[0:06] Here. Mr. President? Here. We'll

[0:21] use the big gun, the person for most God, thank you, I'm a very, very important for allowing to see another day God, allowing us to assimilize ourselves here after together one more time. Thank you. Most importantly, God, for your presence among us, God knows that you have helped us to go through this meeting, meeting the cording of God, with the understanding God that we are, the stew, are all of these stews over that that you have entrusted in to us, God, this is our privilege, this is my name, amen.

[1:04] We would like to welcome everyone out to our February 15th meeting and at this time we

[1:11] We will have presentations.

[1:13] The first one I would read into record,

[1:16] it is an honor of Black History Month.

[1:18] And it reads, as follow.

[1:21] We're at National Black History Month in February

[1:25] celebrates contribution that African Americans have made

[1:28] to American history and their struggles for freedom

[1:32] and equality.

[1:34] And deepens our understanding of our nation's history.

[1:37] And whereas Black History Month had its origins in 1915 when historian and

[1:44] author Dr. Carter G. Wilson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life

[1:50] in History. This organization is now known as the Association for the Study of

[1:57] African-American Life in History. Through this organization Dr. Woodson initiated

[2:04] the first Negro History Week in February 1926.

[2:10] Dr. Woodson selected the week in February

[2:14] that included the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass,

[2:18] two key figures in the history of African Americans.

[2:22] And whereas in 1975 President Ford issued a message on the observance of Black History Week,

[2:29] urging all Americans to recognize the importance contribution

[2:33] made to our nation's life and culture by black citizens.

[2:38] In 1976, this commemoration of black history

[2:42] in the United States was explained to Black History Month,

[2:46] often known as African-American History Month,

[2:49] and President Ford issued the first message

[2:51] on observance of Black History Month that year,

[2:55] which was continued in the subsequent years

[2:58] by other presidents honoring African-American History Month.

[3:01] And whereas the foremost purpose of Black History Month is to make all Americans aware of

[3:08] the struggle for freedom and equal opportunity, and a time to celebrate the many achievements

[3:14] of African-Americans in every field from science to the arts to politics and religion.

[3:20] Now therefore, I, Felicia Brunson, mayor, along with my colleagues of the City Commission,

[3:25] vice mayor Brandon Smith, commissioners Marvin Price, Joyce Smith, and Dr. Katrina Touchdown

[3:31] We don't do hereby recognizing proclaim the month of February, 2023, as Black History Month in the city of West Park.

[3:49] At this time, we'll presentation the might-of-home repair.

[4:09] So we are pleased to provide funding towards this evening to residents of the city of West Park

[4:19] under our minor home repair program and as I call your name if you can stand and

[4:25] come forward so that we can recognize you and give you your ceremonial check you

[4:30] can't take it to the bank cash we'll give you your ceremonial check. Miss Sarah

[4:38] Gabriella Gabriella Gabriella Gabriella? Yes, come on down Miss Sarah and

[4:49] Jackson

[4:52] We

[4:57] are proud to present these two reds.

[5:00] ordinance, with a check of $3,000 to do minor homework payers in their homes.

[5:28] Everybody smile?

[5:30] Let's do one more.

[5:35] Perfect. Good job, thanks.

[5:55] Again, we are proud as a city to continue to be able to provide resources to our residents for minor home repairs. So again, congratulations to you.

[6:06] we hope that helps. We have a special guest in the house this evening and we want to

[6:15] bring forward our mayor of Broward County and Mr. Lamar Fisher to the podium.

[6:26] Thank you, Mayor. For so much for having me tonight just to spend just a couple of minutes

[6:30] with you. I know you probably have a long meeting, but thank you and welcome on behalf of Broward

[6:34] County. And I was coming here, I was thinking about that positive progression. I think we

[6:40] We want to adopt that at Broward County as our new slogan, a new logo, because that is really what we're all about.

[6:46] We want to make sure we're positive and we're going to progress in a manner in which we can all work together.

[6:50] So, it's great to be with you mayor and commission Smith, I guess this past, the Saturday, whenever it was, we were together and to celebrate that event.

[6:58] But I'm honored to be here tonight just to let you know that Broward County is here to assist in any way we can and partner with you.

[7:06] So, I was fortunate to sit in your seats, I was a mayor and a commissioner in the City of Popular Beach, so I have a little bit of a different perspective on those who might not have sat in that seat, understanding what local government is all about.

[7:19] So, my three C's plan this year, I call three C's plan is communication, collaboration, and community.

[7:26] And there are 31 cities obviously in towns and in Broward County, but we are one community.

[7:31] So we need to work together, collaborate together, and to communicate together.

[7:36] So my office door is always open.

[7:38] I have incredible folks, the embale is with my office, and you probably talked to your timer too.

[7:43] But we just want you to understand that we are here to serve you.

[7:47] And make you understand that the county is a large county that we want to be able to make sure that you get what you need.

[7:53] And collaborate together, especially on surtax dollars, whatever it may be that we can work together to make your projects bigger and better.

[7:59] for the City of West Park, we are here to serve you.

[8:01] So, doors always open.

[8:03] Please call them me.

[8:04] I'm a checklist kind of a guy.

[8:05] So if you give me some ideas,

[8:07] things I'll check it off the list and we'll move on.

[8:09] But just wanted to let you know that I'm here to serve you

[8:11] and God bless the City of West Park.

[8:14] Thank you so much.

[8:16] Thank you, Mayor, thank you, thank you.

[8:18] I'm honored to serve you.

[8:19] We'll take a picture.

[8:21] Oh, sure.

[8:21] You have the best person working with me.

[8:23] I do, I do.

[8:24] I'm telling you, I'm telling you that's a long story,

[8:27] but it took me a long time to get her, but I found a Goddard.

[8:31] She's a keeper.

[8:56] I'll go get my hand here.

[9:00] One, two, three.

[9:02] Another one.

[9:03] Thank you.

[9:12] One more.

[9:15] Alright.

[9:16] Excellent.

[9:20] You know we love your name so much.

[9:23] I think you know what I think.

[9:24] I'm going to see you in the next one.

[9:26] Okay.

[9:28] We're West Farmers.

[9:29] Go West Farmers.

[9:42] You can't, we like to thank our router county mayor for stocking by

[9:45] I just to say hello to Mr. Honour and Prepp,

[9:48] to have him here with us this evening.

[9:50] We'll move on to item number four,

[9:52] which is CDE Services Highlight Part Two.

[10:23] While staff members are coming up, we have the second part of many series of our I-Lighted City services that will be presented to you tonight. We just want to showcase some of the services that we have so residents can take advantage of them. Last one, the last time we had public works and to come forward in another department. Tonight I'm going to have our social services manager.

[10:51] and also, uh, pretend it's all made to you, uh, for the Police Department also to make a

[10:58] brief presentation of their services. Um, at this time, the first one we have, I'm not

[11:05] actually going to put that in place right in front of me. Okay. I think the first one, it's

[11:13] going to be social services. Uh, if you will, you delay use, you will please, uh, explain

[11:20] Hello, good evening everyone, commissioners and citizen.

[11:26] My name is Ho-Landins, and I am the Program Manager for Social Services Division.

[11:32] You program specifically, and I am here as the manager.

[11:37] I'm excited to showcase a little bit and give you some highlights about some services

[11:43] we have for children and families.

[11:45] The parking and recreation department offers a variety of services for children 5 to 17

[11:53] and they follow.

[11:54] And tonight, I'm just going to give you some with highlight of the services.

[12:00] Many of our services are funded by other social DJ, CSU abroad, and collaboration with

[12:10] to see your respire. The first program is our youth force after school program. This program

[12:17] is specifically targeting middle school age children, residing in respire, going to

[12:25] school in Raukani as well. And as I said, the program is sponsored by CSC and we offer the

[12:32] service and collaboration with Memorial Hospital and this service takes place at our Matilda

[12:39] Park throughout the year.

[12:42] During the year, it's an after-school program for middle school.

[12:47] From 2 to 6 p.m., we provide transportation to some of the schools

[12:53] in the area.

[12:54] During the summer, it's a folding program from June to mid-August before

[13:00] the school starts, and we, therefore, 9 to 5 on a daily basis,

[13:06] having some enrichment activities, social, emotional services, help with academy to help

[13:13] them progress to the next school year.

[13:16] We have a lot of field trip lots of fun activities and this is of course the word for all of

[13:22] our after-school program with that, let's move on to the second program I want to highlight

[13:33] is Ken Brevery after school program and Ken Brevery is the slogan we use for all of our

[13:40] care and this one is specifically spread bread. This is a bread from DJJ, juvenile justice,

[13:48] Department of juvenile justice and this program covered from age 5 to 17. Of course you can have

[13:56] children without having any families, we also have families in rich rent services that help

[14:03] the family as a whole.

[14:06] This program is at the center spot again and after school

[14:12] program from 2 to 6 p.m. during the school year

[14:16] and during the summer, it's from 7 o'clock to 6 p.m.

[14:21] So we want our family to know we dare to support the children

[14:26] to provide academic support, social, emotional services

[14:30] is a fun and a safe, natural environment.

[14:34] As you can see throughout the slides,

[14:36] we have our flared there with the information

[14:42] where to contact us if you need to register.

[14:45] If you want to refer to our family to us,

[14:47] whatever it is, we have the part.

[14:49] My office is at Mary Sundance, but as I said,

[14:53] we also have a program at Moxill Park.

[14:55] and our most programs also

[15:01] This program is sponsored by CSC. This one is specifically only for elementary age children. And

[15:08] it's only during the summer, again, for activities. And one thing, all of these programs are

[15:16] three to see the West Park resident. And the CSC programs are free for Robert County. Any child

[15:26] are going to school in White County,

[15:28] they can take advantage of them,

[15:31] or special to the City of West Park residents

[15:33] we encourage you to come.

[15:35] Our fund number is there, 954.95190,

[15:40] or you can see the camp where we at City of West Park that.

[15:43] Or email, you can email us for any information,

[15:47] or if you wanna register.

[15:49] Pretty soon, we'll be open,

[15:50] registered, we'll be open once we get

[15:53] that are contracting and approve, so that we say,

[15:57] but currently we have the after school program

[15:59] if you wanna come over, just say no to your children

[16:02] like I said, it is safe, natural and environment

[16:07] for them to learn in growth.

[16:11] And this is one of the great, another great program,

[16:16] this one is a leadership program for high schooler.

[16:20] So this is our youth council program.

[16:22] It started in students with 9 to 12 primarily residing in West Park, but we also open it for

[16:33] living in cities and kids going to school in Brown. This program is basically helping them to

[16:41] learn about, for example, our city council, government leadership, mentoring activities to help them

[16:49] and take pride in the community, teach them how to give back.

[16:54] And especially the one who's interested in local government

[16:57] or any government for that matter,

[16:59] we teach them to throw up and we venture them.

[17:04] They also help us out, because they volunteer

[17:06] in a lot of our programs.

[17:08] They should be able to see them volunteer

[17:13] with their youth force, usually in yellow.

[17:16] so look for us when you are there and again our numbers 954 95190, good programs, I see you

[17:26] always part that part. We have a lot of activities for children and families so check us out and see how we can work with you.

[17:39] The last program I want to highlight from the social service department is our little free

[17:44] light world.

[17:45] These are intense in the picture.

[17:47] Those are in front of all of our park, three parks in the community.

[17:52] There are Sunday's, Marcia in one of the towers.

[17:55] These books are free.

[17:57] We just open it, get one, enjoy it.

[18:00] And you can also give us one.

[18:03] We should have children at home that have food.

[18:05] They know they're with them.

[18:06] you can go and get an exchange book. I believe is that resources will not limit a child's

[18:15] world. So, in the form of books, in the form of services, in the form, however we can

[18:21] support them, that's what we do in the city, and we look for resources to wait to do.

[18:27] In our numbers, 954, 95990, good programs, I see the Office 5.4, my staff and I are there

[18:37] to welcome you, to welcome your children, come back, get a registration package.

[18:44] Thank you, Elaine.

[18:47] At this time, LTE, OT will be coming forward to present the Explorer program

[18:54] and the vacation rental. The vacation, the vacation homework program.

[19:07] Good evening, Madam Mayor Mr.

[19:09] Vice Mayor, the commissioners. The vacation homework program. If you're going away

[19:16] on vacation, you're going to be at a tough one, except.

[19:21] This is

[19:28] regarding the BSL Law and

[19:30] program. It's a program at the Bar Show Office. This program is a successful example of how adults

[19:36] adult intervention can instill responsibility, leadership, teamwork, and self-reliance.

[19:43] The program works with genes and young adults for 14 to 20 years of age.

[19:49] By allowing them to window-adventure enforcement and other community advisors in a serious

[19:54] regimental, regimented atmosphere where the student can demonstrate their personal initiative.

[20:00] The program offers young adults the opportunity to learn and experience law for citizenship as they participate side-by-side with law enforcement deputies and civilian personnel in ongoing training and community service projects. Explorers receive a wide variety of training, including basic and advanced law enforcement,

[20:19] that explore academy training programs,

[20:22] not limited to self-defense, patrol procedures,

[20:27] traffic stops, report writing, domestic violence,

[20:30] broader law and other procedures.

[20:32] Explorers who are center of program are placed

[20:35] on a six month probation period.

[20:37] All explorers are required to attend weekly meetings,

[20:40] which includes wearing their uniform for inspection

[20:44] and training seminars.

[20:47] Attached to the is an exhibit which is the application packet with additional information

[20:54] about the program.

[20:55] The start by district explorers advisor is Detective the Armeo Martinez, if anyone has questions

[21:01] or would like additional information on the program, you can be reached at 954-985-1943 or you

[21:08] can be emailed at e-mail that's i-gay-m-e-l on the school of Martinez at sheriff.org

[21:23] Also, provided by the part of our sheriff's office is the application home watch program.

[21:28] If you're traveling on vacation to city, the city's allow sheriff's office offers a free home watch program

[21:34] as part of the city's service agreement.

[21:38] As part of the service, a deputy will check your home daily for signs of break-in or suspicions activity

[21:43] While you're out of town to sign up for the free service, please contact the district office at 9-5-4-95-1953, or stop by the district office and see us.

[21:55] Thank you, O.T.

[21:57] This, again, this is part two of our outlines. We've got part three of four coming up, and I would try to showcase the services.

[22:05] and all of these items you can see how to drop down on our website on the services

[22:10] we're going to have it highlighted there, upload and update them

[22:14] and at the end of all the highlights where our QR code event will get to it,

[22:19] we'll be able to do so.

[22:21] Thank you.

[22:22] City Manager?

[22:23] Yes.

[22:24] I did have some questions.

[22:29] Okay

[22:32] Madam Mayor, I have a need to speak with the City Manager.

[22:39] Is there any way the individual that present it on the Can't Bravery Program or maybe you can answer it?

[22:51] Do we know how many of the participants are West Park residents versus the aggregate of participants that we have?

[23:00] and since the Can't Break In Program is a project funded by the BJJ, are there any statistics

[23:11] as far as how it's helping to diverge the youth from any type of delinquent behaviors.

[23:21] In addition to that, I was hoping to hear something about the computer program initiative as well.

[23:28] I didn't hear anything presented by that, but I believe that the after-school program

[23:36] have identified some participants that they have been giving free laptops to.

[23:44] Can she, it's found on that program and if that will be available on a broader spectrum

[23:49] to the rest of the residents, they may have a need in the community.

[23:53] Okay, I can address all of those.

[23:55] As a list of the statistics, we have a program, we have a contract that was signed with

[24:01] JJ with a school for services.

[24:04] So all the school who started this indicate what we have.

