[1. Call to Order]
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COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.
STAND UP FOR THE PLEDGE PLEASE . >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> OKAY, ROLL CALL?
>> BILL KENNEDY ? JEFFREY WOLFE , DOUGLAS EATON , SILVER IS OUT.
KENDRA CROMPTON ? ONEITH CADIZ ? AND KELTY CARPENTER HEILMAN ? WE
[4. Oath of Office]
HAVE A QUORUM. >> AND WE HAVE TO DO THE OATH.
>> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, REPEAT AFTER ME, I, STATE YOUR NAME , DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES , THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND. THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND . AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A BOARD MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, UPON WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER, SO HELP ME GOD.
] HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, WHEN THEY SAY , REPEAT AFTER ME,
[5. Approval of Minutes]
STATE YOUR NAME, HOW MANY TIMES DO THEY NOT STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST GO, STATE YOUR NAME? THAT HAPPENED TO ME, IT IS PRETTY FUNNY. NEXT, APPROVAL OF MINUTES , HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES ? GOOD. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. OKAY, FIRST FROM JEFF. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE. ONE OPPOSED -- NONE OPPOSED, PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JULY 14TH, 2025 YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM INTERVIEWS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES ? OKAY. SECOND?
>> I SECOND. >> A FIRST AND A SECOND, ANYONE OPPOSED ? PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY . NEXT, THE JULY 15TH MINUTES FOR THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM INTERVIEWS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING . CAN I GET A FIRST? AND A SECOND ? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANYONE OPPOSED? PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE, FROM THE PUBLIC? THE PUBLIC IS SCREAMING OUT RIGHT NOW. WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE.
[7. Comments by the Chair and Board]
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. BASICALLY , NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AND THE CHAIR. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT TO GO OVER. ALL I WANT TO SAY IS, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY AND HEALTHY SUMMER, I KNOW THAT WE DID , IT WAS A SAFE ONE, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS AND I GUESS, WE CAN START FROM THIS END, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? CONGRATULATIONS . JEFF? ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. DOUG? >> ADVISORY APPLICATIONS WERE FANTASTIC.
>> WE HAVE SOME AMAZING KIDS IN THIS TOWN. OKAY, KELTY CARPENTER
HEILMAN ? >> SPEAKING OF KIDS, BACK TO SCHOOL WAS A LOT. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRAM. IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PROGRAM RUN BY SUCH HIGH QUALITY INDIVIDUALS. SO, WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THAT IN OUR TOWN.
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WE ARE VERY LUCKY. THAT IS ALL. >> BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO BROWARD COLLEGE, SO FAR, IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL . AND THE LIBRARY BOARD IS BACK IN ACTION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BOOK FAIRS COMING UP, WE HAVE THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON SATURDAY AND EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE. IT IS CALLED CREATIVITY AND WE WILL DO SOME ART PROJECTS FEATURING LOCAL ARTISTS. AND THAT SOLD OUT IN ONE DAY. IT IS GAINING POPULARITY. WE HAVE AN EVENT ON THE 14TH, WHICH ALSO BENEFITS THE LIBRARY . OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS A VERY CALM SUMMER, FOCUSING ON WELLNESS AND RELAXED A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS KIND OF NICE . NICE TO LIVE IN
PARKLAND. A BEAUTIFUL CITY. >> KENDRA?
>> I WANTED TO COMMENT WITH HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THE YOUTH WE INTERVIEWED FOR THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, I AM SO IMPRESSED TO HAVE WONDERFUL YOUTH IN THIS AREA. WE INTERVIEWED THEM , IN LIGHT OF THAT AS WELL. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO DO SIR THIS OURS. I WANTED TO ALSO PASS THESE FLYERS OUT . FEEL FREE TO TAKE A FLYER, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY DAY OF SERVICE AMONG STUDENTS ANYONE WHO WANTS, CAN COME AND SERVE AND GET COMMUNITY HOURS. I WILL BE PASSING THE FLYERS OUT. WE WILL HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE, WE ARE WORKING WITH HARVEST DRIVE. ALSO, WE ARE PUTTING TOILETRY KITS TOGETHER.
WE ARE ALSO HAVING A FAMILY BENEFITS AND OR, IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW, IT IS POPULAR, YOU CAN COME IN, PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU TO DO THAT. AND THERE IS A FREE ENGLISH CLASS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW ENGLISH. SO AND WE WILL HAVE ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR COME IN AND SAY A FEW WORDS. SO, I WILL PASS THESE OUT AND YOU CAN TAKE ONE.
>> YOU ARE SOUNDING AS BUSY AS SHARRY NOW.
SAY. ANYTHING ELSE, KENDRA? >> NO, THAT IS IT.
>> PERFECT. OH? GIVE ONE TO ME. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF
[8. Approval of the Agenda]
THE AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?>> I APPROVE IT. >> ALBRIGHT , DO I HAVE A SECOND? DOUG? ANYONE OPPOSED? PLEASE SHOW IT PASSED
[9. New Business]
UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT, WE GO TO NEW BUSINESS. MS. JACKIE, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS.>> NEW BUSINESS, OLD BUSINESS, FIRST, WELCOME BACK FROM THE SUMMER. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE USUAL -SIZED SUMMER, IT JUST FELT LIKE A MUCH SHORTER SUMMER. OUR NEW BUSINESS FOR TONIGHT IS LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SERVED AND WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEWS, YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CHOOSE DESERVING STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL VERY DESERVING AND WE HAVE VERY TALENTED CHILDREN IN PARKLAND. AS YOU KNOW, STARTING OFF WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS, THOSE ARE THREE SCHOLARSHIPS THE CITY FUNDS, $2000, $1200, AND $800 FOR A TOTAL OF $4000, THAT IS FUNDING PROVIDED IN EVERY BUDGET. AND THE CITY HAS PROPOSED AGAIN NEXT YEAR TO FUND THAT SAME AMOUNT. BUT WE HAVE, IN THE PAST, AT VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIPS. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE AN GENEROUS FAMILIES, GROUPS, AND BUSIESSES WHO HAVE DONATED FUNDS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS, THE MASON TAYLOR FAMILY, THE EATON FAMILY, AND THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE, IN A FEW MEETINGS, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE WANTED TO DISCUSS THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PERHAPS TALK ABOUT THE CRITERIA. THE AMOUNT OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND GETTING A GREATER NUMBER OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES. BUT I WANTED TO PUT FORTH FOR YOU TO DISCUSS TONIGHT , BESIDES THE THREE C.A.B. SCHOLARSHIPS THE CITY IS PLANNING AGAIN FOR 2026, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO CRAFT AN
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ADDITIONAL PROGRAM WHERE YOU ALL COME UP WITH CRITERIA FOR THESE ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS? COME UP WITH MAYBE A SET AMOUNT , MAYBE A GREATER AMOUNT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS, YOU WOULD WANT THOSE TO BE A MANAGEABLE AMOUNT, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL , SEVERAL BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN PROVIDING FUNDING, LET'S SAY IF YOU HAVE 50 SCHOLARSHIPS TO INTRODUCE, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE UNWIELDY. SOMETHING THAT IS A MANAGEABLE NUMBER. AND SOLICITING FOR THAT AS WELL, DOUG AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST , WHERE HE HAS GENEROUSLY OFFERED, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS, AND SAY LOOK , THIS IS THE PROGRAM WE HAVE GOT, WHEN ANYBODY HERE TO BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING THEM? GIVING US THAT AVENUE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS. SO, AGAIN, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR THE CHAIR TO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS ONADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. >> IT IS NICE HAVING THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER HERE. THAT IS ALWAYS VERY BENEFICIAL, BETWEEN HIM AND THE REST OF THE BOARD, I AM SURE WE CAN GET A LOT OF FUNDING FOR THIS BUT IN THE PAST, WE HAVE NOT REALLY DONE THEM, IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT NOW, I KNOW THAT DOUG, HE GAVE $500 , AND WE DID IT FOR TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, SOMETIMES I WOULD 1000, HE WOULD 1000, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT I THINK THAT HE WANTS TO DISCUSS
SOMETHING, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, SEVERAL TIMES, YOU ARE GOING TO GET A MUCH GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY . THE QUALITY IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY THE PARTIAL -- PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. NUMBER ONE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY SOLICIT FOR HIRE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER NUMBERS, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, I WILL TALK -- TAKE MY SCHOLARSHIP. INSTEAD OF DOING $500 SCHOLARSHIPS, WE WILL DO A $2500 ONE AND WE CAN DISCUSS
THERE IF THAT IS OKAY. >> THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL. IF WE LOOK TO HAVE BUSINESSES, FAMILIES , ORGANIZATIONS , DONATE SCHOLARSHIPS OF $2500, THAT WOULD BE A STARTING PLACE.
