HAPPENS TO HAVE A HUGE AFFINITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE HEALTH AND SAFETY.

AND I WON'T SAY WHICH ONE SHE'S MORE OF A FAN OF, BUT WE ARE.

YEAH, EXACTLY. NOW, NOW THE SHERIFF'S HERE. IT WAS DEFINITELY BSO.

SO. BUT WE WERE RIDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IT'S LITERALLY THERE'S A KIND OF A BUSH AND A LITTLE WIRE CHAIN THAT SEPARATES BOTH MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE STATION.

AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S GO. MAYBE TAKE THEM UP ON THIS. LET'S SEE HOW REAL IT IS. SO WE PARK OUR BIKES RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE, THE SIDEWALK. AND I COULD SEE PAST THIS LITTLE WIRE, YOU KNOW, CHAIN WIRE IS A GENTLEMAN IS SITTING OUTSIDE THE FIRE STATION DOING SOME WORK ON A LAPTOP. SO I POLITELY YELLED AT HIM, YOU KNOW, AS EASY AS I COULD WITHOUT KIND OF TRESPASSING.

AND HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY NICER. SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO RICH PILOTTO, WHO SPENT MORE THAN 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO LITERALLY TAKE MY KIDS AND I ON A TOUR OF THIS FIRE STATION AND NOT JUST A A PHONED IN KIND OF TOUR.

LIKE PASSIONATE, EMPHATIC, YOU KNOW, HE EVEN SHOWED THAT ON THE FIRE TRUCK THERE'S CAT LITTER, WHICH MY KIDS FOUND FASCINATING. AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S CAR OIL THAT THEY HAVE TO CLEAN UP. AND IT'S EASIER TO ALL THESE THINGS THAT BY THE END OF IT ALL. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PRISCILLA DEL RIO.

THESE INDIVIDUALS TOOK THE TIME TO NOT ONLY SHARE THEIR PASSION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT GIVE MY KIDS AN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO SAFETY AND HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME BECAUSE WHAT IT PROVED IS OUR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I KNOW BSO AS WELL. IT'S NOT THAT THEY JUST TALK THE TALK.

THEY WALK THE WALK. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PARKLAND IS VERY PROUD OF. WE INVEST A LOT IN OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND IT SHOWS THAT OUR INVESTMENT IS IS WELL FUNDED.

SO AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK AGAIN ASSAD AND THE ENTIRE MUSLIM COMMUNITY FOR TONIGHT.

NOT ONLY IS THIS THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE DONE AN IFTAR, BUT TO ACTUALLY DO IT AT CITY HALL, I THINK IS REALLY SPECIAL. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IT WAS AT DEJA BLUE.

BUT THIS IS REALLY A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND IS MADE UP OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY HALL AND NOT ONLY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR HOLIDAYS WITH US, BUT TO ACTUALLY DO IT OVER BREAKING BREAD, WHICH OVER VERY DELICIOUS FOOD, ALBEIT I WILL.

I WILL SAY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I THINK ANYTIME I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS, RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY, WHATEVER. IF YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH SOMEONE, EAT FOOD TOGETHER AND JUST TALK, THAT IS WHAT LIFE SHOULD BE ABOUT, WHETHER YOU HAVE DIFFERENCES OR NOT.

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SO TO BE ABLE TO DO IT HERE IN OUR CITY HALL ON RAMADAN, I THINK WAS REALLY SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. PARKLAND CHAMBER, THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY, I AGREE I'VE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE PUT ON THE BOARD.

AND I WILL SAY THAT IN MY LIMITED TIME OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER, I'VE SEEN IT GROW LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

NOT JUST IN THE SIZE AND THE MEMBERSHIP, BUT ALSO JUST IN ITS INFLUENCE IN THE CITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY DOUG EATON AND CINDY.

I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF REALLY INVIGORATING, REINVIGORATING, I WILL SAY, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND BRINGING NOT ONLY JUST THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BUT OUTSIDE OF PARKLAND.

AND I THINK THAT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT. ON THAT FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY IS THE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT LUNCHEON.

SO IF ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SIGNED UP, I RECOMMEND THERE'S STILL SOME LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE.

DEFINITELY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. IT IT'S HARDER FOR ME TO EVEN FINISH BECAUSE NOW I HAVE TO FOLLOW YOU.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, PARKLAND, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE I CAN SAY THAT ANYBODY ELSE HASN'T ALREADY SAID.

BUT STAFF DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. ONE THING WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IS SEEING IF WE CAN GET FELICIA A SOUND EFFECTS MACHINE.

YEAH. WHILE SHE DID A GREAT JOB AT DOING THAT YOU KNOW.

SO ANYWAY. BUT BUT NO PARKLAND. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

THE PARADE IS GREAT. I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK.

AND I'M GLAD IT WAS SO WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

SO KUDOS TO STAFF FOR DOING THAT. AND THEN THANK YOU TO ASSAD.

SAADIA. OUR ENTIRE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IFTAR AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO HAPPY RAMADAN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MSD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES PARKLAND SO SPECIAL IS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND THIS WEEKEND THE DECA PROGRAM WENT TO STATES AND WE WERE WATCHING IT ON THE LIVE STREAM.

AND YOU COULD JUST SEE KIDS AFTER KIDS QUALIFYING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PART.

AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, SELFISHLY, MY SON DID QUALIFY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL.

SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO TO TO SCOTT, BUT AND END TO ALL THE KIDS WHO QUALIFIED.

IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. AND IT WAS GOOD. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BROWARD DAYS NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE ALL GOING UP TO BROWARD DAYS. BROWARD DAYS IS SOMETHING UP IN TALLAHASSEE THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS TO TALK ABOUT SOME STATE ISSUES. ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE DO HAVE SET UP IS TALKING TO DISCUSS 911 COMMUNICATIONS.

CHRISTINE AND CHELSEA GOT US A MEETING WITH THE HEAD OF THE DEP TO TALK ABOUT SOME WATER QUALITY ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO ONE OF THE INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES.

AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO REPRESENTATIVE WITKOWSKI TODAY, OUR ANNEXATION OF CORAL SPRINGS MOVED FROM COMMITTEE TO THE NEXT STEP.

SO WE'RE GETTING THAT MUCH CLOSER TO GETTING THE EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES OF CORAL SPRINGS ANNEXED INTO PARKLAND.

SO VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT WILL HELP THE VILLAGE.

WHEN WE GO INTO DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGE, THE ENTIRETY OF THE VILLAGE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

SO IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US AS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK WITH WITH OTHER CITIES.

SO THANKS TO CORAL SPRINGS FOR ALSO I KNOW THERE SHE IS.

CATHERINE. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO JUST BRING UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

I HAD A TOWN HALL YESTERDAY AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER TO TALK TO SOME RESIDENTS OF THE RANCHES.

I THINK IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS YOU KNOW, THE POSITION THAT THE CITY HAS CURRENTLY AND THEN ALSO GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS TONIGHT.

I KNOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF THE RANCHES BRANCHES WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING AFTER THAT PRESENTATION.

EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND AND SPEAK.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING SOME OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.

SO NOW WE'LL GO ON. WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST. SHERIFF TONY IS HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD TO PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[6. Proclamations and Recognitions]

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THANKS FOR BEING HERE. SURE. FIRST OF ALL, TO THE COMMISSION, THE MAYOR AND ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT KEEPS THE CITY OPERATING.

THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US BACK INTO THIS HOUSE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS YOU FACE TO FACE, DESPITE THE PHONE CALLS AND COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE REPEATEDLY. TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY IN THE ENTIRE NORTH PART OF MY COMMAND STRUCTURE FOR THIS COUNTY.

WE'VE HAD MAJOR AMY RUSSO, WHO LED AS THE REGIONAL NORTH COMMAND FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AND TRULY DID A SUPERB JOB.

BUT HAVING BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR SIX YEARS, THERE HAVE BECOME STAGNATION.

AND IT ALSO HAS AN IMPACT ON HER PERSONAL CAREER AS SHE HAS AMBITIONS TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND MOVE UP IN THE ORGANIZATION.

SO IT'S VERY TIMELY FOR ME TO MOVE HER OUT OF THIS POSITION, MOVE HER OVER TO HEADQUARTERS TO TAKE ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AND NEW CHALLENGES, AND WITH THAT, IT PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROMOTE ANOTHER OUTSTANDING CAPTAIN THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE ORGANIZATION, WHO HAS DONE A SUPERB JOB IN BOTH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PURSUIT OF THOSE VIOLENT CRIMINALS, BUT ALSO BEING BALANCED ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT WAS BEING EXECUTED IN HIS DISTRICTS WAS ALSO JUST AS BALANCED.

I THINK OFTENTIMES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN BE TOO HEAVY ONE WAY, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU CAN LOSE YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO TODAY I WANTED TO COME HERE PERSONALLY AND REASSURE THIS COMMISSION THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE RELOADING THIS COMMUNITY WITH AN OUTSTANDING MAJOR WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT AND COMPLEMENT WITH MAJOR, EXCUSE ME, WITH CAPTAIN MCARDLE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THUS FAR.

SO MY GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. THIS AGENCY IS MASSIVE.

WE ARE A VERY LARGE ORGANIZATION, ALMOST 6000 STRONG AND VERY COMPETITIVE FOLKS.

IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE ORGANIZATION. AND WHEN INDIVIDUALS APPLICATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS OR RESUMES COME ACROSS MY DESK, WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PUT PEOPLE IN THESE ROLES THAT ARE NOT READY BECAUSE THE IMPACT, THE RIPPLE EFFECT IS, PERHAPS THERE'S A CATASTROPHIC LOSS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I TAKE EVERY SINGLE FATALITY THAT TAKES PLACE IN ALL OF THIS COUNTY PERSONALLY.

PERHAPS SOME THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH TO CARRY, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE VOTED ME IN THIS OFFICE.

AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW MANAGER FOR THE NORTH COMMAND, CHRISTOPHER DE GIOVANNI, WHO COMES FORTH WITH THE AGENCY WITH OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE.

I WANT TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST MAYBE SAY A WORD OR TWO TO THE COMMISSION, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, AND UNDERSTAND THIS. WE ARE 100% BEHIND HIM. WHEN I HAVE MEETINGS WITH MY COMMAND STAFF, I DON'T DO THIS UNILATERAL.

THIS PERSON'S GETTING PROMOTED. THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME. WE SIT AROUND ALL OUR COLONELS AND WE TALK ABOUT WHO'S THE BEST PICK AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLONELS.

THIS WAS THE FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK. THIS WAS NUMBER ONE IN OUR SELECTION.

SO UNDERSTAND FOLKS, WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU OUR NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER THREE.

WE GAVE YOU OUR NUMBER ONE. SO CHRIS CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU CHEF. WELL THANK YOU SHERIFF FOR THE KIND INTRODUCTION TO THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND, TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, TO SERVE YOUR FAMILIES.

I JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, IF IT'S OKAY TO DO SO.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SHARE WITH AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS UP HERE, THE DISTINGUISHED PRIVILEGE OF BEING A LONGTIME LIFETIME RESIDENT OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

THERE'S NOT MANY OF US. BUT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COUNTY, AND I CHOSE TO STAY IN THIS COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT ONLY DECIDED TO STAY HERE AND TO GIVE MY LIFE TO A PROFESSION OF SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO RAISE MY OWN FAMILY HERE, MY SEVEN CHILDREN HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I BEAT THE MAYOR BY AT LEAST TWO. SO YEAH, NOT MANY PEOPLE BEAT YOU, BUT I BUT I CAN GIVE YOU ONE AND WE CAN CALL IT EVEN.

BUT I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M VESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I'M VESTED IN BROWARD COUNTY. MY FAMILY IS HERE.

I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING OUR FAMILY WITH SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AT HEART.

ON A PROFESSIONAL NOTE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I AM A COMBAT VETERAN.

I SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS OVERSEAS IN BOTH OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I WAS DISTINGUISHED, PRIVILEGED TO MEET THIS GENTLEMAN, ONE OF YOUR ESTEEMED RESIDENTS, A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN IN OUR MIDST. NOT MANY TIMES CAN YOU SEE SOMEBODY LIKE THIS.

I STAND ON HIS SHOULDERS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

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SO I JOINED THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND BEEN SERVING ALONGSIDE ALL OF MY TEAM MEMBERS HERE FOR THE LAST TWO PLUS DECADES.

I'M COMING FROM COOPER CITY A LOT. WE SHARE IN COMMON.

I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT I WAS RAISED TO KNOW THAT IT WAS WRONG TO COVET, BUT IF I CAN CONFESS A SIN, I DID COVET PARKLAND WHEN I WAS IN COOPER CITY BECAUSE I WAS CHASING THAT, AGAIN, DISTINGUISHED PRIVILEGE OF YOU BEING THE NUMBER TWO SAFEST COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND I REALLY WANTED TO BE TRUE IN COOPER CITY.

AND I COULDN'T DO IT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR GOAL IS TO COME ALONGSIDE YOUR BELOVED CAPTAIN MICHELLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PARKLAND TO NUMBER ONE. AND WE GOT TO BEAT MARCO ISLAND. RIGHT. AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE DO THAT BY FINDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE CITY AND THE SHERIFF.