[24:07] As a list of statistics, being that is funded by the state, we don't turn anybody down.

[24:11] If it's brown, if it's west park or anywhere else, we let all kids, we never turn kids down.

[24:18] But the stats, we can always provide that to the entire commission as to who is in the city

[24:23] but we don't turn down any key from any of our programs.

[24:29] And we follow their guidelines of what it does.

[24:32] While it's for juvenile crime prevention,

[24:36] it is intended to focus on the scope,

[24:39] which is leadership, all what you should be in there.

[24:41] So all of that and also cultural activities

[24:44] and all of that, and that's what we do.

[24:47] The last part of your question has to do with initially,

[24:50] we started, when we started the program,

[24:53] we wanted to encourage a lot of kids to sign up.

[24:56] So I came up with an initiative of saying the first.

[25:00] So many kids that sign up for our program will give them computers and to encourage people to come. It's not part of the program. It's an initiative which we started and the commission approved that I should go forward and do that. So we issued the number of computers. Science staff to look at it for the first set of people that were able to participate. We make sure at least one for family and we went through the attendance to make sure that they attended frequently.

[25:28] we had a procedure where you have to attend so many times and if they attend, if it shows

[25:34] that they attended for that period of time, the staff that were assigned kind of made

[25:39] sure that they are assigned to just an incentive for sign-up.

[25:44] That's all it wasn't for.

[25:44] So we're still talking about Camp Bravery and not the Youth Council, right?

[25:49] Which initiative was it under?

[25:52] Did the DJJ Program.

[25:55] Okay, so.

[26:02] So, if you could please provide the information about the initiative, because I only heard about the initiative through a local resident.

[26:12] So, my other corresponding question was, would the initiative be extended to other individuals that can potentially be identified as having a need for that as well?

[26:24] As we always do, we always continue to provide incentives to make sure kids tend to sign

[26:31] people tend to sign up for any of our programs.

[26:33] When we are able to consider the future, absolutely when we have resources to do so, this was

[26:39] a new, we had DJJ program funded about, I think it was $16.18 I can recall, now that we

[26:49] in the process of getting them to continue to fund

[26:52] because it's created by the state.

[26:54] I want to make sure that we can show

[26:57] that we have this going on.

[26:59] And that's why we submitted a state application again

[27:01] and make sure we maintain them.

[27:03] If we are funded again, it's likely we'll bring that.

[27:06] I continue, I come up with that in other initiatives,

[27:09] but at that time, I wanted to make sure we get people

[27:11] to register quickly and fast to get them to come to.

[27:15] So we come up with programs, all which you see later on

[27:18] in our presentation, we come up with some incentives.

[27:21] And as we do, as we do all the time,

[27:23] I'll come up with another incentive that we'll get them.

[27:26] We're going to be discussing a couple of those later on today.

[27:28] OK, and I have one additional question.

[27:32] And that's the term the BSL law enforcement program.

[27:35] The last time that I did check with Detective Martinez

[27:39] on some of those facts with that, he had indicated

[27:43] that there was at that time no residence

[27:46] from the city that was involved in that cadet program.

[27:50] So what are we going to do to kind of encourage,

[27:53] because I think it's an awesome program,

[27:55] to encourage more participation from some

[27:59] of the youth in our community.

[28:02] We have actually, I'm not sure when that was,

[28:06] that must have been doing during COVID or immediately after.

[28:11] Since then, this is an expert program

[28:14] It's very dear to my heart.

[28:17] When I used to be in another city many years ago,

[28:21] we had a thorough, I started a syrup program there.

[28:23] And when I got here, I told the chief at that time

[28:26] to make sure we come up to what we can get high schoolers

[28:29] into.

[28:30] So we created, of course, COVID, and COVID,

[28:34] we couldn't, you know, nobody want to be.

[28:37] We don't have them, like you always have them together.

[28:40] So now what we've done, so far now is we have now

[28:43] couple the meetings with not only with the Explorer, but also with the youth council.

[28:50] If you recall, I introduced youth council members here, which are about approximately that

[28:55] 10 or maybe 12, then that came. Now they have a meeting at the same location,

[29:01] exciting, showing them how things are. So with that, we will recognize and we hope that

[29:06] they will be able to get interested in it and show all the training and tricks.

[29:10] In addition to that, the same location where they have these meetings, also where needle schoolers are.

[29:16] So as needle schoolers see their program going and how they showcase in them.

[29:22] If you recall, at the last meeting, Vice Mayor created, I indicated as Vice Mayor,

[29:29] what's going to be doing the showcasing of them on the picture.

[29:32] We're going to put in where needle schoolers are and the seniors are so they can hopefully aspire to be

[29:37] in the youth council and also be part of the expire.

[29:41] So we kind of bridging it together.

[29:43] So that could show interest in all of this program.

[29:47] And they can travel together,

[29:48] cause they're going to travel ASI to the legislative session

[29:54] to see how the stage of session work.

[29:56] And also they'll be going to some of the showcase,

[29:58] some of the design.

[30:03] So, we have been all at once. When before, used to be at the, on how long there were the

[30:09] beer, so used to be, now we have it all on dairy centers. And I'm going to be talking about

[30:13] some of that later on. How excited we are to see that our youth, I get more involved,

[30:19] and we're even busing out the same tsunami that people, the kids in our facilities. So, we're

[30:26] that emerged to make sure not only middle schoolers are

[30:29] sitting but also our schoolers that were working with,

[30:33] I get involved in all programs.

[30:35] Okay, I just hope that it will also

[30:36] extend and permeate out throughout the community

[30:39] and not just, you know, I understand about the youth

[30:42] council and I think that that will be a great partnership.

[30:45] But we want to get the word out because I don't personally

[30:48] are, I had an incident with a resident in their son

[30:53] one time and I refer them to that program and they participated and it did

[30:59] make a world of difference in that youth light and his trajectory of his path

[31:03] they even told me at that time so maybe we could also identify individuals that

[31:09] perhaps can benefit from being a participant in a content program that was awesome

[31:14] awesome that's where we need your help that's where you guys are going to put this

[31:18] out just like you said you sent somebody that's the purpose of this showcase

[31:22] So if people watching people here can just let people know and you do the same and hopefully

[31:29] we'll get the place even both now the same so we can be asking you for more resources to help them out.

[31:37] Thank you.

[31:38] Item number six presentation, make sure you park master plan.

[31:43] Okay, let me take the lights off at the front here.

[31:47] I thought of Latin parks, public parks department, kind of showcase, Anthony, he will come forward, operations manager of public parks, showcase some of the things that we've been doing last year where they worked into making upgrades at our parks and doing some repairs and improvements in some of the things at the park and now prepare them so we can get it at a situation, get it upgraded and updated with the resource manner, resources,

[32:16] So they've been doing some maintenance repairs in-house and contractors and doing so many things.

[32:22] He had about almost 100 pictures of sitting at home trying to cut them out so it doesn't take all nights.

[32:30] So it's so large but we're able to cut it down to a few.

[32:35] And I'm going to have, I'm going to kind of go over some of the improvements in brief that they did.

[32:41] Okay. Good evening, Madam Vice Mayor Commission, residents.

[32:50] Some of the work that was done, we want to go through very quickly.

[32:55] The issues that make tier part, we replace the outlets.

[33:00] This is what it looked like before.

[33:04] This is what we had a change to make it safer.

[33:08] so that we can do locking up. Here's another one, epic tier part. Another outlet, we changed the

[33:17] receptacles and the boxes so that they can be secure and empty. Here's another outlet that was

[33:26] open and not secure, that's the picture out of the phone. And then here's a breaker box for the

[33:36] electrical there. Made it so that it can be locked and secured and safe. Here's

[33:43] another liquid pavilion. Also, it will lay on the new locks, but that's okay.

[33:52] Here was one that we had to make a repair on at the large pavilion. This

[34:00] is what it

[34:00] looks like when we finished after we painted. That's what it looked like before.

[34:05] After we painted it and tried to fix it up, all these are before and after pictures of the pavilions that we had to stain and paint and clean.

[34:22] Pretty bad. Now it looks really good. These are the guys actually doing the work.

[34:29] Plop our staff.

[34:35] As you see we placed the tables back under the pavilions so that they are ready to be done.

[34:42] this is before the pressure clean, this is after, this is our field that we're still in

[34:50] the progress of working on and these are the people trying to get the irrigation system

[34:57] working properly.

[35:01] We installed some benches at Mary Sanders Park. This is what the old bench looked like near the building. These were what we put out, what we put up. Nice brothers. These are the before benches. This is what they look like now. Also, we put benches near the basketball court and playground along with garbage.

[35:30] receptacles have

[35:34] a new bike rack.

[35:39] Here we're putting in a new FMIT security system

[35:48] where there were people busading at Mary Saunders and at McTeeer Park.

[35:56] Again, there's one of what they looked like before. This is what it looks like after.

[36:01] We had this area replaced or repaired with the pavers were coming up.

[36:09] This is after the repair.

[36:13] Right, we still have a pressure point to give, but it's going to be repaired.

[36:18] I wanted to, I wanted their operations managers to go over some of these things that they've

[36:25] done at the park and they continue to do as they continue to work.

[36:29] And with that, they've also, we also have, because of that, we now have opportunity

[36:36] our recreation, our new recreation manager will, as a prevailing rental, and the outdoor portion of it that will be happening now.

[36:45] So he's having, by the end of the week, the applications will be online. He's already had somebody that's working to start writing the prevailing.

[36:53] And so all these are so important that needed to be done

[36:57] since we had the resources from Harper.

[37:00] We started that last year, and with a different

[37:03] completely majority of it, and the ones that

[37:05] are still working with the contractor,

[37:06] they're still working on that, some regreting on the field.

[37:09] We hope that that will be ready soon,

[37:11] and then we can have that.

[37:13] I think they're leaving the light for the next presentation,

[37:17] so.

[37:17] We have one question for you.

[37:20] As you stated before in the meeting that I have that on Monday, we'll be getting the

[37:28] forum for RenTalk as I brought it up. I'm curious to know why we're not renting the

[37:38] a million residents would like to have a birthday party for the two-year-old and the

[37:46] private and six-year-old. We were not going for over two years and during that period

[37:52] time nobody were able to use the park and now we are almost the first quarter of this year,

[37:59] almost and it's still not ready.

[38:02] So my question is this, when is the actual time that we are going to have the civilian available

[38:13] for rental for the residents? And this work here, because to me it doesn't seem like

[38:20] that project that I just seen Mr. Minsky go through that I don't seem like a two-year project

[38:26] to me. That's very much, you know, so I want to know when is it going to be ready? Is it

[38:36] going to be ready for an application to go through for a resident to rent a pub, to do something?

[38:48] As I indicated, if I made mayor, as I indicated earlier is working with the resident now to

[38:54] ready for this weekend, of recreation manager.

[38:58] The applications are ready and they started meeting with them.

[39:03] Those may appear not to be, this electrical work is not

[39:08] something we want to play with.

[39:10] And they have to do that and do it properly.

[39:12] And that's why we wanted to do all those improvements and make

[39:16] sure that they are properly, we don't have a liability.

[39:20] So with that's why all of that has to be done with the resources.

[39:23] since we announced that last year when we started.

[39:26] But that said, it's working with a patron right now,

[39:33] our recreation manager, hopefully this weekend,

[39:36] the application, the flyers will go out by the end of the week

[39:40] and they can click on and be able to feel online.

[39:44] We pulled it out, we hadn't there before,

[39:46] but we pulled it out to make it fillable

[39:48] so that they can just fill it out and bring it in

[39:50] and they made some minor adjustments to the scale.

[39:53] So that's why it pulled down.

[39:55] It was there actually today, but they will put it back up for the fly.

[40:00] All those parts for rental. But it was necessary and needed and that it improvement while some of them are still going on all the outdoor for the per billion. Hopefully, the event will happen with the gentleman with the picture that's been worked on for this weekend. Okay? Thank you. I'm number six is opportunity for the public to address the commission. I do have one more item. Okay. I think you have the last one with the my tier part.

[40:47] I want to say an opportunity to kind of remind you about a plan that we had back in 2012 for

[40:59] of my tier part, master plan.

[41:01] And this is the segue way to some funding

[41:03] I'm going to talk about later on on their manager's report

[41:08] regarding funding multiple millions of dollars

[41:12] that we've received for this,

[41:14] been awarded for this part, master plan improvement.

[41:21] Back in 2012, when they were, or just before that 2011,

[41:29] was adopted. At that time, we had a series of meetings deciding on master plan for my

[41:38] tier part. At that time, we realized as we continue the way we were doing then, we

[41:46] are going to know what we currently have several programs at our parks, Boston out of

[41:52] And so we said, let's start planning and moving forward.

[41:56] We went through the plan, the master plan process at that time.

[42:00] And we recognized that there's going to be some things that

[42:04] we needed to have prepared looking forward now.

[42:08] What are the opportunities that we may have?

[42:11] At that time, we're thinking forward to now and saying,

[42:14] what are the opportunities?

[42:16] What are the opportunities we are allowed at this

[42:18] to create an environment as a path, pathways, open space, places that still retain some

[42:28] creativity and discovery, and also being a passive area as well, because it's an 18-acre

[42:36] part, it has a lot of opportunities to do.

[42:38] So we discussed that at that time. We also discussed opportunity for family gathering,

[42:45] family and friends gathering and they create that kind of atmosphere and at the same time

[42:51] I create some intimates and also ability to be able to have weddings at the site

[42:57] like it good so we can have places like a zebra or whatever else we also be

[43:01] this cause ability to have dining not only inside and outside of the facility at that time

[43:08] so all of that was put into thought with our architects at that time that prepared

[43:13] the master plan. Also opportunity for outdoor sporting activities, fields,

[43:19] sporting events, baseball, football, soccer environment where we can have

[43:25] staging area. So we created from that all those meetings that were held I'm

[43:31] taught and taught and conversation about it on an 18-acre point. We will talk

[43:35] about arts and public places in the same area and provided a focal point

[43:42] where people can come to at that time.

[43:45] All of that included in an atmosphere

[43:48] where you can have a quality system

[43:50] or a quality training for not only youth,

[43:53] but also adult.

[43:54] Again, this was thinking forward.

[43:57] In addition to having an outdoor,

[43:58] an important facility,

[44:00] we're also talking about having a gymnasium

[44:02] if it's an area that will have a gymnasium indoor gymnasium

[44:06] where we can, a gymnasium where we can obtain these

[44:09] basketball, even cultural activities inside of the basketball, volleyball, and whatever

[44:18] else we talk about it.

[44:21] Again, places where they can have indoor for graduation after party, graduation parties,

[44:28] and events in there.

[44:29] And more importantly, we also talk about, again, weddings, fashion show, and cultural, cultural

[44:37] entertainment and performances in the area and emphasis on cultural because I'm going to talk about that later on in the

[44:44] Manifest Report. Just as we just said earlier, youth activities to continue room for spaces for all of that, senior program

[44:56] and if the facility to also expand again.

[45:00] That time is when you started a senior program, new programs. So we envision the possibility of

[45:06] even larger. The senior supervisor of senior program, I believe, spoke last year, and if

[45:13] not, we'll be speaking next one, talking about how they even expanded and gotten bigger.

[45:18] So with that, all of that was put into concept, and that there came this master plan for the

[45:26] area. This master's plan went through a series of

[45:30] renditions with options of what we could do. This was one of the

[45:36] options, okay, should we put the facility, the

[45:42] aquatic area right at the focal point, or put the building

[45:45] next to them, put the basketball, and put all the courts in

[45:49] area. Another vision was, it was re-done, maybe to come

[45:53] from the east side of the park and what not all that was discussed, obviously we came

[46:00] to a point now where they decided on a master brand and it looks like this with a little

[46:05] parking, a lot of pavilion, a lot of gazebo and field space which with landscape and open

[46:13] space in the area.