>> IS UP TO YOU ALL, HOWEVER MANY YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANDLE. BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IF WE DO HAVE GREATER DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS, YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER TO DO THOSE INTERVIEWS AND REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS. KEEPING THAT IN MIND, YOU MIGHT WANT IT TO BE A
>> I AM IN WITH DOUG. IF HE IS DOING $2500, THE LEGAL TEAM WILL DO $2500. WE HAVE TWO RIGHT THERE. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF WHAT THE CITY, HOW IS THE CITY, ARE THEY STILL GOING TO GIVE
WHAT THE CITY GIVES NORMALLY? >> THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET. THE FIRST READING OF OUR BUDGET IS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, $2000, $1200, $800, FOR A TOTAL OF $4000.
>> THAT IS WHAT THE CITY HAS? >> THAT IS ALL WE HAVE IN OUR
BUDGET. >> SO, I KNOW IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID, IF WE HAVE $4000 , INSTEAD OF GIVING A $4000 SCHOLARSHIP, LET'S GIVE FOUR $1000 SCHOLARSHIPS 04 KIDS ARE BENEFITING AND THAT WAS KIND OF HOW WE ALWAYS DID THINGS IN THE PAST. BUT NOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO $2500 SCHOLARSHIPS. I AM SURE THE CITY, I MEAN, THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO DO THE SAME THING, FOUR $1000
SCHOLARSHIPS? >> A TOTAL OF $4000. THREE SCHOLARSHIPS, ONE IS FOR $2000, ONE IS FOR $1200, ONE IS FOR
$800. >> OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS
GOING TO STAY THE SAME? >> I CANNOT TELL YOU THE CITY WOULD FUND A GREATER AMOUNT. HOW THAT IS DIVIDED UP, THAT MIGHT
BE UP TO THIS BOARD. >> WE COULD ALWAYS MAKE A
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RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY AND SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DOSOMETHING. >> I CAN PASS THAT ALONG.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE KIDS INVOLVED OR EXCITED WHEN THEY SEE THE AMOUNT, VERSUS WHEN THEY SEE THE $800 SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE $1200 SCHOLARSHIP. IF I WAS A HIGHSCHOOLER, AND I SAW A CHANCE OF MAKING $2500, I KNOW I WOULD BE PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION FOR THAT, BUT THERE CAN BE DIFFERENT LEVELS, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY, THE EATON FAMILY, THE KENNEDY LEGAL TEAM, THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AFTER THOSE TWO $2500 SCHOLARSHIPS. IS THAT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM APPLYING FOR THE OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL. IF EVERYONE COMES AFTER OUR $2500, IS THAT GOING TO LOWER THE POOL FOR THE $800 SCHOLARSHIP ?
>> THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE , TO ADOPT THE CRITERIA. IF WE HAVE THE SAME SET OF CRITERIA FOR ALL OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS, IT WOULD BE PICKING AND CHOOSING WHO THE TOP SCORING PEOPLE ARE, INSTEAD OF SAYING, FOR INSTANCE, THE C.A.B. SCHOLARSHIP RIGHT NOW, YOU MUST BE A PARKLAND RESIDENT WITH A DBA OF 215 OR HIGHER, OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY OR CIVIC SERVICE , HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS, IT IS NOT JUST A PARKLAND RESIDENT, IT IS AN MSD STUDENT, IT HAS TO BE WHERE SOME OF THE 17 HAD THEM, IN FINE ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ARTS, SPORTS, ATC . FOR MESA TAYLOR, IT WAS ALSO THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH. ALL OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS, IF THEY HAD ONE SET OF CRITERIA, THEN IT IS THE SAME. THE SAME THING, WHERE YOU ARE PULLING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE INTERVIEW
PROJECT. >> WHEN WOULD WE ACTUALLY START
THAT PROCESS ? >> WE USUALLY START IN JANUARY, THEN YOU ARE DOING THE INTERVIEWS IN THE EARLY SPRING SO THAT, HOPEFULLY, YOU ARE PROVIDING THEM WITH AN ANSWER, BY THE TIME THEY ARE GRADUATING AND GETTING READY TO GO OFF TO
SCHOOL. >> WE WILL HAVE A NOVEMBER MEETING AND PROBABLY ONE MORE MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING WILL PROBABLY BE THAT MEETING, WHERE WE START. SO, THE BIG GUY OVER HERE HAS TWO MONTHS TO SPEAK TO HIS ASSEMBLY AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. IF WE FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PUT THIS MONEY IN, BY THAT TIME, BY THE NOVEMBER MEETING, WE SHOULD KNOW, THEN WE CAN START MAKING MORE DECISIONS ON THE CRITERIA, AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHEN WE HAVE MORE OF AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH
MONEY WE ARE DEALING WITH. >> I'M SURE, ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE FUNDING WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE PARAMETERS ARE. I WOULD TEND TO THINK, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE RIGHT NOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE ON THAT, PERHAPS, DOUG GOES TO THE CHAMBER AND SAYS, LOOK, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WILLING TO PROVIDE $2500 SCHOLARSHIPS, WHETHER IT IS ONE OR MULTIPLE. THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE THE DECIDER. OF WHO GETS THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE INTERVIEW. AND YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH WHATEVER CRITERIA THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD SETS FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS. ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT? SO THEY KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY GET TO CHOOSE THE CRITERIA OR WHO THE MONEY GOES TO, IT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE GIVING TO YOU ALL TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN DOUG AND I WERE DISCUSSING THIS, EVEN BEFORE HE BECAME A BOARD MEMBER , THIS IS BEFORE HE WAS GIVING MONEY TO THE BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID, MAYBE, IF WE EVER DID THIS, THEN, LIKE, FOR HIS, HE CAN SAY, SOMEBODY ON THE FINANCIAL TRACK, THEY CAN CHOOSE THE CRITERIA, SOMEBODY ON THE LEGAL TRACK MIGHT WANT TO APPLY FOR THE KENNEDY LEGAL TEAM. THIS IS THE CRITERIA, IT COULD GO THE SAME WAY WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
INVEST THEIR MONEY. >> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, LET'S SAY WE HAD 10 SCHOLARSHIPS AND YOU HAVE 10 DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE KIDS THAT COULD BE APPLYING FOR TWO OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS, OR ALL 10 OF THEM.
YOU HAVE 10 APPLICATIONS, YOUR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS WELL. AS A BOARD , I WOULD SUGGEST SETTING A COMMON CRITERIA FOR THOSE APPLICANTS .
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>> THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET A $5000 GIFT OR
$10,000 GIFT. >> UNDERSTOOD, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAVE APPLIED FOR ALL OF THEM. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE FINANCIAL TRACK . AND THE EATON FAMILY IS PROVIDING THAT SCHOLARSHIP AND YOU HAVE MAYBE TWO OTHER BUSINESSES , PART OF THEIR CRITERIA IS ON THE FINANCIAL TRACK. THAT APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR THOSE THREE SCHOLARSHIPS . YOU WOULD NEED TO INTERVIEW THAT STUDENT WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF QUESTIONS THAN THE OTHER STUDENTS, AND YOU MAY END UP WITH 100 INTERVIEWS TO DO SEPARATELY BECAUSE THAT STUDENT SITTING THERE MAY HAVE APPLIED.
PERHAPS SOMEBODY INTERESTED IN SOMETHING WHERE A BUSINESS HAS SAID, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE A TRACK. SOMEBODY WITH A 3.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE. YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE THAT WANT TO DO THAT BUT THAT SAME KID WANTS TO APPLY FOR YOUR SCHOLARSHIP, YOU HAVE TO INTERVIEW THEM ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THOSE DIFFERENT SETS OF QUESTIONS . IF YOU HAVE A COMMON CRITERIA, IT WILL BE EASIER. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE INTERVIEWING THAT SAME STUDENT FOR AS MANY DIFFERENT SCHOLARSHIPS AS YOU ARE
>> THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD. THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT , YOU ARE SEGMENTING THEM INTO THAT ONE SLOT.
>> WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT MANY COMMITTEES TOGETHER.
>> YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO PROVIDES A MORE GENERAL CRITERIA. I WANT TO GIVE MONEY, BUT THAT STUDENT IS STILL GOING TO INTERVIEW FOR SEPARATE ONES. I AM GOING TO APPLY FOR YOURS.
BUT I MAY APPLY FOR ANOTHER BUSINESS WITHOUT A SPECIFIC PATH. TRYING TO HELP YOU ALL OUT, HAVING DONE THIS A FEW YEARS, WHAT THESE INTERVIEWS LOOK LIKE , AND HOW MUCH TIME AND CARE YOU ALL TAKE WITH THESE.
>> HOW DO WE MAKE A DECISION? IF IT IS UNRESTRICTED WITH 20 KIDS APPLYING ? CRITERIA, PERHAPS YOU SAY, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT STUDENTS WHO ARE PARKLAND RESIDENTS . I AM CREATING A SET OF CRITERIA, HEY GO TO ANY SCHOOL, TY HAVE A GPA OF 3.0 OR HIGHER, THAT THEY HAVE DONE MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAN THE MINIMUM OF 40 HOURS AND THAT THEY, THEY HAVE SOME INTEREST IN, LET'S SAY, FURTHERING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU ALL CAN SET THAT CRITERIA. YOU COULD BE USING THAT ONE SET OF CRITERIA TO EVALUATE APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE CRITERIA, HOW WELL THEY MEET THE CRITERIA, HOW WELL THEY FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO SAT IN ON THE INTERVIEWS, YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS CAN ARTICULATE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN OTHERS WHEN IT COMES TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS , WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR FUTURE. YOU HAVE DONE COMMUNITY SERVICE, HOW DOES YOUR EXPERIENCE TRANSLATE TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET OUT OF COLLEGE. THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS. YOU ARE GOING TO BE EVALUATING ALL THOSE CRITERIA TO DECIDE WHO THE TOP ARE, WITH
THE POINTS THAT YOU GET. >> WE CAN SET THE RUBRIC.
>> EXACTLY. >> TOGETHER, WE CAN DECIDE WHAT WE WANT THAT TO BE. I EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE MORE QUALITATIVE THAN QUANTITATIVE , THOSE ESSAYS , THEY ARE A LOT A.I. I WOULD
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PUT A.I. AT THE TOP . >> THERE IS --
>> PROGRAMS. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY KIDS APPLIED FOR COLLEGE AND THEY HAVE HAD TO TAKE THEIR ESSAYS AND PUT A FEW OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS ONLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING EVEN LOOKS LIKE IT IS A.I. WHEN THEY HAVE WRITTEN IT.
EVEN IF THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT ON THERE, THE COLLEGE WILL FLAG
IT. >> WHEN YOU INTERVIEW THEM, THAT IS, I MEAN I HAVE DONE RESEARCH BEFORE . THE KIDS DON'T USE SOME OF THOSE WORDS . THE KID DID NOT WRITE THIS ESSAY . WE
DECIDE. WE DECIDE. >> SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS, THE LEGAL AND THE FINANCIAL . YOU CAN TELL IT IS HORRIBLE. THAT WILL COME OUT IN THE APPLICATION.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EVALUATE THIS GROUPING OF APPLICATIONS, ON THIS CRITERIA, IT COULD BE 10 DIFFERENT SETS OF CRITERIA THAT YOU WILL ALL HAVE TO DISCERN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN. WHEN YOU DO THE INTERVIEW, YOU WILL HAVE 10 DIFFERENT SETS OF QUESTIONS, WHEN YOU HAVE STUDENTS, AND THEY QUALIFY FOR MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT SETS OF SCHOLARSHIPS, YOU ARE INTERVIEWING THAT SAME STUDENT
AGAIN AND AGAIN. >> I'M SORRY, JUST ONE QUICK THING. RIGHT IN THE APPLICATION . REMEMBER, LAST YEAR , IT WAS, I AM APPLYING FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP, OR THAT SCHOLARSHIP. WHATEVER. IT IS GOING TO BE A FINANCIAL TRACK.
NEXT YEAR, THERE IS NOT ANYTHING IN THERE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY BUSINESS RELATED, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE USE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, WE WILL SEE THE APPLICATION AND ANY SUBJECT MATTER SPECIFIC TO THEM, RIGHT?
YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MIKE -- MIC? >> THE AMOUNT RANGES TYPICALLY FROM $25,000-$50,000 AND THERE MIGHT BE 10 DIFFERENT DONORS AND 10 DIFFERENT AWARDS, RIGHT ? 10 PROFESSORS COULD EACH WIN ONE OF THESE AWARDS . THE CRITERION -- CRITERIA IS THE SAME, LET'S SAY WE INTERVIEW AND EVALUATE THE APPLICANTS. WHEN I APPLY, IF I AM NOMINATED FOR A TEACHING CHAIR AWARD , I AM NOT APPLYING, NECESSARILY , FOR THE CLEVELAND CLINIC AWARD OR THE SOLICITOR AWARD . OR, SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, AWARD. THERE ARE 10 OF THEM, DONATED, WHATEVER FOUNDATION, WHATEVER INDIVIDUAL, I AM JUST IMPLYING FOR THE ENDOWED TEACHING CHAIR AWARD, PERIOD. WHETHER IT IS BIOLOGY, MATHEMATICS, OR ASTRONOMY, OR ANY OTHER DISCIPLINED AREA, I AM APPLYING FOR THE AWARD, PERIOD, THE CRITHE PROFESSORS APPLYING FOR OR NOMINATED FOR THIS AWARD ARE FOLLOWING LIKE WHAT JACKIE IS SAYING, THE SAME EXACT QUESTIONS, THE SAME EXACT CRITERIA. SO, IT IS VERY FAIR, IT IS VERY CONSISTENT. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF FUNDRAISING.
BECAUSE YOU MIGHT TAP SOMEONE ON THE SHOULDER TO ASK, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DONATE FOR THIS AWARD, THEY MAY SAY, WELL, ONLY IF IT IS FOR MY OWN MEDICAL OR THE ARTS, THE RESPONSE COULD BE, WELL IT HAS TO BE UP TO THE COMMUNITY. YOUR NAME WILL BE ATTACHED TO IT. SO, THEY WILL PROBABLY LIKE THAT. THAT IS WHAT JACKIE WAS MAY BE SAYING, IT WILL BE EASY FOR THE COMMITTEE.
THE APPLICANT, TREATED THE EXACT WAY. I AM GIVING YOU THAT
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ANALOGY . >> I UNDERSTOOD WHAT JACKIE WAS SAYING. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED OR UNRESTRICTED, IT SEEMS CUMBERSOME. FOR US TO DEAL WITH THAT.
OBVIOUS, WHEN YOU READ THE APPLICATION. AS WE GET THERE, WE WILL KNOW WHERE TO DIRECT THEM.
>> IF WE GO BACKWARDS NOW, JUST THINK OF HOW WE DO THIS. YOU GET 25 APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? OUT OF THE 25, WE REVIEW THOSE 25 APPLICATIONS, RIGHT ? OUT OF THE 25 APPLICATIONS, WE GRADE THEM.
THE 25 THAT CAME IN, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME RUBRIC, WE KNOW WHO NUMBER ONE IS, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE , ISN'T IT EASY TO SAY, WHOEVER THAT NUMBER ONE IS GETS THE HIGHEST , WHOEVER IS
NEXT GETS THE NEXT HIGHEST. >> IF WE HAVE 10 $2500 SCHOLARSHIPS, IT IS THE TOP 10 SCORES.
>> IF WE START DOING IT MORE SPECIFIC OR FINANCE PACIFIC, EVEN THOUGH A GREAT IDEA, IF WE WERE HAVING ONE SCHOLARSHIP, IT IS EASY. EVERYONE COMING BEFORE US WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT LOSS SCHOLARSHIP. THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
>> ARE WE LOOKING FOR EXCELLENCE IN OUR YOUTH ? AND HOW DO WE DEFINE EXCELLENCE OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES? I GUESS IT IS TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
>> IF I MAY COMMENT , WE ALREADY HAVE SPECIFIC ONES FOR MSD , WE ARE DEALING WITH THAT SPECIFIC CRITERIA, THE VERSES THOSE THAT COME FROM OTHER THINGS. THOSE ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE PARKLAND SHOOTING, OR THE ARTS OR ONE OF THOSE.
