City Council — Aug 23, 2023

Good evening again and welcome the City of Plantation Council meeting for Wednesday, August 23rd is now called to order. City Clerk, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Here. Council Member Andreu. Here. Council Member Fajan. Here. Council Member Orland. Here. Council Member Reinstein. Here. Mayor Sortel. Here. City Attorney Ezra. Here. Tonight's opening remarks and Pledge of Allegiance will be provided by Council Member Reinstein. Good evening, everybody. So it's my pleasure for tonight to invite a number of students that are going to come up and say the Pledge of Allegiance. And my comments pertain to them and to their teacher or in some instances their former teacher, Mrs. Andy Gresham. We have some amazing teachers in the City of Plantation at all of our schools, public and private. And this particular teacher I've gotten to know pretty well. And she's been kind enough to invite me a number of times to read in her class. We even sometimes eat in her class and with all kinds of fun activities. And so I reached out to Mrs. Gresham and asked her, she's a teacher from Mirror Lake Elementary, and asked her to pick some students that could come join us this morning for the Pledge of Allegiance. And since it's the start of the school year, what we decided was that she was going to reach out to some former students and some current students. I'll add that I always thought it was amazing that she refers to all of her students as scholars. And so they're not just Mrs. Gresham's students, they're Mrs. Gresham's scholars. And that's how she treats all of her students as scholars. And so what I'll do is I'll call up the list that I have. And Mrs. Gresham, you can come up first with Connor, with your son, and he can join us. And then we have also Tyler Sibyl. We have Drew DeCaro, Danica Thompson and Dakota Thompson, Layla Palladini, and Dylan Badry and Darshan Badry. And they're going to all join us and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. And so as soon as they all get up here, we'll do that. And then afterwards, I'll just ask them to tell us what school they currently go to and maybe tell us what their favorite subject is or what they're working on. Okay, so if everybody will please stand and we'll let the students lead us in the Pledge. So go right up to the microphone. 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. Fantastic. Everybody, you can please be seated. And we'll just, yay, good job, Connor. So if you want to stay up there, Dylan, you can stay up there. And Darshan, you can stay up there. And why don't you just, we'll just go down the line. Tyler, you can start. You can tell us your full name, where you're currently at school, and, you know, maybe your favorite subject. Is the mic, press the button there. There you go. I'm at school at South Plantation High School. My favorite subject is science. And good memories with Ms. Gresham? Of course. The best. There you go. Thanks for joining us, Tyler. Go ahead, Drew. Hi, my name is Drew. And my favorite subject currently is math. And I go to Plantation Middle because, you know, it's a good school. It's right next to Mirror Lake. Thank you, Drew. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Who's next? Layla? My name is Layla, and I go to Mirror Lake Elementary. And my favorite subject is math. Thank you, Layla. Thank you for joining us. And Dylan and Darsha? My name is Dylan. I'm in Badger. The school I'm currently at Mirror Lake Elementary. My favorite subject is probably math and reading. That's perfect, Dylan. Thank you for sharing with us. And now for your brother. Karshen, are you in first grade? Yeah. I'm my current scholar. My turn. Okay. Okay. And last but not least, say your name. I'm your name. Do you guys? It'll be United States. Thank you. And can we get a picture with all the students up here? In front? Yeah, we'll stand up. Guys, if all the students want to come up here and Ms. Gresham. Yeah, because the podium is kind of laughing. Go that way. There you go. Give us your biggest smile. Cheese. Come on, kids. Awesome. Thank you. Have a great school year, everyone. Thank you. Have a great school year, everyone. I think we should let Connor run the rest of the meeting. Good evening again. I have the honor of doing the first proclamation. And do we have Peggy here with us today from the Garden Club? Is anyone? We saw her this afternoon. Okay. And we had a great lunch, everybody, I think, right? At Plantation Preserve. And Peggy kept winning so many raffles, she just gave back the prizes. Okay. Well, we have this proclamation in honor of the Garden Club. It reads, The Park Planters Garden Club was established in August of 1963 by local residents who had relocated from up north and needed to learn how to garden in South Florida. And whereas eventually a club with monthly meetings was established with the mission of teaching the special art and science of Zone 10 gardening, emphasis was placed on the use of native plants, the eradication of invasiveness, and the importance of preserving and protecting South Florida's environment. And whereas for many years the club was a member of the federated garden clubs and participated in jury shows and other federated events in the area. And whereas in 2007 a decision was made to become independent and the name Plantation Garden Club was chosen. Through all the changes the club has remained true to its original mission to learn about and share the uniqueness of the South Florida environment and its effects on gardening. And whereas as time passed and plantation grew, members began to realize the importance of giving back to their community. And outreach programs were expanded to include local school and city projects. Trees were planted in the city's parks and using grant money awarded by the club, members worked with students to establish gardens and related environmental projects at local schools. And whereas funds for grants and scholarships came from events such as the annual high tea, the annual rummage sale, and participation in other flea markets, expositions, and outdoor fairs and shows. And whereas funds have been used to support school projects such as the rocket club at the best high school, Plantation High School, the solar car club at South Plantation High School, a butterfly garden at Tropical Elementary, and horticulture clubs at both high schools. Now, therefore, Nick Sertle and the City Council of Plantation Florida do hereby proclaim Wednesday, August 23, 2023, as Plantation Garden Club Day. Thank you very much. Like I said, Garden Club had their annual luncheon today, and I got the privilege of remarking again about the amazing spirit of volunteerism our city has. So many people out trying to help people. You know, they started in gardening, and next thing you know, they're giving out scholarships. They're helping in schools and everything. So next one, I get to read. Thank you, council. Council's helping read these tonight because I had five, and you don't want to hear me read five of these. Believe me. So next up is Bradette Jepsen coming up with me. Coming up, we are going to do the Proclamation for Suicide Prevention Month for September. Personal note, my friend Bob Kohlmeyer led the drum section for me in college, started playing poker, started losing, and ended his life. So when I watch marching bands and when I'm on my alumni Facebook page, I think of my friend Bob and wonder, is there something I could have done, which is what we all think about when this happens, right? So I'm going to read the Proclamation, and you're going to help us tell us what to do, maybe. You can do that? Okay. Whereas the mayor and city council are firmly committed to raising awareness about suicide prevention in the city of Plantation, and whereas the month of September is nationally recognized as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and whereas more than 45,000 Americans die by suicide each year, in Florida, a person dies by suicide every two hours on average, whereas suicide is a national epidemic costing the lives of 6,000 veterans each year, and is a leading cause of death for first responders, in Florida, and whereas the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children's Hospital Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology have declared a national emergency in child mental health, and whereas suicide is the second leading cause of children, adolescents, and young adults aged 10 to 24, and whereas it is critical to recognize the signs of depression that may lead to thoughts of suicide, and whereas it is critical to recognize the best methods to prevent suicide, when a person in Florida when a person is in crisis in Florida dial 988, or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, or text 741741, whereas the League of Women Voters of Broward County has provided significant leadership in suicide prevention through community education and creation of their Lock It Up Gun Safety Program, and whereas the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has provided significant leadership in suicide prevention, and whereas the city of Plantation and enthusiastically supports the mission of Lock It Up and the League of Women Voters of Broward County Gun Safety Committee, as well as the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Now, therefore, I, Nick Soto Mayor, and the City Council of Plantation, Florida, do hereby proclaim September 2023 as suicide prevention month. And I think it's okay to clap for that, because we're all trying to work on it, right? You want to tell us a couple things? Thank you so much. Linda Soto Mayor, as part of the American Academy of Pediatrics Association, I want to thank the City of Plantation for recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Month. This is a problem that is, as Commissioner Soto, or Councilman Soto said... sort of sad. Whatever, okay. Mayor, I'm reading you. At least I didn't say you were counsel, right? The importance of our lock it up program has been emphasizing gun locks for storage at home. The importance of that, not only in suicide prevention, but for accidental deaths, for deaths caused by domestic disturbances where firearms around. The statistics are amazing at how many deaths are caused by firearms that are not secure in the home. And so our emphasis is to do something very simple. If you have a firearm in the home, lock it up. I have a very simple device here that will do this. As far as suicide prevention goes, the research has shown that if a person who is suicidal can be delayed in that impulse, that there are chances. And then have some intervention. There are chances that that prevention can be prevented. I mean that suicide can be prevented. So thank you so much for recognizing this. I have some of these with me if anyone would like some. Put them up there on the way out. I will. I will. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. You want a photo? Oh, Tim. Yeah, she'll take it right here. Council member Fadgen with Florida City Week 2023. I see your shirt there, too. One more. Okay. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. You got this one, council member? Yes. All right. Is there anyone here for this? You told me you were going to introduce them. I'm sorry? Ryan Terrell, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Mayor gave me the small print proclamation. Municipal, whereas municipal government is the government closest to the people and the one with the most direct daily impact upon its residents. And whereas municipal government provides services and programs that enhance the quality of life for residents, make their city their home. And whereas municipal government is administered for and by its citizens and is dependent upon public commitment to and understanding of its many responsibilities, including direct participation in the democratic process. And whereas municipal government officials and employees share the responsibility to pass along the understanding of the services provided by their municipalities and their benefits. And whereas representative government is dependent on the exercise of the privileges and responsibilities of its citizens. And whereas civic and political participation remains the medium in which citizens engage in free, diverse, and positive political dialogue that guides our nation towards common interests, consensus, and good governance. And whereas it is in the public interest for our nation's leaders to foster civic discourse, education, participation in federal, state, and local affairs. And whereas the advent of revolutionary internet technology offers new mechanisms for empowering our citizens and fostering greater civic engagement than at any time in our history. And whereas the use of new technologies can bring people together in civic forums, educate citizens on their roles and responsibilities, and promote citizen participation in the political process through volunteerism, voting, and the elevation of diverse voices and public discourse. And whereas Florida civics weeks is very important time to recognize the significant role played by municipal government in our lives and to spread the word to all Floridians that they can shape and influence this level of government. And now, therefore, I, Nick Sordal Mayor, and the City Council of Plantation Florida do hereby proclaim the week of September 11th, the 17th, 2023 is Florida Civics Week. I'd like to thank the mayor and the commission today for recognizing Florida Civics Week. This is our third annual Florida Civics Week event in the state. We have about 12 other cities and county governments throughout the state that have recognized it the last two years. There will be more that should be announced in the next couple weeks. The reason why Florida Civics Week is always the week of September 17th is that is Constitution Day. So that is an important time to recognize the beginning of civic participation in our country, the founding, the writing of our founding documents. So this week we decided to do September 11th through 17th. There is significance to that. I think that we all kind of understand the significance of why we chose Florida Civics Week to start on the 11th this year. And this is an important time to get people involved in our local government. So thank you so much. And we are appreciative to have Plantation as a partner in this project this year. Council Member Horland with the Miss Florida Proclamation. Council and Mayor, I am so excited to introduce you tonight to Miss Florida, who is a Plantation resident. Hi. So we're very excited about this. Well, as 22-year-old Juliet Valle, daughter of Barbara and Dr. Gabriel Valle, was born and raised in the city of Plantation. And whereas Juliet attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School, she then went on to earn her Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the University of Miami, with minors in broadcast journalism, theater arts, and classical vocal performance. And whereas Juliet excelled in both her academic and artistic pursuits, achieving Dean's List and Provost honor roll distinctions. And whereas as a classically trained opera singer, Juliet's talent, poise, and accomplishments led her to the world of pageantry, where she excelled. Whereas on June 24, 2023, Juliet was crowned Miss Florida and will compete later this year for the title of Miss America. And whereas despite the demands of her