I would like to call this
meeting to order. Meeting number
20260122R. Tonight's music
selection was made by
Commissioner Brodie and the
song selection was Break My
Stride by Matthew Wilder.
At the next City Commission
meeting on February 12,
Commissioner Welch will make
the music selection. As we
begin, we kindly ask that all
mobile devices be silenced to
ensure the best possible sound
quality. Please speak clearly
and directly
into the microphone and
remember to mute your
microphone when you're not
speaking. Should anyone
experience difficulty hearing
at any time, please raise your
hand and a hearing device will
be provided to you. Thank you
for your cooperation.
>> Thank you. Please call the
roll?
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> Thank you. I would like
to ask all to rise for the
Pledge of Allegiance.
>>I pledge allegiance to the
Flag of the United States of
America and to the Republic
for which it stands, one
Nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice
for all.
>> This meeting is being
conducted live
with a physical quorum present.
The material for today's
meeting is available
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decorum will be maintained
throughout the meeting. Vocal
outbursts, jeering, cheering or
applause can impair the rights
of others and derail the
decision making process. Thank
you. First off,
we have a presentation of the
Life Saving Commendation Award
for members of the Coconut
Creek Police Department and the
Seminole Police Department.
Chief of Police Hoffer will
conduct the presentation.
>> Good evening,
Commissioners. Vice Mayor,
Mayor, City Manager, City
Attorney, City Clerk. Yes,
ordinarily we have one or two
people getting a life saving
award. This one's special
involves 10 officers that saved
a 15 year old female,
troubled female. So this time
I'd like to call up the
following people. Come on up
when I call your name please
to the deis. Lieutenant
Jarsdorfer, Sergeant Dingis,
Sergeant Garvey, Officer
Harley, Officer Leonard,
Officer Rodriguez, Officer
Rals, Officer Salas. And
from the Seminole PD, Lt.
Woodbury and Officer Benitez,
please. So I'll get this
started. On October 18, 2025
members of the Coconut Creek
Police Department and
Seminole Police Department
responded
to the parking lot garage
of the Seminole Coconut Creek
Casino. A 15 year old female
had contacted 911 and stated
that she was on top
of the garage and wanted
to jump off to end her life.
Upon arrival, Officer Rowles
located the female seated
on the ledge on the north side
of the garage
with her feet dangling
over the side. He quickly
started speaking
with the female and attempted
to establish a rapport.
Officers Bustamante, Cortez,
Harley, Leonard and Morgan set
up and monitor perimeter both
on the ground and rooftop
levels to prevent bystanders
from entering the area.
Sergeant Garvey and Seminole PD
Sergeant now Lieutenant
Woodbury arrived and also
started to talk
with the juvenile. Juvenile
expressed several times
about not wanting
to be there due to family
issues. A records check and
conversations with the
juvenile's family revealed that
she had previously been subject
to a Baker act evaluation and
recently hospitalized. Upon
arrival, Lieutenant Jarsdorf
assessed the situation and
requested assistance from our
crisis negotiation team.
Sergeant Dingis and Officer
Salas later arrived
on scene and also began
to speak with the female.
Through the course
of the negotiation,
the female kept leaning
over the side and waving to
Officer Rodriguez who was
at the ground perimeter post.
When he was relieved
of his post, the juvenile
stated that she wanted him
to come back. Officer
Rodriguez then came
to the rooftop and spoke
with the juvenile. Sergeant
Renna helped coordinate arrival
of Coconut Creek fire rescue
personnel, technical rescue
personnel and equipment
to the garage rooftop.
Coconut Creek fire rescue and
technical rescue personnel
began to make contingency plans
should the female get closer
to the edge or attempt
to jump. As the incident
continued, additional Coconut
Creek officers
from the oncoming shift arrived
to assist and relieve those
from earlier positions.
Seminole PD Officer Benitez
assisted in negotiation and
at one point went to a local
McDonald's and got a sandwich
and water for the FEMA helped
build rapport.
After eating and
after multiple officers
speaking with her
for almost two hours,
almost two hours, she agreed
to step away
from the ledge and come back
over the wall to safety. The
female was then evaluated
by fire rescue and taken
for evaluation under the Baker
act by the Seminole Police
Department. Just want
to say thanks
to the combined actions
of all our officers involved.
Their efforts resulted
in the safe recovery
of the female,
ultimately saving her life.
And it was a team effort.
Thank you to all of you. We
appreciate you.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Okay. Next we have a
presentation recognizing first
quarter employee milestone
anniversaries for fiscal year
2026. Our HR Director, Pam
Kershaw, will make the
presentations.
>> Good evening. Good evening,
everybody. It's my honor
to recognize a group of
employees who reached milestone
years of service with the city
during the past, and most
of them are here tonight. So
when I say your name, if you
would please stand up or hold
up your sign so we can
recognize you, please. We had
one employee celebrating five
years of service. Our senior
fitness specialist, Alexis
Rivera. She's actually teaching
a class right now,
so she really is,
so she couldn't be here. We
have four employees celebrating
10 years of service, and I
believe they're all here. I
need my glasses. All right. We
have our senior fire inspector,
Stevenson Jean Lewis. We have
our police administrative
specialist Katie Diaz. Police
officer Liz Ramos. And utility
service worker three, Brandon
Pinkney. We have one employee
celebrating 20 years
of service. Utilities and
engineering lead worker
Reggie Crockett. We have four
employees celebrating 25 years
of service. Police Sergeant
Jim Dingas. Police officer
Mike Leonard. Police
lieutenant. And he couldn't
make it tonight,
unfortunately. Dan Nordalus.
And police Lieutenant Kevin
Valade. And we have one
employee celebrating not 25
years, not 30 years. 35 years
of service. Carolyn Papa.
Carolyn, are you our longest
employee now that Eric retired?
Do you know you are? Carol Ann
is now our longest serving
employee. If you all would come
up with your signs
for a group photo,
that would be awesome,
and thank you all
for your years
of service.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Okay, next we
have a presentation by the
City manager, Sheila Rose,
providing an overview of the
state's legislature's ongoing
discussion
of property tax reform. Thank
you.
>> Thank you, mayor and
commission. I promise
to be extremely brief, and this
is clearly a topic that we're
going to be talking about
for the next many,
many weeks and as we get
into the budget process. But I
thought it was appropriate that
we share with you and the
public just an overview of our
current property tax
environment. So
for the purposes of
understanding where we are and
how the property tax and the
millage rate creates our
revenues, the majority
of our values are
in either half, for instance,
are
in homesteaded properties,
and the other half are
in non homesteaded properties.
