Good evening and welcome to the October 21st, 2026 City of Plantation Council meeting. The meeting is now called to order at 6.01 p.m. Ms. Beggarrow, please call the roll. Councilmember Anderson. Here. Councilmember Andrew. Here. Councilmember Fajan. Here. Councilmember Horland. Here. Councilmember Einstein. Here. Mayor Sortle. Here. City Attorney Ezra. Here. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Beggarrow. Tonight's opening remarks and Pledge of Allegiance will be provided by Councilmember Einstein. Sir. Thank you, Council President Horland. Good evening, everyone. So, when I was elected to this position to serve our residents and our city four years ago, I had to sit down with my family to tell them to ignore the noise, ignore the personal attacks. It was a personal family discussion to discuss what we had just went through during the campaign and what this meant for us as a family. They, of course, said, Dad, we don't need to have this discussion. We all have thick skin. Yet, we talked anyway about the verbal attacks that we heard against us and against others through the campaign. We talked about being in the public eye and we talked about the extra level of scrutiny when you run for public office. We then and we still regularly talk about being in this for the right reasons and that always telling the truth and acting and speaking with integrity is the only way. However, thick skin or not, no person who dedicates themselves to public service should be faced with some of the truly gross and disgusting personal attacks that can be seen out there. And without question, there is no place for violence or even threats of violence. Open up the news, national news, just this week and read about suspicious letters and former candidates arrested for threatening or threatening those that support an opponent. My thoughts tonight are to share some things I've been thinking about and to possibly serve as a reminder to many. There is no question that we up here and on other commissions and at other levels of government, we are elected to serve the people. We are not elected by all the people we serve, but we serve all the people when elected. I won't go on forever and the intent is not to lecture here and these comments are not aimed at anyone in the seats in front of us or at anyone specifically anywhere at all, but it is to remind those that are not happy with us or our decisions, feel free to vote for someone else to serve in our place and of course campaign against us. But remember, we are your neighbors. We have families, parents, siblings, children, and despite our better advice, they often read what you are writing about us. When you accuse us of being corrupt, taking bribes or such with no basis at all, or you attack our very personal weaknesses, or you claim we hate our city, all with no relevance or no evidence that would make it beyond your social media post. So many are comfortable typing such hate and untruths from their keyboard. So I say to my colleagues at all levels of government that are being attacked, be true to yourself and your faith and the truth will prevail. The great stoic philosopher Epictetus noted, other people's opinions belong to them, not to you. Letting someone else's view of you dictate your inner peace means that you have handed them the keys to your mind. This is because the chief task in life is knowing what is in our control and what is out of our control. And I say to the public, remember your faith or at the very least, remember that we are all created in God's image and show some compassion. Attack the issues all day, every day, but we would be a better world, a better society and definitely a better city of plantation with less negativity and less personal attacks and more love and more grace for each other. And I hope to that we can all agree. Thank you. With that, before, thank you very much. With that, I'd like to ask, we have a lot of children here, a lot of students that are contest winners. If you are a student and you are a contest winner and you're here for that reason, come up to the podium so you can lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, please. If everyone could please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Once all the students get to that spot, looks like we got everybody there. Put your hand over your hearts. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. You can be seated. Thank you to all the students who helped lead us in the Pledge, impromptu, and Councilmember Weinstein, thank you for your comments tonight. Much appreciated. Mayor, if you will, before you start, I'm going to turn it over to Councilmember Andreu for a couple of moments. Thank you so much. Member Andreu. Thank you, President Horland. I didn't know that Councilmember Weinstein was going to make those opening statements. Very fitting. I, too, wanted to just make a public statement because I'm sure many of you have seen the recent headlines and social media posts. As a public servant, I have always believed that integrity, accountability, fairness, and respect for due process are fundamental principles of good government. Again, many of you are aware of the recent developments concerning my employment with the School Board of Broward County. I want to briefly acknowledge those developments while making it clear that I will not discuss the specific allegations, evidence, or legal issues associated with the matter in this forum or online. I strongly disagree with the decision to terminate my employment with the district, and I intend to exercise my legal rights through the appropriate administrative and legal processes. Those proceedings are pending, and I believe they should be allowed to proceed without unnecessary public commentary from me. For three decades, I have dedicated my professional life to public education and to public service. That commitment has always been grounded in faith, integrity, professionalism, and a genuine desire to serve, to serve others. I remain very proud of my record of service, and I remain committed to the same principles that have guided me throughout my career. I also want to reassure the residents of Plantation that my commitment to this city and my responsibilities as an elected council member remain unchanged. I am still focused on our future. I will continue to serve our community with the dedication, professionalism, and independence that residents deserve. I ask only that ongoing legal processes be respected and conclusions be based on a fair and complete consideration of facts and evidence. Facts still matter in 2026. I look forward to continuing the work I was elected to do on behalf of the people of Plantation. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Andrea. Mayor, you have a lot of awards tonight. The floor is yours, sir. We have a lot of awards. The first one is to Louis Reinstein for Cutest Pledge of Allegiance. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness. So we're going to do service awards first here. Five years, Angel Morales, Parks and Recreation. You got all these people here for you? Pretty good. Sorry, we're going to take pictures. I know. I'll send it to you. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Five years, Max Stevenson, Police. Thank you, sir. Five years, Xavier Mioque, Police. Ten years, Steven Bunting, Fire. Two. Fifteen years, Carlos Silva, Public Works. Carlita. Thank you, guys. Appreciate you guys. Twenty years, Erica Sanford, Police. Only seems like ten, right? Get a picture with your family. Thank you. Thank you. There you go. There you go. There you go. Twenty-five years, Susan DeLore, Planning and Zoning and Economic Development. I know you did. You're going to talk? Yes, please. Good. You know, I started here 25 years ago, and I know I started at ten. As a public relations and communications specialist, I did not realize there were going to be all these people. Oh. I started 25 years ago as a public relations and communications specialist. I did that for about seven years, and then they came to me and said, hey, you want to be the mayor's assistant? Vanessa, the secretary at the time, wanted to leave, and I said, do I have a choice? And they said, no. And I said, I would love to. So I – so for – we'll only be talking about what kind of an increase I got. I got to do both jobs, and it was the best job I ever had. I worked for Ray Carroll Armstrong, Diane Veltri-Bendekovic. I was mentored by Dan Keefe. I learned so much and had so much fun. You have no idea. So I did that for about 12 or 13 years, and then they came to me and said, you know, do I want to go to planning and zoning? I said, do I have a choice? They said no. So I was a little worried, but it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me. I got to work side by side with one of my best friends. I worked for an amazing director. I watched these incredibly talented people, you know, go to work every day and do their job. And I feel like being over there, I had a little bit to do with the way, the direction of the city over the last seven years. And that – oh, and I got my master's degree. So I had the opportunity to do that too. So something I've been wanting to do for a long time. So, you know, everything worked out. The point of all this – what is the point? The point of all this is that you never know what little surprises life will throw your way. And despite some of the hesitation at each juncture in my career, every one of them, those little surprises were the best thing that ever, ever happened to me. I am so happy to be standing here before you now for 25 years. I've worked with amazing people. I've gotten – made lifelong friends. And I'm so thankful for the 25 years I've spent here. So thank you. Glasses off. 25 years. Teresa Echevarra. Fire. Sure. Anybody who wants to be in a picture with her, come on. Harry and Steve. Your pen. Oh, thank you. Thank you, everyone. No. Oh, okay. Sorry, I'm going to get between you guys. There you go. Thank you, everyone. And last service award for this category, 25 years, Joseph Borenstein. Fire. Are you good? I'm good. We have the volunteer pins. Do you want me to do them? No? Okay. Yeah, we have – now our volunteer firefighters have their awards. And once again, I always love it when you guys show up for each other. You're one of the more cohesive units that I've ever seen. And when stuff gets real when you're out there, I know you've got each other. And that's a great feeling. It's a great feeling for all of us in the city to have that feeling. So, yeah. Five years, Carlos Colon. Nope. Okay. Five years, Jean-Pierre Lemire. Five years, Corey Petrano. Appreciate you. A lot of work to put in. Thank you, sir. Thank you. You got it, Ashton? Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. You're cooking. Ten years, Debra Perez. You got a whoop. Nobody else got a whoop. Okay. Thank you. You want to say anything? My camera? Yeah, do your photo. Yes, absolutely. This is your Christmas card photo. Okay. One more. Carrie and Terry. Carrie and Terry. The reason I'm here. Really? The reason I'm here. Tell the story. Tell the story. Yes. Carrie's my bestest friend. And I remember ten years ago, she said, why don't you join the fire department? I was like, oh, God, I don't know. And here I am. And I'm also a teacher at Central Park Elementary. So that's why I think I got a couple extra. Thank you. I remember your pen. Thank you so much. Thank you. Fifteen years, Caitlin Murphens. Anything you want? Yeah. Where's he again? He's not a fan of Sparky. Oh. I'll protect her. Oh, it's okay. Oh, okay. Okay. Come here. It's okay. Come on. I've got it. T.T. T.T. T.T. Come on. There we go. There you go. He's not a fan of Sparky. Is that what it is? You know, she's not a fan of Sparky is what it was. Okay. I've never been scared of inflatables, but that's just how I roll. Richard Zalewski, 20 years. Go ahead and check them. Family? Family. Really? Really? I heard you. You're good. Thank you. You heard me. And I'm good. thank you yes and just so you know Mr. Zalewski's son is our chaplain 25 years, Henry Bernard IV you good? yeah, you want to sing? you good? no, you good? wait, wait, wait ah here's James Wade a lot of work, that's a lot of calls can we get a lot of time? Cameron, come here come on come on go up fast there we go 30 years, Alex Newlark wait, wait, wait, come on me one with my daughter okay thank you and the last one the finale Eddie Contreras 35 years fire takes over there you go Mr. Mayor, members of the city council members of the fire department and guests good evening on behalf of Chief Todd Chief Gabor and the plantation fire department I want to thank the mayor and the city council for the opportunity to host our annual Marty Trahune art and literature contest once again that's all I have at this time I'd like to call the town in chief Will Bacon and Kayla Murfin to do a presentation and Sparky so the Marty Terziu art and literature contest is broken up into several subcategories and that's how we're going to go as the evening flows through first of all thank you to everyone who came tonight fire department family residents and visitors our honored council folks up here Mr. Mayor thank you all for being here tonight and allowing us this opportunity to honor these students and their efforts in the art category for the division kindergarten through third grade third place from our savior Lutheran Rebecca Crosby thank you second place art category K through three grades Simona Serafinas American Heritage third grade and in first place forgive me Juliana Padravechi Central Park third grade Mrs. Castillo keeping it in the art category in the fourth and fifth grade division third place Berenice Rodriguez Peters Road Elementary fifth grade Mrs. Brockman right here right there perfect perfect second place Shir Kadash Imagine Charter fourth grade Mrs. Mr. Rittingham and in first place grades four and five Delilah Magris Central Park fourth grade Mr. Vailu accepting for Delilah is her friend Avery the support of a true friend they come up to accept your awards when you're not here all right moving on to literature grades K through three third place Gabriela Sidon Central Park third grade Mrs. Castillo second place literature K through three Elsa Toscano Our Savior Lutheran third grade Mrs. Filio and in first place literature K through three Nathaniel Jimeranes Central Park third grade Mrs. Batten Literature category grades four and five third place Luciano Porro Tropical Elementary fourth grade Second place literature fourth and fifth grades Kendall McCray Peters Elementary fifth grade Mrs. Brockman First place literature category grades fourth and five Layla Williams Tropical Elementary fourth grade Mrs. Marsh Okay in the digital category second place I believe she was just up Avery Danvers for Central Park fourth grade Mr. Vailu Avery's commitment to friendship was honored with a later on win in a category First place digital Lucas White Central Park fourth grade Mr. Vailu At this time we'd like to recognize some honorees of the fire department in a different direction Each year we have members of the fire department nominate a member of the year and a business of the year The member of the year obviously displays those qualities we seek in our members and as our residents of plantation that they are committed wholly to the cause of being a part of our fire department protecting the lives of our citizens and preserving their property The business of the year we seek support in a different way maybe they make us smarter business wise they help us understand financial decisions that we need to make that are make us better stewards of the fiduciary responsibilities that we're entrusted with so along that line our business of the year is Digitech EMS billing and at this time I'd like to have Senior Vice President of Client Relations and Sales Daryl Hartung and Plantation Resident and Assistant Director of Cost Recovery Solutions Zach Corradino come up Digitech has been instrumental in helping us understand what costs can be recovered through various government programs and returned directly to the department those costs have helped us purchase equipment and apparatus at no additional cost to the taxpayers so we are super grateful for their wisdom and their guidance in those areas for us secondly our Plantation Fire Department Member of the Year and I'd like to read from their letter Station 2 is proud to nominate Shauna Russell for its Member of the Year Shauna consistently goes above and beyond for both Station 2 and the department wherever she has the opportunity her dedication generosity and willingness to give her time have made a great impact on our station and its members each year Shauna takes the lead in preparing and cooking amazing grilled chicken ask Chief Todd they add parenthetically for the Station 2 barbecue following the city parades in July and November she also dedicates a significant amount of her personal time to preparing pork for our annual barbecue her food has become something everyone looks forward to and I'll testify to that and has received countless compliments and praise throughout the years Shauna's contribution extends well beyond our station barbecues as manager of the Miami Grill located at Broward and 