City Council — Aug 21, 2024

Good evening and welcome. The Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 City Plantation City Council meeting is now called to order at 6-11. Ms. Begwell, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Here. Council Member Andrean. Here. Council Member Pajan. Here. Council Member Orland. Here. Council Member Reinstein. Here. Mayor Stolz. Here. Assistant City Attorney Morgan. Here. Thank you. Thank you. Tonight's opening remarks and pledge of allegiance were provided by Council Member Andrean. Thank you, President Pajan. So excited tonight to introduce the NextGen Scholarship recipients for the class of 2024. Unfortunately, because we rotate every two weeks, two of the recipients are already away at school. So we have one, Chad Seals, a senior from South Plantation. He just left to attend University of Florida and he's really an amazing young man. He wants to become a sports attorney, has over a 5.1 GPA and was class president of South Plantation High School. And his former principal is here to my right when he was at Tropical Elementary, but we are really the foundation, right? You and his parents. But we wish Chad well at UF and he's committed to coming back to Plantation and after he graduates and doing great things. We're going to hear his name often, another recipient, who is another force to be reckoned with, is Avery. And Avery has a 5.03 GPA. She's on her way to an Ivy League Brown University in Rhode Island. And she wanted to be here, but this is one of her last days before she leaves and they had a family dinner. So I told her, go do your family dinner. And then our, she was really my first recipient from my alma mater. So I'm very proud to have Rihanna Lewis here from Plantation High School. So, Rihanna, if you can join us here at the podium. She's going to lead us this evening in the Pledge of Allegiance and then we'll talk about her future plans in the medical field. Just make sure the green light is on. So if you could all please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You may not be seated. So if you can tell all of the residents who are watching and listening just a little bit about your high school experience and all your accomplishments at Plantation High School. And then what you're doing now that you've graduated and your future plans. I'm already looking to Rihanna to get a job with our HCA family here. So give them a little bit of insight about what you've been up to. So my name is Rihanna Lewis. I am 17 years old. I formally attended South Plantation for my 9th and 10th grade year. Then I transferred to Plantation High School my 9th and 12th grade year. I was a magnet student and I was a cheerleader. I had annual classes, ACE classes, and I also did some magnet courses when I was at South Plantation. Currently I do attend Barrett College for my associates in nursing. I do plan on transferring to FIU for my bachelors and then to head on to receive my master's in nursing as well. A little bit about me, I am from Jamaica. My family is from Jamaica and my mom is a nurse. So she did inspire me to get my degree in nursing as she has her master's in nursing as well. And I was very grateful for the scholarship. I was very shocked as well. I remember when she came to my house, I just came in from work and my mom said someone's at the door and I was so surprised to see her with the chick. Yeah. And it was put to me so I'm very grateful for that, for helping with my education and all the other scholarship recipients as well. So, um, and I think that's all I need to say there. Thank you so much, Rihanna. So, it's so important that, you know, we continue to recognize the youth in our city and that's the reason that I started the Next Gen Plantation Scholarship. I think I've given out somewhere, I've lost count, somewhere between 13 and 15 of them now. We've done this for four years. And I do show up at their house, like Publisher's Clearing House, with a large check and balloons. And they're very surprised. Sometimes I have to go back two or three times because they're not home, but that's okay. I just like the surprise element of it. And it really is about, though, inspiring that next generation of plantation residents. Because we're, one day, all of us sitting here will retire. And all of our law enforcement officers, our firefighters, we're all going to retire. So, we want to make sure that we're getting the next generation ready to continue growing our city and moving us forward and prepared for the challenges that we face. So, again, thank you, Rihanna, Chad, and Avery. And we ask that you continue to do great work and come back to our city when you're finished with college so that you can be nurses and lawyers and doctors and firefighters and teachers and council members and mayors. Thank you, President Gatchen. Thank you. I want to make a quick announcement. I guess we're having some technical problems, so we're broadcasting via Zoom. Is that correct, April? Okay. So, if anybody texts you saying there's no sound, no video, go to Zoom. Item submitted by the mayor. Coming with? Thank you very much. We have two proclamations, service awards, and then I got an announcement or two. So, all yours. Thank you, Mayor Sewardle. So, this month is Hunger Action Month, and I'm absolutely delighted to have Ms. Allison Box from Feeding South Florida, if you can join me here at the podium. So, I know that we're very familiar with Feeding South Florida as we've done several food drives and food distribution events here in our city and working with some of our colleagues in other cities. So, I want to thank you and your entire team, especially during the pandemic, for all of your assistance. So, the proclamation reads as follows. Whereas, since 1981, Feeding South Florida has worked to end hunger in the city of Plantation by providing our community in need with immediate access to nutritious food. And whereas, hunger does not discriminate. It knows no race, religion, or age. In South Florida, approximately 1 million individuals face hunger. Food should not be an impossible choice for the residents in Plantation. And whereas, Feeding South Florida leads hunger, food insecurity, and poverty advocacy efforts in our community while transforming lives through innovative programming and education that provides economic growth and overall well-being. And whereas, the city of Plantation is therefore committed to supporting Feeding South Florida so that together we can achieve a hunger-free South Florida. Now, therefore, an exhorting mayor and the city council of Plantation do hereby proclaim September 2024 as Hunger Action Month in the city of Plantation. And we call upon the residents in the city to join us in recognizing and taking action during the month of September. Thank you. Thank you so much for sponsoring the proclamation. Feeding South Florida provides food assistance to, last year, more than 1.4 million individuals who face the daily reality of food insecurity and hunger. It's a privilege to be recognized by the city of Plantation. We serve four counties, so it makes it seem like we're this big organization, but we really take care in providing local resources and tending to individuals in each of the communities that we serve. So, thank you for this opportunity, and we welcome you all at any time to come back for a visit, see the impact of this proclamation firsthand. Thank you very much. Counselor, I'm very excited about this tonight. I've got my love shirt on. Whereas, visionary artist Say Adams is a native New Yorker who emerged from the downtown graffiti movement in the 1980s alongside fellow artists Jean-Ducal Basquerat and Keith Haring. And whereas, Say Adams' early career found him collaborating with notable recording artists such as the Beastie Boys and Curtis Blow, landing him a collaborative partnership with Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Recordings. And whereas, as the founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings, Say Adams and his friend went on to define the visual culture of hip-hop, designing some of the most iconic album covers, logos, and advertising campaigns for Run DMC, LL Cool J, Jay-Z, Usher, Mary J. Barrage, and many more. And whereas, in 2016, Adams was commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to make an artwork titled One Nation. The large-scale black American flag collage pieced on his heroes of the civil rights movement and is now part of the museum's permanent collection. Whereas, Adams' collaborations have included global brands such as Pabst Blue Ribbon, Revise, Mattel, The Recording Academy, Apple, Bacardi, Foot Locker, Converse, YouTube, Google, and many others. And whereas, 10 years ago, Say Adams painted his first love room in Omaha, Nebraska to honor jazz musician Preston Love Sr. And soon a new one had started as cities across the United States wanted a bit of love in their own communities. And whereas, the city of Plantation, in partnership with Business for the Arts Barrage, has commissioned Say Adams to paint a love mural in the newly renamed Kingsley Smith Park, which will be only the second of eight such mills in Blendeberry County. And whereas, Kingsley Smith Park honors the legacy of the late Kingsley Smith, who led efforts to create a neighborhood park on the site of a former gas station in his bracelet park community, and who, with an abundance of love for his neighbors, continued to advocate for them until his last months of life. And whereas, the city of Plantation is proud to expand its cultural arts offering with a significant and meaningful mural created by internationally recognized artists, Say Adams. And now, therefore, I, Nick Soto Mayor, and the City Council of Plantation, Florida, do hereby proclaim August 21st, 2024, is Say Adams Day in the City Plantation, and call upon the residents to join us in celebration as we recognize the contributions Say Adams has made to the cultural arts around the globe, and now in our community. Wow. You know, it's like an out-of-body experience to hear you reading that up. It's really, really beautiful. Well, you know, I've been doing work in Broward County for, wow, like, maybe 15 years. And, you know, just really quickly, I remember one time I was working here, and it happened to be my birthday. And the young students were giving me a bit of a hard time because they were tired, and I told this story about how I woke up at 4 a.m. to come here. And by the time I was finished with them, they were all so good because they found out I was celebrating my birthday working with them, and I wasn't getting paid. And that really was one of the moments that sort of defined the community-based work that I do because I really try to travel around the country and preach the gospel of not only hip-hop but street art, and reminding them that it's, you know, my responsibility to pass on everything I've learned because they're not supposed to know their history if somebody doesn't teach them. And I never had