>>> OH, YES, THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WOULD
[1. Call to Order]
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LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 6:00 P.M.PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ROLL CALL.
>> COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE? >> HERE.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
>> COMMISSIONER BRIER? >> HERE.
>> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN? >> HERE.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES?
>> A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? YEA. PLEASE SHOW IT
[5. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items]
PASSES ANONYMOUSLY. WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?>> ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR A LOT HAS GONE ON IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THE OPENING OF THE FARMERS MARKET SEASON. IT'S BEEN MY FAVORITE PART OF THE YEAR. RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE IN THE FARMERS MARKET LAST YEAR OR LAST WEEK?
>> OUR LAST ONE, YES, RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE.
>> FANTASTIC. I LOVE TO SEE IT I WAS ABLE TO WELCOME THE PARKLAND WELLNESS MED AND SPA CENTER. WE ARE HOPING TO REALLY BRING A LOT OF NEW BUSINESS TO THE NEW PEOPLE. ALSO GOT TO ENJOY COMMITTING THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OTHER CITIES NORTHWEST CEO AND LAURDVILLE LAKES. I LOVE DRIVING AROUND PINE STREET ESTATES RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN MY LITTLE TOWN. THE ROADS LOOK FANTASTIC. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS. PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPENING ON THE ROADS BEFORE IT GETS TO THEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LARGE ENGINEERING PROJECT, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE HICCUPS AND THINGS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, OF COURSE, BUT OVERALL, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO SEE THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE TOGETHE GETTING THIS DONE AFTER DECADES AND DECADES.
IT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MIKE MOSIER AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE DECADES. 25 YEARS I BELIEVE? 25 YEARS. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WITHIN THE CITY AND HIS RESIDENCE. I WISH YOU WELL WITH THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY SALOMONE? >> YES, I THINK COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN TOUCHED ON SO MANY THINGS. THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY I HAVE TO SAY JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. STAFF DOES SO MUCH TO MAKE IT SPECIAL. WE HAD AMAZING SINGERS, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY MEMORABLE AND SPECIAL. I FEEL LIKE IT AGAIN, JUST BECOMES MORE MEMORABLE AND SPECIAL EACH YEAR THE HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE WAS AMAZING. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INTERFAITH EVENT, WHICH IS
TOMORROW NIGHT, RIGHT? >> YES.
>> JUST ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I AM REFLECTING JUST FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, OR MAYBE IT'S A COUPLE OF MINUTES AS COMING TO MY ONE YEAR OF HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH THESE FINE COLLEAGUES HERE, BEING ELECTED AS A COMMISSIONER FOR THIS AMAZING CITY, AND I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE IN APPROACHING THANKSGIVING AND THE HOLIDAYS IN GENERAL, AND JUST BEING REALLY GRATEFUL, AND ALSO TO GIVE SOME ACCOLADES TO OUR CITY STAFF, TO THIS COMMISSION, TO PREDECESSORS, KEN CUTLER, BOB MAYORSON, AND OUR RESIDENTS. IT TAKES TEAMWORK. JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT OF DUE DILIGENCE AROUND KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE OF SO MANY THINGS THAT THIS CITY, THE COMMISSION, THE STAFF, AND AGAIN, WITH OUR RESIDENTS' SUPPORT, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE, CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MILLAGE RATE AT AN ABSOLUTE SAME NUMBER THAT IS SO COMPETITIVE AGAINST, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES ACROSS NOT JUST BROWARD, BUT FLORIDA, AND LONG-TERM PLANNING EXECUTION. OUR STAFF IS SO STRATEGIC AND THOUGHTFUL, AND I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION IS, TOO, CERTAINLY, BUT IT DOES OFTEN START WITH STAFF. AND
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THERE'S JUST NOT JUST PLANNING GOING ON, BUT THERE'S DELIVERY, AND SO THAT IS KEY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EXECUTION. 98% OF THE THINGS THIS CITY AND COMMISSION AND STAFF SET OUT TO DO IN THE PAST YEAR, 98% OF THOSE THINGS WERE ACHIEVED. QUALITY OF LIFE INVESTMENTS, WE ARE PARKLAND.UPGRADES, PRIORITIZING GREEN SPACE, IMPROVING ROADS, DRAINAGE, SO MANY AMAZING SUCCESSES BENEFIT THE SUPPORT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND FINALLY, BUT DEFINITELY VERY IMPORTANT, COMMUNITY SAFETY. WHETHER IT'S AWARENESS, THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION TO THE GUN SAFETY AND GUN VIOLENCE PROCLAMATION NOT LONG AGO, AND JUST OVERALL BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, OUR ADVISORY BOARDS ARE AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF DID THIS LITTLE YEAR IN REVIEW AND TOOK SOME VOTES AND PICKED OUT A FEW THINGS BECAUSE I THINK WE GET CAUGHT UP WITH ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO THEM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE AND ALL OF THE GOOD THAT HAS NOT ONLY HAPPENED HISTORICALLY, BUT EVEN IN THE PAST YEAR. ALL THESE PEOPLE IN OUR GROUPS AND I SAY THANK YOU, AND I'M JUST AGAIN, HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF THIS. LIKE I SAID, IT'S PARTLY I JUST BYPASSED MY YEAR ON THE COMMISSION, AND JUST SO THRILLED TO BE DOING IT AND ENJOYING IT AND VALUE, AND WE ARE APPROACHING THANKSGIVING AND THE HOLIDAYS, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE. MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> WELL SAID COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY. COMMISSIONER BRIER?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. OUR CITY COMMENTS AS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE MENTIONED HAVE BEEN GREAT. HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE, ALWAYS GREAT EVENT. FARMERS MARKET, IT'S AMAZING WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SO MANY PEOPLE. HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE, OUR STAFF DID SUCH A GREAT JOB GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF LINE AND GEARED UP AND ON TO THE BONFIRE. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE SILVER FAMILY FOR THEIR LOSS, AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM. I ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WE HAD AN E-BIKE ACCIDENT NOT TOO FAR FROM US AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE OF -- BAY. PARKLAND IS NOT ALONE. NO ONE IS AGAINST CHILDREN BEING ON BICYCLES OR BEING KIDS OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE WORRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT HAPPENED JUST A FEW NIGHTS AGO. DARK, NOT LATE AT NIGHT, BUT IT'S GETTING DARK EARLY, KIDS IN DARK CLOTHING, AND ANY TIME A BICYCLE INTERACTS WITH A CAR, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING FOR THE FOLKS ON THE BIKE. OUR PRAYERS WITH THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WE HAVE AMAZING PARENTS AND KIDS IN OUR CITY, AND I HOPE THEY CAN GET EDUCATED ON WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND APPROACHING THESE THINGS WITH SAFETY IN MIND RESPECT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR THE RULES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAFETY.
OUR VETERANS DAY EVENT, I HAVE TO GIVE IT UP FOR OUR OWN STAFF.
FELICIA SINGING AMAZINGLY TO THE SPEAKERS TO CUB SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS, FOR ME, IT WAS A MOVING EVENT. HEARING 100-YEAR-OLD VETERAN, ANDREW, SPEAK, AND LEN ABRAMS, NOT ONLY A VETERAN, BUT ALSO DOING GREAT WORK THROUGH HONOR FLIGHT, AND SOME OF THOSE STORIES WAS JUST VERY TOUCHING. IT'S A POWERFUL EVENT, AND ANY TIME WE CAN RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE OUR VETERANS, WE CAN'T DO IT OFTEN ENOUGH. SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO END ON THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. DEPUTY CHIEF MOSIER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT STEWARDS OF OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, JUST AMAZINGLY WELL NOT ONLY OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO THINGS BETTER AND PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THOSE IN NEED, BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, AND OUR HEART FELT AND DEEP APPRECIATION IS WITH YOU. EVERY TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION, I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE COMING AT IT AS A TRUE PRO AND THE STANDPOINT OF CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALL THE BEST. OUR LOSS IS HOLLYWOOD'S GAIN. HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE YOU AROUND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THOSE ARE MY
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COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR ISROW.
>> I PROMISED MYSELF I WASN'T GOING TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S WORTH REITERATING AS MANY TIMES AS I POSSIBLY CAN. I THINK PUBLIC AND FIRE SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CARRY WITH IT OBVIOUSLY A VERY HIGH RESPONSIBILITY. WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT DOING THE JOB IS ONE THING, AND DOING THE JOB AND CARING IS THE OTHER. THEY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OST PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD CAN IMMEDIATELY TELL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN ONE IS DOING ONE AND ONE THE OTHER. YOU HAVE SINCE THE DAY I MET YOU HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN A BRIGHT SMILE, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING, BUT THE MOST REASSURING VOICE OF CONFIDENCE IN SAFETY THEY HAVE EVER BEEN AROUND IN ANY TIME OF ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST A CITY OR ANYTHING. THERE'S A SENSE OF CALMNESS AND IT'S WHAT EPITOMIZES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
EVERY ORGANIZATION, THE CULTURE IS COMPRISED OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT, BUT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ADD THE EXTRA TOUCH THAT WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME DYNAMIC, AND I THINK YOU ARE -- I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE, BUT YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THAT ORGANIZATION. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS KEEPING US UP TO DATE. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS OBVIOUSLY STILL DIGESTIBLE AND NOT TOO DRY. NOT LIKE -- KIDDING. EVEN CREATING THAT RIFT. EVEN HAVING THAT FUN BACK AND FORTH -- EXACTLY, SEE? THAT'S MIKE MOSIER. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT ABOUT YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER NIGHT, BUT SIMEON GOT IT STARTED. THANK YOU. WE WILL TALK MORE. THAT SAID, I AM NOT GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING. I WILL TRY TO TOUCH ON, I GUESS HIGHLIGHTS. VETERANS DAY, I AGREE. I YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME EVENTS I WILL SAY THE SAME THING, PHONED IT IN, AND IT FEELS LIKE A SENTIMENTAL COMPONENT. THE SPEAKERS OF FELICIA, OR THE CUB AND GIRL SCOUTS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY ALL AROUND. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE CITY STAFF, THAT'S YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT, AND IT COMES OUT THAT WAY. FLAG FOOTBALL, GREAT END OF THE YEAR PICNIC, DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY SON'S TEAM, THE CANES FELL SHORT. WE WILL GET THEM NEXT YEAR. I KNOW. SERIOUSLY. YEAH.