[46:15] Later on, because of this plan, we decided to go out and look for funding.

[46:22] which became the final master plan,

[46:25] which is what you see here,

[46:26] to look for funding at that time,

[46:29] even the parking lot, for those of you who may remember,

[46:31] the parking space in front of my tier,

[46:33] did not look the way it does now.

[46:36] It, the way it does now,

[46:37] because we did not have the formal parking area at that time.

[46:41] So we went out and said, let's start with the front

[46:43] and we got some resources for that

[46:45] to help with that we really start from approval.

[46:48] Then we went out and said,

[46:50] let's go to the Department of State for cultural funding.

[46:54] We came back with half a million dollars

[46:55] of which the city had committed a million towards it

[46:59] to try to start a cultural facility that would create space.

[47:06] Again, looking forward because we realize

[47:09] if we continue the way we are going

[47:11] which we have, we're gonna need some room.

[47:14] Unfortunately then, the funds were not used.

[47:17] We have to go back, we're requested by the commission at that time to go back and ask for the for that $500,000

[47:26] To be used for the medium theater and since not to commit the after million dollars towards it

[47:33] Now then we went for that

[47:36] Medium theater now we have opportunity again, and I'm going to be talking about that because we are both in our cities

[47:43] We have rooms for all our youth programs,

[47:46] for senior program, for Brown one up, for Interpreter,

[47:51] we get to the point where in every one of those halls,

[47:54] we have their screens and TV and things that they help

[47:57] in the kids' way, kids are putting things on their wall

[48:00] and all the work which we enjoy, we have a lab,

[48:03] and the activities there are getting bigger and bigger.

[48:07] Now, again, to the extent now that all we can grant out

[48:11] for activities outdoor. We want to wish, I wish we had moved forward with creating these

[48:19] rooms but now we have an opportunity to do that. And I'm going to be talking about the funding

[48:24] we received later on but I wanted to put this in your radar that the plan that we thought

[48:29] will, where we thought we're going to be today, we're there. Now we need to look into now using

[48:36] that money, down to start creating, as you can see on the screen, as a community center

[48:41] and a recreation center, that could be the cultural first phase of our cultural facility

[48:47] that will now create a room for people to come and rent for events just as planned here,

[48:53] while we also can do the cultural facility in another room and all of those stuff.

[48:58] So I wanted to propose in your radar that this is time with the revenue, with the award

[49:04] that we just received and I'm going to talk about it and the managers report about the

[49:09] more time million dollars that we can start looking we asked for 5.7 million but we're

[49:14] able to get our word for some of it and I'm going to put out what I wanted to make sure

[49:18] I present that this is the vision and this would help us create the space that we need

[49:25] and I hope that the Commission can consider that when it gets to that point and I just wanted

[49:31] the presentation. Madam Mayor,

[49:37] I just have a question about the presentation. So Mr.

[49:43] Manager, on the document that I have before me and said that this master plan report was approved January 15, 2012, which is over 10 years ago.

[49:57] So, um, how we can...

[50:01] The new changes as far as the plan for the amphitheater and the plan has been amended and updated.

[50:13] It was actually considered at that time, and I will show you in this plan,

[50:31] if you could

[50:31] the screen back up so you can be seen. I know you have the hand out in your hand, but if you go to

[50:36] the last page, if

[50:41] you go to the last page, this is what I have on the screen here. You see where it says

[50:47] event space.

[50:50] I thought you were looking in this room. No, but I can't see either place.

[50:55] I will.

[51:11] It's

[51:18] coming up on the monitor. While that comes up, I have a message. You will see that it

[51:24] It has per billion, three per billion, four, and it has a gazebo area.

[51:28] We chose at that time, when we told the commission, if you look at this large screen behind

[51:33] you, you see where it says gazebo, a per billion, three, and per billion, four, where we have

[51:39] the gazebo.

[51:40] The intent at that time, when we have the conversation with the commission is, if we're going to put

[51:44] that amphitheater, so it will not affect this master plan of the entire, the rest of the

[51:50] the building. To use that area there for the mini amphitheater. Since at that time was

[51:59] a resident I was saying that oh no don't don't expand the money for the million dollars

[52:04] towards building the facility and also doing that. So we decided we'll go back here at

[52:10] this location and put it there in lieu of that in lieu of that gazebo there and put it

[52:17] So, that would be, so we won't buy into anything in the front front, in the front year

[52:25] that has to do with cultural center, community center, gymnasium, or even the fields will not

[52:31] affect any of those, to wait to the corner over there at that area.

[52:37] Okay.

[52:38] Thank you for that.

[52:39] In addition, I brought up the year that this master plan was finalized or approved, which

[52:46] was over 10 years ago, however, is there any line of sight on creating a master plan

[52:53] sort of speak for a mayor's standards part and improving that building so that it could

[52:59] be more functional for the residents on the north side of the city.

[53:06] So do we have anything in the words forthcoming to create sort of a master plan to address

[53:11] the issues that mayor said this part as well?

[53:13] Yes, we do. In our capital improvement plan, we will notice we adopted that. It's in there.

[53:19] Mayor's under spot. My master plan is on there to when we so we can do a plan for that.

[53:25] We part of one of the other items we're seeking support for, but we want to get for what we have,

[53:31] we're using what we're doing now for it. Of course, it will, when we start developing that,

[53:36] we need to start talking about so many other things on the plan. But we do have it as a page there,

[53:40] That's the master plan for really something. Yes, we have that in a CIP plan

[53:48] No, no, no, we have a plan to do it on that thing to do a master plan for that

[53:54] It's not capital improvement. Well soon as we get funding for it, then we'll put it forward for that

[53:59] We're seeking funding because it takes a lot of process and things recreate

[54:05] Conceptual design to be done. So we have a plan to do it and it's on the page of our CIP for master

[54:10] not only concerned with that is that we've already started to do some planning and activities on the field

[54:18] so would that take us to consideration when we start the process of trying to create a master plan for mere standards?

[54:28] Well it's obvious that the master plan does not implement the master plan does not happen overnight. Obviously this one took a while

[54:36] So, well, we cannot stop at the same time, not continue to improve our insight.

[54:42] So as we do it master plan, then we start looking for funding to implement the master plan.

[54:48] So, we will have to continue to maintain what we have, which is what we're doing, while

[54:53] we implement the plan.

[54:54] Just as you can see we do it, we do an upgrade to our tool.

[55:00] The mayor is on the spark to include, uh, re-grating the field, I know that we're going to do to Mike T as well. Uh, so, uh, the field for Mike T and now, for example, as a boring hour, like, we got to wait till that finish. So we will do it. Master plan. Keep that in mind. But we have to continue to use the park as well as we do the plan and before we can implement. So we have to continue to maintain what we have.

[55:30] Item number six, the opportunity to address the committee.

[55:33] Thank you so much for your

[55:36] name and your address.

[55:44] Good

[55:55] evening, everyone.

[55:58] Residents Mayor Brunson,

[56:02] vice mayor Smith, Commissioner Smith,

[56:05] Commissioner Touchstone and Commissioner Price.

[56:09] And I want to address this also to former

[56:13] Commissioner Dorset because he was I think still on the board when I came to you initially.

[56:21] I am here to thank you for participating in the legacy ball and I was just overwhelmed.

[56:30] I need to read because I'll get distracted and not say everything I want to say.

[56:35] So I wanted to come before you and thank you so much on behalf of the legacy 2000, 22-Ball Group.

[56:45] And that group consists of Irma Moore Johnson, Stephanie Yurvey-Beeville, Betty Campbell Somerset, Christine Wilson, Barbara Reddingray, Sheila Strong Powell,

[57:01] Debra Lewis Robinson, Cormella Murray, Susan Funches,

[57:09] Teresita Robinson-Willispoon, and of course,

[57:14] a newly elected officer commissioner, Dr. Tuston.

[57:21] I want to also include Cynthia Strong of the Strong Bowles House,

[57:27] because because of her writing it spurred the inspiration for the legacy ball. We

[57:35] wholeheartedly thank you for your great support as our city officials and in

[57:43] your personal presence at our first annual legacy ball. It means so much to have

[57:52] you take the time to attend which showed us the neighborhoods is unified. The

[58:01] legacy ball was honoring the original pioneers and cover ranches and this was

[58:08] so essential to the roots of the city of West Park. We had to give them

[58:15] acknowledgement and the cover ran James as I said that night showed up

[58:24] it was

[58:25] showed up so big I was overwhelmed at the crowd and so was the room because

[58:31] we had just sliding room only not really walking room the recipients were so

[58:38] grateful and proud to be acknowledged and brought tears to my eyes I'm full

[58:43] will even think about it.

[58:45] Perfection was not quite where I wanted it to be,

[58:48] but I know the foundation of legacy that was laid

[58:52] by these pioneers was established.

[58:57] We know that the legacy of all of 2023 will be even better.

[59:03] The city of West Park, I thank you all so very, very much.

[59:10] I have a certificate to present to you as a token for our gratitude for your participation as

[59:18] Attendees and patrons in our souvenir book so I don't know if all of you received one that night or not

[59:25] But I did bring one so that you all would have one.

[59:36] Okay. Thank you so very much

[59:39] God bless you all

[59:41] And if any of you were there, I think it was beautiful and

[59:47] Mark Young,

[59:55] 4160 Southwest, 25th Street, West Park.

[1:00:01] Madam Mayor,

[1:00:04] not always things are positive in the City of West Park. City of positive

[1:00:12] progression sometimes fails us, as I presented to you a complaint last meeting. I outlined

[1:00:21] all the concerns that I had concerning the Southwest 25th Street Modern Price Project.

[1:00:30] You know, I supported this project six years ago and when it immense, this year, I also

[1:00:38] supported when residents were talking against it.

[1:00:42] They were saying we don't need it and I reminded them that they had an opportunity to come

[1:00:48] out and let the voices be heard.

[1:00:52] Okay.

[1:00:52] However, since that time, I have personally observed so many blemishes on that project that

[1:01:05] I had to hate some type of initiatives because the residents was coming to me because

[1:01:11] they know I verbalized what I think.

[1:01:14] So, I ask you this a question, with this complaint, why didn't the request was honored

[1:01:25] in the complaint for the commission to come out and review what I see as mistakes

[1:01:34] in the driveway, tie-ins, the road, and so forth, which will be consequential in the

[1:01:40] residence path in the future okay now I have a commission to try to expedite

[1:01:52] that and I got email back saying that it was not answered I also got some

[1:02:01] information concerning that the manager does not listen to individual commissioners

[1:02:13] when they ask questions. I want to know why is that. Y'all are the bosses, okay. I also

[1:02:21] want to know why that if Mr. Balagon cannot honor the request of having the commissioners

[1:02:30] come out and we all go through the project to see what's going on to make this a great

[1:02:35] work. If he denied that, why did he come by himself? Yes, I did see you Mr. Balagana at

[1:02:42] one o'clock. You passed by my house in your white expedition, city expedition, and we

[1:02:48] could have did that as a group. Okay, we need to address these items because residence

[1:02:55] property will be consequential which leads me to believe that okay that it may

[1:03:04] be some misappropriation of funds materials and so forth okay about rule can

[1:03:13] I have some extended time I mean this is an urgent I mean any commissioner can

[1:03:20] and vote any commissioner.

[1:03:27] Madam, man, wouldn't you want to hear what I have to say?

[1:03:30] I'm not done.

[1:03:35] Madam, man, this is how, this is what the residents

[1:03:38] is so disturbed about.

[1:03:40] You can remove me anytime you get ready.

[1:03:44] OK?

[1:03:44] You can remove me anytime you get ready.

[1:03:46] This is why these residents do not like coming here

[1:03:51] because their voice is not heard.

[1:04:05] Good evening, again, Madam Mayor, Mr. Vice Mayor of City Commissioners.

[1:04:09] Lieutenant Charles of the Bar of Sheriff's Office, thank you for allowing me the opportunity

[1:04:12] to update you on the statistics from the West Park District Office.

[1:04:22] This is during the month of November, December and January regarding course for service.

[1:04:29] We had a total of 1,123 course for service from November.

[1:04:33] December we had 1,142 and in January we had 1,062 accident investigations we had

[1:04:43] 54 in November 44 in December and 51 in January. Regarding arrest we had

[1:04:51] correction citations. Yes, thank you. We had 51 citations issued in

[1:05:01] November 5th, I'm sorry, 92 in December and 59 in January. As far as arrests, we had a total of 22 in November, 27 in December and 22 in January.

[1:05:17] As far as violent and property crimes, we had a total of 22 in November, 19 in December and 26 in January. And that concludes the statistics.

[1:05:31] the statistical report.

[1:06:03] The statistical report was for the didn't not include February.

[1:06:10] We haven't completed that term yet. Right? So it was not, ma'am.

[1:06:15] I

[1:06:22] saw clipping on the view

[1:06:27] and this term in that 2S commissioners, we know

[1:06:32] there's others who know about it

[1:06:36] and in the city, we are all need to be notified about it.

[1:06:40] It's

[1:06:43] actually another message about our guest league today, Charlie.

[1:06:48] So because of a question about the shooting on my 101 this morning, why I get a message today that gives a guest league?

[1:06:58] because obviously there's something that's happening when it comes to other commissioners

[1:07:04] but then I guess the majority gets information but the rest don't. So in future it would be

[1:07:14] do general diligence if everyone gets notified about the situation?

[1:07:19] Absolutely ma'am. Sometimes investigations are ongoing and it's kind of difficult to provide information

[1:07:24] but we will work on getting it to you sooner.

[1:07:30] Absolutely, ma'am.

[1:07:31] Also, with your permission, I'd like to update you on some of the committee events

[1:07:35] that we've had, and the future events that we have planned for this year,

[1:07:42] January through May, right?

[1:07:44] As you all know, we are always looking for ways to meet, greet, and engage the public,

[1:07:50] and exchange ideas and just talk things over about what's going on in the city, provide

[1:07:57] them information on their community and in as much we have, we've had a couple of business

[1:08:04] working talks.

[1:08:05] We had one in January 25th and that was at the 2,100 block of Southwest 5.8 Ave.

[1:08:11] We had one on February 8th.

[1:08:14] that was at the Bravo Shopping Market Plaza.

[1:08:18] And we have one scheduled for February 22nd at the 2,200 block

[1:08:24] of our Southwest 5, 6th Street.

[1:08:26] This is where the Captain and I, the detectives

[1:08:31] and patrol units go out and enter the businesses,

[1:08:34] make contact with the business owners,

[1:08:36] provide them with tips against bug prevention

[1:08:39] and just general crime prevention tips, right?

[1:08:43] We provide them all general numbers in case they need to get in touch with us and talk about anything at all, and we again exchange ideas on making things better.

[1:08:54] We also have a national cupcake day celebration coming up that's going to be on the 28th of this month.

[1:09:00] It's going to be at 3.30 p.m. at Mary Sanders Park and that's going to be a part of the office group program.

[1:09:05] We have a bike rodeo scheduled on April 21st, 2023.

[1:09:11] at 1 p.m., again, that's at Mary Saunders Park.

[1:09:15] And we do have drive-way initiatives against us

[1:09:17] the same principle as the business walk-and-talks.

[1:09:20] There we meet and engage the community,

[1:09:22] the residents of the community,

[1:09:23] we talk about crime prevention

[1:09:25] and just how to avoid becoming victims.

[1:09:33] We have one scheduled for three, I'm sorry, March 22nd.

[1:09:39] That's going to be at 6 p.m.

