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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Welcome everyone yesterday

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was election day and you had the opportunity to go vote.

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It was kind of a low turnout...

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But the votes were tallied and people one,

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and some didn't succeed, but we want

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to thank all of those who won and those

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who ran for caring about our community

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enough to put their hat in the ring

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and to offer their services to a great community.

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I want to thank all of you for voting,

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for those of you who didn't get to vote,

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please set your calendar for the next election.

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I'm not a great example at a great many things,

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but I can tell you I voted in every election

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since I was aged 18.

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It's important.

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If you don't vote, somebody else's vote counts for double

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and if that person doesn't vote, whoever doesn't show up --

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does show up counts for triple.

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Cast your vote, it's a civic duty,

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and it helps to keep our nation great, so thank you very much.

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Can we call the roll please?

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[Roll call]

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I would like to ask you if you could please stand

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for the Pledge of Allegiance which will be followed

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by the National anthem .

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Today, leading us in the pledge and singing the National anthem

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is Jenna Chan, her grandparents have been Long Pembroke Pines

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residents .

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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[Singing] Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early What

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so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last Whose

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broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous

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O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly

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And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in Gave proof

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through the night that our flag was still Oh, say!

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does that star-spangled banner yet O'er the land of the free

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and the home of the On the shore, dimly seen

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through the mists of the Where the foe's haughty host in dread

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silence What is that which the breeze,

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o'er the towering As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half Now

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it catches the gleam of the morning's

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first In fully glory reflected now shines

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in the 'Tis the star-spangled banner!

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Oh, long may it O'er the land of the free and the home of the

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And where is that band who so vauntingly That the havoc of war

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and the battle's A home and a country

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should leave us no Their blood has washed

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out their foul footsteps' No refuge could save the hireling

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and From the terror of flight or the gloom of the

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And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth

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O'er the land of the free and the home of the Oh,

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thus be it ever, when freemen shall Between their loved home

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and the war's Blest with victory and peace,

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may the heav'n-rescued Praise the Power that hath made

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and preserved us a Then conquer we must,

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when our cause it is And this be our motto:

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"In God is our And the star-spangled banner in triumph

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shall O'er the land of the free and the home of the source:

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Welcome to Commissioner good,

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please Mark Commissioner good as present.

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We've got some presentations to do today .

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Speaker: This is a proclamation of the city of Pembroke Pines

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Florida.

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[Applause]

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Whereas on August 15th 2026 marks

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the 80th anniversary of India independence commemorating eight

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decades of its enduring commitment to liberty,

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self-determination, democracy, and the rule of law and whereas

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the city of Pembroke Pines is proud to recognize and celebrate

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the rich cultural heritage, traditions and history

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in the Indian community and of all communities,

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whose members have made meaningful contributions

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to social, cultural, educational, medical,

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technological, and the economic vitality of our community.

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I, the mayor of the City of Pembroke Pines Florida declare

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August 15th India's Independence Day in the city of Pembroke

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Pines Joining in the commemoration of this 80th

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anniversary of India's independence, thank you.

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Speaker: Thank you very much on behalf of Indian Americans,

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this is an honor for us because in this country

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I know there's a lot of opportunity,

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and we are happy we have been able to achieve that

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and I respect and honor that proclamation.

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Let me read what I wrote --

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I am an Indian American, I have been a long time resident

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of the city of Pembroke Pines since 1998 and I have been proud

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of living in the city of Pembroke Pines and it is

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my absolute honor and privilege to receive this proclamation

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celebrating August 15th as the 80th anniversary of India

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Independence Day.

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Even though it is a workday, some of my colleagues are here

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and we will take a photograph.

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We cannot thank you enough for your kind consideration

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of the community , planned erection of Gandhi's Statue,

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Diwali resolution, and Hindu Heritage Month which is

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the month of October.

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I want to thank you because Commissioner Good attended

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the 250th anniversary celebration at the Temple.

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The mayor was busy because of his grandson,

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It is noteworthy similarities between India

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and the United States are deep commitment to liberty, equality,

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democracy, fundamental rights, and the rule of law.

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We are happy that our customs here in the USA and India

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are similar.

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We are proud both as Indian heritage

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and as American citizens.

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This partnership between the world's two largest democracies,

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we are 1.4 billion people which is

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almost four times the population of the United States

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and one third of the area, so we are Very densely populated.

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Though India has never been an aggressor,

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but it has fought wars with its hostile neighbor.

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America has always been the land of opportunity

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and we are achieving our American dream

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and we are appreciative of the opportunity.

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We are law abiding, peace loving,

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and happy to serve as doctors, engineers, IT professionals,

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business owners and participate in all the social activities.

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Mayor, I always look for your Facebook page

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that you devote to public affairs and civic engagement.

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I learn a lot, especially on property appraisal and things

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of that kind.

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Thank you mayor , and we would like to have a photograph.

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[Applause]

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Vice mayor, if you will join us.

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The vice mayor has a certificate of recognition to present.

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Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: I'm

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going to attempt to do this without my glasses, that's

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called courage.

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Can we have the Pembroke Pines Running Club come up?

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I'm going to read something and then I will hand this back

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to you .

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I'm going to read this .

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On behalf of the City Commission I'm

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proud to recognize the company as they celebrate

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their first anniversary and you will see them out

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in our community.

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Their dedication to providing health

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through the sport of running has brought people together

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in our city, strengthened our community spirit.

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You have created an inclusive environment

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where individuals of all ages and abilities

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are encouraged to connect, achieve their goals,

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and support one another.

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[Reading celebrants' names]

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We appreciate your commitment to fostering a more healthy,

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connected Pembroke Pines community

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and extend our congratulations and best

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wishes for your extended success ahead.

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I do follow you on Instagram, I don't know that I'm brave enough

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to run several miles, I'm more of a Stairmaster person

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but I appreciate very much for reaching out to me about this.

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I will make up the fact the day I

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was supposed to be there I was sick

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and I did not want to be around you at that time,

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so I will be going out, text me.

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But this is for you all, and if you have anything to say Adrian.

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Speaker: We started this about a year ago, myself and the others,

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this guy right here actually motivated me to start this,

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Dominic .

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My initiative with this was just to get pines moving,

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Pines is a beautiful community and want

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to continue to push our agenda and health

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and wellness out there, we would like

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to continue to align with the city.

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Thank you guys so much .

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Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: We're going to take a photo.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: I run every four years,

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that's about it, it's a one time event,

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but it's usually a lot of fun .

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I'm glad that you are out and you are doing it,

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congratulations .

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Now we have the charter schools, on behalf of the city Commission

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and our entire community I congratulate the city

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of Pembroke Pines Charter Schools on earning two very

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highly significant awards, the first is the government Finance

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Officers Association Distinguished budget

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Presentation Award, this is a prestigious award that honors

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excellence in budget presentation,

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and the Association of School Business Officers International

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Meritorious Budget Award , and these prestigious national

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honors recognize the city's unwavering commitment

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to transparency, accountability, and the excellence of financial

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structure.

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It reinforces our promise to responsibly manage

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public resources while providing exceptional educational

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opportunities for our students, here to accept these awards

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is the city's Comptroller.

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Speaker: Even though this award is currently tied to my team

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and myself, it's definitely a team effort and there's a lot

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of work that goes behind it so I do want to acknowledge

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the people that helped put this together,

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that of course is our school leadership team and I thank you

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for your unwavering commitment to our charter schools

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dedication to our students, individuals in our finance

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department, my team on a day to day basis and last I want

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to personally thank my mentor Who always supports me .

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I'm accepting this on behalf of all of those teams

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that make this

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[Inaudible]

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City Manager: I'm providing public notice of an upcoming

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community meeting on August 25th from 6 to 7 p.m.

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As required by Florida Law.

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This is not a city commission meeting,

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nor a meeting conducted by city staff,

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although the meeting is being posted by the city.

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The Florida legislature created the Brownfield Redevelopment Act

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cited as separate sections in Florida statutes

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providing for the designation by the City

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Commission for resolution of a future date for one

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or more parcels within the city as a Brownfield area

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and for the corresponding provisions

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of environmental Remediation and economic development.

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State law provides the framework and application requirements

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for the property owners to comply with before resolution

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is placed on the City Commission public meeting

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agenda for consideration.

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One of those requirements concerns public transparency,

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the community meeting being conducted by the applicant,

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we must announce this meeting here during a public forum.

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Wants the applicant has successfully

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completed all the statute requirements

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they must announce and schedule an additional public hearing

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in advance.

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The parcel in question has been posted outside at our posting

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board at the Northwest corner of Pembroke Road in hiatus,

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the public meeting we'll be here on the 25th between 6 and 7 p.m.

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We've posted to a more commissioners may be

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in attendance .

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We will be back at a later date with additional information

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outside of the public meeting Next week.

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Thank you.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Commission report?

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board of adjustment decisions?

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Speaker: None, mayor.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Okay, appointments.

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I'm happy to announce the appointment

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on the advisory board.

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Speaker: Thank you for the opportunity,

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I've been waiting several years and finally it is here.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: He served as an alternate member with

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the Greater Appreciation Board and I want to thank you

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for your service , whenever possible it's my policy

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to appoint alternate members to be regular members because you

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have a sense of what they talk about.

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I really want to thank you for your service, good luck.

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Commissioner good?

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: Today I'm

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pleased to bring forward the appointment of Hennessy Toledo

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to our citizens Budget Advisory Board, she is in the audience

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if she can come up to the podium while I introduce her

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to our public hearing.

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Yancy has been a resident of Pembroke Pines for eight years

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and she brings both a deep commitment

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to our community and an exceptional professional

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background in municipal finance.

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In her application she expressed a genuine desire to help make

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responsible, transparent, and well informed budget decisions .

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The commitment is something I know

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to be true from professional experience.

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I had the privilege with working with her years

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ago during our time together in government

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and I saw firsthand the level of talent

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that she brings to the table.

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Her professionalism, her mastery of complex financial systems

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and her ability to break down complicated budget issues

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into clear, actionable insights made her

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an invaluable part of the team.

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I will be honest, I was saddened when she moved on because she

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was exactly the kind of steady, thoughtful highly skilled

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professional you always want in your organization .

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Her resume reflects that same strength.

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More than 20 years of experience in government finance,

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including her current role as grants and accounting manager

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and prior service as an accounting supervisor

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and senior budget analysis.

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She has deep expertise in forecasting, budgeting,

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ERP systems and financial reporting.

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That's the precise skill set that strengthens this

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board's ability to analyze complex financial information .

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But beyond her technical qualification,

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she brings a citizens focused perspective and a sincere desire

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to contribute to the long term fiscal health of the city where

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she and her family call home .

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She's experienced, she is committed,

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and she's someone I personally know to be exceptional ,

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so Mister Mayor I make my appointment to the citizens

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Budget Advisory Board.

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Speaker: Thank you so much for all your kind words,

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I certainly appreciate the opportunity.

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It's an honor to serve my community

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and I will definitely not disappoint,

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I know I have big expectations and I will certainly beat them.

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As of right now I can tell you I feel very honored

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to have this opportunity to speak on behalf of my community

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and I would definitely hope to make some wise recommendations

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as to how we can all move forward

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in a more efficient manner and also

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being prudent and making best use of our budgeted funds, which

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we all know is going to be impacted by the upcoming

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property tax, so I know the budget

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is going to be looked at very closely

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and will be almost scrutinized where we can maximize

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the use of our funds and how we can serve our constituents

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in the best way possible.

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I hope to be part of that effort, I'm honored to be here

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and I thank you again for this opportunity

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and thank you again for your kind words, Commissioner.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: The consent agenda today --

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I'm sorry, go right ahead.

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: I'm also

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proud to bring forward the appointment

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and in this case reassignment of Aaron Lee

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to the city of Pembroke Pines budget Advisory board.

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If he could come up, and as he's making his way,

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let me again introduce you to the public .

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Aaron is a third generation resident

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of Pembroke Pines with more than 20 years of living in the city.

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His roots here run deep, and his commitment to our neighborhoods,

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our family, and our future is unmistakable .

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I want to take a moment to thank his grandmother Betty who is

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here tonight, and his mother Shawna who is also here tonight

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.

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Two women who poured love, discipline, and community

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pride into raising him.

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Their dedication has shaped the young leader

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who is stepping forward to serve the city they wholeheartedly

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support.

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Pembroke Pines is stronger because of families like theirs,

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families who raise the next generation with care show up

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and to lead it.

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Aaron joins this board after serving with distinction

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on the economic Development Board

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where he was highly respected for his professionalism,

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his preparation and his ability to bring

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a fresh community centered perspective to every discussion.

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This tenure there has taught him well,

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he understands how economic choices, development patterns,

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and market trends directly influence the city's long term

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financial health.

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These are exactly the skills that

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strengthen the work of our budget advisory.

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What stands out most about Aaron is his heart for service.

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In his application he wrote that he wants to offer new innovative

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solutions for the greater good of my community while advocating

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for other residents .

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That is the mindset we want guiding

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our fiscal conversations, thoughtful, forward looking,

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and rooted in the lived experience of our residents.

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Aaron is actively engaged in issues that directly impact

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our immediate and surrounding communities,

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he understands the decisions we make today shape the city

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our families want to inherit tomorrow pier his reassignment

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to this board is not only appropriate,

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it is an investment in the kind of leadership that Pembroke

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Pines deserves .

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With gratitude to the family that raised him,

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and confidence in the leadership he

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brings come I welcome him to the Budget Advisory Board.

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Thank you for taking on this opportunity sir .

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Speaker: Thank you everybody , two years ago I was before you

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all because I was coming up for an appointment on being

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on the economic board and I learned a lot of what it takes

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to keep a busy city productive the right way.

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Though this is bittersweet, I do look forward

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to being on the budget advisory board

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and I definitely want to share more innovative ideas

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but also make sure the city goes in the right direction.

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I personally want to thank you for considering me

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for this role, and thank you guys again for having me here.

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: Mayor, Mr. Lee, come back down.

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It's not customary for us to address appointees afterwards,

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but I must tell you that your work on the Economic Development

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Board did not go unnoticed by me and your peers ,

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and everything that was said I want to double that.

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Speaker: You have the commitment of this community,

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keep moving forward, thank you so much.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Today's consent agenda

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consists of items one through five.

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The motion would need to be -- is there a motion?

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it passes unanimously.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Motion

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to approve countertops for housing apartments.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Is there a second?

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Thank you

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for your comments in the Monday night memo,

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I do have some follow up questions in the bid package.

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It says there's a project manager assigned to this

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overseeing the installation.

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Do you have that person already identified ?

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So we've been installing these countertops

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for a period of time?

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Assistant City Manager: Multiple times

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this contract has been brought in front of the commission

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and we've awarded it to different bids.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Who

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approves the number of installations expected?

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Assistant City Manager: I believe

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it's the public service department,

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they have a need for renovation.

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I specifically don't know how many are in need of replacement

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today .

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Speaker: There are new apartments that need countertops

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at Pines Place, however, there may be tomorrow .

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Do you

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anticipate between now and the end of the year

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68 kitchen bathrooms that would need to be replaced?

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Speaker: No.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Page 13 has a total of 68 units

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currently in the bid spec.

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Given the fact that the property may be sold

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and maybe closed upon before the end of the year,

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I don't know if we are in good faith

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putting this out to bid in good faith

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to a potential vendor that are going to be placing

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time and effort for potentially 68 countertops

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but the closing is anticipated to occur

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before the end of the year.

