May 26, 2021 Workshop

HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR 5 PM WORKSHOP, IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH.

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YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GELIN.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU AND MAYOR GOMEZ.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WILL BE CALLING ON COMMISSIONER GELIN TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS HE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.

I WILL GO TO OUR DISTRICT THREE AND ASK OUR VICE MAYOR TO LEAD US PLEASE.

. THANK YOU, AND WE WILL NOW HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S TRANSIT ACCESS AND SIDEWALK GAP

[ 1. Update on the City's ADA Transit Access and Sidewalk Gap Analysis Project Funded through the MPO's Planning Technical Assistance Program]

AND I WILL ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MAXINE CALLOWAY, TO START US OFF, PLEASE. AND WE ARE HALF VIRTUAL, HALF IN PERSON.

SO, MAXINE, I GUESS YOU'RE IN THE SKY.

PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAYORS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, GOOD EVENING I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME WELL.

YES. ALL RIGHT, WONDERFUL.

SO WE HAVE INVITED DARCI MAYER WITH US THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR PROJECT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE MPO'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAMMING. [INAUDIBLE] THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RECIPIENTS TO THE FIRST CYCLE TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY THE FUNDS OR THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS HELPING THE CITY TO ASSESS OUR PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS THAT CONNECT DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO THE STUDY WILL ULTIMATELY CULMINATE INTO AN ADA TRANSIT ACCESS AND SIDEWALK GAP ANALYSIS PLAN.

AND SO THIS EVENING, WE HAVE INVITED DARCI MAYER, WHO IS A SENIOR CITY TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

SHE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS TO DATE.

AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO DARCI AND I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN SINCE I WILL BE HELPING SENIOR DARCI ADVANCE THE PRESENTATION.

SO LET ME DO THAT.

THANK YOU, MAXINE, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OK? CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OK? YES, WE CAN. OK, GREAT.

HI, MY NAME IS DARCI MAYER.

I AM A SENIOR CITY TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. I'M HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S ADA TRANSIT ACCESS AND SIDEWALK GAP ANALYSIS PLAN.

SO THE BROWARD MPO IS A FEDERALLY MANDATED AGENCY THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER PLACKO FOR BEING A MEMBER OF THE MPO BOARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MAXINE. SO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE BROWARD MPO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, AND THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND AND IMPLEMENT MOBILITY PLANNING PROJECTS. AND LIKE MAXINE INDICATED, THIS WAS OUR FIRST ROUND.

SO REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

AND THE CITY SUBMITTED THE GRANT APPLICATION LAST YEAR AND THE BROWARD MPO BOARD APPROVED THE GRANT AND WE KICKED OFF IN EARLY MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE STUDY COMPONENTS ARE GOING TO INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF ACCESS TO TRANSIT IN A QUARTER MILE RADIUS OF ALL THE CITY'S COMMUNITY SHUTTLE STOPS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE RED ROUTE AND RED EXTENSION ROUTE, AND THAT IS 21 STOPS IN TOTAL AND 10 BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT OR BCT STOPS.

THE STUDY IS ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A DETERMINATION OF ADA COMPLIANCE AT THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE STOPS. IF A STOP IS NOT ADA COMPLIANT, A COST ESTIMATE OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS A MAP DEPICTING THE STUDY AREA.

THE BLACK LINE INDICATES THE CITY BOUNDARIES.

THE YELLOW DOTS ARE THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE STOPS AND THE GREEN DOTS ARE THE BCT STOPS.

THE RED CIRCLES INDICATE THE QUARTER MILE STUDY AREA.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO HERE'S A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT ONE OF THE STOPS.

SO THE BLUE SHADING INDICATES THE QUARTER MILE STUDY AREA.

AND THIS IS THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH ACTS AS A HUB FOR THE RED AND RED EXTENSION ROUTES. IT'S ALSO A CONNECTION FOR LAUDER HILL'S ROUTE FOUR.

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS LEADING THIS PROJECT AND THE MPO IS GOING TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT. WE INTEND ON DOING AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHICH IS GOING TO INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE CITY COMMISSION, ATTENDANCE AT HOA MEETINGS ALONG THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE ROUTES. AND A COMMUNITY TRANSIT SURVEY HAS ALSO BEEN PREPARED.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT WITH THE SURVEY.

AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION.

AS A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, MEETINGS AND ONGOING COMMUNICATION WILL OCCUR WITH BCT, NEIGHBORING CITIES, ROADWAY FACILITY OWNERS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO HERE'S A LINK TO THE SURVEY.

I HOPE THAT YOU'LL ENCOURAGE YOUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

OF COURSE, WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE ON HOW PEOPLE GET TO TRANSIT STOPS AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT GETTING TO TRANSIT STOPS.

AND WE HAVE THE LINK TO THE SURVEY AND A QR CODE, AND THE SURVEY IS GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 2ND.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IN SUMMARY, THE STUDY IS GOING TO PROVIDE ADA COMPLIANT STATUS TO ALL OF YOUR COMMUNITY SHUTTLE STOPS AND IDENTIFY SIDEWALK GAPS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE RADIUS OF THE THIRTY ONE TRANSIT STOPS IN THE STUDY.

WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, PROVIDE A LIST OF POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES AND COST ESTIMATES.

THE PLAN IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I UNFORTUNATELY AM NOT ABLE TO GET ON TO THE VIRTUAL WORLD TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO HAS I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER GELIN JUMPED ON OR NOT, BUT ANYBODY HERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, ALL RIGHT, AND COMMISSIONER GELIN'S NOT ON, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND I WAS REMISS, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT 6:30 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR PREPARATION BEFORE OUR 7:00 MEETING.

NEXT ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION OF TO2448 AMENDING THE FY2021 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET.

[2. Presentation - TO2448 Amending the FY2021 Operating and Capital Budget]

AND SHE IS A VIRTUAL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

CAN YOU PUT THE PRESENTATION UP? CHRISTINE CAJUSTE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, WITH ME TONIGHT IS JEFF STREDER OUR BUDGET MANAGER. BEFORE YOU IS TEMPOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2448, WHICH IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 OPERATING BUDGET.

TONIGHT AT OUR COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE THE FIRST READING AND THE SECOND READING WILL BE ON JUNE 9TH, 2021.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT IS GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 166.241, SUBSECTION THREE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS DURING THE YEAR AND UP TO 60 DAYS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THE AMENDMENT MUST BE ADOPTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, AND IT INVOLVES ANY INCREASES OR DECREASES IN BUDGETED FUNDS OR DECISIONS TRANSFERRED BETWEEN FUNDS OR DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND.

IN OTHER WORDS, ALL EXPENDITURES HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT.

THIS AMENDMENT WILL INCREASE THE BUDGET FROM 184 MILLION TO ONE HUNDRED AND 88 MILLION.

DETAILS OF THE AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED IN ATTACHMENT A TO THE ORDINANCE WITH WRITTEN REFERENCE INCLUDED IN ATTACHMENT B.

THE INCREASE OF $3,951,868 AMENDS THE BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY 2.14 PERCENT AND CAPTURED PREVIOUS APPROVED ITEMS TOTALING $233,868, WHICH IS 5.92 OF THE AMENDMENT.

AND OTHER, I'M SORRY, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM TOTALING 3.7 MILLION, WHICH IS 94.08

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THE LARGEST CHUNK, REPRESENTS REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FROM OUR CDBG GRANT AND OUR CARES ACT FUNDING. I WANT TO NOW HAND IT OVER TO JEFF WHO WILL CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS.

GO AHEAD JEFF. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, JEFF STREDER BUDGET MANAGER.

THE BUDGET AMENDMENT MAINLY CONSISTS OF THREE MAJOR PORTIONS, THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS.

THE FIRST IS THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEMS. AS CHRISTINE SAID, THAT'S FIVE POINT NINETY TWO PERCENT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND THE SECOND IS MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THAT'S NINETY FOUR POINT NINETY FOUR POINT EIGHT PERCENT OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND THE THIRD IS PERSONNEL CHANGES THAT ARE MADE DURING THE YEAR.

[INAUDIBLE] SOME HAVE BUDGETARY IMPACT, OTHERS DO NOT.

THE ONES I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT HAVE NO BUDGETARY IMPACT.

FIRST, IT'S THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEMS THAT REPRESENT THAT 5.92 PERCENT AMENDMENT, THE FIRST ITEM IS RESOLUTION 2020-098 REQUESTING GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY THOUSAND FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

THE 2ND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM IS RESOLUTION 2020-100 THEY APPROVED AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND CARRIER CORPORATION FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF BIPOLAR IONIZATION PLASMA EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] FOR COVID AND THE EXISTING HVAC EQUIPMENT FOR SPECIFIC CITY FACILITIES.

AND THAT'S AN INCREASE TO THE BUDGET OF ONE FIFTY NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN. THE THIRD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM WAS RESOLUTION 2020-110 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH SUPERIOR LANDSCAPING AND LAWN SERVICES FOR CITYWIDE TREE TRIMMING AND THAT ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET OF TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DOLLARS. THE FOURTH ITEM IS RESOLUTION 2020-116, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH SHENANDOAH GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE REPAIR AND SLIP LINING OF STORMWATER PIPE AND OUTFALL LOCATED IN CANAL ZONE SIX.

AND THAT WAS AN ITEM FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE THOUSAND FORTY FIVE DOLLARS.

THIS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM IS RESOLUTION 2020-123 APPROVING CHANGE ORDER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH JOHNSON CONTROL SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC FOR THE CITYWIDE SECURITY SYSTEMS UPGRADE PHASE ONE.

