1 00:03:10,930 --> 00:03:11,970 One, two, one, 2 00:03:35,390 --> 00:03:36,150 two, one, 3 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:43,990 two. 4 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:20,920 Test, test, test. Can you hear us on Zoom? 5 00:04:27,290 --> 00:04:28,970 Test, test, test. Can you hear us on Zoom? 6 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,280 Maria, can you hear us? 7 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:58,660 I can't hear you. 8 00:05:34,260 --> 00:05:36,940 Linda Maria, can one of you speak just to make sure we can hear you? 9 00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:28,950 One of the cameras having issues, I don't know. Okay, I hear you both. We're good now. Okay. Okay. Good. Hi. I want to meet ourselves. Hi. I can't get my camera to work. We've got a full house. 10 00:06:28,950 --> 00:06:39,240 all right I'm gonna put the audio off by yeah mine say bye thank you welcome 11 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:42,580 One, 12 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:04,030 two. 13 00:08:13,940 --> 00:08:14,060 . 14 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:14,080 . 15 00:08:16,140 --> 00:08:16,260 . 16 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:16,280 . 17 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:16,340 . 18 00:09:34,420 --> 00:09:35,260 . 19 00:09:35,260 --> 00:09:35,460 . 20 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:35,880 . 21 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,520 If everyone could take their seat, we'll get started. 22 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:18,760 Are we live? 23 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:19,360 We're live. 24 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,040 Good evening everybody. 25 00:14:24,540 --> 00:14:33,880 And welcome to the final budget hearing. 26 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,360 Today's date is September 29th, 2026. 27 00:14:38,820 --> 00:14:41,080 Final budget hearing called for 6 p.m. 28 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:44,480 Time is approximately 609 p.m. 29 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,400 Meeting officially called to order. 30 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,980 Roll call please, Town Clerk. 31 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:51,700 Mayor Singer, here. 32 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:52,680 Vice Mayor Mendel. 33 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:53,060 Here. 34 00:14:53,340 --> 00:14:54,060 Council Member Leskin. 35 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:54,620 Here. 36 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:55,680 Council Member Bernstein. 37 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:56,080 Here. 38 00:14:56,380 --> 00:14:57,020 Council Member Einstein. 39 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:57,640 Here. 40 00:14:58,180 --> 00:14:59,840 Okay, if everyone could please rise. 41 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,980 Chief Rudy Herbello, can you lead us into pledged allegiance, please? 42 00:15:03,740 --> 00:15:18,300 The sole face, the American flag of the country. A pledge of allegiance to flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, in the visible, with liberty and justice for all. 43 00:15:21,340 --> 00:15:29,000 Okay, this evening on the special budget, final budget hearing meeting, we have item D1 and II. 44 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,700 I'm going to read them both into the record and then we'll get them approved. 45 00:15:33,340 --> 00:15:38,460 Item D1 is adoption of the final combined milledrate and the final operating budget for 46 00:15:38,460 --> 00:15:45,860 the fiscal year 2026, 2027, a resolution of town adopting a final milledrate for 47 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:54,200 the fiscal year, October 1st, 2026, through September 30th, 2027. 48 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,660 I'm going to read that real quick, 49 00:16:05,860 --> 00:16:07,660 spare with me one second. 50 00:16:10,540 --> 00:16:15,620 That the final military for the town of Golden Beach for the fiscal year commencing, October 1st, 51 00:16:16,380 --> 00:16:26,720 2026, through September 30th, 2027, we're hereby fixed at a rate of 7.510 mills, which is 7.511 52 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,980 $1.00 per thousand of assessed property value within the town of Golden Beach. 53 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:42,820 The rollback rate is 7.3017, and the final milled rate is 7.510 mills, which is 2.87 over the rollback rate. 54 00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:55,020 That voted debt service milled rate for the fiscal year is 0.4790, and that is for the proposed milled rate for this year. 55 00:16:55,020 --> 00:17:02,300 And item number two is a resolution of town council adopting the final budget for the fiscal year commencing October 1st, 56 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:06,260 2026 through September 30th, 2027. 57 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,820 Town clerk, can you read them both into a record, please? 58 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:09,940 Item one, first. 59 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:10,560 Yes, sir. 60 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:18,980 A resolution of the town council of the town of Golden Beach, Florida, adopting the final military of the town of Golden Beach for the fiscal year commencing October 1st, 61 00:17:18,980 --> 00:17:27,200 2026 through September 30th, 2027, pursuant to Florida Statute 200.065 Trim Bill, providing for an effective date. 62 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:33,980 And the resolution of the town council, the town of Golden Beach, Florida, adopting the final budgets for the fiscal year. 63 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:43,440 Commencing on October 1, 2026 through September 30th, 2027, pursuant to Florida Statute 200.065 Trim Bill, providing for an effective date. 64 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,580 Okay, item D1, I need a motion to approve. 65 00:17:47,820 --> 00:17:49,220 I need a second. 66 00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:49,720 Second. 67 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:50,540 All favour? 68 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:51,500 I'm sorry. 69 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:53,520 Town manager. 70 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,640 Mayor, members of the council, since our last budget hearing, no changes are being 71 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:04,540 recommended, either in the general fund military or the debt service military, and as it relates 72 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:08,440 to the budget, no changes are being made to the budget, I do just want to put into the 73 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:08,680 record. 74 00:18:09,660 --> 00:18:13,060 Later this evening, I'll be given a report as it relates to our fee structures. 75 00:18:13,060 --> 00:18:16,900 and our recommendation to the fee structure will have no impact to the budget as presented. 76 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,980 So there's no impact to the discussion that we have in the intercity. 77 00:18:20,180 --> 00:18:20,360 Okay. 78 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:27,520 So for the item number D1, approve the final millilage rate, a roll call plea. 79 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,100 First, any comments from the council? 80 00:18:30,620 --> 00:18:33,100 Close to the council, any comments from the public? 81 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:33,940 Anyone on the Zoom? 82 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:35,380 Anyone from Zoom? 83 00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:39,910 And then I think the attorney needs to reach some of them. 84 00:18:40,130 --> 00:18:43,870 No, no, I'm fine, I just wanted to make sure we open the public. 85 00:18:43,870 --> 00:19:00,610 Okay. Roll call please. Mayor Singer. Yes. Vice Mayor Mendel. Yes. Council member Laskin. Yes. Council member Bernstein. Yes. Council member Einstein. Yes. Motion passes. Motion passes. Item number two regarding the physical budget and your motion to approve. Motion to approve. 86 00:19:00,610 --> 00:19:01,290 Second. 87 00:19:01,650 --> 00:19:01,970 Second. 88 00:19:03,790 --> 00:19:04,570 Town manager. 89 00:19:05,530 --> 00:19:10,170 Members of the council, just as a reminder, as it relates to the budget, there's no changes 90 00:19:10,170 --> 00:19:12,910 from your last meeting, but I do want to remind the council that the council authorized 91 00:19:12,910 --> 00:19:17,350 that we use funds from this year's budget to cover the gap in the insurance loss because 92 00:19:17,350 --> 00:19:18,670 of the insurance hold that we're doing. 93 00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:22,110 And there were some other items that the council has authorized us to pay for out of this year's 94 00:19:22,110 --> 00:19:23,810 budget that was enumerated in the near- and near minutes. 95 00:19:23,810 --> 00:19:23,910 Yes. 96 00:19:25,710 --> 00:19:26,990 Any council comments? 97 00:19:27,630 --> 00:19:29,050 Close to council, any public comments? 98 00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:30,530 Okay. 99 00:19:30,850 --> 00:19:31,510 Roll call, please. 100 00:19:32,370 --> 00:19:33,510 Any Zoom comments? 101 00:19:35,980 --> 00:19:36,140 Okay. 102 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,060 Roll call, please. 103 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:37,860 Mayor Singer. 104 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:38,480 Yes. 105 00:19:38,780 --> 00:19:39,380 Vice Mayor Mendel. 106 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:39,720 Yes. 107 00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:40,640 Council Member Leskin. 108 00:19:40,900 --> 00:19:41,160 Yes. 109 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:42,220 Council Member Bernstein. 110 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:42,740 Yes. 111 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:43,720 Council Member Einstein. 112 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:44,260 Yes. 113 00:19:44,540 --> 00:19:45,000 Motion passes. 114 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:45,740 Madam Clerk. 115 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:50,940 whether to congratulate, not for the record glence assistant, does the mayor have an assistant? 116 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:52,880 I saw that on. 117 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:57,220 How much for your foot? 118 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:58,760 Is that me? 119 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:01,980 Got the motor. 120 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:03,980 Back to a serious meeting. 121 00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:04,320 Yes sir. 122 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:10,780 First I want to congratulate town manager Maria Camacho is not here, it will set Perez and 123 00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:12,720 your team for doing a phenomenal job. 124 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:19,740 I know we commented last year, but last meeting, but congratulations on a job well done on a budget. 125 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:24,640 This is the fifth time in 20 years that we've lowered the milling rate. 126 00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:26,760 First time it's below eight bids. 127 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,660 So we're very, very excited and congratulations here. 128 00:20:31,180 --> 00:20:35,600 So with that, I'm going to make a motion to close the final budget hearing. 129 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,060 Any motion to close? 130 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:38,900 Any second? 131 00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:40,740 On favor say aye. 132 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,340 All right. 133 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,440 Meeting adjourned. 134 00:20:44,020 --> 00:20:45,180 That's the first meeting. 135 00:20:46,540 --> 00:20:47,320 Congrats again. 136 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:54,140 Now we move on to the regular town council meeting, which is today's date of September 29, 2026. 137 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,040 Special town council meeting called for 7 p.m. 138 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,620 Time is approximately 7.15 p.m. 139 00:21:00,140 --> 00:21:01,440 Meeting officially called to order. 140 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:02,540 Roll call please. 141 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:03,620 Mayor Singer. 142 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:04,300 Here. 143 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:05,240 Vice Mayor Mendel. 144 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,700 Council Member Leskin. 145 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:07,060 Here. 146 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,160 Council Member Bernstein. 147 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:08,560 Here. 148 00:21:08,860 --> 00:21:09,500 Council Member Einstein. 149 00:21:09,820 --> 00:21:09,960 Here. 150 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:11,920 Okay. 151 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,540 We've got many presentations and 152 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:16,600 proclamations today. 153 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:20,360 And the first presentation is we're 154 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,980 swaring in two new officers to the 155 00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:24,280 Golden Beach Police Department. 156 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,660 Officer Denise Newell-Pert and 157 00:21:27,660 --> 00:21:31,240 officer Byron Castro has chosen a 158 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,760 profession founded in service, integrity, 159 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,880 encourage and commitment to others. 160 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:46,840 As they take their oath this evening, they are joined a proud tradition of public servants dedicated to protecting the residents and the visitors of the town of Golden Beach. 161 00:21:47,660 --> 00:21:52,800 Will Officer Newell-Pert and Officer Castro please come forward? 162 00:22:01,870 --> 00:22:11,310 If you can repeat after me, please raise your right hand, repeat after me, I state your name. 163 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:21,320 Do solemnly swear that I am entitled to hold, the office to which I'm appointed, 164 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:43,720 and that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and the government of the United States and the state of Florida against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will bear true faith. 