Welcome, everyone, to Plantation City Council meeting of March 26th. City Clerk, would you please call the roll? Council Member Anderson. Here. Council Member Andreu. Here. Council Member Fajan. Here. Council Member Horland. Here. Council Member Reinstein. Here. Mayor Sortel. Here. City Attorney Ezra. Here. It is spring break, and we're so happy that Council Member Andreu and Council President Reinstein can be joining us tonight while they are away. So tonight, I'd like to offer up, we have a lot of wonderful guests tonight. We're joined by so many Vietnam veterans, and I'd like to offer up this prayer in their honor before we do the Pledge of Allegiance. If everyone just bow their heads. Almighty God, we gather today to honor the brave men and women who served in Vietnam, asking for your blessing and guidance as we remember their sacrifices and the enduring impact of that war. For those who lost their lives, we pray for eternal peace and rest. For those who returned home, we pray for continued healing of body, mind, and spirit, and for the strength to overcome the challenges they may face. May we never forget the price of freedom, and may we always strive to create a world where peace and justice prevail. Amen. And if you'll join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty. And now we have items submitted by the mayor. And I am. If I can ask all the Vietnam veterans to join me at the podium, please. Coming up, Council Member, Council Pro Tem, whatever you are, is going to read the proclamation. Throughout the history of our state and nation, countless brave individuals have answered the call to patriotic duty, including Vietnam veterans who endured unspeakable hardships and risked their lives fighting for the ideals of democracy. And whereas during this long and difficult war, one of the longest conflicts in America's history, over 3.4 million were deployed to Southeast Asia, 2.7 million served in the designated war zone, more than 58,000 were killed, 153,000 were wounded, and more than 1,600 are still unaccounted for. And whereas among the names listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., 1,957 of those are courageous Floridians who answered the nation's call to serve and failed to return home. And whereas we recognize and thank all of our state's Vietnam veterans for their service, those who made the ultimate sacrifice, those who came home physically or emotionally scarred, and those who returned home safely to their loved ones. And whereas the United States of America Vietnam War commemoration, authorized by Congress, established under the Secretary of Defense and launched by President Barack Obama in 2012, asked commemorative partners and others to join in the noble mission of honoring our 6.2 million Vietnam veterans living at home and abroad, and the 9 million families of all who served. Whereas it should be noted that April 30, 2025, will mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, an event which officially ended the Vietnam War. And whereas the City of Plantation stands committed to recognizing the service of the U.S. Armed Forces and its allies toward the Vietnam War, and remains grateful for their courage and valor, and now therefore, Nick Sortal Mayor and the City Council of Plantation, Florida, do hereby proclaim March 29, 2025, its National Vietnam War Veterans Day. In the City of Plantation, we call upon the residents of Plantation to join us in this important, important observance. Five decades ago, many of you came home, and you did not get the welcome that you deserve. So I want you to know that the City of Plantation appreciates everything that you've done for your country. I'd like to invite each of you up here to introduce yourself and tell us what branch of service you served in. My name is Mary Hall, and I served 30 years in the Navy. My name is Louis Cohen. I didn't have 30 years, though, but I had 13 years. I was in the U.S. Army, 56th Artillery. I work with Nike Hercules Missiles and Hawk Missiles in Vietnam. Thank you for what you're doing for us. Richard Bongiorno, 51 years at City of Plantation. Vietnam Veteran, 66-67, U.S. Army Air Cavalry Division. Tom Burke, Army, Infantry, Grunts we used to call them, 1st and 10th Cavalry, 1970 and 71. Thank you. Good evening. I'm Colonel Jim Armstrong, 34 years in the Army, four overseas tours, including two to Vietnam. I've had a lot of brothers and a lot of sisters that are no longer with us. Donna Marie McCormick. I'm not a veteran, but my late husband, Michael, was. He served for six years in the United States Navy. Thank you for doing this. Bogdan, served in Vietnam, tours in Vietnam and Germany, 11 years active, 14 years reserve, retired from the reserves. And thank you for this recognition and what was done earlier this year with the banners. Ted Veskowski, U.S. Marine Corps, three years in Vietnam, in charge of the I-Corps area for Gray's Registration Mortuary Affairs. It is probably one of the, what most people would say, one of the worst positions you could ever have in any branch of the service. If my name did not appear on that death certificate, the Marine never came home. I proudly can say that I just finished a two-year tour of duty two years ago as the international president of Gray's Registration Mortuary Affairs for the Department of Defense. Now, if we can get a picture, and I'm presenting this. I was at the American Legion earlier with Richard and Lewis in, earlier this month, right? It was, it's gone by so quickly, so I'd like to present it to the American Legion. Felix is going to light up the photo. We're going to turn around? We're going to turn around? Okay. Felix is in charge. I'm glad you could be here. Oh, thank you for having us. Thank you, James. You've got to get the front. Definitely a little fun with the equation. The front spot. Oh, Lee, come on, jump up. Come on. Okay. That's okay. You in the picture? I appreciate that. Oh, there's so low. That's okay. Come on, Dan. Come on. You're in the photo. When you were in the photo. There you go. There you go. Perfect. In the earlier photos. Okay. Thank you so much. Richard Lewis, if you take that back to the American Legion. That was great. Great. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. It's been so good at the time. I'm glad you could be here for Mike. Nice to meet you. Hey, Billy. Thanks. You guys are up. Okay. Thank you, everyone, for your service. Somebody plus. You too. Fabulous. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. You too, Stephanie. You're just right. All my pleasure. All right. So, we're going to have a presentation from the Landscaped Inspectors Association of Florida. All right. You guys drive. Okay. Okay. If we could get quiet in the chamber, please. Excellent. Thank you. I have prepared this, so forgive me. I'm going to just read it straight ahead. But good evening, Mayor Sordal and esteemed council members. My name is Kevin Hunt. I'm the state president of the Landscape Inspectors Association of Florida. The Landscape Inspectors Association is a 40-year-old association dedicated to educating green industry professionals throughout Florida. I'm here tonight to thank you and the City of Plantation for your support of LIAF's goals by having been a sponsor at our annual seminar last October. At each seminar, we offer a full day of cutting-edge education for our green industry colleagues throughout the state. This year's past speakers provided a wide range of new information on landscape research, including Dr. Edward Gilman, Professor Emeritus from the University of Florida, speaking on a new approach to tree pruning called prescription pruning. Dr. Dale Halberger from the USDA Invasive Plants Research Lab provided updates on the selective release of weevils to control Florida holly, and Dr. Coleman Sheehy on encouraging snakes in the landscape and several others. It would not be possible for us to share this innovative information if not for support from cities like Plantation, Coconut Creek, Sunrise, Tamarack, Pompano Beach, Miramar, and the town of Davie. Plantation has been at the forefront of tree preservation for as long as I can remember, and this year it's celebrating 41 years as a Tree City USA designated by the Arbor Day Foundation. Jeffrey Siegel, who was the landscape architect for this city for 27 years, was also a founding member of LIAF. He was one of the first to recognize the need to create sustainable landscapes in our communities and formed LIAF to make that vision a reality. His legacy continues today through the dedication of Plantation team members, Indalee Brown, Matt Rogers, and David Jones. They've all completed the requirements to be a certified landscape inspector and have contributed to making our organization stronger and Plantation greener. While Broward County works to increase countywide tree canopy from just under 20% to more than 40%, Plantation continues to be at the forefront of expanding the urban canopy by developing codes that ensure resilience in the landscape. Tree protection zones are now part of the city inspection process, and that goes a long way to protecting existing established tree canopy from removal. Additionally, I'm told there now exists the ability for new and renovated developments to provide more tree canopy in pedestrian areas by creating root faults and root barriers. This forward-thinking approach will greatly aid in the long-term establishment and survival of trees by allowing the development of strong roots and protecting nearby infrastructure from root intrusion. So, for initiating these progressive landscape principles and your support of the Landscape Inspectors Association, we are pleased to recognize the City of Plantation as a 2024 Star City. This plaque reads, in recognition of their commitment to create sustainable landscapes and support LIAF's mission to promote green industry education. On behalf of myself, Sue Ling Rosario from the City of Miramar, and the entire Landscape Inspectors Association Board, State Board, Dade Board, and Broward Boards, we greatly appreciate your continued support. Thank you all for your work in protecting the environment for the betterment of the residents of Plantation and the entire State of Florida. Great! Would you like to be in the picture as well? I'm presenting it to you. I'm an elected. I like being in the picture. Oh, there we go. I'm going to do this. That's good. Okay, everybody good? Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you for doing that. I appreciate it. My pleasure. Thank you very much. You're welcome. I'm good. See you tomorrow. Good evening. Mayor, you have service awards tonight? Yes, indeedy. Wonderful. All right. These are people who've spent a good amount of time here with the city. First up is Troy Iannello, Troy Iannello, Police. Can I hear you? Want to say anything? I'd just like to thank you all for the opportunity to serve this city. I have a great time. Best job in the world. Appreciate it. Thank you. What should be, what do you, are you wrong or are you doing good job? Appreciate you. Hey, I'm getting hard names today. Five years, Ronnie Petitbo, Police. You got a woo from everybody. You too, man. I'm a little popular. But you do right, huh? He's our favorite officer. Just want to thank you for the opportunity. Plantation, my chief, my partner, I graduated me in a police academy. I'm very happy to be here and continue to serve for the plantation. Thank you. Go ahead and take a picture here. Thanks for what you do. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Perfect job. And five years, Parks and Recreation tennis, Jill Rickey. So Jill's grandfather's cousin, her last name is Rickey. So guess, Branch Rickey. Does it mean anything? It means it to me. It means a lot to me. Me too. So it's been an honor to serve the city where I've lived for over 30 years. And I want to thank Air Sortel. I want to thank Council. I want to thank Trish for being so supportive to me and the Veltree Tennis Center. So I'm very proud to be here for five years and I want to be here for many more. Here we go. So, thanks everybody. Thanks. David Scott is here. You're good there? Okay. All right. Where are we on to now? Fifteen years. Pierre Aubrey, Parks and Rec. Appreciate it. Ken, anything you want to say? I want to say thank you for the opportunity you give it to me to work for the city. What part are you working? What part are you working on? Which one is it? My family is there. Do you want a picture, take a picture with my family? Sure. Do you want your family up here? Yes. And don't say it's just my wife. I'll tell you that's the wrong thing. So where do you work at in Parks? What part? Irrigation. Irrigation. Irrigation. Didn't call for work right now. Okay, thank you. That's Trish, right? That's Trish. You're in trouble. Twenty years, Michael Bradshaw, Public Works. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. I don't have much to say. It's been a pleasure to work for the city. I want to take a picture with my family. Take a picture with my family. Sure. Do you want your family up here? And don't say it's just my wife. I'll tell you that's the wrong thing. So where do you work at in Parks? What part? Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. I don't have much to say. It's been a pleasure to work for the city for 20 years. That's a good thing. Twenty more. Thank you. Put your ranch or your craft shop. So speaking of crafts, Dwayne Wood is 30 years, but he's caught in traffic. So when we get him, you'll track him down and you'll drive the bus? Or does he just miss out? Okay. All right. Thank you, Mayor. Ms. O'Toole, Parks and Recreation update. Mayor? Mayor? Oh, my gosh. Council. Yeah, it was the mayor. Twenty years, Jessica. She was library. I want to say thank you. I'm working for the city for 20 years and hopefully work for 20 more and working for the library is awesome. Good people. Yeah. Good people. Good evening, council members, Mayor, Mr. Ezra. A couple of upcoming events in Parks and Recreation this Saturday, March 29th. We have our community garage sale at Volunteer Park. That's from 7 a.m. to 12 noon. On Tuesday, April 1st, our summer camp registration begins for plantation residents. I just want to make a note. There was a typo in one of our printed materials that said April 7th that started, but it actually is April 1st. Interested people can come to Central Park, Jim Moore Community Center, Plantation Community Center, or Volunteer Park to register starting at 8 a.m. Again, on Tuesday, April 1st. Saturday, April 5th is our Earth Day event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Pine Island Park, followed by our Rock the Park concert series where Caliente will be performing. That's contemporary Latin music from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Pine Island Park. In our tennis division, Saturday, March 29th to the 31st, we've got a USTA Level 5 tournament for boys and girls ages 12 to 14. And also at the tennis center, our wheelchair tennis program takes place the first and third Thursday of every month from 6.30 to 9 p.m. That's a free program. In our aquatics division, swim lesson registration for the April 7th through 24th session is now open. On Saturday, April 4th, and Sunday, April 5th, we've got a synchronized swimming competition starting at 7.30 a.m. And on Friday, April 11th, Sunday the 13th, we've got a lifeguard certification class going on if anyone's interested in becoming a lifeguard. And for PAL and our athletics division, we're now registering for cheerleading. And starting April 7th, flag football and basketball will begin registration. Call us at 954-452-2510 for more information. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. O'Toole. At this time at 6.24, we're going to pause the city council meeting for the CRA meeting. We'll be right back for that. So, 6.24. And then I'm going to gavel in the CRA meetings. Call to order. Are we ready, Ms. Begaro? At 6.24. All right. Ms. Begaro, would you please call the roll of the CRA? Commissioner Anderson. Here. Commissioner Andreu. Here. Commissioner Fadgen. Here. Commissioner Horland. Here. Commissioner Reinstein. Here. Commissioner Sortle. Here. City Attorney's role. Here. The CRA consent agenda consists of three items. Does any member of the council wish to pull an item? Does any member of the public wish to pull an item off the consent agenda for CRA? Motion to approve the consent agenda. Second. Do I have a second? Ms. Begaro, please call the roll. Commissioner Anderson. Yes. Commissioner Andreu. Yes. Commissioner Fadgen. Yes. Commissioner Horland. Yes. Commissioner Reinstein. Yes. Commissioner Sortle. All right. Are there any public requests of the commissioners regarding the CRA? Going once? Going twice? CRA. CRA. CRA. CRA. All right. It is 625 and the CRA meetings adjourned. You record. I know. I'm correct. You ready, Ms. Begaro? Okay. The city council member at city council meeting is back. And now we are going to take public requests of the council regarding municipal affairs. There are forms in the back. If you have not filled them out, you may fill that out and bring it to the city clerk. I have two in front of me. Gail Sikora. If you just please come up and give your name and address and tell us why you're here tonight. Welcome. Ah. Thank you. Okay. Name is Gail. Thank you. I live at Park Village 1706, Northwest 81st Way, Plantation, 33322. I am the president of the board. I really have two issues, but one I need to talk about. The public's parking lot on 82nd and Sunrise. It says right turn only and nobody obeys it and someone is going to get killed. I am partially disabled and I drive in a scooter. And I cut across there and I can't tell you how many times people two, three at a time lined up to make a left-hand turn. Traffic's coming this way. Traffic's going this way. And they just go. Beeping horns, whatever. I don't know. Maybe you want to put a camera or something because you could probably make a lot of money because these are all moving violations, right? Something needs to be done before somebody gets hurt or killed. The other issue, if I could sneak it in, is we had a