Feb 25, 2019 Workshop

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YOU CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 25TH WORKSHOP. FORMER COMMISSIONER BOLTON. GOOD

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GOOD MORNING. MAYOR GOMEZ GOOD MORNING. PLEASE START. AND COMMISSIONER BALTIMORE LEVENSON. LEGISLATE. FROM. THE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH IS. ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL. RIGHT. HAVE. MR. TAAFFE. MY.

[1. Presentation on Slope Correction Project on N. Pine Island Road]

INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR FLIES MAY I COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS TOM. I'M DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE FOR BROWARD COUNTY. WE'RE HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROADWAY SUPER ELEVATION WHICH IS A SAFETY PROJECT ON PARK IN THE VALLEY ROAD IN TAMARACK AND THAT AND WHAT ENOUGH FOR A LOT OF QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM THAT'S HERE WITH ME TODAY LUIS VELEZ WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER JULIO RABIA AND STANLEY BATEMAN WHO WILL SERVE AS THE INSPECTOR ON THE PROJECT. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS THE MOST. LET ME START WITH MOST OF THE ROADWAYS IN SOUTH FLORIDA HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A NORMAL CROWD. WHAT THAT IS IS THE ROAD IS SLOPED THIS WAY. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR STORM WATER TO DRAIN ON A ROADWAY GETS TO DECIDE A ROAD AND THEN IT GETS COLLECTED AND GETS TREATED PIPED AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY IN AND THAT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL IN MOST INSTANCES BECAUSE MOST OF THE ROADWAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND BROWARD COUNTY ARE ON A GRID PATTERN NOT SOUTH EAST WEST. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CURVE ROADWAY JUST WHAT HAPPENED THIS ACTUALLY ROADWAYS CURVE AND THIS HAS THE SHARP CURVE AND OVER TIME WHAT WE EXPERIENCE IS PEOPLE TRAVELING VERY HIGH SPEED TEND TO FLY OFF THE ROAD. WORKING WITH CITY STAFF WE HAVE IN STORE WE TRY TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT AT GUARDRAILS BUT WE'RE COMING BACK AND IT HASN'T GOT TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT WE REALLY WANT IT. PLUS THIS PROJECT IS COMING THROUGH. WHAT IS SUPER ELEVATION ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS IS IT ALLOWS THAT IT HELPS THE DRIVER STAY ON THE ROAD BETTER AND YOU SEE THIS A LOT ON THE CURVE ROADWAY OR RAMPS WHICH HAS A LOT OF CURVATURE TO IT ESSENTIALLY. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON THIS PROJECT IS TO INSTALL THE SUPER ELEVATION WITH TO ASSIST THE DRIVER TO GO AROUND THE CURVE AND HELP PREVENT ACCIDENTS. WHERE THE PROJECT IS THAT IS ESSENTIALLY FROM CITY NINTH STREET TO SOUTH HEY THAT'S THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. THE BLUE SECTION THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE THE SECTION IS THE SECTION THAT WE NEED TO INSTALL THERE. THE SUPER ELEVATION TO THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS JUST TO TIE IN AND SO WE CAN ADD OTHER FEATURES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD SUCH AS THE BIKE LANES. SO WHAT IS THE PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE SLOPE SUPER ELEVATION. WE'RE GOING TO BE CARRYING A DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND WHY WE'RE OUT THERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DAMAGES BUT WHATEVER IS IN A WAY WE'LL REPAIR IT. WE'RE AT THE BIKE LANE AND WE'LL RESURFACE THE ENTIRE LENGTH THIS IS THE SECTION FROM YELLOW TO YELLOW IS WHERE WE'LL BE RESURFACING IN CENTRAL BASIS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT TO SOUTH GATE AT SIGNING MARKING NEW ASPHALT HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE WITH ALL THE PLANNING THAT'S ALREADY GONE INTO WE BELIEVE DURING CONSTRUCTION IT'S GOING TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS SO THE SCHEDULE THERE'S A LOT OF BALANCES THAT HAS TO BE DONE. YOU KNOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S LIGHTER. UNFORTUNATELY THIS SUMMER WE CONTEND WITH A LOT OF RAIN AND THAT REALLY SLOWS DOWN CONSTRUCTION PARTICULARLY YOU KNOW ANY ASPHALT OR DRAINAGE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS IN THE SPRING. THERE IS A SCHOOL TERRIBLE HIGH SCHOOL VERY NEARBY WE'RE PROPOSING TO AT HAVE VSO ESCORT THE KIDS AROUND THAT WORKS THOUGH. JUST DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THROUGH SAFELY. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT GO INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE A LOT OF RAIN. NOW WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO THE PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY DONE DURING THE DAY. WE WERE

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TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS I HAVE ONLY ONE PROJECT RECENTLY WAS DONE ON OPENING AN AREA FIRST AND NO SORRY OAKLAND ON FLAMINGO AND I'LL CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT DATA THROUGH AGAIN. WHY WAS THIS LOCATION CHOSEN. THIS LOCATION WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE THIS CURVE DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT DESIGN STANDARD OK. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WILL BE AN UPRISING IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE ARE ALREADY NO WHITE SHALL WE SAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND ALL THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU ADD ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND TAKE AWAY A LANE. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. WHEN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT STARTING THIS PROJECT. WE'RE THINKING TO START IT IN SPRING WHICH WOULD BE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME. THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST WE START THIS PROJECT ON A COUPLE OF YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY THE CRASH DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN THEN AND YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS. IN FACT A REQUEST FOR GUARDRAIL CAME FROM CITY STAFF AND UNDERSTANDABLY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THERE BECAUSE THE CAR AND I TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IS THE GUARDRAIL ITSELF IS ACTUALLY A HAZARD. IT DOES PROTECT YOU FROM WALKING BEHIND A GUARDRAIL BUT IF YOU'RE A VEHICLE YOU'RE RUNNING TO GO AROUND THIS KIND OF DAMAGE YOUR CAR THERE'S JUST NO OTHER WAY AROUND THAT. SO THAT ULTIMATE SAFE SOLUTION AND QUITE HONESTLY IT WAS THE SHORT TERM SOLUTION AND THE ULTIMATE SAFE SOLUTION IS TO INSTALL WHAT IS CALL IN THE DESIGN STANDARD FOR THE ROADWAY TO BE AND THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO HELP THE GUARDRAIL THEN BE REMOVED. YES THE GUARDRAIL WOULD THEN BE REMOVED BECAUSE THERE'LL BE NO NEED FOR AT THAT POINT. OK BUT STATISTICS PROVE THAT WITH THE GUARDRAIL BEING THERE THERE HAVE BEEN. WAY MORE ACCIDENTS ALMOST DOUBLE I BELIEVE. SO WHY NOT JUST REMOVE THE GUARDRAIL NOW BECAUSE WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SITUATION WHERE WE WE DIDN'T HAVE A GUARDRAIL AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT WENT PAST THE GUARDRAIL AND ALMOST HIT A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALK. SO IT'S MORE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PEDESTRIAN BUT PEOPLE WERE ANYWHERE THAT AARON VEHICLE CAN GET THROUGH. YES. OK. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE WE SAW THE SPAN THE BLUE SPAN. HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE YELLOW SPAN. SURE. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE THE YELLOW AREA IS TO TRANSITION. SO ESSENTIALLY THE ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED IS GOING TO BE SLOW SUPPLY CURVE INTO THE INSIDE. WE NEED IT. WE NEED THAT DISTANCE TO DROP IT BACK TO WHAT'S NORMAL CROWD. WHICH IS WHY THE ROAD MOST OF THE OTHER ROADWAYS TOO. THAT'S HOW WE SLAMMED IT BACK IN TRANSITION. OK SO YOU'LL HAVE NEW PAVING ON THE BLUE SPAN THEN IT WILL BE GUIDED INTO THE YELLOW SPAN YOU KNOW NEW PAVING IS GOING TO BE FROM THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF PROJECT BETWEEN 79 AND SOUTHGATE SEVENTY NINTH. YES THE SOUTH GATE IS HALF LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. OK BUT WHAT ABOUT THE. THE YELLOW SPAN TO THE SOUTH OF 79 TO THE SOUTH. SEVENTY NINE. THAT'S JUST THE TRANSITION OF BACK IN TO COVER THAT INTERSECTION. YES I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF IT. HOWEVER THE TIMING IS REALLY BAD AND YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW CROWDED THE TRAFFIC IS ON PINE ISLAND. AND YOU SAID YOU DO SOME IN THE DAY SOME AT NIGHT. YOU HAVE A NOISE ISSUE. YOU HAVE HOMES BATTLING UP AGAINST THOSE THINGS TO BE WORKING AT NIGHT IN THEIR BACKYARDS. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET AROUND THIS BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND A BETTER WAY FOR IT SO AS NOT TO INTRUDE ON THE NEIGHBORS AND INTRUDE ON THE TRAFFIC AND CAUSE MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN WE ALREADY HAVE RIGHT NOW. I SEE YOUR POINT BECAUSE THERE IS JUST A BALANCE THAT WE HAVE TO DO DURING THE DAY. THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC AT NIGHT THERE'S LESS TRAFFIC AT NIGHT. PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING. THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE NOISE. EXACTLY. BUT SOMEHOW SOME WAY WE HAVE TO PERFORM THE WORK. AND THERE'S NEVER A PERFECT TIME

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AND THAT GIVES US TWO MONTHS OR SO. SO THERE'LL BE MAYBE OTHER WORK THAT HAPPENS DURING WHEN SCHOOL STARTS UP AGAIN. MINOR WORK BECAUSE WE TEND IN THE BEGINNING THE FIRST TWO MINDS WE TEND TO GET A LOT OF THAT THE BIG STUFF KNOCKED OUT AND YOU'RE PUTTING BIKE LANES AS WELL. WE ARE ADDING BIKE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. YES. EACH DIRECTION. AND HOW MUCH OF THE ROAD DOES THAT TAKE OVER OR ARE YOU WIDENING TO THE BASELINE TO THE OUTSIDE. WELL. IN AREAS THAT MEANS THE BIKE PATH IS ALMOST DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK IN SOME AREA. YES. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALK. YOU'RE RIGHT. NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THING. HAVING RIDDEN THE SIDEWALK YESTERDAY I CAN TELL YOU IT NEEDS SOME WORK TO DO. I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT I RIDE MY BIKE OK AND THAT WHILE IT'S A GOOD FEATURE FOR ME SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AGAIN WILL BE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. BY THE WAY THE SIDEWALK IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. GOOD FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING THAT. OTHERS. HAVE THEIR PARTS TURNED OVER BY ME IS AN ISSUE BUT HEARING TIME IN THE FOUR MONTHS WE'RE HITTING SCHOOL EITHER WAY WHICHEVER END SO IT SEEMS SO THE APPRECIATE THAT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH VSO AND TO HAVE AN OFFICER NOT SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE THAN ONE OFFICER AND I REALLY WILL HOPE THAT YOU WILL SPEAK WITH OUR VSO BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAJOR MAJOR ISSUE WITH STUDENTS HANGING OUT IN THE SHOPPING PLAZA THERE AND MANY OF US WHO'VE DRIVEN WHERE UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES THE STUDENTS JUST DON'T CARE WHAT THE RULES OF THE ROADS ARE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE AND THEY WILL WALK INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT. THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO BLOCK TRAFFIC THEY JUMP IN AND OUT OF CARS AS THEY'RE GOING IN AND OUT OF BEFORE THEY WON'T WANT TO TURN INTO A SHOPPING PLAZA DOING THINGS. AND I AM SAYING IS IT BECAUSE BUT IT'S ALSO A VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA AND THEIR SAFETY IS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN. WHEN YOU SAY NETWORK WHAT EXACTLY IS THE NIGHTTIME HOURS FOR NETWORK WORK.

