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All right. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to City Hall here in

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the City of Hollywood. Today is Wednesday, May 20th, 2026. We

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are here for a regular City Commission meeting. But as I

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always mentioned, meetings are never regular. It's always

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important and interesting substance on the agenda and

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today is no different. Let's please rise for a moment of

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silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and think about

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loved ones who we may have lost, or people that are notable in

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our lives. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the Republic for which it stands

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one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. Thank you. Another important moment we

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take at each meeting is to recognize our veterans, active

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service personnel and their families. So if you are a US

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veteran or a family member thereof, or a service member,

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please rise. We'd love to recognize you. We do have some

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coasties here today. Some Guardsmen welcome. Roll call.

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Please let me activate the mic real quick. I gotta click six

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times. Go ahead Commissioner, show him here. Commissioner

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Hernandez here. Vice mayor Kolody here. Commissioner

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Gruber here. Commissioner Biederman here. Commissioner

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Quintana here. Mayor Levy here. Thank you. Today's consent

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agenda includes items five through 15. If these are items

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that don't usually require individual discussion. However,

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if there is a speaker card or a request from the dais to remove

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one for individual discussion, we're happy to do so. City

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clerk Are there any speaker cards on five through 15? Item

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ten. Item ten. Anything else from the body motion to approve.

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We have a motion from Vice Mayor and a second from

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Commissioner Quintana to approve the balance of the

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consent agenda. Items five through 15 minus number ten.

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All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none.

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Those items will carry unanimously. We'll get to item

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ten as quick as we can on the agenda. I know James Quinlan is

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here with the Rhythm Foundation. So we'll hear from James.

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Onward to our 1 p.m. presentations, proclamations

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and awards. I'm going to I see a lot of folks here from

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Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety. Welcome, everyone. I'll

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take it out of order because you all are here. And let's go

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ahead and invite Chief Levy and Company to present the. And

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recognize the recipients of the Crew Commendation Award. Chief.

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Good afternoon. Mayor, vice mayor. Commissioners. City

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manager. I'd like to ask Chief Devlin. Police chief, come join

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me, please. Today's recognition is not only for the fire

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department but also for the Hollywood Police Department.

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This particular incident Chief Moses is going to read the

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narrative on was a catastrophic accident. That happened a few,

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probably a few months ago now, where a pedestrian was involved

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in a serious incident, as you'll hear in a few minutes.

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Hollywood police arrived on scene, started life saving

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actions, which eventually caused this individual to have

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somewhat of a full recovery and was able to be discharged from

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the hospital. But they are alive today, which is the most

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important thing. This this patient you'll hear shortly,

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received over 100 units of blood while in the operating

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room. That's that's a lot. They received one unit of blood on

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scene by fire rescue, but it's also due to the heroic actions

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of our Hollywood Police Department that this patient is

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alive. And we want to recognize these police officers and these

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firefighters. Very nice. Good afternoon, Commission and city

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staff. I'm Mike Moser, deputy fire chief with Hollywood Fire

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Rescue. I'd like to begin by calling up the recipients of

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this award. As I read the accommodation, Officer Palacios,

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Officer Pearce, Lieutenant Fernandez, Firefighter Robinson

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and firefighter Lopez Couto to the podium, please. On February

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20th, 2026, rescue five responded to a report of a

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pedestrian versus a vehicle collision at 901 North Federal

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Highway. Upon arrival, crews encountered an adult male who

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had been struck while seated at a bus stop bench, resulting in

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catastrophic lower extremity injuries. Hollywood Police

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Department officers arrived and made initial patient contact

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and immediately applied tourniquets to both lower

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extremities. Prior to EMS arrival, the tourniquets were

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documented as very effective and remained in place upon

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transfer of care. Early bleeding control was crucial

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intervention in this case, EMS assessment revealed a complete

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traumatic amputation below the right knee and a partial

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traumatic amputation below the left knee. The patient was

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awake but in significant distress with hypotension and

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signs of respiratory distress. A level one trauma alert, the

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most serious patient category, was activated. Cruz initiated

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spinal immobilization, established IVs, began fluid

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replacement, and provided advanced airway support.

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Diminished breath sounds on the right prompted a decompression

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effort, which was performed without complication. During

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transport. One unit of blood was administered while

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continuous monitoring and supportive care was maintained.

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The patient was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital and

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transferred directly to the trauma team. Upon arrival, the

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patient remained hypotensive, however responsive, with

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tourniquets intact and active transfusion ongoing hospital

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staff continued their resuscitation efforts in the

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trauma bay. The patient was stabilized and admitted to the

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Trauma intensive care unit. This incident reflects

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effective interagency coordination and decisive life

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saving actions under extreme circumstances. Early bleeding

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control by law enforcement, rapid trauma system activation,

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and comprehensive pre-hospital care contributed to the

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patients surviving the initial injuries and reaching that

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definitive care at the hospital. This nomination recognizes the

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responding personnel for their skill, perseverance, and life

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saving performance during a highly complex and time

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critical emergency. Congratulations. Thank you very

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much.

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One. Two. Three. One more please.

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I'll tell you what. The Memorial Regional Hospital had

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their survivor's day recognition, recognizing the

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different EMS units that operate in South Broward County.

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Also, of course, recognizing the trauma doctors, the nurses

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that attend to the patients coming in and really

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celebrating and highlighting the successes when it's a

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fortunate situation to be able to have someone survive a

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trauma, it's always a very heartwarming thing to see the

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survivors come in and speak after they've, you know, gone

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through the most difficult, life threatening injury. So

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pretty amazing. We're fortunate to have Memorial Regional

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Hospital and the trauma team here in Hollywood. And thanks,

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of course, to EMS in Hollywood and our firefighting crew and

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Hollywood police as well for, you know, providing people with

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that opportunity. In the end, that's the biggest sense of

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pride that I think we can have as a community that entrusts

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and invests in the city of Hollywood, and through that,

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the public safety services that we provide, really it really

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goes the longest way to, you know, give that sense of how

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important the professionalism and, and the funding that we

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invest into Hollywood Fire rescue and Hollywood police

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goes, it goes such a long way. And the most important times

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for all of us. So thank you so much. All right. Well, I don't

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think there's anything else keeping all of these public

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safety professionals here, chief. So if you are interested,

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you can stay until 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. but otherwise free to go

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if you like. All right. Let's go ahead and start with our

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proclamations. Then we'll take them in order. National Public

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Works Week is this upcoming week or this week? And

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presenting the proclamation will be Commissioner Biderman

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accepting it will be Joseph Krol and Public Works and the

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Public Works Staff. Commissioner Biderman, public

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Works Week. Go ahead. Thank you mayor. First, I'll start by

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saying how lucky we are to have such a qualified and exemplary

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public works team that make us all look good on a daily basis,

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lifting all the heavy lifting for us and repairing all that

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above ground infrastructure. When our residents are

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concerned about it. So it's meaningful to proclaim in

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recognition of National Public Works Week, May 17th through

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the 23rd 2026. Whereas, in 1960, the American Public Works

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Association launched a national initiative to raise public

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awareness of the vital role public Works plays in community

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life by establishing National Public Works Week. And Whereas,

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special highlights of National Public Works Week include the

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United States Senate affirming a resolution. Letters of

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acknowledgment from President Dwight D Eisenhower and Lyndon

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B Johnson, and proclamation presented by President John F

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Kennedy in 1962. And Whereas public works professionals

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focus on cities, infrastructure, facilities and services that

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are vital to building a sustainable and resilient

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communities, they work diligently each day to maintain

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safe streets, reliable water and sewer systems, effective

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stormwater management, sanitary services, traffic operations,

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public facilities, parks and green spaces. These essential

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efforts are fundamental to public health and safety. And

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whereas public services are made possible through public

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works, professionals including engineers, managers and

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essential first responders who work to build, improve and

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protect our community. And whereas, this year's theme,

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rooted in service powered by community, reflects the deep

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commitment of public works employees and serving residents

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with integrity, reliability, and pride, it emphasizes that

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the strength of public works lies not only in infrastructure

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and operations, but in a relationships built with the

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community they serve. And Whereas support, patients and

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understanding of our community indicate a shared appreciation

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for essential services provided by public works personnel who

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make a meaningful impact on daily lives of our residents.

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Now, therefore, Josh Levy, mayor of the City of Hollywood,

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Florida, and the Hollywood City Commission, hereby recognize

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May 17th through the 23rd 2026 as National Public Works Weeks

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in the City of Hollywood. Thank you. Mayor, Vice mayor,

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commissioners, I'm honored to stand here before you today as

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a representative recipient of this proclamation recognizing

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National Public Works Week. This acknowledgment highlights

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the essential role that public works professionals play in

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maintaining and improving our community's infrastructure and

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services. Our work ensures manicured landscaping, safe

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roads, clean beaches, vibrant public spaces which enhance the

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quality of life for all of our residents. On behalf of myself

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and all the public works staff behind me and out there still

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working, we'd like to express our gratitude to you, Mayor and

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Commissioners, for this recognition. If not, it not

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only celebrates the dedication and hard work of our team, but

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also underscores the importance of continued investment in

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public works for a stronger, safer, and more resilient

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community. Thank you for your support and partnership as we

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strive to serve the public with excellence. Thank you Joseph.

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Well, same same words of gratitude on behalf of the City

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Commission to everybody in Public Works, your work is

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critical. It goes far reaching, and it's so meaningful to keep

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a city that's clean and vibrant and functioning and resilient.

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So really, from all of us, thank you so much. In the same

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form, the investment in public works is a top priority, the

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same as others. And just as long as you guys tell Joseph

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what you need and he tells the city manager and she tells us,

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we got you, let's come up for a photo, everybody. Yeah. And

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Jeavons not a bad guy to talk to either. Come on. Everybody,

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I think you guys are going to have to scrunch. Right here.

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Thank you so much everybody. You're welcome. All right. Next

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on our agenda as a proclamation recognizing Safe Boating Week,

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which is this week, May 16th through the 22nd. I'll take the

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liberty and pleasure of presenting the proclamation.

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With us today is Neil Koretsky. He's the flotilla flotilla

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commander with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary from flotilla.

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It says Dania Beach, but we all know it's in Hollywood. So

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let's go ahead then. Proclamation recognizing

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National Safe Boating Week, May 16th through the 22nd 2026.

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Whereas Florida has 1300 miles of coastline, 50,000 miles of

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rivers, streams and canals, and 7800 lakes for Florida

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residents and visitors to enjoy and for wildlife to inhabit.

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These areas are rated as best boating and the fishing capital

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of the world. And whereas millions of Americans take to

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the waterways enjoying time together boating, sailing,

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paddleboarding, kayaking and fishing, the city of Hollywood,

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Florida, is fortunate to have the resources to accommodate

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these varieties of boating. The US Coast Guard, the US Coast

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Guard Auxiliary and its federal, state and local partners

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encourage all boaters to explore and enjoy our beautiful

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waterways. And whereas, Americans should take

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precautionary actions to ensure that everyone makes it home

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unharmed after a fun day on the water, inspecting your boat

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thoroughly and participating in a free vessel safety check

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offered through the US Coast Guard can help ensure both you

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and your boat are ready for the water. And whereas, boaters

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should also wear life jackets at all times and make sure

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there is always someone on board who is unimpaired and

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capable of operating the boat. The United States Coast Guard

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and its federal, state and local partners estimate that

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avoiding alcohol and wearing a life jacket can prevent more

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than 75% of boating fatalities. And whereas, through basic

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safety procedures such as carrying emergency distress and

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communication equipment, wearing life jackets, taking a

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safe boating class, getting a free boating safety check,

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getting an engine cut off switch or lanyard which is

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required for vessels under 26ft and staying sober while

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operating a vessel. We can ensure that boaters on our

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crowded inland and offshore waterways stay safe throughout

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the year. And whereas knowledge and skills are important in

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reducing human error and improving judgment, that is why

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we must continue to pass the word about boating safety, not

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only during National Safe Boating Week, but throughout

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the entire year now. Therefore, Josh Levy, mayor of the City of

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Hollywood, Florida, and the Hollywood City Commission, do

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hereby proclaim May 16th through the 22nd 2026 as

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National Safe Boating Week in the City of Hollywood, Florida.

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Thank you. Thank you, commander. Thank you, Mayor and

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commissioners. As we all know, this year alone, we've had a

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number of accidents and many more people injured for the

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same time last year. There's a common misconception that boat

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owners and people who live near the water are the ones most

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affected, and that is not correct. If we look at the

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statistics, it can happen to anyone, anywhere, any time. The

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city of Hollywood has a special relationship with the Coast

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Guard, because we've had an office here in the city for

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many years for recruiting, and we hope to continue our

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relationship. Thank you mayor. Thank you sir. Please come on

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up for a photo. We'd love to spread the word.

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Do you want to give a shout out to our

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Hollywood Police marine unit chief Devlin? Marine unit? I

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know it's going to be busy. I saw some of the public

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messaging that went out on social media about safe boating,

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especially during the Memorial Day weekend. Coming up a long

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weekend, hopefully it'll be nice weather and people will

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enjoy the waterways and be safe in Hollywood and beyond. All

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right, let's go ahead now to a proclamation recognizing

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Building Safety Month, ladies and gentlemen, which is also

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May of 2026. Presenting the proclamation will be

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Commissioner Hernandez. And I'll invite the Department of

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Development Services, the building division. Andrea

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Wingard, the director, is here, along with Russell Long, our

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chief building official. I see Dan Quintana and Company Jim

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and all the folks here from Development Services. Please

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join the crew up here. It's been a more popular topic in

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the past few years. Building safety, of course, with the

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county inspection program and what have you. Yes, I know the

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team has kept busy. Commissioner Hernandez, go

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ahead. Thank you, mayor. And I got to tell you, this group

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never stops working because at any given time, I actually get

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Ahold of him. We have a great deal of questions, and I thank

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you all for the help and for the service that you provide to

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our residents, and particularly the pain in the butt in the

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commissioner that I am or can be. Anyway, thank you all. He

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wasn't kidding about 24 over seven either. No, no I'm not I

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they know it. I thought it was the other one. I'll go. Boy.

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Proclamation. City of Hollywood Florida in recognition of

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Building Safety Month, May 2026. Whereas, the City of Hollywood

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recognizes that strong, safe and resilient buildings are

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vital to the well-being of our community, both in everyday

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life and during times of disaster. And whereas,

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confidence in the resiliency of these buildings depends on the

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work of dedicated professional building, safety and fire

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prevention officials, architects, engineers, builders,

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tradespeople and others who ensure that structures are safe,

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sustainable and code compliant. And Whereas, the Through the

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International Code Council, local, state and federal

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officials work together to develop, implement and uphold

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modern building codes and standards that safeguard the

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public from natural disasters such as hurricanes, fires,

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floods and earthquakes. And Whereas, Building Safety Month

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is sponsored by the International Code Council to

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highlight the essential role of unsung protectors of public

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safety, our code officials who help ensure safe, resilient and

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sustainable buildings and recognize the many City of

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Hollywood employees, including police officers and first

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responders who put up their safety and their lives on the

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line in service to our residents. And whereas, each

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year in observance of Building Safety Month, people all over

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the world are asked to consider the commitment to improve

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building safety, resiliency and economic investment at home and

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in the community, and to acknowledge the essential

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service provided in protecting lives and property of the City

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of Hollywood. Now. Therefore, Josh Levy, mayor of the City of

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Hollywood, Florida, and the City of Hollywood Commission,

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do hereby proclaim the month of May 2026 as Building Safety

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Month in the City of Hollywood, Florida. Good afternoon mayor,

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Vice mayor, city Commissioners, Commissioner Andrea Winget, the

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Director of Development Services. And I'm honored to be

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standing here today. And I'm only standing here today before

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you because of the team that's standing behind me. You've read

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several really important proclamations today,

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recognizing a lot of important topics and initiatives. But

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this group behind me really is, is the silent group that that

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is working 24 over seven day in and day out as well. Silently.

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They may not have the the fancy lights or the big trucks, but

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as you read in the proclamation. You might have to have a word

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with her. If they do play an important role in work, hand in

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hand with our other emergency personnel in keeping structure

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safe, to limit fires within the community, to ensure that our

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community, our residents, our business structures can

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withstand the elements of nature as we move forward. And

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it's their hard work and dedication that helps to keep

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the community safe. And we've had a few additions to our team

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over the year. So if you can just entertain me for one

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minute, I would like. As we all know, our building official,

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Russell Long, is here and we do have three assistant building

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officials, Jim McGuinness, who is over our large development

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construction projects. So the projects that really catch your

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eye when you're out in our community and seeing them, he

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oversees and manages those projects and the safe

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construction of those buildings include, including the staging

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of equipment and the resources that are brought in. We have

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Sheila Oliver, who has rejoined the city. She was here

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previously. Unfortunately, she is not able to be here with us

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today, but she is overseeing our day to day permitting to

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help our mostly our residents and some of our smaller

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businesses within the city to get their permits through the

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process and help educate them on the best way to do that. And

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then we have Dan Quintana, and Dan is our building assistant

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building official who is over building safety for the city.

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And with that, he has a few words he would like to say for

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us. Sure. Sorry. Good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor,

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commissioners and city manager. I'm Daniel Quintana, proud

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assistant building official at the City of Hollywood. Today, I

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want to speak briefly about a simple but powerful idea.

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Stronger codes create real impact, and that impact is what

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creates safer buildings. Codes are more than rules written on

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paper. There are standards that shape how we build, work and

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live. Whether we talk about building codes, safety codes,

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ethical codes, or digital security codes. Strong

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standards protect people, improve quality, and create

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trust. When codes are weak or ignored, the consequences can

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be serious. Unsafe buildings, data breaches, accidents and

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loss of confidence. But when codes are strong and properly

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followed, they save lives, strengthen communities and

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support innovation. Real impact happens when responsibility

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meets action. Engineers design safer structures. Business

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businesses protect customer information organizations.

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Organizations create ethical workplaces. Governments

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establish standards that serve the public good. Every strong

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code becomes a foundation for progress, but stronger codes

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are not only about compliance, they are about commitment. A

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commitment to excellence, accountability, and the

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well-being of others. In the end, stronger codes do more

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than prevent problems. They build confidence, create

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resilience, and make a lasting difference in people's lives.

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At this time, I introduce the driving force behind

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development services, and that is the group of professionals

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standing with me and before you today. Our structural chief is

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Tim Jones. Who oversees, obviously, our structural plan

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reviewers and inspectors. He's had loads of experience. He's

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he's he's done a fantastic job for us. He steps up whenever we

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ask him to do anything out of the norm, which is pretty

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pretty often he never says no. Our next chief is John Basu.

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Mechanical. Mechanical. He oversees a group of gentlemen

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that help keep us cool when it's really, really hot outside.

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They do a fantastic job. And shout out to Norm McKinnon. By

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the way, our chief electrical inspector, James Stewart.

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Together with his staff of inspectors and plan reviewers,

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they oversee our electrical department. They make sure that

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electrical installations are to code and safe. Next is Mr.

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James West, our chief plumbing inspector. Along with his staff.

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He ensures that our sanitation systems in our buildings and

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homes are up to code and keep us healthy and safe and help us

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have hot, really hot showers. So. Our manager, Christina

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Gordon. Along with assistant City Manager is Marlon Batista

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and our SA three, Jessica Miss edu with this staff they are

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the front line to our department. We can't simply

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cannot function without the role that they play for us. And

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they are just completely essential every day. Every day.

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Some tips and takeaways. You know, building safety is

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everyone's responsibility. Oh, sorry. Continuous education and

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awareness. That is one thing that the we are proud of and

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we're happy that the city does provide opportunities for us to,

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to further our, our careers and our education. Embrace building

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codes for safer future. And thank you for your commitment

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to safety. And last but not least, this is since Building

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Safety month, we were at Home Depot not too long ago. And

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this is just a little blurb that we put together. You look

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real happy there, Dan. I can be a little animated. The candy

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store there, right? Yeah. Can you play it? Hey good morning

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y'all. I'm Daniel, assistant building official here at the

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City of Hollywood. We're here at the Home Depot at Oakwood

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Plaza. We're promoting Building Safety Month for the Board of

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Rules and Fields. And we have hard hats. We have pens,

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pencils. We have some rubber ducks and cars. We have some

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pamphlets, and we have our staff here. We have our

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computer. We can help you with permits if you have any

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questions at all. So please come down and see us. We'll be

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here till 2:00 today. Go, Hollywood. All right. And along

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with approximately 85 staff, we do this every day, all day long

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and even on weekends sometimes. And we're proud to serve the

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residents and business owners of the city of Hollywood. How

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many permits do you guys do every year? Because I don't

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think the average resident has a clue of how much work you

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guys do yet so far. We on high end 18,000, but we average out

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pretty much around 16,000 to 17,000 a year. Thank you. Well,

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I'll tell you what, everyone, it's been really a pleasure for

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all of us to support the our investments in the building

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division and development services, beginning with the

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new workspace that I hope you all love and enjoy compared to

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what was there before. The second floor is beautiful and

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really offers the most modern space at any department has

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right now in the city of Hollywood. So I hope you're

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proud of the investment in the workspace. I hope you're proud

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of the investment in technology and the solar system. I know

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it's hard to switch gears, but ultimately, I hope we hit that

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high gear in August when we hopefully convert all the

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different building permit types to a solar and give you all a

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more, you know, a more consistent system to, to work

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together and to crank out those permits as quickly as possible.

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Of course, upholding all the safety rules that you're

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entrusted to uphold. But at the same time, as we've said for

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years, to help facilitate that quick issuance and inspection

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of the building permits, because all the dreams that we

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have for the city of Hollywood in terms of its growth or the

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investment that the average resident wants to make in their

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house, or a small business in their business, to an investor

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and developer that wants to build a new multifamily

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building in the city, it all, and even our public facilities,

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they all need to flow through your desks. And so thank you

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for being that critical and that indispensable conduit that

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everything that we hope for in the city has to flow through.

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So your efficiency and your productivity is something that

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we rely on, and we hope we've given you the tools that you

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need to be as productive as you can be with using technology

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and facilities and additional personnel. And like I suggested,

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the public works. If you need something more, tell Russell

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Tel Dan, tell Jim, tell your your fellow, you know, team

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members, they'll tell the city manager and she'll tell us and

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we'll make it happen. So thank you all so much. Appreciate all

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that you do. Thank you, thank you. Come on up for a photo.

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Don't forget the laundry. Hold it. I don't know, we had so

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many.

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All right. Thank you all so much. Let's go ahead now and

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shift gears to recognize National Historic Preservation

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Month, which is May of 2026. Of course, I'd like to invite

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Commissioner Shuhan to present the proclamation. Andy Ruffner,

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please come on up. He's the executive director of the

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Hollywood Historical Society. I think you have some other folks

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00:47:28,930 --> 00:47:31,466
here from the Historical Society that'll join you and

477
00:47:31,466 --> 00:47:34,802
accepting the proclamation. And I'd like to recognize

478
00:47:34,802 --> 00:47:37,672
Commissioner Shuhan to present. Go ahead. Commissioner. Thank

479
00:47:37,672 --> 00:47:41,872
you. Mayor. National Historic Preservation Month, May 2026.

480
00:47:43,411 --> 00:47:46,614
Whereas, historic preservation is an effective tool for

481
00:47:46,614 --> 00:47:50,214
managing growth and sustainable development, revitalizing

482
00:47:50,552 --> 00:47:53,755
neighborhoods, fostering local pride, maintaining community

483
00:47:53,755 --> 00:47:56,959
character, and enhancing livability. And Whereas the

484
00:47:56,959 --> 00:48:00,695
city of Hollywood's historic districts seek to preserve and

485
00:48:00,695 --> 00:48:03,695
maintain historically significant resources located

486
00:48:03,899 --> 00:48:07,502
within the city of Hollywood, keeping the city a unique and

487
00:48:07,502 --> 00:48:10,706
special place. Whereas, historic preservation is

488
00:48:10,706 --> 00:48:14,376
relevant for communities across the nation, both urban and

489
00:48:14,376 --> 00:48:17,846
rural, and for Americans of all ages, all walks of life and all

490
00:48:17,846 --> 00:48:22,183
ethnic backgrounds. And whereas it's important to celebrate the

491
00:48:22,183 --> 00:48:25,720
role of history in our lives and the contributions made by

492
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:28,657
dedicated individuals in helping to preserve the

493
00:48:28,657 --> 00:48:31,861
tangible aspects of the heritage that has shaped us as

494
00:48:31,861 --> 00:48:36,661
a people. And whereas the 2026 National Historic Preservation

495
00:48:37,265 --> 00:48:43,400
Month theme is all people are Created Equal, focusing on the

496
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,340
250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence,

497
00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:49,477
organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the

498
00:48:49,477 --> 00:48:53,810
month emphasizes preserving diverse sites that tell the

499
00:48:53,810 --> 00:48:57,151
full American story, reflecting on founding ideals and

500
00:48:57,151 --> 00:49:00,151
promoting community revitalization. Now, therefore,

501
00:49:00,688 --> 00:49:03,558
Josh Levy, mayor of the City of Hollywood, Florida, and the

502
00:49:03,558 --> 00:49:07,758
Hollywood City Commission, hereby proclaim May 2026 as

503
00:49:08,229 --> 00:49:12,429
National Historic Preservation Month. Congratulations! You may

504
00:49:18,373 --> 00:49:23,440
need to click the bottom of the mic. Activate the mic. Thank

505
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:26,647
you so much, Mayor and Commissioners, for the

506
00:49:26,647 --> 00:49:29,117
proclamation. This is Dana Gallup. He is our board

507
00:49:29,117 --> 00:49:35,717
president now. Just took over this January from Clive. And we

508
00:49:35,791 --> 00:49:39,861
just hope for an ongoing partnership with the city in

509
00:49:39,861 --> 00:49:42,798
preserving our historic heritage. We have a lot of

510
00:49:42,798 --> 00:49:46,801
great things here, and I think it's one of the top three

511
00:49:46,801 --> 00:49:52,730
assets that we have here in the city as our historic stock of

512
00:49:52,730 --> 00:49:55,810
buildings, and that if we preserve them, we're going to

513
00:49:55,810 --> 00:49:59,347
remain a really unique and special city in everybody's

514
00:49:59,347 --> 00:50:06,547
hearts. So thank you so much here. Andy. Andy, you want to

515
00:50:09,224 --> 00:50:11,961
do the picture together with everyone that will be following?

516
00:50:11,961 --> 00:50:14,630
Let's let's hold then let's invite Terry Cantrell. He's

517
00:50:14,630 --> 00:50:17,990
chair of the Historic Preservation Board, and we'd

518
00:50:17,990 --> 00:50:20,902
like to recognize May 2026 as historic, of course,

519
00:50:20,902 --> 00:50:24,573
preservation month. But also he's going to he's going to

520
00:50:24,573 --> 00:50:27,176
introduce let's do it together. Let's do it together once. Once

521
00:50:27,176 --> 00:50:30,711
Terry finishes the award, recipients will join us

522
00:50:30,711 --> 00:50:33,316
together for the photo. I think it'll be nice that way. Okay.

523
00:50:33,316 --> 00:50:37,919
All right. Yeah, yeah, we'll do it. Thank you very much. So,

524
00:50:37,919 --> 00:50:40,722
should I go? AM I good? Yes, please. All right. Thank you

525
00:50:40,722 --> 00:50:43,258
everybody. Terry Cantrell, chair of your Historic

526
00:50:43,258 --> 00:50:46,461
Preservation Board. And our favorite time of year May for

527
00:50:46,461 --> 00:50:50,799
Historic Preservation Month. We have a bevy of awards. We have

528
00:50:50,799 --> 00:50:54,803
more awards this year we've ever had. So hang on to your

529
00:50:54,803 --> 00:50:57,205
hats. Here we go. It's going to be interesting here. We're

530
00:50:57,205 --> 00:51:00,809
going to have a slideshow in just a second. I don't come up.

531
00:51:00,809 --> 00:51:04,212
This is there's a couple of words here that we're are, I

532
00:51:04,212 --> 00:51:09,217
think, very special. As soon as we get the slideshow up here,

533
00:51:09,217 --> 00:51:16,424
we'll be ready to go here. The first one is for, of all things,

534
00:51:16,424 --> 00:51:22,230
the block 40 Great Southern Hotel Food Hall. Now you all

535
00:51:22,230 --> 00:51:27,301
may remember the the saga of the Great Southern Hotel. I was

536
00:51:27,301 --> 00:51:32,640
very much involved in that way back in 2022, three and four.

537
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:36,311
And I think only Commissioner Hernandez was around back then

538
00:51:36,311 --> 00:51:42,671
on the board when we approved the block 50, block eight, the

539
00:51:42,671 --> 00:51:49,679
1818 project, which is block 40, and it was the goal was to save

540
00:51:49,679 --> 00:51:54,148
and preserve the the Great Southern Hotel. Unfortunately,

541
00:51:54,148 --> 00:51:56,886
as we all know, it wasn't possible. There was long delays

542
00:51:56,886 --> 00:51:59,221
in the construction of the project. So as a result, the

543
00:51:59,221 --> 00:52:02,824
the building itself had deteriorated. But happily, we

544
00:52:02,824 --> 00:52:07,496
had a very cooperative developer who was willing to

545
00:52:07,496 --> 00:52:11,166
replicate the old hotel. And that's what we have now. So

546
00:52:11,166 --> 00:52:13,702
realizing that it's been open for a couple of years now, we

547
00:52:13,702 --> 00:52:19,102
never really recognized this work of replicating and semi

548
00:52:19,774 --> 00:52:22,377
restoring the Great Southern Hotel, which is probably the

549
00:52:22,377 --> 00:52:24,579
oldest, one of the oldest structures in Hollywood. So we

550
00:52:24,579 --> 00:52:27,382
thought it was very appropriate to do that today with this

551
00:52:27,382 --> 00:52:30,385
month, with this awards for this, this year. So I'm not

552
00:52:30,385 --> 00:52:33,321
sure if anybody's here from block 40, but what we're going

553
00:52:33,321 --> 00:52:35,458
to do, rather than have everybody come up individually,

554
00:52:35,458 --> 00:52:38,326
I'm going to ask all the awardees to line up behind me.

555
00:52:38,326 --> 00:52:40,530
We'll give them their plaque and we'll take a photograph

556
00:52:40,530 --> 00:52:44,199
when we're done with that. So okay, so block 40. So the next

557
00:52:44,199 --> 00:52:51,399
one in line, this is, is the Art and Culture Center at 1650

558
00:52:51,873 --> 00:52:55,477
Harrison Street. What a project of course, general obligation

559
00:52:55,477 --> 00:53:00,481
bond project as chair of the of the job advisory group, we were

560
00:53:00,481 --> 00:53:03,418
monitoring this project a lot. I know it took a little bit

561
00:53:03,418 --> 00:53:06,620
more extra money, but look what we got for it. We got one of

562
00:53:06,620 --> 00:53:10,250
the most beautiful projects of all the GOB, and I'm not sure

563
00:53:10,250 --> 00:53:12,761
most all of us have been in the building. We've already held

564
00:53:12,761 --> 00:53:16,764
events there for the local civic association. And it's

565
00:53:16,764 --> 00:53:20,301
just it just came out spectacular. The architect went

566
00:53:20,301 --> 00:53:25,373
above and beyond, and thanks to DCM Jose Cortez and, and his

567
00:53:25,373 --> 00:53:28,243
group, this, this, this project came to fruition. And look what

568
00:53:28,243 --> 00:53:31,512
we have now. So this is an award to. So whoever is going

569
00:53:31,512 --> 00:53:34,649
to accept that award, hopefully somebody from DCM can line up

570
00:53:34,649 --> 00:53:38,520
behind me too, and we'll give them their plaque. The next

571
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:45,600
award is a very special award. Recognizes we thought it was

572
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,620
very important to recognize the 100 year anniversary party that

573
00:53:48,620 --> 00:53:53,134
we had last year, and what a great job that seemed. Did

574
00:53:53,134 --> 00:53:57,934
organizing that, culminating in the incredible weekend event

575
00:53:58,473 --> 00:54:01,275
party that we all had in November. So we thought it was

576
00:54:01,275 --> 00:54:04,879
more than appropriate. You know, again, we don't necessarily

577
00:54:04,879 --> 00:54:07,749
concentrate on projects per se. It's anything involved with

578
00:54:07,749 --> 00:54:10,885
historic preservation and the history of Hollywood. And this

579
00:54:10,885 --> 00:54:14,355
one is absolutely in that category too. So if anybody

580
00:54:14,355 --> 00:54:17,625
from Sema is going to line up here behind me or stand get get

581
00:54:17,625 --> 00:54:22,163
close to me, we'll give you your plaque. Exactly. So so.

582
00:54:22,163 --> 00:54:25,834
And now, of course, headed up by Joanne Hussey, doing a

583
00:54:25,834 --> 00:54:31,834
wonderful job. And part of that 100 year celebration was an

584
00:54:31,906 --> 00:54:36,578
effort by the Historical Society. And Steve Sarsfield,

585
00:54:36,578 --> 00:54:39,114
longtime member and videographer here in Hollywood

586
00:54:39,114 --> 00:54:42,383
that's done some really, really great projects, too. And he put

587
00:54:42,383 --> 00:54:47,388
together, again something that was shown at the November

588
00:54:47,388 --> 00:54:52,393
weekend party, and it was a 100 year celebration, a centennial

589
00:54:52,393 --> 00:54:55,464
celebration of Hollywood 100 years. And Steve is also here

590
00:54:55,464 --> 00:55:00,268
to accept his award as well. And that's the type of of film

591
00:55:00,268 --> 00:55:03,404
or project that will live forever. And we'll be looking

592
00:55:03,404 --> 00:55:06,941
at that ten, 20, 30 years from now. And there's only going to

593
00:55:06,941 --> 00:55:09,878
be one 100 year anniversary, folks. And that was last year.

594
00:55:09,878 --> 00:55:12,814
So we're going to be able to watch that film that Steve

595
00:55:12,814 --> 00:55:15,483
Sarsfield made to. All right. So thank you again, Steve, for

596
00:55:15,483 --> 00:55:22,830
that. Next project that we're going to award is an actual

597
00:55:23,692 --> 00:55:25,960
building project, the actual construction project here in

598
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,764
Hollywood. And it was very special to me because this is

599
00:55:28,764 --> 00:55:32,166
not far from where I live in the lakes. And, and we spent, I

600
00:55:32,166 --> 00:55:35,236
spent a lot of time walking around in. Every morning, Lynn

601
00:55:35,236 --> 00:55:38,239
and I take our our two mile hike. And we've always watched

602
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:41,710
this always like this house. 1949 house on Van Buren Street.

603
00:55:41,710 --> 00:55:46,514
And it had a canvas on it. And you can see the, the photo in

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00:55:46,514 --> 00:55:50,718
the above shows a before photograph. And it was this

605
00:55:50,718 --> 00:55:54,457
ordinary looking green on a canvas awning that was in need

606
00:55:54,457 --> 00:55:58,993
of replacement, I guess. And so the applicant is here now and

607
00:55:58,993 --> 00:56:02,130
Diane did a wonderful job. She it came before the preservation

608
00:56:02,130 --> 00:56:04,866
board, and I thought it was particularly special because it

609
00:56:04,866 --> 00:56:08,269
shows that you can take a small scale project. It doesn't have

610
00:56:08,269 --> 00:56:11,673
to be a major infill housing project or anything, and do

611
00:56:11,673 --> 00:56:15,900
something so special to the house and bring it back. And

612
00:56:15,900 --> 00:56:17,412
this kind of thing that we encourage those type of

613
00:56:17,412 --> 00:56:20,615
projects in the historic neighborhood. So Diane is also

614
00:56:20,615 --> 00:56:24,285
here for that award, and she'll be up here in just a second too.

615
00:56:24,285 --> 00:56:29,685
That's 1133 Van Van Buren Street. Diane Plunkett. So. We

616
00:56:29,958 --> 00:56:33,894
have another word that the board thought was important to

617
00:56:33,894 --> 00:56:39,366
recognize, and that is there's a series of small scale Tudor

618
00:56:39,366 --> 00:56:42,304
apartment buildings that have been along Hollywood Beach,

619
00:56:42,304 --> 00:56:45,440
along Ocean Drive for quite a while. And we thought it was

620
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:48,977
important to recognize those because as we look towards more

621
00:56:48,977 --> 00:56:52,580
development on the beach and we we think it's important to

622
00:56:52,580 --> 00:56:55,650
recognize this. Most of them were designed by the same

623
00:56:55,650 --> 00:56:58,720
architect. They've been there for quite a while, but they've

624
00:56:58,720 --> 00:57:02,791
been maintained beautifully. So and I have I think Diana

625
00:57:02,791 --> 00:57:05,527
Pitrelli is here, is a beach resident and a preservation

626
00:57:05,527 --> 00:57:08,596
board member along with me. And she's going to accept this

627
00:57:08,596 --> 00:57:12,133
award too. So we thought that was a very significant award to

628
00:57:12,133 --> 00:57:15,669
recognize too, as we look forward to potentially

629
00:57:15,669 --> 00:57:19,341
developing more along the beach. This is the type of thing that

630
00:57:19,341 --> 00:57:23,277
kind of works. Low scale eight, nine, ten, ten storey apartment

631
00:57:23,277 --> 00:57:26,948
buildings with a, with a, in this case, a two door type

632
00:57:26,948 --> 00:57:29,683
style. So I think it's Eugene Bold who's here on behalf of

633
00:57:29,683 --> 00:57:31,819
the Hollywood Beach Civic Association. So Eugene, come on

634
00:57:31,819 --> 00:57:36,559
up. Yeah, right. Line up. Yeah. Line up here. Please follow me

635
00:57:36,559 --> 00:57:39,827
if you would. So. And we also have an award. Finally, an

636
00:57:39,827 --> 00:57:43,432
award that the Historical Society asks us to present and

637
00:57:43,432 --> 00:57:47,502
which is a very worthy award. It's to Robert McCarthy, a

638
00:57:47,502 --> 00:57:51,839
lakes resident and longtime lakes resident here. Yes. Thank

639
00:57:51,839 --> 00:57:58,179
you. Who did a lot to preserve downtown some of the older

640
00:57:58,179 --> 00:58:01,480
downtown structures. We all remember club M it's been

641
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:04,854
plaque by the historical Society, and we agree 100% with

642
00:58:04,854 --> 00:58:07,790
the historical society. This was a very worthy award to give

643
00:58:07,790 --> 00:58:11,870
to the late Robert McCarthy. So we thank everybody for that.

644
00:58:11,870 --> 00:58:15,206
All right. That is basically the awards this year, seven of

645
00:58:15,206 --> 00:58:18,276
them. We did that in record time. Congratulations,

646
00:58:18,276 --> 00:58:23,815
everybody. And thank you so much for. All your respective

647
00:58:23,815 --> 00:58:26,350
contributions to preserving, celebrating and investing in

648
00:58:26,350 --> 00:58:30,287
the historical properties and occasions in the city of

649
00:58:30,287 --> 00:58:33,223
Hollywood. Thank you so much. The work goes a long way. We

650
00:58:33,223 --> 00:58:36,293
know the historical properties, tell the story of the city, and

651
00:58:36,293 --> 00:58:38,695
we're really fortunate to have people like yourselves who help

652
00:58:38,695 --> 00:58:41,498
tell the story and celebrate it and invest in it. Thank you so

653
00:58:41,498 --> 00:58:45,103
much. Thank you very much. We'll come up for a photo.

654
00:58:45,103 --> 00:58:52,903
Thank you. I'm taking a picture with Eugene. Do you want to get

655
00:59:02,254 --> 00:59:09,454
in it? And I can take the picture. It's okay. Okay. Okay.

656
00:59:11,595 --> 00:59:17,595
Ready? Right here. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

657
00:59:36,221 --> 00:59:42,221
Randy. All right, moving right along, everyone. We are not

658
00:59:50,501 --> 00:59:54,772
done yet. Yes, because Terry is here to present the annual

659
00:59:54,772 --> 00:59:58,176
report for the Historic Preservation Board, followed by

660
00:59:58,176 --> 01:00:00,311
the Sustainability Advisory Committee, the artwork

661
01:00:00,311 --> 01:00:03,180
selection committee. And then we'll talk community

662
01:00:03,180 --> 01:00:05,383
development and talk about the task force for Ending

663
01:00:05,383 --> 01:00:08,853
Homelessness. So a lot of good substance. And we'll turn it

664
01:00:08,853 --> 01:00:11,188
over to Terry now for the Historic Preservation Board

665
01:00:11,188 --> 01:00:14,258
annual report. Thank you very much, mayor. Again, Terry

666
01:00:14,258 --> 01:00:18,596
Cantrell, chair of the Historic Preservation Board. And this is

667
01:00:18,596 --> 01:00:22,133
again, our favorite time of year. We appreciate the fact

668
01:00:22,133 --> 01:00:27,872
that the city and and you folks recognize our work and our

669
01:00:27,872 --> 01:00:32,676
effort to preserve historic properties in, in the three

670
01:00:32,676 --> 01:00:35,212
districts, you know, we have three districts and we are a

671
01:00:35,212 --> 01:00:38,820
CLG, a certified local government created in 1995.

672
01:00:38,820 --> 01:00:41,218
There's only about 45 or 50 of those in the state of Florida

673
01:00:41,218 --> 01:00:44,880
that allows us to have a historic district and a

674
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:47,491
historic ordinance, and we take it very, very seriously. Our

675
01:00:47,491 --> 01:00:54,691
mission statement is well known, and we are we are obligated to

676
01:00:54,966 --> 01:00:59,637
review and consider projects of any size within a certain

677
01:00:59,637 --> 01:01:03,174
financial parameter. Of course, in the in the three historic

678
01:01:03,174 --> 01:01:05,443
districts we have the, of course, the Lakes Historic

679
01:01:05,443 --> 01:01:10,115
District downtown, and then the Beach Historic District. This

680
01:01:10,115 --> 01:01:14,510
is this is an eye chart, but it will give you an idea of some

681
01:01:14,510 --> 01:01:18,389
of the areas, the three historic districts, the overlay

682
01:01:18,389 --> 01:01:21,925
districts. And also we do have what we call historic property

683
01:01:21,925 --> 01:01:26,263
overlay sites. There's about 23 or 24 of these sites all over

684
01:01:26,263 --> 01:01:31,269
the city, not just on the east side of town, that are

685
01:01:31,269 --> 01:01:34,540
specially designated by the city over over the course of

686
01:01:34,540 --> 01:01:36,941
the years, so that we've had the preservation ordinance,

687
01:01:36,941 --> 01:01:39,676
those are are listed there. And all this is available on the

688
01:01:39,676 --> 01:01:42,746
website. By the way, it's a lot easier to read there, that's

689
01:01:42,746 --> 01:01:45,683
for sure. So. Some of the projects, here's a project that

690
01:01:45,683 --> 01:01:51,830
we approved last year, a 1929 Hollywood Boulevard. Again, we

691
01:01:51,955 --> 01:01:56,493
approved projects that involve changes in facades in downtown,

692
01:01:56,493 --> 01:02:01,310
which is very, very important. We this particular project I

693
01:02:01,310 --> 01:02:03,768
happen to like because I happen to like Art Deco and

694
01:02:03,768 --> 01:02:06,572
mid-century modern type designs. And this is a good example of

695
01:02:06,572 --> 01:02:10,108
that as well. Here, of course, is the project that you folks

696
01:02:10,108 --> 01:02:12,910
were intimately involved with at 1317 Harrison Street. Coming

697
01:02:12,910 --> 01:02:15,313
along very nicely. If you go down Harrison Street, you see

698
01:02:15,313 --> 01:02:18,183
how much work they're doing right now. That'll be the end

699
01:02:18,183 --> 01:02:21,118
product. And I guarantee you next year that'll be an award

700
01:02:21,118 --> 01:02:24,188
for sure. So, and right across the street is another project

701
01:02:24,188 --> 01:02:28,192
that I believe Commissioner Gruber's brother is doing. It's

702
01:02:28,192 --> 01:02:31,620
restoring another very old, just as old as this house too,

703
01:02:31,620 --> 01:02:34,398
which would really be nice too. So interesting project here

704
01:02:34,398 --> 01:02:40,805
that we approved last fall. It was a lot that was bifurcating

705
01:02:40,805 --> 01:02:48,500
a big nicely and two modern that faced the Marina. So it's

706
01:02:48,345 --> 01:02:52,350
just all about older historic Mediterranean revival. We also

707
01:02:52,350 --> 01:02:57,354
encourage and support this type of design because as we know,

708
01:02:57,354 --> 01:02:59,958
50 years from now, that'll be historic. That's how you look

709
01:02:59,958 --> 01:03:05,958
at it now. So 50 years is the National Park Service's

710
01:03:06,764 --> 01:03:11,569
guideline for historic property. So again, on the beach, 501

711
01:03:11,569 --> 01:03:14,372
South Surf Road. Very interesting project, actually,

712
01:03:14,372 --> 01:03:19,430
a four story project built by right no variances. Very

713
01:03:19,430 --> 01:03:23,843
interesting project. Just a little south of Hollywood

714
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,585
Boulevard on Surf Road. That was one of our approvals.

715
01:03:27,585 --> 01:03:31,188
Here's just a sample of some of the other projects. Of course,

716
01:03:31,188 --> 01:03:34,458
the restaurant is going to find that's Florio's, by the way. I

717
01:03:34,458 --> 01:03:37,620
think they came before you folks for something too. So

718
01:03:37,620 --> 01:03:39,264
that's going to be a very interesting project. And that

719
01:03:39,264 --> 01:03:43,670
could very well get into war too. And they were able to do

720
01:03:43,670 --> 01:03:45,203
that without having to raise the building, which is even

721
01:03:45,203 --> 01:03:48,273
more so amazing. So, you know, again, a lot of people think a

722
01:03:48,273 --> 01:03:51,275
lot of people are afraid to come before the preservation

723
01:03:51,275 --> 01:03:55,814
board or apply for a, you know, preservation application

724
01:03:55,814 --> 01:03:58,282
because they think it's going to fail. It's going to be take

725
01:03:58,282 --> 01:04:03,687
too much time. We don't we actually do not deny any. We

726
01:04:03,687 --> 01:04:06,490
rarely, if ever done. If we issue a denial, it's usually

727
01:04:06,490 --> 01:04:10,361
because staff recommends it. What we tend to do is we tend

728
01:04:10,361 --> 01:04:15,699
to spend time if, if needed to work with the applicant to get

729
01:04:15,699 --> 01:04:19,103
them to change their design, to tweak the design. And we have a

730
01:04:19,103 --> 01:04:21,972
couple of very good architects that are very knowledgeable in

731
01:04:21,972 --> 01:04:26,444
historic preservation. And it's, it's much more is much better

732
01:04:26,444 --> 01:04:30,648
to try to work with the applicant to get them to maybe

733
01:04:30,648 --> 01:04:34,251
alter something and make it a little more acceptable to the

734
01:04:34,251 --> 01:04:38,407
board. We, we do that. Rarely do we ask an applicant to come

735
01:04:38,407 --> 01:04:41,744
back before us. It's a radical change we're asking for. Then

736
01:04:41,744 --> 01:04:44,814
we might want to see it again, but for the most part, we will

737
01:04:44,814 --> 01:04:48,684
approve projects conditionally, with the applicant going back,

738
01:04:48,684 --> 01:04:51,554
working with staff to make the changes that we had recommended.

739
01:04:51,554 --> 01:04:54,623
So that's I think that's a very important part. We're we're

740
01:04:54,623 --> 01:04:57,626
very interested in getting these projects through and not

741
01:04:57,626 --> 01:05:00,897
delaying the applicant any way we can too. So I think that's

742
01:05:00,897 --> 01:05:06,169
all I have. Oh, yes. This is just a review of some of our of

743
01:05:06,169 --> 01:05:09,638
our board members. So again, I thank you very much. Thank you,

744
01:05:09,638 --> 01:05:14,243
Vice Mayor. Great job, Terry, on the presentation. And, you

745
01:05:14,243 --> 01:05:16,845
know, capturing all of that. I know we've talked about it many

746
01:05:16,845 --> 01:05:22,184
other times before. There are, you know, I just watching these

747
01:05:22,184 --> 01:05:24,654
pictures and listening to the discussion, I know that there

748
01:05:24,654 --> 01:05:31,194
is a historical board overlay and area, but just on my

749
01:05:31,194 --> 01:05:35,198
travels in district three, for example, on Park Road, right at

750
01:05:35,198 --> 01:05:39,735
the Y, the old Butler house, they have a vintage signage now

751
01:05:39,735 --> 01:05:42,872
that says the old Butler House. You go down Fillmore Street,

752
01:05:42,872 --> 01:05:46,209
the coral Rock houses. I mean, there's just all these niches

753
01:05:46,209 --> 01:05:49,345
everywhere. And I don't know, I know I brought it up in the

754
01:05:49,345 --> 01:05:52,281
past. I don't know if we've gotten any legwork, but trying

755
01:05:52,281 --> 01:05:55,551
to preserve some of those homes throughout the entire city of

756
01:05:55,551 --> 01:05:58,687
Hollywood and almost like a tour of history, you know, that

757
01:05:58,687 --> 01:06:01,891
is available, I think would be so beneficial, especially with

758
01:06:01,891 --> 01:06:06,429
the growth that we have. You know, we are developing areas

759
01:06:06,429 --> 01:06:10,433
and it kind of puts that change. But then to also bring back

760
01:06:10,433 --> 01:06:15,233
that old school feeling and history notability throughout

761
01:06:15,437 --> 01:06:19,976
the entire city, I don't know if you guys have made any

762
01:06:19,976 --> 01:06:23,312
progress or any direction that is available, but there are

763
01:06:23,312 --> 01:06:26,648
some really quaint areas and homes throughout the entire

764
01:06:26,648 --> 01:06:29,520
city that have so much history that it would be beneficial.

765
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:31,854
Well, there's nothing that we would like better. I know a

766
01:06:31,854 --> 01:06:34,256
person would like better than to see the historic districts

767
01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:37,126
expanded, or at least overlay areas. And I'm so glad that you

768
01:06:37,126 --> 01:06:40,196
mentioned that too, because in district three, Commissioner,

769
01:06:40,196 --> 01:06:44,267
you have some of the most original mid-century modern

770
01:06:44,267 --> 01:06:48,604
homes, Charles Reed homes, Klaus homes. And those are just

771
01:06:48,604 --> 01:06:50,606
they're they're gems. They're spectacular. Matter of fact,

772
01:06:50,606 --> 01:06:53,609
Claire is here tonight, can tell you that she lives in one

773
01:06:53,609 --> 01:06:56,612
of those houses right in Park East. So, yes, there are areas.

774
01:06:56,612 --> 01:07:01,830
Park Parkside south of downtown, is full of older Bayard Lukens

775
01:07:01,830 --> 01:07:05,688
design homes, you know, homes that that should be saved. I

776
01:07:05,688 --> 01:07:08,824
know Lynn Smith will be here later, but she lives in a very

777
01:07:08,824 --> 01:07:13,290
old 1925 home that and again, there's no historic district.

778
01:07:13,290 --> 01:07:16,699
There's really no no protection for them. It's just up to the

779
01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:20,503
applicant for the ownership if they want to make improvements.

780
01:07:20,503 --> 01:07:22,704
There's nothing that the preservation board, because

781
01:07:22,704 --> 01:07:25,508
it's not part of our district, but perhaps you can provide

782
01:07:25,508 --> 01:07:28,577
some type of direction. And then also just thinking ahead

783
01:07:28,577 --> 01:07:33,583
of the future, like even the home, was it 1912? Right. I

784
01:07:33,583 --> 01:07:37,453
think it was at the district four. Yes. Yeah. No, it was

785
01:07:37,453 --> 01:07:41,190
1920 something. So there's just so much history here. Yeah. And,

786
01:07:41,190 --> 01:07:44,660
and I, and I think because you are the historical board

787
01:07:44,660 --> 01:07:47,529
preservation and we've talked about this, I know we have

788
01:07:47,529 --> 01:07:50,399
about preserving those homes. There are some people who have

789
01:07:50,399 --> 01:07:53,100
already done that, some of the names that you've mentioned.

790
01:07:53,100 --> 01:07:57,341
But also providing, you know, we're a tourist area, providing

791
01:07:57,341 --> 01:08:02,278
that historical tour type of map or travel that people can

792
01:08:02,278 --> 01:08:05,481
actually see the history of Hollywood, where it was, where

793
01:08:05,481 --> 01:08:08,485
it is and where it's, you know, going to be. So just, I don't

794
01:08:08,485 --> 01:08:11,554
know if you can take that and run with it and create

795
01:08:11,554 --> 01:08:14,623
something, but I think it would be so valuable. I think I see

796
01:08:14,623 --> 01:08:17,494
Commissioner Shue has chimed in here, and she's probably going

797
01:08:17,494 --> 01:08:19,695
to talk about the historical survey that we commissioned

798
01:08:19,695 --> 01:08:22,631
some time ago, but go ahead. Well, that but I wasn't. But

799
01:08:22,631 --> 01:08:25,568
yes, so we identified a lot of those houses and I couldn't

800
01:08:25,568 --> 01:08:28,905
agree with you more. Vice mayor Kolody, but I see Dana gallop

801
01:08:28,905 --> 01:08:31,573
here and Dana, I know it's premature and I don't want to

802
01:08:31,573 --> 01:08:36,779
put you on the spot, but the historical society is trying to

803
01:08:36,779 --> 01:08:41,984
encourage historic home owners to have their homes declared

804
01:08:41,984 --> 01:08:45,455
historic. And Dana's been working with staff to try to

805
01:08:45,455 --> 01:08:48,859
come up with like, a program so people know there is a way for

806
01:08:48,859 --> 01:08:52,394
them to protect their own house from a future demolition. So I

807
01:08:52,394 --> 01:08:55,999
don't know, like, I don't want to put you on the spot, but if

808
01:08:55,999 --> 01:08:59,680
you want to update us on your ideas and the incentives and

809
01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:03,473
where you guys are hoping to go with this. Thank you. Thank you

810
01:09:03,473 --> 01:09:08,143
Commissioner. Yeah, I'm trying to work with the city because

811
01:09:08,143 --> 01:09:13,215
as you may know, there are state laws now that in some

812
01:09:13,215 --> 01:09:17,860
instances tie the city's hands in terms of what they can do to

813
01:09:17,860 --> 01:09:22,559
preserve historic structures. And one of them is a a flood

814
01:09:22,559 --> 01:09:27,296
law that basically says that if you are a property in a flood

815
01:09:27,296 --> 01:09:32,501
zone, that the city is essentially powerless to stop

816
01:09:32,501 --> 01:09:36,305
the demolition of that property. And we've faced that with a

817
01:09:36,305 --> 01:09:41,644
number of homes last year. And structures. If you look at the

818
01:09:41,644 --> 01:09:46,382
law, the flood law, there's an exception. There's three

819
01:09:46,382 --> 01:09:51,530
exceptions, one of which is if a property already is on the

820
01:09:51,530 --> 01:09:55,853
national, state or local designation prior to the

821
01:09:58,193 --> 01:10:04,793
passage of the law 2022, that really only applies to very few

822
01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:11,730
properties here. The one that I'm focused on is that post

823
01:10:11,730 --> 01:10:17,730
2022. Even to today, this city can designate a property as

824
01:10:17,813 --> 01:10:24,860
historic. The catch is that unlike in the past, for that

825
01:10:24,860 --> 01:10:29,486
exception to apply, the property owner must consent or

826
01:10:31,226 --> 01:10:35,898
apply for the, you know, for the historic designation. So

827
01:10:35,898 --> 01:10:38,834
what we're trying to do with the Hollywood Historical

828
01:10:38,834 --> 01:10:43,105
Society in cooperation with the city, the city already has a

829
01:10:43,105 --> 01:10:47,305
historic designation program. It's already there. However,

830
01:10:47,910 --> 01:10:51,714
it's to my knowledge, it's not really publicized. It's not on

831
01:10:51,714 --> 01:10:57,114
the website conspicuously, and it's just not publicized. We

832
01:10:57,319 --> 01:10:59,923
want to get the word out with the city. Obviously, the

833
01:10:59,923 --> 01:11:04,402
historic society wants to do our part to let owners of

834
01:11:04,402 --> 01:11:09,273
historic properties know that they have an opportunity to

835
01:11:09,273 --> 01:11:13,811
protect their home from demolition in perpetuity in the

836
01:11:13,811 --> 01:11:16,747
future, right? There are their property tax exemptions that

837
01:11:16,747 --> 01:11:19,217
they could be eligible for if their designated historic. Are

838
01:11:19,217 --> 01:11:23,887
you aware? I'm not aware, but that's something that should be

839
01:11:23,887 --> 01:11:28,226
talked about to incentivize because in law. Yeah, yeah yeah.

840
01:11:28,226 --> 01:11:33,498
Because one of the things of some sort an initiative to help

841
01:11:33,498 --> 01:11:36,834
there should be. And, you know, there may be some hesitancy by

842
01:11:36,834 --> 01:11:39,104
certain owners. There's a perception. I don't really

843
01:11:39,104 --> 01:11:42,400
agree with the perception that if you designate your home as

844
01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:45,710
historic and therefore, you know, exempt from demolition,

845
01:11:45,710 --> 01:11:49,714
that somehow that might reduce the property value of, you know,

846
01:11:49,714 --> 01:11:52,449
so it would be good to incentivize the current owners

847
01:11:52,449 --> 01:11:56,720
of those properties, give them something to, to that runs with

848
01:11:56,720 --> 01:12:02,327
the home to pass on to future owners of that property. So I

849
01:12:02,327 --> 01:12:06,330
look forward to working with the city to try to publicize

850
01:12:06,330 --> 01:12:12,200
that program and get as many homes, you know, designated as

851
01:12:12,200 --> 01:12:15,672
possible within the historic district. Because without that,

852
01:12:15,672 --> 01:12:20,100
as we've seen last year, properties have come before the

853
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:23,214
Historic Preservation Board, in some instances in front of the

854
01:12:23,214 --> 01:12:27,952
commission. And that's been the the rub that that there's

855
01:12:27,952 --> 01:12:32,490
really no ability to stop demolition. The only thing

856
01:12:32,490 --> 01:12:34,625
really the Historic Preservation Board can do. And

857
01:12:34,625 --> 01:12:37,961
they've done a great job doing this, as Terry mentioned, is

858
01:12:37,961 --> 01:12:41,632
once the home is demolished, seeing that the structure that

859
01:12:41,632 --> 01:12:44,836
replaces it is consistent with the neighborhood and so forth.

860
01:12:44,836 --> 01:12:50,641
But, you know, we would prefer to preserve the property in the

861
01:12:50,641 --> 01:12:54,178
first instance, especially when it, you know, is hopefully in

862
01:12:54,178 --> 01:12:57,314
relatively good shape and can be preserved. I think we've

863
01:12:57,314 --> 01:12:59,583
been good stewards on making sure that that happens in

864
01:12:59,583 --> 01:13:03,254
history as we know, so important. So whatever we can

865
01:13:03,254 --> 01:13:06,924
do to help. Yeah. And I'll just say that I think we had sent

866
01:13:06,924 --> 01:13:09,193
Andrea and I know Danny, you've researched it. I've researched

867
01:13:09,193 --> 01:13:13,630
it like what other cities are doing as far as tax incentives

868
01:13:13,630 --> 01:13:16,670
or other incentives. So it's something we'll continue to

869
01:13:16,670 --> 01:13:19,138
work with planning and development on to see what we

870
01:13:19,138 --> 01:13:22,206
can come up with. Thank you. All right. Thank you all so

871
01:13:22,206 --> 01:13:25,900
much. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, everybody.

872
01:13:25,900 --> 01:13:27,812
And again, from your lips to staff's ears, that's what it's

873
01:13:27,812 --> 01:13:32,683
going to take at this point. So thank you again. All right.

874
01:13:32,683 --> 01:13:34,419
Sustainability Advisory Committee ladies and gentlemen,

875
01:13:34,419 --> 01:13:39,890
let's have Julia Politis come on up. We're not taking a

876
01:13:39,890 --> 01:13:44,489
picture with them. No. These are board reports. Julia,

877
01:13:46,764 --> 01:13:51,564
welcome. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, city mayor and

878
01:13:54,305 --> 01:13:57,241
commission. My name is Julia Davis. I've served as chair for

879
01:13:57,241 --> 01:14:00,778
the last five years for the Sustainability Advisory

880
01:14:00,778 --> 01:14:04,782
Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today

881
01:14:04,782 --> 01:14:07,718
for your continued commitment to advancing sustainability

882
01:14:07,718 --> 01:14:11,522
within our city. I would also like to recognize our staff

883
01:14:11,522 --> 01:14:15,125
liaisons, Elaine Franklin and Chris Roszak, along with our

884
01:14:15,125 --> 01:14:18,462
newest team member, Melissa Fosdick, whose leadership and

885
01:14:18,462 --> 01:14:20,931
collaboration have been instrumental in moving our

886
01:14:20,931 --> 01:14:24,936
initiatives forward. Today, I will be reviewing our

887
01:14:24,936 --> 01:14:28,139
accomplishments from the past year, as well as sharing the

888
01:14:28,139 --> 01:14:30,607
priorities and initiatives we will continue advancing moving

889
01:14:30,607 --> 01:14:34,945
forward. One of the key areas we focused on was micro transit

890
01:14:34,945 --> 01:14:38,820
connectivity. If you can go to the next slide or is this do I

891
01:14:38,820 --> 01:14:43,287
use this thing? Yes. Okay. Wonderful. Oh, here's us at the

892
01:14:43,287 --> 01:14:47,959
appreciation evening that was supposed to be. There we go.

893
01:14:47,959 --> 01:14:51,161
These are some of the goals that we were working on for

894
01:14:51,161 --> 01:14:55,990
2025. And this is what I'm going to be reviewing today. So

895
01:14:55,990 --> 01:14:58,703
moving on. One of the key areas we focused on was the micro

896
01:14:58,703 --> 01:15:01,172
transit connectivity. Referenced in the slide is the

897
01:15:01,172 --> 01:15:04,175
updated service area that has been implemented. We had

898
01:15:04,175 --> 01:15:08,450
invited engineering staff to discuss gaps in east to west

899
01:15:08,450 --> 01:15:10,314
transportation access throughout the city. As a

900
01:15:10,314 --> 01:15:12,716
result, improvements were implemented to enhance

901
01:15:12,716 --> 01:15:18,122
connectivity for residents who need it most. Next, we invited

902
01:15:18,122 --> 01:15:21,526
public utility staff and representatives from CDM Smith

903
01:15:21,526 --> 01:15:25,610
to present the city Stormwater management plan. The

904
01:15:25,610 --> 01:15:28,265
presentation was extremely comprehensive, I don't think.

905
01:15:28,265 --> 01:15:33,204
AM I missing oh, that's that one. My apologies. The

906
01:15:33,204 --> 01:15:36,473
presentation was extremely comprehensive and we were quite

907
01:15:36,473 --> 01:15:38,943
pleased to see the extensive planning and long term

908
01:15:38,943 --> 01:15:42,212
strategies being developed to address flooding and resiliency

909
01:15:42,212 --> 01:15:46,617
throughout the city. We have also been working with public

910
01:15:46,617 --> 01:15:49,753
works on the City Community Composting pilot program to

911
01:15:49,753 --> 01:15:54,910
increase participation and ensure long term success. After

912
01:15:54,910 --> 01:15:57,270
evaluating community feedback, we were able to update the

913
01:15:57,270 --> 01:16:00,965
program to ensure accessibility. The staff is working on

914
01:16:00,965 --> 01:16:03,500
finalizing the adjustments, and we are optimistic that these

915
01:16:03,500 --> 01:16:06,704
changes, combined with expanded outreach efforts, will lead to

916
01:16:06,704 --> 01:16:09,239
measurable increases in participation in waste

917
01:16:09,239 --> 01:16:14,578
diversion over the coming year. Moving on, our coalition has

918
01:16:14,578 --> 01:16:17,315
significantly expanded to include municipalities across

919
01:16:17,315 --> 01:16:20,183
both Broward and Miami-Dade counties. We are proud to share.

920
01:16:20,183 --> 01:16:23,654
We have now evolved to the Sustainability Advisory

921
01:16:23,654 --> 01:16:27,725
Committee Coalition of South Florida, bringing together the

922
01:16:27,725 --> 01:16:31,595
cities of Coral Springs, Davie Plantation, Fort Lauderdale,

923
01:16:31,595 --> 01:16:36,600
Key Biscayne, Miami Beach and Miami Shores. This expansion

924
01:16:36,600 --> 01:16:39,669
strengthens our ability to align policies, share resources,

925
01:16:39,669 --> 01:16:42,669
and implement cohesive sustainability strategies

926
01:16:42,739 --> 01:16:46,343
across jurisdictions. One of our coalition members even

927
01:16:46,343 --> 01:16:49,346
suggested creating an official logo for the coalition, which

928
01:16:49,346 --> 01:16:52,817
I've been working on and is displayed on the screen today.

929
01:16:52,817 --> 01:16:55,753
Key topics we are actively collaborating on with our

930
01:16:55,753 --> 01:16:58,889
coalition partners include several regional sustainability

931
01:16:58,889 --> 01:17:02,930
initiatives that many of our cities are currently facing

932
01:17:02,930 --> 01:17:05,950
together. One of our major topics is fertilizer ordinance

933
01:17:05,950 --> 01:17:08,966
alignment to help protect water quality. Earlier this year, we

934
01:17:08,966 --> 01:17:12,360
submitted this recommendation to the City of Hollywood

935
01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:15,105
Commission. Similar ordinances have been adopted in cities

936
01:17:15,105 --> 01:17:18,420
such as Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and by aligning with

937
01:17:18,420 --> 01:17:20,844
neighboring municipalities, we can help reduce nutrient

938
01:17:20,844 --> 01:17:23,514
pollution entering our waterways during the rainy

939
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season, reduce unnecessary fertilizer waste, and support

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01:17:26,583 --> 01:17:29,920
long term environmental and public health goals across our

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01:17:29,920 --> 01:17:33,209
waterways. Another major focus has been organic waste

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01:17:33,209 --> 01:17:36,790
diversion and composting programs. Many cities are

943
01:17:36,790 --> 01:17:39,216
actively exploring sustainable alternatives to landfill

944
01:17:39,216 --> 01:17:42,552
disposal. As South Florida is facing a waste crisis, we are

945
01:17:42,552 --> 01:17:45,890
happy that the city of Hollywood is already in motion

946
01:17:45,890 --> 01:17:48,559
with our current pilot program. We have also continued

947
01:17:48,559 --> 01:17:51,495
discussions surrounding plastics and polystyrene

948
01:17:51,495 --> 01:17:53,630
reduction policies, where Hollywood has taken a

949
01:17:53,630 --> 01:17:58,369
leadership role by providing tools, resources And guidance

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01:17:58,369 --> 01:18:00,837
to neighboring municipalities. Elaine recently met with Fort

951
01:18:00,837 --> 01:18:03,374
Lauderdale Sustainability Advisory Committee, which is

952
01:18:03,374 --> 01:18:06,176
now pursuing similar recommendations for their own

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01:18:06,176 --> 01:18:09,446
commission. And lastly, we have noticed we all would like to

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01:18:09,446 --> 01:18:11,648
strengthen our communication and collaboration between city

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01:18:11,648 --> 01:18:15,585
and staff and sustainability advisory committees to ensure

956
01:18:15,585 --> 01:18:18,855
environmental are included earlier in the planning and

957
01:18:18,855 --> 01:18:21,459
decision making processes, instead of unplanned are in

958
01:18:21,459 --> 01:18:24,795
their final stages. Through this coalition, we are building

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01:18:24,795 --> 01:18:27,464
a connection that was missing and sharing resources that

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01:18:27,464 --> 01:18:31,664
support support sustainability efforts across South Florida.

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01:18:31,669 --> 01:18:35,272
One of our discussions that has also expanded regionally is the

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01:18:35,272 --> 01:18:39,472
issue of artificial turf. Fort Lauderdale Sustainability

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01:18:39,743 --> 01:18:42,212
Advisory Committee recently invited experts to their

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01:18:42,212 --> 01:18:45,683
meeting, who provided a detailed presentation on the

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01:18:45,683 --> 01:18:49,180
environmental and public health impacts associated with plastic

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01:18:49,180 --> 01:18:52,956
grass. If you recall, this is an issue I raised last year in

967
01:18:52,956 --> 01:18:56,226
last year's presentation and after further research, expert

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01:18:56,226 --> 01:18:58,496
discussions and reviewing lifestyle impacts, it became

969
01:18:58,496 --> 01:19:01,698
clear that many of the common claims supporting artificial

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01:19:01,698 --> 01:19:05,969
turf are not the best decision for our community. This is a

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01:19:05,969 --> 01:19:09,569
multi-layered issue impacting public health, environmental

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01:19:09,573 --> 01:19:12,376
sustainability, stormwater management and long term

973
01:19:12,376 --> 01:19:15,979
financial planning. When evaluated over the full life

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01:19:15,979 --> 01:19:19,650
cycle of the product, natural grass in many cases can be more

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01:19:19,650 --> 01:19:23,319
cost effective while also providing significantly greater

976
01:19:23,319 --> 01:19:26,857
environmental and public health benefits. Artificial grass does

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01:19:26,857 --> 01:19:29,726
not align with our broader sustainability goals to reduce

978
01:19:29,726 --> 01:19:32,529
plastics throughout our community. While we

979
01:19:32,529 --> 01:19:35,465
simultaneously replace natural landscapes with synthetic

980
01:19:35,465 --> 01:19:39,403
plastic materials on athletic fields and public spaces. This

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01:19:39,403 --> 01:19:43,600
creates a disconnect within our own ordinances. While

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01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:46,900
artificial turf can be used in certain circumstances at a

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01:19:46,900 --> 01:19:49,790
small scale, it should not be viewed as a long term

984
01:19:49,790 --> 01:19:51,815
replacement for natural grass, which plays an important role

985
01:19:51,815 --> 01:19:55,285
in cooling urban environments. Absorbing stormwater,

986
01:19:55,285 --> 01:19:58,822
supporting biodiversity and helping mitigate flood impacts.

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01:19:58,822 --> 01:20:02,158
Our role is not simply to oppose solutions, but to

988
01:20:02,158 --> 01:20:05,280
support informed and balanced decision making that aligns

989
01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:08,966
with the city's environmental, financial and public health

990
01:20:08,966 --> 01:20:12,102
priorities. We are continuing to work on this with city staff

991
01:20:12,102 --> 01:20:16,240
to present a complete package. In the meantime, we recommend

992
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:18,708
prioritizing natural and sustainable solutions whenever

993
01:20:18,708 --> 01:20:22,245
feasible and continuing to lead by example as a city. The

994
01:20:22,245 --> 01:20:25,449
decisions made at the municipal level influence community

995
01:20:25,449 --> 01:20:28,786
behavior, and it is important that our actions reflect the

996
01:20:28,786 --> 01:20:32,524
sustainability values we promote. As we move forward,

997
01:20:32,524 --> 01:20:35,992
our committee will continue to focus on relaunching the

998
01:20:35,992 --> 01:20:39,195
composting program, developing a protocol to address water

999
01:20:39,195 --> 01:20:42,465
quality issues, reviewing procurement practices and

1000
01:20:42,465 --> 01:20:45,335
vendor contracts to encourage stronger sustainability

1001
01:20:45,335 --> 01:20:48,538
commitments from the companies serving our city, and

1002
01:20:48,538 --> 01:20:51,740
continuing to advance recommendations related to

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01:20:51,740 --> 01:20:54,100
fertilizer ordinances and artificial turf policies

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01:20:54,100 --> 01:20:57,147
aligned with neighboring municipalities. As you can see,

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01:20:57,147 --> 01:21:00,951
our committee is actively working across multiple fronts

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01:21:00,951 --> 01:21:04,821
of to implement practical, forward thinking solutions that

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01:21:04,821 --> 01:21:09,159
benefit both our residents and our environment. This decision,

1008
01:21:09,159 --> 01:21:12,629
the decisions we make today, will shape the future

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01:21:12,629 --> 01:21:16,320
resilience, health, and sustainability of our city for

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01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:18,768
generations to come. We appreciate your continued

1011
01:21:18,768 --> 01:21:21,971
support and collaboration as we work together to build a

1012
01:21:21,971 --> 01:21:26,375
stronger, more sustainable Hollywood for the future. Thank

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01:21:26,375 --> 01:21:32,516
you for your time. Thank you so much to everybody who's

1014
01:21:32,516 --> 01:21:36,119
volunteering on the board. You guys helped take us further and

1015
01:21:36,119 --> 01:21:39,256
we thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all your commitments

1016
01:21:39,256 --> 01:21:42,658
and the staff that we continue to grow. Appreciate it. Thank

1017
01:21:42,658 --> 01:21:47,998
you so much. Commissioner. Real quick go ahead. Yeah, of course,

1018
01:21:47,998 --> 01:21:51,601
I want to say thank you, Julia, but I really just don't want it

1019
01:21:51,601 --> 01:21:53,937
to be lost. This idea of creating a regional group of

1020
01:21:53,937 --> 01:21:57,407
cities is really fantastic. It always helps to collaborate,

1021
01:21:57,407 --> 01:22:00,943
share ideas, and it's just another way. I know our staff

1022
01:22:00,943 --> 01:22:03,280
does it with their relationships with their peers

1023
01:22:03,280 --> 01:22:06,150
and other cities, but for you to have that volunteer

1024
01:22:06,150 --> 01:22:09,153
connection is great and just ask you to share with us any

1025
01:22:09,153 --> 01:22:12,155
good stuff that you hear. Yes, it's been very instrumental and

1026
01:22:12,155 --> 01:22:15,359
very resourceful for everybody. I have such great feedback from

1027
01:22:15,359 --> 01:22:20,697
the logo. Thank you, thank you, thank you. All right. Let's go

1028
01:22:20,697 --> 01:22:23,900
ahead now to the artwork selection committee. Is John

1029
01:22:23,900 --> 01:22:28,700
McMillan here. There he is. McMillan. Welcome. Welcome,

1030
01:22:29,390 --> 01:22:33,430
John. Thank you, honorable mayor, vice mayor and

1031
01:22:33,430 --> 01:22:35,979
commissioners. John McMillan. I'm the chair for the Art

1032
01:22:35,979 --> 01:22:41,979
selection committee for the City of Hollywood. Our focus is

1033
01:22:41,985 --> 01:22:45,322
on bringing art to the community. One of the things

1034
01:22:45,322 --> 01:22:52,620
that we did this year that were proud of is bringing back an

1035
01:22:52,620 --> 01:22:55,265
official Hollywood art festival, which was held at the Young

1036
01:22:55,265 --> 01:22:58,401
Circle Arts Park. It was our first year. We learned a lot.

1037
01:22:58,401 --> 01:23:03,206
We hope to grow and expand and ask for consideration for

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01:23:03,206 --> 01:23:05,475
increased budget. One of the other things we're looking to

1039
01:23:05,475 --> 01:23:12,615
do is, is bring art back to the young circle. The Arts Park

1040
01:23:12,615 --> 01:23:15,819
building, June 11th, we're going to be having a showcase

1041
01:23:15,819 --> 01:23:19,891
of local artists, and we invite you all, please to attend 6 to

1042
01:23:19,891 --> 01:23:23,894
9. The city's been kind enough to sponsor the event. And you

1043
01:23:23,894 --> 01:23:26,362
know, one thing about Hollywood that I really love is I feel

1044
01:23:26,362 --> 01:23:30,300
there's a great opportunity here. I've often gone to Fort

1045
01:23:30,300 --> 01:23:34,171
Lauderdale and other cities for art festivals, so I'm glad it's

1046
01:23:34,171 --> 01:23:37,440
back, I guess after an extended period of time. And hopefully,

1047
01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:41,111
you know, one of the things I learned is, is to create a

1048
01:23:41,111 --> 01:23:44,714
coalition with other interested minded people and organizations,

1049
01:23:44,714 --> 01:23:49,652
so it can be something premier to challenge that, perhaps Fort

1050
01:23:49,652 --> 01:23:51,989
Lauderdale and other cities, because I believe there's a lot

1051
01:23:51,989 --> 01:23:57,794
of talent here, and that's really all I have to say. Thank

1052
01:23:57,794 --> 01:24:04,408
you, John. Well, we love how art enriches our city and the

1053
01:24:04,408 --> 01:24:07,477
downtown and even the halls here at City Hall. And so thank

1054
01:24:07,477 --> 01:24:10,947
you for all your work of your committee. Looking forward to

1055
01:24:10,947 --> 01:24:14,685
more Commissioner Shuhan. Yes, sorry, John, I just want to say

1056
01:24:14,685 --> 01:24:19,823
I was at this the the art fest and it didn't it didn't get a

1057
01:24:19,823 --> 01:24:22,559
ton of publicity, but it was really beautiful. And the

1058
01:24:22,559 --> 01:24:25,280
artwork there was great. And for the event that you're

1059
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:27,832
talking about on June 11th, I don't know about the rest of

1060
01:24:27,832 --> 01:24:30,967
the commission, but I don't see that on our calendar. So can

1061
01:24:30,967 --> 01:24:33,904
you make sure that the details get sent to maybe Joanne Hussey

1062
01:24:33,904 --> 01:24:37,640
or somebody that they can make sure we get it? Yes, ma'am. And

1063
01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:40,110
thank you. Thanks. Thank you. All right, ladies and gentlemen,

1064
01:24:40,110 --> 01:24:44,514
let's invite Ryan Coots, director of Housing and

1065
01:24:44,514 --> 01:24:47,650
Community Development, to talk to us about the fiscal year

1066
01:24:47,650 --> 01:24:50,854
2025 office overview. Your staff has been sitting here, I

1067
01:24:50,854 --> 01:24:54,991
think, pretty patiently. Or is that financial services staff?

1068
01:24:54,991 --> 01:24:59,191
That's finance. Good afternoon. Mayor, vice mayor,

1069
01:25:00,197 --> 01:25:02,332
commissioners. City manager, deputy city manager. City

1070
01:25:02,332 --> 01:25:06,403
attorney Ryan Coots. Community development, housing and

1071
01:25:06,403 --> 01:25:09,205
community development director. And I'm here to provide the

1072
01:25:09,205 --> 01:25:11,875
commission with an overview of how we're leveraging not only

1073
01:25:11,875 --> 01:25:15,345
the Ila, but our other dollars to make an impact in the city

1074
01:25:15,345 --> 01:25:18,548
of Hollywood. So bear with me as I go through a few slides.

1075
01:25:18,548 --> 01:25:22,419
I'll be brief. I know we got a long day today, but I want to

1076
01:25:22,419 --> 01:25:24,421
make sure you have understanding of how your

1077
01:25:24,421 --> 01:25:27,491
dollars are making an impact in this community. So. Our Cdbg is

1078
01:25:27,491 --> 01:25:30,427
the first one I want to talk about and how we're leveraging

1079
01:25:30,427 --> 01:25:33,296
those dollars to make improvements to city facilities,

1080
01:25:33,296 --> 01:25:36,233
and also helping our nonprofit partners to be more impactful.

1081
01:25:36,233 --> 01:25:39,303
One of the one of the things that we did this year was

1082
01:25:39,303 --> 01:25:42,239
provide the Boys and Girls Club at the Boulevard Heights Center

1083
01:25:42,239 --> 01:25:46,443
with $250,000 in Cdbg dollars to help them with their current

1084
01:25:46,443 --> 01:25:49,179
expansion of the Teen Center. We're proud of this initiative

1085
01:25:49,179 --> 01:25:52,381
because it provides teenagers with an access point where they

1086
01:25:52,381 --> 01:25:55,185
can go learn, they can tutor and have different activities

1087
01:25:55,185 --> 01:25:58,654
to help keep them engaged. We're also entertaining right

1088
01:25:58,654 --> 01:26:01,791
now with them another offer, because they've encountered

1089
01:26:01,791 --> 01:26:04,928
some cost overruns that were unexpected in the construction,

1090
01:26:04,928 --> 01:26:07,797
and we do have additional Cdbg dollars that we can help them

1091
01:26:07,797 --> 01:26:10,134
to move this project forward so they can complete their project

1092
01:26:10,134 --> 01:26:13,690
in time. So we'll be bringing that to the Commission for

1093
01:26:13,690 --> 01:26:15,739
consideration as well too. We also supported an initiative at

1094
01:26:15,739 --> 01:26:19,476
Bob Butterworth Park where we improved that park with Cdbg

1095
01:26:19,476 --> 01:26:22,745
dollars and also adequate with Memorial as well too. This is

1096
01:26:22,745 --> 01:26:25,681
going to bring another level to the park, make it more a

1097
01:26:25,681 --> 01:26:28,485
walking path, benches, a memorial, make the park more

1098
01:26:28,485 --> 01:26:31,200
conducive for people to use that park every day. We also

1099
01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:33,490
work closely with Parks and Recreation, and we provide them

1100
01:26:33,490 --> 01:26:37,690
with over $400,000 to purchase much needed equipment,

1101
01:26:38,895 --> 01:26:42,365
furniture and other resources for a lot of our parks and

1102
01:26:42,365 --> 01:26:44,367
community centers throughout the city of Hollywood. And

1103
01:26:44,367 --> 01:26:48,171
we're currently working with our our partners over at Public

1104
01:26:48,171 --> 01:26:52,708
Works to do about 600,000 Cdbg to purchase much needed street

1105
01:26:52,708 --> 01:26:55,378
lights to replace broken street lights damaged. I'm sorry,

1106
01:26:55,378 --> 01:26:57,647
damaged streetlights and install new street lights and a

1107
01:26:57,647 --> 01:27:01,917
lot of our LMI areas. So you can see our Cdbg Cdbg dollars

1108
01:27:01,917 --> 01:27:07,323
at work in this slide. Now I'm not going to take too much time

1109
01:27:07,323 --> 01:27:10,192
with this one, because you're going to be hearing from Mitch

1110
01:27:10,192 --> 01:27:13,263
Anton in the next meeting, who is the chair of our CDB board,

1111
01:27:13,263 --> 01:27:16,332
to really focus on our public services. But at a high level,

1112
01:27:16,332 --> 01:27:19,536
we gave about $237,000 in public service dollars, a

1113
01:27:19,536 --> 01:27:23,340
combination of Cdbg and CV dollars to various nonprofits

1114
01:27:23,340 --> 01:27:26,750
in Hollywood that provide everything from food assistance

1115
01:27:26,750 --> 01:27:29,120
to essential services to people in need. But you'll hear more

1116
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:31,947
from that when Mitch comes up next meeting to discuss how

1117
01:27:31,947 --> 01:27:34,216
they move those dollars forward and how we're impacting the

1118
01:27:34,216 --> 01:27:37,887
city with those now, our rehab program, it's a pretty robust

1119
01:27:37,887 --> 01:27:42,250
program. I'm proud to say that with our neighborhood pride and

1120
01:27:42,250 --> 01:27:45,280
our federally funded and state funded rehab program, we

1121
01:27:45,280 --> 01:27:49,828
accomplished 92 rehabs last year, 70% of which were Ila.