>> IS IT SOMETHING THAT WENT AWAY?
>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE ALLSTATE SCHOLARSHIPS, THE KENNEDY LAW, THE EATON FAMILY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONTINUED THAT THE SAME CRITERIA, AND THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY ADDED HELP. BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ALL CAN DECIDE , DO WE WANT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE FOR EVERYBODY SO THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THOSE AREAS ? AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS FOR, IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO DECIDE WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS YOU CAN. IF WE WANT SOME KIND OF PARAMETER , SO THAT DOUG, OR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE GIVING OUT $2500 SCHOLARSHIPS, THE AMOUNT WOULD HAVE TO BE $2500 OR A MULTIPLE OF $2500, YOU ARE OKAY WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD MAKING THE CRITERIA, THE RUBRIC , AS TO WHICH STUDENT RECEIVES ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS, THAT IS AT LEAST THE GUIDANCE FOR YOU. PEOPLE WILL ASK. I AM GIVING MONEY, BUT DO I GET TO DECIDE WHO IT IS? THAT KIND OF THING.
>> THEIR NAME IS GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE MONEY.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BEFORE US. >> THOSE PEOPLE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE RECOGNIZED, WE WOULD WELCOME THEM AND HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE THERE WHEN THE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE BEING PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS.
ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. >> IT WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITY? MORE PRACTICAL, CORRECT?
>> I THINK A GOOD THING WOULD BE TO REVIEW THE CRITERIA AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD. FOR EXAMPLE, EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. I KNOW THAT IS KIND OF A BIG THING THAT WE DO AS CRITERIA, THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE. TO ME, THAT IS A VERY QUALITATIVE THING . MAYBE WE HAVE THAT A LITTLE MORE DEFINED. AS TO WHAT THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE IS .
>> SO, IF YOU ALL WANT TO, AGAIN, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE CRITERIA MAY BE AND COME BACK AND BE FINE THAT NEXT TIME SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT IN AN APPLICATION FOR JANUARY AND, IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU ALL SHOULD DECIDE ON THE AMOUNT AND WHETHER
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OR NOT YOU WANT THE SOLICITATION TO GO OUT THERE, STARTING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THAT IS PROBABLY A DECISION FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE TONIGHT.>> I WILL TROUBLE YOU TO FORWARD US THE OLD RUBRIC SO THAT WE CAN
TAKE A LOOK AT IT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> FURTHER DISCUSSION ? >> ONE THING I MIGHT SUGGEST, THE QUESTIONS ARE QUITE VAGUE. I AGREE WITH YOU IN THAT WE COULD MAYBE HAVE THEM BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO DO? ALL OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN SOME WAY AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC. WE DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT WE WANT YOU TO GO INTO A FIELD OR SEE WHAT FIELD YOU ARE GOING INTO, AND WHY YOU ARE
GOING INTO IT. BUT, BEYOND THAT. >> I AM PLAYING DEVILS ADVOCATE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASK THE KIDS IS, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR FUTURE ? IF THEY SAY, I WANT TO BE A LAWYER, OKAY, GOOD, THAT IS GREAT. BUT HOW DOES THAT ANSWER INCORPORATE ME TO CHOOSE THEN BECOMING PART OF THE KENNEDY
LEGAL TEAM? >> WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR SOMEONE TO JOIN YOUR LAW FIRM?
>> WE DO NOT MAKE THAT DECISIONO LATER ON AS A GROUP. MAYBE I AM
CONFUSED, MAYBE IT IS JUST ME. >> A SIMPLE TWEAK TO THE RUBRIC . IT IS ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING SPECIFIC , THE CRITERIA FOR SPECIFIC INTERESTS. DID THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IN A SPECIFIC AREA, LIKE LEGAL BUSINESS ? THAT COULD BE ITS OWN RUBRIC QUESTION. IF THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING , YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN INTERNSHIP AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL OR WHATEVER, THAT IS ENOUGH.
>> IT WILL STILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT SCHOLARSHIP THEY GET, IT IS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WILL HELP US IN OUR EVALUATION. THE QUESTIONS , ALL RIGHT, SO, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF. GETTING MORE SPECIFIC WILL ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY USED A.I. ON THE APPLICATION, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK LIKE ADULTS. BUT WE HAVE PRETTY AMAZING KIDS.
>> MOST OF THEM DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. THERE WERE JUST A FEW OF THEM, IT IS EASY TO DO. I WROTE OUT LETTERS TO THE MAYOR. AND I GOT PROMPTS FROM CHATGPT, HOW SHOULD I PHRASE THIS ?
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE ARE ABOARD, BUT CAN WE SEND YOU SOME POSSIBLE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ASK IN THE FUTURE THAT MAYBE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON NEXT TIME?
>> THE FIRST THING IS TO DEVELOP THOSE CRITERIA, ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE, YOU WILL BASE THOSE QUESTIONS OFF OF THE CRITERIA. ONE STEP AT A TIME, I WOULD SAY.
>> WHAT DOUG IS ASKING -- >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INDIVIDUALLY, AGAIN , MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLICK SEND TO ALL, WHAT I CAN DO, BRING THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOU ALL TO
DISCUSS AND DECIDE UPON. >> PERFECT.
>> TONIGHT , DECIDING THE AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE READY TO GO OUT AND SOLICIT FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHOEVER WOULD BE INTERESTED , AGAIN, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO COMMIT RIGHT THIS MOMENT. ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE, WE WOULD GO BACK OUT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE AND ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED. THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY WOULD BE THE ONES PICKING AND CHOOSING WHO THOSE STUDENTS ARE, BASED OFF OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER. SO, IF WE DECIDE IT IS GOING TO BE $2500 IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SOLICIT, IF DOUG SEES A
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LOT OF PUSHBACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AND HE DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLING TO STEP UP FOR THE $2500, WE COULD CHANGE THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME.>> WE COULD. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT GET OTHER INTERESTS, IT'S UP? HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THAT THIS YEAR, THIS MAY BE THE CITY FUNDING,
FOR THE C.A.B. SCHOLARSHIPS. >> WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED
OUR GOALS. >> YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO GIVE
SOMETHING TO THOSE KIDS. >> WHATEVER DOUG CAN DO IS
GREAT. >> AND THE REST OF YOU, AS WELL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPREAD THE WORD TO PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW. IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE A BUSINESS. IT COULD BE A FAMILY OR AN ORGANIZATION, AS LONG AS THEY ARE GOOD WITH ALL OF THE CRITERIA, AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE PICKING THOSE PEOPLE.
>> YOU PREFERRED ANY LANGUAGE BEYOND WHAT YOU SHARED, THE BOARD IS SOLICITING INTEREST FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS?
>> YEAH, THE INTEREST AND ONCE WE GET TO THE MEETING, WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE CRITERIA. AND WE CAN DO A HANDOUT OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THAT AND THOSE INTERESTED PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT ME. AND THERE IS AN AGREEMENT LETTER, WHERE WE WANT PEOPLE TO SIGN AND PROMISE THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE THE
FUNDING THAT THEY PROMISED. >> FOR AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP, OR WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON, GROUP , COMPANY, WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT UNDERSTAND THIS WOULD BE EXPECTED EVERY
YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS? >> MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, WE START OFF WITH ONE YEAR AT A TIME, MAYBE YOU ALL DECIDED THIS DID NOT WORK OUT WELL, AND WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO MAKE A FIVE-YEAR COMMITMENT. YEAH.
>> LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE KEEP IT SIMPLE AND WE ALREADY HAVE OUR TWO, THE CITY HAS THE THREE SCHOLARSHIPS, THE $800 --
>> OR MAYBE WE COULD ASK FOR ANOTHER $1000, AND MAKE IT TWO
$2500 . >> LET'S SAY WE HAVE THE TWO AND THE FOUR, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIX. AT THE END, WE WILL
HAVE SIX INTERVIEWS. >> YOU WOULD PROBABLY INTERVIEW
A GREATER NUMBER OF STUDENTS. >> NARROW IT DOWN TO SIX BASED
ON THE INTERVIEWS? >> YOU GOT IT.
