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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 20TH COMMISSION WORKSHOP.IF OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, MS. DELANO WILL CALL THE ROLE.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR ACTING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PLEASE LEAD US IN THIS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THAT WILL BE USED MR. SALES. [LAUGHTER] CONGRATULATION SIR.
>> THAT WILL BE OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR INTERIM ACTING.
I DON'T KNOW THE TITLES, BUT OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PRESSY SALES. KATHLEEN.
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER GALLON'S IS NOT JOINING US THIS MORNING BECAUSE HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY.
JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW HE ASKED ME TO CONVEY THAT TO YOU.
WE'RE SENDING HIM OUR CONDOLENCES.
>> WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO PUT HIS FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR PRESENTATION FOR OUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR,
[1. Presentation - Investment Advisor]
MR. JOHN GRADY, INVESTMENT ADVISER, PUBLIC TRUST INVESTMENT, MR. GRADY.MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, JOHN GRADY WITH PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS.
WE SERVE AS THE CITY'S INVESTMENT ADVISER AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY AND WORK WITH CHRISTINE AND HER TEAM.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF ECONOMIC UPDATE AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON YOUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
CERTAINLY AS I'M PRESENTING, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS OR SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
OF COURSE, THERE'S LOTS GOING ON IN THE MARKETS TODAY.
OUR FIRST SLIDE IS ON GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, AND SO GDP, OF COURSE, MEASURES OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND MOST RECENTLY THE SECOND QUARTER GDP FIGURE CAME OUT.
WE CAN SEE HERE ON THIS CHART ON SLIDE 2 THAT 6.5 PERCENT IS THE FIRST READING FOR SECOND QUARTER GDP.
HISTORICALLY, 6.5 PERCENT IS VERY GOOD, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THESE TIMES, OF COURSE.
THE EXPECTATION FOR GDP IN THE SECOND QUARTER WAS ANYWHERE FROM 8.5 TO OVER 9 PERCENT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN WHAT WAS EXPECTED AND ULTIMATELY WHAT THE THOUGHT IS FROM THE MARKETPLACES.
IT'S JUST THE CONTINUED ISSUES WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE GLOBE, AND SO WHILE WE AS CONSUMERS WHO MAKE UP MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE ECONOMY, WE ARE SPENDING AND WANT TO SPEND.
THE ISSUE IN MANY CASES IS ACTUALLY HAVING THE ABILITY TO FIND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT WE WANT TO BUY JUST DUE TO THIS SUPPLY CHAIN.
IF YOU TRY TO BUY A WASHER OR DRYER, WE'VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES OF THE COSTS OF NEW AND NOW USED CARS IS BECAUSE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
AS A FINANCE PERSON, BUT AN ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS REALLY PURELY A SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THIS RISING PRICES.
THE INFLATION IS NO SECRET THAT WE'RE WELL AWARE OF IT.
WE'LL SHOW THAT HERE IN A MOMENT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A LOT TO DO WITH THE ABILITY TO GET THESE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO US AS CONSUMERS SO THAT WE CAN BUY THEM.
THE THOUGHT ALSO WILL SEE HERE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THIS IS THE BLOOMBERG ECONOMIC FORECAST.
BLOOMBERG SURVEYS MARKET PARTICIPANTS SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH AND THEY UPDATE THIS ECONOMIC FORECAST, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE LOOK AT OUR ECONOMY, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT GDP.
IF WE LOOK AT 2020, IF WE REMEMBER, WE HAD A CONTRACTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE ULTIMATE CONTRACTION WAS 3.4 PERCENT THERE IN 2020.
IF WE LOOK AT THE GREEN BOX, WE'VE GOT 5.9 PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, 5.9 PERCENT GROWTH FOR ANY YEAR WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY GOOD.
YOU SEE THAT DOWN ARROW MAINLY BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS SURVEY AS WE GO FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
ACTUALLY THE PROJECTION FOR GROWTH THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY COMING DOWN A BIT.
IT WAS CLOSER TO SEVEN PERCENT, THEN 6.5 PERCENT.
NOW WE CAN SEE GROWTH IS PROJECTED JUST BELOW SIX PERCENT.
AGAIN, THE THOUGHT IS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THROUGH THE END OF 2021 AND LIKELY INTO 2022, AND THAT WILL LIKELY HAMPER THAT GROWTH THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE WELL OVER 6 PERCENT.
BUT AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE TWO YELLOW BOXES WE CAN SEE, THAT'S CONSUMER SPENDING AND BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND INVENTORY, SO BUSINESS SPENDING,
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THOSE TWO COMPONENTS MAKE UP WELL OVER 80-85 PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL ECONOMIC GROWTH.WE SEE SOME RELATIVELY STRONG NUMBERS THERE AND THOSE TWO COMPONENTS FOR 2021.
THEN WE SEE SOME DECENT NUMBERS IN 2022 AS WELL.
BUT AT JUST ONE COMMENT, IF WE LOOK ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THIS CHART, AND THAT'S 2023.
THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT THE STIMULUS AND THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTRY, HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THAT WITH 2.4 PERCENT OR SUB THREE PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH LONG-TERM.
THAT IS SOME CONCERN IN OUR ABILITY TO PAY OFF THIS DEBT AND TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH ALL THE STIMULUS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
THEN LASTLY ON THIS SLIDE, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BOTTOM OF THE CHART, THAT CPI AND PCE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE TWO VERY COMMON MEASURES OF INFLATION, AND WE CAN SEE THERE, WE'VE GOT THE UP ARROW.
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONGER INFLATION NUMBERS FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
A LITTLE BIT, WE SAW CPI COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT LAST MONTH.
BUT IF WE COMPARE THAT PROJECTION TO WHERE WE WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, CPI AND PCE WE'RE BOTH BELOW THREE PERCENT.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE EXPECTATION OF CONSUMER PRICES, AS WELL AS PERSONAL CONSUMERS EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS WHAT THE FED USES FROM THEIR INFLATION GAUGE.
THEY HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BASKET OF GOODS IS WHY YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FIGURE THERE, BUT THE STORY REMAINS THE SAME FOR BOTH OF THESE INDICATORS AND THAT IS, WE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER INFLATION.
I'VE DONE SOMETHING HERE THOUGH.
SEE IF [NOISE] I CAN GET SOME HELP FROM MAYBE IT HERE. I APOLOGIZE.
[NOISE] HE'S HELPED ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APOLOGIES. AS WE TURN FROM GDP AND WE START TO THINK ABOUT THE FED AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT INTEREST RATES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT TAPERING HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT THE TWO PRIMARY GOALS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE OR THE FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE AS WELL IS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HELP STABILIZE LABOR MARKETS AND STABILIZE OUR MONEY, OUR US DOLLAR.
IF WE LOOK AT LABOR MARKET, THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY DECENT GROWTH IN THE LABOR FORCE AND THE LABOR MARKET RATHER HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
AUGUST WAS NOT GREAT, AT 235,000 JOBS CREATED.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT JUNE AND JULY, WE ACTUALLY HAD OVER TWO MILLION JOBS CREATED IN JUNE AND JULY.
THE AUGUST JOBS REPORT AGAIN WASN'T GREAT, BUT WE'RE STILL MAKING PROGRESS, AND AS YOU ALL HAVE LIKELY SEEN IN RED, WE'RE STILL FIVE MILLION JOBS SHORT OF WHERE WE WERE GOING INTO THE PANDEMIC IN 2020.
BUT THE BETTER STORY IS, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIMING.
I BELIEVE IN MATCHING SKILLS WITH JOBS IS THAT THERE ARE OVER 10 MILLION JOB OPENINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE PROJECTED AROUND SEVEN MILLION UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE IN THE WORKFORCE.
IF WE LOOK AT THE MATH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE JOBS THAT CAN BE FILLED.
IT'S JUST MATCHING SKILL SET AS WELL AS GEOGRAPHY AND OTHER AREAS TO FILL THESE PARTICULAR JOBS.
THE OTHER ENDPOINT DIMENSION IS OF COURSE, IN THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, ALL OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT ENHANCE BENEFITS HAVE GONE AWAY, AND SO THE QUESTION NOW THAT THOSE ENHANCE BENEFITS HAVE GONE AWAY, WILL MORE INDIVIDUALS START TO LOOK FOR WORK.
THAT TIES INTO THE BOTTOM CHART.
IF WE LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT, WE CAN SEE THE GOOD NEWS AGAIN IS UNEMPLOYMENT BOTH NATIONALLY AND HERE IN FLORIDA CONTINUES TO DRIFT LOWER.
BUT AT THAT VERY LAST SENTENCE ON THE BOTTOM BULLET POINT, YOU'LL SEE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE AT 61.7 PERCENT.
THAT JUST TELLS US THAT THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF WORKING AGE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT AND LOOKING FOR JOBS.
THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THAT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
THAT NUMBER IS CLOSE TO AS LOW AS IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST 30-40 YEARS.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT IS THAT GROWTH FOR THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE.
THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE MORE FOLKS ACTUALLY COMING BACK INTO THE LABOR FORCE AND LOOKING FOR JOBS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE INCREASE, MORE JOBS, MORE SPENDING BY THE CONSUMER AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY.
THEN JUST TO TIE IT BACK TO INFLATION, AS WE JUST MENTIONED ON OUR SURVEY CHART.
AGAIN, FROM BOTH CPI AT THE TOP AND PCE THERE AT THE BOTTOM, BOTH OF THOSE INDICATORS YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A PRETTY DRASTIC SLOPE THERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT SIGNIFICANT PICKUP IN INFLATION OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S FOOD, ENERGY, MEANING GAS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OUR CARS OR ELECTRIC BILLS.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY DURABLE GOODS.
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSING MARKET.
THERE'S NOT A SLIDE IN HERE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE KNOW HOW STRONG THAT'S BEEN.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING IN MANY CASES.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS WHEN YOU'RE BUYING A HOUSE, YOU'RE BUYING A LOT OF THE APPLIANCES THAT GO IN THERE.
IF YOU'RE A HOME BUILDER, IT'S TAKING 3-4 MONTHS TO GET WINDOWS.
I MEAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING INTO PLAY AND IT'S DRIVING UP PRICES.
THE LAST QUOTE I'VE HEARD IS ON SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT DATA EFFECTS YET.
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BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHIPPING CONTAINERS USED TO COST AROUND $2, 500 AND NOW THEY'RE WELL OVER $20,000.NOW YOU'VE GOT THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND WITH SHIPPING CONTAINERS WITH LARGER ENTITIES.
THINK OF AMAZON AND WALMART AND OTHERS, AND SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THOSE LARGE COMPANIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD A SHIPPING CONTAINER AT 20,000 VERSUS 2,500.
IT IS LITERALLY, PRICES ARE GOING UP FROM THE FACTORY TO GETTING THEM HERE.
IN MAY CASES IF THEY'RE COMING FROM CHINA AND OTHER PLACES AND IT'S DRIVING UP THE COST AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN OUR INFLATION DATA.
WHEN WE LOOK AT INFLATION AND HISTORICALLY AGAIN, WE THINK OF INFLATION INCREASING.
WE GENERALLY WOULD THINK OF INTEREST RATES INCREASING.
IT'S ALL DUE TO THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY.
WE'LL START WITH THE FEDS PROJECTION.
THE FED ACTUALLY IS MEETING AGAIN TOMORROW IN WEDNESDAY.
THEY GENERALLY UPDATE THEIR DOT PLOT THAT YOU SEE HERE EACH QUARTER, AND THIS IS FROM THE JUNE QUARTER.
ONE IS EACH BLUE DOT REPRESENTS ONE FED MEMBERS VOTE, IF YOU WILL, ON WHAT THEY THINK THAT OVERNIGHT RATE WILL BE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
IN THE GREEN BOX, YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU HAVE ABOUT SEVEN FED MEMBERS OF THE 18 THAT THINK THAT THE FED, THEY WILL ULTIMATELY RAISE THAT RATE AT LEAST ONE TIME BY THE END OF 2022.
BUT THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE 2023, YOU CAN SEE A FEW MORE THINK THAT, THAT RATE WILL INCREASE, MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE TIMES BY THE END OF 2023.
YOU CAN SEE THAT AND THEN LONG-TERM IN THE ORANGE BOX, THAT'S WHERE THE MEMBERS CURRENTLY EXPECT THAT OVERNIGHT RATE TO SETTLE IN AROUND 2.5 PERCENT.
LET ME JUST BACK UP FOR A MOMENT.
THAT OVERNIGHT RATE, OF COURSE, IS THAT RATE THAT THE BANKS PAY OR PAID IN INTERESTS AND THAT SETS THE TONE FOR WHAT SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS ARE PAID, WHAT THE CITY IS BEING PAID ON YOUR BANK DEPOSITS WHICH ARE EARNING IN YOUR SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS STRUCTURED.
WE'LL SEE THAT IN A MOMENT. THEN THE YIELD CURVE BUILDS ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THE THOUGHT IS WILL BE AT THIS VERY LOW 0-25 BASIS POINTS INTEREST RATE FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
THEN HOPEFULLY INTO 2022 AND 2023, IF THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL START TO SEE THE FED INCREASE THOSE INTEREST RATES.
AS YOUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR, WE WANT TO SEE HIGHER RATES.
THAT'S WHAT HELPS YOU INCREASE YOUR INCOME.
LET ME PAUSE THERE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION AT THIS POINT? I'LL MOVE ON. IF WE GO FOR THE OVERNIGHT RATE ON THIS CHART, THIS IS SHOWING US YOUR YIELD CURVE AND AGAIN, WE'RE SHOWING YOU FROM FIVE YEARS AND SHORTER.
THAT'S OUR INVESTMENT HORIZON FOR PUBLIC FUNDS AND CERTAINLY FOR THE CITY.
IF WE LOOK AT THE LIGHT BLUE LINE, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ON JANUARY 1ST, AND WE COMPARE THAT TO WHERE WE WERE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 15.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A STEEPENING OF THE CURVE.
YOU SEE THOSE UPWARD ARROWS COMING FROM THE TWO, THREE AND OUT INTO FIVE-YEAR AREA.
WHY THAT IS GOOD IS THE CITY UTILIZES A VERY DIVERSE INVESTMENT PROGRAM WHERE YOU HAVE LIQUIDITY INVESTMENTS AND THEN YOU HAVE AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO THAT PUBLIC TRUST MANAGES ON YOUR BEHALF.
THAT PORTFOLIO IS WHERE YOU'RE INVESTING ANYWHERE FROM 2-5 YEARS, SOME SHORTER THAN THAT, BUT WHEN WE'RE REINVESTING FOR YOU.
WHEN WE HAVE A STEEPER YIELD CURVE THAT HELPS TO INCREASE YOUR INTEREST EARNINGS AND PROTECTS YOU FROM THE ZERO INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT PORTION OF YOUR OVERALL INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
STEEPER YIELD CURVE, POSITIVE SLOPE IS A GOOD THING IN IT.
ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THERE'S CURRENT EXPECTATIONS OF CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH IS WHEN WE SEE FLAT OR INVERTED YIELD CURVES.
THAT'S WHEN THERE'S THE THOUGHT THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN. AT LEAST FOR NOW.
AGAIN, THE POSITIVE SLOPE SUGGEST THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE NEAR TERM.
THEN LASTLY IS WE TURN OVER JUST A COVER ON THIS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DATA ON HERE. THESE ARE THREE YIELD CURVES.
THE GREEN YIELD CURVE SHOWS YOU WHAT US TREASURIES ARE PAYING FROM A YIELD PERSPECTIVE.
AGAIN, WE JUST SAW THAT LAST YIELD CURVE.
THIS IS TAKING US OUT TO 10 YEARS.
THE BLUE CURVE SHOWS US WHAT AGENCIES ARE PAYING.
AGENCIES ARE FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, HOME LOAN BANKS.
THOSE ARE VERY COMMONLY USED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENTS CONSIDERED A VERY SAFE AS WELL.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPLICIT GUARANTEE OF THE US GOVERNMENT.
THEY HAVE THE IMPLICIT AND THEY'RE USED QUITE FREQUENTLY IN PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS.
AS YOUR CITY HAS SOME OF AS WELL.
THE RED LINE ARE CORPORATE NOTES.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT.
ONE, THE BLUE LINE IS ACTUALLY BELOW TREASURIES, WHICH IS A SORT OF A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
WHERE YOU CAN BUY A TREASURY AND EARN ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER YIELD THAN AN AGENCY.
EVEN THOUGH THE TREASURY HAS A FULL FAITH OF THE GOVERNMENT, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD TRADE A LITTLE BIT LOWER YIELD, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
THEN THE LAST COMMENT IS ON CORPORATE NOTES.
