City Council — Nov 20, 2024

20th, 2024, City and Plantation Council meeting is now called to order at 641. Ms. Beggaro, please call the roll. Councilmember Anderson. Here. Councilmember Andreu. Here. Councilmember Fadgen. Here. Councilmember Orland. Here. Councilmember Reinstein. Here. Mayor Stortel. Here. City Attorney Ezra. Here. Thank you. Tonight's opening remarks and pledge allegiance were provided by Councilmember Andreu. Good evening, everyone. We are so excited to have the Royal Regiment from South Plantation High School join us this evening. If you could please first stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, and then they will be playing a tune for us after the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance for me. At this time, I would like to introduce everybody to Mr. Brian McCall. He is the South Plantation High School Band Director, and he will be leading these talented students from South Plantation. He's at every week. Mr. McCullough, if you can please, there's a microphone right here, and just make sure that the green light is on. There's a button there to just make sure everybody can hear you. Testing. Cool. Wonderful. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for this opportunity to allow our students to perform for you all. We are very blessed to be nominated to perform at the National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. And the same students that you see right in front of you that just performed this wonderful edition of our National Anthem, these are the students that we're trying to take to D.C. And with a trip this big, there's a lot of moving parts. There's a lot of fundraising that is needed. And we are trying to reach out to the community both for performance outreach and direct donations to get these kids to D.C. so they can see how it is to perform on a national level. So if you are interested, you can always contact me, that's brian.mccullii at bowschools.com, or you can look at our website where we have our contact page as well as our straight donation page. So thank you all for giving us the opportunity, and we hope to see your support. Thank you. Mr. McCullough. I try calling you, and I need to react from you. This is your first donation of the night from Councilmember Fadgen, alumni of this school. And I've already made one donation, but I'll be making another one because we're going to ensure that all of these talented students make it to Washington, D.C. So again, thank you all. We appreciate you, and best of luck. Go Paladins. Peace. Okay. So we have reached my coup. So I'd like to make a couple comments and a proposal. We're at the election of the city council officer, so my term is up. I'd like to thank my colleagues over the last year. It's not easy being in the center seat. You know, you actually have to pay attention. And you all made it very easy on me, and I appreciate that so much. What I'd like to propose is, you know, we're very proud of how collegial and professional we are, even when we don't agree with each other. I'd like to propose to establish a tradition that the outgoing president nominates the incoming president, and then the incoming president nominates the pro tem. So, just to... I'm fine with that. Does that mean you're going to nominate yourself again for re-election? Well, I don't think I'll get a second, so I won't be nominating myself. But I think we're going to be left in good hands, so I would like to make a motion to nominate Council Member Reinstein to be council president. I'll second that. Good. Ms. Begaro, can we at least call the roll? I'm assuming there's no public comment in dissent. Call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Council Member Horan? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Hmm. Yes, thank you. Yes, thank you. And then... Congratulations. Would you like to make the motion? I would. I'd like to make a motion for Council President Pro Tem for Council Member Denise Horan. And I'll second that. Ms. Begaro, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Yes. Council Member Horan? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Okay, let's move seats. We just talked about how we all are so, you know, agreeable and creature with each other. You get to sit by me again. Well, right, there's no music for musical chairs, but while they're discussing that, I do want to give my gratitude for Council Member Fajan, for our outgoing president. He has done a tremendous job. There was a period of time where he even had to jump in for the mayor's role. And I am very fortunate that I got to watch Council Member Fajan do his thing here. So thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate that. Now, with that, I am very fortunate that the first item that I get to call up is one of the items submitted by the mayor, and that's our plantation pioneer for 2024, somebody that I've known for many years, going back to some Kiwanis days. And I will add and say that, while I didn't know your father very well, I did know him through Kiwanis, and I'm sure he is very, very proud of you. So this is a wonderful honor that we're able to do. So without further ado, Mayor Shortell. Come on up, Bander. Oh, isn't it? That's a beautiful frame. So I get to read this about you. Okay. It was the highlights, and we had to condense it, because you have a lot of highlights. You know that. Okay. Whereas Jennifer McGonigal Collins has been in Plantation since birth and attended Plantation Park Elementary, Seminole Middle, and Plantation High, and whereas during her 22 years as student government advisor, she continues to work alongside her students as they regularly greet veterans at the airport through Honor Flight South Florida Initiative. In addition to leading her class to annually hold a recognition for all first responders, police, fire, EMS. And whereas in 2024, the Kiwanis Club named her its Volunteer of the Year, the South Plantation High staff elected her Teacher of the Year in 2005, 2009, 2015. And in 2009, Broward County nominated her for its Teacher of the Year, where she's a coach of the Girls and Boys Bullying Teams, served as an advisor to yearbook, numerous graduating classes, Ki Club, and Sign of the Nights at the American Sign Language Group. Now, therefore, I, Nick Soto Mayor, and the Plantation Historical Society and the City Council are honored to name Jennifer McGonigal Collins the Plantation Pioneer for 2024. So we're going to take one picture of me and her, and then one picture of all her friends and fans up here. So if you're a friend or a fan, come on up. Mayor, I think we're going to all join you for a picture as well. All right, she's going to talk for a minute or two, and then we'll go to our next proclamation. So lend me your ears. What do you do to get students to listen? Teach me this one. Just snap your fingers, hold up two. I'm going to stop my foot on the stage. So I'm good at public speaking in my classroom, but not out in public. I don't like all the accolades. But I would like to say first thank you to my mom and my dad for teaching me about service and giving back to the community because back in middle school that was instilled in me, and I definitely fell in love with it and giving back to others. And I hope that I've done justice to my students as well to teach them what it's about to give. It's from here. Thank you to Dr. Alice Culpepper as well because without her bragging about me, you know, I would not be here either. And to all of you as well, thank you. I've known a lot of you for many, many years. So we've gone way back. And thank you for all being here tonight. I was, like, overwhelmed when I came in here. So thank you again for this honor. Don't go away. I want to say something quickly. Thank you, Mr. President. I've had the pleasure of working alongside Jen and Mike Collins for many years when my children were at the school. And you mentioned her dad. We are both daughters, proud daughters of U.S. Marines, and I think who really demonstrated their service. And you and I both learned from that. But what I want to say is we all know educators don't get paid nearly what they deserve. And to be a club sponsor and to take on extra duties, which you and Mike have done, sometimes it comes with a statement, sometimes it doesn't. And you do it because you love it. And you really have just done an incredible job of making sure that students love their high school experience. And as a community, as a past parent, I want to thank you for that. I remember when your beautiful daughter, Josh, who is now a senior, was five years old, hanging out at the lacrosse and football games. It's really, it takes a toll on the family. And I just really, from a grateful community, want to thank you for everything you've done. Thank you. Thank you very much. So the next proclamation is for Broward Green Schools Campaign Day, and I have the privilege of presenting that one. I'm going to ask Dr. Julie Long, who's the chair of our Sustainability and Resiliency Advisory Board, to come up, along with Annika Ayer, who's the chair of the Broward Sierra Group Junior Team, and if Audrey Duenas is here, who is the communication director of the Sierra Group Junior Team. Okay. Thank you for, thank you for presenting, thank you for joining us today. And this one is the Broward Green Schools Campaign Day. So let me read this proclamation for you. Whereas Green Schools Campaign is a student-led movement with the assistance from parents, teachers, and Broward residents under the Climate Reality Project's National Green Schools Program to transition Broward County Public Schools to 100% clean energy. And whereas the Broward Sierra Group's junior team, in collaboration with Broward Green Schools Campaign, have taken the lead to transition our schools within Broward County to renewable energy and clean energy. And whereas, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, American schools emit 72 million metric tons of CO2 every year, schools are one of the largest consumers of energy in the public sector, spending nearly $8 billion annually on energy costs. Whereas Broward County has immense potential for the use of clean energy in schools and can set a precedent for other counties and states. Whereas Broward County has already taken massive strides in the movement towards sustainability, we must do more. And through the employment of clean energy in schools, Broward County can take its environmental efforts one step further. Whereas the Broward Green Schools Campaign is consistently looking for new, like-minded students to spearhead sustainability efforts, and all of our schools are welcome to join. Whereas our youth are the future leaders of our cities, states, countries, and planet Earth, and therefore their voices must be heard. Whereas the Broward Green Schools Campaign called upon the City of Plantation for our backing in this initiative, and we heeded this call. Now, therefore, Mayor Nick Sordal and the City Council Plantation do hereby proclaim Wednesday, November 20, 2024, as Broward Green Schools Campaign Day, so this is backdated, in the City of Plantation, and urge all residents to join us in this special observance. And in witness, the Mayor has signed it, and so we have declared Broward Green Schools Campaign Day in the City of Plantation. Yeah, so we just wanted to say thank you so much for your backing in this initiative. Obviously, this is something that's very dear and near to our hearts, because as students, we're the ones that are going to have to be taking on everything in the future. And if it's not sustainable for us or for our children and grandchildren, then obviously that's pretty bad. And so by making this transition to 100% clean energy in Broward County Public Schools, we're taking that step towards a more sustainable future. And with your guys' backing, hopefully we can encourage other cities to support us and get more support from the Broward County Commission as a whole. Thank you. Yes, and anyone, we have this flyer here with a QR code. If anyone's interested in showing your support, we need any, like, students, parents, elected officials, and any other community members that would be interested to show Broward County officials that we want to make this change. So if anyone wants a flyer, you can just raise your hand, and I can go around, like, passing this out. Maybe we'll just leave it at the back. Oh, yes, that too. Thank you so much. Thank you. Before you go, why don't you state your name and your school that you go to so we can get in in the minutes. My name is Audrey Duenas, and I go to American Heritage. Great. My name is Annika Iyer, and I also go to American Heritage. Fantastic. Thank you, our past president, for assisting there. Thank you. And I'm going to give Dr. Julie... I'm always thinking of the clerk. No, thank you very much. And Dr. Long is going to have an opportunity. Thank you to the council and the mayor for supporting this. This is... The effort is mainly led by students, and they're rushing off to meet with one of the school board members tonight. They're moving along. They're going to make a difference. They're changing the world, and I'd like to invite anyone that's interested to come to the Sustainability and Resiliency Board meetings. It's the second Monday of the month at 630. So we're going to keep pushing ahead. