[0:10] Madame Clerk, could you please call the
order?
[0:13] » Certainly. Vice Mayor, Mayor Bright
Cruz,
[0:17] » Vice Mayor Jaglansky
>> here.
[0:19] » Council member Albrighten
>> present.
[0:21] » Council member Hartman
>> here.
[0:22] » Council member Kazinski here.
>> We have a quorum.
[0:25] » Outstanding. We have
[0:30] To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it
[0:35] stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, liberty and justice for
[0:40] all.
[0:45] » Good evening everybody. Welcome to the
town of Southwest Ranches. Um,
[0:50] can I get a motion to excuse the mayor
that motion?
[0:54] » Second. Second.
>> Okay.
[0:58] Deborah, could you call the role,
please?
[1:00] » Madame clerk.
>> Council member Albertton,
[1:04] » yes.
>> Council member Hartman,
[1:05] » yes.
>> Council member Kazinski, yes.
[1:07] » Vice Mayor Jablonsky,
>> yes.
[1:08] » Motion passed.
>> Okay. Uh, do we have any public comment?
[1:13] » No public comment. Okay, moving on. Do
we have any board reports?
[1:19] Seeing none, moving on. Council member
comments, who would like to lead us off?
[1:25] I'll go really quick. Um, hi folks.
David Kazinski, District 4. Just uh
[1:31] remind folks to keep your foot off the
gas pedal in town. Keep obey the speed
[1:36] limits. Um, very important thing going
on uh with the speeding going on.
[1:40] Second, um
it was kind of brought to me before the
[1:44] uh last um comp plan meeting that some
of these commercial signs that are on
[1:50] the sides of the swale, commercial signs
that are put in the swale um primarily
[1:55] real estate signs, any signs that use a
four 4x4 for a brace. Um folks are
[2:00] pulling up the signs when the home sells
and nobody's filling in the holes. These
[2:06] are very detrimental to a horse. If a
horse horse's foot lands in there,
[2:12] there's a big problem. Um,
uh, I think after the next meeting, I'm
[2:18] going to ask code to start pulling those
signs up and doing what we can because
[2:24] we got to protect our horses. And I'm
just giving a a fair warning. If you got
[2:28] signs in the soil, any real estate
agent, your sign may be gone. That's it.
[2:36] I'm sorry, can't hear you.
>> Is your mic on?
[2:38] » Yeah.
[2:42] » I did have a situation with a property
across the street from me where they
[2:46] were going to put a sign right above on
the road and was a metal one with
[2:50] hanging stuff and I explained to the
gentleman that I wasn't going to listen
[2:53] to that all day long. And and the second
you drive away, that thing's going to be
[2:58] on its way to somewhere else. And uh I
showed him on the fence line where to
[3:03] put it and it he put it right on the
fence line and it's still there and it's
[3:07] fine, but no horse goes on, you know,
>> fence line is legal. Yep.
[3:12] » So just a suggestion.
>> Yeah.
[3:13] » You know,
>> they can move the signs back. That's
[3:15] fine.
>> Okay. Any anybody else have comments,
[3:18] Bob?
>> Uh just u two quick ones. Um first is uh
[3:23] gentlemen and including George. I'll
include George's gentleman.
[3:27] » George Mars. George Morris. Calling
George Morris.
[3:31] » Stand up.
>> Um, I am the town's representative on
[3:35] the Metropolitan Planning Organization,
the [laughter] MO. Uh, it's been an
[3:39] interesting uh experience for the last
six years. And as I retire from public
[3:45] service, you have to be elected to be on
the NO. So, I can no longer serve in
[3:49] that role. Um, if you are interested,
somebody's got to be interested because
[3:54] we need to appoint somebody. George. Um,
but in any case,
[4:00] » tradition from district one.
>> Uh, yeah, there you go. Um, well, it was
[4:05] D before me, but so maybe you're up.
[laughter]
[4:09] [snorts]
>> In any case, um, it's it's been very
[4:12] interesting. It's it's kind of like the
League of Cities for you, Jim. You get
[4:16] to know most of the other leaders, uh,
from each one of the other cities,
[4:20] municipalities around Broward County.
Um, you certainly understand what's
[4:24] going on in terms of new roads and all
the different projects that they spend
[4:28] money on. You also get to hear Century
Village fight against the DOT because
[4:33] they don't want this and they don't want
that. So, gives you a lot of information
[4:36] about what's going on in the county in
terms of our transportation system. So,
[4:40] think about it. Uh, somebody needs to be
appointed by the council. Sorry.
[4:45] » Was that a motion by you to appoint
George Morris?
[4:48] » Uh, I make the motion.
I'll be happy to once you sworn. I
[4:52] can't.
>> Well, you can say it pending swearing
[4:54] in.
>> Yeah, there you go. Yeah. [laughter] Um
[4:57] I will make the motion this evening to
appoint George Mars pending him being
[5:02] sworn in being out of jail at the time.
>> Second. [laughter]
[5:06] » Double second.
>> But uh I heard a second.
[5:08] » Yeah, double.