academic and artistic pursuits, Juliet has always had a passion for making a positive impact in her community. And whereas as the daughter of both a distinguished nephrologist and transplant nurse, Juliet has dedicated herself to raising awareness of chronic kidney disease prevention. And whereas in 2020, Juliet became the creator and host of The Silver Lining on YouTube, which features interviews with former Miss Americas, former and current state title holders, and transplant recipients and donors. And whereas through her platform, The Power of Prevention, she has been able to further expand her advocacy and awareness campaign. And whereas Juliet currently serves as a national ambassador for Donate Life America, in 2022, she used her musical talents to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation of Florida and Donate Life America, donating 100% of the proceeds from her holiday album, Joyfully Juliet Valle, to both organizations. And whereas in April 2021, Juliet was named as one of 14 South Florida Hispanic women of distinction, earning the designation as the first ever recipient of the Up and Come Our Latino Award, which highlights young Latinas who are paving the way for others in the pipeline to leadership. And whereas Juliet aspires to become a politically focused broadcast journalist and plans to pursue her jurisdoctorate from Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad School of Law, her ambition includes becoming a U.S. press secretary, combining her legal expertise and passion for political journalism. And whereas Juliet Valle's journey as Miss Florida 2023 represents a powerful blend of academic excellence, philanthropy, and dedication to her community, her future endeavors hold great promise as she continues to inspire and make a lasting impact of society. And now, therefore, Nick Sortelmayer and the City Council of Plantation, Florida, do hereby proclaim August 23, 2023, as Juliet Valle, Miss Florida 2023 Day, in the City of Plantation, and call upon the residents of Plantation to join us in this important observance. Before Juliet has a few words to say, not only are the Valle's longtime residents of Plantation, and Ray is this beautiful, accomplished young woman, but Dr. Valle also has an office in Plantation, so these are Plantation residents, is the daughter of Plantation, and I think it's important. When I was doing my research, I was surprised that Juliet is only the second Latina Miss Florida. And when she wins Miss America in December, she will be the first Latina Miss America. So go ahead. Thank you so much. This is such a tremendous honor. Thank you to Mayor Sortel and the entire Plantation City Council for having me. I'm so impressed and so honored to be here. I actually had the honor of meeting Councilwoman, Ms. Horland, at the Plantation Food and Wine Jazz Festival. And just the way that you all care so much about the community, all the events that you do, and how you engage every citizen of Plantation deeply matters. So I just want to say thank you for that. This is such a well-run community, and you can tell. I've been here since 2001 when I was born. I've lived here for 22 years, and I can tell you I couldn't be prouder to have grown up in a community like this, like Plantation. So thank you so much. My work for the chronic kidney disease prevention community is tremendous, and it's something that is my passion. As Councilwoman Horland mentioned, my dad is a nephrologist, which is a kidney doctor, and my mother is a transplant nurse. So to be able to continue my advocacy for this cause during my year as Ms. Florida across the state is so wonderful and such a wonderful opportunity and something that I cannot wait to take on the Miss America stage. I also get to share my opera talent on the Miss America stage. I was trained here at the University of Miami, so totally South Florida for undergrad at St. David. Oh, well, I started in Plantation at DPK. I want to shout out my preschool, too. Then St. David. Then St. Thomas. Then University of Miami. And now Nova. So pretty much every South Florida school you can think of. So I hope you guys don't get tired of me. Now you have a day in my name, so you really can't. But I'm just so honored to be from here, and really, my parents have inspired me so much. So thank you, Mom and Dad. I love you so much. Thank you for being here. And my dad does have a business in Plantation just a few minutes away from here. So if any of you have kidney problems or know someone with kidney problems, I thought now would be the time to plug your business, Dad, now that we have the city of Plantation in front of me. But all jokes aside, thank you so much for this tremendous honor. I hope to make you all very proud on the Miss America stage. As she mentioned, I am only the second Hispanic Miss Florida crown in an 87-year history. In a 103-year history, there's never been a Hispanic Miss America. I also want to mention I'm the first Miss Florida from Plantation. So shout out to Plantation. But it really is just such a wonderful honor for me to have this role. I plan to do everything I can with it, and I plan to make the city of Plantation very proud and represent you all very well. So thank you so much for having me, and thank you. What's going on on November 4th? Yes, that's right. Thank you, Mayor. November 4th. So on November 4th, along with the National Kidney Foundation of Florida, who I'm collaborating with during my years, Miss Florida, there will be the Fort Lauderdale Kidney Walk. It will be taking place at Central Park on November 4th at 8 a.m., bright and early. But you can be on Team Miss Florida if you so wish, and that's when registration opens. So please come out. It's really for a great cause, and you're benefiting so many patients with CKD. Thank you. Thank you. Wonderful. Thank you. You want to get your parents over here to come take a picture? And if everybody could stand up. Yes. Barbara and Gabe. And we don't have a date for the Miss America. No, we do not. And do I hear it might be in Florida? It's likely going to be at the Hard Rock. Okay. We're good. Get everybody? Okay, ready? I'm going to hold hands with you. Okay, great. Do you want to take one more time? I can. Okay. Okay. Thank you. And we can send that to you as well. Thank you. Beautiful. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. We're so proud of you. Thank you so much. There you go. It's a proclamation. Your day. Okay, I've got one more. Could I please have Renzo Brader and Beth Tachet come up, please? This is a proclamation we try to do every year. So this is for Broward Mental Health Summit Day. Whereas mental illness affects thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and general interaction with others, and the stigma associated with mental illness must be addressed so that no one feels shame or disgrace in seeking help and treatment. And whereas recent tragedies in Broward County and nationwide require that our communities engage in meaningful education and discussion to identify the early signs of mental illness in order to take charge of the situation and reverse it before it gets worse. And whereas in addition to the recent tragedies, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, suicide rates increased 36% between 2000 and 2021. It was responsible for more than 48,183 deaths in 2021, which is about one death every 11 minutes. And whereas according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on average there are 132 suicides per day in the United States. And whereas in response to the need for identifying and treating mental illness, a grassroots effort was undertaken by the principal mental health providers in Broward County, including county, federal government, private sector, and nonprofit organizations. To join forces in a historic effort to increase awareness and education by holding an in-person summit during the 2023 National Suicide Prevention Week. And is open to the general public for only $10 admission fee. And includes free parking, free breakfast, and free lunch. And whereas the sixth annual Broward Mental Health Summit titled Reimagining Wellness Across Generations is presented by Memorial Health Care System, UKG, Aetna, and the Sheriff's Foundation of Broward County, bringing together the leading mental health providers in South Florida, from county, federal government, private practice, nonprofits, and academia, to discuss and examine the current issues relating to mental health in Broward County affecting all populations. And whereas everyone wanting to learn about the mental health issues facing our communities, whether you're a health care provider, first responder, community leader, business owner, elected official, or just simply a concerned citizen, you'll learn from the sixth annual Broward Mental Health Summit informational tools and a better understanding of the challenges affecting those with mental health issues. And whereas by acknowledging all those who have been affected by mental illness, we help the general public understand its effects on the citizens of the City of Plantation. And whereas the City of Plantation remains committed to raising awareness in order to combat stigma and educate our community about mental illness, and now therefore Nick Sorrell mayor and the City Council Plantation, Florida, do hereby proclaim Thursday, September 7, 2023, as Broward Mental Health Summit Day in the City of Plantation, encourage all citizens to learn more in order to reduce the stigma of mental illness. And before I let Lorenzo and Beth say a few words, I had the honor of attending four years ago and was certified, it's an all-day event, and was certified in mental health. It was basically, you had that wonderful former police officer from New Jersey come in and basically awareness and how to identify the signs, and especially with teens. It's worthwhile if you have time to go over there. They usually have fabulous guest speakers, so I would urge everybody to check it out. It's an important service for the community. So I'll give you that and let you tell them a little bit more about it. Well, first off, I would like to thank the mayor very much, as well as Councilwoman Horland. She did attend four years ago, and she's always been a huge advocate, as is all of you, all of you, the entire council. So I truly appreciate you guys doing this for us. As you guys know, over the last couple of years, mental health has been a tremendous topic in our communities, not only just the youth, but also adults. So the fact that we're actually taking the time to speak about this in a very important meeting like this, we truly appreciate it. This year, it's our sixth annual Broward Mental Health Summit. It's going to be held at the Charles F. Dodge City Center. As mentioned earlier, $10, free parking, free lunch, that should get you there. But one of the things I do want to state is that with such a difficult topic regarding mental health obstacles, it's a tremendous platform to come to meet, to network with people, with professionals, and really get an assortment of different resources to be able to combat this difficult topic, whether it's depression, anxiety, sadness, suicide, or what have you. So I've been touched personally by this. And that being said, I want to pass it over to co-chair Beth. Thank you. I want to echo what Renzo said. And yeah, this is our sixth annual Broward Mental Health Summit. It's been a great journey over the last six years, all the different speakers. We've had a lot of experts. One thing I do want to say is the summit is an uplifting event. It's not a sad, depressing event. It really is giving you tools. We're going to have four sessions. There's going to be a showcase session at the beginning. We're also bringing in our keynote speaker is going to be a gold medalist Olympic swimmer. She has a story. It's going to be great. It's going to be a good story of her overcoming and resilience. And I invite all of you to hopefully come out. And again, it is for the general public. And that's it. So it is from 8 to 4. And again, thank you all so much. We appreciate the plantation support. Thank you. Take a picture. Do you want to go in the middle? Thank you guys. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. Great. Okay. We are now on to service awards. Quick note about mental health. We have a city clinic here. And this year we added a mental health counselor. Mental health, obviously. And we tell the employees going to mental health is the same as going to the doctor here for an elbow or a shoulder or anything else. Department heads are told and they buy in very quickly. That it's the same for whatever you're going for. If you have the if you have the flu or you need mental health, you're going for that. And on a business point, pragmatically, it's the most efficient way for business. It's a great cost saving thing to having mental health service. So for what that's worth. I was doing good till that part, I know. Okay. Five years. Bethany Qualic, police. You got family here? Want to sum up or not? You want to be on your own? You can do whatever you want. The whole crew. Come on. So police, what are you doing, police? I'm a community service aide. Community service aide. Okay. Boy, you got a lot of family. Okay. I do. Accept your five-year pin. She'll take your photo. And we got you. What do you want? Two rows? Directly seat. Squish, yeah. Okay. Come squishing. Love each other. All right. We can do that. I know. Anything you want to say or not? I want to thank you, Mayor. I want to thank the City of Plantation and the Chief for giving me this opportunity to work for the Plantation Police Department for the last five years. Thank you. Beautiful. All right. And 10 years, Robert Lee, Public Works. Robert Lee. Appreciate you, sir. You're working that hot sun now? No. Okay, good. Anything you want to say? Thank you for the recognition. Thank you. That covers it. Thanks, sir. Thank you, Mayor Sortle. And thank both of you for your hard work with the city. At this time, Mr. Goodrich with the Parks and Rec update. Good evening, Mayor, Council, City Attorney. Some programs will be upcoming here for Parks and Recreation. A new program that we're starting Wednesday, September 6th. Every Wednesday, we're going to have teen hang time at Jim Ward Community Center from 3 to 6 p.m. Trying to get a different segment of the market that we're trying to get some activities for the teenage kids, keep them off the street, keep them occupied. Something new that staff has put together, so we're very happy to start that program. Saturday, September 9th, we have our annual plantation bio blitz that will be held at the Plantation Preserve Lanier Trail from 9 a.m. to 1. Also, another free event. Friday, September 15th, we have our first senior bus trip of the fall going to Wynwood Wells down in Miami, residence $10, non-residence $20, bustled apart from Jim Ward Community Center at 10 a.m. and returns at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 16th. One of the things that a lot of parents have expressed to us is the ability to be able to have a night out by themselves. So we're starting a parent's night off. Central Park, ages 5 to 11. That's our regular camp age group kids. From 5 to 10 p.m., residence $30, non-residence $40, to be able to go out and enjoy an evening, and we'll have activities for the kids for those times. Friday, September 22nd, La Cultura Talent Showcase will be held at Volunteer Park from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It's a talent show. It is ticket pricing is $2 per ticket. Obviously, we're going to just try and get people out and get some talent for the locals. Obviously, we have some very talented plantation residents. Saturday, the 23rd, we have the volunteer orientation. So many kids have started back to school. One of the requirements for graduation, obviously, is to have service hours. We have lots of events throughout the year, and we're always looking for help. So we're hosting this one big event to try and get as many kids together, get them the information that they need to be able to come out and do the volunteer time throughout the year. So that will be at Central Park at Saturday, September 23rd from Central Park, multi-purpose building from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Last on my list is Saturday, October 14th, is the community garage sale, very popular with our community. Lots of folks try and bring their stuff out there. That is at Volunteer Park from 7 a.m. to noon. Registration begins Monday, September 5th through October 9th. Registration are 40 hours for a space, and spaces are limited, so come get yours early. The last thing I have is we're open with athletics for registration for rec soccer, foul basketball, and foul baseball. If anybody has any information they'd like more, they can reach us at 954-452-2510. That's Parks and Rec's main number. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Goodrich. And they can follow you online and get all of that information, too, so thank you. At this portion of the meeting, we're going to do our public request of the council regarding municipal affairs. Those who wish to speak should have completed a request form. If you have not done so already, please do so. They are located in the back of the room. They're also here on the side tables to your right and left. Please state your name and address, and please address your remarks to the council president, not to the mayor or individual members of the council, and kindly keep your remarks to the allotted three minutes. Mr. Coughlin. Dennis Coughlin, 4581 Northwest 6th Court. Heavenly hosts protect you and your families. If I may approach, these are for the attorney. To touch back on one of the proclamations, the Civics Week, you can get further information about the Constitution at www.917society.org. It's just full of stuff. And there's also, for teachers, there's lesson plans in there if you're interested. I gave information to the DS there. Two weeks ago, yesterday, the Broward County School Board kind of went off the rails a little bit. They put forth two resolutions, and it's in opposition to Florida law, but more importantly, the Supreme Court of the United States in June of this year decided basically that government cannot force stuff onto people. And I think, although the decision was 70 pages, I only copied the first six for the attorney. I'm asking you, like I did during the COVID mess, to use the doctrine of the lesser magistrates. When you know something's wrong, and if something comes from the government above you, and the school board happens to be above you, you have a school advisory board. And I wasn't able to present this to them. I'm asking the city to look into enlightening the school board, because when I spoke, I mentioned that they flunked history. When I followed up with them with an email, I mentioned that they also flunked science, namely biology. But if you look at the two proclamations, particularly in the recitals and the war asses, you can see that the second resolution actually duplicates the first one, and it basically is in the – let me find it here. It creates two months for this – it's resolution number 23, and then they backed it up with resolution 97. So I'll yield back my time, but it's critical because of the fact that they're dealing with transgenderism, and that is what is so critical to protect our children from. And if you'd like, you can get a book, and it's Dr. Miriam Grossman, and you can check with Steve Kirsch on his substack. Thank you. I yield back my time. Dr. Julie Long. Good evening. Thank you, Council President Andreu. Julie Long, 972 West Tropical Way, Plantation, Florida. The city will be asked to appoint a member to the new authority, the entity that will be deciding how trash is dealt with in Broward County for the foreseeable future. This has tremendous importance for the health of everyone living in this county, as well as quality of life issues. In Florida, incineration is included in recycling statistics. I don't think this is what most of us hope is happening when we wash and separate our recycling items. I've looked at the scientific articles evaluating air quality and health for people working and living near incinerators and recycling centers. Both recycling and incineration have negative consequences. What does not harm health is reducing waste and composting. It is imperative that waste reduction and composting be included as part of the county plan. Composting, by removing the organic matter from landfills, decreases methane production. The new authority established by the interlocal agreement must include scientific advisors knowledgeable about zero waste to the TAC, include public education about waste reduction, the harm of plastic pollution, and include composting of organic waste as part of the plan. The proposed ordinance in plantation limiting artificial turf is a good example of steps that this Council can take to decrease waste in our environment. Thank you very much. Thank you, Dr. Long. Milda Serrano. Good evening. My name is Milda Serrano. I reside at 701 Pine Island Road in Plantation, Florida. I've come here tonight to speak about the need for rent control and affordable housing. I work full-time in the nonprofit sector as well as part-time on the weekends, while my husband, who had a stroke, also has a full-time job. Currently, we pay $1,400 for a one-bedroom apartment, and due to our combined gross income of $80,000, we do not meet affordable housing guidelines. Our net wages are $66,000, and it's not a consideration in the affordable housing formula. Yet we are supposed to be able to meet rent, buy groceries, pay our increasing medical expenses, and keep the electricity on. At the end of this month, we will yet be given another rental increase, and it's anticipated to be about $350. Because our landlord wants his apartment priced at the same as the other units, which are at about $1,750, for a one-bedroom apartment, our wages certainly do not keep up with the cost of living, and yet this does not prevent landlords from raising rents. These sky-high rents are causing working people like myself to be displaced. And I'm asking you to address this affordability crisis. It is essentially price gouging, and landlords charge whatever they want because they know they can, and they can get away with it. We are in desperate need of rent control because the average hard-working family, like mine, depends on it. I'm addressing my concern here because I am a plantation citizen, and I love my home. This is my home, and I don't want to be priced out of it. So I thank you for your time in allowing me to address my concern. Thank you. Thank you. Berman, I don't want to mispronounce it. Berman-game-y? Docton? Please correct me if I mispronounce. You can restate your name and ask, please. Oh, Berman-game or Berman-gam for Creole or French. And Berman-game, Docton is my last name. Thank you very much for giving me the chance to speak. And I live on 731 Northwest 49 Avenue in this area down there. And the reason that I'm here today is to say that we experience a flood down there twice, where our cars stop into the water. And if you get into any of those entrances, like 47th Avenue, Northwest 5th Street, Northwest 46th Avenue, through Broward Boulevard, Northwest 38th Avenue, through Broward Boulevard, there's no way you can go through so much water. And when I drive, I don't notice any drain in this area that can sink the water. So I'm trying to find out if there's any plan for that or what should we do, you know, because when you come from work, you have to leave your car outside under the bridge of 47th Avenue and walk on foot into the water. If you have a small car, you can't go through, you know. In order to go through, you need a big truck, you know. But if you have a four-door car, you know, it can't go through. That's why I'm coming here, just to address it. Thank you so much for coming. You're in the Park East community? Yes, I think so. It's 47th Avenue. 49th Avenue, actually. Okay. So I would like to see you at their HOA meetings. We just discussed this last week at the last Park East HOA meeting. Okay. But I'm going to ask that you just step outside and meet with our city engineer, and she can give you an update as to all the great work that they're doing in that area. Okay. Thank you very much. Ms. Shallan is going to talk to you outside. Okay. No problem. Thank you very much. And if you have any further questions, she'll give you her contact information. All right. All right. Thank you. You're welcome. I believe that concludes all of the public requests of the council regarding municipal affairs. If there's anybody else who has not had the opportunity to address the council. Okay. Seeing none, public comments are now closed. The consent agenda this evening consists of items 1 through 16 and may be approved with one motion. Does any member of the council wish to pull an item? Three. I would like one. There are some members of the public that would also like to pull items. I also have item number 9 from the public. Motion to approve items 2 through 16. May I pull item 2? 2? Okay. Motion to approve items 4 through 16 minus 9. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded. Ms. Biggerow, please call the roll. Council Member Horland. Yes. Council Member Einstein. Yes. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Fadgen. Yes. Council Member Andrew. Yes. Item number 1 was the resolution adopting that Broward County enhanced local mitigation strategy plan. My concern was that the City of Plantation is a large document, but our information is on page 223, depending on which, I guess, avenue you're looking at, whether you're using Adobe or, but somewhere around page 223. My concern was that the information hasn't been updated, so I don't know if we should table this item because it still has information from 2020. It lists actual names of people, which I always say we shouldn't do positions and not use names because that person is no longer with the city and hasn't been with the city for some time now. So if you wanted to address that, Ms. Morris. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For purposes of quick communication, we refer to that document as the ELMS. And the ELMS is required. It is also required that it be updated every five years, so this was the fifth-year update. The copy that you received has already been approved by the State of Florida and by FEMA. Broward County went ahead and submitted it before they shared it with the cities. I have reached out to them and requested those items be updated because I noted the same thing. But nevertheless, I would prefer that you not table it tonight as in order to apply for certain funding projects. We have to have the ELMS adopted, and we have a deadline coming up August the 29th. Thank you for that explanation. So we can go ahead and approve it, and they're going to come back to you, the county when I say them. Broward County will come back to you and give you an opportunity to amend it and make those adjustments. They indicated that they felt those were not substantial changes and they would be able to get them made. Okay. Okay. Motion to approve item one. Second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, Ms. Bedrow, please call the roll. Councilmember Horland. Yes. Councilmember Reinstein. Yes. Councilmember Anderson. Yes. Councilmember Fajan. Yes. Councilmember Andrew. Yes. Thank you. Councilmember Anderson. It was a resolution formally approving the multimodal master transportation plan. Maybe Jason. I don't know who could answer this. It's a great presentation. It's 138 pages. We had the community outreach. We had the presentation here. But I'm just, I should have called you. I guess I didn't catch. What are we committing to by committing to this resolution? That's what I want to know. It says we're committing to the things in it, but we had multiple inputs even at our meeting. So what's the final, are we committing to fully implementing as per the 138 pages? Or are these incorporated into future projects and we can mold and shape them as we go forward? For the multimodal master transportation plan? Yes. Yeah. It's providing a broad framework. One, we've never had a city-wide master transportation plan. One of the things this is going to serve as a critical element on is to provide guidance when projects come before you. And I think you all have already seen the fruits of that. We now, staff has a go-to. So pedestrian connectivity, for example, has been something that's a real hot topic. So now we've got, when development comes forward, something to pull from. And the adoption of this agreement is going to kind of solidify that. We also have some safety plans where, and that was the real driver. If you'll recall about a year or two ago, we were really getting eaten up on concerns regarding speeding, safety issues. One of the things engineering was really responsive on was getting the speed hump. There's a more technical plan for it, but it's escaping me right now. But that was able to be quickly deployed traffic calming. Thank you. So that's been very helpful. And we've seen these complaints go down very, very much. But also, we have some folks in the crowd. I know Carol's been bird-dogging this. So if you want to hear from the MPO, I would kind of encourage, I think Mr. Stewart's here as well. Okay. Because they've really done a yeoman's job on this. I think you all are going to see, for years to come, this is going to situate us to really be able to address some of the key concerns that you all have had. Because I think you all felt kind of hamstrung on improving any development without knowing how you're going to meet some of these concerns. And I would say that they're not going to be seamless. You know, we're talking about issues as progressive or aggressive, depending on your perspective, as road diets. So that's going to be interesting to see how that moves forward. I think we've got some manners of implementation where we can test it first with pilot projects. But it is going to be a unique balance. And I think you all have kind of heard that with perspectives on parking, perspectives on cars, bicycling. So it's going to be an interesting process to watch unfold. So to be clear then, so it's a very extensive report. It's excellent. I just remember we had input at the meeting, like for example, Cleary Boulevard. That was one of the road diet ones to go take Cleary from two lanes each way to one lane each way to add a more bike path and pedestrian. And I don't remember all of it, but are we committing? This is a dynamic document. This is a planning level document. Okay, that's all I want to know. Yeah. Because it's excellent, but I want to be helpful. Yeah, so if we do a pilot study on a road diet and the public hates it, you have the opportunity to reverse course. This has happened in Pompano Beach, at Dixie and Atlantic. It did not go well. Other places it's gone very well. So, no, we anticipate this is not going to be just we have this document and we're going to implement it fully. No, there's nothing against the document. I just want to know what level of commitment we're making. So that's all. Thank you. I'm ready. Did you want to hear? Ms. Henderson, I want to give you an opportunity if you so choose. And just to tooth their horn one more time, I just want, as they come up, we put in about $130,000 for this study. They leveraged, what, an additional $600? About, yeah. Which was tremendous. So we really appreciate what they've been able to bring to the table. Thank you all. Well, my name's Carol Henderson. I'm also a plantation resident. So I am with the MPO. And I'm super excited about this plan. It really will be a wonderful addition to plantation. And I'm just here along with Karen who's worked so hard on this project. And we just want to thank everyone for their faith and good thoughts on this project. And we know going forward to be very successful. And really we're just here to have your support moving forward. And we look forward to partnering with the city and this project. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion? Council member Anderson? Okay. Motion to approve item two. Second. Mr. Conklin, you also signed up to speak to this item. Thank you, Mayor. I approach. Dennis Conklin, 4581 Northwest CIS Court. I've presented a few of the pages from the report that they were talking about. And on page one and page two, I have suggestions, which I've been making for a while. Page three is just because it was in my neighborhood. I have no comment on that. But page two, page one, sorry, that's at 43rd Avenue and 5th Street. And for basically 25 or 30 years, I've asked for it to be a four-way stop. And you could save a lot of money because you wouldn't have to do a roundabout and all this other lane diversion painting and stuff like that. It really got bad when they increased the bridge at 47th Avenue. And it doubled the traffic because it went from three lanes to six lanes. And the cut through is just incredible. And so that's basically when I really started to emphasize that change. The other one is at my corner and they missed a little sidewalk crossing to get over to the Six Court Park from my side. So from the northeast corner of 46th Avenue and Six Court, there's a little missing gap there. And that's basically it. I hope it can be included because it sounds like it's flexible, right? Exactly. I wrote back my time. Thank you, Mr. Conklin. Any additional comments? Hearing none, Ms. Bickrow, please call the room. Who's second? I did. Excellent. Councilmember Horland. Yes. Councilmember Einstein. Yes. Councilmember Anderson. Yes. Councilmember Fajin. Yes. Item number three, the resolution adopting the updated rules governing public comment and public participation and conduct. Councilmember Fajin. Well, we had a very in-depth conversation on this. Sometimes these things go in directions you never expect them to go. I'm going to ask a question I asked at the last meeting. If someone declines to fill out the card, are we going to exclude them from participating in public comment? I don't think anyone would exclude. I mentioned that the last time. I don't think anybody would ever exclude anyone from participating. And that's why we added the cards at every point of entry or exit. And I appreciate that. And I should have started with thanking the administration and staff for updating our comments and putting that last call into the document. And the reason why I asked are we going to exclude anybody if they decline to fill the card is what we're planning on doing is not going to be reflected in the words in this resolution. We're requiring people to fill out these cards as opposed to requesting. I do not believe changing it from required to requesting is going to stop people from filling out the cards. There's going to be people are going to be adamant that they don't want to fill out the cards. We should just encourage people to fill out the cards. I think they will. I think that we should change the wording from required to request in those two areas. Because that is going to be reflective of what we plan on doing as your presiding officer or the future presiding officers. At least I hope that's what we're going to do. I just feel that that needs to change. A little nitpick thing. Line 149 it says once called by the city clerk. I think we should add once called by the presiding officer or the city clerk. Because primarily the presiding officer is the one who's calling the people up to speak. And then the last thing I would like to make the request to restore the five minute per person public comment thing. We used to do it that way. I don't think it adds significant to the meetings. I mean look at tonight. We had four or five people make public comments. And I feel if someone feels strongly enough to want to come speak before us. Which I it's not lost on me that for many people that is not an easy task. That if they need five minutes we should just give them five minutes off the bat with just a harder close. I think that's I guess the other question I have. If we require not by our action but requiring a resolution city attorney. Is that is that an impediment to the first amendment right? Because this is you know people get confused you know when private companies restrict someone's free speech. But this is like the heart of where you can exercise your free speech is before the governing body. So is that is is that just considered a reasonable process to exercise your freedom of speech. There's two issues. One is a first amendment right and one is a right of participation that is afforded to members of the public. Under the sunshine law constitutional and statutory. There's case law that basically says you cannot require somebody to identify themselves by name and address. As a condition of participating in a public meeting. Whether or not a court would conclude the requirement to fill out a card registration card as a condition to speak. Is similar or not will remain to be seen. One of the issues that we did discuss with administration was. Well if a member of the public does not want to identify themselves by name or address. They don't have to on a card. But again. I don't think we want to get in a lawsuit with somebody over filling out a card. And I 100% agree. Right. I did have a conversation with Mr. Nunemaker. You mentioned that I thought you in our conversation because it was before I actually reread the. The the this resolution that I thought you mentioned that there was some verbiage in there saying that. If they chose not to put their name on the card. Or does that just go on said. Well we request the name and address into your point. And I think the conversation we had was if they wanted to put Bugs Bunny. Then at least we're going to know when. If the presiding officer or the city clerk calls Bugs Bunny. They know who that is. They'll come up. They'll state their piece. He just up the Pandora box though. Well but not really. Because the reason that we want the cards is twofold. One is a is just method. OK. So we keep an orderly process. And I'm sorry to interrupt you. But when we first implemented these cards. I made some inquiries about this. And it was communicated to me that it was a ministerial. And I think really when I'm just hanging my hat on. Is that if our actions are going to be other than what's reflected in the resolution. Why not make the change to request from required. And I mean I don't want to go into two hours in this. I don't think anybody has the mental fortitude to do that again. So I that's kind of where I feel about it. So that's my humble request. Thank you Councilmember Fadgen. Councilmember Weinstein. So I just want to reiterate that the issues that I raised at the last meeting when we discussed these. I want to raise again that while a different concern regarding limitation of speech. These are regarding limitation of speech for those that want to attend virtually. And you know I'm still troubled by our what I see is our inability to allow as much access as possible from a virtual point of view. And that includes you know public wishing to make virtual comments that must register by 5 p.m. on the day before the meeting. You know these limitations are more than we put on people who are appearing in person. And you know while I recognize the comments that were made at our last meeting regarding concerns and difficulties. It's done in the legal profession all the time. And there's always going to be concerns. But I think that we can work around them. Including whether if there's a need for another city clerk or deputy clerk to be present then so be it. But when we can be as more accessible and we're not it would prevent me from supporting this type of language. So I just want to put that. And just to address that because I think several of you all spoke out on that issue. So that concern hasn't fallen on deaf ears. And as we move forward we're going to continue to try to increase the accessibility for the public. Just as we increase with the e-comments we will be redeveloping this entire room to hopefully make it more accessible. We've had conversations with the city attorney to follow the guidelines as far as quasi judicial to make it more accessible from that standpoint. And when administration feels comfortable we certainly will move forward with that recommendation. But not at this point. But we did hear those comments and we can aspire to that. Thank you. Understood. Councilmember Horland. Thank you Madam President. As far as the required versus requested I think that I don't want to belabor this either. We had a very long discussion about this last time. I understand your concerns and you feel passionately about them. But I believe that again the presiding officer has the discretion whether they want to even we can talk about the time limit. Whether they want to grant a speaker extra time or they want to allow someone to proceed without giving their name. I feel the same way about the card so far as we talked about this the last time that I think it provides a structure. And if what I like about this the way that it's written is someone can identify what item they want to speak on. If they choose not to fill out their name and address that's fine but I still I still like the. And my point has nothing to do with that card the benefits it creates to a more organized meeting. It has to do with and you kind of just made a comment saying that it would be up to the presiding officer to allow someone to speak with with out filling out that card. And right now it seems like the consensus is is that we're going to allow people to speak if they choose not to fill out that card. But the resolution says otherwise. Council member Fagin to your point that was incorrect. Okay. What I what I stated was if someone chooses not to put their name and address on the card. Okay. And the presiding officer. Then I stand corrected and I apologize. But that's not my that's not my issue. That is. The issue is the verbiage of the resolution requiring the filling out of this card when that's not going to be the intent at least of this council I hope. And you've shown that you're not going to prevent someone from speaking who hasn't filled out that card. I just feel like it's it's changing one R word for another R word. And I I'm not sure why it's such a big ask. So I don't know. The mayor is nodding. I'd like to hear his thoughts. Actually if I can get. I'm sorry. The attorney please. Attorney Israel. Thank you. I just want to respond to Council member Reinstein's inquiry about virtual attendance. Most if not all cities are not allowing virtual attendance be for a variety of reasons. Operational reasons administrative administrative reasons. ADA compliance reasons. But I have been requested by administration to review the updated court guidelines for virtual hearings. Because we we when we did that during covid. That's where we got our rules from. And we will look at those current guidelines to make sure that we can comply with most if not all of those to afford members of the public who are desirous of participating in a quasi judicial proceeding virtually assuming that's the direction of administration and approval of council. Council president can I respond to that. Yes please. Council member Reinstein. Only to say that while I recognize that we often look at other cities to see what they're doing if we want to. If we want to mimic them if we see that they're doing something right and we want to not reinvent the wheel so to speak. But on the other hand just because you know sometimes if we hear that no other cities are doing it then maybe it gives us an opportunity to set the example and set the trend. So I think sometimes we can do more and do better even when nobody else is doing it. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor Sordo. Thank you for recognizing my nod council member Fadgen. The. Yeah. What we're doing is we're requesting. We're not requiring. We're requesting and the document should match what we're actually doing. And what we are doing is requesting. So it's it's it's that yeah it's that easy in my mind. Council member Reinstein did you want to make another comment. Okay. Thank you. Go ahead council member Fadgen. I 100% agree with you. I think plantation's unique because we go our own way. And like I said the last minute I did make inquiries along the lines of what you were bringing up at the last meeting in this meeting. And I think it's a technology thing and a labor resource thing. I don't think that's a small. A small ask by bringing another person in to help administer the meeting from this clerk's office. They want to go home at night too. So I think we try to do as much as we can with with the limited resources we have. But I trust the administration is going to address this with hopefully improved technology in the future. Yeah I just want to address two things. One it's not just a staff issue. We need to completely rebuild this room. It is not situated the way it needs to be situated. And two we're not aspiring to be like every other municipality in Broward County. Again we've heard y'all. We can aspire to have more accessibility to the public in a virtual form. There's some inevitability to that. We just want to there's some things we need to do to get there. So I don't want to leave any impression that we're waiting for the guidance of other cities. We could set our own path on this. We've heard y'all. We'll move in that direction. Thank you. Mr. Noonimaker. Councilmember Anderson you wanted to chime in. Just where is the, is it in one spot where you're asking it to go from required to request? There's two lines. Which line please? My notes were better last time. And while you're looking, you already have it or? 170, line 172 was one area. It says comment cards are required to be given. And I'm requesting to change it to comments cards are requested. And then. Line 151 as well. 151. Members of the public must provide comment cards. And I still think it should be changed to requested. I'm just asking to soften it. I'm not asking to change anything that we've implemented since we started taking these cards. I just, I just want the resolution to be in line with what our intention is. And everyone's been saying that the intention is we're requesting it. I don't think it's going to change anyone's want to fill out the card to speak. Because once we get beyond this meeting, people are going to forget about this resolution. And we're going to request them to fill out the card. And they're going to fill out the card. But I just want it to be in line. Excuse me. Line 188 as well. Line 188 as well. It's in three locations. I'm sorry. Um, 188 would remain. That's about us doing the last call. Correct? It says shall fill out a card. 188 is members from the public responding to the final call shall fill out a comment card. Oh, so. Okay. If the discussion is to modify that to a request instead of a requirement, we would modify all of the references in the document. If that's your direction. So I'd like to make a motion to, um, and before I make the motion, I'll, I'll not make the motion regarding the five minutes because I know they guys will kill me. But, um, motion to approve the resolution with changing the, um, the, um, verbiage in those three lines from required to request. Is, is that adequate? Thank you. Council member Fadgen. Excuse me. What about the line, uh, that you mentioned about the presiding officer and city clerk? 