Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the City Commission meeting this November 6, 2026. As many of you may have realized, we did not have a conference meeting this afternoon. Many of the items that would have been brought to our attention had been discussed in previous meetings and perhaps a future meeting. But tonight is the only meeting we're having today. And for those of you who are here for the first time, we'd like to thank you for being here and welcome you. And there's a certain sequence of an order of things that we do here. And we begin with the Pledge of Allegiance and have various announcements. And of course, we round it out with presentations. Tonight, we have two presentations. Presentations where we recognize individuals, events, or organizations that are important to our community. And so we'll get to that shortly. So if I could ask Talia Moncrief. Is Talia here? There you are. If you can join me at the podium. And I can please ask everybody to rise and join us in the Pledge. Okay, it's all yours. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it's been one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Very good. Thank you so much. Talia, you want to have a picture taken with your family? You guys scoot down just a little bit. We're going to have you a little. So Talia is a third grader in Gateway Christian Academy. I want to thank you and your family for coming and supporting her tonight. Thank you so much. At this time, we'd like to ask you to please join the commission in a moment of silence. Thank you. Now I have the privilege of stepping back for a moment from the usual affairs of the commission to announce retirement of long-term employees who have worked with our city for many, many years. And there are three such individuals tonight. I'd like to announce their retirement. First of all, we have Hugh Bain, who's been a driver engineer in the fire department, has worked with us for 25 years. So thank you. Thank you so much, Hugh. We also have John Grawl, who has been a police officer with our, wow, 30 years of service. Thank you so much. We very much appreciate it. And we also have Robert Mack, who's been our fire logistics supervisor. And he's been with us, wow, 33 years. Wow. Thank you so much. Thank you for your service to our community. And I wish you the best in your retirement. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Glossman. Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Here. Vice Mayor Sorensen. Here. Mayor Trent Tulls. Here. I keep looking over here and I forget. There's an empty chair. I'll give you a picture. Yeah. All right. So we have one walk-on agenda item. This is a resolution affirming the city of Fort Lauderdale's commitment for the existing joint quiet zone establishment to be retained along the Florida East Coast Railway corridor in Broward County. Other than that, do I hear a motion to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended? So moved. Second. It's been moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Vice Mayor Sorensen. Yes. Commissioner Glossman. Yes. Mayor Trent Tulls. Yes. And so that has now been approved. So now we get to our presentations. And I'd like to invite the Vice Mayor to please come to the podium and present a proclamation regarding November 2026 as National Native American Heritage Month here in the city of Fort Lauderdale. And I'd like to invite Miccosukee Council Chairman Talbert Cypress and Miccosukee Tribe of the Indians of Florida Chief Operating Officer Curtis Asciolo and the Seminole Chairman Marcellus Asciolo. Are they all here? Come on up. They are. Come on up. And Tricia, you're part of this. Right over here. Right here. Excellent. Curtis, come on up. You're part of the team. He's very shy. He's very shy. Oh, hey, that's all right. We'll have some help from the team out in the audience. Mayor, thank you for this. And it's so special, Mayor, to have Chairman Osceola here and Chairman of Cypress from the Miccosukee Tribe. So to have both chairs here from both tribes that play such an important part in our history here in Fort Lauderdale and our broader community is just, it's such a privilege. So I just, and Curtis, thank you as a Chief Operating Officer of the Miccosukee Tribe. Thank you for helping your part in making this possible. And we're so excited that you're here and celebrating the Native American Heritage Month. And I'd love to just read a little bit about that celebration and then turn it over to both chairmen if you'd like to say a word or two. So this is in recognition of Native American Heritage Month, whereas Native American Heritage Month is observed each November to honor the rich histories, diverse cultures, traditions, and enduring contributions of Native American peoples to our nation. And whereas Native Americans are the original inhabitants of this land and their knowledge, traditions, and values have helped shape our nation's history, identity, and cultural heritage. And whereas South Florida has rich indigenous history and the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida continue to preserve their distinct cultures, languages, and traditions while contributing to the cultural and economic vitality of our region. And whereas Native Americans have made lasting and continuing contributions to our society through art, education, agriculture, environmental stewardship, military service, government, and countless other fields. And whereas Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, achievements, and living traditions of indigenous communities, while encouraging greater understanding and appreciation of their history and cultures. And whereas the city of Fort Lauderdale recognizes the importance of honoring Native American heritage and fostering a community that respects and celebrates the diverse cultures and traditions that enrich our city. Now, therefore, we as city commissioners of the city of Fort Lauderdale proclaim November 2026 as Native American Heritage Month, signed, your mayor, Dean J. Trantellis. Chairman, I'll turn it over to you first. Thank you. Thank you, vice mayor. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, commissioners. Thank you, everybody, for recognizing that we are still here. We are still thriving. We're still preserving our way of life on the reservations. We have 10 reservations throughout the state of Florida. If anybody's familiar with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Mick Suki has a few land. I'll let him go over that. I don't want to speak for him. Vice mayor, I know it gets confusing when there's more than one chairman in the room. Yeah, so kind of lost what he was thinking about. But it is truly an honor and a pleasure to be here to share this moment with everybody here in the room. We thank you for the recognition. If you see us somewhere else down the street or another one of our members, just walk up and say hello. We're just as normal as anybody else in this room. But thank you again for the recognition. Everybody be safe, and God bless. Thank you, Chairman Osceola. Chairman Cypress. Yeah, I want to say thank you to everybody here in Broward County. Might not be known, but our first reservation, federally recognized reservation, was actually here in Broward County on the edge of on the edge of Broward County over on Alligator Alley. That is our original reservation that was awarded to us back in, I think, 72? 72. And so, you know, we're a big part of Broward County as well as Dade County, and we share a lot of family. We're Seminole here as well, and I'm always glad to be here sharing the stage with Chairman Osceola as well. You know, we share a lot of family between both tribes, and we really appreciate all that you've done here today for us, and thank you. Shnabish. So now we invite Commissioner Beasley Pittman to present a proclamation regarding National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week here in the city of Fort Lauderdale, and we'd like to invite Rachel Williams, who's our Manager for Housing and Community Development, to please join her. Also, can we have the Homeless Initiative team to please join us, please? Yes. Homeless Initiative, please. Happy Friday, everyone. I don't know if I was supposed to say that, but yeah, it's Friday. Oh, good evening, good evening, good evening. I was asked if I would present this proclamation, and it is with great honor that I do. From the Office of the Mayor, the City of Fort Lauderdale, proclamation and recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, November 15th through the 21st, 2026. Whereas National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week raises awareness of hunger and homelessness and encourages communities to work together to ensure everyone has access to food, shelter, and opportunities for a better future. Whereas the City of Fort Lauderdale is committed to addressing homelessness through outreach, housing, assistance, partnership that connects individuals with resources and support they need to regain stability. And whereas through its its homeless outreach team, police co-responder teams, mobile integration health teams, and dedicated case managers, the City helps individuals experiencing homelessness assess shelter, housing, health care, and other essential services. And whereas the City's Community Court brings together approximately 30 service providers, including Caring Place, Fellowship Recovery Community Organization, Homes United Ministry, the Rotary Connection to provide shelter, meals, recovery, support, transportation, housing assistance, and other essential services that brings individuals to achieve stability and rebuild their lives. And whereas local churches, non-profit