THE SHERIFF HAS GIVEN US THE TEN PILLARS OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND OUR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN.

THAT TELLS US VERY SIMILARLY PLACES OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND, A COMMUNITY ENGAGED ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE SAY. PARKLAND SAYS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGED ORGANIZATION OR CITY AS WELL.

TO US, QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT. THE SAFETY THAT'S ALSO ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLANS.

NOTABLE. SO OUR JOB IS TO COME ALONGSIDE YOUR BELOVED CAPTAIN AND HER TEAM, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PARALLELING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING TRUE PARTNERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND MY GOAL IS TO HELP REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES, ANY HINDRANCES, SO THAT SHE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT TASK.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE SOME PICTURES.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS WANT TO BRING YOUR TEAM UP FOR SOME PHOTOS? ANYBODY IN GREEN? THAT'S RIGHT. SO SORRY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.

NO, ABSOLUTELY. I HEARD A. PRAYER. FOR EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO FIRST. ON CAMERA ALL THE TIME.

AWESOME. AWESOME. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU. I'LL SEE YOU AROUND. YEAH, FOR SURE.

AND I'LL BE THERE. GREAT TO SEE YOU. GREAT JOB. YEAH. SURE.

APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN. YEP.

HEY, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? WE'LL HAVE CINDY GO FIRST.

OKAY, GREAT. I'M KIDDING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YOU PUT SOMETHING ON ON. OKAY. WOMEN'S HISTORY. I'M SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG PLACE.

COME ON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HI. HOW ARE YOU? HI, CINDY. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN 1987 BY CONGRESS AND ENACTED BY U.S.

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. AFTER YEARS OF LOBBYING BY THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT, AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS COMMITTED TO CELEBRATING AND COMMEMORATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WE STRIVE TO REMEMBER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN WHO FOUGHT FOR SUFFRAGE, ADVANCED OUR DEMOCRACY, AND CONTINUE TO HEAL OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY, WOMEN HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE PIONEERS IN ALL AREAS OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING PUBLIC SERVICES, THE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, LAW, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, AND PARKLAND RESIDENT AND ARTIST.

A.J. GROSSMAN BEGAN SEWING 246 POINTED STARS ON A MEMORIAL QUILT REPRESENTING THE 240 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS. I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL KIDNAPED BY HAMAS IN GAZA AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE NEWS IN OCTOBER OF 2023. AND MISS GROSSMAN FINISHED THE 92 BY 63 INCH QUILT MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, AND SHARES THE MEANING OF THE QUILT IN SOUTH FLORIDA, EXHIBITS AND WOMEN'S ARTISTS SUCH AS MISS GROSSMAN FIND WAYS TO HEAL THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE APPLICATION OF TEXTILE ART, A THERAPEUTIC SKILL THAT BENEFITS THE ARTIST AND CONSUMER OF THE ART, AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

ENCOURAGES ALL CITIES AND TOWNS TO JOIN IN THE OBSERVATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES,

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YES. I WANTED TO GET THIS OFF OF IT.

FOR ONE MORE. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IT'S A CLOSE ONE. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET ALAN ALCALA, PLEASE? THERE HE IS. SEE YOU.

HEY. COME ON. LET ME GIVE YOU THIS. OH. THANK YOU.

THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S PREPARATION FOR PARKLAND DAY, WE SAW MANY EXAMPLES OF CREATIVITY IN ACTION.

AS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THE DAY MEMORABLE.

ONE OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS ALAN ALCALA, A LOCAL REALTOR WITH A PASSION FOR PARKLAND.

A RESIDENT OF HERON BAY, ALAN IS KNOWN FOR ADDING A LITTLE FUN TO EVERYDAY SITUATIONS AND TO ENHANCING CELEBRATIONS.

WHEN HE LEARNED ABOUT THE CITY'S PARKLAND DAY T SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST FOR OUR PIRATE THEMED CELEBRATION, HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST TO SUBMIT A DESIGN. ALAN SAID HE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, A CONTRIBUTION THAT WE ALL ENJOYED ON PARKLAND.

ALAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR TIME AND CREATIVITY WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING T SHIRT DESIGN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE YOU EVEN GET A TREASURE? A TREASURE CHEST. TREASURE CHEST. TREASURE. CAREFUL.

THE MAYOR MAY. MAY PLUMAGE IT. YEAH, YEAH.

AND ONE MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATS.

SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YEAH. NICE TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE WE GOING TO DO SQUATS TOGETHER? NO MORE. RIGHT. PLEASE WALK A LITTLE BIT. YEAH.

THANK YOU. COME ON. PLEASE. YEAH, SURE. DO YOU WANT TO SAY IT FIRST OR AFTER YOUR CALL? I LIKE TO SPEAK. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, PLEASE.

I DO A LOT OF THIS. TURN AROUND AND FACE YOU.

I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THIS AWAY. ALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ALL LEFT THERE.

YEAH. I WAS GOING TO CONGRATULATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WITHOUT THEM, YOU WOULD HAVE NONE. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN I FIRST WENT TO MIAMI, I WAS IN THE MILITARY POLICE, AND THAT WAS FOR COMBAT. AND I USED TO GUARD GERMAN PRISONERS.

AND THEN I WENT OVERSEAS AND I WENT INTO PATTON'S ARMY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHO HE IS. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS IN THE 26TH INFANTRY DIVISION.

AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY AND.

AND ONE MORE THING. I GO AROUND, WE GO AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I JUST CAME BACK FROM BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND GERMANY BECAUSE THERE'S FOUNDATIONS THAT TAKE A FEW OF OUR VETERANS.

THERE WAS FIVE OF US WENT THERE. I MET THE KING, THE QUEEN OF BELGIUM, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF.

I MET SO MANY DIGNITARIES. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. NO IDEA.

AND NOW I WENT TO TEXAS. THAT WAS ENORMOUS. I JUST GOT BACK MONDAY.

AND WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU GO THERE BECAUSE YOU FIND WOUNDED WARRIORS AND WE DO DONATIONS FOR THEM.

SO I KEEP ON GOING AS LONG AS I'M 102 MONTHS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. AND IF YOU WERE AT MY BIRTHDAY, YOU'D NEVER BEEN TO A BIRTHDAY LIKE MINE.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. WAIT, LET ME FINISH THIS.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. WHAT ALL. DO YOU KNOW WHO ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER IS?

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OH. I BETTER. WELL, I'M NOT A LOSS OF WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I APPRECIATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEY GO THROUGH, AND I WANTED TO MEET.

I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME. THE SHERIFF, THE TALL TONY.

WHAT'S HIS NAME? GREG. TONY. GREG. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO HIM BECAUSE I LIKED HIM WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM ON TV.

ANYWAY, LET ME TELL. LET ME TELL THEM ABOUT YOU.

CAN I TELL THEM ABOUT YOU? OH, YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS FOR YOU.

HERE, YOU HOLD THAT. MR. MARTINO. OKAY. HOW DO I FOLLOW THAT? IT'S JUST VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. OKAY. BY THE TIME YOU'RE 100 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. WHAT IS WORTH ANY AMOUNT OF YOUR TIME AND WHAT IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE LIKE PARKLAND RESIDENT ANDREW BUSENTO, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE OWNED A PREMIER STRENGTH TRAINING AND BODYBUILDING GYM IN NEW YORK, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE FRIENDS BY THE NAME OF ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND LOU FERRIGNO, AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR PERSONAL TRAINING CLIENTELE INCLUDES THE LIKES OF AL PACINO AND CYNDI LAUPER, YOU STILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS AND GO AFTER EVERY NEW GOAL WITH GUSTO.

BORN ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, ANDREW IS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN.

HE'S A BODYBUILDER AND A PERSONAL FITNESS ICON.

IN THE BOOK BODY POWER, PUBLISHED IN 1943, ANDREW WAS CALLED ONE OF 20 OF THE WORLD'S MOST PERFECT SUPER STRONG MEN, AND IN 1972 HE WAS FEATURED IN THE MAGAZINE MUSCLE TRAINING ILLUSTRATED.

IN 1979, HE FOUNDED THE NATIONAL GYM ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS NATURAL DRUG FREE STRENGTH TRAINING AND BODYBUILDING. THE NCGA IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY.

MR. CONTINUES TO OFFICIATE NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BODYBUILDING EVENTS, AND HE IS STILL IN GREAT SHAPE.

HE AND HIS WIFE FRANCINE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TOUR OF BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG, AS HE TOLD YOU AND GERMANY ON THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

DURING THEIR VISIT, ANDREW WAS MET WITH APPLAUSE AND GIFTS FROM THOSE WHO RECOUNTED HIS CONTRIBUTION.

HAVING SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE 101ST REGIMENT, 26TH INFANTRY.

HE HAS LIVED OVER AND OVER WHAT SOME WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A DREAM, BUT PEOPLE LIKE ANDREW KEEP CLIMBING.

THEY KEEP SETTING GOALS AND THEY KEEP REACHING THEM.

IN KEEPING WITH HIS HIGH ACHIEVING FOCUS, ANDREW WILL BE ON A NATIONAL STAGE AS THE WORLD'S OLDEST BODYBUILDER.

END QUOTE. DURING THE NAVIGATOR CLASSIC IN DELTONA, FLORIDA, THIS MAY.

AND HE AND HIS WIFE WILL SOON BE GOING TO NORMANDY, FRANCE, TO COMMEMORATE THE NORMANDY INVASION.

WOW. WELL, ANDREW, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION AND ME PERSONALLY AS A USA WEIGHTLIFTING NATIONAL COACH, WE ALL WISH YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SUCCESS.

YOU ARE A TRUE LEGEND. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY OVER THERE. ALL.

RIGHT.

THEY'LL GIVE YOU A DOLLAR. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.

HOW MUCH MONEY?

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IN TWO MONTHS. THIS IS YOUR. POSITION? I THINK.

IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

YES, YES. THANK YOU. I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.

WHAT? A WHAT A TREAT THAT WAS. THANK YOU. ANDREW.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

[7. Approval of the Agenda]

SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER CAMERON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE

[8. Consent Agenda]

ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. KENT.

YES, COMMISSIONER. MURPHY. YES. VICE MAYOR. YES.

MAYOR. WALKER. YES. PLEASE. SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND THE REGULAR AGENDA.

[9. Regular Agenda]

RANCHES, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY.

KELLY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, KELLY SCHWARTZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ROADS AND THE RANCHES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

LAST YEAR, AT STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET, STAFF WAS INSTRUCTED TO START ASSESSING THE COST OF THOSE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE IMPACTED HOMEOWNERS IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE THIS PROCESS.

THE CITY HIRED GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOUTH FLORIDA, LLC TO DEVELOP THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY, AS WELL AS NABORS, GIBLIN, AND NICKERSON, PA TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL GUIDANCE AND TO ASSIST US WITH PREPARING THE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND DOCUMENTS. CONTINUING WITH THAT PROCESS, IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE CITY PASSED TWO DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS.

THE FIRST WAS APPROVING THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE ROADWAY RESURFACING IN THE RANCHES.

THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN FISCAL YEAR 2026.

AT THE SAME MEETING, ANOTHER RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WHICH AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COST OF FUNDING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED SERVICES.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THIS EVENING WE HAVE HEATHER ENCINOSA WITH US VIRTUALLY FROM NABORS, GIBLIN, NICKERSON, NABORS, GIBLIN, AND NICKERSON, AND SHE WILL BE PROVIDING THE LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR THE ASSESSMENTS.

RICH HANS IS WITH US IN CHAMBERS AND HE WILL BE PRESENTING FOR MS..

THE METHODOLOGY AFTER THEY FINISH, I WILL BE COMPLETING WITH A FEW SLIDES AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.

SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PRESENTATION.

UP. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER AND RICH.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THIS ROADWAY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.

MY NAME IS RICH HANS, AND I'M WITH GOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SOUTH FLORIDA.

OUR OFFICES IN SUNRISE, FLORIDA OUR OUR COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN MANAGING SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

MOSTLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA.

OUR DIVISION GOES FROM BASICALLY BREVARD DOWN TO MIAMI AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OVER IN COLLIER AND LEE COUNTY.

WE MANAGE RIGHT NOW APPROXIMATELY 90 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

EACH ONE OF THOSE HAVE AT LEAST ONE BOND ISSUE.

SOME 4 OR 5. AND WE'VE DEVELOPED THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES FOR, FOR THE, FOR THOSE DISTRICTS.

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WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON STAFF AND FAMILIAR WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

AND WE HAVE HEATHER FROM NABORS GIBLIN HERE AS WELL TO PRESENT.

SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GET STARTED. AND I THINK HEATHER'S GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES.

AND YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO THANK YOU RICH. I CAN'T SEE THE SLIDES, SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO FORWARD THEM. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE SLIDE ON SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.

YEAH. FIRST ONE HOLD UP. IS THAT RIGHT NOW. SO I'M GOING TO START TALKING.

SO WE'RE WE ALL HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULES. AND I DON'T WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE UP WHILE I'M WAITING FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO TO CATCH UP.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

WHICH, INCIDENTALLY, IS OFTEN SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT.

