Nov 04, 2025 Community Advisory Board

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[1. Call to Order]

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AND IT WAS. A BABY'S ALWAYS ON THE CORNER. WHO'S THAT? THAT'S VERY FUNNY. YOU GUYS SHOULD SLIDE DOWN IF YOU WANT TO SAY.

YEAH, HE'S ALWAYS IN THE CORNER, I TAKE IT. I'M OVER HERE.

NO, NO, NO, I'M SET UP. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE THING BEFORE WE START IS I GOT TO LISTEN TO THE REPLAY OF THE LAST MEETING THAT I DIDN'T ATTEND.

I WAS ACTUALLY WATCHING IT WHILE YOU GUYS WERE HAVING IT, BECAUSE I WAS IN MIAMI. AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION DURING THAT MEETING FROM AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR IT. SO THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT.

WELL, BUT TRY TO AND I'M REALLY GUILTY OF THAT TOO, BECAUSE I DON'T DO IT OFTEN ENOUGH.

BUT JUST TRY TO REMEMBER SOMEBODY WILL SCOLD YOU WITH A WET NOODLE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN SCROLL ON OUR FANCY PADS AND LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE FOR MINUTES AND EVERYTHING.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEAD THAT? CHERI, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW WE WILL START WITH THE ROLL CALL.

JEFF WOLFF. PRESENT. CHERI KIMMEL. PRESENT. JEFF WEISS.

DAVID SILVER. KENDRA CROMPTON. PRESENT. OKAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE BILL KENNEDY IS ABSENT. DOUG EATON IS ABSENT.

IS ABSENT AND KELTY IS ABSENT. BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

AND YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN NOW, MINE'S NOT SCROLLING.

BUT YOU WANT TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS. OR IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND.

THE OTHER. JEFF. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC? NO. IT'S A REALLY LIVELY PUBLIC CROWD OUT THERE TODAY.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL ATTENDING. NEXT IS COMMENTS BY THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD.

[6. Comments by the Chair and Board]

WE'VE GOT SOME DISCUSSED AND NOW I'LL PASS IT ON.

SHERRY OR WHICHEVER. NO. I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THE PUMPKIN PATCH, THE FARMER'S MARKET, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BIG COMMUNITY DAY AT MY CHURCH, AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED THAT RICH WALKER WAS THERE AND EVERYTHING.

HE'S NOW VIDEOTAPING IT. IT'S REALLY GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING THAT COMMUNITY UNITY.

AND I REALLY LOVE THAT. OKAY, SO OPENING DAY AT THE FARMER'S MARKET WAS AMAZING AND IT WAS A GORGEOUS, MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY. PERFECT WEATHER TO COMPLEMENT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL VENDORS.

AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AT THE PARKLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TENT.

SO KUDOS TO ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.

THEY WORK SO HARD. WE HAD OUR FIRST INAUGURAL BOOK FAIR AT THE LIBRARY.

THE PARKLAND FRIENDS DID VERY WELL. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.

AND AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, I MADE AN EFFORT TO SEND A FEW INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY IN HOPES OF SECURING SECURITY SECURING SOME ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WENT. I GUESS WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT IT LATER.

BUT HOPEFULLY. WE DID GET SOME FUNDING FROM OTHER PLACES, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED LAST TIME.

ALSO, SINCE WE LAST MET, THE COMMUNITY OFFICIALLY HAS PURCHASED THE TWO CLUBHOUSES.

THE MAR A LAGO ESTATES CLUBHOUSE AND THE CLUBHOUSE.

AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.

AS ACTUALLY THE ONLY PERSON THAT LENNAR AGREED TO NEGOTIATE WITH AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF DELAYS WITH THE HOA BOARDS AND THE ATTORNEYS.

I MADE SOME CALLS AND I WAS ABLE TO SECURE A $1 MILLION PRICE REDUCTION IN ADDITION TO A $150,000 CHECK AT CLOSING FOR IMMEDIATE MINOR REPAIRS. SO NOW OUR COMMUNITY CAN ENJOY THE CLUBHOUSE TO THE MAX.

FINALLY. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE MAR A LAGO COMMUNITY.

I ALSO ENJOYED VOLUNTEERING AT THE PARKLAND PUMPKIN PATCH, WHICH BENEFITED THE PARKLAND 17 FOUNDATION.

THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING THAT AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST.

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AT THE MAR A LAGO CLUBHOUSE. IT'S OPEN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THERE WILL BE OVER 50 VENDORS BIGGER THAN EVER THIS YEAR, AND IT WILL BE AN EVENT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.

LOTS OF HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T FIND IN STORES, AND YOU CAN SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS AND LOCAL VENDORS.

AND WE'VE ALREADY RAISED OVER $6,000 TO HELP SUPPORT THE PARKLAND LIBRARY THROUGH THE EFFORTS.

IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO PLAN FOR THE SIP AND SPEND, SO THIS HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST ONE YET.

AND I WILL JUST WRAP UP WITH A QUESTION. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE HARVEST DRIVE, AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE ARE PLANNING ON SUPPORTING THEM WITH THANKSGIVING PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE CORNER IF WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING THIS YEAR AND IF SO, WHAT IS IT? AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. I WILL SAY THAT THAT COMMUNITY, IT WAS A DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

WE INVITED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND WE SUPPORTED THE HARVEST DRIVE.

WE RAISED WE MADE OVER 500 TOILETRY KITS, 60, BLANKETS AND TONS OF DONATIONS.

SO THEY SHOULD BE REALLY SET FOR A WHILE. AND WE ALSO SUPPORTED WOMEN IN DISTRESS AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY EVERY YEAR. THAT WAS OUR PLAN AND IT WAS JUST GREAT.

WE HAD TWO MAYORS, ONE ASSISTANT MAYOR FROM THE, THE AREAS.

SO AND MAYOR WALKER WAS THERE AND HE DID A GREAT JOB ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT WAS GREAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING AS A BOARD SUPPORTING THE HARVEST DRIVE FOR YEARS.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE INSTEAD OF BECAUSE THEY SERVE ALL OF DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH COUNTY, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH NEED AND ALTHOUGH WHAT YOU DID WAS AMAZING AND MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, WE CAN CERTAINLY ALSO, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION, STILL SUPPORT THEM TOO.

JEFF. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SHERRI, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO PARKLAND BAY BECAUSE WE'RE IN FINAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH LENNAR RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S AND IT WENT AND IT WENT SIDEWAYS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING YOU IN NOW AS THE SUCCESSFUL ONE.

SO AND YOU STARTED BEFORE WE DID. WE DID. WELL.

I HOPE YOU DIDN'T TAKE THEIR MILLION DOLLAR DEDUCTION AND ADD IT OVER HERE.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ON THIS FOR THIS MEETING.

[7. Approval of the Agenda]

I SECOND. GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR NEW BUSINESS. MEETING DATES.

[8. New Business]

WE USUALLY SET OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR IN JANUARY, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A JANUARY DATE SET FOR OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.

SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND THE WAY THAT IT FALLS.

JANUARY 13TH WOULD BE THE NATURAL NEXT DAY. BUT BARRING ANY PARTICULAR SPECIAL HOLIDAYS, WHICH I DID MY BEST TO RESEARCH OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL DAYS I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE ON.

AND THEN AT OUR JANUARY MEETING IS WHEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE DATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR FOR 2026.

SO THIS WILL BE 6:00 MEETING ON JANUARY YES, IT WAS TUESDAY.

I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN. I PREFER THE SIXTH OR THE 20TH, BUT I'M JUST ONE PERSON ON THE BOARD, SO WHATEVER THE BOARD WOULD LIKE, IT'S FINE. I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM AS WELL.

MY. MY WIFE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME SURGERY ON HER FOOT ON THE ON THE 12TH, I BELIEVE.

SO I'LL BE BUSY. ANYBODY ELSE? WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER? ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATIVE DATES SO FAR? WE COULD LOOK INTO ALTERNATIVE DATES.

WE'D NEED TO RUN THEM THROUGH THE CALENDARS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH ANY, ANY PARTICULAR HOLIDAYS.

WE WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DO THAT? TO MAKE IT SO THAT ANYONE COULDN'T MAKE IT FOR ANY OTHER REASONS.

YOU STILL HAVE. I MEAN, IF WE'RE DOWN TWO, WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A QUORUM.

STILL, THOUGH, RIGHT? FOR JANUARY. WE HAVE ALTERNATES.

YEAH, WE THERE'S ALTERNATES. WE DO. WELL, THE 13TH WORKS FOR ME.

I THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN WE. I KNOW WE GOT TWO PROBLEMS OR TWO CONFLICTS, BUT LET'S I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE THE 13TH. DO I HEAR. DO WE WANT TO PUT AN EMAIL OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT THE OTHERS CAN, IF THEY CAN DO IT?

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WELL, WE COULD VOTE FOR THE MEETING. AND THEN IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DATE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF, IF, IF WE FIND OUT AHEAD OF TIME THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A QUORUM FOR A PARTICULAR MEETING, IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS NOTICE AND HOW MANY DAYS WOULD THAT BE? WE WOULD NEED TO CANCEL A MEETING BECAUSE WE USUALLY POST THE MEETING, RIGHT? WE USUALLY POST THE MEETING ON THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE DAYS NOTICE TO CANCEL A MEETING, AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO TRY AND RESCHEDULE IT.