a mentor when I was growing up, and so I try to do that for young people. And so I'm really looking forward to having a lot of young people come out while I'm here. We're excited. Thank you. I'd like to invite the council down to take a photo. Good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Wow. Wow. That's a lot of fun. Yeah, they're yours. No. And I would be remiss if I didn't- I want to thank Robin Vegas from Business Rewards, Florida for our self-crawler to bring this up. Thanks to the League of Cities and Council, I don't think we've ever approved something so quickly before in the six years I've been here, so thank you for your support. I think we're really excited for this to get off the ground, so thank you, Mayor. A couple of announcements real quick and then we'll do service awards. So, there's a big public meeting coming up. The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization in Broward County, they've been developing what is called the Broward Safety Action Plan. We're going to have a meeting to talk about the area from Sunrise to Davie around State Road 7, and that meeting's going to be from 6 to 8 Monday, September 9th at the Jim Wood Center. So, September 9th, that's the week after Labor Day, Monday the 2nd, it's Labor Day then, right? So, it's the following Monday, and we'll be talking about State Road 7 and safety. So, food and refreshments, more info, go to safestreets4broward.org. Okay, second, this one is going quick too, Council Member Holm. Groundbreaking for North Acres Park. We had it drawn up for Friday, August 30th. If we want, we can push it up to this Saturday. What do you all think? Yeah, it's a little quick. Yeah, it would sort of have to be at 9 a.m. It would be a double. I would rather do it to Friday 30 now that I look at it, but I'm just offering you all the options. I'm out of town this weekend. This weekend you're out of town. Can everybody be ready? Oh, that's so awful. What do you guys want to do? Do you want to do this Saturday or do you want to do? I think we should wait until the 30th. That way we can publicly announce it more. It's Labor Day weekend. Yeah, but it's a Friday on Labor Day weekend. Yeah, I'm leaving that Friday. I love leaving. All right. Let's keep it at the Friday. I think that's, it seems like, to publicize it, if nothing else. I mean, look at the six of us trying to figure out our schedules. Let's give people time to figure out their schedules. Could we do Friday the 6th or is that too late? Our goal must be done. Jason's the guy who handed this to me, so you might as well get it. Yeah, I apologize. Jason and I make our seat ahead because we're up against the contract. We'll be starting, I believe, September 2nd. So that's why we were looking. How about Thursday? Thursday? Thursday the 29th. You get five people involved in this decision, it turns into a. Yeah. What can we just do it Saturday and put out a social media push? You're talking about this Saturday? This Saturday. That'd be fine. I know it's a double header for y'all, but we were trying to just get it while people were here. We thought there'd be more conflicts with labor than we can. That's what my concern is. And I think that if we notify the Paha, who's right there, they've got a vibrant e-mail list. And you think that they could shoot it out? Okay. Works for me. If that's okay. I'd like to make sure that everybody's around. We'll start pushing it right now. Okay. Good stuff. Thank y'all. That'll be 9 a.m. Because we've got to get to Kingsley Park by noon. So I'd like to announce Saturday at 9 a.m. is the groundbreaking for North Akers Park. That was one at its finest. Okay. Pins. Oh, my gosh. 30 years. Mickey Ostendorf library. Oh, no. Plus, she's starting the Olympics video. So happy. Thank you. Thank you very much. Those who don't follow, Mickey was a teacher first and brings that teacher kind of vibe when helping kids in the kids section at our library. And I'm jealous of your charisma. You should be a politician. Absolutely. Anything you want to say? All right. I just want to say thank you very much. It's been a privilege and an honor. And come and see us at the library. Okay. Just a note. Don't call her if she doesn't know who you are, because she'll yell at you. Where's Pins? Pins. Oh. There we go. Okay. Turn around. There's no front. Oh, there's no front. Oh, it's inside the door. Perfect. Wait, wait. One more. I'm sorry. One more. One more. Okay. You'll be back in five years. 20 years. Marry both police. Thank you so much. Thank you. Congratulations. Appreciate it. Anything you want to say? No. Just thank you. Well, I'm going to make the speech for her. She's the SRO at Central Park. How many years? Three, four, five. You've been SRO bouncing around. I'm like eight, nine, ten years old. And if I were to want to lose an election, I would just remove Mary from Central Park. And I would lose the hilarious section. Thank you. Sorry. Picture, please. Picture. You know that. Thank you. Ten years. Carlo La Mastilla. Thank you so much, sir. Absolutely. Appreciate it. Or you should hold the pants up. Yeah, probably. Anything you want to say? You want to say? I will. Just thank you. And hopefully another ten years. Let's get it on. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right. On to volunteer firefighters. 25 years. Herb North Welton. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Want a picture, Esther? I would love a picture. All right. You want me in it? You're welcome. Yes, sir. Everything? You good? Yes. Thank you so much. 25 years. It feels like I just broke through those doors and the plantation fire department. I'm very pleased and happy to serve for the city of Plantation, its residents, and looking forward for many more years to serve. Thank you so much. 15 years, Stephen Wade, everybody, they're coming up. We need them up, too. We need to come up, too. So, if he's four, five, or six, seven, so 11 years from Volunteer Academy. There you go. There you are, sir. Thank you. Mom, picture. There we go. Thank you so much. Come on, kids. It's this way. This way. Here we go. Oh, there you go. Come on, there. There you go. There you go. One time. Right here, right here. Stop. Stop. Sorry. I don't want to go. Here we go. Guys, I appreciate the time. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, we're cooking here. All right. Some 10-year times. 10 years. Shawna Russell. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you so much. Oh, he's going to have to do a selfie. 10 years, Aston Bright. Do you want me to use your phone? Oh, sure. This is not my good side. This is not my good side. This is not my good side. We're going to get in the microphone, okay? There you go. You all right? Anybody get in the microphone? All right? Anybody get in the microphone? You? Yeah, I want you to. Please, please. This is so out of character. Evening. So, first of all, I'd like to just say thank you to Mr. Mayor and the city council for continuing to support the fire department. We really appreciate everything you've done. And I just have to say that, you know, I've been here for 10 years, which it's hard to even imagine. And I'd also like to thank the fire chief. He's actually here tonight. He's here. Don Todd is here. And so I'd like to thank the fire chief and the staff for creating such an incredible department and allowing us to be in service to the residents. So it's just really just an honor to be here. And I really appreciate this. This is great. Thank you. Thank you. You good, Denise? Okay. Okay. Ten years, Frank Zingali. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. Have a panel. You have a special marking? What is that? Plans Example. Plans Example. Okay. Thank you very much. That's it? No, I'm sorry. Okay. All talking is being here. There's nothing better at a council meeting when you come a little bit early and you look outside and you see all these guys in their white shirts and their blues all dressed up and everything coming to support their other friends who are getting their pins. The loyalty you all show for each other and the time you spend picking each other up, I'm sure it plays out that way when stuff gets real to you on a fire. But the sense of team that you all have is something that I would love for a whole city to model. So props to you guys. Ten years, Mark Lyon. Mark Lyon. Last one. Okay. We'll give it to us. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Parks and Recreation upcoming events. Ms. O'Toole. Good evening, council members, mayor, city attorney. A couple of events coming up in the Parks and Recreation Department. On Saturday, September 7th, we have the Magic of Grandparents at the Plantation Community Center from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. That is a magic show for children and their grandparents. Saturday, September 14th, something new this year. We're excited about the Plantation Seafood Festival. That will be at Pine Island Park from 12 noon to 9 p.m. Friday, September 27th, our Animal Parks and Recreation Foundation Golf Tournament at the Plantation Preserve starts off at 1.30 p.m. In our tennis division, Saturday, August 31st through Monday, September 2nd, we have a USTA Level 5 Junior Tournament. On Wednesday, September 4th, we have a ladies' tennis boot camp, which is a two-hour clinic led by our tennis pros. Saturday, September 7th, we have Hawks Landing Challenge Match that takes place at Hawks Landing at 12 noon. In our aquatics division, swim lessons are starting back up again. These are very popular. The session itself runs from Monday, September 9th until Thursday, September 26th. Registration begins on September 1st. And in our athletics division, we have a soccer tournament coming up at Pine Island Park on August 31st through September 2nd, the second annual Broward Soccer Cup. And we have current PAO registrations going on now, fall basketball, fall baseball, and fall soccer. And adult athletics currently registering for softball, kickball, and flag football. For any information, visit us on social media at Plantation Parks or give us a call on 954-452-2510. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Public requests of the council regarding municipal affairs. Those who wish to speak, we request that you complete a speaker form. If you have not done so already, please do. Please state your name and address. And please address your remarks to the council president, not the mayor or individual members of the council. Please keep your remarks to the allotted three minutes. And first up is Mr. Conklin. Mr. Conklin, 4581 Northwest 6th Court. Heavenly hosts protect you. And your families. It's day 1,615 since martial law shut down our churches, instant committed mask and shot mandates, the loss of our unalienable individual God-given rights. It's been basically two years since the FBI's unconstitutional rate of the Trump home and 40 days since the assassination attempt on him. I don't think we've recovered from the first 1,615 days. I was alive when President Kennedy was assassinated and when Reverend King was assassinated and when Senator Kennedy was assassinated and the attempts on Ronald Reagan. The whole country paused and the due reverence, I guess, got back on track. I don't think it's gotten back on track since we had the shutdown. I'd like to also recognize that this is day 313 since the Hamas war against Israel, Israelis, free-to-living people all over the world. And the day after that, of course, Hezbollah began its shelling of the north. It's 120 days since the coordinated nationwide college jihad, which has spread to our cities, municipalities, even Washington, D.C., when Prime Minister Netanyahu is here for addressing Congress. I would like to make requests for the removal from the budget of mandatory Marcom's video-on-demand CRT curricular race steering ESG training that began around 2021. I'd like to request a removal from the budget of all electric vehicles and equipment and charging stations. And I would encourage the city to encourage the Florida legislature to rapidly approve the Florida blind depository and transactional gold-silver. And I would request that the city, since the start of the lockdown, but now it's official, join Kansas and Texas lawsuits in suing Pfizer for fraud. And they're proclaiming efficacy and safety for pregnant women for their shot. And I'll roll back time. Thank you, Mr. Conklin. Mr. Richards? Excuse me one second. I want to see if there's some keys that someone left up here. I didn't see you bringing the keys. I didn't see you. She said she left her keys. He's a lady with the orange shirt. She said she left her keys. Oh, there they are. Oh, he thought he had a new car. Hi, Mr. Richards. Hello. My name is Eric Richards. I stay at 1721 Northwest 72nd Avenue in Omega Villas. I come to, first of all, thank you. I come to talk about the backup traffic that is on 70th Street during the let-out of Plantation High School. My wife is a teacher at Peters Elementary, and there are several people that live in Peters Elementary that try to come home, and we can't get home. And the problem is, is that on the, as the parents are picking up the students on 70th Avenue, on 7th Avenue, traffic is like four lanes instead of two lanes. We have a policeman that sits on 16th Street where there's a stopper he is, but he's facing towards east. So we need a policeman that is on 70th, because God forbid if something, because kids are crossing the street, and you can't turn left, you can't turn right, and God forbid if one of those kids get hit, and none of the medical personnel can get to the kid because of the traffic. So we really need a police down there to tell these, you know, tell parents this is another safe way to do it, picking up the kids or the kids crossing. Thank you. Thank you. Chief Harrison, could you talk to Mr. Richards in the lobby possibly? Thank you. Mr. Buehler? Carl Buehler, 6831 Southwest 11th Street. I got a real weird letter this week. It was an anonymous letter. And it said that at the last city council meeting, Council Member Louis Weinstein played a video of him reading a proclamation from her city in a report of Israel at the Kiznet in Israel. And then the letter wrote on to say, I agree with our Council Member Weinstein that you are anti-Semitic, and I am so proud that we have a leader like Council Member Weinstein to call people like you out. I was like, whoa, where is that coming from? Obviously, I'm not anti-Semitic, and I could spend a long time here talking about my long-term relationship with Jewish citizens and friends going back decades, including both synagogues here in Plantation. The problem here is not personal. The problem is that unfortunately there are people out there who like to say that any questioning whatsoever of the conduct in Israel by the Israeli Defense Forces under Netanyahu, to say that there's a question there of humanitarianism, of the question of the undisciplined and just constant bombing of civilian targets. And that's been verified by the United Nations and the international court, and they've called out Netanyahu on that, and they've asked for a cease and desist. And also hundreds of nations, in fact, the majority of Jewish citizens here in the U.S. and in Israel oppose the war continuing. They want peace. They want a diplomatic solution. In fact, the major generals in the IDF have said they want a diplomatic solution. A military solution is not the solution. And to say these things, to bring this out, is not anti-Semitic, okay? And I think it's very wrong that someone would say this. I don't know where they got this idea from, since I was agreeing with Member Weinstein about we cannot turn a blind eye to the atrocities in Gaza. I agreed all audibly. All I asked was that we also look, you know, to look at the other side of the flip side of the coin, where we have atrocities being committed by the IDF, as verified by the United Nations and the World Court. So I just hope that maybe we can find a solution in terms of referendum and also supporting the investigation into the behavior and the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, because we want love. We have love here, right? We don't want war. We want peace. We want a diplomatic solution. And to ask for that, I can tell you definitely I'm not anti-Semitic. Thank you. Mr. Buehler. Yes. You have something marked in the consent agenda. And I wasn't sure when the. Number nine. Oh, you wanted nine. Yeah, I didn't know the number. That's fine. I just didn't want to miss you if that's if you want to speak for something. Mr. Carreras. So my name is Trent Carreras, 701 North Fig Tree Lane, plantation, resident since 1968 when my parents moved here. I enjoyed watching you grow up. Philanthropic behavior is not dead. And once that's testimony, again, I'm pleased to the group there that I would show up at all the meetings here at council. And remind everybody that some local businesses are displaying the sign. It's for golf that will support the Plantation, Parks, and Rec Foundation, a nonprofit organization that will fund projects for the City of Plantation, Parks, and Recreation Program. And there's a QR code here for you to register. And we would, again, petition the support of council and your constituents to both participate, which all of you have done so. And thank you. But, again, to call out for golfers. We do have supporters out there, but there's this funny thing about tournaments, golf tournaments, we need golfers. So if you see this sign out there, guys, if you're interested in this stuff, if you like philanthropic behavior, which we just kind of witnessed a bunch of years there displaying volunteer, the volunteer fire department in here, which is kudos to Chief Todd and the program that continues in our city, philanthropic behavior is not dead. And, in fact, next Thursday at Total Wine & More at 6 p.m., we are having a membership drive. If you're interested in tasting wine, if you're interested in joining our group, come on by. And I thank you for your time. Thank you, Mr. Kirks. We have an online, a request from online, Mr. Taranow. Hope he's iPad 3. Sir, you can unmute. He has to unmute or? Yeah. I've hit the button. If you can unmute, we might be able to hear you. So it's not us. It's him. It's him. Hey. You have him? Yes. Hi. Hi. Thank you so much for meeting the opportunity to speak. And this is in reference to some issues in Plantation Acres. As you all know, Plantation Acres is part of the city. It used to be a rural agriculture area when it was first instituted 60, 70 years ago, with very few residences. Obviously, it's kind of last month, it hasn't become a personal community, maybe residential, and it still has some of its rural duties. When the city incorporated Plantation Acres, which used to be unincorporated by our county, they provided all the services that they currently provide, but they carved out the flood control water management to a special independent district, which was created by the state of Florida, which later became known as the Plantation Acres Improvement District. This happened back in 1963, and it has been existing since then. Basically, they're certainly responsible for flood control and water management, and they're supposed to maintain an updated infrastructure of ponds, canals, and ponds that discharge water from Plantation Acres into the C-42 Canal. Basically, the infrastructure of Plantation Acres have been the same for the past 60 years. They have made very, very minor capital improvements, and at the same time, we pay taxes to the city of Plantation, and also have been paying taxes to the Plantation Acres Improvement Districts for the maintenance of this system. Probably we have been doing millions of dollars over the past 60 years with very little improvement. We still experience major flood problems, and we have a serious story back. Based on some recent public records requests and some information derived from our case for the past two years, it's clear that the Plantation Acres Improvement Districts has a complete lack of financial capabilities, and definitely a lack of operational efficiency. We, the residents, have been trying to communicate with them over decades to improve the services. It has been hard to make change, but we're trying, and we keep trying, and we're coming to the point where we're realizing that we're paying for a service, but we're not getting what we're paying for. Because of this, we had a group of residents that have come together, and we're trying to explore the possibility since we also live in the city of Plantation within the city of Plantation. And the city of Plantation also provides those services for the residents. Well, instead of having to pay for two entities to provide the same service, we would like to have the opportunity to find the best provider of these services with the best resources, with the most qualified personnel to do it, and have a reasonable price where we're getting what we're paying for. The truth is that by paying for two government entities to build this job, there was a duplication of services, which we have been able to prove based on public records requests and expenditure reports by For example, for fiscal year 2022, again, based on public records, 86% of the expenditures were spent on employees, employee benefits, salaries, and completely on contractor services, or contractors and subcontractor services. And reviewing the rest of the expenses, they only put 4% of that budget, which was over a million dollars that year. Mr. Tarrineau, Mr. Tarrineau, Mr. Tarrineau, Mr. Tarrineau, your time was expended. I believe we're all aware of the issue. I believe the administration issued a public letter stating that we have no official position on what the community would decide to do with the paid district, that if there was a movement to dissolve paid, that we would be open to hearing what their thoughts would be on how to proceed with the city management, but we have no position on it. I want to make one comment that I just want to make sure we're very clear on. You said that you pay taxes to pay, and you pay taxes to the city. The taxes you pay to the city have nothing to do with the stormwater for the rest of the city. So I just want to be clear that there's a special stormwater fee for that. So I guess you all are having a town hall meeting on Tuesday? Okay? Okay. So I just really want to just publicly say that if any of us decide to show up, we're really not there to advocate for or against that. If we decide to come to that meeting, it's really for us to just hear what the community has to say, and they might want to talk to us individually. But we're not going to be able to make any comments, particularly if there's more than one of us there because the sun shines. And so please don't ask us to make comments or give our opinions on that. It would not be appropriate. I haven't decided if I'll be attending that meeting on Tuesday because it's kind of a complex situation that I kind of need you guys to work it out at that. So sorry for an extended comment from me. I do not have any other submitted comments. Is there anybody in the chamber that would like to make a comment that didn't fill out a speaking form? I don't see any. So public requests of the council regarding municipal affairs are now closed. The consent agenda consists of items 1 through 11 and may be approved with one motion. Does any member of the council wish to pull an item? I have 1, 2, 2, okay. And then the public has requested 5, 6, 10, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10. So is that everything? 