Number 18th, 2024 City Commission meeting. We are also holding the CRA meeting prior to the Commission public comments. There will be a 10-minute recess at 8.30 p.m. Mr. Rout will call please. Commissioner Newbone here Commissioner Arnst here Vice Mayor Longagan here attending my phone Commissioner Gordon here and Mayor Rosenwald here and Vice Mayor we appreciate you coming in we know you're out of state now are we hearing I heard him through your phone but are we hearing him we're hearing him well is everybody hearing Vice Mayor okay okay I didn't hear him. Thank you, Mayor. I'll speak right there. Okay, I just wanted to make sure we could all hear him. We have a moment of... Everyone, if you want to talk, please take your conversations outside. Please. We're going to have a... Our invocation followed by a Pledge of Allegiance. I would actually like to dedicate our moment of silence, our invocation to Mr. Anthony Nuel, who was a very treasured public works employee, a very important person and family man in Oakland Park. He passed away recently, today actually was his funeral. He lives behind his wife Rosa and three sons and a dedicated family as well as his family here in Oakland Park. So as we stand, please let's have him and our thoughts in pairs. And in honor of our fourth proclamation, Mr. Rutherford, would you mind stepping forward and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Thank you, Mr. Rutherford. Here more on our fourth proclamation. Speaking of which, our first proclamation is fire prevention. We motion billed out. Second. Commissioner Nooble. Yes. Commissioner Arns. Yes. Vice Mayor Longigan. Yes. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. Whereas fire is a serious public safety concern both locally and nationally and homes are the locations where people are at greatest risk from fire And whereas home fires killed more than 2700 people in the United States in 2022 according to the National Fire Protection Association and fire departments in the United States responded to 360,000 home fires. And whereas roughly three out of five fire deaths happen in homes either with no smoke alarms or with no working smoke alarms. Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying and reported home fires almost in half. Whereas Oakland Park residents should check their smoke alarms monthly to make sure that they meet the needs of their family members, including those with sensory or physical disabilities. And whereas the 2024 Fire Prevention Week theme Smoke Alarms make them work for you, serves to remind us the importance of having them working smoke alarms in their home. And whereas Oakland Park's first responders are dedicated to reducing the occurrence of home fires and encourage residents to take personal steps to increase the safety from fire, especially in their homes. Now therefore the City Commission of the City of Oakland Park, Florida, by the virtue of the authority vested by the charter, this year by authorized Mayor Mitch Rose of All to proclaim October 6th of the 12th, 2024 as Fire Prevention Week and urges all people throughout the city of Oakland Park to make sure their homes and businesses have working smoke alarms and support the many public safety activities and efforts of the Oakland Park Fire Rescue. Thank you. All right, thank you so much for this very important public information. I've asked Commissioner Gordon to present the proclamation to our fire chief. Good evening. We have everyone up here. Okay. Okay. Are you listening to it? Assistant Chief and Chief and Inspector. Right? It is with honor and great pleasure that I present this proclamation to one of the, I should say, the best fire department in this whole state. Our own fire department led by our chief, chief, Krovenik, when a fire starts. No one wants to see any elected official. They don't want to see anyone, but they want to, and the sweetest thing to their ear is the sound of that siren approaching. And I am so thankful to our great incredible fire department here in the city of Oakland Park. You guys do us proud, you do us well, we rely on you and I am deeply grateful to all of your service to this great city. I have a question, so I saw something in the proclamation that talked about everyone. Please check your smoke alarm monthly. Make sure your smoke alarm is working because when you need it to work and if it's not working you have a problem. Everyone has a problem and that's a very sad time to find out that it doesn't work. So, Chief, I know there was a time that the fire department would come out and assist residents with their smoke alarm. Is that still something that the fire department does? Yes, and though. Okay. I'm going to let you talk. Okay. Let the fire department dies. OK. I'm going to let you talk. OK. Well, first of all, thank you so much for your kind words and the support of everybody on the dies. Thank you so much. And of course, you guys, we can't do without your support, for sure. They answer your question. Yes, and no. We don't do it individually anymore. The Red Cross has a huge nationwide campaign that does that. And once every three or four years, they come by and I think the last time we put up 42 smoke alarmists when we did it with them. And it's a great labor of love between them and us when we get a chance to do that. Perth, thank you. And that was for public consumption. Yes, absolutely. I thank you for that and it is with great honor again and pleasure that I present this proclamation on behalf of the City Commission and our city manager and all staff of the City of Oakland Park. I'm presenting this proclamation to the best. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If we could take one quick moment, I would like to turn this over to the best Fire Marshal that I've ever worked with in my life is Assistant Chief John Preston, I think he had the Fire Prevention Week comments. Chief? Best Fire Marshal, only because I have the best team. It should be recognized because this is the second time they've been up here recently. While this focuses on Fire Prevention Week, which is preventing fires, which are catastrophic, we have read this team actually took it upon themselves and realized that that's not the only cause of death. Some of the other problems that we're facing in communities exceeds that now, like drowning. So just recently we were recognized for, and that was on their behalf doing that, creating a drowning prevention program in the city. So it's multifaceted, so it's a great team. I don't deserve the credit for this. I'm simply the leader. These are the people who do the work. So let my assistant fire marshal tell you about Fire Prevention Week. Christopher French. Fire Prevention Week was started by the NFPA in 1922 to commemorate the great Chicago Fire of 1871. Fire Prevention Week teaches children and adults how to stay safe in the event of a fire. The great Chicago fire burned between October 8th to October 10th with most of the damage done on October 9th. The fire caused roughly $200 million in damages, killing around 300 people and destroying over 17,000 buildings and structures. Smoke alarms are a key part of a home escape plan. When there is a smoke, excuse me, when there is a fire, smoke spreads fast. Working smoke alarms give you early warning so you can get out quickly. Test them monthly. Check the date. Replace if they owe over 10 years old. Replace with 10 year sealed batteries. Practice your escape plans. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Commissioner Mayor, City Manager. Thank you, shall we take a picture, Mayor? No picture? Okay. Thank you. the the on your comment commissioner gourd about the the smoke detectors I just confirmed with a fire marshal if you do contact the red cross because it was in my mind that people could receive these from free. So if you know someone who can't afford a smoke detector if you contact the red cross't afford a smoke detector, if you contact the Red Cross or any of us will get you the phone number. Maybe we could put that actually in our newsletter coming up at some point. And you can hear learn about how you can get a free smoke detector from the Red Cross. All right, thank you. So our second proclamation is National Recycling Awareness Week. Most of the adopted. Second. Commissioner Nooble. Yes. Commissioner Arns. Yes. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. Whereas National Recycling Week promotes curbside, industrial, and community recycling initiatives and helps to equip residents with the tools to minimize waste and manage material resources responsibly at home work and school and as we all have a responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint make advancements in recycling technology consume responsibly to preserve the environment for future generations and as a city of Oakland Park recycles over 3,000 tons annually and promotes environmental stewardship through the curbside recycling program, encouraging the conservation of our natural resources as we reuse them, and when we can purchase products made with recycled content and supports environmental sustainability for future generations. And as the city of Oakland Park has joined the newly formed solid waste disposal recycling materials processing authority of Broward County to encourage reduction, reuse the recycling of solid waste in order to divert the shared responsibilities to protect our natural resources for a more sustainable future. Now therefore the City Commission of the City of Oakland Park floor to the Vertea Authority, by the charter, does he, by authorized Mayor Mitch Rosen multiple claims September 6th to the 22nd, 2024 as National Recycling Awareness Week in the City of Oakland Park and encourages all to embrace proper recycling preservation of green space and prior To station of smart growth to build a brighter and more sustainable future for all people. Thank you And timely because just last week literally last Thursday We took a look at our solid waste assessment, which includes of course recycling I'd have asked again a wonderful commissioner Gordon to present the proclamation to Molly and Albert. Yes. Our wonderful public works team. You look like I felt like I was not Bob Barker who's the new host of places right and you won. Hi, you're good for you. Okay, so you're right. Can you use the microphone please? Oh, thank you. Okay, so on behalf of the City Commission, the City Management, and the whole staff of the city of Oakland Park. It is with honor and grace that I present this proclamation to both of you. And I want to thank you, Ms. Verge Mollie, for bringing to us that make America beautiful, which Oakland Park is going to shadow that make America beautiful. I think it's awesome. I think it's something that we can use and learn from so that we can continue to keep our city environmentally sustainable. I know that a lot of times Mr. Carbin, you've been the director of our great public works department. Sometimes people don't know what to put in the recycled bin, and I think that's one of the biggest challenges that we have. But I know that you have come up with some outreach and plans to help educate people on what they can put in that recycled bin so that you can go and pick it up. You can have staff pick it up because if it's contaminated, that's a problem, correct? I found out just recently I was at the Sierra Awards ceremony and someone, there was a company there and what that company does is they pick up certain items and they process it and turn it into something else and it becomes recyclable, correct? I'm sure you've heard about that. I was quite impressed and I learned that it take a carrot or certain vegetables, vegetables that we take for granted, we throw it, we toss it on the ground, but that is not something that's biodegradable, correct? It takes a moment, a very long time for that to go back to the Earth. So I just think you guys, as I just commend it, our fire department, we have one of the best, if not the best, public works department. And Mr. Carbin and Ms. Verge. Thank you so much. Continue to educate and keep this city one of the cleanest greenest environmentally sustainable cities in Browick County. So I'm gonna present this to you and if you would like to have a word. Thank you mayor and city commission. Thank you, thank you mayor and city commission. And commissioner, I'm going to Albert Carver and public work started. I'm going to accept this and I'm always going to accept the next proclamation so we can maybe do one photo for both. Yes, right recycling is a challenge right now and we're working through that. Please recycle but recycle right. Make sure your recycle is not in plastic bags and it is the right types of materials. So, thank you again for the proclamation. Sure. And if I could go ahead, Commissioner. Albert, I saw on the news this about six months ago, they're using AI to sort recyclables now. No people. And they have a little arm that comes down, picks up stuff up, but it uses AI to decide what's recycl to decide what's recyclable and what's not recycled depending on what the size of it is and what the texture is and how thick this is. So they're doing it with the people at recycling places. So it's gonna make it easier to get rid of the contamination because whatever's left is gonna go into contamination. You won't have to be thrown off the side, throw outside. This picks it out and moves it. And it's such a fast, unbelievable. If I get some outside of the information, but it was really neat, fast, I think about 60 minutes, but it was pretty cool. Thank you. And just for the public to know, we talked about this at our special meeting last Thursday. And I used to do this and I was educated about three years ago. The plastic public bags or wind-dixie bags or what Walmart bags they do not go into recycling. Those they go recycled at publics or probably Walmart. That's called contaminations so our best intent can be thrown out literally into the dump. Okay thank you so much. Let's give them a hand. And Mr. Furture on my mind because you were number three actually right now. That's where I was going though. But recycling of course is part of your, part of your wheelhouse. We have our third proclamation Florida climate week. Motion to adopt. Second. Commissioner Neubel. Yes. Commissioner Ar doctor. Second. Commission new bull. Yes. Commission of arms. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. Whereas climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our world today, impacting ecosystems, economies, and communities globally. And here in Florida, we are particularly vulnerable to its effects due to our unique geography and coastal environment. And whereas Florida and its 825 miles of shoreline and low elevation points of 100 feet above sea level make the state highly susceptible to sea level rise and other natural disasters related to climate change. And the high level of CO2 pollution also threatens to harm Florida's coral reefs in a variety of sea organisms. NOS rising sea levels increasing temperatures in the infestation of extreme weather events post significant risks to the safety, infrastructure, and economy of our state, making it imperative for our communities to act with urgency and determination to address these challenges. NOS Florida Climate Week is dedicated to raising awareness about the impacts of climate change on our state, fostering collaboration among government agencies, businesses, and residents, and promoting sustainable practices that will help mitigate these effects and build resilience in our communities. And whereas the City of Oakland Park is committed to leading by example in the fight against climate change by integrating sustainable practices into our municipal operations, planning for future climate impacts and engaging our community in efforts to preserve our environment for generations to come. Now therefore, the City Commission of the City of Oakland Park, Florida, by virtue of the authority vested by the charter, the City of by Authorized Mayor, Mishra, of the All to Proclaim, October 7th through the 13th, 2024, as Florida Climate Week and the City of Oakland Park, Florida, And as of the city residents take pride in creating a more sustainable and resilient future for all Floridians. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Shroud. And I've asked Commissioner Newbold to present, again, to Ms. Mollie Furtson. Mr. Kravind, if you want to come up, you're welcome to as well. Good evening. So privileged to be here to present you with this proclamation. And I just want to thank you for champion recycling in Oakland Park and making sure our waterways are clean and everything in roles were usable where I took the pledge. So thank you so much. So Florida Climate Week reminds us of the urgent need to protect our environment and build resilience that impacts the climate change. From the rising sea levels and extreme weather, Florida faces unique challenges. We all know that. We see it every day. By embracing sustainable practices, reducing carbon emissions and supporting clean energy, we can safeguard our communities and natural resources. I look forward to working together with you all and hopefully the community as well to create a more sustainable, climate resilient future for all of us. So thank you and I'm honored to present you this proclamation. Thank you words. Is this on? Okay. Florida Climate Week is a week that we recognize the changes that have been made in Florida throughout the past and also the future where we're going, what changes need to be made. So the fact that we are representing here today and proclaiming that is for the climate weakest huge. And I hope that many other local governments take this into consideration and do so as well. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Furchan. I want to just encourage we have an item coming up on the budget. And I want to just encourage my colleagues while we've passed the first time to continue to pass it. One of the things that's in there is, if you want to sit down, it's okay. But it's like, Ms. Furcht is our sustainability coordinators. Is that your official? Well, I talked with Mr. A. Barrett, our city manager long ago and got confirmation, I think pretty recently. There are not many cities, particularly our size, that have a think about it, a dedicated sustainability coordinator. And so that's of course one of the, obviously we're looking at our entire menu of positions that I will fully support. I just wanted to highlight that because while it's in the budget, which I'll be voting the ass on tonight, I just want to thank you, David, for Mr. A. Barre, for your acumen and your vision And putting that in there just super quickly you go to the city manager meetings around the country Is there something that's talked about are we still kind of on the Vanguard? Are we a progressive city and having a sustainability Court later possession. I just think it's important to take a minute or 30 seconds to talk about this No, I think you're absolutely right mayor The larger cities do have more emphasis. They have larger budgets and a bigger area and larger population to deal with cities that are mid-sized cities like ourselves rarely find the resources to commit to this kind of an engagement with the future generations who are going to inherit a world that is very different from the one that we grow up in. And we need to do everything we can to try to adjust for that reality before it becomes completely overwhelming. And I think that our team over at Public Works, led by Albert Carvin and of course Molly Fertch have been an extraordinary job in encouraging our citizens to be mindful of the changing world in which we live and to take steps to try to prevent and protect us as we go forward. So thank you for pointing that out. So we are a progressive city on that item, although I think of some other items too. Our last proclamation is Prospect Gardens Neighborhood Day. Most of them adopt. Second. Commissioner Neubel. Yes, Commissioner Arnst. Vice Mayor Longagan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes, and Mr. Rutherford, Robert Rutherford, very long time resident of Oakland Park, and also the brains with a team behind having Jacobe Historia's Park named as such, your musician too, I believe, or at least love music. And so my vast commissioner, aren't these really firsts? Oh, I apologize, yes, you're right. So I've asked commissioner commissioner aren't these really first. Oh, I apologize. Yes, you're right. So I've asked commissioner aren't to present the proclamation in this route. And I'll read it. OK. I need to do that introduction, this route. Whereas Prospect Gardens Neighborhood Day serves as an opportunity to celebrate 78 years of rich history, diverse culture, and shared values that define this special community. And whereas in July 1946, brothers Rocco, Nicholas, Folly, moved from New York to half a square mile property in unincorporated Broward County, purchased by the Rocco and Roof families. And whereas in September 1946, the property was surveyed and entered into the county records as Prospect Gardens subdivision. And whereas Prospect Gardens is home to several longstanding businesses that have become beloved institutions in the area including Caffish, Dewey's, Pino's Bakery and Deli, Autographics, Pride and Joy Learning Center and Vineage Diversity. Each contributing to the unique character and economy of the neighborhood. And whereas on October 2nd, the City of Oklahoma Park and the MPO will celebrate National Walk to School Day and Safe Route to Schools with the completion of new sidewalks for the children of Prospect Gardens who attend Lloyda State's Elementary School to safely walk to and from school each day. And whereas the neighborhood is comprised of a mix of longtime residents who have called Prospect Gardens home for decades, as well as many young families who bring new energy and a bright future to the community. Now therefore the City Commission of the City will come part floor to buy virtue through authority, vested by the charter, does he abide authorized mayor Mitch Roosevelt to proclaim the fourth day of September 2024 as Prosthick Gardens neighborhood day in the City of a Compact Florida and ask that the city residents take pride in Their community and celebrate their unique contribution to the city. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner arts. Yes, applause and Commissioner arts will present to Mr. Rutherford Congratulations and I've known this guy for 31 years. How long have you lived in the city? I've known you for a long time. Back when I first was on the commission, this guy is always around. He's always involved. And you are the president of the homeowner's association, right? And he's been the president of the homeowner's association for a long time because he stays involved and he knows what's going on in the city and he's just a general all-around good guy. So you like to say a few words and you know what else but what business was on there that's not there anymore is the fish store. Remember the fish store? Fishnet? The hardware store. But the fishnet I was a kid and he's come all the way all the way over here to get fish from the fishnet. That's a long time ago. Well, thank you, Mayor and Commission. Thanks for remembering little prospect gardens in the midst of budget votes and all these other proclamations. We're 78 years old, which seems kind of old, but things to the city's continued investments keeps the neighborhood young and vital. The new sidewalks are a welcome amenity and enhance our quality of life. So thank you for that. Thank you. What's the ribbon cutting for the October second? Second is ribbon cutting 330 over what Lloyd State's elementary? Yeah, so if you want to come out there and be a part of that, I know it was a tough sell because a lot of people didn't want them. A lot of people didn't want to, yeah, but a lot of the lawyers stayed in the want them, but it really made a big difference. Thank you very much, my friend. Appreciate you. Thank you. At this point, we'll take a look at our agenda and the additions changes or deletions. Commissioner there. Not at this time Mayor thank you. Commissioner Arns. I'd like to add the resolution on replacing the resolution for item number two and add the resolution for item number three and then I would like to move I would like to replace the resolution for item number two with the resolution that was on the supplemental agenda and then add item resolution for item number three, which was 5 excuse me 5 5 sorry Item number 5 five, which was not included in the agenda. And then I would like to move item number 19 to right before public comments. Right after item six I believe it is. Okay. Mr. Nierbold. No, I don't. I mean, changes. Vice mayor. Nothing mayor. Thank you. Mr. Raybear. Thank you. Mr. Raybear. Thank you Mayor. Only to ask respectfully if we could consider deferring item number six that's on order repair to a future date certain. We have a little bit more work we'd like to undertake with that item before it's brought back to you for consideration and a vote and I would recommend the meeting on December the 4th if we could please mayor. December the 4th okay. Mr. Duty for that last item that Mr. Abert said if we defer do we still have to open it or do we just literally table that out? I would respectfully ask you to open the closing hearing or do we just literally table that out? I would respectfully ask you to open the public hearing and continue to December. And again, you said Mr. Abert December 4th. Correct. Thank you, Mayor. Okay. Okay, I look for a motion to amend the agenda. Second. Roll call. Commissioner Nubel. Yes. Mr. Arns. Yes. Vice Mayor Longan. Yeah. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. Motion approved the amended agenda. The agenda as amended. Excuse me. Second. Commissioner Nubl. Yes. Commissioner Orange. Vice Mayor Longigan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. Okay. We're going to keep this tight tonight. We've had a lot of hearings and other of course members of the public who have vital things vital vital matters to talk about. We have three presentations. Our first is one of our most beloved activities. And there he is. Our October Fest champion, Mr. Cassale. I'm going to push this over to the side here. All right. Good evening, mayor vice mayor. Commissioners, I'm going to go ahead and All right. Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, commissioners and Guten Abend. And I know I butchered that so I'm sorry. Guten Abend. Say it again. Guten Abend. Guten Abend to everyone here in the chambers and watching remotely. I'm German. I'm Jim German. Oh, I'm sorry. Actually, actually, question. OK. It is special event season and October Fest is here. So let's give it up for that. Come on. We have some special guests here tonight. They will be coming up to the podium, sharing a few words. But before we get into that, I do want to go over a few details. Everyone should have one of these cards. And for those remotely, I will go over some of the information on it. This year, October Fest is the fourth, fifth, and sixth of October. It's going to be held at Jaco Pastoris Park, where it's been for the last several years. Nothing much has changed. I will give one important update. The charge to get in the entry fee is still $5. We kept that the same. Children 12 and under are free. So please bring in all the children. We have a carnival. We have a lot of free kids activities. On this card is the schedule activities on one side, and also the menu that funky Buddha, with their food and their beverages that they're serving. One of the big changes this year, and I do want to thank our vendors because they're very cooperative and helping us on this. We have moved away from the food and drink tickets. I know everyone's thinking like, how are you going to sell? All the vendors are accepting their own payments. So we do not have to stand in a ticket line and then go stand in another vendor line. So they are all accepting cash credit card through the vendors. So that'll speed up the process a lot. A lot internally and a lot for the participants at the event. So without any further ado, I do want to bring up funky Buddha. They are also going to hand out some treats. So I hope you brought your appetites because they went a little overboard this year but I like it so come on out Phil. You all came on a great night in the audience. Good evening commission thanks for having us. Enjoy the treat We brought some brats and pretzels, a little intro to the event. Beer. There wears the beer. Thank you so much, baby. As Chris mentioned, we're very excited to move away from the tickets and get things wrong a little bit more. Brought over. Oh, man. Everyone's so excited, yeah. He's the best. Let's get some good food. Get going here. The pretzels are the best. Usually they're a little warmer. We apologize. We were on standby. We apologize. We were we were on standby We did chef chef made him chef Jeff is in the audience. He's passing passing out some of the food And we have our our head brewery manager Adam I'm gonna let them talk about the food and talk about the the beers Very exciting this year. We have more October Fest beers. So in the past, it was one specialty with our core beers. So this year, we have three more. So I will introduce Adam, who's the brewery production manager. And Adam's going to talk about the beers followed by Chef Jeff. OK. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for having us. We're super excited about October Fest this year. As Phil mentioned along with our traditional Mars in that we produce we're creating two October theme beers. We're gonna do a Hellerbock this year which is a nice light refreshing logger a little lower ABV so it would be very nice on the warm days. Along with that we're going to do a doppelbock which is a little heavier, darker in color, a little higher ABV but very food friendly, very drinkable and palatable. Along with that we'll be serving our two core beers, Floridian and Hopton. So all together we'll have five beers, three German beers and then two of our core beers for October Fest. So we're super excited and hope to see everyone out there. Great. I'd like your term drinkable. Very drinkable. Excellent. Good evening everybody. How are you? Good evening. I'm Chef Jeff over at Funky Buddha. Just very excited again to collaborate and have a funky experience over there at the park with City Vokerm Park, the October Fest. I'm sure we're going to have a great turnout. We're always crossing our fingers for the weather. But I'm sure it's going to be incredible. Food again is going to be great. The music is going to be great. We're going to bring the personality. We're going to be screaming and singing and dancing all together, so just really looking forward to it again. Thank you guys very much. Thank you all. We so appreciate. This is our third or fourth year of collaboration, even more. It's more than OK, since I've been on. I want to turn it to my vice mayor why don't you start you've if you wanted to say anything I'm October fest to our to our funky Buddha family. Oh absolutely thank you mayor I'm looking forward to putting on my leader rolls in and and party with the best of about their pros to everyone. Great. Commissioner Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you so much, funky Buddha, for coming out here this evening and telling us all about the event. We are so excited. And I know that October Fest is one of the longest running events in the world, isn't it? Right. Yes. So we are certainly looking forward to celebrating with you. Everybody come on out and celebrate October Fest, October 4th, 5th and 6th. Thank you. Commissioner Newbold. Thank you. Commissioner Newbold. Thank you. I'm I am also looking forward to another celebration of October fest. I had a great time last year and not only the beer was going on and the long lines but we cannot forget about the dots and race. That's so fun. So thank you for everything. Thank you for the collaboration and I look forward to having a good time October 4th, 5th and 6th. I'm stealing my thunder there a little bit. They're coming out next. The only thing I want to say is I'm so glad that we're locally owned again. Funky Booer now is locally owned again. And that is, to me, it's just great. We're so proud to have you here and so happy that you chose O'Connor. You could have gone anywhere and you chose O'Connor. And you made the old Sears repair station into a destination now. So we're glad that you're back and your owners are the owners now. We actually have one in the house, Melissa Sence, so just to say hi and thank you for putting the investment in Oakland Park. It just shows what you used for saw as I was going to say 10 years ago. It's 10 right? 12? 10, 10 years ago. 11, okay. 10 with food or 12 with dinner. Yeah, 12, okay. And so that when you saw that many years ago and I'm telling you the place is packed, especially Panthers night, forget it. They've got even the seats up by the railroad tracks where the trains going by are packed. Well, that's what we have the appreciate you and we really appreciate you. I mean don't get me wrong. Amber was great, but boy, fuck you. It's hard to beat you. Wherever I go in the country, at least on the eastern coast people have heard of a funky Buddha will be there for opening ceremonies of course too and to top the keg. Speaking I think you're about to introduce your other local business partner just west of you is central bark that's been here I think 20 some years even I can't not thank you guys and if you wanted to. So up next we have another partner with funk with October Fest central bark we have another partner with with October Fest Central Bark. We have Mary that's going to say a few words. Good evening everyone and thank you. I'm short. My name is Mary Cozy. I am the assistant manager at Central Bark as well as the event coordinator. Can you speak in the microphone please. Thank you. Is this better? Yes. OK. I'm here this evening to talk about Doxandash. So on Saturday, October 5th, at 5 p.m. prompt, hopefully, we will be running on the 18th annual Doxandash. It'll be obviously in October fast. We're asking anyone who has a doxand or knows anybody that has a doxand to please sign up for the race. It's a lot of fun. You can go to our Facebook events page and there's a QR code there. You can scan it and go directly to the sign up page. Or you can call us directly and we'll go ahead and register you for the race. Remember that we fill up fast so please everybody register as soon as you can and this year we're doing something a little bit different. We are asking for a $10 donation. It's an entry donation for the Doxon dash that will go to the doxin rescue of South Florida. And please check in at our tent before four o'clock. This is a fun activity for the whole family. As people, anybody who's been there, it fills up fast. It gets deep. Even if there's bleachers, it's still gonna be crazy. So, pre-re, so please, you know, just get there early, get your spot so you can see the Doxon's race. And I just want to say this event is one of the highlights of our year. And we so appreciate the opportunity to be there and race and collaborate with the city and with Christine as well. She's been awesome. So thank you very much. If anybody has any questions, you can ask me or you can call the store and ask them. Mary, I thank you, great to see you in this capacity. I go to Central Park with my doggy. Do you still need judges? I think you know, I'm a judge, but does anybody vice mayor? Everybody, the one's not a a judge just let me know. But if you need more judges, just so you're still in need of judges. So if any audience would like to be a judge, you can just see Molly might be okay. Then see Molly and she might want to be a judge then. Okay. It's a blast. It is commissioner newbold said it is a blast. It is. It's a great time. And I've been at Central Park for 10 years. So I've been doing this for a long time. It's a great event. And we're very happy to be there. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And Chris, did you want to introduce Christine? So we can all know her. I mean, we know her to the public and know her vital role. Christine, can you come out here? It's too quick. Excuse me. She's kind of behind the scenes right now. If she's not available, so or do you want to just mention? So Christine is a big component of our special events. She helps us out tremendously. No one really knows magnitude of our event and what goes on behind the scenes. October Fest, come on out, don't be shy. October fest is a very big large production in Christine. Hannah's a lot of that production. So this is Christine for those you don't know her. She may not love publicity, but we want to give you. Let's give her a round of applause for all of you. She's very behind the scenes. And sometimes it's behind the scenes people that make the people that show up and talk look good. It's really the people behind the scenes, which you've been forever. So thank you so much. All right, so I just want to wrap it up. Again, the dates are October 4th, 5th, and 6th at Jockelpestorius Park. Dust off your later housing. I know Vice Mayor, you come looking pretty sharp. Your dindals, I think I said that right. And we'll see you that weekend. Thank you. All right, excellent. Don't forget a feather's name. All right. That's a good night. Thank you. Goodbye. We're one of them is celebrated in Florida. Actually, people come here from Tampa and all over to Oakland Park. Okay. Our next presentation we're very honored to have Dr. Jeff Holtness from the Broward County School Board. Mr. Abert, did you want to introduce? Sure. As you know, the partnership that Oakland Park has with this public schools here in Broward has been a close and longstanding one. We're grateful for all of the effort that the school has put into rehabbing and adding to the schools here in Oakland Park, including Northeast High School, which we recently opened the new building there and the work that's being done at Rickards. Earlier this past week I had a great good fortune of visiting with the new Chief Operating Officer at the Broward School's District to talk about a challenge that we've been facing with the mitigation fees and I'm encouraged that that line of communication remains open. When Dr. Holness called and suggested that perhaps it was time for an opportunity for him to visit with us, we were delighted as we always are to welcome members of the school board to visit with our community. And so without further ado, Dr. Holness, if you would. Thank you so much Mayor. It's good to see you and congrats as well. And thank you, Vice Mayor. I know you're on the phone. It's a pleasure to be here commissioners and our city manager as well as our city clerk and the attendees. And it's great to see food passing around. It's a good way to set the pace for our school board presentation. So I'd just like to mention that if you look at the slide that we're bringing up and Ms. Janice, if you could go to the next page, I am going to provide an overview of the 2024 student performance outcome. We're going to look at District 5, City of Oakland Park Limits, and we're also going to look at the focus which is a new software for taking attendance and so on that replaces our prior software and we're also going to give you an update on redefining of our schools as well as a facilities update and any questions that you may have so thank you so much so if we go to the slide, you will notice on the next slide that we do deserve a round of applause because Broward County is now an A district for the first time in 14 years. And as you can see from the presentation, we have 82 of our schools with a grade of A, 62 with a grade of B, and 69 with a grade of C. Now for the first time since 1999, there are known these or F schools in Broward County and that as well deserves a round of applause. Now as it relates to Oakland Park, Oakland Park, I represent District 5. And Oakland Park, there's a small part of Oakland Park that's in my district. And so I felt it would be really important to come by and give you some updates. And basically the cities, the schools in Oakland Park would be Lloyd Estates Elementary, North Andrews Garden Elementary, Oakland Park Elementary, James Ricketts Middle and Northeast High. And as the city manager mentioned, we have put a significant amount of work into Northeast. And thank you, sir, for recognizing that. And also Ricketts, we are going to complete Rickids and we're doing major renovation on Rickids as well. Okay, so we'll go to the next slide. Now, on the next slide, you will see the number of students in my district, basically the part of Oakland Park that attend schools. So for Oriole Elementary, we have 128 students from my portion of Oakland Park that is attending Oriole Elementary. We also have 91 students, Rock Island Elementary, 76 Luderdale Lakes Middle and 49 William Dandy Middle and Bordanderson High School 139 of our students. So we'll go to the next page. Now on the next page it's the new focus software and I am sure if we have parents in the audience today, you recognize that the district is now using a new software as it relates to student schedule, grades, attendance, discipline, forms, test scores, and so on. Now that particular software also, if you have ESC children, children with learning challenges, disabilities, there's part of that software as well that replaces the original software that we had that would take care of IEP documentation, which is individual education plans for our ESC students. We are working diligently to iron out the wrinkles with regards to this software and to provide training to staff to make sure that they are able to use the software efficiently and to access information as it pertains to our regular students and our ESC students. I challenge our superintendent to continue to have ongoing training with our staff at different schools to make sure that they understand how to use focus and we believe that focus will eventually the staff will get properly trained and focus will be a great software for our staff and our parents and our students. Now in regards to redefining schools which is our next slide. On June 18, 2024 the board directed the superintendent of schools to take district-wide action to expand programmatic options at our schools, recommend the closure of at least five schools and develop a plan to attract students back to Broward County public schools. Over the last several years, Broward County schools have lost students. We have had increased competition from private charter schools. And there are other factors as well that contributed to our loss. We currently have about 43,000 empty seats in Brawkani schools, which necessitate us having to look at repurposing schools and the possibility as well of closing some schools. This will allow us to function more efficiently. For those of you who know how schools are funded, schools are funded based upon FTE dollar, which is per student. So when a school is significantly under enrolled, we still have to maintain the grounds of that school the facilities with the funding that we receive specific to the enrollment of that school. So it lends itself to not utilizing the FTE dollar as much as we should with schools that are significantly enrolled. So that's the reason we're looking at repurposing schools and the possibility of closing some schools as well. Now as a dedicated member of the school board, I firmly believe that a community involvement is paramount in the decision making of redefining our schools. Throughout this initiative, I have consistently emphasized the importance of engaging our community members and stakeholders in discussions that impact our educational system. Over the summer, broad county public school staff have been committed to meeting with stakeholders, including but not limited to municipalities, district committees, and advisory chairs, faith-based communities, civic organizations, parent advisories, business, and industrial partners and a broader community. This inclusive engagement ensures that diverse perspectives are considered and that all stakeholders have a voice in shape in the future of our schools. As an ongoing effort staff will continue to meet with stakeholders, there are currently two policies impacting the redefinity of our schools, which is Policies 6 to 400 and Policies 8 to 10. We recently discussed Policies 8 to 10, which is School Boundaries, and Policies 6 to 400 school tries, we will continue our discussion of that in a subsequent meeting. So we'll go to the next slide. Now Superintendent Dr. Hepburn and staff have identified opportunities for deep community engagement focusing on school groups into clusters to facilitate meaningful interactions. These meetings will provide both staff and community with a chance to explore programmatic opportunities tailored to meet the specific needs of each cluster. To be clear, these school clusters are not selected for repurposing our closure. The objective is to foster a constructive dialogue that effectively address challenges unique to each community's culture. So we'll go to the next slide. Now this week the district has initiated its series of community meetings. I was at the first meeting which was at Dillard High School and we had a subsequent meeting as well at Fort Lauderdale High. And as you can see from the PowerPoint that there will continue to be further meetings Ms. Janice if you could go to the next one. And the next one I think actually, do we have the, actually if you could go back just a little bit, go back just a little bit. Okay yes, I'm so sorry. So the next meeting will be Thursday, September 19th at Piper High School, and I will be at that meeting, and then we also have another community meeting, Monday, September 23rd at Everglades High School, Monday, September 30th at South Broward High School, and Wednesday, September 25th at Charles Flanagan. Thursday, September 26th at Meramore High School. So when you look at the schools to be discussed, if you have students at any of those schools and you feel that you want to share your input, please attend one of these meetings. We are evaluating your input at these meetings and your input will guide the process as to which schools we repurpose. What do we bring to those schools and which schools we will close. So it's really important that you are there that you are present to help