YOU CAN SEND THIS OUT. CAN YOU SEND US A LIKE A NOTICE AN FYI THIS MONTH IN NOVEMBER SO THAT WE CAN GET A KIND OF A ROUGH COMMITMENT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND, LET US KNOW AND THEN WE'LL KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.

SO YOU'RE SAYING SO SAY YES TO THE 13TH. BUT THEN IN THE MEANTIME, MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE A QUORUM, THAT I CAN DO THAT SOUND. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE AVAILABLE. OKAY, LET'S DO THAT THEN. THAT'S AT LEAST THAT'S THE PLAN. TWO THAT ARE HERE ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM. RIGHT, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL TAKE LET'S LET'S VOTE ON ACCEPTING THE 13TH AS THE NEXT MEETING DATE FOR JANUARY.

I MOTION TO DO THAT. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. LET THE RECORD SHOW IT'S APPROVED. AND? AND JUST WHEN, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE IF AND THEN.

SO THE PROTOCOL IS THAT THEY RESPOND TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

YES. I CAN MAKE IT. NO I CAN'T. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TO THE WHOLE GROUP. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD VOTE ON.

IT WOULD NEED TO GO TO ME DIRECTLY. WELL, YOU REMIND US IN THE EMAILS, JUST FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST IN THE BODY OF ALL THE EMAILS OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD RESPOND DIRECTLY TO.

YOU JUST SAY, PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO ME. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME.

ALL OF US. DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE NEW BUSINESS. SO LET'S MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD

[9. Old Business]

AND THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE GOING OUT AND SOLICITING FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, THEY OF COURSE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL IS VALUABLE TO DONATE THEIR MONEY TOWARDS.

AT ANOTHER FUTURE DATE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME OTHER FINER DETAILS LIKE RUBRICS.

BUT AT THIS MEETING WE WERE TO DECIDE WHAT THOSE CRITERIA WOULD BE.

WHEN I HAD SENT YOU ALL A REMINDER FOR THIS MEETING SENT YOU A LINK TO THE CRITERIA FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM LAST YEAR.

SO YOU HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAD SOLICITED IN THE PAST.

I'VE ALSO RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM FROM SOME OF YOU WITH SOME INPUT AS TO.

CRITERIA. AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT CRITERIA. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT.

SO WE DO WANT TO SOLIDIFY THAT THERE ARE $2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CITY HAS IN THEIR BUDGET $4,000 TOTAL FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND WE HAD DIVIDED THAT UP DIFFERENTLY IN THE PAST.

IT HAD BEEN A $2,000, A 1200 AND AN $800 SCHOLARSHIP.

BUT AS A BOARD, YOU CAN DECIDE HOW TO DISSEMINATE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE TWO $2,000 SCHOLARSHIPS, IF YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE A 2500 LIKE THE OTHERS, AND A 1500, WE CAN DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

WE CAN MAKE A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE BUDGET, BUT WE DO HAVE $4,000 TO WORK WITH THAT'S SET ASIDE IN THE CITY'S BUDGET.

AT THE LAST MEETING, WE ALSO HAD A COMMITMENT FROM THE EATON FAMILY FOR A $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP.

WE HAD A COMMITMENT FROM KENNEDY LEGAL TEAM FOR ONE, AND I ALSO RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATION FROM A FRIEND OF SHERRY'S, SETH STEINBERG, WHO WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING A $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP.

SO THAT IS THREE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A COMMITMENT TO BEFORE WE'VE EVEN PUT THE CRITERIA OUT THERE.

I HAVE A FEELING THAT ONCE THAT IS OUT THERE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH DOUG'S HELP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

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SO I HOPE YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CRITERIA WAS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS PRIOR, AND WE COULD BREAK THAT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AS WE DISCUSS IT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

SO WE'VE GOT A COMPONENT THAT IS GPA. WE'VE GOT A COMPONENT THAT IS COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.

AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO CONSIDER ON A LARGER SCALE.

IS THIS FOR ALL GRADUATING SENIORS THAT RESIDE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND? OR IS IT JUST FOR MSD STUDENTS? BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PAST THAT ARE JUST FOR MSD STUDENTS, BUT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF OTHER STUDENTS HERE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY THAT GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS.

SO ACTUALLY, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START FOR CONVERSATION SINCE WE'RE KIND OF WORKING OUR WAY DOWN TO THE SMALLER DETAILS.

DO YOU WANT TO START? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP IS JUST FOR MSD.

CORRECT? YES. AND THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS.

OH, WAIT. NO. AND ALSO ALL OF THEM WERE. EXCEPT FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS.

OKAY. OKAY. ALSO, SPEAKING OF THE MESA TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IS THAT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY HAS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS AT $1,000 FOR TWO SCHOLARSHIPS. INSTEAD OF SAYING WE'RE ONLY DOING $2,500 LEVELS.

I'D LIKE THE APPROVAL TO ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO FUND AT $1,000, THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO A $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP NOW FOR THAT, WE COULD DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.

BUT THOSE ARE ALL THOUGHTS, SO I'LL MAKE A LIST.

IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT, MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR 2500 FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, AT LEAST 2000 ONES, OR KEEP IT AS IT WAS WITH THE 2508 HUNDRED.

THAT'S UP TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO 2500.

WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF $4,000 TO WORK WITH. SO HOW YOU DISTRIBUTE THAT UP, RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO 2500.

WE CAN ONLY DO TWO 2000 ONES. CORRECT? YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO, AS LONG AS IT'S JUST THE $4,000.

SO IT COULD BE TWO 2000. IT COULD BE A 2500 AND A 15.

IT COULD BE AS WE DID IT BEFORE WITH A TWO, A 12 AND AN EIGHT.

HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE IT. WE'VE GOT 4000 TO WORK WITH.

OKAY. THAT'S THAT WAS WHAT I WAS CLARIFYING. SO AND THEN WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THE MR. TAYLOR FAMILY ONE IS RIGHT NOW TWO 1000 ONE'S NO, IT'S TWO $500 FOR A TOTAL OF $1,000.

SO I IF FIRST I WOULD ASK THEM IF THEY WERE STILL INTERESTED IN IN PROVIDING THAT THIS YEAR AND NOT PRECLUDE THEM FROM ONLY CONTRIBUTING 2500 IF THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE $1,000.

OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN TO ALL PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ATTEND, AS LONG AS THEY RESIDE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE KIDS THAT GO TO AMAZING MAGNET PROGRAMS. PUBLIC MAGNET PROGRAMS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE DESERVING STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THAT RESIDE HERE.

SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE ALL OF THEM BE FOR ALL PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW AS I WROTE TO YOU, I'M LOOKING AT FINANCIAL NEED.

I MEAN, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IF YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT STUDENT, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINE.

AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE EXCELLENT STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY FROM THEIR FAMILY TO HELP THEM.

I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AS AS SOME OF IT IN NEED.

SO YOU MAY HAVE A STUDENT THAT MAY NOT BE AT THE UPPER ECHELON OF THE GPA OR SO FORTH, BUT HAS THE PROSPECTS OF DOING WELL, BUT NEEDS REALLY NEEDS THE MONEY TO HELP PUSH THEM ALONG A LITTLE BIT.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT FINANCIAL NEED IF IT'S LEGAL, IF WE CAN.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A PROFESSOR OF 22 YEARS AT BROWARD COLLEGE, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY COMMUTER SCHOOL WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE JUST DEPLORABLE, THAT EXCEL, AND THEY WORK SO HARD AND THEY AMAZE. AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL OR OTHERWISE,

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THEY MAY NOT GET THAT MONEY ANY OTHER WAY. AND IF THEY'RE DESERVING AND THEY'VE WORKED HARD AND THEY HAVE A HIGH GPA AND THEY'VE EVEN SOMEHOW MANAGED TO DO OTHER THINGS IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW MAYBE COMPLICATED LIVES, THEN IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HELP THEM.

SO I ALSO LOVE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT FINANCIAL NEED IF IT'S LEGAL, IF WE CAN.

IF THERE'S A WAY, IF, IF, IF BUT I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE FOR, FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO REALLY HAVE PUSHED THE ENVELOPE.

PERIOD. WELL, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THAT.

AND OTHER COMMUNITIES DO HAVE LIKE A TENT. SO THEY HAVE A RUBRIC OF WHICH WHAT PERCENTAGE IS FOR FOR EXAMPLE, CERTAIN PERCENTAGES LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE ESSAY, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IS FOR GPA.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM THEY HAD LIKE 10% FOR IN OUR RUBRIC.

AND HOW WE USE THE CRITERIA IS FINANCIAL NEED.

SO WE I THINK THAT'S LEGAL BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

I THINK I SENT YOU THAT. DID YOU GET THAT? I DID.

OKAY. SO SO OKAY. SO THE FINANCIAL NEED PART I THINK IS WORTHWHILE, EXCEPT IMPLEMENTING IT, I THINK IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. AND SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, I SAT ON A PARENT BOARD AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS THAT HAD MONEY SET ASIDE FOR FINANCIAL NEED.