fatality on our corner on Northwest 17th Court about almost a month ago. A guy was riding his motorcycle at a very, very high rate of speed. He hit two trees, flew off the motorcycle, and died in our backyard. That is a very bad street. Nobody is over there. They speed like you wouldn't believe. We've had kids on motorcycles going up on back wheels. And they laugh and they think it's funny until it's not so funny anymore. So can we get speed bumps? Can we get a speed? Can we do something? Especially because if you guys are going to build that seven-story apartment complex, it's going to really be a problem. That's it. Thanks, Ms. Secor. Let us talk with the police department and the engineering department and see if anything has been looked at over there and what we can possibly do. Okay. Thank you for coming tonight. Thanks. Okay. Rafael Estrada. Good evening. Good evening. Rafael Estrada. Live at 9326 Northwest 19th Place in Sunrise. Don't live in plantation. But my son was killed in plantation last year and 15 days ago. The M.E. still hasn't processed his blood because my understanding is the police needs a toxicology report from him to assess a percentage of blame for the accident that took his life. The law 316.1933 says that when there's a fatality, the police may gather evidence, you know, breathalyzer, blood, but it's not mandatory. I would like guidance in how I can have that one word changed, that the police will gather evidence because the person that cut in front of him on Nob Hill Road and 6th Street, I think, said that my son was driving with his lights off on the motorcycle at night. If any of you wonder what the police will do when they knock on your door and tell you your only child is gone, they do it quick. They go. There was an accident. Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene. I haven't read the report because I don't have the strength, but his mom has. She told me that in the report it says that he didn't see my son coming straight because the other person was making a left. And he said he didn't see him because his lights were off. If anyone has any knowledge of how a motorcycle works, you can't turn the lights off. Once you turn the key on and turn on the motorcycle, it runs, period. The lights are on. The lights are turn off when you take the key out. So that that person did not seem impaired. Let the police go. We don't need to gather evidence. So it is my understanding that other places in Florida, it's mandatory that you take blood or evidence from someone involved in a fatal accident. And then they also go with big, you know, with, you know, a bodily, a lot of bodily harm. All right. So if I can get guidance on how I can have that changed. I mean, if it's city by city, is it county by county? Can you guys, you know, have the political will to go? You know what? Let's just change that from May to will. We can look into it. So it's not what you're telling me is it's not state statute because it's handled differently in other places in Florida. I think because I think the state statute might say that it is that they may. But other municipalities say that they must. There's a lot of precedent saying that it needs to go that way and stuff because I do not seem impaired to you. But I'm on antidepressants, anti-anxiety, and I smoke American marijuana before coming here. So if I were to run into one of your family and the police don't think I'm impaired, they will let me go. And I would just like that changed if possible. Mr. Estrada, we've got your contact information. My condolences on your son's passing. I'm so sorry. Let us talk to the police chief, and if there's something that needs to be changed or could possibly be changed, whether it's state statute or county-wide, we'll reach out to you and let you know what the follow-up is, okay? Also, my son passed on the 11th, March 11th, two weeks before his birthday. Yesterday would have been his 26th, all right? A few days after my son was killed on that intersection, another person on a motorcycle was killed on that intersection. And in looking up some information online, for 2021 and 2022, there was 23 fatal accidents in the city of Plantation, and zero of those accidents had any DUIs. So anything that you can do to help me and point me in the right direction is greatly appreciated. Thank you for having the strength to come and speak to us tonight. Thank you. Are there any other public comments? Mr. Hilliard, did you fill out a sheet? I did. Okay, come on up, sir. He's on the picture. I didn't realize you had it. The President was about... You know the drill? Yes. I didn't... Lee Hilliard, 1551, Northwest 15th Terrace, 33323, live in Plantation Acres. I moved here because of that purpose, a great city, of which in Hurricane Andrew wiped us out, that we've had a long faith with God, of which I would say that my Winnie, as well as Winnie from our city, Lancy, mine was Winnie Lacey, who worked with Dwight Eisenhower, who died on March 28th of 1969, just for the trivia. Of which, that power need was in 1973, was a true hero that many may not have known. I have said him initially, was Jeremiah Denton, was the longest POW in Vietnam, and of which he got released on February 12th of 1973, of which that prompted me to get involved in the whole POW-MIA issues. His wife, back in 1966, and that's what I had was the pictures of the family, and I did send you, or if you had the opportunity to send them, because I have issues with my email, to send them whether or not anybody has the capabilities to have seen that, of which, there the family has passed it out. Did you get it at the city clerk, or yourself? Send it to me, I saw it late, but you didn't ask me to share it, so. Okay. Okay, but if you'd like, I'll just hold them up, I can hold them up here, Mr. I would, and I'll just flash it, and then send it through the chair here, of which, this is the great family, this is Denton, of which his wife, and she created the whole POW, those black and white banners you see, or flags, all over because of her husband being tortured. And