THEY'RE THE SAME THING. A NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT IS THE TERM USED WHEN IT'S COLLECTED ON THE TAX BILL.

THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT IS TO FUND THE CITY'S PLANNED ROADWAY AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RANCH'S SUBDIVISION.

I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS GENERALLY AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN AFTER A FEW SLIDES, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO RICK.

HE'LL DISCUSS THE APPORTIONMENT METHODOLOGY THAT HE HAS IS RECOMMENDING AND THE PRELIMINARY PRO FORMA SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RATES.

SO WHAT IS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT? A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS A REVENUE SOURCE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN FLORIDA TO FUND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES SUCH AS ROADS, DRAINAGE, FIRE PROTECTION, UTILITIES, SOLID WASTE AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN AROUND IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER SINCE THE EARLY 1900S.

SOME OF THE MORE COMMON EARLIER ASSESSMENTS, IN FACT, WERE IMPOSED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A 1921 FLORIDA SUPREME COURT CASE APPROVING ROAD AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS DEFINITION OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HERE ON YOUR SLIDE IS TAKEN FROM ONE OF THOSE EARLY, EARLY CAPITAL CASES. THEY TELL US THAT A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS A CHARGE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY OF A PARTICULAR LOCALITY, BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY DERIVES A SPECIAL BENEFIT FROM THE EXPENDITURE OF THE MONEY.

NEXT SLIDE. SINCE THE DAYS OF THOSE EARLY CAPITAL ASSESSMENTS, THE COURTS IN FLORIDA HAVE ELABORATED AND DEFINED THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY TEST FOR A VALID SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. THE COURTS HAVE SAID THAT A VALID SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IN FLORIDA MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING TWO PART TEST.

THE FIRST PRONG IS THE BENEFIT PRONG. THE SERVICE OR THE IMPROVEMENT MUST CONFER A SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY CHARGED.

AND THE SECOND PRONG, THE FAIR AND REASONABLE APPORTIONMENT PRONG, PROVIDES THAT THE ASSESSMENT MUST BE FAIRLY AND REASONABLY APPORTIONED AMONG THE PROPERTIES THAT RECEIVE RECEIVE THE SPECIAL BENEFIT, SO THAT NO ONE PROPERTY IS PAYING MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE BENEFIT THAT IT RECEIVES.

NEXT SLIDE. THUS FAR, THE COURTS HAVE FOUND THAT THE FOLLOWING SERVICES OR FACILITIES MEET THE FIRST PRONG.

THE SPECIAL BENEFIT PRONG. AND YOU'LL SEE UP THERE.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

AND AS I JUST MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FACILITIES THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO BE FUNDED BY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 1920S. NEXT SLIDE. THERE ISN'T AS CLEAR A TEST FOR THE SECOND PRONG OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEGAL SUFFICIENCY TEST, THE FAIR AND REASONABLE APPORTIONMENT PRONG.

RATHER, IN DEVELOPING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, A CITY MUST USE COMMON SENSE AND DERIVE A LOGICALLY AND FACTUALLY DRIVEN METHOD TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD THE COSTS AMONG THE BENEFITED PROPERTIES.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION, SO YOUR BOARD'S DETERMINATION OF BOTH SPECIAL BENEFIT AND THE MANNER OF APPORTIONMENT RECEIVE JUDICIAL DEFERENCE AND WILL TYPICALLY BE UPHELD UNLESS THEY ARE SHOWN TO BE ARBITRARY.

THIS IS FOUNDED UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS PROVISIONS INDOCTRINATED HERE IN THE STATE.

SO UNDER THIS GUIDANCE, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE APPORTIONMENT OF BENEFITS IS A LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION FOR THIS BOARD TO UNDERTAKE.

AND IF REASONABLE PERSONS MAY DIFFER AS TO WHETHER THE LAND ASSESSED WAS BENEFITED BY THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT, THE FINDINGS OF THE CITY OFFICIALS WILL BE SUSTAINED.

UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE LEGAL COMPONENTS.

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THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THUS FAR OR SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS MENTIONED BY HEATHER IS WE NEED TO DEFINE THE AREA THAT BENEFITS FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW THE, THE RANCHES IS THAT AREA.

YOU KNOW IT'S BOUND. YOU CAN SEE THE MAP WHERE IT'S BOUND. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT'S RECEIVING THE BENEFIT FROM THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT'S WHERE THESE ROADS ARE BEING. REPAIRED OR FIXED OR THE PROJECT IS THAT BOX. CAN WE CAN SEE THE WHOLE MAP? CAN I. JUST MINIMIZE IT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, SO IN GENERAL, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DEFINE THE ASSESSMENT AREA TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY A NON-ADVERSARIAL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY.

WE DEFINE THE AREA WHICH IS HERE. THEN WE DEFINE WHAT THE COST OF THE PROJECTS ARE AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE THE CITY.

THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE PROJECT AND.

AND THEN WE TAKE THE PROJECT AND YOU DETERMINE HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT? IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED. YOU KNOW, DO A NOTE OR A BOND. WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE.

AND THEN WE ALLOCATE THOSE COSTS IN A FAIR AND REASONABLE APPORTIONMENT.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER NOW. OKAY. SO THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT THE PROJECT IS. YOU KNOW, IT'S MILLING AND RESURFACING. YOU KNOW, REWORKING THE EXISTING BASE, REVERSING THE CROSS SLOPE, PUTTING SOME GUARDRAIL INSULATION, SIGNAGE PAVEMENT MARKERS.

PART OF TROTTERS LANE IS GOING TO BE CONVERTED TO A ONE WAY ROADWAY.

AND INSTALL SOME MARKERS FOR FIRE HYDRANTS AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT WITH PROFESSIONAL FEES AND CONTINGENCIES IS $4,768,830. AND THAT WORKS OUT TO $10,114.17 PER WHAT WE CALL AN ASSIGNED ACRE.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN ONE MINUTE. NEXT SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ZONING WITHIN THE RANCHES.

THE RANCHES ARE ALL IN SOME TYPE OF AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE 81 ZONING AGRICULTURAL ESTATES, WHICH HAS A MINIMUM OF TWO ACRES FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

82 IS 2.5 ACRES AND A ONE ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING WITH A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE. ALL THESE ZONINGS IN ADDITION TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

THEY HAVE THE ZONING ALLOWS FOR SOME LIMITED AGRICULTURAL USES SUCH AS BEEKEEPING, NURSERIES, GREENHOUSES, GROVES, HORTICULTURAL FARMING. SO IN ADDITION TO JUST HAVING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ALL THESE PROPERTIES HAVE SOME ABILITY FOR AGRICULTURAL USES.

SO THE BENEFIT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. EVERY LOT OR RESIDENT WILL RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL BENEFIT. THE DETERMINATION FOR EACH PARCEL IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THAT PROPERTY.

THAT IS THE MOST PROFITABLE, LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE, PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE AND FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE USE FOR THAT PROPERTY ALLOWED BY THE ZONING. THEREFORE, LARGER PROPERTIES HAVE MORE AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE ADDITIONAL USES AND RECEIVE MORE BENEFIT THAN A SMALLER PROPERTY WOULD. AND THE PROPERTY WHICH I MENTIONED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO USE WHICH RECOMMENDING USING WHICH IS CALLED AN ASSIGNED ACREAGE, WHICH IS CALCULATED BY TAKING THE ACREAGE FOUND ON THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE AND ROUNDING DOWN TO THE NEAREST HALF ACRE FOR EACH PARCEL.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE COULD BE VARIATIONS IN WHAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY AN OFFICIAL SITE, YOU KNOW SURVEYING, YOU KNOW, YOUR SURVEY COULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

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AND ALSO IT'S NOT REALLY A LINEAR BENEFIT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE LIKE A 10TH OF AN ACRE, YOU REALLY CAN'T ADD TOO MUCH TO YOUR PROPERTY.

BUT IF YOU'RE UP TO A HALF ACRE, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING IN INCREMENTS OF ONE HALF ACRE.

FOR THE ALLOCATING THE ASSESSMENTS TO TO, IT TURNS OUT THERE WOULD BE 471 ASSIGNED ACRES WITHIN THE RANCHES AND THEN YOU KNOW, SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTIES, UTILIZATION, UTILIZATION OF THE ROADWAY NETWORK WITHIN THE ASSESSMENT AREA, WHEN DEVELOPED TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO CORRELATE WITH THE PROPERTY'S ASSIGNED ACREAGE.

AND THEN THE NEXT IN NEXT SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT WE HAVE TO FUND THE PROJECT AND THERE'S NO SIZING.

WE MENTIONED THAT I MENTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE 4 MILLION.

OOPS SORRY. OUR OUR THE $4,768,000. THERE'S OTHER FEES THAT GO ALONG WITH FINANCING.

THERE'S A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE. AT THIS TIME, THE BANK IS SAYING THAT THEY WOULD WANT ONE YEAR'S ANNUAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS 450,000, SET ASIDE AS SECURITY CAPITALIZED INTEREST.

THEY ISSUE THE NOTE TO THE TIME YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST ASSESSMENT.

THERE'S INTEREST ACCRUED, YOU KNOW. SO THAT IS THAT IS THE 148,000.

AND THEN THE COST OF ISSUANCE IS WITH THE BANK IS, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED TO CHARGE.

SO THE TOTAL BOND WOULD BE $5,000,387, $848. AND THESE ARE BASED ON CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS, 5.5% INTEREST RATE, 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION, SO BE PAID OVER 20 YEARS.

THE DEBT SERVICE I MENTIONED AND THEN THE CAPITALIZED INTEREST FOR SIX MONTHS.

SO THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT TO PAY THAT BOND OR NOTE DOWN IS $450,852 ANNUALLY.

SO THEN USING THE ALLOCATION BASED ON THE ASSIGNED ACREAGE WE MENTIONED THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTICE, 05,387,000. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ASSIGNED THE PRINCIPAL.

I'M SORRY. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT PER ACRE. PER ASSIGNED ACRE IS 11,427.

AND THEN THE MAX ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE NOTE WE MENTIONED IS 450,852.

SO THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PER ACRE, IF YOU TAKE THAT $450,000 AND DIVIDE IT BY THE 471.5 ACRES IS $956.21 OF AN ASSESSMENT PER ACRE WHEN IT'S COLLECTED ON A TAX BILL, THE COUNTY COLLECTS A 2% COLLECTION FEE. THERE'S A 4% STATUTORY EARLY PAYMENT, DISCOUNTS THAT ARE ALLOWED, AND THERE'S A 1% THAT THE CITY WOULD RETAIN FOR UNCOLLECTED AMOUNTS. SO YOUR TAX BILL AMOUNT PER ASSIGNED ACRE IS $1,028.18.

LOOKING IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT ROLL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE AVERAGE ASSIGNED ACREAGE PORTFOLIO IS 2.5 ACRES, WHICH RESULTS IN AN AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE ASSESSMENT OF $2,570.45.

THAT'S THE 2.5 TIMES THE 1028. AND AGAIN, THESE AMOUNTS ARE ESTIMATES AND CAN BE YOU KNOW, CHANGED BASED ON FINAL NOTE SIZING. AND THEN ONE THING TO NOTE BACK ON ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, WE MENTIONED THAT THE PER ACRE AMOUNT IS $10,114 FOR THE CAPITAL COSTS. THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND A RESIDENT WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY PRIOR TO THE NOTE BEING ISSUED TO PAY THAT AMOUNT AND NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF THE FINANCING AND INTEREST. SO THAT'S MY SUMMARY.

I MEAN, THE FULL REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKETS. I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ THEM OVER.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WE WANT TO HAVE KELLY FINISH UP AND ASK QUESTIONS THERE.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RICH.

AND AS HE JUST MENTIONED, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WRITING NOTES REAL QUICKLY.

THE WHOLE METHODOLOGY REPORT IS AVAILABLE. IT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.

AND IT REALLY GIVES A LOT MORE DETAILS THAN WE EVEN COVERED TONIGHT.

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BUT JUST TO WRAP UP THIS EVENING. SO WHAT RICH JUST PRESENTED WAS THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE ROADS AND THE AND THE ROAD ASSESSMENT THAT WOULD GO WITH IT. BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO JUST MENTION IS THAT THERE WAS AN OVERALL PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED, AS I MENTIONED, IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS A MUCH LARGER PROJECT, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR A BIG PIECE.

WAS THE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FLOODING HAD BEEN TRADITIONALLY A CONCERN, AS WELL AS THE ROADS PIECE THAT WE DISCUSSED, THAT OVERALL PROJECT WAS OVER 15 MILLION.

IT WAS JUST UNDER $15.2 MILLION. THE FUNDING FROM THAT PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO COME FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES.

THE FIRST WAS WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS, WHICH WERE APPROVED TO BE USED FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

AND THAT FUNDING IS JUST UNDER 5.3 MILLION 5.274 MILLION, AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 35% OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT.

THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE GENERAL FUNDS THAT ARE USED FOR BOTH THE DRAINAGE PIECE AND A PORTION OF THE ROADS PIECE.

