[Captioner present]
>> Everybody ready?
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the greatest show on Earth.
The lighthouse point regular city commission meeting
of August 11th, 2026.
Mayor, Please do the invocation.
>> Please bow your head.
Heavenly father as we gather here this evening
to transact the business of the city, we ask for your guidance
so that our actions reflect what is
best for our entire community.
Help us to keep an open mind so we can listen to others in order
to make informed decisions on the matters before us.
Please remind us to be honest and fair.
We ask that you can show your wisdom, strength
and grace on our city officials, staff members and residents
who work together for the people of West Point.
We ask you to remind us to treat everyone
with dignity respect and patience and justice.
We ask for your protection and guidance for our country
and the citizens of Lighthouse Point.
In your name we pray.
Amen.
>> We're going to call the meeting to order and say
the Pledge of Allegiance.
>>I pledge allegiance the flag of the States of America
and the Republic for it stands, one nation God, indivisible,
with liberty justice for all.
>> Good job.
Madam clerk, roll call, please.
>>
[Roll call]
>> Thank you, everybody.
We Have several presentations and proclamations.
We're going to start with the Library Summer Readers.
>> These were some of the kids that participated in the library
summer readings.
Last Year we had 70 kids.
This year we had 110.
Last year They read 702 books.
This year they read 1542.
[Applause] You're going to notice
there's a few people that have stuffies.
They were our top readers.
[Applause]
[Background conversation]
[Applause]
[Background conversation]
[Applause]
>> And all of the kids look at that camera right there.
>> I'll just say one quick thing here.
I want to congratulate you guys on an amazing job of reading.
I'll tell you that it takes commitment.
We're so fortunate here at the city of Lighthouse Point
to have our own city library and have our own children reading.
I really want to thank all of the staff.
[Applause] Congratulations.
Thank you, parents!
[Applause]
>> Thank you to the library who sponsored all of the dinosaur
toys.
[Ambient conversation]
>> Good job, boys and girls.
We're going to move on to the recognition of the girls
baseball MVP, which is Lexssa Link and Parker Van Buskirk.
>> Good evening, commissioners.
Just to give you a little background.
We unfortunately were not able to get an older division
for a girls softball this year.
We just didn't have enough players in either.
We had two girls that decided they
were going to step up and be part of the baseball
team for this year.
We did not want to go with them unnoticed.
So We have Parker Van Buskirk and Lexssa Link.
I really enjoyed coaching Alexa and Parker this year.
They were both so much fun to coach.
They listened, competed and were absolutely fearless
on the field.
One of my favorite parts was watching
them play along the boys and chuckling
when they outplayed them.
We all know that stepping up onto the field
with a bunch of boys takes a little extra courage,
and they sure showed it.
In other words it didn't just play baseball with us this year,
they made the team better.
They set a standard for how the game should
be played with heart, toughness and no excuses.
Thank you both for being an awesome-- having
an awesome season.
It was a pleasure having you both on the team.
I'm excited to see what the future holds for you both.
Best of luck.
Keep playing with the same heart and confidence.
>> I'll pretend like I'm handing it out to you guys.
I think it's important-- we didn't have enough girls
for our older girls softball--
Which is unfortunate.
As you go about your travels and you
hear someone that wants to play, please send them our way.
We would definitely love to have a league this year.
Without further ado, and what you forgot to mention
is that I got to be their coach. (Indiscernible)--
they are not only good athletes, but good teammates.
They don't take any kind of crap from any of the boys over there.
Can I look at it this way.
When it came down to it in the championship game
This last year, the people that came over
with the biggest hits on our team
were those two girls.-- more importantly their attitude
with their teammates.
A leader is the most important part
of what we try to do here in-- they build young men
and women into the future.
Parker, Lexssa, Congratulations.
It was awesome coaching both of you.
I love you both.
Thank you very much.
[Applause]
>> Do you guys want to say anything?
>> We'll miss you.
We're looking forward to seeing what your future holds.
Not only on the field but off the field.
>> Moving on.
It's also going to recognize the Cooperstown semifinalists, LHP
Mariners.
[Applause]
>> Ask these guys are falling in, we're really proud that
we've been able to select a team to go.
We have an anonymous donor that sponsors this team
to go up from Miles point.
This is our third year in a row.
When we were thinking about a coach,
I had to think about my childhood friend, Danny
Horkheimer, to step up to the plate.
His dad was my softball coach.
And I used him often.
And when I speak to my coaches every season
saying that I remember his dad being
out there with a smile on his face, always
a positive attitude, laughing and joking around with the kids.
I still remember that to this day.
I just love to see that we had Danny
out there being a representation because I know
he would do an amazing job.
I'm going to give him the mic to talk about these boys.
[Applause]
>> On behalf of LHP Mariners team, as coaches,
the awesome families they're.
Thank you so much to Steve Liles point, the donors and everybody.
We appreciate these boys.
It's the ultimate dream to go to the Mecca of baseball,
Cooperstown, all star village.
These 12 young men, you get the opportunity for them to do it.
And we had the time of our lives.
A few things real quick.
The success of our team wasn't just about individuals.
We had one player hit a walk off grand slam to win the game.
We had one player that hit eight home runs in nine games.
One player got a line drive, one hopper
and threw him out from center field.
Another player had two diving catches
in one inning in the outfield.
One got knocked over a second -- double plays.
This guys was a trooper catching the ball.
We may or may not have had a player--
for everybody did their job.
It was awesome.
So proud of them.
The families, grandparents and siblings, you all
brought the-- give your parents a round of applause.
[Applause] I was blessed with having these three
guys to help coach the team.
I couldn't have done it without you guys.
Just awesome.
Thank you so much.
It was a team effort, and we couldn't
have done it without you three helping me out.
Real quick.
There's 12 fields.
There's a little bit of downtime.
While we're doing that downtime is watching the games.
What we do is have a person on our team
who plays the Michael Jackson music real loud.
These guys will never forget.
There was 94 teams total.
We actually play Team Australia.
How cool was that?
We beat them.
We had so much fun .
That's pretty impressive.
[Applause] As a token of our appreciation,
we want to give this awesome parks and recreation
director, Becky Ward.
She is the best.
Love her so much.
I've known her since I was this tall.
You've done a great job.
Thank you so much for allowing us to play
and us coaches to do this.
We're going to give you a little token of appreciation here.
That's our team photo.
Last thing is we have all of our players,
and we have our team pins.
Can everybody give the commissioners, the mayors
and the staff here a team pin?
Thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
What do you guys say?
[Applause]
>> (Indiscernible) I definitely want to thank the four of you
for putting this together.
And like I said before, we are super fortunate that they've
donated it again for next year.
[Applause] Thanks a lot, guys!
Let's get a good picture.
Come on up front, please.
>> One last time.
>> Moving on to recognition of police officer Bob Stebbins
for 20 years of service.
[Applause] First, this is Bob.
And more importantly, I tell everybody 20 years
is an accomplishment in one place.
In today's world and the police department,
it's really a lifetime.
Here in Lighthouse point, you have amazing residents
that truly respect and care and love the police department.
More importantly, it's tough to guard every day.
You don't know what the situation holds in front of you.
You don't know what you're going to encounter.
You don't know how to take certain things that
happen when residents are upset or not upset.
And I have known Bob for over ten years now.
I continuously see him with a smile on his face.
Big arms and a nice, firm handshake.
Him and I both had the same injury at the same time.
He had his shoulder-- but more importantly
he has a passion for the job.
He has a passion for lighthouse point.
And it shows throughout every day.
20 years is an amazing accomplishment.
I'm gonna take it over to Jack.
You continue to exemplify what the men and women of Lighthouse
Point represent --
>> Mayor, and I echo everything you just said.
Bob is the type of officer you want to come to your house
if you have a problem.
He is an informal leader.
He has probably the best communication
skills of many officers.
He just knows how to speak to people and calm the situation.
De-escalate the situation.
He's a mentor to new officers on how to communicate properly
with individuals.
I'm so proud to have Bob with our team.
Congratulations!
[Applause]
>> All right, last but certainly not least,
I'd like To invite Marty Kiar, Broward County property
appraiser.
>> I'd really appreciate it.
I love this city.
It has been the happiest 20 minutes I've had all day.
It's pretty fantastic.
And I have to tell you, every single person I've ever
met that works for the city has always
had a smile on their face.
They're so nice and so friendly.
They're so happy.
I think it's a testament to the great work
that this city does for the people of this community.
I also want to thank you all for your great service.
Lighthouse point is awesome.
I was just telling Abby this or somebody
that I never met somebody at Lighthouse Point that dislikes
living in Lighthouse Point.
I actually -- I wanted to quickly give you an update
as to where Lighthouse Point is right now when it comes
to your property values, and also with regard to what
it's doing when it comes to your property.
So to give you an idea if you took
all the commercial and residential property right now
in Lighthouse Point and if you sold it in the open market
last year you ever got it right about $6.5 billion.
That's a pretty big number.
Fast forward one year, there's been
a 1.3 increase in its market value
to right about $6.6 billion.
The more important number, the taxable value
that's the value that you're going to be utilizing.
You're going to set your -- in 2025,
the taxable value was about $4.069 billion.
Fast forward one year, there's been a 6.1% increase
in taxable value right about to $4.317 billion
and to put that in perspective, if you keep your millage rate,
which last year was 4.4207, I think
that's your proposed millage rate for this year,
you'll get an additional $1.09 million
more this year than last year.
And that's really not being paid for by the majority
of your homes --
you just put a good amount of new taxable value
on the tax roll that's actually bringing
in that additional revenue.
There are 34,545 homesteaders of properties here in Lighthouse
Point.
You have 239 seniors who receive a pretty significant reduction
for being low income seniors.
They have 15 long term, low income seniors
that pay no property taxes to the city of Lighthouse
Point or the County Commission.
You have 366 widowers who live here on Lighthouse Point.
You also have 42 American heroes totally permanently disabled
veterans that made Lighthouse Point -- and they paid no taxes.
And you actually have one totally
permanently disabled first responder who
pays no property taxes as well.
A couple of other interesting numbers.
If the average sale price for a single family home right now
in Lighthouse Point is about $2,095,000,
that's a pretty significant number.
The median is a little bit less.
It's about $1.3 million.
What's interesting about that is the median taxable value is
about $660,000, which is much less than the median sale price.
