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

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the City of Hollywood. Today is Wednesday, August 26th, 2026.

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And we are here for a City commission meeting. Of course,

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every meeting of the City Commission has important items

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on the agenda and important recognition, and today will be

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no different. And in fact, today will be really

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exceptional in what we're recognizing today. But before

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we get on with the agenda, we do always start the meeting

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with a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of

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Allegiance. And at times when a member of the City Commission

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wishes to ask for a moment of privilege to remember someone

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in the community or in their personal life that was lost

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during since we last met as a city commission, then we, of

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course, extend that opportunity for the community to think of

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someone as we rise for the moment of silence. So at this

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time, I'd like to recognize Commissioner Quintana, who

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would like to extend her remembrance of a friend. Go

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ahead, Commissioner Quintana. Thank you very much, mayor.

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Today I'd like to take a moment for us to remember Steve

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Werthmann. Steve's enduring legacy is in South Florida,

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where he was a beloved community activist, a devoted

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husband, son and friend. He was a Broward County resident from

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the age of two, where Steve witnessed tremendous change

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over his lifetime and helped bring about some of the best of

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it. For more than four decades, he served as Broward County,

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Broward County through his work in environmental conservation,

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affordable housing, mental health, and homeless services.

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While some people measure their lives by personal success,

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Steve measured his by the difference he made in the lives

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of others. In the late 70s, Steve co-founded Environmental

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Coalition of Broward County. In 1982, he became the first

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executive director of the Florida League of Conservation

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Voters. He later served as site supervisor for specialized

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Urban Ministries Urban Garden Program in Broward County, and

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in the late 80s, he became Broward County's first outreach

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case manager for people experiencing homelessness and

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mental illness at Henderson Mental Health Center. He went

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on to manage the county's first transitional shelter for

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homeless families operated by Salvation Army, and later he

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opened the Miami Rescue Mission Broward Outreach Center, right

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here in Hollywood. He ended his formal career as chief

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operating officer for Hope South Florida. Above all, Steve

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cherished the life he shared with his beloved wife, Kathy.

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They met in 1991 when both worked for the

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And they married at Trinity College Chapel in Hartford,

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Connecticut. Together, they enjoyed a life centered on love,

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friendship, music, faith, family, and community. Their

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partnership reflected the same compassion and generosity that

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defined Steve's life. I'll remember Steve always for his

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passion for being barefoot everywhere he went, so I. Every

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time I'll. Barefoot, I'll remember Steve. Thank you.

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Thank you, Commissioner Quintana as well. You all might

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have heard that the community lost a a member. His name was

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Larry Davis. Larry was an attorney that lived here in the

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city of Hollywood. Practiced here on Harrison Street at his

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law office for decades, served a lot of people again as an

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attorney. Began his career, as I later learned, in social work

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and in behavioral health, when that was first really starting

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to bud here in Broward County, back in the 1980s and 90s was

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very close with Bob Butterworth, the former attorney general who

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still lives in Hollywood and has a lot of close friends that

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will miss him dearly, a lot of colleagues in the professional

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legal world that will miss him. He was someone who was very

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well known in in the Broward County courthouse, by every

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bailiff, by every clerk, and was a real, real great person.

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We're all going to miss him. And it really is a great loss.

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So think of Steve and think of Larry. Mayor. Yes. Go ahead

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Commissioner. Just also, if we would just remember all of the

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lives lost in the earthquake in Venezuela and the lives lost in

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Colombia. Yeah, indeed. Well, thank you all. Let's be

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thankful for our for our blessings and for the moments

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we've had with people that we care about. Please rise for

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that moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of

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Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

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One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. Thank you so much. We also take an important

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moment to recognize our veterans, active service

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personnel and their families. So if you are a veteran of the

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US Armed Forces, family member thereof, active duty, please

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rise. We'd like to recognize you. Thank you. All right,

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let's go for roll call. Pat. Commissioner Quintana. Yeah,

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here. Commissioner Shuhan here. Commissioner Hernandez here.

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Commissioner Kalari here. Sorry. Vice mayor Kalari. Commissioner

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Gruber here. Commissioner Biederman here, mayor Levy here.

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All right, before we get started with our agenda, there

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is also a special recognition that I certainly feel

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responsible and happy to extend. Commissioner Shuhan from

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district one in Hollywood was just elected to be our new

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district six South Broward County Commissioner. She'll be

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with us until she's sworn in as county commissioner. I believe

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it's November 17th. So congratulations, Commissioner

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Shuhan. All right. On to the consent agenda today. These are

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items five through 22. These are items that don't usually

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require individual discussion. However, if a member of the

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body or the public submits a comment card, we are happy to

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remove it for discussion later in the agenda. Pat, are there

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any speaker cards on consent item 13, item 13. Okay, let me

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put that into the regular agenda. Any any requests from

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the dais for 16, please? 16 anything else? Otherwise I'll

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accept a motion to move items. Five through 22, -13 and 16.

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Second. We have a second from Commissioner Quintana, motion

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from Vice Mayor Kolody. All those in favor say aye. Aye.

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Any opposed? Hearing none. Those items carry unanimously.

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All right. 1 p.m. presentations, proclamations and awards. I

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would like to begin and extend an opportunity to invite our

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fire chief, Jeff Levy, up. He would love to recognize the

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recipients of the Meritorious Service Award for the fire and

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beach safety, and, of course, the life saving Award chief

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mayor, Vice mayor, commissioners, city manager and

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staff. Thank you, Jeff Levy, Fire Chief, we're going to be

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presenting a few awards today, and every one of these awards

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were presenting are all life saving heroes from a doctor and

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a physician who are doctors and physicians at Memorial, but

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also oversee the Hollywood Heroes program, who teach CPR

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to our residents and business owners. We're also going to be

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recognizing two of our fire rescue and ocean rescue

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personnel, one for his deployment to Venezuela for the

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earthquake as part of the Urban Search and Rescue team. And

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then another one, our hero Ocean Rescue lifeguard. That

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was you'll hear the story in a minute. That saved his family

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while on vacation in Aruba. So Chief Moser is going to read

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the, the, the the, the descriptions and recognize

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these wonderful individuals. Thank you, thank you. Thank you

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chief. Good afternoon, mayor, Vice Mayor and commissioners

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and city staff. Today, we're honoring several different

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employees. As Chief Levy mentioned. I'd like to first

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ask Doctor Bassan and Nurse Caitlin Iles to come up. So as

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they come up today, we're honored to recognize Doctor

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Eric Bassan and registered nurse Caitlin Iles for their

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dedication to improving cardiac arrest survival throughout the

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community. Together, through their leadership of Memorial

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Health Care Systems and Hollywood's Heroes program,

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they have helped provide hands only CPR and AED training to

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more than 700 citizens and City of Hollywood employees. Their

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work has strengthened the chain of survival by preparing

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bystanders to act during critical moments before EMS

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arrives. Doctor Bassan is also advanced hospital based

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resuscitation care. By creating the Memorial Regional Hospital

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Resuscitation Committee and helped establish Florida's

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first comprehensive resuscitation center. Caitlin,

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as co-director of the Heroes program, has been instrumental

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in coordinating and expanding its lifesaving education

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through Hollywood. Their partnership with Hollywood Fire

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Rescue has helped connect community education, emergency

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response, and advanced hospital care into a seamless continuum.

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These efforts have contributed to survival rates with good

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neurological outcomes that exceed state and national

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benchmarks. Doctor Bassan and Caitlin exemplify leadership,

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collaboration and service. We are proud to recognize them

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with the Citizen Award of Merit and sincerely thank them for

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their commitment to protecting the lives of those in our

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community. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you.

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At this time, I'd like to call Lieutenant Chris Garcia to join

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me at the podium. We are honored to recognize Lieutenant

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Chris Garcia with the Meritorious Service Award for

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his extraordinary courage, selfless service, and

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unwavering commitment to preserving human life.

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Lieutenant Garcia deployed to Venezuela as a member of

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Florida Task Force two following the catastrophic

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earthquake. During this international urban search and

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rescue deployment, Lieutenant Garcia spent eight consecutive

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days conducting search and rescue operations in unstable

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and collapsed structures, assisting victims who were

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trapped beneath earthquake debris. Throughout the

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deployment, he willingly operated in an environment of

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extreme personal danger. He faced compromised buildings,

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shifting rubble and hazardous conditions. Despite these risks,

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Lieutenant Garcia repeatedly placed himselfn harm's way to

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locate reach and rescue survivors. His actions

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demonstrated exceptional bravery, professionalism and

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dedication to the mission of this fire service. Working

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under physically demanding and emotionally taxing conditions,

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Lieutenant Garcia remained focused on saving lives. Every

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rescue required calculated risk, exceptional skill, and

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extraordinary courage. His willingness to perform

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dangerous rescue operations in the aftermath of a devastating

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earthquake exemplifies conduct that is clearly above and

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beyond the ordinary. Call of duty. Lieutenant Garcia's

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courage and unwavering devotion to protecting human life

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embodies the highest traditions of the fire service for his

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extraordinary courage, selfless service, and dedication to

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saving lives. Lieutenant Chris Garcia is receiving this

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Meritorious Service award. Lieutenant Garcia, on behalf of

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Hollywood Fire Rescue and the City of Hollywood, we thank you

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for your courage, your service, and your unwavering commitment

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to helping others in their greatest time of need.

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Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you so much. I would next

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like to call Ocean Rescue lifeguard Marcelo Lorenzo. For

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this award. I want to receive. I want to read the email that

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we got from his grandparents, which obviously led us to to

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recognizing him today. On August 11th, 2026, members of

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our family were on vacation in Aruba and decided to take a

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speedboat towed tubing excursion. Three members of our

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family daughter, son and granddaughter were on one two,

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while Marcelo and other family members were on a second tube

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alongside. The boat. Pilot unfortunately took a wide turn

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and caused the tube with our daughter, son and granddaughter

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to collide at high speed with an anchored, ocean going

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catamaran. The entire incident was captured on video. The

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impact was at high speed and extremely violent, and

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catapulted all three riders onto the catamaran. Others

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excuse me. Other than Marcelo Lorenzo, there were no other

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first responders in the area. Marcelo saw our granddaughter

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face down and unconscious in the water. He also realized

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that his severely injured father was underneath the

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catamaran, holding on to the netting without hesitation and

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putting himself at risk. Dove into the water, rescued our

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granddaughter, started CPR to evacuate water in her stomach

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and lungs. Within minutes, he was back in the water and

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pulled his father to safety. Marcelo continued life support

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until relieved by local first responders. As a result of this

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catastrophic incident. Our granddaughter has spinal

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injuries and severe head trauma and must be medevaced out by

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air ambulance. Marcelo's father has two broken ribs and a

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bruised and punctured lung. Our daughter's arm was broken in

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three places and needs immediate surgery. As severe as

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these injuries are, they would have been far worse if Marcelo

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was not on the scene. His actions speak volumes and

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reflect positively on your agency, which provided him with

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the necessary training and professionalism to demonstrate

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command, presence and take the necessary actions in the face

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of extreme danger and mental duress. Lifeguard Marcelo

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Lorenzo acted with remarkable courage, quick thinking and

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selflessness. His decisive actions not only safeguarded

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lives but also prevented further harm to members of his

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family. Learning of such dedication was both humbling

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and inspiring, and it serves as a powerful reminder of the

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extraordinary commitment that your agency upholds every day

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in the training of your personnel. Congratulations!

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I'd like to extend a moment of

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privilege for Vice Mayor Callery, who would like to make

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a comment. Well, first of all, that is amazing. God bless you.

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And I'm sure your family is just so pleased to have you

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representing them. And we're so pleased that you're

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representing the city of Hollywood with your amazingness.

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So congratulations again. Thank you. I would also, I'd be

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remiss if I didn't point a point of privilege for a moment

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of silence for Battalion Chief Michael O'Donnell, who passed

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away during our summer break. And so if you can keep his

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family and the entire fire department in their in your

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prayers as well, that's all I have. And it's great to see

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everyone here. The Chiefs for Fire and Beach Safety and

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Rescue, and to recognize Lieutenant Garcia and lifeguard

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Lorenzo for both, you know, exercising their training and

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their instinct and for the courage that you've displayed,

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both in the earthquake aftermath, which I'm sure

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wasn't easy of seeing what you saw. And then for, of course,

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the, the, you know, instant trauma and the instant, you

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know, occurrence that happened. Lifeguard Lorenzo, with your

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family, that must have been, you know, a terrifying moment.

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But your instinct was, was I'm a lifeguard and that's special.

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So congratulations. Appreciate it. And thank you to the doctor

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and Katie Lyons for both. I worked with you guys alongside

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of CPR training. You guys got to continue doing it because

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that one person you make a difference in can save a life.

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It's the most I don't know if you trained, you know,

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lifeguard Lorenzo, but whoever did did a good job. So if you'd

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like to say a few words, we're happy to hear from either of

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you. Maybe tell us, you know, Venezuela, we saw a lot of

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heartbreak and a lot of significant damage there on TV

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screens. But you saw it in person. Yes. Just like. Chief

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Moser described. Everything was was true. The emotional. Damage

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that out to me was probably the hardest part. I'm bilingual,

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speak Spanish as well, fluently. So I was a translator for most

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of our team and dealing with that, talking to those families

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that were just holding on to the little bit of hope that

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their family member was still alive. That made all the

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difference. I am proud to say that FEMA Task Force Team two

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did make a remarkable rescue of a gentleman, a security guard,

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Hernan. He was wedged three floors below the street level

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in a parking booth when the earthquake happened, and it

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took us 53 hours of nonstop around the clock work,

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tunneling through debris, as well as putting ourselves in

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danger. Because every single structure there that I saw was

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unstable, it could have collapsed on us it almost a

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couple times. Thankfully, we we were able to stabilize it and

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shore it up and work together as a team. There were over 40

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other teams from around the world in Venezuela. We were all

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working side by side with each other, but it was a great

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experience. It had its highs and its lows. But overall, I am

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forever grateful for the opportunity that you guys were

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able to provide and allowing me to go and support Hollywood,

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the city departments, the people, everybody. Thank you,

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thank you, thank you. Hello. I just want to say thank you for

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having me here. I'm very appreciative for this award.

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It's an honor. And I just want to give a huge shout out to the

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Fire Rescue and Ocean Department for giving me the

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best training and allowing me to help my family. Thank you,

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thank you, thank you. Well, we wish a quick recovery to the

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members of the Lorenzo family. Wishing the best for your

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family members to recover safely. And thank you,

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Lieutenant Garcia, for representing Hollywood in the

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best way possible. We're proud of you guys. Proud to have you.

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Thank you, thank you. Yeah. But before you before you go, I've

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got commissioners Truman Biederman. Go ahead

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Commissioner, I well, to all three I mean, thank you all so

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much for the incredible work and for, you know, having

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Hollywood be reflected throughout the world in such an

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incredible way. My question, Lorenzo, it sounds like your

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family, in addition to the, you know, horrible incident and

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injuries, it sounds like there's probably significant

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costs that have been incurred via medevac and things like

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that. And I just wanted to know if there's a place that people

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who are listening might be able to assist your family in any

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way. No, everything. Yeah. All good. Okay. Thank you.

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Appreciate it. Thank you. Great. Commissioner Biederman, just

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wanted to make a shout out to our fire rescue and our two.

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Team members here and the training that they got. And I

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mean, this just shows why why Hollywood is a class one

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department. And the training that we give. And I think this

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just demonstrates what we do here in Hollywood. And I

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commend you both for what you did. And as far as the hero

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program, I don't know if anybody else got to witness

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what they do, but Boulevard Heights had them, and it was

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well embraced by all the attendees and what they do and

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commend them too, for helping to teach others on how to save

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lives. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you. Well, I feel like we

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can adjourn the meeting now because that was so special.

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But from one case to another. Thank you all so much. Thank

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you all for everyone from Hollywood Fire Rescue. Who's

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here? Hollywood Police Department, if you're here to

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support these award recipients, thank you so much. You. You

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would. Happy for you to stay until 5:00 if you like, but

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otherwise family as well. You're free to go. Good job.

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Appreciate you. Thank you. All right. Thank you, thank you.

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Yeah, sure. Sure. Is that one of our classes? I know Tracy,

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know CPR, but do you guys know? I should think I should take

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your class. Thank you. These are my daughters. I don't know

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if I know CPR, but I got a certificate that says I do.

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Thank you. Hello? Hello. Thanks, doctor. No, I was at the

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Boulevard Heights thing. Oh. You were? Yeah, yeah. Thank you.

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Yes. Thank you. Yes, I've seen you twice. Bye, guys. Thank you.

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Bye, Beverly. Come on. Everybody, that was beautiful.

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Great. Senator Sharif. Yes. I know, I didn't realize. I had

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no idea until now. Yeah, I probably saw it on social media.

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Actually. I saw it on the news. Yeah. All right. Well, thank

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you all so much. Now on to more ordinary business. But nothing

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is ever ordinary, right. Senator Sharif, Senator Barbara

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Sharif is here with us. She would like to and we've invited

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her to speak to us regarding the 2026 legislative session.

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And so we're happy to have her and thank her, of course, for

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representing us so well in Tallahassee. And here we go

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again with another session coming up. Senator, I know it

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seems like it just it starts and it ends and then it starts

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again. But it is always a privilege to be here in the

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great city of Hollywood, one of my favorite cities that I

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represent. You know, one of the most rewarding parts about

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representing district 35 in the Florida Senate is listening to

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the needs of this community. And you guys do that so well by

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advocating in Tallahassee. And I want to say thank you for

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always coming up, thanking you for keeping me informed about

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your issues. And congratulations, Commissioner

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Shoham, I know you're going to do a great job. I'm especially

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proud to be here today to present the 170 zero zero $0

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state funding for the Boulevard Heights Community Center senior

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program expansion. Right. As you know, you know, no

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appropriation is possible without a partner on the other

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side. And we've got a great partner. And Representative

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Hilary Cassell, who's here with me as well today. So our

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seniors have spent decades building our neighborhoods,

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supporting our families, and contributing to the communities

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we call home. They deserve opportunities to remain active,

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connected and engaged and supported. I was proud to

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advocate for this funding during the state budget process,

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and I look forward to seeing the impact it would have right

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here in the city of Hollywood. This investment was also part

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of a broader effort this year to bring state resources home

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to district 35. Altogether, these successful appropriations

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represent more than 5.3 million in investments in public safety

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and infrastructure education, senior services, veterans,

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families and community programs. But my work in Tallahassee went

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beyond the state budget this year. I was proud to say that I

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received I well, I put forth five bills and I had five bills

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signed into law, SB 42, which addressed specific medical

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diagnosis and child protective investigation, and its

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companion, HB 47, passed the legislature and became law.

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This revamped portion of the DCF program, where children who

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are removed from their parents care as a result of medical

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diagnoses that mimic child abuse, now have a way to get

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their kids back through a legislative process that

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improves their ability to defend themselves. This is

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great to keep families unified and to also fix an issue that

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has been plaguing us for many, many years. I also carried

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legislation strengthening Florida's Veterans dental care

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program. As you know, veterans who do not have injuries to

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their oral area as a result of combat do not get dental

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coverage. Therefore, veterans are going without dental care.

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And so this program created a well added to and made a $1.5

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million per year veterans dental grant program that will

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keep veterans healthy. We had a uterine fibroid database. We

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did the. In the Department of Health, they address issues

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that affect the community's health. Uterine fibroids is

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something. And women's health in general is something that we

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don't really address most of the time. And there's always a

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deficit where it concerns women's health, women's health.

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And so our uterine fibroid, uterine fibroid research and

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database bill will allow for us to collect data and also

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educate women on the side effects and the possible issues

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that they could face with if they have uterine fibroids. We

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also have this year, we're planning to continue to work on

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women's health issues, the impact of perimenopause and

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menopause on our female community. Many people are

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experiencing these issues, and they don't understand that the

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anxiety, the palpitations, the memory fog and all the other

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things that they're experiencing as a woman have

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absolutely nothing to do with anything. For a long time. We

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in the medical profession, yes, men, listen up. We in the

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medical profession have been taught through our training

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that prescribing bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for

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women was not a good idea, because there were side effects.

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About a year and a half ago, the FDA released a study and

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said, listen, we've been wrong on this all this time. And so

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there's a retraining effort going on with all professionals.

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I'm 34 years in practice, and there's many others of us out

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there that have been out there and were told out of school,

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listen, we don't prescribe these therapies for women

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because they can be at risk for high blood pressure, clots and

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strokes. Well, that's just not true. And so I have a bill that

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I'm working with the Department of Health on that will address

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that and to help to get some help to the women. And also it

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will help the men because, you know, we're pretty ornery when

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we're going through menopause. Just saying, I got mad. I mean,

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I have road rage now. Oh, was I supposed to say I'm sorry, I

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don't have road rage to keep that air conditioning on, right?

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Yeah, yeah. Oh, my thermostat's possessed, you know, I have

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personal summers. Again. You know, one of the other things

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that we addressed this year was the property taxes. I know

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during the special session, the legislature advanced an

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amendment three, which you'll see in November. And we're

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doing our very, very best job to really inform people on what

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that means for them and what that means for cities and

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counties. And so we will, throughout this district and

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throughout this, the rest of the year leading up to November,

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we will have educational seminars within the community

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so that we can give everybody as much information as possible

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so that they can vote in an informed manner. If approved by

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voters, the proposal would increase the homestead

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exemption for taxes other than school district taxes levied up

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to $150,000 for the year of 2027, and then $250,000 for

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2028. It also would lower the annual cap on increases in

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assessed value for non homesteaded property from 10%

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to 5% beginning in 2027. We recognize that there's

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challenges with this proposal, and I wanted to let you all

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know that after the vote, if it does pass, we will go back for

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an implementation session. And that implementation session

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would involve the House and the Senate and the governor's

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office working on ways to minimize the impact to local

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governments. That will mean, at some point in time, that some

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cities or counties that only fund through property taxes may

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end up being annexed into others around them so that they

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can continue to function and that those those governments

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will be continue to, you know, be in place. Let's see. So on

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November the 3rd, they'll it'll be a required to pass by a 60%

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approval. Additionally, the other thing that we're going to

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handle this year, we had a two year pushback on property

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insurance. So as you know, the governor and the Office of

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Insurance Regulation allowed for admission of about 21

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additional insurance carriers to come into the Florida market

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to write insurance. What they were hoping to gain is that

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property insurance premiums would decrease by somewhere

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between 30 and 40% for the residents that are paying them.

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What we've seen is that that has not occurred. And part of

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what the plan was, is that brokers would have

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opportunities to reprice through three quotes through

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all of these new carriers and decrease the rates for property

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insurance. So some people are doing it, some people are not.

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That's what we've seen. And then the other thing that we've

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seen is that the the rates have not dropped substantially like

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they thought by flooding the market with more carriers. So

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this is our two year end to the wait. And I believe that this

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session we're going back again. And so we'll be dealing with

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property insurance and property tax. And I'm answering that

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because every time we go to one of these homeowners meetings,

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people ask, when are you going to do something about property

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00:42:42,628 --> 00:42:49,828
insurance? And then the last thing is that. We are going to.

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Okay, so we're going to give a check. Yes. So we're done.

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Thank you so much, doctor. Thank you. All right. Why don't

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00:43:07,321 --> 00:43:12,121
we join Doctor Sharif down below for photo.

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Of her bank account. Clearly the Senate

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00:43:34,150 --> 00:43:36,818
gets a little bit more money than the House. And you see can

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00:43:36,818 --> 00:43:40,354
you see my check. And I'm a lefty. She has much nicer

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00:43:40,354 --> 00:43:44,920
handwriting than I have. The only thing you'll get with this

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00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,894
check is that it'll never balance. I've never bounced a

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00:43:46,894 --> 00:43:53,494
check, but I wouldn't. This one directly. This one. This one.

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00:43:54,350 --> 00:44:01,835
You can't go to bed. Because he's in a little bit. There you

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00:44:02,443 --> 00:44:09,430
go. That's great. Yes. I'm going to take one now. That.

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00:44:51,225 --> 00:44:54,228
Doctor Sharif. Thank you so much. I can tell you that the

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Boulevard Heights Senior program is so well attended and

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00:44:56,564 --> 00:45:00,500
serves so many seniors week after week. It's really a

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00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:03,171
special program. And so thank you so much for helping to keep

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it going. A lot of seniors just rely on it. And so thank you so

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00:45:07,410 --> 00:45:09,976
much for fighting for us up there and as well,

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00:45:09,976 --> 00:45:15,376
Representative Castelli, thank you. Thank you. All right. At

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00:45:18,251 --> 00:45:20,254
this time, we have a presentation by Representative

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00:45:20,254 --> 00:45:23,854
Hillary Kissel regarding the 2026 Florida legislative

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00:45:24,325 --> 00:45:27,194
session. On the House side, of course, Senator Sharif is in

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the Florida Senate. And representing us so ably is

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00:45:31,932 --> 00:45:34,468
Representative Cosell. Please. Thank you, mayor. And you

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brought a check with you as well. I did also bring a check,

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00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:42,343
yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, mayor, vice mayor,

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00:45:42,343 --> 00:45:44,412
commissioners, obviously, it's always such a pleasure to be

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00:45:44,412 --> 00:45:47,614
able to present in front of you a little bit of a summary of

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00:45:47,614 --> 00:45:50,951
what occurred during the 2026 legislative session. The House

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00:45:50,951 --> 00:45:54,555
and Senate are two very different chambers. So I like

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00:45:54,555 --> 00:45:57,492
to always start off my presentation is with really

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00:45:57,492 --> 00:46:00,762
talking about the work that we get to do together as a chamber

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00:46:00,762 --> 00:46:04,432
in the House. I don't think we hear about it often enough. So

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00:46:04,432 --> 00:46:07,634
one of the things I always like to focus on, what work did we

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00:46:07,634 --> 00:46:13,340
do together? And overall, 1896 bills were filed in both

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00:46:14,307 --> 00:46:19,246
chambers. 237 of them passed. This was not a year where there

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00:46:19,246 --> 00:46:23,250
was a lot of policy that actually passed, but 237 bills

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00:46:23,250 --> 00:46:27,721
did get passed. 83% of those bills were passed with

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00:46:27,721 --> 00:46:31,592
bipartisan support, meaning 83% of the time your legislator,

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00:46:31,592 --> 00:46:34,929
Republican and Democrat, are working together in the best

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00:46:34,929 --> 00:46:38,132
interest of Floridians to make sure that we are tackling the

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00:46:38,132 --> 00:46:41,268
problems that Floridians are facing. I have the honor and

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00:46:41,268 --> 00:46:44,138
privilege of serving on several committees in the legislature.

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00:46:44,138 --> 00:46:46,740
I serve on the Judiciary Committee. I serve as vice

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00:46:46,740 --> 00:46:49,610
chair of insurance and banking. As you all know, my favorite

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00:46:49,610 --> 00:46:52,813
place to be. I serve on the health care, budget, housing,

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00:46:52,813 --> 00:46:56,817
AG and Tourism subcommittee in the Health Care Facilities

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00:46:56,817 --> 00:47:00,417
Subcommittee and the Information Technology budget,

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00:47:00,488 --> 00:47:03,491
and I had the opportunity to serve on the Select Committee

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00:47:03,491 --> 00:47:06,827
with Property Taxes, which is actually a committee that we

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00:47:06,827 --> 00:47:11,299
served on for over a year in the House. Working on tackling

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00:47:11,299 --> 00:47:14,836
this issue. I had the chance to meet with all five cities that

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00:47:14,836 --> 00:47:17,771
I represent. I spent a significant amount of time with

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00:47:17,771 --> 00:47:22,420
your staff. As we were talking about the conversation, knowing

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00:47:22,420 --> 00:47:26,460
that at some point we would see some type of property tax

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00:47:26,460 --> 00:47:28,515
reform. I think when it originally started, we were all

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00:47:28,515 --> 00:47:31,318
thinking that reform was going to look like a complete

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00:47:31,318 --> 00:47:34,522
elimination of property taxes. I will say, over the course of

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00:47:34,522 --> 00:47:37,791
that year, working in the House chamber with our speaker and

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00:47:37,791 --> 00:47:41,528
then with our Senate partners, we were very adamant that an

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00:47:41,528 --> 00:47:43,664
elimination of complete a complete elimination of

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00:47:43,664 --> 00:47:46,934
property taxes was never going to be sustainable. And ensuring

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00:47:46,934 --> 00:47:50,400
that we protected our public schools was a high priority for

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00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,273
both the House and the Senate. And I think that's why you see

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00:47:53,273 --> 00:47:56,610
the proposal that voters will have an opportunity to pass or

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00:47:56,610 --> 00:47:59,813
fail in November. But at the end of the day, we have given

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00:47:59,813 --> 00:48:04,170
them that choice. I passed several pieces of legislation.

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00:48:04,170 --> 00:48:07,421
I was actually the only legislator to pass anything AI

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00:48:07,421 --> 00:48:10,423
related. Unfortunately, it did not make it to the governor's

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00:48:10,423 --> 00:48:13,427
desk. But as everybody knows here, I'm a big insurance

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00:48:13,427 --> 00:48:17,165
advocate, a big consumer advocate. And we know that when

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00:48:17,165 --> 00:48:22,102
it comes to AI and denials that insurance companies have a high

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00:48:22,102 --> 00:48:26,507
error rate when utilizing AI in either denying underpaying

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00:48:26,507 --> 00:48:28,975
claims, and that's across all types of claims, whether it be

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00:48:28,975 --> 00:48:33,714
health insurance, property insurance, etc. So we were

551
00:48:33,714 --> 00:48:36,783
successful in passing that off the House floor, but it got us

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00:48:36,783 --> 00:48:40,521
it got the conversation started about AI and consumer

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00:48:40,521 --> 00:48:43,323
protections. And I look forward to bringing that in the next

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00:48:43,323 --> 00:48:45,993
legislative session. I also pass legislation that was

555
00:48:45,993 --> 00:48:49,129
actually brought to me by constituents of district 101,

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00:48:49,129 --> 00:48:52,732
which dealt with expanding access to schools. So we

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00:48:52,732 --> 00:48:56,670
focused on expanding access to micro schools, schools that can

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00:48:56,670 --> 00:49:01,362
provide facilities for children that need additional assistance,

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whether they have disabilities, or to provide additional

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00:49:04,231 --> 00:49:07,501
support for our religious schools. So schools that serve

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00:49:07,501 --> 00:49:11,438
150 students or less have the ability to operate in mixed use

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00:49:11,438 --> 00:49:15,376
spaces, which we know since Covid have really been vacant.

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00:49:15,376 --> 00:49:19,514
As businesses return to working at home and leaving sort of

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00:49:19,514 --> 00:49:23,784
that retail space open, we're going to have the ability to

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00:49:23,784 --> 00:49:27,321
utilize those spaces for schools of 150 students or less,

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but ensuring that cities have the ability to utilize their

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traffic concerns and making sure that they work with those

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00:49:34,620 --> 00:49:38,799
schools on those issues. So we don't have we don't run into

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traffic issues. And then my other project that I love to

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00:49:42,803 --> 00:49:46,406
support are issues related to mental health. Two years ago,

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we successfully successfully passed legislation that was

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00:49:48,876 --> 00:49:53,948
signed into law that dealt with collecting data on our school

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00:49:53,948 --> 00:49:56,884
resources when it comes to mental health. Since the

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00:49:56,884 --> 00:49:59,286
tragedy that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, we've

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spent almost $1 billion on providing resources to our

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students all across the state. But nobody's actually

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collecting any data to determine whether or not our

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students are getting any better. Our is the dollars that we're

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spending even reaching these children, and are they getting

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the help that they need? So we pass legislation two years ago

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that is starting to collect that data, so we can make a

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determination as the legislature, to actually make

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sure that our dollars are being used in the right space, and

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most importantly, that our children are getting help. But

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we also, when we looked into that, realized that that's also

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happening in our vulnerable population, in our community

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court system. So our mental health court, our veterans

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court, our drug court, same scenario. We're funding these

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programs in an effort to get these people the help that they

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need, so they can not continue to go in and out of the system

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and get back to being and serving their communities and,

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and, and being, you know, back to being healthy. That's our

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goal. But nobody's tracking that data. So this, this

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legislative session, I successfully passed that

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legislation as well. So we'll begin to really take a good

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look at our overall mental health system here in the state

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of Florida, and make sure that the dollars that we're spending

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are actually getting the people the help that they need when it

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comes to the legislative budget, we, once again, for the fourth

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00:51:21,702 --> 00:51:25,107
year in a row, reduce the state of Florida's budget. The budget

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00:51:25,107 --> 00:51:30,444
that passed this year was $117 billion. I was successful in

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00:51:30,444 --> 00:51:34,440
securing $41 million, 21 million of that specifically

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00:51:35,516 --> 00:51:39,520
serves districts 101, which is anywhere between Hollywood,

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00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:44,452
Hallandale, Dania, Davie and from $7 million to helping our

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00:51:45,860 --> 00:51:49,530
veterans health clinic at NSU to dollars. Going to build a

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00:51:49,530 --> 00:51:53,670
nursing program, help build the nursing program at Broward

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College to. Obviously, my work with Senator Sharif and

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Commissioner Gruber, I know a project that you and I have had

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00:52:01,209 --> 00:52:04,145
the pleasure of working on for the last two years is

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specifically funding this incredible project that you

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00:52:06,747 --> 00:52:12,486
brought to me in honor of your father, to provide our seniors

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with who are suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia,

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00:52:15,422 --> 00:52:19,693
access to a center where they are going to be able to provide,

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00:52:19,693 --> 00:52:22,896
get the care that they need and give their loved ones respite.

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My grandmother had dementia and moved in with my parents and I

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00:52:27,168 --> 00:52:30,905
when I was in high school, and I witnessed firsthand the toll

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that that can take on those caretakers and how it can truly

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00:52:36,643 --> 00:52:39,913
impact a family and the respite that caretakers need, and a

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00:52:39,913 --> 00:52:43,184
safe space that you can send your loved ones to be able to

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00:52:43,184 --> 00:52:47,455
get out and get some arts and crafts or, you know, to

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00:52:47,455 --> 00:52:50,991
socialize or to get some exercise and to have a safe

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00:52:50,991 --> 00:52:54,395
place here in the community of City of Hollywood to use one of

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00:52:54,395 --> 00:52:57,531
our facilities specifically for that purpose is a project that

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00:52:57,531 --> 00:53:00,668
is near and dear to my heart. So thank you for trusting me

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00:53:00,668 --> 00:53:03,738
with that the last two years. It's an honor to present to you.

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00:53:03,738 --> 00:53:08,275
I don't know where Connie went. Again. The Senate must get all

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00:53:08,275 --> 00:53:12,613
all of the dollars to make these nice checks, but. So we

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00:53:12,613 --> 00:53:18,613
secured another $250,000 this year. So thank you. For a total

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00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,692
of $500,000 over the course of the last two years. And I know

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00:53:25,692 --> 00:53:28,940
it's my understanding that come November, we are looking at a

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00:53:28,940 --> 00:53:31,300
grand opening, and I'm sure you might address that when we when

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00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:34,100
I close my remarks. But the last thing I wanted to comment

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00:53:34,100 --> 00:53:36,771
is similar to what Senator Sharif said. It's truly a

634
00:53:36,771 --> 00:53:40,441
pleasure to represent this city I have called Hollywood,

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00:53:40,441 --> 00:53:44,377
whether it be my actual home or where my business home is

636
00:53:44,377 --> 00:53:47,649
located for over 20 years, and it's truly an honor. You guys

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00:53:47,649 --> 00:53:51,518
are such incredible advocates for the people that live here

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00:53:51,518 --> 00:53:54,788
and the type of lifestyle that we want people to be able to

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00:53:54,788 --> 00:53:57,657
enjoy. And I enjoy spending time with you in Tallahassee

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00:53:57,657 --> 00:54:00,127
and getting your phone calls and hearing what your concerns

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00:54:00,127 --> 00:54:04,464
are. And I hopefully answer. Answer that call to the best of

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00:54:04,464 --> 00:54:07,334
my abilities as well. So thank you for allowing me to work

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00:54:07,334 --> 00:54:13,334
with you and serving this great city. Commissioner Gruber. Yes.

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00:54:19,546 --> 00:54:22,749
Representative Cassel, I, I from the bottom of my heart, I

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00:54:22,749 --> 00:54:25,685
can't thank you enough for getting behind this initiative.

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00:54:25,685 --> 00:54:30,691
You know, it's it's going to provide a much needed service

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00:54:30,691 --> 00:54:34,950
for respite care and for quality of life for people that

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00:54:34,950 --> 00:54:38,698
suffer with dementia and Alzheimer's. And the goal here,

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00:54:38,698 --> 00:54:41,235
and I can't John Strader, who brought this to me from the

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00:54:41,235 --> 00:54:43,704
National Alzheimer's Association, worked tirelessly

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00:54:43,704 --> 00:54:48,709
for this cause, is to really have this be the first of many

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00:54:48,709 --> 00:54:50,911
throughout Florida, throughout Hollywood, throughout the

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00:54:50,911 --> 00:54:54,180
country, where we can use underutilized community centers

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00:54:54,180 --> 00:54:57,718
that aren't being activated Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 and

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00:54:57,718 --> 00:55:01,540
bring these centers. So the business pencils out that

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00:55:01,540 --> 00:55:03,990
operators are able to do it, and we can provide this service

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00:55:03,990 --> 00:55:07,261
for respite care. And I just can't thank you enough for

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00:55:07,261 --> 00:55:12,486
getting behind it. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you.

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00:55:12,486 --> 00:55:14,621
Thank you, Representative Cassel. We're certainly

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00:55:14,621 --> 00:55:17,691
grateful for all the work that you do up in Tallahassee. We we

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00:55:17,691 --> 00:55:20,761
we are we have great confidence when we know you're there

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00:55:20,761 --> 00:55:23,697
advocating because you do like us, know the needs of the

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00:55:23,697 --> 00:55:26,967
community and especially your work on property insurance is

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00:55:26,967 --> 00:55:29,903
coming back to being very, of course, important because after

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00:55:29,903 --> 00:55:32,707
the discussion, property tax. There was, of course, this

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00:55:32,707 --> 00:55:35,708
other large bill that we, you know, we all recognize maybe it

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00:55:35,708 --> 00:55:38,779
doesn't need to be as large, never used to be as large, and

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00:55:38,779 --> 00:55:41,782
that hopefully the legislature can help, you know, rein in the

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market. I know you have some proposals that you've set forth

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00:55:44,718 --> 00:55:46,721
before the legislature years ago that they're just now

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00:55:46,721 --> 00:55:50,324
talking about saying, hey, this might be a good idea. And so go

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00:55:50,324 --> 00:55:53,593
ahead. Both both candidates running for governor. Talk

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00:55:53,593 --> 00:55:56,997
about two of my proposed pieces of legislation. So. All right.

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00:55:56,997 --> 00:56:00,000
Well, it's finally making its way. It takes some time for

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00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,869
people to start to listen, especially when you talk about

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00:56:02,869 --> 00:56:05,739
overhauling very large systems that have been in place for a

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00:56:05,739 --> 00:56:09,544
very long time. But both of them see the need to reform

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00:56:09,544 --> 00:56:12,879
both our catastrophic fund, which will have a huge 30 to

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00:56:12,879 --> 00:56:16,349
40% decrease in premiums, as well as moving citizens back to

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00:56:16,349 --> 00:56:20,487
a wind only policy, which is what it was always meant to be.

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00:56:20,487 --> 00:56:22,756
So exciting times. Well, let's hope for good things in this

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00:56:22,756 --> 00:56:25,425
upcoming legislative session in that regard. Thank you. Let's

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00:56:25,425 --> 00:56:32,625
do that photo. Thank you. All the time. Connie. Oh. Okay. A

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00:56:57,324 --> 00:57:03,463
little darker for the check to be seen. Thank you everyone.

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00:57:03,463 --> 00:57:10,663
Okay, just a moment. Oh thank you. Okay. Can we recycle and

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00:57:16,276 --> 00:57:21,760
reuse. So we're going to keep this one.

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00:57:42,135 --> 00:57:45,304
So far we've had a lot of good news with all these

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00:57:45,304 --> 00:57:47,974
presentations. And we're going to continue that trend because

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00:57:47,974 --> 00:57:49,843
there are also good things happening right here on the

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ground in Hollywood and that. So I'm proud to ask Shannon

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00:57:53,914 --> 00:57:57,183
Hunter, who's the mother of Marquis Brown and the chairman

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00:57:57,183 --> 00:58:00,320
of the Hollywood Brown Foundation. I see Commissioner

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00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:04,591
Linda Anderson here as well, to thank them for and recognize

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00:58:04,591 --> 00:58:07,260
them for the. They like to recognize the city support for

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00:58:07,260 --> 00:58:10,396
the Marquis Brown football training camp. So welcome,

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00:58:10,396 --> 00:58:13,467
Commissioner Anderson. Good to see you. And thank you, miss

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00:58:13,467 --> 00:58:19,739
Hunter. Hi, I'm Shannon James. I am Marquis Brown's mom. Good

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00:58:19,739 --> 00:58:24,100
afternoon. Mayor, vice mayor, members of the city commission,

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00:58:24,100 --> 00:58:27,213
city staff and everyone here today on behalf of Marquise

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00:58:27,213 --> 00:58:31,217
Hollywood Brown, his family, and the entire Hollywood Brown

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00:58:31,217 --> 00:58:35,154
Foundation. We want to thank. Take a moment to thank you on

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00:58:35,154 --> 00:58:40,554
behalf of Marquis Hollywood. Brown day is incredibly special

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00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:46,299
to us because Hollywood is home no matter where Markie's

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journey has taken him from. Growing up right here in the

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00:58:50,370 --> 00:58:54,974
community to college football and now playing in the NFL. And

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00:58:54,974 --> 00:59:00,374
now he's with the Philadelphia Eagles. He has remained

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00:59:00,714 --> 00:59:04,500
committed to to coming back home and give giving back to

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the community that helped shaped him. And for the for

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00:59:07,653 --> 00:59:13,259
that reason, it means so much to us. The year after year

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00:59:13,259 --> 00:59:19,259
after year, the mayor, the vice mayor, the city Commissioner

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00:59:19,799 --> 00:59:22,668
and the city of Hollywood continue to stand beside

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00:59:22,668 --> 00:59:26,673
Hollywood Brown Foundation and support our vision for

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00:59:26,673 --> 00:59:32,110
Hollywood Brown Day. This year. We were blessed to celebrate

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00:59:32,110 --> 00:59:37,830
five years our fifth annual Hollywood Brown Day, once again

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00:59:37,830 --> 00:59:40,420
bringing the community together and creating a day centered

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00:59:40,420 --> 00:59:43,957
around youth and families. Through this event, we've been

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00:59:43,957 --> 00:59:48,627
able to provide book packs. Hollywood. I'm sorry. School

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00:59:48,627 --> 00:59:52,827
supplies, groceries to families, youth activities, football

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00:59:53,232 --> 00:59:57,236
programing, food, entertainment, and most importantly, a

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00:59:57,236 --> 01:00:01,240
positive environment where our community can come together.

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But one of the things we're especially proud of is that the

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01:00:06,312 --> 01:00:11,712
impact. Hollywood Brown Day. Doesn't stop when the event

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01:00:12,452 --> 01:00:17,123
ends. For this past three years, we have also had the

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01:00:17,123 --> 01:00:20,993
opportunity to award a college scholarship to a graduating

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01:00:20,993 --> 01:00:24,998
high school student, helping them take the next step toward

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01:00:24,998 --> 01:00:29,602
higher education and their future. That has become one of

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01:00:29,602 --> 01:00:33,673
the most meaningful parts of the Hollywood Brown Day for us.

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01:00:33,673 --> 01:00:37,877
Because giving back isn't only about what we can provide today,

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01:00:37,877 --> 01:00:42,282
it's also about investing in what our young people can

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01:00:42,282 --> 01:00:47,820
become tomorrow. And none of this happens without

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01:00:47,420 --> 01:00:52,220
partnership. Mayor, vice mayor, and commissioners, we sincerely

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01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:57,430
thank you for your continued support, not only this year,

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01:00:57,430 --> 01:01:01,767
but every year that you have welcomed us back and helped us

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01:01:01,767 --> 01:01:06,105
continue to grow this event. Thank you for believing in what

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01:01:06,105 --> 01:01:10,443
we're doing. Thank you for helping us create opportunities

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for our young people. Thank you for helping us support families

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01:01:13,980 --> 01:01:17,517
throughout the community. And thank you for allowing Marquise

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01:01:17,517 --> 01:01:21,607
the opportunity to continue coming home and showing our

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01:01:21,607 --> 01:01:24,811
young people that success doesn't mean forgetting where

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01:01:24,811 --> 01:01:28,548
you came from. It means remembering where you came from

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01:01:28,548 --> 01:01:32,819
and reaching back to help someone else move forward. We

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01:01:32,819 --> 01:01:37,890
also want to recognize Hollywood Pal city staff, our

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01:01:37,890 --> 01:01:40,626
sponsors, community partners, volunteers, and everyone behind

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01:01:40,626 --> 01:01:44,964
the scenes who continues to help make Hollywood Brown Day

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01:01:44,964 --> 01:01:48,167
possible every year. So many people give their time,

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01:01:48,167 --> 01:01:52,972
resources and energy to make this day special, and we truly

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01:01:52,972 --> 01:01:55,841
are grateful for each and every one of you. As the Hollywood

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01:01:55,841 --> 01:02:00,846
Brown Foundation continues to grow, we hope this hope that

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Hollywood Brown Day continues to grow with with it allowing

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01:02:04,184 --> 01:02:07,587
us to provide even more resources, awards, and more

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01:02:07,587 --> 01:02:10,990
scholarships, create more opportunities for our youth,

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01:02:10,990 --> 01:02:15,261
and make an even greater impact right here in the city of

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01:02:15,261 --> 01:02:18,865
Hollywood. And also, I would like to thank our very own

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01:02:18,865 --> 01:02:23,669
former commissioner, Miss Linda Anderson, because I first came

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01:02:23,669 --> 01:02:27,873
to her with this idea about giving back, because I once was

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01:02:27,873 --> 01:02:32,478
a young mother that did it by myself, and my kid wanted to

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01:02:32,478 --> 01:02:36,820
play ball and I didn't have the funds. And someone came and

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01:02:36,820 --> 01:02:40,753
supported me. And so I wanted to move forward. My son had

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01:02:40,753 --> 01:02:44,691
this opportunity being a mother, a single mother of two that

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01:02:44,691 --> 01:02:47,894
suffered kidney failure at the time, was on dialysis for five

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01:02:47,894 --> 01:02:52,698
years and was able to stand beside my kids. And I talked to

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01:02:52,698 --> 01:02:55,435
Miss Anderson and she said, sure, I'll help you with

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01:02:55,435 --> 01:02:58,638
whatever you have to do. And so I just want to just thank each

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01:02:58,638 --> 01:03:02,709
and every one of you for the opportunity. Now, with the

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01:03:02,709 --> 01:03:07,848
awards, we had a little mishap inside. We on the day, we had

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01:03:07,848 --> 01:03:13,986
all the awards for all of you. Commissioner, you received your

767
01:03:13,986 --> 01:03:17,523
you received yours. But for some kind of way, somebody

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01:03:17,523 --> 01:03:20,727
disappeared. But I'm going to tell you, we will have your

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01:03:20,727 --> 01:03:24,663
plaques here in hand. Okay. So our award is your success, and

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01:03:24,663 --> 01:03:26,866
the success that Marquis and the Foundation are bestowing

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01:03:26,866 --> 01:03:30,690
upon the kids. That's that's the award. So thank you so much.

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01:03:30,690 --> 01:03:34,140
Yeah. Thank you. And I truly appreciate each and every one

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01:03:34,140 --> 01:03:40,140
of you. Thank you, thank you. Commissioner Anderson, you are

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01:03:40,879 --> 01:03:42,950
in green because of the Philadelphia Eagles or just

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01:03:42,950 --> 01:03:49,355
because it's a nice color. Hey, money. I just like to say thank

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01:03:49,355 --> 01:03:53,893
you all for your support. And remember, always remember that

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01:03:53,893 --> 01:04:00,320
the Marquis day is always the 2nd July, second Saturday in

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01:04:00,320 --> 01:04:05,360
July. And after you all leave and change up, I still want you

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01:04:05,360 --> 01:04:08,440
all to support him. That's why I don't live here anymore. But

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01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:12,644
I still come back and support. And I still love Hollywood.

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01:04:12,644 --> 01:04:18,440
Okay. Thank you, thank you, thank you Commissioner. Thank

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01:04:19,519 --> 01:04:23,122
you all. Well, we have one final presentation. It's item

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28. It's a celebration. A celebration, is it Andrea

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01:04:29,462 --> 01:04:31,663
Winget? She's the director of development services along with

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01:04:31,663 --> 01:04:33,599
Russell Long. He's of course, the chief building official

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01:04:33,599 --> 01:04:36,335
here in Hollywood about the successful launch of phase two

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01:04:36,335 --> 01:04:40,339
of the Acela permitting software, a large undertaking.

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01:04:40,339 --> 01:04:42,474
Andrea and Russell, congratulations on on this

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01:04:42,474 --> 01:04:45,411
launch. Thank you. So good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor,

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01:04:45,411 --> 01:04:48,614
city commissioners. Andrea Winget, director of development

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01:04:48,614 --> 01:04:51,550
services. We have several staff members in the audience. You're

792
01:04:51,550 --> 01:04:54,353
welcome to please come up. Come on up building here,

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01:04:54,353 --> 01:04:58,290
development services. You know, as the mayor said, this is a

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01:04:58,290 --> 01:05:02,361
celebration, not just a Cela. And, you know, we're we're

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01:05:02,361 --> 01:05:07,299
really here today to celebrate a huge milestone, not just for

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01:05:07,299 --> 01:05:10,970
the Department of Development Services, but for the city, for

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01:05:10,970 --> 01:05:14,106
the residents, and for all of the other departments who

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01:05:14,106 --> 01:05:19,178
helped make this happen. For us, this has been a multiyear

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01:05:19,178 --> 01:05:23,315
project that incorporated two phases that has taken a

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01:05:23,315 --> 01:05:27,186
significant amount of staff time from a variety of

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01:05:27,186 --> 01:05:32,191
departments and resources within the city. And, you know,

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01:05:32,191 --> 01:05:35,728
we have gone live with Acela, which is our new building

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01:05:35,728 --> 01:05:40,799
permit process management for from a variety of not just

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01:05:40,799 --> 01:05:44,200
permits, but from items that public utilities takes in,

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01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:48,674
zoning takes in and everybody and we're here today to

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01:05:48,674 --> 01:05:53,413
celebrate that. We're here to expand our digital services and

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01:05:53,413 --> 01:05:58,830
look at how we manage paperwork between departments and between

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01:05:58,830 --> 01:06:04,683
our customers. And. You know, what this represents is truly a

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01:06:07,359 --> 01:06:11,964
true digital platform for, you know, we have been taking

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01:06:11,964 --> 01:06:16,368
things in via email, but we have not had a portal where

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01:06:16,368 --> 01:06:21,390
customers can be directly responsible for their papers

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01:06:21,390 --> 01:06:24,710
and their permits and their processes that they need to

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01:06:24,710 --> 01:06:28,580
come through the city in a regulatory manner for. And this

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01:06:28,580 --> 01:06:32,118
really is a true digital service that the city is

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01:06:32,118 --> 01:06:35,718
launching holistically across multiple departments. It

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01:06:36,121 --> 01:06:39,258
increases our ability to communicate across departments,

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01:06:39,258 --> 01:06:42,995
to be able to see the same thing real time by everybody,

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01:06:42,995 --> 01:06:47,199
whether you're in the field or you're in the office, and just

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01:06:47,199 --> 01:06:50,202
creates better workflows and process improvement for

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01:06:50,202 --> 01:06:52,804
everyone. And so now our building official, Russell Long,

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01:06:52,804 --> 01:06:56,609
is going to take us through a couple other portions of this,

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01:06:56,609 --> 01:07:04,409
and then I'll wrap it up at the end. Thank you. Andrea, you

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01:07:04,550 --> 01:07:09,621
already went on this one. How to create and access your

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01:07:09,621 --> 01:07:12,491
account. A simple, straightforward process. In the

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01:07:12,491 --> 01:07:16,280
Acela platform, you can create your username, your password,

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01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:19,565
your email. The benefits of having an account in Acela is

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01:07:19,565 --> 01:07:23,315
that you can monitor your permits, your properties,

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01:07:23,315 --> 01:07:26,919
schedule inspections, upload documents. You can control the

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01:07:26,919 --> 01:07:32,319
activity that you are directly involved with. Customers with

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01:07:32,324 --> 01:07:36,928
or without an account. Can search permits, can look up

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01:07:36,928 --> 01:07:41,128
properties records using address folio numbers or

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01:07:42,670 --> 01:07:44,870
contractor or owner's name. These simple tools create a

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01:07:44,870 --> 01:07:49,700
more convenient, transparent and accessible experience while

834
01:07:50,341 --> 01:07:55,741
reducing the need to contact staff for basic information.

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01:07:56,348 --> 01:07:59,952
This is an address based search that displays the information

836
01:07:59,952 --> 01:08:03,755
associated with the property entered in the search bar. The

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01:08:03,755 --> 01:08:08,227
search results include. Certificate use BSIP which is

838
01:08:08,227 --> 01:08:12,898
your building safety inspection program. History code violation

839
01:08:12,898 --> 01:08:15,901
history permitting history for the property. That's that's in

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01:08:15,901 --> 01:08:22,307
the search. We also know that Acela is also streamlining the

841
01:08:22,307 --> 01:08:25,244
process, the certificate use and the zoning verification

842
01:08:25,244 --> 01:08:28,844
letter process clearly demonstrates the operational

843
01:08:28,847 --> 01:08:33,520
value of phase two automation with a seller. Both are high

844
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:36,540
volume processes that previously required significant

845
01:08:36,540 --> 01:08:41,326
manual intake, additional time spent for research, routing and

846
01:08:41,326 --> 01:08:45,630
tracking, and processing by staff. Phase two automates

847
01:08:45,630 --> 01:08:49,263
these key steps, including application intake, Review

848
01:08:49,535 --> 01:08:53,472
routing and reducing staff touch points and administrative

849
01:08:53,472 --> 01:08:57,743
delays. Overall, the automated workflow provides a greater

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01:08:57,743 --> 01:09:01,790
efficiency, consistency and visibility throughout the

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01:09:01,790 --> 01:09:04,282
review process. Before processes that took weeks now

852
01:09:04,282 --> 01:09:08,953
takes minutes. Automation is also tied to the GIS system

853
01:09:08,953 --> 01:09:12,491
that verifies whether an application complies with the

854
01:09:12,491 --> 01:09:19,910
city zoning ordinances. In a cellar. We also have a GIS

855
01:09:19,564 --> 01:09:24,770
mapping. If you go to the city's website under permits at

856
01:09:24,770 --> 01:09:27,706
the bottom of the screen, you'll see where the red arrow

857
01:09:27,706 --> 01:09:35,506
showing you to find the GIS mapping for a cellar. This is a

858
01:09:35,580 --> 01:09:39,518
GIS map where you can view permits related to the

859
01:09:39,518 --> 01:09:42,721
information by location. As you can see, the City Hall is

860
01:09:42,721 --> 01:09:45,791
selected here. If you click on any of the blue dots, it will

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01:09:45,791 --> 01:09:52,391
tell you the information under that property. I do have a

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01:09:56,801 --> 01:09:59,671
speech I want to write. Before I do that, I'd like to make a

863
01:09:59,671 --> 01:10:02,274
statement to the mayor, commissioners, city Manager's

864
01:10:02,274 --> 01:10:07,612
office. I want to take a moment to thank each of you for your

865
01:10:07,612 --> 01:10:11,216
support, your continued support, and your vision during the

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01:10:11,216 --> 01:10:16,210
implementation of the city of the permitting software system.

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But today, I want to recognize sincerely thank City of

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01:10:22,761 --> 01:10:26,364
Hollywood staff that have worked tirelessly, tirelessly

869
01:10:26,364 --> 01:10:30,235
for the past two and a half years to test, develop, and

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01:10:30,235 --> 01:10:34,506
implement our newest permitting software system. Two and a half

871
01:10:34,506 --> 01:10:38,977
years. That's just since we started with the seller. We

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01:10:38,977 --> 01:10:42,180
actually started this three years ago and it's been a

873
01:10:42,180 --> 01:10:45,784
process. This has been a tremendous team effort

874
01:10:45,784 --> 01:10:49,721
involving departments across the city, including building,

875
01:10:49,721 --> 01:10:53,321
planning and zoning, engineering, public utilities,

876
01:10:53,992 --> 01:10:57,592
fire code, compliance, treasury information, Information

877
01:10:59,131 --> 01:11:04,136
Technology, CMD and the city's clerk's office. Over the past

878
01:11:04,136 --> 01:11:07,806
two and a half years, our staff spent countless hours testing

879
01:11:07,806 --> 01:11:11,676
the system, identifying problems, working through the

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01:11:11,676 --> 01:11:15,680
challenges, retesting and helping ensure that the system

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01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:19,684
works for our residents, the businesses, contractors and the

882
01:11:19,684 --> 01:11:23,870
employees and staff did this while continuing to perform

883
01:11:23,870 --> 01:11:28,487
their regular responsibilities. Many of many of the staff

884
01:11:30,950 --> 01:11:33,365
stayed late. They worked many hours beyond what was expected

885
01:11:33,365 --> 01:11:37,903
of them. They went above and beyond because they. They

886
01:11:37,903 --> 01:11:41,239
understood how important the project is to the city and to

887
01:11:41,239 --> 01:11:45,577
the people we serve. This accomplishment is not the work

888
01:11:45,577 --> 01:11:49,848
of one department or one individual. It is the result of

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01:11:49,848 --> 01:11:54,480
teamwork, dedication, patience for perseverance and shared

890
01:11:55,653 --> 01:11:59,724
commitment to improve the service to our community. So to

891
01:11:59,724 --> 01:12:03,795
every employee who contributed to these to these over the past

892
01:12:03,795 --> 01:12:07,650
two and a half years, I want to say thank you for your hard

893
01:12:07,650 --> 01:12:10,680
work, your professionalism and dedication to the city of

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01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:12,871
Hollywood. Your commitment has made a difference and it

895
01:12:12,871 --> 01:12:15,874
deserves recognition and appreciation. So on behalf of

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01:12:15,874 --> 01:12:19,544
the City of Hollywood, I want to thank you. Building. I want

897
01:12:19,544 --> 01:12:22,613
to thank you. Planning and zoning. I want to thank you

898
01:12:22,613 --> 01:12:25,150
engineering. I want to thank you, Public Utilities. I want

899
01:12:25,150 --> 01:12:29,870
to thank you. Fire. I want to thank you. Code compliance. I

900
01:12:29,870 --> 01:12:33,250
want to thank you, Treasury. I want to thank you. ITI want to

901
01:12:33,250 --> 01:12:37,362
thank you seemed and I want to thank you. City clerk's office.