BECAUSE THE CITY DOES OWN PROPERTY IN THIS AREA, AND THE CITY IS COVERING THE ASSESSED PIECE, THAT IS, THE CITIES, THE CITY WILL BE COVERING THOSE COSTS AS WELL, AND THAT'S ABOUT 5.6 MILLION.

SO THAT MAKES UP 37% OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT.

AND THE FINAL PIECE IS WHAT WE WERE PRESENTING EARLIER.

THAT'S THE RESIDENTS ROAD PIECE. AND THAT'S ABOUT 4.3 MILLION, BECAUSE THE NUMBER THAT WAS IN THE METHODOLOGY REPORT INCLUDES THE CITY PIECE.

SO WE PULLED THAT OUT. AND SO FOR 4.3 MILLION, THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 28% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.

SO WHEN YOU SEE BIG PICTURE, BIG CITY PROJECT PICTURE, THERE IS OVER $10 MILLION OF THE CITY'S FUNDING GOING TOWARDS THIS PROJECT AS WELL TO HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THIS AREA FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.

NOW TO GO IN WHAT WE CAN EXPECT NEXT. THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE.

IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE DO HAVE TO PASS A MASTER CAPITAL ORDINANCE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE TAKES TWO READINGS.

SO WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT BEFORE YOU IN JUNE AND JULY.

THEN THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION THAT WE PLAN ON PRESENTING IN JULY.

WE HAVE TO SEND OUT FIRST CLASS NOTIFICATIONS AND HAVE ADVERTISEMENT.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE OCCURRING IN AUGUST, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION, WHICH WE EXPECT WILL COME IN SEPTEMBER. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THIS PROJECT AND THIS ASSESSMENT FURTHER.

OUR PLAN TO FUND THE PROJECT, AS WAS MENTIONED, IS DIRECT PLACEMENT DEBT.

WE DID TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A BOND, BUT BONDS CAN BE MUCH MORE COMPLEX.

THEY ALSO USUALLY COST MORE MONEY. SO IN ORDER TO GIVE THE THE RESIDENTS THE BEST, THE BEST BENEFIT OF OF A FUNDING SOURCE.

WE'RE CHOOSING TO GO WITH SINGLE BANK LOAN TO FUND THIS PROJECT AND THE ASSESSMENT PORTION.

AND WHAT WE DECIDED IS THAT THE ASSESSMENT COLLECTION WILL BEGIN IN 2026.

SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE HAVING THE METHODOLOGY REPORT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE THE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTIONS.

THE, THE THE CITY IS GOING TO DEFER THE COLLECTION OF THE ASSESSMENT.

SO THE ASSESSMENT, IF THE PROPERTY CHOOSES NOT TO PREPAY AND CHOOSES TO GO WITH THE ASSESSMENT PATH, THE ASSESSMENTS WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE TAX BILL THIS YEAR.

IN 2025. THEY WILL OCCUR NEXT YEAR IN 2026. SO WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS ALSO RELAYED.

MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. IT'S ALSO ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF RESIDENTS WANT TO CONTACT ME, IF THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

HEATHER IS STILL ONLINE AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO OWNS THE LAND OF THE ROADS IN PINE TREE.

WE OWN OUR PROPERTY LINE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN THE RANCHES.

THE RESIDENTS AND HOMES DO NOT OWN THEIR PROPERTY.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PINE TREE AND PINE TREE IN THE RANCHES? THAT'S NOT THE CASE. CORRECT? NO. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU LIVE. I LIVE THERE, SO I FOCUS ON THAT. SURE.

BUT IS THERE ANY. DOES THAT MATTER IN DETERMINING IF IF RESIDENTS CAN BE ASSESSED FOR WORK THAT'S BEING DONE,

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DID YOU HEAR THAT, HEATHER? YEAH, SURE. YEAH.

THE HERE THE ROADS ARE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, SO THAT CERTAINLY SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS FOR THE RANCHES.

BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY THE CITY ROADS AND BUT THE THEY DIRECTLY SERVE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABUTTING TO THEM AS LOCAL ROADS.

AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY COMMON PORTFOLIO.

AND HOW IT LOOKS WHEN YOU DO A ROAD ASSESSMENT.

OKAY. SO IT'S ACTUALLY LESS COMPLICATED TO ASSESS IT WHEN IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY RATHER THAN WHEN IT'S OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER. THAT IT BECOMES A I MEAN THE THE ASSESSMENT PIECE IS NOT SO MUCH THE THE LIMITING FACTOR. THE LIMITING FACTOR IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO WORK ON THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL ROADS.

AND SO WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY UNDER CITY CONTROL, THAT WHOLE PIECE, THAT WHOLE PART IS SIMPLIFIED.

UNDERSTOOD. MY SECOND QUESTION IS IS THE CITY OBLIGED TO COVER THE ASSESSMENT FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY WITHIN THE RANCHES? IS THAT AN OBLIGATION THAT THEY HAVE TO DO? YES, THAT WOULD BE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING BENEFITED.

NEED TO NOT PAY MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF BENEFIT THAT THEY RECEIVE.

AND SINCE THERE IS CITY PROPERTY OUT THERE THE COST NEED TO BE APPORTIONED TO THE CITY PROPERTY AND THE CITY WOULD PAY THOSE COSTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I APPRECIATE IT.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT'S HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN DETERMINING WHAT THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE OF WHAT THAT ASSESSMENT LOOKS LIKE. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO ALL UNDERSTAND IS THIS IS A PROJECT IN THE RANCHES. WE CAN ARGUE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER OR DIFFERENTLY OR WHATEVER.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IT'S BEING DONE NOW.

THIS COMMISSION, THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION AND THIS COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

WE WERE VERY ADAMANT THAT THINGS THAT WERE NOT DONE IN THE PAST THAT NEEDED TO GET DONE WILL GET DONE.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE I, QUITE FRANKLY, AM VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMISSION FOR STICKING TO THOSE GOALS, WHETHER IT'S THE PINE TREE ROADS, WHETHER IT'S THE HERON BAY PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED, WHETHER IT'S FIXING THE RANCHES.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER, COULD HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER.

HOWEVER, YOU WANT TO ARGUE THAT THEY'RE BEING DONE NOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO DO.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW AS WORK GETS FINISHED, WHETHER IT'S OLD OR DIFFERENT OR WHATEVER.

THOSE WHO ARE SITTING ON THE DAIS AT THE TIME HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AND NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

THIS COMMISSION AND THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION COULD HAVE VERY EASILY SAID, MADE AN EASY DECISION AND SAY, LET'S KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE IS IN OFFICE, SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT I OPERATE. THAT IS NOT THE WAY OUR COMMISSION OPERATES.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE AT WE'RE IN THIS POSITION, I BELIEVE, AT THIS JUNCTURE.

A $15 MILLION PROJECT. WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL THE SLIDE UP, BUT I'M USING ROUNDABOUT NUMBERS OF A $15 MILLION PROJECT FOR US TO ACHIEVE $5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING. KUDOS TO OUR GRANT TEAM.

AND THEN FOR THE CITY TO ALSO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER $5 MILLION.

IT MAKES SENSE. AND AGAIN, ASSESSING RAISING TAXES.

NO COMMISSION WANTS TO DO THAT. NO COMMISSION WANTS TO DO THAT.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET THINGS DONE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT POPULAR.

AGAIN, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M WILLING TO DO.

SO WE'RE IN THIS POSITION, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE RANCHES TO WORK TOGETHER WITH US, TO COME OUT WITH THE BEST OUTCOME THAT WE CAN.

AND HERE WE ARE AT OUR STARTING POINT, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'LL END UP.

SO WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I NEED YOU TO.

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APT. 9205 NORTHWEST 70TH COURT IN THE RANCH. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING, THERE IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH. OKAY. YEAH. IF THERE ARE SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER, WE WILL. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEND ANY ONE OF US UP HERE TONIGHT AN EMAIL A TEXT MESSAGE.

MY EMAIL IS R WALKER AT ORG. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (973) 390-1453.

AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT I THAT WE CANNOT ANSWER TONIGHT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, I AM GOING TO SEND YOU SOME EMAILS TOMORROW.

BUT THIS WOMAN SAID IF I UNDERSTOOD IT RIGHT.

IS THERE A PHYSICAL COPY OF WHAT YOU JUST PUT THERE? THAT. YES. EVERYTHING THAT'S PRESENTED HERE. HOW DO WE GET ANY OF OUR MEETINGS? IF YOU GO ON THE CITY OF PARKLAND WEBSITE? YOU CAN GO INTO THE AGENDA SECTION AND FIND AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLES.

FRED, I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU HAD A PUBLIC FORUM AT THE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID THERE, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WAS REPEATED HERE, WAS THAT RIGHT NOW, AND WE UNDERSTAND THINGS COULD CHANGE.

THE CHARGE WOULD BE ABOUT $1,028 PER ACRE PER YEAR FOR 20 YEARS, AND THAT INCLUDED THE 5.5% COMPOUNDED INTEREST. SO A QUESTION I HAVE, MAYBE YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO IT IS IF SOMEBODY CHOSE TO PREPAY IT, THEY WOULDN'T PAY THE COMPOUNDING INTEREST. SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST PER ACRE? NOT THE 1028 THERE WAS IN THE PRESENTATION. THERE WAS THE NUMBER.

IT WAS $10,158 OR SOMEWHERE. WAIT, I DON'T GET IT.

SO IF YOU PREPAY IT, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY $10,100 PER ACRE FOR 20 YEARS.

NO, NO, THAT'S A ONE TIME FEE. NO, I GET IT. HOW MUCH IS IT? $10,117 PER ACRE. PER ACRE? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THEN, I'LL DO THE MATH.

SO THAT'S A ONE TIME FEE OF 10,000. YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION.

OKAY. PERFECT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN YOU SHOWED THE MAP OF THE AFFECTED AREA, THAT MAP HAD A BLACK LINE THAT INCLUDED RANCH ROAD AND HOLMBERG ROAD. SO IS THAT JUST A MISTAKE? I'M ASSUMING WE'RE NOT BEING ASSESSED ANYTHING FOR RANCH ROAD OR HOLMBERG ROAD.

NOW, IF YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS CLEAR, THE CITY IS DEDUCTING WHATEVER CITY OWNED ROADS THAT IS.

OKAY. SO THE SO THE MAP INCLUDED, BUT IT'S EXCLUDED BECAUSE THE CITY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT DEDUCTS THE COST OF THOSE PORTIONS, AND THE BALANCE IS WHAT AMOUNTS TO $1,028. AND TO YOUR POINT, THE CITY OF PARKLAND DOES PAY FOR THE 12 ACRES OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU OWN. CORRECT. THE CHURCH ALSO OWNS ACRES IN THE RANCHES.

ARE THEY AFFECTED BY THIS? ANY ANYONE, WHO GETS THE SPECIAL BENEFIT THAT HAS HOMES ON THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE ASSESSED.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TAXES, BUT I THOUGHT CHURCHES WERE.

THIS ISN'T THE QUESTION YOU CAN SEND ME, AND I'LL GET YOU THE ANSWER.

ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, FRED. ANYBODY ELSE? ALAN? YEP. HELLO. COMMISSION. ALAN SRODEK 7920 NORTHWEST 84TH AVENUE, PARKLAND, FLORIDA. IN THE RANCHES.

I GUESS THE FIRST THING I NEED TO DO IS POSITION MYSELF AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.

FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS, I'VE BEEN IN THE BOND BUSINESS, AND I MADE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY.

FOR THE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO DO THE DEBT SERVICE.

WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME THAT EVERYTHING GOES AS IT IS AND THE ASSESSMENT AND EVERYTHING.

WE SHOULD BE GETTING SUB 5%, WHICH WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS TO PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE TO PAY IT.

IF THIS GOES DOWN THE ROAD OF EACH INDIVIDUAL HAVING TO PAY IT, PLEASE, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE THE DEAL.

YOU HAVE TO. WE WE WILL WE WILL SHOP AND LOOK FOR THE BEST PRICE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING 5.5%. WE HAVEN'T SHOPPED IT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S A PLACEHOLDER I WOULD PRAY ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY IN THE RANCHES.

IF THIS GOES THIS WAY, PLEASE UTILIZE ME. I APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER'S WORK OF ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAD IN ON 84TH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. OBVIOUSLY NOBODY WANTS TO PAY A PENNY.

THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING. WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHO NEEDS TO PAY WHAT AT THE END.

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AS MY UNDERSTANDING, THE NUMBERS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY ARE ESSENTIALLY LIKE A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

WE SAID THAT. THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? HI, I'M HEATHER MEANEY, 8989, NORTHWEST 70TH COURT, PARKLAND, FLORIDA.

FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE SO MUCH THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE RANCHES.

I YOUR COMMENT ABOUT NOT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

I APPRECIATE I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS. I HADN'T EVEN LIVED IN MY PROPERTY NINE MONTHS BEFORE WE HAD OUR FIRST FLOODING INCIDENT, AND I WAS AN ISLAND. I HAD FISH IN MY DRIVEWAY.

MY KIDS WERE IN LITTLE ROWBOATS IN THE BACKYARD.