us because in fact we redirect the superintendent at our last workshop to finish all of the community meetings before we make any final decisions on repurposing any schools or closing any schools. So we're asking the attendees and those who are listening if you see a school that is on that list that you feel you want to have an input please attend these meetings. So we'll go to the next page. Now September 11 throughth was where we had meetings with identified municipalities and district committees and advisory chairs. On September 17th, the school board held a workshop focusing on discussing the components of the redefining and boundary process. Following the discussion from the workshop, please note that the adoption of the redefining and boundary resolution has been rescheduled to October 15th instead of the previous plan September 24th. Throughout this process, there will be ongoing program review of magnet and innovative programs as well as take hold and community meetings to gather input on redefining. And we'll go to the next. Now, speaking of two schools in Oakland Park that we have invested significantly as a school district, you have James Rickard's middle. The allocated budget is $82.7 million. And that will include a three-story building, administrative offices, classrooms, music, and art room, media center, science lab, indoor gym, and you can see that beautiful building on the PowerPoint. As well as Northeast High, we invested $47 million to have a scope of work, which include ADA renovations, H-Back improvements, Fire Alarm and sprinklers, re-roofing, electrical improvements, safety, security upgrades, and new addition and renovation to build in 12. So as you can see, there are quite a lot of things happening in our district, and our district is a $5 billion district in terms of our budget. And we try to do our best to make sure that we are spending money in the right places. And we are also listening to our stakeholders and our community. So I wanna just thank you again for having me. It is certainly an opportunity for me to be here. And if you have any questions, we open the questions. Thank you so much doctor hold us we've periodically have heard from superintendents and heads of facilities, but we haven't had a school we've had Sarah school board memberly and already at times We haven't had someone for a while so we're thrilled that you've graced us with your presence Would we be able to put back the slides? Yes, sir. The slides again because I think this is important. Three different things. If we can go to slide four When you look at I guess people can see that With the grades this is the first time if you look at that chart For the first time in you look at that chart. For the first time in three years and I can't recall, well actually I can recall prior and I think it was similar to say 2022. Look at this. We now have uh Northeast High. Actually for first time in a very long time, we want to certainly thank Principal Valikovic, is that Valikovic and his team and all of your leadership on the board and the superintendent for earning that B. But this is the first time we have three Bs and two Cs and I'm so happy that while North Andrews, which to my recollection, he'll always been a B, it dipped to a C, came back for the B again. We certainly want to put, well of course, records is brand new school board being, school board being, school building being erected. And of course, we need to figure out with Lloyd Estates how we can help the city manager and Ms. Bernad I see in the, in the audience have worked with one of the regional superintendents, we're gonna be having the meeting in a few weeks so we can drill down and see how we can partner and help because it takes a community right to with to see to see about improving that. I also want to just confirm. I think I'm right, but just for the public to know and I read this in the paper I think today or yesterday. No Oakland Park schools are my correct of our five schools that are right there. None of them are slated to be closed. Is that correct? Well, what I would say mayor, and I thank you for that question. What we've directed the superintendent to do at our last board meeting is that we are going to take community input on all of the schools that are listed in the clusters. And from the community input, we're going, they're going to present to us their community idea of repurposing as well as closing. I will say that we have not selected any school to be closed at this time, but there will be schools that could possibly close. So from the schools that are here, I will not be able to say yes or no, but what I can tell you is the community's input is what we're using to guide the process of repurposing our schools. And part of repurposing could be looking at schools where we could add programs to that school to attract more students. We could add additional options for parents as well as we could redefine what a school normally would have. For example, when we went to the Dillard redefining meeting. There were some parents who suggest, because Broward Estates is significantly under enrol, that we look at changing that to a pre-K program. So we're looking at all options for each specific school in the cluster list, and we're taking community input, and that is driving the process, which I would say to the attendees, that it's important that the attendees attend the October meeting, which is October 15th, where we will then gather, we will then digest the information from the community and. And I fully we all understand that. I'm part and that no, I'll just say I'm part and that none of our five schools even appear on any list at all. For potential or even for potential we purposely and I know nothing's set in stone. I will ask you and then I'll turn it over to my colleagues. When Dr. Lakata, who was the superintendent before, what is our current? Dr. Hepburn. Yes, we were in conversations the city manager and Miss Bernad and I to actually have a meeting specific in Oakland Park about even if thankfully none would we didn't think would be closed but just have a specific targeted at Oakland Park. Of course, Dr. Lakata had to resign for personal reasons, but I'd like to just say publicly, we would love, I know there's a meeting tomorrow, but just to extend to you to extend a Dr. Hepburn, we would love to have a specific meeting, you know, Northeast higher, wherever we're going to stay, wherever we have it, where the superintendent and you and we're really an alreadyartee and Hickson and Zeman the two at large to come well maybe you all four can't come at the same time but anyway for these two to come and just to hear input but for the superintendent we think that's important for the city and we were really about to right miss Bernat we were very close to I think we actually had the date and his assistant and then of course he was a Unfortunately had to leave so the last thing I want to say is again just I want to thank you We records that's a massive investment you all could have chosen you know what we're not gonna rebuild records middle school One of the cornerstones in our city We're just gonna go to Papano and Fort Lauderdale and Lauderdale Lakes, but you all had the fortune or had the vision and hopefully thankfully the heart for Oakland Park to rebuild our middle school from that horrible collapse a number of years ago where thankfully nobody was injured. So this is always a very important topic to our residents. The city does not control the schools all we do is put in some money for our crossing guards in the school resource officers and partnership. But it is a partnership and so we're just so thankful you're here. I do want to ask my colleagues if anybody would like to say anything. Mayor, I just want to be sure. Thank you so much. Rickard is really important to our school district and actually Mr. Dr. Washington, Coyado, who was the principal in the past. When I was a teacher, he was my principal. And he's enlightening me on a lot of things regarding Rickard's. So I appreciated his input and by the way, Ricketts was two points away from a B. So it was very close significant improvement. So even though you see that it maintains a C, it's a much higher C than it was and it was just two points away from a B. So I would like to congratulate the leadership and the staff and the teachers over there Ricketts as well and we value rickets. Thank you. I'm actually the vice mayor back on. Vice mayor, I know you've long have been the lead on schools on our schools. Would you have any comments to share? Yeah, thank you, Mayor. I appreciate that. I just want to say thank you to Dr. Holmitz for the presentation today and all he's doing to represent our schools. And you know, we, I don't have to tell you mayor. We take such pride in our schools and we want to be good partners and we're looking forward to moving successfully into the future, working with our partners at the School Board. So thank you, Mayor, I appreciate it. Thank you, Commissioner Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Dr. Hosen, Hoseness. Good evening, how are you? I'm doing great in yourself. Wonderful, come in. Great to have you here tonight. Enjoy the presentation. We, as the mayor said, having you here tonight is, it's a huge accomplishment for us. Thank you. You know, to have you present here tonight. And we do. We are, as commissioners, we all are so involved with every last one of our schools. Okay, we read to the students. We go out to the events when it's, bring your child, you know, career day. We're there. We go to Northease High School graduation every year. Wonderful. We support our schools and it's really great to know that the grades have improved. What's the secret sauce? I mean, to have Browett County become a B County, but an A, I'm sorry, pardon me, an A. And a district. Because it was a B before correct to have it become an A what's the secret sauce thank you commissioner Gordon and it's an honor for me to be here and I just want to say I would be remissed as well if I did not mention that Oakland Park the city of Oakland Park is shared by board member Leonardo and myself as well as the two at large board members. I would say that when Dr. LeCotta came on board, the board was very united in being resolute to become an A district. And we have been intentional in our approach with the superintendent to focus on how we can get to an A. I know personally for me I have met with the superintendent at least once a month and also with the deputy superintendent of teaching and learning and the goal was to what action plans can we put in place to ensure that we are looking at the areas that we're weak and that we strengthen those areas so we can become an aid district. Dr. Lakata started the ball rolling and Dr. Hepburn continued and by the way Dr. Hepburn was Dr. Lakata's second in charge and they both came from Palm Beach so they worked together for about eight years. I would also say that it's a concerted effort not just from district leadership, but school leadership or teachers or staff. Everyone became one on the same goal to become a district. The board also, in order to reinforce that, place an objective on the superintendent's evaluation, that we reduced the number of Ds and F schools as a part of his evaluation. So there was multiple areas that we look at in order to get to the A. And I believe that we work together in a concerted manner as a district, as a board. And that was a major focus for us and I believe it has paid off. Excellent. Thank you for that. It takes a village. It takes all of us to work together to make sure our students succeed. So I just want you to know you have partners here. Thank you. Okay, thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Thank you, Commissioner. And you're right how we do the whole city We're in koanas Food drives backpack programs to the schools. It's a real partnership and many other nonprofits. Mr. Newbold Thank you Good evening, Dr. Holness and good evening Thank you. And thank you for the presentation. And the mayor and commissioner Gordon, they pretty much said most of everything, how we partner with the schools. So make sure they succeed, to make sure they have things that they need. So glad that the grades have increased and you're right, because Dr. Dr. Principal V. O'Ratt Rickards. Yes. He did mention how he was just slightly away from AB. Yes. So he works really hard with those students. But I have a question. I heard about school time changes. I don't know if Broward County, if it's just West Palm Beach and Broward, Broward County that they is talk about changing the school hours. Okay, I believe you're probably referring to a bill that's possibly in the works in Tallahassee where they're looking at different start times for schools. That has not impacted us as yet, but I am certain that when we do have, when it's confirmed that we do need to do that, I am sure that the departments will look at options that would be best suited for our families. But we have not had any, for this particular school year, there will be no time changes that would impact our families. But I can assure you that if and when that happens, that families will be notified way in advance. And we will ensure as a school district that we do it in a manner that is not significantly impact to our families. Right. Because when I heard it, you know, I was in shock. as a school district that we do it in a manner that is not significantly impact to our families. Right because when I heard it I you know I was I was in shock. Right but it's not to start into 2027 or 26 I believe but I just I just I just wanted to confirm that Broward County adopt those hours and but you just answered the question. Well we will adhere to the law and at the same time we will consider the impact of our families and how we can best work through the challenges that will ensure a smooth process should we have to do that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Ornest. I have nothing to say at all so I really appreciate your updates. Thank you, Commissioner Ornest. I have nothing to say at all. So I really appreciate your updates. Thank you, sir. I get those updates. I love going through them. It's a lot of good information. I appreciate you taking the time. Thank you. I'll send those out. But thank you and a great job. Doing a great job. Thank you very much. The stability with the superintendent Hepper. It's just really calmed everything over. So I'm really glad to have him here and look forward to working with him. And I appreciate that comment. And like I said before, Dr. Hepburn was the second in charge, Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, worked with Dr. Lakata for eight years. So when we had that situation with Dr. Lakata for eight years. So when we had that situation with Dr. Lakata having some medical concerns, we were able to transition quickly and smoothly and continue the goals that we had in place. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Dr. Olas. Let's give him a round of applause for all of his work. And Mayor, if you don't mind, as you mentioned, those in the background, as you brought up that lady from... Of course. I would be remis if I did not mention that the person in the background for me in the District 5 office is Miss Janicey and Miss Janicey, if you could stand up, she's my executive secretary and she does all of that paperwork. She's what I got the... And I'm so grateful. She's what I got the emails from. Yes, yes, yes, so she's behind the scenes doing a whole lot of things so I am so grateful for her as well. Thank you Thank you so much. Appreciate. Thank you Okay, I need to step out for a minute. I'm gonna give the guy well to commissioner aren't There's a just have to use the rest room before the hearings. It's nothing major. So at this point, I'll state it just for the, oh no, it's just the presentation. It's nothing for the roll call. Yeah. One more presentation, the update on the Fort Lauderdale sewer, forced main replacement among Northeast 38th Street, Mr. Raybear. Thank you, Mayor. As you all have no doubt seen or experienced, there is a lot of work taking place on Park Lane on the east side of town with the additions of the sky building, the sky walk is going up and as a consequence that roadway is closed. And now there's another very important investment to the future of Oakland Park that's about to begin that Albert will be giving you a preview of. This is a Fort Lauderdale operation which will include the replacement of the sewer force main here on Northeast Park Lane. So Albert, if you would kindly introduce this important capital improvement project, please. Yes. Thank you, City Manager. Good evening, Mayor Vice Mayor on the phone commissioner, commissioners, City Manager again, Albert Carman Public Works Director. This is a very quick presentation. Renee, we got the presentation on the four-liar-dell, sewer, forest replacement project along Park Lane East or 38th Street. This is the fourth and last phase of this four-liar Major Sewer Replacement Project. This phase is 7,500 linear feet running from Main Street to the Corps Ridge Country Club is depicted in this slide. The Portian Ocompark is from 12th Avenue through to US 1. The scope of the project is the replacement of the sewer force main, which is a pressurized sewer line by horizontal drilling, which is a trenchous technology, and then any restoration of any disturbances of the roadway sidewalks or adjacent property. The scope of that, the projects proposed in three segments. Second one is main street, 12th Avenue, 213th Avenue. This proposed to occur as soon as permits are received, but after the C's October Fest, in early October, and this phase will only take two to four weeks to complete. Segment 2 is from 13th Avenue to 16th Avenue or just west of the 16th Avenue roundabout. And then segment 3 will be the east of the roundabout to US 1. This way, then this will take it out to US 1 across to the East Side of US1 outside the sea limits. Segment 2 and segment 3 are currently scheduled to occur in January 2020 or start in January 2025. A little bit about the treaseless technology. Information of this is horizontal directsion drilling. Requires an excavation of a pit or a large hole at both each sides of the segment to launch and receive the drilling equipment and materials. And ultimately the force main pipe. The process is to construct each pit will construct each pit and a small pipe will be bored between the two and then and then increasingly sized diameters to make the whole the final size before the final size is reached for the pipe final pipeline. This operation is completed during regular business hours, say 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Then the final placement of the pipe is completed in a continuous polling of the new pipe through the borehole. This with these links that we're talking about, that will take anywhere between 24 and 36 hours. And that's gotta be done in a continuous process. You can see the project schedule, again phase one, two to four weeks, eight to 12 weeks for the other two phases ending sometime around September 2025. That's a very important date. That September 25th date is a hard date for the City of Fort Lauderdale. This is a part of a consent decree for the EPA, and they must be completed by September 2025. Some pending items, the project still is not conserved, can secure the final permits, so we don't know exactly when the first still is not conserved can secure the final permits so we don't know exactly when the first phase is going to start. The city is not seeing a traffic control plan what they're going to be doing between 12,000 and 13th Avenue to take care of traffic whether it's going to be a full closure or a or a lane closure definitely during the pipeline project that will be a full closure and then we did have a project meeting for the public meeting in August that was held here in commission chambers. There's been one meeting meeting and there put the four letters playing have others possibly one with the corals neighborhood. Quick slide. This is part of the records. We can see who's part, who is participating in the project to see a four-letter mail. David Mancini is the contractor and then Chen Moore is the engineer. This is a design build project. And then that's the very quick update of this project and I'm available for any questions. Thank you so much, Mr. Carman. I'll turn it to the commission and commissioner. It was his 24th, the fourth man. 48, 48. Okay. So this is largest one out of prospect road. That prospect road is the is a waterline. But yes, 48. Okay. Now they are going to be moving the large user meters, right? That's part of the that's a subsequent project that we're going to be doing. You'll be seeing work authorization on the future commission meeting for us to get that design because that's our part we have to remove our force main that goes into that meter and then that meter will be relocated on 13th Avenue around where the new Greenleaf Park is. Okay so that's going to get rid of those boxes out by the railroad tracks move them east. That's correct sir. Thank you very much. Okay Commissioner Newbold. Thank you, Mr. Carbin, for the presentation. It seems like this is the same thing that's going on over off a prospect, like Commissioner Ernst mentioned. And I don't know a lot about the forced main, but I see that you're going to have it secured and you'll know definitely whether you're going to close the road. When will you know that information? So residents will know when you're able to close the road as opposed to just having one lane open. As soon as we get the maintenance of traffic report, the detours will review it. Both engineering and public works will review that. We'll review it with police and fire once we do that Comments once those are saved will distribute to to city commission to the neighborhoods to all the people for for implementation Thank you Hey, mr. Gordon. Thank you mayor Thank you for the presentation Mr. Carvin. And I, as someone said, might and they kind of asked the question that I had and it was about letting people know that outreach to let people know when the road will be closed. So I kind of understand that. I like the fact that this project is being done in phases, correct? I see your start date is October 24th, and your end date is approximately a year later almost, right? So I'm looking forward to it. This is awesome. Thank you. Great job. Thank you, Commissioner Gordon-Vice mayor. Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate it. You know, I think this death that's working on the project gave a great presentation at the neighborhood's meeting and they're going to be responsive to any concerns that the residents may have. And that's including myself because it's running directly past our homes. So I appreciate that they're going to be on top of things, making sure that if there is a problem that favor mediated right away. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Vice Mayor. And again, appreciate the update. We want to get ahead of, we want to be proactive. And that's what this was. More quick question. Commissioner Arncer. This is how deep underneath the ground is this. I mean, it's going to be deep enough under the cherry creed, so it won't disturb it. Correct sir. The pipeline will start four feet below the ground but in the center of the drill would be probably approximately 30 feet below ground. Okay this with this this force means about almost 50 years old. That's correct the same same pipe that was broke several years ago same era. And you don't want to know what happens when a force man goes bad just don't even ask. Well I think we remember just a few years back unfortunately and for it Lauderdale so we're getting ahead of it. I'm glad to see the traffic plan obviously will be developed I was trying to go through my mind obviously I've all the construction going on west of Dixie is west of Dixie detour shouldn't matter the only other thing that's in my mind that I know Mr. A. Barron everyone to Miss Marrera will think about is with the park planning you know the O2 building the park building if they were needing to close 20th for any reason for what they're doing that that would all because I can I can imagine that we might be using 20th Avenue in the corals, if 16th is closed to get out to use for egress. So I assume any independent construction, all that's coordinated, right, Mr. Weber? Okay. All right, thank you so much, anyone else? All right, thank you so much for the update. We appreciate it. Over the presentation. I think we need more pretzels. We're getting into the formal hearings now. So our first hearing tonight is actually our budget budget public hearing. It's the adoption of the final fiscal year 25 millage rates and operating budget. The advertising for this public hearing appeared in the Sun, September 15th, 2024. Mr. Judy, would you? Mayor, if you'd let the Mr. Thompson make a presentation so you consider adopting the millage rate first. Okay, thank you, Mr. Abert. Good Lord. Yes, thank you, Mr. Abert. Good work. Yes, thank you, Mayor. As you know, and as you mentioned, this is our final budget hearing to set the fiscal groundwork for next year, which begins on October 1st. We have slightly edited Andrew's presentation due to the voluminous items that we have in our agenda this evening, but we will certainly cover all of the highlights. Andrew Thompson began this process last January with his team and meeting regularly with our department heads. We've had the recommended budget to you in July. We had our first budget hearing at the first meeting in September. And we set our fees at last Thursday special meeting. This is our final opportunity to talk about the budget for next year. And I'll turn this over to our chief financial officer to guide us through this item. Andrew. Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Good evening, Mayor. Vice you, Mr. City Manager. Good evening mayor, Vice Mayor, City Commissioners. As stated this is our final hearing for the approval of the fiscal year 2025 budget. So tonight, just like at our tentative hearing, there are two separate public hearings. The first is the adoption of the final milled rate. That's our operating millage and then our two debt service milled rates. And then we have the adoption of the fiscal year 2025 budget itself. And accompanying that or a few documents associated with the budget, the most important being the five year capital improvement plan. Also, later on tonight's agenda for the CRA, we have the adoption of their final budget. So some of the essentials will go through these quickly. We are recommending a reduction to the operating milled rate from 5.8362 mills to 5.7243 mills. This is the 10th reduction over 11 year period. It would be the lowest rate in 15 years. And over those 11 years, that total is almost a 0.7 meal reduction, a reduction that saved more than $17 million for taxpayers. We're recommending a reduction to the debt service mileage rates, lowering those in total to 0.5534 mills. And this is because we have two separate millage rates, and as we'll see later, our property tax base is expanded, but our debt service remains level, so we are able to lower those rates. Last Thursday, the City Commission voted the final assessment rates. This included a fire assessment rate of 382 per residential unit, a stormwater assessment rate of 125 per equivalent residential unit, and a residential solid waste fee of $340 per residential unit. One of the other important elements of this budget is it still remains a very conservative document. We're maintaining our general fund reserves that are approximately 22% of general fund expenditures well within our policy of 20 to 25%. And it does kind of play to an almost $40 million capital improvement program just for next year. Some of the challenges that we've talked about that we're had to be addressed as part developing this budget include an increase in pension costs of about 18% for the general fund over 1.3 million growing public safety costs, VSO increasing by 7%, and almost 1.4 million dollar increase. In general increased maintenance needs as we have this transition of facilities we do have many old facilities that do have maintenance needs and new facilities that we hope to maintain in excellent order. We have the increased salt waste tipping fees. We continue to experience supply chain difficulties, particularly some of the more technical items that we've needed for the installation of various things, which are smart meters. Inflation has abated somewhat, but the prices still remain elevated and South Florida, particularly lags behind the rest of the nation still as higher inflation rates. Construction costs, construction inflation is a separate beast, and it does remain high in the city's work hard to overcome many of these increasing costs, but we are continuing to work within that $40 million budget to deliver those bond projects. And then realistically, well about 9 out of 10 city employees will be moving to new facilities over the next 12 months. That comes with a financial cost. It also was a logistical challenge to make sure that we're continuing to deliver the services, our residents and businesses rely on. Interest rates remain elevated. If you read the watch the news today, you likely heard that the Fed did approve the first reduction in the prime rate in over four years. And this was done largely in response to increased unemployment, nationally reaching over 4% last month, which does represent a concerns about the strength of the economy and future rate decreases are anticipated at their next meetings, though on a smaller scale. Then we also have items that come up during the development of the budget that are not anticipated That includes Required railroad crossing contributions both on the FEC and Antrack lines both on 38th those crossings being redone the cost of that one million dollars There are also a lot of things that helped us out the development of the budget. Chiefly, we've had our 12th property tax base expansion increasing by almost 15% to the second highest property tax increase in the county among all 31 cities. That's added over 260 million dollars just for this year. The tax rolls just for new construction that bring you in about $1.5 million in new property tax revenue and pushing our property tax base to almost $6 billion. Some of those products include Oakland, Oak Tree, Out West, and then Bolesce there on Oakland Park Boulevard. We were able to secure low interest rates for many of our critical facility projects and the bonds prior to the increasing rates. We also are continuing to look for solutions for financing our stormwater projects with a recent application to the state revolving loan fund program, which provides low interest rates for qualifying drainage projects. And then we've continued to have just tremendous success in securing grant funding over 65 million since 2015. And then we have many new city facilities scheduled to open and those new facilities open we're able to reutil new ways those facilities and those properties as we work on building our centennial our building our second century and this includes fire station nine which has ribbon cutting scheduled for early next month public works which is not far behind and then of course the sky building with work on the sky bridge coming soon. The total citywide budget is $166.2 million for next year. The budget is divided into different funds. The enterprise funds that represents the business like funds are water and sewer, storm water and solid waste. Those are about 50 million, 30% of the budget. These are standalone funds that issue their own debt, have their own rate structure, and they are not supported by property taxes or other general revenues. The remainder of the funds are governmental funds. These often support one another. Your largest is the city's general fund, which includes most of the city's main operations other than public work There's enterprise activities Then you have your governmental funds CIP which is all the non enterprise Capital investments, which is almost 30 million dollars about a fifth of the budget Then you have your debt service fund This is the fund that pays all of the governmental debt and also receives the proceeds from those debt service mailage rates being adopted tonight. And lastly, you have special revenue funds and there are a variety of these smaller funds that have to be legally separated from the rest of city operations. The largest is our CRA, which is almost entirely dependent on transfers from the general fund. We also include smaller things such as our parks impact be fund and our most grant program fund, which was used to expand childcare services in the city through a grant from the CSC. The budget has continued to grow in recent years since fiscal year 2020. It's increased by 79% growing from $92.6 million to the recommended 166.2. One of the things as we consider the budget is the reality is a lot of the city's costs are related to personnel. They represent the general fund 60% of the total budget. And those are very hard costs, and the city has been very conservative with adding more staffing levels still remain below pre-recession levels, and we are recommending the addition of four new positions for next fiscal year that are outlined in a memorandum attached to this agenda item. The capital improvement program for next year is at $38.4 million. It's primarily focused on streetscapes, parks, and facilities, improvements above ground, but it still has a very aggressive infrastructure for our utilities, including water and sewer projects of almost 2 million and then stormwater projects representing over 7.2 million dollars of the CIP budget about 20 percent One thing I want to point out is that that stormwater investment is taking off because of the introduction of the stormwater master plan. This is the first year where we have those projects really taking shape. So your store-modern contributions have increased from around $700,000 in fiscal year 24 to over 7 million for fiscal year 25. And that matches the overall trajectory of the CIP, which back in fiscal year 2020 was only 3.8 million, but has grown over time to reflect the facilities bond campaign and investments in other infrastructure. So that's over a 900 percent increase since 2020. I won't go through every project in the CIP but this table shows just those projects scheduled for next fiscal year includes a variety of design and construction. Some of the highlights include the design work for the Glenwood Gardens project which is being funded largely through donations from a generous city resident improvements to veterans park and Royal Palm Park funded through the recreational trails program the floor not a sidewalk network and then we also have Emerald Lakes drainage base and design one of those critical storm-modern facilities and one of the largest projects next year. You're north east, south, and new pump station here on the east side of the city funded by grants and also state revolving loan funds. One of the things to highlight is that over $25.4 million of the CIP is grant funding, surtax funding and other sources. So that's 66% of your CIP next year is coming from sources outside the city. So just to quickly recap some of the budget highlights, we are recommending a reduction to the operating mileage, reduction to the debt service mileage is the fire assessment based on the study that was presented earlier this year and some adjustments to the recommendations the rate was increased to 382. And when you compare us to cities of a similar size, you can see that our fire assessment remains below average and our mileage rate, even with the debt service being considered remains well below average as well. Our stormwater assessment rate was set at 125, our residential solid waste rate set at 340. And again, both those numbers well below the averages, the average of cities are size. We'll recommend you an increase in the Saltways commercial rates to match the increase in the residential rate. We're maintaining fund balance with the policy limits. We're adding the four staffing positions, which will bring city total staffing to 329, and that excludes our contingent of 99 with our BSO district. It will be the largest adopted budget in the city's history and that brings us to the trim impact on our residents. In August the trim notices were sent to all property owners. This chart looks at the median single family home from last tax cycle from last year and what the effect of the proposed and adopted rights would be on that. Under Florida law the most property that's home said you can see in its taxable values growth is 3%. So that property has that maximum increase of 3% because CPI was 3.4. It has to be the lesser of the two. We can see that there is a reduction in the millage rate. It still results in a very small increase to do that 3% appreciation but that is also partially offset by the substantial decrease in the debt service millage rate. So for tonight's actions just related to of the state's health and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care and health care week, all told we're looking at less than a 9% increase for that median single family home with all rates considered compared to last year. And even though there is a decrease in the operating mileage rate, we are required to note that under Florida law that it is an increase over the rollback rate, which reflects the rate that would need to be adopted to generate exactly the same amount of property tax revenue as the prior year. So this proposed rate is 7.42% above the calculated rollback rate of 5.3289. The City of Oakland Park is not the only taxing entity far from it. There are a variety of special taxing districts, the Broward County School Board, and then Broward County itself. Oakland Park is less than one-third of the property tax bill. So tonight, we are asking that the city commission conduct two public hearings. The first to adopt the operating military and debt service military rates. And then the second to adopt the budget. And also the capital improvement program, fiscal policy, citywide compensation plan and fee booklet. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. At this point, I'm going to open a public hearing and anybody on who would like to speak on this item of our budget has any public comments would be limited only to the millage the public comments are on the millage only yes sir okay so you have up to four minutes to speak specifically on the millage please if you could say your name and address for the record before I do that before I do that clear for clarification on the millets heat the presentation tied the millets also to the Five assessment fee to as well. Mr. Thompson Yeah, and before the commission is the adoption of resolution on the millage so the public hearing relates solely to the millage Thank you Mr. Dudi though. I want to It says unoperating budget in the title though. I understand what it says sir. We're still on the public hearing on the military. The village only book. That's what the budget. Okay. Okay. So to make sure I get other comments on the budget. All right. The next year. The next year. The next year. The next year. The next year. The next one. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. The next one. Yes. That affects the level of performance of our city. And I think it's probably triple A by now, by the league clarification on our bar status, because if we read just allow only four new high reads on this, that's really good. We axon a lot of our employees. That's why I always stress serving outstanding services. That's it? Mr. Orange, you got something to say? All right. Yes, we're gonna ask more for our city employees because we want to tight-shel. A lot of our costs are due to employment wages. So that's important that we maintain our service and by this budget being so responsible in the minutes rate, we get what we're doing there. So I really approve it. Thank you, Mr. Thompson, for your hard work always. We've been at this in the beginning of the year since you gave those said presentations. So thank you again. Appreciate it. I look forward to my other comments. I got a whole heap of them. Thank you, Mr. Budhu. Any other public comments on the milled rate will have another hearings following this on the budget itself for comments. Seeing none, I'm going to close the public hearing and entertain a motion to adopt our property tax military. Commissioner Gordon. Motion to adopt our military. Do I need to read that? Mr. Judy? Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Suppose a military, please. Yes sir. 5.7243. I'm sorry. 5.7243. Yeah, I have it here. Okay, I'm sorry. I have it here. I make an emotion that we adopt. The operator in military. At 5.7243. So I continue. Second. Okay discussion. Vice Mayor, do you have anything? Any discussion? Thank you Mayor. No, I plan on supporting this. The significant plot. You know, we've been dealing with this year, unfortunately, unfunded mandate coming from telehathy, specifically related to, you know, pensions. And then just in general, both cost elevated cost partially due to corporate greed. So I plan on supporting this item. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. And this is specifically on the military. We'll have the budget in just a bit. Okay. Any of my colleagues, any comments? Just want to say thank you, Mr. Thompson. Thank you and staff. Great presentation sir. It's really remarkable to see our military reduced yet again and more substantially than last year for thank you for making that happen with the numbers. Okay, roll call. Commissioner Neubold. Yes. Commissioner Arns. Yes. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Resanwald. Yes. Res Lwald. Yes. Resolution by title only. Resolution to city commission. See a welcome park. Florida. Adopting the final operating. Milage rate of 5.7243. Milage for the city's general operating fund for fiscal year beginning. October 1, 2024. And any September 30, 2025. Adopting the required millage levy for voted debt service for general obligation bond series 2020. For fiscal year beginning. In the required millage levy for voted debt service, Regenal Obligation Bond Series 2020, for FISCU Year beginning October 1, 2024. In the ending September 30, 2025, adopting the required millage levy for voted, best debt service, Regenal Obligation Bond Series 2022, for FISCU Year beginning October 1, 2024. In the ending September 30, 2025. Providing for council, it's providing for civil ability, providing for effective date. Mr. Mayor, members of the commission, should this resolution be adopted? This would provide for final millage rates for the general operating fund as you identified as 5.7243 meals. The general obligation debt service level for series 2020 would be 0.3589. And the general obligation debt service level for series 2022 would be 01445 mills. Thank you. So just to confirm that's all three of ours. It's operating within our two debt milleges. That was my question. Okay. Motion adopted. Okay. Second. Any discussion? Place mayor, do you have any comments? Roll call. Commissioner Newbold? I'm sorry. I was just looking at your eyes, but I should have asked you. Commissioner Newbold. This is on part B, the budget, right? No, this is on the millege, but I apologize. Did you have comments Newbold. This is on part B, the budget, right? No, this is on the millage. But I apologize, did you have comments? Okay, no. I was just trying to read your faces, but I may have read yours wrong. No, thank you. Okay, we'll continue with roll call. Commissioner Newbold? Yes. Commissioner Arnts? Yes. Vice Mayor Lonegan? Yes. Resolution by Todd O'Leary. Resolution City Commission. See you in the local park floor. Adapting a final budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024. Ending September 30, 2025. Determining and fixing the The The amount of The amount of The amount of The amount of The amount of The amount of The amount of the school year began October 1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2025, determining and fixing the the amounts that serve to carry on the government in the city for the ensuing year, deterring the amount of pickle funds on hand, espionage, seeds for general fund, Siri fund, and other special revenue funds, debt service fund, enterprise funds, including water and sewer solid waste waste, stormwater, funds, exhibit A, adopting city fiscal policies, exhibit B, adopting the citywide compensation plan, exhibit C, adopting the five year capital improvement plan, exhibit D, trying for a severability conflict and providing for an effective day. Thank you. So now we'll be opening the public hearing, any public comment, anyone would like to make you have four minutes. This is specifically on any discussion you have on our fiscal year 25 proposed budget and as you come up if you can just say your name and address thank you Fitzgerald but who's 720 North East 59 Court this Listen up, chief Anna, excuse me, Captain Anna and chief K's. Public safety. I see an increase 1.5 million on our BSO budget and a decrease of 184,000 in the fire rescue. Concerned number one fire rescue, we need to evaluate our response time chief for the west side of Oken Park came to my attention last week that a Florida medical hospital is going under little turmoil and I checked it out It's actually is going to be redesigning management there and I'm concerned about the residents who call five rescue and they really don't want to go to Florida Medical Hospital so they have to go east. So that means they're going my way. So I need to get confirmation from you Chief to make sure any residents on the west side will be able to have access to a quality hospital, many probably holy cross and others on the east side. So please give that reassurance on that. The fire assessment was raised and of course we want our fire safety, fire fighters to have everything they need. So hopefully all updated life savings technology will be in the fire rescue Trucks when they transport our residents also now as it relates to the police the 1.5 million I guess you know it's a BSL budget. I was trying to find out what details are there But I just saw little initiatives of public safety awareness. Really, normally we get a PowerPoint presentation on activities of our community. I really need to get detailed data to find out what's going on as it