[00:00:01] RIGHT. SINCE O 'NEATH GOT HERE. ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING, ANYONE. [1. Call to Order] I WANT TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY OF PARKLAND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING THIS 13TH DAY 13 JANUARY 2026 AT 6:00 P.M. COMMISSIONER, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO CALL YOU COMMISSIONER CUTLER. HE'S HERE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLICREPUBLIC WHICH IT STAND, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ROLL CALL, PLEASE? >> BILL KENNEDY. >> HERE. >> WOLF? >> SHERRY KIMMEL IS OUT. >> DOUG EATON IS OUT. >> JEFF WEISS? HERE. >> KENDRA COLTON? [4. Approval of Minutes] >> HERE. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 4, 2025, MEETING. HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND? >> SECOND. >> KENDRA AND JEFF, THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. OKAY. THAT WAS EASY. WE'LL CLOSE IT TO THE PUBLIC, [6. Comments by the Chair and Board ] THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS BY THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD. IT'S A SHAME SHE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE SHELLY KIMMEL FOR HER DECISION TO RUN FOR THE TO BOARD. SHE HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT SHE'LL BE AMAZING KNOWING HER 30 YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE AND HER LOVE OF EDUCATION. I'D LIKE TO THANK LORI FOR ALL SHE'S DONE FOR OUR CHILDREN IN PARKLAND AND BROWARD COUNTY AND JUST BECAUSE SHE'S ENDING HER ROLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SHE'LL NEVER STOP WORKING FOR OUR KIDS AND NOT ONLY FOR PARKLAND, BUT THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE, AND BEYOND THE UNITED STATES THE WAY SHE IS, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE. WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. WE'LL START WITH DAVID. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'VE GOT NOTHING. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS SIMPLE. >> ALL RIGHT, JEFF? >> YEAH. DITTO. >> DITTO. OKAY. >> O'NEATH. >> I'VE GOT NOTHING. >> JEFF? >> THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME OUT LAST NOVEMBER. I GOT TO PARTICIPATE WITH WALKIE-TALKIE WITH MYSELF, ONE RESIDENT AND THE MAYOR. THE PRIVATE MEETING. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME EXERCISE IN, AND I ACTUALLY WORE MY WEIGHT BELT, AND I THINK A DIFFERENT COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO DO IT EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AND YOU JUST WALK AROUND THE PARK, AND IT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOOD I GOT TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENT. SHE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTION, BUT YOU GET TO HEAR QUESTIONS AND THEY RESPOND, HE RESPONDED. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME SATURDAY MORNING FROM 8:00 TO 9:00, YOU CAN GET SOME EXERCISE IN AT PINE TRAILS PARK AND REC CENTER. >> KELTIE? >> I WANTED TO THANK THE LADIES IN THIS ROOM. I GOT THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CHAPERONE FOR MY DAUGHTER'S CLASS TRIP A WHILE AGO NOW. I DIDN'T GET TO THANK YOU AT THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE FOR GOVERNMENT DAY, AND SO ALL OF THE THIRD GRADERS FROM HURON HEIGHTS CAME HERE. THEY WENT TO THE LIBRARY, WENT TO THE FIRE STATION AND LEARNED ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT. THIS WAS THEIR FAVORITE STOP. I DIDN'T PRESSURE THEM TO SAY THAT. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. THE VICE MAYOR WAS HERE AND THEYTHEY LEARNED LOT SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HOSTING THE SCHOOL. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANKS. >> KENDRA? >> I DON'T HAVE MUCH. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. I DO WANT TO SAY HOW IMF PRESSED I'VE BEEN WITH THE MAYOR'S SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUTTING OUT FOR THE PARKLAND AND EVERY SUNDAYSUNDAY LITTLE -- MY MIND IS BLANK AND OUR MARKET -- OUR FARMER'S MARKET AND ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES, HE'S EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE, AND I WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL THANKS BECAUSE HE DID COME TO OUR DAY AT OUR CHURCH. IT WAS A COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY. WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING ATTENDANCE, AND HE DID A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB AS FAR AS THE -- AS HIS SPEECH, SO -- VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR [00:05:02] MAYOR. I WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIM TO MY DAUGHTER TODAY, AND THAT'S IT. [7. Approval of the Agenda ] >> EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHTY. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? >> I MOVE. >> ALL RIGHT. [8. New Business] SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THAT, JEFF, KELTIE? AND NEXT, I GUESS WE WILL GO ON TO NEW BUSINESS. WE WILL START WITH THE 2026 MEETING DATES. I'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT. I'M FINE, SO NOW IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, WE ALWAYS KIND OF MAKE IT WORK NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE WE REALLY ONLY NEED, WHAT? FOUR OF US FOR A QUORUM? >> FIVE. >> I MEAN, FIVE. WE ALWAYS SEEM TO REACH THAT QUORUM UNLESS TWO OR THREE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW SAY THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I CAN BE THERE ON ANY OF THOSE DATES , PERSONALLY, AM FINE WITH THE DATES THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN. ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DATES? LET'S GO OVER THEM REALLY QUICK. LET ME SEE. IT WAS THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE MARCH 10, 2026 FOLLOWED BY MAY 12TH, 2026, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026, ANYBODY HAVE ANY REAL ISSUES WITH ANY OF THOSE DATES? EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEINGBEING SAID, GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE DATES? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. >> SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO KENDRA AND JEFF. SO MOVED. ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? NO? OKAY. SO MOVED. NEXT WE WILL GO ON TO PARENTS 4 PEACE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSION HAS GIVEN US THE TASK OF PARENTS 4 PEACE THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THEY FIGHT ANTISEMITISM AND HATRED AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW THE COMMISSION WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET PARENTS 4 PEACE TO COME HERE AND GUEST TALK AND GIVE A PRESENTATION AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT A COST OF $8500 FOR THEIR TRAVEL EXPENSES TO GET THEM HERE, AND II WHAT THE COMMISSION WAS HOPING FOR WAS US AS A GROUP COULD FIND SOME BUSINESS, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN GATHERING THE $8500 NEEDED TO GET THEM HERE TO GUEST SPEAK. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL PASS IT ON TO JACKIE. ANY FURTHER INFORMATION? >> GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, JACKIE WAYMEYER WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THAT. THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THIS AND ASKED IF THE COMMISSIONER ADVISORY BOARD WOULD SEE ABOUT OBTAINING COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO FUND AND MARKET A PRESENTATION FROM PARENTS 4 PEACE. ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS DID GO TO A COMBAT ANTISEMITISM CONFERENCE A WHILE BACK AND DID SEE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE SPEAK, ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE MEMBERS FOR PARENTS 4 PEACE IS SOMEONE WHO USED TO BE A NEO- NAZI SKINHEAD, ACTUALLY LIVED THAT LIFE AND GOT PULLED OUT OF THAT. LUCKILY, FROM PEOPLE WHO ASSISTED HIM, AND SO HE'S SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE AS TO WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ACTUALLY GET RADICALIZED, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE LIKE THAT AND TO ACTUALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, PAST ALL OF THAT AND TO BE SOMEBODY TO MOVE ON AND SPREAD PEACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TO TRY AND POINT OUT TO PARENTS AND FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME OF THE SIGNS OF RADICALIZATION ARE, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO ASSIST. SO PARENTS 4 PEACE DOES GO AND THEY SPEAK. THEY DO PANEL SPEAKING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, AS WELL. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION ASKED THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TRY AND FUND THIS. WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT $85 00 FOR THEM TO COME AND SPEAK AND SEE ABOUT MARKETING THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. THE ASK WOULD BE TO SEE IF YOU COULD OBTAIN THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THIS. >> DID THEY -- WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A VENUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR WHEN'S GOING TO BE ON THE GUEST LIST? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT GOING TO BE EDUCATORS? IS IT GOING TO BE LAW ENFORCEMENT? IS IT GOING TO BE JUST THE PUBLIC? THOSE ARE, I GUESS, THINGS WE CAN DEAL WITH LATER ON [00:10:01] IF WE CAN GATHER THE 8500 FIRST. >> FIRST IT'S TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO FUND AND MARKET THIS IDEA, AND THEN WE COULD, FROM THERE, SEE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE AND VENUE AND A >> THERE COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE BEYOND THE $8500, DEALING WITH THE VENUE AND ALL OF THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED. >> THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> WOULD WE BE INCLINED TO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER CITY OR LIKE CORAL SPRINGS? I'M QUESTIONING WHY THIS WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO PARKLAND? I GOOGLED IT, AND IT DOESN'T MENTION SEMITISM, IT MENTIONS RADICALIZATION WHICH GENERATESGENERATES ANTISEMITISM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF INTEREST WE'LL GET IN PARKLAND BY ITSELF, AND WE DO HAVE A NEIGHBORING CITY, CORAL SPRINGS, WHICH HAS A STRONG JEWISH COMMUNITY AS WELL AS COCONUT CREEK. IS THAT AN OPTION OR DO THEY WANT TO KEEP IT TO PARKLAND? >> THAT WASN'T MENTIONED TO GO ACROSS CITIES, BUT SINCE THIS IS A PARKLAND PROJECT, PER SE, AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IS FOR÷÷FOR PARKLAND, I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT AS I SAID, THAT SN'T SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED. >> YEAH. I LOOKED THEM UP AND IT'S ABOUT EXTREMISTS. THEIR GOAL IS TO TRY TO EDUCATE AND TRY TO LOOK FOR THE WARNING SIGN, I GUESS, OF WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR, BUT -- ANYWAYS, OKAY. SO AS FAR AS US, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION ON ANYTHING OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO PUT THIS, LIKE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND START SEEING WHEN WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS TO SEE IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET SOME PARTNERS FROM THE BUSINESS WORLD? >> PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IS IF YOU WANT TO GO AND GO DO RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS YOU CAN REACH OUT TO AND MAYBE COME BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING WITH SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT, MAYBE SOME INPUT THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE YOU'VE TALKED TO ABOUT BEING WILLING TO PARTNER. >> OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE OLD FIRE TRUCK PARTS UNLESS -- DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH. >> I THINK UNTIL WE KNOW WHO THE AUDIENCE IS, ISN'T IT KIND OF DIFFICULT TO ASK SOMEBODY TO HELP BRING THE GROUP HERE IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE GROUP IS SPEAKING TO? THEIR WEBSITE INDICATE THEY TRAIN EDUCATOR, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M SURE THEY DO MORE THAN THAT. I'M NOT SURE I'VE DONE THE RESEARCH EVERYONE ELSE HAS AND HOW DO WE APPROAC THE GROUP AND BRING THEM HERE AND THAT'S ALL WE KNOW WHAT TO SHARE, RIGHT? >> THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? >> I THINK IT'S THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, BUT WOULD WE LIMIT IT? I DON'T KNOW, DEPENDING ON A VENUE AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE LIMIT IT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR WOULD WE INVITE EDUCATORS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT KIND OF THING. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, I BELIEVE, FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND THAT WAY PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE MESSAGE FOR WHAT TO LOOK FOR FOR SIGNS OF RADICALIZATION. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NOW OLD FIRE TRUCK PARTS BECAUSE I'M SURE WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND? >> YES. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A NEW TOPIC. WE JUST TOPPED WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS. TECHNICALLY IT ISN'T NEW BUSINESS, AND THE NEW BUSINESS IS THAT WE ARE ON TO THE NEXT STEP IN THIS. SO OUR SKILLED EMPLOYEES OVER IN FLEET REMOVED NOT ONLY THE DOOR THAT YOU ALL DECIDED ON WANTING TO RESTORE, BUT SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE TRUCK THAT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE IN SOME PRETTY GOOD CONDITION, AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THOSE PARTS JUST SITTING THERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND THAT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT AS AN UPDATE, AND AT THIS POINT NOW, IF YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PHASE WHICH IS FINDING AN ARTIST WHO CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WE CAN DISPLAY IN ONE OR MORE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK CAN AND THAT'S SOMETHING THATTHAT CAN, MAYBE, PROVIDE TO AN ARE THEIST SO YOU KNOW WHAT MATERIALS THEY HAVE. >> SO ARE WE GOING TO USE THESE SPECIFIC PARTS? WHEN YOU SAY ARTIST SOMEONE WHO WILL÷÷ CREATE SOME TYPE OF [00:15:04] DESIGN OR SOMETHING, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT THESE ON TO ART WORK OR WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? >> WELL, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE BOARD HAD DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST IT WAS DECIDED TO TRY AND KEEP THESE PART BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD, VIABLE PIECES OF HISTORY THAT WE COULD CREATE INTO AN ART PIECE THAT WE CAN DISPLAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO PRESERVE THAT INSTEAD OF THE -- OF WHAT WAS SITTING OUT THERE. >> I THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT PARTS HERE. >> YEAH. >> THIS IS REALLY COOL TO TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING. I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN MIND THAT I WANT TO SHOW THIS TO AND KIND OF SEE IF THEY CAN LAY SOMETHING OUT AND MAKE SOMETHING CREATIVE AND THEN WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CUTLER OVER THERE THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS. >> OKAY. >> KENT CUTLER. A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT NOW IN THE CITY OF A CITY HISTORIAN WHO WAS FORMALLY AT THE DAVIES SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE DAVIES SCHOOL AND SEE THE EXHIBITS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE ARTICLES THAT THEY PRESERVED FROM THEIR CITY'S HISTORY, THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOME GREAT IDEAS ON MAYBE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN SOME FASHION AND TAPPING INTO CHRISTINE, THE CITY HISTORIAN WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO ANY ONE OF YOU, JUST REACHING OUT TO HER AND FINDING OUT SOME THOUGHTS WITH REGARDS TO NOT JUST INTEGRATING THE ART OF PUTTINGPUTTING THIS TOGETHER ALSO THE HISTORY OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN INTEGRATE SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT. LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. >> OH, YEAH. NO. THERE WILL BE A STORY BEHIND THIS. IF THERE'S A STORY THAT WE CAN BUILD SOME TYPE OF PLAQUE IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT IT TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO THAT CHRISTINE WAS HERE AND ACTUALLY GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF THIS TRUCK AND SOME OF THE OTHER FIRE HISTORY IN THIS AREA, AND THAT WAS -- THAT WAS -- IT WAS HELPFUL TO THE GROUP HERE TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT, AND THIS JUST DID STEM FROM ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREATS WHERE COMMISSIONER CUTLER WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND SAID THAT POOR÷÷POOR FIRE TRUCK, DO WHAT WE CAN TO PRESERVE IT. >> LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, BECAUSE DUE TO SUNSHINE, I WANT TO GET THIS DONE. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THIS DONE IS IF WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE SET UP IS THAT WE CAN MEET OUTSIDE FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF SITTING WITH HER AND SITTING WITH KENT AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE IDEAS AND I CAN KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE NEXT MEETING AND NEXT MEETING AND NOTHING EVER SEEMS TO GET DONE AND NO FAULT OF THE CITIES, OF COURSE, BECAUSE FINALLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE PARTS THAT THEY WANTED TO SALVAGE WHICH IS GREAT, AND I THINK A NICE LITTLE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HASH THIS OUT AND FIGURE IT OUT AND IMPLEMENT IT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF THE CITY IS UP FOR THAT. >> THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD. MY RECOMMENDATION IS AS WE'VE DONE WITH AREAS WITH SUBCOMMITTEES SUCH AS SCHOLARSHIPS AND YOUTH AMBASSADOR, ET CETERA, WOULD BE TO FORM THE SUB COMMITTEE AND DO THE BACK GROUND WORK AND THEN BEFORE SOMETHING FINAL IS DONE YOU JUST BRING THAT BACK TO THE ENTIRE BOARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE A BLESSING. >> EXACTLY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND SOME MIGHT BE NEW TO IT, BUT WHEN WE DO MEET THIS IS ALL WE DISCUSS. I'M SURE YOU ALL KIND OF KNOW THAT, BUT 'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE PAST WHERE START BRINGING UP ISSUES AND BRING UP ISSUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE MEET, BUT WE JUST CAN'T DO THIS. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGY BEHIND GETTING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THIS, AND ME, FOR ONE, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE -- I KNOW JEFF WOULD. ANYBODY ELSE? >> OKAY. KELTIE? ANYBODY ELSE? OH! KENT CUTLER WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE. >> YOU'LL BE THE CHAIR FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. EXACTLY. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. >> YEAH. YOU KNOW WHO ELSE WILL VOLUNTEER SINCE HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TONIGHT, IT WILL BE DOUG EATON. I'LL LET HIM KNOW THAT BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE AND GREAT IDEA, THAT GUY. I KNOW HE'S PROBABLY RUNNING HERE RIGHT NOW, KNOWING HIM. >> AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN INVITE THE CITY HISTORIAN TO BE THERE, AS WELL. >> YEAH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAPPEN AND THEN IF WE CAN [00:20:01] SET UP A GOOD TIME AND WE CAN ALLALL MEET -- WE CAN MEET AT MY OFFICE, AT KEN'S OFFICE. WE CAN MEET ANYWHERE. MY OFFICE IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY. IT'S ONE BLOCK AWAY. >> SINCE IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE NOTICE IT AND DO ALL OF THOSE THING APPROPRIATELY. >> OKAY, GOOD. AT LEAST NOW WE KNOW WE CAN GET THIS DONE BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME TO GET THE PARTS OUT THERE AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PARTS SO LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN. >> DO YOU KNOW DAVIES, WHAT THE HOURS ARE IF I DRIVE BY OVER THERE? >> THE SECURITY WILL KICK YOU RIGHT OUT. WHO IS THIS GUY? >> MAYBE WHEN YOU SEND US THE INFORMATION ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IF WE GET THAT INFORMATION WE CAN CIRCULATE IT TO EVERYBODY. >> WE'LL GO FOR A RIDE. ROAD TRIP. >> THE DAVIES SCHOOL. >> MAYBE KENT WILL COME WITH US, AND WE'LL TAKE A RIDE AND GO LOOK AT EVERYTHING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT REGARDING THIS TOPIC? OKAY, GOOD. WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SET UP THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. CAN YOU REACH OUT TO DOUG AND -- OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. SHE'S A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW. GOOD. >> ACTUALLY, I'LL JUST READ THEM OFF TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU SO YOU HAVE THEM, BUT THEY ARE OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10:00 TO 3:00 AND CLOSED SUNDAY, MONDAY. >> THEY ARE OPEN WEEKEND. WITH THAT BEING SAID, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS? I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE -- OH, AND SHE'LL MAKE SURE TO CONTACT DOUG IF YOU'RE LISTENING. >> GOT IT. SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL REALIZING THAT WE DO SO MUCH EVEN NOW WITH THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON WITH THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS. WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON WITH THE GRADINGS AND THE INTERVIEWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, A CHARITY PROJECT. SO NOW WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY? AS FAR AS THE CHARITY PROJECT, ME, FOR ONE, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, AS I SAID, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I THINK ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND WITH THE TESTS THAT WE HAVE IS A HELL OF A CHARITY. I KNOW WITH THE HARVESTFEST, THAT'S SOMETHING BIG, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO ISSUES WITH THAT AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION AND PEOPLE SHOWING UP FOR IT. SO I, FOR ONE, THINK THAT EACH YEAR I THINK WE TAKE ON TOO MUCH. MAYBE A PROJECT MIGHT NOT BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS, AND THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE TAKING ON. DO WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE ON ANOTHER CHARITY PROJECT? I GUESS, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS OR INCLUSIONS OR ANY VOICE THEIR TOPIC TOWARDS THIS? >> SO YOU HAVE THE RUNDOWN THERE. SO FAR TONIGHT, PARENTS 