What you'll see from this
graphic is that approximately
80% of the value
for our ad valorem taxes is
in residential,
and that's that $5 billion that
you see at the top. The ad
valoren taxes currently make up
about $43 million or 43%
of our operating budget. The
other fees, franchise fees,
licenses,
permits make up the remainder.
So you see,
it's the biggest chunk. This
graphic shows you how those
funds are distributed amongst
the various departments. And
you'll see clearly the two
biggest areas where we spend
money are
with both police and fire.
This is critical because all of
the legislation that's being
discussed in Tallahassee limits
your ability
to amend budgets, at least
for police and potentially
for any first responder,
which would be both police and
fire, which makes up over 50%
of our budget. This just gives
you a snapshot of the bills
that have been bounced around.
And the reason I show this
to you is not to get
into the details of each
of the various bills, but to
show you that it's interesting
that only one bill has been
discussed by the Senate. It's
been a bunch
of stuff thrown up
against the wall by the
House. All of the bills that
are being discussed by the
House have potentially
significant impacts
on our budget. But we, you
know,
clearly it takes both the
House and the Senate to come
to an agreement on a bill, so
we don't really know where it
will land. If we're following
what the House is doing,
it could be very,
very significant. We're waiting
to see what the Senate has to
say and clearly the governor is
pushing this message. Sorry,
This, I'm sorry, if you look
here, this is the impact of the
proposed bill as currently
written of House Bill 201,
which would be potentially a
15 or 16 million dollars loss
to our budget. And 201 is one
of the bills that is ready
to go to the House floor. It's
been through the committees.
And this is House Bill 203.
Again, a very,
very significant impact
on our budget. This is the
proposed bill that was
discussed today with the
concept that it be that the ad
valorem taxes on homesteaded
properties be phased out over
10 years, but
with the average price or value
of a home in Coconut Creek,
it's really one or two years
in our case. So the big hit
would happen in year one.
The, the second big hit would
happen in year two. And of
course the third year would be
the end of it. House Bill 209
is the other bill that is ready
to go to the House floor. It's
been through the committees and
it significant,
significant impact
on our budget, approximately
$12 million. So these are the
three bills that are making
their way through the House and
are prepared
for conversation.
>> That's police and fire.
Correct?
>> I'm sorry, the exemption
in this bill is only
for police. And there are
discussions
of adding first responders,
changing that. Right. Okay.
The options
to mitigate this are clearly to
implement cost containment
measures, to reduce or defer
certain initiatives and
programs and projects, to
consider a millage rate
increase. I promised I wouldn't
do that again. But
to evaluate increases
to our fire protection services
in the assessment and to update
city user fees or charges.
Clearly, the possible
unintended consequences are
many. These are the things that
we'll be talking about, you
know,
as the legislation winds its
way through the process. Most
of us will be in Tallahassee
next week,
and hopefully we'll come back
with more information
on where these bills will land.
But I bring this
to your attention, just so you
know, we're thinking about the
unintended consequences. We're
educating our staff
to make sure they're aware
of it, and we're hoping that
they will also educate their
families. So, really, I wanted
to make that super,
super brief. PETA Gay is here.
If you have specific questions,
if you want to get
into more detail, clearly,
we will be talking about this
at our budget workshop,
and we'll get more information.
And we're getting more
information every day.
In fact,
I watched the hearing today
on 209 or 209 or 203.
>> Just one, one request. Can
we get a copy of these slides
to take us up to Tallahassee
with us?
>> Yes, absolutely.
>> You got him right here.
>> I don't feel the love.
That's what I'm saying right
now.
>> Passing it down. Passing it
down. And if you like,
we can also. There you go.
Certainly, I can take questions
or we can move on. On. It's
just meant to be information.
We're following it every single
day. Thank you. Okay, thank
you. We will now have input
from the public on non agenda
or consent agenda items. I
remind everyone wishing to
speak that all comments must
pertain to city business
respect and proper decorum will
be maintained. Behavior that
disrupts the orderly conduct
of this meeting, such as
clapping, shouting, booing,
and cheering,
is not permitted. Any person
who violates the decorum rules
will be subject to removal
from the commission chambers.
As a reminder,
all comments must pertain
to city business. City Clerk
Kavanagh, is there anyone who
is signed in to speak on non
agenda or consent agenda items?
>> Good evening. I'm here
tonight about public integrity
and whether the rules apply
to the mayor of Coconut
Creek. The mayor submitted
sworn affidavits to the
Broward state attorney accusing
a private citizen
of stalking. Based
on those statements,
criminal charges were filed.
They were later dismissed, and
the affidavits were described
as boilerplate. The police
department declined
to investigate. The city
approved an investigation,
but specifically excluded
Winmore. Think about that. The
one place where the mayor holds
direct control and benefits
from her actions was declared
off limits. The one place where
scrutiny actually matters most.
And when we are told that's
just a private win more matter,
let's be clear, it isn't. When
the mayor acts there,
it intersects with her public
office and public trust.
Calling it private isn't
oversight its wilful blindness.
At a public meeting, the mayor
then contradicted her own sworn
allegations and admitted the
man did not stalk her. I have a
short clip.
That contradiction matters.
Those affidavits triggered
criminal charges
against an innocent man who
paid
in legal cost and reputation.
This same pattern shows up
again at Windmore. As condo
president, the mayor pushed
through $1,000 fines
against three homeowners
under an unlawful rule,
including that same man. No
evidence, no documentation,
no independent review. First
vote, guilt assumed,
hearing later. That isn't due
process. It's a kangaroo court.
When the verdict comes
before the hearing,
it's not enforcement. It's
retaliation
with a rubber stamp. So call it
for what it is. A pattern.
Sworn allegations that collapse
investigations restricted
residents punished
without proof. Different
settings, same outcome. That's
not coincidence. It's abuse
of authority. So my questions
are simple. What action will
the city take? Will the police
investigate? And will Winmore
be included instead
of shielded
by the private matter excuse?
Accountability can't stop
at the mayor's door. If it
does,
oversight is just cover. When
the mayor's actions are off
limits and residents face
kangaroo courts,
accountability isn't missing.
It's been cancelled. Thank you,
Mr. Kavanagh. Is there anyone
else?
>> Good evening. Your mayor
alleged that I stalked her
during an eight month period.
The eight month period period
that I stalked her. I was out
of the country. The mayor
abused her position to make
these phony allegations and
cause criminal charges
against me with the intent
to keep me out
of the country. And
by default, have Philippa leave
the country. The net result,
as you know,
the charges were dropped.
Before even hitting the court,
I asked an officer what he
would do if I had him try to
Try to have him lay criminal
charges. And I would tell him
later on that I lied to him.