165 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:53,620 Loyalty and allegiance to the same and that I will faithfully, without fear, 166 00:22:54,220 --> 00:23:01,380 or favor, all duties of a police officer of the town of Golden Beach, 167 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:06,380 which I'm about to enter, so help me God. 168 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:17,180 On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or my public trust. 169 00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:27,140 I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. 170 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:34,620 I will always upheld the Constitution, the community of Golden Beach, 171 00:23:35,660 --> 00:23:38,760 each and the agency I serve. 172 00:23:38,860 --> 00:23:39,960 And the agency I serve. 173 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:41,080 Congratulations. 174 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,500 Both officers, if you can come up. 175 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:55,100 Would you like someone from the audience to pin your badge on you? 176 00:23:56,780 --> 00:23:58,520 If you could just each introduce your, 177 00:23:59,620 --> 00:24:04,220 if you could each introduce your family members or who you have in the audience 178 00:24:04,220 --> 00:24:07,540 and then who you're going to pin and then why you go ahead and do that. 179 00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:07,800 Thank you. 180 00:24:09,260 --> 00:24:10,460 Captain Parris. 181 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,320 Do you have anyone in the audience? 182 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:15,960 No, sir. 183 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:39,300 Congratulations. 184 00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:45,490 Retired, Miami-Dade officer, Gil Morales. 185 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,360 Mayor, while Officer Castro was getting pinned, 186 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:12,260 a couple things, so Officer Neil Pearl, 187 00:25:12,940 --> 00:25:14,040 how do you say it pronounced properly? 188 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:14,500 Yes. 189 00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:15,440 Peered. 190 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:21,600 Okay, and officer Castro, both are officers who went to the academy or other agencies and 191 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,880 felt that those agencies weren't the right fit for them. 192 00:25:28,290 --> 00:25:37,150 Felt that those agencies weren't the right fit for them, and so we were able to pick them up as part of our part time program with the hopes that when a full time position becomes available. 193 00:25:37,330 --> 00:25:44,070 So they're currently in the FTO program, Teneet actually has a son who's just entering the military this year. 194 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:48,870 So a proud military mother, so thank you for his service and your commitment to that. 195 00:25:48,870 --> 00:25:51,470 So we want to recognize that it's not for the Castro families here as well. 196 00:25:51,910 --> 00:25:53,330 So they will both go through our FTO process. 197 00:25:53,610 --> 00:25:56,290 They successfully completed the 40-year in-service class. 198 00:25:56,490 --> 00:26:00,130 Once the FTO will have them on the road, fortunately for both of them, 199 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:03,570 there are full-time positions available, so hopefully they'll be able to grab one of those spots. 200 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:08,090 But this is just showing our residents when we put money on our budget to grow our department, 201 00:26:08,230 --> 00:26:09,250 we're actually growing the department. 202 00:26:09,430 --> 00:26:10,490 So congratulations to both. 203 00:26:10,750 --> 00:26:14,450 Make us proud into the parents and the audience and those who are watching at home know that 204 00:26:14,450 --> 00:26:16,710 Golden Beach welcomes you into our family. 205 00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:21,190 We're not like every other major city, we're just an offshore that nobody knows, and you're just a number. 206 00:26:21,590 --> 00:26:26,290 Here are council and the staff, we treat you like family, and so welcome to the Golden Beach Army. 207 00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:27,970 If we can just get a picture with the council. 208 00:26:29,270 --> 00:26:29,630 Congratulations. 209 00:26:30,450 --> 00:26:30,810 Congratulations. 210 00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:35,810 All right, let's get a picture, Eric. 211 00:26:35,930 --> 00:26:37,930 If you guys stand in front, we'll get a picture. 212 00:26:38,290 --> 00:26:38,710 Good luck. 213 00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:39,310 Congratulations. 214 00:26:40,110 --> 00:26:40,490 Here, turn. 215 00:26:40,590 --> 00:26:41,210 You guys turn around. 216 00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:42,510 I won't get in. 217 00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:45,050 Can raise your hand. 218 00:26:47,630 --> 00:26:48,310 If 219 00:26:56,630 --> 00:27:00,690 there's a detective in the audience, somebody needs to find my Nikon camera. 220 00:27:01,030 --> 00:27:04,010 I can't go to investigation with big camera. 221 00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:11,930 Congratulations, we have some other recognition this evening before you guys leave. 222 00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:17,430 First, we have the recognition of PSA officer Jamisha Sharks. 223 00:27:18,330 --> 00:27:22,970 Tonight we are pleased to recognize public safety officer Jamisha Sharks for 224 00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:28,290 We're successfully completing the public service training with the High Alia Garden Police Department. 225 00:27:29,030 --> 00:27:39,510 Throughout the program, PSA Starks received outstanding evaluations and a stellar commentary regarding her professionalism, work ethic, and commitment to learning. 226 00:27:40,010 --> 00:27:49,130 Her dedication to personal growth and professional development reflects the high standards we expect from members of the Golden Beach Police Department and 227 00:27:49,130 --> 00:27:51,990 Demand straights her commitment to serving our community. 228 00:27:52,890 --> 00:27:57,290 If a officer, PSA officer, Starks could come up, I'm sorry. 229 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:02,050 Congratulations on the achievement and representing the department as well. 230 00:28:02,530 --> 00:28:03,110 Congratulations. 231 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:12,460 So Mayor, members of the council. 232 00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:20,260 Mayor, members of the council and for those residents watching at home. 233 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,260 So our, in 2007, when we first, this administration got here. 234 00:28:25,260 --> 00:28:30,720 where one of the first things that we investigated was a way to take over the guard services at the guard house. 235 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,220 The Royal Security had that contract and at the time, she's skinned and 236 00:28:34,220 --> 00:28:37,820 I put together a model that we could bring those employees and it would be our employees. 237 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:45,100 And it wasn't until she, for Bella, became chief that we decided to not only just have individuals in there that have a uniform, 238 00:28:45,220 --> 00:28:52,700 but actually send our guards to an actual training, like an academy to become a community service aid or public service aid. 239 00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:57,040 You typically see them in other cities driving around, they're the ones who write the accident 240 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,240 tickets, the accident reports, and they deal with the nuisance calls that the officers can 241 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,920 deal with the day they calls. 242 00:29:03,420 --> 00:29:10,060 So they actually go through a formal, structured, ethylia credited's program to become a PSA or 243 00:29:10,060 --> 00:29:12,440 CSA, whichever, whatever the designation is. 244 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:19,300 So Jermitra is officer starts, PSA starts, is I think the third or fourth in the guardhouse 245 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:23,340 to go to the program, our goal is that if you're working in the guard house or park ranger, 246 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,680 you go to that problem. 247 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,720 So this is a formalized training, and so it's not easy, by the way, it's not easy. 248 00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:30,580 Some people don't graduate. 249 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,060 Some people have to be repeated, and she was one of the top scorers. 250 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:39,060 Got a perfect score on the final exam, I think it was, out of all the cadets that were there. 251 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,420 So thank you for representing Golden Beach, required an honor. 252 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:42,440 Congratulations. 253 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:54,620 We also want to welcome this evening to other PSA officers, Dominic Carasco and PSA Ernesto 254 00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:59,260 Pico, we are proudly to acknowledge the two newest public 255 00:29:59,260 --> 00:29:59,780 I've saved it. 256 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:18,940 Of public service aids, PSA dominant carosco and PSA Ernesto Pico. Both have aspirations of becoming Golden Beach police officers, and we are pleased to welcome them and begin their journey of service and professional growth within our department. So welcome to Golden Beach, congratulations. 257 00:30:26,590 --> 00:30:35,730 Mayor, members of the audience and residents at home. So when we pass our budget, let's go to take the picture. 258 00:30:35,730 --> 00:30:36,790 So, 259 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:51,790 I think it's no secret that our budget's almost over 68% of our budget goes to public safety. 260 00:30:52,490 --> 00:30:54,690 And I think that's what makes Golden Beach so special. 261 00:30:55,290 --> 00:30:58,890 Last year, we piloted a project called the park ranger program. 262 00:30:59,530 --> 00:31:04,410 So we could have more enhanced visibility in our parks, especially when the pickle ball courts and 263 00:31:04,410 --> 00:31:04,730 tax courts. 264 00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:09,290 So this year, we're expanding our park ranger services to allow for 265 00:31:09,290 --> 00:31:13,590 We're constant patrolling on the seaword side of our community. 266 00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:22,550 So our new park rangers, we will see them going up and down the beach at random hours of the day, throughout the weekend heavily. 267 00:31:23,490 --> 00:31:27,010 And then they'll do a loop check on the park, the active parks. 268 00:31:27,390 --> 00:31:36,050 Make sure that people who are on the active parks, our residents have an ID, are supposed to be in the park that they're not breaking our things that they're not littering. 269 00:31:36,050 --> 00:31:42,070 that the home help isn't leaving the dogs running around the kids area. 270 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:45,990 So the park rangers will be monitoring all of the reimagined total park. 271 00:31:46,450 --> 00:31:50,430 Then wake up to the strand to the beach, check the boat dock, check the pavilion, 272 00:31:50,650 --> 00:31:54,230 help the beaches and make sure that everyone who's supposed to get the beaches required to be there. 273 00:31:54,770 --> 00:31:56,130 And then they will patrol the beach. 274 00:31:56,510 --> 00:32:03,350 And so this is just another example of how we're expanding our public safety programs to provide additional eyes. 275 00:32:03,350 --> 00:32:10,610 is using the Tesla, we have four new bikes coming for, 24, four new bikes coming. 276 00:32:11,290 --> 00:32:17,010 So we have the drone, we have soon a robotic dog, we have two dogs that we're going to introduce today. 277 00:32:17,390 --> 00:32:20,850 Like there's all kinds of things that we're doing, we're adding a jet ski to our marine patrol program. 278 00:32:21,410 --> 00:32:28,390 So our residents need to know when we talk about public safety, we really put our action into the dollars that you're spending. 279 00:32:28,390 --> 00:32:41,950 I mean, the other thing is, like you read, Mayor, these are individuals, one who has already gone to the police academy, another one who wishes to go to the academy, who will eventually become officers of Golden Beach, so we get them young, they get to the other community, we have to know them, so welcome to the team. 280 00:32:42,910 --> 00:32:43,550 Thanks, sir. 281 00:32:43,950 --> 00:32:44,850 Congratulations, sir. 282 00:32:44,970 --> 00:32:45,210 Congratulations, sir. 283 00:32:45,210 --> 00:32:45,690 Congratulations, sir. 284 00:32:49,010 --> 00:32:55,110 Also tonight we're introducing officer Lay, River Coba and canine judo. 285 00:32:59,140 --> 00:33:00,900 If he's not here, GB and Prince will take his place. 286 00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:01,300 No, no, no. 287 00:33:01,460 --> 00:33:02,920 He's here to take his place. 288 00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:04,180 He's the one to eat your harm. 289 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:06,060 I don't know. 290 00:33:06,180 --> 00:33:07,780 They move, go see it out of the way. 291 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:08,740 Oh, the strong. 292 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:09,400 Snip bites. 293 00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:12,240 And bites you. 294 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:13,760 There he goes. 295 00:33:16,910 --> 00:33:17,890 Jump on the mayor. 296 00:33:17,890 --> 00:33:20,350 I do not say the word kill. 297 00:33:22,370 --> 00:33:22,970 Wow, 298 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:27,360 there he is. 299 00:33:33,450 --> 00:33:35,230 It just so you know, you better behave. 300 00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:36,710 G.B. and Prince could take your spot. 301 00:33:38,510 --> 00:33:45,030 At this time, I would recognize, I'd like to recognize Officer Lay Rivacoba as he introduces 302 00:33:45,030 --> 00:33:47,290 his new canine partner, Judo. 303 00:33:48,270 --> 00:33:49,650 Commonly known as Judo. 304 00:33:51,950 --> 00:33:56,890 Officer Rivacabo has been employed by Golden Beach Police Department since October 305 00:33:56,890 --> 00:33:59,770 2029, 2021. 