WE HAD KIDS THAT WERE NOT ABLE WERE NOT PAYING AT RISK OF BEING THROWN OUT OF PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT WASN'T FAIR, AND I COULD NOT GET THE PARENTS TO APPLY FOR THE FINANCIAL NEEDS.

THE MONEY WAS THERE, AND THOSE WERE NOT NECESSARILY PARKLAND PARENTS, BUT IT'S JUST THE ATMOSPHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. AND IN SOME CASES, I MADE PERSONAL PHONE CALLS AND SAID, LOOK, I HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP. JUST FILL OUT THE FORM.

NOBODY SEES THIS. NOW, THAT SITUATION IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THIS ONE, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR RECORDS HERE ARE PUBLIC.

SO EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN AND SEE WHO'S WHO'S GOT A FINANCIAL NEED.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT IT'S DIFFERENT. I MEAN, I MOVED HERE 24 YEARS AGO AND I THOUGHT LIKE, I WAS THE CLAMPETTS COMING FROM BEVERLY HILLS.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS SCARY. SO IT'S THAT THAT'S I'M JUST CHALLENGED WITH TRYING TO RECONCILE HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT OR HOW THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND NOT NOT GET ANYBODY IN TROUBLE.

YOUR POINT ABOUT THE RUBIK'S CUBE IS I'VE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT'S GREAT.

BUT AGAIN AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION.

HOW WOULD WE KNOW? HOW WOULD WE VALIDATE THE FINANCIAL NEED ASPECT OF IT? DO WE ASK FOR A TAX RETURN? AND THEN WE GOT ISSUES WITH CONFIDENTIALITY.

IF YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL, I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO TELL US.

YES. THE STUDENT IS A FINANCIAL NEED PROSPECT.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT INVESTIGATION.

BUT THE VALIDATION OF THE FINANCIAL NEED I'M STILL TRYING TO STRUGGLE WITH.

DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO IT IN THE OTHER COMMUNITIES? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I JUST SAW THE RUBRIC.

SO I'LL LOOK IT UP AND SEE HOW THEY FIGURE THAT OUT.

IF YOU COULD FIND RESEARCH THAT THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFICULT PART.

AND YES, BECAUSE WE ARE GOVERNMENT, EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC RECORD.

AND I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T NUMBER ONE WANT TO HAVE TO TURN OVER THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE IF IT WAS REQUESTED, WE WOULD HAVE TO, BY LAW, TURN IT OVER. BUT NUMBER TWO, I WOULDN'T WANT TO TURN OFF ANY STUDENTS FROM APPLYING BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION MIGHT BE REVEALED, OR EVEN THE FACT THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CHECK A BOX SAYING, YES, I HAVE FINANCIAL NEED. THEY MAY BE TURNED OFF FOR TURNING IN AN APPLICATION WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON IT.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION BRIEFLY WITH MICHELLE AT MSD ABOUT HOW THEY KNOW WHAT WHAT STUDENTS HAVE FINANCIAL NEED.

THEY SAY THEIR COUNSELORS KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN GIVE US A LIST OR ANYTHING.

SO THAT WOULD TAKE SOME A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE SCRUTINY AND GOING AND FINDING OUT, SEEING IF THEY REVEAL THAT INFORMATION TO US.

AND THAT'S JUST MSD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE STUDENTS WHO GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS WHO MAYBE ARE THERE BASED OFF OF A SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING, IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE FOR AS AS MUCH AS I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS WHO REALLY HAVE A NEED RECEIVE IT. IT MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A CAN OF WORMS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN.

WELL, HERE'S HERE'S AN IDEA THAT I HAD. I THINK IT'S VERY IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

OKAY, SO MAYBE WE PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN REWARDING, LIKE, A UNITED WAY.

YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF PARKLAND GIVES MONEY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS TO THE UNITED WAY OR ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND THEN IT TAKES US OUT OF THE.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, I THINK, WOULD BE THAT IF, LET'S SAY WE SOLICITED FROM BUSINESSES OR FROM FAMILIES TO DONATE IN THAT WAY,

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WELL, JUST TO PLAY THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE A LITTLE BIT. SO.

NUMBER ONE, IT'S BEEN WORKING ALL THESE YEARS.

MAYBE WE CONTINUE. NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW WHAT.

WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GO TO UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, HARVARD, WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING, WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM WHEREVER THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND.

IT WILL BE ACADEMICS AND, AND OTHER OUTSIDE THINGS AND WHO THEY ARE.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WE GET ON THOSE APPLICATIONS ANYWAY.

SO MAYBE WE JUST CONTINUE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO HOLISTICALLY, I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT ECONOMIC NEED SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE PATH TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS ON THIS ONE.

IT CANNOT BE DONE WITH A VERIFICATION PROCESS, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY ON SUCH A LIMITED NUMBER THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE TO DO THE VERIFICATION. I ALSO THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IT'D BE A HINDRANCE TO APPLICATIONS.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH WE WERE ALREADY DOING IT, BECAUSE WE ARE SO LIMITED IN WHAT WE ARE GIVING.

OKAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL THE FIVE OF US ARE IN AGREEMENT.

OKAY. SO SO I'M HEARING NO ON THE ON THE FINANCIAL NEED PORTION.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE THE BIGGER PART OF THE THE UPSIDE DOWN TRIANGLE THERE IS WE'VE SAID OKAY TO THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY AT LEAST OFFERING THEM STAYING WITH THE $1,000. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPLIT UP THE $4,000 THAT THE CITY HAS BUDGETED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS? WE. WELL, ISN'T THERE IS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT ACCEPTING OTHER SMALLER SCHOLARSHIPS, OR IS THAT A SEPARATE QUESTION? I THINK WE DECIDED AND AGAIN, YOU YOU ALL CAN, SINCE YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY VOTE.

BUT WE HAD DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE WOULD SOLICIT FOR $2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS BARRING THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY IF THEY WISH TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE AND THE CITY'S FUNDING, BUT OTHERWISE THE SOLICITATION.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO GO OUT AND TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THE CHAMBER MAY, YOU KNOW, CALL CALL UPON THEIR MEMBERSHIP, IT WOULD BE A REQUEST FOR $2,500 INCREMENTS. OR CAN WE BUNDLE IT? BECAUSE I THINK I HEARD FROM MY PARTNERS ON THE LEFT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MONEY IS MONEY AND MONEY IS GOOD MONEY.

SO MAYBE WE GET, YOU KNOW, FOR SMALLER DONATIONS AND BUNDLE THEM VERSUS JUST ONE BIG 25.

AND THEY COULD DO THAT. PEOPLE COULD GET TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE PAIRING THEM TOGETHER.

BUT LET'S SAY YOU HAD TWO BUSINESSES THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THE TWO OF THEM COULD GO TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TO TO PUT TOGETHER $2,500.

THAT'S FINE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN $2,500 INCREMENTS AND THAT.

OKAY. AND I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THAT FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION.

SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL STILL WANT TO DO. YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO AND BUT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A, WE HAVE TO DIVIDE UP THE 4000 TONIGHT.

IS THAT. WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE NOT ONLY SOLICITING FOR THE DONATIONS, BUT WE WILL BE PREPARING THE APPLICATION PACKET TO GO OUT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FIRST THING IS TO LET THE PROSPECTIVE DONORS KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA WILL BE, BUT WE WILL ALSO BE PUTTING OUT ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER DECISION WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE IS THE DEADLINE FOR THAT.

BUT WE WANT THE THE APPLICATIONS TO BE OUT THERE SO THAT YOU ALL ARE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BEFORE THESE STUDENTS GO OFF TO SCHOOL. SO CAN YOU REMIND US ONE MORE TIME AT THE LAST MEETING FOR THE 4000 CAB? ARE WE JUST SAYING WE'RE SHORT 1000 RIGHT NOW, AND WE WANT TO DO $2,500 TO GET TO 5000.

IS THAT WHAT THE REQUEST IS? NO, SIR. THE CITY HAS $4,000 BUDGETED FOR THAT.

I MAY BE ABLE TO REQUEST FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

THE BUDGET YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

I CAN REQUEST NOT A GUARANTEE WE'D RECEIVE IT, BUT I CAN REQUEST FOR THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY.

HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $4,000, BUT YOU CAN DIVIDE IT UP HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DIVIDE IT UP.

IN THE PAST, DID WE DO 812 HUNDRED AND 2000? YES.

SO DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT OR KEEP IT? MY QUESTION IS I WASN'T SURE, BASED UPON THE $2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS BEING OFFERED, IF THEY WERE LOOKING TO BRING IT TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL, PUTTING ASIDE FINANCIAL NEED FOR A MOMENT, AND WERE THEY TRYING TO NARROW THE AMOUNT OF OF OF OR DID WE WANT TO GET AWAY FROM HAVING 15 OR 16 OR WHATEVER PARTICIPANTS VYING

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YEAH. THAT'S SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT. BUT BUT IN THE REVERSE ASPECT, I THINK JEFF ASKED THE QUESTION BETTER THAN I DID.

THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE TELLS ME ALL THE TIME. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WITHOUT NAMING NAMES, THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT GOT A SCHOLARSHIP, I KNOW COMES FROM A RELATIVELY AFFLUENT FAMILY THAT I KNOW, AND I FIND IT DIFFICULT SEEING THAT THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT WAS GOING TO GO TO THAT UNIVERSITY NO MATTER WHAT, AND THAT THE THAT THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE ANY WHICH WAY.

SO I KNOW WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE FINANCIAL NEEDS.

I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME, BUT I CAN SEE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE THAT COMES FROM A FAMILY THAT REALLY IS HAVING DIFFICULTY FINANCIALLY. SO DID WE RULE OUT HAVING A QUESTION? WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS? YES. WELL, YOU ALL HAVEN'T MADE A VOTE ON ANYTHING YET, BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT THAT MAY TURN SOMEONE OFF FROM APPLYING IF THEY'VE CHECKED A BOX, THAT, YES, THEY HAVE A FINANCIAL NEED. WHY WOULD THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THERE WERE SEVEN KIDS IN MY FAMILY, AND I APPLIED FOR EVERY SINGLE SCHOLARSHIP THERE WAS OUT THERE. UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S AGAIN.

THAT'S NOT MY. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO PORTRAY TO YOU.

SO WHAT I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD.

AND JUST ASKING THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT ARE YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS? BUT HERE'S THE THING IS, YOU DIDN'T GROW UP IN PARKLAND, AND IF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE PUBLIC, THEN EVERYBODY'S GOING TO KNOW THAT THEY CHECKED THE BOX OR HAS THE ABILITY TO FIND IT.

THE QUESTION DOESN'T SAY THAT QUESTION SAYS WHAT ARE YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS? NO, IT'S I THOUGHT IT'S YES OR NO. I HAVE A FINANCIAL. NO, WE HAVEN'T CREATED A QUESTION YET. THAT'S THE THING THAT'S DEVELOPING IS REPHRASING THAT QUESTION. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH QUESTIONS YET BECAUSE THAT'S THE RUBRIC.

WE'RE COMING UP WITH CRITERIA. SO IF A CRITERIA IS FINANCIAL NEED THEN WE MAY FIND OUT HOW TO ASK THE QUESTION.

BUT THEN WE HAVE NO WAY OF VERIFYING IT. BUT THAT'S AGAIN THAT'S FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE.

TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AGAIN, THE KID WHO GOT A SCHOLARSHIP, WHO COMES FROM A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY, AND IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ATTEND, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BOOKS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A LUNCH OR DINNER PROGRAM OR MEAL PROGRAM. IT'S, I WOULD IMAGINE, FOR THAT, THAT KID WHO OBVIOUSLY WAS DESERVING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WAS THE CREAM OF THE CROP, SO TO SPEAK, IN THE CITY.

I'M SURE THAT THERE'S AN EMOTIONAL COMPONENT TO IT.

WHERE IT REALLY GAVE THEM A BOOST. ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN FINANCIAL, ANOTHER LEVEL, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO PROPEL THEM FORWARD.

WHO KNOWS? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS. AGAIN, JUST PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD PUT ON THEIR RESUME THAT WILL HELP PROPEL THEM.

IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVE BEEN BULLIED. AND THIS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL US THAT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM HAVE CONFIDENCE. WHO KNOWS. SO MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE COMFORT I DON'T KNOW.

AT LEAST IT'S FAIR. IT'S EQUITABLE. WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO LOOK INTO HOW THEY DO IT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, HOW THEY ASK THAT, HOW IT'S ON THAT, ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, RUBRIC SCALE, BECAUSE IT WAS ON DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I LOOK CITY I DID THAT CHATGPT. AND I SAID, HOW DO OTHER COMMUNITIES DO IT? CITIES OR COMMUNITIES LIKE MAR A LAGO COULD GIVE ONE WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE CITY.

I DID TELL THEM IT WAS A CITY OF PARKLAND. I WAS VERY SPECIFIC IN HOW I DID IT.

BUT WAS THE ANSWER THAT THEY THAT IT GAVE YOU BASED ON CITIES? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW THEY DO IT AND WHAT THEY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF EXPLORE THAT ANYWAY, BECAUSE YOU, YOU ALL EXPRESSED YOU'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP.

WELL, IF WE WANT TO SEE THAT, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT.

OH, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT IF WE WANT TO SEE THAT.

AND IF WE CAN'T DO IT, WE CAN'T DO IT. BUT IT'S WORTH EXPLORING TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO IT.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A LOT MORE THAN MAYBE WE MAY NEED AN EXTRA MEETING, IT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING TWO VERY IMPORTANT.

WELL, EVERYBODY'S IMPORTANT, BUT THEY WERE VERY BOISTEROUS AT THE LAST MEETING.

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IT COULD VIOLATE THE FAMILY RIGHT TO PRIVACY ACT, THE BUCKLEY AMENDMENT, AND SO MANY OTHER LAWS.

IF, IF ANY OF THAT INFORMATION GOT OUT, IF WE EVEN ASKED THE QUESTION.

AND I THINK THAT WE CAN TRUST AND DEFER TO JACKIE AND THE CITY TO ADVISE US AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING OUR OWN RESEARCH PROJECT AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE VALID OR RELIABLE ANSWERS.

CHATGPT IS NOT, FOR ME, A CREDIBLE SOURCE. CAN WE CHECK WITH THE WITH CITY COUNCIL? MAYBE IT WOULD GET A RECOMMENDATION. AS FAR AS FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE JUST BROUGHT UP, WE MAY BE ABLE TO BECAUSE AGAIN, I AM I AM CERTAINLY NOT AN ATTORNEY.

I JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT PUBLIC RECORD IS WHEN IT COMES TO YOU KNOW, CITY DOCUMENTS.

SO I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE ATTORNEY IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO RELEASE AND I AM I'M 99% SURE THAT WE WOULD. IF WE ASKED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOMEBODY'S FINANCIAL NEED, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT AS A PUBLIC RECORD.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INS AND OUTS ARE OF HOW ANY OTHER COMMITTEE WOULD DO THAT.

SO AS PART OF THE MOTION, CAN WE MAYBE ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION THAT HAVE THAT BE PART OF THE MOTION TO TO FOREGO IT AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEN IF WE CAN REVISIT IT, REVISIT IT? IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOOD.

YEAH. OKAY. SO SO YOU'RE ASKING ME TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF FINANCIAL INFORMATION WOULD BE PUBLIC RECORD SUBMITTED FOR A SCHOLARSHIP? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. AND HOW IT MIGHT BE WORDED, THEY WOULD KNOW.

SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE. AND THEN SO THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION IS ON THE, THE ON THE TWO $500,500 SCHOLARSHIPS. CAN WE CAN DO THAT VOTE TONIGHT I THINK WELL, I THINK WE WE'RE VOTING WHETHER WE WANT IT TWO 500 OR 1 1000.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO. WHICH SCHOLARSHIP ARE WE DISCUSSING? MR.. I'M SORRY, THE MSD SCHOLARSHIPS. OKAY. THERE ARE THERE AREN'T ANY MSD SCHOLARSHIPS.

WE'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SCHOLARSHIP.

THAT'S $4,000 THAT THE CITY HAS SET ASIDE, THAT YOU ALL CAN DECIDE HOW YOU'D LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT.

OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER? THE PRIVATE ONE? THAT'S THAT'S THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY. WHAT I'VE ASKED IS IF I CAN NUMBER ONE ASK THAT FAMILY IF THEY'D LIKE TO DONATE AGAIN.

BUT IF THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO OR WOULD ONLY LIKE TO PROVIDE THE $1,000 AS THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? BECAUSE I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO TELL THIS FAMILY WHO HAS BEEN GENEROUS IN DONATING IN THE PAST THAT THEY CANNOT DONATE UNLESS IT'S AT A $2,500 INCREMENT. I THINK THAT'S AN EASY VOTE.

YES TO VOTE. SO LET THEM VOTE. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO.

WELL, SHE JUST MADE THE MOTION BASICALLY. WELL, AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN PUT ALL OF THE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M TYPING. I CAN PUT ALL THESE THINGS IN ONE MOTION IF YOU'D LIKE TO. IT'S UP TO YOU. I THINK THE OTHERS ARE A LITTLE TOO COMPLEX, BUT THIS ONE'S A SIMPLE ONE.

OKAY, I THINK BECAUSE. RIGHT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN LOYAL TO US.

I DON'T WANT TO. IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE STEPPING UP, THAT'S FINE. IF THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE STEPPING UP, THAT'S FINE TOO. AND KEEP IT AT WHERE IT IS. AS LONG AS THEY THEY ALSO EARMARKED IT FOR MSD STUDENTS.

CAN WOULD THEY NOT GIVE IF IT'S OPENED TO OTHER SCHOOLS.

WAS THAT A CONDITION OR I CAN ASK BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE ALLOWING THEM WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND ALLOW THEM TO TO KEEP THEY'RE THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN ON WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE MOTION BASICALLY IS TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND GRANDFATHERED IN THE SCHOLARSHIPS AS IN YOU CAN MAKE A BEST EFFORTS BASIS TO INCREASE IT OR MODIFY IT. BUT BUT WE'RE OKAY EITHER WAY.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE AT WHATEVER LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

AND UNDER THE CRITERIA THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SETS OR KEEP IT THE SAME.