then he could blink torture, of which, here are the three others, associates with him, are, Wynn is from Minnesota, knew him well, Stockdale is with Perot, but anyway, he worked the head of the SEALs in San Diego. Then here is Denton, and here is Flynn, and they got messed up, and then here are him, meaning Jeremiah Denton, who kissed the ground of the Philippine Islands, than of which, he launched on April 30th, 1975, that I did, and that's where I sent these emails about what I were a cryptographer, fairly smart, possibly, and helped so many people get here to America that were going to be killed, similar to the people that were in Afghanistan, more recently, two years ago, or going on three years ago, but each and every member who's made our country greater, stronger, and service and sacrifices they've done, we have to give a big salute, and that was my tearing, and then lastly would be how great our mayor is on 118th Avenue, how the North Acres is sprung up. I was driving by, and I want to give you, as a collectively, We're a team. It is a team. That's what I was going to say, is that there's the banner up there, and give each and every one of you, as well as the people on the camera, and thank you so much for the advice, and then I do have the trees available for our canopy since our plant guy was on initially. So it would be a great asset for our community. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Hillier. Thanks for coming. Fabulous. Thank you. You do a great job for our community. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, last call. Ms. Begro, do we have anybody on line? Okay. We have one more. Did you fill out a sheet? Okay. Come on up. You can give it to me. Welcome. No. Amy Miller. Yes. Hi. How do I address the council? Okay, cool. Good evening. Just say your name and your address, please, Amy. My name is Amy Miller. My address is 121 East Tropical Way, and I have been a resident of Plantation going on almost five years. I have two small children, Emmett, who is four, and Charlie, who is eight and a half. I say this so that I never have to sound like Mr. Estrada. Twenty-three, I think he said, casualties, fatalities last year is a scary thought. And I want all the council members and those online to know my face because I will come here every meeting, like Mr. Hillier, until there is a solution for East Tropical Way. I see too many cars go down this road too fast every day. I live in the Woodbury house. Many people know his house. And in front of my house, there are three stop signs. Nobody stops at these stop signs. I would say 95%. I have two small children, Emmett and Charlie. Across the street, the Jacksons have Stone and Brooks. I can name almost every child on the street under the age of 10. I would hate for the city of Plantation to have blood on their hands because a small child got hit and got hurt. And I imagine based on those statistics, there probably is. I am asking the city to do something. Put speed bumps. Hire a full-time police officer. What is that, $70,000 a year to sit on that street? It will cost you guys a lot less from litigation alone. Put speed bumps. Put a police officer. Or let us have gates. Let us put fences on our properties without the massive amount of hurdles I've had to jump through to try to get that approved. I came here a year ago or two requesting some help with that. I got nothing but no's. Do something. For Emmett, for Charlie, for all the little kids on East Tropical. My child cannot ride his bicycle on such a beautiful street on his way to the preserve without me completely scared of him getting hit. Think about that. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Miller. Council Member Fadgen. Ms. Miller, I was at your homeowner's association last week and I did talk to the police chief on the day after. And I did ask him to increase the enforcement on the street and I explained the problem of driving, you know, the residents. And by the way, I drive down that street every day after work, go to my mom's house and I always go under the speed limit. But I know what you're talking about. And I told the chief about when the residents are driving down there doing the speed limit, people are passing and there's a lot of recklessness going on. So I do expect him, though, he will be following through and increasing the enforcement on there. That's that was his promise to me. So there is action being taken. Come on. Come on. Yeah, podium recording. Mr. Fadgen, I appreciate that. However, that happens all the time. The police chiefs are spoken to. We start seeing a little bit of presence and then it goes away. I would like a permanent solution. I understand the issues with the speed humps has to do with it being a thorough way for emergency personnel. Right. I understand that we can't put a fence or anything. It's just it's a pass through. And I understand the wonderful drama around sidewalks. So we still need to find some solution. Something has to happen. So I appreciate that. But every time we bring this up, we get the same answer and we get a little bit of presence and then it goes away. So anyone else? Yeah. Thank you, Ms. Miller. All right. Are there any other public comments from the chamber? None in line? All righty. Public comments are now closed. We will move on to the consent agenda. And for anybody who is interested, item number five has been removed from the agenda by the procurement department. So do I have any items that the council members wish to pull from items one through 18? Just give me a moment. Sorry. Okay. Council President Reinstein, Council Member Andreu, anything you'd like to pull? No. Okay. 1-12-13. 1-12-13. Council Member Fadgen, anything? No. Okay. Want a motion? Are there any items that a member of the public would like to pull? Okay. Do I have a motion for the remaining items? Motion to approve the consent agenda items one through 18 with the exclusion of five and then pulling 1-12 and 13. Second. Second. Second. Okay. The second. Ms. Beggro, please call the roll. Who is the second? Lewis. Council Member Reinstein. Sorry. Sorry. Yes. Council Member Horland. Yes. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Andreu. Yes. Council Member Fadgen. Yes. Council Member Reinstein. Yes. Thank you. Council Member Anderson, item number one, maintenance and repair of bridge number 868024. So, I apologize. I tried to call you a couple times and it was after 4 and I just didn't get to get with you. And I tried several times. I just ended up being very busy this week. And it's supposed to be spring break. The first one, the bridge maintenance, the FCC quote was extremely hard to understand. I don't know if it – can you display where we are, that item? I can't – no? All right. Like, for example, it says traffic cones, 300 a day at $10, $3,000 for cones. You just go down the line. Like, are they really doing 240 signs for a bridge, for one small bridge? It just seems like it's very inflated. So, the prices that you're looking at are in accordance with the Briar County contract. We looked at them line by line. The necessity of the items in the quote, I can't – I'll have to bring Samira up from a subject matter expert perspective. But these prices are in line with the county contract as bid and as written. Like, renting a cone for $10 a day when a cone only costs like $30 is kind of crazy. But the fact that they're asking for 300 of them for one small bridge on 63rd, which is not a major – I mean, just all the way down the page, it seems highly inflated to me. They're just basically fixing cracked concrete and removing graffiti for $215,000. Good evening. Samira Shalan, city engineer. I appreciate the question. However, the part of the work is above the surface and under the surface. So, the maintenance of traffic plan is needed. We looked at the hours. We will be monitoring the actual construction and the actual – they're going to be billing the actual work. So, this is what they estimated the hourly and the number of cones and the number of signs. We will be inspecting the work daily and not tally their actual hours, their actual cones. And they will be billing the actual performed work, not the estimated work. This is what they estimated that – what needed to do the work that they performed. So, just to – as a back history of this item, there's 19 bridges in the city that inspected by FDUT consultant, and we have reports. We provide these reports to FGC, and based on the amount of work and the inspection results, they coat the coat in front of you. So, but please, rest assured that we will be doing daily inspections on the contractor, and they will be billing exact work performed. So, it's your estimation, Ms. Shalan, that they tend to overestimate when they – Sometimes they do, because sometimes there is unknowns of when they do under the water work. You know, they don't know until they actually see it, so they have to block the area in order to perform the work. Because I do agree with Councilmember Anderson. I mean, when you look at 300 cones, I don't think we've ever seen – And 240 work signs, and et cetera. So, if you'll be monitoring that, that gives us some assurance. Yes, definitely. Also, I have to say, I might have missed it, because there were several I have questions. It just said it was a bridge 100 feet from 63rd, but it didn't give us a cross street. So, there's several bridges along Fig Tree. Isn't that – that's Fig Tree, isn't it, 63rd? Yes. I'm sorry, I'm missing the question. Why you were repairing this? Which bridge is it? Oh. There's several. Yeah. It just said 100 feet from 63rd. Usually, we reference the bridges by a number because they are the plaque. That's why the bid item or the item on the agenda is 860. I will be more than happy. Yeah. So, you guys know what that is, but I will try it because I know all the bridges. I just didn't know which one this is referring to. Yeah, we have a map and we have all the bridges. So, I will note that for the future. I will email you guys separately if you like the location of the bridge, but we have a GIS map and we reference these bridges on them. I will make that note for future items. Do you know which one it is off the top of your head? On top of my head, no, I can't remember because like you said, there is several one of them. Well, again, depending on which one it is, it says there's $5,000 to remove vegetation, but several of the bridges have no vegetation around them. So, I just, I really want to make sure that the city is on top of them to not inflate. As I said, they base their proposal based on an inspection report that we provided them. And we cross reference the proposal based on items itemized in that inspection. So, vegetation removal, that, bless you. Then, I'm assuming, or it is the fact that there will be item on the inspection report that vegetation to be removed. For future items, we will provide the inspection report as a backup to this item. So, it can be clearer of this proposal. Yeah, so if we, like, commonly knew what bridge it was and we drive by and we can say, yeah, there's plenty of, you know, I can just look and there's plenty of vegetation. There's plenty of graffiti. Like, it would be more justified in our mind to know. So, I'm really just looking at this in general. I don't know what bridge this is. As I said, for future items, we will have a location map identifying the bridge. Okay. The inspection report to have more backup material to this item. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Do you know it, Matt? I believe so. You believe so. Good evening, Public Works Director Matt Thompson. I believe the bridge in question is on 16th. It is run right by Tropical Park. I know it well. Yes. And there's no vegetation. So, there is a large cluster of palm trees on the east side, the southeast corner, along with some firebush. When I looked at it, that was the vegetation that would deter their equipment from getting in there. So, they need to remove that. So, $5,000 would be a palm tree and a firebush? That's inflated. Well, it's not one palm tree, but there is a cluster and there may be some on the north side, if I remember correctly. But we did vet that and I had Hugo go out and look at it as well. Yeah, the southeast, because Seminole, they planted that stuff in that little. Right. But when I GISed the bridge, that was the bridge that it referenced. So, I just didn't want to sit there and know it and not say it. Thank you. I've been on this bridge many times with my boat as a kid. I know it well. All right. There was graffiti. No. No, but there was graffiti on it for sure. They put them, usually by boat they would put it on. I'm ready to vote. Okay. Do I have a motion? Do I have a motion on item number one? I'm motion to approve. Do I have a second? Second. Do I have any comments from the public? Anything else from Council? No? All right. Ms. Biggerow, please call the roll on item number one. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Anderson? No. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Fadgen? Yes. Yes. Thank you. Council Member Anderson. Item number 12 ITB number 078-24 window and doors replacement fire station number 4. Yes. So, Charles, actually we can take 10 and 11 together because they're- 12 and 13. Excuse me. 12 and 13. Yep. I was just on the wrong page. I had notes there, but I didn't pull that one. 12 and 13, the two window ones together. And again, I apologize. I tried to get with you to do this behind the scenes. And I pulled in the past when we've had window ones, I've pulled them. But it's hard to do it without it in front of us. There were four different bidders lower than this amount. Mm-hmm. But two of them were not responsive due to, I think, item 16.5. I could not find 16.5, meaning what to explain why they were disqualified. 16.5 is failure to provide a bid bond. The bond. Okay. And, right. Yes. And then the Hartzell, which won the next one, was 30,000 less than the number- On number 13, Hartzell won. But at number 12, did they also forget the bid bond or did they forget something else? They forgot the bid guarantee form, guaranteeing their bid during the process, making them non-responsive. The bid guarantee form, different than the bid bond? That's correct. So, and they were 30-something thousand less than the one that won. Yes. So, we just have to pay more because they get disqualified, right? That's correct. So. It was a fatal infraction. I'm not, yeah. Yeah, that form is a guarantee of the bid. So. And is 30,000, just, you can give me your straight-up opinion. Sure. Is 30,000 worth pushing it back out to bid to try to capture that? It's a grant project and we're on timelines. Yeah. So, going back in May. And I do know grant money is paying for it, but I still don't like to waste anybody's money. Correct. You know, it's still all our money and it's still our city. So. But I realize it's a lot of work to do a bid and time and all that. So. It's not the rebidding process that we're worried that we- It's the timeline. It's the timeline of getting the grant. The expenditures of the grant. I understand. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So, that's what we're up against. Okay. And basically, 13, I had less of an issue because there was a long list of bidders and there was a tight range at the bottom of the lowest bidders. And Hartzell, which also would have been for 12, had they filed their form correctly, would have probably won that one too. That's correct. And they did bring that up during our one-on-one meeting that we have with all our contracts. It's too bad, so sad. And we had an honest- It's a fatal flaw. Yeah, we gave them an honest response. Yeah. And they understood. They kind of didn't have- Even though number 13, item 13 is way more money. They were lowest and there was a large number of responsive bidders. So, it was more item 12 that I get. So, I'm ready to vote on both. All right. Motion to approve item 12. Can we do them both together? Yes, sir. Motion to approve item 12 and 13. Do I have a second? Second. All right. Is there any comment from Council? Any comment from the public? All right. Ms. Bigrow, please call the roll on items number 12 and 13. Councilmember Harlan? Yes. Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Andreu? Yes. Councilmember Fajan? Yes. Councilmember Einstein? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Spencer. All right. Moving on to board committee appointment selection of the 2025-2026 board director alternate and second alternate for the Broward League of Cities. Can I make a motion to- Can I make a motion? Yes, you may. Yes. Can I make a motion to appoint Councilmember Harlan as our board director? Second. Thank you. Ms. Bigrow, would you call the roll on that, please? Councilmember Harlan? Yes. Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Andreu? Yes. Councilmember Fajan? Yes. Councilmember Reinstein? Yes. Councilmember Fajan? Yes. Councilmember Reinstein? Yes. Councilmember Reinstein? Yes. I'd like to nominate Councilmember Ryanstein to continue as the alternate. Second. Jennifer can have it. Ms. Beggarrow, could you please call the roll? Jennifer. Councilmember Horland. Yes. Councilmember Anderson. Yes. Councilmember Andreu. Yes. Councilmember Fadgen. Yes. Councilmember Ryanstein. Yes. And I'd like to make a motion for the second alternate to remain Councilmember Andreu. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Councilmember Fadgen. Ms. Beggarrow, please call the roll. Councilmember Horland. Yes. Councilmember Anderson. Yes. Councilmember Andreu. Yes. Councilmember Fadgen. Yes. Councilmember Rainstein. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, everyone. I'm looking forward to the year to come to represent the City of Plantation once again. Comments by the Mayor. Mayor Sortel. So my first comment is not only are you the first person to be president of League of Cities from Plantation, I think, but you're the first one even to be on the board of directors. You know, I'd have to check that. I think that Mayor Valtteri may have served at some point. Oh, is she? Okay. No, Mayor Valtteri, not Vendekovic. Oh, did he? Yeah, Frank Valtteri. But I'd have to check. Oh, good to know. Yeah, I checked. I just think it's great we're involved. We learn from other people. We pick things up. Thank you. You know, that's how we get better. I'm excited for the City and for us to have that platform. Yes. Yes. So that's good. I don't have anything else except Woody. So let's do him in two weeks. We're going to do it in two weeks. Okay. I'm going to hang out here for you. Tell him to stay on the turnpike. No, I'm going to hang out here for you. Come on up. Do you want to accept on behalf? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Come on up. And she made it. You sure? Okay. You don't want to come up and tell us how proud you are of your son? She'll do it in two weeks. Okay. We'll have pizza for you. All right. So we've got to get her pizza next time. Okay. All right. Thank you for coming on tonight. That's it? Okay. Okay. That's all I have. Thank you. All right. Advisory board reports are just transmittal. We're moving on to comments from council members. Council Member Fadgen, what you got tonight? I have nothing. Have a good night. Council Member Anderson. I hope to see you at Earth Day. What is it? The Saturday the 5th? April 5th. Not this Saturday. Next. That's it. That's it. Council Member Andreu. Thank you, President Tempo. Tempo. I just want to thank everybody involved with the CRA and the heroes, our police and fire departments for the Barbecue with a Hero. That was great last Saturday. While we were there, though, we did hear about some concerns regarding the flooring at Jim Ward. So some residents were very concerned that the flooring, I haven't seen it personally. When I get back into town, I'll take a look, but that it's still not leveled and that it could be a liability. So I would like just a little bit of clarification on what we're doing to rectify that. I know that took a long time already, and that's why they were closed. But hopefully, we can get that repaired up to par. And then lastly, Sunday, April 6th at 6pm, the Plantation United Methodist Church, along with the South Florida Caribbean Chorale, will be having another one of their amazing free concerts that Sunday. So looking forward to everybody coming out. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Andreu. Council President Reinstein. Yes, thank you, Council President Pro Tem Hoorland, for handling the meeting. As some of you know, I am in Israel right now. It is a little after 1am. I'm just thankful that I didn't have to run to a bomb shelter while we were going through our council meeting, but we've had to do it three times since I've been here. Still an American, Eden Alexander, that is me. Thank you, everyone. Thank you, and safe travels home to you both. I just want to give a quick update. The mayor and I were in Tallahassee last week. I think a second trip will probably be warranted. I want to just give a quick update on the CRA bill. I was able to, last Wednesday morning, speak to the representative who's sponsoring that CRA bill. If you remember, we had talked about it. They want to abolish CRAs, and any projects that we have would have to end by October 1st. So I had a really good conversation with him, and he was having a meeting. I really kind of told the story of our CRA and all the positive things were going on. What I asked Rep. Jean Lombardo was to hold the bad actors accountable. State statute provides for an audit, and I think they need to do that, but to let those of us that are doing great things in our CRAs continue. So they did not put the bill on an agenda this week, so I think they're trying to work out some positive things, we hope, with that bill. If anybody tells you that ad valorem tax, the study is dead, it is not. I was on a Florida League of Cities call this morning, and someone said, oh, it's not going to happen. They're doing a study, and it may, well, we knew it wouldn't be implemented this year, but we need to play offense because the popular opinion is that it will be back next week, next year on 2026, and if that goes on to the ballot, that will hurt every single city in the state of Florida. So we're watching that one, but anyway, we'll try to make those bad bills better. Vietnam Veterans was really an honor to have everybody here tonight. I will be at Covenant Village on Saturday. Once again, if you remember, Bibi was here a couple years ago. He did the proclamation, and the Vietnam Veterans Commemoration Project is ending, and they'll be giving out a couple of additional pins on Saturday, so I was happy to be there. And again, Relay for Life, the Luminaria Bags. Council Member Andrew had asked at our last meeting what the cost of those would be. They will be a $3 donation to the American Cancer Society. We will have some here on site, so that will be, is that next Friday? That's next Friday. That's the 4th. Gosh, I don't know where March went, so that will be next week. And I see Ms. O'Toole sitting before me. Would you like to address the gym ward floor? I'd love to have you come up and talk about that. Thank you. It starts at 7 o'clock. Sorry, 7 and 9, $3. Hello. Good evening. So we did a soft opening of the gym ward community center on March 14th. We opened officially on the 17th. The contractor did come back several times. We have some minor things that they're still working on. The transitions, for example, from room to room that they came back and did. They damaged a little bit of drywall when they removed some of the baseboards. But all in all, it is complete. I'll be happy to meet Council Member Andreanne when she's back in town. We could do a walkthrough. But we are still working with them to finalize just some minor details. But for the most part, it's good. It's level. There are no issues that I'm aware of. So maybe Council Member Andreanne can get the residents that complaint. I'm happy to talk to them. That's why I'll do that with you and take a look at it. Sure. Thank you. You're welcome. All right. If there's nothing else, the meeting is adjourned. It's 7 o'clock. Thank you, everybody.