306 00:34:00,050 --> 00:34:06,850 His canine partner, Judo, is a certified patrol bellgem mountaineys who joined the 307 00:34:06,850 --> 00:34:13,330 department in November 2025 and serves as an integral part of law enforcement operations. 308 00:34:13,910 --> 00:34:18,350 Canine teams are vital to the public safety and officer support. 309 00:34:18,350 --> 00:34:28,370 Judo will serve alongside Officer River Cabo as a valued member of the Golden Beach Police Department assisting in apprehensive operations when needed. 310 00:34:28,950 --> 00:34:34,950 Please join me in welcoming Canine Officer Judo to the Golden Beach Police Department. 311 00:34:35,470 --> 00:34:41,630 And I wish Officer River Cabo and his new partner a safe and successful career together. 312 00:34:41,630 --> 00:34:42,930 Congratulations. 313 00:34:43,730 --> 00:34:45,630 All right. 314 00:34:46,570 --> 00:34:47,150 Picture, picture. 315 00:34:49,430 --> 00:34:49,670 Yeah. 316 00:34:52,530 --> 00:34:54,090 He doesn't like pictures. 317 00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:55,970 All right. 318 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,180 So. 319 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,800 At this time, town manager Alex Diaz will pin the dog. 320 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:10,780 So. 321 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,140 What is the dog's talent? 322 00:35:12,620 --> 00:35:13,300 Does he have a- 323 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:13,820 Apprehensive. 324 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:14,640 Apprehensive. 325 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:19,780 Drugs. 326 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,460 Can you give him a mic? 327 00:35:21,460 --> 00:35:24,820 find people find people. Can you give me an apprehension the mic? 328 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,180 Can we have a demonstration? 329 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:39,620 Yes, start running. If you'd like to tell a little about the dog it'd be great. 330 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,120 Good evening, Philip. 331 00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:47,300 The jury's apprehension dog is used 332 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:51,380 to qualify from June 2026. 333 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,960 Looking at the future to be narcotics or maybe gun. 334 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,480 So as it's right now it's used an apprehension. 335 00:36:00,980 --> 00:36:03,380 All you guys know that I love to be in the K-9 unit. 336 00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:06,360 I can tell you right now is I feel like I have another baby. 337 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:12,400 is we're working until 2-3 a.m. in the morning we cover every hour to maybe have 338 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,160 fun maybe he want to go out to do nothing so you got to take care of him we 339 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:22,760 write life we're writing today 24 hours he's always with me you know he's he 340 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:35,300 become part of the family so I love him he loved me and not not so so Mayor 341 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:40,040 real real quick and lay lays no stranger to the council you know he's been with us 342 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:44,020 they was actually one of the one of the trainees that went to the academy with me as well as the other 343 00:36:44,020 --> 00:36:50,920 three six eight raise your hands three six eight was up so and in the academy lay was the I want to 344 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:57,240 learn I want to do something different so when he came here he marine patrol you know a QR team 345 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:05,160 does it like you're QR team now K9 and so you know we've we've always had two dogs and now we have 346 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:09,420 We have three dogs, so we have two working dogs in one emotional support dog if we ever see it. 347 00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:14,400 But that's the goal is to have as many tools as we can in our toolkit. 348 00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:18,040 And we have a bomb dog, we have an apprehension dog. 349 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:27,040 And so again, to our residents, a city of only 380 homes where almost 70% of the budget goes to law enforcement, this is it. 350 00:37:27,220 --> 00:37:31,120 And I will tell you that our officers and 351 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,620 Who knows the perfect example of this? 352 00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:40,720 Our officers are not afraid to drive to Miami shores at one in the morning to find someone who's 353 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:45,860 barricaded and put their lives at risk and get shot in the line of duty while we're helping other agencies. 354 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:50,300 And so that's why we add these programs, our bond dog gets called for 355 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,420 presidential visits for the G20 summit. 356 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,400 He's already timed up for all these hotels that need to be swept. 357 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,580 So that just puts our game out there. 358 00:37:58,580 --> 00:38:04,220 And it just gives us that reputation that we are a true professional law enforcement agency. 359 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,940 And May is also a diver part of our dive team. 360 00:38:09,260 --> 00:38:10,860 So those are just all accolades. 361 00:38:10,980 --> 00:38:12,520 And so, May, Grasya, thank you. 362 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:13,540 Officer Riva Colba. 363 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:26,260 It's amazing how quickly people move. 364 00:38:29,460 --> 00:38:31,040 Okay, did you see the law? 365 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,640 Also, we have another canine introduction. 366 00:38:34,220 --> 00:38:38,920 Officer Dylan Varasco, canine Lira, and canine Lurah. 367 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,220 Vicioso, what? 368 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:42,840 Vicioso, Dylan Vicioso. 369 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:43,600 Vicioso. 370 00:38:46,570 --> 00:38:50,290 Tonight, we are pleased to recognize officer 371 00:38:50,290 --> 00:38:53,050 and introduce the newest canine partner, Fury. 372 00:38:55,830 --> 00:38:56,650 You're going to feed him? 373 00:38:57,190 --> 00:38:58,410 It was a baby. 374 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:03,830 Before I do, I would like to acknowledge canine Lurah, 375 00:39:03,830 --> 00:39:08,170 who has faithfully served the officer alongside Officer Verasco. 376 00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:15,970 While Fury begins her service today, Leera is not retiring just yet. 377 00:39:16,290 --> 00:39:21,210 She will continue working over the coming years as part of a gradual transition, 378 00:39:21,490 --> 00:39:29,030 allowing her distinguished career to phase out naturally while she continues doing what she's done throughout her canine service. 379 00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:39,430 We are proud to introduce Canine Fury, a one-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd, raised in train by officer Dylan Varasco. 380 00:39:40,050 --> 00:39:57,630 Fury has been certified by the Florida Law Enforcement Canine Association in explosive detection and trained to detect materials, including TNT, black powder, C4, dynamite, demolition cord, nitrates, and other explosive compounds. 381 00:39:57,630 --> 00:40:03,250 her mission is to protect the town of Golden Beach and neighboring communities. 382 00:40:03,730 --> 00:40:10,610 Fury will also be a candidate for future, excuse me, dual purpose, certification, and apprehensive training. 383 00:40:11,090 --> 00:40:16,450 Please join us in welcoming Canine Lear for a continued service and 384 00:40:16,450 --> 00:40:19,710 welcome Canine Fury to the Golden Beach Police Department. 385 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,660 Quick picture and then, I think I appreciate it. 386 00:40:29,660 --> 00:40:33,380 No, very is an awesome dog. She's going to do great for the community 387 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:39,500 Explosive detection is very important and we love to serve Golden Beach and all over Miami County 388 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:43,420 Thank you guys for letting me do best job I've ever had. Thank you 389 00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:50,080 Mayor and council so officer Vichel so 390 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:57,300 So officer Vichel so also happens to be the the union president and 391 00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:00,940 And was a reserve officer with the special services. 392 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,640 And now he's full time with us. 393 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:04,840 He was started off part time. 394 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:06,800 We actually used his military dog. 395 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,100 We bought his military dog, Lera who's gonna be retiring 396 00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:12,140 and soon, right? 397 00:41:13,020 --> 00:41:16,320 Okay, so while we're training the new dog. 398 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,120 So, and so Furrican is now gonna be the new trainee. 399 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,720 PPO, can I train me? 400 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:34,800 But, like I was mentioning earlier, our dogs are here to serve our residents, and you're 401 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,820 probably saying, well, why should we have a bond dog in Golden Beach? 402 00:41:38,460 --> 00:41:43,160 I could tell you that we are a high-value target area with a lot of very important people 403 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:43,620 that live here. 404 00:41:44,220 --> 00:41:48,740 So, all of our events, whenever we have events, and more importantly, because of the neighboring 405 00:41:48,740 --> 00:41:53,300 cities, since none of those have this type of specific dog, and it's going to be dual 406 00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:56,860 So I'll have two specialties, eventually, for the dual purpose. 407 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:02,140 And so, Austria's will thank you, and welcome to our furry tour, to our team. 408 00:42:02,940 --> 00:42:03,600 Thank you. 409 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:04,660 Here's a dog, congratulations. 410 00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:12,080 I'll go to set it up. 411 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:12,880 Year and a half. 412 00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:17,950 Okay, moving right along. 413 00:42:18,110 --> 00:42:19,730 Any more dogs want to get introduced? 414 00:42:21,450 --> 00:42:24,450 Recognizing Detective Alex Victorus. 415 00:42:24,830 --> 00:42:28,750 Tonight, we recognize Detective Alex Victorus for his outstanding service, 416 00:42:28,750 --> 00:42:33,810 protecting vulnerable members of our community, if you could stand, come up. 417 00:42:34,850 --> 00:42:39,450 As a member of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, human trafficking task force, 418 00:42:39,610 --> 00:42:46,390 he's worked local state and federal partners to identify offenders, protect victims, and bring criminals to justice. 419 00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:54,470 The detective victors participated in the FDLE lead operation statewide shield, which is safety. 420 00:42:54,470 --> 00:43:03,370 safety, safely recovered 163 missing and endangered children statewide, including 41 in the Miami region. 421 00:43:04,090 --> 00:43:13,610 His task force partners have also supported investigations leading to more than 45 arrests involving serious crimes against children, 422 00:43:14,070 --> 00:43:18,250 helping protect victims, and remove dangerous offenders from our communities. 423 00:43:18,250 --> 00:43:26,410 on behalf of myself, the town council, the town manager, and the police department, and the residents of Golden Beach. 424 00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:29,270 Thank you for your dedication and meaningful service. 425 00:43:29,850 --> 00:43:33,470 Please joining us in congratulating detective Alex. 426 00:43:45,820 --> 00:43:47,400 So, you know- 427 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:48,200 Your plaque? 428 00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:50,260 Thank you for that work. 429 00:43:50,340 --> 00:43:51,440 Can you turn it around, take a picture? 430 00:43:52,220 --> 00:43:52,800 Money, guys. 431 00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:09,940 I'll tell you this, and I'm ashamed to even admit this, so for a very, very long time, I couldn't wrap my head around this notion that people get trafficked. 432 00:44:10,380 --> 00:44:10,580 What? 433 00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:20,140 The people get kidnapped, and they're trafficking, and their people get trafficked, and they're sold, and they're put into these environments where they have no control over themselves, 434 00:44:20,140 --> 00:44:23,040 where there's somebody who's withholding their passport so they can't leave their house. 435 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:34,660 But when I saw on the news report a couple weeks ago, the state-wide there was arrest throughout the entire state, Alabama, Georgia, of four individuals, 163 children. 436 00:44:35,020 --> 00:44:38,960 I had no idea that detective Victoria was a part of that entire operation. 437 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:43,420 The chief detached them, the state attorney asked, hey, do you have any officers who can assist us? 438 00:44:43,420 --> 00:44:59,920 Alex said, I'll go. He went. I probably didn't know the extent of what he was going to see and find, and I can't share them publicly, but if you have time to talk to Alex privately about how they win about this investigation, it's sickening. 439 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,180 What parents do just to get a little bit of money for drugs. And so to be able to recover all these children, and for golden beach, to be a part of that event, I got chills. And so, although I give Alex a very hard time, a lot. I'm proud of the fact that we were able to do these things and all of our detached officers, whether it's officer Villa, Pivilla or others, who are also doing similar work in their own right. So, congratulations. Thank you for being a part. 440 00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:44,860 We have a Life Savings Award and special recognition for officer Steven Gonzalez. 