They love lighthouse and they never want to leave.
And the last is you have a significant amount
of condominium parcels here in Lighthouse Point.
The average sale price is about $254,000.
Very similar to what it was last year.
The average taxable value is right around $133,000.
They come here and they're protected by the home assessment
clause.
The value doesn't go up a whole lot.
What I really came to talk about was something
that was very important.
This is what you all asked me to speak about.
And I very much appreciate it, which
is really about them text amendment
for the people of the state of Florida to vote for or against.
For the residents, how it impacts Lighthouse Point
and Broward County, let me just let people know how we got here.
You may recall more than a year ago
some random person from North Florida got very upset
about the property taxes.
They basically tweeted property taxes are horrific.
We gotta get rid of them.
And it just so happens that governor Desantis saw that tweet
and retweeted it.
And when the governor retweets something--
They decided to do a study and they
said if you get rid of all property
taxes, what does that mean for the state of Florida?
Everything.
It'll about to $60 billion of local government,
and that money funds things like police, fires, schools,
roads bridges, parks libraries, other things
that we know locally.
And if you're going to take 55 to $60 billion
away that's one of those things, we still need those things.
How do you replace the money?
And they said you have to have an income tax, which
thank God we'll never have.
Or you have to increase the sales tax up
to 12%, possibly 13 or 15%.
In South Florida we have a higher cost of living.
And what they decided to do was pull the likely voters
to Florida.
And when it comes to property taxes,
the Constitution needs to be amended.
And to be amended more than 60% of the people voting
have to be in favor of it and that's the new law.
They basically said, would you support
getting rid of all property taxes
and increasing the sales tax to the amount
that I just mentioned?
And overwhelming, the people of Florida said it was a bad idea.
About 70% of the people said it was a bad idea.
All political parties said it was a bad idea.
When that happened, the conversation
changed a little bit from eliminating all property taxes
to focusing on homestead property taxes only.
And as you know from June one to June 3rd,
the Florida Legislature met in a special session where they
placed the proposed amendment on the ballot in November
for the people to vote for or against.
And here's what the amendment doesn't do.
It doesn't apply to schools.
And so no matter what, people will always
pay property taxes to schools.
The second thing it doesn't do is
it doesn't hold public safety harmless.
And what that means is if local government is impacted
negatively by this amendment, nothing
is safe from being cut here's what it does.
What it does is it basically says in order to qualify,
you have to be a resident of Florida by January 1st 2027.
If not you have to wait five years, and during that time
you'll be under the current existing homestead exemption.
It also says if you're a resident of Broward County
or Lighthouse Point or the state of Florida,
on January 1st of 2027, you'll get $150,000 exemption.
What that really means is right now the homestead exemption
is 5000.
What this really does is increase to 250,000.
It then says in 2028, that $150,000 exemption will then get
raised from 150 to a $250,000 exemption to be applied to all
taxing authorities, and then it basically gets a little bit
vague.
Where it basically says the legislature may possibly,
it could if it wants ultimately do a schedule
to eliminate all homesteaded property
taxes except for the school portion of the tax bill.
What I wanted to do was take the boarding of the amendment
and apply it to the 2025 tax year.
And I used that year because that was the year that we had
all of the military -- we had all the values and we knew
exactly how much money every taxing authority in Broward
County took in, and we also know what the savings would have been
for the property owner and the physical impacts each of those
taxing authorities.
That's what I have here.
What I was hoping to do is start with this one.
So this deals with the Broward County Commission.
As you can see, if a person-- there were 424,899 homestead
of parcels.
If this was in effect, if everybody had hundred
and $50,000 homestead exemption on the property.
The average savings countywide Would be right around 1,104. --
you do have $150,000 of value that you pay taxes on.
You would save right around $1,325.
The county's commission itself in 2025
levied about $1.8 billion in property taxes.
If this was in effect they would have levied about $1.6 billion.
So about $150 million less than what they.
It would have been about 10.8% difference.
Lighthouse point so far at the beginning
it's going to be affected a little less
than the counties as a whole because the homes here
are valued higher than the county on average.
As you can see, with a 150,000 homestead exemption,
Lighthouse Point is 3591 homesteads of parcels.
If this was in effect, the average savings were property --
if you would do that, you would save around --
if this was in effect, you would have levied about $17.6 million.
About $1.4 million less than what you levied.
It's about a 7.7% decrease.
And what I would like to do is on each one of these increases,
I'd like to highlight a couple of cities.
Cities that are always in contrast to each other, higher
value properties, they are a little bit
different than cities with almost all homestead
and no commercial.
In this situation, the two cities
that are in contrast to each other
is Pembroke Park and Tamarac.
Pembroke Park is barely ever impacted.
It's basically a mobile home community
with very few homesteaded properties.
As you can see with $150,000 exemption,
they will lose right around 0.9% of what they collect in property
taxes.
That's a negligible amount that they can easily make up.
Tamarack has a lot of homesteaded properties,
not a whole lot of commercial properties.
They will lose about 22.3% of what they
collected in property taxes.
The next thing I wanted to bring up is what happens in 2028?
Now in 2028 that 150,000 homestead exemption gets raised
to hundred and $50,000 to be applied to all taxing
authorities by the--
Broward County is 424,899 homestead of parcels.
If this was in effect, the average savings
per property owner would be 1879 because not everybody has--
the County Commission levied about $1.8 billion
in property taxes.
If this was in effect they would have levied about $1.47 billion.
About $330 million less than what they levied.
So they would have left about an 18.5% decrease.
Lighthouse point isn't impacted as great because you
have much more value here in your homes overall,
and the county does on average the attack.
So in Lighthouse point, you have 3591 homesteads at parcels.
If it was in effect, the average Savings
would be-- if this was in effect,
you would have levied about $16.3 million.
About $2.7 million less than what you levied.
It's a 14.3% decrease.
The two cities that are in contrast
to each other a city in Pembroke Park.
I think I saw the mayor who's right over there,
and Pembroke Park is barely impacted.
Pembroke Park would lose about 1.2%
of what he collected in property taxes.
Cooper City which has a whole lot of homesteaded properties
and not a lot of commercial will lose about 34.5%
of what it collected in property taxes.
The last one I wanted to bring up before --
what may possibly happen.
I may -- the language is a little bit vague about
what's going to occur.
It basically says that after --
>> Some would say the Constitution is vague.
>> You are 100% right.
This is where it gets vague in the language.
It basically says that after the $250,000 exemption,
the legislature may possibly do some type of schedule
to potentially eliminate all homestead property taxes,
except for the school portion of the tax bill.
And this is one where Lighthouse Point really is impacted.
Let me explain.
Before we go there, Broward County Commission is 424,899
homestead properties.
If all property taxes were eliminated
for taxing authorities for the school board,
the average would be 348 the County Commission levied--
about $636 million less than what they levied.
So it would Be about a 35.3% decrease.
The reason why Lighthouse Point is really impacted
is because you have high value properties where people
pay a lot of money in their property taxes
on their assessed value.
There are 3591 homestead properties here
in Lighthouse Point.
The average savings is pretty large.
It's about $8,327, but as you can see, if this was in effect,
lighthouse point would have led--
to about $11.2 million less-- if it's okay,
the two cities that are very much in stark districts--
Pembroke Park and Parkland.
Which is a pure bedroom community, all homesteaded,
will lose about 75.5% of what it collected in Texas.
But I do think it's important to note
is you know what your public safety budget is.
Parkland is about 55%.
You lose 75% of what you collect,
you still owe 55% for that.
The math is kind of weird.
That's where something would have to occur.
The last part that I wanted to talk about
before I answer any questions is what's
not getting a whole lot of coverage
but it's still part of the amendment.
Because even though most people are focusing
on the homesteaded portion of it, and so is the news media,
there's also a portion for non-homestead properties.
So currently under Florida law, all Non-homestead properties
cannot go up more than 10% a year,
except for the school portion of the tax bill.
Even if your market value goes up 50 or 60%,
the value tax sign -- this would drop the 10% cap to 5% that
basically sets the value cannot go more than 5%,
except for the school portion of the tax bill.
Countywide, there are 298,191 non homesteaded parcels
in the county.
Those are all commercial residential
that's not homesteaded.
The county commission collected about $1.8 billion in taxes.
If this was in effect, they would
have collected about $1.777 billion in taxes,
about $26 million less than what they collected about at 1.5%
decrease.
Lighthouse Point is not impacted as great as the county.
Lighthouse Point would have lost about $187,000,
about a 1% decrease.
That's the full amendment that's actually
going to be on the ballot.
And its impact on the county and Lighthouse point.
I want to thank you all for giving me the opportunity
to speak about it because what I've been doing,
I'll be honest with you.
I haven't taken a public position on.
The reason being is because I do feel
like I'm the guy that just has the numbers.
And I think it's important to provide all the numbers
to the people on Broward County so they can make the best
vote possible, both the savings for property owner
and the fiscal impact to all of the government, which
is exceptionally important.
With that said, if you have any questions,
it would be my pleasure if I sound a little tired,
I'm so sorry.
I had about five cups of coffee about three hours ago
and I'm starting to come down from.
I appreciate you all having me here.
And I really do appreciate the great work that you do.
I was telling Abby, one of my best friends at one point
was the finance director for Lighthouse Point.
So he would give me a really good insight
into the inner workings of Lighthouse Point.
And I have to tell you that the way he would speak
about your staff, the work that you do, I actually
believe this is one of the best run of all of our 31 cities.
Don't tell the other 30 cities I said that.
It is so well done.
I very much appreciate it.
>> Any questions?
>> The drop from 10 to 5, that's all Non-homestead --
that's commercial and Non-homestead residential?
>> Everything that's not exempt.
They would all be residential that's not homesteaded
and all commercial as well.
The only ones that wouldn't apply to, except properties
and things of that nature. --
Churches, exempt properties.
>> Do you have any insight?
Still see dropping it from 10 to 5, it reduces the revenue.
It just won't be as dramatic.
>> You're 100% right.
With regard to the current 10% cap and 5% cap,
more money is still going to be coming in,
just not as good as it would have been.
It's going to be very interesting let's
see what happens in November.
The one thing I do tell people, which I think is important,
amending the Constitution is a very big deal.
Personally, if somebody in public office that you think
may not be doing the greatest job,
you could put somebody else in that office.