RIGHT NOW CORPORATE NOTES ARE PAYING THE LOWEST SPREAD TO TREASURIES OR THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL YIELD TO GO IN THE CORPORATE SPACE THAN THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS YOUR ADVISOR, WHEN WE SEE THOSE RATES THAT ARE VERY, VERY COMPRESSED OR YOU'RE NOT EARNING MUCH MORE YIELD BY GOING INTO CORPORATES, WE VERY MUCH WOULD FAVOR A US TREASURY SECURITY,
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WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN BUYING FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE BEING PAID IN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF YIELD EVEN IF THE SECURITY WE BELIEVE IS SAFE.A LOT OF THAT IS WHAT WE CALL RELATIVE VALUE.
JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS AND HOW NARROW AND COMPRESS THESE YIELDS ARE IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS.
THEN THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT WE'LL SUMMARIZE, AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF YOUR OVERALL INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
JUST TO POINT OUT, IT'S VERY DIVERSIFIED.
YOU HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF YOUR PORTFOLIO IN LIQUIDITY INVESTMENTS.
IN WORKING WITH CHRISTINE AND HER TEAM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN THE ECONOMIC LOCKDOWN, STARTED IN 2020.
CHRISTINE DID A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY HAD PLENTY OF LIQUIDITY CASH IS KING.
THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WAS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS WE ALL REMEMBER BACK IN MARCH.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE AROUND 24 MILLION OF YOUR OVERALL ASSETS IN THIS PORTFOLIO THAT WE MANAGE ON YOUR BEHALF.
THAT SAID WE DO PROVIDE REPORTING AND WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH CHRISTINE AND HER TEAM ON ALL OF YOUR INVESTMENTS.
AGAIN, SO WELL-DIVERSIFIED, DO YOU HAVE A AAA RATED INVESTMENT PROGRAM? AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE PIE CHART WHETHER IT'S YOUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL INVESTMENTS OR YOUR CASH OR YOUR LGIP.
THOSE ASSET CLASSES MAKE UP YOUR DAILY LIQUIDITY.
IF YOU NEEDED LIQUIDITY AT ANYTIME, YOU CAN UTILIZE THAT.
ALSO YOU'RE EARNING SOME PRETTY DECENT RATES IN THOSE LIQUIDITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS VERSUS WHAT SOME OF THESE US TREASURIES ARE PAYING RIGHT NOW IN THE SHORT TERM.
AGAIN, A NICE STRATEGIC MOVE THERE AS WELL.
THEN YOU CAN SEE AS WE LOOK ON THE CHART ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE ALLOCATION TO THE US TREASURY NOTES, ALLOCATION TO US AGENCIES.
THEN YOU DO HAVE SOME CORPORATE NOTES.
YOU HAVE ACTUALLY TWO CORPORATE NOTES, YOU HAVE APPLE AND AXON, SO YOU'RE VERY LIMITED IN YOUR CORPORATE NOTES, BUT IN OUR VIEW, THOSE ARE GOOD NAMES TO HOLD THEY'RE HIGHLY RATED.
JUST ALSO WORTH MENTIONING FROM PUBLIC TRUST POINT OF VIEW, ANYTIME WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND AN INVESTMENT TO CHRISTINE, IF IT'S A CORPORATE NOTE, OUR CREDIT TEAM IS EVALUATED AND APPROVED IT.
IT'S NOT JUST A NAME OR AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT MEETS YOUR CRITERIA IN YOUR POLICY.
OUR TEAM, THAT'S THAT NAME BEFORE WE MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION.
ANY INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.
WE HAVE A NICE DIALOGUE WITH CHRISTINE AND HER TEAM.
WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHY WE'RE MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN IF APPROVED, WE DO THAT INVESTMENT ON YOUR BEHALF.
THIS IS A GOOD SUMMARY OF YOUR OVERALL.
IN THE LAST SLIDE THIS MORNING IS REALLY JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE PORTFOLIO AGAIN THAT WE MANAGE.
YOUR PUBLIC TRUST MANAGED PORTFOLIO, YOU CAN SEE.
THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WITH THIS PORTFOLIO IS, YOU CAN LOOK IS REALLY THOSE GRAY BARS TO 1-2 YEARS AND 4-5 YEARS.
THAT'S THE NICE DIVERSIFICATION TOOL THAT THIS PROGRAM OFFERS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INVESTING OUT IN US TREASURIES RIGHT NOW FOR YOU AND PICKING UP SOME OF THOSE SLIGHTLY HIGHER YIELDS AND WHAT YOU WOULD KEEP IN OVERNIGHT.
THAT ALSO HELPS PROTECT FROM THE ZERO INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.
ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE GOING TO STAY THERE FOR THE NEAR TERM, YOU'RE PICKING UP SOME HIGHER YIELDS IN THIS PORTFOLIO AND LADDERING OUT.
AGAIN, FINDING A NICE BALANCE IN YOUR OVERALL PORTFOLIO.
OUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM, PARDON ME.
IN THIS PORTFOLIO, YOUR AVERAGE MATURITY IS JUST UNDER TWO YEARS AT 1.95.
IF YOU EVER NEEDED LIQUIDITY FROM THIS PORTFOLIO, THESE SECURITIES WOULD BE EASY TO SELL AS WELL TO PROVIDE THAT LIQUIDITY.
BUT AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET YOUR CASH FLOWS AS EXPECTED RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S A SUMMARY OF A BIT OF A BRIEF ECONOMIC UPDATE AND A SUMMARY OF YOUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM, BUT CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME, IS THERE A FORMULA USED TO DETERMINE CASH ON HAND?
IT'S ACTUALLY REFERRED TO MORE OF A CASH FLOW.
I KNOW CHRISTINE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
CHRISTINE, FEEL FREE TO COME UP.
BUT GENERALLY, THE FORMULA IS LOOKING AT HISTORICAL CASH AND INVESTMENT BALANCES, AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW LOW HAVE WE GONE HISTORICALLY AT OUR LOWER POINTS.
FOR INSTANCE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THE CITY WILL BE AT YOUR LOWER POINT, AND THEN YOU'LL START TO RECEIVE YOUR AD VALOREMS IN NOVEMBER-DECEMBER-JANUARY TIME FRAME.
SO REALLY IT'S LOOKING AT HISTORICAL BALANCES AND GETTING AN IDEA OF WHERE THE LOWER POINTS ARE AND THEN MAKING THAT DECISION ON HOW FAR TO INVEST WITH ANY OF THE OTHER FUNDS.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU GENERALLY WOULD HAVE HAD IN LIQUIDITY INVESTMENTS OVERALL FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMIC LOCK DOWN AND THE UNCERTAINTY AND NOW IT'S MORE DRIVEN BY JUST THE STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO EARN A DECENT YIELD, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, IN SOME OF YOUR SHORTER TERM INVESTMENTS VERSUS LADDERING THEM OUT.
SO LONG I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT IT IS LOOKING AT HISTORICAL BALANCES AND THEN MAKING SOME INVESTMENT DECISIONS BASED ON THAT AND USING INTEREST RATES AS WELL.
>> SO THESE DECISIONS THEN WOULD BE MADE BY [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE].
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>> ULTIMATELY THE DECISION WOULD BE MADE BY CHRISTINE.
SO WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND WE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON INVESTING IF WE THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO INVEST A LITTLE MORE OUT ON THE CURVE BASED ON HISTORICAL BALANCES, FOR INSTANCE, WE MIGHT MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT ULTIMATELY IT DOES RESIDE WITH CHRISTINE AND THE CITY.
>> OKAY. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY NO MUNICIPAL BONDS?
MUNICIPAL BONDS, WE DO UTILIZE THOSE AS A FIRM AND WE WILL LOOK FOR THOSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY.
IN THE MOST RECENT INVESTMENT TRANSITION THAT WE DID, WE ACTUALLY STARTED TO BUILD OUT THE PORTFOLIO LOOKING AT CASH FLOWS AND HISTORICAL BALANCES.
MUNICIPALS ARE REALLY MORE OF WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
SO FOR THE CITY, WE ONLY RE-INVEST WHEN THERE'S A MATURITY IN THE PORTFOLIO.
WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY SELLING AHEAD OF TIME AND BUYING ANOTHER SECURITY.
IF THERE'S NOT A MUNICIPAL BOND THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT DAY THAT THERE'S A MATURITY OR IN THE NEAR TERM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.
NOW, ONE OPTION WOULD BE IF WE SEE A MUNICIPAL BOND COMING TO MARKET, WHICH WE DO AND BUY THOSE FOR PORTFOLIOS, WE MIGHT REACH OUT TO CHRISTINE AND SAY, "THERE'S A STATE OF FLORIDA GO BOND COMING AND WE BELIEVE IT'S OFFERING A VERY FAVORABLE YIELD.
WE'D RECOMMEND X DOLLARS TO BUY IT." THEN SHE MIGHT MOVE MONEY INTO THE ACCOUNT TO PURCHASE THAT IF THERE WASN'T A MATURITY COMING.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO FAVOR MUNICIPAL BONDS.
THEY'RE VERY ATTRACTIVE RIGHT NOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IT'S JUST MORE OF A TIMING FOR THIS PORTFOLIO.
>> OKAY. THROUGH THE MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND IF I ASK CHRISTINE SAME QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE CASH FLOWS DETERMINED?
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
WE NORMALLY DO A CASH FLOW, WHAT WE CALL OFF CASH FLOW STATEMENTS, WHERE WE DO OUR CALCULATION BASED ON OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OR PAYROLL TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH CASH WE NEED TO HAVE ON HAND TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BILLS, TAKE CARE OF OUR PAYROLL AS THEY FALL DUE, TO PAY OUR DEBT SERVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN 2020, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, AS JOHN SAID, CASH BECAME KING.
THE INTEREST RATE WENT DOWN DRASTICALLY AND THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET, WITH THE MONEY MARKET FUNDS AND ALL OTHER THINGS.
WE MOVED A LOT OF THE FUNDS BACK INTO THE OPERATING ACCOUNT, IN THE TD BANK FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, WE STILL STAYED THAT DIVERSIFIED, HOWEVER TD BANK, IT'S WHAT WE CALL A QPD MEANING THAT WE HAVE THE FULL FAITH ON CREDIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN THAT ACCOUNT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE INTEREST RATE THAT WE WERE GETTING ON THE OPERATING ACCOUNT WAS MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE GETTING FROM, SAY FLORIDA PRIME OR FROM THE SBA.
SO THAT WAS A STRATEGIC DECISION THAT WE MADE UP THAT TIME TO MOVE IT BACK AND AS THE PANDEMIC PROGRESSED, IT SEEMED ADVANTAGEOUS TO US TO KEEP IT THERE, AND STAY DIVERSIFIED AND HAVING SMALLER PARTS IN THE OTHER AREAS LIKE IN FLORIDA SAVE AND WITH THE SECURITIES.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN OPERATING.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
>> IT DOES. I GUESS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WAS, PERSONALLY, YOU'RE ALWAYS TOLD HAVE A YEAR-AND-A-HALF OF FUNDS ON HAND TO HANDLE ALL YOUR EXPENDITURES.
SO I WAS LOOKING IF WE HAD SOME FORMULA TO SAY WE NEED X AMOUNT OF CASH ON HAND FOR A YEAR, TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, OR SOMETHING.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A FORMULA LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE DO THOUGH IS A MONTHLY CASH FLOW BECAUSE WE HAVE SWINGS UP AND DOWNS IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
WE KNOW THAT'S WHEN OUR PERMANENT TAX COME IN, SO WE'LL HAVE MORE LIQUIDITY AT THAT TIME.
THEN WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON OUR BONDS, WHICH IS LIKE IN OCTOBER AND IN APRIL.
WE LOOK AT THOSE SWINGS THROUGH THE YEAR AND LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING IN, WHAT NEEDS TO GO OUT, TO DETERMINE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WHAT CASH FLOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED AND TO SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH CASH FLOW WE HAVE IN THE BANK, FOR WHEN THOSE BIG PAYMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AND TO CARRY US EACH MONTH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.
>> THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS IN? IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH CHRISTINE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND OF COURSE, OUR TEAM.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 2,
[2. Presentation - Eastside Feasibility Study]
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PRESENTATION REGARDING INCITE FEASIBILITY STUDY.WE HAVE LUMI FUENTES AND MIKE KROLL FROM MILLER LEGG AND ASSOCIATES AND OF COURSE OUR OWN, MR. GREG WARNER.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND AS OUR MILLER LEGG TEAM MAKES THE WAY UP, I'D LIKE TO DO JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
AS YOU'RE AWARE A WHILE BACK, THE COMMISSIONER APPROVED AND AWARD TO MILLER LEGG TO CONDUCT A AND E-SITE PARK FEASIBILITY STUDY.
I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE FINAL COPIES OF THIS STUDY, OR THE COPIES OF THE STUDY LAST WEEK.
TO TAKE A LOOK AT, THIS STUDY WAS TO COVER THE AREA OF TAMARAC EAST OF NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PARK FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL THOSE LISTED ABOVE.
THE MILLER LEGG TEAM IS HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN MOVING FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING THE EAST SIDE WITH MORE PARK-BASED FACILITIES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE, WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THIS STUDY THIS WEEK AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE TO ADOPT.
TODAY IS MORE FOR A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM.
AS A MILLER LEGG, THE TEAM TALKS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, JUST BE AWARE AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND, WHAT THEY'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE FINAL DECISIONS ARE LEFT IN THE CITIES AND THE COMMISSION'S HANDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY FUTURE PROJECTS.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TO MILLER LEGG TEAM, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE LUMI FUENTES, WHO HAD LED THIS PROJECT FOR MILLER LEGG, MIKE KROLL, WHO'S A PRINCIPAL WITH MILLER LEGG AND ART THATCHER WHOSE WITH GREENPLAY, AND ONE OF THE PARTNER AGENCIES WITH MILLER LEGG.
WITH THAT WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, GREG. GOOD MORNING.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND PRESENT OUR FINDINGS.
AGAIN, LUMI FUENTES WITH OUR FIRM AND ART THATCHER WITH GREEN PLAY WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR FINDINGS IN THIS STUDY.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS.
YOU HAVE A HARD COPY THERE SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
OBVIOUSLY, AS GREG SAID, OUR STUDY AREA WAS THE AREA EAST OF 64TH.
WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT AREA OF THE CITY IN THIS PLAN WAS ADDRESSED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HELPED MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY CURRENTLY, BUT IN THE FUTURE AS THAT AREA CONTINUES TO GROW AND IT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.
THIS STUDY REALLY RESPONDS TO THAT, AND CURRENT DAY, WHERE IT WAS IN THE PAST, WHERE IT WAS NOW, AND THEN WHERE IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE? THIS JUST IDENTIFIES THE STUDY AREA HERE ON THIS MAP.
THE PLANNING PROCESS AND MOST OF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS OF THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO OUTLINE WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE STARTED AND HOW WE GOT HERE.
BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE PROJECT [NOISE] IN 2020.
WE STARTED THE PROJECT AND IDENTIFIED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WE MET WITH MANY OF YOU, GREG AND HIS STAFF, ADVISORY BOARD, AND SUCH AND REALLY GAINED THEIR INSIGHT OF WHAT YOU THOUGHT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WAS GOING TO BE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP OF IT.
THE SECOND THING WAS A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY.
WE REALLY LOOKED AT CENSUS DATA, [NOISE] BOTH HISTORICAL AND CURRENT AS WELL AS PROJECTED DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THIS STUDY AREA TO UNDERSTAND ANY TRENDS WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND ANY TRENDS THAT WOULD IMPACT US AS WE GO FORWARD.
THE NEXT THING IS WE DID AN INVENTORY.
WE INVENTORIED ALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS, PROGRAMS, AND FACILITIES THAT WE HAD IN THE STUDY AREA, AS WELL AS IN THE ENTIRE CITY, AS WELL AS AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE STUDY AREA ITSELF THAT MAY NOT BE WITHIN THE CITY THAT PROVIDE SOME RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS AND ASPECTS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AGAIN, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE ACTUAL FACILITIES THEMSELVES WITHIN THE CITY, AND THEN THOSE OTHER RECREATIONAL AREAS THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THE RECREATIONAL DESIRES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
THEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD.
WHAT THAT IS IT REALLY STARTS COMPARING OUR FACILITIES, OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR RECREATIONAL ELEMENTS IN THE STUDY AREA TO OTHER AREAS,
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COMPARABLE AREAS WITHIN THE STATE, REGIONALLY, AND IN THE NATION.HOW DO WE COMPARE AND HOW DO WE CONTRAST WITH THE AMENITIES THAT THEY PROVIDE? THAT WAS THE NEXT THING WE LOOKED AT, AND THEN WHAT WE DID IN THE FIRST WORKSHOP, WE HAD FIRST OF OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
WE IDENTIFIED THAT AND REALLY SHARED THAT WITH THE PUBLIC AND GAINED THEIR INPUT IN THEIR DESIRES FOR THE NEEDS OF THE STUDY AREA, AS WELL AS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE SHORTCOMINGS ARE, OR THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKED, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST PORTION OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.