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I don't know why we are going with this,

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let alone making a potential investment.

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Especially if we have no foreseeable vacancies

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in the foreseeable future.

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Speaker: The vendor has no expectations ,

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as we inspect them, very often public works can come

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in and make the countertops, they don't need to replace them,

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it happens on an as needed basis.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: The current vendor

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is aware of it?

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Assistant City Manager: This is for as needed service,

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we go back and work with the community Services department

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and come up with a different estimate

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or I can change all those quantities to one if that's

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something you would prefer.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: I would like to be able to put

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something out to the public that is actually going to occur,

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because what's going to happen is you're going to have a major

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retailer , they have the economies of scale going from

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this specific manufacturer.

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You've already selected what is going to be produced

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and what type, therefore the only other possibility

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for the vendor is to buy in quantity for the cheaper price.

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If they're putting a bid in, potentially 50 or more units,

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they're certainly not going to get it if we are only going

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to be turning over 3 or 4 on an as needed basis .

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You do have a one year cap , which is fine.

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I'm just not comfortable putting something out on the street --

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it doesn't say as needed In the bid spec.

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Assistant City Manager: I believe

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the bid spec does represent that it's on an as needed basis,

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we can always go back and add additional language

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about the potential sale of the property

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if that would make the Commissioner more

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comfortable with the item we could change it

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to unit quantities of one.

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At the end of the day, we don't really

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know what is expected at that facility.

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Turnover can happen any day and needs could arise,

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so that's why we have this contract just

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on an as needed basis to address those situations

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but we could definitely do that.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: If you're comfortable with that,

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mayor would it be appropriate?

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: So this

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is a contract for both locations?

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you don't want to knock it down to nothing

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when you have Pembroke Pines Point with a bunch of seniors

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living there.

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Assistant City Manager: I know the comment was

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made that the vendors typically by the materials ahead of time,

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I don't know any vendors buying tons of countertops

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ahead of time to install them.

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: This is a contract .

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: What is the source

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of funds for this contract?

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Assistant City Manager: Community services

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department's budget.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: What is the source of funds,

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is this a grant?

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comes out of revenues from the rents,

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and this vendor continues to be available

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for any potential future?

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Assistant City Manager: That would

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be an opportunity for the purchaser

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to work out with the vendor.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: If they want

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to work out a different contract but they have the ability

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to use our contract, or their own,

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has that been thought through?

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Assistant City Manager: The purchaser would be a separate

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entity, they could definitely contract with a vendor

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and utilize the same pricing and the purchaser would have

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to agree to the pricing, it's definitely something that can be

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arranged..

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.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: What would be the appropriate

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language to adopt this modification to quantity

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as needed ?

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Can you still extract a bid

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if it has no numbers in it?

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does it allow you to make a determination on pricing?

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Assistant City Manager: Staff comes up

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with a quantity to help estimate what they believe is needed.

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We go with the lowest bidder once they are qualified,

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so if we use the quality of one we

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would just total that versus skewed data

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with higher quantities for different types of work.

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01:19:26,850 --> 01:19:29,640
Mayor Angelo Castillo: It's right there in the document,

519
01:19:29,640 --> 01:19:34,120
on an as needed basis, so I'm not sure

520
01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:37,120
that we need this motion.

521
01:19:50,200 --> 01:19:53,800
It's right in front of you.

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01:19:57,400 --> 01:20:02,200
On the city's screen, it's 4.1, it's in blue.

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01:20:10,602 --> 01:20:13,600
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: That clarifies the as needed,

524
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:18,371
so there's no need for me to make that change ,

525
01:20:18,371 --> 01:20:21,200
I think there should be a separation between point

526
01:20:21,200 --> 01:20:26,000
and place , I think there ought to be.

527
01:20:29,137 --> 01:20:34,537
I would like to , would that be a bifurcation?

528
01:20:40,240 --> 01:20:44,146
Speaker: Maybe we can just reference not to exceed a number

529
01:20:44,146 --> 01:20:46,146
of units .

530
01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:59,680
Can you put in a not to exceed number?

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01:21:01,967 --> 01:21:03,800
Assistant City Manager: I wouldn't recommend

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01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:07,280
that we limit the city to not exceed a certain number,

533
01:21:07,280 --> 01:21:11,400
I think if we just identify that these are estimated numbers

534
01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:13,743
and we're asking the vendor to provide services

535
01:21:13,743 --> 01:21:15,993
on an as needed basis that provides

536
01:21:15,993 --> 01:21:19,792
enough information to the vendor to adequately vet the project

537
01:21:19,792 --> 01:21:24,592
and gives the city the flexibility To award

538
01:21:25,554 --> 01:21:27,554
the parts needed.

539
01:21:32,677 --> 01:21:35,320
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Can we just

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01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:40,720
procure the actual material and move the labor out?

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01:21:42,170 --> 01:21:43,434
Mayor Angelo Castillo: If you want

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01:21:43,434 --> 01:21:46,291
to have a conversation about the internal operations of the city,

543
01:21:46,291 --> 01:21:49,373
this is not the place to have it.

544
01:21:49,373 --> 01:21:55,973
This entire discussion , I didn't see the as needed and I

545
01:21:59,531 --> 01:22:05,531
didn't see the 68 versus the one versus the discussion about

546
01:22:05,886 --> 01:22:13,860
whether or not it should be done on a time materials basis .

547
01:22:16,386 --> 01:22:20,200
The staff knows what they are doing ,

548
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:24,232
I think the as needed point was very well taken,

549
01:22:24,232 --> 01:22:26,800
it's right there.

550
01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:32,960
So unless you have a motion to make, we need to move on.

551
01:22:32,960 --> 01:22:36,560
All those in favor say aye?

552
01:22:39,405 --> 01:22:41,405
It passes unanimously.

553
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:54,400
I have two speakers .

554
01:23:18,246 --> 01:23:22,446
Mario Garcia: Good evening mayor , vice mayor,

555
01:23:40,950 --> 01:23:47,380
members of the city Council, men and women of the Pembroke Pines

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01:23:47,380 --> 01:23:48,210
Police Department.

557
01:23:48,210 --> 01:23:50,473
Thank you for allowing me a few minutes

558
01:23:50,473 --> 01:23:53,660
to speak before you about something that's

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01:23:53,660 --> 01:23:57,136
very personal to me, but also something I believe

560
01:23:57,136 --> 01:23:59,960
is very important to our entire community.

561
01:23:59,960 --> 01:24:03,866
I'm here today as a father who lost his only son.

562
01:24:03,866 --> 01:24:08,226
He was a decorated former South Florida law enforcement

563
01:24:08,226 --> 01:24:14,226
officer who struggled with PTSD during and after his service.

564
01:24:14,930 --> 01:24:19,206
A few years ago, he took his life.

565
01:24:19,206 --> 01:24:23,800
There isn't a day that doesn't go by that I

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01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:24,500
don't think about my son.

567
01:24:24,500 --> 01:24:27,448
As a father, I will always wonder

568
01:24:27,448 --> 01:24:30,400
if there was something more that I could have done,

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01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:36,971
but today I don't want to just focus only on what we lost,

570
01:24:36,971 --> 01:24:42,473
I want to focus on lives we can still save.

571
01:24:42,473 --> 01:24:46,800
our police officers see things that most people will never

572
01:24:46,800 --> 01:24:51,800
see in a lifetime, they deal with the trauma, violence,

573
01:24:51,800 --> 01:24:53,580
death, and tremendous pressure, also

574
01:24:53,580 --> 01:25:00,386
while being expected to go home at the end of their shift

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01:25:00,386 --> 01:25:01,473
and simply move on.

576
01:25:01,473 --> 01:25:05,306
We ask our officers to protect our families, our businesses,

577
01:25:05,306 --> 01:25:06,488
and our communities.

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01:25:06,488 --> 01:25:10,720
I believe we have a responsibility to them as well.

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01:25:10,720 --> 01:25:15,440
I am respectfully asking the City Council and the city

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01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:20,840
of Pembroke Pines to look at providing additional mental

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01:25:22,906 --> 01:25:26,500
health resources specifically for the men and women

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01:25:26,500 --> 01:25:31,533
of the Pembroke Pines Police Department that could include

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01:25:31,533 --> 01:25:34,940
confidential counseling, PTSD and trauma service,

584
01:25:34,940 --> 01:25:41,540
peer support groups, and making sure that our officers can speak

585
01:25:42,640 --> 01:25:46,740
without feeling that asking for help could hurt their careers

586
01:25:46,740 --> 01:25:48,740
and their reputations .

587
01:25:51,110 --> 01:25:54,600
We cannot wait until another officer reaches that breaking

588
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:57,993
point or until another family has to experience the kind

589
01:25:57,993 --> 01:26:02,193
of loss that my family has experienced.

590
01:26:03,826 --> 01:26:09,826
my son's life cannot be saved, but perhaps some other

591
01:26:11,400 --> 01:26:13,440
officer's life can be.

592
01:26:17,560 --> 01:26:21,160
If putting better resources in place

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01:26:21,688 --> 01:26:26,333
helps even one officer to come home safely to their family,

594
01:26:26,333 --> 01:26:32,513
then I believe it was well worth every effort and every dollar

595
01:26:32,513 --> 01:26:34,513
invested in it.

596
01:26:36,163 --> 01:26:40,460
we lost a police officer last week in the city of sunrise,

597
01:26:40,460 --> 01:26:47,660
we lost a police officer in the city of Doral 13 days ago ,

598
01:26:47,960 --> 01:26:53,800
continues to happen, something has got to be done.

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01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:55,503
I asked the city to look at options

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01:26:55,503 --> 01:27:00,648
that we can explore to make sure that the safety and the wellness

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01:27:00,648 --> 01:27:04,413
of our police officers, men and women, are cared for.

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01:27:04,413 --> 01:27:11,850
Thank you very much for your time , and God help us all.

603
01:27:11,850 --> 01:27:13,850
Thank you.

604
01:27:20,549 --> 01:27:22,716
Mayor Angelo Castillo: We thank you for your service

605
01:27:22,716 --> 01:27:26,200
and for your son's service, I know

606
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:28,168
the police department is in the back

607
01:27:28,168 --> 01:27:31,760
and you are part of the citizens group.

608
01:27:31,760 --> 01:27:37,780
Please talk to them, and open a dialog that will allow you

609
01:27:37,780 --> 01:27:43,480
to know what it is that we do to keep the mental health of all

610
01:27:43,480 --> 01:27:50,800
of our officers strong , and let's talk about what more we

611
01:27:50,305 --> 01:27:56,388
can do and I want to thank you for coming forward .

612
01:27:56,388 --> 01:27:59,988
It's an honor to have you.

613
01:28:00,560 --> 01:28:02,560
Second reading ordinance.

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01:28:11,160 --> 01:28:14,160
Speaker: Proposal of the ordinance

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01:28:16,690 --> 01:28:20,546
of the city of Pembroke Pines amending chapter 38

616
01:28:20,546 --> 01:28:22,900
of the city's Code of Ordinances which

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01:28:22,900 --> 01:28:26,120
provides for retirement income plan for general employees

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01:28:26,120 --> 01:28:30,136
of the city to completely terminate the plan in accordance

619
01:28:30,136 --> 01:28:34,336
with the provisions of the city's code.

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01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:14,320
For the purposes Of Effectuating the termination plan described

621
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:20,560
and provided for herein with codification and effective date

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01:29:21,640 --> 01:29:28,264
for the record the item is now on the floor for consideration.

623
01:29:29,596 --> 01:29:34,396
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Moved and seconded any discussion

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01:29:35,151 --> 01:29:37,151
or questions?

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01:29:50,223 --> 01:29:52,773
Speaker: Although you may benefit theoretically

626
01:29:52,773 --> 01:29:55,200
from the termination plan you are

627
01:29:55,200 --> 01:30:00,000
entitled to vote under chapter 12 that may require

628
01:30:08,216 --> 01:30:10,616
your recusal from voting.

629
01:30:19,180 --> 01:30:23,218
Speaker: I received an email today --

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01:30:38,660 --> 01:30:41,243
Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: Referencing the retirement plan,

631
01:30:41,243 --> 01:30:44,843
I don't know anything about that.

632
01:30:53,788 --> 01:30:59,188
Speaker: There are no changes to the existing plan.

633
01:31:03,171 --> 01:31:06,771
Speaker: That individual has been contacted

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01:31:15,800 --> 01:31:22,706
and told he does have a coda that's part of the plan,

635
01:31:22,706 --> 01:31:27,506
it's in the documentation, so he was notified.

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01:31:31,400 --> 01:31:31,428
Commissioner Thomas Jr.: So there's

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01:31:31,428 --> 01:31:33,439
a clear reference to the documentation that

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01:31:33,439 --> 01:31:37,390
indicates This plan, or whoever is

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01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:44,400
going to assume responsibility.

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01:31:49,171 --> 01:31:52,400
the most important thing for me is just that it's all spelled

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01:31:52,400 --> 01:31:54,400
out .

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01:32:01,399 --> 01:32:08,599
There was no reference in any of the controlling documents and I

643
01:32:10,600 --> 01:32:14,800
just wanted to make sure it exists .

644
01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:19,400
That's all I needed.

645
01:32:24,450 --> 01:32:30,450
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Will you please call the roll? [ Voting -

646
01:32:38,220 --> 01:32:40,220
all ayes]

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01:32:45,165 --> 01:32:47,960
Mayor Angelo Castillo: This item passes unanimously,

648
01:32:47,960 --> 01:32:50,360
thank you very much.

649
01:33:01,880 --> 01:33:08,480
I want to congratulate the city manager, city attorney, and also

650
01:33:10,320 --> 01:33:13,600
Mr. Rothstein for a job well done.

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01:33:13,600 --> 01:33:15,600
Item number seven.

652
01:33:23,400 --> 01:33:27,204
Speaker: A motion to adopt proposed ordinance

653
01:33:27,536 --> 01:33:34,136
on second and final reading of an ordinance of the City

654
01:33:34,920 --> 01:33:38,790
Commission of the city of Pembroke Pines Florida amending

655
01:33:38,790 --> 01:33:42,390
ordinance number 2052 providing for an amended

656
01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:47,224
budget for fiscal year 2025 2026 for the city,

657
01:33:47,224 --> 01:33:50,110
providing for conflicts, providing for severability,

658
01:33:50,110 --> 01:33:53,110
and providing an effective date.

659
01:33:57,300 --> 01:34:00,603
Mayor Angelo Castillo: By your vote,

660
01:34:16,160 --> 01:34:20,216
this item passes, thank you very much.

661
01:34:27,200 --> 01:34:29,200
Number eight.

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01:34:38,540 --> 01:34:39,915
City Attorney: Proposed ordinance

663
01:34:39,915 --> 01:34:44,715
in the city of Pembroke Pines Florida charter

664
01:34:45,440 --> 01:34:49,400
authorizing the execution of the agreement

665
01:34:49,200 --> 01:34:55,200
to a sub sublease for a real property generally located

666
01:34:59,832 --> 01:35:05,232
at 8013 South Palm Drive tower one, 8210 Florida Drive Tower

667
01:35:08,544 --> 01:35:12,144
two, and 8203 Florida Drive Tower three,

668
01:35:12,400 --> 01:35:15,184
collectively referred to as Pines Place

669
01:35:15,184 --> 01:35:17,584
and described in exhibit B which property is subleased

670
01:35:17,584 --> 01:35:20,150
by the city from the State of Florida Department of Children

671
01:35:20,150 --> 01:35:22,435
and Family Services and owned by the State of Florida

672
01:35:22,435 --> 01:35:24,560
through the Board of Trustees of the Internal Trust

673
01:35:24,560 --> 01:35:27,155
Fund of the State of Florida.