1122
01:27:50,166 --> 01:27:54,104
That's 64 of them. 82 were from the ship funded programs. This

1123
01:27:54,104 --> 01:27:57,440
year we're on right now. We're already at 49 this year. I

1124
01:27:57,440 --> 01:27:59,777
don't think we're going to quite get to 92 because we're

1125
01:27:59,777 --> 01:28:03,446
way ahead by this. We're about 56 by this time last year, but

1126
01:28:03,446 --> 01:28:06,515
we'll come very close to that number this year, which is a

1127
01:28:06,515 --> 01:28:09,452
good, good thing for us because it shows that the program works

1128
01:28:09,452 --> 01:28:11,654
and people are getting their houses repaired, and we're

1129
01:28:11,654 --> 01:28:14,524
doing what it's intended to do. We did about nine owner I'm

1130
01:28:14,524 --> 01:28:16,927
sorry, nine first time home buyer purchases last year. This

1131
01:28:16,927 --> 01:28:19,596
year alone we're already at eight. So we definitely want to

1132
01:28:19,596 --> 01:28:22,665
make sure we beat that goal because that program is picking

1133
01:28:22,665 --> 01:28:25,602
up steam. Once again, a lot of condos. We're going to figure

1134
01:28:25,602 --> 01:28:28,606
out some ways to get some more of these single family homes

1135
01:28:28,606 --> 01:28:31,675
sold. We got to look at that a little bit deeper, but we are

1136
01:28:31,675 --> 01:28:34,744
moving to beat that goal of nine last year, and we will

1137
01:28:34,744 --> 01:28:37,680
because we already have three right now that are in the

1138
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:40,483
hopper. And as they go through the process, hopefully those

1139
01:28:40,483 --> 01:28:43,753
can be added to this list. And we want to do a lot more with

1140
01:28:43,753 --> 01:28:46,623
that program. Of course, our Ila not only pays for

1141
01:28:46,623 --> 01:28:48,491
affordable housing and rehab, but also provides

1142
01:28:48,491 --> 01:28:50,493
infrastructure funding. So we work closely with engineering

1143
01:28:50,493 --> 01:28:54,300
and public works to provide the dollars that they need to do

1144
01:28:54,300 --> 01:28:57,900
sidewalk improvements. Ada add Ada accessible ramps and

1145
01:28:57,900 --> 01:29:00,360
sidewalks, and also other things that are needed within

1146
01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:02,239
our LMI communities to make sure people can traverse the

1147
01:29:02,239 --> 01:29:04,975
community safely. In addition to that, what you don't see

1148
01:29:04,975 --> 01:29:08,111
here is we also partner closely with Cmet on the work skills

1149
01:29:08,111 --> 01:29:11,581
portion. Proud to say that last last cycle they partnered with

1150
01:29:11,581 --> 01:29:15,118
OIC through the fiber optic program. In all 11, all 11

1151
01:29:15,118 --> 01:29:17,587
residents that participated graduated with a certificate

1152
01:29:17,587 --> 01:29:19,790
and they're on pace this year. They've partnered with the Boys

1153
01:29:19,790 --> 01:29:22,659
and Girls Club. This year, they've partnered with OIC

1154
01:29:22,659 --> 01:29:25,461
again, and they've also partnered with Junior

1155
01:29:25,461 --> 01:29:28,132
Achievement to administer programs for people who want

1156
01:29:28,132 --> 01:29:30,200
apprenticeships and job skill development. So that program is

1157
01:29:30,200 --> 01:29:34,604
moving forward as well, nicely as well. Of course, our

1158
01:29:34,604 --> 01:29:38,675
affordable housing initiatives this year to date, we have

1159
01:29:38,675 --> 01:29:42,211
approximately about 862 affordable units that have come,

1160
01:29:42,211 --> 01:29:44,880
that are coming, that are online or coming online for the

1161
01:29:44,880 --> 01:29:48,217
city of Hollywood. And we've expended about over $9 million

1162
01:29:48,217 --> 01:29:51,200
in gap financing to help bring much needed affordable housing

1163
01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:56,759
to the city of Hollywood. And of course, other things that

1164
01:29:56,759 --> 01:29:59,762
you wouldn't know that we are doing in the city right now

1165
01:29:59,762 --> 01:30:01,831
with our home funding. We're actually partnered with

1166
01:30:01,831 --> 01:30:04,100
planning right now, and we're actually providing the

1167
01:30:04,100 --> 01:30:07,303
resources for the Housing Needs Assessment study. So we're

1168
01:30:07,303 --> 01:30:10,390
using home dollars to actually pay for that study. That will

1169
01:30:10,390 --> 01:30:13,430
play a role in developing the comprehensive plan. We also use

1170
01:30:13,430 --> 01:30:15,979
our home dollars to provide tenant based rental assistance.

1171
01:30:15,979 --> 01:30:18,448
And that program is actually very important because it's

1172
01:30:18,448 --> 01:30:21,117
preventing people from becoming homeless or entering into

1173
01:30:21,117 --> 01:30:23,586
homelessness. So we provide them with a subsidy for a

1174
01:30:23,586 --> 01:30:25,721
couple of months to get them situated. The nonprofit

1175
01:30:25,721 --> 01:30:28,677
provides much more than just that, but wraparound services

1176
01:30:28,677 --> 01:30:30,879
to make sure they're financially stable. They have

1177
01:30:30,879 --> 01:30:33,481
the skills and resources to become independent once they're

1178
01:30:33,481 --> 01:30:37,552
weaned off the program. In addition to that, we also have

1179
01:30:37,552 --> 01:30:41,156
home AARP money, where we're partnering with the task force

1180
01:30:41,156 --> 01:30:43,357
and homelessness, who are here right now, and they'll be

1181
01:30:43,357 --> 01:30:46,161
presenting to you guys later on today about an initiative that

1182
01:30:46,161 --> 01:30:49,231
we had a couple of weeks back where we're on the street with

1183
01:30:49,231 --> 01:30:51,233
Commissioner Hernandez, Gruber, and Biederman, where you engage

1184
01:30:51,233 --> 01:30:55,237
the population in in Hollywood. You'll hear more from Jacob on

1185
01:30:55,237 --> 01:30:59,508
that in a few. But what they do for us in a multi-year contract

1186
01:30:59,508 --> 01:31:02,443
is they provide active street outreach. So they're engaging

1187
01:31:02,443 --> 01:31:04,979
people who are experiencing unsheltered population. They're

1188
01:31:04,979 --> 01:31:07,916
engaging them on the street to give them the resources and try

1189
01:31:07,916 --> 01:31:10,718
to move them out of try to effectively move them from

1190
01:31:10,718 --> 01:31:13,255
homelessness to some kind of stable placement. So we use

1191
01:31:13,255 --> 01:31:16,258
home ARP money for that. We have a multiyear agreement with

1192
01:31:16,258 --> 01:31:19,260
them to provide these services. We also partner with the

1193
01:31:19,260 --> 01:31:21,864
Broward Outreach Center or the Caring Place, and they're here

1194
01:31:21,864 --> 01:31:24,933
to as well. I think Keith, back there right now, and they

1195
01:31:24,933 --> 01:31:27,803
provide we use home ARP dollars on a multi-year contract to as

1196
01:31:27,803 --> 01:31:30,538
well for that. And we provide emergency shelter, case

1197
01:31:30,538 --> 01:31:32,273
management, workforce development, and housing

1198
01:31:32,273 --> 01:31:35,610
placements. It's a full gamut of wraparound services on

1199
01:31:35,610 --> 01:31:38,747
average. Well, every quarter they're providing about 30

1200
01:31:38,747 --> 01:31:41,883
households at that program with services. So it's a lot going

1201
01:31:41,883 --> 01:31:46,220
on with that program. And that program, believe it or not, has

1202
01:31:46,220 --> 01:31:50,224
both. Those programs have really organically worked to

1203
01:31:50,224 --> 01:31:52,893
improve our community core initiative. You know, we

1204
01:31:52,893 --> 01:31:55,290
received Department of Justice funding for our Community Core

1205
01:31:55,290 --> 01:31:57,699
initiative. We're in the third year of a five year program,

1206
01:31:57,699 --> 01:32:00,702
and this program has really taken off. And a lot of it has

1207
01:32:00,702 --> 01:32:03,905
to do with the staff and Blaine, who works in the program. As

1208
01:32:03,905 --> 01:32:06,774
you can see, these numbers are very impressive. You know, 21

1209
01:32:06,774 --> 01:32:08,909
people have graduated, have attained some kind of housing.

1210
01:32:08,909 --> 01:32:11,846
That's a big deal when it comes to somebody who's chronically

1211
01:32:11,846 --> 01:32:14,715
homeless. You have over 762 clients that are served in the

1212
01:32:14,715 --> 01:32:18,920
program. So why I say that is because the program is held in

1213
01:32:18,920 --> 01:32:21,123
the in the Broad outreach center right now. We have a

1214
01:32:21,123 --> 01:32:23,991
natural relationship with them where somebody can go from

1215
01:32:23,991 --> 01:32:26,127
community court into placement, but the task force is there as

1216
01:32:26,127 --> 01:32:29,997
well to, to connect them to all other services that are in the

1217
01:32:29,997 --> 01:32:33,134
area. If you've never been to the program, I urge you to come

1218
01:32:33,134 --> 01:32:36,400
and take a look at the program. It's pretty dynamic how it

1219
01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:39,730
works and you see where it's making an impact in the city.

1220
01:32:39,730 --> 01:32:42,100
And of course, everything we do here is these four pillars that

1221
01:32:42,100 --> 01:32:45,120
we try to preserve and expand affordable housing. We want to

1222
01:32:45,120 --> 01:32:46,810
improve neighborhood infrastructure. We want to

1223
01:32:46,810 --> 01:32:48,549
support vulnerable populations. We want to enhance the overall

1224
01:32:48,549 --> 01:32:51,619
community stability, community development. And with that, I

1225
01:32:51,619 --> 01:32:55,490
know I was quick, but you got a long day today, and these are

1226
01:32:55,490 --> 01:32:57,825
just some highlights of what we've done last year. And if

1227
01:32:57,825 --> 01:33:00,695
there's any questions, I'm here to answer them. So Ryan, thank

1228
01:33:00,695 --> 01:33:03,832
you so much. We love the reach and the number of programs that

1229
01:33:03,832 --> 01:33:06,500
community development has been able to usher into the

1230
01:33:06,500 --> 01:33:09,369
community, just as a concerns us with regards to the

1231
01:33:09,369 --> 01:33:12,706
neighborhood pride program and the Ila with the county. If

1232
01:33:12,706 --> 01:33:16,644
there are categories of work or you think percentage thresholds

1233
01:33:16,644 --> 01:33:20,248
that the agreement might have not have contemplated, you know,

1234
01:33:20,248 --> 01:33:23,851
when we first adopted it, I'd like to hear what the feedback

1235
01:33:23,851 --> 01:33:27,455
of staff, if there are those areas where, you know,

1236
01:33:27,455 --> 01:33:29,924
percentages again, ought to be tweaked for the sake of

1237
01:33:29,924 --> 01:33:33,127
maximizing the deployment of dollars, you know, without

1238
01:33:33,127 --> 01:33:36,531
delay, let us know. We'd love to engage the county with that

1239
01:33:36,531 --> 01:33:41,135
if necessary, and help to keep things fluid if you find reason.

1240
01:33:41,135 --> 01:33:43,138
Absolutely. Well, the city manager already asked us to

1241
01:33:43,138 --> 01:33:46,740
look into these things, and we are actively working that with

1242
01:33:46,740 --> 01:33:48,276
deputy deputy city manager and city manager story. We're

1243
01:33:48,276 --> 01:33:51,145
looking at these things right now. Looking forward to hearing

1244
01:33:51,145 --> 01:33:54,820
about that at the next meeting. Yes, sir. Thank you so much.

1245
01:33:54,820 --> 01:34:00,682
Thank you guys. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Let's go

1246
01:34:01,288 --> 01:34:05,226
ahead. Thank you for your patience. Mr. Jacob Turner,

1247
01:34:05,226 --> 01:34:08,162
vice president of programs for the Task Force for Ending

1248
01:34:08,162 --> 01:34:12,366
Homelessness and Finance. You guys are up next. I was going

1249
01:34:12,366 --> 01:34:15,303
to say I'm not I'm not here to represent finance. No mayor,

1250
01:34:15,303 --> 01:34:17,505
vice mayor, members of the commission. Thank you. Jacob

1251
01:34:17,505 --> 01:34:19,574
Turner, vice president of programs at the Task Force for

1252
01:34:19,574 --> 01:34:22,643
Ending Homelessness. Before I get into the data that we're

1253
01:34:22,643 --> 01:34:25,712
going to share with you, I just want to take a moment to

1254
01:34:25,712 --> 01:34:28,583
congratulate this body and all of your charter officers. As

1255
01:34:28,583 --> 01:34:30,784
someone who grew up here and spends lots of time in

1256
01:34:30,784 --> 01:34:34,722
Hollywood, downtown and on the beach, it's no surprise to

1257
01:34:34,722 --> 01:34:38,659
anyone that each year, each day, Hollywood becomes more

1258
01:34:38,659 --> 01:34:42,865
beautiful and more invested in the residents and the community.

1259
01:34:42,865 --> 01:34:45,266
And we heard that from all the presentations this morning. So

1260
01:34:45,266 --> 01:34:48,603
I just want to thank you all. Today I'm going to inform you

1261
01:34:48,603 --> 01:34:51,338
about the voices of the street activity which took place here

1262
01:34:51,338 --> 01:34:55,209
in Hollywood on March 10th. It was done as a collaborative

1263
01:34:55,209 --> 01:34:58,212
effort. Voices of the Street is performed on years where the

1264
01:34:58,212 --> 01:35:02,216
county board votes to not conduct a federal point in time

1265
01:35:02,216 --> 01:35:05,753
count, and the purpose of the voices of the Street survey is

1266
01:35:05,753 --> 01:35:08,956
to serve. In lieu of that point in time, count and offer

1267
01:35:08,956 --> 01:35:12,160
municipalities an opportunity to have data on the people on

1268
01:35:12,160 --> 01:35:14,962
the streets, but more importantly, to be able to

1269
01:35:14,962 --> 01:35:18,766
leverage that data to drive solutions and strategies that

1270
01:35:18,766 --> 01:35:23,705
clean up our streets and get people the help they need. As

1271
01:35:23,705 --> 01:35:26,708
you see on your screen, just a couple of pictures from those

1272
01:35:26,708 --> 01:35:29,777
who were involved in voices of the Street, Hollywood Police

1273
01:35:29,777 --> 01:35:32,980
Department and Hollywood Fire Rescue, brave men and women who

1274
01:35:32,980 --> 01:35:35,983
protect our communities every day made it a point to very

1275
01:35:35,983 --> 01:35:39,254
much participate in this activity. Officer Chung, who

1276
01:35:39,254 --> 01:35:43,458
I'm sure is no stranger to this city, works tirelessly every

1277
01:35:43,458 --> 01:35:46,600
day and has I think he's the longest standing homeless

1278
01:35:46,600 --> 01:35:49,597
outreach officer in the entire county because he is so

1279
01:35:49,597 --> 01:35:53,268
committed to this work and made this event a success. Similarly,

1280
01:35:53,268 --> 01:35:56,404
you see your Department of Housing and Community

1281
01:35:56,404 --> 01:35:59,941
Development, Ryan, Angela, and Sabrina, who also were

1282
01:35:59,941 --> 01:36:02,770
instrumental in this. And of course, can't forget the

1283
01:36:02,770 --> 01:36:04,678
commissioner who's on our screen today. Commissioner

1284
01:36:04,678 --> 01:36:08,150
Gruber, thank you for being there. Similarly, thank you,

1285
01:36:08,150 --> 01:36:10,818
Commissioner Hernandez and Commissioner Biderman. As Ryan

1286
01:36:10,818 --> 01:36:13,954
said, these commissioners were not just at the event. They

1287
01:36:13,954 --> 01:36:16,557
were on the ground. If they were wearing shoes with white

1288
01:36:16,557 --> 01:36:19,426
soles that day, those shoes left dirty because they really

1289
01:36:19,426 --> 01:36:23,498
got into the trenches and we appreciate them for that. So a

1290
01:36:23,498 --> 01:36:26,300
couple of things before we get into the data we mentioned on

1291
01:36:26,300 --> 01:36:28,969
the ground support from this commission, we had over 72

1292
01:36:28,969 --> 01:36:31,106
volunteers from this county come into Hollywood and support

1293
01:36:31,106 --> 01:36:34,575
this initiative. In addition to our public safety partners, we

1294
01:36:34,575 --> 01:36:38,112
had corporations like City National Bank send their staff.

1295
01:36:38,112 --> 01:36:41,716
We had educational institutions like Nova Southeastern

1296
01:36:41,716 --> 01:36:44,651
University, both their medical school and their public health

1297
01:36:44,651 --> 01:36:48,456
school. All volunteers receive training, which was conducted

1298
01:36:48,456 --> 01:36:51,792
with our friends at the County Commission chambers. We

1299
01:36:51,792 --> 01:36:54,463
partnered with, very importantly, The Caring Place,

1300
01:36:54,463 --> 01:36:58,700
who provided us with a headquarter location perfectly

1301
01:36:58,700 --> 01:37:01,278
situated right there on Scott Street. And as you know, The

1302
01:37:01,278 --> 01:37:03,480
Caring Place does so much for this community and its

1303
01:37:03,480 --> 01:37:06,350
residents. So I just want to extend an appreciation to you

1304
01:37:06,350 --> 01:37:11,750
and your team. Laundry spot, which actually provides laundry

1305
01:37:13,823 --> 01:37:17,160
services to those who are experiencing homelessness on a

1306
01:37:17,160 --> 01:37:20,763
recurring schedule and many, many others. More than 100

1307
01:37:20,763 --> 01:37:23,900
hygiene kits were prepared. Yes, ma'am. That's correct. Thank

1308
01:37:23,900 --> 01:37:28,971
you, Vice Mayor. It is Miss Einhorn's laundry. Over 100

1309
01:37:28,971 --> 01:37:32,574
hygiene kits were prepared by our NSU students and passed out,

1310
01:37:32,574 --> 01:37:36,512
and we had some unintended or unexpected successes where we

1311
01:37:36,512 --> 01:37:39,183
were actually able to get people off the streets. Same

1312
01:37:39,183 --> 01:37:42,986
day during the activity. So getting into the data, why you

1313
01:37:42,986 --> 01:37:48,986
all are here. We collected 231 surveys on March 10th. The

1314
01:37:49,258 --> 01:37:53,396
number I want you all to focus on is 198, which were collected

1315
01:37:53,396 --> 01:37:57,266
here in the city limits within the jurisdiction of Hollywood.

1316
01:37:57,266 --> 01:38:02,660
We conducted 95 interviews, which are long form interviews

1317
01:38:02,939 --> 01:38:08,878
and 136 short term or short form interviews, also known as

1318
01:38:08,878 --> 01:38:12,548
observations. 33 responses were collected outside of Hollywood.

1319
01:38:12,548 --> 01:38:15,351
However, that is significant and should be to this

1320
01:38:15,351 --> 01:38:19,880
commission because we examined where those individuals were

1321
01:38:19,880 --> 01:38:20,958
identified and they were directly on your border with

1322
01:38:20,958 --> 01:38:25,158
your neighboring jurisdictions. Getting into demographics, we

1323
01:38:26,295 --> 01:38:29,498
saw that demographics in Hollywood similarly reflect the

1324
01:38:29,498 --> 01:38:32,768
county wide demographics for those who experience

1325
01:38:32,768 --> 01:38:38,168
homelessness in age, we notice a significant population of

1326
01:38:38,907 --> 01:38:43,979
individuals who are over the age of 55. And so what I like

1327
01:38:43,979 --> 01:38:48,117
to say when I see that is that we have a graying and aging

1328
01:38:48,117 --> 01:38:52,922
crisis of homelessness. I'm sure you all see as you travel,

1329
01:38:52,922 --> 01:38:56,459
the communities, people who are out there on the streets are

1330
01:38:56,459 --> 01:38:58,660
using walkers. They're being pushed by someone in a

1331
01:38:58,660 --> 01:39:01,598
wheelchair. Some of those people are actually younger,

1332
01:39:01,598 --> 01:39:05,335
but many of them are aging and they're aging on the streets.

1333
01:39:05,335 --> 01:39:08,671
We also had six honorable veterans who served our

1334
01:39:08,671 --> 01:39:11,607
community, our country, and our community who are still living

1335
01:39:11,607 --> 01:39:14,877
out there on the streets. That's unacceptable.

1336
01:39:14,877 --> 01:39:17,790
Fortunately, with our close partners at the Department of

1337
01:39:17,790 --> 01:39:20,160
Veterans Affairs who are on the ground with us that day, we

1338
01:39:20,160 --> 01:39:24,487
were able to connect veterans to support services. It was

1339
01:39:24,487 --> 01:39:28,225
also notable that over 32% of the respondents reported that

1340
01:39:28,225 --> 01:39:32,425
they're struggling with mental health issues. Over 21

1341
01:39:32,428 --> 01:39:37,228
respondents reported an alcohol and substance use disorder.

1342
01:39:37,500 --> 01:39:42,304
Fifth with a physical health condition, and a quarter of the

1343
01:39:42,304 --> 01:39:45,410
respondents with other chronic health conditions all very

1344
01:39:45,410 --> 01:39:47,242
significant. When you think about the strategies that we

1345
01:39:47,242 --> 01:39:49,312
need to use to address homelessness, and we're going

1346
01:39:49,312 --> 01:39:52,581
to talk about a summary of our findings and recommendations.

1347
01:39:52,581 --> 01:39:57,720
At the end, where people were sleeping was also significant

1348
01:39:57,720 --> 01:40:01,991
because, as you all know, section one, 25.0231 Florida

1349
01:40:01,991 --> 01:40:04,794
statutes created Florida's public camping law, which

1350
01:40:04,794 --> 01:40:08,464
resulted from a previous state legislative session. And this

1351
01:40:08,464 --> 01:40:11,400
municipality, along with every other one in this state, has an

1352
01:40:11,400 --> 01:40:15,404
obligation to not allow regular overnight public camping. And

1353
01:40:15,404 --> 01:40:18,340
so when we looked at where people were sleeping on the

1354
01:40:18,340 --> 01:40:21,410
night that we surveyed, we found a large portion of

1355
01:40:21,410 --> 01:40:24,614
respondents are sleeping in public spaces, people sleeping

1356
01:40:24,614 --> 01:40:29,170
on streets and sidewalks, in parks, forming outdoor

1357
01:40:29,170 --> 01:40:33,288
encampments at our bus benches and train stations, under

1358
01:40:33,288 --> 01:40:39,280
bridges, and even some who are in their vehicles or on a boat.

1359
01:40:39,280 --> 01:40:42,431
We also looked at whether or not this was the first time

1360
01:40:42,431 --> 01:40:46,702
that person had experienced homelessness. And what we saw,

1361
01:40:46,702 --> 01:40:50,306
shockingly, was that 40% of the respondents had become

1362
01:40:50,306 --> 01:40:52,375
homelessness for the first had become homeless for the first

1363
01:40:52,375 --> 01:40:56,579
time during that occurrence. Similarly, how long people have

1364
01:40:56,579 --> 01:40:59,581
been experiencing homelessness was very interesting to collect

1365
01:40:59,581 --> 01:41:03,119
in this community. What we found was that while there is a

1366
01:41:03,119 --> 01:41:05,521
large number of people who have been experiencing homelessness

1367
01:41:05,521 --> 01:41:09,726
for greater than 36 months, there is consistent with that

1368
01:41:09,726 --> 01:41:12,661
observation in the previous question, a good amount of

1369
01:41:12,661 --> 01:41:16,132
folks who have just become homeless, and that represents

1370
01:41:16,132 --> 01:41:21,537
what we call a front end crisis. We also looked at how long the

1371
01:41:21,537 --> 01:41:25,941
people that we were surveying stayed on this in a shelter or

1372
01:41:25,941 --> 01:41:29,545
somewhere other than on the streets over the last three

1373
01:41:29,545 --> 01:41:35,218
years. And we found that some of them, 32% in particular,

1374
01:41:35,218 --> 01:41:41,218
stayed off the streets for 0 to 3 months. Employment was only

1375
01:41:43,920 --> 01:41:48,764
at 11%. And we know that for people to be successful, they

1376
01:41:48,764 --> 01:41:52,702
need to have income. There needs to be economic prosperity

1377
01:41:52,702 --> 01:41:55,504
and opportunities for the people that we serve. And so

1378
01:41:55,504 --> 01:41:59,442
this directs our energy and our resources to ensuring that

1379
01:41:59,442 --> 01:42:05,442
people do become employed, not just housed people in Hollywood

1380
01:42:07,382 --> 01:42:09,785
and whether or not they've been in Hollywood for a significant

1381
01:42:09,785 --> 01:42:13,457
period of time was also something we assessed. More

1382
01:42:13,457 --> 01:42:17,861
than 45 of the respondents had been in Hollywood for greater

1383
01:42:17,861 --> 01:42:21,396
than three years. Common misconception, I hear, and I

1384
01:42:21,396 --> 01:42:23,866
deal with probably more than a dozen municipalities each and

1385
01:42:23,866 --> 01:42:28,137
every week, is that people come to my city to be homeless, or

1386
01:42:28,137 --> 01:42:31,273
someone sends the homeless to our community because we have

1387
01:42:31,273 --> 01:42:35,110
great resources or we have lax policing. But the reality is,

1388
01:42:35,110 --> 01:42:38,615
Mr. Mayor, commissioners, a large portion of the people on

1389
01:42:38,615 --> 01:42:40,750
your streets are actually Hollywood residents. And as you

1390
01:42:40,750 --> 01:42:44,486
saw in the previous slide, a large amount of them have just

1391
01:42:44,486 --> 01:42:49,358
become homeless. We also looked at whether or not folks are

1392
01:42:49,358 --> 01:42:53,950
receiving disability benefits, and nearly 70% of the people in

1393
01:42:53,950 --> 01:42:55,498
Hollywood experiencing homelessness are not receiving

1394
01:42:55,498 --> 01:42:59,635
mainstream benefits. So to wrap things up, what we're seeing,

1395
01:42:59,635 --> 01:43:04,106
Mr. Mayor, Commissioner, is 46% of people are visible in our

1396
01:43:04,106 --> 01:43:06,709
community at a minimum, meaning that they're living on streets

1397
01:43:06,709 --> 01:43:09,979
and sidewalks and public spaces, which impacts community safety

1398
01:43:09,979 --> 01:43:14,717
and quality of life. As I mentioned, there is a front end

1399
01:43:14,717 --> 01:43:18,320
crisis. And I'll be fair, this is not limited to Hollywood nor

1400
01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:22,570
Broward County. And I know you all know that 40% of people

1401
01:43:22,570 --> 01:43:25,882
were first time homeless, 18% within 0 to 3 months. And that

1402
01:43:25,882 --> 01:43:28,551
tells us that economic instability and the rising

1403
01:43:28,551 --> 01:43:32,688
costs of housing is driving this crisis. We also know that

1404
01:43:32,688 --> 01:43:36,560
needs are very complex. We're not talking about a single need

1405
01:43:36,560 --> 01:43:38,762
when we're talking about helping someone get off the

1406
01:43:38,762 --> 01:43:42,365
streets. We're talking about health. We're talking about job

1407
01:43:42,365 --> 01:43:45,569
training, we're talking about family support. We're talking

1408
01:43:45,569 --> 01:43:50,240
about transportation barriers. The list goes on. But what we

1409
01:43:50,240 --> 01:43:53,577
know for sure, based on the data that we've collected, is

1410
01:43:53,577 --> 01:43:57,514
that a housing only approach is not effective. The approach

1411
01:43:57,514 --> 01:44:01,451
that is proven to be most successful is an approach that

1412
01:44:01,451 --> 01:44:06,560
involves wraparound support, addressing the complex layer of

1413
01:44:06,560 --> 01:44:11,527
needs that folks have. And so what must happen next? What can

1414
01:44:11,527 --> 01:44:15,198
this commission do? And how can you direct staff to continue

1415
01:44:15,198 --> 01:44:18,268
making the great impact that you all have done? We need to

1416
01:44:18,268 --> 01:44:20,870
act early to prevent homelessness. Some of those

1417
01:44:20,870 --> 01:44:24,740
programs you heard Mr. Coote talking about, you all could

1418
01:44:24,740 --> 01:44:26,877
consider, or that advisory board could consider looking at

1419
01:44:26,877 --> 01:44:29,880
preventing homelessness for residents of Hollywood,

1420
01:44:29,880 --> 01:44:33,217
ensuring that if someone's receiving an eviction notice in

1421
01:44:33,217 --> 01:44:36,620
the city of Hollywood, that their support, that there's

1422
01:44:36,620 --> 01:44:39,890
interventions to determine how they got there in the first

1423
01:44:39,890 --> 01:44:41,692
place, address those issues that led them there, and keep

1424
01:44:41,692 --> 01:44:44,694
them in their house so that Hollywood doesn't have more

1425
01:44:44,694 --> 01:44:48,832
people hitting the streets. Similarly, on the unsheltered

1426
01:44:48,832 --> 01:44:52,168
side, we need to keep outreach strong and visible. As Mr. Cook

1427
01:44:52,168 --> 01:44:54,905
mentioned, our task force teams work on the streets seven days

1428
01:44:54,905 --> 01:44:57,974
a week, engaging with people, responding to calls from

1429
01:44:57,974 --> 01:45:02,712
business owners, calls from the city that receive complaints.

1430
01:45:02,712 --> 01:45:06,249
And that is critical because these are the folks who are

1431
01:45:06,249 --> 01:45:08,918
engaging them on the front lines, and they're the ones

1432
01:45:08,918 --> 01:45:11,656
building the trust and rapport necessary to motivate them to

1433
01:45:11,656 --> 01:45:15,925
take the help that's there for them. We also are recommending

1434
01:45:15,925 --> 01:45:19,195
to you formally that you consider a Co-response model.

1435
01:45:19,195 --> 01:45:24,534
Earlier this year, the town of Davie Town Council Co-response

1436
01:45:24,534 --> 01:45:27,738
model. Yes. Vice mayor. Earlier this year, the Town of Davie

1437
01:45:27,738 --> 01:45:31,408
Town Council unanimously approved and implemented a new

1438
01:45:31,408 --> 01:45:33,877
program that we launched in collaboration with them, which

1439
01:45:33,877 --> 01:45:36,880
places a trained recovery and housing specialist from the

1440
01:45:36,880 --> 01:45:40,684
task force in a marked police car 40 hours a week. They're

1441
01:45:40,684 --> 01:45:44,688
responding to calls for service, they're intervening in crisis

1442
01:45:44,688 --> 01:45:47,691
situations. And very importantly and significantly,

1443
01:45:47,691 --> 01:45:50,226
they've gotten more than a dozen people off the streets in

1444
01:45:50,226 --> 01:45:52,497
just their first few months. And that's Town of Davie, which

1445
01:45:52,497 --> 01:45:55,832
is pretty small with respect to this large city we're in today.

1446
01:45:55,832 --> 01:46:00,837
So we do see that as a model to replicate. We also need to

1447
01:46:00,837 --> 01:46:04,410
swiftly resolve encampments. I want to appreciate Mr. Coupe,

1448
01:46:04,410 --> 01:46:07,644
Miss Blaine from the the community development team. The

1449
01:46:07,644 --> 01:46:11,715
moment that a resident or a business owner reports an

1450
01:46:11,715 --> 01:46:14,985
encampment or concerns at a public park, they immediately

1451
01:46:14,985 --> 01:46:17,988
notify us of that. And our response time has been

1452
01:46:17,988 --> 01:46:20,991
maintained at an average of 42 minutes to resolve those,

1453
01:46:20,991 --> 01:46:24,394
ensuring that we're responding in person, addressing the

1454
01:46:24,394 --> 01:46:26,530
complaint, whether that's helping that individual get

1455
01:46:26,530 --> 01:46:29,666
into treatment or shelter, or just empowering them to find

1456
01:46:29,666 --> 01:46:31,869
somewhere that's a little bit better than staying in one of

1457
01:46:31,869 --> 01:46:35,538
our public parks while they make that decision themselves.

1458
01:46:35,538 --> 01:46:38,741
A third, balancing immediate responses with long term

1459
01:46:38,741 --> 01:46:40,878
stability. This is the challenge. We know that, you

1460
01:46:40,878 --> 01:46:44,614
know, the science to ending homelessness is pretty simple.

1461
01:46:44,614 --> 01:46:47,551
We need to have a greater outflow rate than we do inflow

1462
01:46:47,551 --> 01:46:50,754
rate to lower our population and get to a place where it's a

1463
01:46:50,754 --> 01:46:54,491
little bit more manageable. And you do that by long term

1464
01:46:54,491 --> 01:46:56,828
strategies, getting people out of the system. But at the same

1465
01:46:56,828 --> 01:46:59,696
time, we need to keep our streets and public spaces safe

1466
01:46:59,696 --> 01:47:02,499
and clear. So that's where you balance the great investments

1467
01:47:02,499 --> 01:47:04,901
you make, like at the Caring Place to ensure that there's

1468
01:47:04,901 --> 01:47:07,638
shelter beds available for someone that day when they need

1469
01:47:07,638 --> 01:47:11,508
them. And fourth is scaling clinical services. Back to our

1470
01:47:11,508 --> 01:47:14,177
previous slide on findings. These are complex needs. We

1471
01:47:14,177 --> 01:47:17,647
can't just address them with housing or with case management.

1472
01:47:17,647 --> 01:47:21,652
So what we've done since this on March 10th is we've directed

1473
01:47:21,652 --> 01:47:23,921
our behavioral health department, which is comprised

1474
01:47:23,921 --> 01:47:26,723
of several licensed mental health professionals, to surge

1475
01:47:26,723 --> 01:47:29,460
in the city of Hollywood. And so they're now also working on

1476
01:47:29,460 --> 01:47:32,795
the streets more frequently in this community, consistent with

1477
01:47:32,795 --> 01:47:36,733
what they're doing county wide. So with that, happy to take any

1478
01:47:36,733 --> 01:47:39,669
questions. And I appreciate you all for your leadership to this

1479
01:47:39,669 --> 01:47:45,669
community. Thank you. Madam Vice Mayor. So thank you for

1480
01:47:47,744 --> 01:47:53,144
the presentation. It's very eye opening, obviously, for those

1481
01:47:53,216 --> 01:47:55,819
who aren't aware of the homelessness issue that's going

1482
01:47:55,819 --> 01:48:02,292
on. We did have, though, a officer a while back that was

1483
01:48:02,292 --> 01:48:05,562
geared only towards homelessness. Thank you,

1484
01:48:05,562 --> 01:48:09,990
Officer Chung, for everything you do. You're amazing. But I

1485
01:48:09,990 --> 01:48:13,903
know that the burnout rate is particularly high in that

1486
01:48:13,903 --> 01:48:17,441
position. And in addition to that, I remember and I don't

1487
01:48:17,441 --> 01:48:21,440
know if things have changed, but the resource officer would

1488
01:48:21,440 --> 01:48:25,248
go and try to provide how, you know, get them out of their

1489
01:48:25,248 --> 01:48:30,587
cars or get them in shelter. And there were a lot of

1490
01:48:30,587 --> 01:48:35,992
obstacles, a availability be if they were, you know, a lot of

1491
01:48:35,992 --> 01:48:38,595
homeless have a pet with them. And these facilities don't

1492
01:48:38,595 --> 01:48:43,467
accept that the willing, you know, the with children, some

1493
01:48:43,467 --> 01:48:47,200
weren't accepted. So there were so many challenges. Have we

1494
01:48:47,200 --> 01:48:50,206
made any progress with those challenges? And if so, what

1495
01:48:50,206 --> 01:48:53,142
could those be if you could enlighten us? Thank you for the

1496
01:48:53,142 --> 01:48:57,120
question, Vice Mayor. Quite a large question. But I would say,

1497
01:48:57,120 --> 01:48:59,482
generally speaking, there's still a number of challenges

1498
01:48:59,482 --> 01:49:03,219
with if we wanted to say, how do we end homelessness today in

1499
01:49:03,219 --> 01:49:05,688
the city of Hollywood? Primarily we have a higher

1500
01:49:05,688 --> 01:49:08,825
number of people than we do capacity for emergency

1501
01:49:08,825 --> 01:49:11,427
interventions like shelters and transitional housing and

1502
01:49:11,427 --> 01:49:15,297
treatment beds. So it starts there. It starts with ensuring

1503
01:49:15,297 --> 01:49:18,634
that there's an adequate supply of stock, housing, stock,

1504
01:49:18,634 --> 01:49:21,571
emergency housing stock for people to get off the streets.

1505
01:49:21,571 --> 01:49:25,410
I do think we've made progress. Just in 2025, we released our

1506
01:49:25,410 --> 01:49:28,978
annual report last week. Over 4000 people have been assisted

1507
01:49:28,978 --> 01:49:31,514
countywide in getting into shelter. A large percentage of

1508
01:49:31,514 --> 01:49:35,184
that's right here in the city. It's also thanks to this

1509
01:49:35,184 --> 01:49:39,188
commission for funding the Caring Place directly. For many

1510
01:49:39,188 --> 01:49:42,659
years that I worked in this community, they did not receive

1511
01:49:42,659 --> 01:49:45,328
support. I believe in this capacity from the city. And

1512
01:49:45,328 --> 01:49:48,131
that's critical because our teams work side by side with

1513
01:49:48,131 --> 01:49:51,342
them to ensure that if we find someone on the streets, we can

1514
01:49:51,342 --> 01:49:54,345
get them into shelter. If the beds are full, Keith and his

1515
01:49:54,345 --> 01:49:58,820
team do a great job of letting us know as soon as that beds

1516
01:49:58,820 --> 01:50:00,350
available, so we can make that connection. We've also expanded

1517
01:50:00,350 --> 01:50:03,870
partnerships on the treatment side, so that's another way I

1518
01:50:03,870 --> 01:50:05,356
think, that we've made improvements in that area. Vice

1519
01:50:05,356 --> 01:50:08,626
mayor, I'm ensuring that with relationships at the Broward

1520
01:50:08,626 --> 01:50:12,162
Addiction Recovery Center and other short term and long term

1521
01:50:12,162 --> 01:50:14,165
residential programs, we're able to get people off the

1522
01:50:14,165 --> 01:50:17,235
streets same day. And then last, I'll just say to your point,

1523
01:50:17,235 --> 01:50:20,838
the officers are definitely challenged. They work so hard.

1524
01:50:20,838 --> 01:50:23,975
Their primary responsibility is to protect the community, and

1525
01:50:23,975 --> 01:50:27,377
they do that so well. And that's one of the reasons why

1526
01:50:27,377 --> 01:50:30,313
we're recommending this particular model, is because

1527
01:50:30,313 --> 01:50:33,917
they no longer have to call for someone to come out, wait 30

1528
01:50:33,917 --> 01:50:37,254
minutes, wait an hour, wait a day. They have to go to another

1529
01:50:37,254 --> 01:50:42,459
call for service in that time. This allows the intervention to

1530
01:50:42,459 --> 01:50:45,996
occur right away, and it allows that knowledge to be there for

1531
01:50:45,996 --> 01:50:48,866
not just that individual officer, but for the department

1532
01:50:48,866 --> 01:50:54,400
and public safety as a whole. Awesome. Thank you, thank you.

1533
01:50:54,400 --> 01:50:56,606
Well, thank you and thank you, Commissioner Gruber, for your

1534
01:50:56,606 --> 01:51:00,344
work on the COC and working hand in hand with everyone

1535
01:51:00,344 --> 01:51:05,416
regarding homelessness. It was kind of a surprising but not

1536
01:51:05,416 --> 01:51:07,819
surprising to see what I thought I saw, which was a

1537
01:51:07,819 --> 01:51:11,288
statistic that 79% of the homeless folks who you've

1538
01:51:11,288 --> 01:51:13,757
encountered have a mental health or a substance abuse

1539
01:51:13,757 --> 01:51:18,829
issue. So that, you know, goes a long way to discussing what,

1540
01:51:18,829 --> 01:51:22,499
you know, what we, we as a, as a society and as a country need

1541
01:51:22,499 --> 01:51:26,438
to help to overcome and, and help help with in the years

1542
01:51:26,438 --> 01:51:31,709
ahead, because that seems to be beyond the financial aspect

1543
01:51:31,709 --> 01:51:34,912
that can cause homelessness. Part of the reason why there is

1544
01:51:34,912 --> 01:51:38,716
an inability to get out of it for, for those who, you know,

1545
01:51:38,716 --> 01:51:41,585
don't have the mental capacity or perhaps have the dependency

1546
01:51:41,585 --> 01:51:45,923
issues and addictions that are a problem. But thanks to you,

1547
01:51:45,923 --> 01:51:47,992
the task force, thanks to the police department for doing

1548
01:51:47,992 --> 01:51:51,610
their part, we want to make sure the streets are safe and

1549
01:51:51,610 --> 01:51:54,198
the laws are enforced here in the city, and that people get

1550
01:51:54,198 --> 01:51:57,680
the help they need at the same time. So thank you so much.

1551
01:51:57,680 --> 01:52:03,740
Thank you. All right. And shout out to The Caring Place. Of

1552
01:52:03,740 --> 01:52:06,677
course, Kevin and Team, thank you so much. You guys are an

1553
01:52:06,677 --> 01:52:11,348
indispensable partner. Thank you so much. All right, finance

1554
01:52:11,348 --> 01:52:15,353
team and Mr. Quinlan, you'll be next, James. But let's go ahead

1555
01:52:15,353 --> 01:52:19,623
first to a presentation by Moises Ariza. He's the partner

1556
01:52:19,623 --> 01:52:25,623
with Hermes, also with Hermes Garzon who's our director of

1557
01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:30,501
Cbiz Inc. and they'll present the fiscal year 2025 Annual

1558
01:52:30,501 --> 01:52:33,103
Comprehensive Financial report and the fiscal year audit

1559
01:52:33,103 --> 01:52:36,973
results. And we, of course, have Miss Stephanie Tinsley,

1560
01:52:36,973 --> 01:52:40,978
our financial director, right here in the city at the podium.

1561
01:52:40,978 --> 01:52:45,716
Thank you Stephanie. Okay. Thank you mayor. Good afternoon,

1562
01:52:45,716 --> 01:52:49,916
mayor, vice mayor, commissioners, city manager and

1563
01:52:49,987 --> 01:52:54,592
staff. My name is Stephanie Tinsley. I'm the city. City

1564
01:52:54,592 --> 01:52:58,529
manager. Sorry, I promote myself. Director of finance.

1565
01:52:58,529 --> 01:53:00,864
She's not ready to retire yet, but thanks for letting us know

1566
01:53:00,864 --> 01:53:05,200
you're interested. There you go. I don't know, I was thinking

1567
01:53:05,200 --> 01:53:09,339
director of financial services for the City of Hollywood. I am

1568
01:53:09,339 --> 01:53:16,214
pleased to present the FY 2025 act for. I just wanted to make

1569
01:53:16,214 --> 01:53:23,190
a few comments before I turn it over to her. Hermes Garzon for

1570
01:53:23,190 --> 01:53:29,260
his official presentation of the act for. Again this year we

1571
01:53:29,260 --> 01:53:32,696
received an unmodified or clean opinion with no repeat findings

1572
01:53:32,696 --> 01:53:37,768
or no findings at all. So that was a big one. All of our major

1573
01:53:37,768 --> 01:53:41,706
governmental and enterprise funds are in really good shape,

1574
01:53:41,706 --> 01:53:46,109
either meeting or exceeding our fund balance policy minimums.

1575
01:53:46,109 --> 01:53:51,515
So so really a positive thing as well. The city expended

1576
01:53:51,515 --> 01:53:55,715
approximately $50 million in grant finance and grant

1577
01:53:56,454 --> 01:54:00,654
financing, and that also requires additional audit

1578
01:54:01,725 --> 01:54:05,929
procedures. And with that, there were no compliance issues

1579
01:54:05,929 --> 01:54:10,401
and no internal deficiencies or anything as well. So we did

1580
01:54:10,401 --> 01:54:13,870
very well with our expenditures there. We met all of our debt

1581
01:54:13,870 --> 01:54:18,341
and investment policy requirements, and the OCC for

1582
01:54:18,341 --> 01:54:22,880
this year was issued on May 5th, which was three weeks earlier

1583
01:54:22,880 --> 01:54:28,850
than last year. And it's ten it's been ten years since the

1584
01:54:28,850 --> 01:54:32,422
city of Hollywood had issued the act for this early. And so

1585
01:54:32,422 --> 01:54:37,427
I just like to recognize the Department of Financial

1586
01:54:37,427 --> 01:54:42,165
Services staff because without their commitment, their work

1587
01:54:42,165 --> 01:54:46,836
ethic and their strong dedication, with all the

1588
01:54:46,836 --> 01:54:49,639
competing initiatives and priorities that they had this

1589
01:54:49,639 --> 01:54:54,311
year, that would definitely not have been possible. And I'd

1590
01:54:54,311 --> 01:54:59,516
like to acknowledge the team. I asked them to come up to be up

1591
01:54:59,516 --> 01:55:02,719
here so that they can be acknowledged and recognized for

1592
01:55:02,719 --> 01:55:06,990
all the hard work that they did. So come on up, come on up,

1593
01:55:06,990 --> 01:55:10,928
finance team. You've been sitting for two hours. Come on

1594
01:55:10,928 --> 01:55:17,468
up. Such a patient group. They're shy group, just like we

1595
01:55:17,468 --> 01:55:23,206
all are. Come on up. Stretch your legs. Coffee outside.

1596
01:55:23,206 --> 01:55:28,606
Compliments of city manager Stephanie Tinsley. Yeah. And so

1597
01:55:29,746 --> 01:55:33,217
this. Where's the coffee, HR? Tammy. Where's that? Where's

1598
01:55:33,217 --> 01:55:40,230
that Cuban coffee? Tammy. Yeah. And so this is this is your

1599
01:55:40,230 --> 01:55:46,230
finance team here. Thank you for keeping us in check,

1600
01:55:49,432 --> 01:55:54,370
everybody. And according to our auditors, you guys are doing a

1601
01:55:54,370 --> 01:55:58,410
great job. And please, if you recognize opportunities for the

1602
01:55:58,410 --> 01:56:02,846
city to any department to be smarter or see opportunity in

1603
01:56:02,846 --> 01:56:05,316
dollars that might be, quote unquote, sitting there, please

1604
01:56:05,316 --> 01:56:08,785
let Miss Tinsley know. She'll tell the city manager and the

1605
01:56:08,785 --> 01:56:11,722
city manager will tell us. And it's a theme here because we

1606
01:56:11,722 --> 01:56:14,258
want to take advantage of all the opportunities to help every

1607
01:56:14,258 --> 01:56:16,926
department and every aspect of the city move forward. And you

1608
01:56:16,926 --> 01:56:20,830
all kind of probably see the bigger picture when looking at

1609
01:56:20,830 --> 01:56:22,886
numbers than people that are necessarily working in the

1610
01:56:22,886 --> 01:56:27,223
department sometimes. So please report up. Stephanie, of course,

1611
01:56:27,223 --> 01:56:31,270
as your director, you know, communicates that and we hope

1612
01:56:31,270 --> 01:56:34,300
to again, put all the dollars to good work and keep, of

1613
01:56:34,300 --> 01:56:36,699
course, the city functioning and appropriate, you know,

1614
01:56:36,699 --> 01:56:40,569
accounting principles and what have you. So I think that's a

1615
01:56:40,569 --> 01:56:43,773
great lay up to our auditor who found nothing. Go ahead. Come

1616
01:56:43,773 --> 01:56:48,845
on up, auditor. We try to give you an interesting job and it's

1617
01:56:48,845 --> 01:56:51,981
okay if it's boring, you know, because no news is good news

1618
01:56:51,981 --> 01:56:54,917
when it comes to you, right? Stephanie made my job very,

1619
01:56:54,917 --> 01:56:58,587
very easy this time around. So I think she gave a great

1620
01:56:58,587 --> 01:57:01,524
summary. Just a very quick introduction. My name is Hermes

1621
01:57:01,524 --> 01:57:05,795
Garrison. I'm a director for Cbiz CPAs and which is external

1622
01:57:05,795 --> 01:57:09,732
auditor of the city. So the only thing I would actually add

1623
01:57:09,732 --> 01:57:13,336
to that, she's absolutely correct. As far as the

1624
01:57:13,336 --> 01:57:17,273
financial statement opinion, we received an unmodified, clean

1625
01:57:17,273 --> 01:57:20,945
opinion. There were no you can stay standing if you like. I

1626
01:57:20,945 --> 01:57:23,881
mean, you probably want to stretch your legs, but if you

1627
01:57:23,881 --> 01:57:26,951
want to sit, go ahead. There were there were no significant

1628
01:57:26,951 --> 01:57:28,752
deficiencies and material weaknesses. The only thing I

1629
01:57:28,752 --> 01:57:32,755
would highlight is there was a single audit that was performed,

1630
01:57:32,755 --> 01:57:36,760
and the single audit is just triggered when the city expends

1631
01:57:36,760 --> 01:57:41,831
more than $1 million on from federal awards or federal

1632
01:57:41,831 --> 01:57:46,436
assistance and 750,000 on the state side. So we picked four

1633
01:57:46,436 --> 01:57:51,107
programs in total. Those programs were the staffing for

1634
01:57:51,107 --> 01:57:54,711
adequate fire and emergency response or safer grant, the

1635
01:57:54,711 --> 01:58:00,516
Arpa funds. So the coronavirus state and local recovery funds.

1636
01:58:00,516 --> 01:58:04,454
So those were the two federal. And then for the state side, we

1637
01:58:04,454 --> 01:58:08,458
selected the drinking water facility construction program

1638
01:58:08,458 --> 01:58:12,796
and the Resilient Florida program. So nothing to nothing

1639
01:58:12,796 --> 01:58:16,266
to report there as well, but just wanted to at least

1640
01:58:16,266 --> 01:58:19,869
identify the actual programs that were tested. Okay. And

1641
01:58:19,869 --> 01:58:24,407
that concludes my thank you so much. I know the aquifer is a

1642
01:58:24,407 --> 01:58:27,344
full on book. And , you know, this weekend during Memorial

1643
01:58:27,344 --> 01:58:30,346
Day, and we know we're going to have nothing better to do but

1644
01:58:30,346 --> 01:58:33,350
to read the financial report and ask Stephanie any questions

1645
01:58:33,350 --> 01:58:40,550
we might have. Thank you all so much. All right. Appreciate it.

1646
01:58:40,757 --> 01:58:45,962
All right. Thank you, finance team. Thank you. Let's get to

1647
01:58:45,962 --> 01:58:49,980
item ten. Where's James Quinlan another fellow who's been

1648
01:58:49,980 --> 01:58:52,835
patiently waiting two hours. I see Adam here, folks from the

1649
01:58:52,835 --> 01:58:55,906
Rhythm Foundation. Let's talk jazz. Item ten. I believe there

1650
01:58:55,906 --> 01:58:59,241
was a speaker card the clerk had told me. And so that's

1651
01:58:59,241 --> 01:59:01,978
what's kept us waiting. This, of course, is the resolution of

1652
01:59:01,978 --> 01:59:04,470
the city Commission authorizing the city to execute a concert

1653
01:59:04,470 --> 01:59:06,316
agreement with Rhythm Foundation Inc to provide

1654
01:59:06,316 --> 01:59:10,253
producer services for the jazz festival concerts at the Arts

1655
01:59:10,253 --> 01:59:13,723
Park in an amount up to $250,000, according to the

1656
01:59:13,723 --> 01:59:15,859
Procurement Court Code. As a best interest, this will

1657
01:59:15,859 --> 01:59:18,861
require a 5/7 vote, of course, and I know we've had a chance

1658
01:59:18,861 --> 01:59:22,866
probably to talk about this item during our one on ones.

1659
01:59:22,866 --> 01:59:29,500
Claire, come on up. Terry as well. They submitted the cards,

1660
01:59:29,500 --> 01:59:32,675
but let's go ahead and have James present. But Claire and

1661
01:59:32,675 --> 01:59:35,944
Terry and their desire to speak on this is what's kept you here

1662
01:59:35,944 --> 01:59:38,147
for two hours. But that's okay because hopefully, hopefully

1663
01:59:38,147 --> 01:59:41,150
you've enjoyed, you know, sitting here and listening to

1664
01:59:41,150 --> 01:59:46,220
the wheels of, of the City Hall, you know, at play here at the

1665
01:59:46,220 --> 01:59:48,910
City Commission meeting. All right, James, Adam, take it

1666
01:59:48,910 --> 01:59:52,761
away. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mayor and commission and

1667
01:59:52,761 --> 01:59:55,364
esteemed administration here today. We are really, really

1668
01:59:55,364 --> 02:00:01,360
proud to be in front of you today. This is the revival, if

1669
02:00:01,360 --> 02:00:05,308
you would, of the historic jazz festival in Hollywood. A lot of

1670
02:00:05,308 --> 02:00:09,112
people do remember that. That was the prior bandshell to the

1671
02:00:09,112 --> 02:00:12,648
amphitheater, and it ran for about 20 years, closed when the

1672
02:00:12,648 --> 02:00:15,918
amphitheater was being built. And there's a groundswell that

1673
02:00:15,918 --> 02:00:20,591
we've been feeling for bringing it back. And we've we've taken

1674
02:00:20,591 --> 02:00:23,460
on the challenge. We have a new idea, though. It's going to be

1675
02:00:23,460 --> 02:00:27,397
a bit of a twist. It's going to be something that we think will

1676
02:00:27,397 --> 02:00:29,799
really stand out in the marketplace and become not just

1677
02:00:29,799 --> 02:00:33,402
a local and regional event, but something that is nationally

1678
02:00:33,402 --> 02:00:37,600
recognized and celebrated. We're talking about the

1679
02:00:37,600 --> 02:00:41,744
Hollywood Real Jazz Picnic, and that's the working title of the

1680
02:00:41,744 --> 02:00:44,947
project that would have a culinary component. That's the

1681
02:00:44,947 --> 02:00:48,551
picnic component. We will be working with the local

1682
02:00:48,551 --> 02:00:52,821
businesses to provide an opportunity to preorder a

1683
02:00:52,821 --> 02:00:56,826
picnic that you will be able to pick up in the Arts Park on the

1684
02:00:56,826 --> 02:01:03,432
day of the event, November 21st of this year, there will be a

1685
02:01:03,432 --> 02:01:07,703
picnic provider, if you will as well. Helping with the setups

1686
02:01:07,703 --> 02:01:11,240
and creating kind of a very interesting opportunity for

1687
02:01:11,240 --> 02:01:15,578
people to be in the park in the afternoon and into the evening

1688
02:01:15,578 --> 02:01:18,448
of Saturday. It's not going to be a late night show. It's not

1689
02:01:18,448 --> 02:01:21,384
going to be your typical concert. It's going to be a six

1690
02:01:21,384 --> 02:01:25,321
hour presentation of six different groups, three from

1691
02:01:25,321 --> 02:01:28,924
national and international recognition and three local

1692
02:01:28,924 --> 02:01:32,996
groups running continuously during that period, from 2 p.m.

1693
02:01:32,996 --> 02:01:36,532
to 8 p.m. on the 21st. And one of the things we're really

1694
02:01:36,532 --> 02:01:39,802
excited about that's going to make it a national project is

1695
02:01:39,802 --> 02:01:43,339
the partnership affiliation that we have now verbally

1696
02:01:43,339 --> 02:01:48,739
agreed with the Sirius XM satellite broadcaster, which is,

1697
02:01:49,745 --> 02:01:53,749
as you know, not just the US, but it is all around the world

1698
02:01:53,749 --> 02:01:57,353
continuous signal that they provide. And through their real

1699
02:01:57,353 --> 02:02:02,825
jazz channel, we'll have their personalities on site, as well

1700
02:02:02,825 --> 02:02:07,497
as a live transmission from Hollywood during the event and

1701
02:02:07,497 --> 02:02:11,101
use of the materials afterwards that they'll be recording. So

1702
02:02:11,101 --> 02:02:14,437
that profile, we think, will really give us a great head

1703
02:02:14,437 --> 02:02:18,574
start in establishing something that's new and special. It's

1704
02:02:18,574 --> 02:02:21,911
going to be distinct, I think we think, from any other jazz

1705
02:02:21,911 --> 02:02:24,914
offerings in the market, and we think it's going to have a

1706
02:02:24,914 --> 02:02:28,317
really strong appeal to families and also be supporting

1707
02:02:28,317 --> 02:02:32,789
the downtown businesses. With the 8 p.m. cut off time, we're

1708
02:02:32,789 --> 02:02:36,592
going to encourage people to go into the downtown district,

1709
02:02:36,592 --> 02:02:40,263
district, historic district and check out the fine dining

1710
02:02:40,263 --> 02:02:43,266
opportunities. So we'll be interacting in a couple of ways

1711
02:02:43,266 --> 02:02:49,866
with those businesses to try to also connect to this event.

1712
02:02:49,945 --> 02:02:52,948
What else am I going to say? We really are very excited about

1713
02:02:52,948 --> 02:02:57,152
the brand. We are bringing in people to support us. Specific.

1714
02:02:57,152 --> 02:03:02,157
If once we get commitments here, we can go forward and really

1715
02:03:02,157 --> 02:03:06,829
make it happen. We think in a very established way and

1716
02:03:06,829 --> 02:03:10,432
something that we can all celebrate and be proud of. My

1717
02:03:10,432 --> 02:03:14,636
colleague Adam, the CEO of Rhythm Foundation, by the way,

1718
02:03:14,636 --> 02:03:17,239
I'm James Quinlan. I don't think I introduced myself, for

1719
02:03:17,239 --> 02:03:21,510
those of you that don't know me, I am the founder and now senior

1720
02:03:21,510 --> 02:03:23,778
advisor of the Rhythm Foundation. We've been

1721
02:03:23,778 --> 02:03:28,578
producing events in Florida since 1988. And thank you,

1722
02:03:29,184 --> 02:03:34,189
James. And again, thank you to our esteemed dais here. Two

1723
02:03:34,189 --> 02:03:39,661
other things I'd like to add to to James statements. The jazz

1724
02:03:39,661 --> 02:03:45,467
festival is actually a two day affair. It begins with the tree

1725
02:03:45,467 --> 02:03:49,738
lighting ceremony on the Friday, on the Friday night. So let's

1726
02:03:49,738 --> 02:03:53,542
say call it a day and a half. So we also have programing that

1727
02:03:53,542 --> 02:03:58,413
is associated with the the tree lighting and the holiday market.

1728
02:03:58,413 --> 02:04:03,752
And then Saturday is the is the 2 to 6 kind of full day

1729
02:04:03,752 --> 02:04:10,225
experience. And by way of a proof of concept to gauge the

1730
02:04:10,225 --> 02:04:15,630
local actual demand for a jazz programing, we had a show on

1731
02:04:15,630 --> 02:04:20,769
Saturday night at the Arts Park featuring kind of straight

1732
02:04:20,769 --> 02:04:26,775
ahead real jazz talent. The vice mayor. We were happy to

1733
02:04:26,775 --> 02:04:30,446
privilege to have her attendance to be able to. Oh,

1734
02:04:30,446 --> 02:04:34,783
sorry, Commissioner. Oh. Excuse me. Pardon, sorry. With the.

1735
02:04:34,783 --> 02:04:37,986
The Commissioner was able to address the crowd. We had

1736
02:04:37,986 --> 02:04:41,658
something like between 900 and 1000 people there throughout

1737
02:04:41,658 --> 02:04:44,793
the course of the night. The entire lawn was filled with

1738
02:04:44,793 --> 02:04:49,864
lovely. It was a it was a very family friendly and a bit of an

1739
02:04:49,864 --> 02:04:53,335
older, more mature crowd. So it was a lot of, you know, picnics

1740
02:04:53,335 --> 02:04:57,806
and bottles of wine and little pieces of cheese. So it was a

1741
02:04:57,806 --> 02:05:02,411
really lovely experience. I do want to give a chance for our

1742
02:05:02,411 --> 02:05:05,547
other speakers to come up. And then, and then I've got some

1743
02:05:05,547 --> 02:05:07,817
other little notes to. All right, let's go ahead and take

1744
02:05:07,817 --> 02:05:13,488
public comment. Claire, come on up. Claire Garrett. Thank you,

1745
02:05:13,488 --> 02:05:16,692
mayor and commissioners. I'm here to speak in support of

1746
02:05:16,692 --> 02:05:20,950
approval of the Jazz Festival agreement with the Rhythm

1747
02:05:20,950 --> 02:05:23,698
Foundation. It was just a little over a year ago, on

1748
02:05:23,698 --> 02:05:29,171
March 6th, 2025, that the PRCA Advisory board sent you a

1749
02:05:29,171 --> 02:05:32,974
letter recommending that the city bring back the beloved

1750
02:05:32,974 --> 02:05:37,774
Hollywood Jazz Festival, using new county grant funding

1751
02:05:38,113 --> 02:05:41,249
available for cultural festivals. I'm also here to

1752
02:05:41,249 --> 02:05:44,853
thank the mayor and thank the commissioners for giving

1753
02:05:44,853 --> 02:05:49,530
serious consideration to the advisory board's recommendation,

1754
02:05:49,257 --> 02:05:53,195
and then for actually supporting it. This

1755
02:05:53,195 --> 02:05:55,664
recommendation to bring back the Hollywood Jazz Festival met

1756
02:05:55,664 --> 02:05:59,734
with strong support when it appeared for discussion two

1757
02:05:59,734 --> 02:06:04,739
short weeks later, on March 19th, 2025, on the City

1758
02:06:04,739 --> 02:06:07,809
Commission agenda, which resulted in the city manager

1759
02:06:07,809 --> 02:06:11,145
being given the direction to explore options and then to

1760
02:06:11,145 --> 02:06:16,151
bring it back in a month to you for further discussion. Parks

1761
02:06:16,151 --> 02:06:21,222
Director Rickey Engle and his city staff, they worked

1762
02:06:21,222 --> 02:06:24,159
expeditiously to do that research in record time, gather

1763
02:06:24,159 --> 02:06:29,564
the necessary information, and here we are, just one short

1764
02:06:29,564 --> 02:06:33,502
year later, looking forward to the return of the Hollywood

1765
02:06:33,502 --> 02:06:38,173
Jazz Festival. It is with great enthusiasm that I encourage

1766
02:06:38,173 --> 02:06:41,509
approval today of the agreement with Rhythm Foundation, which

1767
02:06:41,509 --> 02:06:46,114
is recognized as the foremost presenter of world music and

1768
02:06:46,114 --> 02:06:51,530
cultural events in South Florida, with a long history of

1769
02:06:51,530 --> 02:06:55,253
producing successful jazz concerts and festivals. Based

1770
02:06:56,124 --> 02:07:01,196
on their extensive track record, I am confident that the Rhythm

1771
02:07:01,196 --> 02:07:04,399
Foundation will produce a successful event that will not

1772
02:07:04,399 --> 02:07:08,470
only be enjoyed by our local residents, but that will put

1773
02:07:08,470 --> 02:07:12,741
Hollywood on the national map for jazz enthusiasts to come to

1774
02:07:12,741 --> 02:07:15,944
visit Hollywood specifically for the jazz festival. This

1775
02:07:15,944 --> 02:07:20,681
type of marketing and economic benefit to the city is

1776
02:07:20,681 --> 02:07:25,420
priceless. In closing, I just want to also say how gratifying

1777
02:07:25,420 --> 02:07:31,492
it is to me as an advisory board member, to see that my

1778
02:07:31,492 --> 02:07:35,430
service on an advisory board can result in something so

1779
02:07:35,430 --> 02:07:39,301
positive for the city of Hollywood, such as the return

1780
02:07:39,301 --> 02:07:42,371
of a festival like this. So thank you for the opportunity

1781
02:07:42,371 --> 02:07:48,371
to serve on the PRCA Advisory Board. Terry Cantrell, thank

1782
02:07:50,578 --> 02:07:54,916
you very much. Mayor Terry Cantrell I avid, avid jazz fan.

1783
02:07:54,916 --> 02:07:58,253
I'm here to tell you, I have proud to say that I attended

1784
02:07:58,253 --> 02:08:02,324
every single Hollywood jazz festival in the 80s and the 90s,

1785
02:08:02,324 --> 02:08:07,128
and even when they moved off site to a different location,

1786
02:08:07,128 --> 02:08:11,132
it was a partnership with the city, Parks and Rec. And Doctor

1787
02:08:11,132 --> 02:08:16,137
Ron Weber formed a group called the South Florida Jazz Group,

1788
02:08:16,137 --> 02:08:20,475
and he moved over to different areas when he left Hollywood.

1789
02:08:20,475 --> 02:08:23,345
But I just returned from New York City over the weekend,

1790
02:08:23,345 --> 02:08:26,881
went to two jazz shows, one at Disney's Jazz Club in Columbus

1791
02:08:26,881 --> 02:08:31,619
Circle, and then Birdland, famous Birdland in Broadway

1792
02:08:31,619 --> 02:08:35,957
area. And they were jam packed both nights with acts. So I

1793
02:08:35,957 --> 02:08:38,760
encourage that. I'd also like to compliment Ricky Engle and

1794
02:08:38,760 --> 02:08:42,960
his staff for including a couple of US residents in the

1795
02:08:42,960 --> 02:08:45,767
early stages of the planning. I was happy to sit in and talk

1796
02:08:45,767 --> 02:08:48,903
about the experiences that we had back in the 80s and 90s. I

1797
02:08:48,903 --> 02:08:51,907
still have some brochures that I. I shared with them some of

1798
02:08:51,907 --> 02:08:55,843
the programs from back then too. So this is an absolute home run

1799
02:08:55,843 --> 02:08:59,514
for us, and it's nothing but positive that will come out of

1800
02:08:59,514 --> 02:09:02,917
this show. I can't wait, thank you. Thank you Adam. You're

1801
02:09:02,917 --> 02:09:10,124
welcome to close out. Thank you very much. And so, you know, we

1802
02:09:10,124 --> 02:09:13,729
have a really exciting opportunity here to to help

1803
02:09:13,729 --> 02:09:18,884
pick up the torch and, and, and revive a longtime festival. We

1804
02:09:18,884 --> 02:09:23,155
have the pieces in place to already to position this as, as,

1805
02:09:23,155 --> 02:09:26,250
as a, as a nationally recognized festival as it for

1806
02:09:26,250 --> 02:09:30,229
it to become a destination for folks, you know, this part of

1807
02:09:30,229 --> 02:09:36,229
this program is about, you know, supporting the local businesses

1808
02:09:36,368 --> 02:09:40,380
and the broader brand of Hollywood as a center of arts

1809
02:09:40,380 --> 02:09:43,575
and culture and a place with a really high level of quality of

1810
02:09:43,575 --> 02:09:47,646
quality of life. I also look forward to sitting down with

1811
02:09:47,646 --> 02:09:51,850
each of you independently over the course of the next few

1812
02:09:51,850 --> 02:09:55,788
weeks to lay out the broader vision for the the management

1813
02:09:55,788 --> 02:09:59,390
of the of the Arts Park and what that that, that future

1814
02:09:59,390 --> 02:10:03,862
looks like by way of a preview. It will. It's we are working on

1815
02:10:03,862 --> 02:10:09,862
a mix of various types of, of programs ranging from

1816
02:10:10,936 --> 02:10:14,873
performances of showcases of locally based talent to larger

1817
02:10:14,873 --> 02:10:19,677
cultural festivals. Like, for instance, in late August, early

1818
02:10:19,677 --> 02:10:25,284
September, we want to do a optimal autumnal Asian festival

1819
02:10:25,284 --> 02:10:30,684
called the Mooncake Festival, which we're very excited about,

1820
02:10:31,230 --> 02:10:35,894
as well as things like Record Fair, so on and so forth, mixed

1821
02:10:35,894 --> 02:10:42,330
in with larger, larger kind of big ticket marquee names. That

1822
02:10:42,330 --> 02:10:44,770
would be those would be ticketed concerts. While many,

1823
02:10:44,770 --> 02:10:48,240
many of the of the other programs will remain free and

1824
02:10:48,240 --> 02:10:52,510
open to the community as a way to attract more, more traffic

1825
02:10:52,510 --> 02:10:56,480
to, to downtown and encourage downtown as a place where

1826
02:10:56,480 --> 02:11:01,987
people can really can live, work and play. So I'll be

1827
02:11:01,987 --> 02:11:05,590
reaching out to you all over the coming days to set up these

1828
02:11:05,590 --> 02:11:09,600
times and look forward to that opportunity to sit down with

1829
02:11:09,600 --> 02:11:11,863
you all. Thank you. Adam, do you expect the same older

1830
02:11:11,863 --> 02:11:14,599
demographic that you saw this weekend at the Jazz festival? I

1831
02:11:14,599 --> 02:11:19,400
anticipate that it will be very similar per. But since it's a

1832
02:11:19,400 --> 02:11:22,540
daytime, we're hoping to create programs that will encourage

1833
02:11:22,540 --> 02:11:26,944
more families to to come as well. Yeah. All right. Well, if

1834
02:11:26,944 --> 02:11:29,882
we know there's going to be an older demographic, maybe as we

1835
02:11:29,882 --> 02:11:33,352
contemplate, you know, kind of corresponding opportunities,

1836
02:11:33,352 --> 02:11:35,887
advertisements of downtown, we take into consideration what

1837
02:11:35,887 --> 02:11:40,625
the demographic is and tailor the, you know, the ancillary

1838
02:11:40,625 --> 02:11:44,960
kind of opportunities to sharing with that demographic

1839
02:11:44,960 --> 02:11:47,310
the opportunities that exist downtown and what they might

1840
02:11:47,310 --> 02:11:49,835
enjoy. If it's wine, then we've got the vintage on Harrison as

1841
02:11:49,835 --> 02:11:52,571
an example and different things like that. So different things.

1842
02:11:52,571 --> 02:11:57,108
So let's go to Commissioner Quintana. Thank you. Mayor. I

1843
02:11:57,108 --> 02:11:59,312
just wanted to share my experience when I was there on

1844
02:11:59,312 --> 02:12:03,915
Saturday. First of all, I haven't seen my husband that

1845
02:12:03,915 --> 02:12:07,919
excited about seeing live music since we moved to Florida 25

1846
02:12:07,919 --> 02:12:11,656
years ago. He's he's a musician himself, and he was so very

1847
02:12:11,656 --> 02:12:14,526
impressed with the quality of the performance. I mean, every

1848
02:12:14,526 --> 02:12:16,795
time we've been down there since Rhythm Foundation has

1849
02:12:16,795 --> 02:12:21,265
been bringing acts, we've been very impressed. All really

1850
02:12:21,265 --> 02:12:26,400
great programs. And maybe because I'm an older

1851
02:12:26,400 --> 02:12:28,940
demographic, but I didn't think it was really like that old.

1852
02:12:28,940 --> 02:12:31,743
And one of the things my husband commented on was how

1853
02:12:31,743 --> 02:12:34,479
wonderful it was that people brought children, because

1854
02:12:34,479 --> 02:12:37,415
otherwise children might never be exposed to that kind of

1855
02:12:37,415 --> 02:12:41,687
music. And to just see live music that's actually being

1856
02:12:41,687 --> 02:12:45,891
played by people who have mastered their instrument is a

1857
02:12:45,891 --> 02:12:50,361
special thing these days. And then to have I saw people of

1858
02:12:50,361 --> 02:12:54,432
all ages there, but it was just such a great vibe. And then the,

1859
02:12:54,432 --> 02:12:59,504
the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Group, I mean, those kids,

1860
02:12:59,504 --> 02:13:04,243
sophomores and juniors totally blew everybody out. I mean, we

1861
02:13:04,243 --> 02:13:08,447
were all so impressed. Amazing performances by local young

1862
02:13:08,447 --> 02:13:13,985
people. I just, I and it was such a great feeling among the

1863
02:13:13,985 --> 02:13:18,189
crowd. People were very friendly. And it's just like,

1864
02:13:18,189 --> 02:13:22,126
I'm very excited about the jazz festival coming. I'm sorry you

1865
02:13:22,126 --> 02:13:26,398
called it the the Jazz Picnic, was it? That's correct. Yes,

1866
02:13:26,398 --> 02:13:30,469
yes. So looking forward to all the creative ideas that you

1867
02:13:30,469 --> 02:13:34,600
guys have to really make sure that we involve the surrounding

1868
02:13:34,600 --> 02:13:36,608
business community in this event. So just wanted to share

1869
02:13:36,608 --> 02:13:40,879
that. And thank you so much for joining us on Friday. Dillard

1870
02:13:40,879 --> 02:13:46,840
is also slated to perform at the tree lighting ceremony as

1871
02:13:46,840 --> 02:13:49,220
well. So that should be really fun. All right. Great segue to

1872
02:13:49,220 --> 02:13:53,425
Vice Mayor Collier. She's all about the tree lighting. Yeah.

1873
02:13:53,425 --> 02:13:57,762
Just out of curiosity, you said that that you would the time

1874
02:13:57,762 --> 02:14:01,233
frame would be closing early. Like what exactly time frame is

1875
02:14:01,233 --> 02:14:06,704
that for? For Saturday. It's so it'll run. The show is slated

1876
02:14:06,704 --> 02:14:12,177
to run from 2 to 8 p.m. So we talk about performances and how

1877
02:14:12,177 --> 02:14:15,780
it benefits the downtown as well. Brings the foot traffic

1878
02:14:15,780 --> 02:14:21,786
in. So just out of thought and you said you have Dillard's

1879
02:14:21,786 --> 02:14:25,560
bands, and I know that probably the performers that are at the

1880
02:14:25,560 --> 02:14:30,929
jazz festival are in high demand and costs, but perhaps

1881
02:14:30,929 --> 02:14:34,198
coordinating with the Downtown Business Association, you could

1882
02:14:34,198 --> 02:14:38,337
do jazz in the street that follows after the concert, and

1883
02:14:38,337 --> 02:14:41,339
there could be performers in the street. And that way it

1884
02:14:41,339 --> 02:14:46,545
encourages that foot traffic to bleed into the downtown, you

1885
02:14:46,545 --> 02:14:49,548
know, after dinner drinks and listen to some jazz so that,

1886
02:14:49,548 --> 02:14:53,618
you know, many want to continue the excitement. So jazz in the

1887
02:14:53,618 --> 02:14:55,687
street, I think, would be something really exciting for

1888
02:14:55,687 --> 02:14:57,689
the Downtown Business Association. So I don't know

1889
02:14:57,689 --> 02:15:01,559
how we would coordinate that with the Rhythm Foundation,

1890
02:15:01,559 --> 02:15:04,762
just to kind of like give them names or work together with

1891
02:15:04,762 --> 02:15:08,900
them to promote that so that it just is a, you know, a win win

1892
02:15:08,900 --> 02:15:11,903
for everyone. I think it would be great. That's a, that's a

1893
02:15:11,903 --> 02:15:15,174
fantastic idea. And I would love to be connected with them.

1894
02:15:15,174 --> 02:15:18,377
And we have an associate producer that we've brought on

1895
02:15:18,377 --> 02:15:21,446
to really help us with this. And they're the one that's out

1896
02:15:21,446 --> 02:15:25,983
there pounding the pavement with those downtown Hollywood.

1897
02:15:25,983 --> 02:15:29,855
Perfect. Fantastic. That's a great idea. All right, let's go

1898
02:15:29,855 --> 02:15:32,858
to Commissioner Gruber. And at some point, let's make a motion

1899
02:15:32,858 --> 02:15:36,261
to approve. Thank you. And I reached out to James yesterday.

1900
02:15:36,261 --> 02:15:40,264
I appreciate you talking to me. And I also I reached out to

1901
02:15:40,264 --> 02:15:43,209
Mark Rowe yesterday as well, because I knew that we had done

1902
02:15:43,209 --> 02:15:49,150
the Jazz on Saturday night. And, you know, I'm all about

1903
02:15:49,150 --> 02:15:51,951
activating the park. But one of the things I want to do,

1904
02:15:51,951 --> 02:15:54,870
especially when we're using taxpayer dollars for our own

1905
02:15:54,870 --> 02:15:56,356
shows, is make sure that there's an economic impact on

1906
02:15:56,356 --> 02:16:00,270
the businesses downtown. And Mark did tell me there really

1907
02:16:00,270 --> 02:16:02,497
wasn't much impact. It was a slow night. And James, you and

1908
02:16:02,497 --> 02:16:06,232
I had a good conversation about it, and you told me what would

1909
02:16:06,232 --> 02:16:09,302
be different with this jazz festival, the way you're going

1910
02:16:09,302 --> 02:16:12,507
about it, engaging the business on a national scale, and that

1911
02:16:12,507 --> 02:16:16,576
the music is a little bit more mainstream, that type of thing.

1912
02:16:16,576 --> 02:16:19,512
So and everything you said, I appreciated it and, you know,

1913
02:16:19,512 --> 02:16:25,651
and I support it. So I appreciate that. Just to to go

1914
02:16:25,651 --> 02:16:29,722
over Friday night and Saturday night. So Friday night. So for

1915
02:16:29,722 --> 02:16:34,522
our $250,000, does that include everything Friday night, our

1916
02:16:34,594 --> 02:16:39,999
tree lighting, our music, is that maybe a tricky question?

1917
02:16:39,999 --> 02:16:44,137
Like so I mean, that's not the entire tree lighting event, but

1918
02:16:44,137 --> 02:16:49,675
it is the music portion that will that will begin at, I

1919
02:16:49,675 --> 02:16:55,750
think, 8 p.m. Right, Ricky? Mayor, mayor, vice mayor,

1920
02:16:56,616 --> 02:16:58,819
commissioners, city manager, city attorney. Rick Engle,

1921
02:16:58,819 --> 02:17:02,880
parks and recreation, cultural arts director. Yes. Friday

1922
02:17:02,880 --> 02:17:06,225
night, the music for the tree lighting will start around 8:00.

1923
02:17:06,225 --> 02:17:09,296
You know, we have Santa in the park and lighting of the tree.

1924
02:17:09,296 --> 02:17:14,435
Prior, the jazz musicians will be playing some Christmas music,

1925
02:17:14,435 --> 02:17:18,705
you know, holiday music to tie into the tree lighting event.

1926
02:17:18,705 --> 02:17:23,709
But the only portion coming out of this funding is the the band

1927
02:17:23,709 --> 02:17:26,513
portion, the rest of it, the other funding from the city

1928
02:17:26,513 --> 02:17:29,449
will handle the rest of the tree lighting event. We're

1929
02:17:29,449 --> 02:17:32,452
doing the same thing as last year, the snow and similar

1930
02:17:32,452 --> 02:17:34,788
stuff. Yeah, a lot of the similar things with the snow

1931
02:17:34,788 --> 02:17:37,991
and you know, the balance actually the, the, the sledding.

1932
02:17:37,991 --> 02:17:41,994
Yes, yes, yes, the snow is very, very popular. So yeah. And I

1933
02:17:41,994 --> 02:17:46,533
think I choked on a lot of that snow. Right. Yeah, I do like it.

1934
02:17:46,533 --> 02:17:49,135
I like the effect. Artificial snow is definitely got into

1935
02:17:49,135 --> 02:17:51,939
people's throats and kind of made them cough. So you might

1936
02:17:51,939 --> 02:17:55,675
want to reconsider what you do. There is that soapy snow, soapy

1937
02:17:55,675 --> 02:17:59,680
snow that was up on the plaza. Yeah. We were talking more

1938
02:17:59,680 --> 02:18:01,948
about the sleigh riding. Sleigh riding. Yeah, let's keep that.

1939
02:18:01,948 --> 02:18:05,752
If that's a problem, we can eliminate the the snow, the

1940
02:18:05,752 --> 02:18:09,422
soap snow. So I just, I just with as someone who does shows,

1941
02:18:09,422 --> 02:18:12,920
not as much as I'd like to these days because I'm busy

1942
02:18:12,920 --> 02:18:16,896
with this, the the, the $250,000 budget. I mean, I

1943
02:18:16,896 --> 02:18:20,500
expect some major talent on Saturday like that that would

1944
02:18:20,500 --> 02:18:23,769
that would normally fill up 5000 seats when you're selling

1945
02:18:23,769 --> 02:18:26,380
tickets, like, like that's the type of money you spend for

1946
02:18:26,380 --> 02:18:29,775
something. So I'm leaving it to you guys. You know, I trust you

1947
02:18:29,775 --> 02:18:33,847
guys and all that you've done and will do. So looking forward

1948
02:18:33,847 --> 02:18:37,116
to it. And that's a motion to approve. Okay, just we have a

1949
02:18:37,116 --> 02:18:40,120
motion to approve. But just a quick note, I know we

1950
02:18:40,120 --> 02:18:43,522
designated a cap of $250,000, but it doesn't mean that we

1951
02:18:43,522 --> 02:18:47,526
need to spend it all if because those dollars can go towards

1952
02:18:47,526 --> 02:18:50,797
future concerts as well. So Ricky seems like he wanted to

1953
02:18:50,797 --> 02:18:55,468
mention, just want to clarify on the budget, 200 000 was

1954
02:18:55,468 --> 02:18:59,272
approved By the commission from the city. We're anticipating

1955
02:18:59,272 --> 02:19:04,100
receiving the other 50,000 from a grant. We also applied for as

1956
02:19:04,100 --> 02:19:06,746
well. Two other grants, one that we did not receive and

1957
02:19:06,746 --> 02:19:10,883
another one that's pending. But we anticipate having at least

1958
02:19:10,883 --> 02:19:15,488
50,000 from grants, which makes up the 250,000. All right. Well,

1959
02:19:15,488 --> 02:19:18,492
the resolution is in an amount up to. And so we'll leave that

1960
02:19:18,492 --> 02:19:21,961
leave you, Ricky, to the being a good steward of grants and to

1961
02:19:21,961 --> 02:19:25,231
the foundation for being good stewards of the continuing

1962
02:19:25,231 --> 02:19:28,101
relationship with the Arts Park to, you know, be as efficient

1963
02:19:28,101 --> 02:19:31,237
as we can with every dollar as if it's your own because it's

1964
02:19:31,237 --> 02:19:33,907
all of ours. Collective dollars to use throughout the year.