WERE THINKING TO DO NIGHT WORK ON IS JUST STRICTLY THE PAVING BECAUSE TODAY WE CAN CLOSE ONE LANE AND PERFORM OUR WORK WHILE ALL THE OTHER LANES ARE DOWN TO THREE LANES. THREE OF THE FOUR LANES WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR NIGHTTIME WORK WILL BE STRICTLY FOR PAVING OPERATION. THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY NEED THE MOST LANES. THAT'S UP TO WHAT YOU RECOMMEND. OBVIOUSLY THE LONGER YOU GET THE CONTRACTOR PER NIGHT THAT UP AND PERFORMED THAT WORK THAT THE LAST FEW A NUMBER OF DAYS THEY'LL NEED TO DO IT. SO IT COULD BE FROM 9:00 P.M. TO 6:00 A.M. OR 9 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M. OR WHATEVER TIMEFRAME. WHAT CITY STAFF THROUGH YOUR OFFICE CAN RECOMMEND. LOOK. AROUND BECAUSE GOING INTO SUMMER HOURS WE ALSO HAVE MORE NIGHT TIME LIFE. YES. THERE A POSSIBILITY OF DOING THIS FROM EIGHT TO ELEVEN TO TWELVE WHERE WE'RE NOT COMPETING AS MUCH ONTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS OF OUR RESIDENCE 8 8 TO 11:00 AT NIGHT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WELL I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST THINKING THAT NIGHTTIME HOURS IF WE GO TOO MUCH INTO THE WEE HOURS. IF YOUR PURPOSE IS TO GET LESS TRAFFIC AND YOU HAVE LIGHT NATURAL LIGHT. IS THAT A MORE FORESEEABLE TIME TO DO CERTAIN WORK. JUST ASKING.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT. BUT HERE'S THE HERE'S THE CHALLENGE TO THE CONTRACTORS GONNA HAVE WHEN THEY PERFORM WORK AT NIGHT DURING A DAY. WE WANT ALL THE EMOTIVE DEVICES OFF THE ROAD SO PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH OTHERWISE THERE'S NO POINT IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR JUST TO SET UP THE MULTI DEVICES. SO IF WE START LET'S SAY AT

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IN THE MORNING WE GIVE GIVEN THAT WHOLE PERIOD OF TIME WE THINK WE CAN DO THIS IN ABOUT 16 CONSTRUCTION DAYS. SO IF YOU DIVIDE THAT OUT PER SECTION WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THE WHOLE NIGHTTIME PAVING OPERATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR WHO DID THE PAST PROJECT IN OAKLAND PARK. DID YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM WITH RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING. THAT THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH. I MEAN RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW. VERY MANY PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS OR FRONT YARDS. BUT WE ACTUALLY DID ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT. THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IN THAT WALL BACK RIGHT UP TO THE ROADWAY. WE ACTUALLY DID.

WE WORK WITH SUNRISE AND SUNRISE WANTED AND THAT. INTERSECTION GETS REALLY CONGESTED PARTICULARLY WHENEVER THERE IS AN EVENT AT THE PANZER ARENA. SO SUNRISE WANTED US TO DO THAT WORK ON TODAY. WE DID HALFWAY THROUGH. THEY SAID PLEASE MOVE IT TO THE NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONE SO BAD. SO WE HAVE TO STOP THE PROJECT WORK AROUND BECAUSE AND THEN WE WAIT TO START UP AGAIN AT NIGHT BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND EVERY TIME YOU DO PAVING WORK THERE IS THE MILLING CONTRACTOR HAS THE ONSITE THE PAVING CONTRACTOR HAS TO BE ONSITE STRIPING CONTRACTOR HAS TO BE ON SITE AND THE ASPHALT PLANT HAS TO BE OPEN FOR YOU. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND VERY SIMILAR TO HERE. ONCE WE PICK A DIRECTION IT'S VERY HARD TO START AND STOP BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PARTS THAT THAT'S INVOLVED AND WHAT TO GET IT GOING. UNDERSTOOD BUT AT LEAST IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS IF THEY IN OUR CITY IF WE HAVE SOME ISSUES LIKE THAT. AND YOU MENTIONED THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE CURVE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SIDEWALK AND THE SIDEWALKS THIS WAY. WE'RE NOT HAVING. THE SIDEWALKS IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION WE WOULD BE COMPLETELY PLACE AND THEN. IS THE REPAIR THAT WE'RE THE INITIAL PROBLEM WE HAD WE THEN HAD A SOLUTION THAT WAS WORSE THAN THE INITIAL PROBLEM WE HAD. AND SO I KNOW THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED BUT DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS NEW SOLUTION WILL BE BETTER. THEN THE OTHER REPAIR WE HAD THAT'S WORTH DOING VERSUS LEAVING IT ALONE AND PUTTING IT BACK TO THE STATE IN WHICH IT WAS. OH ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. IF WE PUT IT BACK FIRST WE CANNOT PUT IT BACK AND SAY IT WAS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THE CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS. AND IF IF WE DECIDE TO JUST LEAVE THE GUARDRAIL IN IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THE WAY IT IS WE THE GUARDRAIL AS WE TELL EVERYBODY THAT ASKS WHAT A GUARDRAIL BACK DOWN TO SEE THIS THAT IS THAT KEEP IN MIND IS GONNA PROTECT VEHICLE RUNNING INTO A PEDESTRIAN WHICH NONE OF US WANT BUT THERE WILL BE MORE ACCESS. BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE AN OBSTRUCTION BETWEEN PEOPLE VEERING OFF THE ROADWAY RUNNING INTO THE SIDEWALK AND POTENTIAL SOMEBODY THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHIELDED BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HIT THAT THE. THAT'S JUST NO OTHER WAY AROUND THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND DURING MY TIME SPEAKING IN MICHIGAN HAS PASSED A PRENUP. I JUST WASN'T SURE WHETHER YOU GUYS THE PUNTERS THE SCHOOLS ON OURS SCHOOL ZONE HOUSES WHATEVER A HIGH SCHOOL HAS. THAT'S YOUR GOOD SIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE OK. AND THEN HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE ON SITE DURING THE

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YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO 70 AND COME OUT THAT WAY TO AVOID SOME OF THAT. ON SEVENTY FIFTH WE HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHT AND IT'S CONTROLLED BY OUR FIRE STATION IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF WE COULD OBVIOUSLY STILL ALLOW THAT CONTROL TO THE FIRE STATION IF THEY NEED TO TO TAKE IT OVER TO GET OUT. BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A REGULAR LIKE THEY'RE GETTING OUT ON SEVENTY FIFTH STREET WITHOUT A LIGHT THERE IS A NIGHTMARE AN ABSOLUTE IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN I HAVE DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S SO I'M I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT NUMBER ONE THAT WOULD MAYBE HELP ELIMINATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC BUT ALSO ELIMINATE ACCIDENTS THERE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. I WOULD. I WOULD REQUEST A SCHEDULE ONCE YOU HAVE IT. SURE. BECAUSE I I NEED TO GIVE THESE RESIDENTS AMPLE NOTICE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE KEPT AWAKE AT NIGHT BY NOISE OR THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THAT STREET OR THE LANE CLOSURES OR WHATEVER. AND THE MORE NOTICE I GIVE THEM THE MORE TIME THEY'LL HAVE TO YELL AT ME. BUT IT'S ONLY FAIR. I MEAN YOU'RE REALLY IMPACTING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY THIS. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. I CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU A SCHEDULE. I DO NEED SOME DIRECTIONS FROM THE. WE BECAUSE THE SKETCH YOU DEPEND ON.

ARE WE STARTING APRIL WE START IN JUNE AND ALSO WE CAN ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM NIGHTLY PAVING OR NOT BECAUSE THAT REALLY AFFECTS THE WHOLE ENTIRE SKETCH.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DRIVEN INTO QUESTION AS AS LONG AS WE CAN DELAY THIS BE MY THOUGHT AND I KNOW I JOKINGLY SAID TWO YEARS BUT I'M I'M QUITE SERIOUS. WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY NOW. NOW IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST TIME TO IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY. ONCE AGAIN THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST. WELL I LIKE THE REQUEST FOR THE LIGHT. SOME OF US DRIVE THAT STREET A LOT AS WELL. DAVID FIRST 70. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING IF YOU COULD PUT THAT FORTH FOR US. AS CHIEF SALES FIELD.

THAT'S MY NEXT PART. SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. CHIEF. IF YOU HEAR US UP HERE AND ALSO OUR ENGINEERING YOU HEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL SOLID LIGHT THERE ONE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER IF THE COUNTY WOULD PUT THAT IN. IS THAT SOMETHING OFF THE TOP. YOU SAY YOU WOULD SUPPORT OR DO YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO LENDERS OR EVEN REFERENCE A 70 FOOT FRONT. YEAH I WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT FROM THE WHITE RIGHT TO WHAT I SAID LONG AS THEY COULD STILL CONTROL IT. SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY PUT FORWARD THAT TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DIVISION I HAVE THERE ARE THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT I HAVE TO FOLLOW JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ENGINEERING WORK. SO JUST SAY WELL IT'S DEFINITELY HIGH ON OUR WISH LIST THAT YOU CAN AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COOPERATE JUST FOR THAT BUT THEY REALLY WOULD HELP. ABSOLUTELY. I HEAR YOU. SO WE HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU NEED US TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHEN THIS SHOULD START.

