[00:00:10] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SORRY WE ARE STARTING A LITTLE LATE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2026, AT 608PM. 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. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> HERE. >> MAYOR WALKER. >> YES, I AM HERE. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER. [4. Approval of Minutes ] >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> HERE. >> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ALL IN FAVOR. [5. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items ] >> AYE. PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES PEER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. >> I HAVE ONE SIGNED. BARBARA KAPLAN'S. >> BARBARA, COME ON UP. WE'VE GOT A HANDOUT. BARBARA, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS BARBARA KAPLAN. MY ADDRESS IS 9584, CIRCLE WEST. , EVERYONE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUR SEASONS HOA 55 PLUS COMMUNITY. I REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 1000 RESIDENTS I AM JOINED TONIGHT BY JAY GOODMAN WHO IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT, OUR LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE CHAIR, EIGHT RESIDENT AND FORMER CITY MANAGER, MOST RECENTLY WITH THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. HE ALSO DID A LOT OF LEGWORK ON OUR APRIL FIRST REQUEST. WE ARE HERE TODAY SIMPLY TO ASK THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO CALL FOR THE INCLUSION OF FIVE AND A HALF FOR 6-INCH CALIPER CONTAINER SOUTHERN LIVE OAKS, RATHER THAN 3-INCH CALIPER TREES CURRENTLY IN THE MEDIAN PLAN. I HOPE EACH OF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE BROWARD MPO LOXAHATCHEE ROAD COMPLETE STREET ANIMATION REFERENCED IN MY EMAIL TO YOU. THE 3-INCH CALIPER TREES DO NOT COME CLOSE TO WHAT IS DEPICTED AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TO EXPECT OVER THE LAST DECADE SINCE WE ARE A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY, TIME IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO US AND WE CAN'T WAIT MANY YEARS TO RECEIVE THE GRATIFICATION FROM THIS LANDSCAPING PROJECT WHEN PROSPECTIVE BUYERS LOOKED AT FOUR SEASONS, THEY WERE SHOWN PHOTOS AND THE ANIMATION OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED 3-INCH CALIPER TREES WERE NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT NEIGHBORHOODS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE TO A BEAUTIFUL STREET SCAPE CAN ADD 5% TO ITS VALUE. IT WILL TAKE YEARS FOR THAT VALUE TO INCREASE IF 3-INCH CALIPER TREES ARE USED FOR OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT WAIT. A WRITTEN REQUEST OUTLINES THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF CONTAINER ROOM TREES WITH LARGER CALIPERS, MAKING THEM A MORE BEAUTIFUL AND SOUND CHOICE. CURRENT PLANS CALL FOR 46 OAK TREES BETWEEN NOB HILL AND BISHOP PIT, AND 51 OAK TREES BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND NOB HILL, TOTALING 97 TREES. THE LARGER CALIPER TREES RESULT IN AN INCREMENTAL COST OF ABOUT $100,000 PER THERE ARE NO OAKS CALLED FOR IN THE MEDIAN EAST OF UNIVERSITY. WE REQUEST ALL 97 TREES HAVE THE LARGER CALIPER. ANOTHER OPTION, SINCE THERE ARE NO COMMUNITY ENTRANCES BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND NOB HILL, IS THAT THE NUMBER OF LARGER CALIPER TREES BE REDUCED TO 46 TREES WEST OF NOB HILL AND -- AT AN INCREMENTAL COST OF ABOUT $50,000 FOR SUCH A RELATIVELY SMALL COST OUT OF A $3 MILLION LANDSCAPING AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES PROJECT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED FROM THE PROJECT'S CONTINGENCY FUNDS, THE CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUND AND THE GENERAL FUNDS UNASSIGNED FUNDS OR OTHER FUNDS. IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS [00:05:01] THE LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION AND INCONVENIENCE ENDURED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR LOXAHATCHEE ROAD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE UGLIEST ROADWAYS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE SMALL INVESTMENT CAN TURN LOXAHATCHEE ROAD INTO ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING. YOU CAN HELP THE FOUR SEASONS COMMUNITY AND MANY OTHERS THEREBY SHOWING THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REALLY DO CARE FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE EAGERLY LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING A RESPONSE HOPEFULLY THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. YOU WILL NOT GET A RESPONSE THIS EVENING BUT YOU WILL GET A RESPONSE FROM US IN DUE TIME. BUT WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING THIS TONIGHT. I JUST DIDN'T WANT -- I. WANTED TO SET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NONAGENDA ITEM? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, WE WILL GO TO THE COMMISSION. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST, IF I MAY. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION TO ADD TO OUR AGENDA TO HAVE -- I. DON'T WANT TO GET TOO GRANULAR OR TOO MUCH INTO THE ISSUE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE LETTER MARGATE HALLANDALE AND SOMEONE ELSE RECEIVED IN REGARDS TO THE SROS. IF WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> I DIDN'T EVEN SAY WHERE. WE WILL ADD IT AT THE END. WE WILL DO E. AGAIN, JUST BRIEF BUT I DID WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSIONS OUTSIDE OF THAT BUT I DID WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION SO WE CAN SPEAK AS ONE BODY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WHEN NEEDED FOR OKAY. WE'VE GOT THAT SPARK AND THEN A COUPLE OF LITTLE THINGS. LAST NIGHT, I DON'T TALK ABOUT THE THINGS I DO VERY OFTEN BECAUSE I GO LAST AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS DEAL THE GOOD STUFF BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE AT THIS ONE. I WAS A JUDGE LAST NIGHT FOR JA WORLD. THEY HAD THEIR SPARK TANK. THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO USE SHARK TANK BECAUSE SHARK TANK GAVE THEM A CEASE AND DESIST, WHICH IS WHATEVER. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT. THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING, THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY AN MSD REPRESENTATIVE WHO WON THE CONTEST SO THEY WILL BE GOING TO NATIONALS BUT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. THERE WERE FOURMAC SCHOOLS THERE. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. I WILL SPEAK TO MSD. THEY MADE THIS BOOK, ONE ABOUT SCHOOL LOCKDOWNS. IT'S MORE GEARED TO YOUNGER KIDS, SO THEY CAN READ THE BOOK WITH THEIR PARENTS. THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE, JUST SAY NO. IT WAS ABOUT TALKING TO STRANGERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT FOR THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF FOR I THINK MSD, THEY RAISED OR SOLD ALMOST $11,000, SOLD A THOUSAND BOOKS. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY SOLD ANOTHER THOUSAND SINCE THEIR PRESENTATION. SO I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN GOING TO ROTARY CLUBS, FARMERS' MARKET YOU SEE THEM AT ALL THE TIME. IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND IT IS SO GREAT FOR THE KIDS. LAST NIGHT, THEY DID A TRADE SHOW BOOTH. THEY HAD THREE KIDS STATIONED AT THE TRADE SHOW BOOTH. THEN THEY DID A PITCH WHERE THEY WERE IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF JUDGES. THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THERE. IT IS TREMENDOUS REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE. THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH THE IDEA, THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH THESE SUPPLIES TO BUY WHATEVER THEY WERE BUYING. THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT THEY HAD MENTAL HEALTH BAGS AND GAVE BACK MONEY TO WILDLIFE. IT WAS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM. SO REALLY, THIS IS A KUDOS TO J WORLD AND HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT OUR BROWARD COUNTY STUDENTS CAN USE AND CAN LEARN FROM BECAUSE IT'S REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE, WHICH I THINK IS TREMENDOUS. AND OBVIOUSLY KUDOS TO THE MSD WHO ENDED UP WINNING SO NOW THEY WILL GO TO A NATIONAL PROGRAM WITH ALL OF THE OTHER JAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR THING. I TOTALLY FORGOT THIS, AND I'M DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. I DID WANT TO START TONIGHT WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR VICE MAYOR NANCY MATERA. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOING ONE FROM THE OUTSET. I KNOW WE DID ONE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE DO IT HERE AT PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL. IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR VICE MAYOR NANCY [00:10:01] MATERA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WROTE A POST ABOUT NANCY, AND IT WAS GENUINE. SHE WAS ONE OF THE KINDEST PEOPLE THAT I HAVE EVER MET. SHE WAS NOT A POLITICIAN. EVERY TIME I SAW HER, SHE FOLLOWED ME, MOSTLY MY WIFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND EVERY TIME I SAW HER, SHE HAD SOMETHING NEW TO SAY. SHE WOULD ASK ME ABOUT MY KIDS, ASK ME ABOUT MY WIFE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO KNOW HER. I DIDN'T REALIZE -- TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THE IMPACT THAT SHE HAD ON SO MANY OTHERS BUT IT WAS NOT SURPRISING TO ME AT ALL BECAUSE SHE WAS THAT PERSON WHO REALLY WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE. YOU HEARD STORIES, THERE WAS A VIGIL FOR HER FRIDAY NIGHT OR LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. YOU HEARD STORIES FROM SO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE DID TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE. IT IS VERY SAD OF HER PASSING. AND IT IS SAD TO SEE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID BEFORE HER PASSING. I ALSO JUST WANT -- WE HAD STRATEGIC PLANNING LAST WEEK. IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT TIME, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE OVERHANG OF PROPERTY TAXES HANGING OVER OUR HEADS, IT WASN'T AS HAPPY AS THEY USUALLY ARE BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO IN HANDCUFFING WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DO TO KEEP UP THE LIFESTYLE THAT THEIR RESIDENTS WANT TO HAVE FAIR SO WE WILL SEE WHERE THAT GOES THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TIME SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT FOR AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. SO WE WILL GO TO THE FURTHEST COMMISSIONER AT THIS POINT. SO VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE. I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT. I WANT TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON SENDING OUR HEARTFELT PRAYERS AND LOVE AND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY, TO ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY STAFF AND TO THE ENTIRE CORAL SPRINGS COMMUNITY WHO ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW AND STRUGGLING THROUGH AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. NANCY WAS NOT ONLY A TREMENDOUS PUBLIC SERVANT BUT AN EVEN MORE AMAZING AND KIND HUMAN BEING. SHE AND MY WIFE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER. SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND MORE THAN GENEROUS WITH HER TIME FOR MY DAUGHTER. WE AS A COMMUNITY STAND WITH HER FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN CORAL SPRINGS, AS WE MOURN TOGETHER. WITH THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE -- MOMENT OF SILENCE. IT WAS WELL DESERVED. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TOO MUCH MORE REGARDING NANCY. I WAS ONE OF THE LAST TO MEET HER SINCE I WAS ELECTED TO COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. BUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH HER WAS THE SAME AS YOU. SHE ALWAYS ASKED ABOUT ANDREA, EVERY TIME. I'M JUST GOING TO MISS HER PRESENCE AT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE FAIR I THOUGHT SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER AROUND. SOME BIG EVENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF THEM. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE I WALK FOR FRIENDSHIP CHARITY. A WALK FOR THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF NORTH BROWARD AND SOUTH PALM BEACH. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE IS, IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS CHILDREN'S, TEENS AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IT'S AFFILIATED -- THEY PROVIDE CAMARADERIE, INCLUSION SKILL BUILDING, SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT THAT I'M SURE RAISES A GOOD BIT OF MONEY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A FEW OF THEIR EVENTS OBVIOUSLY THEY MAKE OUR SCHOOL SAFE CHARITY GALA THIS PAST WEEKEND AT MARGARITAVILLE IS OBVIOUSLY A WELL ATTENDED EVENT. I THINK WE HAD 240 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR FOR THE BIGGEST ONE YET. RAISING MONEY FOR A GREAT CAUSE FOR LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION, A COUPLE OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT. THE THEME OF THIS WAS THE DIGNITY INDEX. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE YOUNG AND IN THE ROOM, I WANT YOU TO GO TO DIGNITY.US AND READ ABOUT WHAT THE DIGNITY INDEX IS. ESSENTIALLY IT'S AN INDEX THAT YOU CAN TAKE ANY WRITTEN OR SPOKEN STATEMENT AND READ IT ON [00:15:04] A SCALE OF ONE THROUGH EIGHT WITH THE LOWEST SCORE REPRESENTING MORE DIVISIVE LANGUAGE AND HIGHER SCORES REPRESENTING LANGUAGE MORE REPRESENTED IN DIGNITY FOR THE PERSON YOU ARE SPEAKING TO OR ABOUT IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE IDEAS AND BELIEFS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF YOUR OWN PEER IT'S A TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR ABILITY TO TREAT HUMANS WITH DIGNITY. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IN 2026, THIS SHOULD BE PRACTICALLY REQUIRED FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO GO THROUGH THIS TRAINING, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL THEY ARE SERVIN THEIR COMMUNITY OR WHAT PARTY THEY ARE PART OF IT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK AND HOW TO WRITE AND HOW TO CREATE A LESS DIVISIVE COMMUNITY. IT WAS GREAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> AND THAT WAS THE SIX. COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> THAT WAS A SEVEN. >> THANK YOU, MIA. THERE IS NOT MUCH TO REALLY ECHO ON THE VICE MAYOR POINT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT SHE WAS A SPECIAL PERSON. THE VICE MAYOR AND I GOT ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME AS VICE MAYOR MATEO. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A FRESHMAN CLASS PAIR YOU'RE IN THE SAME CLASS. EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE SAME EVENTS, OF COURSE YOU START TO WALK OVER TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE. YOU'RE TRYING TO GET COMFORTABLE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS TALKING LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS A NEWBIE AT THE SAME TIME AROUND SIMILAR AGE. SHE WAS ALWAYS BRIGHT, SHE WAS ALWAYS ENGAGED, SHE WAS ALWAYS INTELLIGENT. THE SAD TRUTH IS I FEEL LIKE SHE WAS JUST GETTING STARTED HERE AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HER FUTURE PLANS WERE. AND I THINK FOR THE WAY OUR COUNTRY IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT HIGH INTEGRITY, HAD THE RIGHT VISION IN MIND, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE NEED IN THIS WORLD. IT'S A HUGE LOSS AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT I KNOW HER FAMILY CARES GREATLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND ABOUT CORAL SPRINGS, AND ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY HAS REACHED OUT TO GIVE THEM THE HUG THAT PARKLAND AND CORAL SPRINGS KNOW HOW TO DO. BECAUSE NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO LOSE ONE LET ALONE TWO. SO TO THE FAMILY, WE ARE HERE THINKING OF YOU. AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE HERE WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED I'M GLAD WE ARE STANDING THERE FOR THEM. STRATEGIC PLANNING, I ALSO AGREE, WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE THIS YEAR. A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YEARS PAST TO YOUR POINT, IT'S HARDER TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE WHEN YOU HAVE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT THE LAW IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND NOT ONLY WE HAVE UNCERTAINTY BUT EVEN CONGRESS OR FLORIDA STATE HOUSE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER. I THINK WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY FIVE YEARS OF DOING THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE SOME CYCLES WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU HAVE SOME CYCLES YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP ON YOUR GROWTH OR NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT AT SOME POINT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT CYCLE OR MUNICIPALITY, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET TO A POINT OF MAINTAINING. YOU CAN'T CONSTANTLY BE ADDING OR BUILDING, ESPECIALLY A CITY OF OUR SIZE WHERE THERE IS A FINITE FOOTPRINT. THE ONE THING I THINK THAT'S NICE IS THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT SO MANY OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS ARE THE BIG PROJECTS IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY PER SE TO DO BIG PROJECTS IT'S THAT REALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO BE STRETCHING IT TO THINK OF SOMETHING BIGGER THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE NEED. AND THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING TO BE ABLE TO SAY AS A CITY. THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WERE NOW THE INTANGIBLES OF HOW DO YOU MAKE PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE BETTER HERE AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE THERE SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NOT JUST THIS COMMISSION, PAST COMMISSIONS AND BEFORE THEM BUT THE STAFF. THE STAFF IS WHAT BRINGS EVERYTHING TO LIFE HERE FOR ANYONE THAT'S EVER PARTICIPATED OR WATCHED OR OBSERVED STRATEGIC PLANNING, IF YOU HAVEN'T, I HIGHLY SUGGEST IT, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO SEE HOW A CITY GETS PLANNED AS A STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WON'T GO TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. IT'S PROBABLY NOT ON YOUR CALENDAR. I WOULD SAY IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU WILL FIND THIS AS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ACTIVITIES YOU CAN GO TO BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING A REAL INSIDE LOOK INTO WHAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE FOR WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE. THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TREES, I THINK THAT'S A FASCINATING POINT. AND WHY, BECAUSE I LOOK AT HILLSBOROUGH. HILLSBOROUGH ALREADY HAS THAT KIND OF COVERAGE. TO ME, THAT IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, WHAT MAKES PARKLAND QUAINT, WHAT MAKES IT CHARM. WE JUST HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING STREET LIGHTS FOR THE VERY PURPOSE OF THAT. WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE CONCRETE POLLS REFLECT THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND AND I AGREE WITH YOU. WE WILL BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION BUT THAT'S MY POINT [00:20:03] HERE THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND THAT'S A PRIVILEGE, AND I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING. SO I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING, MY FAVORITE THING TO DO AS A COMMISSIONER BUT ALSO A TIME THAT I REALIZE HOW LUCKY WE ARE AS RESIDENTS. THE EVENTS, I'M GOING TO SAY WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH EVENTS. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE TO COME. THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO START DOING IS TRY GOING TO SOME EVENTS THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO BEFORE. THE ONE THING I FIND IS PARKLAND, WE LOVE OUR TRADITIONS AND THAT'S A GREAT THING BUT I FIND WHEN I CAN GET ONE PERSON WHO DOESN'T GO TO SOMETHING THAT PARKLAND DOES, IT OPENS THEIR EYES, AND VICE VERSA. IT USUALLY TAKES SOMEONE TO INVITE SOMETHING. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SEE OR HEAR AT THESE EVENTS AND YOU HEAR EVENTS ARE COMING UP, YOU PROBABLY SAID I'VE NEVER BEEN TO IT AND I'M NEVER GOING TO IT. DO IT ONE TIME. I ASSURE YOU THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THINGS TO ADD OR THINGS THEY DON'T LIKE, I WOULD ASK THAT BEFORE YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT OR COMPLAIN, YOU HAVE TO FIRST FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE SO THAT WOULD BE MY ASK. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT PARKLAND. THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD USE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE AT A STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INTANGIBLE STUFF, EVERYONE GAVE THE FAIR SHOT AND THE OPPORTUNITY, THEY WILL ALL FALL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY AND THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS THAT WE WANT, THESE TREES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT TO. BUT THE FACT THAT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS PRIVILEGED. THAT'S WHAT I GOT THERE. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> COMMISSIONER MURPHY. >> FORGIVE ME, THERE'S MORE. >> I WOULD BE REMISS. A TEACHER AT MSD, HE SENT ME AN EMAIL BECAUSE THIS IS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE MONTH AND SO THIS WAS A HOLOCAUST REFLECTION CONTEST WINNER FOR STONEMAN DOUGLAS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE NIGHT TO READ IT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. BUT THIS WAS ABOUT HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S SURVIVAL IN THE HOLOCAUST F. LET ME PULL THIS UP AND READ IT, IT WOULD BE EASIER. FORGIVE ME FOR ONE MOMENT. OKAY. THE TITLE IS FROM HOPE TO TRIUMPH. I SAID YOUR NAME SOFT AND SLOW AND FELT WAIT I DIDN'T USED TO KNOW YOUR STORY REACHED ACROSS THE YEARS TO ME AND ASKED WHAT KIND OF PERSON I WOULD BE. YOUR STORY IS NOT SOMETHING I SIMPLY READ, IT FOLLOWS ME IN THOUGHTS I HAVE NEVER SAID. YOU CARRIED HOPE WHERE HOPE WAS MEANT TO END AND LIVED SO MEMORY IT WOULD HAVE A VOICE TO SEND FEAR I USED TO THINK THAT STRENGTH WAS LOUD AND CLEAR, A SHOUT OF TRIUMPH EVERYONE COULD HEAR. BUT YOU REVEALED THAT SOMETIMES BARELY SHOWN, A FRAGILE WILL THAT SOMEHOW STANDS ALONE. BECAUSE OF YOU I QUESTIONED HOW I LIVE, HOW QUICKLY I JUDGE, HOW RARELY I FORGIVE. IN CROWDED HALLS AND WHISPERS ON LINE, I SEE HOW EASILY CRUELTY CAN SHINE. YOUR LIFE REMINDS ME HATRED CAN REPEAT, WHEN COMFORT MAKES US TURN AWAY OUR FEET. IF I STAY SILENT, CHOOSE A SAFER SIDE. AM I TOO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT COMPLIED. YOU BUILT AGAIN THE LOSS WAS ALWAYS THERE AND PROVED A SHATTERED HEART CAN STILL REPAIR. IF YOU COULD PLANT NEW ROOTS IN BROKEN GROUND, THEN I CAN SPEAK WHEN HATRED MAKES A SOUND FEAR WHEN YOU SAID WE WILL LIVE, HOPE REPLIED AND MADE A FUTURE RISE. RUTH, WHAT YOU CARRIED FORWARD HELPS ME SEE THE FUTURE SHAPE DEPENDS ON CHOICES MADE BY ME. >> VERY NICE. >> THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> THANK YOU. ARE YOU SURE THAT'S IT? COMMISSIONER MURPHY -- COMMISSIONER MURPHY-SALOMONE. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS FOR TAKING A MOMENT TO HONOR NANCY. I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. NANCY FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS KIND, WAS ALWAYS PASSIONATE, TALKED ABOUT DIGNITY. AS MUCH AS SHE HAD STRONG BELIEFS, STRONG OPINIONS, ALWAYS LISTENED AND TOOK THE TIME TO LET PEOPLE FINISH AND HEAR THEM OUT AND HAVE HEALTHY DEBATE. AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SERVE WITH HER ON THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE GOVERNING BOARD AND SHE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST AND JUST BELIEVED IN SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE CERTAINLY ADMIRABLE CAUSES, AND FOUGHT FOR THEM AS WELL. WE JUST HAD A SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY PRESENTATION. [00:25:01] VERY IMPORTANT. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH A MASTER PLAN. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FURTHERING AN EFFORT THAT FRANKLY IN BROWARD COUNTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED YEARS AND YEARS AGO BUT UNFORTUNATELY DECISIONS WERE MADE, HINDSIGHT IS 20/20 AND THEY ARE TRYING TO PICK IT UP AND SAY WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION EDUCATION. OUR CITY IS STRIVING TO DO THAT. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO US BUT OUR FUTURE GENERATION. TAKING THE MOMENT TO RECYCLE, TO THROW SOMETHING AWAY AS OPPOSED TO THROWING IT ON THE GROUND, I THINK THE CITY IS PRETTY GOOD BUT WHEN I RIDE MY BIKE OR GO RUNNING, I DO SEE THINGS. WE JUST NEED TO STRIVE. WE CAN'T BE PERFECT BUT ALWAYS TRY TO IMPROVE IN EVERYTHING. AND MIA, THANKS FOR -- THANKS FOR REPORTING ON THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT EVENT. MY MOM WORKED FOR THEM. SHE GOT US INVOLVED AND I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION AND I LOVE THAT MSD ONE BUT I'M SURE THAT EVERYONE DID AN AMAZING J JOB. WE WON'T SAY IT WAS VERY FAIR FIK I. WANT TO GIVE THE PARKLAND CHAMBER A SHOUT OUT. THE EMPOWERED WOMEN LUNCHEON WAS NOT TOO LONG AGO. MANY OF US ATTENDED. IT WAS FANTASTIC. GREAT MESSAGES. AND NOT JUST FOR WOMEN. SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES CALCULATED LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WAS VERY UNIQUE. CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN COVERED IT BUT I DO THINK THE DIGNITY PIECE, I THINK COMMISSIONER ISROW SAID IT WELL, THAT WE SHOULD ALL LEARN THAT AND PRACTICE IT BUT DEFINITELY OUR YOUNGER GENERATION SO AS THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE, THEY ARE PART OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO BE PASSIONATE, EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS BUT DO SO IN A WAY THAT YOU LISTEN TO OTHERS AND ARE RESPECTFUL. I ALSO ATTENDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CORAL SPRINGS PARTNER -- RETIREMENT OF DEBBIE PRINGLE. SPECIAL. AWESOME. SHE WILL BE MISSED BUT HER SUCCESSOR IS GOING TO BE QUITE EFFECTIVE, IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. AND I WILL FINISH IT UP WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, I AGREE IT WAS AWESOME. I AM ALWAYS SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT STAFF DOES, WITH EVERYTHING THAT I SEE AND HEAR. AND HAVING WORKED FOR TWO FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES, I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT IS RIGHT UP THERE. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, THE BUDGET AND, EVERYTHING THAT THEY COVER. NOTHING GOES WITHOUT CONSIDERATION. SO KUDOS AND ALWAYS LEARNING A LOT AND I WOULD SAY REMEMBER, I BELIEVE OUR LAST PARKLAND MARKET IS IN TWO WEEKS AND THAT'S OUR ENVIRONMENTAL THEME. IT'S THE LAST ONE FOR THE SEASON SO PLEASE COME OUT. AND FINALLY, LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL CHARITY EVENT THAT ALICE'S PARENTS PUT ON. THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO PASS LEGISLATION TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE ACROSS 12 STATES IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY CONTINUE TO DO MORE AND I CAN SAY MY OLDER -- MY OLDER DAUGHTER TESTIFIED TO HELP TO PROMOTE THAT LEGISLATION. IT IS ABSOLUTELY MAKING OUR SCHOOLS SAFER AND HOPEFULLY IT PASSES IN MANY OTHER STATES. SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. [6. Proclamations and Recognitions ] EXCELLENT COMMENTS. LET'S GO DOWN INTO THE WELL FOR SOME PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. NUMBER 11TH. CAPTAIN, PLEASE COME DOWN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARKLAND NIGHT SHIFT. THESE GENTLEMEN GO TO WORK AFTER MOST OF US HAVE GONE TO SLEEP HERE SO CAN I HAVE DEPUTY GORDON, DEPUTY MARCY JOIN ME DOWN HERE PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT INCIDENTS FROM LAST WEEK THAT TRULY REFLECT THE DIFFERENCE THAT THEY MAKE THE FIRST INVOLVED A HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT HAD BEEN REPEATEDLY TARGETED CREATING FINANCIAL STRESS FOR THE HOMEOWNER. WHEN THE SUSPECTS RETURNED DAYS LATER, THE HOMEOWNER CALLED 911. BECAUSE THESE DEPUTIES KNEW THE HISTORY AND UNDERSTOOD THE [00:30:02] PATTERN, THEY RESPONDED WITHOUT HESITATION, QUICKLY SET UP A PERIMETER AND COORDINATED WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO INCLUDE AVIATION AND OUR K-9 UNITS. THEY SET UP A PERIMETER AND SAFELY APPREHENDED BOTH SUS SUSPECTS. I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THOSE EFFORTS. IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST TUESDAY, A DEPUTY OBSERVED A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HILLSBORO BOULEVARD. THANKS TO HIS VIGILANCE AND DECISIVE ACTION, WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE DRIVER WHO WAS FOUND TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE FOR THAT INTERVENTION PREVENTED A VERY UNSAFE ACTIVITY AND COULD HAVE AFFECTED SOMEBODY ON THE ROAD THAT NIGHT. THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT OFTEN GO ON SCENE. WE DON'T NORMALLY AND TYPICALLY REPORT ON THEM AND ADVISE THE PUBLIC BUT THEY MATTER. THEY ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE DEPUTIES WHO ARE ENGAGED AND PROACTIVE IN OUR CITY, AND WHOSE SOLE MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE IT'S MY HONOR TO COMMEND THEM AS EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. >> NUMBER 2. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE JEWISH STUDENT UNION FROM MSD. >> HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. WHEREAS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY IS OBSERVED EACH DAY -- EACH YEAR TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE 6 MILLION JEWISH MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN MURDERED DURING THE HOLOCAUST, ONE OF THE DARKEST PERIODS IN HUMAN HISTORY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PARKLAND HONORS THE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHOSE TESTIMONIES CONTINUE TO EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND STRENGTHEN OUR COLLECTIVE RESOLVE TO CONFRONT HATRED, DISCRIMINATION AND ANTISEMITISM IN ALL ITS FORMS. AND WHEREAS IN RECENT YEARS, HAVE SHOWN TROUBLING INCREASES IN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENCES ACROSS THE NATION, REMINDING US THAT THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST MUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE PROTECTION OF ALL COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL, MSD JEWISH STUDENT UNION STRIVES TO FOSTER A WELCOMING AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHERE STUDENTS CAN CONNECT, EXPLORE JEWISH CULTURE AND HISTORY AND ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY WITH THEIR IDENTITY. AND WHEREAS WHILE THE GSC FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING THE JEWISH PRESENCE AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS, IS PART OF A LARGER NETWORK THAT MORE THAN 514 JEWISH CULTURE CLUBS ACROSS FLORIDA AND NORTH AMERICA. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, MIA WALKER AND THE CITY COMMISSION HEREBY RECOGNIZE APRIL 14TH AS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. >> GOOD EVENING. I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE AS THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS JEWISH STUDENT UNION PRESIDENT FOR THE 2025 TO 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE COMPLETELY REJUVENATED OUR CLUB THROUGH CONNECTING WITH JSU INTERNATIONAL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS FOR BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT JEWISH CULTURE, HOLIDAYS AND ISRAEL EDUCATION. JUST YESTERDAY WE HOSTED A LUNCH TO HONOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. THIS FRIDAY WE HOST OUR VERY OWN CHOCOLATE SEDER. WE COULD HAVE NOT GROWN OUR CLUB SO MUCH WITHOUT OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSOR AND OUR MENTOR. THANK YOU TO THE PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION FOR HAVING US TODAY AND HONORING OUR CLUB. YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. >> MR. KING. [00:35:37] >> CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. WHEREAS FLORIDA'S BRIGHT FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF ITS CHILDREN AND WHEREAS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES INCLUDING ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN CAN HAVE SEVERE AND LONG-STANDING CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN FAMILIES AND SOCIETY AS A HOLE. AND WHERE AS RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ARE MORE RESILIENT AND BETTER EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PRIORIIZE CHILDREN AND TAKE ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR PHYSICAL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING -- FAMILIES BY SUPPORTING FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE AND IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE NEGLECT AND TRAUMA. AND WHEREAS BROWARD AWARE, A COUNTY WIDE PROGRAM LED BY THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL AND ITS PARTNERS, AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION BY PROMOTING HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, POSITIVE PARENTING PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE ALL FLORIDIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE CHILDREN CAN THRIVE FEAR THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR WALKER AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 26 CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH . >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TO SEE US. AND YET YOU ARE HERE TO GET A PROCLAMATION. COME ON UP. >> AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, ASD IS A NEUROLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIOUR. ONE IN 36 SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SOME PEOPLE WITH ASD MAY BEHAVE, COMMUNICATE INTERACT AND LEARN IN WAYS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS ACCORDING TO THE CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, PARKLAND IS THE FIRST CITY IN BROWARD AND THE SECOND IN FLORIDA TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AUTISM FRIENDLY. THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND SOUTHWESTERN -- THE PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS, BASED IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND SINCE 2002 IS A NONPROFIT PROVIDING ORGANIZED PEER-TO-PEER SPORTS PROGRAMING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FOR PARKLAND BUDDY SPORTS IS COMMITTED TO CULTIVATING AND EMPOWERING CHALLENGING AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FUN AND FRIENDSHIP BUDDY SPORTS MODEL, NO LIMITS, MEANS EVERY PLAYER, VOLUNTEER AND COACH HAS A CHANCE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL EVERY TIME THEY STEP ON THE FIELD OR COURT WITH THE PROGRAM HERE PARKLAND IS HONORED TO TAKE PART IN THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH AND WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY, IN THE HOPE THAT IT WILL LEAD TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AUTISM AND TO ENSURE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH AUTISM ARE SERVED THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR WALKER AND THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2020 AS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHTS. [00:40:38] THE AGENDA. WE ARE DIFFERING 10C UNTIL MAY SIX FARAHK. >> THAT'S CORRECT IF WE CAN GET A MOTION WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM TO DEFER 10C TO MAY SIX. >> AND THEN WE ARE ADDING E, WHICH WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE SRO SCHOOL BOARD. OKAY. [7. Approval of the Agenda ] APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED. >> MOTION TO APPROVE, SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER [8. Presentation ] KANTERMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD, KELLY SCHWARTZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE AT THE DESK IN FRONT OF YOU THE PRINTED ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING TONIGHT AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PLANNING AND GOING THROUGH A VERY LONG BUDGET PROCESS BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OVER THAT FISCAL YEAR. TO ME, IT HAS SOME OF THE MOST VITAL INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR CITY. AND IN OUR DISCUSSION AT STRATEGIC PLANNING WHERE WE DO MORE WITH LESS, IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING TO PRODUCE THIS REPORT. OUR CONTROLLER WORKED VERY LONG AND HARD WITH OUR AUDITORS TO GET THIS COMPLETE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU READ THROUGH IT, WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO ANSWER THEM HERE BUT THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE JAMIE BLANK FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITING FIRM HERE TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS FOR YOU. JAMIE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JAMIE BLANK AND I'M A SENIOR MANAGER -- >> EXCUSE ME CAN YOU HOLD FOR ONE SECOND. VICE MAYOR BRIER WAS KICKED OFF. >> IS BACK IN. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM. >> MY NAME IS JAMIE BLANKAK I'M A SENIOR MANAGER, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. IF YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT, FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW ALONG HERE I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION. PAGE 10. YOU WILL FIND A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. THE CITY OBTAINED THIS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. IT'S GOING TO SUBMIT THIS IN THE CURRENT YEAR FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THAT COMES FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. WE DO EXPECT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE THE AWARD AGAIN. SKIPPING OVER TO THE FINANCIAL SECTION ON PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE IS THE AUDITOR'S REPORT. THIS REPORT IS BROKEN OUT INTO A FEW DIFFERENT SECTIONS. I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER A FEW OF THEM HERE. THE FIRST SECTION IS THE OPINION. IT STATES THAT WE HAVE AUDITED THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND AS OF AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. IN OUR OPINION, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE PRESENT FAIRLY AND ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CITY AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THIS IS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OR A CLEAN OPINION, WHICH IS THE ONLY OPINION THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT. THE NEXT SECTION IS THE BASIS FOR OPINION. WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN CONJUNCTION GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION AND FAIR PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF [00:45:02] AMERICA. AND FINALLY, THE AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO OBTAIN REASONABLE ASSURANCE ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL STATEMENT WHETHER DUE TO FRAUD OR ERROR AND TO ISSUE AN AUDITOR REPORT THAT INCLUDES OUR OPINION. GOING BACK, THE NEXT SECTION OF THE REPORT IS MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS THIS IS PAGE FOURMAC 312. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SECTION OF DOCUMENTS. I DO SUGGEST THAT YOU READ THIS SECTION IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE IT PROVIDES A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE YEAR AND PREPARES CURRENT YEAR TO PRIOR YEAR AND IT ALSO EXPLAINS WHY THE BALANCE HAS CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THE NEXT SECTION OF THE REPORT IS THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PAGES 13 TO 20 WHICH INCLUDES THE GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION AND STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL FUND AND OTHER -- OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AND FIDUCIARY FUNDS. SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON PAGE 15. THIS IS THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND. IN THE FIRST COLUMN, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU WILL SEE THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY $33.7 MILLION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO NOTE THERE. THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THE NEXT SECTION, PAGES 21 TO 41. THESE ARE THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES WHICH PROVIDE DETAIL ON THE CITY AS WELL AS THE AMOUNTS PRESENTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE JUST WENT OVER HERE THE NEXT SECTION, PAGES 42 TO 46 ARE THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND THE SECTION INCLUDES BUDGET TO ACTUAL SCHEDULES FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND OTHER FUNDS. PAGES 47 TO 57 INCLUDE THE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES AND THE SECTION INCLUDES THE COMBINING BALANCE SHEET COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES TO FUND BALANCES FOR THE NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL BUDGET TO ACTUAL SCHEDULES. THEN WE ARE GOING TO SKIP OVER TO THE LAST SECTION OF THE REPORT. THE COMPLIANCE SECTION ON PAGES 74 TO 84. THIS SECTION INCLUDES REPORTS WHICH ARE REQUIRED UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND RULES OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL STATE OF FLORIDA. THE SCHEDULE OF -- IS INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROL NOR DID OUR TEST FIND ANY INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE IS THE COMMUNICATION TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE AUDITING STANDARDS AND WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT OR DIFFICULTY AND PERFORMING OR COMPLETING OUR AUDIT. SO JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO THANK KELLY, CARLOS AND THE REST OF THE FINANCE AND CITY STAFF FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CLAPPING IS GOOD FOR I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS. IT NEVER GETS BORING BUT THIS IS -- EVERY YEAR WE GET THE SAME AUDIT REPORT. NANCY AND HER TEAM AND KELLY AND EVERYBODY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM, WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED. NOT JUST AS THE MAYOR BUT AS A RESIDENT. AS A RESIDENT I KNOW I FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE THAT PARKLAND STRONG STANDING AS THE GIRLS ARE AT THE HELM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [9. Consent Agenda ] CONSENT AGENDA. WE DON'T TAKE QUESTIONS ON AUDIT BUT YOU CAN TALK TO KELLY IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ON THE AUDIT. THIS IS A PRESENTATION. ACTUALLY, IS NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. KELLY IS RIGHT THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECONDED. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON CONSENT? YES. YOU WERE ONE OF THEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> DANIEL STRACHMAN, 8092 NORTHWEST 125TH TERRACE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU [00:50:02] FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY IN THIS CAPACITY I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE BASKETBALL COURT. AS SOMEONE WHO SITS IN THE PARK. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. COMMISSIONER MURPHY-SALOMONE. VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> YES, AND THANK YOU FOR THE [10. Regular Agenda ] SERVICE TO MR. STRACHMAN. >> WALKER. >> YES. PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. REGULAR AGENDA. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT WITH THIS TODAY? >> I AM ALL RIGHT. A LITTLE NASAL. 10A IS RESOLUTION 2026-032 AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF A ROAD IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE NOTE, SERIES 2026. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION THE CITY OF PARKLAND FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A REVENUE NOTE, SERIES 2026, AND THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A LOAN AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,600,000 TO FINANCE VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL OF TD PUBLIC FINANCE LLC, APPROVING THE FORM OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH NOTE FROM CERTAIN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND OTHER NONREVENUES FROM THE CITY PROVIDING FOR APPEAL AND CONSISTENT PROVISIONS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER PURPOSES. >> WE ARE FINALLY AT THE LAST STEP IN THIS VERY LONG PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR LONGER THAN I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY. BUT WE ARE NOW AT THE FINISH LINE AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE APPROVAL FOR THIS LOAN THAT WE HAVE PRIVATELY NEGOTIATED DIRECTLY WITH TD. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW THE FINANCING OCCURRED, AS SOON AS I STARTED WITH THE CITY, NANCY AND I GOT OFF RUNNING. WE HAD MEETINGS WITH FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND DISCUSSED DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTIONS WITH THEM. THEY HAVE BOTH BANK LOAN PROGRAMS AS WELL AS FIXED RATE BOND PROGRAMING. AFTER REVIEWING AND ANALYZING THOSE PROGRAMS, WE DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE EXPECTED TO CARRY HIGHER RATES AND OF COURSE OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY WAS TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE LOAN IN TERMS FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO WE MOVED ON WE SPOKE WITH SIX DIFFERENT BANKS TO SEE WHO COULD PROVIDE THIS KIND OF FUNDING FOR THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY IN THE MARKET TODAY MOST OF THE BANKS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING 20 YEAR FINANCING WHICH WAS A REQUIREMENT IN THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SOME OF THEM WERE WILLING TO DO TEN YEARS AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REFINANCED AFTER TEN YEARS. IF THIS WAS A CITY PROJECT AND ONLY CITY MONEY WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER BUT WE COULD NOT CONSIDER IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COURSE IT'S LOCKED IN WITH ASSESSMENTS. WE DID GET TWO FORMAL PROPOSALS FOR FINANCING AND AFTER REVIEWING THOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO THESE BANKS PROPOSAL ALIGNED MOST CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S LONG TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND THE PROJECT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WERE FACING WERE THE ROADWAYS. SOMETHING NOTABLE THAT I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING IS THAT WHEN WE DID THE METHODOLOGIES CALGARY BASED IT ON A 5.5% INTEREST RATE AND USED THAT FOR THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULES AND COST. WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THIS DIRECT PLACEMENT FINANCING AT A LOWER RATE AT 4.01. WE WERE ON THE CUSP HOPING FOR JUST UNDER FOUR BUT THEN FUEL ISSUES AND A WAR CAME ABOUT SO WE LOCKED IT IN WHEN WE COULD. THIS REDUCTION WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AMOUNT THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE RESIDENTS TAX BILLS AND SOME REVISED ESTIMATES WHICH WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP PINE TREE ESTATES FOR A BUILDABLE LOT WE WERE ANTICIPATING WOULD BE ABOUT $602 A YEAR, WE HAVE NOW ESTIMATED IT WILL BE $500 PER YEAR AND THAT RANGE WAS PER ASSIGNED ANCHOR IT WAS ORIGINATED AT ONE -- 1028 PER ASSIGNED ANCHOR THEN I SAID TO GIVE THAT EXTRA MILLION DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION WHICH LOWERED IT TO 813 BUT WITH THIS LOWER INTEREST RATE WE ARE NOW AT $682 FOR ASSIGNED ACRE. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING POSITIVE. I'VE SPOKEN WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS. SOME OF THEM WHO MISSED THE INITIAL PREPAYMENT. AND ONCE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE INTEREST RATE A LOT OF THEM FELT THAT THEY ACTUALLY MAKE MORE ON THEIR MONEY. [00:55:03] SO THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A BAD SITUATION. SO AGAIN, THESE -- THE FUTURE DEBT SERVICE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WHICH WE ARE COLLECTING -- USING ANNUAL COLLECTIVE AND ANY OF THOSE HOMES I MADE THE INITIAL PREPAYMENT THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE ONES THAT CHOSE NOT TO MAKE THE INITIAL PREPAYMENT. JUST SOMETHING TO NOTE, THAT WE DID HAVE TO AGREE TO BUDGET COVENANT BACKSTOPS IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE FUNDS TO THE LENDER. THAT IS SOMETHING TO KNOW AS WE EVER NEED FUTURE DEBT HOPEFULLY PROPERTY TAX REFORM DOESN'T HAPPEN BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL SEE ON OUR FINANCIALS, IN THE FUTURE AND WE DO HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIRED MINIMUM LEVELS OF REVENUES. SO AGAIN, BEFORE THIS EVENING IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE NOTE, SERIES 2026 AS WELL AS THE LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE CLOSING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. AND THESE DOCUMENTS WERE DRAFTED BY OUR OUTSIDE THE CITY'S OUTSIDE BARN COUNCIL, ACKERMAN AS WELL AS TD'S OUTSIDE BOND COUNCIL WITH A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW FROM MY TEAM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ONE LAST THING, THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL DO NEED TO SIGN SO PLEASE DON'T RUN TOO QUICKLY AFTER THE MEETING BECAUSE ALISON HAS THAT FOR YOUR SIGNATURE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS WHOLE PROCESS. I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE MADE IT TO THIS FINISH LINE AND OF COURSE I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY THESE TWO PROJECTS, PINE TREE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION AND THIS COMMISSION TO FOLLOWING THROUGH AND GETTING THESE TWO PROJECTS COMPLETED. I WANT TO THANK FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS, OBVIOUSLY THE REST OF THE STAFF BUT I THINK WE ESTIMATED ORIGINALLY AS WHAT WE WERE TELLING RESIDENTS 5.5% AND I THINK IT WAS 4.01 AS WERE THE FINAL RATE WAS WHICH IS FANTASTIC. LOTS OF HARD WORK ON YOUR SIDE TO MAKE SURE WE COULD DO EVERYTHING WE COULD LIKE WE DID WITH THE PINE TREE. WE DID NOT JUST GO WITH THE BUDGET WE THOUGHT WE FOUND OTHER WAYS TO SAVE OUR RESIDENTS MONEY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OUR STAFF ALWAYS DOES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WE WORK HARD NOT JUST FOR THE CITY BUT WE DO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE RESIDENTS DO HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY YOU WORKED VERY HARD TO GET A BETTER INTEREST RATE WHICH SAVES A LOT OF PEOPLE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AND I AM GLAD WE ARE AT THE STAGE. THIS PART IS BEHIND US AND NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO BETTER AND BIGGER THINGS. ANYBODY ELSE? [LAUGHTER] >> MOTION TO APPROVE ENTHUSIASTICALLY. >> SECOND. >> ENTHUSIASTICALLY. >> I DID NOT THINK I HAD TO SAY IT. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK. THERE IS NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER SALOMONE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> YES. >> VICE PRESIDENT BRIER. >> IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM 10B, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER CITY OF PARKLAND FLORIDA AMEND THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE FIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROVISIONS SECTION FIVE -- 3530, TERMS DEFINED TO ADD A DEFINITION OF FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT AND AMENDING ARTICLE TEN DIVISION NUMBER 5, B1, B3, AND LP COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, SECTION TEN -- 45 '05, USES PERMITTED AND ARTICLE 90 OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING SECTION 90 TRI 1530 AMOUNT OF OFF STREET PARKING TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AFFECTABILITY. >> MOTION TO APPROVE SECONDED. >> BEFORE YOU TAKE A MOTION CAN I POSE ONE QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSION. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING WHETHER WE SHOULD BRING FORWARD A SEPARATE SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS FROM THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS SIMILAR TO YOUR FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS. THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CODE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER AND WORK ON BRING FORWARD A DRAFT WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PNC RECOMMENDED OR DISCUSSED. >> WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? >> IT WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE TO ALSO EXEMPT FAST CASUAL AND SOME FORM OR FASHION FROM THE [01:00:01] DISTANCE SEPARATION SIMILAR TO FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS SO THAT THEY CAN BE WITHIN CERTAIN DISTANCES. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER DO THAT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AS YOU GET AN EXCEPTION NOT AS A ALLOWANCE. I DON'T KNOW -- WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED MAY CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF HOW FAR YOU WANT SOMETHING SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WANT THAT AS A -- AS A ONE SIZE. >> I'M NOT NECESSARILY DISAGREEING WITH COMMISSIONER ISROW BUT WOULD THAT MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A VARIANCE, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, THAT PROCESS? PART OF US DOING THIS IS SO THAT BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AND GET A VARIANCE. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> THE FINAL FORM OF THE CODE OF -- AMENDMENT CAN LOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IF WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT IN THE COMPLETE EXEMPTION FOR FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED WHERE IT'S MORE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS WE COULD DRAFT SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AS WELL. >> THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY HAD TO DO A VARIANCE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD APPROVE THE DEPARTMENT PROCESS. >> IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THE INTENT WOULD BE TO DRAFT SOMETHING WHERE IT WOULD BE BYE BYE RIGHT IF THEY MET CERTAIN CRITERIA. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE OPPOSITE, MY UNDERSTANDING I AGREED WITH IT IS THAT IF WE DON'T PRESERVE THERE BEING WHETHER IT SPECIAL EXEMPTION OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO NITPICK IF YOU WILL OR AT LEAST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE BEFORE WE APPROVE IT BY RIGHT. >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE ALREADY HALF WAY, I'M GUESSING THERE'S ALREADY BUSINESSES WHO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THIS CODE. >> THERE IS BUSINESSES THAT CURRENTLY SERVE BEER AND WINE YES. >> TECHNICALLY, PIZZA IS TECHNICALLY FAST CASUAL. >> BUT THEY CAME IN UNDER A RESTAURANT PROVISION. >> WHAT IS IT EFFECTUATE, IF MY PIZZA, THEY SELL BEER. >> TECHNICALLY THEY WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS FAST CASUAL WITH A DEFINITION BASED ON THE MENU STRUCTURE. WE'RE ADJUSTING SOME OF THE EXISTING FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS. >> SO ESSENTIALLY WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CHANGE THE LAW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE IN VIOLATION RIGHT? >> THAT WAS THE INTENT FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD. >> THAT IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN THE GOING FORWARD CONVERSATION. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES I WOULD SAY. I WOULD NOT WANT TO LUMP THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE HOW WE FIX THE EXISTING ONES IS HOW -- IS GOING TO BE A LOT NARROWER AND MORE TAILORED THAN I THINK THE VICE MAYOR POINTED OUT PIERRE I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE BOTH PROBLEMS WITH ONE ANSWER AND I THINK BY DOING THAT WE ARE CREATING MORE PROBLEMS. >> WE CAN CONSIDER A GRANDFATHERING PROVISION FOR SOME OF THE EXISTING RESTAURANTS AND COME UP WITH CRITERIA FOR FUTURE ESTABLISHMENTS. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA PIERRE. >> DO YOU WANT A MOTION WITH THAT CHANGE? >> MOTION WITH THAT CHANGE. >> FOR CLARIFICATION WOULD MISS FORBES IS ASKING FOR IS DIRECTION REGARDING THAT ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU ON SECTION READING DOES NOT ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS BUT SHE'S MENTIONING ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS FROM PMS TO BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THAT. IT IS NOT IN THE CURRENT ITEM. >> BUT THAT ANTHONY, SO THAT ORDINANCE WOULD PROVIDE A RIGHT FOR AS LONG AS THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO VIEW THIS ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED BASIS. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER ISROW COMMENT. GOING FORWARD WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO THESE WHETHER IT IS A VARIANCE OR HOWEVER THE PARAMETERS ARE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS NOT MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO NOT ONLY ALLOW FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS BUT NOT HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTANCING BETWEEN ENTITIES THAT SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT'S -- >> PRETTY MUCH, YOU HAVE MOD PIZZA, RIGHT NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER THAT SERVE ALCOHOL PEER. >> THOSE WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN I'M TALKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD INCLUDING WITH THE OTHER AREAS. >> WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS CHARACTER WOULD BE NO REASON TO DO THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE THEN IF THEY HAVE TO COME IN FOR VARIANCE WHAT'S THE POINT OF EVEN DOING THIS ORDINANCE? >> WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS YOU CAN -- LET ME ASK IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE'D HAVE TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THIS TO ADD THE GRANDFATHERING LANGUAGE? WE CAN'T APPROVE IT NOW WITHOUT THAT. >> TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POINT THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ORDINANCES THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PERMANENT USE THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A SECONDARY OR SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD ON A SECOND CHAPTER TO [01:05:01] ADDRESS THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DISTANCE SINCE IT IS ORDINANCE SPECIFIC TO ONLY THE USE AND SILENT TO THAT EXEMPTION. TWO SEPARATE. >> TO MEET FAST CASUAL SERVICE BEER AND SOME WINE I THINK THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING THIS VARIANCE IS NOT -- OR DOING THIS ORDINANCE IS SO SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE THESE STORES -- SMALL RESTAURANTS DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY AND TIME TO DO A VARIANCE WHICH COULD LEAD THEM TO WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO AVOID IF WE HAVE TO DO A VARIANCE JUST TO SERVE BEER AND WINE, THEN THERE IS NO POINT OF EVEN DOING THIS WORK. >> I THINK I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON THIS, THE ORDINANCE. I GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU DIRECTION BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO LEAD YOU SOMEWHERE WHERE WE DON'T KNOW YET. I WOULD RATHER US GET MORE INFORMATION AND GIVE YOU CLEAR DIRECTION ABOUT NUMBER 1 IF THE GRANDFATHERING IS SEPARATE THEN THAT LANGUAGE I THINK WOULD ALSO BE GOOD FOR WHAT WE ARE TAILORING TO OUR RFP, WE HAVE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WITHOUT IT BEING IN THE ABSTRACT. I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM. KAITLYN FORBES -- GRANDFATHERING WE ALREADY KNOW, IT EXISTS. GOING FORWARD WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH. RIGHT NOW I WOULD STICK TO THIS AND SAVE THE OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE FOR ANOTHER WORKSHOP. >> THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THIS. >> DO YOU WANT TO STICK TO THIS. >> CORRECT. I AM GOING TO JUST APPROVE THIS AS IS. >> THAT IS OUR INTENT. >> STILL SECONDED. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT? SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SALOMONE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> YES. >> MAYOR WALKER. >> YES PLEASE NOTE PASSAGE ACCORDINGLY. >> 12005 AMENDING THE MASTER PLAN FIRST READING THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER A CITY OF PARKLAND APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE IMPROVED MASTER PLAN TO ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 135 SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT ON PARCEL C AND TO AMEND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ESTABLISHED IN ORDINANCE 2011 -- 36, PERTAINING TO MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCES FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED IN NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND WEST HILLSBORO BOULEVARD SUMMERSIDE ACADEMY EXPANSION. APPLICATION NUMBER 2025 - FIVE PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO DEFER THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE TO MAY SIXTH WHICH WOULD MEAN THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 20TH. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOVE TO MAY SIXTH FOR ITEM 10C. >> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND BY. >> INTERPRETER: >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SALOMONE. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> YES. >> MAYOR WALKER. PLEASE SHOW PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL PIERRE. >> FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAY HAVE GOTTEN NOTICES THE RELATED ITEMS TO THIS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD BE DEFERRED TO MAY 20TH AS WELL. WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES. ATTENDEE IS ORDINANCE, FISCAL YEAR 2026 MID-YEAR BUDGET AMOUNT. FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE A CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE 2025 - 010 WHICH ADOPTED THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND FISCAL YEAR 2025 - 2026 PROVIDED FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVELY. >> KELLY AGAIN. >> HELLO, KELLY SCHWARTZ FINANCE DIRECTOR. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS US TO AMEND OUR BUDGET AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND UP TO 60 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WE HAVE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF ITEMS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HAD PRESENTED BEFORE YOU. FOR EXAMPLE THE GENERAL FUND WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT IN HERE FOR THE ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE RANCH'S ROAD FUND. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER AS PART OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ITEM AND SO THIS IS THE FUNDING OF WHAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED. IN ADDITION WE HAD AN ITEM A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER GOLF COURSE CACTUSES GOING TO TRANSFER 185,000 FOR THAT. >> PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEMS AND TAKEN THEM FROM ONE BUCKET TO ANOTHER BUCKET. THIS DOESN'T IN ANY WAY CHANGE OUR BUDGET, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OUTLOOK OR ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IT'S JUST TAKING IT FROM ONE BUCKET TO ANOTHER. >> IT INCREASES THE BUDGET. WE HAVE TO FORMULATE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS FORMAL PROCESS, THE [01:10:01] STATE REQUIRES IT EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE INDIVIDUALLY APPROVED ALL OF THESE THINGS YOU NOW HAVE TO JUST FORMALLY IN THAT SAME MANNER YOU ADOPTED THE BUDGET AMEND THE BUDGET TO INCREASE IT. ALMOST ALL OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED WERE ITEMS THAT WERE BUDGETED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE WEDGE PRESERVE PARK, A LARGE PROJECT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WILL COMPLETE IN ONE YEAR. WE HAD THE FUNDING THAT WAS APPROVED AND PROVIDED FOR IN FISCAL YEAR 25, THE PROJECT IS ONGOING NOW, WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE IT THIS CALENDAR YEAR BUT AS WE ARE PAYING BILLS NOW WE HOPE NOW WE HAVE TO BRING THOSE FUNDS FORWARD. IT WAS ALREADY FUNDED, THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE CLEAN UP THINGS LIKE YOU SAID THAT NOW WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED LAST YEAR. SO THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS AGAIN. THE PLAN WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THESE PROJECTS, THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN PRIOR YEARS, WE ARE JUST FINISHING UP THOSE EXPENSES IN THIS YEAR SO THIS IS PUTTING THE BUDGET DOLLARS BACK IN THERE. THE FINAL ITEMS WE HAVE TWO NEW DEBT SERVICE FUNDS SO WHENEVER WE PAY A NEW LOAN IN A CASE LIKE THIS YOU DO A DEBT SERVICE FUND BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CITY FUNDED PROJECT. WE WILL HAVE TWO NEW DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AND THAT ANOTHER PIECE OF WHAT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS DOING IS CREATING THOSE FUNDS AND THE BUDGETS THAT GO WITH IT SO WHEN OUR FIRST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IS DUE WE WILL BE READY FOR IT AND WE CAN PUT THE FUNDS IN AND BE READY FOR THOSE PAYMENTS. ALL OF THE DETAILS ARE OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT A BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF COURSE I AM HERE. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY? >> MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SECOND. >> ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS SEEING NONE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER SALOMONE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> YES. >> VICE-MAYOR BRIER. >> YES. >> MAYOR WALKER. >> YES. -- PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA ITEM E. I WILL READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LETTER THAT FORT LAUDERDALE, AND HALLANDALE RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WHICH IS BASICALLY TELLING THEM THEY NO LONGER NEED THEIR SERVICES FOR SROS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. AGAIN CORRECT DUE TO SUN.SHINE -- NOT CONVERSATIONS WE CAN HAVE SO I WANTED TO -- I'M VERY CONFIDENT WE ARE MORE OR LESS ON THE SAME PAGE BUT I WANTED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION PUBLICLY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SO THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WHETHER IT IS ME OR YOU OR NANCY OR WHOEVER, WE ARE TALKING TOGETHER AS ONE COLLECTIVE UNIT. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I HAVE STRONG CONCERNS ABOUT. OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IN DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE MAKING DECISIONS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE FOR THEIR OWN ENTITY AND TO THAT WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US. OBVIOUSLY SCHOOL SAFETY IS ONE OF THOSE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB THAT WE HAVE IS PUBLIC SAFETY. AND TO ME PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING THESE SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND DOES NOT TAKE AWAY OUR NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PROTECTED. SO I THINK IT IS -- I. CANNOT SAY HOW AGAIN, WE ALL SAW THIS COMING SO WE KNEW THESE WERE DECISIONS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AT SOME POINT. I KNOW THERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS STILL AND THERE WERE MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO AGO TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE SCHOOLS TO REIMBURSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET REIMBURSED IN FULL OR PARTIALLY, HOWEVER IT ACTUALLY WORKS. THEY ARE BACK TO RENEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE GET REIMBURSED FROM THE SCHOOL 100%. OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD THAT SO THEIR DECISION IS TO FIND OUT WAYS TO CUT COSTS AND ONE OF THOSE WAYS IS TO HIRE THEIR OWN WHETHER IT IS POLICE OFFICERS, GUARDIANS WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DIRECTION THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO TAKE BUT WE WILL OBVIOUSLY GET THE SAME LETTER THAT THEY GOT. WE WILL BE LEFT WITH A DECISION DO WE JUST TAKE IT AND SAY THANK YOU OR DO WE TRY TO FIGHT IT AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL SCHOOLS? [01:15:02] TRANSPARENCY IS AN ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME VERY MUCH I THINK HAVING OUR OWN SCHOOL RESOURCES IN OUR SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A NEUTRAL PARTY IN THEY'RE HERE I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT STATISTICS BUT OUR GOOD FRIEND STARTED SAFE SCHOOLS WHICH IS A DASHBOARD THAT TRACKS BULLYING, HOW MANY WEAPONS COME IN THE SCHOOLS, FIGHTS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HE HAS ON HIS DASHBOARD AND HE'S ALWAYS SAID PRIOR TO 2018 MSD I. DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS NO ISSUES WERE REPORTED IN THE SCHOOLS OR VERY MINIMAL ISSUES, WHICH CONCERNS ME AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY IS CONCERNED. IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE INSIDE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. TAKE MSD FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS 3000 KIDS IN THERE. I'M SURE THINGS HAPPEN ALMOST EVERY DAY. MAYBE NOT ENOUGH TO WHERE IT IS TRAGIC AND IT'S HORRIBLE BUT WHETHER IT IS SOMEONE GETTING BULLIED OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE NEED SOMEONE WHO'S REPRESENTING THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND ITS RESIDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS WATCHING WHAT IS GOING ON. I ALSO HAVE A HUGE QUESTION WITH THE PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION THAT IS GOING ON JUST SPEAKING FISCALLY. THE WAY IT IS WORDED AT THIS JUNCTURE WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CUT PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH IS POLICE AND FIRE. IF WE CANNOT CUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN THAT STATE LEGISLATURE GOES THROUGH IT WITH A FULL PROPERTY TAX WHILE THE FULL LOCAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH SOME COUNTY DISCRETIONARY FUNDING BUT I CONSIDER IT A COUNTY LOCAL BUT IF THE STATE GOES THROUGH WITH A REDUCTION OF LOCAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR 11 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CUT? WE COULD BE LOOKING AT 11 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT OUR CITY DOES NOT NEED. MAYBE WE CAN USE ONE OR TWO OR WHATEVER BUT WE DON'T NEED 11 MORE. SO TO ME THAT IS ALSO A HUGE CONCERN ON THE FISCAL SCIENCE. AT A BARE MINIMUM I WOULD LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO HEAR FROM US TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS A CONCERN OF OURS AND AT A BARE MINIMUM WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR THE ABILITY. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY OF CITIES TO HAVE THEIR OWN SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN REIMBURSEMENT OR FUNDING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT LATER. AS THINGS PROGRESS AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE DO NOT GET THE LETTER BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PARKLAND WANTS THEIR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT WHAT DEGREE WE PAY FOR IT, THAT WOULD COME DOWN TO A SPECIFIC NEGOTIATION BUT TO ME I WOULD IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT THERE. IF IT MEANS US PAYING FOR IT OR WHATEVER, AGAIN WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCES THERE WITHOUT A DOUBT. I WANTED IT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD INDICATING THAT AT A MINIMUM AND WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE, WE WILL SEE. >> I'M IN AGREEMENT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT CHECKS AND BALANCES. OBVIOUSLY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS IMPORTANT BUT IF THE SCHOOL BOARD REALLY BELIEVES IT'S GOING TO BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO START THEIR OWN POLICE FORCE THAT THEY HAVE TO MANAGE AND OPERATE AND EQUIP, I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE I THINK THAT WILL SAVE MONEY. BEYOND THAT, WE HAD A TALK ABOUT THE I LA FOR SOLID WASTE. MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING HERE ABOUT SOME CITIES BEING ABLE TO OPT OUT BECAUSE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO MAKE IT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE BROWARD DISTRICT, THAT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE NECESSARILY A FAIR THING WHERE SOME CITIES MAY BE INFLUENCED OR AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CONSIDER, WE ARE AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD DOING IT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TWO INDEPENDENT JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE TRYING TO ENFORCE SOMETHING AND ONE IS SAYING YES, THE OTHER ONE IS SAYING NO. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE BOTH. IT HAS TO BE EITHER THE CITY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN WITH SOME SORT OF SUBSIDY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD DEPENDING ON WHENEVER IT IS OR I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO LEAVE IT AS IS AND FOCUS ON THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON WHICH IS NOT POLICING. [01:20:03] >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> I AGREE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY. WE CAN'T HAVE THE MEMBERS THAT ARE EMPLOYEES POLICING THEMSELVES. THIS IS NOT A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. >> SOME CITIES WILL MAKE THE DECISION OR HAVE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION TO USE GUARDIANS OR MAYBE ACCEPT THIS DECISION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY ARE HAPPY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY SROS ANY MORE. THAT MAY BE THEIR DECISION FOR THEIR CITY BUT TO ME OUR CITY IS DIFFERENT AND WE SHOULD ACT AS SUCH. >> I WOULD JUST SAY. >> I WOULD ADD. >> GO AHEAD. >> I AM JUST SAYING I AGREE AND SUPPORT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE PROVIDE TO SROS IN OUR SCHOOLS, I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE MINIMUM STANDARDS WILL BE, I'M RIGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OUR FRANCHISE FEE I THINK IS INTERTWINED WITH THIS WITH REGARDS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY. THAT WAS ENACTED HERE I WOULD REITERATE ALL OF THOSE REASONS FOR WANTING TO HAVE OUR SROS AND HAVE THE VOLUME OF SROS IN THE SCHOOL AS WE HAVE HAD IT SINCE THE TRAGEDY. >> ONE LAST THING. MAYBE I'M INCORRECT IS IT THAT EVEN IN THE PROPERTY TAXES, AREN'T THEY SAYING THAT IT WOULD STILL THE SCHOOLS WOULD STILL GET THEIR SHARE FOR MOST OF THESE PROPOSALS? MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THAT THRESHOLD, WE CANNOT GO BELOW PUBLIC SAFETY AT A CERTAIN POINT. I GUESS IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT INTO THE SCHOOL, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SROS OR ANYTHING INTO IT, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK OUT FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT? WHO IS PAYING, IF THE SCHOOL IS PAYING FOR THE POLICE BUT OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING -- THEY ONLY GET WHATEVER OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE THAT GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. THEY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE ARE THEY SPENDING THAT MONEY ON CREATING A POLICE FORCE ON USING THINGS LIKE ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY GET A SEPARATE BUCKET WITHOUT KNOWING ALL OF THE BUDGETS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY GET A SEPARATE BUCKET FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. >> THOSE FUNDS CAN BE UTILIZED. >> THAT BUCKET -- THAT BUCKET IS NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR FULL SROS AT ALL THE SCHOOLS. >> IT IS ENOUGH TO PAY FOR AN ENTIRE POLICE FORCE? >> THEIR POINT IS THEY WILL SAVE MONEY BECAUSE IF THEY HAD TO PAY US $200,000 IN OFFICER, THEY THINK THEY CAN GET IT FOR $100,000. >> THAT COST THOUGH IS SAVINGS OVER HOW MANY? THERE'S SOME SORT OF TIME HORIZON. THE POINT IS OVER THE LAST DECADE WE'VE WATCHED, IS NOT A SPECIFIC DISTRICT OR THE BOARD, IT IS THE DISTRICT. THE LAST TEN YEARS THE MONEY HAS BEEN MANAGED IN A WOEFULLY INADEQUATE -- INADEQUATE MANNER. TO BELIEVE NOW THAT LEADS CHANGE NOT JUST TO EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM BUT TO SAFETY, AND WE WILL EXPERIMENT. I'M SORRY, I THINK THAT'S NOT. >> YOU KNOW, PALM BEACH DOESN'T KNOW, MIAMI DADE DOES IT NOW, BUT BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD WOULD HAVE TO SHOW ME THAT THEY CAN MANAGE THEIR HOUSE BEFORE THEY TAKE ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. TO TAKE ON SOMETHING TOTALLY BRAND NEW JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. >> AGREED. >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT I WILL MOVE ON. >> THAT WAS IT. MY CONCERNS ARE WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ON STAFFING AND GETTING SOME REIMBURSEMENT I DON'T SEE WHY THAT SHOULD NOT CONTINUE. >> RIGHT. RIGHT NOW THE ARGUMENT IS WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF FUNDING. THAT IS THE DISAGREEMENT AT THIS JUNCTURE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHOEVER THEY ARE NEGOTIATING WITH. WHETHER THIS IS A POWER PLAY BY THAT SCHOOL BOARD OR WHATEVER, FOR THESE NEGOTIATIONS AT THIS JUNCTURE IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE SCHOOL BOARD THINKS THEY CAN GO OR THEY WILL GO, IT IS A REAL SHAME. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. >> I THINK WE ARE GOOD. [11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office ] COMMENTS BY THE BROWARD WIN YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS? [LAUGHTER] >> SHERIFF'S OFFICE I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THOSE FEW MOMENTS TO RECOGNIZE MY TEAM. >> DON'T GET TOO USED TO IT. THIS IS OUR SHOW. >> WE DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK HERE. >> WHAT'S YOUR START OF THE [01:25:01] MONTH THAT STARTS UP A TREND. >> IT DOES START A TREND, IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON US BUT NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS I TALKED TO THESE GUYS AT ROLL CALL AND I TRIED TO GIVE THEM A SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY AND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THINGS OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AND WHY THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SET A CERTAIN WAY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. SEE BEHIND THE SCENES KIND OF THINGS AND OBVIOUSLY TO GIVE THE RECOGNITION. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> WE RENEWED YOUR CONTRACT SO OBVIOUSLY WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY BSO AND SPECIFICALLY THE CAPTAIN. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> AND KUDOS TO MIKE, WHO DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS STRATEGIC PLANNING, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER HIM AS A PERMANENT FIXTURE THERE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. >> I WILL TELL HIM THAT. I'LL TELL HIM THAT. HE'LL BE THRILLED TO HEAR THAT. >> I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M NOT KIDDING BUT I HAVE TO BUTTER UP. >> I DID, I HEARD SOME GREAT FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL DECIDED ON THAT FIXED LPR SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS WELL OVERDUE. I APPRECIATE THAT. MIKE DOES A GREAT JOB WHICH IS WHY HE'S HERE WITH ME SO I'LL KEEP HIM AS LONG AS I CAN. HE KEEPS INTERFERING FOR THESE OTHER POSITIONS BUT WE WILL TRY TO KEEP HIM HERE I APPRECIATE IT. AS FAR AS MARCH NUMBERS, I WANTED TO SAY WE HAD 2015 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE HAD NINE ARRESTS, WE HAD 31 CRASHES, WE ISSUED 589 CITATIONS, WE HAD 441 DIRECTED PATROLS OR BASICALLY AREA CHECKS AND THEN WE HAD 248 PARK WALK AND TALKS. WITH MEANINGFUL CONTACT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE ON SATURDAY WILL BE AT THE AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE EVENT WILL HAVE ATTEND. MONDAY WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AT EVERGLADES CAREER DAY AND TUESDAY WE HAVE A COFFEE WITH A COP SO WE HAVE A LOT OF NICE EVENTS COMING UP, HOPE TO [12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department ] SEE YOU THERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CAPTAIN. >> COMMENTS BY THE CORAL SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD EVENING, JOHN BARRY, FIRE DEPARTMENT. VERY QUICK UPDATE TONIGHT WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ALL ON SATURDAY FOR AUTISM AWARENESS DAY. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICE MAYOR, SHE WAS VERY DEAR TO US AND SHE WAS A VERY WONDERFUL PERSON, I KNEW HER PERSONALLY AND HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND TIME WITH HER AND SHE WILL TRULY BE MISSED,. >> IT WAS OUR HONOR, AMAZING WOMAN. THANK YOU. >> COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER. >> NO COMMENT, THANK YOU. >> COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> NO COMMENTS. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. DON'T FORGET, DON'T LEAVE. WE HAVE TO SIGN FOR THAT. >> MOTIO * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.