THAT ONE HURT. E-BIKE, I AGAIN, DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, REITERATING THIS. EVEN IF YOUR KIDS DON'T HAVE AN E-BIKE, PARENTS, I'M SURE YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR OR A FRIEND OR SOMEONE IN YOUR KID'S CIRCLE WHO HAS AN E-BIKE. IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR KID, BE A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND TRY TO FACILITATE IT. IT'S SCARY THAT IT HAPPENED AND WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT, I JUST SAW JUST AS MANY KIDS ON THE SIDEWALKS RECKLESSLY DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SOME PARENTS ARE NOT LISTENING OR PAYING ATTENTION, AND IT WILL TAKE SOMETHING MUCH LARGER, I FEAR, TO JERK THEM INTO ACTUAL REALIZING THIS IS A PROBLEM, SO PLEASE DO OURSELVES ALL A FAVOR.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT THATEXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT AFFECTS EVERYONE. TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I GUESS, LAST, I WILL SAY HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL.
COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT. I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET A COIN OR SOMETHING, BUT I WILL SAY I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT BECAUSE AS JUST LIKE YOU. THAT FIRST YEAR IS A LOT. A LOT OF NEW FACES, CONCEPTS, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE SITTING THERE LIKE ME WITH EYES AND EARS WIDE OPEN. THAT'S A GREAT THING. TO ME, THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE, AND AFTER THAT FIRST YEAR A LOT MORE TO HAVE THE GROUNDWORK BUILT. I'M EXCITED FOR YOU AND COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT'S NEXT FOR YEAR NUMBER TWO, AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE GOT. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL. I WISH EVERYONE VERY GOOD HOLIDAYS, SAFE, ENJOY IT, AND WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR, DESPITE THE FACT IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE THAT EVERY DAY, WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD BY SOME PEOPLE WHO SEEMINGLY HAVE A REASON TO TELL US THINGS ANYMORE ON THIS TV OR DEVICE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO EVERY DAY, BUT I THINK EVERYONE HAS A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. IF EVERYONE REMEMBERS THAT, I THINK WE WILL GO A LONG WAY. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE GOT. THANK YOU.
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>> WELL SAID. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO MUCH FURTHER THAN MY COLLEAGUES HERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, MIKE, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER -- I'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR SEVEN YEARS, JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN YOU GUYS, AND YOU KNOW, JORDAN SAID IT PERFECTLY.
YOU ALWAYS COME AT EVERY SITUATION, WHETHER IT'S GIVING US UPDATES OR WHATEVER, WE KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU HAVE THAT LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT REASSURES US, AND THAT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES, THE STAFF, DIRECTORS, BSO, AND CORAL SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT TAKE AS RELIEF FROM US TO NOT HAVE TO BE WORRYING IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, YOU DO IT. WE HAVE THAT WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF HERE, AND THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT GIVES US A LITTLE EASIER LEVEL IN TRYING TO DO THE JOB THAT WE DO, KNOWING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE DEPUTY CHIEF, THE CAPTAIN, OUR DIRECTORS, AND IT'S REALLY REASSURING TO US, AND YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY BE MISSED. YOU KNOW, AS JORDAN SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DO THIS BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE COMMUNITY.
YOU LOVE THE PEOPLE. YOU ARE STILL GOING TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE PARKLAND 17 MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. I'M GLAD THEY WILL STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IN THAT PARTICULAR ATMOSPHERE, BUT WISH YOU THE BEST. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FANTASTIC AS COMMISSIONER BRIER SAID, OUR LOSS IS HOLLYWOOD'S GAIN, SO BEST OF LUCK. I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO DO FANTASTIC. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WHOEVER REPLACES YOU WITH UPDATES ON THE HUB. YOU KNOW, YOUR CHARM AND YOUR WITTINESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHO IS GOING TO TRY TO FILL YOUR SHOES NEXT. BUT THANKFULLY CORRAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A GOOD BENCH, SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW TALENTED PEOPLE IN THAT ORGANIZATION. IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT TO CATCH UP TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE FOR OUR CITY, SO, AGAIN, MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED. OBVIOUSLY THANKSGIVING. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY. I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE SAID IT GREAT. I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET A LOT TO REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE, AND WE COMPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO SIT BACK AND JUST REALIZE HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT HERE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND, AND HOW BLESSED WE ARE WITH, OBVIOUSLY LIVING HERE, AND ALL OF THE AMENITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY. IT IS TRULY A BLESSING. I DO -- THE VETERANS DAY, OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR WAS, EVERY YEAR IS GREAT, BUT THIS YEAR, JUST STEPPED IT UP A NOTCH. I KNOW FELICIA IS NOT HERE, AND SHE CAN'T HEAR, BUT I'M SURE CHRISTINE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL LET HER KNOW HOW PROUD WE ARE. SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, WHICH EVERYONE DID. BUSTINO DIDN'T HAVE A NOTE, JUST GOT UP THERE, WINGED IT, AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. IT'S, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO A VETERAN WHO IS 100 YEARS OLD, WHO FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, HE'S A TRUE HERO IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. TO GET HIM WITH US, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
REALLY BLESSED, AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE 101 IN FEBRUARY OR JANUARY. I KNOW IT'S COMING UP, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE GARDENS AND CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WITH HIM. THAT WILL BE GREAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, ONE LAST THING. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT AND A THANKS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS LOOKING TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULING, YOU KNOW, WITH GETTING RID OF STUDY HALLS AND CHANGING A BLOCK AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS SPOKE UP, AND THEY CLEARLY HEARD BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MAKING THAT CHANGE NOW. I THINK AS FAR AS STUDY HALL GOES, I'M SURE THERE'S KIDS WHO PROBABLY MISUSE STUDY HALL, JUST LIKE KIDS MISUSE E-BIKES, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS WHO NEED THE STUDY HALL.
IF YOU'RE IN AN EAGLE REGIMEN AT MSD, YOU DON'T GET HOME UNTIL 9:00 AT NIGHT. YOU NEED ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CATCH UP ON YOUR WORK, WHETHER IT'S HOMEWORK OR ADDITIONAL STUDYING. I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS USE IT. I KNOW MY BOYS PLAY
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SPORTS, AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET HOME UNTIL 7:00, 8:00 AT NIGHT, SO THEY DO APPRECIATE THE STUDY HALL. THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE HOMEWORK, SO I'M SURE STUDY HALL SOMETIMES IS A TIME TO SIT BACK AND RELAX, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR KIDS TO HAVE. SOMETIMES WE PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON OUR CHILDREN TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE A.P. THIS AND A.P. THAT, AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET THEY NEED TO DECOMPOSE SOMETIMES AND JUST RELAX AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND NOT HAVE TO BE HUSTLED AND BUSTLED ALL THE TIME. AGAIN, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE,AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO WE -- >> MAYOR, ONE ADDITIONAL THING.
I WANT TO WISH OUR AMAZING CITY CLERK, ALLISON, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
[6. Proclamations and Recognitions]
>> ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT THAT? HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YES. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION.
LET'S HEAD TO THE WELL. WE HAVE THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE HERE.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AND JOIN US IN THE WELL, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. I KNOW I JUST SIGNED SOME LETTERS TODAY IN SUPPORT OF POTENTIALLY GETTING OUR OWN ZIP CODE. I KNOW BOB HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. SOME LETTERS ARE BEING SENT OFF TO OUR SENATORS IN SUPPORT OF OUR OWN ZIP CODE, WHICH I THINK WE WILL ALL BE HAPPY WITH. THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, AND AIRLINES, AND A VITAL PART OF THE FABRIC BINDING TOGETHER THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY. IN 1775, THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, THE PREDECESSOR OF THE MODERN POSTAL SERVICE WAS CREATED. ONE YEAR EARLIER THAN THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY ITSELF, AND LATER ENSHRINED IN THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION. THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE SERVES 69 MILLION ADDRESSES, SIX AND SOMETIMES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WHILE THE USPS REMAIN AS VITAL SOURCE OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, PRIVATE AND SECURE CORRESPONDENTS, MAIL-ORDER MEDICATIONS, MAIL-IN VOTING, AND E-COMMERCE PACKAGES. THE USPS IS OWNED BY THE PEOPLE AND IS A WONDERFUL NATIONAL TREASURE ENCAPSULATING THE BEST OF GOVERNMENT AND OF BUSINESS AND FOR THE PEOPLE. THE CITY OF PARKLAND APPRECIATES THE ROLE OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ON ITS 250TH ANNIVERSARY, SALUTES THE HARD-WORKING POSTAL WORKERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTS A ROBUST AND THRIVING PUBLIC POSTAL SERVICE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. BE IT RESOLVED THEY MAYOR RICH WALKER AND THE CITY COMMISSION HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT 2025 MARKS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? NO? YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
[7. Presentation]
>> OKAY, WE HAVE A YEAR-END PRESENTATION FOR YEAR-END
STRATEGIC PLANNING PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. YES, TONIGHT STAFF IS PLEASED TO PROVIDE AN END OF YEAR STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE. YOU HAVE
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RECEIVED THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT AND OUR DASHBOARD IS UP AND UPDATED ON OUR WEBSITE TO REFLECT ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WILL SIMPLY REVIEW SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS FROM THE PLAN AND THEIR STATUS. JUST TO REVIEW A COUPLE OF THOSE LITTLE ITEMS UP THERE, YOU WILL SEE A GREEN CHECK MARK FOR COMPLETE. CALENDAR FOR THE MULTIYEAR ACTION ITEMS, MOST OF WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON THE PLAN. ONLY ONE YELLOW HAND SAYING SOMETHING WAS DELAYED, AND WE ARE READY FOR NEXT YEAR. SO BRIEFLY, WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN? I KNOW LAST YEAR, I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR TWO OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, FOR COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND MISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE, AND LAST YEAR WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME IN OUR END OF YEAR ACTION PLAN TO REVIEW WITH YOU WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN WAS, BUT NOW YOU'RE EXPERTS. YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, AND WE APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO US. SO STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASICALLY OUR LONG-TERM VISION OF WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO BE, AND SO YOU ALL SET THAT VISION FOR US. YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, AND STAFF, WELL, WE ARE THE ONES TO TRY TO HELP YOU GET THERE. WHAT WE DO, WE TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE RESULTS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MEASURE THOSE RESULTS SO WE CAN REPORT THEM BACK TO YOU. SO HOW DID WE DO? WE GOT TO A 99% PROGRESS, AND THAT'S 99% OF EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS AS PART OF AN ACTION ITEM. 89% OF THE ACTION PLANS THAT ARE COMPLETE FOR THE YEAR. SO THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN TO A 99% AT ANY POINT IN OUR MORE RECENT PAST. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REPORT, YOU WILL SEE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REFLECT THAT WE HAVE MANY MULTIYEAR PLANS.YOU WILL SEE THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ACTION ITEMS, THERE'S A PERCENT OF AN ACTION PLAN COMPLETED IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS, HOW MUCH WE ANTICIPATE TO BE DONE IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHAT WE HAVE GOT GOING ON IN THE FUTURE. SO TO START US OFF IN REVIEWING OUR INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WILL
START YOU OFF. >> FOR THE RECORD, OUR FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH , RIGHT?