You amend the Constitution there for perpetuity,
and that's why it's a very hard thing to do.
I'm hoping that every single resident in the state of Florida
that's likely to vote does their research
and votes the best way possible.
The only thing I've learned as well
is not a partisan issue at all.
I've talked to Democrats Republicans and people
on all sides, and it's going to be a very interesting.
I think it's more just an individual vote as to what
people think is best for them.
Just one of the things if it's okay,
and it's been tried in other places.
And I think it's fascinating it shows it's not partisan.
North Dakota actually tried to eliminate all property taxes
in 2024.
North Dakota is a pretty red place.
It's even redder than Florida.
I think Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris by about 34 points
in North Dakota.
At the same time, the amendment to eliminate all property taxes
only received about 35, 36% of the vote.
I think it's going to be a very interesting vote,
it's an individual.
Thank you for having me today.
Anything I can ever do.
Just let me know.
>> Do any residents have any questions?
can you come down to give your name for the record?
>> I want to tell you this is awesome.
Very few places I've ever been to in the City Commission where
the commission actually says, would the residents
like to ask a question.
That is fantastic.
>> Bob Clampett, resident of Lighthouse Point since 2018
and Broward County property owner since 1971.
A couple of questions.
The young people in Broward are having a hard time
affording to buy a house.
Are there any local or state initiatives that
are in the hopper that you know of that
might be able to give these young people a break?
Because once you put insurance and the property taxes
onto a mortgage, a lot of these people
can't even qualify that normally would.
That's a long term resident, somebody that grew up here,
what are you doing, what is the state doing, what
is the county commission doing to help these people?
>> That's such a great question.
Thank you so much.
It's something I worry about all the time.
I have two daughters.
They are 17 and 14 .
I love them so much.
And one thing I worry about is when
they're ready to buy a home, they
won't be able to afford a home, and they're gonna move.
That is a very cost prohibitive place--
that is one area where I think people do need tax relief.
Because you've been a long term profiteer,
and you've bought a home in 2016, as soon as you buy your--
the taxes are astronomical.
Unfortunately right now, there really
isn't anything you can do in the Florida law.
What we do is if somebody buys a home, we reach out to them.
We try to make sure they get all the current exemptions that
are there, whether it's a homestead exemption or anything
else.
If they want to sit down and we'll
go through the property with them,
and we'll see if they overpaid or if it's not
reflective with other sales in the area.
Any way we can try to bring it down a little bit.
It is very hard for them.
I do know there are some cities every once in a while that
would have certain incentives.
Usually they can be income based.
There's really not a whole lot available for them.
And I appreciate that.
One thing that I think is important,
whether this passes or not, a lot of people
actually don't know what happens to their property taxes
when they buy their home.
Because if somebody bought your home, you've been in your home
for 40 years--
2018.
If somebody bought your home, that first year, they're
gonna get the same text that you're gonna get,
which is probably going to be a very manageable text
but overall.
And what happens is the year after, that's
when they get their new tax bill based on their purchase price.
The one thing we try to do, especially for younger people
is we try to direct them to their tax estimator
so they really understand what's going
to be the tax implications of their property,
so they can really make sure they can afford it.
That was a great question.
I wish I had a better direct answer to you of how
we can help them, but there are very few ways
right now under the law.
Great question.
>> Any other questions?
>> This is like the best ever.
I love this.
>> 2015 Northeast 39th Street.
Your projections are based on 2025 property values.
This is not taken to presumption that right now property values
are-- sale prices is more of a buyer's market.
If the amendment were to pass, then we
could assume that property taxes were
to be potentially lower if property sales go down.
Does that make sense?
>> Lisa, you make a very good point.
The one thing that's certain about property
is it's in certain.
And it basically you're the year values go up and down.
And the way that works is January 1st,
what we call our date of assessment,
when you're in November, the tax bill comes out.
It's what-- other times you can have a crash.
It can make it go way down.
This year, for the most part values
are going up for the most part.
Not as dramatically as before, but they're
leveling out a little bit.
But you could have, in 2026 when we look at all the numbers,
because it doesn't take effect until 2027.
And I don't know if this is the case.
Let's say we see a decline in property values.
Then you are right.
Next year will not only be less money coming in because
of the exemption, but the assessed value
could go down as well.
It all depends.
Does that help answer your question?
It's a great question.
>> Any other questions?
>> Mike was Dizzy, president of Lighthouse Point since 1996.
I just want to say thank you very much for being here today.
I will tell you this, very rarely do I
write government officials.
[Laughter] It's an inside joke.
But just to let you know that when I have written you,
it's great to know that the service level that both you,
personal emails that you can get from Mardhekar
and also for your, it's been fantastic.
Just keep up the great work.
Just a quick question on protection.
Do you have anything that you could at least enlighten
people on regards to that?
>> That actually makes me feel so good.
A few years ago I wanted to answer 10,000 emails very bad.
On December 31st, I was 9999.
Nobody wanted to email me, so I emailed myself and got the ten
000.
Unfortunately, South Florida is the title Fraud capital
of the world.
It's the capital of the because you have criminals,
and what they do is they walk into a recording divisions,
they file fake deeds on people's properties
and they take those deeds, and they extort people for money.
Well we wanted to do a few years ago was basically
give people the opportunity to be notified if somebody did that
to them.
So we found we did a fantastic thing called owner alert.
It's a notification program that lets
people know if somebody changes the title to the property.
Anybody can sign up, in Lighthouse Point
has been a great partner in helping people sign up here.
If anybody wants to sign up, they go to our website at. .net
they type in their name.
They type in their email address.
And if anybody tries to file a deed in their property,
whether it's legitimate or not, they'll
be notified instantaneously by email, text message.
It's free to the public.
All the information we collect is
exempt from public disclosure.
We've had almost 380,000 property owners so far.
I believe if I'm remembering, 68% of Lighthouse points
have signed up, which I think is really great.
Along those lines when we started this program,
I started getting emails and phone calls from residents.
And somebody just changed the title to my property,
but I didn't do it.
And I got more and more.
I realized how big of a deal it was.
I came up with the idea.
I wanted to work with law enforcement
and put people in jail who do this.
So I got the approval from the state of Florida
to be able to have what I call crimes against my property to.
We then entered an agreement with the Sheriff's office where
Sheriff -- to Florida Department of--- we also work with FBI
and other police forces throughout the county
and our job is to find people that steal people's properties
and put them in jail.
And we've had more than a thousand
individual criminal cases.
We've had hundreds of convictions.
And we work with the court system
to get properties back to people in a cost efficient manner
and I'll just give you one quick example.
Just to show people what these people will do.
There's one case, which I'm really proud of.
And I'll bring it up because my legal counsel is here.
She was my witness in it.
That's Mila Schwartz rich.
She's a great lawyer.
There was one case where there was
a man that Stole a senior's home in Limerick.
And you have to understand the people
that they prey upon are usually the most vulnerable people.
Stole the seniors home Stole the seniors life savings.
Did some terrific things.
He decided to go to a.
The jury found him guilty unanimously.
Then he walked up to the judge, who Was Judge Odom.
And he said, when do I come back from my sentencing?
And he said you have about 15 seconds.
And he gave him 15 years.
That's how the sentences are getting.
And I'm happy because they pick on the most vulnerable people.
Typical seniors.
They pick on people with disabilities.
And my goal is to make sure they work hard
and make sure they spend it very long time in prison.
Thank you so much for asking that question and to make
a long winded statement, if anybody in lighthouse--
I also want to thank you all because you allow us
all the time to have our staff here
as well, which has made it so convenient for the public.
>> Fourth Monday.
>> It's so helpful.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate that.
The one thing about my job is you get
to help a whole lot of people.
The most difficult thing is you don't always-- you
get to help everybody you know you can't help.
When a city allows you to be here and have your staff here.
You're actually helping me reach people
I can't reach out on my own.
So I want to thank you all so much for that.
>> Any other questions?
>> Shelly Campbell, 1920 Northeast 29th Street pier
my question is for the Commissioner.
What is the city's plan to offset the shortfall in revenue
of this amendment passes?
What is the city going to do to maintain that?
>> I will start with this.
I will echo what Marty says.
The fact that we have run a very conservative fiscal city
since we've been in existence.
And we continuously have the best staff
and we stay competitive at the highest
round we don't have first time home buyer exemptions
and we don't have a lot of these things.
We don't give out money to charities
and we do very little of that stuff.
With that being said over the last couple of years,
we have taken the money in the revenue that's increased
and we have really dumped it back in our infrastructure.
As we continuously dump it back in our infrastructure,
I tell people all the time that the cost of living
may be 3 or 4% and the tax revenue is definitely coming in.
The projects that we're doing have gone up year
over year, 25%.
Well we built the bridge Four in 2022. $3.9 million
is now going to be run here in 2027.
Somewhere around $7.5 million.
The city of Lighthouse Point is also a big page --
I believe what you see around here
and when you look at the library,
you look at the police and the fire.
You look at the unsung heroes here at Public Works
and you look at our recreational departments.
You look at all of the departments.
And these people have to get paid
so we need a good finance department
and we need a great leader.
We need legal and city clerks.
You cannot pay them substandard wages and expect the best
service.
With that being said, you will definitely
see our goals looking at what we will
see whether it's 150 or 250.
150 would be the elimination of a lot of long term capital
improvement projects we've delayed from 20 years ago.
250 star would definitely -- it's hard to say when you look
at what's important, I get everybody says police and fire?
They became an unprotected aspect of it.
Everybody thinks police and fire will stay the same.
They are not protected.
It's hard to say that we're going to go ahead and cut down--
get rid of a public library or public works pier
it's going to be collective across the board.
The assessments will be part of it.
And I remind people that those are not tax exempt either.
You cannot write those off on your taxes.
That's unfortunate--
you can't assess for certain things.
The assessment for fire is only used for fire assessment.
I would say as you look at it, there's
a conversation of what Marty was mentioning.
Some of the money, whether they would raise sales tax
or how they would have an off site-- folks that
don't know here, for the last four years
have had a lobbyist and we've gone to Tallahassee
and asked for money because we put a lot of money
into the coffers, and we don't get a lot back
for the city of lighthouse point.
I remind residents when you see your textbook,
21.2% of the bill that you pay comes to Lighthouse Point Pier
everything else goes somewhere else.