3 is the only one, right? 3, 4, 11. And 8. Okay, 3, 4, 11. And 8. Can I have a motion? A motion to approve 3, 4, 8, and 11. Okay, second. Ms. Begler, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Holland. Yes. Council Member Einstein. Yes. Council Member Andrean. Yes. Council Member Badgen. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Item number one, Council Member Holland. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to make a couple of comments. I've said publicly in the past that I was not in favor of naming things for people. But this item is an exception. And why is it an exception? Because it's not just honoring somebody for the sake of honoring them. This was a park that Kingsley Smith fought for. And I think it's deservedly so that we are going to be honoring him. So I want to thank Council Member Andrean for making sure this got across the line. And I wanted to ask Mr. Hall to come up here because I saved my comments on this is kind of two parts of this. Right. So I want to thank you because this became a labor of love for you. And on behalf of the community, I want to thank you. And when I said in the proclamation that I was still getting phone calls from Kingsley in the last, you know, months of his life before he got really sick advocating for people in his neighborhood. So he really was a force in the Park East neighborhood. I'm excited about honoring him. And I want to thank you for everything you did. And even these pieces up here, we were on the Zoom the other day and I said, you know, maybe we can get a couple of pieces. And this is what Mr. Hall did. And Public Works, thank you. These are beautiful. I was texting you and saying, can we do something else? I won't say it now. But I think it's amazing. And I just want to thank you both and thank the administration and everybody that's been a part of this because I think it's going to be really important for the community and all of us to be able to celebrate Kingsley on Saturday. So thank you, Mr. Hall and Council Member Andrean. You're most welcome. Real quick, we met Kingsley when we had our barbecue here event. And I'm really happy that I had the mind to actually take that photo of all of us together like that. And it was – so he's smiling. He's at the park. He's at the park. That he's going to be named after. He's in front of the bench that we have his name inscribed and everything's been painted and nice. And I want to really highlight the efforts of, you know, Public Works and the Parks Department have worked very, very hard to get this done. They're excellent teams. And also, do you want to recognize the HOA? Absolutely. I'll let you do that. Guys, come up. Come up. We're going to show these T-shirts. These T-shirts were locally done also. All right? Local business. In the Gateway? In – no, not in the Gateway. We got me there. We don't have a printer there anymore, do we? I hope not. Well, yeah. Bad joke. So, I'm going to give you guys an opportunity to make some comments. Black shirts and we have red shirts. Yes. Good evening. I'm going to give you a brief because come Saturday and we have a few more words to say. I just want to say thanks. And yes, Kins has put a lot of work into this. I'm not saying it's a one-person effort. I know he has put a lot of work into it. Not only the time spent, but the quality of time spent. Because, you know, it's going back and forth. The service tested, it was good. Then another test, it failed. And so, we went back and forth. And you stuck with it. And from that perspective, we appreciate what you've done. It's a long time in coming. You know what? It's better than ever. So, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for all your efforts. Council Member Andrea? I, too, I would be remiss if I did not thank Mr. Hall. The work that Council Member Horland's doing with the One Love mural. It's absolutely the perfect place for this mural in our city and to the Park East HOA. You know, Kinsley was, I'll try not to get emotional because he really was a great thought partner. I spent a lot of time with him, even as he was declining. I would go to his house and visit him, even when he was kind of almost at the end. So, I'm absolutely thrilled to support this item. And I'm so fortunate to have forged the relationship that I had with him. All of his advice, sometimes I can still hear him when we're here. It's like you still hear his presence and the things that he would be saying and fussing about even. And so, again, I want to thank the Park East community for really making sure that we did the right thing. As Mr. Chin said, I wish it would have been a little earlier for him to get his flowers, but I know Saturday he'll be watching from above. So, thank you all, and thank you, Mr. Hall, for your dedication. I see Mr. Conklin wanted to speak since everyone's up here. Why don't you come up and speak before we do our motion? Just very quickly, Dennis Conklin, 458-1 Northwest 6th Court. When I saw love, love, love, all I can think of was the Beatles, right? And it's basically, there's nothing you can do that can't be done, and it's finally done. And I hope we can do something for Doc Cannon, too, at the Jim Ward Community Center. Because it was he and Lee Hillier that prevented the Plantation Elementary School. You've all been there, seen how big that is. That was going to go there. And the two of them got together, they put their heads together, and the way they stopped it was, they discovered it was directly under the flight path for the crosswinds landing and takeoff at the airport. And that's what saved that space for Plantation Park East. So maybe we can arrange words that are in this proclamation for Doc Cannon, for the Doc Cannon Park in the Jim Ward Community Center. Thank you, Dennis. There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Can I have a motion? Do you want to say that? No. Can I say your mind? Just like Councilman Manzali, it's a little bit emotional for me, too, because I was born in England. And if you remember my grandfather, my grandfather also lives in England, and he's born in Jamaica. So, yeah, it's very, very personal to me. I wanted to make sure it got done. And I think it turned out well. And having the love meal be there also is just amplifying what we're trying to do. Good. And having said that, for anybody in the chamber that does not know me, if you walked into Kingsley's house, you had the photo of him meeting the queen, and he wasn't there outside of London. Yeah. As part of the Jamaican diaspora. And Sandy Gracie as well. I don't think she was going to rest until you got this done. No. That's why I'm keeping it quiet. I know. Remember Sir Kingsley. Sir Kingsley. Sir Kingsley. And come out on Saturday. Yes. The whole community there Saturday. Go ahead, Councilman Manzali. I have a motion to approve item number one. I'm in Smith Park. And I will second. One more time. Oh, go ahead. Hi, hello. My name is Dave Allison, 591 Northwest 46th Avenue. Sir Kingsley is, well, my uncle. One of the greatest thing from this is that, you know, love, that word love, when you can show it, it's a great thing. It's a great teaching moment to see it. And when the council is a part of it, the neighborhood is a part of it, it goes far. So, I appreciate it, and it's a great thing. Thanks. Very good. Okay, so, we have a motion and a second. Does anybody else would like to make a comment? Sure. I saw a hand. Come on, Maude. Come on, Maude. Look how spry Maude is now after her, uh... Maude King, Ruth 1764, North West 7470, Plantation, Florida, 33313. I'd just like to mention, I met Mr. Kingsley. He was a long-time member of the Plantation Democratic Club. And Mr. Kingsley made us aware and gave us a lot of good feedback and a lot of good ideas. I need to mention that. Congratulations. Very good. Any other comments? So, we have a motion and a second. Ms. Beggarrope, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Arlen. Yes. Council Member Reinstein. Yes. Council Member Andreu. Yes. Council Member Pageant. Yes. Thank you. She's sure? Sure. Thank you. Michelle thought she was done. Yeah, well, Michelle, go. By her step ladder, she leaves. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not, but she's not ready. Can you just see that? Hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me ask her. You know your spot. I know my spot. It's a big time. Angles. I know. That's right. Don't watch the shit. Yeah. Okay. Item number two, Council Member Andreu. Thank you, President Fadgen. And just, I want to thank Ms. Begler for the calendar and keeping us very organized, doing it so early so that we can make the necessary plans. I did want to ask my colleagues about March 26th if there's any way we can change that particular date, only because it's spring break and it always presents a problem. But if we can't, you know, we will figure it out. What are you proposing? You know what, and my apologies because I see that we're going to be also discussing another date later this evening. September 11th, the other date is September 11th that we'll be discussing for the board. As for this, this is a coming meeting. Oh, okay. I'm going to be in March. Oh, um, yes. Yes, so I don't know if there's anything presenting us, preventing us from doing the meeting on, could we do the 19th or no? That date was presented by Anna. She was the one that requested that one specifically, and she's not here. Okay. I don't know if it has to be that date because of, financially, it has to be that 26th. Okay, all right, wishing to approve item number two. Hey, never go against the accountants. Never. Yes, go ahead, Mr. Mayor. What do you think, if we tabled this for one session, one meeting, and deal with them and break through it, maybe we could find a way? I don't see why it hurts to wait two weeks. Why don't we, well, did, Nancy, Nancy, come on up. Nancy's giving a no on that one, on that date. Do you think I'm going to stop it by a certain period? The first time I hear no, you think I'm going to stop? Yeah. No. Unfortunately, we cannot change the date. Okay. Yes, it's going to be very tight. There is not another Wednesday after that. We can't do it earlier. No, we cannot do it earlier. Okay. It can't be earlier or later after that day? Well, it can be the Tuesday or the Thursday or in the same week, but it's still spring break. Yes. It's still spring break. Okay, thank you. What do we have, then? What's the item? Kaffir. Kaffir. It's the ASA for whatever we want. I like Kaffir that. Okay. Required by the state? CPA stands for can't pass again. All right. All right. Can we have a motion? Oh, can I? We have a second? Second. All right. Ms. Beggarrow, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Horland. Yes. Council Member Einstein. Yes. Council Member Andrean. Yes. Council Member Fudge. Yes. Thank you. Item 5, I think, is next. And Mr. Wynn. And Council. Oh, yeah, that's on. Joe Wynn, 944 Northwest 92nd Terrace. Good evening. There's been some really lovingly wonderful things to celebrate and see here from a park. People truly love that person. I didn't have the honor of knowing him, but I am going to try to get over to that park at some point, whether it's the opening or what have you. I love seeing more love and very happy that that moved quickly and that we're going to be doing that. That's not the point of this topic, though. That's okay. So, obviously, I saw Engine Rescue 76 out there, and the poor thing needs a new engine, and obviously we're going to need to, you know, do that. So that's okay. But on that topic, our fire engines, they're too big. They're big. They're very, very large. And the thing that the problem with that is that it means that our roads have to be very, very large so that our very, very large fire engines can get to where they need to go. And the thing is, is less than 10% of the fire rescues that they're doing are fires. Most of them are rescues, whether it's cats or some sort of situation or, yes, they do actually rescue cats from trees. I've seen firefighters do it. It's awesome. I think firefighters are very cool. I just think their engines are a little too large. You don't like the trucks. I love the trucks. I think they're just a little too big. And so the challenge there is that what we want to consider and keep in mind is that as we're looking towards new vehicles, I understand this one we're doing our best to replace the engine and everything, but as we look towards the future and procurement starts seeking out new vehicles, let's keep in mind strategies that have been done in some other cities as well as other countries who also deal with fires in a similar way and try to downsize those vehicles, which makes less cost, less fuel consumption, as well as the ability to maneuver better in smaller areas. And that's our goal as we want to improve Midtown area, as we want to improve pretty much anywhere here. We don't want to be stuck with limitations on fire rescue with their vehicles just being too long and then they can't get somewhere. Are there things with vertical change, things like that, that we just need to keep in mind and keep them in the conversation so that we don't get unexpected pushback or anything as we seek to make our roadway safer. Essentially, if you have a roadway that's wide enough for a engine, yes, they can get through now, but unfortunately then during that time, the majority of the time our other vehicles are on, it becomes less safe for everyone else. So the goal is just to work together and keep that in mind. So if we can downsize, pack it like Ikea and be able to make sure that we can have them fulfill their mission, which is volunteer and amazing, and also keep our roadway safe as we continue to improve them. Thanks again. Well, we've just got a new apparatus. I think that's what we call it. And it is smaller than what we're replacing. So the technology, I think, is becoming smarter. I think I had a conversation with Chief Todd about that. Now, regarding this, the engine blew. So, and we got, I think we have a rescue, which is where we transport people, come in in the next several months. I think they had the three-quarter inspection. I spoke with them today. That's why I sound like I know what I'm talking about. And then hopefully the system is coming in at six months. So what's going to be good about fixing this truck, because I asked them, like, what's the condition of the vehicle? It's in good condition. This engine will get us a four-year warranty, and it will extend the life. And then we try to rotate the vehicle so they're not constantly on a wear and tear. Do I get it, kind of? Yes, sir. Do you want to add anything? Okay. Valentine, Fire Chief of the Greatest Fire Department in the United States. Yes, rescues, we downsized. We used to have rescues that were almost as big as our engines, but we downsized our rescues, so they're smaller now. Engines is a little harder to do because we have a lot of equipment, ladders, hoses, everything. It's just difficult to downsize that. Yes, European countries have smaller vehicles, and they're always ahead of the game as far as that goes, especially in the fire department. But the last truck we got is a little smaller. They run about 35 foot long. So we don't have 40s? We don't have 40s, except our ladder trucks. Our ladder trucks are a little longer. So we are downsizing when we can, but that's the best we can really do. And the width of the truck is less than the width of the roadway. So, all right. Thanks, Chief. Thank you. And thank you all. Have a great evening. Motion to approve? Second. Any other comments from the chamber? I don't see any. Ms. Begler, please call the roll. Oh, I missed something. It sounded like he was making the motion to approve. Well, I made the motion. I did second. Correct. Kerry doesn't care. I think we have. I don't know. You're telling me we have. We have. Really good group, Mom. Can I have a roll, please? I have the motion. And Council Member Reinstein has a second. I know. He's funny. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Holland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Council Member Andre? Yes. Council Member Fadgin? Yes. Thank you. All right. That was five. So, item six. Mr. Conklin. That is Conklin, 458. We're in Northwestern Court. Plantation Park East is really getting a lot of touching tonight. This has been brought up a few times with the projections and stuff like that for the solutions for Fifth Street and for 46th Avenue. For Fifth Street, for years, I'd asked for a four-way stop at 43rd and 5th, and I think that would solve a whole bunch of stuff. We really don't have a lot of room because Plantation Park East, on the east side of 46th Avenue, is not Bree Swept Park Estates. It's eight separate different developers that built in there. And the streets are small. We don't have enough room for roundabouts. I've kind of been around, and in other countries, a roundabout is going to have two lanes. You can't do that. It doesn't fit. So I've mentioned before the possibility of lane offsets to prevent speeding and stuff like that. And I think that's the way to go if you're not going to do a four-way stop, which I'm not sure why, but for all the years, they've never accepted that idea. That really will stop the traffic because you have to wait for the next guy to shuttle over. If they stop. I'm sorry? If they stop. If they don't stop, they run against their landscape. So they've got to stop. That's what I'm saying. Anyway, so are you back time because I still want to speak to seven. Well, I had a comment regarding this. We've been getting a lot of pushback regarding the modular cushions. So I'm not going to tell you what to do or what not to do, but I would say my preference would be let's avoid the modular cushions. Correct. And everybody that's driven through Laredo West, they know. They're spring breakers. Yeah. And that's not for the kids that come from college. They break the springs of your vehicles. Okay. Can I have a motion? I'll yield. Motion to approve. Second. Is there any other comments regarding item number six? Seeing none, Ms. Beggroyd, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Wallen. Yes. Council Member Einstein. Yes. Council Member Andrean. Yes. Council Member Fadgen. Yes. Item seven, Mr. Conklin. The point of 46th Avenue is a major cut-through for Plantation Park East neighborhood that basically connects the Sunrise Boulevard to Broward Boulevard. And when we did the bank revetment for the C-12 Canal, there was no bridge. And Plantation Park East became a real neighborhood. I had petitions sign over 400 residents in Plantation Park East to not restore the bridge. But in borderline divine wisdom, the FDOT doubled the size of the bridge, putting twice as much traffic through Plantation Park East. Again, I want to go back to the lane offset because if you instituted that, we don't have room for roundabouts. If you institute the lane offset, that will eliminate cut-through traffic. Other than that, you could close off the bridge and make it a fishing pier. And that's another way to go. But I'll yield back time. We can't fit traffic circles because we can't fit two lanes. That's basically a problem. Whose decision would it be to close the bridge? You need to vote. Thank you. You're back. Good evening. Samira Shalan, city engineer. The city in conjunction with FDOT. This is a city bridge, but it's an access point through Sunrise Boulevard. Actually, Sunrise Boulevard is going through redevelopment or RRR repaving program. And this particular bridge is currently being studied by FDOT. And the city is not closed, but some improvement part of their improvement project. So can we add, like, some kind of assessment as to whether that – because I agree. I mean, that's a racetrack. That's why we're doing the project. When I'm leaving my office and I have to get a turnpike, I take 46. But I always drive under the speed limit, so just – but I don't know if that's the right answer. But I don't know if we have information to determine if it's the right answer to close the bridge. Certainly, I think there would have to be a very robust outreach to the community to find out – because, you know, certainly there's many people that would be very happy to have that bridge closed. But there could also be a lot of people that would say, well, geez, that's going to add 20 minutes for me to drive around 441. And then what's the effect on the remaining roadway? So, okay, I don't know – There is a lot of traffic analysis and backup analysis to – if you eliminate this access point, what is the impact on the entire corridor. So it's not just a point analysis. So how difficult is it to get that analysis? We will contact a duty and start a conversation on that and report back to you guys. Then we're not dealing with conjecture. Then we're just dealing with, you know, facts that we all can make an informed decision on and say that this is best for the community. You know, I wouldn't want all those people cut through my community. So I understand Mr. Conklin's concern. Thank you. Can I have a – no more, no more, no more. You spoke. I got you more information. Motion to approve. Okay. Second. Ms. Bedwell, please call the roll. Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Holland? Yes. Councilmember Weinstein? Yes. Councilmember Andrews? Yes. Councilmember Fajan? Yes. All right. Item number nine, Mr. Buehler. Kyle Buehler, 6831 Southwest 11th Street. There's a thing in the motion here about the legal budget. It says the appropriate funds budget is hereby increased by that amount necessary to accommodate the planned and actual expenditure and appropriations for the fund. And my concern is there's a new state law that goes into effect, October 1st, Senate Bill 1365. And I was just wondering what policy review has been completed by city officials, the city attorney, or the police chief, in regards to compliance with the state law. The law puts the city at jeopardy, and it's another way that the governor and the state legislature are able to wash their hands of responsibility and put the responsibility on the local municipality. This is the problem. Now, in speaking briefly to the Councilmember at the last AHAC meeting, the member noted business homeless problem in plantation, specifically at a strip center where the homeless defecated on a business doorstep and intimidated customers. Now, the problem with some homeless having mental issues, health issues, disabilities, or drug addictions, is that they refuse to accept help from police or agencies offering assistance, housing, or rehab. And the problem is the law technically does not make sleeping in public places a crime, and police do not have to arrest the person. The problem is police or city officials do have to take action to relocate the homeless so to avoid civil suits. And this is the problem. If a complaint is filed and no action is taken, we are responsible. The city has to have a lawsuit. So the underlying problem there also is there's insufficient housing for treatment facilities to handle the increasing number of homeless. And, again, this is partly due to economic homelessness caused by condo associations having to request extreme expenditures. In other words, the new state law that goes to effect December 31st. I guess that's my problem. I want to know if police or city officials have taken some action to determine a policy here or a procedure. Because what are we going to do if this happens again? If some homeless people are causing a problem, if they refuse to locate, what are we going to do? Are they going to be taken into custody? Are they going to be physically relocated? And also, what resources are we aware of that are available for the city to satisfy the state law, since the responsibility is on us, the municipality, not the state? Thank you. Chief? There we go. Good evening, counsel. So there's a number of things that we've already done. We've added two homeless outreach personnel, one for days and one for nights. They're very skilled and educated on the homeless. There's other measures, too, although Mr. Buehler had mentioned that there's no laws, that there are laws that we can use to help with our businesses. It's called the trespass program. So we have already taken some initiatives to increase the trespass program to all these businesses to help us help them in the event that we have someone that refuses to take our services. But I can assure you there's a lot of services that are there to help the homeless. All they need to do is ask for it because all our officers are trained in all the remedies that we could do for the homeless, what's out there, what's available. But there are some that wish to remain homeless. That's just the way of life that they want to do. But, again, I think we're somewhat prepared for the January law to take effect. I think we're pretty effective, and I think the biggest problem is that many of them don't want help. Correct. And I think you and I, you probably spoke with all the council regarding the two additional officers that deal with the homeless. They're kind of roaming officers. Correct. Where they go out in the city. They're road patrol units. Right. But their primary function is the homeless. But then we will offer them some sort of assistance that, you know, if they're trying to get to somewhere else and they have a car problem, we can get them with some organizations to fix their car after we vet them. There's a whole bunch of things we try to do. Now, the mayor and I were at the gateway board today, and the homeless came up in the discussion, and the trespass program is one of the tools that we can utilize, and they're going to make an effort to get more businesses signed up into the trespass program. And if you're not familiar with the trespass program, and you correct me if I'm wrong on it, it enables a police officer, if there's someone sitting on the property, and tell them to move on. The property owner is authorizing the police to take action without calling them or for them to make a call for a complaint. And my position is I want us to be compassionate, and I'm very happy with what we do with our homeless outreach. But basically they can accept the help or they have to move on. That's my position on it because it will kill this city. There will be nobody who wants to invest their business in this city if we just allow them to congregate because that's not helping them either. So it's a hard life decision, in my opinion, but it's the – I know that – who's the author – the detective that's – Detective Graeber. I always forget her name. I got it right down. Lori Graeber. I've had – I had a nice meeting with her, probably like two and a half, three hours with it, and she's passionate about it and educated me about it. Because when we first get in, she says, just get them out of here, but that's not necessarily the answer. So I promise you we're working on it. I know what – I know what the department's doing. I see Council Member Horland would like to speak. Thank you, Mr. President. I'll help if I turn my mic on. It's also important to note that Detective Graeber is with the multi-agency task force, and they've really worked law enforcement throughout the county to decriminalize homelessness and make sure that the wraparound services are available. So Chief and I had to have the discussion. I just want to say this was a big topic at a breakout session in League of Cities last week, and correct me if I'm wrong, Chief, but Mr. Buehler was really speaking to the budgetary aspect of this and possible litigation. But my understanding is, say you attempt to move someone, remove somebody and move them from a business. It has to be documented. Yes. That is the main, right? It's got to be documented. And that alone, we may not be able to permanently move that person, but the documentation has to be there to prevent the litigation. Is that correct? Correct. We have to do something. And obviously documenting the incident and what we have attempted to do is going to suffice. And I think that we had legal counsel speak to the League of Cities last week, and that was one of the things they said. There's some gray areas there, and the legislature purposely makes it a little bit vague, so we're having to try to figure it out, but that was what the chief had said. As long as we document it. The other thing is that we really have to partner with the county because the county is the one that provides most of the services for the unhoused. And there are so many success stories that we have done up to this point, whether it was a bus ticket back home to Alabama or South Carolina or anywhere, but reuniting them with their loved ones. They wanted to stay away. All those success stories you don't hear about, but they're out there. And the resources that we have, we're doing everything we can. Well, I don't think we're heavy-handed. I think we're extremely compassionate with it, and we want to help them. And you get them reconnected with their family, they exponentially have a better chance of not getting back to the streets. So I think we're doing, I don't think we're going to have a problem with the new law. I mean, we're documented. Yes, sir. I don't think anybody's going to think that we're heavy-handed or, I don't know. I can't think of another harsher word, but thank you. Yep. Can I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Ms. Beggarup, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Paget? Yes. Okay, item 10, Mr. Conklin. That is Conklin for the North West Sixth Court. Again, addressing the overlay of boundaries for the Gateway 7 and the CRA. I'd recommend that an upcoming budget discussion is coming up for millage that the extra millage for the Gateway 7 be cast at zero millage. They'll still be paying the same millage rate as any property owner in the city. And in addition, since the creation of CRA, the TIF funds, after the second year, massively exceeded the millage rate additions. And they haven't spent all of that. It is incrementally added to the amount of money. This doesn't mean for CRA. I get that, but it just doesn't get spent. And I don't know if you've heard, but today they revised a very flowery quarterly jobs report from before. And they took off over 800,000 jobs from the Rosary report that was getting at the end of the quarter. I have a feeling that those were probably mom and pop and small businesses under 500 people, which kind of fits the description of the Gateway. So I encourage you to zero out the millage rate as we do still have the CRA in effect until 2030. Thank you. I'll yield back. Thank you. Can I have a motion? Motion to approve item 10? Second. Ms. Beggar, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Arlen? Yes. Council Member Einstein? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Pageant? Yes. Thank you. Okay, item 12, a resolution approving the release of that certain perpetual unrestricted utility easement, governmental services, and a form attached here to providing findings, having the appropriate city officers execute the same and authorizing the city administration or city attorney to effectuate the same and provide an effective date. So we're done. We have a, we've taken a motion. We have a presentation. No presentation. Okay. Okay. Does anybody have, I don't see anybody have a question on the day. Can I have a motion? Motion to approve. Can I have a second? Second. Is there any comments from the chamber? I have nobody asked to speak to this item. All right. Ms. Beggar, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Orland? Yes. Council Member Einstein? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Fasson? Yes. Thank you. All right. Item 13, PP230057, public hearing. No. Here we have an ordinance. Assistant City Attorney Morgan, would you like to read it? I will. All right. Because I have to. Public hearing and third reading of an ordinance of the City of Plantation, Florida, pertaining to the subject of zoning and land development, amending Chapter 19 of the City Court of Ordinances, specifically amending Section 19-67, entitled provisions regarding applying certain types of comprehensive plan, flexibility, amending Article 3, entitled local activity centers, amending, including Section 19-7, entitled plantation gateway, local activity center, and Section 19-71, entitled assignment of residence through LAC units and amending Chapter 27 of the City Court of Ordinances, specifically amending Table 22-1, in Section 27-22, entitled planning and zoning board, amending Table 22-1, in Section 27-23, entitled City Council and Amending Table 21-1, entitled general procedures amending the physical and digital versions of the land development regulations, providing for codification, providing for severability, providing for a savings clause, providing for conflicts, and providing for an effective date, Mr. Chair. Thank you. We have a motion. Motion to approve. Second. I see that Mr. Conklin wanted to speak to the item. Dennis Conklin, 458-1, North West Coast Court. Again, this will be short. I've spoken about it. I brought it up in my previous comments. But basically, this creates flexibility units in the Flex Zone 73 neighborhood east of the Turnpike, and it extinguishes that flexibility zone, which I am against. I'm against the unifying Flex Zone. And as I mentioned, when I moved here, there was no Flex in that neighborhood, and they created it with the LAC's local activity centers. It just hypothecates. It creates money out of thin air. And for that reason, I hope that you'll reject this. Thank you. I'll go back. Thank you, Mr. Conklin. I don't see anybody on the days who'd like to speak. Is there anybody in the chamber who'd like to make any comments to this? Okay, so we have a motion and a second. Ms. Pegler, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Council Member Andrean? No. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Thank you. Okay, item 14, amending the 2024 City Council meeting dates to include September 11, 2024 as a regular City Council meeting. So I requested to get this put on the agenda because, you know, like today we approved the 2025 Council schedule and I go by this. So I thought we were having a regular meeting on the 12th. I thought the 12th was going to be the budget military and we're going to do the regular council meeting with that. And then I just found out we're having a meeting on the 11th. So I think in the future if we have to amend our calendar schedule, I think we should also, as early as possible, amend our resolution to add that date. And that's really what this is doing. So with that, I would make a motion to approve item 14. Are you allowed to? I'm going to do what I want. So just kidding. I'll second it. I'll second it. All right. So is there any comments from the days? I don't see any. I'm sorry. Can I, what, what, item 14, so you're asking, just for clarification, you're asking that when it was changed to the 12th, be moved back to. So we have a council, a special council meeting. Maybe it's not a special council meeting, but we have our village and millage meeting, which is not a regular council meeting on the 12th. Right. And we're going to have a regular council meeting on the 11th, which I just found out about maybe end of last week. I thought it was all one meeting. I thought it was two, and I was making arrangements for someone to come in and then found out we're going to have a regular council meeting. So this is just to get in the resolution. So if you slide down, you can see that it was just, the underline is just adding the 11th. The 12th is still there as the budget and millage meeting. Yeah. All right. Let's see. So, why aren't we doing it in one meeting, because in the past I thought we had, so why are we separating it into two? Is, do we plan on the first budget meeting being very robust or? We prefer not. But we didn't want to be presumptuous, and I think last time we took some of us comments to heart about, you know, don't truncate the meeting or force it in between five and then we tried to start at seven and then we got truncated. So we didn't want to put you all in a box. It wouldn't be delighted if it went 20 or 30 minutes, but if it goes a couple hours with discussion, we want to afford you all that opportunity. Okay. And a second meeting makes it want to go faster. I'm fine with that. Okay. I just wanted to know the reasoning behind it. It was in the President's point, so we'll try to get that out as soon as possible. Just make clear. We'll have to fix those dates. Okay. Council Member Weinstein. So the amendment would be that we have a regular council meeting on the 11th and we have the public hearing on the city budget on the 12th. Right, so we're just adding the 11th. So the only thing that I'm going to say is that normally I wouldn't have a concern with that. However, the fire department does a very special event on September 11th to honor the memory of September 11th. They do a stair climb in the evening. So, you know, obviously I'll be here for the city council meeting and I won't attend the stair climb that they do, but it is a very special event. It just so happens that the Wednesday is September 11th and so it is a Memorial Day for many and they do a very special program. So I just want to put that out there. Thank you. Okay. So we have a motion and a second. Any other comments? Any comments from the chamber? Sandy? Ms. Begler, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? No. Council Member Andrew? Yes. Council Member Frajan? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. All right, item 15, advisory reports, I believe it's transmittal. So, Mr. Mayor, comments? Oh, sure. Council Member Horland, I'm sure you'll bring up the breakfast, the lunch? Mm-hmm. Okay, so we got that covered. We've had a good, we've had two good talks with code enforcement gathering people from police planning and zoning, engineering, and the idea of everybody talking to each other. And we're going to come up with some tweaks, and we'll bring it to Michael Lopper, who's looking at it for code purposes. And I think we can make some progress there. I think we can get better at that. Are we still going to have a roundtable discussion? Because we had talked about having a kind of a workshop meeting in the conference room or something about code. I was going to request a council. Okay. All right. Yeah, after budget was the line of thinking. Thank you. Sorry, I lost my notes. Yeah. That's all I got. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. All right. Council Member comments? Council Member Anderson? I just want to say my regrets that I can't make it to any events this weekend. It's my son and future daughter-in-law's vital shower. Out of town, so we're going to that. So that's my spirit, so with both the Acres and with Kingsley Smith Park. Okay, very good. Council Member Andrea? Thank you, President Fadgen. We're going to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the South Florida Caribbean Chorale at a free mini concert on August 25th. So everyone is invited at 6 p.m. at Plantation United Methodist Church. Always a wonderful celebration with that group. Also, Saturday, September 14th, I'm inviting my colleagues at 6 p.m. to join me at the Sierra Club, the Brownwood Sierra Club 2024 Annual Awards Banquet. The tickets are $15 if you're a member, or $20 if you're not. And for some reason, they did select me this year. So for some reason, we're all great advocates for the environment. But I hope you can join. It's their annual fundraiser and our very own, he's not here tonight, but our very own Max Goldstein is the treasurer for the Broward Sierra Club. So you can talk to him if you're able to attend for more details. And lastly, I'd just like to wish everybody a happy Labor Day on September 2nd in honor of our nation's workers and their contributions to our city, state, and country. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Weinstein. Thank you very much. A few things that I want to mention. One, I want to thank the Parks and Rec Department for adding a third Saturday night for the Rock the Park. I know that we're going to start getting out a lot of information about that to make sure all the residents know when it's a Friday and when it's a Saturday. But as has been reported, that those Saturday nights have been very successful. So I'm very excited that there's a third one. So I want to make sure to mention that and thank the Parks and Rec Department for that. One of the things that we've talked about a number of times at these council meetings is some of the projects that we've had some concerns in regards to the Broward County Public Schools. One particular one is the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Project. And for those people that received the updates in regards to this particular project, I wanted to reference is that we received a wonderful report just the other day saying that the project was complete. And it sounded wonderful. And I was so happy to hear that until I heard, well, it's not complete. That there are some issues that are unfinished. I've been told that they are working on them meticulously to get them done. But I wanted to make sure to bring that up because we were told that these projects would be completed before the start of the school year. And they're not. And it involves a particular community that needs our assistance, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. And so while the people that are working on it are probably spending every bit of time that they possibly can, when I learned that the very rosy update missed the mark just a little bit, and I don't think it was intentional. I think that they only figured that out after that came out. But so I want to make sure that the residents are aware of that and that we are following up on that. And I'll give a further update when we have on that. Another bit of information that just came out, I think, today or the other day is the announcement of the 65th Annual Fire Department Barbecue on Sunday, November 3rd. If you don't already have that on your calendar, please get that on your calendar, November 3rd, and they're also accepting sponsorships. So please make sure that if you don't have the information, that you obtain the information. And I hope he doesn't mind me saying so, but