441 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,800 Steven, you come up here? 442 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:54,100 Tonight we recognize officer Steven Gonzalez for his extraordinary courage and service. 443 00:45:54,860 --> 00:46:02,780 While assigned to the Marine Patrol, he responded to a vessel explosion near Bill Bird Marina involving 13 victims, 444 00:46:02,780 --> 00:46:10,280 including a child and helped rescue, evacuate, and secure medical care for all those that were injured. 445 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:20,360 In a separate incident on Beer-Can Island, he coordinated search for a missing child and safely re-ununited the child with his family. 446 00:46:20,980 --> 00:46:31,200 Officer Gonzalez is receiving the Life Savings Award, has also been nominated for his recognition by the Miami-Dade County Association of Chief of Police for 447 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:36,560 for the ASIS International Miami Chapter Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award. 448 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,040 Please join me in congratulating officers Stephen Goodzones. 449 00:46:50,660 --> 00:46:51,040 Great work. 450 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:52,180 You've got a picture. 451 00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:57,260 And I know we have all the officers, many officers here in this evening, and I personally 452 00:46:57,260 --> 00:47:01,900 want to thank all you guys for your hard and dedicated work, and you guys really make 453 00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:03,880 special, golden beach extremely special. 454 00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:07,860 And we can't thank you enough, and I know I speak for all my council members. 455 00:47:07,860 --> 00:47:13,740 how much we appreciate the hard work and the dedication you guys do for the residents of Golden Beach. 456 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:14,620 So congratulations. 457 00:47:20,410 --> 00:47:22,570 So real quick, so a couple things. 458 00:47:23,010 --> 00:47:27,850 So Stevie's beautiful wife who also happens to be a fiance or baby mama. 459 00:47:28,010 --> 00:47:28,850 I don't know what the title is. 460 00:47:30,450 --> 00:47:36,490 Amanda is in the audience and his beautiful baby girl and his mother. 461 00:47:37,590 --> 00:47:42,970 Here's what I want to say about the award, let's put this into perspective. 462 00:47:44,090 --> 00:47:47,570 So Golden Beach is the northernmost city on the water. 463 00:47:48,170 --> 00:47:55,050 With a full time weekend Marine Patrol unit, we don't have the resources that Sunny Isles 464 00:47:55,050 --> 00:47:57,670 or Bau Harbor or Surfside has. 465 00:47:57,670 --> 00:48:07,890 We don't have the proximity, and so when a three call, a priority call, there's a tone 466 00:48:07,890 --> 00:48:11,630 B, three, there's something going on in the water. 467 00:48:13,050 --> 00:48:18,770 And when the boat from Golden Beach is the first boat to arrive, and start pulling people 468 00:48:18,770 --> 00:48:21,150 out of the water, that tells you something. 469 00:48:21,150 --> 00:48:28,530 That tells you that our officers are trained, they're alert, they're responsive and they're 470 00:48:28,530 --> 00:48:29,570 not afraid to take action. 471 00:48:30,230 --> 00:48:35,870 Not only once but twice and we're able to save lives and I got to tell you after this 472 00:48:35,870 --> 00:48:39,830 happen, I think the mayor got phone calls and I got phone calls from other managers saying 473 00:48:39,830 --> 00:48:42,590 thank you, we know that your boat was the first one there. 474 00:48:43,090 --> 00:48:45,450 So we should be very proud of that, you should be proud of that as well. 475 00:48:46,090 --> 00:48:47,430 I also want to say this. 476 00:48:48,030 --> 00:48:52,690 So we talk about family in Golden Beach, but here's a perfect example. 477 00:48:53,050 --> 00:48:56,710 So we have his father works in our public works department. 478 00:48:57,750 --> 00:49:02,550 His older brother is Corporal Gonzalez, part of our QRT team. 479 00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:05,310 His, what's your title, Amanda? 480 00:49:07,650 --> 00:49:09,510 All right, let's put it, let's put it right on it. 481 00:49:09,510 --> 00:49:19,750 So his fiance is here, his oldest brother is a public service aid at our guard house who's going through the police academy. 482 00:49:20,450 --> 00:49:26,910 And so here we are, it's like blue blood in New York, but it's golden beach blood here in Golden Beach. 483 00:49:27,030 --> 00:49:31,350 So welcome to the Gonzalez family, Stevie, and you guys know that Guillermo, thank you. 484 00:49:31,650 --> 00:49:34,070 Can you share a little bit about that night, and that day, sorry? 485 00:49:39,310 --> 00:49:46,190 So yeah, I was just doing on my regular patrol. I hear the call go out over the VHF radio, 486 00:49:46,350 --> 00:49:51,410 which is the one that we use for like Marine, the one that Coast Guard monitors. I immediately 487 00:49:51,410 --> 00:49:55,950 heard what was going on, so I started making my way over there. So it was confirmed how 488 00:49:55,950 --> 00:50:02,730 it occurred. I was looking already there. I was first arrival with an FWC boat. It was a female 489 00:50:02,730 --> 00:50:07,930 officer that was by herself there, quickly started getting to action, getting bodies on my boat. 490 00:50:09,890 --> 00:50:15,690 It was a pretty rough scene, everybody was bleeding, lots of injuries, they filled my boat with blood, 491 00:50:16,070 --> 00:50:22,630 but quickly we had county show up, we had multiple units arrive, and it was amazing to see so 492 00:50:22,630 --> 00:50:30,510 many agencies get together and make something such a terrible moment for people, such a quick and 493 00:50:30,510 --> 00:50:35,610 You know, I picked the response, sorry if I'm nervous, I don't like it. 494 00:50:37,950 --> 00:50:45,630 And the other night, it was luckily, I was already around the area, caught him out of a guy 495 00:50:45,630 --> 00:50:47,430 that he's missing his child. 496 00:50:48,630 --> 00:50:51,490 You know, all of us that have kids, we can't imagine, you know, losing a child. 497 00:50:51,590 --> 00:50:53,350 So luckily I was there. 498 00:50:53,690 --> 00:50:56,570 I located the father, gave me a description of the kid. 499 00:50:57,270 --> 00:51:03,650 I was quickly on the radio, gave a Bolo, you know, a description of the child where he was last seen what he was wearing. 500 00:51:04,550 --> 00:51:06,790 And luckily enough for me, I actually found him. 501 00:51:07,070 --> 00:51:10,570 So, he was safe. I brought him back to his parents. They're very thankful. 502 00:51:11,470 --> 00:51:18,570 It was just nice to see, you know, a father crying and, you know, trying to hug me because I, you know, I'm so... 503 00:51:19,390 --> 00:51:19,790 Congratulations. 504 00:51:21,730 --> 00:51:34,650 I just want to say thank you to my lieutenant for always being quick to acknowledge the work we do out here. I do this on a regular basis. I'll do it any other day. 505 00:51:36,150 --> 00:51:42,970 So thank you for acknowledging those commendation letters and thank you for the nominations you have given me. 506 00:51:42,970 --> 00:51:46,650 I really did not think those days were going to transpire to all this. 507 00:51:47,570 --> 00:51:54,010 So thank you to the council, Mayor, TM, everybody, my command staff, if it wasn't for 508 00:51:54,010 --> 00:51:58,810 the support you guys give us, this place wouldn't be the police department it is and such 509 00:51:58,810 --> 00:51:59,510 a great place to work. 510 00:51:59,670 --> 00:52:00,050 So thank you. 511 00:52:00,870 --> 00:52:05,990 And I know this is an individual award, but it's for my team as well because at the end of 512 00:52:05,990 --> 00:52:11,790 day, the guys on the road, they deserve all the things and, you know, the love is offered. 513 00:52:30,110 --> 00:52:34,330 I know that I said it was going to be a short meeting and I promised I'll be real quick. 514 00:52:34,790 --> 00:52:40,090 So to the officers in the back of the room, to the, yeah, I got teary eyed, so calm you 515 00:52:40,090 --> 00:52:46,230 was. And Amanda, if you don't know after Perez was out on maternity because they're second 516 00:52:46,230 --> 00:52:53,490 baby who's only what like 45 days old? Two months. Oh, sorry, is that home, but after 517 00:52:53,490 --> 00:52:57,250 Perez just came back this week, back to patrol, so you'll see here on the road in the afternoon 518 00:52:57,250 --> 00:53:04,710 shift. To all the guys in the back, look, tonight was clearly police have you, right? And we know 519 00:53:04,710 --> 00:53:08,430 that there are many more awards that we can give. And we know that you guys are out there 520 00:53:08,430 --> 00:53:16,930 and you're giving it, you're all, we've grown, I mean, looking back at the room, compared to the back of the room today to what it was in 2007. 521 00:53:17,690 --> 00:53:25,930 And I'm not saying anything bad about 2007, but the management and the council then did not invest in vehicles or uniforms or guns or training or specialized units. 522 00:53:26,410 --> 00:53:33,810 Every council meeting, we're buying a new car, I mean, there's another one on this agenda, the outfit, you know, we're investing on cars, we're investing in training. 523 00:53:33,810 --> 00:53:43,490 I was out there last week, two weeks ago, with the AR-15s, we had 15 AR-15s, and now they all have silencers, they convinced me out the gun range. 524 00:53:43,770 --> 00:53:47,310 Never send the manager with them to train because he always ends up spending a lot of money. 525 00:53:47,910 --> 00:53:54,910 But gun range and silencers, and we're looking at new tasers, and we got brand new radios, somebody hold up the new radio. 526 00:53:55,690 --> 00:54:00,310 We just ordered another 15 of them, so we have the best radio that my MD County has to offer. 527 00:54:00,310 --> 00:54:03,350 their pay steps, they are now in their proper steps. 528 00:54:03,610 --> 00:54:07,630 On October 1st, they all go to their proper steps, which is a considerable bump in pay. 529 00:54:08,010 --> 00:54:11,970 We are now paying our officers from everyday shifts, officers are getting paid. 530 00:54:12,410 --> 00:54:15,270 Our top out is higher than the everyday chairs office top out. 531 00:54:15,790 --> 00:54:17,390 And so our pension is great. 532 00:54:17,590 --> 00:54:20,490 And so this is because of the commitment that our council and our residents made. 533 00:54:20,990 --> 00:54:24,630 And so don't think that we don't see your efforts. 534 00:54:25,250 --> 00:54:28,530 That doesn't give you an excuse to become complacent. 535 00:54:28,530 --> 00:54:32,330 We want to see more activity, more contact with the road. 536 00:54:32,510 --> 00:54:38,750 We want people to remember that golden beach of the old days where people were afraid to drive through our town is golden beach today. 537 00:54:39,370 --> 00:54:40,770 And so thank you for your hard work. 538 00:54:41,130 --> 00:54:46,230 The chief will be taking you to dinner tonight at Tropical and the families are more than welcome to join them. 539 00:54:46,710 --> 00:54:47,790 So you're dismissed from this meeting. 540 00:54:47,910 --> 00:54:51,130 Thank you for being here tonight to show your love for your fellow men and women in blue. 541 00:54:51,630 --> 00:54:52,670 I know that we hear about you very much. 542 00:54:52,670 --> 00:54:53,290 Thank you guys. 543 00:55:04,850 --> 00:55:05,970 The dog's good, too. 544 00:55:06,050 --> 00:55:06,770 We'll give a few minutes. 545 00:55:06,770 --> 00:55:14,650 It's better not talk that dog will eat you in a minute now. I'm good with 546 00:55:14,650 --> 00:55:20,350 German chapters there. Yeah, that's how he was. 547 00:55:24,130 --> 00:55:27,610 Yeah, I thought he was that. 548 00:55:30,650 --> 00:55:33,390 That dog was to see him. He was like snapping. 549 00:55:36,070 --> 00:55:37,290 No way. I was going to go down 550 00:55:37,290 --> 00:55:38,550 I think we're nice, Staudi. 551 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:39,610 Oh nice. 552 00:55:41,450 --> 00:55:42,430 It's so nice. 553 00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:16,620 Welcome, 554 00:56:20,140 --> 00:56:20,440 part 555 00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:23,000 of your team. 556 00:56:27,060 --> 00:56:27,880 You girl? 557 00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:29,860 Yeah, it can. 558 00:56:37,340 --> 00:56:38,100 I need a card. 559 00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:39,940 My card is top top. 560 00:56:43,940 --> 00:56:44,660 Eric's going to give me. 561 00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:46,680 Eric is going to give me. 562 00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:49,000 Thank you, Geo. 563 00:56:49,180 --> 00:56:49,660 Thank you, Chief. 564 00:56:51,620 --> 00:56:52,340 Thank you. 565 00:56:56,030 --> 00:56:56,910 Give us a few minutes. 566 00:56:56,910 --> 00:56:57,370 We'll continue. 567 00:56:57,590 --> 00:56:57,830 You ready? 568 00:56:58,150 --> 00:56:58,710 Sorry about that. 569 00:56:58,830 --> 00:56:59,010 Okay. 570 00:56:59,170 --> 00:56:59,870 Next on the agenda. 571 00:57:00,090 --> 00:57:01,030 Motion to set agenda. 572 00:57:01,030 --> 00:57:05,830 the additions, the leachions, removal of items from a consent agenda, or changes to the agenda? 573 00:57:06,030 --> 00:57:07,670 I have none, fellow councilmembers. 574 00:57:07,870 --> 00:57:07,990 None. 575 00:57:08,490 --> 00:57:09,190 Town administration? 576 00:57:09,550 --> 00:57:09,650 None. 577 00:57:10,230 --> 00:57:11,150 Okay, moving right along. 578 00:57:11,410 --> 00:57:12,690 Anyone here from Good and Well Fair? 579 00:57:13,650 --> 00:57:15,710 Yes, sir, I have a letter to read into the record. 580 00:57:17,110 --> 00:57:17,710 Go on. 581 00:57:18,890 --> 00:57:25,610 To whom it may concern, my name is Dr. Ferris Hanna, and I have been a resident of 150 Golden Beach Drive since 1995. 582 00:57:26,190 --> 00:57:31,830 King tide flooding has been an ongoing problem in our community for many years, but this 583 00:57:31,830 --> 00:57:33,950 year it appears to be particularly severe. 584 00:57:34,450 --> 00:57:39,150 During these high tide events, water over tops, older, existing seawalls, and floods are 585 00:57:39,150 --> 00:57:41,170 backyards and in some areas are streets. 586 00:57:41,750 --> 00:57:46,330 I respectfully ask the town to address this increasingly serious issue and evaluate measures 587 00:57:46,330 --> 00:57:50,470 that can alleviate the flooding and better protect our homes, properties and streets from 588 00:57:50,470 --> 00:57:51,350 King tide events. 589 00:57:51,790 --> 00:57:55,270 Unfortunately, I am unable to attend tonight's meeting because I currently have four patients 590 00:57:55,270 --> 00:57:57,550 and labor, and must remain available for their care. 591 00:57:58,030 --> 00:58:01,750 I respectfully request that the statement be read into the record at tonight's meeting and 592 00:58:01,750 --> 00:58:03,430 included in the official meeting record. 