AND. YOU WOULD ALLOW GIVING. ALL RIGHT. SO I ALSO I'M A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THAT. I NEED YOU TO ANSWER THIS AGAIN PLEASE WE'RE GONNA HIT THE STUDENTS I'M NOT A STUDENT THAT'S NOT. NO WE'RE NOT HERE. YES PLEASE. SORRY. STUDENTS ARE GONNA BE IN SESSION NO MATTER WHAT EITHER TAIL END OR THE BEGINNING PART OF THIS PROJECT FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR THE MOST DISRUPTIVE PART OF IT. WHAT IS IT.

HIS BEST BUT IF WE HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH SCHOOL ZONES AND THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY WHEN THE PROJECT IS IT BETTER FOR YOU. THE MEETING IN THE FOUR MONTHS THE BEGINNING IS LESS DISRUPTIVE AND THE LAST MONTH IS LESS DISRUPTIVE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU BASICALLY CHOSE APRIL MAY. RIGHT. BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD MONTH. THAT'S WHEN WE CALL A HEAVY DUTY WORK GOING ON SO BASICALLY IF WE DO STILL PUSH BACK TO ABOUT JUNE YOU CAN HAVE DISRUPTION BY SEPTEMBER WOULDN'T BE TOO BAD IF YOU. YEAH

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BUT ACTUALLY THEN YOU REALLY WOULDN'T BE STARTING TO A. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS A JULY START. NO. WELL OR JUST A MONTH OF DEALING WITH IT. IF YOUR PROJECT IS MOST DISRUPTIVE IN THE BEGINNING NEWS THAT MONTH TWO AND THREE MONTH 2 AND THREE. SO IF YOU STARTED JUNE END OF MAY EARLY JUNE IT'S LEAST DISRUPTIVE THAT FIRST STRETCH AND THEN INTO THE SECOND WHERE SCHOOL IS ALREADY ENDED AND YOU HAVE THE TWO MONTHS THAT SCHOOL IS ENDED WITH THE FINAL MONTH BEING WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.

RIGHT THIS ONE OUT TO YOU. HOW ABOUT A DELAY OF A YEAR. HOW BAD WOULD THAT BE FOR THAT REQUEST TO BE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND. OUR BUSINESS OBVIOUSLY FUNDED THROUGH THE BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WHEN WE MOVE THE PROJECT AROUND THERE'S ALWAYS A TENDENCY TO LOSE THAT FUNDING FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE NEXT. SECONDLY WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE THAT GOT ROLLING IN WHAT'S THERE CURRENTLY IS NOT IDEAL. YES. IT'S SO THIS IS THE IDEAL SOLUTION. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD. WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT BECAUSE NO MATTER WHEN YOU DO THIS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES THAT I'M BRINGING UP NOW TOO. WE DO NOT HAVE WE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME CONTRACT AVAILABLE TO US THAT WILL VERY HELPFUL AT. FOR THE PREVIOUS PROJECT. THERE MAY BE IN OUR NEXT CONTRACT. THAT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE FIGHTING WITH THEM EVERY FOOT OF THE WAY. AND DAN IS JUST GONNA END UP DELAYING IT A LOT LONGER. UNFORTUNATELY EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW. IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR US. YOU KNOW WE CAN'T PICK A CONTRACT HERSELF. WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCUREMENT. UNDERSTOOD. SO THEN IT COMES ALSO DOWN TO DAY AND NIGHT. SO THAT'S ONLY FOR PAVING BY THE WAY EVERYTHING ELSE IS KIND OF ON A DATE. DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS PROJECT. NO WE WE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO. WE HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS. THERE'S JUST NO OTHER WAY AROUND. OK WELL THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. OK. I JUST I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. THAT'S WHY I. THAT'S WHY I THREW THE QUESTION OUT THERE BECAUSE IF I HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS I HAVE CERTAIN FEELINGS ABOUT IT BUT NOW I HAVE NO CHOICE SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PAVING DAY VERSUS NIGHT.

IF WE DO PAVING IN THE DAYTIME YOU WILL BE CLOSING BOTH LANES ONE LANE BOTH LANE BOTH LANE. I'M NOT AN OPTION. THAT'S BOTH LANE AND WANTS ONE DIRECTIONS. WE WOULD DRIVE TRAFFIC TO CENTRAL. WE'LL USE LET'S SAY WE'RE PAVING NORTHBOUND. WE WERE ROUTE TRAFFIC IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WE'RE PAYING. AND WE TALKED AT NIGHT FROM 8:00 P.M. TO 6:00 A.M. FOR HOW MANY DAYS A TOTAL OF 16 DAYS FOR THE PAGING OPERATION 16 CONSECUTIVE DAYS 16 CONSECUTIVE DAY BUT IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE PROJECT. IT'LL BE A MOVING OPERATION. IT WILL MILL THE WHOLE THING FIRST. SO EACH NIGHT THOUGH I'M GUESSING I'M ESTIMATING THAT THEY WILL TAKE THEM ABOUT FOUR DAYS OR SO TO MILL THE ENTIRE PROJECT SO THEY WILL MILL ONE DIRECTION AND THEN THEY WILL COME BACK AND PAY. SO WE'RE THE AREA THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE WON'T BE THE ENTIRE LANE WOULD JUST BE WHERE THE MILLING CONTAINER SO COMES BACK AROUND TO START DATE AND CONSENSUS ABOUT 9:00 MAYBE IS THERE CONSENSUS ON THE 99. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE. OH I'M SORRY. WELL LET'S TAKE THAT AS A MY YES. I MEAN IF SLOWS DOWN BOTH LANE AND MAKES SURE I WAS THIS ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO HAVE NICE PAY THEN. BUT. I MEAN I HAVE HOUSE IS BACKING RIGHT UP WHICH TO THAT ROAD. THAT'S WHY WE'LL GET A SKETCH ON THE SCREEN THERE JUST SOUTH OF EIGHTY FIRST STREET WHICH IS BLIND AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE GOING SOUTH. YES. AND SOME OF THESE HOMES HAVE CHILDREN. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR

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SO THE NEXT TWO MONTHS THEY'RE WORKING WITHOUT SCHOOL AND THAT LAST MONTH THEY HAVE SCHOOL THEN. BUT IT'S NOT AS DISRUPTIVE. SO IT'S A FOUR MONTH PROJECT THE FIRST AND FOURTH AREN'T JUST DISRUPTIVE IT'S THAT THAT CHUNK THAT TWO MONTH CHUNK SO IF WE CAN WORK IT SO THAT THAT TWO MONTH CHUNKS ONCE STUDENTS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND LESS LIKELY TO BE JULY AUGUST IS THE CORRUPTION WHICH IS WHY IF WE START JUNE AND WE END SEPTEMBER THOSE THE TWO SCHOOL MONTHS THAT ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED. AND YOU'VE GOT A JOB THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE RAINY DAYS PRIMARILY TRYING TO LEAVE. YEAH IT'S YOU KNOW I I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I'M HOPING THAT WE DON'T GET A LOT OF IT IS WHEN IT RAINS YOU KNOW BILLIONS AND WHEN WE CAN'T GET MATERIAL THEN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T WE CAN'T DELAY. YEAH RIGHT RIGHT. BUT THAT'S NOT. WELL ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE OUR. COUNTY COMMISSIONER HERE. WELCOME COMMISSIONER HOMER. SO MAYBE WE COULD SAY ABOUT MAKING SURE THE MONEY WOULD BE KNOWN AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING IT ON. THANK YOU. IT'S A LITTLE HARD I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK. YOU KNOW AS FAR BACK AS WE CAN PUSH IT. WELL I THINK IN ORDER TO DO WE'D MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE OR PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE TAMARACK TOWNS WHERE ARE SAFE.

EVERYONE AROUND THERE IS GOING AND PLAYING GOLF DOING THAT KIND OF STUFF AND LIVING.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST COMPROMISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RIGHT NOW.

IF I MAY ADD YOU ALSO ASKED ME TO CONSIDER HAVING MORE THAN ONE VSO OFFICER AND WE'LL CONSIDER OUR WORK WOULD BE A SOURCE FOR THAT. PLEASE. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY TAKE A LIGHT FOR ME. WE WILL CHECK ON THE LIGHT BASIS. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE I'M THINKING THAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN ALSO HAVE AN OFFICER HAS SERVICES TO DIRECT TRAFFIC THAT'S A TEMPORARY FIX TO A BUT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. REALLY. COMMISSIONER WHOLENESS IS HEARING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING A LIGHT AT THAT AREA. IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT HE'S NEVER COMING BACK HERE. WELL I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I'M JUST AS RELIGION REQUIRES NIGHTLY TO SAY THANK YOU AND WE WILL TELL YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IS A TEMPORARY BASIS AS WELL. WE HAVE THAT. SO CAN I GET A CONSENSUS THAT

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SIR. IN FACT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. BUT IF YOU WOULD GIVE ME A LITTLE TIME WHAT WE CAN DO IS GIVE YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION SHEET TO GIVE YOU TALKING POINTS FOR YOUR RESIDENTS AND THEN ALSO ALSO PROVIDE CITY STAFF WITH A NEWS RELEASE. AND IF YOU WOULD YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO MODIFY THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY. SO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LINK OFF OF OUR WEB SITE. YEAH. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I GET THE INFORMATION SHEET ON OUR LIST ALL THAT STUFF IS ON THERE PLEASE. I REMEMBER YOUR PHONE NUMBER. YES ABSOLUTELY. HEY YOU REALLY DO HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO DESIGN BUILD