What did he say? I'd arrest
you. Let me ask you, are there
different standards applied to
certain people? I thought
everyone is treated equally
in the eyes of the law. Now
that you know this mayor
misrepresented fact and caused
me financial harm and tried to
basically assassinate my
character. Police Chief
Hoffer, you're here. Are you
going to open a file and
investigate or try
to sweep this again
under the rug? Are you going
to ask her
to expunge the file? How long
will this commission run
interference
to protect their own?
In case you hear, by the way,
tonight that all. All
investigations against Winmore
and this mayor have been
dropped, which he's been
telling everybody. I'm just
letting you know it is not
true. Thank you.
>> Mr. Kavanagh. Is there
anyone else?
>> Mr. Kavanagh. Mr. Napoleoni
declines to speak. Is there
anyone else?
>> Not at this time.
>> Thank you. There is no one
else that wishes to speak. I
will close public hearing.
Thank you. We will now move on
to the consent agenda 4
through 9. Number 4, a motion
approving the minutes
from previous City Commission
meetings 2025-1211R.
Number 5, a motion
to reject RFP number 11 1225-
11, and the response received
for printing, binding,
mailing and delivery services
for the city's year end review,
publication and the popular
annual financial report.
Number six, resolution 2026
002, a resolution declaring
certain city owned property as
surplus and authorizing the
city manager or designee
to dispose
of said property as described
in the attached list. Number
seven, Resolution 2025 012, a
resolution establishing an
administrative process
for the classification,
disposition and reporting of
city vehicles and equipment
declared total losses
for insurance purposes. Number
eight, a resolution to
026010, a resolution
authorizing the city manager or
designee to execute the
attached mutual aid agreement
renewal
for law enforcement services
with the Seminole Tribe of
Florida. Number nine,
Resolution 2026 003, a
resolution authorizing the city
manager or designee to execute
the reinstatement and first
amendment to the agreement
with Broward county
for funding and administration
of fiscal years 2020 to 2024.
CARES Act, Community
Development Block Grant
Program CDBG CB and Community
Development Block Grant
Program CDBG funds. Are there
any items the commission wishes
to pull
from the consent agenda? Yes.
Commissioner Welch.
>> Five and seven,
please.
>> Okay. Can I hear. Thank
You. Is there a motion and a
second
to approve consent agenda items
4, 6, 8 and 9?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Thank you. Okay. Now, the
items that are pulled is there.
And I might go ahead. We
actually have a clarification
on item number five,
so I was glad you pulled it.
Good. Yes. Mr. Kavanagh, please
call the roll.
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> All right. Please. Mayor.
Vice Mayor. Commissioners, good
evening. This item is a motion
to reject the RFP
for printing, binding mailing
and delivery services for the
city's year end review and
popular annual finish financial
report. We only received one
proposal under this,
and it came in at a cost of
123,000. So it was 80,000
for the year
in review and then another
42,000 for the popular annual
financial report. So the
selection committee reviewed
the one response. But after
evaluating everything and
comparing it to the current
prices that we're paying,
a decision was made
to reject the submittal
for this RFP. Historic cost
shows that we currently pay
about $51,000
for both reports. So going
from 51,000 to 123,000 was a
large increase. What we found
out was based on the market
for production and printing,
vendors can't lock in prices.
So we had gone out for the RFP
to try to get a contract where
we could lock in the price.
And unfortunately, you know,
that that didn't work out. We
got one submittal that came
in extremely high. It's
actually over twice the budget
that we have
for those two items. So what
we're going
to do is resort back
to what we have been doing
for the past few years. And
whenever we're ready
for production
for these publications, then
we'll actually issue informal
quotes. We'll send that out and
get the quotes back and then
make a determination based
on the pricing at that point.
And I would like to make a
clarification. I did send
out information in the
Wednesday report as well as a
direct communication to
Commissioner Welch which
referenced the $80,000 number,
but it was actually short the
cost
of the PAFRA publication. So I
actually had it on my list
to ask you to pull it. So I'm
doing so. I know we. Are we
required
to mail. I'm not saying I want
to discontinue. I'm just saying
are we required to mail it?
The urine review? Of course,
But I mean, the PAFRA. No,
we're not required
to mail it. Okay. The PAFRA,
the year in review. We're not
required to mail.
But the PAFRA,
I believe we are. We're not
required to mail it. It does.
We will still get the award if
we don't mail the PAFRA. But we
can have an electronic copy and
we can have maybe printed
copies at city hall that people
can get a hard copy.
But we're not required
to mail it. It just helps
with our distribution. When we
say that we send it to every
resident and you know that they
have access to it. But no,
it's not a requirement. And
you're talking
about the PAFRA? The PAFRA,
correct. Okay. I mean, I love
it. I never have anybody say
anything about it,
but I mean, I carry a copy
with me. I love it.
But was just asking. And thank
you for the clarification. I
just wanted to know the current
costs and you took care
of that. Approximately how many
copies do we mail out for the
PAFRA? I don't know if it's
like 27,000 or something
like that. Thank you. You're
welcome.
>> You said that that was how
much money for the PAFRA was
like 40,000.
>> But the submittal came in
at 42,000. Where the last time
when we quoted it out, we paid
22,000.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you.
>> Any other questions?
>> Yeah, my only question was
obviously
with bulk mail rates, what I
and again support it. I'm just
curious. The mailing that we
requested, reading the item,
over a hundred and something
submittals go out for RFPs.
There is more mailhouses than I
than I know what to do
with that. I was kind of
shocked that we were rejecting
a bit and we had not those
responses. So I'm just. Is this
from qualified vendors or. I'm
just wondering where we're
creating that list that we're
offering people. Because this
to me is
like a really easy thing
to get. You know, but that's
political mail world. I don't
mean political mail world,
but there's mail houses that,
you know, offer rates. I was
just curious what was the
subsect that we sent this to?
>> Right. So we pulled
from two places. We pulled from
our EBIT system where we have
potential vendors go and they
register and then they choose
the commodities that they
provide. So they would go and
say, I'm a business that
provide printing services. We
also pulled from. When we
submit the informal quotes, we
made sure those vendors got a
copy of the request. Also, we
reached out to them to make
sure we had had their
information so that they would
have an opportunity to submit
for the rfp.
>> I only I bring that up only
because I. I know for a fact,
Right. That we have two mail
houses in the city in Lions
Tech park that, like,
do this. So I don't know if
they know about it,
but I'm happy to. Obviously,
that needs
to be an open and fair process.
But, you know, we have. We have
vendors with printing machines
in Lions Tech as we speak. So
that's my only thing.
>> Is there any way we can do
it in house?
>> It would be difficult
rejecting the item,
and I trust to have
to find the right vendor.