[1:09:40] that's going to be at 5, 6, 1, 7 southwest to 7th Street.

[1:09:44] We have a second one scheduled at correction on March 29th, again at 6 p.m.

[1:09:51] The location is still pending but we will provide that to the city managers so you could

[1:09:56] provide it to everybody.

[1:09:57] and we have one scheduled for...

[1:10:00] May 12, 2013, at 6 p.m., that one's going to be at 1941, Southwest 57 Avenue. We have one scheduled on April 26th at 6 p.m., that's going to be at 5641, Southwest 40th Court. And we have our last one for this quarter scheduled on May 10th at 6 p.m., that's going to be at 3521, Southwest 32 Court.

[1:10:29] And I encourage the residents to participate in these.

[1:10:33] We provide a wealth of information and we introduce the team at the district office,

[1:10:39] Sumitra District, and we tell you all what we do and how we do it.

[1:10:44] And lastly, we have a few cups scheduled.

[1:10:47] That's going to be on May 3rd, 2023 at 9 a.m.

[1:10:50] It's 10 a.m. to be scheduled to be at the Miami Grill right now.

[1:10:53] We're still working on the logistics, but it's looking promising.

[1:10:56] And with that, ma'am, I'll answer any questions that you may have absolutely

[1:13:39] understood, ma'am.

[1:13:40] Thank you.

[1:13:41] The

[1:14:48] case mirror is Dr. Anthony Dorset and that needs to be corrected and also Dr.

[1:14:59] I'm going to continue.

[1:15:00] The touch-known is not listed in the roll call. So, that's the correction that I've come across in the meeting.

[1:15:09] Staff had information. Well, that could be, may everyone, that could be amended. I think he never did leave. He was a descriptors error.

[1:15:19] She meant to put City Clerk went to put Vice Mayor

[1:15:22] Brandon Smith and Commissioner Dr. Thompson.

[1:15:26] We can make, if you want to, you can make their motion

[1:15:29] to remain as corrected and she will make that correction.

[1:15:35] The City Clerk should take that correction for the record.

[1:15:40] So I would throw that previous motion and motion to approve

[1:15:45] with the corrections.

[1:16:00] I would say that since you were, since you were in the midst of the discussion, Madam Mayor you had a motion a second, you didn't need to withdraw all you had to do is motion to amend the minutes as discussed and then you were on that.

[1:16:16] and it's going to be amended.

[1:16:22] Commissioner Tusto?

[1:16:23] Yes.

[1:16:24] Vice Mayor Smith?

[1:16:25] Yes.

[1:16:26] Commissioner Joyce Smith?

[1:16:27] Yes.

[1:16:28] Commissioner Pais?

[1:16:28] Yes.

[1:16:29] Mayor Brunson?

[1:17:09] I'm listening.

[1:17:10] So there's a motion on the floor?

[1:17:14] And during the discussion, there's a motion to pull one of the items and to vote on the

[1:17:19] remainder.

[1:17:25] There's a motion to pull one item for the discussion.

[1:17:41] So what?

[1:17:42] All right, so I would like to call two, three, four, and eight and nine.

[1:17:55] Mr. Rice?

[1:17:56] Wait, one second.

[1:17:57] Let's be clear.

[1:17:59] So there is a motion on the floor and a second.

[1:18:02] But the items to be pulled, can you repeat them that quick again?

[1:18:06] For her correctly, number five, number two, number three, number four, number eight, and number nine.

[1:18:13] So that is what we are moving on.

[1:18:17] Does everybody understand?

[1:18:19] For clarity, for the city clerk, I know she's looking at me.

[1:18:23] He's there.

[1:18:24] What is the motion on?

[1:18:26] Is the motion has been amended?

[1:18:28] Or is it?

[1:18:29] I mean, I'm not sure I did.

[1:18:31] I think what is the direction?

[1:18:33] I thought the direction of the city attorney was still a member.

[1:18:37] So let me, madam maternity.

[1:18:39] So, let me go back to this again.

[1:18:41] So there was a motion in a second to approve.

[1:18:47] So, do we go to the vote?

[1:18:49] Or, but then they came back.

[1:18:51] back in there was a pool of items, so can you please clarify?

[1:19:00] Because the initial motion and second was to approve.

[1:19:10] Yes, you had a motion to approve in a second,

[1:19:14] and generally speaking, you would take the vote,

[1:19:18] but the idea is that the commission is entitled

[1:19:23] to pull an item from the consent agenda,

[1:19:26] and even if they did so late, the idea is that you need to be able to give them the opportunity

[1:19:33] to pull consent and deny the consideration.

[1:19:46] Right now, the vote is, you had the motion,

[1:19:50] you had a second, now you are mending the motion to just vote on the ones that are involved.

[1:19:57] Get a second, get a second on that and

[1:20:00] I need to take a roll call.

[1:20:10] Right. Right. But then during the discussion, there's a motion to amend,

[1:20:20] to have only the items that are that are being pulled, considered. Who's picking that motion? Commissioner Joseph? That's what I'm saying. That's what I verify.

[1:20:47] Correct.

[1:20:51] And there was a motion to modify. The only way you could do this is to move to modify.

[1:20:57] by the motion that was on the floor such that you want to modify so that you're only

[1:21:05] approving certain, you're only voting on the ones that aren't being pulled.

[1:21:15] It's not

[1:21:22] modified, making another motion,

[1:21:28] I proved the ones that are not pulled.

[1:21:30] So Madam Attorney, I think you got frozen.

[1:21:35] Okay, all I'm saying is that did they, was it done correctly? No, is there always corrected? Yes, there's a motion on the floor to approve or consider general item.

[1:21:47] There's a second. Then there's a, during the period that there's a discussion before you take the role call, somebody wants to move to amend that motion to make it a motion to approve only certain consent items.

[1:22:04] And if that's the motion that Commissioner Joyce wish is to make now she could make it is a motion to amend the previous motion.

[1:22:13] But she needs to make it so that you could have a second and take a role call.

[1:22:18] Okay, that's why I wanted you to explain it so we get it right because it was done it wasn't right.

[1:22:22] So it wasn't initially

[1:22:34] but there's already a motion.

[1:22:38] Right, but there's all I understand you want to take a vote of the motion, but they could move to amend that motion

[1:22:45] It's not the vice mayor is not the only person who could move to amend

[1:22:50] Yes clear

[1:22:54] for the record so that everybody understands

[1:23:00] making a motion to amend the motion to approve

[1:23:05] I have a number one number six number

[1:23:11] number seven and number ten. Second.

[1:23:22] Commissioner Smith? I'm sorry Commissioner Joyce Smith.

[1:23:25] Yes. Commissioner Price?

[1:23:29] Commissioner Touchstone? Yes. Vice Mayor Smith? No. Mayor Bronson?

[1:23:35] No. Motion dies. So we need to go back again because we have to...

[1:23:45] Motion to approve.

[1:23:46] And so there's

[1:23:53] another motion on the floor

[1:23:57] welcome to wish their price first point of order. Yes.

[1:24:06] Once there's been a motion and second, there needs to be an area for discussion.

[1:24:12] So the motion died. So there is an opportunity for another motion on the floor.

[1:24:17] the motion is on the floor was made by vice mayor Smith second by commission

[1:24:27] of price it is open for discussion so you can discuss so I would like to

[1:24:32] discuss the item so we are in a mat we're getting ready to vote so that's the

[1:24:40] all if you don't matter I should be able to discuss whatever it is that I want to

[1:24:44] discussion. No, no, no. If I have a question or a comment or anything about what we're voting on,

[1:24:51] I should be able to express that and get it clarified before we vote. That is why you pulled it,

[1:24:57] but that vote failed. So now we're voting on.

[1:25:01] We're pulling up, I'm pulling number five. But that vote failed. Madam attorney. Madam attorney can explain the issue vote failed to pull the items. So we're back at consent again. There is another motion that's on the floor by Vice Mayor Smith, second by Commissioner Price to move forward with the consent items without any pulling of items. Well, no, actually, that's why I call point of order because the way that I heard

[1:25:30] heard his motion was that he moved to approve consent item number 10 and it was second

[1:25:37] bit so I would like for the clerk to recall what it was that was stated because what I heard

[1:25:44] and what I heard that was approved. Madam clerk I cannot recall because this is being

[1:25:49] recorded so I can't stop the meeting to recall back the minutes.

[1:25:55] He said that I would like

[1:25:57] to approve consent item number 10.

[1:26:01] No, I didn't.

[1:26:02] I said item 10 on the agenda resolutions consent items.

[1:26:06] Item 10?

[1:26:07] So that's item number 10.

[1:26:09] Look at your agenda.

[1:26:10] The consent item said it is number 10.

[1:26:12] That's number 10 on the agenda.

[1:26:14] Resolution is consent item.

[1:26:16] And so therefore I thought that as he was asked to approve the consent item number 10.

[1:26:23] No.

[1:26:23] So item number 10 on the agenda's resolutions and consent items.

[1:26:26] So how do we get a recall on what was actually said because what we can he just

[1:26:32] stated what he said and it said item number 10 resolution but there's a

[1:26:36] discrepancy here so even though he said that he said one thing there should be a

[1:26:41] way to recall what was actually said so that it's clear for the record so there is

[1:26:46] no way to do that right now the motion is on the floor if he want to restate your

[1:26:51] most emotion I mean but it's already a motion on the floor right it's already a

[1:26:56] second, so we need to call for the motion.

[1:26:57] So if we as commissioners, Madam Attorney,

[1:27:02] once the call into question, what the actual

[1:27:05] verbiage was of his motion, we have no way of doing it.

[1:27:09] So how do we know what we're actually voting on?

[1:27:11] He just clarified what his motion was.

[1:27:14] But it has to be the same one that was motion

[1:27:16] and approved before.

[1:27:17] It was, that's the same way I stated.

[1:27:20] Item number 10 on the agenda, which

[1:27:22] is resolutions consent items.

[1:27:24] that's item number 10 on the agenda. Number 9 was approval of minutes. Number 10 is resolutions consent items.

[1:27:33] So can we vote please Madame Clerk? Can we call for a vote?

[1:27:37] Of course, I have. No, I think clarification from the attorney.

[1:27:42] I'm great. Wait one second. Point of order. Madame attorney. The mayor cannot totally call something to question.

[1:27:52] She cannot just solely call something to question you know there is an opportunity for discussion

[1:28:01] We can't just close down discussion without a vote. You have to call it the question

[1:28:06] So madam clerk and it has not been called to question. Can you please call Commissioner Price?

[1:28:12] Vice Mayor Smith. Yes, Commissioner Joyce Smith. No, Commissioner touchstone. No mayor Bronson. Yes motion passes item number

[1:28:21] 11, 12, 13, 14, there are no items, we're on item number 15, the City Manager's report.

[1:28:47] The first item, in your packet online, we have all the backups and memo and backups

[1:28:55] to each of those items, and that's always do our call staff to come forward and present

[1:29:01] each item.

[1:29:01] But the first one is the Federal Appropriations Award for Fiscal Year 2023 Community Projects

[1:29:11] Funding, Culture, Facility Development at McTia Park.

[1:29:15] This is the item I was talking about during the presentation portion of the meeting regarding

[1:29:20] opportunity that we have.

[1:29:22] Last April, the commission approved a resolution 2022-77 authorizing submission of appropriations

[1:29:33] request for fiscal year 2023 committee projects funding for cultural facility and

[1:29:40] neighborhood traffic calming.

[1:29:42] At that time, we had requested for cultural facilities to be at $5.7 million.

[1:29:48] dollars, so again we can develop a community, a cultural facility that would house a cultural

[1:29:56] and also space for...

[1:30:00] Which will also serve a space for people to have events and whatever else. On Friday, January 27th,

[1:30:10] I'm happy to announce that we received the letter attached to the memo from our Congress,

[1:30:16] Women for Agricultural Wilson's Office, indicating that we have been awarded $3 million for the

[1:30:23] culture of facility development at TAPAR.

[1:30:26] Ends my presentation earlier regarding recognizing that we have that master plan and we requested

[1:30:33] for the funding to be able to in phases develop facilities on that part.

[1:30:40] So this is an opportunity, again, for us to do that and start looking seen that we're doing

[1:30:45] a lot of programs and we have want to create a facility not only for cultural indoor culture,

[1:30:50] but also for our residents to be able to use places for rental or whatever else.

[1:30:57] So that's an opportunity for that.

[1:31:00] In addition to the Congresswoman's letter, she had indicated that she wants to come over

[1:31:06] on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023, to make a presentation of the ceremonial check for that $3 million

[1:31:16] and dollars at McDowell Park.

[1:31:20] She has already assigned that staff to work with us

[1:31:23] in trying to coordinate it, considering the fact

[1:31:25] that she's congresswoman.

[1:31:27] I'm sure there's going to be some security related.

[1:31:29] So they want to start working with us as early as tomorrow

[1:31:33] to have the site to plan for the ceremonial check

[1:31:38] presentation.

[1:31:41] Also, I wanted to take the opportunity

[1:31:43] It's also, just as we did last year,

[1:31:48] start talking about federal appropriations.

[1:31:51] While they have not requested for like a did last year

[1:31:54] in April, because, you know, they do generally, again,

[1:31:58] like the last year, we expect to be in April this time.

[1:32:01] And we in February, we start to talk about,

[1:32:03] maybe possibly, bringing back the same similar items

[1:32:07] that it provided to you, unless you advised otherwise,

[1:32:13] last year in my, and is the last page of your packet,

[1:32:18] April the 20th, indicated some projects

[1:32:21] and of which the congressman selected two of those

[1:32:25] what was able to successfully for one,

[1:32:27] maybe possibly bringing that back to approve for appropriations.

[1:32:32] And in so doing, as a matter of fact, considering the charter provisions that say as the city

[1:32:42] official designated to represent the city when dealing with other governmental entities,

[1:32:49] I wanted to make sure that when we start talking about those appropriations, as the mayor

[1:32:56] being designated, she can start talking to Congresswoman about that list of projects again

[1:33:02] And also, on that vein, preparations that was approved in Fortala, I know she's going

[1:33:09] to be going to do the same thing.

[1:33:12] So with the government entities over there and our legislators, however, on the same note,

[1:33:22] I've gotten a couple of requests stating to provide the lobbyist information to be able

[1:33:29] to make such meetings from other commission members.

[1:33:34] I wanted to just indicate that remind folks about the charter

[1:33:39] provisions that say the mayor is the city official designated

[1:33:44] to represent the city when dealing

[1:33:46] with other governmental entities.

[1:33:49] So I wanted to make sure I bring that up so you can know

[1:33:52] as a matter of fact and just as an information for the commission.

[1:33:57] So, and I do know the mayor is going to tell us to do such that, and also with this

[1:34:04] item also coming up and the congressman coming, so I can bring that up as information

[1:34:09] for you.

[1:34:13] Okay?

[1:34:13] Unless you have other directions, of course, our goal is to always, our requirement is to

[1:34:20] always follow the charter, unless there's any comments on that, I will pursue that process.

[1:34:27] That's it again city manager. I'm sorry. Okay. I'm stating that

[1:34:34] Pursuant to us indicated in the packet as I indicated in here for so other such charter section two

[1:34:42] subsection to it indicates that the mayor is the official

[1:34:47] Designated to represent the city on when dealing with other governmental entities so

[1:34:53] considering that some of these items go to meetings with the

[1:35:00] Governmental entities in Tallahassee being the departments and the lobbyists and also the legislators

[1:35:11] in the Tallahassee statewide and also in Washington, the same thing with Congresswoman. So I wanted

[1:35:18] to indicate that because of the requests I've gotten that others, a couple other commissioners

[1:35:23] want to do, want to meet abstain meetings. I wanted to bring that up, that this is what they

[1:35:29] the charter state and it's also only as a matter of fact.