organizations, and home owners associations have generously donated 3,950 bag lunches to Community Court, demonstrating the power of neighbors coming together to help those in need. Whereas the City proudly recognizes the dedication of Community Court service providers, volunteers, and community partners whose compassion and commitment makes a meaningful difference in the lives of most of our most vulnerable neighbors. Now, therefore, we ask the City Commissioners of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to hereby proclaim November 15th through the 21st, 2026, as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in the City of Fort Lauderdale. This is signed December, excuse me, it is signed the 6th day of November, 2026, by our Mayor Dean Trantellis. And let's write you, if you would, please. Good evening, Mayor, Commissioners, Charter Officers, Colleagues, Community Partners, and Residents. On behalf of the City of Fort Lauderdale's Community Services Department and the Housing and Community Development Division's Homeless Initiative Team, we sincerely thank you for this recognition and for your continued efforts to raise awareness surrounding hunger and homelessness in our community. In addition, I would like to recognize and thank our service providers, our nonprofit and faith-based partners, volunteers, and frontline staff who work tirelessly each day to support our most vulnerable neighbors. Your compassion, dedication, and commitment make a meaningful difference in our community. And I will take some time to recognize our service providers. Some of the names that I might call are not in the room, but if you're in the room, please stand and join us here. The Caring Place. Fellowship Living. Broward Healthy Start Coalition. Task Force for Ending Homelessness. Broward County Housing Option Solutions and Supports Division. Henderson Behavioral Health. Showering Love. Homes United. Homes United. South Florida Family Care Alliance. Gold Coast Narcotic Anonymous. Care Resource. Rotary Connection. Broward Partnership. Broward Addiction and Recovery Center. First Step Behavioral Health. The Backpack Barber. Broward Health Point. South Florida Wellness Network. Goodman Jewish Family Services. Legal Aid of Broward County. Diverse Dependable Housing. Footprints to Success Clubhouse. Broward Sheriff's Office. Fountain of Youth. Fort Lauderdale Behavioral Health. Community Action Agency of Broward. Hope South Florida. Community Rightful Center. Area Agency on Aging. This list, though not exhaustive, demonstrates that it really takes a village to address the need of hunger and homelessness in our community. Creating meaningful, lasting change requires all of us to work together. Through continued collaboration, we can move beyond awareness to action and advance our shared vision of Fort Lauderdale, where everyone has a place to call home and access to resources they need to thrive. Thank you for your partnership and your continued commitment. And on behalf of the City Commission and the people of the City of Fort Lauderdale, we thank you for your commitment and dedication to helping those who can't help themselves. And we thank you for coming tonight and being recognized in this endeavor. We appreciate your partnership in our community. Okay, moving on. This is a time in which we now address the consent agenda items. This is where an individual item can be pulled by a member of the City Commission. No one from the public has signed up to speak on any of the consent items. So I'll begin with Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman. Do you have any items you wish to pull? Yes. CR1, please. Which one? CR1? CR1. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. CM6. And Vice Mayor? None. Okay. Very good. So except for CR1 and CM6, do I hear a motion to approve the consent agenda items? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trinthals? Yes. And all those consent agenda items are now approved except CR1 and CM6. If you're here on any of those items, your item has been approved. You're welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting. And we appreciate your participation tonight. Pam, CR1. CR1. CR1, yes. Thank you, Mayor. I had pulled this item because I wanted to have on record some clarity about the exhibits that are shown and exactly for us to have verbally exactly the areas that are being, the likes to be added. It's not as clear as I believe it should be so the neighbors understand that their neighborhood is included. So if we could have someone... Do we have this mapped out somehow? We do. It's part of Exhibit 3 of the backup for this item. And the map is on page 2 of 3. Yes. Nice jacket, Carmen. So, good evening. Enrique Sanchez, Deputy Parks Director, City of Fort Lauderdale. So the area encompassed is the River Run neighborhood, Sunset, Riverland Village, and... Is it possible to have that brought up on the screens for those who they're pulling it up? Okay. Thank you. You can continue with the river description. So the areas, the boundary of the project has Davie Boulevard to the north. And then you have Riverland Road to the east on 27th Avenue, coming from Davie down along until it reaches 441. And so those neighborhoods within that area is what encompasses the project area. Yes. And the reason I ask that we bring it up to have a little bit more description, because the map and the legend that's given, it shows where new poles would be added, where some will be given additional lighting. But the streets aren't really identified. When I try to zoom in, you can't identify the streets themselves. They're not labeled. The streets are not labeled. So when I had the conversation during our pre-agenda briefing, there was area here when we're looking at the map that's there. If we could go to page two or three. Hold on. Yes. Okay. All right. My concern, and if it could be defined as it was for me, when we're at the bottom of this ledger, that's Riverland Road that's traveling across the bottom. That's where you see those yellow dots. Yes, where we see the yellow. And to the far, that would be the east of the map, it's completely green there. There's no lights in that area. And I wanted it to be shared what that space is, the green space, or why no lights are in that area. This is in the southeast. In the southeast corner. Southeast corner, yes. So there, it's not within our project area. There are some existing lights there. And also, there is some green space and just some residential areas that we're not interested in lights. Okay. Understood. And I wanted that to be verbalized because, you know, two weeks from now, a month from now, it's verbalized as to why there's no lights and we're doing a whole community in a sense where we're adding lights. And then also, I wanted it to be, is the Riverland Village community receiving lights in this area? Yes, it is. Okay. Thank you. And that was the other question I wanted verbalized. Thank you. And that's all the questions that I have. Okay. Very good. Would you like to introduce the resolution? Yes. I would like to introduce the resolution. The resolution's been introduced. Anyone else have any questions or comments? There being none, please call the roll. A resolution, the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement and subsequent renewals with the Florida Power and Light Company for the installation of new light-emitting diode street lighting in the Riverland neighborhood, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Drenthos? Yes. And CR1 is now approved. Now moving on to CM6. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Thank you, Mayor. CM6 is an event that's basically going to be a moment of remembrance, visibility, community. It's on World AIDS Day, and I want to preface my remarks by saying that this is an amazing, an amazing event. And it's such a very, very, very important topic in what it does in terms of making sure that we have that kind of compassion, we have that education, we have that hope. It's an excellent, excellent program for the city to come together and realize what World AIDS Day means in the city of Fort Lauderdale. So my difficulty, and I'm going to also say that I'm going to support this event application. But what I just want to say to the folks that are presenting to us as a commission, folks that are coming before us as an agency, as an organization, to request that we let public spaces be used for these kinds of very worthwhile purposes, that I would ask these organizations, especially the president of an organization, which is exactly what I'm talking about, I would expect the president of an organization behind this. And by the way, there are two organizations listed on the event application. And one is CAN Community Health, and that's also in partnership with Harmony Waves, Inc. So if you are the leader of one of these organizations, and you're coming to the city of Fort Lauderdale and requesting that we turn over a space like the La Solis Oceanside Park on La Solis and A1A, I would just suggest that you refrain, as the president of that organization, from bashing the city commission, from specifically calling out the mayor and myself two days before we are here today. I don't know. Maybe it's me, but it doesn't seem like a good strategy to get your event approved with a smile. I would just say let's be cognizant of that. Let's be better citizens. Let's be more respectful of the city, of the city commission, and of each of these individuals that sit here that give so much of their time. I know that each of us spends an incredible amount of time working with our neighborhoods, working on projects. I love all of the District 2 events that we have along our