4 PEACE AND THE FIRE TRUCK AND WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING NEXT IS THE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO YOU WILL HAVE INTERVIEWS AND REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS THERE, AND THEN BECAUSE WE MET WITH THEM TONIGHT AND ADEN, AS WELL. WE HAVE THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS THAT WILL BE COMING OUT, AND IT'S MAKING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS FOR -- OH, MY GOODNESS, THE 2028 YOUTH BOARD. >> WE HAD RETIRED AND NOW EVERYONE WE HAVE ON THIS BOARD IS VERY BUSY AND THAT'S MY TAKE ON THIS. UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE HAS ANY OTHER IDEAS, BUT -- >> TELL IT TO THE BOARD. >> I WASN'T AT THE NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING, AND I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF NOTES IN THE MEETING AND WAS THERE ANY PARTICULAR DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE WOULD DO THIS CHARITABLE PROJECT? >> I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A DISCUSSION, AND JEFF WILL BE ABLE TO GIV US A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT WAS MORE GENERAL. >> IT WAS MORE GENERALIZED AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD ALL OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS AND THE PEOPLE AT THAT MEETING GAVE THE DIRECTIVE TO SEE IF MAYBE WE WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET. SO THAT'S -- WE ASKED YOU TO BRING IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND NOT BE IF AWE DECISION. I DO AGREE WITH WHAT BILL [00:25:02] HAS SAID BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A FARMER'S MARKET THIS YEAR LIKE A TABLE OR STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT WE XEKTED OUT THERE. >> THAT'S UP TO YOU, WHETHER YOU HAD -- I MEAN, I WAS THE ONE, HAD TO SOMETHING IN OUR TRUCKS AND DRIVE OUT TO DAVEY TO DELIVER IT BECAUSE NOBODY SHOWED UP TO PICK IT UP, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF STUFF, AND THAT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OUT THERE IN THIS CHARITY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE HISTORY IS. SO MAYBE IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS YEAR, NOT THAT -- WE JUST SKIP THIS YEAR AND DO IT WHEN WE GET SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS DONE BECAUSE NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING THINGS TO DO VERSUS WHAT WE WERE USED TO DOING. >> GREAT. WE HAVE MORE ON THE TABLE THIS YEAR. THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO PUT OURSELVES INTO DOING TOO MANY THINGS AND START NEGLECTING SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH ARE THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS, YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ON HERE, AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHERS AS THE YEAR GOES ON. THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON THIS, JUST FROM HISTORY. >> WELL, AND IF I MIGHT OPEN UP, BECAUSE WE DID THAT IN THE FARMER'S MARKET I GOT THEIR NAMES AND OUR CHURCH EVERY YEAR WILL BE DOING A HUGE COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY WITH THAT, SO IF YOU WANTED TO PARTICIPATE, YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WE OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY. COME BY AND HELP OUT. I WOULD SAY WE'RE DOING IT, BECAUSE OF US, WE ARE NOW HELPING THEM, AND WE HAVE DRIVERS THAT ARE HELPING BRINGING THIS STUFF DOWN AND YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, BUT YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE AND HELP IN THE STRIKE. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> WHEN YOU DO HAVE INFORMATION, SHARING IT WITH THE BOARD WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D BE HAPPY TO DO. >> I WILL SEND THOSE FLYERS OUT. >> WE CAN PASS A RESOLUTION THAT WE SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS WITH THE HARVEST PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND VOLUNTEER AS NEED BE. >> THE BOARD IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE. >> SO WHEN YOU GET THE INFORMATION, PASS IT ON TO JACKIE AND SHE'LL SEND IT TO USAND SHE'LL HELP OUT WITHOUT COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THAT. >> AND THEN IT RELIEVES YOU OFOF HAVING TO DRIVE AND THAT WAS A BIG TASK. I WILL SAY THAT WAS A HUGE TASK. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS DELIVERED THAT DAY. IF IT WASN'T FOR JEFF -- >> WE NEEDED SO MANY VOLUNTEERS, WE NEEDED HELP SORTING AND PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. WE HAD THE MAYOR COME SPEAK AND THE VICE MAYOR OF CORAL SPRINGS SPOKE. IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO I THINK IF WE CAN COM BIN THEM AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN, THAT MAKES IT EASIER. >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. [9. Old Business] OKAY. GREAT. PERFECT. ANY OTHER INPUT REGARDING THIS MATTER? OKAY. CLOSE IT, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS. OUR SCHOLARSHIP RUBE RUBRIC. THAT SHOULD BE FUN. >> OKAY. I'LL START BY SAYING WE'LL HAVE A MORE BROAD DISCUSSION THAN JUST THE RUBRIC. SO AT THE LAST MEETING WE DEVELOPED TOGETHER THE CRITERIA FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THIS YEAR, AND JUST TO REVIEW, THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE BOARD TO ASK FOR DONATIONS THAT WOULD PROVIDE $2500 TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS BECAUSE THE COST OF COLLEGE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AND $2500 WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING MORE SIGNIFICANT TO A STUDENT. SO WE HAVE, COMBINED WITH THE CITY CAB FUNDS AND DAVID SILVER, WE HAVE $5,000 SO THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR TWO SCHOLARSHIPS THERE. THE KENNEDY LAW TEAM IS $2500, AS WELL. THE EATON FAMILY, SETH STEINBERG AND HIS FAMILY AND EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD THE MESA- TAYLOR FAMILY DONATE. I REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED, AND IF THEY'D STILL BE GOOD WITH THE $2,000 THAT THEY DONATED AND THEY GENEROUSLY UPPED IT TO $2500 AS WELL. NOW WE HAVE SIX $2500 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PARKLAND STUDENTS. TOMORROW IS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST, AND I WILL BE GETTING UP TO SPEAK AT THE BREAKFAST TO ENCOURAGE ANY OF PARKLAND'S BUSINESSES TO ALSO [00:30:01] DONATE. SO MARCEL HAD GIVEN YOU A FLYER THAT I WILL BE PROVIDING AT THE CHAMBER BREAKFAST AND GIVING THEM KIND OF A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT IT'S A 'TIS THE SEASON FIRST SCHOLARSHIPS AND GIVING THEM A JANUARY 29TH DEADLINE. I WILL ALSO E- MAIL IT TO YOU, BUT THAT WAY THERE'S ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, WHETHER IT'S A PERSON ARE, A FAMILY A BUSINESS OR TO DONATE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING. THE DEADLINE IS JANUARY 29TH AND AT THAT POINT IS WHEN MARCELA WOULD BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE APPLICATION PACKETS WITH ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT YOU ALL HAD DECIDED ON. >> SO LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE RUBRIC. SO THOSE WERE IN THE BACKUP FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. THE WAY WE'VE DONE THE INTERVIEW IN THE PAST AND THE QUESTIONS. I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSION TONIGHT YOU ARE WELCOME TO OR YOU CAN TAKE THAT BACK OR WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK IS WHEN IT COMES TO THE INTERVIEW QUESTION, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN PUBLIC AND THE BACKUP WITH THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ALL IN THE PUBLIC. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUGGEST SOME DIFFERENT INTERVIEW QUESTIONS. YOU CAN GIVE ME THE INPUT AND THEN WE CAN FINALIZE THOSE QUESTIONS, IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD DESIRES, BUT WE'RE VOLUNTEERING TO DO THAT SO THAT WE DON'T GIVE AWAY THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT SOMEBODY HAS THAT ADVANTAGE AHEAD OF TIME. SO JUST USING LAST YEAR'S QUESTIONS IS A GUIDE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND US THAT FEEDBACK, AND YOU ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT, THEN WE'D LIKE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND FINALIZE IT. THE RUBRIC POINTS ARE SOMETHING THAT IF YOU ALL WANT TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARILY HELPFUL TO SOMEONE WHO IS APPLYING. SO THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS IN GENERAL. >> OKAY. >> TO START THIS. HAVING DONE THIS FOR SEVIAL YEARS, AND HAVING OPINION'S BOARD. LET'S TRY THIS, LET'S TRY THAT, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON THESE QUESTIONS SEEM TO WORK. FOR WHATEVER REASON IT PUTS THEM OUT AND GETS THEM TO START TALKING AND IT'S NICE BECAUSE THEY'LL ALL GET THE SAME FOUR QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL THE WAY ONE KID ANSWERS AND VERSUS THE WAY THE OTHER KID ANSWERS IT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE QUESTIONS SEEM TO PULL SOME INFORMATION OUT OF THOSE KIDS. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I KIND OF LIKE THE FOUR QUESTIONS THE WAY THEY SIT BECAUSE IT'S WORKED FOR US MANY YEARS IN THE PAST. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOU GUYS AND SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. >> I JUST REMEMBER THAT WE HAD QUESTIONS AS TO MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED IN ORDER TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION. DID I THINK THE QUESTIONS -- SO I WAS JUST REVIEWING THAT, AND I NEED TO SEE IT. >> WE CAN GIVE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOU ALL TO SEND MARCELA AND I THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT INPUT, AND THEN AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THAT FINALIZED AT THAT POINT. UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WHEN IT COMES TO INTERVIEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO GET THE APPLICATIONS AND EVERYTHING GOING. SO I THINK BY OUR MARCH MEETING WE'LL STILL BE SAFE IN THAT TIME PARAMETER. >> YEAH. IF YOU COME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS, THAT WILL BE AWESOME. >> A POINT WAS RESEARCHING WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO AND THAT WAS SOMETHING VALUABLE. MAYBE WE'LL FIND SOMETHING MORE THAT WILL HELP US REALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THOSE STUDENTS. >> ALSO, THE POINT RUBRIC, TOO. YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT OR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE TO US FOR THE NEXT MEETING, [00:35:01] BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO UP TO THE BOARD. >> I MEAN, THE POINT SYSTEM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S KIND OF ALWAYS WORKED FOR US, IF SOMEONE HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, BUT IT SEEMS TO PRETTY MUCH LAY OUT THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS ON THESE KIDS. >> I AGREE. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GREAT THAT THE INTERVIEW IS A PORTION OF IT, BUT THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR A YOUNG PERSON AND THAT WE GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO THE THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS THAT THEY TOOK THEIR TIME TO ANSWER. SO I AGREE WITH THE -- >> ANYBODY ELSE? JEFF? NO? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE A HANDFUL. MY THOUGHTS SEEMED TO NOT BE ABLE TOTO WORK, WAS TO HAVE MORE NEEDS BASED WITH THESE SCHOLARSHIPS. >> THAT WILL BE REALLY HARD. >> THAT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. >> I WOULD LEAVE THAT ONE ALONE ON THE LEGAL BASIS. I WOULD PROBABLY LEAVE THAT ONE ALONE, BUT YOU KNOW, AND WITH THAT, I AGREE THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NEED BASED, BUT THEN YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT A KID THAT'S IN MSD THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL -- I MEAN, A PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT WOULD NEED MORE THAN THE KID AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THE KID IS ONLY THERE BECAUSE HE GOT TONS OF SCHOLARSHIPS. HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT OUT WITHOUT ASKING THEM AND THEN THIS BECOMES PUBLIC RECORD. YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE THESE KIDS -- HERE'S THE REALITY, JUST BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS HAVE MONEY DOESN'T MEAN YOU DO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DO YOU NEED TO EXCEL IN THE FUTURE AND OUR JOB IS TO FIGURE IT OUT WHO IS THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP? IT'S NOT ABOUT NEED, IT'S ABOUT WHO IS THE BEST THAT WILL BLOSSOM? I REALLY FEEL THAT $2500 IS A LOT OF MONEY. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR WHEN THESE PEOPLE START SEEING $2500, SIX OPPORTUNITIES AND I'M SURE WITH YOU GOING THERE TOMORROW AND DOUG, YOU KNOW, AND SEEING SOME OF THE PEOPLE WITH THE BUSINESS LEADERS HERE. I THINK WE'LL GET A LOT MORE THAN SIX BY THE TIME THIS IS OVER. EITHER WAY, SIX AT $2500, THAT'S PRETTY ENTICING FOR A KID TO WANT TO COME OUT AND DO THIS. SO I THINK YOU GIRLS BETTER GET READY, BECAUSE -- >> YEAH. EXACTLY. >> IF I ADD, ONE OF THETHE I LIKE ABOUT YOUR FLYER THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE IS DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND LAUNCH A COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE. IT REALLY IS ABOUT COMMUNITY. WE ARE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, SO I THINK IF WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON THAT, VERSUS, OH, THEY'RE JUST SHARP, THEY'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE AND WILL THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S OUR JOB -- ONCE WE GET THE APPLICATIONS, AND THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT QUESTION TO ASK? THAT MAY KNOW ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT THEY CAN GET TO, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN DO THAT BASED ON THE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY RECEIVED. THAT'S ACTUALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY SOT IT'S SO MAGNIFICENT. >> IT'S NOT US GETTING READY. IT'S FOR ALL OF YOU GETTING READY BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE DONE THIS IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE PARKLAND'S BEST STUDENTS REALLY COME OUT, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL REALLY YAT. >> IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE BEING ON THE BOARD IS JUST TO SEE THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR FUTURE. >> YEAH. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU SAY I WANT TO BE ON THE INTERVIEW BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THEM TALK OR I WANT TO BE ON THE APPLICATION BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IT, BUT THE REALITY IS, NO MATTER WHICH ONE YOU'RE ON, IT'S IMPRESSIVE. WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE READING THROUGH THEIR APPLICATIONS BECAUSE YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, I DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE IT'S TOO TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT'S NOT. >> THE ONE YEAR I WAS ON WE HAD A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, NOT THE PAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE. I WAS, LIKE, HOLY COW, WE'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY BEFORE. ONE THING I WILL NOTE FROM THIS YEAR VERSUS PAST YEARS, WAS THERE A LOT OF AI ESSAYS AND HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONE IS AN AI ESSAY AND WHICH IS NOT AND I THINK WHEN WE [00:40:01] HEAR THEM SPEAK THAT TELLS US RIGHT AWAY. AS WE JUDGE THOSE ESSAYS, WHOEVER IS DOINGING THE ESSAYS THIS YEAR NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT THERE'S CERTAIN LINGO OF AI THAT YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT. >> I DID MY SELF- ASSESSMENT AT WORK FROM LAST YEAR AND IT WAS AI DRIVEN AND I HAD THE OPTION FOR AI TO FILL IN MY STUFF OR CHANGE IT AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BE CREATIVE AND I LET AI ANSWER ALL SIX QUESTIONS. WILL WE NEED TRAINING ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR? >> I THINK SO. ONE OF THE THINGS IS IF WE MAKE THE QUESTIONS PERSONALIZED THEY HAVE TO TELL A PERSONAL STORY, WHEN THEY DO THAT, THOSE WHO DIDDID YOU KNEW THIS WAS THEIR STORY. SOME OF THEM, IT WAS VERY GENERIC, SO YOU COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY AND THE LINGO. YOU COULD TELL ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY CAME AND SPOKE AND THEY DON'T REALLY SPEAK LIKE THEIR ESSAY. >> NUMBER 4 USUALLY PULLS THAT OUT OF THEM. >> A LOT OF TIMES THE NUMBER 4 QUESTION THEY SAID NO. THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AND SO MAYBE WE MAKEMAKE MORE DESCRIPTIVE. >> MAYBE SAY YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES MORE TO TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF. >> THAT WAY THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO STAND THERE FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES. >> I WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT QUESTION TO BE MORE SPIKE, AND I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. ANY OTHER INPUT? NO? JACKIE, ANYTHING ELSE? >> I'M GOOD. >> SO WHAT I'LL DO IS IF IT'S GOOD WITH THE BOARD, YOU ALLALL THAT BACKUP AND YOU CAN SEND US THE FEEDBACK ON BOTH THE RUBRIC AND THE INTERVIEW QUESTION AND THE DEADLINE WILL BE BY THE NEXT MEETING. >> IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ANYBODY THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGING IT AND APPROVING IT. IF YOU HEAR FROM THEM THEY HAVE INPUT AND THEY'LL ADDADD TO IT. THAT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR YOU. >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> YES. I'LL BE EMAILING THAT TO YOU ALL. YEAH. WE JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE IT IMMEDIATELY TONIGHT. >> IT LOOKS GREAT, BY THE WAY. I THINK IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. >> THAT'S MARCELA'S HANDIWORK. INAUDIBLE ] REALLY IS. REALLY GOOD JOB. EXCELLENT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF. >> SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT, AND I HATE TO MAKE THIS COMMENT, BUT JEFF TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT WALKIE- TALKIE PROGRAM THAT STARTED THIS PAST WEEK. WE'RE ACTUALLY DEFERRING THE REST OF THE WALKIE- TALKIES FOR RIGHT NOW UNTIL THEY GET THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE DEVELOPED. IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM, AND YOU ARE CORRECT. ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DEFERRED INTO A LATER DATE TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE WALKIE-TALKIES. >> THE PROBLEM IS THEY DIDN'T GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE THE BECAUSE WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY KNEW WHY MAYOR WALKER WAS WALKING AROUND THE PARK. OKAY. I'LL HAVE SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR YOU NOW. I JUST TO THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR ADDING THE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THAT BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TWO $2500 SCHOLARSHIPS, AND IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE LATER ON. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE THING FROM THE STAFF. >> ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP SCORING. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU AS THE CHAIR FOR OUR NEW COMMITTEE SOON. SUBCOMMITTEE. >> SO -- AND THANK YOU, MARCELA. SO WHEN YOU ALL ARE REVIEWING THE SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIW QUESTIONS AND THE RUBRIC, WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER BEING A LITTLE STRICTER IN YOUR SCORING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO DIFFICULT AND SO WE FIND THAT SOMETIMES THE SCORES TEND TO LOOK ABOUT THE SAME AND MAYBE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST BY A HAIR DIFFERENT. SO CONSIDER QUESTIONS OR A POINT SPREAD THIS MIGHT GIVE YOU MORE OF THAT DISTANCE, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKELIKE SCORING. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE SCORING SOMEONE ONE TO FIVE AND YOU'RE GIVING SOMEONE ALL FIVES, THAT MAY BE JUSTIFIED, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT JUST THE CONSIDERATION FOR THAT WHEN YOU'RE CRAFTING SOME OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. >> AND THAT'S WHY I FOUNDFOUND DIFFICULT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFICS TO, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WHAT DO WE GREAT THIS SPECIFICALLY [00:45:02] ON. IT WAS MORE QUALITATIVE ANDAND LIKE TO KIND OF HAVE MORE SPECIFICS AND THAT WAS MORE WHY I'M THINKING MAYBE WE SHOULD RESEARCH HOW WE SAY THOSE QUESTIONS OR HOW WE PRESENT THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN CHECK OFF YES, THEY HIT THIS. NO, THEY DIDN'T HIT THIS. >> WE WELCOME ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK. PLEASE SEND THAT IN. THANK YOU. >> WAS THE GUY WHO DIDN'T USE A PAPER AND PENCIL OR A PENCIL MUCH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I HAD TO GO BACKWARD BECAUSE THIS WAS MY FIRST YEAR DOING THIS. I ALMOST HAD TO DO A COMPARATIVE SCALE. NUMBER 6 WAS SO FANTASTIC THAT I HAD TO READJUST MY SCORING MIDWAY. >> YEAH. IT'S DIFFICULT. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IF IT WAS ELECTRONIC, BUT IT WAS HARDER BECAUSE, YOU'RE RIGHT. I FOUND MY SCORES TO BE VERY SIMILAR, AND WHEN I FOUND THE PERSON PERSON WHO I FOUND WAS THE BEST -- >> SO YOU JUST USED A PENCIL. >> I LEARNED MY LESSON THE FIRST YEAR. >> I FIGURED IT OUT AND I WAS TURNING THEM BOTH WAYS. >> MARCELA, MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLENTY OF ERASERS. >> AND YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR BECAUSE THE FIRST KID THAT COMES HERE THAT WAS EXCEPTIONAL, BUT THEN YOU HAVE A FEW MORE THAT COME AFTER HIM, MORE AND MORE AND MORE. YOU ALMOST FORGET THAT KID, BUT YOU CAN'T. THAT'S WHY THE SCORE IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO FORGET THE KID THAT CAME FIRST BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF MIND. >> THE REESE ENZI EFFECT. SO THE FIRST KID THAT WAS SO EXCEPTIONAL STILL HAS HIS CHANCE. THAT'S YET SCORING IS SO IMPORTANT. >> SO, AGAIN, BEST OF LUCK TO WE DO EVERY YEAR WITH YOUR HELP. SO -- >> ANYTHING ELSE? [10. Comments from Staff ] NO? OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 10, 2026, AT 6:00 P.M. AFTER WRAPPING UP ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT. I WANT TO GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> I MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> OKAY, KENDRA. SECOND? JEFF, SECOND. EXCELLENT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.