IT ADDED ADDITIONAL DESIGN CHANGES AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CONTRACT AND THAT IS PROJECT GP20E.

THE AMOUNT OF THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEM IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS. THE SIXTH PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2021-007.

THIS AMENDED CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION AND AMENDING ARTICLE TWELVE ENTITLED TRAVEL OF THE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 2.2-242 ENTITLED TRAVEL EXPENSES THAT PROVIDED FOR AN OPTIONAL FIXED EXPENSE ACCOUNT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS UPON REQUEST FOR LOCAL TRAVEL WITHIN 100 MILES OF CITY HALL AND WAS RETROACTIVE TO 10-1.

THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEM IS THIS IS ABOUT A HALF A YEAR'S WORTH OF THAT TRAVEL FROM FEBRUARY OR MARCH AND TO THE END OF THE YEAR FOR EACH ONE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO THAT'S AN ESTIMATE FOR A HALF A YEAR AT THIRTY SEVEN FIVE.

THE SEVENTH PREVIOUSLY ITEM WAS RESOLUTION 2021-013, APPROVING BROWARD HEALTH CARE COALITION PROJECT DONATION OF ONE CLOROX, 360 ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE AND THREE VICTORY HANDHELD ELECTROSTATIC MACHINES.

THEY WERE VALUED AT FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS.

THAT RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED NUNC PRO TUNC IT WAS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 23RD 2020.

THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEM IS FIFTY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF FIFTY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

THE 8TH PREVIOUSLY [INAUDIBLE] ITEM WAS ORDINANCE 2021-008 AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICALLY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED CITY COMMISSION,

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THIS PROVIDED FOR PAID LEGISLATIVE AIDES.

TEN NEW AIDES WERE APPROVED.

THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE FOR FUNDING FOR HALF A YEAR FOR [INAUDIBLE] 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE LAST THREE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM WAS APPROVED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IT'S R 2021-050 AND THAT AUTHORIZED AN APPROPRIATION OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE DOLLARS FROM THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND FOR THE PROVISION OF FUNDING A CYCLING EVENT AND CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVE, AUTHORIZING A DONATION TO TAMARAC PARKS AND REC FOUNDATION [INAUDIBLE] IN THE AMOUNT OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVE SIXTY NINE, THIS WAS FOR THE DONATION OF THE 50 BIKES AND HELMETS THAT WERE USED IN THE BIKE WITH MIKE EVENT THAT WAS HELD THIS PAST SATURDAY.

THE FIRST ITEM IN THE MISCELLANEOUS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT IS THE ENCUMBRANCE ROLL FORWARD FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THIS IS WHAT THE PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES RELATED TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES ARE BROUGHT FORWARD INTO THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR.

THE GENERAL FUND ENCUMBRANCE ROLL FORWARD IS FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT DOLLARS.

THIS IS NOT A BUDGET INCREASE THIS IS A REALLOCATION FROM NON-DEPARTMENTAL RESERVE TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THESE ENCUMBRANCES THAT HAVE TO BE FUNDED.

SO THIS IS DONE WITH NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL BUDGET.

THE NEXT MISCELLANEOUS ITEM IS A TRANSFER OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE RESULTING FUND BALANCE BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AFTER RECEIVING ALL ANTICIPATED REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FEMA, FROM THE HURRICANE DISASTER FUND.

THE RE-APPROPRIATES.

THE NEXT ITEM RE-APPROPRIATES FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WERE INITIALLY FUNDED IN 2020.

BUT THE MONEY WASN'T SPENT.

SO WE MOVED TO RE-APPROPRIATE THAT IN 2021 SO WE CAN EXPEND THE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND FOR THE GENERAL FUND RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THE NEXT MISCELLANEOUS ITEM IS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND RENOVATION OF CITY HALL COMMISSIONERS OFFICE SPACE.

THIS IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS OR LEGISLATIVE AIDES.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH AND COLLATERAL INITIATIVE [INAUDIBLE] 50,000 DOLLAR ITEM AND THIS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE PIO'S BUDGET. NEXT ITEM IS TO RE-APPROPRIATE THE ORIGINAL FUNDING INTENDED FOR THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, WHICH TO DATE HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.

THIS IS AGAIN WAS INITIALLY FUNDED IN 2020.

THE FUNDS WERE NOT EXPENDED SO THEY NEED TO BE RE-APPROPRIATED IN FY 2021.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR CITY HALL COMMISSIONERS OFFICE SPACE OF 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING NEEDED TO PROVIDE PARKS AND RECREATIONS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS STAFF SUPPORT FOR CITY COMMISSION INITIATIVES.

THIS IS SO THAT CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF AND OTHER DEPARTMENT STAFF CAN HELP [INAUDIBLE] INITIATIVES THAT THEY HOLD IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.

THE NEXT ITEM APPROPRIATE, THE FUNDING NEEDED TO RESTART THE RESIDENTIAL PAINT PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM WAS PUT ON HOLD FOR A WHILE.

IT WAS FUNDED IN THE PAST AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

THIS WAS ALWAYS FUNDED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO RESTART IT WITH THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE.

AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THIS AGAIN IN FY 2022 BUDGET.

AND FOR 2021 WE'RE INCREASING ABOVE THE THIRTY THOUSAND.

AND THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE NIP IT PROGRAM IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THE NEXT MISCELLANEOUS ITEM IS TO APPROPRIATE COVID-19 RELIEF REIMBURSEMENT FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM BROWARD COUNTY IN 2021.

WE RECEIVED ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE NINETY NINE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND 639,796 DOLLARS FOR THE FIRE RESCUE FUND.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS FINANCIAL IMPACT

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[INAUDIBLE] WAS RECEIVED IN 2020.

IT WAS NOT RECEIVED IN 2020.

BUT WE ENDED UP RECEIVING THIS IN 2021.

[INAUDIBLE] ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THREE DOLLARS.

AND THIS IS INCREASING THE CDBG DISASTER RECOVERY FUND.

NOW, THE PERSONNEL ADJUSTMENTS, THE FIRST IS IN PUBLIC SERVICES.

THIS IS THE RESULT OF RESOLUTION 2021-011 APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY FOR THAT ADDS BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS AT 79 LOCATIONS.

IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SERVICES NEEDS ANOTHER OF GROUNDKEEPER, ONE POSITION.

AND THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION.

IN THE MEMO, IT TALKED ABOUT THE GROUNDSKEEPER ONE POSITION PLUS A VEHICLE FOR THE GROUNDKEEPER. SO IN 2021 PUBLIC SERVICES CAN ADD THIS POSITION WITH NO BUDGETARY IMPACT BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THEIR BUDGET WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS DURING 2021.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THIS.

THE NEXT PERSONNEL ADJUSTMENT OCCURRED IN THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT, THE RETIREMENT OF JEFF MORAL IN DECEMBER OF 2020 [INAUDIBLE] ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF, TO A FIRE DIVISION MARSHAL POSITION AND THERE IS NO BUDGETARY IMPACT.

FIRE RESCUE FUND WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THE INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY OF THE TWO POSITION. THE NEXT PERSONNEL ADJUSTMENT WAS IN THE CITY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT.

ONE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION WAS MOVED OUT AND THAT PLACED [INAUDIBLE] ON ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR POSITION.

NO BUDGETARY IMPACT FOR FY 2021 IS THAT IS THE POSITION THAT WAS MOVED OUT? IS IT A HIGHER PAY GRADE THAN THE POSITION THAT WAS USED TO REPLACE IT? SO THE COST OF THIS [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY [INAUDIBLE] DOWN IN THE CITY COMMISSION BUDGET.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD A CHANGE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR POSITION WAS MOVED OUT AND WAS REPLACED WITH AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION THEY WERE SWAPPED BETWEEN CITY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S NO BUDGETARY IMPACT BECAUSE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET CAN ABSORB THE INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO POSITIONS OF FY2021.

SO TO RECAP, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE TOTAL BUDGET AMENDMENT OF 3.9 MILLION AFFECTS THREE [INAUDIBLE], IT AFFECTS THE GENERAL FUND, THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. TWO ITEMS ALONE ACCOUNT FOR THREE POINT THREE MILLION OF THE THREE POINT NINE MILLION BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE THE APPROPRIATION OF CORONA RELIEF FUNDS, FROM FLORIDA HOUSING ASSOCIATION FOR ONE [INAUDIBLE] ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THAT GOES UP IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS CATEGORY.

AND THE OTHER CHANGE IS TWO MILLION, WE HAVE TO BUDGET TWO MILLION FOR RECAPTURING THE ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF FUND BALANCE FROM THE HURRICANE IRMA FUND BECAUSE THAT INVOLVES A TRANSFER. SO THAT SHOWS UP IN BOTH THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND THE GENERAL FUND FOR A MILLION DOLLARS EACH.

WELL, THREE POINT THREE MILLION OF THAT THREE POINT NINE MILLION DOLLARS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO TWO ITEMS ALONE. AND CHRISTINE AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL APOLOGIZE. THIS SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST 10 MONTHS, AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE LOWER ONE IS THE FIRST PERSON WHO'S RAISED THEIR HAND. AND I HAVE COMMISSIONER, PLACKO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'VE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME REVIEWING THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS THEY'VE BEEN BEFORE SEVERAL TIMES, AND I BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE REMOVED AND AT THE PROPER TIME, I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US.

I BELIEVE THE LOCAL TRAVEL ALLOWANCE SHOULD BE REMOVED.

WE DO HAVE A CAR ALLOWANCE AND ANYTHING OUT OF THAT REALM WE WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR.

SO I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED.

WE ALSO HAVE A TRAVEL BUDGET.

OUR LEGISLATIVE AIDES.