441 she has continually supported Station 2 in the department by providing excellent meals to all of our staff meetings association meetings and other department functions her generosity and continued support of our members are greatly appreciated and certainly do not go unnoticed I would like to further add that Shauna while raising her son and caring for a family member put both of those young men into our fire cadet program here those young men graduated high school last year and now they are both in college up in South Carolina I believe on the track and field team up there at their college university so Shauna has excelled in this life in a variety of different ways and it is our pleasure to call her forward and receive her award in front of you all anybody else are we going to have to slide over just slide put the family right there everybody everybody I'm not going to slide it's okay all right thank you Mr. Mayor council members that concludes our portion of this ceremony tonight thank you Chief Bacon before you run away is the fire department doing anything early November hmm let me see oh yes we have our annual barbecue that will be going on November 1st that's a Sunday over in the park next to Station 4 Pine Island Park it will be occurring from 12 to 5 p.m. lots of great food lots of great entertainment lots of great areas to have some great interactions with some other of your plantation residents have a good time and get to know some of your friendly firefighters at the same time so Sunday November 1st 12 to 5 Pine Island Park and how can folks purchase tickets for that go to our website plantationfire.com great thank you so much thank you thank you everybody okay we're going to give the fire department time to file out before we turn to the parks and recreation thank you for coming to our principals and thank you for the families and the students before we turn to parks and recreation we'll give everyone time to file out all right if we could get somebody in the back to close those lobby doors please the big doors Mr. Polio it might be you your closest give it one moment Miss O'Toole can we get that last lobby door closed please the double door anybody the single double door thank you Miss O'Toole I wanted to be quiet as a pin drop thank you so much I'm getting used to clearing the rooms all right welcome Miss O'Toole for the parks and recreation update thank you lots of events coming up in parks and recreation thank you all that showed up to our fall festival we had a great turnout and we are turning now to the Saturday October 24th our trunk or treat event at Pine Island Park from 6pm to 8pm that is similar to last year for plantation residents only Saturday the 24th through Sunday the 25th Plantation Historical Society is hosting the 57th annual Broward County Plant Affair at Volunteer Park from 9am to 4pm Friday November 6th is our first Rock the Park concert of the season with Pump they are a pop rock party band at Pine Island Park the music begins at 7pm in our aquatics division new event this Saturday we are hosting a floating pumpkin patch from 10am to 12 noon tickets are on sale now Friday October 30th through the 31st we are hosting the Central Park Series Swim Meet at the pool in our tennis division Wednesday October 30th we are hosting a Halloween kids tournament for ages 6 through 13 Saturday the 31st through November 2nd a USTA Level 5 Junior Championship tournament in our equestrian center Sunday the 25th the Plantation Acre Saddle Club from 8.30 to 2.30 Sunday the 1st South Florida Dressage Association show from 8 to 2.30 our athletics division Friday October 30th we are hosting the Wicked Bread 5K at Central Park the race begins at 6.30pm and starting Monday November 2nd we are starting registration for PAL Spring Sports which are baseball, basketball and softball and I want to remind everyone that at those first two Rock the Park concerts we will be collecting non-perishable food items and that will be benefiting the We Care Pantry and Harvest Drive this year so thank you again from Parks and Rec for allowing us to partner on that alrighty so at this time we are going to recess the City Council meeting it is 6.44 and call to order the CRA meeting Ms. Biggerow will you please call the roll Commissioner Anderson here Commissioner Andreu here Commissioner Fajan here Commissioner Horland here Commissioner Reinstein here Commissioner Sortel here City Attorney Ezra here thank you very much the CRA consent agenda consists of three items tonight one through three do we have a motion or any item to be pulled motion to approve the consent agenda for the CRA thank you do we have a second second all right Ms. Biggerow please call the roll Commissioner Anderson yes Commissioner Andreu yes Commissioner Fajan yes Commissioner Horland yes Commissioner Reinstein yes Commissioner Sortel yes thank you very much are there any public requests of the CRA commission okay hearing none we will now reconvene the City Council meeting adjourn the CRA meeting at 644 and the City Council meeting will commence as notated on the agenda I just want to point out that item 18 which is the second and final reading of the comprehensive plan has been deferred to November 18th so if you're here for that item and wanted to speak on it particularly that it will be deferred until November 18th at this time we will begin with public requests of the council regarding municipal affairs to those who wish to speak we request that you complete a speaker form if you have not done so already please do so when you are called please approach the podium and make sure the green light is on the microphone you will have three minutes to make your request of the council please state your name and address and 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 and please use your time efficiently if extra time will be needed to conclude your remarks please ask for it as your time is expiring not prior to beginning your remarks so first up we have Robert Long Jerry Thomas on deck and then Vicki Gelfin good evening good how are you this evening you go after the fire department everybody they're a tough act to follow yeah it's tough I'm coming today good evening I'm coming today my name is Robert Long I live at 1160 Northwest 95th Avenue Plantation Florida Jacarenda Lakes I've been in Jacarenda for the last 13 years I've been in Plantation for probably 30 some years and then the other night I just happened to get a warning on my car for parking on the swell and I also got a warning for parking over the sidewalk not on the sidewalk just the bumper I have forms here I have paper I give it to the clerk you guys can go through it the warnings I also had an email I sent to you guys last week I have over 100 signatures just in the last couple days of having the same problems if you could you can just quickly see how I got to park I got Jenga in the morning at 5 o'clock trying to figure out which way to put my cars but anyway after talking with everyone there's a lot of people that have the same issue with parking on the swell or not parking on the swell or having four wheels on the road two wheels off the road two wheels on the sidewall I mean on the swell I'm not condoning to park in the road I think that's an emergency problem but I'm also trying to figure out where in Jacaranda Lakes I think these houses were built in the 80s people might have only had two cars back in the day now we have two kids grandparents mother-in-law some people have one person at their house some people have multiple people at their house I've been to some that had parties that did have eight cars I thought it was a party but no it was that's how many people lived there at the house right nephews nieces grandparents mom and dad kids I'm trying to look at my time is this my time right here all right so we need to you'll have 30 seconds so we got you know all these not only are residents getting it but or getting warnings or citations but so are workers maintenance workers daycare I knew a person has a special needs kid their nurse happened to get a citation some are warnings and some are citations all I was told was the warnings could turn into citations later so now every morning when I wake up do I have to pay another bill I love plantation never had a problem never had a problem with jacarana lakes I don't think this is an issue either I was just trying to see if you guys could change the ordinance or change something for neighborhoods around plantation not just jacarana lakes but specifically jacarana lakes because I live there but that's all I have don't run away thank you for coming tonight we understand the constrictions that you have there and others have had you understand also why we have the ordinance and many cities do not parking this well the mayor has directed administration to look at possible solutions it's probably going to take some time and some money if you know council proves that but if you'd like some further information our chief administrator officer jason nunemaker is here and he's be happy to talk to you in the lobby I would appreciate one other one other thing is there a way that this can kind of stop before like the citations or I would ask Mr. nunemaker if you go out to the lobby and then he can address that with you okay thanks for coming tonight have a good evening bye bye council may I yes mr. mayor just he did send it to the police and we've gotten some from police so my point is that you've begun the process you started asking the questions already and everything yeah yeah right I know my point is I want to compliment you you've gone about it the right way thank you mr. long all right good evening miss thomas hi how are you i'm jerry thomas i live at 7200 northwest 7th court i lived in plantation for 56 years i've been here a long time i'm representing my neighbors that live on 7th court we have an abandoned house it's been abandoned it'll be three years this november when mr yon passed away the house needs to be condemned it is hurting the whole neighborhood our house values are definitely going to be going down it is also a health issue we have two young children next door we have several senior citizens like myself there are vermin running around all in the garage there the garage is filled with all kinds of trash the outside of the house is an absolute disgrace there are at least 10 summons on the door that go off with the of course they disappear when it's windy and then even today another summons was put up okay and nobody's doing anything and you know this is like ridiculous because it's been going on for too long and it's scary just to go by the house there was a tarp on the house half of it is off now it's on the ground and it looks like something from Halloween right now and the grass is it's about a foot high now there's also signs caution so nobody will walk on that side of the street because you can see the rats running through I've had two rats in my attic and I think it's because of that and you said that the owner had passed away it'll be three years this November so I'm assuming there may be some inheritance so it all came out this summer and looked at the house and I don't think any of you would want to live in this on our street anymore so what I'm going to do Miss Thomas is I see our building official Miss Halbert stood up in the back so I'm going to ask you to speak to her out in the lobby and then we can find out because I just got this information I can't look up yet whether or not there are any code violations assuming that there are and then we can also find out if it's in the process for being an unsafe structure if you declared an unsafe structure so Miss Carmen Halbert is at the back for you okay thanks so much all right we have next up we have Vicky Gelfin Tiffany Hudson and then Jo Nguyen Miss Gelfin good evening good evening Vicky Gelfin 9381 Northwest 18th place good evening Mr. Ezra Mayor Council City Clerk I'm old school and I type out what I have to say I don't have a tablet and I don't do it on my phone I'm a Florida resident for 53 plus years and I've been a resident of Plantation for over 40 years and I chose the city to live in when I moved to Florida I saw several places in Broward County to be a resident of and Plantation One hands down not to say there have been bumps in the road the council will verify that I also fight for what I believe in and have appeared before this dais many times I'm a little disappointed with residents that feel that the council is forcing them to do things that they are against growth is to be expected as the population all over the country is increasing not just here I think our police department is top notch and that fire that the fire department is in the same category the people on the council are looking out for all of us when they do a 20 year plan I won't be here in 20 years because that makes me a hundred then jeez okay and there are a lot of others in this chamber that won't be here either for residents see I'm not the only old one here for residents to speak poorly about the city and what they do for us they don't have a clue sit in on council meetings and listen not just to what the complaint you have against them this minute but how the city works no I'm not a city employee but I have many friends who are employed by the city and I see the loyalty they have why else would they be giving out 20 30 and 40 year pins I'm not a numbers person if so I would have become a real estate agent instead of a travel agent the commissions are exponentially higher in real estate the city has to balance a budget and keep up the good work they do I'd like the finance department to work out a budget for me talk to her later this is not a rah-rah for the team these are things there are things I'm against but I find out about them before I get up to speak eight years ago I was asked to go to a fundraiser for one of those on the dais I gave him a $50 check and that's the last check I wrote to a person running for office until this year so I did not buy my way into the city no one can and no one should I asked my fellow plantation residents that before you speak against what is going on find out all the data you can and then speak intelligently to those involved everyone on that dais will take your calls and also return your emails they are our representatives and they do what they can to make this city run smoothly if you don't like what's going on try living in another city in the county and see how amenable they are to residents smearing them and telling them they don't know what's going on not a pretty picture taxes go up everywhere 10 seconds not just implantation gas prices are sky high groceries are expensive in my industry a round trip airline ticket to New York used to be around $200 to $250 today with two weeks plus notice that $250 ticket is now over $400 and don't forget to pay for your seat and your bag that brings it to around $500 so everything's getting at higher costs I heard someone at the last council meeting saying that we need a fire department that is not volunteer I asked the chief and he told me that we are in the same response category for departments that are paid get your facts and figures straight before you accuse people of things I am against cameras and against speeders also those that refuse to use their turn signals but I'm patient I'm a very big believer in karma thank you thank you very much Ms. Delfin Ms. Tiffany Hudson please no applause Tiffany Hudson Joe Nguyen and Richard Cabrera good evening hi Tiffany Hudson plantation so here we are what I've been saying all along and what many of us consider common sense has now been confirmed by a federal judge on October 1st 2026 United States District Judge Sarah E. Hill serving in Tulsa Oklahoma issued a significant ruling involving warrantless searches of historical automated license plate recognition records Judge Hill was nominated by President Joe Biden confirmed by the U.S. Senate and appointed to a lifetime position on the federal bench in the United States versus Kyle Judge Hill found that law enforcement used two automated license plate recognition systems flock and vehicle manager to search a driver's historical movements and investigators assessed more than 50 location records spanning an entire month and covering multiple states Judge Hill concluded that this search violated the driver's reasonable expectation of privacy in her movements because the search was conducted without a warrant or probable cause she ruled that it violated the fourth amendment she described the technology as indiscriminate mass surveillance and ordered the evidence obtained after that search suppressed under the doctrine of fruit of the poisonous tree this ruling is important but I believe it is only the beginning we will likely see many more cases involving automated license plate readers historical location data and mass surveillance make their way through the courts and eventually up to the United States Supreme Court I am confident that future rulings will further validate what I've been saying all along people do not surrender their constitutional right to privacy simply because technology makes it possible to track their movements months ago I sent an official letter to the to every plantation