>> WE DID NOT HAVE MANY APPLICANTS. THE YEAR BEFORE, I DID THE APPLICATIONS AND WE HAD A LOT , LIKE 50. SO, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT IS A LOT OF APPLICANTS.
>> YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT HAVE MORE THAN THAT. IT WAS CRAZY.
>> IF THE MONEY GOES UP, PERHAPS WHAT WE CAN ALSO DO, MAYBE WE HAVE A PRE-EVALUATION , THEY DON'T QUITE GO FORWARD.
>> ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, YOU NEVER SEE . THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL THE MINIMUM CRITERIA SO YOU DO NOT EVEN NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THE FIRST? >> USUALLY PEOPLE GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT. A LOT OF THE TIMES, IT IS LIKE, THEY NEVER GOT THE TRANSCRIPT OR THEY NEVER DID THAT PART OF THIS PART, BUT THE OTHER THING, WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. IF WE HAVE A LET'S SAY 50 APPLICATIONS, AND YOU HAVE SIX THAT YOU NEED TO DECIDE ON, WE WILL PROBABLY TAKE THE TOP 12 SCORING. AND THEN, WE WILL DECIDE BETWEEN THOSE 12, WE WILL NARROW IT DOWN TO SIX AFTER THE INTERVIEW BUT IF WE ONLY HAVE LET'S SAY 20 KIDS THAT APPLY, WE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WILL TAKE THE TOP 10 AND THEN NARROW IT DOWN TO SIX.
SOME OF THAT MAY DEPEND ON THE NUBER OF APPLICATIONS WE GET, IN THAT SENSE. SOMETIMES, IT IS A MATTER OF KIND OF SEEING WHAT
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
>> WE WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT DOUG IS GOING TO GO TO THE CHAMBER AND REQUEST $2500 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS, MONEY FOR $2500. DOES EVERYBODY AGREE WITH THAT AMOUNT?
>> AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE ASKING FOR INTEREST. JUST PUT IT OUT
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THERE. WE CAN GET CRITERIA LATER ON. BUT IT WOULD BE THE ONE-YEAR COMMITMENT TO $2500 OR A MULTIPLE THEREOF. AGAIN, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL, AS A BOARD WOULD BE MAKING THOSEDECISIONS. >> BUT IF SOMEONE SAYS TO DOUG, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE $2500 BUT I WOULD LOVE TO DONATE
$1500, DO WE PASS THAT UP? >> YOU COULD COMBINE, CAN'T YOU?
>> THE CITY IS GIVING AWAY IN HUNDRED DOLLARS OR A $1200 ONE .
OR WE TRY TO GET THEM TO DO TWO $2500 ONES?
>> AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO BE AS UNIFORM AS POSSIBLE.
>> LET'S DO $2500, IF WE CAN GET THE CITY TO DO ANOTHER GRAND, WE WOULD HAVE THE TWO FROM THE CITY, ONE FROM DOUG, ONE FROM MYSELF, AND IF WE CAN GET ANYMORE INTEREST, WE KEEP IT AT THE $2500 AND WE GET A BIGGER POOL OF KIDS.
>> SUPPOSE YOU HAVE GOT TWO BUSINESSES THAT CAN EACH GIVE $1250, IT IS COMBINED. ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> THIS MONEY, IN LIEU OF SPONSORING YOUTH SPORTS . WE NEED THAT .
>> SPREAD THAT AROUND . >> OKAY.
>> CAN I GET A MOTION TO HAVE DOUG REQUEST THE $2500? SECOND? ANYONE OPPOSED ? WE CAN ALL DO IT, WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE OUT THERE WILLING TO DONATE. GREAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMEONE TO STEP UP.
>> AND, IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ANY KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT AT ONE OF THE CHAMBER EVENTS AND YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO BACK UP , WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW THAT I AM THERE. I AM.
>> I AM -- >> OR THE NEXT, OR THE NEXT
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TIME, WHATEVER IS MOST CONVENIENT. YOU KNOW I AM THERE.>> PERFECT. I GUESS, NOW, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS, THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, THE FIRE TRUCK, AND THE BOUNDARY
PROCESS AND SCHOOL CHOICE. >> SPEAKING OF TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMITTEE, THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEDICATING TIME AND EFFORT TO REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS AND DOING THOSE INTERVIEWS. AND, YES, WE ALREADY SEE A BUNCH OF GREAT, TALENTED KIDS OUT THERE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ENDED UP WITH 13 APPLICATIONS.
AND THAT GETS NARROWED DOWN TO FIVE PARTICIPANTS. ONCE YOU VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, THIS GOES TO THE COMMISSION, IT IS YOUR DECISION.
THEY WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THIS FRIDAY. I KNOW IT IS A DIFFERENT DAY. IT
IS AT 5:01 , A DIFFERENT TIME. >> 5:01?
>> IT IS MAINLY THE FIRST READING OF OUR BUDGET AND THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THE CITY HAS TO GO BY WHEN IT COMES TO THE DAY AND THE TIME FOR THESE MEETINGS FOR THE TWO MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN SEPTEMBER. SO THE STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED THIS FRIDAY, 5:01 IS THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE BUDGET WILL GO FIRST AND THEN, AFTER THAT, COMMISSION, PUBLIC COMMENTS, PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THE REST OF THE BUSINESS AS YOU KNOW. THEY WILL BE EARLY ON IN THE MEETING. BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, TO BE THERE. BECAUSE IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WELCOME THESE KIDS INTO THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE COMMISSION SEE YOU AND BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AS WELL. THE NAMES FOR THIS YEAR, I AM GOING ALPHABETICAL, AND THE FIRST NAME HAPPENS TO BE AIDEN , AIDEN CADIZ.
>> YOU DO NOT NEED TO EXCUSE YOURSELF.
>> LEAVE THE BOARD. LEAVE IT TO THE PANEL.
>> DON'T TELL ANYONE. >> I AM PRETTY SURE HE WILL FIND OUT HIMSELF. HE COULD BE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. HE IS A STUDENT AT MSD. AND THE SECOND IS 28, AT FAU HIGH SCHOOL, AND RANIA ISMAIL , AND GIA MITTAL IS AN AMERICAN HERITAGE STUDENT.
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DANIEL ROSENTHAL, ALSO A MSD STUDENT. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE, THOSE WILL BE THE FIVE NAMES THAT WE PRESENT TO OUR COMMISSION. YOU KNOW THERE IS A COMMITMENT LETTER WE HAVE THEM SIGN IT. AS WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH YEARS OF DOING THIS PROGRAM, IT IS A $2500 SCHOLARSHIP, THEY NEED TO DO THEY COMING IN TO GET EDUCATION ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY ARE GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY , THEY ARE PART OF THE EVENTS.THEY ARE PART OF DOING A PROJECT AND DOING SOME SURVEY WORK WITH THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS. THERE IS A COMMITMENT THEY HAVE TO SIGN, THEY HAVE TO BE AT EVERY MEETING, IF WE FIND THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT CANNOT MAKE IT, WE HAVE ALTERNATES, THOSE WOULD BE THE NEXT IN LINE FOR THE SCORING.
>> RIGHT NOW, IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT AIDEN CADIZ, HADASSA EBRAHIM , RANIA ISMAIL , GIA MITTAL , AND DANIEL ROSENTHAL AS THE 2025-26 YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WINNERS . CAN
I GET A MOTION? >> I MAKE A MOTION.
>> I SECOND. >> ANYONE OPPOSED ? CONGRATULATIONS, THEY ARE NOW YOUTH AMBASSADORS. YOU CAN SEND
THE EMAIL, WHEN ? TONIGHT? >> SHE HAS IT ALL TUNED UP AND READY TO GO. YOU KNOW MARCELA MADIGAN.
>> HOPEFULLY THEY ARE WATCHING, THEY COULD EVEN BE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW. >> I KNOW ONE WHO IS GOING TO
FIND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. >> WE CAN TELL . YOU CAN TELL.
>> IT IS PUBLIC RECORD AT THIS POINT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT, THE FIRE TRUCK. DO WE HAVE A
PRESENTATION? >> THIS IS A FIRE TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND SO HAS THE SUBJECT. THIS IS SOMETHING FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT BACK IN 2024 WHERE THE CITY COMMISSION ASKED THE C.A.B. TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRE TRUCK OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. AS WE WERE HAVING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT IT WAS NOTICED OUTSIDE THE WINDOW, WE HAD THIS FIRE TRUCK. WE HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE. AND IT WAS DECIDED, WE CAN'T RESTORE IT.