I'M OK WITH ANYONE HAVING ANY AMOUNT OF AIDES THEY WANT AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN THE

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IF YOU HAVE THREE AIDES THAT WORK 10 HOURS A WEEK, THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

BUT I'M NOT OK WITH INCREASING THAT BUDGET.

THE OFFICE REDO.

I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE REMOVED BY OUR CITY MANAGER.

BUT I WILL LET HIM VERIFY THAT.

THE MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT IS IT SPLIT EVENLY WITH EACH OF US OR IS IT ONE POT THAT ONE PERSON DRAWS FROM AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR THAT? ALSO THE SAME THING WITH THE PARKS, EVENT FOR 50,000 DOLLARS.

I HAVE THE SAME OBJECTION TO THAT AND ANY FURNITURE WE WOULD NEED TO DISCUSS.

SO AT THE PROPER TIME, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THOSE SIX ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ACTUALLY, WOULD YOU LIKE A RESPONSE ON THE MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH MONEY AND PARK MONEY AT THIS TIME? OK. ALL RIGHT.

AND CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY, I DID NOT HEAR YOUR LAST QUESTION.

I WAS I DIDN'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER PLACKO WAS SEEKING A RESPONSE NOW FOR.

SHE ASKED ABOUT THE MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH MONEY WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE FIVE ON THE COMMISSION OR.

IF SHE WANTED A RESPONSE LATER AND THE SAME THING WITH THE PARK AND REC EVENT PERSONNEL.

I ALSO WAS ASKING IF WE WERE REMOVING THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REDO THE COMMISSION OFFICE. OK, SO I CAN RESPOND TO THOSE THREE ITEMS. PLEASE DO. THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ADVERTISING AND OUTREACH FOR INITIATIVES WAS ORIGINALLY JUST CONSIDERED TO BE ONE BUCKET OF MONEY IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE.

BUT THAT CAN BE SPLIT EVENLY AMONG THE FOUR DISTRICTS.

AND THE MAYOR, IF THAT'S THE COMMISSION'S PLEASURE, THE SAME GOES FOR THE MONEY IN PARKS AND RECREATION. THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS GOING INTO A BUCKET TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE COMMISSIONER INITIATIVES AND EVENTS.

THAT CAN ALSO BE SPLIT EVENLY IN TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.

AS FAR AS THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS GOES FOR THE REWORKING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR'S OFFICE SPACE AND THE COMMISSION OFFICES, THAT CAN BE REMOVED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, DO YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, BUT MY MOTION WILL STILL STAND TO REMOVE THE SIX AT THE PROPER TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE MAYOR. QUESTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER THE TRAVEL BUDGET THAT COMMISSIONER PLACKO WAS REFERRING TO IS THAT THE 15 THOUSAND THAT WE HAD APPROVED PREVIOUSLY OR IS IT IN ADDITION TO THAT. CITY MANAGER.

I BELIEVE IF I HEARD COMMISSIONER PLACKO CORRECTLY, SHE WAS REFERRING TO THE LOCAL TRAVEL ALLOWANCE. SO IT'S IN ADDITION TO THAT.

I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT. IT'S IN ADDITION TO THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE APPROVED FOR TRI-COUNTY TRAVELING.

SHE'S ASKING TO REMOVE THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

YES. SO THAT ITEM, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON, WOULD IT HAVE TO BE ON A SEPARATE OR SHE CAN DO ONE WHOLE SWOOP.

JUST SOME CLARITY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN VOTED ON, BUT IF IT'S NOT BUDGETED, IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH AND AT THIS POINT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THE MAYOR'S STATEMENT IS CORRECT.

IN THE ABSENCE OF FUNDING THROUGH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, THEN THE APPROVAL WOULD EXIST, BUT IT WOULD HAVE NO FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO IT IS IF IT DOES COME OUT OF THE BUDGET, IS THAT POTENTIALLY TO RESCIND THAT PRIOR ACTION? BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY IN THE ABSENCE OF FUNDING THERE'S NO IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM.

THANK YOU. OK.

CITY MANAGER, YOUR LIGHT IS STILL LIT.

OH NOW IT'S NOT.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. ALL RIGHT, SO.

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IN MY TALKS WITH THE PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY, HE DID SAY THAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT BUDGET WAS TO ADDRESS NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR INSTANCE, FOOD INSECURITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO LET'S SAY IF JANE HAS AN ISSUE WITH PAYING A BILL, THEN A COMMISSIONER WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST THAT RESIDENT WITH PAYING THAT BILL.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO TRAVEL IN BROWARD, PALM BEACH OR MIAMI-DADE.

SO I THINK THAT ORDINANCE HAS THE WRONG TITLE AND THE WRONG CONNOTATION, SO.

JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT ORDINANCE, THAT A COMMISSIONER WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE LESS THAN 300 DOLLARS PER WEEK OR FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO RESCIND THAT, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT.

HOWEVER, REMOVING IT FROM A BUDGET AMENDMENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY GET RID OF IT ALTOGETHER. SO AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME OR AT A FUTURE MEETING, ONE WOULD HAVE TO PLACE ON THE AGENDA TO RESCIND THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE IF THE ORDINANCE STILL LIVES ON THEN IN SEPTEMBER, ONE COULD ESSENTIALLY PUT IT BACK INTO THE BUDGET AND FUND IT AT THAT TIME.

SO IF WE DON'T WANT IT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD RESCIND THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE GET RID OF IT ALTOGETHER.

THE CITY MANAGER CAN RECALL MY NEED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON'S WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO INCREASE THE BUDGET TO THREE PEOPLE AT TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.

IT WAS ALWAYS TO HAVE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS ONE BUCKET FOR THREE PEOPLE.

AND THAT IS HOW ON THE FIRST GO AROUND MY MOTION WAS MADE.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM MONTHS AGO WITH LERENZO CALHOUN THAT WAS HOW MY MOTION WAS INTENDED. MR. MANAGER THROUGH THE CHAIR DO YOU RECALL THAT CONVERSATION? COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I DON'T I SPECIFICALLY RECALL A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS, AND I THINK YOU ARTICULATED TO ME AND LERENZO AND TO THE COMMISSION VERY WELL WHY YOU NEEDED ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS.

I DON'T RECALL NECESSARILY A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGETED AMOUNT, BUT I DO RECALL CERTAINLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT NEEDING MORE AND WHY.

AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTED THAT CONCEPT OF ADDITIONAL PAID LIAISONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR. SO MR. MANAGER, YOU WOULDN'T AGREE THAT BEFORE THE COMMISSION EVEN APPROVED THREE PAID ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS NOT NECESSARILY ON A FULL TIME BASIS, BUT IT WAS DISCUSSED HERE ON THIS COMMISSION THAT I WOULD NEED PEOPLE TEMPORARILY FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AND THAT I WOULD NEED UP TO THREE FOR THAT SAME TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR BUCKET.

YOU DO NOT RECALL THAT.

AND AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO ASK BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, IS THIS ACTUALLY A NECESSARY ITEM? THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO FUND THREE LEGISLATIVE AIDES OR ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE AIDES FOR THE COMMISSION.

AND IF YOUR CHOICE IS TO NOT FUND IT, THEN WE CAN VOTE TO NOT FUND IT AND WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ANYTHING FURTHER, I BELIEVE AS STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR OUR BUDGET MEETINGS. SO DO YOU RECALL THAT MR. CERNECH? IS IT I'M SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT A [INAUDIBLE].

CONTINUING THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS NOT.

I THINK I HAVE FIVE MINUTES, MADAM MAYOR.

NO WE DON'T HAVE.

IF THE CLERK WOULD LIKE TO SET THE CLOCK, THAT IS ALSO YOU'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING FOR MORE THAN A WHILE.

AND THEN FOR YOU FIVE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT, NOT GOING AND

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WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE PAST IS MUDDIED.

AND I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT MY INTENTIONS WERE.

AND THE RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE WITH OUR STAFF, THE CITY MANAGER, AND ON THIS COMMISSION.

IT IS DISPLEASING THAT EVERY TIME I TRY TO BRING BACK WHAT WAS SAID FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, I AM CUT OFF BECAUSE IT'S APPARENT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION DOES NOT WANT THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MY NEEDS WERE.

MY NEEDS WERE NEVER TO INCREASE THE BUDGET.

MY NEEDS WERE ALWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN A WAY WHERE THEY CAN GET SOUND TRANSPARENT INFORMATION.

AND THAT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS DO.

MY PEOPLE PRODUCE PODCASTS AND FILMS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE.

SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT APPROVING AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS WHAT I NEED.

I JUST WANTED FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THAT.

AND THAT IS WHAT I MOTIONED.

THAT IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, EVEN BEFORE THREE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS WERE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COST.

SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO ASKED THAT THE FURNITURE BE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET, ARE YOU DISCUSSING COMMISSIONER PLACKO THE IF IT PLEASES THE CHAIR FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE COMMISSION OFFICE TO BE REDONE, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR BUDGET FOR MY OFFICE, IT SEEMS OR BOTH.

I THINK IT WAS CLEAR THAT SHE SAID IT WAS FOR BOTH, BUT IF COMMISSIONER PLACKO WISHES TO REPLY, SHE MAY. SHE HAS JUST REPLIED IT WAS FOR BOTH.

OK, THAT IS ALSO MY PLEASURE.

SO WE CAN STRIKE.

IT WOULD ALSO BE MY PLEASURE TO STRIKE THE 15,000 DOLLARS FOR MY OFFICE FURNITURE, UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMISSIONER PLACKO ALSO HAD FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER OFFICE FURNITURE THAT I SUPPORTED.