674
01:35:27,155 --> 01:35:31,355
Authorizing the closing of the transaction contemplated

675
01:35:35,820 --> 01:35:39,200
in the agreement effective upon the filing by the City Manager

676
01:35:39,200 --> 01:35:41,170
with the City Clerk of a certificate confirming

677
01:35:41,170 --> 01:35:43,220
that the closing requirements in the agreement

678
01:35:43,220 --> 01:35:46,986
have been satisfied, the form of which

679
01:35:46,986 --> 01:35:50,540
is attached here as exhibit C subject to the terms

680
01:35:50,540 --> 01:35:54,460
and conditions as set forth in the agreement,

681
01:35:54,460 --> 01:35:57,906
authorizing the proper city officials to execute

682
01:35:57,906 --> 01:35:59,848
all necessary documents and to take

683
01:35:59,848 --> 01:36:03,440
all actions necessary to close the transaction

684
01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:06,240
consistent with the authority granted herein,

685
01:36:06,240 --> 01:36:08,376
providing that any amendments extending the review

686
01:36:08,376 --> 01:36:10,386
period to the agreement to enter sub sublease

687
01:36:10,386 --> 01:36:13,560
may be approved by a duly executed resolution of the City

688
01:36:13,560 --> 01:36:15,800
Commission, providing for conflicts,

689
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:16,386
providing for severability,

690
01:36:16,386 --> 01:36:19,986
and providing for an effective date.

691
01:36:22,835 --> 01:36:28,235
Mayor Angelo Castillo: By your vote, this item passes.

692
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:54,680
You have your 4/5 vote, congratulations Pembroke Pines.

693
01:36:56,977 --> 01:37:01,566
We are on our way to doing great things with this item

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01:37:01,566 --> 01:37:06,440
and I really look forward to doing the next steps.

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01:37:06,440 --> 01:37:08,440
Number nine.

696
01:37:12,607 --> 01:37:15,607
City Attorney: Propose resolution vacating

697
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:27,360
the Unplatted utility easement recorded in Broward County

698
01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:32,680
official records book and as more particularly described

699
01:37:32,870 --> 01:37:35,780
in exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein,

700
01:37:35,780 --> 01:37:40,580
on the property located at 151 southwest 184th Avenue,

701
01:37:40,600 --> 01:37:42,340
Pembroke Pines Florida.

702
01:37:42,340 --> 01:37:45,640
More particularly described by its legal description in exhibit

703
01:37:45,640 --> 01:37:49,240
B, attached hereto and incorporated herein,

704
01:37:49,320 --> 01:37:51,720
providing for recordation, providing

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01:37:52,600 --> 01:37:56,260
for conflicts, severability, and an effective date.

706
01:38:00,705 --> 01:38:03,705
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Any discussion?

707
01:38:03,952 --> 01:38:07,552
All those in favor say aye?

708
01:38:10,579 --> 01:38:12,579
Motion passes unanimously.

709
01:38:19,429 --> 01:38:22,240
City Attorney: Number ten for the record is motion to adopt

710
01:38:22,240 --> 01:38:24,640
proposed resolution number 2026 R 19 ,

711
01:38:30,960 --> 01:38:34,000
proposed resolution of the city of Pembroke Pines Florida

712
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:37,280
amending the budget for the State University Charter

713
01:38:37,280 --> 01:38:39,640
Elementary School for the charter school fiscal year

714
01:38:39,640 --> 01:38:41,640
beginning July 1st 2025 .

715
01:38:50,890 --> 01:38:53,890
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Any discussion?

716
01:38:54,408 --> 01:38:56,408
motion passes unanimously.

717
01:39:02,154 --> 01:39:05,754
City Attorney: Next up is number 11,

718
01:39:06,993 --> 01:39:12,357
proposed resolution number 2026 R 20 is a resolution of the City

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01:39:12,357 --> 01:39:16,616
of Pembroke Pines Florida, amending the budget for the City

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01:39:16,616 --> 01:39:19,200
of Pembroke Pines Florida State University Charter Elementary

721
01:39:19,200 --> 01:39:22,520
School for the charter school fiscal year beginning July 1st

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01:39:22,520 --> 01:39:24,920
2025 providing for conflicts, severability,

723
01:39:25,500 --> 01:39:27,450
and an effective date.

724
01:39:33,780 --> 01:39:36,780
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Motion please.

725
01:39:37,719 --> 01:39:39,719
Any discussion?

726
01:39:40,917 --> 01:39:46,317
All those in favor say aye, it passes unanimously.

727
01:39:56,960 --> 01:40:00,560
Reports of league and MPO representatives.

728
01:40:05,454 --> 01:40:09,540
Speaker: Very happy to have attended .

729
01:40:18,570 --> 01:40:20,349
Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: The city of Coral Springs

730
01:40:20,349 --> 01:40:23,949
was most interesting, the Sunshine law

731
01:40:25,740 --> 01:40:28,740
and things in relation to communications were there,

732
01:40:28,740 --> 01:40:31,400
it was really interesting and the theme of it

733
01:40:31,400 --> 01:40:35,392
was basically going beyond the social post showing us what

734
01:40:35,392 --> 01:40:38,150
the city's example was doing.

735
01:40:38,150 --> 01:40:42,328
One highlight that we saw is they're actually doing a series

736
01:40:42,328 --> 01:40:46,200
on their social media and YouTube in the daily life

737
01:40:46,200 --> 01:40:51,640
of a worker mostly focused on highlighting what their taxes

738
01:40:51,640 --> 01:40:57,480
pay for, which I think we talked about here highlighting more

739
01:40:57,480 --> 01:41:04,248
with the taxpayer money goes to and so they've done a really

740
01:41:07,480 --> 01:41:11,560
beautifully done curated video series that they have online,

741
01:41:11,560 --> 01:41:15,693
I encourage our communications department to look at that

742
01:41:15,693 --> 01:41:21,930
and they also mentioned a whole host of resources ,

743
01:41:22,555 --> 01:41:28,256
the presentation is available on the app when you log in with

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01:41:28,256 --> 01:41:30,336
your credentials for the conference.

745
01:41:30,336 --> 01:41:37,536
If you can't find it, I can share the ones I got

746
01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:45,480
and be able to take knowledge from what they've been doing.

747
01:41:45,480 --> 01:41:51,480
On September 3rd there's going to be the next meeting .

748
01:42:07,827 --> 01:42:13,646
Mayor Angelo Castillo: I want to thank all of you that attended.

749
01:42:13,646 --> 01:42:15,979
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Colleagues who've attended

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01:42:15,979 --> 01:42:20,179
conferences , usually the material covered Is distributed

751
01:42:31,432 --> 01:42:33,350
amongst the rest of the commission.

752
01:42:33,350 --> 01:42:36,635
If you are able, can you--?

753
01:42:57,906 --> 01:43:00,306
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Sure.

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01:43:00,676 --> 01:43:03,760
Anything else on that?

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01:43:22,880 --> 01:43:24,880
Mr. Attorney?

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01:43:28,743 --> 01:43:30,368
City Attorney: Regarding the tax issue,

757
01:43:30,368 --> 01:43:34,530
we confirmed no appeal has been filed

758
01:43:34,530 --> 01:43:38,853
and the parties took the litigation to Tallahassee

759
01:43:39,930 --> 01:43:44,730
and Leon County and that item will appear

760
01:43:50,400 --> 01:43:53,400
on the ballot in November.

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01:43:59,240 --> 01:44:04,288
Thank you for the coordination regarding the meeting that will

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01:44:04,288 --> 01:44:09,340
occur on the 31st of August at 2:00 regarding the pending

763
01:44:09,340 --> 01:44:11,340
litigation.

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01:44:23,283 --> 01:44:26,221
Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: All right, discussion

765
01:44:26,221 --> 01:44:29,560
and possible action regarding the draft of a resolution

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01:44:29,560 --> 01:44:31,560
condemning Islamophobia.

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01:44:34,965 --> 01:44:40,365
I've been working a lot with the Muslim community

768
01:44:40,550 --> 01:44:43,890
and engage with the Muslim Students Association

769
01:44:43,890 --> 01:44:48,690
and I've heard growing concerns about increased Islamophobic

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01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:54,880
rhetoric, a lot of us have also been hearing anti-Semitic

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01:44:54,880 --> 01:44:57,840
as well on the rise due to global conflicts.

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01:44:57,840 --> 01:45:00,960
Those concerns are reflected nationally across the board

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01:45:00,960 --> 01:45:04,440
and the data showed that religion based hate

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crimes reached their highest level in 2023 since 2017

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and a few research poll found Muslims reported

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discrimination had increased following

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recent global conflicts.

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I'm asking for the Legal Council to develop

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the appropriate language for the resolution to formally adopt

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a resolution requesting the administration

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to add this to existing discrimination policies.

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01:45:53,360 --> 01:45:57,560
It would be according to those guidelines

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as well, this is not to provide special protections,

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it's about reaffirming a standard that applies equally

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to everyone in Pembroke Pines.

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No person should face discrimination, threats,

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violence, or unequal treatment because of their religion

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or perceived religion.

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When antisemitism, anti hatred, racism and other forms of bias

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affect our community, we must speak effectively against them

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and I hope we can do that here .

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It's just the direction to the city's attorney office,

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and I hope we can discuss that here.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: This commission

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has never shied away from the principle

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that every single resident of Pembroke Pines regardless

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01:47:12,430 --> 01:47:15,768
of characteristics of birth or chance are welcomed here

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and should be respected on equal terms.

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We have the same set of laws that apply to everyone,

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and there's no reason for there to be this kind of bigotry

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or racism or hatred of any kind in the city

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01:47:36,406 --> 01:47:43,600
is diverse and beautiful as ours, and really does get along.

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While the state of Florida has created

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some new laws in that regard that

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don't go into effect until the beginning of this year,

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if we do not require Tallahassee or anybody else

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to tell us what our conscience already tells us

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which is that respect for everyone regardless of how they

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01:48:05,530 --> 01:48:11,530
pray or where they're from, what color they are, their age

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or who they love or any of those other things.

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Here in Pembroke Pines, we stand up for the dignity of every

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human being .

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01:48:27,453 --> 01:48:30,586
They are accountable to the law for their behavior

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but not to their status as it relates

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to characteristics of birth.

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We've done it before, there are two previous resolutions that

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are in effect that were passed by the previous Commission

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and have never been overturned by this commission,

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I hope they never are.

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This adds to that , we did indeed pass an antisemitism

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resolution.

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Everyone here is welcome, respected,

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and as the governing body of this city it's

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important we be on the record to say

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that everyone matters so I have no difficulty with your item.

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Anybody else wish to speak?

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: I agree with modifying our anti

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ordinance, I just want to make sure the city attorney

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recognizes that any changes to the document does not conflict

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with state statute and it does not endorse any organization

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and involve any prohibited entity .

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I can tell you our Muslim residents

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are part of the fabric of Pembroke Pines.

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Families who contribute to our city every day,

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and standing against discrimination

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towards them is simply just standing for our community,

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so I certainly support Your discussion

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and your bringing this forward, Commissioner Rodriguez,

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thank you.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Remember the days

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when God forbid you sat down next to a Muslim

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and had the conversation and broke bread.

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But the truth is , I condemn hatred,

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intimidation and discrimination on all levels.

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Anti-Semitism, it's been less than a year since I've been

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attacked on social media .

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We have an opportunity to embrace the resolution

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that we passed to include all whether you're

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a Muslim, a Jew, a Hindu, people of faith, people with no faith.

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They have every single right that everybody else does ,

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so I'd like to be able to include that , city attorney.

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And just know that the city will continue

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to stand against hatred and discrimination.

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Mayor, I remember 2015, an eight year old boy

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attending Pines Mill who came up to me and said he

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was being bullied in school because he was Muslim,

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and I went to the parents and the parents

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were afraid to speak out because they thought

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they were going to get horrific things done

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to them Or their property.

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And that is three blocks away from here, right inside

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the municipal boundary of Pembroke Pines.

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I remember knocking on the door and an individual

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came out and says I'll support you Commissioner

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if you get rid of that so and so three doors down from me.

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If we're going to re-do this Resolution,

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we need to acknowledge there's hatred existing

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today in the current boundaries, anything else is just words.

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Resolutions are only paper unless we act upon those words.

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This country is beautiful because all of us

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have the same goal.

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Living in peace, freedom, raising a family .

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01:54:50,300 --> 01:54:54,203
The United States of America is beautiful ,

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01:54:56,885 --> 01:55:00,510
but it's being torn apart by rhetoric.

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01:55:00,510 --> 01:55:02,610
November is coming and the rhetoric

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is going to get even worse.

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01:55:08,129 --> 01:55:10,960
the question is, what are we going

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01:55:10,960 --> 01:55:16,360
to do as neighbors to go you know what?

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01:55:16,816 --> 01:55:18,740
That's not acceptable.

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01:55:18,740 --> 01:55:24,740
Are we going to be part of feeding the nonsense ,

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01:55:25,392 --> 01:55:32,358
identify people red blue purple green, are we going to do that?

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01:55:32,358 --> 01:55:37,500
it's not the neighbors I know, the friends that I have.

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01:55:37,500 --> 01:55:40,650
But they exist within our society .

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01:55:43,833 --> 01:55:47,192
I don't want to get any more emotional than this mayor,

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so I will stop.

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01:56:02,323 --> 01:56:04,740
Mayor Angelo Castillo: I'm sensing that we have consensus.

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01:56:04,740 --> 01:56:10,646
A lot of people say to me what has happened to America

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01:56:10,646 --> 01:56:16,944
and what is going on with all this hatred and division?

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01:56:16,944 --> 01:56:22,200
America is just fine, she is waiting for us exactly where we

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01:56:22,200 --> 01:56:26,820
left her, hopeful that we will come back .

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And that's why it's so important when

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we say to young people and one another welcome to America,

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01:56:35,756 --> 01:56:40,556
that those words mean something and that they

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don't mean the wrong thing.

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I want to thank you for coming forward with this.

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City Attorney: I've listened to the discussion ,

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I also am wary and aware of the various statutes regulations

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and policies in the legal matters that you are aware

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of as well which we consider very seriously as we craft

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01:57:17,286 --> 01:57:22,860
the document we can live with legally, operationally,

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01:57:22,680 --> 01:57:26,152
and for the benefit of the City of Pembroke Pines,

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we will do that.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: I don't want anyone to misunderstand

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the action that we are doing , we just all need to get along

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01:58:08,293 --> 01:58:13,930
better, we need to shape up that way.

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01:58:14,240 --> 01:58:17,240
Thank you again Commissioner Rodriguez

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for a very well thought item.

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With that consensus, we now have item 13 .

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Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: I just wanted to put on the table

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a discussion request update .

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01:58:43,531 --> 01:58:48,120
I know there was also some follow up questions

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so staff can let us know how the texting program is working

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01:58:51,520 --> 01:58:54,656
and how people can sign up and afterwards

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01:58:54,656 --> 01:58:58,792
make sure we have that information rotate it online.

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01:58:58,792 --> 01:59:02,992
I know it's been published multiple times .