We got a motion.
[5:11] » We have a second and a third this time.
>> Do we have any discussion on the motion?
[5:16] » Oh, no. [laughter]
>> Public comment. Madame clerk, can you
[5:21] call the role?
[5:24] » Council member Hartman,
>> yes.
[5:25] » Council member Kazinski,
>> yes.
[5:27] » Council member Albert and Council
Member, Vice Mayor Jablonsky,
[5:31] » yes. [applause]
>> Thank you, Keith.
[5:34] That's resolved. Um, one other thing,
uh, we haven't taken official council
[5:40] photo
>> for this council,
[5:43] » uh, at the, uh, the meeting on the 14th
next month. If you would, um, show up
[5:48] with a jacket on. We we don't
traditionally wear ties. You'll stand
[5:51] out if you're wearing a tie, but uh you
know, I typically wear my council shirt
[5:56] and a jacket like Gary has on. So, sport
jacket, whatever you're comfortable in.
[6:00] So, that'll be our next council meeting.
So, just remember, and I'm sure Russell
[6:04] will remind you along the way as well.
That's all I have. Mh. Mr. Vice Mayor,
[6:08] thank you.
>> Thank you very much, Councilman Jim.
[6:11] » I'll be brief.
>> I'll be brief. I'd just like to remind
[6:15] everybody that uh the town hall will be
closed on September the 11th, 911, but
[6:22] we are having a ceremony here at town
hall uh at 8:00. We'll be uh remembering
[6:28] those who passed away and the first
responders who passed away, those that
[6:33] passed away after from the environment.
Uh it's, you know, we can't forget this.
[6:38] This will be the 25th anniversary. at
8:46
[6:42] we'll lower the main flag that the
American flag to half mass and you know
[6:47] it'll probably break up around 9 a
little after 9:00. So I'd love for
[6:50] anyone that can make it to please show
up September the 18th. The veterans are
[6:56] having their ice cream social here at
town hall at 3:00. Uh if you are a
[7:01] veteran, know a veteran, uh call Miss
December or me and and let us know
[7:06] you're coming so we can get an idea how
much ice cream. All right. I'd hate to
[7:09] buy 15 gallons of ice cream and have to
eat most of it myself. All right, but if
[7:14] you know a veteran, uh, please get in
touch with them and I I think this is
[7:19] going along pretty well. We have 240, I
know you've heard me say this, we have
[7:24] about 80 something that we know of and
this will start to grow and and I'm very
[7:28] proud that that uh we're recognizing the
veterans. And then last, you know, in
[7:32] the past couple days, I've been paying
attention to the news. I don't know if
[7:36] you all realize that they're going to
close 10 schools in Broward County.
[7:39] Public schools are getting closed and
the others they're consolidating, but
[7:44] they're consolidating sixth grade
through 12th grade in one school. Now,
[7:48] back when you were young and and going
to school as a sixth grader, you really
[7:54] didn't hang around with 12th graders,
but that's what six and a half. There's
[7:57] a number of schools that convert from
six to 12. And I I just think it's
[8:01] wrong. And I'm not sure how that anybody
could stop it or what. They say there's
[8:07] no funding. Uh there's somewhere close
to 100,000 people a year move to Broward
[8:13] County. And you know, all of those
aren't over the age of 18. So they're
[8:18] not in school. But it's the private
schools. There's 250 private schools in
[8:22] Broward County right now.
>> That's it.
[8:24] » That are taking the money and the
vouchers. So it's really hurting our
[8:28] public school education. And I think the
public school education is probably one
[8:31] of the best there is. But this is
something that's going on and I keep
[8:34] watching it. Uh my wife was in
education.
[8:38] All three of my uh uh kids were in
education and it's just a shame to see
[8:43] that something like this is going on.
But uh you know, I'm just keeping an eye
[8:46] on it just to let you know what's
happening with it. That's all I have for
[8:49] Mayor.
>> Thank you, Councilman Albert. Um I'll be
[8:53] really quick. I've got just a few
notices to to talk about. Um, hazmat at
[8:58] the park is coming up on October 11th
from 8 to 2. Um, we have uh new park
[9:05] signs that are going being fabricated as
we speak, be installed in five of our
[9:09] parks. They're built just like our
entranceway signs to the town.
[9:14] [clears throat] Um, our I'm pleased to
announce that our uh town pioneer of the
[9:21] year is Mr. Bob Hartman. it'll be
honored in the uh November uh meeting
[9:27] which will be held somewhere in downtown
Fort Lauderdale.
[9:31] So that's uh well earned.
>> Thank you.
[9:35] » We also have a photo contest where uh
for the calendar it's due on the 9th of
[9:41] September. All submissions sent in to uh
Susan at the uh main office. Um, we're
[9:49] going to have the grand opening of the
pavilion at the uh, sanctuary park on
[9:55] the 14th. Is that correct? At 5:00 pm.
Okay. Marching band shows up at 4:30.
[10:02] So, no, just kidding. There's no band.
Um, and just an FYI, we're closed on
[10:07] Labor Day, which I believe is 7, right?