902
01:12:37,362 --> 01:12:41,299
And most importantly, I want to thank each and every employee,

903
01:12:41,299 --> 01:12:45,236
manager, supervisor, project team member in the department

904
01:12:45,236 --> 01:12:49,974
representative who contributed to this effort. The success of

905
01:12:49,974 --> 01:12:53,912
this project is a reflection of your professionalism, your

906
01:12:53,912 --> 01:12:58,650
teamwork, and your dedication to the City of Hollywood. Two

907
01:12:58,650 --> 01:13:01,986
and a half years of testing, preparation, problem solving,

908
01:13:01,986 --> 01:13:05,524
and implementation is a remarkable commitment. The

909
01:13:05,524 --> 01:13:09,728
hours you invested, especially the hours your normal

910
01:13:09,728 --> 01:13:13,328
responsibilities, demonstrate something that cannot be

911
01:13:13,398 --> 01:13:17,669
purchased or programed into into a computer. A genuine

912
01:13:17,669 --> 01:13:22,674
commitment to public service. I hope each of you understand how

913
01:13:22,674 --> 01:13:28,674
much your work is appreciated. Today we are recognizing more

914
01:13:29,481 --> 01:13:33,101
than just the implementation of a new software system. We are

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01:13:33,101 --> 01:13:35,770
recognizing the people behind it, the people who gave their

916
01:13:35,770 --> 01:13:39,240
time, their knowledge, their energy, and their dedication to

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01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:43,845
move the city forward. Thank you for your work of the extra

918
01:13:43,845 --> 01:13:46,847
hours. Thank you for going above and beyond. Thank you for

919
01:13:46,847 --> 01:13:51,853
your patience and perseverance. And most importantly, thank you

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01:13:51,853 --> 01:13:55,123
for for caring about the city of Hollywood and the people we

921
01:13:55,123 --> 01:13:58,127
serve. This accomplishment accomplishment belongs to all

922
01:13:58,127 --> 01:14:01,662
of you. Congratulations and thank you for extraordinary job.

923
01:14:01,662 --> 01:14:07,620
Well done. Good job. So everything that Russell talked

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01:14:21,749 --> 01:14:25,488
about really, you know, couldn't, you know, couldn't

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01:14:25,488 --> 01:14:29,290
happen without the team who's here today. And it was really

926
01:14:29,290 --> 01:14:32,894
about when we kind of look back over time and we look to where

927
01:14:32,894 --> 01:14:35,897
we've come from to where we've gone, it's really about the

928
01:14:35,897 --> 01:14:39,367
impact and the innovation, the process improvement, our

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01:14:39,367 --> 01:14:44,167
customer service and the technology that we're bringing

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01:14:44,505 --> 01:14:51,312
to to the residents. Is that why? So, you know, there was

931
01:14:51,312 --> 01:14:55,249
countless trainings that were done internally and externally.

932
01:14:55,249 --> 01:14:58,453
There have not only been trainings on how to use this

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01:14:58,453 --> 01:15:03,853
software, but customer service training and learning how to

934
01:15:03,925 --> 01:15:06,794
adapt to change. We specifically had targeted

935
01:15:06,794 --> 01:15:09,797
trainings within all of the users for the departments that

936
01:15:09,797 --> 01:15:16,137
are using this. And with that mayor, vice mayor, and city

937
01:15:16,137 --> 01:15:20,608
commissioners, it's I ask that you please come together, if

938
01:15:20,608 --> 01:15:25,146
you can, on the dais. For me, it's time to celebrate. And so

939
01:15:25,146 --> 01:15:30,546
if we can accelerate, accelerate excella for our new

940
01:15:30,618 --> 01:15:34,154
permitting software system. So if we can all gather together

941
01:15:34,154 --> 01:15:40,154
for that. And and you're, you know, this represents us

942
01:15:40,694 --> 01:15:43,831
turning the system on and moving us forward at the city

943
01:15:43,831 --> 01:15:47,501
into a new digital era for all of us. So if you can all lean

944
01:15:47,501 --> 01:15:52,240
in and mayor, we're going to ask you to please, with your

945
01:15:52,240 --> 01:15:55,443
colleagues, turn the button on. I'm going to count down. Are

946
01:15:55,443 --> 01:16:01,443
you counting down, mayor? Yep. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

947
01:16:14,620 --> 01:16:19,462
Okay. Wow. That's amazing. Thank you. Okay. Good enough.

948
01:16:29,143 --> 01:16:32,747
And so the video that's playing represents the amount of papers

949
01:16:32,747 --> 01:16:37,885
in our prior processes. That is now going away as we flip the

950
01:16:37,885 --> 01:16:43,285
switch and we accelerate into our future together. Okay.

951
01:17:00,908 --> 01:17:05,446
Congratulations. Well, on behalf of the City Commission

952
01:17:05,446 --> 01:17:10,318
and the residents and business owners, Russell and Team Andrea,

953
01:17:10,318 --> 01:17:14,655
Jim, everybody, thank you so much. We know when we charged

954
01:17:14,655 --> 01:17:19,590
the city manager, city managers ago as well to help expedite

955
01:17:19,590 --> 01:17:23,197
the permitting process, we knew a lot of it would require new

956
01:17:23,197 --> 01:17:27,397
software, simultaneous review from the various disciplines,

957
01:17:27,935 --> 01:17:31,472
and just overall process improvement. And through those

958
01:17:31,472 --> 01:17:35,143
years, we've not only invested in Acela first phase, second

959
01:17:35,143 --> 01:17:39,790
phase, but also built the brand new development services

960
01:17:39,790 --> 01:17:42,350
department and divisions up over the library and on the

961
01:17:42,350 --> 01:17:47,421
second floor. And we also added a lot of new team members to

962
01:17:47,421 --> 01:17:50,224
the building division to help get things processed. So all

963
01:17:50,224 --> 01:17:53,494
that together, it really is a new moment in time, a new,

964
01:17:53,494 --> 01:17:56,431
modern moment for the city of Hollywood. And we know we have

965
01:17:56,431 --> 01:17:59,967
aspirations to even continue to migrate additional customer

966
01:17:59,967 --> 01:18:03,838
touch points to Acela to both give the staff and of course,

967
01:18:03,838 --> 01:18:07,174
the residents and businesses first and foremost, an easier

968
01:18:07,174 --> 01:18:10,778
time transacting with the city and, you know, getting their

969
01:18:10,778 --> 01:18:12,980
building permits processed and their approvals and their

970
01:18:12,980 --> 01:18:16,316
business licenses process as quick as possible. We all know

971
01:18:16,316 --> 01:18:19,321
all the hopes and dreams that we have for the city. I always

972
01:18:19,321 --> 01:18:22,257
say, even those that we talk about with our own capital

973
01:18:22,257 --> 01:18:24,324
improvement projects that we talked about this morning

974
01:18:24,324 --> 01:18:27,610
during the workshop, all need to flow through the building

975
01:18:27,610 --> 01:18:30,531
division and building permit review and approval. And so

976
01:18:30,531 --> 01:18:34,868
your accelerated momentum now and your your new processes

977
01:18:34,868 --> 01:18:37,873
will help serve both what we do internally and of course, every

978
01:18:37,873 --> 01:18:40,208
other hope and dream for Hollywood business owners and

979
01:18:40,208 --> 01:18:42,543
residents here in the city of Hollywood as they look to

980
01:18:42,543 --> 01:18:45,679
improve their property and in the end, grow our tax base and

981
01:18:45,679 --> 01:18:49,617
make us more self-sufficient through our own internal growth

982
01:18:49,617 --> 01:18:52,687
that we help support out there in the community. So thank you

983
01:18:52,687 --> 01:18:56,490
all so much. Really proud moment, and we look forward to

984
01:18:56,490 --> 01:19:00,270
continuing to help you and give you the tools needed to be the

985
01:19:00,270 --> 01:19:02,630
best building division and best development services that we

986
01:19:02,630 --> 01:19:11,300
can be in the state of Florida. So thank you so much. All right.

987
01:19:11,906 --> 01:19:15,643
Now, I really feel we can adjourn the meeting, but no,

988
01:19:15,643 --> 01:19:18,450
thank you all to everybody from Development Services.

989
01:19:18,450 --> 01:19:21,645
Appreciate it. Congratulations. Congratulations, Russell. I

990
01:19:23,510 --> 01:19:25,920
hope you have some fresh fruit for them or something. Some

991
01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:30,458
kind of celebration. The celebration must continue. All

992
01:19:30,458 --> 01:19:37,580
right. All right. It is a little bit past 130. So let's

993
01:19:41,850 --> 01:19:44,755
head head through our agenda in order of the the agenda here

994
01:19:44,755 --> 01:19:48,692
130 time certain items. This is an ordinance on second reading

995
01:19:48,692 --> 01:19:51,562
advertised in conformance with state statutes and city codes

996
01:19:51,562 --> 01:19:54,165
as a public hearing. No changes since the first reading from

997
01:19:54,165 --> 01:19:56,635
the Department of Utilities. Item 29, An ordinance of the

998
01:19:56,635 --> 01:19:58,904
City Hollywood amending chapter 51 of the Code of Ordinances,

999
01:19:58,904 --> 01:20:01,638
entitled water to update the current regulations relating to

1000
01:20:01,638 --> 01:20:03,841
accounts and procedures providing for severability

1001
01:20:03,841 --> 01:20:06,710
clause, Repealer provision, codification and effective date.

1002
01:20:06,710 --> 01:20:11,480
Of course, you all remember before the break we had a long

1003
01:20:11,480 --> 01:20:15,720
first reading that where utilities had gone through, you

1004
01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:18,390
know, all the details of this new ordinance that provides a

1005
01:20:18,390 --> 01:20:22,526
lot of opportunity to streamline, even in the case of,

1006
01:20:22,526 --> 01:20:27,198
of, of utilities. The process is for our residents and for

1007
01:20:27,198 --> 01:20:33,670
our customers. And so are there any speaker cards on item 29?

1008
01:20:33,670 --> 01:20:40,870
And Ralston, please come on up. Just. Okay. There you go. This

1009
01:20:50,620 --> 01:20:54,960
was from the meeting before for the. And they were actually 29

1010
01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:59,296
and 30 on the last agenda, I think, or 29 and 30, 31 I think

1011
01:20:59,296 --> 01:21:02,967
could be exact. That was what was printed, what I printed for

1012
01:21:02,967 --> 01:21:08,572
the meeting right before break. This is what is the backup for

1013
01:21:08,572 --> 01:21:11,108
today's on second reading. I don't know why they're

1014
01:21:11,108 --> 01:21:15,312
different. This is the update. The rates don't make sense to

1015
01:21:15,312 --> 01:21:21,912
me. From what I remember on these. These rates were going

1016
01:21:22,252 --> 01:21:28,852
up 25% each year for three years on water and sewer. That

1017
01:21:29,192 --> 01:21:34,131
was back then. This was from a report done in 25, which is the

1018
01:21:34,131 --> 01:21:41,331
backup now. It shows us. As number four in the highest in

1019
01:21:41,405 --> 01:21:46,677
water sewer rates. I am now paying instead of $93.72

1020
01:21:46,677 --> 01:21:49,613
because I don't use enough. That's my base rate whether I

1021
01:21:49,613 --> 01:21:54,285
use it or not. So I don't I don't conserve well, I try to

1022
01:21:54,285 --> 01:22:00,491
conserve, but I pay for non use is now $100. So we're still at

1023
01:22:00,491 --> 01:22:05,829
fourth. But when you approve these you are going to really

1024
01:22:05,829 --> 01:22:10,501
hurt residents water and sewer bills. And I don't care how you

1025
01:22:10,501 --> 01:22:15,973
want to spin it. I'm sorry but the well gets dry on fixed

1026
01:22:15,973 --> 01:22:19,977
incomes, especially when you talk about senior citizens and

1027
01:22:19,977 --> 01:22:25,983
taking care of people. This is your you're feeding us to death.

1028
01:22:25,983 --> 01:22:32,560
So please be very careful when you do this. Thank you. So this

1029
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:37,194
item is the the ordinance update with regards to the

1030
01:22:37,194 --> 01:22:40,664
regulations and the accounts and procedures. And so I'd like

1031
01:22:40,664 --> 01:22:43,934
to entertain a close the public hearing that was open and close

1032
01:22:43,934 --> 01:22:48,806
the public hearing. I'd like to accept a motion on the item. We

1033
01:22:48,806 --> 01:22:51,208
have a motion for Commissioner Biederman and a second from

1034
01:22:51,208 --> 01:22:55,613
Vice Mayor Clary to approve item 29. City attorney, please

1035
01:22:55,613 --> 01:22:59,217
read the ordinance and let's read the get the call, the roll

1036
01:22:59,217 --> 01:23:03,200
call vote on an ordinance of the City of Hollywood, Florida,

1037
01:23:03,200 --> 01:23:07,758
amending chapter 51 of the Code of Ordinances entitled water to

1038
01:23:07,758 --> 01:23:11,762
update the current regulations relating to accounts and

1039
01:23:11,762 --> 01:23:14,631
procedures providing for severability clause and

1040
01:23:14,631 --> 01:23:17,435
Repealer provision, codification and an effective

1041
01:23:17,435 --> 01:23:21,635
date. Commissioner Quintana yes. Commissioner Shuhan. Yes.

1042
01:23:23,974 --> 01:23:27,978
Commissioner Hernandez yes. Vice mayor. Kolody. Yes.

1043
01:23:27,978 --> 01:23:31,248
Commissioner Gruber. Yes. Commissioner. Biederman. Yes.

1044
01:23:31,248 --> 01:23:34,452
Mayor. Levy. Yes. All right. Let's show the ordinance

1045
01:23:34,452 --> 01:23:37,788
passing unanimously on second reading. And I know Phyllis is

1046
01:23:37,788 --> 01:23:41,925
here, and she would be prepared to provide a quick update. But

1047
01:23:41,925 --> 01:23:44,328
this particular ordinance change really helps to relax a

1048
01:23:44,328 --> 01:23:49,934
lot of the leak reviews and the extends opportunities for

1049
01:23:49,934 --> 01:23:53,537
residents to have better recourse with the city and very

1050
01:23:53,537 --> 01:23:56,406
many across many different areas. And so it's a it's a

1051
01:23:56,406 --> 01:24:01,146
helpful provision. I'm sorry. Right. Yeah. The next item is

1052
01:24:01,146 --> 01:24:05,682
the rates. Item 30 is an ordinance of the City of

1053
01:24:05,682 --> 01:24:08,685
Hollywood amending section 52.5, three of the Code of Ordinances,

1054
01:24:08,685 --> 01:24:11,622
entitled Rates and Charges for the use of the system, updating

1055
01:24:11,622 --> 01:24:13,356
the current regulations relating to accounts and

1056
01:24:13,356 --> 01:24:15,559
procedures and providing for severability codification

1057
01:24:15,559 --> 01:24:18,362
effective date. This is also an ordinance on second reading

1058
01:24:18,362 --> 01:24:20,497
advertising conformance with state statutes and city codes

1059
01:24:20,497 --> 01:24:24,350
as a public hearing without any changes since the first reading

1060
01:24:24,350 --> 01:24:27,304
from DP, you. I'll go ahead and open the public hearing. Are

1061
01:24:27,304 --> 01:24:33,904
there any speaker cards on 30. And Ralston, please come on up.

1062
01:24:38,115 --> 01:24:44,715
We'll just skip out on him. It's the same. It's basically

1063
01:24:46,724 --> 01:24:50,394
the same thing. I said, there's no need to repeat myself, but

1064
01:24:50,394 --> 01:24:54,398
just be careful sometimes what you wish for. Also, I do

1065
01:24:54,398 --> 01:25:00,470
believe that this is a sneaky little way for the residents on

1066
01:25:00,470 --> 01:25:04,475
sewer to pay for separate septic to sewer. So we're going

1067
01:25:04,475 --> 01:25:09,790
to keep an eye out. Public hearing is now closed just for

1068
01:25:09,790 --> 01:25:11,949
the public record. I just want to clarify for those watching,

1069
01:25:11,949 --> 01:25:16,286
of course, the city is responsible and we have the the

1070
01:25:16,286 --> 01:25:19,624
the role and the responsibility to provide clean drinking water

1071
01:25:19,624 --> 01:25:22,759
and treat wastewater in the city of Hollywood. We have

1072
01:25:22,759 --> 01:25:26,310
regional plants in the wastewater plant. We have, of

1073
01:25:26,310 --> 01:25:30,701
course, the water treatment plant. And those plants are

1074
01:25:30,701 --> 01:25:35,773
aging and are 70 plus years old and need a lot of work. And so

1075
01:25:35,773 --> 01:25:39,309
our staff brought forward to us a plan where across the board,

1076
01:25:39,309 --> 01:25:43,180
both the water plant and the wastewater plant will be

1077
01:25:43,180 --> 01:25:47,184
improved and modernized and practically rebuilt and brought

1078
01:25:47,184 --> 01:25:50,187
to the modern era, like the Acela did for the building

1079
01:25:50,187 --> 01:25:53,477
division. And unfortunately, that costs hundreds of millions

1080
01:25:53,477 --> 01:25:58,749
of dollars. And so these rate increases. None of us enjoy

1081
01:25:58,749 --> 01:26:02,819
having to increase anything in the city, but we do have to pay

1082
01:26:02,819 --> 01:26:05,689
for the plants in order for them to continue to provide the

1083
01:26:05,689 --> 01:26:08,826
service, to treat wastewater and to provide clean drinking

1084
01:26:08,826 --> 01:26:12,290
water. It's an obligation of ours. There's we're going to

1085
01:26:12,290 --> 01:26:15,364
look for every efficient way to undertake those hundreds of

1086
01:26:15,364 --> 01:26:18,902
million dollars of projects. And so part of that, of course,

1087
01:26:18,902 --> 01:26:23,372
is going to be born on the on the ratepayers. And so we did

1088
01:26:23,372 --> 01:26:28,445
come up with a plan that was smooth to be as as as efficient

1089
01:26:28,445 --> 01:26:30,446
as possible. Even from an affordability standpoint,

1090
01:26:30,446 --> 01:26:33,450
though, I do not disagree, these are significant rate

1091
01:26:33,450 --> 01:26:37,520
increases for the next 3 or 4 years. And then they're going

1092
01:26:37,520 --> 01:26:40,590
to it's going to continue to be high. And so that's just the

1093
01:26:40,590 --> 01:26:45,328
reality of, of repairing and updating very old water

1094
01:26:45,328 --> 01:26:49,733
treatment and, and water plants. City. City manager. Yeah. Mayor,

1095
01:26:49,733 --> 01:26:53,136
I just want to make sure, you know, you're absolutely right.

1096
01:26:53,136 --> 01:26:57,730
We have had extensive presentations regarding the

1097
01:26:57,730 --> 01:27:02,145
needs at our water and sewer treatment plants and within the

1098
01:27:02,145 --> 01:27:06,830
overall transmission system for water and the collection system

1099
01:27:06,830 --> 01:27:11,354
for our wastewater plant. And we've presented those rates,

1100
01:27:11,354 --> 01:27:14,826
you know, and adopted them back in July. And I know that that

1101
01:27:14,826 --> 01:27:18,162
was very challenging for the commission. This particular

1102
01:27:18,162 --> 01:27:22,365
these particular two items are actually designed to update our

1103
01:27:22,365 --> 01:27:27,771
code of ordinances as to how sewer credits and water credits

1104
01:27:27,771 --> 01:27:32,420
are applied when there are a leak, and when we have a

1105
01:27:32,420 --> 01:27:35,645
situation where we need to look back where maybe a meter has

1106
01:27:35,645 --> 01:27:40,383
not been functioning properly previously, we would be able to

1107
01:27:40,383 --> 01:27:44,721
look back 36 months, and that was a really long time, maybe

1108
01:27:44,721 --> 01:27:47,457
actually even longer. Five years. Sorry, five years. Like

1109
01:27:47,457 --> 01:27:51,127
that's not the right number. And now we're really, we've

1110
01:27:51,127 --> 01:27:56,199
limited that to a 12 month look back. So it actually, these are

1111
01:27:56,199 --> 01:27:59,669
customer service enhancements that you're voting on today.

1112
01:27:59,669 --> 01:28:04,600
Absolutely lutely. We have needed to look at significant

1113
01:28:04,600 --> 01:28:07,544
rate increases. And those were attached to this agenda item.

1114
01:28:07,544 --> 01:28:12,615
So people are aware of that. But really as it specifically

1115
01:28:12,615 --> 01:28:17,220
relates to these two ordinances that are before you today, the

1116
01:28:17,220 --> 01:28:21,357
concept is really just to make it more customer friendly. When

1117
01:28:21,357 --> 01:28:25,280
you do have a leak and you need to apply for a credit, or when

1118
01:28:25,280 --> 01:28:29,899
you do get that estimated bill or you have a meter problem,

1119
01:28:29,899 --> 01:28:33,504
how that gets resolved more quickly. So that's just wanted

1120
01:28:33,504 --> 01:28:37,374
to clarify that. Thank you. This at this time, no, this

1121
01:28:37,374 --> 01:28:40,444
time I'll invite members of the body to make a motion or for

1122
01:28:40,444 --> 01:28:45,244
any comment. Commissioner Hernandez thank you. Mayor, the

1123
01:28:45,315 --> 01:28:48,510
question that I have is I wanted to make sure that what

1124
01:28:48,510 --> 01:28:51,321
we talked about, where we can have to fix the meters within

1125
01:28:51,321 --> 01:28:54,391
the three months, is this part of this ordinance or is that

1126
01:28:54,391 --> 01:28:57,994
something that it's. No, it's not part of this ordinance, but

1127
01:28:57,994 --> 01:29:00,863
it you know, that is our commitment that we are working

1128
01:29:00,863 --> 01:29:04,680
to be able to fix those right away. Do not believe. And the

1129
01:29:04,680 --> 01:29:06,736
reason why was because there was support from the commission

1130
01:29:06,736 --> 01:29:09,272
in order for that to be established, how does how is

1131
01:29:09,272 --> 01:29:12,341
that going to be established if it's not going to be part of

1132
01:29:12,341 --> 01:29:15,745
the ordinance? And don't we can we can absolutely look at that.

1133
01:29:15,745 --> 01:29:19,349
And if we need to further, if the desire of the Commission is

1134
01:29:19,349 --> 01:29:22,419
to further codify that, we are obviously. We had a budget

1135
01:29:22,419 --> 01:29:25,755
workshop this morning, and a big part of that was, how do we

1136
01:29:25,755 --> 01:29:28,825
create the staffing that we need to make sure that when we

1137
01:29:28,825 --> 01:29:32,429
have those meter transmission unit issues, that we address

1138
01:29:32,429 --> 01:29:38,235
them. This is looking at if we have a situation where we are

1139
01:29:38,235 --> 01:29:41,171
needing to where we've estimated a bill and we're

1140
01:29:41,171 --> 01:29:44,174
doing a lookback, it limits the time frame. I understand what

1141
01:29:44,174 --> 01:29:47,577
this is and I think it helps the residents, period. But my

1142
01:29:47,577 --> 01:29:51,181
point is, and some of my friends kind of joke with me.

1143
01:29:51,181 --> 01:29:54,650
Yeah, trust, but verify because I ask a lot of questions when

1144
01:29:54,650 --> 01:29:59,122
it comes to this. And I do not distrust the staff, but the

1145
01:29:59,122 --> 01:30:02,580
support from the commission and the commitment was that you

1146
01:30:02,580 --> 01:30:05,995
would only go back three months. Now, this is 12 months. And if

1147
01:30:05,995 --> 01:30:09,599
there's a broken meter, I'm getting calls on a regular

1148
01:30:09,599 --> 01:30:11,935
basis. And some of the staff have said, well, you're not

1149
01:30:11,935 --> 01:30:15,710
getting 40,000 calls. I may not, but we haven't gone through all

1150
01:30:15,710 --> 01:30:18,608
of the meters yet. I just want not only the commitment, but I

1151
01:30:18,608 --> 01:30:21,678
want to see it, whether it's a resolution or whether it's part

1152
01:30:21,678 --> 01:30:25,810
of this ordinance that within 90 days, the meter issue will

1153
01:30:25,810 --> 01:30:28,351
be addressed. I don't want customers to continue to get,

1154
01:30:28,351 --> 01:30:31,889
oh, we're going to estimate back 12 months. And that's just

1155
01:30:31,889 --> 01:30:36,159
not fair to our residents. And if if we're looking to put

1156
01:30:36,159 --> 01:30:40,163
another 57 individuals to be able to work with us for the

1157
01:30:40,163 --> 01:30:42,699
City of Hollywood and the underground utility department,

1158
01:30:42,699 --> 01:30:45,101
we ought to be able to give that commitment to our

1159
01:30:45,101 --> 01:30:48,639
residents. That's all I'm saying. Yes, we we absolutely

1160
01:30:48,639 --> 01:30:53,577
we it is an operational process, and we are working on that

1161
01:30:53,577 --> 01:30:57,470
three month time frame. We as soon as we detect that there is

1162
01:30:57,470 --> 01:31:00,317
a problem, that is what we are doing. Can we have it as a

1163
01:31:00,317 --> 01:31:03,520
resolution? Was that not what we talked about? We could. Okay,

1164
01:31:03,520 --> 01:31:05,989
I would prefer to have a resolution. I'm okay passing

1165
01:31:05,989 --> 01:31:08,991
this and comments Peter, and we'll. Well, it's already has

1166
01:31:08,991 --> 01:31:14,798
support so. Okay. Good. Thank you. Okay. All right. Motion to

1167
01:31:14,798 --> 01:31:19,870
approve. All right. We do have a motion and a second from

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01:31:19,870 --> 01:31:25,208
Commissioner Biederman, second from Vice Mayor calorie on on

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01:31:25,208 --> 01:31:28,678
on the ordinance item 30. Let's go ahead and read the ordinance

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01:31:28,678 --> 01:31:31,614
and call the roll call vote. An ordinance of the City of

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01:31:31,614 --> 01:31:36,286
Hollywood, Florida, amending section 52.53 of the Code of

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01:31:36,286 --> 01:31:40,223
Ordinances entitled Rates and Charges for Use of System to

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01:31:40,223 --> 01:31:43,627
update the current regulations relating to accounts and

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01:31:43,627 --> 01:31:46,830
procedures providing for repeal, severability codification and

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01:31:46,830 --> 01:31:51,300
an effective date. Commissioner Quintana. Yes, Commissioner.

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01:31:52,835 --> 01:31:57,635
Yes. Commissioner. Hernandez. Yes. Vice mayor. Kolody. Yes.

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01:31:57,841 --> 01:32:01,197
Commissioner. Gruber. Yes. Commissioner. Biederman. Yes.

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01:32:01,197 --> 01:32:04,400
Mayor. Levy. Yes. All right. Let's show the ordinance

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01:32:04,400 --> 01:32:09,939
passing unanimously on second reading. All right. On to item

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31. This is a resolution of the City Commission. City of

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01:32:12,343 --> 01:32:15,278
Hollywood accepting the Washington Park Industrial Area

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01:32:15,278 --> 01:32:16,947
Redevelopment Program recommendations, providing a

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01:32:16,947 --> 01:32:19,883
policy direction regarding phased implementation of the

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01:32:19,883 --> 01:32:22,850
recommendations, providing for certain limitations and

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01:32:22,850 --> 01:32:25,622
providing for an effective date. This is advertised as a public

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01:32:25,622 --> 01:32:29,225
hearing. This is a resolution before we open the item. I just

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01:32:29,225 --> 01:32:31,627
do want to put something on the record. There's been question

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01:32:31,627 --> 01:32:35,231
as to whether or not I would need to abstain from this item,

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01:32:35,231 --> 01:32:37,567
because I have family that owns property within Washington Park

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01:32:37,567 --> 01:32:41,571
Industrial Park. And so as required and as proper protocol,

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01:32:41,571 --> 01:32:44,774
I asked the city attorney the question. She researched the

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01:32:44,774 --> 01:32:47,178
matter and found that I have an obligation to participate on

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01:32:47,178 --> 01:32:50,246
the item. And because there is not a conflict of interest as

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01:32:50,246 --> 01:32:53,183
defined by Florida law. And so, city attorney, if you could

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01:32:53,183 --> 01:32:56,719
just summarize for the public record in regards to this

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01:32:56,719 --> 01:33:00,322
specific item in the vote today as a threshold consideration in

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01:33:00,322 --> 01:33:03,860
the analysis, we looked at what the item actually sought to do.

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This item is a nonbinding policy guidance and therefore

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confers no specific benefit to any property in the area, and

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01:33:12,802 --> 01:33:17,139
any benefit that is conferred is remote and speculative.

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01:33:17,139 --> 01:33:19,810
Further, the mayor has no personal ownership interest,

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01:33:19,810 --> 01:33:23,546
though his brothers do own land in the area. However, there is

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01:33:23,546 --> 01:33:27,551
no special economic, private gain or loss to the mayor or

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01:33:27,551 --> 01:33:31,554
any relative. The mayor is not required to abstain from

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01:33:31,554 --> 01:33:34,425
today's vote, as he mentioned, but this analysis does not

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01:33:34,425 --> 01:33:38,428
extend past today's vote. All right, so that resolves that.

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Thank you. All right. Andrea, please go ahead. Good afternoon,

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mayor, vice mayor, City Commissioners Andrea Winget,

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01:33:43,366 --> 01:33:46,350
director of development Services. And while we're

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01:33:46,350 --> 01:33:50,306
bringing up the presentation, we're we're here today to talk

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01:33:50,306 --> 01:33:53,906
about the comprehensive redevelopment program for

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01:33:54,511 --> 01:33:59,115
Washington Park. This has been a long time coming. And before

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01:33:59,115 --> 01:34:02,918
we get started, I would like to also thank. I know today is a

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01:34:02,918 --> 01:34:06,123
lot about a. Celebrations and things, but I really do want to

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01:34:06,123 --> 01:34:10,460
take a minute to thank the other departments who also

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01:34:10,460 --> 01:34:14,464
contributed to creating this vision for this area of the

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01:34:14,464 --> 01:34:19,264
city, and that extends far beyond development, services,

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01:34:19,468 --> 01:34:24,268
planning, engineering, building. It extends to the fire

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01:34:24,407 --> 01:34:28,700
department to code, compliance, parking, communications,

1220
01:34:29,946 --> 01:34:32,882
marketing and economic development. Because we could

1221
01:34:32,882 --> 01:34:36,286
never do anything independently or alone. It always takes a

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01:34:36,286 --> 01:34:39,956
team, especially when we're creating visions and master

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01:34:39,956 --> 01:34:42,625
planning certain areas of the city. And of course, I would

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01:34:42,625 --> 01:34:45,761
also like to thank the residents and those community

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01:34:45,761 --> 01:34:49,320
members and the commission for participating in your

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01:34:49,320 --> 01:34:53,703
contribution to this as well. So we started we started this

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01:34:53,703 --> 01:34:59,103
project in 2025. And at that time, the commission directed

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01:34:59,509 --> 01:35:04,909
city staff to come up with a comprehensive redevelopment

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01:35:06,249 --> 01:35:10,920
program for approximately 160 acres of the city, which we

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01:35:10,920 --> 01:35:14,924
generally know as Washington Park. The program looks

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01:35:14,924 --> 01:35:19,796
holistically at the future land use, zoning, urban design,

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01:35:19,796 --> 01:35:22,796
infrastructure, environmental economic development, and

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01:35:23,600 --> 01:35:27,804
opportunities for reinvestment in the area and the physical

1234
01:35:27,804 --> 01:35:31,941
improvements. It's not a document or just a collection

1235
01:35:31,941 --> 01:35:36,479
of recommendations. This is actually a vision and a

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01:35:36,479 --> 01:35:39,683
framework for the future of this area. It's a living

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01:35:39,683 --> 01:35:43,353
document. It's iterative. It will probably change over time

1238
01:35:43,353 --> 01:35:48,357
as we start to bring forward and implement portions of this

1239
01:35:48,357 --> 01:35:52,695
map, this vision or this master plan for this area, there's

1240
01:35:52,695 --> 01:35:55,564
individual initiatives that will require further commission

1241
01:35:55,564 --> 01:35:59,102
action and consideration by all stakeholders. What this

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01:35:59,102 --> 01:36:04,241
document is not is it does not change the zoning in this area.

1243
01:36:04,241 --> 01:36:08,644
It does not approve anything site specific for this area. It

1244
01:36:08,644 --> 01:36:12,849
does not change the land use. It is going to be a shared

1245
01:36:12,849 --> 01:36:18,849
unified vision so that staff can start to program different,

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01:36:18,988 --> 01:36:22,392
different items to move this area forward. And those items

1247
01:36:22,392 --> 01:36:26,796
are identified through the challenges, the risks and the

1248
01:36:26,796 --> 01:36:33,996
potentials of this area. This is a this has been, as I

1249
01:36:37,474 --> 01:36:40,900
already mentioned, this has been a comprehensive exercise

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01:36:40,900 --> 01:36:46,150
that was undertaken. It. It's a. It serves as an important model

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01:36:46,150 --> 01:36:50,353
to allow for intentional planning and reinvestment and

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01:36:50,353 --> 01:36:53,490
visioning of this area. It's been a long time since the city,

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01:36:53,490 --> 01:36:56,759
since our planning Division has brought forward any type of

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01:36:56,759 --> 01:37:00,429
visioning. So I know it can be, you know, it's a little

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01:37:00,429 --> 01:37:03,320
different from some of the things that we've recently

1256
01:37:03,320 --> 01:37:06,436
brought forward. But this is a common item that we used to do

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01:37:06,436 --> 01:37:10,306
quite often in various parts of the city. And it's a, it's a

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01:37:10,306 --> 01:37:12,975
normal planning exercise when we're looking to have a shared,

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01:37:12,975 --> 01:37:16,647
unified vision for how we can move parts of the city forward

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01:37:16,647 --> 01:37:19,782
with challenges that we're experiencing today. And with

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01:37:19,782 --> 01:37:23,719
that, I would like to turn it over to Juan Mueller, who's

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01:37:23,719 --> 01:37:30,319
going to walk us through the the program. Thank you. Thank

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01:37:32,528 --> 01:37:36,399
you very much. And good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor,

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01:37:36,399 --> 01:37:39,603
commissioners, it's a pleasure to be here. It's been a year.

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01:37:39,603 --> 01:37:42,605
You probably don't remember me anymore. I was the one that was

1266
01:37:42,605 --> 01:37:46,608
stuck in traffic on 95 a year ago, and I am I was still stuck

1267
01:37:46,608 --> 01:37:49,679
in traffic today, so some things don't change. But the

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01:37:49,679 --> 01:37:53,682
beauty of of the work that I do is that things eventually

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01:37:53,682 --> 01:37:56,285
change. And this is one of the reasons why we're here, to

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01:37:56,285 --> 01:38:03,250
envision how things may change. The I think this was your slide.

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It's been a year since we put a team together,

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01:38:07,763 --> 01:38:11,963
multidisciplinary team to tackle some challenging work.

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01:38:13,437 --> 01:38:16,707
Washington Park presented some challenges that were unique to

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01:38:16,707 --> 01:38:21,712
the area. So we work together, our firm, plus Serbia, we are

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01:38:21,712 --> 01:38:26,490
specialists in visioning with business flair who does market

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01:38:26,490 --> 01:38:31,522
studies and, and and economic studies, as well as expe

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01:38:31,522 --> 01:38:36,322
experienced and engineers and mobility experts. We've done

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01:38:36,593 --> 01:38:41,465
this before. And coincidentally, I was at a public hearing

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01:38:41,465 --> 01:38:45,135
yesterday in in the city of Miami, where we were talking

1280
01:38:45,135 --> 01:38:48,338
about Little Havana. Little Havana started over ten years

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01:38:48,338 --> 01:38:51,942
ago, where when we established a vision, and this is exactly

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01:38:51,942 --> 01:38:55,680
what we're doing here today, presenting to you a vision that

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01:38:55,680 --> 01:38:59,549
will take a long time to get implemented. So as, as it was

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01:38:59,549 --> 01:39:02,190
just said, this is not something that changes tomorrow.

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01:39:02,190 --> 01:39:06,757
This is looking to the to the long term future and seeing

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01:39:06,757 --> 01:39:11,161
what actions you guys can do today to start that, that

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01:39:11,161 --> 01:39:13,897
evolution and how things may change in the future. So I

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01:39:13,897 --> 01:39:16,900
commend you for that vision because as again, it's not just

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01:39:16,900 --> 01:39:20,104
Hollywood that doesn't do it. Most municipalities are working

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01:39:20,104 --> 01:39:23,908
with zoning and direct policies without really understanding

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01:39:23,908 --> 01:39:26,843
what the long term vision may be. And this is what this

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01:39:26,843 --> 01:39:30,914
project establishes, something that can help you see things

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01:39:30,914 --> 01:39:35,452
through and ensure that you have north right up there and

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01:39:35,452 --> 01:39:39,189
you understand where you're going in the long term. So the

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01:39:39,189 --> 01:39:42,460
project goals, other than creating a long term vision,

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01:39:42,460 --> 01:39:47,130
we're very simple. It was to to see what exists there today, to

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01:39:47,130 --> 01:39:51,669
listen to the community. And I thank you for coming to the

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01:39:51,669 --> 01:39:54,605
workshops that we had some months ago. It feels like

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01:39:54,605 --> 01:39:58,409
forever ago. And listen to the community, understand what

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01:39:58,409 --> 01:40:02,120
their needs and wants were and are, and maybe in the future,

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01:40:02,120 --> 01:40:07,217
and then establish a cohesive and holistic document that

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01:40:07,217 --> 01:40:11,888
again, can guide you and also help your residents understand

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01:40:11,888 --> 01:40:16,293
where the city is going. And hopefully in and through this

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01:40:16,293 --> 01:40:19,897
document, mitigate some of the anxiety that people have,

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01:40:19,897 --> 01:40:23,500
because change creates anxiety. Again, this vision plan does

1306
01:40:23,500 --> 01:40:27,504
that, and it creates that guiding document that can help

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01:40:27,504 --> 01:40:32,108
you now and in the future. So why Washington Park? Very

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01:40:32,108 --> 01:40:35,440
simple. It's it's a it's a challenging neighborhood. It's

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01:40:35,440 --> 01:40:38,982
a challenging community, a district. It's at the southern

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01:40:38,982 --> 01:40:43,319
edge of your of your city. And it creates a gateway. One of

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01:40:43,319 --> 01:40:47,191
the reasons why it is challenging is because it is a

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01:40:47,191 --> 01:40:53,791
very interesting land use area or area based on land use,

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01:40:54,798 --> 01:40:57,100
because it's not just the residents that live there, but

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01:40:57,100 --> 01:41:00,871
the people that work there. It's a great engine for your

1315
01:41:00,871 --> 01:41:03,741
business community, not just for Hollywood, but also for the

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01:41:03,741 --> 01:41:07,145
county itself. So respecting and understanding how to evolve

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01:41:07,145 --> 01:41:10,347
the community over time and ensuring that we not just

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01:41:10,347 --> 01:41:12,883
protect the neighbors, but also the businesses that are there

1319
01:41:12,883 --> 01:41:17,421
and that we continue to provide an area where people can

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01:41:17,421 --> 01:41:21,492
service their cars and service and provide services for the

1321
01:41:21,492 --> 01:41:24,562
rest of the community, not just now, but in the future. So

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those things were challenging. And then I'll introduce Maria

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01:41:28,231 --> 01:41:31,568
Maria, if you want to come up again. It's been more than a

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01:41:31,568 --> 01:41:35,371
year. I think it was said that it was just shy of a year. It

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01:41:35,371 --> 01:41:38,442
was more than a year. And, and it's been a pleasure working

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01:41:38,442 --> 01:41:40,577
with you, working with the community. And hopefully this

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01:41:40,577 --> 01:41:43,180
project, this, this, this document guides and helps you

1328
01:41:43,180 --> 01:41:47,784
understand how to evolve the community for, for its future

1329
01:41:47,784 --> 01:41:52,560
success. Maria. Thank you. Good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor

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01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:56,326
and commissioners. My name is Maria Benfield. I'm project

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01:41:56,326 --> 01:42:02,326
manager for Serbia Design. So as Juan mentioned, we've been

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01:42:03,200 --> 01:42:08,872
working over a year on this project. During that time, we

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01:42:08,872 --> 01:42:12,472
conducted an extensive community outreach through

1334
01:42:12,542 --> 01:42:16,747
surveys, workshops, open houses, walking, audit, and we listen

1335
01:42:16,747 --> 01:42:21,151
to the community. We refined the vision, we confirmed the

1336
01:42:21,151 --> 01:42:24,488
priorities and shaped the final plan. The project website was

1337
01:42:24,488 --> 01:42:27,424
the central hub for announcements, surveys, updates

1338
01:42:27,424 --> 01:42:31,628
to the community, feedback and all the summaries. All the

1339
01:42:31,628 --> 01:42:35,698
documents reports are posted on the website as well. So what?

1340
01:42:35,698 --> 01:42:40,237
What did we hear? So we gathered more than a thousand

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01:42:40,237 --> 01:42:43,840
comments from the community outreach process, and five

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01:42:43,840 --> 01:42:47,440
priorities emerged, preserving the industrial character,

1343
01:42:48,979 --> 01:42:51,849
improving the district appearance, addressing parking

1344
01:42:51,849 --> 01:42:55,449
and mobility challenges, investing in infrastructure,

1345
01:42:55,785 --> 01:43:00,457
neighborhood serving uses and green spaces. Also investing in

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01:43:00,457 --> 01:43:04,393
infrastructure and plan for the future redevelopment of the

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01:43:04,393 --> 01:43:07,397
area and protect the residential neighborhoods. You

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01:43:07,397 --> 01:43:10,133
can see a complete community outreach and background

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01:43:10,133 --> 01:43:14,404
analysis reports on the project website as well. So what is

1350
01:43:14,404 --> 01:43:17,941
this document? I think Andrea already summarized it, but I

1351
01:43:17,941 --> 01:43:22,879
want to reiterate. So this is a framework for of

1352
01:43:22,879 --> 01:43:25,215
recommendations based on technical analysis and the

1353
01:43:25,215 --> 01:43:29,619
community input. It's a vision. It's a roadmap. It's a tool to

1354
01:43:29,619 --> 01:43:34,690
help a plan, future improvements. It sets a shared

1355
01:43:34,690 --> 01:43:39,495
vision and recommends next steps. It's not a final design

1356
01:43:39,495 --> 01:43:42,899
or a fixed schedule, or a promise to build everything all

1357
01:43:42,899 --> 01:43:48,899
at once, or required spending plan. This action plan serves

1358
01:43:49,772 --> 01:43:54,440
as a roadmap for turning recommendations into actions.

1359
01:43:54,440 --> 01:43:58,470
Each recommendation of the plan identifies responsibilities,

1360
01:43:58,470 --> 01:44:01,584
suggested timelines, potential funding sources, and measures

1361
01:44:01,584 --> 01:44:06,984
of success. The recommendation action steps are are sorry.

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01:44:08,458 --> 01:44:15,580
They're. Divided in short, mid and long term. The short term

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01:44:15,665 --> 01:44:18,665
recommendations focus on organization, safety,

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01:44:19,336 --> 01:44:23,536
appearance, and branding. The mid-term recommendations focus

1365
01:44:24,145 --> 01:44:27,745
on infrastructure, mobility improvements and redevelopment

1366
01:44:28,282 --> 01:44:32,219
tools, and the long term recommendations. Focus on major

1367
01:44:32,219 --> 01:44:38,250
investments and corridor build out. So what can change? First,

1368
01:44:38,250 --> 01:44:41,162
the short term recommendations focus on visible improvements

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01:44:41,162 --> 01:44:44,832
that can be implemented relatively quickly and can have

1370
01:44:44,832 --> 01:44:50,304
a big impact. One of the ways to incentivize visible changes

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01:44:50,304 --> 01:44:54,174
fast is the creation of a facade improvement program,

1372
01:44:54,174 --> 01:44:57,311
specifically for Washington Park. It's a simple step that

1373
01:44:57,311 --> 01:45:01,448
can have a big impact, and the city already has successful

1374
01:45:01,448 --> 01:45:05,648
matching grants, programs that encourage private investment

1375
01:45:05,719 --> 01:45:08,923
and improve properties and neighborhoods. Little River is

1376
01:45:08,923 --> 01:45:11,858
another example in the city of Miami that has been very

1377
01:45:11,858 --> 01:45:15,130
successful. The goal is to create a cleaner, safer, and

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01:45:15,130 --> 01:45:18,999
more attractive district while maintaining its authentic

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01:45:18,999 --> 01:45:22,599
industrial character. The recommendations include simple

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01:45:23,137 --> 01:45:27,937
design criteria to help guide improvements. There are

1381
01:45:28,676 --> 01:45:33,748
examples that are provided that can help the city staff and the

1382
01:45:33,748 --> 01:45:37,351
applicant with clear examples that can help them understand

1383
01:45:37,351 --> 01:45:41,551
the design expectations of the improvements. The

1384
01:45:42,422 --> 01:45:46,426
recommendations also suggest establishing a strong district

1385
01:45:46,426 --> 01:45:50,260
identity through branding, wayfinding, gateway features

1386
01:45:50,300 --> 01:45:53,501
and business promotion initiatives. These can help

1387
01:45:53,501 --> 01:45:56,837
improve the appearance of the district without disrupting the

1388
01:45:56,837 --> 01:46:00,437
existing businesses and operations. Through our

1389
01:46:01,575 --> 01:46:04,513
workshops and further refinement, we define the role

1390
01:46:04,513 --> 01:46:10,117
of each street in the industrial area to create a

1391
01:46:10,117 --> 01:46:14,317
clear framework for future improvements. Recognizing that

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01:46:14,522 --> 01:46:18,125
each street serves a different function within the district.

1393
01:46:18,125 --> 01:46:21,262
So an example is like some street might prioritize

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01:46:21,262 --> 01:46:24,197
business frontages and pedestrians, while other

1395
01:46:24,197 --> 01:46:27,801
streets focus on the industrial, industrial access and local

1396
01:46:27,801 --> 01:46:32,720
traffic. Loading. The result is a framework that helps guide

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01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:36,272
future improvements related to mobility, safety, parking,

1398
01:46:38,211 --> 01:46:42,411
streetscape investment and future development. So parking

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01:46:43,551 --> 01:46:47,221
was one of the biggest concerns raised by all stakeholders

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01:46:47,221 --> 01:46:51,558
during the community outreach phase. So some recommendations

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01:46:51,558 --> 01:46:54,558
include improving parking enforcement compliance,

1402
01:46:56,563 --> 01:47:00,302
education about parking rules, clearly defining parking areas

1403
01:47:00,302 --> 01:47:04,380
to improve organization and traffic flow, better management

1404
01:47:04,380 --> 01:47:08,175
of existing parking, exploring standards for temporary gravel

1405
01:47:08,175 --> 01:47:10,978
lots and shared parking specifically for the primary

1406
01:47:10,978 --> 01:47:15,983
study area, with the goal to make parking work better for

1407
01:47:15,983 --> 01:47:19,583
businesses, employees, customers and nearby residents.

1408
01:47:19,920 --> 01:47:24,725
And this is an example of the short term recommendations that

1409
01:47:24,725 --> 01:47:29,396
suggest installing clear pavement markings to define the

1410
01:47:29,396 --> 01:47:32,600
parking areas, the pedestrian crossings, the areas where

1411
01:47:32,600 --> 01:47:37,271
parking is not allowed, all within the public right of way.

1412
01:47:37,271 --> 01:47:41,876
These are conceptual ideas that will require refinement with

1413
01:47:41,876 --> 01:47:46,147
staff and the community. These suggestions can help create a

1414
01:47:46,147 --> 01:47:49,950
safer and more organized conditions for all users. Like

1415
01:47:49,950 --> 01:47:53,821
I mentioned before, and while continuing to support the

1416
01:47:53,821 --> 01:47:57,825
industrial operations, a key priority through the

1417
01:47:57,825 --> 01:48:00,627
development of this plan was to protect and respect the

1418
01:48:00,627 --> 01:48:04,227
residential neighborhoods, and short term recommendations

1419
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:08,169
suggest reducing truck and commercial vehicle traffic on

1420
01:48:08,169 --> 01:48:12,906
residential streets through a traffic study to evaluate the

1421
01:48:12,906 --> 01:48:17,106
feasibility for doing that, managing parking, spillover,

1422
01:48:17,177 --> 01:48:20,447
temporary gravel lots like I mentioned before, and

1423
01:48:20,447 --> 01:48:24,318
implementing traffic calming strategies like speed pumps to

1424
01:48:24,318 --> 01:48:29,390
reduce speeds on residential streets, for example. So what

1425
01:48:29,390 --> 01:48:33,393
can change next? In the midterm midterm recommendations focus

1426
01:48:33,393 --> 01:48:36,930
on infrastructure, mobility improvements and redevelopment

1427
01:48:36,930 --> 01:48:42,330
tools. This example shows South 56th Avenue, which was

1428
01:48:42,736 --> 01:48:47,408
designated as an eighth Street that prioritizes business

1429
01:48:47,408 --> 01:48:51,144
frontages and pedestrian comfort. This is an example of

1430
01:48:51,144 --> 01:48:55,683
how improvements can be tailored to each street's role.

1431
01:48:55,683 --> 01:49:00,354
This shows improvements that can include traffic calming

1432
01:49:00,354 --> 01:49:03,957
measures, parking management, swale restoration to improve

1433
01:49:03,957 --> 01:49:07,557
water permeability, enhance pedestrian crossings and

1434
01:49:08,629 --> 01:49:13,320
sidewalks, improved transit and bicycle access, and and even

1435
01:49:13,320 --> 01:49:17,303
district branding and street streetscape upgrades. As you

1436
01:49:17,303 --> 01:49:22,843
can see on the right hand side. Another suggested strategy was

1437
01:49:22,843 --> 01:49:26,713
to help create better transitions between the

1438
01:49:26,713 --> 01:49:29,916
industrial core, the major corridors and nearby

1439
01:49:29,916 --> 01:49:32,916
residential areas by encouraging neighborhood

1440
01:49:33,186 --> 01:49:37,190
serving businesses such as cafes, small restaurants, food

1441
01:49:37,190 --> 01:49:42,129
trucks and everyday services in strategic locations. Using the

1442
01:49:42,129 --> 01:49:44,665
street hierarchy to guide investment to the streets.

1443
01:49:44,665 --> 01:49:48,134
Where these uses make the most sense, and supporting flexible

1444
01:49:48,134 --> 01:49:52,334
building types that can accommodate small businesses.

1445
01:49:52,406 --> 01:49:58,406
Live work units, flex spaces, workshops, etc. In the mid-term.

1446
01:49:59,147 --> 01:50:02,549
The plan also recommends guiding redevelopment

1447
01:50:02,549 --> 01:50:05,819
opportunities to the key corridors. The identified a

1448
01:50:05,819 --> 01:50:10,619
street such as 441 and adopting guidelines for consistent

1449
01:50:10,824 --> 01:50:17,424
building frontages. So what can the long term future look like?

1450
01:50:18,310 --> 01:50:22,231
Long term recommendations focus on resilience, economic

1451
01:50:22,302 --> 01:50:26,502
competitiveness and a larger capital improvement projects.

1452
01:50:28,420 --> 01:50:31,520
So the long term recommendations suggest

1453
01:50:31,520 --> 01:50:34,656
evaluating the feasibility for converting some streets into

1454
01:50:34,656 --> 01:50:38,126
one way. Using the street hierarchy framework. The goal

1455
01:50:38,126 --> 01:50:42,926
is to balance movement, enhance safety, increase parking

1456
01:50:42,931 --> 01:50:45,800
opportunities and ground permeability, and support

1457
01:50:45,800 --> 01:50:49,270
business operations, and ensure that emergency access and

1458
01:50:49,270 --> 01:50:54,700
neighborhood connectivity are maintained in the long term.

1459
01:50:54,142 --> 01:50:56,478
The plan encourages redevelopment to be focused

1460
01:50:56,478 --> 01:51:00,810
along major corridors and opportunity sites, where new

1461
01:51:00,810 --> 01:51:04,552
investment can deliver the greatest public benefit. As I

1462
01:51:04,552 --> 01:51:08,423
mentioned before, an essential principle throughout the

1463
01:51:08,423 --> 01:51:10,892
development of the plan was to protect the residential

1464
01:51:10,892 --> 01:51:15,920
neighborhoods, and this means preparing for future

1465
01:51:15,296 --> 01:51:18,233
redevelopment and encouraging transitions between land uses

1466
01:51:18,233 --> 01:51:22,903
and avoiding drastic scale shifts. And the plan suggests

1467
01:51:22,903 --> 01:51:26,441
strategies to direct growth to appropriate corridor locations

1468
01:51:26,441 --> 01:51:29,577
while gradually transitioning to established residential

1469
01:51:29,577 --> 01:51:33,177
neighborhoods and still respecting the existing

1470
01:51:33,247 --> 01:51:36,785
development rates. So the result is a balanced balance

1471
01:51:36,785 --> 01:51:41,856
between growth and neighborhood protection. And in the long

1472
01:51:41,856 --> 01:51:44,459
term, the plan suggests policies and incentives for

1473
01:51:44,459 --> 01:51:49,859
future projects that could also contribute through a public

1474
01:51:50,198 --> 01:51:55,403
benefit program. For example, to get a more improved or more

1475
01:51:55,403 --> 01:51:59,300
or improved open spaces connectivity, streetscape

1476
01:52:00,542 --> 01:52:05,279
enhancements, gateway features and community amenities such as

1477
01:52:05,279 --> 01:52:10,790
new fire station that was mentioned throughout the

1478
01:52:11,850 --> 01:52:14,622
community outreach and meeting with the different departments.

1479
01:52:14,622 --> 01:52:21,960
So this shows the matrix of all the short term recommendations

1480
01:52:21,960 --> 01:52:26,967
that are available at the end of the vision plan. You can see

1481
01:52:26,967 --> 01:52:31,238
here 2023 suggested short term recommendations that staff can

1482
01:52:31,238 --> 01:52:35,176
take, study, and bring forward to you when feasible. And I

1483
01:52:35,176 --> 01:52:41,176
think Cameron can take this slide over to further discuss.

1484
01:52:41,649 --> 01:52:45,586
Thank you. Good afternoon, mayor Commission Cameron Palmer,

1485
01:52:45,586 --> 01:52:49,186
assistant director, development services, assistant director,

1486
01:52:49,991 --> 01:52:53,194
development services. I want to take a moment to, as we bring

1487
01:52:53,194 --> 01:52:56,630
the presentation home, to talk about next steps. You know, the

1488
01:52:56,630 --> 01:52:58,199
document outlines, as Murray says, a collection of

1489
01:52:58,199 --> 01:53:00,802
recommendations and a sequence roadmap. And as Andrew said

1490
01:53:00,802 --> 01:53:03,738
earlier, it's intended to be a living framework. And what that

1491
01:53:03,738 --> 01:53:08,409
means is as we go through, we organize, we test, we calibrate,

1492
01:53:08,409 --> 01:53:12,747
we prioritize, and we invest. And understanding that the city

1493
01:53:12,747 --> 01:53:15,549
has already made investments in Washington Park and site

1494
01:53:15,549 --> 01:53:18,419
specific or content specific investments. Through this

1495
01:53:18,419 --> 01:53:21,622
process, we've evaluated and realized that Washington Park's

1496
01:53:21,622 --> 01:53:24,559
challenges and opportunities need to be viewed holistically

1497
01:53:24,559 --> 01:53:27,294
as a district, meaning that we can leverage the opportunities

1498
01:53:27,294 --> 01:53:29,831
to overcome the challenges using the roadmap that's been

1499
01:53:29,831 --> 01:53:32,900
presented to us. So the question then becomes, what can

1500
01:53:32,900 --> 01:53:37,105
we do today? What small wins can we achieve to have big

1501
01:53:37,105 --> 01:53:40,175
impacts? So what staff has done on the screen, you'll see the

1502
01:53:40,175 --> 01:53:43,444
tangible next steps outlined in four recommendations. And these

1503
01:53:43,444 --> 01:53:46,447
are what staff have distilled from the short term

1504
01:53:46,447 --> 01:53:48,649
recommendations that the applicant the consultant has

1505
01:53:48,649 --> 01:53:51,852
put forward. The first being coordination. It's really

1506
01:53:51,852 --> 01:53:54,389
important that staff is able to coordinate among the internal

1507
01:53:54,389 --> 01:53:57,192
divisions and departments, along with our partners, to

1508
01:53:57,192 --> 01:53:59,528
create a working group for Washington Park. This working

1509
01:53:59,528 --> 01:54:02,731
group will be responsible and the project manager to enact

1510
01:54:02,731 --> 01:54:05,867
this action plan and to see through the different time

1511
01:54:05,867 --> 01:54:08,802
horizons. But more importantly, it allows departments and the

1512
01:54:08,802 --> 01:54:12,339
city to align budgets, resources, staffing, existing

1513
01:54:12,339 --> 01:54:15,209
plans and future plans to ensure that we are now

1514
01:54:15,209 --> 01:54:18,879
calibrated with the action plan. Once we are all aligned

1515
01:54:18,879 --> 01:54:21,810
internally, we can start tackling some of the more

1516
01:54:21,810 --> 01:54:23,885
operational and obvious issues that face the district include

1517
01:54:23,885 --> 01:54:27,555
number two, which is organized parking and curb management

1518
01:54:27,555 --> 01:54:30,424
mapping, existing parking locations, future parking

1519
01:54:30,424 --> 01:54:33,294
locations, striping where feasible, and also establishing

1520
01:54:33,294 --> 01:54:36,563
standards that we as a city can create to enable interim or

1521
01:54:36,563 --> 01:54:40,902
temporary parking solutions are really tangible elements or

1522
01:54:40,902 --> 01:54:44,438
things that the city can do to impact make functional changes

1523
01:54:44,438 --> 01:54:47,842
to Washington Park. That leads us to number three, which is

1524
01:54:47,842 --> 01:54:51,712
advancing safety and traffic circulation. This includes low

1525
01:54:51,712 --> 01:54:56,718
cost elements such as signage, crosswalk markings, and more in

1526
01:54:56,718 --> 01:54:59,854
more in depth looks at traffic movements, such as where

1527
01:54:59,854 --> 01:55:02,924
traffic is moving in and out of the site, where goods are

1528
01:55:02,924 --> 01:55:05,259
moving, where people are moving and where pedestrians are

1529
01:55:05,259 --> 01:55:08,730
moving. Lastly, recommendation number four, again, within the

1530
01:55:08,730 --> 01:55:14,268
short term scope is advancing the facade gateway and code

1531
01:55:14,268 --> 01:55:17,538
improvement tools intended to create the. This was the. The

1532
01:55:17,538 --> 01:55:20,207
facade improvement. The painting. The numbering that

1533
01:55:20,207 --> 01:55:24,745
was discussed by Maria. This allows the district to be more

1534
01:55:24,745 --> 01:55:28,945
attractive, cleaner, more recognizable. Creates a brand

1535
01:55:29,170 --> 01:55:32,620
that that can easily access and easily implemented through the

1536
01:55:32,620 --> 01:55:35,357
renovation, which is a natural course of business development.

1537
01:55:35,357 --> 01:55:38,920
But most importantly, it becomes more inviting for

1538
01:55:38,920 --> 01:55:40,895
investment. The important takeaway today is that this is

1539
01:55:40,895 --> 01:55:43,431
not just a collection of recommendations that are

1540
01:55:43,431 --> 01:55:45,633
aspirational. They're specific, they're tailored, and they're

1541
01:55:45,633 --> 01:55:48,102
sequenced on purpose. They're intended to build on one

1542
01:55:48,102 --> 01:55:51,439
another and are not intended to come all at one fiscal year, or

1543
01:55:51,439 --> 01:55:55,376
all at one time. One time. If we organize, we test, we

1544
01:55:55,376 --> 01:55:58,979
calibrate, and we invest. Then each of these small actions can,

1545
01:55:58,979 --> 01:56:02,316
can, and will ultimately lead to the Washington Park that we

1546
01:56:02,316 --> 01:56:06,120
are looking to achieve with that staff. Myself, the

1547
01:56:06,120 --> 01:56:09,560
consultant, Nicole, the project manager for this project, is

1548
01:56:09,560 --> 01:56:12,193
here to answer questions. Thank you Cameron. Thank you to the

1549
01:56:12,193 --> 01:56:18,193
consultants. Pat, are there any speaker cards on this item?