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01:59:36,520 --> 01:59:40,720
Speaker: I had a couple of questions

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that I think a lot of them were explained within the memo

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01:59:45,680 --> 01:59:48,680
but I wanted to ask.

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01:59:50,965 --> 01:59:54,565
There's a program with the emergency

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01:59:57,630 --> 02:00:02,430
and non-emergency texting, can you speak on that

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02:00:03,131 --> 02:00:05,152
so we have an explanation and if you

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are able to share any sorts of communication

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it would be greatly appreciated.

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Speaker: Currently the system is contracted through the state's

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Emergency Management department, and through this system

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we can push out both emergency and non-emergency notification

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systems.

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The emergency notification systems are set out city wide,

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so it goes to tens of thousands of residents that have

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information that links them to Pembroke Pines and emergency

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notifications are intended for anything that presents a safety

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concern, and no one --

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Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: Can you

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give us an example of what might be sent out in that manner?

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Speaker: We've only posted a city wide emergency alert once

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since we implemented the system, and that was when Flamingo Road

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and the Boulevard westbound and northbound lanes were completely

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shut down , I thought it rose to a safety concern and so everyone

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who has any sort of connection to Pembroke Pines

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that's in the Everbridge system received that alert .

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That's intended for just emergency

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purposes safety concerns.

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Typically I would not use it for traffic related issues except

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for the specific location .

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Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: I believe you can sign up online,

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02:02:00,540 --> 02:02:05,940
Mr. Clark can you show us where that is?

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02:02:06,149 --> 02:02:12,233
so people know how to sign up for the opt in one,

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my understanding is it is guided more

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towards non-emergency scenarios.

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Speaker: They could sign up and put their contact information,

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whatever they prefer, and they can choose once they sign up

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02:02:28,786 --> 02:02:31,680
they will automatically always get emergency notifications

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02:02:31,680 --> 02:02:34,928
but there are now three categories for opt

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in non-emergency which includes city events,

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city services and city traffic alerts .

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Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: I believe

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it is that free cost, correct?

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Speaker: From what I understand, it is completely free of charge.

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Because Everbridge is contracted through the state,

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it is free of charge from what I understand .

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Speaker: The grant is no charge for emergency and non-emergency.

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Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: If there's

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construction on our particular road or things like that

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and there's going to be a disruption in the space,

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this text messaging program can also

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be worked towards that as well, correct?

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02:04:20,885 --> 02:04:24,485
Speaker: We have templates already, yes.

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Speaker: If you are signed up for the opt in notifications,

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I have been utilizing the system regularly since June

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for disruptions , so I very highly recommend residents

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to opt in.

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Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: I wanted

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to be able to promote this as much as possible because it's

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only really as useful as however many people sign up

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and opt into it, and I wanted obviously

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to bring attention to it which is why I put it on the agenda,

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so if we can continuously online and on social media

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be able to communicate that we have this communication system,

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I think not necessarily innovative as we all

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have text messages, but it really

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slims down all the constant barrage of information

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we get on social media.

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This is very particular and we can Geo target

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for specific circumstances, so I think

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it's a wonderful system and program the city is

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able to provide with a grant free of cost until 2029,

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after that hopefully the grant continues but I just

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wanted to highlight that.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Anyone else

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have any questions about this?

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02:05:54,700 --> 02:05:56,407
let's get to item 14.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Possible action

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to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance amending

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02:06:05,920 --> 02:06:08,530
a section of the city's Land Development Code currently

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02:06:08,530 --> 02:06:10,925
referenced as domesticated livestock and poultry

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02:06:10,925 --> 02:06:15,960
to include provisions for the management of livestock waste.

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Staff has provided some language for us to consider,

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and if you have any questions about that language?

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The purpose of this is to protect the public from horse

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02:06:50,840 --> 02:06:55,640
manure waste properly using the appropriate storage bins,

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02:06:59,560 --> 02:07:03,256
how you manage it to prevent runoff,

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and this came forward from the discussion back in May or June I

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believe .

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Most of it is in the backup, so I would ask my colleagues

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for a second.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Item dies for lack of a second.

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02:07:26,320 --> 02:07:28,320
Item 15.

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Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Discussion and possible action

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to review the administration previous agenda item ,

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I have the city attorney to come down.

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This one is a little bit unique, this was not

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commission driven back in 2024.

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This was prepared by administration,

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placed on an agenda and subsequently pulled

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by the administration for a reason that has not really

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been quite explained in the public view.

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I sat down with code enforcement now three times this year ,

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once in January, again in February, last time without Mr.

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Sherman's presence because it wasn't included in the invite,

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that would have been in July.

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The city manager, city administration was asked on all

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three of those meetings when and if the item would ever come back

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.

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City Manager: I just want clarity

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that the item was pulled because it was never discussed with me.

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Normally the policy of commission

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if there's going to be a change there

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02:09:22,462 --> 02:09:26,437
has to be a motion to direct the city attorney to do so.

1029
02:09:26,437 --> 02:09:31,440
I was not involved in any of those meetings concerning

1030
02:09:31,440 --> 02:09:36,920
this item, and that was the reason it was pulled.

1031
02:09:36,920 --> 02:09:41,528
As indicated, this item should have been brought forward asking

1032
02:09:41,528 --> 02:09:47,528
for the city Attorney's office to prepare an item regarding

1033
02:09:49,200 --> 02:09:55,800
these code enforcement issues , that is all we are waiting for .

1034
02:10:08,840 --> 02:10:11,978
I was informed there were suggestions that were made,

1035
02:10:11,978 --> 02:10:16,778
I know our city attorney Brian was involved

1036
02:10:18,200 --> 02:10:21,512
and this item should have been placed on the agenda

1037
02:10:21,512 --> 02:10:23,512
to instruct the city attorney to prepare

1038
02:10:23,512 --> 02:10:28,312
an ordinance with some direction and the ordinance

1039
02:10:28,440 --> 02:10:29,976
would come back to the Commission

1040
02:10:29,976 --> 02:10:34,506
to give them an opportunity to hear what the issues are

1041
02:10:34,506 --> 02:10:38,106
and discuss them at that time.

1042
02:10:43,707 --> 02:10:45,124
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: What

1043
02:10:45,124 --> 02:10:47,886
I recall hearing in the meeting in January of this year,

1044
02:10:47,886 --> 02:10:52,800
and again in February of this year,

1045
02:10:52,800 --> 02:10:57,700
was that it was pulled to give Vargas the opportunity

1046
02:10:57,700 --> 02:10:59,470
to review the policy.

1047
02:11:00,960 --> 02:11:03,630
At those two meetings I had inquired of the city manager

1048
02:11:03,630 --> 02:11:09,133
to review the information, here we are just about September

1049
02:11:09,133 --> 02:11:14,384
and I had to put it on because we haven't had any movement.

1050
02:11:14,384 --> 02:11:19,784
Basically, I want to give the microphone to the city attorney

1051
02:11:19,784 --> 02:11:23,384
Sherman, but without stealing his thunder,

1052
02:11:24,240 --> 02:11:29,640
our magistrates would have another tool in their toolbox

1053
02:11:31,220 --> 02:11:37,220
to address repeated offenders if we were to take Mr.

1054
02:11:38,960 --> 02:11:42,632
Ross's polling, the public does not have a majority

1055
02:11:42,632 --> 02:11:46,232
of confidence in our code enforcement .

1056
02:11:48,806 --> 02:11:55,480
Looking at that, I learned the end of the meeting two weeks ago

1057
02:11:55,480 --> 02:12:00,152
I was requested if this was going to come up I

1058
02:12:00,152 --> 02:12:01,520
need to put it on.

1059
02:12:01,520 --> 02:12:04,943
So it's here because I've asked the administration three times

1060
02:12:04,943 --> 02:12:07,933
to bring it forward and they said

1061
02:12:07,933 --> 02:12:12,120
if you want to discuss it you need to bring it forward,

1062
02:12:12,120 --> 02:12:15,813
the city attorney's office never really reviewed it

1063
02:12:15,813 --> 02:12:19,930
but I don't know how that's even possible considering staff

1064
02:12:19,930 --> 02:12:22,930
has two exhibits with strikeouts.

1065
02:12:24,560 --> 02:12:25,920
Staff didn't do that.

1066
02:12:25,920 --> 02:12:33,120
I mean, maybe staff did it, but it's not the dollar amount .

1067
02:12:38,405 --> 02:12:45,000
I'm not fixated on one value of how much a fine should be.

1068
02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:49,200
Would I recognize is that we made

1069
02:12:52,640 --> 02:12:58,400
an adjustment for other items within our city policies

1070
02:12:58,320 --> 02:13:04,480
because $10 today is a lot less money than it was ten years ago,

1071
02:13:04,480 --> 02:13:11,800
and we clearly do not have the attention of repeat offenders

1072
02:13:11,296 --> 02:13:16,960
when it comes to cleaning up their property,

1073
02:13:21,120 --> 02:13:22,560
coding up the compliance.

1074
02:13:22,560 --> 02:13:24,800
And the magistrate has the ability

1075
02:13:24,800 --> 02:13:28,254
if the city were to allow them to do so,

1076
02:13:28,254 --> 02:13:31,854
to look at some other options.

1077
02:13:32,600 --> 02:13:38,600
Can you please address the commission on exhibit one which

1078
02:13:42,130 --> 02:13:47,413
I believe is an actual proposed ordinance whereas clause .

1079
02:13:51,200 --> 02:13:52,840
Staff didn't do that.

1080
02:13:52,840 --> 02:13:54,640
There's code, there's underlines.

1081
02:13:54,640 --> 02:14:00,233
Staff did not do that, somebody had to prepare that.

1082
02:14:00,233 --> 02:14:05,368
As the city attorney, do you have any recollection

1083
02:14:05,368 --> 02:14:10,168
on how exhibit one and two showed up?

1084
02:14:38,840 --> 02:14:42,120
Assistant City Attorney: We were asked to put something together

1085
02:14:42,120 --> 02:14:45,120
for discussion, understanding it still

1086
02:14:46,000 --> 02:14:48,840
needed to go to commission.

1087
02:14:48,840 --> 02:14:51,526
We drafted this particular document,

1088
02:14:51,526 --> 02:14:54,290
as to why it was pulled or anything

1089
02:14:54,290 --> 02:14:56,568
that happened after it was submitted,

1090
02:14:56,568 --> 02:15:00,168
I would refer you to Mr.

1091
02:15:06,307 --> 02:15:08,307
[Inaudible]

1092
02:15:17,604 --> 02:15:19,646
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: City manager Dodge,

1093
02:15:19,646 --> 02:15:22,600
we have a product produced, give us

1094
02:15:22,600 --> 02:15:25,600
the opportunity to discuss it.

1095
02:15:37,665 --> 02:15:39,957
City Manager: If an item is to be presented and drafted

1096
02:15:39,957 --> 02:15:42,752
as an ordinance, it must first be presented to the Commission

1097
02:15:42,752 --> 02:15:46,276
to discuss and then the city attorney prepares it

1098
02:15:46,276 --> 02:15:49,802
and then we consider it as a vote.

1099
02:15:49,802 --> 02:15:54,602
This was totally inappropriate, the police chief wasn't

1100
02:15:55,256 --> 02:16:00,400
aware of it, I wasn't aware of it, no one consulted

1101
02:16:00,400 --> 02:16:04,000
or even presented any to me.

1102
02:16:05,426 --> 02:16:11,153
Some of these fines I think are absolutely ridiculous to expect

1103
02:16:11,153 --> 02:16:17,880
a homeowner to be fined up to $1,000 per day for a violation

1104
02:16:17,880 --> 02:16:21,384
for the first violations I'm reading right here.

1105
02:16:21,384 --> 02:16:24,966
As we know, the purpose for code is compliance,

1106
02:16:24,966 --> 02:16:29,766
it's not a fine or to penalize somebody.

1107
02:16:30,140 --> 02:16:33,740
Usually those who have these violations, if it

1108
02:16:33,740 --> 02:16:37,470
was for not cutting their grass or maintaining their property

1109
02:16:37,470 --> 02:16:41,700
or painting their house, it's probably

1110
02:16:41,820 --> 02:16:43,880
because they didn't have the resources to do it

1111
02:16:43,880 --> 02:16:51,800
and now you are looking at putting fines that in my opinion

1112
02:16:53,170 --> 02:16:54,950
are ridiculous.

1113
02:16:54,950 --> 02:16:58,680
I suggested before this item come on

1114
02:16:58,680 --> 02:17:02,460
it be an item to direct city attorney to prepare something

1115
02:17:02,460 --> 02:17:05,546
with ideas that the commissioner would have

1116
02:17:05,546 --> 02:17:10,280
and then once you do that, it's incorporated.

1117
02:17:10,280 --> 02:17:15,400
We never present an ordinance that has not been directed to do

1118
02:17:15,400 --> 02:17:17,440
so by the Commission .

1119
02:17:19,622 --> 02:17:21,413
Was out of place, it wasn't discussed with

1120
02:17:21,413 --> 02:17:25,152
the administration, if a staff person did it

1121
02:17:25,152 --> 02:17:30,480
at someone's request, I don't know whose request it was at ,

1122
02:17:30,480 --> 02:17:33,152
it certainly wasn't from my office.

1123
02:17:33,152 --> 02:17:37,330
I think this evening, there's nothing wrong

1124
02:17:37,330 --> 02:17:39,600
with changing this motion to instruct the city

1125
02:17:39,600 --> 02:17:41,120
attorney to prepare something based

1126
02:17:41,120 --> 02:17:44,720
on a recommendation by a commissioner

1127
02:17:45,680 --> 02:17:51,800
and bring it back to the Commission for consideration.

1128
02:17:55,203 --> 02:18:00,920
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: I'm trying hard to be as kind

1129
02:18:00,920 --> 02:18:05,120
about this as I can, but --

1130
02:18:12,764 --> 02:18:13,176
Mayor Angelo Castillo: There have

1131
02:18:13,176 --> 02:18:15,866
been certain items brought before this commission that

1132
02:18:15,866 --> 02:18:17,766
have not been vetted by staff.

1133
02:18:17,766 --> 02:18:21,106
Even though we have two new members,

1134
02:18:21,106 --> 02:18:23,140
we have all been here long enough

1135
02:18:23,140 --> 02:18:26,160
to know that we rely on professional staff

1136
02:18:26,160 --> 02:18:29,760
to assist us in organizing presentations

1137
02:18:30,520 --> 02:18:34,620
before the Commission, and with respect to this matter, that

1138
02:18:34,620 --> 02:18:35,704
was not done.

1139
02:18:35,704 --> 02:18:38,800
The city manager wasn't talked to,

1140
02:18:38,800 --> 02:18:40,340
the police chief wasn't talked to,

1141
02:18:40,340 --> 02:18:43,660
I don't know how this came up.

1142
02:18:43,660 --> 02:18:45,850
I've never seen it before.

1143
02:18:45,850 --> 02:18:51,850
Substantively, I am not a fine increase mode from $250 to 500

1144
02:18:54,520 --> 02:19:01,720
or 1000 , that's just not in my judgment a thing that has any

1145
02:19:03,800 --> 02:19:08,000
sense of place or time right now .

1146
02:19:08,502 --> 02:19:13,236
In my state of the city speech I made note of the fact that 80%

1147
02:19:13,236 --> 02:19:18,636
of all code compliance concerns in the community whether

1148
02:19:19,200 --> 02:19:22,200
in violation, 80% are voluntarily resolved .