>> THAT IS DIRECT. >> THANK YOU, JACKIE.
>> SO WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR CITY. AS COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE SAID EARLIER, IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. TO GIVE AN UPDATE, WE START OFF WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT. THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING WELL. THE ROUNDABOUT CENTER CIRCLE IS IN PLACE. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN THE CENTER OF THE ROUNDABOUT, AND THEN THE LIGHTING BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO COMPLETE AS OF THIS DATE. THE HILLSBOROUGH EVERGLADES ROUNDABOUT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. WE KNOW WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IN PLACE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD. JUST A QUICK VISUAL OF THE ROUNDABOUT CONCEPT THAT WE CAME UP WITH THAT IS GOING TO TRANSLATE ALSO TO OUR LOCHS PROJECTS. THE KNOB HILL ROUNDABOUT IS UNDERWAY, AND A BIRDIE TOLD ME IT SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY THANKSGIVING. FDOT COMPLETED THE UNIVERSITY ROUNDABOUT BEFORE SCHOOL OPENING FOR THE FIRST DAY. WE HAVE AN UPDATE MEETING IS DECEMBER 10TH AT OUR LIBRARY. THE ROUNDABOUT AND LANDSCAPING PROJECT, STARTING FOR CONSTRUCTION ONCE THE ROADWAY PRODUCTION IS COMPLETED.
OUR DESIGN PLANS ARE CLOSER TO COMPLETION. JUST A QUICK VISUAL OF THE ROAD IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE, IN TERMS OF THE ROADWAY. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FOCUSING ON THE ROUNDABOUTS AT KNOB HILL. THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE PARKSIDE DRIVE TO 441.
RANCHES ROAD SURFACING PROJECT, CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. MILLED FOR THE PROJECT, AND PAVING ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS IT RELATES TO THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE MAJORITY OF CULVERTS HAVE BEEN
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INSTALLED, CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY CULVERTS AND CONTINUING TO DO THE DREDGING FOR THE DRAINAGE PROJECT. SO PINE TREE ESTATE TURNBRIDGE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETE. I'M PLEASED TO SHARE WE MET OUR ARPA REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPENDITURES. THIS IS HUGE FOR THE CITY, DONE WELL AHEAD OF THE TIME FRAME FOR THE PROJECT. PINE TREE ROADWAY PROJECT AS JACKIE SAID, ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THAT HAD SOME DISRUPTIONS, AND IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO SAY A PROJECT HAS A DISRUPTION WITH A POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM THE DISRUPTION. THE REASON WE HAD A DISRUPTION, WE PULLED IN THE DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT IN-HOUSE, AND ENGINEERING COMPLETED THE DESIGN, WHICH SAVED THE PROJECTO TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEYS. THE PROJECT ITSELF IS UNDERWAY, AND THE CONTRACTOR GOT THROUGH THE PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF THE FDR AND PAVING.WORKING IN PHASE TWO. THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY MOVING QUITE WELL.
JUST A LITTLE PHOTOS OF THE BEFORE CONDITIONS, WHICH WE ALL KNOW ABOUT. AND JUST A FEW ACTIVITIES FROM OUR CONTRACTOR.
THE UPPER LEFT IS THE ACTUAL FDR PROCESS WITH THE MACHINE KIND OF WORKING TO MILL UP THE EXISTING PAVEMENT. BEHIND THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL PAVING OPERATION. WE HAVE A GUY ROLLING THE PAVEMENT, AND THEN THE FINISHED PRODUCT, CENTRALLY. JUST A TOTALLYDIFFERENT LOOK FOR THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN OUT THERE, I IMPLORE YOU TO GO DRIVE IT. THE LIGHTING, NEW PROCESS FOR US, A TURNKEY PROJECT. DURING CONSTRUCTION, GOING THROUGH FPL FOR THE UNDERGROUND. FPL IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR PERMITS WITH BRIERE COUNTY. WE HOPE TO GET THAT PROJECT TO ACTUALLY BREAK GROUND. THE HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD LANDSCAPING PROJECT, CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH SOLICITATION, AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE AWARDED EARLY SCOND QUARTER OF 2026. SO JUST A FEW PHOTOS, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP WHAT HILLSBORO LOOKS LIKE ONCE COMPLETED. THAT'S WITH, OF
COURSE, THE DECORATIVE LIGHTS. >> THE SAME LIGHTS GOING ON
HILLSBORO? >> THAT'S CORRECT. WE COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEY ARE USING THE SAME FIXTURES
FOR THEIR PROJECT AS WELL. >> PERFECT.
>> SO ON TO OUR DEANNEXATION AND ANNEXATION. I SEE THE MAYOR IN THE HOUSE. ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS WITH CORRAL SPRINGS AND OUR ELECTED PARTNERS. HOUSE BILL 4071 TO TRANSFER 8 1/2 ACRES FROM CORAL SPRINGS TO OUR FUTURE VILLAGE IN THE COMMERCIAL SITE.
THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL ON OUR PART. WE WILL HAVE ONE CONTINUOUS CITY PARKLAND. THE VILLAGE IN THE PARK, RFQ, ACTUALLY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY OUR BROKER THAT WE SELECTED, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING A CLOSING DATE TOWARDS THE LATER END OF JANUARY IS WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THERE'S BEEN A ROBUST LIST OF INTEREST IN THE PROJECT, WHICH WE HOPE TRANSLATES INTO A GOOD POOL OF DEVELOPERS FOR OUR PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. THE RESIDENTIAL PARCEL, ANOTHER FEEL-GOOD STORY FOR US. THIS PROJECT INCLUDED A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR COORDINATION WITH THE CITY, AND THIS RESULTED ULTIMATELY IN THE CITY SECURING $19.5 MILLION OF PARCELS. THE CLUBHOUSE PROJECT WITH LIFETIME, THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT REVIEW WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS. THE CITY STAFF CONTINUES TO MONITOR THAT PROCESS, AND MYSELF AND NANCY, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE MEETINGS FOR THIS PROCESS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, AND THE REVIEW FOR FINAL PAYMENT ONCE SECURED AND APPROVED. THAT ENDS MY PORTION. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTINA GARCIA TO
CLOSE US OUT. >> THANK YOU. ANOTHER ACTION ITEM THAT WE HAD WAS TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE FAMILY FUN FEST OVER TO OUR EQUESTRIAN CENTER BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH AND EVERYTHING WITH THAT EVENT. WE DID THAT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WAS IN JANUARY OF 2025. WAS ABLE TO REPORT IT WAS A GREAT TRANSITION OVER TO THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER. WE HAD AN
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APPROXIMATE 45% GROWTH IN REGARDS TO THE EVENT AND ATTENDANCE AND TICKET SALES. WE WILL CONTINUE THAT EVENT AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT HAS GROWN. ANOTHER ACTION ITEM, THE LIBERTY PARK IMPROVEMENTS. WENT AND AHEAD AND UPDATED THE RESTROOMS AT THE PARK. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN MARCH 2025, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE RESTROOMS BACK TO THE PUBLIC IN JULY OF 2025, AND THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE. PINE TRAILS PARK AMPHITHEATER GREAT LAWN RESOD, IT WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 2024, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT AND REOPEN THE GREAT LAWN, AND THERE IS THAT BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE GREAT, GREEN GRASS. FENCE AND DUGOUT REPLACEMENT ANOTHER MULTIYEAR PROJECT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE AT THE BEGINNING AND ABLE TO OPEN UP THE FIELDS BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2024. THE PARK EXPANDED PARKING, WE WERE TASKED WITH GETTING THE DESIGN DONE LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE DID GET TO THE 90% DESIGN PLAN. MOVING FORWARD INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE READY TO GET IT OUT TO BID AND GET OUT TO CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW WITH THE TIMES OF THE HILLSBORO PROJECT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME TEMPORARY PARKING, OVERFLOW PARKING BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT ALREADY STARTING, TO HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THIS IN THIS EXACT SITE THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. A REMINDER THIS IS THE DESIGN PLAN WE DISCUSSED IN STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT WE WENT WITH THIS OPTION FOR THE PARKING, WHICH IS 68 PARKING SPACES IT WILL ADD TO THE PARK.PARK DESIGN, THE DESIGN WAS COMPLETED LAST FISCAL YEAR, AS YOU KNOW. WE WERE ABLE TO -- IN APRIL 2025. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK. VERY EXCITING. GROUND BREAKING IN JUNE OF 2025, AND CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING NICE. THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE GROUND BREAKING. AND HERE ARE SOME RECENT PHOTOS OF THE CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE OUT AT THE PARK. YOU CAN SEE THE POND BEING DUG UP THERE. THAT BOTTOM PICTURE IS ACTUALLY THE SIZE OF THE FOOTERS FOR THE COVER OVER THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. VERY EXCITING MOVEMENT GOING ON IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WEDGE PRESERVE PARK. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER BACK TO JACKIE TO FINISH UP THE LAST FEW ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY, GOSH IT SEEMS LIKE SO LONG AGO WE HAD THE CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTIONS, BUT IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB ENSURING OUR RESIDENTS WERE WELL INFORMED WHAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTIONS WERE INVOLVED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE. AS FOR TEEN PROGRAMMING, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL, SO THE LIBRARY AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEW PROGRAMS FOR OUR TEENS. THINGS LIKE COOKING, MEDITATION, CRAFTS, VOLUNTEERING BOTH AT THE LIBRARY AND WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, CALLIGRAPHY, STARTING A BUSINESS, AND ONE OF THEM, LIKE THE OPEN GYM, WE TRIED THAT FOR FOUR MONTHS. THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT QUITE AS WELL. WASN'T AS MUCH INTEREST, BUT TEENS ARE A LITTLE FICKLE, SO THOSE OF US WITH TEENS KNOW THAT, SO THINGS CHANGE, AND WE PIVOTED THE PROGRAM TO OFFER UP A VARIETY OF THINGS FOR THE TEENS TO DO. THE OLD FIRE TRUCK OUT BY THE LIBRARY, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR FORMER COMMISSIONER NOTICED DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREATS, THE TRUCK HAD BEEN THERE FOR AWHILE, AND THE COMMISSION ASKED THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, LET'S LOOK AT IDEAS TO REPURPOSE THE TRUCK. THEY WILL PRESERVE THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER KEPT PIECES, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN THE PIECES AND LOVINGLY SET THEM ASIDE SO THAT CAN BE CREATED INTO A PIECE OF ART TO DISPLAY AT ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS. OUR CITY HISTORIAN, ANOTHER THING THAT OUR FORMER COMMISSIONER KEN CUTLER ASKED US ABOUT IS TO FIRE A CITY HISTORIAN. CHRISTINA MCDUNNA BEGAN EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL. SHE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR STAFF. SHE'S ALREADY WOVEN SOME HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING INTO THE LIBRARY. SHE ASSISTED THE LIBRARY WITH OUR FLORIDA CITY WEEK THIS YEAR, PROVIDING EDUCATION TO STUDENTS ABOUT PARKLAND HISTORY, AND HE'S ALSO WORKING ON THIS UPCOMING UPCOMING 250 CELEBRATION, AND WEAVING IN SOME
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HISTORICAL NOTES TO OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING AND WORKING WITH PARKLAND DAY 226. SO APRIL THE RETREAT GAVE US A LOT OF THINGS TO DO IN OUR UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY, AND, OF COURSE, OUR APRIL RETREAT. THIS TIME WE SPEND, SPENDING AN ENTIRE DAY TOGETHER AND WORKING HARD AND TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY IS SO IMPORTANT. WE HAVE STARTED TO PUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE SYSTEM. ON THE DASHBOARD, GEARED UP, READY TO GO, AND SO ARE WE.>> SO I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HOW WE GET THERE, WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED. STRATEGIC PLANNING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES WE HAVE AS A COMMISSION. THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE, NOT OUR IDEAS, WE TAKE THE IDEAS FROM THE RESIDENTS. WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS, POSITIVE FEEDBACK, AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WE TAKE THOSE IDEAS, THOSE CONCERNS, THOSE QUESTIONS, AND WE WILL SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH STAFF AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEY NEED MORE LIGHTING, LESS LIGHTING, WE NEED MORE PARKS, AND THIS IS HOW PARKLAND IS TRANSFORMING. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD SAY PARKLAND IS CLOSED. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. WHEN PEOPLE OWN PROPERTY, THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO DO THINGS WITH THOSE PROPERTIES, SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE TRY TO KEEP WHATEVER HAPPENS IN PARKLAND, PARKLAND-LIKE. WE WORK VERY HARD TO DO THAT, AND STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT THE VISION WE RECEIVE FROM THE RESIDENTS GETS RELAYED TO STAFF SO THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CITY, WHILE IT GROWS AND PROGRESSES, IT STILL CONTINUES TO KEEP THE PARKLAND THAT WE REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY. EVERY CITY GOES THROUGH CHANGES, JUST LIKE WE GO THROUGH CHANGES. WHEN I STARTED HERE SEVEN YEARS AGO, I ALMOST HAD A FULL HEAD OF HAIR. I WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE LIGHTER, AND I WAS TALLER. I HAVE SHRUNK, GAINED WEIGHT, AND LOST MY HAIR. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. WE CHANGE,
THE CITY CHANGES. >> WHERE'S THE UPSIDE?
>> UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. AS WE GET OLDER AND WE PROGRESS, WE TRY TO DO IT AS BEST AS WE CAN. SO MAYBE WE WILL EXERCISE, OR MAYBE WE GET HAIRPLUGS OR WHATEVER IT IS WE DO, AND WE DO THAT WITH PARKLAND. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THE GROWTH THAT IT HAS, WE ARE MINDFUL IN THAT GROWTH. WE DO THIS ALL WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS. ONE OF THE THING THE GOVERNOR CONTINUES TO PUSH IS GETTING RID OF PROPERTY TAXES. YOU HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WILL BE LIFE CHANGING, I WON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES. IT WILL BE LIFE CHANGING BECAUSE PARKLAND WILL BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO ADD NEW LIGHTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO FEEL SAFER AND TO ENJOY. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO ADD NEW PARKS SO THAT AS THE CITY GROWS, AND EVEN IF IT DOESN'T GROW, IT'S STILL GOING TO CHANGE IN A WAY. YOU WILL HAVE, MAYBE SOME OLDER PEOPLE WILL MOVE OUT, AND YOU WILL GET YOUNGER FAMILIES MOVING IN, SO MAYBE WE ARE NOT GROWING AS MUCH WITH RESIDENTIAL UNITS, BUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE ABSOLUTELY CHANGING. THAT WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN. THE CITY NEEDS TO PROGRESS IN THAT WAY. WE NEED TAX DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP PARKLAND TO BE A PREEMANATE CITY. GUESS WHAT? IF WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES, THAT AFFECTS ME AS WELL, I UNDERSTAND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M LIVING IN THE BEST CITY POSSIBLE. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WE NEED FUNDING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IT'S -- AND WE WISH WE COULD SAY, NOBODY PAYS TAXES. I WAS LISTENING TO AN INTERVIEW TODAY WITH ELON AND JENSON FROM NVIDIA AND ELON WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE NO USE FOR MONEY. YOU WON'T NEED MONEY ANYMORE BECAUSE ROBOTS WILL DO ANYTHING. I'M NOT QUITE SURE
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THAT'S A REALITY OR IF WE WILL EVER SEE THAT IN OUR LIFETIME.THAT'S NOT REALISTIC. YOU NEED DOLLARS TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT HAPPENS. COULD THE CITY PAY FOR EVERYTHING? YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE IN THE RANCHES AND PINE TREE AND DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT. THE CITY CAN CERTAINLY PAY FOR EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY, BUT HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? WE NEED MORE REVENUE, SO WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE, WHICH CINDY MURPHY SALOMONE POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE KEPT OUR MILLAGE RATE STEADY AT 4.9 OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS. AT LEAST SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE. THAT MEANS WE ARE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP, BUT THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME IS ALSO GOING UP. THE CITY OF PARKLAND 85% HOMESTEADED? THAT MEANS YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS CAPPED AT 3%. OUR COST AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, AS YOUR COSTS HAVE, HAVE GONE UP MORE THAN 3%. PROPERTY INSURANCE, HEALTH INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, CAR PRICES, FOOD PRICES, THOSE HAVE CERTAINLY OUTPACED THAT 3% THAT THE CITY OF PARKLAND COULD POTENTIALLY GET WITH A HOMESTEADED HOME. YET WE CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR MILLAGE RATE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN BROWARD COUNTY. WE WILL CONTINUE DO THAT, BUT WE DO NEED SOME FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECTS HAPPEN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST WE HAD, HILLSBOROUGH LIGHTING, THAT'S GOING TO BRING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO MAKE US SAFER, BUT IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY LOOK NICER. WE ARE ADDING LANDSCAPING, LOCKS ROAD.