>> Thank you. Yes, it would be
difficult to do all of that
in house. Thank you. Okay. Any
further questions? Okay, and
number seven,
you have a question on. Oh, we
have to call the vote on. Do we
have a motion
for number five?
>> Move it.
>> Second.
>> Thank you. Mr. Kavanagh,
would you please call the vote?
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> Number seven, resolution
2026 012.
>> All right, so, Mayor, Vice
Mayor, everyone. Good evening
again. So this resolution
establishes that
in administrative process
for the disposition of city
vehicles and equipment that
have been declared total losses
by the city's insurance
carrier. So the way our policy
is worded right now,
we would have
to present those items
to the commission first,
get approval before we can
actually submit all the
insurance paperwork. So what
this process is doing is
streamlining it for us, because
if the vehicles are total
losses and declared a total
loss
by the insurance company,
there isn't much that we can do
at that point with it. So we're
just requesting permission
administratively to dispose
of those at the time because
the issues we're running into,
it delays the process
to get reimbursed
from the insurance provider.
We also have
to store those vehicles
on our premises
until we can run it through the
normal surplus process. So this
is just to allow us
to be more proactive
in moving those along. And then
what we do would do is follow
up with a report at the next
surplus meeting so you can get
the full picture. And there'll
be transparency in what
vehicles were totaled and
disposed of. So we'll still get
the list
of surplus items or vehicles,
but those that are considered
total losses will be exempt
from coming before us
before they can be disposed.
Is that correct? Okay. Yes.
Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Any further
questions? Okay, Mr.
Kavanagh, please call the roll.
We need a motion and a second
on seven, please.
>> Move
>> Second
>> Thank you. I have a second
by Commissioner Brodie.
Kavanagh Please call the roll.
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> Moving on to Regular
Agenda Resolution 2026 011, a
resolution authorizing the city
manager or designee
to execute amendment number two
to the agreement with Vector
Fleet Management LLC for fleet
management and maintenance
services to provide
for the addition
of ten fire heavy vehicles. Do
we have a motion and a second?
>> So move.
>> Second
>> Moved by Commissioner
Welch. Seconded by Vice Mayor
Wasserman. Thank you.
>> Good evening, Mayor. Vice
Mayor, commissioners, back in
2018, the city contracted
with Vector Fleet Management.
And in 2021 there was the
First Amendment to our contract
which included adding the fire
administration vehicles, seven
of them from our newly formed
fire department. This second
amendment here is basically
providing a few additional
things for us. We are asking
to add the city's 10 heavy duty
fire apparatus equipment trucks
to the fleet management
program. And in exchange for
that we would get a new
emergency management technician
hired by Vector which would
provide, you know, all
in house maintenance and
repairs for our equipment.
Secondly, there's a minor
adjustment
to the renewal term bringing it
in line with the billing cycle
for us, which brings it
to the end of October for this
year so that moving forward all
the paperwork is clean.
Currently this Amendment will
cost $250,540, which includes
the salary for the new EMT
technician as well as all the
anticipated maintenance and
repair costs. Additionally, the
city as a one time cost,
will need to purchase
specialized lifts and certain
tools so that the technician is
able to work
on these vehicles. That's
in the amount of $95,000. Both
of these costs have been
approved
in the current FY26 budget. As
a reference,
the city prior was budgeting
$175,000 per year
to handle these type
of repairs. And this was done
through a private company
called Ten8, who happens
to be the only company in
Broward that is authorized
to do repairs on the fire
apparatus equipment that's
on these trucks. And basically
what brought us here is
tremendous frustration
from the fire department,
excessive delays, and I have
Chief Rodriguez here
to give you a few examples
of what they've been dealing
with so that you understand.
Good evening, Mayor, Vice
Mayor, city commissioners,
thank you
for letting me speak. We've
been working hand in hand
with PW
on this endeavor and feel it's,
it's pretty critical to our
mission because you deserve it,
the city deserves it. The
number one reason we find this,
you know, in house fleet
to be, you know, considered is
for our critical reliability
and response readiness. We
currently do contract with
10, 8, which is in Pompano
Beach. So our men and women,
when a truck needs
to be serviced,
leave the city. It doesn't
create the response readiness
we'd like to have as opposed
to swapping out a vehicle
at PW and staying
in service faster. In the city
of Coconut Creek, we feel that
this in house fleet would
reduce our downtime and create
faster repairs.
But most importantly,
I think is to try to start
to steer away from the norm.
And we were having this
conversation earlier that the
industry standard right now
for a fire truck is to stay as
a frontline fire truck for 10
years and a reserve for five. A
rescue truck or ambulance
in service has a front line
for five and a reserve
for five. But I think
with what City Manager Rose
presented and the uncertainty
of finances, we may need to
start thinking outside the box.
And having in house fleet
repairs and services can help
us prepare to potentially
extend the life cycle
of these trucks. They're
getting more expensive, the
lead time and build process is
getting longer. So. So the
bottom line is our trucks need
more love, they need more
frequent love and they can't be
put on the back burner for,
you know,
what's essentially all of
Broward and Miami Dade when
something as simple as a one
hour repair can get that truck
back in service
for the community. So as the
fire administration, we stand
behind this and we hope you
really consider moving forward
with it because I think it's
going to benefit the city of
Coconut Creek and its
residents. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Commissioner
Rydell.
>> Chief, I'm just gonna ask
you a couple questions real
quick because I. That really is
what. I know where their
facility is located and Pop and
I drive by, it's
like always chock full.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Of apparatus. So you really
did just speak
to the question I had
in regarding this contract.
Not, you know, more. So this
streamlines the process so one
of our apparatus isn't going
to be sitting there. What I see
is like, I don't want to say
like a graveyard, but some of
those vehicles are there a long
time.
>> Yes, sir. And unfortunately,
when we need something simple
or simply preventative
maintenance on our apparatus,
rightfully so, Those, those
apparatus that are there that
need a more extended repair
kind of put us
on the back burner.
>> So what I'm hearing
from you is going to streamline
that process so we're able
to keep our fleet
in current function
for shorter downtime.
>> Our fleet and personnel,
sir. Yes.
>> I guess my second question
is, do you enjoy Coming
to commission meetings.
>> Do I enjoy coming? Yeah,
absolutely.
>> Is this something you want
to be doing
on a more regular basis?
>> Time will tell. No, I do
enjoy it. Thank you.
>> Yes, thank you.
>> Any other questions?
>> Anyone else? ommissioner
Brodie.
>> All right, so I have some
questions. When we start
talking about Brady, bring in
in house technicians, the
question always is
sustainability. So is there
enough work? Are we talking
about, is there enough work
with this truck, with the
maintenance and any issues you
have do to keep a single
technician busy 40 hours a
week, four days a week,
whatever our work shifts are. I
had that very conversation
with, you know,
fleet personnel. And this
individual who's going to be
hired is if they're not working
on fire apparatus, they'll be
handling all the overflow and
additional stuff for, you know,
the city's maintenance. Okay.