1550
01:56:23,338 --> 01:56:28,138
Thank you. And Ralston, followed by Michael Seltzer.

1551
01:56:35,160 --> 01:56:42,216
Mike, I don't know why they turn them off. It was stated

1552
01:56:42,230 --> 01:56:49,770
that it's going to be a unified, unified vision for the area. To

1553
01:56:49,770 --> 01:56:55,910
me, a unified would be all the citizens kind of agree 50 plus

1554
01:56:55,910 --> 01:57:02,316
one agree to this. I heard that there was a thousand comments,

1555
01:57:02,316 --> 01:57:06,320
but it didn't say whether they're for or against. I know

1556
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:10,592
the beach community doesn't want 1301, but gee, it's

1557
01:57:10,592 --> 01:57:15,262
getting unified in our in our faces. The lakes didn't want

1558
01:57:15,262 --> 01:57:20,334
them. Plenty came out to speak again. It's. But gee, that's a

1559
01:57:20,334 --> 01:57:25,740
unified vision for. I guess the area. Regardless of what the

1560
01:57:25,740 --> 01:57:30,110
residents think. So because when I read the report, I only

1561
01:57:30,110 --> 01:57:34,150
saw Nadine McRae's name on there. Everything else was.

1562
01:57:34,150 --> 01:57:38,352
Thank you to someone else, not the citizens that participated

1563
01:57:38,352 --> 01:57:43,357
in this quote study. I'd also like to know what did this

1564
01:57:43,357 --> 01:57:49,357
study study cost us? If it's just something visionary. So

1565
01:57:51,966 --> 01:57:55,236
pretty pictures everything. It doesn't mean anything. And you

1566
01:57:55,236 --> 01:57:58,306
can't change the character of a neighborhood unless they want

1567
01:57:58,306 --> 01:58:04,979
that change. So I don't know if if the residents want it, but I

1568
01:58:04,979 --> 01:58:09,584
don't see anyone here from them. I don't know if they, like most

1569
01:58:09,584 --> 01:58:13,921
people, work, so maybe they can't be here. Maybe they've

1570
01:58:13,921 --> 01:58:17,258
written in, I don't know. But here's another problem with

1571
01:58:17,258 --> 01:58:20,862
this infrastructure. And just like the sewer plant that you

1572
01:58:20,862 --> 01:58:24,799
wanted to tell me how this is for infrastructure that's been

1573
01:58:24,799 --> 01:58:29,404
ignored, that is very true. The an infrastructure throughout

1574
01:58:29,404 --> 01:58:33,808
the city has been ignored for years. And until there is a

1575
01:58:33,808 --> 01:58:38,130
crisis and it costs the citizens twice as much or more

1576
01:58:38,130 --> 01:58:42,416
to fix it, there is not a regular maintenance program

1577
01:58:42,416 --> 01:58:46,420
that finally, I think maybe a year ago, started to get

1578
01:58:46,420 --> 01:58:50,291
implemented in the budget and that's for landscaping,

1579
01:58:50,291 --> 01:58:53,161
anything. So you can make pretty pictures and you can put

1580
01:58:53,161 --> 01:58:56,431
trees and stuff. But if they're not willing or the city cannot

1581
01:58:56,431 --> 01:59:00,101
afford to maintain it, it's not fair to put it upon the

1582
01:59:00,101 --> 01:59:03,971
resident. To maintain that, we have to trim those trees that

1583
01:59:03,971 --> 01:59:07,241
the city wants to plant. We have to do the sidewalks.

1584
01:59:07,241 --> 01:59:09,711
Although now I think you're doing sidewalks. I'm going to

1585
01:59:09,711 --> 01:59:13,470
run out of time, but please make sure when you want to

1586
01:59:13,470 --> 01:59:15,850
change a neighborhood this drastically. And the last thing

1587
01:59:15,850 --> 01:59:20,255
I'm going to say, I am sorry, but the look of impropriety on

1588
01:59:20,255 --> 01:59:24,859
your family's business owning a lot, whether technically it's

1589
01:59:24,859 --> 01:59:28,863
not illegal to do. I think the look of impropriety makes us

1590
01:59:28,863 --> 01:59:34,863
not trust whatever you do. Josh. Thank you. Michael Seltzer,

1591
01:59:35,737 --> 01:59:43,537
your turn. I have to follow that. So here we go. I think

1592
01:59:48,683 --> 01:59:52,887
it's a wonderful opportunity for the city of Hollywood.

1593
01:59:52,887 --> 01:59:57,359
Somebody called me a few weeks ago and told me I should go

1594
01:59:57,359 --> 02:00:01,162
take a drive there. I had no idea where it was, told me the

1595
02:00:01,162 --> 02:00:03,364
mayor was involved and something with the connection

1596
02:00:03,364 --> 02:00:09,503
to the sewer and all this nonsense garbage. This is a

1597
02:00:09,503 --> 02:00:13,908
wonderful opportunity for this city. And if you guys don't

1598
02:00:13,908 --> 02:00:19,246
figure it out, shame on all of you. I sold 220 acres in West

1599
02:00:19,246 --> 02:00:25,520
Melbourne right off of I 95. I brought the developer, paid

1600
02:00:25,520 --> 02:00:30,570
100,000 an acre, a ten acre offer from the leading health

1601
02:00:30,570 --> 02:00:35,396
department health hospital in the community. They wanted to

1602
02:00:35,396 --> 02:00:41,396
build doctors offices and an emergency room, and he wanted

1603
02:00:41,936 --> 02:00:45,873
$1 million. What he paid yesterday for 100,000. And they

1604
02:00:45,873 --> 02:00:52,130
took a walk for five years. It sat vacant because the guy

1605
02:00:52,130 --> 02:00:55,350
didn't have a catalyst to start the whole thing, because that

1606
02:00:55,350 --> 02:00:59,553
would have brought other doctors offices, a Publix or

1607
02:00:59,553 --> 02:01:03,157
this or that and the whole thing. And we should not make

1608
02:01:03,157 --> 02:01:09,757
that mistake. All that being said, we should go after a

1609
02:01:10,364 --> 02:01:15,436
hospital campus. We should go after an industrial campus, an

1610
02:01:15,436 --> 02:01:20,410
office campus, or we should go. I can't read my writing. A

1611
02:01:20,410 --> 02:01:24,440
university, God knows there's enough people moving to Florida

1612
02:01:24,440 --> 02:01:28,716
today that we should take a step back and we should hire

1613
02:01:28,716 --> 02:01:32,320
somebody. And I'm too old to get hired, and we should send

1614
02:01:32,320 --> 02:01:35,990
them out to these places or these companies and see if we

1615
02:01:35,990 --> 02:01:40,662
can find somebody that's interested in coming here and

1616
02:01:40,662 --> 02:01:46,620
eat up 50, 40, 30 acres and move an entire operation here

1617
02:01:48,536 --> 02:01:53,936
that creates jobs, creates taxes, and creates a business

1618
02:01:54,341 --> 02:01:58,946
and something we can be proud of. The idiot mayor in Saint

1619
02:01:58,946 --> 02:02:02,884
Pete who is going to lose the election because the guy's an

1620
02:02:02,884 --> 02:02:07,621
idiot. I brought him 50 acres, 26 sellers. My time's almost

1621
02:02:07,621 --> 02:02:12,226
running out. And the developer said we should make this a

1622
02:02:12,226 --> 02:02:17,300
museum center. Well, that's all I had to say. I was on a plane

1623
02:02:17,300 --> 02:02:21,635
to Naples. I met Murano glass. They wanted to come. I went to

1624
02:02:21,635 --> 02:02:25,573
New York. I met the Hermitage people for the Hermitage Museum

1625
02:02:25,573 --> 02:02:29,977
in Saint Petersburg, Russia. They wanted to come, but it

1626
02:02:29,977 --> 02:02:32,781
wasn't good enough for this guy. I don't know what he was

1627
02:02:32,781 --> 02:02:37,118
looking at. Now he's going to get kicked out in his. So the

1628
02:02:37,118 --> 02:02:42,518
bottom line is there's 160 great acres there. Before we

1629
02:02:42,523 --> 02:02:46,460
decide what we're going to do with it, we should explore a

1630
02:02:46,460 --> 02:02:50,474
university, a hospital campus, and a company. Thank you

1631
02:02:50,474 --> 02:02:54,878
Michael. Good luck. Thank you. All right. Let's hear from

1632
02:02:54,878 --> 02:02:57,140
commissioners about the presentation, beginning with,

1633
02:02:57,140 --> 02:03:01,814
of course, Commissioner Quintana. Thank you, mayor. I,

1634
02:03:03,860 --> 02:03:06,956
I, I just want to first of all, just be grateful for the fact

1635
02:03:06,956 --> 02:03:11,428
that we're having this conversation. I've got a long

1636
02:03:11,428 --> 02:03:15,632
history with the neighborhood that is Washington Park. I've

1637
02:03:15,632 --> 02:03:19,370
been participating in their homeowners association meetings

1638
02:03:19,370 --> 02:03:25,108
for the past 12 years, and I live about five minutes away.

1639
02:03:25,108 --> 02:03:28,178
So that was long before I was a city commissioner. And

1640
02:03:28,178 --> 02:03:33,451
certainly since becoming one. I hear from residents and users

1641
02:03:33,451 --> 02:03:36,787
of the industrial park on a regular basis. This actually

1642
02:03:36,787 --> 02:03:42,187
this conversation is happening because when George Keller was

1643
02:03:43,793 --> 02:03:48,640
about to become our city manager, I asked him to drive

1644
02:03:48,640 --> 02:03:52,336
out there with me to see what was going on in the industrial

1645
02:03:52,336 --> 02:03:57,700
area and to better understand how it is that the conditions

1646
02:03:57,700 --> 02:04:01,780
there were what they were for, as long as they were without

1647
02:04:01,780 --> 02:04:06,950
anybody ever saying anything about it. And so I'm not going

1648
02:04:06,950 --> 02:04:10,354
to talk long. I'm just grateful to be able to hear what my

1649
02:04:10,354 --> 02:04:14,424
colleagues think about this. And then I'll just say that my

1650
02:04:14,424 --> 02:04:18,280
focus, there's so much information that this study has

1651
02:04:18,280 --> 02:04:20,765
put out on the website that it can be really overwhelming. I

1652
02:04:20,765 --> 02:04:23,767
mean, I've been chipping away at it for months now, and

1653
02:04:23,767 --> 02:04:27,304
there's still parts of it that I haven't gotten to, but my

1654
02:04:27,304 --> 02:04:32,108
comments are going to focus on the implementation matrix. And

1655
02:04:32,108 --> 02:04:34,845
just a couple of thoughts I have about the sequence of

1656
02:04:34,845 --> 02:04:37,982
things. But beyond that, I'll just be quiet and listen to

1657
02:04:37,982 --> 02:04:42,782
what others think. Thank you, Commissioner Hernandez. Thank

1658
02:04:44,321 --> 02:04:49,593
you mayor. I may not be so kind. And with all due respect to

1659
02:04:49,593 --> 02:04:52,929
everyone here today, who where can somebody point out to me

1660
02:04:52,929 --> 02:04:57,729
with this intersection is on that neighborhood, the

1661
02:04:57,868 --> 02:05:00,470
hypothetical situation in that. And that's the problem that we

1662
02:05:00,470 --> 02:05:05,809
have hypothetical. It's not reality. And like I said, I'm

1663
02:05:05,809 --> 02:05:08,945
not going to be so kind because we're trying to fix a problem.

1664
02:05:08,945 --> 02:05:12,150
And all I have is ideas. And the idea doesn't say, you need

1665
02:05:12,150 --> 02:05:15,151
to do this there, you need to do this there. These are all

1666
02:05:15,151 --> 02:05:18,154
hypothetical and with let me finish before you, before you

1667
02:05:18,154 --> 02:05:22,894
say anything. This is beautiful. So anyone that looks at this

1668
02:05:22,894 --> 02:05:25,696
that says, oh wow, they're going to fix this problem. And

1669
02:05:25,696 --> 02:05:28,766
then you look at the reality of what's there on the ground.

1670
02:05:28,766 --> 02:05:31,835
There is no room. There is no intersection like this in that

1671
02:05:31,835 --> 02:05:36,440
neighborhood. So that's the that's what I see as a problem.

1672
02:05:36,440 --> 02:05:41,845
Is everything you're saying in your report is correct? Where

1673
02:05:41,845 --> 02:05:46,916
is the ability to fit that with the constraint that the area

1674
02:05:46,916 --> 02:05:50,922
has that's missing? Unless you can correct me if I'm wrong,

1675
02:05:50,922 --> 02:05:53,991
which I would love to be able to do that because that would

1676
02:05:53,991 --> 02:05:56,793
fix the problem. But the constraints that we have in

1677
02:05:56,793 --> 02:06:00,263
that neighborhood, we have businesses that are overrun

1678
02:06:00,263 --> 02:06:02,865
because of the vehicles that they have, because of the trade

1679
02:06:02,865 --> 02:06:07,471
that they have. It doesn't address that one way. Yes, it

1680
02:06:07,471 --> 02:06:09,673
would solve some of the problem. It doesn't address how we're

1681
02:06:09,673 --> 02:06:13,210
going to get parking. I look at this easily in that picture.

1682
02:06:13,210 --> 02:06:16,279
It's a five foot six foot sidewalk. I see green space,

1683
02:06:16,279 --> 02:06:19,282
and then I see parking on the other side. I see parking on

1684
02:06:19,282 --> 02:06:23,286
the other side and a sidewalk. We don't have enough right of

1685
02:06:23,286 --> 02:06:26,222
way to do anything like that. So please, please enlighten me

1686
02:06:26,222 --> 02:06:29,920
if you don't mind. And the reason that I like to be able

1687
02:06:29,920 --> 02:06:32,229
to be enlightened is because I have another area just north of

1688
02:06:32,229 --> 02:06:36,300
Johnston Street, on the east side of 21st Avenue that would

1689
02:06:36,300 --> 02:06:39,837
be able to be helped by something like this if we have

1690
02:06:39,837 --> 02:06:43,439
an innovative way of doing it. But right now, just even this

1691
02:06:43,439 --> 02:06:46,643
picture right here, tell me where this is in order to be

1692
02:06:46,643 --> 02:06:49,712
able to get something like that done, I would love to hear

1693
02:06:49,712 --> 02:06:53,717
these two reflect the existing right of way. And what we did

1694
02:06:53,717 --> 02:06:57,120
is that we took existing conditions and we, instead of

1695
02:06:57,120 --> 02:07:01,580
being specific on a particular intersection, we took

1696
02:07:01,580 --> 02:07:04,194
conditions, existing conditions for multiple ones. So if you

1697
02:07:04,194 --> 02:07:07,130
see, for example, there. And then we have another example,

1698
02:07:07,130 --> 02:07:10,400
okay, no, go back, go back to that one because yes, I know

1699
02:07:10,400 --> 02:07:15,720
you. I'll wait till you get there. That one. That's the

1700
02:07:15,720 --> 02:07:19,743
long term vision. The vision. Where is that intersection that

1701
02:07:19,743 --> 02:07:23,880
well, that like I said, this is a compilation we did respect.

1702
02:07:23,880 --> 02:07:27,684
We did show the existing right of way of all, most of the east

1703
02:07:27,684 --> 02:07:31,220
west streets are 50 foot right of way. So that does reflect

1704
02:07:31,220 --> 02:07:36,692
the 50 foot right of way. And it does show existing

1705
02:07:36,692 --> 02:07:39,562
conditions that we saw in different locations, with

1706
02:07:39,562 --> 02:07:43,100
suggested implementations and improvements that can be done

1707
02:07:43,100 --> 02:07:46,703
at, at, at different places. Our study does suggest to

1708
02:07:46,703 --> 02:07:51,503
conduct a proper study specifically for each street,

1709
02:07:52,175 --> 02:07:55,445
determining what the street and what priorities they need, and

1710
02:07:55,445 --> 02:07:58,515
what improvements can be done in the ground. Right now, our

1711
02:07:58,515 --> 02:08:02,585
study suggests some ideas for improvements, but it's not

1712
02:08:02,585 --> 02:08:05,855
specific to a specific intersection or location. It

1713
02:08:05,855 --> 02:08:08,855
just suggests specific recommendations for

1714
02:08:09,860 --> 02:08:12,728
improvements. I understand that, and I can tell you that before

1715
02:08:12,728 --> 02:08:15,599
we had the study and before we actually went and got the

1716
02:08:15,599 --> 02:08:18,269
comments from everybody in the area and the residents and

1717
02:08:18,269 --> 02:08:21,738
people at large, we knew that. We knew that those issues need

1718
02:08:21,738 --> 02:08:25,342
to be addressed. What we were looking for, at least from from

1719
02:08:25,342 --> 02:08:30,480
my perspective, is how can and and by the way, this is not an

1720
02:08:30,480 --> 02:08:33,549
attack on on you or the company we need. We needed this. But

1721
02:08:33,549 --> 02:08:38,621
what we're looking for is clear light of what needs to be done,

1722
02:08:38,621 --> 02:08:42,693
where, how to achieve that. It would be up to us, but we don't

1723
02:08:42,693 --> 02:08:45,496
have that information because please take. Good. Let's go

1724
02:08:45,496 --> 02:08:49,990
back to the other one. Yes. Sorry, but let's go back to the

1725
02:08:49,990 --> 02:08:55,171
other one. We we have a specific examples on page 48 of

1726
02:08:55,171 --> 02:09:00,189
the full report that do show each one of the, you know,

1727
02:09:00,189 --> 02:09:05,994
identified street types that we defined. And we do have

1728
02:09:05,994 --> 02:09:09,932
examples of each one of them. It's like, I, like I said, it's

1729
02:09:09,932 --> 02:09:14,338
not specific to like a specific intersection, but it does guide

1730
02:09:14,338 --> 02:09:20,338
you to improvements to blood streets, which are, sorry, to

1731
02:09:23,279 --> 02:09:26,820
blood streets, the short term, mid-term and long term, how

1732
02:09:26,820 --> 02:09:31,554
they can build up. It has examples of you rehashing the

1733
02:09:31,554 --> 02:09:34,624
presentation. I got it, I saw it, and I agree with your

1734
02:09:34,624 --> 02:09:38,940
presentation. I'm just saying I you're correct, Commissioner.

1735
02:09:38,940 --> 02:09:41,960
And all we're asking is for something how to resolve the

1736
02:09:41,960 --> 02:09:44,166
problems that we currently have. The presentation addresses the

1737
02:09:44,166 --> 02:09:47,438
issues, addresses what can be done, but where can we do it?

1738
02:09:47,438 --> 02:09:52,400
And the the intent of the master plan study was not to.

1739
02:09:52,400 --> 02:09:55,644
And I used the word site specific. It's probably the not

1740
02:09:55,644 --> 02:10:01,851
exact right term, but it's not to give specific details on how

1741
02:10:01,851 --> 02:10:08,451
to solve each of the items identified in the matrix, It's

1742
02:10:08,926 --> 02:10:12,728
to pull together a holistic matrix of everything that has

1743
02:10:12,728 --> 02:10:16,399
to be done, and then staff will move forward with each of those

1744
02:10:16,399 --> 02:10:20,200
items. It's an intent of the master plan. Wasn't to say this

1745
02:10:20,200 --> 02:10:24,339
should be 50ft, two feet, five feet. It was identifying all of

1746
02:10:24,339 --> 02:10:30,790
the collective risks, visions and way to move them forward

1747
02:10:30,790 --> 02:10:33,749
holistically for the area at once. Because we know that

1748
02:10:33,749 --> 02:10:38,956
we've tried some individual items out there to address some

1749
02:10:38,956 --> 02:10:42,357
of the concerns, and independently, those items have

1750
02:10:42,357 --> 02:10:45,560
not worked. And you and I understand that, and I get it.

1751
02:10:45,560 --> 02:10:48,630
And I'm not trying. Like I said, I'm not bashing the information

1752
02:10:48,630 --> 02:10:51,166
you're bringing forth because it's forth. But I'm going to

1753
02:10:51,166 --> 02:10:58,107
give you a an example of what I would be looking for. If you

1754
02:10:58,107 --> 02:11:02,779
give an engineer a space and you need, I need to be able to

1755
02:11:02,779 --> 02:11:07,182
put this here. They drove up and they engineer a way to be

1756
02:11:07,182 --> 02:11:10,919
able to put whatever it is that you need in that space, which

1757
02:11:10,919 --> 02:11:14,723
is, I thought that what we were looking to do, we have a

1758
02:11:14,723 --> 02:11:18,594
constraint in an area because of the business and the quality

1759
02:11:18,594 --> 02:11:22,264
of business or the type of business that are there. And

1760
02:11:22,264 --> 02:11:26,736
yes, you have brought up a study that says, these are all

1761
02:11:26,736 --> 02:11:29,673
the problems that are wrong. These are the problems how to

1762
02:11:29,673 --> 02:11:32,876
fix it, but it doesn't tell us how to fix it. That's correct.

1763
02:11:32,876 --> 02:11:36,780
And so my my point is, I thought that the study would be

1764
02:11:36,780 --> 02:11:39,683
to be able to tell us how to fix you. We have very smart

1765
02:11:39,683 --> 02:11:42,551
individuals who work for the city. They know that that area

1766
02:11:42,551 --> 02:11:44,887
was a problem. The whole elected body knew that the area

1767
02:11:44,887 --> 02:11:48,690
was a problem. We all knew what we would like to see. This is

1768
02:11:48,690 --> 02:11:51,893
what we got here. How do we see that? That's what's missing

1769
02:11:51,893 --> 02:11:54,764
here. So we spend all kinds of money for something that we

1770
02:11:54,764 --> 02:12:00,235
already know. That's how I see it. And so again, we need to be

1771
02:12:00,235 --> 02:12:05,574
able to be site specific as to what we can do in certain areas.

1772
02:12:05,574 --> 02:12:09,311
It talked about gravel lots. Yes. I understand that gravel

1773
02:12:09,311 --> 02:12:13,582
lots currently are illegal. We don't allow them. We can maybe

1774
02:12:13,582 --> 02:12:17,652
we can do asphalt millings. We can. Where can we identify one?

1775
02:12:17,652 --> 02:12:20,455
Because one of the things that we would like to do from the

1776
02:12:20,455 --> 02:12:23,258
commission, and I'm speaking from the Commission and please

1777
02:12:23,258 --> 02:12:26,395
correct me if I'm wrong here, is to be able to identify areas

1778
02:12:26,395 --> 02:12:29,465
where we can improve that particular district. And that

1779
02:12:29,465 --> 02:12:32,868
means if there's a particular corner that it's empty or a lot

1780
02:12:32,868 --> 02:12:36,405
that it's empty somewhere, it could be identified and maybe

1781
02:12:36,405 --> 02:12:40,142
on a private setting, this lot may need to be purchased for

1782
02:12:40,142 --> 02:12:43,212
the city, for parking, for the people that work in that area

1783
02:12:43,212 --> 02:12:46,140
so that everybody can park there. And this way, maybe the

1784
02:12:46,140 --> 02:12:49,170
parking department can go purchase that and charge those

1785
02:12:49,170 --> 02:12:52,289
individuals to work there to be able to park in that lot. Those

1786
02:12:52,289 --> 02:12:56,240
are the ideas that I thought that this study was going to be

1787
02:12:56,240 --> 02:12:59,270
able to bring back to us, not something that we already

1788
02:12:59,270 --> 02:13:01,363
recognize. And like I said, no disrespect, you guys were given

1789
02:13:01,363 --> 02:13:05,102
a task and you brought up a task. And I get it. And it may

1790
02:13:05,102 --> 02:13:08,437
be more cumbersome than, than what you guys have been paid.

1791
02:13:08,437 --> 02:13:11,840
Because this is tedious in nature. You're going to have to

1792
02:13:11,840 --> 02:13:14,110
go block by block, business by block, and identify what needs

1793
02:13:14,110 --> 02:13:18,847
to be done. And that may be our job to do with staff. Overall,

1794
02:13:18,847 --> 02:13:22,185
I love what I saw. What is disappointing is the fact that

1795
02:13:22,185 --> 02:13:25,540
you have pictures of some of the residents are looking at,

1796
02:13:25,540 --> 02:13:28,123
oh, that's what it's going to look like, and there's no way

1797
02:13:28,123 --> 02:13:31,600
to get that picture because we don't have the space in the

1798
02:13:31,600 --> 02:13:34,396
roadway. Even though we may have 50ft, we may have 50ft of

1799
02:13:34,396 --> 02:13:38,000
right of way, which is ten feet of swale. On each side you have

1800
02:13:38,000 --> 02:13:41,700
the road that is 12.5ft or something like that. So you may

1801
02:13:41,700 --> 02:13:45,141
have the the space, but you don't have the space to draw to

1802
02:13:45,141 --> 02:13:48,277
do what it's actually there. Overall, I love the

1803
02:13:48,277 --> 02:13:51,480
presentation. I think the ideas are great, but how do we get

1804
02:13:51,480 --> 02:13:54,817
there is the part that I would like to hear. And, and that was

1805
02:13:54,817 --> 02:13:59,880
the on the end where Cameron summarized our our action items

1806
02:13:59,880 --> 02:14:02,424
staff will be putting together those action items collectively

1807
02:14:02,424 --> 02:14:05,895
and bringing those individual tasks forward. And what and

1808
02:14:05,895 --> 02:14:09,365
what I'd like to see more of is maybe working with engineering

1809
02:14:09,365 --> 02:14:13,902
as well to identify which roads, which streets, the street

1810
02:14:13,902 --> 02:14:17,639
hierarchy you would like to see to be one way. Because in order

1811
02:14:17,639 --> 02:14:21,777
to alleviate some of the issues that we have, there is going to

1812
02:14:21,777 --> 02:14:25,381
be the design of the road to have where they're going, and

1813
02:14:25,381 --> 02:14:28,584
also working with code enforcement to do the

1814
02:14:28,584 --> 02:14:31,187
enforcement that it's needed because some of the residents,

1815
02:14:31,187 --> 02:14:34,124
they are there, they have to traverse through there are

1816
02:14:34,124 --> 02:14:38,394
going insane because they can't do it because some of the

1817
02:14:38,394 --> 02:14:40,530
operators don't care. They're parked in the middle of the

1818
02:14:40,530 --> 02:14:42,998
road. And then there's some business owners that are

1819
02:14:42,998 --> 02:14:45,935
related with tow truck companies. They tell you right

1820
02:14:45,935 --> 02:14:49,404
on the wall, no parking here. And if you park on there as

1821
02:14:49,404 --> 02:14:52,408
well, which is public property, and they're not paying for it

1822
02:14:52,408 --> 02:14:55,744
within three minutes, you have a tow truck there trying to tow

1823
02:14:55,744 --> 02:15:00,160
your car. No. Lift it, I seen it. So these are the things

1824
02:15:00,160 --> 02:15:03,886
that we love to be able to fix. And like I said, this is the

1825
02:15:03,886 --> 02:15:07,556
area that was picked first. But there's an area just north of

1826
02:15:07,556 --> 02:15:11,910
Johnson Street, east of 21st Avenue in my district that has

1827
02:15:11,910 --> 02:15:15,179
very similar problems. So whatever we learn here, we

1828
02:15:15,179 --> 02:15:18,249
would try to implement there. And the business sector, I'm

1829
02:15:18,249 --> 02:15:23,530
trying to do something similar on the south side of Jackson

1830
02:15:23,530 --> 02:15:26,457
Street in downtown Parkside, and you guys are helping me

1831
02:15:26,457 --> 02:15:29,661
with that, and I'm grateful for it. In order to try to one way

1832
02:15:29,661 --> 02:15:32,597
and generate more parking, we all learning on this thing, but

1833
02:15:32,597 --> 02:15:35,668
I see beautiful pictures and I say, well, how do we get there?

1834
02:15:35,668 --> 02:15:39,537
And I just can't, I can't see that. And that, and that is one

1835
02:15:39,537 --> 02:15:42,407
of our short term items that we'll be working on. So we

1836
02:15:42,407 --> 02:15:44,742
could program it, fund it, and prioritize and program the

1837
02:15:44,742 --> 02:15:47,946
projects within the staff workloads and tasks. And by the

1838
02:15:47,946 --> 02:15:50,682
way, for the comment with the mayor's family owns property

1839
02:15:50,682 --> 02:15:55,553
there or not, I don't think that unless they own 90% or

1840
02:15:55,553 --> 02:15:59,758
more than 50% of the property there, it's relevant. I think

1841
02:15:59,758 --> 02:16:04,950
that we have a problem in a business district that needs to

1842
02:16:04,950 --> 02:16:08,299
be addressed. So whatever it takes to address it, I'm in

1843
02:16:08,299 --> 02:16:11,635
support of do that. And that may be why I'm coming off a

1844
02:16:11,635 --> 02:16:13,772
little harsh and critical, because I want to make sure

1845
02:16:13,772 --> 02:16:18,420
that that area survives and thrives, because I see the

1846
02:16:18,420 --> 02:16:21,312
commercial areas in the city of Hollywood has been minimized

1847
02:16:21,312 --> 02:16:25,451
and minimized, making way for residential. And the business

1848
02:16:25,451 --> 02:16:28,653
people in the city of Hollywood don't have a place to go, and

1849
02:16:28,653 --> 02:16:32,391
they need to have a place to go, and they need to have a place

1850
02:16:32,391 --> 02:16:35,461
to operate. And the better we can do it, the better business

1851
02:16:35,461 --> 02:16:38,529
that they will have. And in the long term, the better tax base

1852
02:16:38,529 --> 02:16:42,332
that the city of Hollywood has to approve. Motion to approve.

1853
02:16:42,332 --> 02:16:45,690
Second. This is just a presentation, but I don't know

1854
02:16:45,690 --> 02:16:48,730
if you know, we're asking for a motion to approve so that staff

1855
02:16:48,730 --> 02:16:50,875
will work forward with the short term, medium and long

1856
02:16:50,875 --> 02:16:53,478
range items like the ones you've discussed. I'll move to

1857
02:16:53,478 --> 02:16:56,414
approve. And that way we can work with Mr. Hernandez budget

1858
02:16:56,414 --> 02:16:59,550
and departments, who has also cued in to speak next

1859
02:16:59,550 --> 02:17:02,353
Commissioner. Second, it for the record. Okay. Vice Mayor

1860
02:17:02,353 --> 02:17:06,223
Cleary. Sorry, not that I wouldn't, but I just don't want

1861
02:17:06,223 --> 02:17:11,762
to take credit for something I didn't do. So I agree with part

1862
02:17:11,762 --> 02:17:17,435
of what Commissioner Hernandez had brought up. I didn't see

1863
02:17:17,435 --> 02:17:21,105
some of the things that I was expecting to see in this report.

1864
02:17:21,105 --> 02:17:28,905
Maybe I just missed it, maybe I was, but I thought we were

1865
02:17:29,380 --> 02:17:34,180
going to. Improve this industrial area through change

1866
02:17:38,789 --> 02:17:45,989
in zoning and abandonment of uses, but I didn't see ideas on

1867
02:17:46,664 --> 02:17:52,640
different zoning changes and stuff like that. In the

1868
02:17:52,803 --> 02:17:55,807
presentation. AM I was I expecting something we didn't

1869
02:17:55,807 --> 02:18:00,344
have that one of the one of the long term items is to evaluate

1870
02:18:00,344 --> 02:18:04,681
the land use and zoning for some of those areas, but it we

1871
02:18:04,681 --> 02:18:08,850
have to start somewhere. And right now we were looking to

1872
02:18:08,850 --> 02:18:12,156
start on the short term, immediate wins that we've

1873
02:18:12,156 --> 02:18:15,426
identified in the task list, which is starting to get

1874
02:18:15,426 --> 02:18:20,970
excitement around the area, visioning, bringing the the

1875
02:18:20,970 --> 02:18:24,897
businesses together more so that they're. We're bringing

1876
02:18:25,103 --> 02:18:29,106
placemaking and identification to the area and also looking at

1877
02:18:29,106 --> 02:18:32,709
the, the street hierarchy, working within the existing

1878
02:18:32,709 --> 02:18:36,514
pavement boundaries to identify if there could be one way if

1879
02:18:36,514 --> 02:18:39,249
additional on street parking can be captured long term,

1880
02:18:39,249 --> 02:18:43,540
would be. Do we need to look at the land, use the zoning. Do we

1881
02:18:43,540 --> 02:18:47,859
need to look at those other items and work outside of the

1882
02:18:47,859 --> 02:18:52,659
existing pays paved asphalt. But. So the specific

1883
02:18:53,998 --> 02:18:58,200
recommendations on rezone from this to that that is not in

1884
02:18:58,200 --> 02:19:01,606
there. And that was not what the intent of this was. So I'm

1885
02:19:01,606 --> 02:19:08,206
not an urban planner, but I thought that we should be

1886
02:19:08,412 --> 02:19:15,219
adjusting the uses before we start to come up with one way

1887
02:19:15,219 --> 02:19:21,219
streets or how much more parking we need, because long

1888
02:19:21,359 --> 02:19:27,831
term, as you put it for zoning changes, requires long term. It

1889
02:19:27,831 --> 02:19:32,503
requires abandonment of uses. And so the sooner we do that,

1890
02:19:32,503 --> 02:19:37,908
the sooner we get the change in uses. And then we can work on

1891
02:19:37,908 --> 02:19:42,179
the one weighing of streets and additional green spaces or

1892
02:19:42,179 --> 02:19:46,250
additional parking. Because unless we because people could

1893
02:19:46,250 --> 02:19:49,387
speculate and start buying properties, as has been alluded

1894
02:19:49,387 --> 02:19:56,587
to, based on the current zoning and current land uses. And if.

1895
02:19:57,128 --> 02:20:03,134
And then we are faced with Bert Harris. If we are improving a

1896
02:20:03,134 --> 02:20:07,334
neighborhood, stimulating interest in the area and

1897
02:20:09,206 --> 02:20:13,945
speculators, and then we change zoning and we're stuck with the

1898
02:20:13,945 --> 02:20:18,215
zoning that we have now instead of zoning that we want. So

1899
02:20:18,215 --> 02:20:20,418
while I don't have a problem with approving this today, I

1900
02:20:20,418 --> 02:20:26,224
think we need to bring back a zoning and land use changes as

1901
02:20:26,224 --> 02:20:30,940
soon as possible before we start losing the opportunity to

1902
02:20:30,940 --> 02:20:33,297
get those zoning and land use changes. I mean, unless you

1903
02:20:33,297 --> 02:20:37,101
could explain to me why I'm wrong, which I'm perfectly

1904
02:20:37,101 --> 02:20:43,400
acceptable. Commissioner. Thank you. And and yes, it is pretty

1905
02:20:43,400 --> 02:20:46,310
rare that we don't touch a zoning. The reason why you

1906
02:20:46,310 --> 02:20:50,714
don't see it specifically there is because you already had a

1907
02:20:50,714 --> 02:20:56,114
very well written economic study previous to this, and

1908
02:20:56,120 --> 02:20:58,856
with the help of our economist, we also saw how important this

1909
02:20:58,856 --> 02:21:02,327
area is for as an economic engine for both the city and

1910
02:21:02,327 --> 02:21:07,532
the county. So what we did is we established a long term

1911
02:21:07,532 --> 02:21:12,270
vision that would allow for the study of the land use evolution.

1912
02:21:12,270 --> 02:21:15,206
But building on on the success that you currently have and

1913
02:21:15,206 --> 02:21:19,260
seeing how things trickle over time, because changing land use

1914
02:21:19,260 --> 02:21:24,497
right now would had potentially, as you alluded to, a negative

1915
02:21:24,497 --> 02:21:30,497
effect on both the, the land values and potentially having,

1916
02:21:31,771 --> 02:21:36,776
having businesses go out of business. And I'll tell you, I

1917
02:21:36,776 --> 02:21:39,914
promised that I wouldn't bring it up, but I worked on the

1918
02:21:39,914 --> 02:21:42,984
master plan for Wynnewood. And I can tell you there's a lot of

1919
02:21:42,984 --> 02:21:46,119
successes there, but there's a lot of things that happen very

1920
02:21:46,119 --> 02:21:50,191
rapidly that we could not foresee. One of the things that

1921
02:21:50,191 --> 02:21:53,393
we wanted to make sure with this project is that we would

1922
02:21:53,393 --> 02:21:57,596
protect through land use and through through a long term

1923
02:21:57,596 --> 02:22:00,600
evolution of land use and implementation of

1924
02:22:00,600 --> 02:22:03,537
infrastructure. Over time, the protection of your businesses

1925
02:22:03,537 --> 02:22:06,339
and the evolution of of the businesses themselves. But

1926
02:22:06,339 --> 02:22:10,143
building on what they are today and seeing how they can evolve,

1927
02:22:10,143 --> 02:22:15,150
you know, slowly and in a, in a, in a healthy way. Does that

1928
02:22:15,150 --> 02:22:18,170
answer your question? Because I don't want to I don't want to

1929
02:22:18,170 --> 02:22:21,210
tell you, I don't want to, I don't want to mislead you,

1930
02:22:21,210 --> 02:22:25,691
first of all. And number two, I believe working with your with

1931
02:22:25,691 --> 02:22:30,697
your staff that the what the report does, it establishes

1932
02:22:30,697 --> 02:22:34,501
something in a very careful and very well thought manner for

1933
02:22:34,501 --> 02:22:40,840
that evolution of your uses. Okay. And and I'll go, I'll,

1934
02:22:40,840 --> 02:22:46,112
I'll do one more. Yes, we could have been more specific with

1935
02:22:46,112 --> 02:22:50,183
the rights of way and the areas and the distances. Yes. We

1936
02:22:50,183 --> 02:22:54,854
could have proposed zoning changes. I love your your

1937
02:22:54,854 --> 02:22:58,580
comment on on well, if you ask an engineer how to do something,

1938
02:22:58,580 --> 02:23:02,461
they'll give you this very specifics. I'm an engineer. No,

1939
02:23:02,461 --> 02:23:06,800
no. Well, and you're absolutely right. They might have. The

1940
02:23:06,800 --> 02:23:12,939
thing is, when you ask an engineer to find a recipient

1941
02:23:12,939 --> 02:23:16,876
for water, they'll give you the most efficient thing. And it'll

1942
02:23:16,876 --> 02:23:20,747
probably be something cylindrical. What this project

1943
02:23:20,747 --> 02:23:25,850
does is it begins to try to understand why are you what are

1944
02:23:25,850 --> 02:23:30,556
you using the water for? What options do you have? How does

1945
02:23:30,556 --> 02:23:34,427
that recipient fit within the context of Hollywood? So yes,

1946
02:23:34,427 --> 02:23:38,765
you could have gone over the first step of understanding why.

1947
02:23:38,765 --> 02:23:41,368
And yes, you could have gotten all those answers. And yes, you

1948
02:23:41,368 --> 02:23:44,304
could have gotten all the zoning changes that we could

1949
02:23:44,304 --> 02:23:46,307
potentially propose because trust me, I could propose a

1950
02:23:46,307 --> 02:23:49,308
bunch of those. But first you needed to understand, and first,

1951
02:23:49,308 --> 02:23:53,513
we needed to establish what was needed and give you a path

1952
02:23:53,513 --> 02:23:57,183
forward that then your staff can take little by little,

1953
02:23:57,183 --> 02:24:00,720
carefully and understanding what the. Both context and

1954
02:24:00,720 --> 02:24:06,525
reality of the time are. And again, I, we have a lot of

1955
02:24:06,525 --> 02:24:09,530
ideas on how to change those roads. And yes, I can imagine

1956
02:24:09,530 --> 02:24:12,465
here, you know, many other things. But I think that what

1957
02:24:12,465 --> 02:24:16,936
we've put forward for you is a menu of options and a path

1958
02:24:16,936 --> 02:24:20,607
forward that you can work with your staff, not with us

1959
02:24:20,607 --> 02:24:24,143
necessarily, but with your staff, and take it apart and

1960
02:24:24,143 --> 02:24:28,810
ensure that whatever steps you take are very meaningful. And

1961
02:24:28,810 --> 02:24:31,884
they, they, they approach the problem that you have in front

1962
02:24:31,884 --> 02:24:35,888
of you, not necessarily an overhaul of the whole thing. I

1963
02:24:35,888 --> 02:24:41,427
hope that that I am not an engineer. I am not an engineer,

1964
02:24:41,427 --> 02:24:44,830
but my daughter is a mechanical and an aerospace engineer. And

1965
02:24:44,830 --> 02:24:47,567
some of the questions that you talked about, an engineer may

1966
02:24:47,567 --> 02:24:51,504
give you where the space goes. They actually look at first

1967
02:24:51,504 --> 02:24:55,410
what that space is going to do, and what they're installing in

1968
02:24:55,410 --> 02:24:58,244
there is going to help to make that happen. So they are very

1969
02:24:58,244 --> 02:25:01,647
thorough when it comes to that. So I try not to argue with my

1970
02:25:01,647 --> 02:25:05,918
daughter because of just that. So but yes, I have nothing

1971
02:25:05,918 --> 02:25:09,522
against them. Takes it out on us. It's nothing against

1972
02:25:09,522 --> 02:25:12,792
engineers. It's just that we came at this with the guidance

1973
02:25:12,792 --> 02:25:17,197
and help of your staff from from from 30,000ft. Right. And

1974
02:25:17,197 --> 02:25:19,467
I think that's the right approach. You look at it from

1975
02:25:19,467 --> 02:25:22,469
the big picture and try to be holistic, and then help you

1976
02:25:22,469 --> 02:25:25,473
begin to narrow things down to the solution that you need,

1977
02:25:25,473 --> 02:25:29,342
that that was the purpose of the of the project. So I'm

1978
02:25:29,342 --> 02:25:32,611
going to, I'm going to finish with just a couple more points.

1979
02:25:32,611 --> 02:25:38,217
Anybody can answer if you're available. But I love the idea

1980
02:25:38,217 --> 02:25:41,554
of one weighing and creating some diagonal parking along

1981
02:25:41,554 --> 02:25:44,357
these streets, because that will cure some of the parking

1982
02:25:44,357 --> 02:25:50,957
issue. It doesn't cure the flooding issue. So and what I'm

1983
02:25:53,166 --> 02:25:56,703
going to propose is going to be expensive, but can we do

1984
02:25:56,703 --> 02:26:01,400
somewhat like the downtown area on these streets if we one way

1985
02:26:01,400 --> 02:26:05,979
them and do paver parking so that you have that permeable

1986
02:26:05,979 --> 02:26:11,784
area and then we pay for it through creating a C, D, D. Or

1987
02:26:11,784 --> 02:26:15,388
turf block. But you know, I don't, I don't I'm going to

1988
02:26:15,388 --> 02:26:20,126
reiterate, I don't agree with gravel parking anywhere. I

1989
02:26:20,126 --> 02:26:24,664
think it's just it's going to not improve the esthetics of a

1990
02:26:24,664 --> 02:26:30,136
neighborhood by allowing gravel parking. But can we do what the

1991
02:26:30,136 --> 02:26:33,739
city attorney can we create a C, D, D or do we need voting by

1992
02:26:33,739 --> 02:26:39,145
the property owners or. I mean, we didn't do it for we did a

1993
02:26:39,145 --> 02:26:44,545
voluntary vote for the North North Emerald Hills Improvement

1994
02:26:45,218 --> 02:26:50,230
safety Improvement District. Like we we did the voting just

1995
02:26:50,230 --> 02:26:54,361
so that we can get shade for making the decision. But don't

1996
02:26:54,361 --> 02:26:58,300
we have the ability to create a C, D, D, or some kind of

1997
02:26:58,300 --> 02:27:00,166
improvement district for Washington Park industrial area?

1998
02:27:00,166 --> 02:27:03,703
We're very happy to look into that and let you know what

1999
02:27:03,703 --> 02:27:08,307
we're able to find. We're I'm happy to to have my office look

2000
02:27:08,307 --> 02:27:11,577
into that. You don't need support. We'll look into it.

2001
02:27:11,577 --> 02:27:18,777
Okay. Thank you. And that's it. Thank you. So, Damaris, the way

2002
02:27:22,522 --> 02:27:25,591
in which the discussion is going on with the City

2003
02:27:25,591 --> 02:27:28,610
Commission, and they're talking about concepts and they've gone

2004
02:27:28,610 --> 02:27:31,830
beyond the envelope of this particular master plan

2005
02:27:31,830 --> 02:27:33,151
presentation, even though I'm not required to abstain from

2006
02:27:33,151 --> 02:27:36,155
voting on this. I think I just want to avoid even the

2007
02:27:36,155 --> 02:27:39,910
appearance of a conflict of interest. And I'm going to just

2008
02:27:39,910 --> 02:27:42,161
step down. I'll pass it to step pass it to Vice mayor to

2009
02:27:42,161 --> 02:27:45,290
complete the item. And this way they can have their discussion

2010
02:27:45,290 --> 02:27:47,165
because they're going beyond just the vision plan. And so

2011
02:27:47,165 --> 02:27:51,236
I'd feel more comfortable just erring on the side of, of.

2012
02:27:51,236 --> 02:27:54,840
Absolutely. The appearance of, of any conflict allows you to

2013
02:27:54,840 --> 02:28:01,440
abstain. Thank you. Thank you. Of course. Tracy. Who's up next?

2014
02:28:02,314 --> 02:28:08,314
Okay. Go ahead, Commissioner Shuhan. Oh, Lord have mercy. He

2015
02:28:08,453 --> 02:28:16,253
exited the meeting. Yeah. Thank you, I got it. I don't need you

2016
02:28:18,530 --> 02:28:23,469
much of what I was going to say. Commissioner Hernandez said. I,

2017
02:28:23,469 --> 02:28:29,700
I agree very much that I think it looks good. I think it

2018
02:28:29,700 --> 02:28:34,120
provides direction. I guess my wish or my disappointment is

2019
02:28:34,120 --> 02:28:38,170
that we don't have something today to say yes for the next

2020
02:28:38,170 --> 02:28:41,553
step. I mean, we have we're going to approve this, it

2021
02:28:41,553 --> 02:28:47,358
sounds like. But is there money that you need? Is there more

2022
02:28:47,358 --> 02:28:51,296
direction that you need? I feel like these surrounding

2023
02:28:51,296 --> 02:28:55,300
residents have been living with unacceptable conditions for

2024
02:28:55,300 --> 02:29:01,707
decades, and we should be doing more faster. And so this is the

2025
02:29:01,707 --> 02:29:06,378
exact this is the kind of the the uncomfortable part here is

2026
02:29:06,378 --> 02:29:09,915
we haven't done master planning, you know, in a little while.

2027
02:29:09,915 --> 02:29:14,788
And so the intent of this is to identify the items that we need

2028
02:29:14,788 --> 02:29:18,792
to work together to program within the departments, whether

2029
02:29:18,792 --> 02:29:23,610
it's funding, staffing or just within our workload to bring

2030
02:29:23,610 --> 02:29:26,264
them forward. So what we have on the screen now is our four

2031
02:29:26,264 --> 02:29:29,801
next steps, where we're going to start to move the short term

2032
02:29:29,801 --> 02:29:32,604
recommendations forward, and then evaluating some of the

2033
02:29:32,604 --> 02:29:35,940
medium and long range. The intent of this isn't there's

2034
02:29:35,940 --> 02:29:39,144
not going to be change overnight, but the intent is

2035
02:29:39,144 --> 02:29:42,348
how do we have change over time so that we start to see

2036
02:29:42,348 --> 02:29:45,817
tangible results? And what are the quickest, fastest items we

2037
02:29:45,817 --> 02:29:49,555
could do. And that is what has been identified and laid out in

2038
02:29:49,555 --> 02:29:54,826
the implementation matrix. Okay, so we will be coming back to

2039
02:29:54,826 --> 02:29:57,496
you with funding and prioritizing and putting those

2040
02:29:57,496 --> 02:30:00,833
together. Okay. And I understand that your department

2041
02:30:00,833 --> 02:30:05,904
has been extraordinarily busy. So a concern is and you know, I

2042
02:30:05,904 --> 02:30:11,420
don't want this to sound disrespectful for any master

2043
02:30:11,420 --> 02:30:13,979
plan that's ever come through. But we have a lot of plans. We

2044
02:30:13,979 --> 02:30:17,382
have a lot of plans that don't get implemented. And this one,

2045
02:30:17,382 --> 02:30:20,186
I think it sounds like and we'll see how the vote goes,

2046
02:30:20,186 --> 02:30:24,560
but it sounds like we're all in favor of this as a good thing.

2047
02:30:24,560 --> 02:30:28,127
But it it has to start happening. And then my only

2048
02:30:28,127 --> 02:30:33,532
other comment is, is code. And I think that much of the

2049
02:30:33,532 --> 02:30:37,536
predicament that this community and this area finds itself in

2050
02:30:37,536 --> 02:30:43,275
is over a very long number of years, there has been lax code

2051
02:30:43,275 --> 02:30:46,780
enforcement. And so things that are not allowed, have been

2052
02:30:46,780 --> 02:30:49,347
allowed to the point that we're afraid to not allow them

2053
02:30:49,347 --> 02:30:51,818
anymore. I'm not an expert in the neighborhood, but that's

2054
02:30:51,818 --> 02:30:54,687
what it feels like. Like people just abuse the situation

2055
02:30:54,687 --> 02:30:58,357
because it's never been forcefully enforced. And so I

2056
02:30:58,357 --> 02:31:03,763
think that one, the one thing that we can do today is not put

2057
02:31:03,763 --> 02:31:07,320
these businesses out of business with enforcement, but

2058
02:31:07,320 --> 02:31:10,636
come to some agreement with the business owners that we're

2059
02:31:10,636 --> 02:31:14,440
going to enforce things. I mean, I only hear about residents

2060
02:31:14,440 --> 02:31:18,176
that can't get through these streets, and they're concerned

2061
02:31:18,176 --> 02:31:20,912
that emergency vehicles can't get through these streets. I

2062
02:31:20,912 --> 02:31:23,716
mean, these are real worries, right? If somebody's trying to

2063
02:31:23,716 --> 02:31:27,319
get their kid to school or get their kid to the doctor and the

2064
02:31:27,319 --> 02:31:30,189
streets are blocked. I mean, we're not doing our job as a

2065
02:31:30,189 --> 02:31:33,258
city. So I think I appreciate what Andrea's saying about

2066
02:31:33,258 --> 02:31:36,195
starting on this. But in the meantime, we have to come up

2067
02:31:36,195 --> 02:31:40,399
with some enforcement that allows the businesses to

2068
02:31:40,399 --> 02:31:44,690
operate and allows the residents to live peacefully

2069
02:31:44,690 --> 02:31:47,340
and successfully to be able to get where they need to go

2070
02:31:47,340 --> 02:31:51,210
without the concern. So like I said, I'm not an expert in the

2071
02:31:51,210 --> 02:31:54,146
area, but the one thing I hear about are these block streets

2072
02:31:54,146 --> 02:31:58,483
business owners not giving up any care to the residents that

2073
02:31:58,483 --> 02:32:02,200
surround it, feeling like they have the priority over these

2074
02:32:02,200 --> 02:32:05,290
streets versus the residents when really, you know, the

2075
02:32:05,290 --> 02:32:09,427
residents are are very, very important and their concerns

2076
02:32:09,427 --> 02:32:12,631
have to be addressed. So that's my request, I guess, Giovanna,

2077
02:32:12,631 --> 02:32:15,568
is to maybe have some sort of meeting with these businesses

2078
02:32:15,568 --> 02:32:18,570
and say, this is what we're doing and we're going to really

2079
02:32:18,570 --> 02:32:23,375
enforce this. Now, in between when our planning department

2080
02:32:23,375 --> 02:32:26,911
keeps us moving through these next steps. And until then, the

2081
02:32:26,911 --> 02:32:31,983
burden is really on on code to keep the residents safe in this

2082
02:32:31,983 --> 02:32:37,390
in this area. So that's it for me. Thank you. Next in the

2083
02:32:37,390 --> 02:32:43,990
queue is Commissioner Quintana. Do it. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I, I

2084
02:32:44,529 --> 02:32:47,733
was actually sticking to what was in the plan. So thank you

2085
02:32:47,733 --> 02:32:50,737
for all of those of you who have come up with ideas about

2086
02:32:50,737 --> 02:32:55,273
how to fund the future. And I was really focusing much more

2087
02:32:55,273 --> 02:33:01,790
on the short term and mid-term actions that are in the

2088
02:33:01,790 --> 02:33:06,479
implementation matrix. So, I mean, that said to the

2089
02:33:08,353 --> 02:33:13,753
conversation about code, believe me, Roger and I speak

2090
02:33:15,930 --> 02:33:19,765
every day. I don't know how else I can say how much was

2091
02:33:19,765 --> 02:33:24,168
spent on the sidewalks that are on the linear park on State

2092
02:33:24,168 --> 02:33:30,575
Road seven on fDOT that is currently being used by the car

2093
02:33:30,575 --> 02:33:36,575
dealerships to to drive their cars over the landscaping and

2094
02:33:38,402 --> 02:33:42,339
onto the sidewalks, and then taking pictures from State Road

2095
02:33:42,339 --> 02:33:48,479
seven to sell their cars. And so I want our small businesses

2096
02:33:48,479 --> 02:33:53,279
to continue to operate the community. The surrounding

2097
02:33:54,685 --> 02:34:01,910
community does not want to lose its identity as a working class

2098
02:34:01,910 --> 02:34:05,762
community. They want to continue to have blue collar

2099
02:34:05,762 --> 02:34:09,501
workers be able to be in the Washington Park community. They

2100
02:34:09,501 --> 02:34:15,390
don't want that to change, nor do I. What I was seeking was

2101
02:34:15,390 --> 02:34:19,839
coexistence, mutual respect between the heavy auto uses

2102
02:34:22,450 --> 02:34:27,500
that are going on in the industrial park and the other

2103
02:34:27,500 --> 02:34:30,653
business types that are in there. I'm talking about

2104
02:34:30,653 --> 02:34:35,659
business to business, mutual respect that does not currently

2105
02:34:35,659 --> 02:34:41,659
exist. And then certainly the big trucks that come through

2106
02:34:41,799 --> 02:34:45,680
delivering the vehicles from the dealerships that drive

2107
02:34:45,680 --> 02:34:48,605
through the residential neighborhoods, that no sooner

2108
02:34:48,605 --> 02:34:53,677
does Joseph Kroll's department catch up a road that within two

2109
02:34:53,677 --> 02:34:56,613
months, big holes are there again, because you've got these

2110
02:34:56,613 --> 02:35:02,685
huge trucks that are using them daily for delivery of vehicles.

2111
02:35:02,685 --> 02:35:06,623
I was just looking for a way that we could have mutual

2112
02:35:06,623 --> 02:35:12,230
respect happen within that industrial area. And I also

2113
02:35:13,970 --> 02:35:17,435
want to then point back to what in The matrix, it seems to me

2114
02:35:17,435 --> 02:35:21,371
like the most intractable parts of this challenge. So this area

2115
02:35:21,371 --> 02:35:25,571
was unincorporated Broward until 1963, when Hollywood then

2116
02:35:26,510 --> 02:35:31,782
took on the area. What was there before was a trailer park

2117
02:35:31,782 --> 02:35:36,520
and it became it took away housing, but it then became

2118
02:35:36,520 --> 02:35:43,120
industrial and commercial use. This has been this way for an

2119
02:35:43,259 --> 02:35:49,132
awfully long time, since 1963. And if this was an easy to

2120
02:35:49,132 --> 02:35:53,700
solve problem, I would think by now somebody would have solved

2121
02:35:53,700 --> 02:35:56,673
it. It's an intractable problem. The parts that are most

2122
02:35:56,673 --> 02:36:01,100
difficult are in that those three center blocks that if you

2123
02:36:01,100 --> 02:36:06,416
could bring the map back up, guys, that has the hierarchy of

2124
02:36:06,416 --> 02:36:12,889
streets, that interior part, it seems to me like the most

2125
02:36:12,889 --> 02:36:18,889
challenging part. So the thing about painting the the thing

2126
02:36:19,970 --> 02:36:23,100
about painting the facades, not all the stuff that's in the

2127
02:36:23,100 --> 02:36:26,970
short term, under vision and identity, none of it would cost

2128
02:36:26,970 --> 02:36:29,374
anything. In addition, and I know that that's part of what

2129
02:36:29,374 --> 02:36:33,377
staff took into consideration is what can we do without money

2130
02:36:33,377 --> 02:36:37,447
to get it going? And I think that's all fine and dandy. I

2131
02:36:37,447 --> 02:36:40,651
kind of get the sense that unless the property owners

2132
02:36:40,651 --> 02:36:44,521
there take an interest in improving their facades and

2133
02:36:44,521 --> 02:36:48,125
having a cleaner environment, it isn't going to happen. Right.

2134
02:36:48,125 --> 02:36:51,129
And so I'm kind of deemphasizing all that part

2135
02:36:51,129 --> 02:36:55,465
because obviously they haven't done it yet. And it's not like

2136
02:36:55,465 --> 02:36:58,668
they're not making money that they could clean up their

2137
02:36:58,668 --> 02:37:02,606
properties as it stands, but they haven't done it yet. I'm

2138
02:37:02,606 --> 02:37:06,610
deemphasizing all of that. Of your vision and identity

2139
02:37:06,610 --> 02:37:09,120
recommendations, the one that I think we should follow through

2140
02:37:09,120 --> 02:37:14,886
on is managed change at the edges, not the core. So there's

2141
02:37:14,886 --> 02:37:21,291
an easy win if you focus on 56th Avenue, on Washington

2142
02:37:21,291 --> 02:37:26,290
Street, on State Road seven and Pembroke Road. As a first step,

2143
02:37:26,290 --> 02:37:29,967
what can we do about improving that outside core, how that

2144
02:37:29,967 --> 02:37:35,305
looks? That's where I think we could get some quick wins. It's

2145
02:37:35,305 --> 02:37:38,575
still going to be ugly in the middle unless we get property

2146
02:37:38,575 --> 02:37:43,314
owners in there to care, but at least the outside core won't

2147
02:37:43,314 --> 02:37:47,518
look so bad. I would like to suggest in the section that

2148
02:37:47,518 --> 02:37:51,922
says Street Design, Mobility and Infrastructure, I would

2149
02:37:51,922 --> 02:37:59,122
like to see us focus on. You already said it. Adopting the

2150
02:37:59,129 --> 02:38:03,329
street hierarchy framework and considering initiating a

2151
02:38:05,202 --> 02:38:09,206
traffic study to assess limiting truck and commercial

2152
02:38:09,206 --> 02:38:14,945
vehicle traffic on residential roads. I'd like to move from

2153
02:38:14,945 --> 02:38:20,945
mid-term to short term, where it says develop a comprehensive

2154
02:38:21,170 --> 02:38:25,355
street condition and needs assessment so that you can

2155
02:38:25,355 --> 02:38:29,692
prioritize the repair and repaving of residential streets.

2156
02:38:29,692 --> 02:38:33,296
Again, I mean, Joseph is patching them, but we're not

2157
02:38:33,296 --> 02:38:38,301
actually repaving them. And I guess we'll see how long they

2158
02:38:38,301 --> 02:38:42,372
last with the big trucks driving over them if we spend

2159
02:38:42,372 --> 02:38:45,909
the money on that. But I'd like to move that into short term,

2160
02:38:45,909 --> 02:38:48,778
because those roads are in terrible condition where it

2161
02:38:48,778 --> 02:38:52,378
says, prioritize sidewalk improvements and repair.