city council member the mayor and the city attorney in that letter I clearly stated that I do not consent to mass surveillance I asked the city to stop recording my license plate in any manner and to stop tracking my movements so I'll be very interested to see what happens when this type of surveillance is ultimately established as unconstitutional if these practices are found to violate my rights then the rights of all of us in plantation may have been violated on a daily basis what responsibility will the city have then and what remedies will be available to residents speaking of unconstitutional let's talk about red speed on September 22nd Panama City terminated red speed the police chief told the city we have lost confidence in red speed commissioners also voted unanimously to remove the camera ordinance the city will be pursuing other options that will be much more beneficial to our children and actually keep them safe as opposed to ticketing people to death and pocketing all the money meanwhile Karen plantation the October 22nd special magistrate hearing for the speed zone violations were cancelled I'm so confused that's why that is and as far as the purple heart signs we're still waiting for them to be returned there's been no explanation for this extremely heartless decision made with no citizen in mind we also need a deadline for when the signs are going to be returned and to know whether this screw up is going to cost the taxpayers more money that's all I have thank you Joe Nguyen Richard Cabrera and then Lisa Bentley good evening Mr. Nguyen good evening been a little bit figured to be a little efficient we'll go with the notes on here Joe Nguyen 944 Northwest 92nd Terrace first off the new playground over here that I rode by on the way is looking fantastic I'm really excited for that to come in and families to really be able to enjoy that people of all abilities and ages that'll be that'll be great if you see a red bike next to it and somebody's swinging along that might be me on the way here I'd once again pass somebody crossing at 91st and Cleary in the area that we could use that mid block treatment as well of returning from here from these chambers on Monday somebody else as well so whenever we're able to mid block treatment on that would be fabulous I just had some quick thoughts on the comprehensive plan process we've had plenty of time to review this is loud over the past few years it's been a topic of discussion I'm going to stand a little back it's been a topic of discussion at perhaps about a dozen public meetings our sustainability board has reviewed it at least twice plus a few with planning and zoning as well as the affordable housing action committee these cover wide ranging expertise and priorities and the public is of course welcome to attend any of these while some people continue to ask for delays to ask for continued delays multiple months have already passed plus if there are it's just unreasonable delay further if there are real errors discovered we can change we can change them at any time as we do with the current one and additionally the claims being made regarding maximum heights they're not items for the comp plan those are code issues and you often hear those on the dais as developers come in for projects it's probably no surprise to you that I disagree with the policy objections brought up if we want to continue delivering great services facilitate well-paid jobs and grow responsibly then the development positions it had were the best path towards that as they am to direct new development within midtown gateway and arterial corridors of course with the reversion from 50 units per acre there's not really any substantive change anymore it's much the same plan just updating infrastructure and policy goals to align with modern needs priorities as well as state policies or to say when it does arrive on the agenda for second reading I encourage you to pass it at that night thank you thank you Mr. Wynn coming out tonight Mr. Richard Cabrera then Lisa Bentley then Momtero Matur hello Mr. Cabrera nice to see you again good nice to see you 1881 Southwest 52nd Avenue and I wanted to come and speak to you about the comp plan and more specifically you know I had spoken I think a couple of weeks ago but there was a gentleman that came in Mr. Corman and spoke about it I understand he's a teacher you know and he's on the board to you know formulate the comp plan the comp plan is flawed and you know I've only looked at storm water and the transportation and I haven't gotten into transportation yet because I don't have recent numbers but the storm water aspect of it speaks into superlatives but it really doesn't outline anything it does mention retention retention for all of you I emailed you a map of the old plantation water control district which is reflects all of the water areas in blue okay and when you look at that map and I'm going to send it to all of you okay everything developed before the early 70s there was zero lakes zero everything after such as my neighborhood plantation harbor you know we have I think it's a 13 acre lake folks if you don't have a lake in the development there's no place for the water to go okay exfiltration trench is not going to cut it and so what we did is with a comp plan drainage element or storm water element that doesn't address fixing the problems we're leaving it I don't know to the storm water master plan that we're going to raise 10 million dollars in taxes and the program is increase pipe sizes and pave the roads it doesn't talk at all about retention okay which is what's needed the marketplace redevelopment and it reflects a ground water okay level of zero right across the street is the canal owned by old plantation water control district in their manual the water level the wet season water table is four not zero those drainage counts for that redevelopment are flawed they're going to you know flood the streets flood the lakes of Newport to the west and so Mr. Corman you know said you know all they found is mistakes I understand you get you folks are in a tough job you don't have a background in engineering and consequently you're faced with making decisions about things you don't fully understand you have to rely on others you need to appoint technical people to these boards Mr. Corman nice guy he's not a technical person he's a high school teacher he's no longer he's an airline pilot he's a what he's an airline pilot he's an airline okay so and my only point is there's a lot of people in the community that are willing to step up and serve Mr. Cabrera if you could just wrap up okay I see you just sent the email to us at about a quarter to six tonight so we'll make sure yeah I was I've been working okay that's okay have you reached out to our city engineer at all no not specifically about this and that would be the person to talk to she hired a consultant and I put a public orchestra question the way the documents were provided to me is really not meeting Florida statutes and I could not really look at what the consultant did for 1.2 million dollars and so I'll call any one of you and coordinate with you but all I'm trying to do I think Mr. Reincean said it best we're all in this together we've got to pull together and we've got to set goals appropriate goals and you know I've been here since 1990 I'm not going to be here in 20 years probably I'll be long gone but let's try to improve it the best we can okay Mr. Cabrera what I'm going to do is respond to your email and I'll put you in contact with Ms. Chalon our engineer okay thank you so much for coming out tonight Lisa Bentley and then third we have Paula Meyer I'll take it thank you hello my name is Lisa Bentley I'm a foundation resident we found 209 errors in the comprehensive plan I sent you guys that email early this morning okay if you look on this paper I've categorized them we have found 14 potentially conflicts with the Florida law 44 internal inconsistencies 37 math and data errors and only 15 typos there's others I have also read the plan and I understand the comprehensive plan and I started to look at the city's development and their approval numbers and I compared that to the population growth projected in the comp plan and what I found was very alarming we are proving more development than your own comprehensive plan has planned for and if you look on the next page that will show you the actual approved growth versus the plan projected population and the plan projects that in three years you have 2,025 new residents but you have approved 2,131 apartments and if you take two people per apartment you're looking at 4,262 residents in three years comparing that to that 2,025 plan that the plan is projecting that's 2.1 times the population growth I'm not even looking at the Shalimar North or Gateway or even Plantation Marketplace when I do include those numbers it's three times the comp plan preparation so I don't know if anyone is really paying attention to that and I've raised concerns before about having an annual cap in the comp plan so that our roads, water, our sewer, our drainage and schools can keep up with the pace of the population growth you're right now approving that at 2 to 3 times that rate right now and without a cap in that comp plan this scenario is going to keep going on over and over again for our future so I started to investigate I looked at Edgewater in 2005 they had to pause their development because they had severe flooding and storm water issues Brooksville and Wildwood in central Florida they had to freeze their plan in 2024 because their growth was outrunning their sewers and their roads the state has just passed a law a new law in 2025 that is actually limiting your comp plan to be paused so then a cap in this plan really matters right now I have I feel like even if you were to fix this 209 errors I want to still be able to have the opportunity to review that I have lost a lot of trust in finding those errors and also on the development that's going on so I do hope that you give us an extended amount of time thank you thank you Ms. Bentley Mamta Ramatora Paula Meyer and Gordon Wiggin good evening good evening Mamta Ramatora plantation resident I'm going to read this time this plan should never have gone through expedited review tonight's agenda title says it replaces the adopted comprehensive plan it's in entirety your January 12 2026 letter to the state says the same under section 163.3191 a plan update like this gets the fuller state coordinated review with more time for the public the city chose the faster track for a complete rewrite the rush shows residents with no consultants found 209 errors we gave you the first 29 on October 1st and 5th and the rest of the 209 this morning the plan was reposted on October 6th without a single correction volume 1 caps density at 50 units per acre while volume 2 calls for a minimum of 50 midtown is marked reserved the city's own website says the comp plan must identify the growth demands needed to support future development this one uses 2020 COVID traffic counts has no fire and EMS assessment and the city's own budget says the first stormwater master plan is complete but this comp plan still says it's currently developing one the plan was never updated with the city's own drainage study you cannot plan for 50 units per acre without knowing whether our roads drainage and first responders can handle it residents also do not know this plan exists I ran two petitions at the same time about 1700 residents signed against the marketplace project but only 300 signed on the comp plan because most people do not know what a comprehensive plan is please reach them with your utility with the utility bills letter zone meetings and post on local groups like I have emailed every one of you today's memo says the hearing moved in response to residents request to give the public adequate time but November 18 is the state's final day 180th day moving the hearing to the last day adds no time whatsoever so I am asking on record today is staff correcting the plan when will residents see the corrected version will the city send it for the full state coordinated review as it should and once it's corrected how will residents have time to review it if it comes out just before November 18th the Broward Planning Council and Commissioner Galler both told me this decision is yours the city council members please vote to send Florida Commerce a written request for the 180 day extension before November 18 it costs the city nothing and it gives staff time to fix the plan and residents time to review it thank you thank you Paula Meyer Gordon Wiggin and then Randy I'm sorry I can't read your last name but it's about parking hello Miss Meyer how are you this evening my name is Paula Meyer I am a Florida native and a plantation native been here 63 years yes I'm telling you my age I am really concerned about the growth that we have going on and what we plan on doing my parents moved here there was two roads in and out of Broward and Broward Boulevard there was nothing past university I get it growth happens but we can't outgrow what we have to sustain us to get where we need to go we don't have the roads to go back and forth without sitting in line for 30 minutes to get to 84 and get to 595 it's Saturday night on 7 o'clock at night I sat in bumper to bumper traffic on Pine Island Road I grew up for 36 years of my married life on Pine Island there was nothing there now sitting in traffic on a Saturday night that's insane this is a suburb this is not the city the suburbs are supposed to be quieter they're supposed to be less populated they're supposed to have less traffic they're supposed to have less large buildings we don't need this massive plan and I'm actually glad because you're all looking at me because before none of you guys even cared you're not looking at them you're not paying attention you don't care what they say and quite frankly all those errors this gentleman should be catching because he's getting paid by the hour for that plan Ms. Meyer please direct your comments to the council president I am well he's part of it if he's sitting here I'm paying for him to sit here you speak to the council president please don't direct your comments to anyone else on the days well he heard it and that's what I believe because he does get paid by the hour and to do the comp plan so I just think you guys really need to look at this you need to decide if we want to be like Pembrook Pines because Pembrook Pines can't get out of Pembrook Pines for over an hour to get to and that's what they did after Andrew excuse me they developed so fast they couldn't keep up with their infrastructure and everybody hates being out there now but they can't go anywhere else because they were locked into their housing just like all of us so please take into consideration what you are doing what you're going to do for the future I'll be dead doesn't matter to me but it matters to the people who are here please thank you thank you Ms. Meyer for coming out Gordon Wiggin Randy and then Percy sorry again can't read the writing there good evening Mr. Wiggin good evening how you doing council members Mayor I can echo that about Pembrook Pines it's very very packed and we don't want to pack plantation alright so I am going to read something real quick then if I have time I'll talk about the gateway meeting that we attended last Wednesday alright I'll just speak briefly on an issue that touches the heart of the public trust in plantation the relationship between this council and developers and the lobbyists who represent them developers do play an essential role in the city's growth they bring investment jobs and the projects that shape the neighborhoods lobbyists in turn are paid to advocate for those interests that is their job but your job is very different your ethical duty is clear you are stewards of the public interest not private not for private profit Florida's ethics ethics laws the city's own code of conduct and simple good governance are all that require you disclose conflicts and relationships promptly and fully avoid even the appearance of favoritism base decisions on the comprehensive plan zoning codes and the long-term welfare of the residents not on campaign support personal friendships or private meetings when the lobbyists and developers have greater access or influence than ordinary citizens public confidence erodes residents notice when decisions seem predetermined or when the extra city reserves and public resources appear to benefit a few at the expense of many I urge you to tighten or I'm sorry I urge you to strengthen your transparency publish meetings with calendars with developers lobbyists require clear disclosures and ensure every major project is judged solely on its merits under the law plantation deserves a council that is not only honest but is seen to be honest that is your ethical duty so that's what we want you guys to do and when we went to this gateway meeting last Wednesday there's a two acre plot of land on 441 and you want to put 200 units in there without parking involved and we actually talked to one of the business owners that was there and he said oh if somebody parks in front of my business I'm going to tell them so we got to