1965
02:19:33,907 --> 02:19:37,110
Commissioner Hernandez, thank you, mayor. As I tell my

1966
02:19:37,110 --> 02:19:41,470
friends, we're not always going to agree. I cannot in

1967
02:19:41,470 --> 02:19:43,250
wholeheartedly vote for this the amount of money that we're

1968
02:19:43,250 --> 02:19:47,388
spending. And quite frankly, you can't dismiss. I appreciate

1969
02:19:47,388 --> 02:19:50,122
that when you actually said that you have people coming to

1970
02:19:50,122 --> 02:19:53,726
the park and have their cheese and have their wine. Well, we

1971
02:19:53,726 --> 02:19:56,329
have ordinances that people are not supposed to be bringing

1972
02:19:56,329 --> 02:19:59,265
alcohol into park. Whenever we have other events, we actually

1973
02:19:59,265 --> 02:20:01,934
check their bags to make sure that they don't bring any

1974
02:20:01,934 --> 02:20:05,205
coolers or anything like that. Yes, we're tolerating this here.

1975
02:20:05,205 --> 02:20:07,874
We're competing now. You want to do picnics. We're competing

1976
02:20:07,874 --> 02:20:10,476
with the brick and mortar restaurants that we have in the

1977
02:20:10,476 --> 02:20:16,883
downtown. Why are we doing this? Why are we doing this? Ladies

1978
02:20:16,883 --> 02:20:20,353
and gentlemen, with all due respect, we spend millions of

1979
02:20:20,353 --> 02:20:24,357
dollars to bring people to the downtown, yet we pay other

1980
02:20:24,357 --> 02:20:28,361
entities to rob those brick and mortar businesses that we

1981
02:20:28,361 --> 02:20:31,964
expect survival to come and do these things. And we do it time

1982
02:20:31,964 --> 02:20:35,368
and time again. I respectfully disagree. I'm listening to the

1983
02:20:35,368 --> 02:20:38,370
business people that are actually in the downtown and

1984
02:20:38,370 --> 02:20:42,241
see that this happen. By their own admission, they brought in

1985
02:20:42,241 --> 02:20:45,511
900 to 1000 people to to a venue. That's okay. We have

1986
02:20:45,511 --> 02:20:48,447
other venues that brings thousands of people. They

1987
02:20:48,447 --> 02:20:52,119
grovel to get $25,000 from Parks and RECs to be able to do

1988
02:20:52,119 --> 02:20:55,321
those events. They get sponsors from other people to do those

1989
02:20:55,321 --> 02:20:58,259
events. I'm not going to be later this. I'm just not going

1990
02:20:58,259 --> 02:21:01,260
to vote for it because of the businesses that I represent in

1991
02:21:01,260 --> 02:21:03,929
the downtown area do not support the event, because this

1992
02:21:03,929 --> 02:21:07,133
is counterproductive for what we've been trying to do for

1993
02:21:07,133 --> 02:21:10,670
years, and we spend millions of dollars doing it. I get it that

1994
02:21:10,670 --> 02:21:13,273
it may be very nice and everything, and it's enjoyable

1995
02:21:13,273 --> 02:21:17,210
by some. I don't take that away from them, but we're hurting

1996
02:21:17,210 --> 02:21:20,547
our downtown businesses, so there's no way that I can

1997
02:21:20,547 --> 02:21:24,750
support this. I just want to I completely respect your, you

1998
02:21:24,750 --> 02:21:28,555
know, statement. I just want to make sure that it's clear that

1999
02:21:28,555 --> 02:21:33,920
I believe that the idea behind this picnic concept is to

2000
02:21:33,920 --> 02:21:38,431
engage the downtown businesses, to provide this and to have

2001
02:21:38,431 --> 02:21:41,968
them be the ones that are charging for it and reaping the

2002
02:21:41,968 --> 02:21:45,172
benefit of providing it. I heard I heard what they said

2003
02:21:45,172 --> 02:21:48,174
and they said local businesses, they didn't say downtown

2004
02:21:48,174 --> 02:21:51,177
businesses. And I have I just get we just got an email from

2005
02:21:51,177 --> 02:21:53,646
one of the downtown businesses. They have not been addressed

2006
02:21:53,646 --> 02:21:57,116
when it comes to these things. I get what the concept may be,

2007
02:21:57,116 --> 02:21:59,719
but it's already happening where people are bringing wine

2008
02:21:59,719 --> 02:22:02,589
and cheese and what have you. And then we have people from

2009
02:22:02,589 --> 02:22:05,391
the Downtown Business Association and from the

2010
02:22:05,391 --> 02:22:09,328
downtown businesses themselves, saying that these events don't

2011
02:22:09,328 --> 02:22:14,210
bring anyone to the area. And I can see the local residents

2012
02:22:14,210 --> 02:22:16,623
coming by with their picnic baskets and their bottles of

2013
02:22:16,623 --> 02:22:20,227
wine and their cheese actually coming to lay on the lawn and

2014
02:22:20,227 --> 02:22:23,430
listen to a great jazz festival. There's nothing wrong with that.

2015
02:22:23,430 --> 02:22:26,366
If that's what we're doing, that's peachy King and Hunky

2016
02:22:26,366 --> 02:22:31,772
dory. But should we be spending 250,000 or $200,000 in order to

2017
02:22:31,772 --> 02:22:37,510
get this done? When we have other events, the only require

2018
02:22:37,510 --> 02:22:40,447
$25,000 from us, and they got a gravel from everything else and

2019
02:22:40,447 --> 02:22:43,516
pay for lease and police and what have you. And they cannot

2020
02:22:43,516 --> 02:22:46,185
bring alcohol into the park, and they bring thousands of

2021
02:22:46,185 --> 02:22:49,856
people into the neighborhood. This is what we're comparing.

2022
02:22:49,856 --> 02:22:53,193
What you were alluding to, Commissioner Gruber, is what

2023
02:22:53,193 --> 02:22:58,665
are we getting for our dollar? I don't begrudge the event. God

2024
02:22:58,665 --> 02:23:02,100
bless you. But I think that we can spend our money wiser when

2025
02:23:02,100 --> 02:23:05,400
it comes to bringing people to the downtown, if that's what we

2026
02:23:05,400 --> 02:23:08,474
want, if what we want to have, we have a special jazz festival,

2027
02:23:08,474 --> 02:23:13,120
which is a great event for some, and so be it. But I'm looking

2028
02:23:13,120 --> 02:23:16,150
for my I'm looking after my business residents. Thank you

2029
02:23:16,150 --> 02:23:19,615
Commissioner. Thank you. Commissioner. Then. Biederman.

2030
02:23:20,153 --> 02:23:24,357
Yes, I support this. I think that it's not cheap, but it's

2031
02:23:24,357 --> 02:23:28,962
the beginning of something very large. And we already are

2032
02:23:28,962 --> 02:23:32,231
moving towards national recognition, which we don't

2033
02:23:32,231 --> 02:23:37,237
have on our typical concerts. The one thing I would ask,

2034
02:23:37,237 --> 02:23:41,174
really, of Rick, is to get with Jennifer Holman. When we first

2035
02:23:41,174 --> 02:23:44,778
talked about this with Clare and Terry, we talked about also

2036
02:23:44,778 --> 02:23:50,249
activating other venues in the city, not that the The Rhythm

2037
02:23:50,249 --> 02:23:53,453
Foundation has to oversee it, but certainly at Cinema

2038
02:23:53,453 --> 02:23:56,256
Paradiso, we could have documentaries of jazz musicians

2039
02:23:56,256 --> 02:24:00,593
at the Performing Arts Center. We could have some more local

2040
02:24:00,593 --> 02:24:03,863
jazz events happening simultaneously or through the

2041
02:24:03,863 --> 02:24:07,670
rest of the weekend. So I just want to make sure that we are

2042
02:24:07,670 --> 02:24:11,472
taking advantage of this opportunity to also engage the

2043
02:24:11,472 --> 02:24:15,408
Art and culture center. So thank you. And I did second the

2044
02:24:15,408 --> 02:24:20,808
motion. All right. Commissioner Biederman. So pick and choose.

2045
02:24:21,548 --> 02:24:27,548
And, you know, like different things. I also had concerns

2046
02:24:28,422 --> 02:24:31,625
about the activation of downtown. I mean, I love the

2047
02:24:31,625 --> 02:24:33,828
idea, if you're going to include those businesses to

2048
02:24:33,828 --> 02:24:37,300
provide picnic lunches, that's great. If you're going to bring

2049
02:24:37,300 --> 02:24:39,966
it in from somewhere else where people are going to bring their

2050
02:24:39,966 --> 02:24:43,570
own picnic basket and, and not support those businesses,

2051
02:24:43,570 --> 02:24:49,642
that's not great. I do have a question, though. When is

2052
02:24:49,642 --> 02:24:55,420
Artwalk? That weekend. Is that that Saturday night? Somebody.

2053
02:24:55,381 --> 02:25:00,187
Ricky. Normally Art walk is the third Saturday of each month.

2054
02:25:00,187 --> 02:25:04,725
So it's going to be that same night. And it was with our own

2055
02:25:04,725 --> 02:25:12,525
events also now. So I mean, I, I have some concerns about that.

2056
02:25:13,733 --> 02:25:17,300
Somebody said it's 2 to 6 p.m. somebody said it's 2 to 8 p.m.

2057
02:25:17,300 --> 02:25:24,210
I'd like to know what it is. So Friday night, the concert would

2058
02:25:24,210 --> 02:25:29,350
start around 8:00, and on Saturday it'll run from 2 p.m.

2059
02:25:29,350 --> 02:25:35,688
to 8 p.m. Okay. Just wanted to clarify that Arts, Arts, the

2060
02:25:35,688 --> 02:25:38,492
art walk would be sort of like an after party kind of

2061
02:25:38,492 --> 02:25:41,160
opportunity to kind of help tell people leaving the Jazz

2062
02:25:41,160 --> 02:25:45,980
Fest. Art walk continues till 10 p.m. Scroll your way over to

2063
02:25:45,980 --> 02:25:49,102
downtown. Well, the one thing to bring up with the art art

2064
02:25:49,102 --> 02:25:52,638
walk is the Art walk. Current contract expires at the end of

2065
02:25:52,638 --> 02:25:55,575
September. We're in the process of preparing an RFP. All right.

2066
02:25:55,575 --> 02:25:59,460
So we don't know we're going back out. So depending on how

2067
02:25:59,460 --> 02:26:02,717
that RFP and how that change, we you know, we may change the

2068
02:26:02,717 --> 02:26:07,120
date. We have to see what we get when we come back out. But

2069
02:26:07,120 --> 02:26:10,323
the jazz walk at this point, the idea of the that was

2070
02:26:10,323 --> 02:26:13,660
brought up about, you know, jazz after downtown, you know,

2071
02:26:13,660 --> 02:26:18,532
I think we can make that happen. That idea, that jazz, strolling,

2072
02:26:18,532 --> 02:26:22,268
jazz musicians, even if it's the kids from Dillard, you know,

2073
02:26:22,268 --> 02:26:26,140
I think that would be great. And then that would bring those

2074
02:26:26,140 --> 02:26:29,409
same jazz lovers into downtown to go to the restaurants and

2075
02:26:29,409 --> 02:26:35,820
spend money, because that's what this is all about. And

2076
02:26:35,820 --> 02:26:38,419
maybe even have like the jazz musicians a week or two ahead

2077
02:26:38,419 --> 02:26:41,621
of time on a Saturday night or Friday night, strolling in

2078
02:26:41,621 --> 02:26:45,491
downtown to bring some life and some exposure to what's going

2079
02:26:45,491 --> 02:26:52,365
to happen. You had mentioned that you are going to set up

2080
02:26:52,365 --> 02:26:56,236
meetings with us. Yes, sir. I think the time to set up those

2081
02:26:56,236 --> 02:27:00,307
meetings were prior to tonight, so that this wouldn't have been

2082
02:27:00,307 --> 02:27:02,909
such a heavy discussion, because I can't support this. I

2083
02:27:02,909 --> 02:27:08,181
mean, leading up to today, I couldn't support it hearing how

2084
02:27:08,181 --> 02:27:12,586
we're going to include those businesses in downtown kind of

2085
02:27:12,586 --> 02:27:17,324
makes it more palatable. $250,000 is a lot of money, 200

2086
02:27:17,324 --> 02:27:20,927
000 in my notes, I had, you know, what's the county

2087
02:27:20,927 --> 02:27:24,640
contributing? We we talked about cultural arts division

2088
02:27:24,640 --> 02:27:26,933
and the county should be giving some money. We talked about the

2089
02:27:26,933 --> 02:27:30,270
TDC should be giving some money. I think those are all important

2090
02:27:30,270 --> 02:27:35,670
factors before we approve $250,000. So if I may, the

2091
02:27:38,780 --> 02:27:42,878
$50,000 grant, the county offers a 50 up to $50,000 grant.

2092
02:27:43,549 --> 02:27:47,860
We feel we have a good shot at that, but we. Application goes

2093
02:27:47,860 --> 02:27:51,624
in June. So that's where. Yeah, we won't know until after. So

2094
02:27:51,624 --> 02:27:55,280
what happens if we don't get 50,000. Do we cut their budget

2095
02:27:55,280 --> 02:27:58,970
50,000. If we don't get the 50,000 in the grants, then our

2096
02:27:58,970 --> 02:28:01,435
budget is 200 000. That's what the city could still make it

2097
02:28:01,435 --> 02:28:08,635
work for that. This is this project is new and we are

2098
02:28:09,420 --> 02:28:14,513
working at reverse engineering. Okay. So we we haven't made

2099
02:28:14,513 --> 02:28:18,117
commitments until we have commitments in terms of signing

2100
02:28:18,117 --> 02:28:22,560
commitments. Right. So so the budget is something that we

2101
02:28:22,560 --> 02:28:28,260
have to control based on what we work with. So what happens

2102
02:28:28,260 --> 02:28:32,332
if we only have 200? Or what happens if we cut it to 150? We

2103
02:28:32,332 --> 02:28:36,470
won't be spending money we don't have. But what happens to

2104
02:28:36,470 --> 02:28:39,681
the draw? I mean, you already have. I'm sure you have a list

2105
02:28:39,681 --> 02:28:43,617
of musicians that you're trying to lock in dates, what their

2106
02:28:43,617 --> 02:28:48,755
costs are for what's. So let's say it's only 150. What has to

2107
02:28:48,755 --> 02:28:54,629
be cut from. If we cut that 5000, is that extra advertising?

2108
02:28:54,629 --> 02:28:59,990
Is that extra talent? I mean, where is this 250 000 being

2109
02:28:59,990 --> 02:29:04,438
spent? So that that's so in the, let's say the instance that it

2110
02:29:04,438 --> 02:29:09,576
does get cut down to $150,000 for whatever reason, what that

2111
02:29:09,576 --> 02:29:13,180
means in practical terms would mean less artists, because

2112
02:29:13,180 --> 02:29:16,449
that's driving the bulk of the drives, the bulk of the of the

2113
02:29:16,449 --> 02:29:21,788
budget, and then less ancillary activations at the event and

2114
02:29:21,788 --> 02:29:24,725
then less marketing. That's, that's basically where the

2115
02:29:24,725 --> 02:29:29,263
money would come out. And how much of this 250 is the

2116
02:29:29,263 --> 02:29:33,670
overhead or profit margin of the Rhythm Foundation? It's

2117
02:29:33,670 --> 02:29:39,667
less than 10%. Okay. I'm okay with that. I have a question.

2118
02:29:40,341 --> 02:29:43,878
So we're talking about activating the downtown. We're

2119
02:29:43,878 --> 02:29:48,148
talking about historical stuff we've used to do to promote

2120
02:29:48,148 --> 02:29:53,620
downtown city manager at one time. At least it's not here.

2121
02:29:53,620 --> 02:30:00,829
But at one time, the city the CRA used to do like CRA tokens

2122
02:30:00,829 --> 02:30:05,365
that were had a dollar amount value to them that people would

2123
02:30:05,365 --> 02:30:10,236
get at the Jazz Fest or at other events, that they would

2124
02:30:10,236 --> 02:30:13,108
be able to go into a restaurant or a participating restaurant

2125
02:30:13,108 --> 02:30:17,310
in downtown and use that kind of as a coupon that the city

2126
02:30:17,310 --> 02:30:21,915
would or the CRA would reimburse the business for as

2127
02:30:21,915 --> 02:30:26,586
in order to encourage people to go in, is that something that

2128
02:30:26,586 --> 02:30:31,992
we can do, especially for just this weekend, make it time

2129
02:30:31,992 --> 02:30:35,395
sensitive that they could use it that night or within 30 days

2130
02:30:35,395 --> 02:30:42,690
or something like that. So, I mean, I recall that a time

2131
02:30:42,690 --> 02:30:48,675
frame and, you know, that was a way to drive business into the

2132
02:30:48,675 --> 02:30:51,945
downtown. And I think we did it with parking and we did it with

2133
02:30:51,945 --> 02:30:55,682
some other things. So, you know, I think we can look at those

2134
02:30:55,682 --> 02:30:59,352
kinds of opportunities. I know that there's already been some

2135
02:30:59,352 --> 02:31:04,752
discussion about offering coupons for, you know, two for

2136
02:31:04,824 --> 02:31:09,696
one drink or, or, you know, free dessert, free entree, you

2137
02:31:09,696 --> 02:31:12,432
know, those kinds of things. The problem is, I understand

2138
02:31:12,432 --> 02:31:16,370
that the businesses don't necessarily want to bear that

2139
02:31:16,370 --> 02:31:19,573
expense. They would like to figure out a way to, for the

2140
02:31:19,573 --> 02:31:23,510
some help in incentivizing that. And we can explore that. I

2141
02:31:23,510 --> 02:31:26,313
think, you know, we need to make sure that it's kosher with

2142
02:31:26,313 --> 02:31:31,785
the regulations governing how CRA funds are allowed to be

2143
02:31:31,785 --> 02:31:36,856
used. And, you know, and we can take a look at those kinds of

2144
02:31:36,856 --> 02:31:38,660
opportunities. Well, maybe economic development has some

2145
02:31:38,660 --> 02:31:44,660
funds that we could use for that too, because for $200,000

2146
02:31:46,333 --> 02:31:50,537
or $250,000, it takes like pulling fingernails out in

2147
02:31:50,537 --> 02:31:55,943
order for us to give the salsa fest more money, which brings

2148
02:31:55,943 --> 02:32:03,143
in 5000 people, or the we, you know, or Saint Patrick's Day to

2149
02:32:03,550 --> 02:32:07,754
give the Liberians money to promote that or to promote FIFA

2150
02:32:07,754 --> 02:32:11,825
or whatever it is, you know, but yet we're going to like

2151
02:32:11,825 --> 02:32:15,962
easily hand over $250,000 to bring in some jazz musicians.

2152
02:32:15,962 --> 02:32:19,699
That is a very small segment of our population also. I mean,

2153
02:32:19,699 --> 02:32:22,569
jazz listeners, I mean, everybody has their own, you

2154
02:32:22,569 --> 02:32:28,308
know, taste of what music they listen to. And as Commissioner

2155
02:32:28,308 --> 02:32:30,778
Hernandez said, it's a much older demographic that might

2156
02:32:30,778 --> 02:32:35,849
not spend that much money in downtown that listen to Jazz

2157
02:32:35,849 --> 02:32:42,856
Age. Takes one to know one, right? He said. Peachy keen and

2158
02:32:42,856 --> 02:32:45,859
hunky dory to everybody enjoying. And I'm. And I'm

2159
02:32:45,859 --> 02:32:49,930
going to throw this out there that I think that if we did a a

2160
02:32:49,930 --> 02:32:54,334
80s or 90s retro event in downtown, that would bring out

2161
02:32:54,334 --> 02:32:57,537
a different demographic that might spend more money in

2162
02:32:57,537 --> 02:33:02,542
downtown, and it would fill the restaurants probably too. So

2163
02:33:02,542 --> 02:33:05,478
I'd love to hear something about that. And back to the

2164
02:33:05,478 --> 02:33:08,949
meeting with us. Should have been done earlier. I look

2165
02:33:08,949 --> 02:33:12,180
forward to seeing what we're going to do and how it's going

2166
02:33:12,180 --> 02:33:17,290
to make things better. But this is kind of like a one shot deal

2167
02:33:17,290 --> 02:33:22,295
in my opinion. I won't be here for the next vote on this, but

2168
02:33:22,295 --> 02:33:25,565
I'll be out there talking about it like some of the other

2169
02:33:25,565 --> 02:33:29,902
people. If this fails or this doesn't bring any amount of

2170
02:33:29,902 --> 02:33:32,639
money people, or it doesn't bring any amount of money to

2171
02:33:32,639 --> 02:33:35,642
our restaurants, it's not happening again. I mean, I

2172
02:33:35,642 --> 02:33:39,579
don't think anyway, and it might jeopardize the other

2173
02:33:39,579 --> 02:33:42,782
concerts that Rhythm Foundation does. So I mean, that's just a

2174
02:33:42,782 --> 02:33:48,187
shot over the bow kind of thing. Kevin, listen, we love Rhythm

2175
02:33:48,187 --> 02:33:50,123
Foundation. They've been putting on amazing shows for

2176
02:33:50,123 --> 02:33:53,527
like more than ten years here. I agree. And they do some good

2177
02:33:53,527 --> 02:33:56,930
shows in superstar work. Yeah. And I know all the shows are

2178
02:33:56,930 --> 02:33:59,666
great. I know you know that it's amazing. And a lot of

2179
02:33:59,666 --> 02:34:02,602
people I agree that we're putting in way more. All due

2180
02:34:02,602 --> 02:34:05,405
respect, we're putting in way more dollars to this. And

2181
02:34:05,405 --> 02:34:07,407
obviously we're a little apprehensive about putting that

2182
02:34:07,407 --> 02:34:12,814
much into one event. I think originally, James, you yourself

2183
02:34:12,814 --> 02:34:16,160
had a reaction and said, hey, wait a second. If we're going

2184
02:34:16,160 --> 02:34:18,819
to enter into this management agreement for the stage, maybe

2185
02:34:18,819 --> 02:34:22,222
those dollars would be, you know, wise to invest throughout

2186
02:34:22,222 --> 02:34:27,270
the year and let's have the jazz test concert and kind of

2187
02:34:27,270 --> 02:34:30,290
see where it goes there. And I know the momentum has been

2188
02:34:30,290 --> 02:34:32,566
building with people that are impassioned about the jazz

2189
02:34:32,566 --> 02:34:34,634
festival. But what, you know, the commissioners here are

2190
02:34:34,634 --> 02:34:38,571
saying about investing this much money in this genre in one

2191
02:34:38,571 --> 02:34:42,310
event, let's just say nothing really against the genre. We're

2192
02:34:42,310 --> 02:34:45,178
some of us are a little apprehensive about. So maybe I

2193
02:34:45,178 --> 02:34:47,981
know that you obviously are ready to produce this, but you

2194
02:34:47,981 --> 02:34:51,584
know, if you can give an honest figure, putting aside everybody

2195
02:34:51,584 --> 02:34:54,521
that you know is dying to have this and those that are

2196
02:34:54,521 --> 02:34:56,789
apprehensive, I mean, I have another we're going to look to

2197
02:34:56,789 --> 02:35:00,594
you to give us, you know, we're looking to you to manage the

2198
02:35:00,594 --> 02:35:02,863
amphitheater and to give us good advice and to do things.

2199
02:35:02,863 --> 02:35:05,749
And so are we in the right direction here? Or would you

2200
02:35:05,749 --> 02:35:09,886
say, guys, let's have two of these three events with these

2201
02:35:09,886 --> 02:35:13,622
dollars and over months as opposed to one Saturday. So,

2202
02:35:13,622 --> 02:35:17,930
you know. Exactly. And I and I think I think you're right here

2203
02:35:17,930 --> 02:35:21,498
because this is a new day in the arts park. This is a new

2204
02:35:21,498 --> 02:35:25,501
time we have the gates are up. So this is going to be a free

2205
02:35:25,501 --> 02:35:30,390
but gated event. We are going to control how people come in.

2206
02:35:30,390 --> 02:35:33,910
And we're putting we're putting effort into the seating and the,

2207
02:35:33,910 --> 02:35:36,646
and the, and the arrangement. And there will be

2208
02:35:36,646 --> 02:35:41,383
infrastructure spend that will be reused in other parts, other

2209
02:35:41,383 --> 02:35:46,989
parts of the season. So in a sense, we're launching the new

2210
02:35:46,989 --> 02:35:51,327
arts park with this event. This is this is a this is a gate

2211
02:35:51,327 --> 02:35:54,864
opener, if you will, of the gates that we now have. So we

2212
02:35:54,864 --> 02:36:00,736
see this as, as something that is actually good with the

2213
02:36:00,736 --> 02:36:03,606
market right now, we see a resurgence of interest in jazz.

2214
02:36:03,606 --> 02:36:06,809
We think we can do something different than other people

2215
02:36:06,809 --> 02:36:09,790
have in other communities. It's going to stand out. It's going

2216
02:36:09,790 --> 02:36:12,882
to be a national event, and it's going to give us a good

2217
02:36:12,882 --> 02:36:17,860
impetus to move forward into the season ahead, because we're

2218
02:36:17,860 --> 02:36:21,157
we're essentially developing a new gated ticketed facility in,

2219
02:36:21,157 --> 02:36:25,628
in, in South Florida. And it's a it's a long road we're going

2220
02:36:25,628 --> 02:36:29,499
into. We know it's a multiyear effort to build this into where

2221
02:36:29,499 --> 02:36:33,836
we see it going, but this is a great way to really open the

2222
02:36:33,836 --> 02:36:37,840
door. We think it is a fit, multi-generational fit. We

2223
02:36:37,840 --> 02:36:40,243
think it is something that's going to get recognized

2224
02:36:40,243 --> 02:36:44,913
critically and popular in a popular way. And, and we think

2225
02:36:44,913 --> 02:36:47,850
it is going to have we're going to take particular interest in

2226
02:36:47,850 --> 02:36:50,386
connecting to the business community that's built right

2227
02:36:50,386 --> 02:36:53,656
into the plan here. We're stopping at 8:00. We want you

2228
02:36:53,656 --> 02:36:57,326
to go right into the into the historic district and have

2229
02:36:57,326 --> 02:36:59,729
dinner. We're not serving dinner. We're serving picnics

2230
02:36:59,729 --> 02:37:04,400
here. So this is this is a calculated project to to kick

2231
02:37:04,400 --> 02:37:08,871
off the new era in the arts park. So two things, mayor,

2232
02:37:08,871 --> 02:37:12,608
real quick, number one, maybe we should wait on this till

2233
02:37:12,608 --> 02:37:15,611
they have more solid agreements with our restaurants that are

2234
02:37:15,611 --> 02:37:20,216
going to do something and provide those picnic lunches

2235
02:37:20,216 --> 02:37:24,620
available, and they have to book the talent ahead of time.

2236
02:37:24,620 --> 02:37:29,491
And so there's time. Two, two more questions. One is how much

2237
02:37:29,491 --> 02:37:32,694
did Saturday night cost us for the thousand people that showed

2238
02:37:32,694 --> 02:37:38,694
up? That was the budget for that was $50,000. Okay. I

2239
02:37:42,572 --> 02:37:45,642
wasn't expecting that answer, but I thought it was me a lot

2240
02:37:45,642 --> 02:37:51,714
less. And then finally the the other question was, I remember

2241
02:37:51,714 --> 02:37:55,986
we had expos here was that rhythm foundation that did that,

2242
02:37:55,986 --> 02:37:59,560
or was that another group that did that? It was a long time

2243
02:37:59,560 --> 02:38:02,724
ago. Ric Expos way before your time. I don't remember that.

2244
02:38:02,724 --> 02:38:06,728
Yes. Yeah. They were at the Arts. They were at the I think

2245
02:38:06,728 --> 02:38:09,666
they were one of the first shows that opened at the new

2246
02:38:09,666 --> 02:38:12,735
theater. Right. Or were they the last one at the theater

2247
02:38:12,735 --> 02:38:15,538
more than ten years ago? That was probably before our time.

2248
02:38:15,538 --> 02:38:22,738
No, no, it was since I've been involved. Well, 15 years ago, I

2249
02:38:23,546 --> 02:38:26,549
was trying to remember if it was when the Arts Park

2250
02:38:26,549 --> 02:38:31,949
Amphitheater was dedicated or or expose everybody. Can you

2251
02:38:32,288 --> 02:38:37,959
hear it? All right. Or if it was for the city's 90th. But I

2252
02:38:37,959 --> 02:38:42,298
think it was for the Arts Park Amphitheater dedication. Yes.

2253
02:38:42,298 --> 02:38:49,498
Okay. All right. I'm fine. Thank you, thank you. And if if

2254
02:38:50,106 --> 02:38:57,906
if if I may. We fully recognize and respect the, the the, the

2255
02:38:58,781 --> 02:39:02,518
concerns that Commissioner Hernandez and Biederman have

2256
02:39:02,518 --> 02:39:06,855
have brought forth. This is a big this is a big investment.

2257
02:39:06,855 --> 02:39:11,655
And as commissioners, fiscal stewardship of public dollars

2258
02:39:11,726 --> 02:39:16,531
are a main concern of this of this board. And so I completely

2259
02:39:16,531 --> 02:39:23,500
appreciate and and respect that concern. And I'm going to focus

2260
02:39:23,500 --> 02:39:29,500
on using. There are some really interesting data systems that

2261
02:39:30,479 --> 02:39:34,750
are available to be able to track. It's going to basically

2262
02:39:34,750 --> 02:39:39,755
track people's movements into and out of the, of the, of the

2263
02:39:39,755 --> 02:39:42,824
arts park. And it will tell us specifically where did they

2264
02:39:42,824 --> 02:39:50,240
come from and where did they go afterwards? Yeah. I'm sorry, I

2265
02:39:52,768 --> 02:39:57,906
was looking up history there. He's he's obsessed. So I

2266
02:39:57,906 --> 02:40:00,509
remember when Commissioner Shuhan brought this up and, and

2267
02:40:00,509 --> 02:40:03,913
Claire in regards to it, and my suggestion was start small,

2268
02:40:03,913 --> 02:40:07,516
small and go big. I've suggested many times to have

2269
02:40:07,516 --> 02:40:10,519
jazz in the park, meaning our small parks throughout the

2270
02:40:10,519 --> 02:40:13,723
entire city, just to create that synergy and then bring it

2271
02:40:13,723 --> 02:40:18,794
to the forefront. But we also have to remember that everyone

2272
02:40:18,794 --> 02:40:24,199
has different genre likes, and we're such a culturally diverse

2273
02:40:24,199 --> 02:40:29,400
city. Young, old rock, you name it, whatever we have, we're

2274
02:40:29,400 --> 02:40:33,409
just very diverse. I would like to know how many of those

2275
02:40:33,409 --> 02:40:37,213
residents of Hollywood attended the jazz festival that you had

2276
02:40:37,213 --> 02:40:42,840
put on the other week, which we can't track now because it's

2277
02:40:42,840 --> 02:40:45,754
something in hindsight. Maybe they did track it. Did you know

2278
02:40:45,754 --> 02:40:48,957
we did not use that? That particular system that I

2279
02:40:48,957 --> 02:40:53,497
described. But so here's here is a couple of my concerns. I,

2280
02:40:53,497 --> 02:40:57,299
I actually am in favor of this, surprisingly, because you have

2281
02:40:57,299 --> 02:41:02,637
to start somewhere and new brings new to the to the like,

2282
02:41:02,637 --> 02:41:07,376
if we don't try it, we'll never know. Although the funding is

2283
02:41:07,376 --> 02:41:09,445
really, I guess the biggest concern. And that was my

2284
02:41:09,445 --> 02:41:12,515
concern that I brought up the last time we talked about this.

2285
02:41:12,515 --> 02:41:15,585
But we have to be visionaries and we have to say, you know,

2286
02:41:15,585 --> 02:41:18,854
this was something that was very promotional back in the

2287
02:41:18,854 --> 02:41:21,723
day and we're bringing it back. We just had our Historical

2288
02:41:21,723 --> 02:41:25,260
Preservation Board showing us. We talked about history. It's

2289
02:41:25,260 --> 02:41:28,260
important, Commissioner Quintana mentioned, about

2290
02:41:28,530 --> 02:41:31,400
bringing children so that they can be exposed. Dillard High

2291
02:41:31,400 --> 02:41:36,479
School being there on and on and on. My couple of requests

2292
02:41:36,479 --> 02:41:41,879
are. One, Commissioner Chapin brought up Cultural Arts Center

2293
02:41:42,952 --> 02:41:45,888
and the downtown businesses before I could approve this.

2294
02:41:45,888 --> 02:41:49,625
And I don't know if we have to put it in the motion to approve,

2295
02:41:49,625 --> 02:41:52,494
but one very important that you reach out to the downtown

2296
02:41:52,494 --> 02:41:55,565
business associations to create that connectivity, whatever it

2297
02:41:55,565 --> 02:42:01,303
may be. From my understanding, the downtown was the slowest.

2298
02:42:01,303 --> 02:42:05,400
It was in Saturday nights that it's been for a long time. Why

2299
02:42:05,400 --> 02:42:08,444
is that? The only thing I can think of is that the parking

2300
02:42:08,444 --> 02:42:14,316
was taken up to attend the events, perhaps, and then

2301
02:42:14,316 --> 02:42:17,186
everyone left after the concert was over. What time did it end?

2302
02:42:17,186 --> 02:42:23,192
At 11, 10 or 11. By then you're ready to go home. And so that

2303
02:42:23,192 --> 02:42:27,730
synergy did not create. And then it ultimately affected the

2304
02:42:27,730 --> 02:42:29,665
downtown because people probably couldn't find parking

2305
02:42:29,665 --> 02:42:34,737
and they went somewhere else. Right. And that's just my

2306
02:42:34,737 --> 02:42:39,475
analogy of it. So what I think would make this definitely a

2307
02:42:39,475 --> 02:42:42,277
bang for our buck is the coordination with the downtown

2308
02:42:42,277 --> 02:42:46,682
business associations, the art and cultural center creating

2309
02:42:46,682 --> 02:42:50,686
even with having detail, I'm thinking of detail and policing,

2310
02:42:50,686 --> 02:42:53,890
because this is the biggest concern that we hear is if we

2311
02:42:53,890 --> 02:42:58,226
have a crowd, you have to provide safety. That's a cost,

2312
02:42:58,226 --> 02:43:02,898
but making sure that we have that adequate safety net that's

2313
02:43:02,898 --> 02:43:06,969
there, that has to be worked out and that should

2314
02:43:06,969 --> 02:43:09,371
circumference the entire amount of money that we're investing.

2315
02:43:09,371 --> 02:43:15,971
In addition to that, I think. Promoting the downtown some way,

2316
02:43:16,778 --> 02:43:20,182
I don't know if the picnic thing is really the way to go.

2317
02:43:20,182 --> 02:43:23,652
I although I'm not a vendor of that sort, I just think that

2318
02:43:23,652 --> 02:43:27,389
puts a little bit more taxing problems on the businesses

2319
02:43:27,389 --> 02:43:30,526
there. Sit down, come into the restaurant and have dinner, not

2320
02:43:30,526 --> 02:43:34,663
pack up a bag of lunch and send it to the park. I think that's

2321
02:43:34,663 --> 02:43:37,650
going to be very, very challenging. Perhaps booths,

2322
02:43:37,650 --> 02:43:42,872
maybe that they can set up downtown at the concert itself.

2323
02:43:42,872 --> 02:43:46,676
But really and truly, you know, if we don't start somewhere and

2324
02:43:46,676 --> 02:43:52,280
my idea was not incorporated. So here we are today with

2325
02:43:52,280 --> 02:43:56,885
having a jazz festival at the Arts Park. Again, it is

2326
02:43:56,885 --> 02:43:58,954
something creative. It's something bringing back from

2327
02:43:58,954 --> 02:44:02,958
the past. And it could be a win win for everyone, as long as

2328
02:44:02,958 --> 02:44:07,629
that communication is open and we have the ability to know

2329
02:44:07,629 --> 02:44:11,300
that they're involved and that we can create some type of

2330
02:44:11,300 --> 02:44:13,969
connectivity from the arts park to the downtown, because that's

2331
02:44:13,969 --> 02:44:17,439
the whole purpose of the of doing all of these. Correct. So

2332
02:44:17,439 --> 02:44:24,113
I don't know, can we amend the motion to include the downtown

2333
02:44:24,113 --> 02:44:26,715
and the Art and cultural center to be involved, and also to

2334
02:44:26,715 --> 02:44:31,453
make sure that the coverage of funding is not just for the

2335
02:44:31,453 --> 02:44:33,855
performers, but for the bleed into the downtown of security

2336
02:44:33,855 --> 02:44:36,792
purposes. I don't know if anybody can answer that. If I

2337
02:44:36,792 --> 02:44:41,863
could do that, or could it be solely rectified under the

2338
02:44:41,863 --> 02:44:45,401
supervisor, under your permission of City Manager? I

2339
02:44:45,401 --> 02:44:47,936
think we have heard the direction from the commission

2340
02:44:47,936 --> 02:44:51,607
that you want very much to make sure that the downtown

2341
02:44:51,607 --> 02:44:54,876
businesses are engaged in this, that the Art and Culture Center

2342
02:44:54,876 --> 02:44:59,415
is engaged in this, and that staff administer the event in

2343
02:44:59,415 --> 02:45:06,210
that way to make sure that we are doing that. So I think that

2344
02:45:06,210 --> 02:45:09,558
certainly we will count on the Rhythm Foundation to work with

2345
02:45:09,558 --> 02:45:17,499
us on that and to and I, and we will be limiting the outside

2346
02:45:17,499 --> 02:45:20,769
involvement of other vendors that are not downtown. You know,

2347
02:45:20,769 --> 02:45:23,973
I think that that is appropriate, you know, as it

2348
02:45:23,973 --> 02:45:28,376
relates to this. But I don't think that we need you to work

2349
02:45:28,376 --> 02:45:34,490
that into the motion. Does that make sense? Yeah. I think the

2350
02:45:34,490 --> 02:45:36,918
50,000 that we're getting from this, the county, if we were to

2351
02:45:36,918 --> 02:45:41,550
get that, is acceptable. I just am concerned about the amount

2352
02:45:41,550 --> 02:45:45,527
of money that's being spent that that really is a concern

2353
02:45:45,527 --> 02:45:48,664
as far as what's going what benefits are we going to reap

2354
02:45:48,664 --> 02:45:51,734
from it? But I understand that the that the the one and the

2355
02:45:51,734 --> 02:45:54,803
desire. I just don't know if the pool is worth. I'll just

2356
02:45:54,803 --> 02:45:57,940
say that while Joanne is here with CMD, since this would be a

2357
02:45:57,940 --> 02:46:00,942
big investment on the part of the city, we have to make sure

2358
02:46:00,942 --> 02:46:04,346
to help promote it and. And maybe even put some outdoor

2359
02:46:04,346 --> 02:46:07,282
banners and kind of really promote, you know, the jazz,

2360
02:46:07,282 --> 02:46:10,752
you know, for the whole month of, of November leading up to

2361
02:46:10,752 --> 02:46:14,356
this to kind of, you know, put some pull banners up in and

2362
02:46:14,356 --> 02:46:17,559
around the downtown with the saxophone and kind of whatever

2363
02:46:17,559 --> 02:46:20,229
the brand design of the jazz festival. If what we're seeing

2364
02:46:20,229 --> 02:46:23,631
on this graphic is the design, we can, you know, bring this to

2365
02:46:23,631 --> 02:46:26,568
the outdoor spaces and banners and what have you and kind of

2366
02:46:26,568 --> 02:46:29,439
help pump it up, give businesses a flier, you know,

2367
02:46:29,439 --> 02:46:34,643
or a, you know, an 18 by, by 12 kind of, you know, poster to

2368
02:46:34,643 --> 02:46:37,313
put at the front of their business. And really, you know,

2369
02:46:37,313 --> 02:46:40,182
for the whole month of November, plaster all of downtown with

2370
02:46:40,182 --> 02:46:43,519
jazz, jazz, and to everybody's point, try to make it something

2371
02:46:43,519 --> 02:46:47,189
that could be recurring and regionally and even, let's just

2372
02:46:47,189 --> 02:46:50,726
say nationally recognized that would be worthy of the

2373
02:46:50,726 --> 02:46:53,595
investment of trying to make it happen and hopefully get that

2374
02:46:53,595 --> 02:46:56,932
return to businesses and to the community. All right. We've got

2375
02:46:56,932 --> 02:46:59,134
commissioners Hernandez, Quintana, and Gruber, and then

2376
02:46:59,134 --> 02:47:02,404
hopefully we'll take a vote. Go ahead, Commissioner Hernandez.

2377
02:47:02,404 --> 02:47:06,608
Thank you. Mayor, if we invest this kind of money into the

2378
02:47:06,608 --> 02:47:09,878
sports tourism for the upcoming events that are taking place,

2379
02:47:09,878 --> 02:47:15,170
we will have 100 times the amount of attendance and we're

2380
02:47:15,170 --> 02:47:18,887
not doing it. Come on, people, let's realize is that we are

2381
02:47:18,887 --> 02:47:22,250
our own worst enemy when it comes to the downtown. I can't

2382
02:47:22,250 --> 02:47:27,229
say it enough. Okay, so and I just and I believe everything

2383
02:47:27,229 --> 02:47:30,365
that you were doing, we're doing it for the right reasons.

2384
02:47:30,365 --> 02:47:35,103
So I'm going to make a motion to amend this motion and to

2385
02:47:35,103 --> 02:47:38,507
make sure that they have street performance in the middle of

2386
02:47:38,507 --> 02:47:44,380
the downtown. But in in street corner, performance in the

2387
02:47:44,380 --> 02:47:48,383
middle of the downtown, and no picnic and no alcohol in the

2388
02:47:48,383 --> 02:47:52,787
park. This is how they disguise bringing in their wine and

2389
02:47:52,787 --> 02:47:55,858
their cheese from home. They ain't buying that because there

2390
02:47:55,858 --> 02:47:58,794
ain't no businesses in downtown that is going to be making

2391
02:47:58,794 --> 02:48:03,685
picnic baskets. This is a story that they want to sell in. I'm

2392
02:48:03,685 --> 02:48:06,888
not buying it, but in order for that to take place, I need

2393
02:48:06,888 --> 02:48:10,692
somebody to second my motion. I said I would second it, but I

2394
02:48:10,692 --> 02:48:14,696
think you have to allow them to sell alcohol. Oh yeah. And if

2395
02:48:14,696 --> 02:48:18,366
they want to sell alcohol, then they can sell alcohol. But we

2396
02:48:18,366 --> 02:48:21,302
make sure that we have police on the gates, make sure that

2397
02:48:21,302 --> 02:48:23,638
there's no outside alcohol coming in, that you support

2398
02:48:23,638 --> 02:48:26,574
that. I'm good with that because at the end of the day,

2399
02:48:26,574 --> 02:48:29,577
we're not spending the money we're spending in the downtown

2400
02:48:29,577 --> 02:48:32,713
to allow for this to happen right under our eyes. And then

2401
02:48:32,713 --> 02:48:35,917
they come in front of us. And no disrespect, but our

2402
02:48:35,917 --> 02:48:38,254
businesses need to survive. We're the ones who pushed it

2403
02:48:38,254 --> 02:48:42,560
and asked them to do it. Hang on. But also, I don't. But I

2404
02:48:42,560 --> 02:48:45,126
was a chair on when you guys sell alcohol, there's a cost

2405
02:48:45,126 --> 02:48:49,264
share on it that the city gets right. The we do, we do sell,

2406
02:48:49,264 --> 02:48:55,200
we do sell alcohol and we would have concessions on the event.

2407
02:48:55,200 --> 02:48:58,339
And then the revenue share portion of the Hollywood Arts

2408
02:48:58,339 --> 02:49:03,344
Park is off of ticket sales, where the city gets a gets a

2409
02:49:03,344 --> 02:49:06,481
surcharge off of it. And this is a free event. And this was a

2410
02:49:06,481 --> 02:49:09,751
free event. Yeah. So I think I did want to has to include the

2411
02:49:09,751 --> 02:49:13,288
city gets a portion of the alcohol sales. I wanted to add

2412
02:49:13,288 --> 02:49:16,910
something though. Commissioner Hernandez, along the lines of

2413
02:49:16,910 --> 02:49:19,828
what you were thinking, because it's true. When it's an ungated

2414
02:49:19,828 --> 02:49:23,765
event, people bring in whatever they want. We have police

2415
02:49:23,765 --> 02:49:26,569
officers for that. We managed to do it in other events where

2416
02:49:26,569 --> 02:49:29,437
we actually have officers on the gate. And right. So now

2417
02:49:29,437 --> 02:49:32,440
we're talking we're talking about a gated event which has a

2418
02:49:32,440 --> 02:49:37,445
food and beverage program as a main core of its component. Not

2419
02:49:37,445 --> 02:49:40,380
according to my motion, sir. I'm eliminating that. And

2420
02:49:40,380 --> 02:49:42,917
that's part of we're not. So we're talking about not

2421
02:49:42,917 --> 02:49:46,120
bringing in from the outside. Everything that you work with

2422
02:49:46,120 --> 02:49:51,191
here will be either pre ordered and ready for you at the event,

2423
02:49:51,191 --> 02:49:55,129
or we'll have packaged things that will be there inside the

2424
02:49:55,129 --> 02:49:58,666
event, but not bringing in from public. With all due respect,

2425
02:49:58,666 --> 02:50:03,737
with all due respect, you're asking us to pay you to compete

2426
02:50:03,737 --> 02:50:06,874
with our own restaurants in the downtown? No, we're doing that

2427
02:50:06,874 --> 02:50:11,110
in conjunction with the restaurants here. And and the

2428
02:50:11,110 --> 02:50:15,149
difference is, excuse me, the the restaurants are not really

2429
02:50:15,149 --> 02:50:18,552
it is my equipped. It is my time. I'm sorry. The

2430
02:50:18,552 --> 02:50:22,890
Commissioner move forward. It is my time. I get what you're

2431
02:50:22,890 --> 02:50:25,292
trying to say. I haven't heard that you got a commitment from

2432
02:50:25,292 --> 02:50:27,828
any of the restaurants in the downtown to prepare those

2433
02:50:27,828 --> 02:50:31,432
picnic baskets. You may very well have local businesses

2434
02:50:31,432 --> 02:50:34,701
preparing those baskets, and that's great for Hollywood. But

2435
02:50:34,701 --> 02:50:39,707
if we spend $200,000 and we give $200,000 to the businesses

2436
02:50:39,707 --> 02:50:44,450
in the downtown without having any event we want downtown, let

2437
02:50:44,450 --> 02:50:47,848
me finish. If we just give out the money, just like we were

2438
02:50:47,848 --> 02:50:50,184
giving them out to you, let's say, hey, you know, downtown

2439
02:50:50,184 --> 02:50:53,787
businesses, here's $200,000. Fill the downtown with people.

2440
02:50:53,787 --> 02:50:57,324
I'm willing to bet you that we will fill that park. We will be

2441
02:50:57,324 --> 02:51:00,394
able to do other things for the residents of the city of

2442
02:51:00,394 --> 02:51:04,998
Hollywood to do it. There's a there's a value to what you're

2443
02:51:04,998 --> 02:51:08,690
doing. I just don't believe that $200,000 is that value.

2444
02:51:08,690 --> 02:51:10,671
When we're actually encouraging you to compete with the brick

2445
02:51:10,671 --> 02:51:13,675
and mortar restaurants in the downtown, you telling me that

2446
02:51:13,675 --> 02:51:16,944
those people are going to be able to preorder those picnic

2447
02:51:16,944 --> 02:51:19,613
baskets, and you're going to be provided because you're going

2448
02:51:19,613 --> 02:51:23,884
to have them there, sir, unless you tell me you're buying it

2449
02:51:23,884 --> 02:51:26,860
from any other restaurants in the downtown, you're competing

2450
02:51:26,860 --> 02:51:29,757
with those people. That's not the purpose of my spending the

2451
02:51:29,757 --> 02:51:35,364
money. And we and we feel that's all I see. So you will

2452
02:51:35,364 --> 02:51:38,500
have the time to respond to me. Just like I sat here patiently

2453
02:51:38,500 --> 02:51:41,370
and I waited for all my colleagues to talk, to talk. I

2454
02:51:41,370 --> 02:51:44,305
represent the businesses in the downtown, and I respect my

2455
02:51:44,305 --> 02:51:46,507
colleagues that feel otherwise. I don't have a problem with

2456
02:51:46,507 --> 02:51:49,710
that. But we also have and I'm looking at the city manager

2457
02:51:49,710 --> 02:51:52,847
with this in our parks and RECs. We also have other events in

2458
02:51:52,847 --> 02:51:58,319
the downtown that they come to us and grovel to us for money,

2459
02:51:58,319 --> 02:52:00,455
and they bring thousands and thousands of people to the

2460
02:52:00,455 --> 02:52:03,324
downtown. They spend a great deal of money to support those

2461
02:52:03,324 --> 02:52:07,729
businesses in the downtown. What message are we sending to

2462
02:52:07,729 --> 02:52:10,531
our downtown businesses when we allow something like this to

2463
02:52:10,531 --> 02:52:14,469
happen? That brings nothing to the downtown except a good

2464
02:52:14,469 --> 02:52:17,672
experience for some. And the businesses that are there are

2465
02:52:17,672 --> 02:52:19,940
suffering. I'm not the one just saying that there's an email

2466
02:52:19,940 --> 02:52:22,744
that say that. Some of my colleagues have brought that to

2467
02:52:22,744 --> 02:52:26,814
the attention. I'm sorry. Well, I know, but my point, my point

2468
02:52:26,814 --> 02:52:31,285
is this is something that we need to bring under control. I

2469
02:52:31,285 --> 02:52:34,421
did I voted for you guys, by the way. I don't have a problem

2470
02:52:34,421 --> 02:52:37,357
with that. But when I see that it's counterproductive to what

2471
02:52:37,357 --> 02:52:39,494
we've been trying to do for years with the downtown

2472
02:52:39,494 --> 02:52:42,429
businesses, you need to adjust your program because we're

2473
02:52:42,429 --> 02:52:46,634
paying you to do this. So when you say that you're going to

2474
02:52:46,634 --> 02:52:49,771
have picnic baskets, no, I have a motion that I got a second to

2475
02:52:49,771 --> 02:52:53,373
eliminate that because I don't want you to have those picnic

2476
02:52:53,373 --> 02:52:55,777
baskets, because that takes food away from those

2477
02:52:55,777 --> 02:52:58,847
restaurants. Unless you say, we're going to have a contract

2478
02:52:58,847 --> 02:53:02,116
with those restaurants that are going to provide that. That's

2479
02:53:02,116 --> 02:53:04,985
not what he's saying. With all due respect, please. I'm ready

2480
02:53:04,985 --> 02:53:10,658
to we're ready to say that, sir. We only want businesses from

2481
02:53:10,658 --> 02:53:14,528
downtown. We haven't secured them and solicited them as yet.

2482
02:53:14,528 --> 02:53:19,266
We are working. We are working closely with with the Downtown

2483
02:53:19,266 --> 02:53:22,737
Business Association in the city. Okay. Those locations,

2484
02:53:22,737 --> 02:53:26,730
this let's postpone this. We got time between now and

2485
02:53:26,730 --> 02:53:29,100
November. Let's. If we have time, we have time to do it.

2486
02:53:29,100 --> 02:53:31,678
Okay, let's postpone this. And you come with the businesses in

2487
02:53:31,678 --> 02:53:34,215
the downtown that you're going to use for this. And I will

2488
02:53:34,215 --> 02:53:38,821
support it 100% into into you do that. This is just a story

2489
02:53:38,821 --> 02:53:41,489
that I just, quite frankly, don't believe. I don't know

2490
02:53:41,489 --> 02:53:44,250
many of the businesses in downtown that will create those

2491
02:53:44,250 --> 02:53:47,828
business baskets. So with all due respect, we have them. Yeah.

2492
02:53:47,828 --> 02:53:50,565
No, yeah. Motion to I just wanted to add one, one thing.

2493
02:53:50,565 --> 02:53:54,435
In the past we have tried. If you could just hang on. Sorry.

2494
02:53:54,435 --> 02:53:56,572
We have a motion to continue from Commissioner Hernandez.

2495
02:53:56,572 --> 02:53:59,373
There a second on that right now. I'll second it for

2496
02:53:59,373 --> 02:54:01,575
discussion. Okay. We have a motion to continue the item.

2497
02:54:01,575 --> 02:54:05,712
Let's continue discussion. And I like look, if you're going to

2498
02:54:05,712 --> 02:54:08,850
do this, you will prove me wrong. And I will be the first

2499
02:54:08,850 --> 02:54:12,119
one that will say I'm wrong. I made a mistake. It's a great

2500
02:54:12,119 --> 02:54:16,323
event. But until that happens, the experiences that we have

2501
02:54:16,323 --> 02:54:19,393
had in the past that we have here event competing with the

2502
02:54:19,393 --> 02:54:22,329
downtown businesses, I don't want to see that you want us to

2503
02:54:22,329 --> 02:54:25,400
continue to bring up the jazz festival. We want to be part of

2504
02:54:25,400 --> 02:54:28,403
it. I like the street vendor idea. I like all those other

2505
02:54:28,403 --> 02:54:31,615
things, sit with the business owners, have a plan and come

2506
02:54:31,615 --> 02:54:34,951
back to us so they can support it. In this way I can support

2507
02:54:34,951 --> 02:54:38,756
it, otherwise I cannot, because it was brought to the attention

2508
02:54:38,756 --> 02:54:42,920
that some of the businesses this last Friday or Saturday

2509
02:54:42,920 --> 02:54:45,429
was some of the worst weekend they had yet. We had an event

2510
02:54:45,429 --> 02:54:48,899
where you had 1000 people. So if if the people that are

2511
02:54:48,899 --> 02:54:51,502
coming are not local people and they're coming from somewhere

2512
02:54:51,502 --> 02:54:53,705
else, they got to park somewhere. Now we're competing

2513
02:54:53,705 --> 02:54:56,373
for parking spot. Let's all work together. We have the

2514
02:54:56,373 --> 02:54:59,845
ability to do it. We seem to have the money. We seem to be

2515
02:54:59,845 --> 02:55:03,470
able to have the grant from there. So I like to postpone

2516
02:55:03,470 --> 02:55:05,917
this for two weeks if possible, so that we can come back. Can

2517
02:55:05,917 --> 02:55:08,986
we do the time? Certain. So if we do continue the item, we

2518
02:55:08,986 --> 02:55:12,122
would need to choose a time certain, a date two weeks from

2519
02:55:12,122 --> 02:55:15,793
now. Would that be all right? I have a quasi judicial hearing

2520
02:55:15,793 --> 02:55:19,196
or. Yeah, I have an idea. Go ahead. I'd like to hear your

2521
02:55:19,196 --> 02:55:21,999
idea. I've already had discussion on it. Well, no, I

2522
02:55:21,999 --> 02:55:24,535
would support. We already had discussion on it. I would I

2523
02:55:24,535 --> 02:55:28,805
would support approving this today. I can't based based

2524
02:55:28,805 --> 02:55:32,142
based on discussion parliamentary procedure. You

2525
02:55:32,142 --> 02:55:36,790
could reconsider your vote in two weeks at the next meeting

2526
02:55:36,790 --> 02:55:40,418
per why providing that they don't deliver on securing deals

2527
02:55:40,418 --> 02:55:43,620
with downtown, I prefer that they. I would support

2528
02:55:43,620 --> 02:55:45,757
reconsideration. No, no, no, I understand that. But in two

2529
02:55:45,757 --> 02:55:48,826
weeks then we're going to have all this thing again. I would

2530
02:55:48,826 --> 02:55:51,694
just rather postpone this, have them talk to the businesses in

2531
02:55:51,694 --> 02:55:54,632
the downtown, come back to us with a plan and have the

2532
02:55:54,632 --> 02:55:56,766
businesses in downtown says, you know what, they've

2533
02:55:56,766 --> 02:55:59,570
committed to this and let's do that because this way the

2534
02:55:59,570 --> 02:56:01,905
businesses in the downtown will feel that they're part of this.

2535
02:56:01,905 --> 02:56:04,843
Peter, I think you've made your point. Well, loud and clear and

2536
02:56:04,843 --> 02:56:07,845
okay, we understand it. There is a motion to continue on the

2537
02:56:07,845 --> 02:56:11,981
floor as being discussed right now. And so why don't we go

2538
02:56:11,981 --> 02:56:14,451
ahead and run through the queue, and then hopefully we'll take

2539
02:56:14,451 --> 02:56:18,388
care of the item? I don't think that the issue on the

2540
02:56:18,388 --> 02:56:21,325
continuance is that much of a problem. If it, you know, has

2541
02:56:21,325 --> 02:56:23,593
staff and Rhythm Foundation come back with a plan after

2542
02:56:23,593 --> 02:56:25,530
they've met with the business association, got some

2543
02:56:25,530 --> 02:56:28,399
businesses to be on board, maybe better explain to us how

2544
02:56:28,399 --> 02:56:31,935
the picnic basket works with procuring the. Let's just call

2545
02:56:31,935 --> 02:56:36,407
it the the picnic items from the downtown businesses. Who's

2546
02:56:36,407 --> 02:56:39,142
going to package it? Maybe their vendor in the park not

2547
02:56:39,142 --> 02:56:41,945
expecting the businesses to put picnic baskets together. So

2548
02:56:41,945 --> 02:56:44,615
everybody does what they're good at, which is one cooks

2549
02:56:44,615 --> 02:56:47,684
food, the other one puts it in a package, situates it at the

2550
02:56:47,684 --> 02:56:49,953
park, give us an impression about what the investment you

2551
02:56:49,953 --> 02:56:53,890
want to make in the park is to kind of show us how the money

2552
02:56:53,890 --> 02:56:57,494
is being well invested in a new novel. Way to use the new and

2553
02:56:57,494 --> 02:56:59,764
improved Arts Park area with the with the fence and what

2554
02:56:59,764 --> 02:57:03,500
have you. And so I think it could be you could impress us

2555
02:57:03,500 --> 02:57:06,569
more. But right now, realize the ask and it's not your fault

2556
02:57:06,569 --> 02:57:09,506
because we, on a whim said, hey, let's approve $200,000 for a

2557
02:57:09,506 --> 02:57:12,576
jazz festival. And we asked you to do that. And you guys are

2558
02:57:12,576 --> 02:57:15,646
saying, okay, well, I can do it. So I guess we're second

2559
02:57:15,646 --> 02:57:18,581
guessing ourselves, some of us a little bit on the dollar

2560
02:57:18,581 --> 02:57:21,718
figure, because it is more than we've ever spent on a free show.

2561
02:57:21,718 --> 02:57:24,788
And so maybe even when you look at this, you say, well, gee

2562
02:57:24,788 --> 02:57:28,392
whiz, city, city of Hollywood, we realize we can do this with

2563
02:57:28,392 --> 02:57:31,661
150, and I'll be happy and have the same impact. And let's

2564
02:57:31,661 --> 02:57:36,200
reserve the extra 50,000 for, you know, another jazz or

2565
02:57:36,200 --> 02:57:38,868
another music festival in December or in January or

2566
02:57:38,868 --> 02:57:41,805
whatever. So we don't have to blow it all on Saturday just

2567
02:57:41,805 --> 02:57:44,742
because we gave you a budget. Maybe you can say, you know, we

2568
02:57:44,742 --> 02:57:47,878
don't need to put it all on Saturday because we're all here

2569
02:57:47,878 --> 02:57:50,614
to work and promote events throughout the year, not just

2570
02:57:50,614 --> 02:57:52,883
this one day. It's not a goodbye rhythm foundation one

2571
02:57:52,883 --> 02:57:56,687
time let's, you know, spend it all on one day and keep it and

2572
02:57:56,687 --> 02:57:59,623
that's it. So I'm okay with the continuance. And then coming

2573
02:57:59,623 --> 02:58:01,893
back, you know, being, you know, developed a little further and

2574
02:58:01,893 --> 02:58:04,695
presented with a little more detail, if that makes the

2575
02:58:04,695 --> 02:58:07,898
commissioners, you know, feel better about it. Let's go to

2576
02:58:07,898 --> 02:58:10,968
Commissioner Quintana, then Gruber, then calorie. Thank you.

2577
02:58:10,968 --> 02:58:15,906
Mayor. Yeah. So I certainly am in agreement of giving it more

2578
02:58:15,906 --> 02:58:20,977
time to give it a little bit more concreteness. When I was

2579
02:58:20,977 --> 02:58:27,384
there on Saturday, both James and Adam were talking to me

2580
02:58:27,384 --> 02:58:31,388
about exactly what you all are asking for. They had told me

2581
02:58:31,388 --> 02:58:34,325
about working with the downtown businesses and having them be

2582
02:58:34,325 --> 02:58:39,129
the one who provide the food they talk to me about involving

2583
02:58:39,129 --> 02:58:41,865
the art and culture Center, like it sounded like that was

2584
02:58:41,865 --> 02:58:45,802
already part of their thought. The thing they said is they

2585
02:58:45,802 --> 02:58:49,807
didn't want to move forward with that until they knew that

2586
02:58:49,807 --> 02:58:52,675
they that we were all right with them doing that. Like

2587
02:58:52,675 --> 02:58:56,214
that's why they hadn't reached out yet to the to try to work

2588
02:58:56,214 --> 02:58:59,149
something out with the downtown businesses because they wanted

2589
02:58:59,149 --> 02:59:03,353
to get past today before they went and did that kind of work.

2590
02:59:03,353 --> 02:59:08,225
So just assuming goodwill, I'm going to assume that. And I

2591
02:59:08,225 --> 02:59:15,425
guess I just want us to consider that it is a startup

2592
02:59:15,765 --> 02:59:19,636
venture that could potentially bring people from all over the

2593
02:59:19,636 --> 02:59:22,906
country to come here. And you're absolutely right about,

2594
02:59:22,906 --> 02:59:26,777
you know, each there's different people with different

2595
02:59:26,777 --> 02:59:30,447
preferences in music, and maybe some of you are not jazz fans,

2596
02:59:30,447 --> 02:59:33,183
but there are I mean, there is a market nationally for

2597
02:59:33,183 --> 02:59:38,255
something like that, if I may just say. And my so my

2598
02:59:38,255 --> 02:59:44,855
experience is that 80s music is plentiful in South Florida that

2599
02:59:46,630 --> 02:59:49,400
often the concerts that come here from other parts of the

2600
02:59:49,400 --> 02:59:52,602
world is from the 80s and the 90s, and that this is something

2601
02:59:52,602 --> 02:59:56,273
different and unusual that we usually don't get here. And so

2602
02:59:56,273 --> 03:00:03,800
it would be a way to offer something that's unique. So for

2603
03:00:03,800 --> 03:00:07,484
me, it just seems like it depends, right? So like, yeah,

2604
03:00:07,484 --> 03:00:10,954
$50,000 for Saturday. But that's because you may not have

2605
03:00:10,954 --> 03:00:14,958
ever heard of Joe Lovano, but Joe Lovano has his Grammy

2606
03:00:14,958 --> 03:00:21,558
winning saxophonist. He's won a grant, grant won a Grammy and

2607
03:00:22,990 --> 03:00:27,499
14 nominations. He's taught jazz. I mean, since the 1970s,

2608
03:00:30,908 --> 03:00:35,846
that guy has released 40 albums as a jazz leader. So it's not

2609
03:00:35,846 --> 03:00:39,516
like Joe Schmo from down the street. Who's local. This is a

2610
03:00:39,516 --> 03:00:43,116
big name nationally, internationally known performer.

2611
03:00:43,186 --> 03:00:46,656
So what I'm saying is we could be attracting people from

2612
03:00:46,656 --> 03:00:53,930
outside the area for this event. It was a one time event to see

2613
03:00:53,930 --> 03:00:57,218
whether they just they didn't do the kind of promotion that

2614
03:00:57,218 --> 03:01:00,488
will be done for the jazz festival, for this, for the

2615
03:01:00,488 --> 03:01:04,625
jazz picnic or whatever it ends up being. So I just would like

2616
03:01:04,625 --> 03:01:09,960
for us to consider that and to not necessarily assume ill will.

2617
03:01:09,960 --> 03:01:12,367
And it's just communicating what we want. Thank you. Let's

2618
03:01:12,367 --> 03:01:17,906
go to Commissioner Gruber. Yeah. Thank you. You know, I did

2619
03:01:17,906 --> 03:01:20,308
reach out to James yesterday just because I was concerned

2620
03:01:20,308 --> 03:01:25,246
about this. And I definitely made my opinion known that with

2621
03:01:25,246 --> 03:01:28,490
especially with this. But even the other shows that we need

2622
03:01:28,490 --> 03:01:31,453
major economic impact on the downtown businesses. And James

2623
03:01:31,453 --> 03:01:35,523
and I were on the same page. So that's why I was comfortable

2624
03:01:35,523 --> 03:01:40,795
today going forward with with regards to the street

2625
03:01:40,795 --> 03:01:44,598
performers, you know, listen, the goal of what we want to do

2626
03:01:44,598 --> 03:01:47,869
when we bring people to Arts Park is then bring those boots

2627
03:01:47,869 --> 03:01:53,869
into downtown. What's that? Right? So knowing that we have

2628
03:01:53,942 --> 03:01:59,140
art walk on the same night, usually that's from 6 to 10, I

2629
03:01:59,140 --> 03:02:01,349
would suggest. I mean, the street performers are good, but

2630
03:02:01,349 --> 03:02:06,688
maybe in that budget that we're giving you, we do one of the

2631
03:02:06,688 --> 03:02:10,492
semi headliners in that time frame. That's after the

2632
03:02:10,492 --> 03:02:14,361
festival. So that brings those boots. Somebody says, hey,

2633
03:02:14,361 --> 03:02:17,698
here's whatever band, you know that and some of that budget

2634
03:02:17,698 --> 03:02:19,967
goes to that. And that means they have to walk through

2635
03:02:19,967 --> 03:02:22,838
downtown. And even if they weren't going to do anything,

2636
03:02:22,838 --> 03:02:25,841
they may get an ice cream at one of our places. They'll see

2637
03:02:25,841 --> 03:02:28,844
what's going on. So I think when I first heard that was

2638
03:02:28,844 --> 03:02:31,847
going to be the same night, I thought that was one of the

2639
03:02:31,847 --> 03:02:34,983
dumbest things I ever heard. But now that I've processed it,

2640
03:02:34,983 --> 03:02:38,720
I think, you know, we can we can use it to our advantage. So

2641
03:02:38,720 --> 03:02:41,723
I would like that if we go forward with this, and I'd like

2642
03:02:41,723 --> 03:02:44,727
to go forward with this, that that stage, which is going to

2643
03:02:44,727 --> 03:02:47,662
be there anyway, is activated with one of the talents that

2644
03:02:47,662 --> 03:02:49,865
we're purchasing in that in that budget. So. Yep. And that

2645
03:02:49,865 --> 03:02:52,670
brings those people right through downtown. We're putting

2646
03:02:52,670 --> 03:02:55,270
it on 19th still Art walk, is that right? It's in the

2647
03:02:55,270 --> 03:03:00,700
downtown on, on, on 19th. I thought it was on 20th. I

2648
03:03:00,700 --> 03:03:03,811
missed it the last couple days. But now it's facing south the

2649
03:03:03,811 --> 03:03:08,216
stage right on on 19th. It's no longer at the end of Harrison

2650
03:03:08,216 --> 03:03:10,952
Street. It's by Morning Star. Right, right, right. So yeah.

2651
03:03:10,952 --> 03:03:14,688
So I would suggest that just, you know, I don't want to

2652
03:03:14,688 --> 03:03:17,291
micromanage your production, but I think that's a way to

2653
03:03:17,291 --> 03:03:20,362
bring them through. And it was very clear when we were on the

2654
03:03:20,362 --> 03:03:23,364
phone that whatever food program you and I agree with

2655
03:03:23,364 --> 03:03:25,834
you, these brick and mortar restaurants aren't set up to be

2656
03:03:25,834 --> 03:03:28,636
vendors at festivals, so you can't ask them to do that. But

2657
03:03:28,636 --> 03:03:31,772
you had said you had an idea that you would create something

2658
03:03:31,772 --> 03:03:34,443
that people are ordering and whatever. So again, if as long

2659
03:03:34,443 --> 03:03:37,580
as we're on the same page that you say, hey, we've engaged

2660
03:03:37,580 --> 03:03:40,448
with these downtown restaurants and using them and we do it

2661
03:03:40,448 --> 03:03:43,784
that way again, I'm, I'm in favor of this. So yeah. Are you

2662
03:03:43,784 --> 03:03:46,789
okay with continuing it? We can bring it back in two weeks, but

2663
03:03:46,789 --> 03:03:49,790
I can just tell you that that that's probably going to need

2664
03:03:49,790 --> 03:03:52,727
to make a decision then because the yeah, the good talent's

2665
03:03:52,727 --> 03:03:55,597
already half of them are probably gone. You know, you

2666
03:03:55,597 --> 03:03:57,867
got to book them a year in advance, usually commissioner,

2667
03:03:57,867 --> 03:04:02,871
vice mayor. Curiosity, why are we not charging since we put

2668
03:04:02,871 --> 03:04:06,207
the gate. The whole understanding is that once we

2669
03:04:06,207 --> 03:04:10,479
put up the fence, I'll go ahead. Easier to that we would be able

2670
03:04:10,479 --> 03:04:12,681
to start ticketing. And if these are world renowned,

2671
03:04:12,681 --> 03:04:15,683
people from all over the nation are going to come to hear jazz.

2672
03:04:15,683 --> 03:04:19,487
Why wouldn't they pay? I pay money to go to the hard rock,

2673
03:04:19,487 --> 03:04:22,558
to listen to a band that's not even as well renowned as you're

2674
03:04:22,558 --> 03:04:25,493
stating. So why wouldn't we charge for this? So, Vice Mayor,

2675
03:04:25,493 --> 03:04:28,763
the the reason that this event is coming forward, about a

2676
03:04:28,763 --> 03:04:33,101
little over a year ago, the Commission directed us to put

2677
03:04:33,101 --> 03:04:37,105
together a jazz free jazz festival, and we set the budget

2678
03:04:37,105 --> 03:04:41,509
at that time at $200,000 to do so. James, if he thinks he can

2679
03:04:41,509 --> 03:04:44,579
charge a ticket cover here. That's why it was a right but.

2680
03:04:44,579 --> 03:04:48,490
But free when you say free for the public, it's this isn't

2681
03:04:48,490 --> 03:04:52,320
free. This is question is dollars. No, we were told to do

2682
03:04:52,320 --> 03:04:55,323
it as a free event to the public. Not I don't remember

2683
03:04:55,323 --> 03:04:57,592
that. Thank you. James. I'd like your opinion on the

2684
03:04:57,592 --> 03:05:01,196
ticketing on on if ticketing this makes sense. And if that's

2685
03:05:01,196 --> 03:05:04,399
secures just enough, you know the same. We want a

2686
03:05:04,399 --> 03:05:07,602
pre-registration. We do want people to register to come in

2687
03:05:07,602 --> 03:05:11,139
to the to the park that day. We want them. We want to know

2688
03:05:11,139 --> 03:05:14,142
they're coming. We we will not charge them to come in. We have

2689
03:05:14,142 --> 03:05:17,146
an area where you could be general admission, but we want

2690
03:05:17,146 --> 03:05:21,150
them to engage in the hospitality amenities of the

2691
03:05:21,150 --> 03:05:23,884
event. And that's that's the really the mission here. That's

2692
03:05:23,884 --> 03:05:28,956
a culinary component to a to a music festival. So how do you

2693
03:05:28,956 --> 03:05:32,160
do that? You do that through through a pre-ordering of the

2694
03:05:32,160 --> 03:05:35,296
food Will not be free, but we're not making money on it.

2695
03:05:35,296 --> 03:05:38,633
It's just going to be a pass through to the to the

2696
03:05:38,633 --> 03:05:41,836
restaurants that provide the food. I think that we're

2697
03:05:41,836 --> 03:05:46,636
setting, setting a, a very challenging precedent because

2698
03:05:47,308 --> 03:05:51,179
if one venue is going to charge for food and so forth, we're

2699
03:05:51,179 --> 03:05:54,115
going to have to continue that. I don't think that that's the

2700
03:05:54,115 --> 03:05:59,921
proper. I mean, personally, I think my understanding when we

2701
03:05:59,921 --> 03:06:02,857
put the fence, because I was against the fence, because it

2702
03:06:02,857 --> 03:06:05,926
is a public park. So now we're blocking it in, we're charging

2703
03:06:05,926 --> 03:06:08,129
for events. And I understood that it was a revenue

2704
03:06:08,129 --> 03:06:12,660
generating type of service. And that's why we had to have the

2705
03:06:12,660 --> 03:06:16,700
the fence. If we have the fence, we charge for the concert that

2706
03:06:16,700 --> 03:06:19,807
covers the costs of the bands that are coming in. And then

2707
03:06:19,807 --> 03:06:23,100
there's other ways to go about bringing that foot traffic in,

2708
03:06:23,100 --> 03:06:28,816
which I still think needs to be promoted, but to lay out that

2709
03:06:28,816 --> 03:06:33,554
amount of money to bring a fee, a free. And I, I don't remember

2710
03:06:33,554 --> 03:06:37,358
a free festival, but I could be completely wrong. And please

2711
03:06:37,358 --> 03:06:41,695
forgive me for not remembering that, but a free festival at

2712
03:06:41,695 --> 03:06:44,898
this amount. I know that I spoke about it, that it was

2713
03:06:44,898 --> 03:06:51,372
very a large. I think it was 350,000, was the original ask.

2714
03:06:51,372 --> 03:06:54,575
But I think we need to charge. If we have the fence, we have

2715
03:06:54,575 --> 03:06:57,579
to start somewhere and this is the way we start. And then that

2716
03:06:57,579 --> 03:07:01,516
way it covers the costs and not on the city. And this way we

2717
03:07:01,516 --> 03:07:05,120
can bleed it into the downtown and promote it. This is this is

2718
03:07:05,120 --> 03:07:07,790
the challenge that we're, that we're working with, and we're

2719
03:07:07,790 --> 03:07:12,994
trying to find a way to use the park in a, in an upgraded

2720
03:07:12,994 --> 03:07:18,332
amenity sense. So you will have a pre-reserved plan, what

2721
03:07:18,332 --> 03:07:21,136
you're going to do when you come in, you're going to have

2722
03:07:21,136 --> 03:07:24,148
an area that's set aside for you with a picnic blanket.

2723
03:07:24,148 --> 03:07:27,840
You're going to have a program of food and beverage that goes

2724
03:07:27,840 --> 03:07:31,822
with that. And so to come up with that, with that amenity,

2725
03:07:31,822 --> 03:07:34,825
yet doing it as a free show is the challenge that we've been

2726
03:07:34,825 --> 03:07:38,495
faced with. So we we were we were tasked with the free show

2727
03:07:38,495 --> 03:07:41,831
and that's how we're coming up with the, with the idea. And,

2728
03:07:41,831 --> 03:07:44,701
and we have different tiers that we're looking at some of

2729
03:07:44,701 --> 03:07:49,639
it just seeded not necessarily a picnic area. We have. We also

2730
03:07:49,639 --> 03:07:53,242
intend to bring in some folding chairs to the area and use it

2731
03:07:53,242 --> 03:07:56,913
as a seated venue as well, because this music does lend

2732
03:07:56,913 --> 03:07:59,850
itself to sitting and listening. It's not the standing and

2733
03:07:59,850 --> 03:08:03,855
dancing type of show, so we're looking to upgrade that level

2734
03:08:03,855 --> 03:08:07,457
of service in the park. So we welcome the opportunity to have

2735
03:08:07,457 --> 03:08:12,610
these discussions and come back and, and show our hospitality

2736
03:08:12,610 --> 03:08:16,133
amenity plans more, more in more detail because we didn't

2737
03:08:16,133 --> 03:08:19,802
we didn't come prepared for that today. But we can do that.

2738
03:08:19,802 --> 03:08:23,730
And we and we have to do that. That's the work we have to do.

2739
03:08:23,730 --> 03:08:26,810
That's the challenge of working with the park now as a gated

2740
03:08:26,810 --> 03:08:30,480
facility. Yet we were told this is a free event, so that's how

2741
03:08:30,480 --> 03:08:33,417
we're approaching it. So if we didn't tell you, this would be

2742
03:08:33,417 --> 03:08:36,487
a free event. Do you feel like this is an event that's

2743
03:08:36,487 --> 03:08:39,756
appropriate to charge a a ticket for? Is that a is that a

2744
03:08:39,756 --> 03:08:43,626
maybe when you come back in two weeks, you can tell us if

2745
03:08:43,626 --> 03:08:47,296
you've looked at an alternative, you know, direction for the

2746
03:08:47,296 --> 03:08:50,500
event. That could be if it were to be ticketed and if that's a

2747
03:08:50,500 --> 03:08:53,503
successful direction, if that's what you prefer. And, and

2748
03:08:53,503 --> 03:08:55,705
propose something different than the picnic idea, then by

2749
03:08:55,705 --> 03:09:00,110
all means propose it. I don't want your hands because you all

2750
03:09:00,110 --> 03:09:03,446
are the producers that are, you know, they're going to be

2751
03:09:03,446 --> 03:09:06,716
evaluated on the success of the event. And if we've given you

2752
03:09:06,716 --> 03:09:08,985
parameters that you know, you're trying to work with but

2753
03:09:08,985 --> 03:09:11,988
you don't think are ideal, then I want to hear that. I don't

2754
03:09:11,988 --> 03:09:15,792
want you to just do what we said because we thought it was

2755
03:09:15,792 --> 03:09:18,863
a good idea, you know, in fact, we want to know who's coming.

2756
03:09:18,863 --> 03:09:21,932
We want to we want to be able to communicate with them in

2757
03:09:21,932 --> 03:09:25,200
advance. Is it going to be a different way of using the park?

2758
03:09:25,200 --> 03:09:27,939
Don't come with all of your, you know, packages and chairs

2759
03:09:27,939 --> 03:09:30,740
and everything. We're going to be providing those things. So

2760
03:09:30,740 --> 03:09:33,876
we do want a way to know who's coming and to engage them

2761
03:09:33,876 --> 03:09:36,880
beforehand. So it's not just a walk up free event. So these

2762
03:09:36,880 --> 03:09:39,830
are the challenges that we're it seems beautiful, except that

2763
03:09:39,830 --> 03:09:42,850
if we spend this much money and we don't have thousands of

2764
03:09:42,850 --> 03:09:44,688
people plural, which there won't be room if everybody's

2765
03:09:44,688 --> 03:09:48,892
got a picnic blanket set up, then I'm afraid about how many

2766
03:09:48,892 --> 03:09:51,894
people will be able to accommodate and not have room.

2767
03:09:51,894 --> 03:09:55,310
And then we've spent $200,000 to have 400 people have a

2768
03:09:55,310 --> 03:09:59,368
beautiful night. I don't know, we're looking at all of the

2769
03:09:59,368 --> 03:10:02,572
capacities in the different tiers that we that we can do.

2770
03:10:02,572 --> 03:10:05,641
We think we can still do a great number of people in the

2771
03:10:05,641 --> 03:10:08,645
thousands for sure. And it's not going to be your highest

2772
03:10:08,645 --> 03:10:11,581
capacity number ever, because that's a different type of

2773
03:10:11,581 --> 03:10:14,851
setup. But we think this is where the arts park should be

2774
03:10:14,851 --> 03:10:18,722
going. Now, as it's gated venue, we want to be able to provide

2775
03:10:18,722 --> 03:10:22,659
this higher level of experience and bring in these other genres

2776
03:10:22,659 --> 03:10:26,863
that are that are more, I guess, more sophisticated. I got you.

2777
03:10:26,863 --> 03:10:30,667
All right. So we do have a motion to continue on the floor.

2778
03:10:30,667 --> 03:10:33,603
June 3rd and June 17th are our upcoming city commission

2779
03:10:33,603 --> 03:10:35,939
meetings. Before I go to Commissioner Hernandez, city

2780
03:10:35,939 --> 03:10:40,410
manager, is June 3rd or 17 preferred by you? That's two

2781
03:10:40,410 --> 03:10:44,681
weeks versus one month rhythm Foundation. What do you prefer?

2782
03:10:44,681 --> 03:10:48,419
Happy. Happy to come back. Third, pick the date you want

2783
03:10:48,419 --> 03:10:52,222
to be back in two weeks with the plan or in a month, two

2784
03:10:52,222 --> 03:10:55,292
weeks, two weeks. All right. June 3rd at 2 p.m. is when it

2785
03:10:55,292 --> 03:10:57,960
would be. Commissioner Hernandez, you have the floor.

2786
03:10:57,960 --> 03:11:02,632
Thank you, mayor. And for the record, I love jazz, smooth

2787
03:11:02,632 --> 03:11:06,303
jazz. I either either jazz. I love jazz because it's good

2788
03:11:06,303 --> 03:11:09,106
music. And you can learn a great deal from just listening

2789
03:11:09,106 --> 03:11:12,375
to the music. So this is not against music. This is not

2790
03:11:12,375 --> 03:11:18,181
against the Rhythm Foundation. This is against us giving more

2791
03:11:18,181 --> 03:11:21,718
money for one music versus another when we're supposed to

2792
03:11:21,718 --> 03:11:26,456
be even keel when it comes to that. And if I heard you

2793
03:11:26,456 --> 03:11:31,528
correctly, this is a free event, but you cannot come free at the

2794
03:11:31,528 --> 03:11:34,998
door, which means you got to pre-register. Do people have to

2795
03:11:34,998 --> 03:11:39,690
buy anything to pre-register? Can I just send I'm going to

2796
03:11:39,690 --> 03:11:43,406
come to the event or do I need to purchase a picnic and all

2797
03:11:43,406 --> 03:11:46,900
that other stuff and what have, you know, you would know on the

2798
03:11:46,900 --> 03:11:49,146
record? Well, the question the that is the question that we're

2799
03:11:49,146 --> 03:11:52,282
that we're we're struggling with. We had looked to do it as

2800
03:11:52,282 --> 03:11:57,820
a free registration opportunity or the preprogramed opportunity.