SO DID YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND SO DID COMMISSIONER GELIN.

BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT I DID NOT REQUEST OFFICE FURNITURE AND THE MANAGER CANNOT PROVE ANYWHERE, INCLUDING IN WRITING THAT I DID, I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT AND I CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE FOR THE OFFICES TO BE REDONE AS WELL.

I'M VERY, QUITE CONTENT WITH THE OFFICE FURNITURE THAT I HAVE THAT HAS SERVED OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PAST 10 OR 15 YEARS.

SO COMMISSIONER PLACKO AND YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER GELIN AND ALSO COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS THAT INHERITED COMMISSIONER FISHMAN'S FURNITURE AT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A PIECE.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY ENJOY YOUR FURNITURE AS WELL.

NOW, I DO I WOULD ALSO I WOULD ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE MULTIMEDIA BUDGET REMAINING IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DID ASK FOR BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY IN A BETTER WAY.

I THINK THAT WE NEED THAT BUDGET SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS FEEL WELCOMED IN OUR CITY.

I DID OUTLINE THE NEED FOR THAT BUDGET AND WHERE THAT WOULD GO TO THE MANAGER IN AN EMAIL.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO TO KEEP THAT IF IF NOT AND IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT SUMS UP COMMISSIONER PLACKO ASK FOR REMOVAL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

VICE MAYOR, YOU HAD.

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CITY CLERK. WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE US A COPY OF THAT PRIOR TO OUR 7:00 MEETING, JUST IN CASE IT'S BROUGHT UP AGAIN.

WE CAN REVIEW IT IMMEDIATELY.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOT CONCLUDE WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY I DON'T MIND SPENDING MONEY.

I THINK IF WE CAN SAVE MONEY AND SPEND IT BUT SAVE MORE THAN WE'RE SPENDING AND SPENDING IT WISELY WOULD BE THE GO.

AND IF WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO DO OUTREACHES TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE FINDING MONEY OR MAKING STREAMS OF REVENUE.

ONE WAY WAS THROUGH, I BELIEVE CITY MANAGER SUGGESTED IN A CONVERSATION, TAM-A-GRAM BEING, YOU KNOW, EVEN PUTTING SOME ADS ON THERE.

SO RATHER SPENDING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAM-A-GRAM, WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF THAT COSTS THROUGH ADVERTISEMENTS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST ONE PAGE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING LOCAL BUSINESSES ON THERE, THAT ARE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT ADD IS ONE WAY.

POINT OF ORDER MADAM MAYOR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT CONCLUSION.

LEEWAY. I'M GIVING HIM A LITTLE LEEWAY AND THEN DONE.

I ACTUALLY GAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

HE DIDN'T. YES.

COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE WELCOME MADAM MAYOR.

WHAT IS HIS POINT OF ORDER? I'M CONFUSED.

THE POINT OF ORDER IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TAM-A-GRAM SO YOU'RE SPENDING TIME TALKING ABOUT THE TAM-A-GRAM THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. COMMISSIONER, BOLTON. YOU MIGHT NOT ALSO BE HEARING HIM VERY WELL.

I THINK YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR MIC CLOSER TO YOU, BECAUSE I THINK YOUR COMMENTS WERE BEING MADE REGARDING SPENDING OF CERTAIN THINGS OUT OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND SO IT MIGHT NOT BE HEARD BY ALL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU CLEARLY. PLEASE MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE CLOSER.

I WAS JUST MAKING A SUGGESTION THAT THROUGH A CONVERSATION I HAD, THAT'S ALL.

OK, THANK YOU.

AND COMMISSION, LET'S REMEMBER THAT ON JUNE 17TH, I BELIEVE IT IS, WE WILL BE HAVING A BUDGET MEETING AND ALL THIS WONDERFUL STUFF SHOULD BE DISCUSSED THEN IF IT'S NOT ALREADY RESOLVED AND SEEING THAT I AM THE LAST MEMBER UP TO SPEAK, I AM FOR REMOVAL OF THE LOCAL BUDGET ALLOWANCE IT WAS ALWAYS PRESENTED AS FOR TRAVEL LOCALLY WITHOUT RECEIPTS, IT WAS NOT, IN MY UNDERSTANDING TO BE SOMETHING TO ASSIST PEOPLE FOR FOOD INSECURITY.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS WHAT THE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO FOR.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, I AM IN SUPPORT OF REMOVING THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AS FOR THE AIDES I AM AND AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, I WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING IT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF INTERNS, [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, CREDIT HOURS FOR SCHOOL OR MINOR STIPENDS.

BUT I WOULD SUPPORT THREE AIDES AS LONG AS THEY'RE ALL SPLITTING THE ORIGINAL BUDGET MONIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, HAPPY THAT THE OFFICE REDO WILL BE REMOVED.

AND AS FOR THE MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH, I THINK THAT BUCKET COULD BE REDUCED TO TWENTY FIVE AND A FIVE, FIVE, FIVE AND FIVE.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO HAVE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE SPENDING.

MY FEELING IS THAT RPIO IS ALREADY GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT, I UNDERSTAND, ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL AND DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.

BUT I BELIEVE RPIO HAS BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB IN DOING THAT.

WE CAN DISCUSS CERTAIN THINGS FURTHER DURING OUR BUDGET AND I DON'T REALLY THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW TO BE INCREASING IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF IT MUST BE INCREASED, I WOULD DECREASE IT AND ONLY HAVE IT AT A FIVE, FIVE AND FIVE. WE ONLY HAVE FOUR MONTHS LEFT IN THIS BUDGET, SO I REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY IT SHOULD BE MAYBE MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND EACH.

AND THEN ACTUALLY, IT ALSO GIVES ACCOUNTABILITY, BECAUSE I AM SORRY, COMMISSION, I AM TIRED OF US NOT HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE ARE GIVEN OUR OWN POTS OF MONEY, ALLEGEDLY, AND THEN IT JUST SEEMS THAT PEOPLE GO OVER AND USING OTHER PEOPLE'S POCKETS OF MONEY THAT ARE ALLOCATED IN A BUDGET.

AS FOR THE PARK AND REC, ADDITIONAL MONEY BEING PUT INTO THAT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OUR EVENTS ARE AFTER HOURS OR IN ADDITIONAL TO THE WORK THAT IS ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR OUR PARKS AND REC PERSONNEL.

AND I ALSO THINK IT PROBABLY GOES TO SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICES PERSONNEL THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT TO SOME OF OUR EVENTS.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE WERE GIVEN FOR OUR EVENTS AND INITIATIVES FUND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MONEY TO BE UTILIZED FOR ADVERTISING AND THAT

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BUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR NEEDS TO BE DONE, I TOO SUPPORT IT. BUT THAT BEING DIVIDED INTO FIVE AND AGAIN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EACH OF US, WHAT WE ARE SPENDING.

THIS MIGHT BE SHOCKING TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, BUT I HAD ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD THE REASON FOR THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE FURNITURE, WHICH IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THE REASON WE KNOW THAT IS FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YOU'VE ALREADY SELECTED THE FURNITURE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T PURCHASED IT YET BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO BUDGET IT.

WHEN COMMISSIONER GELIN CAME ON THE BOARD.

I'M SORRY MADAM MAYOR 50 OR 15? FIFTEEN ONE FIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO, 15.

THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR COMMISSION CHAMBERS AND HAVING PEOPLE IN THERE AND HAVING MEETINGS AND THE NEED FOR THE NEW FURNITURE.

WHAT MY PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO HAD THE FURNITURE REDONE WERE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT USE THAT LIGHTLY HARD TIME ABOUT IT.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW, BECAUSE YOUR FURNITURE WAS PERFECT, GREAT AND FABULOUS TO BE UTILIZED AND NOW IT'S NOT.

BUT THAT'S FINE. YOU'VE AGREED TO HAVE IT REMOVED.

THAT'S YOUR CALL.

AND I'LL SUPPORT IT BEING REMOVED.

SO I'M FINE WITH THE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER PLACKO WITH AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT MORE DURING THE MEETING.

IT IS GOING TO BE THE ITEM ON FIRST READING OR ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.

AND I WILL JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMISSION IS AWARE THAT I PLAN ON DISCUSSING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, THE ABSOLUTE REMOVAL OF THIS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR INITIATIVE FUND. IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE LAST AMOUNT OF MONEY IN WHICH WE HAD BUDGETED, WHICH WAS STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT SOME OF US THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE.

BUT IT SHOULD GO TO THAT.

AND THEN OUR COMMISSION SHOULD DISCUSS IF WE HAVE ONE INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE ALL REALLY WANT TO DO BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A YEAR OF THIS, THEN WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER BACK AT STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE ONE INITIATIVE BROUGHT FORWARD AS A CITY COMMISSION THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY STAFF TO ACTUALLY DO THE EVENTS THAT WE SUPPORT. AND WE ALL ATTEND TOGETHER AS ONE UNIFIED FRONT.

SO THOSE ARE MY OPINIONS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THIS MATTER.

CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS OR CITY MANAGER? UP TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. Update on Commercial Plaza Code Compliance]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS I'M JUST POSITIONING MY POWERPOINT, SO.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COMMISSION, MAXINE CALLOWAY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, YOU ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMERCIAL PLAZAS VIOLATIONS.

AS YOU RECALL AT THE LAST MEETING, AND A MARCH MEETING STAFF WAS GIVEN A DIRECTIVE TO GO OUT AND TO VISIT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, PRIMARILY GIVEN THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES. AND DURING THAT MEETING STAFF HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAVE INSTITUTED A STAY ON VIOLATIONS ON THESE PROPERTIES.