THE SECOND PORTION WAS AN ONLINE SURVEY.
[NOISE] THAT THE ONLINE SURVEY WAS RUN FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
[NOISE] THAT ONLINE SURVEY, LUMI WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, MORE OF A DIRECT OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC FOR DIRECT MAIL-OUTS, BUT WE HAD ALSO AN OPEN ACCESS SURVEY WHERE ANYBODY OR ANY OF THE RESIDENCE COULD ACTUALLY PUT THEIR INPUT IN AND HELP GUIDE THE STUDY.
FROM THERE WE DEVELOPED A DRAFT RECREATIONAL PROGRAM IN THE STUDY ITSELF.
WE PRESENTED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND GAINED INSIGHT FROM THE PUBLIC.
THEN FINALLY HERE WE'RE WRAPPING THINGS UP WITH OUR FINDINGS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PRESENTING TO YOU.
[NOISE] AS I MENTIONED, WE STARTED WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WHERE I TALKED ABOUT THE GROUPS THAT WE MET WITH IN THE CITY AND SUCH.
SOME RECURRING COMMENTS, SO THOSE WERE REALLY HOW WE FRAMED THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF OUR PROJECT HERE.
THE MOTIVE WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR EXISTING AS WELL AS PARKS AND THE AMENITIES WE HAVE IN THE PARKS.
WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE CURRENT NEEDS BUT THE FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR POPULATION IN THE STUDY AREA AND PROVIDE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, BOTH OUTDOOR RECREATION AND INDOOR RECREATION FOR OUR POPULATION.
THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, NOT THAT IT WAS FOCUSED ON JUST BASEBALL OR JUST BASKETBALL, BUT REALLY COULD SERVE A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS. WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE DESIRE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE AMENITIES AND FACILITIES WERE ACCESSIBLE, NOT ONLY BY CAR BUT ACTUALLY IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY BY BIKE AND BEING ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THESE FACILITIES, SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
THE WAY TO DO THAT WAS REALLY IDENTIFIED JOINT USE VENTURES WITH OUR HOA'S, OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE FOUND WITHIN THESE AREAS TO REALLY PROVIDE THIS DIVERSITY OF SERVICES AND ALSO PROVIDE NOT ONLY RECREATIONAL AMENITIES BUT ALSO RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THAT COULD SUPPORT EVENTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA OR STUDY AREA.
THAT WAS THE OUTLINE OF WHERE WE STARTED, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ART NOW, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TECHNICAL THINGS.
>> [NOISE] THANK YOU, MIKE. AS MIKE SAID, SO WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL ASSETS BUT ALSO DOING OUR RESEARCH.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE, BOTH OF THE SERVICE AREA AS WELL AS OF TAMARAC, AND YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A POPULATION A LITTLE OVER 66,000 PEOPLE, AND 26.4 PERCENT OF THOSE LIVE WITHIN THAT SERVICE AREA.
AS WE LOOK AT THAT BREAKDOWN, AGE-WISE, THE THING THAT REALLY STICKS OUT IS THAT BOTH IN THE SERVICE AREA AS WELL AS IN THE CITY, ALL SEEM TO BE RELATIVELY THE SAME DISTRIBUTION WISE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT 65 AND OVER WHICH WHERE YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT LARGER DIFFERENCE, THE SERVICE AREA BEING A LITTLE LOWER IN THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT AREA.
THEN WE LOOKED AT EXISTING FACILITIES WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA AS WELL AS WITHIN THE CITY, AS MIKE HAD POINTED OUT.
LOOKING BOTH AT THE CITY-OWNED FACILITIES AS WELL AS THOSE PRIVATELY OWNED FACILITIES AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE MAPPED FOR YOU HERE.
AS WE LOOKED AT THOSE FACILITIES, WE WENT AND WALKED THEM AND HAVE LOOKED AT THE AMENITIES WITHIN THE FACILITY AS WELL AS THE CONDITION.
WENT OUT TO CAPORELLA PARK, WENT TO MAINLAND PARK, WE ALSO WENT TO THOSE PRIVATE FACILITIES,
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TAMARAC LAKES, SHAKER VILLAGE WITH GLEN THE MAINLANDS 6 AND 7, AS WELL AS THE MAINLANDS AT TAMARAC LAKE.BOTH SECTIONS 1 AND SECTIONS 2.
AS WE LOOKED AT THOSE, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THE INVENTORY TOGETHER AND LOOK AT EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THOSE AND COMPARE THEM TO THE SERVICE AREA AS WELL AS TO YOUR AREA ON THE OVERALL CITY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE NOTED WAS AS WE LOOKED AT PRIVATE FACILITIES WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA, IF WE INCLUDED THOSE, THEY REALLY ACCUMULATE ABOUT 27 ACRES OF PARKLAND THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE GREEN PLAY DOES IS WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S CALLED GRASP, IT'S OUR GEO-REFERENCED ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND IT LOOKS NOT ONLY AT THE INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND WHERE THEY ARE, BUT WE ALSO USE GIS TO LOCATE ALL OF YOUR COMPONENTS.
WE PRODUCE THESE HEATMAPS, AND AS YOU SEE FROM THIS HEATMAP, THE DARKER THE ORANGE, THE MORE RECREATION COMPONENTS A CITIZEN HAS WITHIN A 10-MINUTE WALK AREA TO THEM.
YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA THAT REALLY THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHTER ORANGE AND NOT AS CONDENSED AS YOU HAVE IN THE REST OF THE CITY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE NOTED AND AS MIKE ADMITTED, WE LOOKED AT OTHER FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS SO THAT WE WEREN'T RECOMMENDING YOU TO PUT A PARK WHERE THERE MAY BE A PARK THAT'S RIGHT ON THE BORDER THAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE USING, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER THAT THERE ARE SOME DARKER ORANGE IN THAT AREA.
FROM THERE WE ALSO BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE WALKSHED, THAT FIVE-MINUTE WALK, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE GREEN THAT THESE CITIZENS WHOSE RESIDENTS HAVE FIVE-MINUTE WALK ACCESS TO RECREATION COMPONENTS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT YOUR GREENWAYS THAT SURROUND THE CITY AND PROVIDE RECREATION COMPONENTS TO YOUR CITIZENS.
THEN FINALLY WE LOOKED AT BOTH NATIONAL STANDARDS THROUGH NRPA, THROUGH THEIR PARK METRICS, AND COMPARED THOSE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THAT 15-20,000 POPULATION.
AS WELL AS LOOKED AT YOUR LEVEL OF SERVICE BASED ON THE STATE SCORE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT POP OUT THERE ARE, TAMARAC, YOU'RE IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU HAVE A THREE ACRES PER 1,000 STANDARDS SET FOR YOUR LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AS YOU LOOK CITYWIDE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING THAT, YOU HAVE 4.67 ACRES PER 1,0000 CITYWIDE.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN INTO THE SERVICE AREA, YOU'RE BELOW THAT STANDARD AT 2.8 ACRES PER 1,000.
IN ORDER TO REACH THAT THREE ACRES PER 1,000, YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD ANOTHER 3.6 ACRES TO YOUR INVENTORY.
THEN AS THE POPULATION GROWS, AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK OUT TO 2031 REALLY THAT POPULATION IN THE SERVICE AREA GROWING TO ABOUT 20,000.
YOUR DEFICIENCY ALSO GROWS WITH THAT POPULATION GROUP TO ABOUT 10.5 ACRES OF ADDITIONAL LAND TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN YOUR THREE ACRES PER 1,000.
FROM THERE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LUMI TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PIECE.
PART OF OUR PROCESS AND ONE OF OUR KEY PART OF IT WAS INVOLVING THE PUBLIC AS WELL, SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT'S OUT THERE WITH SOME WORKSHOPS.
GREAT THINGS CAME OUT OF THESE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES WHICH I'LL TOUCH BASE ON.
YOU SEE A FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF FOR BASKETBALL COURTS, MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS, AND INDOOR COURTS.
AS WELL YOU SEE A NEED FOR INTERCONNECTED TILES IN THE PARK, AND ACT OF SPORTS PROGRAMMING, AND PROGRAMMING FOR ALL THE AGES.
THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP; WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, WE SAW SOME SIMILARITIES AS WELL.
WE HAD PROGRAMS FROM ALL TYPES OF AGES THAT WE WERE IN NEED FOR AS WELL AS FITNESS AND HEALTH PROGRAMS.
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SOME OF THE KEY ITEMS THAT STOOD OUT FOR NEEDS OF THE FACILITIES WERE A COMMUNITY CENTER, AGAIN, THE MULTI-USE TRAILS, AND EVEN A SENIOR CENTER.PART OF THIS OUTREACH TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC WE CONDUCTED AN ONLINE PUBLIC SURVEY WHICH WAS STATISTICALLY VALID BY MAILING OUT TARGETED HOUSEHOLDS.
AFTER TWO WEEKS WE OPENED AN OPEN LINK SURVEY WHICH WE RECEIVED EITHER MAILED BACK OR ONLINE BACK.
WE MAILED OUT DELIVERED 6,137, BUT OUT OF THAT, 566 WERE ACTUALLY COMPLETED, 430 WERE FROM THE INVITATION FROM THE TARGETED HOUSEHOLDS, AND 136 WERE FROM THE OPEN LINK SURVEYS.
AFTER WE COLLECT ALL OF THIS DATA BEING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION OUT FROM OUR INVENTORIES AND THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM THE WORKSHOPS AND OUR MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WE DID A MATRIX AND WHAT WE DO HERE, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION AND PRIORITIZE AND MEASURE WHAT ARE THOSE KEY ITEMS THAT ARE REPEATED AND WATER IS REALLY THE NEED.
YOU COME OUT WITH AT LEAST FIVE KEY ISSUES FROM THESE, WHICH WERE LACK OF INDOOR FACILITIES IN THE STUDY AREA NOR INDOOR CENTERS.
A LACK OF WALKABILITY FROM THE PARKS.
A LACK OF PARKS IN GENERAL IN THE STUDY AREA.
THEN IMPROVE OF THE CONNECTIVITY FROM THE PARKS AND TO THE PARKS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES WERE MISSING ACTIVITIES.
MOST OF THE PARKS ON THE EAST SIDE ARE MORE PASSIVE ACTIVITIES.
THERE WAS A BIG NEED FROM THE PUBLIC TO HAVE SOME ACT OF ACTIVITIES OR SPORTS OTHER THAN THE PASSIVE WALKING OR LEISURE.
FROM THERE, WE HAD PROPOSED PARKS AND FACILITIES, WHICH WAS BUILT UP FROM ALL THIS INFORMATION.
KEY ONE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED THERE IS ONE OF OUR NEW EITHER ACQUIRING OR PARTNERING PROPERTIES THAT'S ALONG ROCK ISLAND JUST NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO SABAL PALM CONDO.
THIS IS REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE OR PARTNER WITH THE CONDO ASSOCIATION.
YOU'LL SEE AS WELL, SABAL PALM PARK, AS WELL AS OUR EXISTING CITY PARKS OF MAINLANDS PARK, CAPORELLA, WILDLIFE.
ONE KEY POINT WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH A LOT OF OUR PRIVATE AMENITIES.
NOW, THESE WERE SELECTED BECAUSE OF PRIOR NEGOTIATIONS WE ALREADY HAVE HAD WITH SOME OF THESE HOAS AND THE KEY LOCATIONS THAT WOULD HELP FILL OUT THE GAP WITH THEIR FACILITIES EXISTING IN THERE.
YOU HAVE BERMUDA CLUB, YOU HAVE SHAKER VILLAGE, WOODGLEN THE MAINLANDS 6 AND 7, MAINLANDS 5, MAINLANDS 1 AND 2.
TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH, BOULEVARDS TO TAMARAC, AND TAMARAC LAKES 1, WHICH PARTNERS WITH THE WILDLIFE PRESERVE.
PART OF ALL THIS WAS WE CREATED SOME CONCEPTUAL PLANS TO GIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBILITIES OF THIS SITE.
FOR SABAL PALM PARK, ONE OUR FIRST OPTIONS WOULD HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULDN'T BE PRESENT IN SABAL PALM PARK, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A RENT-ABLE SPACE THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO LOCATE IN ANOTHER RETAIL COMMERCIAL AREA.
PART OF THIS FOR SABAL PALM WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS.
ONE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ARTIFICIAL, WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT HIGH USE FOR THE FIELD, MULTIPURPOSE COURTS, COVERED PLAYGROUND, RESTROOMS, AND AS WELL AS ABOUT PARKING SPACES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES.
FOR CONCEPT 2, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROPOSE IN THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
YOU'LL HAVE A TRAIL PROPOSE AS WELL, OF HALF A MILE WITH MULTI-PURPOSE COURTS, THE COVER PLAYGROUND, AND A FITNESS CENTRALIZED AREA AS WELL, WITH A MULTIPURPOSE FIELD AND 150 PARKING SPACES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS THE FIELD ACTIVITIES.
FOR OPTION 3, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE 10,000 SQUARE FEET, AS WELL AS A COVERED PLAYGROUND, CENTRALIZED FITNESS AREA.
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THE TRAIL WOULD BE ONE MILE IN THIS OPTION.THEN YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING A DOG PARK IN THIS LOCATION ALONG WITH THE MULTIPURPOSE AND AGAIN, THE PARKING AREA TO SUPPORT ALL THESE ACTIVITIES.
YOU'LL SEE A DOG PARK IN A COUPLE OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CONCEPTS.
THIS IS JUST UP TO SELECTION OF WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR THE DOG PARK.
ON MY FEEDBACK WAS A NEED ON A DOG PARK ON THE EAST SIDE, AS WELL AS A NATIONAL TRENDS PROJECT HEAVY USAGE OF DOG PARKS AS WELL.
FOR OUR ACQUIRED PROPERTY OR HOA, WE'RE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM WOULD BE PROPERTY 1.
WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR THIS; WE HAVE EITHER A TRAIL WITHIN THE STATIONS OR THE OPTION FOR A DOG PARK IN THIS LOCATION, ALONG WITH A TRAIL ON THE OUTSIDE, AND SUPPORTIVE PARKING SPACES FOR THESE ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
FOR MAINLANDS PARK, THERE'S AN OPTION ACTUALLY HAVE A DOG PARK ON THIS AS WELL.
THIS WOULD BE WITH ADDITIONAL SPACES OF WHAT'S EXISTING OUT THERE AS WELL.
FOR OUR WILDLIFE PRESERVE, A KEY FOR THIS IS TO ACTUALLY ACTIVATE THE WILDLIFE PRESERVE TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE WATER AND ACTUALLY HAVE A USAGE OF IT.
SOME OTHER PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AMENITIES WOULD BE A FISHING PIER, KAYAK LOUNGE, AS WELL AS THE REHABILITATION OF THE EXISTING HABITAT ISLAND OUT THERE WITH A PUBLIC ART BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE PEDESTRIANS INTO THE ISLAND, AS WELL AS A TRAIL, A ONE-MILE TRAIL WITH A CENTRALIZED FITNESS AREA, SOME RESTROOMS, AND KEY TO THIS AS WELL, IS THAT THE PARKING AREA WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE ENTRANCE.
RIGHT NOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO ENTER THE WILDLIFE PRESERVE THROUGH THE TAMARAC LAKES COMMUNITY.
PART OF THIS PARTNERING WITH THE TAMARAC LAKES IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THEIR SHUFFLEBOARDS THAT ARE EXISTING, ACTUALLY IMPROVE THEM BY HAVING A MULTI-PURPOSE COURT INSTEAD AND THEN PROVIDE THEM WITH A COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT WOULD BE OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
FOR SHAKER VILLAGE, THERE'S TWO PARCELS, ONE ON THE NORTH AND ONE ON THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY.
TOWARDS THE NORTH, YOU HAVE A CURRENT PLAYGROUND THAT WOULD BE IN BOTH OPTIONS, WOULD BE ABLE TO BE EXPANDED.
THEN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OPTION 1 AND 2 WOULD BE THE DOG PARK VERSUS THE TRAIL.
THERE WAS AN EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER AND PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOAS WILL BE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE USE THAT THEY USED TO HAVE BEFORE, AS WELL AS MULTIPURPOSE COURTS AND ADDITIONAL PARKING TO SUPPORT ALL THESE.
FOR THE WOODGLEN COMMUNITY, THERE IS EXISTING TENNIS COURTS OUT THERE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO CONVERT THEM INTO MULTI-PURPOSE COURTS AND PROVIDE A TRAIL, AS WELL AS A CENTRALIZED FITNESS AREA AND A COVERED PLAYGROUND AND AS WELL AS PROVIDE RESTROOMS TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, AND EVEN AN ACTIVITY FACILITY THAT HAS SOME ROOMS FOR MULTIPURPOSE USE IN THERE AND PARKING AREAS TO SUPPORT ALL THESE.