2162
02:38:53,517 --> 02:38:57,120
Referencing the proposed street hierarchy. So we'd be putting

2163
02:38:57,120 --> 02:39:00,724
sidewalks in repair, emphasizing it on the four

2164
02:39:00,724 --> 02:39:05,194
green areas in the map. I don't know that it's worth trying to

2165
02:39:05,194 --> 02:39:08,799
fix sidewalks in the interior core right now. When all the

2166
02:39:08,799 --> 02:39:11,869
cars are parked over the sidewalks and anything and

2167
02:39:11,869 --> 02:39:17,207
everything else they can park over. So again, I'm not even

2168
02:39:17,207 --> 02:39:20,210
touching the long term. I was just focusing on the short term

2169
02:39:20,210 --> 02:39:25,820
and mid-term so that you guys could know where to get started,

2170
02:39:25,820 --> 02:39:29,553
where under street design and mobility infrastructure, again,

2171
02:39:29,553 --> 02:39:34,353
please move to short term developing and adopting

2172
02:39:34,424 --> 02:39:38,895
strategies to increase water permeability in the public

2173
02:39:38,895 --> 02:39:46,950
right of way. So this is a prone to flooding area. When

2174
02:39:48,973 --> 02:39:55,573
public Utilities did the. Sewer and new water lines, there was

2175
02:39:58,649 --> 02:40:02,586
not really a vision to improve the drainage. And because of

2176
02:40:02,586 --> 02:40:07,991
all of the hoopla that that was raised, they somehow managed to

2177
02:40:07,991 --> 02:40:11,128
improve some areas of drainage in there. But it's still really

2178
02:40:11,128 --> 02:40:16,200
bad. I go through there at least three times a week, and

2179
02:40:16,200 --> 02:40:19,937
the flooding is I mean, I have video, I'm not going to show it,

2180
02:40:19,937 --> 02:40:26,100
but it's like waves in a place with heavy auto uses where

2181
02:40:26,100 --> 02:40:32,610
there are auto chemicals. Okay, so I think that proper drainage

2182
02:40:33,950 --> 02:40:36,954
should be a priority. So whatever we can do in the

2183
02:40:36,954 --> 02:40:40,357
places where we know the water puddles, I think that should be

2184
02:40:40,357 --> 02:40:45,429
a priority. And then I guess I'll stop with that because

2185
02:40:45,429 --> 02:40:49,767
wait, is there another one? Yeah, I made reference to it

2186
02:40:49,767 --> 02:40:52,903
this morning as the last thing I'll say. I made reference to

2187
02:40:52,903 --> 02:40:57,575
it this morning. If we can somehow encourage in these

2188
02:40:57,575 --> 02:41:02,975
outer core the things like maker where people are

2189
02:41:05,850 --> 02:41:09,120
manufacturing, making something, it can be in a small setting,

2190
02:41:09,120 --> 02:41:15,720
but some some place where people can. I know of places

2191
02:41:16,594 --> 02:41:20,264
where they have something that's called repair clinics,

2192
02:41:20,264 --> 02:41:23,534
DIY repair clinics, so that people could come to a

2193
02:41:23,534 --> 02:41:26,803
storefront and learn how to repair lamp, learn how to

2194
02:41:26,803 --> 02:41:32,344
repair a sewing machine, learn what they can do to change

2195
02:41:32,344 --> 02:41:37,882
their own oil. Perhaps even so, things that would encourage

2196
02:41:37,882 --> 02:41:42,219
that, that identity as a blue collar, hands on kind of

2197
02:41:42,219 --> 02:41:45,222
environment. But we could create businesses that are

2198
02:41:45,222 --> 02:41:49,160
consistent with that in the outer core. So I'll stop. I

2199
02:41:49,160 --> 02:41:51,695
don't want to monopolize the conversation, but I again, I

2200
02:41:51,695 --> 02:41:56,967
want to say I'm grateful that we're even thinking about this

2201
02:41:56,967 --> 02:42:01,172
because what I was told when I first brought this up, this

2202
02:42:01,172 --> 02:42:06,420
will never change. It's been like this for decades. Nobody's

2203
02:42:06,420 --> 02:42:10,381
figured out a way to do it. It's going to take a long time,

2204
02:42:10,381 --> 02:42:14,918
I said, but if we never start, we never will. And if you just

2205
02:42:14,918 --> 02:42:18,540
say it's never going to change and throw up your hands and say,

2206
02:42:18,540 --> 02:42:21,592
forget it, that's how we got to where we are now. So I'm not

2207
02:42:21,592 --> 02:42:24,129
expecting it to be overnight. I don't want to throw any

2208
02:42:24,129 --> 02:42:27,998
business owners into a panic. I don't want to throw the the

2209
02:42:27,998 --> 02:42:30,468
neighborhood around it into a panic that they're getting

2210
02:42:30,468 --> 02:42:32,736
gentrified and kicked out of their neighborhood. I don't

2211
02:42:32,736 --> 02:42:37,274
want that to happen, but I do want us to know that it doesn't

2212
02:42:37,274 --> 02:42:42,346
have to be this way. There are other ways that we can do this,

2213
02:42:42,346 --> 02:42:46,830
and we should not give up on the opportunity. I'll stop.

2214
02:42:46,830 --> 02:42:50,154
Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Quintana. It's

2215
02:42:50,154 --> 02:42:53,891
your district, so you should speak up about it so no one is

2216
02:42:53,891 --> 02:42:56,961
monopolizing your time. If you have more to say, go for it.

2217
02:42:56,961 --> 02:43:00,164
Thank you. I'm good for now. So I was in the queue, but I'm

2218
02:43:00,164 --> 02:43:03,100
going to go ahead and take the privilege. I know that

2219
02:43:03,100 --> 02:43:06,503
Commissioner Hernandez is up to speak after, but I think a lot

2220
02:43:06,503 --> 02:43:14,303
of know Kevin done. He's done. Yeah. So I think that we have

2221
02:43:15,646 --> 02:43:22,246
talked about in a micro vision years about this area primarily,

2222
02:43:22,319 --> 02:43:25,255
as Commissioner Shoham said, code, code, code, because that

2223
02:43:25,255 --> 02:43:28,859
seems to be the biggest issue. And we got nowhere for a long

2224
02:43:28,859 --> 02:43:33,864
time. It was an unsafe area. It was a police haven, if I'm not

2225
02:43:33,864 --> 02:43:38,135
mistaken, to go in there because there were a lot of not

2226
02:43:38,135 --> 02:43:43,274
so friendly usages going on in that area as well. So it was

2227
02:43:43,274 --> 02:43:47,279
almost like a micro type of addressing and starting just

2228
02:43:47,279 --> 02:43:54,840
with code. But this to me is a macro because it shows a vision.

2229
02:43:54,840 --> 02:43:59,824
It shows a way that we can get where we need to be. My only

2230
02:43:59,824 --> 02:44:02,760
critique, I guess, would be and not disrespectfully, but we

2231
02:44:02,760 --> 02:44:07,630
have so much advancement with AI and technology that if you

2232
02:44:07,630 --> 02:44:11,968
go back to the slides that you showed the streets and it

2233
02:44:11,968 --> 02:44:14,572
reminds me of, I'm kind of going backwards, but you bring

2234
02:44:14,572 --> 02:44:18,776
it forward, right? You have this what it is now you have an

2235
02:44:18,776 --> 02:44:21,712
overlay to show what the future will look like. So, you know,

2236
02:44:21,712 --> 02:44:25,649
it's like the, the process. So you see where it is now, like a

2237
02:44:25,649 --> 02:44:29,653
current time photo and then what it could be with an

2238
02:44:29,653 --> 02:44:33,725
overlay showing the underneath and then vibrant appearance of

2239
02:44:33,725 --> 02:44:36,460
how that would be because it's very hard if you're not a

2240
02:44:36,460 --> 02:44:40,531
picture, like I need to see it to believe it. And right now,

2241
02:44:40,531 --> 02:44:46,603
this is wonderful ideas, but it's not reality for me, that

2242
02:44:46,603 --> 02:44:49,406
would be my only suggestion. And, and it's great for the

2243
02:44:49,406 --> 02:44:52,676
public to see what the future could bring. I don't think we

2244
02:44:52,676 --> 02:44:55,946
want to push out the small businesses in that area either.

2245
02:44:55,946 --> 02:44:59,616
It's very important that we actually have the pips and the

2246
02:44:59,616 --> 02:45:03,487
hips and the ships and all the type of projects that we have

2247
02:45:03,487 --> 02:45:06,890
to help generate these businesses to give them an

2248
02:45:06,890 --> 02:45:10,889
opportunity to enhance their businesses, make them more

2249
02:45:11,940 --> 02:45:14,980
appealing. Curbside appeal. I think that that's an

2250
02:45:14,980 --> 02:45:17,967
opportunity that we can seek. Don't we have that right now

2251
02:45:17,967 --> 02:45:22,372
available? And maybe we have to do some outreach and and really

2252
02:45:22,372 --> 02:45:25,509
get them involved to make sure that the improvements are made

2253
02:45:25,509 --> 02:45:28,512
as well. But I think that there is light at the end of the

2254
02:45:28,512 --> 02:45:32,315
tunnel. I think that this is a really great start, and I think

2255
02:45:32,315 --> 02:45:34,586
that this is something we've needed for a while. So thank

2256
02:45:34,586 --> 02:45:37,387
you, Commissioner Quintana, for being the squeaky wheel, which

2257
02:45:37,387 --> 02:45:40,457
we always say is so important. But now we have to put the

2258
02:45:40,457 --> 02:45:43,461
rubber to the road and make sure that we move it forward.

2259
02:45:43,461 --> 02:45:46,529
And so I know that there's a motion on the floor. I'm going

2260
02:45:46,529 --> 02:45:48,732
to go ahead and allow Commissioner Hernandez and then

2261
02:45:48,732 --> 02:45:51,535
Commissioner Gruber, and I guess we'll go ahead and take a

2262
02:45:51,535 --> 02:45:56,935
vote. Commissioner Hernandez. She's not on yet. She's here.

2263
02:46:01,820 --> 02:46:04,351
There. One more. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

2264
02:46:04,351 --> 02:46:07,688
Actually, it the door has been open for us to look at the

2265
02:46:07,688 --> 02:46:13,760
outer versus the inner. As a business owner and someone who

2266
02:46:13,760 --> 02:46:17,431
don't have any property in this particular area, I can tell you

2267
02:46:17,431 --> 02:46:21,635
that my idea is completely contradicting to yours, rather

2268
02:46:21,635 --> 02:46:26,706
than to eliminate the business and have the residential thrive,

2269
02:46:26,706 --> 02:46:29,176
give the people from the residential the ability to make

2270
02:46:29,176 --> 02:46:33,180
money out of their property and make that a business district

2271
02:46:33,180 --> 02:46:37,118
so that you don't have both. You don't have we? Well, you

2272
02:46:37,118 --> 02:46:40,530
said that you would rather focus on the main street and

2273
02:46:40,530 --> 02:46:43,991
the outer cause as a start. As a start, I understand my, my,

2274
02:46:43,991 --> 02:46:47,928
you, it won't work that way because, for example, Pembroke

2275
02:46:47,928 --> 02:46:51,531
Road, I've been after the department for years to do

2276
02:46:51,531 --> 02:46:54,135
something to change the zoning of Pembroke Road. Pembroke Road

2277
02:46:54,135 --> 02:46:57,339
has mostly 25 foot lots, and then you have to amass so many

2278
02:46:57,339 --> 02:47:01,750
of them. Then you don't have the depth to be able to have

2279
02:47:01,750 --> 02:47:03,477
any business that can sustain, because it doesn't have the

2280
02:47:03,477 --> 02:47:06,681
ability to create the parking necessary for the business that

2281
02:47:06,681 --> 02:47:10,885
you have there. So you have a conflict no matter what you do.

2282
02:47:10,885 --> 02:47:14,288
Now, if you take a block behind that, some of the residential

2283
02:47:14,288 --> 02:47:18,920
block and you create a buffer, then you can have a larger

2284
02:47:18,920 --> 02:47:22,963
business doing on Pembroke Road, similar to what Pembroke West

2285
02:47:22,963 --> 02:47:28,963
Park has done. They've actually rezoned two blocks south of

2286
02:47:29,303 --> 02:47:32,840
Pembroke Road to be commercial in nature in order for them to

2287
02:47:32,840 --> 02:47:36,243
be able to allow larger development to take place. It's

2288
02:47:36,243 --> 02:47:39,460
not anywhere near where they want to go, but they've taken

2289
02:47:39,460 --> 02:47:42,983
the step zoning wise to be able to do it this way. There's a

2290
02:47:42,983 --> 02:47:46,987
buffer before it gets into the residential. In this particular

2291
02:47:46,987 --> 02:47:51,324
district, you have a great deal of commercial that has taken

2292
02:47:51,324 --> 02:47:55,663
over some of the residential. And I can tell you the by

2293
02:47:55,663 --> 02:47:57,598
firsthand experience, what happened with the regional

2294
02:47:57,598 --> 02:48:02,403
activity center with Iraq that took place on east of 21st

2295
02:48:02,403 --> 02:48:07,541
Avenue, west of Federal Highway, where you had a mixture of both.

2296
02:48:07,541 --> 02:48:10,544
When we rezone every all of that to a regional activity

2297
02:48:10,544 --> 02:48:14,140
center. If you had a commercial use that you were using and you

2298
02:48:14,140 --> 02:48:16,950
sold it and you stopped using it for that for more than three

2299
02:48:16,950 --> 02:48:20,870
months, you lose your ability to do that similar to 24th

2300
02:48:20,870 --> 02:48:22,957
Avenue. And it created a stagnation of some of those

2301
02:48:22,957 --> 02:48:26,160
lots because people didn't pay the money that they paid for

2302
02:48:26,160 --> 02:48:29,830
commercial, supposedly, and then find out that it was

2303
02:48:29,830 --> 02:48:32,700
residential. We have worked through some of those kinks,

2304
02:48:32,700 --> 02:48:38,439
but working on a 1 to 1 basis is time consuming, painful for

2305
02:48:38,439 --> 02:48:41,975
both for the property owner and the staff in order to be able

2306
02:48:41,975 --> 02:48:44,978
to achieve something. So if we're looking to see what the

2307
02:48:44,978 --> 02:48:48,582
long term vision is of that particular area with the

2308
02:48:48,582 --> 02:48:52,119
density that you have on commercial uses, I would say I

2309
02:48:52,119 --> 02:48:56,456
would rather have, since the shrinking, the commercial

2310
02:48:56,456 --> 02:48:58,592
properties in the city of Hollywood's have shrunk,

2311
02:48:58,592 --> 02:49:01,462
particularly with the regional activity center. I would

2312
02:49:01,462 --> 02:49:04,398
venture to say I would rather see this as a commercial

2313
02:49:04,398 --> 02:49:07,601
district. And the properties that are residential in nature

2314
02:49:07,601 --> 02:49:10,470
right now, and the people have the ability to sell cash in on

2315
02:49:10,470 --> 02:49:15,542
a higher value. Those properties. Let's draw up what

2316
02:49:15,542 --> 02:49:19,480
we really want to see with the proper parking, with the proper

2317
02:49:19,480 --> 02:49:22,817
drainage and the proper business model. So then them

2318
02:49:22,817 --> 02:49:25,819
can actually thrive. And then we can work backwards on this

2319
02:49:25,819 --> 02:49:28,556
one that we have, which is smaller property. And they're

2320
02:49:28,556 --> 02:49:33,160
actually abusing their, their, their stay, if you would,

2321
02:49:33,160 --> 02:49:35,830
because they're parking in the middle of the road. And if

2322
02:49:35,830 --> 02:49:38,966
you've been there, as I have, when a flatbed tow truck is

2323
02:49:38,966 --> 02:49:41,836
unloading two cars, because they got one on top and one on

2324
02:49:41,836 --> 02:49:45,506
the back, and you tell them, hey, I got to get around you, I

2325
02:49:45,506 --> 02:49:49,420
whatever, no, whatever you would want to hear from a

2326
02:49:49,420 --> 02:49:52,913
sailor, you would hear from this. I have and and so have I.

2327
02:49:52,913 --> 02:49:56,583
So my point is. And then you you have to test your patience.

2328
02:49:56,583 --> 02:50:00,120
So we need to address that and code and police because I

2329
02:50:00,120 --> 02:50:03,123
wouldn't suggest just to send a code officer out there without

2330
02:50:03,123 --> 02:50:07,394
having the police nearby, because those people get nasty.

2331
02:50:07,394 --> 02:50:10,931
And yes, the truck driver may have the ability for 15 minutes

2332
02:50:10,931 --> 02:50:14,535
to do this, but sometimes they're really smart. They park

2333
02:50:14,535 --> 02:50:17,806
right next to the other guy who is on the other side of the

2334
02:50:17,806 --> 02:50:20,874
street, and they block the road. And when they're unloading cars

2335
02:50:20,874 --> 02:50:23,543
and they're blocking the road, God forbid that any emergency

2336
02:50:23,543 --> 02:50:27,481
vehicle has to go through there. It ain't happening without them

2337
02:50:27,481 --> 02:50:31,850
having to move that. And that's time that it takes away from

2338
02:50:31,850 --> 02:50:34,880
somebody's potential life threatening situation. So we

2339
02:50:34,880 --> 02:50:36,624
need to address this. But I think that the larger picture

2340
02:50:36,624 --> 02:50:40,494
is I love what they presented, but we as a commission need to

2341
02:50:40,494 --> 02:50:44,831
address this. What do we really want to have a residential area

2342
02:50:44,831 --> 02:50:48,368
in the middle of a commercial district that will be in

2343
02:50:48,368 --> 02:50:51,771
conflict for years and years to come, or do we want to change

2344
02:50:51,771 --> 02:50:54,908
this to a commercial district? And that's more than the

2345
02:50:54,908 --> 02:50:57,578
presentation that it's here. But that's the long term vision

2346
02:50:57,578 --> 02:51:01,448
as to what we want to do. And if you want Pembroke Road along

2347
02:51:01,448 --> 02:51:04,985
that area to thrive, we need to be able to change the zoning

2348
02:51:04,985 --> 02:51:10,390
because I've been here since 1974 and even since back then,

2349
02:51:10,390 --> 02:51:13,260
the city of Hollywood had a growth management department.

2350
02:51:13,260 --> 02:51:15,729
That's what it was called. Because we're landlocked, we

2351
02:51:15,729 --> 02:51:20,534
can't grow anymore, and nobody was willing to take that on. At

2352
02:51:20,534 --> 02:51:23,737
some point, we have to, if we want the city with that

2353
02:51:23,737 --> 02:51:26,606
particular area to prosper. Otherwise, you're encouraging

2354
02:51:26,606 --> 02:51:29,676
the same thing to happen. And no matter what we do with the

2355
02:51:29,676 --> 02:51:32,680
street, no matter what we do with code, no matter what we do

2356
02:51:32,680 --> 02:51:34,948
with those businesses, they will still live in conflict

2357
02:51:34,948 --> 02:51:38,685
with those residential area. That's how I see it. And I and

2358
02:51:38,685 --> 02:51:41,755
I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I think we need to

2359
02:51:41,755 --> 02:51:44,240
maybe look at it from a different perspective, allow

2360
02:51:44,240 --> 02:51:46,893
this to take place, and then bring it back to us and see

2361
02:51:46,893 --> 02:51:49,964
what we really want to do with the whole district, with the

2362
02:51:49,964 --> 02:51:54,301
whole area. Because basically from 56th Avenue, that's 56th

2363
02:51:54,301 --> 02:51:59,373
Avenue and Washington Street for 41 Pembroke Road. That box

2364
02:51:59,373 --> 02:52:02,843
right there, that area right there is what we're talking

2365
02:52:02,843 --> 02:52:05,846
about. And if you look at it and you count, there's a heck

2366
02:52:05,846 --> 02:52:09,790
of a lot more businesses in business zoned areas and

2367
02:52:09,790 --> 02:52:12,327
properties than there are residential just food for

2368
02:52:12,327 --> 02:52:15,729
thought, something to talk about. So that was my question

2369
02:52:15,729 --> 02:52:17,731
to Andre is how many residential properties are

2370
02:52:17,731 --> 02:52:21,802
within that area? I asked her that, but I'm not sure. I'm not

2371
02:52:21,802 --> 02:52:24,400
sure I understood the answer because it didn't I didn't

2372
02:52:24,400 --> 02:52:27,542
think it was very much. But we're going to let's come.

2373
02:52:27,542 --> 02:52:30,278
Let's go ahead and stay in the queue and give Commissioner

2374
02:52:30,278 --> 02:52:33,213
sorry. And then we can come back to you. Okay. That's fine.

2375
02:52:33,213 --> 02:52:35,950
You're absolutely right. Thank you. Okay, Commissioner Gruber,

2376
02:52:35,950 --> 02:52:40,688
go ahead. Thank you. I was under the understanding like so

2377
02:52:40,688 --> 02:52:43,691
I went to one of the one of the outreach meetings. I think,

2378
02:52:43,691 --> 02:52:46,561
Commissioner Quintana, you were there with me and it got really

2379
02:52:46,561 --> 02:52:49,564
heated. I mean, the residents, you know, they're dealing with

2380
02:52:49,564 --> 02:52:52,234
what they're dealing with with the the impact of the

2381
02:52:52,234 --> 02:52:54,702
businesses, especially a lot of the automotive ones that are

2382
02:52:54,702 --> 02:52:57,706
that are, you know, taking up the streets and whatnot. And

2383
02:52:57,706 --> 02:53:00,842
then but some, you know, the business owners were there too

2384
02:53:00,842 --> 02:53:03,711
passionate about their family owned business with their kids.

2385
02:53:03,711 --> 02:53:08,516
And, you know, at, at the meeting. So, you know, it's,

2386
02:53:08,516 --> 02:53:11,719
it's one of those unique situations where you have a

2387
02:53:11,719 --> 02:53:15,656
residential neighborhood kind of embedded in this industrial

2388
02:53:15,656 --> 02:53:19,928
commercial area. And I guess the challenge is to figure out

2389
02:53:19,928 --> 02:53:26,134
a way for it to be a cohesive, you know, kind of marriage over

2390
02:53:26,134 --> 02:53:28,936
there. I was under the understanding that code has

2391
02:53:28,936 --> 02:53:32,206
cracked down pretty hard. I know personally, I've gotten

2392
02:53:32,206 --> 02:53:37,411
calls from business owners there that they said, you know,

2393
02:53:37,411 --> 02:53:39,747
they've been parking in the Swale for years. They have

2394
02:53:39,747 --> 02:53:42,417
automotive and all of a sudden they're getting towed, they're

2395
02:53:42,417 --> 02:53:45,353
getting violations and what's going on. So I thought we were

2396
02:53:45,353 --> 02:53:48,423
kind of already we've already on step one of doing that has

2397
02:53:48,423 --> 02:53:51,625
that has that improved the situation there? I don't know

2398
02:53:51,625 --> 02:53:54,762
which who on staff would be able to answer that, answer

2399
02:53:54,762 --> 02:53:58,165
that question. So for the last 3 or 4 years now, we have been

2400
02:53:58,165 --> 02:54:01,769
cracking down on the Washington Park area between code parking

2401
02:54:01,769 --> 02:54:04,171
and the police department, basically. So, you know, we

2402
02:54:04,171 --> 02:54:07,174
have made a tremendous progress in our opinion. You know,

2403
02:54:07,174 --> 02:54:09,576
everybody every comment that the Commission has made is

2404
02:54:09,576 --> 02:54:12,913
accurate. Where there is every use is within that area. And my

2405
02:54:12,913 --> 02:54:15,917
apologies, I also forgot Hollywood Fire also has gone

2406
02:54:15,917 --> 02:54:20,540
out there with us. Also, in the last six months, we have taken

2407
02:54:20,540 --> 02:54:24,580
a different approach where we did put down some some lines to

2408
02:54:24,580 --> 02:54:27,327
kind of encourage folks to park within the lines, had them keep

2409
02:54:27,327 --> 02:54:30,598
outside the lines. And in addition to we recognize that

2410
02:54:30,598 --> 02:54:34,535
some of the, the tenants there are, are the ones that are

2411
02:54:34,535 --> 02:54:37,471
causing some of the issues basically, you know, so we try

2412
02:54:37,471 --> 02:54:40,408
to find a different way to, to give those or encourage those

2413
02:54:40,408 --> 02:54:43,544
tenants to, to behave appropriately. And in addition

2414
02:54:43,544 --> 02:54:46,681
to working with HPD, I believe that we're, we're changing some

2415
02:54:46,681 --> 02:54:49,616
habits out there. But again, you know, there are a few of

2416
02:54:49,616 --> 02:54:52,554
them that are not, you know, compliant so well, and we have

2417
02:54:52,554 --> 02:54:55,557
to change our tactics. So I believe with this study, it is

2418
02:54:55,557 --> 02:54:58,626
a combination of efforts and approach that we kind of have

2419
02:54:58,626 --> 02:55:01,629
to do out there in that area. It is a systematic area that's

2420
02:55:01,629 --> 02:55:04,632
been there for decades. And, you know, I believe the team

2421
02:55:04,632 --> 02:55:07,635
that's here now at the city are the right team to be able to

2422
02:55:07,635 --> 02:55:09,837
tackle this, this, this systematic issue that's been

2423
02:55:09,837 --> 02:55:12,773
there, you know, so I believe the study does identify some

2424
02:55:12,773 --> 02:55:15,976
short term short term plans, some long term plans. And, you

2425
02:55:15,976 --> 02:55:18,713
know, with the team that's all behind me. I think we're all

2426
02:55:18,713 --> 02:55:21,649
trying to work towards that short term plan. While the long

2427
02:55:21,649 --> 02:55:24,652
term plan vision is being worked out right. I, I'd like

2428
02:55:24,652 --> 02:55:27,721
to hear that that, you know, you can do you can enforce so

2429
02:55:27,721 --> 02:55:30,791
much, but there's also to educate and then to meet with

2430
02:55:30,791 --> 02:55:33,126
business owners like this specific business owner, he's

2431
02:55:33,126 --> 02:55:35,662
30, 40 years he's been in business. He's always parked a

2432
02:55:35,662 --> 02:55:39,334
few cars on the swale, not in the road. And then to all of a

2433
02:55:39,334 --> 02:55:42,404
sudden out of the blue, you know, have it where you can't

2434
02:55:42,404 --> 02:55:45,340
park there. And I get it. You were never supposed to. But

2435
02:55:45,340 --> 02:55:47,875
these business, these businesses had their businesses

2436
02:55:47,875 --> 02:55:51,278
succeeding that way. And that's not to say parking in the

2437
02:55:51,278 --> 02:55:54,215
middle of the road. So I like the fact that we're engaging

2438
02:55:54,215 --> 02:55:56,684
with them. It seems to be moving in the right direction.

2439
02:55:56,684 --> 02:56:00,487
So I would hate to give there's, did we say 458 businesses there

2440
02:56:00,487 --> 02:56:04,758
and almost 2000 employees. So a lot of them are small

2441
02:56:04,758 --> 02:56:07,962
businesses. I wouldn't want to change use. I would, you know,

2442
02:56:07,962 --> 02:56:10,498
I wouldn't want to give anyone the impression that we're going

2443
02:56:10,498 --> 02:56:13,434
to put them out of business. These are the small business,

2444
02:56:13,434 --> 02:56:16,704
the backbone of our city. We want we want these these small

2445
02:56:16,704 --> 02:56:19,573
businesses to succeed. I also would like to try to be able to

2446
02:56:19,573 --> 02:56:23,310
keep the residents there. So I think on a long term, I like

2447
02:56:23,310 --> 02:56:26,647
the vision and a short term, it sounds like we're moving in the

2448
02:56:26,647 --> 02:56:30,651
right direction from what you just said. Yvonne. So I'm in

2449
02:56:30,651 --> 02:56:34,188
favor of this. It is a work in progress. It's a work in

2450
02:56:34,188 --> 02:56:37,124
progress. It takes a long. You got to change some really old

2451
02:56:37,124 --> 02:56:39,459
habits and business models that that rely on those habits. So,

2452
02:56:39,459 --> 02:56:43,264
you know, we got to be creative to figure out how how we can

2453
02:56:43,264 --> 02:56:46,534
help them succeed. Yes. So thank you. You know, I'm just

2454
02:56:46,534 --> 02:56:51,272
kind of hearing the, the discussion amongst the, the

2455
02:56:51,272 --> 02:56:55,876
commission and as you said, you know, this area didn't develop

2456
02:56:55,876 --> 02:56:59,479
to this point overnight. It took a long time to get here,

2457
02:56:59,479 --> 02:57:03,216
and it's going to take a little while to reestablish the vision

2458
02:57:03,216 --> 02:57:07,200
and move it forward. I think what I'm hearing is there is

2459
02:57:07,200 --> 02:57:11,692
support for about six of the items to be reprioritized, so

2460
02:57:11,692 --> 02:57:15,362
that staff now knows what we need to focus on. And then the

2461
02:57:15,362 --> 02:57:20,701
last item was correct, correct? Yes. Because the motion was

2462
02:57:20,701 --> 02:57:24,304
made, there was some discussion, but it sounds like, you know,

2463
02:57:24,304 --> 02:57:31,112
the focus on. The priorities back up. The focus was to the

2464
02:57:31,112 --> 02:57:37,251
the to manage the edges, to focus on that area in terms and

2465
02:57:37,251 --> 02:57:39,786
de-emphasize a little bit of the vision and the identity,

2466
02:57:39,786 --> 02:57:43,123
and to look at the edges in terms of the zoning and what

2467
02:57:43,123 --> 02:57:46,594
could be done there. It was to look at the street design and

2468
02:57:46,594 --> 02:57:50,597
move that up in terms of looking at the water

2469
02:57:50,597 --> 02:57:53,602
permeability, and it was to prioritize some of the sidewalk

2470
02:57:53,602 --> 02:57:58,720
on the four green areas on the outer edges, look at the street

2471
02:57:58,720 --> 02:58:01,408
conditions and needs assessment, the framework, the traffic

2472
02:58:01,408 --> 02:58:05,746
study for the mobility. And I think that will give staff the

2473
02:58:05,746 --> 02:58:08,549
ability to look at programing, look at funding and see what

2474
02:58:08,549 --> 02:58:12,152
things we can also do without that to start to move some of

2475
02:58:12,152 --> 02:58:14,489
these initiatives forward. The. This is not a. I understand

2476
02:58:14,489 --> 02:58:20,437
it's not an easy conversation, you know, for this, but we

2477
02:58:20,437 --> 02:58:23,307
understand the direction that it sounds like where we're

2478
02:58:23,307 --> 02:58:27,177
going for this. And that's exactly what we needed here

2479
02:58:27,177 --> 02:58:32,577
today. Commissioner Shuhan. It's okay. I'll take it, since

2480
02:58:36,921 --> 02:58:41,191
that way I'm doing it. Sorry. Two things I want to. So that

2481
02:58:41,191 --> 02:58:45,396
was my exact question. So there was a motion Commissioner

2482
02:58:45,396 --> 02:58:48,599
Quintana had there was a motion and a second to approve it as

2483
02:58:48,599 --> 02:58:52,300
is. And then it sounds like, you know, if you want to tweak

2484
02:58:52,300 --> 02:58:54,138
to some of the things I've talked about, we will

2485
02:58:54,138 --> 02:58:57,207
incorporate that into it so that we know where we're

2486
02:58:57,207 --> 02:59:00,411
focusing and where we should be focusing our resources on. So

2487
02:59:00,411 --> 02:59:03,480
procedurally, what do we need to do to put those tweaks into

2488
02:59:03,480 --> 02:59:07,284
the motion? A motion to amend the original motion would need

2489
02:59:07,284 --> 02:59:11,210
to be done, but it would have to be agreed upon by the person

2490
02:59:11,210 --> 02:59:14,225
who made the original motion. I'm going to interrupt for one

2491
02:59:14,225 --> 02:59:17,761
second, and there was a late if it's okay, since the mayor had

2492
02:59:17,761 --> 02:59:22,766
to step out because of the process, I did watch some

2493
02:59:22,766 --> 02:59:25,836
movement and there is a speaker card that is pertaining to this

2494
02:59:25,836 --> 02:59:28,906
item. If you guys are okay that we'll listen to that because it

2495
02:59:28,906 --> 02:59:30,975
may add some light onto whatever we're discussing. And

2496
02:59:30,975 --> 02:59:38,775
that way we don't have to. Okay, Yaron, you. Again, my name is

2497
02:59:41,719 --> 02:59:46,457
Yaron. I'm actually a I own around, I'm sorry. I own around

2498
02:59:46,457 --> 02:59:50,657
30 properties in that exact same location. Yeah.

2499
02:59:51,128 --> 02:59:56,528
Pinpointing location a these surveys or inquiries with the

2500
02:59:56,934 --> 03:00:01,338
residents and business owners. I have not got any notice of

2501
03:00:01,338 --> 03:00:04,207
anything. And I'm there literally every day. And all my

2502
03:00:04,207 --> 03:00:07,411
tenants have not got any communication with any

2503
03:00:07,411 --> 03:00:10,280
companies to ask them any opinions. Again, I'm not to

2504
03:00:10,280 --> 03:00:14,218
judge any companies that are doing this, but I, we we as

2505
03:00:14,218 --> 03:00:16,486
business owners and the property owners have a little

2506
03:00:16,486 --> 03:00:20,757
say of opinion of what's going on. And the main here, the main

2507
03:00:20,757 --> 03:00:24,428
issue here is not only the parking. It's the biggest issue,

2508
03:00:24,428 --> 03:00:27,898
the drainage and the flooding. Basically, if there's any

2509
03:00:27,898 --> 03:00:30,834
customers coming to that area, they have nowhere to park.

2510
03:00:30,834 --> 03:00:34,237
Usually it rains, I don't know, an hour during the day and they

2511
03:00:34,237 --> 03:00:37,108
park everywhere because they're not going to get into a two

2512
03:00:37,108 --> 03:00:42,460
foot puddles. It's a disaster starting from the flooding of

2513
03:00:42,460 --> 03:00:45,582
that area, then going into, again, people coming from out

2514
03:00:45,582 --> 03:00:49,920
of the out of the city, coming into that little area. And what

2515
03:00:49,920 --> 03:00:52,123
happens is they don't know the rules, the regulations, if

2516
03:00:52,123 --> 03:00:55,392
there's any enforcement in in violations or fines to the

2517
03:00:55,392 --> 03:00:59,996
specific people coming not to the business owners or to the

2518
03:00:59,996 --> 03:01:02,133
property owners, because the property owners basically, at

2519
03:01:02,133 --> 03:01:05,736
the end of the day, have to work with the city people to

2520
03:01:05,736 --> 03:01:10,730
basically comply and put everyone in order. But we as

2521
03:01:10,730 --> 03:01:14,770
owners get hindered, get violations, and instead of

2522
03:01:14,770 --> 03:01:17,281
working with us hand to hand to solve the problem. And the

2523
03:01:17,281 --> 03:01:21,285
problem is the drainage, the parking, and these third

2524
03:01:21,285 --> 03:01:23,753
parties that are coming in, maybe huge signs for these

2525
03:01:23,753 --> 03:01:28,492
truckers not to not no trucks going coming through or huge

2526
03:01:28,492 --> 03:01:30,693
violations to third parties, because everything at the end

2527
03:01:30,693 --> 03:01:33,630
of the day falls on the property owner. And it's not

2528
03:01:33,630 --> 03:01:36,566
fair because we're trying to work with the, with it. And

2529
03:01:36,566 --> 03:01:38,770
again, no, no questions have been done to any property

2530
03:01:38,770 --> 03:01:41,771
owners. And I know a lot of them, maybe around 60% of all

2531
03:01:41,771 --> 03:01:44,776
the owners in the area, and they're all on my side, and

2532
03:01:44,776 --> 03:01:47,644
none of them have been approached for any inquiries of

2533
03:01:47,644 --> 03:01:51,514
what can we do to, to make things better in the area? I

2534
03:01:51,514 --> 03:01:54,384
have a question. Since you're here, you're saying that the

2535
03:01:54,384 --> 03:01:57,521
parking is mainly the parking issue that's in that area is

2536
03:01:57,521 --> 03:02:01,525
mainly because of the flooding. It it's mostly about the

2537
03:02:01,525 --> 03:02:06,925
flooding. There's no designated. I mean, the again, the

2538
03:02:06,996 --> 03:02:10,134
businesses comply because at the end of the day, the the

2539
03:02:10,134 --> 03:02:13,337
property owners tell them these are the regulations. And if

2540
03:02:13,337 --> 03:02:16,273
it's a business that is out of norm and they're creating a

2541
03:02:16,273 --> 03:02:19,543
havoc. Me as a property owner, they're not my tenants anymore.

2542
03:02:19,543 --> 03:02:23,130
But we're not responsible for third parties. And that's part

2543
03:02:23,130 --> 03:02:26,416
of the city's reinforcement, you know, to protect us because

2544
03:02:26,416 --> 03:02:30,421
at the end of the day, it falls back on us. Now, the city

2545
03:02:30,421 --> 03:02:34,357
should work more closely with the property owners on how to

2546
03:02:34,357 --> 03:02:38,228
repair the issues, our opinions, because we're on a daily basis.

2547
03:02:38,228 --> 03:02:40,832
They're they're not there. We are the ones that, you know,

2548
03:02:40,832 --> 03:02:45,436
see it every day. So I guess our opinions matter on priority

2549
03:02:45,436 --> 03:02:50,107
because if there's any way to solve it, you know, we can, we

2550
03:02:50,107 --> 03:02:53,843
can give opinion to. So I okay, so I don't know why you haven't

2551
03:02:53,843 --> 03:02:57,314
been notified. I think we have a list of who, what companies

2552
03:02:57,314 --> 03:03:00,450
and we've had outreach. So I don't know where the missing

2553
03:03:00,450 --> 03:03:04,655
link is at, but I'm glad that you're here today. I think I'm

2554
03:03:04,655 --> 03:03:07,570
sorry to interrupt. I own seven properties. And within the

2555
03:03:07,570 --> 03:03:11,600
seven it's 47 companies within those seven companies, 40

2556
03:03:11,600 --> 03:03:13,329
properties in that exact same area. Perfect. Not even one

2557
03:03:13,329 --> 03:03:16,133
letter did I get. Because we have people here that are not

2558
03:03:16,133 --> 03:03:19,700
even one letter, not even one phone call. Zero. Yeah. I'm

2559
03:03:19,700 --> 03:03:23,273
going to have you meet with code and, and the businesses, I

2560
03:03:23,273 --> 03:03:26,210
mean, the, the code enforcement knows me very well because I'm

2561
03:03:26,210 --> 03:03:31,614
there and proactive to solve issues. But there it isn't in a

2562
03:03:31,614 --> 03:03:34,885
point where they're working directly with us to find a

2563
03:03:34,885 --> 03:03:37,821
solution. It's there to hinder us because at the end of the

2564
03:03:37,821 --> 03:03:40,758
day, we have deep pockets. We're going to pay the fines.

2565
03:03:40,758 --> 03:03:44,561
That's not working out, you know. Okay. Thank you. Okay.

2566
03:03:44,561 --> 03:03:47,898
I'm going to I know he may call you up, but I have to say thank

2567
03:03:47,898 --> 03:03:51,435
you and end the time. Okay. Commissioner Hernandez, mayor

2568
03:03:51,435 --> 03:03:55,305
Levy, you're in big trouble. Oh. Thank you. Could could you

2569
03:03:55,305 --> 03:04:01,445
please come back up because. After this, vice mayor, could I

2570
03:04:01,445 --> 03:04:05,115
just speak for a moment? I wanted to clarify my the

2571
03:04:05,115 --> 03:04:10,515
question on procedural. Yes. You own seven properties and

2572
03:04:10,587 --> 03:04:13,257
you have 40 tenants. Did I hear you correctly? Yes, exactly.

2573
03:04:13,257 --> 03:04:17,661
Okay. And you and you said that nobody from code enforcement or

2574
03:04:17,661 --> 03:04:19,930
the planning department has reached out to you as to what's

2575
03:04:19,930 --> 03:04:24,200
going on in the area. No, they reach out when they give me

2576
03:04:24,200 --> 03:04:26,670
violations. I'm sorry. They reach out when they give me

2577
03:04:26,670 --> 03:04:29,750
violations. It's not. Come. Listen, how can we solve. What

2578
03:04:29,750 --> 03:04:35,355
can we do? They're not again, I don't I get that just just for

2579
03:04:35,355 --> 03:04:38,492
brevity, just answer yes or no and what have you. But so you

2580
03:04:38,492 --> 03:04:41,228
said that planning department has not reached out to you to

2581
03:04:41,228 --> 03:04:45,320
see how we could fix any of the problems. No, no. And the

2582
03:04:45,320 --> 03:04:49,370
individuals that are doing the presentation did not reach out

2583
03:04:49,370 --> 03:04:52,639
to you, sir. And actually, one more thing. You have 2 or 3

2584
03:04:52,639 --> 03:04:56,577
diagrams there. And I identify exactly what where they took

2585
03:04:56,577 --> 03:05:00,981
those pictures and they eliminated chunks of buildings

2586
03:05:00,981 --> 03:05:03,717
for for little parks. What's going to happen to the owners,

2587
03:05:03,717 --> 03:05:06,854
you know, when they have these spots that they took out? I'm

2588
03:05:06,854 --> 03:05:10,324
just saying the diagrams don't reflect reality. So I have an

2589
03:05:10,324 --> 03:05:13,460
issue with some of the drawings either. But here's a question

2590
03:05:13,460 --> 03:05:15,996
that something that I don't agree with you with. Okay. You

2591
03:05:15,996 --> 03:05:18,932
said that the issue that the parking is because of the

2592
03:05:18,932 --> 03:05:22,469
flooding, right? No, as well, on top of that as well. No, no,

2593
03:05:22,469 --> 03:05:25,472
no, no, no, if I understood you correctly and the vice mayor

2594
03:05:25,472 --> 03:05:28,476
ask you a question. Not only that, I'm sorry. No, no, let me

2595
03:05:28,476 --> 03:05:31,412
refrain. Not only that, that you said that the reason the

2596
03:05:31,412 --> 03:05:34,414
parking is a problem is because of flooding. And I'm going to

2597
03:05:34,414 --> 03:05:37,551
quote you, people don't want to go through two feet of water in

2598
03:05:37,551 --> 03:05:41,354
a puddle to get to their right. So this is South Florida and it

2599
03:05:41,354 --> 03:05:44,492
rains a lot. But you know what? There's a lot of sunny days and

2600
03:05:44,492 --> 03:05:48,496
I go by there 2 or 3 times a week. So I don't own property

2601
03:05:48,496 --> 03:05:51,365
there. I don't live there. I don't have a business, but I'm

2602
03:05:51,365 --> 03:05:54,568
very familiar with it. And even on those sunny days, they still

2603
03:05:54,568 --> 03:05:59,974
park there. Parking is a huge issue. So you 40 tenants, I'm

2604
03:05:59,974 --> 03:06:03,577
I'm not going to pick on you or your tenants. I don't know

2605
03:06:03,577 --> 03:06:06,446
where they parked their vehicles. But the problems that

2606
03:06:06,446 --> 03:06:11,117
I see there is that the car operating businesses that are

2607
03:06:11,117 --> 03:06:15,917
there use their designated parking spaces as storage.

2608
03:06:17,390 --> 03:06:21,194
That's incorrect. That's no, no, I'm not incorrect. You're right,

2609
03:06:21,194 --> 03:06:24,798
100%. We're just going to say no, no, that's that's, that's

2610
03:06:24,798 --> 03:06:27,934
also a main issue and 100% correct. No, no, I'm just

2611
03:06:27,934 --> 03:06:30,871
telling you what I see. Yes you could if you tell me otherwise.

2612
03:06:30,871 --> 03:06:35,609
You are right. I believe my lying eyes. I believe 100%

2613
03:06:35,609 --> 03:06:39,479
correct, 100% correct. If the problem is that those

2614
03:06:39,479 --> 03:06:43,679
individuals using the designated parking for storage,

2615
03:06:44,884 --> 03:06:50,230
quite frankly, if you have a customer, what do they expect

2616
03:06:50,230 --> 03:06:53,961
that customer to park so they don't foresee the forest for

2617
03:06:53,961 --> 03:06:58,965
the trees. So some of the issues is maybe maybe is the

2618
03:06:58,965 --> 03:07:03,703
tenants own generated problem, right. And we're trying to fix

2619
03:07:03,703 --> 03:07:08,374
that. And when I have solutions. No, no. Well, when it rises to

2620
03:07:08,374 --> 03:07:13,380
this level, sometimes we just impose things, right. Because

2621
03:07:13,380 --> 03:07:16,316
they're abusing that. They're not they're not leaving any

2622
03:07:16,316 --> 03:07:19,920
spaces for their own customers to park. Correct. So their

2623
03:07:19,920 --> 03:07:22,456
customers have to park on the street or the guy down the

2624
03:07:22,456 --> 03:07:25,659
street. I go by there and I see something that I can't believe

2625
03:07:25,659 --> 03:07:29,595
the code allows, and that is I see property owners that keep

2626
03:07:29,595 --> 03:07:34,601
their swell very nice, but they have railroad ties blocking for

2627
03:07:34,601 --> 03:07:37,336
nobody to park on their right. And that's not allowed. But you

2628
03:07:37,336 --> 03:07:40,340
know what? They got fed up with fighting with everybody else

2629
03:07:40,340 --> 03:07:43,210
and some of the fights that take place on that thing.

2630
03:07:43,210 --> 03:07:47,280
People take baseball bats, people take weapons out. People

2631
03:07:47,280 --> 03:07:51,884
take anything out to protect their little turf. So when it

2632
03:07:51,884 --> 03:07:55,889
rises to this level, we may have a disagreement up here as

2633
03:07:55,889 --> 03:08:00,760
to how to fix it. But we all Agree here that it needs to be

2634
03:08:00,760 --> 03:08:05,166
fixed. And so if the staff has not reached out to you, shame

2635
03:08:05,166 --> 03:08:08,569
on us. But while you're here, they're going to talk to you

2636
03:08:08,569 --> 03:08:10,904
and they're going to take your information and they're going

2637
03:08:10,904 --> 03:08:14,507
to want to sit with you. And do not be surprised. Thank you.

2638
03:08:14,507 --> 03:08:17,577
And do not be surprised if we ask you, your properties and

2639
03:08:17,577 --> 03:08:20,980
some of your and see how we can bring those tenants into

2640
03:08:20,980 --> 03:08:23,851
compliance. So we can use that as an example. And I appreciate

2641
03:08:23,851 --> 03:08:26,853
you being here. Yes, sir. Yes, but but the key is you come

2642
03:08:26,853 --> 03:08:29,922
here to communicate. We want to fix the problem. We want your

2643
03:08:29,922 --> 03:08:32,726
business to be successful. You want your properties to

2644
03:08:32,726 --> 03:08:36,863
continue to grow. But we also need to do it in a way that the

2645
03:08:36,863 --> 03:08:39,199
guy down the street can do business as well. You're

2646
03:08:39,199 --> 03:08:42,270
correct. So I just want to say thank you so much. Thank you.

2647
03:08:42,270 --> 03:08:45,406
Coming up, I watched the little interaction. Annie. Thank you

2648
03:08:45,406 --> 03:08:49,900
for thank you for allowing him to speak. And I think that this

2649
03:08:49,900 --> 03:08:54,348
was a good a good segue to creating a cohesive working

2650
03:08:54,348 --> 03:08:58,419
environment and to succeed this area, Commissioner Quintana and

2651
03:08:58,419 --> 03:09:01,555
all of us have strived to do for so long. So God bless you

2652
03:09:01,555 --> 03:09:04,559
for being up here. Thank you, thank you. And I'm and I'm

2653
03:09:04,559 --> 03:09:07,494
going to address and don't leave without getting with the

2654
03:09:07,494 --> 03:09:10,431
people. Of course, I'm here and I'm going to get with the

2655
03:09:10,431 --> 03:09:12,699
mayors and whatever amendment you may want to do regarding

2656
03:09:12,699 --> 03:09:15,568
this. I'm in agreeing with trying to change some of those

2657
03:09:15,568 --> 03:09:18,573
things. But the key is one of those things in particular,

2658
03:09:18,573 --> 03:09:20,708
which is the changing zoning. It's going to hold everything

2659
03:09:20,708 --> 03:09:24,777
else up. So that's a concern that I have because, well, no,

2660
03:09:24,777 --> 03:09:29,249
you said to work on the outer rims, the outer perimeters. And

2661
03:09:29,249 --> 03:09:31,785
if you well know, if you're going to do anything about

2662
03:09:31,785 --> 03:09:35,122
Pembroke Road, it's going to require changing the zoning

2663
03:09:35,122 --> 03:09:39,459
because what's currently out there now, it's not fixable. So

2664
03:09:39,459 --> 03:09:44,797
I want to ask you before I accept the the amendment here

2665
03:09:44,797 --> 03:09:48,801
is are you looking to change the zoning to expand the

2666
03:09:48,801 --> 03:09:51,671
commercial footprint or you want to keep Pembroke Road the

2667
03:09:51,671 --> 03:09:54,540
way it is? If you look at Pembroke Road, half of the

2668
03:09:54,540 --> 03:09:57,811
block is commercial and the other half behind it is

2669
03:09:57,811 --> 03:10:00,613
residential. That doesn't work. If you don't want to address

2670
03:10:00,613 --> 03:10:03,149
that, then I'm not going to support the amendment. If you

2671
03:10:03,149 --> 03:10:05,952
want to address that, then I will support the amendment. I

2672
03:10:05,952 --> 03:10:08,955
just want to talk to you before the amendment comes forward,

2673
03:10:08,955 --> 03:10:13,226
because I don't want to get into get staff to be into a

2674
03:10:13,226 --> 03:10:16,296
quagmire where what do they mean, what did not? I want to

2675
03:10:16,296 --> 03:10:19,366
make sure that we do that. And look, sometimes if you want to

2676
03:10:19,366 --> 03:10:22,503
make an omelet, you got to break an egg. And my point is,

2677
03:10:22,503 --> 03:10:26,373
hang on a second, vice mayor. And my point is I want to I

2678
03:10:26,373 --> 03:10:29,444
want to, I want to support what you're looking to do because I

2679
03:10:29,444 --> 03:10:32,446
think it's the right thing. But in order to for me to support

2680
03:10:32,446 --> 03:10:36,249
it, you need to give a little bit and say, okay, you know,

2681
03:10:36,249 --> 03:10:38,598
from Pembroke Road to the next block over, let's consider a

2682
03:10:38,598 --> 03:10:41,535
zoning change. And yes, you may affect some of those residents,

2683
03:10:41,535 --> 03:10:44,270
but you know what? Otherwise you're going to continue to

2684
03:10:44,270 --> 03:10:47,340
have what you have and you outer perimeter is not going to

2685
03:10:47,340 --> 03:10:50,411
change. I'm sorry to put you on the spot, but this is I just

2686
03:10:50,411 --> 03:10:53,547
want to say something, if I can, before you do that, because of

2687
03:10:53,547 --> 03:10:59,220
past experiences. It's going to be challenging. And I think you

2688
03:10:59,220 --> 03:11:02,222
need before we make a decision on that, maybe we have to do

2689
03:11:02,222 --> 03:11:06,960
community outreach. Well, no, no, the zoning goes with the

2690
03:11:06,960 --> 03:11:09,960
community outreach. We're not voting for any of that right

2691
03:11:09,960 --> 03:11:12,899
now. But my point is, would you consider that in order for that

2692
03:11:12,899 --> 03:11:16,370
to take place? Because right now we're hypothetical here.

2693
03:11:16,370 --> 03:11:18,839
And I think that's the reason why the mayor left, is because

2694
03:11:18,839 --> 03:11:21,641
we're going outside of the scope of the presentation. I

2695
03:11:21,641 --> 03:11:25,178
think it's a good idea. And so my point is if if you consider

2696
03:11:25,178 --> 03:11:28,448
something like that to talk to those individuals whenever

2697
03:11:28,448 --> 03:11:32,520
they're ready for it, I don't want if you don't do the zoning

2698
03:11:32,520 --> 03:11:35,322
change on that particular block, I'm not interested because it's

2699
03:11:35,322 --> 03:11:37,723
not going to change anything. Pembroke Road will continue to

2700
03:11:37,723 --> 03:11:41,461
be the same thing for the next 40 years. Commissioner, could I

2701
03:11:41,461 --> 03:11:45,398
ask that if I understand that you're trying to figure out

2702
03:11:45,398 --> 03:11:49,200
what the amendment might look like, and I think that might be

2703
03:11:49,200 --> 03:11:53,272
helpful to to stay on the record, how you would frame the

2704
03:11:53,272 --> 03:11:57,100
motion. And that way everybody knows exactly what it is they

2705
03:11:57,100 --> 03:11:59,879
would be voting upon, because sometimes we go back to the

2706
03:11:59,879 --> 03:12:02,816
record afterwards, and I just want staff to know exactly what

2707
03:12:02,816 --> 03:12:06,352
it is that I'm more than happy to do that after she answers me.

2708
03:12:06,352 --> 03:12:12,159
Go ahead. Okay. I'm on, I'm on. Okay. Yeah. I am thinking about

2709
03:12:12,159 --> 03:12:15,695
the individuals that I know personally who live on the

2710
03:12:15,695 --> 03:12:19,899
backside of Pembroke Road, and that I would not want to make a

2711
03:12:19,899 --> 03:12:24,237
decision like that without speaking to them first. So, I

2712
03:12:24,237 --> 03:12:27,107
mean, do we need to amend it? Go ahead. Andrea, please help

2713
03:12:27,107 --> 03:12:31,444
me out. So so the the item that we're talking about with

2714
03:12:31,444 --> 03:12:33,646
regards to the zoning along Pembroke Road is actually one

2715
03:12:33,646 --> 03:12:37,249
of the midterm items to look at. It sounds like in general, the

2716
03:12:37,249 --> 03:12:40,521
commission has a consensus to move that up, to be looked at a

2717
03:12:40,521 --> 03:12:44,457
little bit sooner than midterm. I think the parameters of

2718
03:12:44,457 --> 03:12:48,728
exactly where the line falls for what that is needs to be

2719
03:12:48,728 --> 03:12:51,931
evaluated as part of that request. I don't the intent for

2720
03:12:51,931 --> 03:12:55,268
today isn't to be drawing those lines. It's just to say, hey,

2721
03:12:55,268 --> 03:12:59,405
we all agree. We want to look at the zoning along Pembroke

2722
03:12:59,405 --> 03:13:03,209
Road and move that up a little bit further in the process. So

2723
03:13:03,209 --> 03:13:06,346
bright. And that's basically the solution. We hear you. Yes.

2724
03:13:06,346 --> 03:13:09,349
You bring that towards the forefront. I'm okay with that

2725
03:13:09,349 --> 03:13:12,552
because then we would deal with that. No, no I'm serious. No.

2726
03:13:12,552 --> 03:13:16,489
Then we would deal with that in sooner rather shorter term than

2727
03:13:16,489 --> 03:13:19,825
midterm. Yes. Yes. We okay. Okay. So just to make sure that

2728
03:13:19,825 --> 03:13:23,696
I'm I'm going to go ahead and refresh my motion. And my

2729
03:13:23,696 --> 03:13:27,834
motion is to adopt the conditions or the suggestions

2730
03:13:27,834 --> 03:13:31,971
that Commissioner Quintana has made for that district, as it

2731
03:13:31,971 --> 03:13:35,909
was stated. And, Andrea, since I know you were taking copious

2732
03:13:35,909 --> 03:13:39,913
notes over there, can you tell us what that is, including the

2733
03:13:39,913 --> 03:13:43,850
rezoning of the Pembroke Road to be moved from the midterm to

2734
03:13:43,850 --> 03:13:47,587
the short term? So it sounds like the commission. Andrea.

2735
03:13:47,587 --> 03:13:50,191
Just one second, though. Maybe you want to consult with them

2736
03:13:50,191 --> 03:13:53,590
behind you, because there seems to be some friction going on

2737
03:13:53,590 --> 03:13:56,463
first before we we. Commissioner. It's also it

2738
03:13:56,463 --> 03:14:01,268
sounds like a possible solution here may be to keep the current.

2739
03:14:01,268 --> 03:14:04,671
Oh no. If you keep the current motion. But if the Commission

2740
03:14:04,671 --> 03:14:08,674
wanted to give direction as to the priorities within. Like how

2741
03:14:08,674 --> 03:14:10,943
they would like staff to approach it, that's also

2742
03:14:10,943 --> 03:14:14,481
another way to do it. I want to see what they have, the notes

2743
03:14:14,481 --> 03:14:18,485
they made, and if that's part of it, it should be, yes. Are

2744
03:14:18,485 --> 03:14:21,754
you are you popped in? Yeah. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. It sounds

2745
03:14:21,754 --> 03:14:24,690
like we have a motion and a second on the floor. So

2746
03:14:24,690 --> 03:14:27,627
anything happens. Now we have to have a either a motion to

2747
03:14:27,627 --> 03:14:30,763
amend or we have to erase what's on the floor, which it's

2748
03:14:30,763 --> 03:14:33,700
already on the floor. It belongs to the floor. Yes. So

2749
03:14:33,700 --> 03:14:38,170
there has to be a motion to amend. Yeah. Just for

2750
03:14:38,170 --> 03:14:42,909
clarification. My two my $0.02 is in addition to accepting the

2751
03:14:42,909 --> 03:14:48,309
presentation today. I think that the motion would be

2752
03:14:48,648 --> 03:14:53,385
whatever the terminology would be for zoning and progress now.

2753
03:14:53,385 --> 03:14:57,990
Or is that two or is that too severe? Can we just back up for

2754
03:14:57,990 --> 03:15:00,726
one second here just because I think that we're getting a

2755
03:15:00,726 --> 03:15:04,130
little bit, you know, ahead and it's very great because that

2756
03:15:04,130 --> 03:15:08,735
shows that there's general enthusiasm for looking at the

2757
03:15:08,735 --> 03:15:12,405
recommendations of this study and and trying to move things

2758
03:15:12,405 --> 03:15:15,674
along. So that is, you know, obviously the purpose of a

2759
03:15:15,674 --> 03:15:20,347
study is to then take action on it. So what we have before you

2760
03:15:20,347 --> 03:15:26,152
is a study that you all are considering adopting this study,

2761
03:15:26,152 --> 03:15:30,352
this, these, this redevelopment program, what Commissioner

2762
03:15:31,424 --> 03:15:34,894
Quintana has suggested is that there are several items that

2763
03:15:34,894 --> 03:15:40,990
are in the midterm category of recommendations that she feels

2764
03:15:40,990 --> 03:15:44,437
should be moved up to the near term, the short term

2765
03:15:44,437 --> 03:15:47,706
recommendations, am I correct? Correct. And so then there is a

2766
03:15:47,706 --> 03:15:52,311
little discussion of of the specifics of one of those items

2767
03:15:52,311 --> 03:15:57,784
that relates to the rezoning of Pembroke Road. Absolutely. What

2768
03:15:57,784 --> 03:16:00,186
Andrea said, we are not rezoning Pembroke Road. We are

2769
03:16:00,186 --> 03:16:03,523
not proposing any rezoning of Pembroke Road right now. What

2770
03:16:03,523 --> 03:16:07,794
you would be doing is just taking some recommendations.