IN 1964, BRUCE B BLUNT, WHO WAS THE B-B-B OF B-B-B RANCHES.

HE SOLD AND DEEDED FOR $10. PORTIONS OF THE LAND THAT MAKE UP THE ROADS THAT ARE THE CITY OWNED, PORTIONS OF THE ROADS AND CANALS AND EASEMENTS.

I ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER WHY, AND IN WHAT SPIRIT, THE FOUNDERS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY DEEDED THE ROADWAYS, AND WITH WHAT INTENTS AND EXPECTATIONS? THE ORIGINAL CITY COMMISSION ACCEPTED THIS LAND, GIVEN THAT AT THE TIME THERE WERE NO HOA'S.

IT SEEMS FAIRLY OBVIOUS THAT THE EXPECTATION IS IS THAT THE ROADS AND CANALS WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

THE ORIGINAL FARMERS AND EQUESTRIANS, THEY CERTAINLY HAD THE KNOWLEDGE AND MATERIALS AND SO FORTH TO BUILD THE ROADS THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE TO KEEP THEM PRIVATE. THEY ARE, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PUBLIC.

DO THEY PROVIDE A SPECIAL BENEFIT? YES. I LIKE BEING ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO MY HOUSE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM PARKLAND WHO DO ENJOY IT.

I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU WITH KIDS, YOU'VE PROBABLY DRIVEN THROUGH THERE, AND YOUR KIDS HAVE LOOKED AT THE HORSES AND PATTED THE LLAMAS OR WHATNOT.

I KNOW THAT YESTERDAY MORNING I'M GETTING CUT OFF BY PELOTONS OF BIKE RIDERS GOING THROUGH.

I KNOW THEY DON'T DO MUCH WEAR AND TEAR ON THE ROAD, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THESE ROADS DO BENEFIT PEOPLE BEYOND JUST THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE RANCHES. I AGREE, CITY WATER SEWERS, THOSE PROVIDE A SPECIFIC BENEFIT TO THE HOMEOWNER.

NOBODY'S COMING INTO MY HOUSE AND GETTING A GLASS OF WATER, BUT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING MY ROADS THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE RANCHES THAT AREN'T HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED IN. IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $435 PER PARCEL IN PARKLAND IF IT WAS SPREAD EVENLY.

NOW, I AGREE, NOT EVERYBODY GETS AS MUCH BENEFIT AS WE DO.

MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ASSESSED A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT MAYBE SOME OF THE COST COSTS COULD BE DEFERRED AROUND.

CERTAINLY. I'VE PUT MORE THAN $435 OF MY TAXES INTO THINGS THAT I NEVER BENEFIT FROM IN THE CITY.

IF THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN THE COMMITMENT MADE 70 YEARS AGO.

OH, SORRY. IF THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN THE COMMITMENT, MAYBE THE ROADS SHOULD BECOME PRIVATE. THE CITY COULD FIGURE OUT WAYS TO ACCESS LIBERTY PARK AND THE EQUESTRIAN FIELD FROM HOLBROOK ROAD.

THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GREAT. IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THAT. BUT I DON'T INTEND TO MOVE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ME ANYTIME SOON. I DON'T WANT THIS TO TURN INTO LIKE AN HOA VERSUS NON HOA TYPE OF THING. AND IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE THAT'S ALREADY WHERE IT'S GOING.

AND I WOULD JUST ASK WHAT OTHER GRANTS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. HEATHER. ANYONE ELSE? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MONIQUE OKEREKE. I AM A RESIDENT OF PARKLAND 6790 NORTHWEST 83RD TERRACE SINCE 2003. TIME FLIES. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

WHY I MOVED HERE AND WHY I'M VERY SAD TO HAVE TO BE AT THIS PODIUM FOR THE TWO TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 21 YEARS.

ROADS ARE NOT A SPECIAL BENEFIT WHEN THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS, AND THE FOUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES THAT HAVE BUILT THIS CITY.

WE DON'T FIND THAT TO BE A SPECIAL BENEFIT. WE FIND THAT TO BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE NEGLECT.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK.

I HOPE YOU HEAR MY VOICE BECAUSE I DO SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY. I JUST LEARNED THAT. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE HERE ON WHAT WE SPEAK OF.

MAYOR WALKER, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THE MAYOR HERE FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS, AND THOSE PREVIOUS MAYORS HAD MUCH LOWER BUDGETS TO WORK WITH.

WAY UNDER 17 MILLION. IN FACT, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS YOU HAVE WORKED WITH JUST UNDER 400 MILLION.

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THAT WILL BE PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT WAS $10 MILLION THAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM US.

AND NOW YOU FINANCIALLY ARE BURDENED WITH BURDEN, FINANCIALLY BURDENING US WITH THAT NOW IN RESPECT TO THE LEAGUE GOAL, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR RAJ HANS AND HEATHER, THERE'S A REASON WHY GRANT FUNDS ARE FREE MONEY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE FOR THE PEOPLE AND PROPER USE OF GRANT FUNDS AND STARTING A PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING PROPER EASEMENTS IS PROBABLY A CONSTITUTE FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT. AND IF YOUR GUIDANCE IS BY LEGAL, I SERIOUSLY QUESTION LEGAL.

NOW I CAN HAVE I KNOW I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES AND I KNOW PEOPLE WILL GIVE ME MORE TIME.

THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO SAY.

I'VE NEVER BUILT A HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING A PERMIT FIRST.

AND UNDER ARPA FUNDS, WHEN FUNDS ARE FREE MONEY, THAT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU UP THEIR PROPERTY EASEMENT AND THEY AGREE WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT LACKS EASEMENT IS BECAUSE ALL THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO WRAP UP. I WILL WRAP IT UP. THESE EASEMENTS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE UNDER OUR UNDER ANY GRANT FUNDS OF FREE MONEY TO START A PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING THE EASEMENT SIGNED OVER.

AND THAT'S INCLUSIVE. IF YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE, YOU CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR PERMITS. FIRST, YOU CAN'T USE FUND MONEY AND PUT IT INTO THE AREA WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE EASEMENT TO START A PROJECT.

SO YOU STARTED A PROJECT. YOU BURDEN A CONTRACTOR BRINGING EQUIPMENT ALREADY, DESTROYING THE ROADS THAT HAVE ZERO INFRASTRUCTURE, ZERO BASE, NO BASE WHATSOEVER. AND YOU BURDEN US.

I HOPE THAT YOU CAN LOCATE THE MONEY IN THE FUNDS THAT ARE 21,000,257.

THERE'S 21 MILLION SITTING IN THE FUND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MONEY.

SO WE ARE NOT FINANCIALLY BURDENED. THE MONEY SITTING IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. HI. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

SORRY, SORRY. LORI. AFT. 9205 NORTHWEST 17TH COURT.

AS YOU KNOW, I DID AN ANALYSIS ON THE RANCHES.

I CALCULATED 474 ACRES 0.35 AND YOURS? 471. BUT I DID NOT INCLUDE ALL THE LAND BETWEEN RANCH ROAD AND HOLMBERG, SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND ALL THOSE OTHER ACRES.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THOSE ACRES ARE ALSO GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROJECT.

THEY ARE. SO I HAVE A REAL DISCONNECT THEN, BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A FEW ACRES AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MORE MONEY VERSUS WHAT WHAT I SAW. I ALSO YOU TALK ABOUT ROUNDING DOWN TO, TO THE NEXT LOWEST HALF ACRE. SO IF YOU HAD 1.2 ACRES, WOULD THAT ROUND DOWN TO ONE ACRE FOR THE ASSESSMENT? YES. OKAY. OKAY. AND EVEN IF YOU WERE AT 1.8, IT WOULD ROUND DOWN TO ONE ACRE.

SO WOULD ROUND DOWN TO 1.5. I'M SORRY, 1.5. OKAY.

SO MAYBE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ON OUR DISCONNECT.

IT IS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, IF WE WERE TO PAY UPFRONT IS THAT GOING TO BE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OR 2025? KELLY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS UPFRONT WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID THIS YEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? KELLY. BUT WHY WOULDN'T WE BE AT THE SAME TIME AS EVERYBODY ELSE? IF, IF IF YOU IF YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL GET CLARIFICATION ON ON THAT, ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. AND LET'S SEE THE QUESTION.

SENATOR. PARDON. OH, AND IF YOU COULD FIND MORE FUNDS, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S YOU SAID LAST NIGHT AT THE TOWN HALL THAT POSSIBLY

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I KNOW VARIOUS PEOPLE. LAST NIGHT, HEATHER, FRED, OTHERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN SUGGESTIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE RUNNING IT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT YOU HAVE. BUT YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD OUR COMMENTS AS TO WHY IT'S A QUASI CITY AREA, YOU KNOW. I ALSO DO WANT TO THANK YOU, THOUGH, NANCY AND RICH, BECAUSE IT STARTED OUT AS IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE ONE WAY. AND YOU DID TAKE SOME OF OUR MY COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK AND YOU USED IT.

IT'S OBVIOUS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY ON THIS TOPIC.

OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO LOOK AT WAYS OF GETTING GRANT DOLLARS.

FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON PARTICULAR PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY PINE TREE.

PINE TREE. WE HAD ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED CLOSE TO $12 MILLION.

THAT PROJECT WILL COME SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT.

SO STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK HARD IN ALL FACETS OF EVERY PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S GRANT MONIES OR WHATEVER.

THEY THEY ALWAYS DO THAT. ANYBODY ELSE? HI THERE.

HI. JANICE BATES, 9285, NORTHWEST 70TH COURT.

SO OUR WE KIND OF WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE'S ABOUT 20 PROPERTIES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVEN'T GRANTED EASEMENTS.

WHAT IS THE CITY'S PLAN WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE EASEMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO DIG EIGHT FEET DOWN.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE EASEMENT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DIG.

WHAT? WHAT IS THE PLAN? YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

OKAY? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YEP. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEP. MY NAME IS PETER NAVARRO, 7110 NORTHWEST 87TH AVENUE.

I AM GIVING MONIQUE MY MINUTES. WE DON'T CHANGE.

THERE IS NO EXCHANGE OF MINUTES. WHY CAN'T SHE TALK? THERE IS NO EXCHANGE OF MINUTES. THAT'S WHY THE CITY IS THE WAY IT IS.

VERY SNEAKY.

36790 NORTHWEST 83RD TERRACE. PARKLAND. I JUST CAME TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAD TO SAY AND TAKE A LOOK. A GOOD LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT I'M GOING TO BE UP AGAINST, BECAUSE I DON'T FIND ANY SUBSTANCE IN WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

THERE'S RULES. THERE'S LAWS. I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IN THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED THAT I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY, AS YOU SAY, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WELL, IT'S NOT BEING KICKED DOWN THE ROAD.

IT'S BEING KICKED ON US AT THIS POINT. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

I THINK I HANDED OUT SOME ENVELOPES TO SOME PEOPLE WALKING IN, AND I GOT SOME MORE.

AND YOU KNOW, RICH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT NAUSEAM, TO THE POINT OF TRYING TO FIND MORE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN HELP FUND THIS PROJECT.

AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE I'M GOING TO SEVERELY, SERIOUSLY ENCOURAGE THAT.

WE HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT SHE BROUGHT UP RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS THESE EASEMENTS GO, IN MY OPINION, IS THAT THERE'S NO WAY HOW YOU CAN COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN GIVE US THE SCOPE OF WORK OR THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. OKAY. WITHOUT THESE EASEMENTS, THERE'S SOME CRITICAL HOMEOWNERS THERE THAT ARE SITTING ON AN EASEMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN SIGNED OVER. THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE AT THIS POINT IF WE DON'T MEET CERTAIN DEADLINES IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.

SO I'M JUST HERE AS ANOTHER LAST DITCH EFFORT TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE US ALL TO FIND A WAY.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ACCURATE ON WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, BUT I DO FEEL THAT THERE IS A WAY HOW WE CAN COME TO TERMS. I ASKED YOU YESTERDAY WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO GET TO A MEDIATION TABLE WHERE WE CAN NEGOTIATE AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK.

ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT TRY TO JUST SINGLE US OUT.

AND THE ANSWER WAS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUE US IN ORDER FOR US TO SIT DOWN.

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WELL, I'VE COME HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, I JUST FIND IT REALLY TROUBLESOME THAT IT HAS TO GET TO THIS POINT.

AND AS A COMMUNITY IN 2025, WE CAN'T HAVE A SIT DOWN WITH OUR OWN COMMISSION.

I JUST FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE THE REST OF THE ENVELOPES. MIKE. MIKE SCHILLACI.

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO THROW STONES AT ME FROM EITHER SIDE HERE, YOU KNOW? THE MAYOR ASKED ME EARLY ON TO BE THE LIAISON FOR THE RANCHES, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY A LONG TIME.

DO I NEED TO INCITE THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER SO I CAN FINISH WHAT I HAVE TO SAY? THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE WILLARDS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, FEEL UNSECURE ABOUT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THIS PROJECT ON.

AND I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS FOR FREE.