So if your tax bill is $10,000, we're not getting $10,000.
This year we had roughly two and a half, $3 million
worth of appropriations.
So when the money's up in Tallahassee, your project,
your appropriations, your needs and wants.
Sometimes-- a really little fishing in a really big pond.
I stress about it every night.
That's why I'm looking like this.
If not I'd have Jason's hair.
>> I'm getting gray.
>> I'm the one thing I forgot to mention.
The court did rule recently that they
have to-- all of that really means
is the way the law works it was written,
so the Attorney general was supposed to redo the language.
It's still going to be on the ballot.
It will be in different format.
The language will be a little different
than what's currently there.
>> She's behind.
>> Hello.
Good to see you.
The, you have my address on record.
So when the lieutenant governor was here a couple of weeks ago.
He mentioned that in Tallahassee there's a surplus of funds
and that they would be weeded out accordingly
if CDs were in need.
And then a couple of weeks later, our appropriations
did not come through.
I realize that's a different thing that he's talking about.
My question is about the ballot language.
Is there anything in the ballot that
talks about money coming down from Tallahassee
and how that gets appropriated to according to me, whoever's
the best friends up there?
Is there anything in the ballot protecting residents
to make sure that lighthouse would
get the same appropriations?
>> Great questions.
The answer is no.
The thing is, when the governor had
proposed his plans to the legislature,
it had a trust fund in there.
And what the governor had advocated
for was that the trust fund would be utilized by the-- it
would be utilized to help fiscally constrained counties.
For example, Lighthouse Point ultimately lost
6% of its revenue.-- it took out the trust fund
because the support wasn't there for it
so right now when you look at the plain wording of it,
it doesn't show how any revenue will be allocated.
One thing I think is such a good question
because I was thinking about this as you were talking.
There are more than 400 some our throughout the state of Florida
and there are 67 counties.
Every county and every city can just do different things.
Depending on who's elected in those areas.
Some counties and some cities say, we have a level of service.
Service is very important.
We want to fund everything the way it is.
Maybe it will increase fees, millage rates and do
all kinds of different things.
Others say that people voted for a tax help.
We're just going to cut.
So it will be all over the place.
It's almost like a mortgage sport.
I want to bring it up because nobody really
knows what's going to happen with that.
Great question.
Thank you for that.
>> Anybody else?
>> Can I jump on one more thing?
I want to commend you all because it's not
easy to get an appropriation all the way to the government,
whether the governor signs it or vetoes it in the budget.
It's a very hard process.
I was in the legislature for six years.
Everybody wants money.
They did every single state representative and state senator
to bring stuff back to the communities,
and everybody's fighting for it and the fact
that you all were able to get appropriations up,
it's pretty impressive feat. think it's pretty commendable.
Thank you.
[Applause]
>> Moving on, we now have public comments requests from
the floor. have an open there with our property If anybody
would to come up and address an issue.
Come forward and state your name and address and will you be
given three minutes to speak.
Anybody coming forward?
I'm not seeing anybody.
>> Come on up.
>> I'm David Mangold.
I live in 4001, Northeast 27th terrace.
I thought a lot the sidewalk issue I
on the west The sidewalks going to go on the east side.
I assume there's quite traffic study done.
I have lived in my home since 1998.
28 years.
I have children that were born in that house and raised.
The traffic has been horrendous every day for years and years.
The police hardly ever come there
to check people with their radar gun or whatever for speeding.
They Finally put in two speed bumps which works a little bit.
They speed between speed bumps from 39
to the first speed bump in front of my house
to the next speed bump.
It seemed they drove even faster coming back
after having a lunch, or a cocktail or a beer.
We're lucky that no kids have ever been hurt or killed
on that street.
So what I'm getting at is the traffic study
was done, which I don't know about.
So they think pedestrians walking their dogs or whatever
would be safer on a sidewalk, which has some merits to it.
The reason the sidewalk is thought about
is because maybe it's a requirement of the yacht club
and their plans to make the community safer
for people driving to and from the yacht club.
I don't know how many cars, new cars are going to be there
when all of these condos are built.
It's going to be significant.
And when they build a new restaurant,
the yacht club members will be coming and coming.
I have thoughts and wondered all along,
a parallel street east of us is called Northeast 30th Avenue.
And that goes right in-- it could go right
into the Yacht club.
I would think that it would be very wise to share the burden
off of my street by having 27th terrace for the traffic
into the yacht club, 30th Avenue out.
One way in, one way out.
If there's no requirements by the city to have 30th cut
through, remove one of the tennis courts,
and its into the parking lot.
That seems pretty wise to me.
>> Thank you very much for bringing it to our attention.
>> Can you tell me, what's a traffic study done on 27th?
>> Yes.
>> And is there a requirement by the Yacht Club to have
a sidewalk?
>> It's in their development agreement.
>> And has there been any discussion or decisions about
utilizing Northeast 30th avenue?
I think one way in and one way out would be perfect.
Are both ways in and both ways out,
because there is people that would choose to use 30th versus
27th terrace.
>> The development that was done over the last eight years.
The development itself came back with what the design is,
which is an in and out on 27th terrace.
>> The guy you gotta talk to is back there if he wants to change
it.
It might be a tough list at this point.
>> The city can orchestrate anything.
Why not?
>> Because we have already passed and approved the site
plan several years ago.
>> In addition to the sidewalks, there's a provision that
requires them to do permanent traffic-- which would include--
(Indiscernible) -- the narrowing of the street,
the addition of the striping and the added speed bump should also
help reduce >> I'd really like to see those speed signs that
blink when you exceed 25.
In 28 years, I can count with two hands
the number of times there's ever been a police car with speed
monitoring device.
But they are all over other places.
>> Thank you.
Any other public comments or requests from the floor?
We will close public comments.
No reports from city administration.
No department reports.
No reports from the city attorney.
Code enforcement is going to meet the August 18th.
Community appearance is August 20th.
Lighting-- moving on to the consent agenda.
Is there anything that we need to pull from the consent agenda?
Hearing none.
Do we have a second?
We have a motion and a second on the consent agenda
all those in favor signify by saying aye.
The motion passes four zero.
Moving on to unfinished business continued discussion
on the implementation of off site sidewalk improvements
identified in section 11.2.3 of the development agreement with
Lighthouse Point Yacht Club.
>> Good evening. (Indiscernible)--
in accordance with the terms of developers-- (Indiscernible)--
On February 14th, 2023, the city Commission previously discussed
sidewalk improvements required under section 11.2.3
of the developer's agreement.
During the discussion, (Indiscernible)--
several residents attended the February 14th meeting to provide
public comment. (Indiscernible)--
the city Commission acknowledged that they were sensitive
to concerns raised by the residents.
However, they did not support eliminating the sidewalk
requirements at the time, and the item be further discussed.
On July 29th, that was a week or so ago,
residents on Northeast 27 terrace were again surveyed
regarding the sidewalk project.
The results-- seven of the ten homeowners
were in favor of putting in sidewalks.
One was against the installation sidewalks.
One was undecided.
And we were unable to reach -- residents on the west side
of 27th terrace.
Seven of those residents were in favor of the sidewalk.
One was against and there were six homeowners
that we were not able to reach.
We believe that the change the number of people that
are in favor of the sidewalk is based on the idea
that we would be leaving the sidewalks down the street
and not having it all six feet up until--
on some places the sidewalk would
be along the edge of the road to minimize the effects
of these large trees.
Some of the residents were at one time opposed to sidewalk.
The city has engaged Keith.
The city engineer-- the installation of sidewalks
will include all the improvements
necessary to complete the sidewalk project.
As part of your attachment and your agenda report,
there's a copy of the Engineering
and project across estimates.
The cost of the improvement, including engineering
and the responsibility is the responsibility of developer
in accordance with section 11.2.3 -- (Indiscernible).
I believe we probably have some residents here that live on 27th
terrace that might like to speak on the topic.
Also, we have Tom Green from Keith Engineering,
was here except the project and give a presentation
on preliminary engineering plans that were conducted
and to answer any questions that you might have.
I would ask Tom come up before we get started.
Give his presentation.
>> Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor, Commission.
Tom green with-- the requested by the city to look
at the feasibility of installing the sidewalk on 27th terrace
with a focus on trying to install on the east side.
>> It's up and down.
>> All right.
To put this in context, we're focused on 27th terrace.
The site map is showing identifying the location
of the potential project.
And our goal is to look at a very high conceptual level,
is it feasible to install this and not focus on the east side
of 27th terrace.
And we went out there and looked at existing conditions
as you make your way from left to right.
You're really working away from South and Oracle.
That's at the intersection of 39th and then advancing your way
toward -- as you looked at it, we came up with this conceptual
plan.
What you're looking on the screen
is a concept plan at the top.
It's the sections at the bottom.
There are a lot of above ground impediments,
as I flashed back to the previous slide.
You can really see that highlighted
in the bottom in the middle.
Either utility poles or the nice existing tree canopy
and other things that we want to avoid as we
install the sidewalk.
In this concept plan in the green areas
we're trying to keep a minimum of a six foot setback
for the front face of the sidewalk
from the back edge of the curve, or the edge of the pavement.
And we see it delineated in yellow.
That's where the sidewalk is now hugging closer
to the edge of the road.
And now we're separating pedestrians
from the traffic with the-- if you
look at the bottom of the screen for the typical section
on the left hand side, that is your curb condition
and on the bottom right hand side, that
is your on current condition.
We're keeping our daily six foot setback
for the base of the sidewalk.
And as we advance further north, you
can see that the sidewalk meanders slightly.
The goal was trying to create that setback.
And that's really for drainage purposes.
Once we introduce a gutter condition,
you have water that's running down the edge of the curb.
Without a lot of existing drainage infrastructure,
there's potential for a spread.
We don't want to interrupt existing service on the roadway
by introducing this improvements.
So we can take advantage of existing grass conditions.
(Indiscernible)-- and then just to put this into perspective,
these are the two typical sections that we previously
showed.
The one at the top of the screen is your-- this would be an ideal
location where you can have some minimum setback from the edge
of the roadway and installed --
on the bottom of the screen you can see where
because of existing landscaping, just not
wanting to create a lot of upsets or additional costs
for this, and really trying to maintain additional landscaping
where feasible.