2771
03:16:07,794 --> 03:16:11,798
The the amended motion. If you all decide you would like to

2772
03:16:11,798 --> 03:16:16,403
amend the motion, would be that you would be adopting the

2773
03:16:16,403 --> 03:16:23,300
redevelopment program with an amending it to move some of the

2774
03:16:23,276 --> 03:16:28,760
midterm recommendations to near term recommendations, and then

2775
03:16:28,682 --> 03:16:32,685
specifying which ones you think are appropriate to do that. So

2776
03:16:32,685 --> 03:16:35,621
if I could, I think we should just vote on the motion that's

2777
03:16:35,621 --> 03:16:39,826
on the floor without amendment, because I think it muddies the

2778
03:16:39,826 --> 03:16:42,428
waters. And then at the direction of the commission to

2779
03:16:42,428 --> 03:16:45,365
look into priority priorities. So we're going to go ahead and

2780
03:16:45,365 --> 03:16:48,450
just take the vote. Now, if that's okay with everyone. Can

2781
03:16:48,450 --> 03:16:52,121
we just restate the motion? Yes. The motion was to adopt to

2782
03:16:52,121 --> 03:16:55,725
approve the way it was, the way it is. I seconded the motion.

2783
03:16:55,725 --> 03:16:59,262
And then once we take that vote, then we can redirect the

2784
03:16:59,262 --> 03:17:01,531
conversation as direction for the staff to look into, and

2785
03:17:01,531 --> 03:17:04,534
they can come back with us, which is the best fit needs

2786
03:17:04,534 --> 03:17:07,270
based on our priorities. Sound good? Okay. And that's and

2787
03:17:07,270 --> 03:17:10,730
that's what the city attorney thinks we should do. Yes, that

2788
03:17:10,730 --> 03:17:12,675
we shouldn't. Okay. So we're going to give direction after

2789
03:17:12,675 --> 03:17:15,879
this. Yes, yes. Yeah. As far as everything else. Okay. I think

2790
03:17:15,879 --> 03:17:18,816
that's the cleanest way to do it with the vice mayor

2791
03:17:18,816 --> 03:17:23,352
suggested. There we go. So do I do all in favor? Do you have

2792
03:17:23,352 --> 03:17:29,250
the roll call? So all in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No.

2793
03:17:29,250 --> 03:17:33,496
And I want to vote on the amended version. Well, now now

2794
03:17:33,496 --> 03:17:36,298
now now we're going to give direction to vote no. And then

2795
03:17:36,298 --> 03:17:39,167
we're going to come back now and give direction. Okay. And

2796
03:17:39,167 --> 03:17:41,303
that's not going to be amendment. It's going to be

2797
03:17:41,303 --> 03:17:44,106
direction of priorities like you stated earlier. But that's

2798
03:17:44,106 --> 03:17:48,110
not going going to be in the motion to adopt this. Okay. Yes,

2799
03:17:48,110 --> 03:17:55,510
yes. Okay. So motion passes six zero. And now we can buzz in to

2800
03:17:55,510 --> 03:17:58,187
add your priorities. Now you can give the directions and we

2801
03:17:58,187 --> 03:18:04,393
can support it. There you go. Okay. Do I have to go back and

2802
03:18:04,393 --> 03:18:10,393
read again the which one. Absolutely. And maybe the first

2803
03:18:10,466 --> 03:18:14,403
one is we want to continue to work with code compliance and

2804
03:18:14,403 --> 03:18:17,673
educate the the businesses and everyone in the area. I think

2805
03:18:17,673 --> 03:18:22,770
that sounds like an overarching first priority to continue to

2806
03:18:22,770 --> 03:18:28,751
look at. And then the second one, yes, okay. One would be

2807
03:18:28,751 --> 03:18:31,200
the outer perimeters. I think you had mentioned Commissioner

2808
03:18:31,200 --> 03:18:35,220
Quintana, recommendation 1.6 manage change at edges. Perfect.

2809
03:18:37,760 --> 03:18:42,560
Thank you. Recommendation 2.1 in street design and mobility,

2810
03:18:46,502 --> 03:18:50,506
it states consider adopting a street hierarchy framework to

2811
03:18:50,506 --> 03:18:57,106
improve street function. Yes. I would like to change the let's

2812
03:18:59,514 --> 03:19:03,714
see. Recommendation 2.5 A traffic study to assess

2813
03:19:04,853 --> 03:19:10,253
limiting truck and commercial vehicle traffic. I would like

2814
03:19:11,600 --> 03:19:16,460
to move. Recommendation 2.7 from mid-term to short term. It

2815
03:19:19,267 --> 03:19:24,670
states develop a comprehensive street condition and needs

2816
03:19:24,206 --> 03:19:28,277
assessment to prioritize the repair and repaving of

2817
03:19:28,277 --> 03:19:33,770
residential streets. I would like to move recommendation 2.8

2818
03:19:34,416 --> 03:19:39,216
from mid-term to short term. Consider prioritizing sidewalk

2819
03:19:39,421 --> 03:19:43,292
improvements and repair, referencing the proposed street

2820
03:19:43,292 --> 03:19:48,920
hierarchy framework. And I'd like to move recommendation

2821
03:19:56,305 --> 03:20:01,105
2.13 from mid-term to short term, it states consider

2822
03:20:01,309 --> 03:20:05,509
developing, adopting, and adopting strategies to increase

2823
03:20:06,480 --> 03:20:09,985
water permeability in the public right of way. That's

2824
03:20:09,985 --> 03:20:13,989
number. That should be number one. And I believe that was all

2825
03:20:13,989 --> 03:20:17,325
of the changes that I was hoping for. I'm already turned

2826
03:20:17,325 --> 03:20:21,130
on, so I don't have to buzz in so I can see the queue because,

2827
03:20:21,130 --> 03:20:24,670
well, if I buzz in, you gotta get turned off. And this way

2828
03:20:24,670 --> 03:20:26,202
everybody else is already on Commissioner Hernandez. Go

2829
03:20:26,202 --> 03:20:29,138
ahead. Thank you. One of the the one of the ones you

2830
03:20:29,138 --> 03:20:32,700
mentioned was 2.7. If I correctly, if we could put the

2831
03:20:32,700 --> 03:20:34,943
items here so we could see which one we're talking about.

2832
03:20:34,943 --> 03:20:38,800
If you have the clicker, you can put those on. Yeah. So that

2833
03:20:38,800 --> 03:20:42,885
we can all see it at the same time. What was it. Oh you

2834
03:20:42,885 --> 03:20:45,689
passed it really small. Yeah. It's tiny. No we have we have

2835
03:20:45,689 --> 03:20:49,558
them at the end. So a little bit larger in case we needed to

2836
03:20:49,558 --> 03:20:54,564
go there. Well we we're there. Okay. Sorry. If you want to

2837
03:20:54,564 --> 03:20:59,168
just give us one minute. Yes. I'm okay with most of those.

2838
03:20:59,168 --> 03:21:03,172
There's one that I'm not quite sure of. Because if we decide

2839
03:21:03,172 --> 03:21:06,174
to go a different route than that, it would be a waste of

2840
03:21:06,174 --> 03:21:09,178
time for the staff to be looking into that. Is it 2.7?

2841
03:21:09,178 --> 03:21:11,980
That's one, I believe. So 2.7 says consider developing a

2842
03:21:11,980 --> 03:21:14,783
comprehensive street condition and needs assessment to

2843
03:21:14,783 --> 03:21:18,120
prioritize the repair and repaving of residential streets.

2844
03:21:18,120 --> 03:21:20,856
Correct. Because that doesn't that only goes to the

2845
03:21:20,856 --> 03:21:24,727
residential street when we just we need them all. Okay, so

2846
03:21:24,727 --> 03:21:28,463
change it from residential to all. Okay. Which is, which is

2847
03:21:28,463 --> 03:21:31,800
fine. I just want to be able to do something like that. And

2848
03:21:31,800 --> 03:21:35,700
that shouldn't be a big deal. The implementation is expensive,

2849
03:21:35,700 --> 03:21:38,407
but to have the information should not be a big deal, right?

2850
03:21:38,407 --> 03:21:41,543
If you drive by, you can see where the potholes are. I just

2851
03:21:41,543 --> 03:21:44,613
wanted to see that it wasn't just 2.7 change to all and well,

2852
03:21:44,613 --> 03:21:47,949
correct. Got it. So what was it mentioned though was the

2853
03:21:47,949 --> 03:21:50,819
rezoning the the questioning about the rezoning, the

2854
03:21:50,819 --> 03:21:55,619
questioning about the rezoning. I believe that was 2.8. 2.8.

2855
03:21:56,892 --> 03:22:00,492
Consider prioritizing sidewalk improvements and repair,

2856
03:22:00,562 --> 03:22:05,167
referring to the proposed street hierarchy framework, if

2857
03:22:05,167 --> 03:22:08,103
I may. I don't want to make this any longer. I just want to

2858
03:22:08,103 --> 03:22:10,839
make a recommendation. Having been through this several times

2859
03:22:10,839 --> 03:22:12,975
with several municipalities, I would highly recommend that you

2860
03:22:12,975 --> 03:22:15,977
let your planning department take a look at it all and come

2861
03:22:15,977 --> 03:22:17,914
to you with some recommendations of what may

2862
03:22:17,914 --> 03:22:20,849
change. The reason why I'm saying that is because some of

2863
03:22:20,849 --> 03:22:22,986
these, the way that they are planned, they're kind of

2864
03:22:22,986 --> 03:22:25,788
sequential and they have trickle effects. And so it

2865
03:22:25,788 --> 03:22:30,792
would be beneficial, from what I've seen, to just let them

2866
03:22:30,792 --> 03:22:34,463
propose something to you and then have a workshop with you.

2867
03:22:34,463 --> 03:22:38,670
And I'm okay with that. But some of what Commissioner

2868
03:22:38,670 --> 03:22:41,603
Quintana has mentioned, which is the prioritization of the

2869
03:22:41,603 --> 03:22:45,207
Pembroke Road, I think that should be I shouldn't be waited

2870
03:22:45,207 --> 03:22:48,411
on level of hierarchy, should be something that the community

2871
03:22:48,411 --> 03:22:51,747
needs to be start talking about and giving her feedback as to

2872
03:22:51,747 --> 03:22:55,951
what they would like to see. Some of these other stuff. The

2873
03:22:55,951 --> 03:22:58,973
sidewalk. This is all staff is going to be recommending, and

2874
03:22:58,973 --> 03:23:02,777
I'm sure that the workshop will come to us and discuss it. At

2875
03:23:02,777 --> 03:23:06,114
the end of the day, I don't have a problem with all of that,

2876
03:23:06,114 --> 03:23:09,250
except just to change the 2.7 to count all of them. That's

2877
03:23:09,250 --> 03:23:13,922
all because the same truck that it's tearing up the residential

2878
03:23:13,922 --> 03:23:17,658
street is tearing up the commercial street. And the one

2879
03:23:17,658 --> 03:23:20,528
thing that you don't want to have is a truck that needs to

2880
03:23:20,528 --> 03:23:24,640
go someplace, that gets a citation because he's going

2881
03:23:24,640 --> 03:23:26,934
someplace and somebody doesn't believe that he's going there.

2882
03:23:26,934 --> 03:23:32,600
So in the truck, this is the reason why if you minimize the

2883
03:23:32,600 --> 03:23:36,770
residential to commercial, then the residents are able to cash

2884
03:23:36,770 --> 03:23:39,810
in on their property and some may not want to sell. And I'm

2885
03:23:39,810 --> 03:23:43,150
okay with that. But if you make it residential, then you are

2886
03:23:43,150 --> 03:23:46,488
starting to infringe in the little commercial space that

2887
03:23:46,488 --> 03:23:49,230
the city of Hollywood have. And City Hollywood needs to have

2888
03:23:49,230 --> 03:23:53,228
some commercial places for the small business. Small business.

2889
03:23:53,228 --> 03:23:58,166
Thank you. Hold on. Okay. I support what you were doing. I

2890
03:23:58,166 --> 03:24:01,302
think you need one more in order for the staff to be able

2891
03:24:01,302 --> 03:24:05,306
to. I support to the only the only thing I just want to add

2892
03:24:05,306 --> 03:24:07,975
to that little bit of of terminology is like the RAC,

2893
03:24:07,975 --> 03:24:10,779
they don't have to sell. But then they're the little, the

2894
03:24:10,779 --> 03:24:14,182
little house amongst the big sea of. But they don't have to.

2895
03:24:14,182 --> 03:24:18,386
It just creates some chaos that we've seen already with the RAC

2896
03:24:18,386 --> 03:24:21,857
adjustment. So you have three to support. You have direction.

2897
03:24:21,857 --> 03:24:25,726
I think we can call it a day. The mayor can come back and I'm

2898
03:24:25,726 --> 03:24:32,467
out of the hot seat. Thank you. Thank you. Is he somewhere in

2899
03:24:32,467 --> 03:24:37,867
the building? Somewhere close. Hey, let's refresh the long

2900
03:24:39,207 --> 03:24:45,807
discussion. All right. All right. Let's take up. We have a

2901
03:24:49,351 --> 03:24:55,490
2 p.m. time, certain item, item 32. It is just after 2 p.m.

2902
03:24:55,490 --> 03:24:57,758
Let's go ahead with item 32, its resolution of the City

2903
03:24:57,758 --> 03:25:00,228
Commission, the City of Hollywood approving a loan

2904
03:25:00,228 --> 03:25:03,164
commitment in the amount not to exceed 1.8 million and change

2905
03:25:03,164 --> 03:25:06,700
consisting of 1.2 million and change in Neighborhood

2906
03:25:06,700 --> 03:25:10,238
Stabilization Program funds 135,000 in home program funds,

2907
03:25:10,238 --> 03:25:12,774
half a million home program income funds for the

2908
03:25:12,774 --> 03:25:15,243
redevelopment of the Hollywood Village. Affordable housing

2909
03:25:15,243 --> 03:25:18,246
development into Hollywood Vista. Affordable housing.

2910
03:25:18,246 --> 03:25:21,490
Housing development. This is from the Office of Housing and

2911
03:25:21,490 --> 03:25:24,385
Community Development. Welcome. Ryan Kohut, the director.

2912
03:25:24,385 --> 03:25:26,788
Definitely an exciting opportunity for a long time

2913
03:25:26,788 --> 03:25:31,125
derelict site. So go ahead, Ryan. Thank you mayor, vice

2914
03:25:31,125 --> 03:25:33,661
mayor, commissioners, city manager, city attorney. We have

2915
03:25:33,661 --> 03:25:37,264
an opportunity today to take a development right now that is

2916
03:25:37,264 --> 03:25:39,935
currently abandoned, an affordable housing development,

2917
03:25:39,935 --> 03:25:42,270
and turn to something that's going to be bring tremendous

2918
03:25:42,270 --> 03:25:45,673
value to the city. We are asking right now for the city

2919
03:25:45,673 --> 03:25:49,873
to reinvest one point, approximately 1.8 million in

2920
03:25:50,879 --> 03:25:53,882
federal NSP neighborhood stabilization dollars and home

2921
03:25:53,882 --> 03:25:57,850
dollars into the redevelopment of the Hollywood village into

2922
03:25:57,850 --> 03:26:01,885
Hollywood Vista. Currently, the building is abandoned because

2923
03:26:03,157 --> 03:26:06,562
it's unsafe. It was abandoned. It was vacated by the Housing

2924
03:26:06,562 --> 03:26:09,630
Authority and our city building department. The initial loan

2925
03:26:09,630 --> 03:26:13,234
that was given to the Housing Authority back in 2010 included

2926
03:26:13,234 --> 03:26:18,372
a $2.5 million loan, which is 1 million in NSP dollars, 870,000

2927
03:26:18,372 --> 03:26:22,977
NSP and 135 000 in home dollars for the acquisition of the

2928
03:26:22,977 --> 03:26:27,177
property back in 2010. For approximately 12 years, it

2929
03:26:27,248 --> 03:26:30,518
fulfilled its commitment to the loan by providing affordable

2930
03:26:30,518 --> 03:26:34,122
housing for residents that were 50% and below of area median

2931
03:26:34,122 --> 03:26:38,793
income. Unfortunately, because these dollars come with rent

2932
03:26:38,793 --> 03:26:41,328
restrictions, the rents are really low. It's an older

2933
03:26:41,328 --> 03:26:45,200
building that was built in 1967. The cost of maintenance repairs

2934
03:26:45,200 --> 03:26:48,603
with the low rents led to the building falling into disrepair,

2935
03:26:48,603 --> 03:26:51,740
and over a period of time, the building deteriorated, became

2936
03:26:51,740 --> 03:26:54,609
deteriorated, deteriorated over a period of time. The housing

2937
03:26:54,609 --> 03:26:58,813
authority took several steps to do assessments to determine

2938
03:26:58,813 --> 03:27:03,350
what it will cost to redevelop this property. In 2001, they

2939
03:27:03,350 --> 03:27:06,154
hired a company that conducted a thorough assessment to

2940
03:27:06,154 --> 03:27:09,910
determine what the cost of rehabilitation was at the time,

2941
03:27:09,910 --> 03:27:12,961
it was deemed unfeasible to rehabilitate this building

2942
03:27:12,961 --> 03:27:16,297
because of the cost it would take. At that time. They went

2943
03:27:16,297 --> 03:27:18,700
through several steps, several different iterations, and what

2944
03:27:18,700 --> 03:27:22,370
happened was they hired a company that relocated the

2945
03:27:22,370 --> 03:27:24,906
residents that were there within HUD guidelines into

2946
03:27:24,906 --> 03:27:29,644
other areas, and the building was subsequently closed in 2023.

2947
03:27:29,644 --> 03:27:34,444
Once the building was officially vacated. What we're

2948
03:27:34,649 --> 03:27:38,586
asking the proposed development brings new life to a structure

2949
03:27:38,586 --> 03:27:41,189
right now that is currently underutilized because it's not

2950
03:27:41,189 --> 03:27:43,925
being utilized for its intended services. So technically

2951
03:27:43,925 --> 03:27:46,929
speaking, we are technically out of compliance because of

2952
03:27:46,929 --> 03:27:50,798
HUD regulations. We are still within the 20 year covenant for

2953
03:27:50,798 --> 03:27:53,334
those HUD dollars that are invested in the property, and

2954
03:27:53,334 --> 03:27:56,471
it's not being used for its intended purpose. So right now,

2955
03:27:56,471 --> 03:27:59,274
we need to make a decision to move forward by reinvesting

2956
03:27:59,274 --> 03:28:01,676
those dollars that are already tied to the project and adding

2957
03:28:01,676 --> 03:28:04,680
more money so they can achieve this. The proposed development

2958
03:28:04,680 --> 03:28:09,480
will include eight stories of 118 affordable units, 89 more

2959
03:28:11,190 --> 03:28:14,824
than we had before, while maintaining the 29 units that

2960
03:28:14,824 --> 03:28:18,560
are at 50% in the development, you're going to have units at

2961
03:28:18,560 --> 03:28:23,298
30%, 60%, and 80% of Ami. They're going to be partnering

2962
03:28:23,298 --> 03:28:28,235
with Htg to make this happen. HTC has already received a sale

2963
03:28:28,235 --> 03:28:31,390
loan. They've been approved for sale loan to move this project

2964
03:28:31,390 --> 03:28:35,109
forward. And what it's going to provide us with now is a longer

2965
03:28:35,109 --> 03:28:37,978
affordability period, an additional 30 years. These are

2966
03:28:37,978 --> 03:28:43,318
all good things for the city. The federal investment and the

2967
03:28:43,318 --> 03:28:48,718
public benefit will allow us to potentially resolve compliance

2968
03:28:50,992 --> 03:28:53,661
issues with the federal dollars that are tied to the project

2969
03:28:53,661 --> 03:28:56,798
right now, it's not going to be an easy lift, but we have been

2970
03:28:56,798 --> 03:29:00,268
working closely with Htg in the housing Authority to develop a

2971
03:29:00,268 --> 03:29:02,870
pathway to really make sure that we fall back into

2972
03:29:02,870 --> 03:29:06,807
compliance with these dollars. Hctz also work closely with the

2973
03:29:06,807 --> 03:29:09,630
housing Authority, where they will also reinvest in funds

2974
03:29:09,630 --> 03:29:12,232
into the development of this project. And on top of that,

2975
03:29:12,232 --> 03:29:16,236
they need another $500,000 from the city, which would be home

2976
03:29:16,236 --> 03:29:19,639
program income. To move this project forward. It's important

2977
03:29:19,639 --> 03:29:21,641
to note that we're using program income, the money

2978
03:29:21,641 --> 03:29:24,511
that's already tied to the project right now, because the

2979
03:29:24,511 --> 03:29:27,647
housing authority did pay down their loan. All they owe right

2980
03:29:27,647 --> 03:29:31,718
now back to the city is about $1.3 million, approximately

2981
03:29:31,718 --> 03:29:34,654
$1.3 million. We're going to add another 5 million on top of

2982
03:29:34,654 --> 03:29:36,990
that to help them get there. We're using program income so

2983
03:29:36,990 --> 03:29:39,726
they can avoid certain federal regulations that could cost

2984
03:29:39,726 --> 03:29:42,529
this project to go to, to, to that could potentially increase

2985
03:29:42,529 --> 03:29:45,999
the cost of the project. So the program income aspect of it is

2986
03:29:45,999 --> 03:29:48,202
important. So reinvesting these dollars and using home program

2987
03:29:48,202 --> 03:29:51,206
income. On top of that, they've worked closely to work closely

2988
03:29:51,206 --> 03:29:54,274
with the housing authority for them to also have some skin in

2989
03:29:54,274 --> 03:29:56,343
the game, to invest some dollars to, to move this

2990
03:29:56,343 --> 03:29:59,347
project forward. So as we stand here right now, we have an

2991
03:29:59,347 --> 03:30:02,149
opportunity to turn something right now that's abandoned, not

2992
03:30:02,149 --> 03:30:04,285
being used for its intended purpose. That's really out of

2993
03:30:04,285 --> 03:30:07,221
compliance for the city and turned into something that can

2994
03:30:07,221 --> 03:30:09,357
move the city forward and provide much needed affordable

2995
03:30:09,357 --> 03:30:15,357
housing. Thank you. Thank you. Ryan. I'll take public speaker

2996
03:30:17,364 --> 03:30:23,364
cards. And Ralston. Withdraws. Okay. Thank you. Members of the

2997
03:30:25,973 --> 03:30:31,373
board, Commissioner Biederman. So, Ryan, just to clarify, is

2998
03:30:32,912 --> 03:30:36,450
the housing authority giving the property to HCG or are they

2999
03:30:36,450 --> 03:30:39,719
selling it or are they retaining ownership in some way?

3000
03:30:39,719 --> 03:30:42,560
No, they're selling the property to HCG. Correct. And

3001
03:30:42,560 --> 03:30:44,657
what are they doing with the proceeds from it. So they are

3002
03:30:44,657 --> 03:30:47,594
going to reinvest $2 million of those proceeds back into the

3003
03:30:47,594 --> 03:30:50,663
project. The team is here from HCG and the Housing Authority.

3004
03:30:50,663 --> 03:30:52,734
They can give you some more information about that deal,

3005
03:30:52,734 --> 03:30:55,468
but from their purchase sale agreement, they are reinvesting

3006
03:30:55,468 --> 03:30:58,805
some of those dollars back into the project as a loan. As a

3007
03:30:58,805 --> 03:31:02,410
loan? Yes, sir. Okay. As a loan. Ours is a loan too, so our

3008
03:31:02,410 --> 03:31:05,145
money will always be alone because of the federal mandates.

3009
03:31:05,145 --> 03:31:07,414
But they're reinvesting back as alone as well. Okay. Yeah.

3010
03:31:07,414 --> 03:31:11,685
Rodrigo, can you clarify? Hello. Good afternoon. Thanks for for

3011
03:31:11,685 --> 03:31:14,555
considering this item. I just wanted to explain. Yes. The

3012
03:31:14,555 --> 03:31:20,555
housing authority, the Rodrigo Housing Trust groups, or so the

3013
03:31:20,761 --> 03:31:25,320
housing authority's land price was $2 million, and they're

3014
03:31:25,320 --> 03:31:27,968
putting that $2 million back as a loan. So they're not really

3015
03:31:27,968 --> 03:31:30,437
making money right now, but they're partners of the

3016
03:31:30,437 --> 03:31:35,109
development. So they're going to get some income during the

3017
03:31:35,109 --> 03:31:38,913
the development, like the the proforma, the 30 year proforma,

3018
03:31:38,913 --> 03:31:42,983
they get some income out of that. And we are also investing

3019
03:31:42,983 --> 03:31:46,520
in money. And the state is investing money and the county

3020
03:31:46,520 --> 03:31:49,856
is investing money. And the federal government is kind of

3021
03:31:49,856 --> 03:31:53,193
university like everybody's investing money. It took a

3022
03:31:53,193 --> 03:31:57,865
village to do this as well. And, you know, we're glad to be able

3023
03:31:57,865 --> 03:32:03,203
to get everybody out of the problem of noncompliance and

3024
03:32:03,203 --> 03:32:05,739
provide more housing at affordable, provide much more

3025
03:32:05,739 --> 03:32:10,811
housing. Okay. Thank you. Elderly. No, it's family. It's

3026
03:32:10,811 --> 03:32:15,416
family. Youth out of foster care as part of the special

3027
03:32:15,416 --> 03:32:21,416
needs. Yeah. Just add to Rodriguez point on the. Sorry,

3028
03:32:22,289 --> 03:32:24,625
just to add to Rodrigo's point on the $2 million purchase

3029
03:32:24,625 --> 03:32:27,961
price, we're also helping to take on a portion of the

3030
03:32:27,961 --> 03:32:31,297
outstanding loan balance per our purchase and sale agreement

3031
03:32:31,297 --> 03:32:34,167
to pay that down. So just an added benefit. And what about

3032
03:32:34,167 --> 03:32:37,705
the dispute with the city and the housing authority on some

3033
03:32:37,705 --> 03:32:44,578
of the past due dollars? Sorry, what was that? No. To my staff.

3034
03:32:44,578 --> 03:32:48,115
Can you repeat the question? And in the past I was made

3035
03:32:48,115 --> 03:32:51,118
aware that there are there was a dispute between dollars owed

3036
03:32:51,118 --> 03:32:54,254
to the city with the previous loan and the housing authority

3037
03:32:54,254 --> 03:32:57,858
as part of this going to be an action where that either gets

3038
03:32:57,858 --> 03:33:00,794
repaid or it's being waived. Just to clarify, part of this

3039
03:33:00,794 --> 03:33:04,465
is the actual the actual. Yes, you're right, there was a

3040
03:33:04,465 --> 03:33:08,268
dispute a while back about what was really owed. After some

3041
03:33:08,268 --> 03:33:10,937
extensive digging and research, we've identified the actual

3042
03:33:10,937 --> 03:33:13,541
amount that was loaned to the housing authority, what they

3043
03:33:13,541 --> 03:33:16,276
paid off, what the city actually owed them to in

3044
03:33:16,276 --> 03:33:18,812
maintenance fees. We deducted that. We deducted what they

3045
03:33:18,812 --> 03:33:22,749
paid off. And the actual amount owed to the city is the one

3046
03:33:22,749 --> 03:33:26,349
point, approximately 1.3 million. That's the actual

3047
03:33:26,686 --> 03:33:32,860
amount. Yeah. Motion to approve. Yeah. Commissioner Shuhan, just

3048
03:33:32,920 --> 03:33:38,920
a quick question, Ryan, on the original 29 units and the

3049
03:33:38,965 --> 03:33:46,440
amount of time that they had to stay at 50%, is that now being

3050
03:33:46,440 --> 03:33:49,776
extended? The original agreements were for 20 years

3051
03:33:49,776 --> 03:33:52,579
each. Those that funding required them to maintain

3052
03:33:52,579 --> 03:33:57,317
housing for 50% or below for 20 years, right? When the building

3053
03:33:57,317 --> 03:34:00,588
became abandoned, the time clock on that stops. And how

3054
03:34:00,588 --> 03:34:03,725
many years were we into it at that point? You were into it.

3055
03:34:03,725 --> 03:34:06,393
We were into it for approximately 12 years. Okay.

3056
03:34:06,393 --> 03:34:09,996
Right. So we still technically, as per HUD, have eight years

3057
03:34:09,996 --> 03:34:13,200
left to go on that. Correct. We're going to have to do here

3058
03:34:13,200 --> 03:34:16,136
to move this forward. And this is where this is a very

3059
03:34:16,136 --> 03:34:18,406
complicated deal. This is not going to be something easy,

3060
03:34:18,406 --> 03:34:21,342
because we're going to have to make sure we cross our T's and

3061
03:34:21,342 --> 03:34:24,477
dot our eyes to make sure we meet every federal mandate.

3062
03:34:24,477 --> 03:34:27,347
We're going to have to remove the existing Laura, put on the

3063
03:34:27,347 --> 03:34:30,830
new Laura once they go to construction, closing to add

3064
03:34:30,830 --> 03:34:32,819
the additional 30 years. So we're stopping it at this point.

3065
03:34:32,819 --> 03:34:35,155
And then we're going to add another 30 years, not

3066
03:34:35,155 --> 03:34:39,920
compounding this 30 more years. So you're based on 42 years? No,

3067
03:34:39,920 --> 03:34:44,164
only 30. Only 30. Yes. So at the end of the only 30 will the

3068
03:34:44,164 --> 03:34:47,767
rest of the building will still be within their 30. So you're

3069
03:34:47,767 --> 03:34:51,372
going to have a situation where the 50% complete their 30, 12

3070
03:34:51,372 --> 03:34:55,308
or so years earlier, then what happens? No, because we're

3071
03:34:55,308 --> 03:34:57,511
removing the existing. That's a good question. But because

3072
03:34:57,511 --> 03:34:59,781
we're removing the existing restrictions and guidelines

3073
03:34:59,781 --> 03:35:02,315
that are governing the current dollars right now and the

3074
03:35:02,315 --> 03:35:05,718
actions you make today, reinvest those dollars back as

3075
03:35:05,718 --> 03:35:10,857
program income. They come with a new set of guidelines and a

3076
03:35:10,857 --> 03:35:13,660
new law for 30 years, starting from the day it opens up. I

3077
03:35:13,660 --> 03:35:16,948
think so, yeah. Okay. That's and that's, that's the dance.

3078
03:35:16,948 --> 03:35:19,751
That's what we have to be very careful because you can do what

3079
03:35:19,751 --> 03:35:22,554
we've been using. We've been relying on our consultants who

3080
03:35:22,554 --> 03:35:25,230
are very good. By the way, our HUD technical consultants

3081
03:35:25,230 --> 03:35:27,625
advise us through this deal because it is a very

3082
03:35:27,625 --> 03:35:29,695
complicated process. The federal side of this is what

3083
03:35:29,695 --> 03:35:31,896
makes this deal so tricky, because those dollars are NSP

3084
03:35:31,896 --> 03:35:34,700
dollars and they only have a certain there's certain things

3085
03:35:34,700 --> 03:35:37,836
you can only do with them the home dollars we could work with

3086
03:35:37,836 --> 03:35:40,572
because you're allowed to do certain things, but the NSP

3087
03:35:40,572 --> 03:35:43,575
dollars make it complicated. So we have to make sure that in

3088
03:35:43,575 --> 03:35:46,645
order for them to close that Laura has to be removed. We

3089
03:35:46,645 --> 03:35:49,647
have to remove the law. But once you remove the Laura, all

3090
03:35:49,647 --> 03:35:52,651
those restrictions go away. HUD may frown on that, but. So they

3091
03:35:52,651 --> 03:35:55,854
have to see what we're going to do after the law is removed to

3092
03:35:55,854 --> 03:35:58,657
put back in some kind of restriction that protects those

3093
03:35:58,657 --> 03:36:00,659
federal dollars. And what they're doing actually protects

3094
03:36:00,659 --> 03:36:02,928
those federal dollars for 30 years. Okay. It looks like HTC

3095
03:36:02,928 --> 03:36:06,665
wants to add to that, just to clarify. And Ryan, he's not so

3096
03:36:06,665 --> 03:36:08,801
involved in the Fefc portion of this, but during our

3097
03:36:08,801 --> 03:36:11,336
application to Fefc for the sale funds, we actually

3098
03:36:11,336 --> 03:36:14,472
committed to affordability and perpetuity, which means 99

3099
03:36:14,472 --> 03:36:18,143
years. So all of the units will be restricted, affordable at

3100
03:36:18,143 --> 03:36:21,680
their different Ami levels for 99 years at the current that

3101
03:36:21,680 --> 03:36:26,180
what we're seeing now, that 50% Ami level. So we have units, we

3102
03:36:26,180 --> 03:36:31,756
have a mix, right? So 29 at the at the 50% for 99 years. For 99

3103
03:36:31,756 --> 03:36:34,959
years. Yeah. Right. All of all of the units, all of the 118

3104
03:36:34,959 --> 03:36:38,497
units restricted to their, to their levels of affordability

3105
03:36:38,497 --> 03:36:42,567
for 99 years. Okay, let's vote. And this includes 30%. This

3106
03:36:42,567 --> 03:36:45,837
includes the private parcel on, on federal highway. Yeah, yeah,

3107
03:36:45,837 --> 03:36:49,374
yeah, we bought that parcel to make feasible this development,

3108
03:36:49,374 --> 03:36:51,911
which already owned by us. And it's just great. We have

3109
03:36:51,911 --> 03:36:54,913
different lures. One lure is going to be with with you guys

3110
03:36:54,913 --> 03:36:58,516
for the 30 years. But then with Florida housing is for 99 years.

3111
03:36:58,516 --> 03:37:02,386
And then we have other lures with us with Broward County.

3112
03:37:02,386 --> 03:37:05,457
Bottom line, it is going to be 99 years with different levels,

3113
03:37:05,457 --> 03:37:07,726
which is ideal, right? You don't want to be everybody at

3114
03:37:07,726 --> 03:37:13,598
the same level. You're going to have the 30% Amis, the 50%, 60%,

3115
03:37:13,598 --> 03:37:16,735
70%. Okay. So you have a first and a second, a motion and a

3116
03:37:16,735 --> 03:37:19,738
second. Alright. Do we have a motion in a second? You have a

3117
03:37:19,738 --> 03:37:23,608
recorded. All right. We do. All those in favor, say aye aye aye.

3118
03:37:23,608 --> 03:37:25,611
Any opposed. Hearing none. Item carries unanimously. Thank you

3119
03:37:25,611 --> 03:37:30,882
all. Thank you all so much sir. Yeah yeah. All right. Well that

3120
03:37:30,882 --> 03:37:35,870
helps resolve a derelict building and introduce a new

3121
03:37:35,870 --> 03:37:40,487
affordable development. So that's great. Hey, Ryan, if I

3122
03:37:40,558 --> 03:37:45,297
could. What's what's the outlook on where this goes? Now,

3123
03:37:45,297 --> 03:37:47,366
obviously they have to go through site plan approval,

3124
03:37:47,366 --> 03:37:50,569
right. Well the Or has that already been done just so

3125
03:37:50,569 --> 03:37:53,105
they've already been through site plan approval with

3126
03:37:53,105 --> 03:37:56,410
planning. They've already gone through the actual esthetics

3127
03:37:56,410 --> 03:37:58,443
portion of it, the art design with with the planning team.

3128
03:37:58,443 --> 03:38:01,245
And I think they've already went through DRC, if I'm not

3129
03:38:01,245 --> 03:38:04,382
mistaken. Correct. Yeah. Utilities. Yeah. Yeah. And then

3130
03:38:04,382 --> 03:38:06,518
you're going to planning Development Board for a site

3131
03:38:06,518 --> 03:38:08,654
plan approval. Yeah. So they're moving along fairly quickly

3132
03:38:08,654 --> 03:38:11,590
because they have to, because they do have that sale loan. So

3133
03:38:11,590 --> 03:38:14,527
there's a timeline that they have to meet. This is why it's

3134
03:38:14,527 --> 03:38:17,396
important. So it's go go go. What about demolition of the

3135
03:38:17,396 --> 03:38:19,599
existing building? We should be closing on construction

3136
03:38:19,599 --> 03:38:25,937
financing for all the sources by February March. So you know

3137
03:38:25,937 --> 03:38:29,474
as is until then. Yeah, we have to we don't we really don't

3138
03:38:29,474 --> 03:38:32,744
want to make an alteration to the building until it's

3139
03:38:32,744 --> 03:38:36,148
actually approved by HUD. I gotcha okay. All good, all good.

3140
03:38:36,148 --> 03:38:39,352
We are going through we are getting our demolition permit

3141
03:38:39,352 --> 03:38:42,888
now in anticipation of that because. Okay, I got you. All

3142
03:38:42,888 --> 03:38:46,424
right. Thank you everyone. We had two items onto our regular

3143
03:38:46,424 --> 03:38:49,762
agenda today. There's only one item. Before we get to that,

3144
03:38:49,762 --> 03:38:52,832
let's just go ahead and take care of items 13 and 16 which

3145
03:38:52,832 --> 03:38:56,901
were pulled from consent. Let's go ahead with item 13. It's a

3146
03:38:56,901 --> 03:38:58,703
resolution of the City Commission authorizing payment

3147
03:38:58,703 --> 03:39:01,173
of attorney's fees to Greenspoon Marder, and an

3148
03:39:01,173 --> 03:39:03,842
additional amount up to 175 K for the fiscal year 26,

3149
03:39:03,842 --> 03:39:09,714
bringing the total amount for that year to 275 000. Who was

3150
03:39:09,714 --> 03:39:15,114
the requesting party speaker card? And Ralston and Siobhan

3151
03:39:15,254 --> 03:39:20,654
McLaughlin. Thank you. I understand this is paying the

3152
03:39:27,332 --> 03:39:31,532
lawyer meal for 1301 representation on us in

3153
03:39:32,671 --> 03:39:37,409
appealing to the county as many of the residents who have

3154
03:39:37,409 --> 03:39:42,809
spoken quite against this. What's it called? Proposal to

3155
03:39:46,840 --> 03:39:52,684
give away. Public land to a private developer? For what? I

3156
03:39:53,224 --> 03:39:56,894
will get zero benefit from that. My tax dollars are going to be

3157
03:39:56,894 --> 03:40:00,831
paying. Not only is that it's insulting that I'm paying a

3158
03:40:00,831 --> 03:40:04,769
lawyer against the wishes of most of the citizens that have

3159
03:40:04,769 --> 03:40:08,439
spoken, that my tax dollars, along with other fees, I

3160
03:40:08,439 --> 03:40:12,710
realize it's only 35% tax dollars pay your salaries, but

3161
03:40:12,710 --> 03:40:20,510
it's still part of it that we are literally. I don't want to

3162
03:40:20,584 --> 03:40:25,256
pay for this. I don't want to pay to give away public land.

3163
03:40:25,256 --> 03:40:28,259
And this is what you're doing. And it's being rushed all the

3164
03:40:28,259 --> 03:40:33,197
way through. Don't know why, but it all keeps coming back.

3165
03:40:33,197 --> 03:40:38,269
So we're up 93000 to date, according to the attorney. I

3166
03:40:38,269 --> 03:40:41,539
don't know when it's going to end now that there's another

3167
03:40:41,539 --> 03:40:46,210
lawsuit going on with it. I'm sorry, but, you know, beating a

3168
03:40:46,210 --> 03:40:50,281
dead horse, the horse is not going to get up. Mr. Von. Still

3169
03:40:50,281 --> 03:40:55,219
here. There she is. By the way, Siobhan, is it Siobhan

3170
03:40:55,219 --> 03:40:58,622
Mcglocklin or McLaughlin? I known you for many years, but

3171
03:40:58,622 --> 03:41:01,425
if you're from Brooklyn. But. McLaughlin. All right, so I

3172
03:41:01,425 --> 03:41:04,495
said it, right. I didn't want to like, you know, some of the

3173
03:41:04,495 --> 03:41:06,765
Boston people say it kind of funny. Siobhan McLaughlin, 1409

3174
03:41:06,765 --> 03:41:12,503
Rodman Street. I don't mean to disparage or attack Mr. Meli's

3175
03:41:12,503 --> 03:41:17,776
very, very accomplished legal talent, but if I'm not mistaken,

3176
03:41:17,776 --> 03:41:21,380
and he has been very, very kind, he is such a good lawyer. We

3177
03:41:21,380 --> 03:41:24,266
have actually asked him on a couple of residential things,

3178
03:41:24,266 --> 03:41:27,670
and he has always been generous and with his time. But if I'm

3179
03:41:27,670 --> 03:41:31,941
not mistaken, the former city attorney had said that any

3180
03:41:31,941 --> 03:41:36,612
litigation money fees would be paid by related. So I'm not

3181
03:41:36,612 --> 03:41:41,350
really sure why the city is on the hook for Mr. Meli and his

3182
03:41:41,350 --> 03:41:46,890
law firm's attorney's fees and costs. It seems to me that

3183
03:41:46,890 --> 03:41:48,625
again, he is very accomplished, but he should probably be

3184
03:41:48,625 --> 03:41:52,762
billing the Perez group related at all and not the city. And so

3185
03:41:52,762 --> 03:41:56,766
I think you can understand why residents are not happy about

3186
03:41:56,766 --> 03:42:00,303
paying a law firm or an accomplished attorney as Mr.

3187
03:42:00,303 --> 03:42:06,109
Meli, but against the interest of many, many citizens. And

3188
03:42:06,109 --> 03:42:10,513
that we were told when this debacle started that related

3189
03:42:10,513 --> 03:42:14,451
would be paying the legal cost if something came up. So I hope

3190
03:42:14,451 --> 03:42:18,788
you will consider that and suggest to Mr. Meli and his law

3191
03:42:18,788 --> 03:42:23,860
firm that they go to related first. Thank you. Thank you,

3192
03:42:23,860 --> 03:42:29,860
Commissioner Shuhan. Thank you. Mayor. So as I understand it

3193
03:42:29,933 --> 03:42:34,603
and I'm going to ask Damaris to the city attorney to explain

3194
03:42:34,603 --> 03:42:38,475
this to us, I think there's at least four buckets of

3195
03:42:38,475 --> 03:42:41,477
attorney's fees that have been or will be spent on this

3196
03:42:41,477 --> 03:42:47,217
project. The first we had, Mr. Zelkowitz, early in the project

3197
03:42:47,217 --> 03:42:50,870
helping with the contract negotiations, and then I'm sure

3198
03:42:50,870 --> 03:42:53,890
there's something I'm missing in between. But then we had the

3199
03:42:53,890 --> 03:42:57,226
issue that I think this is part of, which was the Lupa and the

3200
03:42:57,226 --> 03:43:01,497
appeal to the county. And then based on our conversation

3201
03:43:01,497 --> 03:43:05,697
Monday, we have the. Coordination between the

3202
03:43:08,171 --> 03:43:13,510
existing GU zoning versus the new live local act. So that's

3203
03:43:13,510 --> 03:43:17,781
three. And then of course, we're engaged in litigation

3204
03:43:17,781 --> 03:43:24,981
with an outside private entity. So. That my concern is that all

3205
03:43:26,122 --> 03:43:30,727
really adds up. And we're just seeing this one piece of it. So

3206
03:43:30,727 --> 03:43:36,132
roughly, do we know what the total expenses have been for

3207
03:43:36,132 --> 03:43:41,938
outside counsel to date on this parcel? So just so that it is

3208
03:43:41,938 --> 03:43:46,543
clear the initial contract negotiations were handled by Ed

3209
03:43:46,543 --> 03:43:51,280
Dion at Nabors. Giblin so that is the first. And also Steve

3210
03:43:51,280 --> 03:43:55,952
Zelkowitz assisted with that. There has been, as you note,

3211
03:43:55,952 --> 03:44:01,357
the Bcpc appeal that Mr. Mealy and his firm are handling. And

3212
03:44:01,357 --> 03:44:05,762
we have asked for assistance in coordinating how we are going

3213
03:44:05,762 --> 03:44:10,366
to do the hybridization for the process to bring forward to the

3214
03:44:10,366 --> 03:44:14,637
Commission the site plan and design and these things which

3215
03:44:14,637 --> 03:44:19,642
have not been done before. So we have sought counsel from Mr.

3216
03:44:19,642 --> 03:44:25,114
Miley's group, all of that, and the litigation that you

3217
03:44:25,114 --> 03:44:27,783
mentioned that has been brought most recently is actually being

3218
03:44:27,783 --> 03:44:31,187
covered by our insurance carrier. So that is not out of

3219
03:44:31,187 --> 03:44:37,727
pocket funds from the city. So all of that, as currently we

3220
03:44:37,727 --> 03:44:41,327
can determine, is approximately 160,000, $65,000. It certainly

3221
03:44:45,690 --> 03:44:49,869
has not exceeded 200. But now we're you're seeking 275,000

3222
03:44:52,875 --> 03:44:56,813
additional. I am seeking authorization for that amount.

3223
03:44:56,813 --> 03:45:01,150
We are still in. Currently, in the process of appealing the

3224
03:45:01,150 --> 03:45:07,690
Bcpc situation, and so I do not know how much that will take.

3225
03:45:07,690 --> 03:45:12,695
And so I am asking for authority to have that money in

3226
03:45:12,695 --> 03:45:16,899
case it does take that much to complete the appeal. Okay, so

3227
03:45:16,899 --> 03:45:21,437
to date, you're saying you've spent 160 000 roughly and that

3228
03:45:21,437 --> 03:45:25,241
the process we were looking ahead, you want to have the

3229
03:45:25,241 --> 03:45:31,847
authority to go up to that. 275 yes. Okay. And I also recall

3230
03:45:31,847 --> 03:45:34,784
very specifically the related group saying that they would

3231
03:45:34,784 --> 03:45:37,920
bear legal fees. It doesn't really make me feel better that

3232
03:45:37,920 --> 03:45:41,857
our insurance company is paying that. When there was a

3233
03:45:41,857 --> 03:45:45,462
commitment on the part of the related group for me, I don't

3234
03:45:45,462 --> 03:45:48,198
know about all the other stuff, but certainly any litigation,

3235
03:45:48,198 --> 03:45:50,867
if I remember correctly, that was exactly what they were

3236
03:45:50,867 --> 03:45:55,871
saying because part of it was based on the the deed

3237
03:45:55,871 --> 03:45:58,941
restriction. And he stood here and said, if there's any

3238
03:45:58,941 --> 03:46:00,944
challenge to the deed restriction, we've got you. And

3239
03:46:00,944 --> 03:46:03,880
so what's going to happen with that? Why should our insurance

3240
03:46:03,880 --> 03:46:08,484
company pay that? I am very happy to commit my office to

3241
03:46:08,484 --> 03:46:11,687
looking into that, to seeing if there is a way to recoup any of

3242
03:46:11,687 --> 03:46:16,358
the monies there. As of right now, that term is not in the

3243
03:46:16,358 --> 03:46:18,961
contract, though. As you note, that was something that was

3244
03:46:18,961 --> 03:46:22,499
stated here at the Commission, so we will look into seeing if

3245
03:46:22,499 --> 03:46:25,301
there's any way to recoup any of these monies. Excellent.

3246
03:46:25,301 --> 03:46:29,639
Thank you. So for me personally, obviously, I did not support

3247
03:46:29,639 --> 03:46:34,420
the idea of making this project a live local act, and I don't

3248
03:46:34,420 --> 03:46:36,845
support spending even more attorneys fees to figure out

3249
03:46:36,845 --> 03:46:41,584
how to make it a live local act. But I will agree with the

3250
03:46:41,584 --> 03:46:45,121
comments of miss McLaughlin that I think Dennis Malley is

3251
03:46:45,121 --> 03:46:47,723
an excellent lawyer, and so it's nothing personal, but it's

3252
03:46:47,723 --> 03:46:53,863
not something that I would support. So thank you. I also,

3253
03:46:53,863 --> 03:46:59,936
when this first came up and the city elected to select its and

3254
03:46:59,936 --> 03:47:02,604
refer this to the carrier, maybe it's obligated to because

3255
03:47:02,604 --> 03:47:07,142
of certain insurance policies. I also expected the the partner

3256
03:47:07,142 --> 03:47:11,800
to cover the legal fees, but the city said once the

3257
03:47:11,800 --> 03:47:16,885
insurance company, you know, is advised of a of a claim, then

3258
03:47:16,885 --> 03:47:20,824
they have to or they choose to assign counsel. This way they

3259
03:47:20,824 --> 03:47:25,362
can, you know, ensure that there's adequate representation,

3260
03:47:25,362 --> 03:47:28,980
you know, looking out for their own interests. So that's what I

3261
03:47:28,980 --> 03:47:31,300
was told when I, when I inquired myself. And so I left

3262
03:47:31,300 --> 03:47:34,789
it at that, because that's what apparently was represented in

3263
03:47:34,789 --> 03:47:38,459
terms of what the insurance policies would expect from an

3264
03:47:38,459 --> 03:47:41,728
insurer to, to refer. But nonetheless, we still have to,

3265
03:47:41,728 --> 03:47:46,333
in my opinion, you know, move forward with the item because

3266
03:47:46,333 --> 03:47:50,738
that's what we've decided to do. And there's a lot of, you know,

3267
03:47:50,738 --> 03:47:53,474
terms like give away and all that. There's so much hyperbole

3268
03:47:53,474 --> 03:47:56,877
in there. They use a Joe Biden term that's, you know, so

3269
03:47:56,877 --> 03:48:00,140
loaded and wrong. And to sit here and rebut every, every,

3270
03:48:00,140 --> 03:48:03,283
you know, inaccuracy is not something I'm going to do. But

3271
03:48:03,283 --> 03:48:06,553
certainly this is going to generate for the city

3272
03:48:06,553 --> 03:48:08,756
significant dollars like nothing else. And today we

3273
03:48:08,756 --> 03:48:11,825
talked about how the city needs a significant dollars. It takes

3274
03:48:11,825 --> 03:48:15,162
a few dollars to get to that point. And in this case,

3275
03:48:15,162 --> 03:48:18,232
there's going to be potentially additional attorney's fees that

3276
03:48:18,232 --> 03:48:23,104
need to be invested into the ultimate result, which will

3277
03:48:23,104 --> 03:48:27,575
yield, you know, a significant revenue stream for the city not

3278
03:48:27,575 --> 03:48:33,114
to repeat every, every, every line item in that. So, so I'll

3279
03:48:33,114 --> 03:48:38,318
leave it to any others to make a motion litigation. And that

3280
03:48:38,318 --> 03:48:43,790
is I would like to go back to that video because if there's

3281
03:48:43,790 --> 03:48:47,260
an opportunity for our insurance company to subrogate

3282
03:48:47,260 --> 03:48:50,464
that that should happen. I mean, we all know if your insurance

3283
03:48:50,464 --> 03:48:53,401
company goes out of pocket, it affects your premium. And then

3284
03:48:53,401 --> 03:48:56,470
to your other point, I mean, we heard this morning from the

3285
03:48:56,470 --> 03:49:00,140
city manager that, you know, this is and we are not in

3286
03:49:00,140 --> 03:49:03,411
financial urgency. These are not dire times. So I take

3287
03:49:03,411 --> 03:49:06,614
exception to the need for this project. I just want to put

3288
03:49:06,614 --> 03:49:13,487
that on the record. Thank you. All right. Vice Mayor Kolody so

3289
03:49:13,487 --> 03:49:17,157
so just help me better understand if we have the

3290
03:49:17,157 --> 03:49:19,761
insurance, it's really no cost to the city. So why are we

3291
03:49:19,761 --> 03:49:22,429
increasing the amount? Is it because our premiums are going

3292
03:49:22,429 --> 03:49:26,500
to go up in anticipation? That's a that's a different

3293
03:49:26,500 --> 03:49:29,703
situation. Greenspoon which is the subject of this particular

3294
03:49:29,703 --> 03:49:32,973
Reso. And my request for an increase is specifically for

3295
03:49:32,973 --> 03:49:37,111
the appeal to the county on those issues that came before

3296
03:49:37,111 --> 03:49:41,249
the Broward County Planning Council. And the litigation was

3297
03:49:41,249 --> 03:49:46,987
the litigation filed by Keep Public Lands Public. I believe

3298
03:49:46,987 --> 03:49:52,125
they're called LLC, and a resident of the city, and that

3299
03:49:52,125 --> 03:49:56,730
is a separate matter. Greenspoon is not is not

3300
03:49:56,730 --> 03:49:59,801
advising as to that. And they have no part of that litigation.

3301
03:49:59,801 --> 03:50:05,801
So Greenspoon is is advising to the county's rebuttal, or

3302
03:50:06,406 --> 03:50:12,613
they're advising the city as to the appeal of BC PCs initial

3303
03:50:12,613 --> 03:50:15,816
determination, which is now going before the County

3304
03:50:15,816 --> 03:50:20,888
Commission. And also we have asked them to advise us in

3305
03:50:20,888 --> 03:50:25,920
crafting the item that will, in the future come before this

3306
03:50:25,920 --> 03:50:31,920
Commission regarding site plan and design approval and the the

3307
03:50:31,232 --> 03:50:34,902
concurrence between the Live Local Act and that property

3308
03:50:34,902 --> 03:50:38,172
being a Goo zoning. So I definitely, I definitely think

3309
03:50:38,172 --> 03:50:42,430
that we need to revert back to the video and the comments that

3310
03:50:42,430 --> 03:50:47,181
were made because any type of litigation costs funding, I

3311
03:50:47,181 --> 03:50:50,184
will tell you, I'm in favor of the development. I was the one

3312
03:50:50,184 --> 03:50:54,721
who pushed it through. And with any type of legality that has

3313
03:50:54,721 --> 03:51:00,727
created from that, it needs to be settled. So I just want to

3314
03:51:00,727 --> 03:51:04,927
make sure that related and their representative

3315
03:51:06,867 --> 03:51:11,271
representatives hold true to what they said as well, because

3316
03:51:11,271 --> 03:51:13,474
we shouldn't be spending another penny. This is

3317
03:51:13,474 --> 03:51:15,942
something that's going to benefit the city in the long

3318
03:51:15,942 --> 03:51:19,813
run, and it's delay tactics that continue, and it's costing

3319
03:51:19,813 --> 03:51:22,283
money left, right and center, and we should not be

3320
03:51:22,283 --> 03:51:25,218
responsible for that because we have done our due diligence and

3321
03:51:25,218 --> 03:51:28,822
moved it forward. So if we can just please re revisit it, look

3322
03:51:28,822 --> 03:51:33,226
into it and clarify that before any further movement is made. I

3323
03:51:33,226 --> 03:51:37,898
I'm not willing to approve the funding today. Okay. Until I

3324
03:51:37,898 --> 03:51:42,770
have that that solidified as far as who's going to be

3325
03:51:42,770 --> 03:51:46,840
responsible for the costs. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner

3326
03:51:46,840 --> 03:51:52,579
Quintana, I was wondering if the in order for me to vote yes,

3327
03:51:52,579 --> 03:51:56,316
can we find some kind of way to amend the motion so that we can

3328
03:51:56,316 --> 03:51:59,786
include the contingency of of potentially reimbursing the

3329
03:51:59,786 --> 03:52:06,986
city for the additional expense? So that I could vote? Yes. Is

3330
03:52:07,861 --> 03:52:11,198
there a motion or no motion currently? No. But go ahead and

3331
03:52:11,198 --> 03:52:15,669
answer the question. So can we incorporate in in the motion

3332
03:52:15,669 --> 03:52:21,669
the language that would seek to find reimbursement from the

3333
03:52:22,142 --> 03:52:26,280
partner? Yes, you may do that. I don't know how to word it. So

3334
03:52:26,280 --> 03:52:29,817
you make a motion to approve on conditions of reimbursement

3335
03:52:29,817 --> 03:52:34,421
from the provider. I make a motion on conditions seeking

3336
03:52:34,421 --> 03:52:38,358
reimbursement. I'll second your okay, so I'll make a motion on

3337
03:52:38,358 --> 03:52:43,758
on stipulation that the. Provider, as said at a

3338
03:52:45,966 --> 03:52:49,570
commission meeting, will cover the cost if it's so, duly

3339
03:52:49,570 --> 03:52:52,306
represents it. Otherwise we're not I'm not going to approve

3340
03:52:52,306 --> 03:52:55,976
this today. In other words, come back. In other words,

3341
03:52:55,976 --> 03:53:00,713
you're approving the item subject to the city seeking

3342
03:53:00,713 --> 03:53:03,917
reimbursement by the P three partner. Correct. Which was

3343
03:53:03,917 --> 03:53:06,920
stated. Now if it wasn't stated then it'll have to come back to

3344
03:53:06,920 --> 03:53:10,657
us and we'll have to think about it that way. But it was

3345
03:53:10,657 --> 03:53:12,859
stated any legalities. All right. So that's a motion. It's

3346
03:53:12,859 --> 03:53:14,862
understandable. I'll second that. Okay. There's a motion

3347
03:53:14,862 --> 03:53:17,264
and a second. Let's continue down the queue with

3348
03:53:17,264 --> 03:53:18,998
Commissioners Biederman and Hernandez, Commissioner

3349
03:53:18,998 --> 03:53:23,798
Biederman. So while I understand the importance of

3350
03:53:26,273 --> 03:53:31,345
getting reimbursed because there was a promise made, I

3351
03:53:31,345 --> 03:53:36,349
think ultimately the financial burden should be on the county

3352
03:53:36,349 --> 03:53:38,553
because they're the ones road blocking. They are the ones

3353
03:53:38,553 --> 03:53:45,153
that are arbitrarily changing maps. So do we in this whole

3354
03:53:46,113 --> 03:53:52,113
process. I know that with the lawsuit, the plaintiff will

3355
03:53:52,253 --> 03:53:57,592
ultimately be responsible for our legal fees. If we are

3356
03:53:57,592 --> 03:54:02,997
successful, because that's the way the law works in Florida.

3357
03:54:02,997 --> 03:54:07,735
But I think the same thing should be true here. What if we

3358
03:54:07,735 --> 03:54:11,206
were to be successful in this whole process with the county?

3359
03:54:11,206 --> 03:54:13,808
The county should be responsible for our legal fees

3360
03:54:13,808 --> 03:54:17,678
because they're the ones that arbitrarily changed language in

3361
03:54:17,678 --> 03:54:22,750
the maps. This is currently an administrative process, and

3362
03:54:22,750 --> 03:54:26,870
attorney's fees for success would not be available in that

3363
03:54:26,870 --> 03:54:28,890
case. Okay, so basically our attorney's fees would be an

3364
03:54:28,890 --> 03:54:31,826
investment in the hundreds of millions of dollars that we're

3365
03:54:31,826 --> 03:54:36,626
going to get to help our neighborhoods. Theoretically.

3366
03:54:36,831 --> 03:54:41,102
Okay. All right, Commissioner Hernandez, thank you, mayor.

3367
03:54:41,102 --> 03:54:45,639
And I hate to be technical, but the mayor, as you just answer

3368
03:54:45,639 --> 03:54:48,709
the question just to answer all those people that don't want to

3369
03:54:48,709 --> 03:54:52,313
vote because this is an expense. And somebody said, if we get

3370
03:54:52,313 --> 03:54:56,450
sued, we got you. Well, we haven't been sued by the county.