I KNOW CONSTRUCTION IS UNCOMFORTABLE, AND IT DISRUPTS THINGS, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEEPING UP WITH THE RESIDENTS WE HAVE IN THE CITY. OUR STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE, BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHICH I THINK PEOPLE ARE FAILING TO REALIZE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HUGE DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT, AND I CAN CERTAINLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE FEELINGS BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME, BUT WHAT I WOULD PREFER IS TO HAVE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL AS MUCH AS IT CAN BECAUSE I CAN WALK -- I GO TO PUBLIX JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, OUT IN THE FIELDS, AND ANYBODY CAN COME AND TALK TO ME AND SAY I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR YOU NEED TO BE DOING THIS OR WHATEVER. I WILL LISTEN, AND I CAN HEAR YOU. I CAN REACT TO THAT. IF WHAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO DO HAPPENS, ALL OF THOSE CONTROLS ARE GOING TO FALL TO THE STATE HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU GO UP TO A STATE LEGISLATOR OR SENATOR AND HAVE A CONVERSATION? OBVIOUSLY CHRISTINE CHOWSKI NOT INCLUDED. SHE'S EXTREMELY AVAILABLE. IF YOU'RE WATCHING, IT'S NOT MEANT FOR YOU, BUT IN ALL THE SERIOUSNESS, IT TAKES SO MUCH MORE TO TRY TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT AT A STATE LEVEL OR COUNTY LEVEL THAN IT DOES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, YOU ONLY NEED TO FIND 10,000 PEOPLE, AT LEAST TO MAKE A CHANGE. IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO MAKE A CHANGE ON THE STATE LEVEL, YOU NEED TO FIND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH YOU TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS CONTROL OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE. THAT GIVES US NO CONTROL.
THAT GIVES US NO HOMEROOM, AND THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US AND OUR RESIDENTS TO DICTATE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
IT FALLS IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. THAT MAKES TRYING TO MAKE AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN LIKE LIGHTING, PINE TREAT, THE PARK, ALL THE AMAZING THINGS WE ARE DOING, MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING UP TO TALLAHASSEE EVERY YEAR, BEGGING THE STATE, PLEASE. WE HAVE POTHOLES HERE AND THIS PROBLEM HERE. PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE PARKLAND SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY? THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO END UP HAPPENING. TO ME IT SOUNDS, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH OF THE POLITICS, BUT LOCAL CONTROL IS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, AND YOU BRANCH OUT FROM THERE. I DON'T WANT A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, A STATE SENATOR, OR A GOVERNOR DICTATING WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
THEY SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THE STATE AND THE STATE ISSUES, AND
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THE CITY OF PARKLAND SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THE CITY OF PARKLAND. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO WHOEVER ELSE HASSOMETHING. >> I THINK THAT WAS EXTREMELY WELL SAID, MAYOR, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOT A LOT TO ADD, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR AND THE PRESENTATION WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING, THAT'S HARD TO GRASP THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR. THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK, NOT JUST WORK, BUT COMPLEX HEAVY LIFT WORK. KUDOS TO OUR TEAM AGAIN.
MAYOR, I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAGE OUT OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAD THOSE LOCKS OF HAIR LIKE FABIO. I REMEMBER IT. EVERYONE HAS PLANS IN LIFE. A PLAN IS JUST THAT, A PLAN. JUST LIKE I HAVE A PLAN EVERY NEW YEAR'S I'M GOING TO GET IN SHAPE AND START RUNNING. IT'S A PLAN. WITHOUT EXECUTION, IT'S STILL JUST A PLAN. WHAT OUR CITY DOES SO EXTRAORDINARILY WELL, NOT THE CITY, THE STAFF DOES SO EXTRAORDINARILY WELL, TAKE IDEAS WE AS A COMMISSION HAVE SHAPED AND BOUNCED AROUND UNTIL IT REACHES THE FORM THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SUITABLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SAY I CAN TAKE THIS AND RUN WITH IT, BUT THAT DISTANCE FROM US FORMING THE BALL, AND TAKING AND RUNNING WITH IT, IT'S MAGNITUDES GREATER THAN THE COMING UP WITH THE CONCEPT ITSELF. IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO WHO YOU ELECT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THEY ARE WHO SHAPE THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT ALLOW THE STAFF TO HAVE CREATIVITY, AND TO BE ABLE TO RUN WITH IT. BUT ABSENT THAT STAFF, THAT NOW GOES BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TAXES. TAXES DON'T JUST REMOVE SERVICES FROM YOUR CITY. IT DOESN'T JUST REMOVE THE ABILITY TO ADD A NEW PARK. IT REMOVES THE POTENTIAL OF WHO WANT TO WORK AT YOUR CITY. AS YOU ARE HEARING FROM ALL OF US AND SEEING, THE STAFF IS THE MAGIC THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IDEA THAT YOU'RE SAVING MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE NOT PAYING PROPERTY TAXES, WELL, NUMBER ONE, TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, THE LEVEL OF HOME RULE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE SIT HERE AND DO BUDGETING, WE MAKE THE DECISION OF HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING FOR THE NEED OF THEIR COMMUNITY. IF WE HAD TO GO AND ASK FOR PERMISSION FROM THE STATE, WE WOULD LIKE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, WE EFFECTIVELY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE THAT WILL NOW BE DELEGATED TO SOMEONE ELSE, SO WHAT IS EVEN MORE CONCERNING TO ME, THE EXECUTION PART OF OUR POLICY DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES PEOPLE, MONEY, AND TIME RIGHT? IF YOU PULL AWAY THE MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE PEOPLE, WHICH MEANS WE WILL HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW BADLY THIS DECISION HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED OUR CITY. SO I KNOW THIS WAS NOT INTENDED FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT COULD BE TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH RIGHT NOW IN OUR STATE. BUT I THINK THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, HOW WE HAVE JUST REVIEWED LAST YEAR MAKES THE CASE FOR WHY THE MONEY AND THE DISCRETION SHOULD BE WITHIN THE LOCAL LEVEL AND TO THE EXTEND THAT ANYONE IS GOING TO BE HURT BY A DECISION TO REMOVE PROPERTY TAXES IS THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOUNDS GREAT IN THEORY, GETS PEOPLE EXCITED, AND ULTIMATELY MAKE A DECISION FOR THE WRONG REASON. EDUCATOR YOURSELF AND REMEMBER MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES. IT'S GOT TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THE EDUCATION OF THE POPULACE WITH REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. WHO IS GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF PROPERTY TAXES UNLESS THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER
SIDE LOOKS LIKE? >> IN MEDICINE, INFORMED CONSENT. BEFORE I AM ALLOWED TO DO SOMETHING TO YOUR CHILD, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, HERE'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN. IT'S NOT JUST TO PROTECT THE PHYSICIAN. IT'S TO PROTECT THE FAMILY FROM MAKING A DECISION THEY ARE NOT INFORMED OF. HAVING A BAD OUTCOME AND NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HAPPENED.
THE PROBLEM IS, THERE'S A GIANT POSITIVE FEELING THING TO HAVE THESE TAXES REMOVED FROM YOUR PERSONAL OUTLAY EVERY YEAR, WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS LOSS OF HOME RULE. AS FAR AS HAVING NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON A LOCAL LEVEL. I THINK IT'S HORRIBLY DAMAGING POSSIBILITY THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID AT ANY TIME TO ANY
RESIDENT THAT HAS AN INTEREST. >> YEP.
>> ONE MORE THING, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS TOO MUCH, BUT
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WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY MEETING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC CAN COME HEE AND SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC THEY WANT. THEY CAN BRING US AN IDEA. THEY CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT US. THEY DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. RIGHT? BUT ONCE PROPERTY TAXES IS REMOVED, THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE. YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR. LET'S SEE HOW MUCH THOSE PEOPLE LISTEN TO YOU. LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SWAY THEM FOR WHAT YOU NEED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU CAN COME EVERY MEETING, AT PUBLIX, THE PARKS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT POWER. YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL YOUR INDIVIDUAL POWER, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING IT OVER TO THE STATE.THAT'S ALARMING, EXTREMELY ALARMING, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE EDUCATED.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU OFFER SOMEONE, OH, I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU THIS MUCH MONEY, BUT YOU'RE NOT SAVING IT. YOU'RE PAYING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE NOT GOING AWAY. THEY ARE SHIFTING THE REVENUE TO SOMETHING ELSE. THEY ARE SHIFTING IT TO THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T WANT LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. THEY WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE FLORIDA THEY BELIEVE IS FLORIDA, SHIFTING CONTROL FROM SMALLER ENTITIES TO ONE LARGER ENTITY.
THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FLORIDA, AT LEAST THE WAY IT CLAIMS TO BE. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S MOVE ON UNLESS ANYBODY
ELSE HAS SOMETHING ELSE. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH COMMUNICATIONS. ON THE WEBSITE, THERE'S A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM AROUND PROPERTY TAXES AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND JUST ECHOING EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING SAID HERE, SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, EDUCATE YOURSELF.
THERE'S SOME VERY, JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD, THE ONE PAGER THAT OUR COMMUNICATION FOLKS AND CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND OTHERS PUT TOGETHER, AND IT REALLY SPELLS IT OUT CLEARLY WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE OF THIS POTENTIAL. SO THAT'S ALL I
[8. Approval of the Agenda]
HAVE. THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
[9. Consent Agenda]
>> SECOND. >> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND SECOND BY KANTERMAN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> AYE. >> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES
UNANIMOUSLY. >> CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MOTION TO APPROVAL. >> SECOND.
>> ISROW WAS FIRST AND SALOMONE WAS SECOND. BEFORE WE DO ROLL, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ADDING THE TRAVEL FLAG FOOTBALL, THANK YOU, TODD, AND EVERYONE WHO HANDLES THE TRAVEL FOOTBALL. OR FLAG FOOTBALL I SHOULD SAY. FLAG FOOTBALL IS GROWING TREMENDOUSLY. ESPECIALLY ON THE GIRLS SIDE. YOU CAN GET COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS NOW, AND THIS SHOWS THE CITY OF PARKLAND CONTINUES TO MANEUVER ITS WAY AND KEEP UP WITH CHANGING TIMES. I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD ADDITION. KUDOS TO THAT. WITH THAT, ROLL
[10. Regular Agenda]
>> YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>>> 10A, RESOLUTION 20-25-079 PURCHASE OF MICROSOFT 365 CLOUD SERVICE LICENSING. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE PIGGYBACK OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALTERNATIVE SOURCE NUMBER 43230000-23-NATION AL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PURCHASING OFFICIALS NASPO-ACS SOFTWARE VALUED ADDED RESELLER FOR THE PURCHASE OF MICROSOFT 365 CLOUD SERVICE LICENSING OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY'S CYBER SECURITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE ESTIMATED BASE COST OF MICROSOFT 365 SCIENCING OF $117,040 ANNUALLY FOR A TOTAL OF THREE YEAR ESTIMATED BASE COST OF $351,121 PLUS A CONTINGENCY OF 10%, $35,221 TO ACCOUNT FOR INCREASED LICENSES ADDITIONAL MY 365 PRODUCTS OR EXPANDED CLOUD
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SERVICES FOR A FINAL ESTIMATED COST OF $386,233 PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.>> SCOTT REPRESENTING THIS ITEM. ANNUAL MICROSOFT 365 LICENSING THAT WE USE EVERY YEAR FOR OUR MICROSOFT STACK. THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. ALSO COVERS THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THAT STACK.