We introduced that and where the driveways are that's
where it goes down to create that condition.
It continues through and once you're past the driveway
connection, that's where it starts to flare back up and you
--
>> Can I ask a question?
Where the back of that car is where the driveway is,
the sidewalk is going to go down and then come back up again?
>> I'm going to point to the screen.
It's a little hard to see.
At the very bottom of the screen,
you can see where the curb is raised above your gutter.
As you approach the driveway, it starts to layer down
to create that position.
So your car is not popping over the curb at the driveway.
And once you get past the driveway curbs,
the curb starts to--
>> I'm more concerned about the sidewalk than the driveway.
If you're going down the driveway in a wheelchair,
or you're walking in your handicap,
you're gonna go down and then come back up again?
>> Again, let me jump back to these conceptual plans.
Without actual survey done, this is at a very high concept level.
It is feasible to install.
Everything we're talking about is going
to be the Ada requirements.
In terms of your running, not exceeding a 5%.
In terms of your cross loop not exceeding at 2%,
everything has to be done to meet that Ada requirements
and be Ada compliant.
>> You're saying it is feasible to build and be based upon--
>> Yes, it is feasible.
And when the survey comes in, it's really important
because you're fighting for fractions of an inch
to come hit these tolerances.
Everything you built, it's not designed for 2%.
It's designed for 1.5%.
>> And some sections are going to be conceptually or feet
and some would be six feet -- it's to make it wider where it
can be wider?
You ideally want to maintain a five foot wide sidewalk.
A lot of what we follow is the-- existing conditions
really tell the picture of what we're up against.
It's kind of a tricky lift in order
to make all of this happen.
>> In the bottom right, in some conditions,
where you cannot achieve that five foot width,
and there's existing above ground impediments that cannot
move or feasible to move, dot contemplates getting down
to a minimum width.
So I believe it could be a skinny as about 36 inch
wide sidewalk.
Our goal is to maintain a continuous five foot width.
Once you get into the survey, (Indiscernible)--
I'm going to end on these conditions.
This is what the conditions look like.
And this is a very high level at the feasibility standpoint.
And we can take advantage of the natural circulation
and try to take advantage of the green space.
>> Any questions for Mr. Green?
>> Thank you very much.
>> Before we discuss anything, do we want to invite people up?
Are there any residents here?
>> Good evening.
My name is Dalia.
I'm a resident on 27th terrace on the east side.
Also a member of the yacht club.
When this issue came up two years ago,
there was significant opposition to this project
for multiple reasons.
Number one, creating a sidewalk for people
who are walking their dogs, it doesn't
eliminate the high speed traffic that
is going up and down the road.
Putting in a sidewalk does not help the speeding issue.
It doesn't help provide safety.
People are doing e-bikes, scooters.
They're going to be using the sidewalk.
There's sidewalks all through Lighthouse Point
that are not used, people are still using the street.
So to put it in a sidewalk and destroy seven driveways
that are affected.
There are seven homes that have pavers and driveways that
are going to be affected by this project.
The one that you saw there was my home with a circular driveway
and three royal palms that are 40 years old.
There's no way to maintain those royal palms with the sidewalk
that you proposed.
Period.
And that's not fair to the homeowners
that lined the street to get rid of their property to destroy it.
I get that it's an easement, but this is not a public works
project.
This is not necessary.
So you can put in the speed bumps.
We can put in eliminated speed limit sign.
You can decrease the speed limit,
but this is not necessary.
There's no way that we talk to our person who maintains our.
There's no way to maintain the royal palms
with this demonstration.
And we were not polled.
Nobody came to us and asked us if we were in favor of this
or not.
That's number one.
And our neighbors have also said the same thing.
So we got an AI demonstration afterwards saying,
from whoever came by they said, this
is what we're proposing to do.
But we weren't told to say are you in favor of this,
or are you in opposition of this?
That didn't happen.
The root point is that creating a sidewalk
doesn't solve the problem of the speed limit.
So you can do things to affect the speed,
and whatever is in the development's agreement
to affect the speed.
You can mark that money for that.
Seven driveways that are going to be
affected by this, that is significant and affects property
value.
And who's going to be legally responsible for when
there's drainage issues?
When they scrub the pipes underneath our homes?
When we have problems?
Who's going to be liable for?
The city?
>> That's a legal issue if it happens.
>> It needs to be considered because there's a lot of homes
that are involved here.
To put something in for esthetics, that doesn't work.
>> I understand.
Anybody else?
Anybody online that would like to address this issue?
>> Yes, he's able to speak now.
>> Hi, can you hear me?
>> Name and address, please.
>> (Indiscernible)--
>> Go for it.
>> (Indiscernible)
>> Thank you very much.
Sir.
>> David Mangold, 4001 Northeast 27th terrace, lighthouse point.
Can you tell me how many units are planned
to be built at the Yacht Club?
>> 22.
>> 21 townhomes, 1 single family home.
>> 22.
Let's say they had 22 cars each.
They might have three.
Let's say two cars for each.
That's 44 additional people coming and going,
one or more times, every day.
Are they planning on building a restaurant?
I was a member of the Yacht Club for years.
We enjoyed going to the restaurant there.
Do you know if they're going to build restaurants?
>> Yes, a very nice one.
>> So there is that traffic.
And then they'll have a few tennis courts remaining.
There's that traffic.
And then they have the boats.
The slips.
A lot of traffic.
It's really too bad that somebody can't force the issue
of using 30th Avenue as an additional entry point.
And just think during construction
of, A, the sidewalk, and B, when they're bulldozing and building
in the yacht club.
Think about the dump trucks.
>> Several years ago, it was all considered.
We are where we are.
Trust me, I was there.
>> Well, let's hope the people and the children remain safe
on that street for years to come.
>> Thank you.
Anybody else?
Commissioners, I know where I want to start on this one.
I remember that fateful day in 2023 when we first
discussed this certain handsome young gentleman out there
in the audience who came up here,
bright eyed and bushy tailed, addressed this commission
on this topic.
>> My view has not changed on it.
I've been vocal about that.
Just for the safety of the people that are on 27th terrace,
put in the peninsula of the area where the mayor livers,
many of the residents.
To Mr. Mann point, the traffic is going to increase.
It's a dark street.
Traffic coming out at night--
I think sidewalks are great.
I guess my question would be the time frame.
Because this is just a conceptual--
where do we go from here?
>> First thing we do is we need to get direction --
(Indiscernible)--
>> And at plan doesn't affect any trees anywhere on 27th
terrace? (Indiscernible) --
>> The goal with the design is we're trying to eliminate any
impacts to the trees.
I can't definitively say that without having a survey,
but that is the goal.
We hug the curb where it's not feasible.
We try and maintain that five foot width,
which would be ideal to make that a continuous route
around that entire corridor.
That's the nuts and bolts of what
we get into as we start getting that excerpt information,
getting a detailed design.
No elimination of trees is the goal of this project.
Is to maintain existing canopies.
Maintain existing landscape where feasible.
>> Anything else?
>> Is that street slope towards the yacht club?
>> There's some areas where it does slope down I can't remember
off the top of my head.
One of those streets you do have two catch basins
that collect on the north and south side of that intersecting
street.
I want to say around 40th.
Everything's going to be sloping more towards that
as your whole point.
And from there it heads south towards 39th.
Some stuff flows from the yacht club down to 40th.
It pitch is midway by adjoining street
and collects in catch basin, and it's typically back to 39.
We get into that with the survey to see actual patterns.
>> And there's outfall into the canal--
>> On the two on 40th, they do collect.
I believe they go into infrastructure
on the west side of the road, then it does go under the canal.
There's another catch basin on the west side
of the intersection of 27th and 39th.
You'd have an existing catch basin there as well.
I'm not sure exactly where that one falls.
>> What I'm thinking is if less impact on everybody and make --
you curb the street on that side,
and now the water would end up in the catch basin if you have
to make the outfall pipe bigger (Indiscernible)--
and then it can maintain its own width at that point all the way
through.
Would that be something that might
be advantageous to look at?
>> Yes, and no.
Can I say that not to be flipped in that it creates
one continuous sidewalk.
One continuous condition down the street.
Knowing that everywhere we're trying
to peel the sidewalk off the road or areas
where there's runway to do it.
If you hug everything against the edge of the road
and create that curb condition, I
need a place to put that storm water.
It's really analyzing from a drainage standpoint.
I can't impact level of service for the residents.
Now we have to analyze and see what
does that curb condition do, and purposely ran
on the side of the road and do I need new drainage
infrastructure?
And then that introduces the capital cost
of them putting in the drainage infrastructure.
And then permitting and making sure that that
can tie into the existing outfall.
Anything is feasible. (Indiscernible)--
>> I guess the original question was,
because it all flowed towards the yacht club?
It doesn't end up there.
>> It doesn't go from 39 to the Yacht Club pier its ups
and Downs.
That's what I'm saying on 40th you do have some existing
drainage infrastructure that collects on that water that goes
to the low point.
And then it looks like it's getting collected at 39th under
39th Street.
>> I am a dog mom.
I walk my dog every night after work.
I see tons of my neighbors walking their dogs.
The majority of them use the sidewalk.
Anytime I see a street light that doesn't have a sidewalk,
it doesn't give dog walkers, joggers the opportunity
to get out of the line of traffic.
And if we're talking about increased traffic to an area,
I think we need to do what's best for the residents
and put the sidewalks in.
>> Sidewalks are always safer.
That's what it comes down to.
That's why we have a right of way.
>> My question is financial.
It sounds like this will proceed if they push forward
on its own track, independent of the development of the yacht
Club.
Are we fronting the money?
>> The development agreement that we--
>> So we can move (Indiscernible)--
Again, I think this is an amenity.
The yacht club has agreed to contribute to it.
I don't see why we wouldn't take this amenity that will help
many residents in the area.
My thought is to move forward.
Do we have consensus there?
>> I agree.
>> All aboard?
>> If you're comfortable with the consensus rather than a full
motion, then we'll take the consensus and move
on to the next step.
>> (Indiscernible)--
>> I will say the one resident that was not in favor of it
raised good points about--
I do it respectfully a little bit differently.
Definitely doesn't solve the traffic problem.
It is another tool that will alleviate problems.
Moving people from the streets if you
have concerns about speeding and new cars--
it will hopefully alleviate those issues.