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. You're welcome, and that's for you, for your club. Thank you very much. All right. It is service award time? Yes, service award. We have two. First up for 20 years is Michael Brown. Okay. He's probably out working, so that's good. Well, we'll make up for this one. 15 years, Pamela Ponce de Leon. I get to say nice things about you, and then you'll talk. Thank you. So for those of you who don't know, Pam is the administrator closest to the mayor. She handles my schedule. She handles resident concerns, budget, and I don't know if this last one's a good thing or not. She laughs at my jokes, so don't encourage me. That's what my wife would say. Anything you want to say? Thank you all for letting me work for you all for 15 years. Thank you. So this kid I get to follow now through Pam, my fifth grandchild, I call him. He's one and a half, one and a quarter. He's one and six months. I'm around there. Okay. Next up, park and recreation, upcoming events, Director Trisha O'Toole. You're still getting applause. Look at that. I'll take it. Good evening, Councilmembers, Mayor, Mr. Ezra. A couple of announcements. This Saturday, November 23rd, we've got the holiday parade at 9 a.m. starting at Broward and 46th Avenue. Monday, November 25th through November 29th, we've got a fall break camp at Central Park. There's no camp on Thanksgiving Day, so take note of that. Saturday, December 7th, light up City Hall here at City Hall starting at 5 p.m. Tennis ongoing programs every Saturday, love serving autism, and the first and third Thursday of every month is our wheelchair tennis program. In athletics, this weekend also, we've got the TNT Softball Rising Sun showcase at Central Park. And the Thanksgiving Classic soccer tournament, Friday, November 29th through Sunday, December 1st. We're currently registering at adult athletics, flag football, kickball, and basketball. And PAL is registering spring baseball, softball, t-ball, and basketball. I've got two quick off-the-script announcements to make. Number one, I'm very happy to announce we have promoted internally an assistant director. That is Mr. Joel Schick. He's currently our superintendent of recreation facilities and services, conducted about 10 interviews, and had wonderful candidates, but ended up selecting Joel. I think he'll be a great addition. And our second announcement tonight is the traditional passing of the trunk. I would like to call up Danny Polio and a couple of our Parks Division members that took first place this year in the trunk-or-treat, I've got Phil Eaton, Ryan Bates, and Michael Ambrosio that were the masterminds behind the Swamp Monster trunk this year. Take it away. I've got to say, they were a tough act to beat this year. Everybody was. The community totally benefits now. The competition level stepped up a little bit over the last few years, and you can see a little bit of competitive nature, but it's all in good fun, and the community ultimately benefits from all this. You guys did a fantastic job on your Swamp Shack. I was impressed. I know friends that live like that, but it's all still good. So I won't take it anymore. We took the liberty of putting some things in here for you. Can it be opened publicly, or is it a private showing? I came up because Trish said my name and called me up. I had the idea. These guys made it happen in, like, an afternoon. It was insane. I don't want any credit for any of this. This is all of them. This is our fantastic Parks team. So please give them all the credit for this. All you need now is your banjo. You're good. That's what credit I'll take. I'll take banjo on the stage at home. Go on. Okay, let's keep moving on to public requests of the council regarding municipal affairs. Those who wish to speak, we request that you complete a speaker form. If you have not done so already, please do. Please state your name and address, and please address your remarks to the council president, not the mayor, nor individual members of the council. Please keep your remarks to the allotted three minutes. If extra time will be needed to conclude your remarks, please ask for it as your time is expiring and not prior to the beginning of your remarks. And we'll begin with Mr. Korman. Rob Korman, 11095 Whitehall Street. Welcome back. As you all wanted, the band is still together. I have been flying and going through training cycles, so I haven't been here in a while, but we've got the next four years to help the citizens of plantation and to hopefully work in the same direction there. Part of my training cycles and everything else coincided with the election, and there were some things that were happening during that time that I just want to address and make clear that, once again, and I've said this before, I consider you all to be my representatives. So when you act in a certain way, it does ultimately impact me as a citizen. And in this particular case, it goes towards the notion of, in essence, public shaming from a government official towards a citizen. And there is, frankly, no reason for that to happen. I get that in certain cases, there might be a need or a feeling to call out certain behavior as unacceptable, and certainly anti-Semitism is unacceptable. However, to call out an individual, post their image on Facebook, I don't think actually changes the nature of that person's feelings about Jews or about how they feel about those who practice that faith. All you are doing is, in essence, retrenching that feeling on the part of the individual, and I don't think you're actually causing a dialogue to happen. And then to come up to the dais and, likewise, make a comment like that is just plainly unprofessional. And I hold you all to a higher standard there. My hope is that as we move forward, now that the election is decided, now that you are in your seats and will need to work together, those kind of actions will not occur because, once again, that has a direct impact on me. I am fully capable of defending myself against anti-Semitic comments or anti-Semitic individuals. I will call them out. I will engage them in a conversation. I will not publicly shame them because that will not accomplish anything. It may make you feel better. It may make you feel like you are doing something, but that is not happening. That is not the case. And so what I would ask is, from this point forward, that you think about your actions in the context of the representatives of all 97,000-plus individuals who live in plantation, and that you consider whether or not those actions actually benefit all 97,000, including the ones who may not like you or may not agree with you. Thank you. Next up, for public comments, Taylor Geaton and Damian Housen. They've asked to present together. Just introduce yourself and your address, please. Hello, my name is Taylor Geaton, and I'm Damian Housen. And we are proudly representing South Plantation High School's DECA Chapter. Located at 1300 Southwest 54th Avenue. DECA is a business club and administration club that prepares emerging leaders in an array of marketing branches. Today, we are here before the council to share a bit about our DECA Chapter and what we'd like to spread to Plantation's leaders in business. Ethics are a foundation of trust, which is the cornerstone of every successful business relationship, whether it's with employees, customers, or stakeholders. When businesses operate ethically, they not only build credibility, but also ensure long-term success. Think about companies that prioritize fairness, transparency, and responsibility. They create loyal customers, motivated employees, and stronger communities. Within our DECA Chapter, we uphold ethics by ensuring we perform projects that assist others and enrich our local community. However, when ethics are compromised, consequences arise. Scandals, lost trust, and legal repercussions don't just harm the businesses. They can affect overall industries and communities. Upholding ethical standards within a business starts with leadership, and it extends to every individual within the organization. As future business leaders, it's our responsibility in DECA to lead by example. Whether it's by ensuring fair treatment of members, being environmentally conscious, or practicing honesty in marketing, our actions today will help shape the business world of tomorrow. These same standards we uphold in DECA can be applied in a multitude of business settings. By prioritizing ethics, we are not just ensuring our success, but fostering a world where businesses serve as a force for good. As Warren Buffett once said, it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If plantations, businesses, think about it, they'll make sure they do things differently and grow for the future. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Conklin. Ms. Conklin, 4581 Northwest 6th Court. Heavenly hosts protect you. And your families. It's day 1,706 since martial law shut down the churches, mask and shop mandates went into place, loss of our unalienable God-given individual rights. It's day 410 since the Hamas military terrorist wing of the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Organization on October 7th went to war against Israel. That's 409 days. One day later, when Hezbollah went to war against Israel. It's day 211 since the coordinated nationwide college jihad that's been taking place. It's day 131 since the July 13th, 1st assassination attempt on President Trump. And that happened on the anniversary of 1907 of the appearance of Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima to reveal the description of hell. It's day 67 since the second assassination attempt on President Trump. And it's day 16 since the landslide re-election of President Trump. I cut out a whole bunch of stuff. First request. I request that the city council impress upon the legislature to join Texas and Kansas in the fraud lawsuit against Pfizer. Request number two. I encourage the city council to encourage the Florida legislature to rapidly approve Florida the bullion depository and the constitutional Article I, Section 10, transactional gold and silver coins. Today, gold closed at $2,665. Our last CAFR ended 2023. That's a loss of purchasing power of 42% in U.S. dollars. That's why you have to keep raising our taxes. Request number three. Please remove from the city budget all mandatory MARCOM's Video on Demand. That's critical race theory training and ESG. That's environmental, social, and governance training, which began around May of 2021. And fourth request, remove from the city budget all electric vehicles and associated equipment, such as charging stations, et cetera. I'll give back my time. Thank you, Mr. Conklin. Mr. Wynn. Very good. So, Mr. Wynn, we'll wait for you. Therefore, are there any comments online? Last call, any other requests from council? Any other requests from the council chambers? Hang on. I'm sorry. You want to speak about racetrack, sir? Do you want to talk about racetrack? I think it falls under public comment, right? We have nothing on our agenda. Yeah, I think you're up now. Very good, then. I see it as Heike. If you could please say your full name and your address, please. Heike, Talvidia, 1061, Northwest 93rd Avenue. I thought the racetrack was on the agenda last night. Last night. That item has been removed from the agenda. So, it's no longer on the agenda today. Ah. It was on last night. Right. It's not on tonight. It's not here. It was before P&Z. Ah. But they pulled it. And they pulled it from their agenda, and it's not before us. By pulling it, that means they delayed it, and they might resubmit it, and they might not. Or might not. Hopefully not. You're welcome to use your three minutes. Okay. The whole thing was on the racetrack that, if we look at, zoom out a little bit further than the actual quarter. Take the University, Norb Hill, Broward, Oakland. There are four waterons over there. There are 16 gas stations. That's not including Wawa or Costco, which is further down a little. And racetracks are designed for high-volume, high-traffic, true-traffic operations, not residential ones. And I looked at the site plans, and a couple of things came up from there, that if they don't get the setback variants on the south side, the whole thing wouldn't fit in a lot to start out with. And if there's only one turning lane from Sunrise into it, which I think the staff already recommended over there, it's going to be very tight for the tanker to turn. If there's any customers or anything over there, the tanker can't turn. It's going to sit there. Also, the turning lane includes the bus stop, which is going to reduce the service level of the transit. So, yes, they have a couple of EV charging stations over there, but what do you do for 30 or 45 minutes at the racetrack? I don't know. So, that was my comments. I was going to go on the PC, but I guess I missed the date. But I have my little notes for you, if I can give it to you. If it comes back. Thank you very much. You can hand them all, and I'll pass them down if you like. Yeah. Thank you very much. Thank you for your time. If we don't have any other requests of Council regarding municipal affairs, then public requests of the Council are now closed, and we'll now move to the consent agenda. The consent agenda consisted of items 1 through 18, not including 14, which was pulled from the agenda. Does any member of the Council wish to pull an item? Item 3. Sorry. I'm sorry. 8. And I'm going to pull 6 and 9, and also from the public, there's 3 and 9 as well. Any other items to be pulled from Council or from the public? Hearing none, can I have a motion? Can I make a motion to approve the consent agenda items 1 through 18, with the exception of 368, 9, and 14, which has been pulled already, right? Correct. All right. Can I have a motion? Do I have a second? Second. Ms. Beggarro, can you please call the roll? Council member Anderson. Actually, I think there's an error in the consent for number 1, so I think I should pull it to cite the error. It's minor, but I'll revise my motion, approve consent agenda items 1 through 18, with the exception of 13, 6, 8, 9. Second. And 14 was already removed. And 14 was already removed. Ms. Beggarro, can you please call the roll? Council member Anderson. Yes. Council member Andre. Yes. Council member Fajan. Yes. Council member Horland. Yes. Council member Reincey. Yes. Number 1, agenda item number 1, Council member Anderson. Yes. The consent, the fiscal years is 20, hold on, I've got to open it back up. I think it's listed wrong in the summary. It's missing 24, 25 year. It goes 23, 24, 25, 26. Isn't that missing? Isn't, am I, I just saw it in my face. I just caught it right now. Yeah, I see what you mean. Sorry, I'm not trying to derail it. Repeat it again, because now the, uh, FOP's walked in. Repeat it so they can hear it. It's for fiscal, I'm opening it to see the summary. It's for the fiscal year. What fiscal years is this supposed to cover? 23, 24, all the way to 26, 27? Yeah. He's right. Yeah. FY 25, ending this current fiscal year, plus three years. So is the error in the summary also anywhere else, or is it just the summary where the error is located? The resolution is incorrect. Yeah. I think that's right. Council Member Anderson is saying it should be 24, 25 fiscal years, not there. Yes, it should be advanced one year. In the resolution. Thank you for the good catch. It still ends where it ends, but. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it needs to be. City Attorney Israel, as a point of order, can it be amended right here as a fiscal year? Yes, sir. So, so if, correct. So do we have a, Council Member Andrade, are you making that motion? So, Jason, is it supposed to be 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27? I was just in 25, 26, 27. I don't know why we put both dates. Hmm? Okay. What did you say, Jason? 24. We have a three-year contract beginning 25, the current fiscal year. I thought we backed it up to October of 24? October. This is 24. I thought it was. So, is this back retroactively year or it started a month ago? We're an FY25. What's that? We are an FY25. It should be 24, 25, 25, 26, and 26, 27. That, that confuses me. I don't know why I say 24, 25. I mean, FY25 is what we're in right now. When we talk about budget, we talk 24, 25, 25, 26. When you express it, yeah. So, the very first. Can I explain this, please? Guys, one at a time, please. So, wait. Anna, everybody else. The very first line says 23, 24. The very, it should be 24, 25. Yeah, so, budget. 25, 26, 26, 27. Yes. Budget years run 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27. So, Council Member Anderson, do you want to make a motion with the motion? Well, it's to correct the summary, and is it also in the resolution or anywhere else? It's incorrect. Where is it, where is it incorrect in the resolution? Well, at the top. The top. So, it's the same summary, yep. So, the motion is to correct the summary on the consent agenda, and also the resolution of item one, to reflect the fiscal years 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27 for both documents. Do we have a second? Second. Council Member Horland. Any further discussion? Ms. Bedgrove, could you please call the roll? Council Member Anderson. Yes. Yes. Council Member Fadgen. Yes. Council Member Horland. Yes. Council Member Reinstein. Yes. Next, we had item number three, and I believe that was the one pulled by Mr. Conklin. No, Council Member Fadgen. Okay. I thought you said eight, three. Go ahead, Council Member Fadgen. Just a quick comment regarding item three. Mitch Rosenstein was my appointment. He was my rotating appointment, not Council Member Horland. But I had to make the appointment last year, and we probably, hopefully, will have someone else do the rotating this year. But really, that's my only comment. Okay. So, I'll make a motion to approve the report. I'll second. Any further discussion? Any comments? Ms. Bedgrove, please call the roll. No. No? Oh. Did it. Sorry, Mr. Conklin. Yeah, go ahead. Thank you. Dennis Conklin, 4581 Northwest Sixth Court. Whenever we get into the subject of affordable housing, I always like to bring up the idea that what really needs to be encouraged, what really needs to be encouraged is family formation. We had a nice young family here. We had a nice young family here that was one of the recipients of the mayor's recognitions today. I mentioned already about the buoyant depository. The states are going to have to rescue us. The federal government has basically put the knife to our throats, and they pulled it across both of our carotid arteries. We're at $32 trillion, and it grows $1 trillion every hundred days of debt. We can't pay that off, but the states, already Texas has provided its depository. It's working on transactional. If Florida and Texas go together, the whole thing, the states can save us. We, the people. My children's generation can barely afford a home. I've mentioned it before. When I started out, the federal minimum wage was $1.25. If I took those five silver quarters today, it's over $30 an hour federal minimum wage. Ha! They can't keep up with the loss of purchasing power of dollars. But if you form families, you have a chance to fight against this, particularly if you reinforce the states in their movement, their constitutional right of states. Under Article 1, Section 10, they can coin money, but it has to be gold and silver. And it can be made transactional because it's already transactional. You can do it yourself right now with glint. You can buy your gold, and you can pay with gold. And if the merchant or service even wants to get paid in gold, they can receive the gold. But they can be paid in any denomination, dollars, euros, yen, whatever. But it's got to be done. And that's what I want to bring about because you're really chasing your tail. And like a dog, you can't catch your tail with this. We have to step forward, assume the responsibility of citizens, and encourage our legislatures to move forward to save us, we the people, because the federal government has basically extinguished us. Thank you. I'll give you back. Thank you. Any further comments? Hearing none, Ms. Beggarow, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Council Merlin? Yes. Council Member Einstein? Yes. Next is item six. This is one that I pulled. This is the sidewalk mitigation project. Actually, really my question is more for administration. Jason, this question has more to do with the work in progress for when we start doing the sidewalk mitigation, when we start seeing this. Is there a way that we can be more public-facing in order to show the public where we are, where we're up to, where it's upcoming? I mean, oftentimes we get the question is, well, when's my neighborhood next? And, you know, it's one of those things we've talked about is that any opportunity that we can be more public-facing, any opportunity we can put more information out to the public, it benefits everybody. We can get with public works because what this is going to do is help us address the backlog of work orders. So, I believe we are going to be addressing, I don't know if it goes back to 23, but definitely 24. So, if we can somehow plot that on GIS to show folks generally what those areas we're going to be attacking, I think that's something we could do. Very good. I'd like to see that. I think it would be helpful. Okay. For sure. And I see Council Member Andrejo. Yes. Thank you, President Reinstein. Two weeks ago, we actually approved, right, the Capital Improvement Comprehensive Plan. Were these sidewalks part of that plan? Do you remember? No, I don't believe so because they're really not capital improvements. This is basic maintenance. And, unfortunately, this is something we've let slide, so we're using this to catch us up. To Council Member Reinstein's point, I actually, I meant to say it two weeks ago and wrote it in my notes and then for some reason it got past me. But, could we get some type of quarterly report on these? Because we do get a lot of questions about, you know, what part of the city they're working on and particularly going back to the Capital ones. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, I don't see an issue with that. I mean, we still really haven't gotten an update on what's happening with some of the roofing projects. And so, if we could somehow, I don't know if it's monthly, might be too much to ask, but at least on a quarterly basis. We'll figure something out. We can provide that to you just in the same way we provide the quarterly reports on the grants. You know, the roofing projects, I believe we've addressed them as they've come up. I mean, Dyke was one that obviously lingers with everybody. And, unfortunately, that got stuck with, one, a structural issue, so we had to address that and add some of the plans. The other aspect, we got caught in a code change. But I believe that if it's not hit the streets yet, it's on the verge of it, and we're committed to moving that forward as fast as possible. Thank you all. Very good. Thank you. Any further comments? Hearing none, I'll make the motion to approve Item 6. Second. Ms. Beggro, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Council Member Hortland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. And Item 8 was pulled by Council Member Hortland. Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to hear where we are from City Engineer. Good evening, Council Member President and the Council Members and City Attorney. My name is Samira Shalan. I'm the City Engineer. In May of this year, Council authorized us to engage a consultant in providing conceptual plan for Central Park Drive. Today, we have a short presentation to update you on the project, and then we have a request toward the end of the project. I have with me Stefano Viola. He's the Vice President of Kimley and Horn, and he's going to lead the presentation, and we can take questions after. Good evening, Stefano Viola with Kimley and Horn & Associates, 8201 Peters Road, Plantation, Florida, 33324. So, we were engaged by the City to put together a lane repurposing conceptual plan with study. So, what we were looking at is the corridor on Central Park Drive from Cleary all the way to Broward Boulevard. So, this is an existing location of that roadway corridor. And so, what we looked at is proposing a roundabout at the intersection of Cleary and Central Park, and then another roundabout, you can see kind of on that south end close to Broward, that would be the future proposed entrance to Central Park to align with the community center building. So, between the two roundabouts, and I'll have some more detailed plans as we go through with the slides, we are looking to take the outside lanes on the south side, or excuse me, east side. It would be on-street parallel parking. On the west side, we are proposing a multi-use path with increased landscaping with landscape islands and landscape throughout the corridor from that section, and then with the roundabouts, and looking at improving the lighting and proposing some additional connections for crossing the street corridor with mid-block crossings into the park that align with the current entrances to Central Park. In addition, we have started doing a traffic study for the lane repurposing. We've done traffic counts within late September, and then again in late October, including traffic counts during a swim event in late September, to understand the traffic volumes in this corridor. We are still finalizing the model for that, but based on preliminary calculations from current today, and then looking forward to 2045, the lane reduction will still be supported. So, one lane in each direction is still supported with the future projections. As you can see here on the slide, the four-lane, the capacity of a four-lane road is 3,000 cars, rounding down, and then for a two-lane, it's almost 2,000. We are currently seeing, which is that second column today, about 786 vehicles. Projecting that forward to 2045, we'd be about 911, just shy of 1,000. So, it would still be enough capacity with the two-lane road in lieu of the four-lane corridor. But we will provide modeling in the next phase of design, which is on the agenda to be approved to confirm this, and we will submit to the county and get it approved with this lane reduction, if chose to by the city. So, we've put together some plans showing that, again, this is starting on the improvements on Clery. You can see the roundabout with the crossing of that corridor as we continue to work our way south. We're proposing a mid-block just adjacent to those baseball park. That aligns with the multifamily. So, if they choose to use that access, it kind of is seamlessly going across the street into the park with sidewalk connectivity. You can start to see the parallel parking along the – how do I have a pointer here? Oh, no. Sorry. There we go. You can see parallel parking along the east side of the roadway corridor, and that is parallel. And as we continue, we have a few concepts up here. The one that we're presenting today shows parallel, but there's a few areas along the corridor that we could possibly do angled parking to increase the number. On this concept here, we're adding about 113 parking spaces parallel that would be in support of Central Park. And as we continue down the corridor, we have another mid-block crossing, as we call it, here, aligned with the entrance to the parking. And then, as we continue south, we have another mid-block crossing where it's aligning with Northwest 2nd Street. And then, the proposed roundabout, which would be a future connection for the park. We also have another entrance and aligning this all with the future improvements that Central Park accounted for in our design. This is the current typical section, as you can see, two lanes in each direction with landscape median in the middle of the corridor and then landscaping on both sides. And then, we have a proposed section, which would be the multi-use path on the west side of the corridor and then parallel parking on the east side of the corridor. And we are looking to propose some environmentally friendly pervious pavers, something to that, it's not pervious pavers, it's actually what we call the cell block. You have them at the Dyke Center as well. And the entrance is to kind of account for drainage and make it more of a greenscape. And then, there will be landscaping along the corridor to make the multi-use paths have some shaded areas and make it more accommodating to pedestrians. Here is a perspective at Central Park in Clery, so you can see what it would look like. The background, that is the existing condition, and this would be the proposed improvements of that roundabout at this intersection and looking one direction. And then, we have another one looking from the other direction, so this is going into the park area. So, you can see what that roundabout would look like, allowing pedestrian connectivity, the landscaping, and kind of making it very, this would also help with traffic calming along Clery. So, our next steps would be to finalize our traffic model, which we're currently working on. And if Council chooses to move forward with the final design, we would work our way into 60% design, permitting, final design. Then, at that point, advertising for construction, awarding it to a contractor, and then constructing the improvements for the roadway corridor. We would estimate about a year, nine months to a year, to take it from where it's at now to final design and permitting, so it would be ready to go out for construction. Councilmember Fatchin. Thank you, President Ryan Steen. So, in 2045, under this preliminary, you know, capacity of the road, I think it was 911 and two lanes would be a capacity of 1901. So, we're about under 50% capacity, even with the lane diet. Okay. Yes, sir. So, I'm glad you had that in there, because I was going to ask that. Are we going to increase the access to the parks, to the park itself, you know, with other access points? If we're going to have, like, street parking, are people really going to want to walk to get in there? And then I'm thinking, like, okay, I don't want to park on the street. I'm going to go into the parking lot, and then I'm going to come back out on the street, you know, to grab that, you know, the street parking. So, are we going to increase the access points to enter the park? Yes. So, pedestrian, not vehicular access points, but pedestrian access points. Yes, sir. Park on the street. Okay. Yes, sir. And then my last question is. I'm sorry. Let me just add. During this process, we have been meeting with other departments, and Parks and Recreation is one of a stakeholder that we continue to engage, because we want this to be compatible with the parks master plan. Well, that's the next question. Are we taking consideration what the possible Central Park remaster plan? Okay. And then the last thing is the trees in the median, the trees on the side of the road, that road has a very nice canopy. Those are going to be staying in place. We're not really going to do anything with the median except for those specific roundabout areas. That is correct. So, we're not looking to remove any trees. I mean, obviously, the roundabout to the entrance of the park may impact a tree, but we would put additional trees back. We are looking to add trees to the corridor. So, in areas, if you could see here, we were, it's right off the page. Let me go to this one. We have pockets that we actually added landscaping in between the parking. So, it's right off the page here. You can kind of see it in a landscape pocket here to kind of make sure that it's clear we would have landscaping, that we could add trees. We're not showing it in this because it would hide the parking, but we're adding additional landscape areas to put trees. And that was my assumption. I just wanted to make sure we weren't starting over with a canopy that's been going on for 30, 35 years. Actually, I have a prime example. So, right here, you can see. So, one thing we were looking at is there's existing trees along the park, and we don't want to put trees competing with those trees. So, when here, you can see the park has a gap, so that island is very specific so that we can get a large shade tree in here that would fill that gap. Okay. So, we're being very mindful of that. And then, on the walking path, there's this big dip. Do you know what I'm talking about? Is that something we're going to address, or is that something that has to be addressed with the park, or both? No, it's going to be part of what I'm talking about. I always, like, when I used to walk Central Park, got too busy, I always thought that was dangerous, like, with that dip in that area. But I do know exactly there's, when you're walking along the park path specifically, like, the hill. Yeah. Oh, when you come down the other side. There's a spot where the fence dips underneath, and it's a large gap. Yeah, it goes under the fence. Okay. Yes, sir. I'm glad that you were aware of it. That's all I have. Thank you. Councilman O'Hortland. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for the presentation. My question was, and I'm working with the master plan of the park, what was the determinant to add the street parking when we've got the parking lot there? Are we looking to reduce parking lot, surface parking lot on the park? The idea is to free the space to use it as a park rather than parking. So we will reduce some of the parking. Okay. Okay. Okay. That was my question while we're adding that. So to free the space of Central Park to do activities in the park. Okay. And do that, number one, tackle the big events such as Fourth of July, swim team, tennis team, whatever is happening. So we will provide that parking opportunity. Okay. A quick in and out rather than. And it would eliminate some of that asphalt. Exactly. And use the space for parking or even other use such as Central Park or we started to compete on the space over there so to efficiently use the space rather than the parking. Okay. So it's a hundred and thirty parking space that we can free for something else. Okay. And I'm all for the traffic coming on that street as well as Cleary. We've talked about that quite a bit. And you know how I feel about the roundabouts. I like that they're going in there. But my question is the roundabout that we're adding that we're proposing on Cleary and Central Park Drive. So now we haven't talked about are we going to go ahead and reduce the lanes on Cleary in conjunction with that roundabout being constructed? In the area of the roundabout, yes. Okay. So are we just going to start to narrow into it? Yeah. It would come from two lanes to one. So it's a one lane roundabout. It is not a two lane roundabout. Okay. And that would just kind of, I don't want to say pinch point because people would think it impacts them. But it would bring them into a single lane roundabout. Okay. Perfect. All right. Thank you very much. And just one thing to kind of touch on it. In addition, so we stopped the parking short of Broward, one, to not impact that intersection which would be a much larger project. Right. But also knowing there's a pocket park here on that south end, we've put parking on the street here that would be direct access for that group because when you go there, there's no parking for that pocket park. We'd have a break in the fence line there. Okay. Great. I'm glad you left off with that because that makes sense to me, the parking right by the park. When you have to park on the other side, it's quite a walk for people who solely want to use the park. I am interested, though, in terms of the 113 more parking spaces. Now, I recognize that when we have big events, 4th of July, for example, there's no question that the parking space is utilized. But otherwise, for events that take place there, whether it's the regular use of the park for baseball or flag football or even when we have 5Ks there, the parking lot is not full. My question is that when looking at the parking on the side of the street, I don't see any consideration for dedicated bike lanes. And that's something that we've talked quite a bit from the dais here about wanting to see that when opportunities arose that there were dedicated safe bike lanes. Can you address that at all? So the multi-use path is sized to be accommodating to both pedestrian and bicycle traffic. So that west side, it's not a – so sometimes multi-use path would be 8 feet, and then you conflict with pedestrians and bicycle. We're showing a 12-foot to give that ability to allow both working on street. We did not accommodate it. We wouldn't – it's not opposed, but typically when you have on-street parking, you don't want the bike lanes going back because people then start backing in to that bike lane. So that to us would be unsafe. We had talked about possibly putting it between the parking and the park because there is going to be an introduction of an area there. It would impact the tree canopy. So when we were weighing the options, a fair amount of those trees sit right on that fence. They would have to come out if we wanted to introduce something like a multi-use path along the park. And when we talked to park staff, it was better – we saw it as that path that's in the park would be the better use of that area in keeping the trees. Yeah, so I definitely heard you describe the multi-use sidewalk, and it shows it in the picture, although I think every discussion we've had from here regarding bike lanes, it's the separate and distinct bike lanes, the safe bike lanes that are not multi-use. And so I just – I'm a little uneasy with the street parking in place of what I think would have been a great opportunity for safe bike lanes there. Another opportunity, while it's still conceptual, that we can talk about here is we can reduce the multi-use path to be something like an 8 feet and then put more additional on-street parking – I mean, excuse me, on-street bike lane on that west side of the corridor. I mean, that is something that we can do on both sides. So – because we have a full lane, 11, 12 feet, that we are removing, so we can make that on-street bike lane adjacent to the path and then reduce the multi-use path. One of our discussions has been we don't want that conflict in the roadway between bikes and cars, so that's one of the reasons we're focusing on the multi-purpose path. Now, if we were to introduce multi-purpose plus a bike lane off the street, that's going to have some impact on our costs. We can look at it, but we did make accommodations in the multi-purpose path, and we don't feel the conflict between pedestrians and cyclists is nearly as dangerous as between cars and cyclists. Agreed, and I don't think that that's the comparison that's being made. I think it's simply a safer bike lane, so that it's safer from cars and so avoiding the pedestrians altogether. And when talking about the safer bike lanes, I think it's always been in the context that it wouldn't just be a painted lane. It would be something that had either some type of barrier or some type of step-up so that distracted drivers weren't veering into the lane. Absolutely. When we move forward with the comp plan update, it's our intent to have it specifically in there that we would only have protected bike lanes to the extent that we have them to keep FDOT from adding facilities on, say, university or things like that that just make no sense. So if we approve this today, is there still an opportunity to add and include safe, distinct bike lanes? We can take another look at that. But it will definitely, I mean, in multipurpose, I just want to stress that that is a much safer alternative than we have today. And I am not saying it's not a safer alternative. The question is when you have an opportunity to provide a safer bike lane, that we take that opportunity. Maybe we can look at what that looks like from a space perspective and a cost perspective to see what it adds. And can we still do that if this is approved, this design? Also, I want to add, when you add bike lanes, you want to think of the connectivity of these bike lanes. So if we add a distinct bike lane, the only connectivity we're providing for these cyclists is to the park facility. The roads, Cleary and Broward doesn't have distinct bicycle facilities. So you were still going to have that gap of facilities. It's another problem we have in the city. That's correct. Mayor, did you click in before? I clicked in and clicked out. Samara covered my point, which is that a lot of parties have worked on this. This is part of a plan to basically make this one of the more walkable, pedestrian-friendly spots in the city. And as you look at the land around the city, this is our only shot to do it. This is our only place where we can do something like this. And so the crosswalks are going to be important. Carol Morris has talked a lot about making sure that we can get pedestrians to and from the west side across the street. And Parks has been in on it. And it's something we've been working on for a long time. And it's the first piece as we're looking to go along. You guys intuitively know that. Which is why we're going to get it right right now in the first piece. Yeah. I mean, a 12-foot path is pretty good. And if you make that a 12-foot path, cyclists could go both north and south because they would go both ways. If you put an individual bike lane on each road, each side, then you're going to go, you know, north on the right and south on the left. And based on everything I see, most people use bike lanes in that area to go to the park. They're riding up and down. You go to the park, and that's the landing spot. Council Member Hoyland. Mr. President, we have talked about the dedicated bike lanes. But I just wanted to state that in this instance, I am completely fine with the way this is proposed. This is not one of our high-traffic streets. I think that, again, a multi-use path is just that, a multi-use path. And I think it's wide enough. I would certainly, I ride my bike over in that area, would certainly be able to use that path along with the pedestrians. And I like the fact that the landscaping is, clearly delineates the multi-use between the traffic. I did want to ask, with the crosswalks, are we giving any consideration to perhaps some lights on those crosswalks? You know, some type of beacon that maybe, as people, because it does get a little dark back there, especially for walkers at night. So I would ask if we can get some consideration, if that's a possibility, if it works with the plan, to create a little more safe environment there. Lighting is one of the elements we'll be looking at as part of this project as well. Okay, great. Thank you. Council Member Fadgen. Thank you. So what is, it's a very small print, what is the width of the multi-path? Twelve feet. Twelve feet, okay. So I think, I like this design. I think it accomplishes what we talked about before, about creating a barrier between auto traffic, pedestrians, and bicyclists. At last week's MPO meeting, there was a pretty involved conversation about the things that they're doing about, you know, creating these bike lanes and just painting them green, and thinking that drivers are going to see that while they're texting, while they're driving, and stuff like that. So there seems to be some motivation at the MPO that they want to have barrier protection between pedestrians and bicyclists, and the auto traffic, and stuff like that. And I think that, I think this would accomplish what we need, but this is just the preliminary, so there's still ways to go. So I like this. That's it. Thanks. Thank you. And I appreciate your clarification that you're going to continue to look at that, so that's helpful. Any other comments from the days? And do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve. Second. And I think we have Mr. Wynn from the public. He rode his bike here. It's nice weather. He speaks to this. Joe Wynn, 944 Northwest 92nd Terrace. Congratulations to all of you and the new seat arrangement, Council President, Council President Pro Tem. Obviously, you know this project is one of my babies here, so I'm not going to go into detail on things. I just want to speak to some of the concepts that were presented and reaffirm some of the things that were shared by members of the Council. And one is that I also agree with you that protected bike lanes are the ideal, and if there's no great connectivity to other areas yet, you have to start somewhere. And we understand that not every project is going to get 100% of the city or of a region covered, so we work on it in sections just like we do with sidewalks, just like we do with everything else. So that said, if we do choose to go with the multi-use path approach, what's the common thing now is to use a texture and color separator on the pathway itself that would give clear delineation between bicyclists and pedestrians to give them a sense of a little expressway to some sense. And separated, separated, protected is ideal, but if we have 12 feet, there is some room to work with. I agree, RFBs, the beacons, the flashing lights at the crosswalks would be a good idea. I saw that the lane, the car driving lane is 12 feet. I would recommend going to 11 because it is a low-trafficked, slow-speed roadway. It would still allow utility vehicles and whatnot to fit through, and that also could further slow down the traffic and maybe find some of that space for some of these other improvements that we're discussing. As far as the parking, people park, everybody wants to have the front parking space, wherever they go, right? And so like this weekend, I was there, and there was at least five events going. It was busy. People were parked up on the berms, and trucks were sideways. It was wild. But the front lot was at about 50% capacity, and the rear big lot behind the multi-use building was also at about 50% capacity. So though there were people there, they weren't actually in the