LIKE THE MAINLANDS 5, WHICH IS A GOOD OPTION TO ALSO HAVE A DOG PARK OR TO HAVE SOME FITNESS TRAIL WITH SOME FITNESS STATIONS AND UPGRADE THEIR SHUFFLEBOARD INTO MULTIPURPOSE COURT.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MIKE, HE'S GOING TO SAY WHAT ARE THE COST AND KEY POINTS TO OUR GOALS.
>> OKAY. WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY THE IMPORTANT THING IS HOW MUCH DO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COST AND HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THOSE THINGS, THAT'S VERY CRITICAL.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY REVOLVED BOUND FOR DIFFERENT GOALS.
THE FIRST GOAL WAS REALLY TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, IT'S ORGANIZATION AND IT'S EFFICIENCIES.
THAT'S VERY KEY THING AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S WITHOUT FAIL EVERY PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN ARE A FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS FROM OUR CONSTITUENCIES IS THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD FACILITIES THERE OR THOSE PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED.
HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT? THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THIS GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S OFFERED TO THEM.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE I SAID, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S THERE AND THEY VOICE THEIR FRUSTRATION
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ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS AND THEY REALLY DO, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT WITH THEM.
AS LUMI TALKED ABOUT, PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR HOAS, HAVING THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE AND SHARE THEIR FACILITIES FOR GENERAL RECREATION AND PROGRAMS. THAT'S VERY CRITICAL.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT ALL FITS UNDER THIS FIRST GOAL OF CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR DEPARTMENT'S ORGANIZATION AND EFFICIENCIES.
THE SECOND ONE WAS TO IMPROVE OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICE DELIVERY, HOW WE DELIVER THOSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
REALLY WE HEARD FROM THE CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE STUDY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO OFFER MORE SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAMS IN THE STUDY AREA BUT THOSE PROGRAMS NEED TO BE MULTI-GENERATIONAL.
THEY CAN'T BE JUST FOR KIDS, THEY CAN'T JUST BE FOR SENIORS, THEY REALLY HAVE TO BE ACROSS ALL GENERATIONS.
THAT IS, REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS IMPROVE RECREATIONAL SPACES.
SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOAS THEY HAVE SPACE AND THAT SPACE CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THEY CAN BE BECOME LEARNING CENTERS, THEY CAN BECOME YOGA ROOMS AT SOME TIME AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL IS PROVIDING THAT INDOOR SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, ALBEIT YOGA MATS OR COMPUTERS OR WHATEVER THE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY FLUSH OUT TO BE.
THAT'S THE EXPENSES THAT ARE FALL OUT UNDER THIS GOAL NUMBER 2.
GOAL NUMBER 3 IS THE BIG DOLLAR ONE, THAT'S THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR FACILITIES AND AMENITIES.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE NEW PARKS AND SUCH COME INTO HERE.
IT'S THE NEW PARKS, THE NEW FACILITIES, THE IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE, IMPROVEMENTS OF TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY TO THOSE FACILITIES.
FOURTH GOAL WAS REALLY TO INCREASE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT MANY OF THESE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT JUST WE HAVE TO HAVE A BOND ISSUE, BUT THERE'S GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR HOAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT, BUT YIELD SUCH A GREAT RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT BY UTILIZING EXISTING FACILITIES AND SUCH.
CONTINUING TO PURSUE GRANTS AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THE COSTS THAT ARE REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THEN, WELL, HERE'S HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT.
WHAT WE DID IS WE BROKE THAT DOWN INTO FOUR PHASES.
THE FIRST THREE PHASES ARE EACH TWO-YEAR PERIODS AND THEN THE FOLLOWING, THE FINAL LONG-TERM GOAL OR FUTURE TERM IS A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD.
WHAT WE DID IS WE REALLY LOOKED AT EACH OF THE FIRST THREE PHASES AS FITTING WITHIN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE COSTS AND SUCH THAT WE'VE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS STAY WITHIN YOUR CURRENT SIX-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT OUTSIDE OF REACH RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT THE CITY HAS BUDGETED.
THE FUTURE TERM ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO START STRATEGICALLY ADDRESSING, CAN WE ENTER INTO THOSE AGREEMENTS? ARE THERE AGREEMENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH THOSE HOAS AND SUCH? NOW WE'VE GOT THE ROADMAP PUT IN FRONT OF US, HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT? THAT'S WHY WE PUT THOSE FUTURE PHASES, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE TERM OUT 7-10 YEARS.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON DOING THIS, SO NOT ONLY COSTS THE CITY MONEY TO DO THIS, BUT YOU ACTUALLY SEE A RETURN ON THESE INVESTMENTS.
MANY OF THESE RETURNS ARE OBVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED BY OUR CONSTITUENTS.
NRPA HAS DONE EXTENSIVE STUDIES, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE.
PROPERTY VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT WITHIN A 500 FOOT AREA OF A NEW PARK OR AN IMPROVED PARK.
THEIR PROPERTY VALUES REALLY START TO RAISE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT AMENITY THERE.
WE'VE SEEN THAT, AND THEY'VE DOCUMENTED THIS, BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 PERCENT.
IF WE SEE A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE, IN THE PROPERTY VALUES, THOSE PROPERTY VALUES RAISE OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS JUST BY DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU SEE OUR RESIDENTS GET SOME VALUE OUT OF THAT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE CITY? WITH THAT INCREASE AND OUR CITY AD VALOREM TAXES,
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YOU ACTUALLY SEE A PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE BECAUSE OF THAT.YOU'LL SEE, $50,000 A YEAR CONTINUE TO COME IN IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.
NOT ONLY DOES PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE BUT JOBS.
EVERYBODY, IT'S A REALLY KEY IMPORTANT THING TO OUR ECONOMY OF THE CITY.
HOW DO WE IMPROVE JOBS OR INCREASE JOBS? OBVIOUSLY, AS THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD AND CONSTRUCTION OCCURS WE'LL HAVE CONSTRUCTION JOBS THAT WILL BE INCREASED AND THAT'LL BE ABOUT 64 JOBS OVER THE TERM OF THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE CREATED BY DOING THIS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S PROBABLY THE INDIRECT JOB CREATION.
THOSE JOBS THAT SUPPORT THESE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OR SUPPORT THE NEW FACILITIES AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
THOSE INDIRECT JOBS ARE 114 JOBS THAT WILL INCREASE BY DOING THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
THEN THE THIRD THING I SHOULD SAY IS A WELLNESS ASPECT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
WHAT WE DO IS WE REALLY LOOK AT, BY DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS, HOW MUCH TIME DO OUR CONSTITUENTS SAVE BY HAVING THESE NEW AND IMPROVED FACILITIES? THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, IF I HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY WEST DOWN COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO GO TO A FACILITY, IT TAKES TIME.
I'VE GOT TO GET THE KIDS READY, PACK THEM IN THE CAR AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT HALF HOUR TRIP TO THE PARK, MAY END UP BEING AN HOUR OR AN HOUR AND A HALF TRIP TO THE PARK.
BY HAVING THESE FACILITIES CLOSER TO THEM, CLOSER TO THEIR RESIDENCES, IT REALLY WILL SAVE, THE ANALYSIS IS, ABOUT 18,000 HOURS A YEAR BY HAVING THIS AND JUST IN TRAVEL TIME.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, THAT REALLY SAVES ALMOST $300,000 OF TIME FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THEN JUST BY HAVING A COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE STUDY AREA, THAT EQUATES TO ALMOST 1,500 HOURS OF SAVED TIME FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR ALMOST 22, $23,000 WORTH OF SAVED TIME ITSELF FOR OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT NOT ONLY MEETS THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO STARTS TALKING ABOUT SOME ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES AND IMPACTS TO BOTH OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE CITY ITSELF.
I KNOW IT GETS MIRED DOWN IN NUMBERS AND DATA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE THEM FROM YOU NOW. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, MY COLLEAGUES DON'T SEEM TO HAVE QUESTIONS, I HAVE A FEW.
>> JUST LOVE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL CONCEPTS THAT I KNOW THAT WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL REVIEW AND FURTHER DISCUSSION WILL BE HEARD.
I KNOW IT'S BASED ON OUR CIP AND BUDGETING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. I'LL ASK THESE ALL TOGETHER.
AT THE MEETINGS, HOW MANY WERE AT EACH MEETING? WHERE WERE THEY FROM, AND THE BALANCE AROUND IT WHEN YOU SAY THE AREA? YOU SAID THE OUTSIDE AREA ABOUT 74 PERCENT SEEMED TO BE [INAUDIBLE] OR WERE THEY IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, OTHER LOCATIONS? IS 566, ADDED THE MAILERS AND THE LINKS, CONSIDERED GOOD AT ASCENDING IT TO APPROXIMATELY 6,200 PEOPLE?
>> SURE. I WILL SAY THIS, IT'S ALWAYS A STRUGGLE TO GET RETURNS, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE ONLINE SURVEY OPEN AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS?
>> ALMOST ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THOSE RESPONSES, BUT THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THERE IS STATISTICALLY VALID.
IT REFLECTS ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS, SO FROM A STATISTICAL STANDPOINT, THAT IS A VALID STUDY.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THE STUDY WASN'T VALID, [OVERLAPPING] PLEASE KNOW THAT.
I'M TRYING TO GARNER THE INTERESTS AND INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
THERE'S A BALANCE OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT WE THINK WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, AND A BALANCE OF DO THEY WANT IT? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME?
>> WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, I WAS AT YOUR MEETINGS AND SO I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS JUST TO FURTHER THE DISCUSSION [OVERLAPPING] POINTED OUT THERE.
THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE NUMBERS OR ANYTHING [OVERLAPPING] FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S FINE.
YOU CAN PROVIDE IT TO US LATER.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON HOT SEATS.
>> I WILL SAY THIS, OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS WERE, WELL, UNDER-ATTENDED.
>> THEY WERE NOT WELL ATTENDED.
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YES. AGAIN, THEY WERE VIRTUAL, SO AGAIN, SOMETIMES IT'S A CHALLENGE.PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE AFRAID OF TECHNOLOGY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESPONSE THAT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD GET.
AGAIN, NOWADAYS SOMETIMES SOME OTHER PARKS AND REC PLANS, IT'S A STRUGGLE TO GET PEOPLE THERE TOO.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, IT WASN'T OVERWHELMING RESPONSES AND ATTENDANCE AT THOSE MEETINGS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BETTER PUBLIC INPUT FOR SURE.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUT I WILL SAY IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING IS [OVERLAPPING].
>> EVEN THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAD WITH YOU AND GREG AND HIS STAFF, AND THE RESPONSES THAT WE DID GET FROM THE SURVEY, AS WELL AS THE INPUT FROM THE WORKSHOPS, THEY CORRELATED TO THEMSELVES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE 50 PEOPLE FROM PICKLEBALL SHOW UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ONLY GOING TO DO PICKLEBALL TYPE OF THING.
INVERSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE BASKETBALL GUYS COME IN AND SAY WE ONLY WANT BASKETBALL.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I THINK IT WAS ON LOOM SLIDE THAT, IT REALLY TALKED ABOUT THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FROM OUR INTERVIEWS, OUR SURVEY, AND THEN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE WORKSHOPS AND THE SURVEY.
EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE GREAT PARTICIPATION IN OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, THEY DID CORRELATE.
>> BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS BLENDED?
>> WE HAD A NICE BLEND OF EVERYBODY WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN IT FOR THE SERVICES AND THE FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR EVEN THOUGH THE [OVERLAPPING] NUMBERS WERE NOT THERE.
IF WE DID DECIDE AS A COMMISSION TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, IT WOULDN'T BE OUT OF LINE BECAUSE IT DOES FIT [OVERLAPPING] WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD HAVE PUSHED, AND I KNOW GREG HAD A SCHEDULE, HE WAS TRYING TO KEEP US ON SCHEDULE BUT WE SAID, "GREG, WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP THE SURVEY OPEN." [NOISE] WHEN WE DIDN'T GET THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES THAT WE ANTICIPATED, WE REACHED OUT TO THOSE FOLKS AGAIN, SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU GUYS SEND A MAILER? CAN YOU PLEASE RESPOND? THAT TYPE OF THING.
GREG AND HIS STAFF WERE VERY GOOD AND ACCOMMODATING AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THAT RESPONSE. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE COMMENT FOR PAGE 5 OF, IF YOU CAN CLARIFY, NOT ENOUGH SERVICES FOR 65 AND OLDER IN THE AREA.
WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RED [OVERLAPPING] AND LIGHTER RED, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT AND CLARIFY THAT COMMENT FOR ME? SORRY, FOR GOING BY FIRST NAMES, PATRICK.
[OVERLAPPING] IF YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT COMMENT, I DIDN'T.
>> YEAH. WHAT I WAS POINTING OUT IS THAT AS YOU LOOK, THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS CITYWIDE POPULATION BY AGE, AND THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE STUDY AREA BY AGE.
IF YOU LOOK AT UP INTO 64, THEY'RE EITHER IDENTICAL OR THEY'RE ONE PERCENTAGE APART.
IN THE 65 AND OVER, THERE'S JUST A LARGER GAP.
THERE'S THREE [OVERLAPPING] PERCENT AS THE DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION IN THAT AGE GROUP.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A GAP IN SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
>> OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THAT 65 IS STILL OUR BIGGEST GROUP HERE.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IF WE DID THIS STUDY 10 YEARS AGO, THAT NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT.
THAT'S SOME OF THE TRENDS ESPECIALLY WITH ART AND GREEN PLAY THAT THEY'RE SEEING FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THAT? AS OUR DEMOGRAPHICS START EVENING OUT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THESE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE POPULATION THAT ARE GOING TO BE GROWING?
>> WELL, IT'S THE CHALLENGE OF OUR CITY.
OUR CITY STARTED OUT AS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY EMPTYING ABOUT 50, 6-8 YEARS AGO.
NOW OUR AVERAGE AGE HAS DROPPED FROM 60 TO APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 46-48, AND SO WE NOW ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PROGRAMMING SERVICES TO SATISFY OUR 0-105.
>> IT'S ALL GOOD. JUST CLARIFYING AS WELL, PRESUMING THAT THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAD THESE IDEAS FOR SABAL PALM PARK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN CENTRAL PARK, THESE ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SAME THING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH ROCK ISLAND AND BAILEY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITIES AROUND [OVERLAPPING] AND ALL THESE STUFF THAT ARE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
ALTHOUGH THESE ARE NOT SURPRISES, THESE ARE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE WORKED OUT WITH THEM SO WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT HAS BEEN TO YOU.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. LET ME MAYBE COULD ADD JUST THE FOLKS THAT YOU MAKE [INAUDIBLE].
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>> YES. ARE THEY A CHOICE WE PRESENTED? OR ACTUALLY ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY WE PRESENTED THEM? THERE'S OTHER CHOICE THAT ARE FURTHER IN THE BOOK, BUT BECAUSE FURTHER CONVERSATION NEEDS TO, WE DIDN'T PRESENT IT TODAY.
BUT WITH THE PROPERTY 1 THAT'S ALONG ROCK ISLAND AND SABAL, THAT PROPERTY IT'S LIKE A GREEN SPACE ALLOCATED FOR SABAL PALM CONDO, BUT IT'S MORE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM OR US POTENTIALLY ACQUIRING IT.
BUT BASICALLY, SABAL PALM CONDO JUST HAS TO HAVE IT THERE AS AN OPEN FIELD SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH THE OTHER HOAS WITH SOME LIABILITY.
SOME OF THEM ARE OLDER COMMUNITIES WHAT SERVICES CAN BRING BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO SOME SERVICES IN THEIR PARKS.
>> IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE I WENT TO A LOT OF THESE HOAS AND STUFF AND I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE AND THEY WERE REALLY OPEN TO IT.
THEY WERE LIKE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE REALLY NEED SOME MORE PROGRAMMING OR ACTIVITIES.
A LOT OF THE STAFF COULD START ALREADY WITH THE PROGRAMMING.
>> I BELIEVE THAT GREG WARNER WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
>> JUST JUST TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION WITH THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR SABAL PALM, THOSE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON THE OVERALL INPUT THAT THE TEAM RECEIVED.
I THINK WE KNOW AS COMMISSION THAT OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES IN TAMARAC ARE BASED ON THE WEST SIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE PARCELS LARGE ENOUGH FOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES ON THE SITE OUTSIDE OF THE SABAL PALM LOCATION.
THAT'S A DEBATE THAT WE WILL HAVE DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE GET INTO THE SABAL PALM PROJECT AS TO WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD ACTUALLY GO THERE AND WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED THERE.
BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A NEED FOR THOSE ATHLETIC ACTIVE FACILITIES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THEN SOME OF THOSE DETAILED QUESTIONS WILL BE LATER.