AND SO WE WERE ASKED TO GO OUT AND TO CONDUCT A VISIT.

AND SO WE DID THAT IN EARLY APRIL AND WE WENT OUT TO A TOTAL OVER THIRTY FOUR OR SO PROPERTIES IN TOTAL THAT WE VISITED FOR COMPLIANCE VISITED, AND WE ISSUED VIOLATIONS FOR THOSE THIRTY FOUR PROPERTIES WITH AN APPEARANCE DATE OF JULY 7TH.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT NO PROPERTY WAS FINED DURING THAT PROCESS.

THEY WERE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE JULY 7TH APPEARANCE DATE.

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IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED DURING OUR SWEEP OR VISIT.

AND JUST SO, FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WON'T GO SPECIFICALLY THROUGH EACH SLIDE, BUT I'LL JUST SUM UP THE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS THAT WE SAW ON THESE PROPERTIES, PRIMARILY PARKING LOT, RESTRIPING OR RECOATING.

WE ISSUED VIOLATIONS FOR SEVEN LANDSCAPING WITH MULCH AND HEDGE TREATED EIGHT.

EXTERIOR OR ROOF CONDITIONS.

WE ISSUED TWO LANDSCAPE ISLAND WE ISSUED THREE.

DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE.

WE ISSUED ONE AND THEN WE PROVIDED NOTICES AS WELL, NINE NOTICES INVOLVED IN ONE PLAZA WITH THREE SEPARATE BUILDINGS AND THREE [INAUDIBLE] NUMBERS.

SO THAT JUST ADDED UP THE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS THAT INCLUDED SIDEWALKS AS WELL.

THE EXTERIOR BUILDING PAINTED AND THE COLOR CURBS AND LANDSCAPING AND DISCOLORATION OF THE PARKING LOT AND SO ON, SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS AND I'M JUST GOING SLOWLY SO YOU CAN JUST SEE THE DIFFERENT PLAZAS AND WHAT WAS ISSUED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT OF THE MAJOR PLAZAS WE VISITED 11 TOTAL MAJOR PLAZA.

ELEVEN TOTAL MAJOR PLAZAS, AND THOSE ARE OUR LARGE PLAZAS IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES CONTACTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE 11 PLAZAS THAT WE VISITED, ONLY FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS WERE IN CONTACT WITH AND THEN THE SMALLER PLAZAS WE VISITED A TOTAL OF TWENTY THREE OF THOSE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH 18 OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO WE'RE HAVING MORE SUCCESS WITH THE SMALLER PLAZAS THAN WE'RE HAVING WITH THE LARGER PLAZAS. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, JUST GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED, PRIMARILY LANDSCAPING, BUILDING, EXTERIOR COLOR PAINTING AND SO ON.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SLIDE, JUST ALSO SHOWING SOME OF THE SAME VIOLATION, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, NOT GOING THROUGH THEM SPECIFICALLY.

AND SO WE HAVE ACHIEVED SOME COMPLIANCE AND SOME OF THESE VIOLATIONS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RESPONSIVE PRIMARILY FOR THE SMALLER PLAZAS AS WELL.

THIS IS EIGHTY FOUR, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHTY FOUR SIXTY FIVE WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WHERE, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS PLAZA, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS GONE IN AND DONE SOME LANDSCAPING, MULCHING AND SOME RESTRIPING OF THE PLAZA.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE HAVE ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE.

EIGHTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE TO EIGHTY FOUR NINETY NINE WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THIS IS OUR STATE FARM PLAZA.

THEY HAVE GONE IN AND ALSO DONE SOME BLACKTOP OF THEIR PARKING AREA, AS WELL AS SOME RESTRIPING. AND THEN THIS IS THE LAST ONE FIFTY THREE ZERO ONE TO FIFTY THREE, SEVENTY ONE NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN N COMMERCIAL PLAZA IS THE NAME OF THIS PLAZA.

THEY'VE GONE IN AND ALSO DONE SOME LANDSCAPING THEY HAVE REMULCHED AND THEY'VE BLACKTOPPED THE DRIVE IN AND THE PARKING AISLES, AS WELL AS RESTRIPED THE PLAZA.

AND SO IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT NO FINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED, ALL THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD 60 DAYS IN WHICH TO COMPLY AND THEN APPEAR BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH EVERY ONE WHO HAVE ASKED FOR A REASONABLE PLAN OF ACTION.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM BECAUSE, OF COURSE, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE AND NOT TO ACCUMULATE FINES ON PROPERTIES.

AND SO WE HAVE ON A DISCRETION BASIS BEEN WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE. AND WE EXPECT THAT THE NEXT PENALTY HEARING WILL BE.

NOT A PENALTY HEARING A COMPLIANCE HEARING WILL BE IN 60 DAYS WHICH WILL BE IN JULY.

AND THEN THE MAGISTRATE WILL LISTEN TO TESTIMONY.

AND FOR SPECIFICALLY THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH, THE MAGISTRATE WILL GIVE THEM A PENALTY HEARING DATE, WHICH IS NORMALLY ABOUT 60 DAYS FOR THEM TO APPEAR FOR THAT.

AND WANT TO REPEAT AGAIN THAT NO BUSINESS OWNER, HAVE BEEN TO A HEARING OR HAVE BEEN ISSUED OR IMPOSED A FINE TODAY.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE IT AT THIS TIME.

I ALSO HAVE SCOTT KRAJEWSKI TO HELP ME TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE MAYOR.

MS. MAXINE, DURING THESE VISITS, ARE WE HAVING A PERSONNEL GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES OR ARE WE JUST DRIVING BY AND LOOKING THROUGH THE VEHICLES VERSUS AN ACTUAL INSPECTION OF FAÇADE FLOORS CRACKING, WALLS CRACKING SIGNAGES ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO SOME OF IT IS [INAUDIBLE] A MAJORITY OF IT VICE MAYOR, WE'RE OUT OF THE VEHICLE

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AND IN THOSE CASES WHERE WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH A PROPERTY OWNER, WE ARE MEETING THEM ON SITE, ON PROPERTY WHEN THEY HAVE REQUESTED A VISIT LIKE THAT TO DISCUSS FURTHER THOSE VIOLATIONS THAT WE DETECT ON THE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SEEING THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS ON IT, I ACTUALLY DO.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES, MAXINE, AND THE HARD WORK OF CODE COMPLIANCE. I KNOW THAT THE TEAM IS OUT THERE AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE, THEY GET YELLED AT LIKE, WHY AREN'T THEY OUT THERE? AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER.

I'D TAKE ANY OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVEN BACK AND BY THE NEXT BUDGET MEETING WE WILL BE ASKING FOR AN OVERNIGHT AND WEEKEND CODE PERSON BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL WE NEED IT.

AND BUT I DO THINK ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, MAYBE THERE WASN'T CONSENSUS IT WASN'T PROVIDED PROPERLY.

FOR THAT I WILL APOLOGIZE.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE WANTED TO BE STRONGER.

AND BUT I ALSO REALLY FELT THAT I KNOW MY RESPONSE.

AND I THOUGHT WHAT I HEARD WAS GO OUT THERE AND ADVISE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN THE FORM OF WHICH WAY IT WAS DONE WAS WHICH IS A CITATION.

THE SECOND A PERSON RECEIVES A CITATION PANIC SETS IN WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN ON GIVING THEM AN EXTENSION OF TIME.

ALL THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE GOT A CITATION AND IT CAUSES CONSTERNATION.

IT CAUSES PEOPLE TO PANIC.

I'VE GOT TO GO TO A MAGISTRATE HEARING AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE MAGISTRATE HEARINGS, WE AUTOMATICALLY WILL HAVE FEES AND COSTS THAT AMP UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK ON THIS ONE WITH THE ROLLOUT, I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK WE HANDLED IT AS WELL AS WE COULD HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO FOR THE PLAZAS THAT RESPONDED.

GREAT. MAYBE WE NEED TO JUST REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXTRA PERIOD OF TIME AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE THEM COME TO A MAGISTRATE HEARING TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT A PLAN. MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT.

FOR THOSE PLAZAS WHO ARE NOT COMPLYING, NOT TALKING AND REACHING OUT, THEN, YES, LET'S GO FORWARD. FINE. THEY'RE NOT CARING TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

THEN THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE CARING ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY, THEN GO FORWARD.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN THE FORM OF A CONSENSUS DIRECTIVE FOR YOU. WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP WITH THIS.

CAN YOU HELP ME HELP US WITH THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION FOR US TO SLOW DOWN OR INSTEAD JUST TO ISSUE A COURTESY NOTICE AND JUST GO BACK ONE STEP FROM WHAT WE DID THE LAST TIME, THEN, YES, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT DIRECTIVE AND SO CODE COMPLIANCE WOULD WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THE MAJOR PLAZAS.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, OF THE 11, WE'RE ONLY WORKING WITH FOUR.

SO WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

BUT CERTAINLY IF IT'S YOUR DESIRE AND WE RECEIVE A CONSENSUS THIS EVENING TO GO BACK AND JUST TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON AS OPPOSED TO ISSUING A VIOLATION, THEN WE CAN ROLL THAT BACK. I THINK I WOULD.

AND WE'LL FIGURE HOW TO PHRASE IT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS PERMANENT, LIKE MY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GIVE IT THROUGH IF ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH COVID KIND OF [INAUDIBLE] COMING BACK TO LIFE, WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH THAT 60 DAYS OUT FROM THEN AND THEN WHAT WE DID TWO MONTHS AGO, IT WAS GIVING THEM THE NOTICE OF GUESS WHAT? WHEN THE WORLD STARTS BACK TO BEING OPEN AGAIN, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T FIXED YOUR STUFF OR REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

SO SORRY. I KNOW I'M TALKING TO THE SCREEN.