1149
02:19:28,610 --> 02:19:32,300
While I hear a lot of stuff out there about code compliance,

1150
02:19:32,300 --> 02:19:39,830
people are very slow to pick up the phone and call it in,

1151
02:19:40,125 --> 02:19:42,872
but they want to complain about the community.

1152
02:19:42,872 --> 02:19:46,306
And then when we pass things like don't park on your lawn,

1153
02:19:46,306 --> 02:19:49,253
they call us all kind of names because we

1154
02:19:49,253 --> 02:19:51,653
are enforcing this stuff.

1155
02:19:53,328 --> 02:19:58,388
Just a quick vignette, I remember a phone call I got from

1156
02:19:58,388 --> 02:20:04,988
a lady in Pines Village , she wanted to sell her house.

1157
02:20:05,520 --> 02:20:10,746
She had a good price, she had a homeowner that was looking

1158
02:20:10,746 --> 02:20:17,946
to buy her house to live there , but her neighbor had three

1159
02:20:18,760 --> 02:20:21,548
trucks and two broken down cars parked on the lawn and she

1160
02:20:21,548 --> 02:20:25,300
looked at that and said I love your house, it's a great price,

1161
02:20:25,300 --> 02:20:27,944
but I can't live like this.

1162
02:20:27,944 --> 02:20:34,480
That person lost the sale because we don't have a sense

1163
02:20:34,480 --> 02:20:38,680
of standards , so we went to staff,

1164
02:20:39,690 --> 02:20:45,313
it was done in the right way , and we created some new rules.

1165
02:20:45,313 --> 02:20:47,640
Now all of a sudden people are complaining

1166
02:20:47,640 --> 02:20:50,920
because they can't park their car on the lawn anymore.

1167
02:20:50,920 --> 02:20:55,120
It's enough to tear your hair out!

1168
02:20:55,440 --> 02:20:59,600
If we want to have a conversation about code

1169
02:20:59,600 --> 02:21:03,632
enforcement, I think we should, and if there's

1170
02:21:03,632 --> 02:21:10,240
an appetite for more fines, much less what I'm looking at here,

1171
02:21:10,240 --> 02:21:13,112
thousands of dollars, if someone wants

1172
02:21:13,112 --> 02:21:16,000
to have that discussion you should have it, but let's

1173
02:21:16,000 --> 02:21:19,240
vet these items through the staff.

1174
02:21:19,240 --> 02:21:22,130
I'm sick and tired of staff saying

1175
02:21:22,130 --> 02:21:25,560
I never heard this before, no one ever contacted me.

1176
02:21:25,560 --> 02:21:28,880
We have people here who are responsible for assets

1177
02:21:28,880 --> 02:21:33,480
and money, go and see them and then bring

1178
02:21:33,480 --> 02:21:40,800
an item that is vetted so we can have this discussion.

1179
02:21:48,856 --> 02:21:51,106
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: If the clerk can pull up

1180
02:21:51,106 --> 02:21:54,120
the first page, I know we have a really good IT department.

1181
02:21:54,120 --> 02:21:57,370
This file was created January 13th 2025,

1182
02:21:57,370 --> 02:22:00,370
clearly somebody stuck it in.

1183
02:22:07,400 --> 02:22:13,400
It was on our agenda on the 5th of February 2025,

1184
02:22:18,605 --> 02:22:21,605
and then it got pulled.

1185
02:22:23,774 --> 02:22:28,957
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Did the city Commission order this item?

1186
02:22:28,957 --> 02:22:30,874
so this is just a request for the city manager

1187
02:22:30,874 --> 02:22:34,474
that was never presented to us?

1188
02:22:34,553 --> 02:22:40,553
You're looking at some draft, and what is your point?

1189
02:22:41,214 --> 02:22:42,922
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: The manager

1190
02:22:42,922 --> 02:22:47,119
had concerns of how it got there.

1191
02:22:47,119 --> 02:22:49,536
Mayor Angelo Castillo: It doesn't matter how it got there,

1192
02:22:49,536 --> 02:22:52,720
it didn't go through the administration and it was never

1193
02:22:52,720 --> 02:22:54,720
before us .

1194
02:23:00,506 --> 02:23:03,480
Commissioner, if you were still bringing the items to manager

1195
02:23:03,480 --> 02:23:06,648
back after it's vetted with staff,

1196
02:23:07,253 --> 02:23:10,470
we are duty bound to entertain it

1197
02:23:10,470 --> 02:23:15,382
but staff have to be met with, the police chief

1198
02:23:15,382 --> 02:23:18,716
has to be met with, the director of code has to be met with,

1199
02:23:18,716 --> 02:23:20,928
the city attorney should be part of that.

1200
02:23:20,928 --> 02:23:27,760
If you want to bring an item to raise the fines or whatever--

1201
02:23:27,760 --> 02:23:31,360
I'm looking at what I'm reading.

1202
02:23:34,826 --> 02:23:42,626
If you wish to bring an item, meet with staff, vet your item .

1203
02:23:45,754 --> 02:23:50,554
We are now on item 16, Commissioner vice mayor.

1204
02:23:57,120 --> 02:23:59,429
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: Thank you for making this

1205
02:23:59,429 --> 02:24:02,429
the longest possible item ever .

1206
02:24:08,428 --> 02:24:15,280
As our city attorney advise us , the governor vetoed bill --

1207
02:24:37,568 --> 02:24:41,768
the bill would have required operating requirements .

1208
02:24:45,128 --> 02:24:47,688
Notwithstanding the veto and given a clear proliferation

1209
02:24:47,688 --> 02:24:50,800
of the use of e-bikes, e-scooters,

1210
02:24:50,800 --> 02:24:53,664
and related micromobility devices by not just

1211
02:24:53,664 --> 02:24:56,200
the general population of adults,

1212
02:24:56,200 --> 02:24:58,824
but also a significant number of minor children

1213
02:24:58,824 --> 02:25:01,620
and publicized evidence of debilitating injuries accidents

1214
02:25:01,620 --> 02:25:03,340
and significant life safety issues

1215
02:25:03,340 --> 02:25:05,740
and impacts affecting this proliferation,

1216
02:25:05,740 --> 02:25:07,648
I will respectfully seek the following

1217
02:25:07,648 --> 02:25:11,310
from the mayor, City Commission, and city administration.

1218
02:25:11,310 --> 02:25:15,560
A motion to authorize and to direct the city's police

1219
02:25:15,560 --> 02:25:18,960
department professionals via the City Manager

1220
02:25:18,960 --> 02:25:21,664
to provide a public review and report to the Mayor and City

1221
02:25:21,664 --> 02:25:23,720
Commission in the near term as to the existence

1222
02:25:23,720 --> 02:25:27,413
and use of e-bikes and related devices in the city,

1223
02:25:27,413 --> 02:25:29,655
and an analysis of recommendation

1224
02:25:29,655 --> 02:25:31,865
to better protect the public health and safety

1225
02:25:31,865 --> 02:25:34,384
necessitated by the ongoing proliferation of such devices

1226
02:25:34,384 --> 02:25:35,552
in our community.

1227
02:25:35,552 --> 02:25:40,190
And a motion to authorize and direct the City Attorney's

1228
02:25:40,190 --> 02:25:42,760
Office to review viable and lawful legislative alternatives

1229
02:25:42,760 --> 02:25:44,135
for City Commission consideration

1230
02:25:44,135 --> 02:25:46,880
as to the potential regulation of e-bikes and related

1231
02:25:46,880 --> 02:25:49,753
micromobility devices to protect best the health safety

1232
02:25:49,753 --> 02:25:52,420
and welfare of the citizens and residents of the city and others

1233
02:25:52,420 --> 02:25:56,130
who may utilize the city's public streets, highways,

1234
02:25:56,130 --> 02:25:58,130
sidewalks and parks.

1235
02:26:03,610 --> 02:26:06,930
Mayor Angelo Castillo: So with that objection

1236
02:26:06,930 --> 02:26:09,984
I'm going to combine the two motions

1237
02:26:09,984 --> 02:26:15,984
and if someone wants to bifurcate them let me know.

1238
02:26:16,200 --> 02:26:19,800
Is there a second for discussion?

1239
02:26:30,597 --> 02:26:32,514
Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: I could tell you

1240
02:26:32,514 --> 02:26:38,514
this was very disappointing to see that the governor vetoed

1241
02:26:42,800 --> 02:26:46,480
legislation to deal with an issue that's starting

1242
02:26:46,480 --> 02:26:49,480
to take over our communities.

1243
02:26:50,400 --> 02:26:53,960
The state was probably the best level to manage this particular

1244
02:26:53,960 --> 02:26:55,960
concern .

1245
02:26:58,468 --> 02:27:03,268
What you've put here is an excellent start,

1246
02:27:04,800 --> 02:27:07,680
I 100% support all of this review

1247
02:27:07,793 --> 02:27:10,400
and would also like to ask if you would consider

1248
02:27:10,400 --> 02:27:15,200
adding something that would also incorporate what are

1249
02:27:16,930 --> 02:27:19,693
other cities doing in the area.

1250
02:27:23,840 --> 02:27:31,886
We could make a law here going to Miramar or any one of these

1251
02:27:31,886 --> 02:27:37,166
other cities , and this is the crux of the problem.

1252
02:27:37,166 --> 02:27:40,480
It's got to be a regional type of thing,

1253
02:27:40,480 --> 02:27:46,480
we are having some discussions but this is really good,

1254
02:27:48,660 --> 02:27:51,565
we need to really understand what it is

1255
02:27:51,565 --> 02:27:54,800
and how it impacts our city but we also

1256
02:27:54,800 --> 02:27:58,800
need to understand what our city is doing in regards to this

1257
02:27:58,800 --> 02:28:02,843
and trying to dovetail whatever we want to do with what

1258
02:28:02,843 --> 02:28:08,220
other people are doing or go and do a presentation asking them

1259
02:28:08,220 --> 02:28:11,220
to consider adopting something, I

1260
02:28:12,240 --> 02:28:17,424
ask you incorporate some form of regionalization as well.

1261
02:28:34,526 --> 02:28:35,984
Speaker: Those folks up there never

1262
02:28:35,984 --> 02:28:37,660
vote unanimously on any legislation,

1263
02:28:37,660 --> 02:28:40,660
it was a unanimous vote.

1264
02:28:40,826 --> 02:28:46,226
Governor Desantis on June 25th or 26th vetoed it .

1265
02:28:47,666 --> 02:28:50,208
Sometimes I can understand where the governor is coming from,

1266
02:28:50,208 --> 02:28:53,653
sometimes I can't and this one I can't.

1267
02:28:53,653 --> 02:28:56,160
Ultimately I don't want to put words in your mouth but there

1268
02:28:56,160 --> 02:28:59,740
are often times we are upset with Tallahassee preempting us

1269
02:28:59,740 --> 02:29:02,840
but then there are other times where uniformity,

1270
02:29:02,840 --> 02:29:09,740
because to your point, you can go down 1/84 close by where I

1271
02:29:09,740 --> 02:29:14,600
live and after you cross Pembroke Road they come through

1272
02:29:14,600 --> 02:29:18,800
our city and if you don't have uniformity,

1273
02:29:18,800 --> 02:29:23,000
it's challenging I believe it's Cooper City,

1274
02:29:27,400 --> 02:29:30,640
possibly Coral Springs also was mentioned.

1275
02:29:31,280 --> 02:29:37,880
This is a starting point, and I don't have the answers.

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02:29:39,100 --> 02:29:44,500
I think law enforcement has something they could present .

1277
02:29:48,946 --> 02:29:54,946
I know Mr. Mayor, our neighbor and constituent back there,

1278
02:29:55,775 --> 02:29:59,460
he's passionate about the issue and I wanted to mention

1279
02:29:59,460 --> 02:30:01,460
something .

1280
02:30:04,700 --> 02:30:09,653
But if you don't know a lot about Senate Bill 382,

1281
02:30:09,653 --> 02:30:13,136
I think it's important to know nobody's

1282
02:30:13,136 --> 02:30:15,480
banning any of these vehicles.

1283
02:30:15,480 --> 02:30:19,352
My ten year old daughter said dad,

1284
02:30:19,352 --> 02:30:22,410
are you trying to take my friends e-bikes and e-scooters

1285
02:30:22,410 --> 02:30:28,576
away and I said no I am not, I am simply trying to protect

1286
02:30:28,576 --> 02:30:33,376
the drivers and operators of e-bikes and e-scooters ,

1287
02:30:37,446 --> 02:30:40,230
drivers like me that will get in a car and drive home when I

1288
02:30:40,230 --> 02:30:42,423
leave here, and pedestrians.

1289
02:30:48,734 --> 02:30:51,317
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: I do want our esteemed police

1290
02:30:51,317 --> 02:30:53,360
department which does a wonderful job at traffic

1291
02:30:53,360 --> 02:30:56,486
management, by the way thanks for the first two

1292
02:30:56,486 --> 02:30:59,973
weeks of school and traffic, I know it's hard,

1293
02:30:59,973 --> 02:31:02,144
thank you very much for what you've done.

1294
02:31:02,144 --> 02:31:07,544
School traffic you have these issues with these vehicles .

1295
02:31:09,493 --> 02:31:12,800
You're supposed to only be about 750 lots,

1296
02:31:12,800 --> 02:31:19,224
and some go above the 750W, above what normally the limit

1297
02:31:19,224 --> 02:31:24,240
on the machine is of 28 miles an hour .

1298
02:31:27,337 --> 02:31:32,173
I believe part of what was going to be required in this bill was

1299
02:31:32,173 --> 02:31:37,760
reducing speed to ten miles an hour on sidewalks within 50ft

1300
02:31:37,760 --> 02:31:39,760
of pedestrians .

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02:31:46,341 --> 02:31:51,580
There are no licenses required to operate the vehicle,

1302
02:31:51,580 --> 02:31:53,980
and no age restriction.

1303
02:31:55,584 --> 02:32:02,800
If you look at the material provided to me by Pembroke Pines

1304
02:32:02,800 --> 02:32:05,360
Police and the City Attorney's Office,

1305
02:32:05,360 --> 02:32:11,271
you are supposed to adhere to the safety rules of the road .

1306
02:32:11,271 --> 02:32:15,300
If you are 12 years old and have never sat

1307
02:32:15,300 --> 02:32:21,896
for a driver's license, I'm not sure how you're going to be

1308
02:32:21,896 --> 02:32:24,780
familiar with the rules of the road,

1309
02:32:24,780 --> 02:32:30,160
and that's a big part of it I appreciate very much because I

1310
02:32:30,160 --> 02:32:33,253
see kids riding at, but there has to be some kind

1311
02:32:33,253 --> 02:32:36,500
of guardrails before they get injured,

1312
02:32:36,500 --> 02:32:41,400
before a vehicular driver injures them or injures

1313
02:32:41,400 --> 02:32:45,840
themselves because of an accident that takes place .

1314
02:32:46,630 --> 02:32:51,368
I know we had two young kids out in the Western part of Pembroke

1315
02:32:51,368 --> 02:32:55,100
Pines I believe the first day of school who

1316
02:32:55,100 --> 02:32:59,300
were injured on these e-bikes, or e-scooters.

1317
02:33:00,293 --> 02:33:05,693
I understand there's a great deal of legality that

1318
02:33:08,100 --> 02:33:13,620
our wonderful city attorney's office can help us work through,

1319
02:33:13,620 --> 02:33:18,350
but why I wanted to bring this now is because the governor

1320
02:33:18,350 --> 02:33:22,512
vetoed this legislation after we had entered summer recess

1321
02:33:22,512 --> 02:33:27,912
on the City Commission , and therefore we couldn't meet.