[1:35:33] So are you trying to indicate that other commissioners outside of the

[1:35:38] mayor cannot meet with legislatures, legislators, and about?

[1:35:47] What are you specifically seeing?

[1:35:50] I am only indicating as a matter of what the charter states are

[1:35:54] government agencies. In other words, for example, when you go to when there's a meeting with

[1:36:03] a legislature in Tallahassee, especially with a request of what I request are, they're

[1:36:12] generally with departments and the senator or the state rep in the Tallahassee case and

[1:36:21] and the department, so that would, in my opinion, be consistent with what the charter say like

[1:36:28] governmental entities and which is what, I'm just stating that as a matter of what these

[1:36:33] states in the charter.

[1:36:35] Well can we get the city attorney to a pine as in to give us a formal opinion of what is

[1:36:41] meant by that in the charter so that we're clear, I understand that you have your interpretation

[1:36:46] but I would like for our legal counsel to provide formal

[1:36:50] interpretation as far as what that means because the way that I'm taking what you're saying is that

[1:36:55] the mayor is the only one that can interact with our lobbyists and legislators

[1:36:59] on behalf of our residents and that should not be it.

[1:37:03] So how can we go about getting that formal opinion from the city attorney on that matter?

[1:37:11] And I'm mayor if I may, keep in mind I said department, yeah, specifically indicated that as part of it as well because when they have that mean that's included. So that's right because I know for one that I spoke to you concerning my attendance with the National League of Cities, even in Washington and Tallahassee days as well that's coming up so I'm figuring that I'm part of the individual that you're speaking of that has come to you concerning.

[1:37:38] getting some information so that we are abreast and well represented when we go

[1:37:46] to these different conventions and conferences. So I'm hoping that you're not

[1:37:50] bringing up this point of the charter to kind of circumvent what I've been

[1:37:55] elected to do as an elected official. Okay, so I just want to be clear that although

[1:38:00] the charter does represent the mayor as the ceremonial head of the city that

[1:38:05] And all of us individually and collectively are elected to be advocates for our community

[1:38:12] and all capacity.

[1:38:14] So, I just don't want to miss my words.

[1:38:16] If I make it clear, you are absolutely, absolutely.

[1:38:21] Every elected official can go to Dave Brown, days, Washington, conference, you can do all

[1:38:26] of that.

[1:38:26] I'm not saying that at all.

[1:38:29] I want to make that crystal that it is not that I'm not saying you should and you should

[1:38:34] I tell all the conferences you had required to ensure

[1:38:37] meet with legislators.

[1:38:38] All I'm saying is that the designated person

[1:38:42] when meeting with government and agencies,

[1:38:44] which will often require departments that are part of it.

[1:38:49] And that's all I'm saying.

[1:38:51] But obviously, I'm hoping the mayor would get their attorneys

[1:38:54] opinion as he requests it.

[1:38:56] But I wanted to make sure I clarify that.

[1:38:58] I don't understand when you say department,

[1:39:02] Because the fact is that I'm one of them being requesting information from last year and I've

[1:39:11] never get nowhere. I want to know is the lab is the lab is a point where we're appointed by us

[1:39:29] here is it that's a question that I'm asking for mayor or manager, the lobbyist we were we hired

[1:39:38] the lobbyist now that's not a government entity so why can't we have information to speak to

[1:39:45] the lobbyists are to get information from the left simple the information from the lobbyists that

[1:39:53] the taxpayers that pay their money for and the other thing is that we are not saying we are going

[1:40:00] We're going to speak in the conference to the Congresswoman or whatever. I mean, we're there as a group from the city of West Park. The mayor is there. Three, four commissioners there. Why can't we all have the information when the mayor goes to the legislators to speak? Why can't we be there for support?

[1:40:29] What's the point of us going to, the conference is if we cannot see our, our legislators or, you know, even to have to say, it's like we don't have no say at all.

[1:40:49] what's the point? The residents, the residents here voted all of us here in

[1:40:57] here by numbers. We have a voice. I was told in a meeting last week by the

[1:41:06] manager that he does not have five bosses, he only have one and that one is the

[1:41:13] commission and the commission is the majority. Basically, what he's trying to say, he only

[1:41:21] listens to the majority on the commission, which is the three votes that he got. And that

[1:41:27] is unacceptable. It is unacceptable. And I will not because I, that I'm there and I get

[1:41:38] involved with the residents out there.

[1:41:42] And my advice is not just the mayor's

[1:41:46] advice is to be heard.

[1:41:47] My advice need to be heard.

[1:41:49] The stand, my advice need to be heard.

[1:41:52] If there's an event that's going on

[1:41:54] and the taxpayer dollars pay for it,

[1:41:57] I need my advice is out there to the resident

[1:42:00] that voted for me need to hear my advice as well.

[1:42:04] So this is unacceptable.

[1:42:05] I don't get. Okay, madam attorney. Can you please care? Let me let me have the attorney clarify. I wanted to make sure

[1:42:13] I. Are you crazy? We cannot get our advice is not you know to discuss not even to discuss at high time on the agenda. This is ridiculous.

[1:42:23] So, madam attorney, can you please weigh in here?

[1:42:25] Okay,

[1:42:28] I really would like to know which part of it we need to weigh in on are we talking about the power or the responsibility of the mayor?

[1:42:38] Yes.

[1:42:38] With respect.

[1:42:39] Yes.

[1:42:40] So the charter provision says that the mayor is we have the ceremonial purposes that separate but is two is the one who represents the city commission or the city.

[1:42:54] when dealing with governmental entities.

[1:43:00] So my understanding of what's being discussed here is that if, for example, the mayor were to go to Tallahassee and was speaking was the one to speak on behalf of the city,

[1:43:17] does that mean that other commissioners could not attend?

[1:43:21] And no, it doesn't mean that.

[1:43:25] It doesn't mean that they can't be anywhere near other governmental entities.

[1:43:31] It just means that when speaking to a governmental entity representing the city, the mayor is the

[1:43:39] person to do that.

[1:43:41] So they can't give a city position, the mayor is the person to do that.

[1:43:46] Can they be there? Can they be around? Can they ask the question?

[1:43:53] This is something that's done routinely, and I'm sure that it's happened in the city of West

[1:44:00] Park also where groups have gone, of commissioners have gone to Tallahassee when they have those

[1:44:08] whatever days that they have in Tallahassee where you get to go up and do those types of things.

[1:44:13] So, I think that there's no one that we have to look at who represents the city's position

[1:44:20] to governmental entities, the mayor in accordance with the charter.

[1:44:26] Does that exclude any president by other commissioners when there is a governmental entity around?

[1:44:34] No, it doesn't go that far.

[1:44:35] So it's a fine line and you might a mayor can kind of decipher what I'm saying.

[1:44:45] It's not that somebody else can speak on the city's behalf.

[1:44:50] The mayor is the one who does that, when dealing with governmental identities.

[1:44:53] Can other folks be visiting, listening or whatever else?

[1:45:00] That is totally acceptable when it's been done before. That's all I'm saying. That is exactly a Commissioner George

[1:45:11] meeting indicated earlier. And that's what I wanted to make sure is clear that of course as we've done in the past,

[1:45:19] you can all be together at that time. But the person that represents, that speaks for, like she said, because she mentioned, can we be there? Yes,

[1:45:29] and I indicated that the same exact thing together,

[1:45:33] but not as a designate, that's all I'm explaining,

[1:45:36] and that's exactly what they're trying to do.

[1:45:38] Apparently, we weren't supposed to,

[1:45:39] because we have legislator come here and get city tour,

[1:45:42] and the commissions don't know nothing about it.

[1:45:45] That means we weren't supposed to be there.

[1:45:47] So now you come in the meeting, say, yeah,

[1:45:50] we can be there, but eventually, when we have lobbyists,

[1:45:55] the lobbyists here, and the state rep here,

[1:45:58] and the mayor's given tour of the city and no other commissioners knows about these meetings

[1:46:03] we don't get involved, we don't get nothing involved here.

[1:46:06] These things happening here are not required, secret meetings happening and nobody getting

[1:46:11] involved.

[1:46:12] We don't get involved.

[1:46:13] It's not acceptable.

[1:46:15] So we need the information when stuff like this is happening.

[1:46:19] Now I simply ask for the information, the list to go to Washington.

[1:46:24] I can ask questions, if there's a conference where everybody's there, I want to ask questions

[1:46:33] on the item that we're going to give to whatever legislator, while keeping the information

[1:46:41] away from us.

[1:46:42] Why is it that I don't know who the person that's going to be a lobbyist in Washington

[1:46:47] when we go there?

[1:46:48] How come I don't know that person?

[1:46:49] And I've been asking that for two years.

[1:46:52] This is ridiculous.

[1:46:52] us. So these are the things that I'm trying to say. These are the things that I'm trying

[1:46:57] to say we are not being treated fairly. We've been discriminated because our vote is

[1:47:03] to or whatever the case is because we're not the majority. This is discrimination and

[1:47:09] it has to stop or it's going to have to be inquired.

[1:47:19] I just want to say the items that we voted on as a commission and mayor through the city

[1:47:28] manager that will send up to the state legislators the number of items that we wanted to put

[1:47:34] forward for the city in Tallahassee and in DC we all voted on that.

[1:47:43] So if there's discussion in Tallahassee or DC, those should be the items that we are talking about.

[1:47:52] Trying to make sure that we get the support for them to pass those items.

[1:48:00] Those are the items that were sent to Tallahassee and the lobbyist in DC.

[1:48:06] Right, Mr. B?

[1:48:08] Correct.

[1:48:08] So those are the items, I don't think not putting words in his mouth or anything at

[1:48:15] edge, I think he meant that the mayor is the spokesperson, we don't have to keep

[1:48:20] trying to entertain that, that's seem to charter, that's what the charter is.

[1:48:25] But as far as speaking to anyone of those legislators are the lobbyists, we should be talking

[1:48:34] about the items that we want to get passed and bring back home to West Park.

[1:48:44] Madam Mayor.

[1:48:45] That's my understanding.

[1:48:47] If that's what we were elected to do, we send items.

[1:48:52] We get support in a number of years.

[1:48:55] But in Tallahassee now, with all the Republicans in charge of everything,

[1:49:00] the number of items that we're going to get back may be minimal.

[1:49:03] But the discussion through the mayor should be the items that we voted on here to send to Tallahassee and to DC to the legislators and the libraries.

[1:49:17] I'm Vice Mayor.

[1:49:18] Madam Mayor, as Commissioner Price just stated, he's absolutely correct in what he's saying.

[1:49:25] We voted last week, I believe, excuse me, last meeting on specific items for

[1:49:31] or appropriations, and it was in fact, I guess, itemized or prioritized by Commissioner

[1:49:42] Touchstone, and we all unanimously considered on passing that group of appropriations to

[1:49:50] go federally and the state appropriations.

[1:49:54] So having the experience of being one of the ones up here besides the mayor who actually

[1:50:00] It's a little bit different to Tallahassee as a commission as we used to do prior to COVID. It's

[1:50:06] exactly whatever the mayor, the attorney and the city managers is describing. We all go

[1:50:13] in times past, we all went as a collective group prior to COVID last year. It was a little

[1:50:18] bit different, of course, I believe the it was done virtually. But in times past, when

[1:50:25] When we would go off to Tallahassee, all of us would be there as a commission and all

[1:50:29] of us had the same information, which was what we voted on at this day is to send to Tallahassee.

[1:50:36] And when we met, we didn't meet with just the legislators.

[1:50:41] We also met the lobbyists which provided the opportunity for us to meet with the legislators.

[1:50:48] Set us down with also the different departments in charge of those particular appropriations.

[1:50:53] So it is a collective setting in which, yes, the mayor has the ceremonial task of being

[1:51:04] the spokesperson if you will for the city.

[1:51:06] But all of us can still engage and actively ask questions or anything.

[1:51:12] So it's not a restriction in that space or in that setting.

[1:51:16] The mayor is just the one that can give the even in our absence.

[1:51:20] The mayor is the one that per charter has the ability and authority to speak as the city or as the city, as the legislative body of the city, which is the commission and which is, once again, what we all voted for and what we all passed unanimously by the way in that particular group of appropriations so having been, like I said, the only one up here besides the mayor who has been in that setting.

[1:51:50] And this is exactly what takes place when those type of meetings happen.

[1:51:55] When we meet with different entities, this is exactly what happens.

[1:51:59] The mayor is not the only one that can speak in that setting and the rest of us are mute

[1:52:04] that it's not the case.

[1:52:06] So I just want to make that clear on how things have been done and how things are when it comes

[1:52:13] to these type of meetings.

[1:52:23] I just want to get clarification from the city attorney when you say about ceremonial and that the mayor is the one that speaks for the city towards governmental entities.

[1:52:41] is that is that only intended to be in a formal setting so like say of of someone

[1:52:49] was asked to do a presentation on the CDR was asked a direct question or something

[1:52:53] like that but what I want to know does that preclude us from representing the city

[1:53:02] in an informal setting because it's not all the time that the mayor is going to

[1:53:07] be available in rooms that we individually may be on. So I don't want it

[1:53:13] misconstrued that we have to stay mute on talking about anything in regards

[1:53:18] to the city because we are all individual advocates. So I just want to be

[1:53:22] clear on when this charter is charter ruling is applicable and when it may not be

[1:53:30] So that's what I'm saying.

[1:53:35] Madam Mayor?

[1:53:37] Yes.

[1:53:39] Really, when we say ceremonial, it has a meaning.

[1:53:45] If you'd like to have more detail on it, what I'm saying, we're not saying ceremonial,

[1:53:51] first of all, or to speak to governmental entities on behalf of the city, doesn't mean that

[1:53:58] that you can't be anywhere talking about the city that you represent.

[1:54:02] It just means that in the context of speaking to a governmental agency, that is the designated

[1:54:09] person.

[1:54:10] And if you were to accompany her, you would engage in the same way that to

[1:54:25] governmental

[1:54:26] entities, and that is the most important thing for a few minutes, because you froze.

[1:54:30] Okay, I was just saying that I, it's not something that I'm describing, it's in the charter

[1:54:38] specifically that it's when dealing with governmental entities.

[1:54:43] This is what, this is the person who is entitled to speak on behalf of the city, but that

[1:54:49] doesn't mean that you can't talk about your city, activities of the city, at any meeting

[1:54:54] that you go through with people that you meet, this is of that limiting.

[1:55:00] Clear that it's talking about government.

[1:55:05] This is the city's message. Okay, so you understand

[1:55:10] just governmental entities speaking on the city's behalf. In a formal capacity, because like

[1:55:16] sometimes what I'm trying to say is you have meetings that are not in a formal setting

[1:55:21] where you can meet with a specific legislature to talk about specific issues. Is that considered,

[1:55:28] is that individual of governmental entity.

[1:55:32] I don't think so, that's why I'm trying to get the opinion.

[1:55:34] So, what's the key to me is the governmental body.

[1:55:37] So, say for instance, if our mayor,

[1:55:40] or the city was invited to address

[1:55:42] the state legislator's entire hasty

[1:55:46] to pitch an idea about the city,

[1:55:48] that's separate from what I'm talking about.

[1:55:50] I'm talking about, if I schedule a meeting with

[1:55:53] state representatives so and so to talk about something,

[1:55:55] and is that not permissible?

[1:55:59] It is permissible if you're talking about what you yourself,

[1:56:03] believe is right or wrong,

[1:56:06] not what the city's position is on X-O-Y.