Because my question is, if we
can't, then would the question
really be is it a 1099 versus
W2? So do we do a consulting
thing to have them come in,
just work on the fire trucks
and cut them loose? Are we
bringing them in as a W2,
as an employee? And then the
follow up question to that is
these trucks are big and I work
on my Jeep and those parts are
heavy and that's a Jeep. So is
one technician going
to be enough
to move the parts? If he's
working on a transmission or a
hub or even the tires
on these trucks? Some of these
things are two man lift. So is
it a one guy thing? And then
we're going to borrow
from fleet to help them out?
How is that going to work? So
the only person that can work
on these vehicles has to have
that certification I mentioned
before. There's other Fleet
personnel that if, you know,
there's stuff such as lifting
or additional help,
they'll be there to assist. But
primarily it will be the one
individual. And there's
in our opinion, enough work
to keep them quite busy. And
like I said, there's. If
there's any backlog or any drop
off, they are going
to assist. That was part
of their agreement. And this is
Vector that's hiring this
technician. It's their
employee. So it's. Oh, so it's.
So it is a 1099 basis. It's a
consultant. You're hiring
somebody outside to come in.
He's not going to be a
Coconut Creek employee.
Correct. It's going to be a
Vector employee that's
certified to work
on these vehicles. Okay.
>> Thank you. Yes. And just one
final question, just
to be clear. The $95,000
for the additional equipment to
repair these vehicles that we
need so badly back out
on the road. If Vector goes
away as our contractor,
what happens
with that equipment? Does it go
with them or does it stay
with us? Belongs to us.
>> This will become our
equipment. City equipment. And
would stay with us
in the event that Vector, you
know, is no longer servicing
us.
>> I did not. Just wanted
to make sure it was on the
record that we're spending
money that's going
to stay here.
>> It's staying right here in
Coconut Creek.
>> Thank you. All right. Thank
you. Anyone else? All right.
Thank you. Mr. Kavanagh, please
call the roll.
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> Thank you. Resolution
2026008. The resolution
approving the Crescent Creek
Homeowners association
application for grant funds
from the neighborhood
Enhancement grant program for a
multiphase landscape design
project to redesign the street
tree landscape master plan. Is
there a motion and a second
to approve this item?
>> So move
>> Second.
>> Thank you. Moved by
Commissioner Rydell. Second
by Commissioner Welch. Okay.
Are there any questions
regarding this script? Is there
anyone present
to receive this? That's what I
was going to ask. If there was
anybody
from the edge away here. No, I
guess not. All right. Mr.
Kavanagh, would you please call
the roll? What?
>> Mayor, if I may. I see two
gentlemen that Justin. One
of them wore a jacket, but
Dan, did you want to.
>> And I'd inquire if he has
anything to put forward.
>> Good evening, Mayor. Vice
Mayor, city members
of the commission. Dan
Nelson, Grants Administrator,
City of Coconut Creek.
Of course. This resolution is
for the Crescent Creek
Neighborhood Enhancement grant.
This is. They're asking for
$20,000 for a multi phase
design project. The current
landscape plan in the
neighborhood no longer
compatible
with the surrounding areas.
This project will redesign the
landscape plan. Total cost
of the project is $22,800.
This project is eligible and
satisfies the requirements
of the program guidelines.
Happy to answer any questions
that you may have.
>> I will just say on behalf
of the association, if I may.
Sheila and myself met
with board members. Linda was
in that meeting. We had a pre
meeting on. I know they were
putting this together. I know
there's been issues in the
neighborhood and regarding not
only their original landscape
plan but on some of the swales
in front of the homes. It's
in the north end of the city. I
don't see anyone. I know you
know. Appears there was a
change in board leadership.
But I can tell the commission,
regardless
of anyone's here this evening,
this has been Something
in the works for over a year.
And I think it's one
of the only, the second actual
master landscape plan that
we've approved as a commission
for the landscape grants. I
know that. I know Mr. Valvo's
community is coming forward
with one as well. But I fully
support this item and the
neighborhood support supports
this item.
>> Thank you. Anyone else? No.
I mean, when I was knocking
on doors there, that was one of
the biggest things that
residents brought up was, you
know, that something could and
should be done. So it's just
very encouraging
to see that they followed
through and with the guidance
of our grants administrator,
they did the work. Yeah, it's
good to see that they can take
advantage
of what we're offering. Okay.
Mr. Kavanagh, please call the
roll.
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> Yes. Resolution 2026, a
resolution approving the
Victoria Isle homeowners
association application
for grant funds from the
neighborhood enhancement grant
program for a multiphase
landscape design project to
redesign the landscape master
plan. Is there a motion and a
second?
>> Move it.
>> Second.
>> Thank you. Moved by
Commissioner Welch. Seconded
by Vice mayor Wasserman. Dan
Nelson again.
>> Dan Nelson grants him.
Administrator. Very similar
to the last grant. This is a
multi phase design project.
Association's requesting
$20,000. The total cost
of this project is $20,000.
This is for all of the areas
in the common area in
Victoria Isles. Again, the
growth habits,
size no longer compatible with
the surrounding areas. I'd be
happy to answer any questions
that you have.
>> The president of the
neighborhood's a first
responder, so I don't know if
he's here this evening,
but I know I don't see him,
but I know he's. He's a
firefighter, so I don't know if
that's why he's not here. I do
have a question for Dan because
I've spoke to Sheila about this
and this is an interesting
nuance issue for the future of
neighborhood enhancement
grants. Are we doing this as
aisles as a whole? Do you see
where I'm going with this,
Dan? I already know you know
where I'm going with this,
but Isles as a whole,
right?
>> Yes. This is the master
association of Victoria
Isles.
>> So I guess the question I
have, and it goes back to.
Because we could agree there's
different neighborhoods of
Victoria Isles and then there's
the master. And this is really
a policy decision that while I
agree with this item, this
association brought up a really
interesting point with it. And
I'll toss it to all of you.
When you have a neighborhood
that has three phases,
three neighborhoods to it,
can they apply for 1, 2, 3
neighborhood enhancement grants
or are they locked into. You
get one shot. Now, I know staff
worked with the president on
this and they're doing it as a
master association. But I guess
my question that I just kind
of want on the record is,
does this now limit one
of the subs to do a
neighborhood enhancement grant?
I just wanted that formalized
because I know that was like a
back and forth policy. I don't
know
with you guys. I was talking
to Sheila about it. And just
philosophically speaking,
when you have a neighbor, you
know, like very much in. Win
more jacks, like the
neighborhoods are all doing it.