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THE RESTAURANT FOR LARGE CROWD OUT THERE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE THE AGAIN ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION EVENTS. EVENT PARTICIPANTS CAMPS LEAGUES AND RENTALS AND TALKED ABOUT CAMPS. WE CURRENTLY THE LAST TWO SUMMERS WE'VE HAD A SPORTS CAMP OUT THERE THAT HAS HOUSED OUT OF THE BASEBALL CONCESSION. SECOND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR BUILDING. WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY MANY OTHER CAMP GROUPS THAT WANT TO RUN SPECIALTY CAMPS AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INDOOR SPACE THE AIR CONDITIONED SPACE TO GET THE KIDS OUT. WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER ROOM SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND THAT THE WAVES REALLY DO NOT HAVE A SPACE TO HAVE THEIR MEETINGS IN THE HALL. THEY'RE. HOLDING MEETINGS SO THAT THAT SECOND FLOOR SPACE WOULD WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT AND RENTALS. I HAVE ONE OF THE LAST BULLETS BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT SECOND FLOOR WILL BE UTILIZED QUITE A BIT FOR FOR BIRTH. CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES THE PLAYGROUND AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX IS VERY POPULAR THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY OUR CITY BUT OTHER CITIES BRING THEIR KIDS IN THERE TO USE THAT. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT ROOM WILL BE RENTED A LOT FOR CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLAYGROUND AREA. AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE STORAGE OR FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND I USE A VERY CONSERVATIVE FIGURE ANTICIPATED GENERATE APPROXIMATELY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REVENUES AND CONCESSION SALES SALES ANNUALLY. THAT'S VERY CONSERVATIVE AT THIS POINT AND I THINK AS WE GET THE CAMPS IN THERE AS WE START PROGRAMMING THAT MORE DIDN'T WORD UP OUT ABOUT THE RENTAL POSSIBILITIES FOR THAT THAT THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP AND HERE'S HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM THERE. THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN NINETEEN NINETY THREE SO IT CURRENTLY SITS AT TWENTY SIX YEARS OLD. AND AS I SAID IT'S SERVED ITS PURPOSE THROUGH THE YEARS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE THE THE INTERIOR OF THE CONCESSION VERY SMALL VERY OLD ANTIQUATED AT THIS POINT SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO TODAY WITH THE P 18 DASH SIXTEEN OUR WAS ADVERTISED AS DORA THE CONCESSION BUILDING WAS ADVERTISED AND BIDS AND TENDERS AND IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER WITH THAT THAT FIRST RFP GOING OUT FOR VENDORS SUBMITTED RESPONSES AND THOSE WERE W CONSTRUCTION AND BE OUR CONSTRUCTION ASSET BUILDERS DURING BUSINESS HOURS MET SOME SNOW OFF SKI ROMANESQUE SAY LLC IT WAS FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CHOSE WEST NPR AND ESA BUILDERS TO SUBMIT A STEP TO MOVE ON TO STEP TWO OF THE OF THE PROCESS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY RECEIVED THE DESIGN BUILD CRITERIA AND THEN THEY COME IN WITH A PROPOSED DESIGN AS WELL AS A COST PROPOSAL FOR THAT STEP TWO AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD W CONSTRUCTION AND NBER CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED STEP TWO PROPOSALS ASSET BUILDERS DID NOT SUBMIT THEIR THEIR STEP TWO STEP TWO PROPOSAL A SELECTION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT PROPOSAL PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY W CONSTRUCTION WILL BE BEST ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY IN BOTH DESIGN AND AND COST AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WEST CONSTRUCTION. THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 1969. THEY'RE A THIRD GENERATION FAMILY OWNED COMPANY. THEY ARE CERTIFIED AS A WOMAN MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CONSTRUCTION AND WEST ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ARE DEDICATED TO OFFERING EXCELLENCE AND CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTURE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. THEY'VE DONE THEY HAVE VERY STRONG MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE IN FLORIDA AS WELL AS I SAY WITH MUNICIPAL PROJECTS. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR THE TAMAROD PROJECTS

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TAMARA AT THE FIRE STATION 78 AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FIRE STATION 36. SOME OF THEIR OTHER AREA PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY'VE DONE A MULTITUDE OF MUNICIPAL PARK PROJECTS AND TRAILS PARK AND PARK WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE CONCESSION STAND AND NOT ART FENCING OR AS PARK RENOVATION IN LAUDERDALE LAKES AS WELL AS THE LANTANA AND PALM BEACH COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX WHICH ALSO THAT CONCESSION STAND AND WITH THE AWARD OF OUR 18 DASH 16 ARE CONTRACTOR DAN W CONSTRUCTION AND THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING 1000 SQUARE FOOT ONE STOREY CONCESSION BUILDING REMOVAL OF ALL INTERIOR ON SITE PREP AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CONCESSION MEETING ROOM FACILITY WHICH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 4000 SQUARE FOOT TWO STOREY BUILDING WITH A MEETING ROOM THE SECOND FLOOR WHICH IS SERVING WINDOWS AND OUTDOOR COVERED EATING AREA WITH CONCESSION AND A STORAGE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AND I DO WANT TO ADD THERE'S THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATOR IN THE IN THE BUILDING AS WELL AS TWO TO MEANS TWO STAIR ACCESS AND TO THE TO THE SECOND FLOOR TO STAIRWAYS THAT WALL STREET WHICH IS PART OF. PART OF THE CODE TO MEET THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDING CONTRACT AMOUNT. THIS IS NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND TO FORTY THREE WITH A PROJECT CONTINGENCY OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING IF IF AWARDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEY WILL START THE DESIGN PROCESS AND PERMITTING PROCESS SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SOMETIME LATE SUMMER EARLY FALL AND CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE JUST OVER ONE YEAR AND IT DID INCLUDE THESE ARE SOME SMALLER PHOTOS. I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME LARGER PHOTOS OF THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. HERE'S THE SOUTH ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN SEE THE COVERED COVERED AREA SEATING AREA. THOSE ARE THE CONCESSION WINDOWS TO THESE FOUR DIFFERENT CONCESSION WINDOWS. THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NICE VIEW OF THE OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS FROM THE SECOND STORY.

SECOND STORY ROOM AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE WOULD BE WOULD BE. SO HERE IS THE THE EAST ELEVATION. AND YOU SEE ON THE. FAR LEFT HAND SIDE THAT THAT LARGER WHITE DOOR IS THE STORAGE STORAGE ROOM FACILITY THAT THE AC AND ITS THAT ARE THAT ARE COVERED COVERED RIGHT THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT'S THAT'S THE ENTRY INTO THE STAIRWELL AND ELEVATOR AREA TO GO UPSTAIRS. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE NORTHPORT ELEVATION IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS STONE THAT YOU'RE WEST ELEVATION WHICH TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THIS WOULD BE THE PLAYGROUND AREA. SO YOU STILL HAVE THE RESTROOMS ON THAT ON THAT SIDE. AND WE MADE SURE IN THE PROPOSED DESIGN THAT THOSE WINDOWS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE INTO THE PLAYGROUND FROM THE FROM THE SECOND STORY. SO IF WE DO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF RENTALS THE KIDS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH AT THE PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR KIDS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE WORD OF OUR 18 DAYS 16 HOUR AND EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT WITH WITH W CONSTRUCTION FOR THE RENOVATION DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CAMERA SPORTS COMPLEX CONCESSION FOR A TOTAL PROJECT ACCOUNT OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX DOLLARS AT THIS TIME. TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ASKED. MR. FISHMAN HAS ATTORNEY BUT THE IDEA THAT IT'S WAY PAST TIME THAT WE HAD A NEW CONCESSION STAND OUT THERE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS. WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR ALL THAT EQUIPMENT ANY FOOD SERVICES THAT THE TEAMS MIGHT HAVE HAD AT THAT CONCESSION. KIND OF WALK. WALK US THROUGH THAT. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE AND MOSTLY. SPECIFICALLY IT'S

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A THREE HOUR DIFFERENCE. HOW MUCH HOW MUCH WORK HAVE WE DONE WHAT WAS CONSTRUCTION IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF OUR VALUE. BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT A COUPLE OF FIRE STATIONS AND THEY DID SOMETHING ELSE HERE. HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT HERE. FIRE STATION THIRD 70 I BELIEVE WAS SEVEN POINT. I MEAN EXCUSE ME NINE POINT SEVEN MILLION. AND THE STATION 36 HAD COME IN WITH A CONTINGENCY OF FIVE POINT ONE MILLION AND MAKE THE PARK PROJECT WAS I WANT TO SAY TWO HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME BUT I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE. NO ONE WAS TRYING TO PARK PROJECT THE PLAYGROUNDS. SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY GW THAT WAS DUE TO BE CASTRATION RIGHT ORGANIZATION OF AEROSOLIZED CONSTRUCTION THIRTY SIX FIVE POINT FOUR. HAVE WE DONE ANY WORK WITH. ANY. NEW YORK FOLKS AND THEY ALREADY ARE. OH YES. YEAH. WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING OUR WATERS AS A PROJECT AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING MOST OF WORK THAT WE'RE ALL OF OUR BUFFER PRODUCTS. NOT MUCH WORK WITH THEM FROM THE DOLLAR VALUE. OF THE. WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR POINT TWO MILLION FOR THE. PARK AND RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE FACE TO FACE THREE OUT. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE POINT NINE MILLION ON THAT PROJECT. IF WE HAVEN'T. THE OTHER TWO DO ALL OUR FEES REQUIRE A SECOND STEP IN THE PROCESS. IF WE USE A DESIGN BUILD FUNCTIONALITY STATE STATUTE DOES REQUIRE US TO USE THIS TWO STEP PROCEDURE. IT'S NOT ME IT'S NOT IT'S NOT DESIGNED BUILT. IT WAS NOT A DESIGN BUILD. WE USUALLY USE IT DESIGN AND BUILD METHODOLOGY ARE IN CERTAIN CASES THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH EQUIPMENT PLACEMENTS CONFIGURATION WE MAY USE IN OUR IP IN THOSE CASES BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE UNUSUAL CASES. I THINK WE'VE ONLY DONE THAT WITH SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DID THAT WITH OUR FIRE STATION AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS AND THEN FOR THE MINORITY STATUS WITH CERTIFICATION WAS USED TO VERIFY THAT STATUS BELIEVE THAT THE FED CERTIFYING ON WEST PALM LEAVE. I THINK LEAVE WITH THE FEDERAL CERTIFICATION.