2801
03:11:59,155 --> 03:12:05,428
So both a general admission area and a reserve area, let's

2802
03:12:05,428 --> 03:12:08,898
call it where you will have a plan. So we're looking for a

2803
03:12:08,898 --> 03:12:12,301
hybrid here. So exactly. I'm looking forward to see what you

2804
03:12:12,301 --> 03:12:15,238
bring back in two weeks. And the people that you're going to

2805
03:12:15,238 --> 03:12:18,642
be talking to the downtown and what have you, because this is

2806
03:12:18,642 --> 03:12:21,511
what some of the people are saying that they don't want

2807
03:12:21,511 --> 03:12:25,448
they don't want to the haves and the have nots, because

2808
03:12:25,448 --> 03:12:28,518
we're paying for this. We're the we're the public funding

2809
03:12:28,518 --> 03:12:31,654
for this. And yet if you pay, you're going to have a picnic

2810
03:12:31,654 --> 03:12:34,524
area, you're going to have your wine, your cheese and

2811
03:12:34,524 --> 03:12:37,460
everything else. If you don't pay, you're going to be with a

2812
03:12:37,460 --> 03:12:40,530
hurt on the back. And we're paying for the whole thing. We

2813
03:12:40,530 --> 03:12:42,799
underwriting this. So I would love to hear more about when

2814
03:12:42,799 --> 03:12:45,669
you come back in two weeks, and please come back with the

2815
03:12:45,669 --> 03:12:48,671
people that you're going to be working for with in the

2816
03:12:48,671 --> 03:12:51,741
downtown and a complete plan that we can actually approve

2817
03:12:51,741 --> 03:12:55,110
and look forward to having a long term relationship with you.

2818
03:12:55,110 --> 03:13:00,160
But at the end of the day, this is something that it was, as

2819
03:13:00,160 --> 03:13:03,686
some people say, half baked at this point because you yourself

2820
03:13:03,686 --> 03:13:06,689
don't know you have a concept that you want to follow, but

2821
03:13:06,689 --> 03:13:09,759
you don't have a plan yet to that concept. So I'm looking

2822
03:13:09,759 --> 03:13:12,295
forward to hearing them two weeks. All right, so we've got

2823
03:13:12,295 --> 03:13:15,498
support for the continuance, and we'll take a vote on that

2824
03:13:15,498 --> 03:13:17,967
for in two weeks on June 3rd. Let's close it out with

2825
03:13:17,967 --> 03:13:20,637
Commissioners Hernandez and Schumann on the continuance. Go

2826
03:13:20,637 --> 03:13:25,375
ahead. Commissioner. Yeah that's what's on the floor. You

2827
03:13:25,375 --> 03:13:30,980
go ahead Kevin. Okay. So I think that some of this is good

2828
03:13:30,980 --> 03:13:36,319
compromise. And this isn't the early 2000 anymore. I think a

2829
03:13:36,319 --> 03:13:41,560
lot of our restaurants are prepared to do Uber Eats. And I

2830
03:13:41,560 --> 03:13:44,610
think that would be a great concept as part of this. Maybe

2831
03:13:44,610 --> 03:13:48,664
not Uber Eats, but Boucher brothers, I don't know if they

2832
03:13:48,664 --> 03:13:51,534
talked to you guys about it, but they talked about doing

2833
03:13:51,534 --> 03:13:53,804
something similar on the beach where people could order from

2834
03:13:53,804 --> 03:13:57,700
an app and it gives their GPS location on the sand and they

2835
03:13:57,700 --> 03:14:00,344
could deliver food. I think that similar concept could be

2836
03:14:00,344 --> 03:14:04,881
done here, whether they're preorder or order at the time.

2837
03:14:04,881 --> 03:14:09,419
They could order through a Arts park app, bring you food from a

2838
03:14:09,419 --> 03:14:14,819
certain restaurant similar to the ship. What's the. The

2839
03:14:16,960 --> 03:14:21,431
alleyway that is the the ship. The shipyard, is that what it's

2840
03:14:21,431 --> 03:14:23,634
called? Where people can order from three different places

2841
03:14:23,634 --> 03:14:26,970
through an app, or the food hall where you could order on

2842
03:14:26,970 --> 03:14:33,977
the app. You could do it in a arts park with participating

2843
03:14:33,977 --> 03:14:37,180
restaurants. I think you guys got two weeks to come up with

2844
03:14:37,180 --> 03:14:40,118
this, but and I know that pressure's on, but I think that

2845
03:14:40,118 --> 03:14:42,186
some of the restaurants in downtown would be happy to

2846
03:14:42,186 --> 03:14:45,922
compete with the food hall in Arts Park through an app like

2847
03:14:45,922 --> 03:14:51,322
that. All right. Commissioner, the continuance, nothing on the

2848
03:14:51,528 --> 03:14:54,865
continuance. Okay. All right. All those in favor of

2849
03:14:54,865 --> 03:14:57,869
continuing the resolution to our upcoming June 3rd meeting

2850
03:14:57,869 --> 03:15:02,405
at 2 p.m. All those in favor, say aye. Aye, aye. Any opposed?

2851
03:15:02,405 --> 03:15:06,409
Hearing none. The item carries unanimously. Thank you all.

2852
03:15:06,409 --> 03:15:10,130
Appreciate it. And looking forward to to you all coming

2853
03:15:10,130 --> 03:15:12,216
back in two weeks. Go ahead Commissioner. Thank you. I just

2854
03:15:12,216 --> 03:15:17,220
want to say that this is before us today because a year ago,

2855
03:15:17,220 --> 03:15:23,250
this Commission wanted to have the re birth of the Hollywood

2856
03:15:23,250 --> 03:15:25,897
Jazz Fest, which, as I understand, was always a free

2857
03:15:25,897 --> 03:15:29,900
event. We did it for 20 years. It was nationally recognized.

2858
03:15:29,900 --> 03:15:34,103
And and that's kind of where we were going. It was a jazz fest

2859
03:15:34,103 --> 03:15:39,176
that was famous in Hollywood, and we all agreed to revitalize

2860
03:15:39,176 --> 03:15:41,912
it. And I think you're right, Commissioner Clary, you said,

2861
03:15:41,912 --> 03:15:44,448
let's tone it down. And we did. If you remember, it started

2862
03:15:44,448 --> 03:15:48,185
with 500 000, because that was the budget that we had for the

2863
03:15:48,185 --> 03:15:52,590
centennial and we all scaled it back. So my concern is only

2864
03:15:52,590 --> 03:15:56,590
that I don't want to cheap out here. I want to make sure that

2865
03:15:56,590 --> 03:15:58,862
this is something that we're all proud of, that it's the

2866
03:15:58,862 --> 03:16:01,932
first of something that's just going to grow and grow and grow,

2867
03:16:01,932 --> 03:16:04,469
have national recognition. We already have serious on board.

2868
03:16:04,469 --> 03:16:09,269
I understand your concerns, Commissioner Hernandez, but I

2869
03:16:09,406 --> 03:16:12,609
thought the picnic thing was fabulous. Bring all of our

2870
03:16:12,609 --> 03:16:15,413
downtown restaurants. You're going to tell them how to do it.

2871
03:16:15,413 --> 03:16:18,348
We're going to make sure they don't have single use plastic.

2872
03:16:18,348 --> 03:16:21,418
We're going to have I mean, I grew up with this at

2873
03:16:21,418 --> 03:16:26,756
Merriweather Park and Mary. Time. So I just think that we

2874
03:16:26,756 --> 03:16:30,627
shouldn't lose sight of the mandate that we gave to our,

2875
03:16:30,627 --> 03:16:34,831
our parks Department to put together a nationally

2876
03:16:34,831 --> 03:16:39,302
recognized free jazz fest in our city. And I'm really

2877
03:16:39,302 --> 03:16:42,105
excited to see what you guys come back with. So thank you.

2878
03:16:42,105 --> 03:16:45,420
All right. Thank you all. No one expected this to take this

2879
03:16:45,420 --> 03:16:48,178
much discussion, but thank you for for talking it out with us.

2880
03:16:48,178 --> 03:16:52,248
All right, ladies and gentlemen, on to our regular agenda. We've

2881
03:16:52,248 --> 03:16:57,648
got four items. It is surprisingly 420 almost. And so

2882
03:17:01,592 --> 03:17:04,128
it looks like we'll take up the time. I thought we'd have a

2883
03:17:04,128 --> 03:17:06,997
break. All right, let's go to resolution of the city

2884
03:17:06,997 --> 03:17:09,660
commission. City, Hollywood authorizing the city to accept

2885
03:17:09,660 --> 03:17:10,934
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection 25,

2886
03:17:10,934 --> 03:17:13,690
2026 land Water Conservation Fund Program grant in the

2887
03:17:13,690 --> 03:17:17,407
amount of $1.5 million for the construction of Sunset Park.

2888
03:17:17,407 --> 03:17:20,276
Authorizing the matching funds. ET cetera. ET cetera. ET cetera.

2889
03:17:20,276 --> 03:17:23,613
We have a motion from Vice Mayor, second from Commissioner

2890
03:17:23,613 --> 03:17:29,613
Hernandez. Are there any speaker cards on item 28? We do.

2891
03:17:32,422 --> 03:17:39,220
Claire. Garrett, come on up. Hello again. I'm here to speak

2892
03:17:50,840 --> 03:17:53,776
in favor of accepting the Florida Department of

2893
03:17:53,776 --> 03:17:56,776
Environmental Protection 2025 2026 land Water Conservation

2894
03:17:59,181 --> 03:18:03,920
Fund Program grant in the amount of $1.5 million for the

2895
03:18:03,920 --> 03:18:07,456
construction of Sunset Park and authorizing the 1 to 1 matching

2896
03:18:07,456 --> 03:18:11,461
funds that are required. Many members of the community,

2897
03:18:11,461 --> 03:18:15,464
myself included, work hard to campaign for the passage of the

2898
03:18:15,464 --> 03:18:19,602
general Obligation Bond, which included funds sufficient to

2899
03:18:19,602 --> 03:18:23,272
purchase this property but insufficient for transformation

2900
03:18:23,272 --> 03:18:27,277
into a new passive park for the enjoyment of all the residents.

2901
03:18:27,277 --> 03:18:30,747
Many civic associations, including the Park Civic

2902
03:18:30,747 --> 03:18:34,170
Association, which I belong to, wrote support letters in

2903
03:18:34,170 --> 03:18:38,687
October of 2024 to accompany the application for this grant.

2904
03:18:38,687 --> 03:18:42,291
The city has been working diligently to apply for all

2905
03:18:42,291 --> 03:18:46,295
available grants, and it is so exciting to see some of the

2906
03:18:46,295 --> 03:18:49,499
funding for construction starting to fall into place.

2907
03:18:49,499 --> 03:18:54,237
But it is bittersweet that local activists Karen Caputo is

2908
03:18:54,237 --> 03:18:58,707
no longer here with us. To celebrate this accomplishment.

2909
03:18:58,707 --> 03:19:02,178
She devoted many years of her life to the Herculean effort to

2910
03:19:02,178 --> 03:19:05,514
save this property from commercial development. I'm

2911
03:19:05,514 --> 03:19:08,985
taking this opportunity to suggest that when all the

2912
03:19:08,985 --> 03:19:12,255
necessary funding is acquired and the passive park is finally

2913
03:19:12,255 --> 03:19:16,259
built, that Karen's name be remembered somewhere at this

2914
03:19:16,259 --> 03:19:19,864
property. Thank you, thank you. Claire, we have a motion and a

2915
03:19:19,864 --> 03:19:24,134
second to approve the item. Vice mayor. No, I said motion

2916
03:19:24,134 --> 03:19:28,138
to approve. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

2917
03:19:28,138 --> 03:19:32,742
Hearing none. The item carries five zero with Commissioners

2918
03:19:32,742 --> 03:19:36,146
Peterman and Quintana away from the dais. They can enter their

2919
03:19:36,146 --> 03:19:39,830
votes later if they wish. Item 29 is resolution of the City

2920
03:19:39,830 --> 03:19:40,950
Commission. City of Hollywood authorizing the appropriate

2921
03:19:40,950 --> 03:19:43,953
city officials to issue a change order to blank to

2922
03:19:43,953 --> 03:19:48,153
blanket purchase agreement. PA 601132 with SFM janitorial

2923
03:19:48,224 --> 03:19:51,270
services for janitorial services to increase the

2924
03:19:51,270 --> 03:19:56,980
contract amount as provided on the agenda. I know this is an

2925
03:19:56,980 --> 03:20:00,503
item that you probably reviewed with this additional facilities

2926
03:20:00,503 --> 03:20:03,773
that would be serviced for improved janitorial services.

2927
03:20:03,773 --> 03:20:06,976
Motion to approve. We have a motion from Vice Mayor Kolody,

2928
03:20:06,976 --> 03:20:10,247
second from Commissioner Gruber. No speaker cards on item 29.

2929
03:20:10,247 --> 03:20:13,783
All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none. Item

2930
03:20:13,783 --> 03:20:17,383
carries unanimously. Commissioner Quintana, did you

2931
03:20:18,721 --> 03:20:21,805
want to register a vote for item 28 on the on sunset? Is

2932
03:20:21,805 --> 03:20:26,942
that a yes? Yes. Thank you. Clerk you have that item 30 is

2933
03:20:26,942 --> 03:20:28,944
a resolution. The City Commission city Hollywood

2934
03:20:28,944 --> 03:20:31,947
authorizing the city to execute a memo of understanding with

2935
03:20:31,947 --> 03:20:34,884
the city of Lauderhill. Should the City of Hollywood be

2936
03:20:34,884 --> 03:20:37,553
awarded as a sub recipient of the 2026 World Cup event

2937
03:20:37,553 --> 03:20:41,900
funding facilitated by the county and the city of

2938
03:20:41,900 --> 03:20:45,940
Lauderhill. Through their arrangement in an amount up to

2939
03:20:45,940 --> 03:20:48,694
$65,000, authorizing the required 1 to 1 matching funds,

2940
03:20:49,431 --> 03:20:52,768
etc. we have a motion of approval from Vice Mayor Kolody

2941
03:20:52,768 --> 03:20:55,704
and a second from Commissioner Gruber, and no speaker cards on

2942
03:20:55,704 --> 03:21:00,376
item 30. Pat. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any

2943
03:21:00,376 --> 03:21:02,778
opposed? Hearing none. Item carries unanimously.

2944
03:21:02,778 --> 03:21:07,783
Commissioner Behrmann, did you want to register a vote on the

2945
03:21:07,783 --> 03:21:11,320
Grant for sunset on item 28. Yes, yes and yes, Pat, it is

2946
03:21:11,320 --> 03:21:17,594
for 23:05 p.m. comments will be 5 p.m. Let's go ahead to any

2947
03:21:17,594 --> 03:21:20,796
comments by the City Commission, city attorney, city manager,

2948
03:21:20,796 --> 03:21:26,196
Commissioner Shuhan. Go ahead. Thank you. Mayor. Really just

2949
03:21:27,736 --> 03:21:34,760
wanted to reiterate to our team that the county has made

2950
03:21:34,760 --> 03:21:38,880
available $20 million in county resiliency grants. I know VIN

2951
03:21:38,880 --> 03:21:42,818
and Tamera and Adam, you're all aware of it, but it's a great

2952
03:21:42,818 --> 03:21:46,288
opportunity to take advantage and get some county money to do

2953
03:21:46,288 --> 03:21:49,758
some of our work. And the only other thing is really for Jovan,

2954
03:21:49,758 --> 03:21:53,429
and that is we're getting emails from residents about

2955
03:21:53,429 --> 03:21:57,634
overnight parking that they used to be able to have it, and

2956
03:21:57,634 --> 03:22:00,502
that different parts of the city are being treated

2957
03:22:00,502 --> 03:22:06,175
differently. And we just need some clarity. In my opinion, if

2958
03:22:06,175 --> 03:22:09,444
parking is sitting empty overnight and someone has a

2959
03:22:09,444 --> 03:22:12,715
city parking pass, I don't really see an issue with it.

2960
03:22:12,715 --> 03:22:15,651
But it seems like in some places it's okay and some

2961
03:22:15,651 --> 03:22:18,320
places it's not. So we just need to get a better

2962
03:22:18,320 --> 03:22:22,390
understanding as to the why. When it's parking that's just

2963
03:22:22,390 --> 03:22:27,329
sitting unused overnight. So, you know, I know whenever I get

2964
03:22:27,329 --> 03:22:30,932
an email about it, it's been forwarded to you or Roger

2965
03:22:30,932 --> 03:22:33,869
specifically on the barrier island. There are places where

2966
03:22:33,869 --> 03:22:37,406
it's says, you know, residents only overnight. And yet in

2967
03:22:37,406 --> 03:22:43,278
other areas, even residents can't use it. So if there's a

2968
03:22:43,278 --> 03:22:48,751
need where the parking is being utilized for another purpose,

2969
03:22:48,751 --> 03:22:51,620
like, like the problem we had at Keating, for example,

2970
03:22:51,620 --> 03:22:54,900
something like that makes sense where we really had to crack

2971
03:22:54,900 --> 03:22:58,940
down. But in areas where it's just empty, I would like us to

2972
03:22:58,940 --> 03:23:02,297
take a look and otherwise that's really it. Thank you.

2973
03:23:02,297 --> 03:23:06,497
Thank you, Commissioner Hernandez. Thank you mayor.

2974
03:23:10,172 --> 03:23:13,443
Summer is coming and the rains are coming with it, even though

2975
03:23:13,443 --> 03:23:16,378
we've missed the rain because there's been a drought where we

2976
03:23:16,378 --> 03:23:19,715
are. But if it's at all possible, if we could clean the

2977
03:23:19,715 --> 03:23:24,787
drains and address that, that that's that's pivotal for some

2978
03:23:24,787 --> 03:23:27,922
of the issues that we're having. Because as soon as it starts

2979
03:23:27,922 --> 03:23:30,660
raining, it's going to happen at the same time. And if we

2980
03:23:30,660 --> 03:23:33,729
don't have the drains, it's going to be harder to keep up

2981
03:23:33,729 --> 03:23:35,798
with. When it comes to something like that. Speed

2982
03:23:35,798 --> 03:23:41,470
bumps. We've received emails of crashes on 24th Avenue and

2983
03:23:41,470 --> 03:23:46,207
particularly Van Buren Street, and I'd like to have an update

2984
03:23:46,207 --> 03:23:49,145
at some point if we do want something like this. It's been

2985
03:23:49,145 --> 03:23:52,881
months that we talked about it. I met with PD, I've met with

2986
03:23:52,881 --> 03:23:55,160
the engineering department the residents are clamoring to for

2987
03:23:55,160 --> 03:23:57,953
some kind of update, whether it's good or bad, just so they

2988
03:23:57,953 --> 03:24:02,157
can know what's going on. Also, on 22nd Avenue, we were

2989
03:24:02,157 --> 03:24:04,827
supposed to be doing something with that. It doesn't have to

2990
03:24:04,827 --> 03:24:07,430
be right now. Just get me the information so that I can

2991
03:24:07,430 --> 03:24:11,900
provide that to the residents. And just a comment about what

2992
03:24:11,900 --> 03:24:15,837
we were discussing earlier today. It's hard for some of

2993
03:24:15,837 --> 03:24:21,837
the businesses in the downtown to support events that garner

2994
03:24:21,910 --> 03:24:26,181
this kind of expense. When they themselves put events that

2995
03:24:26,181 --> 03:24:30,518
bring in more and more people, not only to their businesses,

2996
03:24:30,518 --> 03:24:33,922
but to all the other businesses around in the area, and they

2997
03:24:33,922 --> 03:24:38,460
have to fight for the money to get. So if we can just have.

2998
03:24:38,460 --> 03:24:43,132
And this is a great idea, but what I saw and heard today,

2999
03:24:43,132 --> 03:24:46,735
it's something that they want us to give a blank check for a

3000
03:24:46,735 --> 03:24:49,938
concept that they haven't really ironed out yet. They

3001
03:24:49,938 --> 03:24:53,809
have an idea and it's a great idea, but it's the same as

3002
03:24:53,809 --> 03:24:56,811
somebody's paying for it. Because if you're telling me

3003
03:24:56,811 --> 03:24:59,614
that you're going to have a picnic area reserved for you

3004
03:24:59,614 --> 03:25:04,954
because you bought a picnic, they called it an amenity, but

3005
03:25:04,954 --> 03:25:07,890
let's call it a package, and you're going to be set aside

3006
03:25:07,890 --> 03:25:10,960
and you're going to do this and you're going to have you. And

3007
03:25:10,960 --> 03:25:13,963
if you didn't, you have to register to come in and then

3008
03:25:13,963 --> 03:25:17,767
you would be in a different place. That to me is not what I

3009
03:25:17,767 --> 03:25:21,570
consider the concept that we talked about a year ago of a

3010
03:25:21,570 --> 03:25:26,508
free event and call me novice. I may be novice when it comes

3011
03:25:26,508 --> 03:25:29,579
to this, but a free event is something that we said, this is

3012
03:25:29,579 --> 03:25:32,916
happening, come and enjoy it. And if you come in at the last

3013
03:25:32,916 --> 03:25:35,917
minute because you didn't know that you were going to be in

3014
03:25:35,917 --> 03:25:39,540
town or you moving, you coming into town or something like

3015
03:25:39,540 --> 03:25:41,990
that, that's what I envision when it comes to a free event.

3016
03:25:41,990 --> 03:25:44,994
But when you have an event that you have to make arrangements

3017
03:25:44,994 --> 03:25:47,729
to be there because by registering and then if you

3018
03:25:47,729 --> 03:25:50,132
purchase a package, you have the ability to have an

3019
03:25:50,132 --> 03:25:54,300
exclusive area. I gather that. So we need to, you know, look

3020
03:25:54,300 --> 03:25:57,139
at that idea. If that is really what we want for something like

3021
03:25:57,139 --> 03:26:01,476
this, because the average folk in my district may not be able

3022
03:26:01,476 --> 03:26:05,547
to afford that picnic package to come to their own park in

3023
03:26:05,547 --> 03:26:10,952
their own backyard. So we need to ask those questions within

3024
03:26:10,952 --> 03:26:14,289
this two weeks and maybe talk to them and see what we can

3025
03:26:14,289 --> 03:26:17,692
clear up in order to come up with a, with something that we

3026
03:26:17,692 --> 03:26:21,300
can all be proud of. I don't have anything against the event.

3027
03:26:21,300 --> 03:26:23,633
I just don't want to be counterproductive to the money

3028
03:26:23,633 --> 03:26:26,368
that we're spending in our downtown to bring people to the

3029
03:26:26,368 --> 03:26:29,304
downtown so they can come to the businesses. That was my

3030
03:26:29,304 --> 03:26:32,240
point, and thank you all for allowing this two weeks for

3031
03:26:32,240 --> 03:26:35,430
those things to be cleared out. Thank you. Thank you,

3032
03:26:35,430 --> 03:26:39,470
Commissioner Hernandez. I think it'll be a good use of of the

3033
03:26:39,470 --> 03:26:42,584
time to develop the concept further. Let's go ahead to Vice

3034
03:26:42,584 --> 03:26:48,478
Mayor for any comments. Thank you. I just wanted to touch

3035
03:26:48,478 --> 03:26:51,748
base and let everyone know that after our last commission

3036
03:26:51,748 --> 03:26:55,850
meeting, when we recognized Jerry Christiansen, and we're

3037
03:26:55,850 --> 03:26:59,890
going to be putting his name on the Pal building. I went to

3038
03:26:59,890 --> 03:27:06,430
work a couple days later and I try not to. I am a nurse at

3039
03:27:06,430 --> 03:27:09,500
night and a commissioner during the day, and a lot of people

3040
03:27:09,500 --> 03:27:12,836
don't know, believe it or not, that I'm a commissioner. And

3041
03:27:12,836 --> 03:27:16,506
one gentleman stopped me in the hallway. He's a respiratory

3042
03:27:16,506 --> 03:27:19,643
therapist supervisor, and he said, I just want to thank the

3043
03:27:19,643 --> 03:27:22,845
city of Hollywood for recognizing Jerry Christensen.

3044
03:27:22,845 --> 03:27:28,852
He was a vital role in his life, and he is where he is today.

3045
03:27:28,852 --> 03:27:31,921
And I said, oh, were you the story that he had mentioned

3046
03:27:31,921 --> 03:27:34,858
when he was here before us about the young man putting him?

3047
03:27:34,858 --> 03:27:39,195
He said, no. He said, but every holiday Jerry would come and he

3048
03:27:39,195 --> 03:27:42,933
would give us a check or he would bring us a basket, or he

3049
03:27:42,933 --> 03:27:46,200
would always be willing to pick me up and take me somewhere. He

3050
03:27:46,200 --> 03:27:48,940
even offered to take him and his brother to Japan one time

3051
03:27:48,940 --> 03:27:51,942
on a family vacation with him and his wife, but he said he

3052
03:27:51,942 --> 03:27:54,877
always thought the check came from the city of Hollywood

3053
03:27:54,877 --> 03:27:57,814
because he worked at Powell and he was a police officer. But

3054
03:27:57,814 --> 03:28:00,884
instead, he said he took one look at one of the checks one

3055
03:28:00,884 --> 03:28:04,210
Christmas, and it was from him and his wife. And he said, you

3056
03:28:04,210 --> 03:28:06,889
know, that guy is really, really special. And you guys

3057
03:28:06,889 --> 03:28:10,260
are very, very blessed to have him in your city. And I can't

3058
03:28:10,260 --> 03:28:12,895
thank you enough for doing what you guys did. It's really

3059
03:28:12,895 --> 03:28:15,232
remarkable. So when you hear, you know, not everybody watches

3060
03:28:15,232 --> 03:28:17,968
the TV and everyone hears all the bad that happens. But when

3061
03:28:17,968 --> 03:28:20,972
you hear someone recognize the good that we do, it's really

3062
03:28:20,972 --> 03:28:23,973
remarkable to hear that and to have him share his story. And

3063
03:28:23,973 --> 03:28:26,910
he wants to be involved in actually be there the day that

3064
03:28:26,910 --> 03:28:30,470
we put the name up. And I said, please share your story when

3065
03:28:30,470 --> 03:28:33,480
you come. But I think that that was something positive to share

3066
03:28:33,480 --> 03:28:36,118
with the commission of the good work that we do do opposed to

3067
03:28:36,118 --> 03:28:40,570
all of the negative. In addition to that, I've had a

3068
03:28:40,570 --> 03:28:45,457
lot of complaints about the school zone areas, ticketing,

3069
03:28:48,264 --> 03:28:52,936
and in some places there are, prior to the school zone itself,

3070
03:28:52,936 --> 03:28:56,539
flashing lights. And then in some areas there's not. And the

3071
03:28:56,539 --> 03:28:59,476
areas that are not receiving the flashing lights, they come

3072
03:28:59,476 --> 03:29:03,346
upon the school zone, which I would argue you have to

3073
03:29:03,346 --> 03:29:07,160
recognize the school zone areas and not speed. And we've seen,

3074
03:29:07,160 --> 03:29:10,553
as we've been reported on, that there's been a decrease of

3075
03:29:10,553 --> 03:29:14,490
injuries and so forth. But if we're doing, for one, we should

3076
03:29:14,490 --> 03:29:17,961
do for all. And in these areas that don't have the flashing

3077
03:29:17,961 --> 03:29:21,765
lights to pre warn individuals that they're coming up on a

3078
03:29:21,765 --> 03:29:24,701
school zone, then we should implement them because we have

3079
03:29:24,701 --> 03:29:28,838
them in some areas. So people rely on that as a, I guess, a

3080
03:29:28,838 --> 03:29:32,242
safety brake. Now my understanding is that the

3081
03:29:32,242 --> 03:29:36,579
county has placed those flashing lights in certain

3082
03:29:36,579 --> 03:29:40,517
areas where the schools aren't zones are at and not in others

3083
03:29:40,517 --> 03:29:45,317
and individuals, unfortunately, are getting tickets that they

3084
03:29:46,256 --> 03:29:49,580
wish they could contest because of the flashing lights. So I

3085
03:29:49,580 --> 03:29:52,996
don't know how we can work with the county by placing these

3086
03:29:52,996 --> 03:29:57,660
flashing lights at all the school zone areas to to pre

3087
03:29:57,660 --> 03:30:00,469
alert to make aware because it is actually beneficial because

3088
03:30:00,469 --> 03:30:03,672
people are slowing down and they are saving lives. And then

3089
03:30:03,672 --> 03:30:07,477
it would eliminate the ticketing to some extent or

3090
03:30:07,477 --> 03:30:10,120
eliminate the flashing lights. And people be aware of their

3091
03:30:10,120 --> 03:30:13,750
school zones, which we all were prior, but we can't have for

3092
03:30:13,750 --> 03:30:16,753
some and not for others. It's just not fair. And I think it

3093
03:30:16,753 --> 03:30:21,825
makes it very challenging to, to, to force people to pay a

3094
03:30:21,825 --> 03:30:24,895
ticket when some areas have it and some don't. And so this is

3095
03:30:24,895 --> 03:30:28,165
a big concern that I've been brought to my attention. So I'm

3096
03:30:28,165 --> 03:30:31,101
wondering if there's anybody to support the city looking into

3097
03:30:31,101 --> 03:30:33,436
that and working with the county. Sure, sure. And maybe

3098
03:30:33,436 --> 03:30:36,772
city manager we can get a report on, on, on that. And

3099
03:30:36,772 --> 03:30:39,442
then the last thing that I have is we just talked about this

3100
03:30:39,442 --> 03:30:45,314
jazz festival. You know, the the price tag is very high.

3101
03:30:45,314 --> 03:30:48,251
We've all I've spoke about it at the last time, a year ago

3102
03:30:48,251 --> 03:30:51,788
when we mentioned it, I asked to go small. We didn't. And

3103
03:30:51,788 --> 03:30:55,392
here we are today. But if we implement something which is

3104
03:30:55,392 --> 03:30:59,996
the gate to start charging for events, my understanding was

3105
03:30:59,996 --> 03:31:03,600
once we have it, we need to incorporate that. Granted, it

3106
03:31:03,600 --> 03:31:07,400
was said that it was a free concert, but I still feel that

3107
03:31:07,400 --> 03:31:12,275
there is an opportunity for investment purposes. I feel

3108
03:31:12,275 --> 03:31:15,746
like I'm the underdog on this, which is fine, and sometimes we

3109
03:31:15,746 --> 03:31:19,415
have to take risks. You know, I'm getting text messages that

3110
03:31:19,415 --> 03:31:22,686
jazz people don't like jazz. Jazz is an old thing and

3111
03:31:22,686 --> 03:31:25,221
nobody's coming. I'm also getting people saying, bring

3112
03:31:25,221 --> 03:31:29,920
the 80s back. There's always a mix, right? But sometimes we

3113
03:31:29,920 --> 03:31:32,428
have to take chances that are beneficial. And if it doesn't

3114
03:31:32,428 --> 03:31:36,766
work out, lesson learned, we don't move forward. But I think

3115
03:31:36,766 --> 03:31:39,569
that this is an opportunity that we have to bring something

3116
03:31:39,569 --> 03:31:42,505
back that was very beneficial to the city. I just am

3117
03:31:42,505 --> 03:31:45,308
concerned about the cost. So I agree with you, Commissioner

3118
03:31:45,308 --> 03:31:47,577
Hernandez, and I am looking forward to them coming back and

3119
03:31:47,577 --> 03:31:53,490
discussing that. And the last thing I have is Claire just

3120
03:31:53,490 --> 03:31:55,651
mentioned about naming the park. I spoke with Patty Anderson,

3121
03:31:55,651 --> 03:32:00,457
who was one of Karen Caputo's best friends. She mentioned an

3122
03:32:00,457 --> 03:32:03,593
element that she had mentioned it, an element at the park. And

3123
03:32:03,593 --> 03:32:05,928
I think that that's a really great idea to memorize. Karen,

3124
03:32:05,928 --> 03:32:09,665
of all the hard work that she did to make sure that that came

3125
03:32:09,665 --> 03:32:11,868
out, along with North Central Civic Association, I think that

3126
03:32:11,868 --> 03:32:16,500
that would be a benefit. In addition to that, the

3127
03:32:16,500 --> 03:32:20,676
pickleball crew at Pickleball Park also wants the opportunity

3128
03:32:20,676 --> 03:32:24,876
to name courts after individuals who've provided.

3129
03:32:26,149 --> 03:32:29,685
When do you say enough is enough? By naming certain parks

3130
03:32:29,685 --> 03:32:32,822
and places of things, I don't know. I think that should be a

3131
03:32:32,822 --> 03:32:37,693
discussion, maybe to be brought forth of how do we, you know,

3132
03:32:37,693 --> 03:32:42,565
when you do too much of it, it gets lost. And the importance

3133
03:32:42,565 --> 03:32:45,968
of it, I think, gets lost. But I'm looking for support to have

3134
03:32:45,968 --> 03:32:48,772
them come back with the information about how do we go

3135
03:32:48,772 --> 03:32:51,400
about naming and what the criteria should be, since we've

3136
03:32:51,400 --> 03:32:55,378
gone from someone who's past to someone now who's maybe in

3137
03:32:55,378 --> 03:32:59,181
their element age or have a crisis of some sort, and we're

3138
03:32:59,181 --> 03:33:03,520
naming it so they can enjoy the the recognition. But I think we

3139
03:33:03,520 --> 03:33:06,190
need to vet that out a little bit more for them to look into

3140
03:33:06,190 --> 03:33:09,191
it. I'll support that. Thank you. That's all I have. Thank

3141
03:33:09,191 --> 03:33:15,191
you. All right. Let's get to Commissioner Gruber then. Just

3142
03:33:16,139 --> 03:33:23,939
a couple of things. One, I saw an email from the president of

3143
03:33:24,480 --> 03:33:27,160
Playland Estates. I think, Alison, we were looped in on it.

3144
03:33:27,160 --> 03:33:29,820
The the wayfaring signs. Wayfarer signs. Is that what

3145
03:33:29,820 --> 03:33:32,488
they're called? Those, those community signs. So apparently

3146
03:33:32,488 --> 03:33:35,624
Playland Estates was left off of there, according to DCM,

3147
03:33:35,624 --> 03:33:39,229
because the sign they have was put there privately. It's the

3148
03:33:39,229 --> 03:33:42,164
first I'm hearing of it. So staff can get back to me to

3149
03:33:42,164 --> 03:33:45,100
explain that to me. I don't know who's maintaining their

3150
03:33:45,100 --> 03:33:47,837
sign. There's nobody there that's maintaining it. So I

3151
03:33:47,837 --> 03:33:50,507
think if staff can look into that and let me know, because

3152
03:33:50,507 --> 03:33:54,177
I'd like Playland to also get a sign when we finally get them.

3153
03:33:54,177 --> 03:33:57,179
And, and maybe someone can tell me when we are getting those

3154
03:33:57,179 --> 03:33:59,381
signs, maybe before Commissioner Biederman and

3155
03:33:59,381 --> 03:34:06,581
Larry are. And then I did hear good news that the Sloane

3156
03:34:09,580 --> 03:34:12,995
Stephens summer camp is happening at driftwood. This is

3157
03:34:12,995 --> 03:34:18,801
a free camp for kids, has tennis, sports, tutoring, life

3158
03:34:18,801 --> 03:34:23,607
skills. Really amazing. So if Ricky or whoever on staff can

3159
03:34:23,607 --> 03:34:26,675
just get us the information, all of us to so that we can

3160
03:34:26,675 --> 03:34:29,278
spread the word, so people can sign up because it's already

3161
03:34:29,278 --> 03:34:32,481
late in the game and a free camp for kids is really amazing.

3162
03:34:32,481 --> 03:34:36,151
So if staff can get that information to all of us so we

3163
03:34:36,151 --> 03:34:40,890
can spread the word, and that's all I have. Thank you. Thank

3164
03:34:40,890 --> 03:34:44,889
you, Commissioner Gruber. Let's go to Commissioner Biederman.

3165
03:34:46,950 --> 03:34:53,169
So just real quick, just to not to beat a dead horse. But, you

3166
03:34:53,169 --> 03:34:57,373
know, we spent, you know, $5,000, I think, for a concert

3167
03:34:57,373 --> 03:35:01,243
out West, but that we're going to spend $200,000 for the arts

3168
03:35:01,243 --> 03:35:04,847
park if it makes economic development sense, is the only

3169
03:35:04,847 --> 03:35:08,851
reason I would support it. But I think it's unfair. And it's

3170
03:35:08,851 --> 03:35:14,251
not evenly distributed, you know, and then we're talking

3171
03:35:14,991 --> 03:35:18,600
about it's kind of like the haves and the have nots kind of

3172
03:35:18,600 --> 03:35:22,130
thing. You know, I would say that probably 70% of our

3173
03:35:22,130 --> 03:35:28,300
population can't afford a, you know, a fancy wine and cheese

3174
03:35:28,300 --> 03:35:32,941
box at the Arts park and to pay for a, a square of a blanket or

3175
03:35:32,941 --> 03:35:35,877
whatever it is. So I think that we have to make sure, as

3176
03:35:35,877 --> 03:35:38,681
Commissioner Hernandez said, that we have to make sure that

3177
03:35:38,681 --> 03:35:41,684
it's even. And, you know, people of all means, you know,

3178
03:35:41,684 --> 03:35:43,953
Joseph Young said Hollywood should be a place for everybody,

3179
03:35:43,953 --> 03:35:46,756
whether it's the most opulent to the most humble, a working

3180
03:35:46,756 --> 03:35:53,956
class. We need to maintain that. That being said, we are all

3181
03:35:54,162 --> 03:35:58,167
entitled to change our minds based on new information. We've

3182
03:35:58,167 --> 03:36:00,436
heard that in the past from certain commissioners. Oh, I

3183
03:36:00,436 --> 03:36:03,306
just changed my mind. Well, I think we're all allowed to

3184
03:36:03,306 --> 03:36:07,242
change our minds, not just 1 or 2 of us. So thank you very much.

3185
03:36:07,242 --> 03:36:12,420
Thank you, Commissioner Quintana. I was actually going

3186
03:36:12,581 --> 03:36:15,650
to wave, but I'm going to say something now. I totally agree.

3187
03:36:15,650 --> 03:36:19,540
We are all entitled to change our minds. In fact, I think

3188
03:36:19,540 --> 03:36:26,195
that when new information comes in, it is the wise thing to do

3189
03:36:26,195 --> 03:36:29,865
to be open to changing our minds as opposed to sticking

3190
03:36:29,865 --> 03:36:34,270
with something, whether we got new information or not. And

3191
03:36:34,270 --> 03:36:40,870
then I will say. I, I'm assuming that the reason for

3192
03:36:41,610 --> 03:36:48,210
the picnic basket idea was to bring in the businesses that

3193
03:36:50,619 --> 03:36:55,157
that was why that came up. Otherwise, it would have just

3194
03:36:55,157 --> 03:37:00,429
been a free concert without any food and just what we typically

3195
03:37:00,429 --> 03:37:07,629
do. So I think that was the intention. And then. Yeah, I

3196
03:37:10,439 --> 03:37:14,777
guess that's all I'll say. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

3197
03:37:14,777 --> 03:37:19,848
All right. Well, I have some good news for everyone. I

3198
03:37:19,848 --> 03:37:25,855
reached out to the friend of Shelby Thomas. That was that

3199
03:37:25,855 --> 03:37:28,724
was sharing information about Shelby's condition. We all know

3200
03:37:28,724 --> 03:37:32,794
that Shelby is the president of Ocean Rescue Alliance

3201
03:37:32,794 --> 03:37:35,730
International, and we worked with her and her nonprofit to

3202
03:37:35,730 --> 03:37:39,401
deploy our swim from shore reefs. And she's been a real

3203
03:37:39,401 --> 03:37:42,537
great person that we've all very much respected. She's a

3204
03:37:42,537 --> 03:37:47,209
PhD in marine biology. She had a motorcycle accident, not her

3205
03:37:47,209 --> 03:37:52,614
fault some weeks ago. And the good news is, is that I got a

3206
03:37:52,614 --> 03:37:55,752
chance to speak with her. It was a day after she was able to

3207
03:37:55,752 --> 03:37:58,554
speak, after some medical devices were removed from her

3208
03:37:58,554 --> 03:38:01,290
throat and things. And, you know, like you would expect

3209
03:38:01,290 --> 03:38:05,961
from Shelby besides, you know, thanking us for for reaching

3210
03:38:05,961 --> 03:38:08,830
out and caring about her, she started talking right away

3211
03:38:08,830 --> 03:38:11,834
about Depp and her commitment to help us get through

3212
03:38:11,834 --> 03:38:15,304
everything. And she had contacts in DC. And I was like,

3213
03:38:15,304 --> 03:38:18,240
Shelby, slow down. You need to get better right now. And all

3214
03:38:18,240 --> 03:38:21,376
we want. That's what we want for you right now. But I just

3215
03:38:21,376 --> 03:38:23,645
wanted to share to everyone, this amazing person, Shelby,

3216
03:38:23,645 --> 03:38:26,515
that we know we're always impressed with and that she

3217
03:38:26,515 --> 03:38:28,785
automatically is, is thinking about, you know, her commitment

3218
03:38:28,785 --> 03:38:31,587
to Hollywood and wanting to see these reefs continue to

3219
03:38:31,587 --> 03:38:35,570
flourish. We talked about, you know, coral permits that she's

3220
03:38:35,570 --> 03:38:38,660
received and wanting to support us and her team and offered

3221
03:38:38,660 --> 03:38:43,999
that along the way. So our our good wishes to Shelby. If

3222
03:38:43,999 --> 03:38:46,536
you're watching out there for a quick and speedy recovery, we

3223
03:38:46,536 --> 03:38:51,700
know the road is still some some ways ahead, but hopefully

3224
03:38:51,700 --> 03:38:55,945
she's starting to heal quickly. And thankfully she is. She is

3225
03:38:55,945 --> 03:38:59,948
not impacted in her in her professional capabilities

3226
03:38:59,948 --> 03:39:04,220
already talking about Depp permits. So feel better. Shelby,

3227
03:39:04,220 --> 03:39:07,890
we're with you. I want to thank the city team and Vice Mayor

3228
03:39:07,890 --> 03:39:10,693
Kolody specifically. Yesterday we had the closing for the

3229
03:39:10,693 --> 03:39:16,930
Knights of Columbus building. Everyone, a round of applause.

3230
03:39:17,232 --> 03:39:21,237
So there is now more parking in the vicinity of the Skate

3231
03:39:21,237 --> 03:39:23,572
Justice Skate Park and the pickleball courts and Stan

3232
03:39:23,572 --> 03:39:29,111
Goldman Park. And I know we'll look forward to the city team's

3233
03:39:29,111 --> 03:39:31,180
recommendation as to the utilization of the building.

3234
03:39:31,180 --> 03:39:34,517
And of course, Javon, I can expect that the gates are open

3235
03:39:34,517 --> 03:39:38,387
for parking right away, right? Absolutely, sir. And we'll

3236
03:39:38,387 --> 03:39:42,543
definitely charge. Yeah, look at that. If we're not charging

3237
03:39:42,543 --> 03:39:45,145
for a jazz concert, I don't think you're charging for

3238
03:39:45,145 --> 03:39:47,481
asphalt. But now put some signage real quick, you know,

3239
03:39:47,481 --> 03:39:52,819
parking so people know and it's more orderly. And that's great.

3240
03:39:52,819 --> 03:39:55,489
Speaking of that park real quick didn't plan on mentioning

3241
03:39:55,489 --> 03:39:59,426
it, but might as well. So when you walk into the area in

3242
03:39:59,426 --> 03:40:02,629
between the pickleball and the skate park, put a sign

3243
03:40:02,629 --> 03:40:05,231
somewhere there that tells people what amenities are in

3244
03:40:05,231 --> 03:40:08,702
the park, like, you know, dog park to the left, you know,

3245
03:40:08,702 --> 03:40:11,571
kids playground to the left, walking trail to the left,

3246
03:40:11,571 --> 03:40:14,774
exercise park to the right, pickleball to the right, skate

3247
03:40:14,774 --> 03:40:17,978
park, a little menu of what there is because people might

3248
03:40:17,978 --> 03:40:20,313
not realize all that there is. Even if they're right there,

3249
03:40:20,313 --> 03:40:23,850
100ft away, they might not understand. So let's share the

3250
03:40:23,850 --> 03:40:28,454
wealth there. Yep. Yesterday I did a public service

3251
03:40:28,454 --> 03:40:32,540
announcement video with Memorial Regional Hospitals

3252
03:40:32,590 --> 03:40:37,459
Trauma Unit for safety for people who operate e-scooters

3253
03:40:37,797 --> 03:40:43,603
and and electric bicycles and things. There's a lot of, of

3254
03:40:43,603 --> 03:40:46,940
activity at the trauma unit from people, you know, breaking

3255
03:40:46,940 --> 03:40:50,544
ankles, hurting their head when colliding either with a car or

3256
03:40:50,544 --> 03:40:56,544
just crashing with those devices. So wear shoes and wear

3257
03:40:56,683 --> 03:41:00,954
helmets. Doctor Drew Rosenthal doesn't want to see you at the

3258
03:41:00,954 --> 03:41:03,824
trauma ward. And I don't think you want to go there either. So

3259
03:41:03,824 --> 03:41:06,559
hopefully I told him to collaborate. Joanne with us

3260
03:41:06,559 --> 03:41:10,297
when they put the video out. And last the state of Florida.

3261
03:41:10,297 --> 03:41:14,100
The sustainability person, Julia had mentioned synthetic

3262
03:41:14,100 --> 03:41:16,970
turf, but the state of Florida had just passed their final

3263
03:41:16,970 --> 03:41:19,639
rule. As you might know, there's a state law that allows

3264
03:41:19,639 --> 03:41:23,176
for synthetic turf everywhere in the state of Florida on

3265
03:41:23,176 --> 03:41:25,312
preempts cities from prohibiting it. There are

3266
03:41:25,312 --> 03:41:30,712
standards that the household needs to conform to, but

3267
03:41:30,717 --> 03:41:33,720
synthetic turf is allowed on residential property less than

3268
03:41:33,720 --> 03:41:37,791
one acre in size. So I asked. I forwarded the rule to staff and

3269
03:41:37,791 --> 03:41:40,660
asked that they put together a guide sheet so residents know,

3270
03:41:40,660 --> 03:41:43,730
you know what the what the rules are, but otherwise they

3271
03:41:43,730 --> 03:41:48,468
also have the opportunity to have synthetic turf, which I

3272
03:41:48,468 --> 03:41:51,605
believe is very, very successful and helpful and also

3273
03:41:51,605 --> 03:41:54,741
helps to conserve water. There's always pluses and

3274
03:41:54,741 --> 03:41:57,410
minuses to everything, but I see a lot of great pluses for

3275
03:41:57,410 --> 03:42:01,347
people who can't have or don't want to spend money maintaining

3276
03:42:01,347 --> 03:42:07,221
and watering turf, you know, 24, seven, 365 all right. That's it

3277
03:42:07,221 --> 03:42:10,892
for me. I want to wish everyone a safe Memorial Day. Chief, I

3278
03:42:10,892 --> 03:42:13,894
know you're going to have your work cut out for you a little

3279
03:42:13,894 --> 03:42:16,898
bit, depending on the weather with the, you know, the heavy

3280
03:42:16,898 --> 03:42:19,966
volume of people we might have either on the beach downtown or

3281
03:42:19,966 --> 03:42:22,904
on the waterways. So thanks to HPD and Fire Rescue for all the

3282
03:42:22,904 --> 03:42:25,840
work that you're going to be doing this upcoming holiday

3283
03:42:25,840 --> 03:42:28,909
weekend. And let's go to city attorney for announcements.

3284
03:42:28,909 --> 03:42:31,978
Thank you. Mayor. One announcement today, pursuant to

3285
03:42:31,978 --> 03:42:35,578
Florida Statutes 28, 6.011, subsection eight, subsection A

3286
03:42:37,500 --> 03:42:40,253
governing public meetings, I, as the attorney for the City of

3287
03:42:40,253 --> 03:42:43,560
Hollywood, wish to inform the city during this public meeting

3288
03:42:43,560 --> 03:42:46,393
that I desire to hold an executive session on Wednesday,

3289
03:42:46,393 --> 03:42:50,663
May 27th, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. to seek advice concerning

3290
03:42:50,663 --> 03:42:53,600
litigation. Styled in three cases, Hollywood Park

3291
03:42:53,600 --> 03:42:57,136
Apartments South LLC versus City of Hollywood, Hollywood

3292
03:42:57,136 --> 03:43:02,209
Park Apartments West LLC versus City of Hollywood and Maroon

3293
03:43:02,209 --> 03:43:05,411
2319, LLC versus the City of Hollywood. Invited to attend

3294
03:43:05,411 --> 03:43:08,948
this session are the Mayor and commissioners, city manager

3295
03:43:08,948 --> 03:43:12,486
Raelin Storey, Assistant City Attorney Kendra Breeden and

3296
03:43:12,486 --> 03:43:19,860
myself. Thank you. Let's go to City Manager. Just a few

3297
03:43:21,227 --> 03:43:23,964
announcements. I want to make sure that everyone knows that

3298
03:43:23,964 --> 03:43:28,340
there is a Memorial Day concert at the Boulevard Heights

3299
03:43:28,340 --> 03:43:32,105
Amphitheater that is Friday night from 6 to 9 p.m. the. I

3300
03:43:32,105 --> 03:43:34,908
thought you were going to mention it. You forgot, didn't

3301
03:43:34,908 --> 03:43:37,377
you? So I'll reactivate. Okay. Go ahead, Commissioner

3302
03:43:37,377 --> 03:43:42,849
Biederman. I didn't want to steal. That's okay. No, go.

3303
03:43:42,849 --> 03:43:45,452
You'll do a great job announcing free food for the

3304
03:43:45,452 --> 03:43:50,252
first 150 people. Barbecue. We're doing a tattered flag

3305
03:43:52,525 --> 03:43:55,728
replacement. Bring in your old tattered flag. We'll give you a

3306
03:43:55,728 --> 03:43:58,732
brand new flag in a package, and we'll make sure that your

3307
03:43:58,732 --> 03:44:01,467
old flag gets disposed of appropriately with the Boy

3308
03:44:01,467 --> 03:44:07,273
Scouts. And I think they're going to have raffles also.

3309
03:44:07,273 --> 03:44:09,809
Plenty and plenty. Listen, we're waiving parking prices

3310
03:44:09,809 --> 03:44:14,147
for the day. It's free parking for the whole weekend. And it's

3311
03:44:14,147 --> 03:44:19,753
the Shane Duncan Band. So high energy. Yes, country. They are

3312
03:44:19,753 --> 03:44:23,156
everything. They're very well versed. They have. Everybody

3313
03:44:23,156 --> 03:44:26,226
loves them when they come out. It was a good turnout last year.

3314
03:44:26,226 --> 03:44:28,828
Hopefully it'll be better turnout this year. Yeah. Thank

3315
03:44:28,828 --> 03:44:31,965
you to my colleagues for supporting concerts out on the

3316
03:44:31,965 --> 03:44:36,103
West Side and for Parks and Rec putting them together. And I

3317
03:44:36,103 --> 03:44:38,905
didn't mention I just want to thank Chief Devlin, the police

3318
03:44:38,905 --> 03:44:44,244
Fallen police officer memorial yesterday was always, you know,

3319
03:44:44,244 --> 03:44:46,780
important. And it's great to have the families come every

3320
03:44:46,780 --> 03:44:51,985
year and to show the concern and the honor that we have for

3321
03:44:51,985 --> 03:44:54,588
them year in and year out. And it was great to hear that all

3322
03:44:54,588 --> 03:44:57,991
those fallen officers will be recognized in the new police

3323
03:44:57,991 --> 03:45:00,660
headquarters. So thank you, Chief and Command Staff and

3324
03:45:00,660 --> 03:45:04,860
Police Department family 6770 Garfield Street and Boulevard

3325
03:45:05,532 --> 03:45:10,932
Heights. Shane Duncan band. Saturday night, baby. Yep. All

3326
03:45:11,338 --> 03:45:14,474
right. Just a couple of Friday night. Friday night, Friday

3327
03:45:14,474 --> 03:45:18,878
night. Just a couple of things to mention from the consent

3328
03:45:18,878 --> 03:45:23,682
agenda that were approved that I think are noteworthy. The

3329
03:45:23,682 --> 03:45:26,953
Commission did approve a resolution related to some

3330
03:45:26,953 --> 03:45:29,355
federal legislation that's pending that would further

3331
03:45:29,355 --> 03:45:34,293
limit city's abilities to have any regulatory authority over

3332
03:45:34,293 --> 03:45:37,964
5G antennas. Obviously, that's a concern that's come up a bit

3333
03:45:37,964 --> 03:45:43,770
in our community, and we just want to emphasize that we don't

3334
03:45:43,770 --> 03:45:49,770
support any additional limits on our ability to manage that.

3335
03:45:49,843 --> 03:45:55,843
We also had a a piggyback contract with Amazon business.

3336
03:45:59,519 --> 03:46:03,122
We just like a lot of folks, we spend a lot of money with

3337
03:46:03,122 --> 03:46:06,993
Amazon, and this allows us to take full advantage of a number

3338
03:46:06,993 --> 03:46:10,336
of different business type services or business oriented

3339
03:46:10,336 --> 03:46:14,941
services that they have, and save money on the purchasing

3340
03:46:14,941 --> 03:46:21,882
that we do do through Amazon. And so it really is evidence of

3341
03:46:21,882 --> 03:46:25,552
our performance and, and procurement and performance

3342
03:46:25,552 --> 03:46:29,689
management group looking at additional ways to save funding.

3343
03:46:29,689 --> 03:46:36,289
And then finally, we do receive, we received approval to seek

3344
03:46:37,364 --> 03:46:41,768
operational funding in a grant through the Department of Elder

3345
03:46:41,768 --> 03:46:45,972
Affairs at the state that that funding flows through the Area

3346
03:46:45,972 --> 03:46:51,972
Agency on Aging for the daycare, Adult respite care for

3347
03:46:53,179 --> 03:46:56,490
Alzheimer's that we are going to be operating at our Oak Lake

3348
03:46:56,490 --> 03:47:00,120
Park once those renovations are complete there. And so, you

3349
03:47:00,120 --> 03:47:02,589
know, this is an important service to our residents right

3350
03:47:02,589 --> 03:47:06,193
now. It's taking place in Pembroke Pines, but we'll be

3351
03:47:06,193 --> 03:47:10,464
looking very much forward to moving it to the Oak Lake Park

3352
03:47:10,464 --> 03:47:14,134
facility and being able to operate it out of that facility.

3353
03:47:14,134 --> 03:47:18,138
Thank you so much. So we will recess the meeting until 5 p.m.

3354
03:47:18,138 --> 03:47:21,738
for citizens comments. Thank you. All.

3355
04:00:39,705 --> 04:00:42,174
Segment two was withdrawn because of additional resident

3356
04:00:42,174 --> 04:00:44,710
and business engagement problems, but segment three

3357
04:00:44,710 --> 04:00:48,314
moved forward minus one business entity. The

3358
04:00:48,314 --> 04:00:53,114
inconsistency is exactly why residents feel not confident

3359
04:00:53,453 --> 04:00:57,657
with this project reflecting the the master plan and the

3360
04:00:57,657 --> 04:01:01,994
balanced process for moving forward. Vice Mayor Callari

3361
04:01:01,994 --> 04:01:05,531
even mentioned she didn't understand why we had to do the

3362
04:01:05,531 --> 04:01:09,201
raised dunes. She said we should do it at the grade level.

3363
04:01:09,201 --> 04:01:13,272
Lea Gottlieb, who is your top South Florida environmentalist,

3364
04:01:13,272 --> 04:01:16,809
said he believed that for long term growth, you really had to

3365
04:01:16,809 --> 04:01:20,613
do it at the low level and do it slowly. In the meantime,

3366
04:01:20,613 --> 04:01:24,684
your beautiful trees that they mentioned, your Hollywood beach,

3367
04:01:24,684 --> 04:01:28,287
gorgeous trees that survived the palm blight and hurricanes

3368
04:01:28,287 --> 04:01:31,691
may die as a result of this, you know, because Broward

3369
04:01:31,691 --> 04:01:34,160
County wanted you to move this forward. You didn't have to do

3370
04:01:34,160 --> 04:01:38,300
it with such inconsistency of what is happening now. This is

3371
04:01:38,300 --> 04:01:41,701
also a public safety issue. You get these things raised high.

3372
04:01:41,701 --> 04:01:44,637
Nobody can see who's walking by and what's going on. I mean,

3373
04:01:44,637 --> 04:01:48,410
this is not just an environmental issue. This is an

3374
04:01:48,410 --> 04:01:51,644
economic issue, a tourism issue, a historic preservation issue.

3375
04:01:51,644 --> 04:01:55,247
You just you just did a thing today on historic preservation,

3376
04:01:55,247 --> 04:01:59,985
a public access issue and a safety issue. Residents also

3377
04:01:59,985 --> 04:02:03,655
raised the concerns about possibly rodents. Rodents love

3378
04:02:03,655 --> 04:02:08,260
to live in your dunes, folks. Are you going to exchange palm

3379
04:02:08,260 --> 04:02:11,530
trees for rodents? I ask you that. It'll be very interesting

3380
04:02:11,530 --> 04:02:15,134
when. Okay, I know my time is up. I've been here before, but

3381
04:02:15,134 --> 04:02:18,405
I will be back next month. And believe me, this is not going

3382
04:02:18,405 --> 04:02:24,405
away from the beach. Drew Martin, followed by Pam Borgio.

3383
04:02:25,811 --> 04:02:29,949
Then Ann Ralston. Good evening, Mayor and commissioners. Can

3384
04:02:29,949 --> 04:02:34,553
you hear me? Yes, sir. Drew Martin, Sierra Club. I'm here

3385
04:02:34,553 --> 04:02:39,425
from Palm Beach County. Came here to speak on a different

3386
04:02:39,425 --> 04:02:43,229
item, but I got here early, so I'm going to speak on the

3387
04:02:43,229 --> 04:02:46,498
general comments. I wanted to thank the commissioner who

3388
04:02:46,498 --> 04:02:52,370
asked that they use not use single use plastics at the in

3389
04:02:52,370 --> 04:02:56,575
your giveaway picnic. I think that's really important that it

3390
04:02:56,575 --> 04:03:00,512
be completely sustainable. I'm glad to see you have a

3391
04:03:00,512 --> 04:03:04,316
sustainability committee, and I was pleased to see that they

3392
04:03:04,316 --> 04:03:07,787
have a lot of good things that they're recommending, but we

3393
04:03:07,787 --> 04:03:10,723
really need to get away from any kind of single use plastics.

3394
04:03:10,723 --> 04:03:15,261
So if you're handing away a bag, a picnic, make sure that you

3395
04:03:15,261 --> 04:03:19,266
have either silverware that's made of metal that is going to

3396
04:03:19,266 --> 04:03:24,203
be given back and washed, or you're going to be using some

3397
04:03:24,203 --> 04:03:28,607
materials or you're not not going to need silverware. And

3398
04:03:28,607 --> 04:03:32,211
also no plastic cups, which I'm sure you won't have. I wanted

3399
04:03:32,211 --> 04:03:39,411
to address the mayor's comments on the turf issue, and he said

3400
04:03:40,886 --> 04:03:46,225
that he thought it saved water. If you used these plastic

3401
04:03:46,225 --> 04:03:49,896
grasses and you really don't save water and it's really bad

3402
04:03:49,896 --> 04:03:54,166
for the environment. So I hope the mayor will take a look at

3403
04:03:54,166 --> 04:03:57,703
this and reevaluate his opinion, because I think it's important.

3404
04:03:57,703 --> 04:04:01,374
You know, when the mayor says, oh, you know, the it's fine if

3405
04:04:01,374 --> 04:04:05,711
you use astroturf. Well, it's really not astroturf. First of

3406
04:04:05,711 --> 04:04:10,382
all, does not age well. It's generally impermeable, which

3407
04:04:10,382 --> 04:04:13,251
means that any water hits, it's not going to make it into your

3408
04:04:13,251 --> 04:04:18,858
aquifer, which is bad for your water retention. It creates

3409
04:04:18,858 --> 04:04:24,258
runoff, which can lead to flooding. And it creates

3410
04:04:24,797 --> 04:04:27,199
microplastics in the environment. And microplastics

3411
04:04:27,199 --> 04:04:33,720
are a huge issue. Some of them are resulting in PFAs, which is

3412
04:04:33,720 --> 04:04:38,343
causing cancer in some people. So we really don't want micro,

3413
04:04:38,343 --> 04:04:41,480
you know, astroturf. We want people to use we don't want

3414
04:04:41,480 --> 04:04:46,351
them to use turf, and we don't want them to put in

3415
04:04:46,351 --> 04:04:49,221
non-sustainable grasses. What we want them to use are natural

3416
04:04:49,221 --> 04:04:53,158
ground covers, natural ground covers that don't need to be

3417
04:04:53,158 --> 04:04:57,763
watered. I don't water my yard and it's fine. You have to get

3418
04:04:57,763 --> 04:05:01,767
we have to get used to this. Florida. Never. No one ever had

3419
04:05:01,767 --> 04:05:06,105
sprinklers 150 years ago. When you talk about. You want to go

3420
04:05:06,105 --> 04:05:09,307
back in time and restore your buildings, well, let's restore

3421
04:05:09,307 --> 04:05:12,645
the process people use. Back then, they didn't have

3422
04:05:12,645 --> 04:05:17,716
sprinklers. They had natural water, they had cisterns. And

3423
04:05:17,716 --> 04:05:21,530
they they conserve their water. And that's what we want to do.

3424
04:05:21,530 --> 04:05:24,122
We don't want to encourage astroturf and we don't want to

3425
04:05:24,122 --> 04:05:27,126
convince, tell people that they're conserving water by

3426
04:05:27,126 --> 04:05:29,862
using astroturf, which is really the wrong direction to

3427
04:05:29,862 --> 04:05:33,753
go in. Thank you. Thank you. Just for the record, the state

3428
04:05:33,753 --> 04:05:37,423
of Florida prevents cities from prohibiting synthetic turf. And

3429
04:05:37,423 --> 04:05:41,827
the DEP created standards, and that's what I was sharing. Pam

3430
04:05:41,827 --> 04:05:46,432
Borgio followed by yeah, and I don't mind it. Pam Borgio

3431
04:05:46,432 --> 04:05:51,170
followed by Ann Ralston. Good evening, mayor, vice mayor,

3432
04:05:51,170 --> 04:05:55,441
commissioners, I'm going to go all over tonight for citizen

3433
04:05:55,441 --> 04:05:58,645
comments. First of all, I'd like to thank each and every

3434
04:05:58,645 --> 04:06:02,114
one of you for your service to our community. I know you have

3435
04:06:02,114 --> 04:06:04,983
our best interests at heart. Most of the time. I'll just

3436
04:06:04,983 --> 04:06:10,656
leave it at that. Safety issues. I am out in my backyard every

3437
04:06:10,656 --> 04:06:14,526
single night listening to the wonderful drag racing on

3438
04:06:14,526 --> 04:06:18,196
Sheridan Street near my home on Park Road, where they're going

3439
04:06:18,196 --> 04:06:22,868
in the opposite directions low flying helicopters, low flying

3440
04:06:22,868 --> 04:06:30,800
planes so close to my house, my gazebo shakes. So that's a

3441
04:06:30,800 --> 04:06:32,544
concern for me. They are coming from Miami. They're coming from

3442
04:06:32,544 --> 04:06:36,810
Perry Airport and Fort Lauderdale. You all know where

3443
04:06:36,810 --> 04:06:40,820
I live. So it's a concern as our community continues to grow,

3444
04:06:40,820 --> 04:06:44,156
there are going to be more and more safety hazards. As the

3445
04:06:44,156 --> 04:06:49,940
police can tell you, I'm at least once a week sending in a

3446
04:06:49,940 --> 04:06:52,431
notice saying they're speeding again. I'm on Facebook going.

3447
04:06:52,431 --> 04:06:56,702
Welcome to Hollywood. And you can hear the drag racing. I'm

3448
04:06:56,702 --> 04:07:00,906
not trying to do negative reporting, but we need to open

3449
04:07:00,906 --> 04:07:05,978
up our eyes. We're getting bigger. So safety is an

3450
04:07:05,978 --> 04:07:11,978
extremely important concern for me. City Hall property, the new

3451
04:07:12,184 --> 04:07:15,122
police department, which I'm excited hopefully to get a tour

3452
04:07:15,122 --> 04:07:20,258
of. I'm thinking and really hoping that we can consolidate

3453
04:07:20,258 --> 04:07:25,464
a lot of the city offices into one location,herefore opening

3454
04:07:25,464 --> 04:07:31,937
up possibly this location to build. I. As you know, I've

3455
04:07:31,937 --> 04:07:36,141
been born and raised in Hollywood. I'm 60 plus years

3456
04:07:36,141 --> 04:07:43,341
old and change is not always great. I fight it because I

3457
04:07:44,216 --> 04:07:49,288
like our hometown. I love our hometown, but it's no longer a

3458
04:07:49,288 --> 04:07:54,226
hometown feel. So what can we do to assure the long time

3459
04:07:54,226 --> 04:07:58,230
residents as yourselves? You've been here 20 plus years. To me,

3460
04:07:58,230 --> 04:08:02,167
your longtime residents. We need to find a compromise to

3461
04:08:02,167 --> 04:08:07,772
work together and find the best direction in locations. Change

3462
04:08:07,772 --> 04:08:13,244
is welcoming to most of us. It depends on where and what we're

3463
04:08:13,244 --> 04:08:19,244
doing and how, where we're going with these projects. And

3464
04:08:20,452 --> 04:08:23,922
last but not least, real quick, David Park tennis courts. I

3465
04:08:23,922 --> 04:08:27,993
think the city of Hollywood has a great opportunity to expand

3466
04:08:27,993 --> 04:08:32,997
that and bring in a world class tennis tournament. We have the

3467
04:08:32,997 --> 04:08:39,400
hard rock, we have Delray Beach tennis tournament, you have the

3468
04:08:39,400 --> 04:08:43,876
Miami Open, so let's utilize what we can in that area. You

3469
04:08:43,876 --> 04:08:48,800
have the ability with the old police station to create a

3470
04:08:48,800 --> 04:08:52,751
bigger section. Thank you, thank you, Pam and Ralston,

3471
04:08:52,751 --> 04:08:59,351
followed by Andre Brown, then Mr. Swan, Kevin Swan, thank you.

3472
04:09:00,826 --> 04:09:04,963
As on my way here tonight, there was a sign on a new

3473
04:09:04,963 --> 04:09:07,966
building that went up on Van Buren Street saying two months

3474
04:09:07,966 --> 04:09:12,237
free rent as an incentive to get people in there with the

3475
04:09:12,237 --> 04:09:17,643
Cirque being foreclosed on, it seems to me that there may be a

3476
04:09:17,643 --> 04:09:22,247
change in atmosphere as to constantly putting up new

3477
04:09:22,247 --> 04:09:27,453
buildings all over that. I think Goya, Gea, something like

3478
04:09:27,453 --> 04:09:32,324
that on Fillmore and Taylor is going up the one across the

3479
04:09:32,324 --> 04:09:38,197
street. It concerns me if if the Cirque had a lot of

3480
04:09:38,197 --> 04:09:43,268
incentives, at least from a newspaper report, and I just

3481
04:09:43,268 --> 04:09:47,205
don't want us to be holding the bag for it, it seems to me that

3482
04:09:47,205 --> 04:09:50,809
the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and

3483
04:09:50,809 --> 04:09:56,215
over again and expect different results. I'm not sure that this

3484
04:09:56,215 --> 04:10:01,487
constant approval of building more and higher is, is going to

3485
04:10:01,487 --> 04:10:07,487
be sustainable in the future. Also, according to the Miami

3486
04:10:08,827 --> 04:10:12,310
Herald, there are ten more schools expected to close.

3487
04:10:12,310 --> 04:10:15,901
These are public schools, not private schools. So now that

3488
04:10:15,901 --> 04:10:19,438
the private schools seem to be getting public money and the

3489
04:10:19,438 --> 04:10:24,242
public schools are in financial straits, they're laying off

3490
04:10:24,242 --> 04:10:30,783
employees. So there's supposed to be ten more to close in 27.

3491
04:10:30,783 --> 04:10:35,454
Thank you, Andre Brown, followed by Kevin Swan, then

3492
04:10:35,454 --> 04:10:38,991
Jonathan Anderson. And the last two speakers will be Lynn Smith.

3493
04:10:38,991 --> 04:10:42,261
And Jesse. Put that back on three. Yeah, yeah. There you go.

3494
04:10:42,261 --> 04:10:45,464
There you go. We got you mayor, commissioners, city manager.

3495
04:10:45,464 --> 04:10:49,802
And to all my brothers and sisters, my name is Andre Brown.

3496
04:10:49,802 --> 04:10:55,207
I had a meeting over there in Hallandale. Very positive. Oh,

3497
04:10:55,207 --> 04:11:01,481
was it a good meeting? It was a team of activists gathering

3498
04:11:01,481 --> 04:11:07,481
over there to come together and making sure that everything

3499
04:11:07,886 --> 04:11:13,286
goes right during these elections. They're going to be

3500
04:11:14,260 --> 04:11:20,260
posted at every post, and they're going to make sure

3501
04:11:20,699 --> 04:11:25,570
everything goes according to plan. Now, first of all, I want

3502
04:11:25,570 --> 04:11:31,176
to I want to know how the police officer is doing who was

3503
04:11:31,176 --> 04:11:35,514
injured in the accident. I hope he's well. I have that much

3504
04:11:35,514 --> 04:11:41,653
respect to bring that up as well. So the topic back over to

3505
04:11:41,653 --> 04:11:45,524
Hallandale was, you know, Liberia, Hallandale, Danny West

3506
04:11:45,524 --> 04:11:51,797
Park and Pembroke Park. So we had a, just like I said, a good

3507
04:11:51,797 --> 04:11:57,797
meeting. And I became a consultant. If nobody know that

3508
04:11:57,803 --> 04:12:06,203
yet, but I am a consultant now. And thank you. So by being a

3509
04:12:06,489 --> 04:12:11,889
consultant now, everybody know what consultants do. Okay. So

3510
04:12:12,628 --> 04:12:15,564
it's, it's, you know, you can look it up, it'll tell you just

3511
04:12:15,564 --> 04:12:18,968
what it, what it, what it do, what consultants do. It'll tell

3512
04:12:18,968 --> 04:12:25,568
you. Also, Broward County has all that money. You mean to

3513
04:12:27,176 --> 04:12:32,249
tell me they got billions and billions of dollars? How come

3514
04:12:32,249 --> 04:12:35,851
none of that money don't come here? How come it don't come

3515
04:12:35,851 --> 04:12:40,989
here to help with the situation that we have in our communities?

3516
04:12:40,989 --> 04:12:44,393
That's something to think about. Ladies and gentlemen, Robert

3517
04:12:44,393 --> 04:12:47,997
County got all that money? Why is it being held back? Who was

3518
04:12:47,997 --> 04:12:52,334
holding it back? Is it hold back for a ransom? Is it hold

3519
04:12:52,334 --> 04:12:56,538
back for a ransom? Oh, you. If you don't do what I say do, you

3520
04:12:56,538 --> 04:13:01,211
ain't going to get this year. I know what's going on up there

3521
04:13:01,211 --> 04:13:06,140
in Broward County as well. I got inside connections. I got

3522
04:13:06,140 --> 04:13:09,885
outside connections. So no, nobody going to pull. I've been

3523
04:13:09,885 --> 04:13:14,823
hoodwinked before, so I know what time it is. I had them on

3524
04:13:14,823 --> 04:13:19,895
me. Nobody gets away with murder with Andre Brown because

3525
04:13:19,895 --> 04:13:23,632
there's a new sheriff in town and that's Andre Brown.

3526
04:13:23,632 --> 04:13:30,232
Remember that. Thank you. Andre. Mr. Swan, come on up. Kevin

3527
04:13:30,639 --> 04:13:36,390
Swan, followed by Jonathan Anderson. Yeah. Back again. My

3528
04:13:40,984 --> 04:13:45,522
name is William Kevin Swan. I live at 3411 Grant Street. Been

3529
04:13:45,522 --> 04:13:49,858
a resident of Hollywood for over 70 years, plus the five

3530
04:13:49,858 --> 04:13:53,328
years my family came here as vacation before we moved here

3531
04:13:53,328 --> 04:13:58,728
from Pennsylvania in 1956. Is the zoning lady here? Somebody

3532
04:13:59,868 --> 04:14:04,668
representing zoning department? Nobody. There you are. There

3533
04:14:05,207 --> 04:14:07,876
was a meeting a couple of months ago with the upstairs

3534
04:14:07,876 --> 04:14:12,800
second floor of the library, and I wanted to single you out

3535
04:14:12,800 --> 04:14:16,850
tonight. I wanted to single you out tonight because who in

3536
04:14:16,850 --> 04:14:19,955
their right mind would approve a parking lot in a

3537
04:14:19,955 --> 04:14:24,226
residentially zoned area? Who did you get an extra bonus for

3538
04:14:24,226 --> 04:14:27,963
that? Is that part of the package? And then, of course,

3539
04:14:27,963 --> 04:14:32,368
we have miss your vice mayor, Tracy Collier, who represents

3540
04:14:32,368 --> 04:14:38,840
my territory in Hollywood Hills between park and and and 35th

3541
04:14:38,840 --> 04:14:43,511
and Garfield down to Johnson. And she works for the hospital.

3542
04:14:43,511 --> 04:14:47,116
My neighborhood is turned in to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now.

3543
04:14:47,116 --> 04:14:50,185
It's not that way anymore because now it's just parking

3544
04:14:50,185 --> 04:14:55,257
lots, paved parking lots. The vibration starts at 705 in the

3545
04:14:55,257 --> 04:14:58,994
morning and goes until before I left the house tonight. And

3546
04:14:58,994 --> 04:15:03,198
then when it's all done, I'll have all the cars coming in and

3547
04:15:03,198 --> 04:15:06,468
going and slamming the doors and the fumes and the

3548
04:15:06,468 --> 04:15:10,539
noxiousness. And that's all due to you all. Now, as far as that

3549
04:15:10,539 --> 04:15:15,877
lady over there who was passionate about her hospital,

3550
04:15:15,877 --> 04:15:18,613
the development of the beach, trust me, it's like baseball.

3551
04:15:18,613 --> 04:15:21,616
They don't get it tonight. They'll get it again. He'll

3552
04:15:21,616 --> 04:15:25,554
keep throwing the ball until they hit it because all the

3553
04:15:25,554 --> 04:15:30,225
commissioners. Pardon me, but you all are complicit in the

3554
04:15:30,225 --> 04:15:34,229
degradation of this town. Where's your humanity? Where's

3555
04:15:34,229 --> 04:15:40,229
your morality? Where's your your monies? Where is it? I

3556
04:15:40,368 --> 04:15:43,639
thought the other day that maybe I should recommend

3557
04:15:43,639 --> 04:15:46,575
spending some money to put a confessional in the in the in

3558
04:15:46,575 --> 04:15:50,846
the mayor's, in the in the building someplace. Rent a

3559
04:15:50,846 --> 04:15:54,716
priest and a rabbi and a pastor once for a couple hours a month.

3560
04:15:54,716 --> 04:15:57,852
But then again, you probably wouldn't go there because you

3561
04:15:57,852 --> 04:16:01,190
in your heart and soul, you have nothing to confess because

3562
04:16:01,190 --> 04:16:05,594
this is what you do. You just constantly build. Don't think

3563
04:16:05,594 --> 04:16:12,794
about anybody else but yourself. My pictures on my walls are you.

3564
04:16:15,871 --> 04:16:17,206
I put. I can show you my phone, a glass of water on my kitchen

3565
04:16:17,206 --> 04:16:19,541
cabinets vibrating. That's what I have to live for the last

3566
04:16:19,541 --> 04:16:23,478
couple of months. But you care. Of course you don't. Because

3567
04:16:23,478 --> 04:16:26,810
all you care about is the developer. And I'm not against

3568
04:16:26,810 --> 04:16:28,350
the hospital. Don't get me wrong. Let's make that clear.

3569
04:16:28,350 --> 04:16:32,354
Hospital does a good job, but it's the management of the

3570
04:16:32,354 --> 04:16:35,691
hospital. And what you've allowed them to do is criminal.

3571
04:16:35,691 --> 04:16:39,227
You might even get some other people from the prisons to come

3572
04:16:39,227 --> 04:16:43,310
and take your jobs, because they might do a better job.

3573
04:16:43,310 --> 04:16:48,103
Thank you, Mr. Swan. Jonathan Anderson, followed by Lynn

3574
04:16:48,103 --> 04:16:54,103
Smith. And the last card is Jesse Hernandez. Good evening,

3575
04:16:57,979 --> 04:17:01,579
mayor, vice mayor, commissioners, my commissioner,

3576
04:17:03,651 --> 04:17:09,725
as well as my Holloway Hills alumni. It was so nice to have

3577
04:17:09,725 --> 04:17:14,863
Adam to present the class of 76 50th year proclamation. Thanks

3578
04:17:14,863 --> 04:17:20,869
for recognizing the Spartan Nation. I came out in 72 as a

3579
04:17:20,869 --> 04:17:25,875
rebel educator. I was called the N word by one of my math

3580
04:17:25,875 --> 04:17:29,478
teachers, but I got suspended. But that's the last time I got

3581
04:17:29,478 --> 04:17:35,351
suspended. And also to the city manager, the day is May the

3582
04:17:35,351 --> 04:17:41,351
20th. You all know what significance is made of. 20th.

3583
04:17:41,757 --> 04:17:48,357
No. Say again. Well, yes, it's a Florida Emancipation Day and

3584
04:17:49,565 --> 04:17:54,360
the proclamation was read in Tallahassee by General Edward

3585
04:17:54,360 --> 04:17:59,436
McCook in Tallahassee, and also today they recognize the

3586
04:18:00,420 --> 04:18:04,313
Department of Justice in regards to the gentleman that

3587
04:18:04,313 --> 04:18:09,518
was on a humanitarian mission department at the at the

3588
04:18:09,518 --> 04:18:14,189
freedom statue, they're going after Raul Castro regards to

3589
04:18:14,189 --> 04:18:18,861
inhumane treatment, shooting down that plane. But I asked

3590
04:18:18,861 --> 04:18:24,861
myself why I came here. What does emancipation mean? It

3591
04:18:24,933 --> 04:18:28,890
means a sense of freedom from slavery. But Abraham Lincoln

3592
04:18:28,890 --> 04:18:32,693
created something in regards to 40 acres and a mule. And then

3593
04:18:32,693 --> 04:18:37,231
when the 17 then when he got assassinated, the 17 president

3594
04:18:37,231 --> 04:18:43,831
came in, Andrew Johnson, he made sure he erased that. He

3595
04:18:44,773 --> 04:18:48,309
pardoned the Confederate that seceded from the nation.

3596
04:18:48,309 --> 04:18:51,980
Florida was one of those secession states. We in the

3597
04:18:51,980 --> 04:18:55,517
deep, deep South, we ain't we ain't we ain't out of this. And

3598
04:18:55,517 --> 04:19:00,122
I come speaking straight up as a man. I have no fear of no man.

3599
04:19:00,122 --> 04:19:04,525
I respect everybody. I'm like Malcolm X. That was his

3600
04:19:04,525 --> 04:19:08,863
celebration of life yesterday as W.E.B. Du Bois. They had a

3601
04:19:08,863 --> 04:19:11,999
nice celebration for him. A rebel with a cause. I have a

3602
04:19:11,999 --> 04:19:16,203
cause to. To fight for justice. The fight for not be looking at

3603
04:19:16,203 --> 04:19:20,675
us as a 3/5 of a person. Not to be looking inhumane as though

3604
04:19:20,675 --> 04:19:24,814
I'm savages. We know the history. That's why sometimes

3605
04:19:24,814 --> 04:19:27,810
they're trying to erase the history. Because it says

3606
04:19:27,810 --> 04:19:30,151
something about America. She don't want to fess up to. If

3607
04:19:30,151 --> 04:19:34,556
she can't negotiate and steal it, she'll go to war and try to

3608
04:19:34,556 --> 04:19:38,827
take it. But bullies have that day coming. And I realize right

3609
04:19:38,827 --> 04:19:44,165
now, as a retiree, I do have a little more time now so I can

3610
04:19:44,165 --> 04:19:47,103
focus my attention in regards to making sure justice takes

3611
04:19:47,103 --> 04:19:50,238
place within America. And I'll be coming back with some things

3612
04:19:50,238 --> 04:19:53,908
quick. Create that arrangement on Hollywood Beach because

3613
04:19:53,908 --> 04:19:56,911
Hollywood can set the example in regards to reparation.

3614
04:19:56,911 --> 04:20:02,851
Appreciate you all. Thank you. Lynn Smith, followed by Jesse

3615
04:20:02,851 --> 04:20:07,510
Hernandez. Good afternoon, Mayor and Commissioners Lynn

3616
04:20:10,458 --> 04:20:13,995
Smith, I want to talk to you today about orange Brook. And I

3617
04:20:13,995 --> 04:20:17,265
was looking to have an event there because I love it still,

3618
04:20:17,265 --> 04:20:20,135
even though it's old and eventually it's going to be

3619
04:20:20,135 --> 04:20:24,606
demolished, we should be operational using it for things.

3620
04:20:24,606 --> 04:20:27,675
Claire showed me some pictures today of the mold at the front

3621
04:20:27,675 --> 04:20:30,679
of the building and inside the building, and we want to do an

3622
04:20:30,679 --> 04:20:34,548
event there for about 150 people. And I think, you know,

3623
04:20:34,548 --> 04:20:37,752
we we're looking for income producing issues. And orange

3624
04:20:37,752 --> 04:20:42,423
Brook, the views are still fabulous. The bar's beautiful.