But then can WCC as a whole
come. My position should be
yes. I just want
to confirm that we're. That's
the policy that we're going
forward on these neighborhoods
that have the master area as
opposed to. And then they can
come back again. They're not,
they're not, you know, kicked
off for the 24 months.
>> The current written policy.
>> Yeah, yeah,
that's absolutely correct.
Every organization applies
individually. You can apply
together as one. But
to answer your question, yes,
each one is an individual
organization and submits their
own applications. So Victoria
Isles Master is not going
to disqualify the landings.
>> That's what I wanted.
That's what I want to get
in my follow up. Who said that?
Which one of you.
>> You want to fight?
>> No, I just, you know, the
subtle, you know,
the subtle comments under your
breath. I don't really
appreciate it. That's all. I
have nothing further right now.
>> Commissioner Welch, because
I understood that this was
for the same. Because we had
something come
before us recently,
the town homes. And I thought
this was
for the single family homes.
Is it inclusive? I know
Commissioner Rydell said that
it's for the, the master. So is
it for the single family homes
alone or this inclusive
of the town homes too?
>> So like Commissioner
Riddell proposed, there's three
actual communities. There's.
Well, there's three. There's
two actual communities.
Communities and one master
association which controls the
common areas
of the property.
>> So of all of it.
>> Correct.
>> Okay.
>> So, yes, in December, there
was a commission meeting
for the landings, which is the
townhome part component
neighborhood
of the master association.
>> Okay. So it's separate and
apart.
>> It is separate. It is. It is
primarily the entrance way
to the. To Victoria Isles.
>> And. And they're getting a
real bang for their buck.
Okay. Commissioner Brodie.
>> So when you say that, like
in Winston park, we have a
unique situation where you have
Breckenridge, Breckenridge two
under Winston Park. So is it
Winston park that's going
to control, or can the
Breckenridge name file? I
would. Is Breckenridge its own
hoa? No, it's its own
neighborhood. That's why I want
clarification. So neighborhood
associations can apply, too.
They're eligible as well.
>> So I don't want
to jump in, and I don't
like it, but this is something
that I had worked on. So pre.
I'm not trying to. I don't want
to go there. It predates it.
So when Winston park had this
vision
of redoing all the walls, I'm
assuming that's what you're
getting at. Is that where
you're going when the walls
under their master, Dan,
Correct me if I'm wrong,
their master plan walls are all
under the Winston Park Master
association control. So
Wayne, call it what it is. He
was really hoping that he could
bang each as a grant. You want
to.
>> Yeah, absolutely. And we had
conversations with Winston park
foundation regarding the waltz
and broke
down specifically what param.
What they could apply for.
So, for example, if Bermuda
Cove has its own association
and its own signs,
it could apply for a
neighborhood enhancement sign
project. Separately, Winston
park foundation could apply for
a neighborhood enhancement
grant sign project. We gave
them applications, walked them
through, went over the details
for both of those projects,
and anybody that are included
in certains that aren't.
>> But there is also a
neighborhood association,
a neighborhood
on the west side of the road
that does not have an
association. And I'm afraid
that's the one you're referring
to. Is it Breckenridge that
does not have an association?
>> Yeah, it's
like a neighborhood. So I
jumped through these hopes.
I'll post that. I mean,
that project's five years
in the making,
but that was the issue
with that.
>> So you need to have an
associate. Separate
associations can apply, as well
as the master association.
That's. That's the bottom line.
>> That's the policy that need
to be clear. Because
originally, Victoria Isles was
told no. And I'm not trying to.
It's not. No. We just didn't.
We didn't hash it out. So now
we've hashed it out, and the
independents can do it. I'm
good with that.
>> Okay, great. Anyone else?
Okay. Mr. Kavanagh, please call
the roll.
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> Resolution 2026 013. A
resolution authorizing the city
manager or designee
to execute an agreement
with the Broward County Tax
collector
for the uniform collection of
non ad valorem special
assessments pursuant
to sections 197.363119,
7.3635, Florida Statutes. Is
there a motion and a second?
>> Move it
>> Second
>> Move by Commissioner
Welch, seconded by Vice Mayor
Wasserman. All right,
thank you.
>> Good evening again. So this
item allows the city
to continue to include the fire
protection services and the
solid waste special assessments
on the TRIM notice. And it
continues to allow us
to have the Broward county tax
collector bill and collect for
those assessments using what we
call the statutory uniform
method of collection, which by
far remains the most economical
and efficient option for.
For the city, for us to bill
and collect those proceeds.
Historically, the service was
provided
under an agreement we have
with Broward county.
But effective In January of
25, the tax collector
transitioned to a separate
elected constitutional office.
So it now requires
municipalities to enter
into direct agreements
with the tax collector
to continue the process without
any service interruption.
Under the agreement with
Broward county, reimbursement
charges were minimal and as
such,
was not specifically budgeted.
This agreement does authorize
reimbursement of actual cost,
which is going to be capped
at 2% of our collection.
Charges to date have averaged
less than that 2%. It's
about approximately 1%. And so
far we have been charged
150,000. So staff will work
to identify available budget
for the current year so that we
can make those payments,
and then we'll account
for the budget
in future years. So approving
this agreement ensures that we
continue to ensure compliance
with state statute and that we
maintain the continuity of how
these assessments are actually
billed and collected. So staff
does recommend approval to
ensure uninterrupted
collections. And I'm happy to
answer any questions that you.
You might have. Thank you.
>> Anyone? Okay, I think we're
good. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Okay. Is there a
motion and a second?
>> Move it
>> Second.
>> Thank you. Commissioner
Welch. Vice Mayor Wasserman.
Second. Mr. Kavanagh, please
call the roll.
>> [CALLING ROLL]
>> City manager's report,
please.
>> Just two things very
briefly. I look forward
to working with you all
during Broward days next week.
We will be following whatever's
happening. There'll be a lot
of furious communication going
on and probably running
from meeting to meeting. But
let me know if you need
anything. I'LL be there,
but I'll still be working.
But Scott will also be here
in the office. I was also
hoping to schedule just another
get together, maybe a night
of pickleball. So look
for your calendars and we'll
try to do that soon. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam City
Attorney. Good evening. I just
wanted
to mention that our attorney
in the Turnpike case, Ralph
DeMaio, who was formerly with
Gilday Law, has switched
to a new firm of Adams and
Reese. And we did just sign the
substitution
of counsel letters with him.
And we also have some more
parties that are interested
in being named as plaintiffs
in the lawsuit. And so we're
hoping to get with them soon,
in the next week or two and
to hopefully get them added.