RIGHT EITHER OF THESE COMPANIES LOCAL TO BROWARD COUNTY OR SOUTH FLORIDA. WEST IS LOCATED IN PALM BEACH AND WE ARE TRYING FOR A LOT OF A LOT OF. YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION REGARDING A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ACTUALLY PAINTING IT. MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS THE PAINT PALETTE. I HAD SOME CONSENSUS ON HIM PLEASE. SO THANK YOU. LOOKING FOR IT HAS BEING BUILT AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT STRUCTURE AND VERY WELL UTILIZED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS PLEASE. WE. TRANSFER ELEVEN FIFTY NINE.

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[3. Presentation on Procurement Procedures]

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VERY IMPORTANT US TO MAINTAIN THAT CO-OP MEMBERSHIP. HERE IS A HERE'S A LITTLE THERE WE GO. HERE'S A MAINTENANCE ABOUT HOW WE BUY SERVICES AND THIS GOES OVER SOME OF THE ISSUES ON THE AIR FOR INSTANCE ON THE METHOD OF ACQUISITION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. YOU CAN SEE IN ALL THOSE ACQUISITION METHODS WE USE IT FOR COMMODITIES EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES AS WELL AS INVITATIONS FORBID WE USE OUR FEE FOR ALL TYPE WE USE A COOPERATES ROLL TYPE. WE USE PIGGYBACKING FOR ALL TYPE SOME PURCHASES THOUGH MAYBE RESTRICT IT ON OUR PRO CARDS. WE DON'T FOR EXAMPLE ALLOW PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT ON A PRO CARD OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS UNLESS PURCHASING AN ACCOUNTING HAS BEEN INFORMED BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN STATE LAWS WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY AND A CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT FOR ASSETS THAT ARE OVER 1000 DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IN OUR FIXED ASSET INVENTORY AND WE ALSO CAN LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL VALUE ENGINEERING OR FINDING THE LOWEST COST OF OPERATION. ALSO ANOTHER WORD IS LIFECYCLE COSTING MEANS YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL COST OF OPERATING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON A COPIER WE MAY LOOK AT THE TONER COST AND WE MAY LOOK AT THE COST OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT GOES INTO THE PROGRAM AND IT CAN BE IT CAN BE ACTUALLY FAIRLY COMPLEX AND WE WILL REQUIRE VENDORS TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE IF THEY'RE PERFORMING WORK ON CITY PROPERTY. FOR INSTANCE IF THEY'RE INSTALLING EQUIPMENT ARTHUR PERFORMING SERVICES SOURCE NEXT ITEM I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY OFF OFF THAT MATRIX IS HOW DO WE BUY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. AND AGAIN QUALIFICATIONS BASE FOR THE FOR THE ONE FOR THE SERVICES I MENTIONED EARLIER ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND SERVING MAPPING UNDER WHICH IS REQUIRED AGAIN BY THE CCMA THE CITY MAY USE A LETTER OF INTEREST. OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ELA Y OR AN HOUR OF Q PROCESS TO OBTAIN THE

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THE NEXT ONE BEING HOW MUCH WE SPEND FOR OUR WASTEWATER DISPOSAL CHARGES AND THEN WHAT WE WHAT WE SPEND WITH FORT LAUDERDALE FOR TREATMENT DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER OUR MEDICAL MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES THAT WE PURCHASED FROM BEING SO EACH YEAR AND SPECIAL SECURITY DETAILS THAT WE USE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. LAST QUESTION. WHY WHY DO WE USE THIS MONEY. VERY FEW PEOPLE THE UNITED STATES USE IT. YOU KNOW WE EVALUATED SEVERAL SYSTEMS. WE EVALUATED PROPOSALS FOR BIDS SINK BID THINGS A WELL-KNOWN FIRM I'VE I'M FAMILIAR WITH BIDDING. I WAS THE CHAIR NATIONAL CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 2015 2016. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR PRODUCTS AND YOU THINK IT'S THE CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZATION I'D BE RUNNING RIGHT OUT IN EUROPE. BUT WE LOOKED AT THE BET. WE WENT TO LOOK AT THE BEST DEAL. WE ALSO LOOK AT A COMPANY NAME OF IRON WAVE AND BONFIRE AND WE WERE ALREADY USING DEMAND STARTING THE PAST. MATTER OF FACT I WAS USING DEMAND STAFF FROM THE TIME THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOCATED IN PLANTATION ON PINE ISLAND ROAD AND I WAS UP IN ILLINOIS. I WAS AGENCY NUMBER TWELVE WITH THEM. BUT AND WE ARE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY ARE STARTING TO USE THEM AGAIN AS WELL BUT WE THOUGHT THE BIDS AND TENDERS PROVIDE US

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IT ALSO PROVIDES AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION OF CONTRACT EXPIRATIONS TO OUR DEPARTMENTS SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AROUND HERE PROBABLY ANNOYED BY THAT BECAUSE THEY GET

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AND OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING A MINORITY BUSINESS INDICATOR FIELD AND AGAIN LOOK FOR THAT ON MARCH 19. LET'S LOOK AT TAMARACK SUPPORT FOR SOCIO ECONOMIC PROGRAMS AND BY BY SOCIOECONOMIC I MEAN PROGRESS FOR INSTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT FOR MINORITY WOMEN OWNED AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES. HERE'S A RUNDOWN OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. WE MAKE ALL OF OUR BIDS PROPOSALS AND QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE TO SB AND MWP AND VETERANS OWNED BUSINESSES THROUGH SENDING EVERY THREE SENDING THEM TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES SUPPLIER DIVERSITY OFFICE I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THEY AGREED TO TAKE ALL OF OUR TO SUBSCRIBE TO BIDS AND TENDERS AND THEY GET ALL OF OUR SOLICITATIONS ALL THE CATEGORIES. SO IT'S NOW OPEN TO ANYONE ANY ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS AND THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CLIENTS AS WELL. SO ALL BID NOTICES ARE ARE NOW ALSO CROSS POSTED LONG OF BIDS AND TENDERS DEMAND STAR WHEN THEY GET TO DEMAND STAR THEY ACTUALLY GET A LINK THAT TAKES THEM TO BIDS AND TENDERS JUST SO YOU KNOW I CHECKED IT OVER DEMAND STARTED THEY'RE GOOD WITH THAT. SO. THERE THEIR GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THEY VENDORS NOW THAT HAVE SUBSCRIPTIONS DEMAND STAR WILL SEE ALL OF OUR BIDS ON THERE AS WELL. AND THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR OUR DESIGN BUILD CONSTRUCTION SOLICITATIONS INCLUDE THE FIVE POINTS AWARDED FOR MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES I EXPLAINED TO YOU EARLY 2.5 FOR SUBCONTRACTORS AND 0 IF THERE'S NO OWNERSHIP INVOLVED. AND OF COURSE ALL BIDS AND PROPOSALS USING FEDERAL FUNDING INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE PARTICIPATION OF MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES AS PRIME CONTRACTORS ARE ENCOURAGED THE USE OF MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SUBCONTRACTORS AND WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE AS AN ACTIVE SPEAKER IN LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY EVENTS. WE RECENTLY SPOKE TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING AT THE BROWARD COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT AND I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL 8TH COMING UP HERE WE'LL HAVE THAT HERE AT CITY HALL. A QUESTION THAT CAME UP ALSO ABOUT DISPARITY STUDIES AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE TRI COUNTY AREA CITY OF MIRAMAR ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED A STUDY AND THEY ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS AS A RESULT OF INSTITUTING THEIR PROGRAMS BROWARD SCHOOLS STATE. THEY ACTUALLY SET UP GOALS FOR CONTRACTING AT THIS POINT IN TIME DISPARITY STUDY IN MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS THERE THEY'RE AGAIN THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIS OUTREACH AND GOAL SETTING NO DISPARITY STUDIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH FOR INSTANCE IS INSTITUTED A FULL BLOWN SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. THE COUNTY HAS DONE THE SAME THING AS SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS DONE THAT AS WELL AS AS HAS THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS WHICH WHICH NOW PROVIDES A CURRENTLY GENDER AND RACE NEUTRAL PROGRAM. I PROVIDED YOU ALSO WITH A A THIRD HAND OUT WHICH IS A LIST OF AGENCIES IN THE TRI COUNTY AREA THAT HAVE INSTITUTED SOCIAL ECONOMIC PROGRAMS IN THAT PARTICULAR. MATRIX PROVIDE YOU TYPE OF PROGRAM IF THEY HAD A DISPARITY STUDY THE STAFF COUNT THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PROCUREMENT AREA. AND DOES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT PARTICULAR FUNCTION RESIDES IN THE PURCHASING OFFICE OR IF IT'S SOMETHING SEPARATE. I HAVE ANNUAL SPEND AS MANY PLACES I COULD GET IT

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EXPECTING THAT. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WORKSHOP IT'S FOR US TO DISCUSS MATTERS. I'D BE HAPPY I'D BE COME BACK AT ANOTHER TIME. THANK YOU. SO YOU SAID ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE STILL THERE. I SEE. YES. SO THERE'S ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE REMAINING.