593 00:58:03,750 --> 00:58:06,610 Thank you for your attention to this important matter affecting our community. 594 00:58:06,790 --> 00:58:10,430 Respectfully, Dr. Ferris Aihanna, 150 gold of meat strife. 595 00:58:10,730 --> 00:58:11,350 Thank you. 596 00:58:11,810 --> 00:58:12,870 Anyone else for good and welfare? 597 00:58:14,130 --> 00:58:15,470 Okay, moving right along. 598 00:58:16,710 --> 00:58:19,370 Mayor's report, I know we just had a meeting, just three quick items. 599 00:58:19,870 --> 00:58:23,250 First, I have to thank the town staff, town manager, 600 00:58:23,250 --> 00:58:35,430 and especially Eric Garcia and the administration this past about two weeks ago, I held the Coastal 601 00:58:35,430 --> 00:58:39,010 Mayors meeting for Dave County in our chambers. 602 00:58:39,810 --> 00:58:47,370 And we had mayors from Keyvast Cain, Miami Beach, Bay Harbor, Bell Harbor, Surfside, Sonny 603 00:58:51,090 --> 00:58:58,010 We had the police chiefs, the mayors, and even some town managers. 604 00:58:58,230 --> 00:59:01,970 We had 45 people we hosted here, and it was a great event. 605 00:59:02,270 --> 00:59:03,250 We got a lot accomplished. 606 00:59:03,390 --> 00:59:09,530 We had the date county sheriff's office here, and the event was spectacular. 607 00:59:10,290 --> 00:59:16,310 I still today received a thank you from one of the mayors, saying how impressed he was with the Golden Beach. 608 00:59:16,310 --> 00:59:18,710 each what we've accomplished in a short period of time. 609 00:59:19,430 --> 00:59:21,250 And they were so impressed with the building. 610 00:59:21,550 --> 00:59:26,910 We gave a tour of the wellness center and they were astonished. 611 00:59:27,470 --> 00:59:29,670 And I appreciate it and I appreciate it. 612 00:59:29,890 --> 00:59:39,430 I know Eric Garcia and town manager and our town clerk went out of their way to really put on a great event. 613 00:59:39,870 --> 00:59:43,110 And I can't thank you guys enough and really appreciate it. 614 00:59:43,110 --> 00:59:47,630 And I think Golden Beach once again shine within the date county community. 615 00:59:47,830 --> 00:59:50,070 So it was a great event, thank you. 616 00:59:50,570 --> 00:59:54,210 Again, I want to thank you guys for approving tonight's budget. 617 00:59:54,970 --> 00:59:59,970 Again, it's a big hats off to my fellow council members and the town of- 618 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,860 Distration being able in this environment to lower the millage rate is very impressive and can't thank you guys enough for working together as a team and accomplishing our goals. As the individual said, Dr. Hanna in the good and welfare king tides are here. We are going to discuss what we're looking to do this evening. So I'm going to wait till after we go through the council 619 01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:58,480 meeting and then we're going to have a discussion on it, but I know Saturday night they were extremely high, it was a full moon and I've lived in Golden Beach since 1998 and I've never seen the tide as high as it was Sunday night, I mean Saturday night and Sunday morning, it was to that never even been more than six inches to my seawall, it was to the top of my seawall. 620 01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:05,520 So, I mean, and when boats go by, the wake throws the water into everyone's backyard. 621 01:01:06,260 --> 01:01:08,820 So, I know the King Tides are here. 622 01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:13,140 We are going to address this issue tonight, so just be a little patient. 623 01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:19,840 One other quick event, quick note is this month, October is my favorite holiday, it's Halloween. 624 01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:24,300 Town manager is going to explain what we're doing, we're doing in North Park, but 625 01:01:24,300 --> 01:01:28,540 that I expect all the council to dress up, and I'm looking forward to it. 626 01:01:28,940 --> 01:01:32,700 And I know Michael Glitten and his team will do a phenomenal job as he always has. 627 01:01:33,060 --> 01:01:37,020 Every year you set the standard a little higher, so I don't know how you're gonna do it, but 628 01:01:37,020 --> 01:01:38,920 I'm sure it will be all being pressed. 629 01:01:39,340 --> 01:01:43,180 So I look forward to seeing all the residents and their children there, and 630 01:01:43,660 --> 01:01:47,700 town managers are to go over what's gonna take place that evening. 631 01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:49,160 So that's all I've got. 632 01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:51,120 I'm gonna turn it over to council comments. 633 01:01:51,420 --> 01:01:52,680 First, Vice Mayor. 634 01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:59,780 I thank you to our town manager, to our town clerk, and to the entire staff for an 635 01:01:59,780 --> 01:02:01,280 amazing job on the budget. 636 01:02:01,980 --> 01:02:05,040 And for everything you do for us every single day. 637 01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:05,760 Thank you. 638 01:02:06,140 --> 01:02:06,760 Thank you. 639 01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:09,220 Councilwoman Luskin. 640 01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:13,060 It was wonderful to watch all the police tonight here. 641 01:02:13,220 --> 01:02:15,000 Really is one happy family. 642 01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:21,760 And I didn't realize that it was literally one family working here, mother, father, brother, 643 01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:27,660 They're all last name is Diaz, Gonzales, Gonzales and Diaz. 644 01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:31,540 That's true, yeah. 645 01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:38,040 And for I was hoping we haven't done in a while. 646 01:02:38,420 --> 01:02:43,100 If maybe once or twice this year we can put together bagels on the beach. 647 01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:49,200 We used to enjoy that and it might be a good time to put that together and that's it. 648 01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:50,240 Thank you for everything. 649 01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:52,100 Thank you, Councilman Bernstein. 650 01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:55,000 Just read great, great job on the budget with everyone. 651 01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:58,660 Love seeing the police department come over and that's it. 652 01:02:58,800 --> 01:02:59,140 Thank you. 653 01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:00,660 Councilman Einstein? 654 01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,100 I think everything's been echoed, but again, great job on the budget. 655 01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:05,520 We reduced taxes. 656 01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:09,800 I think everybody realizes that there's been ballots. 657 01:03:09,820 --> 01:03:11,560 I've gotten my absentee ballot. 658 01:03:11,700 --> 01:03:15,960 I think everybody should take a close look at everything that's on here. 659 01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:19,280 There's a lot of amendments that are being made. 660 01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:27,420 there's a home state exemption amendment, everybody should take a close look at it and exercise their constitutional right to vote. 661 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:28,500 Make sure they vote. 662 01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:34,940 Good permissive election and great job to everybody. 663 01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:45,680 I'm glad to hear that meeting went well, unfortunately I couldn't attend it and seeing our police tonight just beautiful. 664 01:03:46,420 --> 01:03:46,760 Thank you. 665 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:48,040 Thank you, Councilman Einstein. 666 01:03:49,260 --> 01:03:52,480 Moving right along, town manager, would you like to give you a report, please? 667 01:03:52,660 --> 01:03:54,740 Yes, so Mr. Mayor, couple of just quick things. 668 01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:57,800 Let's talk about Halloween first, get the fun out of the way. 669 01:03:58,340 --> 01:03:59,540 So Halloween is on a Saturday. 670 01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:05,200 We are going to be doing some things that we haven't done in the past in the residents to be aware of what they are. 671 01:04:07,140 --> 01:04:08,600 So starting at 3 p.m. 672 01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:15,460 So the Mayor and I will be issuing an emergency order that it gives us enhanced powers to shut the town down. 673 01:04:15,460 --> 01:04:30,580 So we will be closing the town at 3 p.m., the only way that a resident from 3 to 4 can come in the town as if we call you and ask you if you're expecting this resident who will be parking their car on your driveway. 674 01:04:31,780 --> 01:04:39,560 So if you have guests that are coming to your house and you confirm that you have space on your driveway and they're going to be with you at your house, we'll let them at the gate starting at 3. 675 01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:42,220 that will cause traffic and backups. 676 01:04:42,800 --> 01:04:44,120 If you're a resident, you have to worry about that 677 01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:45,360 because you're going to go to the resident lane, 678 01:04:45,780 --> 01:04:47,260 because your decal will open the resident lane, 679 01:04:47,620 --> 01:04:49,500 but if you're expecting guests that day, 680 01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:52,060 as if 3 p.m. will be calling you saying, 681 01:04:52,260 --> 01:04:54,160 are you expecting this person? 682 01:04:54,580 --> 01:04:55,620 So that's measure number one. 683 01:04:56,300 --> 01:04:57,680 At 4 p.m., we close the town. 684 01:04:58,740 --> 01:05:01,420 No more vehicular traffic driving into Golden Beach 685 01:05:01,420 --> 01:05:02,820 on the sphere of resident, of course. 686 01:05:03,380 --> 01:05:04,780 And then you'll drive into town. 687 01:05:04,980 --> 01:05:06,800 But at that point, your guests are no longer 688 01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:07,840 allowed to drive into town. 689 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:14,720 And here's where it gets unique for this year because it's a Saturday and there's no work 690 01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:15,260 the next day. 691 01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:20,920 So as you're walking either from the south or from the north into the north park area, 692 01:05:21,180 --> 01:05:23,400 we are creating two what they call choke points. 693 01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:28,600 A choke point is where everyone gets funneled into one doorway where we will be winding you. 694 01:05:29,860 --> 01:05:35,280 We are not allowing open carry for that event because alcohol will be present. 695 01:05:35,900 --> 01:05:40,480 So, we're going to be wanting you, and here's where it's very important for everyone to pay attention. 696 01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:48,140 If you are bringing guests, and they are not walking with you holding hands, 697 01:05:50,570 --> 01:05:56,990 they won't be letting no unaccompanied guests will be allowed into the site, even if they're a six-year-old. 698 01:05:56,990 --> 01:06:06,130 So, if you are not an invited guest in a company by the resident, you will be denied access into the park area. 699 01:06:07,450 --> 01:06:11,810 Okay, so this is not a come the golden beach and run over our facility. 700 01:06:12,190 --> 01:06:16,190 So, only a company guest of our residents are allowed. 701 01:06:16,510 --> 01:06:17,790 What does this mean for a resident? 702 01:06:18,230 --> 01:06:23,530 I want to go up five, my guess is, I can't make it till seven, great, then at seven, you need to leave the event, 703 01:06:24,290 --> 01:06:27,450 walk to wherever your guests are and escort them in. 704 01:06:29,230 --> 01:06:34,390 Okay? So that will take care of, now people will be mad of us, residents, I pay taxes, 705 01:06:34,870 --> 01:06:40,310 this is a resident and they're invited guests only event, right? Why are we taking these measures? 706 01:06:40,810 --> 01:06:45,010 On a Friday afternoon, people are like, oh, it's work, traffic is too far, I don't want to get there. 707 01:06:45,010 --> 01:06:47,690 on a Saturday, everyone's sitting at home all day bored. 708 01:06:48,070 --> 01:06:49,710 What can we do tonight, let's go to the Golden Beach. 709 01:06:50,570 --> 01:06:54,510 So invited and accompanied guests will be welcome. 710 01:06:54,970 --> 01:06:56,890 We're gonna plan for about 1200 attendees. 711 01:06:57,350 --> 01:06:59,150 We'll have candy for about 800 kids. 712 01:06:59,670 --> 01:07:03,830 We'll have food, DJ, beer, wine, hard liquor, 713 01:07:04,390 --> 01:07:06,990 tons of entertainment, is a haunted circus. 714 01:07:06,990 --> 01:07:07,990 So it's gonna be fun. 715 01:07:08,450 --> 01:07:13,410 There'll be an hour or two where the actors are not out 716 01:07:13,410 --> 01:07:21,290 In theory mode, so from five, it starts at five this year, not six, so from five to ten, not a six. 717 01:07:22,530 --> 01:07:26,870 We have a kosher vendor, smash burgers will be the kosher vendor. 718 01:07:27,450 --> 01:07:35,410 We have the barbecue, we have pink chills, which are like, come on, we have adepats, we have the canyons, we have cachapas. 719 01:07:35,910 --> 01:07:37,590 It's going to be a great event. 720 01:07:38,030 --> 01:07:44,890 But, residents need a little accompanied guest only and we will start calling your house 721 01:07:44,890 --> 01:07:49,890 asking if you're expecting that guest as of 3pm and at 4pm nobody drives into the city. 722 01:07:50,450 --> 01:07:54,870 So, we'll communicate that as early as today, flyers will start going out as early as tomorrow, 723 01:07:55,370 --> 01:07:56,190 people will start to know. 724 01:07:56,570 --> 01:08:00,590 And so, what we're trying to do is set the tone that residents and they're invited accompanied 725 01:08:00,590 --> 01:08:02,170 guest only will be allowed in Golden Beach. 726 01:08:02,330 --> 01:08:06,290 Alex, just thinking about the stress that's going to put on and trying to reach everyone, 727 01:08:06,290 --> 01:08:14,250 Is there a reason why we couldn't have residents sign a document saying these people are coming in and allow them into a gate? 728 01:08:14,850 --> 01:08:19,230 No, so we're not going to be, because then everyone will register everyone. 729 01:08:19,650 --> 01:08:23,970 Well, no, you're just, I'm just saying, Councilman Percy, we have gone- 730 01:08:23,970 --> 01:08:29,550 I'm just saying like the idea of like maybe they have to come here in person and put them just trying to create something so that 731 01:08:29,550 --> 01:08:35,330 if you're having the event at the North Parkway and your friends are, you know, you have seven-year-old or eight-year-old kids 732 01:08:35,330 --> 01:08:42,170 It's down at the Southgate, the idea of having them come all the way down here just to meet so they can get in. 733 01:08:42,810 --> 01:08:46,930 I'm just saying maybe there's a way that we can make it a little more difficult to limit the amount of people. 