Which I think is what we had discussed when we contemplated.
In addition to the other traffic calming features.
Moving on.
New business.
Motion to approve the expenditure
of funds for municipal tree trimming services.
Operational Manager.
>> Good evening.
That's the motion to approve the expenditure of funds
for municipal tree trimming service.
On the June 23rd, 2020 six, city Commission meeting city
anonymously approved resolution number 26-27-32 authorizing
agreements-- there's currently $109,000 remaining in the fiscal
year 2025 and 2026 general fund maintenance contracts to count.
We recommend the city's commission authorize
the expenditure of funds in the amount of approximately up
to $100,000 for the general fund for this fiscal year of tree
trimming.
Which I don't know if you've seen around the city recently,
City Hall, Dixon Hall, police department was done today.
It's all part of a separate contract.
This is going to be throughout the city.
We've already identified 16 spots
that we want to immediately get to.
Just don't want to keep coming back every time
and ask for money and do POS.
We can just do a continuous up to that amount.
>> Can we get a motion?
>> I'm sorry, I was looking at the resolution.
>> We're going to do $100,000 worth of tree trimming?
>> I'm planning on having crews here starting on Friday.
I've got estimates for about 16 areas.
About $72,000.
And then I want to get the side streets.
We're doing maintenance right now
from Federal Highway on Lighthouse Point
Drive to the City Limited.
39th Street of Sample Road.
Which we probably haven't done federal highway in 5 or 6 years.
Have you read the Federal Highway,
you can see what needs to be done.
That's all part of the third phase of this third project
we want to start.
And with the remainder money, before the 1st of October,
I want to get a lot of the side streets where we can keep that
15 foot clearance and eight foot clearance over the sidewalks.
Hopefully before October 1st, we'll spend $100,000.
>> And then you'll come and ask for more?
>> Trees continue to grow.
>> This is for any tree that's hanging over into city property?
>> All of our trees right now over point drive,
state law requires 13 to 14 foot clearance.
We're going to go to 15 just so we don't have to continuously
cut month after month.
>> Just on Lighthouse Point Drive?
>> No, our main point is going to be Lighthouse Point Drive.
We haven't done that in probably 6 or 7 years.
When somebody calls and complaints,
that's when we go out and cut that area to the height.
We want to try to alleviate that now.
Got a maintenance schedule now that we
have a tree trimming company, which we've never
had in the city before.
We've never had a contracted tree company.
We want to start a maintenance program with them
to where they can come through and identify it, make
sure we're in agreement with it and approve it to get it cut.
We will get to side streets.
Our main purpose and the main thing right
now is things that haven't been done in 6 or 7 years.
And to get to that state level, state law where it needs to be.
>> a canopy is nice and provides shade.
I'm thinking of 49.
Can you trim those in a way that keeps the dome?
>> I want to say this in a nice way.
[Laughter] We are going to try and shape those trees that FP&L
has destroyed over the years to where we can keep
the canopy of that area and the esthetics of how you drive
through it, looking like it's a canopy type area driving
through, but reshaped the trees at the same time for the damage
they have done to them.
And we are going to continue to try to do that.
>> I'm not a tree cutter.
And as I've said many times up here,
I'm not good at visualizing these types of things.
I could visualize them, can I keep going back to 49th Street
where you almost maintain the 15ft.
I know we're not talking about 49th Street yet,
but you've got to cut a hole in the canopy to get the clearance.
Is that at least feasible that we might have to do that?
>> We're going to do the best we can to keep the canopy
of the trees at the 15 foot.
As long --
>> As long as it's contemplated.
You know everybody's going to go crazy once they
see cutting these trees.
>> It's been long overdue.
>> The idea is we're trying to get up before our major
hurricane season portion, cleaning out of it.
And we got a real storm here with the window,
less opportunity for them to--
>> There some trees on Lighthouse Point Drive now that
the county has brought to our attention that need to be
removed.
They are dead.
They're hollow on the inside from diseases
and everything else over the years.
They're going to allow us to cut those down.
>> They're mostly the Laurel Oaks that have a 50 year shelf
life.
Those Laurel oaks have less of a lifespan than a regular oak
tree.
It sounds crazy, but it may look very similar
to you can tell there's a difference in them.
Those are the ones that are having those rotting issues.
And you can see that the house right between 33rd,
I call it the Blue tree because it has a little flower on it.
>> And you just come out and test them?
>> (Indiscernible)-- I promise you Jim will do what he can do
within his power because the county will be watching.
>> So the ones that come down, that's going to get done first
before we spend the money on that first?
>> They're going to be part of the Lighthouse Point drive part,
which those are the trees already causing sidewalk
problems, roadway issues.
It's their time to go.
Any questions?
>> So the trees that they're planting in the swells over
the sidewalks, that's the city's responsibility?
>> Again, I'll try to say it in a nice way.
A lot of trees years ago had to be planted.
The city got in trouble a long time ago
for cutting too many trees down.
They were told they had to put trees back in.
That's where all these trees came from.
I think there were thousands of trees that had to be replanted.
They were put in the right of way.
Wherever we had room to do that.
And those that are the ones that are going
to come back to harm us now.
The tree right away, trees in right of ways,
some are allowed and some aren't.
The ones that we are allowing now,
it's put into the homeowner.
That is their true.
Anything happens in their right of way,
they're responsible for any city projects
that might be in that right of way that's caused by that tree.
They are going to be retired.
Required to fix those issues.
There are agreements and letters assigned to that.
>> Can I get a motion?
>> I'll make a motion to approve the expenditures of up
to $200,000 from the General Fund for municipal tree trimming
services.
>> Second.
>> All those in favor, signify by saying aye.
Motion passes 4-0.
>> You said we're going to have a tree trimming service
tomorrow?
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Resolution approving the First Amendment (Facilities Amendment)
to the Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Disposal
and Recyclable Materials Processing
Authority of Broward County.
>> (Indiscernible)-- Approval of the facilities amendment
represents the final step.
Confirming the city's participation in the Broward's
Holloway's authority for 40 year term
extended through August 2063.
Based on the ILA effective date of August 16th, 2020.
(Indiscernible)-- there's a companion second amendment
on this agenda that provides participating municipalities.
Two opportunities to withdraw from (Indiscernible)--
the first opportunity following the recommendation of the--
November of 2027.
The second opportunity is available after 25 years
in August 2048.
It should be noted that for 2027, opt out provisions
are no longer contingent upon the maximum service
charges proposed by the disposal processing facilities--
before deciding whether to remain in the (Indiscernible)--
facilities must be approved and returned to-- no later than this
Friday August 14th.
The estimated fiscal impact that the city of Lighthouse Point
of participating in the solid waste--
it's approximately 12,561.20 dollars For fiscal year 2027.
(Indiscernible)-- intended to provide long term cost
predictability while supporting regional solid waste disposal
recycling.
Approval of the Second Amendment does not
create any additional direct fiscal impact
and provides the city with future withdrawal options.
Following the authority's initial procurement process,
in 2027 and again in 2048.
Requesting that the City Commission consider approving
the resolution contingent on all of the participating cities,
approving the revised Second Amendment Pier adopting the --
(Indiscernible).
I want to bring one more issue to your attention
before I turn this over to you.
I had a recent meeting at the Spring City Commission
solid waste Authority--
Representatives were asked about possible extensions for the RFP
process that could potentially affect the opt out date
in the Second Amendment.
The solid Waste Authority reiterated that Friday August
15th deadline for approval of the Facilities Agreement--
and the Council explained that the Second Amendment was
intended to provide flexibility to opt out.
Equity RFP to recommended -- the way the amendment is currently
drafted, the executive Committee has to recommend an award
by November 15th of 2027.
The provision of concern is that if there is a need
to extend the process, the governing Board
can approve extensions by six month increments.
Solid Waste Authority counsel advised
that there is likely to be a third Amendment
to include changes related to governance,
but will also include a finite extension period.
Should that be the appetite of the executive and the governing
board.
After the discussion, the city of Coral Springs
in the City Commission did approve the amendments.
So I know we have some representatives here
that can speak about this issue in the potential for a Third
Amendment and the timing of any possible extensions
(Indiscernible)--
and then we turn it over to you to discuss and make
a determination.
>> Do you want to hear from the representatives first?
Is someone going to make a motion to?
>> I'll make a motion to read.
>> Second.
>> (Indiscernible)-- this resolution does provide that
the approval of this specific amendment is contingent
on the Second Amendment also being approved.
That has to be approved unanimously by all cities.
So that is a condition that that segment be approved and put
into effect.
>> I believe all cities have approved the Second amendment.
>> There may be one more. (Indiscernible)--
>> Any questions?
>> I have a comment.
When they gave presentation, a lot of this
depends on recycling.
I know that I've continually try to get people to recycle.
I believe that if we agree this and to go there, we as a city
need to really get people involved in a recycling.
On the way out today, my section of the city was being picked up,
and probably 10 to 12 or maybe 15% of the houses
didn't have recycling cans out.
I think that we need to as a city
have code enforcement while they are
in and around the city on the trash days
that recycling is being picked up.
Make note of the houses that don't have recycling.
And then through some kind of nice , why don't you do this,
letter communication with those residents.
Maybe they don't have cans.
Maybe they don't pay attention.
Maybe they don't care.
But maybe we try to make some cares
so we can get more recycling numbers up
to where they need to be.
I think that's very important.
I think the presentation that was given was a lot about that,
having to have recycling.
That is my spiel.
Voting for it was fine.
I think that we need to as a city
try to get people to recycle more than they do.
I know my neighbor across the street said, I don't do that.
Why don't you do that?
It's the right thing to do.
He puts cardboard.
>> I said I'm sure a new tax will make him recycle even more.
>> Maybe.
He probably doesn't care.
I go by this one house constantly
and they have boxes out, but they don't have a recycling can.
Maybe they just don't have one, but they
constantly put cardboard boxes out and put them in the can.
That's a little thing that we should really
start to try to do.
And to not put more work on code enforcement, but it's around
and they see this and make note of that.
And I'm sure we have somebody on staff that
can make a nice letter and say, could you help us out here?
We're trying to do the right thing.
That's what I've got.
>> I guess I should have a question.
The first year, the fiscal amounts estimated at 12561.
>> Correct.
>> The opt out is in 27 before the next amount we know is going
to be-- does that make sense?