RIGHT. SO CAN YOU JUST SEND A SURVEY OUT TO THE REMAINING VENDORS AND ASK FOR THIS FOR STATUS OF THE WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. THERE IS MOVEMENT HERE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR OWN STANCE. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A THIRD PARTY AGENCY TO PROVIDE THEIR DOWN AND WE'LL DO THAT ALSO. SO THIS NEW FEEL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADD IS THAT GOING TO BE A MANDATORY FIELD OF JUST VOLUNTARY OPTIONAL FEEL CAN MAKE IT MANAGE OR IT'S GONNA BE SELECTABLE BY THE AGENCY. THE AGENCY IS GOING TO HAVE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT VOLUNTARY OR NOT VOLUNTARY. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CHOOSE TO MAKE IT VOLUNTARY. I MEAN NOT VOLUNTARY ME WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE TO MAKE IT NOT VOLUNTARY MANDATORY AND THEN SO EARLY IN THIS I GUESS SECOND SLOT. YOU TALK ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES OF PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC SECTOR. YOU SAID YOU HAVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLE GOALS INCLUDING EFFICIENCY. YOU GUYS. DID YOU HAVE ANY GOALS TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ECONOMY. TAMARA ECONOMY BROWARD COUNTY ECONOMY WELL WE HAVE NOT SAID. WE HAVE NOT SET ANY GOALS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT USUALLY COMES FROM YOU AS A BODY. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE DIRECTIONS WE TAKE DIRECTLY FROM YOU AS A COMMISSION AND. PAST COMMISSIONS HAVE NOT SET ANY TYPE OF GOAL IN THAT AREA. SO THAT'S ALWAYS THAT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION AS A COMMISSION CAN DIRECT US IN THAT MANNER. AND THEN HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ENSURE A COMPETITION AND FAIRNESS AMONG ALL GROUPS WITHIN THE R PROCESS. BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT FRANCIS MUST ADDRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITION AND FAIRNESS. SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M PROMOTING A SMALL BUSINESS IN THIS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS ENSURE FAIRNESS WHICH IS WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THAT AS PART OF THEIR PROGRAM. WELL THE WAY WE PROMOTE FAIRNESS IS USUALLY THROUGH OUR SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT'S THE KEY. WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENCIES PUT OUT A SPECIFICATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF COURSE THAT IS VERY DETAILED. IT'S SKEWED TO ONE PARTICULAR FIRM FOR WHATEVER REASON AND WE BASICALLY WE BASICALLY SUBSCRIBE TO THE IDEA THAT OUR SPECIFICATIONS HAVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT IS THE MAJOR METHODOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY UTILIZED TO. ENSURE FAIRNESS IN THE PROCESS. AND IN THE STATUTES THAT YOU LISTED ON THE AGENCY THAT DO HAVE AN SB OR MWP PROGRAM THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME STATUTES FOR THE MOST PART DON'T EVERYBODY DOES. SO THEN HAVING THAT PROGRAM IN PLACE CONFLICT WITH THOSE THAT KNOW I WOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED AT THE STATUTES. JAN I MEAN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES LIST. HOW THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME FOR. FOR OUR STAFF

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THERE ARE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES LISTS BUT THOSE ARE FOR DIFFERENT SIZED TYPED CONTRACTS AND THOSE CONTRACTS THEMSELVES DEAL WITH THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH CUBA WHICH WAS PREEMPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SUDAN IRAN AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES. SO THE ISSUE IS MORE TO DO WITH THE FACT OUR LEGISLATURE ENACTED A NEW LAW AND SAID THAT FOR ALL NEW CONTRACTS OR RENEWALS OF CONTRACTS THE CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO BE EXECUTED BY THE VENDOR PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE CONTRACT. SO THAT'S THE HEADACHE THAT WAS THE HEADACHE DON'T THEY JUST PRACTICE GETTING THEM GETTING THEM TO DO IT BASICALLY. IT'S MAINLY THE MAIN ISSUE COMES WITH OUR RENEWALS BECAUSE THOSE CONTRACTORS HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY SIGNED THAT. BUT THE NEW STATUTE IS VERY SPECIFIC AND STATES THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR ALL RENEWALS AS WELL INCLUDING AN RFP THAT THEY HAVE TO SIGN THE NEW ONES. YES BUT LIKE I SAID THE MAIN ISSUE ISSUES BEING WITH RENEWALS THAT WE MAY HAVE AWARDED A CONTRACT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO BEFORE THE STATUTE CAME INTO PLAY. AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND HANDLE OUR ON SOME OF OUR SMALLER ITEMS. IT IS DRY. IT DOES DRIVE THE I.T. CONTRACTORS A LITTLE BIT NUTS RIGHT NOW. WELL WE'VE GOT. I'LL USE AMAZON AS AN EXAMPLE. WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKERS REQUIREMENTS THERE'S NEW BLOG NEW LANGUAGE THAT WAS PUT IN THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BUT THE ONE PART OF THAT. SO THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO ADD AND WANT TO ADD IT. THEY'RE REFUSING TO. SO HOW DO WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM WE RENEW THE CONTRACTS OR WE HAVE TO NOW GO FIND ANOTHER VENDOR. SO IT'S JUST BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE NIGHTMARE FOR PURCHASING TO INSTIGATE AND INITIATE THESE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THE LEGISLATURE HAS IMPOSED UPON ALL AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND I THINK IT'S SUPPORTED AS WELL I BELIEVE GOVERNOR SANTOS HAS ALREADY COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS TYPE OF. AND YOU SAID THAT SOME SOME VENDORS HAVE COME BACK NON RESPONSIVE. HOW HAVE YOU DONE ANY TRAINING. OR. TO EDUCATE VENDORS ON HOW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT. WELL WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ONE ON ONE TRAINING WITH THEM. VENDOR COMES INTO THE PROCESS. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T WE ACTUALLY OFFERED WHEN BIDS AND TENDERS CAME OUT WE ACTUALLY OFFERED A SESSION OR TWO TO THE VENDORS ON HOW TO BE RESPONSIVE AT THAT TIME ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO. BUT THE NICE THING ABOUT BIDS AND TENDERS IS IT'S SORT OF SORT OF QUEUES THEM IN THAT DIRECTION AND IT SORT OF INTUITIVELY CUES THEM. IN FACT WHEN THEY HIT THE BUTTON THEY GET A BIG RED SIGN DIDN'T DO THIS. SO THAT IS AN INTUITIVE CUE. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A PROBLEM GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT FORCES YOU TO BE RESPONSIVE WE'RE IT FORCES THEM TO BE RESPONSIVE NOW AND IF THEY IF THEY HAVE TO UPLOAD SOMETHING THEY TOTALLY UPLOAD THE WRONG THING. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. I THINK THAT'S HAPPENED ONCE SO FAR BUT MOST OF THE VENDORS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION THEY CALL US AND ASK US WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT REGARD. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING I HAD ASKED ABOUT PRICE FOR FOR THE LAST CONTRACT THAT WE APPROVED FOR THE AC UNITS OF EACH BACK SO THAT THAT WOULD FALL INTO THE UNDER WHICH RFP COMPETITIVE SEAT SEALED BIDS WHERE ITS PRICE COMPETITION. THAT WAS A PRICE. IT WAS AN AD THAT WAS A COMPETITIVE SEALED BID. YES. AND SO SO QUALITY IS NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR IN THOSE SITUATIONS. WELL IN THAT CASE WE HAD TO REPLACE EXISTING EQUIPMENT. WHAT ABOUT LIKE THE CITY'S BUSINESS CARDS OR WOULD THAT FALL UNDER.

THAT'S A STRAIGHT BID BECAUSE IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE PROCESS TO. IT WOULD FALL UNDER THE ITV OR THE INVITATION TO BID. SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ENSURE WE HAVE QUALITY BUSINESS CARDS. WE HAVE SOME VERY PICKY PEOPLE THAT REVIEW THOSE CARDS AND THE STANDARDS FOR THEM. RIGHT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. NO ACTUALLY PRICE WHICH IS THE FLORIDA CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES MARKET FOR ITS BUSINESS CARDS. I WOULD SAY THAT I

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AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO. WE DON'T HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOCAL PREFERENCE BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT. ONE OF THE REASONS IS FIRST OF ALL I MEAN AS I'VE PUT OUT MY OLD AND IGP HAD THE IGP THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACTUALLY. HAS AS A PHYSICIAN THAT PREFERENCES CAN BE RESTRICTIVE TO COMPETITION IN SOME CASES BUT. FROM A PRAGMATIC STANDPOINT IF I'M AFRAID OF GETTING KICKED OUT OF A CO-OP BASICALLY WE'RE HAVING LIKE LIKE LIKE THE COUNTY BASICALLY WHAT BASICALLY HAPPENED TO ROBERT COUNTY IN TERMS OF BEING SERVED AS LEAD AGENCIES. SO WHAT HURT THEM BECAUSE THEIR QUANTITIES COULDN'T BE INCREASED TO INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES BECAUSE WE COULDN'T USE THEM AS LEAD AGENCIES ANYMORE RIGHT. I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT US I DON'T WANT TO SEE US LOSE THAT CO-OP BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING HAD MAYBE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE CONTRACT LOAD BY THOSE PARTICULAR COST FOR THOSE PARTICULAR 70 SOME CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE FOR CURRENT FOUR FOR THE CONTRACT THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE COOPERATIVE. CAN WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE. WELL AGAIN THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S UP TO YOU AS A COMMISSION TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I'LL HOLD OFF FROM NOW. THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. I'M SORRY. MAY I JUST ASK ONE. REPORT THAT YOU'RE GENERATING ON MARCH 19. HOW OFTEN WILL THAT BE GENERATED. WELL THAT'S NOT A REPORT THAT'S THE THAT'S WAY. THAT IS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ADD THE FIELD FOR THE OK TO THE SITE. WILL THERE BE SOMETHING GENERATED SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S SOMETHING GENERATED PER SAY BUT I MEAN AFTER GENERATE A SPECIFIC REPORT. BUT I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO START FROM SQUARE ONE BECAUSE THE FIRMS HAVEN'T HAD TO REGISTER THAT IN THE PAST.

AND ON MARCH 19TH YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE ZERO REGISTRATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT AS WE GO FORWARD AND WE DO AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK THAT. THANK YOU. OUR INTENT IS TO GO BACK AND ASK VENDORS TO ACTUALLY FILL IN THAT YEAH FILL IN THAT SPACE. NO REASON FOR US NOT TO KNOW THE INFORMATION. SO I THINK WE'D LIKE TO WORK FAST. I MEAN TO FILL IT OUT IN THIS WAY YOU'LL HAVE IT FOR ANY TIME. EVERYONE'S GIVING YOU THIS REPORT HERE BUT IT WILL BE IT WILL BE A PROCESS IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TIME TO GET ALL THAT DONE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. TRYING TO SOMETIMES GET

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THAT'S FINE THANK YOU. MAYBE IT'S NEUTRAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING

[4. Discussion on Sister Cities]

COMMISSIONERS AND RECONFIGURED THIS IN THE CITY MANAGER. I'D LIKE TO START WITH A DISCLAIMER I'M BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT IN SISTER CITIES PROGRAMS OR EXCHANGES BUT COMMISSIONER GILLON HAS BROUGHT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR ATTENTION. SO WE DID SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH IN TERMS OF THE TRI COUNTY AREA CITIES AND HOW THEY PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS. SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND JUST TO HEAR FROM YOU IN TERMS OF TO GAUGE YOUR INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THIS THERE'S THAT IS INTERNATIONAL. THEIR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE PEACE THROUGH MUTUAL RESPECT UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION AND THEIR FOCUS IS REALLY ON ONE ON ONE INTERACTION THAT IS IN DIPLOMACY. SO WHAT WAS THAT. AND THEY FACILITATE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND EXCHANGES SUCH AS THE YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE. ONE HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTAY PROGRAM YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THE HAVE ARTS CULTURE BUSINESS AND TRADE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGES. SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT DIFFERENT CITIES ENGAGE WITH THE PROGRAM ACCORDING TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY. THERE ARE TWENTY FIVE FLORIDA CITIES ON THE LIST OUT OF ABOUT 400 MUNICIPALITIES. WE'VE REVIEWED THE DIRECTORY AND REACHED OUT TO 10 CITIES THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE LIST OF OTHER ARE LOCATED WITHIN OUR PALM BEACH AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK YET FROM FOUR OF THOSE CITIES AND YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE GET INFORMATION FROM THEM WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND BUDGETS VARY WIDELY BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS. I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH HAS THREE SISTER CITIES.