HOW BIG IS OUR COMMUNITY CENTER?
>> 30,000 SQUARE FEET. JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. WHO DOES THE GRANT WRITING? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN GRANTS THAT CAN BE HAD FOR THESE COMMUNITIES, IS IT OUR CITY THAT DOES THE GRANT WRITING.
OUR CITY WILL BE DOING THE GRANT WRITING TO ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS, TO BE ABLE TO GET FUNDING TO HELP US?
>> BEAUTIFUL. WELL, I THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME IN MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] IS PRETTY MUCH THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITIES.
ARE WE CHOOSING THESE OPTIONS? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTUAL PLANNING.
>> YEAH, CONCEPTUAL PLANS WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THEM ARE OPTIONS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE IN SABAL PALM, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND DIFFERENT SIZES IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
REALLY ONCE IT GETS DOWN TO THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THAT, THAT'S WHEN THAT'LL BE SOME SPECIFICS.
BUT REALLY THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS REALLY WAS TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS IS SPATIALLY HOW MANY THINGS ARE ATTRIBUTES RECREATIONAL AMENITIES COULD FIT ON THAT PROPERTY.
WHAT THEY ALSO DID IS HELPED US GENERATE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR YOU ON THOSE.
YOU WILL SEE AND AGAIN, THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE NUMBERS AND SUCH IN THE TOTAL REPORT IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE ON HOW WE DID THE ANALYSIS.
BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO START PICKING AND CHOOSING BASED UPON THE NEEDS AND THE SIZE OF THE FACILITIES AND HOW TO DO THAT.
>> WHEN IS THIS COMING BACK TO US?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IS THIS IS GETTING US READY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FOR MORE CIP PROJECTS AND BUDGETING AS WE GO FORWARD.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A WHILE SO THEY'RE GIVING US THEIR UPDATE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO FAR, BUT FOR EXACT TIME AND UPDATE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GREGOR.
[BACKGROUND] MR. WARNER, SORRY.
>> I CAN JUST LET YOU KNOW AS WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, IF THE TEAM'S PARK, WE HAVE A FINAL STUDY, UNLESS THE COMMISSION COMES BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY WANT CHANGED IN THAT STUDY OR SOMETHING THAT IS OFF TO YOU AND YOU BRING THAT TO STAFF, WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION, MOST LIKELY IN NOVEMBER.
>> I'M SAYING THE STUDY ITSELF.
THAT WE WILL BRING THAT BACK FOR ADOPTION AND THEN THAT WILL DIRECT US MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW THIS EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC REALLY NEEDS SOME REJUVENATING, SO THIS IS WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PARKER.
>> THANK YOU. CAN YOU TELL ME, DID WE LOOK AT ANY FREESTANDING, VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER UP AND RUNNING IN?
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>> YES. BUT ACTUALLY, AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS, WE DID QUITE AN EXTENSIVE LOOK AT EXISTING COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, AND EVEN PARCELS THAT WERE CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET TO PURCHASE.
YES, WE DID LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS.
IN THE ACTUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE HAVE A LINE ITEM BASED UPON PAST A SQUARE FOOTAGE COST.
IF THERE WAS A FACILITY THAT WAS AVAILABLE, AND THE PROBLEM IS WITH A PLAN LIKE THIS, IF WE SAY THIS PARCEL RIGHT HERE, WE SHOULD GO BY THIS PARCEL, BY THE TIME IT BECOMES ADOPTED, THAT PERSON MAY NOT BE THERE ANYMORE SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO PUT A PLUG NUMBER LIKE THAT IN INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITSELF.
BUT YES, WE DID ANALYZE UTILIZING EXISTING FACILITIES RENTAL FACILITIES OR ACTUALLY BUYING PROPERTIES AND THEN CONSTRUCTING A NEW FACILITY THERE.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT PLAN ON SLIDE 17.
I NOTICE THAT WE HAVE 1,2,3 OPTIONS.
BUT WHAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING, FOR INSTANCE, IN OPTION 1 THAT WE WANT IN OPTION 3 OR SOMETHING THAT IS IN OPTION 3, THAT WE WANT IN OPTION 2, IS THAT THE PREROGATIVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO WEAVE OUR WAY THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED OR ARE YOU JUST RECOMMENDING THESE CONCEPTS AS IS?
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY. THESE PIECES ARE INTERCHANGEABLE AND REALLY, AS AN EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY LOOK AT OPTION 3.
OPTION 3 HAS A DOG PARK IN IT AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE HERE, WHICH IS OUR SABAL PALM CONDOMINIUM PROJECT AND WE DECIDED THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE DOG PARK, THEN WE COULD GO BACK TO SABAL PALM OPTION AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T NEED A DOG PARK HERE.
MAYBE THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FACILITY.
SO YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON THESE ARE TOTALLY INTERCHANGEABLE.
THEY'RE JUST SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THIS PARK ON WHAT COULD FIT THERE, BUT ABSOLUTELY THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE.
>> A LOT OF THE PLANS THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND A LOT OF HOA BY-INS SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT, IF THE HOAS AGREE TO IT OR DISAGREE, HOW WOULD WE MOVE FORWARD? A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE HOAS AGREEING TO GIVE US THE PROPERTY OR US ACQUIRING THOSE PROPERTIES.
WHAT WOULD YOUR STUDIES SHOW IF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FAIL?
>> YES. THOSE ARE CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR US TO MEET THE LEVEL OF STANDARD AS REQUIRED IN YOUR COMPLAIN IF WE JUST LOOKED AT THE EASTERN STUDY AREA.
NOW, YOUR COMPLAIN DOESN'T DEFINE THAT AS IN THE EAST, WE HAVE TO MEET 3.0.
[LAUGHTER] THROWING THE WALLS DOWN.
[BACKGROUND] EXACTLY. IT REALLY DOESN'T TALK ABOUT EAST AREA OR A MIDDLE CENTER AREA OF THE CITY OR WEST AREA.
OVERALL, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE MEETING YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, SO YOU'RE ACHIEVING THAT.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S EQUITABLE BETWEEN THE AREAS OF THE CITY.
IN ORDER TO MEET THAT, IT IS CRITICAL THAT SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIPS GET INTO PLACE THAT ARE DONE.
IS IT CRITICAL THAT ALL OF THEM GET DONE? NO, IT'S NOT.
BUT IT JUST RAISES THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT AS LUMI AND GREG ARE SAYING, WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH A NUMBER OF THESE HOA'S AND THEY'VE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO IT.
NOW, IT WILL HAVE TO BE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED LEGALLY AND AS WELL AS OPERATIONALLY FROM WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THOSE FACILITIES AND HOW THAT WILL BE MANAGED AND STUFF.
BUT YOU ARE A 100 PERCENT CORRECT, IT'S NOT.
JUST BECAUSE WE DREW IT HERE DOESN'T MEAN THOSE WILL HAPPEN FOR SURE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROLIFERATION OF USES.
ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS WEST OF UNIVERSITY THAT IS EXISTING NOW.
THEN LET'S SAY WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE.
THEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE SAME CORRIDOR AT CENTRAL PARK.
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A PROLIFERATION OF USES, WOULD THAT NOW BE BAD FOR US OR GOOD FOR US?>> THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY HERE AT SABAL PALM OR A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO, I BELIEVE IT'S, OH, NEXT ONE. YEAH. HERE WE ARE.
AT SHAKER VILLAGE, WE HAVE A FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY HERE.
AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST PLACE HOLDERS.
IF AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DECIDED WE NEED 20,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT 10,000 IS GOING TO BE AT SABAL PALM AND THAT'S GOING TO BE INDOOR. LET'S SAY BASKET.
THAT'S GOT MORE AND MORE YOUTH ORIENTED.
IF SHAKER VILLAGE ENDS UP BEING MORE SENIOR FOCUSED, THAT WILL BE AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PIECES THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD WORK THERE.
AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL INTERCHANGEABLE BUT WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND HOW THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER.
>> THE DEDUCE PUT A LOOK AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH OTHER CITIES.
FOR INSTANCE, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY WITH OAKLAND PARK OUT EAST OR AN OPPORTUNITY WITH NORTH LAUDERDALE AT BAYLOR ROAD IN 441 WITH THEIR FACILITY.
DID WE LOOK AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OR NO?
>> YES. AGAIN, FORMALLY, WE DIDN'T APPROACH THEM AND SAY, "WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ENTER INTO THIS?" NOW THERE ARE, FROM A FEE PERSPECTIVE, THERE CAN BE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH FEES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
YOU ARE SERVICED AS WAS SHOWN ON THIS MAP, OUR HEAT MAP HERE.
YOU DO SEE YOU'RE BEING SERVICED, ESPECIALLY ON THE FAR EAST SIDE BY EASTERLIN AND MILLS POND AND THOSE TYPES OF PARKS THAT, [NOISE] SORRY, ISS IS REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IN DOING THAT.
DID WE FORMALLY APPROACH THEM? NO, WE DIDN'T, BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR SHARED TYPE USES AND ARGUE, I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE THAT NATIONALLY, EVEN. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY. I GUESS IN THE REPORT AND LUMI BRINGS A GOOD POINT, IT OUTLINES THE STEPS THAT WE WOULD USE TO ACHIEVE THOSE AGREEMENTS ALSO.
>> OKAY. GETTING TO THE END HERE, SLIDE 24 TALKS ABOUT SHORT-TERM PLAN ON MID-TERM PLAN. THAT'S THE STUFF.
>> IN THE BLUE AREA WERE 1-2 YEARS IS DEPICTED, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE SHOULD ACHIEVE THESE THINGS, THIS LIST OF THINGS IN ABOUT 1-2 YEARS AND THEN PROGRESS?
>> YES, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE SHAKER VILLAGE IS IN THAT ONE.
NOW THAT ONE HAS HAD SOME PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT HOA SO THAT WAS WHY WE HAD THAT IN THE INITIAL TERM.
OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT NEEDED TO SLIDE TO TWO YEARS, THAT WOULD BE THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, LEGAL AND ACTUALLY THE AGREEMENTS AND STUFF WOULD PROBABLY BE THE LONGEST TERM THING TO ACHIEVE.
BUT THAT'S WHY ONE THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT IN THE FIRST TERM. YES.
>> TELL ME ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS.
WHY IS THAT THERE? WHAT'S YOUR THINKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS?
>> SURE. I'LL LET LUMI ADD TO THIS, BUT THESE ARE HOLIDAY OR SOCIAL OR CULTURAL EVENTS THAT ARE PRIMARILY HELD ON THE WEST, IN THE WESTERN AREA OF THE CITY RIGHT NOW, BRINGING NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF THOSE, BUT SOME OF THOSE INTO THE EAST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE MORE CELEBRATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE EAST.
>> SOME OF THIS COULD BE JUST LIKE A POP-UP ART EVENTS IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR POP-UP YOGA.
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON A SCHEDULE, LIKE OH, ON MONDAYS WE DO YOGA AT SHAKER VILLAGE.
SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A POP-UP.
THE PROGRAMMING WOULD BE MAYBE A SATURDAY OUT OF EVERY THREE MONTHS.
THERE WOULD BE AN ART FESTIVAL, A SMALL ART FESTIVAL, OR EVEN A BAKE SALE.
SOME OF THOSE MORE LOCAL INTERNALLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST NOT AT A SET SCHEDULED.
MORE AS A COMMUNITY INPUT FROM THEM, AS THEIR NEEDS EVOLVE.
>> THEN THIS STUDY WOULD SUPPORT POP-UP FOOD TRUCK EVENTS AND THAT STUFF?
>> OKAY. POP UP MOVE WITH THE MAYOR EVENTS.
>> YEAH. OR MOVIES OR IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
>> OKAY. THEN FINALLY, I LOOKED AT THE AGE OF THE POPULATION [NOISE] CITYWIDE AND ALSO ON TO EAST SIDE.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE IT IS.BUT THE SOURCE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE SOURCE ON SLIDE NUMBER 5.
THE SOURCE IS ON 2013 AND 2018 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THIS IS THE MOST RECENT SURVEY THAT THEY PROVIDED?
>> YES. THERE'S OTHER ONES, BUT THIS IS THE MOST VALID ON A NATIONAL STANDPOINT THAT WE COULD GO OFF ON.
THEN FROM THAT WEEK, WE PROJECTED WITH THE RATES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN THIS ONE.
>> I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD AGE 17 AND UNDER.
DID THEY BREAKDOWN AGE 17 AND UNDER MORE IN THE WEEDS OR IT'S JUST THAT?
>> THEY DO. THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
BUT THAT'S MORE IN DEPTH, BUT TO SUMMON THE AGE GROUP, EVERYBODY UNDER A MINOR ADULTHOOD.
>> OKAY. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND THE COMMISSION THAT BREAKDOWN?
>> YEAH. I'LL SEARCH FOR THAT AGAIN.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S IT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS STUDY REALLY IS THE WHOLE UNIVERSE OF OPTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT CAN BE DONE ON THE EAST SIDE AS IT RELATES TO INVESTING IN OUR OWN PROPERTIES AND AMENITIES AND ASSETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN WORKING WITH THE EXISTING HOA IS MUCH OF WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY, AND THAT ALL OF IT WILL BE PREDICATED ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN PUT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN LATER YEARS LIKE SHAKER VILLAGE AND WOODGLEN AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT AS WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION NOW, AS A BODY, WHAT DO WE PRIORITIZE, WHAT CAN GET DONE AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR HELP.
>> THANK YOU. WE REALLY [OVERLAPPING] APPRECIATE IT.
I ENJOYED WORKING WITH. THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3,
[3. Presentation - Veterans Park/Sunset Point Park Projects]
PRESENTATION ON VETERANS PARK, SUNSET POINT PARK PROJECTS BY OUR PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR GREG WARNER.>> JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT. I DO NEED LIKE THREE OR FOUR EXTRA STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDY.
FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND WE HAVE AN ITEM AND A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
THIS IS TO AWARD IFB 21-12B, AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH HOME EXPRESS CORPORATION DOING BUSINESS AS HE BUILDERS FOR THE SUNSET POINT AND VETERANS PARK RENOVATION PROJECT.
THIS IS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1.8 MILLION WITH A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $270,000 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $2,070,000.
WITH THAT, I WILL GO INTO THE PRESENTATION ONCE WE ONCE WE GET THAT UP.
>> GREG, THIS IS KEITH LAST YEAR PURCHASING CONTRACTS MANAGER ALSO JOINING YOU.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU KEITH AND I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE JOHN DOHERTY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES WITH US.
[NOISE] KEITH, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD TODAY. HERE WE GO AND JUST I'LL START OUT THIS PRESENTATION.
ON THE SURFACE, THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES AND WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE RESONANCE THAT THIS WILL BE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT ONCE WE'RE CONCLUDED WITH THIS.
WITH THE SUNSET POINT, VETERANS PARK, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
BOTH PARKS HAVE SEEN HIGH WEEKEND USAGE.
WHEN I SAY HIGH WEEKEND USAGE, WHAT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUNSET POINT PARK, OVER THE PAST, I THINK IT'S IN 2019, OUR LAST FULL YEAR OF OPERATION BEFORE COVID, WE'RE AVERAGING OUT OF THE SIX SHELTERS WE HAVE, AND TWO OF THOSE, ONE IS VERY SMALL, IT'S LIKE ONE PICNIC TABLE AND ONE IS CONNECTED TO THE RESTAURANT.
THE OTHER FOUR SHELTERS HAD BEEN RENTED EVERY SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY THROUGHOUT 2019.
WE SEE THAT, AND I THINK I DETERMINE HOW USAGE OUT OF THAT PARK.
EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT TO THAT PARK AND YOU SEE THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK,
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THEY PARK ALONG SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.WE'RE SEEING THAT HIGH USAGE OVER A VETERANS PARK.
WE'RE SEEING A HIGH USAGE ON SUNDAYS, PRIMARILY WITH THE FARMERS MARKET.
THERE'S BAD TRAFFIC FLOW WITH THE FARMERS MARKET.
THERE'S CAR IS PARKED IN THE BOWLING ALLEY.
THERE'S CARS BLOCKING EACH OTHER AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE GET ON A SUNDAY, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT BETWEEN FOUR AND 600 PEOPLE EVERY SUNDAY COMING OUT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT IS DEPENDENT A LOT ON SEASON.
AGAIN, THE SUNSET POINT PARK HAS BECOME A DESTINATION PARK.
NOT THAT IT WASN'T BEFORE, BUT WE HAD, I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE SHELTER USAGE.
IN 2015, WE HAD A RENOVATIONS DONE OUT THERE WITH NEW FITNESS EQUIPMENT, A NEW PICNIC SHELTER, ALONG WITH A NEW PLAYGROUND OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S BECOME A DESTINATION PARK.