figure out how to build better where people can park their cars at least 200 units in a 200 acre area is just we're stuffing people in here and we have to get control of that so we're urging you guys please proceed with caution with the building that's all thank you mr again randy percy and then john farqua good evening i couldn't read it i'm sorry randy good evening i'm a plantation resident for over 20 years you do me a favor pull the mic down then we can hear you i live in jacaranda lakes i walked in here and heard mr ryanstein talking and so i decided i wanted to speak because he was talking about the grace we should give each other and our neighbors i'm here to talk about the parking in jacaranda lakes we are neighbors we don't complain to each other about when you have a party you want to use my yard i want to use yours i need your driveway it's okay you make a little noise it's okay i think that that's what it's all about we want to be comfortable in our neighborhood we want to have a good life in our neighborhood we want to be friends with each other and we want to have family and friends come over if you don't let us park there we have no guest parking what is the solution to this situation that's the only reason i'm here because i want my kids to visit me i want my grandkids to visit me i want my friends to visit me comfortably and not worry that somebody's going to get a ticket we've been there forever we've never had this issue we park and we're happy with each other if somebody in the neighborhood complains it's not all of us and we don't need the rules and the codes and the tickets to make us a better neighborhood we just need to have grace on each other and be kind to each other and be friendly with each other and make life in this place easy we need to have a nice easy life here with grace on all of us and friendship and we don't need anything else so i ask you for a good solution for us so that we can calmly live amongst our friends and be happy that's all we're here for so that would be very helpful thank you and i don't know if you heard when mr long was here but the mayor has instructed administration to take a look at it it's probably going to take some time and some money because there are reasons why people cannot park on the swales and the issue is repeated parking on the swales not if you have guests over you know certainly so i don't have to worry that my guests are going to be ticketed they hopefully they won't be they usually just get a warning if it's you know someone's there but what i'm saying is that mr nonamaker our chief administrative officer spoke to mr long outside who came and spoke before us this evening and mayor has asked them to take a look at it and see what possible solutions we can find so i should talk with him uh no i think let administration work through what some of the ideas are and then we'll see where we go from there what's my next step as a resident your next step is to trust that administration is going to work with staff it's going to be working with engineering staff and rgs gis and take a look at the uh swells in jacaranda lakes and to see where we would be impacting it and what we could do with possible parking okay thank you um but we've got your email address so we'll yeah yes mayor go ahead can you and i have a visit yes absolutely um either email me or whatever my pam sets it up she's my scheduler and and i want to talk i want to hear from you about something yeah i appreciate that thank you okay thank you for coming out tonight um so it's percy and i'm sorry i can't read your writing john farquah and natalie lynch walsh i'm sorry you're going to tell me your last name that's all right percy irani irani okay good evening mr irani how are you very well good evening i have never been to a council meeting well welcome and uh wow okay so just state your name again for the record and your address please percy irani um i am a resident of quad train four and that's what i'm here about so this is a hail mary so um if you're familiar with properties between quad train four and quad train three we have a walkway between our two communities and there's a strip of nine beautiful i would assume they're city trees oak trees not city trees but that's our what do they call that well yeah i know you all don't get involved but here's the thing i'm gonna plead with you this is a hail mary these trees take a google or walk by it's a beautiful walkway they are literally when i tell you they're overextended i mean i'm thankful there was no hurricane this year because one of them is going to topple over my thing is this i understand we you all don't get involved with hoas what i'm going to request if anybody can help me i just need someone to say here's a letter hey this is a tree that's part of the city can you guys maintain it because again has they're supposed to maintain it from what i understand every year year and a half it's been two and a half years so again the beautification of our city i don't know how much leeway you all have with this i know you may not but this like i said it's a hail mary please mr ronnie have you attended the hoi meeting okay so it's the master right and you cannot get into and we actually well i'm going to file a complaint we were never given um the link to have the mat they just had the master meeting three weeks ago never got a link to it i sent i don't want to name the property management company but um i've sent them the uh the letter saying hey this is not the agenda can you please do it the reason why i'm here i've been at this now for eight months because i wanted this get done before hurricane season began here we are after the fact so i don't know what leeway you all can have okay i'm gonna the mayor would like to weigh in and then we'll see what we can do mayor hang with me here uh mr albert with this fall under landscaping it could indially come and visit and uh issue i don't have another word help me out here you know what i mean yes we could take a look at it okay yeah he'll um he's in planning and zoning we have a landscape division landscape handles uh items on private property and italy's your guy and i actually reached out to them um eight months ago and actually told me to go to a council meeting and see who we are but okay okay mr ronnie what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna take your email address off of here and i'm gonna make sure that um mr albert has your email and and the mayor and your phone number okay and mr albert will um supervise mr brown yeah um can i just say something to residents real quick well you know come talk you can say it here you can speak to them but it has to come through okay one of the things about the the cameras i heard i we got one right there on cleary and i know there's a sign my neighbor just got a ticket okay listen i'm fair i said to that person so were you speeding yeah but it wasn't during school zone but i went to go see it so you have a sign now that says 645 to 230 like so i'm looking i'm like you were doing 50 dude his biggest problem was this it's his wife's car he could not take it you got to go through hurdles it's just an fyi you have to go through hurdles to get your name in front of the magistrate if you want to take it to court that was my only thing okay as far as being in the city i've been here for 27 years again from north miami beach i will die here we're glad you're here thanks mr ronnie and we don't want anyone dying well i mean pass away peacefully okay thank you mr farquhar and then mr farquhar and then natalie lynch-walsh good evening how are you this evening good good thank you my name is john farquhar i live at 400 west tropical way implantation the reason i came to speak tonight is i got my first and semi-official notice today from the city about i don't know whether it was about the marketplace plan or whether it was about the comp plan and i did speak on the marketplace plan at the zoning zoning planning zoning meeting which unfortunately they pat they recommend approval of it which is a horrible plan but i think that it also relates to the comp plan the comp plan should not allow that to happen in that area of the city which is a low density primarily single-family residential neighborhood anything that's going to be a high-density development shouldn't be there it's just not appropriate for that area of the city and the land use plan should make that clear that certain areas of the city i understand between university and pine island and some other places are designated as high density this i've been here for 40 years i bought a single-family home here low density looked at low density the shopping center there is not a wonderful shopping center but it serves the local people around the neighborhood it serves the neighborhood what we're talking about replacing it with and the land use the land use plan doesn't set up specific heights and all that stuff but it does set up how dense and what type of development is appropriate for an area and the land use plan should basically make this project moot and the land use plan needs to be changed to do that i've never been notified of a land use plan i'm sure there's been advertisements in the paper and stuff but i'd i get a bill from the city for utilities every month i get everything else but i don't get any notice of this the only thing i got today my wife was out with a tree people and looking through stuff and there was a notice of apparently been stuck in our door that she found that had blown away that um that's the only notice we've got i've been to a prior meeting because of the a person in the homeowners association that did notify us although there has not been any real effort for us to see versions of the land use plan it hasn't been easily available to residents it's it's it's and the same in the marketplace thing it's there's not enough planning on either of these things and this clearly is a project that the land use plan should make it clear that this is not the appropriate type project for this neighborhood for this community it's maybe appropriate for some other parts of plantation but not for the area where it's being put thank you for coming out tonight all right the last uh form i have here is one more okay uh natalie lynch walsh good evening good evening natalie lynch walsh jack randall lakes and i echo the parking concerns for sure um so normally i'm going over bcps affairs with a fine tooth comb but i did pivot at the crack of dawn this morning to download and read all the files i don't know about drainage and density and heights but i do know about florida statute 163.31777 the public schools interlocal agreement and this comprehensive plan seems to have left out a couple of key details from that statute but before i get to that i do support the 180 day extension i freely admit that i don't usually have the bandwidth to pay attention to what's all happening in the city but i only just started realizing you guys were doing one recently and that should not be the case i'm signed up for all kinds of alerts but that i did not seem to be getting one about um so usually you have a vision before you have a plan i moved to plantation in 1998 and when i close my eyes i can assure you that i'm never picturing high rises and i i don't picture them on brow boulevard i don't picture them on sunrise and pine island because that's not why people move to plantation what we don't have here and i and has been an issue is retail where to shop i don't shop in plantation i have to go down to the tower shops or to sawgrass we don't have what davy and sunrise have in plantation there's been an under emphasis on shopping retail and that sort of thing i am concerned about the 2020 population data because it's 2026 and a lot has happened between 2020 and now and i'm concerned that the growth that's being cited as the reason for meeting all of these units is outdated and at odds with what brad schools is telling you is going on you know lower birth rates less people people can't afford to live here and all of that so i would think that you'd want to have updated data driving the next 25 years because it's outdated um however the statute that's left out and there's kind of like um sort of what i call a passive approach to schools uh briar schools is doing redefining without a master plan so relying and sitting there saying we'll just go along with whatever they put into the five-year plan yes i saw some references to strengthening um the public schools and this that and the other goal 12a you're supposed to as part of the interlocal agreement the interlocal agreement has to address and by the way i cannot get the interlocal agreement files out of the district like the last report that they did in april a process by which each local government and district school board agree and base their plans on consistent projections of amount type and distribution of population growth and student enrollment i'm just trying to read the two things yes um and the other one participation by affected local governments in the district school board in the process of evaluating potential school closures significant renovations to existing schools and new school site selection before land acquisition there's a lot of reference to new school site selection in here but nothing about the things that are actually happening which is significant renovations or need to happen and potential school closures plantation middle is listed in here and it no longer exists as of i think this year so i do have some concerns i support the 180 days and i hope you guys will vote to extend it measure twice cut once thank you thank you very much amanda sparts good evening hi i'm amanda sparts at 1781 southwest 67 terrace um first off thank you you are a lot nicer than the other city councils that mocked us at some points um i just started reading into this my biggest fear is the live local loophole i mean y'all can say it's only right there midtown but if you go to 50 there's nothing stopping it you can't promise us that and so i'd really like you to look into that that's my biggest fear if it was only there and nobody else could take that loophole go for it but i plan on living in my house a very long time i'm hoping to not have to deal with so much traffic um as i grow older and one thing is i've brought up traffic and they're like oh we're looking into it we're having studies we're having studies we're having studies well nothing has changed and now we're just packing in more even since some of you guys have made it to council we've made more i don't even know what happened on pine island if that got approved between or now on peters between university and pine island i mean we just keep building and we're not doing anything about traffic so it's in the loophole i mean that's got to be the biggest thing in this whole conversation is that loophole so that's it okay thank you thanks for coming out tonight all righty uh not seeing any more forms public comment is now concluded and now we'll move on to the consent agenda the consent agenda consists of items one through 14 and may be approved with one motion does any member of council wish to pull an item this evening uh three imagine anyone else it was three okay anderson and miss hudson has asked to pull item one or two any other members of the public wish to pull an item no okay do we have a motion to prove items four through 14. motion to approve items four through 14. all right do we have a second second miss figaro please call the roll council member anderson yes council member andreyu yes council member fadgen yes council member reinstein yes council member horland uh yes thank you all right um item number one is the plantation preserve golf course improvements phase two landscape architectural services miss hudson pulled this smith hudson here i did see them leave okay pardon me i saw them both leave she left okay i guess you don't want to speak on that item motion to approve okay uh do we have a second second okay miss figaro please call the roll council member anderson yes council member andreyu yes council member fadgen yes council member reinstein yes council member horland yes item number two is plantation preserve clubhouse renovations architectural services same thing motion approved okay do we have a second second second miss figaro please call the role council member anderson Yes. Councilmember Andreu? Yes. Councilmember Fadgen? Yes. Councilmember Einstein? Yes. Councilmember Horland? Yes. Thank you very much. Item number three pulled by Councilmember Fadgen is WB number 054-26, Bus Transportation Services. Go ahead, sir. Thank you. I just want to clarify. So it looks like you had a new agreement that I think it had like a red header on it said negotiated. I don't remember. Do you remember what was on top of it? Yes. So then later on, the other package, that was just showing us what the original thing was because it had the striking of the five buses and we'll do the best we can? That's correct. So the negotiated one is the one that superseded that? Yes, sir. Okay. I just want to make sure that I read it properly, that I understood what I was looking at. So that's really the only question I had. I don't know if someone else had a question. Okay. Then I won't make a motion. Councilmember Anderson. Thank you, Councilmember Fadgen. Councilmember Anderson? Charles, on the backup material, where it's got the amount with a table, it just says, number one, single hourly rate per bus to provide bus transportation services in accordance with the terms and conditions of this WB, it had $110 per hour crossed out. Then it says $100 per hour, three hours. Yes. It says minimum number of hours per trip. But then the very next line says minimum number of hours per trip may not exceed four. That was, that's what we submitted as a bidding item. So when they were submitting, they can do less than four. So they couldn't go beyond four. This contractor said, no, we'll do it at three. Minimum three and then minimum four. Yes. So the minimum three was a blank line at one point. And they can insert what their minimum was. We were indicating to the contract during our bidding cycle that they could not exceed four hours of a minimum. They said. And they responded with the three. Yes, sir. Okay. Yes, sir. Not clear because it's. No, I understand. The blank document and then they filled in the three. That's correct. As a response. Yes, sir. Understood. Okay. That's it. Thank you. Okay. Any other discussion? No comments from the public on that item? All right. Do we have a motion? Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Ms. Figueroa, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Yes. Council Member Andreson. Yes. Council Member Fajan. Yes. Council Member Einstein. Yes. Council Member Horland. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right. That is it for the consent agenda. And we will be moving on to administrative discussion items. And this is purely a discussion. There will be no public comment on discussion on Amendment 3. Mr. Nunnemaker, floor is yours, sir. Council President, as they set up the presentation, can we just confirm the date in January of our strategic plan meeting? I have it as January 12th. Okay. Correct. It's January 12th. I know that there were a few dates being proposed. Yes. That's what I have. Okay. That's what I announced at a town hall last night. Okay. So, Mayor Sordo, you can confirm that. Okay. We just let the nod. Thank you. I saw Laura. Thank you. And for the listening public, it's January 12th, 2027 at Volunteer Park, right? All day. Strategic planning starting at 8.30 a.m. So, the public is welcome to attend. But there is no public comment. Yes. Good evening, everybody. Jason Nunnemaker, CAO. The elephant in the room. So, with Amendment 3, at the outset, I want to say that the administration has been very cautious not to be overly dramatic about this. While it does pose some pretty substantial impacts to the city if passed, frankly, we'll just have to deal with them. And the message we've been trying to push out is that we're going to protect our core services. And that's going to be something ultimately for us to engage in as strategic planning comes up, is to continue to identify what those core services are and then grapple with what that means for other services in the city. The purpose of this presentation is to kind of stimulate y'all for what we hope to be a lively conversation for strategic planning and also inform the public at a 30,000-foot level at the fiscal impact this will have on the city. And one of the things that's interesting, it's not the first time the city's had to grapple with these issues. There have been statutory amendments before. We've had recessions before. And we've responded to those. But we also need to take heed from that history to see what the consequences of those actions have been. Because to some extent, we're still reckoning with those actions that we took by way of deferred maintenance, lower FTEs in some areas. And that's impacting the city. I also want to point out these scenarios I'm going to present, it's creative. What could happen? Some potential possibilities. We want to give y'all something to chew on. Also later, I specifically talk about parks and recreation. Because it's the third largest general fund department that, from the state's perspective, is not a core service. Which, from the perspective of a plantation resident, I have to think would be a little bit odd. Because if you think about the residents that talk to you, why you probably live here, what is at the core of why you would be in plantation? What did we just go through the branding exercise? What was it about? What did it wind up being? Green. Trees. So our park system, our physical infrastructure, is of paramount importance to the identity of the city, why people are here, the value that this city has experienced over the past few years, and why it will be considered a premium city into the future. And then also to figure out what else makes it a premium city, and what do you want to hold on to in that regard. So with that, y'all had struggles before. We've had Amendment 1. We've had the recession of 08, and y'all remember, previous to that, the run-up in property values, and with every action, there's a reaction. So we've seen that before. The fiscal impact back then was not as severe, but over the course of time, it has left us wanting on the infrastructure side. And we've never fully recovered. Y'all are in the shade sessions when we're talking about the various sidewalk issues we have, our parks have various levels of disrepair, Sunset Park's a good example of that, and we're still grappling with it. So what would Amendment 3 change? Now it does a number of things, but for our purpose, we want to focus on just three of them. One, eligible homestead owners, those that have been here more than five years, they will get an increase in the homestead exemption of $150,000 and $250,000, respectively. Now it doesn't just affect homesteaded folks, it also affects non-homesteaded folks. So it reduces the potential value increase for non-homesteaded properties from 10% to 5%. So that's a reduction in future revenue for the city. The other thing, it identifies areas of spending that will be interesting when we discuss a little bit later, because to me, the legislature is telegraphing a certain intent, potentially, and we need to be mindful that even if Amendment 3 doesn't pass, there's probably some things we're going to struggle with in the future with the legislature. And also, we still have, at least from my perspective, a deficit in infrastructure spending. I would use roads as an example. You've seen what we face on the stormwater side. So it's something we grapple with. And even in our departments, if you consider our core outside of utilities, but for fire, for police, we've added some essential elements over just the past couple years that are really essential. So you've got body cams. That's no small expenditure. And with every action like that, we incur additional expenses. Our public record requests have gone through the roof. That's engendered the need for more staff. And I don't say that as that to indicate that the body cams were a mistake. I think they've been a wonderful addition. I think the PD is very thankful for them. I think the public is very thankful for them. But it is a fiscal impact that will be going on in perpetuity. On the fire side, we've got infrastructure we've bought, insurance we've put in place, and things that, from administration's perspective, should have always been there. But now we've kind of filled out those services. Sorry, I feel like I missed one. All right. Just as a reminder, how is the general fund funded? Fifty-three percent is based on property taxes. Now, 22 percent, I'm sorry, homestead exposure, about 41 percent of the municipal levy, I'm sorry, about 22 percent of the total general fund levy is due to homestead property. And so what that means is if the legislature ultimately removed all of it, it would be a severe impact for the city. So where does the money go? Now, this you've all seen before. Police, number one. Fire, EMS, number two. And number three, parks and rec, even before public works. So you can see a tremendous impact there. And we'll get into basically three scenarios of how it could be impacted, parks and rec, that is. So annual revenue loss in first year is about just under $13 million. And each of y'all have been through multiple budget processes at this point. And so you're all aware of the struggle we go through when we have conversations about what to cut, what not to cut. And to take an additional $13 million a year, you can see how that would be a tremendous burden. But then year two, you add about $24 million. So the total of approximately $36 million. But there's a flip side to the equation. I don't want to just present what's the loss to the city. What's the gain to the resident? Yes, sir. Yeah, that would be the net after year two. And then it continues to grow over time. Because, again, there's a reduction in value moving forward. But there's also a benefit to the residents. Now, for BCPA, they provided some figures. And, again, these are estimates. So everybody needs to do their due diligence to see how they would be individually impacted. But the analysis they gave, between $1,200 and $2,700 on average for City of Plantation residents. But one thing we have is we have a lot of long-term homestead properties in the city. So what that means is you've got a lot of people who have a locked-in value that if there's any revenue enhancements that are achieved outside of a millage rate, it's going to be a direct pass-through to them. So they're going to feel that directly. So it's possible that could even eclipse what their savings would be. So for our modeling base, it just shows the total general fund of $158. We did net out the resource recovery. That's basically solid waste services. But, unfortunately, even though it's a pass-through, we still eat a number of costs associated with that. We've got recyclables we currently pay for. We also have the household hazard, household hazard, thank you, household hazardous waste. Yeah, Carol told me it said HAF, but I didn't listen to her. HHW. And so currently it was about $500,000 that we're losing on that. So as part of our current negotiations, we'll try to contain that. But I just want to bring that to your attention. It's not 100% pass-through at this point. So our adjusted base is $151. Police and fire, EMS, account for almost $80 million of that. And so all of the general fund spending is about $73 million. So now as far as the scenarios go, this is the 30,000-foot impact. So what if we did a proportional response? In other words, every general fund department has to turn their budget down proportionally. Now, I don't think that's a likely scenario, but I just wanted to show it here. First year, each department would have to go down about 8%. Second year, 15.7%. What if we limit PD and fire to 5%? Now, the reason I chose 5% is on the police side, while we can lower the budget more than 5%, statutorily there can be certain measures pulled that would enable that to be challenged. So I just thought, let's apply that to both PD and fire just to see what it does. But also recognizing this city is very much dedicated to public safety. Every budget, it's emphasized. If you look at the unique nature of public safety in the city of Plantation, it's very obvious that that's one of the things that makes this city unique and attractive to individuals. So if we do that limitation, the impact of the balance of departments becomes 12% and 27% respectively. Now, again, if you think about that in the context of the past budgets you all have gone through, think about the impact to the individual departments. And, again, that's applied equally across those departments. All those departments don't carry equal weight. And I don't say that to diminish the impact of a particular department. But if we're candid about it, if you have to make a choice, you're not going to rank them all the same. Okay. So what could you do? Now, this is for illustrative purposes. This is not a recommendation right now. But when I look across what other cities have done, the triggers they've already pulled, and that's where I should say this city is very well positioned to navigate this issue. We have a low debt burden. We haven't pulled a lot of triggers that cities have already been through. They're already maxed out. We don't have a utility tax on water. We don't have a fire fee. That's what you would consider low-hanging fruit in this regard. But, like I said earlier, the impact, you'll have long-term homestead folks come before you and mention their taxes. Well, while they might get some minor relief on the one side with the expanded homestead, these measures penetrate right through so everybody would experience it. Again, in theory, if they were employed. But you can see the offset. So, in the initial year, that's about a half percent reduction for the balance of the departments. But still, second year, about a 15 percent cut, which is not insubstantial. And that's, again, our full replacement benchmark. You're looking at $12 million and $23 million, respectively. So, proportional reductions, this just shows the raw numbers, PD, fire EMS, and the balance of the departments. But it's been years since we operated a PD at $48 million. So, it's almost inconceivable to have that type of rollback. Now, for purposes of this presentation, we consider just the whole department. So, that includes code. It includes CSAs. So, are those services part and parcel of the PD? Well, while code may not be, it is a quality of life issue. The CSAs, if you're going to cut CSAs, that's going to lead to issues with response time, you know, how we handle accidents. So, there's a corresponding impact. Okay. So, if we do the limitation, well, about $4 million out of public safety. But then, $8.7 to $20 million from the balance of the departments. Now, with the utility tax and a fire fee, that would cut that down to, again, about a half a percent in year one, 15% in year two. Now, as far as a fire assessment, the revenue of $6 million, I used an 80% figure. That's very conservative. You could probably get much closer to 100% cost recovery. But, again, this being speculative, how would you all consider that? Would you be amenable to it? So, I didn't want to overstate the impact. And you also have the option, when you implement those, anywhere between zero and 100% cost recovery. You can go up to 100% cost recovery. What you cannot do is cover EMS expense. It has to be fire only, and it has to be predicated to the exposure. It has to be data-driven. Very much like an impact fee, or think of a stormwater methodology, if you will. Utility tax is much simpler. It's just an ordinance. It is a tax on water only, up to 10%. You don't have to do 10%. But, again, that is something that's going to lay on top of the water bill, and everybody receiving that water bill will feel that. All right. So, parks and rec in scenario one. Again, this is proportional. First year, $1.7 million. Second year, $3.2 million. And, again, this is just a proportional response. And when we go through parks and recreation, each one of y'all, when we sit together, y'all are going line by line through the budget. I know the public doesn't really see that because we hash that out in one-on-one meetings. Sometimes that translates into the public hearings we have. Particular lines will come up. But I just want to say that for the record, that y'all do go line by line. And I say that because in no discussion has it come up with regard to parks and rec, hey, where can we take $3 or $4 or $5 million out of here? Typically, the discussion is, can we get some more shade shelters? Because that is a huge need, a huge desire of the public. Can we have more connectivity in the parks? Can we address the broken concrete? Can we have ADA-accessible features? Can we have more water fountains? There's just a variety of asks. And I don't say that as a negative. I think we've got such a wonderful footprint, physical footprint. It lends itself to people wanting more and more of that amenity. So this is just on a proportional. So if we hold them police and fire, that is, harmless or to 5%, the impact swells. And, again, this is parks and rec, our third largest general fund department, looking at a $2.5 and $5.6 million cut. So I would invite y'all to think about the last budget process we went through, where you're thinking about the items you'd like to see in the budget, things that we already significantly cut capital each year, and what this may do moving forward. And here we take the edge off a little bit. If you do some revenue enhancement, where does that get you? And, again, it largely relieves the first year. Second year is going to be a little more difficult, obviously. Now, we do have some constraints on spending contractual and recurring costs, mandatory regulatory requirements, and that runs across the board. I would consider Live Local, to some extent, an unfunded mandate. If you look at impact fees, we have unfunded mandates there because we can't pass full cost recovery to development. So we do the best we can. We have a new impact fee study, but that's one area where we can't get it all back. Inflation, replacement needs. You know, Plantation has been very good at basically running systems into the