734 01:08:47,430 --> 01:08:50,650 But just that we could have some people have the ability to get pre-approved. 735 01:08:50,670 --> 01:08:55,710 But you just put my point, we are trying to make it uncomfortable and 736 01:08:55,710 --> 01:09:00,850 unreasonable for people to just be dropped off at the Southgate, 30 kids. 737 01:09:00,850 --> 01:09:08,110 last year, 30 kids were dropped off and ran through town, knocking on doors, knocking 738 01:09:08,110 --> 01:09:13,970 over planters, shaving cream on door handles because it was a free fall. 739 01:09:14,670 --> 01:09:18,470 So we are intentionally making it difficult because we don't want parents to say, let 740 01:09:18,470 --> 01:09:19,830 Golden Beach be my babysitter's time. 741 01:09:20,070 --> 01:09:24,130 And it's for Golden Beach residents, and they're sure they're planning to make it easy for 742 01:09:24,130 --> 01:09:24,370 other people. 743 01:09:24,630 --> 01:09:27,130 And you guys saw it, then they got toilet paper, and started putting on every tree. 744 01:09:27,130 --> 01:09:40,870 And they were, all the private school kids, they would never do that and we have the videos and then, so it's intentionally being, we are intentionally by, by environmental design, making it so that that doesn't happen. 745 01:09:41,090 --> 01:09:44,710 I mean, it's just a very about face that we've had for the last 15 years. 746 01:09:44,930 --> 01:09:45,050 It is. 747 01:09:45,330 --> 01:09:48,330 And for the last 15 years, we've done everything to encourage kids to come. 748 01:09:48,850 --> 01:09:54,810 The only thing I'm feeling about that and my kids are way past that age, is that 749 01:09:55,970 --> 01:09:57,990 When my kids were young, no one want to be here. 750 01:09:58,870 --> 01:10:02,190 When my kids were young, they all want to go where all the other kids were. 751 01:10:02,410 --> 01:10:04,990 And I'm not talking about the 16 year olds or 17 year olds. 752 01:10:05,250 --> 01:10:08,910 I'm just saying when the kids are younger, they all want to go where all the other kids are. 753 01:10:09,470 --> 01:10:10,490 And you're welcome. 754 01:10:10,750 --> 01:10:13,610 And Golden Beach has become that, Golden Beach has become that place. 755 01:10:14,230 --> 01:10:18,790 And I just think we've done it in part because we've been encouraging and letting little kids in. 756 01:10:19,010 --> 01:10:23,010 I'm not talking about teenagers, but I'm just saying if you have like friends who are younger, 757 01:10:23,010 --> 01:10:29,270 who are in your class or whatever, and the ability to get younger kids in with young families. 758 01:10:29,410 --> 01:10:32,170 I just think we should make that the ability to happen. 759 01:10:32,450 --> 01:10:35,030 And I understand the true and see issue that you guys are raising. 760 01:10:35,150 --> 01:10:40,950 But we're not saying that we've been doing this for 15 years, and we've just taken about face like last year or two years ago. 761 01:10:41,030 --> 01:10:49,090 But they're still calm, they've got to be a company, but you have to go, you have to have a resident go all the way down from North Parkway, all the way down to Southgate to get someone. 762 01:10:52,690 --> 01:10:55,150 I mean, I disagree with you guys, but that's okay. 763 01:10:55,410 --> 01:11:01,530 Yes, again, you're right, and we have become so open, but look at what happened last year. 764 01:11:01,750 --> 01:11:04,190 If you want to have the group chats, there was up chats that night. 765 01:11:04,250 --> 01:11:05,890 I'm not disagreeing about it was. 766 01:11:06,230 --> 01:11:09,090 I'm not disagreeing on some limitation. 767 01:11:09,490 --> 01:11:14,890 I'm just saying, if you're bringing in kids or you're a parent with six-year-old, 768 01:11:14,890 --> 01:11:20,030 I mean, had you deciphered 16-year-old from a 17-year-old at the gate, you can't discriminate. 769 01:11:20,650 --> 01:11:22,430 You either do all for all of them or none. 770 01:11:23,490 --> 01:11:27,290 I think you could say, hey, if there's people in elementary school age or whatever it is. 771 01:11:28,510 --> 01:11:29,170 Let me do this. 772 01:11:29,530 --> 01:11:35,570 I'll direct the police to have to be sensitive to occasional drop-offs of children. 773 01:11:36,630 --> 01:11:42,450 We'll work in some flexibility, but the notion needs to be, and you know me, we're always flexible, 774 01:11:42,450 --> 01:11:47,810 right? But the notion needs to be if you're not a company, you're not invited. That's that's the message and it's hard to 775 01:11:47,810 --> 01:11:54,510 stay and it's hard to advertise with exceptions, right? So there are exceptions and we'll be we'll be I hear I hear I hear 776 01:11:54,510 --> 01:12:03,410 concern and well dressing. So tell me what happens after nine o'clock? Is it nine o'clock? It's over 10 p.m. 777 01:12:03,930 --> 01:12:11,790 At 10 p.m. So 10 p.m. The it's always an hour and an hour after that we're still there and party fizzles out. But the idea is 778 01:12:11,790 --> 01:12:16,610 to get by 11 to 1130, that town is empty again, that's the goal. 779 01:12:16,730 --> 01:12:22,330 So people coming to my house, trick or treat, for example, I asked them, where are you from? 780 01:12:22,550 --> 01:12:30,350 That I never hear, nobody from here, they're, and they come in like 50 kids at a time. 781 01:12:30,910 --> 01:12:36,630 And I say who are you, and they're, you know, they point to somebody over there, they're on a scooter, roller blades, that I don't know. 782 01:12:38,210 --> 01:12:41,250 Those people, can they get into Golden Beach? 783 01:12:41,490 --> 01:12:47,950 No, so at four o'clock, the town becomes, we shut down, you could always walk in the town, right? 784 01:12:48,090 --> 01:12:49,990 So we never prevent you from walking in the town. 785 01:12:50,350 --> 01:12:55,610 That encourages people to go park elsewhere, walk here, or Uber here, because we don't have the space to put all these cars. 786 01:12:55,990 --> 01:12:59,130 That's the other reality, because you cannot drive north because it's safety. 787 01:12:59,810 --> 01:13:04,610 So what happens is those kids or people get dropped off, Uber here, walk from the Lehman College way here, 788 01:13:04,610 --> 01:13:09,930 or most of them actually park, but you're not at the Haalandel parking lot, the park, and they walk north. 789 01:13:10,770 --> 01:13:16,150 So they'll walk in, and then when they get to the two choke points, if they're like, who are you here with, 790 01:13:16,210 --> 01:13:19,670 and they don't have a resident, we're going to say sorry, the event is closed, it's only for a company guest. 791 01:13:20,010 --> 01:13:25,210 So up until the checkpoint, those particular kids could trick or treat, come out. 792 01:13:25,430 --> 01:13:27,730 So they can't get past that point. 793 01:13:27,890 --> 01:13:28,350 Correct, the checkpoint. 794 01:13:29,850 --> 01:13:31,890 And there's one on the north side and one on the south side. 795 01:13:32,530 --> 01:13:35,130 Is it going to be close to the strand? 796 01:13:35,250 --> 01:13:37,130 Yeah, no, it's close to the to the why. 797 01:13:37,710 --> 01:13:39,410 So I guess I got confused. 798 01:13:39,570 --> 01:13:41,390 I figured they were going to be at the gates, the checkpoint. 799 01:13:41,610 --> 01:13:42,110 No, no, no. 800 01:13:42,130 --> 01:13:47,310 So as you're walking into the event, that's where you have to be accompanied at the event. 801 01:13:47,590 --> 01:13:50,050 Because we want you to have your guest go to your house parking your driveway. 802 01:13:50,110 --> 01:13:51,370 You walk them into the event. 803 01:13:52,990 --> 01:13:54,750 But we're not allowing cars in after four. 804 01:13:55,010 --> 01:14:01,330 We've been for the last 15 years at 40 and we don't allow cars unless we're residents. 805 01:14:01,330 --> 01:14:06,730 So if somebody comes in after 4 o'clock, they have to go pedestrian gate, right? 806 01:14:06,950 --> 01:14:07,070 Correct. 807 01:14:07,550 --> 01:14:10,610 That's been 15 years, we're leaving free. 808 01:14:11,550 --> 01:14:12,630 Everyone can open. 809 01:14:12,630 --> 01:14:13,690 Pedestrian gates are all opened. 810 01:14:13,890 --> 01:14:15,590 So everybody can open, walk in the town. 811 01:14:15,790 --> 01:14:15,950 Correct. 812 01:14:16,170 --> 01:14:16,710 So I'm sorry. 813 01:14:17,410 --> 01:14:20,790 At some point in the town, we're going to say nobody can go past here. 814 01:14:20,790 --> 01:14:21,010 Correct. 815 01:14:22,690 --> 01:14:25,830 And unless they, so unless they're at a company guest of a resident. 816 01:14:26,110 --> 01:14:28,970 So how does that protect all like the, like where were we? 817 01:14:28,970 --> 01:14:31,530 We're protecting the event from having people come and- 818 01:14:31,530 --> 01:14:33,470 You're protecting the event, you're not going to stop people from- 819 01:14:33,470 --> 01:14:40,050 Correct, we're protecting the event from making sure that we have enough resources, food, candy, and the light for our residents and their invited guests. 820 01:14:40,350 --> 01:14:40,490 Okay. 821 01:14:41,170 --> 01:14:45,190 For the people making the phone calls, can you make a relief traffic? 822 01:14:45,750 --> 01:14:48,590 Can you put two or three people so that they're calling- 823 01:14:48,590 --> 01:14:51,010 We have, as they're driving it. 824 01:14:51,130 --> 01:14:54,450 And believe it or not, that's going to be the least, because we always close that four. 825 01:14:54,950 --> 01:14:58,210 It's the straggler thing, and that's why we're pushing the calling into a very late, 826 01:14:58,210 --> 01:14:59,710 because everyone will be in time by then. 827 01:15:00,270 --> 01:15:27,970 The closing of the gates have always happened. There are no cards in, has always happened. The year of COVID, not the COVID. The October 7th event, we had the gates, and we wanted everyone to search every bag. So, these are not new things. We're just setting it very clear that if you're not accompanying this year, you won't be able to. Just an observation, because I feel like I probably have as many or more kids come to my house for trick-or-treating than everywhere else. 828 01:15:27,970 --> 01:15:39,630 Just give proximity. Yeah, give so much candy, but and so we're out a lot and I will say, you know, to your point about like the true and say that 829 01:15:41,090 --> 01:15:48,510 The later goes the less it's little kids. Correct. So if if you wanted to really limit if that was one of your issues 830 01:15:48,510 --> 01:15:57,950 Then you also might want to just say hey after eight o'clock or 8.30 we're gonna tell advise residents to stop opening their doors for church. No, you don't want to do that 831 01:15:57,950 --> 01:15:59,970 I'm just saying after nine o'clock, 832 01:16:00,090 --> 01:16:00,990 like who's coming out of it now? 833 01:16:00,990 --> 01:16:02,290 So the event will be over. 834 01:16:02,850 --> 01:16:03,950 The event will be over. 835 01:16:03,950 --> 01:16:06,890 I'm saying you want to talk about the older kids 836 01:16:06,890 --> 01:16:07,730 that you're talking about. 837 01:16:08,150 --> 01:16:09,450 I'm saying that it's your audience. 838 01:16:09,810 --> 01:16:11,470 But let me, let me get it again. 839 01:16:11,470 --> 01:16:13,490 Again, in terms of 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock 840 01:16:13,490 --> 01:16:14,250 and nothing to do. 841 01:16:14,870 --> 01:16:17,290 By the way, it's gonna be a wonderful Halloween. 842 01:16:17,530 --> 01:16:17,670 Right. 843 01:16:17,930 --> 01:16:18,610 It's gonna be amazing. 844 01:16:18,770 --> 01:16:19,570 We're gonna love it. 845 01:16:20,010 --> 01:16:22,210 It's gonna be, we're gonna have residents 846 01:16:22,210 --> 01:16:22,670 that are upset. 847 01:16:23,530 --> 01:16:25,290 How dare those kids that don't live here? 848 01:16:25,290 --> 01:16:26,950 We're gonna have that and we love that. 849 01:16:26,950 --> 01:16:36,550 I agree. I love seeing all the kids. What I don't like is the, you know, swash what a pencil. By the way, it was a Jewish kid who drew that. 850 01:16:36,830 --> 01:16:43,410 So those are things that we want to prevent. So, and we'll get there. So, Halloween, two other quick things, and I'll be brief. 851 01:16:44,630 --> 01:16:53,590 By the way, I mean, you heard a vocal against what, and I'm totally in favor of closing this down as much as possible. 852 01:16:53,590 --> 01:16:56,030 Not in clear and trust my opinion. 853 01:16:56,390 --> 01:16:56,790 Trusted. 854 01:16:57,750 --> 01:16:58,430 Trusted process. 855 01:16:59,710 --> 01:17:01,030 Trust, trust the process. 856 01:17:01,250 --> 01:17:02,870 There's been an open policy. 857 01:17:03,150 --> 01:17:05,790 Trust the, let everybody in, but trust the, 858 01:17:05,810 --> 01:17:07,030 trust the process, it will work. 859 01:17:07,310 --> 01:17:08,730 But you know it works every year. 860 01:17:08,870 --> 01:17:11,070 Yeah, we have the same conversation every year 861 01:17:11,070 --> 01:17:12,270 and every year it works. 862 01:17:12,590 --> 01:17:14,710 So Mr. Mayor and Council members, so this year, 863 01:17:14,710 --> 01:17:15,450 as you know, the high, 864 01:17:15,590 --> 01:17:16,910 so we went a completely opposite. 865 01:17:17,050 --> 01:17:19,870 So this year, you know, we had more, more water. 866 01:17:20,270 --> 01:17:22,210 It was probably one of the highest key ties 867 01:17:22,210 --> 01:17:25,130 that we've seen in a decade, because we had the full moon. 868 01:17:26,290 --> 01:17:29,930 We had the northeastern that was pushing all the water towards New York and we had the high tide. 869 01:17:30,190 --> 01:17:36,070 And so there were actually water coming from the ocean into Hollywood Beach boardwalk and restaurants. 870 01:17:37,030 --> 01:17:43,810 But this past weekend, we had the marine patrol go out and there are over 33 homes in town. 871 01:17:45,010 --> 01:17:52,970 That for two decades, we have said, let's just weigh, let's just weigh, we should be a little bit more relaxed. 872 01:17:53,350 --> 01:17:58,050 Their older families, their older homes, we'll fix it at transfer property. 873 01:17:58,490 --> 01:18:09,030 So there are 33 homes that I think that this is a new dawn as it relates to how we handle the sea walls that are not renovated. 874 01:18:09,530 --> 01:18:11,690 to see walls that have separated from the cap, 875 01:18:12,070 --> 01:18:13,730 the caps that don't meet our minimum elevation. 876 01:18:14,650 --> 01:18:16,410 And I think that there's gonna be some tweaks to the code. 877 01:18:16,550 --> 01:18:18,930 So right now, we require you to do a see wall inspection 878 01:18:18,930 --> 01:18:22,030 and raise your cap at transfer of property. 879 01:18:23,370 --> 01:18:25,270 But we don't force you to put in a new wall. 880 01:18:25,950 --> 01:18:28,970 We have you put in a report and a engineer says your wall is fine, 881 01:18:29,170 --> 01:18:31,730 they could put a little bit of a caulking over a hole, 882 01:18:32,010 --> 01:18:33,190 then your see wall gets approved. 