WE'LL JUST WORK WITH IT. SO THERE'S THE MSD AND THE MONEY.

IS IT ONE THING OR TWO THINGS BECAUSE OKAY, YOU CAN YOU CAN WORD IT.

HOWEVER, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT WOULD BE AT WHATEVER FUNDING LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE AND THAT THE CRITERIA FOR THEIR SCHOLARSHIP BE LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED. AND IT'S SET BY THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM HOW IT IS NOW.

WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN HERE.

GOOD. OKAY. THIS IS WE'RE STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THESE DECISIONS TO MAKE.

YES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO WITH THAT MOTION. SECOND.

SECOND. IS THERE A FIRST? CAN I MAKE A FIRST? NO. OKAY. I NEED A FIRST. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW THEM TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN AT THE THOUSAND

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IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. AND ALSO FOR US TO SET THE CRITERIA IN TERMS OF WHAT SCHOOL IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND IS THAT 2 IN 1 OR WE JUST WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THE FUNDING.

NO, NO THAT'S ONE THAT'S GOOD MOTION. SO JUST THE MONEY.

I THINK I THINK JACKIE REALLY JUST ASKED ABOUT THE MONEY.

OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO REVISE MY MOTION. I I'M HERE TO ENTERTAIN WHATEVER YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE GUIDANCE, I CAN PROVIDE YOU GUIDANCE.

BUT. BUT I'M. I'M HERE FOR YOU. LEAVE IT. SO WE GET THIS.

WE JUST. WE FINISHED WITH THIS FAMILY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WE GOT ONE OUT OF THE WAY. THE SECOND ONE I THINK, TO TACKLE WOULD BE THE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE UP THE THE CITY MONEY. DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT THE SAME AS WELL? DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA TO MATCH THE 2500 IN SOME WAY, AND THEN JUST HAVE AN EXTRA ONE WILL BE SHORT? I THINK TWO AND TWO. THAT'S MY. YEAH, OKAY, I AGREE.

DO YOU GUYS AGREE? MAKE IT. I WOULD MAKE IT 2525.

AND SILVER MILLER WILL KICK IN THE EXTRA THOUSAND TO MAKE IT 2525.

SO WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT. YEAH I'M SORRY. MY FIRM WILL KICK IN THE EXTRA THOUSAND FOR 5000.

AND WE'LL SET THE STANDARD THAT'S NOW 25, 25.

CAN WE DO CAN YOU DO THAT MATHEMATICALLY? WELL IT'S YEAH, WE JUST TAKE THE TWO AMOUNTS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER.

AND I DO DID SIMPLE MATH. MY MATH WAS WRONG. ONE BIG, ONE BIG POT OF MONEY IS PERFECT.

I UNDERSTOOD IT ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S GENEROUS.

THANK YOU. VERY GENEROUS. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT NAMING? I MEAN, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW LIKE TO HAVE THEIR NAMES ATTACHED.

LIKE THE OTHER ONES. IT'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO GIVE ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIS NAME.

BUT WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET HIM RECOGNITION. OKAY, SO THAT HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR YOU, THE.

HOW DO YOU WANT WHAT KIND OF. I'M STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOTION THAT.

WHAT'S THE MOTION TO TO TO MAKE IT 2525 I WOULD SAY FOR MR. SILVER'S FIRM TO DONATE $1,000 TOWARD THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

TO ADD TO THE $4,000 THAT THE CITY FUNDS FOR A TOTAL OF $5,000 TO BE SPLIT INTO $2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS.

PERFECT. IS THERE A FIRST? I FIRST, THAT MOTION FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID. THAT'S WONDERFUL.

ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALSO, ONE ONE ITEM THAT WE HAD STARTED WITH THAT YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY VOTE ON WAS THE THAT THIS IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS IN PARKLAND.

YOU'D ALL KIND OF SAID YES, BUT YOU HADN'T VOTED.

OKAY. SO. OH. FOR CAB. WHICH ONE ARE YOU? ARE YOU TALKING FOR EVERYTHING? EVERYTHING THAT IT ISN'T JUST LIMITED. THAT NONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE LIMITED TO JUST MSD, THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO ALL PARKLAND STUDENTS. SO JUST ONE QUESTION.

DID ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT DONATED SPECIFY THEY WANTED IT TO BE MSD? WELL, THE ONLY OTHER PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED FUNDING BESIDES THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY WAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE EATON FAMILY AND KENNEDY LEGAL TEAM. SO THEY THEY DID THEY ANY OF THOSE SPECIFIED? THEY WANTED IT. MSD THAT WOULD BE BILL AND DOUG.

AND THEY'RE NOT PRESENT. OKAY. BUT IN THE PAST, THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T RESTRICTED.

RIGHT. THOSE WERE NOT. YES. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ASKING.

SO THAT WAS MSD. YES. THEY WERE RESTRICTED TO BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS STARTED AFTER THE SHOOTING.

AND THEY HAD TO DO AN ESSAY THAT CONNECTED, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY CONNECTED THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THEM WERE MSD. SO THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BACK THEN BETWEEN THE SCHOLARSHIPS, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE $4,000 THAT THE CITY FUNDED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

THESE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE DONATED BY ALL STATE AFTER THE TRAGEDY, AND THEY WERE FUNDED IN ONE LUMP SUM TO LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY WENT ON FOR THAT LONG WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT WAS MSD STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY, AND THAT THEY WERE STUDENTS WHO WERE GOING TO BE MAJORING IN AREAS OF INTEREST THAT THOSE THAT WE LOST WERE INTERESTED IN.

SO WHEN THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS SUNSETTED, THEN THESE OTHER TWO STEPPED UP.

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THEY JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THEM. AND AND IT WAS UNDER THAT CRITERIA.

SO. OKAY. SO I WOULD STILL WE COULD GO BACK TO THEM AND SEE IF IT'S A PROBLEM.

I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE. I THINK WE NEED TO ASK THEM IF THAT'S THEIR WISHES.

SO COULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL? HOWEVER, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IF THE NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS INSIST ON ONLY MSD STUDENTS, THEN WE ACQUIESCE.

OR WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THAT FOR? IS THAT FOR BILL AND DOUG'S SCHOLARSHIPS, OR IS THAT FOR ALL OF THEM? NO, IT'S ONLY DOUG. ONLY FROM THE. SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION.

THAT'S WHAT TAYLOR ONE ALSO WAS MSD. SO WELL, WE'VE ALREADY SAID WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE TAYLOR ONE TO MAKE IT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.

OKAY. OR FOR THE WHOLE CITY. OKAY. SO WE JUST NEED TO JUST ASK THE OTHERS IF.

WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THEM IN THE SAME CRITERIA THEY SHOULD BE.

IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, WE CAN COME BACK AND REVISIT. RIGHT.

BUT I DON'T THINK I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE IT EASY FOR THE CITY AND JUST SAY, OPEN IT UP TO ALL.

PARKLAND. YOU KNOW, STUDENTS NOT NOT RESTRICTED TO STONEMAN DOUGLAS.

BUT WHAT IF THEY SAY, WELL, THEN I'M NOT GIVING THE $2,500 BECAUSE I ONLY WANT TO.

I THINK IT'S A COURTESY TO ASK THEM. WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S NOT OUR FRIEND HERE. WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AS IS.

AND THEN IF THEY SAY YES OR NO, THEN WE JUST TAKE THAT CRITERIA OFF THE CRITERIA.

OKAY, SO WEIRD THAT JUST WORD. WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

KEEP IT AS IS, KEEP IT AS IS. AND THEN IF THEY ARE OPEN TO OPENING IT UP, THEN WE JUST TAKE OFF THE MSD CRITERIA.

I'D RATHER DO THE OPPOSITE ACTUALLY. JUST JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY THEIR SCHOLARSHIP THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO IS FOR MSD.

SO WE KEEP IT AS THAT. BUT THEN WE ASK THEM, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO OPENING THAT UP TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS? AND IF NOT, WE KEEP IT AS MSD? I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE YOU CAN WORD THAT.

I KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING AND YOU ALL WHO WERE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, CAN, YOU KNOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS APPLY.

SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S OUR RECOLLECTION FROM THAT.

BUT WE DO WE DO NEED TO HAVE IF WE'RE SETTING CRITERIA, WE JUST NEED TO SET CRITERIA FOR ALL OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS EVENLY, AND I GUESS A BIG PICTURE CAN HELP YOU OUT FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU.

I WOULD SAY WE CONDITIONALLY APPROVE IT, BUT THE PROVIDERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT THEIR INPUT IN, SO WE CONDITIONALLY APPROVE IT TONIGHT FOR ALL STUDENTS, WITH THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL BEING THE FUNDERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD IF THEY OBJECT. BECAUSE WE ASSUME THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WE DON'T.

WE WANT MORE APPLICANTS. AND WHEN YOU SAY FUNDERS, ARE WE SPECIFYING THE FUND, THOSE TWO FUNDERS? I THINK WE'RE I THINK I'M INCLUDING THE THIRD ONES ALSO, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING FOR THE. YEAH, ALL THE ONES THAT SPECIFICALLY FUNDERS DOUG AND THE MASON, MASON TAYLOR, ALL NEW, BUT ALL NEW SCHOLARSHIP MONIES WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS.