THERE'S NOTHING INHERENTLY I WOULD SAY DIFFERENT OUTSIDE OF THIS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. >> QUESTIONS?
>> MOTION? >> CONTINUES TO RENEW ANNUALLY
BUT ON THREE-YEAR CONTRACT? >> IT'S THE OLD FASHIONED MODEL, IT'S A THREE-YEAR TERM. YOU'RE ON THE HOOK. OUR OLD SOFTWARE WAS WITHIN THE THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THEM, AND BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS MOVED NOW AS YOU KNOW TO A LICENSING MODEL, WE HAVE A MIXTURE OF ON PREMISES LICENSING AND SUBSCRIPTION LICENSING. WE DO THE ANNUAL PLUS THIS THREE-YEAR, AND IT'S ALL KIND OF BUNDLED TOGETHER. WE HAVE BOTH THE ANNUAL PLUS OUR LOCKED IN THREE-YEAR COMMITMENT, SO THEY
ALL KIND OF PUT IT TOGETHER. >> WE HAVE TO PAY THIS
LICENSING? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S THE COST
OF DOING BUSINESS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> A MOTION -- ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THERE'S NONE. A MOTION BY BRIER AND SECONDED BY ISROW. ROLL CALL?
>>> RESOLUTION 2025-085, PURCHASE OF CITY VEHICLES. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE PIGGYBACK OF THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR CONTRACT FSA25-VEL33.0 FOR PURSUIT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER VEHICLES IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $322,744 TO DUVAL FORD, PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THIS ITEM IS TO PURCHASE FOUR F-150S AND THREE FORD MAVERICKS AS PART OF OUR REPLACEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE A VERY IN-DEPTH REPLACEMENT PLAN PROGRAM AS OUR VEHICLES AGE OUT. WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE PURCHASES ARE FOR. IT ALSO ADDS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE TWO NEW F-150S AS WE ARE EXCITED TO BUILD AND GET PREPARED TO OPEN
THE PARK >> I THINK WANT REPLACEMENT PLAN, I WANT TO MENTION THAT. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY EXCELLED AT. NOT ONLY WE ARE USING CURRENT, FUTURE, AND PAST TAX DOLLARS AND PUTTING THAT ASIDE FOR WHEN WE NEED TO DO MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT'S A VEHICLE, LIGHTING PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE FUTURE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT FEATURE NANCY STARTED WAY BACK WHEN WHEN SHE WAS IN FINANCE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOWS US TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR MILLAGE RATE. WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD, AND WE ARE NOT ALWAYS TRYING TO CATCH UP. WE NEED TO REPLACE THIS. WE NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET. WE NEED TO REPLACE THIS. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR REPLACEMENTS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THOSE ARE ALREADY PROGRAMMED INTO OUR BUDGET, AND THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST MILLAGE RATES IN BROWARD COUNTY
>> SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> WAIT, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THERE'S NONE, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE. ROLL CALL?
>> KANTERMAN? >> MURPHY SALOMONE?
>> YES. PASSING UNANIMOUSLY. >> REPLACEMENT OF BASKETBALL COURT LIGHTING AT PINE TRAILS PARK. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE REPLACEMENT OF SPORTS LIGHTING AT PINE TRAILS PARK BASKETBALL COURTS IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO 115 THOUSANDS DOLLARS TO MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING LLC, PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION
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PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> ANOTHER REPLACEMENT ITEM WE HAVE PLANNED FOR. EVERYTHING NEEDS REPLACED AT SOME POINT IN TIME. SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK IT'S FRIVOLOUS OR WASTEFUL SPENDING, BUT TRUTH OF THE MATTER, THINGS GET OLD, AND YOU NEED TO REPLACE IT. I GET OLDER AND NEED TO EXERCISE AND TAKE BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL MEDICINE. I DON'T DO THAT YET BECAUSE I DON'T GO TO THE IDEA. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED IT. DO I
HAVE A -- >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
CHRISTINE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. I KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN IN STAGES THE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE MAKING AT THE BASKETBALL COURTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK INTO WITH THE CONTRACTOR, IF WE ARE DOING THE WIRING AND LIGHTING FOR NEW LIGHTS, ANY WAY WE CAN PLAN AHEAD FOR THE ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF THE SCORE BOARDS ON THE OTHER SIDE TO DO A JUNCTION BOX AS THEY ARE DOING IT IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO LEAVE IT THERE.
>> THE ELECTRIC IS ALREADY THERE. THAT'S EASY.
>> I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN. IF THEY COULD DO IT AS THIS PROCESS, EVEN IF THEY LEAVE AN EMPTY BOX OR WHATEVER THE TERMINOLOGY IS. I WOULD LIKE -- I KNOW THE LEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING FUND RAISING OR CONTRIBUTING, AND LATER IF WE ARE DOING IT, IT WOULD BE BETTER AS WE ARE PUTTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WIRING NOW.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AS WE DO THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. THIS PROJECT ITSELF, THERE'S REALLY NO ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC BEING RAN. IT'S REALLY JUST CHANGING OUT
THE HEADS ON THE EXISTING POLLS. >> OKAY, OKAY. MOTION TO
>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND SECOND BY ISROW.
>> MAYOR? >> YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> RESOLUTION 2025-090, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH NSID FOR RELOCATION OF THE FORCE MAIN AT WEDGE PRESERVE PARK. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIAL TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND THE NORTH SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR RELOCATION OF THE FORCE MAIN AT WEDGE PRESERVE PARK, PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> WE HAD A SITE, BOUGHT THE 24 ACRES NEXT TO IT. ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE IS THE LINE THAT FEEDS THE MAR-A-LAGO COMMUNITY RAN THROUGH THAT, BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROPERTIES, AND THAT RIGHT NOW SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PARK. RIGHT BELOW OUR COMMUNITY CENTER AND SO FORTH, AND IT DOES NEED TO BE RELOCATED. THE PLAN IS TO RELOCATE TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PARK, ON THE OTHER
SIDE, AND THEN THAT EASEMENT. >> GREAT. MOTION? ANYONE?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> OH. THAT'S A CLOSE. PHOTO FINISH. A REPLAY ON THAT ONE? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THERE'S NONE, A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND TO COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE.
>> 10E, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING CITY MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW, CURRENT PERIOD.
>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS, KIM BATISTA HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR FOR CITY OF PARKLAND. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND POTENTIAL MERIT INCREASE FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
PURSUIT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT, HER EVALUATION AND MERIT INCREASE IS BASED ON THE CITY'S GOALS AS SET FORTH IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THE AVERAGE OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MERIT INCREASE IS 3%. THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU TO DISCUSS AND MAKE A DETERMINATION. SO IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS. >> I MEAN, I THINK ALL NIGHT WE HAVE BEEN COMPLIMENTING STAFF AND, NANCY, OF COURSE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE NEED TO COMPLIMENT EVERYBODY. NO, ALL
>> GET READY. >> ALL KIDDING ASIDE, IF YOU'RE NOT IN HERE AND SEEING EVERYTHING RAW AND HOW THINGS OPERATE, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO OTHER CITIES, WE DO SO
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MUCH WITH SO LITTLE, AND KUDOS TO YOU. YOUR DIRECTORS, WE HAVE, OUR STAFF SECOND TO NONE. YOU GET EVERYTHING OUT OF EVERYBODY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK HARD BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES DOING THEIR JOB. THEY LOVE WORKING FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO WATCH EVERYTHING GOING ON AS IT HAPPENS, AND YOU KNOW, AS WE SAW TODAY WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW, WE ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH, AND YOU CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND FLOURISH, AND YOU DO IT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES RESIDENTS FORGET, WE PAY TAXES, TOO. SO I'M A TAXPAYER JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT RESPONSIBLY BECAUSE I WORK VERY HARD FOR MY MONEY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY MEN I GIVE TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND IS USED RESPONSIBLY AND IN A PROPER WAY, AND I CAN TELL YOU SINCE I MOVED HERE 11 YEARS AGO, PARKLAND WAS INCREDIBLE WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE, AND IT'S BETTER THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN, AND IT'S GROWN WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CITY GROWS.I THINK IT'S GOOD. WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND ENJOY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ENJOYING. AND HAVING A FEW MORE PEOPLE ENJOY THAT, WHETHER IT'S NEW HOMES OR JUST, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING OUT, AND NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN. IT'S A BLESSING WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS TO LIVE HERE AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE IT. IT'S KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD, WELL SAID, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ADD WITH THE PRIOR COMMISSION, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO FORMER COLLEAGUES HERE, AND IN THIS COMMISSION, I FELT LIKE WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTIVELY AMBITIOUS, AND PROVIDED A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN EACH YEAR, TOO, FOR OUR STAFF TO EXECUTE ON, AND THAT INCLUDES TACKLING SOME VERY TOUGH ISSUES THAT MAYBE HAD BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR MAYBE DECADES. HITTING SOME HARD ISSUES HEAD ON THAT WE HAD TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT MAYBE IT'S LIKE RIPPING A BAND-AID OFF. PAINFUL IN THE BEGINNING, BUT LONG-TERM IT WILL DO US WELL. NANCY, I THANK OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR BEING RECEPTIVE TO PUTTING MORE ON THEIR PLATE THAN THEY WOULD LIKE AT TIMES, BUT TO TACKLE THE ISSUES TO KNOW IN THE LONG HAUL OF ALL RESIDENTS IT WILL BE BETTER. I THANK YOU AND GIVE KUDOS FOR THAT.