[1:56:09] Correct, okay, I just wanted that clarified

[1:56:12] because for my benefit of what I discussed

[1:56:15] with the city manager, it had nothing to do

[1:56:18] with trying to represent the city and any capacity

[1:56:23] be in just like I said was information sharing and having an opportunity to have a dialogue

[1:56:28] with our legislators to understand what the pair of my issues are, where are on the

[1:56:35] checklist for our legislators so that we can keep that in our purview and so forth. So

[1:56:39] I don't want the city manager to come and try to misrepresent what the intent of my conversation

[1:56:47] especially me, my conversation was with you to try to bring forth or invoked the charter

[1:56:54] to try to circumvent what it is that I've asked for you to do.

[1:56:59] So I want to, can I just say this, Mr. Manager, so for those of you who have never gone

[1:57:07] to the conferences that you're making reference to, particularly the one in Tallahassee,

[1:57:13] That the purpose of those conferences is for the state of Florida legislative policy.

[1:57:23] It is not for the individual city policy.

[1:57:28] And so there is a difference in that conference and a purpose for the city.

[1:57:36] So, I would recommend that you take a look at the state legislative plan because if you

[1:57:44] go to those conferences, that is what you will be advocating for, not for West Park.

[1:57:50] Is that clear on that?

[1:57:52] And it is the same thing when you go to Washington, D.C.

[1:57:56] You are advocating for national legislation, not your federal cities legislation.

[1:58:05] and so correct mayor and that is in the spirit of which I was speaking was on

[1:58:13] our legislative if you recall when I started in the cities I said the

[1:58:19] cities legislative appropriations that I'm going to be being forward for

[1:58:24] federal and the state that you are going to it's Elaine again strictly on the

[1:58:30] city's items. So that's it. That's what I was referring. Let me just say this. I want to speak

[1:58:37] before. Give me one second. I have you. I have you next. So we have the labor this. So it is clear

[1:58:47] that the mayor speaks on behalf of legislative issues relating to the city of West Park, whether

[1:58:54] that be in Tallahassee or DC when you go to be conferences and when you go to the conference

[1:59:02] you will sit in a training where they will take you through all of the state or national

[1:59:11] legislative priorities so that you can be educated to go sit and not talk to just your local

[1:59:18] people you're going to be talking they're going to give you a list and say these are the

[1:59:22] people and it could be somebody you don't you have no clue that lives up in

[1:59:26] North Florida or somewhere and you're going to go advocate on behalf of the

[1:59:31] state of Florida. Right and so that is the purpose of those those conferences so

[1:59:38] I just wanted to share the difference because I know that you were new and I know

[1:59:44] Commissioner Smith has been but that is the purpose of those particular

[1:59:49] conferences. Madam Mayor and you're absolutely correct. Can we let Commissioner Smith speak because she was next?

[1:59:56] Okay, I don't know.

[1:59:58] Me somewhat covers your press with same...

[2:00:01] Um, about the list that voted on and everything. I know the list that we voted on. I know the items that we voted on. That's not what my, my, my issue is my issue is that when you go to these conferences, it has to be scheduled meeting. Your lobbyists have to schedule for the meetings with the legislators. We're not having that without getting that. That's the information that I need.

[2:00:30] Then we need to get the lobbyists to work for us, we pay them.

[2:00:35] So the lobbyists not supposed to just work for the mayor alone.

[2:00:38] It needs to work for everybody who attends.

[2:00:41] So if there's a hill day, that need to be scheduled by the lobbyists, for the commission to go to a hill day.

[2:00:51] So what is the lobbyist, how am I going to go?

[2:00:54] the lobbyists need to schedule with the legislator.

[2:01:00] That is my part because I have been the, I understand what you said.

[2:01:04] I'm just clarifying what commissioner, you go to a session and you learn about the priorities

[2:01:12] and they tell you which ones to go see.

[2:01:15] They give you that information at the party.

[2:01:17] Okay, a hill that you have to schedule for a hill date.

[2:01:19] Right, but they still give you, did you go to the meeting because if you go to the meeting,

[2:01:23] I mean, they're going to give you the priorities and they're going to tell you specific people to go through.

[2:01:27] You have to schedule to meet with the Congress, you have to schedule, and that's what the lobbyists do, that's the lobbyists, or you're legislative 18.

[2:01:35] We don't have a legislative age here that works in the city of West Park, so therefore we have to get it, we're just scheduled to our lobbyists.

[2:01:46] That's it, that's the information that I need to go to the conference.

[2:01:49] That's all and I'm not getting it from last year and this year is the same thing that's it

[2:01:54] Okay, you final comment. Well, I just I just want to say that I totally agree with what we're saying about national lobbying

[2:02:04] National advocacy on the issues and that's the purpose of it

[2:02:07] What I wanted to indicate is that for me is important that

[2:02:13] We get what the lobby is on what the issues are and they are the individuals that

[2:02:19] give you the little pointers about the individuals that you're talking with so that the conversation

[2:02:23] can be relatively smooth and productive.

[2:02:26] So that's my entry point and why I feel as though we need to have some consensus and

[2:02:33] contact with the lobbyists for that intensive purses.

[2:02:37] And I'm going to say this for the last time.

[2:02:39] No, no, no.

[2:02:39] We can go to the conference.

[2:02:41] You're going to go through a training and they're going to teach you all the things that you

[2:02:46] need to do and what you how you need to maneuver when you go speak with different

[2:02:50] legislatures.

[2:02:51] They're going to give you that training.

[2:02:54] Understood, Mayor, but I wasn't finished with my point.

[2:02:57] My point was to also conclude in saying that I just really don't appreciate how the city

[2:03:03] manager brought that all about, because it was already understood what the intensive purposes

[2:03:09] is of me attending those conferences and it's not to lobby at that time for our city legislative

[2:03:16] priorities. That's what our lobbyists are doing in the respective places. So I just want

[2:03:21] to make that clear for the record and I just did not appreciate the city manager trying

[2:03:28] to make it out of issues though we're trying to represent city issues.

[2:03:31] Okay. Can we move on to item number two, Mr. Manager?

[2:03:35] Yes, talking about funding, we have also received funding for the most summer funding program from Children's Services Council, maximizing out of school time, which is the most program for your information, we will be planning on working with Children's Services Council for the $90,000 for the summer program from April through August of this year for summer program or in minimum of 60.

[2:04:05] Children during the summer program, within the summer program at Mary Sanders Park,

[2:04:10] this is for your information.

[2:04:12] At the next meeting, we will come back with a resolution of fully at the next upcoming meeting.

[2:04:20] The agreement will be ready and the budget so we can have that adopted to start planning for the program.

[2:04:29] Green Street. The next item is the Green Street Campaign. Anthony, Public Works Operations

[2:04:38] Manager will explain for your information. A program we have coming up in collaboration

[2:04:44] with Broward County and WPLG Local Tain.

[2:04:53] Good evening again.

[2:04:57] For your information, we

[2:05:00] We're contacted by the county to consider collaboration with WPLG Local 10 on their Green Street campaign. The Green Street campaign is a seasonal tree planting campaign designed to bring beauty and health to South Florida neighborhoods. The intent of our collaboration is to provide free tree giveaways to our residents, WPLG Local 10.

[2:05:29] and their partners are working on providing free native trees and fruit trees to residents.

[2:05:40] Free. As soon as we finalize the details, the free tree giveaway event or the free tree giveaway event,

[2:05:49] we will send out a notice in your packet, commissioners, and mayor you will find the link to the

[2:05:57] the Green Street Campaign, and you can get more information from that.

[2:06:04] Thank you Anthony.

[2:06:06] The next item we have advertised for Mini Amphitheater Restroom, in continuation of our

[2:06:14] plans for the construction of the Mini Amphitheater and the associated Restroom.

[2:06:22] Steven will announce the ad and other information that you may need.

[2:06:29] Good evening Honourable Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Commissioners.

[2:06:32] This is just an update to the Commission to advise them that RFQ 230310 was recently

[2:06:38] re-advertised, and also the fact that there's a strict colon of silence and effect until

[2:06:44] a professional design firm has been officially selected by the City Commission.

[2:06:49] RFQ-23-0310 pertains to a request for professional design services to construct the stand-alone

[2:06:56] restroom building for the mini amphitheatre.

[2:06:59] We've included a copy of the RFQ in your package as well as the cone of silence guidelines.

[2:07:07] Although this project is in the design phase, the restroom building we're still pursuing construction

[2:07:12] approval through the Miami-Dade School Board as well as Broward County and with the assistance

[2:07:17] of Commissioner or Broward County Commissioner being for his office, Broward County is in direct communication with the school board to try to resolve the construction approval process.

[2:07:28] And again, this is just an update to advise you that the RFQ is advertised and there's a cone of signs in effect.

[2:07:35] Thank you.

[2:07:36] Okay.

[2:07:41] We have a couple of items, and I'll have Arcline present the next two items.

[2:07:47] Black, black, extreme month contest, and the career source, Browards, 2023 summer youth

[2:07:56] employment program. Arcline, if you will, please.

[2:08:01] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Good afternoon, Mayor and Commission.

[2:08:09] I am announcing our Black History Month contest as we do every year.

[2:08:17] This contest is open to high school students to participate.

[2:08:21] It consists of approximately 50 questions related to Black History.

[2:08:28] Only City of West Park residents and high school students are eligible to complete the questionnaire.

[2:08:37] As

[2:08:41] well as we have opened the contest to our after-school program students as well because we have noticed that some after-school students may not live in the city, however because they do participate with the city, we would like to include them.

[2:09:00] Also, only high school students attending schools in the South Broward area will be allowed

[2:09:08] to participate in this contest.

[2:09:11] Entry submitted only by the students entering the contest.

[2:09:15] The first student to submit the contest with the most correct answers will be the winner

[2:09:20] of the $100 gift card and will be announced at our March 8th commission meeting.

[2:09:26] The deadline to submit entries are by Friday, March 3rd at 11.59 p.m., this flyer for the announcing the Black History Month contest has been posted on our city's website, sent via textblast as well as Facebook.

[2:09:42] Thank you.

[2:09:43] Just got a quick question for you, Arkland.

[2:09:45] Another she said is our private schools so we have students that live in West

[2:09:49] Park that not only attends our private schools we have kids that go to

[2:09:53] strand of hand to know to different schools so they won't be prohibited from

[2:09:58] participating because

[2:10:00] We don't go to a South-Four-hour school, correct? Correct. They will be allowed to participate. Thank you.

[2:10:07] The next we have on the Managers Report is Career Source Browards 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program. For your information, the city has collaborated with Career Source Broward in the past and we would like to do so in the future. So what is Career Source Broward? Career Source Broward allows youth between the ages of 16 and 18 years of age

[2:10:31] opportunity to gain summer work experience between the months of June and August.

[2:10:37] The city will be responsible for the youth while they are on our work site.

[2:10:43] However, because this is a career source for our work program, the city does not choose

[2:10:49] the youth that will work at our City of West Park work site.

[2:10:54] Career source Broward also assigns a work site monitor to come out and monitor what the

[2:11:00] the youth is doing, there's hours that they work, as well as pay for the youth during

[2:11:06] their time of work.

[2:11:11] So, with the commission's approval, we would

[2:11:13] like to bring this back, this agreement from career source borough back to the commission

[2:11:20] for an agreement between the months, I'm sorry, between the years of June 2023 and September

[2:11:26] December 20th, 2026.

[2:11:31] And that concludes this announcement as well.

[2:11:33] Thank you.

[2:11:34] Yeah, thank you.

[2:11:35] Thank you.

[2:11:36] At the next item is a proposed fiscal year 2023 budget

[2:11:41] here in Skadeville and adjustments to the potential adjustment

[2:11:45] to the temporary tentative meeting calendar.

[2:11:49] On January 17th, we received the email

[2:11:54] I attached to my memo from the Broward Property

[2:11:57] a prison's office with 2023 tax role calendar.

[2:12:02] Along with in the information they indicated that some

[2:12:07] of the guidelines we have to follow, which include that we

[2:12:12] cannot schedule our hearing dates on the same day that

[2:12:16] school board, Brown County, and also the cities required to

[2:12:22] to formal public hearing with guidelines on how we should do so, which are those dates

[2:12:29] that we should still are out of. Additionally, local government cannot hold budget hearings

[2:12:34] on the same date as Brown School as I indicated. To that end, we have created some dates also

[2:12:42] knowing that we're required to submit our proposed military by Friday, August 4th. So, we

[2:12:49] We have the following days that we are proposing, setting proposed, milledrate on Wednesday

[2:12:54] August 2nd, and on the same date establishing proposed non-advalorem assessments which

[2:13:03] are for the solid waste fire, nuisance abatement and twin lakes assessments on the August 2nd so

[2:13:11] we can submit by the 4th.

[2:13:13] We are scheduling our first budget hearing for Wednesday, September 6th, and a week later

[2:13:20] on September 13th, we'll be considering adopting the non-advalorem assessment that we established.

[2:13:29] And scheduling the week later, September 20th, for our second budget hearing.

[2:13:35] All these dates that we propose are not in conflict with the dates that were provided.

[2:13:45] You see on the last page of the email shows those dates that we stay, you stay away from

[2:13:49] and we will make sure that it's not in conflict.

[2:13:53] So unless advised otherwise, we will commence the plans, including bringing resolution setting

[2:13:59] those dates.

[2:14:00] The

[2:14:05] next item is the discussion regarding tax exemption.

[2:14:09] Along the same time that we normally get this information, our finance department also

[2:14:15] normally receive a notice indicating that we should look at our exemptions and see

[2:14:20] what we want to select.

[2:14:23] So in the past we've had one senior property tax exemption and now done in the city, it was

[2:14:33] that many years ago. So we are recommending to consider these are the two and

[2:14:38] I plan to bring back an ordinance unless advised otherwise plan an ordinance to

[2:14:43] adopt the next two that I'm going to ask Chris to speak about so we can have it

[2:14:49] to them by May 1st. Chris if you will at this time. Good evening Mayor and Vice

[2:14:55] Mayor and Commission members, Chris Wallace, Finance Director for the city.

[2:15:00] As the manager noted, we currently extend $125,000 exemption to senior citizens who have a homestead exemption and meet the household income threshold set by the statute, which changes every year, according to inflation. There is a second $25,000 exemption. We might refer to it as a local option exemption that the cities can extend that would apply to the city's property taxes, not to the counties or school boards.

[2:15:28] and that the exemption will also benefit the same seniors who currently benefit from the $25,000 so that would go up to $50,000.

[2:15:40] And there's a newer exemption that applies to, and I apologize, this is going to be a little complicated, but it applies to people who in the year of the exemption their houses worth a just value of $250,000 or less,

[2:15:54] and that they've lived in their house for at least 25 years continually and permanently

[2:16:00] and they meet the same income threshold which is around $35 or $36,000 currently.

[2:16:06] So that last exemption that I was just explaining our analysis indicates that that would only really benefit three property owners

[2:16:13] but those three property owners would save $400.

[2:16:16] the bigger number of people, the larger number of people that would benefit from that first $25,000 exemption that I talked about initially, they would save about $200 a year, a little under, but right now.

[2:16:34] So, you know, the total impact for both of those if you extend it would be a little under $30,000 currently then lost revenue to the city.

[2:16:42] So, if the commission is going to consider that, we need to do it now because we are

[2:16:47] studying our budget process, we're setting the calendar, we'll be doing forecasting,

[2:16:50] but most importantly, we have to let the property appraiser know by May 1st, and we would

[2:16:55] need to adopt this by ordinance under statute.

[2:16:58] So, I guess we'll be bringing it back unless anyone objects to it in the future.

[2:17:04] Madam Mayor.