CORRECT? OKAY. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF SOMEONE DOES NOT GO ALONG WITH WITH THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT SETS OF CRITERIA AGAIN, THAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO MULTIPLE SEPARATE DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS FOR THEM.

SO MAYBE WE THINK LONG TERM BIGGER. MAYBE WE JUST SAY THAT'S IT.

IT'S OPEN FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN IF WE LOSE ONE, MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE'LL GAIN FOUR.

WHO KNOWS? HOPEFULLY WE WON'T. WE PROBABLY WON'T.

AS JACKIE SAID, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING.

I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE BIG PICTURE IS WE NEED TO GET IT MORE CONSISTENT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THESE MULTIPLE SESSIONS OF INTERVIEWS.

AND WE MIGHT, LIKE YOU SAID THE RISK, THE DOWNSIDE RISK IS LET'S SAY LET'S SAY THESE GUYS PULL THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE UP THE MONEY.

WELL, AND JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR OTHER TOPIC THAT WE HAD WITH FINANCIAL NEED, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE MONEY IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, UNLESS THEY GOT A SCHOLARSHIP FOR FOR FUNDING MSD STUDENTS.

THEY'RE A PUBLIC SCHOOL. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE NEEDS.

NOT NECESSARILY. YOU DON'T THINK SO? THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE WAY MORE GENEROUS ON FINANCIAL NEED NEEDS SCHOLARSHIPS.

BUT YEAH. AND THEY'RE GETTING THEM ALREADY CORRECT. FOR FOR HIGH SCHOOL BUT OKAY.

OKAY THEN. YEAH I, I WOULD SAY OPEN IT UP I GUESS I GREW UP IN NEW YORK AND IF YOU WENT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL, YOU WERE POOR. I GREW UP IN NEW YORK. I GOT THROWN OUT OF MANY SCHOOLS.

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YOU HAVE STUDENTS ON MCKAY SCHOLARSHIPS. THERE'S SCHOOL CHOICE.

THERE ARE PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIPS OF ALL KINDS, ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS OF ALL KINDS.

IT'S REALLY YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

RIGHT. WELL, THEN LET'S OPEN. LET'S OPEN IT UP TO ALL STUDENTS AND THEN SEE WHAT OUR DONORS, IF THEY OBJECT, THEN WE CAN VISIT THE REVISIT THAT.

BUT IF THEY'RE OPEN TO IT. I THINK NOW WE'RE INTO WE'RE OPENING IT UP TO ALL STUDENTS.

OKAY. WE'LL HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THE EXISTING, YOU KNOW, DONORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

AND IF NOT, THEN WE'LL WE'LL JUST DEAL WITH THE DOWNSIDE IF IT HAPPENS.

I WELL, I'M NOT NOT A BETTING PERSON, BUT I THINK WE'RE OKAY.

SO SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION. SO. WELL HOW WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR YOU.

THROW ME SOME WORDING SO WE CAN THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU.

MY RECOMMENDATION? WELL, ANYTHING AGAIN? ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL WISH IS, IS WE CAN WORK WITH.

BUT IF YOU'D LIKE A RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD SAY THAT THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OPEN TO ALL GRADUATING SENIORS WHO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.

PERFECT. AGREED. AGREED. DO YOU HAVE A FIRST? I AGREE, I MOTION SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR ARE WE TALKING? I THINK WE GOT THIS ONE. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAYBE GO BY CATEGORY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A A CRITERIA SET ON GPA? YEAH. YES. NO. NO. HARD. NO, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST A 3.0.

BUT YOU HAD 2.5, 2.5 BEFORE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS SAYS.

YES. OKAY. I'M NOT SAYING TO I MEAN, NOW WE'RE JUST PICKING NUMBERS, BUT I THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN YEARS PAST.

2.5 IS FINE BUT OKAY. KEEP IT AT 2.5. SORRY, I DIDN'T READ THAT.

DO YOU HAVE IS THERE ANY COLOR YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR STRONG? NO. I DON'T THINK THESE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE KIDS WHO WE INTERVIEWED LAST TIME, THE KIDS WHO HAD THERE WAS A SCALE OF FOUR HAD 5.0.

MAYOR 2.8 WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE KIDS WHO WE INTERVIEWED.

I'M MAKING UP NUMBERS. SO I THINK THAT WE'RE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND BUT IF YOU WANT 2.5, 2.5 IS FINE. NO, 2.5 IS FINE.

I MEAN, IN MY FAMILY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LOWER THAN A B IS AN F, SO I MEAN 2.5 IS FINE.

SO KEEP IT AT 2.5. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I SAW ONE CANDIDATE THAT HAD SOMETHING LESS THAN A LIKE A FOUR.

I MEAN, THEY ALL WERE SO AMAZING. EXACTLY. SO I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO HAVE YOU IN, IN IN HISTORY AND I'M ASKING I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE.

HAVE WE EVER HAD AN ISSUE WHERE SOMEONE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO, OR YOU'VE HAD TO PULL AN APPLICATION BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MEET THE GPA CRITERIA BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THOSE WE DON'T KNOW. AND THAT'S THE THING WE DO SCREEN ALL THE APPLICATIONS, PEOPLE WHO DON'T MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.

YOU NEVER GET TO SEE THEM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE YOUR TIME ON THEM.

BUT THAT'S NOT BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HAD TO PULL IN ALL THESE YEARS.

WE'VE NEVER PULLED. SO YEAH, SO LET'S JUST KEEP IT IN THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE.

ALL RIGHT THEN. OKAY. YOU WANT TO MOVE ON? YEAH.

OKAY. SO GOOD WITH THAT. SO DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AS IT IS THEN ON A GPA OF A CUMULATIVE GPA OF 2.5 OR HIGHER WE HAD 40 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. DO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT I THINK SO WHY? I DID HAVE A A RECOMMENDATION FROM ONE OF YOU THAT IT BE AT LEAST 50 HOURS.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS IT. WAS THERE ANY I MEAN, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT PERSON IS THE PERSON HERE TO TO GIVE US SOME.

DID ANY OF YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN.

I JUST DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM HAD LESS THAN 50 HOURS ANYWAY.

I DON'T THINK THEY ALL WERE AMAZING AS FAR AS SERVICE.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED UP SAID, DO WE WANT TO SPECIFY WHAT KIND OF SERVICE DID THEY GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY OR WHAT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED UP. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN PARKLAND.

LIKE, DID THEY GIVE BACK TO HOW MUCH? HOW MANY HOURS TO PARKLAND?

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SO SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON 40 OR 50 HOURS BECAUSE I DON'T I'M NOT.

WELL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WE'RE I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP.

AND SO THOSE ARE CRITERIA THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SCHOLARSHIP.

YOU COULD SAY, NO, WE DON'T. WE DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER COMMUNITY SERVICE OR WE DO.

AND THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF HOURS. SO THAT'S THAT'S FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE.

I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT THIS. YEAH. JUST KEEP IT.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH CHANGING IT TO 50 IF SOMEONE WANTS 50 BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAD MORE THAN 50 ANYWAY.

IT'S NOT I THINK WILL BE SAFE. IT'S FINE, BUT 40 IS GOOD.

I MEAN, SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE HAD 400 HOURS.

WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT JUST FOR THEIR SCHOOL.

SO THEY ALL HAD IT. 40 IS THE MINIMUM. YES. THAT'S THE 40 IS THE MINIMUM YOU NEED TO GRADUATE.

WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE. ANY OTHER OKAY. SO WE'LL TAKE THESE THEN ALL IN ONE GROUPING THEN THE OKAY.

SO THE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THE SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PAST HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR INTERESTS OR WHAT THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING AT GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE IN AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER IDEAS THAT WERE VOICED TO ME WERE THAT THEY'VE HELD A LEADERSHIP ROLE OR LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE, THAT THEY'VE PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE NONACADEMIC ACTIVITY OR JOB DURING HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE ARE OTHER TYPES OF CRITERIA THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.

I MEAN, I PERSONALLY THOSE ARE THE PARTS OF THE APPLICATION I SPEND THE MOST TIME ON.

SO THEY'RE ALL GOOD. I'VE NEVER SEEN A BAD ONE.

BUT WHEN YOU GUYS SCREENED THE APPLICANTS, THAT'S KIND OF A SUBJECTIVE AREA.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY WE'RE PROBABLY SEEING EVERYTHING FROM THAT, RIGHT.

THAT WAS WELL, THAT'S THE THING. SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT IN A RUBRIC WHEN YOU ARE SCORING THEM.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR MINIMUM CRITERIA.

SO IF WE MADE A MINIMUM CRITERIA OF, LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE NONACADEMIC ACTIVITY OR JOB. THEN WE'D ASK THEM ON THE APPLICATION WHAT THAT IS.

SAME THING WITH THE LEADERSHIP ROLE. WE WOULD ASK THEM WHAT THAT IS.

SO IF THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT SOUNDS VIABLE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN APPLICATION WE WOULD PASS ALONG.

BUT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CRITERIA WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE THEM TO BE.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SO FAR WE'VE GOT STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN PARKLAND, AND THEN WE'LL BE VOTING ON A 2.5 GPA OR HIGHER AND AT LEAST 40 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. YOU CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT.