1322
02:33:30,626 --> 02:33:36,200
Also, I was hopeful we would have some progress on this

1323
02:33:36,200 --> 02:33:42,200
in Tallahassee and I applaud our legislators for Passing it,

1324
02:33:42,576 --> 02:33:45,542
I don't quite understand why the governor vetoed it.

1325
02:33:45,542 --> 02:33:48,800
I meant this as a starting point for discussion kicking it

1326
02:33:48,800 --> 02:33:53,808
to the experts in our police department, our attorneys,

1327
02:33:53,808 --> 02:33:59,232
and there's a point that there are folks who are either

1328
02:33:59,232 --> 02:34:03,660
watching or will watch contact our city Commission et cetera

1329
02:34:03,660 --> 02:34:06,584
who have expressed ongoing concerns,

1330
02:34:06,584 --> 02:34:11,984
and I just feel that it's incumbent upon us

1331
02:34:12,377 --> 02:34:15,640
to at a minimum start the process to see how it is we

1332
02:34:15,640 --> 02:34:19,840
could better protect those drivers and pedestrians ,

1333
02:34:21,571 --> 02:34:23,464
one is here that will speak to his experience

1334
02:34:23,464 --> 02:34:25,140
at the appropriate time.

1335
02:34:25,140 --> 02:34:30,320
I appreciate Commissioner good, your comments, and again, I'm

1336
02:34:30,320 --> 02:34:32,264
looking to my colleagues for support,

1337
02:34:32,264 --> 02:34:35,440
and to the experts for guidance.

1338
02:34:35,440 --> 02:34:37,440
Thank you.

1339
02:34:50,266 --> 02:34:52,558
Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: I want to mention e-bikes

1340
02:34:52,558 --> 02:34:56,496
and e-scooters sometimes are a very reliable source of mobility

1341
02:34:56,496 --> 02:35:00,800
for some of our residents who can't own cars,

1342
02:35:00,800 --> 02:35:06,293
maybe too young to drive cars and you guys hear me talk about

1343
02:35:06,293 --> 02:35:09,904
it all the time, the lack of transportation opportunity

1344
02:35:09,904 --> 02:35:15,904
within the city of Pembroke Pines and we all continued

1345
02:35:19,680 --> 02:35:21,680
to work on .

1346
02:35:25,520 --> 02:35:27,300
We wanted to make the regulation so it

1347
02:35:27,300 --> 02:35:33,166
would be safer for the movie to be able to use

1348
02:35:33,166 --> 02:35:36,166
these vehicles in a sense.

1349
02:35:37,480 --> 02:35:40,480
Setting forth the right regulation,

1350
02:35:41,933 --> 02:35:45,533
possibly children and speed and things

1351
02:35:45,704 --> 02:35:47,786
like that, but there are people who use them

1352
02:35:47,786 --> 02:35:51,150
because cars are very expensive and gasoline is very expensive

1353
02:35:51,150 --> 02:35:58,350
and this is a way that some people have been getting around

1354
02:35:58,920 --> 02:36:02,720
because of the ease that you can get around without actually

1355
02:36:02,720 --> 02:36:11,720
pedaling the bike so I wanted us to be able to have that in mind

1356
02:36:15,620 --> 02:36:16,194
as well.

1357
02:36:16,194 --> 02:36:18,980
The goal isn't to ban, but we don't

1358
02:36:18,980 --> 02:36:21,146
want to overregulate what some people use

1359
02:36:21,146 --> 02:36:25,280
as their only source of mobility to get to and from work.

1360
02:36:25,280 --> 02:36:31,280
I wanted to flag that and mention balancing the safety

1361
02:36:34,808 --> 02:36:38,970
but also the protection of our residents to be able to get

1362
02:36:38,970 --> 02:36:42,897
to and from where they need to go .

1363
02:37:08,142 --> 02:37:10,850
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: There are multiple conversations

1364
02:37:10,850 --> 02:37:15,296
with the police department going back last year and again in June

1365
02:37:15,296 --> 02:37:20,394
and again recently, I don't want to speak for the chief

1366
02:37:20,394 --> 02:37:22,600
but we are all hopeful there would

1367
02:37:22,600 --> 02:37:23,880
be some guidance from Tallahassee

1368
02:37:23,880 --> 02:37:25,680
or some regulation from Tallahassee,

1369
02:37:25,680 --> 02:37:27,880
and again unfortunately the governor

1370
02:37:27,880 --> 02:37:32,940
vetoed it so I've been in contact both with Chief Vargas's

1371
02:37:32,940 --> 02:37:35,940
command staff, City manager Dodge,

1372
02:37:36,192 --> 02:37:40,992
and of course Mr. Sherman and Mr. Gorin.

1373
02:37:52,618 --> 02:37:55,243
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: If the governor hadn't vetoed it,

1374
02:37:55,243 --> 02:37:59,443
it would have been a moving violation ?

1375
02:38:01,974 --> 02:38:03,682
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: The text

1376
02:38:03,682 --> 02:38:07,282
is there in the Senate bill.

1377
02:38:16,165 --> 02:38:18,748
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Will there be a code enforcement

1378
02:38:18,748 --> 02:38:20,748
city attorney?

1379
02:38:24,143 --> 02:38:25,976
City Attorney: It would be a code violation,

1380
02:38:25,976 --> 02:38:30,776
and all bicycles are classified the same way .

1381
02:38:37,599 --> 02:38:39,766
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: I'm just trying to see

1382
02:38:39,766 --> 02:38:45,740
the enforcement side of it , if it hadn't been vetoed if we are

1383
02:38:45,740 --> 02:38:51,140
looking at doing something unless it becomes a code

1384
02:38:51,813 --> 02:38:53,813
enforcement matter .

1385
02:39:00,297 --> 02:39:02,464
City Attorney: Depending on how the drafting occurs,

1386
02:39:02,464 --> 02:39:07,264
the regulation would be essentially a police issue.

1387
02:39:12,620 --> 02:39:15,120
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: Are you hearing with direction

1388
02:39:15,120 --> 02:39:19,860
from the commission that you would make it police enforcement

1389
02:39:19,860 --> 02:39:21,860
action .

1390
02:39:28,318 --> 02:39:30,360
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: My intent is not

1391
02:39:30,360 --> 02:39:35,760
to have our code enforcement out policing these vehicles,

1392
02:39:35,990 --> 02:39:39,232
I appreciate what Commissioner Rodriguez said

1393
02:39:39,232 --> 02:39:43,559
which is why I'm not looking for any sort of overregulation, just

1394
02:39:43,559 --> 02:39:44,230
safety.

1395
02:39:44,230 --> 02:39:48,824
I want code enforcement going to homes that are violating code,

1396
02:39:48,824 --> 02:39:51,120
I don't want code enforcement chasing down

1397
02:39:51,120 --> 02:39:55,900
folks who are driving either irresponsibly above a speed

1398
02:39:55,900 --> 02:39:58,900
limit or they shouldn't be.

1399
02:39:58,976 --> 02:40:02,773
I believe this should be a law enforcement matter,

1400
02:40:02,773 --> 02:40:08,352
I believe the chief is perfectly capable of coming back,

1401
02:40:08,352 --> 02:40:13,719
the item is asking questions about something that we have

1402
02:40:13,719 --> 02:40:16,520
the ability to direct administration to come back

1403
02:40:16,520 --> 02:40:22,520
with, so the answers to what you're saying are looking

1404
02:40:23,191 --> 02:40:26,616
at each of us and determining what we would like

1405
02:40:26,616 --> 02:40:30,973
the administration to return with so I would like it to be

1406
02:40:30,973 --> 02:40:36,373
a law enforcement matter , I think our traffic division

1407
02:40:39,440 --> 02:40:45,440
police officers within our schools where a lot of these

1408
02:40:46,160 --> 02:40:49,879
vehicles are, I see them every day dropping my children off

1409
02:40:49,879 --> 02:40:54,679
or picking them up or when I'm jogging ,

1410
02:40:55,308 --> 02:41:01,308
I would like this to be a law enforcement issue.

1411
02:41:09,582 --> 02:41:11,957
Commissioner Jay Schwartz: When the item first came to us

1412
02:41:11,957 --> 02:41:15,340
it was in complete, so I asked for the item to be recent.

1413
02:41:15,340 --> 02:41:19,234
For the record for clarification, law enforcement .

1414
02:41:27,925 --> 02:41:28,639
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: I believe you are referring

1415
02:41:28,639 --> 02:41:32,175
to a technical error made by our administrative assistant that

1416
02:41:32,175 --> 02:41:36,375
didn't put in all of the information .

1417
02:41:38,896 --> 02:41:43,234
She immediately added the rest of the text,

1418
02:41:43,234 --> 02:41:46,234
so that's a non issue .

1419
02:41:54,770 --> 02:41:59,360
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Let me weigh in on this ,

1420
02:41:59,360 --> 02:42:05,960
when stuff like this comes up, I tend to be resistant

1421
02:42:06,120 --> 02:42:08,120
to legislating quickly.

1422
02:42:12,800 --> 02:42:15,640
There's a Jeffersonian streak in me,

1423
02:42:15,640 --> 02:42:19,166
that governs best governs least, let the people figure

1424
02:42:19,166 --> 02:42:20,824
this thing out if they can.

1425
02:42:20,824 --> 02:42:25,624
This business with the e-bikes has gotten dangerous.

1426
02:42:27,000 --> 02:42:29,304
It's gotten dangerous for adults that drive,

1427
02:42:29,304 --> 02:42:31,684
it's gotten dangerous for adults that use them

1428
02:42:31,684 --> 02:42:34,830
and it's gotten dangerous for kids that use them.

1429
02:42:34,830 --> 02:42:40,230
We're hearing more and more about it, Chief Vargas ,

1430
02:42:45,930 --> 02:42:50,120
I had a good chat with our friend Chief Susan.

1431
02:42:50,120 --> 02:42:56,720
I don't know if he's North Bay village or Key Biscayne .

1432
02:42:59,340 --> 02:43:05,832
They had to regulate it because they had deaths and cars were

1433
02:43:05,832 --> 02:43:07,832
hitting these things.

1434
02:43:10,650 --> 02:43:17,440
This is a step down from a moped and sometimes a step up

1435
02:43:17,440 --> 02:43:20,440
depending on what you buy .

1436
02:43:22,756 --> 02:43:27,800
I am disappointed, vice mayor, that this was vetoed.

1437
02:43:27,800 --> 02:43:29,224
It's necessary for safety.

1438
02:43:29,224 --> 02:43:34,240
We are not saying don't use the vehicle ,

1439
02:43:38,410 --> 02:43:42,160
we are saying it's got to be used safely and there have to be

1440
02:43:42,160 --> 02:43:44,160
some rules, especially for children.

1441
02:43:44,160 --> 02:43:48,816
I see kids pulling wheelies on those things,

1442
02:43:50,440 --> 02:43:55,520
making believe that they are motorcycles and they're doing

1443
02:43:55,520 --> 02:43:57,520
wheelies, it's unsafe .

1444
02:44:03,827 --> 02:44:07,000
but I agree with what Commissioner Rodriguez said,

1445
02:44:07,000 --> 02:44:10,528
which is let's not go crazy with this,

1446
02:44:10,528 --> 02:44:14,728
let's figure out what's prudent, do that,

1447
02:44:16,160 --> 02:44:20,360
ordinances can always be amended and strengthened ,

1448
02:44:22,793 --> 02:44:28,560
but at the same time , these kinds of things have been used

1449
02:44:28,560 --> 02:44:30,560
in Europe forever .

1450
02:44:34,433 --> 02:44:37,473
Mopeds and Vespas and all that, they

1451
02:44:37,473 --> 02:44:40,513
don't have the kind of abuses that we've

1452
02:44:40,513 --> 02:44:45,913
seen here on terrain that is frankly much more

1453
02:44:47,288 --> 02:44:49,400
dangerous than ours.

1454
02:44:49,400 --> 02:44:52,600
So I want to support this, and I want

1455
02:44:52,600 --> 02:44:56,900
to thank you Vice Mayor for bringing it forward because it

1456
02:44:56,900 --> 02:44:58,930
definitely stops the problem.

1457
02:44:58,930 --> 02:45:01,313
It is a police problem, if you see someone

1458
02:45:01,313 --> 02:45:04,880
in a bike in a road breaking the law, it's a police matter,

1459
02:45:04,880 --> 02:45:06,280
it's not code.

1460
02:45:06,280 --> 02:45:10,620
I tell people when you see that, call 911,

1461
02:45:10,620 --> 02:45:12,504
and they don't want to call 911.

1462
02:45:12,504 --> 02:45:15,728
If you don't participate in the partnership,

1463
02:45:15,728 --> 02:45:19,928
you can't be satisfied with the outcome .

1464
02:45:21,104 --> 02:45:25,770
They want to blog immediately, I saw a bunch of kids,

1465
02:45:25,770 --> 02:45:31,770
as if blogging it makes it -- people don't understand,

1466
02:45:32,400 --> 02:45:35,600
the police chief can explain better than I can,

1467
02:45:35,600 --> 02:45:38,536
there are patterns to things.

1468
02:45:38,536 --> 02:45:42,000
When you report it to 911, it gets

1469
02:45:42,000 --> 02:45:46,234
reported on the time and the date and all of that

1470
02:45:46,234 --> 02:45:50,200
and when the crime analysts see a pattern and safety

1471
02:45:50,200 --> 02:45:54,810
specialists, they know how to deploy people based on patterns.

1472
02:45:54,810 --> 02:45:58,448
That's why it's important to report these things.

1473
02:45:58,448 --> 02:46:03,420
Anything that you see that's a danger or a crime,

1474
02:46:03,420 --> 02:46:08,800
pick up the phone and report it so they can understand how

1475
02:46:08,800 --> 02:46:12,706
to manage around those patterns, because they tend to be

1476
02:46:12,706 --> 02:46:14,706
repetitive .

1477
02:46:16,616 --> 02:46:22,160
I think Commissioner good's point is also well taken .

1478
02:46:23,199 --> 02:46:28,720
I don't know how, but we should get a list of efforts

1479
02:46:28,720 --> 02:46:34,720
to regulate these e-bikes if there were the tri county

1480
02:46:36,920 --> 02:46:42,720
area, what those ordinances looked like I don't know how you

1481
02:46:42,720 --> 02:46:46,880
would go about that, but if it's out there

1482
02:46:46,880 --> 02:46:50,128
and you can search for it there's

1483
02:46:50,128 --> 02:46:53,908
some best practices out there in terms of ordinances.

1484
02:46:53,908 --> 02:46:57,760
I know our police department is a very creative one,

1485
02:46:57,760 --> 02:46:59,660
they will take a look at this and the best practices

1486
02:46:59,660 --> 02:47:02,270
and come back hopefully with something

1487
02:47:02,270 --> 02:47:05,870
we can all be proud of.

1488
02:47:11,510 --> 02:47:11,661
Vice Mayor Michael A. Hernandez: Would you

1489
02:47:11,661 --> 02:47:13,328
all like to see the presentation or just

1490
02:47:13,328 --> 02:47:15,328
direct the administration?

1491
02:47:26,529 --> 02:47:29,659
Mayor Angelo Castillo: How long is the presentation?