we have the president of the volunteer fire association, Mr. Waters, here. And so if anybody wants to reach out to him, he's actually here tonight. And lastly, I did want to say is that since there was a reference to by a resident of a letter that they received that mentioned something that was reported on at the last meeting when I had the opportunity to speak at the Knesset of Israel. And I think that, you know, while people are free to send what they wish through the U.S. mail, the kind of correspondence that I heard that was sent out to a resident to me is unacceptable. And, you know, the fact that it referenced something that I was very proud to be able to do on behalf of the city on a recent trip to Israel, I think, diminishes that. And so I don't appreciate that somebody is sending out mail to another resident and commenting in such a negative way on something that was so positive. In that regard, though, I also wanted to say is that, you know, in reference to what is still going on in Israel is that, you know, everyone in Israel does agree that the hostages should be released and that the war there only began based on the massacre of over 1,200 people and the kidnapping of those hostages on October 7th. And anybody who is following the news knows that Israel wants that ceasefire more than anybody else and they want the hostages brought home. And they want the rocket attacks to stop from Hamas and Hezbollah so everybody there can live in peace. Thank you. Council Member Andrea clicked in. And I'm sorry to go out of turn, but just something that Council Member Reinstein said, I wanted to also bring to everybody's attention. So we have been talking about the DHH program at those schools. When I did my first day of school visit, I was very taken aback to realize that Plantation High School has not had drinking water in years. They've had a problem with their plumbing and their drinking water at the school. So I just wanted to also put that on your radar. We'll add that to the list. And I know it's being looked into and hopefully they're at the tail end. And the last update I received was it's in the final stages of being tested. So I hope that will be rectified by next week. But I wanted you and EAB just to also be aware. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Horland. Thank you, Mr. President. It's not quite 8 o'clock and I've got a couple of things. I'm verbose. Time to be verbose. We had a primary election in Borough County last night and I just want to congratulate our representatives. House Member Daryl Campbell, that's House District 99, who represents part of Plantation. And the school board members Jeff Holmous and Debbie Hickson in the election. So I know we're all looking forward to continuing to work with them. And I want to give double flowers to Council Member Andrade tonight. So thank you for what you do at the NextGen Scholarships. I think we all enjoy having the students here. It's just such a wonderful addition to mentoring the students and our communities. Thank you. And when I brought my ticket into going to the Sierra Club program, I didn't know that you were being honored. So that will be doubly delightful that evening. So congratulations on that. One other thing that references to you, you did the proclamation for Hunger Action Month. And I had actually spoken to Mr. Maniaker about a couple of ideas a couple of, probably about six weeks ago. And I don't know how Council feels about it, but a lot of people are being strapped. You know, we had, I had helped to initiate the Feeding South Florida during the pandemic and Parks and Rec executed that so beautifully for so many weeks. And I know Councilman Andrew had done something outside that city, but there are some cities that are doing something quarterly. And while I am always hesitant to put anything more on our staff because they do so much, I think it's something that I'd like to take under consideration when it's something that we could possibly implement once a quarter, four times a year to help our residents. Because we do so many wonderful things and encourage a lot of special events that people are in need. So I'd like maybe the administration to take that under consideration and see if there's something that possibly we could do to help our residents. Like a food distribution once a quarter. So I'd like to take that under consideration. So thank you for doing the proclamation this evening. I don't know, I called Mr. Maniaker today if anybody received this in the mail from Second Cycle. So, Second Cycle, they notified my neighborhood that I'd love to see you on your next out-and-about visit. They put basically a tractor trailer for donations in the Skyliff Square, which is in violation of our ordinance. So, I called Mr. Maniaker. I want to make sure there wasn't somebody who didn't approve it administratively. We've kind of talked about this before. We updated that ordinance to make sure that recycling depositories were not in our city. I personally don't like the way they look. Other cities have them. We were very firm about that. I know there was the one that was popping up in the Big Lots Plaza. There was one at Peters Elementary that was not approved by this council. That's doing it's very new. So, I asked Mr. Maniaker to, he suggested a cease and desist. If not, I guess code enforcement needed that. But I just thought the hubris to put this, you can see it when you go to Central Park Elementary. It's right behind the shopper. To do that in violation of our ordinance. So, I just want to bring that to everyone's attention. It's a big green and white trailer that's out there. The other thing that I wanted to bring up is I think that we had all gotten an email about these public meetings that are coming up for state parks. And I don't know if you're aware of it. But it is, a lot of people are very upset that there was only a week's notice. Well, it's not in Plantation, it's in Broward County. So, I just want to tell you what's happening. Basically, part of the Governor's Great Outdoors Initiative, there are going to meetings, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 state parks in the state of Florida. There'll be meetings next week in Fort Lauderdale. It's August 27th, Tuesday from 3 to 4 at the Downtown Event Center in Fort Lauderdale. And nobody's quite sure what they're doing, but they're looking to, there have been talks about resorts and pickleball and golf courses in our state parks. And especially, they're talking about Dr. Von Mazel and Lila Johnson State Park, which is a very precious ecosystem. So, I'm running the Florida state parks. I happen to be an annual pass holder. I'm very proud of that because I love our state parks. We've got about 175 in the state. But if you go into the website, it says, in relation to that park, which is a former John E. Lloyd Beach State Park, this beachside park, just south of Port Everglades, is the last example of an undeveloped coastal ecosystem in Broward County. So, why they're doing this, but I put something on my social media today, and I'm going to try to make the meeting next week. And I think anybody in Broward County who cares about our state parks should probably attend because there's not a lot of transparency about what they're trying to do there. And I don't think that we need to add new development to our state parks. I just want to bring that to everyone's attention. And then, finally, the mayor brought up the Broward League of Cities. Everybody had gotten a say of the date. The city of Plantation was hosting the general membership luncheon on September 5th. So, yeah, is a calendar invite going to officially go out on it? And once you've decided who you're inviting, because I know council's been right in. Yeah, it conflicts with chamber of commerce that day. I don't know if you knew that or not. I know. That date was set back in February. I'm just informing you that, so what we're going to do is we're going to invite council, and I presume council and everybody will go to the League of Cities, and we're going to balance out who goes where. Okay. And my problem with that is that we have the date scheduled back in February, and the city of Plantation is hosting. And so, I don't know why the chamber scheduled something on Thursday, but it really would not look good if city officials were not there. Right. We don't either. I don't know why it came out that way. Yeah, and that's why I sent the same to date so long ago. So, if you could just let me know if a calendar invite goes out, because I'm going to need to let the preserve now how many are attending. Did we not buy a full table? We don't buy a table. It's our general membership meeting, but I want you to know who from the city is attending. Okay. Okay? Thank you. Yeah, so that's why I asked the calendar invite to go out so that we know. So, who do we have here that's going? One, two, three, four, five, six. Okay. You have six of us, and then I'll get ahead. The staff, okay. Yeah, that would be nice, because it's a nice time to be able to highlight our city to the other 30 municipalities. That to preserve, right? That to preserve, yes. And finally, I appreciate letting you have a little extra time, Mr. President. It was a great – Finally twice. I know. I said finally twice. I keep going. Great Florida League – actually, I said it once. Florida League Cities Conference last week. The mayor and I were there. I am putting together something for council, because there were a lot of terrific breakout sessions on a lot of the new laws, but I was waiting for some extra slides from the presenters, so I'll send out those links. One of the things that I will tell you, short-term rentals, we're trying to be proactive, working with the Western Lodging Association. We're basically taking Senate Bill 280 and trying to make some tweaks to that, so we can go to the legislature and say, okay, we'll agree with you on some of these issues, except for the preemption, and see if we can make some headway. So we're trying to analyze any of the ordinances that are out there, looking at Broward County right now, starting with that. And so hopefully we'll have some positive meetings on that, and now I'm doing it, Mr. President. Thank you very much for the extra time. Jeez. I'm sorry, just a thought. I don't remember Andrea, you. What time is that event on September 5th with the League of Cities? 12 o'clock. Thank you. No problem. Plantation's going to be featured or spotlighted on one of Broward MPO's electronic – Went out this week. Went out this week. That's what I'm announcing. So if you're interested, you can go – I think if you Google Broward MPO Mobility Monday, you can see the future they did. And I'd like to thank Carol because she helped me edit and punch it up. And I think it's a nice little spotlight on our city. So I'm looking forward to all the groundbreakings this weekend. And then happy Labor Day. And it is 8.01, and we are adjourned. And it's all right. So I'm looking forward to it.