YOU CAN ADD ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO. THAT'S THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD.

LOTS OF DISCUSSION. DO WE WANT TO WANT TO TO REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE DEMONSTRATED INNOVATION, VATION, CREATIVITY, LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, YOU KNOW, BIG PICTURE THINGS LIKE THAT OR OR SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC INSTEAD OF THE LEADERSHIP INSTEAD OF OR IN ADDITION, I MEAN, WE HAVE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS HERE LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S YOU HAVE UNDER THE MESA TAYLOR FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP, A PASSION FOR INTEREST IN THE FINE ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, SPORTS, JROTC OR IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

AND I KNOW THAT WE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE DID NOT WANT A SPECIFIC AREA, LIKE THE ARTS OR MEDICINE OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE WANTED TO KEEP IT SORT OF GENERIC. SO TERMS LIKE IN A HAS DEMONSTRATED INNOVATION, CREATIVITY COLLABORATION, COMMUNITY, COLLABORATION, LEADERSHIP, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE NOT PIGEONHOLING INTO ONE CATEGORY THAT WAY OR WE DON'T HAVE TO EVEN GO THERE.

WELL, YEAH. AND THE WAY THAT I, WHEN I DID THE RESEARCH, IT SHOWED LIKE A PERCENTAGE.

SO IT WOULD BE LIKE THE GPA WAS 20% OF THE, THE GRADING.

THE SERVICE HOURS WERE 25%. THE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED SOME OTHER THINGS.

IT SAID LAUNCHED HELD A LEADERSHIP ROLE OR LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE THAT WAS 20% EXTRACURRICULAR WORK WAS A 10% WITHIN THAT. AND AND THEN THEY HAD AN ESSAY AND THAT WAS 15% OF, OF THEIR RUBRIC.

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SO SO THOSE WERE THE JUST ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OUR CRITERIA WAS SO VAGUE. I THINK THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS.

WE DID HAVE AN ESSAY, RIGHT? WE HAD THEY HAD AN ESSAY AND TEACHER RECOMMENDATION LETTERS.

THERE WERE OTHER. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE CAN STILL REQUIRE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT WE ARE AGAIN LOOKING AT WHAT THE MINIMUM CRITERIA ARE SO THAT YOU ENSURE THAT AN APPLICATION MEETS THOSE MINIMUM CRITERIA AT OUR LEVEL BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER IT. SO WHEN WE ADVERTISE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FOR THE DONATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, IT WOULD READ THAT THE CRITERIA INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.

SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE PERSON WHO'S RECEIVING THAT SCHOLARSHIP HAS AT LEAST THOSE THINGS, WHETHER THEY'RE SKILLS OR GRADES OR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HOW DID WE HOW DID WE POSE THAT QUESTION FOR THE ESSAY? WHAT DID WE HOW SPECIFIC WERE WE IN THAT? THAT'S NOT A CRITERIA.

THAT'S A SCORING DETERMINATION IN YOUR RUBRIC.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS OKAY. JUST KIND OF A FLIER HERE THAT THAT WE HAD PUT OUT THERE TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THAT SAY THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT YOU MUST MEET IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP.

OKAY. I LIKE THE WORDS LEADERSHIP, AND I LIKE THE WORD INNOVATION HAS DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP AND HAS DEMONSTRATED INNOVATION BECAUSE THAT'S VERY OPEN. SO MAYBE THEY PUT A CARD TOGETHER FROM SCRATCH THAT'S PRETTY INNOVATIVE.

OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY CREATE A 500 1C3 AND.

DID SOMETHING THAT NO ONE EVER DID BEFORE YOU KNOW, LED THE WAY THERE.

SO I JUST I LIKE THOSE TWO WORDS JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL? I THINK I AGREE, I LIKE THE WORDS ARE FINE. WHAT ABOUT THE COLLABORATION? YEAH. I WOULD ALSO THROW THAT IN THERE TOO. THAT'S KIND OF A BIG YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE, YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO COLLABORATE. SO THAT'S I CAN WE CAN WE JUST PUT THOSE WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IN OUR APPLICATION? THEY WILL PUT WHATEVER WORDING THEY'D LIKE TO, TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA OF DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION OR COLLABORATION. AND THEN I'LL GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WILL MOVE THEM ALONG IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO YOU IN AN INTERVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS.

SO YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. THAT'S FINE.

I'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. PERHAPS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEY'VE HELPED OTHERS.

WELL, THAT'S WELL, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND THAT AGAIN WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT FOR YOU TO DETERMINE IN A RUBRIC WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD RANK WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, I GUESS.

THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR A JOB.

SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN EDUCATION LEVEL.

YOU NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN EXPERIENCE LEVEL. YOU NEED TO HAVE CERTAIN CERTIFICATES, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING IN ORDER TO EVEN QUALIFY. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP.

ABOUT A 2.5. WE SAID 40 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

LIVE IN PARKLAND WHATEVER BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T VOTED ON THAT YET.

SO. CALIBER PERSON. ONE WAY WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE COMMUNITY HOUR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I LIVE IN PARKLAND. AND THEN.

WELL, WHAT, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IN THE LEADERSHIP COLLABORATION? WELL, SO, YEAH, THERE'S SO THE ONE OF THE MINIMUM THING THINGS THAT THEY SUGGESTED WAS HELD LEADERSHIP ROLE OR LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE.

THAT CAN BE SOMETHING ON A JOB APPLICATION HAS DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, SERVICE TO OTHERS.

YEAH, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT. YEAH. JUST GROUP THEM TOGETHER.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THE APPLICATION, THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC AS FAR AS WHAT THEY NEED TO FILL IN.

UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYONE WILL FILL THAT OUT AND EVERYONE WILL PASS THAT.

BUT YOU'RE NORMALLY NOT SCREENING FOR THAT ANYWAY. RIGHT. BUT OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT NOT GET THAT INFORMATION. THAT COULD BE INTERESTING. YEAH. SO OKAY.

OKAY. SO THAT'S LEADERSHIP INNOVATION OR COLLABORATION.

YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO SERVICE TO OTHERS. OKAY.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE. NO. WHAT HOW THE SERVICE INITIATIVE OR LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE.

BUT WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T LAUNCH IT? BUT THEY PARTICIPATED AND DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, 1,000,000 HOURS TO DOING IT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY RESTRICTIVE. NOT THAT MANY LAUNCHES.

LAUNCH WOULD FALL UNDER INNOVATION AND THEY WOULD SCORE HIGH ON SKY.

THEY WOULD SCORE HIGH WITH US DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, YOU KNOW.

SO OKAY ANYTHING ELSE OR DO WE. OKAY. SO THE WHAT I HEARD WAS LEADERSHIP INNOVATION COLLABORATION OR LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

WHAT ABOUT SERVICE TO OTHERS? I THINK THAT'S A SERVICE HOURS ANYWAY.

RIGHT. THAT'S COVERED UNDER THE SERVICE HOURS.

OKAY. SO ARE WE ADDING SERVICE TO OTHERS OR. THAT'S ALREADY UNDER THE SERVICE HOURS.

HE'S JUST GIVING OUT MONEY. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT THE MOTION OR WE'VE GOT. WELL, THAT'S THE MOTION TO TO ADD THOSE AS A CRITERIA.

IT'S NOT THE APPLICATION, IT'S JUST THE CRITERIA.

AND. WELL THE CRITERIA WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THAT ON THE APPLICATION.

RIGHT. AND THE RUBRIC THAT YOU'LL USE TO DETERMINE HOW PEOPLE FIT THESE CRITERIA IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND WE CAN AGAIN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S A BASELINE.

AND YOU ALL CAN DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS FOR FOR DECISION MAKING.

SO I THINK THAT LAST QUESTION OR THE LAST SUGGESTION WOULD FALL UNDER THE RUBRIC, NOT THE CRITERIA, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. HOW THEY MEET IT WOULD BE UNDER THE RUBRIC WHETHER OR NOT THEY DO WOULD BE ON THE APPLICATION.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN PROBABLY REALISTICALLY SAY THAT THEY MEET ONE OF THOSE THINGS BY SAYING, WELL, I PARTICIPATED IN THIS. EVEN IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION, HOW HOW HAVE YOU DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES OR COLLABORATION? THEY COULD SAY, WELL, I WORKED ON A TEAM AS THIS OR I WAS THE CLUB LEADER IN THAT.

AND THE RUBRIC AND THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WILL DETERMINE FROM YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT YOU FEEL THAT THEY TRULY MET THAT OR TO WHAT DEGREE YOU FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION WELL.

OKAY, SO WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT. IT'S OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN PARKLAND.

IF YOU'D LIKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A MOTION. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IN ADDITION TO BEING A STUDENT THAT RESIDES IN PARKLAND, THAT THE CRITERIA INCLUDE THAT THEY MUST HAVE A CUMULATIVE GPA OF 2.5 OR HIGHER.

MUST HAVE. DID WE DETERMINE 40 OR 50 TO 50, MUST HAVE 50 OR MORE HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, OR LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES? GOOD. DO I HAVE. THAT'S THE MOTION. ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS? DELETIONS? I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH THOSE.