1492
02:47:29,659 --> 02:47:31,659
Come on up.

1493
02:47:44,875 --> 02:47:46,917
Speaker: I'm currently one of the two supervisors

1494
02:47:46,917 --> 02:47:48,870
of our traffic division previously assigned

1495
02:47:48,870 --> 02:47:52,496
to our community Affairs unit and prior to promotion

1496
02:47:52,496 --> 02:47:54,784
of Sergeant I was assigned to the traffic division

1497
02:47:54,784 --> 02:47:57,784
as an officer from 2016 to 2019.

1498
02:47:58,940 --> 02:48:03,336
First off, I would just like to say thank you

1499
02:48:03,336 --> 02:48:06,420
for allowing us and inviting us to present this information,

1500
02:48:06,420 --> 02:48:10,986
we are confident it's going to answer most if not all

1501
02:48:10,986 --> 02:48:14,000
of the things you presented or planned to

1502
02:48:14,000 --> 02:48:18,920
as well as provide insight into the community, especially

1503
02:48:18,920 --> 02:48:21,170
parents who may have already purchased these vehicles

1504
02:48:21,170 --> 02:48:23,570
or were planning to.

1505
02:48:24,800 --> 02:48:29,600
As well as provide some clarification on misconceptions

1506
02:48:29,706 --> 02:48:32,706
or confusion about this topic.

1507
02:48:35,600 --> 02:48:39,200
Vice Mayor Hernandez, as you mentioned

1508
02:48:40,616 --> 02:48:44,816
there is a clear proliferation increased popularity

1509
02:48:44,946 --> 02:48:47,160
in electric mobility devices especially

1510
02:48:47,160 --> 02:48:50,413
with electric scooters and electric bicycles.

1511
02:48:50,413 --> 02:48:52,472
As Commissioner Rodriguez mentioned,

1512
02:48:52,472 --> 02:48:54,120
that's due to their affordability

1513
02:48:54,120 --> 02:48:58,000
and the convenience provided by being able to travel not only

1514
02:48:58,000 --> 02:49:02,200
further, but faster with much less effort ,

1515
02:49:03,451 --> 02:49:06,480
and that is why we are seeing them much more frequently

1516
02:49:06,480 --> 02:49:08,480
in the community.

1517
02:49:09,560 --> 02:49:12,830
What we are seeing in the police department is an increase in two

1518
02:49:12,830 --> 02:49:17,800
separate groups that appear to be mistakenly categorized under

1519
02:49:17,800 --> 02:49:20,800
the same classification as e-bikes .

1520
02:49:23,864 --> 02:49:26,960
The city attorney mentioned it before, there's actually

1521
02:49:26,960 --> 02:49:28,850
two separate groups.

1522
02:49:28,850 --> 02:49:30,150
There's the e-bikes we've been speaking about,

1523
02:49:30,150 --> 02:49:33,670
but there's more commonly referred to as E-motors

1524
02:49:33,670 --> 02:49:39,700
which are electric motorcycles, and that's exactly what they

1525
02:49:39,352 --> 02:49:40,540
are, they're motorcycles.

1526
02:49:40,540 --> 02:49:44,260
As I mentioned, there's no licensing or registration

1527
02:49:44,260 --> 02:49:47,820
insurance requirements for electric bicycles or e-bikes

1528
02:49:47,820 --> 02:49:53,220
because that's exactly what they are, they're just bicycles.

1529
02:49:56,240 --> 02:49:59,420
Correct, the definition of an electric bicycle

1530
02:49:59,420 --> 02:50:02,720
is already established in state law.

1531
02:50:02,720 --> 02:50:06,856
Some of the criteria for a device to be considered

1532
02:50:06,856 --> 02:50:10,140
an electric bicycle, it must have pedals,

1533
02:50:10,140 --> 02:50:15,776
it must not exceed 750W of power output and it must have a saddle

1534
02:50:15,776 --> 02:50:17,280
like a traditional bicycle.

1535
02:50:17,280 --> 02:50:22,800
It can be traditionally operated by all ages ,

1536
02:50:26,650 --> 02:50:29,800
there's no additional endorsements required and they

1537
02:50:29,800 --> 02:50:31,744
can operate anywhere that bicycles can whether

1538
02:50:31,744 --> 02:50:35,460
that's in the roadway or on the sidewalk and so forth.

1539
02:50:35,460 --> 02:50:40,860
E motorcycles on the other hand are motor vehicles .

1540
02:50:47,515 --> 02:50:49,616
Because electric motorcycles are motor vehicles,

1541
02:50:49,616 --> 02:50:53,816
they do have registration and insurance requirements

1542
02:50:54,426 --> 02:50:57,265
and sometimes a motorcycle endorsement.

1543
02:50:57,265 --> 02:51:01,168
They can only ride on the streets and cannot be ridden

1544
02:51:01,168 --> 02:51:06,568
on the sidewalks and they exceed well above 20mph,

1545
02:51:06,848 --> 02:51:12,248
sometimes in excess of 50 or 60mph that's the dangerous

1546
02:51:13,504 --> 02:51:20,104
aspect we are seeing more of is E motors being operated .

1547
02:51:29,112 --> 02:51:33,912
Depending on the power output of the device ,

1548
02:51:34,136 --> 02:51:37,390
when the cyclist stops pedaling the electronic assistance

1549
02:51:37,390 --> 02:51:39,152
of the motor ceases.

1550
02:51:39,152 --> 02:51:44,944
Speed is 20mph, class two can be a pedal assist or a throttle

1551
02:51:44,944 --> 02:51:47,944
also max speed of 20mph .

1552
02:51:52,320 --> 02:51:55,760
There are specific statutes and state law that regulate

1553
02:51:55,760 --> 02:51:59,480
the modification of these devices to exceed those

1554
02:51:59,480 --> 02:52:04,880
classified speed limits , and there are traffic violation that

1555
02:52:05,168 --> 02:52:08,178
can be enforced if it's determined they have been

1556
02:52:08,178 --> 02:52:11,940
modified to exceed those speed limit regulations.

1557
02:52:11,940 --> 02:52:15,680
Just like bicycles, they are restricted by the same

1558
02:52:15,680 --> 02:52:20,320
guidelines, they have to obey all traffic signals and signs,

1559
02:52:20,320 --> 02:52:23,420
stop at red lights, use signals to indicate change of direction

1560
02:52:23,420 --> 02:52:27,200
or lane change, yield to pedestrians,

1561
02:52:28,488 --> 02:52:33,888
and the helmet requirements are the same as bicycles ,

1562
02:52:36,260 --> 02:52:42,260
they must be utilized by Riders under 16 years of age.

1563
02:52:50,762 --> 02:52:54,800
they are subject to requirements on roadways and sidewalks

1564
02:52:54,800 --> 02:53:00,200
and the added danger comes from the added speed,

1565
02:53:01,216 --> 02:53:04,580
in comparison the average bicyclist rides at 12mph.

1566
02:53:04,580 --> 02:53:07,968
Here's some local statistics between August

1567
02:53:07,968 --> 02:53:12,320
of last year and this year, traffic crashes

1568
02:53:12,320 --> 02:53:15,370
involving e-bikes have been a total of 14,

1569
02:53:15,370 --> 02:53:20,480
you will notice the location of the crash between the crosswalk

1570
02:53:20,480 --> 02:53:23,584
and intersection roadway adds up to more than 14,

1571
02:53:23,584 --> 02:53:25,635
that's because some of those crashes occurred

1572
02:53:25,635 --> 02:53:29,530
within a crosswalk were also within an intersection.

1573
02:53:29,530 --> 02:53:33,253
Those crashes, half of the contributing party

1574
02:53:35,160 --> 02:53:38,173
was the driver of the vehicle and the other half

1575
02:53:38,173 --> 02:53:40,370
of the contributing party was the operator

1576
02:53:40,370 --> 02:53:42,770
of the electric bicycle.

1577
02:53:42,975 --> 02:53:50,775
You see the ages of the riders in the third to last category.

1578
02:53:56,360 --> 02:53:59,213
This is data specifically towards

1579
02:53:59,213 --> 02:54:02,813
the electronic motorcycles, same time frame.

1580
02:54:04,720 --> 02:54:08,200
There's been five crashes, mostly on the roadway and all

1581
02:54:08,200 --> 02:54:12,224
five were injured and again as I mentioned

1582
02:54:12,224 --> 02:54:15,824
before, most of these operators are

1583
02:54:16,400 --> 02:54:19,400
unlicensed and unexperienced juveniles operating

1584
02:54:19,490 --> 02:54:21,200
what is considered motor vehicles that

1585
02:54:21,200 --> 02:54:23,200
should be registered.

1586
02:54:26,240 --> 02:54:29,600
Here's some initiatives the police department has already

1587
02:54:29,600 --> 02:54:32,000
implemented, traffic division specifically

1588
02:54:32,546 --> 02:54:34,800
has received specialized training

1589
02:54:34,800 --> 02:54:38,520
through the University of North Florida Institute of Police

1590
02:54:38,520 --> 02:54:43,980
Technology and Management, this has been issued to our personnel

1591
02:54:43,980 --> 02:54:47,510
and the reference materials that we obtain annually

1592
02:54:47,510 --> 02:54:50,920
include our quick reference traffic violation

1593
02:54:50,920 --> 02:54:55,120
guides that contain information on e-bike classifications,

1594
02:54:55,460 --> 02:54:57,768
privileges and restrictions we've provided

1595
02:54:57,768 --> 02:54:59,253
to you for your reference.

1596
02:54:59,253 --> 02:55:01,776
Online resources provided through our Office

1597
02:55:01,776 --> 02:55:04,440
of Communications where we shared numerous posts

1598
02:55:04,440 --> 02:55:08,360
on all of our social media platforms

1599
02:55:08,360 --> 02:55:14,520
regarding e-bike safety, and it has been added to our website.

1600
02:55:14,520 --> 02:55:19,100
Signs have been deployed throughout the city alerting

1601
02:55:19,100 --> 02:55:23,693
the public to information and where they can find it,

1602
02:55:23,693 --> 02:55:28,540
and data collection so we can more accurately determine

1603
02:55:28,540 --> 02:55:31,620
with data dealing with electric bicycles.

1604
02:55:31,620 --> 02:55:36,186
Future objectives to provide additional training to personnel

1605
02:55:36,186 --> 02:55:40,386
by providing information on legal updates, education

1606
02:55:41,704 --> 02:55:42,728
options.

1607
02:55:42,728 --> 02:55:48,128
We plan to have some coordinated operation along with

1608
02:55:49,000 --> 02:55:53,800
our neighborhood safety team to focus efforts towards

1609
02:55:53,800 --> 02:55:55,800
bicyclists, and drivers .

1610
02:56:05,152 --> 02:56:09,320
Safety tips and information and some clarity

1611
02:56:09,320 --> 02:56:11,968
between the difference between the vehicles

1612
02:56:11,968 --> 02:56:14,263
have been provided in the lobby if anyone would

1613
02:56:14,263 --> 02:56:17,880
like to look on the way out.

1614
02:56:17,880 --> 02:56:22,166
This information has been disseminated out to the schools

1615
02:56:22,166 --> 02:56:25,280
and again, we ask the administration

1616
02:56:25,280 --> 02:56:27,280
through the school system to help

1617
02:56:27,280 --> 02:56:30,280
us push out this information.

1618
02:56:30,650 --> 02:56:34,720
That being said, this is really an education initiative

1619
02:56:34,720 --> 02:56:37,640
to let people know that primarily

1620
02:56:37,640 --> 02:56:41,784
the electric motorcycles can and should not

1621
02:56:41,784 --> 02:56:45,984
be operated by juveniles and providing information

1622
02:56:47,162 --> 02:56:53,162
to other riders on how to safely navigate the roadways.

1623
02:56:56,881 --> 02:57:00,104
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Great job with this, chief and staff,

1624
02:57:00,104 --> 02:57:01,880
outstanding.

1625
02:57:01,880 --> 02:57:07,688
I think we are on to something here that's actually doable

1626
02:57:08,760 --> 02:57:15,360
and will be workable , that we can really get this done.

1627
02:57:15,528 --> 02:57:20,928
I'm sort of interested in knowing the city attorney ,

1628
02:57:22,933 --> 02:57:30,133
as you give this some thought, how we can intervene if not

1629
02:57:32,400 --> 02:57:38,160
legally, then persuasively in some way to get to the parents

1630
02:57:38,160 --> 02:57:45,360
of children that use the E motors and let them know what

1631
02:57:50,410 --> 02:57:55,613
the rules are that do exist and how to stay safe,

1632
02:57:55,613 --> 02:58:01,800
and whether we can take this material which is very valuable,

1633
02:58:01,800 --> 02:58:07,680
and also converted in to some sort of website driven video

1634
02:58:08,992 --> 02:58:14,830
that parents can ask kids to watch before they get on one

1635
02:58:14,830 --> 02:58:20,130
of these things, those are the kinds of things that I think

1636
02:58:20,130 --> 02:58:26,730
make a difference is when we explain to folks you need

1637
02:58:33,645 --> 02:58:37,845
to know how to do it safely.

1638
02:58:42,200 --> 02:58:46,742
to make sure they know the rules, they're using the rules,

1639
02:58:46,742 --> 02:58:52,742
so they can go out there and get it done.

1640
02:58:53,367 --> 02:58:58,167
I asked for a report on civil citation,

1641
02:59:00,312 --> 02:59:04,512
I know that's going to come soon .

1642
02:59:10,834 --> 02:59:13,533
I don't want to see a million arrests unless

1643
02:59:13,533 --> 02:59:18,333
they're absolutely warranted , but police are very good

1644
02:59:20,434 --> 02:59:27,340
at putting together a little gang of kids who are misbehaving

1645
02:59:34,400 --> 02:59:40,750
and saying you should follow the rules because it could save

1646
02:59:40,750 --> 02:59:47,950
your life , so they really need to know this kind of thing.

1647
03:00:02,480 --> 03:00:09,680
I'm all for it, I think there's ways to do this properly .

1648
03:00:15,439 --> 03:00:20,239
I hope it will be statewide one day.

1649
03:00:41,627 --> 03:00:45,827
Commissioner Maria Rodriguez: The county is working,

1650
03:00:47,872 --> 03:00:52,544
they have a specific task force for that and the regulation

1651
03:00:52,544 --> 03:00:54,544
of both .

1652
03:01:30,990 --> 03:01:34,660
Speaker: I'm a resident that have been with the Pines 15

1653
03:01:34,660 --> 03:01:36,660
years now.

1654
03:01:44,000 --> 03:01:47,346
I'm standing by our police department

1655
03:01:47,346 --> 03:01:48,610
for their enforcement.

1656
03:01:48,610 --> 03:01:53,874
I'm an e-scooter rider, it goes 40 miles an hour.

1657
03:01:53,874 --> 03:01:59,874
I ride up and down pines every day, Pembroke Road .

1658
03:02:02,188 --> 03:02:06,457
I see a lot of reckless driving going on with these e motor

1659
03:02:06,457 --> 03:02:09,360
bikes and these 12 year Olds doing wheelies on sidewalks

1660
03:02:09,360 --> 03:02:11,360
and around pedestrians .

1661
03:02:19,493 --> 03:02:24,960
The reason I feel so strongly is because I visit hospitals

1662
03:02:24,960 --> 03:02:31,560
every day, 80% of the injuries I visit at these rehab hospitals

1663
03:02:32,650 --> 03:02:35,650
are motorcycles and bike accidents.