AND SO THIS VIRTUAL STUFF IS A LITTLE BIT HARD.

HYBRID. SO THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO IT.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COMMISSION IF YOU WOULD BE IN SUPPORT FOR THE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT, THE LARGE BUSINESS PLAZAS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO REMOVE THE HEARING PART OF IT, LET THE CODE DEPARTMENT WORK IT OUT WITH THEM ON A PLAN ON HOW TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND THIS WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT VIOLATIONS, BUT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT REACHED OUT AND BEEN GIVEN SUFFICIENT NOTICE AND ARE NOT RESPONDING, THEN WE PROCEED ON THE TRACK. I'M BEING LOOKED AT LIKE I HAVE FIVE HEADS, SO I NEED HELP HERE.

CITY ATTORNEY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUMP IN AND CLARIFY ME? OK, I TAKE THAT AS A NO.

MICHAEL'S JUST LIKE I'M DONE.

SORRY I MISSED THE QUESTION, WHAT WERE YOU ASKING? I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROPERLY WORD THIS MOTION TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THE LATITUDE THAT THEY NEED TO WORK WITH THE FOUR LARGE PLAZAS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT DURING THIS REQUEST FOR COMMERCIAL

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OK, MADAM MAYOR, THEN THANK YOU UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION, I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS, I BELIEVE MAXINE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE IT WOULD BE SIMPLY TO HAVE SCOTT KRAJEWSKI REACH BACK OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY AND TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES INDIVIDUALLY.

UNDERSTANDING THAT CODE INFRACTIONS MAY STILL EXIST AND THAT THE GOAL IS TO GET THOSE CODE INFRACTIONS RESOLVED AND THAT IF PEOPLE NEED MORE TIME, THAT'S FINE.

WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE TIME.

I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT OF COVID, THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD ON THE REVENUE THAT THE CENTER HAS RECEIVED, THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THOSE CENTERS HAVE GIVEN RENTAL OR REBATES OR BREAKS TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING IN THEM AND THAT EVERYBODY JUST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE TIME AND A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPASSION.

AND I THINK IF YOU JUST GIVE SCOTT AND THE CODE OFFICERS SOME TIME TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT, THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY REPORT BACK TO YOU EITHER EITHER IN A MEMO OUTLINING WHAT WAS DONE OR WE CAN CERTAINLY PRESENT AGAIN AT A LATER WORKSHOP, A COMMISSION MEETING, THE RESOLUTION ON THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED ANY DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IF WHAT I JUST SAID SOUNDS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU GUYS.

I THINK IT DOES SOUND UNACCEPTABLE.

I SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY.

MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THROUGH THE CHAIR MA'AM.

I WOULD JUST REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT IT IS A WORKSHOP SETTING.

SO TECHNICALLY, A MOTION WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE.

I THINK AS AS THE MANAGER INDICATED, A CONSENSUS IS OF WHAT YOU WANT STAFF TO DO HAS BEEN CONVEYED. THAT MESSAGE HAS BEEN CONVEYED, AND WE WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I THINK LENIENCY TO THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING WITH US IS ABSOLUTELY DOABLE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE ONES THAT ARE NOT EVEN RESPONDING, WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS THAT.

THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THE ISSUE OF BEING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE COMES INTO THAT AS LONG AS WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM PROPER DUE PROCESS.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I HEAR WE NEED A MOTION, MAXINE, WITH WHAT WE SAID.

ACTUALLY, GIVES YOU ENOUGH DIRECTION IF I CAN GET JENNIFER, OUR CITY CLERK, TO.

DO YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE RECORD FOR CONSENSUS? YES, PLEASE. SO FOR THE FOUR LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY, CONTINUE TO PLAN ON COMPLIANCE WITH THEM, BRING THEM TO A LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR VIOLATIONS FOR THE ONES THAT ARE NOT RESPONSIVE THE OTHER SIX, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VIOLATION PROCESS.

THANK YOU. SO IF OUR COMMISSION I'LL START I'LL GO THIS WAY.

VICE MAYOR DO YOU AGREE.

YES.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH.

I THINK THAT.

WE SHOULD HAVE A STREAMLINED APPROACH, SEE IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO COMPLY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN IF PEOPLE DO NOT COMPLY, THEN WE BRING THEM TO THE MAGISTRATE OR WHATEVER, WHEREVER THEY ARE TO GO, BUT JUST TO HAVE AN INFORMAL PROCESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, LET'S WORK WITH SOME WHO HAVE REPLIED AND THEN THROW THE HAMMER AT THOSE WHO HAVE NOT REPLIED.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD PROCESS TO ME.

I BELIEVE THE DUE PROCESS HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO SAY THAT THEY NEED HELP AND MORE TIME, WE ARE THE CITY IS WHAT THE REQUEST IS BY THIS COMMISSION, IS TO AFFORD THOSE PEOPLE MORE TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO A MAGISTRATE. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE THROWING THE HAMMER AT THOSE PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF NOTICE, THE SAME ATTEMPT TO CURE ONLY FOUR HAVE STEP UP. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THOSE FOUR WHO ARE ASKING FOR MORE TIME.

AND TO EXTEND THAT PROCESS FOR THEM IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND THAT WAS WHAT THE MOTION IS.

DID WE SET THAT EXPECTATION WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THOUGH, THAT YOU WILL HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY? AND IF YOU DON'T RESPOND WITHIN THOSE 60 DAYS OR SO, THEN NEXT ACTION WILL BE X? I BELIEVE THEY HAVE.

THAT'S WHAT OUR CODE OFFICERS HAVE DONE.

AND THAT'S WHY THE CASE NUMBERS ARE THERE, IF YOU LIKE.

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YES, A NOTICE THAT WAS SENT OUT IS SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS FOR A TOTAL OF THIRTY FOUR PROPERTY, 11 MAJOR PLAZAS AND TWENTY THREE SMALLER PLAZAS, IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF NOTICE.

THAT INCLUDES A COMPLIANT AND THEN A MAGISTRATE HEARING DATE.

SO, YES. SO WHAT I ALSO HEARD WAS THAT WE WANTED TO REMOVE THE MAGISTRATE PORTION OF IT.

FOR THE ONES THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME BACK IN 60 DAYS TO SAY WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

IF THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN WORK IT OUT AND NOT HAVE TO COME TO A HEARING.

GOT IT. OK, AND IF THEY FAIL, THEN THE PROCESS PROCEEDS AS IS.

SO ARE YOU.

YES. OK. AND I SAY, YES, SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. CALLOWAY. AND. MR. KRAJEWSKI. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOW GOING TO AND YOUR TEAM.

WE ARE GOING TO GO TO IT'S 6:06.

SO MOVING THIS RIGHT ALONG, DISCUSSION RELATING TO CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS, THIS

[4. Discussion related to City Commission Workshops]

AND WE REALLY PHASED OUT THE WORKSHOPS AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS LATELY ABOUT BRINGING THEM BACK. THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IF YOU WANT TO BRING THEM BACK FORMALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WOULD DO THEM.

I MEAN, WE I THINK WE IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT MONDAY MORNINGS WEREN'T WORKING FOR EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION AND THAT IF WE COULD FIND A BETTER TIME, THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO WE'VE TRIED SCHEDULING THEM.

YOU KNOW, IN THE TWO HOURS BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S WORKING FOR YOU.

THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. IT'S UP TO YOU WHEN WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR WORKSHOPS.

AND WE JUST NEED TO ARRIVE AT A CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE MAYOR. IN GIVING MY OPINION, IF WE CAN HAVE A TWO HOUR SESSION PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION MEETING WITH A 30 MINUTE HARD STOP AT 6:30 LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY, TO GIVE A BREAK IN BETWEEN THE WORKSHOP AND THE COMMISSION MEETING, IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE BEST VERSUS A TWO HOUR WORKSHOP AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GOING INTO A COMMISSION MEETING UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE SPEND ON THE AGENDA.

SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG AGENDA THEN I THINK A 2 HOUR ALLOCATION IS GREAT.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT AGENDA, THEN WE CAN DO AN HOUR, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO STICK TO THE WORKSHOPS.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO. I THINK AS WE NEED THEM, THEY SHOULD BE SCHEDULED, AND I THINK I AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR FIVE 5:00 AND DO THEM THEN, BUT ONLY AS NEEDED RATHER THAN THE WAY WE HAD BEFORE. EVERY MONDAY WE HAD ONE AND SOMETIMES NOT NEEDED.

SO I WOULD VOTE FOR THE FIVE O'CLOCK AS NEEDED.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

WHO CAN ANSWER THE THE PURPOSE OF OUR WORKSHOPS, THOUGH? CITY MANAGER. YES, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP WOULD SIMPLY BE TO DISCUSS ITEMS THAT ARE PRIMARILY COMING FORWARD AT SOME POINT OR TO PRESENT GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMISSION OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS START AT SEVEN AND THE BUSINESS TENDS TO TAKE US LATE INTO THE EVENING, THERE JUST DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ENOUGH TIME TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION THAT WE NEED, WHETHER IT BE A PRESENTATION LIKE WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THE MPO OR WHETHER IT BE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT LIKE WE HAD OR WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS ON UPCOMING EVENTS OR THINGS THAT THE STAFF SIMPLY NEEDS TO PRESENT OR GET SOME CLARIFICATION OR DIRECTION ON.

THE WORKSHOPS ARE JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

AGAIN, IT REALLY IS UP TO THE COMMISSION AS TO HOW YOU HAVE THEM, IF YOU HAVE THEM, WHEN YOU HAVE THEM, WHY YOU HAVE THEM.