883 01:18:33,390 --> 01:18:34,950 So I'm gonna be working with the town attorney 884 01:18:35,410 --> 01:18:36,450 if you're approved tonight, 885 01:18:36,450 --> 01:19:06,150 that we change that code that any home that has a transfer of ownership and has a wall that was built prior to 2015 and there's data on why 2015 the useful life of a wall doesn't get to repair their wall, they have to put in a new wall, you're putting in a new wall, you're putting in a new cap, period in the story, hard stop, we don't care that your report says that it's okay, you can get another three years out of it, because another three years, but then now we're stuck with that wall for 15 years with holes and leaks, so we're going to be working to require a new wall. 886 01:19:06,150 --> 01:19:11,210 And a new cap at transfer of ownership for walls prior to the 2015. 887 01:19:11,830 --> 01:19:12,590 That's number one. 888 01:19:13,230 --> 01:19:19,190 Number two, I'm going to ask the town attorney through attorney Herbello. 889 01:19:19,950 --> 01:19:28,990 And his office who's already working on seawalls, the issue 33 notices to all of those properties where we saw either wall coming through the cracks. 890 01:19:29,530 --> 01:19:35,990 Over or believe it or not, what's happening a lot now is under the seawall because there's not enough hydrostatic 891 01:19:35,990 --> 01:19:38,950 pressure to keep the water from coming under it. 892 01:19:39,550 --> 01:19:44,230 So instead of saying that we're going to wait for those houses to transfer, we're going 893 01:19:44,230 --> 01:19:46,990 to say there's an issue, you have to address it. 894 01:19:47,250 --> 01:19:52,990 You either need to bring in fill, you need to figure out where the cracks are, but we need 895 01:19:52,990 --> 01:19:59,610 you to come up with an aggressive and immediate restoration plan to fix those sea walls. 896 01:20:00,610 --> 01:20:04,930 What we're seeing a lot, and I'm sure some of you got the calls from Dr. Hannah and his 897 01:20:04,930 --> 01:20:10,430 wife, where they put in a new wall, sorry, they put in a new wall, but the neighbor's 898 01:20:10,430 --> 01:20:17,130 wall is a little bit older. The new wall didn't want to connect directly, they abutted 899 01:20:17,130 --> 01:20:23,470 the other wall. The other wall is a little bit lower. They brought the cheap pile to that 900 01:20:23,470 --> 01:20:27,890 property line, and there's not tie-in. So Steve has been researching, believe it or not, 901 01:20:28,010 --> 01:20:31,990 becoming a C wall expert on this tie-in. How do you tie in the two walls? But here's the 902 01:20:31,990 --> 01:20:35,450 the other thing that happens when you have a higher wall, the volume of water hits that 903 01:20:35,450 --> 01:20:39,010 wall and then forces it to the low point. And so that water is going to fire at the 904 01:20:39,010 --> 01:20:45,450 low point and come into the property. So when those things happen, and there's an existing 905 01:20:45,450 --> 01:20:50,390 wall that doesn't have holes, it's just lower than the other one, water will come over. And 906 01:20:50,390 --> 01:20:54,150 I think that in Steve's letter to the residents, they need to say, look, if water is coming 907 01:20:54,150 --> 01:20:58,430 over, irrespective of how it's coming over, your sea wall is not doing its job, which 908 01:20:58,430 --> 01:21:02,250 just to prevent intercourse of waters to come on to the intercourse of. 909 01:21:02,550 --> 01:21:07,290 So we're going to be a little bit more aggressive in the demands that we make of our residents to make. 910 01:21:07,730 --> 01:21:14,910 But there are 33 of our homes, 10% of our homes, have defective or not functioning proper sea walls. 911 01:21:15,490 --> 01:21:19,650 And then the other thing I'm going to ask the council to allow me to do, and this is not a new concept. 912 01:21:20,450 --> 01:21:23,990 And I don't think that we should go at length here about this. 913 01:21:23,990 --> 01:21:36,090 There's a private conversation that I'll have with each of you, there are about 15 of those property owners who just do not have either the resources to take on that type of work. 914 01:21:36,590 --> 01:21:43,830 And we had offered this at 416 Golden Beach Drive, and we've offered it to other residents where the town takes on that responsibility. 915 01:21:44,510 --> 01:21:50,190 And we lean the property to recoup our costs of helping those 15 home owners. 916 01:21:50,190 --> 01:21:58,070 Yes, everyone thinks Golden Beach is full of millionaires, but we do have about 15 homes that are just not able, and that's their excuse. 917 01:21:58,270 --> 01:22:04,190 I just do not have, there's no way, and I'm not selling my house, I'm going to move on from this world in my house. 918 01:22:04,670 --> 01:22:12,270 And so we need to be open to those offers that we've made to other homes in the past for us to deal with those 15, and I have the list of those. 919 01:22:12,270 --> 01:22:15,930 and it would be that we manage the project, do it for them, 920 01:22:16,110 --> 01:22:17,950 lean the property to get that to be Cooper calls. 921 01:22:18,090 --> 01:22:19,710 And we should be open to that type of discussion, 922 01:22:20,070 --> 01:22:21,590 maybe not in this form tonight, 923 01:22:21,650 --> 01:22:23,070 because we could be here all night about that, 924 01:22:23,430 --> 01:22:25,030 but I'll meet with you individually as terms 925 01:22:25,030 --> 01:22:26,990 of what I think that would look like. 926 01:22:27,250 --> 01:22:28,870 But to our residents, let me be very clear. 927 01:22:30,210 --> 01:22:31,550 Not a single one of our pumps failed. 928 01:22:32,750 --> 01:22:34,850 Every single one of our pumps worked. 929 01:22:35,730 --> 01:22:38,090 Even today when we had that flash flood, 930 01:22:38,290 --> 01:22:39,470 that everywhere flooded, 931 01:22:39,470 --> 01:22:44,670 I assume that that cloud to behave clear within six minutes the town was dry. 932 01:22:45,630 --> 01:22:47,970 You will see water on our streets twice a day. 933 01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:50,470 High tide occurs twice a day. 934 01:22:51,270 --> 01:22:51,850 Once that day? 935 01:22:52,110 --> 01:22:52,550 Once that night. 936 01:22:53,050 --> 01:22:54,970 It's like they've laid the title, the tide's work. 937 01:22:55,530 --> 01:22:59,210 So you're going to see water on our streets, you're going to see water coming from your neighbors. 938 01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:02,850 We know this, and we're working on the solution. 939 01:23:02,970 --> 01:23:07,370 So my three recommendations tonight, Mr. Mayor and members of the council is one that we changed 940 01:23:07,370 --> 01:23:12,610 the ordinance to require any law no more fixing or repairing because those walls become a nuisance in the future. 941 01:23:13,110 --> 01:23:16,190 So we changed that code, you buy a house, your wall is 2015, you're putting a new wall. 942 01:23:16,510 --> 01:23:17,550 That's number one, number two. 943 01:23:17,870 --> 01:23:22,370 For those walls that we've been hoping would sell or something might happen, that day has passed. 944 01:23:22,750 --> 01:23:27,970 You're on notice, you have water on your property, you've got to give us a report on how you're going to prevent that from happening. 945 01:23:28,870 --> 01:23:30,710 Number three, so those are the letters from Steve. 946 01:23:30,870 --> 01:23:33,010 Number three, come up with some kind of creative financing. 947 01:23:33,010 --> 01:23:39,710 And number four, for those houses that just say we're not dealing with it, we take the Miami Beach approach. 948 01:23:39,930 --> 01:23:45,750 So in the Miami Beach Code, it allows the city to go on and 949 01:23:45,750 --> 01:23:51,630 create temporary barriers to prevent that localized flooding and 950 01:23:51,630 --> 01:23:58,350 then charge the homeowner for the cost that it took the town to take those emergency measures to prevent that localized flooding. 951 01:23:58,790 --> 01:24:02,030 And so I'll work with Steve for him to look at the Miami Beach Code and how they did it. 952 01:24:02,030 --> 01:24:11,810 So that if a house says we're not going to work with you, we will go in and do some kind of temporary sheep pile or something until the matter is resolved. 953 01:24:12,010 --> 01:24:17,050 So that's my recommendation. That's what happened. By the way, this happens every year. 954 01:24:18,670 --> 01:24:28,870 Every September, we have the same conversation, but to be fair to our new residents, a lot of it has to do with the sea walls that have been in Golden Beach for over 25 years. 955 01:24:28,870 --> 01:24:34,910 the useful life of a seawall on the intercostal is 25 to 35 years. 956 01:24:35,390 --> 01:24:37,990 That's when you start to see seepage, that's when you start to see echoing and 957 01:24:37,990 --> 01:24:41,130 spolting, that's when you start to see the caulking between the wall, the cap to 958 01:24:41,130 --> 01:24:46,450 separate, the wall starts to slide, and that's where the joints on the side when 959 01:24:46,450 --> 01:24:49,350 they're not a contiguous, integrated wall. 960 01:24:49,830 --> 01:24:52,690 So that's what you're seeing, it's part of being old, we're going to be a hundred 961 01:24:52,690 --> 01:24:53,850 years old in two years. 962 01:24:54,370 --> 01:24:56,130 And so that's part of that process of seawall. 963 01:24:56,130 --> 01:25:00,030 So that's the recommendation, let the attorney and I kind of work on those recommendations, 964 01:25:00,250 --> 01:25:01,150 see how we can get that fixed. 965 01:25:01,490 --> 01:25:05,670 He does have an attorney in his office that he's assigned to CWALD, and so we'll go that right. 966 01:25:05,850 --> 01:25:10,450 So, can I just say, just to your point about one of the problems? 967 01:25:10,610 --> 01:25:15,050 And I just saw it because for years, my neighbor's property has been well below. 968 01:25:15,190 --> 01:25:20,390 It's probably one of the worst illness in there, but what I've experienced just in terms 969 01:25:20,390 --> 01:25:27,790 of being a neighbor is that their property is so low and at some point there's an area 970 01:25:27,790 --> 01:25:32,930 where it starts finding its way into my property like through where the trees on the side 971 01:25:32,930 --> 01:25:35,310 of the property and it hits like the low point of my property. 972 01:25:35,930 --> 01:25:42,150 So even though the water hasn't gone anywhere close to going over, all sometimes have pockets 973 01:25:42,150 --> 01:25:42,710 of water. 974 01:25:43,190 --> 01:25:47,030 And so just when you were talking about figuring out some sort of tie, it might not be right 975 01:25:47,030 --> 01:25:47,630 to that corner. 976 01:25:47,870 --> 01:25:49,070 It might go down a little further. 977 01:25:49,070 --> 01:25:56,150 So it's like if the water's going over the property, like you'll see the water next, I don't know how many other houses there are that 978 01:25:56,950 --> 01:26:01,630 That have that issue where the water just goes all the way through the property, but it comes over different places 979 01:26:01,630 --> 01:26:04,830 So I don't know how easy that is to just 980 01:26:05,350 --> 01:26:15,290 Do a tie beam over there and cover it when it's that low just for discussion purposes if you have a house, for example, that doesn't have a mortgage on it 981 01:26:15,970 --> 01:26:17,010 We'd golden beach 982 01:26:17,010 --> 01:26:21,050 each lean at property and say, 983 01:26:24,170 --> 01:26:25,550 we're building a sea wall there. 984 01:26:26,250 --> 01:26:28,490 So to my third record, I know they're pleading. 985 01:26:28,670 --> 01:26:38,890 From hardship, but at the same time, let's say the least expense of property on the water is worth $3 million, $4 million, $5 million. 986 01:26:39,450 --> 01:26:48,330 So as it relates to the third option, I think that we should have private conversations one on one about the individual homes that we're talking about that we know for a fact they're just true hardships. 987 01:26:48,330 --> 01:26:55,090 I mean, they have true hardships, and so we should, and again, it's not the first time that this comes up. 988 01:26:55,210 --> 01:27:00,670 We've offered it to two other properties that we're just not able to put in their own walls, and we offer it, they declined it. 989 01:27:01,070 --> 01:27:06,970 But I think in this particular case, I think that we have a couple of houses that we may need to take action on our own and do it, 990 01:27:07,110 --> 01:27:13,210 even if it's just the temporary measure, and we put in temporary sheet piles or something, but we want to be able to recoup the cost for that. 991 01:27:13,210 --> 01:27:29,470 Yeah, you know, one other thought I had with that, and I'm not sure, like, I guess, in terms of title, if there's mortgages out there, realizing this financing would sit behind, but I guess we could also try to figure out if there's a financing programs that, like, the lender that might be willing to work with us to do some sort of reverse mortgages that- 992 01:27:29,470 --> 01:27:34,390 The Mayor and I will have a separate conversation about these options and bring back to your report at your October meeting. 993 01:27:35,210 --> 01:27:35,570 Okay. 994 01:27:36,370 --> 01:27:41,450 Thank you, Glenn, I mean, can your property, that property was sold, right? 995 01:27:41,950 --> 01:27:47,030 Well, I'm not talking about, I'm not talking about the, like, they're working on it and they're trying to resolve it. 996 01:27:47,090 --> 01:27:53,590 I'll just say, I'm just saying one of the problems that neighboring properties have is that it's not just coming from there. 997 01:27:53,650 --> 01:27:55,090 It's coming from the sides of the property. 998 01:27:56,170 --> 01:28:00,930 Well, and again, one of the biggest things that we're also seeing is, let's be clear. 999 01:28:01,170 --> 01:28:02,130 I mean, we're a barrier island. 1000 01:28:02,130 --> 01:28:08,170 So during keen tides, forget the water over and under your seawall, your entire front yard is saturated. 1001 01:28:08,650 --> 01:28:12,130 I mean, you have ground saturation coming up throughout the entire city. 1002 01:28:12,330 --> 01:28:16,730 I mean, you walk up front today, well, not today, because today we have the point, but we have ground saturation. 1003 01:28:16,890 --> 01:28:24,490 And it's always been, in fact, your code requires you to bring in fill every couple of years to keep that saturation from becoming so high. 1004 01:28:26,230 --> 01:28:32,030 We'll look at it, but one of the difficulties here with these King Tides is that that water that's coming up, 1005 01:28:32,370 --> 01:28:36,790 it's at the same level at your home as it is in the canal. 1006 01:28:39,050 --> 01:28:45,690 So this seawall, if you have that water rising up and you're at the same level, the seawall's not going to do anything. 1007 01:28:45,690 --> 01:28:50,130 Okay, the seawall's intended really to hold back the land. 1008 01:28:50,370 --> 01:28:52,990 That's what the purpose of the seawall is, but very erosion. 1009 01:28:53,390 --> 01:28:58,770 But if the overtopping can, the seawall can help control. 1010 01:28:59,370 --> 01:29:06,290 But if you bring that seawall up and the water on the other side of the seawall is at the same height, nothing's going to happen. 1011 01:29:06,410 --> 01:29:14,250 The water's just going to flow right over the top of the, but what I was saying is if someone builds their seawall up and somebody else's seawall is down here. 1012 01:29:14,250 --> 01:29:21,250 Yes, even though this new property owner builds a seawall up, their property might not be that high all the way through their property. 1013 01:29:21,710 --> 01:29:28,390 So the seawalls up higher than some of the lower points of the ground on this property, and on the neighboring properties, it goes through. 