relates to crime. We need to find out where to we tackle our public safety and do our investigation that fund my cause it costs money. Okay, so the IUPA, great deputies association, we had great conversations and they were that my support of the deputies. So I wanna shift all public safety to our residents in general all throughout our city. So with that, we do have budget increase. I do support that, but let's get a little bit detailed on crime prevention. So I do have set of recommendations, but I'll wait against till after November 50th to send it out to the staff. Feed table, North Andrew Gardens Community Center. I see there's no code of ordinance on it. Yes, so I guess we haven't established it yet. Our partnership with our non-for-profits, Kiwanas and other community providers. I need to see the amount of, are we gonna have grants for our non-for-profits,profits this financial cycles we should with this increase in the budget. Let's focus on any operating non-for-profit that serve open-propasifically they get first allocation. All the respect outside groups and other municipalities we need to serve our own yeah let's let our tax dollars go here in an open park so I will extremely have oversight on that purpose with Financial chief our financial officer mr. Thompson, so that's just part of it I wait to do more further comments on the C.R.A. budget because we got it to prove that to us well. So I look forward to that number times up. Yeah, there's okay. Thank you so much. I appreciate this great work. It's continuous journey in our city. Thank you, Mr. But who anyone else like to speak on this item on the budget. Okay, I'm seeing no one else I'm going to close this public hearing and entertain a motion. Second, we'll have some discussion. Vice mayor, do you have any comments on the budget itself? Okay, Commissioner Newbold will start with you. Thank you. I don't know if I thanked you before, but thank you for the presentation again, regarding the budget, but just for public consumption, because I know I had conversation with the resident regarding the exemptions. That is not, exemptions are not originated from cities. If it's been referenced to property tax exemptions, those are all defined under state law. There are a very small handful of local option exemptions such as the low income senior, which the city chose to opt into many years ago, but exemptions such as the low income senior which the city chose to opt into many years ago, but exemptions are for property tax are defined by the state. And where would they, where would a resident look for this information to see. The property appraisers office is the best source. They are the ones who are responsible for processing those exemptions and handling any applications for those who require verification. So the property appraisers office, their website lists out all of those exemptions. They also have personnel if they just call the line, they can walk them through if they explain their situation. I very commonly refer people to them after the trim notice. They're very good at helping people find those things that they might qualify and that is one of the job responsibilities. They take very seriously and they do a very excellent job with that. Thank you. I'm just going to follow up real quick on Commissioner Neubolt's with these exemptions, veterans, low income seniors, et cetera. Is this an opt? Is this a opt in or opt out that is, are these automatically given based on what they are for the county taxes or are they only received as someone inquires? Whereas at an automatic, if you get it for the county, you get it for the county you get it for the city? Do you happen to know? It's a single property tax process so there is no need to file something separately. It's one application handled by the property appraiser for all taxing authorities. So there is a single cohesive process and is all handled through the property browser's office. Thank you. Commissioner, Commissioner, you're both. Sorry, the last question. And if they apply one year, they have to apply every year. It's just not continuous. It depends on the nature of the exemption. So some such as the low-income senior has an income verification component. So there is documentation to make sure that the individual is still qualifying and meets those thresholds. And it adjusts every year. There's an inflationary element. Others, it is pretty much permanent. They do occasionally spot check to make sure that it still applies for a lot of them. But due to the nature of many of these exemptions, they're presumed to be continuous because they reflect permanent conditions. Thank you. No. Commissioner Arst. No, I just double a bond ratings. Yes, sir. Chief, real quickly, about the hospitals I go do, is that, can you just real quickly just address that? Make sure that they want to go to another hospital, they don't have to go out to Florida Medical Center. What about the medical school? Well, they're going to reopen it. Sorry. Sorry. Thank you, Commissioner. Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Manager. There is a lot of controversy going on right now with FMC. It doesn't impact us for transport time or care of any of the patients. What's there? We provide standard care everywhere. There are two other hospitals. They're looking to become primary destinations. One is West Side Hospital and the other one in Broward, General, and we can even go west further out the world university hospital was. So within the five minutes to eight minute transport time from wherever we've picked patients up in the West Side to see there's places to go. I think from the last meeting I attended with that group over at FMC, they were talking about having a free standing emergency department also Remaining in the area because we're not really impacted much but Lauderdale Hill and and BSO in Lauderdale Lakes is really impacted by that because it's right It's like us losing Holy Cross. All right. Thank you. Yes, sir All right. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Again, I'm going to repeat what I said before. Mr. Thompson, great job. Thank you. This is the largest budget this city has ever had. And we're doing great things. And I know it took a lot of time, a lot of planning and we had a hearing. This is our final hearing and I certainly support this budget. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Gordon. And great job. Just wanted to, a new slide we had this year, new information was projected tax rolls or estimated of what we're getting on the tax rolls. And I think you said 240 million, but just to clarify, that's tax, just taxable coming into all of the entities broken down in your dollar, right? So if we're 30% what the city realizes is approximately 80? It represents the taxable value for the city and for most of the other tax and jurisdictions as well. I will note that the school board is a little bit different not all exemptions apply to them so the $50,000 homes to exemption they only the $25,000 component, the first part of that applies. So for those residential properties that came onto the tax rolls this year that are owner occupied, the school board would have a larger tax base by comparison than the city or Broward County or the hospital district. Okay, let me just clarify, it's a taxable, I'm supporting this, I just wanna, I'm going to have to have a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a dollars. It's just taxable property. Correct. That's it. That's it. And from that. Exactly. Okay. I won't say more. Yeah. I just wanted to clarify that. It's taxable base. Right. It's not that we're getting 80 million more. No, sir. It's much less than that. It's about 1.5. I sure so. Okay. I think that's really important because you know, we went up $20 million in the budget from last year, the FRS, which is the state pension, is a for firefighters, is an expense we've gained cost of living, correlated to consumer price index for our employees. We have added for employee positions that we plan to keep because it's cheaper to do it that way. This is valuable, but it's cheaper to do it that way. They're it is valuable, but it's cheaper than subcontracting. So while we get 1.5 million more, which is excellent, with the cost of things going up and still us reducing our millage rate more significantly than last year, that's the state of where we are. So sometimes residents are like what we have, we're receiving more taxes, so why isn't everything going down? It's because unfortunately costs go up. And just think of where we were if our city wasn't developing, we wouldn't have that 1.5 million. And I wouldn't wanna think of where of the discussions and what the proposals you would have made to us, Mr. A. Bear, without that extra 1.5 million that we have so Smart growth is important and that's where we're at Vice mayor anything and I think you're fine right vice mayor no more comments Roll call miss Raul Commissioner new bull. 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Item 2, case number CD twenty four sixteen V value entertainment for a variance for a fence front yard setback Mr. Dudy all those individuals get testified during the course of this particular hearing please stand and raise your right hand The soundly swear to the whole truth and nothing but the truth Please proceed. Okay, so at this point, Mr. Abert, the city is going to present our case. Yes, thank you Mayor. I'll turn to our Director of Community Development and Engineering, Ms. Sierra Moreiro. Yes, thank you and good evening Mayor, remote vice mayor and commissioners. Thank you. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. We're here to meet the community. commercial Boulevard at 5100 North Dixie. We're here tonight for variants for the setback for a fence at this property. All of the requirements were met through the DRC and the Board of Adjustments did hear this item and recommended. And so what we're looking for tonight is approval of a existing fence variance that is currently they're looking for a 1.5 foot setback in lieu of the 10 foot variance. So this item came before us because they, the applicant value statement came to the planning and zoning, I'm sorry, to the DRC to have a site plan development review, that makes some changes to their site plan. And in that to add around about and to actually do increase landscaping and it became known to the DRC in the planning and zoning department that the existing fence actually did not meet the minimum setback requirements. So we have reviewed this request and due to the irregular site constraints we are requesting that a 1.5 foot setback be allowed at this property for the existing fence. And as you can see in the photos, the top photo is from 2008 where the fence was installed. The 2023 photo shows it currently installed in the same location. We have reviewed the basis for a variance and we have determined that it is compliant with the land development code. And staff is recommending that the City Commission conduct a quasi judicial public hearing to consider an application by 5100 North Dixie properties. LLC requesting the approval of a variance from section 2438G1C, which requires a 10-foot front yard setback for fences and walls to allow for a proposed 1.5 front yard setback for fences and walls for the subject property located at 5100 North Dixie Highway identified with parcel identification number 49421404010. And I'm available for any questions if you may have them. Thank you, Ms. Moreiro. And then our petitioner representative of the petitioner if you can present your case please sir just state your name and address. Yes good evening thank you for having us tonight and considering our item. My name is Ryan Abrams. Offsadress is 888 Southeast Third Avenue. Down town for a lot of dough. 33316. I represent the applicant. This is a pre-existing fence that was approved by the city in 2022. The fence was approved by a permit. It was later stated by the city in the course of this current site plan approval that we're at the tail end of that the defense was believed to have been approved in error because of the setback. We said that the previous fence that it replaced had been in the same position, but to err on the set of caution, we went through the process of a variance as the city had requested. And that's why we're here tonight. It's the just preexisting fence. It's the same layout that has historically been there. And the site most importantly is very oddly shaped property, which the traditional circumstance that you would normally see a variance approved when the site is unusually shaped. It's unique, you can't get the same benefit of having a fence without some bending of the rules or varying of the rules to allow for reasonable use of the property. Available for any questions. Thank you, Mr. Abrams. You know, open up public hearing. So if you could sit down for now please. Sir, we're going to open open a public hearing all parties who are in support of the petition You have up to four minutes to come and articulate your comments Seeing none. I'll ask all parties for an opposition of the petition to come forth. You have four minutes to Speak your comments in opposition. Seeing none, I'm going to close the public hearing. Mr. Mereiro, do you have any questions for Mr. Abrams? No, I do not. Mr. Abrams, do you have any questions for Mr. Mrero. I just want to thank the city and their staff for their professionalism and willingness to work with us throughout this process. Thank you, Mr. Marrero, any final rebuttal? No, thank you. Okay, at this point I'll have asked my colleagues to entertain a motion to approve the application. Mr. Mayor. I would like to state that we have not had any expert communications with the applicant or anyone else. I haven't either. I have had expert communications with the applicant. Vice mayor. He's not participating. He's not here. the I could want to have feet instead of 10 feet based on staff findings. I second. Okay. Any discussion? Commissioner Bow. Well, not really. I just wanted to think the applicant after I listened to Miss Marrera. No, you you mentioned it that all Mr. Abrams sorry Mr. Abrams after you mentioned that although the previous fence was approved but you you erred on the side of caution and you went forward to do the you know take the right steps so I appreciate that thank you thank you mr. Horns I'm ready to call the question. Commissioner Gordon. No comments. I approve. And I second. Thank you for coming out. Mr. Abrams. I can't work this microphone. Thank you very much for saying that. Thank you. And thank you, Mr. Marrero, for that presentation. Great job. I appreciate your due diligence, sir. Thank you. Okay, we'll call. Commissioner Neubel. Yes. Commissioner Arns. Vice Mayor Lonegan. Not voting. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. All right. Item three. The three. Also, a. Thank you. Item three is a quasi-judicial hearing. Case number CD 2232P. Empowerment Final Plot. All those individuals are gonna test slide in the course of this particular hearing. Please stand and be sworn and raise your right hand. You saw only Sphere, tell the whole truth to not to the truth. Please proceed. Mr. Reiber. Thank you Mayor. This is the item that you have heard before regarding the Urban Leagues Project in the southwest area of our city. We will stay with Ms. Marrero for this presentation, Sierra. Thank you. And as so we are here for item three, which is the final plat for the Empowerment Final Plot for the village at Oakland Park. As city manager A. Bear stated, this project is located at the northwest corner of northwest 21st Avenue and 26 streets. The item before you is the actual plat, but there are two companion applications that you'll be hearing at separate public hearings. One for the land use plan amendment, and then upon approval that it would be for the planned use, or the PUD, the planned unit development. So the request before you is to consider the Empowerment Final Plat, which is 20.8 gross acres located on 21st Avenue and 26th Street. We have verified that all of the neighborhood participation meetings, DRC meetings and planning and zoning board meetings had been held. This project has also already been reviewed by Broward County, urban planning division, and all of their comments have been implemented into the plat before you. The existing future land use map that will be in place that will come before you. I'll speak on it a little bit more later, but we do have the existing as a low residential, surrounding the property except for the south of the property, which is the 16 dwellings per acre, which is actually in the city of Fort Lauderdale. As far as existing zoning the property is surrounded by R1 which is single family residential with the city of Fort Lauderd, it does limit the development to the 469 residential units. It does have a community center of just over 9600 square feet, a church at just an over, I'm sorry, 7800 square feet, a daycare and then also the commercial use. And so those will all be, they are depicted on the existing plat. There were several right away dedications that were required as part of the Broward County traffic ways. As stated before the Broward County did already review this plat and all comments were taken into consideration and we have determined that it is compliant with the city's land development code. So it is a recommendation that the City Commission conduct a public hearing for KCD22-32P and consider the request for the approval of a final plot by resolution entitled Empowerment containing 20.8 gross acres, 19.7 net acres, generally located at the northwest corner of was 26th Street identified by five parcel numbers. 494229000150494229000170494229000181. 494229000182 and 49422941010. And myself and the applicant are available for any questions if you may have them. Thank you, Mr. Mourero. A lot of numbers, good job. And now we'll turn to the petitioner, representative of the petitioner. If you could just come up, please and say your name and address the other record. Good evening. Mr. Mayor and to the Honourable Commission. My name is Sid D. Callaway. I'm with the law firm of Shots and Bowen. I represent the Urban League of Broward County Inc. as well as Harris Chapel Inc. Who are the applicants for purposes of the item before you tonight. For our purposes as well we will not incur or require the formal procedures that you have in front of you. We're certainly willing to weigh those procedures to move this process along. We would, however, ask that the item, including staff's report and the attachments be added to the record for our purposes as well as staff's report and the attachments be added to the record for our purposes as well as staff's report and we will certainly agree with the presentation by staff and we're here to answer whatever questions you may have on the application but on behalf of the president and the CEO of the Urban League of Broward Accounting as Dr. Germain Smith-Ball, whom we've seen many times here in this process, we certainly want to denote our deepest gratitude for just a opportunity to work with the city over the past. It feels like four years, but it has been a arduous, but a thoughtful and deliberative process on by both parties. And we're certainly here again to answer whatever questions, but again, really want to express our deep appreciation for the way the city has worked with the applicant in this regard. Thank you, sir. Excuse me one second. Excuse me, raised. Excuse me. Excuse me. And you're welcome to sit back down, Mr. Callaway. At this point, I'll open the public hearing and the individuals who would like to speak in support of this petition. You have up to four minutes. Please state your name and address for the record. Fitzgerald Budwhom 720 North East 59 Court. It's been an honor in the past two years. The Elimbe the Urban League, Dr. Jimmy Smith Bar, all the staff that's here present. It's a cowboy, a turned the gallow away and the City of Ocompahic staff. All of staff that's here, President, is a cowboy, a attorney cowboy, and the City of Ocompark staff, leadership on the leadership's here, Marrano. This is an empowerment plan, very important to our West Side community, very important to our urban community, the vision that Dr. Boyle was told by my executive director of the land trust, he said, you need to go meet with Dr. Boyle. You two could be a driving force for change. Because I didn't know. I just called. I said, just Dr. Boyle call me out. Do you know who she is? My executive director, she said, no, you two be great. She was a former board member on your board. And I was on a call with her, she called me. And I found out 20 other people was on the same call. I was like, OK, it was a Zoom call. But I guess she wanted to see who I was. And that day, she invited me to the neighborhood meetings, being that I was the interim president of the neighborhood coalition of Ocon Park. And I was happy to attend these meetings on the monthly basis. Engaging or coming back to the city commission, from time to listening to their commissioners here. And one thing came up, you may have missed. You said, hey, we need to get a low AMI. I was the only one here in the commission that you mentioned out of everybody. And I took it back to Ms. Barr and she said, hey, the male wants affordable housing, affordable home ownership. And she put it into a plan and she gave it back to the residents and they loved it. So it was because being here I gave her information she listened she acted and she was a true partner in the city of Compart and to the all the residents so this is going to be a tremendous plan development empowerment it's the best name you could name it. I'm so happy for the Urban League. It's going to transform the whole state. This is going to be a model that the whole state of Florida could look to and even across the country. I'm looking forward to give those services to Harris Chapel over there in the southwest corner of our city. We're going to engulf them with our city services. I'm looking forward to it and it's going to be the precipice of a long economic expansion on the West Side. This is the start. This is going to be the downtown version of Ocon Park on the West Side because we're going to expand it. We're going to expand all the way to the 31st Avenue and see what we could create high performing Japanese jobs, commissioning on ours. Yes, we're going to get jobs. We're going to tie in career source, probably. We're going to tie into the whole apparatus of the Urban League as a base to the six pillars of what they give the whole community, entrepreneurship, ownership, health, education, social services, okay, and empowerment in all areas of all our community. So I am proud to support this. Please vote yes for it and let the building begin and then the celebration from the groundbreaking to ribocoding. I'm looking forward to it. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Budhoo. Next speaker. Good evening. My name is Vernon Hoggry. I functioned now with Harris Chapel. I've been in the Harris Chapel for over 50 years. I fell in love with the first. I've been in the Harris Chapel for over 50 years. Fell in love for the first time I came with there. Unfortunately, in this vision that we had of having affordable housing, working with the urban league in here, it just took it to a whole different level. I'm not gonna speak longer here because I don't need to. I have allowed myself, sometimes you have to sit back. When I found out that your city manager, who I am well aware of and I'm incompetent, I don't need to step it open my mouth for nothing. You got the best. When I sit and look at your budget presentation, I can sit back and know that's the best. And I can say this here because I was the city manager for Miramar. But when I got in trouble, I was reaching out to your city manager, because I didn't know what I was going to do. He brings a lot of years of experience and vision. And this is just the beginning. This is truly the beginning because there's so much more that you can put on this plate. The Harris Chapel Corporation, the Harris Chapel Council is so happy about this transition and partnership with Germain Bosch in this adventure. And believe it or not, this started with me trying to work with a school board to buy property. And she saw what we were doing, and she said, well, let me try that, and she got in the door. My wife, who's a retired social worker, with the state in here. She told me she said, don't worry about it. Your main lead, her lead, she knows where she going. Trust me when I say this here to you. This is an A-team Oakland Park. This is an A-team with Urban League and Harris Chapel is very grateful. And remember that Harris Chapel, many of you know Harris Chapel before Harris Chapel really came out. All right. You had commissioners, mayors, that always supported division, but we could never get off the ground. And here we are today. No one can be more happy than me. Commissions. Thank you. And thank you City Manager. Thank you sir. Any other members of the audience want to come and speak on in support of this petition? Seeing none, anyone who would like to speak in a position to this petition. We're going to close the public hearing. Either, excuse me, either party may question anyone who spoke. Ms. Meraar, do you have any questions for anyone? No questions. I know Mr. Callaway, you waved it, but just to make sure do you have any questions? No, sir. Okay. Ms. Meraeraro any final rebuttal or comments? I just want to mention that a germane is actually attending remotely. She was not able to attend tonight but I just wanted to let you all know she is listening. That's all. Thank you. Hello Dr. Smith-Ball. We miss your presence here physically, but we know you're in Zoom while I'll entertain a motion to adopt the resolution. Motion to adopt the resolution. Second. And discussion. Mr. Arche. Two things. Mr. Dutty. By adopting resolution does that include adopting the step report as part of the record yes sir. Okay correct so that's part of the record and second off it's real quickly I've approved a lot of plans my 18 years up here and empowerment is the absolute best plat name of the plat for this thing I mean there are all different names and all do you never know who their name and that's some of this one but when I saw Empowerment Platte that just fit this project is just 1,000 percent. Thank you very much for investing in this and investing in the old composter. We just can't say enough about this thing. It's going to be a great, great, great project. Thank you, Commissioner Arnts. Commissioner Newbold. Thank you. Sorry. Thank you, Ms. Marrera, for the presentation, as well as your response. Mr. Sydney Callaway, you're right. This has been a long process, been arduous. And you know, we did not begin. We started. And I thank you for staying the course you made sure residents knew what was coming and I appreciate that and I look forward to this finished product thank you thank you Commissioner Gordon thank you Mayor Dr. Bob I heard that you are listening. I want to start by saying thank you, Miss Merello, for this great presentation, Mr. Callaway, for your continuity and, you know, continuing, as the commissioners said, to stay on course and stand the course. I also want to thank Mr. Palmer, whom I've known for many years, although he didn't speak, but see, Palmer is someone that I've always had a lot of respect for, very, very smart man. So Dr. Ba, wanna thank you for your determination, wanna thank you for your determination, I want to thank you for your dedication, and you really stood strong on this. I remember four years ago, I walked the property with you. And at that time, it was a quarter of what has been presented tonight. And we were wondering how was that going to fit. But here we are tonight. We're voting on this, this plat, plat. And thank you, Commissioner Arntz. That is the perfect, perfect word to describe. This plat, and this plat is where this project will go and I've heard it echo many times. This is the west side of Oakland Park and it is called Empower Mint. And that's all. I have to say Dr. Baugh to that you're not here tonight, but I'm happy that you are listening and and thank you Thank you Well, thank you all for speaking Mr. Callow and was give you a doctor Calloway and if you are I don't, I miss Guerrero and to our public comments. The doctor Smith ball, you worked this like a true social worker. Let's do the community need and I, we agree over the, we just agree it was true. Over the years, there was some obviously the parcel, I think tripled, or these, yeah, I think tripled in size. Also, there was some mixed feelings on this. And it's all about community input. That's the anchor. That's the hinge. This all hinged around getting people on the same page. Mr. Budhoo, I want to thank you. I didn't know you were reporting at the time of from here to Dr. Smith-Ball, but I appreciate that. And in the, what we're proving includes some housing down to 3.30% or 30% of area median income. Because when we talk about, I just keep repeating myself as long as I have this for another meeting after this and then in other roles. When we talk about affordable housing, we need to get beyond 80% to 120, 140. It helps people that are social workers and police officers and teachers and it's important to help them. But we want to help us drivers and housekeepers. They have every right as much as a millionaire or a social worker or teacher to have affordable housing, whether it's ownership or rental. So, let's continue to go and that's a discussion I don't have at the very end of this agenda going beyond or going below .80%. I'm going to say that one more time, please. Let's continue nationally, Broward, Oakland Park, Fort Laud, Florida. Let's continue to talk about AMI below 80%. We have to go lower. With that, I'm so supportive of this. And I think it's a win-win. And one last thing, Commissioner Newbold, when the Urban League about a month or so or whenever it was a month or so ago had the, their first annual. I love how you build that doctor Smith. Well, I think you said the first annual because there will be a second. You said, and I think you said, quote, hopefully you said the word, hopefully. This is the start of something. And I think you can see now that your hope has come true because there will be another one. And I agree with the our speaker at public comments or that you, this is the, and both of our speakers actually, that this is the catalyst. This is the first step to have a second annual and a tenth annual and that we don't have to have hope anymore that it's actually the reality and people around the city, but particularly in the West Side, Commissioner Newville, because I know you literally reside right there, can not have to have hope anymore that hope is now a sternum to action and reality. So with that, I'm ready for any final comments. Roll call please. Excuse me, Mayor. I'm sorry, Mr. Duda, if you could do the resolution. Resolution by title only, resolution city commission, C.ville Park floor, improving the final plan for the property. General located northwest corner 30 northwest 21st 70 northwest 26th Street to containing 20.8 gross acres 19.7 net acres more or less, provide for conflict, several billion effective day. Commissioner Nooble. Yes, Commissioner Orange. Yes, Commissioner Gordon. Yes, Mayor Rosenwald. Orange yes mr. Gordon yes mayor Rosenwald yes okay excellent applause is great we're now going to move to our public hearing and ordinance on the second hearing item four case number CD 22 31 CP the village at Oakland Park, land use plan amendments. And Mr. Duty. Ordinance by Todd Loneley, an ordnance to city commission to see Valkybarke Florida, specifically amending to city Valkybarke future land use maim by changing the existing future land use designation from low density residential and community facilities designations to a proposed medium high density residential for the subject property generally located in northwest corner of northwest 21st Avenue in northwest 26th Street. and 19.43 net acres more or less has initiated by the applicant's Urban League of Bararr County and Harris Chapel Inc. Provide for severability conflicts and an effective date. Thank you, and Mr. Aber. We stay with Ms. Sierra Marrero on this item. If you would continue, please. Absolutely. We're here for KCD 2231 CP for the future land use map amendment for the village of Oakland Park. So this request is for the future land use map amendment for the property located generally at the northwest corner of 21st Avenue and 26th Street. They are requesting that they change from the low density residential and community facilities to a, I apologize for current use as the community facilities and they're looking for the to be re-zoned into a high density residential. So last time that the commission heard this request was back in February, there's been quite a few, quite a bit of movement since that point in time. All of the neighborhood participation meetings, DRC and planning zoning board and local planning agency, meetings had been conducted. After the first reading, the future land use map actually was transmitted to Broward County because this is a two-fold that we actually have to amend the Broward County land use map. I'm proud to say that we have successfully had the future land use map of Broward County approved by going to the Planning Council and then two readings at the County Commission, which allows us to come back here tonight for the second reading and the final reading of the future land use map amendment. So the existing future land use map is stated previously. We are surrounded by low density residential and to the south is a medium residential density in the city of Oakland Park. Existing zoning, we are surrounded by the R1 single family district with the city of Fort Lauderdale apologize city of Fort Lauderdale to the south of the property. As part of this future land use map amendment the applicant is proposing 469 residences which 355 will be mid rise and then you will have two different types of town homes. They do have a current density of 24.14 dwelling acres and it's a total open space of 7.3 acres. Just to give you a high level view of the plan, this is the landscape plan of the property, but you can see the different buildings throughout. So the staff has conducted the analysis and has determined that this is an alignment with the comprehensive plan. And as stated previously, this has received the planning council and two Broward County Commission hearings and approvals. So it is a recommendation that the city commission conduct a public hearing for C.D.22-31.cp. And consider a request on second reading to amend the future land use map of the city of Oakland Park comprehensive plan to change the existing future land use designation from low density residential L5 and community facility CF designations to the proposed medium high density residential of 25 dwelling in his per acre. Generally located at the northwest corner of Northwest 21st Avenue and Northwest 26th Street identified by the five parcel numbers. As referenced. I'm available for any questions if you may have them. Thank goodness for that phrase. Okay. So we're going to open the public hearing. Anyone who would like to speak on this matter, you have up to four minutes to speak and when you come up to say your name and address. Going once, twice, okay. And it closes the public hearing and I'll entertain a motion to adopt. I'll just do adopt. Discussion. Commissioner Gordon, do you have anything? Yes, excuse me. I just want to say I accept this presentation and I think it's great. The only way we're going to move forward with this project is rezoning. So thank you. Commissioner Newbone. Yes, I'm after reading the summary findings where the analysis conducted that are going to be in line with the city's goals, objectives and policies. The number one thing that I see on there is traffic. So yes, approve this. Commissioner Arnest. That's real quick. This is going to be a great thing. Under the current activity item two of this agenda item under the green bar application status. We just had to change the step seven, the second reading of the Browell County Commission. It shows as 922 which hasn't even occurred yet. So I don't know what day the second reading was of the Browell County Commission but 922 is next week. It was actually September 5th. Okay. Okay. Just to just to correct the record that's all. But I agree with this 100%. Thank you in my comments from you know when I last spoke apply here to local. Vice mayor. He's not here. Yes we are physically. Oh, vice mayor. He's not here. Yesterday or physically. That wasn't it. It was not by the quasi. Oh, I apologize. It was an additional vice mayor. Sorry. Thank you, mayor. I appreciate it. Another exciting time in Oakland Park in a great step forward for the bill as well as both from Park. Obviously, plan on supporting it. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, vice mayor. And I said my comments previously alive here with the AMI Okay, anything more mr. Duty no sir. Okay roll call please commissioner new bulb. Yes commissioner aren't yes vice mayor Longan Commissioner Gordon. Yes mayor Rosenwald. Yes Excuse us one second Yes, Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. Excuse us one second. Next one's five. Okay. We're doing item five with two parts. A is published and then B as we amended this agenda with the supplemental. Case number CD2230RZ and CD2229PUD, the village at Oakland Park planned unit development. And Mr. Dudy. Yes, sir. The first item as you indicated would be an ordinance for your consideration. Ordinance by title only. An ordinance in the City Commission and C. Volkampark, Florida. Specifically, a many in the zoning map of the city Volkampark. From a single family residential district, R1, a community facilities district to a planned unit development within a company master development plan which provides for residential development, not to exceed 469 residential dwelling units for the subject property generally located northwest corner of northwest 21st Avenue and northwest 26th Street is more particularly described on exhibit A of the ordinance and containing 19.43 net acres more or less as initiated by the applicants Urban League of Broward County and Harris Chapel Inc. Provime for severability, Provime for conflicts, and Provime for an effective day. Thank you, Mr. Reiber. Thank you, Mayor, with the land use amendments that you have just approved. We can now move to the zoning, which is needed for the project that is before you. We will stay with Ms. Marrero and her team for the presentation here. Sierra. Absolutely. So we are here to present two cases. It's case CD 22-30 for the rezoning and then case CD 22-29 for the planned unit development for the village at Oakland Park. As previously stated, this project is located at the northwest corner of North West 21st Avenue in 26th Street and the item before you is for the rezoning from the single family R1 and community facilities to the PUD. And I'll give you a little background on the project. Just as far as the current approval status, all of the requirements have been met from neighborhood participation meeting, DRC and planning and zoning board. This item was first heard on first reading in February of this year. And we are here on second reading. This item did have to go concurrently after the prior item, which is why it was not brought back to you previously. It's previously stated, the existing zoning is surrounded by the R1 single family residential with the city of Fort Lauderdale to the south. And the proposed project is part of the PUD. To the mayor's point, is it affordable and workforce housing community from 30% to 40% AMI as part of their PUD requirements? They do have the residential units, which will be for both fee simple ownership and rentals, totaling 469 units. There are various community facilities, inclusive of a community center, church, early learning center and commercial, which were all referenced on the empowerment flat on the first item. And they also meet the parking for the 795 total parking spaces. And they do offer 7.3 acres of open space. As you can see on the screen, this is the proposed site plan as part of the PUD that is outlined in their document. And just to give a little context is to where the different residential units will be located throughout the site. You can see on your screen the different town homes and then the mid-rise units. And just to give a graphic, Zyskovich provided us with this rendering of the, I believe these are the two, the different types of buildings from the mid-rise to the type one town homes and the type two. You have the different proposed building heights with the maximum being a five floor mid rise. And then just outlying the different residential amenities. As you can see, there's a courtyard recreational space. We are there will be a community garden, green space, and a main grove park that's also there playgrounds and different community spaces. And it's previously shown. This is the landscape plan as a high level overview. And the location of the amenities that will be on site. And so as part of the interior circulation, I did want to mention that when this item was brought before you on first reading, the original request was to propose private roads within this development due to restrictions of the road widths. The applicant has since corrected the road widths and is now requesting public roads and is ready to dedicate that right of way by deed to the city, which will be the second item that we'll be looking at. The benefits of that is it does allow the city to ensure the uniform maintenance, it ensures the public access, our ability for police and fire to monitor and respond, and also making sure that we have that enhanced infrastructure for resilience. This will be done or is proposed to be done as a special warranty D which would be the formal transfer of those properties if approved. Also with the internal circulation, there are three requirements that I'll review at the findings. And this is just the different phases. This is phase one of the development that you will see come before you. So stated just a quick summary. The project is a 20.8 gross acre project converting to a PUD approved with a medium high residential of 25 dwelling units per acre. They're all of the PUD and the rezoning have been confirmed that they're in compliance with the land development code. There are six recommended conditions of approval as part of this. And that is three of the first three of them are related to the interior traffic safety, which is the compliance with the, I'm sorry, the speed tables, parking utilization study is required. The transit stop improvements, which to transit stops on 21st Avenue are required to be improved as part of this agreement. There's a vast, a lot plan approval process that's required and then the approval of the special warranty deed. So it's recommendation that the City Commission conduct a public hearing for KCD 22-30RZ and CD 22-29PUD and consider a request on second reading to amend the City of Oakland Park zoning map, rezoning the subject property from single family residential district R1 and community facilities district CF to plan unit development PUD, permitting 469 residential dwelling units and approve the associated master development plan and unified control agreement. And item B, the city commission approve a resolution accepting the special warranty D, designating to the public, designating to the public the internal roadway network within the village at Oakland Park project as depicted on Exhibit A sketch and description of internal road improvements. And we are available for any questions if you may have them. Thank you, Ms. Burrero and just for clarification while we're on item 5A, the presentation, Ms. Burrero is for both 5A and B. Yes, that's correct. Okay, I'm going to open the public hearing. Anyone who'd like to speak on this matter, you have up to four minutes. Just please state your name and address for the record. Good evening. Good evening again. Fitzgerald button 720 North East 59 court. I'm miss Moran. Please go back to the slide with the facilities if you can. It's me. I need a slide. It's me. Okay. I'm just not a visitor. Thank you. Is this the slide to referencing? Yes, yes. I part of the meetings every month. We talk about Dr. Bar, Urban League, brought in community leaders from various county agencies, dealing with transportation, infrastructure, facility, state. So environmental concerns, everything was meticulously thought after getting the public engaged, the community engaged. And that's why you see this. The facility, Mr. Thompson, I want you to reflect, get with the urban League. These facilities are going to empower the residents, the homeowners there, their families. You have a community center here, Mr. Orange, you remember you wanted that community center? I wanted my power, but that's gonna be the baby power right there. A health center for seniors, children, okay? The Richmond Center, it's going to transform. Because I had to get back up because this was so important. Well discussed how this empowerment development would be. So I want future aspirational budget items to prepare for programming on the Southwest corner to get ready. I wanted to succeed where as soon as the development is done, the facilities open, we get programs right there without city parks department. Ready to go. Our CRA ready to enhance our entrepreneurship center there. Right next to the north too far from the Creos source power. So that's how we're going to generate the economic explosion on the west side. So this is what I'm envisioning. Mr. Red is going to play a big part in this. He's already been part of the meeting. He was in the meeting two weeks ago. OK, so he's made a way of how it's going to be in the future. So this is wonderful. I had to get back up because that's the vision I see. So with that, this is Thompson. I'm going to work with you in the future budgets. So we got expand our revenues in the system because we got to take care of the southwest corner of Ocampari. Thank you so much for your time. I approve this both hearing items right here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Butthoo. Next speaker. Seeing none, I'm going to close the public hearing. And Mr. Judy. If you take up the ordinance, sir, it's before you. Motion adopt the ordinance. Second. Speak