PEOPLE WILL DRIVE TO GO TO SUNSET POINT PARK.
AGAIN, IT SHOWS EVERY WEEKEND WHEN YOU SEE THAT OVERFLOWING TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
VETERANS PARK WE TALKED ABOUT THE FARMERS MARKET, THE DOG PARK CONTINUES TO STAY ACTIVE AND THAT'S A SEPARATE PARKING LOT, BUT IT DOES HAVE IMPACT.
ON SUNDAYS, PEOPLE WILL BE PARKING IN THE DOG PARK.
THEN WITH OUR VETERANS AND MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS, THAT PART IS THE PARKING IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT YOU ALL KNOW IS THAT SUNSET POINT WHEN THAT PARK IS BEING USED AT A HEAVY LEVEL, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IMPACTED.
CAPTIVA, WE WERE AT ONE POINT GETTING CALLS EVERY WEEKEND THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE RENTING SHELTERS OR UTILIZING THE PARK WERE PARKING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEN AGAIN, WITH THE FARMERS MARKET AT VETERANS PARK, PEOPLE ARE GETTING BLOCKED INTO PARKING SPACES.
THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS JUST NOT A SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW.
TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROJECT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF OUR NORMAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
THIS IS NOT A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT.
THE STAFF FROM PUBLIC SERVICES MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO MAKE THIS A DESIGN-BID-BUILD PROJECT.
THE DESIGN IS ALREADY DONE AND THE DESIGN WAS DONE BY CPZ ARCHITECTS AND CHEN MOORE CIVIL ENGINEERS WORKED THAT OUT.
THAT PERMITTING, FOR THE MOST PART IS COMPLETED.
ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT, CONTRACTORS CAN GET TO BUSINESS AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR PERMITTING PHASE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VETERANS PARK, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PERMITTING PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH NOT ONLY BROWARD COUNTY, BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
IFB 2021 WAS ISSUED SOLICITING CONTRACTOR SERVICES.
HOME EXPRESS DOING A BUSINESS THAT HE BUILDERS IS DEEMED TO BE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE PROPOSER AMONG SEVEN OTHER BIDDERS, AND THOSE BIDDERS ARE LISTED ON THAT SLIDE.
HOME EXPRESS, 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
FOCUS ON HIGH-END DESIGN WORK WITH ONE-STOP SOLUTION MINDSET.
THEY ARE A HISPANIC, LATINO, MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OWNED FIRM THAT IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THEY HAVE A CENTRAL PARTNER CALLED KAILAS CONTRACTORS, AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED MANY SIMILAR PROJECTS, BOTH WORKING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND SOME PROJECTS AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA.
THEY'VE DONE SOME ROADWAY PROJECTS FOR US.
THEY'VE DONE SOME SIDEWALKS AND BIKE WAY PROJECTS FOR US.
VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT FOR SUNSET POINT PARK.
WE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE RESTROOM BUILDING OUT AT SUNSET POINT PARK WITH A 720 SQUARE FOOT NEW RESTROOM FACILITY.
JUST NOT UP TO OUR STANDARDS AND WE ARE SEEING SOME REPAIRS BEING MADE OUT OF THAT FACILITY.
THEN WE'RE REDOING THE PARKING LOT FOR THE PARK.
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WHAT YOU'LL END UP WITH IS 89 SPACES OUT THERE.CURRENTLY, THERE'S 30 PAVED AND THERE'S 23 GRASS SPACES.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 36 PARKING SPACES OUT THERE THAT WILL BE PAVED.
THAT WILL HELP A LOT ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED WITH THE CROWDS ON THE WEEKENDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE PARK WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THE RESTROOM FACILITIES WILL BE DONE IN A PHASED APPROACH.
PHASE 1, THEY WILL DO PARKING LOT AS WELL AS BUILD THE NEW FACILITY.
THE OLD RESTROOM FACILITY WILL REMAIN ON PROPERTY UNTIL PHASE 2.
ONCE THE NEW RESTROOM FACILITY IS BUILT, THE OLD ONE WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED.
ALSO WITHIN THIS PROJECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE RENOVATIONS TO THE DUMPSTER AREA, NEW SIDEWALKS, PARKING LOT SITE LIGHTING.
THAT'S IT. BUT SHOULD BE A REALLY NICE PROJECT ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED.
WITH THE VETERANS PARK PROJECT, AGAIN, THE RESTROOM FACILITY IS GOING TO BE REPLACED.
THE 36 ADDITIONAL SPACES IS A TYPO.
THERE'LL BE 23 ADDITIONAL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL REDO OF THE PARKING LOT.
I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARKING LOT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 24 BOAT SPACES WHICH ARE THOSE EXTENDED LENGTH SPACES.
THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING BLOCKED INTO THE PARK, THAT TYPE OF THING.
THERE'S CURRENTLY 16 CAR SPACES, NOT INCLUDING THE DOG PARK.
WE WILL END UP WITH 59 REGULAR CAR SPACES AND FOUR BOAT SPACES, THE BOAT TRAFFIC THAT WE GET IN THE PARK, THE FOUR SPACES WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR FOR THAT BOAT TRAFFIC.
OPENING UP TO REGULAR CAR SPACES IS GOING TO OPEN UP THE PARK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE TRAFFIC FLOW WILL BE MUCH SMOOTHER WITHIN THAT PARK.
WE'RE ALSO DOING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CURRENT VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HONOR WALL.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL PLATFORM AND THE WALL THERE.
SOME OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE THEY'RE GOING TO CUT DOWN THE WALL A LITTLE BIT AND SO PEOPLE CAN SIT THERE.
IT'LL BE AN ADDED SEATING LOCATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING THOSE STAIRS ON THE WEST SIDE LEADING UP TO THE MEMORIAL AND REPLACE THAT WITH AN ADA ACCESSIBLE RAMP.
THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW LANDSCAPING.
THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE PAVERS PLACED ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WALL.
SO PEOPLE CAN CAN ACCESS THE LAW ALL THE WAY AROUND, AS WELL AS THAT WILL HELP US OUT WITH THE FARMERS MARKET, SETTING UP BOOTHS AROUND THAT, AS WELL AS HAVING A NEW FLAGPOLE INSTALLED THERE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PLANS AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT SUNSET POINT, JUST THE ADDITION OF SPACES, AND ON THIS, YOU SEE WHERE THE PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 OF THE RESTROOM FACILITIES WILL WILL BE.
PHASE 1, JUST TO THE EAST OF THE EXISTING RESTAURANT FACILITY, THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE BUILT.
THEN ONCE WE REMOVE THE EXISTING RESTAURANT FACILITY, YOU'LL HAVE MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE PLAYGROUND AND THE RESTROOM FACILITY.
THAT WILL OPEN THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL. THEN, WITH VETERANS PARK, HERE IS A DESIGN OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
AS YOU SEE, JUST THE FOUR BOATS SPACES ALONG WITH MANY ADDITIONAL REGULAR CAR PARKING SPACES.
THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH INPUT FROM PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF SO THAT WE CAN STILL ACCOMMODATE VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES.
IT HAD INPUT FROM THE FARMERS MARKET AS WELL AS TO TRAFFIC FLOW AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT IN THE CONTRACT.
AGAIN, CONTRACT OR HOME EXPRESS CORP DOING BUSINESS AS HE BUILDERS.
CONTRACT AMOUNT 1.8 MILLION, 10% CONTINGENCY IS ON THAT, AND THAT WILL ONLY BE SPENT AT THE AUTHORIZATION BY THE CITY.
JUST TO SEE ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE RESTAURANT FACILITY AT VETERANS PARK.
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IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.WE'RE REALLY NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH IT AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
ONCE THAT'S REMOVED, HOPEFULLY, THERE'LL BE NO SURPRISES.
THAT'S WHY THAT CONTINGENCY IS PLACED THERE FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $2,070,000.
FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE CIP BUDGET.
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GIVING, I'M HOPING THEY DON'T TAKE THIS LONG, BUT THEY ARE BY CONTRACT OR BY AGREEMENT, WILL BE 335 DAYS TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
THEY HAVE 30 ADDITIONAL DAYS FROM SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION TO FINAL COMPLETION FOR A TOTAL OF 365 DAYS FROM NOTICE TO PROCEED.
WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
>> THANK YOU. I TOTALLY AGREE.
SUNSET POINT PARK HAS USED TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS, SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
AS FAR AS VETERANS PARK, THAT STACKING PARKING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.
WHAT ABOUT THE FLAG MAILBOX THERE? IT IS LOOKING PRETTY NASTY.
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
>> YES. WE HAVE REPAINTED THAT, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT PURCHASING A NEW ONE.
GETTING ONE ORDERED, AND THEN WE'LL GET A NEW ONE WRAPPED IN PLACE.
>> OKAY. DO WE FORESEE THE PROBLEM WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THIS? I HEARD PAVERS AND WHATEVER ELSE GOES INTO BUILDING NEW BATHROOM FACILITIES.
>> I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
EVERYBODY IS HAVING PROBLEM GETTING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN BACKED UP FROM A YEAR NOW TO A YEAR AND A HALF.
HAVE WE TAKEN THIS INTO CONSIDERATION?
>> WE ALWAYS TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE DOING THE AGREEMENT.
BY SIGNING THE AGREEMENT, THE CONTRACTOR IS AGREEING TO A CERTAIN TIMELINE GOING ALONG.
WE'VE HAD THIS WITH A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THERE WAS A DELAY IN CERTAIN ITEMS COMING IN.
BUT UNLESS THEY CAN SHOW THAT, WE EXPECT THE CONTRACTOR TO PLAN APPROPRIATELY FOR THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN.
>> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, I THINK THIS IS A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME, AND COVID HAS DOMINATORS EVERYTHING.
BUT ON ALONG THE LINES OF PAVERS, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A FUNDRAISING PAVER PROJECT? IN SOMETHING THAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST, THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT YOU CAN SELL FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR FUNDRAISING, AND YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY'S NAME ON IT, IN MEMORY OF, IN HONOR OF, CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT.
HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE PARROT FOUNDATION OR OUR COMMITTEE? IT'S GOING TO SAY ELVIN RIGHT HERE IN BIG LETTERS.
THAT IS WHAT YOU PAY FOR, CHARGING DOUBLE.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, MAYOR. WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT DISCUSSION BASED ON THESE PAVERS.
WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FOUNDATION, PARROT, FIRST STARTED UP IN 2011, PROBABLY AROUND 12 OR 13. WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AT THE DOG PARK, AND THROUGH ONE THING AND ANOTHER COSTS DID NOT MAKE IT APPROPRIATE FOR US AT THAT TIME, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RECONSIDER.
>> JUST ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES ALSO IT'S WHAT THE LOOK IS AS WELL.
WHETHER IT BE AT SUNSET POINT PARK OR IF IT'S AT THE VETERANS PARK IS A MEMORIAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE SOME WAY TO SAY A TRIBUTE, BUT JUST A THOUGHT ON THERE.
THESE TWO PARKS ARE GOING TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUS.
CONSTRUCTION WILL BE AT BOTH PARKS AT THE SAME TIME, OR ONE WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE ANOTHER?
>> WHICH ONE OF THE TWO? I'M SORRY.
>> I'M GOING TO LET JOHN ANSWER THAT FOR US.
>> FOR THE RECORD, JOHN DOHERTY SAYS IN TARGET PUBLIC SERVICES, THE PARKS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME.
LIKE GREG MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS A PHASING PLAN TO UTILIZE BOTH PARKS AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON.
BUT FOR THAT TIMEFRAME, THAT YEAR TIMEFRAME, THEY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME.
>> EXCELLENT. IN CASE ANYBODY COULDN'T HEAR DUE TO OUR LANDSCAPING, THERE'LL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME, PHASED APPROACH TRY AND GET THE BEST
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OUT OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THE PARKS DURING CONSTRUCTION.THANK YOU. I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE TAMARAC MARKET THIS WEEKEND, AND YES, THERE ARE VYING FOR SPOTS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCELLENT TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND FIX THEIR PARKING SITUATION THERE.
HEARD YOU MENTION THAT ON VETERANS DAY, WE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR VETERANS DAY IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY WHEN THE MEMORIAL DAY COMES.
>> RIGHT. WE'LL WORK OUT THOSE ARRANGEMENTS.
IF WE CAN'T HAVE IT AT VETERANS PARK, WE WILL HAVE AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.
>> OKAY. WE KNOW WHEN IT IS PROBABLY IN HERE, SO JUST TO BRING IT TO THE RECORD, 355 DAYS TO COMPLETION, 30 DAYS PLUS.
WHEN DO WE START? WHEN ARE WE STARTING OUR COUNTDOWN FOR THIS?
>> AS SOON AS WE CAN GET A NOTICE TO PROCEED TO THEM.
IT'S A PURCHASING THING TO SECURE THEIR BONDS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SHORTLY THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR NOTICE TO PROCEED, AND THEN ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES STARTS.
>> I'M SURE 1:00 YOU'LL SEE A SHOVEL ON THE GROUND.
>> WE'LL SEND OUT SOME NOTICES TO THE COMMUNITIES ALONG SUNSET POINT PARK AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND WORK WITH THEM FOR ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE WITH TRAFFIC AND NOISE THERE, PLEASE.
>> YES. I ACTUALLY CAN'T WAIT TO GET THAT WORD OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
>> THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 4,
[4. Discussion - Boards, Committees, Commissions]
DISCUSSION ON BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS.OUR CITY CLERK, JENNIFER JOHNSON.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
AS LAMENT PULLS UP THE PRESENTATION.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE PRIOR TO THE HAY, IT IS THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REVIEW THE BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS, SO I HAVE SPOKEN WITH EACH ONE OF THE DIRECTORS AND THIS IS WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING A SPECIFIC BOARD, THE DIRECTORS ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE OTHER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU.
RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 14 BOARDS, COMMITTEES OF COMMISSIONS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
WE ADDED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION BOARD.
THEY HAVE RUTH BADER GINSBERG COMMISSION, THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, AS WELL AS THE SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE.
SINCE JANUARY OF 2021, SISTER CITIES MAY HAVE COME ON PRIOR TO THAT, BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM APPOINTED IN EARLY 2021 AND THEY'RE JUST NOW SITTING.
THE CHARTER BOARD IS ALSO IN SESSION AT THIS POINT, SO WE JUST POINTED THEM IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT ALSO THE CHARTER BOARD, WHICH I HAD JUST SAID IS IN SESSION.
WE COORDINATE ALL OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES, THE AGENDAS, WHICH ARE SENT TO US FOR POSTING, ALL OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE CORRESPONDENTS WITH THE ACTUAL APPLICANTS, THE WRITING OF THE RESOLUTIONS, THE MEMOS, AND ALL OF THAT STUFF FOR THE ACTUAL BOARD, WE TAKE CARE OF THAT.
WE HAVE 2-3 PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE THAT TAKE CARE OF THAT AND WE USUALLY WORK ABOUT 30-40 HOURS PER MONTH.
JUST IN BOARD AND MAINTENANCE BETWEEN THE CHARTER BOARD AND ALL OF THE OTHER BOARDS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
FOR THE CITY COMMISSION, I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 60-80 HOURS IN WORK PER MONTHS, SUPPORTING THE CITY COMMISSION.
THERE ARE 91 APPOINTEES AT THE MOMENT WITH SEVEN VACANCIES.
WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY ON THE NRA THAT IS COMING AVAILABLE, HE JUST RESIGNED IN AUGUST AND WE HAVE A MEETING AS EARLY SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE A MEETING BACK IN DECEMBER, SO WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO DO THE ELECTION FOR THAT POSITION.
THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THEY SERVE AS A LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS THAT COME TO YOU AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY HAVE FIVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE BOARD OVERSIGHT, AND THEY WORK APPROXIMATELY 40 HOURS A MONTH SUPPORTING THE PLANNING BOARD.
OUR MEMBERS ARE NIKOLE CLEARE, SAJEEN BELL, RICHARD HUGHES, ALEXANDER ROZO, DAVID MOUNTFORD, AND OUR TWO ALTERNATIVES, ERIC GAGEN AND VIOLA WATSON.
WE DO ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE WHICH IS ALSO ACTIVE, WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THAT BOARD OVERSIGHT AND THEY WORK APPROXIMATELY 20 HOURS PER WEEK ON THAT PARTICULAR BOARD.
THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION BASED ON PUBLIC ART PROJECTS.
THEY ALSO HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW, I BELIEVE, TOBEY ARCHER IS YOUR CHAIR, SANDY H. EHRLICH, BRIAN ZAMBRANO, SANDRA HILL, AND ALEX HERNANDEZ ARE OUR CURRENT MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NINE MEMBERS WITH ONE VACANCY.
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THEY HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS AT DEDICATED TO THE BOARD OVERSIGHT AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION BASED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY AS WELL, BUT THEY MEET QUARTERLY.SO THEY SPEND ABOUT 20 HOURS QUARTERLY DEDICATED TO THE BOARD OVERSIGHT.