spaces. People choose to park as close as they can. So the street parking, if it's where they want to be, then they might park there. But if they want to be somewhere else, they're just going to ignore it and park on a berm somewhere. Our addressing that would have to be fencing and stuff, and I don't know about that. As far as the street parking itself, it could add some degree of conflicts just with other car traffic and pedestrian activity, with people coming and going in blind spots that could get generated. I believe it was brought up by the council to some extent of people kind of driving around and in and out. And so any time we have kind of cars coming and going and people around, we're going to want to try to reduce all of that. But overall, I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. This is generally a great project, and I look forward to seeing where it goes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Winner. Any further comments? Hearing none, Ms. Beggow, if you can please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Andreu. Yes. Council Member Fragin. Yes. Council Member Horland. Yes. Council Member Reinstein. Yes. And that takes us to legislative items. Did we pull? Yes. Thank you for the reminder. Number nine. So number nine, Mr. Spencer, you probably know why I pulled it. Yes. So it's just to, again, every time I see that the term contract may exceed a number, and while it states not to exceed a department's approved fiscal budget, which was, I know, somewhat of the compromise that you've added to the language, it always makes me pause that we don't know how much is actually going to be spent on an item. So I just make it, again, bring it to your attention that I don't have a problem with approving the item, but I would like to see that there is an actual number that you're forced to live with and that we are approving as opposed to just not to exceed the budget. Sure. I'm Charles Spencer Procurement Director. So as we've mentioned before, we are going through an ERP process that's going to be a little bit more robust to provide us with some data points to be able to assist us when navigating these numbers that we have that our current ERP system does not allow us to do. So we'll be able to draw down and be able to give you a little bit more specifics once we start onboarding a new ERP system. Now, we're not there yet, but we are going through that process. I do know Anna and her team is really good about providing budgetary numbers when they have them in the budget, but because this particular agreement is so robust in what it offers, it's almost difficult to say each department is going to only spend a certain monetary value. So it's kind of give and take when it comes to these departments. Some departments are going to be leasing uniforms. Other departments are going to be buying shoes. Another department may be buying respirators. The agreement is a little robust when it comes to those things, so we're going to have to leave some discretion in the department's hands. And finance, of course, to make sure that they're still staying within their monetary values of their approved budget. I know you'll be on top of it. Yes. I just wanted to, again, bring it to your attention, my concern. And I always appreciate it. Thank you very much. I'll make the motion to approve 9. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Nguyen, good evening again. Joe Nguyen, 944 Northwest 92nd Terrace. You may think, why is this short, skinny guy coming up here and talking about uniforms? Well, because not all of us are a perfect fit size, and not all clothes fit everybody as well as they'd like. And how you feel in your clothing has to do with how you feel in your day-to-day life. And what some institutions, companies, and potentially governments, if they're able to with different contracting and whatnot are trying to do, to provide more inclusiveness and acceptance of people of all body types, is trying to create an ability for them to come with their own professional garb that the city then provides the embroidery or labeling or whatever it may be, so that they're wearing something that forms to them and they can perform at their best. I was just at a conference this past couple weeks while I wasn't in town for the meeting. And one of the presenters shared her story of how she was told to wear the company attire. And she was like, it's not going to happen. And they said, no, I'd really like to see you wearing this. And she came in, in the company attire, and it was not well fitted to her body type. And she had some clothing malfunctions. She had a little laugh about it because she's a happy person generally. But still, it proved a point that she was in need of some other options to provide for clothing. And it's really just respect for others. And I saw the guidelines, and it looks like there's a lot of accommodation for different types. I just want that to be something that everybody keeps in mind so that we don't make anybody feel excluded or uncomfortable in their day-to-day as they're moving through whatever they're doing to serve the members of this community and the city at large. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Warren. Hearing no other comments, no other, I think we're moving to legislative items. You should vote. And we need to vote. Goodness, thank you. Sorry. I was just trying to push us along. You do not want that nine. Now, call the roll, please. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andreu? Yes. Council Member Trajan? Yes. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Einstein? Yes. How about now? Legislative items. Okay. City Attorney Ezra, can you please read the summary? This is a public hearing. First reading of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Plantation, Florida, amending ordinance 2024-007 to extend the moratorium imposed therein until March 8th, 2025, providing for conflict, severability, and effective date. Do we have any discussion from Council? I'd like to make a motion to approve. Any comments from the public? Okay. And Council Member Fadgen? Thank you. I guess I just have a couple questions. Some of these I asked Jason and I'll probably ask you again. And so where are we with this? What percentage completion are we with this moratorium? Okay. Where are the? For the record, Dan Holmes, Planning and Zoning, Economic Development Director. We started kind of looking at uses and looking at maybe modifying the existing NPM zoning district. We started exploring some other options, you know, that I don't have the map, but you have the map of the area. We're looking at possibly overlay zoning or another type of zoning as we also look at what's going on with the company. So we started digging into it and now we're considering other options and that's kind of delaying us now? I want to explore some different options before we just try to rush in and address it. So do you think we'll be able to get it done in the next 90 days? And is it 90 days as of today or is it 90 days at the expiration of the 180 days? It goes through March. It would be until March 8th. So 90 after the 180? Yes. Okay. Correct. So this was on last night's PNZ agenda. I discussed this with Jason yesterday, I believe, or the day before, that if we could have a little bit more foresight in the future, because I do talk to my appointee from PNZ and I like to hear what the discussion is. And then when we have something on PNZ the day before a council meeting that's going to be on, you know, sometimes that time's compressed and won't necessarily get the discussion that might be warranted on various issues. So I would just say, like, I would have to think, like, in October we probably knew that we weren't going to get this done, that we were going to have to extend the moratorium. So it would have been better for it to be on the PNZ agenda last month. Just an ability so we can have conversation and thoughtful process. A point well taken. We typically don't operate in that manner. No, I understand. But just a request, and I appreciate that you're taking that point. That's all I have. Thank you. Councilmember Horland. Thank you, Mr. President. Now, you brought up PNZ, so I have a question. With the moratorium, does that affect an applicant that's already in the pipeline, for instance, crossroads, who was at? No, if they were already in the applicant. They're already in, so the moratorium does not apply. Thank you. And crossroads, you mean the item that was on last night's agenda? Yeah. Well, because they came before us and they had been denied. Yeah. Yeah, but that's also outside the moratorium area as well. Oh, right. That's correct. Any comments from the public? I'll make a motion to approve. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Ms. Beggarow? Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Andrew? Yes. Councilmember Fadgen? Yes. Councilmember Horland? Yes. Councilmember Einstein? Yes. Agenda Item 20, PP24-0025. City Attorney Ezra? Yes, sir. This is public hearing second reading of an ordinance of the City of Plantation, Florida, pertaining to the subject of zoning and land development, amending Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances, specifically amending Section 27-59 Entitled Murals. I'm sorry, I read the top section. Amending the physical and digital versions of the land development regulations, providing for codification, severability, a savings clause, conflicts, and an effective date. Any discussion from Council? Councilmember Horland, I see you're still on here. Is that from the prior one? Thanks. All right. Councilmember Fadgen? No? Motion approved. Any comments from the public? Okay, we heard a motion. Second. We have a second. Ms. Becker? Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Andrew? Yes. Councilmember Fadgen? Yes. Councilmember Horland? Yes. Councilmember Einstein? Yes. Agenda Item 21, PP24-0026. This is a public hearing second reading of an ordinance of the City of Plantation, Florida, pertaining to the subject of streets and land development, amending Chapter 23 of the City Code of Ordinances, specifically amending Section 23-22, entitled Numbering and Naming of Streets Prior to Issuance of Building Permits, amending the physical and digital versions of the land development regulations, providing for codification, severability, a savings clause, conflicts, and an effective date. Any discussion from Council? And I have Mr. Conklin. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. Second. And Mr. Conklin? Dennis Conklin, 4581 Northwest 6th Court. I'm taking advantage of this because it's sort of serendipitous. At last City Council meeting, former Councilman Lee Hillier happened to mention and recommend my annual request for the naming of Ronald Reagan Way, and if I may approach. I normally wait until February, the anniversary of the President's birthday, and I've been making the request. Next year will be the 14th request since his 100th anniversary of his birth that we kind of catch up with the rest of the world who's recognized him since the 100th anniversary and before in naming some way, some road, some path, some whatever, in honor of Ronald Reagan. In the early requests, I was always told that the turnpike is named Ronald Reagan Way, and it's true. But even in Sunrise Exit, which is in Plantation, there's no mention of Ronald Reagan Way. It's the Sunrise Exit to the Florida Turnpike or Entrance. So I will be submitting the request again, but because of the issue mentioned about naming streets, that's why I asked to speak to this, and heartily encourage this council with the newly constituted officers to kindly move on that request. God bless, and I yield back. Hearing no other comments, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andrew? Yes. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Council Member Horland? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Item 22, PD24-001. City Attorney Ezra. Public hearing, second reading of an ordinance of the City of Plantation, Florida, pertaining to the subject of comprehensive planning, adopting the annual amendment to the capital improvements element of the comprehensive plan of the City of Plantation, approving transmittal of the amendment to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the related agencies for the purposes of sufficiency review in accordance with Florida statutes, providing a savings clause, and for an effective date. Council Member Reinstein? Just a question for Attorney Ezra on this item and for my own personal edification. I thought there were a number of days that we had to, I don't want to call it a waiting period because there's probably a better name, but between a first and a second reading. Is there, and if so, how many days? There's not typically a requirement for the number of days in between a first and a second reading of an ordinance. There's a requirement to advertise a certain number of days in advance of the second reading, typically in public hearing. How many days? I believe it's 10 days. Okay. I only asked because we, this one was 14, so as soon as we passed it, then it was advertised. We actually don't have them so quick back-to-back. I thought it was 30 days for some reason in between. No, under 166.041, it's 10 days. Okay, thank you. Any other discussion from Council? Is there a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Any comments from the public? Ms. Beggarow? Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andrejev? Yes. Council Member Fajan? Yes. Council Member Reinstein? Yes. Comments by the Mayor? Thank you all. We've got to catch up on a little bit of business. Mr. Mike Brown, come on down. We have a pin recipient for 20 years. He was out working, but he wants this pin, doggone it. So... Six times in my whole career. What's that? I've been late six times in my whole career, and I have to be late tonight. But if you're out doing this, that's a good thing. I apologize, and thank you guys. You want to talk? You're here right on time. Thank you. I apologize, and thank you. That's all I need to say. Tell everybody what you do, though, specifically. Currently, I work for utilities, rebuilding pumps that move your wastewater from one way to do it, one place to another. I'm going to stand a little farther away from you, then. Danny Polio, he's my director, and a great guy. Great company. Great place to work. Thank you. Thank you for all you do. Coming to do it. I appreciate you guys giving me the opportunity, even though I was two hours late. That's quite all right. We had a good talk today with PAL. We're reworking the contract and hammering out detail after detail. Lee Levenberg, you know, is very engaged in this, and so is Mr. Capel. And so we'll get back to you and regain ground. And credit to Trish. Trish, you're a good listener. We're trying to find out ways to make it work. So, anyway, that's enough of that. Trash. I've got a couple emails from people complaining about more trash out in the streets and everything than normal. I don't know if you're getting those two or not. I know Public Works is charged with any more under, Matt, if you see the stuff, pick it up in all cases. So just let me know. What do you need? McDonald's bags, stuff like that. And I think Brian confirmed in his email that he's, Brian Lawsley's assistant under Matt, he's confirmed that there's been somehow more trash coming around from stuff blowing around and everything. So, and I think of you, Council Member Horland, and when the League of Cities guy came, Scott Dudley, and remarked about how clean our city is, and that I realize it's important. Eric, you have anything or not? No, just this is the time of year when you get the fronts through and you get high winds, so it might shift things off a fence and blow it out into the street or something. But normally I don't, I never notice that. Yeah. A couple other things. Go ahead. No, you go ahead. It's on this topic. Okay. We're working on a sign ordinance overall. So you guys talked about signs during the code enforcement thing. We're going to bring something new to you that will have addressed some of the things you all talked about. So it's in the pipeline. And I think Council Member Andrej brought up home-based business. And I agree with you, this is dang complicated because you could have a party planner and somebody in sales working out of the house. You could have a tutor, but you also could have a massage person or even a doctor. And that's a wide swath of what a home business could be and how we're going to mitigate this. So that's more conversation we're going to have. And last thing is advisory boards are coming up. I am the representative of AHEC representing Electeds. I love it, but if any of you have an interest in doing it, let me know. That's all. City Attorney Ezra, you chimed in. Thank you. I just want to clarify my last answer. Chapter 166 applies to general ordinances. You were asking a question specifically about an amendment to a comprehensive plan, which is the ordinance under item 22. Chapter 163 provides for a different notice provision. The notice requirements in Chapter 163 for a comprehensive plan or a comprehensive plan amendment are two advertised public hearings. The first public hearing at transmittal weekday, at least seven days after the first advertisement. Second public hearing at adoption. And it's five days after the second advertisement. So the period of time in between first and second for advertising is even less than under a regular ordinance under Chapter 166. You're welcome. Comments by council members. Council member Fadgen. Thank you. I wanted to ask administration and possibly get a consensus of the council. The paid board has turned over, and we all know that they are looking for dissolution of their, of the, of the paid district. And I guess what I would like a consensus of is like, um, council member, council president, Ryan Stan and I, and Jason, we went to the town hall that the organizers have, um, organized. And I'm wondering at the appropriate time, because the last element of this process would be them voting. And I think there's unclarity. Is that the word? Lack of clarity. Lack of clarity. I'm tired. Lack of clarity, um, as to how things would be managed. Those, those were questions that were being asked at the town hall meeting. Who would be, um, in charge of setting the fees? Who would be in charge of approving the budget when it comes to paid? And I think it would be in our interest at the appropriate time that we host a town hall where they can ask us as opposed, because, you know, there's, I think there's some, um, negative information coming out about the city about a lack of ability or lack of a qualifications. And I think it would be beneficial to us, to the people who are going to eventually vote, um, on a referendum if it gets there, um, to hear it from us, the why we're capable of taking it on, um, if it becomes necessary because of them, um, self-dissolving. Um, so I, I guess I'm looking to see, is that something that we, we're going to consider hosting our own town hall so they can just ask us the questions from our, our point of view and have one, one message? Thank you. It's a great question. It's something the mayor and I just talked about. Um, well, I left a bug in his office when I, we, our most recent thought on that was we agreed that we need to put forth a transition plan. You know, if it happens, what does it look like? What are the steps between now and the transition and the transition moving forward? So if we talk about them being a dependent special district, what does that mean? How does that safeguard their funds? What are the checks and balances? Um, what would the staffing be? Um, and those are questions that we can easily answer. As far as process, the recent discussion we had was that, uh, the new board is going to be seated and that takes effect in, I believe, January. Yep. Um, so I don't go on the 23rd and our thought was to, uh, have the board make that request of us and then make a presentation to the board. Give them the respect as another governmental entity. Go make that presentation to the board. Uh, now whether it's at the paid district office or volunteer park, obviously our preference would be volunteer park because it's much more accommodating. If it isn't, uh, paid offices, that's fine. Uh, but to go. But I think what I'm getting at, and I think it would be good for us to present to the board if they invite us, they don't have to invite us, um, but I'm specifically talking about the people, the residents of the acres that will be specifically voting on this so they can ask the questions because they were asking the questions at the town hall hosted by the organizers. Um, but it's basically, it was, it's the telephone game. It's, it's things that, you know, what they, what they've learned from the law, what they've learned with discussions that administration has had with them. Um, I want it to come specifically from us and to give them some expectations as to what possibly could happen if we do take it over. If they vote, if it gets to the referendum part of it, which is basically the last step. But that's not until 2026. And that's what we're suggesting that we do that. And that's why I said, and that's what I said at the proper time. Oh, yeah. No, absolutely. We'll, the point is if somebody is going to buy something, we should tell them what the product consists of. We got to show them the math and show them everything we're doing or what they're getting. So that way they can make a better decision. Absolutely. Okay. Yeah. All right. Then we're all on the same page. I'm right with you, Tim. I think that would be, I mean, that's an effort. Everybody's best interest. Absolutely. We have a specific model we like. It's something that they can look at, replicate that process. It's just a matter of process. I think, you know, given, given their, that governmental unit, their due respect, working through that process. And then the timing, as the mayor indicated, lines up perfectly. We had it, assuming y'all agreed to our legislative priorities for the next cycle, work with our local legislative delegation. You know, I think we follow that. And that's something we're going to discuss at our next workshop at the December 4th meeting, our legislative priority. Not for this year. Not for this year. For this year, it's too premature. I think we have that engagement with paid, with those residents. Then we come back the following year, 25, assuming that everybody's on board. Then that gives the time to, more than enough time for 26. All right. I just wanted us to make sure that we're speaking for ourselves on this. And I'm satisfied with what the mayor said and what you said. So I'm glad that that was already being thought about. Absolutely. Parade Saturday. Looking forward to it. And then last thing, happy Thanksgiving. And that's all I got. I'll see you later. Mayor, did you want to add something for them? One other quick thing, and Council Member Horland, you'll be there too with us. I've talked to some of the people pushing for the paid change, and that would have to be done legislatively. And I suggested that they meet us at Broward Days when we're up there. We can walk them around and introduce them. Not promoting for it or against it. They make the contact, their decision. I'm not taking – but we would do that for any client or anybody in our city. Right. Mr. President, may I answer? Yes, please. To that point, and I've had a conversation today with Mr. Nunnemaker. The individuals told me they had a conversation with administration, and they did reach out. The confusion has become, and I'm going to share that email with Mr. Nunnemaker tomorrow, is they thought this was happening now. So that when we have our legislative update, we were putting that on the agenda, and we're running. So what I had to explain to them today that – and they said they wanted to go to Tallahassee. It's a local bill that's being filed. We have a next delegation meeting. It's on December 19th. It's not happening now. And I think what they were looking for was us to take a position, and we've all said all along, you have to run with us. And as Mr. Nunnemaker said, we have to give that board their respect so they can have their meeting and they can vote to dissolve if they'd like to. So there's a little misunderstanding there right now. This has happened in the last 24 hours, so I think it will be cleared up by tomorrow. Council Member Andreu. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were doing it because I buzzed in. Both. It's your turn for comments. It's just the same thing. I had a conversation – well, an email conversation, and I didn't know if it was appropriate for some of the residents to even meet our lobbyists. So – and I see some head nodding. So, okay. I just want to – because before we get to the meeting that Council Member Fadgen said, there's a lot that needs to take place before we even get there. But also keeping in mind that meeting would have to happen before it is actually a referendum, again, because of some statutes that are in place, and Mr. Ezra could probably quote the number. But once that becomes an actual referendum item, we cannot do anything at all to either endorse it or oppose it or spend any city dollars on it, more importantly. So no, you know, flyers or anything to that effect. Yeah, no, the other thing is we don't want to put the cart before the horse. That's what I'm trying to tell the folks. Exactly. And as Carol was just reminding me, I mean, this is just not time. We don't want to do this in a haphazard fashion. Also, we want to give the new board members time to get seated. To get acclimated. Let's have a conversation and see where it goes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And then just to kind of repeat what has already been said, tomorrow's our multi-faith service at Plantation United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. I'm hoping to make it over, but I also have an event at Plantation High School. So we'll see how that goes. And I'm looking forward to the holiday parade Saturday morning and seeing everyone out there. And I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving. I hope you have some time to spend with your family and friends. We have a lot to be grateful for. Thank you. Councilman Anderson. Similar things. See everybody at the parade. Happy Thanksgiving. And a point of personal privilege, my son, Blake Anderson, married a fellow South Plantation High School graduate. They were in the same graduating class, Aubrey Burton. And her father also went to South Plantation and graduated with my brother. Same graduating class. That is a fantastic school. Isn't it fantastic? This union is already awesome. So they got married this past weekend, and it was just phenomenal. I'm a very proud father. Congratulations. That's it. Councilmember Hoyland. Thank you very much. I've got a couple of updates and then a question for administration. So the South Florida Regional Planning Council had our Silver Tsunami Conference in Boca. And Mr. Alpert was there with Ed Lynn. And it was really fascinating and terrifying at the same time. And I want to just share a little bit of information about that. So there were so many wonderful subject matter experts there from AARP to planners to, you know, talking about transportation. And I wanted to throw something at you. By 2034, Americans 65 and older will outnumber those 18 and under for the first time in U.S. history. Right. And, you know, one of the things they're talking about is I am the very last year of the baby boomers in 1964, and the baby boomers generally have not saved enough money. They're going to have to be working a lot longer to be able to survive. And something that I've spoken to Mr. Nunamaker about was looking for some solutions for affordable housing for seniors. And I think, you know, that we've had some possible options for that. But I would love, once the slides are all uploaded on the South Florida Regional Planning Council site, I'd like to really put the city together with some of these experts. And perhaps in the new year, Mayor, we might want to consider doing some type of town hall to address some of these pressing needs for our seniors. One of the really interesting things was when they talked about employment. Countries like Japan and Korea are having a really hard time because they have more older people than they do younger people to supply the workforce. And it's been interesting because the United States and Canada have been more of it, rather than an inverted pyramid, more of a beehive because of their immigration policy. So we've been okay. Now, if, you know, certain immigration policies do take effect, that will negatively affect the United States. But it's very interesting when you start to look at things like the economy and the workforce. So I'd love to be able to bring something like that to the city and serve our seniors. Yeah, I encourage that. Yeah, I think it would really be very timely. I wanted to ask about, I've been meaning to ask the last couple of weeks, and somebody made a comment to me that was here yesterday for the swearing in, which was a lovely ceremony. Thank you to the administration for that. The wayfinding signs. I think they're a phenomenal idea, but I'd like to ask about the colors. Because I don't feel design-wise that it really fits in with City Hall and it's – Can I jump in? Please. Are you going to find me? I mean, I don't want to criticize anyone who's design-wise, but – We did them as a trial. Okay. And we looked at them and said, let's put them up and see what they like, what they're like. I don't like pieces of them either. I don't like the spacing between the letters. It's too close together. And there's some other things. And I would change the coloration. I think when you look at our traditional City Hall and the white space, right, the white, and I just – Can I add a comment to this? We're not afraid to try something new, and we tried something new. No, listen, and I think the wayfinding signs are terrific because I think to your point, one of your newsletters is people come here and they're looking for, you know, to get a permit. So I think it's a wonderful idea, but I would definitely look at it. We're definitely going to take a second shot, and what we do will probably involve you all. Okay. Can I add a comment to that? Absolutely. No. Go ahead, Council Member Fetcher. Okay. So I approved that when I was the mayor. Wait. Wait. Did you really? Yeah. So here were the options. I don't think the end product looked like the images presented. I think it was a good old college try, but it didn't look what I was approving. I wouldn't have admitted that. But wait a second. So the other option was – and sorry, Samir, I said no, no, no, no, no. It was, like, institutional white on blue, like, hospital sign was, I think, was the second option. Was that right, Matt? Yeah. So I take blame. So I'm still undefeated? You're undefeated. So undefeated. I mean, just very, very quickly, if you recall, Council Members, a couple months ago I had brought up to administration about the second cycle recycling trailer that is in the Vizcaya Plaza. So, again, Mr. Noonmaker and I have had conversations about this. I feel very strongly about the bins that are against our code, and I still would ask the administration to send a letter to Peters to have that removed. I don't know if that's been done. Okay. Is it gone? Okay. The third ask was successful. Okay, good. All right, thank you very much for that. Is the Vizcaya one gone? Well, no. So it's a trailer. So what I want to say about it, and I'm agnostic about it, I did call the gentleman because he reached out, and I think – and I'm not sure if he had spoken to you. He said he reached out. What's very interesting, it's an interesting business model that they have, and it obviously is much better looking than the bins. However, we should not forget that it is a business. It's a for-profit, and basically what the model is, when I started to do my digging because I had to figure out who owned what, was it's a company called M&M Thrift that is now Red, White, and Blue Thrift Shops. And so basically I think Sal was his name, was a little surprised that I was able to connect the dots as quickly because it wasn't that difficult. But I asked him where do the goods go because this particular trailer – and there's one on the West Coast that supports a different – that supports the Vietnam veterans. The one on the West Coast of Florida is Clean International. They have five charities across the country that they choose to support. Basically, they collect the goods, and then they buy them – well, they're sending them to their thrift shops, right? So it's a business model. So they make money off of it, and then they make a donation to the Vietnam Vets. So I want to be clear that it's not purely charitable. So I think that they're looking for some change in our code. I just wanted to let everybody know that I had talked to them. It's different than the bins, however you feel about it. Now, I want to transition to saying about that. Fast fashion is a real issue. And when we talk about solid waste, how much textile is ending up in our landfills. And especially some of these companies, like my main issue with the bins is they collect this stuff, and it gets sent to Kenya and Uganda. India is having a problem, and Chile is having a problem, where we end up with these massive landfills full of textiles. So it's something that we definitely need to address. I'm not sure that's quite the right way. And then my last thing I'm going to transition into with that. If you recall, we had the artist Magda Love who came out and painted the bench out at Jim Ward, the upcycle bench. I had introduced her to Trish, so I was successful in helping her to obtain a $10,000 grant through Broward County and partnered her with the Magnum Program in South Plantation because of fast fashion. And what she's going to do is be creating a – it's going to be somewhat of a mural, but it's going to be a tapestry made out of fast fashion and engaging the kids. And it's something that will be at South Plantation, but that we're hoping we can move around the city at Plantation, so to bring awareness about the issues. So she's really looking to get more involved in the city. She's an internationally renowned artist, formerly based in New York, so I'm really excited about that. So, again, thank you for the extra time. Happy Thanksgiving. Looking forward to nice weather for the parade on Saturday. Are we still going to Art Basel? Where are Art Basel tickets from, say? Yeah, they're supposed to be before it gets busy. Thank you, Council Member Hoyland. And so while I thought I had made it clear at our last meeting, it seems to need to be repeated. Calling out anti-Semitism and hate is all of our obligation, and it benefits all of our residents. I want to thank the administration for putting together a very nice swearing-in ceremony, so thank you. The fuzz was a surprise, but it was very nice. The fuzz. The fuzz. Oh, there didn't go wrong with the fuzz. And since it was mentioned about paid tonight, I do want to acknowledge that Peter Gilmore, who's the newest paid board member who's here, so congratulations. And finally, other than seeing everybody at the parade, I want to wish everybody a very happy Thanksgiving. And with that, at 8.35, the meeting is adjourned. Congratulations. All right. I appreciate the little assist there. All right. I appreciate the little assist there.