3625
04:20:42,423 --> 04:20:45,426
That's the place I'd really like to do this event. So I

3626
04:20:45,426 --> 04:20:48,697
don't know if there's any way of sending a crew over there to

3627
04:20:48,697 --> 04:20:52,299
get it up and then get it so that events, other events can

3628
04:20:52,299 --> 04:20:55,370
be happening. I don't know if we're just closing it down and

3629
04:20:55,370 --> 04:20:58,306
not going to use it anymore, but it's still beautiful and we

3630
04:20:58,306 --> 04:21:01,442
should use it for some kind of income producing areas. So

3631
04:21:01,442 --> 04:21:08,420
thank you very much. Thank you, Jesse Hernandez. Hold on. Hello,

3632
04:21:12,453 --> 04:21:15,590
mayor. Vice mayor. I'll have to recognize Commissioner

3633
04:21:15,590 --> 04:21:20,395
Hernandez. I spoke with the city attorney about this. I

3634
04:21:20,395 --> 04:21:22,931
don't believe I have a reason to recuse myself, but my wife

3635
04:21:22,931 --> 04:21:26,601
is going to ask for something. So being the fact that she's my

3636
04:21:26,601 --> 04:21:29,738
wife. I'm just. It's not a vote. So I think. Okay, okay. Just

3637
04:21:29,738 --> 04:21:32,940
wanted to make sure it's on the up. Okay. He does love you

3638
04:21:32,940 --> 04:21:38,612
though. Thank you, thank you. My name again. Jesse Hernandez,

3639
04:21:38,612 --> 04:21:43,840
the chair of the Hispanic Affairs Council. I'm here on

3640
04:21:43,840 --> 04:21:48,356
behalf of the council seeking direct. If you the

3641
04:21:48,356 --> 04:21:54,356
commissioners can please give direction to the staff for. We

3642
04:21:55,963 --> 04:21:59,567
are ready to launch our celebration of Hispanic

3643
04:21:59,567 --> 04:22:03,371
Heritage celebration in October 10th, and we need to send the

3644
04:22:03,371 --> 04:22:07,909
invites and. We like to use the proper letterhead, city

3645
04:22:07,909 --> 04:22:12,847
letterhead. So Peter. So just me then of course, if you can

3646
04:22:12,847 --> 04:22:18,186
please direct staff. If they can approve the proper

3647
04:22:18,186 --> 04:22:21,790
letterhead so we can start sending the invitations. Yeah,

3648
04:22:21,790 --> 04:22:24,125
of course, I don't think there's any issue with that.

3649
04:22:24,125 --> 04:22:27,195
It's a city sanctioned opportunity to celebrate

3650
04:22:27,195 --> 04:22:30,198
Hispanic Heritage Month. I don't see an issue with that.

3651
04:22:30,198 --> 04:22:34,602
Simply save the date October 10th. Art spark sounds good.

3652
04:22:34,602 --> 04:22:38,206
We'll work. We'll work with the Hispanic Affairs Council to

3653
04:22:38,206 --> 04:22:41,609
make sure that that happens. Great. Okay. Got it. Thank you.

3654
04:22:41,609 --> 04:22:45,613
Yep. Michael Snyder, you had a last card. And that will

3655
04:22:45,613 --> 04:22:49,618
conclude citizens comments. And then we'll recess until the 6

3656
04:22:49,618 --> 04:22:56,491
p.m. item. Good evening, Mr. Snyder. Long time no see. Yeah.

3657
04:22:56,491 --> 04:23:01,228
Good evening, Mr. Mayor. I would apologize up front.

3658
04:23:01,228 --> 04:23:06,167
Unfortunately, I only know two people on the dais here, and I

3659
04:23:06,167 --> 04:23:10,104
haven't had the pleasure of meeting the other five. And I

3660
04:23:10,104 --> 04:23:14,442
think this is only the second time I've ever appeared at a

3661
04:23:14,442 --> 04:23:20,181
citizen's agenda to talk on an item, because I really don't

3662
04:23:20,181 --> 04:23:23,451
think it's a very effective way to advance a person's agenda or

3663
04:23:23,451 --> 04:23:26,988
group's agenda. But they have it. But I felt compelled to

3664
04:23:26,988 --> 04:23:31,659
come tonight. I've lived on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk for

3665
04:23:31,659 --> 04:23:35,864
almost 30 years. I actually had my bar mitzvah celebration at

3666
04:23:35,864 --> 04:23:42,203
the Old Hollywood Beach Hotel in 1965. And what drew me to

3667
04:23:42,203 --> 04:23:49,344
Hollywood Beach was the beach, to me is the best kept beach in

3668
04:23:49,344 --> 04:23:55,944
the area, bar none. It's it's magnificent. It's, I think, the

3669
04:23:58,686 --> 04:24:03,240
single most important asset that this city has. And if it's

3670
04:24:03,240 --> 04:24:06,694
not on the most important single asset, it's close on

3671
04:24:06,694 --> 04:24:11,632
everybody else's agenda to the top. And what's going on with

3672
04:24:11,632 --> 04:24:16,704
this new project with the dunes. And by the way, Mr. Vice Mayor,

3673
04:24:16,704 --> 04:24:19,640
I commend you. I'm told you're the only one that voted against

3674
04:24:19,640 --> 04:24:24,440
dunes. Is that I believe environmental concerns. I

3675
04:24:25,246 --> 04:24:30,317
believe in taking care of our assets and the beach. But I

3676
04:24:30,317 --> 04:24:34,655
walked the boardwalk all the time, and I'm taller than most

3677
04:24:34,655 --> 04:24:39,527
people. And the few dunes that we've had over the years that

3678
04:24:39,527 --> 04:24:43,798
have been there for years and years. You can't see the ocean

3679
04:24:43,798 --> 04:24:50,271
when you walk. You can't see it. And what has this new project

3680
04:24:50,271 --> 04:24:54,887
that's going on, I think is the worst decision I have ever seen

3681
04:24:54,887 --> 04:24:59,625
in the city of Hollywood. Make. And I have to tell you, I've

3682
04:24:59,625 --> 04:25:05,625
been involved in politics my whole life, and commissions and

3683
04:25:07,232 --> 04:25:13,638
councils and states they can do and they can undo. Well, I'm

3684
04:25:13,638 --> 04:25:19,445
telling you that when you go to put up campaign signs, the

3685
04:25:19,445 --> 04:25:22,247
reason you do is you want people to see it. Well, do you

3686
04:25:22,247 --> 04:25:25,384
know what? When I walk on the boardwalk, I want to see the

3687
04:25:25,384 --> 04:25:31,570
ocean. And with these dunes, you can't see the ocean. What

3688
04:25:31,570 --> 04:25:37,620
have we done here? And then to to have two classifications of

3689
04:25:37,620 --> 04:25:41,862
residents versus commercial is unbelievable. So please undo

3690
04:25:42,802 --> 04:25:46,405
what's been done because this is the single worst decision

3691
04:25:46,405 --> 04:25:49,542
I've ever seen the city of Hollywood make. So thank you

3692
04:25:49,542 --> 04:25:53,278
very much for listening to me. Thank you Michael. All right.

3693
04:25:53,278 --> 04:25:55,547
That concludes citizens comments, everyone. We're going

3694
04:25:55,547 --> 04:26:01,547
to recess until 6 p.m. to hear item 32. Thank you.

3695
04:59:11,293 --> 04:59:16,932
Read it here. We're ready. All right. Thank you so much.

3696
04:59:16,932 --> 04:59:19,201
Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here at City Hall

3697
04:59:19,201 --> 04:59:22,137
here in the City of Hollywood. We are resuming our meeting

3698
04:59:22,137 --> 04:59:24,940
today, May 20th. We have one remaining item on today's

3699
04:59:24,940 --> 04:59:28,770
agenda. And of course, it is a 6 p.m. time certain item. It's

3700
04:59:28,770 --> 04:59:31,146
just after 6 p.m. Item 32 is a resolution of the City

3701
04:59:31,146 --> 04:59:32,948
Commission, the City of Hollywood, Florida, approving

3702
04:59:32,948 --> 04:59:35,830
and authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute the

3703
04:59:35,830 --> 04:59:37,190
First Amendment to the Comprehensive Agreement for the

3704
04:59:37,190 --> 04:59:39,487
Development of Public and Private Facilities at 1301

3705
04:59:39,487 --> 04:59:44,425
South Ocean Drive, between the City of Hollywood and PR1301

3706
04:59:44,425 --> 04:59:48,563
South Ocean Drive, LLC. This is an item from the Office of

3707
04:59:48,563 --> 04:59:51,365
Communications, Marketing and Economic Development focusing

3708
04:59:51,365 --> 04:59:54,904
on our Strategic Plan Area of Economic Vitality for the City

3709
04:59:54,904 --> 04:59:58,707
of Hollywood. At this time, I'd like to offer an opportunity

3710
04:59:58,707 --> 05:00:02,711
for the City Manager to introduce the staff and the

3711
05:00:02,711 --> 05:00:07,480
item. Thank you, Ray Lynn. Thank you, mayor, vice mayor.

3712
05:00:07,480 --> 05:00:12,448
City commissioners. We're here today to consider an amendment

3713
05:00:13,540 --> 05:00:18,193
to our comprehensive agreement with PR1301 South Ocean Drive

3714
05:00:18,193 --> 05:00:22,130
that allows this public private partnership to move ahead,

3715
05:00:22,130 --> 05:00:26,134
incorporating additional public benefit in the form of hero

3716
05:00:26,134 --> 05:00:30,720
housing by using the state's live local statute, if

3717
05:00:30,720 --> 05:00:34,743
applicable. In most instances, live local preempts local

3718
05:00:34,743 --> 05:00:38,746
discretion and control over land use, but the latest

3719
05:00:38,746 --> 05:00:42,350
amendment actually offers more local control when it comes to

3720
05:00:42,350 --> 05:00:47,880
live local projects on publicly owned land. That's because in

3721
05:00:47,880 --> 05:00:51,426
Broward County, city land use regulations are superseded by

3722
05:00:51,426 --> 05:00:54,896
the county, and that's been a challenge in this particular

3723
05:00:54,896 --> 05:01:00,368
case, where the city and county have had an ongoing conflict

3724
05:01:00,368 --> 05:01:04,706
over the land use for this site. The latest amendment to live

3725
05:01:04,706 --> 05:01:07,642
local, unless vetoed by the governor, would allow this to

3726
05:01:07,642 --> 05:01:12,314
be decided by the city. And in this instance, you have a P

3727
05:01:12,314 --> 05:01:16,518
three which requires a public benefit. And we now have the

3728
05:01:16,518 --> 05:01:20,522
addition of workforce housing at a time when affordability

3729
05:01:20,522 --> 05:01:25,593
continues to be a critical concern in our community. We're

3730
05:01:25,593 --> 05:01:29,130
in the budget planning process here at the city, as you know,

3731
05:01:29,130 --> 05:01:32,534
and it's a time when we are keenly aware of the necessity

3732
05:01:32,534 --> 05:01:36,734
of balancing needs with resources, revenues with

3733
05:01:37,205 --> 05:01:40,409
expenditures, where we give a lot of thought to our role as

3734
05:01:40,409 --> 05:01:44,279
fiscal stewards and to the financial resiliency of the

3735
05:01:44,279 --> 05:01:49,952
city overall. On today's agenda, funding for continued review of

3736
05:01:49,952 --> 05:01:54,220
our utility rates was one of the items, because the

3737
05:01:54,220 --> 05:01:57,292
commission, of course, is working very hard with our

3738
05:01:57,292 --> 05:02:01,630
utilities department to figure out a way to provide stormwater

3739
05:02:01,630 --> 05:02:06,330
improvements and other critical utilities upgrades to the tune

3740
05:02:06,330 --> 05:02:09,905
of hundreds of millions of dollars, without raising our

3741
05:02:09,905 --> 05:02:14,242
utility rates so high that they become a real burden for our

3742
05:02:14,242 --> 05:02:18,513
residents and businesses. We had funding today on the agenda

3743
05:02:18,513 --> 05:02:22,984
for cleaning of city facilities, funding for special events like

3744
05:02:22,984 --> 05:02:28,322
the Jazz Festival. Each year our costs increase and we fund

3745
05:02:28,322 --> 05:02:32,661
nearly half of our general fund budget through property tax

3746
05:02:32,661 --> 05:02:36,531
revenue. In the city of Hollywood, we count on

3747
05:02:36,531 --> 05:02:40,468
redevelopment and reinvestment in our community to continue to

3748
05:02:40,468 --> 05:02:44,272
build our tax base. Each commission meeting, we hear of

3749
05:02:44,272 --> 05:02:48,760
the desires of our commission and residents for additional

3750
05:02:48,760 --> 05:02:51,679
programs, services and public improvements. We now have a

3751
05:02:51,679 --> 05:02:55,550
nearly billion dollar overall budget, a big change from the

3752
05:02:55,550 --> 05:02:59,621
financial urgency that gripped the city back during the Great

3753
05:02:59,621 --> 05:03:04,421
Recession of 2008 2009, where literally, this city lost more

3754
05:03:04,625 --> 05:03:08,629
than a third of its tax base. And it took us more than a

3755
05:03:08,629 --> 05:03:12,567
decade to recover from that. And we still see the legacy

3756
05:03:12,567 --> 05:03:16,504
impact of deferred maintenance and investments from that

3757
05:03:16,504 --> 05:03:20,775
period. This one project doesn't ensure the city's

3758
05:03:20,775 --> 05:03:24,179
financial future, but its significance and what it brings

3759
05:03:24,179 --> 05:03:28,450
to the city cannot be dismissed. And we have seen a decline in

3760
05:03:28,450 --> 05:03:32,530
the growth rate of our taxable in the growth rate of our

3761
05:03:32,530 --> 05:03:37,725
taxable value each year for the past four years. For those of

3762
05:03:37,725 --> 05:03:40,595
you who don't, or for those individuals who don't think

3763
05:03:40,595 --> 05:03:43,946
smart growth includes residential redevelopment on

3764
05:03:43,946 --> 05:03:48,216
the beach, it's important to note this project is in a

3765
05:03:48,216 --> 05:03:51,953
section of our beach, the area south of Van Buren Street that

3766
05:03:51,953 --> 05:03:56,224
is characterized by mid and high rise condo development.

3767
05:03:56,224 --> 05:04:01,896
The developed area of our beach represents just 2% of the

3768
05:04:01,896 --> 05:04:05,767
city's overall land, but residential development on the

3769
05:04:05,767 --> 05:04:10,567
beach represents $4.8 billion in taxable value. That's more

3770
05:04:10,839 --> 05:04:16,978
than 17% of our overall tax base. To generate just the tax

3771
05:04:16,978 --> 05:04:20,915
revenue that this project is projected to provide would

3772
05:04:20,915 --> 05:04:24,853
require an increase of 0.18 mills, bringing the city's

3773
05:04:24,853 --> 05:04:29,257
overall millage rate to over eight. If we wanted to generate

3774
05:04:29,257 --> 05:04:33,194
that same revenue from the average single family home in

3775
05:04:33,194 --> 05:04:37,994
Hollywood, it would take 1557 single family homes requiring

3776
05:04:40,100 --> 05:04:44,406
approximately 300 acres of land. That's land the City of

3777
05:04:44,406 --> 05:04:48,209
Hollywood does not have. We've received emails questioning how

3778
05:04:48,209 --> 05:04:53,140
this project could even be considered and the financial

3779
05:04:53,140 --> 05:04:56,951
benefits, along with the new oceanfront community center, a

3780
05:04:56,951 --> 05:04:59,554
revitalized park with more green space, new parking and no

3781
05:04:59,554 --> 05:05:03,691
change to public beach access are the reasons this project

3782
05:05:03,691 --> 05:05:08,897
was approved in 2022, and the commission and city continue to

3783
05:05:08,897 --> 05:05:12,434
abide by the requirements of the Comprehensive Agreement,

3784
05:05:12,434 --> 05:05:17,505
which is what you're here tonight to amend, Lisa Liotta,

3785
05:05:17,505 --> 05:05:22,905
our real estate development officer, will be providing a

3786
05:05:23,244 --> 05:05:27,649
presentation. Dave Keller, our special projects over finance

3787
05:05:27,649 --> 05:05:31,853
will be also adding some notes. But first, our city attorney is

3788
05:05:31,853 --> 05:05:35,523
going to address questions involving the charter and city

3789
05:05:35,523 --> 05:05:38,728
ordinance requirements, as well as the revised Reso that is on

3790
05:05:38,728 --> 05:05:43,732
the dais. Thank you very much, City Manager. I received

3791
05:05:43,732 --> 05:05:48,403
several questions ?regarding the applicability of the proposed

3792
05:05:48,403 --> 05:05:51,673
charter amendment, which is on the November ballot for this

3793
05:05:51,673 --> 05:05:53,942
year. I just wanted to very briefly go through the

3794
05:05:53,942 --> 05:05:57,478
background with you all in the event that there was any

3795
05:05:57,478 --> 05:06:02,878
confusion. This agreement was signed in May of 2022. In 2024,

3796
05:06:04,619 --> 05:06:08,623
the Charter Review Committee suggested placing a charter

3797
05:06:08,623 --> 05:06:11,826
amendment on the ballot that would require certain

3798
05:06:11,826 --> 05:06:14,362
properties, including properties east of the

3799
05:06:14,362 --> 05:06:16,431
intercoastal. City owned properties east of the

3800
05:06:16,431 --> 05:06:20,502
Intracoastal go through a referendum in order to be

3801
05:06:20,502 --> 05:06:25,106
disposed of. It would be a property similar to one like

3802
05:06:25,106 --> 05:06:29,306
1301. However, because this agreement was signed in 2022,

3803
05:06:29,444 --> 05:06:34,516
the city has contractual obligations that we are already

3804
05:06:34,516 --> 05:06:40,255
under, and any sort of ballot amendment would not apply to

3805
05:06:40,255 --> 05:06:44,793
this contract, which was entered in 2022. So even though

3806
05:06:44,793 --> 05:06:50,640
the proposed charter language was not did not go forward in

3807
05:06:50,640 --> 05:06:54,669
2024, the commission chose to put an ordinance, assuming that,

3808
05:06:54,669 --> 05:06:57,939
assuming the same language that was in the charter amendment

3809
05:06:57,939 --> 05:07:01,610
and voluntarily placing those constraints on themselves.

3810
05:07:01,610 --> 05:07:04,412
However, that ordinance language did not affect

3811
05:07:04,412 --> 05:07:07,615
contracts that had already been entered into, such as this one

3812
05:07:07,615 --> 05:07:10,485
and any proposed ballot amendment, such as the one

3813
05:07:10,485 --> 05:07:14,156
going forward this November, would also not affect any

3814
05:07:14,156 --> 05:07:17,759
proposed any contract into which the city had already

3815
05:07:17,759 --> 05:07:22,764
entered, such as this in 2022. As to the item, the reso that

3816
05:07:22,764 --> 05:07:27,502
is on the dais before you, there is a small change to it

3817
05:07:27,502 --> 05:07:31,106
in which we combined two of the. Whereas clauses. After

3818
05:07:31,106 --> 05:07:34,642
conferring further with outside counsel regarding the

3819
05:07:34,642 --> 05:07:39,648
resolution, I determined that it was best to eliminate some

3820
05:07:39,648 --> 05:07:44,319
of the duplicative language which was in the resolution and

3821
05:07:44,319 --> 05:07:49,324
also tweaked the language very slightly in a way that I felt

3822
05:07:49,324 --> 05:07:55,924
better protected the city for the future. And with that, I

3823
05:07:55,997 --> 05:07:59,468
would like Lisa Liotta to come forward, and she has a brief

3824
05:07:59,468 --> 05:08:04,268
presentation. Welcome, Lisa. Good evening. For the record.

3825
05:08:08,142 --> 05:08:11,879
Lisa Liotta, Development Officer, Before delving into

3826
05:08:11,879 --> 05:08:15,349
the details of the amendment, I would like to briefly walk

3827
05:08:15,349 --> 05:08:21,949
through the timeline that led us to this point. On January

3828
05:08:24,293 --> 05:08:25,962
21st, 2020, the developers submitted an unsolicited

3829
05:08:25,962 --> 05:08:29,300
proposal to the city pursuant to Florida statutes. Following

3830
05:08:29,300 --> 05:08:33,340
that submission, on June 23rd, 2020, the city published a

3831
05:08:33,340 --> 05:08:36,905
notice of its intent to receive, review and evaluate proposals

3832
05:08:36,905 --> 05:08:41,309
for the same project purpose, thereby opening a competitive

3833
05:08:41,309 --> 05:08:46,109
process. On September 28th, 2020, the developer submitted a

3834
05:08:46,647 --> 05:08:50,652
timely response to the city's request for proposals. Seven

3835
05:08:50,652 --> 05:08:55,452
other proposals were received on February 18th, 2021, the

3836
05:08:56,324 --> 05:08:59,660
City Selection Committee determined that the developer's

3837
05:08:59,660 --> 05:09:03,931
proposal best matched best met the objectives outlined in the

3838
05:09:03,931 --> 05:09:08,200
RFP and recommended that the developer be designated as the

3839
05:09:08,200 --> 05:09:11,472
winning applicant and proceeded to contract negotiations with

3840
05:09:11,472 --> 05:09:16,872
the city. On March 17th, 2021, the City Commission accepted

3841
05:09:18,547 --> 05:09:21,549
the selection committee's recommendation and directed

3842
05:09:21,549 --> 05:09:25,486
staff to negotiate a comprehensive agreement shortly

3843
05:09:25,486 --> 05:09:31,292
thereafter, on May 5th, 2022, the City of Hollywood and PRH.

3844
05:09:31,292 --> 05:09:35,163
1301 South Ocean Drive, LLC entered into a comprehensive

3845
05:09:35,163 --> 05:09:38,990
development agreement, which included a conceptual design

3846
05:09:38,990 --> 05:09:42,299
consisting of 159 residential condominium units. Today, May

3847
05:09:43,971 --> 05:09:48,771
20th, 2026, the First Amendment to the Comprehensive Agreement

3848
05:09:48,909 --> 05:09:52,380
is being presented to the City Commission for consideration

3849
05:09:52,380 --> 05:09:57,780
and approval. The amendment introduces the Live Local Act

3850
05:09:58,319 --> 05:10:02,389
to the agreement. The Live Local Act, also known as Senate

3851
05:10:02,389 --> 05:10:05,727
Bill 102, was enacted to address the growing need for

3852
05:10:05,727 --> 05:10:09,640
affordable housing across Florida and officially took

3853
05:10:09,640 --> 05:10:13,864
effect on July 1st, 2023. This legislation was specifically

3854
05:10:15,875 --> 05:10:18,744
designed to expand affordable housing opportunities for

3855
05:10:18,744 --> 05:10:22,810
Florida residents by encouraging the development of

3856
05:10:22,810 --> 05:10:26,281
affordable rental apartments and mixed use communities.

3857
05:10:26,819 --> 05:10:30,356
Under the Act, developers are provided with several

3858
05:10:30,356 --> 05:10:32,892
incentives, including tax benefits, increased building

3859
05:10:32,892 --> 05:10:37,920
density, reduced parking requirements, and and an

3860
05:10:37,563 --> 05:10:41,900
expedited expedited approval process. In return. At least

3861
05:10:41,900 --> 05:10:45,838
40% of the residential units must remain affordable for at

3862
05:10:45,838 --> 05:10:49,776
least 30 years. It is also important to recognize that as

3863
05:10:49,776 --> 05:10:54,446
a live local development, this project height may not be used

3864
05:10:54,446 --> 05:10:59,585
as a comparator or benchmark for other live local

3865
05:10:59,585 --> 05:11:02,722
developments. By incorporating the Live Local Act into the

3866
05:11:02,722 --> 05:11:05,657
agreement, the amendment supports efforts to increase

3867
05:11:05,657 --> 05:11:08,794
the availability of quality affordable housing while

3868
05:11:08,794 --> 05:11:12,394
promoting responsible and sustainable development within

3869
05:11:13,265 --> 05:11:18,665
the community. The Live Local Act specifically targets what

3870
05:11:18,938 --> 05:11:23,609
is often referred to as the missing middle workforce. This

3871
05:11:23,609 --> 05:11:27,613
group includes essential working professionals such as

3872
05:11:27,613 --> 05:11:30,416
teachers, nurses, police officers and others who

3873
05:11:30,416 --> 05:11:35,554
frequently earn too much to qualify for traditional housing

3874
05:11:35,554 --> 05:11:39,158
assistance yet still struggle to afford housing in the

3875
05:11:39,158 --> 05:11:43,950
communities where they work. The update applies to

3876
05:11:43,950 --> 05:11:48,495
households earning between 80 and 120% of the local Ami. To

3877
05:11:50,169 --> 05:11:53,306
encourage the development of housing for these residents,

3878
05:11:53,306 --> 05:11:57,109
the legislation provides developers with incentives. In

3879
05:11:57,109 --> 05:12:00,313
exchange, the housing must comply with rent limits

3880
05:12:00,313 --> 05:12:03,182
established by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation,

3881
05:12:03,182 --> 05:12:06,118
which are based on the multifamily tax subsidy

3882
05:12:06,118 --> 05:12:09,322
projects. Income limits published by the United States

3883
05:12:09,322 --> 05:12:13,192
Department of Housing and Urban Development. The idea is to

3884
05:12:13,192 --> 05:12:16,192
expand residential opportunities and strengthen

3885
05:12:16,596 --> 05:12:20,600
its long term affordability throughout Florida communities.

3886
05:12:20,600 --> 05:12:25,700
During this legislative session, another amendment, HB 139 to

3887
05:12:25,700 --> 05:12:28,740
the Live Local Act, was approved and is awaiting the

3888
05:12:28,740 --> 05:12:32,110
governor's signature. The amendment, among other things,

3889
05:12:32,110 --> 05:12:35,611
requires counties and municipalities to authorize

3890
05:12:35,614 --> 05:12:39,886
multifamily developments on property owned by a county,

3891
05:12:39,886 --> 05:12:45,886
municipality or school district. We have a chart for the 2026

3892
05:12:49,280 --> 05:12:55,280
income and rent limits for 2026. The rent limits established for

3893
05:12:55,368 --> 05:13:01,968
120% of the a MIR2661 per month for a studio apartment and 2851

3894
05:13:04,912 --> 05:13:08,314
per month for a one bedroom. The corresponding income limits

3895
05:13:08,314 --> 05:13:14,586
for households at 120% of the a MIR $106,000 annually for a one

3896
05:13:14,586 --> 05:13:19,386
person household and 121 680 annually for a two person

3897
05:13:20,592 --> 05:13:24,263
household. These figures help define eligibility for

3898
05:13:24,263 --> 05:13:27,132
workforce housing under the Live Local Act and ensure that

3899
05:13:27,132 --> 05:13:31,332
housing remains attainable for Florida's working residents.

3900
05:13:33,272 --> 05:13:37,476
Now returning to the amendment and starting with section 1.37,

3901
05:13:37,476 --> 05:13:41,881
which defines defines private facilities under the revised

3902
05:13:41,881 --> 05:13:45,417
language, private Facilities is defined as a luxury residential

3903
05:13:45,417 --> 05:13:49,170
condominium development consisting of up to 210

3904
05:13:49,822 --> 05:13:54,220
dwelling units, including 126 market rate units and 84

3905
05:13:55,494 --> 05:13:59,832
affordable hero housing rental units. By comparison, the

3906
05:13:59,832 --> 05:14:03,436
original agreement authorized a luxury residential condominium

3907
05:14:03,436 --> 05:14:07,373
development with a maximum of 190 dwelling units. The

3908
05:14:07,373 --> 05:14:11,430
amendment does not propose any changes to the associated

3909
05:14:11,430 --> 05:14:16,443
parking or project amenities. Section 1.43 was also added and

3910
05:14:18,584 --> 05:14:22,521
includes a definition of hero housing, which in summary

3911
05:14:22,521 --> 05:14:26,458
refers to rental units referred reserved for households earning

3912
05:14:26,458 --> 05:14:32,458
no more than 120% of Broward County's Ami, based on HUD

3913
05:14:33,331 --> 05:14:37,736
income and rent limitations, and it gives priority for a

3914
05:14:37,736 --> 05:14:40,939
City of Hollywood police officers, firefighters and city

3915
05:14:40,939 --> 05:14:43,409
employees than to local hospital workers and teachers

3916
05:14:43,409 --> 05:14:48,209
who qualify under the income limits. Section 3.7, under

3917
05:14:51,160 --> 05:14:56,689
general terms, has been added and reads similarly to section

3918
05:14:56,689 --> 05:15:00,292
1.343 and in summary, section 3.7 states that the project

3919
05:15:00,292 --> 05:15:03,562
includes at least 84 hero housing units reserved for

3920
05:15:03,562 --> 05:15:08,962
households earning 120% or less of Broward County's Ami, and

3921
05:15:10,503 --> 05:15:13,305
that the developer must sign and record restrictive

3922
05:15:13,305 --> 05:15:16,509
covenants in Broward County to enforce these affordability

3923
05:15:16,509 --> 05:15:21,647
requirements for the legality for the legally required period,

3924
05:15:21,647 --> 05:15:25,851
and these restrictions cannot be subordinated to third party

3925
05:15:25,851 --> 05:15:30,522
mortgages or liens. It proceeds with rent limits being updated

3926
05:15:30,522 --> 05:15:34,860
annually based on Broward County Ami, or a comparable

3927
05:15:34,860 --> 05:15:38,864
replacement standard. If Broward County Ami is not

3928
05:15:38,864 --> 05:15:43,640
available. Continuing with the general terms, section 3.8

3929
05:15:44,937 --> 05:15:47,873
clarifies that the market rate units will remain subject to

3930
05:15:47,873 --> 05:15:51,811
all applicable city ad valorem taxes and assessments, and will

3931
05:15:51,811 --> 05:15:56,749
not qualify for any exemption from those payments. And

3932
05:15:56,749 --> 05:16:02,149
section 5.5 under Design Review. Review Process provides that if

3933
05:16:02,221 --> 05:16:05,891
authorized by law at the time of sign off submission, the

3934
05:16:05,891 --> 05:16:08,828
project will be developed in accordance with the Live Local

3935
05:16:08,828 --> 05:16:14,567
Act as set forth in section 166.0415, one of the Florida

3936
05:16:14,567 --> 05:16:19,367
statutes, including any amendments to the law. Section

3937
05:16:21,774 --> 05:16:25,578
5.6 is a bit lengthy and clarifies that the property is

3938
05:16:25,578 --> 05:16:29,581
zoned for government use, also known as GU, which is a

3939
05:16:29,581 --> 05:16:32,117
discretionary zoning designation where development

3940
05:16:32,117 --> 05:16:35,854
standards such as height, setbacks, density, and building

3941
05:16:35,854 --> 05:16:38,991
massing are determined through site specific City Commission

3942
05:16:38,991 --> 05:16:42,612
approval rather than standard zoning regulations, and that

3943
05:16:42,612 --> 05:16:47,149
the project is being advanced as a negotiated public private

3944
05:16:47,149 --> 05:16:49,819
partnership and additional development flexibility being

3945
05:16:49,819 --> 05:16:53,488
granted, including increased building height being is being

3946
05:16:53,488 --> 05:16:56,158
provided in exchange for the public facilities and other

3947
05:16:56,158 --> 05:17:00,958
community benefits included in the agreement. Importantly, the

3948
05:17:00,962 --> 05:17:03,566
amendment also makes clear that these approvals are unique to

3949
05:17:03,566 --> 05:17:07,235
the specific project and the GU framework and are not intended

3950
05:17:07,235 --> 05:17:10,390
to create a precedent or establish development rights

3951
05:17:10,390 --> 05:17:13,576
for other properties, including projects proposed under the

3952
05:17:13,576 --> 05:17:18,376
Live Local Act or similar state legislation. Section 5.6

3953
05:17:20,716 --> 05:17:23,319
concludes that the amendment concludes the amendment and

3954
05:17:23,319 --> 05:17:25,587
confirms that nothing in the section shall limit or impair

3955
05:17:25,587 --> 05:17:28,657
the city's contractual obligations to the developer

3956
05:17:28,657 --> 05:17:30,926
developer. Granted under the original agreement, the

3957
05:17:30,926 --> 05:17:36,131
amendments or any future city approvals for the project. The

3958
05:17:36,131 --> 05:17:38,601
business terms in the Comprehensive Agreement remain

3959
05:17:38,601 --> 05:17:42,337
the same and include the initial base, the initial rent,

3960
05:17:42,337 --> 05:17:45,540
the base rent and the closing rent, the fee from the condo

3961
05:17:45,540 --> 05:17:49,678
resale, the city retaining fee. Simple ownership, the project

3962
05:17:49,678 --> 05:17:53,148
being effectuated through a long term 99 year ground lease.

3963
05:17:53,148 --> 05:17:56,418
The private facilities being owned by the developer for the

3964
05:17:56,418 --> 05:17:59,287
duration of the lease, all land and public facilities being

3965
05:17:59,287 --> 05:18:03,291
owned by the city, a new and upgraded community center and

3966
05:18:03,291 --> 05:18:05,761
parking upgrades and improvements to Harry Berry

3967
05:18:05,761 --> 05:18:08,964
Park. No cost to the city for project utilities,

3968
05:18:08,964 --> 05:18:11,967
infrastructure and utilities for the private facilities, and

3969
05:18:11,967 --> 05:18:15,437
a commitment to the. To achieve the standards of the Florida

3970
05:18:15,437 --> 05:18:18,240
Green Building Coalition, or an equivalent or greater

3971
05:18:18,240 --> 05:18:22,978
certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Now, at

3972
05:18:22,978 --> 05:18:26,248
this time, I would like to ask David Keller to review and

3973
05:18:26,248 --> 05:18:31,648
explain the project's financial benefits. Thank you. Lisa. Good

3974
05:18:38,600 --> 05:18:40,529
afternoon. Mayor, city Commission, city Manager, city

3975
05:18:40,529 --> 05:18:46,529
attorney and staff, and the public. So. What's the trick

3976
05:18:49,538 --> 05:18:55,344
here? We're going to talk about a number of revenues that are

3977
05:18:55,344 --> 05:18:58,547
identified in the in the agreements and go over how

3978
05:18:58,547 --> 05:19:01,483
they're calculated and talk about what they would mean in

3979
05:19:01,483 --> 05:19:05,421
terms of first year revenues to the city and projected revenues

3980
05:19:05,421 --> 05:19:11,760
over the 99 years of the term of the agreement. So the first

3981
05:19:11,760 --> 05:19:15,698
one we're going to talk about is the initial cash to the city

3982
05:19:15,698 --> 05:19:20,168
from what is called in the agreement, the closing rent. So

3983
05:19:20,168 --> 05:19:25,568
there are included in the project 126 market rate units

3984
05:19:28,443 --> 05:19:33,243
and 84 hero housing or affordable housing units. The

3985
05:19:35,117 --> 05:19:41,117
market rate units are expected to sale sell for $630 million.

3986
05:19:43,192 --> 05:19:47,195
The agreement calls for the city to receive a closing rent

3987
05:19:47,195 --> 05:19:53,602
of 14% of that amount, which is, as you can see at the top there,

3988
05:19:53,602 --> 05:19:58,273
$88,200,000 on the affordable or hero housing. Those are

3989
05:19:58,273 --> 05:20:03,673
expected to sell for 24 million. 14% of that amount is 3,360,000,

3990
05:20:05,214 --> 05:20:11,214
for a total between those two. In closing, rent of 91,560,000.

3991
05:20:11,286 --> 05:20:15,224
Now there are two offsets against that right up front.

3992
05:20:15,224 --> 05:20:18,827
The agreement calls for what is called an initial rent being

3993
05:20:18,827 --> 05:20:24,633
paid to the city of $10 million, minus the payment to the to

3994
05:20:24,633 --> 05:20:31,833
CBRE for a net of 9,039,399. Also, we would back out of that

3995
05:20:32,574 --> 05:20:37,512
number, the $20 million that the developer will be spending

3996
05:20:37,512 --> 05:20:42,312
up to $20 million for the improvements and the

3997
05:20:42,518 --> 05:20:45,721
construction of the new community center at the beach.

3998
05:20:45,721 --> 05:20:51,121
That leaves a net of 62,000,520 $601 working right down the

3999
05:20:52,194 --> 05:20:55,931
right column here. Conservatively, the city is

4000
05:20:55,931 --> 05:20:59,936
projecting to receive 75% of that in the first year and

4001
05:20:59,936 --> 05:21:05,936
amount of $46.9 million, with a balance of 15.6 coming in the

4002
05:21:07,750 --> 05:21:14,275
second year. The next revenue stream we want to talk about is

4003
05:21:14,883 --> 05:21:17,886
the ad valorem taxes. You've heard a lot of people talking

4004
05:21:17,886 --> 05:21:21,557
about what this might mean and what it might be. That would be

4005
05:21:21,557 --> 05:21:26,228
based on a formula. At the top left, you can see there's that

4006
05:21:26,228 --> 05:21:31,280
$630 million that we just discussed. In general, the

4007
05:21:31,567 --> 05:21:36,967
property appraiser reduces the sale amount by 20% so that 80%

4008
05:21:37,639 --> 05:21:41,576
of the sale value becomes taxable. In this case, if we

4009
05:21:41,576 --> 05:21:45,914
reduced it by 20%, we would have a taxable value on the

4010
05:21:45,914 --> 05:21:51,914
market rate units of $504 million. On the top right, you

4011
05:21:52,721 --> 05:21:56,458
see the affordable housing. Now this is a little different. We

4012
05:21:56,458 --> 05:21:59,395
start off with the 24 million that we just referenced on the

4013
05:21:59,395 --> 05:22:04,000
previous slide, reduced that by 20%. You end up with $19.2

4014
05:22:04,000 --> 05:22:09,672
million. However, for the Live Local Act, 75% of that would be

4015
05:22:09,672 --> 05:22:13,275
exempt from taxation. So we're going to reduce the 19.2

4016
05:22:13,275 --> 05:22:19,275
million by 75% and end up with taxable affordable housing of

4017
05:22:19,481 --> 05:22:24,487
$4.8 million, adding the 4.8 to the 504 million. You see a

4018
05:22:24,487 --> 05:22:30,487
total of 508.8 million that would be taxable if you take

4019
05:22:31,760 --> 05:22:37,365
that times the city's current this year millage rate, you

4020
05:22:37,365 --> 05:22:44,239
would see a total ad valorem tax in the first year of

4021
05:22:44,239 --> 05:22:47,839
$4,050,000 in change. There's another revenue stream

4022
05:22:54,249 --> 05:22:57,654
identified in the agreements. It is identified in the

4023
05:22:57,654 --> 05:23:00,656
agreements as the base rent, but you can also think of it as

4024
05:23:00,656 --> 05:23:05,927
an annual lease payment. This is calculated at $0.85 per

4025
05:23:05,927 --> 05:23:10,539
square foot of the 350 zero zero zero square feet of the

4026
05:23:10,539 --> 05:23:15,746
market rate units, it is to be adjusted each year by CPI. Just

4027
05:23:15,746 --> 05:23:21,830
for your information, we're using a 3% CPI growth for all

4028
05:23:21,830 --> 05:23:25,288
of these figures over the course of the 99 years, actual

4029
05:23:25,288 --> 05:23:30,360
CPI average over the last 99 years is 3.1%. So we're right

4030
05:23:30,360 --> 05:23:35,165
on target with what actual experience has been the $0.85

4031
05:23:35,165 --> 05:23:41,165
times the 350,000ft?!S would bea first year payment of $297,500.

4032
05:23:43,640 --> 05:23:48,712
If you take that out over 99 years, with a 3% growth rate,

4033
05:23:48,712 --> 05:23:54,712
that would end up being $175 million over the 99 years. The

4034
05:24:00,857 --> 05:24:06,620
next revenue identified is called a resale fee. Now, the

4035
05:24:06,620 --> 05:24:11,400
resale talks about if those units are bought originally,

4036
05:24:11,400 --> 05:24:15,338
and then after some period, they're sold to someone else

4037
05:24:15,338 --> 05:24:18,875
with that transaction, that second and every future sale

4038
05:24:18,875 --> 05:24:25,810
after that, the city gets a fee on the transaction of the sale.

4039
05:24:25,810 --> 05:24:32,881
That fee is based on. A quarter of a percent. So the starting

4040
05:24:34,157 --> 05:24:39,428
unit price of each of those units is just under $5 million.

4041
05:24:39,428 --> 05:24:46,280
We're assuming six units per year sold. That's a total of

4042
05:24:47,360 --> 05:24:50,707
$29.99 million, and times the quarter of a percent. That

4043
05:24:50,707 --> 05:24:56,707
would result in $74,979 in the first year, again, looking at

4044
05:24:57,847 --> 05:25:02,470
over 99 years, increasing by 3% would result in $44,134,000

4045
05:25:05,388 --> 05:25:11,988
over the 99 year period. The next revenue, if I advance it,

4046
05:25:14,464 --> 05:25:18,668
is our fire fee. We have a fire Non-ad valorem assessment in

4047
05:25:18,668 --> 05:25:24,139
year one. That would be $77,910 to the city doing the same

4048
05:25:24,139 --> 05:25:29,479
thing. Assuming an increase of 3%, it would result in

4049
05:25:29,479 --> 05:25:33,482
$45,860,000 over the 99 years. So let's look at this

4050
05:25:33,482 --> 05:25:35,884
comprehensive now comprehensively and what it

4051
05:25:35,884 --> 05:25:41,230
would mean to the city in the left or the green column. You

4052
05:25:41,230 --> 05:25:44,693
see what all of this would mean to the city in the first year

4053
05:25:44,693 --> 05:25:47,763
that the project is on the tax rolls, I'm just going to go

4054
05:25:47,763 --> 05:25:50,699
right down the column on the left hand side. That initial

4055
05:25:50,699 --> 05:25:55,499
rent payment we discussed net would be 9 million, $30,000.

4056
05:25:55,772 --> 05:26:02,372
That closing rent, which is the 14% of the sales, would be

4057
05:26:02,711 --> 05:26:05,982
$46.9 million. The first year is ad valorem. Taxes would be 4

4058
05:26:05,982 --> 05:26:10,920
million. The resale fees on those six units would be

4059
05:26:10,920 --> 05:26:15,720
$75,000. The base rent would be 297,500. The fire Non-ad

4060
05:26:16,725 --> 05:26:21,396
valorem assessment that we just looked at would be 77,910 and

4061
05:26:21,396 --> 05:26:25,334
impact fees, which are a one time fee in the first year,

4062
05:26:25,334 --> 05:26:30,339
would be $400,000. If you look over on the right hand side in

4063
05:26:30,339 --> 05:26:34,344
the blue boxes, you'll see each of those projected out over the

4064
05:26:34,344 --> 05:26:38,280
99 year period. So again, I'll just summarize by going right

4065
05:26:38,280 --> 05:26:42,685
down them. That initial payment is still $9 million. No change

4066
05:26:42,685 --> 05:26:48,850
there. The closing rent payment, the total would be 62,520,000.

4067
05:26:48,358 --> 05:26:51,360
Again, remember that's paid over the first two years as the

4068
05:26:51,360 --> 05:26:56,298
units are initially sold ad valorem over 99 years would

4069
05:26:56,298 --> 05:27:01,980
grow to $2.4 billion. The resale fees over 99 years 44.1

4070
05:27:05,108 --> 05:27:09,908
million. The base rent 175.1 million. The fire fees 45.9

4071
05:27:12,115 --> 05:27:15,251
million. And those impact fees, again, that's a one time fee.

4072
05:27:15,251 --> 05:27:19,322
So the 99 year total is the same as the first year total at

4073
05:27:19,322 --> 05:27:24,122
400,000. The total 99 year cumulative revenue to the city

4074
05:27:24,326 --> 05:27:29,726
generated by this project is estimated to be $2.72 billion.

4075
05:27:31,934 --> 05:27:35,271
In addition to that, just as a reminder, you can see right at

4076
05:27:35,271 --> 05:27:38,408
the very bottom note there, there's still also the $20

4077
05:27:38,408 --> 05:27:43,120
million that the developer would spend to make the

4078
05:27:43,120 --> 05:27:46,949
improvements to the community center itself. So that

4079
05:27:46,949 --> 05:27:49,552
concludes the financial projections. I'm going to ask

4080
05:27:49,552 --> 05:27:54,289
Lisa to step back up for a couple of closing slides. Thank

4081
05:27:54,289 --> 05:28:00,289
you. Thank you, Dave. I understand that there have been

4082
05:28:04,320 --> 05:28:06,836
some questions regarding the design and the site plan, and

4083
05:28:06,836 --> 05:28:10,380
the design and site plan are still being finalized, but

4084
05:28:10,380 --> 05:28:14,377
essentially the project has been redesigned to create a

4085
05:28:14,377 --> 05:28:18,381
slender point tower massing, reducing the wall effect from a

4086
05:28:18,381 --> 05:28:22,985
one A and the beach. The Azalea Terrace access is now

4087
05:28:22,985 --> 05:28:27,785
maintained. The. This preserves the coastal corridor view

4088
05:28:28,124 --> 05:28:31,260
corridors. Additionally, the building is now. The building

4089
05:28:31,260 --> 05:28:36,660
now has a sculptured facade and heavily naturalized podium,

4090
05:28:36,732 --> 05:28:40,200
which establish a refined tropical modern esthetic that

4091
05:28:40,200 --> 05:28:42,805
embraces the beachfront environment. Rather than

4092
05:28:42,805 --> 05:28:47,605
imposing a harsh hardscape barrier. Here's another view.

4093
05:28:50,346 --> 05:28:54,617
Looking from the west, the existing dunes are untouched.

4094
05:28:54,617 --> 05:28:57,953
The community center fronts the ocean with expansive outdoor

4095
05:28:57,953 --> 05:29:01,891
deck space. There is both surface parking and garage

4096
05:29:01,891 --> 05:29:06,290
parking within the first level of the parking garage. To serve

4097
05:29:06,290 --> 05:29:13,229
the public. Another view from the south. So what are our next

4098
05:29:18,841 --> 05:29:23,913
steps? Our next steps are to finalize the design and site

4099
05:29:23,913 --> 05:29:28,113
plan for formal submission address, public outreach,

4100
05:29:29,185 --> 05:29:33,589
finalize needed amendments and exhibits to the comprehensive

4101
05:29:33,589 --> 05:29:37,790
Agreement and ground lease in compliance with Florida State

4102
05:29:37,790 --> 05:29:41,879
statutes. With that, we conclude this presentation item

4103
05:29:45,487 --> 05:29:48,624
number 32, a resolution approving the First Amendment

4104
05:29:48,624 --> 05:29:52,224
to the Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Development

4105
05:29:52,360 --> 05:29:56,765
Agreement between the City of Hollywood and PR 1301 South

4106
05:29:56,765 --> 05:30:00,102
Ocean Drive, LLC. All right. Thank you, Lisa. Thank you,

4107
05:30:00,102 --> 05:30:03,104
City Manager. Thank you, David, for the presentation. It's

4108
05:30:03,104 --> 05:30:07,844
certainly eye opening to see all of the all the details and

4109
05:30:07,844 --> 05:30:11,847
the financial benefits that you outlined through this public

4110
05:30:11,847 --> 05:30:14,650
private partnership. One thing that just David didn't mention

4111
05:30:14,650 --> 05:30:19,721
in his in his slides is while the city will be receiving a

4112
05:30:19,721 --> 05:30:23,325
projected $4 million a year, initially in property taxes and

4113
05:30:23,325 --> 05:30:27,529
growing from the project, roughly the same and separately

4114
05:30:27,529 --> 05:30:30,532
would be generated and go toward the school district and

4115
05:30:30,532 --> 05:30:34,270
the county as other taxing districts. We just presented

4116
05:30:34,270 --> 05:30:38,730
the city portion, so public school funding and county

4117
05:30:38,730 --> 05:30:40,876
priority and county operational funding will also be in a

4118
05:30:40,876 --> 05:30:43,880
similar dollar figure, depending on their millage rate,

4119
05:30:43,880 --> 05:30:47,949
but roughly the same. So, Pat, can I have the speaker cards,

4120
05:30:47,949 --> 05:30:51,353
please? And if there are any questions to city staff at this

4121
05:30:51,353 --> 05:30:53,689
time, I'll be happy to call one of my colleagues. Otherwise,

4122
05:30:53,689 --> 05:30:56,425
we'll go with public comment. Commissioner, did you want to

4123
05:30:56,425 --> 05:30:58,961
do public comment first? Okay. All right, everybody, how many

4124
05:30:58,961 --> 05:31:06,761
cards do we have, Pat? Pat, do you know how many cards? Okay,

4125
05:31:07,568 --> 05:31:12,641
28 cards. All right. We have three minutes per speaker, so

4126
05:31:12,641 --> 05:31:16,244
we'll have about an hour and a half. If you take up all of the

4127
05:31:16,244 --> 05:31:18,314
three minutes of public speaking time. Happy to hear

4128
05:31:18,314 --> 05:31:21,183
your comments. If you're in the audience and you want to

4129
05:31:21,183 --> 05:31:23,452
support someone who just spoke and you agree with what they

4130
05:31:23,452 --> 05:31:27,389
said and you want to show them support, the way to do that at

4131
05:31:27,389 --> 05:31:29,324
these meetings without clapping and interrupting the meeting

4132
05:31:29,324 --> 05:31:32,260
and interrupting the flow, is to do what's called jazz hands.

4133
05:31:32,260 --> 05:31:35,330
And we could see the jazz, all the jazz that you guys put out

4134
05:31:35,330 --> 05:31:38,266
there. All right, so let's begin. Speaking of jazz, we

4135
05:31:38,266 --> 05:31:41,403
talked about jazz today. Terry Cantrell. Come on up. Terry

4136
05:31:41,403 --> 05:31:46,803
Cantrell, followed by Claire Garrett, all that jazz. Mayor.

4137
05:31:46,875 --> 05:31:49,677
Thank you very much, Terry. By the way, November 21st,

4138
05:31:49,677 --> 05:31:52,548
Downtown Hollywood, big jazz festival. Make sure to make

4139
05:31:52,548 --> 05:31:56,618
plans. We hope from your lips to God's ears might be scaled

4140
05:31:56,618 --> 05:31:59,210
down, but it'll still happen. Go ahead. Okay. I'm counting on

4141
05:31:59,210 --> 05:32:03,758
it. I'm joking. Terry Cantrell, member, president, Hollywood

4142
05:32:03,758 --> 05:32:06,495
Lakes Civic Association today, speaking on behalf of the HLC.

4143
05:32:06,495 --> 05:32:11,700
A yeah, we oppose this project beginning in 2001 and we

4144
05:32:11,700 --> 05:32:15,237
continue to oppose it. Today. I was one of 100 people that

4145
05:32:15,237 --> 05:32:18,907
spoke on March 16th, 2022. You may well, most of you recall

4146
05:32:18,907 --> 05:32:23,111
you were here. 90. 90 of us spoke against ten spoke for

4147
05:32:23,111 --> 05:32:26,249
those that spoke for the project, were doing business

4148
05:32:26,249 --> 05:32:30,786
with related. So obviously for that, I mean, it is a little

4149
05:32:30,786 --> 05:32:33,388
confusing how we could oppose live local and then embrace it

4150
05:32:33,388 --> 05:32:39,728
so quickly after we won that lawsuit. I understand the logic

4151
05:32:39,728 --> 05:32:46,328
behind that. However. Live Local is so new and so fresh.

4152
05:32:46,335 --> 05:32:49,604
Is this is this legal? Are we going to be able to do that?

4153
05:32:49,604 --> 05:32:52,542
The governor hasn't signed that in yet, so we don't even know

4154
05:32:52,542 --> 05:32:55,611
if that's going to happen or not. And it could very well be

4155
05:32:55,611 --> 05:32:59,414
challenged. One thing David's numbers are just dazzling. I

4156
05:32:59,414 --> 05:33:03,819
mean, I I'm a kid you on that, but it makes assumptions. It

4157
05:33:03,819 --> 05:33:07,880
makes assumption that every single unit is rented or sold

4158
05:33:07,880 --> 05:33:10,291
right off the bat. And every single hero unit is rented

4159
05:33:10,291 --> 05:33:14,228
right off the bat. So that may not be the case. It's it's a

4160
05:33:14,228 --> 05:33:17,166
gamble. We're basically speculating on that. We know

4161
05:33:17,166 --> 05:33:19,968
that Chip Abel's vacation rental high rise, is now in

4162
05:33:19,968 --> 05:33:24,390
foreclosure downtown. And that was. And because they went

4163
05:33:24,390 --> 05:33:27,576
condo and they and that didn't work. So now they're in

4164
05:33:27,576 --> 05:33:32,314
foreclosure and there's, I guess, some rentals that are

4165
05:33:32,314 --> 05:33:34,783
still vacant downtown and some of the newer projects too. So

4166
05:33:34,783 --> 05:33:38,386
there's a lot of assumption here that this is going to work.

4167
05:33:38,386 --> 05:33:43,525
And I had to laugh because the comparator clause that Lisa

4168
05:33:43,525 --> 05:33:47,395
mentioned is also a little questionable for the sense that

4169
05:33:47,395 --> 05:33:50,398
they may not a developer like related may look at another

4170
05:33:50,398 --> 05:33:53,100
project two blocks down the road and he may say, well, I

4171
05:33:53,100 --> 05:33:56,404
just built a 30 story project there. You can't use that live

4172
05:33:56,404 --> 05:34:00,800
local project that you already built. However, you guys can

4173
05:34:00,800 --> 05:34:03,812
give them a P and D, a plan, a development, and they can build

4174
05:34:03,812 --> 05:34:06,814
it as big as they want. So that whole comparator clause really

4175
05:34:06,814 --> 05:34:10,419
doesn't work at all. P and D would be the easy, easy way to

4176
05:34:10,419 --> 05:34:15,900
replace that and circumvent that. So and I'm still not

4177
05:34:15,900 --> 05:34:20,229
certain and how we confirm that 40% of these of these 84 units

4178
05:34:20,229 --> 05:34:24,165
are actually going to stay at market at affordable rates. I

4179
05:34:24,165 --> 05:34:27,436
don't know that mechanism. I guess apparently it is in place.

4180
05:34:27,436 --> 05:34:30,238
Hopefully the state did that, but I still haven't seen that

4181
05:34:30,238 --> 05:34:32,909
anywhere. It might be good to explain that to people too, but

4182
05:34:32,909 --> 05:34:35,910
the bottom line is that the HLC is still opposed to this

4183
05:34:35,910 --> 05:34:41,910
project. Thank you Terry. Clara Garrett, followed by Lynn Smith.

4184
05:34:46,788 --> 05:34:52,127
Hello, mayor and commissioners. I'm here today to speak in

4185
05:34:52,127 --> 05:34:56,264
opposition not only to this amendment, but to speak also in

4186
05:34:56,264 --> 05:34:59,734
opposition to the stealthy way in which it was introduced by

4187
05:34:59,734 --> 05:35:03,500
one of the commissioners in her commissioner comments at the

4188
05:35:03,500 --> 05:35:07,342
end of the meeting, when few people were still in attendance.

4189
05:35:07,342 --> 05:35:11,790
It reminds us of the way that the pay raise action was rammed

4190
05:35:11,790 --> 05:35:15,550
through late at night last year, governing without transparency

4191
05:35:15,550 --> 05:35:19,221
and governing without giving the public sufficient

4192
05:35:19,221 --> 05:35:23,492
opportunity to participate in an open dialog before final

4193
05:35:23,492 --> 05:35:27,829
decisions are made on major issues, just erodes the

4194
05:35:27,829 --> 05:35:32,367
public's faith in and respect for their government. Harsh

4195
05:35:32,367 --> 05:35:36,838
words, perhaps, but a sentiment shared by many Hollywood

4196
05:35:36,838 --> 05:35:41,109
residents who are deeply disappointed in how this

4197
05:35:41,109 --> 05:35:44,646
commission has pushed this through. Getting back to the

4198
05:35:44,646 --> 05:35:48,717
amendment itself, besides the fact that it will provide for a

4199
05:35:48,717 --> 05:35:51,987
high rise building that is taller and denser than the

4200
05:35:51,987 --> 05:35:55,924
original, highly unpopular version, this amendment will

4201
05:35:55,924 --> 05:35:59,794
now become a live local project, meaning that it will now bypass

4202
05:35:59,794 --> 05:36:03,994
all county approvals and sustainability regulations. The

4203
05:36:04,807 --> 05:36:08,477
county requirements are there to protect people and to

4204
05:36:08,477 --> 05:36:13,214
protect the sensitive barrier island environment. It is

4205
05:36:13,214 --> 05:36:17,886
irresponsible to use live local to do an end run around these

4206
05:36:17,886 --> 05:36:22,624
county protections, which are meant to be there for the

4207
05:36:22,624 --> 05:36:27,228
public. So when the next 100 year storm hits Hollywood Beach,

4208
05:36:27,228 --> 05:36:32,167
the decision whether or not to bypass county requirements

4209
05:36:32,167 --> 05:36:37,239
using this end run will take on greater significance in

4210
05:36:37,239 --> 05:36:42,310
hindsight, won't it? History will judge the wisdom of your

4211
05:36:42,310 --> 05:36:47,110
vote tonight, Lynn Smith, followed by Michael Seltzer.

4212
05:36:53,455 --> 05:36:56,724
Good evening everyone. Lynn Smith, president of Downtown

4213
05:36:56,724 --> 05:37:00,929
Parks, Parkside Royal Poinciana Civic Association. And I'm here

4214
05:37:00,929 --> 05:37:05,267
to say that we are not in favor of what's happening today. I

4215
05:37:05,267 --> 05:37:08,270
sat here and listened to presentation tonight of numbers,

4216
05:37:08,270 --> 05:37:11,272
and I have learned in my lifetime billions of dollars

4217
05:37:11,272 --> 05:37:13,743
and looked at all kinds of contracts. And I can tell you

4218
05:37:13,743 --> 05:37:17,613
that I can't tell you anything that was that that was said to

4219
05:37:17,613 --> 05:37:20,883
me tonight. I don't understand the numbers. And we had a law.

4220
05:37:20,883 --> 05:37:24,419
It was called Lenny's Law. And if Lenny didn't understand it,

4221
05:37:24,419 --> 05:37:28,423
and I understood a lot. I've lent so much money in my life.

4222
05:37:28,423 --> 05:37:31,761
This is just really mind boggling. And I can't believe

4223
05:37:31,761 --> 05:37:35,630
that all of you guys can understand the numbers and

4224
05:37:35,630 --> 05:37:39,700
hoping as we go into this terrible economic plunge, which

4225
05:37:39,700 --> 05:37:43,171
I believe we're going into, I have a feeling for that. And

4226
05:37:43,171 --> 05:37:47,776
I've been through all kinds of cycles. My concern is not so

4227
05:37:47,776 --> 05:37:51,179
much about the things that we're talking about, but I keep

4228
05:37:51,179 --> 05:37:55,117
going back to this idea where we had a contract with the

4229
05:37:55,117 --> 05:37:58,320
summit and that this was left to the community. And there's

4230
05:37:58,320 --> 05:38:01,456
something in writing where I hear, and I don't know all the

4231
05:38:01,456 --> 05:38:04,726
details, and I apologize for that, that our city manager

4232
05:38:04,726 --> 05:38:07,995
decided that we could go outside this contract and that

4233
05:38:07,995 --> 05:38:11,999
this that we are really we're acting on this contract and

4234
05:38:11,999 --> 05:38:16,300
we're giving something to the community. Well, a 30 story

4235
05:38:16,300 --> 05:38:19,541
high rise for me is not giving something to community. That

4236
05:38:19,541 --> 05:38:22,878
land belongs to everybody in this county, in this city,

4237
05:38:22,878 --> 05:38:26,815
every resident of this city. And we need to know we got as

4238
05:38:26,815 --> 05:38:29,818
many people as we could today under short notice. We all ran

4239
05:38:29,818 --> 05:38:32,888
around like a bunch of crazy people, because we want to let

4240
05:38:32,888 --> 05:38:35,824
you know that we're not happy with this. And and I don't

4241
05:38:35,824 --> 05:38:38,292
believe I believe that it's I call them sneak attacks because

4242
05:38:38,292 --> 05:38:41,897
the thing with the salaries, this I mean, it just is all

4243
05:38:41,897 --> 05:38:45,167
happening so fast. And you're and you're excluding the, the,

4244
05:38:45,167 --> 05:38:47,836
the county, which is making me really nervous because there's

4245
05:38:47,836 --> 05:38:51,239
not going to be any oversight except you guys deciding that

4246
05:38:51,239 --> 05:38:55,110
these numbers are beautiful. I could be sitting with them. And

4247
05:38:55,110 --> 05:38:59,581
if I think you need a degree in finance or something, and I've

4248
05:38:59,581 --> 05:39:04,519
looked at a lot of projects and this is very scary to me. So I

4249
05:39:04,519 --> 05:39:07,655
know that you're going to vote. I know who's going to vote. I

4250
05:39:07,655 --> 05:39:10,660
can tell you right now who's going to vote for and who's

4251
05:39:10,660 --> 05:39:13,461
going to vote against, because you've been doing the same

4252
05:39:13,461 --> 05:39:16,665
thing, but all of you are going to have to live with this

4253
05:39:16,665 --> 05:39:19,535
decision. And I hope that when you think today and you push

4254
05:39:19,535 --> 05:39:22,604
the button for yes or no, that you remember that this belongs

4255
05:39:22,604 --> 05:39:26,542
to us. And if I was an attorney and I wish I was, I would be

4256
05:39:26,542 --> 05:39:28,609
filing the lawsuit already against you because this

4257
05:39:28,609 --> 05:39:31,479
initial contract did not mean that you could give the, the

4258
05:39:31,479 --> 05:39:35,417
this property to a developer to develop a high rise. And if and

4259
05:39:35,417 --> 05:39:38,860
that's the end. And I, I hope that you'll be thinking about

4260
05:39:38,860 --> 05:39:41,290
it and that you that you will well, you're going to vote your

4261
05:39:41,290 --> 05:39:45,493
conscience, whatever that is. All right. Michael Seltzer

4262
05:39:45,493 --> 05:39:48,564
settle down everybody. Jazz hands. Michael Seltzer followed

4263
05:39:48,564 --> 05:39:54,564
by Dennis Demartino. The first thing I have Michael Seltzer

4264
05:39:56,370 --> 05:39:59,242
956 Hollywood Boulevard. The first thing I have to ask is if

4265
05:39:59,242 --> 05:40:04,312
this was signed in May 2022, why are we still talking about

4266
05:40:04,312 --> 05:40:07,649
it four years later? And why didn't anything happen in those

4267
05:40:07,649 --> 05:40:11,920
four years? Also, I can't understand from the

4268
05:40:11,920 --> 05:40:16,191
presentation if this is a sale or rental for the live local

4269
05:40:16,191 --> 05:40:21,863
portion and the assumption of $5 million per each unit has to

4270
05:40:21,863 --> 05:40:26,735
be wrong. And I think we're getting hoodwinked. That being

4271
05:40:26,735 --> 05:40:31,730
said, I am in favor of the Live Local act. I am in favor of it

4272
05:40:31,730 --> 05:40:34,342
being on the beach. God knows there's enough property on the

4273
05:40:34,342 --> 05:40:39,810
beach that is probably should be knocked down. And I'm in

4274
05:40:39,810 --> 05:40:45,681
favor of having it. For renters that pay 120%. But what about

4275
05:40:46,287 --> 05:40:49,958
80 and 60%? Are they going to be included in this? Or is it

4276
05:40:49,958 --> 05:40:56,558
just for the people making 120%? But when this PP3 was made

4277
05:40:57,165 --> 05:41:03,505
years ago, there was no mention of live local. And this added

4278
05:41:03,505 --> 05:41:07,175
bonus or whatever they're getting. And maybe this P three

4279
05:41:07,175 --> 05:41:11,179
should be redone and bring in more developers. Now that's a

4280
05:41:11,179 --> 05:41:15,650
whole different project. It's not what it was when it was

4281
05:41:15,650 --> 05:41:22,560
presented to these people years ago. As for the height, as for

4282
05:41:22,560 --> 05:41:27,456
the height of 30 stories. Me personally, having moved from

4283
05:41:29,197 --> 05:41:31,734
Belle Harbor where the traffic is horrendous, I think it's a

4284
05:41:31,734 --> 05:41:38,730
little bit too high, but I guess I can live with it. So in

4285
05:41:38,730 --> 05:41:43,612
conclusion, I think this p three should be redone and or

4286
05:41:43,612 --> 05:41:49,612
the height be reduced. And the apartments, whether they're for

4287
05:41:50,840 --> 05:41:53,688
rental or sale, be made or developed on another piece of

4288
05:41:53,688 --> 05:42:00,888
property on I believe this is four acres. And what happens if

4289
05:42:01,830 --> 05:42:05,299
all these numbers that we were just presented with that none

4290
05:42:05,299 --> 05:42:11,239
of us saw before are wrong? What is the city end up getting

4291
05:42:11,239 --> 05:42:15,577
the way it was presented? Those numbers are fabulous, but I

4292
05:42:15,577 --> 05:42:21,315
have a feeling they might be slightly exaggerated. Thank you.

4293
05:42:21,315 --> 05:42:24,919
Thank you Michael. Let's go to Dennis Demartino followed by

4294
05:42:24,919 --> 05:42:29,719
Melissa Sherman. Esteemed commission members. And I use

4295
05:42:35,815 --> 05:42:39,819
that term for decorum purposes only. Concerned citizens. And

4296
05:42:39,819 --> 05:42:45,910
the rest of you, here we are again. More than five years

4297
05:42:45,910 --> 05:42:48,761
we've been coming back and forth with this. The community

4298
05:42:48,761 --> 05:42:54,161
has vocally, physically showed their dislike of this project.

4299
05:42:54,434 --> 05:42:58,773
They brought up every possible opportunity to tell you how

4300
05:42:58,773 --> 05:43:02,375
wrong it is. The county has agreed with us on most of them.

4301
05:43:02,375 --> 05:43:05,377
You failed on the density and you went around that end. You

4302
05:43:05,377 --> 05:43:08,514
failed on the zoning and you went out on that end. You

4303
05:43:08,514 --> 05:43:11,384
failed on the mapping and you went around on that end and now

4304
05:43:11,384 --> 05:43:14,987
you're bringing in live local. I want to know how this idea

4305
05:43:14,987 --> 05:43:18,791
came to be. Did somebody just have a dream in the middle of

4306
05:43:18,791 --> 05:43:21,861
the night that they decided to do live local, or did somebody

4307
05:43:21,861 --> 05:43:24,865
else ask them to speak for them and present it live? Locals?

4308
05:43:24,865 --> 05:43:27,868
Not all that a great idea. It seems like a good idea, but

4309
05:43:27,868 --> 05:43:30,870
you've got people making $100,000 to qualify for this

4310
05:43:30,870 --> 05:43:33,673
affordable housing. It's not going to help the people that

4311
05:43:33,673 --> 05:43:37,900
really need to be helped with housing. And there's a lot of

4312
05:43:37,900 --> 05:43:39,545
development going on in the city right now. The Dixie

4313
05:43:39,545 --> 05:43:42,349
corridor, the 441, there's going to be buildings there.

4314
05:43:42,349 --> 05:43:44,284
There's going to be property. There's going to be

4315
05:43:44,284 --> 05:43:49,840
opportunities for people. There's a high vacancy rate,

4316
05:43:49,555 --> 05:43:53,426
buildings are closing. People are not being able to rent out

4317
05:43:53,426 --> 05:43:57,960
or sell units. And we're going to provide more. Why? Because

4318
05:43:57,960 --> 05:44:00,433
some realtor comes in and offers us a lot of money. You

4319
05:44:00,433 --> 05:44:02,903
got to remember, while the while the money is going up

4320
05:44:02,903 --> 05:44:06,173
year after year in value, the value of the money is going

4321
05:44:06,173 --> 05:44:12,979
down and down after year. I don't know what else can be

4322
05:44:12,979 --> 05:44:17,983
said. I just know that the land wasn't meant for that purpose.

4323
05:44:17,983 --> 05:44:23,383
I know that the barrier island, the resiliency, doesn't

4324
05:44:23,723 --> 05:44:29,723
accommodate much more density. I know that that the people

4325
05:44:30,997 --> 05:44:35,335
don't want it. And I think we're working under a couple of

4326
05:44:35,335 --> 05:44:38,472
very misleading assumptions here. One is that live local is

4327
05:44:38,472 --> 05:44:43,760
going to help out the people that need it, and it doesn't.

4328
05:44:43,760 --> 05:44:47,280
Another is going to bring us a lot of money stretched out over

4329
05:44:47,280 --> 05:44:53,619
a lot of years. That goes down in value. I think the biggest

4330
05:44:53,619 --> 05:44:56,156
misunderstanding and miss assumption right now is that

4331
05:44:56,156 --> 05:45:00,356
we're constituents and your representatives, because you

4332
05:45:00,427 --> 05:45:07,300
seem to represent a few people, some more than others. And the

4333
05:45:07,300 --> 05:45:11,571
constituents, well, we don't know what we want. Melissa

4334
05:45:11,571 --> 05:45:16,971
Sherman followed by Pam Borgio. Good afternoon, Mayor and

4335
05:45:20,580 --> 05:45:23,783
commissioners. My name is Melissa Sherman. I'm a resident

4336
05:45:23,783 --> 05:45:28,587
of Royal Poinciana. I'm also a public school teacher 25 years

4337
05:45:28,587 --> 05:45:32,858
here in Broward County. I'm here tonight to ask you not to

4338
05:45:32,858 --> 05:45:36,796
approve this project. Not because I oppose housing, not

4339
05:45:36,796 --> 05:45:40,466
because I oppose growth, not because I believe Hollywood

4340
05:45:40,466 --> 05:45:43,937
should pause while the rest of the South Florida changes

4341
05:45:43,937 --> 05:45:49,209
around us. I'm asking you to vote no, because growth without

4342
05:45:49,209 --> 05:45:54,609
trust is not planning. Growth without infrastructure is not

4343
05:45:54,948 --> 05:45:59,148
vision. Growth without neighborhood protection is not

4344
05:46:00,190 --> 05:46:03,289
progress. It's just a high rise. Drop from the sky and hand it

4345
05:46:03,289 --> 05:46:07,827
to residents like an invoice. I'm asking you to vote no

4346
05:46:07,827 --> 05:46:13,633
because live local isn't what it sounds like. When the school

4347
05:46:13,633 --> 05:46:16,302
board of Broward County makes its rough calculations about

4348
05:46:16,302 --> 05:46:19,171
how much a teacher makes and how many teachers they can

4349
05:46:19,171 --> 05:46:21,441
afford for this sum of money, the dollar amount they

4350
05:46:21,441 --> 05:46:26,241
routinely use is about $75,000. Income and benefits. With

4351
05:46:30,583 --> 05:46:36,322
$75,000 a year, you can afford about $4,400 a month in rent.

4352
05:46:36,322 --> 05:46:41,995
But the estimates that I'm hearing of $2,600 as being caps

4353
05:46:41,995 --> 05:46:47,400
for what people can reasonably. Ford on a low income salary is

4354
05:46:47,400 --> 05:46:51,806
just absurd. And you don't have to be a math teacher to be able

4355
05:46:51,806 --> 05:46:54,730
to do those calculations. Ladies and gentlemen, you just

4356
05:46:54,730 --> 05:46:58,545
have to be able to sit in the audience and listen. The other

4357
05:46:58,545 --> 05:47:02,281
reason I'm urging you to say no is because this isn't just any

4358
05:47:02,281 --> 05:47:06,886
plot of land. This is a piece of land where the city has been

4359
05:47:06,886 --> 05:47:11,224
rushing ahead with a vote that moves away from the purpose of

4360
05:47:11,224 --> 05:47:15,161
the land. Without fully answering to the public. We

4361
05:47:15,161 --> 05:47:18,498
deserve a clear explanation of how this project complies with

4362
05:47:18,498 --> 05:47:23,360
the original terms, what public benefit is being preserved, and

4363
05:47:23,360 --> 05:47:25,505
why would you move forward before those questions are

4364
05:47:25,505 --> 05:47:30,243
fully resolved? A land deal is not a suggestion scribbled in

4365
05:47:30,243 --> 05:47:33,913
pencil. It's a public commitment, and before this

4366
05:47:33,913 --> 05:47:36,315
commission takes any action, you should honor that

4367
05:47:36,315 --> 05:47:40,515
commitment openly, carefully and transparently to residents.

4368
05:47:40,653 --> 05:47:43,523
This does not feel like a fair process. It feels like the deck

4369
05:47:43,523 --> 05:47:46,458
has been stacked before the public even reaches the

4370
05:47:46,458 --> 05:47:50,462
microphone. This commission has the power to say no, not yet,

4371
05:47:50,462 --> 05:47:54,400
not this way. Not until the public feels like this is a

4372
05:47:54,400 --> 05:47:59,405
public process again, and not ever for private developers. On

4373
05:47:59,405 --> 05:48:03,743
1301 South Ocean Drive, a no vote tonight is not

4374
05:48:03,743 --> 05:48:08,800
anti-housing. It is pro planning. It is pro resident.

4375
05:48:08,800 --> 05:48:12,170
It is pro accountability. Please do not approve this

4376
05:48:12,170 --> 05:48:16,689
project tonight. Say no to developing 1301 Ocean Drive.

4377
05:48:16,689 --> 05:48:22,890
Thank you, Pamela Borgio followed by Drew Martin. Good

4378
05:48:25,364 --> 05:48:29,564
evening, Pamela Burgio, Hollywood Hills resident. I'm

4379
05:48:31,170 --> 05:48:36,776
just going to speak my mind. This is absolutely, totally

4380
05:48:36,776 --> 05:48:42,448
wrong. And if I can say the few words I want to say, but I'm

4381
05:48:42,448 --> 05:48:47,319
not going to because I'm in public right now, I'm disgusted.

4382
05:48:47,319 --> 05:48:52,580
We're here talking about private land for the public, if

4383
05:48:52,580 --> 05:48:54,994
that makes any sense. It was deeded to the public. It needs

4384
05:48:54,994 --> 05:48:59,198
to be voted on by the public. We voted you into office. Yes,

4385
05:48:59,198 --> 05:49:02,750
some of you are leaving, but that doesn't mean you should

4386
05:49:02,750 --> 05:49:06,346
not be taking care of your responsibilities and your

4387
05:49:06,346 --> 05:49:11,751
duties to us. We pay and we're going to suffer. You're going

4388
05:49:11,751 --> 05:49:15,880
to suffer because you're changing the outlook of

4389
05:49:15,880 --> 05:49:20,827
Hollywood Beach, not just that parcel, the entire beach. And

4390
05:49:20,827 --> 05:49:24,698
this is what brings people to our community, what you're

4391
05:49:24,698 --> 05:49:29,102
doing and how you're doing it is totally wrong. And I

4392
05:49:29,102 --> 05:49:31,705
disrespect anybody who disagrees with me on that

4393
05:49:31,705 --> 05:49:35,976
because you know it's wrong. Okay? And I'm getting heated

4394
05:49:35,976 --> 05:49:43,176
over it. I've, I've controlled myself for so long and to see

4395
05:49:44,584 --> 05:49:49,256
the people that I once respected disrespect me. It has

4396
05:49:49,256 --> 05:49:53,593
to work both ways. And what you did last year when I wasn't

4397
05:49:53,593 --> 05:49:57,130
even in the audience and found out after the fact of voting

4398
05:49:57,130 --> 05:50:01,934
yourselves a raise and voting yourself, pensions and health

4399
05:50:01,934 --> 05:50:04,871
insurance. I don't know all of it. I wasn't here that should

4400
05:50:04,871 --> 05:50:08,741
have went to the public vote as well. This needs to go to the

4401
05:50:08,741 --> 05:50:13,747
public vote as well. We may not agree on the project, but this

4402
05:50:13,747 --> 05:50:18,751
project should not be at this property period. Stay with the

4403
05:50:18,751 --> 05:50:24,157
law. Stay with what you did in the master plan. Our ordinances

4404
05:50:24,157 --> 05:50:30,757
are laws. Everything says no. The county says no. All these

4405
05:50:32,310 --> 05:50:37,170
numbers are an assumption. Guess what? When we assume,

4406
05:50:37,170 --> 05:50:42,842
okay, it's it's an opportunity for money. It's not a guarantee.

4407
05:50:42,842 --> 05:50:47,980
And Commissioner, years ago, we had a conversation about the

4408
05:50:47,980 --> 05:50:51,651
Margaritaville project and you said, then I wish I didn't vote

4409
05:50:51,651 --> 05:50:57,590
for it. Learn realize that there's a process that was put

4410
05:50:57,590 --> 05:51:02,328
in place by this commission and former commissioners and prior

4411
05:51:02,328 --> 05:51:05,932
staff, and you're going against those rules and regulations for

4412
05:51:05,932 --> 05:51:12,405
the public. It's wrong, and I'm mad. And everybody behind me

4413
05:51:12,405 --> 05:51:14,874
listening, wherever you're at, and I know you're not even

4414
05:51:14,874 --> 05:51:18,211
paying attention to me because you're not looking at me. And

4415
05:51:18,211 --> 05:51:23,883
I'm looking at each and every one of you vote the right way.

4416
05:51:23,883 --> 05:51:29,883
Drew Martin, followed by Ann Ralston. After Ann will be

4417
05:51:32,426 --> 05:51:39,260
Donna Green. Drew Martin, I'm here on behalf of the Sierra

4418
05:51:42,369 --> 05:51:48,375
Club. I came a long way. I came from Palm Beach County. I

4419
05:51:48,375 --> 05:51:55,982
prefer not to drive on I-95 to get here. Okay. I'm sorry. I

4420
05:51:55,982 --> 05:52:01,254
came down here to oppose this project because it's just wrong.

4421
05:52:01,254 --> 05:52:05,725
Everything about it is wrong. I don't think it'll benefit

4422
05:52:05,725 --> 05:52:11,465
anybody. I don't think the live local, you know, it's just a

4423
05:52:11,465 --> 05:52:16,202
loophole for developers. That's all. Live local is they can get

4424
05:52:16,202 --> 05:52:18,673
out of meeting all the requirements. They don't have

4425
05:52:18,673 --> 05:52:20,741
to meet the sustainability requirements. They don't have

4426
05:52:20,741 --> 05:52:24,411
to meet the environmental requirements. You don't have to

4427
05:52:24,411 --> 05:52:30,160
listen to the county. And, you know, I don't think it's going

4428
05:52:30,160 --> 05:52:35,889
to produce the numbers that you think it is. Now. I saw a

4429
05:52:35,889 --> 05:52:41,289
scientific presentation and the the assumption is in 40 years,

4430
05:52:41,294 --> 05:52:44,564
Broward County is going to be underwater. And I don't that's

4431
05:52:44,564 --> 05:52:50,564
not a financial term. That's a physical term. And certainly,

4432
05:52:51,380 --> 05:52:55,241
although we hope that's not the case, this project is in the

4433
05:52:55,241 --> 05:53:01,515
worst place to be built. When you're talking about sea level

4434
05:53:01,515 --> 05:53:07,187
rise, storm surge, hurricanes, the higher a project is, the

4435
05:53:07,187 --> 05:53:11,858
more windstorm damage there is. And I can tell you the, the

4436
05:53:11,858 --> 05:53:17,797
financial benefit of a project that's wiped out by a hurricane

4437
05:53:17,797 --> 05:53:23,403
is zero. So you're looking at zero financial benefit. If this

4438
05:53:23,403 --> 05:53:27,807
project were destroyed. And that's not completely an

4439
05:53:27,807 --> 05:53:31,877
unrealistic possibility, because we look at storm surge

4440
05:53:31,877 --> 05:53:38,477
and the flooding and the fact that the coastline is receding

4441
05:53:39,285 --> 05:53:46,485
inland is very likely that this project may be on very soft

4442
05:53:47,626 --> 05:53:52,231
ground, and it may not be there in 40 or 50 years. These

4443
05:53:52,231 --> 05:53:57,970
numbers depend on the project lasting 99 years. So if it

4444
05:53:57,970 --> 05:54:01,570
doesn't, that reduces significantly the county's

4445
05:54:01,908 --> 05:54:05,512
income. So you need to consider that when you make this vote

4446
05:54:05,512 --> 05:54:11,251
today. Now everybody knows that the public is not in favor of

4447
05:54:11,251 --> 05:54:17,123
this. And so, you know, the irony is, you know, in a

4448
05:54:17,123 --> 05:54:21,461
democratic country, we are faced with the fact that our

4449
05:54:21,461 --> 05:54:25,865
representatives often are not listening to us. And I think

4450
05:54:25,865 --> 05:54:29,736
this will those who vote for this are basically not

4451
05:54:29,736 --> 05:54:32,872
listening to the public, because not one person has

4452
05:54:32,872 --> 05:54:36,876
stood up here and asked you to move forward with this project.

4453
05:54:36,876 --> 05:54:40,479
So it's definitely not the public's in the public interest.

4454
05:54:40,479 --> 05:54:45,879
Thank you. And Ralston, followed by Donna Green, then

4455
05:54:45,951 --> 05:54:51,290
Andre Brown. I think I see Andre, thank you for at least

4456
05:54:51,290 --> 05:54:56,295
holding the meeting at six where people could come. The

4457
05:54:56,295 --> 05:55:00,900
dates that Lisa went through, all were when Covid was

4458
05:55:00,900 --> 05:55:03,236
happening and there weren't public meetings. I think I

4459
05:55:03,236 --> 05:55:06,772
don't know how they were done. This P three came through in

4460
05:55:06,772 --> 05:55:12,772
January of 2020 and March of 2021, and it got signed in 22,

4461
05:55:12,845 --> 05:55:17,183
I think when City Hall. So there's the public is not

4462
05:55:17,183 --> 05:55:21,187
really being able to come in attendance. That's number one,

4463
05:55:21,187 --> 05:55:23,656
Raylan, you said something about the last four years. The

4464
05:55:23,656 --> 05:55:28,680
tax base did something. I didn't catch it. But the tax

4465
05:55:28,680 --> 05:55:34,485
rate or the tax base in Broward County has been increasing. Not

4466
05:55:34,485 --> 05:55:40,485
like before live local happened after this contract was signed.

4467
05:55:40,558 --> 05:55:45,958
That shouldn't have any bearing on this particular contract.

4468
05:55:47,565 --> 05:55:51,836
There. No offense to Mr. Bush. God rest his soul. Those are

4469
05:55:51,836 --> 05:55:56,241
George Bush numbers. That is a projection that means nothing

4470
05:55:56,241 --> 05:56:00,778
but a piece of paper. I can sit there and say, yeah, my

4471
05:56:00,778 --> 05:56:05,490
checkbook has $2 million in it. That doesn't make it so. And

4472
05:56:05,490 --> 05:56:10,187
how are you going to guarantee taxes if the state gets rid of

4473
05:56:10,187 --> 05:56:14,458
a state income tax, then you're going to have to depend on us

4474
05:56:14,458 --> 05:56:17,661
buying something. And guess what? When you start out

4475
05:56:17,661 --> 05:56:21,650
pricing certain things, we're going to stop buying because we

4476
05:56:21,650 --> 05:56:26,670
can't afford it. So that wasn't brought up at all about what

4477
05:56:26,670 --> 05:56:31,742
happens if the state gets rid of income tax. I mean property

4478
05:56:31,742 --> 05:56:38,342
tax. Sorry. Thank you for the correction. We are paying for

4479
05:56:38,816 --> 05:56:41,819
the new community center. I guess that's our benefit

4480
05:56:41,819 --> 05:56:45,223
because I know I'm not going to be living 99 years from now to

4481
05:56:45,223 --> 05:56:48,292
see that 90 projected million dollars or whatever we're

4482
05:56:48,292 --> 05:56:53,297
supposed to be getting. When a property gets assessed on a

4483
05:56:53,297 --> 05:56:57,301
sale price, that's usually 10%, not 20%. David, I'm sorry, but

4484
05:56:57,301 --> 05:57:02,101
I work there. Did it include homesteaded properties?