[2:17:07] I just want to say, Chris, thank you for the presentation.

[2:17:11] like I indicated in the 101, this was one of the items that I was looking for it to bring to the commission body.

[2:17:19] As I was campaigning, I indicated that there was some items that I had spoke with modicaires office with.

[2:17:27] In regards to some exemptions that were on the table for our senior citizens, that we had not taken advantage of.

[2:17:33] So I'm appreciative to see this and I look forward to having the opportunity to vote on this

[2:17:40] prior to the deadline. So I thank you for bringing this forward. I just wish that we would have did this back when it was enacted in 2020 because

[2:17:49] With such a low impact to the budget. It makes such a bigger impact for the residents who are on

[2:17:55] Tight constraints and budgets and senior citizens in our community. So thank you

[2:18:00] And so Chris I

[2:18:08] What year was that that it was brought wasn't 2020 right there's 2018 can't

[2:18:17] hear you Chris right turn that off

[2:18:19] So I wouldn't overspeak the most recent one the one that the only benefits three property owners that was adopted in 2020 by the

[2:18:26] Legislature and could have been affected for fiscal year 21 I believe so it's that's the most recent one but it doesn't really benefit

[2:18:32] probably anyone in West Park I mean it would benefit as far as we can tell three

[2:18:38] property owners so they would benefit but the bigger one is going from 25 to

[2:18:43] $50,000 in exemptions that would benefit the most people even though it's

[2:18:48] going to only benefit them to a little a little under $200 for that income

[2:18:52] group $200 is a big deal. And that proposal was brought to the commission

[2:18:55] way. Well okay so originally it was never brought to the commission

[2:19:00] subsequent. Originally, the pre-dates Mr. Balagun's tenure, you have to keep in

[2:19:07] mind that the city when it was first incorporated really was not going to make

[2:19:11] it financially. The county had to throw millions of dollars at it, so it wasn't

[2:19:15] like you could extend, you did extend the $125,000, but we thought the $50,000 was

[2:19:20] a bridge too far. And we built up finances over the years, but then with the

[2:19:25] recession that hit back in 2008-2009, it really decimated the city's

[2:19:32] unreserved fund balance, and it pushed us back, not just us, but most places back

[2:19:36] quite a bit. And only now, 10 years later, have we really recovered from that

[2:19:42] recession, because while it drops off quickly and you use it quickly, it takes a

[2:19:46] long time to build it back up. So back then we actually had to raise the milledrate

[2:19:51] over nine and you know that really wasn't a very good timing either but we

[2:19:56] think we're in good shape financially now knock on wood, it's always a

[2:20:01] A team effort between the elected body and the staff to try to, you know, do what you can with what money you have, or keeping your finances solid. You're there today. Our fund balance, we think, at the end of this fiscal year, will approach the maximum that the fund balance policy that the commission has adopted requires, which is 50% of expenditures or six months worth of expenditures, if you will. But after the recession, that had dropped down close to 25%, which is the rock bottom. You have to keep in mind that you have to go from October through

[2:20:31] December of every year before you start getting money for property taxes. So if you

[2:20:35] were starting from scratch you wouldn't have money until December but you have bills. So you have

[2:20:41] to have at least three months or 25% just for cash flow purposes but that unfortunately also coincides

[2:20:48] with the the hard part of hurricane season. If you get it back to back hurricane it's going to be

[2:20:54] real tough for the city. You can weather it but you know you're going to you're going to get money

[2:20:58] back from FEMA hopefully and I get 100% of what it costs you but you're going to have to wait

[2:21:02] two or three years to get that money back. So you need a good fund balance and we're going

[2:21:09] to try and maximize the return on that with your adoption earlier tonight of the investment

[2:21:17] options that we have. But where we are today we can do it. I wouldn't have felt comfortable

[2:21:22] back during the recession. I certainly wouldn't have been possible at the time of the corporation

[2:21:26] because most of you remember, I was really, really tough to make this city work financially.

[2:21:32] And to Chris Point, at that time, all the subsidies that gave the city was what kept the city over

[2:21:40] again, at that time we had to go out. I asked him to do it now because coming into the city,

[2:21:47] the military, we had to, you know, kind of adjust and start. Now that we're bringing it, bringing, bringing it down

[2:21:52] and with the investment opportunity and some other resources.

[2:21:56] And now we've grown the advalorem of the city

[2:22:01] without opinion that this will make a benefit.

[2:22:04] And that's why I'm recommending it and asking

[2:22:06] to do it this time to make sure we put it on the table

[2:22:09] so you can consider it.

[2:22:10] Like I said earlier, I'm going to bring back a resolution

[2:22:13] and ordinate hopefully.

[2:22:16] And I started it so that we can meet at May 1st

[2:22:19] so we can make sure we get it out

[2:22:21] if we have the next consecutive means.

[2:22:23] Madam Mayor, let me just make one quick statement

[2:22:27] and then I'll get to you.

[2:22:28] I just wanted to thank you for the presentation

[2:22:30] and I want to make sure that we leave here knowing

[2:22:35] that it's not that we didn't want to, we could not.

[2:22:39] And because of the financial state that we were in

[2:22:43] and following that one hurricane

[2:22:46] and trying to recruit the money for years.

[2:22:48] and so that is why we only did the one exemption.

[2:22:52] So I just wanted to make sure that that is pointed out

[2:22:54] to residents, it's not that we didn't want to,

[2:22:57] we could only do that one because we couldn't afford

[2:23:00] to do any more because of the financial state.

[2:23:03] So again, as a tribute to the commission over the years,

[2:23:08] we have built back up our funding space

[2:23:11] so that we're able to now financially do it.

[2:23:14] So I just wanted to make sure that's the message

[2:23:16] that we get out.

[2:23:17] Okay, and I agree with that I would like if I can just to give a shout out to Holly Smino and Marty Care's office

[2:23:23] They were very helpful in helping us to double check our analysis

[2:23:27] He corrected some of my calculations, and I appreciate that they've always been a big help down there

[2:23:31] Yes, I would just like to say mayor that I disagree with your previous comment, and I want to be transparent to the residents that when the

[2:23:41] The finance officer is speaking about what occurred during the reception of the city,

[2:23:48] what occurred during the recession, all that does not have any variance on when the legislation was passed in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

[2:23:58] During that time, if you go back to the budget, we had a surplus of over $67 million during those fiscal years,

[2:24:07] we did have a surplus of over $6 million.

[2:24:11] So that wasn't to me sit and apply that residents

[2:24:14] that could benefit from saving a little under $30,000

[2:24:18] would have had a great financial impact

[2:24:21] to a city that has a budget for over $16 million.

[2:24:25] So I don't want the perception put out there

[2:24:28] that we couldn't do it at that time

[2:24:30] because there wasn't even an analysis done to see whether

[2:24:34] or not what the impact would have been to our bottom line.

[2:24:38] So I don't want it for traders though.

[2:24:41] This is the only time that we've been able to do so,

[2:24:43] because we are just coming out of a pandemic

[2:24:46] and we're able to do so.

[2:24:48] So if we were just coming out of recession,

[2:24:50] it's my opinion that we still would have been able

[2:24:52] to do so.

[2:24:53] But at that time, this was not the legislature

[2:24:55] that was passed during the inception of the city.

[2:24:58] This was not the legislature.

[2:24:59] Thank you.

[2:25:00] During the recession, this was not enacted by legislature, and during any time thereafter, where the hurricane was impactful to the city finances as the mayor is trying to elude to. So I differ in your analysis of that mayor. And I think that when I spoke to them, the finance director and the city manager in my 101, I echoed that.

[2:25:27] that there was no analysis done and we were not that strapped to have to maintain $30,000

[2:25:36] from the residents and property revenue.

[2:25:39] We were not that strapped at that time.

[2:25:40] We did not have any financial problems or inability to pay our bills at the time as this

[2:25:47] whole historical analog has been presented tonight.

[2:25:50] so that needs to be corrected that we were not hurting for additional $30,000 in revenue from our residents where we could not have it at that time.

[2:26:02] So again I said what I said and I stand by what I said because I sat in the seat during that time so it's just a matter of a difference of opinion but we don't need to be a labor that it's being done now so let's move forward. Thank you, Chris.

[2:26:18] item number nine.

[2:26:19] Steven, if you will come forward, please.

[2:26:23] As we prepare for Broward Up initiative,

[2:26:27] we wanted to look back into entrepreneurship program

[2:26:31] that we did in 2018 and kind of update our analysis

[2:26:35] and kind of start looking at how we can prepare to use one

[2:26:40] to supplement or add to the next one and let them work together

[2:26:45] to be able to provide a much needed program

[2:26:49] that we think residents could appreciate.

[2:26:53] So, Chris, Steven asked him to start preparing

[2:26:57] and do some study with what we did in 2018

[2:27:02] so we can combine both with Broward Up

[2:27:04] and do it so he has prepared a report

[2:27:06] and I want him to share.

[2:27:08] Yeah, this is just a brief update,

[2:27:10] let you know, we recently completed research

[2:27:12] and to local entrepreneurship or business training programs and this includes

[2:27:18] the nationally recognized Broward Score program which coincidentally did

[2:27:24] provided services for the city right here in City Hall in the summer of 2018 we've

[2:27:31] actually included some of the City Commission reports that we provided at the time

[2:27:35] as well as the four-part course syllabus. We also did additional

[2:27:41] research on other neighboring cities to see what they were offering, and we discover

[2:27:47] that they have a system where they have one central consultant who provides training

[2:27:53] to local professionals such as attorney firms, and then they provide training to the

[2:27:58] residents, for the instance, for the example of the attorney firm, they provide legal assistance

[2:28:03] in terms of what is necessary for the business from a legal perspective.

[2:28:08] But basically that's geared more toward larger cities.

[2:28:12] They have a large pool of professionals such as law firms and what have you.

[2:28:16] So based on our research, we believe that the Broward School is the most beneficial program

[2:28:21] at this point where they can come to the city of citizens or to the residents here and provide

[2:28:28] the actual training as well as provide ongoing mentoring for each interested business.

[2:28:34] So we'd like to pursue that as soon as possible.

[2:28:37] and just another note we're also looking into viable apprenticeship programs

[2:28:42] for those who may be interested in certain trades. So we'll bring that back

[2:28:48] at some point as well. Thank you. Madam Mayor. Thank you David for the

[2:28:54] presentation. I have stated on the days that I'm all for giving the community a

[2:29:01] hand up and I'm appreciative that you were able to do some digging on some

[2:29:07] entrepreneurship programs and opportunities as echoed one-on-one I'm glad

[2:29:11] to hear that you guys will be trying to research other opportunities for

[2:29:16] apprenticeship programs and so forth geared towards trade initiatives as

[2:29:21] well. One of the ideas that I just want to put forth to my colleagues that I had in

[2:29:28] mine as well is that perhaps we can with the

[2:29:31] apprenticeship program partner with the OIC

[2:29:35] department as well as local vocational

[2:29:39] tech entities and also to quarry our current

[2:29:45] businesses that we have in the area to see

[2:29:48] whether or not they will be willing to provide

[2:29:50] some form of internship as a form of

[2:29:54] in-kinding or whatnot. So I appreciate that

[2:29:56] Damon and I look forward to all of the the future.

[2:30:04] Okay,

[2:30:08] the next item is a free fitness program initiative. I want to say the opportunity to introduce our new Recreation Manager, Mr. Eric L. Wright. He started hitting the ground running with some programs and there's more to come. It's going to be giving you information on some of the programs that are active.

[2:30:32] them to look into and they were successful in coming together with some information. Eric,

[2:30:40] if you want to present the free fitness program initiative that we are for residents, please.

[2:30:46] Good evening, Mayor, Commissioner and residents. For your information, we are collaborating with

[2:30:54] a local fitness training company, Excite Fitness, to provide a free 16-week fitness boot

[2:31:01] campus initiative at Meteor Park. The program is provided providing two training sessions per week,

[2:31:09] Mondays and Thursdays from March through June for a maximum of 45 participants per session.

[2:31:17] The program will be an outdoor program and is free to residents. The class time is tentatively

[2:31:23] schedule from 6.45 to 7.45pm, a flyer with a commencement date and final details will

[2:31:32] be sent via text blast.

[2:31:36] Okay, this is, I see indicated we're going to have a registration process which is already

[2:31:43] working on, they'll be on the website for any participants that are interested so they

[2:31:49] can log it in and it will receive them.

[2:31:52] It is our hope that we can get more people to register,

[2:31:56] that we can expand it and extend it.

[2:31:58] Each session only takes 45 participants.

[2:32:02] If they continue to come, we'll really

[2:32:05] be able to do that.

[2:32:06] I want to extend this exercise initiative and effort

[2:32:11] for people to come out outdoor and do some exercise

[2:32:15] for the program.

[2:32:17] Thanks, Eric.

[2:32:20] Mr. Wright, thank you for the presentation and I also just wanted to welcome you to the

[2:32:24] city. Thank you for this initiative and this program. We look forward to many more

[2:32:31] like it. I definitely will be in attendance.

[2:32:36] I definitely will be in attendance, you know,

[2:32:38] trying to get my feet on as well. So I look to see other residents participating as well.

[2:32:43] And once again to the residents for public consumption is totally free to you.

[2:32:49] So please take advantage of this opportunity.

[2:32:53] Madam Mayor.

[2:32:54] Yes.

[2:32:56] I also would like to just indicate just for information purposes that during the 101 I did

[2:33:03] Corey, the city manager, I have residents who have had interest in creating an initiative

[2:33:11] for the seniors as well.

[2:33:12] some of the seniors that may not be a part of our senior program have indicated

[2:33:17] they would like something sort of like a silver slipper program where they

[2:33:22] can get involved with doing like yoga Tai Chi and you know moderate exercises

[2:33:29] for our senior population so I did speak with the city manager and his staff and

[2:33:35] reference to trying to fish out any programs and initiatives to add to our

[2:33:40] this program and to also have one particularly not only at the material part but

[2:33:46] Mary Sanders as well. Thank you.

[2:33:54] The next item is a free fresh food

[2:33:57] distribution event on schedule for February 25th, Arclin, if you want to

[2:34:03] present that item.

[2:34:07] Thank you, Mr. Walligan. Good evening again mayor and

[2:34:11] commission. So this is an announcement for our free fresh food distribution and

[2:34:17] And our continued effort to provide free fresh food to our residents, visitors and anyone

[2:34:24] that comes in the drive-thru-only line.

[2:34:26] We have collaborated with FarmShare in the past, as well as we would be doing the same

[2:34:32] thing on February 24th, I'm sorry, February 25th, at McTear Park at 10am.

[2:34:39] As a reminder to the commission, FarmShare has, FarmShare has advised that every elected

[2:34:47] official, we'll have to sign off on a form entitled Rules Regarding Political Activities

[2:34:53] at Farmshare Events.

[2:34:55] Staff will pass out the pages to the commission.

[2:35:01] You each will receive two. So we are requesting that although the memo says that this is due by Friday, February 24th, our VIT is on February 25th and staff will have to send these consent forms to FarmShare ahead of time. So we're asking that as soon as you know that you're going to attend that particular distribution in, please sign it and send it over to us and we will be happy to receive it earlier.

[2:35:31] Again, this is an announcement for our free FESHDFU's distribution on February 25th at

[2:35:38] McTier Park at 10 a.m. Thank you.

[2:35:43] At this time, Chris, monthly budget report,

[2:35:57] good evening again, Chris Wallace, finance director

[2:35:59] for the city. The monthly rebudger report is for the month ended December 31st. I'm sorry,

[2:36:13] January 31st. So we will have completed 33% of the year. At that point our revenues look

[2:36:20] on track a little ahead of schedule really but not a whole lot. And expenditures are under

[2:36:26] where we thought they'd be by a little bit but I expect those to pick up. With the exception

[2:36:30] of the law enforcement contract which you know was renegotiated so we'll be preparing a budget

[2:36:36] a revision to bring that back in line.