district, and there are many in District 2, just like this one at the park. But I would just say to folks at CAN Community Health, folks at Harmony Waves, you can do better. We can do better. We can be a little bit more uplifting in our social media comments without being so degrading, so rude, and really offensive. And that's all I'm going to say, Mayor. And with that, I'm happy to move this item forward. Well, you mentioned it was you and me were the targets to these comments. I didn't read these comments, but all I can say is that, you know, the commission passed a resolution seeking to elevate the ethical standards of conversation and discourse that comes before the commission and that's expressed outside these commission chambers. And I think that that needs to be respected by everybody, whether or not you're coming before the commission seeking an approval of something or seeking money or seeking the availability of space, you know, I don't know how we can get that lesson, express that lesson strong enough to ensure that, you know, we find a way to incentivize people not to feel that, you know, the Internet or the social media platforms are an opportunity to attack anybody, whether it be on this commission or anybody in the community, because that's not helpful. It's not constructive. And sometimes I wonder whether we should even be approving this event because we don't need this kind of toxicity in a city like ours, which is we have so many great things happening. The event itself, as you said, Commissioner, is a great event. I've attended it multiple times. And World AIDS Day is a very solemn moment. Hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of this disease in America. People still are dying of this disease in America. We're very fortunate that after so many years, 44 years since its discovery, we have finally, science has finally come up with remedies, both precautionary and as well as remedial remedies with regard to HIV virus. And it's great. But in the meantime, you know, two generations have suffered the impact of this disease, not just the people who have sustained the contraction of the HIV virus, but also their families, their friends, the community around them. Everybody's impacted. And it has created not just a social and economic burden, but it's an emotional burden that communities like my own, the LGBT community, as well as African-American, Haitian, and people from around our community that continue to be impacted by this disease. So when we approve an event like this, it's with the intention of doing goodwill to the rest of the community, goodwill to those who have suffered and to hopefully prevent future contraction of this disease by others. It's an awareness program. It's a way to recognize how important something like this has happened in our own community. You know, South Florida continues to be the number one place in the entire country for the rate of infections of HIV. And that has been that way for years. So anything we can do to raise awareness is important. But it's disconcerting to think that promoters in this endeavor think that the social media is a place for entertainment, for them to attack us who are trying to do good. And so I'm hopeful that we can move forward and not suffer the indignance of criticism that has nothing to do with the event and has nothing to do with the subject matter. It has only to do with their personal feelings about the individuals on this commission. So I'm going to support the effort, but I'm just saying that this commission passed that ethics resolution for a reason. And we want to elevate the level of discourse so that people understand that everyone's trying to do their best on this commission. And I think that we need to continue to understand how it's a partnership between the commissioners and the community as we try to improve Fort Lauderdale and being the best city in the state of Florida. So have you introduced the resolution? Yes, I did to support. Okay. Any other comments or questions? There being none? Oh, wait, this is a motion. It's a motion. I need a second. Second. They're moving second. Who's called the roll? Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trent-Tiles? Yes, and that item is now approved. I was remiss in not recognizing our state representative, Dan Daly, who's here. Thank you so much for being here, Dan. Thank you. Appreciate your being here. Okay, moving on to motions. M1, motion approving an award of Home Investment Partnerships Program, American Rescue Plan. No one to sign up to speak. Someone would like to move the item? I would like to move, but also discussion. Sure. So moved. Second. They moved to second. Discussion. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to get some clarity in regards to this opportunity, if we could have someone to share with us. Thank you. And my, I'm, yes, she's back again. Good afternoon, Rachel. Thank you. I am definitely in support of this opportunity for the city overall, but just wanted some clarity on how this basically came about, and then also wanted to talk about the 15-year deed restriction that's attached. So if you could walk us through that a little bit. Okay. Good afternoon, Mayor. Commissioner is Rachel Williams, Housing and Community Development Manager. With me is Assistant Community Services Director Katrina Johnson. And let me give you a little history. So the city received an allocation of Home American Rescue Act funds, and the funding defines certain uses, and one of which was non-congregate shelter. A non-congregate shelter is simply a short-term residential place where you don't have multiple unrelated people staying in one room. You can have multiple unrelated people, up to three persons, staying, but they should have their individual room and individual bathroom areas. We had initially put an RFP out, and we had no responses. I think we put it out three times, and we had no responses. Then we came upon Homes United, and they had an idea that suited. We met with HUD virtually, and we explained what we wanted to do, and they gave us their blessings. We started this process back in 2025, actually, and working with our legal department, they suggested that we approach HUD and make an amendment to the action plan. That took us some time, so there was a delay from 2025 to now, working with HUD to get an amendment to the plan. Fast forward today, we're here, and the agreement serves that the property is actually going to be an affordable property in perpetuity, but there is a defined minimum use period of 15 years. The facility must be used as a non-congregate shelter for a minimum of 15 years, after which you have the option of converting it to permanent supportive housing. When you say you, you're referring to us as the city or the vendor? To the vendor who will be managing the property. Okay. And so the property will be a deed-restricted property. It will be secured by a recorded mortgage promissory note and a restrictive covenant that's going to run with the property itself. That will help us to keep the property affordable in perpetuity. Annually, we will also do an inspection of the property. Initially, in the first 15 years, it's been operated as a shelter, so residents will not be required to pay rent. And so this is where the agency's leverage will come in, because home ARP does not allow us to provide operating costs. We can provide non-profit operations, which will help with capacity building and that nature, but we can't provide the operating costs for the shelter. So the agency will be responsible for 15 years of finding that operating cost. So that's their leverage. And so annually, staff will be responsible for that affordability period to inspect the property and make sure that it's habitable, safe, and decent for our residents to occupy. And so if Homes United decide to sell the property, the fact that there is a deed restriction, it will trigger us, and we will have first right of refusal to dictate how that property goes. They could probably sell it to another vendor who will keep the affordability going. What's the occupancy of this site? At this moment, it's zone RD15, so it's a residential property, so no more than three unrelated individual. It's a three-bedroom, three-bathroom house. And what's the total number of units? Three bedrooms, three bathrooms. It's just one single-family home. So for the year, it's a shelter, so it's a short-term stay. So we are hoping that every 90 days, we'll have a new set of family in looking at 10 to 12 individuals per year. So it's a single-family transitional housing. Yes. Okay. And another question that I have, thank you, because how you explained it, it helps the community understand the opportunity that's given. One of the questions I had you answer about perpetuity, everybody knows that's my favorite word. So understanding that, yes, Mary, we're going to sing a kumbach, y'all song about perpetuity soon. But with that being said, the opportunity where we as a city, in the 15-year, the deed restriction, the opportunity to have first right of refusal, I was very interested and also concerned what happens at that 15-year mark. So that explains that for me and for the room and those who are watching. The other question I do need to ask, the community itself, are they aware of this opportunity that's coming to their block, their neighborhood? And so it's going to be just a normal residential home and with three individuals coming and going. So it's not going to be disruptive to the neighborhood in any way. It's going to be maintained as a residential home. And Homes United is actually here with us this evening. Okay. All right. If Homes United could join us, someone would represent. Thank