4485
05:57:02,440 --> 05:57:06,711
Assuming these luxury apartments or condos, are they

4486
05:57:06,711 --> 05:57:10,647
going to be homesteaded? Is that projected in those fancy

4487
05:57:10,647 --> 05:57:14,986
figures? I didn't hear it. So these are questions just

4488
05:57:14,986 --> 05:57:18,856
sitting there not lawyer. And then one other question I have

4489
05:57:18,856 --> 05:57:23,595
which bothered me in the comprehensive plan, they list

4490
05:57:23,595 --> 05:57:26,797
the properties that are affected by this agreement.

4491
05:57:26,797 --> 05:57:32,200
There is one folio number in here that doesn't exist. Why it

4492
05:57:32,200 --> 05:57:35,730
I can't find it anywhere. I've called the property Appraiser's

4493
05:57:35,730 --> 05:57:39,744
office to research to see if it was split or combined from

4494
05:57:39,744 --> 05:57:44,415
another property. You can still get that record. To my

4495
05:57:44,415 --> 05:57:48,486
knowledge, and from what I found out at Bcpa, this

4496
05:57:48,486 --> 05:57:51,288
property does not exist. I don't know why it's there.

4497
05:57:51,288 --> 05:57:56,294
Thank you. And Donna Green, followed by Andre Brown. Is

4498
05:57:56,294 --> 05:58:00,765
Andre here? I don't think he's here. So Mark Ross will follow.

4499
05:58:00,765 --> 05:58:05,302
Donna. Good afternoon, Mayor and commissioners. My name is

4500
05:58:05,302 --> 05:58:09,773
Donna Green, 526 North Rainbow Drive. I've lived in Hollywood

4501
05:58:09,773 --> 05:58:14,378
more than 35 years, and I'm here also representing many

4502
05:58:14,378 --> 05:58:19,717
other people who can't be here. They say insanity is doing

4503
05:58:19,717 --> 05:58:23,721
something over and over and expecting different results. So

4504
05:58:23,721 --> 05:58:28,126
I must be crazy because I have been here many times speaking

4505
05:58:28,126 --> 05:58:33,464
against this project. And I guess I'm here because I'm an

4506
05:58:33,464 --> 05:58:37,801
optimist, and I believe you all love Hollywood. What we are,

4507
05:58:37,801 --> 05:58:41,672
what we have always loved about our city and about our beach in

4508
05:58:41,672 --> 05:58:47,770
particular. So I'm an optimist. I believe you all care what we

4509
05:58:47,770 --> 05:58:50,748
think, what the residents think, what the residents want. And as

4510
05:58:50,748 --> 05:58:55,819
you can see, we're all speaking up to preserve this piece of

4511
05:58:55,819 --> 05:59:03,294
the beach that we love and that we want to protect from a new

4512
05:59:03,294 --> 05:59:09,100
sham, which is the live local. This, to me, is another trick

4513
05:59:09,100 --> 05:59:14,380
and a gimmick to take away control from the residents who

4514
05:59:14,380 --> 05:59:18,420
deserve to have a voice. We haven't been able to vote on

4515
05:59:18,420 --> 05:59:23,447
this, and we've come many times, explained how we feel,

4516
05:59:23,447 --> 05:59:29,447
explained why this is important, explained the value of the

4517
05:59:29,920 --> 05:59:36,600
character of the beach and why we are marketable because of

4518
05:59:36,600 --> 05:59:42,532
our charm. That's why we get on all of the best of lists the

4519
05:59:42,532 --> 05:59:48,339
charm, the character, the small town feel. I know it's not

4520
05:59:48,339 --> 05:59:54,780
going to last forever in some parts of the beach, but this is

4521
05:59:54,780 --> 06:00:00,484
the land that belongs to the city. The deed that said it

4522
06:00:00,484 --> 06:00:04,889
should be for public use has been talked about, and people

4523
06:00:04,889 --> 06:00:10,827
try to use gymnastics To talk around how it doesn't count

4524
06:00:10,827 --> 06:00:17,234
that we can still use it for a private high rise. It is wrong.

4525
06:00:17,234 --> 06:00:21,505
That is not public. Unless someone invites me on their

4526
06:00:21,505 --> 06:00:27,711
balcony to watch the. Because it's public. I do not believe

4527
06:00:27,711 --> 06:00:32,315
this is a public property. You're putting a private

4528
06:00:32,315 --> 06:00:38,315
building on our public land. So please, please consider the

4529
06:00:39,123 --> 06:00:45,596
long term impact of what this will do to the trust of the

4530
06:00:45,596 --> 06:00:50,996
residents. What we believe about our commission and what

4531
06:00:51,402 --> 06:00:58,602
you do to represent us. Please keep the trust. We need that.

4532
06:00:59,276 --> 06:01:05,216
Thank you. Thank you. Donna. Mark Ross, followed by. I think

4533
06:01:05,216 --> 06:01:11,816
it's Patty DiBiase. Hi. How are you doing? I've been here

4534
06:01:17,961 --> 06:01:22,365
before. Seems like five years. Doing the same damn thing. No,

4535
06:01:22,365 --> 06:01:25,569
no, no. Everybody's saying the same thing over and over again.

4536
06:01:25,569 --> 06:01:28,905
It's not your property to give it away. It's not. It was

4537
06:01:28,905 --> 06:01:31,842
deeded to be given to the people of the city. It's a

4538
06:01:31,842 --> 06:01:34,311
beautiful little place. The buildings are falling apart.

4539
06:01:34,311 --> 06:01:38,182
It's a tilt wall building a solid concrete. And what I.

4540
06:01:38,182 --> 06:01:42,186
What? I said they should make a damn. A rescue place for it.

4541
06:01:42,186 --> 06:01:45,122
There's no place for people to get off the beach here. If

4542
06:01:45,122 --> 06:01:47,991
there is this bad storm. There's no country boy air

4543
06:01:47,991 --> 06:01:50,927
boats out there to come and save people. They don't do that

4544
06:01:50,927 --> 06:01:54,469
anymore. There's no they're not going to get off these people.

4545
06:01:54,469 --> 06:01:56,939
I talked to people. I know people. They're not going to

4546
06:01:56,939 --> 06:01:59,274
leave their building. They're not going to leave it. They're

4547
06:01:59,274 --> 06:02:02,944
going to be stuck out there. How are you going to get to

4548
06:02:02,944 --> 06:02:05,281
them? They can't drive a truck out there. It's flooded. It's

4549
06:02:05,281 --> 06:02:08,950
full of water. And, you know, the ocean is going to come up

4550
06:02:08,950 --> 06:02:11,887
into there and it's going to happen. And my parents are here

4551
06:02:11,887 --> 06:02:14,289
in the night. My grandparents are here in the 1926 hurricane.

4552
06:02:14,289 --> 06:02:17,893
And they held hands from a wood house and they went to a

4553
06:02:17,893 --> 06:02:20,290
concrete building. That's why they survived. And it can be

4554
06:02:20,290 --> 06:02:23,165
hell. And we're supposed to get Andrew and they decide to go to

4555
06:02:23,165 --> 06:02:26,235
Miami, so nobody knows where they're going to go. And that's

4556
06:02:26,235 --> 06:02:28,971
going to happen. The building we have there right now, the

4557
06:02:28,971 --> 06:02:31,373
community center, if the tilt wall building is solid concrete

4558
06:02:31,373 --> 06:02:34,643
with t beam roof, I build buildings that I did the

4559
06:02:34,643 --> 06:02:37,846
diplomat, all the windows at the diplomat. And I also did

4560
06:02:37,846 --> 06:02:41,783
Espirito Santo in downtown Miami. When Wilma hit, we did

4561
06:02:41,783 --> 06:02:46,922
the contract for our glass was $23 million. The Four Seasons

4562
06:02:46,922 --> 06:02:49,993
blew the glass out of his four seasons. It hit my building 300

4563
06:02:49,993 --> 06:02:54,193
and 306, 360 pieces of glass in fenestration. Aluminum,

4564
06:02:57,332 --> 06:03:01,603
fenestration had to be replaced. We fixed it for $80 million. So

4565
06:03:01,603 --> 06:03:05,674
the repair after a hurricane is ridiculous on these buildings.

4566
06:03:05,674 --> 06:03:08,744
But either way, that building right now can be used as a, as

4567
06:03:08,744 --> 06:03:11,946
a, as a place to get people out of here. It can be that

4568
06:03:11,946 --> 06:03:15,350
building is big enough for two helicopter pads for for rescue.

4569
06:03:15,350 --> 06:03:19,221
We're also going to land. It's at least one way you could get

4570
06:03:19,221 --> 06:03:21,424
people out of the area, you know. Otherwise people are

4571
06:03:21,424 --> 06:03:24,226
going to die from a hurricane here. It's that simple. It's

4572
06:03:24,226 --> 06:03:29,431
going to happen. It's happened before I was here in 63. Cleo

4573
06:03:29,431 --> 06:03:32,434
went through, you know, and it was nice. We had trees in the

4574
06:03:32,434 --> 06:03:35,304
backyard, 2.5ft diameter, ten foot above the ground, snapped

4575
06:03:35,304 --> 06:03:39,842
them in half like toothpicks. You know, it happens, you know?

4576
06:03:39,842 --> 06:03:42,711
And I can't believe I'm looking at you guys even going through

4577
06:03:42,711 --> 06:03:46,181
this again. And why are you fighting it so bad? You know, I

4578
06:03:46,181 --> 06:03:49,851
can't believe that it's a, I hate to say corrupt, but it

4579
06:03:49,851 --> 06:03:52,855
doesn't make any sense to you that you want to do this. It

4580
06:03:52,855 --> 06:03:57,926
doesn't make any damn sense. I see you and I talk to you.

4581
06:03:57,926 --> 06:04:01,620
People for five years have been doing this same thing.

4582
06:04:01,620 --> 06:04:03,465
Everybody's doing same the same thing. You're sitting there

4583
06:04:03,465 --> 06:04:06,534
smiling. I'm like, I don't have much respect for you. You told

4584
06:04:06,534 --> 06:04:09,471
me, no, they're going to dump it. It's never going to happen.

4585
06:04:09,471 --> 06:04:13,675
Yeah, it goes both ways. You remind me of Foghorn Leghorn.

4586
06:04:13,675 --> 06:04:20,150
Thanks, Mark. By. Patti DiBiase. You'll correct me if I'm wrong

4587
06:04:20,150 --> 06:04:24,815
on the pronunciation. Rick Goldman, you're next. Patti

4588
06:04:24,819 --> 06:04:28,356
DiBiase, 2020, Tyler Street. Hello, Patti DiBiase. Good

4589
06:04:28,356 --> 06:04:31,626
afternoon, commissioners. I mean, good evening. I've been

4590
06:04:31,626 --> 06:04:34,430
here. Well, this is not the first time I've been here to

4591
06:04:34,430 --> 06:04:37,433
speak on behalf of saving our public beachfront. We have seen

4592
06:04:37,433 --> 06:04:40,102
the Broward Planning Council recommendation not to build on

4593
06:04:40,102 --> 06:04:43,838
this parcel that is still community land. It is my

4594
06:04:43,838 --> 06:04:47,842
understanding. Back in 1980, it was deeded to the city for open

4595
06:04:47,842 --> 06:04:52,420
space recreation, public and municipal purposes forever.

4596
06:04:53,515 --> 06:04:56,651
Families have enjoyed this beach for years, but now the

4597
06:04:56,651 --> 06:05:00,550
battle continues. The language of the deed never intended to

4598
06:05:00,550 --> 06:05:03,550
permit privately owned condominiums, apartments,

4599
06:05:03,324 --> 06:05:06,994
rental, or any other form of private residential development.

4600
06:05:06,994 --> 06:05:12,000
The financial revenue should not override the original deed.

4601
06:05:12,000 --> 06:05:17,338
Finding a loophole like live local and have a percentage

4602
06:05:17,338 --> 06:05:20,750
affordable housing still does not make this right. There are

4603
06:05:20,750 --> 06:05:23,812
many empty units throughout the city. There are even

4604
06:05:23,812 --> 06:05:26,816
foreclosures. Why not open those to affordable homes? They

4605
06:05:26,816 --> 06:05:31,180
will be better centralized for families that also need public

4606
06:05:31,180 --> 06:05:36,418
transportation. They can walk, use busses, trains. This would

4607
06:05:36,892 --> 06:05:40,290
make better financial sense. Putting them on the beach where

4608
06:05:40,290 --> 06:05:44,166
you need a car. And even with gas so high now driving back to

4609
06:05:44,166 --> 06:05:47,635
the land, you know the mainland is a hardship. This is bad

4610
06:05:47,635 --> 06:05:51,573
financial deal to use as a loophole just so you can build

4611
06:05:51,573 --> 06:05:55,643
there. Is it really for the working class? Why not protect

4612
06:05:55,643 --> 06:05:59,180
the beautiful piece of beach property for all the working

4613
06:05:59,180 --> 06:06:02,318
class? In addition to what I just stated, let's look at the

4614
06:06:02,318 --> 06:06:06,254
environmental consequences to our fragile barrier island.

4615
06:06:06,254 --> 06:06:09,257
Affordable or not, we are still going to have mandatory

4616
06:06:09,257 --> 06:06:13,528
hurricane evacuation. The zone will flood with saltwater

4617
06:06:13,528 --> 06:06:17,132
intrusion. Is this a smart place to build more homes, more

4618
06:06:17,132 --> 06:06:19,601
families that will need help during the storm, evacuation

4619
06:06:19,601 --> 06:06:23,538
and rebuilding. If we get hit by a major storm, just like the

4620
06:06:23,538 --> 06:06:27,476
West Coast, there are people in Fort Myers still waiting to

4621
06:06:27,476 --> 06:06:31,790
rebuild, waiting for insurance claims. Who is going to help to

4622
06:06:31,790 --> 06:06:35,883
rebuild? We, the taxpayers are the real working class. I beg

4623
06:06:35,883 --> 06:06:38,753
all of you to please consider the recommendation of the

4624
06:06:38,753 --> 06:06:42,491
Planning Council to preserve this unique oceanfront property

4625
06:06:42,491 --> 06:06:46,691
for public use, allowing private high density

4626
06:06:46,694 --> 06:06:49,965
development would fundamentally change both the character and

4627
06:06:49,965 --> 06:06:54,169
the intent use that the property was deeded to us

4628
06:06:54,169 --> 06:06:59,569
forever. Thank you. Thank you. Stephanie Burns, followed by

4629
06:06:59,974 --> 06:07:05,374
Scott Evans, then Sylvia Meyer. Stephanie Burns, Eric Goldman.

4630
06:07:08,650 --> 06:07:12,186
Did I skip Rick Goldman? Rick Goldman, come on up. My

4631
06:07:12,186 --> 06:07:18,126
apologies. I moved the car too quickly. Thank you. The land

4632
06:07:18,126 --> 06:07:21,263
we're talking about still has a deed restriction on it that

4633
06:07:21,263 --> 06:07:24,465
says the land must be used as open space, such as a public

4634
06:07:24,465 --> 06:07:28,337
park or some other purpose. And for the past 50 years, everyone

4635
06:07:28,337 --> 06:07:32,206
understood what the words public purpose meant. However,

4636
06:07:32,206 --> 06:07:36,120
today we're supposed to believe that selling our land on a 99

4637
06:07:36,120 --> 06:07:39,680
year lease so it becomes a privately owned condo is a

4638
06:07:39,680 --> 06:07:43,151
public purpose. If this is such a great opportunity for us, I

4639
06:07:43,151 --> 06:07:46,955
don't know why you won't let us vote on it. But more than that,

4640
06:07:46,955 --> 06:07:49,891
we heard about how we're going to get millions and millions of

4641
06:07:49,891 --> 06:07:53,495
dollars if we just wait a century. But when my parents

4642
06:07:53,495 --> 06:07:56,498
moved to South Florida and bought their first brand new

4643
06:07:56,498 --> 06:08:02,570
three bedroom home, it was less than a century ago, and it cost

4644
06:08:02,570 --> 06:08:05,507
$11,000. And two parents working full time struggled to

4645
06:08:05,507 --> 06:08:10,579
pay on that $11,000 house. But eight years later, they wanted

4646
06:08:10,579 --> 06:08:15,183
a three bedroom house. And that three bedroom cost an

4647
06:08:15,183 --> 06:08:19,921
outrageous $23,000 in just eight years. How much it

4648
06:08:19,921 --> 06:08:23,206
changed. But my dad said, we'll keep the windows open. He

4649
06:08:23,206 --> 06:08:27,144
wasn't going to pay the extra 1500 to get central air. It was

4650
06:08:27,144 --> 06:08:31,810
too much. Okay, one summer is all it took and he bought the

4651
06:08:31,810 --> 06:08:34,952
central air later. But in more recent history, 40 years ago, I

4652
06:08:34,952 --> 06:08:39,356
moved into South Lake and I paid an outrageous amount. I

4653
06:08:39,356 --> 06:08:44,762
paid $109,000 to live half a mile from the ocean in South

4654
06:08:44,762 --> 06:08:48,832
Lake. Today, Zillow says my house is worth 1,000,003. So if

4655
06:08:48,832 --> 06:08:53,770
you think about it, in just 40 years, what a dollar used to

4656
06:08:53,770 --> 06:08:58,442
buy then is now like $0.08, $0.09, something like that. So

4657
06:08:58,442 --> 06:09:01,450
when we hear about the millions and millions we're getting,

4658
06:09:01,450 --> 06:09:04,915
it's like we're getting paid in monopoly money. If the building

4659
06:09:04,915 --> 06:09:07,986
is even standing that long, because sometimes they don't.

4660
06:09:07,986 --> 06:09:13,190
And when we hear that this affordable housing. Imagine the

4661
06:09:13,190 --> 06:09:16,260
waitresses on the beach could pay only 2600 a month and

4662
06:09:16,260 --> 06:09:19,663
they'll get a studio. I don't think they're going to be

4663
06:09:19,663 --> 06:09:24,200
standing in line for that. This is outrageous. It needs to stop.

4664
06:09:24,200 --> 06:09:27,739
We've been against it for the past five years. Why not listen

4665
06:09:27,739 --> 06:09:33,410
to us? Or at least let us vote on it? Stephanie Burns,

4666
06:09:33,410 --> 06:09:39,416
followed by Scott Evans. Scott, come on up. I guess Stephanie

4667
06:09:39,416 --> 06:09:45,956
Burns might not be here. Barnes. Stephanie Barnes no, no, Kathy,

4668
06:09:45,956 --> 06:09:48,960
unless you want to be Stephanie Barnes today. I thought you

4669
06:09:48,960 --> 06:09:53,163
were Kathy Dibona and we'll call you up. Scott come on up.

4670
06:09:53,163 --> 06:09:59,763
I'll be Stephanie Barnes. Yes. Scott Evans, Park East. Love to

4671
06:10:03,373 --> 06:10:06,973
speculative financial benefits. We get commissioners,

4672
06:10:08,312 --> 06:10:10,781
commissioners, mayors. I know you all by first name, so we'll

4673
06:10:10,781 --> 06:10:14,718
dispense with formalities. Happy Emancipation Day to

4674
06:10:14,718 --> 06:10:19,518
everyone today, May 20th, 1301. Public oceanfront open space

4675
06:10:21,191 --> 06:10:27,191
that is deeded for recreation period. Live local was formed

4676
06:10:29,660 --> 06:10:32,870
by lobbyists supporting big developers to bypass city and

4677
06:10:32,870 --> 06:10:36,273
county authority. I thought Home Rule was something the

4678
06:10:36,273 --> 06:10:39,676
entire Hollywood Commission stood for. That's what I

4679
06:10:39,676 --> 06:10:44,348
thought. Anyway, there was a letter sent to you guys by

4680
06:10:44,348 --> 06:10:48,860
Robert Garcia, and I read it, and I thought he had a lot of

4681
06:10:48,860 --> 06:10:51,488
good points. He wrote the legal 50 year lease ordinance and

4682
06:10:51,488 --> 06:10:55,688
vote historical, environmental and factual basis, supporting

4683
06:10:56,250 --> 06:11:00,898
the denial of this live local application has already been

4684
06:11:00,898 --> 06:11:04,768
thoroughly established through the extensive review and

4685
06:11:04,768 --> 06:11:08,505
finding of qualified professionals, city records and

4686
06:11:08,505 --> 06:11:13,905
the properties long recognized deed restrictions, I ask that

4687
06:11:14,440 --> 06:11:17,714
you follow the recommendations and concerns made by your

4688
06:11:17,714 --> 06:11:21,318
Hollywood and Broward County constituents and the

4689
06:11:21,318 --> 06:11:25,518
overwhelming public response opposing this proposal with

4690
06:11:25,655 --> 06:11:29,793
limited support in favor of it. I think there was 1 or 2 people

4691
06:11:29,793 --> 06:11:33,263
that did favor this last time I was here, and they were both

4692
06:11:33,263 --> 06:11:39,402
realtors. I was one of the 250 people lined up outside City

4693
06:11:39,402 --> 06:11:43,730
Hall during Covid to speak to the commission against this

4694
06:11:43,730 --> 06:11:47,744
sweetheart deal and present. When Carol eviscerated the

4695
06:11:47,744 --> 06:11:52,416
proposal. Related group submitted, many of you on the

4696
06:11:52,416 --> 06:11:56,286
commission were ready to already rubber stamp it, which

4697
06:11:56,286 --> 06:11:59,757
I'm shocked. We're a republic. I think you all know what that

4698
06:11:59,757 --> 06:12:02,759
is a form of government in which the power belongs to a

4699
06:12:02,759 --> 06:12:07,898
body of citizens entitled to vote, and their voice is

4700
06:12:07,898 --> 06:12:13,298
exercised by their elected leaders. The citizens own this

4701
06:12:13,637 --> 06:12:18,241
land. Let us vote November 3rd and the people will decide

4702
06:12:18,241 --> 06:12:22,579
further. Efforts to usurp the power of the people is a giant

4703
06:12:22,579 --> 06:12:28,319
red flag to me, and I suggest we need to dig deeper and as

4704
06:12:28,319 --> 06:12:34,319
they say, follow the money. Sylvia Meyer, followed by Tim

4705
06:12:37,594 --> 06:12:44,194
McVeigh. Hard act to follow over there. I need my glasses.

4706
06:12:46,737 --> 06:12:52,750
So pushing this through, I thought I was there. I am okay,

4707
06:12:52,750 --> 06:12:55,120
pushing this through with affordable housing does not

4708
06:12:55,120 --> 06:12:58,882
make it more palpable when there are so many other options

4709
06:12:58,882 --> 06:13:04,221
around the city that can and should be redeveloped. The only

4710
06:13:04,221 --> 06:13:08,625
reason that affordable renters rentals are being considered,

4711
06:13:08,625 --> 06:13:11,761
even though they don't seem very affordable to the people

4712
06:13:11,761 --> 06:13:18,102
who they're supposed to reach, is just to bypass the county

4713
06:13:18,102 --> 06:13:21,972
vote, which at this time seems unfavorable to the developer

4714
06:13:21,972 --> 06:13:27,244
and the city. Since this contract was passed in 2022. I

4715
06:13:27,244 --> 06:13:31,581
wonder if you've examined related as your partners in

4716
06:13:31,581 --> 06:13:36,381
affordable housing. They're famous for their poor door

4717
06:13:36,653 --> 06:13:40,990
because they don't want. They're famous for their poor

4718
06:13:40,990 --> 06:13:45,996
door. They famous for amenity charges, separate amenities for

4719
06:13:45,996 --> 06:13:51,468
affordable housing, or none at all. It was related that it's

4720
06:13:51,468 --> 06:13:56,807
called the Set in Manhattan, which explicitly forbid rooftop

4721
06:13:56,807 --> 06:14:01,700
access for affordable renters. Separate addresses, separate

4722
06:14:01,878 --> 06:14:05,882
entrances, all sorts of ways to keep certain residents in their

4723
06:14:05,882 --> 06:14:10,954
place and out of other spaces. That's how your that's your

4724
06:14:10,954 --> 06:14:14,910
partner in getting this built with affordable housing. The

4725
06:14:14,910 --> 06:14:17,362
fact remains that this is being slated to be built or it does

4726
06:14:17,362 --> 06:14:22,432
not belong. This land belongs to Hollywood residents and we

4727
06:14:22,432 --> 06:14:27,104
deserve a vote on it. The utter hypocrisy from certain

4728
06:14:27,104 --> 06:14:32,504
commission members who rail against losing hometown rule to

4729
06:14:33,243 --> 06:14:36,380
Tallahassee to push this forward against residents

4730
06:14:36,380 --> 06:14:42,980
outcry is offensive at the least. And since we cannot vote

4731
06:14:43,654 --> 06:14:46,857
in on social media, unfortunately not everybody

4732
06:14:46,857 --> 06:14:50,196
comes out to speak, but they rail against this project on

4733
06:14:50,196 --> 06:14:57,300
social media and they call for you guys to be voted out. So

4734
06:14:57,300 --> 06:15:00,606
some of you are charming out since you can't be voted out. I

4735
06:15:00,606 --> 06:15:04,610
ask everybody in the audience and who's listening to think

4736
06:15:04,610 --> 06:15:08,800
about who the commissioners who are going to vote yes to this

4737
06:15:08,800 --> 06:15:12,151
or supporting, and really examine those candidates and

4738
06:15:12,151 --> 06:15:16,220
reject them. If you don't want the same reckless decision

4739
06:15:16,220 --> 06:15:20,359
making that bypasses the support of residents, no

4740
06:15:20,359 --> 06:15:24,290
private condo belongs on this public land. And wait until

4741
06:15:24,290 --> 06:15:30,629
they come for a public park near you. Tim McVeigh, followed

4742
06:15:31,103 --> 06:15:35,903
by Jeffrey Pearson. Good evening. Tim McVeigh, 4316 Van

4743
06:15:40,179 --> 06:15:44,850
Buren Street. I have been asked by a long term resident, Robert

4744
06:15:44,850 --> 06:15:49,789
A Jason, 3400 North 37th Street, to read the following statement

4745
06:15:49,789 --> 06:15:53,459
into the record regarding the agenda item being considered.

4746
06:15:53,459 --> 06:15:56,796
His statement in his entirety has been provided to the City

4747
06:15:56,796 --> 06:16:01,400
Clerk. He writes. Dear City Commissioners, as a lifelong

4748
06:16:01,400 --> 06:16:06,200
resident of Hollywood, Florida since 1939, I respectfully and

4749
06:16:06,405 --> 06:16:11,760
strongly urge you to reject the latest live local proposal and

4750
06:16:11,760 --> 06:16:14,676
the proposed 1301 condominium development concerning the

4751
06:16:15,414 --> 06:16:20,886
property located at 1301 South Ocean Drive in Hollywood. In my

4752
06:16:20,886 --> 06:16:23,955
opinion, the legal, historical and factual basis supporting

4753
06:16:23,955 --> 06:16:27,692
the denial of this application has already been thoroughly

4754
06:16:27,692 --> 06:16:29,962
established through the extensive review and findings

4755
06:16:29,962 --> 06:16:34,100
of qualified professionals, city records and the properties

4756
06:16:34,100 --> 06:16:37,700
long recognized deed restrictions. More importantly,

4757
06:16:38,571 --> 06:16:42,441
I possess firsthand knowledge of the original intent

4758
06:16:42,441 --> 06:16:45,977
surrounding the city's acceptance of this property. 52

4759
06:16:45,977 --> 06:16:50,115
years ago, I served as one of five members on the City

4760
06:16:50,115 --> 06:16:53,185
Committee that determined the acceptance of this property

4761
06:16:53,185 --> 06:16:56,856
from the owner through then Chief Financial Officer Frank

4762
06:16:56,856 --> 06:17:00,459
Stephens. The conveyance was accepted, subject to explicit

4763
06:17:00,459 --> 06:17:04,796
deed restrictions limiting the properties used to open space,

4764
06:17:04,796 --> 06:17:09,596
park, recreational and other public and municipal purposes.

4765
06:17:09,735 --> 06:17:12,738
That language has never intended to permit privately

4766
06:17:12,738 --> 06:17:16,675
owned condominiums, apartment rentals or any form of private

4767
06:17:16,675 --> 06:17:20,275
residential development. Municipal purposes refer to

4768
06:17:20,545 --> 06:17:25,284
legitimate public uses such as police, fire and civic

4769
06:17:25,284 --> 06:17:29,288
facilities, not private high density residential properties

4770
06:17:29,288 --> 06:17:32,557
operated for private gain. At that time, Mr. Stephens and

4771
06:17:32,557 --> 06:17:35,761
owner Mr. Mailman made unmistakably clear that the

4772
06:17:35,761 --> 06:17:39,364
donor's intent and expectations were that unique oceanfront

4773
06:17:39,364 --> 06:17:42,501
property would remain in perpetual use for the benefit

4774
06:17:42,501 --> 06:17:45,771
of the citizens of Hollywood. For more than five decades,

4775
06:17:45,771 --> 06:17:49,775
that deed restricted public use has remained uninterrupted and

4776
06:17:49,775 --> 06:17:53,179
honored. This property is not simply another development site.

4777
06:17:53,179 --> 06:17:57,316
It is unique and irreplaceable. Public trust asset, whose

4778
06:17:57,316 --> 06:18:00,919
historic purpose and protected status should be preserved

4779
06:18:00,919 --> 06:18:04,857
exactly as intended by its owners and accepted by the city.

4780
06:18:04,857 --> 06:18:07,194
Allowing residential development on this property

4781
06:18:07,194 --> 06:18:10,328
would permanently alter its character, undermine the

4782
06:18:10,328 --> 06:18:13,999
original deed restrictions, and weaken public confidence in the

4783
06:18:13,999 --> 06:18:17,603
city's commitment to honoring donor intent and protecting

4784
06:18:17,603 --> 06:18:20,407
public land. In closing, I respectfully ask that you

4785
06:18:20,407 --> 06:18:23,609
follow the recommendatns and concern expressed by your

4786
06:18:23,609 --> 06:18:26,780
constituents from throughout the city of Hollywood. The

4787
06:18:26,780 --> 06:18:28,346
overwhelming public response has been strongly opposed to

4788
06:18:28,346 --> 06:18:32,284
this public, with very limited support for it. Please preserve

4789
06:18:32,284 --> 06:18:35,210
this project for the public purposes for which it was

4790
06:18:35,210 --> 06:18:38,424
entrusted to the city over 50 years ago. Respectfully

4791
06:18:38,424 --> 06:18:43,824
submitted. Robert a Jason. Thank you. Good. Good timing.

4792
06:18:44,763 --> 06:18:49,563
Jeffrey Pearson, Jeffrey Pearson, followed by Cat Uddin.

4793
06:18:54,173 --> 06:18:56,642
Mr. mayor, commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to

4794
06:18:56,642 --> 06:19:01,380
speak. I'll be brief. I'm sorry. So many will say more

4795
06:19:01,380 --> 06:19:04,584
eloquently and succinctly than I am able to, so I'll move this

4796
06:19:04,584 --> 06:19:07,386
right along. Thank you for doing something. Many of you

4797
06:19:07,386 --> 06:19:11,456
were involved during the City of Hollywood financial downfall

4798
06:19:11,456 --> 06:19:15,600
period, and you rescued us from it. But what you're planning

4799
06:19:15,600 --> 06:19:20,866
here is not the proper way to do this. You need to rework the

4800
06:19:20,866 --> 06:19:24,200
analysis for worst case scenario, not best case

4801
06:19:24,200 --> 06:19:28,802
scenario. The let's not have another Margaritaville. Not

4802
06:19:30,876 --> 06:19:35,213
that you were involved in it, but the problem with

4803
06:19:35,213 --> 06:19:39,885
Margaritaville was that so much was left on the table. Period.

4804
06:19:39,885 --> 06:19:43,488
That's all there is to it. Okay, I have 245 story buildings

4805
06:19:43,488 --> 06:19:46,292
about to be constructed. They've broken ground across

4806
06:19:46,292 --> 06:19:49,561
the street from me. A lot more ad valorem is going to come out

4807
06:19:49,561 --> 06:19:52,431
of those two buildings than will ever come out of anything

4808
06:19:52,431 --> 06:19:59,306
built on 1301. Find a better way to do this. A better way to

4809
06:19:59,306 --> 06:20:05,906
get out of this contract and produce income. And thank you.

4810
06:20:06,912 --> 06:20:11,712
Thank you, Jeffrey Cat, followed by Siobhan McLaughlin.

4811
06:20:17,560 --> 06:20:21,260
Cat Yudin. This is not the same project as it was when it was

4812
06:20:21,260 --> 06:20:24,396
voted on in 2022. It was different in December of last

4813
06:20:24,396 --> 06:20:27,466
year when you voted on the land Use Amendment, and it has

4814
06:20:27,466 --> 06:20:30,202
changed quite significantly again since December. We should

4815
06:20:30,202 --> 06:20:33,472
be asking our city attorney if the changes are so significant,

4816
06:20:33,472 --> 06:20:36,142
could we consider a new contract with the new numbers

4817
06:20:36,142 --> 06:20:39,745
and details? If so, our current ordinance regarding leases of

4818
06:20:39,745 --> 06:20:42,681
50 years or more going to a vote of the people of Hollywood

4819
06:20:42,681 --> 06:20:45,817
should be honored. Residents are questioning how making so

4820
06:20:45,817 --> 06:20:49,821
many units to be affordable rentals with live local tax

4821
06:20:49,821 --> 06:20:53,920
breaks will result in the same financial benefit to the city.

4822
06:20:53,920 --> 06:20:56,280
The city also seemed to agree that nice hotels would benefit

4823
06:20:56,280 --> 06:21:00,231
the beach more more so than condo towers. While most local

4824
06:21:00,231 --> 06:21:02,701
governments are fighting live local mandates, our city has

4825
06:21:02,701 --> 06:21:06,304
now decided to force a live local project on its own

4826
06:21:06,304 --> 06:21:09,574
constituents. Even more puzzling, the city just spent a

4827
06:21:09,574 --> 06:21:13,178
great deal of resources, time and taxpayer money fighting a

4828
06:21:13,178 --> 06:21:16,382
live local lawsuit on our beach a few blocks down so that we

4829
06:21:16,382 --> 06:21:19,264
could keep the low rise character of our beach. And we

4830
06:21:19,264 --> 06:21:22,534
won the lawsuit about a month ago. Why are we now turning

4831
06:21:22,534 --> 06:21:25,337
around and doing it to ourselves? None of this makes

4832
06:21:25,337 --> 06:21:28,807
any sense. The whole point of ruining this special locals

4833
06:21:28,807 --> 06:21:31,944
area of our beach with a private tower was revenue. How

4834
06:21:31,944 --> 06:21:35,814
can the revenue be the same if 40% of the units are affordable

4835
06:21:35,814 --> 06:21:38,416
rentals? And speaking of affordability, a realistic view

4836
06:21:38,416 --> 06:21:41,487
of what Broward teachers make as needed. I was a Broward

4837
06:21:41,487 --> 06:21:45,157
teacher for 15 years, and at the end of 15 years I made

4838
06:21:45,157 --> 06:21:49,357
about $60,000, not even remotely close to probably 80%

4839
06:21:50,295 --> 06:21:53,766
of the annual median income in Broward. It's an insult to

4840
06:21:53,766 --> 06:21:58,503
teachers to use us to sell this project. I'm a hero who

4841
06:21:58,503 --> 06:22:03,842
believes in preserving this special spot, so let's not kid

4842
06:22:03,842 --> 06:22:06,845
ourselves that these units will actually be affordable and more

4843
06:22:06,845 --> 06:22:10,516
on the way. Oh, I'm sorry. We also have many empty units

4844
06:22:10,516 --> 06:22:13,652
available downtown and more on the way. This project is not

4845
06:22:13,652 --> 06:22:16,922
necessary, especially in this location. This is not smart

4846
06:22:16,922 --> 06:22:20,125
planning. This is a mandatory hurricane evacuation zone.

4847
06:22:20,125 --> 06:22:22,661
Sheridan Street and Hollywood Boulevard have been impassable

4848
06:22:22,661 --> 06:22:25,999
during a regular rainstorm. A1 A is a mess, and the barrier

4849
06:22:25,999 --> 06:22:28,734
island will continue to have major challenges far into the

4850
06:22:28,734 --> 06:22:32,137
future as it floods with salt water on a sunny day,

4851
06:22:32,137 --> 06:22:36,408
scientists predict a possible 2 to 7ft of sea level rise by

4852
06:22:36,408 --> 06:22:39,478
2100. This project will block the sun and lock us into a

4853
06:22:39,478 --> 06:22:42,480
legal relationship with an unknown condo association for

4854
06:22:42,480 --> 06:22:46,418
99 years. This is public land deeded to the city for parks,

4855
06:22:46,418 --> 06:22:49,755
recreation, open space and public purpose. A private condo

4856
06:22:49,755 --> 06:22:53,558
tower is not public. This project will, will will affect

4857
06:22:53,558 --> 06:22:56,895
public access because spaces will likely be taken by

4858
06:22:56,895 --> 06:22:59,310
residents and their guests. Just like what happened at

4859
06:22:59,310 --> 06:23:02,634
Magnolia Terrace. I'm no longer able to park at Keating Park

4860
06:23:02,634 --> 06:23:05,837
with my annual resident parking pass, because too many condo

4861
06:23:05,837 --> 06:23:09,775
owners were parking there. This is exactly what will happen at

4862
06:23:09,775 --> 06:23:13,311
Azalea Terrace. Thank you to the residents who showed up to

4863
06:23:13,311 --> 06:23:18,450
speak. Even though we know that they'll be voting against us.

4864
06:23:18,450 --> 06:23:23,250
Siobhan McLaughlin followed by jazz hands guys. Siobhan

4865
06:23:24,123 --> 06:23:28,323
McLaughlin followed by Drew Cariaso. Siobhan McLaughlin,

4866
06:23:28,860 --> 06:23:33,865
1409 Rodman Street. I sent you an email earlier today about a

4867
06:23:33,865 --> 06:23:36,869
quote, but I'd like to add another one to it. If wishes

4868
06:23:36,869 --> 06:23:41,274
were horses, beggars would ride. I am truly disappointed that

4869
06:23:41,274 --> 06:23:45,760
the city staff gives you such an optimistic view of the

4870
06:23:45,760 --> 06:23:48,279
finances and the revenue, but there is no downside to it.

4871
06:23:48,279 --> 06:23:52,684
Once again, I feel that the city staff, perhaps because the

4872
06:23:52,684 --> 06:23:56,555
city manager answers to you and then the managers of the

4873
06:23:56,555 --> 06:24:00,492
various departments, answer to the City manager, we are not

4874
06:24:00,492 --> 06:24:03,829
getting a complete and honest picture of what could be

4875
06:24:03,829 --> 06:24:07,766
happening, and I think that is unfortunate. This project has

4876
06:24:07,766 --> 06:24:11,966
been opposed by multiple multiple people organizations.

4877
06:24:13,572 --> 06:24:18,177
It is just troubling that you continue to ask the residents

4878
06:24:18,177 --> 06:24:23,448
to trust you when the trust has been betrayed, and I ask you

4879
06:24:23,448 --> 06:24:28,988
tonight to vote no on the live local. It is not something that

4880
06:24:28,988 --> 06:24:33,125
the residents want. It is beneath your dignity to

4881
06:24:33,125 --> 06:24:36,128
actually go ahead and do this. When so many people have

4882
06:24:36,128 --> 06:24:40,132
questions about the fidelity, the honesty of the project. So

4883
06:24:40,132 --> 06:24:46,732
I thank you very much. Thank you. Drew Cariaso, followed by

4884
06:24:46,939 --> 06:24:52,339
Tess Youngish. Commissioners and mayor. My name is Drew

4885
06:24:59,151 --> 06:25:02,354
Cariaso, Hollywood, Florida. I don't normally come up and

4886
06:25:02,354 --> 06:25:05,958
speak. I usually write to you, but this time I don't know if

4887
06:25:05,958 --> 06:25:10,695
you've even read my. If you've read my either my. I don't know

4888
06:25:10,695 --> 06:25:13,899
if you've actually read what I've written previously. So I

4889
06:25:13,899 --> 06:25:18,237
felt that I needed to come and speak in person. Here we are

4890
06:25:18,237 --> 06:25:23,370
again, five years and many residents, including myself,

4891
06:25:23,642 --> 06:25:26,779
remain strongly opposed to this proposal. When this first

4892
06:25:26,779 --> 06:25:31,583
started, Commissioner Shoham, who holds a law degree, a civil

4893
06:25:31,583 --> 06:25:34,786
engineer, provided detailed concerns regarding why this

4894
06:25:34,786 --> 06:25:39,457
proposal may not be in Hollywood's long term interest.

4895
06:25:39,457 --> 06:25:43,261
I like Margaritaville, so I know some people don't, but I

4896
06:25:43,261 --> 06:25:46,532
recall Commissioner Hernandez, you surprised me at one of the

4897
06:25:46,532 --> 06:25:50,132
previous commission meetings and mentioned that

4898
06:25:50,202 --> 06:25:53,205
Margaritaville plans were not fully reviewed and that because

4899
06:25:53,205 --> 06:25:58,544
of an oversight, you would not have supported the project if

4900
06:25:58,544 --> 06:26:01,747
you were serving on the commission. And that was

4901
06:26:01,747 --> 06:26:07,886
because the concern of the city lost value. Opportunity lost a

4902
06:26:07,886 --> 06:26:11,290
valuable opportunity in the parking garage, and that

4903
06:26:11,290 --> 06:26:14,426
oversight was missed by staff. And I you really impressed me.

4904
06:26:14,426 --> 06:26:17,629
I was like, you know what? I like that project. But you're

4905
06:26:17,629 --> 06:26:21,100
right, we're losing that revenue because we didn't fully

4906
06:26:21,100 --> 06:26:26,500
vet that project. Now we're facing another major public

4907
06:26:29,108 --> 06:26:33,111
land proposal where the plans and even the benefits to the

4908
06:26:33,111 --> 06:26:39,184
city are still do not appear clear floor space is being

4909
06:26:39,184 --> 06:26:42,654
shifted. Square footage calculations continue to change,

4910
06:26:42,654 --> 06:26:45,323
and the contract terms appear tied to the developments

4911
06:26:45,323 --> 06:26:49,261
footage, calculations. They continue to change the size.

4912
06:26:49,261 --> 06:26:52,931
Everything keeps changing. It's it's, you know, even our

4913
06:26:52,931 --> 06:26:57,869
benefits, the long term revenue to the city is still not

4914
06:26:57,869 --> 06:27:02,740
completely clear. We have proposals. We have an idea. But

4915
06:27:02,740 --> 06:27:06,210
I love spreadsheets, but I don't see where those numbers

4916
06:27:06,210 --> 06:27:11,550
were going to get those numbers at the last minute. The ad in

4917
06:27:11,550 --> 06:27:16,621
live local provision for only a small number of units, and only

4918
06:27:16,621 --> 06:27:21,693
for a limited 30 year or 30 years appear. I'm losing my

4919
06:27:21,693 --> 06:27:25,630
time. We also watched major developments in stability

4920
06:27:25,630 --> 06:27:29,634
across South Florida, including projects such as Circo Tell and

4921
06:27:29,634 --> 06:27:32,570
which is now going into bankruptcy. Thankfully, that's

4922
06:27:32,570 --> 06:27:36,108
not a city property. That would be a great live local. I mean,

4923
06:27:36,108 --> 06:27:40,111
why not? Why not shift and use that? Use our places that are

4924
06:27:40,111 --> 06:27:43,582
empty, not build something that we, the residents, have been

4925
06:27:43,582 --> 06:27:49,123
against for five years. I remain strongly opposed to the

4926
06:27:49,123 --> 06:27:52,123
proposed condominium development. 1301 even the

4927
06:27:52,326 --> 06:27:55,195
addition of a small number of affordable housing units that

4928
06:27:55,195 --> 06:27:59,733
appear designed to to make the project more publicly palatable.

4929
06:27:59,733 --> 06:28:03,738
Thank you drew. Thank you. Vote no, please. Thank you. Tess

4930
06:28:03,738 --> 06:28:10,338
youngish, followed by Dan Lacey. Is Tess here? All right. So

4931
06:28:11,946 --> 06:28:17,346
we'll hear from Dan Lacey, followed by an Castaneda.

4932
06:28:27,561 --> 06:28:30,297
Evening, everybody. Thanks a lot. Appreciate you taking the

4933
06:28:30,297 --> 06:28:35,635
time. Dan Lacy, 1324 Arthur Street. For 24 years, it seems

4934
06:28:35,635 --> 06:28:38,906
like we're back for Groundhog Day again. I remember standing

4935
06:28:38,906 --> 06:28:43,243
here, I don't know, five years ago and hearing these same

4936
06:28:43,243 --> 06:28:45,913
conversations over and over again about this project. The

4937
06:28:45,913 --> 06:28:49,383
one thing that I can see as a as a constant thread throughout

4938
06:28:49,383 --> 06:28:53,988
these discussions has been, please put this to a vote for

4939
06:28:53,988 --> 06:28:57,657
the citizens by the citizens of Hollywood. Everybody's asking

4940
06:28:57,657 --> 06:29:01,796
for that. And yet, year after year, month after month, it has

4941
06:29:01,796 --> 06:29:05,799
never been put up for vote. I've yet to hear one good thing

4942
06:29:05,799 --> 06:29:10,738
about this project. This is a horrible contract. The city of

4943
06:29:10,738 --> 06:29:15,275
Hollywood becomes a landlord for 100 years, and we are on

4944
06:29:15,275 --> 06:29:19,413
the hook to collect rents. The only people who benefit from

4945
06:29:19,413 --> 06:29:23,170
this are the developers. They get their money up front. They

4946
06:29:23,170 --> 06:29:26,754
walk away. We're on the hook for a hundred years. Everybody

4947
06:29:26,754 --> 06:29:30,891
in this room will be dead before that city for that lease

4948
06:29:30,891 --> 06:29:36,764
is up. Anything, any liability on that property, any Surfside

4949
06:29:36,764 --> 06:29:40,634
towers collapse, any kind of storm damage we are on the hook

4950
06:29:40,634 --> 06:29:45,107
for. We are liable for that. This is not the goose that laid

4951
06:29:45,107 --> 06:29:47,776
the golden egg. The goose that laid the golden egg is the

4952
06:29:47,776 --> 06:29:52,246
property. We have. Public land on. Beachfront is so rare in

4953
06:29:52,246 --> 06:29:55,849
Florida. I could probably count on one hand in this area where

4954
06:29:55,849 --> 06:30:01,849
those instances exist. This is a terrible deal and you're

4955
06:30:01,922 --> 06:30:05,192
going to vote how you're going to vote. But that's your legacy.

4956
06:30:05,192 --> 06:30:08,662
Now, the one thing I do have to say, and I only had a few

4957
06:30:08,662 --> 06:30:11,999
seconds to see it, but in the numbers, the financial

4958
06:30:11,999 --> 06:30:15,269
projections, which were, I admit, quite rosy looking, I

4959
06:30:15,269 --> 06:30:20,741
did see that the developer is committed to $20 million in

4960
06:30:20,741 --> 06:30:23,610
improvements on the on the public property, which sounds

4961
06:30:23,610 --> 06:30:26,130
great, but if you read the fine print that was up there for

4962
06:30:26,130 --> 06:30:29,416
just a couple of seconds, that 20 million is backed out of our

4963
06:30:29,416 --> 06:30:34,200
first year's rent. So it's very disingenuous to say that, to

4964
06:30:34,200 --> 06:30:38,291
say that they're putting this money up to improve on the

4965
06:30:38,291 --> 06:30:41,962
property when actually, no, they're not. We are. And that's

4966
06:30:41,962 --> 06:30:44,699
right up there. I just saw that in a couple of seconds. What

4967
06:30:44,699 --> 06:30:48,703
else is in there that we're not seeing? I do this for a living

4968
06:30:48,703 --> 06:30:53,374
for a big old health care system down the road. And if I

4969
06:30:53,374 --> 06:30:56,511
can see that in a couple of seconds, I want to know what

4970
06:30:56,511 --> 06:31:00,648
else is in this contract. This is a bad deal. The city is on

4971
06:31:00,648 --> 06:31:04,585
the hook. The liability and exposure window is out. Is is

4972
06:31:04,585 --> 06:31:08,989
crazy on this. Please vote your conscience. This is not good

4973
06:31:08,989 --> 06:31:11,726
for the city. Thank you very much for listening. Appreciate

4974
06:31:11,726 --> 06:31:17,126
it. Thank you. Dan Ann Castaneda, followed by Rachel

4975
06:31:19,399 --> 06:31:25,399
Mazur, then Monica Pulver, then Glenn Margolis. And B Castaneda.

4976
06:31:32,679 --> 06:31:35,749
Welcome. Hello. This is my first time doing this, so I

4977
06:31:35,749 --> 06:31:38,885
don't know what I'm supposed to say. Hi, I live here, I love

4978
06:31:38,885 --> 06:31:42,689
living here, I live, I work here, my husband lives and

4979
06:31:42,689 --> 06:31:45,159
works here. My daughter lives and works and goes to school

4980
06:31:45,159 --> 06:31:48,562
here. So I live local. You could say actually I live hyper

4981
06:31:48,562 --> 06:31:52,990
local. I don't have a car. I ride a bicycle. So if it's not

4982
06:31:52,990 --> 06:31:57,504
in Hollywood, I'm not going see my point? Okay, so I don't know

4983
06:31:57,504 --> 06:32:02,904
why you guys are building another luxury condo. The

4984
06:32:03,911 --> 06:32:06,847
infrastructure, the traffic, you're taking away stuff from

4985
06:32:06,847 --> 06:32:11,118
the community. It's really crazy. Then you guys started

4986
06:32:11,118 --> 06:32:13,320
putting these things up. So before I came here, like I

4987
06:32:13,320 --> 06:32:16,924
didn't have your numbers, the way that this live local act

4988
06:32:16,924 --> 06:32:20,861
came to be. You guys are dirty, dirty politicians. This is a

4989
06:32:20,861 --> 06:32:24,198
dirty, dirty, dirty, tricky, tricky thing that you did. And

4990
06:32:24,198 --> 06:32:27,401
you should be ashamed of yourselves. You couldn't get it

4991
06:32:27,401 --> 06:32:29,671
one way and then you tried another way. You couldn't get

4992
06:32:29,671 --> 06:32:33,473
it that way. So then what did you do? You figured out how to

4993
06:32:33,473 --> 06:32:36,409
get it. This is a toddler having a temper tantrum saying,

4994
06:32:36,409 --> 06:32:38,613
mommy, mommy, please. Mommy said no, you went to daddy and

4995
06:32:38,613 --> 06:32:43,483
daddy said yes. Okay. You only guaranteeing affordable housing

4996
06:32:43,483 --> 06:32:46,953
for 30 years. Okay. And I was like all on board. And then I

4997
06:32:46,953 --> 06:32:49,890
heard the 30 years thing. And then you put up your numbers,

4998
06:32:49,890 --> 06:32:52,226
your affordable housing. Hold on, you guys said. And she went.

4999
06:32:52,226 --> 06:32:58,826
So they went so fast. 26, 61 a month for a studio. 2891 I

5000
06:32:59,767 --> 06:33:03,171
think it was for one bedroom. What's a two two? Because I

5001
06:33:03,171 --> 06:33:09,909
have a kid. How much is it? Two, two, 3500. What planet are you

5002
06:33:09,909 --> 06:33:14,915
living on that you think that $3,500 is affordable rent for a

5003
06:33:14,915 --> 06:33:19,253
family who lives hyper local lives, works, goes to school in

5004
06:33:19,253 --> 06:33:23,323
our city. You guys, this is a joke. This is all a joke. And

5005
06:33:23,323 --> 06:33:26,394
then I heard it was a related group. Hi, Eric. Sorry, I'm not

5006
06:33:26,394 --> 06:33:29,395
surprised you guys are in bed with the related group. God, I

5007
06:33:29,395 --> 06:33:32,599
had so much more to say, but, like, I got so heated. It's

5008
06:33:32,599 --> 06:33:35,603
really sad that you what you want to do to this beautiful

5009
06:33:35,603 --> 06:33:38,605
beach. The part of the charm of Hollywood is that we don't have

5010
06:33:38,605 --> 06:33:41,875
skyscrapers shooting up into the sky. We actually have sun.

5011
06:33:41,875 --> 06:33:46,130
It's ironic. Sunny Isles is named Sunny Isles. One of the

5012
06:33:46,130 --> 06:33:48,682
things that I love most about this place is the old

5013
06:33:48,682 --> 06:33:52,219
architecture, the buildings, the cool places that you get to

5014
06:33:52,219 --> 06:33:56,623
see. We don't want a modern skyscraper. Like, what is that?

5015
06:33:56,623 --> 06:33:59,560
Really? Think about what you're doing because this is not the

5016
06:33:59,560 --> 06:34:02,495
way to grow Hollywood. You don't need to grow vertically

5017
06:34:02,495 --> 06:34:06,330
to grow as a city. We don't need to go up. You guys can fix

5018
06:34:06,330 --> 06:34:09,503
other things, Mr. Mayor. There's a lot of stuff you can

5019
06:34:09,503 --> 06:34:12,974
fix downtown. Maybe you can occupy your time with that. You

5020
06:34:12,974 --> 06:34:15,791
guys could all put your minds together and figure out a way

5021
06:34:15,791 --> 06:34:19,326
how to bring back historic downtown, instead of building

5022
06:34:19,326 --> 06:34:24,665
another high rise that might make you more likable. It might.

5023
06:34:24,665 --> 06:34:28,669
Thank you so much for your time. But you guys, you have to vote

5024
06:34:28,669 --> 06:34:33,874
no on this. Use your brains. Goodbye. Thank you. She lives

5025
06:34:33,874 --> 06:34:40,281
in radius. She lives in radius. So sweet. Rachel Mazur. I don't

5026
06:34:40,281 --> 06:34:44,952
know if you could follow an Rachel, but. Welcome. Hi. Thank

5027
06:34:44,952 --> 06:34:48,489
you, thank you. Good evening everyone. I'm going to read

5028
06:34:48,489 --> 06:34:52,160
Monica Pulver's next. I am here tonight to go on the record

5029
06:34:52,160 --> 06:34:55,290
against this proposal to incorporate the Live Local Act

5030
06:34:55,290 --> 06:34:59,700
into the agreement for 1301. This is a new law, the

5031
06:34:59,700 --> 06:35:02,971
ramifications of which are not yet understood. And as new as

5032
06:35:02,971 --> 06:35:05,907
it is, the city has already been in a lawsuit connected

5033
06:35:05,907 --> 06:35:10,712
with this law. The term P3 refers to public private

5034
06:35:10,712 --> 06:35:13,714
partnership as our elected officials who are elected to

5035
06:35:13,714 --> 06:35:16,917
represent the public. I would hope that our own city

5036
06:35:16,917 --> 06:35:20,254
government would not support a P3 project, that the public is

5037
06:35:20,254 --> 06:35:24,725
so firmly against. The city has done a good job growing the tax

5038
06:35:24,725 --> 06:35:26,994
base with the addition of several buildings that provide

5039
06:35:26,994 --> 06:35:30,664
tax revenue and housing opportunities without financial

5040
06:35:30,664 --> 06:35:33,534
liability for the city to maintain them and without

5041
06:35:33,534 --> 06:35:37,500
costing the city public land. Four years ago, when this

5042
06:35:37,500 --> 06:35:40,340
project was initially approved by the city and again tonight,

5043
06:35:40,340 --> 06:35:43,277
it was clear that the financial aspect of this project has not

5044
06:35:43,277 --> 06:35:46,948
been reviewed. The city has focused specifically and solely

5045
06:35:46,948 --> 06:35:50,818
on gross revenue, and has not considered at all what it would

5046
06:35:50,818 --> 06:35:55,489
cost the city. Each year and over 99 years of waterfront

5047
06:35:55,489 --> 06:35:58,358
existence to keep this building structurally sound and in good

5048
06:35:58,358 --> 06:36:01,428
condition. I mean, consider what we have seen with

5049
06:36:01,428 --> 06:36:03,431
beachfront buildings when people did not want to spend

5050
06:36:03,431 --> 06:36:08,302
the money needed to shore them up. Over time, the city will

5051
06:36:08,302 --> 06:36:11,239
not have a choice. It will have to spend whatever is needed

5052
06:36:11,239 --> 06:36:15,242
over the 99 years to keep this building safe. In the face of

5053
06:36:15,242 --> 06:36:18,579
years of salt water and wind battering it on the beach. We

5054
06:36:18,579 --> 06:36:22,917
are talking about a 400 foot building. This is completely

5055
06:36:22,917 --> 06:36:25,719
uncharted territory for our city, so we are basically

5056
06:36:25,719 --> 06:36:28,523
committing to spend unknown millions of dollars to protect

5057
06:36:28,523 --> 06:36:31,860
this building. This is a commitment to write a blank

5058
06:36:31,860 --> 06:36:37,865
check, blank checks of taxpayer money for the next 99 years in

5059
06:36:37,865 --> 06:36:41,268
addition to the. In addition, the project has been redesigned,

5060
06:36:41,268 --> 06:36:45,273
causing a need to reconsider how this redesign impacts the

5061
06:36:45,273 --> 06:36:48,609
city's responsibilities and expenses for maintenance. It

5062
06:36:48,609 --> 06:36:50,878
would be completely irresponsible to push this

5063
06:36:50,878 --> 06:36:54,549
project forward without taking time to thoroughly examine and

5064
06:36:54,549 --> 06:36:58,152
make transparent to the public all financial aspects that

5065
06:36:58,152 --> 06:37:02,823
could harm our city, and to commit the city to a brand new

5066
06:37:02,823 --> 06:37:05,826
law. Before we can truly understand how this new law

5067
06:37:05,826 --> 06:37:09,296
could impact our future residents over the next 99

5068
06:37:09,296 --> 06:37:13,300
years, just as we endeavor to make our parents proud even

5069
06:37:13,300 --> 06:37:16,970
after they have passed, we have a duty to our grandchildren and

5070
06:37:16,970 --> 06:37:21,242
future generations that we that will ultimately form our legacy

5071
06:37:21,242 --> 06:37:25,780
in this city. If the city of New York had 99 year land lease

5072
06:37:25,780 --> 06:37:29,917
Central Park, how would that have changed the city? What

5073
06:37:29,917 --> 06:37:33,788
would people think of their legacy? When you consider your

5074
06:37:33,788 --> 06:37:36,990
vote, please think of the priceless value of what this

5075
06:37:36,990 --> 06:37:39,927
park brings to our city. Think of the recent article published

5076
06:37:39,927 --> 06:37:45,650
in parade magazine and what makes Hollywood special. Please

5077
06:37:45,650 --> 06:37:47,334
model our future and your legacy after Delray Beach.

5078
06:37:47,334 --> 06:37:53,934
Let's not turn Hollywood into the next Sunny Isles. Thank you.

5079
06:37:53,940 --> 06:37:58,740
Monica Pulver, followed by Glenn Margolis, then Kathy

5080
06:38:01,148 --> 06:38:05,348
Dibona. Good evening commissioners. Hi, Monica. Hi.

5081
06:38:05,419 --> 06:38:08,755
I don't normally come to these meetings, but I felt compelled

5082
06:38:08,755 --> 06:38:16,297
for this one. Sorry, I'm a bit soft spoken when I'm not angry.

5083
06:38:16,297 --> 06:38:21,368
My concern here is really with the fruit of the poison tree

5084
06:38:21,368 --> 06:38:25,639
going back to the deed, the original intent of that deed,

5085
06:38:25,639 --> 06:38:29,577
and those people who gave that property to the people of this

5086
06:38:29,577 --> 06:38:33,313
city, that's the biggest concern, because what we've

5087
06:38:33,313 --> 06:38:37,852
done is circumvented their wishes. And that's not legal

5088
06:38:37,852 --> 06:38:41,789
because they put it in a legal document. So I'm not sure how

5089
06:38:41,789 --> 06:38:48,389
the commissioners can go ahead with a project that, at first

5090
06:38:49,530 --> 06:38:54,202
light, looks illegal to do. So that's my first concern. I mean,

5091
06:38:54,202 --> 06:38:58,272
I'm the trustee on my grandmother's estate. If I

5092
06:38:58,272 --> 06:39:03,410
don't follow her wishes with her money, I'm my fiduciary

5093
06:39:03,410 --> 06:39:08,548
duties have been lost. So that's the one thing. The

5094
06:39:08,548 --> 06:39:11,418
second thing is that the gentleman here talked about

5095
06:39:11,418 --> 06:39:16,218
putting certain things as restricted covenants, which I

5096
06:39:17,900 --> 06:39:20,761
makes me laugh because the original owners did the same

5097
06:39:20,761 --> 06:39:25,366
thing, restrictive covenants, but it was circumvented by a

5098
06:39:25,366 --> 06:39:28,637
lease because they weren't smart enough or slick enough at

5099
06:39:28,637 --> 06:39:35,237
the time to say, wait a minute, sell or lease prohibition,

5100
06:39:36,176 --> 06:39:38,445
because they weren't thinking like that. They didn't think

5101
06:39:38,445 --> 06:39:44,500
that they'd be betrayed like that. So he talks about

5102
06:39:44,500 --> 06:39:46,587
something in a restrictive covenant that doesn't mean

5103
06:39:46,587 --> 06:39:49,523
anything anymore, does it? If you talk about where we're

5104
06:39:49,523 --> 06:39:52,860
coming from to where we're going, developers always get

5105
06:39:52,860 --> 06:39:57,464
their money up front. We all know that. So since you guys

5106
06:39:57,464 --> 06:40:00,401
know for five years you've been listening to everybody say, no.

5107
06:40:00,401 --> 06:40:07,100
My question is, why are you doing it? Mayor? Mayor, why?

5108
06:40:11,212 --> 06:40:16,830
Why lead this if the money isn't really solid and you

5109
06:40:16,830 --> 06:40:21,222
can't honestly say this will benefit the residents of our

5110
06:40:21,222 --> 06:40:25,827
city, then there's another reason. And that's what all of

5111
06:40:25,827 --> 06:40:29,162
you have to figure out for yourselves. What is the real

5112
06:40:29,162 --> 06:40:33,234
reason? Because it doesn't look like you're benefiting us. So

5113
06:40:33,234 --> 06:40:37,638
are you benefiting you? Yes. Thank you very much for your

5114
06:40:37,638 --> 06:40:44,238
time. Thank you. One would think that all the slides shown

5115
06:40:44,449 --> 06:40:48,186
by the staff show the public benefit. But hey, Glenn

5116
06:40:48,186 --> 06:40:52,986
Margolis, followed by Kathy Dibona. Yeah, good evening,

5117
06:40:58,730 --> 06:41:03,735
mayor and commissioners. I'm Gwen Margolis and long term

5118
06:41:03,735 --> 06:41:09,730
Hollywood resident. I've been a ACP certified planner for

5119
06:41:09,730 --> 06:41:13,770
almost 50 years. I've studied cities, I've studied

5120
06:41:13,770 --> 06:41:17,277
development, transportation and emergency management. And my

5121
06:41:17,615 --> 06:41:22,420
first concern, and it's already been covered is what about the

5122
06:41:22,420 --> 06:41:27,759
evacuation is going to take place here? This is a mandatory

5123
06:41:27,759 --> 06:41:31,429
evacuation zone. So now you have more people that have to

5124
06:41:31,429 --> 06:41:34,767
evacuate. You have more shelters that have to be added,

5125
06:41:34,767 --> 06:41:37,835
you know, and that's, that's something that will never be

5126
06:41:37,835 --> 06:41:41,973
addressed because you're dealing with the devil with

5127
06:41:41,973 --> 06:41:47,111
this new law, with local will probably come back and bite you

5128
06:41:47,111 --> 06:41:50,448
and you will find out if I was the developer and I was doing a

5129
06:41:50,448 --> 06:41:55,120
live local deal with you, I would say as soon as you sign

5130
06:41:55,120 --> 06:41:58,857
that, I'm just going to design it how I want. I'll show you a

5131
06:41:58,857 --> 06:42:02,460
few things, but I'm going to change them. And you have no

5132
06:42:02,460 --> 06:42:05,997
ability to do anything because it takes the power away from

5133
06:42:05,997 --> 06:42:10,268
the county. Sure, but it takes the power away from the city.

5134
06:42:10,268 --> 06:42:14,939
You will not have the ability to manage this. You cannot

5135
06:42:14,939 --> 06:42:20,110
write a local contract that will oversee, that will

5136
06:42:20,110 --> 06:42:25,160
overarch the the powers that the developer gets by going in

5137
06:42:25,160 --> 06:42:29,687
on this live local law. I think this is a really everybody you

5138
06:42:29,687 --> 06:42:33,910
know, there's so many things. I mean, I'm just sitting here

5139
06:42:33,910 --> 06:42:37,562
listening and the people here have brought up tremendous

5140
06:42:37,562 --> 06:42:42,634
amount of of downside to this, the rosy projection figures. I

5141
06:42:42,634 --> 06:42:45,704
didn't haven't heard anything about. How much is it going to

5142
06:42:45,704 --> 06:42:50,508
cost. You don't just develop, you know, millions of dollars

5143
06:42:50,508 --> 06:42:56,380
of revenue by adding a 30 story building without cost. How many

5144
06:42:56,380 --> 06:43:01,319
additional firefighters special fire equipment will you have to

5145
06:43:01,319 --> 06:43:05,456
purchase? How much you know? Is that all going to what are all

5146
06:43:05,456 --> 06:43:10,394
these costs going to be? This is really not a very, you know,

5147
06:43:10,394 --> 06:43:15,733
detailed project. And by going with this live local, you're

5148
06:43:15,733 --> 06:43:20,405
you're really cutting off any control that the city has. You

5149
06:43:20,405 --> 06:43:23,741
really don't want to go this way. I mean, it, aside from it

5150
06:43:23,741 --> 06:43:27,813
being a bad project for all these other reasons, you don't

5151
06:43:27,813 --> 06:43:31,949
want to do this live local. You really, really need to think

5152
06:43:31,949 --> 06:43:34,952
about this. You know, if you really want to go forward, try

5153
06:43:34,952 --> 06:43:40,290
to find another way. But, but don't get into a way where the

5154
06:43:40,290 --> 06:43:44,362
developer runs everything, you know, you'll find that your

5155
06:43:44,362 --> 06:43:48,966
contract, an agreement will be easily overthrown. You know, in

5156
06:43:48,966 --> 06:43:52,837
court, I mean, the courts these days, they go with the big

5157
06:43:52,837 --> 06:43:55,573
money people, and the developers are the ones that

5158
06:43:55,573 --> 06:43:59,243
have the big money. You know, the city you're you're worried

5159
06:43:59,243 --> 06:44:03,380
about making some revenue here. I think it's the downside is

5160
06:44:03,380 --> 06:44:10,580
going to be very bad. Thank you. Kathy Dibona. Followed by Steve

5161
06:44:11,122 --> 06:44:17,722
Welsh. Then Gladys would. Hello each and every one of you.

5162
06:44:18,610 --> 06:44:20,865
Kathy Dibona. And I'm here today as the president of the

5163
06:44:20,865 --> 06:44:23,801
Hollywood Beach Civic Association, as well as a 53

5164
06:44:23,801 --> 06:44:28,272
year resident of this city, proud resident of this city.

5165
06:44:28,272 --> 06:44:31,209
Each one of you know that I picked this up today to just

5166
06:44:31,209 --> 06:44:34,679
you probably have seen this, but this is the Dania Beach

5167
06:44:34,679 --> 06:44:38,883
Press latest edition. And on it, it shows how many more people

5168
06:44:38,883 --> 06:44:42,860
we're going to have on our streets, and how many more

5169
06:44:42,860 --> 06:44:45,223
people are going to be coming in to all of these big

5170
06:44:45,223 --> 06:44:49,260
buildings and condos that are being built. Two eight story

5171
06:44:49,260 --> 06:44:54,426
buildings will join. Second 101 apartment building due to open

5172
06:44:56,567 --> 06:45:01,967
2026. We're being squashed in the. The traffic has been

5173
06:45:02,840 --> 06:45:06,644
horrendous. Anyway. It's been. I told I think we you and I

5174
06:45:06,644 --> 06:45:10,114
spoke about this recently, Josh, that there are some days where

5175
06:45:10,114 --> 06:45:13,117
it's like 4th of July down on the beach. You can't move. I

5176
06:45:13,117 --> 06:45:17,550
can't get out to get into the street to get on a one a. It's

5177
06:45:17,550 --> 06:45:23,550
just incredible. As far as 1301 is concerned, these fine people,

5178
06:45:24,620 --> 06:45:27,465
your constituents, these highly intelligent people have spoken

5179
06:45:27,465 --> 06:45:32,603
about all of this for five years over and over again. They

5180
06:45:32,603 --> 06:45:35,272
know the numbers. I'm not a number person. You know that

5181
06:45:35,272 --> 06:45:39,900
about me already. Can't even balance my checkbook. I'm a

5182
06:45:39,900 --> 06:45:42,947
person that talks from the heart, and my heart says that

5183
06:45:42,947 --> 06:45:48,419
right now, on this day, this d day, this is the day where you

5184
06:45:48,419 --> 06:45:53,691
prove to us our people, your people, whether or not you're

5185
06:45:53,691 --> 06:45:59,631
going to break trust. Because this is an open trust issue. We

5186
06:45:59,631 --> 06:46:03,968
have trusted you. You've been elected to represent us, to

5187
06:46:03,968 --> 06:46:07,839
represent what we wish, what the majority wish, over and

5188
06:46:07,839 --> 06:46:14,178
over and over and over. Over the years. We come before you.

5189
06:46:14,178 --> 06:46:18,850
I'm here begging at this point because I know what today means.

5190
06:46:18,850 --> 06:46:22,854
I'm here pleading for the people that have. I can tell

5191
06:46:22,854 --> 06:46:26,524
you in the last couple of days and nights, how many people

5192
06:46:26,524 --> 06:46:32,263
have either called me, emailed me, texted me, stop me. They're

5193
06:46:32,263 --> 06:46:39,136
scared. They don't want to lose this. Today you gave the awards

5194
06:46:39,136 --> 06:46:42,807
for the preservation awards for the award awardees, and I

5195
06:46:42,807 --> 06:46:46,411
wasn't able to be here because I had to sit in the DMV to get

5196
06:46:46,411 --> 06:46:49,615
my license renewed. But we had our representatives here, and

5197
06:46:49,615 --> 06:46:55,615
I'm very proud to be on the preservation board. 1301 is

5198
06:46:56,860 --> 06:47:00,358
right next to those same buildings that we just got a

5199
06:47:00,358 --> 06:47:04,228
preservation award for those Tudor buildings. That area, to

5200
06:47:04,228 --> 06:47:08,900
me, should be under an overlay for preservation, including

5201
06:47:08,900 --> 06:47:13,584
1301. It wasn't included when we when we did the go bond, but

5202
06:47:13,584 --> 06:47:16,788
right after the go bond was implemented, then we heard, oh,

5203
06:47:16,788 --> 06:47:21,259
there's big problems at 1301. Why wasn't it included then to

5204
06:47:21,259 --> 06:47:25,463
be fixed? Okay. Is that it? Thank you though for listening.

5205
06:47:25,463 --> 06:47:30,100
Steve Welsh, followed by Gladys Wood. Then the last three

5206
06:47:30,100 --> 06:47:36,601
speakers will be Isabel Barney. Gary J. Aju and Claudia Herzog.

5207
06:47:45,349 --> 06:47:49,954
Good evening. My name is Steve Welsh. I am here to urge a no

5208
06:47:49,954 --> 06:47:55,920
vote on item 23 to understand why this live, local pivot is

5209
06:47:55,920 --> 06:48:00,497
so fundamentally misguided, we must look at the history of the

5210
06:48:00,497 --> 06:48:06,837
developer, Jorge Perez, CEO of The Related Group. He built his

5211
06:48:06,837 --> 06:48:10,841
immense success on the foundations of genuine

5212
06:48:10,841 --> 06:48:14,978
affordable housing. After earning his degree, he began

5213
06:48:14,978 --> 06:48:19,983
his career as city planner. City of Miami. He created

5214
06:48:19,983 --> 06:48:23,187
neighborhood programs and neighborhoods that actually

5215
06:48:23,187 --> 06:48:27,858
worked for lower income people. He successfully utilized

5216
06:48:27,858 --> 06:48:32,462
federal subsidies to build a multibillion dollar portfolio

5217
06:48:32,462 --> 06:48:37,601
before expanding into luxury coastal high rises. Mr. Perez

5218
06:48:37,601 --> 06:48:43,601
knows firsthand how affordable housing is to work. It is

5219
06:48:43,741 --> 06:48:47,677
therefore beyond comprehension why related Group is choosing

5220
06:48:47,677 --> 06:48:51,815
to compromise its corporate legacy by working with Mayor

5221
06:48:51,815 --> 06:48:57,215
Levy to strip Hollywood citizens of its property. This

5222
06:48:57,621 --> 06:49:02,920
land was explicitly, explicitly and legally deeded to the

5223
06:49:02,920 --> 06:49:07,364
citizens of Hollywood, not to Jorge Perez, not to you, and

5224
06:49:07,364 --> 06:49:13,964
not to you. To us. Oh, there is a viable, transformative

5225
06:49:14,905 --> 06:49:20,305
solution that would protect public access assets and serve

5226
06:49:20,377 --> 06:49:26,583
as a monumental boon to Mr. Perez's sons, John, Paul and

5227
06:49:26,583 --> 06:49:31,121
Nick, who now manage the firm's housing pipeline. If affordable

5228
06:49:31,121 --> 06:49:34,391
housing is truly the driving spirit behind this pivot, not

5229
06:49:34,391 --> 06:49:39,462
just a convenient legal shield, I challenge the developer and

5230
06:49:39,462 --> 06:49:43,400
the city to redirect these resources where they're

5231
06:49:43,400 --> 06:49:47,000
actually needed. I propose comprehensive alternatives,

5232
06:49:49,205 --> 06:49:53,770
transfer the development rights away from our irreplaceable

5233
06:49:53,770 --> 06:49:57,877
beachfront. Take the $365 million related plan to spend

5234
06:49:58,616 --> 06:50:03,153
on a highly disruptive barrier island high rise, and deploy

5235
06:50:03,153 --> 06:50:07,353
those funds toward true, equitable housing along

5236
06:50:07,557 --> 06:50:09,957
Hollywood's primary transportation corridors,

5237
06:50:11,295 --> 06:50:16,950
federal highway, Dixie highway and State Route 441, focusing

5238
06:50:17,634 --> 06:50:20,904
on sensitive, considerate infill in these inland

5239
06:50:20,904 --> 06:50:24,441
neighborhoods would address Hollywood's actual workforce

5240
06:50:24,441 --> 06:50:28,641
housing deficiencies without suffocating our barrier island.

5241
06:50:31,648 --> 06:50:34,918
Finally, because the commission appears intent on rushing this

5242
06:50:34,918 --> 06:50:38,856
vote to ignore the public's desire to wait for a November

5243
06:50:38,856 --> 06:50:43,193
referendum, I am also formally submitting the attached 119

5244
06:50:43,193 --> 06:50:48,865
public record requests to the City Clerk to ensure complete

5245
06:50:48,865 --> 06:50:54,265
transparency throughout this process. Please vote no on item

5246
06:50:56,874 --> 06:51:01,674
233232. Gladys would. Followed by Isabel Barney. Good evening.

5247
06:51:09,887 --> 06:51:15,225
I'm also opposed to building a high rise condo on the 1301

5248
06:51:15,225 --> 06:51:18,762
property, one of the last remaining locations with open

5249
06:51:18,762 --> 06:51:24,162
space on Hollywood Beach. This project has faced significant

5250
06:51:24,568 --> 06:51:28,505
opposition and for many valid reasons in the past, and it's

5251
06:51:28,505 --> 06:51:31,909
shameful that the live local law is now being considered as

5252
06:51:31,909 --> 06:51:36,113
a method to push it through. I ask that you listen to the

5253
06:51:36,113 --> 06:51:39,716
voices of the community, the taxpayers and residents who

5254
06:51:39,716 --> 06:51:43,387
want to preserve and protect our barrier island and

5255
06:51:43,387 --> 06:51:46,387
beautiful beach from overdevelopment, increased

5256
06:51:46,590 --> 06:51:51,995
traffic, and greater density. We deserve to be heard before

5257
06:51:51,995 --> 06:51:56,660
moving forward with any application of the live local

5258
06:51:56,660 --> 06:51:59,937
law for this project. This very controversial project, the

5259
06:51:59,937 --> 06:52:03,807
community should be allowed the opportunity to vote to vote on

5260
06:52:03,807 --> 06:52:09,807
it in a public referendum. Thank you, thank you. Isabel

5261
06:52:10,130 --> 06:52:17,213
Barney, followed by got. Gary or Gary. It'll tell us, Mr. Aju,

5262
06:52:21,158 --> 06:52:26,563
but go ahead. Isabel. Yeah. Good evening. I was going to

5263
06:52:26,563 --> 06:52:32,369
speak for my three minutes and then decided that everything I

5264
06:52:32,369 --> 06:52:39,843
was going to say has been said, and my only request is that you

5265
06:52:39,843 --> 06:52:44,848
do not vote tonight. But think about everything that has been

5266
06:52:44,848 --> 06:52:52,480
said today. And from my heart, I hope that something moves you.

5267
06:52:52,789 --> 06:52:56,793
Because sometimes I feel like nothing we say moves you

5268
06:52:56,793 --> 06:53:01,131
because you sit here and and it seems like you've already made

5269
06:53:01,131 --> 06:53:06,870
your minds. And so many times I've said what I was going to

5270
06:53:06,870 --> 06:53:11,809
say. It's not the first time. And we're all human beings. We

5271
06:53:11,809 --> 06:53:17,548
all make mistakes. We all have passions. But there is always

5272
06:53:17,548 --> 06:53:21,618
one right thing. And I think the right thing is to say no to

5273
06:53:21,618 --> 06:53:28,818
this project. And there are so many other options. So just put

5274
06:53:28,826 --> 06:53:33,300
your hand in your heart and and think with your heart instead

5275
06:53:33,300 --> 06:53:37,567
of whatever else has been driving you until now. Because

5276
06:53:37,567 --> 06:53:42,242
there is more than just this next project to us all. We have

5277
06:53:42,242 --> 06:53:48,783
to move on. Thank you, thank you. Gary. Aigoo, he's going to

5278
06:53:48,783 --> 06:53:51,585
tell me if I pronounce it correctly. And then final

5279
06:53:51,585 --> 06:53:56,123
speaker will be Claudia Herzog. Good evening everyone. Thank

5280
06:53:56,123 --> 06:54:00,861
you very much. I'm so proud to have such a great, brilliant

5281
06:54:00,861 --> 06:54:04,465
neighbors. I'm not going to be as brilliant as as everybody

5282
06:54:04,465 --> 06:54:11,605
else. I don't think I need to say no to our government. I

5283
06:54:11,605 --> 06:54:17,812
think you know what to do. I saw some posters and I was

5284
06:54:17,812 --> 06:54:21,615
speaking for a few years to the people. I said, what is this?

5285
06:54:21,615 --> 06:54:24,684
And everybody was explaining a little bit, and I trust you

5286
06:54:24,684 --> 06:54:28,355
guys. I said, this thing is not going to happen at all. This is

5287
06:54:28,355 --> 06:54:32,225
just common sense. And I never heard not even one person who

5288
06:54:32,225 --> 06:54:38,231
was in favor of this. Never, never. So I didn't, I didn't

5289
06:54:38,231 --> 06:54:41,568
thought this is my first time engaging into this. I never

5290
06:54:41,568 --> 06:54:44,371
thought this is going to be even this far. Today is my

5291
06:54:44,371 --> 06:54:49,771
first time and I'm very surprised. Before Margaret Bill,

5292
06:54:50,844 --> 06:54:54,648
before I was hanging out every weekend over there and because

5293
06:54:54,648 --> 06:54:57,651
of the project, I was not involved. But I needed to move

5294
06:54:57,651 --> 06:55:03,123
to Freedom and Freedom Street together with the dogs. It's

5295
06:55:03,123 --> 06:55:07,127
okay, I'm with my kids, but because of this project, I

5296
06:55:07,127 --> 06:55:10,798
think I'm going to need to move even further. Or I don't know,

5297
06:55:10,798 --> 06:55:13,800
but I think it's going to change my habits with my family

5298
06:55:13,800 --> 06:55:17,938
as well. So thank you very much. You know what to do, I'm sure,

5299
06:55:17,938 --> 06:55:24,678
and thank you. She had to leave. All right. Thank you. That

5300
06:55:24,678 --> 06:55:27,815
concludes public comment. I appreciate everybody that came

5301
06:55:27,815 --> 06:55:32,219
out. All right. Now we'll have an opportunity for the City

5302
06:55:32,219 --> 06:55:37,357
Commission to ask any questions of the city staff or just

5303
06:55:37,357 --> 06:55:40,294
discuss the item. Ultimately, a motion will be made and we will

5304
06:55:40,294 --> 06:55:43,963
take a vote on this resolution, and that will end the meeting.

