[00:00:01] >> I CAN HEAR MYSELF. >> I RAISED IT UP. [1. Call to Order] >> SORRY. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND. ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, AT 6:02. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. AUGUST. >> 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. >> I THOUGHT, LIKE, JUST CHATTER. >> I DID, TOO. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SOUND. >> THE NEW AC. >> I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS POURING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER MURPHY-SALOMONE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> HERE. >> MAYOR WALKER. >> HERE. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> HERE. [4. Approval of Minutes] >> COMMISSIONER CANTERMAN. >> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES -- KANTERMAN. >> MOTION APPROVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY CANNEDMAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MULL MULL SUMMER OLYMPIC -- MURPHY-SALOMONE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ARMZ 6789 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING AS WE DON'T -- >> HOLD ON. >> OH, YOU GOT A LIST. >> MARK RESTON. >> MARK. COME ON DOWN. >> OKAY. WITHDRAWN. >> WITHDRAWN? OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? NO? [5. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items] NOBODY. OKAY. WE'LL START WITH -- LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER MURPHY-SALOMONE. >> ARE YOU READY? >> YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM. AND WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT BY RESIDENTS AND, OF COURSE, GREAT TO SEE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. SO I HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS THAN MAYBE GENERALLY AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THERE IS MUCH GOING ON AND YOU CAN SAY THAT GENERALLY, BUT I THINK SPECIFICALLY IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS FOR SURE, AND IT'S BEEN SUMMER, SO WE'RE BACK. BACK TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS GREAT. WE JUST HAD OUR PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS, SO I DO WANT TO FIRST AND FOREMOST THANK EVERYONE WHO VOTED. I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR DAYS, BUT VOTING IS OUR VOICE. AND SO WHEN I SAW THE STATS ON FLORIDA AND THE NUMBER OF VOTERS REGISTERED IN FLORIDA AND THEN THE NUMBER OF VOTERS THAT CAME OUT FOR PRIMARY AND I'VE SEEN STATS ON, YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION YEAR IN 2024 AND OTHER ELECTIONS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AREA TO IMPROVE. SO I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT VOTE, DO IT BY MAIL. IT'S EASY AND IT'S YOUR VOICE. AND SO, OF COURSE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE WHO WERE ELECTED -- EXCUSE ME, WHO WON THE PRIMARY, AND FOR THOSE WHO RAN AND, YOU KNOW, DID NOT PREVAIL IN THE PRIMARY, BUT PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE AND WORKED VERY HARD, WE ALL KNOW WHAT CAMPAIGNING IS LIKE. IT'S NOT EASY. I COMMEND YOU. AND I THANK YOU. SO I ALSO WANT TO JUST MENTION OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE TALK ABOUT EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT SEEMS SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT LIGHT, MAYBE A LITTLE FLUFFY, BUT PARKLAND IS ABOUT COMMUNITY. SO IT REMINDS ME OF WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE STAND FOR, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EVENTS, EATS AND BEATS OR THE FISHING DERBY OR MEET YOUR SRO BACK TO SCHOOL, THOSE THINGS CAN SEEM AGAIN, OKAY, GREAT, THEY'RE AN EVENT, YOU KNOW. MAYBE HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND OUR PARKS AND R RECS FOLKS CAN TELL YOU THAT. IT UNIFIES US AS A COMMUNITY. IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT TO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE STAND FOR. AND SO THAT THEN LEADS ME TO THE NEXT BRIEF TOPIC THAT I HAVE, WHICH IS TO DO THESE THINGS AS A COMMUNITY AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY HERE IN [00:05:04] PARKLAND, PROPERTY TAXES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. WE ARE NOT A BEDROOM -- WE ARE NOT A TOURIST SPOT. WE ARE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY. SO WE RELY UPON PROPERTY TAXES. AND SO WE JUST COMPLETED OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WERE RUNNING TO GET TO THE DAIS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I AM CONTINUOUSLY AMAZED AND IMPRESSED BY OUR CITY STAFF AND HOW SERIOUSLY THEY TAKE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, HOW DISCIPLINED THEY ARE, HOW CREATIVE, AND WE DON'T SEE THAT IN ALL CITIES. WE DON'T HAVE -- THERE'S NOT THE KIND OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE, THE CALIBRE OF STAFF, AND ALSO THAT THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, OUR RESIDENTS. SO WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS WAS DONE. AND NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT INCREASE THEIR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT, THEY'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR CITY, THE MILITARY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS -- THE MILLAGE RATES -- AT 4.2979. THE MAX IS 10 MILLS. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WE ARE THE FIFTH LOWEST IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE STRIVING TO MAINTAIN OUR EXCELLENT SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT MAKE PARKLAND WHAT IT IS. TAX REFORM COULD CHANGE ALL THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT. AND SO PART OF THE WORKSHOP AND THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT THE BUDGET, DECREASING THE BUDGET, CUTTING WHERE WE CAN, WHICH IS NOT EASY. YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS RIGHT THERE IS 61% OF OUR BUDGET, AND SO WE'LL SAYESE MAT, BUT THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE -- SAY ESTIMATE. AT THE END OF THE DAY PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF ON TAX REFORM. WE AS A CITY, OUR CITY STAFF ARE BEING DILIGENT, PROACTIVE IN PLANNING FOR WHAT IS A HUGE UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WILL IMPACT ALL MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS FLORIDA, BUT SOME DEFINITELY MORE THAN OTHERS INCLUDING PARKLAND. SO, AGAIN, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE AND NOT SURPRISED AND IT'S PART OF OUR GOALS IS THE PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAS TAKEN, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THE PASSING OF TAX REFORM. AND IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US, REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR TRIM NOTICE. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK AT TO SEE HOW YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE BEING USED, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LOOK AT IT EVERY TIME, RIGHT? BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. AND IT ALSO IS A REMINDER AS WE FACE THIS TAX REFORM THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR US. I DO WANT TO JUST COMMENT THAT WE ALL ATTENDED THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TODAY REGARDING THE SALE OF THE LAND TO BROWARD HEALTH, SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW, HASN'T CLOSED YET, BUT THAT PURCHASE BY BROWARD HEALTH FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT WAS COMPLETED AND THERE IS A SUM OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IS DUE AND OWING TO PARKLAND. WE ALL SPOKE TODAY AS A COMMISSION TO COMMUNICATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THEY DO THE RIGHT THING INCLUDING ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS, FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE, THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED AND SUPPORTED THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. FINALLY, I DO WANT TO MENTION THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING. I AM A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD AS WELL AS THE BACKUP FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND -- FOR SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT WORK DONE ON THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS HUGELY IMPORTANT TO BROWARD COUNTY BECAUSE WE ARE BEHIND IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE, AND FORM WITH THAT, AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT MANY CALL MOUNT TRASHMORE, YOU CAN SEE THAT. I'M THRILLED TO SAY THAT WE GOT TO A "YES" VOTE ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES WHO VOTED. THERE WERE ONLY TWO CITIES WHO DID NOT. OF COURSE, PARKLAND VOTED "YES" IN SUPPORT OF THIS MASTER PLAN. SO VERY EXCITING. I COMMEND ALL THOSE THAT PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO IT. I'M SO IMPRESSED WHEN I GO TO THE MEETINGS OF THE INFORMATION, THE WORK, THE EFFORTS, AND THIS AGREEMENT WILL AND IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM STABILITY AND SAVE THE CITY QUITE A BIT OF [00:10:07] MONEY. AND NOT JUST OUR CITY. BEGINNING IN 2028. SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY WILL IT FINANCIALLY BENEFIT US, BUT IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ONGOING SERVICES, TRASH COLLECTION, MORE RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT WILL HELP OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY, OUR STATE, THE COUNTRY, OUR ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS HUGELY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. I TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER TODAY, BUT I APPRECIATE IT, AND I HOPE EVERYONE'S SETTLING IN COMING BACK TO SCHOOL, AND WISHING EVERYONE A FANTASTIC SCHOOL YEAR. >> YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU WANT. THOSE ARE WONDERFUL COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. WE GOT SOME ECHO. COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL SAID, CINDY, BY THE WAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WELCOME ALL THE STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL. IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR AS THE HOPE IS ALWAYS AT ITS PEAK. I GOT TO SPEND THE MORNING AT RIVER GLADES WITH MRS. SALTER AND HER STAFF, DEPP RODRIGUEZ AND, OF COURSE, PINK -- MR. ROD -- THE BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO WELCOMED THE KIDS TO SCHOOL. SO WELL-BEHAVED. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE ELECTION WINNERS FROM YESTERDAY BOTH IN PRIMARIES AS WELL AS SLOTS THAT WERE COMPLETED THEIR ELECTION LAST NIGHT. WE ALL LIVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. WE ALL ON THE DAIS, I KNOW WE HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR EVERYONE THAT DECIDES TO PUT THEIR NAME OUT THERE IN A CAMPAIGN, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE APPRECIATES EXACTLY HOW HARD IT IS TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, BUT IT IS VERY HARD. AND I WANT TO GIVE MY UTMOST RESPECT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDED TO PUT THEIR HATS IN THE RING AND, OF COURSE, AS CINDY SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT, LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE VOTING COME NOVEMBER. NUMBERS HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY QUITE DOWN IN THE SHOWUP DEPARTMENT, AND AS I SEE ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS HERE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MUCH POLYESTER AT SOMEONE PLACE, IT'S LIKE STUDIO 54 OR SOMETHING, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE MEETING, OF COURSE. I WANT TO THANK ASTON GARDENS FOR HOSTING THE FIRST RESPONDERS APPRECIATION LUNCH AS WE DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS EACH AND EVERY DAY. IT'S NICE -- EXTRA NICE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND SHARE A MEAL AND SOME STORIES AND JUST HAVE SOME FACETIME WITH YOU GUYS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED DOING THAT WITH YOU ALL. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> MR. MAYOR. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW SCHOOL YEAR. I'M GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT SCHOOL 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WERE TODAY. WE ALL HAD THE PLEASURE -- AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER CINDY MURPHY-SALOMONE SAID, WE WENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TODAY. THE MEETING WAS A CONTINUATION OF A MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 23RD. THE ISSUE ON JUNE 23RD WAS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS GOING TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO SELL A PARCEL OF PROPERTY IT OWNS IN OUR CITY TO BROWARD HEALTH. THAT WAS THE ISSUE. NOW, DESPITE MS. ALODEPHS BEST EFFORTS, AND I APPRECIATE HER SPEAKING UP ON BEHALF OF PARKLAND, SHE MADE HER CASES TO THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT WE SHOULDN'T BE MAKING THIS DECISION NOW WITH BROWARD HEALTH UNTIL WE DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND'S $850,000 CONTRIBUTION THAT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH IT YET. AND INSTEAD THE BOARD IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM DECIDED TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE SALE TO BROWARD HEALTH AND THEN CARVE OUT THE ISSUE OF WHAT TO DO WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND FOR A FUTURE VOTE. , NOW, THAT VOTE CAME TODAY, A MONTH LATER. IS NOW, SOMETHING FASCINATING HAPPENED AT THIS MEETING THAT I JUST HAVE TO TAKE ISSUE WITH. WE HAD BOARD MEMBERS TELL THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE NOT REVIEWED -- THEY DIDN'T FEEL SUFFICIENTLY PREPARED ON THE FACTS AND THE INFORMATION AFTER A MONTH, KEEP IN MIND THERE WAS INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED A MONTH PRIOR TO THAT LEADING UP TO THAT MEETING, THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL PREPARED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE FUTURE OF PARKLAND'S $850,000 INVESTMENT. NOW, I JUST WANT ALL OF US TO SIT HERE AND THINK ABOUT OURSELVES WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL AND YOUR KIDS. IF ANY ONE OF US WENT TO OUR TEACHER AND SAID, I KNOW THERE WAS A TEST SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN ON THE CALENDAR FOR ANT MOE, BUT, TEACHER, I DIDN'T STUDY -- FOR A MONTH -- I DIDN'T READ THE MATERIALS I'M SORRY, BUT I DIDN'T READ IT. CAN I TAKE IT NEXT WEEK? NEXT MONTH? HOW ABOUT THREE MONTHS FROM NOW? THAT RESPONSE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT FROM OUR KIDS. WHY CAN WE ACCEPT IT FROM THE PEOPLE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TASK [00:15:01] WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING OUR KIDS? ANOTHER THING THAT WAS SAID THAT I REALLY FOUND DISCONCERTING WAS THERE WAS DEBATE ABOUT THE ISSUE OF WHETHER TO RETURN ANY MONEY AT ALL, OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS THE, QUOTE, RIGHT THING TO DO. I HEARD A BOARD MEMBER TODAY MAKE THE CASE THAT, QUOTE, RIGHT IS RELATIVE. RIGHT IS RELATIVE. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE EXACT EPITOME OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY TODAY. WE NO LONGER CAN AGREE ON JUST THE SIMPLE MORAL COMPASS OF WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL USED TO BE ABLE TO AGREE. NOW WE CAN'T. AND TO SAY THAT RIGHT IS RELATIVE AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUTURE KIDS -- WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT -- ABOUT OUR KIDS -- REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OR PROPERTY RIGHTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS, AND WE CAN'T EVEN AGREE ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. WELL, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT RIGHT IS NOT RELATIVE. THE ONLY THING THAT RIGHT IS THAT COULD ARGUE WOULD BE RELATIVE IS TO THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH YOU FIND IT. IT'S NOT BASED ON WHICH STUDENT -- WELL, IF IT'S PARKLAND STUDENTS, THEY'RE ALREADY WELL OFF. WE DON'T NEED TO HELP THEM ANYMORE. OR IF IT'S -- LET'S SAY ANOTHER CITY THAT -- WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY HELPED THEM IN THE PAST. WHATEVER THAT DECISION IS, YOU CANNOT MAKE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS' FUTURE RELATIVE TO ANY BELIEF OR PERCEPTION THAT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PERSONALLY HOLDS. I BELIEVE THAT TO MY CORE BECAUSE THE REASON WE ALL ELECT THESE MEMBERS IS THE TRUST AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE US THAT WHEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS THEY'RE MAKING IT WITH THE NORTH STAR PRINCIPAL IN MIND. WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS -- PRINCIPLE -- NOT THAT IT MAY BE RELATIVE. NO. WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS IS WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS. SO I HOPE -- I TRULY HOPE THAT AFTER TODAY THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD, THEY'RE GOING -- THEY SAID THEY'D TAKE SOME TIME. THE NEED TO REVIEW THIS. I THINK THE MESSAGE AND THE SIGNAL THAT THEY'RE SENDING, PUT ASIDE THE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS, IS SO MUCH GREATER AND IT HAS SUCH A LARGER POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT I TRULY HOPE THEY CAN LOOK BACK AND THINK ABOUT HOW THE PERCEPTION OF THE COMMUNITY LOOKS AT THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT ON THE ONE HAND VOTE TO APPROVAL THE SALE TO BROWARD HEALTH AND A MORTGAGE LATER SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH -- MONTH LATER TO SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WAS DEPENDENT ON THE FIRST DECISION. SO ALL I ASK IS THAT EVERYONE HERE, ALL OF OUR KIDS' FUTURES, SO THE EXTENT YOU'RE IN PARKLAND OR BROWARD COUNTY, WE'VE ALL IN THE SAME VOTE. WOULD I ASK PEOPLE GET INVOLVED. WE'RE NOT ASKING AS A WINDFALL OR ANYTHING MORE THAN WE BELIEVE TO BE FAIR. AND FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO RELY ON THE LAWYERS AFTER SAYING AT A MEETING THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY NOT A VERY WELL-DOCUMENTED TRANSACTION, INEVERYONE AGREES WITH THAT -- I THINK EVERYONE -- BUT I DON'T AGREE THAT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HAD THE AUDACITY TO SAY $850,000 PAID BY PARKLAND WAS A GIFT. >> A.A GIFT. THESE ARE NOT MY GRANDPARENTS. THIS WAS A TRANSACTION DESIGNED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO FOR THEM TO TAKE IT AS A GIFT, NUMBER ONE, I FIND THAT TO BE CONCERNING BUT NUMBER TWO, IF THEY DO BELIEVE IT'S A GIFT, I THINK THEY NEED TO REVIEW THE RULES OF ETHICS BECAUSE THAT'S AN $850,000 GIFT TO A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. SO ALL I ASK IS EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. IT'S ONLY GOING TO KEEP GOING. I DON'T THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED IN A COURT OF LAW. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY A ROOM OF ADULTS WHO UNDERSTAND THE MONEY WILL BE PUT TO SOME GOOD USE, AND THAT GOOD USE SHOULD BENEFIT PARKLAND BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DID TO FURTHER THEIR INVESTMENT. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. WELL SAID. I WON'T MAKE A SMART COMMENT. VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO -- AND WE'LL GET TO THEM SHORTLY, BUT I WANT TO WELCOME OUR STATE SENATOR TINA POLSKY AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE ANCHOVKSY FOR BEING HERE -- AN CHOVSKY FOR BEING HERE AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BRIER DELEGATION, BOB MIRESON. I WAS AT THE BROWARD COUNTY [00:20:04] SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I AM HOPEFUL AND I REMAIN AS I MENTIONED AT THE MEETING CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE GET TO THE RIGHT RESULT AND I HOPE THAT TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE IS NOTHING MORE THAN FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE PRESENTED AND EVENTUALLY WE GET THERE. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I ALSO WANT TO GRATE AS MY COLLEAGUES -- CONGRATULATE AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BOTH ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO PUT THEIR HATS IN THE RING AS COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN SAID AND ALL THOSE WHO WON AND WILL REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITIES GOING FORWARD, BOTH -- AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PRIMARY BIDS AND WILL GO ON TO NOVEMBER. I HAD THE BENEFIT ALSO OF BEING AT HERON HEIGHTS FOR OPENING DAY, WHICH WAS AWESOME AND THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL MCGREEVY AND ALL OF HER STAFF THERE. >> AND WEST -- >> AND WEST MATES MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH -- I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS TO THAT. I'LL ADD WE'VE GOT A PARKLAND 17 FUNDRAISER COMING UP THIS WEEK AND I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT. I THINK THAT'S A SOLDOUT EVENT. >> IT IS SOLD OUT. >> AND WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING AT SOME OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITY MEETINGS ADVOCATING FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BEING ENGAGED WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, GETTING EDUCATED ON SOME ISSUES PERTINENT INCLUDING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH REGARDS TO THE EROSION OF HOME RULE, AND MEETING WITH A LOT OF OUR COUNTERPARTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WITH THAT, WITH A BIT OF INDULGENCE I'LL WISH MY NEPHEW ZACH A HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. >> HOPEFULLY HE'S WATCHING. >> YES. HE'S GLUED TO THE TV. >> FORGET ME, I HAVE TO TAKE MY INDULGENCES AS WELL AND CONGRATULATE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW JARED MOSKOVITZ, YOU KNOW. HE'S STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO, BUT I WOULDN'T IT SAY CONGRATS. >> I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THOSE WHO WON THEIR PRIMARIES, SOME SCOREBOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS -- SOME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE ELECTIONS THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. AND TO ME THAT KIND OF SETS THE STAGE OF WHAT TYPE OF LEADER YOU WILL OR WILL NOT BE. IF YOUR ONLY WAY TO PROMOTE YOURSELF FOR HIGHER OFFICE IS BY PUTTING DOWN YOUR OPPONENT, THAT'S NOT THE TYPE OF LEADER I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LEADING MY CITY, MY STATE, MY COUNTRY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I KNOW SITTING HERE AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND I'M NOT GOING TO GET A PLETHORA OF PEOPLE LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS IS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS VOTERS TO MAKE CONSCIOUS DECISIONS OF WHO WE'RE VOTING FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST NEGATIVITY, NEGATIVITY, THAT SETS THE WRONG STAGE. IT STARTS TO PIT PEOPLE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRATS, MEN, WOMEN, WHATEVER RACE OR WHATEVER, THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH SOCIETY. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE GOOD IS HATIONS AND TO FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG -- GOOD DECISIONS -- BECAUSE WE'RE SO DIVISIVE NOW. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE THIS AND I'M THAT, THERE'S NO WAY TO GET IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE ONCE YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS -- WHETHER IT'S A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT OR WHATEVER, PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE A MISSION OF WHO YOU ARE -- VISION OF WHO YOU ARE BASED ON THAT IDENTIFICATION. YOU KNOW, FOR ME I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY REALLY IS. I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE. AND I WILL DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON MY INTERACTION WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOOD OR BAD. YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S UP TO US AS VOTERS TO START DECIDING WHO DO WE WANT TO VOTE FOR. LET'S GET AWAY FROM THE DIFFERENT TAGS AND DIFFERENT LABELS THAT WE HAVE TO PEOPLE, AND JUST TRY TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN TO UNDERSTAND WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE. BUT IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT EASY TO RUN AN ELECTION, AND I KNOW EMOTIONS GET HIGH, NOT JUST WITH CANDIDATES. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE SUPPORTERS WHO ALSO GET EXCITED, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO TRY TO BE AS CORDIAL AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE SEE EACH OTHER AT [00:25:02] THE STORES. WE SEE EACH OTHER AT THE FIELDS. SO TRYING TO HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON THINGS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW, MEETING TODAY, JORDAN SAID IT BEST. FOR ME IT JUST SENDS ME ANOTHER SIGNAL THAT THAT BOARD IS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING DECISIONS. AND SOMEONE WHO -- I DON'T HAVE FIVE KIDS IN BROWER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM ANY LONGER. I HAVE ONE GRADUATED COLLEGE, TWO IN COLLEGE, BUT I STILL HAVE TWO CHILDREN LEFT IN THE BROWER COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND -- BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS AND IT WORRIES ME THE DIRECTION THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HEADED. WHEN YOU GO TO A MEETING, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE WERE ALL THERE IN FULL FORCE. WE HAD CITY STAFF WAS THERE. NANCY WAS THERE. SO WE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED, AND THAT'S WHAT PARKLAND HAS% ALWAYS DONE. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY, OH, PARKLAND'S LUCKY. THEY'RE RICH. THEY GET THIS FOR THOSE REASONS. IT'S 'CAUSE WE'RE ENGAGED. I BET YOU THEY CAN'T COUNT ON ONE HAND HOW MANY TIMES AN ENTIRE COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF SHOWED UP AND SPOKE AT THEIR MEETING. YOU GUYS WERE ALL INCREDIBLE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, BUT I BET YOU THAT HAPPENS VERY, VERY, VERY FEW. AND FOR US THAT'S COMMON. WE ARE ALWAYS ENGAGED, WHETHER -- WHATEVER IT IS. WHETHER IT'S THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHETHER IT'S THE UP AT TALLAHASSEE WHEN WE GO TO BROWARD DAYS, AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WE ARE VERY, VERY ENGAGED. AND AS A RESIDENT I'M -- I FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE YOU GUYS REPRESENTING ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK YOU GUYS ARE NEVER COMBATIVE. YOU GUYS ARE SUPER SMART. THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO SPEAK LAST. A LOT OF TIMES I DON'T HAVE TO SAY AS MUCH 'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE MUCH BETTER THAN I AM. BUT IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO -- FROM SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, SOMEONE GIVES YOU MONEY AS INVESTMENT, PART OF BUYING SOMETHING, YOU WOULD THINK, WELL, HERE'S THE DEAL. WE'LL BUY IT, WE'LL BUILD A SCHOOL. OKAY. WE'LL GIVE YOU MONEY TOWARDS THAT. AND THEN THEY DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO BUILDEED YOUR MONEY BACK. YOU KNOW, THAT TO ME IS -- I MADE A JOKE BEFORE. IF I GIVE SOMEBODY $20 AND ASK THEM TO BUY ME SOMETHING, AND THEY DON'T BUY IT FOR ME, I WOULD EXPECT THE $20 BACK. TO ME IT'S KIND OF SIMPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF BACKUP AND WHAT YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT. TO ME THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS RIGHT AND WRONG. AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DO THAT. AND WE ARE LUCKY TONIGHT. WE HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS HERE, BOB IS HERE. WE HAVE ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. SO WE GOT SOME GREAT RECOGNITION. SO I'M EXCITED TO GET DOWN INTO THE WELL AND START GETTING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE, AND [7. Presentation] WOULD ANYBODY MIND IF I DID THE PRESENTATIONS FIRST? THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO DO THE PRESENTATIONS IS I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE LEAVE, AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT PRESENTATIONS. SO I THINK A BIGGER AUDIENCE IS GREAT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THAT LONG. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATIONS FIRST. YOU GUYS OKAY WITH SHUFFLING THE AGENDA A LITTLE? >> MOTION TO MODIFY THE AGENDA TO DO THE PRESENTATIONS FIRST. >> OKAY. SO I -- CINDY IS HERE. >> ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> AYE. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL. SORRY IF YOU HAVE TO GO. WELL, YOU'RE ALWAYS PREPARED. HEAR WITH AMENDMENT THREE COMING UP. THIS IS ANOTHER AGENCY THAT WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED WITH AMENDMENT 3 THAT DOES WONDERFUL THINGS THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY. SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. AND TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSION. LISTENING TO YOU MAKES ME VERY PROUD TO BE A PARKLAND RESIDENT. I TRULY APPRECIATE THE TONE OF CIVILITY AND CARING THAT YOU BRING TO THE JOB AND THE MESSAGE THAT YOU SEND TO EVERYONE. POLITICS SHOULD NOT BE A BLOOD [00:30:03] SPORT, AND CERTAINLY GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW -- I READ A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE GOING AROUND ABOUT GOVERNMENT NOW, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE LISTEN AND RECOGNIZE THAT GOVERNMENT IS YOUR NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. THEY'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE NOT NAMELESS, FACELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE. THEY'RE PEOPLE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENRY NO MA THER AT WHAT -- COMMISSION, THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL, IT'S OUR GREAT ELECTED STATE REP AND SENATORS. WE'RE ALL TRYING VERY LARD TO SERVE THE PEOPLE EVERY DAY. WE MAY -- HARD -- NOT GET IT ALL RIGHT EVERY TIME, BUT IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING. SO TODAY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU -- I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL, AND I HOPE THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE AND WATCHING KNOW THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL 'CAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SERVING THE STIFF PARKLAND AS WELL AS ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY FOR 25 YEARS NOW. SO WHAT ARE WE? WE ARE A SPECIAL PURPOSE UNIT OF GOVERNMENT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE VOTERS OF BROWARD COUNTY SEPTEMBER 5TH OF 2000. AND I HAVE HAD -- SO WHY? WHY DID IT HAPPEN? IT HAPPENED BECAUSE IN 1999 AND 2000 THERE WAS A CRISIS IN OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. THERE HAD BEEN FOUR GRAND JURY REPORTS THAT SAID OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IS IN SHAMBLES. WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO KEEP CHILDREN FROM GOING INTO THE SYSTEM? THERE WERE NEARLY 4,000 CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE AT THAT TIME. WE ALSO HAD SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING ARRESTED. THERE WERE OVER 12,000 CHILDREN BEING ARRESTED OVER 14,000 TIMES, AND AGAIN, THE QUESTION WAS WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO KEEP CHILDREN FROM WINDING UP IN THOSE POSITIONS? AND SO THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL WAS CREATED BY THE VOTERS SEPTEMBER 5TH OF 2000 WITH A GOAL OF COORDINATING SERVICES, PROVIDING FUNDING, AND ADVOCACY TO HELP TURN THOSE CURVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND YOU'LL SEE, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT. I HAVE BEEN THE FIRST AND ONLY CEO. I HAVE THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY LIFE TO HAVE SPENT THE LAST 25 YEARS DOING THIS WORK HE CAN ARE,R-- AND DURING THAT TIME I HAVE SERVED UNDER MANY COUNCILS. THERE ARE FIVE PINTIES THAT ARE COTERMINOUS WITH THE GOVERNOR -- FIVE PINTIES -- WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER NOVEMBER -- APPOINTEES -- THOSE ARE JEFF WOOD, CHRISTINE THOMPSON, ALISSA FOEGELEHOLY, AND JULIA MISALO. WE HAVE ONE VACANCY AND THEN THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE BY VIRTUE OF THEIR POSITION. WE HAVE SENATOR RICH REPRESENTING THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THE HONORABLE LAUREN ALPER STEEN REPRESENTING THE JUDICIARY. DR. HEPBURN, SUPERINTENDENT. DEBBIE HICKSON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE HEAD OF THE DCS BOBBY SHEA. SO WHAT DO WE DO IN. I MENTIONED -- WELL, I SHOULD SAY GOING BACK HERE TO OUR MISSION, WE PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ENHANCE CHILDREN'S LIVES AND HELP THEM TO GROW INTO HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE ADULTS, AND WE DO THAT BY BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, PROVIDING THAT LEADERSHIP, LOOKING FOR THE GAPS, FOLLOWING THE DATA, FINDING BEST PRACTICES AND PUTTING THEM IN PLACE PRIMARILY THROUGH THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WHOOPS. I WENT THE WRONG WAY IN. '24-25, 133 MILLION, ALMOST $134 MILLION WAS INVESTED IN SERVICES SERVING NEARLY 200,000 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WHOOPS. OH, IT'S JUST THAT ONE. EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SEE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE SERVICES ARE SPREAD OUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH THE MONEY THAT WE BRING IN, 93% GOES INTO THE PROGRAMS, GOES RIGHT INTO THOSE NON-PROFITS, A FEW GOVERNMENTS, ET CETERA. 4% FOR ADMINISTRATION, AND 3% ARE FEE THAT IS WE PAY OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL. PROPERTY APPRAISER, TAXES COLLECTOR, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. YOU HAVE TO PAY IT AS WELL. SO WHAT HAS IT MEANT? WELL, IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, ONE OF THOSE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE, COUNTY-WIDE IT WAS $11 MILLION. 100% OF PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS SAID THEY'VE RECEIVED BENEFIT WHETHER IT BE RESPITE, BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT, GET [00:35:08] THERAPY, ET CETERA. 24 MILLION IN FAMILY SUPPORTS. I TOLD YOU EARLIER ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WERE CREATED WAS BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. SO THE VERY FIRST REQUEST PROPER PROPOSALS THAT WAS DONE ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2001, THE FIRST DAY WE HAD TAXING AUTHORITY WAS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES. MANY OF THESE THERAPIES ARE IN HOME, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THERE ARE PEOPLE IN PARKLAND WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER. THOSE FAMILIES ARE NOT ABUSING THEIR CHILDREN. THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTARY. SOME OF THEM ARE PEOPLE SAYING I NEED SOME HELP. HELP ME OUT. AND SOME ARE THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A CPIS INVESTIGATION, CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATION, THAT SAID WITH SERVICES THESE CHILDREN CAN REMAIN SAFELY AT HOME AND THEY HAVE REMAINED SAFELY AT HOME, WHICH IS MUCH BETTER FOR ALL INVOLVED. YOUTH PROGRAMS, TOUCHDOWN MILLION INVESTED -- $29 MILLION INVESTED. THEY'RE INCREASING RESILIENCE, GAINING COMPETENCIES, AND FOR THOSE THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE LAW BEFORE, 92% DID NOT RE-OFFEND WITHIN 12 MONTHS AFTER COMPLETING THE PROGRAM. AND THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF THEY HAVE NOT RE-OFFENDED WITHIN A YEAR, THE LIKELIHOOD IS THEY NEVER WILL RE-OFFEND. WE HAVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. $20 MILLION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THAT ARE HELPING KIDS COMPLETE THEIR HOMEWORK, LEARN SOCIALIZATION SKILLS, GAIN READING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND PREVENT THAT SUMMER SLIDE. FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THIS HAS BEEN A LIFELINE. JUST YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW A MOM WHO WAS A SINGLE MOM ON THE VERGE OF A BREAKDOWN BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT HANDLE HER CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AND SHE WAS CONNECTED WITH ARC BROWARD AND NOW HER CHILD THREE YEARS LATER, HE HAS MADE SUCH INCREDIBLE GAINS. SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO GO TO WORK. SHE IS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, LEARNING SKILLS TO HELP PARENT HER CHILD, AND HE IS THRIVING. IS THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT KEEP ME GOING EVERY DAY. SO I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT THE CRISIS IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. WELL, WHEN WE STARTED THERE WERE 3 THE HUNDRED CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE -- 3,900. NOW WE'RE CLOSE TO 1,200. WE HAD DIPPED REALLY JUST TO 1,000 AND IT'S CLIMBING UP A LITTLE BIT AGAIN. SOME OF THE STRESSES THAT WE'RE ALL FACING TODAY, THAT SHOWS UP. YOUTH CRIME, IT'S ABOUT 2500 CHILDREN BEING ARRESTED EACH YEAR. CSE IS NOT SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR. THIS THE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED THROUGH THE NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN THOSE FAMILIES THAT GO THROUGH SERVICES DO NOT HURT THEIR CHILDREN LATER AND WIND UP IN THE SYSTEM, AND THOSE THAT DO NOT RE-OFFEND IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE MOVES. EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, INCREASING. TEEN PREGNANCY IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THAT HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT. INFANT MORTALITY. NOT QUITE AS MUCH UNFORTUNATELY. WHOOPS. WRONG WAY AGAIN. WHAT HAS IT MEANT FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND? WELL, IN '24-25, $714,000 SERVING 7,155 CHILDREN. THE ONE YOU'LL KNOW THE BEST THAT I KNOW HAS A LOT OF LOVE IN THIS ROOM WITH THE FORMER MAYOR, NOW REPRESENTATIVE IN THE BACK. EAGLES HAVEN. AS WE STOOD SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE AFTERMATH OF MSD AND CREATED EAGLES HAVEN, I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THE BENEFIT THAT HAS BROUGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY. THE BIGGEST HAS BEEN YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT PARKLAND HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOLLOWED BY FAMILY SUPPORTS, EARLY LEARNING. 26 AGENCIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COUNTY. I MEAN, TO THIS -- TO THE CITY SERVING 1,755 RESIDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE A SATCHEL. I WON'T READ THEM ALL TO YOU -- SAMPLE. BUT IT'S A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO FOOD DISTRIBUTION, MULTIPLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION, 211, AND THEN FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW, IT'S LESS THAN 2¢ OF EVERY $1 THAT YOU PAY IN PROPERTY TAXES THAT GOES TO SUPPORT THESE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MAKING THIS KIND OF DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, WE HAVE LOTS OF PUBLICATIONS THAT DIG IN IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL, [00:40:05] AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF PARKLAND LIKE TO KNOW DETAIL. I HAVE SEEN. I WANT TO KNOW HOW EVERY CONTRACT IS BID. YOU CAN FIND IT ALL. YOU CAN DIG INTO OUR FINANCES. YOU CAN SEE EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THAT WE FUND, HOW THEY'VE DONE THEIR OUTCOMES, HOW MANY CHILDREN WERE SERVED, WITH HOW MUCH MONEY, AND I INVITE YOU TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WWW.CSCBROWARD.ORG WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THESE PUBLICATIONS. THERE YOU GO. I JUST SAID IT, BUT THERE IT IS. SCAN YOUR QR CODE. AND ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, NOT JUST FOR PARKLAND, BUT OBVIOUSLY FOR BROWARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE. YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU'RE FUNDED 2¢ ON EVERY $1 THAT'S PROVIDED WITH PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS. SO I WOULD IMAGINE AMENDMENT 3 IS SOMETHING THAT THESE SERVICES WOULD -- >> YES. >> -- BE IMPACTED? >> YES. THE SAME HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE IMPACTS US. WE'RE COUNTY-WIDE, SO IT BALANCES. THE CITY GETS HURT AT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE BECAUSE OF THE HOMESTEAD. WE BALANCE OUT. BUT OF THAT 133, IT'S ESTIMATED WE WOULD LOSE $15 MILLION THAT FIRST YEAR AND ABOUT 25 TO $30 MILLION THE SECOND YEAR. SO DECISIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE. I'VE READ A LOT ABOUT, WELL, GOVERNMENT JUST HAS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELT, WHICH IS -- WHICH IS TRUE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WHEN GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS ITS BELT, IT'S TIGHTENING YOUR BELT. I PAY TAXES. I LOOKED AT MY PROPERTY TAX BILL YESTERDAY AND WENT, OH, YEAH. THAT'S A LOT. BUT LET ME THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MONEY SUPPORTS, AND WHEN IT'S CUT BACK IT'S NOT GOING TO MEAN THAT I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE VACATION NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO MEAN FEWER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WHAT HAPPENS WITH EAGLES HAVEN? DO WE CUT SCHOOL HEALTH? DO WE CUT BACK ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES? DO WE NOT DO THE DIVERSION SERVICES? THOSE ARE THE -- THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY GOES, SO THAT'S WHERE THE BELT TIGHTENING WILL HAPPEN. WE'LL DO IT, WE'LL TRY TO DO IT IN THE WAYS THAT WILL HURT THE FEWEST NUMBER OF CHILDREN, BUT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING FRIVOLOUS. IT'S ALL DONE VERY INTENTIONALLY DATA DRIVEN WITH OUTCOME MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT JUST -- I REPORTED TO YOU ON NUMBERS. BUT YOU NOTICE I ALSO TOLD YOU THE OUTCOMES BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST WHETHER 1,700 CHILDREN GOT THE SERVICE, BUT WHETHER THEIR LIVES WERE CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THAT SERVICE. >> AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISS AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE END UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE, THEY'RE GOOD CITIZENS, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, HEMMING EVERYBODY OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE. -- HELPING -- I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> CHECK OUT WWW.C SCBROWARD.ORG. KNOW WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YEAH. CSC. >> NOW WE HAVE OUR AMAZING STATE REP CHRISTINE HUNKHOVSKY AND OUR WONDERFUL SENATOR TINA POLSKY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. WE ARE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE. IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH SENATOR POLSKY THIS PAST SESSION IN ORDER TO SECURE FUNDING IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND, AND WE COME TODAY BEARING A CHECK THAT IS OBVIOUSLY MORE FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES THAN IT IS FOR CASHING. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY GETTING IN TROUBLE. AND THIS IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FOR PARKLAND SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS AT PINE TRAILS PARK IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT FACILITY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> AND WE WOULD LIKE TO -- MAY WE PRESENT IT TO YOU? >> YES. BUT DID YOU WANT TO -- >> YEAH. THEN WE'LL DO THE PICTURES. >> HE WANTS US TO TALK FIRST. >> OKAY. >> YES. >> YOU CAN DO THE TALKING. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THEN WE'LL DO THE PICTURES. >> OKAY, PERFECT. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO SAY HELLO. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE. WE WERE IN TALLAHASSEE AN AWFUL [00:45:01] LOT THIS PAST YEAR, SO WE DIDN'R DISTRICTS AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD LIKE TO. I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE YOUR STATE SENATOR FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS REPRESENTING PARKLAND. THIS IS MY -- PROBABLY MY LAST VISIT HERE. I AM NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT SUPPORT. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RIDE. I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE WERE A NEW ELECTION WITHOUT OPPOSITION. YOU HAVE HER VERY LUCKILY FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT REPRESENTATION IN THIS SENATE SEAT. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX AMENDMENT. I KNOW YOU HEARD FROM YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S THIS HESITANCY THAT, OH, LOCAL OFFICIALS CONTROL THE BUDGET AND, THEREFORE, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING NEFARIOUS. I DON'T CONTROL THE BUDGET. WE ARE FROM THE STATE. HOWEVER, THE STATE IS TRYING TO CONTROL YOUR BUDGET. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES. IT'S TAKING AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THE MONEY THAT THEY COLLECT IN PROPERTY TAXES SHOULD BE SPENT. THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT DOES. IT TELLS YOU HOW TO SPEND IT. AND IT CUTS BACK THE AMOUNT SIGNIFICANTLY. AS WAS MENTIONED, PARKLAND IS NOT A RENTAL, COMMERCIAL KIND OF COMMUNITY. YOU'RE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. YOU MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, AND IT'S QUANTED AND IT'S QUIET AND IT HAS THOSE ASPECTS TO IT QUAINT -- DO YOU WANT THAT TO GO AWAY. DO YOU WANT TO BE ABSORBED BY FORT LAUDERDALE OR THE COUNTY BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE TAXES COMING IN. I SEE A LOT OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS. YOU WILL STILL PAY SCHOOL TAXES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE'S GOING TO NOT BE PAYING TAXES. BUT JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN CHILDREN'S SERVICE COUNCIL. THOSE SERVICES ARE GOING TO GO AWAY. WE JUST BROUGHT $500,000 TO THE STATE TO RETROFIT A PARK THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER, A BEAUTIFUL PARK. YOU HAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL SPARS AND FIELDS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES -- PARKS. ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL THING? THOSE THINGS ARE ALL GOING TO GO AWAY, I PROMISE YOU. WE ALL LOVE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOREVER YOUR SERVICE -- FOR YOUR SERVICE. THAT IS THE LARGEST PART OF SO MANY CITIES' BUDGETS. THAT IS ALL GOING TO HAVE TO BE -- THAT MONEY IS STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BE PAID, BUT THERE WILL BE SO MUCH LESS OF IT FOR THEM AND FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. SO PLEASE THINK VERY LONG AND HARD NOW THAT WE'RE PAST THE PRIMARIES, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR NOVEMBER 3RD, THIS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. I URGE YOU TO VOTE "NO." I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT INFORMATION. THERE'S A WEBSITE CALLED VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 3. YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS WHO HAVR DISPLEASURE WITH THIS. THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS, THE POLICE -- FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE, ROAD ENGINEERS, PARKS PEOPLE. THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE MASS COCONTROL? COULD YOU -- MOSQUITO CONTROL. COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THAT GOES AWAY? HAVE YOU EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN SO MANY YEARS? THERE'S SO MANY SERVICES. WE HAVE PUBLIC HOSPITALS THAT ARE GOING TO LOSE FUNDING. WE ALL NEED THE SERVICES. YOU MAY OWN YOUR HOME FOR MANY YEARS, AND PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE PAYING RENT ON THAT, BUT YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY. AND YOU DRIVE ON THE ROADS. AND YOU NEED POLICE AND YOU NEED FIRE AND YOU NEED HOSPITALS. AND YOU STILL NEED PARKS AND BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES AND A CITY HALL, AND THESE PEOPLE DESERVE TO MAKE MONEY, AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY DESERVE TO MAKE MONEY AND MAKE RAISES AND HAVE PENSIONS. AND SO PLEASE TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. THEY HAVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND. THIS IS NOT A WE VERSUS THEM SITUATION. SO THAT IS MY PLEA TO YOU, MY OUTGOING PLEA AFTER SIX YEARS OF REPRESENTING YOU IN TALLAHASSEE. YOU DON'T WANT TALLAHASSEE DECIDING WHAT YOU CAN SPEND MONEY ON. YOU DON'T WANT PARKLAND TO HAVE TO HIGHER MORE LOBBYISTS TO GO AND BEG FOR MONEY FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND A BLUE CITY OR A RED CITY IS GOING TO DO BETTER THAN ONE OR THE OTHER DEPENDING ON WHO IS IN THE ADMINISTRATION. AND WHO YOUR LOBBYIST IS. THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE. YOU HIRE THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU TO RUN YOUR CITY. LET THEM MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE'LL ALL KEEP PAYING PROPERTY TAXES AS WE SHOULD BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE IN A COMMUNITY. SHOULD THERE BE SOME REFORM? YES, THERE SHOULD. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT THE NEXT GOVERNOR WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS, AND I KNOW THE NEXT LEGISLATURE WILL, BUT LET'S LOOK AT IT FACTUALLY AND WITH DATA AND WITH NUMBERS. THAT WAS NOT DONE. THIS WAS DONE IN A TWO-DAY SPECIAL SESSION WITH NO ANALYSIS WHATSOEVER. AND THEN THEY WERE FORCED TO REWRITE IT BECAUSE THEY WROTE IS SO INCORRECTLY. SO PLEASE BEAR ALL THAT IN MIND. PLEASE VOTE "NO." PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, EVERYONE. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO PRESENT THIS FABULOUS CHECK TO YOU. >> AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR YOUR -- [00:50:02] SERVICE. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU WILL BE MISSED. >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT I AM GOING TO MISS MY PARTNER HERE IN THE SENATE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IF YOU WANT BILLS TO PASS AND YOU WANT TO GET APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH, YOU NEED A HOUSE SPONSOR AND A SENATE SPONSOR, AND SENATOR POLSKY HAS BEEN A REALLY HARD-WORKING SPONSOR ON MANY OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE PASSED, AND ALSO ON THE APPROPRIATIONS WE BROUGHT HOME. SENATOR POLSKY WAS TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY. THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT IT AS WELL. IT'S ELECTION SEASON, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ELECTION SEASON ANYMORE. PEOPLE ONLINE SEEM TO FORGET THAT THE PEOPLE THEY'RE KEYBOARD WAR AGENCY AT ARE ALSO -- WARRING AT ARE ALSO PEOPLE. I WOULD BEG EVERYBODY THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED -- THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO INSULT, TO THREATEN, TO DEMEAN, AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT YOU ARE DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE. EVERY PERSON THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO IS A HUMAN BEING, WHO IS SOMEBODY'S CHILD, SOMEBODY'S PARENT, SOMEBODY'S COUSIN, SOMEBODY'S FRIEND, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SOMEBODY'S GOING THROUGH. YOU ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IN LIFE THAT GAVE THEM AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE VIEWPOINT THEY HAD. A LOT OF LISTENING WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL THESE DAYS IN TRYING TO LEARN FROM PEOPLE WHO DO THINK DIFFERENTLY. AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE VALUES THAT WE SAY WE ESPOUSE, THAT WE ACT THOSE OUT IN HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 'CAUSE IN THE END WE'RE NOT EACH OTHER'S ENEMY. WE ALL LIVE HERE. WE ALL LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE ALL WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE AND THRIVING SOCIETY. SO WE'RE NOT THE ENEMY. AND SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND YOU TALK TO PEOPLE -- WHAT DO THEY SAY? I'M OLD AND WE'RE GROWING UP. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING NICE TO SAY KIND OF, YOU KNOW -- >> DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. >> BE QUIET. THINK ABOUT IT. IF THIS WERE YOUR PARENT OR CHILD, IS THIS HOW YOU WOULD TALK TO THEM? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REPRESENTATIVE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO DOWN -- >> I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE QUICK THING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BOTH BECAUSE IN THIS SITUATION IS THERE'S A LOT OF CENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO LOOK AT US AS LEADERSHIP -- LOTTED OF RESIDENTS -- AND POINTING AND SAYING -- LOT OF -- YOU'RE MISMANAGEDLING OUR MONEY AND THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT RIGHT, WE'LL FIX THIS -- MISHANDLING -- TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM TALLAHASSEE COME HERE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, TALLAHASSEE IS DOING THIS OR THAT. YOU'RE COMING HERE TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO RARE TODAY THAT I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW APPRECIATIVE IT IS BECAUSE AS YOUR POSITIONS, YOU COULD GO AND SAY THIS IS TO THE BETTERMENT OF MY SITUATION, RIGHT? I'M IN TALLAHASSEE. THIS WOULD BE -- BETTER MY INTERESTS TO TO SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF POLITICS HAS BECOME, RIGHT? SO FOR BOTH OF YOU TO BE HERE IN UNISON IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS OUR COMMUNITY THIS ISN'T SOMETHING JUST THE CITY SUPPORTS BECAUSE WE'RE THE CITY AND WE'RE FIGHTING FOR MONEY. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR US. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, GUYS FOR ALSO ALIGNING IN THAT AND DOING WHAT YOU BELIEVE WAS BEST. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> WELL SAID. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BLAME THEM FOR SOMETHING. >> NO. >> NOT YET. [00:55:04] FIREFIGHTERS [6. Proclamations and Recognitions] >>> IS THIS OBJECT ON? OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WALKER FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE OUR DEPUTIES, YOUR TEAM. >> I SAID NO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THESE TWO HERE. THEY WORK OUR NIGHT SHIFT. SO YOU GUYS DON'T NORMALLY SEE THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE OUT IN THE DARK, AND I DON'T NORMALLY SEE THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE AT NIGHT. SO THEY'RE HERE WHEN I GO HOME. BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HONOR THEM AND TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE. SO I WANT TO START BY SAYING WHEN DEPUTY MOSES RC AND HAYDEN STRAITA ARRIVED AT A HOUSE FIRE THEY QUICKLY REALIZED SOME OF THE SMALLEST RESIDENTS NEEDED THEIR HELP. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 19TH, THESE DEPUTIES WERE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON SCENE OF A RESIDENTIAL FIRE HERE IN THE CITY. THEY SOON DISCOVERED THAT FIVE PUPPIES AND THE PUPPIES' MOTHER AND FATHER REMAIN TRAPPED INSIDE THE HOME. WORKING QUICKLY AND SELFLESSLY, THE DEPUTIES RESCUED THE PUPS AND THEIR PARENTS CARRYING THEM TO SAFETY BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS FINISHED EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE. EXCUSE ME. WHILE THE FAMILY WAS TEMPORARILY DISPLACED DURING REPAIRS, THEY WERE ABLE TO LEAVE THAT NIGHT WITH WHAT MATTERED THE MOST, THEIR BELOVED PESTS. WE HAVE ONE OF THE PUPPIES TODA, WHO IS A SIBLING OF FIVE OTHERS THAT WERE ADOPTED, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS A BIT OF AN ACCIDENT. MOM AND DAD HAD PUPPIES AND YOU WEREN'T QUITE AWARE. >> >> OH. >> >> BUT WHAT CUTE PUPPIES. >> >> YEAH. WHAT CUTE PUPPIES THEY HAD. SO THANKFULLY THESE DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE. THEY TOOK QUICK DECISIVE ACTION. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE THE PUPPIES INSIDE. AND IT JUST PROVES TO SHOW YOU THEIR SACRIFICE AND WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY HERE IN THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU. I COMMEND YOU. [01:00:14] >> HE'S GONE HOLLYWOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE RECOGNIZING FOUR OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALL WHO ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS WHILE SHARING A COMMON BOND OF DEDICATION TO THEIR POST AND PROVIDING EXCELLENT PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. FIRE EXPLORER OF THE YEAR PAYTON MOSER. PAYTON MOSER HAS BEEN AN EXPLORER WITH POST 273 FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND CHARACTER. DURING HER TIME WITH THE PROGRAM, SHE HAS FAR EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS IN MEETINGS, TRAINING DETAILS, COMPETITION PREPARATION, AND MENTORING FELLOW EXPLORERS. HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE, STRONG WORK ETHIC FROM HER MOM, AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS HAVE MADE HER A VALUED LEADER AND ROLE MODEL WITHIN THE POST. CURRENTLY SERVING AS CAPTAIN OF POST 273, PAYTON HAS EXCELLED IN HER LEADERSHIP ROLE AND CONTINUALLY SHARES HER KNOWLEDGE OF FIREFIGHTING AND EMS WITH HER PEERS. PAYTON PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THIS YEAR'S EXPLORER COMPETITION HELPING THE TEAM SECURE A FIFTH PLACE OVERALL TROPHY AND A THIRD PLACE EMS TROPHY. HER COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE TEAM AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF OTHERS HAVE HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON BOTH NEWER AND EXPERIENCED EXPLORERS ALIKE OUTSIDE OF THE EXPLORER PROGRAM PAYTON ALSO VOLUNTEERS HER TIME AT ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH IN CHORAL SPRINGS HELPING -- CORAL SPRINGS HELPING DISTRIBUTE MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED. HER DEDICATION TO SERVICE WITHIN THE FIRE SERVICE AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE EXPLORER PROGRAM. WHEN ASKED TO NOMINATE AN EXPLORER OF THE YEAR, PAYTON WAS AN OVERWHELMING CHOICE AMONG HER PEERS AND INSTRUCTORS FOR HER CONTINUED LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE PAYTON MOSER AS THE 2025 FIRE EXPLORER OF THE YEAR. THAT'S AWESOME. AND IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HER PARENTS WHO ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE. COME ON UP. FIRE INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR, LIEUTENANT CARL KELLEN BERGER. CARL EXEMPT WILL FICE THE QUALITY OF AN -- EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE. AS A LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR THE NIGHT PARAMEDIC CLASS, HE CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT STUDENTS BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND PERSONALLY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL ENCOURAGED, CHALLENGED, AND SUPPORTED. BY BRINGING REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE INTO THE CLASSROOM, CARL BREAKS DOWN COMPLEX CONCEPTS WITH CLARITY, PATIENCE, AND GENUINE PASSION FOR THE PROFESSION. INSPIRING STUDENTS TO BECOME CONFIDENCE, CAPABLE, AND COME PASSIONATE PARAMEDICS. IN ADDITION TO HIS INSTRUCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, HE ASSISTED CORAL SPRINGS REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF WITH NUMEROUS PROJECTS WHILE SERVING ON LIGHT DUTY ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP WHEREVER NEEDED. HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AUTHENTICITY AND MENTORSHIP MAKE HIM A ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND FELLOW INSTRUCTORS. CARL IS WIDELY RESPECTED FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT OTHERS AT ANY TIME AND FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE ACADEMY. HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND DEDICATION TRULY EMBODY THE CITY'S CORE VALUES AND THE CORAL SPRINGS REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY'S ECONOMICS TO EXCELLENCE. [01:05:31] >> SO I HAVE THE HONOR OF READING THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR, CAPTAIN RAUL TORRES WHO CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS REGULAR DUTIES THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO OTHERS. OVER THE PAST YEAR, RAUL'S WORK IN THE TRAINING DIVISION SHOWED HIS EXCEPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, PREPARATION AND PASSION FOR DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY FIRE AND EMS TRAINING THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. HE IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING WAYS TO ADD VALUE, LEADING BOTH UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS AND SUCCESS. A TRUE STUDENT OF LEADERSHIP, HE ACTIVELY PURSUES GROWTH THROUGH READING, CONVERSATION, AND REFLECTION WHILE SHARING THOSE LESSONS TO ELEVATE THOSE AROUND HIM. HE'S DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHERS, MENTORING NEW RECRUITS, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE NEW HIRE PROGRAM, AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MEMBERS FEEL SUPPORTED AND MOTIVATED TO SUCCEED. HIS INFLUENCE EXTENDS WELL BEYOND HIS IMMEDIATE ROLE. AS MANY STRIVE TO MODEL HIS PROFESSIONALISM, W WORK ETHIC, D APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP. RAUL HAS HAD A LASTING AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE DEPARTMENT, HIS MEMBERS, AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. I CAN TELL HE'S HUMBLE, TOO. MORE, RAUL TORRES IS THE 2025 SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. [8. Approval of the Agenda] >> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SINNED MURPHY-SALOMONE AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BRIER. ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? [9. Consent Agenda] PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION APPROVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO -- OH, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISROW. ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER MURPHY-SALOMONE. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> YES. >> MAYOR WALKER. >> YES. [10. Regular Agenda] PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. REGULAR AGENDA. ANTHONY. TAKE IT AWAY. >> ITEM 10 10 "A," VILLAGE IN TE PARK TRAFFIC MID-CASE, A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING TRAFFIC MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS CONSISTENTLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE LAND AMENDMENT APPLICATION PC26-2 FOR THE VILLAGE AND THE PARK PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF KNOB HILL ROAD AND SOUTH OF NORTHWEST 66TH DRIVE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. >> KATLIN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. KATLIN FORBES WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ALSO WITH ME TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM IS PATSY WITH DRNP. I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SPECIFICS OF THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, PATSY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT FROM THE TRAFFIC SIDE AS WELL. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, OF COURSE, A RESOLUTION. IT DOES PERTAIN TO THE VILLAGE AND THE PARK PROJECT. OFF OF KNOB HILL. SO THIS RELATES TO THE LAND-USE PLAN APPELLANT APPLICATION. THE OTHER YEAR AMENDMENT APPLICATION. IT WAS APPROVED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ON FIRST READING AND AN ACCOMPANYING AMENDMENT FOR THE COUNTY LAND-USE MAP THAT THEN FOLLOWED THAT APPLICATION AT THE CITY LEVEL. THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS WHEN [01:10:03] YOU'RE AMENDING THE LOCAL MAP AND THE COUNTY MAP, YOU START WITH THE LOCAL MAP. YOU GET THE GENERAL SUPPORT THROUGH FIRST READING AND MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCESS AND THEN THE SECOND READING OF THE LOCAL MAP AMENDMENT. WE'VE RECEIVED PLANNING APPROVAL WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THEIR KIND PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TYPE OF BODY, AND NEXT UP FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE PLANNING COUNCIL ASKED THAT WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION THAT MEMORIALIZES THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE A PART OF AND CAME OUT OF THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THROUGH THE COUNTY AMENDMENT PROCESS. NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE MITIGATION AT THIS POINT IS VERY CONCEPTUAL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT USES, HOW MUCH, WHERE THE ACCESS IS GOING TO BE, SO THIS IS 30,000-FOOT ANALYSIS OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. BUT THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCESS THEY WANT TO DETERMINE YOUR IMPACTS ON THE ADJACENT ROADWAY SEGMENTS AND DETERMINE THE DELTA AND THE IMPACTS YOU WILL VERY SO YOU CAN OFFSET THOSE. THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT IS MUCH MORE DETAILED THROUGH THE PLANNING AND SITE PROCESS AS THIS PROJECT CONTINUES. SO WHAT IS DESCRIBED TO YOU IN THE MITIGATION PACKET IS THE MINIMUM THAT IS BEING REQUIRED OF THE APPLICANT, BUT THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE MUCH MORE ANALYSIS AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PROCESS AND HAVE MORE SPECIFICS. SO ALL IN ALL THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT MITIGATION COMPONENTS THAT WERE AGREED TO BETWEEN COUNTY AND THE CITY, AND THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS MEMORIALIZING, ONE, THOSE THREE COMMITMENTS, AND, TWO, THE FACT THAT THOSE COMMITMENTS ARE GOING TO BE THE OBLIGATION OF A FUTURE DEVELOPER, NOT THE CITY SINCE THE CITY IS NOT THE INTENDED DEVELOPER. WITH THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFICS WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. >> YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS MORE OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US TO DO ONCE WE TAKE NEXT STEPS WITH THE PROJECT. SO IS THERE'S -- IT TELLS US WE HAVE TO DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. THIS ISN'T REALLY TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC PER SE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING YET. >> RIGHT. -- >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS MORE TELLING US WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO GOING FORWARD. >> M'HM. AND AGAIN, IT'S A BARE MINIMUM. THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE SPECIFIC AND MORE DETAILED OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED AS THEY GET THROUGH THE CONCURRENCY PROCESS AND IS THE ANALYSIS THAT ACCOMPANIES BOTH THE PLATTING AND SITE REVIEW. >> THIS -- THE COUNTY WHEN THEY VOTE WILL NOT BE APPROVING ANY SORT OF TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES AGAIN. IT'S JUST MAKING SURE WHEN THE PROJECT STARTS TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WE TAKE NOTE OF WHAT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN, SO WE'LL NEED TO DO THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LAYPERSON IS CLEAR AS TO WHAT THIS PROCESS OUTLINES. >> THE AGREEMENT'S LARGELY REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS DOWN THE LINE. >> RIGHT. PERFECT. WELL SAID. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LATER? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON -- DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> NO, I JUST -- I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO -- WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, ABSOLUTELY, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC WE KNOW PARKLAND'S GROWING. WE'RE DOING IT THOUGHTFULLY, STRATEGICALLY, BUT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE KNOW THAT KATLIN, YOU KNOW, OTHERS, YOU'RE ON IT, AND SO BROWARD COUNTY IS TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT ALSO WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DO IT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ENSURE THAT THE TRAFFIC IS AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE, AND SO JUST THE QUESTIONS I ASKED DURING MY BRIEFING FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS WELL AHEAD, BUT KNOWING THERE'S NO DECISIONS THAT CAN BE MADE LIKE MAYOR SAID BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT WILL BE IN VILLAGE IN THE PARK. BUT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S IT. >> OKAY. GREAT. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BRIER. ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER MURPHY-SALOMONE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CAN'TMAN. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER. >> YES. >> MAYOR WALKER. >> YES. PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY -- CABOTMAN. >>> WE ARE -- KANTERMAN. >>> WE ARE ON THE NEXT ITEMS. THE CONTINUATION OF JULY 8TH, 2026, THE PRIOR HEARING. THEY ARE BEING PRESENTED TOGETHER. AT THE END OF THE HEARING IN COMMENTS, ET CETERA, WE WILL NEED SEPARATE VOTES ON EACH ONE OF THOSE. THERE'S FIVE ITEMS. SO BEAR WITH ME. IT WILL TAKE ME A COUPLE MINUTES. >> ITEM 10(B) IS ORDINANCE 2026-005 AMENDING THE MAYOR LOG [01:15:04] GO MASTER PLAN. SECOND READING -- MARA LAGO. TO ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 135 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT ON PARCEL(C) AND TO AMEND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL SPEAK IN ORDINANCE 2011-036 PERTAINING TO MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT ALLOWACES FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND WEST HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD. SUMMER SET ACADEMY APPLICATION PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 10(C) IS RESOLUTION 2026-029 PLAT NOTE AMENDMENT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FOR MNA, FOR PARSE -- PLAT -- TO ALLOW A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL GENERALLY LOCATED AT 8401 UNIVERSITY DRIVE SOMERSET CHARTER EXPANSION APPLICATION NUMBER 2025-29(P) PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AT AN EFFECTIVE DAY. 10(D) IS 2026-028, SOMERSET ACADEMY EXPANSION. A RESOLUTION THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION SITE PLAN FOR AN EXISTING INSTITUTION AT 8401 UNIVERSITY DRIVE SUMMER SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARTER EXPANSION -- SOMERSET 2025-18-SE, 2025-17-SPA AND 2025-19-CAB PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 10(E) IS RESOLUTION 2026-031 AMENDING THE DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. A RESOLUTION AT THE CITY COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA APPROVING AMENDMENT TO THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 109938295 TO PROVIDE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 135,000 SQUARE FEET OF PUBLIC CHARTE SCHOOL USE PERMITTED ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8401 UNIVERSITY DRIVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITIABILITIES AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. FINALLY ITEM 10(F) 2026-030 AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. A RESOLUTION THE CITY COMMISSION THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER 115758152 IN THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS TO ACCOMMODATE A PROPOSED SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT ON THE SUBJECT SITE. GENERALLY LOCATED AT 8401 UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND THE PROVISION OF RELATED OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE ITEMS. YOU'LL RECALL AT THE PRIOR HEARING THAT THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF, THE APPLICANT DID WAVE THE MORE FORMAL QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCESS, SQUARING IN WITNESSES, ET CETERA. ADDITIONALLY -- SWEARING IN -- I WOULD NOTE THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN STATE LAW REGARDING CHARTER SCHOOLS SINCE THE EXISTING CHARTER SCHOOL WAS APPROVED THAT HAVE LIMITED TO SOME DEGREE THE FACTORS THAT LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN CONSIDER WHEN ADDRESSING CHARTER SCHOOLS. NOTWITHSTANDING, THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY AND HAS VOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. AND BASED ON SOME OF THE PRIOR COMMENTS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DESIGN CHANGES. I THINK THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT STAYS THE SAME AND I KNOW MS. FORBES AND MR. BACKMAN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT WILL GO INTO THAT BEFORE WE GET STARTED I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM WITH MR. BACKMAN THAT MY STATEMENT IS ACCURATE. YOU ARE VOLUNTARILY COMMITTING TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE IN HERE? AND YOU AGREE THAT THE FORMAL QUASI W WAS WAVED AND WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THE MORE INFORMAL PROCESS? >> YES, I AGREE. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. KATLIN FORBES. I'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN ABOVE YOU AND IN FRONT OF YOU. SINCE OUR LAST MEETING THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH CITY STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE LAST HANDFUL OF MEETINGS. THE CHANGES ARE TWOFOLD. THEY'RE OPERATIONAL AND DESIGN CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL. SO IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES, LARGELY AND THE APPLICANTCY WILL GET INTO THIS MORE DETAIL -- APPLICANT -- BUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS REDUCE INTERESTED 2200 TO A MAXIMUM OF 1980 STUDENTS. WITHIN THAT IS A SUPPLEMENTAL CAP OF NO MORE THAN 1580K THROUGH 8 STUDENTS. SO KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 8 WOULD BE CAPPED AS PART OF THAT REDUCED TOTAL DOWN TO 1980 STUDENTS. THE APPLICANTS ALSO WORKED TO UPDATE THEIR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN, SO IT SHOWS SOME MINOR CHANGES IN THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE AS WELL. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP BASED ON SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONAL CHANGES AND THE DESIGN CHANGES, BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE HAVE BEEN CONDENSED. SO THEY'VE BEEN SHORTENED IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE PROJECT WILL TAKE, [01:20:03] THEREFORE, AFFECTING THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE. IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL DESIGN CHANGES, LARGELY AS THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT REMAINS THE SAME. THE BUILDING ENVELOPE. ESSENTIAL ISLY WHERE THE ESSENTIALLY -- AND THE MAXIMUM EXTENT WHERE THE BUILDING IS PLACED ON THE SITE REMAIN THE HOWEVER, THEY'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTHERN FACADE TO REDUCE THE SCALE AND MASSING OF THE BUILDING AS YOU VIEW IT FROM THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO THE NORTH. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE ELIMINATED THE COVERED PARKING CONDITION AND THEY'VE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT EXTENDS TOWARDS THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE. SO THE BUILDING APPEARS SMALLER IN NATURE. IT DOES STILL REMAIN TWO STOREYS AS A MAXIMUM, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT SEGMENT ALONG THE NORTHERN FACADE AND THEN THERE'S SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE MASSING DOWN TO A SINGLE STORY SCREEN WALL TO SCREEN SOME OF THE PARKING IN THE OPEN SPACE THAT'S PROVIDED AT THE GROUND LEVEL. OF COURSE, AS A RESULT THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN REDUCED AND IMPORTANTLY AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATIONAL AND THE DESIGN CHANGES THEY HAVE REDUCED THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING FROM A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT DOWN TO A SINGLE PHASE PROJECT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ESTIMATED COMPLETION TOWARDS THE END OF 2028. SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN TO THE APPLICANT FOR KAY DIGITAL DETAILS ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON -- FOR ADDITIONAL. A. >> THANK YOU, KATLIN. APPRECIATE THE DETAIL. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN. KATLIN JUST SUMMARIZED A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. I THINK YOU CAN HEAR WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK. I THINK WE HAD TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS IN JUNE AND A WORKSHOP OR -- YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATES, BUT WE INTENT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF HOURS DISCUSSING ALL OF THIS -- WE SPENT -- AND A LOT HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE WITH REGARDS TO TIMING AND PHASING AND CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN THINGS GET BUILT AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AND OUR TEAM REALLY WENT TO WORK. OBVIOUSLY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY. WE POSTPONED FROM THAT MEETING, GAVE OURSELVES SOME ADDITIONAL TIME AND OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF WEEKS WE'VE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS INTERNALLY OBVIOUSLY AND THEN WORKING WITH KATLIN AND ANTHONY IN PARTICULAR ON THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE JUST DISCUSSED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEM. AND THE REVISIONS TO THE PLAN IN A WAY THAT WE HOPE IS SATISFACTORY TO THIS COMMISSION AND ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF MONTHS AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. BEFORE I GET INTO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING POINTS IF THAT'S OKAY. I DID MENTION THIS TO ANTHONY AHEAD OF THE MEETING. FIRST, YES, WE'VE WAVED THE FORMALITIES OF A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. BUT THIS IS QUASI-JUDICIAL IN NATURE. I WANT TO KIND CONFIRM -- ANTHONY, PROBABLY WITH YOU -- THAT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, ALL OF THE BACKUP, ALL OF THE RECORDS, ALL OF THE TESTIMONY, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE DURING OUR VARIOUS MEETINGS, INCLUDING OUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING, ARE EFFECTIVELY PART OF THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING. >> AGREED. IT'S QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. >> THANK YOU. DON'T WANT TO BELABOUR THIS. ANTONY MENTIONED IT EARLIER. I WANT TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL -- ANTHONY -- I DISCUSSED IT WITH ALL OF YOU IN VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS. WE'RE HERE SUBJECTING OURSELVES TO THE CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE HAD PRIOR AGREEMENTS. WE HAD PRIOR CONSIDERS. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON AND MODIFY THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE STATE STATUE AS IT RELATES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS REQUIRES EQUAL TREATMENT BETWEEN CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT SAYS EXPLICITLY THERE SHOULDN'T BE A STUDENT CAP, THAT PARKING CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. AGAIN, IRRESPECTIVE OF ALL OF THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE VARIOUS ISSUES. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS -- AND WE DID HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF BEFORE WE GOT INTO THIS PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS -- TECHNICALLY A LOT OF THIS PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT. WE'RE HERE SUBJECTING OURSELVES TO THIS PROCESS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. JUST KIND OF WANT -- WANTED TO ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON WHAT ANTHONY MENTIONED. HE SHOULD BE ADVISING YOU, NOT ME. I'M GIVING YOU MY TAKE AND MY INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUTE, BUT WANT TO PUT THAT ALL OUT THERE HOPING THAT WE'VE GONE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THE VARIOUS ITEMS. EVERY TIME THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE THAT'S POPPED UP, WE'VE GONE OVERBOARD TO TRY AND ADDRESS IT, TO TRY AND SOLVE IT. INEVITABLY THE ONE ISSUE CREATES A SECONDARY ISSUE. THAT SECONDARY ISSUE CREATES A TERTIARY ISSUE AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK TO SOLVE THOSE. WE BELIEVE WE'VE GOTTEN THERE AT THIS POINT. AND AS ANTHONY MENTIONED EARLIER WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT THAT I THINK AS RECENTLY AS MIDDAY YESTERDAY WE WERE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. AND JUST A RELATIVELY BRIEF PRESENTATION. WE'RE NOT GOING TO REHASH AND BELABOUR, AT LEAST AS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, THE VARIOUS [01:25:01] THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. MY GOAL HERE IS TO SHOW YOU, THE COMMISSION, GRAPHICALLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT KATLIN JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO I WILL GET INTO IT. ANTHONY PRESENTED ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS, SO JUST A REMINDER TO THE COMMISSION THAT THIS IS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. SO THIS WOULD BE THE OVERALL PLAN, IT ANIMATES A MOMENT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. GENERALLY SPEAKING AS KATLIN MENTIONED WE WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSING 2100 STUDENTS. THAT CAP HAS BEEN LOWERED TO 1,980. WHILE WE WERE LOWERING THE CAP, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS OPTIONS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD ALL OF THIS IN ONE PHASE, HOW TO GET IT DONE SOONER, RIGHT? THOSE WERE COMMENTS THAT CAME UP AT OUR VARIOUS MEETINGS. AND SO WE PUT OUR TEAM TO WORK AT REDESIGNING THE PROPERTY IN SOME RESPECT. AND SO AS KATLIN MENTIONED, IT'S STILL THE SAME BUILDING FOOTPRINT, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS COMBINED WHAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY AS BUILDING C. AND "D" INTO EFFECTIVELY A SINGLE BUILDING. THEY WILL BE BUILT AT ONE TIME TOGETHER AND YOU CAN SEE THE FOOTPRINT OF IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS PARKING OVER WHERE THAT GREEN SPACE. IS I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. AND ABOVE IT WAS ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM SPACE THAT'S BEEN CONSOLIDATED, MOVED A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST CLOSER TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING HERE THIS EVENING WOULD BE LOCATED. THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS NOW WHAT USED TO BE CALLED BUILDING "E" WOULD BE BUILDING "D" WOULD BE THE GYM. AGAIN, AND THERE ARE CONDITIONS THAT GET INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL, BUT THE COMMITMENT IS SINGLE PHASE, BUILDING "C" WOULD BE REVIEWED FOR PERMITS AND COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION. BUILDING "D" WOULD BE CLOSELY ON THE HEELS OF THAT. THERE ARE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF APPROVAL THAT ENSURE WE COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION, CAN'T OCCUPY THE CLASSROOM BUILDING UNTIL THE GYM BEING IS BEING DONE TO SURE UP THE COMMITMENTS WE'VE MADE. THE LAST ELEMENT RELATES TO THE COURTYARD AND REC AREA. I'LL SAY THERE ARE I GUESS EFFECTIVELY TWO ALTERNATE PLANS, SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WARRANTS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION. I'LL GO BACKWARDS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE CLEARER. THE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE NOW THAT YOU SEE AS GREEN SPACE IS SHOWN AS SEVEN PARKING SPACES, STILL BEHIND A WALL. INTO THE NEARLY WHAT IT WAS, WHERE IT WAS KIND OF COVERED, MORE STRUCTURED TYPE PARKING UNDER THE LAST PLAN. IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR CODE FOR PARKING AT FULL BUILDOUT OF THE REVISED PLAN, WE STILL NEED THOSE SEVEN PARKING SPACES. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING -- AND AGAIN YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE ON THIS -- BUT THE CODE AMENDMENT THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE FORCES S SUCH AS THIS WOULD CREATE AN OBLIGATION ON US THROUGH OUR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO MODIFY AND RESTRIPE THE NORTHERN PARKING LOT. WE WOULD STILL HAVE I BELIEVE IT'S 33 EXTRA PARKING SPACES OVER AND ABOVE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, AND WE COULD TURN THIS AREA -- GET RID OF THOSE 7 SPACES, TURN THIS AREA INTO WHAT WE WOULD CALL UPPER SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL RECREATION AREA, STILL SLIGHTLY SEPARATED FROM THE BALANCE OF IT BUT CREATES A MORE TRUE COURTYARD FEEL. IT WOULD STILL BE BEHIND A FACADE OF THE BUILDING, THE MORE OF A ONE-STOREY FACADE STILL LOOKS LIKE IT'S PART OF THE BUILDING AND THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE IN THIS INTERIOR SPACE THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR LOOSELY BUT WE WOULD NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION AND PROVIDE A MORE SPECIFIC CONDITION OF APPROVAL, DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE GET ON THAT ITEM. A RAMP UP SCHEDULE AS KAITLYN MENTIONED HAS CHANGED, IT'S BEEN TRUNK EIGHT, TRUNKATED. WE'VE PULLED THIS OUT ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO AND OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY WE WERE HOPING EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE DONE EARLIER THIS YEAR SO IT'S BEEN MODIFIED IN A WAY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBERS TO GET TO 1,989 STUDENTS, TEN 10TH AND 11ST AND 12TH, NOT EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. SO ONE OTHER ITEM -- I'VE HEARD IT MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES HERE AND DOWNSIZING THE BUILDING AND LOWERING THE STUDENT CAP, ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTING. IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACADEMICA AND SUMMERSET STANDARDS IN A WAY THAT'S RESPECTFUL TO THE SCHOOL, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING BEFORE YOU ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SHARED PREVIOUSLY, VARIOUS RENDERINGS OF THE NATURE AND TYPE OF CLASSROOMS, THE CAFETERIA. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT UPPER SCHOOL REC AREA THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND AGAIN SOME OF THE OTHER REC AREAS WITHIN THE COURTYARD. THE FINISHES WITHIN THE GYM AND [01:30:04] THAT'S BEEN A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AS WELL, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS LEVEL OF FINISH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES IN AFTER THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE AND READY FOR OCCUPANCY, LET'S SAY FOR OUR CLASSROOMS. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE GYM COMPONENT, THE FLOORING NEEDS TO BE CLIMATIZED BEFORE THE FLOORING CAN BE PUT DOWN, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ONE LAST SET OF OVERALL RENDERINGS REALLY KIND OF SPREAD OUT A LITTLE FURTHER IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT ELEVATION ORIFACE AD WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THERE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHETHER THAT'S PARK OR OPEN SPACE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE THESE 7 SPACES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED UNTIL YOUR CODE IS AMENDED. LASTLY, AT LEAST FOR PURPOSES OF MY PART OF THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRINCIPAL CACHER SPEAK FOR A MOMENT AND THEN JULIO WILL GET UP AND SAY A FEW THINGS. WE WERE COORDINATORRING WITH MIR LAG OWE LEADING INTO PRIOR MEETINGS. THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH REGARD TO SOME WRITTEN AGREEMENTS BUT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS, EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE. I THINK I CAN REPRESENT -- I BELIEVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM MIRA LAGO ASSOCIATION ARE HERE AND HOPEFULLY WILL DO THE SAME, THAT WE'VE EFFECTIVELY REACHED AN AGREEMENT, WE'RE NOT THERE IN WRITING. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ARE THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY CONCERNS. I DO IF IT'S OKAY REALLY JUST FOR THE RECORD KIND OF WANT TO READ A FEW COMPONENTS IN HERE FOR EVERYONE'S PURPOSES. SOME OF THESE I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE GENERALLY BUT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT NO PARKING SIGNAGE IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, MAKING SURE WE GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY TO DO THAT, TO ENSURE VEHICLES ARE NOT PARKING OFF CAMPUS IN PLACES THEY DON'T BELONG. SAME WITH GOLF CARTS AND E-BIKES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THIS LEADS INTO THE NEXT ITEM -- AND I'M READING FROM A VERSION OF THE PAPER AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE HERE -- WITH REGARD TO DAMAGE AND LANDSCAPING AND THE SCHOOL -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH WITH REGARD DOCUMENTING THAT, IF THERE IS DAMAGE, THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH THAT IT'S FROM SCHOOL PARENTS OR FROM SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE SCHOOL WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ADDRESS THAT DAMAGE. EDUCATION AND PARKING REMINDERS- AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND YOU CAN SEE A PRETTY LONG PARAGRAPH ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATELY EDUCATING AND ADDRESSING ISSUES AS THEY COME UP. YOU'LL ALSO HEAR IN A FEW MINUTES SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED RECENTLY, REPEAT OFFENSES, WHETHER THAT'S A REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT HAPPENS TO GET CITED FOR SOMETHING WRONG ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL IS ADDRESSING THAT APPROPRIATELY THROUGH MEETINGS, OR THE SAME OFFENCE FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE BUT IT'S HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN A PARTICULAR PLACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND AGREEING THAT WE WILL TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS, DOORD NATURE COORDINE CITY AND BSO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSING OR FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR ISSUES, IF LIKE I SAID IT CONTINUES TO REOCCUR FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. THAT LEADS INTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH DEALS WITH COORDINATION WITH BSO AND ENFORCEMENT AND HAVING MEETINGS WITH BSO, WHICH WE DO, WHICH WE DO WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT ENFORCEMENT IS BEING HANDLED AND ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY IN THE EVENT ANY OF THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS, OTHER PEOPLE COMING TO THE SCHOOL EVENTUALLY STUDENTS WHEN THEY GET TO THAT POINT ARE BEING DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY, AND IF NECESSARY OBVIOUSLY CITATIONS BEING ISSUED. I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WITH MIRA LAGO IS MAINTENANCE. THERE'S VARIOUS AGREEMENTS FOR MEDIA MAINTENANCE THAT I THINK MIRA LAGO ENDED UP INHERENTING AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE MEDIANS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY THAT YOU OWN OR CONTROL AND THERE IS A FAIRLY LARGE SECTION OF MEDIAN ON HILLSBOROUGH THAT HUNDRED THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE GREAT, IT'S ALSO A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE COSTS AND FIGURE OUT THE MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. I AM KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME COUNTY AGREEMENTS AND OTHERWISE SO THERE'S SOME LOGISTICS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT FOR US TO ASSUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY BUT WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AS WELL. QUARTERLY COORDINATION MEETINGS, COMMUNITY LIAISONS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND MIRA LAGO. SO WE'VE AGREED TO THAT. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THAT. MIRA LAGO NEEDS SOMETHING, THEY CAN REACH OUT OR ACT ACADEMICA A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. DISCUSSION ABOUT OVERFLOW PARKING AND MITIGATION, THAT'S TWOFOLD. WE SHARED WITH MIRA LAGO THE EVENT -- THE SPECIAL EVENTS [01:35:03] PARKING PLAN. YOU'VE ALL SEEN THAT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES, IF WE'RE HAVING BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT OR A SPORTING EVENT OR SOMETHING ON CARVE*RG CAMPUS, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INCREASED PARKING. I THINK BRIAN TESTIFIED TO THAT AT ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS SO THAT'S BEEN MADE PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. AND THEN THERE'S A SECONDARY COMPONENT OF THIS WHICH I KNOW THE COMMISSION WAS MIXED ON, IT IS STILL A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. WE SAW THE OBLIGATION TO USE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO TRY AND IDENTIFY AND LOCATE ACCEPTABLE OFF-SITE PARKING. IN THE EVENT WE DO WE'RE THEN OBLIGATED THROUGH THE CONDITIONS AND OTHERWISE TO COME TO THE CITY AND ASK IF THE CITY WILL APPROVE IT. THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, IN THE EVENT IT DOES OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO FIGURE OUT -- AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHURCH BEFORE THE CHURCH. IT'S NOT REALLY CLOSE ENOUGH NECESSARILY TO WALK, ESPECIALLY ON A REGULAR BASIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT OR RAINING. SO IF WE END UP DOING THAT, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE FUTURE. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, SOME AFTER HOUR IMPACTS, NUISANCE TYPE STUFF, NOISE, LIGHTING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I THINK THAT'S -- A LOT OF THAT IS ADDRESSED THROUGH THE APPROVALS THROUGH THE CITY CODE. AND THEN JUST WHAT I WOULD CALL HOUSEKEEPING TYPE STUFF, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ANY FUTURE EXPANSION REQUIRES CITY APPROVAL, REQUIRES US TO GO AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MIRA LAGO, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING MORE THAT WOULD TRIGGER SOMETHING MATERIAL BEYOND WHAT WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR TONIGHT. AND AGAIN, KIND OF A BOILERPLATE CONTRACT TERM, BUT CONTINUITY AND ENFORCEABILITY, THIS ISN'T BEING RECORDED BUT EFFECTIVELY THIS RUNS WITH THE SCHOOL, NOT ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL OR CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP. OBVIOUSLY WE SUGGESTED THE SAME RECIPROCITY BECAUSE BOARDS DO TURN OVER ON OCCASION VERY WELL, VERY STANDARD, VERY TYPICAL. WANT TO READ ONE OTHER ITEM THAT CAME BACK FROM MIRA LAGO THIS AFTERNOON, ONE SENTENCE HERE "IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPANSION, THE ASSOCIATION UNDERSTANDS THAT THE COMMITMENTS, PROTECTIONS AND MITIGATION MEASURES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO AN IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE EXPANSION". SO I THINK IT SHOWS YOU WHERE WE'RE AT, HOW LONG IT GOES. THAT ACTUALLY CAME BACK FROM THE ASSOCIATION, WITH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCORPORATE INTO A DOCUMENT THAT WE ULTIMATELY FINALIZE WITH MIRA LAGO. SO WITH THAT, ENOUGH FROM ME FOR THE TIME BEING. I'M CERTAIN THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. PRINCIPAL CACHER? >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. GAY LORE CASTRO, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FOR MARCHED SOMERSET CAD DID I. GOOD EVENING. SIX YEARS AGO YOU WELCOMED ME INTO THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY. AS THE FOUNDING PRINCIPAL OF SOMERSET PLANNED ACADEMY. THE CITY HAS ALWAYS EMBRACED OUR SCHOOL, BELIEVED IN OUR VISION AND SUPPORTED US AS WE WORK TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE COMMISSION AND THE ENTIRE PLANNED COMMUNITY FOR THE PEARP, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WHAT STARTED AS A NEW SCHOOL QUICKLY BECAME A FAMILY, OUR SPAMILY, AND I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE ACCOMPLSHED TOGETHER. I HOPE THAT TODAY THE REQUESTS MADE ARE CONSIDERED FOR THE SAKE OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. JUST LIKE THIS COMMUNITY WHO HOLDS FAMILY NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR HEART, I BEGAN A NEW CHAPTER FOR MY CHILDREN. BUT WITH THAT SAID, SOMERSET PLAD WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF WHO I AM. IT'S MY BABY. ALWAYS BE A MEMBER OF THIS FAMILY AND I WILL ALWAYS CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THIS AMAZING SCHOOL. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD AND HONORED TO WELCOME MY SUCCESSOR, COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, MEG CAMPBELL. I KNOW SHE WILL LEAD SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY WITH DEDICATION, HEART AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING THE TRADITIONS AND SUCCESSES WE HAVE BUILT TOGETHER. THANK YOU, PARKLAND, FOR WELCOMING ME SIX YEARS. FOR BELIEVING IN OUR SCHOOL, AND FOR ALLOWING ME THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. ONCE SPAMILY ALWAYS SPAMILY. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MEG CAMPBELL, FOUNDING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY AND NEW PRINCIPAL OF SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY. YOU MENTIONED COMMUNITY EARLIER, AND WE ARE A COMMUNITY AT SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY. SO WE LOST A MEMBER OF OUR SPAMLY TODAY AND I WOULD KINDLY [01:40:01] ASK THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER HER. THANK YOU. SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS RESONATES WITH ME IS WORDS THAT YOU HAVE USED THIS EVENING, WHICH IS ENGAGEMENT. BEING ENGAGED WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES SINCE DAY 1 HAS BEEN A PART OF WHO I AM AT SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY AND I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM, WITH THEIR STUDENTS, WITH OUR FAMILIES AND WITH OUR STAFF. WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS, I'M CONFIDENT THAT IN THIS EXPANSION, WITH THE SUPPORT OF PRINCIPAL GAY LORE CASTRO WHO WE CAN CONTINUE THE LEGACY THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED AND CONTINUE TO BUILD WITH OUR STUDENTS. I'M EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JULIO ROBENO WHO IS OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TO BOTH PRINCIPALS, AND MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US BACK AGAIN. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE ON A NIGHT OF HEARING SUCH POSITIVE WORDS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ABOUT THE STATE, AS A RECOVERING 14-PLUS-YEAR ELECTED OFFICIAL -- PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND A FOIRT FOR FIGHTE RULE. DEFINITELY MY STOMACH WAS TURNING LISTENING TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE. BUT WE ARE, AS MENTION BY ANTHONY AND SCOTT, WE HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY, AS YOU HAD DIRECTED US TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE WORK, THE TIME THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF HAVE PUT INTO THIS. THE MANAGER, EVERYONE, TO -- WE'VE EARNED THEIR SUPPORT. WE'VE EARNED THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU. WE HAVE MET ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT EVEN REQUIRED, AS MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WERE HERE SIX YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THERE WAS ITEMS THAT WERE NOT FINISHED, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND FINISH WHAT WE STARTED. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND GROW. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OFFER AND DO, AS I HEARD MERE TODAY, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS, AND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CHILDREN, THE STUDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN THE PAST BY PRINCIPAL CASTRO AND OTHERS, IT'S AN OPTION. AND WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IS PARENTS AN OPTION. SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLEMENT WITH THE GREAT SCHOOLS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THIS COMMUNITY, COMPLEMENT THAT. IT'S NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO COMPETE AND TO OFFER PARENTS, WITH THE HELP OF THEIR CHILDREN, WITH THE HELP OF THE STUDENTS, CREATE AN OPTION, A NEW EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE. THIS PAST YEAR FOR SOMERSET WAS NO DIFFERENT WHEN IT CAME TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COLLEGES AND UNDER THE UNIVERSID THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY. THOSE THAT ARE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE, THOSE ARE ENTERING THE MILITARY, THEY'RE GOING PREPARED. AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE GREAT LEADERS THAT ARE THERE AT OUR SCHOOLS TO CREATE THOSE OPPORTUITIES, THOSE LANES FOR ALL THOSE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I'VE SAT UP HERE BEFORE AND TOLD YOU THAT WE ARE PROUD, THAT WE ARE PART OF THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW HERE AND EXPAND HERE. I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT I ASK, MAYOR, THAT WHENEVER IT IS THE RIGHT TIME, THAT THIS COMMISSION MAKE A DECISION, TAKE A VOTE. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, I ASK YOU TO MAKE THE MOTION IN [01:45:02] SUPPORT, AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM THAT YOUR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, THE COMMUNITY IS HERE AND HAS BEEN HERE SUPPORTING, THE STUDENTS THAT -- OUR STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOLS AND SOME STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BECOME STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN THE ROOM, AND THOSE THAT WANT TO STAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AND BE A LIFER AT SOMERSET PARKLAND. SO I'M HOPING THAT TODAY IS A POSITIVE DAY, WE CONTINUE AS YOU STARTED, IN A POSITIVE, UP BEAT, ENERGIZED WAY AND HOPEFULLY WE EARNED YOUR RESPECT AND WE'VE EARNED YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, JULIO. FEW THINGS TO KIND OF GET US STARTED. SO WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS -- PUBLICLY, I KNOW EACH COMMISSIONER HAVE MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH SCOTT AND SOMERSET AND STAFF AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE EXHAUSTED A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE SHOULD NEED TO WRAP THIS UP. BUT I WANT TO START WITH A FEW THINGS... I WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS. I REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THEY'VE GIVEN ME THE HONOR OF SERVING AS MAYOR, AND I DO THAT BECAUSE I FEEL I'VE EARNED THEIR TRUST. AND I HAVE SEEN AN OVERWHELMINGLY AMOUNT OF SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF THIS SCHOOL. THAT MEANS IF I WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS, I SHOULD BE DOING WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING ME TO DO. AND IT IS ENORMOUSLY DIFFERENT, THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT SOMERSET HAS FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS. THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMERSET FROM DAY 1 HAS BEEN A PLEASURE. I WAS NOT ON THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS FIRST APPROVED, BUT I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF RESIDENTS HERE IN RED SHIRTS -- I WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME SO I WAS VERY ENGAGED AND I WAS AT THE 2 O'CLOCK, 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING MEETINGS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AND ALL THE APTION THAT EVERYBODY HAD WITH TRAFFIC AND THIS WOULD RUIN PARKLAND, THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE -- WHATEVER IT WAS. AND THAT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION. YOU KNOW, IS IT PERFECT? NO. BUT IT'S A SCHOOL ZONE. SCHOOL ZONES ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF WHERE THERE'S MAYBE A TAD OF UNCOMFORTABILITY. BUT WHEN I DRIVE ON UNIVERSITY DURING THOSE TIMES, I HAVE NOT SEEN SOMETHING THAT'S TELLING ME THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM. AND THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WORK THAT SOMERSET HAS DONE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THEY ADDRESSED TRAFFIC BY ADDING ADDITIONAL STACKING. THEY'RE GETTING RID OF THE JERSEY BARRIER TO MAKE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF THE KIDS FASTER. THEY'RE ADDING A ROUNDABOUT. THEY LOWERED THE ENROLLMENT. THEY'VE REDUCED THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SCHOOL. THEY WENT FROM HAVING THE TOP THING -- THE TOP PLAY AREA TO NOT HAVING THE TOP PLAY AREA, TO GUARANTEEING THIS BUILDING WILL GET BUILT, THE GYM WILL GET BUILT AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS WE HAVE A LOT OF SAFEGUARDS THAT WE CAN HAVE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, THE TRAFFIC STUDY'S GOT TO PASS, ALL THOSE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE HAVE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE. THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. MY RESIDENTS ARE TELLING ME THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT. BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT -- AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DEEP INTO IT -- I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE MINDSET THAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED CHOICES. VERY MUCH SO IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND TODAY WAS A STARK REMINDER THAT WE NEED THOSE OPTIONS. THE MEETING I ATTENDED TODAY WAS WORRISOME. I HAVE HOPED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COMING IN THAT [01:50:01] MAYBE THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD TAKES CAN GET MORE FOCUSED, COHESIVE AND FORWARD-THINKING. BUT I'M A LITTLE BIT WARY OF THAT COMING. SO I THINK HAVING MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS IS THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW. THE DECISION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS FACED WITH TODAY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASIER. EASIER. AND YET, THEY COULD NOT MAKE A DECISION. AND THAT TO ME -- IF YOU CAN'T COME TO GRIPS WITH THE MOST BASIC AND SIMPLE DECISION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE, I QUESTION WHERE THAT LEADERSHIP IS GOING. SO THAT ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER OF NECESSITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS WHO OVERWHELMINGLY WANT THIS PROJECT HAVE THOSE CHOICES AND THOSE OPTIONS. SO IMPLORE EVERYONE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT. GIVING TIME AND TIME AGAIN OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED FOR TO PROTECT THE CITY OF PARKLAND. AND THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE CITY OF PARKLAND. BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF MAKING SUR OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY GET IS WHAT THEY WANT. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT AS A COMMISSION. SO I APPLAUD ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, OF STANDING FIRM, DOING THE RIGHT THING AND HOLDING YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE, BUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN YOU GUYS ANSWERED THE BELL. AND I TRULY DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS -- >> ARE WE DOING PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST OR -- >> YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND LET PUBLIC COMMENTS COME IN. ANYBODY? >> YEAH, I -- I'VE GOT SOME -- SCOTT, I'VE JUST GOT A FEW. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND -- I THINK I UNDERSTAND BUT I WANTED TO MEMORIALIZE WITH YOU. AND I DO APPRECIATE -- AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, BECAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S BEEN ON MY HEART ALL DAY BUT I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE FOLKS FROM TOWN PARK AND MIRA LAGO HAVE DONE WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH THE APPLICANT'S STAFF AND WITH MR. BACHMAN. AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL HAVEN'T FINALIZED THE AGREEMENT, SIGNED IT UP, THAT SOMERSET HAS COMMITTED TO DOING THOSE THINGS OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT. IS MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY WE'VE COMMITTED THEM AND OVER AND ABOVE THAT, BOTH I BELIEVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH IS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, AS WELL AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAVE BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT I WAS READING, ANTHONY AND I HAVE TALKED THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS FROM TODAY AT THAT POINT PROBABLY ALSO NEED TO GO TO IN AND BE SUPPLEMENTED. BUT YES. >> OKAY, SO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOMERSET AND TOWN PARK AND MIRA LAGO TO BE MEMORIALIZED WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO CONDITIONS WITH THE CITY FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION. >> YES, SIR. >> MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE -- AND I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THOSE PROVISIONS WAS THE EVENT PLANNING, BUT I IMAGINE THAT THE EVENT PLANNING IS GOING TO BE STAGGERED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS BASED ON HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO WE'RE NOT FLOODING KIDS AND PARENTS INTO THERE. >> YES. >> IS IT ALSO MY -- IS MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO CORRECT THAT IF THE CITY DOES PASS A SUBSEQUENT CODE AMENDMENT WITH REGARDS TO PARKING, THAT SOMERSET WILL AFFIRMATIVELY RESTRIPE TO ADDRESS THE PARKING ALLOTMENT ON THE PROPERTY? >> THAT'S ANOTHER CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT PUTS THAT AFFIRMATIVE OBLIGATION ON US, YES. >> THANK YOU. I DO HAVE STILL A CONCERN WITH THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS -- FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS, BECAUSE I'VE SPENT WAY TOO MANY TIMES WITH -- WAY TOO MUCH TIME WITH THESE FOLKS -- -- OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS INCLUDING LATE CALLS AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS AND CALLS ON CELLPHONES, BUT I HAVE HAD MY CONCERNS, WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS FIRST BROUGHT BEFORE US, EACH HEARD SOME -- MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS, AS YOU HAVE. BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD SOME QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EACH STEP OF THE WAY, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER IN THE PROCESS, A BETTER PROJECT IN THE PROCESS, BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS THE MAYOR SORT OF ARTICULATED, WE'VE REDUCED [01:55:03] SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE'VE REDUCED THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND ADDRESSED THOSE. WE'VE ADDRESSED THE CAPS AND THE VOLUME OF STUDENTS SIGNIFICANTLY AND PROVIDING STILL MAINTAINING THAT OPTION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE ADDRESSED THE GIRM BE GYME AND CONDENSED THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, REDUCED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BUT PROVIDED FOR ADDITIONAL PLAY AREA. SO I'M VERY HAPPY WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH SOMERSET AND THIS COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. MY ONLY REMAINING CONCERN IS JUST WITH THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT -- AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR ANTHONY OR SCOTT OR BOTH BUT THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE SERVES AS A CAP IN AND OF ITSELF IN TERMS OF A YEAR OVER YEAR SCHEDULE BASED ON CLASS AND OVERALL NUMBERS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> AND THEN IF THERE IS A DELAY IN THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE, THAT'S WHERE WE TALKED IN THE WORKSHOP ABOUT HAVING A TRIGGER THAT THERE'S A CAP OVER THE YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH -- >> YES. >> AFTER THAT IF WE'RE BEHIND SCHEDULE WITH THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE. >> CORRECT, YES. >> SO MY ONLY CONCERN REMAINING -- AND I UNDERSTAND WE'VE CONDENSED THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, WE'VE CONDENSED IT FROM THREE BUILDINGS OR CLOSING OF ONE BUILDING AND TWO ADDITIONAL TO ONE ADDITIONAL, PLUS THE GYM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME -- JUST A SMALLER JUMP BETWEEN -- I THINK IT'S YEARS 27-28 AND 28 AND 29 SO -- BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP IS THAT WE WERE GROWING THE VOLUME OF STUDENTS TOO FAST YEAR OVER YEAR AND THAT WOULD CREATE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT IF WE STAGGERED THAT GROWTH. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THIS? >> I'M GOING TO LET JULIO ADDRESS THAT. >> VICE MAYOR, I'M GLAD THOSE CALLS AND I CAN TELL BY YOUR QUESTION YOU PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED IT, BECAUSE YOU WERE LISTENING TO SOME -- [INDISCERNIBLE] SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO, ONCE WE WERE -- MADE THE DECISION TO GO FROM THREE PHASE BUILDING, WE'RE GOING IN THREE DIFFERENT PHASES. WE WERE ASKED AND WE CHOSE -- SO ANTHONY DOESN'T LOOK AT ME WRONO CONDENSE AND PRETTY MUCH MAKE A THREE-PHASE BUILDING INTO ONE-PHASE BUILDING. SO THEN WE WENT BACK AND SAT WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS FOR SOMERSET, OUR BOND COUNSEL, OUR FINANCE COUNSEL, OUR BUDGET ANALYSIS TEAM AND SO TO BE ABLE TO UNDERWRITE THIS AND TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEBT COVERAGE RATIOS THAT SOMERSET WILL BE UNDER THAT OBLIGATION. THIS IS THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED. THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU. IF I COULD CHANGE IT, I WOULD. THE ISSUE THEN WOULD BE IS THAT I WOULD PUT THE SCHOOL IN A NEGATIVE POSITION FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. I CAN'T DO THAT. BUT YOU HAVE THE PROTECTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THEM. NUMBER 1, IF FOR ANY REASON WE DON'T MEET THOSE ENROLLMENT PERIODS THEN WE ARE CAPPED TO BE ABLE TO GROW ONLY AT 26%. THE OTHER PROTECTION YOU HAVE IS THAT WE ARE STILL EVERY MONTH HAVING A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OR A CONFIRMATION THAT THE TRAFFIC IS WORKING THE WAY IT HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED AND THEN WE STILL HAVE OUR YEARLY AND IF WE DON'T MEET ANY OF THOSE, THEN THERE IS A HARD STOP ON ANY TYPE OF PERMITTING OR ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION THAT WE'RE DOING. IF YOU WORK WITH ME ON THAT, BECAUSE I NEED IT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT FINANCIALLY THE SCHOOL IS SOUND, THEN WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU THE SAFETY NET OF HAVING THAT PROTECTION. IF IT'S NOT WORKING AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR US NOT TO THINK THAT IT'S NOT WORKING, BUT IF IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ANY REASON, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS FIXED, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THOSE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. I'LL SHARE A STORY WITH YOU THAT PROBABLY THE REST OF MY TEAM MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAYS... FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ARE NOT THE BEST DAYS. THE SECOND DAYS OF SCHOOL SOMETIMES, IT'S NOT THE BEST DAY TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC, MEASURE TRAFFIC, YOU'RE EDUCATING PARENTS, YOU'RE ASKING PARENTS, YOU KNOW THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO YOUR SCHOOL, THE NEW STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, MOM AND DAD WANT TO WALK THEM, PARK AND WALK THEM. SO IT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED. BUT WE HEARD, HEY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES, AGAIN I PROBABLY GOT 30 CALLS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ABOUT ISSUES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. BUT WE SENT BRIAN OUT THERE -- WAS IT FRIDAY? THE FRIDAY. I SAID I WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND CONFIRM, IS THE SCHOOL [02:00:02] DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED? WE KNOW THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DELAYED WHERE? LAC SAHATCHY SO NOW WE HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE COMING AROUND BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY FINISHED SOON AND THAT WILL OPEN UP THAT AREA. SO WE -- WE DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE CITY TO CALL US, WE DIDN'T WAIT FOR ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION TO CALL US, WE WERE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT AND THAT'S WHAT -- AND HOW WE OPERATE. SO YOU HAVE THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. WORK WITH ME ON THAT RAMP UP. IF FOR ANY REASON WE DON'T MAKE THAT NUMBER -- AND IT'S A BIG JUMP, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE BUILDING CD, THE NEW BUILDING C ALL COMES IN AT ONE TIME, ALONG WITH ALL THE SPECIALTY CLASSROOMS IN THE GYM AS SCOTT SHOWED YOU ON THERE. EVERYTHING IS COMING AT ONE TIME. SO IF WE DON'T MAKE IT, THEN WE'RE CAPPED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BUT YOU HAVE THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE, SO IF YOU WORK WITH ME, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE MAKING SURE THAT THE TRAFFIC OPERATION PLAN WORKS AND IF IT DOESN'T, WE'LL ADJUST IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHAT THIS COMMISSION HAS EXPECTED. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> WELL, I KNOW WE'RE WINDING DOWN SO I'M GOING TO JUST START WITH I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TODAY'S MEETING IS ON THE HEELS OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD, BECAUSE I THINK IT RE-AFFIRMS THAT THE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING AND THE CONSIDERATIONS WE ARE EVALUATING ARE THE RIGHT ONES. WE'RE NOT HERE TO SAY AS PARKLAND THAT WE ARE AGAINST EDUCATION. WE'RE NOT HERE TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO IMPROVE OUR OPTIONS. IN FACT, MAYOR, I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY, OUR JOB AS A COMMISSION IS TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE BEST OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES WE CAN NECESSARILY SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, OUR OWN PUBLIC ROLES, AND THAT CANDIDLY, NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT CIVICA OR SOMERSET'S ABILITIES -- IN FACT, ITCH THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS AND WHAT YOU HAVE BUILT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT A HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE IF WE AS A COMMISSION ARE TO BE PUTTING THE BEST QUALITY PRODUCT OUT THERE, THEN NONE OF US IN HERE CAN SAY IN GOOD FAITH THAT THIS IS IT. NONE OF US. AND NOT SAYING IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A BAD SCHOOL, I'M SURE IT WOULD BE A GREAT SCHOOL BUT WE CAN'T SAY IT WILL BE THE BEST POSSIBLE HIGH SCHOOL. WHY DO I KNOW THAT? THE SPORTS AND THE EXTRACURRICULARS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY LIMITED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, IN MY MIND THAT ACTUALLY CUTS AGAINST THE VALUE OF THIS PROJECT IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF I'M DOING THE CALCULATION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE CAPPED THE TOTAL TO 1980 STUDENTS. 1580 OF THOSE ARE K THROUGH 8TH GRADE. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD WAS THE CAP. >> IT'S A CAP. SO THAT WE CAN'T GO ABOVE THAT WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE 1580 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE INTENTION IS TO HAVE PLUS OR MINUS 600 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT AGAIN IT JUST -- IT KIND OF DEPENDS. THERE'S FLEXIBILITY. >> WELL AGAIN, I'M NOT THAT GREAT AT MATH, I'M A LAWYER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IF WE HAVE 1980 KIDS, RIGHT, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE 600 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO 1380. 1380 DIVIDED BY 9 IS -- IT'S ABOUT 150 -- RIGHT 150, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> I'M NO GOOD AT MATH EITHER. >> YEAH, LET'S GO TO THE DIGITAL OVERLORD -- >> OH, GOOD POINT, YEAH. >> OKAY SO 153. BUT MY POINT IS THIS: IF WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL, LET'S SAY YOU WANT TO HAVE 600 STUDENTS. NOW WE HAVE A DIMINISHING K THROUGH 8TH GRADE, RIGHT. SO AT SOME POINT I SEE AN IMBALANCE. IF THE GOAL IS TO ALLOW THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN SOMERSET TO MATRICULATE UP INTO HIGH SCHOOL, WELL, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOWER -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREATER NUMBER OF KIDS IN K THROUGH 8 THAT MAY NOT ALL BE AVAILABLE TO MOVE ONTO THAT HIGH SCHOOL. AT SOME POINT. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT. BUT TO ME, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS REALISTICALLY AS A CITY -- AND I GET YOUR POINT ABOUT THE STATUTE AND THE LAW -- THAT WE AS A CITY CANNOT IMPOSE ANY CONDITIONS THAT ARE UNIQUE OR DIFFERENT TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE CITY. BUT WE WE HAVEN'T IMPOSED ANY OR CONDITIONS ON ANY OTHER SCHOOL TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS TO ME -- I'M NOT -- AND AGAIN I KNOW [02:05:03] EVERYONE IS IN A DIFFERENT POSTURE HERE -- I'M NOT LOOKING AT THIS AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS AS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THE BEST FIT FOR THE AREA OF THE CITY. AND I MAYBE AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAY YOU DRIVE BY THAT AREA, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE BEING DISHONEST BUT YOU ALSO LIVE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE CITY SO YOUR TIME AND YOUR -- WHEN YOU TRAVEL -- ALL OF US, WHENEVER WE TRAVEL FROM OUR CURRENT DISTRICTS TO SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN THAT PERSON THAT LIVES IN THAT DISTRICT, IT JUST IS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS REPRESENTATION, OTHERWISE WE COULD JUST ALL REPRESENT EVERYONE EQUALLY. I BELIEVE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE PARKING AND THE -- WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM READING IS THE PICK UP AND DROP-OFF ARE ALL GOING TO HAPPEN ON HILLSBOROUGH, CORRECT? DURING CONSTRUCTION ON HILLSBOROUGH, WHILE ALL THE TRUCKS AND DELIVERIES ARE ALL GOING TO HAPPEN ON UNIVERSITY? IS THAT CORRECT? NO? >> ASK STAFF, PLEASE. THIS IS YOUR PROJECT, NOT THEIRS. >> DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO STAFF, COMMISSIONER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> AND THEREIN LIES THE RUB. I'M SITTING HERE TRYING TO HELP AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I CAN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS SO -- >> QUESTION THAT THEY WON'T ANSWER. >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC, INCLUDING THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS, WOULD ENTER IN AND OUT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH ENTRANCE AND EXIT AND THEN CONSTRUCTION RELATED TRAFFIC WOULD COME OFF OF UNIVERSITY IS HOW IT'S BEEN PRESENTED. >> AND IS THAT GOING TO BE JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR AT SOME POINT I GUESS THE FLOW GOES IN FROM UNIVERSITY? >> THERE IS NO IN THE EVENT TO ALLOW DAILY SCHOOL TRAFFIC IN OR POINT. THAT EXISTING CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN MODIFIED. >> SO THEN EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY. HOW DOES THAT HELP IF BEFORE -- WE'RE CURRENTLY, RIGHT AS OF TODAY, PEOPLE ARE INGRESS AND EGRESSING OFF OF UNIVERSITY, RIGHT? >> CORRECT, YES. >> SO IF WE'RE NOW BOTTLENECKING ALL TO HILLSBOROUGH, MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE TRAFFIC SUPPOSED TO BACK UP TO? IF IT CAN ONLY HOLD 32 CARS AT A TIME, 32 SPACES AND WE'RE DOING A DROP-OFF EVERY 15 MINUTES PER GRADE, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THAT MORNING GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THE WAY FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE DRIVING DOWN HILLSBOROUGH TO GET TO UNIVERSITY? >> SO JOHN OUT OF THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT CAN ANSWER ANY TRAFFIC RELATED QUESTIONS SO HE'S GOING TO JUMP IN AND ANSWER THAT FOR YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M TRAFFIC CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY. THEY DO NOT GO IN ON UNIVERSITY RIGHT NOW. AND THE WAY THAT HELPS THE CIRCULATION IS BY HAVING EVERYBODY GOING FROM UNIVERSITY, THE QUEUES ARE MUCH BETTER. >> YOU SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH UNIVERSITY NOW? >> NEAR NOT GOING THROUGH UNIVERSITY. THEY'RE NOT GOING IN FROM UNIVERSITY TO THE SCHOOL, NO. >> RIGHT NOW? >> CORRECT. >> THEY DRIVE BY ABOUT UNIVERSITY AND I SEE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE GATE. >> THAT -- ON THE LAST -- ON THE LAST YEAR, THAT WASN'T HAPPENING, NO. THAT'S NOT ON THE TRAFFIC PLAN. >> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A TRAFFIC PLAN. I'M TALKING ABOUT AS OF TODAY -- >> THE TRAFFIC PLAN THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING FROM THE LAST YEAR. >> AS OF TODAY, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF ON HILLSBOROUGH, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> YES. >> SO ARE YOU SAYING IT ALL STAGGERED? RIGHT NOW IT'S EVERY 15 MINUTES, YOU'RE DOING EACH GRADE? >> IT IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES. >> FOR EACH GRADE? YOU DO A GRADE AND THEN -- >> NOT GRADE, A GROUP OF GRADES. >> TELL ME WHAT'S CHANGING. WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT'S CHANGING? >> I'M NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING -- WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, SO THERE ARE THREE GROUPS OF CLASSES, OF GRADES THAT GO EACH ABOUT -- EITHER 20 OR 30 MINUTES. SO THERE'S ABOUT 3 GRADES AT A TIME, FROM -- SO 3 GRADES AT A TIME. >> STUDENTS. SO WHAT I'M ASKING -- SKIER, LET ME JUST FINISH. IF WE CAN ONLY HAVE 32 CARS IN THE PROPERTY AT A TIME -- >> NO, IT'S MORE THAN THAT. >> I'M LOOKING AT -- THESE ARE THE NOTES FROM YOUR GUYS' -- LET ME FIND IT FOR YOU BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. VEHICLES WILL OLD ONLY ONLY BE ACCOMMODATED 32 CARS -- >> BUT THE QUEUES ARE MUCH LONGER AND THEY GO AROUND ENTIRE SCHOOL, INSIDE THE SCHOOL. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BETTER TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME -- >> DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE OR CAN SOMEBODY PUT THAT SLIDE UP? >> AND JUST TO CLARIFY, JOHN IS THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER. [02:10:04] THE APPLICANT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BRIAN KELLY IS -- >> I KNOW BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ME SO I HAVE TO REVERT BACK TO OUR STAFF, WHICH IS VERY DISCONCERTING TO BEGIN WITH BUT -- HERE WE ARE. >> SO YOU SEE THE GREEN IS THE CIRCULATION. WHEN YOU COME IN ON HILLSBOROUGH, OKAY, YOU MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND ALL START QUEUING. YOU GO -- YOU CONTINUE QUEUING THROUGH THE INSIDE OF THE SITE AND THEN AT THE END OF THE GREEN, THAT'S WHERE THE 33 PARKING -- NO PARKING SPACES BUT THE STACKING SPACES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S WHEN ACTUALLY THE STUDENTS COME IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND DIRECTED BY STAFF. BUT THE CARS QUEUE THROUGHOUT ALL THOSE GREEN ARROWS THAT YOU SEE THERE AND THEN THE ORANGE ARE IN CASE OF ADDITIONAL BACKUP, THEY CAN HAVE AND USE THAT TOO. NOW THEY DON'T USE IT RIGHT, BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S BETTER TO STACKING ALL THE VEHICLES IN ONE LINE, IN ONE DIRECTION. WHEN YOU HAVE CONFLICTS AND YOU HAVE MERGING VEHICLES, THAT DELAYS TRAFFIC. >> OKAY, SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN ARROW COMING FROM WEST TO EAST AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALSO HAVE ARROWS GOING FROM EAST TO WEST AND THEY BOTH CONVERGE ON THAT ENTRANCE, WHO IS -- >> THE BLUE ARROWS ARE FOR PEDESTRIANS. >> BLUE ARROWS ARE -- >> WHEN ARE YOU SAYING FROM EAST TO -- YOU'RE COMING IN ON THE GREEN ARROWS FROM HILLSBOROUGH AND THEN THE GREEN ARROWS GO AROUND THE INSIDE AND END UP -- >> LET ME SAY IT DIFFERENTLY. YOU WOULD AGREE THE ONLY WAY -- FIRST OF ALL, IT SOUNDS TO ME THERE'S AT LEAST 50% OF THIS SCHOOL LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, IS THAT CORRECT, ACCURATE? ANYONE? >> HE'S THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER, I'M NOT SURE HE'S -- TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD. IF 50% COMES FROM OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO SAY ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING EVERY DAY FOR THIS SCHOOL, AT THIS POINT, IN BUILD-OUT, CORRECT, WOULD YOU AGREE? >> THE NUMBERS DON'T WORK THAT WAY. THEY ACTUALLY DID A COUNT AT THE SCHOOL AND WHAT WE LOOK AT IS THE DRIVEWAY. SO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT GO INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THEY HAVE A CURRENT RATE OF THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE IN THE MORNING IS 1.18 PER STUDENT. SO WHETHER THEY COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL -- >> WAIT 1.18 CAR PER STUDENT? SO ONE CAR PER STUDENT. THAT'S A HUGE RATIO. >> IT'S NOT WHEN YOU COMPARE -- IT'S HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, BUT IT'S NOT HUGE WHEN YOU -- WHEN THEY HAVE TO STAGGER AS OPPOSED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE EVERYBODY COMING IN IN 20 MINUTES AS OPPOSED TO ONE HOUR, THEN ALL THOSE 1,000 VEHICLES WILL COME WITHIN 20 MINUTES, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY HAVE -- >> SO IT'S FAIR TO SAY, THEN, BASED ON EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IF THIS GETS APPROVED 700 ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ON OUR ROADS, CORRECT? ONE TO ONE. >> WELL, YES IN AN HOUR. >> AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PARKLAND NEEDS A NEW HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT MSD IS NOW A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING STUDENTS UNDERCAPACITY BECAUSE THE CITY FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT. THEY'VE ALSO JUST BEEN LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. SO I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT PARKLAND IS IN DIRE NEED FOR EDUCATION. WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS FOR THINGS THAT BETTER OUR COMMUNITY, THINGS THAT ARE BEST FOR EVERYONE. SO MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, I TOO HAVE RECEIVED PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF SOMERSET. MAYBE A HUNDRED, MAYBE 200. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE KNOW THERE'S ONLY LESS THAN 2,000 PEOPLE IN THIS SCHOOL, AND IF 50% OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY, I'M SORRY, BUT TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE THIS, FOR THE INTEREST OF 1,000 OF OUR RESIDENTS AND TO SAY THAT USURPS OR OVERPOWERS THE OTHER 34,000 IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR ME TO STOMACH. BECAUSE THOSE OTHER 34,000 ALSO DESERVE OPTIONS. AND THOSE OPTIONS SHOULDN'T JUST SIMPLY BE LIMITED TO BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR KIDS IN A SPECIFIC SCHOOL AND THOSE SPECIFIC PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE KIDS TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. I AGREE WITH THOSE PARENTS, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TOO. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY MAY NOT EVEN PRESENT ITSELF TO YOU AFTER ALL THIS IS SAID AND DONE, THAT THE NUMBERS MAY NOT ACTUALLY WORK OUT WHERE A NEW FACILITY BEING BUILT, WE'RE NOW DIMINISHING IN SIZE AND SCALE AND YET WE'RE STILL EXPECTING TO HAVE THE SAME GREAT OUTCOME AND [02:15:03] RESULT AND THE MORE WE WHITTLE THIS DOWN, I'M SORRY, I ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OF A CHANCE OF VOTING YES IF THERE WAS CONVICTION OF SAYING NO, WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT, THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS BEST. BUT INSTEAD, AT EVERY TURN, DESPITE DISAGREEING WITH OUR CONCERNS OR OUR COMMENTS, YOU'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES THAT TO ME IS WATERING DOWN A PRODUCT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING ABLE TO GET IT TO PASS. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE. I'M NOT SAYING THE PARENTS WHO ARE IN THE SCHOOL DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR KIDS HAVE OPTIONS, BUT ALL OF THE PARENTS DESERVE TO HAVE OPTIONS, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW. SO I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE A COUPLE MORE OF MY NOTES, BUT I DO FIND IT VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT AS SOMEONE WHO IS ENGAGED -- AND ACTUALLY I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, DESPITE MY CONCERNS AND I FIND IT VERY SAD, VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT I CAN'T EVEN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPALS WHO ARE COMING TO US AS A COMMUNITY AND SAYING, TRUST US, AND YET THEY CAN'T STAND HERE AND LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. AND IN FACT, THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ASKED US TO TRUST THEM, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, AND MS. CASTRO, I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR YOU AS WELL AND I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING FUTURE AND CAREER, I KNOW YOU WILL, BUT THAT WAS ALSO A PERSON THAT I WAS LOOKING TO AS THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, CANDIDLY, AND IT HAS AGAIN NOTHING TO REFLECT ON THE VICE PRINCIPAL, I THINK SHE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AS WELL. BUT TO ME, PART MUCH THESE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE EVALUATE AS A CITY IS NOT JUST WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A NICE BUILDING. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN BUILD VERY NICE BUILDINGS. IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT BUILDING ONCE IT GETS UP, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO INTERACT WITH US AS A COMMUNITY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO INTERACT WITH US AS CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO US ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU? BUT IF THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO ME ARE SO OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THERE'S NO DESIGNATED SECURITY GUARD ASSIGNED TO THE SITE DURING CONSTRUCTION. YOU SIT HERE AND YOU GUYS HELP REPRESENT THERE'S GOING TO BE SAFETY. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> IF I MAY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS, A LOT OF THEM NOT RELATED TO TRAFFIC. BUT ONE THING THAT YOU SAID RELATED TO TRAFFIC, THE 700 ADDITIONAL TRIPS, THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE EQUATION WHETHER IT'S GOING TO WORK OR NOT. [INDISCERNIBLE] NOW THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION IS WHAT THE CAPACITY IS ON THE NETWORK, AND BY PUTTING THE ROUNDABOUT THEY ARE INCREASING THE CAPACITY, BY INCREASING THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION, THEY ARE INCREASING THE CAPACITY. AND THE CAPACITY WILL MEET THE DEMAND AS FAR AS TRAFFIC. ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS I'M NOT -- >> AND I -- LISTEN, INTERNAL CAPACITY TO ME IS DISTINCT FROM JUST TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FLOW. >> CORRECT. SUCH INTERNAL CAPACITY BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU START, BECAUS WHAT YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT QUEUES WITHIN THE SCHOOL TO SPILL OUT. >> AGREED. >> BECAUSE IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN THE NETWORK DOESN'T WORK. >> AGREED, BUT TO ACCEPT THAT LOGIC IS FLAWED IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE I COULD BUILD A PARKING LOT WITH A SCHOOL THAT FITS 1,000 CARS, AND I COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE QUEUING, GUYS, I'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPOTS BUT GUESS WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THOSE CARS LEAVE THAT LOT OR ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE LOT? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THEY'RE IN THAT PROPERTY. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO GET THERE AND WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING AND THEY'RE COMING IN ON LOCKSAHATCHY AND COMING IN OFF SAWGRASS ON PLACES THAT ALL CONVERGE ON A TWO LANE ROAD. >> CORRECT AND THE ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE DONE ESTABLISHED THAT THE CAPACITY OF THE NETWORK OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL WILL HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL DEMAND OF 700 VEHICLES. >> THANK YOU. SO THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE IS THAT THE ROUNDABOUT WOULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTED UNTIL 2027, SO WE TALK ABOUT THESE TRAFFIC CALMING SYSTEMS, AGAIN, I FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STAGGERED PICKUP AND DROPOFFS. THERE'S GOING TO BE EXTRA CURRICULARS AFTER SCHOOL HOURS THAT IS GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, NOT EVEN STUDENTS OR RESIDENTS, PEOPLE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN EXTRA CURRICULARS AT OUR EVENTS SO WHATEVER THIS 700 NUMBER IS IS ACTUALLY -- IT'S NOT ACCURATE. IT'S ACTUALLY UNDERCOUNTED. SO LOOK, I'LL GIVE ONE MORE -- I THINK I'VE SAID ENOUGH. I HAVE TO THINK THAT -- I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT PART OF WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IN ANY CITY IS THAT -- THAT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE PHYSICIAN TO BE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT SOMETIMES [02:20:03] AND MADE DIFFICULT TOUGH DECISIONS, RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT PARKLAND IS TRYING TO MAKE REALLY COMPROMISI CAN TELL, I FEEL IT. I KNOW MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES ARE TRYING TO GET THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE. AND I HAVE AS WELL. YOU MAY NOT THINK SO BECAUSE I ASK QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY NOT LIKE BUT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE WHAT I NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH, SO IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. BUT I WISH YOU ALL BEST. I WISH THIS WASN'T HANDLED THIS WAY BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING ON A FREIGHT SCHOOL. I GREAT SCHOOL. I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR PARKLAND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUYS' TIME AND SUPPORT, AND SCOTT I AM KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND TO THE EXTENT IT GETS PASSED, LISTEN, THE DIAS IS GOING TO SPEAK BUT I JUST HOPE THAT IF THIS DOES PASS THAT WE DON'T LOOK BACK ON THIS AND SAY, I WISH WE WOULD HAVE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL BACK UP THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IS A VERSION OF WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THIS SCHOOL OPENS -- NOT WHEN THIS SCHOOL OPENS, WHEN THIS SCHOOL STARTS TO PHASE IN THE RAMP-UP PLAN. AND MAYBE IT'S ACADEMICA OR SOMERSET'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER OR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT IS THE FLOW RIGHT NOW THE SAME FLOW THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE? >> THERE ARE MINOR CHANGES. INSTEAD OF THE STACKING, WHERE THEY GO IN AND OUT IT IS ONLY ONE LANE MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE TWO LANES IN THE FUTURE SO BASICALLY THAT WOULD -- THE CAPACITY OF DROPPING AND PICKING UP KIDS AT THE SAME TIME. >> OKAY SO THERE'S HOW MANY PICKUPS AND DROPOFFS RIGHT NOW, TWO OR THREE? >> THREE. >> AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO FOUR? >> YEAH. >> THAT'S THE OTHER PART TOO. >> SO IT'S GOING TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY INTERNALLY FOR EACH ZONE, FOR EACH STACKIN- >> EACH TIME. >> TO GET RID OF THE JERSEY BARRIER -- >> I'VE HAD TRAFFIC -- TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, I'VE HAD TRAFFIC CONCERNS EACH STEP OF THE WAY BUT I'M BEING TOLD BY BOTH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND EXPERT AND THE ONE FOR THE APPLICANT THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE CAPACITY SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND WHAT IT IS NOW TO ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE IN ANY GIVEN DROPOFF PERIOD. CAN YOU GO OVER THE NUMBERS WITH US AGAIN, PLEASE? >> I'LL GO OVER THAT REAL QUICK, YES. I THINK JOHN ANSWERED IT CORRECT, AND FOR THE RECORD BRIAN KELLY WITH SIMMONS AND WHITE. THERE'S MULTIPLE ELEMENTS AT PLAY HERE WE'RE DOING TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC. NUMBER 1, WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL STACK SOG RIGHT NOW THERE'S 188 SPACES OF STACK BEING. THAT'S GOING TO 234. BUT MORE SO THAN JUST THAT, THE REMOVAL OF THE JERSEY BARRIER IS MAKING IT A HECK OF A LOT MORE EFFICIENT AT THAT ENTRANCE AS WELL. SO THAT ENTRANCE WHERE YOUR DROPOFF AND PICKUP, THAT JERSEY BARRIER HAS BEEN REMOVED SO THAT'S A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THERE. WE'RE ADDING THE ROUNDABOUT WHICH IS GOING TO INCREASE CAPACITY SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HILLSBOROUGH AND UNIVERSITY AND MAKE THAT FLOW MUCH BETTER FROM THE CURRENT CONDITION OF ALWAYS STOP. ALSO WE ARE ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL STAGGER PERIOD TO KIND OF DISBURSE THAT TRAFFIC SO NOT EVERYONE IS COMING AT ONE TIME. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE ELEMENTS THAT ARE AT PLAY HERE THAT ARE INCREASING CAPACITY, AND SO MYSELF IS MAKING THAT PROCLAMATION BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS, BASED ON OUR EXPERTISE AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. YOUR SEE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT HAS SAID THE SAME THING. AND BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC HAS SAID THE SAME THING. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THEM AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PLAN AND THE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS. >> SO WE'RE ADDING -- MY NUMBERS ARE RIGHT -- 48 CARCIN TERRIBLYY PERCEPTION? >> ROUGHLY. >> SO WE'RE ADDING 200 -- >> ALMOST 50 EXTRA QUEUING SPACES, BUT IT'S GOING TO WORK A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY AS WELL. THE WAY WE'RE ALSO DOING THE STAGGER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT SLIGHTLY SO IT HELPS A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, BUT ALSO THAT FOURTH TIME, YES. >> AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY REMOVED THE JERSEY BARRIER, SO IS THAT OPERATING RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE JERSEY BARRIER? >> YES. >> THAT WAS WHAT WE DID AT OUR -- >> THAT WAS OVER THE SUMMER, YES. >> SUMMER MEETING. AND HAVE YOU MONITORED THE DROP-OFF QUEUE TIMES AS OF NOW? >> YEAH, WENT OUT AND LOOKED -- I HAVEN'T DONE IEND MUCH MY THOROUGH DEEP DIVE ON IT YET BUT I HAVE LOOKED AT IT. I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT PROBABLY AGAIN NEXT WEEK. [02:25:01] I USUALLY WAIT A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER SCHOOL STARTS JUST BECAUSE PATTERNS START TO -- AND THE PRINCIPAL AND THE STAFF SAY IT'S MOVING MUCH BETTER THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST WITHOUT THAT JERSEY BARRIER. >> MY OTHER UNDERSTANDING AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR MORE ANTHONY, IS THAT IF WE GET TO AN ISSUE AS THE RAMP-UP PERIOD GOES, THAT THE TRAFFIC BECOMES AN ISSUE THAT IS PROBLEMATIC, THE QUEUEING IS NOT WORKING OR IT'S SPILLING ONTO HILLSBOROUGH DRIVE TOO MUCH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE CAN BE NO INCREASE IN THE SUBSEQUENT CAP, REGARDLESS OF THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE? IS THAT ACCURATE? >> THAT IS ACCURATE. YOU HAVE MONTHLY REPORTS. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUIRED TO INCREASE THEIR ENROLLMENT UNTIL THAT HAS BEEN REMEDIED AND REVIEWED BY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AS WELL. IT'S IN SECTION 5 OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. >> THIS GETS BACK TO THE ISSUE THAT JULIO AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THE BIGGEST JUMP AS I SEE IT IS THE 400 PLUS JUMP, AND THAT WORRIES ME, GOING FROM 28 TO 29 -- OR 27-28 TO 28-29 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DOWN, EVEN IF IT'S METERED OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE NEXT YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE IT STILL WORRIES ME THAT WE HAVE A 412 -- AND I AM KNOW IT'S ASPIRATIONAL NUMBER -- JUMP AND JORDAN -- COMMISSIONERS, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO THE BEST POSSIBLE PROJECT FOR OUR CITY AND THE TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE GO BACK TO THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE, IS THAT THE ROUNDABOUT WILL BE DONE BEFORE WE GET TO THE LARGER OF THE JUMPS WITH REGARDS TO THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YEAH, SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THE ROUNDABOUT HAS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO THAT AND ALSO ALL THE ADDITION STACKING TO GET TO THAT 234 SPACES WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE DONE PRIOR TO THAT ENROLLMENT SO I RECOGNIZE YOUR CONCERN AND OPINION ABOUT THAT JUMP BETWEEN '27 AND '28 AND 28- 28-'28 BUT ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE DONE PRIOR TO THAT SO ALL THOSE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS. >> IS THERE A WAY TO GET THAT JUMP FROM THE 1154 NUMBER INTO THE 1400 SO WE HAVE A 300 JUMP SORT OF EACH STEP OF THE WAY, WE'RE NOT JUMPING UP BIG -- SO WE'RE AT 154 AS 1,054 AS OF TODS OF NOW? >> YES, I THINK THAT'S OUR PROJECTED -- 1048, GIVE OR -- >> SO WE'RE AT 1048 TODAY, THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SO NEXT YEAR THE ROUNDABOUT WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE '27-'28 YEAR, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING -- >> IT WOULD BE BEFORE THE '28-'29 YEAR. >> GOT 'YA. SO THE ROUNDABOUT WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE '28-'29 YEAR AS WILL BUILDING C AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE GYM? SO YOU'RE GOING TO JUMP UP A HUNDRED FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR, MAX AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO JUMP FROM 1154 AND THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THE JUMP WHEN THE ROUNDABOUT IS COMPLETED AND BUILDING C IS COMPLETED AND FROM THERE WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO JUMPS -- BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND THIS ADDRESSES THE CONCERN I HAD INITIALLY, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THE CAPS TIED TO THE RAMP-UP SCHEDULE BECAUSE IF THERE BECOMES AN ISSUE WHEREBY THE TRAFFIC BECOMES UNTENABLE OR WHERE WE HAVE BACKUP ONTO THE STREETS AND THE QUEUING IS NOT WORKING AND WE'RE RELYING ON OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THEIR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THE COUNTY, THAT WE CAN HIT PAUSE AND SAY, STOP AND SAY, NO MASSE UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION AND THEN THE PAUSE BUTTON REMAINS. IF THE SOLUTION CAN BE FIXED AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO PETER THAT OUT, THEN THAT CAN GO FORWARD. >> RIGHT. >> TRYING TO KEEP NOTES, COMMISSIONERS, WITH YOUR -- >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING ALSO. WE ALL WANT THIS TO BE THE BEST PROJECT FOR OUR CITY. I THINK THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN CLEARLY THAT SCHOOL CHOICE IS [02:30:02] WHAT THEY'RE AFTER AND CHOICES DON'T NEED TO BE IDENTICAL. I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY FAIR TO THINK THAT A SCHOOL THAT OFFERS FEWER SPORTS OR FEWER SPECIFIC EXTRA CURRICULARS IS NECESSARILY AN AN INFERIOR PROJ. I'M A NUMBER OF YEARS AWAY FROM EITHER ONE OF MY KIDS BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT I THINK A SCHOOL LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT FOR BOTH OF MY KIDS, NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAD MUCH INTEREST IN SPORTS, THEY WERE VERY ARE INTERESTED IN ACADEMICS, MUSIC. THESE ARE CHOICES THAT SOME FAMILIES WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE. IF THAT IS WHAT INTERESTS YOUR FAMILY, THEN I THINK WE CERTAINLY HAVE WONDERFUL OPTIONS FOR THAT. I DO SEE THIS AS A VALID AND HONESTLY EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO CHOSE THIS FORM OF EDUCATION AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY FAIR TO THINK THAT IT'S A LESSER PRODUCT IF IT'S OFFERING MAYBE LESS VARIED SPORTS OR SPECIFIC EXTRA CURRICULARS THAN OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE CITY DO PROVIDE. THAT'S KIND OF THE ELEMENT OF WHAT CHOICE LOOKS LIKE TO ME. AND LIKE MOST OF YOU, I'VE HEARD TONS OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PARKLAND ABOUT THIS. I THINK IT'S FALLING IN LINE WITH WHERE THE FUTURE OF WHAT FAMILIES WANT THEIR KIDS TO EXPERIENCE. AGAIN I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, I CAN ONLY GO BY THE ENGINEERS THAT ARE PRESENT, OURS AND THEIRS. 58 MORE STACKING SPOTS -- OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. I JUST HAVE TO GO BY THEIR WORD THAT SAYS THE ENGINEERS SAY THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM AND THE SAFE TBARDZ SAFT EXIST, WHERE IF THERE IS A FINDING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE RAMP-UP CONTINUES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE COMFORT I CAN HAVE TO OFFER THE RESIDENTS WHAT I FEEL THEY REALLY DO WANT THAT HE WAS ALL I THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. >> I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER I ISROWS COMMENTS AND I SHARE SEVERAL CONCERNS. I ALSO APPRECIATE MAYOR'S AND MY OTHER -- VICE MAYOR, I COMPLETELY AGREE AND I'VE SAID IT SO MANY TIMES IS YOU HAVE DONE -- YOUR LEADERSHIP, SCOTT, ANTHONY, CERTAINLY OUR STAFF, KAITLYN HAVE DONE, GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND. TO REALLY MAKE THAT WORK. WHEN COMMISSIONER ISROW SAID I WOULD ALMOST PREFER YOU STAND FIRM ON THE PLAN FOR -- YOU KNOW, WENT TO A LOWER MAX, TWO BUILDINGS VERSUS THREE. I DO BELIEVE THE SAME THING. IT MAKES ME QUESTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE AGREED TO ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS AND TO VICE MAYOR'S POINT, SOMETHING -- YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES ARISE, THERE ARE -- IT SOUNDS LIKE SAFEGUARDS AND THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE, TRAFFIC COMING FROM WHEREVER. I LIVE ADJACENT TO THIS SCHOOL. I'VE HEARD POSITIVE, AMAZING THINGS ABOUT SOMERSET, BUT I HAVE MANY, MANY RESIDENTS, WHETHER FRIENDS OR NOT, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN MY COMMUNITY OR OUTSIDE THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED. AND THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SOMERSET THE SCHOOL ITSELF. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT NOW THE BROWARD HEALTH SAFE OF THAT LAND, RIGHT, AND WHAT'S GOING THERE. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF HENDRIX, THAT'S FAR DOWN THE ROAD BUT WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT IT'S FAR DOWN THE ROAD. WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T CONTROL THAT. COASTAL COMMUNITY, THEY'RE DOING AMAZING, THAT'S AWESOME. BUT THAT PARKING ISSUE AND THAT TRAFFIC -- NOT EVERY DAY BUT THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER THING. SO TO COMMISSIONER ISROW'S POINT, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING IS CONVERGED IN THIS VERY SMALL AREA RIGHTEOUS OUR GATE RIGHT OT I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS. WHAT I SAY TO RESIDENTS IS I TRY TO SUMMARIZE ALL THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO THAT I BELIEVE WILL SERVE AS SAFEGUARDS SAFEGUARDS. MY KIDS WENT A SCHOOL NOT AS [02:35:03] PRESTIGIOUS AS THIS ORGANIZATION BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT WAS SMALL AND THEY TRIED TO EXPAND AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE, BUT I SEE HOW K THROUGH 8 HAS THRIVED, AND AGAIN THAT IS AMAZING. I ALSO KNOW WHAT THE LAW STATES, AND I AM A LAWYER, AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY INFLUENCING MY DECISION. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE -- YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN SAID IT -- THAT YOU ALL CAN DO TO PERHAPS ADDRESS AT LEAST MY CONCERNS. I THINK COMMISSIONER ISROW STILL HAS QUITE A FEW, AND I THINK THOSE NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I DO FEEL LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STATE THEM. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE MORE CONCERNS, BECAUSE I ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE ALL WANT THE BEST POSSIBLE PROJECT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ADDRESS ALL THESE ISSUES, AND PUTTING THE TRAFFIC ISSUES ASIDE FOR A MINUTE, COMMISSIONER ISROW RAISED THAT DURING CONSTRUCTION, THERE WILL NOT BE SECURITY ON THE PROPERTY. THAT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WITH ADDRESS THAT. >> 100% INCORRECT. THERE IS ALWAYS SECURITY. THERE'S ALWAYS SECURITY WHEN THERE ARE CHILDREN, STUDENTS, IT'S A STATE LAW. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE COMMISSIONER ISROW GOT THAT INFORMATION BUT IT'S 100% INCORRECT. >> OKAY, SO SCOTT, ANTHONY, DO WE HAVE IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT THERE WILL BE SECURITY DURING ALL ASPECTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT? SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE SROS AND BSO'S PRESENCE ON CAMPUS? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT FLAWED HERE. >> YEAH, THERE IS A CONDITION WITH REGARD TO COORDINATION OF BSO DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. >> BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT ADDRESSES IT. WHAT IS THE PROVISION -- AND I'M SURE ACADEMICA. >> THERE'S ALWAYS SECURITY AND THERE'S A WHOLE SECURITY PLAN, WHEN WE START A PROJECT IN AN EXISTING OPERATING SCHOOL, WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, I HAD MY DIRECTOR, MY NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AND SAFETY HERE BEFORE, WILLIE TAGLE FROM MIAMI DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO HE DOES THIS FOR US NATIONALLY AND WE HAVE A TEAM THAT DOES THIS, THAT WE SEGREGATE THE ENTIRE AREA, WE SEGREGATE WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PARK, SEPARATE AND APART. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AREAS FORREST ROOM. THEY HAVE FOR RESTROOM. THE SCHOOL CLEARS THEM. THEY HAVE TO BE CLEARED BECAUSE THEY ARE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, THAT'S THE STATUTE. PLUS WE HAVE SECURITY THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. >> AND I'M SORRY I HAVE TO INTERVENE HERE, BECAUSE I SEE NOW WHY JEWEL OWE JULIO ONLY ANS QUESTIONS THAT HE WANTS TO AND NOT MINE. I'M GOING TO POINT YOU TO -- JULIO SHOULD PROBABLY READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S HIS DOCUMENT. "THERE WILL NOT BE A PERMANENT SECURITY GUARD ASSIGNED TO THE SITE DURING CONSTRUCTION". SO I ASKED MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND WE TALK ABOUT RESPECT, I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE APPLICANT WHO I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT BEEN COURTEOUS AND RESPECTIVE WHEN HAS LOOKED AT ME AT A MEETING AND TOLD ALL OF US THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS. I ASK YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THAT IS NOT A PARTNERSHIP. TO SIT HERE AND MAKE MISREPRESENTATIONS TO A BOARD AND TRY TO DISPAGE ME THAT I'M COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S IN THEIR DOCUMENT, I WANT MY COMMISSION TO STAND BEHIND ME. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU BELIEVE, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, NONE OF US SHOULD ACCEPT THAT AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU VOTE NO OR TABLE IT, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> WHERE IS THAT? >> IT'S ON PAGE 5 OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS PAGE. >> I'M ASKING FOR IT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT PART OF OUR M-O. >> I APPRECIATE IF NEXT TIME YOU DON'T DISPAGE ME BEFORE YOU CHECK YOUR FACTS. >> VERY NICE, COMMISSIONER. VERY NICE. >> YOU HAVE IT, ANTHONY? BECAUSE -- >> UNDER ITEM B. JUSTIFICATIONS STATEMENT.JUSTIF. >> WHAT'S A JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT? >> IT'S THE BACKUP ON ITEM 10 ABOUT. OF THE MASTER PLAN. [02:40:01] >> WHO AUTHORED THIS? WHO AUTHORED THIS, ANTHONY? >> YOU KNOW WHAT -- YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S TAKE A 5-MINUTE BREAK. >> UNBELIEVABLE. WHO AUTHORED IT? >> WHO AUTHORED THIS? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, COMMISSIONER. >> SIR, ASK THE STAFF, PLEASE. >> I AM DIRECTING IT TO STAFF. >> I AM. I AM. NICE GRANDSTANDING THERE. >> LET'S TAKE. >> OKAY EVERYBODY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THIS SHOW BACK ON THE ROAD. >> ALL RIGHT, JUST WAITING FOR VICE MAYOR. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE VICE MAYOR IS? ALL RIGHT, SO -- I WILL SAY THERE'S A LOT THAT TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST FEW MOMENTS. BUT I WILL SAY I TOO TAKE ISSUE WITH -- WE'RE ELECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. AND YOU'RE AN ELECTED -- OR FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL. PUT YOURSELF IN YOUR SHOES BACK IN THE DAY AND AN APPLICANT COMES BEFORE YOU AND DECIDES HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. WHETHER SOMEBODY'S GOING TO VOTE FOR YOUR PROJECT OR NOT, CLEARLY HE WAS NOT VOTING FOR OR AT LEAST INDICATED THAT HE WAS NOT SUPPORTING YOUR PROJECT, SO I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR FRUSTRATION, HAVING GONE THROUGH ALL THIS TIME AND ALL THE ITERATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO GET TO THIS POINT. SO I CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE YOUR LACK OF PATIENCE, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE BEGINNING, I TRIED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I TOO HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT SOMERSET FAR MORE THAN I WANTED TO. AND I WAS READY TO JUST, LET'S GET IT ON AND LET'S FINISH UP, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE. BUT AS THE MAYOR, I DEFINITELY DO NOT APPRECIATE DEB -- MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE FORCED TO YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS SO I'LL TAKE IT UPON MYSELF FOR NOT STANDING UP FOR MY COLLEAGUE WHEN I SHOULD HAVE. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WE ACT IN MY CHAMBERS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO REFLECT ON HOW I WILL ULTIMATELY VOTE IN THIS. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THINGS SHOULD BE HANDLED. CERTAINLY IN MY CHAMBERS -- WELL, OUR CHAMBERS, ALL OF OUR CHAMBERS. AND ALL THE RESIDENTS' CHAMBERS. SO I THINK WE CAN ALL ACKNOWLEDGE WE COULD HAVE HANDLED THINGS MUCH BETTER. >> MAYOR, AND TO THE COMMISSION, I APOLOGIZE. AS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL, AS PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND REPRESENTING OVER 400 CITIES, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THERE IS FRUSTRATION. THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THAT ACTION TOWARDS ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL. THE FRUSTRATION IS THE FRUSTRATION. MORE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SIX TIMES, SEINE SEVEN TIMES I HAVED TO MEET EVERYONE ON THIS DIAS WHEN WE'VE ASKED FOR A MEETING HAS GRANTED IT. AGAIN THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE THAT ACTION SO I APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMISSIONER, PLEASE LET HIM KNOW THAT I PUBLICLY EXECUTED UP [02:45:03] HERE AND I APOLOGIZED AND I APOLOGIZE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE EARNED AND YOU HAVE EARNED THAT RESPECT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ELECTED YOU AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE EARNED IT FROM US. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR. I THINK MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THIS, TO CONTINUE TO DEFER THIS AND LEAVE THIS IN LIMBO IS NOT FAIR TO THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AT SOMERSET. IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND. IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE COMMISSION. IT'S NOT FAIR TO STAFF. IT'S NOT FAIR TO ANYBODY ELSE. AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'VE ALL WORKED TREMENDOUSLY HARD TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE THOUGHT IS IT THE BEST PROJECT, CAN YOU MAKE THE BEST PROJECT? NO, BUT YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT BEST IS? AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS THE BEST PROJECT. AND YOU WON'T KNOW UNTIL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT TO START FROM SCRATCH AND SAY, THIS IS THE BEST PROJECT, WHO KNOWS. EVERYBODY'S GOT DIFFERENT OPINIONS. AND I APPRECIATE COMMISIONER ISROW GREATLY. HE ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE THAT I TRULY APPRECIATE. BUT TONIGHT I LET HIM DOWN, BECAUSE I ALLOWED WHAT HAPPENED TO TRANSPIRE, AND THAT'S SHAME ON ME. BULLY LEARNEDBUT I LEARNED SOME. WE ALL HAVE TO MOVE ON, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I VALUE MOST -- OR I DON'T WANT TO SAY MOST BUT THAT I VALUE GREATLY IS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AS A BODY. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE BUT WE AGREE THE RIGHT WAY. SO JORDAN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE DID, AND I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, AND I'M OBVIOUSLY SAYING IT HERE PUBLICLY, THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT. AND THAT'S ON ME. I'M THE MAYOR. I'M THE ONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO RUN THESE MEETINGS SO I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THINGS GO THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO. AND THAT'S ON ME. SO I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY. BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT. AND THAT'S -- AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. SO WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE -- >> I HAVE A COMMENT THAT I'VE GOT TO MAKE, BECAUSE I AM STYMIED IN -- ONE THING WE COLLECTIVELY DO AS A BODY -- AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE APOLOGY FROM -- JEWEL JULIO, YOU AND I E NEVER HAD AN ISSUE IN OUR INTERACTIONS. THE GENTLEMAN WHO DESERVES THE APOLOGY ISN'T HERE TO GET IT AND TO HAVE A CONTINUED DISCUSSION, AND I FEEL STYMIED IN MY ABILITY TO ADDRESS WHAT WERE VALID POINTS, BECAUSE WHILE WE COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY MAY NOT AGREE 5-0 ON EVERYTHING AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT WITH YOUR CITY OFFICIALS, WHAT I DO COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY GUARANTEE THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE MEETING IS LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, HEAR THEIR VALID CONCERNS, TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THEM TO MAKE EACH AND EVERY DECISION WE MAKE THE BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND I FEEL HAMPERED BY THE ABILITY THAT I DON'T HAVE A RESPECTED COLLEAGUE AND A FRIEND HERE TO PLAY BACK AND FORTH WITH WITH REGARDS TO ADDRESSING HIS ISSUES, SOME OF WHICH APPARENTLY WITH REARDS TO THE SECURITY GUARD IS A LEGITIMATE ISSUE -- ALL OF THEM ARE LEGITIMATE, WE MAY NOT AGREE EYE TO EYE ON THEM BUT ALL OF THEM WERE LEGITIMATE. AND HIS -- HIS RAISING OF THIS ISSUE RAISES A CONCERN FOR ME THAT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ABOUT SECURITY AT THE PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT. I'VE SEEN IT. BUT I ALSO NEVER SAW THE SENTENCE THAT SAYS THAT THERE WON'T BE A PERMANENT SECURITY% GUARD BURIED IN A DOCUMENT AT THE END OF THE EXHIBIT. SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND WE'VE BEEN BEATING THIS UP AND TRYING TO GET TO THE BEST PROJECT, AND I THINK WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES. BUT TONIGHT IN MY VIEW WAS A COLOSSAL SETBACK IN TRYING TO VET REAL ISSUES WHERE WE MAY, AGAIN, YOU AND HE AND HE AND SOME OF US MAY NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ON EVERYTHING BUT THE NOTION OF ENSURING THAT THERE'S A [02:50:03] SECURITY GUARD ON THE PREMISE OF CONSTRUCTION -- AND I APPRECIATE JULIO'S COMMENTS. I HAD HEARD THEM BEFORE AND THAT'S WHY I TOOK THEM AT THEIR WORD BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE POINTING OUT THAT, WELL, THEIR DOCUMENTS VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. AND SO I REALLY HAVE A CONCERN IN MAKING A THAT. IN MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. I ALSO THINK THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE A BODY THAT COLLECTIVELY DOES SOMETHING, THAT WE DO IT AS A WHOLE, WHETHER WE DON'T ALWAYS VOTE IN THE SAME FASHION, AND I APPRECIATE IF MY COLLEAGUE DECIDES AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT HE IS A NAY BUT THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE THIS A BETTER PROJECT AND I FEEL THAT WE ARE PREVENTED FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF WHAT JUST OCCURRED. >> MAYOR? IF I MAY, I UNDERSTAND VICE MAYOR BRIER'S COMMENTS AND I CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THE SECURITY ISSUE, UNDERSTANDING THE RECESS WAS FOR A FEW DIFFERENT REASONS. THAT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM. SO FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, THE EXPLANATION COME WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM 2018, IT WAS EFFECTIVELY COPIED AND PASTED BECAUSE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION WASN'T REALLY CHANGED. IT WAS GRANTED FOR THIS SCHOOL USE. AT THE TIME, THE SECURITY GUARD WAS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. THAT DATES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL APPROVALS, REINCORPORATED INTO THE APPROVAL. WE UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE. AS JULIO MENTIONED, THERE IS A FULL SECURITY PLAN AND WILL BE A SECURITY ON CAMPUS AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO STIPULATE TO THAT AND COMMIT TO THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. >> , I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I RESPECT THEM. I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO COMMISSIONER ISROW PERSONALLY AND I WILL APOLOGIZE TO HIM PERSONALLY AS A MAN, FIRST, AND SECOND, BECAUSE HE DESERVES AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, HE DESERVES THAT RESPECT. AS I STATED BEFORE. I WILL REACH OUT TO HIM PERSONALLY AND I WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM. AS YOU KNOW, I HAD A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER IN LAW AND WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW WHEN HE WAS IN LEGISLATURE SO I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO HIM PERSONALLY AND I WILL APOLOGIZE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE, MAYOR, YOUR COMMENTS, JULIO, THAT IS COMMENDABLE AND THIS GOT A LITTLE HEIGHTENED, TOO HEIGHTENED, AND I ALSO DO TEND TO AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR. WE ARE A BODY AND THE BREAK WASN'T INTENDED FOR ANYONE TO LEAVE, I DON'T THINK, PARTICULARLY ON THE DAIS, BUT THAT HAPPENED AND SO IT SEEMS THAT IN THAT WE ARE A BODY AND WE SHOULD VOTE AS ONE, DESPITE WHAT THE VOTES ARE, I AM NOT SURE -- IN ADDITION TO YES, CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY COMMISSIONER ISROW, THAT I CAN PROCEED THIS EVENING EITHER. >> ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER SO THAT THE BODY CAN BE TOGETHER FOR A VOTE ON THIS AS A COMPLETE BODY? THAT WAS FOR YOU, ANTHONY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON THAT DEFERRAL REQUEST AS TO WHETHER THEY HAVE AN OBJECTION OR NOT. >> I AM SORRY. [02:55:42] >> YES, MAYOR. >> SO IT IS A CONSENSUS ON THE BOARD. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS VOTE TOGETHER. SO WE WOULD LIKE -- WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING? >> CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MAYOR? >> YES. >> AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU, JULIO, OR SCOTT. BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 14TH, WILL THE CONSTRUCTION AS ANTICIPATED BE DELAYED SUBSTANTIALLY IF THIS WERE TO BE VOTED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH THE? IS THAT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR SCHEDULE AND TIMING FOR THE PROJECT? >> AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SCHEDULE WITH YOU AND ANTHONY, WE HAVE HAD TO COME UP BECAUSE OF OUR OBJECTIVE TO BRING TOGETHER THE GYM AT THE SAME TIME AS BUILDING Z, WE ARE RIGHT UP AGAINST IT WITH THE AGE VOTE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO IT WILL DELAY AND IT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE I CAN'T START WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT APPROVED. WE CANNOT START CREATING PLANS. WE CANNOT PUT THE ENGINEERS TO WORK. >> SO LET ME ASK. BECAUSE OF THAT -- MAYBE I SHOULD ASK THIS A DIFFERENT WAY. PUSHING THIS BACK FOUR WEEKS, I IMAGINE, AT WORST WULD PUSH BACK THAT PORTION FOUR WEEKS. >> IT PUSHES BACK EVERYTHING FOUR WEEKS. YES, SIR. >> SO MY OTHER HOPE IS, WE HAD A VERY GOOD BACK AND FORTH AND I HAVE BEEN A THORN IN YOUR SIDE AT EVERY MEETING WE HAVE MET AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE ARE NOT LOSING GROUND. I FEEL LIKE EVERY STEP -- EVERY TIME WE MET AS A BODY WITH THE APPLICANT COME WITH THEIR COUNSEL COME OR EVEN MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEIR TEAM AND STAFF OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS TO GET THIS TO BE A BETTER PROJECT. SO I AGREE. WE SHOULD DO THIS AS A BODY AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT BUT I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND AND -- BUT I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE GROUND. I SUPPOSE I WANT YOUR ASSURANCE AS A GENTLEMAN AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO LOSE GROUND. >> MAYOR WALKER, CAN YOU ALLOW FOR ACCEPTANCE, THAT I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE THE ACTIONS THAT YOU AS A MAYOR ARE TAKING, AND I KNOW THEY DON'T COME EASY TO MAKE THOSE TYPE OF DECISIONS. THEY ARE NOT EASY. I HAVE AND WILL AS I STATED PUBLICLY, WILL REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND I WILL MAKE IT RIGHT IN A SENSE THAT HE AGAIN DESERVES TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM ME AND NOT JUST HERE ON THE DAIS WITHOUT HIM PRESENT. BUT IF YOU COULD HOPEFULLY INSPIRE OR ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES TO TAKE THE VOTE TONIGHT, THEN IT WOULD AVOID US HAVING TO GO BACK. I DO AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR. A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. A LOT OF POSITIVE HAS BEEN MADE. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHILDREN. FOR THE GOOD OF THE EDUCATORS. [03:00:04] BECAUSE OF A BAD CHOICE IN MY JUDGMENT TODAY, BASED ON AGAIN, CARRYOVER, THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE STEPPED IN THIS ROOM, THEY SHOULD NOT AND THE PROJECT SHOULD NOT SUFFER. SO I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE TO RECONSIDER AND ASK THE COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A VOTE, AND I WILL MAKE IT RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER ISROW. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS RIGHT. I WILL COME AND SEE HIM PERSONALLY. I WILL DO EVERYTHING I NEED TO DO SO THAT IT DOES NOT CARRY OVER AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS HERE. IT WILL BE ON ME. IT WON'T BE ON YOU. >> NO, NO. IT IS ON ME. ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT -- >> MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM IS ABOUT IT'S ON ME. >> BUT IT IS ON ME. I ALLOWED YOU TO DO THAT. AND SOMETIMES MY LACKADAISICAL ATTITUDE GETS THE BETTER OF ME AND TO NIGHT IT DID BECAUSE I KNOW BETTER BUT SOMETIMES I DON'T TREAT MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES TO NIGHT FOR SURE WITH THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE, SO IT IS ON ME. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> YES, YOU WERE THE ONE THAT PRECIPITATED IT BUT I ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN SO IT IS ON ME. >> I UNDERSTAND, MAYOR. >> IN THIS ROOM, I AM THE FATHER. >> YOU ARE IN CHARGE. I UNDERSTAND. >> SO DUE TO MY INABILITY TO CONTROL THE SITUATION, I FIND MYSELF IN A POSITION THAT I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE IN. >> I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THINGS MARCHING FORWARD, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER? >> THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS DEFER ANYTHING EVER. >> I KNOW, MAYOR. >> I WANT TO TAKE VOTES. EVERY MEETING. I HATE THE WORD "DEFER." BUT BECAUSE OF HOW I HANDLED TE SITUATION, I HAVE NO CHOICE BECAUSE I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE FRIENDSHIP COME I AM NOT TAKING THIS VOTE WITHOUT HIM. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE FOUR WEEKS. >> MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST A COMPROMISE SUGGESTION IF IT IS FEASIBLE. COULD WE SET A SPECIAL MEETING IN BETWEEN THE FOUR WEEKS TO RECONSIDER? >> I AM TOTALLY FINE HAVING A MEETING SOONER. LOOK, TO BE QUITE HONEST, I THINK WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME POSITION. I THINK WE ARE DONE. WE JUST NEED TO VOTE. I AM HAPPY TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS A LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, THE SECURITY CONCERNS WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE DOCUMENTS. >> WE ARE RIGHT THERE TO TAKE A VOTE. THIS IS NOT A TWO HOUR MEETING, HOUR AND A HALF MEETING. IT IS NOT. OKAY. WE'VE GOT THE SECURITY COME A COUPLE OF MINOR ISSUES BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REHASH, WE DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION, WE DON'T NEED ANY OF THOSE THINGS. OF THE QUESTIONS WE ARE LOOKING TO ANSWER BASED ON COMMISSIONER ISROW CONCERNS WITH THE SECURITY WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED AND MAKE SURE THAT IS IN RIDING WITH ANTHONY, GET THAT SQUARED AWAY. I AM HAPPY TO DO A SPECIAL MEETING. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IF THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO AGREE TO DEFER. >> CAN WE DO TWO WEEKS? >> AN AGREEMENT, MOTION TO DEFER BY NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 14TH. >> SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE HAVE A WORKSHOP. >> I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER ISROW WILL BE THERE BUT -- >> WE HAVE A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED. >> I UNDERSTAND. [LAUGHS] >> WHAT I AM SAYING -- >> THE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE -- >> NO, I DON'T WANT TO -- >> WHY DON'T WE AGREE TO A MOTION TO DEFER TO TRY TO MAKE IT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 1ST TIMING. AFTER THAT MEETING, IF NOT, IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO -- >> WE CAN'T -- [03:05:01] >> FROM 5:00 TO 6:30. >> WE COULD DO IT THEN WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THAT, YES, THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE IT. >> SEPTEMBER 1ST. >> I WANT TO DISCLOSE TO THE COMMISSION THAT I AM TRAVELING THE 31ST OF AUGUST. I WILL NOT BE HERE THE FIRST. I DO NOT WANT THE COMMISSIONER OR THE MAYOR OR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE IT AS A SIGN OF DISRESPECT. >> AS LONG AS I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION AND YOU HAVE MADE -- >> LET'S JUST MAKE IT THE 14TH THEN. WHAT IS 13 DAYS GOING TO DO? >> TWO WEEKS. >> OKAY. >> SO LET'S DO SEPTEMBER 1ST. 6:00, 7:00. ARE YOU GOOD, SCOTT? >> MOTION TO DEFER. >> JULIO, SCOTT, I TAKE IT WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED? >> SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS AND WE WILL UPDATE THE SECURITY ISSUES SO THAT IT MATCHES OUR CURRENT SECURITY POLICY AND THAT IS ALSO A STATE STATUTE AND AGAIN, CLARIFIED THAT THAT WAS ONLY IN THERE BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING LAND SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY I STOOD UP HERE AND SAID I KNOW IT IS NOT IN THERE BECAUSE IT IS NOT OUR SECURITY PLAN AND IT IS NOT WHAT WE REPRESENTED TO THIS COMMISSION WHEN WE BROUGHT OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY UP HERE. IT IS NOT HOW WE PRACTICE THINGS AND HOW WE DO THINGS. >> LISTEN, I AM NOT IMPOSING ON YOUR PERSONAL SCHEDULE, BUT I WOULD LOVE IT AS A GENTLEMAN TO GENTLEMAN IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT TO GET YOU HERE ON THE FIRST EVEN VIRTUALLY. >> VIRTUALLY, I CAN DO IT. >> HOPEFULLY -- >> VIRTUALLY I CAN DO IT. IF THIS MAYOR ALLOWS ME AND THE COMMISSION ALLOWS ME. >> I WOULD ALLOW VIRTUALLY. >> ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I THINK YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE. >> YES, SIR. >> I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST. >> GO AHEAD. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEMS 10D, 10C, 10E, 10F, TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AT 6:30 P.M. FOR A SPECIAL MEETING. >> ON A CONDITION, YOU AND JORDAN WILL HAVE THE CONVERSATION. >> YES, SIR. >> WE ARE REACHING OUT TO HIM. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> DO I HAVE TO GO TO PUBLIC ON THIS? >> ACTUALLY, IF YOU ARE JUST - -- C. IF ANYONE WANTS TO COMMENT. >> DOES ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? ON THE DEFERRAL? >> OKAY, ROLL CALL. , THIS IS NOT COMMENTING ABOUT THE ISSUE ITSELF. IT IS ABOUT THE DEFERRAL. >> OKAY. >> AND IF IT IS UP TO THE MAYOR. BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE FIRST THEN THAT IS A DECISION THAT -- >> WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE FIRST, THAT IS -- YES, SIR. >> SO NO COMMENTS? GOT A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BRIER. IS THAT RIGHT? ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SALOMONE? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW IS ABSENT. >> VICE MAYOR BRIER? >> YES. >> MAYOR WALKER? >> YES. PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEMS 10D THROUGH 10F WILL BE DEFERRED TO THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING AT 6:00 P.M. AND IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE ON THE WEBSITE THAT EVERYTHING IS UPDATED FOR NOTICE PURPOSES. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. COMMENT BY THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. [12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department] >> NO COMMENTS. >> COMMENTS BY CORAL SPRINGS-PARKLAND FIRE DEPA DEPARTMENT. >> I AM JUST GIVING KUDOS TO OUR FRIENDS FOR THE DOG RESCUE. WE HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, US AND PD, WE BOTH WANT TO BE FIREFIGHTERS. OTHER THAN THAT COME IN NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER? COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY? >> NO COMMENT. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.