>> IT'S SO TIMELY THE SAME NIGHT WE HAD THE REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE SEE THE WONDERFUL RESULTS THAT THE CITY'S STAFF AND YOUR OFFICE ARE MAKING HAPPEN. 99% IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT WE COME WITH NEXT YEAR. YOU CLEARLY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I WILL ECHO EVERYTHING SAID. THE ONE THING I WANT TO ADD IS OVER THE LAST YEAR OF SURVEYING AND MEETING SO MANY OTHER CITY MANAGERS, AND STAFF, IN CITIES ACROSS FLORIDA. ALL I EVER HEAR IS KUDOS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF, AND I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE TINY BIT OF JEALOUSY, BUT MOSTLY A LOT OF KUDOS AND RESPECT. IT'S REALLY ALL OF THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU. >> NANCY, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T WANT TO -- I WILL MAKE IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T SAY THIS TO ANYONE ELSE, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY MAKE A UNIQUE IMPACT. I'M KIDDING. I SAID IT TO MIKE, BUT I MEAN IT ABOUT YOU, ALSO. NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION EARLIER. NO ONE LISTENS. YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. YOU ARE THE PERSON AT PARKLAND, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE JUST WENT INTO, OBVIOUSLY THE COMPLETION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY YOU'RE CAPPED 3% LIKE HOMESTEAD BECAUSE YOU HIT 99%, NANCY, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY, WE TALK ABOUT OUR STAFF BEING AMAZING, BUT THERE'S A REASON THEY ARE ALSO AMAZING. NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE SO TALENTED AND SMART. THEY ARE.
WONDERFUL PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT NOT ONLY GIVES THEM THE LEEWAY AND THE TRUST AND THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD, BUT ALSO THE REASSURANCE THAT THEY CAN TAKE SOME DEGREE OF RISK OR PUT THEIR OWN TOUCHES ON THINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS
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THEM TO GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND LET THEIR PRODUCT SHINE, AND MORE SO. I WILL JUST SAY USUALLY IT'S A SIGN OF A GREAT LEADER, NOT SO MUCH WHAT YOU SEE IN ACTION. THEY ARE KIND OF TAKEN TO THE SIDE AND TAKEN OUT OF THEICTURE FOR A -- THE PICTURE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. WHETHER IT'S A CONFERENCE OR VACATION, SEEING SUANDE STEP UP, JACKIE, CHRISTINA, EVERYONE.THAT TO ME IS WHAT IS BUILDING A TEAM AS OPPOSED TO A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES. SO GOOD JOB. I WISH WE COULD DO MORE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF OUR TRUE, TRUE APPRECIATION. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE LOVE AND APPRECIATION OF YOUR STAFF, TOO,
WHICH IS INVALUABLE. >> IF I COULD JUST ADD, I MEAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS A COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU ALLOW US TO BE WHO WE ARE. YOU FOSTER THIS ENVIRONMENT FOR US, AND OUR STAFF, THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN BE WHO THEY ARE AND DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN DO EVERY DAY. YOU ALLOW US TO DO THIS. THANK YOU FOR BEING THE COMMISSION WHO YOU ARE THAT MAKES US FEEL VERY SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT WE DO. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
>> SO MUCH LOVE IN THE ROOM. >> I KNOW, GOSH.
>> IT'S JUST GREAT. >> I'M GOING TO CRY.
>> IT'S OOZING. IT'S JUST OOZING.
>> HAND SANITIZER? >> OKAY. I THINK -- YES, ANYONE
FROM THE PUBLIC? >> OH, HERE WE GO.
>> BOB, REMEMBER, YOU DON'T VOTE ON THIS.
>> I'M NOT VOTING. >> EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TURNED OFF
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S -- BEING ON THIS SIDE, AND OBVIOUSLY BEING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BROWARD LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, I HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR UNDERSTANDING WHERE NANCY IS AT BECAUSE I HAVE 15 ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WATCH AND SEE WHAT I DO, AND EITHER THEY LIKE IT OR THEY DON'T. THERE'S AN APPRECIATION FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTIONTHAT WHEN NANCY WAS ORIGINALLY HIRED, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE TALKED ABOUT WAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION. SHE GOT HERSELF ICMA CERTIFIED, AND THAT FILTERED DOWN TO THIS YEAR SUANDA GOT HIS CERTIFICATION AS WELL. KUDOS TO YOU. I JUST HAVE TO MAKE A CLUB, AND ESPECIALLY FOR JACKIE AND CHRISTINE WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY THIS YEAR IN SOLDIER RUSH TO MAKE IT THROUGH. I HAD TO SAY THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THAT'S YOUR LEADERSHIP IN EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> SO, FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR SURVIVING EIGHT YEARS WITH BOB AS A COMMISSIONER.
>> THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >> I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT NANCY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. SECONDARILY, NANCY, YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE US ALL PROUD, AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO AN AMAZING JOB. I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. KEEP IT UP.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECONDED.
>> OH. >> WITH THE 3% INCREASE?
>> YES, 3%. MAX. >> MAXIMUM 3% INCREASE?
>> SECOND? >> SECOND WAS -- I WILL GIVE IT TO FIRST BY VICE MAYOR ISROW AND SECOND BY MURPHY SALOMONE.
>> PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> IT WAS WARRANTED. I WAS TRYING TO AVOID HITTING HER.
>> ALL RIGHT THEN. >> 10F, SELECTION OF VICE MAYOR.
>> ALL RIGHT, SELECTION OF VICE MAYOR.
>> MAY I MAKE IT A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE?
>> YOU MAY. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FOR TWO YEARS NOW AS VICE MAYOR. WHAT I WILL SAY, IT'S A PRIVILEGE, OBVIOUSLY, TO BE A COMMISSIONER, BUT IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE A VICE MAYOR. ASIDE FROM THE TITLE, TO ME IS CEREMONIAL IN NATURE, IT'S THE CONCEPT AND IDEA THAT IF FOR WHATEVER
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REASON, YOU THE MAYOR ARE UNABLE TO PERFORM YOUR DUTIES, THERE'S A REAL RESPONSIBILITY LYING IN WEIGHT, FORTUNATELY IT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION, AND AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO BANG THE MALLET, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO, BUT THE TRUTH IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GIVEN ME A NEWFOUND APPRECIATION FOR OUR CITY.BECAUSE VICE MAYOR DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT WHAT IT DOES, IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE IN SOME PART THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT A MAYOR IS GOING THROUGH. IN YOUR HEAD, YOU TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT IDEA. WHAT I'M SO PROUD OF TO SEE, OUR CITY, DESPITE WHATEVER GRIEVANCES OR DISAGREEMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS COMMISSION. I KNOW MAYBE WE WILL LAUGH AND JOKE ABOUT IT, BUT THEY REALLY DO, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU GET TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST RAN, I UNDERSTOOD, AND I THINK IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, WHETHER IT'S UNWRITTEN OR NOT, THAT EVERYONE SHOULD GET A CHANCE TO SERVE IN THE ROLL OF VICE MAYOR. I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE SERVING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALSO WELL AWARE AND PREPARED FOR THAT SITUATION, THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER BRIER WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE STEWARD OF THE CITY AND SOMEONE I ALSO KNOW WOULD BE A GREAT GUIDING PRINCIPAL FOR COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE AND KANTERMAN, WHO AS THE SAME AS ME WHO TOOK A YEAR OR TWO GET, YOU KNOW, THINGS GOING AND UNDERSTANDING, WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE COMMISSIONER BRIER AGAIN TAKE THE VICE MAYOR AND KIND OF SHED SOME MORE EXPERIENCE AND MENTORSHIP. THAT WOULD BE MY NOMINATION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT. >> YES!
>> ANYONE ELSE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOPE. SO -- OH.
>> OH, BOB. BUT WHAT ABOUT BOB? I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE.
>> I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVEN'T VOTED YET, BUT PREMATURELY,
CONGRATULATIONS, VICE MAYOR. >> AND?
>> I GOT NOTHING. >> ALL RIGHT, A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW AND A SECOND BY -- ACTUALLY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO
THAT. >> LET ME FIX MY HAIR. I HAVE A MOTION BY FORMERLY KNOWN AS VICE MAYOR ISROW AND A SECOND BY MAYOR RICH WALKER TO ROLL CALL PLEASE. DID I DO THAT RIGHT?
>> COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR BRIER?
>> I GUESS UNTIL THE VOTE, YEAH. >> COMMISSIONER BRIER?
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN?
>> IF YOU SAID NO, I WAS RESCINDING IT.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE?
>> YES. >> THAT'S STILL VICE MAYOR
ISROW? >> I'M GOING TO HAND THAT TITLE
ACROSS TO VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> MAYOR WALKER?
>> YES. PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY BRIEFLY, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE TRUE HONORS OF MY LIFE, BUT SERVING WITH YOU ALL AND KNOWING HOW MUCH YOU LOVE AND CARE FOR THIS CITY AS I DO, AS OUR PRIOR COMMISSIONERS DO AND CITY STAFF DOES, MAKES DOING THIS SO IMPACTFUL AND BENEFICIAL, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME SLINGS AND ARROWS AND BULLETS TO DODGE, BUT DOING IT COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP, JUST MAKES WHAT HAS BEEN A LIFELONG HONOR OF MINE JUST THAT MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE. THANK
YOU ALL. >> WE ARE ALWAYS IN THIS TOGETHER. ALWAYS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY LOVE ABOUT THIS COMMISSION. WE ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT DISCUSSION GETS US TO A BETTER PLACE, BUT WE ARE ALL UP HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, TO NANCY'S POINT, THE TONE WE SET UP HERE AS A GROUP, IT FLOWS EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST WITH NANCY, WITH STAFF, BUT IT FLOWS TO THE RESIDENTS, AND YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY AN HONOR.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FORMER VICE MAYOR ISROW, MAYOR WALKER, AND MY COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND CINDY MURPHY SALOMONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TRUST. I AM HONORED.