THEN YOUR MEMBERS THERE ARE LISTED AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS OUR COMMISSION APPOINTED MEMBER ON THAT BOARD.
PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD REMAINS ACTIVE, THEY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS: BARBARA TARNOVE IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIR WITH BARRY C. HARRIS, CARL WILLIAMS, DONNETTE SMITH, AND CARL APOLLON.
THEY HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS DEDICATED TO THE BOARD AND APPROXIMATELY 8-10 HOURS PER MONTH TAKING CARE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES SUCH AS MINUTES, AGENDAS, ATTENDING THE MEETING, NOTICES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THEY'RE TASKED WITH VISITING PARKS AND THEIR DISTRICT EACH MONTH TO EVALUATE AND SPEAK WITH THE PARK USERS.
THIS INFORMATION IS BROUGHT BACK TO THE MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, AND THEY ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION BOARD IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST BOARDS.
THEY'VE HAD ONE MEETING WHICH WAS AUGUST, 23RD, THEIR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER, 27TH.
THE BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY EQUITY STRATEGIES THAT STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS ACROSS DIVERSE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WITH CITY GOVERNMENT, AND ADVISE ON INITIATIVES THAT WILL PROMOTE APPRECIATION, ACCEPTANCE, RESPECT FOR CULTURAL AND ABILITY DIFFERENCES.
THEY HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE BOARD AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10-12 HOURS PER MONTH.
JUDY HUNTER, STEPHANIE GEORGE JOSE FLORES, JOSE GALINDO, AND MIKE JEKNAVORIAN, ARE YOUR MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE NOT APPOINTED A CHAIR AS OF YET, THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
THIS WAS ON YOUR APTT AUGUST 25TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WE APPOINTED 19 MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, WHICH WAS A GREAT TOLL FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND FOR THE BOARD, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW YOUNG FACES ON THE VETERANS BOARD.
THEY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER, 8TH.
CURRENTLY, THEY MAKE QUARTERLY, THEY HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS DEDICATED TO THE BOARD, IT TAKES ABOUT 8-10 HOURS PER MONTH.
HOWEVER, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE INITIAL MEETING, THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS AND THEY HEAR THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE SCHEDULED IN OCTOBER.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVE SQUARED AWAY WITH THE NEW BOARD, WITH NEW PEOPLE, NEW FACES, ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF.
BUT THEY'RE REALLY INVOLVED IN THE VETERAN'S DAY MEMORIAL DAY PLANNING, AND I HEAR FROM MR. WARNER THAT THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD AND DO SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH ORIGINALLY STARTED AS THE EDUCATION ADVISORY TASK FORCE, I BELIEVE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL HERE, AND THEN IT WAS FORMALIZED INTO THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, AND THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OR TO THE COMMISSION ON HOW TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
APPOINTMENTS ARE FORTHCOMING ON OCTOBER 13TH, WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS, FIVE VACANCIES, AND THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE 2-3 STAFF MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS BOARD, SO THEY HAVEN'T BID PSAT YET.
THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBERG COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY APPOINTED AS WELL.
THEY SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THEY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS, WHICH I JUST SAID THEY WERE APPOINTED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
THEY'RE ESTIMATING 10-15 HOURS PER MONTH IN THE ADMINISTRATION OR THE BOARD.
YOUR MEMBERS ARE JANICE HAYWOOD, MARSHA STEVENS, NATALEE CLERK RICHARDS, LINDA DANNER, AND PATTI LYNN.
MISS KAREN CLARK WILL BE THE LIAISON FOR THIS BOARD, AND SO RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP THEIR FIRST MEETING.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY MET PENSION BOARDS.
WE HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS FOR ALL OF THESE PENSION BOARDS, WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE PENSION BOARDS, WE HAVE A GENERAL PENSION BOARD, AND THE NRA PENSION BOARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES, WE HAVE ONE ON THE GENERAL PENSION BOARD, WHICH IS AN ALTERNATE WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VACANCY ON THE PENSION BOARD THAT'S COMING AVAILABLE, WHICH WOULD BE BY ELECTION.
APPROXIMATELY, A 130 HOURS PER MONTH AND CHOOSE TWO HR STAFF TAKE CARE OF THIS, 80 HOURS PER MONTH AND THREE STAFF FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES.
THEY'RE REALLY ABOUT MANAGING THE PLAN AS PART OF THEIR DAILY DUTIES AND TO MANAGE THAT PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HAVE ALL THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
THE BOARD THEN SITS IN AND MAKES DECISIONS BASED ON THE BOARD.
THE SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE IS RUN BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHICH IS LAURA KAY AND TANYA STERLING.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY RESEARCHING THEIR ASSIGNED CITIES AND EVALUATING THE CAPABILITY AT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THEY'RE WORKING ABOUT SIX HOURS PER MONTH ON THIS BOARD, THEY MEET MONTHLY.
JAY KOUTCHER, PATRICIA PERKINS, AND MARYJO RIVERA ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY MEMBERS, DELVING ROGERS RESIGNED LATE LAST WEEK,
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SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING APPLICATIONS TO REGISTER GALLON SO HE CAN MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT.THEN COMMISSIONER PLACKO ALSO HAD A RECITATION, BUT SHE'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED OR PERSONS, SO THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING AT THE 10:13 MEETING.
THEN THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE LEFT, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING IS THE BUDGET ADVISORY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE.
>> DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST ON [INAUDIBLE]
>> [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. OKAY. MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHY IS THERE SUCH A DIFFERENCE WITH STAFF BY COMMITTEE? WE HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER, WE HAVE TWO TO THREE.
WHAT DETERMINES HOW MUCH STAFF TIME IS REQUIRED FOR THESE COMMITTEES? I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO MY OFFICE, BECAUSE WE RUN THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ALL OF THE BOARD, SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR TIME GOES.
THEN WE ALSO MANAGE THE CHARTER BOARD.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THE AGENDA TOGETHER, DRAFTING THE MINUTES, CONTACTING AND CORRESPONDING WITH ALL OF THE MEMBERS, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
OURS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVE FOR US.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GETTING INPUT FROM THEIR BOARD AND HOW MUCH THEIR STAFF MEMBERS ARE REALLY HAVING TO PUT IN TO THAT BOARD TO KEEP IT RUNNING BASED ON THE INPUT FROM THE MEMBERS.
FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
WITH OUR THREE BOARDS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION ADVISORY BOARD, THEY ARE SIMILAR IN ACTUAL HOURS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT FOR THE DIVERSITY BOARD, I CHOSE TO HAVE ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS SIT LIAISON WITH THE BOARD AS WELL TO GIVE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE FOR THE BOARD.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THREE AS OPPOSED TO TWO.
WITH VETERANS AFFAIRS, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE DO NOT MEET 11 MONTHS OUT OF A YEAR.
CURRENTLY, WE MEET FIVE OUT OF THE YEAR AND THAT MAY INCREASE BY A COUPLE, BUT JUST NOT AS MANY MEETINGS DURING THE YEAR.
THE REASON I'M ASKING OBVIOUSLY IS BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME FOR 14 COMMITTEES.
NOW I UNDERSTAND CHARTER BOARD WILL BE FOR A YEAR THEN THAT WILL GO AWAY, SO WE WON'T INCLUDE THAT.
WHAT ARE WE HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS? I'M REALLY OPENING THAT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS AND WELL, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO GET OUR RESIDENTS INVOLVED HANDS DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT I'M POSING.
BUT FOR INSTANCE, THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, YOU SAID IT MAKES SUGGESTIONS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
OR THE CITY COMMISSION SO THE CITY COMMISSION CAN LIAISON WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
OKAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I WONDER, WE HAD A PRIOR COMMITTEE TO THIS.
CORRECT. I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY TURN IT OVER TO GREG WARNER OR LORENZO CALHOUN BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM WILL BE PARTICIPATING AS THE BOARD LIAISONS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
OKAY. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE WE USED TO HAVE AND THE COMMITTEE WE CURRENTLY HAVE? GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR.
VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, FOR THE RECORD, LORENZO CALHOUN, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
THE GROUP THAT WE HAD BEFORE WAS KNOWN AS THE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ATTENDING SEVERAL OF THOSE MEETINGS, HEARING THE INPUT FROM THE PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CITY STAFF WHEREAS THIS ONE IS LIMITED IN SCOPE AND MORE COMPARABLE TO WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE IN TERMS OF EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARDS.
WHOEVER SAID, I BELIEVE IT WAS YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT.
WE CAN ADVISE THE SCHOOL BOARD OF OUR WISHES WHEREAS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM.
I BELIEVE I SAW THE VICE MAYOR HOLDING UP ZEROS.
WERE THOSE ZEROS? ZEROS. OKAY. YES, THEY COULD TAKE ADVICE FROM US.
I BELIEVE YOU MAY RECALL THE PRIOR SUPERINTENDENT ROBERT RUNCIE WHEN HE PRESENTED TO, I THINK AT LEAST FOR MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
HE SAID HE LIKED THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARDS AND HEARING FROM THEM.
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JUST MY OPINION, AS A PRIOR EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU HAVE MORE INPUT WITH EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP BECAUSE IT ALLOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.THAT WAS MY TAKE ON IT, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED WHY WE DECIDED TO CHANGE.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT LEAD IF WHAT WE HAD WAS WORKING WELL AND THE IDEA OF HAVING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SIT IN.
THAT TO ME WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO US.
IT WAS. WE ALSO HAD TWO OR THREE EMPLOYEES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
ONE WHICH LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE], WHO WAS INVOLVED AS WELL AS TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO DO NOT LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHO WERE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS.
OKAY. I GUESS I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THESE COMMITTEES AND ARE WE GETTING IT THE WAY WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT NOW OR DO WE NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELL, I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS AS COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I CAME ON, WE WERE TRYING TO REMOVE COMMITTEES.
THEY WERE GETTING VERY CUMBERSOME AND THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY SUCCEEDING AT THE DESIRE OF INPUT.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN AS WE'VE JUST TRIED TO STAFF, STAFF IS THE WRONG WORD, BUT PUT PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES.
WE HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE APPLYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES, I BELIEVE ARE FILLED WITH THE SAME PERSON IS IN ONE OR TWO OF THEM OR TWO.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS ON THE BOARDS THAT ARE SERVING ON MULTIPLE BOARDS.
WHICH IS NOT THE GOAL OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
WE WERE NOT TRYING HAVE ONE PERSON BE ON EACH BOARD OR ON NUMEROUS BOARDS.
THE GOAL, TYPICALLY, WE HAVE IT THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT ONE PERSON, ONE COMMITTEE.
BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HAD A LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE RESIDENTS WHICH WE THINK THAT THEY WOULD WANT, WHICH HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
MADAM MAYOR MAY ADD ALSO THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS PARKS AND RECREATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES MET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THE PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS THE CADRE LEADER FROM THE AREA REGARDING ISSUES THAT EMANATED FROM OUR MEETINGS WITH THE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
WHEN WE WERE PUTTING IT INTO A BOARD, I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST CONVERTING OVER OUR STAKEHOLDERS INTO A BOARD, AND SO FOR MY MISUNDERSTANDING AND PUSHING THAT FORWARD, I APOLOGIZE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE US TO GO BACK TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS GROUP THAT WE HAD.
IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBER THAT WE HAVE SEATED ON THE BOARD ASK THEM TO [INAUDIBLE] STAKEHOLDERS GROUP AND KEEP IT AS WHAT WE HAD BECAUSE WE HAD A BETTER ARRAY OF BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OR OUTREACH WHEN IT COMES TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ABILITY TO DO MUCH WITH THE SCHOOL OTHER THAN OUTREACH.
THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT AND I THROW THAT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES.
THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS AND STUFF I HAD, BUT MAYBE WE'LL JUST DEAL WITH THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR THIS PART AND SEE.
VICE MAYOR, YOU HAVE THOUGHTS?
>> YEAH. I'VE PERSONALLY SENT INFORMATION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF A COUPLE OF OUR TAMARAC SCHOOLS.
THOSE ISSUES HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN RESOLVED.
THEY SAY IT'S A SCHOOL BOARD SO I DON'T EVEN SEE HOW WE CAN INFLUENCE THAT BECAUSE WHEN I COPY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
>> ENDS NOWHERE. I COULD HAVE HAD A QUESTION ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POINT OF THAT COMMITTEE IS.
I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU WANT TO RESOLVE THAT, BUT IF WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE IF OUR AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD IN TAMARAC IS NOT OVER 100,000 HOW CAN WE, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE ANYTHING, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF SOME OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME DEALING WITH $225 MILLION.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEPEND ON THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON $225 MILLION? IF WE HAVE A FULL STAFF WITH PROFESSIONALS THAT DEAL WITH SUCH A LARGE BUDGET, WHY ARE WE APPOINTING ANYONE THAT HAS NEVER EVEN SEEN THAT TYPE OF BUDGET?
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT COMMITTEE AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT COMMITTEE, BUT I GUESS WE'LL FIND SOMEBODY.>> WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO DO A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT ONE.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE NOT AGREED TO HAVING THAT COMMITTEE.
THAT COMMITTEE WAS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND THE DISCUSSION DID NOT GET COMPLETED.
IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS HERE TODAY THAT THAT COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAPPEN, THEN THAT COMMITTEE WILL NOT GO FORWARD.
>>THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL MADAM MAYOR, AS YOU MADAM CITY MANAGER?
>> YES. THIS WAS OUR REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER GELIN TO DISCUSS THE IDEA OF A BUDGET COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS ON TODAY FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION AMONG YOU ALL.
>> I BELIEVE WE HAD A WHOLE COMMISSION MEETING WITH IT AND IT WAS JUST THIS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO US FOR OUR FINAL DECISIONS ON IT, SO TO SPEAK.
>> I HAVE BEEN TAKING A LIST OF, WE CAN GO DOWN THE LINE, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT FIRST SEEING THAT THE FIRST ONE WAS, AND I HAVE SOME OTHER COMMENTS, BUT THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COMMISSION.
DO YOU DESIRE TO STAY AS THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, PUT IT BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS BOARD.
WITH THE CAVEAT, IF WE PUT IT BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS BOARD, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ASK THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE NOT YET ACTUALLY VOTED IN IF THEY WANTED TO ATTEND? IS THAT A FAIR REQUEST?
>> MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE FOUR NAMES SUBMITTED FROM SEVERAL OF YOU UP AS APPOINTMENTS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD AND WE CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO MR. CALHOUN AND MR. WOERNER TO RELATE TO THEM, IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH SERVING ON THE STAKEHOLDERS BOARD IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
>> GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT REQUEST BEING MADE.
WOULD IT CAUSE ANY ISSUE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL?
>> MADAM MAYOR, IT WOULD NOT CAUSE A PROBLEM AT ALL.
>> OKAY. EXCELLENT. THAT'S THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COMMISSION FOR CONSENSUS, TO CONVERT BACK THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD TO THE STAKE HOLDERS BOARD AND INVITING THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION, POTENTIALLY APPOINTED BECAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S MEETING TO COME TO THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP.
>> I'VE GOTTEN A YES. COMMISSIONER PLACKO?
YOU'VE GOT A CONSENSUS ON THAT ONE.
NOW, WE'LL JUST TAKE THE BUDGET BOARD AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK. VICE MAYOR.
>> I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF IT.
>> NOT IN FAVOR OF HAVING A BUDGET BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR PHRASING THAT FOR ME.
COMMISSIONER PLACKO. PLACE YOUR POSITION ON A BUDGET BOARD OR NOT.
>> WE WILL NOT BE PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET BOARD, BUDGET COUNTABLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THERE WILL BE NO BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, NOT TO ADD MORE TO YOUR PLATES, BUT ON SOME OF THESE BOARDS THAT ARE NEW AND THINGS THAT WE'VE CREATED.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH ABILITY TO KNOW IF WE HAVE MET OUR MISSION, ARE MEETING OUR MISSION.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A MISSION THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SOUND GOOD IN THEORY, I WILL SAY THAT.
MAYBE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS AND WE AGREE TO THEM, THEY SOUNDED REALLY GOOD AT THE TIME.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN PRACTICE, THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS PRACTICAL AS WE THOUGHT.
THEY MIGHT BE MORE TIME-CONSUMING FOR STAFF AND THEY MAY NOT BE BRINGING THE INFORMATION THE COMMISSION MIGHT NEED OR CITY STAFF MIGHT NEED TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL WHATEVER THE ACTUAL MISSION WAS.