>> It's going to be around the same time that it's coming out.
>> So we won't be able to opt out for 25 years after that?
>> Correct.
>> I guess my concern would be that we really don't know
the true financial impact after the first year.
>> I'm the executive director for Broward--
I want to apologize for the last time I came here.
I was always on board with the Solid Waste Authority.
I didn't even know Commissioner Stafford.
I just want to let you know that the Second
Amendment, and Commissioner Stafford
has been very instrumental on the governing board for us.
The Second Amendment came about from the conversation
that happened here at Lighthouse Point.
A small as you said it is, it was instrumental in bringing
about the Second Amendment because you
guys were the ones who talked about having
a way to get out of this.
It was drafted up to come up with a way to get out.
Anyway, You're talking about the dollar amount and the surcharge
and how much that's going to cost.
When you join the authority, You signed the First Amendment
and the Second Amendment.
You start enjoying the rates that you are receiving.
What you receive right now, that's
part of the global agreement.
You'll continue to be able to-- and if they're
different than that, you can say we
don't want to be part of this.
Southwest ranches are part of the global agreement. $87 a ton.
If you take that, you're paying $87 a ton.
If you take that difference, and their bulk weight--
if you were paying Southwest ranch--
you would be paying about $220,000 a year more.
Based on their rates.
I'm not saying that's a scare you or anything.
That's the reality of it.
Say it could cost you 15,000 or so more a year,
that's versus $200,000 if you're paying what southwest ranches
paying right now.
Miami Dade is average $84 a ton for MSW.
49, that's what the global agreement is.
That's the maximum service charges.
We're hoping to get and more likely to get for the MSW.
That cost will be offset by the savings
that you're going to get by a large factor.
That in itself, you look at how much it's going to cost you,
you'll be able to get that back.
And you will see that rate come back.
If that rate is $87 when it comes back to you,
this is-- that's what the opt out will
be able to allow you to do.
>> Anything else?
I just had a lot of reservations about this.
The free peak is tempting for me.
I call it the free peak at the rates.
I spent a lot of time on the master plan after we met.
I'm articulating this so you can carry it to the group
or whatever.
In the spirit of actually trying to make this work.
I'm not in favor of it.
That master plan, if I read it right
then I know you didn't draft it.
If I could boil it down, it said of these three options, here
is the best option to try and get to 75%
recycling, which is the goal.
What it doesn't say-- but it basically says is here's
the most likely way to achieve an objective,
but nowhere I've seen in all of the years
that these bodies have spent doing
it is any analysis as to whether that objective is
achievable at all.
Just 75% is to kind of unleash this.
I know you're going to tell me it's not a big organization.
It's something as monumental as this, with basically signing
on to something where we would potentially be letting
other cities have a say in obligating
the city of Lighthouse Point on the future
with how we deal with our trash, other expensive infrastructure
that might be needed to achieve the 75%.
Without some experts telling me that the objective,
as noble as it may be, and I do not agree with the objective,
is feasible or likely to happen.
That's a big number.
We've never seen recycling numbers like that.
I just can't swallow that pill.
>> They are close to 90%.
On Beach County is another one.
Extremely high.
Recycling that you're seeing it's
not the recycling that you're putting out
in front of your house.
The big ticket on that recycling is C and D. Construction
demolition debris.
What you put in front of your house, that's great.
>> Construction and demolition debris,
that's what moves the needle.
What you put in front of your house is extremely important.
Don't get me wrong.
I try to do the best I can.
I've always done that.
I was a public works director for many years
in Broward County.
I always try to do the.
>> There's so many assumptions in that master plan to achieve
that 75%.
I know you didn't do it.
There's so many things out of anybody's control..
Is there going to be a market for this?
My understanding of that master plan
is anything that doesn't make it a landfill is recycling.
We are running out of space.
But people are talking about waste energy.
Have you told them waste energy we're going to burn trash,
they're going to freak out.
Some people think that's not environmental at all.
I happen to actually not necessarily disagree with them.
But that's not necessarily recycling.
With all due respect, all the time and effort
that went into the master plan, doesn't have enough meat
to convince me to obligate.
And I'm probably in the minority here.
It was tempting with the peak.
I need a little more meat on the bone to get their.
And I really tried to simplify these issues.
They are very complicated issues.
Do I have it right--
I just don't see a big difference between this SWA
and what we have now with the ILA
other than these recycling centers.
That's a lot of money to build recycling centers.
Again, this is simpleton Jason logic.
We have enough problems educating people
to get people to recycle when this stuff's right in front
of their house.
I just don't know.
I take your point about C and D and residential
and not really moving the needle.
>> Not as big as the commercial.
I don't see why all of this is needed
on the big push was bargaining power
to take on the big players in this space
when we had that bargaining power, when we had the ILA.
You're happy to respond.
>> A global agreement's going away.
It expires in 2028.
Those prices are set by the global agreement.
Those are the prices we're shooting to.
>> I understand, but the global agreement wasn't as draconian.
And it wasn't a draconian as to what
we're being asked to sign now.
And I really articulate that because in talking about this
over the years, I wasn't at the meetings,
I was never on the board, which I
couldn't have been on the time.
I don't feel like there was enough devil's advocate
on there.
Maybe I'm wrong.
I wasn't at the meetings.
Because the objective is noble.
We're going to spend so much time and effort on this.
I just don't know if we know what that goal--
if that goal is feasible.
Those are my concerns.
>> That's your mayor brought up a fishing analogy related
to fishing the last time, and I thought about that.
I've had a boat at the Lighthouse Point Marina
for over ten years.
I fish a lot and dive a lot.
I'm a fisherman and a diver, lobsterman, fisherman
and all that kind of stuff.
I thought about what you're saying,
and it's kind of like if you go to Tyler who's the bait guide
here and everybody goes to Tyler,
we want to get the best prices we can get for goggle .
We want to join together and get the best prices for them.
We're going to go to the lighthouse Point Marina
and down to the sand.
We're going to get the best prices we can on gas.
We're going to get these prices and we're
going to guarantee these prices, we're
going to guarantee this there's so many people that
are going to buy into that.
And we're going to have X amount of-- we're
going to buy this much bait from you and this much gas.
We can get the best prices at this point in time.
And that's the pricing side of it
and that's what we're going to be doing
at disposal and processing.
But we're also going to say, we're going to.
We're going to get some seminars,
we're going to be constantly educating.
We're going to pay for education for those guys
and top fishing guys around right now.
We're only catching about 39% of our recycling.
39% of the folks that go out to bring fish back in, we're
trying to get it to 75%.
We've heard that those guys come back with 75%.
We're going to try to get it to where everybody's
getting 75% by educating, by training people with the best
people out here to teach them how to fish properly,
and all the tips and tricks that they can give you.
These guys always have some tips and tricks.
The goal is to get the recycling rate up by educating.
That's really it in a nutshell.
Educating and get that recycling.
And by joining in forces from everybody,
getting a mass amount of people together to go to these disposal
and processing facilities to get the best rates.
That's really it.
>> I thought about that.
I'm not an economist.
I have some background from my college days--
>> You're not a tree trimmer.
[Laughter]
>> I have a real debate about it,
I get the point there's not many players on the supply side,
all the big garbage companies.
What a market works well-- for a market to work well and it's--
I can make the argument by together.
What are we going to do if of these people come together,
put this out to bid, and all of these big players
say give these None of them are acceptable.
We're gonna to go with one of them.
Because everybody's together.
There's no other people.
>> You don't have to because in 2027--
>> The point is for market to work,
there needs to be a of buyers and Sellers.
That's the consumers consolidating,
I get the bargaining power, what you're some competition
on the bar side.
Especially for city like lighthouse point,
it's a small fish.
I get the argument and I hope you're right.
I hope the rates come back.
But we won't know.
Those are my thoughts on it.
I will say more to my fellow commissioners.
It sounds like you're inclined to take the free peak.
I do feel pretty strongly-- and I
want to be candid my opinion to the SWA on this.
We to have a plan B if we decide opt out.
We need to almost compete with and know
what the world's going to look if we decide not to go forward.
>> It's not me you're competing with.
You're with other cities.
>> Competition is good.
That's why you're doing >> You're
competing with every other city in Broward County,
including Fort Lauderdale.
I understand, but we decided not too ago
to spend money in recycle when other just
said no, it's too expensive.
My point I need to know how much more expensive
might be for Lighthouse Point to go with a loan
if we decide to opt out.
I know waste management has told us informally
it's going be more.
I need to know how much more, because if it's 15 a, maybe
it's worth it for Lighthouse Point to separate it's.
Maybe it's worth it for Point to obligate itself
to some big capital that might be needed to achieve this goal.
guess I want to be-- that I'm going to be advocating
my fellow commissioners agree with me or not,
we do as a city what we need do to see
what the world looks like we opt out and decide to go.
I don't think we would be doing jobs
as elected representatives of the Lighthouse point seeing what
those actions--
I'll even assume they could be But the residents
of Lighthouse Point are used a little bit of a higher levels
of with respect to their trash.
And we might willing to pay for it.
>> And you still keep that level of service.
I used you as example when I talked about the level of I
said there's certain cities that have bulk yard waste once
a week.
Twice a week.
Can I bring that up.
There's certain cities that have twice a week
pier certain cities have it once a month.
You can choose your own level of service.
Nobody's going to tell you that you can't have it twice a week
or you can only have it twice a month.
>> Maybe the stuff went away, I remember the last time we
talked-- co-mingling.
There's a value in that to our residents.
Is it worth $25 more a ton?
I don't know.
I don't even know what I'm comparing it to.
I feel pretty strongly, commissioners,
that if you do move forward, we need to put out the bids,
figure out what the alternative is.
I know that's a lot of work for administration and the mayor,
but I feel pretty strongly about that.
>> We talked about it last time.
The fact is that we did get an unsolicited bid yesterday.
I can tell you that there's not a lot of details into it,
but the idea is there are other people out there that
are looking to service our trash here in the city of Lighthouse
Point.
I think as we look, to your point globally, Broward County,
it's important that there is some competition.
Having an opportunity to have a sneak peak,
it's kind of what we've all agreed,
but we need to have options because the city of lighthouse
point, I think all the residents,
and you saw here tonight the majority have cleared out,
they expect the level of service.
Whether it's library, the reading program,
whether it's public works, tree trimming, recreation, baseball
or softball.