>> BEFORE YOUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, CHECK YOUR BRAKE LINES.
[11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office]
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>> I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEW SWAG, BELTS OR HANDKERCHIEFS, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> COMMENTS FROM THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE?
>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CAPTAIN MCCARTELL FOR THE RECORD. I HAVE OCTOBER ACTIVITY FOR THE DEPUTIES. I DON'T WANT TO BORE ANYONE WITH MY NUMBERS HERE, BUT CALLS FOR SERVICE, 1927. DEPUTIES WROTE 168 REPORTS INCLUDING INITIAL REPORTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. 355 CITATIONS ISSUED INCLUDING WARNINGS AS WELL. 23 FAILED CONTACTS. FOUR BAKER ACTS. YEAR TO DATE TOTAL TO 56.
WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE EARLIER TODAY. OUR PARK WALK AND TALKS, CODED OUT DELTA, AND THESE ARE VACATION WATCHES, AREA CHECKS WHERE DEPUTIES ARE DRIVING, MAYBE THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, A BUSINESS AREA, AND THOSE ARE 386, AND THEN OUR PARK WALK AND TALKS CODED POPUP, FULL CONTACT WITH A BUSINESS OWNER OR SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, 212. WE RECENTLY DID OUR SECOND ANNUAL PEDALS, POWER, AND SAFETY PRESENTATION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. OUR SECOND YEAR DOING THE POWERPINT PRESENTATION. ESSENTIALLY WE WORK WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AT WEST GLADES AND SOMERSET TO DISCUSS ROADWAY SAFETY, BICYCLE SAFETY, E-BIKE SAFETY, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER ONE SAFETY CONCERN FOR US RIGHT NOW. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE OPERATIONS IN PLACE FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK AND ALSO FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK THAT IS COMING UP, SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE PARKS. IF YOU DO SEE ANY TYPE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN THE PARK, CALL 911 IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. LET DEPUTIES COME OUT. TAKE VIDEOS IF YOU CAN SAFELY.
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE BEEN SENDING IN VIDEOS AND PHOTOS, AND THROUGH OUR SROS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY MANY OF THE KIDS AND CITE THEM. THAT'S BEEN WORKING. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE PUBIC PARTNER WITH US WITH THIS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FACEBOOK GROUPS OUT THERE, BSO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE GROUPS. GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS, SOMEBODY SENDS IT TO ME OR SOMEBODY ELSE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S HOW WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT. ULTIMATELY BEST CASE SCENARIO CALLING 911 OR NONEMERGENCY NUMBER SO DEPUTIES CAN GO OUT IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S BEST PRACTICE, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO SO. LASTLY, A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT MIKE. HE IS GOING TO BE MISSED. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT SINCE I GOT HERE, HE HAS JUST BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH, SIDE BY SIDE. I MEAN REALLY WE WORK SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER, AND I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM. SO WE WILL SEE. WE WILL SEE WHO THEY CHOOSE TO FILL HIS SHOES, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY TASK. HE'S GOING
TO BE MISSED. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALSO POINT OUT AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY, SENDING PICTURES, WHETHER IT'S TO YOU OR TO ANY OF US ON THE COMMISSION WHO ULTIMATELY SENDS THEM TO YOU, THAT DOES WORK.
>> YES. >> YOU DO ULTIMATELY TRACK DOWN THOSE KIDS, WILL CITE THEM, AND WILL SPEAK TO THEIR PARENTS. FOR THNAY SAYERS, BSO IS ACTIVE, AND THEY ARE WORKING EVERYTHING.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T ALWAYS FIND EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU MAKE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO EDUCATE THE KIDS WHO ARE NOT PROPERLY RIDING
THE E-BIKES. >> YES, THANK YOU, AND TO THAT, YOU KNOW WE HAVE TWO SROS AT EACH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE KIDS, THE KIDS THAT SOMETIMES HAVE BEHAVIOR ISSUES, AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KIDS, KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL INFORMANTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BOTH ADULTS AND JUVENILES THAT HELP US OUT AS WELL TO IDENTIFY THE TEENS. I CAN'T STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTNER WITH US AND CONTINUE CALLING IN THE TIPS TO LET US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S RUMBLING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP TRICKLES DOWN TO ALL OF THE FOLKS IN YOUR GROUP AND YOUR DEFENDANT, AND BEING WITH SOME OF YOUR DEPUTIES, AND TALKING TO THEM, THEY HAVE THE
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RIGHT APPROACH. THEY CARE ABOUT THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING TO BE JERKS. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR DIFFICULT SAKE, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT BEING A KID IS ABOUT, BUT THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY, NOT VIOLATING THE LAW, AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE IF ONE OF THE KIDS GETS HURT OR GOD FORBID WORSE. I APPRECIATE THE -- I TALKED WITH ONE OF YOUR DEPUTIES ABOUT IT AS WE WERE AT THE PARK LAST WEEK, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE YOU GOING TO WEST GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EDUCATING THOSE KIDS. THESE ARE ALL OUR KIDS. THEY ARE ALL GOOD KIDS. SOME MIGHT DO STUPID THINGS NOW AND THEN, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM BAD KIDS. I APPRECIATE YOU EDUCATING THE KIDS ON THE DANGERS AND RISKS AND HOPEFULLY OUR PARENTS WILL EMBRACE THAT AND TALK TO THEIR KIDS AS YOU MENTIONED WHEN THEY GET HOME, WHETHER IT'S THEM ON AN E-BIKE OR SCOOTER OR ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS OR PARENTS TALK TOGETHER OTHER PARENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING.>> OUR PLEASURE. THANK YOU. >>> COMMENTS BY THE CORAL SPRINGS-PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT? WILL THIS BE YOUR
>> YOU'RE COMING ON THE 3RD. >> STUCK WITH ME ON THE 3RD.
>> OH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, REMEMBER EVERYTHING WE SAID. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN ON THE 3RD.
>> HE DID SAY YOU WERE SAYING IT TOO EARLY.
>> I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING I SAID. I CAN'T REPEAT IT.
>> IT'S BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE THE FIRST TIME, SO I'M GLAD. I
[12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department]
FORGOT MY PAPER. GOING OFF MY PHONE. 176 EMS CALLS, 3 FIRE CALLS THIS MONTH, TWO CAR FIRES, ONE BRUSH FIRE. HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT JUST TODAY WE FOUND OUT THAT YOUR PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER WE HAVE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER OF THE YEAR FOR ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY. WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING THOSE PROGRAMS TO YOUR RESIDENTS. YOU HAVE SEEN THEM AT THE FARMERS MARKET AND OTHER EVENTS. ALSO AN SCRUB -- UPDATE ON THE HUB. CONTINUING TO WATCH THE TESTING, TESTING WORKING AS DESIGNED. OBVIOUSLY BUGS ARE GETTING WORKED OUT, BUT THE PROGRAM IS TALKING, THE TWO C.A.D. SYSTEMS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO TEST, AND IT'S GETTING BETTER AS WE GO, SO THE NEXT PERSON WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WE ARE LIVE AND RUNNING. I DON'T THINK IN MY TENURE, BUT HAPPY TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT, AND FINALLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ME ONE MORE TIME, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.I HAVE VERY MUCH VALUED THIS RELATIONSHIP. IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT FOR ME SINCE DAY ONE THAT YOU GUYS WERE PART OF OUR FAMILY, AND I TRIED VERY HARD TO DO THAT, AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES ON. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF STUFF, BUT THANK YOU. GOT ONE MORE MEETING WITH ME, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU.
>> I'M JUST REGRETTING MY BROMANCE. I DIDN'T WANT MY HEART TO GET BROKEN, BUT I PUT MYSELF OUT THERE, AND I FELL IN
LOVE. >> I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING WITH THE HUB. MOTOROLA SAID IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK. THE COUNTY SAID IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK, AND HERE IT IS, WORKING.
>> US LITTLE GUYS SAYING IT'S GOING TO WORK.
>> WE COULD HAVE DONE IT A YEAR AGO IF THE COUNTY HAD JUST --
>> MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. >> IF THEY HAD JUST OPENED THEIR
EYES AND SHOWED FAITH. >> WE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN, BUT WE SAID IT WOULD WORK, AND ONE OF THESE
DAYS IT WILL. >> APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. >> COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER?
>> REAL QUICK, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALLISON. I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE
[13. Comments by the City Manager]
A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR FAMILIES.>> EXCELLENT. >> AND COMMENTS BY THE CITY
ATTORNEY ? >> I HAVE A FEW. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE NANCY FOR A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT FLOWS BEHIND HER, AND I WANTED TO LET HER KNOW I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP. I REALLY VALUE IT, AND IT MAKES MY JOB EASIER WORKING WITH NANCY FRANKLY.
SECOND, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE CITY CLERK. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE TOMORROW. THIRD, BEST OF LUCK TO DEPUTY CHIEF MOSIER, HOLLYWOOD IS LUCKY, AND FINALLY HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL.
REMINDER, ETHICS TRAINING WITH ME RIGHT AFTER THIS. DON'T RUN
OUT OF HERE. SORRY. >> BOB IS GOING TO STAY.
>> AS VICE MAYOR I'M GOING TO PROXY.
>> AND EXCUSE ME, YOU'RE RIGHT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY APPOINTED VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR BRIER.
>> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >>
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.