I GUESS I'M A LITTLE DISHEARTENED TO KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER ON BOARDS THAT WERE JUST SEATED.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED? IS IT NOT FULFILLING SOMETHING? I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHY THERE'S SOME OF THESE VACANCIES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN YOU SAY APPROXIMATELY 10-12 HOURS A MONTH, CAN THERE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUDGET ITEM? IS AT $4,000, IS IT $25,000? THE REASON I ASK, WE'RE GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON.
WE SOMETIMES HAVE HEARD DURING OUR MEETINGS PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET OR A COMMISSION, COUNCIL, COMMITTEE.
BUT ACTUALLY, THE TIME VALUE OF STAFF TIME DOES COST MUCH.
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AS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, OUR CITY IS RUNNING LEAN.ARE WE REMOVING THE ABILITY FOR CITY SERVICES TO BE DONE FOR THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD IN ORDER TO PUT FORTH A COMMITTEE THAT JUST MAY HAVE SOME FEEL-GOOD POTENTIAL VERSUS ACTUAL PRODUCTIVE FEEDBACK?
>> FOR CLARITY, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR ESTIMATED COSTS FOR STAFF TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ADMINISTER THESE BOARDS, AND ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY YOU OR ONES THAT ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED?
>> NOT THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SISTER CITIES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHARTER BOARD, PARKS AND RECREATION, VETERANS BOARD, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
>> HOW ABOUT NEW BOARDS THAT WE'VE CREATED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US IF IT'S BEEN PRODUCTIVE, HAS IT BEEN WORTH THE STAFF'S TIME, CITY TIME, HAS IT BEEN GIVING VIABLE FEEDBACK TO THE COMMISSION AND TO BE ABLE TO SET POLICIES AND DO THINGS? IN SOME OF IT YOU MIGHT JUST SAY TOO SOON TO TELL. ALSO WHEN YOU GIVE US THAT BACK, CAN YOU GIVE US HOW MANY HAVE IN A LINE ITEM LIKE PARKER BOARD HAS THESE PEOPLE SO WE CAN KNOW WHICH BOARDS HAVE THE SAME PERSON OR PEOPLE, AND THEN HOW MANY OF THOSE WE HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. GOING TO ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS IN OUR MATERIAL WAS ANOTHER BOARD THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR.
>> THAT'S THE, I BELIEVE THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE.
>> I AM WILDLY UNFAMILIAR WITH THAT SO I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO MS. CALLOWAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER?
>> NO. ACTUALLY, BEFORE I GO THERE, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES, ITEMS THAT WE HAVE JUST DISCUSSED. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
>> CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT SISTER CITIES? IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WE WERE GOING TO BE, AND I'M SORRY, I FORGET THE TERM A SOCIAL MEMBER [OVERLAPPING].
WHY WOULD WE BE SPENDING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME ON THIS WITH TWO STAFF PEOPLE? I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE DOING THAT WILL NEED TWO STAFF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VISIT THESE PLACES.
I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO FLORENCE, ITALY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VISIT THERE.
WOULDN'T IT BE MORE OF INFORMATION GENERATED?
>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LAURA K. IF I CAN SHE'S THE BOARD LIAISON.
>> GOOD MORNING, AMERICA LISTENERS.
I'M LAURA KARPAVICIUTE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE WAS TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING THE FIVE CITIES THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL CITIES JUST HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH.
PRIMARILY, THE STAFF TIME IS DEDICATED TO MAKING AGENDAS, MINUTES, MAKING SURE THE MEETING NOTICES ARE POSTED, MAKING SURE WE REACH OUT TO THE MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUORUM.
IN THE PAST TWO, WE'VE DONE SOME PRESENTATIONS TO SHARE WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS AND GENERALLY WHAT THE COMMISSION ROLE IS JUST TO START GUIDING THE CONVERSATION.
THE MEETINGS THEMSELVES, THEY TAKE ABOUT TWO HOURS.
>> GOING FORWARD, WHAT WILL THIS COMMITTEE BE DOING?
>> THE GOAL IS FOR EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER IS ASSIGNED A CITY THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESEARCHING AND PRESENTING FOR COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS SO THEY CAN BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO ALL OF YOU AS A BODY WHOM THEY RECOMMEND TO PROCEED WITH IN TERMS OF PURSUING RELATIONSHIPS.
THUS FAR, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF RESIGNATIONS AT THIS POINT.
AS INDIVIDUAL'S SITUATION CHANGED, THEY HAD NEW JOBS, NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO STAY ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT POSES A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEN WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING, WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE A NEW MEMBER, WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE A NEW MEMBER TO THE PROGRAM AND THEIR ROLE AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> ONCE THEY COME BACK WITH THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY,
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WILL THEY BE PRESENTING IT TO US? WILL YOU BE PRESENTING IT TO US, AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT?>> INITIALLY, THE IDEA IS THAT THEY PRESENT IT TO EACH OTHER, THEY DISCUSS IT, THEY DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION.
I BELIEVE WE HAD TWO PRESENTATIONS ON TWO DIFFERENT CITIES, BUT WE HAVE WAYS TO GO TO HAVE ALL FIVE CITIES COVERED.
THEN OBVIOUSLY ONCE THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION WILL HAVE EITHER A COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE OR ONE OR MYSELF OR TANYA OR BOTH OF US COME TALK TO YOU.
>> THEN WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION?
>> ULTIMATELY, YOU ARE THE DECIDING BODY OF WHAT WE WANT TO PURSUE IN TERMS OF SISTER CITIES RELATIONSHIPS.
THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD THEN DECIDE IF THEY WILL GO WITH THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROCEED THAT WAY, SIMILAR WITH THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE BRINGS RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AND THEN YOU DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IN MY MIND THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS IS THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME CORRELATION BETWEEN OUR CITY AND THE SISTER CITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE PRESENTED THE CRITERIA TO THE COMMITTEE TO BASE THEIR OPINIONS ON.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT ONE OF THE REASONS TOO THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS IS BECAUSE OUR DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO DO MANY THINGS AFTER HOURS.
AS WE DEVELOP STAFFING AND GIVE THE DIRECTORS SOME BALANCE, NEWER STAFF MEMBERS ARE INTRODUCED TO STAFF THESE COMMITTEES MOVING FORWARD.
THAT COULD ALSO SPEAK TO WHY THERE IS MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS IN CERTAIN COMMITTEES, BUT ALSO THEN THERE'S ALSO A BALANCE OF DIVERSITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ON SOME OF THEM.
THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THEN MAYOR WAS YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE DOLLAR VALUE AT THE TIME SPENT PER BOARD BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TODAY.
THEN YOU WANTED A CHART OF WHO IS ON EACH BOARD FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT A DIFFERENT DATE.
>> YOU CAN JUST PASS IT AROUND TO US. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
IT'S FOR WHO'S ON THE BOARD MEANING, WELL, IT CAN BE THE STAFF PEOPLE AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S WORKING ON HIM, BUT I WAS MORE FOR ALSO WHO WE ARE APPOINTING.
I KNOW THAT IS LISTED HERE, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES ON THERE AND I JUST LIKE TO SEE IT IN A GRID.
>> IT'S DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE YESTERDAY?
THE REASON I THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS TIMELY IS JUST BECAUSE WE ARE A LEAN ORGANIZATION AND WITH THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES, PEOPLE ARE GETTING STRETCHED BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE MULTIPLE COMMITTEES THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AS WE PROCEED.
>> THEN I'M GOING TO THROW THIS BACK TO YOU.
YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO US AND SAY AS YOU'VE REVIEWED THIS, WE ARE FINDING THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES ARE NOT SERVING A PURPOSE AT THIS TIME AND YOU WOULD LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT SUNSETTING IT, PAUSING IT, OR TOTALLY REMOVING IT.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS EFFICIENTLY.
IF THIS COMMISSION IS NOT PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT IS UNINTENDED OR IS PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT IS UNINTENDED, CONSEQUENCES OF CAUSING YOU MORE TIME AND NOT FULFILLING THE GOALS OF WHAT WE THINK ARE NEEDED OR WHAT YOU THINK ARE NEEDED FOR US TO RUN SMOOTHLY AND WITH OUR AWARDS THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO RECEIVE AS A STERLING ORGANIZATION AND DOING THINGS RIGHT.
WE NEED TO KNOW. BECAUSE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AS COMMISSIONER PLACKO WAS TALKING ABOUT SISTER CITIES.
EVERYBODY KNOWS I'VE HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WITH IT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON FOCUSING ON NATIONALLY VERSUS INTERNATIONALLY.
WHAT IS A CITY LIKE US DOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY HERE TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND LEARN AND IMPROVE OR HELP ANOTHER CITY GROW, LEARN, AND IMPROVE VERSUS WORRYING ABOUT IT BEING INTERNATIONAL.
BUT AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MY REQUEST TO SEE WHAT RESPONSE ON OUR BOARDS ARE HAVING TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IT.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THOSE ALREADY DISCUSSED,
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WE'LL TURN TO THE TASK FORCE, THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS A CONCERN AND WE'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT.WE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST CITYWIDE, IT'S AN ISSUE COUNTY AND REGIONALLY. MS. CALLOWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSION MAXINE CALLOWAY, FOR THE RECORD, I'M HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
>> WELL, IN OUR READING THERE IS THE REQUEST FOR CREATING A TAMARAC HOMELESS ADVISORY BOARD.
CITY OF TAMARAC HAS ONE PERCENT OR LESS OF THE TOTAL HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE COUNTY, WE COORDINATE WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY HOMELESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY SINCE 2003 FROM OUR AGENCY AND PROVIDING OUTREACH.
THIS A WHOLE BUNCH I'M OBVIOUSLY SUMMARIZING.
>> YEAH. THIS IS THE MEMO MAYOR THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT WAS UPDATED AND ANYTHING PROVIDED TO YOU RECENTLY.
IT'S A MEMO THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU PERHAPS THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO REGARDING WHAT WE BELIEVE WAS CONSENSUS TO CREATE A HOMELESS NEST TASK FORCE.
IN THE MEMO, WE EXPLAIN THAT WE BASED ON COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
WE ALSO EXPLAIN, I THINK AT A WORKSHOP, THAT THIS TASK IS SO GREAT IT ALSO INVOLVES NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE PROVISION OF THAT, BUT IT INVOLVES OFF THE SERVICES BECAUSE MOSTLY SOME OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION SUFFERS FROM MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AT THE CITY OF TAMARAC CANNOT ON ITS OWN PROVIDE, AND SO WE SUGGESTED AT TIME THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, PROVIDES FUNDING AND THERE'S A COUNTY AGENCY THAT IS SET UP CONSISTENT WITH STATE STATUTE AND MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
WE FELT THAT THE TASK FORCE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY, BUT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TEETH OF ITS OWN, BUT JUST TO COME TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE MIGHT BE NEEDS AND JUST TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY ON A GREATER LEVEL JUST TO FULFILL THAT DESIRE OF THIS COMMISSION.
>> OKAY. THEN IT'S ONE UP TO THIS COMMISSION DO WE STILL HAVE THIS DESIRE FROM WHAT WE'VE READ AND HEARD? I'M IN TOO.
>> YEAH. I THINK WE SHOULD, I MEAN, WE SEE IT EVERY DAY I'M SURE THEY SEE IT BACK THERE EVERY DAY.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING THIS UP TO OUR ATTENTION.
I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT AND SEEING WHAT TRACTION IT GAINS.
>> WELL WE HAVE TO STAFF IT FIRST.
>> OH, YES, I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF CREATING IT SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> I CAN APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO CREATE IT.
MY OPINION THOUGH, IS WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE DESIGNATED AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT IF THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN DESIGNATED ARE OKAY WITH THAT APPOINTMENT.
BUT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONAL, FAITH BASED ADVOCATE, LIFE SKILLS, OR EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL, I SEE THAT THE OPTION IS FOR APPOINTMENT BY THIS COMMISSION?
>> QUITE HONESTLY, MY OPINION IS THAT FORGIVE ME, COMMISSION, WE DO NOT HAVE THE SKILL, THE KNOWLEDGE, OR THE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND TO SELECT THESE PEOPLE.
I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER THAT THEY WOULD BE DONE THROUGH CITY STAFF TO VET THE PROPER PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THIS TASK FORCE THAT WOULD REPORT TO US, AND WE CAN REVIEW IT AND AGREE WHAT I THINK THAT THIS IS TOO SERIOUS, IT HAS TOO MANY PROFESSIONAL LIFE SKILLS REQUIRED OUT OF HERE TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD APPOINT.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THIS.
>> MAYOR, IF I'M HERE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'M OKAY WITH THE CITY STAFF HANDLING THIS.
>> YES. I WAS JUST AFFIRMING THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO FIND THESE PROFESSIONALS AND THEN PERHAPS BRINGING OUR LIST OR RECOMMENDATION SO YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>> NOT NECESSARILY EVEN THAT, OUR EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS BOARD OR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS SELECTED BY STAFF WITH SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED, AND IT WAS MOVING FORWARD WELL UNTIL MY APOLOGIES ABOUT TRYING TO PUT IT INTO A BOARD.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT STAFF SHOULD SUCCEED IT, WE CAN GO FROM THERE, WE CAN TAKE STOCK IN IT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THEN FIGURE OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A POLITICAL BOARD.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHERE WE'RE
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TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S A BETTER MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT FOR THIS.>> DOES THIS INCLUDE THE FAITH-BASED ADVOCATE AS WELL?
>> ALL OF IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE ALL HAVE OUR PEOPLE THAT WE THINK WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
WE MIGHT ASK OUR PEOPLE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED.
THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED, BUT THEY REALLY DON'T, MAYBE THEY WANT TO DO IT, BUT THEY DO IT BECAUSE WE ASK.
IT MIGHT REMOVE SOME PRESSURE AS WELL. YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I DEFINITELY AGREE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY AND HELP.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND WE NEED PROFESSIONALS AND WE NEED COUNTY, WE NEED STATE, WE NEED SOME HELP.
I WOULD BE FINE WITH STAFF TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT AND OBVIOUSLY REPORTING BACK TO US.
BUT AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE REALLY NOT CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> MY OPINION IS A HYBRID OF YOUR OPINION MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO'S OPINION.
STAFF SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO VET THE INDIVIDUALS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WELL QUALIFIED TO SERVE, AND THEN TAKE THOSE POSSIBLE PEOPLE AND BRING THEM TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT IF STAFF VETS THEM FIRST AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND THEN BRING THEM TO US, THEN IT TAKES OUT THE POLITICAL OPINION OR WHATEVER DOUBTS THERE MAY BE OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY HERE MAKES POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS, BUT I THINK THE HYBRID WOULD BE BEST SO SELECT THEM ON A STAFF LEVEL AND THEN THE FINAL OPINION COMES TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
>> APPRECIATE, UNLESS ANYBODY'S OPINIONS CHANGE, WE HAVE THREE FOR STAFF-LEVEL, SO WE'LL PROCEED AND YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISION.
THERE ARE THREE THAT ARE IN CONSENSUS UNLESS VICE MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER PLACKO CHANGE THEIR MIND, THERE ARE THREE THAT SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO LET THE STAFF.
>> I THINK I HEARD COMMISSIONER PLACKO SAY THAT STAFF SHOULD CHOOSE THEM AND THEN BRING THEM BACK TO THE COMMISSION THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
COULD YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, COMMISSIONER PLACKO?
>> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
>> MY QUESTION TO YOU WOULD BE, YOU ARE GOING TO CHOOSE THEM, BUT WE WILL BE INVOLVED.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? ARE YOU GOING TO BRING THAT BACK TO US AT SOME POINT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> YEAH. THE MEMO WAS RECOMMENDING THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS COME DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMISSION.
I THINK THE MAYOR PROFFERED SOMETHING ELSE AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'M LOOKING FOR DIRECTION.
>> OKAY. IN MY MIND, STAFF WOULD SELECT THE QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
BUT THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US WITH WHAT THEY FOUND AND WHAT THEY RECOMMEND.
>> THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT.
>> IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION, YES.
>> I'M GOING TO CLARIFY. STAFF IS SELECTING, STAFF IS SEEDING, STAFF IS ADVISING AND WE ARE FROM ONE FROM THERE, THAT'S ONE.
WHERE STAFF IS SELECTING AND ADVISING AND WE ARE SELECTING FROM THERE, THAT'S IT.
AS I HAVE IT THEN THERE'S THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS STAFF IS SELECTING, STAFF IS THEN GOING TO ADVISE US WHO IT IS, AND THEN THEY WILL PROCEED ON, BUT THEY WILL KEEP US UPDATED ON THE TASK FORCE PROGRESS.
>> YES. STAFF WILL SELECT, STAFF WILL WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE WILL BE ADVISED OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK WE MAY HAVE ALL SAID IT DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL GETTING TO THE SAME POINT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE SELECT AND ADVICE.
>> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 12:26, GOOD TO SEE YOU, BE SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.