1664
03:02:39,800 --> 03:02:44,480
80% have to do motorcycle knock, bicycle crashes with vehicles,

1665
03:02:46,600 --> 03:02:48,674
and they end up like me.

1666
03:02:48,674 --> 03:02:52,200
I would hate to be the parent that

1667
03:02:52,200 --> 03:02:55,216
has to go visit their 12 or 11 year old in a hospital

1668
03:02:55,216 --> 03:02:58,450
because they got hit on their E motor

1669
03:02:58,450 --> 03:03:01,450
going 50 or 60 miles an hour.

1670
03:03:02,586 --> 03:03:06,146
We are talking about a 12 year old doing wheelies

1671
03:03:06,146 --> 03:03:12,146
in the middle of the street, they are not licensed

1672
03:03:12,672 --> 03:03:16,750
and neither is the equipment and I just

1673
03:03:16,750 --> 03:03:19,480
find it absurd you've got a 60 mile an hour

1674
03:03:19,480 --> 03:03:21,256
vehicle being ridden down the road with children that

1675
03:03:21,256 --> 03:03:24,424
are 12 years old that have no road rules

1676
03:03:24,424 --> 03:03:26,700
and don't understand the dangers,

1677
03:03:26,700 --> 03:03:28,840
and there's zero accountability.

1678
03:03:28,840 --> 03:03:32,440
Why are the parents allowing it ,

1679
03:03:36,440 --> 03:03:39,644
the accountability starts at the home.

1680
03:03:40,260 --> 03:03:44,826
My question is, not when but how many.

1681
03:03:48,653 --> 03:03:52,552
Most cases, paralyzed for the rest of their life

1682
03:03:52,552 --> 03:03:56,880
because they did something stupid on a motorbike

1683
03:03:56,880 --> 03:04:01,310
and I'll be the first one to tell you,

1684
03:04:01,310 --> 03:04:03,520
riding on Pines Boulevard and crossing streets

1685
03:04:03,520 --> 03:04:07,240
here is putting your life on the line because people do not

1686
03:04:07,240 --> 03:04:12,520
stop or yield for pedestrians, they blow through right hand

1687
03:04:12,520 --> 03:04:17,600
turns and people like me have to worry not about how I drive

1688
03:04:17,600 --> 03:04:19,506
but how all other drivers drive.

1689
03:04:19,506 --> 03:04:23,200
That's me as a senior citizen, responsible driver.

1690
03:04:23,200 --> 03:04:26,460
I can't imagine a 12 year old on a motor scooter

1691
03:04:26,460 --> 03:04:28,168
going 60 miles an hour and thinking

1692
03:04:28,168 --> 03:04:30,430
they're going to blow through an intersection

1693
03:04:30,430 --> 03:04:32,554
and they're going to stop for them.

1694
03:04:32,554 --> 03:04:36,200
They will be hospitalized in a rehab center by the time they

1695
03:04:36,200 --> 03:04:40,608
get off that bike and that could be my kids or your kids

1696
03:04:40,608 --> 03:04:46,000
or your grandchild or anybody, I see it happen day in and day out

1697
03:04:46,000 --> 03:04:49,120
and I'm not going to preach a whole lecture I'm just

1698
03:04:49,120 --> 03:04:54,760
supporting my vice mayor Mike for taking on this issue

1699
03:04:54,760 --> 03:04:57,160
because this is dangerous .

1700
03:05:05,116 --> 03:05:08,680
It should not be allowed by anybody,

1701
03:05:08,680 --> 03:05:11,980
let alone people who are not mature minded enough

1702
03:05:11,980 --> 03:05:14,820
to know I shouldn't be doing a wheelie in the middle

1703
03:05:14,820 --> 03:05:19,620
of the parkway, thank you for your support

1704
03:05:19,944 --> 03:05:24,744
and I hope something comes out of this.

1705
03:05:39,975 --> 03:05:41,808
Mayor Angelo Castillo: I made the suggestion

1706
03:05:41,808 --> 03:05:45,600
to unify these motions under one item

1707
03:05:45,600 --> 03:05:49,200
consistent with the commentary we've all

1708
03:05:53,700 --> 03:05:56,700
had included in the motion.

1709
03:06:04,280 --> 03:06:06,680
That item passes unanimously.

1710
03:06:07,960 --> 03:06:10,314
That concludes what we had today on the agenda,

1711
03:06:10,314 --> 03:06:15,114
I do have one item on old business.

1712
03:06:15,640 --> 03:06:20,316
I thank you for your indulgence, this will not take long.

1713
03:06:20,316 --> 03:06:22,546
At our last city Commission meeting,

1714
03:06:22,546 --> 03:06:29,146
we had a resident of Pembroke Lakes on 106th come forward

1715
03:06:31,576 --> 03:06:36,320
and talk about a problem with trees with a certain degree

1716
03:06:36,320 --> 03:06:40,912
of urgency expressed to deal with this right away.

1717
03:06:40,912 --> 03:06:44,453
I found that request out of order and I asked for the item

1718
03:06:44,453 --> 03:06:45,306
to come back.

1719
03:06:45,306 --> 03:06:49,920
It was not on the agenda, there's probably a good reason

1720
03:06:49,920 --> 03:06:54,960
why but nevertheless, I inquired the day after that commission

1721
03:06:54,960 --> 03:07:01,560
meeting , and I had certain information that came to me from

1722
03:07:02,360 --> 03:07:04,360
Assistant City Manager.

1723
03:07:04,960 --> 03:07:06,976
Apparently we are already on this issue,

1724
03:07:06,976 --> 03:07:12,400
can you come forward please and tell us what we are doing with

1725
03:07:12,400 --> 03:07:15,640
the trees on 106th and Taft.

1726
03:07:15,773 --> 03:07:19,150
I understand it was an Ada related lawsuit, which

1727
03:07:19,150 --> 03:07:22,960
also connects to some of the sidewalk work

1728
03:07:22,960 --> 03:07:28,960
that we are trying to get done in Pembroke Lakes,

1729
03:07:30,521 --> 03:07:38,190
Can you talk to us about what we are doing regarding the concern?

1730
03:07:38,190 --> 03:07:43,590
Assistant City Manager: There was an Ada complaint --

1731
03:07:54,448 --> 03:07:57,600
City Attorney: The complainant was before the Federal Highway

1732
03:07:57,600 --> 03:08:03,000
Administration, and it was a complainant file in connection

1733
03:08:03,400 --> 03:08:08,200
with the assay and there was no order

1734
03:08:08,400 --> 03:08:10,624
but there was a settlement of some sort that

1735
03:08:10,624 --> 03:08:15,400
relates to the city's obligation providing for a transition plan

1736
03:08:15,400 --> 03:08:18,280
and for a safety plan going forward

1737
03:08:18,280 --> 03:08:23,680
with regard to that issue impacted by Ada requirements.

1738
03:08:29,615 --> 03:08:33,000
Assistant City Attorney: I asked Carl to come join us,

1739
03:08:33,000 --> 03:08:37,200
he will give you some more details.

1740
03:08:49,880 --> 03:08:53,762
Carl Kent, City Engineer: They measured various sidewalks

1741
03:08:53,762 --> 03:08:56,226
to determine if there were discontinuities between

1742
03:08:56,226 --> 03:09:02,226
the flags , there were like six streets that were identified

1743
03:09:03,992 --> 03:09:08,792
in the letter where they mentioned the letters .

1744
03:09:19,136 --> 03:09:23,120
They made mention of trees that were uprooting the sidewalk

1745
03:09:23,120 --> 03:09:27,920
and slopes of the sidewalk that were bad,

1746
03:09:29,832 --> 03:09:35,832
they also made comments about cars parking in the driveway

1747
03:09:36,640 --> 03:09:41,440
sidewalks , police have been going through the neighborhood

1748
03:09:44,180 --> 03:09:46,180
and enforcing that .

1749
03:09:57,200 --> 03:10:02,440
The areas that were identified in the letter of finding are

1750
03:10:02,440 --> 03:10:06,640
the ones we are working on first ,

1751
03:10:11,128 --> 03:10:17,728
we are removing the sidewalks and the offending trees and they

1752
03:10:20,266 --> 03:10:26,120
weren't able to get through areas because the sidewalks were

1753
03:10:26,120 --> 03:10:31,900
sloped in the wrong location and that they had to go through

1754
03:10:31,900 --> 03:10:32,680
puddles.

1755
03:10:32,680 --> 03:10:35,680
It's being done right now.

1756
03:10:36,190 --> 03:10:44,590
Any of the trees that are a move that are needed have been done .

1757
03:10:54,570 --> 03:10:55,890
Mayor Angelo Castillo: What is the timetable

1758
03:10:55,890 --> 03:10:58,290
for completion of this?

1759
03:11:00,560 --> 03:11:07,160
within the next Carl Kent, City Engineer: Within the next month

1760
03:11:12,946 --> 03:11:14,946
or so.

1761
03:11:23,200 --> 03:11:25,600
City Manager: I believe Mr. Bonilla and Mr.

1762
03:11:25,600 --> 03:11:31,240
Hernandez went over the scope of the project and talked about

1763
03:11:31,240 --> 03:11:34,840
the trees , and the replacement trees,

1764
03:11:36,560 --> 03:11:41,960
and it's my understanding he's better placement right now.

1765
03:11:48,811 --> 03:11:51,269
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Those are the questions that I asked

1766
03:11:51,269 --> 03:11:54,190
and that's the information I've got and I wanted to make sure it

1767
03:11:54,190 --> 03:11:56,933
was on the record, and if there's anything more we have

1768
03:11:56,933 --> 03:12:03,533
to do with respect to trees or sidewalks or anything else,

1769
03:12:03,680 --> 03:12:06,160
it's an important thing for the residents of our community

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to count on the Americans with Disabilities Act for justice .

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Without anything further?

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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: New business,

1773
03:12:40,391 --> 03:12:43,336
we received an email from Mary Stevens about activity

1774
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taking place, have we found out anything

1775
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about what they're doing?

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: Maybe 4 or 5 months ago I had

1777
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a conversation with her, as you know,

1778
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it's pretty much been the trash and recycling with the county

1779
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working in tandem with the Solid Waste Authority,

1780
03:13:11,640 --> 03:13:17,640
but they wish to use a compost location for vegetation .

1781
03:13:23,560 --> 03:13:28,130
That's only tree clippings and that kind of thing,

1782
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no putrefication waste .

1783
03:13:34,432 --> 03:13:39,832
They're also currently using it for concrete and construction

1784
03:13:42,426 --> 03:13:46,260
debris, Chopping that up and preparing

1785
03:13:47,780 --> 03:13:51,380
it for reuse, and so forth.

1786
03:14:10,997 --> 03:14:14,597
City Manager: I've been following it,

1787
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they haven't made a determination as a company made

1788
03:14:26,160 --> 03:14:30,126
an offer to the county for stated composting vegetation,

1789
03:14:30,126 --> 03:14:35,120
the county is going to have the discussion on this week's agenda

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03:14:35,120 --> 03:14:38,580
and they have to decide whether that goes out

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03:14:38,580 --> 03:14:41,413
for proposals or just a contract,

1792
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but it's only for that section.

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03:14:49,329 --> 03:14:51,920
Mayor Angelo Castillo: You know this

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from your own professional experience

1795
03:14:53,720 --> 03:14:56,513
but my understanding is it doesn't generate

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03:14:56,513 --> 03:15:00,713
a great deal of smell or nuisances

1797
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that composting garbage would.

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City Manager: You're right, providing it's done correctly.

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Many years ago we tried to do composting in the city.

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City Manager: Several years ago, it was municipal solid waste

1801
03:15:29,840 --> 03:15:32,840
back in the early 90s.

1802
03:15:38,214 --> 03:15:39,714
Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: And it

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03:15:39,714 --> 03:15:45,114
was the process that failed, not necessarily the concept.

1804
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City Manager: The problem was the process

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that created an odor.

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03:15:54,316 --> 03:15:56,733
Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: If we could just keep an eye

1807
03:15:56,733 --> 03:15:59,488
on this, because even the county has recognized this could create

1808
03:15:59,488 --> 03:16:03,300
odors, and the reason why is just because it's not food

1809
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scraps, it's a process where it goes from air to no air and you

1810
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have anaerobic conditions and needs .

1811
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What they are doing is putting them outside and of course

1812
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there's a process that has to keep it nice so you

1813
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don't get air in it.

1814
03:16:31,353 --> 03:16:37,353
But the point is, the county themselves in their letter ,

1815
03:16:39,100 --> 03:16:46,300
it's very interesting that they are not totally going to do it

1816
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yet.

1817
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It's a good opportunity for us to watch this process.

1818
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I don't know how we can get involved

1819
03:16:54,560 --> 03:16:59,360
in watching the process, it is a negotiation

1820
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and they could still open it up and have

1821
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other participants come in.

1822
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Even though they say it's green waste,

1823
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it may sometimes include fruit and vegetables.

1824
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It's just something to still keep an eye on ,

1825
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a plume wherever the wind blows.

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Mayor Angelo Castillo: How would we go about this?

1827
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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: Pay attention to the way it goes

1828
03:17:50,420 --> 03:17:52,380
and if it's going to be acceptable to us,

1829
03:17:52,380 --> 03:17:55,295
and if it's not, then we need to voice an opinion

1830
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because we've already missed an opportunity where they took

1831
03:17:58,976 --> 03:18:02,384
the landfill from 100ft to 300ft,

1832
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we have nothing on record that says we oppose that.

1833
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At least here if they want to move forward,

1834
03:18:12,142 --> 03:18:18,742
we want to be on record saying we are not okay.

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City Manager: I will follow to see what the county decides,

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but I don't think this is going to happen tomorrow,

1837
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it could be several months .

1838
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We will follow up on it, but they

1839
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are doing this independently.

1840
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Commissioner Thomas Good Jr.: It's August 20th,

1841
03:18:47,562 --> 03:18:52,828
which is this week, just pay attention to if they accept it

1842
03:18:52,828 --> 03:19:00,280
and who's going to be taking it on to negotiations, thank you.

1843
03:19:03,737 --> 03:19:05,445
Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz: When do you

1844
03:19:05,445 --> 03:19:09,645
anticipate bringing us a factory recycling plan?

1845
03:19:20,570 --> 03:19:22,640
City Manager: The recycling we have to sit and still negotiate

1846
03:19:22,640 --> 03:19:26,840
and come up with a cost factor.

1847
03:19:32,106 --> 03:19:33,523
Mayor Angelo Castillo: When do you

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03:19:33,523 --> 03:19:39,523
feel you might be ready to present that to us?

1849
03:19:39,680 --> 03:19:42,680
Assistant City Attorney: The one for the result project,

1850
03:19:42,680 --> 03:19:47,480
the conversation with the commission we are still

1851
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looking at finalizing the design criteria package.

1852
03:19:56,839 --> 03:19:58,839
Mayor Angelo Castillo: Once we have the package,

1853
03:19:58,839 --> 03:20:02,760
I'm thinking we should go to residents and do a survey.

1854
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We already started the process, maybe we need to think of what

1855
03:20:14,000 --> 03:20:21,800
different ways we can do this, so I think we should probably go

1856
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back out and survey people .

1857
03:20:35,480 --> 03:20:37,480
Anything else?

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03:20:38,168 --> 03:20:44,168
All right, this meeting is adjourned, thank you very much.