I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT, BUT TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY HELP YOU GUYS HELP US.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE FIRST MAYOR THAT CARED ABOUT THE RANCHES, AND I UNDERSTAND WE SHOULD NOT HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAST BECAUSE YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. SO WE CAN ONLY HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR RIGHT NOW.

SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO STAY THE LIAISON AND TRY TO WORK THIS THING OUT AND COME UP WITH YOU KNOW, MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK, SO. AND GOOD BRANDS COME TOGETHER AND YOU CAN COME UP WITH THINGS AND WAYS TO WORK AS A TEAM AND A FAMILY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FIGHT AND ARGUE. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HARD ON ME LAST NIGHT TO SIT THERE AND HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT.

I WANTED TO GO HOME THREE TIMES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

WE CAN FIGURE OUT RESOLUTIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE HELP AS A LIAISON, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DO. BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. AND LIKE RAY SAID, THERE'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO DO WITH THE CONTRACTOR WE HIRED. AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING.

AND I HATE TO SEE THINGS GET, YOU KNOW, THROWN INTO THE WHEEL SPOKES AND IT DOESN'T TURN SMOOTHLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M A LANDSCAPE DESIGNER. I'M A DRAIN SPECIALIST.

I'M IN BUSINESS FOR 45 YEARS, AND I HAVE A FIVE STAR COMPANY.

SO AND THE CITY HAS ASKED ME IN THE PAST TO HELP WITH CERTAIN DRAIN SITUATIONS, AND I'VE HAD TO WORK WITH TWO DIFFERENT ENGINEERS.

YOU KNOW, ALEX. AND THEN WE LOST. ALEX AND I GOT RICH.

AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS OF THIS DRAIN DEALS IS, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.

I MEAN, I GOT AN EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION. THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, GOT LUCKY, I GUESS, MAKING IT OUT HERE.

BUT IF WE DON'T DRAIN THE PARK, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE THE FARMERS MARKET.

YOU GOT TO COME ACROSS THAT BERM. YOU GOT TO COME UNDERNEATH.

YOU GOT THAT PERFECT SWELL. AND YOU RUN THE PIPE LIKE YOU AND I.

WE'LL TALK, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET COME SUMMER.

RIGHT. WE CAN. WELL, THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ONLY TECHNICAL STUFF, BUT WAYS TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

WE'LL SCHEDULE SOMETHING OFFLINE, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN TWO MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, NOTIFY EVERYBODY.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY I DID IT, AND I SHOULD HAVE DID IT THAT WAY.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO STILL TRY TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

THANK YOU MIKE. APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. JILLIAN DUQUETTE, 799 NORTHWEST 82ND TERRACE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO HEATHER. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ASSESS, LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH THE RANCHES? INCHES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE ARE OBVIOUSLY, I AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BENEFIT BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN DRIVE ON MY STREET ANYMORE. I GO DOWN 87TH AND TROTTERS TO AVOID HOW BUMPY IT IS IN THE BEGINNING.

BUT SO MANY PEOPLE RIDE THROUGH. I'VE SEEN YOU GUYS WITH YOUR KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BIKERS AND.

AND THEN DURING THE FARMERS MARKET, EVERYONE DRIVES THROUGH. SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE A WAY, LIKE TO ASSESS, LIKE, HOW MANY EXTRA PEOPLE COME INTO THIS, INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO. THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY ON THAT TOPIC IS WE HAVE NOT FINISHED OUR DISCUSSIONS FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WHAT THAT ASSESSED THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION.

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AND, AND AGAIN, AND IT HELPS US TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND GIVE THEIR OPINION AND SPEAK.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. LOOK, WE AGREE AND ASK.

I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER FOR SIX YEARS AND OR A MAYOR FOR TWO YEARS, OR COMMISSIONER FOR TWO YEARS, AND THEN A MAYOR FOR FOUR. WE ARE. AND EVERYONE I'VE WORKED WITH AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ALWAYS WILLING TO SPEAK, ALWAYS WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.

WE'LL ALWAYS WE'LL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY. BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE WON'T LIKE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE IN ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS.

ASKING IF THERE WAS, IF THAT'S CONSIDERED 100%, LIKE WE CALL OURSELVES THE AQUARIUM BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DRIVE BY AND LOOK AT US 100%, SO WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. WITH THAT? WE'RE GOOD. OH, YES. SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR PHONE.

DID YOU LEAVE YOUR PHONE? SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR PHONE.

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS DEBORAH GARCIA.

I LIVE AT 7120 NORTHWEST 87TH AVENUE. I JUST AM TRYING TO SEE HOW THEY JUSTIFY.

OR WHY SOMEBODY OWNING ONE AND A HALF ACRE VERSUS TWO AND A HALF ACRES, WHY WE ARE BEING ASSESSED MORE.

THAT IS MY QUESTION. YEAH. IF YOU I MEAN, YOU CAN KELLY WILL SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY.

I AM DAVE DECKER, 8900 NORTHWEST 66 LANE. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO EVERYBODY HERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE RANCHES THAT HAVE BUSINESSES, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY IN AND OUT.

AND THE LADY JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S TWO AND A HALF ACRES OR ONE ACRE, THERE'S ONE FAMILY LIVES THERE.

SHE'S RIGHT. BUT THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT LIVE THERE AND THEY'RE THEY'VE GOT 20, 30, 40 PEOPLE IN A DAY.

SO THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DO THIS LIKE A RESIDENCE LIKE IN, IN THAT WAY.

SO THESE ARE PUBLIC ROADS AND THERE'S PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER.

SO I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG. I THINK IT'S YOUR BURDEN.

THANK YOU. YEP. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE.

WITH THE AGENDA. IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.

OH, NO. IT IS THAT WAY. NANCY, YOU MUST BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER AGENDA.

SO. YEAH. LET'S GO TO BE. OKAY, LET'S DO FIVE CONTRACTS.

YES. ITEM NINE IS RESOLUTION 2020 5-016. SIX.

INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND FOR THE DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BY THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND. PROVIDING FOR THE DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, JACKIE WAYMIRE, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.

TONIGHT, STAFF'S PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND FOR THE DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

IN ESSENCE, IT'S OUR FIRE RESCUE SERVICES. THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE UNDER IS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 AND ITS END DATE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN STAFFING LEVELS AND THE ADDITION OF A NEW FIRE ENGINE, WE FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO START THIS CONTRACT OR THIS NEW AGREEMENT RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. IN NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, THERE REALLY WEREN'T MANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO OUR AGREEMENT.

THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT THERE ARE INCLUDE SOME THINGS LIKE $1,000 FOR SMALL KITCHEN ITEMS INSTEAD OF TRADING BACK AND FORTH, SOME RECEIPTS. THE PAYMENT OF A BROADBAND CIRCUIT FOR WHICH CORAL SPRINGS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

BUT IN THE PAST, THE CITY OF PARKLAND HAS PAID THAT BILL.

WE ARE GOING TO BE JUST PLACING THAT AMOUNT IN THE CONTRACT.

THE FLEET PER HOUR RATE HAS CHANGED. SO THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS DOES TAKE CARE OF THE FIRE FLEET.

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THIS IS A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AN ABILITY TO RENEW IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

THE AMOUNT OF 10.3 MILLION THAT YOU SEE IN THE AGREEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY FUNDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.

SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING.

BUT WE WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT YOU KNOW, AS VICE MAYOR, ISRO HAD TALKED ABOUT IN HIS COMMENTS, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT CORAL SPRINGS, THOSE WHO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, THEY'RE ONE OF US. AND WE CONSIDER A CORAL SPRINGS TEAM TO BE OUR TEAM.

ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS, THEY'RE ON OUR TEAM.

AND WE DON'T THINK OF THEM AS ANYBODY SEPARATE AND ANYBODY WHO WORKS WITH OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM SEES THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, WHETHER IT'S SOMEBODY IN A STATION ALL THE WAY UP TO THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE FIRE CHIEF, THE DEPUTY CHIEF WHO IS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETINGS.

THEY'RE ONE OF US. SO WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OBVIOUSLY, ECHOING YOUR COMMENTS IS, YOU KNOW, WELL NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CORAL SPRINGS IS IS SECOND TO NONE.

SO WE VALUE THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SECOND TO NONE.

WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER EVER HAVING ANYONE ELSE PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS OTHER THAN THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND TO YOUR POINT. AND AND I KNOW VICE MAYOR ISRAEL TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN ALL THE TIME AND YOU IT'S IT'S ACTION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST TALK. AND JORDAN PROVED THAT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.

I TESTED THE THEORY. THEY PASSED. BUT NO, WE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER PARTNER.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY? YEAH. I MEAN, I'VE ALREADY SAID IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, I MEAN, I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE KIND OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE AS CITY COMMISSION IS, OF COURSE, WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT ROADS, WE TALK ABOUT PARKS, ALL THESE THINGS. BUT PARAMOUNT FIRST AND FOREMOST OF ANY ROLE OF ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL, GOVERNING, ANY CONSTITUENT SHOULD ALWAYS BE THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND I THINK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU GUYS AS OUR TEAM, THE PEOPLE HAVING OUR BACKS, OUR FAMILIES BACKS WE'RE SO FORTUNATE.

AND I THINK AS LONG AS YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE TO US THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE OUR BACKS, WE WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT YOU.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD. MOTION TO MOVE TO MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND IT, BUT I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE LUXURY IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND NOW WITH BETWEEN OUR RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HAS ONLY GOTTEN BETTER AND STRONGER WITH BSO AND THE AMAZING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, AND WHAT I REFER TO SOMETIMES AS THE PARKLAND, CORAL SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

BUT I GET THE FLIP. BUT WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING AS AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID, THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IN AMAZING HANDS SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE IN OUR CITY TO JUST MAKE PARKLAND CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT JUST MEETING ANY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PASSION FOR HELPING PEOPLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THEIR JOB, BUT THEIR PASSION FOR HELPING PEOPLE.

HELPING SAVE LIVES IS JUST SECOND TO NONE. AND I THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.

AND I THANK CATHERINE AND THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS FOR THE AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE CAN DO WELL BY DOING GOOD.

AND THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I ALSO, ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR EFFORTS COMING OUT THERE FOR CALLS AND SERVICE REGULARLY AND ROUTINELY.

AND IT'S I HAVE NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE ABOUT THE PRODUCT THAT YOU PROVIDE.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? ANYBODY? I SEE SOMEONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING.

COME ON. COME ON. IT WAS AFTERNOON. GOOD. IT WAS AFTERNOON WHEN I GOT HERE, BUT IT'S.

GOOD EVENING NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND MY NAME IS CATHERINE GIVENS. I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, AND I DO THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT BACK PARKLAND DAYS.

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I WAS A PICCOLO PLAYER AS WELL AS A DRUM MAJOR.

SO I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON HOLBROOK ROAD. SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. ANYWAY THAT JUST KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR, OUR CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN HAVING CONTINUAL STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.

AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT OF YOUR CITY MANAGER, NANCY MIRANDO.

IT HAS BEEN A VERY EASY RELATIONSHIP TO BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THE NUMBERS.

BUT TRULY, IT REALLY IS THE HEART OF OUR MEMBERS AND THE HEART OF YOUR YOUR COMMISSION, YOUR PAST COMMISSIONS OUR PAST LEADERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL SPRINGS AND WHILE WE'RE HERE, PARKLAND.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR SUCCESS OR IS ESSENTIAL TO US AS WE HAVE DONE THIS ALL TOGETHER.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US DELIVERING THE MOST PREMIUM, PREMIER HIGH QUALITY SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO CHIEF AND CATHERINE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. IT MEANS A LOT FOR YOU TO COME HERE AND YOU KNOW AND SPEAK TO US.

SO THANK YOU. THAT REALLY SHOWS A LOT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE YOU GUYS HAVING US HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE SOMETHING YOU SAID HAS KIND OF GOT MY MIND ROLLING.

THESE ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES. THESE ARE YOUR MEMBERS.

THESE ARE YOUR COMMUNITY. THESE ARE YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

EVERY ONE OF THEM HERE THAT YOU SEE, THIS IS THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE ASSIGNED HERE. THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PROVIDING THE VERY BEST SERVICE THEY CAN.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE'RE VERY PROUD. AND THEY CHOOSE TO BE HERE.

THEY WANT TO BE IN PARKLAND. THEY WANT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY KNOW THIS COMMUNITY. THEY KNOW THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO NOT ONLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT TO ALL OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN PROVIDING THE SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. THIS RELATIONSHIP PREDATES EVEN ME, AND I'M REALLY OLD.

AND SO THIS GOES WAY BACK TO TO THE BEGINNING OF MY SERVICE IN IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE TO THE PARKLAND.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

COME ON. I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU NOT SPEAK WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

IS THAT GOOD OR BAD? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK.

EASY. YOU GUYS KNOW EVERY TIME I'M HERE, I THANK YOU FOR THE RELATIONSHIP.

THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES IS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.

IT IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT.

THESE MEN AND WOMEN RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY FOR YOUR RESIDENTS AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO COMES THROUGH THE CITY OF PARKLAND. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND AS CATHERINE SAID, WE'RE WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU TRUST US TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE EARNED THAT TRUST WITH THAT.