ground. And I don't mean that in a bad way, but a couple of examples with that are phone system. We've got an aged-out phone system that's close to end of life. We will use it as long as we can. We spend, maintenance-wise, about $20,000 a year. That is a sweet, sweet deal. We will ride it as long as we can, but that will end at some point. And when it does, when we can't get replacement parts off eBay, we'll be spending $20,000 a month minimum. That's just painful. So we've got a very good IT shop. As we've transitioned by force from on-prem to subscription-as-a-service, all that winds up being an annual cost. So it's just an incredible imposition of cost that we're struggling with. So those are just a couple of areas. Departmental independence. I think we've done a very good job at getting departments to work together. They really support each other. And the reliance that one department has on another, whether it's the fire department that's leaning on engineering to engineer a new parking lot, whether it's PD that's calling public works out at 2 a.m., there's a lot of interrelationships there that folks depend on. Engineering is not just engineering, but it's also supervising stormwater. So every department has some credibility, has an interrelationship with other departments. I mentioned cybersecurity and technology, but one of the things, it's gotten incredibly expensive to try to ward off the bad actors, so much so that we asked the IT director to switch to a 10-year capital plan because it's gotten to that level of expense. And so we want to make sure you all see that coming down the pike. How do we keep bad actors outside of the city's network? How do we protect our customer information? It is a constant challenge. And with AI, the sophistication of the attacks we get just ramp up. I can't tell you the number of times I get an e-mail from, it could be, Councilmember Tim Fadgen, can you redirect my paycheck? I put it over here. And it looks good. It looks real good. Or other inquiries. Options to reduce. Obviously, we do have triggers we can pull. But I want to state at the outset that we're not a thick organization. And one of the things that's going to happen in strategic planning, it's a requirement as part of the recent legislature to do a 10% cut to demonstrate what that looks like. You don't have to do it, but you have to present it. And very quickly, as you see by department, okay, we'll get through travel. We'll get through this and that. And very quickly, you'll be into staff. And I think what you'll see is you're into staff that matter. I've looked at some other organizations where they have multiple levels of management that we don't have here, we never have had here. And I think that's something y'all should be proud of because it's fairly lean. But that's what makes, you know, reduction and force all the more painful. It's an option. It's something we'll look at. You know, pension reform is something we can take another look at. We're looking at some different scenarios. Do we do a Tier 3? What does that look like? We can bring out some options on that. A reduction in hours. What does that look like? Again, we can save some money, but that also means less availability. Consolidation. That probably has some of the most promise. Is there some overlap we can address? That's something we're exploring. Privatization. Where does that make sense? We can look at that. But then there's an issue of capacity. You know, one of the things I was struck by when I first started, a couple months after I started, we had the marketplace explosion. And the thing that amazed me was the resources we were able to deploy. And I was scratching my head when the mayor asked me to go to the site. And Parks and Rec is there. Public Works is there. And I'm thinking, Parks and Rec, what are they doing here? But they were there to support. They were setting up tables. They were providing water. They were part of the team that was responding. Same with Public Works. It was an all-hands-on-deck situation. The same thing you see in storm prep, storm recovery. If anything happens in this city, everybody pulls together and you have a wealth of resources that are at the ready. If we privatize some of those services, that's not necessarily the case. It doesn't mean we can't consider it. It just means we have to be cautious about how we do it. Public-private partnerships. This is probably another great opportunity, depending on how you all feel about it. If you look at things like the tennis center, indoor recreation, there's probably some unique partnerships. We've had some inquiries already from folks that would be interested, but it's something the city hasn't done before. And probably the most difficult aspect of this is the recession of 2008, things like that. We eased into those issues. This one, we're going to have to respond very quickly. And so if you listen to the discussion, say, on growth, imagine trying to force-feed a whole new concept very quickly. It's something we have to be careful about. We want to make sure that people are supportive, that are going to see the benefit. It's not something that I would see us doing just at the drop of a hat. I mean, we really need to think about what we're doing with that. Cost allocation is another one you all have grappled with recently in regard to stormwater. You already saw some public pushback on that, but that is always an option because we have legitimate, for example, stormwater aspects that could be put on a non-advalorem basis through stormwater that's currently on the public works side. But, again, that is passing through directly to the resident. Resident doesn't matter about homesteading. And then, finally, service elimination. And that's where, again, part of this presentation is to prompt you all to think about what you can do without. If you think about the panoply of services we offer, I hate to say it this way, but what's least important to you? What's least important to the residents? And I think they'll struggle with an answer because my impression of plantation is that those wraparound services, kind of the holistic soup-to-nut city, is what they really like about the city. So it's just one of those things that's a conversation we're going to have to have. Revenue enhancements, obviously, we've got the millage rate. If we try to deal with losses of revenue through the millage, we always run the risk of raising the ire of the legislature. It doesn't mean we can't do it, but the threshold to raise the millage is going to be increased. So that makes it a little bit tougher. However, non-Avalorum assessments, obviously, you all are experienced with that. We can utilize those in a number of different areas. It's not just isolated to stormwater. It can be used for roads. It can be used for sidewalks, any number of things. We discussed the utility tax. Subsidy reduction. I invite you all to recall our discussion about the parks and rec fees. I think we moved a couple percent. And I'm not being critical, but just to show that it's difficult every time you do that. But, well, what about this segment of the population? What about this segment of the population? Those discussions become that much harder. The CRA sunset, while it makes me sad in a lot of ways, this is one area of sunshine. That transfer that's currently about $2.4 or $2.5 million will end in 2030. So that then will be the domain of the general fund. It can be allocated as you all see fit. Now, it also means that we won't get that support from the county, their TIF. But that's actually not a bad thing, because we've been successful in the Gateway. Very proud of what we've been able to do there. Glenn's been killing it. I think y'all have had some directed investment that have paid off very well. And so that's why we're very anxious to do as much as we can by 2030. The other issue, the bond. So our bond sunsets in 2037. One of the things that we hope to do is to learn from the past implementation in a couple ways. Number one, the effects of the previous recession gutted staff that would have monitored the bond implementation. So much of that was put on the back of the previous city engineer. There was not adequate staffing to make it happen. The previous mayor, I think she did what she could to try to get that staffing together. But that is suboptimal to try to do that when the thing is already here. The other aspect is when we went into that, we were just doing design. And so when you're just doing the design, the pricing might not be accurate. It's open to preferencing. What a previous director may have wanted, well, now we're going to switch that. So as part of the strategic planning process, we're going to encourage you to think about what you might want to do if there's a new bond issue in 2037 or thereafter, and then the process of how we would do it. I would recommend we make sure those projects are fully vetted, that they're fully designed, that there's buy-in. So when you go to do that, you know exactly what you're getting. And you know it's had a 360 basically. So we're not doing a $700,000 bay and fire station two that turns into a $5 million renovation because that's what we've been faced with. We really need to take a holistic look and make sure we don't get surprised with those costs. As I mentioned before, to think about what is a premium community, and one of the things that we want to validate at strategic planning is our assumptions. And just speaking for myself, my assumption is we want a municipal PD. We want a freestanding independent dispatch, volunteer fire, municipal EMS. Those have been part and parcel of the city. If that's not the case, then we need to know that. Community assets, again, parks. I don't see us recommending the sale of land. Earlier a speaker was talking about schools, and it was interesting. Senator Geller was holding his get-together earlier today for lunch. And there was a lot of discussion about schools and lamenting the fact that these sales, once you do that, you get rid of the school property. If trends reverse, well, then what? I mean, most of y'all, I know some of y'all were in the education community. Most of y'all are familiar with the struggle that everybody went through, 0-4, 0-5, 0-6. We were cobbling together all sorts of agreements throughout the state. How can we come up with capacity? Developers were paying for schools, for portables. So that could happen again. The only difference being is that the land could be eaten up. Likewise, with parks and rec, the fabric of the city is really intertwined with the physical infrastructure of parks in the city. So it would seem like a travesty if that was lost. And as far as financial discipline, we want to make sure that we're not funding ongoing issues with fund balance. If there's a plan, if there's a dedicated transition plan to get to a certain point, that's all good. But we can't lean on fund balance in perpetuity, obviously. Now, the state has its idea of what the core is, and they listed it very specifically. Now, education, that's been exempted, so I just listed it because they had it. But public safety, natural resources, debt, retirement obligations. They mentioned public works more broadly as conceived of utilities, stormwater, roads. Those are what the state considers core. But interestingly, as this effort was migrating, a lot of people were concerned because at one point they were not going to allow expenditures beyond those for ad valorem tax dollars. And at somewhat the last minute, this section allowed the council to approve expenditures. But then they also put, except those prohibited by general law, which, again, I could be paranoid, but it leads me to believe that they're anticipating further restrictions. So it'll be interesting to see what that looks like. But we have to reconcile the statutory authority with the city's vision, and that's going to be our task moving forward. So once November 3rd happens, that's when we'll have to develop a real plan. So for us, the next steps are going to be strategic planning, and that's why we wanted to kind of stimulate the discussion on that. We've tried to be level-headed about it. The administration has been pushing staff for quite some time now to think about how we might be able to address these various issues that will be coming up. I think the 10% analysis will help you all see how quickly we get into the bone of various departments. And what I would urge you all to do, if this passes, you will need to decide what priorities are, because I think the worst thing we could do is everything less well. And if we preserve our infrastructure capacity, we can always build back up again. But I think if we sacrifice infrastructure again like we did before, it's going to put the city in a perilous state. Legislative advocacy. I think one of the things that was missing during this previous session, and maybe there just wasn't an opportunity for it, is some other ideas. It seemed like this thing was a cram down. What else is there? How can we tap into everybody that wants to come here and say hi to Mickey? Just other ideas. So that's something we'll chew on through legislative advocacy. But, yeah, it's going to be an interesting ride. And so that's basically where we end. So I know it's a very broad overview, but I wanted to give you all a sense of, on a percentage basis, the impact. I think looking at Parks and Rec, I know everybody in here is very supportive of Parks and Recreation, both on a program basis, but also the infrastructure, the physical nature of our park system. And that that's not something you all want to see decline. So I'm hoping that it at least gives a better sense of the magnitude of the impact we'll be facing, and then it gets a little bit bigger thereafter. Oh, I have a lot to say on this. I'm going to start and then turn it over to Councilmember Fadgen. I'm going to start where you ended, because I think it's important for the public. And I've been, over the last six to eight weeks, giving – last night I was invited to Lauderdale West. I'd already spoken to their board meeting, and I've been out there educating, because we cannot tell people, and I would not tell people how to vote for this. But voters need to understand the potential impacts, and at our Florida League of Cities board meetings, we say, while the city of Plantation may be able to weather this better than others, it is a great existential threat. I think the greatest to the municipalities, the 411 municipalities in the state of Florida, and there are fiscally constrained cities and counties that will not be able to stand on their own. So what I want to start with at the end there is, to your point, and we've been presenting different options up there in Tallahassee, if relief was really the goal, and I wrote down a couple of things, there were responsible paths forward, they could have suspended the gas tax. Targeted exemptions, homestead exemptions, we were asking for that, make it easier for first-time homebuyers, more senior exemptions, income-based relief, state revenue replacement mechanisms, greater local fiscal flexibility. These options all require modeling, transportation, transparency, and deliberation, but the legislature did not do that. What we were hoping is they were going to wait for February with the Tax and Budget Reform Commission, which is mandated in the Constitution to meet every 20 years. So I think, you know, this is very much like you're remodeling a house and you take out the support beams without putting something up before the house collapses. So having said that, when you look at the economic downturn the city of Plantation went through before any of us were sitting up here, and, you know, it took a long time to recover from that, and that was $2.54 million. When we're looking at a $13 million hit the first year and $24 million the next year, I think when we go through this, people need to understand, yes, what we're going to prioritize, but it is definitely going to affect the quality of life that people have come to expect in this city. And I want everyone to have a real understanding of that. I still maintain that, and I brought this up in strategic planning last year, no matter what happens with this, if it fails in November, you're right, we still need to look at what happens in February. There are members of the legislature who firmly believe that ad alarm taxes should go away. And the other thing that's important to remember about Amendment 3, when you change the Constitution, it's there in perpetuity. It's not coming back out, and no one's really talking about what happens in year 3 or 4, because that could be a full elimination, and you did touch upon that, and what's that going to look like for the city? So I am going to suggest again that we hold charrettes throughout the city. I think we have to do things a little differently, and I think you've heard some of that with some of the comments you heard tonight. And go out to folks and say, what are you willing to give up in the city? Because we also, you know, I think back to, I think the mayor and council member Anderson, we were the ones that were there when the park master plan first came out. And we went to Central Park, and we had the public come in and talk about