you, Rachel. Thank you. Good evening. Thank you. And thank you for being visual and doing some due diligence for what we need in the community and in the city overall. Just wanting to know, because I know with the type of home or the type of service that's being offered, there's a broad type of services that could be provided. I'm hearing that this would be more so family-oriented, those who need shelter. If you could tell me that yourself, I want to hear it. What clients are we going to service from 1722? So HomeArp has a restriction on who we can service. So it's most likely going to be individuals who are experiencing homelessness. By the way, my name is Trey Miller. Thanks for having us. Me and Dwayne work together with Homes United, so it's good to be here. So that's who we can house. The services, again, are restricted because it is a shelter. So we do have on our staff some people that will do housing navigation and make sure that we have a plan for them to get them to permanent so they're not there forever, whether it's getting them back with family, friends, or finding them a place to live. So we have those services kind of built in already. Okay. What is your plan, your, I'm going to say exit plan, but what is the plan to get them from a shelter to timeline, from shelter to a service that will give them sustainable housing? It varies. And Dwayne can speak to this because he really deals with that side of it on a day-to-day basis. Do you want to speak to it on a timeline? I think there's a 90-day, our goal is 90 days. We want to service as many people through this house as possible. So some people will leave. Some people will have a plan. They just need 30 days to get back on their feet. They may already have a place that they want to go, but they just need that respite. So we're hoping to serve, you know, 12, 15, maybe even more during the year. And it's just going to depend on the individual case in terms of how we get them where they need to go. Okay. Thank you. The number of days is about 76 days that we keep a client. So if we can stay within that threshold, we could be up to 15, 20 people a year. And then if we multiply that out by 15 years, we would actually, we'd amortize that out. It would be, we'd serve quite a few people. So it might be 300 people over that duration of time that we could serve. Currently, in the last seven years with our homes, we've done over 569 people. And 76% of them have gone into some kind of permanent. What I mean is they're living on their own, self-sufficient or with a family. Some have gone into a higher level of care because if they need that. But for the most part, most of the people after a short period of time at 76 days will make a decision into some longer-term care or permanent supportive housing situation. But we're concerned that when they bump up against that 90 days that we don't want them back on the streets again. Our number one goal is that nobody goes back on the streets. That's why we retain zero. Our goal is right now we have 22 people that are within our housing that currently can't afford anything and we still keep them because our goal is to get the outcome. So we keep our people sometimes even at our, on the challenges that are associated with. So our goal is that we have 100% success and that they move from that 90-day period into something permanent or at least transitional. Now we can't guarantee that because each client's different, but we have that track record, three out of four. Do that. We hope that that can continue and we can even elevate that even with the proper selection and vetting of the clients that are going to be there. Okay. And one last question and I'll be done, Mayor. Referrals. Where do you grab your referrals? How do we, how do these individuals refer to you? Well, we get from community court. We get referrals and we get from Henderson as well as BBHC, Broward Behavioral Health Coalition. So we get the majority of our referrals from that. We do get some self-pay or individuals that will request to stay at home. So about 60% of the people pay on their own. 40% of the people that are in our houses are referred by either of those three agencies. All right. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? All right. There being none. Okay. This has been moved and seconded. So please call the roll. Commissioner Beasley-Bittman. Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen. Yes. Commissioner Glossman. Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis. Yes. And M1 is now approved. Moving on to M2. This is a motion approving agreements for invitation to bid citywide contract for CCTV inspection, inflow, and infiltration repairs. Various vendors. Only Mr. Sacco has signed up to speak. But only for questions, right? So, any questions or comments? I just say, Mayor, this is another great investment in our infrastructure. And I'm just appreciative of the commission, city staff, Brad Kane, for driving our infrastructure forward as a top priority. This, Mayor, I know we all know this, but this will impact INI, which leads to more water being in pipes that we have to treat. And so by ensuring more watertight pipes, it ensures more greater capacity for our stormwater, sewage, and so forth. Well, it takes the stress off of the George Lohmeyer treatment plant when we have large rainfall that permeates the ground so that we don't have that all fresh water going into our water treatment. Exactly. So, I just want to say one thing. You know, talk about infrastructure. There isn't a day, I think it happened twice today, where people don't come up to me and thank us for having clear water. And not only is it clear, it tastes better. And this one lady said her hair feels better because we've taken the hard elements out of the water. It's the softer water. So, I touched her hair. It was very soft. Very nice. Sounds like Joe Biden. Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. No, she invited me. She invited me. That's a Joe Biden role. Yeah, right. Anyway, so infrastructure is so important. It's not sexy. We don't see it. But, you know, if we're going to embrace growth and if growth continues to find its way to Fort Lauderdale, the only way to sustain it is through building an infrastructure that's going to be able to make it lasting. So, and tonight we saw again infrastructure in Riverland Road where, you know, lighting is so important. Because it adds a huge safety factor. Whether you're driving or walking, it's really, really important. So, I applaud this commission for continuing to invest in the city and the next commission and the commissions in the future will be very thankful for having at least made this first attempt to build the foundations upon which the city will continue to grow. Okay. So, I keep getting locked out here. Okay. So, I can move that, Mayor. Could you please move? I'll move them. In second. In second. Okay. Please call the roll. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And M2 is now approved. Moving on to M3. Excuse me. No M3. Moving on to R1, appointment of board and committee members. Mr. Clerk, would you please read the names into the record? Thank you, Mayor. For the November 17th resolution, Downtown Develop Authority, Kenneth Stiles, nominated by Mayor Trentos. Steve Hudson, nominated by Mayor Trentos. And for tonight's resolution, Community Service Boards, Kevin Clevenger, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Economic Development Advisory Board, Benjamin Greaves, nominated by Mayor Trentos. Invest for Lauderdale, Inc. Robert Washington, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Public Art and Placement Advisory Board, Jacqueline Garcia-Arten. Saga, nominated by Vice Mayor Sorensen. And Jody Tanner, nominated by Vice Mayor Sorensen. And that rounds it out. Okay. Are there any modifications or additions? All right. There being none. Someone would like to introduce the resolution. Resolution's been introduced. Please call the roll. A resolution, the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, appointing or nominating, if applicable, board and committee members, as set forth, needs a bit attached here to and made a part here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Wait. Before we vote for a second, did you mention Gary Smythe's name? No. We are, there's something we have to work on prior to that. Yeah. We have to do a waiver. Yes. When is that going to come up? I believe, if not the next meeting, the meeting after. Okay. All right. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And that resolution is now approved. Thank you for your commitment to our community and your, and your volunteering your time to assist your neighbors. R2. This is a resolution establishing an energy resilience and affordability policy, rescinding the city's net zero policy, rescinding the city's net zero policy, and authorizing the city manager to execute any necessary documents. Anyone have any questions or comments? There being none, would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduce for approval. Introduce for approval. Please call the board. A resolution to the city commission of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, establishing an energy resilience and affordability policy, rescinding the city's net zero policy, resolution 21-280, and authorizing the city manager to execute any necessary documents. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And R2 is now approved. R3 resolution approving a local agency program agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for construction of the Tarpon River and Shady Banks neighborhood improvements. We have one person to sign up to speak. Ms. Ted and Sarah. Hello, everybody. Ted and Sarah, president of the River Oaks Civic Association. Something I just need to speak on, two matters are somewhat disturbing for me on this situation. Tarpon River and River Oaks are just divided by Davie Boulevard. They're on the north. We're on the south. So we're neighbors, very close neighbors. Now, the one thing, this, I was at this public outreach that they had at the Tarpon River Civic Association. I was there. And they're basing this, here's what I understand. They're basing this on a 10-year-old FDOT traffic study. I mean, neighborhoods change in 10 years, for crying out loud. There's a lot of changes within Tarpon River that almost make this entire plan obsolete. And it just seems wrong that there's, on what is known as the Witten property, or the River Sound is what it's called, there's going to be 37 houses located on Davie Boulevard and 9th Avenue. That was not at all part of when mentioned about this study. So here you're having these 37 houses added. You have many other properties that went from single-family homes to now four to six-cluster homes, which went from two cars to suddenly there's 12 cars. And none of this was taken in effect when they did these studies. And another thing that's, I think we just need to get Milos and his people out there to do, you know, a little further investigating to get a more updated version of their traffic study. And a second thing that really was a little disturbing for me, when they presented this plan to the River, I mean, the Tarpon River Civic Association, it was met with nobody liked it. They didn't like a lot, the roundabout, they didn't like any of this stuff. And everybody, they spoke up about it. Now, these meetings are supposed to be for public input to see how they feel about a plan. And they widely rejected it. Now, here, the plan that is submitted is the same exact plan. So it just seems like they're just going out to just to check a box that says, yes, we do submit it. We did go out and did public outreach to the neighborhood. But they didn't take in any of the comments or suggestions from the neighborhood at all. It is the same exact study that they presented then. And I've seen that in different areas also. You know, you check the box. We did do the public outreach. Okay, we're good. And then they just go about and do what they were going to do right from the beginning. So those are the two areas that are, and this goes far reaching other than just from Tarpon River. Every neighborhood in 10 years has changed. I don't know where you live if you would want something based on a 2016 study that they did. And with that thing, with the length of time, you know, since the study was done, and from the fact that not any changes were made to what any of the residents suggested at the public outreach at the Civic Association. All right. Thank you so much. Vice Mayor, do you have any comments on this? Yeah, thanks, Mayor. Yeah, this is, no, thank you, Ted, for your feedback. And there's a lot of neighborhood concerns about this. And so we've been working with city staff. So, Mayor, I think there's more work to do here to plan and coordinate. So the city manager and I have been talking about this. I think, city manager, what I'd like to move this to is to defer it. And I'm thinking, city manager, maybe December 2nd. Does that give us enough time? Because there are some deadlines, Mayor, we have to hit, too. Right. Is this going to compromise any funding? Yeah. I can ask staff. I'm hesitant to move to December 2nd because I think that's right up about when we have to have this agreement back for the money for the agreement. So November 17th would be preferable if we're going to delay it at all just so we don't lose the money. This project has gone on for some time. It's based on a 2017 mobility plan that was developed for these two neighborhoods. So what are you saying? We actually applied for this grant. We lose slowly? Yeah. Well, no, we actually applied for this grant several years ago and then got the agreement back in 2024. So I think there's been slowness both on our side but also on the granting agency side. And so, again, we are running up against a deadline. We've had some extensions that we've been able to get for this agreement to come back. But we do need to move it forward a little bit quicker. And we can talk about the roundabout with the neighbors. We're committed to having that conversation. We think that even outside of this, we could probably look at additional traffic calming or some different traffic calming in that area. But at this point, I would ask that we defer to November 17th. That's fine. We can go to November 17th. Okay. November 17th, Mayor. So if we can defer to that date. Do we need to vote on that? Yeah. Yeah. All right. So you move to defer to November 17th? Move to defer to November 17th. Okay. Do I hear a second? Second. Moving seconded. So please call the roll on deferring to November 17th, R3. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes, to defer. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. So that's now deferred to November 17th. Thank you. Moving on to R4, resolution approving a letter of agreement among Florida East Coast Railway, LLC, City of Fort Lauderdale, and Brightline trains for safety improvements regarding the existing crossing agreement at Southwest 7th Street. Did you see where they suspended operation between West Palm and Orlando today? I think that may have been due to the flooding they've experienced up there. Is that flooding? Yeah. I think that was the kid. Oh, okay. Hey. She's right. If it's not on Facebook, then I don't believe it. Okay. R4, would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. The resolution has been introduced. Any questions? Okay. Please call the roll. A resolution, City Commissioner of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approving and authorizing the execution of a letter of agreement for safety improvements among Fort Florida East Coast Railway, LLC, the City of Fort Lauderdale, and Brightline Trains, LLC, for the existing crossing agreement as amended between the Florida East Coast Railway and the City of Fort Lauderdale for the grade crossing at Southwest 7th Street in the City of Fort Lauderdale and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And that item's now approved. A moment, please. That was R4, correct? That was R4. R5, similar, but different. R5 resolution approving a letter of agreement among Florida East Coast Railway, City of Fort Lauderdale, and Brightline Trains for safety improvements regarding the existing crossing agreement for Southwest 17th Street. Would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. Resolution has been introduced. No one has signed up to speak. Any questions? There being none, please call the roll. A resolution, City Commissioner of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approving and authorizing the execution of a letter of agreement for safety improvements among Florida East Coast Railway, LLC, the City of Fort Lauderdale, and Brightline Trains, Florida, LLC, for the existing crossing agreement as amended between the Florida East Coast Railway and the City of Fort Lauderdale for the great crossing of Southwest 17th Street, and the City of Fort Lauderdale, providing for an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes, an R5 is now approved. R6, resolution approving a letter of agreement among Florida East Coast Railway, LLC, City of Fort Lauderdale, and Brightline Trains for safety improvements at Southwest 22nd Street. No one has signed up to speak. Would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. Resolution has been introduced. Anyone have any questions? There being none, please call the roll. A resolution, the City Commission, and the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approving and authorizing the execution of a letter of agreement for safety improvements among Florida East Coast Railway, LLC, the City of Fort Lauderdale, and Brightline Trains, Florida, LLC, for the existing crossing agreement as amended between the City of the Florida East Coast Railway and the City of Fort Lauderdale for the great crossing at Southwest 22nd Street in the City of Fort Lauderdale, providing for an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And that item is now approved. Moving on to PH1. This is a public hearing, a second reading, quasi-judicial ordinance approving the vacation of a 70-foot-long and 20-foot-wide portion of the Avon Alley Boe Campers property holdings. Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in, and the Commission will announce any site visits, communications, or expert opinions received and make them a part of the record. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, do you have any additional disclosures? No additional. I have no additional. Commissioner Glassman? No additional. Vice Mayor? No additional. Okay, so, Mr. Crush is the only one to sign up to speak, so just for questions, someone would like to move to close public hearing? So moved. Second. We move and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And public hearing on PH1 is now closed. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduce. The ordinance has been introduced. Any questions? There being none, please call the roll. In ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, vacating approximately 20-foot-wide by 70-foot-long portion of the alley adjacent to lots 5, 6, 9, and 10, block 2, Galt Ocean Mile, according to the plot thereof, as recorded in Platt Book 34, page 16 of the public records of Broward County, Florida, located west of northeast 33rd Avenue, north of East Oakland Park Boulevard, east of northeast 32nd Avenue, and south of northeast 32nd Street. All said lands being the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. And PH1 is now approved, a second reading. PH2, public hearing, second reading, and ordinance approving of public purpose use and structure for a 9,014-square-foot fire station. One person signed up to speak, Representative Daly. Oh, and also Cody Christ. Just for answering questions? Yeah. Okay. All right. Would someone like to move to close public hearing? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll on closing public hearing. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentos? Yes. Public hearing is now closed on PH2. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance on second reading? Introduced. Please call the roll. In ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approving pursuant to Section 47-18.26 of the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations, the location of a fire station as a public purpose use and structure on property within the residential office zoning district, legally described as all of Lot 19 and 20, Block 4, Lauderdale. According to the Platte thereof, recorded in Platte Book 2, page 9, the public records in Bay County, Florida, located north of the Southeast 11th Court, south of Southeast 11th Street, west of South Federal Highway, and east of Southeast 4th Avenue. All said lands being the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, and identified by the United States Postal Service Address, 507 Southeast 11th Court, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, granting relief from zoning sections codified in Section 47-5.60.d.1, Section 47-5.60.d.6, Section 47-20.2, Section 47-20.11, Section 47-21.13.b3, Section 47-21.12, Section 47-21.12, Section 47-21.13.b.1.a, and Section 47-21.13.b.16 of the ULDR, providing for conflicts, providing for an effective date, and providing for conditions for the termination of public purpose status. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? This is another fantastic expansion of our fire rescue services. Thank you, Chief Golan. This makes our city safer, response faster. Thank you for the investment. City Manager, thank you for your work. DSD, thank you for your city attorney. Core Construction, thank you for your support on this. Yes. Commissioner Glassman? I will say that I agree with everything the Vice Mayor said. It's probably also the reason that Chief Golan received 358 votes more than Chief Schultz did on 9 and 10. So I just wanted to bring that up as well. I think you're right. It's things like this that the public recognizes. The public recognizes these kinds of accomplishments. So Chief Golan, excellent way to go. Oh, I think that he got more votes because people thought he needed greater supervision. Oh, wow. There you go. Oh, I think. Come on, let's call it. I think there was some lobbying going on there with Chief Schultz and you, I could see. Anyway, yes, it's a wonderful, wonderful project. And congratulations on the extra 358 votes, Chief Golan, on Charter Amendment No. 10. I'm going to vote yes with that. And Mayor Chantel. Yes. Yeah. Nice. Okay, moving on to OFR 1. This is the first reading of an ordinance amending Section 2-26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale by modifying the commencement time and city commission meetings and modifying the days on which public hearings, ordinances, resolutions, and motions may be heard. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduced. The ordinance has been introduced. Any questions or comments? No one's signed up to speak. Please call the roll. And ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, amending Section 2-26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by modifying the commencement time of city commission meetings and modifying the days on which public hearings, ordinances, resolutions, and motions may be heard and providing for severability, repeal of conflicting ordinance provisions, correction of scriveners errors, and an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trent Tulles? Yes. And OSR-1 is now approved on first reading. OSR-1, second reading, an ordinance amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances, Section 25-62, the requirements for new development and site alterations to modify sidewalk construction requirements and waiver request criteria. One person has signed up to speak, Paula Uchner. Paula, you signed up to speak. Paula, did you want to talk about homelessness? Yeah. So OSR-2, I think, Mayor, which she wanted to. Oh, that's the next one. Yeah. It's the next one. Yep. Never mind. She is passionate about sidewalks, too. Yes. Very. Take it. Very. Okay. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduced. The ordinance has been introduced. Any questions or comments? There being none, please call the roll. In order to the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, amending Chapter 5, Streets and Sidewalks, more specifically, Section 25-62, entitled Requirements for New Development and Site Alterations of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to modify sidewalk construction requirements and waiver request criteria, providing for correction of scrivener's errors, severability repeal of conflicting ordinance provisions, and effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Chantals? Yes. And OSR 1 is now approved on second reading. OSR 2, second reading, an ordinance amending Division 5 of Article 7, Chapter 2 of the City of Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances to establish the Homeless Advisory Board and replace the Homeless Advisory Committee. Come on up. Can you push the button at the bottom of the speaker? Great. Good evening, Mayor, Commissioners. I want to thank you all for making the Homeless Advisory Committee officially a Homeless Advisory Board. And how fitting that it happened on a night when a proclamation was read on national hunger and homeless awareness. Unfortunately, people will always be hungry and people will always be homeless. But my hope is that the Homeless Advisory Board can do what we can to make things a little better. So I want to thank you all for officially making us a board. Well, we want to thank you for your commitment on this board and all the work you've done through the years on homeless issues. So thank you, Paula. Anyone else wish to speak on this item? There being none. Someone would like to introduce the ordinance? Introduce. The ordinance has been introduced. Please call the roll. An ordinance to the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida amending Division 5 of Article 7 of Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances to the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida to establish a Homeless Advisory Board providing for membership qualifications, length of turn and the purpose and duties of the board providing for correction of scrivener's errors and providing for severability, repeal of conflicting ordinance provisions and effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trent-Hallis? Yes. And OSR 2 is now approved. OSR 3, second reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 20, Sections 20-113 and 20-114 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. To allow retirees to serve on the Board of Trustees for the General Employee's Retirement Plan and to clarify certain payment functions. No one has signed up to speak. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduce. The ordinance has been introduced. Any questions? Please call the roll. We're losing our audience. In ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida amending Section 20-113 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida by providing for retired plan members to be eligible to serve on the Board of Trustees of the City of Fort Lauderdale General Employee's Retirement Plan. As voting members and providing for the City of Fort Lauderdale Finance Director to serve as the City's liaison to the Board of Trustees with authority to participate in all Board of Trustees meetings, amending Section 20-114 of the Code of Ordinances by providing for certain payment functions to be performed by the plans. Trustee in providing for severability, repeal of conflicting ordinance provisions, correction of scrivener's errors, and an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentiles? Yes, and OSR 3 is now approved in the second reading. OSR 4, second reading, an ordinance amending various provisions of Chapter 20, Article 4 of Division 3 of the City of Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances. No one has signed up to speak. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduced. The ordinance has been introduced. Any questions or comments? There being none, please call the roll. In the ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida amending Chapter 20, Article 4, Division 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Police and Firefighter's Retirement System to implement certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements between the City of Fort Lauderdale and collective bargaining units representing firefighters and fatalities and providing for severability, repeal of conflicted ordinance provisions, correction of scrivener's errors, and an effective date. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Mayor Trentiles? Yes. And OSR 4 is now approved on second reading. We now have the walk-on item, which is a resolution affirming the City of Fort Lauderdale commitment for the existing joint quiet zone establishment to be retained along the Florida East Coast Railway, the corridor in Broward County. Someone would like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. The resolution has been introduced. No one has signed up to speak. Any questions or comments? So what does this get us? So this resolution allows me to do a few things. So it directs me to utilize staff funding and third-party services to retain the existing or pursue the establishment of new quiet zones within the City's boundaries or with eligible municipalities as necessary to meet those FRA requirements. Delegates authority to the City Manager to or as a participant to enter into any necessary agreements or documents to meet the FRA requirements of Broward County municipalities along the FEC Railway corridor. And it directs the City Manager to advocate at the local, state, and federal level related to preserving, existing, or establishing a new quiet zone. And it also directs the City Clerk to distribute this resolution to the Broward County municipalities along that FEC corridor. So it essentially allows me and your staff to further this effort along at an expeditious rate to meet those FEC and FER guidelines or requirements. Right. Okay. Very good. Thank you for explaining that. Would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. The resolution has been introduced. Any other questions or comments? There being none, please call the roll. A resolution, City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, affirming the City of Hollywood as the lead public authority in its effort to retain the existing joint quiet zone establishment along the Florida East Coast Railway corridor with other eligible municipalities in Broward County, and in the event the existing joint quiet zone cannot be retained pursuant to the requirements of the Federal Railroad Administration delegating authority to the City Manager to pursue the establishment of a new quiet zone within the City of Fort Lauderdale's boundaries or with other eligible municipalities as necessary to meet the Federal Railroad Administration's requirements. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis? Yes. And that item is now approved. Mr. City Manager, is there any further business with the Commission? Nothing further. City Attorney? No, Mayor. No announcements. Anybody from the Commission have any comments? Mayor, I have one question. Yes. As Invest Fort Lauderdale is kind of getting going again, and I think I have good momentum, I was talking with one of the members, and it brought up the idea of us at some point, hopefully soon, maybe having a joint meeting between the Invest Fort Lauderdale board and us as a commission. So I wanted to see if we could do that at some point. Sure. I agree with that. That was a conversation that I had also with a member regarding workshops, something where we can understand what they're working on and encourage them to do the same. Okay. Maybe at a conference. Could make it a conference. A conference? Yeah. Okay. Conference or City Manager, is that doable? So we'll schedule it for a conference and give it enough time to have that conversation. Okay. Okay. Great. Thank you. Thanks, Mayor. So now we'll go on to Commission Reports. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, do you have any? Yeah. It's okay. Hey, everybody. I'm going to pass. Well, there's been some great things going on in the city we had opportunity to participate in. I'm going to highlight today, we, the city, have partnered with the YMCA, and they had today a Veterans Salute Day preparing for Veterans Day on the 11th. And the guest speaker was Captain Charlie Plum, who gave an awesome speech, encouraging, interactive, just tremendous speech about his career in the military. He was a prisoner of war, and he shared his experience while being captive and returning home. So the YMCA, if I'm not incorrect, this may be their 24th year having this type of a celebration or salute for our veterans. They usually have a larger event that's in Western, in the city of Western, and now the city of Fort Lauderdale, through our Y, is also participating, allowing this activity, this ceremony to take place a little closer to the cities for the veterans within our city are able to participate. So I'm going to highlight that. I did not prepare for comments tonight, but... Save it up for next week. Yeah, you know, I can go. I can line up a whole line of stuff, but yes. And it is date night tonight, so forgive me, neighbors, for not sharing what else we have. If you need to leave now, you can go. Oh, we've been excused, Mr. Pittman. We can leave now. Commissioner Glassman. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Good evening, everyone. A few things. We did have a busy couple of weeks in District 2 and throughout the city, October 21. It was a really nice event, actually. I attended with Commissioner Beasley Pittman at Fort Lauderdale's third annual Police Chiefs Community Forum. Two major groups that were highlighted, the Chiefs Community Focus Group and Pastors and Police Group. It was an excellent event at the Tower Club, and it was really nice to be with everyone and hear all of the great things that are actually happening through those organizations and the groups, and again, thank you, Chief, for that. It was a really good evening. October 22 attended the MPO State of the Region Awards, as did all of us, I believe, at the Westin. It was excellent. Also that night, we had Naya ribbon-cutting on La Solis, a really nice, handsome addition to the La Solis Strip. So many really cool places are opening along that boulevard and really highlighting what that street has to offer to the entire city. October 24th, the Winterfest launch party at the Marriott Harbor Beach. Well attended. A lot of fun. I can't even believe that that season is already starting. I can't even believe that it's November, but whatever. October 28th, the boat show. Everyone was nervous about the weather up through Tuesday, but Wednesday was the beginning of the show. Pretty much Sunday, the last day, was the only one that was sort of a rain out, but people still did attend. I'm looking forward to seeing the data on that in terms of attendance this year and sales. But again, we had that ribbon-cutting at the convention center, followed by the always excellent global business luncheon at the Bahia Mar, where the speakers are always fascinating, and it's a really educational experience. And then that evening, thank you, Mayor, for the mayor's soiree at the Super Yacht Village. You know, that's an interesting event. I always think that that event, you know, we have so many events throughout the year, but the spirit that night, people are so excited about the boat show and all of the international visitors that are in town and the delegations that we meet, whether it's Japan or Colombia. It's always just Romania, exactly. It's always really a very uplifting evening, and people always seem to be in a really great mood, very high spirit. So congratulations on that. It was great. October 29th, I attended also Fort L'Oreal International Boat Show's Best of Show event at the Four Seasons Hotel. Again, folks from everywhere just talking and commenting about how wonderful the city is. Again, all of that is so appreciated. October 30th, I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel over at the Iceplex with several other folks, with also the delegation that was in town from Kobe, Japan. They were really picking our brains in a way that was very interesting because, as everyone probably knows from where I was reading it, but that city in Japan is looking to build Japan's first really mega super yacht marina. They were here for several days meeting with just everybody in the city that they possibly could. So it was really nice to spend time with them on that panel and have that discussion with them. Just last evening, the light-ups began. Do you believe that we're starting the light-ups already? Last night was light-up Lauderdale in Esplanade Park. Congratulations, Gina and everyone on Riverwalk. That puts that event together. Very well attended. It was a beautiful night. And then after that, we slipped away to the brand-new disco right off La Solis, Goodnight John Boy Disco, which brought me way back, just about 50 years or so. And I had a good time. That was really – it's a cool place. I think it's going to be really successful. It's just got a great vibe. The one in Delray Beach is really popular. I think this is going to do really well. It's in the old Howl the Moon space, right by the tunnel, off of La Solis, and that was a lot of fun. I recommend if you go to drink the Disco Punch. It was really good. Was that the Disco Punch? I think it was. Anyway, congratulations to those guys for taking a chance on Fort Lauderdale after Delray Beach. Hopefully, they'll have nothing but success. Tomorrow evening, Equality Florida. That is the state of Florida's largest LGBTQ advocacy and so much more organization. That will be at the Convention Center. That is their Broward edition of the gala that they have throughout the state of Florida. November 8th, Middle River Terrace Fall Festival in Middle River Terrace Park. November 11th, as we know, we have the upcoming City of Fort Laurel Veterans Day ceremonies. November 16th, I want to just say that the John and Elizabeth Winter Wonderland Gala will be at the Beach House. That's the Hilton in Fort Lauderdale. This is a step up for that event that most people know about, Stiletto and Heels. Dr. Elizabeth King does a great job collecting thousands of toys, thousands of toys for families and children who don't really always have the opportunity to get a brand new toy for Christmas. So, congratulations to her and for stepping this up to a much larger event than it has ever been. November 