And I will keep you updated as
this progresses. Thank you.
>> Two brief things. I believe
all of you are going
to be there except me, right?
You going? I only say that
because I'll be up the
following, and I know
Bernadette knows this,
I'm going to be up
in the end, the last week in
February, obviously advocating
as well. Madam Rose, I think
it's important
on an administrative level
to the city staff that you,
you relay, and I think this is
understood,
but I think it's important to,
to let the city, the employees
know that this commission is
unified in fighting
against this reform
for the purpose of protecting
what we have here. So I would
just like that sentiment
related to. I think there's
reverberations, especially
whether I'm glib or anything. I
just think,
I think staff needs to be well
aware that this commission is a
unified body,
is doing everything they can
to protect the city of
Coconut Creek. And I'd ask you
to relay that to our employees.
I will give you some weird bad
news. Commissioner Welch is
probably aware of it. I'm just
gonna give a quick solid waste
update. The executive director
of the Solid Waste Authority
who was hired and brought over
from California resigned
immediately,
effective immediately. Now, it
is due to like an extreme
personal medical situation
with his family, obviously
family first. I think we would
all agree to that.
But it sends hard
reverberations
through the next three months,
which is going to be crucial to
delivering education when this
is going to be coming
before luckily there's, you
know, Mayor Ryan is a strong
leader, he's a strong advocate
countywide. And there's just
going to be probably more
of an ask from some
of the executive board members
of going to various
commissions. I will tell you
this. I think the last time I
was Here I gave kind
of a bleak picture on some of
the preliminary numbers that
were put out
of what continued engagement
in the Solid Waste Authority
looks like. There was really
positive numbers that came out
of the consultant's final
report where they believe the
initial addition
to essentially continuing
to be a member of the Solid
Waste Authority would be
preliminarily $3.75 per
household per year. That's what
we're talking about
for continued. And what they
believe is it may go up
to an additional $10
over a phased 5 to 10 year
approach, but the savings would
negate that out of the gate.
So and that's
through joint contracts. Now
the reason for that is they
pared back all potential
assets. Meaning how the Solid
Waste Authority was originally
thought of informed was that
there would be Solid Waste
Authority assets,
whether it's transfer stations,
whether it's recycling centers.
So now that's just looking
at it like contracting with
Broward county assets and
private assets
for the purposes
of bulk contracting for better
rates. I think there's a,
there's a quagmire there
because I think you,
if you rely too much
on private industry,
they're going to kind of, you
know, have you after that
initial contract periods up,
which is when you have no
market share, a monopoly really
runs the roost. And ultimately
Waste Management was going
to have the largest contract
for a recycling center. So you
worry about what happens
after a 10 year contract. I
only share
with you that you're going
to see. I'm going
to have a meeting I think
with Sheila and Yvonne next
week in regard
to the PIO rollout,
which ideally you're going to
start seeing some pretty
significant social media
out things
with the things I've shared
with all of you, the Toolbox. I
just think it's important that
we really have to start having
those conversations because
it's not the sexiest subject,
but it's probably one
of the most important
for the future of our community
and cost savings
in our community. So there's
other things I could, I could,
I could discuss,
but I just want to leave you
with that. With Solid waste and
we're really,
really getting a lot of steam
for the, the Holocaust
sculpture countywide. Really
there's a lot
of just amazing feedback with
that and I didn't realize how
long it's been since something
like that has been unveiled
in Broward County. So it's
really just a very, very
exciting thing that I'm excited
to be a part of. So that's all
I have tonight. Thank you.
>> Thank You Commissioner
Welch.
>> So Commissioner Rydell,
about the, the last SWA joint
meeting, it was,
it was assets not just
in land and potential waste to
energy facilities or whatever
it might turn
into that allowed it to number
to be so significantly lower. I
wasn't
in the room. I was dialed in.
But I have to tell you,
it was almost
like a gasp across. You could
hear it across the executive
board that was there. I don't
know. Is that what it looked
like because you were there
in person?
>> Yeah, I think all of us had
the number. I just don't
understand how the consultant
got there.
But when he was able
to present, he heard that the
consultant team heard that how
they had it posed probably
would not pass.
>> Absolutely.
>> And they created a measure
to create a sustainable system
and be able
to successfully move forward.
So you are. There was,
especially with some of the
governing board members that
were there that are
in the process. They were all
like wow, they were,
it was.
>> They were all very scared
and wanted to run. So yeah, it
was, it was good news. I almost
wondered was it real or not.
But it was. I, I still don't
understand who's going to be
at the helm. That's, that's the
part that I'm not sure about.
The executive director. I
never. Because I had to sign
off at 11 and it was still
going back and forth. Who's
going to be there?
>> Who's it's going to,
it's going
to be addressed formally. So,
so right now just answer that
question publicly. The
consultant team at SCS who's
really been spearheading the.
The team. They're going
to take the helm because Todd
is physically gone.
>> In a transition and then
we're going
to be figuring that
out pretty quickly. I'm not,
I don't want
to say anything publicly
but there's rumblings of people
that want that job. I'll leave
it at that. But that it's
really important who gets that
job next.
>> Absolutely. It was important
who got it this time. So
anyway, thank you
for that. I'm looking forward
to going. I'm not looking
forward to Forward to the 20 or
30 degree weather in
Tallahassee, but I am certainly
looking forward to it because
it won't just be watching the
committee meetings on Florida
Channel, but actually, you
know, being there and I'm
hoping that those legislators
that I asked to meet with,
I do get a chance to go in
because there's things that
each one of them are sponsoring
that very interested in even if
they aren't sponsoring them.
Items that I feel are important
to our residents that I'd like
to ask their views
on and if opportunity allows,
once the agenda is out there,
to be able to go into some
of those meetings and like
Rep. Panchoski said,
suggested that you can either,
you know, sign up to waive in
support or opposition so that
you can make your presence
matter for something even, you
know, you can't stay
at all the committee meetings.
But I'm really looking forward
to it. Just not the weather,
but we'll be back for the
Holocaust and all of the things
that have been significant,
significantly planned here
in the city. So. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Commissioner
Brodie.
>> Thank you, Mayor. I have a
safety concern. Chief, can I.
Can I have you come up? And I
don't mean to catch off guard.
I normally don't do this, but I
think there's some concerns
with some. Some traffic issues.
And. And I'm. And I wouldn't
have brought this up,
but literally, I got
off the phone before this
meeting and pretty much three
phone calls today. And my
husband put it this way,
my trip to public school was
horrible this week. And the
concern is this. There's been a
tremendous amount
of speeding and noise
from modified mufflers,
which I know there's a law
against going up and down
Lyons Road and Winston Park
Boulevard, which is why I guess
everybody's turning to me and
asking these questions. Now, I
do live close enough to Lyons
Road to hear them screaming
down Lyons Road. And I think
that between Winston Park
Boulevard all the way through
Sample is a racetrack. You
know, there's no visibility
to any police out there.