1014 01:29:28,910 --> 01:29:31,990 It goes through on the sides, it'll go through like in the middle of the yard. 1015 01:29:32,550 --> 01:29:33,830 That's what I've experienced. 1016 01:29:34,330 --> 01:29:37,490 So we'll continue to one, I'll show it to you one day just so you can see what I'm talking about. 1017 01:29:37,490 --> 01:29:41,330 So we'll continue to work on this issue and follow-up with you individually. 1018 01:29:41,330 --> 01:29:43,230 It's not going into the higher property. 1019 01:29:44,290 --> 01:29:48,850 Yeah, it's going into the higher property because the higher property, because the higher 1020 01:29:48,850 --> 01:29:50,570 property is not filled all the way across. 1021 01:29:50,790 --> 01:29:53,470 There's a C1 might be a higher point than the right property. 1022 01:29:53,670 --> 01:29:57,950 And I'm going to say something that's going to really upset the Council and upset the 1023 01:29:57,950 --> 01:29:58,310 Right, sirs? 1024 01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:27,300 Also know that this is a private matter between private parties. So if you feel that the towns, actions are not sufficient, and you have an unreasonable neighbor that just refuses to cooperate, that's a private matter. We'll get involved to the extent that we can, as it relates to enforcing our code of ordinances. But a lot of residents are attacking us on your WhatsApp chat that we're not doing enough. Well, then there are other recourses that could be taken that we would not be a party too. 1025 01:30:27,300 --> 01:30:33,480 Yeah, as a relation to moving right along, say one other thing because in front of Ken 1026 01:30:33,480 --> 01:30:38,500 of my house today, I don't, did you see what, or were you, it's always, yeah, so. 1027 01:30:38,640 --> 01:30:46,280 So today it was, we had an unusual thing, it did clean out within, there was a police officer 1028 01:30:46,280 --> 01:30:51,820 sitting in my driveway watching, I don't know, I was looking at it, I said, maybe the thing is clogged, 1029 01:30:51,820 --> 01:30:54,340 maybe something's not right, done it done it up. 1030 01:30:54,780 --> 01:30:57,500 Within 10, 15 minutes of that stopping, 1031 01:30:57,840 --> 01:31:00,760 it took the water out, brought it right down. 1032 01:31:01,140 --> 01:31:01,860 It works. 1033 01:31:02,940 --> 01:31:06,520 And, you know what, Miami Beach, Hollywood, 1034 01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:08,760 you wanna see some problems. 1035 01:31:08,760 --> 01:31:10,400 Having sure, we did. 1036 01:31:11,060 --> 01:31:14,240 You can always do better, but we did phenomenal. 1037 01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:15,940 Mayor, do you have a question in the audience? 1038 01:31:16,420 --> 01:31:16,620 I think that 1039 01:31:25,200 --> 01:31:26,320 was for maintenance purposes 1040 01:31:26,320 --> 01:31:29,480 and if that's something we can require them to do 1041 01:31:29,480 --> 01:31:30,620 and submit to the city? 1042 01:31:31,380 --> 01:31:39,260 Yeah, so our code does require a, so at substantial work at your property, we require a report 1043 01:31:39,260 --> 01:31:40,580 and also at transfer property. 1044 01:31:41,200 --> 01:31:44,780 So when we transfer title, so if you're transferring title or selling the house, we require a report 1045 01:31:44,780 --> 01:31:49,500 to accompany it and then that a wall be, that the findings in the report, and that's why 1046 01:31:49,500 --> 01:31:53,000 my recommendation tonight is that we don't just address the findings that we address actually 1047 01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:54,000 getting a new wall. 1048 01:31:56,940 --> 01:32:01,920 That was in my report, and then I was convinced to take it out, but we'll talk about that sidebar. 1049 01:32:02,160 --> 01:32:04,300 We are one last thing, I promise it's important. 1050 01:32:05,220 --> 01:32:10,900 So look, we try to do our best every year, and so you know back in June, we proposed a new fee structure. 1051 01:32:11,480 --> 01:32:19,180 The state legislature passed House Bill 803, and our House Bill 803, we had to rework the way we charged our fees. 1052 01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:21,820 And we took a broad stroke approach. 1053 01:32:21,820 --> 01:32:44,740 So there wasn't an intended consequence of that approach, and so what I'll be recommending to the board at your next meeting and what we'll start implementing now, even though you haven't taken formal action on it, is for minor projects, minor projects being landscaping that you're not removing the tree or bringing in the tree, so artificial turf, replacing the sink, replacing the cabinet. 1054 01:32:44,740 --> 01:32:54,900 So minor projects and there's going to be a detailed definition of minor projects that we go to a fee, a flat fee, between $350 to $750 period. 1055 01:32:55,640 --> 01:33:04,680 And the reason that is is under the new fee structure, we're actually almost like five times higher fees for minor projects than what it was before. 1056 01:33:04,680 --> 01:33:11,580 So I'll give an example, a small landscaping project that may have only cost you $750 under the old fee structure 1057 01:33:11,580 --> 01:33:15,860 can cost you almost $3,000 for the fee in your landscaper, because it's only $9,000. 1058 01:33:16,480 --> 01:33:20,360 So we're going to be bringing you a minor fee, and I do want to say this because residents are like, 1059 01:33:20,420 --> 01:33:24,640 oh, there's an 8 bill, 803 says you can't charge for $7,500 or less, no. 1060 01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:31,060 8 bill, 803 says that if you are in a flood prone or high velocity area, that doesn't apply. 1061 01:33:31,060 --> 01:33:38,840 So we are in the floodplain, high velocity area, all projects can go to be required permits and they all require permit fee, but we require permit fee. 1062 01:33:39,160 --> 01:33:49,520 But we will be bringing for minor construction, like cabinet changes, especially not a flat fee versus a percentage of work. 1063 01:33:49,700 --> 01:33:51,960 So we'll be working on that and give you that list for your next meeting. 1064 01:33:53,220 --> 01:33:56,220 Thank you, town manager, town attorney, anything this evening? 1065 01:33:56,220 --> 01:33:57,000 Nothing. 1066 01:33:58,040 --> 01:33:58,520 Nothing. 1067 01:33:58,820 --> 01:33:59,580 Nothing to report. 1068 01:33:59,860 --> 01:34:00,040 Okay. 1069 01:34:00,280 --> 01:34:01,060 Ordinance, Jay. 1070 01:34:01,580 --> 01:34:02,560 Ordinance is first reading. 1071 01:34:02,560 --> 01:34:03,020 We have none. 1072 01:34:03,380 --> 01:34:03,520 Okay. 1073 01:34:03,720 --> 01:34:04,640 Ordinance is second reading. 1074 01:34:04,720 --> 01:34:05,120 We have none. 1075 01:34:05,800 --> 01:34:06,040 L. 1076 01:34:06,360 --> 01:34:07,320 Quasitive issue resolution. 1077 01:34:07,320 --> 01:34:07,980 We have none. 1078 01:34:08,700 --> 01:34:08,940 M. 1079 01:34:09,400 --> 01:34:11,600 Major project update and presentations. 1080 01:34:11,840 --> 01:34:13,860 Overview of the current act of town projects. 1081 01:34:14,020 --> 01:34:14,520 Town manager. 1082 01:34:15,960 --> 01:34:19,640 So the Walnut Center project is actually going well. 1083 01:34:19,840 --> 01:34:21,760 I can't invite you to go there on your own. 1084 01:34:21,840 --> 01:34:25,360 But I am going to be giving individual tours to committee members and council. 1085 01:34:25,360 --> 01:34:30,140 So it looks spectacular, the mayors that were here last week, we start taking delivery of 1086 01:34:30,140 --> 01:34:31,620 Jim Equipment as early as next week. 1087 01:34:32,920 --> 01:34:36,340 And so that does not mean that we're going to open the gym before the end of the year. 1088 01:34:36,640 --> 01:34:37,960 Let me just be clear about that. 1089 01:34:38,100 --> 01:34:41,580 We will not open the Walnut Center until after the first of the year. 1090 01:34:42,440 --> 01:34:47,100 New year's resolution, resolution accomplished, will open the gym in the new year. 1091 01:34:47,660 --> 01:34:52,060 Over the next two and a half months, because that's what we have left of the year almost, 1092 01:34:52,060 --> 01:34:56,860 is equipment, the totlots, all of that still has to go in. 1093 01:34:57,020 --> 01:35:06,300 We have to set it, we have to get TCO, CO, we have to get, you know, all the licenses that are required to operate a health care, a wellness center. 1094 01:35:06,640 --> 01:35:10,200 So we're going to go through that process, but we are taking delivery of gym equipment as early as next week. 1095 01:35:10,780 --> 01:35:15,160 The park is the majority of us in, the totlots are being delivered. 1096 01:35:16,260 --> 01:35:20,080 They get shipped the second, next week we'll start seeing delivery of some of that equipment as well. 1097 01:35:20,080 --> 01:35:26,680 the top lot is in the containers coming over from where is coming over and so it's all coming along and it's beautiful. 1098 01:35:27,240 --> 01:35:31,620 Yes, lights are on. Yes, lights are different colors. Yes, lights are bright. 1099 01:35:32,180 --> 01:35:42,540 Nothing has been programmed. Everything now has to be programmed and timed and digital and so there's a lot of fine tuning that goes in. 1100 01:35:43,320 --> 01:35:46,980 Micro and Eric has been working on which software we're going to use to check people in. 1101 01:35:46,980 --> 01:35:48,640 and so the project is going great. 1102 01:35:49,180 --> 01:35:50,340 That doesn't mean that we're stopping. 1103 01:35:50,620 --> 01:35:52,840 We're already looking at the strand 1104 01:35:52,840 --> 01:35:53,920 and what we could do there. 1105 01:35:54,540 --> 01:35:57,020 I promise Councilman Bernstein and I promise this council 1106 01:35:57,020 --> 01:35:59,060 that at the January meeting 1107 01:35:59,060 --> 01:36:01,100 we'll go through and start identifying 1108 01:36:01,100 --> 01:36:03,760 which capital projects we're going to fund next year. 1109 01:36:04,260 --> 01:36:05,640 That gives us the rest of this year 1110 01:36:05,640 --> 01:36:07,160 the finish reimagined to the park. 1111 01:36:08,340 --> 01:36:10,300 Finish all the other small projects 1112 01:36:10,300 --> 01:36:11,220 that we've been working on. 1113 01:36:11,620 --> 01:36:12,380 And then in January, 1114 01:36:13,500 --> 01:36:14,320 pot the campaign, 1115 01:36:14,940 --> 01:36:20,580 Everyone starts working out, New Year's Resolution, they'll all be there for four weeks, and they'll taper down, and then we'll go there. 1116 01:36:20,720 --> 01:36:27,180 So that's the idea, the idea is that we will open in January and throughout the next end of the year, we'll get us fine tune. 1117 01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:30,060 So that's our major projects update. 1118 01:36:30,660 --> 01:36:35,900 Mayor, I do want to let the council know, and the residents know we did take our LPR cameras off of the median. 1119 01:36:36,720 --> 01:36:41,080 We have not lost LPR cameras, we moved our cameras to the town's property. 1120 01:36:41,660 --> 01:36:50,020 FDOT was required, FDOT sent out a letter to all the mayor saying remove your cameras from our right away because the governor issued an executive order. 1121 01:36:50,440 --> 01:36:58,820 So what we did is to prevent the FDOT from doing that for us, we took our cameras off, we installed a location on the south side of town and one on the north side. 1122 01:36:59,180 --> 01:37:06,800 But I left the guts in place because as soon as that governor is removed in January and a new one gets running and I'm putting the cameras back. 1123 01:37:06,800 --> 01:37:12,940 So all the infrastructure so all the infrastructure is there so his executive order dies with his secretary because the secretary issued it 1124 01:37:12,940 --> 01:37:17,580 Not the governor, so the governor's a get it or a stage, but a secretary doesn't so we're gonna do that 1125 01:37:17,580 --> 01:37:21,060 So but we still have cameras on the north and south side of town 1126 01:37:22,220 --> 01:37:25,960 And that's it perfect and just so you know other cities 1127 01:37:26,520 --> 01:37:30,620 Many cities did not even remove their cameras. Yeah, we found out during the mayor's meetings 1128 01:37:30,620 --> 01:37:34,240 Yeah, so a lot of cities are defying them the governor's 1129 01:37:34,240 --> 01:37:39,520 the memorandum and just keeping the cameras, which I find very interesting. 1130 01:37:40,140 --> 01:37:43,300 And it shows how important the cameras really are. 1131 01:37:43,980 --> 01:37:47,720 So moving right along consent agenda, the following five items are on the consent agenda. 1132 01:37:48,320 --> 01:37:54,560 Item number one, official minutes of September 15th, 2026, first budget hearing. 1133 01:37:55,400 --> 01:38:02,380 Item number two, official minutes of the September 15th, 2026, special town council meeting. 1134 01:38:02,380 --> 01:38:09,560 Item number three, Resolution of Town Council Approving Payment, 2500 to the Women's Press and Heart Initiative. 1135 01:38:10,660 --> 01:38:15,220 Item number four, a Resolution of Town Council authorizing the purchase and 1136 01:38:15,860 --> 01:38:18,920 equipping one Chevy Tahoe Police Vehicle. 1137 01:38:19,680 --> 01:38:25,960 Item number five, Resolution of Town Council authorizing uplift of the Police Command Post Vehicle. 1138 01:38:26,460 --> 01:38:30,620 Those five items are on the consent agenda, all in favor say aye. 1139 01:38:30,620 --> 01:38:30,700 All right. 1140 01:38:31,480 --> 01:38:32,100 Anyone opposed? 1141 01:38:32,760 --> 01:38:35,420 No one opposes, the consent agenda passes. 1142 01:38:35,740 --> 01:38:38,340 Item number O, town resolution, there are none. 1143 01:38:39,320 --> 01:38:42,000 Discussion items, I think we discussed everybody. 1144 01:38:42,220 --> 01:38:45,260 Mayor, real quick, to discuss everything we need to discuss. 1145 01:38:45,540 --> 01:38:47,420 So quick, to read us real quick things. 1146 01:38:48,100 --> 01:38:50,480 I'm going to ask that the council look at their calendar. 1147 01:38:50,940 --> 01:38:53,900 We need to move the October meeting to October 27th. 1148 01:38:54,800 --> 01:38:58,180 Is everyone okay with moving the October meeting to October 27th? 1149 01:38:58,420 --> 01:38:59,580 Why the 27th? 1150 01:38:59,580 --> 01:39:02,600 Because the week before I'll be in California receiving a national award. 1151 01:39:02,880 --> 01:39:05,640 I could have participated in the Zoom, but I won't be here. 1152 01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:09,980 I already had it entered October 27th, somebody sent the notice out. 1153 01:39:09,980 --> 01:39:13,160 We had enough people, all right, so enough people we wanted. 1154 01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:17,180 All right, so then I'm making an announcement, the October meeting is October 27th. 1155 01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:19,120 Not asking the check, it's been moved. 1156 01:39:19,440 --> 01:39:23,020 So we're meeting on October 27th at 6 p.m. for a- 1157 01:39:24,240 --> 01:39:25,420 That's the only meeting that month. 1158 01:39:25,420 --> 01:39:32,980 Yeah, yeah, correct and then one last thing if you have not already done so please reach out to Elena and it's a prize to talk about 1159 01:39:32,980 --> 01:39:37,660 Your health insurance options. Okay with that. I'll make a motion to adjourn all favor say aye 1160 01:39:37,660 --> 01:39:40,360 Anyone opposes motion adjourn