19th, we look forward to the light of the beach at the La Sola Social Insight Park. That's it for events. I did want to mention something, Mayor, that we all experience heavily in my district, District 2. But we did go through an amazing period with regards to King Tides. And I want to say that because of the heavy impact in District 2, especially along La Sola's, I prepared a document that I've given to the city manager for everyone to have. It sort of is almost like a part two to a document that I submitted to the city in, let me just check when that was, June 18th, 2024, where I talked about flooding and also came up with what I thought would be a really good multi-point plan. City manager, I know that we did receive a little bit of feedback from your predecessor on that, but then it sort of stopped. So I would ask you if you could possibly go back and look at that document from June 18th, 2024, in terms of the items that were talked about there, maybe update what Raquel had given us a year later in 2025. But this particular document, I just want to say that I just feel that we need to start thinking about a new normal in Fort Lauderdale. I think we need to start thinking about a brand new way of looking at what's happening in our city with regards to sea level rise. It was really intense for so many of my neighborhoods, and people have just never seen it. And when it affects people walking out their door and going to work or going anywhere, whether it's a doctor's appointment or whatever, it really does deserve some immediate attention. That being said, I want to thank the city manager's office. I want to thank Public Works and also our chief resilience officer, police, fire crews, Dr. Gassman, who became a national TV celebrity during our King Tides. I just want to say thank you for the work that you do. I know that in many ways this was a very stressful period. I also want to mention the police and the fire. All of those folks were working overtime, but we know that this is just the beginning of this new normal. And I really think that we have to take a look at what we can do and be proactive. I've had a street in my district named Mola Avenue. Those folks are ready to look at anything that they can do. They're willing to pay for raising roads. Now, I know along with that comes the issue of, well, then if you raise the road, that water could go down into their homes. So what happens to the homes, these things need to be worked out. I know that there are harmonization issues when we talk about road raising. But I want us to be, as a city, a little bit more aggressive when it comes to looking at these issues. Because when a neighborhood tells me and a street tells me in my district that they're all ready to pay for all of this, we have to take that very seriously. And I want to make sure that we have that serious discussion with them, not just in Mola, but also I'm hearing that from Flamingo in Riviera Isles. Those folks are willing to do whatever it takes to alleviate what they just experienced in the last week or two. But the problem is that, you know, where would it drain? If the canal itself is so elevated by the king tide, where does the water go? Unless you do injection wells, I don't know. Well, again, technology. But when the Urban Land Institute was in town here, they addressed a lot of this. I mean, we have a lot of work that has talked about this. I attended the Urban Land Institute's workshops that they had. They did talk about road raising, and they talked about everything that you just mentioned, Mayor. But I just feel that when you get a chance to look at what I put together here, I'm basically talking about three actions to protect the neighborhoods, whether it's the road raising as a pilot program using any of these streets that are willing to do this. I want us to look at the seawall standards that allow perhaps temporary barriers. We know that we have those gaps, and I want to look at a private property adaptation program. I want to make sure that we are letting residents know exactly what to expect, exactly what they can do, and we must do a very strong education piece because what I've discovered in talking to Seven Isles and talking to Riviera Isles and talking to the Las Olas Isles and talking to Idlewild, all of these neighborhoods sometimes don't quite understand the system. They don't understand what happens when these king tides and these high tides arrive. They don't understand all of the ways that our systems work, and they don't understand that sometimes this is going to happen, and there's really not that much we can do, but we can mitigate it. So I'm asking the city manager to please return to the commission, if you look at the last paragraph, within 90 days with a framework for all of this in terms of what we can do, how we can educate these neighborhoods, how we can take a look at exactly what we have to see in the future. Again, so we're not always quite so much reacting, but we're thinking forward and looking at that. So I submit that to you, city manager, that document. Again, if you could look at the document that I submitted, and I think I submitted a copy, if not, city manager, if you could give my colleagues, and then also commissioner-elect Moraitis before November 17th, the piece that I did called Commissioner Report Comments Regarding Flooding and the Multipoint Plan. And again, that was from June 18th, 2024. That's about it for me, Mayor. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Vice Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. Wanted to just add on to the celebration of Veterans Day, and being there with you, Commissioner Beasley-Pin was great this morning. We're having the American Legion Veterans Day ceremony. It's Wednesday, November 11th. It's at a holiday park, I think, this year. That's right. By the aircraft that's in the middle of Nindindir Drive. Right. And I think 11 a.m. Yes, that's correct. At the plane there. So, and I'd like to thank all our veterans, many. We have many veterans that serve in the city. And I know Brian, well, he was over there. Brian, one of our veterans over there. And so thank you for all the veterans who make our community such an amazing place. And also, Mayor, just wanted to celebrate. Our chief waterway officer has been working on this for a bit, but we now have a live Fort Lauderdale water quality dashboard, which is an interactive dashboard that allows neighbors to look at the 19 sites where we test our waterway quality, bacteria, and so forth, and get very detailed information about testing levels, where they're located, and so forth, all public-facing, all in real time. So just a great another part of how we're striving to improve and monitor our waterways. Thanks, Mayor. Okay. With regard to Veterans Day, I'm going to be out of town that day, so if you could lead the program, you'll be available. Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah, it's been a busy couple of weeks. I won't prolong it. I know people want to go home, but we had quite a bit of activity in the city these last couple of weeks, much of which has been mentioned already, but there were a few things that bear repeating. The Marine Research Hub's Ocean Exchange had their annual meeting here in Fort Lauderdale at the Riverside Hotel. I provided opening remarks to that community, and there was a contest, young people coming up with ways to address flooding, coming up with techniques and technology that will help homeowners and businesses to try to mitigate the impact of flooding in our community. So that was a great opportunity for us to hear from young people with their ideas. Bermuda Air announced their inaugural flight to – they talked about the various new locations, so that was at the Tower Club. It was a very nice luncheon that was put on. I also did welcome and remarks at the Wall Street South Summit. This was a group of investors and financial advisors who came to Fort Lauderdale to have their meetings to talk about how to increase the amount of activity of financial services organizations here in our city. We had a delegation from Via Reggio, Italy that was here. They were here at the boat show, and with, of course, a reciprocal invitation to the members of the commission to go visit them and to establish a sister city relationship with them. Very nice people. The mayor was here, and it was a very nice opportunity to meet with them and to talk with them. Talking about delegations from other countries, as you mentioned, Commissioner Glassman, the folks from Kobe, Japan were here. Very nice people. We hosted a dinner with them, and hopefully we might be able to establish a sister city relationship. It would be the only one – I don't think anybody else has one with Japan. I think – I don't know if anybody has one with Japan. No. They're very selective. But they like Fort Lauderdale. So that's a good thing. Anyway, it was touched upon regarding the recent elections. I want to congratulate Heather Moraitis for having won the election to fill the vacancy for the next two years in District 1. Congratulations, Heather. And she'll be sworn in at our next meeting, November 17th. Tomorrow, we celebrate the Day of the Dead. Once again, it's a project of the Riverwalk folks who put together an amazing program. It's fun. Lots of kids come out. It's really great. We'll have our procession at 6 o'clock, starting at Esplanade Park and walking, marching through the neighborhood. Invite everybody to come and attend. Get your face painted. It's really a fun event. So that's all I have to say, and I guess that concludes everybody's remarks. So if there's no further business to the commission, this meeting is now concluded. Thank you. Thank you.