HOWEVER, MAYBE IF YOU ALL HAD TAKEN A LOOK AND FOUND A PIECE YOU THOUGHT WAS VALUABLE, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PIECE. SOME OF YOU ALSO WENT TO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FIRE TRUCKS IN THIS AREA. PART OF YOUR GROUP WAS THE CITY'S NEW HISTORIAN, THAT IS CHRISTINE, SHE WILL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS FIRE TRUCK THAT WE HAVE AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT. CHRISTINE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, I AM CHRISTINA MCDONOUGH . I TOOK A LOOK AT THIS QUALITY FIRE TRUCK . IT IS FROM 1980 . THAT IS THE YEAR WE GOT IT, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. IT IS THE FIRST FIRE TRUCK, THE FIRST PURCHASED BY THE CITY WAS IN 1973, AN ARMY TAKER PURCHASED THROUGH SURPLUS, THE SECOND WAS PURCHASED THROUGH COCONUT CREEK, A BIG YELLOW FIRE TRUCK. THE THIRD WAS OBTAINED IN 1975 , FROM A RESIDENT WHO JOINED THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE PURCHASED THAT TRUCK. WE GET THIS ONE IN 19 80, AFTER CARL GLOVER AND DECIDES TO RETIRE AND TAKE HIS FIRE TRUCK
>> I WOULD SAY IT TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF TO DECIDE ON PURCHASING THIS FIRE TRUCK. THAT IS WHERE I GOT THE LOVELY PICTURE OF NOAH , WITH THAT TRUCK THEY SPENT $62,000 ON.
WHEN OUT OF USE RELATIVELY EARLY. IT WAS BOUGHT IN 1980 AND THEY USED IT UNTIL WE WERE PARTNERED WITH CORAL SPRINGS, ABOUT 40 YEARS , GIVE OR TAKE. NO, 25, SO, 2004 WAS WHEN WE
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JOINED WITH CORAL SPRINGS. IF THEY ONLY USED IT FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS, IT WAS NOT USED VERY LONG. IF WE COMPARE THAT TO HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW IN BOCA RATON, IT IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD, FROM 1925, IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW LEFT OF THIS BRAND, AND, IT HAS BEEN ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER SINCE 2001 AND THEY USED IT FOR 43 YEARS FOR A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT FIREFIGHTS THAT WE CAN CONFIRM A VERY ACTIVE AND DEDICATED RETIRED AND ACTIVE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE. THAT IS SOMETHING I DEFINITELY GOT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. IT IS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, REALLY COOL TO LOOK AT AND THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHEN WE CONSIDER OUR TRUCK , DOES IT REALLY HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL VALUE? NOT REALLY, YES, IT IS OLD, IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE COMMUNITY, THE ITEM ITSELF DOES NOT TELL ENOUGH OF A STORY TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY, IN MY OPINION, NOR IS IT A RARE OR SPECIAL PEAS, SAY LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE IN BOCA RATON. SHOULD WE RESTORE IT? NO, IT WOULD COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. ONE THING IN BOCA RATON, THEY SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR MAINTAINING IT. AND THAT IS DIFFICULT. IT IS NOT, WE WILL FIX IT ONE TIME, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT FUNDING IN, IT WOULD TAKE A REALLY LONG TIME, IT TOOK THEM ABOUT TWO YEARS, DO WE WANT TO PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT IN AND WOULD THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY CARE IF WE RESTORED IT? PROBABLY NOT.LET THE REASONABLE. AND PERHAPS ONLY THE DOOR. WHEN I WENT AROUND AND LOOKED AT IT, PERHAPS THAT IS THE NICE OF IT , IT HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RUST. IT HAS THE ORIGINAL PARKLAND PUBLIC SAFETY LOGO, WHICH IS COOL. EASIER AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO RESTORE A PIECE OF THIS WHETHER YOU PULL THE WHOLE DOOR OFF, RESTORE THE WHOLE DOOR, YOU CAN HANG IT ON, SAY, THE FIRE STATION WALL, OR OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FOR MORE PEOPLE TO SEE IT. I THINK IT IS MORE SIMPLE AND AFFORDABLE TO EXECUTE EVEN IF WE PULL THE DOOR OFF AND NOT DO MUCH AND JUST MOUNTED IT, I THINK THAT WOULD LOOK PRETTY
>> DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY BUDGET? AS FAR AS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO, IF WE TAKE THE DOOR OFF, THERE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A REAL EXPENSE TO THAT AND RESTORING IT TO SOMETHING
PLEASING FOR THE EYE. >> THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FUNDING TOWARDS THIS, WHATSOEVER, WE DETERMINED FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE DID GET THIS QUESTION COMING FROM THE BOARD, WOULD WE NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY TO GET IT OUT OF HERE? THAT IS SOMETHING, YOU WOULD NEED TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL TO HAVE TO REMOVE IT. THEY HAVE SECURED SOMEPLACE THAT WOULD TAKE IT AWAY. IF WE DID TAKE THE DOOR OR PART OF THE DOOR AND YOU WANTED TO RESTORE IT, PUBLIC WORKS CAN HAVE THAT TAKEN AWAY AT NO CHARGE AND I DO NOT THINK THEY WOULD KNOW HOW TO RESTORE THE DOOR. BUT THAT IS WHERE, IF YOU ALL WANTED TO MAKE THAT DOOR PART OF SOMETHING TO HANG ON THE WALL IN A FIRE STATION, THAT IS WHERE THE BOARD WOULD MAYBE DO SOME FUNDRAISING. FOR A SMALL ENOUGH PIECE TO GO ON THE WALL, THAT IS SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING FOR AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIND AN ARTIST WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT, AND BE ABLE TO FUND RAISE THE COST FOR THAT.
>> YOU COULD CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF JUNKING THE TRUCK AND WHATEVER MONEY YOU MAKE OFF OF THAT TRUCK, SELLING THE METAL , YOU COULD PUT BACK INTO THE PROJECT. IT IS A BIG TRUCK WITH A LOT OF STEEL AND METAL AND PARTS THAT PEOPLE MAY WANT OR BE ABLE TO USE. SO THAT IS ONE WAY OF POSSIBLY GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.
>> I THINK IT IS THE COST OF GETTING RID OF IT, PROBABLY THE SAME AMOUNT AS WHAT WE WOULD GET.
>> THAT IS WHAT I THINK PUBLIC WORKS HAS DETERMINED. I DON'T THINK WE ARE GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT. IT IS GOING TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT JUST TO SAFELY GET IT ON SOME KIND OF A FLATBED. AND THEN, EVEN WHEN YOU JUNK IT, THERE IS A COST , WHAT
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PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE. THERE IS COST TO TAKING IT SOMEWHERE AND DEPOSITING IT. THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE , THEY NEED A WAY OFGETTING THAT OUT FOR NO CHARGE. >> THE WHOLE IDEA OF LOOKING AT THE DOOR AND SEEING IT IN THE CONDITION IT IS IN, IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THE DOOR, THERE ARE WAYS OF PRESERVING IT, EVEN WITH THE RUST, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT DID. TO HAVE SOMEONE REDO THE BADGE, AND THE PAINT , AND DO ALL THAT, THAT IS A PRETTY BIG EXPENSE. IF YOU TAKE THE DOOR OFF, I GUESS, YOU CAN CALL IT SHELLACKING , WHERE YOU PUT SOME ON TOP OF IT TO PRESERVE IT. YOU SPRAY IT. THERE IS NOT A BIG EXPENSE, ANY BODYSHOP CAN DO THAT, AT LEAST THAT IS KIND OF COOL TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE WALL BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS IN KIND OF
TELLS THE STORY A LITTLE BIT. >> I THINK YOU WOULD WANT SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE METAL, TO KNOW THAT YOU COULD JUST PUT A CLEARCOAT ON IT. THIS IS A PRETTY RUSTY TRUCK. YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO AT LEAST CONSULT WITH SOMEBODY , AS TO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RESTORE IT.
>> BOARD HAS BEEN TASKED WITH, TAKING ON THIS PROJECT.