to it. We'll show our commission. This is considered transit-oriented design. This is not a transit-oriented development, no? Not by the Broward Neck Standards. Well, because it's so close to the transit corridor. It's located adjacent to, it has the transit corridor. It's located adjacent to it has the transit corridor but it's not at actual transit oriented development. Okay. All right. The second thing is Airbnb's. What's going on? Are they allowed in here? Are they allowed by lawn here? Or it's going to, you know, I just want, I don't want to see this whole thing blow up and become a mess with Airbnb's and and people, you know, if you would like to bring, can you come up and answer that question? Because, you know, I don't know if the PUD prohibited said, but I just don't, I don't want to see this turn into someone buying properties in there. Then, then Airbnb and I'm out and it's turned into a big mess. Commissioner Arne's the question is excellent on that point and we know that's a concern. The declaration of restrictive covenants also has a unity of title and some easement and other agreement covers the question of what properties or how many units can be owned by any particular corporation. I'm not 100% sure that it covers restrictions on vacation rentals, but myself and the city attorney can certainly look at it. And if there's something that we think is important from that perspective we certainly can do that but we do know that the declaration as it exists now does limit the units from being sold to multiple or by a corporation I believe it's no more than two, but there are limitations in that document. The only reason I'm saying that I don't want to be sitting up here three, four years enough. I'm reelected in a couple years and having people live in their place to plane it to me. To me everything is not reactive, it's proactive. And that's what Dr. Ball has been here. And to me, everything is not reactive, it's proactive. And that's what Dr. Ball has been here, she's been proactive. And I just want to make sure that we're, you know, I'd hate to approve something, not that I'm not approving it, but I hate to prove something that's gonna come back and bite me and then you know what. I totally understand. The other piece to this that I think is important is to understand again and the Urban League has made this commitment from day one Beginning with our Communications with the City Commission but also with the community The Urban League is an owner and will be a perpetual owner on this matter and the standards and the process by which Units are being bought whether they're the town home process by which units are being bought, whether they're the town home units or whether units are for rental, those will be part of a master association that will be dictated by the mission and scope of the Urban League of Proudart County, along with a resident homeowners association and a council relative to the multifamily housing. So with that said, and again, I would like for Dr. Germain Smith-Bottie have the ability to speak to the commission as well at some point. But with that said, the urban league will ensure that whoever owns a unit will be consistent with its mission and objective and remember. Again, this is not just a residential development. It's a affordable housing commitment on the part of the urban league for the entire number of all of the units. I'd like to be able to hold you that in high standards, so I appreciate you. Absolutely. Please, Mayor of Lonegan. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Just thank you, Commissioner Ernst, for asking those questions and verifying it. Nothing additional right now, thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. I think you Commissioner Arnst for bringing up that subject. That was one of my biggest concerns because I am a big supporter of home ownership. Also, I did speak with Dr. Baugh at the time about having an association and, you know, having the association run the, well, I don't know, I'm not really, but have a board of directors, you know, have a HOA and there is an HOA, correct. I may respectfully. I'm going to ask. Of course, Mr. Gullwitch. Thank you. Commissioner, absolutely part of the development, particularly for the town home units, will include a Florida Statute authorized homeowners association that will have declaration documents, and that again in conjunction with the master association which is driven by the urban league overall will have the mission that we've described as well as the guidance of a homeowners association that again is driven by Florida statute. Is that a 720? Yes. Okay. Good. And once the development is done, I mean, once it's finished and you get the CO and people buy and move in or rent or whatever, it's going to be turned over then to a master council. Is that what you said? Yes. That again, we'll have the urban league as the control the entity for that master association. Okay, so the urban league is going to be here permanently. Good. That was my next question. Yes. Thank you. Because I know a lot of times you have developers, they develop and then they sell. They move on, right? Yes. And then it's turned over and it's completely out of control because things change. And that's absolutely contrary to what the urban league vision is. Sure. They intend to be here in perpetuity, which is why the documents are entirely important. OK. Also, to Commissionernett's point, he spoke specifically about Airbnb. In those documents, you know, that you're drawing up, or has been drawn up for the association. Is there restriction on renting a once a person purchase? I mean, is that written in there? Because I know there is certain language that can be written in the government documents that restrict homeowners from leasing out their unit. Short term. Yes, yes. And again, I spoke to Commissioner Arns' question relative to ownership per se. So on the question of just pure ownership, that will be limited to how many units a corporation can buy. And then once you have ownership, the HOA will have its own set of regulations and rules that will have requirements that will speak to vacation rentals. So you'll have both layers of some level of control by who can own a unit. And then within the HOA you'll have those rights, rules, regulations that pertain to vacation rentals as well. Sure, sure. And those documents will specifically pertain to the unit owners. Yes. And it will be managed by the association. Yes. The declaration again to Commissioner Arns' question also requires an HOA. Good. And we'll have some other language again that will speak to some of those rules and regulations that an HOA and again we've worked on many of those and so we understand the concept of why it's important to have certain things in place before you start. Yes absolutely. Well I appreciate your answers and yeah I we all I think for the most part, have the same concerns. This is a beautiful project. It's a very unusual project. And I like the fact that the city, the roads, are not private, that they are public. So the city can get in and out and take care of the infrastructure and take care of the roads and so on. So I like that component of this, but I was concerned because that's the West side and we want the West side to stay viable. And one of the things that keeps it valuable is having, people taking care of the properties, keeping the property values up, right? So thank you. That piece is important again, as we started out from the front and I remember a conversation with the name commissioner Gordon, where he said the community engagement piece has to be there And part of what the urban league is doing with this development again is not just internet into an agreement with the city relative to the all the documents But as you can tell from Dr. Jermaine Smith's boss work over the past several years It's also a commitment to the community. And part of that commitment means the urban league again, intends to be here in perpetuity and working with and collaborating with and growing with the community that's part of this development. So we're looking forward to that. We're certainly excited about what that opportunity looks like, but the commitment is not just to the city. It's to the community as well. Thank you, Mr. Callaway. And this is mostly not only for my edification and anyone else who's listening, but for public consumption. This is going to be, it's a huge undertaking and we're certainly looking forward to it. And I certainly trust your expertise. And yes, we have met and spoken and so on and so forth. And here we are today and I thank you. Thank you. And again, I want to express my deep appreciation for the work that we've had with your varying staff from the city attorney to the city manager who, again, I agree with, with, with earning on this. We listen to him carefully because the nuggets of influence and wisdom about these types of matters, again, have been a lot to why we believe this will be a successful development for overall. But also to your planning staff who's work with us from day one and we know we've had some iterations, but staff has been involved. And again, on behalf of the Urban League, not just Dr. Jermaine Smith-Ball, but we've got a board of directors, some of who are on the line now as we speak, others who are here, but the Urban League staff as well as the Urban League team of consultants from our engineers to our architects to our planners to Jim Glockman, who I think Jim coined this empowerment plan phrase. Jim, was that you? For all of our survey and mapping, it's been a collaboration of people with good ideas and hard work. And so again, we're grateful for this opportunity. And our commitment is again, we're going to be here in perpetuity. And we want to get it right now. Sure. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Gordon. Commissioner Newbold. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Gordon. Commissioner Newbold. Thank you. Pretty much everything has been said. Commissioner Ernst asked the question because why I think that was an important question because I know you all have set a standard Urban League, Dr. Barr yourself and everyone involved in this project has set a standard for this project and to have someone accompany or corporation purchase a home have no personal interest in it. You do not want to see. It goes the opposite way. So, pretty much again they said pretty much everything and I just want to thank you again. Thank you this was an excellent discussion on this specific issue of future ownership it's we don't have to have it on the writing here that's in your implementation you're waiting for a vote I'm I only comment as I know Dr. Smith ball would like to be here in the zoom. I would invite Dr. Smith Ball. We don't have an opportunity to speak tonight unfortunately, but we invite Dr. Smith Ball to come in person and then if the board members, you would anybody you'd wish to come with you to our next city commission meeting for public comment if that's something you would like to do. Okay, roll call. Commissioner Neubold. Yes. Commissioner Arold. Yes. Commissioner Arns. Vice Mayor Longigan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. I'm going to need that motion to extend the meeting. It motion to extend the meeting. What was the other part of it? Until 11 o'clock. Until 11 o'clock. Until 11 o'clock. Until 11 o'clock or until the business is done or max time we can be here is 11 o'clock thank you. Is there a second? Is there a second? Second. Roll call. Commissioner Neubel. Yes. Commissioner Arons. Yes. Vice Mayor Longgan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosemar. Yes. Before everybody leaves, we still have one more business relating to urban. I just want to make sure which is 5B. So, just to... Resolution by title only. Resolution of City Commission. The only resolution city commission, the City of Ocompark, Florida, proving accepting the special warrant to de-convain road improvements is picked on the empowerment plan between the Urban League of Broward County, Inc. Harris, Chapel, Inc. and the City of Ocompark, acceptance of the warrant to de-dissubstitute approval by the city attorney, providing for conflict, severability and effective day. Motion adopted. Second. Any discussion, Vice Mayor? Oh, I'm. No public hearing. I apologize. Uh, you're never public hearing. Vice Mayor Anything from the commissioner but nothing Mayor. Thank you nothing here. Yeah Rural call commission new bold. Yes, Commissioner Arns vice mayor Lonegan Commissioner Gordon. Yes mayor Rose Robb. Yes. Okay. Now we're I Just want to make sure that I already left so thank you all we're, I just want to make sure not everybody left. So thank you all. We're very happy. This is a milestone in Oakland Park and Urban League's history and Harris Chapel's history. We have one more. We have one more public hearing that we're going to recommend deferral public hearing ordinance on the first reading case number CD 24, 24 T. Attacks to Madment is action 24, 64, 2G repairs. Mayor, members of the commission, I don't believe a presentations warranted all that I would ask that you open the public hearing and allow anybody wish to speak to it. But most importantly, not close to public hearing and continue to the median December. So I'm going to open the public hearing any members of the public who'd like to speak on this item, you have up to four minutes to speak. please just say your name and address Seeing none we're going to make a motion to to continue the public hearing to December 4th 2024 second discussion vice mayor anything Roll call commissioner newborn. Yes, commissioner orange vice mayor Longingen the roll call commissioner new bold yes mission of arms by smear logon commissioner Gordon yes mayor Roosevelt yes with this meeting has everything in it tonight now we're going to recess for the community no no no no we got 19 I put 19 after six. I thought you put it before public comments. No. I'm glad I'm not the only one confused. But you have to have public comments for any action is taken on that item. Can we move to CRA? We're resourcing for the CRA Community Re-Development Agency meeting a roll call. Remember new bold here. Remember aren't here. Vice Chair Lonegan. Remember Gordon. Here Chair Rose and mom here. All right. Our first item for is public comments correct for CRA. Any member of the public who'd like to speak on any items to the CRA you have up to four minutes just please come up and say your name and address. See none we're going to close public comments move to item two, budget public hearings. fiscal year 25 adoption of community redevelopment agency final budget. The advertising for this public hearing appeared in the Sun, set in all September 15th, 2024, Mr. Dudy. Resolution by title only resolution board of commissioners of the Ocompah community redevelopment agency, CRA, Budget for Fiscal Year, October 1, 24, September 30, 2025, provide for conflicts over a billion effective days. Thank you, Mr. Doody. And what is your title? Executive Director. Executive Director. I'm so dizzyed from quasi to public to quasi, or is yours? Yes, yes. Executive Director Ray Barrett bear do you have a presentation for the thank you board chair we do and this evening we are joined again by our chief financial officer Andrew Thompson to walk us through this item. Thank you. Thank you all be very brief. The tentative budget for the CRA was adopted at the beginning of this month. It was subsequently advertised in the Sun Sentinel for this public hearing. The CRA budget for next fiscal year is about $850,000 and includes funding for incentive programs on the pre-nourished academy that funded an Oakland Park initiative and also a bucket of $75,000 for a new strategic initiatives as determined to be the best course of action during the next fiscal year 25. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. We have to open up public hearing first. So our last of the night. I'm going to be opening up for the next fiscal year. We're requesting night that you conduct the public hearing and then adopt a resolution proving the budget for fiscal year 25. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. We have to open up public hearing first. So our last of the night. I'm going to be opening a public hearing. Any member of the public who would like to speak on the CRA fiscal year 25 budget. You have up to four minutes to speak. Just please come up and say your name and address. No one. Seeing none, we're going to close the public hearing and commissioner on. We'll shut it out the resolution. Second. Any discussion? the no one. We're going to close the public hearing commissioner on the resolution. Second. Any discussion? Vice Mayor, do you have any comments? No, I don't. Okay. Colleagues, any comments? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That's it. Thank you, Mayor. Seeing no other comments from my colleagues, roll call. Board Member Nubel. Yes. Board Member Arns. Yes. Vice Chair Lonergan. Board Member Gordon. Yes. And Chair Rosenwald. Yes. At this point, item three reports from the Board Members, Vice Chair Lonergan, do you have any reports? Thank you chair just want to say congratulations to Shane Nistok he's a proprietor at Krump's bit so slow they had their grand opening ribbon cutting this past Saturday and you know we commissioned your new ball and I were there welcoming them thanking them for investing in Oakland Park. May sun these are were there of course doing the wonderful job they always do so it was it was a great grand opening a lot of people were there I actually participated one of their yoga sessions and left there much more relax than when I arrived. So again, just thanks to them for investing in the city of Auckland Park and everyone else who are here. That's all. Thank you, Vice Chair. You mean you didn't go to the cold bath? Tim, you didn't go to the cold bath? No, you know, I have flashback. He's born and raised in Milwaukee. He's a little like Michigan, when it's summertime, and it was pretty much that way. But yeah, I just couldn't do it. Okay. Well, lessons learned, right, vice chair. Board member, aren't you have any comments? No. Board member in our interview. Any comments? Board member, new board. I too want to congratulate Shy and his partner for the reflow because it was very energized. A lot of energy there. It was hype and it was just exciting. I was supposed to come to work out, but that was the same day. Bishop Lawton funeral was, so that's why I had on all the black. So if you look at my pictures, I'm the only one in black. That's the only reason why I had on black. But very glad they chose Oakland Park. Thank you. Board member Gordon. Nothing to report, Mayor. Thank you Board member Gordon nothing to report me here. Thank you Nothing for myself either item four mr. A bear any report. I am gonna report tonight I don't usually I want to say something important You know there's been a lot of talk about the east side of Oakland Park, but from the time that I came here, the real divider in my mind was the border of the CRA and in particular the railroad tracks. And I want to point out an upcoming event that hasn't been spoken of yet. That is going to be a milestone in this city and especially for the Fire Rescue Department. That is an investment in the community of the CRA. In the center of our city, we are going to be opening the first brand new fire station in the city of Oakland Park in decades. And that will take place on October the 10th at 12.30 and I invite all of our citizens to please come and join us. And I want to know that that is not the only investment that we are making in the heart of our city, in the heart of our CRA. We have opened phase one of City Park. We are currently building the sky building in the CRA with our partner in a private public partnership in our I investments. We are building and renewing Dr. Carter G. Woodson Park and for those of you dog lovers out there I want to remind you we also refurbished an added Wague dog park at Justi and this is because of a commitment to broaden the wealth, the activities, the opportunities in the center part of our city which for too long did not receive the attention that was called for by our leadership and we're making that correction maybe a little late but it's happening and you're going to have our newest facilities and our finest amenities moving forward into the next generation. Thank you for that opportunity to speak board chair. Thank you Mr. Raybear we're now going to come back to our city commission meeting. If you can follow this, it's like tennis tonight. We're now going to have our city commission. Am I correct? Commissioner Arns, did we move the item? Public comments. Okay, that's right. Thank you, Ms. Schraout, who's our second set of eyes along with Mr. Gueddie. She got me again. just back in time. For Gerald Budhoo, 720 Northeast 59 Court. Thank you, Mr. Commissioner Arns for that great question. You need to declare a petition. Thank you, sir. I probably missed the CRA. You saved four minutes at a time. If I want to thank the CRA staff, Mr. Thompson, for that continuing adding that $20,000 for the entrepreneurship academy, that's part of the redevelopment strategy that's going to excel job growth as well as business activity on the West side. See, everything is a plan. To the previous director, Mr. Tensley, we had a discussion about it and he put it in the budget last year and I'm glad Mr. Rare put it in there again through the City Manager's office and to the budget office. So I'm looking for great things that, now the Urban League, who already has an entrepreneurship program that's in place, right? We stay have CDFI, Commissioner Urz, you can even get a loan for the collar, for your automotive dealership, and pompin' on. You need to bring it back to the old club park old park but however that's going to enhance the business growth as well on the west side we'll be able to leverage those $20,000 city manager with what the urban league doing with other sister cities to be able to partnership and bring entrepreneurship right in our city. That's going to expand our business tax base, our revenues, and we'll have our residents, especially on the way to the side with high paying jobs. All right. I probably have to bring them some over there to North Andrews too because they're going to get a good over there. But that's real good. That's growth. That's what we need growth. Asperational change. And that's real good. That's growth. That's what we need growth, aspirational change. And that's what we do in the city. That's gonna, we always wanna do a little bit better. Even though we're doing good stuff now, let's see how we could get better. To enhance people's life, family life. So I'm very excited about this. We got bright days, more bright days ahead of us. So, you know, I'm just up here. Really does. Thanks for what we do in the city of Kampag. You know, basically, I did submit also public safety and back the public safety again. Looking at the power county commission meeting about two weeks ago, Commissioner on today, up up we almost there. I saw an agenda item automated license plate readers With manners all the song twenty four of them all across their city To enhance crime protection crime prevention, okay? That's it's targeted to BSL center where they can monitor activity. People who's going in and out of the city. Okay, we need to know who's going in and out of the city of Kampag. In all corners of our area. Okay, this would be a great funding aspect for crime prevention. So I did submit it to a copy to Mr. Thompson any budget from BSO, we should implement any funding towards the auto-automonal license plate readers. This is great technology that's going to enhance our city in crime prevention. So I'm all for that. So let's do the research on that even more. Also it's time's up. So just been a great meeting. I'm glad I was able to come back and submit all my comments. With that said, you have a wonderful evening. Good night city, Oakland Park. Tomorrow we have a foreign and mild sign A and E. So come see your future leaders. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Boutu. Anyone else for public comment? We're going to close public comment. Commissioner Orren's correct for moving to item 19 now. Yes. Item 19. The resolution is a miscellaneous award of ITP number 0821242. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Boutu. Anyone else for public comment? the ordinance correct removing item 19 now. Yes. Okay. Item 19, the resolution is a miscellaneous award of ITP number 082124, demolition of former mega church building and site to provide demolition and dump debris removal services. Mr. Dutey. I would ask that you make your determination as to the responding to the three bids that received an open. Like motion to award the bid to ultimate demolition as the lowest price most responsible responsive bidder in a amount not to exceed $122,566.50. Second. second. So, Mr. Duda, what do you say about the staff presentation then? I need one if you should act on the motion. Okay. So I guess we're bypassing this staff presentation. It's a demolition. Just check it. Okay. Is there any discussion? No, Vice Mayor. Do you have any discussion? And this is number 19 right on the yes. Yeah, we're 19 now So There you go. There's your presentation. I don't want to hurt Mr. Abert's feelings. Okay. Mr. Marrairos, because they're right there. They've stayed to the end. No one else I can see right? Okay. A roll call. Commissioner Newbold. Yes. Commissioner Arnt. Yes. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Yes, Commissioner Arnt, Vice Mayor Longan, Commissioner Gordon, Mayor Rose Raul. Yes, now resolution by title only resolution city commission. See hope apart Florida term that ultimate demolition is the most responsive and most responsible bit in response to the invitation to bid 082124 to provide demolition, debris, removal services of the former Omega Church building and site. Providing for conflict, severability and effective days. Motion to adopt. Second. We'll call. Commissioner Neubel. Yes. Commissioner Arne. Yes. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosewald. Yes. We're moving now to our consent agenda, Mr. Dudy. Yes, Mr. Dudy. Yes, sir item 8, the code lean settlement. Item 9 is a resolution by title only. A resolution city commission, C. Volkampark, Florida, proving authorized proper city officials, execute a one year renewal of a green for code enforcement, lean negotiation services with prologic LLC provide for conflict, severability and effective date. Item 10 is a resolution by title only resolution of the City Commission of Seavoke Park, Florida. Approving and authorizing the proper City officials ex-cudery renewal agreement for legislative consulting services between the City of Oakland Park and Rust Clinic and Associates provide for conflict, severability and effective date. Item 11 is a resolution by title only, resolution, city commission, city, vocal park, Florida, approving and authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute an agreement between hands on South Florida and the city, vocal park, providing for conflict, service, and effective date. Item 12 is the resolution by title only, resolution, city commission, city, vocal Park, Florida, approved and authorized the proper City officials, ex-U. to first renewal and a memo to agreement for event management services between the City of Vol. Park and South Florida, Food and Wine Inc. Provide for conflict, service, ability, and effective date. Item 13 is resolution by Title Only, Resolution City Commission, C. Vol. Park, Florida, approved and authorized the resolution City Commission, City of Elkhomparc, Florida, approving an authorized and proper City officials ex-judicatoring and event services agreement, a funky boot of brewery LLC, providing for conflict, service, and billy, and effective day. I know 14 is the resolution by Title Only, a resolution City Commission, City of Elkhomparc, Florida, approving an authorized and appropriate City officials, ex-judicating the 9th amendment Public Health Park Florida, approved and authorised appropriate city officials. Exceed to ninth amendment to the purchase of sale agreement to the City of Ocompark and the rise in Ocompark LLC, provide for conflict, several billion effective days. In the 15th of resolution by title only, the resolution city commission, the City of Ocompark, Florida, approved and authorised the proper city officials. Execute and submit the application on necessary documents related to the grant application of Urban League of Barrow County as the lead applicant in the City of Hulken Park as a statutory partner for the community change, change grants program for the conflict, severability and effective date item 16. Resolution by title only a resolution city commission to see Volcan Park, Florida, proven authorized appropriate city officials actually to work authorization for engineering and architectural design services with Calvin Geodano Associates for the Restoration Improvements for the Stevens Field Park Project and a mountain after exceed $121,042 provide for conflict, serabillion, effective date. Item 17, a resolution by Title Only, a resolution City Commission, C. Vol for conflict, service, and effective date. Item 17, resolution by title only, resolution of city commission, C. Volcker Park, Florida, approving and authorizing appropriate city officials to work authorization for professional consulting services with Craving Thompson Associates related to forest main improvements in an amount not to exceed $36,820 per month for conflict, so a billion effective date item 18 is a resolute by a total only item 18a resolution of the City Commission C.ville, C. Park, Florida, approving and authorizing the proper city officials, actually the second amendment to renew the agreement with Boundtree Medical LLC for the purchase of pharmaceuticals utilizing the pricing terms conditions of our sheriff's office RFP2004JLS emergency medical surprise proving the expenditure authority up to the budget availability provided for conflict several billion effective date 18b is B's resolution by title only, resolution city commission, city of Oklahoma, park, Florida, approving authorize the proper city officials that could a second amendment to renew the agreement with medline in in in desk in industries for the purchase of pharmaceuticals utilized in the price in terms of conditions, by the chair, RLI bid 2,204,1 JALS, emergency medical supplies, provide for the expenditure authority up to the budget, availability, provide for councilor, a billion effective date, then Mr. Mayor concludes the consent agenda for this evening. Motion to adopt. Roe call. Commission new bold. Yes, Commissioner Orange. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. Commissioner. I appreciate all of you signing off to talk about this tonight. Hopefully it's a super brief discussion because I think we've kind of talked about it earlier. I'm respectfully asking you to just consider the slight edit that you see Mr. Abrear and Mr. Rarrow. And I met about a, whenever a week or two ago, what it currently says is let's got down to 60, but using the word encourage, I think promotes, you know, helps embed the philosophy of affordable housing, not just the 80% or 60, but whatever it might be. Maybe one day something will be 20 for a project. So just the word encourage and removes the 60 and just says below 80, it also aligns with the Urban League development will be approved tonight. So just appreciate your support. Commissioner you were on this for a long time, so you got it. I'll give you a present on the way out. Yes, I did ask Mr. Reason Mr. Raybear and I met was I wanted to make sure that because we had all five of us here before and I've done. But yeah, no, thank you. Commissioner Newbold. Any comments? because we had all five of us here before November. Yeah. Thank you. Commissioner Newbold. Any comments? Or. Oh, I'm all for affordable housing. So yes. Oh, great. Commissioner Gordon. Did a commissioner aren't he fought for this for a very long time? You got it. That's our gift. We used to sit over there. Remember, we've been to of us. That's our gift. We used to sit over there remember for the first moment. We've been two of us. That's going back to like March of 21. Absolutely. So we're all fighting for it. We're all fighting for it. But you know, I say yes. Thank you. And vice I'm going to go back to Vice mayor. Absolutely. Thank you mayor. Appreciate it. Okay. Roll call. Was there a motion to bring this back for official action? Second. Bring it back. We have to have official. We have to adjust the policy. Yes. So that's come back one more mean for official action. Okay, we can't we can't make a motion tonight. On on an actual land, Mr. Dudy can we actually make a motion to the. It's asking Mr. Duda I listen to her. Mr. Dudy can we make a mo I mean I appreciate this I just wanted to just chuck. Okay, perfect. I made the most of it to do that. There's a second. Gordon. Did you second? Second. Okay. Roll call. Commissioner Newbold. Yes. Commissioner Arms. Vice Mayor Longan. Commissioner Gordon. Yes. Mayor Rosenwald. Yes. That's government. We're very steps. Step by step. Yep. And trust me, when you're in government, it's still you try to kick it. It's a good move faster than it kind of does, but it's how it goes for fits rules though, when we have to go by rules. With that reports from the City Commission, tell us about Milwaukee, no vice mayor, Lawner, again, any reports from you, sir? Yeah, just wanted to mention mayor, a year for the city of Oklahoma part of great, and that means especially our part staff. They're going to be working. We've got a lot of events coming up. They're going to be working night. They're going to be working on weekends. So I just want to make sure that they understand how much they are appreciated and we know how much how much work they do. And this also includes during our events like Latin Fest is coming up this Friday we've got the October Fest coming up October 4 just all the different events that are going on we very much appreciate everything that they do a lot on the calendar so just a reminder to everybody keep an eye on that city website to see what's going on. What events are going on out there. We do have outside of our events also. We have our open park school principal grade discussion coming up on September 25th. So, if anyone has any recommendations or anything you want, maybe us to talk about during that meeting with our school principals, please feel free to reach out to any of the five of us, and we would be happy to talk with you about that. We got Rebel Weinbar is celebrating their third anniversary on September 27th. So Larissa, congratulations, three years. Let's see. And then, again, during our events, thanks to all the vendors. Make sure, you know, we always think our vendors are participating. The Oakland Park Volunteers Corps. We've got a lot of volunteers that come out to our different events. So, just make sure we're showing our appreciation. And it's there. It's pretty nice weather here. different events so just make sure we're showing our appreciation and it may are a pretty nice weather here and around 80 during the day and 60 overnight so beautiful weather thank you thank you vice mayor let me just center jack point of privilege that we do have an upcoming school meeting. This is a close, can we just talk about the procedure because all the commissioners are invited but it's a closed, it's not publicly noticed. It's publicly noticed but it's not publicly open to everybody. So we have a, the principals are going to be coming with us to talk strategically about how the city can assist with their efforts to try to improve their grades. The request that they have made is that it be a limited audience to encourage exchange amongst those that are going to be present. We've invited our school advisory board members, yourselves, and the principles. So we're hoping for a candidate exchange of information, but it's not an open public meeting per say. If people are interested in attending, they should let us know and we'll do what we can to accommodate everybody. Mr. Dudy? I think, based on what the City Manager has said, now it's sending the request. It's a public meeting, but obviously be subject to the limitations of the room and the accommodations available to members of the public. So I just wanted us to, I'm so glad this is happening this meeting, but because we can't have 100 people come, that was my goal as I do hope next year as we talk to Dr. Holness today. Well, of course, Huffin as well that we do have one that can hold 100 people, but this is I don't know if it's going to be 30 people or 20. The school advisory board represents all of us on the schools and the commissions come. If you would like to attend, can you please say again, Mr. Abert, when that meeting is on the next Wednesday, the 25th of September, it's going to be a breakfast meeting. And I don't remember off-hand it we started at 830 or at 9.830. 830. Yes thank you. So if anyone is and should an attending it's going to be at a school. It's at Northeast High School so yeah they'll be hosting the event. Please contact anyone any of the commissioners here as well as Mr. A bear or any you know miss Bernat who's Heidi Bernat who's the liaison for the school advisory board if you would like to attend It's just because we unfortunately can have a hundred people though. I do hope next year We can have a full auditorium of residents on matters relating to the schools. Thank you. Mr. Mayor, if I could, it appears that it's being sponsored by the school board. That's correct. That's an important distinction. It's on a city meeting. It's a school board meeting. They're responsible for accommodating members of the public. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Aber. Commissioner Gordon, any comments you have? Commissioner comments? Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, I want to start by thinking staff. Two staff members are here. Still, thank you. Excellent presentation. And we really appreciate all that staff does to bring, you know, to prepare for this meeting. And, you know, I know it's a lot of work behind the scenes. And we respect that. So thank you, Mr. A. Bear, thank you to staff for making our meetings easy to navigate through with all of the pertinent information that you provide to us, those great presentations. So I want to just thank staff for that and thank Mr. A. Bear. We appreciate you. I want to say congratulations or think not really congratulations, but just recognize all of those individuals who received proclamations tonight and also thank the presenters. And of course, our special guest, Dr. Jeff Holtness, for being here and presenting us with what's taken place with the schools. I did have another question for him, but I'll ask that later because he was using the two terms interchangeably repurposed and redefining, I believe, but that's okay. That's for another day. And on a sadder note, I want to extend my deepest condolences to the Noel family on the unfortunate loss of their loved one, Mr. Anthony Noel, who was also a staff member and you did mention that earlier mayor. We are deeply saddened by that. So we'll continue to lift the family, lift them up in our prayers. So, I just wanna turn around to the members of the day as my colleagues and say it's been awesome. I want to take this opportunity to say that it's been G, four years of lots of fun, lots of great decision making, and it's just been nice having us serve on this day. I truly appreciate my colleagues. I know that's not like I'm doing a farewell speech, right? But it's not. There's a reason farewell speech right but it's not there's a reason for this I just want to thank you guys thank you mr. duty as well thank you mr. A bear and everyone it's been awesome so anyhow Latin fest looking forward to the Latin fest coming up this Friday. I will be there. I hope you will be there and Let's put on our dancing shoes and do some salsa some marine gay and just enjoy the evening lots of food dancing and On my final note Let's continue to keep our beautiful city on the rise clean green and environmentally sustainable thank you very warm words thank you Commissioner Gordon to Mr. Newbold thank you they keep taking everything I want to say. But I'm always going back. You give me all the motions to introduce. I'm always going back. You give me all the motions to introduce. I'm always going back. You give me all the motions to introduce. I'm always going back. You give me all the motions to introduce. I'm always going back. You give me all the motions to introduce. I'm always congratulated reflow being here and how energetic that was and I also I too want to just say thank you to the entire staff here in Oakland Park. They're always there always helpful and they're always working so hard. So I truly thank them and I appreciate their manager, Mr. A Bear, for all he does. So like I said, they took everything. I also am looking forward to attending Latin Fest. I know it will be full of music and festivities that's revolving around the culture. So I'm looking forward to going and just having a great time. and festivities that's revolving around the culture. So I'm looking forward to going and just having a great time. And I don't know what you'd be there. Don't forget to over get an October fest. We're not going to have a meeting for that. See, there's no for you. Oh, okay. Yeah, thank you. October. Thank you for that. I'm also looking forward to October fest. So will you be at Latin fest? Commissioner Ernst so we can do also. Oh no no no no no no more that. Okay I guess I. That's a very good nice thing. You did. So and I want to thank the residents. I want to thank, I truly thank them, you know, just for the communication. They helped me. They helped me understand all, you know, size of this. And I'm here to collaborate so that we can continue to make the city of Oakland Park a beautiful place of vibrant city that's inclusive and diverse thank you. Strong words thank you appreciate that Commissioner I've got one that no one else had. I just wanted to really thank the Commissioner Lamar Fisher for putting the school mitigation fee on the county commission. And I never thought I'd be doing this. Thank you, Dennis Mealy, for speaking for that. that and the Lauderdale commissioners, Melissa Dunn and our lobbyist Russ Clinette. I'm gonna say one thing about Russ, Lane and I hired him probably 25, 30 years ago and that was probably the best hire I have ever made in this city. Outside of, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. probably the best hire I have ever made in this city. Outside of outside of DJ. But let me go back there. I didn't get a chance to hire DJ because I was off the commission at that time because that's the time that things went a little sideways in the city. But no, DJ's my number one. No, but I didn't get to hire him that time. So, but I've always, always supported Mr. Duty. And as long as I'm up here, he's my number one. But I really want to thank them all those people because they voted 7 to 1 to get rid of the fee. Now we just got to hope, hope, hope the school board does it too. So thank you, and thank you, thank you, City Manager for really putting that in the forefront and all your work on it. So tell you working behind off on it. And without your help on it, I don you working behind off on it. And without your help on it, I don't think it would ever gotten this far. I know, but we're three quarters away. Yeah, that's it. Alright, excellent. Well, everything has been taken. I'm going to come back to staff though, because staff can never hear enough, I don't think. I've always been impressed we even had it tonight, right, with the Urban League, with one of the slides. You know how we do like eight circles, and it's like here, there's eight steps, there's six steps of a project, and we're in step one or step three, and then we revisit step one, and then it becomes step six, and they're probably colored in or something like that. I can't remember. That shows not just organization, it shows progress. And I have to tell you, I don't think I've ever been part of an organization where so many people are multitasking so frequently and so well. Ms. Barrairo, not only are you doing your engineering work and your pioneer house work, I call you to help and Ms. Montgomery to help solve an issue last week between a two private entities and you did. Mr. Raybear is aware of your ability to respond so quickly. So it's with the captain too, with all of you. Miss Schraout, Miss all of you, Mr. A. Bear. I've never worked with a group of people. And that's a big bureaucracy here, right? It's a big group of people. It's a government bureaucracy. But it doesn't feel, yeah, it's a little slow sometimes, when that's government, as I mentioned. But the nimbleness, the responsiveness, and the sheer multitasking is just pretty phenomenal. I do also, I think I haven't ever mentioned Mr. Clinette who is our lobbyist, but we, I know he's your number two commissioner, aren't he's excellent. We don't really ever discuss Mr. Clinnett. We did approve his contract for next year just now on this consent agenda. So I just want to thank you all. You all work probably more than 40 hours a week, right? I know you do Mr. Raybear and I think you both do too. I think you all do all of the employees here. And we pay you well and I tell people we always give I past four years we've given you all raises which you deserve and you deserve to be paid well. And you tirelessly work. See here I saw you on a Saturday and I saw you on a Sunday at different at Urban League and I started buying your house like back to back. It was a Saturday and it was a Sunday. And there you were. And I know all of you were like that and everybody of course watching. So just an appreciation to all of you. I was a member from Mayor Bolin who would always start with gratitude. And I just spoke to her yesterday and I want to end with gratitude for all of you. So thank you all very much. Mr. Reber. No, I have nothing further this evening. Mayor, it was an exhausting evening. There were a lot of agenda items, but you guys have covered them all and given us the direction that we need. And I thank you all for your kind words and your support. Have a good evening. Thank you. Mr. Judy. Motion to adjourn. Good evening, everybody.