I think it's important.
And the fact that an unsolicited bid came in,
the fact is that there's an appetite for someone
to service and dispose of our trash here in Lighthouse Point
outside of what SWA provided.
Again, I'm not sure that that's what it's-- it's going to be
worth to residents to go for $3 a month,
all of a sudden they can lock in at 10 or 15 year contract.
I think we have to look at it.
And I will tell you very truthfully,
we're signing up for this without having
an option for a plan B or plan C,
technically, I think we would not
be doing our due diligence to the residents of Lighthouse
Point.
You can't have option A if you're not signed up.
>> Listen, option A was a good move.
But the opt out was--
I respect that.
And you guys got your votes you need.
>> It came from you.
>> I respect that.
A lot of this is very policy driven in my mind.
It's almost a policy experiment of whether we're going
to be able to achieve this.
I said this last time, and I will say it again.
Tallahassee ever hears me-- if we join and stay on board,
we are giving up a modicum of control
of how we handle one of the major aspects of living
in Lighthouse Point and being here
in the city, which is handling a portion of your trash.
And in a world where home is being almost virtually erased,
I respectfully have a psychological problem
with yielding control, and that to me is an extension of that.
Nothing personal.
I know it's a lot of work and very complicated and difficult
business.
I'm glad we could probably have that discussion another day.
>> We'll have another discussion as we look into this
opportunity.
I've spoken with legal to make sure
that we're following all the procurement process about it
and who we can talk to.
The key is that there are other people out there
that are looking to service the City of Lighthouse Point.
>> Hopefully there will always be people.
>> Then we have a real problem.
>> Thank you very much for coming.
>> I do have something to say.
If we're going to go into this thing,
we need to find out what option B is if it doesn't work by 2027.
We absolutely have to do that.
Then we know if we're right if we get into it and stay in it,
but we know we're wrong if we don't.
>> Appreciate that.
So if we're going to have a, we're going to call the vote.
>> I will add a final comment and a question.
I'm in favor of this sneak peak.
I think (Indiscernible)-- I'm curious, what's
the downside to the sneak peak?
>> I think the downside to the sneak peak is--
I know it's not exactly like a government agency,
but you are creating a taxing authority to achieve something,
and I keep coming back to the master plan that
gave no data on supporting what the goal is actually achievable.
And I just can't wrap my head around how
this could have gone as far as it did without somebody saying--
we hired somebody to figure out whether a sidewalk is feasible.
From what I read on the master plan,
nobody has said whether 75% is feasible.
It is assumed.
>> Didn't he just say Palm Beach is a 90%.
What's the difference between possible and feasible?
>> They own their own facility.
>> We're talking about a percentage of recycling,
not about how they process it.
>> I understand.
>> It's already created.
>> That's fair.
>> I don't know if you read all the white papers,
but there's white papers that really dive into every aspect.
And it would dive into the feasibility.
>> Everything was focused on the master plan.
I did not see it in the master plan.
I'll send --
>> I'll send you something on that.
>> I'll make a motion to approve resolution number 2026-2740,
approving the First Amendment to the interlocal agreement
for solid disposable recyclable materials processing authority
of Broward County.
>> We have a motion and a second.
All those in favor signify by saying aye.
Opposed.
Motino passes 3-1.
Resolution approving the revised Second amendment
to the interlocal agreement for solid waste disposal
and recyclable materials processing
authority of Broward County.
>> (Indiscernible)-- the amendment must now be approved
by all members of the governing body of the Solid Waste
Authority.
Revised amendment includes changing the language.
It provides an additional laptop opportunity in 2027
after the RFP responses from the responsible and processing
facilities have been received in the contract awards
have been recommended.
And it now allows participating municipalities
the ability to withdraw or opt out from the Broward Solid Waste
Authority for any reason.
After the award recommendation following the solicitation
(Indiscernible)-- a second amendment
must be approved by all participating municipalities.
Approval of the Second Amendment does not
create any direct fiscal impact and provides
the city with future withdrawal options following the authority
the initial procurement process for 2027 in 2048.
Request the City Commission consider the resolution
to adopt the revised Second Amendment to the--
>> Motion to read?
>> Resolution of a city commission of city of lighthouse
Point Florida, second amendment to the interlocal agreement
for solid waste disposal, recyclable materials--
>> Second amendment is the greatest thing since sliced
bread.
I love the Second Amendment.
I am very much in favor.
Because in politics?
I love the Second Amendment.
I'm a huge fan of the Second Amendment.
Why didn't I think of that one?
The Second --
>> Second amendment here or the Second Amendment
on the Constitution?
>> Both.
>> I'll make a motion to approve resolution 26-2741.
Approving the revised Second Amendment
to the Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Disposal
and Recyclable Materials processing to Broward County.
>> We have a motion.
We have a second.
All those in favor, signify by saying aye.
Motion passes 4-0.
Good luck.
Moving on, public comments and requests from the floor.
Anything else from the peanut gallery tonight?
No one is raising their hand.
We will close public comments from the floor.
Communications.
>> Great event at the park Friday night.
The final pop up of the summer.
The weather helped the whole time.
I give kudos to the team that organizes it.
I know that I showed up.
I spent $30 right off the bat and I went home
with a nice chocolate chip.
it was a chocolate chocolate peanut butter cup.
>> I missed that.
>> I got nothing else.
>> Marshall.
>> I had a question of something I noticed.
We have a lot of demolition going on in the city.
My question is if it is not in the code,
maybe we should entertain putting it in the code,
but these construction fences should not be along the route.
They should be backed out of the right of way.
You can't put a face in the right of way.
Why would you be able to put--
I don't know what the answer is to that.
If it is not in the code, we should have it in the code.
Whatever the right of way is, it should not
be in the right of way.
One of these issues that I think we have-- people come and park
in the street.
It just fixes everything up.
If it is off the street, and if there's only two cars,
those construction workers could park off the street.
So I think if it's not in there, we should
verify that that is the code.
If we're in agreement, but that's just something
that I recently discovered.
I discovered it in one of my wheelchair trips
around the city.
>> Just to respond, I think I share a similar sense in that
a couple of months ago when they were finishing up one
of the homes.
They knocked it down and rebuilt it on 49th Street because that
exact same situation happened.
And it was along 49th Street, which was a major--
where the fence comes right to the sidewalk.
It's not technically the right of way.
Then you've got all the construction
workers parking their cars, blocking the right lane.
>> The sidewalk, normally parked behind the sidewalk.
But in this particular case that I'm talking about,
there's no sidewalk on that street.
The fence is right at the edge of the road.
And the gate opens into the road.
>> That shouldn't be the case.
I will report back to you.
>> Anything else?
>> Recycle.
It's all I can tell you.
I would like us to think about, Mayor, trying to see some way--
I think waste management is supposed to help
us do that kind of stuff.
Maybe we can lay-- to we give them addresses or something
somehow, I'm not trying to beat anybody up.
Just trying to make people-- maybe
they don't even think about it.
>> I'll have Jennifer look into it.
She handles that.
>> Thank you.
>> The waste management lines, I want to thank Dwayne for freeing
up some space in my recycling bins.
Chief Recaro we're taking care of a tree that got knocked down.
Sent a bunch of guys to clean it up.
>> First and foremost, It was nice that our stuff had a nice
little break.
I'm sure it was well enjoyed.
Becky had another amazing and successful summer camp,
which is awesome.
And Public Works has already gotten over there
and cleaning up all the fun the kids
had over the last six and a half weeks.
As we're still talking a little trash amongst each other,
the idea of getting option B and option C will take time.
Whether it's an unsolicited bid, or us actually putting out
to bid to see what's out there in the world,
I think that's the only way that we could go.
It will take some time.
So don't look for anything immediately.
I will go back to the original portion of the night.
We had Marty here.
He does a great presentation.
Whether he's on four cups of coffee or no coffee,
he talks the same speed.
The most important aspect that he said out there,
we continuously go back and forth with the state statutes
on what we can talk about and advocate for, not advocate
for, we cannot advocate for anything.
We can't bring out--
I'm sure some of you look at the next door
look at some of these people's posts on Facebook.
And opinions and it's amazing to me.
it's amazing to me how we cannot get the facts out there.
There are still people that don't understand that it's not
going to affect the school board Texas,
or the fact that we don't get the full tax bill.
We only get 21.2%.
There's no protection for police and fire.
There's a lot of things out there that are not protected.
And I can tell you as we continue to go to the budget .
And I've talked to all of you about this.
We're continuously looking to figure out where we would come.
I'll go back to the $100,000 exemption.
We would probably survive.
We would then increase our millage rates and Levy
different debts.
Would have all of these aspects that
would cause more problems and more work
for staff, which is kind of kind of intuitive.
But we run a tight ship here.
We continue to have a tight ship.
And unfortunately the stewards in the wall that we look over
to our left and the people that have sat in the chair
to our far right over there have done such an amazing job
to spend every dollar wisely.
Unfortunately, that is going to hurt us
when the sentiment on our next commission meeting,
we will have the full discussion on what the property tax
cuts would look like now that you've seen the numbers in front
of you, and how you would solve some of the problems,
and what the long term goals and expectations of the residents
should be if this goes into effect.
Come with your questions, come with some thoughts,
but more importantly, I'm prepared
that services and capital improvement
projects will suffer.
It's going to be harder to decide.
>> Should we potentially-- potentially have the town hall
meetings sometime in September or October?
And present the facts.
>> You're spending city >> I would have to lean on legal
to see what would it be feasible--
>> Town hall meetings are not for putting things out there.
They're not spending public money to send things out.
That's what you're prohibited from doing.
You can host a town hall meeting.
You can educate that those town hall meetings.
you balance it and you don't necessarily
advocate one way or another.
You get those facts out there on the referendum.
I think you did have those for your charter amendments
a couple of years ago.
Because you faced the same coalition then.
You cannot use tax dollars to send that information out,
even if it's education.
>> We'll discuss that in an upcoming meeting.
And the legal aspect and we'll rely on Mike
for all that fancy stuff.
>> And show them how much they do for you,
and that's a critical tool.
>> I appreciate that there was quite a few residents here
tonight from Marty's presentation.
I know there was a few neighbors from across the canal that
showed up.
I appreciate them showing up.
>> Anything else?
We are adjourned.