SO I'LL TAKE A IS THERE A MOTION ON OR. THAT IS THE MOTION.

I NEED A FIRST. I CAN MAKE THE MOTION. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE STUDENTS APPLYING SUPPLYING NEED TO BE PARKLAND RESIDENTS ATTENDING A HIGH SCHOOL. THEY NEED TO HAVE A MINIMUM GPA OF A 2.5.

THEY NEED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 50 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS COMPLETED AND DEMONSTRATION, LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, OR LAUNCH A COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE.

I SECOND THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, SO ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA WE WILL PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO ASK OTHERS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY COMMITTED TO A SCHOLARSHIP THAT THOSE WOULD BE OUR CRITERIA.

AND WHEN WE DEVELOP THE APPLICATION THAT WE WILL BE LAUNCHING AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR FOR STUDENTS,

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PERFECT. I KNOW THAT WAS LENGTHY, BUT IT NEEDED TO.

IT NEEDED TO BE WORKED OUT AND IT NEEDED TO BE DISCUSSED.

AND I NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT YOU ALL HAD THAT FREE DISCUSSION AND THAT I WASN'T TRYING TO IMPOSE ANY OF MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ON THAT, THAT I WAS TRYING TO LEAD YOU TOWARD A A DECISION ON YOUR OWN THERE.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE GREAT. YOU DID AWESOME. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. RELATED. BUT NOT DIRECTLY. SO IS WHEN THESE APPLICATIONS GO OUT, ARE THEY WRITABLE PDFS OR OR TYPABLE PDFS OR. HERE'S THE THING IS I AM THESE THESE HANDWRITTEN APPLICATIONS FROM REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES DRIVES ME UP A WALL.

IT'S HARD TO READ. THESE KIDS CAN'T WRITE. AND WE'RE IN A DAY AND AGE THAT THEY NEED TO BE TYPED.

SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A CRITERIA YOU GOT TO IT HAS TO BE TYPED.

THEY ARE THEY ARE ALL FORM FILLABLE. WHETHER OR NOT THEY PAY ATTENTION TO THE REQUEST TO DO SO WOULD BE.

WE START WEEDING THEM OUT. PERSONALLY, I WILL I I PENALIZE THE HANDWRITTEN ONES.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE.

NO, NO, WE. CAN WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE TOP, PLEASE? PLEASE. YOU KNOW, FILL THIS OUT. WE DO, WE DO.

OKAY. IT'S IT IT IS ON THERE. IT'S ALREADY ON THERE.

SO THEY'RE EITHER IGNORING IT OR WHATEVER. SO YOU CAN DISCOUNT POINTS OR WHATEVER.

I DO TAKE OUT POINTS. DIFFICULT. SOME ARE DIFFICULT.

YOU GET A BONUS IF YOU TYPED IT. LET'S LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET A BONUS FOR FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS.

YES. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS THE RUBRIC. IF THEY'RE NOT READABLE, YOU KNOW.

AND YES, SHERRY, YOU YOU HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE RUBRIC.

SO YOU MAY MAKE THAT A CRITERIA, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO DECIDE THAT TONIGHT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DECIDE NEXT TIME. ALL RIGHT.

SO I THINK WE'RE IT'S ADJOURNED. MY MACHINE FELL ASLEEP.

HANG ON. OH, THAT'S IT FOR OLD BUSINESS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. COMMENTS FROM STAFF. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LEFT.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR GETTING THROUGH THIS. THIS EXERCISE, BECAUSE IT IS IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT'S A BOARD DECISION AND THAT WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OUT THERE.

AS SUCH. CAN WE CIRCLE BACK FOR ONE SECOND ON HARVEST DRIVE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT DOING AT ONE OF THE FARMER'S MARKETS THIS YEAR AS A CAB PROJECT, THAT THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD. ONE ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE IT IS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE PICKING UP AND TAKING THE DONATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR. EXACTLY.

AND WE'VE WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT COMMITMENT TO HAVING IT PICKED UP.

SO THAT'S UP TO THE IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. HOWEVER, I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE IF WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO ADD THAT TO A FARMER'S MARKET THIS YEAR.

WONDERFUL CAUSE. AND WORKING WITH RENEE IS IS WONDERFUL.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT KENDRA'S GROUP HAS BEEN ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO DONATE TO THEM.

WELL, ALSO AND WORKING WITH RENEE, THEY DO HAVE A TRUCK AVAILABLE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY WHAT DAYS WOULD YOU. AND EVEN ON SATURDAYS.

SO THE FARMER'S MARKET IS ON A SUNDAY AND WE'VE REQUESTED THAT IN THE PAST.

YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT. SO ALL RIGHT. AND I DO KNOW WHERE THE WAREHOUSE IS NOW.

THAT WAS THAT WAS 90% OF THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WAREHOUSE IS NOT EASY TO GET TO.

AND HOPEFULLY IT'S THE SAME PLACE. SO I'M I'M FINE WITH DOING IT.

AND EVEN IF I HAVE TO BRING THE STUFF HOME AND HAVE THEM PICK IT UP AT, YOU KNOW, IN PARKLAND ISLES, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT. I THINK I HAD TO HELP, THOUGH IT ALL WOULDN'T FIT IN THE TRAVERSE.

SOMEBODY ELSE TOOK A TRUCK. SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO GET AND WHAT YOU NEED TO TRANSPORT.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADD TO A FARMER'S MARKET SINCE THE FARMER'S MARKET SEASON HAS ALREADY STARTED.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT'S UP TO YOU. AND IS THERE ANY I MEAN, WE WE HAVEN'T.

LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AS A GROUP. DIDN'T WE DIDN'T DO FARMER'S MARKETS.

SO CAN THE CAB DO SOMETHING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN.

THERE ARE SOME LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE IN JACOB'S SHOES.

WE COULD DO A SHOE DRIVE. THERE'S BECCA'S CLOSET.

CAN COLLECT GOWNS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LOCAL 500 1C3 THAT ARE WONDERFUL.

ALSO, MAYBE MAYBE WE LOOK AT WE THINK ABOUT THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE, WELL, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME.

YEAH. FOR JACOB'S SHOES WE COULD DO RAINBOW. I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION SOMETIMES SUPPORTS THAT.

IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

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YOU ALL COULD DO A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROJECT THAT THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER AND AND IMPLEMENT, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE A BOARD DECISION. SO WE'LL PUT THAT OR POSTPONE IT TILL NEXT, I GUESS THE NEXT MEETING.

YOU'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING. OKAY.

GET YOU OFF. DID YOU FINISH WITH YOUR ALL YOUR COMMENTS OR.

OH, YES. THAT WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING DONE AT THIS MEETING THAT WE DID.

AND WE DO HAVE A MEETING SET FOR JANUARY NOW.

SO AT LEAST WE KNOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. AND IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE NEED YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO US.

JUST LET US KNOW AND AND JUST REMIND US NOT TO REPLY ALL.

AND AGAIN, I, I DON'T BELIEVE I CAN TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ENSURING THAT MY MESSAGE TO YOU ASKS YOU NOT TO TALK TO TO EVERYONE ELSE. BUT IT'S A REMINDER FOR YOU ALL AT EVERY MEETING TO TO CONSIDER THAT.

WELL, NOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, I THINK WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO REMEMBER. AND THE REMINDERS ABOUT THE MEETINGS ARE APPRECIATED WITH THE AGENDAS.

THANK YOU. AND WE ALL WE'RE HUMAN. SO THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND THAT'S OKAY.

WELL, THE THING IS, IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND MAYBE TEACHING ACADEMIC TOO, IF I JUST HIT REPLY, I GET MY HAND SLAPPED BECAUSE I'VE LEFT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE LOOP HERE.

IF YOU HIT REPLY ALL, YOU GET YOUR HAND SLAPPED BECAUSE YOU PUT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE LOOP.

SO WE GOT TO CHANGE OUR. AND WE WILL ALSO DO OUR BEST TO TRY NOT TO PUT QUESTIONS OUT THERE THAT WOULD TEMPT ANYBODY TO TO HIT REPLY ALL BY ACCIDENT TOO. BUT WE DO JUST SOMETIMES IT'S NICE AND I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU ALL OUT TO, TO IF WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU AT A MEETING, IT MAY IT MAY SPUR SOME SOME THOUGHTS AND MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT YOU THINK OF A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE DAY OF THE MEETING.

SO SO AGAIN, WE CAN CONDUCT OURSELVES. HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THAT? I DON'T HAVE TO SOLICIT IDEAS FROM YOU ALL, BUT BUT I KNOW WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, SO WE CAN WE CAN SEND YOU AN EMAIL INDIVIDUALLY ON STUFF THAT WE'VE RESEARCHED FOR YOU TO, FOR ME TO BRING TO AND THAT I CAN I CAN'T PUT SOMETHING I WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PROMPT TO PUT SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ASK IF THAT CAN BE SHARED.

BUT EVEN IF YOU LEFT IT OFF THE AGENDA, IT COULD STILL BE BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING, AT YOUR COMMENTS.

YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING UP SOMETHING DURING COMMENTS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THAT'S YOUR TIME.

SO ALL RIGHT I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND IT OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.