5305
06:55:43,963 --> 06:55:47,367
Since this is the last item on today's agenda, let's begin

5306
06:55:47,367 --> 06:55:53,367
with Commissioner Shuhan. Thank you, mayor. First, I just want

5307
06:55:56,243 --> 06:55:59,579
to thank all the residents that came out tonight. You've

5308
06:55:59,579 --> 06:56:02,248
touched on so many of the issues that I have in my notes

5309
06:56:02,248 --> 06:56:07,254
as well. And so I really just want to thank you for your

5310
06:56:07,254 --> 06:56:12,592
ongoing dedication to making sure the city is doing what's

5311
06:56:12,592 --> 06:56:19,792
right. So thank you, Lisa. My first question is for you. And

5312
06:56:21,602 --> 06:56:26,206
one of the speakers mentioned poor doors. And for those that

5313
06:56:26,206 --> 06:56:29,943
don't know, in buildings in other cities, we've never had

5314
06:56:29,943 --> 06:56:34,881
anything like this in Hollywood before. When housing that's

5315
06:56:34,881 --> 06:56:40,190
affordable is built within a condominium or other market

5316
06:56:40,190 --> 06:56:44,158
building, oftentimes the developer will have separate

5317
06:56:44,158 --> 06:56:49,290
entrances for people that are on the lower income, or they

5318
06:56:49,290 --> 06:56:51,898
won't be allowed to use the amenities in the building, or

5319
06:56:51,898 --> 06:56:57,571
they have to have amenity fees. Do we know in this particular

5320
06:56:57,571 --> 06:57:02,643
project, if there's assurances that all amenities will be

5321
06:57:02,643 --> 06:57:06,647
available to all residents and that there will be no distinct

5322
06:57:06,647 --> 06:57:10,584
entrance, and that the condos and apartments will be evenly

5323
06:57:10,584 --> 06:57:15,384
distributed throughout the building? Either Elisa or city

5324
06:57:20,527 --> 06:57:26,527
manager, whoever. I mean, we haven't. As I mentioned earlier,

5325
06:57:26,867 --> 06:57:31,710
the design has not been submitted. There have been some

5326
06:57:31,710 --> 06:57:34,607
preliminary discussions. Guys, please don't interrupt. Please.

5327
06:57:34,607 --> 06:57:39,120
Jazz hands or maybe like this, I don't know. There have been

5328
06:57:39,120 --> 06:57:43,750
some preliminary discussions about the design, but nothing

5329
06:57:43,750 --> 06:57:49,230
has been formally submitted in regard to the design, the

5330
06:57:49,230 --> 06:57:55,230
amenities. I understand there will be amenities for both the

5331
06:57:55,562 --> 06:58:00,301
condos as well as the rentals, separate amenities. That really

5332
06:58:00,301 --> 06:58:05,701
hasn't been hasn't been discussed in great detail. So

5333
06:58:08,442 --> 06:58:14,248
until really the submit a plan and a design, we don't have all

5334
06:58:14,248 --> 06:58:18,919
the answers. Thank you. I'm going to get back to that. I

5335
06:58:18,919 --> 06:58:24,324
think, mayor, in the interest of time, I am going to start

5336
06:58:24,324 --> 06:58:29,997
with my objections to the resolution. And then what I

5337
06:58:29,997 --> 06:58:33,334
would like to conclude with is if you guys are going to pass

5338
06:58:33,334 --> 06:58:37,337
this resolution, because I will not be supporting it. My

5339
06:58:37,337 --> 06:58:41,275
suggested changes to it to avoid things, just like we were

5340
06:58:41,275 --> 06:58:43,343
talking about poor doors and things like that, which

5341
06:58:43,343 --> 06:58:46,279
actually I had submitted to staff about a year ago, the Bal

5342
06:58:46,279 --> 06:58:49,884
Harbor ordinance that bans those. But we haven't gotten

5343
06:58:49,884 --> 06:58:57,424
around to passing that yet, so I'll come back to that. So my

5344
06:58:57,424 --> 06:59:02,830
first comment is we should not be invoking the live local act

5345
06:59:02,830 --> 06:59:07,167
as a municipality in the state of Florida, and I cannot

5346
06:59:07,167 --> 06:59:12,172
support the way we are proceeding. Are we as a

5347
06:59:12,172 --> 06:59:16,430
commission dedicated to fighting home Rule, really

5348
06:59:16,430 --> 06:59:21,448
going to invoke this live local act, all to circumvent what was

5349
06:59:21,448 --> 06:59:25,648
legally and contractually required an anticipated. When

5350
06:59:26,787 --> 06:59:30,457
this agreement was signed, city and county review were a part

5351
06:59:30,457 --> 06:59:37,640
of this contract. So the live Local act can be used to create

5352
06:59:37,640 --> 06:59:40,601
affordable housing in appropriate locations. As many

5353
06:59:40,601 --> 06:59:44,337
of these residents said, it should be near appropriate

5354
06:59:44,337 --> 06:59:46,740
infrastructure, like public schools, where we have none of

5355
06:59:46,740 --> 06:59:53,213
those on the barrier island. The Live local act is a huge

5356
06:59:53,213 --> 06:59:56,482
erosion of the ability of Florida cities and counties to

5357
06:59:56,482 --> 07:00:00,754
govern themselves, and the use of it by our commission as a

5358
07:00:00,754 --> 07:00:05,425
tool to undermine home rule anywhere is a slap in the face.

5359
07:00:05,425 --> 07:00:09,444
And contrary to the objectives of the Florida League of Cities,

5360
07:00:09,444 --> 07:00:14,516
our neighboring Florida cities and our counties. But no more,

5361
07:00:14,516 --> 07:00:19,187
especially here in Hollywood, where together, the seven of us,

5362
07:00:19,187 --> 07:00:23,592
with our staff and our outside counsel, have thus far defeated

5363
07:00:23,592 --> 07:00:28,864
the improper use of the Live Local Act. It is a huge mistake

5364
07:00:28,864 --> 07:00:33,936
to support this course of action with unknown, absolutely

5365
07:00:33,936 --> 07:00:37,536
unknown and permanent ramifications. Once this

5366
07:00:38,730 --> 07:00:42,144
building is built, that piece of public open space is gone,

5367
07:00:42,144 --> 07:00:47,150
and to be the first city to sacrifice community park and

5368
07:00:47,150 --> 07:00:53,615
open space pursuant to the Live Local act is shockingly wrong.

5369
07:00:55,424 --> 07:01:02,624
Don't do it. And then really, a huge question how demaris can

5370
07:01:04,900 --> 07:01:08,837
we have a resolution tonight based on a law that does not

5371
07:01:08,837 --> 07:01:15,437
even exist? Guys, please do the jazz hands, please. Yes, please.

5372
07:01:21,316 --> 07:01:24,519
The way that the resolution is drafted, it allows the use of

5373
07:01:24,519 --> 07:01:27,989
live local to the extent that that use is applicable to the

5374
07:01:27,989 --> 07:01:31,927
contract. If there is no if this is not signed into law by

5375
07:01:31,927 --> 07:01:35,798
the governor, then live local would not be allowable. We're

5376
07:01:35,798 --> 07:01:39,670
talking about tonight. It's not even even if the governor

5377
07:01:39,670 --> 07:01:42,671
approves it, it doesn't go into effect until July 1st. That's

5378
07:01:42,671 --> 07:01:46,871
correct. Secondly, adding density notwithstanding of how

5379
07:01:48,945 --> 07:01:52,748
we got here tonight, which is simply to avoid the ordinary

5380
07:01:52,748 --> 07:01:56,352
and anticipated county oversight of any project in

5381
07:01:56,352 --> 07:02:01,220
this city, and especially those in fragile environments. My

5382
07:02:01,220 --> 07:02:05,693
concerns throughout this review process remain. It is a

5383
07:02:05,693 --> 07:02:09,431
terrible location. To add increased density. We are

5384
07:02:09,431 --> 07:02:13,701
doubling the density that this commission approved less than

5385
07:02:13,701 --> 07:02:17,640
six months ago, when we approved 25 units per acre for

5386
07:02:17,640 --> 07:02:23,450
a grand total of 111 units. This is an at risk area for

5387
07:02:23,450 --> 07:02:27,583
climate catastrophe and for sea level rise. It is a barrier

5388
07:02:27,583 --> 07:02:32,654
island and a hurricane evacuation zone to add 200, and

5389
07:02:32,654 --> 07:02:38,654
is at least a 210 units. The proposal before us adding

5390
07:02:38,860 --> 07:02:44,860
another 100 units from what we just decided in January, makes

5391
07:02:45,000 --> 07:02:49,204
these concerns even more alarming. And that's on top of

5392
07:02:49,204 --> 07:02:52,474
what these residents have talked about forever. The

5393
07:02:52,474 --> 07:02:56,740
original deed district restrictions, which we

5394
07:02:56,878 --> 07:03:00,215
stretched to get this far, and also whether it's truly, really

5395
07:03:00,215 --> 07:03:05,870
a proper P3, which is something that includes publicly

5396
07:03:05,870 --> 07:03:08,357
available benefits, these private condos and these rental

5397
07:03:08,357 --> 07:03:14,697
units will not be available to the public under the current.

5398
07:03:14,697 --> 07:03:20,436
Please do not make any noise under the current Comprehensive

5399
07:03:20,436 --> 07:03:24,636
Development agreement, rentals are expressly barred. The

5400
07:03:26,108 --> 07:03:28,911
original P3 approval was critically based on the

5401
07:03:28,911 --> 07:03:33,181
inclusion of only luxury condominiums and no rentals.

5402
07:03:33,181 --> 07:03:37,853
And contrary to the erroneous assertion in tonight's draft

5403
07:03:37,853 --> 07:03:41,190
resolution, the CDA, which is the Comprehensive Development

5404
07:03:41,190 --> 07:03:45,393
Agreement as signed, precludes rentals. It says in the event

5405
07:03:45,393 --> 07:03:49,331
that the developer determines that despite the developer's

5406
07:03:49,331 --> 07:03:53,531
best commercially reasonable efforts, the private facilities

5407
07:03:53,669 --> 07:03:56,605
cannot be developed as a condominium. With the agreement

5408
07:03:56,605 --> 07:03:59,809
within the The agreed time frames, the developer shall

5409
07:03:59,809 --> 07:04:02,811
have the right to convert the private development to a rental

5410
07:04:02,811 --> 07:04:06,815
project. And that is it. And not only hasn't that been done,

5411
07:04:06,815 --> 07:04:11,200
this developer, along with its partner at the city, has done

5412
07:04:11,200 --> 07:04:15,900
nothing for five years to try to get the project that is

5413
07:04:15,900 --> 07:04:18,694
originally set forth in CDA approved. They submitted a

5414
07:04:18,694 --> 07:04:23,766
joint application with the city years ago, let it expire and

5415
07:04:23,766 --> 07:04:27,636
has done nothing since. There is nothing pending before the

5416
07:04:27,636 --> 07:04:31,973
county at all right now. That has to do with the original

5417
07:04:31,973 --> 07:04:37,973
plans other than the the the map change. Adding 40% rental

5418
07:04:39,515 --> 07:04:43,519
units after a contract that doesn't allow rentals is a

5419
07:04:43,519 --> 07:04:47,550
profound change to the original development agreement. As

5420
07:04:47,550 --> 07:04:53,550
stated, 100% luxury condos. It also takes away the city and

5421
07:04:53,995 --> 07:04:57,599
county approvals that were legally and contractually

5422
07:04:57,599 --> 07:05:04,199
required. And like I said, the live local preemption has not

5423
07:05:04,406 --> 07:05:09,744
even been approved yet. And not only that, the live local act

5424
07:05:09,744 --> 07:05:15,551
did not even exist when this P3 was brought to our attention to

5425
07:05:15,551 --> 07:05:21,290
amend this, this agreement in a way that is presented to us

5426
07:05:21,290 --> 07:05:25,827
tonight is tantamount, in my opinion. And I've only been

5427
07:05:25,827 --> 07:05:30,565
doing construction law for 35 years, tantamount to a cardinal

5428
07:05:30,565 --> 07:05:35,704
change. It is material, and it is so profound that it falls

5429
07:05:35,704 --> 07:05:39,708
outside of our original contract, increasing the

5430
07:05:39,708 --> 07:05:43,244
density, relying on a statutory scheme that didn't exist at the

5431
07:05:43,244 --> 07:05:47,115
time of the agreement or that the lease was signed. Adding

5432
07:05:47,115 --> 07:05:53,115
rental units constitutes a new agreement, and as such, the

5433
07:05:53,255 --> 07:05:58,393
ordinance that this Commission agreed to in October of 24,

5434
07:05:58,393 --> 07:06:02,664
requiring any lease of this property for 50 years or more,

5435
07:06:02,664 --> 07:06:07,680
it must be approved by the majority vote of the city.

5436
07:06:07,680 --> 07:06:11,868
Electors voting on such proposal. Yes, this commission

5437
07:06:12,407 --> 07:06:17,412
and God bless all of you. We did the right thing in October

5438
07:06:17,412 --> 07:06:20,615
of 24, and that was Commissioner Clary. It was the

5439
07:06:20,615 --> 07:06:23,952
right thing to do. The the charter vote had gotten screwed

5440
07:06:23,952 --> 07:06:29,230
up, and we self-imposed on ourselves the botched charter

5441
07:06:29,230 --> 07:06:32,627
language with this new ordinance. Any agreement that

5442
07:06:32,627 --> 07:06:36,636
we reach to add rental units under the Live Local Act at

5443
07:06:36,636 --> 07:06:42,843
this density has to go to a vote of our residents. And the

5444
07:06:42,843 --> 07:06:46,379
good news is that, per our city clerk, we have sufficient time

5445
07:06:46,379 --> 07:06:49,182
to get it on the ballot for November, I believe, she said.

5446
07:06:49,182 --> 07:06:54,922
The June 8th is the deadline. Should we ignore our own law

5447
07:06:54,922 --> 07:07:00,661
that we put in place in October of 24, any taxpaying resident

5448
07:07:00,661 --> 07:07:05,399
will likely be able to follow suit to properly enforce our

5449
07:07:05,399 --> 07:07:11,999
ordinance. The financial backup. And David, you know how much I

5450
07:07:16,100 --> 07:07:21,214
love you. It is sorely, sorely lacking. The deal presented to

5451
07:07:21,214 --> 07:07:27,814
us tonight has no real backup other than $1,800 a square foot

5452
07:07:28,880 --> 07:07:33,427
for these units, and it is absolutely a fantasy and

5453
07:07:33,427 --> 07:07:38,227
unrealistic. Forgive my skepticism, but in December and

5454
07:07:38,900 --> 07:07:43,904
I mean December of 25, when we sat here, the financial

5455
07:07:43,904 --> 07:07:48,704
overview of this project without an affordable housing

5456
07:07:48,909 --> 07:07:53,709
component projected 1.83 billion over the life of the

5457
07:07:54,648 --> 07:07:59,186
project. I have that that was from December. That has

5458
07:07:59,186 --> 07:08:03,386
increased by $1 billion since December. It's impossible.

5459
07:08:06,393 --> 07:08:09,730
Additionally, there has not been a single sale on the

5460
07:08:09,730 --> 07:08:15,130
barrier island for $1,800 a square foot ever. You all

5461
07:08:16,871 --> 07:08:20,874
recall that the driving issue for this P3 is generating

5462
07:08:20,874 --> 07:08:25,479
revenue. When we first listened to these proposals, we spent

5463
07:08:25,479 --> 07:08:30,840
hours and hours analyzing the value. Why aren't we demanding

5464
07:08:30,840 --> 07:08:37,357
that now? What is the rush? Get us a true valuation. Bring in

5465
07:08:37,357 --> 07:08:42,290
an independent entity to value this. We would be breaching our

5466
07:08:42,290 --> 07:08:48,629
duty to vote on this today. The P3 statute 2550655 D requires

5467
07:08:48,969 --> 07:08:52,173
that the city perform an independent analysis of a

5468
07:08:52,173 --> 07:08:56,973
proposed P3, which demonstrates cost effectiveness and overall

5469
07:08:57,440 --> 07:09:01,181
public benefit before the contract is awarded and as a

5470
07:09:01,181 --> 07:09:05,786
commission. With the magnitude of the changes today, we must

5471
07:09:05,786 --> 07:09:12,986
demand that same exact level of analysis. The rise and fall of

5472
07:09:14,395 --> 07:09:22,195
this city does not depend on a single project. The city has a

5473
07:09:25,873 --> 07:09:32,120
lot of needs. It always has. We always figure out a way to get

5474
07:09:32,120 --> 07:09:36,884
the most important ones done, but to sell our recreation and

5475
07:09:36,884 --> 07:09:40,888
commercial space when things get tight is a terrible

5476
07:09:40,888 --> 07:09:45,692
solution. Whoever here said you are selling the golden goose is

5477
07:09:45,692 --> 07:09:50,163
correct. We've done it to Margaritaville. We're going to

5478
07:09:50,163 --> 07:09:54,702
do it here. It'll be Garfield next. And whoever said, be

5479
07:09:54,702 --> 07:09:57,771
careful. They're coming to your district next. Because as soon

5480
07:09:57,771 --> 07:10:01,309
as we run out of beachfront property. Well, the beach is

5481
07:10:01,309 --> 07:10:05,245
going to be coming to district two and then district three. So

5482
07:10:05,245 --> 07:10:11,845
those will be beachfront two. We cannot sell our open space

5483
07:10:12,119 --> 07:10:16,123
to make up what we see as shortfalls that we know,

5484
07:10:16,123 --> 07:10:19,527
because we have the most amazing budget staff. We meet

5485
07:10:19,527 --> 07:10:24,398
it every single year, and it is disingenuous for this

5486
07:10:24,398 --> 07:10:27,468
commission to suggest to the public that we have to do this.

5487
07:10:27,468 --> 07:10:35,268
We do not have to do this. Where is the draft amendment to

5488
07:10:36,760 --> 07:10:39,146
the lease? And I'm going back to why in God's name are we

5489
07:10:39,146 --> 07:10:43,418
doing this? Two years after the idea popped up, the original 99

5490
07:10:43,418 --> 07:10:47,421
year lease is completely structured around luxury condos.

5491
07:10:47,421 --> 07:10:51,558
It says the tenant intends to develop private facilities of

5492
07:10:51,558 --> 07:10:55,830
the project into a condominium, and upon completion, transfer

5493
07:10:55,830 --> 07:11:00,300
the individual condominium units to condominium owners.

5494
07:11:00,340 --> 07:11:03,637
After recording the condominium declaration, tenant shall

5495
07:11:03,637 --> 07:11:07,440
assign the lease to the Condominium Association, which

5496
07:11:07,440 --> 07:11:12,579
will assume all rights and obligations of the tenant. The

5497
07:11:12,579 --> 07:11:16,916
documents define a residential building as a luxury

5498
07:11:16,916 --> 07:11:21,716
residential building. The ability to sublease by the

5499
07:11:21,922 --> 07:11:27,995
tenant, which is in essence a related group, is allowed only

5500
07:11:27,995 --> 07:11:34,468
to the extent those sub tenants are consistent with a luxury

5501
07:11:34,468 --> 07:11:38,680
condominium. The Comprehensive Development Agreement defines

5502
07:11:38,938 --> 07:11:43,138
private facilities as luxury rental condominium. This

5503
07:11:43,944 --> 07:11:46,813
proposed amendment again changes all of it, and this is

5504
07:11:46,813 --> 07:11:52,213
a profound change that requires a voter referendum. This

5505
07:11:53,220 --> 07:11:56,757
amendment is missing crucial details, and here are just a

5506
07:11:56,757 --> 07:12:01,280
few. And honestly, I got a lot going on right now and have not

5507
07:12:01,280 --> 07:12:04,898
had a chance to go through all of this. But who is going to be

5508
07:12:04,898 --> 07:12:10,837
the landlord to these 84 units per section 2550657 A seven the

5509
07:12:10,837 --> 07:12:15,241
rights and responsibilities of the parties to a P three in the

5510
07:12:15,241 --> 07:12:20,647
course of the project operation have to be identified in the

5511
07:12:20,647 --> 07:12:23,183
agreement. There is no identification in the agreement

5512
07:12:23,183 --> 07:12:28,188
as to who is going to be responsible for these rental

5513
07:12:28,188 --> 07:12:31,725
units, who is actually physically going to maintain

5514
07:12:31,725 --> 07:12:36,797
the live local apartments? We have had so many concerns about

5515
07:12:36,797 --> 07:12:40,134
condo associations. When we initially considered this, we

5516
07:12:40,134 --> 07:12:44,204
were so worried, how is this condo association going to take

5517
07:12:44,204 --> 07:12:48,800
care of our precious beachfront? And now we're injecting a

5518
07:12:48,800 --> 07:12:53,800
second entity, a landlord of live local apartments. There's

5519
07:12:53,800 --> 07:12:56,216
no discussion of short term vacation rentals, which is a

5520
07:12:56,216 --> 07:13:00,954
huge discussion. The lease currently prohibits rental of

5521
07:13:00,954 --> 07:13:05,242
any unit for less than six months. How does that work?

5522
07:13:05,242 --> 07:13:13,420
With 84 rental units? We do not. As a city of Hollywood, which I

5523
07:13:13,183 --> 07:13:17,922
am so deeply proud to sit here and serve with you guys. We

5524
07:13:17,922 --> 07:13:20,658
never needed a local live, local agreement to build

5525
07:13:20,658 --> 07:13:25,129
affordable housing here in Hollywood. We've done it. We've

5526
07:13:25,129 --> 07:13:29,800
done it time and again on our own with creative financing and

5527
07:13:29,800 --> 07:13:34,710
at every step, people have come to us. Commissioner Gruber, you

5528
07:13:34,710 --> 07:13:37,800
suggested it on several projects and we did it. If you

5529
07:13:37,800 --> 07:13:41,745
need any evidence that this is simply a workaround to avoid

5530
07:13:41,745 --> 07:13:45,882
local oversight, just look at orange Brook, another P three

5531
07:13:45,882 --> 07:13:51,288
where we put in on our own a demand for affordable housing.

5532
07:13:51,288 --> 07:13:55,226
If we wanted affordable housing at this site, we could have

5533
07:13:55,226 --> 07:13:59,230
gotten it without any loss of home rule, without any tax

5534
07:13:59,230 --> 07:14:02,833
incentives, without any financial sacrifice or strings

5535
07:14:02,833 --> 07:14:06,436
attached as they are to a live local project. But we didn't

5536
07:14:06,436 --> 07:14:10,775
because we wanted luxury condominiums in that location.

5537
07:14:10,775 --> 07:14:15,446
So let's not be disingenuous. The need for affordable housing

5538
07:14:15,446 --> 07:14:19,783
and hero housing, whatever we call it, is great, but it has

5539
07:14:19,783 --> 07:14:24,722
nothing to do with why we're here today. We just added 8000

5540
07:14:24,722 --> 07:14:30,722
units along Federal Highway and 4300 to 441. And what I think

5541
07:14:31,729 --> 07:14:38,329
has not been discussed at all. If anyone falls into this 80%

5542
07:14:38,670 --> 07:14:43,207
to 120% Ami, please come live on the barrier island, because

5543
07:14:43,207 --> 07:14:49,213
if you search today to rent anything on the barrier island

5544
07:14:49,213 --> 07:14:54,613
under $2,600 a month, you will find 100 units available today.

5545
07:14:58,288 --> 07:15:05,229
So why are we building for that bracket of income? It's not

5546
07:15:05,229 --> 07:15:08,765
needed. It's there over a hundred units and all of them

5547
07:15:08,765 --> 07:15:14,972
are larger than the 500ft?!S micro units that are proposed

5548
07:15:14,972 --> 07:15:19,576
today. And none of them, I assure you, have poor doors or

5549
07:15:19,576 --> 07:15:23,313
separate entities. And they let all of their residents come

5550
07:15:23,313 --> 07:15:28,652
through the same door and use the same pool. The real need in

5551
07:15:28,652 --> 07:15:33,323
Hollywood. And I'm going to ask Pat, Chris to put up the slide.

5552
07:15:33,323 --> 07:15:36,860
The real need. If we want to address a need for affordable

5553
07:15:36,860 --> 07:15:40,640
housing on this island, if we really want to be productive

5554
07:15:40,640 --> 07:15:42,666
and follow through with the suggestions that we've often

5555
07:15:42,666 --> 07:15:47,738
heard here, is make that housing available for the

5556
07:15:47,738 --> 07:15:52,343
lowest of income who actually work on the island cooks,

5557
07:15:52,343 --> 07:15:56,543
waiters, hostesses, housekeepers, all of that. This

5558
07:15:57,150 --> 07:16:04,555
is a go to the rental page. One is owner. Yes. This slide come

5559
07:16:04,555 --> 07:16:10,555
from Broward County. It was prepared by Fiu's. Urban and

5560
07:16:13,230 --> 07:16:16,902
Metropolitan Studies Department. But this is the document that's

5561
07:16:16,902 --> 07:16:23,410
used in the county. And you will see in the category of 80

5562
07:16:23,410 --> 07:16:26,510
to 100% median income. We have a surplus in the city of

5563
07:16:26,510 --> 07:16:30,447
Hollywood of 2500 units. But you look at extremely low

5564
07:16:30,447 --> 07:16:35,452
income. That's where the need is, 6800 units. And it's been

5565
07:16:35,452 --> 07:16:39,390
discussed on this on this dais. If we really wanted to do

5566
07:16:39,390 --> 07:16:44,790
something incredible, let's allow the cooks, the maids, the

5567
07:16:44,795 --> 07:16:48,332
waitresses to give up their cars and live on the barrier

5568
07:16:48,332 --> 07:16:52,200
island. But that's not what we're doing because that's not

5569
07:16:52,200 --> 07:16:57,402
really, really the concern. I said proper affordable housing,

5570
07:17:03,279 --> 07:17:08,886
especially hero housing, should be near all the things that are

5571
07:17:08,886 --> 07:17:13,860
important transportation, medical schools, etc. that is

5572
07:17:14,900 --> 07:17:19,280
not the case here. If we do move forward, I hope you demand

5573
07:17:19,280 --> 07:17:24,340
that the resolution is fixed and this is what I'm coming

5574
07:17:24,340 --> 07:17:29,573
back to, because I have been on this dais too many times trying

5575
07:17:29,573 --> 07:17:33,510
to convey that this is not a good deal for the city of

5576
07:17:33,510 --> 07:17:38,515
Hollywood. The dollars are unrealistic. Like I said, the

5577
07:17:38,515 --> 07:17:45,115
$1,800 is not real. It's not real. Six months ago, we. We

5578
07:17:45,789 --> 07:17:51,189
looked at 1.8 billion. And today it's whatever it was,

5579
07:17:51,861 --> 07:17:57,861
it's so fantastical. But if this commission does decide to

5580
07:17:58,268 --> 07:18:04,140
move forward, I suggest one, two, three, four, five changes

5581
07:18:04,140 --> 07:18:07,877
to the current resolution. And I'm very serious about this.

5582
07:18:07,877 --> 07:18:11,347
And I hope if you guys vote that you will put these changes

5583
07:18:11,347 --> 07:18:16,190
in there. The first is get rid of the 80 to 120 Ami and make

5584
07:18:16,190 --> 07:18:20,490
it under the 30%. There's plenty of units on the island

5585
07:18:20,490 --> 07:18:25,290
under $2,600 are at $2,600, and they're available right now.

5586
07:18:26,163 --> 07:18:29,633
Make the threshold for those people that really need it,

5587
07:18:29,633 --> 07:18:35,330
where there's a very serious deficit in Hollywood. Number

5588
07:18:35,105 --> 07:18:40,777
two, stop the delay tactics. As I mentioned, nothing has

5589
07:18:40,777 --> 07:18:45,915
happened on this project for years except talk, talk, talk.

5590
07:18:45,915 --> 07:18:49,920
The amendment must expressly state that there will no longer

5591
07:18:49,920 --> 07:18:54,525
be any statutory tolling for, quote, emergency orders issued

5592
07:18:54,525 --> 07:18:58,862
due to hurricanes and other parts of the state. This

5593
07:18:58,862 --> 07:19:02,533
project could have been built by now, but because the

5594
07:19:02,533 --> 07:19:06,403
developer has taken advantage of delays, because a typical

5595
07:19:06,403 --> 07:19:09,339
requirement in an agreement like this was inadvertently

5596
07:19:09,339 --> 07:19:13,143
omitted from the original agreement, we have been taken

5597
07:19:13,143 --> 07:19:17,547
advantage of. All we have to say is no statutory delays. It

5598
07:19:17,547 --> 07:19:21,552
has to be true force majeure, where the developer's ability

5599
07:19:21,552 --> 07:19:26,957
to proceed is physically hampered by the city or by

5600
07:19:26,957 --> 07:19:29,960
Mother Nature. It has to be fixed. Otherwise there's going

5601
07:19:29,960 --> 07:19:34,172
to be three more hurricanes. Nothing's going to happen in

5602
07:19:34,172 --> 07:19:37,108
Hollywood and you're going to lose another four years. I'm

5603
07:19:37,108 --> 07:19:41,245
serious. This is a critical amendment. So number one, lower

5604
07:19:41,245 --> 07:19:45,249
the Army percentage. Number two, stop the delay tactics. Number

5605
07:19:45,249 --> 07:19:50,654
three, please do not proceed with this amendment to the

5606
07:19:50,654 --> 07:19:53,458
Comprehensive Development Agreement without making sure

5607
07:19:53,458 --> 07:19:57,862
that disgraceful poor door policies are barred. I don't

5608
07:19:57,862 --> 07:20:02,200
think any of you want to be known as the poor door landlord,

5609
07:20:02,200 --> 07:20:06,136
implying that our heroes or our busboys aren't fit to walk

5610
07:20:06,136 --> 07:20:09,673
through the same lobby or swim in the same pool as the

5611
07:20:09,673 --> 07:20:13,273
wealthier residents. No segregation, no separate

5612
07:20:14,780 --> 07:20:17,615
amenities. All residents in any city building get to use the

5613
07:20:17,615 --> 07:20:21,152
same amenities, demand that the affordable units are

5614
07:20:21,152 --> 07:20:25,352
distributed throughout the building. No segregation for

5615
07:20:27,425 --> 07:20:30,828
reclaim the unencumbered parcels. So if you'll recall

5616
07:20:30,828 --> 07:20:35,966
the original agreement, there was no density allowed at the

5617
07:20:35,966 --> 07:20:39,971
community center. So the developer asked and the city

5618
07:20:39,971 --> 07:20:43,508
agreed to bring in surrounding park parcels that we could

5619
07:20:43,508 --> 07:20:48,646
transfer that density from to get to what then became 111

5620
07:20:48,646 --> 07:20:53,250
units. When we passed the Lupa in December. If you proceed

5621
07:20:53,250 --> 07:20:58,990
under the live Local act, all of the density that we gave to

5622
07:20:58,990 --> 07:21:02,927
the project should be returned to the city in this amendment.

5623
07:21:02,927 --> 07:21:07,664
Get rid of it. If you are swap. If you are getting your density

5624
07:21:07,664 --> 07:21:10,401
under the live local, which for those that don't know, allows

5625
07:21:10,401 --> 07:21:14,471
the highest density anywhere in the city to be used on our

5626
07:21:14,471 --> 07:21:17,476
barrier island, then none of the additional parcels that

5627
07:21:17,476 --> 07:21:20,878
were referenced in the Comprehensive Development

5628
07:21:20,878 --> 07:21:24,149
Agreement are needed any longer, and we should take them out so

5629
07:21:24,149 --> 07:21:28,152
they're available for the future to the city,

5630
07:21:28,152 --> 07:21:32,957
unencumbered. And then finally, this was one that I just picked

5631
07:21:32,957 --> 07:21:38,357
up during the presentation on slide 12 of Lisa's presentation,

5632
07:21:38,963 --> 07:21:45,837
there was a comment in the. In the amendment that was a one

5633
07:21:45,837 --> 07:21:51,837
way up. Slide 12. Nothing in this section shall limit or

5634
07:21:58,116 --> 07:22:01,786
impair the city's contractual obligations to the developer.

5635
07:22:01,786 --> 07:22:04,550
Granted, under the original agreement, the First Amendment

5636
07:22:04,550 --> 07:22:07,725
or any subsequent city approvals, I would ask Damaris,

5637
07:22:07,725 --> 07:22:11,328
unless there's some good reason otherwise, that this be mutual,

5638
07:22:11,328 --> 07:22:16,728
that none of our none of the developer's contractual

5639
07:22:16,734 --> 07:22:21,471
obligations, you know, are impacted or impaired either. So

5640
07:22:21,471 --> 07:22:25,609
that's my one, two, three, four fifth suggestion that if you're

5641
07:22:25,609 --> 07:22:27,945
going to proceed with this, make sure these five changes

5642
07:22:27,945 --> 07:22:33,684
are in there. So we are home Rule heroes. And that means we

5643
07:22:33,684 --> 07:22:38,355
don't support or invoke state state laws like the Live Local

5644
07:22:38,355 --> 07:22:43,361
Act that undermine our ability to control our destiny by home

5645
07:22:43,361 --> 07:22:46,630
rule. And that should apply whether it's Hollywood, Broward

5646
07:22:46,630 --> 07:22:51,301
County, or any other Florida municipality or county. Let the

5647
07:22:51,301 --> 07:22:54,905
Comprehensive Development Agreement, as we agreed to in

5648
07:22:54,905 --> 07:22:58,643
2022, just run its course. With the current scope of work and

5649
07:22:58,643 --> 07:23:03,180
the 25 units per acre that you just approved in December, tell

5650
07:23:03,180 --> 07:23:07,585
the developer that, per the contract, as required, they

5651
07:23:07,585 --> 07:23:12,256
must make at least a reasonable commercial effort to satisfy

5652
07:23:12,256 --> 07:23:16,126
the Comprehensive Development Agreement in its current form.

5653
07:23:16,126 --> 07:23:20,531
That is what Hollywood and Related agreed to, and the Live

5654
07:23:20,531 --> 07:23:23,467
Local Act will be here. It's not going away. We know it's

5655
07:23:23,467 --> 07:23:26,670
getting worse every year. It will be here. If for some

5656
07:23:26,670 --> 07:23:31,274
reason the county does not grant the density change, then

5657
07:23:31,274 --> 07:23:34,278
proceed with live local if that's what we choose to do.

5658
07:23:34,278 --> 07:23:39,950
But why would we do it now? Why would we do it now? Otherwise,

5659
07:23:39,950 --> 07:23:43,220
please just send it to the voters. It's a great

5660
07:23:43,220 --> 07:23:46,423
opportunity to do what is right for our engaged, intelligent

5661
07:23:46,423 --> 07:23:51,823
and concerned residents. If both parties. Agree that the

5662
07:23:52,830 --> 07:23:57,501
Live Local Act is a way to go, send it to the voters. As I

5663
07:23:57,501 --> 07:24:01,380
mentioned, I believe June 8th is the deadline to get it on

5664
07:24:01,380 --> 07:24:07,244
the ballot. And I think, as I mentioned, that regardless of

5665
07:24:07,244 --> 07:24:11,582
what we decide, that it absolutely will be subject to

5666
07:24:11,582 --> 07:24:16,320
the ordinance that we enacted in October 24th, because to

5667
07:24:16,320 --> 07:24:20,524
convert this from a straight P three with all 100% luxury

5668
07:24:20,524 --> 07:24:26,330
condos to now 40% apartments under a law that didn't exist,

5669
07:24:26,330 --> 07:24:31,735
creates a profoundly different project, and it is subject to

5670
07:24:31,735 --> 07:24:36,807
the laws that we imposed on ourselves. So that's it. I hope,

5671
07:24:36,807 --> 07:24:41,780
if nothing else, that at least these changes get put into the

5672
07:24:41,780 --> 07:24:45,149
amendment if you choose to vote on it. But I ask that you just

5673
07:24:45,149 --> 07:24:48,286
let the document, as it stands, run its course. Thank you.

5674
07:24:48,286 --> 07:24:52,623
Thank you, Ray Lynn. During the presentation, staff had pointed

5675
07:24:52,623 --> 07:24:57,694
out that the next step in this process is for the staff to

5676
07:24:57,694 --> 07:25:00,698
work with council and amend the Comprehensive Development

5677
07:25:00,698 --> 07:25:04,568
Agreement and the ground lease, and it may include subjects

5678
07:25:04,568 --> 07:25:08,372
that Commissioner Shuhan had brought up today. I don't feel

5679
07:25:08,372 --> 07:25:12,109
like it's appropriate in this resolution to get into the

5680
07:25:12,109 --> 07:25:16,246
details of what would be, you know, deeper analysis into the

5681
07:25:16,246 --> 07:25:19,584
amendments that need to be made to the C, D, A and the lease

5682
07:25:19,584 --> 07:25:22,453
agreement. So I don't see a reason. Mayor, why would you

5683
07:25:22,453 --> 07:25:24,989
agree to something before you know the impact to everything?

5684
07:25:24,989 --> 07:25:29,393
Why? What is all this, all this, all this guys, all this

5685
07:25:29,393 --> 07:25:31,862
resolution is doing is expressing the city

5686
07:25:31,862 --> 07:25:35,199
commission's agreement and intent to be willing to use the

5687
07:25:35,199 --> 07:25:39,336
Live Local Act subject to this coming back, where does it say

5688
07:25:39,336 --> 07:25:42,472
subject to it says we're letting them proceed under live

5689
07:25:42,472 --> 07:25:45,675
local. What am I missing? But really, why don't you go ahead

5690
07:25:45,675 --> 07:25:50,150
with regards to what's next in the process? Yes. So there is

5691
07:25:50,150 --> 07:25:54,551
the ability to proceed under live local for the issue of the

5692
07:25:54,551 --> 07:25:58,305
density. But the comprehensive agreement which governs our

5693
07:25:58,305 --> 07:26:01,841
business arrangement and the ground lease have to be

5694
07:26:01,841 --> 07:26:05,845
modified. And so those will come back with the opportunity

5695
07:26:05,845 --> 07:26:12,445
to adjust terms in any way the Commission would like. What

5696
07:26:12,653 --> 07:26:15,856
they're what they're are we breaking it into pieces like

5697
07:26:15,856 --> 07:26:19,727
that? Why shouldn't this commission give have the

5698
07:26:19,727 --> 07:26:24,198
opportunity to see every change that's needed before live local

5699
07:26:24,198 --> 07:26:28,680
becomes a part of this deal? We're happy to do it afterwards.

5700
07:26:28,680 --> 07:26:31,720
In other words, this is just to express the intent and then see

5701
07:26:31,720 --> 07:26:35,609
the details. Then let's make. Then I will I suggest a six

5702
07:26:35,609 --> 07:26:38,612
change to the amendment, and that is that it does not go

5703
07:26:38,612 --> 07:26:42,549
into effect until until the Comprehensive Development

5704
07:26:42,549 --> 07:26:45,685
Agreement and the lease are properly amended to accommodate

5705
07:26:45,685 --> 07:26:48,622
it. In other words, you're biting off pieces before you

5706
07:26:48,622 --> 07:26:51,910
know what you're eating. That's the practical impact of this

5707
07:26:51,910 --> 07:26:54,270
anyway. Nothing happens without an amendment. No it isn't mayor.

5708
07:26:54,270 --> 07:26:57,164
You're giving the developer the opportunity to build a live

5709
07:26:57,164 --> 07:27:01,234
local act under the ordinance. That cannot happen without city

5710
07:27:01,234 --> 07:27:04,504
approval. And tonight we would be giving city approval for a

5711
07:27:04,504 --> 07:27:07,575
live local act on our property. Except that the difference is.

5712
07:27:07,575 --> 07:27:10,177
And I'll pass it on to Commissioner Biderman next.

5713
07:27:10,177 --> 07:27:12,646
Except that the difference is in this case, we are the

5714
07:27:12,646 --> 07:27:15,782
property owner. We are a party to a P three. It's not some

5715
07:27:15,782 --> 07:27:18,518
live local act on private property that runs its own

5716
07:27:18,518 --> 07:27:22,550
course under the statute. Here we are the landlord here we get

5717
07:27:22,550 --> 07:27:25,925
to agree to approve the design, the site plan and the terms of

5718
07:27:25,925 --> 07:27:31,325
our lease agreement. So I disagree respectfully with the

5719
07:27:31,732 --> 07:27:36,803
once this is agreed to tonight, there is no taking back the

5720
07:27:36,803 --> 07:27:39,873
ability for this project to be a live local act project. I'm

5721
07:27:39,873 --> 07:27:44,411
fine with that. Let's go to Commissioner Biderman, let's go.

5722
07:27:44,411 --> 07:27:47,347
Commissioner Commissioner Biderman, please don't. I

5723
07:27:47,347 --> 07:27:51,684
thought there were people in front of me, but okay, so it

5724
07:27:51,684 --> 07:27:57,684
was it was addressed about the parking. And can somebody

5725
07:27:58,910 --> 07:28:00,626
clarify how many parking spaces we're going to have? Because

5726
07:28:00,626 --> 07:28:03,230
with more units you need more parking spaces. But somebody

5727
07:28:03,230 --> 07:28:05,966
said something about we're not having more parking spaces.

5728
07:28:05,966 --> 07:28:09,569
It's the same amount of parking space as the original agreement.

5729
07:28:09,569 --> 07:28:13,573
Just to be clear, the actual design and site plan are not

5730
07:28:13,573 --> 07:28:17,444
before you tonight. And the you know, that has not been

5731
07:28:17,444 --> 07:28:21,848
determined yet. So the amount of parking spaces that would be

5732
07:28:21,848 --> 07:28:26,186
required are not have not been determined at this point in

5733
07:28:26,186 --> 07:28:29,122
time. So that would be something that could be

5734
07:28:29,122 --> 07:28:31,858
negotiated. If there's a concern that the parking is

5735
07:28:31,858 --> 07:28:39,580
deficient. So I have a problem with that because we need to

5736
07:28:40,400 --> 07:28:44,937
make sure there's a surplus of parking above what there is now,

5737
07:28:44,937 --> 07:28:49,900
right. That's what we that's what we kept promising. But now

5738
07:28:49,900 --> 07:28:54,409
we are getting an additional 84 units without 84.5 more parking

5739
07:28:56,483 --> 07:29:03,683
spaces. Yes. AM I right? There? As there isn't a a finalized

5740
07:29:05,910 --> 07:29:09,290
design and site plan yet? Is your request to have additional

5741
07:29:09,290 --> 07:29:11,898
parking for the live local units? Is that what you're

5742
07:29:11,898 --> 07:29:16,970
asking for? So if the parking calculation is one and a half

5743
07:29:16,970 --> 07:29:22,970
parking spaces per unit, then we need 122 more parking spaces

5744
07:29:22,976 --> 07:29:29,516
above what was already promised, right? Yes. If yes. Okay, so

5745
07:29:29,516 --> 07:29:33,387
we're not giving up that opportunity by approving this

5746
07:29:33,387 --> 07:29:38,525
amendment about requiring more parking, because the live local

5747
07:29:38,525 --> 07:29:43,925
doesn't. Give up that requirement of so many parking

5748
07:29:46,132 --> 07:29:50,700
spaces per unit. Yes, it does, it does. It does tell us the

5749
07:29:50,700 --> 07:29:54,874
terms of our agreement control, the approval of the site plan,

5750
07:29:54,874 --> 07:29:57,744
and through the ground lease and the development agreement.

5751
07:29:57,744 --> 07:30:01,810
Right, right. Yes. We would have to agree with the design

5752
07:30:01,810 --> 07:30:04,951
and site plan process will determine the level of parking

5753
07:30:04,951 --> 07:30:07,687
that is required for the building. Approving a live

5754
07:30:07,687 --> 07:30:11,491
local doesn't give up our ability as a legislative body

5755
07:30:11,491 --> 07:30:17,491
to approve the site plan. And that's up. That's correct.

5756
07:30:18,310 --> 07:30:22,635
There are some. Andrea Winget, Director of Development service

5757
07:30:22,635 --> 07:30:25,373
I just wanted to add to what the city manager was saying is

5758
07:30:25,373 --> 07:30:30,310
that you're not in a regulatory capacity tonight approving a

5759
07:30:30,310 --> 07:30:36,310
live local. You're in your landlord tenant being asked to

5760
07:30:36,450 --> 07:30:40,119
approve concepts of adding affordable housing and adding

5761
07:30:40,119 --> 07:30:43,723
another tool to the contract, which includes live local. And

5762
07:30:43,723 --> 07:30:46,660
I'm not sure if that helps with some of the conversation, just

5763
07:30:46,660 --> 07:30:50,396
an expression of intent. It doesn't. But I believe that the

5764
07:30:50,396 --> 07:30:54,334
way I understand this, the fact that we're the landlord gives

5765
07:30:54,334 --> 07:31:00,540
us more power than a typical. A live local landlord. That's

5766
07:31:00,540 --> 07:31:04,770
correct. And we're not giving up any of that landlord. Right.

5767
07:31:04,770 --> 07:31:08,481
Tonight, the only thing that you are allowing tonight is the

5768
07:31:08,481 --> 07:31:12,752
use of the Live Local Act to provide density through the

5769
07:31:12,752 --> 07:31:18,152
provision of 40% of the units for affordable or workforce

5770
07:31:18,157 --> 07:31:22,496
housing. But by doing that, we're not giving up any

5771
07:31:22,496 --> 07:31:27,633
legislative powers. That's my question, I guess. I'm sorry I

5772
07:31:27,633 --> 07:31:34,833
had to buy, by the landlord's approval of doing a live local

5773
07:31:36,509 --> 07:31:41,909
project. What powers are we stripping of the legislative

5774
07:31:41,981 --> 07:31:45,251
body? It's not really the legislative. It's really the

5775
07:31:45,251 --> 07:31:48,855
contract where we're under contract with the P three

5776
07:31:48,855 --> 07:31:53,550
partner and those. That contract determines our

5777
07:31:53,126 --> 07:31:56,863
relationship and what we are authorized to approve and what

5778
07:31:56,863 --> 07:32:00,667
to review. And that's the full scope of a site plan and design

5779
07:32:00,667 --> 07:32:03,870
and everything else. And by doing this, we are reclaiming

5780
07:32:03,870 --> 07:32:10,143
our home rule by taking the home rule local, as opposed to

5781
07:32:10,143 --> 07:32:13,790
giving it to the county or allowing the county to control

5782
07:32:13,790 --> 07:32:19,180
what we do locally. And in this case, in this case, this the

5783
07:32:19,180 --> 07:32:24,230
way that live local works when it is municipally owned or

5784
07:32:24,230 --> 07:32:27,903
government owned property, you have you're wearing essentially

5785
07:32:27,903 --> 07:32:32,306
two hats and you don't see any of the rights that you have as

5786
07:32:32,306 --> 07:32:37,778
a owner of the property. You, in this case, are regaining the

5787
07:32:37,778 --> 07:32:41,716
right to control the residential density on the site,

5788
07:32:41,716 --> 07:32:46,386
which in Broward County is controlled by the county. And

5789
07:32:46,386 --> 07:32:51,458
so in this case, Live local brings that back to you as a

5790
07:32:51,458 --> 07:32:56,258
landlord. Okay. And like Commissioner Quintana, I love

5791
07:32:58,265 --> 07:33:03,300
the idea of mixed use housing, mixed income housing, where we

5792
07:33:03,300 --> 07:33:05,673
have income level, different income levels living in the

5793
07:33:05,673 --> 07:33:09,744
same concept. And we've talked about that in other buildings.

5794
07:33:09,744 --> 07:33:16,344
So I agree with Commissioner Quintana on that. It was said

5795
07:33:16,616 --> 07:33:21,354
earlier about that this building isn't going to be

5796
07:33:21,354 --> 07:33:26,427
sustainable because it's live local. Is that true? I mean,

5797
07:33:26,427 --> 07:33:29,696
we're going to be still living by, you know, the Florida

5798
07:33:29,696 --> 07:33:33,634
Building Code and all those things. Yes, absolutely. The

5799
07:33:33,634 --> 07:33:36,970
requirement, the all of the requirements that are currently

5800
07:33:36,970 --> 07:33:40,708
in the comprehensive agreement stay there with the exception

5801
07:33:40,708 --> 07:33:43,311
of the provisions that are being amended tonight. And

5802
07:33:43,311 --> 07:33:48,782
those relate to the number of units being provided and the

5803
07:33:48,782 --> 07:33:55,121
type of unit with the 84 units being the live local units or

5804
07:33:55,121 --> 07:34:01,721
hero housing. Okay, so the live local doesn't allow them to

5805
07:34:02,129 --> 07:34:06,133
skip our local building codes or our requirements, like our,

5806
07:34:06,133 --> 07:34:12,720
you know, green building codes and stuff like that. That's

5807
07:34:12,720 --> 07:34:16,143
correct. And there are going to be South Florida building

5808
07:34:16,143 --> 07:34:21,481
standards, normal FEMA floor elevation, right? All of those

5809
07:34:21,481 --> 07:34:24,418
things. So in other buildings are knocked down by a hurricane.

5810
07:34:24,418 --> 07:34:26,553
Theoretically, this building is still going to be standing,

5811
07:34:26,553 --> 07:34:32,553
standing because it is built better, more modern. Okay. Yes.

5812
07:34:37,164 --> 07:34:40,901
It was said earlier about how the taxpayer should decide, but

5813
07:34:40,901 --> 07:34:44,370
the last time I checked, all seven of us live in Hollywood.

5814
07:34:44,370 --> 07:34:50,377
We all pay taxes in Hollywood. I believe we all own homes and

5815
07:34:50,377 --> 07:34:56,977
we pay our property taxes anyway. And it's it's hard to

5816
07:34:58,118 --> 07:35:02,522
believe that residents would criticize our staff, that we

5817
07:35:02,522 --> 07:35:04,925
don't know, that our staff doesn't know what we're talking

5818
07:35:04,925 --> 07:35:11,525
about. But yet the staff member singular at the South Florida

5819
07:35:11,532 --> 07:35:16,332
Planning Council or Broward County Planning Council. Knows

5820
07:35:17,271 --> 07:35:23,271
better than what our staff knows. I didn't interrupt y'all.

5821
07:35:24,478 --> 07:35:29,950
Don't interrupt me, please. So it's kind of hypocritical to

5822
07:35:29,950 --> 07:35:32,219
tell our staff how much we appreciate them and then say,

5823
07:35:32,219 --> 07:35:35,230
you don't know what you're talking about and back the bus

5824
07:35:35,230 --> 07:35:41,629
up over them. And I spoke to Bob Gibson multiple times over

5825
07:35:41,629 --> 07:35:44,565
the years. I know him better than probably everybody in this

5826
07:35:44,565 --> 07:35:51,765
room. Maybe not everybody. And I spoke to him on April 26th,

5827
07:35:51,772 --> 07:35:56,176
2021, when this first became a thing, but there was no

5828
07:35:56,176 --> 07:36:00,514
opposition to it yet. And Bob told me some of the stuff

5829
07:36:00,514 --> 07:36:04,851
that's in the letter, the only thing that was said today, and

5830
07:36:04,851 --> 07:36:08,721
the only thing that I saw in the letter online that he said

5831
07:36:08,721 --> 07:36:13,193
for sure was the fact that you're they're not making more

5832
07:36:13,193 --> 07:36:16,863
green space. But what he did tell me at the time, and which

5833
07:36:16,863 --> 07:36:20,000
was confirmed in the minutes that were read at the last

5834
07:36:20,000 --> 07:36:25,939
couple of hearings, is that the deed was written to be vague.

5835
07:36:25,939 --> 07:36:29,943
And the minutes that were read at the meeting said that the

5836
07:36:29,943 --> 07:36:33,147
commission could do with what they want with this property.

5837
07:36:33,147 --> 07:36:36,483
That's what was in the minutes. And that's what Bob Gibson told

5838
07:36:36,483 --> 07:36:42,622
me on April 26th, 2021 at 2 p.m. I know it's hard to

5839
07:36:42,622 --> 07:36:46,893
believe. I know the date and time, but I looked up my notes.

5840
07:36:46,893 --> 07:36:50,970
And I spoke to Bob Gibson two nights ago after I saw the

5841
07:36:50,970 --> 07:36:56,838
letter and we discussed it and he said, oh, I sent that letter

5842
07:36:56,838 --> 07:37:01,307
to the Broward County. I didn't expect everybody to see what it

5843
07:37:01,307 --> 07:37:07,381
said in it. So I would love to see Bob Gibson tell all of us

5844
07:37:07,381 --> 07:37:10,584
what was written in a letter, because I don't know that it

5845
07:37:10,584 --> 07:37:14,187
wasn't prompted by somebody, because some of what's written

5846
07:37:14,187 --> 07:37:19,660
in the letter isn't factual. And I'm going to end with this,

5847
07:37:19,660 --> 07:37:23,530
and I'm going to agree with Donna Green. I prefer to be an

5848
07:37:23,530 --> 07:37:27,267
optimist and believe that the numbers that staff gave us are

5849
07:37:27,267 --> 07:37:31,138
going to pan out to be accurate. And the residents, 20 years

5850
07:37:31,138 --> 07:37:35,943
from now, five years from now, 50 years from now, are going to

5851
07:37:35,943 --> 07:37:39,146
remember the five commissioners or six commissioners that vote

5852
07:37:39,146 --> 07:37:45,618
yes on this and that make this go forward are going to believe

5853
07:37:45,618 --> 07:37:48,422
that we did the right thing because they're going to

5854
07:37:48,422 --> 07:37:51,426
benefit from the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars

5855
07:37:51,426 --> 07:37:55,295
that are going to improve every neighborhood, from Liberia to

5856
07:37:55,295 --> 07:37:58,632
Hillcrest to Beverly Park to Driftwood Boulevard Heights and

5857
07:37:58,632 --> 07:38:01,835
Playland Estates, because those are the neighborhoods that need

5858
07:38:01,835 --> 07:38:04,838
improvements. The beach has 400 some odd million dollars worth

5859
07:38:04,838 --> 07:38:07,708
of improvements over the last 30 years. It's time the rest of

5860
07:38:07,708 --> 07:38:13,108
the city gets improvements. Thank you, thank you. Could

5861
07:38:14,781 --> 07:38:18,510
could the Sergeant at Arms please remove him? Please

5862
07:38:18,510 --> 07:38:24,510
remove him. Let's go ahead now to Commissioner Quintana. Thank

5863
07:38:26,526 --> 07:38:32,526
you. Mayor. Raelyn. When we started the discussion, can you

5864
07:38:37,300 --> 07:38:40,207
clarify for me? You said the latest amendment to the Live

5865
07:38:40,207 --> 07:38:45,279
Local Act allows cities to determine. Could you just

5866
07:38:45,279 --> 07:38:52,479
clarify that for me? The latest amendment to the Live Local Act

5867
07:38:53,353 --> 07:38:58,753
includes government owned lands as places where live local

5868
07:38:59,846 --> 07:39:03,984
developments can be built. And so in this particular case,

5869
07:39:03,984 --> 07:39:08,722
because this is government owned property, the. It now

5870
07:39:08,722 --> 07:39:13,728
allows live local to give us control over the density issue.

5871
07:39:13,728 --> 07:39:17,798
And as the owner of the property, the landlord. We have

5872
07:39:17,798 --> 07:39:22,470
ultimate control over design, site plan and kind of what goes

5873
07:39:22,470 --> 07:39:27,141
on our property through the business agreements, the

5874
07:39:27,141 --> 07:39:31,110
comprehensive agreement that we have now, we have an existing

5875
07:39:31,110 --> 07:39:35,549
comprehensive agreement. So that is at at base what they

5876
07:39:35,549 --> 07:39:39,420
what we've already agreed to. And there are aspects of that

5877
07:39:39,420 --> 07:39:44,910
that need to be modified in order to address this. And we

5878
07:39:44,910 --> 07:39:48,295
are fully committed to working to bring those modifications

5879
07:39:48,295 --> 07:39:53,834
forward. But but there is a an agreement that's already in

5880
07:39:53,834 --> 07:39:58,506
place. Okay. So is that latest version of the live local? Is

5881
07:39:58,506 --> 07:40:05,106
that the same thing I'm looking at? Adam, the House Bill 1389.

5882
07:40:05,645 --> 07:40:09,382
Is that the same thing that Raelyn is referring to? That's

5883
07:40:09,382 --> 07:40:13,387
correct. Okay. So at so here's I'm just going to read a couple

5884
07:40:13,387 --> 07:40:16,390
of lines from the beginning. And my. I'm not an attorney,

5885
07:40:16,390 --> 07:40:20,995
let me just say that. But it says it's an act relating to

5886
07:40:20,995 --> 07:40:25,195
affordable housing, amending state statute. 125 blah, blah,

5887
07:40:25,533 --> 07:40:30,538
blah, and one, six, six blah, blah, blah, requiring,

5888
07:40:30,538 --> 07:40:34,738
requiring that counties and municipalities authorize and

5889
07:40:37,745 --> 07:40:40,814
multifamily and mixed use residential uses and allowable

5890
07:40:40,814 --> 07:40:47,755
uses. So it means that the city cannot say no. Correct. Because

5891
07:40:47,755 --> 07:40:52,555
we're required to authorize mixed use and multifamily

5892
07:40:53,227 --> 07:40:59,227
development. Correct. The word says requires sorry. So the the

5893
07:41:00,367 --> 07:41:05,706
city, you know, there's multiple layers of approvals in

5894
07:41:05,706 --> 07:41:11,106
these projects and, and live local, you know, addresses

5895
07:41:11,779 --> 07:41:17,717
where residential development can go in areas that are not

5896
07:41:17,717 --> 07:41:23,124
typically have that don't typically have that land use or

5897
07:41:23,124 --> 07:41:26,994
zoning that would allow multifamily or mixed use

5898
07:41:26,994 --> 07:41:31,599
residential development. And so in order to promote affordable

5899
07:41:31,599 --> 07:41:36,403
housing and allow it in more places than local regulations

5900
07:41:36,403 --> 07:41:39,339
might typically allow it, that's what live local. So

5901
07:41:39,339 --> 07:41:42,943
there's a difference between allow and require for me, you

5902
07:41:42,943 --> 07:41:46,480
know, like that means different things to me when it says

5903
07:41:46,480 --> 07:41:51,280
requires that municipalities allow it on their property,

5904
07:41:51,418 --> 07:41:55,880
that's what it says. And then further down, it says that this

5905
07:41:55,880 --> 07:41:58,688
new version prohibits municipalities from restricting

5906
07:42:00,427 --> 07:42:06,427
the height or restricting the. Through other the height or

5907
07:42:08,703 --> 07:42:11,972
blah, blah, blah, dimensional means requiring certain

5908
07:42:11,972 --> 07:42:15,310
setbacks. So we can't control the setbacks, we can't control

5909
07:42:15,310 --> 07:42:22,510
the step backs. This new bill says that that cities. But. So

5910
07:42:25,520 --> 07:42:27,788
how is that different? Somebody help me understand because

5911
07:42:27,788 --> 07:42:30,591
we're the landlord, but we're also the municipality. The

5912
07:42:30,591 --> 07:42:35,991
municipality can't control. So then it says further there's

5913
07:42:37,932 --> 07:42:41,535
that's in here. But then then that's the House bill, then the

5914
07:42:41,535 --> 07:42:46,935
Senate bill. 962. It limits the cities ability to restrict

5915
07:42:49,900 --> 07:42:54,409
height, density or design. Hello, design. So I'm wondering

5916
07:42:56,160 --> 07:42:59,353
the changes that have happened to the design. I mean, I think

5917
07:42:59,353 --> 07:43:02,356
the new design for this project is so much better than what we

5918
07:43:02,356 --> 07:43:05,493
got the first time around. I have to say, I agree that it's

5919
07:43:05,493 --> 07:43:10,964
much better, but if this Senate Bill 962, which I guess is that

5920
07:43:10,964 --> 07:43:13,834
Adam, clarify, please tell me tell me if I'm wrong. Sure, if

5921
07:43:13,834 --> 07:43:18,706
I could. So ultimately, both the Senate and the House

5922
07:43:18,706 --> 07:43:22,906
approved House Bill 1389, 962 was substituted for 1389. So

5923
07:43:24,178 --> 07:43:27,249
that is the bill that is currently has been approved by

5924
07:43:27,249 --> 07:43:30,317
the legislature and is waiting. Governor. Action, which one?

5925
07:43:30,317 --> 07:43:34,321
The. 913, not. 962 that's correct. So the enrolled. So we

5926
07:43:34,321 --> 07:43:37,992
would still be able to control design as long as the bill

5927
07:43:37,992 --> 07:43:42,329
doesn't state that then. Yes. And but but we would still have

5928
07:43:42,329 --> 07:43:46,266
restrictions on controlling height setbacks or setbacks.

5929
07:43:46,266 --> 07:43:50,137
Correct. So the city wouldn't be able to control that stuff

5930
07:43:50,137 --> 07:43:55,342
with the new live local version. Yes. It follows House Bill 1389.

5931
07:43:55,342 --> 07:44:00,347
The language that's spelled out there would be. Okay. Yeah. So.

5932
07:44:00,347 --> 07:44:05,553
Thank you for clarifying that. I totally I wrote down RaeLynn

5933
07:44:05,553 --> 07:44:08,222
at your introduction when you talked about the challenges

5934
07:44:08,222 --> 07:44:13,930
that we have with having to upgrade our utilities. And it's

5935
07:44:13,930 --> 07:44:15,830
one of the things that I've been losing sleep over and the

5936
07:44:15,830 --> 07:44:19,633
cost of that, and how much of a hardship it's going to be on

5937
07:44:19,633 --> 07:44:23,360
our residents. And the idea that bringing in this money

5938
07:44:23,360 --> 07:44:28,308
could help offset that hardship. You knew that. I was going to

5939
07:44:28,308 --> 07:44:36,317
hear that. That's why you said it. I yeah, so I just made note

5940
07:44:36,317 --> 07:44:39,920
of it. Then the next thing I wrote down was you said there

5941
07:44:39,920 --> 07:44:46,590
was a decline in the growth of our tax rate over the last. I

5942
07:44:46,590 --> 07:44:49,196
didn't catch that number of years. Can you tell me what

5943
07:44:49,196 --> 07:44:55,680
that means? So the rate of increase in our overall taxable

5944
07:44:55,680 --> 07:45:00,600
value has has gone down. Each year. We were seeing a steady

5945
07:45:00,600 --> 07:45:04,477
increase of our taxable value. One year might be 7%, and next

5946
07:45:04,477 --> 07:45:07,948
year it was 8%. And we were in double digits for a while. For

5947
07:45:07,948 --> 07:45:12,419
the past four years, that rate of increase has declined. So

5948
07:45:12,419 --> 07:45:16,690
you're referring to like when Marty Care comes and does his

5949
07:45:16,690 --> 07:45:24,490
okay. So what happens if, David, you spent so much time with me,

5950
07:45:27,245 --> 07:45:31,916
helping me understand those numbers? I wish that we would

5951
07:45:31,916 --> 07:45:37,188
have had enough time to really do that with our residents so

5952
07:45:37,188 --> 07:45:40,859
that it wasn't because the slides did go by really fast.

5953
07:45:40,859 --> 07:45:44,328
And I, I, as a resident, would not have been able to

5954
07:45:44,328 --> 07:45:46,797
understand that without the ability to sit down with you.

5955
07:45:46,797 --> 07:45:50,735
And even then, you know, it's not an easy thing to grasp if

5956
07:45:50,735 --> 07:45:59,760
it's not your every day. But but I mean, what if the one of

5957
07:45:59,760 --> 07:46:03,140
the questions I asked myself is like, what if the values go

5958
07:46:03,140 --> 07:46:09,614
down and the projections that we're making is not what it

5959
07:46:09,888 --> 07:46:16,488
ends up being? And to what extent do we have assurances

5960
07:46:16,694 --> 07:46:22,433
from the developer that the city won't end up losing that,

5961
07:46:22,433 --> 07:46:26,771
you know, and, and losing what we're counting on to make this

5962
07:46:26,771 --> 07:46:29,106
worth it? Because if we're going to. I mean, that's the

5963
07:46:29,106 --> 07:46:32,420
thing I've my I've said, if we're going to do this where

5964
07:46:32,420 --> 07:46:35,180
we're going to give up this, this public land, then we have

5965
07:46:35,180 --> 07:46:39,717
to be really in a good place about knowing where it's going

5966
07:46:39,717 --> 07:46:45,590
to be worthwhile to make this sacrifice. And so, you know,

5967
07:46:45,590 --> 07:46:49,600
what provisions are, are we putting in place so that the

5968
07:46:49,600 --> 07:46:52,730
developer is making our city whole? Should something change

5969
07:46:52,730 --> 07:46:56,670
in the conditions? RaeLynn maybe you could talk about the

5970
07:46:56,670 --> 07:46:59,937
minimum guarantees. And even if this were a lesser dollar per

5971
07:46:59,937 --> 07:47:02,540
square foot, you know, if $1,800 weren't achievable and

5972
07:47:02,540 --> 07:47:05,143
it's $1,200 a square foot, which Hollywood Beach is

5973
07:47:05,143 --> 07:47:08,546
getting all day long, it's still $60 million on the top

5974
07:47:08,546 --> 07:47:12,216
side. I mean, even if you reduce the assumption at 1800,

5975
07:47:12,216 --> 07:47:15,487
which pushes the needle for luxury, but nonetheless,

5976
07:47:15,487 --> 07:47:18,289
looking forward four years from now, it's probably a fair

5977
07:47:18,289 --> 07:47:21,692
figure. But if it were, if it were not to materialize, you're

5978
07:47:21,692 --> 07:47:26,298
still at at the first year, 14% of gross sales being at $60

5979
07:47:26,298 --> 07:47:28,700
million range. And then subtract from that the cost of

5980
07:47:28,700 --> 07:47:32,369
the community center, the public community center. And so

5981
07:47:32,369 --> 07:47:36,641
you're still you're still at a high figure. And the agreement

5982
07:47:36,641 --> 07:47:39,644
itself, the original agreement, I believe, has a minimum 35 as

5983
07:47:39,644 --> 07:47:43,848
a floor, but we're all day long going to be at 50 plus even in

5984
07:47:43,848 --> 07:47:47,519
a worst case scenario. In my mind, the mayor's correct. He's

5985
07:47:47,519 --> 07:47:50,521
he's remembering that the terms and the comprehensive agreement

5986
07:47:50,521 --> 07:47:56,600
where we did set a floor of 35 million. So that that is the

5987
07:47:56,600 --> 07:48:00,798
minimum that we would be achieving in the upfront years

5988
07:48:00,798 --> 07:48:05,604
in that in that initial initial rent, in those initial payments,

5989
07:48:05,604 --> 07:48:10,875
the 35 million is the floor there. And then, you know, I

5990
07:48:10,875 --> 07:48:14,612
mean, like anything there, the tax revenue will be based on

5991
07:48:14,612 --> 07:48:19,617
the value of the property. So, you know, the tax revenue

5992
07:48:19,617 --> 07:48:24,823
typically has increased over the years. And that, you know,

5993
07:48:24,823 --> 07:48:30,295
that is why Dave figured that at 3% because that's typically

5994
07:48:30,295 --> 07:48:36,434
what we've seen in terms of, of growth, right? To add to that,

5995
07:48:36,434 --> 07:48:40,105
excuse me, and to answer your question specifically, as

5996
07:48:40,105 --> 07:48:45,109
Raelyn said, and the mayor said, there is a there's a floor of

5997
07:48:45,109 --> 07:48:49,470
35 million. So we did take a look and said, what would

5998
07:48:49,470 --> 07:48:53,510
happen if that 1800 didn't materialize? And we ran the

5999
07:48:53,510 --> 07:48:57,851
numbers at 1200 significantly lower, and it still generates

6000
07:48:59,391 --> 07:49:04,262
over the over the first year, that closing number, instead of

6001
07:49:04,262 --> 07:49:09,662
being nine, 98 million, would be 62 million at 1200 a square

6002
07:49:11,335 --> 07:49:19,135
foot. And I'm sorry. Go ahead, go ahead. Sorry. And so the the

6003
07:49:21,479 --> 07:49:27,479
2.7 billion number would change to 1.9 billion if all of those

6004
07:49:28,619 --> 07:49:32,957
rental costs and sale costs came down to 1200 square foot,

6005
07:49:32,957 --> 07:49:36,494
instead of 1800 square foot. And 1200, we think is very low,

6006
07:49:36,494 --> 07:49:41,499
very conservative. So even if it dropped all the way to that,

6007
07:49:41,499 --> 07:49:44,102
we're still talking about 1.9 billion coming to the city

6008
07:49:44,102 --> 07:49:51,302
based on the 126 and the 84 units. Okay. Thank you. So I do

6009
07:49:58,449 --> 07:50:04,122
think it's important if we have information about how the 84

6010
07:50:04,122 --> 07:50:09,522
units are going to be maintained, to share that

6011
07:50:09,594 --> 07:50:17,394
information. I think as much as as we can share, we should. So

6012
07:50:17,935 --> 07:50:21,139
I expect those terms would be in the modified agreement.

6013
07:50:21,139 --> 07:50:25,810
Absolutely. So the ground lease, the comprehensive agreement

6014
07:50:25,810 --> 07:50:30,148
governs and is the controlling document during this during the

6015
07:50:30,148 --> 07:50:33,748
entitlement and development construction phase, essentially.

6016
07:50:34,485 --> 07:50:39,557
And then at that point, the ground lease kicks in and

6017
07:50:39,557 --> 07:50:43,962
governs the the remainder of the the term of the agreement

6018
07:50:43,962 --> 07:50:48,433
and kind of becomes the controlling document. So the

6019
07:50:48,433 --> 07:50:53,304
ground lease will have to be modified. I believe the plan

6020
07:50:53,304 --> 07:50:55,774
for and, you know, it's interesting to me because when

6021
07:50:55,774 --> 07:51:01,579
this was originally being. This was originally proposed as a

6022
07:51:01,579 --> 07:51:06,183
rental. The entire. Their original proposal was a rental.

6023
07:51:06,183 --> 07:51:11,590
And it was, you know, a luxury rental. And when it switched to

6024
07:51:11,590 --> 07:51:15,593
a condominium, then the concern started to be raised. Well, how

6025
07:51:15,593 --> 07:51:20,993
will we possibly work with a condominium association versus

6026
07:51:20,998 --> 07:51:25,269
at least with a rental? You have one management company

6027
07:51:25,269 --> 07:51:28,740
managing all of the rental units. And so we're only in

6028
07:51:28,740 --> 07:51:32,811
business essentially with one entity that's managing all the

6029
07:51:32,811 --> 07:51:36,614
rental units. And how will we handle that in a condominium?

6030
07:51:36,614 --> 07:51:39,551
And now that we've added the rental back in that concern,

6031
07:51:39,551 --> 07:51:43,754
you know, is sort of coming, you know, flipping on its head.

6032
07:51:43,754 --> 07:51:49,247
So in reality, the rental unit, very similar to how we did at

6033
07:51:49,247 --> 07:51:52,584
University Station with the public parking garage and the

6034
07:51:52,584 --> 07:51:58,584
Barry University piece, that is a retail component. We condos

6035
07:51:58,589 --> 07:52:03,727
out our public portion of the parking garage. So just like

6036
07:52:03,727 --> 07:52:08,133
you can have a residential condominium unit, you can turn

6037
07:52:08,133 --> 07:52:14,133
into a condo unit. Those 840 housing units, and then they

6038
07:52:15,730 --> 07:52:21,346
will be sold as, as a, as a unit. The 84 individual unit

6039
07:52:21,346 --> 07:52:28,285
sold as one unit to a company, and it will likely be a related

6040
07:52:28,285 --> 07:52:31,823
company. They have an affordable division. And so it

6041
07:52:31,823 --> 07:52:37,295
will likely go to that division to be managed like they manage

6042
07:52:37,295 --> 07:52:41,966
hundreds, really thousands of other affordable housing units

6043
07:52:41,966 --> 07:52:46,705
across South Florida, Texas, Arizona, I mean, New York, you

6044
07:52:46,705 --> 07:52:53,305
know. The affordable housing units will be kept at at the

6045
07:52:57,715 --> 07:53:01,719
affordable rate for 30 years correctly. That's correct. Yes.

6046
07:53:01,719 --> 07:53:06,725
So the leases for 99 years. So what happens to those 84 units

6047
07:53:06,725 --> 07:53:12,130
at the end of 30 years? You would we would have the

6048
07:53:12,130 --> 07:53:17,134
opportunity, as the landlord at that time, provided that some

6049
07:53:17,134 --> 07:53:22,600
legislation hasn't changed. We haven't extended live local to

6050
07:53:22,600 --> 07:53:25,211
negotiate what we would like to have happen to those units at

6051
07:53:25,211 --> 07:53:29,800
that point. And would we be negotiating with the the

6052
07:53:29,800 --> 07:53:32,616
company that owns those units at that point, whether they

6053
07:53:32,616 --> 07:53:38,900
would stay as affordable or and we control that if we would

6054
07:53:38,900 --> 07:53:43,940
like right now, the lease will call for them to be managed as

6055
07:53:43,940 --> 07:53:45,696
affordable, but all of that would be governed in the lease.

6056
07:53:45,696 --> 07:53:48,566
And we right now, the commitment is just for 30 years

6057
07:53:48,566 --> 07:53:53,171
right now. And yes, under live local. That's what the

6058
07:53:53,171 --> 07:53:56,774
entitlement minimum of 30 years live local. Yes. The affordable

6059
07:53:56,774 --> 07:54:00,111
housing is for a minimum of 30 years. That's because there's

6060
07:54:00,111 --> 07:54:03,247
lots of places in Broward County where it's 50. Yes, they

6061
07:54:03,247 --> 07:54:07,518
are getting. Anyone who develops under live local is

6062
07:54:07,518 --> 07:54:11,723
getting a benefit. And in order to get that benefit, to be able

6063
07:54:11,723 --> 07:54:15,593
to use live local, they must maintain that affordability for

6064
07:54:15,593 --> 07:54:21,999
the 30 years, right. So at the end of 30 years, then the, the

6065
07:54:21,999 --> 07:54:27,539
entity that owns the 84 units would then either choose to,

6066
07:54:27,539 --> 07:54:31,342
you know, depending on how negotiating negotiations go

6067
07:54:31,342 --> 07:54:34,945
with us, either choose to keep it rental or choose to make

6068
07:54:34,945 --> 07:54:40,285
them market rate units. They will do whatever is required by

6069
07:54:40,285 --> 07:54:45,289
us as the landlord in the ground lease, and we can

6070
07:54:45,289 --> 07:54:51,496
discern that now. And we could amend that in the future, but

6071
07:54:51,496 --> 07:54:56,501
they would be required to manage those units in the way

6072
07:54:56,501 --> 07:55:00,371
that is provided for within the ground lease, not now, but in

6073
07:55:00,371 --> 07:55:04,642
the amendment to the ground lease. Okay. I just have to say,

6074
07:55:04,642 --> 07:55:11,316
I mean, it's hard for me to I will absolutely, under no

6075
07:55:11,316 --> 07:55:15,120
circumstances approve anything that has separate entrances for

6076
07:55:15,120 --> 07:55:19,920
people who are in the affordable units. Any.

6077
07:55:20,258 --> 07:55:22,393
Absolutely. Under no circumstances will my name go

6078
07:55:22,393 --> 07:55:29,593
on anything of the sort. And I. A Commissioner Shuhan said a

6079
07:55:30,334 --> 07:55:35,339
couple of the things that I had written down, because a lot of

6080
07:55:35,339 --> 07:55:41,939
the. We have an excess of projects built at 120%. I do

6081
07:55:42,281 --> 07:55:46,150
get to speak right, I do, I do have time, I can speak, it's

6082
07:55:46,150 --> 07:55:51,222
okay. All right. So so we have an excess of 120%. What we

6083
07:55:51,222 --> 07:55:59,220
don't have is for 60 and and below. And so when I look at

6084
07:55:59,830 --> 07:56:06,430
the chart that shows what the 80 to 120% is for a single

6085
07:56:08,106 --> 07:56:12,306
person, that's between 71 and $106,000. Our teachers make 50,

6086
07:56:18,582 --> 07:56:23,382
51, 51,000 as starters. Our police officers. Would be, I

6087
07:56:30,461 --> 07:56:33,397
believe, at this. Oh my gosh, where is that post-it note

6088
07:56:33,397 --> 07:56:41,500
where I had that? Yeah, I think they would be yeah. 65. And so

6089
07:56:41,500 --> 07:56:47,678
a lot of our city employees would not. They don't make the

6090
07:56:47,678 --> 07:56:54,878
80%. They would not be able to afford these units. I have the

6091
07:56:55,190 --> 07:57:00,910
categories here somewhere in my notes, but a lot of our our

6092
07:57:00,910 --> 07:57:03,894
professional people would not be able to. So I would request

6093
07:57:03,894 --> 07:57:11,694
that this the Army be lowered. And so as it stands right now,

6094
07:57:12,436 --> 07:57:15,506
and without knowing the answers to some of the questions that

6095
07:57:15,506 --> 07:57:18,242
we had about what will be in the comprehensive agreement,

6096
07:57:18,242 --> 07:57:21,312
I'm not going to be approving this. I'm not going to vote yes

6097
07:57:21,312 --> 07:57:24,449
for this either until that stuff is clear for me. Thank

6098
07:57:24,449 --> 07:57:29,249
you, Commissioner Quintana. Let's go to Commissioner Gruber.

6099
07:57:29,520 --> 07:57:36,590
Thank you. Just to touch on the if it was a 120%, am I correct?

6100
07:57:36,590 --> 07:57:40,664
If it was a single income person, one teacher, single

6101
07:57:40,664 --> 07:57:43,667
income, they wouldn't be in that bracket. But if it was a

6102
07:57:43,667 --> 07:57:47,271
police officer and a teacher couple parents, then they would

6103
07:57:47,271 --> 07:57:53,277
be exactly in that bracket. So it, it does get into there. And

6104
07:57:53,277 --> 07:57:59,417
you know, the 30 to 120% Ami is not something that the city of

6105
07:57:59,417 --> 07:58:03,153
Hollywood decides. That's federal HUD and the state. And

6106
07:58:03,153 --> 07:58:06,424
they decide it's a quantitative objective thing and those

6107
07:58:06,424 --> 07:58:09,426
things qualify. So it's, it's not it's not us putting it out

6108
07:58:09,426 --> 07:58:12,763
there saying that this is what it is that comes from above us.

6109
07:58:12,763 --> 07:58:17,913
And we don't have a say in that formula. I wanted to city

6110
07:58:17,913 --> 07:58:20,116
Attorney, if you could just read. I just want to digress

6111
07:58:20,116 --> 07:58:23,119
for a second. I think it's important. Can you read the

6112
07:58:23,119 --> 07:58:28,519
deed restriction, please? I think it's ten words. Yeah.

6113
07:58:30,793 --> 07:58:34,129
Sorry. I just need to find that. No worries. Happy to read it.

6114
07:58:34,129 --> 07:58:37,650
So I don't know the exact words offhand. I think it's a

6115
07:58:37,650 --> 07:58:41,203
community space, a community, open space, parks. And to the

6116
07:58:41,203 --> 07:58:44,873
extent that we're talking about municipal purposes or public

6117
07:58:44,873 --> 07:58:48,100
purposes, right. Any public or municipal purposes. So case law

6118
07:58:48,100 --> 07:58:54,100
would say that the use of leasing, public, sorry, leasing

6119
07:58:55,170 --> 07:58:58,153
public property, even if that use is to lease it for private

6120
07:58:58,153 --> 07:59:03,492
purpose, may still qualify and still qualify as municipal

6121
07:59:03,492 --> 07:59:08,970
purpose. And in this case, there is the community center.

6122
07:59:08,970 --> 07:59:12,567
That was the initial public purpose that the city was

6123
07:59:12,567 --> 07:59:15,704
obtaining, the former that used to be the sales center for the

6124
07:59:15,704 --> 07:59:18,707
building that they built next door to 27 story towers. I'm

6125
07:59:18,707 --> 07:59:21,376
talking about the community center that is proposed under

6126
07:59:21,376 --> 07:59:25,114
the P3. Got it. That's the public purpose, certainly, that

6127
07:59:25,114 --> 07:59:28,851
the city has received. Got it, got it. So I just I just want

6128
07:59:28,851 --> 07:59:31,921
to go back because, you know, if you had tuned into this when

6129
07:59:31,921 --> 07:59:34,925
we started at 6:00 and never really paid attention to any of

6130
07:59:34,925 --> 07:59:39,995
this, one would think that we are taking away the park, the

6131
07:59:39,995 --> 07:59:43,599
community center, the parking, the public beach, and just

6132
07:59:43,599 --> 07:59:46,736
putting a tower. Right. I see Steve, you're shaking your head.

6133
07:59:46,736 --> 07:59:51,808
Yes. Right. But see, that's not the case. And I'll tell you, I

6134
07:59:51,808 --> 07:59:56,145
go to that beach more often. As much, if not more often than

6135
07:59:56,145 --> 07:59:59,748
anyone in this room. That's the beach I go to. I've been going

6136
07:59:59,748 --> 08:00:02,752
there for 50 years. I surf there, I go there with my

6137
08:00:02,752 --> 08:00:05,888
family. I go there with my friends, and I know what's

6138
08:00:05,888 --> 08:00:08,290
there. There's an old community center. We did our Diamond

6139
08:00:08,290 --> 08:00:12,628
Service awards in there a few weeks ago. I was in there.

6140
08:00:12,628 --> 08:00:16,298
There's no windows. I felt like I was in a one star rehab

6141
08:00:16,298 --> 08:00:19,635
facility for seniors. That's my opinion of it. And that's what

6142
08:00:19,635 --> 08:00:22,705
a lot of my friends and family feel about it. It's been there.

6143
08:00:22,705 --> 08:00:25,441
It's served a great purpose. It's been amazing. There's a

6144
08:00:25,441 --> 08:00:27,843
playground there. I don't take my nieces and nephews there.

6145
08:00:27,843 --> 08:00:31,380
It's it's, you know, long overdue for some repairs. The

6146
08:00:31,380 --> 08:00:34,490
bathrooms, when we're at the beach and one of us need to go

6147
08:00:34,490 --> 08:00:37,520
there, we just go home, you know, it's like that those need

6148
08:00:37,520 --> 08:00:40,550
to be repaired as well. And there's a surface parking lot.

6149
08:00:40,550 --> 08:00:42,925
And when this was first proposed, if you were to tell

6150
08:00:42,925 --> 08:00:46,128
me we were getting rid of all of that and just putting a high

6151
08:00:46,128 --> 08:00:48,998
rise, I would have said absolutely not. And when the

6152
08:00:48,998 --> 08:00:51,867
deed restriction was explained to me, I said, what are we

6153
08:00:51,867 --> 08:00:55,538
getting to replace? What's there? Can someone pull up the

6154
08:00:55,538 --> 08:01:01,100
slide of the picture of the proposal of the project? It's

6155
08:01:01,100 --> 08:01:07,100
in here somewhere. So I'm passionate about this beach as

6156
08:01:11,190 --> 08:01:14,356
well. This is this is where I go, okay, you all can laugh. It

6157
08:01:14,356 --> 08:01:17,160
says more about you. That's fine. You know, you can laugh.