There's no traffic at night.
So these guys scream up and
down there with motorcycles and
modified these little Hondas
that they modify and things
like that. I think what we.
What I want to kind
of bring up is how can we kind
of put a kibosh on that?
Because at some point,
there's going to be a
tremendous accident. I mean,
these speeds,
we're not talking about, you
know, 55 and the 45. We're
talking 80, 90 miles an hour up
and down Lyons Road and
Winston park is the motorcycles
doing donuts and things
like that. So is there a plan
that we can kind of put
in place to kind of deter this
from happening? Yeah, we were
just in the process of going
through and getting the grants
for the aggressive driving. So
that'll be the fun overtime or
to schedule people to work
in the evenings
to address that, those issues
in those areas. Absolutely, it
is. Yeah. Just listen. It's
gotten. It's gotten Worse
in the last two months. Okay.
Winston park scares me because
it's got that bend in it, you
know, and people. You know,
people walk up and down that.
And so it got a little. Got a
little long publix trip. Ice
cream melted twice. You know,
listening. Everybody out.
And. And so it's. It's
important that we really kind
of take this. I think at some
point we're gonna see another
serious accident
on that road. So if we can kind
of step up,
maybe get some visibility
out there. Absolutely.
Especially between the hours
at 9:45 and 10:40. That seems
to be something going on
at that time. Okay. And then
like 2 2am to 4am yeah. That's
all I have. Thank you, Chief. I
appreciate it. Yeah.
>> Thank you, Vice Mayor
Wasserman.
>> Thank you. Mayor. Is there
a. Just a couple things. Is
there any update,
and maybe this is for Justin or
Scott on the storage facility
behind Sprouts? Is everything
going to plan? You know,
is everything. Has anything
come up? Anything? Just an
update, maybe. Oh, well, it's
under construction. I'm not
aware
of any issues they're having.
It's going pretty steadily
well. And they're containing
themselves to their site
from what I see. I go to
Sprouts all the time,
so I kind of drive
by these sites when they're
under construction. Right.
>> Okay, cool.
>> Yep. And Gray Star, same. I
know there hasn't been many.
There hasn't been many
complaints. I know. I talked
to Scott yesterday briefly in
passing. I haven't gotten
anything other than the PVC
pipe, the wall, you know,
which we took care of.
But there was somebody from
another neighborhood who
inquired about it,
who we spoke to. No. Thank you.
Is there any update on the
South Creek design phase? I
know there was. There was some
funding. Is there an update
on that or any information?
>> The. The pavement design
phase hasn't started. We're
waiting still for Broward for
Margate
to finish the utility work.
But I apologize. Don't have the
date when it's scheduled. I
actually think it's 27,
but I'll have to get back
to you on that.
>> Okay. Because I know you
guys were going to reach out to
the residents and do a whole
public thing, right?
>> Oh, I'm sorry. You mean in
Lakewood East?
>> No, just the. The South
Creek design. Okay.
>> The Lakewood east is moving.
The Lakewood east design is
moving forward.
>> Okay. And you were going
to be. And there is some
additional information going.
>> Out directly
to those residents.
>> And was there gonna. Was
there parking gonna be added
by the park?
>> No, not at this time.
>> Okay, so no. No additional
parking.
>> No additional parking is
added in the Liquid east area
at this time. We do reserve the
right
to do it if we need it.
>> Does the city have the
ability to leverage sales tax
in city. In like city stores
and restaurants? Is there
like a city sales tax or.
>> No, we don't have a city
sales tax right now.
>> I know we don't have one
right now, but is there a. Is
there a law preventing us
from doing something
like that? Like, is. I don't
know. Is. Is that something
that cities do? I just ask a
question.
>> I can look into that
question. I don't know the
answer to that.
>> Okay. Just thinking outside
the box. The upcoming
Holocaust. Outstanding work
to everybody from the. From
Public Works to Bernadette to
Sheila to just to Parks and
Rec. Just super duper. It's
really going
to be very unique. And it
actually is the only Holocaust
memorial in Broward County. It
will be the first. Not a
museum, not a reading room.
It's an actual memorial,
and it's the first in
Broward. So it's very just.
It's just so special that we're
part of it. It's really
unbelievable and very excited
for that. And then just, you
know, leave it to Broward.
Schools, again, you know,
can't get out of their own way
with graduations. You know,
having Coconut Creek High go
to Dillard and Monarch go to
Dillard and Dave Thomas and ATC
go to Ely. You know,
they take one step forward and
87 steps back. It's just so
upsetting to see that kids are
suffering due
to the mal practice, the
district,
and it's the kids who suffer.
And it's the headlines of the
staff and it's the headlines
of all these people.
But it's school district,
School districts are
about students. And it's just
really sad to see the inequity
in those graduation locations.
I mean, I worked at Stoneman
Douglas. I worked at Cypress
Bay. I mean, both. I ran both
those graduations when I was
there. I know it's a big,
big lot of people,
but it's just inequitable
to do that to those schools.
Thank you.
>> Thank you. Yes. Kudos
to everyone involved with our
Holocaust Memorial on January
29th. Amazing feedback and
amazing participation. I mean,
we were worried we weren't
going to be able
to fill the seats,
but now we have
to turn people away. It's
amazing. Every day people are
coming to me and saying, you
know, this is. This is
fabulous. Can I get in? Can I
get in, do we? Can we get
another bus? I know Winmore
themselves has two buses and
they're clamoring for more.
It's just that we can't
accommodate them, but. Meaning
the cities, but. Thank you.
Thank you, Bernadette. Thank
you, everybody involved.
>> Thank you.
>> This is a great thing. Also
looking forward to
Tallahassee, Our first
experience. Have a shopping
list of things to talk
about and
to hopefully we can get on the
table and show our opposition.
But also, I want
to say I'm excited about Main
Street. See the clearing. You
can almost see. See it
happening. I would love to have
a groundbreaking ceremony to
actually start the process. I
actually reached out
to the development team about a
groundbreaking ceremony, and
their thought is as soon as
there is an area where we can
actually park cars. Stabilized
area. Okay, great. They would
love to schedule one. What?
They want to wait until they
at least get an area. An area
where you could host a
groundbreaking. So it'll be a
couple of months, but it's.
It's in the works. Great.
That's great. Very exciting.
So thank you. Okay, that's all.
I have motion to return trip to
those that are traveling and
stay safe. Have a great week or
two. Do I have a motion?
>> You did.
>> Meeting adjourned.