3371
03:54:56,450 --> 03:54:58,853
They just made an administrative decision. And

3372
03:54:58,853 --> 03:55:03,653
based on that administrative decision that actually replaces

3373
03:55:04,926 --> 03:55:09,726
a legislative body decision that we're challenging. So

3374
03:55:10,331 --> 03:55:15,200
therefore, nobody has sued us. So if you're going by what you

3375
03:55:15,200 --> 03:55:17,938
claim or you said that it was there, I wasn't here at the

3376
03:55:17,938 --> 03:55:21,676
time that the person said, if you get sued, we got you. We

3377
03:55:21,676 --> 03:55:25,880
haven't been sued. The one time we're being sued. They're

3378
03:55:25,880 --> 03:55:28,683
representing themselves in that process, if I understand it

3379
03:55:28,683 --> 03:55:32,954
correctly. So there is nothing for us to be reimbursed when it

3380
03:55:32,954 --> 03:55:35,956
comes to this particular litigation, if I understand it

3381
03:55:35,956 --> 03:55:38,694
correctly. Can you correct me if I'm wrong or am I down the

3382
03:55:38,694 --> 03:55:41,696
right? Thank you. This is not a litigation. This is currently

3383
03:55:41,696 --> 03:55:44,567
an administrative process that Mr. Mealy is representing us

3384
03:55:44,567 --> 03:55:47,635
for. Okay. So basically, we're just defending ourselves based

3385
03:55:47,635 --> 03:55:50,438
on the decision that we didn't think was proper, correct. And

3386
03:55:50,438 --> 03:55:54,308
I am happy to go back and ask, no, no, no, look, I'm just if

3387
03:55:54,308 --> 03:55:56,711
anything else, I'm okay, but I'm okay with us defending

3388
03:55:56,711 --> 03:55:59,381
ourselves when it comes to our turf and the decision that

3389
03:55:59,381 --> 03:56:03,251
somebody made administratively, that it was supposed to be done

3390
03:56:03,251 --> 03:56:06,589
legislatively, that's what you call the workaround. You make

3391
03:56:06,589 --> 03:56:09,657
an administrative decision, then you punt it to the

3392
03:56:09,657 --> 03:56:12,727
legislative body, and the legislative body says, oh, they

3393
03:56:12,727 --> 03:56:15,596
made the right decision. Now we're going to table it. And

3394
03:56:15,596 --> 03:56:17,932
therefore, when you table it with at a time certain, it

3395
03:56:17,932 --> 03:56:21,735
basically like killing the item. So now we got to go back and

3396
03:56:21,735 --> 03:56:25,940
ask them, oh, by the way, oh, we want to be heard when it

3397
03:56:25,940 --> 03:56:28,610
comes to this item because the legislative body needs to make

3398
03:56:28,610 --> 03:56:34,100
a decision rather than to uphold by paralysis the

3399
03:56:35,216 --> 03:56:37,819
administrative body decision. But at the end of the day, if

3400
03:56:37,819 --> 03:56:41,220
somebody said, if you get sued, we got you, we'll pay for

3401
03:56:41,220 --> 03:56:43,491
litigation. We haven't been sued. We're just defending an

3402
03:56:43,491 --> 03:56:46,930
administrative process. I just want to make that clear. So I'm

3403
03:56:46,930 --> 03:56:50,364
okay with voting for this because it's we're defending

3404
03:56:50,364 --> 03:56:54,235
our our process. That's number one. And if there is a there is

3405
03:56:54,235 --> 03:56:57,305
a lawsuit, which I know that there is by an individual who

3406
03:56:57,305 --> 03:56:59,240
feels wholeheartedly because what they think that they're

3407
03:56:59,240 --> 03:57:01,508
doing is correct. God bless them. I'm okay with it. But

3408
03:57:01,508 --> 03:57:04,379
that's between them too. I don't believe that we're in the

3409
03:57:04,379 --> 03:57:07,381
midst of that, even though we're the one who's being sued

3410
03:57:07,381 --> 03:57:10,852
is being handled by the other side. Is that not correct? We

3411
03:57:10,852 --> 03:57:15,123
do have our own counsel in that case. We are being represented

3412
03:57:15,123 --> 03:57:19,460
by Dan Abbott from Weiss Sirota. However, the codefendant in

3413
03:57:19,460 --> 03:57:24,198
this case is related group, and they are taking the lead on

3414
03:57:24,198 --> 03:57:27,402
most of the motion drafting and those things. And we are

3415
03:57:27,402 --> 03:57:31,338
reviewing that and agreeing where it makes sense. Okay. And

3416
03:57:31,338 --> 03:57:35,209
at the end of the day, if we do not prevail and there's a cost

3417
03:57:35,209 --> 03:57:38,147
to that, then we can go through what we're going through right

3418
03:57:38,147 --> 03:57:41,281
now and saying, you said if we were sued, you take care of it.

3419
03:57:41,281 --> 03:57:45,219
So we would expect for them to take care of it at that time.

3420
03:57:45,219 --> 03:57:49,423
I'll withdraw my motion. Withdraw. Okay. All right. So

3421
03:57:49,423 --> 03:57:56,623
was there a second? Yeah. All right. Okay. So I'll make a

3422
03:57:56,630 --> 03:58:01,569
motion that we actually pay to give you this up to $275,000 in

3423
03:58:01,569 --> 03:58:05,239
order for you to have the amount of money needed in order

3424
03:58:05,239 --> 03:58:08,108
to defend ourselves when it comes to the administrative

3425
03:58:08,108 --> 03:58:11,646
process. Thank you. All right. We have a motion. And second to

3426
03:58:11,646 --> 03:58:14,583
approve the item, as is Commissioner vice mayor, can

3427
03:58:14,583 --> 03:58:17,718
you give us an update of where this is at? Because last I

3428
03:58:17,718 --> 03:58:23,257
heard was supposed to be heard at third last Thursday's county

3429
03:58:23,257 --> 03:58:28,129
meeting, and it was deferred again. Correct. And so where

3430
03:58:28,129 --> 03:58:33,000
are we at now? It was brought back on the August 20th meeting,

3431
03:58:33,000 --> 03:58:38,339
County meeting, as you as you state at that time, it was kind

3432
03:58:38,339 --> 03:58:44,479
of tabled indefinitely. I know that our city manager has been

3433
03:58:44,479 --> 03:58:49,883
in contact with some of the county people at the county to

3434
03:58:49,883 --> 03:58:54,623
see about perhaps putting this back for getting this heard at

3435
03:58:54,623 --> 03:58:58,426
a time certain. And having spoken with our counsel, that

3436
03:58:58,426 --> 03:59:02,960
is that is the recommendation at this time that we work

3437
03:59:02,960 --> 03:59:05,633
through those channels to get this item back onto a county

3438
03:59:05,633 --> 03:59:08,703
agenda. And the reason why it's going back on the county agenda

3439
03:59:08,703 --> 03:59:12,506
is because, because at this point in the administrative

3440
03:59:12,506 --> 03:59:17,178
process, the appellate body that hears our our issue is the

3441
03:59:17,178 --> 03:59:20,315
county Commission. And by the way, just to answer your

3442
03:59:20,315 --> 03:59:24,119
question, Robert's rule of orders procedurally, if you

3443
03:59:24,119 --> 03:59:27,988
table an item indefinitely, that means you kill the item.

3444
03:59:27,988 --> 03:59:31,580
The item is dead. It's like it never happened. So that's what

3445
03:59:31,580 --> 03:59:34,462
I mean by the workaround by the county where they actually an

3446
03:59:34,462 --> 03:59:38,399
individual from the county said, I want to do it on indefinitely.

3447
03:59:38,399 --> 03:59:41,269
And they did that on purpose for the item to die, which

3448
03:59:41,269 --> 03:59:45,469
means that it would automatically uphold the

3449
03:59:46,600 --> 03:59:49,544
Broward County Council's decision to change the zoning

3450
03:59:49,544 --> 03:59:52,813
that they did administratively. So that's why it's imperative

3451
03:59:52,813 --> 03:59:57,553
that us ask the county commission to actually hear the

3452
03:59:57,553 --> 04:00:01,157
item and make a decision. Good, bad or indifferent. It can't.

3453
04:00:01,157 --> 04:00:05,828
It cannot just be thrown out without giving us a due process.

3454
04:00:05,828 --> 04:00:09,320
Right now, what they've done is eliminated our due process to

3455
04:00:09,320 --> 04:00:12,636
be able to defend ourselves. And so therefore, that's why I

3456
04:00:12,636 --> 04:00:15,172
feel that we need to ask and give direction to the city

3457
04:00:15,172 --> 04:00:18,108
manager and the city attorney to continue with the process

3458
04:00:18,108 --> 04:00:21,844
for the item to be heard in front of the county commission

3459
04:00:21,844 --> 04:00:23,846
and let them make the commission their their

3460
04:00:23,846 --> 04:00:27,384
administrative body, their the legislative body. So two

3461
04:00:27,384 --> 04:00:32,789
questions then. One being that it is now being considered live

3462
04:00:32,789 --> 04:00:35,525
local. Does it even have to go to the county? My understanding

3463
04:00:35,525 --> 04:00:38,395
is that's the state law. So does it have to go through the

3464
04:00:38,395 --> 04:00:42,532
county? There are certain there are certain reasons that we

3465
04:00:42,532 --> 04:00:45,736
feel between staff conversations and legally, that

3466
04:00:45,736 --> 04:00:51,875
it would be best to to seek the the approval of the maps, which

3467
04:00:51,875 --> 04:00:59,675
is what our initial ask is here. Request before the BCC, PC was.

3468
04:00:59,683 --> 04:01:02,552
So we believe that it is in the best interest of the city to

3469
04:01:02,552 --> 04:01:06,623
continue this matter. There. No. You are correct, though, that a

3470
04:01:06,623 --> 04:01:11,228
live local action does not necessarily require that this.

3471
04:01:11,228 --> 04:01:14,898
Go before the County. However, to leave the most options open

3472
04:01:14,898 --> 04:01:19,169
for the city and put the city in the best position to further

3473
04:01:19,169 --> 04:01:22,305
negotiate and further determine what is going to happen with

3474
04:01:22,305 --> 04:01:26,420
that site and on the beach. We believe that it is best that

3475
04:01:26,420 --> 04:01:31,442
this go back for determination before the County Commission.

3476
04:01:31,715 --> 04:01:35,652
And who makes that decision? You guys make that decision

3477
04:01:35,652 --> 04:01:39,252
through the Comprehensive Development Agreement. That

3478
04:01:39,655 --> 04:01:43,259
decision is on appeals and things like that have been

3479
04:01:43,259 --> 04:01:48,659
delegated to the city manager through that agreement. Because

3480
04:01:49,867 --> 04:01:52,804
this is the first time I'm hearing of it. That's why I'm

3481
04:01:52,804 --> 04:01:56,605
questioning it. I knew that it was tabled, but now I'm hearing

3482
04:01:56,605 --> 04:02:00,944
additional information. So I'm just kind of taken back for a

3483
04:02:00,944 --> 04:02:03,813
second that now we're going back to ask for another date

3484
04:02:03,813 --> 04:02:07,950
for them to hear it to. So I just want to make sure I'm

3485
04:02:07,950 --> 04:02:10,619
hearing what you're saying. So we're asking after it was

3486
04:02:10,619 --> 04:02:13,557
indefinitely tabled, which I believe is a violation of some

3487
04:02:13,557 --> 04:02:16,892
sort, because it kills it. Now we're going back to the county

3488
04:02:16,892 --> 04:02:21,364
and we're going to ask them to hear it in some certain time

3489
04:02:21,364 --> 04:02:27,964
frame. And it's all to protect the city because of why?

3490
04:02:28,237 --> 04:02:31,908
Because this leaves the most options open for the city to

3491
04:02:31,908 --> 04:02:37,246
move in regards to the site and what we ultimately decide to do

3492
04:02:37,246 --> 04:02:40,382
there. I mean, we made a decision, though I don't

3493
04:02:40,382 --> 04:02:42,453
understand that though. We've made the decision, we agreed

3494
04:02:42,453 --> 04:02:46,457
upon it. We we took a lot of heat, but we felt it was the

3495
04:02:46,457 --> 04:02:49,527
best decision for the city. So I'm just a little taken back as

3496
04:02:49,527 --> 04:02:55,198
to how we're back at the county again after it was tabled

3497
04:02:55,198 --> 04:02:58,601
indefinitely. Like this is just we didn't table it indefinitely.

3498
04:02:58,601 --> 04:03:01,203
They did. That's what I'm saying. So what's to prevent

3499
04:03:01,203 --> 04:03:04,673
them from tabling it more what they're doing in what I support

3500
04:03:04,673 --> 04:03:07,411
and them doing. So I mean, I have nothing to say when it

3501
04:03:07,411 --> 04:03:11,548
comes to this, but we have to defend ourselves. They just

3502
04:03:11,548 --> 04:03:15,952
said down the road for you, and I don't think that's proper. So

3503
04:03:15,952 --> 04:03:18,688
all we're doing is defending our position in front of the

3504
04:03:18,688 --> 04:03:21,424
county. That's all. And the insurance company is paying for

3505
04:03:21,424 --> 04:03:25,495
it. Do we have a date of when this will be heard? We do. We

3506
04:03:25,495 --> 04:03:31,233
do not. We're we would be requesting that it be put on as

3507
04:03:31,233 --> 04:03:36,633
an item, because it was continued indefinitely. And we

3508
04:03:36,639 --> 04:03:40,977
have the right to have the item heard. It is my understanding

3509
04:03:40,977 --> 04:03:46,377
from legal counsel, outside counsel, that if we don't

3510
04:03:46,716 --> 04:03:51,454
finalize this, it's it's sort of in no man's land, it's just

3511
04:03:51,454 --> 04:03:55,458
out there. And if at some point we felt that there was a need

3512
04:03:55,458 --> 04:03:59,662
to appeal this, we would we would then have nothing to

3513
04:03:59,662 --> 04:04:03,599
appeal because it hadn't actually been decided. So there

3514
04:04:03,599 --> 04:04:07,670
is a need for some finality, true finality, meaning a

3515
04:04:07,670 --> 04:04:11,607
decision rendered one way or the other to preserve our right

3516
04:04:11,607 --> 04:04:15,145
to then appeal. And as you know, there are a lot of different

3517
04:04:15,145 --> 04:04:19,883
things at play. And when we talk about 111 residential

3518
04:04:19,883 --> 04:04:24,487
units that were on the land use map, we believe that those 111

3519
04:04:24,487 --> 04:04:28,891
units are an important piece in the overall conversation. So

3520
04:04:28,891 --> 04:04:32,895
we'd like to have a decision on that. If the decision goes

3521
04:04:32,895 --> 04:04:36,366
against the city, then it is a decision and that there is some

3522
04:04:36,366 --> 04:04:40,703
legal value to having that decision. So, you know, that is

3523
04:04:40,703 --> 04:04:45,775
the finality of it. And that's we did try to you know, I have

3524
04:04:45,775 --> 04:04:48,845
tried to reach out to some of you and have this conversation.

3525
04:04:48,845 --> 04:04:52,248
I think I well, it wasn't in clarification. So here's here's,

3526
04:04:52,248 --> 04:04:58,388
I guess, you know, for the, the, the opposite side, I guess we

3527
04:04:58,388 --> 04:05:03,126
should say. So here's where a definitive line comes in, where,

3528
04:05:03,126 --> 04:05:06,329
where there's a question of the amount of money that the

3529
04:05:06,329 --> 04:05:12,329
developer was supposed to pay this city. And we've made

3530
04:05:12,802 --> 04:05:16,500
changes or exceptions or not even exceptions. I guess we're

3531
04:05:16,500 --> 04:05:20,677
following state rule and law that because of the hurricane

3532
04:05:20,677 --> 04:05:25,140
impacts that they are deferred the name for it. But I have had

3533
04:05:25,140 --> 04:05:29,686
several individuals comment or make a statement that out of

3534
04:05:29,686 --> 04:05:32,622
the goodwill of the of the developer, they should be

3535
04:05:32,622 --> 04:05:35,250
paying because they believe in the project and the money

3536
04:05:35,250 --> 04:05:39,495
should come in. But but then here, now on the opposite side,

3537
04:05:39,495 --> 04:05:41,630
it's not the city that's causing the problem that we

3538
04:05:41,630 --> 04:05:44,434
should receive the money. It's the county that's causing now

3539
04:05:44,434 --> 04:05:46,969
the delay and the lawsuits and everything that's involved in

3540
04:05:46,969 --> 04:05:50,774
it. So I just want to put that on the record. However you guys

3541
04:05:50,774 --> 04:05:54,644
go, listen, I did what I was supposed to do. I feel

3542
04:05:54,644 --> 04:05:57,181
comfortable in my decision. I felt it was the right thing for

3543
04:05:57,181 --> 04:06:00,383
the city. It's going to be at the hands of the. This is

3544
04:06:00,383 --> 04:06:05,560
playing politics at its fullest capacity right now. I'm very,

3545
04:06:05,560 --> 04:06:10,395
very, very disappointed. So as much as the opposite side is

3546
04:06:10,395 --> 04:06:14,650
very disappointed on the project, we have to find that

3547
04:06:14,650 --> 04:06:18,670
common ground and all we're doing is two separate sides are

3548
04:06:18,670 --> 04:06:22,541
battling against each other and we are delaying the process.

3549
04:06:22,541 --> 04:06:25,877
And so I do not feel that the developer should have to pay a

3550
04:06:25,877 --> 04:06:29,547
penny even by this. A lot of goodwill, especially with these

3551
04:06:29,547 --> 04:06:32,684
type of tactics, regardless of what they are, good, bad or

3552
04:06:32,684 --> 04:06:36,823
indifferent. Let the county come up with a date. Good luck

3553
04:06:36,823 --> 04:06:40,693
to everybody. Hopefully it will get built and it will be a

3554
04:06:40,693 --> 04:06:44,296
benefit to the entire city, the community center, the, the, the

3555
04:06:44,296 --> 04:06:47,832
entire thing. And if it doesn't, so be it. But you have to

3556
04:06:47,832 --> 04:06:51,503
believe in what you do. And I, and I really hope that at the

3557
04:06:51,503 --> 04:06:55,390
end of the day, all of this just gets settled and we stop

3558
04:06:55,390 --> 04:06:58,644
with the, the 2000. They should be paying a month and all of

3559
04:06:58,644 --> 04:07:01,847
this rhetoric because it's all parties involved that are

3560
04:07:01,847 --> 04:07:05,517
creating such chaos. So hopefully it gets approved. We

3561
04:07:05,517 --> 04:07:08,387
move forward and just let me know the date that the county

3562
04:07:08,387 --> 04:07:11,456
will be there, because I will be there. Thank you. All right.

3563
04:07:11,456 --> 04:07:14,593
We have a motion and a second to approve the item. Last word,

3564
04:07:14,593 --> 04:07:18,129
Commissioner Quintana. I just wanted some clarification about

3565
04:07:18,129 --> 04:07:22,400
is it still an administrative bodies decision? When the

3566
04:07:22,400 --> 04:07:26,600
Planning Council voted to uphold the administrative

3567
04:07:28,206 --> 04:07:32,810
department's Decision. So by administrative process, I refer

3568
04:07:32,810 --> 04:07:38,216
to any process that is at the municipal or county level. It

3569
04:07:38,216 --> 04:07:42,820
is not judicial. This has not been this is there's no suit in

3570
04:07:42,820 --> 04:07:46,491
state or federal court. This is purely the administrative

3571
04:07:46,491 --> 04:07:50,695
process. Though these planning staff at the county made the

3572
04:07:50,695 --> 04:07:55,433
initial determination. Then it went to BC, PC and they made

3573
04:07:55,433 --> 04:07:58,636
their determination. This is all still part of the

3574
04:07:58,636 --> 04:08:01,973
administrative process. Now. Our appeal of the BC PC

3575
04:08:01,973 --> 04:08:05,110
decision is at the county commission level, so that

3576
04:08:05,110 --> 04:08:09,513
remains administrative. I see. Okay. Thank you. Commissioner

3577
04:08:09,513 --> 04:08:13,785
Hernandez. Thank you mayor. And this is maybe a rhetorical

3578
04:08:13,785 --> 04:08:17,388
question. Should a county employee and a county

3579
04:08:17,388 --> 04:08:21,125
commissioner elect be voting on this particular item? Since

3580
04:08:21,125 --> 04:08:26,525
we're talking about furthering the legal issues with the

3581
04:08:27,198 --> 04:08:31,268
county, and I don't mean to put you on the spot. And if the

3582
04:08:31,268 --> 04:08:34,205
answer is I don't know, let everybody. It's just a question

3583
04:08:34,205 --> 04:08:39,343
that somebody asked me earlier on today. So far, as a county

3584
04:08:39,343 --> 04:08:43,130
employee goes, there's no specific financial gain to that

3585
04:08:43,130 --> 04:08:46,617
county employee in voting here. It is my determination that

3586
04:08:46,617 --> 04:08:52,423
there's before you say that it is the employee of the city

3587
04:08:52,423 --> 04:08:57,762
commissioner who has asked the county Commission to table this

3588
04:08:57,762 --> 04:09:03,162
indefinitely, which practically nullifies the item. So it is

3589
04:09:04,350 --> 04:09:07,106
their direct employee. And I don't know this to be true or

3590
04:09:07,106 --> 04:09:10,420
not, and I've asked that person and they haven't answered me.

3591
04:09:10,420 --> 04:09:14,712
They are an at will employee of that particular commissioner.

3592
04:09:14,712 --> 04:09:19,384
So it is not landscaping Joe Blow from down the street. It

3593
04:09:19,384 --> 04:09:23,521
is somebody in a position of of such and I don't care which way

3594
04:09:23,521 --> 04:09:26,858
it happens. I'm just wanted to put it on the record. Okay.

3595
04:09:26,858 --> 04:09:31,329
That's all. All right. We have a motion, a second to approve

3596
04:09:31,329 --> 04:09:35,133
the item. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

3597
04:09:35,133 --> 04:09:39,933
Opposed. Motion carries. Four, three calorie shoe. And

3598
04:09:40,204 --> 04:09:43,874
Quintana opposed. All right. Thank you so much. Let's go

3599
04:09:43,874 --> 04:09:47,812
ahead to citizens comments. It's 510. I'll take the cards.

3600
04:09:47,812 --> 04:09:50,615
Pat. If you're here for citizens comments that's Pat.

3601
04:09:50,615 --> 04:09:53,752
She's going to stand up and you can give her your speaker card.

3602
04:09:53,752 --> 04:09:59,752
You're welcome to speak on any city business. And Ralston,

3603
04:10:00,625 --> 04:10:06,625
followed by Michael Seltzer. Some really happy good news. I

3604
04:10:13,304 --> 04:10:21,104
have to thank. Yes. Fall out, but I don't sue. Thank you to

3605
04:10:21,112 --> 04:10:25,850
every single employee in this city, to staff, to the

3606
04:10:25,850 --> 04:10:31,250
commission, to top ranking. We actually had parking during

3607
04:10:32,323 --> 04:10:38,329
early voting. I drove up here ready to battle, trying to find

3608
04:10:38,329 --> 04:10:41,332
a place to park and by God, there was parking everywhere.

3609
04:10:41,332 --> 04:10:45,603
It was heaven. So I want to thank. I want to well know it

3610
04:10:45,603 --> 04:10:50,800
made it much easier for the voters, which it should be. For

3611
04:10:50,800 --> 04:10:53,611
years I have said, please, why don't you promote the city of

3612
04:10:53,611 --> 04:10:57,148
Hollywood with upcoming events? They actually did. When you

3613
04:10:57,148 --> 04:11:01,886
walked into the voting area, there was a thing on the Holly

3614
04:11:01,886 --> 04:11:06,240
trolley. So it's a start. I'm very grateful that it's a start,

3615
04:11:06,240 --> 04:11:10,161
but you should be promoting city events, upcoming things

3616
04:11:10,161 --> 04:11:16,501
well and there and have a table of water. Be proactive. We want

3617
04:11:16,501 --> 04:11:19,504
participation in voting. So that was wonderful and I

3618
04:11:19,504 --> 04:11:22,373
appreciate it. The second thing is I couldn't be happier that

3619
04:11:22,373 --> 04:11:27,178
miss. You are now officially my county commissioner, which I'm

3620
04:11:27,178 --> 04:11:32,851
quite happy about. So thank you very much. Now let's get to the

3621
04:11:32,851 --> 04:11:38,251
ugly stuff with the Planning and Zoning department debacle

3622
04:11:38,590 --> 04:11:43,261
on now overloading the September 8th planning and

3623
04:11:43,261 --> 04:11:47,866
zoning with, I'm going to say 5 or 6 issues, especially all

3624
04:11:47,866 --> 04:11:51,936
controversial, mainly 1301 that you've just been discussing.

3625
04:11:51,936 --> 04:11:55,606
Whether it's tabled or not doesn't matter. The we're going

3626
04:11:55,606 --> 04:12:02,280
to have a vote in November to see what happens. So I'm I'm

3627
04:12:02,280 --> 04:12:05,950
sorry, but everything seems to be just getting shoved down our

3628
04:12:05,950 --> 04:12:09,487
throats whether we want it or not. It's not misinformation.

3629
04:12:09,487 --> 04:12:12,692
People just don't like the project. I'm sorry. People

3630
04:12:12,692 --> 04:12:16,695
don't like the project on public land. Okay. The grand

3631
04:12:16,695 --> 04:12:19,966
old lady. And here's part of the problem with this overlay

3632
04:12:19,966 --> 04:12:23,370
district for history. Everything I've read. Now, when

3633
04:12:23,370 --> 04:12:27,640
you do the mitzvah house, the grand old lady, all of a sudden,

3634
04:12:27,640 --> 04:12:31,110
well, it wasn't deemed historical, so therefore we can

3635
04:12:31,110 --> 04:12:36,115
do what we want with it. Why then do the rest of us? 840

3636
04:12:36,115 --> 04:12:39,715
Hollywood Boulevard. 1345 Hollywood Boulevard. They had

3637
04:12:40,453 --> 04:12:44,857
to jump through hoops to for those properties because they

3638
04:12:44,857 --> 04:12:48,727
were in an overlay district. They were not declared historic,

3639
04:12:48,727 --> 04:12:53,400
but their historical properties. That is unfair and not correct.

3640
04:12:53,400 --> 04:12:57,403
So if we're not going to follow the rules or or all of a sudden

3641
04:12:57,403 --> 04:13:03,609
claim, well, it's not historic. And so we can now tear it down

3642
04:13:03,609 --> 04:13:07,481
because they let it go to hell in a hand basket, which is what

3643
04:13:07,481 --> 04:13:10,616
they did with the grand old lady. I'm sorry. Then get rid

3644
04:13:10,616 --> 04:13:16,616
of the historic district. I have no problem with that.

3645
04:13:18,958 --> 04:13:25,564
Michael Seltzer. We got to have. I got to give you a second. I

3646
04:13:25,564 --> 04:13:28,635
gave you a I got to give you a middle name like Michael

3647
04:13:28,635 --> 04:13:33,706
Seltzer or Canada Dry Seltzer, or. Come on up, Michael. This

3648
04:13:33,706 --> 04:13:36,642
doesn't count for my three minutes. But years ago, when I

3649
04:13:36,642 --> 04:13:42,781
was home sick, I got a call from a man. He said, it's

3650
04:13:42,781 --> 04:13:46,652
Bromo-seltzer. And I said, you must be kidding. He says, no,

3651
04:13:46,652 --> 04:13:51,724
I'm your uncle from Cuba. I just got here from Cuba. I said,

3652
04:13:51,724 --> 04:13:57,724
what? No. And he was actually my grandfather's brother that

3653
04:13:58,263 --> 04:14:02,463
escaped from Cuba. Wow. Bromo-seltzer. Anyways, wow.

3654
04:14:03,335 --> 04:14:07,206
This is for Pat. You have to start his time again. Yeah,

3655
04:14:07,206 --> 04:14:12,277
that was a family moment. A family moment first, thank you

3656
04:14:12,277 --> 04:14:15,614
for the Acela. It's one more thing that I won't be able to

3657
04:14:15,614 --> 04:14:20,286
figure out. When I first came to the city, I came to the city

3658
04:14:20,286 --> 04:14:23,823
hall to change utility stuff and other things, and I walked

3659
04:14:23,823 --> 04:14:27,920
into the office after I couldn't find it, and I said,

3660
04:14:27,920 --> 04:14:32,980
what a mess. And then I was here at a presentation, and you

3661
04:14:32,980 --> 04:14:36,435
had some real estate company with some plans to do a new

3662
04:14:36,435 --> 04:14:44,377
city hall. And then I said to myself, we need a new city hall,

3663
04:14:44,377 --> 04:14:50,490
a new city hall, and we need to redevelop this. So I brought

3664
04:14:50,490 --> 04:14:56,522
you who I felt was the best candidate or client to develop

3665
04:14:56,522 --> 04:15:01,927
this property. And I brought them not only because of their

3666
04:15:01,927 --> 04:15:07,327
worldwide talent, but something more important. They have the

3667
04:15:08,801 --> 04:15:13,206
money. And a grand old guy from Montreal, my friend I bloom,

3668
04:15:13,206 --> 04:15:18,277
who's a mortgage broker of the of the nth degree, always told

3669
04:15:18,277 --> 04:15:23,816
me money's important. Then I saw the grand old dam that had

3670
04:15:23,816 --> 04:15:28,888
to be redeveloped, and I heard that you wanted a five star

3671
04:15:28,888 --> 04:15:34,693
resort and a five star hotel. And trust me, I know all the

3672
04:15:34,693 --> 04:15:38,970
developers in South Florida and most of them in New York. In

3673
04:15:38,970 --> 04:15:41,967
fact, I sold some of them properties, and I reached out

3674
04:15:41,967 --> 04:15:48,374
to a chap who I thought, and I still think is going to be the

3675
04:15:48,374 --> 04:15:53,513
man capable of developing that five star property, the hotel

3676
04:15:53,513 --> 04:16:00,920
and the condo. And then I read, or I tried to read a 500 page,

3677
04:16:00,920 --> 04:16:05,458
whatever you want to call it, and I stopped at page 30 or 35

3678
04:16:05,458 --> 04:16:09,395
because I had better things to do with my life, like play with

3679
04:16:09,395 --> 04:16:12,465
my grandchildren. But there's lots of things there that

3680
04:16:12,465 --> 04:16:16,402
really disturb me, and I'm meeting with staff in the next

3681
04:16:16,402 --> 04:16:20,500
few days to get some clarification. So I wrote this

3682
04:16:20,500 --> 04:16:24,410
to you, and I gave you a few extra copies to give to the

3683
04:16:24,410 --> 04:16:29,810
staff, so they should be somewhat prepared because what

3684
04:16:29,810 --> 04:16:34,487
I read really disturbed me and what disturbed me the most of

3685
04:16:34,487 --> 04:16:38,424
all had to do with a chap named Gary Jaffe in the parking

3686
04:16:38,424 --> 04:16:44,563
garage. And if you take the time to read it and understand

3687
04:16:44,563 --> 04:16:50,303
it, at least the way I was told was pretty disgusting in my

3688
04:16:50,303 --> 04:16:56,109
opinion, and I have no stake in the game with Gary Jaffe, and I

3689
04:16:56,109 --> 04:17:01,113
might not have a stake with my client, but I brought you two

3690
04:17:01,113 --> 04:17:05,185
people that are more than qualified. And Michael Seltzer

3691
04:17:05,185 --> 04:17:08,721
will never do anything to hurt the city, because I always want

3692
04:17:08,721 --> 04:17:12,525
its best, because this is the place where I think I'm going

3693
04:17:12,525 --> 04:17:20,325
to die. Well, we all go, right? Have a great night. All right.

3694
04:17:23,200 --> 04:17:28,208
Started out inspirational with Uncle Rommel, but how quickly

3695
04:17:28,208 --> 04:17:34,808
we digress. All right. Mr. Is it Yaron Gabay? Yaron, who

3696
04:17:36,750 --> 04:17:41,154
lives on Dewey Street? Okay. All right. Is that the business

3697
04:17:41,154 --> 04:17:45,954
owner? Yeah. All right. Okay. Siobhan McLaughlin. McLaughlin.

3698
04:17:50,496 --> 04:17:53,766
Do you have a story about Rome? Tell us about it. You're from

3699
04:17:53,766 --> 04:17:58,638
Brooklyn. You can go. Siobhan, I first want to echo Miss

3700
04:17:58,638 --> 04:18:01,573
Ralston's comments. And congratulations to Commissioner

3701
04:18:01,573 --> 04:18:04,978
elect to him. It's really a wonderful, wonderful job that

3702
04:18:04,978 --> 04:18:08,514
you've done. And to say thank you and congratulations. I'd

3703
04:18:08,514 --> 04:18:12,318
also like to mention that today the 19th amendment was ratified.

3704
04:18:12,318 --> 04:18:15,521
So it is Women's Equality Day. And I haven't heard a mention

3705
04:18:15,521 --> 04:18:18,859
of it today yet, but I've been in and out. So we'll

3706
04:18:18,859 --> 04:18:22,796
celebrating the Women's Equality Day. I am also here to

3707
04:18:22,796 --> 04:18:26,867
ask that you direct, ask, suggest whichever word you

3708
04:18:26,867 --> 04:18:30,804
would like to use that the September 8th planning and

3709
04:18:30,804 --> 04:18:34,341
development item that will deal with the beach overlay be moved

3710
04:18:34,341 --> 04:18:40,414
to a different date. It is a very controversial. A lot of

3711
04:18:40,414 --> 04:18:44,180
time was placed by staff, I know, but people are concerned

3712
04:18:44,180 --> 04:18:49,889
about it and it is not right. Correct. Fair optics, whatever

3713
04:18:49,889 --> 04:18:52,692
words you want to use, it should be to a separate date

3714
04:18:52,692 --> 04:18:57,970
with a discreet agenda to discuss that item. You saw what

3715
04:18:57,970 --> 04:18:59,566
happened at the last planning and development meeting. It was

3716
04:18:59,566 --> 04:19:04,371
a disgrace. And people stayed after to talk about it. And I

3717
04:19:04,371 --> 04:19:07,441
think adding 1301, which I think is number six on the

3718
04:19:07,441 --> 04:19:12,846
packed agenda. So I am urging you to please direct staff to

3719
04:19:12,846 --> 04:19:16,783
change it. Ask. You were also given, I believe, the

3720
04:19:16,783 --> 04:19:21,588
instruction that Robert's rules, the maker of a of a motion

3721
04:19:21,588 --> 04:19:25,525
needs to approve an amendment, and I do not believe that is

3722
04:19:25,525 --> 04:19:29,463
true. Once a motion is made and seconded, it belongs to the

3723
04:19:29,463 --> 04:19:33,667
floor and does not need the maker's approval to change it.

3724
04:19:33,667 --> 04:19:37,700
What you do, then, if I am not mistaken, is you vote down the

3725
04:19:37,700 --> 04:19:41,275
amendment or you do not second it. So just just a process

3726
04:19:41,275 --> 04:19:44,611
question. And then finally, some of Commissioner

3727
04:19:44,611 --> 04:19:48,548
Hernandez's comments seem to want to socialize the loss and

3728
04:19:48,548 --> 04:19:51,685
privatize the gain. It does not seem fair that the residents

3729
04:19:51,685 --> 04:19:56,757
are not able to use every tool that is available to them to

3730
04:19:56,757 --> 04:20:00,361
protest the 1301 project or other projects that they don't

3731
04:20:00,361 --> 04:20:03,630
like. It seems to me that the administrative process,

3732
04:20:03,630 --> 04:20:06,499
according or suggested by Commissioner Hernandez, should

3733
04:20:06,499 --> 04:20:11,905
only be available because it would help the city as opposed

3734
04:20:11,905 --> 04:20:15,576
to the residents. So this is going to be a fair process. The

3735
04:20:15,576 --> 04:20:18,779
city can play dirty, talk to the people they want to, and

3736
04:20:18,779 --> 04:20:22,500
you don't have to like it if we're the residents. But on the

3737
04:20:22,500 --> 04:20:26,253
other hand, if the residents want to appeal to the county

3738
04:20:26,253 --> 04:20:29,523
commission, they want to outreach to the planning board,

3739
04:20:29,523 --> 04:20:33,527
then they should be able to do so and see where it gets you. A

3740
04:20:33,527 --> 04:20:36,597
lot of this could have been avoided if, as a commission and

3741
04:20:36,597 --> 04:20:39,933
a body, you had put this to a vote of the residents. So thank

3742
04:20:39,933 --> 04:20:44,604
you. And again, congratulations, Commissioner Shuhan. Thank you,

3743
04:20:44,604 --> 04:20:50,604
Rebecca King. And the last speaker is Sylvia Spencer. Good

3744
04:21:01,688 --> 04:21:05,893
evening. So as you mentioned, my name is Rebecca King and I

3745
04:21:05,893 --> 04:21:10,430
am a resident of South 24th Avenue between Funston Street

3746
04:21:10,430 --> 04:21:14,567
and Pembroke Road. I'm here tonight to respectfully ask for

3747
04:21:14,567 --> 04:21:17,371
continued action regarding speeding, traffic and

3748
04:21:17,371 --> 04:21:21,442
pedestrian safety along this corridor. First, I want to

3749
04:21:21,442 --> 04:21:24,644
sincerely thank Commissioner Hernandez for listening to my

3750
04:21:24,644 --> 04:21:27,914
concerns and bringing the issue forward during today's

3751
04:21:27,914 --> 04:21:31,518
commission meeting. I also appreciate Sergeant Jonathan

3752
04:21:31,518 --> 04:21:34,721
Fiala of the Hollywood Police Department Traffic Unit for

3753
04:21:34,721 --> 04:21:37,524
following up with me and explaining that increased

3754
04:21:37,524 --> 04:21:41,261
enforcement is taking place and that traffic engineering is

3755
04:21:41,261 --> 04:21:45,650
conducting studies along the corridor. Over the past year,

3756
04:21:45,650 --> 04:21:48,402
my family and I have witnessed three major accidents within

3757
04:21:48,402 --> 04:21:53,139
approximately a two block area. These accidents caused

3758
04:21:53,139 --> 04:21:57,770
significant property damage and resulted in injuries. One

3759
04:21:57,770 --> 04:22:00,280
incident was especially concerning. A child and parent

3760
04:22:00,280 --> 04:22:03,884
had just entered their home when a vehicle crashed into the

3761
04:22:03,884 --> 04:22:07,554
front of their property. The child had been outside moments

3762
04:22:07,554 --> 04:22:10,958
earlier. Thankfully, they were inside when it happened, but

3763
04:22:10,958 --> 04:22:15,161
the outcome could have been tragic. I also have a father

3764
04:22:15,161 --> 04:22:19,320
who is a senior citizen who likes to take walks, and I

3765
04:22:19,320 --> 04:22:22,302
regularly see other older residents walking along South

3766
04:22:22,302 --> 04:22:26,307
24th Avenue. I'm always concerned about their safety as

3767
04:22:26,307 --> 04:22:29,109
well as the safety of the children, pedestrians and

3768
04:22:29,109 --> 04:22:33,470
everyone who lives along this road. I understand that

3769
04:22:33,470 --> 04:22:36,717
accidents happen and that the city needs traffic, data and

3770
04:22:36,717 --> 04:22:38,852
engineering studies before determining whether measures

3771
04:22:38,852 --> 04:22:42,990
such as speed humps or other traffic calming solutions are

3772
04:22:42,990 --> 04:22:46,727
appropriate. I'm not asking for a particular solution without

3773
04:22:46,727 --> 04:22:51,665
proper evaluation. I am just asking for follow through. I

3774
04:22:51,665 --> 04:22:54,535
respectfully ask the city to complete the traffic studies.

3775
04:22:54,535 --> 04:22:57,871
Consider the entire stretch from Funston Street to Pembroke

3776
04:22:57,871 --> 04:23:01,808
Road. Communicate the results to residents and if the data

3777
04:23:01,808 --> 04:23:04,344
supports it, move forward with permanent traffic calming

3778
04:23:04,344 --> 04:23:08,949
measures. Increased enforcement is appreciated, but I believe

3779
04:23:08,949 --> 04:23:11,484
we should also address the underlying safety concerns

3780
04:23:11,484 --> 04:23:15,221
before another serious accident occurs or, God forbid, someone

3781
04:23:15,221 --> 04:23:19,760
is seriously injured. Thank you to Commissioner Hernandez.

3782
04:23:19,760 --> 04:23:23,364
Sergeant Fiala, the traffic unit, traffic engineering and

3783
04:23:23,364 --> 04:23:26,967
city staff for listening and taking these concerns seriously.

3784
04:23:26,967 --> 04:23:29,503
I look forward to hearing about the next steps and when

3785
04:23:29,503 --> 04:23:35,242
residents can expect them. Thank you. Thank you, Miss King.

3786
04:23:35,242 --> 04:23:41,842
Miss Spencer. Good evening. My name is Sylvia Spencer and I

3787
04:23:45,520 --> 04:23:49,990
live in 1540 or 50 sixth Avenue. And I'm here because I'm very

3788
04:23:49,990 --> 04:23:52,992
disappointed with the water bill from last month to this

3789
04:23:52,992 --> 04:23:55,462
month. You know, it was increasing with $30, with not

3790
04:23:55,462 --> 04:24:00,734
even any knowledge. I came to the water department and, you

3791
04:24:00,734 --> 04:24:06,874
know, they have they said they just estimated, well, my income

3792
04:24:06,874 --> 04:24:12,145
is not estimated. It is what it is. So everything counts. So

3793
04:24:12,145 --> 04:24:15,148
it's better to be fair. And you know, they just I found them. I

3794
04:24:15,148 --> 04:24:18,761
want to do, you know, whatever I have to do. And they came

3795
04:24:18,761 --> 04:24:21,830
home and unexpectedly two times in a matter in weeks I found

3796
04:24:21,830 --> 04:24:25,101
them on my property, changing the meter, working there and

3797
04:24:25,101 --> 04:24:28,305
blame one another said I said they just changed like a 2 or 3

3798
04:24:28,305 --> 04:24:32,174
weeks ago. Oh, but did you know what? He doesn't know what to

3799
04:24:32,174 --> 04:24:35,244
do. When I came to complain to the water department, they said,

3800
04:24:35,244 --> 04:24:38,247
oh, in computer is just one time. That's not my problem.

3801
04:24:38,247 --> 04:24:41,450
But I don't like to have that surprise every month, you know,

3802
04:24:41,450 --> 04:24:45,521
to be increasing, increasing, increasing and their discretion

3803
04:24:45,521 --> 04:24:49,391
because they estimate it. Another thing is I, my

3804
04:24:49,391 --> 04:24:53,329
neighbors, they did a fence and I have to do, you know, like to

3805
04:24:53,329 --> 04:24:57,466
protect and you know, the some improvement with the fence. And

3806
04:24:57,466 --> 04:25:00,669
when I came to speak with someone like the code

3807
04:25:00,669 --> 04:25:04,340
enforcement used to come in our area, used to be able to talk

3808
04:25:04,340 --> 04:25:10,479
with someone, ma'am, go online, not even let you to go in to

3809
04:25:10,479 --> 04:25:14,350
talk with someone so totally disrespectful online cannot

3810
04:25:14,350 --> 04:25:18,220
come to your property. You need a life person to be there to

3811
04:25:18,220 --> 04:25:22,491
see exactly what it is. So I know you need a blueprint, you

3812
04:25:22,491 --> 04:25:25,894
know, whatever. But I'm saying somebody to know exactly you

3813
04:25:25,894 --> 04:25:29,365
are doing the right things according to the code. I have

3814
04:25:29,365 --> 04:25:33,702
that house from 92 and always I follow the rules. So how come

3815
04:25:33,702 --> 04:25:38,774
now it's no. No help from nowhere. Also, you know, like,

3816
04:25:38,774 --> 04:25:41,711
and I'm talking about in the behalf of all my neighbors

3817
04:25:41,711 --> 04:25:44,179
because everybody is so disappointed with what's going

3818
04:25:44,179 --> 04:25:48,851
on. And they said we are very neglected. Now, another thing

3819
04:25:48,851 --> 04:25:55,257
is they used to be meetings in our area time by time, no more.

3820
04:25:55,257 --> 04:26:01,129
How come you're in Hollywood Hills? No, no, 1540 North 56th

3821
04:26:01,129 --> 04:26:07,729
Avenue. Yes. Is that excuse me, is it Playland Estates? No. 15?

3822
04:26:08,270 --> 04:26:12,941
No. Hollywood Hills? Yeah, it's Hollywood Hills, yeah, yeah,

3823
04:26:12,941 --> 04:26:17,413
yeah. Hi. You you used to go to, you know, do the whole fliers.

3824
04:26:17,413 --> 04:26:22,751
I know, but now it's not anymore. I don't want to. I

3825
04:26:22,751 --> 04:26:25,821
know, so that's what I'm saying. And that will be helpful

3826
04:26:25,821 --> 04:26:28,824
because you don't have to come just here. You know, we can

3827
04:26:28,824 --> 04:26:32,428
make, like, a small time, but I'm on the west side of 56.

3828
04:26:32,428 --> 04:26:38,167
Okay. Yep, yep. There are civic likely. Are you done with your

3829
04:26:38,167 --> 04:26:41,703
questions? Well, I'd just like to make it short because I'm

3830
04:26:41,703 --> 04:26:45,374
saying, you know, like, I'm so disappointed to everything, you

3831
04:26:45,374 --> 04:26:48,243
know, read the bill. Just increase it and their

3832
04:26:48,243 --> 04:26:53,382
discretion. No, you have to be the correct one. We have we

3833
04:26:53,382 --> 04:26:56,519
have proper individuals here that can speak with you about

3834
04:26:56,519 --> 04:26:59,655
that. But also as far as civic associations, I don't know

3835
04:26:59,655 --> 04:27:02,725
about the district if they have it, but you can also attend

3836
04:27:02,725 --> 04:27:04,794
Hollywood Hills Civic Association that meets on the

3837
04:27:04,794 --> 04:27:07,997
third Wednesday of the month at David Park and then

3838
04:27:07,997 --> 04:27:11,600
Commissioner Gruber's, which is down the street in Lakeland

3839
04:27:11,600 --> 04:27:15,204
Estates. And they. When do you guys meet? It's not it's not

3840
04:27:15,204 --> 04:27:19,750
Playland. It's it's south of Taft Street, south of Taft on

3841
04:27:19,750 --> 04:27:22,412
the west. And he could attend, of course, but I'd like to know

3842
04:27:22,412 --> 04:27:25,548
when and what. So I'll tell you, Hollywood Hills is probably

3843
04:27:25,548 --> 04:27:28,283
your closest. And they're the third Wednesday of every month

3844
04:27:28,283 --> 04:27:33,422
at David Park at 7 p.m. we have code, we have police. We always

3845
04:27:33,422 --> 04:27:36,358
have guest speakers. We used to. One thing that they used to do.

3846
04:27:36,358 --> 04:27:39,228
So come to Hollywood Hills. Well, she was the best, but

3847
04:27:39,228 --> 04:27:42,298
she's not anymore. I know, like, you know. So come to Hollywood

3848
04:27:42,298 --> 04:27:46,235
Hills and we can we can take you in. We don't have closed

3849
04:27:46,235 --> 04:27:48,771
doors. And you can express your concerns and talk with

3850
04:27:48,771 --> 04:27:51,640
individuals and get updates. And we would love for you to

3851
04:27:51,640 --> 04:27:53,909
join because like my neighbor, you know, usually they work,

3852
04:27:53,909 --> 04:27:56,845
they come from work late, they go early in the morning and

3853
04:27:56,845 --> 04:27:59,849
they come and they have little children at 7 p.m. they can

3854
04:27:59,849 --> 04:28:02,918
bring the kids. We have donuts. We have no, no, I understand,

3855
04:28:02,918 --> 04:28:05,921
but I'm saying, you know, that we are just talking because we

3856
04:28:05,921 --> 04:28:08,792
are like family. So then, you know, I speak on behalf of

3857
04:28:08,792 --> 04:28:12,261
everybody because. And also with a family like, so who is

3858
04:28:12,261 --> 04:28:16,799
in charge of that? Because just them city have nothing to do

3859
04:28:16,799 --> 04:28:22,204
because they give you like it's no light street month really,

3860
04:28:22,204 --> 04:28:27,800
really one month. Okay. So we can maybe right now, another

3861
04:28:27,800 --> 04:28:30,546
thing with the voting card, what you have to go with a

3862
04:28:30,546 --> 04:28:33,281
voting card because they do a lot of, excuse me, the

3863
04:28:33,281 --> 04:28:35,550
expression stupid things with the voting card. That's the

3864
04:28:35,550 --> 04:28:39,154
supervisor of elections. I called them and there's no

3865
04:28:39,154 --> 04:28:41,891
solution. So I have to go for the Hollywood Hills and we'll

3866
04:28:41,891 --> 04:28:45,560
try to help you. Did you know what they did? They put the

3867
04:28:45,560 --> 04:28:48,297
name, the address and the birthday and everything is open.

3868
04:28:48,297 --> 04:28:51,968
It's not even sealed. Envelope. Put your Social Security there.

3869
04:28:51,968 --> 04:28:58,240
I said, here is what else we have to be a little bit like,

3870
04:28:58,240 --> 04:29:01,510
Commissioner, I'm going to give you my cell phone. You're in my

3871
04:29:01,510 --> 04:29:05,781
district and we I can spend I spoke with you a while ago.

3872
04:29:05,781 --> 04:29:09,920
Yeah, I know, that's okay. So yeah, I will be more than happy

3873
04:29:09,920 --> 04:29:15,257
to have your cell phone. Yeah. Here. You can. Come on. Call me

3874
04:29:15,257 --> 04:29:18,794
because I need more than three minutes. That's it. Yeah, yeah.

3875
04:29:18,794 --> 04:29:23,598
Okay. Okay. Give you way more. Thank you. Yeah. All right.

3876
04:29:23,598 --> 04:29:28,136
Thank you so much, all of you. Apologies for for your

3877
04:29:28,136 --> 04:29:31,340
disappointing experience with the different city departments.

3878
04:29:31,340 --> 04:29:33,609
Commissioner Gruber is going to help you. Yes, but you should

3879
04:29:33,609 --> 04:29:36,412
have received better care than you're describing what to do.

3880
04:29:36,412 --> 04:29:41,350
Every month we expect increasing. So $30 is like a

3881
04:29:41,350 --> 04:29:43,952
significant. Unfortunately, I hate to tell you that we have

3882
04:29:43,952 --> 04:29:46,623
hundreds of millions of dollars that need to be invested in the

3883
04:29:46,623 --> 04:29:49,691
city's wastewater and water plants, and there's going to be

3884
04:29:49,691 --> 04:29:52,761
a 25% increase in the water bill. I know from November, I

3885
04:29:52,761 --> 04:29:57,700
get that the civic is happy to hear that, because the income

3886
04:29:57,700 --> 04:30:01,904
is increasing like 2.8 and inflation was 4.5. How about

3887
04:30:01,904 --> 04:30:06,709
this year will be zero, will be under the Playland State Civic

3888
04:30:06,709 --> 04:30:12,115
Association is tomorrow night at Oak Lake Park at 6 p.m. and

3889
04:30:12,115 --> 04:30:15,317
I'll be there. That and definitely swing by. It's the

3890
04:30:15,317 --> 04:30:19,401
neighbor Oak Lake Park. It's between Sheridan and Sterling

3891
04:30:19,401 --> 04:30:22,804
on the west side of 56th Avenue. Okay. Yeah, there's a little

3892
04:30:22,804 --> 04:30:26,274
community center there, right? Definitely come by. And that is,

3893
04:30:26,274 --> 04:30:29,544
I don't remember which Thursday of each month it might be

3894
04:30:29,544 --> 04:30:31,680
different this time because we're getting back from summer,

3895
04:30:31,680 --> 04:30:34,817
but it's tomorrow night at 6:00 because in the community, you

3896
04:30:34,817 --> 04:30:37,686
know, like it's a lot of problems sometimes, you know,

3897
04:30:37,686 --> 04:30:40,422
they don't care about that property. You know, it's a lot

3898
04:30:40,422 --> 04:30:44,826
of garbage. Nobody cares about it. Or it's different kinds of

3899
04:30:44,826 --> 04:30:48,300
pops up. Definitely come out there tomorrow night because we

3900
04:30:48,300 --> 04:30:52,300
always have somebody from code, from police, from fire and a

3901
04:30:52,300 --> 04:30:55,169
different rep from the from the cities. And you can ask all

3902
04:30:55,169 --> 04:30:58,105
kinds of questions and you'll get more time. And I'll, and

3903
04:30:58,105 --> 04:31:01,420
I'll, and I'll be there. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr.

3904
04:31:01,420 --> 04:31:03,244
Spencer. Okay. All right, ladies and gentlemen, item 16.

3905
04:31:03,244 --> 04:31:06,247
That concludes citizen comments. Item 16 is resolution of the

3906
04:31:06,247 --> 04:31:08,516
City Commission authorizing the appropriate city officials to

3907
04:31:08,516 --> 04:31:12,186
accept and if awarded, the fiscal year 2627, Broward

3908
04:31:12,186 --> 04:31:15,323
Cultural, Cultural Division, Arts and Cultural Festival and

3909
04:31:15,323 --> 04:31:18,660
Special Events sponsorship program. Grant. Oh, that's a

3910
04:31:18,660 --> 04:31:21,796
mouthful for the Hollywood Jazz Festival at Arts Park at Young

3911
04:31:21,796 --> 04:31:25,400
Circle event, and the amount of $50,000 authorizing 1 to 1

3912
04:31:25,400 --> 04:31:28,470
matching funds to be paid by the Department of Parks and Rec.

3913
04:31:28,470 --> 04:31:31,407
Pat, is there a speaker card? Was this pulled from the dais?

3914
04:31:31,407 --> 04:31:34,342
I pulled it, so go ahead, Commissioner. I just have a

3915
04:31:34,342 --> 04:31:37,345
question on the entire thing. As far as the costs for the

3916
04:31:37,345 --> 04:31:40,215
event. We've already proved that we've sent it through, but

3917
04:31:40,215 --> 04:31:43,485
I want to know the additional costs for police security and

3918
04:31:43,485 --> 04:31:46,287
stuff like that. How is that going to be handled and who's

3919
04:31:46,287 --> 04:31:48,423
taking the responsibility? Because I don't think that that

3920
04:31:48,423 --> 04:31:56,223
was added in the total figure. I know we discussed it, but I

3921
04:31:56,564 --> 04:32:01,169
just want to make sure. Good. Good evening. At this point,

3922
04:32:01,169 --> 04:32:03,637
mayor, vice mayor, commissioners, city manager,

3923
04:32:03,637 --> 04:32:06,173
city Attorney Rick Engle, parks and recreation director,

3924
04:32:06,173 --> 04:32:11,573
cultural Arts. It will be covered under the $150,000 the

3925
04:32:13,380 --> 04:32:16,584
police costs, so there won't be any additional fees for

3926
04:32:16,584 --> 04:32:19,253
coverage. If there's any additional staff costs, there

3927
04:32:19,253 --> 04:32:21,857
would be Parks and Rec staff, which was would be part of our

3928
04:32:21,857 --> 04:32:24,859
budget. It wouldn't be any additional expenses. Thank you.

3929
04:32:24,859 --> 04:32:29,659
Motion to approve. Commissioner Hernandez. Thank you. Mayor,

3930
04:32:29,998 --> 04:32:35,200
this is one of the events that I I've spoken with staff about.

3931
04:32:35,200 --> 04:32:38,720
By their own admission, I think it brought in 3000 people, and

3932
04:32:38,720 --> 04:32:42,877
we're looking to spend up to $150,000. I just don't and.

3933
04:32:42,877 --> 04:32:48,277
Well, yes, the grant is 50,000. We're putting 100,000 out of

3934
04:32:48,282 --> 04:32:51,419
pocket for an event that brings 3000 people to downtown and

3935
04:32:51,419 --> 04:32:54,890
don't come to eat in the downtown restaurants. I just

3936
04:32:54,890 --> 04:32:56,757
don't think it's equitable. I'm going to vote against it. I'm

3937
04:32:56,757 --> 04:32:59,693
not going to belabor this anymore, but I just don't think

3938
04:32:59,693 --> 04:33:02,631
that when you add a dozen pencils, some of my colleagues

3939
04:33:02,631 --> 04:33:05,633
would say, I just want to add that there was discussion with

3940
04:33:05,633 --> 04:33:08,436
the downtown stakeholders on how to integrate the jazz

3941
04:33:08,436 --> 04:33:13,174
festival with downtown after the the picnic basket idea was,

3942
04:33:13,174 --> 04:33:18,512
was, you know, passed on. And so I don't know what the

3943
04:33:18,512 --> 04:33:22,183
ultimate plan is through Rhythm Foundation and staff in terms

3944
04:33:22,183 --> 04:33:25,853
of how they planned on executing and, and producing

3945
04:33:25,853 --> 04:33:29,323
the event. I'm not looking for that detail now, but thank you,

3946
04:33:29,323 --> 04:33:32,194
Mrs. King, for coming out. All right. So go ahead.

3947
04:33:32,194 --> 04:33:34,996
Commissioner Gruber will tell us all about it. I understand

3948
04:33:34,996 --> 04:33:37,532
happy, happy to hear. My understanding is that the event

3949
04:33:37,532 --> 04:33:43,404
was kind of tweaked to have more activations downtown and

3950
04:33:43,404 --> 04:33:45,941
incorporated downtown stage and entertainment downtown. So it's

3951
04:33:45,941 --> 04:33:49,544
going on not just at Arts Park, that people are also immersed

3952
04:33:49,544 --> 04:33:52,813
in the downtown area, street performers and whatnot. So, so

3953
04:33:52,813 --> 04:33:56,351
that was the I remember the discussion. Yeah, yeah. So

3954
04:33:56,351 --> 04:33:58,887
we're originally it was just going to be contained at Arts

3955
04:33:58,887 --> 04:34:03,491
Park, right? Yeah. And is that still the direction? I want you

3956
04:34:03,491 --> 04:34:06,560
to give us an update if you have one. That's where I know

3957
04:34:06,560 --> 04:34:13,760
the discussions left off. So I just. So the the event will

3958
04:34:13,902 --> 04:34:17,305
include the main acts being at Arts Park, but prior to the

3959
04:34:17,305 --> 04:34:20,108
main acts and following the main acts, there will be a

3960
04:34:20,108 --> 04:34:25,179
stage downtown. We're trying to incorporate like a wine tasting

3961
04:34:25,179 --> 04:34:27,982
with some of the downtown businesses, and there will be

3962
04:34:27,982 --> 04:34:31,986
street artists performing both on Hollywood Boulevard and

3963
04:34:31,986 --> 04:34:34,456
Harrison Street to try to attract people to the

3964
04:34:34,456 --> 04:34:37,258
businesses as well. Can you just refresh our recollection

3965
04:34:37,258 --> 04:34:42,531
on the date? If you know it, it's November, Friday nights,

3966
04:34:42,531 --> 04:34:45,533
the tree lighting, I believe it's November 20th and then

3967
04:34:45,533 --> 04:34:48,470
Jazz Festival is November 20th, November 21st. So that's what

3968
04:34:48,470 --> 04:34:52,407
about what, two, two months from now, roughly September,

3969
04:34:52,407 --> 04:34:56,770
October about three months. Yeah. Let's start promoting

3970
04:34:56,770 --> 04:35:01,149
Joanne Rhythm Foundation. Like send us the promotions. Yeah.

3971
04:35:01,149 --> 04:35:04,619
Like right away. Yeah. We got to start building up the hype.