149. Rick, presiding officer. Want that in your motion? And then, uh, also, uh, to change line 149 from once, uh, once called by the city clerk, change it to once called by the presiding officer or city clerk. Thank you, council member. Is there a second? Second. I have members of the public that would like to speak, but can I act on this amended one first city attorney and then go to the public for comments? This would just be a roll call for the amendment. Uh, if that's what you desire. Okay. Of course you can. Okay. So Ms. Begarov, if you can do a roll call on the amended item. Okay. Council member Horland. Yes. Is there a, is there a second on the motion? Yes. Yeah. As I understand it, then the motion was made to approve the resolution as amended. Correct. There was a second. Um, I think before you vote on that, you want to go to the public because afterwards we'll be too late. Okay. That was. I thought you asked. Thank you. Uh, Mr. Conklin? If I may. Dennis Conklin, 4581 Northwest 6 Court. Um, I'm an old dog. I don't learn new tricks very quick. Um, what I gave to the DS is a copy of old resolution number one, when the city was formed. And it described what we're doing now to amend. And, uh, as was mentioned, it was five minutes for the public. And when Mayor Armstrong and Councilwoman Vendekovic were in, they flipped it to three minutes. And it stayed that way. And, um, I didn't know that, uh, one of the councilmen was going to ask for a five-minute amendment to restore resolution one. But, um, 12,865 resolutions later from resolution one is what we're doing right now. And I would like to see five minutes restored. I can't get my point across. I wonder. I wish I could be like the youngsters back there. They can hit it. And, I mean, they can even have time reserved. I'm always yielding back time from somebody else that didn't use all theirs. So, um, I agree with the change from the requirement to the request. And I would like to see the five minutes restored from, uh, resolution one into resolution 12, 866. Thank you. I will yield back my time. Thank you, Mr. Conklin. Mr. Corman. Rob Corman, 11095 Whitehawk Street. Um, well, last one was an hour 45 minutes. This one came in about 20 or so. So, solid improvement. Um, the idea behind it, and I'm glad that there is an amended resolution out here. It was supposed to require, or taken require down to, uh, request. Because the point was made very well that, that these sheets are going to be used by people who are new to the building. Those of us who you're on a first name basis with, who get up here and speak all the time, kind of have an idea of how it's used. And, and folks know how to find us and know who we are and where we are. Um, but I also feel very strongly that in this chamber and in this role of citizen and representative, I have a right to say whatever I want whenever I want. Uh, you might be able to limit the time on that one. Side note on that one, I do think five minutes is not a horrible number. Um, and probably is more in keeping with the infrequency that most people show up to communicate to you all. Um, but that one's not in the amended resolution, so I'll let that one go. But as you are considering the change that is before you today, please consider adopting it. Because the request will be honored. A requirement smacks of, uh, the government trying to tell me what to do. Not that I will not respect it. I drive the speed limit. I follow all the regulations that I'm required to do. It is my job to follow regulations. I live for that stuff. Um, but when it comes to freely exercising my constitutional rights, I'm going to request to do so in this chamber. Uh, so please consider that. Thank you. Thank you. Matthew McIntosh. Uh, Matthew McIntosh, uh, 601 Northwest 82nd Avenue. Um, yep, I think it's been discussed enough, but I do approve the, the change from required to requests. I think I'm a big fan of having the written rules to reflect the actual behavior. Uh, just because for some people, it's like you don't want to break the rules. So it's like, so if it's there in the rules, like as is, you're going to try your best to follow it. And then if it's actually the case where it's, that's not actually the expected behavior, then that kind of at least is maybe some, uh, kind of inner, uh, inner conflict happening. So I approve that, uh, I approve the update for the verbiage of in regards to the time limit. Uh, as a member of the public, I'm, I'm okay with the three minute time limit. Um, you know, I think a lot of us are passionate about a lot of different things and we can talk all day about anything. So it's a good, good thing to have a limit there at three minutes. So you can think of what you're going to say before saying it. Thank you. Any further comments from the public? Okay. Council member Fadgen. So is there any appetite for five minutes? No, sir. That's one no, two no's. I mean, one more no. I mean, one more no. You're nothing. It's not persistent. You're looking at a veto too. All right. Seeing, uh, hearing no additional comments. Ms. Barrow, please call the roll on the amended item. Council member Horland. Yes. Council member Reinstein. No. Council member Anderson. Yes. Council member Fadgen. Yes. Council member Andrew. Yes. Thank you. That takes us to item number not nine. I'm sorry. Item number nine is the plantation comprehensive emergency management plan update. Any member of the council wish to discuss it? Okay. Mr. Corman. Again, Rob Corman, 11095 White Hawk Street. Um, in my job, we have, uh, various levels of information that we give to the public and that we don't give to the public. This particular item, while necessary for the city, um, I would like to request that for future iterations of it, it not be quite as detailed in the presentation of documents to the public. In particular, well, no, I'm not going to go into the in particulars. I'm simply going to say that, um, that is a document that's probably should be handled in shade by you all and then just put out as a vote on the dais. Um, there are bad actors in the world. Documents like this can be used the wrong way. Please consider that in the future. Thank you. Mr. Conklin. That is Conklin, 458-1 Northwest 6 Court. Um, Mr. Corman has a lot of, uh, good ideas there. I was surprised to see some of the stuff that was contained. Um, I wanted to speak to this because of the, uh, page eight paramedics. Uh, excuse me, page eight pandemics, uh, pages 12 and 13 mayoral executive orders, um, MEOs. Um, also page 20 media partners, page 21 for lockdowns and page 22 for release from lockdowns. And page 27 for after action activities, page 33 and 4 for infection control vaccinations. Page, uh, excuse me, Parks and Rec page 126 slat 1, uh, pages 217 to 18 slash 14 and 15. Um, spiritual care services for FRC and 224 through 225 slash 2122. Same thing, spiritual care services for FAC. Um, let's do the after action report. Um, I'm hoping that after all these two and almost three years of this, um, pandemic that, um, you will observe, as I had already mentioned about the lower magistrates power that you have when you see something wrong. That's being ordered upon us by something above that has lost their mind or for nefarious reasons that you pull the plug on what they're trying to do. Basically, I was hoping to see a patient's bill of rights in here. Um, the, um, mayoral executive order. I wasn't so clear about the description there, what the powers of that are. And I believe that you have to reinforce the following of the Constitution of the United States and following the, uh, uh, laws and so forth and so on as a result of World War II. Um, media partners, uh, you can see they're already starting to pump the fear, uh, on the late night news. I've watched 11 o'clock for, for the news and they're already, uh, trying to put, um, fear into the public for masks, which don't work against the virus. Um, and also to try to take more vaccines. Um, when I was a kid, I took four vaccines. My daughter, by the time, 30 years later, she had to take 11. Um, I submitted already the, the suggested, uh, recommendations are for 50 all the way up to 80 injections of our kids. It's destroying our God-given right, uh, right to our own body. And, and I'll yield back my time. Thank you. I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve. Second. Any further comments? Ms. Beggarrow, please call the roll. Council Member Horland. Yes. Council Member Einstein. Yes. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Fadgen. Yes. Council Member Andrew. Yes. Thank you. That takes us to the administrative items. Item number 17 is the pavement condition study presentation. Is that Mr. Thompson? Yes, ma'am. Do you talk asphalt and roads? We are. I love the energy. You'd never be so happy to talk about asphalt, right? A lot of fun. And he comes through. Yes. Yes. Reinforcement, right? Good evening, Council President, Council Members, Mayor, City Attorney, and April. Everybody forgets April. Hi, April. We don't forget. All right. Um, without getting into too much involvement, because we're going to have a presentation here with Belinda and Steve Lander. They were two of our consultants and sub-consultants that were tasked with this project of a pavement condition study. Uh, just to give you a brief summary, uh, we did retain Winningham and Fradley. That's who Belinda is with, to perform the study in October of 22. Yes. So, lo and behold, we're sliding into third, but for October 23rd. Um, the reason for that is, the original direction they had was a windshield survey. And when we got the information back, we didn't really feel it was an accurate assessment of our roads. So, with the support of our administration, you know, Jason and the mayor, and our esteemed colleagues, I mean, Samira, Danny, Anna, we really, really drove this thing home to where I'm surprised Belinda's standing this close to me without hitting me. But, um, it was, it definitely grew our friendship throughout it. So, we took it to the next, uh, level and we asked for all pictures and this is a GoPro that goes through and takes pictures every five seconds of the roadway. That's going to give you the most accurate assessment. So, with all the data that was collected, we're proud to say that over, or close to 75% of our roads are in good condition. Less than 2%, 0.2% of our roads are in poor condition. So, we're on the right track. The thing is, we want to keep it going that way. Um, the overall city pavement condition index is at an 84, 100 being the best. So, like I said, we're in good shape. There was a multitude of funds that promoted the asphalt, um, program from 2017 to 2022. Uh, various accounts were used and we want to continue to grow that. So, overall, we're in good condition and I'm going to pass it on over to Belinda and Steve now. Good evening, Councilmembers and Mayor. My name is Belinda Powell. I am a licensed engineer with Winningham and Fradley. I reside at 3791 West State Road 84, Davie, Florida, 33312. Um, I don't know if you know Winningham and Fradley's history, but we've been working with the City of Plantation. We're an engineering firm for over 30 years. So, we got a call to assist the City with this pavement management study and we were happy to do that. Um, we engaged with his Ravanal, Steve Lander. He's also a licensed engineer and, you know, Samir's a licensed engineer. So, we had a lot of fun. Um, so, what you're going to see for this presentation is we're going to go into, uh, the equipment that was used, the methodology, um, budget scenarios, um, cost analysis, and then recommendations. And then after that, uh, we're going to have questions for you. So, I'd like to also, before we start, is acknowledge Samira and her team with Matthew Thompson and Danny Polio and, uh, Jason Nunemaker. You know, there were some hiccups, but together we came, uh, and we were able to get this done. So, with that, let's get started. Hey, uh, good evening. Uh, I'm Steve Lander with, uh, Withers Ravanal. Uh, thank you for allowing me to, uh, present to you, uh, on the City's, uh, State of the Pavement Address, so to speak. Um, I know it's really exciting. I'm excited about it. Uh, just a little background on my, uh, histories. I, I've, I've been an engineer for 30 years and the last 20 of which has been in pavement. And if you told me when I was in college I'd be a pavement engineer, I would have told you you're crazy. Anyway, so I've taken a liking to it and, uh, and since, uh, in 20 years I've, uh, managed over 120 pavement condition surveys. I've worked with, uh, Hillsborough County, Polk County, Alachua County, Wild, Wildwood. Um, and I've done the, I was involved with the 2017 pavement condition survey in this last round. So, anyway, um, I, uh, this is something I really enjoy. I, uh, I, uh, being able to bring the information from the pavement condition survey and put it into terms that you all can make decisions from. So, let's just go ahead and jump into it. Uh, so, um, you know, we, we performed a pavement condition survey. We took that information and we put it into software for predictive modeling and also to produce, uh, optimized work plans. And we generated a report, which I'm going to go over briefly here, uh, what, what our findings were. So, you know, basically a pavement condition survey is something where we go and we look at all the roads. And it's recommended, uh, by FHWA, uh, the Federal Highway Administration to do it every two to three years. And I'll talk a little bit about that, uh, in just a bit. It's unbiased. I don't have an address here in Plantation. So, uh, I don't want my street to get paved. I'm not trying to, you know. So, anyway, uh, unbiased. Um, anyway, um, I'm just going to go through the procedures of, of what we did during the survey. So, what we performed was a, a visual survey, which is also known as a windshield survey. So, an experienced two-person crew drives every segment of the street, uh, in, in the city, which I know sounds like a lot of fun. Uh, but they drive every segment and, um, and they're driving about five to ten miles an hour. Uh, like was said, uh, we also, at, after the survey, uh, Winningham and Fredley went out and took pictures every five seconds