what their priorities were and what they wanted to see. So I think that's something that we're going to have to do no matter what. And I know I brought up to you, Mr. Nunnamaker, but Coral Springs started that process of the 10% several months ago, and they only got to 4.58% before services were starting to be impacted. So I think we need to have clear eyes going forward. Yes, we'll be able to weather it a little bit better that first year than some other cities, but the impacts will be great, and the city will look a little different. So I'll turn it over to Councilmember Fadgett. Thank you, Council President Horland. Can we put the slides back up and go to slide 7? And then while we're doing that, I looked in the budget under the future landscape, where it started discussing the potential effect of this amendment and the potential impact on the city of Plantation. We had an estimate from the Brown County property appraiser, who said about $20.5 million. And then it seemed like we got some more solid information from the Florida Revenue Estimating Conference and the numbers that they came up and the numbers I've been utilizing talking with residents. Oh, and by the way, this is a very good presentation. I appreciate that you added some clarity to some things that we're wondering about. I wish we were able to do this sooner, but thank you for the presentation. So based off that Florida Revenue Estimating Conference subsequent – sorry, I read too much. Florida Revenue Estimating Conference, fiscal year 27-28, we all know these numbers, 12.7 million in the following year, 23.9 million, followed by 25.5, followed by 27.2, followed by 28.8. Now, looking at your slide 7, if we can go to slide 7. Yeah, all I see is the 2 at the bottom. I'm not seeing the slide number. Just keep going. It's like the 7th slide. Almost there. There we go. So you're saying the combined two-year revenue loss is $36 million. So that means that in the five fiscal years that was included in our fiscal year 26-27 budget, we are looking at $118 million, $100 million loss. The math is wrong. Your $23 million is wrong. That is not the loss for fiscal year 29. If you have a financial statement and you have a company that loses $8 million and in the following year they lose $9 million, well, the following year it's not a $17 million loss. It's a $17 million loss, but cumulatively it's $17 million is the loss. You double-dipped, and it's even in your footnote here where it says the year two adds $11.1 million to the amount we're going to lose because of the next step up in the homestead exemption. Year one, we got $12 million worth of cuts. Year two, we don't have that $12 million worth of cuts because that's already been done. We have an additional $11 million. So then the future years, because of the – they're going to tie it to – I don't remember the future. They're going to tie it to CPI, I guess, or it'll be a $1.6 million loss, followed by a $1.7 million loss, followed by a $1.6 million loss. So that last fiscal year, 2031-32, where it says $28.8 million, that is the cumulative effect of all of the losses over that five-year period. So that's significant, absolutely. But I think we're just looking at it wrong. And this is just one variable of it, you know, the loss of the tax revenue. The other variable of – is that we're not considering property appreciation. Now, property appreciation is not guaranteed. You know, 08-09, we hit crisis times, and there were some very difficult times. I remember my father, you know, stressing over all that stuff. And then there's the other thing about construction approved and in progress. And I looked up some of the projects that went online over the last several years, like the Windsor 335. In 2020, it was on the books at $93,000, and then we're – $116,000. And then in 2022, it's on the books at $1.4 million. So there are some things that are under construction that will come online. The Ellsworth, they – it was on the books. The tax – property tax from the Ellsworth was $98,000 in 2023. In 2024, they sold it for $133 million. And now it's – the property tax is $1.29 million in 2024, and it was $2 million in 2025. Looking at the publics on Cleary, before they did that renovation where they closed it for about a year, where property taxes was like $613,000, $648,000, $642,000. Then it was closed for about a year during 2022, and the property taxes for that property dropped to $482,000. And then when they reopened, it jumped up to $697,000. Then it was $689,000. And in 2025, it was $726,000. And then I looked at the Broward and 441 publics, which isn't really assessed yet. Sure. So we don't even have that impact. And I'm just saying that this is going to be crushed a little bit. You know, it's not going to be – it's going to be significant. But I don't think we're looking at it right when we don't look into these other assumptions and such. Just to say that, you know, compare it to the baseline of the current fiscal year, I don't think that gives us a proper projection. So the $36 million, it's not $12 million plus $23 million because the $12 million is already in the $23 million. The first – the combined two-year revenue loss will be $23,853, and $849. So that's what's the kind of things that we're sort of like – I'm playing in my head with the property appreciation. Do we have some kind of historical number that we can utilize in our projections for what our non-homesteaded property values go up year over year? Or is it just so volatile? It just depends on – and I know that we're going to – it's going to be capped at 5% instead of 10%, so that's another assumption that we need. There's just a bunch of variables more than just losing the property base. Well, the cap doesn't undermine your point about the increase in valuation from, say, if I'm not talking about raw land, redevelopment of a shopping center. And, look, I'm always happy to go back and check my math, but what I didn't want to do is have a rosy assumption about the impact of development, particularly given the conversation. This math is just wrong. It's just – it's not rosy. I'm just saying it's just not accurate. No, but about thinking that we're going to develop our way out of the decline. And I'm not suggesting that, but there's been – I can think of two or three things that – one, two – I can think of four things that have been approved. And generally, it takes about five years before they get online, so that's going to be right at the end of this period. And that makes it valid because, you know, you brought up the sunsetting of the CRA, where that money will start going into the general fund. And so I know it's four or five years, and there's going to be some very tough times in the next three or four years, but I think some of this is going to be recovered as the property does, assuming that the legislature doesn't go further with next year's budget and tax reform conference. So these are just the things I was thinking about. But, yeah, it's not $36 million for the first two years, and I think that's all I have for now. Thank you. Okay. Thank you for that, Council Member Fadgen. And if I'm not mistaken, those numbers were verified by the state as well. But, you know, I'll – the last thing I'm going to say is Florida's tax system works. The state collects the sales tax and ad valorem taxes historically because we do not have a state income tax have been a stable revenue source for municipalities. And I certainly – and I'm not saying that you're implying this, but don't want to develop our way out of this. You know, and I know you're not implying that, but I certainly – that would not be an option for me. I also want everyone to realize that – and I have a slide that I present when I do these presentations. There's only one major group in the entire state of Florida that is supporting this, and that's the Florida realtors. And I have a whole slide of all the groups that are against this, and I think it's interesting that the realtors are the only ones that are backing this, and they're putting $26 million into advertising for this. So when current Senate President Albritton came out yesterday and said that he's against it and, you know, you've got the sheriff's organization – and this is not a Republican or Democrat or independent issue. This is something that affects nonprofits, our mosquito-controlled district, libraries. It affects a lot of sectors, and I don't think that the potential implications for the entire state of Florida were really thought out and hoping that we'll have another shot at this. But I appreciate the presentation tonight because I think that we need to open our eyes and see what is potentially on the horizon. Whether or not this passes, I think that we're going to get potentially hit with the next legislative session again. So I thank you, Mr. Nunnemaker. I know you put a lot of work into that. So do we have any other questions, Councilmembers, comments? So just one question. Yes, Councilmember Andre. So regardless of the vote for November 3rd, we are going to still – each department is going to still look at what a 10 percent reduction in their department would look like. Yes, ma'am, and that will be part of our budget process moving forward because that's now a requirement. But are we doing that at strategic planning in January, or are we waiting until we start the budget cycle? We're not waiting. And our thought is to give you that insight as soon as possible so it gives you something more to chew on. So we've actually been meeting with departments now to talk about that because we want you all to see it as soon as possible. So can you – I don't know if that was your plan – to do a one-on-one similar to what we do during the budget cycle and meet with us one-on-one with a new binder, if you will, so that we can go through that department by department, line item by line item? We absolutely could in advance of strategic planning just so you kind of hit the ground running. No issue with that at all. That would be helpful. Thank you. But we had anticipated doing it both at strategic planning and then during our normal budgeting process coming up or subsequent to that. And I do want to say that, you know, we had entertained the idea of an analysis that showed the revenue thrown off by various levels of development. And, frankly, we resisted the urge because what we didn't want to do was to put you all in a position where we were pressuring you all to make development decisions based on tax revenue versus compatibility with the city. And that's not to take away from the point that future revenues will increase as part of development, but are they going to increase efficiently to cover the loss? We'll see. And I appreciate that because I don't, you know, I know my eight years on council, I've never made a decision on development based on the tax revenue. I know we had a discussion during the budget hearing. Mayor Judy Paul went on the record saying that, you know, she pushed for a millage rate reduction because of all the development they've had in plan. And she's said that to Channel 10 because of all the development they've had in Davie. And I don't think anybody sitting up here wants to be in that position because it's certainly not why we would use that as a criteria to approve a project. But I do want to make sure that you all think about the core assumptions and that I'm not off on that as far as having our municipal services regarding PD, fire, EMS, and dispatch. Because to me that seems like a core, but it comes with a cost. But I think the other thing you can see, and it was discussed a little bit earlier today, and you all have certainly seen it in the papers, it's worth it for the control. When you all have issues, we're able to be very responsive. You know, we had a shade session earlier where, frankly, I'm proud of how we were able to respond to a given situation that was potentially and will actually so impactful to quality of life in the city. And if we didn't have all those tools at our disposal, I don't think we could have done that. And I think we've been successful with that particular issue and more broadly. And I'll go on the record as saying is that would be a priority for me is maintaining our own PD and fire and our dispatch. And that just came up at League of Cities as we're looking at legislative priorities. And, you know, that E911 bill that we've been fighting, the consolidation the last couple years, and that may end up being a legislative priority because the chiefs are very concerned about what that would mean. And I think that City of Coral Springs and City of Plantation are very fortunate that we have the response times we do because we have that control. And I think when you look in Broward County, what's going on with the sheriff's office currently with the county, being able to have that control and have our people in our city is of vital importance. And I think the residents deserve that. So that would be a priority for me. I appreciate it. And I think everyone agrees. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Nightmaker. We look forward to strategic planning in January. Thanks. All right. Moving on. We're going to move to legislative items. Item 16 is an ordinance amending Chapter 2 of the City Code of Ordinances, creating Section 2-164, entitled Disposition of Surplus Tangible Personal Property, Mr. Ezreal. Yes. This is the first reading of an ordinance of the City of Plantation, Florida, amending Chapter 2 of the City Code of Ordinances, entitled Administration, Article 6, entitled City Property, by creating Section 2-164, entitled Disposition of Surplus Tangible Personal Property, Providing for Codification, Conflict, Severability, and Effective Date. Thank you, Mr. Ezreal. Council Member Fadgen, would you like to comment on this one? Yeah, I just saw, like, one line in there that I was kind of questioning. Like, it was line 26. It's Section 2-164A. It talks about the CAO making the decision. Are we excluding the mayor from the decision? Because typically we'll say, like, either the CAO or the mayor. It's line 26. It's Section 2-164A. If you don't want to say mayor or designee, that's fine. Yeah, I think that's what we typically have done. Yeah, we've had it CAO because I'm generally involved in that process. Yeah. But no issues from us. I don't mind, like, mayor or CAO or designee. Just we'll have to look at our internal policies and forms. That may be why we did it this way. Okay. So we'll just have to make the procedure is consistent. It might not be here for the second reading, so make sure you follow up on that. I will follow up. I promise. I promise. I'll call you and let you know. Counsel, do we have a consensus on that? Is that a change you wish to make? I request a change. I request that the city attorney make sure that there wasn't an underlying reason why we said the CAO. And if there isn't, then I would like to make it CAO or mayor, CAO, or designee. So is this something we need to table? No, I don't think we do. It's the first reading, so the change can be made. Did you have a comment on that or a question, Council Member Anderson? No, it's something next. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve with that change. Okay. If the city attorney can just take a look at that and see if it's consistent. Is that it on that item? Second. I have other parts of the item. Oh, okay. Okay. Not line 26. So go ahead, Council Member Anderson. But the same paragraph, Jason, Mr. Mimic. Is the $5,000 limit pursuant to Chapter 274 like it states that's a state statute? Okay. So I'm just my work life has been Broward Schools. We've had a much lower threshold my entire career. So things that are below $5,000 but that's still, you know, $4,999 item is still an expensive item. I don't mind you having you or the mayor or you as the designee having latitude, but I would want strong tracking controls. I know it says we would track what we're donating. Was that previously discussed, right? Right. You want to go ahead and address that because we have the tracking. Yes. We have the tracking. So even though you have the discretion to decide, we're tracking what we're doing with it. Yes. So if you decide to X, Y, or Z, it's on public record and transparent what we did with it. Absolutely. So a couple things. One, I think one of the major changes is that all of these have to come back to you on a rolled-up basis by end of year. The other, just to let you know what we do now, subsequent to some issues we had previously, every disposal, set of brake lines, no real value, going in the trash, there's a picture, it's signed off, it migrates to me, I sign it, I place it in a file for every disposal. Something that small? Brake shoes. Why is that seems almost... Well, because where we came from, we didn't have adequate controls in public works. So we're just being very rigorous. Now, we're going to try to streamline that process, but at the same time, we don't want to lose too much of the granularity because we want to be able to say to the public, to council, we're tracking these. And also, I think it sends a good message to employees when they're taking pictures, when they're having a sign-off, it makes people think, oh, I can't just leave. And I'm not suggesting that people would, but you get some bad actors every once in a while, so it's a process we believe in. Okay, that's it. Thank you. Did I hear a motion? Motion by Council Member Fadgen. And I second it. All right, second by Council Member Reinstein. Any further discussion? Did you... I'm sorry, Council Member Anderson. Was your intent to lower the threshold? The state statute apparently is $5,000, but we, as long as we're tracking this and it's public record, we're just giving the mayor and CAO discretion, but we're still tracking what's done. You can't just dump truckloads of stuff that's $4,990 and we don't know what it is. It will be tracked. I was ensuring that it was going to be tracked. And reported. And reported and available for public record. I didn't know, though, if you were trying to, because we could correct Mr. Nunamaker if we wanted to go lower. We can't go above the $5,000, but if we wanted to go lower, we could. Yeah, I suppose you could. I would ask that we... I want to ensure that we have record of everything being tracked available for our and public viewing for posterity. But we do. And we'll commit to that. Yeah, no, no, I'm just saying, but we do, so I don't know that we... But we do, so I don't mind the threshold. I don't mind their discretion as long as we have the tracking for things. What I didn't want is as long as below that anything happened wasn't tracked. That's what I was talking about. Agreed. No, the only modification we're looking to make, and we'll revise our policy once this is finalized, is I don't want to hold hostage a brake line disposal because it's waiting on my signature. Yeah. Because you can imagine the piles that would accumulate in public works if we did that. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Nunamaker. No further discussion. No public comment on that item. Ms. Biggerill, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson? Yes. Council Member Andrew? Yes. Council Member Fatchin? Yes. Council Member Einstein? Yes. Council Member Horland? Yes. Thank you. Moving on to item number 17, PP26-0020. This is second reading consideration for requests to approve a code text amendment to allow an inline donation center in various zoning districts. The proposed zoning districts are B-1P, B-2L, B-2P, B-3P, M-FCC, and I-LP. Mr. Ezra? Very good. Very good. Very good. Very good. Yes. This is a 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 City Code of Ordinances, specifically amending Section 27-11, entitled definitions, amending Section 27-100, master business list table, adding a donation center use as a conditional use within the B-1P, B-2L, B-2P, B-3P, M-FCC, and I-LP zoning districts, amending Section 27-105, entitled specific use regulations, amending the physical and digital versions of the land development regulations, providing for codification, severability, a savings clause, conflicts, and an effective date. Thank you, Mr. Ezra. Councilmembers, is there any discussion or questions? No one from the public? Do we have a motion? Motion approved. Okay. Second. Thank you very much. Ms. Beggarrow, please call the roll. Councilmember Anderson? Yes. Councilmember Andrew? Yes. Councilmember Pageant? Yes. Councilmember Einstein? Yes. Councilmember Horland? Yes. Thank you. Item number 18 is PD25-0004, an ordinance of the City of Council of Plantation, Florida adopting a... Oh, why am I reading this? See where you guys have me? I know it's deferred. See? We got everybody to leave, and then I was going to read it. Yeah. I know. We're done. We're done. I apologize for that. I know. I know. Moving on to comments by the mayor. I have no comments. All right. Councilmember Andrew? Let's start on the left. Thank you. Our plantation chamber, our wonderful plantation chamber, will be hosting Casino Royale on Friday, October 30th from 5 to 8 p.m. Mayor, I didn't know if the city was doing anything as a whole, or we're just each attending, but we're looking forward to that event. Yes. I didn't talk to them if that's part of our overall package or not that we have, but we'll check. Okay. Thank you. Are you going tomorrow to the Breast Cancer Luncheon? Yes. All right. We'll try to find out there, and then you'll get you an answer. Thank you. And Friday, October 23rd, the Fall Festival at Plantation Baptist Church. Looking forward to that. Of course, everybody, I'm sure, is already aware that early voting is taking place from now until November 1st. I was very excited to see people utilizing freebie to go out to the West Regional Library and vote. So that's a great use of our freebie system. And it was already mentioned, of course, about the November 1st Annual Firefighters Barbecue at Pine Island Park. And then, of course, Tuesday will be the day, November 3rd, Election Day. If you don't early vote, make sure that you do participate on November 3rd. Thank you, President Horland. Thank you, Councilmember Andreu and Councilmember Anderson. He got mine other than the Fall Festival was great. Thanks to the Chamber and all that participated in making such a great event. Thank you. Great. Councilmember Einstein. Yes. Thank you very much. I just want to also mention and thank Senator Geller held a town hall meeting here this past week. And we appreciate him and all of his staff coming out to answer our questions. Senator Geller also had the District Round Table luncheon that Mr. Nunamaker mentioned. And it was a great opportunity for the elected in all of the cities in District 5 to get together with the county. So thank him again for that and then I also wanted to make mention that I had the opportunity to attend an economic development program forum with Junior Achievement of South Florida. And if you're not familiar with Biz Town or Junior Achievement of South Florida, they do a great job of working to prepare our students and prepare career pathways for our students and teaching financial literacy and working on entrepreneurship and learning soft skills. And so they had a forum breakfast that I attended and I hope to find an opportunity for the leadership of Junior Achievement to come to one of our meetings and maybe do a presentation and see how we can further, how our city can further work with them to create some type of pipeline to openings in our city for internships and other job opportunities. Thank you. Thank you very much, Councilor. Thank you. Thank you very much, Councilmember Pageant. Thank you, Council President Hornley. So tonight is the end of a chapter for me. This will be my final meeting on the City Council. I have submitted my resignation to the Governor effective November 2, 2026 in order to run for mayor as some of you may have heard. I hope. I know you heard. I called you. You did. Yeah. I'm beyond grateful for the opportunity the residents of our city have given me. I'm proud of the contribution I've made as one of the six elected officials on this dais and proud that we have conducted ourselves professionally and respectfully. To the councils that will sit up here after us, my advice is forgive quickly, forget quicker, and always look forward. I would like to thank my colleagues, Councilmembers Andreu, Councilmember Anderson, Councilmember Horland, and Councilmember Reinstein, former Mayor Stoner, and Mayor Sordell, for an incredible ride. I'd also like to thank the past elected officials who were always gracious with their time when I called and who gave me the context behind past decisions that shaped the ones that we make today. I would like to also thank, in no particular order, Chief Administrating Officer Jason Neunemaker, Building Official Carmen Herbitt, City Clerk April Begaro, City Engineer Samira Shallan, Finance Director Anna Otiano, Fire Chief Don Todd, Museum Curator John Feeney, Library Director Monica Knapp, HR Director Paulina Ganey, IT Director John Montefusco, Parks and Rec Director Trish O'Toole, Interim Planning and Zoning Director Michael Alpert, Police Chief Jeffrey Slagle, Procurement Director Charles Spencer, Public Works Director Matt Thompson, Utilities Director Danny Polio, and City Attorney Carrie Ezraal. I'd also like to thank our retired City Clerk Susan Slattery, retired Building Official Bill Gale, retired Police Chief Howard Harrison, and retired Planning and Zoning Director Danny Holmes. You're all dedicated professionals. When I called about residents' concerns, most of the time you already knew about it and the solution was already in the works. I admire your dedication to this City, and I'm grateful for the knowledge you shared about your individual areas of expertise. You made me a better public servant. Please relay my gratitude to all of the employees in your departments. I am truly in awe of everything that you do for our City. Finally, to the residents of this City, thank you for trusting me with this seat. It has been the honor to serve you. So with that, I will not say goodbye, but until we meet again. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Pajan. I don't think I realized it was going to be your last meeting. I don't think I realized it was going to be your last meeting. I thought we had one more together. So I just want to say, and you've all heard me say it often, but especially as the media past president of the Broward League of Cities, I was really proud to stand before Broward County and talk about what we do up here and how we get along and how we deliberate. And you and I like to tussle over the budget every year, but we do so good-naturedly. Okay. But I've really, you know, and I've said that we care about one another up here and it's professional, but we care about each other personally and what goes on, you know, with each one of us affects what we do up here. And it's been a pleasure to work with you and thank you so much. Like I said, I didn't have anything prepared because I didn't know it's going to be your last meeting. So all the best to you. I know we'll be seeing you. All right. Just a couple of things. I don't know if Grannis' time has come in the city, but I know that that may have been out of their control today, but it was very frustrating and there was a possibility that we would not have been able to stream tonight. And having the agenda down was not just critical for the council but also for the residents. So I know that we may be looking at other implementations, and I think it might be time to upgrade. So I will leave that there. I was, as I mentioned earlier, I was invited to Lauderdale West last night, so I could not attend the Park East meeting. But our friends over at the SDA church has nothing to do with the school we approved but have not been holding up their end of the bargain with parking. And I received a message this morning and photographs, which I'm going to forward to administration and the police chief, and I don't know what we're going to do about enforcement, but the residents were very upset last night, from what I understand, because they're parking on P. And you could see the photos. They're parking, and everybody's swale again. So what's frustrating for me, and I know for my colleagues up here, is they've been in here several times, and they said they were going to do better. And I know that I heard the pastor at one point say, well, we can't control it if we have a funeral. Well, it's still their property, and I think that they can control it. So we're going to have to, you know, I don't know what administration, how we want to handle it. And they have plenty of parking. Right. You know, but it's unconscionable that the residents who we've asked to be patient, who've come in here and spoken about it, and we said we're going to take care of it. And I don't think the onus is on us, but we're going to have to have a very strong conversation or some type of enforcement out there, Mayor, because it's really impacting the homes surrounding that. So I wanted to bring that up. It's Florida City Government Week. I'm wearing my pin today. And Council Member Reinsden, you mentioned Senator Geller. He was also in Mr. Vailu's Central Park Elementary class today. I will be there on Friday. We started out the week in Central Park. Monica Moorman has come in here with her Everglades Ambassadors many times, and they're just doing incredible things. Council Member Reinsden, Andrew, and I started Monday morning there. Yesterday morning, I started with a group of first graders at Mirror Lake Elementary reading the City That Talks book, and we talk about all the things. Former Deputy Chief, known as SRO Officer Jim there now, is having the time of his life as an SRO. He can't stop smiling, and we rarely saw him smile when he walked in here. I told him that yesterday. But it was really interesting to talk to the first graders about what we all do collectively in the roles, and we went through that. And then I ended my evening at the Over 55 Community, so I thought that was kind of appropriate. But a lot of wonderful things. And as I said, I'll be in Mr. Vailu's class on Friday. But it gives us an opportunity, really, to talk about all of you and the importance of people don't think. We talk about it often. People don't think about all the things that we provide until something goes wrong. So it's really an opportunity this week to celebrate everybody in the city. I wanted to notify everyone that State Representative Daryl Campbell has put out he's going to be partnering with Abbey Ajay, and they're bringing the Dash mobile unit for driver's license on November 4th to Jim Ward from 10 to 2. You need to make an appointment if you need to get a driver's license or anything else. Trunk or treat, we did ask Parks to provide a trunk for us, and I'm going to be at the Methodist Church first, so I wanted to make sure that somebody's going to be there from the council. Okay, and then I'll probably get over there about 6.30. Yeah, it's this week. We've got the Methodist Church, the Baptist Church, and Trunk or Treat this weekend. Okay, I'm going to try to make it through this, and if I pass it off to my colleague here, I'm going to ask you to read it for me. Drink a water. So, as many of you already know, our former building official, Danny Esdeen, passed away last Friday after fighting a courageous three-and-a-half-year battle with stage four colon cancer. Danny and I developed a close friendship over the years. It was a friendship forged of steel as we navigated a difficult time in our city's history. During that time, my respect and admiration for him only grew. If you've ever had the opportunity to read his testimony to the OIG or his deposition with the state attorney, you would more fully understand that his integrity was unshakable. In fact, it is reported that the opposing attorney said to him during the deposition with a bit of admiration, you're a tough nut to crack, and he was. I'm sure that could be occasionally frustrating for those that he worked with, because his attention to detail was impeccable. Danny treated his role as a life safety officer with the utmost of importance. He was steadfast in upholding his professional standards, state law, and his responsibility to the taxpayers of the city. Facts mattered to him. The truth mattered to him. Character mattered to him. And so it should be for all of us, especially when we hold a position of trust and service to the public. Protecting this city came at a high cost when Danny was forced to give up a career that he loved. He was a fighter, but he would have other battles to fight. And I can tell you that he battled cancer for the past three and a half years, like he lived his life, with grace, poise, and dignity, and so much determination. His daughter Serena wrote that her dad lived a life marked by achievement, devotion, and deep personal integrity, leaving behind a meaningful legacy through the many buildings, renovations, parks, and community centers to which he contributed across the city. He also held multiple professional licenses, including architecture, general contractor, threshold inspector, plan examiner, building official, and interior design. And he continued to maintain these active licenses through his life. Yet for all of his professional accomplishments, those who knew Danny understood that his greatest pride was found in his daughter and his grandchildren. These were the moments that defined him most clearly. Moments of presence, affection, and generous attention that he spent with his family. Danny was a true gentleman. Those of you that know him well, when we started having lunches together, he was very upset that I tried to pay the bills, so I had to keep track of my phone. He would pay, I would pay. Unfortunately, he left me. It was his turn to pay next, and he didn't pay for the last one. He carried himself with the charisma, a wonderful sense of humor, and a smile that could light up a room. He had a rare gift for making everyone feel welcome and important. He was generous and fiercely loyal, steadfast in his beliefs, and grounded in strong morals and ethics. His grace in life was matched by the dignity with which he faced illness. And that example will remain with all who loved him. So I ask all of you to keep Danny's wife, Noah, Serena, and his three beloved grandchildren in your hearts as they navigate this immeasurable loss. Thank you. Council meeting is now adjourned at 8.59.