The town hall is closed that Monday on
[10:12] Labor Day. So, and uh, that's all I have
right now. Any legal comments?
[10:19] » I'll I'll be quick. Vice Mayor, um
Russell and I were able to come to terms
[10:23] today with the uh owner of the uh future
fire station property, public safety
[10:29] property to extend the due diligence
until we get the results back on the
[10:33] water testing. Um it should be done no
later than September 9th. We will then
[10:39] actively move on closing subject to a
decent uh response from that test. Um,
[10:46] finally spoke to the property appraisers
office today. I believe you all know
[10:50] this. Um, uh, that the town was, uh, the
highest in Broward County in terms of,
[10:56] uh, increase in residential values this
year. Um, some of our residents are
[11:01] getting hit with tax bills that may be
surprising to them uh, because they've
[11:06] made improvements to their property and
they've been reassessed as a result of
[11:10] certain improvements made to their
property. If that occurred to a resident
[11:14] who's watching, property appraiser said,
"Do not hesitate to file an appeal with
[11:19] the GAB. It's a one-page appeal. File it
and they'll be happy to work with you
[11:24] after that appeal is filed uh to
determine if that reassessment should
[11:28] have occurred." VAB means what? Value
adjustment board. Sorry. Thank you.
[11:34] That
>> it.
[11:35] » Okay. Any administration comments?
>> Yes, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Just very
[11:40] brief. actually an item that's on the
agenda tonight, scheduled for tonight,
[11:43] item number nine. Staff will be
requesting a withdrawal of this item for
[11:47] tonight. Um, we will be bringing it back
on the 14th. We got a late proposal uh
[11:52] update on there and so we just like to
bring it back to council on the 14th
[11:56] when we have some more information for
>> Do we need a motion for that?
[11:59] » No, we're going to just withdraw it and
we'll bring it back. You know, if it was
[12:02] a tableabling, yes, but we're going to
withdraw it.
[12:03] » So, it's going to be a faster meeting
than even I thought.
[12:07] » Okay. Uh, moving on to item number
eight. Madam clerk, can you read that
[12:12] into the record?
>> Uh, for purpose of the record, we made
[12:14] one amendment uh to this item. They're
not seeking sewer service. They're only
[12:19] seeking water service. Pines agreements,
new just because you mentioned it.
[12:23] Pine's agreements always say water and
sewer. So, uh, when the drafter the
[12:28] resolution drafted it, they copied the
agreement, but they're only seeking
[12:31] water. So, we've amended the resolution
accordingly.
[12:36] This is a resolution of the town council
of the town of Southwest Ranches,
[12:39] Florida, consenting to the city of
Perick Pines providing water service to
[12:42] a 6821 Hancock Road, real property lying
within the town of Southwest Ranches,
[12:48] providing that no further expansion of
service shall occur within the town's
[12:51] written consent, providing for a
certified copy to be furnished to the
[12:55] city of Perk Pines and providing for an
effective date.
[12:57] » Want to make a motion to approve without
the sewer aspect of the resolution.
[13:02] » Second. Okay, we have a motion in a
second. Uh,
[13:07] anything you want to bring forward?
>> Uh, only that this is u a request to
[13:12] connect to the Pemrook Pines Water
Utility. Uh, the closest location that
[13:17] uh um this will be connecting from is uh
proposed service from the old Sheridan
[13:23] site, the church site that's there off
old Sheridan currently receives water um
[13:28] from Pemrick Pines. And so the line will
be running uh north on on Hancock to
[13:33] that location. It's also going to pass
by a a prior property owner that was
[13:37] previously approved, I should say, uh
for Pepper Pine Service. Yeah, it's a
[13:42] next door neighbor that's on Mustang
Trail.
[13:44] » Okay, very good. Thank you. Is there any
discussion from the council?
[13:47] » Just a quick question. So I know that
the the old church that's there has
[13:52] water service. Are they the only ones in
Sunshine Ranchers that have Pines Water
[13:58] at this point?
>> Uh, well, besides the one that was just
[14:01] recently approved, but they haven't been
installed yet. So, that's correct. Yes.
[14:05] » Okay. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[14:06] » Any other questions from discussion? Any
public questions? Discussion.
[14:13] Seeing none,
call for call the role, please.
[14:18] » Council member Kazinski.
>> Yes.
[14:20] » Council member Albright?
>> Yes.
[14:21] » Council member Hartman.
>> Yes. Vice Mayor Jablonsky.
[14:24] » Yes.
>> Motion passed.
[14:25] » Okay. Skipping item number nine, moving
to item number 10, approval of minutes.
[14:30] » Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[14:32] » Very good. Everybody, uh, any public
comment concerning this motion. Seeing
[14:37] none, go ahead and call the role.
>> Council member Hartman,
[14:42] » yes.
>> Council member Kazinski,
[14:43] » yes.
>> Council member Albertton,
[14:44] » yes.
>> Vice Mayor Jolansky?
[14:46] » Yes.
>> Minutes passed.
[14:47] » Motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion to adjurnn. You just set a new