[2:36:40] We do expect to increase our investment income, as we noted earlier in the meeting.

[2:36:46] The capital money that we've been spending for capital projects and the county surtax

[2:36:50] money and the ARPA funds are starting to pick up, I expect to see that really take wind

[2:36:56] here for the rest of the year.

[2:36:59] The checks that are in the backup, nothing really unusual there, it's not once again just

[2:37:03] another routine month and in some of the conversations we had you know just for

[2:37:09] the public's benefit this is the time of year we're in a strong cash flow

[2:37:13] position because the property taxes and assessment revenue come in in December

[2:37:18] in January you get like 70% of that money then and we get the rest of it through

[2:37:24] the end of March for all intents and purposes but by May we go into what I call

[2:37:29] negative cash flow where we have more expenses than revenues coming in so this

[2:37:33] This is a time of year where you build up your cash and then you start spending it out.

[2:37:37] So we do have a strong cash position right now, but that's not unusual.

[2:37:42] And with that, I'll be glad to answer any questions and I'm sorry about my voice going

[2:37:46] out again.

[2:37:54] I'm sorry.

[2:37:55] Any questions?

[2:38:57] Can you hear me?

[2:38:59] Okay.

[2:39:00] Thank you.

[2:39:01] Okay.

[2:39:02] As Ben Chren before in the one-on-one, I just want to get it out.

[2:39:07] But I was inquiring about us putting aside an additional account which is an initiative

[2:39:22] funding account.

[2:39:23] And that account would be some money put aside for initiatives to give back to the

[2:39:30] residents in the city. I know we have the seniors, we have that takes place in

[2:39:43] the city on holiday times and stuff like that but whereas the commissions we

[2:39:51] need initiative funds instead of us buying Halloween candy out of our

[2:39:55] pockets. There should be initiative funds for us to

[2:40:00] To give back to the residents on the commission basis. So I think we have a surplus here. We put it in a way. We are going to be banking, investing, $8.7 million. And why not have that funds put aside.

[2:40:27] A little bit of something from the 8 million dollar put aside for that initial that funding itself. Can you explain?

[2:40:36] What you have explained to me why cannot be done right now?

[2:40:39] I don't think we said it couldn't be done. It's really a budgetary decision. That was brought up.

[2:40:48] Oh, that's just

[2:40:49] That's a financial decision. That money's actually currently invested. It's just invested in very low-paying deposits out of bank

[2:40:56] We are trying to increase that and we do expect it to generate additional cash

[2:41:00] beyond what we currently have budgeted.

[2:41:03] What you're suggesting is really kind of a political or

[2:41:06] budgetary decision, so I don't really have a position on it,

[2:41:08] other than to say I understand what you're saying,

[2:41:11] but it really needs to be brought up in context of

[2:41:13] when you're preparing the budget or doing budget amendments

[2:41:15] and looking to see how your revenues come in.

[2:41:18] Because while our revenues currently look good

[2:41:20] and I don't expect that to change, it could change.

[2:41:24] You know, a good part of your revenue comes from taxes on utilities

[2:41:28] and you have what's been kind of a warm winter so far so it may be as we start

[2:41:35] getting those payments in you know you pay your electric bill for January

[2:41:39] you probably pay it in February we don't get that money until March so some

[2:41:43] time in March I expect to see how weather has affected our electric bills might

[2:41:47] not to go too far straight my point is you only need to pay that in context of

[2:41:51] the overall budget and consider that in your budgeting of how you want the city

[2:41:58] programs and things to work you know my goal is my goal on the investment side was just to

[2:42:02] generate more money for the city without taking any real risk in doing so because the interest

[2:42:06] break market has moved up and will continue to do so where before it was pretty much near zero

[2:42:12] so I don't know if that answers your question or not I'm not trying to avoid it but it's not a

[2:42:16] decision that I get to make or even recommend I think I could I could when I hear the term initiated

[2:42:22] I'm thinking you're talking about a program unless I'm getting the wrong to have a program

[2:42:29] Like

[2:42:35] Chris indicated that would be something that has to do with

[2:42:38] budgetary during what we're doing budget

[2:42:40] So we can't discuss that at that time on the workshop as to what particular program and if you want to let us know

[2:42:48] In a pro when you say initiative

[2:42:51] To give back

[2:42:53] What's coming to my mind is all the things we currently do now, but if you have another one, you just let us know.

[2:43:00] Thank you.

[2:43:06] Mr. Manager, are you finished with your managers report? Thank you. Thank you, Chris.

[2:43:12] Item number 16 is old business.

[2:43:15] Item number 17 is new business.

[2:43:19] Item number 18 is future agenda items.

[2:43:21] Madam Mayor. Yes.

[2:43:23] I do have a couple of future agenda items for consideration.

[2:43:28] Please make a motion.

[2:43:30] One second, please.

[2:43:37] I'm moving to add to the future agenda item update on the 25th street road improvement

[2:43:49] as far as what the residents have identified at the public meeting.

[2:43:53] I would like for us to consider as a future agenda item to bring that back to

[2:43:58] see what actionable items the developers taken to remedy some of the

[2:44:04] concerns of the resident.

[2:44:07] Second.

[2:44:09] Roll call.

[2:44:13] Yes.

[2:44:14] Yes.

[2:44:16] Yes.

[2:44:19] Yes.

[2:44:20] Thank you.

[2:44:21] I also had an additional one if I may.

[2:44:23] Go ahead.

[2:44:25] As a future agenda, I would like to move for the board's consideration to convene at

[2:44:33] a future date public workshop on the charter so that we can have all of our questions answered

[2:44:42] about the charter and what the charter indicates.

[2:44:46] As you indicate, may I am a new commissioner?

[2:44:49] I have served on the charter review board, but I would like for the public

[2:44:55] consumption and for us as a body to possibly have a work.

[2:45:05] Second. Second, it will be to benefit both. The workshop will be for the benefit of the commissioners and, you know, all the workshops are public. So whoever would like to be at attendance and learn as we learn, it will be available option for them as well. Second motion. Second, roll call.

[2:45:28] Yes.

[2:45:31] Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[2:45:36] Any other future agenda items?

[2:45:39] Go ahead.

[2:45:40] Okay.

[2:45:43] As we are in Black History Month, I want to say happy Black History Month to everyone.

[2:45:51] Now, I want to make a motion for consensus to get only agenda for supporting Congresswoman

[2:46:02] and Yvette Clark in New York for the ex-generation of Marcus Garb, Marzia Garvey.

[2:46:11] So yes.

[2:46:18] A second.

[2:46:20] Roll call.

[2:46:20] Can we have discussion?

[2:46:22] Discussion?

[2:46:23] Just to be clear, you would like for us to consider the motion to do what specifically

[2:46:31] for a resolution, the motion for a resolution on the agenda to support Max

[2:46:40] David Clark in New York for the ex-generation of a Marcus Poseidon.

[2:46:47] The ex-generation of him?

[2:46:47] Yes.

[2:46:48] Okay.

[2:46:49] All right.

[2:46:51] Okay.

[2:46:51] Can we call for the role?

[2:46:55] Call for the role?

[2:46:56] Yes.

[2:47:01] Yes.

[2:47:04] Yes.

[2:47:10] Thank you.

[2:47:21] I just wanted to quickly address what occurred earlier with the consent agenda items.

[2:47:33] I just want to make it abundantly clear that as a body we have to work together and we

[2:47:39] have the opportunity to hear from one another about the items that we are

[2:47:44] collecting we voting on. I think that it's a travesty that we did not

[2:47:50] secure the votes in order to have the discussion on items that collectively we

[2:47:55] want it pulled. I do think that there needs to be a process in place metamere on how

[2:48:05] you decide to recognize your colleagues on the day is I'm not quite sure how you

[2:48:15] decide who will have the floor who won't have the floor because there's not like

[2:48:21] a readily apparatus here that we can ping in to indicate that we would like

[2:48:27] our opportunity to speak so I would like it to be considered that we are fair

[2:48:32] and equitable with how we recognize fellow board members on the day is, it just seems

[2:48:41] that maybe perhaps because of your preferable you only see commission or brand

[2:48:46] instrument or you only see commission or my reprice first, but I think that we have

[2:48:52] to come up with a process so that the recognition of speakers that have the

[2:48:57] was equitable.

[2:49:00] So that's that. And then the other thing is there was some excuse me issues

[2:49:08] from a form of meetings that I didn't get an opportunity to unpack at the last commission

[2:49:14] meeting because we were time barred. So a couple of meetings prior to modern price was

[2:49:24] recognized at this particular meeting by you, Madam Mayor, and he wanted to basically

[2:49:32] call the vote and in the discussion that we were having at that time, but it wasn't

[2:49:38] according to Robert Rules, Robert Rules of Order properly called into question, so I want

[2:49:44] to make sure that we're following the processes as we are supposed to as the body, if we are

[2:49:51] have in the discussion on an item in order for that discussion to be time-barred or limited

[2:49:58] in discussion, it has to be...

[2:50:12] The other thing is, at my formerly first commission meeting, the public had addressed the commission on some items, and there was some items that I wanted to clarify with the residents so that I can get a better understanding as far as the resident concerned. And I know that you may have heard about this.

[2:50:30] You are the point of the point person for the discussions and so forth, and in that

[2:50:37] meeting you indicated that it would be an opportunity for me to address the resident,

[2:50:41] but by the time the for good of the order what not came about, that resident was no longer

[2:50:46] there.

[2:50:47] I think we have to come up with the process of how we are going to recognize, or how you

[2:50:53] recognize us as your fellow commissioners to address the residents while

[2:51:01] they're up at the podium if we have any additional questions or concerns for

[2:51:05] the residents at that time and I believe that's all that I have it.

[2:51:18] Any other

[2:51:23] was here with the information requesting us to visit the site that the complaint was based on

[2:51:33] this complaint here that the resident bring forth to the last meeting. I did make these steps to go

[2:51:43] as far as to meet with the city manager on this actual complaint and I wanted to do my part in going

[2:51:53] been out, I've requested, actually I requested today, because that's when the resident was

[2:51:59] available at 10 o'clock this morning, and I've sent out the email, as the manager said,

[2:52:06] I should get the date from the resident, and he will set up so we can go out with the

[2:52:16] staff out to the actual location.

[2:52:18] So, this was not done based on no communication because my email was sent out and I have not

[2:52:29] got a reply from the manager until today.

[2:52:33] And also, when do we address or residence or answer our residence questions?

[2:52:44] When do we, as commissions, do that?

[2:52:48] If the residence comes to us and asks a question,

[2:52:54] when do we get to respond to the residence

[2:52:58] or to answer their questions?

[2:53:01] Now, as I've been saying before, the residence

[2:53:04] is the one that puts us all up here.

[2:53:08] And we need to be looking out for the residence here

[2:53:13] in them, at least to hear them. Three minutes and it got off with no exceptions or nothing

[2:53:22] to hear out the residents. We have to come up with something better to not disrespect

[2:53:31] in our residents, because they're the one who put us here. And I'm sure elections do

[2:53:38] have consequences, but some are afraid. Some of the residents, they said they are afraid

[2:53:47] of leadership in the city. And that's sad. That is sad. That is very, very sad. So this

[2:53:55] is my complaint on this particular year. When it talks about last year, Sandy talks about

[2:54:04] going to the state and all of that stuff.

[2:54:09] We have to acknowledge these things.

[2:54:11] We have to at least hear the complaints.

[2:54:14] We have to actually listen, at least,

[2:54:17] even if you're not interested, respectfully go out and listen.

[2:54:22] There's a request, there's a request, acknowledge it.

[2:54:25] So, that is one of my real, the bothers me the whole time and to see it plays again

[2:54:36] here tonight in the meeting in the, the, the, the, the residents comments, I mean, it

[2:54:47] is wrong.

[2:54:49] And we got to figure out some way of how we do this and how we deal with the resident.

[2:54:54] and they are paying the bills in the city.

[2:54:57] The resident taxes are paying the bills.

[2:55:00] We need to treat the residents better, not just a handful or a few. Thank you. Madam Mayor, I had a couple of items that I, um, so let me, let me just be clear. And I'm looking for Michelle. And, and I'll, because Commissioner comments is mostly not Michelle. Can you clarify what Commissioner comments is supposed to be used for?

[2:55:28] I just, I'm asking for clarification because I can.

[2:55:32] So can you clarify that, please, Michelle, just so that we all understand at all on the same page?

[2:55:42] At the end, for the good of the orders, General Levy served for announcements and the like general comments that any one of the commissioners wants to engage in and share with the public.

[2:55:57] And in terms of how long those comments may last, there's nothing in specifying how long the comments may be.

[2:56:10] But Robert's rules of order kind of gives a limit in terms of debating any issue.

[2:56:20] So it's just generally anything that the commissioner would like to say

[2:56:24] and share with the group typically reserved for announcements and the like.

[2:56:32] Yes, my name is Aaron. I just

[2:56:43] whenever the city is being recognized as a body for any awards or anything like that,

[2:56:50] I'm not sure how information is disseminated, but I did not get a notification about the Browett agency of aging,

[2:56:59] recognizing the city for 15 years I'm not even sure what the award was for and

[2:57:05] such but I think that it's important to be inclusive to the entire body and we

[2:57:11] know of something where the city is being recognized for something I think

[2:57:15] that it's only righteous that all of the commissioners have an opportunity to

[2:57:19] know and to participate in any recognition from the city standpoint. Also I have

[2:57:28] been trying to ask the city manager what the process is for any

[2:57:35] proclamations or awards that we as commissioners may be able

[2:57:41] may want to recognize the entity or resident or a business in

[2:57:47] the community. He has not been very clear on that process. I do

[2:57:53] want to state for the record that I did ask one of the our fellow

[2:57:57] commissioners about their process and they outline to me that it's supposed to be emailed to the

[2:58:04] city manager. However, I just want to bring it to the body's attention that it seems as though

[2:58:09] there's a difference in what other commissioners are able to do as far as providing direction to

[2:58:17] the city manager and what the newbies are able to do is commissioners per se. So I do have

[2:58:27] of proclamations that I would like to bring forth

[2:58:32] as consideration.

[2:58:33] I just really need to know, because there's

[2:58:36] blurr lines as far as what the city manager has to be done,

[2:58:40] and what my fellow colleagues are indicating

[2:58:42] has to be done.

[2:58:43] So I would like clarification perhaps sometime

[2:58:47] in the future and in writing what that process is

[2:58:52] from my fellow colleagues.

[2:58:55] so that's one thing. And then also at the other meeting that we had, Mayor

[2:59:02] Brunce, you had gave a direct directive on something at the end of the

[2:59:06] meeting about voting for the 25th Street Road Improvement Project you had

[2:59:14] gave a directive to the city manager to basically email the commissioners

[2:59:19] and whoever the majority was in response is to the date and time that that would stand.

[2:59:28] However, I'm reminded by just doing my ethics training that we are not allowed to vote outside

[2:59:34] of the sunshine and by virtue of sending an email and lieu of voting in the sunshine,

[2:59:40] I just, again, do not want to come into question with the ORGR with the ethics to be about

[2:59:47] Do anything on this body while I'm on the day is so I just want us to be mindful

[2:59:55] That if there is something that is proposed that we are going to entertain as a

[3:00:00] That we should do so as the body in the sunshine, and that concludes my further good of the order. Thank you. Can we get a motion to adjourn? Second. Have a good day.

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