ANY ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? THIS IS ON THE FIRE CONTRACT.

NOT NOT THE RANCH'S ROAD. IT'S ON THE FIRE. GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT. I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT. MY DAD WAS A FIRE CHIEF OF METRO-DADE BACK IN THE DAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WHAT YOU DO DO FOR OUR CITY.

MY MOM HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY A COUPLE YEARS BACK, AND YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWED UP AT MY HOUSE OUT IN THE RANCHES, AND REALLY TOOK CHARGE AND VERY PROFESSIONAL.

ACTUALLY, ONE OF YOUR EMTS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED THAT MY MOM HAD A HEART ISSUE THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND THE MONTH PRIOR FROM HER CARDIOLOGIST APPOINTMENT, AND THEY DIDN'T FIND IT IN THE HOSPITAL HERE.

SO WHEN I BROUGHT HER UP TO OCALA, WHERE SHE LIVES, I SPOKE ABOUT WHAT THE EMT FOUND, AND MY MOM HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY.

SO I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

THAT'S A THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY.

THAT'S. THANK YOU. THAT'S WELL WELL DESERVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING THAT THERE'S NOBODY ELSE. WE GOT A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISRAEL AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BREYER.

ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER MURPHY. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BREYER. YES. COMMISSIONER. KANTERMAN. YES. VICE MAYOR.

ISRAEL. YES. MAYOR. WALKER. YES. PLEASE SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NINE C IS ORDINANCE 2025 002 REGULATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES, MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS IN CITY PARKS.

FIRST READING. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. ARTICLE SEVEN PARK REGULATIONS SECTION 1169 DEFINITIONS TO ADD DEFINITIONS OF ELECTRIC BICYCLE, MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE AND MOTORIZED SCOOTER, AND AMENDING SECTION 1170 TRAFFIC AND PARKS TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES,

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PROVIDING FOR PENALTY PENALTIES, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAYOR, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THIS ITEM. YES, THAT WOULD BE OKAY.

SPLENDID. YOU MAY RECALL AT THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING, YOU ALL HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND SIMILAR DEVICES. AND YOU DIRECTED MY OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF, TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND SIMILAR DEVICES IN CITY PARKS. THAT ORDINANCE IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING TONIGHT ESSENTIALLY ADDS THOSE THREE DEFINITIONS THAT I MENTIONED, THE ELECTRIC BICYCLE DEFINITION CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE LAW DEFINITION, THE MOTORIZED SCOOTER DEFINITION CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE LAW DEFINITION, AND THEN A DEFINITION FOR MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE, WHICH CAPTURES SOME OF THESE OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES THAT DON'T FIT SQUARELY INTO THE OTHER TWO DEFINITIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A HOVERBOARD OR ONE OF THESE ELECTRIC MOTORIZED SKATEBOARDS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN.

AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROHIBITS THE USE OF OF SUCH DEVICES IN PARKS, EXCEPT ON THOSE DESIGNATED THOSE PARK ROADWAYS AND IN THE PARK PARKING LOT.

AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKING LOT. IT'S FOR PARKING PURPOSES ONLY.

ADDITIONALLY, IT PROVIDES THAT WHEN OPERATING SUCH DEVICES ON THE PARK ROADS, THE NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE OR OPERATE SUCH DEVICES AT A SPEED EXCEEDING TEN MILES PER HOUR. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR EXISTING ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO VEHICLES THAT OPERATE ON THAT ROADWAY.

AND FINALLY, THOSE OPERATORS OF SUCH DEVICES SHALL OBEY ALL SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS AS CONSTITUTED BY STATE LAW, AND RESPECT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER PARK USERS.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A PENALTY PROVIDED FOR IN THE ORDINANCE OF $200 PER VIOLATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND THE ORDINANCE DOES PROVIDE FOR THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE AND ISSUE CITATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER ANY OTHER MEANS AVAILABLE AND PERMITTED BY LAW.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A MORE EGREGIOUS VIOLATION, ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY CAN CONSIDER ISSUING A NOTICE TO APPEARANCE NOTICE TO APPEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO SOME MORE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.

I KNOW WE HAVE THE CAPTAIN HERE AS WELL THAT MAY WANT TO SPEAK ON IT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. GREAT. NO, I MEAN, THE I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE KIDS ON THE E-BIKES NOT RESPECTING.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT RESPECTING ANYONE ELSE IN THE PARKS AND THEY ARE CAUSING HAVOC.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BOOM.

WE PUT THE ORDINANCE IN AND I HOPEFULLY THE RESIDENTS DON'T THINK THAT IT JUST WILL STOP.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO NEED THE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO HELP US HELP THEM BY TAKING PICTURES SENDING VIDEOS.

THEY CAN SEND IT TO ANY ONE OF US, ANY ONE OF OUR EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES.

THOSE VIDEOS AND PICTURES DO HELP BECAUSE BSO DOES FOLLOW UP ON THOSE.

AND I'M PROOF OF THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS AT THE PARK ONE DAY COMPLAINING ABOUT SOME BIKERS I HAPPENED TO, DECIDED TO LEAVE MY HOUSE AND WENT THERE. I TOOK PICTURES SENT THEM TO THE CAPTAIN, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE WERE TRACKED DOWN. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND WHEN I TELL, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I SEND US PICTURES, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT DOES HELP.

SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE BIGGEST MESSAGE. WHILE THIS MAY HELP CURB IT TO SOME DEGREE, WE STILL NEED TO BE VIGILANT IN THAT SAME FORM OR FASHION. I WOULD ASSUME WE WOULD PUT UP SIGNS AROUND THE PARK THAT SAY, WHATEVER WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT, SHOULD WE APPROVE IT? I THINK HAVING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THERE WOULD BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE THAT BY LAW OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK PUTTING UP SOME SIGNS WILL WILL DO GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO AT LEAST THEY KNOW WE'RE LISTENING. WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO FIX THE SITUATION.

BUT AGAIN, WE STILL WE STILL NEED THEIR HELP.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING? YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT YOU SAID.

PASSING A RESOLUTION TONIGHT IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WE NEED PARENTS TO STEP UP. I DO THINK WE NEED AN INCREASED POLICE AND RANGER PRESENCE, ESPECIALLY ON THE BIG NIGHTS AT THE PARK.

I WAS AT PINE TRAILS FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND PLAYOFF GAMES FOR FLAG FOOTBALL AND THE AMOUNT OF AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, BASKETBALL, THE AMOUNT OF KIDS WHO ARE ON DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF THE SAME BLACK ELECTRIC BIKE DRIVING VERY

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AND AN ORDINANCE IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE IT.

MY, MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THE ORDINANCE AND I GET THE REASON WHY WE NEED IT IS, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER WHERE WE'VE GOT AND I KNOW IT'S HARD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAPTAIN CAN DISCERN HOW WE NAVIGATE THIS, BUT YOU'VE GOT LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHO ARE ON WHAT MAY BE CONSTITUTING AN E-BIKE, DRIVING AROUND THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER OR WHATEVER, OF PINE TRAILS ON ON THE PATH.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS WHO ARE RUINING IT, DRIVING LIKE IDIOTS AND PARENTS NOT MONITORING THEM.

AND I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING WE ADDRESS AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS.

BUT THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. MY ONLY CONCERN IS PENALIZING THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR BSO DEPUTIES WILL USE THEIR JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ON THE OUTSIDE AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE OUT OF THE WAY, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THOSE WON'T NECESSARILY BE THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER, SO TO SPEAK. BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.

I DESPISE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE.

I MEAN, THIS IS WE'RE MAKING AN ORDINANCE THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE WHO HAS AN E-BIKE BECAUSE A FEW KNUCKLEHEADS CAN'T ACT LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE, BUT OUR HANDS ARE GETTING TIED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST PUT IN A BAD SPOT BECAUSE TIME AFTER TIME, WE ASK PARENTS, WE ASK KIDS. I MEAN, I KNOW BSO, YOU TALK TO KIDS ALL THE TIME.

YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGING AND TALKING TO THE KIDS.

AND EVEN WHEN YOU TRACK THEM DOWN OR WHATEVER, YOU GO TO THEIR HOUSE AND YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR PARENTS.

SO WE'RE MAKING ALL THE EFFORTS WE CAN, AND NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS NEXT STEP, BECAUSE THOSE EFFORTS WE'VE BEEN MAKING HAVE BECOME FRUITLESS. AND IT'S IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST, YOU KNOW, I GOT TEASED BEFORE BECAUSE MAJORS GOT SEVEN KIDS AND I ONLY HAVE FIVE.

BUT SOMEONE WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING FIVE CHILDREN, I, I WANT MY KIDS TO BE IN A PARK.

I WANT THEM RIDING THE BIKES. I WANT THEM TO NOT WORRY ABOUT STUFF I WANT.

THAT'S WHAT PARKLAND IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW BAD APPLES, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I YEAH. I THINK WE JUST GOT TO COMMIT TO FLUIDITY. RIGHT? THIS IS GOING TO BE A FLUID SITUATION WHERE WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE LINE NEEDS TO BE DRAWN. IF WE'VE GOT TO REDRAW IT AT SOME POINT OR ADDRESS A DIFFERENT ISSUE AT SOME POINT, LET'S JUST COMMIT TO DOING THAT AND AND TRY TO SEE IF THIS HELPS.

BUT BUT I DO THINK AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB, CAPTAIN TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, EDUCATE PARENTS, EDUCATE THE KIDS. I KNOW YOU ARE AS INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WE ARE.

BUT I DO THINK HAVING A BIGGER PRESENCE, IF NOTHING OTHER THAN A DETERRENT AT THE PARKS ON THOSE BUSY NIGHTS MAY HELP.

BECAUSE I COULD TELL YOU ALL I'VE BEEN, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS IS IN THE SAME BOAT YOU GO TO, WHETHER IT'S TARAHUMARA OR PINE TRAILS ON A BUSY EVENING AND ALL WE GET BROUGHT UP WITH, ASIDE FROM DEFIBRILLATORS AND REPLACING THE THE BACKBOARDS, IS, IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS. WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE.

ALL THOSE THINGS. AND AND I GET THAT THIS IS NOT THE HIGHEST SAFETY PRIORITY, BUT WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT SOME BALANCE.

YEAH I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A LIFE CHANGING INCIDENT YET YET.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO ACT ON THIS PRIOR BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY TIMES WHERE SOMETHING AWFUL HAPPENS.

AND THEN A COMMUNITY, A CITY, A GOVERNING BODY REACTS TO IT AND SOMETIMES OVERREACTS TO IT IN SOME WAYS.

AND IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE'RE BEING APPROPRIATELY PROACTIVE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY KID GET HURT OR ADULT, FRANKLY. YEAH, NO. FOR SURE. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN THE MOTTO OF OF OUR COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SAT BACK AND WAITED FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN.

WE ADDRESS THINGS HEAD ON. AND THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MINOR THING, BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, OF ALWAYS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE LESSER OF THE THE ALTERNATIVES HERE.

MEANING THAT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DO ABIDE BY THIS.

AND TO YOUR POINT, PARENTS AND EVERYONE KIND OF HELPS ENFORCE IT, BECAUSE IF NOT, I THINK IT HAS TO GET ESCALATED.

AND THE LAST THING I THINK ANY OF US WANT TO DO IS TRY TO BAN E-BIKES OR ANYTHING.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, HELP US HELP THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ONE, LIKE YOU SAID, WHO CAN WHO CAN SPOIL THE BUNCH. BUT I HOPE THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE PROPHYLACTIC, YOU KNOW, NEXT STEP TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE PARK WITHOUT HAVING A FEAR OF GETTING RUN

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STILL CORRECT. BECAUSE I STILL SEE KIDS DOING THAT.

I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY MIS MISPERCEPTION THAT INSIDE THE PARK, PERIOD.

RIGHT. BUT I'M SAYING WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT AMENDING THIS FOR THE SIDEWALKS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. I SEE KIDS JUST ON THE FIELD AND EVEN AT PARKLAND DAY, WHICH WAS KIND OF FASCINATING. WE WERE SITTING THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE STAGE, AND I SAW LIKE THREE KIDS COME UP WITH THEIR E-BIKES, AND THEY WERE JUST READY TO JUST KIND OF START GOING THROUGH THE LAWN. AND FORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM STAFF ACTUALLY WALKED UP AND WAS LIKE, HEY, HOLD ON. JUST GET OFF THE BIKE. AND IT'S IT'S KIND OF CRAZY THAT THEY DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I'M AT THE PARK FOR, YOU KNOW, KIDS SPORTS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR PARENTS SAY, OH, GET OFF THE SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER.

AND THEN, OKAY, THEY JUST GO ON THE FIELD AND START ZOOMING AROUND. SO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, STICK TO THE TO THE ROADWAY IN THE PARKING LOT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S IT. I JUST ONE LAST THING. YEAH, I THINK THE COMMENTS ARE ALL VERY RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY. RIGHT ON. BUT WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PARENTS.

WE REALLY DO. WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE. THE SUPPORT THE NIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND DAY.