THEY PARTICIPATE IN YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. THEY OFFER HUMANITARIAN AID AND THEY ENGAGE ABOUT DELEGATION VISITS FROM SISTER CITIES. THEY PAY FIFTEEN HUNDRED MEMBERSHIP FOR THE PROGRAM BUT THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TRAVEL EXPENSES THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM AND THOSE EXPENSES GO TO THEIR CITY COMMISSION FOR AUTHORIZATION DELRAY BEACH OR THESE. THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. THEY BUDGET 1000 DOLLAR FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS PAY THEIR OWN TRAVEL EXPENSES. FORT LAUDERDALE HAS 18 SISTER CITIES. THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT. THEY HAVE CONSULAR GENERAL VISITS DELEGATION VISITS FROM THEIR SISTER CITY RECEPTIONS. THEY ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. AND IF I WERE MAYOR ESA PROGRAM THEY PARTNER WITH THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND THEY DONATE NINETEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT ORGANIZATION AND THE ORGANIZATION TAKES CARE OF MOST OF THAT EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM. BUT AGAIN THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TRAVEL EXPENSES

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THEY HAVE 33 SISTER CITIES NOT ALL. ATTRACTIVE HEADS HAVE PROVEN TO BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINES FOR THEM AS WELL AND WE ALSO WORK WITH THE BEACON COUNCIL. SORRY. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I MEAN I THINK THAT'S IF WE HOLD AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. I ALSO OVERSEE THERE'S AN ASSOCIATION OF SISTER CITIES OF FLORIDA AND THAT ENTAILS. THOSE ARE THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TOO SMALL AND WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND WE DON'T WANT TO DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY MCI IN WASHINGTON D.C.. OK SO WE FORMED AN ASSOCIATION BACK IN 1998 WHICH FOCUSES ON CREATING NEW BUSINESS LEADERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR EACH MARKET. I HAPPEN TO BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THAT I JUST INHERITED FROM THE WOMAN THAT HAD IT SINCE 1998. PAT BUCHANAN. SHE WAS GOING TO DISSOLVE IT AND WE DECIDED TO KEEP IT AND WE ARE NOW. SO WE HAVE THE GARVEY CORPORATION IN THEIR BACARDI. THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTING THAT ASSOCIATION IN ORDER FOR US AT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH IN ORDER FOR US TO GROW THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN ORDER TO PROMOTE TO SEND CHILDREN STUDENTS PRIMARILY IN HIGH SCHOOL TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZEN DIPLOMACY. SO THESE ARE PROGRAMS WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT ALSO THROUGH THE CIA IN WASHINGTON STILL TURNED OVER DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS I JUST THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM IT'S A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONSIDER. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S GREAT FOR KIDS IT'S GREAT FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SOUTH FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL CITY TAMARACK IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY. WE HAVE RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN SOUTH AMERICA AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. AND IT WILL BE GREAT FOR OUR SEA TO BE AN AMBASSADOR OF THIS PROGRAM WHICH WILL BENEFIT CHILDREN. WE KNOW THAT SCHOOLS ARE AN ISSUE FOR A CITY. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN INTERNATIONAL CITIZENRY. I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DIVE DEEPER IN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING TAMARA YES THAT'S ME. I AM VERY INTRIGUED BY THIS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. YOU SAID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EAR. I'M CURIOUS. WHO WAS OUR SISTER CITY YEARS BACK. I'M JUST CURIOUS. IT WAS JUST. OH. SO IN TURKEY. I WONDER WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

OK. I DEFINITELY WOULD BE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION. SOUNDS GREAT. I'M NOT SURE. YOURS IS NOT LIKE JESUS. MORE FLESH SLIPS. I'LL LET YOU KNOW. I TOO WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I THINK IT TIES IN ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITIZEN DIPLOMACY AND WE NEED TO ENGAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE TAKE THE CLASS OF LEADERSHIP TAMARACK AND INCLUDE THEM AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY TO KEEP THEIR INTEREST PIQUED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A GOOD TIE IN TO THAT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE EACH YEAR WE ACTUALLY HOST ABOUT 400 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY COME IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. AND WE SET THEM UP IN A U.N. SETTING. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GIVEN AN ISSUE THAT THE U.N. WOULD HAVE FOR EXAMPLE AND THEIR MENTOR THROUGH ALL OF THAT AT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE THEY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THAT TO THAT ISSUE. AND IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH THEM. SO IT'S VERY REWARDING. MY GRANDDAUGHTERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND THEY LOVED IT. IT JUST MAKES THEM A TREMENDOUS. IT GIVES THEM A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE. YOU KNOW OTHER THAN JUST WHAT THEY SEE AROUND THEM EVERY

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OKAY SO THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE. CITY SEEKING CITIES. SO THESE ARE CITIES TRIP AROUND THE WORLD THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CITIES AND FLORIDA HAPPENS TO BE HIT ALL THE TIME. OF COURSE FLORIDA CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. I MEAN I WONDER WHY I SAY GRACE BUT THIS WAY IT'LL BE ABLE TO HELP US KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO EMBARK ON SOMETHING WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED AND THEN KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO OUR CITIES BECAUSE WE ALSO DO RESPOND TO OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'D BE DOING SOMETHING INTERNATIONAL VERSUS CITY. SO GETTING ALL OF OUR INFORMATION WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW. THANK YOU. I CAN GET YOUR COAT. AND THEN I WON'T JUST SEND EVERYTHING TO YOU. I'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU TONIGHT. WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM AND I'LL SEND YOU SOME EXAMPLES AS WELL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES NOT JUST IN DATING OR SHE'LL GET MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT. SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I USED TO GO BACK HERE YOU GO. WE'LL SEND IT TO ALL GO BACK TO MIAMI. SAFE TRAVELS TO MIAMI. YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE HEADING BACK UP TO D.C. NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION

[5. Discussion on Legislative Aides]

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AT THE TIME WE DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION FOR DANIA BEACH WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW. WE INITIALLY DID NOT RESPOND. THE INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED NOW IS ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WORKS WITH THE COMMISSION. IT'S A SALARY EMPLOYEE. WE ALSO DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION FROM MARGATE AT THE TIME WE RECEIVED AN UPDATED RESPONSE FROM THEM. THEY DO NOT HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE OR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PROVIDED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THEY PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY. I ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU A COPY OF THE CITY ORDINANCE WHICH OUTLINES THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REFERENCE TO LEGISLATIVE AIDES. WALK AWAY. DISCUSSION OF THE ORDER TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SPREADSHEET. WE DID LOOK AT TWENTY FIVE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES THROUGHOUT DADE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH 20 OF THEM WERE IN BROWARD COUNTY FORWARD IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND ONE WAS IN THE DAY COUNTY AREA OF THE CITY TO 25 SURVEYED. THERE ARE VARIOUS MODELS FOR STAFFING SUPPORT THAT ARE OFFERED SEVEN OFFER NO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AT LEAST EIGHT ALL FOR AT LEAST ONE FULL TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHERE ONE OFFERS AN ADDITIONAL PART TIME STAFF NUMBER NINE OFFERED SOME SOME FORM OF MULTIPLE STAFF SUPPORT EITHER FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT STANDPOINT THEY WERE EITHER IN THE FORM OF TWO OR MORE STAFF MEMBERS OR LEGISLATIVE AIDES WHICH I WOULD BREAK DOWN FOR YOU.

SUNRISE DID NOT SPECIFY THE NUMBER THAT THEY OFFER FREE OFFERED SOME FORM OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING TODAY FOR THIS DISCUSSION A LEGISLATIVE AIDE. THE SALARY RANGES THAT WE FOUND INCLUDING ALL ADMINISTRATIVE OR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWENTY TWO THOUSAND BEING THE LOWEST FOR SALARY AND AS HIGH AS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT IT'S FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND THAT WAS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. IF YOU'RE WONDERING IN CAMERA WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWS FOR YOU AS COMMISSION MEMBERS TO HAVE UP TO THREE LEGISLATIVE AIDES A PIECE IS IN A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY. YOU CANNOT SHARE THOSE LEGISLATIVE AIDES AND THE PERSON OR PEOPLE SERVE A TERM WHICH EXPIRES THE FOLLOWING MARCH 10TH AFTER THEY ARE APPOINTED AND AIDES MAY NOT HOLD ELECTED OFFICE AND THEY CANNOT BE CITY EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY HAVE TO BE. YOU HAVE TO NOMINATE THEM AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE NOMINATIONS. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT LEGISLATIVE AIDES. TWO YEARS AGO WHEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON CAME ON STAFF HE DID ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHARE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON AT THE TIME IS AT ONE POINT IN TIME TAMARA DID OFFER TO THE COMMISSION TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS DUE TO THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. ONE POSITION WAS REDUCED. WE DID AT ONE POINT DOING CITY PLANNING LAST YEAR OR THE BUDGET CONFERENCE. WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON MAY REMEMBER BETTER THAN ME. HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL POSITION. I DON'T. NOT SURE WE LEFT THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE ELECTION OF COMMISSIONER YELLEN. HE DID ASK ME TO REVISIT THE DISCUSSION ON LEGISLATIVE AIDES WHICH WE HAVE SEEN MODELS IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. SO AT THAT THIS TIME THAT IS MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED TO YOU. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM YOU AT THIS TIME. THE DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK THAT.