OK, SO IN A COMMISSION MEETING, ATTORNEY IN A COMMISSION WORKSHOP WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE TO TAKE ACTION THROUGH THE CHAIR.

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OK, SO IF IN A WORKSHOP WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE ACTION.

AND IF I HEAR THE MANAGER CORRECTLY, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HAVING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE COMMISSION MEETING.

WHY IS IT THAT WE CANNOT HAVE COMMISSION WORKSHOPS THAT CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS CAN WATCH ONDEMAND? SEND IT TO RESIDENTS, SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN ITEMS AS WELL.

SO THE ATTENDING IS NOT MANDATORY.

SO WE SO STAFF, JUST LIKE HOW THEY HAD A WORKSHOP THIS EVENING, VIRTUALLY, OR WHATEVER IT IS, I SEE US HAVING D.R.C.

MEETINGS AND OF COURSE, DRC IS FOR STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

BUT IF WE COULD HAVE COMMISSION WORKSHOPS WHERE THE ITEMS ARE PRESENTED, JUST ROLL THE PRESENTATIONS CITY COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY CAN WATCH IT ON DEMAND.

AND THEN. WHEN WE COME TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PRESENTATIONS, GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND THEN VOTE ON THE ITEMS INSTEAD OF IN A COMMISSION MEETING HAVING ALL THOSE PRESENTATIONS, WHICH MAKES THE MEETING LONG, WOULD THAT BE LEGALLY SOUND OR LEGALLY DOABLE? YES, I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF WORKSHOPS IS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO VET SOME OF THE ISSUES IN ADVANCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES.

AND AS YOU MOVE INTO THE COMMISSION MEETING, THEN IT THEORETICALLY WILL TAKE LESS TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY VETTED SOME OF THE ISSUES OR THE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT EITHER YOU DIRECTLY HAVE OR THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE SHARED WITH YOU AND ASKED YOU, HEY, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THIS ISSUE BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION? THAT'S THE BASIS OR THE THEORY BEHIND THE WORKSHOP.

AS IT RELATES TO PARTICIPATION UNDER THE LAW THE COMMISSION WORKSHOPS DO HAVE TO BE NOTICED. THEY DO HAVE TO BE CONFORMED TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.

HOWEVER, THEIR DISTINCTION IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY A MANDATORY ATTENDANCE. IT IS VOLUNTARY, BUT WITHOUT YOUR ATTENDANCE, IT SOMEWHAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF INTERACTING WITH STAFF AND VETTING AND TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT EITHER YOU OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION MEETING.

SO SOME OF THE MEETINGS DON'T GO AS LONG AS THEY HISTORICALLY HAVE OR CAN GO IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT COMMISSION WORKSHOP SETTING.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

IT DOES. AND THANK YOU FOR THE DETAIL.

THIS EVENING WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS. LET'S SAY WE MEET AT FIVE O'CLOCK BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING.

WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT SIX THIRTY.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK STAFF QUESTIONS.

AND CERTAINLY UNDER THE CLIMATE OF THIS MAYOR, SOMETIMES WE ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO, TO YOUR POINT ATTORNEY, THEN IF WE HAVE A ONDEMAND, SORT OF, SO TO SPEAK, A COMMISSION WORKSHOP, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO AT WILL ASK STAFF QUESTIONS IN AN EMAIL, GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AS MANY TIMES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN OR WANT TO, OR WITH THE MANAGER AND A THE MANAGER, WHATEVER HE CALLS IT.

I DON'T REALLY ATTEND THEM, BUT WE CAN ASK THE MANAGER QUESTIONS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT CERTAIN ITEMS, BECAUSE THEY THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO WATCH IT ON DEMAND AS WELL.

I JUST THINK THAT BETWEEN BEFORE COMMISSION MEETING, WE'RE STILL GOING TO RUN IN THE ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS, ASK THE AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO ASK AND THEN GET GET INFORMATION BACK.

SO LET'S SAY IN THE WORKSHOP WE WANT THE LEGAL OPINION ON SOMETHING.

IN THE PAST, WHENEVER WE HAD WORKSHOPS, WE WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT STUFF.

BEFORE A MEETING WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO SO BEFORE A MEETING IS JUST NOT NECESSARILY.

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I APPRECIATE. BUT ONDEMAND WOULD PROBABLY WORK BETTER.

IT'S A HYBRID BETWEEN MAYBE A COMMISSIONER MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME TO ATTEND THAT WORKSHOP, BUT ABLE TO WATCH IT, STILL ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF, STILL DO ALL THE NECESSARY THINGS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IS NOT BEFORE TIGHT TIME FRAME FOR HAVING FIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR A 6:30.

SEE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES PER TIME WHEN WE SPEAK.

CITY ATTORNEY. I SEE YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN FOR A SECOND.

GO AHEAD. MADAM CHAIR TO THE COMMISSIONER'S POINT? THERE'S NO METHOD TO THE MADNESS.

THERE'S YOU. I'VE SEEN IT DONE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

I HAVE SEEN IT WORK RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL WHERE THE MEETING, THE WORKSHOP IS EARLIER IN THE DAY. AND THAT THEN GIVES INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS TO INTERACT WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND POTENTIALLY ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF IN BETWEEN THE WORKSHOP AND THE ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT'S A FLUID PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

AND AS PREVIOUSLY BEEN MENTIONED, MAYBE DEPENDING UPON THE LENGTH OF THE AGENDA AND THE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED STARTING IT EARLY OR LATER, DEPENDING UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT'S AN EVOLUTION, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE MAYOR. YOU HAVE A THOUGHT.

I'LL BE QUICK. I THOUGHT THAT THE WORKSHOPS WERE TO GET CONSENSUS ON ITEMS, AND IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THEN I'M CONFUSED WITH THE POINT OF THE WORKSHOP IS BUT ALSO IF WE ARE OBTAINING ALL THE BACKUP INFORMATION FROM CITY CLERK THE FRIDAY BEFORE OUR MEETING, SHOULDN'T WE JUST COME PREPARED WITH QUESTIONS VERSUS THEM DOING A PRESENTATION? WE SHOULD BE REVIEWING ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND NOT ALLOWING THEM TO REPEAT THEMSELVES.

WE SHOULD ALREADY COME PREPARED WITH QUESTIONS.

AND THAT'S AND I THINK GET CONSENSUS ON ITEMS TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT ALSO, LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, WAS TO VET THE MEETING INTO THE ACTUAL MEETING, THE WORKSHOP INTO THE MEETING.

THANK YOU, ACTUALLY, SO.

THE WAY I. ONE MORE THING, I'M SORRY, DIDN'T WE JUST VOTE ON SOMETHING, SO I'M CONFUSED.

NO WE DID CONSENSUS. THAT'S MY POINT.

IT WAS NOT A VOTE. IT WAS UNIFIED.

IT WAS CONSENSUS, WHICH IS THE WAY WE DIRECT.

NORMALLY, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN IF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT WE DISCUSS AT A WORKSHOP IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CITY STAFF MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING, THEY NEED IT BY CONSENSUS AND THEN THEY WILL PROCEED WITH THE WAY THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THREE OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE WISH FOR IT TO GO FORWARD AT LEAST.

PERSONALLY, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT MONDAY MORNINGS, 9:30 A.M.

EVERY TWO WEEKS. HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

I FOUND THEM VERY EFFECTIVE, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT IS, I DON'T LIKE THIS TWO HOURS BEFORE A MEETING, WE CAN'T GET THINGS DONE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED. AND I KNOW WE GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA REVIEW AND WE GET OUR BOOKS.

BUT PART OF THE IMPORTANT STUFF THAT WE CAN'T DO IS TALK.

WE HAVE OUR SUNSHINE LAWS.

SO THE ONLY WAY TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND HEAR GOOD IDEAS AND BE ABLE TO MAYBE MODIFY THINGS AND WORK THEM TOGETHER IS TO BE ABLE TO BE TOGETHER TO DO IT.

SO AS FAR AS ONLINE PRESENTATIONS, WE CAN BE HERE.

AND IF OUR RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING AND WE'RE STREAMING, WE ARE TEAMS, WE ARE ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

WE'RE MODERN, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE CAN DO THAT NOW ANYWAY AND THEY CAN TELL US THEIR THOUGHTS.

I THINK THAT IF WE PUT IT BACK TO OUR MONDAYS, WHICH EVERYBODY WHO GOT ON THIS COMMISSION WAS PREPARED FOR WHEN WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS JOB, NOBODY SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE 20 ITEMS ON IT. THAT'S ALSO UP TO US TO NOT BE DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO PUT SO MUCH ON THINGS.

BUT THERE USED TO BE A TIME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHEN WE WOULD GET THROUGH THE BIG PRESENTATIONS, THEY WERE ALL THEN PUT ON CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAD CONSENT AGENDA AND WE ROLLED OUT OF HERE AND WE DEALT WITH CERTAIN THINGS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE REALLY LONG MEETINGS. AND THEY WERE NICE AND ORGANIZED BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AT WORKSHOP. AND ANYTHING NEW THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS, WE DISCUSSED AT A COMMISSION MEETING, WE WEREN'T PLAYING TO THE CAMERA.

WHICH IS WHAT I FEEL SOME OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS HAD THEN BECOME WHEN WE STOPPED, WHEN WE PULLED THINGS OFF THE AGENDA.

YEAH, I KNOW. VERY SHOCKING, RIGHT?

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BUT I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR OUR RESIDENTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

THEY'RE WATCHING. THEY KNOW HOW TO GET TO LOOKING AT US ON STREAMING.

SO I DO THINK OUR WORKSHOPS NEED TO BE DONE.