GREAT BAND. RIGHT? I SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY REFRESHING.

A COUPLE OF KIDS HAD THOSE ELECTRIC BIKES, AND THE MOM LOOKED AT THEM.

THEY WERE ON THEM. THEY WERE READY TO GO, YOU KNOW, INTO WHAT WAS THE CROWD OF, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT ACTIVITIES. BUT THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE AMPHITHEATER.

AND SHE LOOKED AT THEM AND SHE SAID, GET OFF YOUR BIKES, WALK THEM, WALK THEM AROUND.

AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD PARENT.

IT'S A DECENT EXAMPLE. SO AND I DO WANT TO BRING UP I AM SPEAKING AT THE HOA PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL TOMORROW.

SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT E-BIKES BECAUSE WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP.

SO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM AS WELL TO HELP US SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

SO AT LEAST NOW I CAN GO TO THEM AND SAY, LOOK, HERE'S ANOTHER STEP THAT WE'VE TAKEN.

WHAT STEPS ARE YOU YOU FOLKS GOING TO TAKE. SO WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

BUT I'LL REPORT BACK ON THAT AFTER THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER. CUTLER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WAITING ALL NIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, I DID.

KEN CUTLER, PARKLAND COMMISSIONER EX MAY WANT TO CONSIDER REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES AND FOR THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THESE KIDS IF THEY TAKE OFF ACROSS THE FIELD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A COP RUNNING ACROSS THE FIELD TO GO CHASE THEM.

BUT IF THEY'VE GOT A REGISTRATION NUMBER ON THE BIKE, ON THE ON THE FRAME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL HELP YOU IDENTIFY THEM. AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN USE THAT AS A WAY OF EDUCATING THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY COME IN TO REGISTER WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S A NEW ORDINANCE AND THAT THERE'S THE ABILITY FOR THE POLICE TO ENFORCE IT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT AT STRATEGIC PLANNING. NANCY, IF YOU CAN ADD THAT TO THE LIST, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

THANK YOU AGAIN. SO ANYBODY ELSE. SEEING NONE, WE HAD A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISRAEL AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN.

ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER. KENT. YES. COMMISSIONER.

MURPHY. SALAMONE. YES. COMMISSIONER. BREYER. YES.

VICE MAYOR. ISRAEL. YES. MAYOR. WALKER. YES. PLEASE SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMENTS BY THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I THOUGHT SHERIFF TONY WAS GOING TO STAY AND GIVE THE COMMENTS HIMSELF.

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

BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. GOOD EVENING. MY NOTES HERE, I APOLOGIZE.

JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT LAST AGENDA ITEM.

WE CONTINUE TO MAKE EFFORTS IN TERMS OF THE BIKES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORKING TOWARDS SAFETY.

SO WE JUST FINISHED OUR SECOND ANNUAL WHAT WE CALL PEDALS POWER AND SAFETY TRAINING.

AND WE DO THAT AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SO AT SOMERSET AND WE DO IT AT WEST GLADES.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE DID IT. SO OUR SRO'S DEVELOPED THIS CURRICULUM.

THEY WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS. IT CONSISTS OF A POWERPOINT AND A VIDEO EDUCATIONAL VIDEO, AND WE PLAY IT FOR ALL THE STUDENTS.

IT'S VERY WELL RECEIVED. THE ADMINISTRATION APPRECIATES IT, AND OBVIOUSLY IT ADDRESSES THE SAFETY.

AND JUST ANOTHER WAY TO INTERACT WITH THE THE STUDENTS.

AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS LEGAL AND WHAT IS SAFE.

SO WE JUST FINISHED THAT. SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT.

EVERY YEAR. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

NEXT, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE THREAT THAT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS RECEIVED ON MONDAY.

IT WAS A THREAT TO THE SCHOOL. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT VERY QUICKLY.

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IT WAS QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FALSE THREAT, BUT NONETHELESS, WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

THE SCHOOL WAS IN A SECURE STATUS, AND WEST GLADES WAS ALSO AT A SECURE STATUS BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY MIRROR EACH OTHER.

SO WE DO TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE THINGS OCCUR, THAT OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS SAFETY, RIGHT? SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS AND THE FACULTY, AND THAT WE ARE IMMEDIATELY WORKING ON WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE, GATHERING INTELLIGENCE AND WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST VERY QUICKLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT THERE.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT WHEN THINGS DO HAPPEN, WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL OR ANY ANSWERS FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR INVESTIGATION AND FIND OUT.

YOU CAN'T START BLURTING OUT THIS, THAT, WHATEVER UNTIL YOU HAVE VIABLE INFORMATION.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THE RESIDENTS WILL GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S IT'S A GUN.

IT'S THIS, IT'S THAT THAT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT MORE CHAOS.

SO IF PEOPLE LOOK, I HAVE THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL AS WELL, SO I GET NERVOUS ALSO.

BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO SIT BACK, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, LET THINGS PLAY OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE CAN REACT ONCE WE, WE ARE ABLE TO GET SOME INFORMATION.

YEAH. TO THAT END, AND I TOTALLY AGREE. SAFETY IS THE FIRST PRIORITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY. OR IF IT WOULD ALLEVIATE EVEN PEOPLE'S FEAR AND ANXIETY OF NOTIFYING WHEN THE SCHOOL GOES ON A LOCKDOWN.

I KNOW THE PARENTS GET AND MICHELLE KEFFORD AND OTHER PRINCIPALS ARE VERY GOOD AT IT AND THE PARENTS GET NOTICED, BUT I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S OFTENTIMES LAG TIME FOR US GETTING NOTIFIED.

WE HEAR IT FROM STUDENTS OR PARENTS BEFORE WE GET ANY OFFICIAL NOTICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY. WELL, WITH THE SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE THAT COMMUNICATION, BUT THE STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW FIRST. THEY'RE GOING TO FOR SURE, FOR SURE, FOR SURE. WHEN YOU KNOW THIS LAST ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU TEXTED US AND I IMMEDIATELY TEXTED MY KIDS AND THEY KNEW WHAT WAS UP.

BUT MISS KEFFORD, WHO'S VERY GOOD AT SENDING OUT INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY.

SHE'S SHE'S THE BEST ONE AT GETTING THE COMMUNICATION OUT RIGHT AWAY.

SORRY EVERYBODY ELSE, IF YOU GET OFFENDED BY THAT COMMENT.

BUT SHE DOES A SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THEM.

YEAH SHE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, BUT SHE'S REALLY GOOD.

BUT THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HEAR FIRST AND THEN THEY TEXT THEIR PARENTS AND IMMEDIATELY THEY'LL POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I KNOW, I KNOW. WELL, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF IT ALLEVIATES FEAR AND ANXIETY TO KNOW THAT IT'S AN OFFICIAL THREAT AND NOT JUST RUMOR OR NOT.

BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YOU DON'T KNOW. NOWADAYS YOU GET SO MANY OF THESE BOGUS CALLS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I'M NOT SAYING WHETHER THE THREAT ITSELF IS SERIOUS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S AN ACTUAL LOCK. NO, I THINK WHAT? JORDAN, I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU GOT TO PUT HELICOPTERS. IT COULD JUST BE A TOTAL BOGUS CALL.

AND. BUT IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, GOD FORBID.

AND THEN WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING AND THEN IT TURNS OUT TO BE NOTHING, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, YOU OVERREACTED. YOU'RE DAMNED IF YOU DO. YOU'RE DAMNED IF YOU DON'T KNOW 100%.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE SECURE AND THE HOLDS IS REALLY A TOOL FOR US TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN PLACE, RIGHT? SO IT'S A TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO COME IN OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER GOES UP ON ALL THE CAMERAS IMMEDIATELY.

SO IT'S AGAIN A TOOL FOR US TO CONTROL INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO THE SCHOOL AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE HALLWAYS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE GO TO THAT SO QUICKLY. AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE SCHOOL GOES TO THAT SO QUICKLY, BECAUSE IT JUST REALLY HELPS US DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING ON.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND, AND THIS IS A QUESTION AS WELL.

YOU HAD SAID IT EARLIER, MSD AND WEST GLADES ARE PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME.

REGARDLESS IF IT'S AT MSD, WEST GLADES IS GOING ON LOCKDOWN.

IF IT'S AT WEST GLADES, MSD IS GOING ON LOCKDOWN.

SO NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 3500 KIDS PLUS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 2000 OR WHATEVER IS AT WEST GLADES.

SO AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT COULD, BUT IT'S IT'S ALARMING THAT MANY PEOPLE I MEAN, 5000 KIDS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, 25% OF OUR CITY, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT.

YEAH. THE LEVEL OF DISRUPTION AND THE PULLING OF RESOURCES AWAY FROM OTHER POTENTIAL CALLS IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC CAMPAIGN JUST TO PUBLICIZE EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF PENALTIES YOU CAN EXPECT, IF YOU SHOULD MAKE SOME KIND OF FALSE THREAT THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A POLICE CALL THAT I'D LOVE TO GET THAT OUT THERE SO KIDS CAN,

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WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. WE HAVE POSTERS.

WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE PUT OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. ALSO, IF YOU GO ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY HAVE CAMPAIGNS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CICERO'S TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME IN TERMS OF THINKING BEFORE YOU POST.

SO SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY OUT THERE TALKING TO THE KIDS ABOUT THAT.

YES. SO CERTAINLY WE CAN RE-UP THAT ON OUR FACEBOOK, AND I CAN TALK TO THE CITY'S TEAM AS WELL TO MAYBE REINFORCE THAT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

AWESOME PARENTS. YEAH. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP, TALK TO THEIR KIDS.

EVEN IF YOU MAKE A JOKE IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS, THIS IS NOT A JOKING MATTER.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TABOO AREAS YOU DON'T JOKE ABOUT.

YOU DON'T POST SOMETHING THAT EVEN IS SORT OF HALF, YOU KNOW, KIDDING ONLINE OR ANYTHING.

BECAUSE LOOK AT THE FEAR AND TERROR THAT IT CAUSES EVERYBODY.

AND THE RAMIFICATIONS FOR YOUR CHILD ARE PRETTY EGREGIOUS.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. CAPTAIN.

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

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

I HOPE I DO GOOD. MY BOSS IS HERE AND MY BOSS'S BOSS IS HERE, SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

LAST MONTH, 149 MS INCIDENTS AND THREE FIRE INCIDENTS.

JUST SOME UPDATES. JUST THOUGHT YOU'D FIND IT INTERESTING.

THE MIDFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT BOUGHT ENGINE 109.

I HAVEN'T SHOWN YOU YET. WE JUST GOT A PICTURE IN A VIDEO ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THEY BOUGHT THE TRUCK.

THEY HAD A BIG BRUSH FIRE AND THEY WERE USING THE THE GREEN TRUCK ALREADY TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

REMINDER APRIL POOLS EVENTS COMING UP APRIL 26TH.

WE'VE WORKED WITH TODD TO GET SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION OUT AVAILABLE TO YOUR RESIDENTS, A LOT OF DEMONSTRATIONS AND SWIM SAFETY EVENTS GOING ON THERE.

IF YOU GUYS DO REGISTRATIONS FOR E-BIKES WITH BSO, MAYBE WE CAN GIVE SOME SAFETY CAMPAIGN INFORMATION AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN THOSE BIKES. WE'VE HAD SOME FIRE INCIDENTS WITH THEM WHEN THEY CHARGE TOO MUCH. A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE HUB.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THERE WAS SOME CITY STAFF ON A CALL LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE.

THERE IS SOME MORE HICCUPS IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING.

IT SEEMS THAT MOTOROLA IS WORKING THROUGH SOME ISSUES.

WE CAN GET INTO DETAIL LATER, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S KIND OF ON HOLD UNTIL THE NEXT STEP, UNTIL MOTOROLA CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION TO THE VENDOR ABOUT THE API AND THE THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE, THE HUB AND THE OTHER CAD SYSTEMS. SO MIKE RUIZ FROM THE COUNTY HAS ASSURED US WILL HAPPEN QUICKLY.

YES, I KNOW AGAIN, OUR STAFF AS WELL AS YOURS HAS BEEN IN CONTACT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT.

PUSHING, GETTING THE THE CAN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD IN A GOOD WAY TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT PROCESS UPDATED A LITTLE MORE.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ONE FINAL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE VOTE TONIGHT FOR THE SERVICES.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EVEN BETTER RELATIONSHIP IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER.

[12. Comments by the City Manager]

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. PURE. PURE. PURE. THAT WAS.

THAT WAS. CAN WE BUDGET AN AIR HORN FOR FELICIA, PLEASE? JUST AN AIR HORN. SO SIMPLE. SHE HAS MANY TALENTS.

AND ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW OUR NEXT MEETING IS CANCELED.

BUT WE DO HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT ON THE SEVENTH.

GREAT. THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

[13. Comments by the City Attorney]

I KNOW I'VE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THE LEGISLATION. FOR THOSE OF YOU, I THINK ALMOST ALL OF YOU ATTENDED THE NORTHWEST COUNCIL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

BUT I'M HERE FOR YOU TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE LOBBYIST. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILLS OR ANYTHING.

THANK YOU. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

MOTION TO MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.