6158
08:01:17,160 --> 08:01:21,430
This is it's I I'm glad I made you laugh. Levity is good,

6159
08:01:21,430 --> 08:01:26,830
right? Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. It's one of the few

6160
08:01:28,370 --> 08:01:33,241
places I can surf. So I'm stuck going there. Do you have the

6161
08:01:33,241 --> 08:01:36,245
picture? Yeah, we'll bring it up. Okay. Well, anyway, until

6162
08:01:36,245 --> 08:01:41,249
we get to the picture. So my question was, what are we going

6163
08:01:41,249 --> 08:01:45,921
to do to replace these which were given to us and with that

6164
08:01:45,921 --> 08:01:49,191
deed restriction. So what do we have there? The new community

6165
08:01:49,191 --> 08:01:52,460
center, which from what I understand and someone can

6166
08:01:52,460 --> 08:01:55,397
correct me if I'm wrong and this is the only thing I'll

6167
08:01:55,397 --> 08:02:01,670
accept, is now much larger. It's got ceiling to floor glass

6168
08:02:01,670 --> 08:02:06,141
two stories high overlooking the ocean. Is that correct? I

6169
08:02:06,141 --> 08:02:10,679
don't know if the. Eric, do you want to tell me that or images

6170
08:02:10,679 --> 08:02:16,217
in Lisa's presentation? It was was it was Lisa's presentation.

6171
08:02:16,217 --> 08:02:19,421
It's important, I think that that we take a look at this

6172
08:02:19,421 --> 08:02:22,891
because really, had you just come to this for the first time

6173
08:02:22,891 --> 08:02:25,693
and watched these last three hours, that's really what you

6174
08:02:25,693 --> 08:02:28,163
would think, that we're just replacing all of these things

6175
08:02:28,163 --> 08:02:30,766
with a high rise and not and not keeping the public

6176
08:02:30,766 --> 08:02:36,390
amenities. Just wait a minute for that. I'll wait for it. Yep.

6177
08:02:36,390 --> 08:02:39,841
Well it's up. That's not it. It's a picture. No, it's a

6178
08:02:39,841 --> 08:02:45,781
picture of the rendering. Come on. Sorry. No, no important.

6179
08:02:45,781 --> 08:02:52,188
Wait. There we go. No, no. Next one. There you go. Okay, so I'm

6180
08:02:52,188 --> 08:02:54,723
sure all of you in this room are extremely familiar with

6181
08:02:54,723 --> 08:03:00,129
what's there now, right? So the community center is that front

6182
08:03:00,129 --> 08:03:04,799
building that that's not for just the new residents that

6183
08:03:04,799 --> 08:03:07,803
that's going to be for the community. That will be the

6184
08:03:07,803 --> 08:03:11,473
nicest municipal community center in all of South Florida.

6185
08:03:11,473 --> 08:03:14,877
Okay. I'm the commissioner for district four. We don't have a

6186
08:03:14,877 --> 08:03:18,615
community center. My my residents and I know there's

6187
08:03:18,615 --> 08:03:22,685
none of you here. There was one. He had to leave. You know, our

6188
08:03:22,685 --> 08:03:25,822
majority of them are in favor of this. They are. You guys can

6189
08:03:25,822 --> 08:03:28,891
say nobody wants it, but they are in favor. And they've come

6190
08:03:28,891 --> 08:03:31,761
to past meetings and spoken and they've been jeered at by you

6191
08:03:31,761 --> 08:03:34,963
guys, just like you do to me. But that's fine. I'm an elected

6192
08:03:34,963 --> 08:03:38,330
official. You can do it to me. But I tell them, don't worry,

6193
08:03:38,330 --> 08:03:41,770
you don't have to come here. You know, you just tell me what

6194
08:03:41,770 --> 08:03:44,707
you want and I'll do it, okay? Because. Is there anyone here

6195
08:03:44,707 --> 08:03:46,910
from district four right now? Raise your hand if you are

6196
08:03:46,910 --> 08:03:49,178
district five. All right. There's. Yeah. Anyway. Anyway.

6197
08:03:49,178 --> 08:03:51,781
Anyway, so that's the new community center. I view that

6198
08:03:51,781 --> 08:03:57,652
as as. Excuse me. Let's not have a back and forth from the

6199
08:03:57,652 --> 08:03:59,789
audience. Trust me about what I'm saying. That's the new

6200
08:03:59,789 --> 08:04:02,591
community center. I view that as a significant improvement to

6201
08:04:02,591 --> 08:04:06,328
the public, right? If you look to the right Harry Berry Park,

6202
08:04:06,328 --> 08:04:09,798
correct me if I'm wrong, but is that slated to be increased in

6203
08:04:09,798 --> 08:04:13,402
green space when they remove the surface parking lot and put

6204
08:04:13,402 --> 08:04:19,275
those parking spaces in the garage? Yes. So there will be

6205
08:04:19,275 --> 08:04:23,946
more green space increase in green space, right. So parking

6206
08:04:23,946 --> 08:04:27,950
garage will now encompass the public parking that we had.

6207
08:04:27,950 --> 08:04:31,887
Correct. That's well between the parking garage and the

6208
08:04:31,887 --> 08:04:36,558
surface parking that will be along Azalea Street and Surf

6209
08:04:36,558 --> 08:04:40,963
Road, you will have together the total parking. So is it

6210
08:04:40,963 --> 08:04:46,319
it's my interpretation that the public square footage available

6211
08:04:46,319 --> 08:04:50,324
after this project is built will be significantly increased

6212
08:04:50,324 --> 08:04:53,260
between the community center, the park. The green space will

6213
08:04:53,260 --> 08:04:58,531
be increased because that condo building is going in the air on

6214
08:04:58,531 --> 08:05:02,202
top of the parking garage. So it's not taking any available

6215
08:05:02,202 --> 08:05:05,710
square footage. We've now increased by doubling the

6216
08:05:05,710 --> 08:05:08,208
height of the community center, the community center space. Now

6217
08:05:08,208 --> 08:05:12,546
that's got views of the ocean. And we have the park now. I'm

6218
08:05:12,546 --> 08:05:16,617
sorry, but I respect all of you for coming out here. But the

6219
08:05:16,617 --> 08:05:20,888
fact that you need to vilify me for thinking that I like that

6220
08:05:20,888 --> 08:05:24,225
it it's concerning, you know, but that's okay. You're you

6221
08:05:24,225 --> 08:05:28,280
know, you can have your opinion. I voted on this project before

6222
08:05:28,280 --> 08:05:31,298
this phase of affordable housing came into it. And for

6223
08:05:31,298 --> 08:05:34,234
those of you who don't know, I'm on the Affordable Housing

6224
08:05:34,234 --> 08:05:38,906
Advisory Committee. And we do have a housing crisis. So as

6225
08:05:38,906 --> 08:05:45,446
far as if we're able to add some, you know, 84 units of

6226
08:05:45,446 --> 08:05:48,849
120% Ami and a teacher and a police officer can move there.

6227
08:05:48,849 --> 08:05:51,452
I'm I'm okay with it. I actually see an improvement to

6228
08:05:51,452 --> 08:05:56,257
the project and why that particular. But no, I'm going

6229
08:05:56,257 --> 08:06:00,461
to listen a little more. Yeah. All right. Thank you so much.

6230
08:06:00,461 --> 08:06:04,598
They can't afford it. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you,

6231
08:06:04,598 --> 08:06:08,135
Commissioner Gruber. Two people making that money. Yes. Look.

6232
08:06:08,135 --> 08:06:14,135
All right. I have commissioners, I have Commissioner Vice Mayor

6233
08:06:14,541 --> 08:06:17,811
Kolody in the queue. And then I'll give an opportunity to

6234
08:06:17,811 --> 08:06:19,813
Commissioner Hernandez, who hasn't spoken. And then those

6235
08:06:19,813 --> 08:06:22,416
that already spoke will have an opportunity. Let's go to

6236
08:06:22,416 --> 08:06:26,688
commissioner vice mayor. So first I, I feel obligated to

6237
08:06:26,688 --> 08:06:29,956
set the record straight. Steve Walsh, it's not the mayor who

6238
08:06:29,956 --> 08:06:34,627
suggested it was me to put live local on this, to be for

6239
08:06:34,627 --> 08:06:36,963
discussion. And it was seconded. You pointed out the mayor,

6240
08:06:36,963 --> 08:06:40,700
we're not going to go back and forth. I am putting it on the

6241
08:06:40,700 --> 08:06:43,360
record that it was. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It's

6242
08:06:43,360 --> 08:06:46,907
okay. I'm the one body. What does it matter? Just come on,

6243
08:06:46,907 --> 08:06:51,430
Gracie. It's okay. Excuse me. Okay. Then let the record speak.

6244
08:06:51,430 --> 08:06:57,250
It's fine. So I'm the one who suggested this to come forward

6245
08:06:57,250 --> 08:07:01,455
for discussion. Me and me alone. Clare. Garrett, you're 100%

6246
08:07:01,455 --> 08:07:04,791
correct. I have been true. I have sat up on this dais for

6247
08:07:04,791 --> 08:07:08,328
almost 14 years. I have been true to the residents of the

6248
08:07:08,328 --> 08:07:11,931
city of Hollywood, not just district three, and not against

6249
08:07:11,931 --> 08:07:18,400
anyone. We have hard facts that we've been faced with, and how

6250
08:07:18,400 --> 08:07:21,274
this discussion came about was for the past couple of

6251
08:07:21,274 --> 08:07:25,278
commission meetings, we have talked about a $2 billion

6252
08:07:25,278 --> 08:07:28,548
stormwater master plan. We've talked about how we're going to

6253
08:07:28,548 --> 08:07:32,485
increase everybody's water bills to pay for septic to

6254
08:07:32,485 --> 08:07:35,155
sewer, who aren't going to get it for almost 30 years. Donna,

6255
08:07:35,155 --> 08:07:38,910
you and I, we're not going to get something. We're not going

6256
08:07:38,910 --> 08:07:41,894
to get sewer for 30 years, but we're going to pay $200 more a

6257
08:07:41,894 --> 08:07:44,965
month for that. We have seniors, over 3000 seniors who have

6258
08:07:44,965 --> 08:07:49,769
lived in this city and paid their bills and are living

6259
08:07:49,769 --> 08:07:53,974
paycheck to paycheck, and we're going to force them out if they

6260
08:07:53,974 --> 08:07:58,111
are not the special ones who have a trust or who have

6261
08:07:58,111 --> 08:08:02,115
financially sound income. And believe you me, I know a lot of

6262
08:08:02,115 --> 08:08:06,719
them who do not have the money to afford to have this increase.

6263
08:08:06,719 --> 08:08:11,858
We are an old city. We are forced to make these hard

6264
08:08:11,858 --> 08:08:16,396
decisions to help move the city forward. We're state mandated

6265
08:08:16,396 --> 08:08:20,867
by some of this stuff, such as septic to sewer. Some of the

6266
08:08:20,867 --> 08:08:24,338
things are out of our control and some of the things are in

6267
08:08:24,338 --> 08:08:29,800
our control. How this came about. Years ago, we brought in

6268
08:08:29,800 --> 08:08:35,149
CBRE because of me. Again, I suggested sell City Hall, sell

6269
08:08:35,149 --> 08:08:38,952
the circle, redevelop it, and let's make it something great

6270
08:08:38,952 --> 08:08:42,622
so that we can generate funding to come into this city. What

6271
08:08:42,622 --> 08:08:48,161
that caused is we have to look at everything because we are. I

6272
08:08:48,161 --> 08:08:52,566
guess you would say we have to be fair across the board. And

6273
08:08:52,566 --> 08:08:56,370
what that did is turned into a workshop. And we looked at all

6274
08:08:56,370 --> 08:08:59,239
the properties that we have in the city of Hollywood that we

6275
08:08:59,239 --> 08:09:04,440
own that can be redeveloped. And we were given a perfect

6276
08:09:04,440 --> 08:09:07,647
scenario of what this would look like, what that would look

6277
08:09:07,647 --> 08:09:11,451
like. You can redevelop this area. You can redevelop that

6278
08:09:11,451 --> 08:09:18,651
area. And the top one was 1301. That was number one. Pam, you

6279
08:09:20,194 --> 08:09:24,130
could shake your head. No, but that was the number one

6280
08:09:24,130 --> 08:09:27,400
presentation. And unfortunately as which was stated today,

6281
08:09:27,400 --> 08:09:30,937
people can change their minds. But at that time and

6282
08:09:30,937 --> 08:09:33,540
Commissioner Quintana was not here, I don't think

6283
08:09:33,540 --> 08:09:37,145
Commissioner Gruber was here at the time, but at that time, and

6284
08:09:37,145 --> 08:09:39,813
I'm bringing up, people could change their mind. And that's

6285
08:09:39,813 --> 08:09:43,884
the right we have, Commissioner Shoham said. Super Bowl of

6286
08:09:43,884 --> 08:09:46,820
Super Bowls, we thought it was going to be great. We're going

6287
08:09:46,820 --> 08:09:49,156
to have a great community center. We're going to be able

6288
08:09:49,156 --> 08:09:53,693
to do it. But that was as a development on that site. Today,

6289
08:09:53,693 --> 08:09:58,698
we hear a lot of conflicting don't touch it at all. Don't do

6290
08:09:58,698 --> 08:10:03,703
anything. Leave our community center as it is. But prior we

6291
08:10:03,703 --> 08:10:06,440
had, yeah, we can generate funding. We could do something

6292
08:10:06,440 --> 08:10:09,776
better for the community. We can make it better. And this is

6293
08:10:09,776 --> 08:10:15,181
what it's evolved to. That shows that it's liquid and it's

6294
08:10:15,181 --> 08:10:19,981
fluid, and decisions are constantly being made. This

6295
08:10:20,653 --> 08:10:24,924
project definitely signifies Home Rule, and I have been a

6296
08:10:24,924 --> 08:10:30,531
Home Rule hero for over 13 years. I go to state, I fight,

6297
08:10:30,531 --> 08:10:33,666
I try to make sure that vacation rentals don't affect

6298
08:10:33,666 --> 08:10:36,869
us, along with Commissioner Shoham, along with everybody

6299
08:10:36,869 --> 08:10:41,208
else here. I actually said we all need to go because one

6300
08:10:41,208 --> 08:10:45,411
voice isn't enough. We need all of our voices, and there are a

6301
08:10:45,411 --> 08:10:48,348
lot of problems that we have that we're faced with in the

6302
08:10:48,348 --> 08:10:53,353
city. And what got me into this job, which, let me tell you,

6303
08:10:53,353 --> 08:10:57,240
six months, is looking really good after tonight. But what

6304
08:10:57,240 --> 08:11:00,160
got me into this job is the financial urgency that this

6305
08:11:00,160 --> 08:11:05,366
city and the prior leaders set forth. We are faced with losing

6306
08:11:05,366 --> 08:11:08,568
our fire department, our police department, our general

6307
08:11:08,568 --> 08:11:11,776
employees were leaving by the drones. Our city wasn't safe.

6308
08:11:11,776 --> 08:11:17,776
We were in financial urgency of $34 million. And if anybody

6309
08:11:18,716 --> 08:11:21,452
doesn't know, because I'm sure everybody does their homework.

6310
08:11:21,452 --> 08:11:26,924
I'm married to a cop, 30 year veteran. It was devastating.

6311
08:11:26,924 --> 08:11:29,794
And when you talk to the individuals, the firefighters,

6312
08:11:29,794 --> 08:11:34,594
the police officers, the general employees, they were

6313
08:11:34,799 --> 08:11:37,670
devastated. And those are by decisions that were made by the

6314
08:11:37,670 --> 08:11:40,938
city. And I swore to get up here and make sure to make it

6315
08:11:40,938 --> 08:11:44,942
right. I swore to get up here and be the voice of the people.

6316
08:11:44,942 --> 08:11:47,411
I didn't promise anybody anything contrary to what

6317
08:11:47,411 --> 08:11:52,830
anybody thinks that I promised the police, the world. Feldman.

6318
08:11:52,830 --> 08:11:55,953
All the statements that were made. What I promised was to be

6319
08:11:55,953 --> 08:12:00,691
educated, to learn and to do what's best for all, not for

6320
08:12:00,691 --> 08:12:06,631
some. And what I heard today, and the emails that I've gotten,

6321
08:12:06,631 --> 08:12:12,302
I've had people tell me on the email, do you think that a

6322
08:12:12,302 --> 08:12:16,240
multi-million dollar individual wants to live with a rufous

6323
08:12:16,240 --> 08:12:19,109
with a dirty shirt? Do you think that's appropriate?

6324
08:12:19,109 --> 08:12:23,246
That's that's so not right. And I will tell you, I am the core

6325
08:12:23,246 --> 08:12:28,452
of the epitome of being right for people. We talk about

6326
08:12:28,452 --> 08:12:32,523
infrastructure and flooding. Cat, you got to do something.

6327
08:12:32,523 --> 08:12:36,726
We can't get the money from mid air. And I got to sit on my

6328
08:12:36,726 --> 08:12:39,596
hands so that my hands don't misconstrue the middle finger,

6329
08:12:39,596 --> 08:12:42,866
that everyone thinks that now is like a joke in the city of

6330
08:12:42,866 --> 08:12:48,672
Hollywood. But it takes a leader to be able to sit up

6331
08:12:48,672 --> 08:12:54,146
here, to be able to take the emails, listen to all sides,

6332
08:12:54,146 --> 08:12:58,215
and make a decision to move us forward. This is definitely

6333
08:12:58,215 --> 08:13:02,820
Home rule, what we did today, or what we plan on doing, or

6334
08:13:02,820 --> 08:13:06,290
what I did and what everyone agreed to, is being able to put

6335
08:13:06,290 --> 08:13:10,895
the ball in our court for us to make a decision as a city of

6336
08:13:10,895 --> 08:13:14,965
Hollywood for our residents, all of our residents, to be

6337
08:13:14,965 --> 08:13:17,902
able to make decisions. And as you heard today, we're talking

6338
08:13:17,902 --> 08:13:21,105
about being a landlord. We get to make those decisions, not

6339
08:13:21,105 --> 08:13:26,777
the county and not the state. Even though the state now has

6340
08:13:26,777 --> 08:13:29,980
mandated live local, we're taking that before it gets any

6341
08:13:29,980 --> 08:13:35,980
worse, and we're making a decision that makes us better.

6342
08:13:36,454 --> 08:13:40,924
The county has made some really challenging decisions in the

6343
08:13:40,924 --> 08:13:46,263
years past. E 911. To this day, I still get calls, I get emails

6344
08:13:46,263 --> 08:13:52,936
how terrible it is. I was the only no vote on that decision.

6345
08:13:52,936 --> 08:13:59,760
But the difference of opinions. Here we are with 911 with all

6346
08:13:59,760 --> 08:14:02,613
the issues that we still face. The tower Commissioner and I

6347
08:14:02,613 --> 08:14:06,617
was a joke. We were Thelma and Louise fighting not to put the

6348
08:14:06,617 --> 08:14:12,890
tower in Westlake Village. The county won on that one. Is the

6349
08:14:12,890 --> 08:14:16,294
tower there? Yes. Is it going to? Cause we don't know what

6350
08:14:16,294 --> 08:14:18,763
the future holds. Everyone said it would cause problems. Now

6351
08:14:18,763 --> 08:14:23,633
we're talking about 5G. We talk about all of these things that

6352
08:14:23,633 --> 08:14:26,971
what we're faced with today and what the future holds. None of

6353
08:14:26,971 --> 08:14:31,442
us will know. We don't have a crystal ball, but we are

6354
08:14:31,442 --> 08:14:37,181
presented with the opportunity to protect home rule, to make

6355
08:14:37,181 --> 08:14:41,585
decisions and really have the wherewithal and the leadership

6356
08:14:41,585 --> 08:14:46,924
to make sure that we are financially sound. Now, I agree,

6357
08:14:46,924 --> 08:14:52,663
shockingly, the numbers may be a little inflated. Okay, but

6358
08:14:52,663 --> 08:14:56,000
let's go. Let's just ignore the presentation that was giving.

6359
08:14:56,000 --> 08:15:00,271
As far as the numbers being inflated. When this deal was

6360
08:15:00,271 --> 08:15:04,942
struck back in 2022, we had the same people here yelling at us

6361
08:15:04,942 --> 08:15:09,613
not to make this decision. The decision was made. Why not?

6362
08:15:09,613 --> 08:15:12,215
Because my pockets are getting lined or anybody else's pocket

6363
08:15:12,215 --> 08:15:16,753
is getting lined. It's because we have to worry about our

6364
08:15:16,753 --> 08:15:20,250
legacy and our future. And you may say giving away the beach

6365
08:15:20,250 --> 08:15:23,940
is going to ruin your legacy. And I'm going to be the worst

6366
08:15:23,940 --> 08:15:26,564
commissioner ever Hollywood has seen. Well, I, I don't have a

6367
08:15:26,564 --> 08:15:29,366
crystal ball. Maybe that's going to be true and maybe

6368
08:15:29,366 --> 08:15:32,436
that's not. But if you can see the presentation and thank you,

6369
08:15:32,436 --> 08:15:35,906
Commissioner Gruber, for bringing it up. We now have

6370
08:15:35,906 --> 08:15:39,843
become competitive with other cities for people to come to

6371
08:15:39,843 --> 08:15:43,781
Hollywood to enjoy our community center, to enjoy our

6372
08:15:43,781 --> 08:15:50,381
park, to enjoy our beach. And it's almost shocking for me

6373
08:15:51,721 --> 08:15:55,793
today to even be sitting up here because I hate this. And

6374
08:15:55,793 --> 08:15:57,528
usually I'm like the crying commissioner. I get all

6375
08:15:57,528 --> 08:16:02,199
emotional and upset because I have empathy and I care. But

6376
08:16:02,199 --> 08:16:05,669
what I will say is today we were talking, we had a workshop

6377
08:16:05,669 --> 08:16:09,406
that we've been here since 9:00 this morning. We had a workshop

6378
08:16:09,406 --> 08:16:13,544
today talking about the SWA does anybody know what that's w

6379
08:16:13,544 --> 08:16:18,148
a is out there by show of hands. Okay. We had to sit here and

6380
08:16:18,148 --> 08:16:22,819
talk about the SWA28 cities have to join and a lot of the

6381
08:16:22,819 --> 08:16:28,158
cities are not joining because of the fear factor.

6382
08:16:28,158 --> 08:16:32,429
Commissioner shoe is on the SWA board. She spoke in positivity,

6383
08:16:32,429 --> 08:16:38,568
the positivity of it. But I will tell you. That even in

6384
08:16:38,568 --> 08:16:43,173
itself is a scary risk. But we're taking hopefully I agree

6385
08:16:43,173 --> 08:16:46,978
we're going to take the risk of the unknown, but we're putting

6386
08:16:46,978 --> 08:16:51,582
the city with the SWA at risk as well if we make that jump. I

6387
08:16:51,582 --> 08:16:54,500
don't have anybody out here saying don't do it. You're

6388
08:16:54,500 --> 08:16:56,520
leaving it on our backs. Why? Because we know the financials

6389
08:16:56,520 --> 08:17:02,580
of the city. We know the future burdens that we are causing,

6390
08:17:02,580 --> 08:17:05,662
but we have to come up with a way to pay for all of that. So

6391
08:17:05,662 --> 08:17:08,933
we're in the position where we have to make these tough

6392
08:17:08,933 --> 08:17:12,469
decisions and to villainize us and tell us that we're wrong.

6393
08:17:12,469 --> 08:17:15,606
We've tried to come out creative and come up with

6394
08:17:15,606 --> 08:17:20,343
different ways, like selling City hall like or re 99 year

6395
08:17:20,343 --> 08:17:26,343
leasing city hall. And this 1301 came about and the deal

6396
08:17:26,751 --> 08:17:30,422
was, we want a community center, we want green space and we want

6397
08:17:30,422 --> 08:17:35,759
to protect our beach. And that is exactly what's happening. In

6398
08:17:35,759 --> 08:17:38,912
addition, we're getting more housing to fill the needs and

6399
08:17:38,912 --> 08:17:44,912
the demands that our county is seeing. So whoever keeps

6400
08:17:48,455 --> 08:17:50,990
speaking, I think it's Siobhan by saying it under your breath,

6401
08:17:50,990 --> 08:17:55,261
please respect the process. Speaking out loud is so

6402
08:17:55,261 --> 08:17:58,798
disrespectful. And again, we've asked you not to say it. We've

6403
08:17:58,798 --> 08:18:02,202
asked you not to keep repeating yourself and Siobhan, out of

6404
08:18:02,202 --> 08:18:06,720
all the respect you know I have for you, it's wrong to keep

6405
08:18:06,720 --> 08:18:11,411
jumping out. The vote was made for this project in 2022. It

6406
08:18:11,411 --> 08:18:15,681
does not constitute to be placed for a vote. And to be

6407
08:18:15,681 --> 08:18:19,619
quite honest, I'm not in favor of that because guess what? If

6408
08:18:19,619 --> 08:18:24,691
the city of Hollywood falls on hard times in the future, we

6409
08:18:24,691 --> 08:18:29,695
are handcuffed. But because I do value respect of our City of

6410
08:18:29,695 --> 08:18:34,433
Hollywood residents, I'm the one who said the mess up

6411
08:18:34,433 --> 08:18:37,771
happened. Let's enact it for the next two years until it

6412
08:18:37,771 --> 08:18:42,842
does go to a vote. So this project is not going for a vote

6413
08:18:42,842 --> 08:18:45,445
because it has already been voted on. And I believe that

6414
08:18:45,445 --> 08:18:49,182
that will create a legal issue, and I'm not willing to go down

6415
08:18:49,182 --> 08:18:55,182
another legal battle. Anyways. I'm not here to make enemies.

6416
08:18:55,655 --> 08:19:01,127
I'm not here to pick sides. What I think myself and every

6417
08:19:01,127 --> 08:19:06,866
commissioner up here feels is that we have to do what's best

6418
08:19:06,866 --> 08:19:11,538
for the city, so that we don't ever find ourselves and say,

6419
08:19:11,538 --> 08:19:15,341
damn, it should've, woulda, coulda. It may not be the best,

6420
08:19:15,341 --> 08:19:19,145
but we are getting a darn good project. That's fitting. All

6421
08:19:19,145 --> 08:19:23,416
checking all the boxes. With the exception of the affordable

6422
08:19:23,416 --> 08:19:25,885
housing. But we have to generate funding and that's

6423
08:19:25,885 --> 08:19:29,622
where we went with it. So I hope that you respect that. It

6424
08:19:29,622 --> 08:19:34,227
is not to damn anyone or to say I got you, or to be

6425
08:19:34,227 --> 08:19:36,496
disrespectful, or to pull the wool over your eyes. It's about

6426
08:19:36,496 --> 08:19:40,434
how do we move the city forward and how do we do it financially

6427
08:19:40,434 --> 08:19:43,969
and economically, and being a leader and making these tough

6428
08:19:43,969 --> 08:19:50,176
decisions. That's all I have. Thank you, thank you. Let's see.

6429
08:19:50,176 --> 08:19:52,313
Everyone has spoken except Commissioner Hernandez. So

6430
08:19:52,313 --> 08:19:55,448
before I call others, I'll call on you, Commissioner Hernandez.

6431
08:19:55,448 --> 08:19:58,985
Thank you. Mayor, I want to thank all of the residents that

6432
08:19:58,985 --> 08:20:05,658
are still here, because quite a few of you know, quite a few of

6433
08:20:05,658 --> 08:20:09,996
you come. They say what you have to say. And when it comes

6434
08:20:09,996 --> 08:20:14,334
time for us to deliberate, you get up and leave. And then they

6435
08:20:14,334 --> 08:20:18,138
wonder. They claim that we don't listen to them, when in

6436
08:20:18,138 --> 08:20:20,740
fact they just get the information when they actually

6437
08:20:20,740 --> 08:20:24,677
see it on the video, on the TV because they don't want to stay

6438
08:20:24,677 --> 08:20:29,160
yet. We have to stay. I like to ask the city attorney a couple

6439
08:20:29,160 --> 08:20:35,160
questions. The. The and, and Commissioner Gruber ask you to

6440
08:20:35,888 --> 08:20:39,358
get what the wording on on that thing says you like. I like I

6441
08:20:39,358 --> 08:20:42,728
like to go back to that. Do you have them by any chance, please?

6442
08:20:42,728 --> 08:20:48,728
Yes I do, Commissioner. Okay. This conveyance is for Open

6443
08:20:49,168 --> 08:20:53,172
space Park recreational and other public and municipal

6444
08:20:53,172 --> 08:20:55,575
purposes. Now, I did respond to Commissioner Gruber. I heard

6445
08:20:55,575 --> 08:20:59,178
you. I heard you respond, but my question is, is the income

6446
08:20:59,178 --> 08:21:02,849
that this building would generate covers the latter of

6447
08:21:02,849 --> 08:21:06,452
that which you just read? Yes, yes. Public and municipal

6448
08:21:06,452 --> 08:21:10,550
purposes are considered very broad under Florida statutes.

6449
08:21:10,550 --> 08:21:14,728
And case law has shown that leasing of public property

6450
08:21:14,728 --> 08:21:18,664
constitutes. Okay. Thank you. And this is the reason that I

6451
08:21:18,664 --> 08:21:23,336
wanted to go. Could you could you please go to slide number

6452
08:21:23,336 --> 08:21:30,536
13? Okay. Let's go to 14 then. There we go. If I go through

6453
08:21:35,948 --> 08:21:41,200
these numbers as rosy as they may be by some of you guys

6454
08:21:41,200 --> 08:21:44,290
standards, by the way, and I'm okay with something like that.

6455
08:21:44,290 --> 08:21:47,361
Can I ask you another question? How many votes do you need for

6456
08:21:47,361 --> 08:21:52,161
this resolution? 4 or 5. Four. Okay. Deduction from gross

6457
08:21:52,231 --> 08:21:55,831
amount developer contribution community center. That's $20

6458
08:21:56,971 --> 08:22:01,974
million that would come of our income. Is that correct?

6459
08:22:01,974 --> 08:22:05,440
Somebody just answer me. Not not from the day it was just

6460
08:22:05,440 --> 08:22:08,470
somebody from from staff, if you don't mind. I just want the

6461
08:22:08,470 --> 08:22:10,850
people to realize this is that money come from our income.

6462
08:22:10,850 --> 08:22:14,854
It's my understanding that it does. Yes. Okay. David, can you

6463
08:22:14,854 --> 08:22:19,392
okay, let the record reflect that Mr. Keller is saying yes.

6464
08:22:19,392 --> 08:22:23,796
That comes from our income and the initial rent to the CBRE

6465
08:22:23,796 --> 08:22:29,669
payment is $9 million. Is that correct? Really? Yes. So the

6466
08:22:29,669 --> 08:22:34,674
initial rent is $10 million. And then he netted out the the

6467
08:22:34,674 --> 08:22:39,679
the commission that's owed to CBRE. And that gives you the

6468
08:22:39,679 --> 08:22:43,350
9,000,039. So when this deal closes, CBRE will be getting $9

6469
08:22:43,350 --> 08:22:48,150
million. No, no, no, we will be getting $9,000,039, 39 $39,399.

6470
08:22:50,356 --> 08:22:54,494
They will be getting just under just a little over 900,000, I

6471
08:22:54,494 --> 08:22:59,300
believe. Okay, so they get 10%. Okay. So correct. That's that

6472
08:22:59,300 --> 08:23:02,769
was some of my question. By the way. Here is where I'm going to

6473
08:23:02,769 --> 08:23:06,573
disagree with some of my colleagues in the dais. Please

6474
08:23:06,573 --> 08:23:13,580
don't get mad at me. If the income of that property lives

6475
08:23:13,580 --> 08:23:19,520
up to what the deed restriction that you have. I want the $20

6476
08:23:19,520 --> 08:23:23,923
million for sunset. I want the $20 million for a community

6477
08:23:23,923 --> 08:23:27,527
center in my district or in district four that doesn't have

6478
08:23:27,527 --> 08:23:32,927
one. District one already has multiple community centers, and

6479
08:23:33,660 --> 08:23:36,535
they don't want the building anyway, so why should we reward

6480
08:23:36,535 --> 08:23:41,407
them? No disrespect to you guys. No matter what we do or what we

6481
08:23:41,407 --> 08:23:46,412
say, you're going to agree. So I prefer to have that $20

6482
08:23:46,412 --> 08:23:50,349
million to go to a community center and district four.

6483
08:23:50,349 --> 08:23:53,552
District two, or for us to be able to develop sunset golf

6484
08:23:53,552 --> 08:23:58,490
course, please. I and this is where you and I may disagree on

6485
08:23:58,490 --> 08:24:02,494
some of this thing, but we have better use of that money than

6486
08:24:02,494 --> 08:24:06,567
to continue to give a community center to the people that don't

6487
08:24:06,567 --> 08:24:10,176
want the development. And no matter what happens, they're

6488
08:24:10,176 --> 08:24:12,779
not going to want that development. Can we go back to

6489
08:24:12,779 --> 08:24:15,848
picture 21, if you don't mind, because I've been out, by the

6490
08:24:15,848 --> 08:24:21,254
way, drew, you were 100% correct. But I was here with

6491
08:24:21,254 --> 08:24:24,791
Margaritaville. I voted no at the time, and I highlighted

6492
08:24:24,791 --> 08:24:27,860
because I read all the pages of the contract and I highlighted

6493
08:24:27,860 --> 08:24:31,730
the shortcomings. And by the way, the Margaritaville was a

6494
08:24:31,730 --> 08:24:36,736
request for proposal that went to no loan, no no money. Then

6495
08:24:36,736 --> 08:24:40,540
it went to a $10 million loan, and then it went to a $10

6496
08:24:40,540 --> 08:24:44,676
million giveaway. And it wound up being a $28 million giveaway

6497
08:24:44,676 --> 08:24:49,810
without ever going to a referendum. And the same people

6498
08:24:49,810 --> 08:24:52,152
right here, right now that are opposing this, we're jumping up

6499
08:24:52,152 --> 08:24:55,288
and down for Margaritaville. They thought it was the best

6500
08:24:55,288 --> 08:24:59,250
thing ever because it was a developer that they liked, and

6501
08:24:59,250 --> 08:25:02,270
I'm okay, I'm putting that behind me. But at the end of

6502
08:25:02,270 --> 08:25:04,964
the day, these are the same people that are here that were

6503
08:25:04,964 --> 08:25:08,434
jumping up and down for Margaritaville. Well, I'm just

6504
08:25:08,434 --> 08:25:11,705
saying, not all because some of you were not here, but they

6505
08:25:11,705 --> 08:25:14,640
were jumping up and down for Margaritaville and they weren't

6506
08:25:14,640 --> 08:25:18,778
listening to anything against it. This development, this

6507
08:25:18,778 --> 08:25:22,848
developer listen to the people and says, we don't want you to

6508
08:25:22,848 --> 08:25:28,188
encumber the park. And I wasn't here at the time. I did not

6509
08:25:28,188 --> 08:25:32,258
vote for this, just by the way, so I can go either way on this,

6510
08:25:32,258 --> 08:25:35,260
but I want the $20 million for somewhere else. You guys don't

6511
08:25:35,260 --> 08:25:37,464
want the development anyway. We should not reward people that

6512
08:25:37,464 --> 08:25:40,199
are not willing to take a settlement. This is a

6513
08:25:40,199 --> 08:25:42,402
settlement. It's an agreement, maybe a bad agreement to some

6514
08:25:42,402 --> 08:25:45,271
of you, but it's the best agreement that we can come up

6515
08:25:45,271 --> 08:25:48,341
with under the conditions that the city is. When it comes to

6516
08:25:48,341 --> 08:25:51,276
finances, we need $2 billion. We're getting people that

6517
08:25:51,276 --> 08:25:54,547
cannot afford their water bill because of the rates that are

6518
08:25:54,547 --> 08:25:58,170
currently are right now. And by the way, just news. Newsflash

6519
08:25:58,170 --> 08:26:02,210
to everybody, the water bill over the next five years is

6520
08:26:02,210 --> 08:26:07,493
going up 125% because of the needs that we have, just so

6521
08:26:07,493 --> 08:26:11,164
that, you know, because I want you guys to hear from me. I'm

6522
08:26:11,164 --> 08:26:16,836
the bad guy today. I'm going to keep it real. AM I crazy about

6523
08:26:16,836 --> 08:26:22,575
the live local agreement? No. Would I change some of this old

6524
08:26:22,575 --> 08:26:25,511
resolution? I would make it simple, simple, good enough for

6525
08:26:25,511 --> 08:26:28,315
everybody to understand and for it to cover the legal ground. I

6526
08:26:28,315 --> 08:26:31,183
would say the City Commission is willing to entertain the

6527
08:26:31,183 --> 08:26:35,383
live Local act for this development agreement,

6528
08:26:35,788 --> 08:26:39,325
modifying the terms. In other words, we're not getting into

6529
08:26:39,325 --> 08:26:42,328
an agreement right now. We entertaining the getting into

6530
08:26:42,328 --> 08:26:45,597
that agreement, and that would satisfy everything that I've

6531
08:26:45,597 --> 08:26:50,269
heard here so far today. And I will keep us in the up and up

6532
08:26:50,269 --> 08:26:54,608
with you guys, the resident. But if the developer agreed not

6533
08:26:54,608 --> 08:26:58,477
to encumber the park, which the original drawing did, the

6534
08:26:58,477 --> 08:27:02,882
developer also agreed not to shade the beach. The developer

6535
08:27:02,882 --> 08:27:07,886
also agree, yes, with our money to do a community center so

6536
08:27:07,886 --> 08:27:11,891
that the youth can still be on that site. The developer has

6537
08:27:11,891 --> 08:27:16,950
bent over backwards. Are they going to make money? Yes,

6538
08:27:16,950 --> 08:27:20,320
that's their business. Their business is to make money. Our

6539
08:27:20,320 --> 08:27:24,237
business as commissioners is to do what we feel is best for all

6540
08:27:24,237 --> 08:27:29,575
of the city of Hollywood. And for some of you guys that

6541
08:27:29,575 --> 08:27:32,712
demand respect, but yet treat other people's without any

6542
08:27:32,712 --> 08:27:36,715
dignity. I don't know why you feel that you can receive what

6543
08:27:36,715 --> 08:27:42,521
you don't give. All of us here do not agree on everything. I

6544
08:27:42,521 --> 08:27:45,324
love my wife. I don't always agree with her. I love my

6545
08:27:45,324 --> 08:27:48,194
daughter. I don't always agree with her. But we have to treat

6546
08:27:48,194 --> 08:27:51,197
each other with the level of dignity because we're

6547
08:27:51,197 --> 08:27:53,733
colleagues and we expect certain professionalism. The

6548
08:27:53,733 --> 08:27:57,203
same thing with staff. I don't always agree with our city

6549
08:27:57,203 --> 08:28:00,273
attorney and she will tell you, I do not always agree with the

6550
08:28:00,273 --> 08:28:05,211
city manager, and she will tell you all of our staff. They will

6551
08:28:05,211 --> 08:28:07,946
tell you that when I don't agree with them, just like I'm

6552
08:28:07,946 --> 08:28:13,180
speaking to you right now, I speak to them. We don't have to

6553
08:28:13,180 --> 08:28:16,890
agree, but we have to respect each other and we have to agree

6554
08:28:16,890 --> 08:28:20,226
to disagree. You may not agree with what I'm asking, but I am

6555
08:28:20,226 --> 08:28:24,897
telling this commission we have better use of that $20 million

6556
08:28:24,897 --> 08:28:27,767
than what you see right there, because the people that are

6557
08:28:27,767 --> 08:28:32,380
voting, which is us, we're not ever going to please these

6558
08:28:32,380 --> 08:28:38,311
people ever. So if you guys don't mind, please oblige me

6559
08:28:38,311 --> 08:28:41,714
and use those $20 million, which is going to be used for

6560
08:28:41,714 --> 08:28:45,510
public purpose for Sunset golf course. So, so that we don't

6561
08:28:45,510 --> 08:28:48,253
continue to hang on to try to see how we're going to be able

6562
08:28:48,253 --> 08:28:52,324
to do that. And let's make Karen Caputo proud to be able

6563
08:28:52,324 --> 08:28:55,527
to give her the park that she was looking for and she was

6564
08:28:55,527 --> 08:28:58,396
trying to do. That's 40 acres of development of green space.

6565
08:28:58,396 --> 08:29:01,533
Every one of these people here said they want the green space

6566
08:29:01,533 --> 08:29:05,471
that's keeping green space. With that $20 million that is

6567
08:29:05,471 --> 08:29:09,676
being generated out of that parcel, and whether we get $1.9

6568
08:29:09,676 --> 08:29:14,680
billion or we get it $1 billion, or we get $750 million, which

6569
08:29:14,680 --> 08:29:17,749
is lower and lower and lower, it's more than what we're going

6570
08:29:17,749 --> 08:29:21,554
to get for that parcel if we sell it today. And by the way,

6571
08:29:21,554 --> 08:29:23,956
regarding the nine year lease, you're looking at the

6572
08:29:23,956 --> 08:29:26,892
individual who is the chair for the for the not only the

6573
08:29:26,892 --> 08:29:30,950
development review more years ago, but for the charter review

6574
08:29:30,950 --> 08:29:35,100
committee that drove the ballot language that we're looking to

6575
08:29:35,100 --> 08:29:39,573
put on the ballot this November so that we no longer have 99

6576
08:29:39,573 --> 08:29:43,775
year lease. So any of you that think that what I'm coming is

6577
08:29:43,775 --> 08:29:48,470
the left field. No, I do not like 99 year lease. I did not

6578
08:29:48,470 --> 08:29:52,118
vote for this, but yet I can I can recognize that it's a good

6579
08:29:52,118 --> 08:29:55,320
deal, good business deal. Unlike the other deal that it

6580
08:29:55,320 --> 08:29:58,390
was 99 years that I didn't think was a good deal. We're

6581
08:29:58,390 --> 08:30:02,461
getting the revenue out of this parking, whatever parking,

6582
08:30:02,461 --> 08:30:05,530
public parking revenue generates. We're getting it.

6583
08:30:05,530 --> 08:30:08,600
We're not getting it out of the other 99 year lease. The

6584
08:30:08,600 --> 08:30:11,269
question came up today. How many parking spaces are going

6585
08:30:11,269 --> 08:30:17,269
to be upped because of the 84 live local workforce housing?

6586
08:30:17,275 --> 08:30:20,145
We don't know that. I was told that we're going to generate

6587
08:30:20,145 --> 08:30:24,820
whatever it requires plus whatever we have. That's what I

6588
08:30:24,820 --> 08:30:26,952
was told by the developer. The developers are listening to

6589
08:30:26,952 --> 08:30:30,355
what we have to say. I'm being told by our attorney, I don't

6590
08:30:30,355 --> 08:30:34,410
know if you want to come up and say anything or not, but I had

6591
08:30:34,410 --> 08:30:38,912
a meeting. I do while this Keith Poliakoff for the

6592
08:30:38,912 --> 08:30:42,516
applicant. While the site plan is not completed, it's being

6593
08:30:42,516 --> 08:30:47,188
worked on. We are providing more parking than that's there

6594
08:30:47,188 --> 08:30:50,858
today. Right now it's approximately 131 spaces. I

6595
08:30:50,858 --> 08:30:54,729
think there's 80 something spaces there today. The live

6596
08:30:54,729 --> 08:30:59,000
local units are parked within the garage just like the condo

6597
08:30:59,000 --> 08:31:02,269
units. So the garage floor plate is bigger because of the

6598
08:31:02,269 --> 08:31:06,340
live local units. It does not impact in any way the public's

6599
08:31:06,340 --> 08:31:09,944
parking spots, which the city will control. That's more than

6600
08:31:09,944 --> 08:31:13,548
required by the agreement that surface spots outside of the

6601
08:31:13,548 --> 08:31:17,685
the existing building. So that does not change at all. Those

6602
08:31:17,685 --> 08:31:20,756
are the cities control parking spots. Thank you. And that's

6603
08:31:20,756 --> 08:31:24,159
what I wanted the residents to know, that at least when I had

6604
08:31:24,159 --> 08:31:27,161
a meeting with them, which wasn't face to face, it was

6605
08:31:27,161 --> 08:31:30,364
virtual. I asked those questions because in the

6606
08:31:30,364 --> 08:31:33,567
downtown, parking is at a premium. It's just like how it

6607
08:31:33,567 --> 08:31:36,905
is on the beach, and I'm trying to see if we can Keaton Park,

6608
08:31:36,905 --> 08:31:40,108
see if we can do another level of surface, couple of level of

6609
08:31:40,108 --> 08:31:42,643
surface for the residents and need parking, overnight parking

6610
08:31:42,643 --> 08:31:45,847
to be able to park there. I'm trying to work out what the

6611
08:31:45,847 --> 08:31:48,382
residents needs, but sometimes it's hard to fulfill those

6612
08:31:48,382 --> 08:31:51,520
needs. Number one, when we don't have the money. And

6613
08:31:51,520 --> 08:31:53,254
number two, when we have to fight for everything that we

6614
08:31:53,254 --> 08:31:58,793
need in order to get it. So I, I will begrudgingly, and I

6615
08:31:58,793 --> 08:32:03,197
would ask you, you know, the commission to consider removing

6616
08:32:03,197 --> 08:32:09,197
those $20 million for that community center so that we can

6617
08:32:09,203 --> 08:32:13,540
use it for Sunset Park, so that we can use it on district four

6618
08:32:13,540 --> 08:32:16,678
that doesn't have one, and we can use it with people that

6619
08:32:16,678 --> 08:32:21,482
would actually appreciate it. So if this and I will vote for

6620
08:32:21,482 --> 08:32:24,619
this, but I would I want you guys to just consider that

6621
08:32:24,619 --> 08:32:29,900
because that's not something that is on the table today, but

6622
08:32:29,900 --> 08:32:32,693
it's something that it's on my mind because I don't foresee us

6623
08:32:32,693 --> 08:32:37,631
having to bond $2 billion for septic to sewer, having to bond,

6624
08:32:37,631 --> 08:32:41,969
$2 billion for storm water retention and storm water

6625
08:32:41,969 --> 08:32:48,420
drains, and doubling the prices of the water and sewer rates of

6626
08:32:48,420 --> 08:32:51,379
our residents, and finding the money to do something with

6627
08:32:51,379 --> 08:32:54,248
Sunset Park. And it would be a shame to have that place lay

6628
08:32:54,248 --> 08:32:57,185
there for the next 20 years, because we don't have the money

6629
08:32:57,185 --> 08:33:00,388
when we actually have it here right now. And if the developer

6630
08:33:00,388 --> 08:33:03,591
wants to do something like that as an amenity for those

6631
08:33:03,591 --> 08:33:07,327
residents, so be it. Do it on your dime, but don't do it with

6632
08:33:07,327 --> 08:33:10,865
the rest of the city's. When we have needs, real needs and

6633
08:33:10,865 --> 08:33:13,600
these people, they have two community centers that we spend

6634
08:33:13,600 --> 08:33:16,805
good money right now to do. That's where I want to go with

6635
08:33:16,805 --> 08:33:19,942
that money. And I don't I don't have to agree with you guys.

6636
08:33:19,942 --> 08:33:23,770
You don't have to agree with me. But that's where I really

6637
08:33:23,770 --> 08:33:28,349
prefer that those $20 million go, I gotcha. So look, I just

6638
08:33:28,349 --> 08:33:31,860
think it presents a legal question that I think staff and

6639
08:33:31,860 --> 08:33:34,622
the city attorney have to come back to us as to whether or not

6640
08:33:34,622 --> 08:33:37,491
the public purpose of the P three, you know, is sufficient.

6641
08:33:37,491 --> 08:33:39,627
What's sufficiently be covered if we were to remove the

6642
08:33:39,627 --> 08:33:42,830
community center element, suffice it with the park or

6643
08:33:42,830 --> 08:33:46,701
integrate the community center into different, you know, a

6644
08:33:46,701 --> 08:33:50,772
different, a different, you know, layout of the building

6645
08:33:50,772 --> 08:33:53,174
and preserve dollars to be invested, for example, in

6646
08:33:53,174 --> 08:33:57,440
sunset and not invest $20 million in what we see in front

6647
08:33:57,440 --> 08:34:00,470
of us, but rather a different integrated community center

6648
08:34:00,470 --> 08:34:02,517
within, you know, if the building footprint were to

6649
08:34:02,517 --> 08:34:05,919
change and maybe, you know, get the best of both worlds, I mean,

6650
08:34:05,919 --> 08:34:08,923
you could do anything with, with the property. I mean, in

6651
08:34:08,923 --> 08:34:12,660
terms of how you could architecturally design it. So

6652
08:34:12,660 --> 08:34:15,730
but we're not deciding that today. And I think we need some,

6653
08:34:15,730 --> 08:34:20,601
some guidance as to what the parameters might be. Okay. Yeah.

6654
08:34:20,601 --> 08:34:24,272
Oh, I didn't I didn't know you were still not on. Hold on. Go

6655
08:34:24,272 --> 08:34:26,942
ahead Peter. Thank you. And that's the reason that I asked

6656
08:34:26,942 --> 08:34:30,678
you at the beginning, if the rent of that building

6657
08:34:30,678 --> 08:34:33,347
constitute a public purpose. And she answered, yes. Do we

6658
08:34:33,347 --> 08:34:37,551
need more in writing? You said that just by leasing it, it's

6659
08:34:37,551 --> 08:34:42,289
sufficient. So go ahead. So what I spoke about was what

6660
08:34:42,289 --> 08:34:44,759
constitutes a municipal purpose. That's a different question

6661
08:34:44,759 --> 08:34:48,280
from what would constitute a new project under the P three.

6662
08:34:48,280 --> 08:34:52,990
And it would require more research. No. The P three had

6663
08:34:52,990 --> 08:34:54,435
nothing to do with public purpose. The public purpose is

6664
08:34:54,435 --> 08:34:56,771
whether we are getting income. And you said leasing would

6665
08:34:56,771 --> 08:34:59,640
cover that. And that's okay. If you need to backpedal, that's

6666
08:34:59,640 --> 08:35:02,643
fine. But at the end of the day, that's how I started my

6667
08:35:02,643 --> 08:35:05,514
question before I made my statement. And if if we are

6668
08:35:05,514 --> 08:35:10,918
able to lease the land and that income that defines as a public

6669
08:35:10,918 --> 08:35:14,387
purpose under that particular restriction, then we're cover

6670
08:35:14,387 --> 08:35:17,525
that. We don't have to build that. And by the way, we don't

6671
08:35:17,525 --> 08:35:20,528
have to have that kind of elaborate thing. And maybe the

6672
08:35:20,528 --> 08:35:22,529
developer would be saying, we're willing to throw that in

6673
08:35:22,529 --> 08:35:26,333
and we can use that $20 million somewhere else. The fact is, we

6674
08:35:26,333 --> 08:35:28,403
need that money for something different. I mean, you could

6675
08:35:28,403 --> 08:35:31,271
increase the parking, increase the size of the amenity deck,

6676
08:35:31,271 --> 08:35:33,541
integrate the community into that. And, and it would be in

6677
08:35:33,541 --> 08:35:36,610
there and there would be more money left over. Yeah, correct.

6678
08:35:36,610 --> 08:35:39,613
So that's my point. My point is in, in that's something that we

6679
08:35:39,613 --> 08:35:42,949
haven't looked at, but we as a commission need to entertain

6680
08:35:42,949 --> 08:35:46,190
that. Quite frankly, there's other needs in the city of

6681
08:35:46,190 --> 08:35:48,288
Hollywood and they need to be addressed. We're not ever going

6682
08:35:48,288 --> 08:35:52,920
to please the people that came in front of us. So is that a

6683
08:35:52,920 --> 08:35:54,495
motion to approve the current resolution? For now, Peter, for

6684
08:35:54,495 --> 08:35:58,165
now, it is. All right. We have a motion. Can I have a second,

6685
08:35:58,165 --> 08:36:01,102
please? I have a motion in a second. Let's go for second

6686
08:36:01,102 --> 08:36:03,971
round comments and then we'll take a vote on the motion.

6687
08:36:03,971 --> 08:36:11,171
Commissioner Shuhan. I lost my. Hang on. I just have to open

6688
08:36:14,782 --> 08:36:19,582
the sheet. I was hoping, Commissioner Hernandez, you

6689
08:36:24,658 --> 08:36:30,658
would. What you had said about considering live local. Because

6690
08:36:31,131 --> 08:36:38,931
as I read the amendment, it says and I've lost it on my

6691
08:36:38,939 --> 08:36:43,544
computer here, but it says we are authorizing the developer

6692
08:36:43,544 --> 08:36:50,144
to proceed under live local period. That's it. So I was

6693
08:36:51,618 --> 08:36:56,357
going to suggest, because I certainly. And by the way, I

6694
08:36:56,357 --> 08:37:01,970
don't have a problem with amending my motion to. The City

6695
08:37:01,970 --> 08:37:05,368
Commission is willing to entertain the Live Local Act

6696
08:37:05,368 --> 08:37:09,372
for this modification, for this development agreement

6697
08:37:09,372 --> 08:37:14,376
modification. And and if it becomes law, I'm okay with

6698
08:37:14,376 --> 08:37:19,490
something like that because it move the project forward. And

6699
08:37:19,490 --> 08:37:25,187
if it doesn't become law, we don't have a binding commitment.

6700
08:37:25,187 --> 08:37:28,124
But by the way, one of the things that you talked about,

6701
08:37:28,124 --> 08:37:31,194
and by the way, I apologize because I know at your time was

6702
08:37:31,194 --> 08:37:33,462
that this developer has done nothing. This developer has

6703
08:37:33,462 --> 08:37:38,262
done nothing because number one, county administration. Well,

6704
08:37:41,470 --> 08:37:44,607
there's, there's a, there's a legal word. They recanted their

6705
08:37:44,607 --> 08:37:49,612
letter of approval, triggering other maneuvering that had to

6706
08:37:49,612 --> 08:37:53,818
do with the with the development from the developer.

6707
08:37:53,818 --> 08:37:56,753
And it's like a chess game. Everybody thinks they're going

6708
08:37:56,753 --> 08:37:59,880
to win and they move their pieces. You move your horse,

6709
08:37:59,880 --> 08:38:02,291
you move your tower, you move your bishop. So while the

6710
08:38:02,291 --> 08:38:06,229
county was doing their movement in chess game, so were they.

6711
08:38:06,229 --> 08:38:11,367
They went to Tallahassee and changed the law. And now it

6712
08:38:11,367 --> 08:38:14,571
appears that the chess game is in their favor. And this is

6713
08:38:14,571 --> 08:38:18,441
what I see happening when it comes to this development. And

6714
08:38:18,441 --> 08:38:22,450
no, I was not here at the time, but I keep an eye on what

6715
08:38:22,450 --> 08:38:25,648
happens in the City Commission. I have for the last 40 years,

6716
08:38:25,648 --> 08:38:28,918
long before I was a commissioner. Why? Because the

6717
08:38:28,918 --> 08:38:31,922
devil is in the detail. And this is the reason I asked my

6718
08:38:31,922 --> 08:38:34,858
question before I make my statement. At the end of the

6719
08:38:34,858 --> 08:38:38,461
day, if it's okay with the with the second of the motion to do

6720
08:38:38,461 --> 08:38:42,465
something like this, this part that I just read doesn't do

6721
08:38:42,465 --> 08:38:46,469
anything any different than all of this other stuff comes in

6722
08:38:46,469 --> 08:38:49,873
here, and that is that the City Commission is willing to

6723
08:38:49,873 --> 08:38:55,273
entertain the live Local Act for this development agreement

6724
08:38:55,878 --> 08:39:00,616
modification. And if and and it becomes law, I don't know. You

6725
08:39:00,616 --> 08:39:03,621
may want to weigh in on something like this, or we can

6726
08:39:03,621 --> 08:39:07,900
just go like this. Okay. You said no, no, no, don't withdraw.

6727
08:39:07,900 --> 08:39:09,894
I'm just asking if you're willing to. Let me just tell

6728
08:39:09,894 --> 08:39:12,830
you what the what the what the language is that we'd be

6729
08:39:12,830 --> 08:39:14,964
inserting into, into the agreement under this First

6730
08:39:14,964 --> 08:39:17,434
Amendment basically says it. It says verbatim design review

6731
08:39:17,434 --> 08:39:20,903
process, section 5.5 on page three. Notwithstanding anything

6732
08:39:20,903 --> 08:39:23,572
to the contrary contained herein, meaning the rest of the

6733
08:39:23,572 --> 08:39:26,108
Development Agreement, if authorized, if authorized by

6734
08:39:26,108 --> 08:39:29,178
law at the time of sign off submission, the parties agree

6735
08:39:29,178 --> 08:39:33,978
to develop the project in conformity with section

6736
08:39:34,183 --> 08:39:37,319
166.04151 Florida Statutes the Live Local Act, as may be

6737
08:39:37,319 --> 08:39:39,923
amended from time to time. So if is the operative word, I

6738
08:39:39,923 --> 08:39:42,726
believe that's what the issue is. If it's already in there,

6739
08:39:42,726 --> 08:39:49,132
if authorized by law, go ahead. I stand by my motion. Thank you

6740
08:39:49,132 --> 08:39:53,690
Carol. Go ahead if you like. Well, I mean, I was going to

6741
08:39:53,690 --> 08:39:55,673
suggest. Yeah. Tracy, there's a motion on the table. It would

6742
08:39:55,673 --> 08:40:01,100
be my recommendation that we propose a time certain to have

6743
08:40:01,100 --> 08:40:05,281
a real legal analysis, a real financial analysis, and a

6744
08:40:05,281 --> 08:40:11,870
proposed amendment that, were it, to go forward with an

6745
08:40:11,870 --> 08:40:14,423
affordable housing component, that it not have poor doors,

6746
08:40:14,423 --> 08:40:17,760
not be segregated, that we get rid of the ability to have

6747
08:40:17,760 --> 08:40:20,496
statutory delays. I mean, I really don't think we have

6748
08:40:20,496 --> 08:40:23,300
enough information to vote on this. Well, we're not voting on

6749
08:40:23,300 --> 08:40:27,360
on a complete amendment right now. Just just an amendment,

6750
08:40:27,360 --> 08:40:30,572
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if

6751
08:40:30,572 --> 08:40:33,376
authorized by law at the time of sign off submission, that

6752
08:40:33,376 --> 08:40:36,445
just means DeSantis signed it, right? That's it, which we know

6753
08:40:36,445 --> 08:40:39,982
is probably going to happen. Right? So if there is a live

6754
08:40:39,982 --> 08:40:43,186
local act at that time, then the parties have agreed to

6755
08:40:43,186 --> 08:40:47,456
develop it per the live Local act. So it's not iffy. It's not

6756
08:40:47,456 --> 08:40:50,793
iffy. But we still have to amend the agreement, the

6757
08:40:50,793 --> 08:40:52,929
amendment to the agreement. There's going to be another

6758
08:40:52,929 --> 08:40:57,200
revealing. Go ahead and talk about the other amendment again.

6759
08:40:57,200 --> 08:40:59,735
There absolutely will be another amendment to the

6760
08:40:59,735 --> 08:41:03,672
agreement because there are several provisions that will

6761
08:41:03,672 --> 08:41:07,209
need to be modified to the comprehensive agreement and the

6762
08:41:07,209 --> 08:41:11,409
ground lease and the development team fully

6763
08:41:12,215 --> 08:41:17,353
anticipates that and expects that they are seeking certainty

6764
08:41:17,353 --> 08:41:21,357
tonight from you all that that they can use the density

6765
08:41:21,357 --> 08:41:27,296
through the live local statute in order to proceed with

6766
08:41:27,296 --> 08:41:31,433
finalizing their plans, moving the project forward,

6767
08:41:31,433 --> 08:41:34,570
negotiating the ground lease changes, and the Comprehensive

6768
08:41:34,570 --> 08:41:38,240
Development Agreement changes, which we are the landlord. I

6769
08:41:38,240 --> 08:41:43,245
understand, Ray Lynn, but once you sign this right, then the

6770
08:41:43,245 --> 08:41:46,582
next go round where we're asking for very reasonable

6771
08:41:46,582 --> 08:41:49,451
things to be put into the Comprehensive Development

6772
08:41:49,451 --> 08:41:52,654
agreement, we have already agreed that the project can

6773
08:41:52,654 --> 08:41:56,192
proceed per the Live Local Act. So when the developer comes and

6774
08:41:56,192 --> 08:42:00,329
says, hey you guys, I have to have separate entrances, I have

6775
08:42:00,329 --> 08:42:03,866
to keep these apartments separate. We are not going to

6776
08:42:03,866 --> 08:42:07,470
have any leverage because we've already agreed that the

6777
08:42:07,470 --> 08:42:12,141
building can be developed per the Live Local Act. My point is,

6778
08:42:12,141 --> 08:42:16,145
let let's just postpone this to a time certain so that we have

6779
08:42:16,145 --> 08:42:18,881
one amendment to the Comprehensive Development

6780
08:42:18,881 --> 08:42:22,552
Agreement. Let's make sure all of us understand what it is

6781
08:42:22,552 --> 08:42:27,690
that we're agreeing to. That's what I'm saying. Yes, I hear

6782
08:42:27,690 --> 08:42:31,827
you. This clearly isn't enough because it doesn't. It doesn't

6783
08:42:31,827 --> 08:42:35,765
it? We end up in a position that conflicts with our

6784
08:42:35,765 --> 08:42:38,768
contract right now, which says no rental. So obviously,

6785
08:42:38,768 --> 08:42:42,838
there's a lot of things in these documents that have to be

6786
08:42:42,838 --> 08:42:46,642
corrected. And the question is, once you agree to one thing,

6787
08:42:46,642 --> 08:42:49,980
you lose the ability to negotiate these future things.

6788
08:42:49,980 --> 08:42:56,510
So what I would suggest is that we postpone this until a time

6789
08:42:56,510 --> 08:43:00,323
certain when council has time to do a full legal analysis on

6790
08:43:00,323 --> 08:43:03,793
whether or not the magnitude of these changes aren't, in fact,

6791
08:43:03,793 --> 08:43:07,130
a whole new agreement, because the live Local act didn't even

6792
08:43:07,130 --> 08:43:11,133
exist when the contract was signed. That staff has an

6793
08:43:11,133 --> 08:43:15,333
independent financial analysis not pulling $1,800 for. It's

6794
08:43:16,205 --> 08:43:20,209
never happened on the barrier island before, and not $1

6795
08:43:20,209 --> 08:43:25,948
billion more than they presented to us six months ago.

6796
08:43:25,948 --> 08:43:31,301
Personally, I do not feel comfortable at all that this

6797
08:43:31,301 --> 08:43:35,501
Commission has accurate or sufficient information to

6798
08:43:35,572 --> 08:43:38,842
decide whether it should or should not agree that this

6799
08:43:38,842 --> 08:43:42,512
should be a live, local act project. That's all I'm saying.

6800
08:43:42,512 --> 08:43:46,183
I would say, well, give yourself the opportunity to see

6801
08:43:46,183 --> 08:43:51,187
all the information. So the city manager is correct that

6802
08:43:51,187 --> 08:43:55,125
given the evolving nature of the current project, another

6803
08:43:55,125 --> 08:43:58,995
amendment would be required. And at that time, once there is

6804
08:43:58,995 --> 08:44:02,733
some idea of what the project would look like, the proposed

6805
08:44:02,733 --> 08:44:06,603
project, then there would need to be amendments to the CDA in

6806
08:44:06,603 --> 08:44:10,541
order to make that something that we're able to move forward

6807
08:44:10,541 --> 08:44:13,677
with. This is not binding. Why don't we have the P three

6808
08:44:13,677 --> 08:44:16,279
partners state their agreement to that understanding on the

6809
08:44:16,279 --> 08:44:22,279
record. Mayor Keith Polyakov again for the P three partner.

6810
08:44:24,154 --> 08:44:27,490
There's no doubt that the final site plan has to come back

6811
08:44:27,490 --> 08:44:31,628
before this commission. There was a long discussion probably

6812
08:44:31,628 --> 08:44:35,232
an hour ago about, you know, whether or not state law would

6813
08:44:35,232 --> 08:44:37,901
allow the developer to do what everything, anything they would

6814
08:44:37,901 --> 08:44:41,772
want under the under the live local statute. Yes. If it

6815
08:44:41,772 --> 08:44:44,909
wasn't city land, that would be correct. You're the owner of

6816
08:44:44,909 --> 08:44:48,512
the land. You guys dictate what is built there. So you agree

6817
08:44:48,512 --> 08:44:52,117
that there needs to be a second amendment to the C, D, A and

6818
08:44:52,117 --> 08:44:55,119
the ground lease 100%. There has to be the final site plan,

6819
08:44:55,119 --> 08:44:58,122
which it will be within. The amendment needs to come before

6820
08:44:58,122 --> 08:45:01,458
you. You know, the the design needs to come before you to

6821
08:45:01,458 --> 08:45:04,528
make sure that it can be built as we've desired. But if you

6822
08:45:04,528 --> 08:45:07,398
answer my question straightforwardly, please. So

6823
08:45:07,398 --> 08:45:11,869
I'm sorry, Mr. Polyakov, does the developer agree that there

6824
08:45:11,869 --> 08:45:15,720
will be one entrance for all residents in this building and

6825
08:45:15,720 --> 08:45:21,720
one set of amendments? I'm not agreeing to that. That's.

6826
08:45:21,145 --> 08:45:23,546
Listen, there are buildings all over the United States. You go

6827
08:45:23,546 --> 08:45:26,217
to hotels everywhere. There's an entrance to the tower, not

6828
08:45:26,217 --> 08:45:29,887
owned by the city, not owned by the city. And there is condo

6829
08:45:29,887 --> 08:45:32,690
entrance and apartment entrance and A, B, C and D. Let's not

6830
08:45:32,690 --> 08:45:37,494
let's not get over ourselves too much. All right, all right.

6831
08:45:37,494 --> 08:45:40,970
We have a motion and a second Commissioner Shuhan feels

6832
08:45:40,970 --> 08:45:44,167
differently. Who's next in the queue? Commissioner Biederman?

6833
08:45:44,167 --> 08:45:48,505
So I kind of agree with Commissioner Shuhan about the

6834
08:45:48,505 --> 08:45:53,310
dual entrance. Unless it's not like, obviously dual. You know,

6835
08:45:53,310 --> 08:45:57,447
I mean, it is. So it is then fine. That's going to come back.

6836
08:45:57,447 --> 08:46:00,451
Commissioner Shu talks about how you know what the delays

6837
08:46:00,451 --> 08:46:04,387
are, but yet she wants to delay the process even more. So I

6838
08:46:04,387 --> 08:46:08,391
don't get it. Let's vote on it today. Let everybody go home.

6839
08:46:08,391 --> 08:46:10,994
We're going to have another meeting. Everybody's going to

6840
08:46:10,994 --> 08:46:13,797
come out and be against the project again. That's just the

6841
08:46:13,797 --> 08:46:20,536
way it is. Cat. It's 10 to 10 time stamp for when you go to

6842
08:46:20,536 --> 08:46:23,807
do a video clip of what I'm going to say, because I know

6843
08:46:23,807 --> 08:46:29,807
that's coming. Can you put up the chart that Commissioner

6844
08:46:30,681 --> 08:46:35,481
Shuhan called for earlier? 10 to 10 mutual respect. That's

6845
08:46:38,221 --> 08:46:41,424
respect. I'm I'm letting her know this is the time to start

6846
08:46:41,424 --> 08:46:46,630
recording mutual respect, you two. Buddy, I've. I've seen

6847
08:46:46,630 --> 08:46:49,432
what you've written. Please, please, please. Enough!

6848
08:46:49,432 --> 08:46:54,837
Together. Stop. All right, so I understand, you know, and I had

6849
08:46:54,837 --> 08:46:57,307
an interview with the Sun-Sentinel three and a half

6850
08:46:57,307 --> 08:47:03,180
years ago. And I try to explain why I believe that this project

6851
08:47:03,180 --> 08:47:09,118
is good for affordable housing. Believe it or not, it's coming

6852
08:47:09,118 --> 08:47:15,580
right back, full circle. So we have a housing shortage. It's

6853
08:47:15,580 --> 08:47:19,596
all about supply and demand. You give more supply demand to

6854
08:47:19,596 --> 08:47:23,933
cover the demand. The prices come down a little bit and it's

6855
08:47:23,933 --> 08:47:27,270
a trickle down. You create $4 million condos. Somebody that

6856
08:47:27,270 --> 08:47:30,407
could afford it is going to buy that instead of a $3 million

6857
08:47:30,407 --> 08:47:35,812
condo. Human nature. And it goes down the line by not

6858
08:47:35,812 --> 08:47:41,151
providing more luxury housing, it takes away moderate priced

6859
08:47:41,151 --> 08:47:45,155
housing or market rate housing. Same thing with this. Maybe we

6860
08:47:45,155 --> 08:47:50,555
have a surplus of moderate income rental housing of 2500.

6861
08:47:51,161 --> 08:47:57,300
And we have a. A need for the extremely low. But if we create

6862
08:47:57,300 --> 08:48:02,105
more moderate income housing, then it's going to take people

6863
08:48:02,105 --> 08:48:07,245
away from some of the extremely low or the very low that will

6864
08:48:07,245 --> 08:48:10,847
free up that property for somebody that can only afford

6865
08:48:10,847 --> 08:48:14,851
that. That's what I believe. That's what the statistics show.

6866
08:48:14,851 --> 08:48:17,588
You create more, you move people up the line. Everybody

6867
08:48:17,588 --> 08:48:20,390
wants the next best thing. They want better than what they

6868
08:48:20,390 --> 08:48:23,726
could afford, and you're going to move people up the line,

6869
08:48:23,726 --> 08:48:27,597
freeing up cheaper housing for people that could afford that.

6870
08:48:27,597 --> 08:48:31,201
That being said, first of all, thank you for commissioner, for

6871
08:48:31,201 --> 08:48:34,804
vice mayor, for being a leader, not a follower. I'm sure your

6872
08:48:34,804 --> 08:48:39,760
residents appreciate that, as well as many other residents. I

6873
08:48:39,760 --> 08:48:41,477
we had a meeting at Driftwood Community Center last night.

6874
08:48:41,477 --> 08:48:44,214
For those of you that keep saying everybody in the city is

6875
08:48:44,214 --> 08:48:49,886
against this, I asked the 15, 20 people that were there, does

6876
08:48:49,886 --> 08:48:53,890
anybody against. 1301 I had to go and explain a little bit

6877
08:48:53,890 --> 08:48:58,561
what's going on today. And one person in the room said she's

6878
08:48:58,561 --> 08:49:02,165
against it because she wants more information about it.

6879
08:49:02,165 --> 08:49:05,768
Nobody else in the room was against it. So it's very

6880
08:49:05,768 --> 08:49:09,390
disingenuous to say everybody in the city is against it. The

6881
08:49:09,390 --> 08:49:11,909
majority of residents is against it. The majority of the

6882
08:49:11,909 --> 08:49:15,845
people in this room that are residents of Hollywood may be

6883
08:49:15,845 --> 08:49:21,250
against it, and that might even be pushing the line. So I'm

6884
08:49:21,250 --> 08:49:26,650
supporting this. I'm okay with the whole. As Commissioner

6885
08:49:27,570 --> 08:49:30,193
Shuhan put it, the poor door entrance, because I think that

6886
08:49:30,193 --> 08:49:36,733
it should be one entrance. But I'm ready to vote on it today.

6887
08:49:36,733 --> 08:49:40,270
Let's move this forward. Let's get some housing built and

6888
08:49:40,270 --> 08:49:45,700
let's improve the community center. Let's improve the city

6889
08:49:45,700 --> 08:49:48,479
because we keep hearing the city is, you know, dilapidated.

6890
08:49:48,479 --> 08:49:51,748
The city's falling apart. You know, there's too much of that.

6891
08:49:51,748 --> 08:49:55,488
Let's improve the city. We got to improve the city. All right.

6892
08:49:55,488 --> 08:49:57,957
And there's plenty of money there to build a community

6893
08:49:57,957 --> 08:50:01,160
center and Sunset Park, because there's at least $60 million

6894
08:50:01,160 --> 08:50:04,564
coming in. If we're spending 20 million on a community center,

6895
08:50:04,564 --> 08:50:09,101
there's going to be money left over to build out Sunset Park

6896
08:50:09,101 --> 08:50:12,104
and a community center and other things. All right, let's

6897
08:50:12,104 --> 08:50:14,707
hear final comments by Commissioners Gruber, Vice

6898
08:50:14,707 --> 08:50:16,976
Mayor and Commissioner Hernandez, if any, and we'll

6899
08:50:16,976 --> 08:50:21,514
take a vote. Anything? Okay. Vice mayor? Anything else? Yes.

6900
08:50:21,514 --> 08:50:28,588
Yes, mayor, I just wanted to also highlight we. We went to a

6901
08:50:28,588 --> 08:50:31,457
meeting the other day that was here on the second floor, and

6902
08:50:31,457 --> 08:50:35,728
it was about development and what's happening and, and the

6903
08:50:35,728 --> 08:50:40,265
demands. And Sandra Eisenhorn really made a great. And I

6904
08:50:40,265 --> 08:50:44,803
thought that's where you were going with this slide. You have

6905
08:50:44,803 --> 08:50:48,403
the multimillion dollar apartments. But those

6906
08:50:49,742 --> 08:50:53,342
individuals have demands for hairdressers, mechanics,

6907
08:50:55,948 --> 08:51:01,821
waiters, waitresses, and the list goes on and on. And to

6908
08:51:01,821 --> 08:51:07,821
create a a community, that's basically what this is. You're

6909
08:51:08,360 --> 08:51:11,163
going to have your multimillionaires buying these

6910
08:51:11,163 --> 08:51:12,898
homes. Maybe they're not living there, maybe they're just

6911
08:51:12,898 --> 08:51:15,835
renting, but when they come into town, they're going to

6912
08:51:15,835 --> 08:51:19,380
need a nurse. They're going to need a police officer, they're

6913
08:51:19,380 --> 08:51:22,575
going to need a hairdresser. They're going to need a

6914
08:51:22,575 --> 08:51:27,975
housekeeper. They're going to need every average to medium

6915
08:51:28,713 --> 08:51:35,313
service income bearing person. And so when we talked to or

6916
08:51:35,922 --> 08:51:40,526
when we listened the other day, there is a demand and a need

6917
08:51:40,526 --> 08:51:45,664
for high end living. And there's also a demand and need

6918
08:51:45,664 --> 08:51:49,601
for affordable living. And then there's that thing in between.

6919
08:51:49,601 --> 08:51:52,938
And really and truly, we're meeting, we're checking the box

6920
08:51:52,938 --> 08:51:58,210
on all of them. So how this has formulated into just a high

6921
08:51:58,210 --> 08:52:02,282
rise that everybody didn't want. I don't agree with getting rid

6922
08:52:02,282 --> 08:52:05,840
of the community center, because that's part of how we

6923
08:52:05,840 --> 08:52:08,822
push this project forward. And now we're going to take

6924
08:52:08,822 --> 08:52:13,240
something away. I'd rather give than take away. And yes,

6925
08:52:13,240 --> 08:52:17,224
Commissioner Biederman, the generated funding I had

6926
08:52:17,296 --> 08:52:21,633
suggested that the generated funding go towards septic, to

6927
08:52:21,633 --> 08:52:24,570
sewer, go towards infrastructure, all the

6928
08:52:24,570 --> 08:52:27,908
stormwater drainage and help burden the costs that are going

6929
08:52:27,908 --> 08:52:30,776
to be increased to our residents who can't afford it.

6930
08:52:30,776 --> 08:52:35,460
Instead of pushing them out. But in negotiations, I would

6931
08:52:35,460 --> 08:52:39,985
like to also add one caveat. And now I'm going to change it

6932
08:52:39,985 --> 08:52:43,589
up. We're talking about affordable housing. I have been

6933
08:52:43,589 --> 08:52:48,727
a strong proponent for senior living and veterans, mainly

6934
08:52:48,727 --> 08:52:53,799
seniors. Is there a way we can carve out a certain amount, 10%,

6935
08:52:53,799 --> 08:52:58,400
15% of the affordable living to help meet senior housing and

6936
08:52:58,400 --> 08:53:03,208
then maybe 10% for veterans? Is that something we can negotiate

6937
08:53:03,208 --> 08:53:10,149
into it? When you have seniors that possibly could fit in that,

6938
08:53:10,149 --> 08:53:14,620
but I would rather see a senior citizen who's worked their

6939
08:53:14,620 --> 08:53:17,823
entire life who are now getting pushed out because of our

6940
08:53:17,823 --> 08:53:21,940
increase in prices, be able to to live on the beach and see

6941
08:53:21,940 --> 08:53:24,964
the sunrise and see the sunset and be able to commingle with

6942
08:53:24,964 --> 08:53:28,967
individuals and they possibly may make that. AM I because

6943
08:53:28,967 --> 08:53:31,771
they're affording their own home? And possibly they sell

6944
08:53:31,771 --> 08:53:35,241
their home, but also the veterans. I don't know how we

6945
08:53:35,241 --> 08:53:39,445
can arrange to meet that. And I don't know the developers here,

6946
08:53:39,445 --> 08:53:42,447
but we talk about the demands and needs. And here's a project

6947
08:53:42,447 --> 08:53:45,984
that's supposed to be community based. Let's make it community

6948
08:53:45,984 --> 08:53:49,121
based. Then if we're going to go to a live local, let's

6949
08:53:49,121 --> 08:53:53,580
address 10% to the veterans, 10% to the seniors, then we're

6950
08:53:53,580 --> 08:53:57,620
really checking the boxes. Yeah. Well, look, if if that's

6951
08:53:57,620 --> 08:53:59,264
permissible under the law, let's when that when this comes

6952
08:53:59,264 --> 08:54:03,202
back under the Second Amendment and we have the terms of the

6953
08:54:03,202 --> 08:54:07,140
agreement in writing, then let's staff bring us options on.

6954
08:54:07,140 --> 08:54:12,879
If we can dictate, you know, allocations of the of the of

6955
08:54:12,879 --> 08:54:16,481
the workforce units, you know, by, you know, age or by, by

6956
08:54:16,481 --> 08:54:19,218
veteran status and what have you, let us know what the

6957
08:54:19,218 --> 08:54:21,887
options are between now and then. All right. Thank you,

6958
08:54:21,887 --> 08:54:24,824
Commissioner Hernandez, to close and we'll take a vote.

6959
08:54:24,824 --> 08:54:27,693
Thank you mayor, you guys are going to make me vote against

6960
08:54:27,693 --> 08:54:32,310
my own motion. And I wasn't I wasn't kidding when I'm saying

6961
08:54:32,310 --> 08:54:37,369
that that $20 million could be used somewhere else. I'm not

6962
08:54:37,369 --> 08:54:41,240
talking about rewarding bad behavior. I'm talking about

6963
08:54:41,240 --> 08:54:46,400
real needs somewhere else. For that $20 million. Commissioner

6964
08:54:46,712 --> 08:54:50,382
Biederman, you talked about the other $60 million. The other

6965
08:54:50,382 --> 08:54:52,851
$60 million are going to serve a public purpose, which is

6966
08:54:52,851 --> 08:54:56,589
going to be help some of the bonds that we're going to need

6967
08:54:56,589 --> 08:54:58,657
for the septic to sewer conversion throughout the city

6968
08:54:58,657 --> 08:55:02,261
of Hollywood and the storm drainage, you know, if you if

6969
08:55:02,261 --> 08:55:06,132
you guys are hell bent on spending those $20 million for

6970
08:55:06,132 --> 08:55:10,932
that particular luxury community center, it well, it

6971
08:55:13,672 --> 08:55:16,274
doesn't seem to make a difference what it's been

6972
08:55:16,274 --> 08:55:19,678
promised. When there's other needs, they don't care for, you

6973
08:55:19,678 --> 08:55:22,281
promise? They don't think that you're doing the right task.

6974
08:55:22,281 --> 08:55:26,285
Staff with showing us a. And the developer showing us a site

6975
08:55:26,285 --> 08:55:30,422
plan that has a reduced cost, integrated community center

6976
08:55:30,422 --> 08:55:34,627
with an expanded, you know, in the in the expanded amenity

6977
08:55:34,627 --> 08:55:37,630
deck and parking garage that they might be willing to pay

6978
08:55:37,630 --> 08:55:40,320
for, for the expanded facilities for the project. I'm

6979
08:55:40,320 --> 08:55:42,635
willing to entertain that, but I'm just saying, please don't

6980
08:55:42,635 --> 08:55:45,571
zero out my idea because this is the, the, the ability that

6981
08:55:45,571 --> 08:55:49,641
we're going to have probably within the next 10 to 15 years

6982
08:55:49,641 --> 08:55:52,779
before we can get any money to do anything for the, the parks

6983
08:55:52,779 --> 08:55:55,648
that we actually need in the community center. I'm not just

6984
08:55:55,648 --> 08:55:59,118
talking about myself. District four doesn't have one. I have

6985
08:55:59,118 --> 08:56:02,540
one Fred Lippman, multi-purpose Centers. And when it was closed,

6986
08:56:02,540 --> 08:56:05,991
we you know, they were the armories in district three. But

6987
08:56:05,991 --> 08:56:11,997
it is it so but at the end of the day, we have a park that

6988
08:56:11,997 --> 08:56:15,100
has the ability to do. We don't have to buy the land. We just

6989
08:56:15,100 --> 08:56:18,700
have to allocate the money. There is a need in different

6990
08:56:18,700 --> 08:56:21,407
communities that will be grateful and very appreciative

6991
08:56:21,407 --> 08:56:23,824
of something like that. Happening when somebody else is

6992
08:56:23,824 --> 08:56:27,561
getting millions of dollars is saying, don't do it. So let's,

6993
08:56:27,561 --> 08:56:30,230
let's, let's see that option. Let's see that option on what

6994
08:56:30,230 --> 08:56:33,701
what that looks like to help reduce the cost or eliminate it.

6995
08:56:33,701 --> 08:56:37,371
The developer might be eager to, you know, get a get, you know,

6996
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a larger footprint on the property for, for the project.

6997
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All those in favor of the income that you were expecting

6998
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to generate by having a first class venue in that location,

6999
08:56:45,713 --> 08:56:48,849
well, you guys don't want it anyway. All those in favor of

7000
08:56:48,849 --> 08:56:53,186
the resolution, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Show the

7001
08:56:53,186 --> 08:56:55,989
resolution passing five two. That concludes our meeting

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today. Thank you all. This meeting is adjourned to be

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continued.