of every road in the network. Like 13,000 photographs. Yeah, 13,000. Yep. And, uh, the equipment we used, uh, a laptop for the field application. Uh, we used Agile Assets, uh, Pavement Express for, uh, the analysis. And we used GoPros to, uh, collect the data. So, if you look on the right, there's a, uh, form that we use while we're out in the field. So, what I'm going to tell you is that this is for quality assurance. And I'll tell you that I, I train a lot of people on raiding. I've raided thousands of miles of road. And, and there are, the folks that raided the roads, uh, were experts at what they did. And what this form allows us to do is you can see that there's distresses that we're collecting. And both raiders have to agree on the distresses that they see while they're out in the field. And as they're making the changes, the PCI, and that's the Pavement Condition Index, it changes as they change it, uh, in the field. And so they both have to agree on the distresses. They both have to agree that an 80 is an 80. A 60 is a 60. You know, there's a gut feel when you look at a road and you say, wow, this is really cracked up. It better not come in as an 80. And that's kind of how they, we go about doing that. There's a level of quality assurance. We're not just putting in data and hoping for the best. Uh, if it's not right, they turn around and they rate it again. So that's, uh, just a level of quality assurance that, uh, we provide while we're out, uh, in, in, in the field. So, uh, for the rating, uh, we rated 214 miles of asphalt streets. The survey was conducted in fiscal year 23. And, uh, we collected seven, uh, common distresses. And it's from the long-term payment performance LTPP recommended by FHWA. Um, and I'm not going to belabor these distresses, which I'm glad you'll be glad that I'm not, because we could talk for hours on each one of these things. The key is, is that for each one of these distresses that we're, we're collecting the severity and the extent. And, and so we're telling you how bad it is and how much it is. And so each one of those will get a rating based on what we see. And from that, we use that information to generate that pavement condition index, the PCI. So every segment gets a PCI score. And then the whole network gets a PCI score, which we're going to get into, uh, for the network. These are city owned streets too. No private roads. That's right. Correct. So, and no county roads, no state roads. Yes. So a PCI is, is a scale of zero to a hundred. One hundred is the best. Zero is the worst. And so this is a, uh, a PCI condition state, which is kind of common to most pavement condition surveys. And so just very quickly, you got your very good 91 to a hundred. Your good is 81 to 91. Fair is 65 to 81. Poor is 26 to 65. And very poor is zero, uh, zero to 26. Um, and you're going to see this again when we talk about the maintenance activities because the maintenance activities, uh, coordinate with those condition states. So what we're attempting to do here, and I hope that you can see it on your, uh, on your monitors, is the condition of a street at each one of these categories. So this is a very good street. Uh, you know, skateboarders love these streets because there's really smooth, you know, and, and, and people like to have new pavement out in front of the street. So this is a brand new road, just newly paved. So this is a road maybe four or five years down. And if you can look in the dead center of the picture, there's a crack. You know, we start, we start ending up with some small cracks. Um, the surface starts to wear. You can see the stone, uh, it looks a little gray. It's not a bad street. It's just a street that's wearing some. So that, that's what, what a good street looks like. And as we move down the categories, this is what fair looks like. Significant more cracking. You know, so we have some, uh, low, low fatigue cracking, uh, on both sides of the street. Discoloration. Discoloration. Yep. And more ravel, um, and, and, uh, oxidation. So that is a fair street. And then you can see the boxes in the center. That's actually known as block cracking. And so that's when a road, environmentally, is starting to dry out. It's, it heats up. It cools down. It's, it's shrinking and expanding. And, and it starts to crack. That's just a, a function of age. So that's a poor street. And, uh, we really had a hard time finding, uh, very poor streets. Because I think there might be two segments in the whole, uh, network. Uh, this happens to be one, and it's about ride quality. There's fatigue cracking. Uh, there's a lot going on here. And usually roads like that, you know, we're talking about having to rebuild them. And so, and I'll get into that in just a little bit. So our findings is that the, the overall PCI score is an 84. And, uh, and based on this condition state scale, uh, the network is in good condition. And, uh, and if you look on to the right, uh, of the seven municipalities within Broward County, uh, plantation is in the top three, uh, which is good. You know, and, and I tell you, I had a lot of my municipal clients would like to be in this position to have a network in, in such good condition. You'd be surprised that some of the cities surrounding plantation don't have pavement management studies. So we called around to get those numbers and some of them are much lower. So you guys are in the top three. All righty. So this is a, a condition map, a PCI map in 2017. So you can see a lot of greens. There's some reds. And when I flip it, it goes, Oh, I guess. Yeah. 2017. Yeah. 20. There we go. It was a little different on my slide deck, but you can see, um, a lot of big dark green on the 2000, uh, 22, 23, uh, slide here. So basically from 2017, we went to, we went from an 82 to an 84 and that's a 2.4% increase. And that's, uh, largely because of the, uh, $14 million geo bond and the $2.1 million surtax and 700,000 roadway and traffic. The city provided the $700,000 and the surtax and the, the, the go bond. So, you know, uh, a lot of times when, when we see a network in such good condition, you might think, well, maybe we can just sit and, and, and do nothing and maybe just relax and, and not put effort into the system. But it's, it's one of the largest assets owned by the city, um, you know, estimated at about $186 million. So we want to make sure that we're protecting it and that's what we're doing here. And when we do a pavement condition survey, we say, here's what the condition is right now. And then when we run it through the software and model it, we say, where is it going to be based on the level of funding that we're going to apply to it? And so it, it all comes down, you know, what is the level of service that the city wants and, and is willing to pay for? That's, that's really the question. So, like I said, uh, here are the ranges, uh, that we talked about earlier, um, for the condition state. They coincide with how we make decisions with the maintenance activities. And, and I'm not going to jump, dive too, uh, far into details on the maintenance activities, but I will talk about them. So 91 to 100, we have what we call preservation prevent. And that's a, it's a rejuvenator. It's a, it's something that you can put on the pavement really early on. And it, and it really does, it actually penetrates the pavement, keeps it more pliable. Um, and it, it extends the life of the surface of the asphalt. Um, in that category, we can do some crack sealing. And that's when cracks open up enough where we can put, uh, you know, a liquid asphalt into the crack. And then, of course, patching, any localized patching, um, that, uh, happens in 91 to 100, which is, it's pretty small. 81 to 100, or 81 to 91, we're, you know, we have a little more cracking, right? So this is called preservation correct, which is a microsurfacing, a double microsurfacing. The same thing applies to this category that we're going to want to do our crack sealing and we're going to want to do our patching before we do the preservation correct. So this is a thin surface treatment. We're just trying to protect the surface. And the overall goal of, uh, maintaining a network, you want to maintain at the highest level of service for the least cost. It makes a lot of sense, but a lot of times municipalities operate just the opposite. They, they go for the worst roads and that's managing at the worst level of service for the highest cost. So we want to stay high and at the cheapest cost. And that's what preservation prevent and preservation correct allow us to do. So when we get down to 65 to 81, now we're talking about more cracking. And now we're having to mill up the asphalt, uh, to an inch and a half depth and, and, and going back with an inch and a half asphalt. 26 to 65, these are roads that are a little farther gone. You might have to do some more prep work. You're doing a thicker mill, uh, and fill. Um, but so that's, that's the treatment for that. And then zero to 26 is your, uh, FDR reconstruction. FDR is where you're grinding up the asphalt and stone, putting in a determined amount of asphalt and water. It sets up like concrete and then you pave on it and you have a brand new section. You only had two sections or so like that. So you can see the percentages of the network, um, as they fall within each one of those categories, which is a, it's a really good distribution. These are the, uh, maintenance activity, uh, unit costs that we use for each maintenance activity. Um, the key here, uh, and by the way, we developed these with the city. So we went back and forth and, and, uh, and, and got these together. You can see in the middle column, there's a, a segment life extension. That's, that's roughly how much life it's going to give to a pavement. If we take the unit cost divided by the segment life extension, that gives us the dollars per square yard year. That's the important amount that we're really interested in because that's the cost of ownership of a road. And, and so we want to try to keep it as cheap as possible. Um, and, and so staying high up, uh, with the, the, the lesser treatments, um, on higher on the curve is better than being down low on the curve. Now we do have to treat some bad streets, but we want to try to keep good roads good. So this is a, uh, breakdown and this is known as the backlog. So this is if you had enough money to fix everything at one time, which nobody ever does. Um, but this is, if you had to fix everything at one time, these are all the maintenance activities. It's broke, it broke down by centerline miles and also by the cost. So the total backlog is roughly about $31 million for the entire network. All right, here comes the, this is where the software comes in. And, uh, this is for me the exciting part, uh, because, you know, here's where we can take that information from the pavement condition survey and leverage it so that we can do predictive modeling. Where are we going to be in a given period of time? And then also too is produce work plans, uh, that help us choose the projects in the most efficient manner. And, and that's called optimization. It's where, uh, we're picking what we call the mix, right mix of fixes. And it's going across multiple categories to determine which is the best benefit, uh, to the network based on the given funding source. So we did an analysis, uh, a 10 year analysis, and I, I failed to mention that, uh, the unit costs. We, um, we applied, replied inflation of 3% each year, uh, in the 10 year, uh, interval for this, uh, for the analysis. So this five scenarios that we ran were if you did nothing, the 1.3 million, which is the current, uh, funding. And then basically we added 1.3 million to each one of those, uh, give or take, uh, for the other three scenarios. As provided by the city. As provided by the city. So this, this table here shows us that the current condition is 84 and that there's a, a remaining asset value. So I told you what, if, if, if we built the whole system brand new, it would be $186 million. What we're saying here is based on the condition of the roadway network, that there's a, it's got $148 million in remaining asset value. And so from these scenarios, you can see that we have a PCI score at the end of year 10, and then also a remaining asset value. So you can see how, uh, much of the remaining asset value is depleted, uh, up until we get to, uh, scenario number five, where we're actually gaining ground on the remaining asset value. So to put it into, uh, a term that, uh, it, it, graphically, it's just easier to see, um, we put the scenario, the, this is a PCI graph. And you can see on the left, uh, axis, the PCI score is zero to 100. And then we have the year on the bottom axis. We can see here that when we do nothing, that the network falls into a poor category. And we, we have, uh, some pictures of, uh, the actual network and what the roads look like when it falls into that, uh, that category. The other two, 1.3 and the 2.6 will get us into the fair category. And it's only when we're spending four to $5.2 million per year that we're actually keeping the network up in that good category. So like I said, uh, this is the no funding scenario. So, you know, we went from having a lot of greens, uh, to having a lot of reds and, and a lot of yellows. And the yellows are the fairs. And, you know, just as a rule of thumb, basically, uh, a road will, uh, deteriorate about two and a half points a year if nothing's done to it. So that's, that's just a byproduct of that. And, and so what we've done is we've put together, uh, the same maps with the different funding scenarios. So you can see with the 1.3, we have a little less red. We have some more green, 2.6, some more green, more green in the 4 million. And then, you know, we're, we're starting to return. We're back to where we were, uh, with a lot of green, uh, in the, uh, overall roadway network. So, uh, you know, the, the recommendations, uh, based on the study, uh, you know, the pavement condition survey and the analysis through the software is that, that the city really needs to spend more money on the roadway network to keep it at the level of service that it's at now. Um, we think that, um, conducting a pavement condition survey every two to three years is, is, is paramount. And it's, there's a couple reasons for that. One is that, you know, there's, we, you know, when we spend money on a road, we want to say, hey, what did we get? We spent all this money on the road. What, what, what did we get out of this? That's the first thing, making sure that we're headed in the right direction. And if we're not, we need to make changes. And, uh, number two is that when we're using these preservation treatments, that the data that we collected from the field becomes less reliable after about year three. That you're, that, that, that list of being able to do something from is just not as reliable. And it's, it's important to make that update at the year three. Utilizing the full toolbox is, uh, is really important. Um, because if all you're doing is milling and filling, um, you're going to be spending a lot more money than if you're treating things, uh, early on. You know, it's like kind of like, uh, changing the oil in your car. No one ever says that they're going to not change the oil in their car to, to save money up to buy a new engine or, you know, whatever they need to buy for the car. So obviously the full toolbox is, uh, is important, uh, to sustaining the network at the desired level of service. And then the, uh, the, the holy grail of asset management is to be able to do these things for the other assets, uh, which we call common corridor assets. And that's your water sewer and your stormwater, you know, pavement doesn't exist in a vacuum. And so, uh, and I, I know you, I know you guys get this. Nobody likes to see an open cut on a brand new street. Nobody. It's, it's, you know, and if, and if there's a way for us to stop that from happening, you know, and, and I've seen it too often where you pave over a 90 year old water main. And then you're out there the next day trying to figure out where the leak is and you're having to dig holes and brand new pavement. If we can eliminate that by, you know, doing, doing modeling for those other assets and being able to overlay that with your pavement, you make better decisions. So that, uh, that we all, we all go away with, uh, not getting those types of phone calls. So, and that's, that is it. We're open for, for questions. Thank you for a very comprehensive pavement study. Uh, council member. You're awake still. We are. Yeah. It is very interesting. I learned a lot. Yeah, good. Council member Fadgen. Yeah, I love pavement. Thank you for your presentation. Um, just a couple of questions. So when did this assessment, what period of time did this assessment occur? The, the actual, the actual field data collection. Yeah. It took place in September and October of last year. And the weather conditions, can you do it under any weather conditions or does it need to be a nice sunny day? Yeah. Consistency with your pictures. It does. Yeah. Yep. If, if it rains at all, you have to stop. Okay. Um, and then I think my last two questions. When we're talking about preservation or pre, uh, prevention, it's really about just extending the life out of it. Because eventually it's going to have to be milled, remilled. I don't know if that's the terminology. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it was based off your PowerPoint, but. Yeah, that's, that's, uh, that's great. Um, yeah. So here's an observation that I've seen throughout my career. If you build a brand new road, and this is, and this can be, it can change from place to place. But typically you're going to get about 17 years before you're thinking about having to do some mill and fill. And if it's a thoroughfare, it might be quicker. 17 years. Now, if we're putting rejuvenators on it right after we pave, and then you do another cycle of rejuvenators, maybe even another cycle, and eventually you're getting off to putting down double micros, doing a couple of those, you're taking a 17 year pavement and turning it into a 25 and maybe a 30 year pavement. But at some point you will have to mill that surface up. Okay. But the key here, just, I'm getting, I'm getting on a roll here, is that we're trying to protect the base. That's, that's the end goal here, that we're protecting the base at all expenses. Because when you start, when the base gets contaminated, and we have to replace the base, it gets very expensive. Replacing riding surfaces is relatively cheap. And just one last question, and you know, I'm just a humble CPA. Um, are there any other materials that we can utilize? Is asphalt the only material that we can use? Well, there's a, I know it's probably the most economical. Yeah, there, I mean, there's, there's a lot. I'm sorry, I'm going to throw this out and then let you see. Hey, hey, hey. Are there certain roads that maybe we should consider other types of materials as opposed to just doing asphalt on all of our. It's possible. I'm sorry. Now go ahead. Directly asphalt. Well, you know, you know, having been, I was involved with the first survey where I rated all the roads myself. And I was very impressed with how old the pavement was, yet it wasn't, it wasn't deteriorated. And it was because of the rejuvenators that you guys had been using in the past. So, and I know you've done a whole bunch of hot in place recycling, which seems to work well, you know, here. And I, in some places it doesn't work well. And I think that's the key is what works well here might not work well somewhere else and vice versa. And so, but there are other treatments. There's, there's actually cold in place recycling where, you know, but you have to have enough asphalt for it. There's different types of surface treatments that you can try other than microsurfacing. You know, there's polymer modified microsurfacing. There's, there's a lot of treatments out there. And what I tell all my clients is if you're a little hesitant, try it, right? Don't go out and spend, you know, $10 million on something you're not sure about. Go try it on some streets and see how it works. You know, and I know, I know the city's past and I saw it. You know, I saw that some micros worked out very well and some of them did not work out very well. And so, it left a bad taste in a lot of folks' mouths. And I, and I think that might have been more shoddy construction than it was actually the product. So. Councilmember Reinstein. Yes. Thank you very much for the presentation. You know, I, I have a, I have a question, but I'm going to start with the follow-up to something Councilmember Fajan said is that, you know, in thinking of other types of roadways, even though I know that the focus here was on the asphalt. And I'm thinking of while, while probably not preferred for our streets, in, in a lot of European countries, you have the cobblestone roads that seem to last an incredibly long period of time. It may create a little bumpy of a ride. But I'm just curious is that where do you see in terms of the, the lifespan of a road like that versus the pavement that we're talking about? Well, you know, I mean, it depends upon the construction. Yeah. And like you said, it's the rideability. Yeah. I guess if it was in a downtown low speed area, it might be acceptable. Savannah, Georgia. Yeah. A lot of tourists. Very, very slow. Okay. I just, just was thinking of that as Councilmember Fajan asked the question. And again, it may be a little outside the scope of the presentation. But maybe somewhat related to that is that when you do the pavement management plan and you're projecting out, are you also taking into consideration the current traffic patterns or any efforts by the cities to reduce traffic? Like, or even to the other extent we were talking about earlier tonight about narrowing the roads, right? If we're reducing some of our, our streets. Is that taken into consideration at all in terms of how you're analyzing a future management plan? So it's, it doesn't get down into the details like that, but we did break it down where we, residential streets, collector streets, and arterial streets. So the, and so an arterial, let's just say there was an arterial street and a residential street and they had the exact same distresses on them that the arterial street would take precedence in the selection. You know, the thing about this software is that you can use it for anything, you can make decisions for anything. If you really, you know, if you want a number of houses on a, on a road, if you have the data, you can make decisions from it. So most don't. So maybe just a follow up is that, you know, the numbers that we're looking at, these could be reduced somewhat based on some of the multimodal plans that we're talking about in terms of reducing the narrowing streets, right? If we have less streets, it would need less pavement. If possible, less square yardage. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. I just have one question and it goes past to also, I'm, I guess I'm kind of getting out of the bounds of your particular study, but just for my own comprehension. Do you know with Broward Boulevard, right? Did they rejuvenate Broward Boulevard? I don't, I don't know. I could find out. Okay. They resurfaced Broward Boulevard. It's an entire mill overlay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Now you can reuse rejuvenator on an arterial like that, but typically it's not. Okay. All right. Thank you. Council member Anderson. Thanks for your presentation. So it sounds like your takeaway is that we're doing a very good job. I mean, basically that's it and that you would recommend just maybe a few million more a year to keep us in the top. And we were second most miles in the, in the ones you compared and only two points from the top, but a couple more billion dollars will keep our roads. I mean, it sounds like a good return on investment. You're a medium amount that will get you much longer rather than, and better roads that you're driving all along, which helps all our cars last longer, our tires last longer, our suspensions last longer. I mean, it's, it's hard to calculate all that, but I think that's what you're basically saying. And also too, is what do you think of when you drive in at the city of plantation? You drive, then you look at the streets. You look at, and you see. There's a different feel when you go to the plantation. Right. The trees and the streets. Yeah. I mean, I have, I actually gave a presentation this morning for a municipality that's got a 61. Yeah. Yeah. They don't have a, they, yeah. So anyway, whole different conversation. So. Well, and can I just say that when you had the, that we're in the top three. I think we're a much older city than the first two. Yeah. So I think that that also says a lot about the city. They're new roads. They have a lot longer for them to, at the newer cities, they have newer roads. Right. So we could technically, we technically could put it up at the top, you know. Exactly. Exactly. Council, I'm sorry, Mayor Sortle, you buzzed in. Yes. And one other thought that would feed on itself is if you had nicer roads, people would be more likely to cycle on it. Right. If you had a roadie and everything, that would be even fewer cars because you're going to take the good ones and not ride the bumpies. And it makes it even better. Seaboarders, bicyclists, yeah. Not that I've ever thought of these things, but I've heard people do. Yeah. Okay. Seeing as how there are no further questions, we want to thank you for, again, a very comprehensive presentation and your enthusiasm about the presentation. Yeah, yeah. About pavement. About pavement, of all things, right? Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Mr. Thompson. Do you want to conclude with anything? I will just add that we are set to rejuvenate two neighborhoods coming up in the next month, El Dorado Estates and Marcano Estates. So, even though this is going on, we're still balancing out maintaining the good integrity of the good roads that we have. And you let the HOA know? They're coming to do door hangers. Okay. We're pushing social media. I know we've got a lot of stuff going on over there, but yeah. Okay. We'll touch it at all angles. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. That takes us to legislative items. Item number 18 is an ordinance to amend chapter 18, the pensions and retirements. Attorney Ezra. Thank you, Council President. First reading of an ordinance of Plantation, Florida pertaining to the subject of retirement. Amending the general employee's retirement system by amending part 1, chapter 18, article 2, division 1, section 18-17. Definitions and terms amending section 18-21, member contributions. Amending section 18-26, retirement dates. Amending section 18-28, normal retirement benefit. Amending section 18-30.1, supplemental benefit. Amending section 18-30.2, monthly supplemental benefit. Providing a conflicts clause and providing an effective date. Thank you, Attorney Ezra. Council Member Fadgen. Thank you. Thank you. Section 18-21, PDF page was like 1387. Effective October 1, 2023, all general employees, general members who are in tier IAFF. That kind of suggests that the general employees are going to be put into the IAFF tier. Should it say something to the effect of October 1, the collective bargaining unit employees who are going to be put into tier IAFF? I guess the question is for the City Attorney Ezra. Unfortunately, City Attorney Ezra is not involved in the ordinance. It's very convenient. I'm concerned that this is suggesting all the in-jugal employees are going to be put into this tier. I'm not sure where you are, Council Member Frederick, because earlier, I mean, when you first started in section 1, it says general employee tier IAFF members. I'm looking at section 18-21. It's the underscored change. Section 2. It's under mandatory contribution. Section 2. Okay. By definition, tier IAFF is only going to apply to IAFF-covered employees. Right. But if you read the sentence, it just says all general employee members. Who are in tier IAFF. And that's defined earlier? Yes. Okay. All right. That's really my opinion. And they are general employees. No, I understand. Yes, sir. I have a question to approve. Second. Mr. Corman, you wanted to speak on this item, sir? Rob Corman, 11095 Whitehawk Street. Just generally speaking, when it comes to pensions, I don't begrudge anybody having them. I used to have one, keyword being used to. Obviously, governments operate in a different world where any liabilities that a pension incurs, you can replace based on taxing the citizens to recoup that loss. I would just like to put it into everyone's head that as we move forward in the world, we have to watch out for some pitfalls with regards to pensions and how they are allocated based on years of service linked to age. And possibly think about moving away from defined benefit to defined contribution forms of retirement for our employees. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Conklin, I don't know if I had you signed up for this one. You can fill the card. I didn't have you signed up, sir, but go ahead. Dennis Conklin, 4581. Ditto is what he said. I yield back my time. Thank you, Mr. Conklin. Any further comments? Seeing none, Ms. Bedrow, please call the roll. Council Member Moreland. Yes. Council Member Reinstein. Yes. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Fajan. Yes. Item number 19 is the public hearing second reading of our ordinance regarding, I'm sorry, can we turn the page? Regarding pertaining to the comprehensive plan. Mr. Ezra, please. Thank you, Council President. This public hearing second reading ordinance of the City Council of the City of Plantation, Florida pertaining to the subject of comprehensive planning, amending the text of the public school facilities element and the capital improvements element to update the level of service standard for public school facilities pursuant to the third amended and restated interlocal agreement for public school facility planning, creating a property rights element pursuant to the requirement in Florida Statute 163.3177, paren 6, paren I, amending the physical and digital versions of the City of Plantation comprehensive plan, providing for a transmittal to the State Land Planning Agency, providing for a conflict severability and an effective date. Thank you, sir. There's a presentation. Mr. Alpert. Good evening, Council, City Attorney, Mayor, City Clerk, Michael Alpert, Assistant Director. Caitlin Forbes is also here from Trans Systems, and they helped transmit what we had adopted back in May. So just very briefly, Planning and Zoning Board recommended this ordinance on May 2nd, City Council for first reading on May 24th, and then it was transmitted to the Florida Department of Commerce for review and comment. Comments were very minor. They will be resolved in Phase 2 of the Com Plan update in the spring of 2024. And staff recommends approval. And any questions? Staff and the consultant are here. Motion to approve. Second. Council Member Weinstein. I just want to disclose that while it's not a conflict, I have been appointed by Commissioner Nanrich to the School Oversight Committee, and one of the things that's referenced in this ordinance is implementation of the interlocal agreement for public school facility planning. And so while no conflict exists, nor do I believe there's any conflict, I thought it was best to disclose that on the record. Thank you, Council Member Weinstein. Any additional comments? Questions? Hearing none, Ms. Biggerow, please call the roll. Council Member Whirland. Yes. Council Member Weinstein. Yes. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Fajan. Yes. Council Member Andrew. Yes. Thank you. Item number 20 is the second reading of an ordinance pertaining to the subject of zoning and land development and the synthetic turf. Attorney Ezra. Thank you, Council President. Public hearing. Second reading of an ordinance of the City of Plantation, Florida pertaining to the subject of zoning and land development, specifically landscaping requirements and synthetic turf requirements. amending Chapter 27 of the City Code of Ordinances, specifically amending Section 27-254 entitled Implementation Standards, amending Section 27-251 entitled Landscape Definitions, amending Section 27-261 entitled Improper Maintenance and Tree Abuse, all properties, creating Section 27-298 entitled Synthetic Turf, amending the physical and digital versions of the land development regulations, providing for codification, severability, savings clause, conflicts, and an effective date. Thank you. Any comments? Questions? Motion? Motion to approve. Second. Any comments from the public? Questions? Hearing. I know you wanted to get to that. Just that staff recommends approval and so do some of our plantation mammal residents. So, thank you. Thank you. Ms. Begro, please. Ms. Begro, please call the roll. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Thank you. Mayor Sordle, administrative update. Yes. We met with Plantation Walk entertainment planners this week. They're getting ready to quote rock and roll. They're starting about October 1st. They're well aware of residents there, so it's not going to be bands blasting people out. They're thinking single performers, duets, maybe July 4th a band. And also activities such as car shows. And we met with police and fire. Everybody was in the room and said, can we shut off that main street? You know, going from Taco Craft to Pepe's and do a car show there, for example, or arts and craft shows and everything. So, it's progressing. It's, you know, we're all eager to get it open and everything. And I'm really confident with the entertainment people, and they really have it together, both in terms of getting quality acts and also understanding what the city wants. And they seem pretty professional. They do have a similar spot up in Orlando, and they run it on a much higher level because it's more room and there's no residences nearby. But it should be a good, I've always thought the term should be plantation walk, the place to go when you have no plan. Because there'll be plenty to do there and everything. But obviously that was not clear marketing. The other thing I want to do is sometime soon we want to honor CERT. CERT people are volunteering, putting in time and everything. I'm going to bring them in here, proclamation and certificates and whatever. So that's on my list. That's all I got. Thank you, Mayor Sortel. We have the advisory board reports as transmitted. If anybody has any questions regarding them or comments. Okay. Board committee appointments. Does anyone have any new committee appointments? Yes. Councilmember Fudge. Well, I'll make a motion to appoint Councilmember Orland to the Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials Processing Authority of Broward County. Okay. That's item number 22. That's it? Yeah. They say thank you, friend. Listen, I don't need to be on it. I have been on it if anybody else wants it. I don't see anybody clamoring for it. I'll be honored to represent the city. I think I'm your alternate as well. You are. Would you like to continue to be on it? Sure. Then I'll make a motion that you continue to be the alternate. I'll second that. Okay. So the motion is for Councilmember Orland to be the designee and for Councilmember Andreu to be the alternate. So. You want one person, I know. It's true. Can you restate the entire motion, Councilmember Fudge? Okay. Motion to appoint Councilmember Orland as the designee and then Councilmember Andreu as the alternate to the solid waste disposal and recyclable materials processing authority of Broward County. Second. All right. Any questions? Comments? Ms. Begaro, please call the roll. Councilmember Orland? Yes. Councilmember Einstein? Yes. Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Fudgeon? Yes. Councilmember Andreu? Yes. Thank you. Thank you for your confidence. Be honored to say. Thank you. Okay. That takes us to Councilmember Comments. We can start, please, with Councilmember Einstein. Okay. So first, I want to acknowledge something that I saw in the City of Plantation Police Department social media. Sergeant Cunningham received a community service award. And in reading about that, I thought it was just worth mentioning from the dais that Sergeant Cunningham responded to an elderly woman's residence more than five times to address her worries. When Sergeant Cunningham suggested the use of security cameras to ease her worries, she advised she could not afford them. Officer Cunningham took the initiative to purchase cameras from his own funds to give her an increased sense of security in her home. In addition, Sergeant Cunningham conducts extra regular watches at her residence and maintains weekly contact with her to check on her well-being. I thought it's just another perfect example how amazing our Plantation Police Department is and wanted to mention that. I also wanted to comment on Peters Elementary with the start of the school year. We have seen that our school board member, Dr. Holness, has really been pushing the school board. I made multiple requests to Superintendent Licata, our new superintendent, to act with some third-party analysis to review the soil concern that we've raised. And we just received some new information today. I have not yet reviewed it all. I'm hoping that it was thorough and I'll make sure it goes out to everybody if everybody hasn't seen it. But, you know, we're going to hear from Dr. Licata and Plantation soon at a Hispanic vote meeting coming up that everybody is invited to. And I think this is something that he'll see that we want to maintain, we want to establish, maintain, and further a very strong relationship with the school board so they know that we're on top of our schools. Waste management, you know, we've talked a lot about waste management over, even over the past few months when the recent contract came up or when some discussions about waste management came up. And I know that there's a meeting coming up tomorrow with waste management administration. And I've had some conversations with the government affairs manager who is really on top of things and really tries to work hard with us. But I know that we're experiencing some inconsistencies in pickup. And it's always been my sense that residents are very forgiving of inconsistencies when we're communicated why there's an inconsistency. And when we're told that, you know, leave your bag out early in the morning because they may come real early, but then it's 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock, and there's no pickup. And then you don't get any communication that they're not coming until the next day. That's frustrating. And, you know, in the community that I live, we have a property manager, and they send out a notice to all the residents with whatever update they receive. But even while sitting here, I saw a text pop up from a resident saying, what's going on? We still haven't been picked up today. And so, you know, when you talk about people's frustrations, you know, we always hear the blue bag carts discussion. And a lot of people can become frustrated with the blue bags when the squirrels get to them or the ducks do or something else. And so I'm looking forward to some further update after the meeting with the administration that I believe is scheduled for tomorrow. Also, I know that the mayor mentioned it, but today was the luncheon for the Plantation Garden Club's 60th anniversary, and they're doing an amazing job. It's one of the oldest clubs in our city, and kudos to them. And lastly is that I read that it's National Poll Worker Recruitment Day today. And I know that, you know, we're always talking about what people can do to be involved in the elections, and some people don't want to be involved in any particular issue or campaign. But anybody can become a poll worker. And, you know, if you want to be a part of the process, but remain, you know, completely nonpartisan, becoming a poll worker and helping to ensure that things run smoothly is a good way to do it. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Reinstein. Councilmember Fajan. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to thank Public Works and Matt Thompson. I made a phone call regarding an overgrown tree in the swale that was creating a blind spot and had a couple complaints from the neighbors saying they had some close calls and exceeded my expectation on how quickly Public Works responded to it to make that corner a little bit safer. So thank you for that. I'd like to thank Chief Harrison, Captain Delore, Lieutenant Highfield. We had a meeting Monday with about a half dozen residents discussing a concern in their neighborhood and talking to them after the meeting. They are extremely appreciative of your time and how you reacted and what your plan was to take care of the situation. So thank you for that. And then Labor Day weekend is coming up. So have a nice long weekend next weekend, but we won't see you between now and then. So that's it. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Anderson. Just it was first day of school in Broward Monday and pretty smooth opening for all reports I've heard. And I I actually did not go into I drove by five plantation schools, but I did not go in just because I didn't want to slow them down. I also because I run after care. I also have before care and I had to be on point at my office, so I had to kind of juggle it all. But it was from my reports and my visits, everything seems great. So that's it. Thank you. Councilmember Horland. Thank you. I just want to commend Michelle Casado and I think at the behest of administration for getting that little slide show out about not just the elected officials, but city staff went out to the schools. And I love seeing that. I know Public Works was out there and the police and fire. And that was wonderful because it just really shows our commitment to our school. So that was great. Last week before school started, I was out at Merrill Lake Elementary. They're kicking off their new rocketry and aerospace program. I hope everybody saw them on the news. Just so much excitement. Got to go into one of the rooms. I thought of you, Mr. Corman, because they have it set it up like an inside of an airplane. It's really it's terrific. So in the school boards giving them some funding. It's very exciting. So wonderful. Tonight, when we had Miss Florida here, I wanted to also mention that the Hispanic Women of Distinction event that she had been honored at last year is happening at the Signature Grant on Friday. I hear it's a great event. But we have a plantation resident that's being honored. Monica Nelsis. I met at Central Park Elementary 19 years ago. I haven't seen her. Her boys both played. Oscar and Andreas played male soccer. I remember when they moved here from Venezuela. And the boys did not speak English. And one of the children was in my second grade class. And he cried for weeks because he did not know the language. And she advocated for him. And she became the bilingual parent outreach person for Borough County Public Schools. And I just thought it's great. They're honoring her as a Hispanic woman of distinction. So congratulations to her. I want to mention briefly, not to end on a sad note, but you may have seen the news last week that former South Plantation High School athlete, Alex Collins, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Try not to get emotional. Alex was a friend of my son's. He played football at South Plantation. He was a lacrosse player. It was a lot of fun to watch him play. He was a gifted athlete. He lived in Plantation for a while. Anybody who knows the Gatewood family, Coach Gatewood from Plantation High School. And then subsequently at South Plantation High School really took him in and became his family. He learned how to Irish dance. He was the sweetest soul. He's one of those individuals that touches your life and you never forget him. He had a beautiful smile. He went off to play with the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens. And he was just a wonderful, wonderful human being. And it's unfortunate that his life ended and his funeral will be taking place this week on his 29th birthday. But he was a plantation resident for a while and graduated from one of our schools. And I just want the light that he brought to others to be remembered and not the way that he passed away. So, thank you. Thank you. I know they were also mentioning it at the commission meeting. Mayor Sortle, did you have anything else you wanted to add? No. That's it. I don't have anything. Thank you. I'll just wrap up with also, you know, to repeat my colleagues, a great opening of schools on Monday. I was at Mirror Lake Elementary Monday with the Dolphins. And definitely they are BCPS ready. And knowing that they have this new magnet, I went and disrupted everything and gave all the kids little flashlights that were spaceships and got everybody riled up before I left them for the day. So, lots of fun on Monday. But I want to thank Ms. Velez and the staff. They're incredible. And what their building could not have been more beautiful and clean and friendly and welcoming. Also, Monday was National Senior Citizen Day. So, I want to pay respect to all of our seniors. And I want to thank Parks and Rec, especially Mr. Goodrich and his team, for the great programming that you have for our seniors. I think it's phenomenal. And now you're going in the other direction with the teens. So, everybody is covered. It was mentioned before, but tomorrow is the Hispanic vote meeting. And everybody is invited. It's a nonpartisan group. And the Bower County Superintendent, Dr. Licata, will be there at Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine at 6 p.m. tomorrow. And the League of Women Voters, which is also a nonpartisan group. One of them was here earlier today. They marked the anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment, which granted some women the right to vote, also known as Women's Equality Day. And that will be observed Saturday, August 26th. And happy Labor Day to everyone. And thank you for hanging in there with us this evening. It is now 8.37. Meeting adjourned. Thank you.