3972
04:35:04,619 --> 04:35:09,691
Yeah. It's coming up quick. All right. Commissioner Hernandez,

3973
04:35:09,691 --> 04:35:12,760
thank you. Based on the update, I'm willing to support it and

3974
04:35:12,760 --> 04:35:15,697
see where it goes from there. And then I'd like to give

3975
04:35:15,697 --> 04:35:18,766
people the benefit of the doubt and have the ability to prove

3976
04:35:18,766 --> 04:35:21,835
me wrong. I have no all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any

3977
04:35:21,835 --> 04:35:24,438
opposed? Hearing none. Item carries unanimously. All right,

3978
04:35:24,438 --> 04:35:28,108
ladies and gentlemen. Life, liberty and the pursuit of

3979
04:35:28,108 --> 04:35:32,448
happiness and full effect. Let's go to comments by the

3980
04:35:32,448 --> 04:35:36,452
City Commission. City attorney, item 34. Oh, okay. Thank you,

3981
04:35:36,452 --> 04:35:43,520
thank you, thank you. Item 33 is the last item resolution of

3982
04:35:43,591 --> 04:35:46,528
the City Commission authorizing the city to execute a purchase

3983
04:35:46,528 --> 04:35:48,530
and sale agreement, special warranty deed, and required

3984
04:35:48,530 --> 04:35:52,199
closing documents and fund all related expenses for the

3985
04:35:52,199 --> 04:35:56,537
purchase of property located at 1101 Diplomat Parkway in an

3986
04:35:56,537 --> 04:35:59,808
amount not to exceed $2.575 million. Amending the fiscal

3987
04:35:59,808 --> 04:36:04,780
year 2026 Capital Improvement Plan. Although we've received a

3988
04:36:04,780 --> 04:36:07,415
briefing on on the value of the property for purposes of

3989
04:36:07,415 --> 04:36:11,153
implementing the Stormwater Master Plan VIN, for the sake

3990
04:36:11,153 --> 04:36:14,210
of the public's understanding, why don't you go ahead and

3991
04:36:14,210 --> 04:36:19,360
explain and run through it, you know, as needed? Certainly

3992
04:36:19,360 --> 04:36:27,160
there's. You yell at you if you don't do it. So, okay, so

3993
04:36:27,581 --> 04:36:29,650
there's the presentation. I was just waiting for the

3994
04:36:29,650 --> 04:36:32,585
presentation to come up. You're going to miss us. I mean,

3995
04:36:32,585 --> 04:36:35,590
you're going to miss it. Go ahead. No she's not, because

3996
04:36:35,590 --> 04:36:40,127
it's all going to follow you up there. It's okay. So this is

3997
04:36:40,127 --> 04:36:43,396
the the purchase of this property is essential to the

3998
04:36:43,396 --> 04:36:46,199
solution of the flooding at Moffett Street and 14th Street.

3999
04:36:46,199 --> 04:36:50,670
We we need a an outfall to discharge the water. The

4000
04:36:50,670 --> 04:36:54,541
stormwater from the location is highlighted there on the map

4001
04:36:54,541 --> 04:37:00,213
slide. So the situation is this. This is the most heavily

4002
04:37:00,213 --> 04:37:05,170
flooded neighborhood in the city. It was a priority

4003
04:37:05,170 --> 04:37:09,356
identified project in the master plan. You can see there

4004
04:37:09,356 --> 04:37:13,226
the. That's the a graphic of the model showing that the

4005
04:37:13,226 --> 04:37:16,763
extent of the flooding. There are two stormwater stations

4006
04:37:16,763 --> 04:37:20,367
that that are interconnected for that area. Stormwater eight.

4007
04:37:20,367 --> 04:37:25,167
Stormwater seven. The solution is to provide additional

4008
04:37:27,974 --> 04:37:31,178
outfall to deconflict the connection between the two pump

4009
04:37:31,178 --> 04:37:35,915
stations, and that will greatly alleviate the flooding by first

4010
04:37:35,915 --> 04:37:41,654
providing an additional outfall, and secondly, by allowing us to

4011
04:37:41,654 --> 04:37:49,454
increase the size of the pump stations. I can hear my my own

4012
04:37:50,640 --> 04:37:57,264
echo. So. So I don't need a microphone on my outside voice,

4013
04:37:57,938 --> 04:38:03,610
I can shout from. At any rate, we've been actively looking for

4014
04:38:03,610 --> 04:38:08,410
properties for the outfall since 2023. We've been denied

4015
04:38:09,416 --> 04:38:14,420
by various owners. We found that other properties are being

4016
04:38:14,420 --> 04:38:19,559
reserved for development use, so this is a unique property

4017
04:38:19,559 --> 04:38:23,896
that is close to the pump stations and well suited for

4018
04:38:23,896 --> 04:38:29,170
the solution. So this will this property will allow us to

4019
04:38:29,170 --> 04:38:32,438
install an outfall and provide adequate capacity for

4020
04:38:32,438 --> 04:38:36,309
stormwater pump station eight, which is located near Moffett

4021
04:38:36,309 --> 04:38:39,245
and 14th Street, and for stormwater seven, which is on

4022
04:38:39,245 --> 04:38:43,917
Wiley Street. This is a picture of the property here. It's a

4023
04:38:43,917 --> 04:38:47,587
vacant lot, so it's not like there's an economic loss where

4024
04:38:47,587 --> 04:38:51,191
we're buying a perfectly good home and destroying it. It's

4025
04:38:51,191 --> 04:38:54,794
it's already been raised and ready for construction. The

4026
04:38:54,794 --> 04:38:58,731
purchase price is 2.55 million. There are additional closing

4027
04:38:58,731 --> 04:39:03,300
costs. I want to thank seemed real estate section for

4028
04:39:03,300 --> 04:39:05,939
basically conducting the transaction and bringing it to

4029
04:39:05,939 --> 04:39:09,542
this point. We have the stormwater funds available, and

4030
04:39:09,542 --> 04:39:13,480
this is the first of several properties across the city that

4031
04:39:13,480 --> 04:39:17,817
will be buying as part of our solution. Thank you. We do have

4032
04:39:17,817 --> 04:39:22,489
a speaker card. Let's go with Ann Ralston. Maybe she's going

4033
04:39:22,489 --> 04:39:28,161
to offer her house. Yeah, I offered my house. You could

4034
04:39:28,161 --> 04:39:31,431
have bought that for 2.5 million and made a pump station.

4035
04:39:31,431 --> 04:39:36,103
What the hell? Yeah. Let's go. And then I wouldn't be here.

4036
04:39:36,103 --> 04:39:39,839
That that is. I mean, that would have benefit to you. Buy

4037
04:39:39,839 --> 04:39:43,576
that one. Tear the damn thing down. There was a house on that.

4038
04:39:43,576 --> 04:39:46,980
It was probably about a $2 million house that was taken

4039
04:39:46,980 --> 04:39:50,383
off the tax roll. The vacant land is on the tax roll that

4040
04:39:50,383 --> 04:39:53,121
now you're going to use lose and you're talking about you

4041
04:39:53,121 --> 04:39:56,723
got to build build, build for all these tax dollars. You're

4042
04:39:56,723 --> 04:40:01,727
taking vacant land that you could build a condo. No no no

4043
04:40:01,727 --> 04:40:05,999
no no no no not on. Oh diplomat. You'll probably not approve

4044
04:40:05,999 --> 04:40:10,700
that. You could build the little mini McMansions for

4045
04:40:10,700 --> 04:40:14,741
about 1.5, 1.8. And then you'd have about a $2.5 million house

4046
04:40:14,741 --> 04:40:18,211
that you would put on the tax roll. The assessment for this,

4047
04:40:18,211 --> 04:40:23,611
quote, vacant land is $1.345 million. You're willing to pay

4048
04:40:25,151 --> 04:40:29,951
1.229 500 000 over that above price. I have absolutely no

4049
04:40:30,890 --> 04:40:34,828
idea why why the house got torn down. I retired in 21, so I

4050
04:40:34,828 --> 04:40:38,432
don't know. But it used to be my area. I still offered my

4051
04:40:38,432 --> 04:40:42,769
house, but I'll give you the bargain price of 1.5 million

4052
04:40:42,769 --> 04:40:49,969
and and it's only assessed at 6.59. So you can take your pick.

4053
04:40:50,309 --> 04:40:54,247
Anyway, will that help? And by the way, Vince, it's 14th

4054
04:40:54,247 --> 04:40:58,785
Avenue, not 14th Street. That's driving me crazy. It is going

4055
04:40:58,785 --> 04:41:05,385
to help Moffitt, but will it help Van Buren, Jackson, Monroe

4056
04:41:05,791 --> 04:41:10,196
where a regular rain. I can be stepping out my front door and

4057
04:41:10,196 --> 04:41:15,135
I need hip boots up to my. You know what? So I don't know if

4058
04:41:15,135 --> 04:41:17,470
it's going to help me. He hasn't explained that. I'm

4059
04:41:17,470 --> 04:41:20,940
still waiting to find out where my stormwater drain is. I

4060
04:41:20,940 --> 04:41:26,340
haven't seen it yet. Okay. All right, Commissioner Quintana,

4061
04:41:29,548 --> 04:41:37,348
thank you. Mayor. I don't know. I, I. I think this is an

4062
04:41:37,757 --> 04:41:42,557
unnecessary investment because so many people's properties and

4063
04:41:43,230 --> 04:41:46,980
lives are being affected by all the flooding they're

4064
04:41:46,980 --> 04:41:49,769
experiencing unnecessarily on an ongoing basis, including

4065
04:41:49,769 --> 04:41:52,972
Annie. I know how much she's come and talked about the

4066
04:41:52,972 --> 04:41:55,775
flooding at her house. And I think this is an effort to try

4067
04:41:55,775 --> 04:42:01,247
and address that. It is a lot of money, but I think we all

4068
04:42:01,247 --> 04:42:04,318
got to get ready for having to spend a whole lot of money to

4069
04:42:04,318 --> 04:42:08,254
keep our low lying parts of our city afloat. You're going to

4070
04:42:08,254 --> 04:42:13,727
see a lot more money spent for that purpose. So, you know, I

4071
04:42:13,727 --> 04:42:19,265
am a Broward County employee, and I got from the Resilience

4072
04:42:19,265 --> 04:42:24,650
Department, the 2025 Resilience Plan, which I hope that

4073
04:42:26,600 --> 04:42:30,677
everybody here is considering, because that is going to give a

4074
04:42:30,677 --> 04:42:35,763
guide to us where resources are to help pay for keeping our low

4075
04:42:35,763 --> 04:42:40,503
lying areas afloat. And I hope that the resilience plan will

4076
04:42:40,503 --> 04:42:44,380
help us make decisions about development where it can and

4077
04:42:44,380 --> 04:42:46,908
can't go, and what kind of development. So I hope our

4078
04:42:46,908 --> 04:42:49,444
development department is well familiar with what's in here,

4079
04:42:49,444 --> 04:42:53,181
because this is where our money, this is where we can get help

4080
04:42:53,181 --> 04:42:57,518
to get to pay and to make wise decisions about where we invest.

4081
04:42:57,518 --> 04:43:00,655
So that's why I'm, you know, I brought a copy for everybody up

4082
04:43:00,655 --> 04:43:05,927
here on the dais, and I have a copy for everyone in

4083
04:43:05,927 --> 04:43:09,197
administration because it's got a lot of important information

4084
04:43:09,197 --> 04:43:12,334
for us in there, because we are going to have to spend a lot of

4085
04:43:12,334 --> 04:43:16,872
money to keep ourselves afloat. So that's it. Thank you. Thank

4086
04:43:16,872 --> 04:43:23,472
you, Commissioner. Vice mayor. So I'm sad that Annie left. It

4087
04:43:23,678 --> 04:43:30,552
must be happy hour. But I am concerned because the amount of

4088
04:43:30,552 --> 04:43:33,955
money, the cost and that's just to purchase land. How much is

4089
04:43:33,955 --> 04:43:40,280
the money to erect the pump station? The the total solution

4090
04:43:40,280 --> 04:43:42,897
for the. I'm sorry. Can you hear me? The total solution for

4091
04:43:42,897 --> 04:43:46,634
the. That storm water basin is probably in the $40 million

4092
04:43:46,634 --> 04:43:50,834
range. Pump stations, pipes, infrastructure all together.

4093
04:43:51,706 --> 04:43:55,376
One thing to consider is that you know what's unique in

4094
04:43:55,376 --> 04:43:58,246
advantageous for about this particular parcel is it's close

4095
04:43:58,246 --> 04:44:01,517
to the pump stations. And you have to consider for the size

4096
04:44:01,517 --> 04:44:04,385
of infrastructure that we're putting in these pipes for

4097
04:44:04,385 --> 04:44:07,456
every thousand feet of pipe that we would have to lay to

4098
04:44:07,456 --> 04:44:13,395
get to a more distant lot would cost us 1 million to 1 million.

4099
04:44:13,395 --> 04:44:16,464
Five just for just just to get to the more, you know, for

4100
04:44:16,464 --> 04:44:20,201
every thousand feet. So when you have a property that's

4101
04:44:20,201 --> 04:44:24,472
close to the pump stations, you have to factor that savings in

4102
04:44:24,472 --> 04:44:27,675
to the cost of the property. And it seemed, you know, did

4103
04:44:27,675 --> 04:44:31,120
you know what the appropriate process was for evaluating the

4104
04:44:31,120 --> 04:44:33,882
cost and arriving at a an agreed sale price? Can you

4105
04:44:33,882 --> 04:44:37,952
bring up the map for me then of where the location, the

4106
04:44:37,952 --> 04:44:44,250
surrounding areas? There. So it's going to be right there on

4107
04:44:44,250 --> 04:44:48,280
the canal. Yes. It needs to be on the water. It has to be on

4108
04:44:48,280 --> 04:44:54,280
the water. Yeah. How many homes is this ultimately affecting

4109
04:44:55,369 --> 04:44:58,506
that is going to that we hope to see improvement on? I guess

4110
04:44:58,506 --> 04:45:02,176
I don't have a count on the number of properties. Is it

4111
04:45:02,176 --> 04:45:05,112
just south of Washington or off hand? It would it would have to

4112
04:45:05,112 --> 04:45:11,112
be from, I'd say, Washington Street down to. Atlantic Shores,

4113
04:45:11,919 --> 04:45:16,257
drive down to Moffat Street because that whole basin. It's

4114
04:45:16,257 --> 04:45:20,195
the low point of the entire area. Moffat Street, Moffat

4115
04:45:20,195 --> 04:45:23,264
Street is, is that's where all the flooding is just north of

4116
04:45:23,264 --> 04:45:26,201
it. I'm trying to see where that's. Oh, it's not on this.

4117
04:45:26,201 --> 04:45:31,138
Let me see if I can. Yeah. Okay. So so if you go back to the

4118
04:45:31,138 --> 04:45:36,344
other side, so it looks as if it's going to affect several

4119
04:45:36,344 --> 04:45:41,744
homes, not just a certain allocated area of, of

4120
04:45:41,816 --> 04:45:45,353
individuals. Correct. Oh, it'll be close to a hundred homes.

4121
04:45:45,353 --> 04:45:49,225
Okay. So this is one of our hot spots. What I'd like to see, if

4122
04:45:49,225 --> 04:45:55,830
possible, before my time is up is the other areas of interest

4123
04:45:55,830 --> 04:45:59,100
for putting pump stations that we've talked about acquiring

4124
04:45:59,100 --> 04:46:01,350
properties. You said there are a couple others that you're

4125
04:46:01,350 --> 04:46:05,573
looking into. No, that what the slide was that we had looked at

4126
04:46:05,573 --> 04:46:08,843
several, several properties that were unavailable. Mostly

4127
04:46:08,843 --> 04:46:13,114
these were trying to put a pipe between an existing house,

4128
04:46:13,114 --> 04:46:15,584
trying to, you know, if somebody has a house that's

4129
04:46:15,584 --> 04:46:18,854
already on the waterfront and talking to them about it,

4130
04:46:18,854 --> 04:46:24,258
putting a 72 inch diameter, a six foot diameter or 248 inch

4131
04:46:24,258 --> 04:46:27,929
diameter pipes on the side of their house with a big outfall

4132
04:46:27,929 --> 04:46:32,200
that would belch out storm water during a rain event. It's

4133
04:46:32,200 --> 04:46:37,138
just an impossible sale or concept to sell. Okay. All

4134
04:46:37,138 --> 04:46:41,542
right. I hope we continue to look at other hot spots that

4135
04:46:41,542 --> 04:46:44,812
obviously are affected as much as this is, because granted,

4136
04:46:44,812 --> 04:46:48,683
it's so much needed, but there are other areas. My concern

4137
04:46:48,683 --> 04:46:53,200
mainly is the area that we're addressing. You found a

4138
04:46:53,200 --> 04:46:57,910
property which I think is great. I'm going to advocate for my

4139
04:46:57,910 --> 04:46:59,561
area and the hospital because people from this area need to

4140
04:46:59,561 --> 04:47:02,430
get to the hospital, and the flooding is just as important

4141
04:47:02,430 --> 04:47:08,836
and as as concerning. And if we can find an area on the roadway

4142
04:47:08,836 --> 04:47:12,240
to the hospital for safety purposes, I think that that

4143
04:47:12,240 --> 04:47:15,109
would be the next point of approval. This just happens to

4144
04:47:15,109 --> 04:47:19,113
be the first property. There is a list of of property and

4145
04:47:19,113 --> 04:47:22,249
they're not specific properties. I want to be clear, there are

4146
04:47:22,249 --> 04:47:26,254
drainage basin areas and there are solutions that require

4147
04:47:26,254 --> 04:47:29,257
outfalls or easements. This requires and this is just

4148
04:47:29,257 --> 04:47:34,620
happens to be one. But that list is with seemed real estate.

4149
04:47:34,620 --> 04:47:37,932
And we are diligently working through the list and, and

4150
04:47:37,932 --> 04:47:41,336
identifying property owners doing appraisals. And we'll be

4151
04:47:41,336 --> 04:47:47,800
coming back with more, more of this type. And just, just for

4152
04:47:47,800 --> 04:47:51,780
lesson of burden on staff and commission, have we done a

4153
04:47:51,780 --> 04:47:53,280
community outreach to the surrounding neighborhoods to

4154
04:47:53,280 --> 04:47:55,950
make sure that there's not going to be any pushback with

4155
04:47:55,950 --> 04:47:58,953
placing that there, or is it just something that we do

4156
04:47:58,953 --> 04:48:02,489
choice consideration because of the need it it is such a finite

4157
04:48:02,489 --> 04:48:04,692
solution. It's just something that has to be done. But I

4158
04:48:04,692 --> 04:48:07,629
think community outreach would be just give them a heads up.

4159
04:48:07,629 --> 04:48:13,300
Yeah. So, so just in terms of, of the sale price, I just want

4160
04:48:13,300 --> 04:48:16,370
to comment that I took a look at the, you know, recent sales

4161
04:48:16,370 --> 04:48:20,841
on the property Appraiser's website and comparable lots are

4162
04:48:20,841 --> 04:48:24,980
selling for an equivalent or higher amount. So if we didn't

4163
04:48:24,980 --> 04:48:28,449
have the good fortune of, from what I understand, this vacant

4164
04:48:28,449 --> 04:48:32,720
land already been been made vacant and the property being

4165
04:48:32,720 --> 04:48:38,720
listed for sale for 2.9, then I understand CNN negotiated a

4166
04:48:38,993 --> 04:48:42,397
2.52.5 and change. I just want to make the point that as the

4167
04:48:42,397 --> 04:48:47,830
market value, there was no other way to purchase

4168
04:48:47,830 --> 04:48:49,751
waterfront necessarily property, which is required here for the

4169
04:48:49,751 --> 04:48:54,690
outfall to go for a any any lesser figure. And as Vince

4170
04:48:54,690 --> 04:48:57,426
said, you know, if you look south, you know, there's even

4171
04:48:57,426 --> 04:49:01,310
larger lots of the larger homes. And so there really weren't

4172
04:49:01,310 --> 04:49:03,765
going to be a lot of options in an eminent domain of an

4173
04:49:03,765 --> 04:49:06,968
existing home with people would have been way more. So I think

4174
04:49:06,968 --> 04:49:09,572
there's, it's, it's an opportune, you know,

4175
04:49:09,572 --> 04:49:12,441
happenstance that this lot became available and that the

4176
04:49:12,441 --> 04:49:16,711
city noticed it and has the contract in front of us. So I

4177
04:49:16,711 --> 04:49:20,783
certainly support this land is expensive here, but it's

4178
04:49:20,783 --> 04:49:24,253
certainly critical for this basin. The Moffat Street area,

4179
04:49:24,253 --> 04:49:28,924
we all know, is some of the worst hotspot. This is a little

4180
04:49:28,924 --> 04:49:33,329
more north than I think ideal, right? Or is it or are you

4181
04:49:33,329 --> 04:49:36,866
comfortable? Very comfortable with the location. Yeah. Okay.

4182
04:49:36,866 --> 04:49:42,338
All right. So I'm certainly in favor of it. Let's go ahead and

4183
04:49:42,338 --> 04:49:47,877
let's go to Commissioner Shuhan. Thank you mayor. Then it's it's

4184
04:49:47,877 --> 04:49:51,813
a lot of money. But you know, it is it kind of is what it is.

4185
04:49:51,813 --> 04:49:55,617
We have the two appraisals. There's no reason to think the

4186
04:49:55,617 --> 04:49:58,754
appraisers are doing anything other than giving us a

4187
04:49:58,754 --> 04:50:02,900
confirmation that the price is fair and reasonable. I think it

4188
04:50:02,900 --> 04:50:07,490
is fortuitous that it's available. You know, these are

4189
04:50:07,496 --> 04:50:11,100
residents that have really suffered some some of these

4190
04:50:11,100 --> 04:50:13,636
families have lost four and five cars over the past few

4191
04:50:13,636 --> 04:50:18,240
years. So it's so desperately needed. My question is, when

4192
04:50:18,240 --> 04:50:21,510
you talk about the $40 million pump station that's not

4193
04:50:21,510 --> 04:50:26,315
physically going on this quarter acre, is it? It's not a

4194
04:50:26,315 --> 04:50:29,510
$40 million pump station. The the infrastructure for the

4195
04:50:29,510 --> 04:50:33,923
entire basin pipes and pump stations together. What we're

4196
04:50:33,923 --> 04:50:39,528
going to do next is there's quite a detailed math and model

4197
04:50:39,528 --> 04:50:42,798
that needs to be done for the area. We have to figure out

4198
04:50:42,798 --> 04:50:46,401
pipe alignments. That's just a fancy term for pipe routes down

4199
04:50:46,401 --> 04:50:50,873
which streets, whether we're going to increase the capacity

4200
04:50:50,873 --> 04:50:55,610
of the existing pump stations where they are. That represents

4201
04:50:55,610 --> 04:50:59,348
certain problems, such as now you're raising the flow through

4202
04:50:59,348 --> 04:51:04,200
old pipes. So that's a risk of fracturing those pipes. So then

4203
04:51:04,200 --> 04:51:07,690
the alternate solution is to put a smaller pump station on

4204
04:51:07,690 --> 04:51:12,361
the far end to draw the water. And but then that introduces

4205
04:51:12,361 --> 04:51:15,230
the risks of hydraulic transients, which is pressure

4206
04:51:15,230 --> 04:51:18,634
waves trapped inside the pipe. So all that needs to be studied

4207
04:51:18,634 --> 04:51:22,304
and evaluated for the most cost effective blend of solutions.

4208
04:51:22,304 --> 04:51:27,376
So there will be a pump station. I don't the cost 40 million.

4209
04:51:27,376 --> 04:51:30,646
Okay, I understand, thank you. And then my only other comment

4210
04:51:30,646 --> 04:51:35,500
which we talked about during our agenda review with the city

4211
04:51:35,500 --> 04:51:38,921
manager and director of public safety, is, I mean, it's a

4212
04:51:38,921 --> 04:51:42,858
gorgeous lot and a gorgeous location. So if there is any

4213
04:51:42,858 --> 04:51:46,528
way when we're placing equipment there to make it

4214
04:51:46,528 --> 04:51:49,466
serve a dual purpose, whether it's a public dock or a dock

4215
04:51:49,466 --> 04:51:54,737
for police boat or something, I mean, just hate to see that,

4216
04:51:54,737 --> 04:51:57,672
you know, not be used for another more recreational use.

4217
04:51:57,672 --> 04:52:02,611
GPU has already communicated with DCM, and we're planning to

4218
04:52:02,611 --> 04:52:06,682
leverage the maximum value out of the property as open space

4219
04:52:06,682 --> 04:52:09,418
after we've put in our infrastructure. Fantastic.

4220
04:52:09,418 --> 04:52:13,822
Thank you so much. Hey, I don't know. I don't know if it's who

4221
04:52:13,822 --> 04:52:17,560
who the question would be, but this is a residential lot that

4222
04:52:17,560 --> 04:52:20,628
we have to jump through any hoops with regards to using it

4223
04:52:20,628 --> 04:52:23,632
for utility, or we just have our police powers that let us

4224
04:52:23,632 --> 04:52:27,435
do what we need. But does this need a zoning change or I just

4225
04:52:27,435 --> 04:52:30,707
don't know. I'll just leave it at that. Maybe if you guys,

4226
04:52:30,707 --> 04:52:33,708
whatever, can look into that and give you the answer, but we

4227
04:52:33,708 --> 04:52:36,644
don't believe so at this point. Okay, let's go to Commissioner

4228
04:52:36,644 --> 04:52:39,114
Gruber. I think you kind of just answered my question.

4229
04:52:39,114 --> 04:52:43,251
What's the what's the size of the lot quarter acre and what's

4230
04:52:43,251 --> 04:52:47,390
the footprint of the equipment that's going there? We don't

4231
04:52:47,390 --> 04:52:50,592
know the exact footprint because we have to do that.

4232
04:52:50,592 --> 04:52:53,530
Modeling the math part of it, where we figure out the size of

4233
04:52:53,530 --> 04:52:57,132
the pumps, if we're putting pumps there, and then that'll

4234
04:52:57,132 --> 04:52:59,801
dictate the footprint of the station. But we could possibly

4235
04:52:59,801 --> 04:53:02,710
have a little bit of green space there with maybe some

4236
04:53:02,710 --> 04:53:06,800
park benches. Absolutely. Okay. So that'd be great. Okay. Yep.

4237
04:53:06,800 --> 04:53:10,208
Thank you, Commissioner Biederman. While I understand

4238
04:53:16,840 --> 04:53:23,884
and I hate taking stuff off the tax rolls. I know that these

4239
04:53:25,427 --> 04:53:31,427
are necessary things and it's going to provide drainage and

4240
04:53:31,566 --> 04:53:35,904
stuff like that for the surrounding areas. And just to

4241
04:53:35,904 --> 04:53:40,175
clarify, this is different and separate from the pump that

4242
04:53:40,175 --> 04:53:45,714
we're putting on 14th Avenue and the easement that we're

4243
04:53:45,714 --> 04:53:48,584
already talking about. So this is a secondary pump system for

4244
04:53:48,584 --> 04:53:52,454
the same area this. So that that pump station that's

4245
04:53:52,454 --> 04:53:56,725
located at 14th Avenue and Moffat is what they're putting.

4246
04:53:56,725 --> 04:53:59,728
There is a generator. That's what we'll be putting in place,

4247
04:53:59,728 --> 04:54:03,665
not a, not a pump. That's an existing pump station. But to

4248
04:54:03,665 --> 04:54:07,603
your point, the outfall that will be placed at this property

4249
04:54:07,603 --> 04:54:11,606
will. That this pump station at 14th Avenue and Moffat will

4250
04:54:11,606 --> 04:54:14,609
pump to. Right now it's interconnected with another

4251
04:54:14,609 --> 04:54:18,814
pump station on Wylie Street, and that's causing a hydraulic

4252
04:54:18,814 --> 04:54:22,618
transient. That's not. That's interfering with the dewatering

4253
04:54:22,618 --> 04:54:26,688
of the basin. All right. And secondly, I appreciate this

4254
04:54:26,688 --> 04:54:30,225
resiliency plan. But if we're going to believe part of the

4255
04:54:30,225 --> 04:54:34,229
resiliency plan and we're going to believe part of what the

4256
04:54:34,229 --> 04:54:37,500
Resiliency Office tells us, I think we need to believe all of

4257
04:54:37,500 --> 04:54:41,360
what the Resiliency Office tells us, not just pick and

4258
04:54:41,360 --> 04:54:45,390
choose what we want to believe. Anyway, nothing further. Thank

4259
04:54:45,390 --> 04:54:49,577
you, Commissioner Hernandez, and then we'll take the vote.

4260
04:54:49,577 --> 04:54:53,863
Thank you mayor. A couple of concerns that I just heard from

4261
04:54:53,863 --> 04:54:56,933
my colleagues. And by the way, I spoke with the city manager

4262
04:54:56,933 --> 04:55:00,536
and staff at length about this. And one of the things that I'm

4263
04:55:00,536 --> 04:55:05,741
kind of not 100% happy with is the process is more important

4264
04:55:05,741 --> 04:55:09,879
than the means. And in this case, you have X amount of

4265
04:55:09,879 --> 04:55:13,550
money for buying purchases property because of the needs

4266
04:55:13,550 --> 04:55:19,289
for the stormwater plan that we approved. I would wish that

4267
04:55:19,289 --> 04:55:23,493
those properties would have been talked about and

4268
04:55:23,493 --> 04:55:27,163
negotiated and brought up at the same time, in order for the

4269
04:55:27,163 --> 04:55:30,100
people not to get smart and says, oh, I want this because

4270
04:55:30,100 --> 04:55:33,369
you guys need it. That to me is, is something that I wish we

4271
04:55:33,369 --> 04:55:37,400
would have done prior to this. But I got, I got a couple of

4272
04:55:37,400 --> 04:55:41,578
questions because going back in time, my understanding is one

4273
04:55:41,578 --> 04:55:45,181
of the issues that that area floods is because there's a lot

4274
04:55:45,181 --> 04:55:48,118
of water that coming from Hallandale when it comes to

4275
04:55:48,118 --> 04:55:52,789
that area and sheets of. Is that not correct? That is

4276
04:55:52,789 --> 04:55:58,528
correct. Okay. So in, in my, in. So my other issue is, and I

4277
04:55:58,528 --> 04:56:01,330
like to thank Commissioner Quintana for bringing in the

4278
04:56:01,330 --> 04:56:04,267
resiliency. Is there any grant money available for Broward

4279
04:56:04,267 --> 04:56:08,671
County? Because we're actually dewatering not only our area,

4280
04:56:08,671 --> 04:56:13,543
but we help them with the storm water from a nearby city. So,

4281
04:56:13,543 --> 04:56:16,813
you know, I'd like to be able to see if we can tap into

4282
04:56:16,813 --> 04:56:19,815
something like that in order for us to be able to address

4283
04:56:19,815 --> 04:56:23,686
that. That's number one, is they did announce $25 million

4284
04:56:23,686 --> 04:56:26,622
of available dollars. Correct. So I'd like to see if we can

4285
04:56:26,622 --> 04:56:29,492
tap into that, because we're helping drain Hallandale as

4286
04:56:29,492 --> 04:56:33,829
well. And that is an area where they flood and we get flooded

4287
04:56:33,829 --> 04:56:38,100
because of their their sheets of water coming into our area.

4288
04:56:38,100 --> 04:56:41,371
I'm okay with this, but I got to tell you something. If I am

4289
04:56:41,371 --> 04:56:46,420
the guy that lives next door on any one of those properties,

4290
04:56:46,420 --> 04:56:49,513
I'll be hating life and you as well. Not you personally, but

4291
04:56:49,513 --> 04:56:53,916
I'm just saying. Or if you're the person across the street,

4292
04:56:53,916 --> 04:56:58,121
you know, and the island. So I want to make sure that if we do

4293
04:56:58,121 --> 04:57:02,191
spend this money, we don't get pushback where we get stuck

4294
04:57:02,191 --> 04:57:06,596
with a lot. I mean, I, I like for, for the commission to

4295
04:57:06,596 --> 04:57:10,800
realize that this individuals are not somebody who's worried

4296
04:57:10,800 --> 04:57:14,871
about a water bill going up. This individuals have the

4297
04:57:14,871 --> 04:57:18,800
wherewithal to say, wait a minute, this was residential,

4298
04:57:18,800 --> 04:57:22,880
not well. Yeah. Correct. So this is a need and I'm okay

4299
04:57:22,880 --> 04:57:26,349
with this. I mean, I understand, I wish we would have had other

4300
04:57:26,349 --> 04:57:29,351
properties or we would buy them all at the same time and go

4301
04:57:29,351 --> 04:57:32,287
like this. But the commission needs to have the fortitude to

4302
04:57:32,287 --> 04:57:35,491
be able to say, hey, this is a need and this is what we're

4303
04:57:35,491 --> 04:57:39,830
going to do, period. If we're well, okay, good. If we're

4304
04:57:39,830 --> 04:57:43,232
willing to do that, I'm going to know we have a choice. I

4305
04:57:43,232 --> 04:57:46,969
understand that, but I would still ask the staff, look for

4306
04:57:46,969 --> 04:57:50,839
some grant money when when it comes to the county, because

4307
04:57:50,839 --> 04:57:54,110
that's a good point about the, the regional kind of or the

4308
04:57:54,110 --> 04:57:57,470
dual impact here. This is a regional approach. And we're

4309
04:57:57,470 --> 04:57:59,114
helping Hallandale drain because they're actually

4310
04:57:59,114 --> 04:58:02,385
dumping into our area because we're lower. And so in that,

4311
04:58:02,385 --> 04:58:05,120
that's the reason why we have such a flooding in that

4312
04:58:05,120 --> 04:58:09,125
particular area. So having said all of this motion to approve,

4313
04:58:09,125 --> 04:58:12,261
I think we already have one, right? No, I don't believe we

4314
04:58:12,261 --> 04:58:15,664
do. No. All right. Motion from Commissioner Hernandez, second

4315
04:58:15,664 --> 04:58:19,335
from Commissioner Shoham. All those in favor, say aye. Aye.

4316
04:58:19,335 --> 04:58:23,205
Any opposed? Hearing none. Item carries unanimously.

4317
04:58:23,205 --> 04:58:26,208
Congratulations, everyone, on completing the agenda. Aside

4318
04:58:26,208 --> 04:58:31,130
from comments, does anybody want to take a five minute

4319
04:58:31,130 --> 04:58:34,613
break. Five minute break. Recess. Who?

4320
05:09:17,430 --> 05:09:20,567
Just a couple of things I want to. I think Public Works is the

4321
05:09:20,567 --> 05:09:25,372
greatest department. We have to be honest. And I know I've said

4322
05:09:25,372 --> 05:09:28,708
this before, but every time you send a request into public

4323
05:09:28,708 --> 05:09:33,450
works, it's amazing how there's a response and the work gets

4324
05:09:33,450 --> 05:09:37,183
done like it's true. Joseph, we love you. I mean, Joseph, you

4325
05:09:37,183 --> 05:09:41,121
need to, you need to do our gateway signage. It would have

4326
05:09:41,121 --> 05:09:46,926
been done. Sidewalks, lights, all kinds of things. I mean,

4327
05:09:46,926 --> 05:09:50,196
I'm amazed that you put something in to Hollywood

4328
05:09:50,196 --> 05:09:53,799
connect that there's a broken sidewalk somewhere. And in like

4329
05:09:53,799 --> 05:09:57,736
ten days, two weeks later, they're tearing up that whole

4330
05:09:57,736 --> 05:10:02,675
street, replacing all the sidewalks. So I my hat's off to

4331
05:10:02,675 --> 05:10:08,750
you. It's amazing. Secondly, I'm very excited that state

4332
05:10:09,150 --> 05:10:11,751
legislature, you know, approved funding. It didn't get vetoed

4333
05:10:11,751 --> 05:10:16,880
by the governor for the enhancement of our senior

4334
05:10:16,880 --> 05:10:21,488
services at Boulevard Heights. And I'm very appreciative of

4335
05:10:21,895 --> 05:10:24,765
that. We've been working on that for a couple of years. And

4336
05:10:24,765 --> 05:10:28,701
thank you very much to our state legislator, Marie Watson.

4337
05:10:28,701 --> 05:10:34,840
Keep fighting for us. Thank you. Nothing further. Thank you, sir.

4338
05:10:34,840 --> 05:10:40,840
Commissioner Quintana. Thank you. Mayor. So I just wanted to

4339
05:10:43,849 --> 05:10:47,453
say thank you for everyone who participated in our last

4340
05:10:47,453 --> 05:10:50,923
storytime in the park for the summer. We're going to take a

4341
05:10:50,923 --> 05:10:55,394
little break. We'll start back up in after daylight savings

4342
05:10:55,394 --> 05:11:00,800
time is over and we can be back outside. Special thanks to

4343
05:11:00,800 --> 05:11:05,471
Officer Brian Rodriguez, who was there with us and fully

4344
05:11:05,471 --> 05:11:07,941
participated with the families and their children. He didn't

4345
05:11:07,941 --> 05:11:11,610
just sit in his car and watch us. He actually came out and

4346
05:11:11,610 --> 05:11:14,213
was part of everything, helped, helped give away books and

4347
05:11:14,213 --> 05:11:17,160
everything. So just thank you to him and wanted to make sure

4348
05:11:17,160 --> 05:11:21,754
we recognize that. I want to thank our fire rescue and all

4349
05:11:21,754 --> 05:11:27,754
of the work that they're doing to collect donations for

4350
05:11:27,826 --> 05:11:30,763
Colombia and all of the fire stations. I don't know how much

4351
05:11:30,763 --> 05:11:34,700
longer you'll be doing that, but thank you for doing that

4352
05:11:34,700 --> 05:11:38,237
and working with our community partners to get those resources

4353
05:11:38,237 --> 05:11:44,109
to where people need it. Thank you, Chief Levy. I want to ask

4354
05:11:44,109 --> 05:11:48,581
for support from my colleagues. The, the there's a little park

4355
05:11:48,581 --> 05:11:52,585
that came in to State Road seven on Johnson Street.

4356
05:11:52,585 --> 05:11:56,989
Actually, it's on Glenn. It happened as part of the road

4357
05:11:56,989 --> 05:12:00,860
widening. And it really parks Department just called it

4358
05:12:00,860 --> 05:12:06,398
linear Park, but the entire length of the 441 Greenscape is

4359
05:12:06,398 --> 05:12:09,868
the linear park. And so when people are wanting to join,

4360
05:12:09,868 --> 05:12:14,140
come there or meet there and they look it up on the GPS, it

4361
05:12:14,140 --> 05:12:18,344
doesn't it doesn't take them to where this park is. So I want

4362
05:12:18,344 --> 05:12:22,882
to give it a name. And I'm learning about the naming

4363
05:12:22,882 --> 05:12:27,219
process. So I'm asking for your support. If we call it seven

4364
05:12:27,219 --> 05:12:32,958
Skies Park. So it's on the seven seven Skies Park. And if

4365
05:12:32,958 --> 05:12:36,629
I have support from you, then hopefully staff can move it

4366
05:12:36,629 --> 05:12:41,234
forward. I like it, I like it. Thank you so much everybody.

4367
05:12:41,234 --> 05:12:44,304
And there's a lot of big open skies. So it's nice. Yeah. And

4368
05:12:44,304 --> 05:12:47,707
it's got seven. So it goes with our on the seven branding. That

4369
05:12:47,707 --> 05:12:50,709
was my thinking. And I got some, you know, got some feedback

4370
05:12:50,709 --> 05:12:54,647
from people in the community and they were good with it. So

4371
05:12:54,647 --> 05:12:58,117
you waive, waive the process, give support to waive the

4372
05:12:58,117 --> 05:13:01,721
process. And as a commission initiated, I'm asking for

4373
05:13:01,721 --> 05:13:05,258
support to waive the process as a commission, a commission

4374
05:13:05,258 --> 05:13:08,994
initiated request. You got it. Thank you man. Thank you

4375
05:13:08,994 --> 05:13:12,598
everybody. And then that's it. Thank you. You got it. I'm

4376
05:13:12,598 --> 05:13:17,603
losing it. I'm already just starting to be funny. All right.

4377
05:13:17,603 --> 05:13:21,940
I'm skipping that one. Commissioner Shuhan. Go for it.

4378
05:13:21,940 --> 05:13:25,479
Thank you. Mayor, I just wanted to agree with Commissioner

4379
05:13:25,479 --> 05:13:29,417
Biederman and give our accolades to Joseph. You know,

4380
05:13:29,417 --> 05:13:34,888
it's nonstop in that department. And whether it's somebody that

4381
05:13:34,888 --> 05:13:37,225
didn't get their garbage cans or whatever it is, it just

4382
05:13:37,225 --> 05:13:40,695
seems like it's taken care of very promptly. So thank you,

4383
05:13:40,695 --> 05:13:45,833
Joseph. I actually happen to agree with some of the comments

4384
05:13:45,833 --> 05:13:50,438
we received from residents about the agenda on nine eight

4385
05:13:50,438 --> 05:13:54,642
between the for the P and D board. It just seems like it's

4386
05:13:54,642 --> 05:13:57,912
so much for those volunteers. The P and D board is a

4387
05:13:57,912 --> 05:14:02,316
volunteer board. We've really loaded them up and on nine

4388
05:14:02,316 --> 05:14:06,587
eight they have six items, one of which is the 1301, but the

4389
05:14:06,587 --> 05:14:12,590
other is this beach overlay, which is huge. And I just, I, I

4390
05:14:12,590 --> 05:14:16,196
guess I'm asking for support to, to follow up with, I don't

4391
05:14:16,196 --> 05:14:19,466
remember who said it. Maybe Siobhan to give that its own

4392
05:14:19,466 --> 05:14:24,206
night for the ND board itself. They were there the last time.

4393
05:14:24,206 --> 05:14:28,750
It didn't work out, had its own night, and now we've put it as

4394
05:14:28,750 --> 05:14:32,213
part of an agenda with six other significant items. So I'm

4395
05:14:32,213 --> 05:14:37,485
looking for support to make the beach overlay review before the

4396
05:14:37,485 --> 05:14:41,880
ND board its own independent night, so they can really dig

4397
05:14:41,880 --> 05:14:46,560
into it. So I don't support that, principally because a P

4398
05:14:46,560 --> 05:14:50,163
and D board sometimes have long agendas, but B more importantly,

4399
05:14:50,163 --> 05:14:53,634
the board itself was asked to choose a date, and they

4400
05:14:53,634 --> 05:14:56,436
discussed the fact that it would be on a big agenda. And

4401
05:14:56,436 --> 05:14:59,506
they discussed that it would be September 8th, and some of them

4402
05:14:59,506 --> 05:15:02,309
would be out of town. And they resolve together that that

4403
05:15:02,309 --> 05:15:05,378
would be the date. And they made comments. 1301 on it at

4404
05:15:05,378 --> 05:15:08,448
that point. Yeah. The agenda they knew they would be on. So

4405
05:15:08,448 --> 05:15:11,452
I don't support changing it, but go ahead and that's it. But

4406
05:15:11,452 --> 05:15:14,790
anyone else, I'll say vice mayor. So I, I actually, I

4407
05:15:14,790 --> 05:15:17,991
don't know if I should say my comments and we could re I'll

4408
05:15:17,991 --> 05:15:21,196
bring up a motion and you could appeal it, but I actually have

4409
05:15:21,196 --> 05:15:24,598
Steve Welch's letter that I feel was written in such a, a

4410
05:15:24,598 --> 05:15:29,737
very shocking but professional. I want to stay on this topic.

4411
05:15:29,737 --> 05:15:34,208
So I don't support that motion. And I have reasons to as why I

4412
05:15:34,208 --> 05:15:37,345
don't know if I should answer them or talk about it in my

4413
05:15:37,345 --> 05:15:40,281
comments, because I just if there's no support, then we can

4414
05:15:40,281 --> 05:15:43,417
wait. Okay. Yeah. And then and the only other thing is I just

4415
05:15:43,417 --> 05:15:45,486
wanted to talk about the election a little bit.

4416
05:15:45,486 --> 05:15:49,423
Obviously, I'm very excited and I want to just thank so many

4417
05:15:49,423 --> 05:15:54,940
people who helped. It was a long race I filed two years ago.

4418
05:15:54,940 --> 05:15:57,698
I had tons and tons of support, tons of volunteers in the

4419
05:15:57,698 --> 05:16:01,503
community and tons of individual donors. Just it was

4420
05:16:01,503 --> 05:16:06,107
an amazing experience and a very gratifying. So I also want

4421
05:16:06,107 --> 05:16:09,376
to just congratulate other people who won the races. In

4422
05:16:09,376 --> 05:16:12,581
particular, I want to single out Maura McCarthy Bowman, our

4423
05:16:12,581 --> 05:16:15,783
school board rep. She's been a great school board member for

4424
05:16:15,783 --> 05:16:18,919
these past two years. She only had half a term. So now she's

4425
05:16:18,919 --> 05:16:23,324
been reelected for a full term. And I'm very grateful because

4426
05:16:23,324 --> 05:16:25,592
immediately after the election, they started talking again

4427
05:16:25,592 --> 05:16:30,197
about closing schools. And we have a fighter representing

4428
05:16:30,197 --> 05:16:34,869
district one. So I'm gratified about that. For everybody who

4429
05:16:34,869 --> 05:16:38,739
ran, win or lose. I just want to thank the candidates who ran

4430
05:16:38,739 --> 05:16:42,900
positive campaigns and congratulate those who ran

4431
05:16:42,900 --> 05:16:46,130
positive and honest campaigns, because it's just important to

4432
05:16:46,130 --> 05:16:50,551
the community as a whole to have people running. And we had

4433
05:16:50,551 --> 05:16:53,554
two candidates here earlier, but they're gone now. But

4434
05:16:53,554 --> 05:16:56,823
people that are running for the right reasons, that respect the

4435
05:16:56,823 --> 05:17:00,270
voters, that bring a positive message, you know, that bring

4436
05:17:00,270 --> 05:17:03,300
different backgrounds and experiences and priorities to

4437
05:17:03,300 --> 05:17:06,233
the voters. So anybody that ran that type of campaign, I just

4438
05:17:06,233 --> 05:17:11,239
want to say thank you. I have spent the last really two years

4439
05:17:11,239 --> 05:17:15,843
now just talking with so many residents throughout district

4440
05:17:15,843 --> 05:17:20,649
six. And I'm very grateful that I did it because once sworn in

4441
05:17:20,649 --> 05:17:23,584
as a county commissioner, I have so much insight now into

4442
05:17:23,584 --> 05:17:26,653
the things that are important to the residents throughout

4443
05:17:26,653 --> 05:17:31,325
district six. And that's County District six, which includes

4444
05:17:31,325 --> 05:17:34,995
several other cities besides Hollywood. But I just want to

4445
05:17:34,995 --> 05:17:39,666
say also that, you know, it's fabulous that the election is

4446
05:17:39,666 --> 05:17:44,271
over. But the most important thing and about the whole

4447
05:17:44,271 --> 05:17:49,343
experience was just meeting so many great people and just

4448
05:17:49,343 --> 05:17:53,130
having the opportunity to interact and learn so much

4449
05:17:53,130 --> 05:17:57,751
about our community. And I just really want to give a gigantic

4450
05:17:57,751 --> 05:18:01,688
shout out to Commissioner Beimfohr. You know, he's still

4451
05:18:01,688 --> 05:18:04,558
there. We have him until November, but he's made such

4452
05:18:04,558 --> 05:18:08,763
amazing contributions to our community. First 12 years here

4453
05:18:08,763 --> 05:18:12,320
as a city commissioner and now 12 years as a county

4454
05:18:12,320 --> 05:18:16,360
commissioner. So it was a privilege for me to be able to

4455
05:18:16,360 --> 05:18:19,640
run my race with him by his side. And I just want to

4456
05:18:19,640 --> 05:18:23,511
acknowledge now, and I'm sure I'll do it again in November,

4457
05:18:23,511 --> 05:18:27,382
all the amazing contributions he's made. And and finally, I

4458
05:18:27,382 --> 05:18:32,520
just want to say, you know, it doesn't matter if you voted for

4459
05:18:32,520 --> 05:18:36,123
me or you didn't vote for me. It didn't matter when I was

4460
05:18:36,123 --> 05:18:38,726
elected as a Hollywood commissioner. And it does not

4461
05:18:38,726 --> 05:18:41,995
matter as a county commissioner, I will always listen to every

4462
05:18:41,995 --> 05:18:47,100
single resident, every business owner, everyone who has any

4463
05:18:47,100 --> 05:18:51,672
sort of interest in Broward County. And I will just work

4464
05:18:51,672 --> 05:18:55,943
really hard to meet the needs of my constituents. And I

4465
05:18:55,943 --> 05:19:00,810
encourage anybody to reach out to me between now and November

4466
05:19:00,810 --> 05:19:04,618
and thereafter. So really looking forward to starting.

4467
05:19:04,618 --> 05:19:08,222
But yes, I will miss you. So thank you. Thank you

4468
05:19:08,222 --> 05:19:11,822
Commissioner. All right, Commissioner Hernandez. Thank

4469
05:19:15,228 --> 05:19:19,834
you. Mayor, one of the concerns that I have, I'd like to thank

4470
05:19:19,834 --> 05:19:25,234
all of the departments, police department, the fire department,

4471
05:19:25,573 --> 05:19:28,410
public Works, the utility department, the Parks

4472
05:19:28,410 --> 05:19:31,312
Department seemed, even though we don't always agree. But I

4473
05:19:31,312 --> 05:19:34,853
love the work that you guys do and the financial department.

4474
05:19:34,853 --> 05:19:39,991
So. And you. City Manager, it's been an interesting few weeks

4475
05:19:39,991 --> 05:19:47,132
off work more than I thought I would, but nonetheless. I was

4476
05:19:47,132 --> 05:19:52,136
driving a dusk east on Fillmore Street, just past the railroad

4477
05:19:52,136 --> 05:19:54,806
track east of the tracks. All of a sudden the lights turned

4478
05:19:54,806 --> 05:19:59,770
on. So all the small poles that we put on, they've been on,

4479
05:19:59,770 --> 05:20:02,680
they're on. We haven't seen them on before. On the opposite

4480
05:20:02,680 --> 05:20:06,170
side, on the south side of Hollywood Boulevard, we still

4481
05:20:06,170 --> 05:20:08,754
need help. Lighting is an issue. I know we're doing the

4482
05:20:08,754 --> 05:20:11,556
initiative with the one where we're doing the concrete

4483
05:20:11,556 --> 05:20:14,826
walkway, but lighting is still an issue. If we could help with

4484
05:20:14,826 --> 05:20:21,426
something like that would be great. The small lot on 441 in

4485
05:20:21,499 --> 05:20:24,302
the Boulevard Mayor that you brought up earlier that it

4486
05:20:24,302 --> 05:20:27,439
sometimes it collects a lot of trash. It's not the property

4487
05:20:27,439 --> 05:20:29,573
owner that's bringing the trash is the individuals that are

4488
05:20:29,573 --> 05:20:33,111
actually dumping trash out their window and winds up there.

4489
05:20:33,111 --> 05:20:37,115
And I know as I speak to some of the police officers, they

4490
05:20:37,115 --> 05:20:39,984
hate that. They hate when any when they see anybody throwing

4491
05:20:39,984 --> 05:20:43,530
trash out the window. Can we pick up enforcement when it

4492
05:20:43,530 --> 05:20:46,457
comes to that so that people know not to throw trash out in

4493
05:20:46,457 --> 05:20:51,195
the city of Hollywood? You know, I yeah, you know, it. I've seen

4494
05:20:51,195 --> 05:20:54,650
people actually stopped at a traffic light and they just

4495
05:20:54,650 --> 05:20:57,668
throw their McDonald's or Burger King or they throw

4496
05:20:57,668 --> 05:21:00,338
everything out the window. I don't know if I need support

4497
05:21:00,338 --> 05:21:03,341
for that. I think the PD would just ask him, please. You know,

4498
05:21:03,341 --> 05:21:05,943
if somebody like that, just give them the, the the

4499
05:21:05,943 --> 05:21:08,614
violation and let them go to court and fight it out. Because

4500
05:21:08,614 --> 05:21:11,683
I got a feeling that the judges don't like to see something

4501
05:21:11,683 --> 05:21:15,286
like that as well. And for the most time, you guys are busy

4502
05:21:15,286 --> 05:21:18,356
doing something else. But this is a quality of life for the

4503
05:21:18,356 --> 05:21:20,493
residents of the city of Hollywood. If you guys can't,

4504
05:21:20,493 --> 05:21:23,495
please. Because if I was the owner of that lot, I would just

4505
05:21:23,495 --> 05:21:26,564
put chain link fence around it so the garbage would stay on

4506
05:21:26,564 --> 05:21:30,301
the, on the on the public side. And I wouldn't have an issue

4507
05:21:30,301 --> 05:21:33,371
when it comes to that. But I do agree that that particular site

4508
05:21:33,371 --> 05:21:35,773
serves a purpose for the city of Hollywood for something,

4509
05:21:35,773 --> 05:21:38,377
whether it is our signage, whether it's something that we

4510
05:21:38,377 --> 05:21:41,513
may want to do, whether it's to put the name of the park that

4511
05:21:41,513 --> 05:21:44,849
we're looking to name on. 441. But that site is important for

4512
05:21:44,849 --> 05:21:48,520
us. And unless the gentleman wants to put a hot dog cart, as

4513
05:21:48,520 --> 05:21:52,524
it used to be years ago, we're selling that. I don't think

4514
05:21:52,524 --> 05:21:55,659
it's useful for much of anything else. So I support

4515
05:21:55,659 --> 05:21:58,196
whatever you guys want to do with that. But I would

4516
05:21:58,196 --> 05:22:00,532
encourage the PD to start enforcing the people throwing

4517
05:22:00,532 --> 05:22:04,469
trash out the window. And I'd like to thank my residents for

4518
05:22:04,469 --> 05:22:08,206
coming out. Mrs. King reached out to us regarding 24th Avenue,

4519
05:22:08,206 --> 05:22:11,809
and this is the reason that I'm fighting very hard on on the

4520
05:22:11,809 --> 05:22:15,347
south side of Washington to Pembroke Road to be able to

4521
05:22:15,347 --> 05:22:20,850
have some speed tables. We have had, in particular, an

4522
05:22:20,850 --> 05:22:23,870
individual who was clocked doing 87 miles an hour and 22nd

4523
05:22:23,870 --> 05:22:26,358
Avenue. The rest of the people may not be. But any. Anything

4524
05:22:26,358 --> 05:22:29,161
like this, it would be almost impossible to do if you had

4525
05:22:29,161 --> 05:22:31,962
speed tables. And they've been asking for years. I'm talking

4526
05:22:31,962 --> 05:22:35,567
about seven, eight, ten years that they've been asking. So

4527
05:22:35,567 --> 05:22:38,770
whatever you can do to prioritize that, please. And

4528
05:22:38,770 --> 05:22:42,506
that's basically the last thing that I'd like to do is I'd like

4529
05:22:42,506 --> 05:22:45,778
to remind everybody, because my wife will tell me you didn't do

4530
05:22:45,778 --> 05:22:48,246
it on October 10th, the Hispanic Heritage Month is

4531
05:22:48,246 --> 05:22:50,849
going to be having a celebration in the downtown.

4532
05:22:50,849 --> 05:22:53,918
And if anybody would like to sponsor, I believe that the

4533
05:22:53,918 --> 05:22:58,589
deadline is deadline for the logo is tomorrow. The money

4534
05:22:58,589 --> 05:23:01,526
doesn't have to come in right away, but just reach out to the

4535
05:23:01,526 --> 05:23:04,864
Hispanic Affairs Council to do something regarding that. Thank

4536
05:23:04,864 --> 05:23:09,734
you so much, Peter. We had a lot of discussion today about

4537
05:23:09,734 --> 05:23:12,871
speed tables, and I just want to take the pulse of the City

4538
05:23:12,871 --> 05:23:15,700
Commission for the benefit of city management, the speed

4539
05:23:15,700 --> 05:23:17,942
table designs that have been put in through the Go bond have

4540
05:23:17,942 --> 05:23:20,945
been very, I guess you could say harsh when you drive over

4541
05:23:20,945 --> 05:23:24,548
them. Really harsh. I think you all would agree that any future

4542
05:23:24,548 --> 05:23:27,418
speed tables need to have a different, different product,

4543
05:23:27,418 --> 05:23:30,154
different design, different element to them. They cannot be

4544
05:23:30,154 --> 05:23:33,825
the same harsh, very large speed tables that we've had to

4545
05:23:33,825 --> 05:23:38,562
date. Would you all agree? Who agrees is there? I mean, speed

4546
05:23:38,562 --> 05:23:41,566
humps, the speed tables that have been put in. That is a

4547
05:23:41,566 --> 05:23:45,370
very harsh like with your car. It's a approach and the angle

4548
05:23:45,370 --> 05:23:48,440
is way bad if you drive some other speed tables in the city,

4549
05:23:48,440 --> 05:23:51,509
like older ones that have been put in like on 28th Avenue

4550
05:23:51,509 --> 05:23:54,112
between Sheridan and Taft, it's a much smoother rollover. These

4551
05:23:54,112 --> 05:23:57,315
are super harsh, and they also cause the cars to have to slow

4552
05:23:57,315 --> 05:24:01,185
down to like 15. So you're also congesting traffic because

4553
05:24:01,185 --> 05:24:04,522
people have to slow down, like to like way below the speed

4554
05:24:04,522 --> 05:24:07,725
limit to even get over them without a really harsh, you

4555
05:24:07,725 --> 05:24:12,397
know, going over them. So on 28th Avenue, when we redid the

4556
05:24:12,397 --> 05:24:15,533
water infrastructure, the first set of speed humps that they

4557
05:24:15,533 --> 05:24:18,937
put were very aggressive. They were very. And then we asked

4558
05:24:18,937 --> 05:24:22,473
the contractor if they could do it. And I believe that there is

4559
05:24:22,473 --> 05:24:27,212
a format for them to follow for them to do it. So you may want

4560
05:24:27,212 --> 05:24:29,948
to check if the ones they install actually meet that

4561
05:24:29,948 --> 05:24:32,284
format. If not, maybe they can adjust that. And we've already

4562
05:24:32,284 --> 05:24:35,420
had this contractor do that. But the design that I that is

4563
05:24:35,420 --> 05:24:38,823
much better is a lot more rounded. And the car rolls over

4564
05:24:38,823 --> 05:24:42,260
it as opposed to boom, boom, like really hard. And honestly,

4565
05:24:42,260 --> 05:24:45,363
people with back issues, you know, or even our ambulances

4566
05:24:45,363 --> 05:24:48,433
have an issue when it comes to stuff like that. But yeah, it

4567
05:24:48,433 --> 05:24:51,703
just may be, it may have to make it a little wider rather

4568
05:24:51,703 --> 05:24:54,840
than so short and high. But yeah, I don't know. The design

4569
05:24:54,840 --> 05:24:56,908
is really bad. Commissioner Quintana, on this, I don't know,

4570
05:24:56,908 --> 05:25:00,450
I just kind of feel like it's supposed to be uncomfortable.

4571
05:25:00,450 --> 05:25:02,781
Otherwise they're going to go fast. If we make it easy for

4572
05:25:02,781 --> 05:25:05,850
them to go over it, they're going to speed. They don't want

4573
05:25:05,850 --> 05:25:08,987
to slow down. And I mean, then we're going to get all kinds of

4574
05:25:08,987 --> 05:25:11,656
complaints about people speeding. I mean, the design of

4575
05:25:11,656 --> 05:25:13,859
the speed, unless you're the one writing in the ambulance

4576
05:25:13,859 --> 05:25:16,861
and the ambulance actually goes to one of these and you go

4577
05:25:16,861 --> 05:25:19,932
airborne. As you know, we ride on some of the rescue units.