>> I ACTUALLY KNOW SOMEBODY , THIS IS WHAT HE DOES. HE DOES RESTORATION FOR CARS . I GUESS, REALLY, I GUESS, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I THINK BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE SHOULD ASK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IF THEY EVEN WANT IT THERE. >> IT IS NOT UP TO -- WELL. THE FIRE STATION 'S BELONG TO THE CITY. SO, WE COULD PROVIDE, AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE I AM THINKING, A SMALL PIECE OF ART, SOMETHING MANAGEABLE TO PUT SOMETHING INTO THE FIRE STATION.
>> I HAVE EXPRESSED MY OPINIONS ON THIS BEFORE. I WILL REITERATE. I THINK IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO TAKE IT, WE SHOULD JUST HAVE THEM TAKE IT! SO , BECAUSE THAT, YEAH .
>> I MEAN , YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, THIS IS FROM THE 1980S. THIS IS NOT REALLY HISTORICAL. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER THAT HISTORICAL. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN . BEFORE THE 1980S . ARE YOU GOING TO RESTORE MY ARM? SO.
MEAN. THE REAL QUESTION IS, LIKE KENDRA IS SAYING, FIRST , WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER WE ARE EVEN GOING TO WANT TO RESTORE IT AND SECOND OF ALL, IF WE DO, AND WE ALL AGREED THAT THE DOOR IS THE PART THAT WE ARE GOING TO RESTORE, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT. IF WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT THAT.
FOR DISCUSSION, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ? KENDRA HAS MADE HERS
KNOWN. >> TAKE IT AWAY. I AM NOT ONE TO
KEEP JUNK. >> IT MAY NOT BE HISTORICAL TO US , BUT IN 50, 60, 100 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANT TO PEOPLE. IN THE MOMENT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE GOOD, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN , IN 100 YEARS. FOR SOME REASON, THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS STYLE OF TRUCK. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WE DECIDE, WHEN DOES IT BECOME HISTORY? DEPENDING ON HOW IT WILL BE EXECUTED. LOOKING AT THE DOOR, SEEING THE BADGE, OKAY.
THAT IS A GREAT PICTURE. THAT PART RIGHT THERE, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE AND I DOUBT ANYONE ELSE WILL, IF WE WERE TO EVEN CUT THAT BADGE OUT AND LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE RED. EVEN IF IT IS JUST THIS FAR, EVEN TWO INCHES AROUND THE PERIMETER, THE RUST IS TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE DOOR. IF I CAN GET SOMEONE WILLING TO TAKE THAT PART OUT. THAT IS A SMALL PIECE. THAT COULD EVEN GO UP IN CITY HALL IF YOU WANTED IT TO. WHEN YOU GET THE PIECE AND YOU LIKE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE CITY CAN DECIDE WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT IT AT THAT POINT. BUT I THINK JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PRESERVING THAT, BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF COOL. IT
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IS A NEAT -LOOKING PIECE. I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. I DON'T THINK IT WILL GET INTO THE RUST ISSUE.JEFF, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, AND THEY CUT IT OUT, YOU ARE NOT REALLY DEALING WITH A LOT OF RUST. I THINK IF THEY CAN CLEAN THAT UP NICELY. BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND RESTORE THAT BADGE, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FIND THAT SAME BADGE. IT IS NOT LIKE YOU CAN GO AND GRAB ANOTHER STICKER AND STICK IT ON THE CAR.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD WHO HAS LOOKED AT IT. FROM WHAT CHRISTINA HAS SEEN AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THAT IS PROBABLY THE CLEAREST AND MOST RECOGNIZABLE THING THAT STILL STANDS ON THAT TRUCK. YEAH.
>> I THINK, FOR THE SAKE OF , YEAH.
>> RIGHT OUT OF THE MIDDLE. >> YEAH, BUT AS FAR AS PRESERVING IT , I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL. IT IS KIND OF A COOL PIECE, THE CITY CAN MAKE A DECISION WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT IT LATER ON. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HIDDEN AWAY.
IF IT IS MORE OF A PLAQUE SIZE , THE BADGE IS PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT THIS BIG, THAT IS REALLY ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS KIND OF COOL TO TRY TO PRESERVE IT IF THEY CAN TAKE THE DOOR OFF BEFORE THEY HAULED THE TRUCK OUT OF HERE, GIVE ME THE DOOR, I WILL BRING IT TO THE PLACE, SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT.
>> SOMETHING ELSE YOU COULD DO, WITH CHRISTINE'S HELP, HOWEVER WE PRESERVE IT, WE COULD PUT A LITTLE PLAQUE, OR SOME KIND OF NOTATION AS TO WHERE THIS CAME FROM, WHAT THE HISTORY OF IT IS, SO THAT IN 50, 60 YEARS, PEOPLE SAY, THAT IS KIND OF NEAT, BUT WHAT YEAR WAS THAT AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WE HAVE THAT
HISTORY PRESERVED. >> YOU REPLACE JEFF, AS FAR AS HISTORIAN. I AM SURE HE IS STILL AROUND. NOT THAT YOU CAN REPLACE, AND KEN CUTLER, A BIG PART OF THIS CITY. I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO NOT TRY TO SALVAGE THAT LITTLE PEAS. SO.
DOES EVERYBODY AGREE OR DISAGREE?
>> LETS US SEE THEM IN ACTION. DOUG ? DO YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING? >> QUICK COMMENT, I TOOK SOME TIME AND I CALLED KEN , TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WOULD NOT FEEL MARGINALIZED AND CRAPPY IF WE DID NOT DO IT ON THE SCALE THAT HE THOUGHT WE WANTED. I DON'T THINK HE CARED. HE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. MINIMALIST APPROACH. IT IS NOT GOING TO COST A FORTUNE. AND TO YOUR POINT, THERE WAS NO REAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AT LEAST NOT YET, SO, I AM OKAY.
>> WE CAN ONLY TRY, RIGHT? AND IF WORSE COMES TO WORST, AT THE NEXT MEETING, KENDRA WINS.
TRUCK IT. >> IF WE DON'T THINK IT IS REALLY THAT IMPORTANT , IT IS NOT LIKE THAT 1928 TRUCK. IF WE DO NOT THINK IT IS NOW, I DON'T THINK 50 YEARS FROM NOW, ANYONE
WILL CARE ABOUT IT EITHER. >> IF IT GOES MISSING, WE KNOW
THAT KENDRA DID NOT TAKE IT . >> IT WILL NOT BE IN HER LIVING
ROOM. SO, ALL RIGHT. >> I AM A MINIMALIST AT HEART.
>> IS THIS WORTH SOMETHING FOR SCRAP?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS . AGAIN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF RUST IN
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTINE. SO , SHOULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO TRY TO SALVAGE THE DOOR AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO POSSIBLY RESTORE A PORTION SO THE CITY CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THEY WILL PUT IT UP HERE IN KENDRA'S HOUSE? MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO PRESERVE THE DOOR AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT, A SECOND? OKAY, WE HAVE SHARRY AND JEFF AS THE SECOND. ANYBODY OPPOSED?
>> JUST GET RID OF IT. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A
UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> YES, WE MET THE MAJORITY , WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO PRESERVE IT AND IF IT DOES NOT WORK OUT, KENDRA IS IN CHARGE.
>> WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE IT AWAY, WE GIVE THEM OUR BLESSING.
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>> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TRY, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GET IT OFF THE TRUCK I WILL BRING IT OVER AND SEE WHAT WE
CAN DO WITH IT. >> SOUNDS GOOD.
>> NEXT, THE BOUNDARY PROCESS AND SCHOOL CHOICE.
>> I WILL MAKE IT BRIEF. AN UPDATE , I PROMISED YOU BUT THE LAST MEETING THAT I WOULD UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.
WITHOUT HITTING INTO A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A FEW YEARS AGO, A BOUNDARY CHANGE TO MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. IN AN AREA THAT WAS CALLED THE C-4 AREA, THE STUDENTS IN THE C-4 AREA, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GRADUATE OUT THEY STILL HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OR SO TO GRADUATE OUT, AND ANY NEW STUDENTS WOULD THEN GO TO CORAL BLAZE HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE HAD A DISCUSSION, AT , AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WHERE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BRING BACK THE IDEA OF HAVING THE C-4 STUDENTS GOING TO MSD , BECAUSE THE BOUNDARY PROCESS WORKED WELL, IN REDUCING THE OVERCROWDING, BUT WITH ALL OF THE REDUCTIONS IN STUDENT COUNCIL IN BROWARD COUNTY, IT REDUCED THAT EVEN FURTHER. WE HAVE EMPTY SEATS AT MSD, WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE THE C-4 STUDENTS BACK ? SO, WHAT HAPPENED IS, THE PROPOSAL WAS TO LOOK AT TWO OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES. THE FIRST ONE IS THE SCHOOL CHOICE POLICY.
THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE EMPTY SEATS IN SCHOOLS , YOU CAN HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL THAN WHAT THEY ARE BOUNDARY DID FOR. THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA. SOME OF THEM ARE STATE -RUN CRITERIA AND SOME OTHER CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZING STUDENTS TO GO TO A SCHOOL. THAT WAS , THAT WAS PROPOSED , TO HAVE A PRIORITY FOR STUDENTS IN ANY AREA OF THE DISTRICT , WHOSE BOUNDARY CHANGED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THAT POLICY CHANGE IS COMING UP AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. THE OTHER WAS LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARY PROCESS AS A WHOLE AND LOOKING AT WHAT THEY WERE CALLING A COMBINED ZONE . THAT MEANS, IF YOU LIVED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE MSD BOUNDARY AND THE C-4 AREA, YOU HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN GOING TO MSD AND GOING TO CORAL GLADES. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IF YOU HAD A SHIFT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, LET'S SAY YOU HAD MORE STUDENTS CHOOSING MSD , AND YOU OVERLOADED MSD, YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE WHERE YOU HAVE AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF STUDENTS WHO MAY BE MOVED INTO PARKLAND WAY UP IN THE WEDGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NO SPOT FOR YOU AT MSD, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BUS THAT STUDENT ALL THE WAY PAST MSD TO GO TO CORAL GLADE. AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, THEY BROUGHT UP THIS WHOLE REDEFINING OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON, THEY CLOSED ONE SCHOOL AND THEY REPURPOSED I BELIEVE , THEY TRIED TO RIGHT SIZE THE SCHOOLS, FOR CONTINUING TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD, THERE ARE ANOTHER 10,000 STUDENTS FEWER, IN BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS . IN LOOKING AT THAT, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THIS LAST WORKSHOP NOTICED THERE WERE 34 SCHOOLS THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS . ADDRESS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN CLOSE BUT MAYBE LOOK AT COMBINING THE REPURPOSED THING, THE PARTNERING, THE WHOLE BUNCH1 OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO, BUT THEY NOTICED THAT THERE WERE EIGHT DIFFERENT CLUSTERS OF SCHOOLS THAT WERE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THAT MAYBE HAD SOME SIMILAR ISSUES. SO, WHAT THE DECISION WAS , THESE EIGHT CLUSTERS WOULD BE LOOKED AT IN BETWEEN, SEPTEMBER 10TH AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, THERE ARE EIGHT COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE COUNTY, AT EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT CULTURE -- CLUSTER LOCATIONS TO GET SOME INPUT AS TO WHAT THE IDEAS ARE TO DO WITH THE SCHOOLS. NONE OF THOSE CLUSTERS INVOLVES SCHOOLS LOCATED IN PARKLAND. THE CLOSEST CLUSTER IS A CLUSTER OF FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE IN CORAL SPRINGS, ONE OF THEM AT MARGATE . THAT WAS A CLUSTER WHERE THEY NOTICE MAYBE
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THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOME COMBINING OR SOMETHING ELSE BUT NO SCHOOLS IN PARKLAND. THE TOPIC OF THE C-4 AND MSD COMBINED ZONE CAME UP, THE SUPERINTENDENT VERY PLAINLY SAID, WITH ALL OF THIS, THE 10,000 STUDENTS WE HAVE LOST THIS YEAR, CONTINUING TO GO DOWN, EIGHT CLUSTERS, FOR US TO LOOK AT, I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS SMALL C-4 AREA, THE DECISION WAS MADE. LET'S CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON REDEFINING OUR SCHOOLS IN THE AREAS WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE OUR FOCUS. A DEMOGRAPHER FOR THE SCHOOLS SAID, LOOK, I WILL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. MSD, RIGHT NOW, IS AT 101% CAPACITY, RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY KNEW THEY HAD 150 EMPTY SEATS THAT THEY PUT OUT APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL CHOICE FOR. THERE WERE NOT THAT MANY STUDENTS IN THE C-4 AREA THAT EVEN APPLIED . BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, BARRING 12TH-GRADERS, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LIKE TO MOVE 12TH-GRADERS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE IN THE C-4 AREA THAT APPLIED FOR MSD GOT INTO MSD. SO, THEY FILLED UP THOSE SEATS. AND NONE OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE LEFT OUT THERE. SO, THE DECISION , THEY CANNOT REALLY MAKE A VOTE IN A WORKSHOP, THEY DECIDED TO JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH THE REDEFINING PROCESS, BUT TO NOT LOOK AT THE SCHOOL CHOICE AREA.NOW, THEY ARE FORMULATING THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE GROUP OF TEACHERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY PEOPLE, WHO WILL BE WORKING ON THE BOUNDARY PROCESS AND ARE SOLIDIFYING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL CHOICE CHANGE . I THINK, ONCE THAT IS SOLIDIFIED, THEN WE WILL KNOW, THAT CHOICE AREA FOR C-4 IS NOT SOMETHING THEY ARE ADDRESSING THIS YEAR. BUT FROM EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY RIGHT NOW. SO. THAT IS THE UPDATE. QUESTIONS? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER THEM. >> I HAVE ONE. SEVERAL TEACHERS , THEIR CLASS SIZES ARE HUMONGOUS , LIKE, 40 STUDENTS.
HAVING THEM COME IN TO MSD, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE HAVE A SMALLER CLASS SIZES ? I KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN GETTING TEACHERS, BUT 40 STUDENTS? I TAUGHT SCHOOL . 40 STUDENTS IS CRAZY. IF YOU HAVE FIVE CLASSES, THAT IS A LOT OF KIDS TO KEEP
TRACK OF. >> I AM NOT SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THAT IS A SCHOOL BOARD DECISION. HOWEVER, ONE THING THEY LOOK AT, WHEN THEY DO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WRITE SIZE THE SCHOOLS, YOU WOULD NEED TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS, THEY ARE STILL GETTING IT, THEY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY ARE BRINGING THEM, BUT THEY HAVE THE PAY FOR TEACHERS. THEY , LET'S SAY FOR A SCHOOL BOARD, THEY MIGHT CLOSE THE SCHOOL, THE UTILITIES THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE A LOOK AT WHEN
THEY ARE TRYING TO ENSURE . >> AS A TEACHER, THEY CANNOT TEACH THAT MANY STUDENTS. COCONUT CREEK RIGHT NOW, THAT IS WHAT THEIR SCHOOLS ARE, 40 STUDENTS PER CLASS. THEY SHOULD
SET A HIGHER STANDARD. >> BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN BROWARD COUNTY IS RUN BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY SET
THOSE STANDARDS. SO -- >> THERE ARE STANDARDS. THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THEM.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> THAT IS BETWEEN YOU AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD. THAT IS WHY WE NO LONGER HAVE AN EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD. WE REALIZED, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ANY OF THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS MAKING SOME GOOD DECISIONS WITH WHAT HE DID HERE. AND MAYBE WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL , OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. MSD, THEY MIGHT HAVE 40 KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, ALL THE CLASSROOMS ARE FULL, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE BUILDINGS TO EVEN BREAK UP
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THE CLASSES, BECAUSE WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT THEM?>> THAT IS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THESE OTHER STUDENTS COMING IN IN THE C-4 SECTION . WE KEEP IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE 40
STUDENTS IN THE CLASS. >> I WOULD DEFINITELY BRING IT UP WITH THEM. YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS. I WISH THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR IT, BUT IT IS NOT. IT IS GOOD TO HEAR YOUR
INSIGHT. >> AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, ANY PARTICULAR ADVOCACY THAT WE NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT, BUT I WANTED TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED, SO THAT YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY, SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FAMILY MAY BE INQUIRING BECAUSE WE GET THAT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND KEEPING US ABREAST OF WHAT IS GOING ON. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY. I WOULD SAY, NEXT , WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF BUT I AM SURE
THAT YOU ARE PRETTY EXHAUSTED. >> I MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 4TH AT 6:00 P.M. AND AFTER WRAPPING UP ANOTHER GREAT MEETING, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> AND A SECOND?
>> I SECOND. >> ANYONE OPPOSED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.