I AM NOT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A WORKSHOP RIGHT BEFORE COMMISSION MEETINGS ARE SUFFICIENT TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY CHANGES, GET ANY INFORMATION AND HAVE OUR STAFF ASSIST US.

SO I WOULD LIKE US TO GO BACK TO THE 9:30 ON MONDAYS AS WE WERE ALL ONCE PREPARED TO DO.

IF THAT IS NOT GOOD, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TUESDAY WOULD DO.

I THINK WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, HAVING A WEDNESDAY MORNING WORKSHOP AND THEN A WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMISSION MEETING IS JUST AN EXTREMELY LONG DAY FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THAT IS MY OPINION.

VICE MAYOR I SEE, YOUR LIGHT IS LIT.

IS THAT EVERY TWO WEEKS IS THAT THE WEEK OF THE MEETING? IT BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN THE MONDAY OF THE SECOND MONDAY AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH, WHAT MONDAY OF THE MONTH OF THE COMMISSION MEETING.

SO IT WAS THE SECOND AND FOURTH WHICH MATCHED THE WEDNESDAYS.

AND THE PURPOSE FOR THAT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE.

WE HAVE OUR AGENDA REVIEW.

WE GET OUR BOOKS ON FRIDAY, WE READ OUR STUFF OVER THE WEEKEND, AND WE HAVE AN OPEN FORUM TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WE NEED TO WITH OUR CITY STAFF AND GET PRESENTATIONS ON IT ON MONDAY, BE EDUCATED AND BE READY TO GO.

AND IT WOULD MAKE WEDNESDAY NIGHTS OR WEDNESDAY MORNINGS WHICHEVER MEETING WE WERE HAVING A LOT SMOOTHER. CITY MANAGER, HOW EFFECTIVE IS THAT VERSUS US HAVING AN HOUR AND A HALF PRIOR TO EACH COMMISSION MEETING OR HOW EFFECTIVE WOULD IT BE VERSUS US HAVING IT PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL MEETING? I THINK THE ISSUE OF EFFECTIVENESS IS MORE ABOUT HOW YOU USE THE TIME THAT YOU ALLOT WHENEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEN EVERYONE IS BUSY. AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT TOGETHER.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR DISCUSSIONS HERE. YOU HAVE TO DO THEM IN THE SUNSHINE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, OFF TO THE SIDE OR OFF LINE, AS WE SAY.

AND SO THAT REALLY LIMITS THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP, WHENEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT, IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER GIVE DIRECTION OR REACH CONSENSUS SO THAT WE CAN BRING ITEMS BACK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR ACTION IN A COMMISSION MEETING.

SO I DON'T I MEAN, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU GUYS WHEN YOU DO THEM.

I THINK JUST AS STAFF WE'RE SAYING, WE NEED MORE TIME WITH YOU IN ORDER TO GET DIRECTION AND CONSENSUS SO THAT WE CAN GET ITEMS TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN AN ORGANIZED MANNER AND THAT YOU CAN DELIBERATE THEM ON AND DELIBERATE ON THEM AND GIVE US DIRECTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION. VICE MAYOR ARE YOU DONE.

OK? COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND I WILL JUST GIVE A FIVE AND A HALF MINUTE WARNING.

LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT MADAM MAYOR YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE WEEDS YOU HAVE IT'S NOT ME. I KNOW I GO TO THE WEEDS I LIKE SPECIFICS.

I DON'T LIKE CONFUSION BECAUSE SUCH AS THE LAST TIME WE HAD CONFUSION.

THAT'S WHY OUR CODE COMPLIANCE HAS HAD AN ISSUE AT OUR COMMERCIAL PLAZAS.

SO I'M TRYING TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. RIGHT.

AND THIS IS WHY THE MANAGER COULD GET AWAY WITH [INAUDIBLE] THAT I ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DIDN'T BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE WORKSHOPS.

SO I'M FOR WORKSHOPS, CLARIFICATION ATTORNEY.

DO WE NEED A QUORUM FOR WORKSHOPS? OK, SO IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE NEED QUORUM FOR WORKSHOPS.

I THINK IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN THREE, BUT THAT'S QUORUM, ISN'T IT? I MEAN, I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WE'RE RUNNING LATE AND WORKSHOPS DID NOT START BECAUSE A THIRD PERSON WAS NOT THERE.

IT'S A NEW DAWN. I FORGET WHICH COMMERCIAL IT IS FOR WHATEVER DRUG COMPANY.

IF I MAY. GO AHEAD.

MAYOR BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TAKING ACTION.

OK. THE REQUIREMENT FOR A QUORUM THAT OTHERWISE WOULD APPLY WHEN YOU ARE TAKING ACTION DOES NOT. AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A SERIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS FOR THAT PROPOSITION IF YOU WISH THERE.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THIS QUESTION IN THE PAST AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF

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AND THEY DO STATE THEREIN THAT A QUORUM IS NOT NEEDED FOR A WORKSHOP IF NO ACTION IS BEING TAKEN.

AND CONSENSUS IS NOT ACTION.

AND CONSENSUS IS NOT AN ACTION, YOU'RE NOT VOTING.

SO IF WE ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE AND TWO PEOPLE AGREE.

CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THERE CONSENSUS? WELL, THERE'S A CONSENSUS OF THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND IF ONLY THE MAYOR SHOWS UP AND SHE SAYS, GO AHEAD, THEN THAT IS ALSO CONSENSUS.

SO IF EVERYONE'S STAYING IN BED.

AND I COULD JUST DO.

I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I DIDN'T. IF ONLY THE MAYOR SHOWS UP FOR THE WORKSHOP AND SHE SAYS, OK, I AGREE.

THAT'S A CONSENSUS OF ONE.

THAT'S HER YOU LIKE THAT, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] OH, WELL YOU KNOW, WE WON'T GO THERE. WE GOT 4 MINUTES.

FRANKLY, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, WHEN WE'RE AT THAT LEVEL OF A WORKSHOP, IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. OK, SO THEN HOW ABOUT ONCE PER MONTH ON A MONDAY, 10:00? I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I WANTED TO JUST ADD ONE ITEM TO IT BEFORE WE GO ON TRYING TO SELECT A DATE AND TIME.

I THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT ATTEND A WORKSHOP, IF WE SET OUR WORKSHOPS BACK, I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE PERSON OR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING TO MAKE SURE THEY WATCH THE WORKSHOP AND NOT TURN THE COMMISSION MEETING INTO THEIR WORKSHOP BECAUSE THEY DID NOT ATTEND. I FEEL THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS GOT LONG AND I THINK ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WOUND UP NOT HAVING WORKSHOPS SO THIS WAY SAY I, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I DON'T SHOW UP.

AND THEN I MISS THE WORKSHOP.

IF I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I NEED TO GET MY INFORMATION PRIOR TO AND NOT AT THE MEETING. THAT IS MY STRONG FEELING ABOUT THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW ON THE FLOOR.

WE HAVE A 10:00 ON MONDAY.

I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST ASK IF WE WOULD MAKE IT ONE OF THE TWO OR THE SECOND OR THE FOURTH ONE.

COMMISSION MEETINGS VERSUS BECAUSE OUR CITY STAFF HAS A VERY SET SCHEDULE.

AND SO IF WE ALL OF A SUDDEN AND MAKE IT OUT ON MONDAY OF THE WEEK OF THE AGENDA REVIEW, WE'RE MOVING THEM OUT OF ROTATION ON HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.

THEIR SCHEDULES ARE ALREADY SET FOR THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH FOR A WORKSHOP. SO I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO MAKE IT 10:00.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE 10:00, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ONCE A MONTH VERSUS TWICE A MONTH, WE PICK EITHER THE SECOND OR FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.

[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I GUESS. ARE YOU DONE WITH.

YEAH, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT SECOND OR FOURTH.

OK, SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO VICE MAYOR.

WE HAVE THE FOURTH WEEK OR WHICHEVER ONE REALLY.

OK, SO 10:00.

OK, IS HE'S GOOD WITH THE SECOND OR THE FOURTH.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO. OK, I THINK TO CHOOSE THE SECOND, OR FOURTH.

IF THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT, SENSE. BUT I THINK JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER TIMES, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA, THE CITY MANAGER CAN CANCEL IT.

OK. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME.

SECOND OR FOURTH. OK, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE BETWEEN SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 10:00 FOR US TO RESUME WORKSHOPS AND IF WE DON'T NEED THEM, WE WILL CANCEL THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE MADAM MAYOR.

OK, SO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE BETWEEN THE SECOND OR FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH? COULD YOU ALSO ASK MS. GUNN, WHAT'S HER PREFERENCE.

MS. KATHLEEN.

OK, CITY ATTORNEY YOUR LIGHT IS LIT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE JUST STILL LIT OR OK, YOU DO NOT.

OK, SO WE ARE IN AGREEMENT FOR ONE OF THE MONDAYS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE FOURTH AT 10:00 A.M.. OK, SO WE'LL START IN JUNE.

ARE WE READY TO START IN JUNE? OK, THE COMMENT.

AFTER THE BREAK.

I HEAR AFTER THE BREAK IS OK, CITY MANAGER, I HAVE CONSENSUS, I BELIEVE, FOR AFTER THE BREAK. CITY MANAGER, PLEASE DECIDE WHICH MONDAY WOULD BE BEST SO WE CAN COORDINATE OUR

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AFTER THE BREAK. AFTER THE BREAK WILL DO.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GUESS WHAT? IT'S 6:30. GOOD JOB.

WE STILL HAVE ONE ITEM TO GO, BUT THAT'LL ROLL OVER TO OUR FIVE O'CLOCK ON JUNE 9TH.

SO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 7:00.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.