4578
05:25:19,932 --> 05:25:22,867
And that's one of the things that concerns them when it's

4579
05:25:22,867 --> 05:25:25,938
just if we're going to put them in, I mean, if we're if we're

4580
05:25:25,938 --> 05:25:29,600
not going to make them a deterrent to, to speeding, then

4581
05:25:29,600 --> 05:25:31,876
let's not put them in. No. Well, you still have to slow down,

4582
05:25:31,876 --> 05:25:35,747
but you don't have to slow down to like 15 and it's still an

4583
05:25:35,747 --> 05:25:38,749
aggressive go up, go down. I don't know if you've driven

4584
05:25:38,749 --> 05:25:40,951
them, but go ahead. I have a recommendation. I'm sorry. Oh

4585
05:25:40,951 --> 05:25:44,763
you got to turn on you here. Press the button. See three go.

4586
05:25:44,763 --> 05:25:47,632
It may go along with supporting but and I know that there's

4587
05:25:47,632 --> 05:25:50,701
been a lot of talk back and forth, but there's the, the

4588
05:25:50,701 --> 05:25:53,638
they're drilled in. And I don't know how Josef feels about this,

4589
05:25:53,638 --> 05:25:56,410
but they're the plastic or the. No, those things don't really

4590
05:25:56,410 --> 05:26:01,446
work. But you can relocate them if the area is not. Well, okay.

4591
05:26:01,446 --> 05:26:04,382
I'm sure you you have your own feedback. I know that you've

4592
05:26:04,382 --> 05:26:07,518
heard. So I don't know if you have an opinion on this or.

4593
05:26:07,518 --> 05:26:11,122
Well, I think, you know, as, as we discussed briefly earlier,

4594
05:26:11,122 --> 05:26:14,926
the, you know, we understand that a lot of times if people

4595
05:26:14,926 --> 05:26:17,929
feel concerned about speeding in their neighborhood, their

4596
05:26:17,929 --> 05:26:22,000
fallback right away is some type of speed table. But then

4597
05:26:22,000 --> 05:26:24,937
we, you know, if we get to the point where we have speed

4598
05:26:24,937 --> 05:26:28,807
tables on every single street, it really does become a little

4599
05:26:28,807 --> 05:26:33,780
problematic for emergency response and, and other issues.

4600
05:26:33,780 --> 05:26:37,482
So, you know, we, we believe this requires a little bit more

4601
05:26:37,482 --> 05:26:43,482
of a holistic approach. And, you know, some, some maybe

4602
05:26:43,621 --> 05:26:47,492
different parameters for where we're putting them. I to the

4603
05:26:47,492 --> 05:26:50,762
mayor's point, I think this, you know, as we permitted the

4604
05:26:50,762 --> 05:26:55,330
last round of speed tables, I know that there were specific

4605
05:26:55,330 --> 05:26:58,303
things that are now required, you know, from a drainage

4606
05:26:58,303 --> 05:27:01,106
standpoint that kind of make the tables a little more

4607
05:27:01,106 --> 05:27:04,375
aggressive on the outer edges as well. Whereas that used to

4608
05:27:04,375 --> 05:27:09,514
sort of taper down into the swale area. Now that area is,

4609
05:27:09,514 --> 05:27:12,984
you know, harsher too. So if you hit it the wrong way, it

4610
05:27:12,984 --> 05:27:15,920
can be a little different. It could be that over time, some

4611
05:27:15,920 --> 05:27:20,325
of these sort of soften, you know, and get a little less,

4612
05:27:20,325 --> 05:27:26,198
you know, harsh. Yes. And so, you know, I think, you know,

4613
05:27:26,198 --> 05:27:30,402
these are this is good feedback and we can take it. The idea of

4614
05:27:30,402 --> 05:27:34,739
a speed table, my understanding is you should be able to safely

4615
05:27:34,739 --> 05:27:39,100
traverse it at the speed limit for a speed table. Now a speed

4616
05:27:39,100 --> 05:27:43,140
hump or a speed bump rather. Excuse me. You do have to slow

4617
05:27:43,140 --> 05:27:47,180
down for a speed bump to a lower than the posted speed

4618
05:27:47,180 --> 05:27:51,890
limit in order to, you know, get over it without having

4619
05:27:51,890 --> 05:27:55,293
wrecking your your cars. I support looking into it because

4620
05:27:55,293 --> 05:27:58,497
even those little, you know, like if you go to Oakwood Plaza

4621
05:27:58,497 --> 05:28:03,502
ripples the ripples, it makes you so aware of stop signs and

4622
05:28:03,502 --> 05:28:06,371
speed. I think you make it an arrow. It's a little bit

4623
05:28:06,371 --> 05:28:09,240
different than just the speed. So I support that. All right.

4624
05:28:09,240 --> 05:28:12,110
Well look into it. And that's probably a more comprehensive

4625
05:28:12,110 --> 05:28:15,714
conversation. Yeah, I support it. All right. Who's next.

4626
05:28:15,714 --> 05:28:19,650
Commissioner Hernandez, you finished right? Yes, sir. All

4627
05:28:19,650 --> 05:28:25,323
right. Vice Mayor Kolody please. Thank you. So a couple of

4628
05:28:25,323 --> 05:28:29,461
things. I just want to confirm from earlier during our

4629
05:28:29,461 --> 05:28:35,133
workshop that we all are in a in a agreeance to look at the

4630
05:28:35,133 --> 05:28:38,136
Rotary Park improvements and see if there's any funding. I

4631
05:28:38,136 --> 05:28:41,207
think we took the vote, but I just want to clarify it because

4632
05:28:41,207 --> 05:28:44,543
it was so much going on as far as looking into allocating

4633
05:28:44,543 --> 05:28:47,145
additional funds, if need be, to make that Rotary Park the

4634
05:28:47,145 --> 05:28:51,483
best that it is. Yeah, I have support on that, explain. I

4635
05:28:51,483 --> 05:28:54,553
think Jose had explained that it's going to take the existing

4636
05:28:54,553 --> 05:28:57,489
project plus more, and everybody nodded that we

4637
05:28:57,489 --> 05:29:00,626
understand that we need we need to do what we need to do. So I

4638
05:29:00,626 --> 05:29:03,961
support are we on the same page? I just want to clarify because

4639
05:29:03,961 --> 05:29:06,832
nodding and actually making it happen, we took away from that

4640
05:29:06,832 --> 05:29:10,301
is it was a workshop you requested support to have us

4641
05:29:10,301 --> 05:29:14,639
bring back the full cost of that project. Okay, perfect. So

4642
05:29:14,639 --> 05:29:18,310
that you all could consider as part of the budget process and

4643
05:29:18,310 --> 05:29:21,580
the capital improvement budget, whether you wanted to allocate

4644
05:29:21,580 --> 05:29:24,516
those additional funds. Awesome. Thank you so much. Just wanted

4645
05:29:24,516 --> 05:29:28,786
to clarify that and that'll be before my term ends. Correct?

4646
05:29:28,786 --> 05:29:32,523
Yeah. Thank you. Parking at Stan Goldman. We're going to be

4647
05:29:32,523 --> 05:29:34,660
having a meeting just for the residents, because I've been

4648
05:29:34,660 --> 05:29:37,462
getting a lot of complaints, along with other colleagues of

4649
05:29:37,462 --> 05:29:40,532
mine, regarding what was there and what is there now and the

4650
05:29:40,532 --> 05:29:44,135
whole outreach. So we'll be talking about that soon. We

4651
05:29:44,135 --> 05:29:49,207
have a meeting scheduled. Thank you, Yvonne and oh, Jose and

4652
05:29:49,207 --> 05:29:52,144
Rick. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Today there was

4653
05:29:52,144 --> 05:29:55,346
something mentioned and I don't want to go too elaborate, but

4654
05:29:55,346 --> 05:29:58,549
just put your thinking caps on. It was mentioned about from

4655
05:29:58,549 --> 05:30:02,954
from Senator Sharif regarding if the property tax does

4656
05:30:02,954 --> 05:30:06,424
actually pass, there is going to be some cities that are

4657
05:30:06,424 --> 05:30:09,628
going to suffer. So just think on your radar as far as

4658
05:30:09,628 --> 05:30:11,896
annexation, that meant that word was mentioned today. Do a

4659
05:30:11,896 --> 05:30:14,566
little bit of history and see what's surrounding us. I think

4660
05:30:14,566 --> 05:30:17,502
that it would be very beneficial to the city of

4661
05:30:17,502 --> 05:30:19,504
Hollywood and to those surrounding cities that might

4662
05:30:19,504 --> 05:30:26,104
be impacted by the property tax if it passes. Correct. I'm

4663
05:30:32,384 --> 05:30:36,788
going to skip that one. I'm going to skip that one. This

4664
05:30:36,788 --> 05:30:39,591
the I wish Susan was still here, but maybe raelyn you can answer

4665
05:30:39,591 --> 05:30:43,661
it. The area that is surrounding that, we had our

4666
05:30:43,661 --> 05:30:46,864
signage supposed to go in on Sterling and a one a. That

4667
05:30:46,864 --> 05:30:50,402
roundabout though is that City Hall, Hollywood owned grass

4668
05:30:50,402 --> 05:30:56,700
area or is that fDOT? Well, the big Hollywood sign on the the

4669
05:30:56,700 --> 05:30:59,678
Dania Beach Boulevard ramp. However, we had a big design

4670
05:30:59,678 --> 05:31:04,549
there. We I don't I just want to know. I know we were looking

4671
05:31:04,549 --> 05:31:09,487
at trying to get the right approvals for that signage and

4672
05:31:09,487 --> 05:31:12,290
honestly, I don't know the answer right now, but we'll get

4673
05:31:12,290 --> 05:31:15,360
back with you on that. To me, and the only reason why I was

4674
05:31:15,360 --> 05:31:19,631
approached at a an event recently, and I think you also

4675
05:31:19,631 --> 05:31:22,967
have been spoken to. And so it's all new, but I'm going to

4676
05:31:22,967 --> 05:31:26,380
set up a meeting. I've been asked to set up a meeting with

4677
05:31:26,380 --> 05:31:28,106
Nova Southeastern University regarding the Marine Biology

4678
05:31:28,106 --> 05:31:32,577
Center that's in the park, and signage so that people know

4679
05:31:32,577 --> 05:31:35,781
that it's there and also partnerships. So I think that

4680
05:31:35,781 --> 05:31:40,452
that would be a really positive discussion and a way to help

4681
05:31:40,452 --> 05:31:44,550
enhance and waive finding signs. Since we talked about them

4682
05:31:44,550 --> 05:31:48,793
earlier, Lincoln Road, we talked about purchasing of

4683
05:31:48,793 --> 05:31:52,396
homes. Lincoln Road is a huge issue that we have in 29th

4684
05:31:52,396 --> 05:31:56,342
Avenue. I've talked about it many, many times, and this is

4685
05:31:56,342 --> 05:32:02,800
an area that I think VIN, you should look into and and no

4686
05:32:02,800 --> 05:32:06,180
deed goes undone. They built four houses in the end of

4687
05:32:06,180 --> 05:32:09,870
Lincoln Road, right up against 95 many, many years ago before

4688
05:32:09,870 --> 05:32:13,692
I was even Commissioner. Wrong place, wrong development, wrong

4689
05:32:13,692 --> 05:32:16,494
everything. And since then, that really has been the

4690
05:32:16,494 --> 05:32:19,300
culprit of a lot of the flooding in that area, because

4691
05:32:19,300 --> 05:32:21,968
that used to be very as we talked about, Rotary Park being

4692
05:32:21,968 --> 05:32:25,903
a runoff. So I think that's an area to investigate because it

4693
05:32:25,903 --> 05:32:29,640
is a hot spot. It is a lot of flooding in that area. And most

4694
05:32:29,640 --> 05:32:32,377
particular, we have one resident who lives there now

4695
05:32:32,377 --> 05:32:38,917
who is trying to put a driveway that has been deteriorated from

4696
05:32:38,917 --> 05:32:42,120
the flooding and also wants to do enhancements. And she's

4697
05:32:42,120 --> 05:32:44,924
getting a lot of pushback. So I don't want them to invest the

4698
05:32:44,924 --> 05:32:47,726
money. If there's an opportunity for us to maybe

4699
05:32:47,726 --> 05:32:52,197
look into possible stormwater drainage. Yes, sir. Yes. Jose,

4700
05:32:52,197 --> 05:32:56,802
if the address is f dot, we just checked it, it's F dot

4701
05:32:56,802 --> 05:32:59,871
that the entire curve. So we couldn't even put a Hollywood

4702
05:32:59,871 --> 05:33:02,740
Beach sign in there if we wanted to. They agreed. Well,

4703
05:33:02,740 --> 05:33:05,677
we have we have some permits that are pending with fDOT and

4704
05:33:05,677 --> 05:33:09,140
we are we do have infrastructure on fDOT property.

4705
05:33:09,140 --> 05:33:12,217
I do believe that that was identified as a location for a

4706
05:33:12,217 --> 05:33:15,953
sign. I'm just not sure if they agreed to it or not, because I

4707
05:33:15,953 --> 05:33:19,824
know we were having some back and forth on that. Okay.

4708
05:33:19,824 --> 05:33:22,894
Lincoln Street, Lincoln Street, sorry. And my last. Will you

4709
05:33:22,894 --> 05:33:25,964
get the address to Vince so he can. Yes. Talk to the owner?

4710
05:33:25,964 --> 05:33:28,167
Yes. And if and if the stormwater plan, you know,

4711
05:33:28,167 --> 05:33:31,303
finds that that's a perfect, you know, property to to hold

4712
05:33:31,303 --> 05:33:37,903
water then. Yeah. And so. I'm going to talk about common

4713
05:33:39,644 --> 05:33:43,648
ground. And so I just, I agree, you know, I know Commissioner

4714
05:33:43,648 --> 05:33:46,451
Scheuermann brought this up and the mayor had also brought it

4715
05:33:46,451 --> 05:33:50,722
up. And and first, I believe, you know, you provide respect

4716
05:33:50,722 --> 05:33:56,722
and, and gratitude where it's available. And over the last

4717
05:33:56,928 --> 05:34:01,600
probably five years, we've received very negative toned,

4718
05:34:01,600 --> 05:34:07,338
aggressive emails damning the commission, to be frank. And I

4719
05:34:07,338 --> 05:34:12,738
actually was quite respectfully and pleasantly surprised by the

4720
05:34:13,145 --> 05:34:18,483
most recent email that we received from Mr. Welsh. My

4721
05:34:18,483 --> 05:34:23,955
last encounter with him was out in the lobby after the

4722
05:34:23,955 --> 05:34:27,492
commission meeting, where the word poor doors was brought up,

4723
05:34:27,492 --> 05:34:30,361
and the narrative became extremely uncomfortable for

4724
05:34:30,361 --> 05:34:36,235
some. And it was a very terrible confrontation in the

4725
05:34:36,235 --> 05:34:38,837
lobby. And I don't think anybody deserves I'm not a

4726
05:34:38,837 --> 05:34:41,906
doormat, nor is anybody else here, nor is our residents. So

4727
05:34:41,906 --> 05:34:45,710
mutual respect and balance is so important. So this email

4728
05:34:45,710 --> 05:34:49,581
that we received, I thought, was really written in a very

4729
05:34:49,581 --> 05:34:53,452
respectful way. I want to give accolades to Mr. Welsh for

4730
05:34:53,452 --> 05:34:57,589
writing the letter, although I do understand the concerns that

4731
05:34:57,589 --> 05:35:03,862
were brought up. The board did. The board did agree to have

4732
05:35:03,862 --> 05:35:07,532
this put on the agenda, knowing that it was a full agenda? I

4733
05:35:07,532 --> 05:35:10,668
don't believe that anything is being pushed through. And why

4734
05:35:10,668 --> 05:35:17,141
do I say that? You know, a lot of the information was said

4735
05:35:17,141 --> 05:35:22,541
about meetings not being publicly informed. I. Five last

4736
05:35:24,150 --> 05:35:29,200
bit of information, please. And so I requested because I know

4737
05:35:29,200 --> 05:35:32,230
that there's been a lot of dates. So I did request from

4738
05:35:32,230 --> 05:35:35,560
city the dates that we have done public outreach. And this

4739
05:35:35,560 --> 05:35:38,563
has been going on for a while. So this is nothing new being

4740
05:35:38,563 --> 05:35:42,301
rushed. And I just want to put it on the record out of total

4741
05:35:42,301 --> 05:35:47,380
respect and transparency. March 30th Chamber of Commerce

4742
05:35:47,380 --> 05:35:50,638
presentation. April 1st. General Membership meeting

4743
05:35:50,641 --> 05:35:54,645
presentation. April 29th. First public engagement in-person

4744
05:35:54,645 --> 05:35:58,845
meeting April 30th. Second public Engagement in-person

4745
05:35:58,984 --> 05:36:04,384
meeting April 30th after April 30th. Online community surveys

4746
05:36:05,390 --> 05:36:09,327
and public engagement meetings. August 19th was the first

4747
05:36:09,327 --> 05:36:13,999
in-person public open house. August 20th second in-person

4748
05:36:13,999 --> 05:36:19,710
public open house. You can we can do so much outreach, but

4749
05:36:19,710 --> 05:36:22,341
the fact that we are not being transparent and we are not

4750
05:36:22,341 --> 05:36:25,610
involving our community narrative is completely wrong.

4751
05:36:25,610 --> 05:36:28,613
We talk about it today, about reaching out to the residents,

4752
05:36:28,613 --> 05:36:31,482
about all the topics that we made. We had residents come and

4753
05:36:31,482 --> 05:36:36,287
speak about the 441 issue. You can do so much. It's like the

4754
05:36:36,287 --> 05:36:39,290
saying you could lead a horse to water, but you can't make

4755
05:36:39,290 --> 05:36:42,427
them drink. We can provide opportunities for engagement,

4756
05:36:42,427 --> 05:36:46,970
but if the residents don't engage, we can't force them

4757
05:36:46,970 --> 05:36:49,100
until all of a sudden a narrative goes out and then it

4758
05:36:49,100 --> 05:36:52,637
becomes a bigger problem. This is something to protect the

4759
05:36:52,637 --> 05:36:57,909
city. The overlay. We can agree to disagree, but because of

4760
05:36:57,909 --> 05:37:01,245
pending lawsuits and because of decisions that have been made,

4761
05:37:01,245 --> 05:37:05,183
this is an opportunity for us to put hard stops and protect,

4762
05:37:05,183 --> 05:37:09,530
but also allow the city to grow. So I am not in favor of

4763
05:37:09,530 --> 05:37:12,256
preventing it from coming to the board meeting, even though

4764
05:37:12,256 --> 05:37:15,594
it is a packed agenda, because they did agree to have it on

4765
05:37:15,594 --> 05:37:21,799
that date. Now, if they want to adjourn and move forward on

4766
05:37:21,799 --> 05:37:25,136
certain topics after if it's too late, I'm assuming that

4767
05:37:25,136 --> 05:37:29,541
they can do that. But there I know there's been there's been

4768
05:37:29,541 --> 05:37:31,609
planning and development board meetings where they've been

4769
05:37:31,609 --> 05:37:35,790
here until one, two, 3:00 this morning before. So that's part

4770
05:37:35,790 --> 05:37:39,350
of volunteerism. And we've been here till one, two, three. So

4771
05:37:39,350 --> 05:37:42,354
when you sign up for something like that and you know, these

4772
05:37:42,354 --> 05:37:45,957
are topics that need to move the city forward, and actually

4773
05:37:45,957 --> 05:37:48,627
it's going to be a benefit to the residents who say they

4774
05:37:48,627 --> 05:37:51,496
can't make it because they're working at whatever time they

4775
05:37:51,496 --> 05:37:54,566
can come, and they're going to be able to have their voices

4776
05:37:54,566 --> 05:37:57,702
heard, and a decision will be made. And we can kind of, I

4777
05:37:57,702 --> 05:38:00,371
think, already know it will come back to the commission.

4778
05:38:00,371 --> 05:38:04,185
And I think more information will come out to support the

4779
05:38:04,185 --> 05:38:08,990
reasons as to why, through the 500 page pages, the staff did

4780
05:38:08,990 --> 05:38:15,798
an amazing job here in the lobby. We got the letter from

4781
05:38:15,798 --> 05:38:19,660
Mr. Seltzer. I responded, I think that was a very negative

4782
05:38:19,660 --> 05:38:22,337
tone and I expressed that to him as well. You're damned if

4783
05:38:22,337 --> 05:38:25,540
you do and you're damned if you don't. But we got to find the

4784
05:38:25,540 --> 05:38:28,543
common ground and we have to be able to balance that properly

4785
05:38:28,543 --> 05:38:31,546
and do what's best for the entire city of Hollywood. Yet

4786
05:38:31,546 --> 05:38:34,415
again, I'm saying this and I will not say stop saying it

4787
05:38:34,415 --> 05:38:38,820
until my last day sitting up here. So my goal is to welcome

4788
05:38:38,820 --> 05:38:42,290
Mr. Welsh for the positivity and to continue to move forward,

4789
05:38:42,290 --> 05:38:45,160
because that's where you find common ground and I am willing

4790
05:38:45,160 --> 05:38:49,497
to do the same. We have to formulate and masterfully

4791
05:38:49,497 --> 05:38:54,569
create respect because right now we are all on opposite ends.

4792
05:38:54,569 --> 05:38:57,571
So with that being said, that is all of my comments. Thank

4793
05:38:57,571 --> 05:39:00,776
you very much and have a great day. Thank you. Thank you, Vice

4794
05:39:00,776 --> 05:39:05,112
Mayor. Sure. Go ahead. I just want to clear up one point.

4795
05:39:05,112 --> 05:39:08,449
When we had all of that public outreach, which I agree, staff

4796
05:39:08,449 --> 05:39:12,386
did a good job. That was getting information to go into

4797
05:39:12,386 --> 05:39:16,924
what's been being presented to the board. The the public has

4798
05:39:16,924 --> 05:39:20,528
not had any presentations other than, I believe the night where

4799
05:39:20,528 --> 05:39:25,533
the P and B more meeting was canceled. But the heights and

4800
05:39:25,533 --> 05:39:29,536
things like that were not available in the August

4801
05:39:29,536 --> 05:39:32,407
meetings. That was gathering information, as I understand it.

4802
05:39:32,407 --> 05:39:36,744
So I'll tell you, since the meeting was continued from the

4803
05:39:36,744 --> 05:39:40,948
special set, was it August or July, August, August 4th, or

4804
05:39:40,948 --> 05:39:44,418
whatever it was? The staff had put together a number of

4805
05:39:44,418 --> 05:39:47,955
sessions that a lot of those same folks attended. So there

4806
05:39:47,955 --> 05:39:50,758
has there has been good utilization of the past 30 days

4807
05:39:50,758 --> 05:39:54,762
or so already to have additional input. And so for

4808
05:39:54,762 --> 05:39:57,898
all those folks who were already, you know, clamoring

4809
05:39:57,898 --> 05:40:00,835
and advocating for the board even before the hearing to

4810
05:40:00,835 --> 05:40:03,704
continue the item. No, no, we need more time. Well, because

4811
05:40:03,704 --> 05:40:07,708
of the issue with the notice, they got the extra time staff,

4812
05:40:07,708 --> 05:40:10,644
thankfully had, you know, taken advantage of that and actually

4813
05:40:10,644 --> 05:40:12,980
reached out to the community more and presented the heights

4814
05:40:12,980 --> 05:40:16,500
and everything else. So now by the time you get to September

4815
05:40:16,500 --> 05:40:18,987
8th and P and no one can really, you know, reasonably say, oh,

4816
05:40:18,987 --> 05:40:21,122
we need more time because they've had, you know,

4817
05:40:21,122 --> 05:40:24,326
practically 60 days at that point with the package. So and

4818
05:40:24,326 --> 05:40:26,594
same with the Planning and Development board members. So,

4819
05:40:26,594 --> 05:40:29,663
you know, they wanted more time and by, by mistake, they got

4820
05:40:29,663 --> 05:40:33,669
more time. So good thing it's all good. Everybody can now be

4821
05:40:33,669 --> 05:40:38,720
educated on it and speak on it. So yeah, go ahead. I didn't

4822
05:40:38,720 --> 05:40:41,542
finish stating my I got distracted and I apologize, but

4823
05:40:41,542 --> 05:40:44,479
the, the poor door statement that was made here at the

4824
05:40:44,479 --> 05:40:47,281
commission meetings and the comments that were made. And I

4825
05:40:47,281 --> 05:40:50,352
know it was a very challenging thing. I just want to put on

4826
05:40:50,352 --> 05:40:54,489
the record. I do not and I will not. And we are as a body, have

4827
05:40:54,489 --> 05:40:58,159
the opportunity to prevent poor doors from ever happening. And

4828
05:40:58,159 --> 05:41:01,362
so I just want that to be on the record. I would never

4829
05:41:01,362 --> 05:41:04,965
support that. And to be accused that I was in support of it is

4830
05:41:04,965 --> 05:41:08,303
completely taken out of narrative, and I hope that all

4831
05:41:08,303 --> 05:41:11,973
of us are cognizant of what we say, because it just festers

4832
05:41:11,973 --> 05:41:14,842
and it becomes a bigger issue. And I think that that should

4833
05:41:14,842 --> 05:41:17,644
come to a cease. Thank you. All right. Let's go for

4834
05:41:17,644 --> 05:41:22,783
Commissioner Groover. You could wave if you like. No, no, I

4835
05:41:22,783 --> 05:41:26,987
have a few things I want to just real quick, I want to

4836
05:41:26,987 --> 05:41:32,794
thank staff for PD and fire also and FOP for donating the

4837
05:41:32,794 --> 05:41:35,930
ice cream to the Ice Cream social. It was actually one of

4838
05:41:35,930 --> 05:41:39,600
the most well attended things that I've been to with that

4839
05:41:39,600 --> 05:41:43,538
type of thing that we did. We gave away 400 ice creams, 400

4840
05:41:43,538 --> 05:41:47,341
ice creams. Yeah. And thank FOP for, for they had purchased

4841
05:41:47,341 --> 05:41:49,877
that ice cream for the kids. Yeah. I think some of some

4842
05:41:49,877 --> 05:41:52,747
parents might have got an ice cream or two, but it was

4843
05:41:52,747 --> 05:41:55,816
amazing. We had a fire truck out there with, with the hose

4844
05:41:55,816 --> 05:41:58,886
attached to the fire truck and kids were able to shoot at, you

4845
05:41:58,886 --> 05:42:02,690
know, shoot the hose at a cone. And, and police were out there

4846
05:42:02,690 --> 05:42:05,626
with K9 and Swat and really, really was a nice time. So

4847
05:42:05,626 --> 05:42:09,363
thank you to everyone that was involved in that. Sorry to

4848
05:42:09,363 --> 05:42:12,767
throw this out there because I didn't bring it up in my Monday

4849
05:42:12,767 --> 05:42:15,836
meeting. I was just thinking about it last night. And I kind

4850
05:42:15,836 --> 05:42:18,390
of want to think, see what my colleagues and staff think

4851
05:42:18,390 --> 05:42:21,842
about this is there's a lot of chatter that I see on social

4852
05:42:21,842 --> 05:42:25,179
media about paying for parking downtown and people thinking

4853
05:42:25,179 --> 05:42:28,115
that that's why some people aren't going there. I don't

4854
05:42:28,115 --> 05:42:30,651
necessarily agree with that, but I think it could be the

4855
05:42:30,651 --> 05:42:33,921
right time of year. Are we doing dine out Hollywood?

4856
05:42:33,921 --> 05:42:38,592
Joanne. We are September. October. Okay. But September is

4857
05:42:38,592 --> 05:42:42,996
typically the slowest time of the year. What about my idea?

4858
05:42:42,996 --> 05:42:47,468
Adam is going to hate me for this. Adam. Free parking in our

4859
05:42:47,468 --> 05:42:53,740
garages from Monday to Thursday just to see if it does have an

4860
05:42:53,740 --> 05:42:55,343
impact on businesses. We don't have to hire a consultant to

4861
05:42:55,343 --> 05:42:58,279
figure out, you know, should we charge this? Should we not make

4862
05:42:58,279 --> 05:43:01,348
a couple of weeks in September, maybe the full month of

4863
05:43:01,348 --> 05:43:05,860
September? Start it September, Monday, September 1st on Monday

4864
05:43:05,860 --> 05:43:09,222
it just listen. If if we're if we're going to pay $100,000 for

4865
05:43:09,222 --> 05:43:13,160
a jazz festival, right. To bring boots on the ground.

4866
05:43:13,160 --> 05:43:16,898
Right. So, you know, or, or we did, we had an event where we

4867
05:43:16,898 --> 05:43:19,968
gave free parking where we knew it was going to be packed

4868
05:43:19,968 --> 05:43:22,836
anyway. Why not take the slowest days of the week and

4869
05:43:22,836 --> 05:43:25,973
the slowest weeks of the year and sample it and see, and we

4870
05:43:25,973 --> 05:43:29,430
can talk to our businesses and say they can say, hey, you know

4871
05:43:29,430 --> 05:43:31,913
what? There was no difference. Hey, we had, you know, much

4872
05:43:31,913 --> 05:43:34,848
better sales. You know, I'm throwing it out there. I don't

4873
05:43:34,848 --> 05:43:37,985
know the exact amount of income we bring in on a Monday. Maybe

4874
05:43:37,985 --> 05:43:41,855
we can just do Mondays. But I like to test it just to, to see

4875
05:43:41,855 --> 05:43:46,260
because we can quantify it. And I'm just, I don't know if I

4876
05:43:46,260 --> 05:43:49,330
need support. I, I kind of want to Adam maybe, maybe you can,

4877
05:43:49,330 --> 05:43:51,732
you know, I apologize for throwing that out here, not

4878
05:43:51,732 --> 05:43:54,401
bringing it out Monday. I thought, what's that? So I

4879
05:43:54,401 --> 05:43:57,472
would just say in Miami Beach right now, they have a, instead

4880
05:43:57,472 --> 05:44:01,760
of like 5 or $6 an hour on their paid meter parking for I

4881
05:44:01,760 --> 05:44:04,813
think it's August and September. They have it for like a dollar

4882
05:44:04,813 --> 05:44:07,815
an hour. That's on the beach on Miami Beach. Yeah, yeah. City

4883
05:44:07,815 --> 05:44:11,619
of Miami Beach. So just to give you an example, they, they also

4884
05:44:11,619 --> 05:44:14,701
are trying to do something for the slow time of year. So we

4885
05:44:14,701 --> 05:44:17,772
charge it, right? So no, so what I'm saying is for downtown,

4886
05:44:17,772 --> 05:44:20,573
not on the street for our parking garages. And maybe they

4887
05:44:20,573 --> 05:44:22,775
don't make too much money during that month. Monday

4888
05:44:22,775 --> 05:44:24,777
through. Yeah. If the commission will allow me to

4889
05:44:24,777 --> 05:44:27,781
interject a little bit. Yes. Sorry. Go ahead. Yeah. I think

4890
05:44:27,781 --> 05:44:30,650
we should probably just do an analysis before we make that

4891
05:44:30,650 --> 05:44:33,787
type of decision. Yeah. I'm bringing something back to the

4892
05:44:33,787 --> 05:44:36,389
commission based on that recommendation. Okay. And

4893
05:44:36,389 --> 05:44:38,860
because because our parking right now in the garages is a

4894
05:44:38,860 --> 05:44:42,462
dollar an hour. It is it's not a big impact either. Yeah, it

4895
05:44:42,462 --> 05:44:46,199
is. It's a massive impact. But, but, but it is, it is economic

4896
05:44:46,199 --> 05:44:49,136
and affordable for, in my opinion, for those residents.

4897
05:44:49,136 --> 05:44:52,339
But allow us the opportunity to I agree with you, and I don't

4898
05:44:52,339 --> 05:44:55,275
know if it's going to make a difference, but there's a lot

4899
05:44:55,275 --> 05:44:58,277
of chatter. I don't know if anyone else sees it on social

4900
05:44:58,277 --> 05:45:00,481
media saying that the reason people aren't coming out, and I

4901
05:45:00,481 --> 05:45:03,283
don't necessarily agree with that thought process, is that

4902
05:45:03,283 --> 05:45:06,419
they have to pay for parking. So if the time to maybe, you

4903
05:45:06,419 --> 05:45:11,240
know, try, it would be the Deadest. I bless you. So yeah,

4904
05:45:11,240 --> 05:45:14,428
if you if you guys want to bring it back, but I don't want

4905
05:45:14,428 --> 05:45:17,565
to do it in December, you know, if we're going to do it, I'd

4906
05:45:17,565 --> 05:45:20,834
like to. So before I get before I get to Commissioner Hernandez

4907
05:45:20,834 --> 05:45:23,571
to give his feedback publicly here, I just want to mention

4908
05:45:23,571 --> 05:45:26,774
that if we want to thank that if we have a dine out Hollywood

4909
05:45:26,774 --> 05:45:29,709
throughout the month of October, maybe that's the month to do it

4910
05:45:29,709 --> 05:45:33,513
and really go all the way for Dine Out Hollywood and pair it

4911
05:45:33,513 --> 05:45:35,648
with free garage parking. And then you're really getting the

4912
05:45:35,648 --> 05:45:37,784
word out. Let's go to Commissioner Hernandez. Mayor,

4913
05:45:37,784 --> 05:45:40,586
I gotta tell you, there is a concerted effort right now to

4914
05:45:40,586 --> 05:45:43,790
attack the parking in the downtown, not because they're

4915
05:45:43,790 --> 05:45:46,580
going to come. They're just going to say we don't go

4916
05:45:46,580 --> 05:45:48,996
because we got to pay for parking. But now that you're

4917
05:45:48,996 --> 05:45:51,999
going to tell them we get free parking, but it's got to be in

4918
05:45:51,999 --> 05:45:55,935
the garage. Well, I don't want to go into the garage. So, so I,

4919
05:45:55,935 --> 05:45:59,139
the, at the end of the day, if you guys. And I don't support

4920
05:45:59,139 --> 05:46:02,876
it, by the way, but if you guys are willing to do something

4921
05:46:02,876 --> 05:46:05,945
like that, I'm more than happy to do it in conjunction with an

4922
05:46:05,945 --> 05:46:08,950
event or with a month that we're having to try to see

4923
05:46:08,950 --> 05:46:11,818
something like that. But I really do not support the issue

4924
05:46:11,818 --> 05:46:14,210
because this is just a concerted effort by a few

4925
05:46:14,210 --> 05:46:16,958
people, and they're loud when they come to tell you this

4926
05:46:16,958 --> 05:46:19,959
thing, just like I heard in you probably heard it from

4927
05:46:19,959 --> 05:46:22,495
Commissioner Blattner, which is the person who's telling us,

4928
05:46:22,495 --> 05:46:26,990
well, the people that come to Cinema Paradiso don't come

4929
05:46:26,990 --> 05:46:29,369
because they don't want to pay for parking. I'm looking at it

4930
05:46:29,369 --> 05:46:33,306
like, you know, no good deed goes unpunished. Here we are.

4931
05:46:33,306 --> 05:46:36,843
We we're we're putting money out of the resident's pocket to

4932
05:46:36,843 --> 05:46:40,848
have Cinema Paradiso actually be there. And then they also

4933
05:46:40,848 --> 05:46:43,850
want you to give them free parking. Do you want free ice

4934
05:46:43,850 --> 05:46:46,854
cream and a hamburger too? I mean, in popcorn. I mean, at

4935
05:46:46,854 --> 05:46:50,570
the end of the day, I spoke about we had free ice cream. No,

4936
05:46:50,570 --> 05:46:53,861
no. You know, and the you may. But at the end of the day,

4937
05:46:53,861 --> 05:46:56,129
we're we're we're subsidizing Cinema Paradiso. Now, the

4938
05:46:56,129 --> 05:46:58,932
people that want to go there want to have their parking

4939
05:46:58,932 --> 05:47:01,668
subsidized. Everybody else has to pay. I don't believe that if

4940
05:47:01,668 --> 05:47:06,473
if they have a problem paying a dollar an hour, really, I get

4941
05:47:06,473 --> 05:47:09,760
it. I, I've gone to different places and I just got back from

4942
05:47:09,760 --> 05:47:14,147
Seattle. You park, you pay in $7, $8 an hour to park on the

4943
05:47:14,147 --> 05:47:17,751
street. And if you get a ticket because you park in the wrong

4944
05:47:17,751 --> 05:47:23,690
day on the street, it's $225. So let's be real. So I don't

4945
05:47:23,690 --> 05:47:26,760
support it. But if you guys want to do it, I will

4946
05:47:26,760 --> 05:47:29,831
reluctantly go away, do it in a month that we're actually doing

4947
05:47:29,831 --> 05:47:31,899
something so that we can quantify. But I would I would

4948
05:47:31,899 --> 05:47:35,168
like to hear the analysis. I'd like to hear the analysis first,

4949
05:47:35,168 --> 05:47:38,773
I guess, and then and I would do it during dine out. And for

4950
05:47:38,773 --> 05:47:41,774
those people who continue with that narrative, we can then say,

4951
05:47:41,774 --> 05:47:44,711
well, we tried it and the effect was hopefully X, Y, and

4952
05:47:44,711 --> 05:47:47,460
z. I mean, hopefully it'll be a great month. But yeah,

4953
05:47:47,460 --> 05:47:49,782
Commissioner Biederman, go ahead and then we'll be done.

4954
05:47:49,782 --> 05:47:52,719
So I'm glad you brought this up because I was thinking about

4955
05:47:52,719 --> 05:47:55,856
this the other day, and I just didn't like I've had a rough

4956
05:47:55,856 --> 05:48:01,194
afternoon. Has anybody used the park mobile app here other than

4957
05:48:01,194 --> 05:48:05,198
me? Yeah, I use it. All right. So when you use the park mobile

4958
05:48:05,198 --> 05:48:10,670
app or pay by phone, it always pops up these stupid ads on

4959
05:48:10,670 --> 05:48:17,760
sign up and you get $25 off. I spoke to Susan about this, and

4960
05:48:17,760 --> 05:48:22,748
I told her to touch base with Lisa because the CRA, just for

4961
05:48:22,748 --> 05:48:28,880
historical information. So the CRA, before all you guys time

4962
05:48:28,880 --> 05:48:33,292
except for maybe Ray Lynn, used to give people these tokens for

4963
05:48:33,292 --> 05:48:37,497
like $5 or whatever it is, and they would give them away like

4964
05:48:37,497 --> 05:48:40,834
water just to spend money in the businesses in downtown.

4965
05:48:40,834 --> 05:48:46,839
Right. And, and, and, and the city would redeem those tokens.

4966
05:48:46,839 --> 05:48:53,439
So it's all about messaging to the businesses. It's a digital

4967
05:48:53,713 --> 05:48:56,249
age. If people park in a parking garage and they're

4968
05:48:56,249 --> 05:49:00,253
paying their 2 or $3 for parking, we could pop up a QR

4969
05:49:00,253 --> 05:49:05,658
code or, or a barcode of some sort that is scannable at a

4970
05:49:05,658 --> 05:49:08,795
business that they get $10 off of the business, and they could

4971
05:49:08,795 --> 05:49:11,730
spend $2 in a garage, but they get $10 off in the business.

4972
05:49:11,730 --> 05:49:15,201
But it gives us the ability to bring people into downtown with

4973
05:49:15,201 --> 05:49:19,806
a 5 or 10 or whatever it is, dollar coupon. And who's going

4974
05:49:19,806 --> 05:49:22,808
to pay the $10? The business? No, they could redeem them to

4975
05:49:22,808 --> 05:49:25,813
us. Oh, okay. We're not paying $10. But I mean, we've done it

4976
05:49:25,813 --> 05:49:30,883
before. Dinner subsidies? No, but we've done it before.

4977
05:49:30,883 --> 05:49:33,753
Whatever it is, the idea is there that we could do some

4978
05:49:33,753 --> 05:49:36,956
kind of digital thing and you could flip it on like a switch

4979
05:49:36,956 --> 05:49:40,559
only for ice cream. All right. I think we've we've talked I

4980
05:49:40,559 --> 05:49:43,296
think we've talked it out. We've you've heard some ideas.

4981
05:49:43,296 --> 05:49:46,990
We're going to hear what the something next week with the

4982
05:49:46,990 --> 05:49:51,370
financial impact would be. But Joanne was supportive of the

4983
05:49:51,370 --> 05:49:55,641
dine out Hollywood, the dine out Hollywood alignment. Now

4984
05:49:55,641 --> 05:49:58,245
Joanne, if you want to get up here and talk downtown, we're

4985
05:49:58,245 --> 05:50:02,480
happy to invite you. But that's not on the agenda today. All

4986
05:50:02,480 --> 05:50:06,520
right, Commissioner Gruber, thank you. You said, you know,

4987
05:50:06,520 --> 05:50:09,189
you had an idea and look what happened. I know have another

4988
05:50:09,189 --> 05:50:12,580
idea, but I think it's going to take too much time now. Yeah.

4989
05:50:12,580 --> 05:50:14,860
So so actually, going back to Commissioner Shuhan, you

4990
05:50:14,860 --> 05:50:17,330
brought up this morning about the golf balls. And I was

4991
05:50:17,330 --> 05:50:21,268
speaking to a resident that lives on the golf course, and

4992
05:50:21,268 --> 05:50:24,554
he was telling me it's his car gets hit, his house gets hit,

4993
05:50:24,554 --> 05:50:28,423
which is what you expect if you live on a golf course. But he.

4994
05:50:28,423 --> 05:50:31,359
What's that? Yes. No, which is what you expect. But he said

4995
05:50:31,359 --> 05:50:34,430
that one of his neighbors went to put a pergola. I believe he

4996
05:50:34,430 --> 05:50:37,566
said it was a pergola, and he had to get a variance and

4997
05:50:37,566 --> 05:50:40,436
different things. What about looking into making it a little

4998
05:50:40,436 --> 05:50:45,173
bit more seamless for people who live on a golf course to

4999
05:50:45,173 --> 05:50:48,178
protect their property, like their cars, to be able to put

5000
05:50:48,178 --> 05:50:51,380
some type of canopy that they don't have to get a variance, I

5001
05:50:51,380 --> 05:50:54,250
think. Is it something we could look into? I mean, it seems

5002
05:50:54,250 --> 05:50:57,519
reasonable. Yeah. It seems reasonable that, you know, they

5003
05:50:57,519 --> 05:51:01,523
should. It shouldn't be some crazy path to pay for a

5004
05:51:01,523 --> 05:51:04,660
variance and this and that. Maybe look into the options of

5005
05:51:04,660 --> 05:51:07,263
what people can put in front of their homes when they're facing

5006
05:51:07,263 --> 05:51:10,532
a golf course. And this could not this could be city wide, an

5007
05:51:10,532 --> 05:51:13,202
ordinance. If you're living on a golf course and apply to

5008
05:51:13,202 --> 05:51:16,938
those those homes, I don't know if I need support for staff

5009
05:51:16,938 --> 05:51:19,475
text. Amendment to the zoning code for setbacks just sounds

5010
05:51:19,475 --> 05:51:23,878
like for pergolas. Well, well, and also there's there's

5011
05:51:23,878 --> 05:51:27,616
different things you could put to protect your, your property.

5012
05:51:27,616 --> 05:51:32,870
And there you go. An interceptor, an interceptor, a

5013
05:51:32,870 --> 05:51:36,692
laser interceptor, automatic weapons. Yeah. So smart city

5014
05:51:36,692 --> 05:51:40,950
technology. Anyway, I think it could be something to look into.

5015
05:51:40,950 --> 05:51:43,966
Right. Yeah. Do I need that one's a little reach, I don't

5016
05:51:43,966 --> 05:51:48,170
know. Yeah. I just don't want the emails anymore. No. And you

5017
05:51:48,170 --> 05:51:51,239
and you put it out to the people who live on the golf

5018
05:51:51,239 --> 05:51:54,309
course. Is that your how about this staff feedback on the idea.

5019
05:51:54,309 --> 05:51:57,313
Not a motion to bring back an ordinance, but correct support

5020
05:51:57,313 --> 05:52:00,181
to bring back feedback, whether it's in the Tuesday memo or and

5021
05:52:00,181 --> 05:52:03,852
what, what options could exist that that you'd recommend

5022
05:52:03,852 --> 05:52:08,724
asking for support to look into possibly options for homeowners

5023
05:52:08,724 --> 05:52:11,527
that live near a golf course for them where they wouldn't

5024
05:52:11,527 --> 05:52:14,663
have to go through a variance and this and that and whatever,

5025
05:52:14,663 --> 05:52:17,132
something seamless for those homeowners protecting Clusia

5026
05:52:17,132 --> 05:52:23,132
plant, areca palms. What else? No. All right. Yeah, yeah.

5027
05:52:24,206 --> 05:52:27,409
Sidewalks and in the road. So for my comments, ladies and

5028
05:52:27,409 --> 05:52:30,679
gentlemen, I just want to express my excitement about

5029
05:52:30,679 --> 05:52:34,160
tomorrow and the Hollywood Police headquarters ribbon

5030
05:52:34,160 --> 05:52:37,190
cutting and opening to the public, excited for HPD and for

5031
05:52:37,190 --> 05:52:41,556
the city at large, for this new headquarters to be open and for

5032
05:52:41,556 --> 05:52:44,426
all that, it's going to serve the city. It's at 4 p.m.

5033
05:52:44,426 --> 05:52:48,298
tomorrow at. Is it address North Park Road? But I don't

5034
05:52:48,298 --> 05:52:53,368
know the number, 401 401 North Park Road. Parking is on

5035
05:52:53,368 --> 05:52:57,306
Entrada. Enter through Entrada Drive for this particular event.

5036
05:52:57,306 --> 05:53:00,175
All right. Thank you all so much. Excited about tomorrow.

5037
05:53:00,175 --> 05:53:04,913
Good to be back and get into the weeds. Let's get to city

5038
05:53:04,913 --> 05:53:08,249
Attorney. Welcome back everybody. Normally I wouldn't

5039
05:53:08,249 --> 05:53:11,452
have any comments, but I did ask two of my new attorneys to

5040
05:53:11,452 --> 05:53:14,456
stay. And I just wanted to introduce them to you. All

5041
05:53:14,456 --> 05:53:20,128
right. Varosha is yeah, you can come up to the mic and tell us

5042
05:53:20,128 --> 05:53:23,132
about you too. She's not here. You're an attorney. Come up to

5043
05:53:23,132 --> 05:53:26,935
the mic. Right? She's not that new, but it has been a little

5044
05:53:26,935 --> 05:53:31,540
busy and so I have not done it earlier. But Varosha, if you

5045
05:53:31,540 --> 05:53:34,676
want to, you want me to. Okay. I thought you had a little bio

5046
05:53:34,676 --> 05:53:37,613
prepared for me. Yeah, but I guess, I mean, no one knows

5047
05:53:37,613 --> 05:53:40,682
more about you than myself. My name is Feroz Shah, and I came

5048
05:53:40,682 --> 05:53:43,619
here from the city of Miami Beach, where I was a

5049
05:53:43,619 --> 05:53:45,621
legislative attorney for the city commissioner for about

5050
05:53:45,621 --> 05:53:49,557
eight years before starting my journey in Hollywood. I don't

5051
05:53:49,557 --> 05:53:52,761
live in Hollywood, but I'm a very, very frequent visitor as

5052
05:53:52,761 --> 05:53:56,164
my partner lives here. So I'm here pretty much every week for

5053
05:53:56,164 --> 05:53:59,567
work and also every weekend for recreation. I really love the

5054
05:53:59,567 --> 05:54:04,705
city. I'm very excited to be here. Originally, I was born in

5055
05:54:04,705 --> 05:54:09,644
Turkmenistan. It is located in Central Asia, but I moved to

5056
05:54:09,644 --> 05:54:13,648
America with my family when I was 12 years old, and we

5057
05:54:13,648 --> 05:54:16,451
actually ended up in West Virginia. So it took me a bit

5058
05:54:16,451 --> 05:54:19,721
to make my way to Florida, but I moved to Florida, I believe

5059
05:54:19,721 --> 05:54:24,580
in 2014 for law school, and I fell in love with the state. I

5060
05:54:24,580 --> 05:54:27,662
fell in love with South Florida, and I've stayed here ever since.

5061
05:54:27,662 --> 05:54:31,660
Propecia works with our development services team, and

5062
05:54:31,660 --> 05:54:34,870
she's really. That's the most important part. Yes, she'll be

5063
05:54:34,870 --> 05:54:40,341
staying late on September 8th. Yes, yes. Yeah, we'll be

5064
05:54:40,341 --> 05:54:42,611
watching. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you for Russia.

5065
05:54:42,611 --> 05:54:47,148
Welcome. Also, Amy Dreaver is our newest attorney. Amy is

5066
05:54:47,148 --> 05:54:51,486
working with our PD fire code and parking departments. And

5067
05:54:51,486 --> 05:54:53,956
Amy, if you want to say a little bit about yourself. Good

5068
05:54:53,956 --> 05:54:57,825
evening. Nice to meet you all. I, I most recently came from

5069
05:54:57,825 --> 05:55:02,230
the Broward OIG where I worked for the last three years with

5070
05:55:02,230 --> 05:55:06,701
Jody Breeze. Before that, I was a prosecutor in Miami Dade for

5071
05:55:06,701 --> 05:55:10,105
nine years, kind of pretty much working the the full gamut

5072
05:55:10,105 --> 05:55:13,841
there. Very excited to be here. Part of the team fire, police

5073
05:55:13,841 --> 05:55:18,113
code and parking still very new and learning the ropes. But

5074
05:55:18,113 --> 05:55:21,383
it's been exciting so far and seems like a great city to work

5075
05:55:21,383 --> 05:55:25,520
for. Awesome. Thank you. Welcome. Thank you all so much.

5076
05:55:25,520 --> 05:55:31,526
All right. That's on deck for all of us. Yeah. A lot of

5077
05:55:31,526 --> 05:55:37,526
modernizing needed on those. All right. City Manager. Well I

5078
05:55:37,933 --> 05:55:41,202
also want to just say welcome back. I hope all of you enjoyed

5079
05:55:41,202 --> 05:55:45,741
a little downtime over the last several weeks, although I know

5080
05:55:45,741 --> 05:55:52,280
it was still very busy for for most of you. Just a couple of

5081
05:55:52,280 --> 05:55:55,283
things. I want to highlight a couple of items that were on

5082
05:55:55,283 --> 05:55:58,820
the consent agenda that I think were noteworthy. Our law

5083
05:55:58,820 --> 05:56:01,756
enforcement forfeiture funds. We dedicate a pretty

5084
05:56:01,756 --> 05:56:05,227
significant portion of those each year to funding various

5085
05:56:05,227 --> 05:56:08,830
nonprofit agencies that are working in our community.

5086
05:56:08,830 --> 05:56:12,568
That's right around $140,000. That's going to help things

5087
05:56:12,568 --> 05:56:17,238
like the Boys and Girls Club, our Police Athletic League,

5088
05:56:17,238 --> 05:56:21,443
Hispanic Unity, you name it. So we have quite a it's just

5089
05:56:21,443 --> 05:56:25,460
noteworthy and a great source of help to those nonprofits.

5090
05:56:25,460 --> 05:56:29,451
Also, I would like to highlight that we had the Highland

5091
05:56:29,451 --> 05:56:33,470
Gardens Sidewalk Project. This is one of the projects that our

5092
05:56:33,470 --> 05:56:37,607
engineering team and DCM have been working on, and it is a

5093
05:56:37,607 --> 05:56:40,411
grant funded project. All of those grant funded projects you

5094
05:56:40,411 --> 05:56:44,147
have to get in the cycle early. It takes a long time, but it's

5095
05:56:44,147 --> 05:56:47,417
finally, you know, coming to fruition. And that's a

5096
05:56:47,417 --> 05:56:52,217
significant investment of about $720,000. So as you heard

5097
05:56:52,889 --> 05:56:56,494
earlier today, Deputy City Manager Adam Reichbach is going

5098
05:56:56,494 --> 05:57:01,231
to be doing behind the budget community meetings. Really,

5099
05:57:01,231 --> 05:57:05,369
this is an opportunity for our residents. We're trying we've

5100
05:57:05,369 --> 05:57:08,305
we've you know, we have budget hearings, and sometimes we

5101
05:57:08,305 --> 05:57:11,975
don't have a tremendous amount of participation from our

5102
05:57:11,975 --> 05:57:14,445
residents. But we do think it's very important that they

5103
05:57:14,445 --> 05:57:20,517
understand the budget. And and so Adam is going to be doing

5104
05:57:20,517 --> 05:57:25,923
three separate sessions for folks to attend, will be also

5105
05:57:25,923 --> 05:57:30,193
touching on the impacts of amendment three. But I think

5106
05:57:30,193 --> 05:57:33,530
this is really just hopefully what will become a standard

5107
05:57:33,530 --> 05:57:37,134
process for us, where we will try to get out into the

5108
05:57:37,134 --> 05:57:40,737
community to allow them to ask questions about the budget

5109
05:57:40,737 --> 05:57:43,807
process. So September 1st at the Hollywood Beach Culture and

5110
05:57:43,807 --> 05:57:46,944
Community Center at six, September 9th here at City Hall

5111
05:57:46,944 --> 05:57:50,147
at 6 p.m. and that one will be recorded. And then September

5112
05:57:50,147 --> 05:57:54,840
10th at the Boulevard Heights Community Center, again at 6

5113
05:57:54,840 --> 05:57:59,156
p.m. And then just if people do feel so inclined, after they've

5114
05:57:59,156 --> 05:58:01,426
learned about the budget to actually come and participate

5115
05:58:01,426 --> 05:58:05,963
in the hearings. Monday, September 14th, here at City

5116
05:58:05,963 --> 05:58:09,166
Hall is the first budget hearing that's at 6 p.m. The

5117
05:58:09,166 --> 05:58:13,104
second one is Wednesday, September 23rd at 6 p.m. and

5118
05:58:13,104 --> 05:58:17,774
that will be followed immediately by the CRA budget

5119
05:58:17,774 --> 05:58:22,779
hearing. As you heard earlier from Commissioner Quintana, the

5120
05:58:22,779 --> 05:58:26,850
collection of supplies is still underway by our fire Department

5121
05:58:26,850 --> 05:58:30,721
for the Columbia Earthquake Relief. Please go to the

5122
05:58:30,721 --> 05:58:36,126
website www.hollywood.org. There is a list there of the

5123
05:58:36,126 --> 05:58:40,630
priority needs. And really, you know, while we love all

5124
05:58:40,630 --> 05:58:44,670
donations, it really is most helpful if people take a moment

5125
05:58:44,670 --> 05:58:48,400
to look at that list and bring the things that are most needed.

5126
05:58:48,400 --> 05:58:52,409
And then finally, I want to actually, I have two more

5127
05:58:52,409 --> 05:58:55,346
things. Sorry, sorry, sorry. One is we heard earlier today

5128
05:58:55,346 --> 05:58:57,882
and this one's been sitting for a little while, so I apologize.

5129
05:58:57,882 --> 05:59:01,952
I got it right before the commission recess, and I just

5130
05:59:01,952 --> 05:59:05,880
want to take a moment. We get a lot of complaints, and

5131
05:59:05,880 --> 05:59:08,910
sometimes we don't really hear when we do things right. And so

5132
05:59:08,910 --> 05:59:11,495
from time to time, I'm going to try to share how much we

5133
05:59:11,495 --> 05:59:14,765
appreciate when we do get letters from folks saying that

5134
05:59:14,765 --> 05:59:18,634
we did something right. This was a letter to VIN Morello in

5135
05:59:18,634 --> 05:59:22,506
our utilities department. It was from a man who had reached

5136
05:59:22,506 --> 05:59:26,978
out. He had a problem that his water service that required his

5137
05:59:26,978 --> 05:59:30,513
water service to be cut off for a couple of hours. And he says

5138
05:59:30,513 --> 05:59:33,716
after the service trucks had left, I turned on my hose

5139
05:59:33,716 --> 05:59:36,720
spigot and found very dark water in the line that even

5140
05:59:36,720 --> 05:59:39,188
after what I thought was a reasonable amount of time,

5141
05:59:39,188 --> 05:59:42,580
still appeared cloudy. So I contacted your office. The

5142
05:59:42,580 --> 05:59:45,662
utilities office spoke to a very nice person named Danny,

5143
05:59:45,662 --> 05:59:49,266
who told me I would be contacted by a supervisor. Very

5144
05:59:49,266 --> 05:59:53,270
shortly thereafter, Supervisor Lucas Kelly was at my home and

5145
05:59:53,270 --> 05:59:55,738
explained to me how this condition is sometimes caused

5146
05:59:55,738 --> 05:59:58,942
by a valve that had not been operated in a long time. He

5147
05:59:58,942 --> 06:00:01,945
also offered to flush my line, and within a few minutes the

5148
06:00:01,945 --> 06:00:06,145
water was flowing again, perfectly clean. Supervisor

5149
06:00:06,149 --> 06:00:09,353
Kelly was so professional, professional, affable and such

5150
06:00:09,353 --> 06:00:12,889
a great representative of the city's workforce that I wanted

5151
06:00:12,889 --> 06:00:16,250
to share my experience with you. So we don't always hear when we

5152
06:00:16,250 --> 06:00:18,495
do things right, but we do appreciate our staff when

5153
06:00:18,495 --> 06:00:24,234
they're doing those things. And then finally, our CMD team has

5154
06:00:24,234 --> 06:00:28,572
won four Telly awards, the Telly Awards honor excellence

5155
06:00:28,572 --> 06:00:32,776
in video and television production across all screens

5156
06:00:32,776 --> 06:00:35,312
across the city. And I think they're coming out with a

5157
06:00:35,312 --> 06:00:41,912
couple of the tellys. So Nikki is our chief videographer, and

5158
06:00:46,122 --> 06:00:52,595
Ray Macaluso also is a very capable videographer in our CMD

5159
06:00:52,595 --> 06:00:57,668
team. The team won two silver trophies and two bronze

5160
06:00:57,668 --> 06:01:01,868
trophies for our Aerospace economic development commercial.

5161
06:01:01,938 --> 06:01:05,876
Our fire recruitment promotional video and the

5162
06:01:05,876 --> 06:01:09,347
Centennial celebration. So we certainly want to congratulate

5163
06:01:09,347 --> 06:01:15,947
them for some excellent work. Thank you. And that is all.

5164
06:01:19,556 --> 06:01:22,693
Well, that is great. I was looking to see if I could find

5165
06:01:22,693 --> 06:01:25,763
a great email from a resident who was appreciative of a crew

5166
06:01:25,763 --> 06:01:28,698
from Public Works that came timely and quickly to remove a

5167
06:01:28,698 --> 06:01:31,768
tree that had fallen into the roadway. It was a glowing email

5168
06:01:31,768 --> 06:01:36,173
that I sent and shared with with with Joe Kroll and team.

5169
06:01:36,173 --> 06:01:39,377
But certainly we hear a lot of good things too. So I know

5170
06:01:39,377 --> 06:01:42,313
sometimes we all get the beat down and it's deflating and it

5171
06:01:42,313 --> 06:01:44,581
should be uplifting, and sometimes it's deflating, but

5172
06:01:44,581 --> 06:01:47,385
that's what we have to overcome. And also, you know, know that

5173
06:01:47,385 --> 06:01:50,254
we do great things. And sometimes we do hear it from

5174
06:01:50,254 --> 06:01:53,189
people who are so appreciative. And that helps motivate you to

5175
06:01:53,189 --> 06:01:55,591
keep going forward. So thank you all so much. Let's keep

5176
06:01:55,591 --> 06:01:56,000
rocking Hollywood. This meeting is