YOU KNOW SINCE IT'S COMMISSIONER GO IT'S POSITIVE. WHEN WAS THIS CODE LAST UPDATED. I'VE SEEN NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE HERE. THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. OK. HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE CODES FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES NOT PULL CODES FOR THE OTHER CITIES IDEA POOR JOB DESCRIPTIONS BUT I CAN'T PULL THEM IF THAT IS YOUR DESIRE AT

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ALTHOUGH I STILL TURNED OVER YOU YES I CAN'T TALK NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND LOVE. THANK YOU FOR. COMING I GO IN FOR BRINGING IT BACK FOR IT. I MEAN MY MY SENTIMENTS IS STILL THE SAME FROM. TWO YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO. YOU KNOW MOVE FROM MOVE FROM AT LEAST ONE PEOPLE CALL ME THE BIONIC MAN YOU KNOW. BECAUSE YOU KNOW I RUN A LOCAL CHURCH. I DO EVENTS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STATES. YOU KNOW WE'RE SETTING UP SATELLITE CHURCHES IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS. I HAVE A FAMILY I GO TO SCHOOL OUR TWO BUSINESSES AND COMMISSION. IT'S IT'S ALMOST IT'S ALMOST INHUMAN TO DO WHAT I DO. AND AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS GET THE BETTER END OF THE STICK. AND THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN I HAVE PROJECTS AND I GO TO THE ASSISTANT AND I SEE THAT HE SHE IS OVERWHELMED WITH PROJECTS. SO I JUST LAY OFF AND AND DO NOT GIVE HER THE PROJECTS KNOW SO THAT SHE WOULD BE OVERWHELMED. THERE ARE OTHER TIMES THAT I WOULD YOU KNOW GIVE A PROJECT AND IT TAKES JUST A WHILE TO GET IT BACK. AND THEN BY THE TIME IT GETS BACK IT'S IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WERE WAS WHEN I WAS DOING THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEETING IN THE MAINLAND'S ALTHOUGH THE CITY DID AS MUCH AS THEY COULD TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. I WANTED TO DO MY OWN OUTREACH AND WANTED ASSISTANCE TO DO THAT. AND SO BY THE TIME I GOT THE MATERIAL TOGETHER AND ALL THE LETTERS TO PUT ON PEOPLE'S DOORS AND THAT'S THE STUFF IT WAS PROBABLY LIKE A DAY BEFORE THE MEETING. AND THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT FROM THE RESIDENTS WAS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING. OR THEY KNEW ABOUT THE MEETING TOO LATE. AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS. WITH YOU KNOW TRYING TO BALANCE AND TRYING TO GET YOU KNOW INFORMATION OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. YOU KNOW SOME. I'M LIKE ONE PERSON SO YOU KNOW WHEN I GET THE LETTER THE DAY BEFORE THEN THEY HAVE TO YOU KNOW WALK FIVE HUNDRED HOUSES. AND PUT THOSE LETTERS. IT'S LIKE EXTREMELY HARD. YOU KNOW SO HAVING SOMEBODY WHO CAN BE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND WE HAVE A GREAT ASSISTANT NOW. I MEAN SHE HAS EVOLVED INTO JUST AN AMAZING SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE. BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED MORE. AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. I MEAN THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THAT I WORK ON AND JUST WORK ON BY MYSELF AND I'M LIKE OH LATE AT NIGHT YOU KNOW TRYING TO FINISH IT YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S JUST ONE OF MY ONE OF MY CONCERNS. YEAH. MICHELLE FISHMAN. I AGREE THAT AS A COMMISSION WE NEED MORE SUPPORT AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL AND AT SPECIAL PROJECTS LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GO AS FAR AS SAY THE COUNTY COMMISSION

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WE ALL HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ACCOMPLISHED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT IS FAR BEYOND ONE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT AGAIN I DON'T SEE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL. LEGISLATIVE AIDES. AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR 12 YEARS. I KNOW WHAT MY WORKLOAD WAS AND I KNOW WHAT MY BOSS'S WORKLOAD WAS. AND I THINK HAVING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON JUST AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL IS THAT. I HAVE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL FOR QUITE A WHILE THAT WE NEED MORE HELP. WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY BUSY. WE'RE A VERY DIFFERENT COMMISSION NOW THAN WE WERE. AND ALL OF US. EACH ONE OF US IS EXTREMELY BUSY AND IT'S JUST NOT WORKING THE WAY IT IS. I DON'T WANT TO GET HUNG UP ON A TITLE I DON'T CARE BUT WE NEED WE NEED TO HELP ALL OF US TO MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU. MY TWO CENTS BASICALLY BEING THE FIRST PERSON ON THE COMMISSION WHO IS A FULL TIME WORKING PERSON AND BEING VERY INVOLVED AND GOING TO EVERYTHING I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR ANOTHER PERSON IN OUR OFFICE. I SUPPORT THAT WE WHEN I CAME ON BOARD WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE WENT TO ONE PERSON. AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS FOR IT ALL COMPLETELY. AND I THINK THAT IS WELL WITHIN OUR REQUEST TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO YOU AND YOURSELF AS WELL PLEASE. AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE AIDE WE ARE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO HAVE THREE LEGISLATIVE AIDES I DO NOT SEE WHAT THEIR WHY THERE WOULD BE AN ISSUE TO HAVING THEM. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING A LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR A OF THIS SUMMER WHO WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AND WHO LIVED IN THE CITY AND HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND IT WAS GOOD USE. AT THE TIME HE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE THREE LEGISLATIVE AIDES. OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT HERE TO ASK US TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE BE PAID FOR THE JOB THAT WE ARE MEANT TO DO. I DO UNDERSTAND IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE THAT IT'S I KNOW I SAID IT IS THE MOST FULL TIME PART TIME JOB YOU'LL EVER LOVE THAT. WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS AND WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE ALSO ASKED YOU TO DO PLANNING FOR OUR CIO OFFICE OR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASSISTING US WITH HELPING CREATE AND GETTING SOME OF OUR MESSAGES OUT. I THINK THAT THAT IS ALSO IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR CONTINUAL DISCUSSION AND OUR NEXT MEETING AND ALSO THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE I BELIEVE THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING WITH MIGHT NEED SOME MORE ASSISTANCE IN THAT OFFICE WHICH WOULD HELP US AS A CITY COMMISSION AS WELL GETTING SOME OF THE STUFF OUT THAT WE WISH TO GET OUT ON A MORE TIMELY BASIS. SO WHEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS SAYING GET INFORMATION OUT AND FLIERS OUT THEY CAN BE MORE READILY PREPARED. SO IT IS MY OPINION THAT I FEEL THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS SAID THAT THEY WISH TO HAVE AT LEAST ANOTHER PERSON FOR OUR STAFF THAT COULD BE ARRANGED. AS FOR LEGISLATIVE AIDES WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THREE. AND THIS AGAIN I DON'T SEE WHAT THEY NEED FOR THERE TO BE A PAID POSITION. WE DO NOT HAVE A BUDGET LIKE SAY IT FOR A LARGER COUNTY AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT THE CITY ITSELF. THAT IS MY OPINION. SO ALL DUE RESPECT THIS LET THIS DOCUMENT WAS LAST UPDATED. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SPREADSHEET ALL THESE OTHER CITIES HAVEN'T PAID YOU HAVE AN OPTION OF VOLUNTEER OR PAID LEGISLATIVE A COMMISSION ASSISTANT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. BUT BUT THE THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING REQUIRED FOR LIABILITY. YOU CAN RELY ON SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE BEING PAID. YOU REALLY CAN'T RELY ON SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE VOLUNTEER AND AND YOU KNOW COMMISSIONER FISHMAN SAID BECAUSE I'M A NEED FOR A FULL TIME ONE. THAT'S FINE. YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ONE BUT THOSE OF US WHO DO HAVE A NEED FOR A FULL TIME PERSON. WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FULL TIME PERSON TO DO THE KIND OF WORK AND THE OUTREACH THAT WE NEED AND THAT REALLY ARE OUR CITIZENS DEMAND. I MEAN I WAS AT A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MEETING LAST NIGHT AND COULD HAVE USED THE ASSISTANT OFFICES OF A LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO HELP IN THAT REGARD. BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO MARK THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE

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OK. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT'S ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT PART OF THE THING WITH A LEGISLATIVE AIDE YOU CAN ALSO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THEIR SCHOOL. THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL OR FOR OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY ACTUALLY I THINK NOT ONLY IS MONEY THE END GOAL FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE THE AIDE TO SOMEBODY IN OFFICE THEY TAKE IT AS A VERY HIGH ESTEEM ITEM AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY DO A GOOD JOB AS WELL AND IF THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB THAT WOULD ALSO BE WITHIN THE COMMISSIONER'S ABILITY TO REQUEST A TERMINATE THEIR THEIR SERVICES.

AS FAR AS SOMEBODY WHO IS PAID THAT IS AND THAT IS THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE NOT THROUGH THE COMMISSION'S NOT IT'S NOT IN OUR BUILDING. WELL THANK YOU. YES. YOU KNOW HAVING HAVING ANOTHER PERSON THAT. THAT'S GREAT. BUT LET'S WHEN I LOOK AT THAT CHART FOR. HOW MUCH EACH PERSON IS PAID AT A MINIMUM AT THE OTHER CITIES IN THE OTHER CITIES I'M LOOKING AT A LOW OF TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A LOT OF HILL. I SEE FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANOTHER AREA SIX TO NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IN OTHER PLACES GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF WE IF WE CHANGED THE POINT SAY THAT LEGISLATIVE AIDES COULD BE PAID. WHY WHY COULD WE NOT. SAY FOR INSTANCE IF WE WERE GOING TO PAY SOMEBODY ONE PERSON. FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. ONE PERSON WOULD BE THE SAME FISCAL IMPACT IF WE HAD FOR PARTLY VOLUNTEER PARTLY PAID PEOPLE. AT A 10 CENTS FOR THAT MATTER. WHEN THE COMMISSIONER IS NOT GETTING AWAY. THAT MEANS RELINQUISHING HIS CHECK. LET'S SAY THAT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE DIVIDE IT BY FIVE. RIGHT. THEN WE COULD HAVE WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S. WHO IS LIKE TO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR EACH PERSON. SAME FISCAL IMPACT BUT AT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND YOU KNOW THAT'S A STIPEND OF LIKE EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS OR EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH. BUT THE PERSON IS ABLE NOW TO BUY GAS AND FOOD AND THAT'S THE STUFF TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND AND REALLY HELP WITH YOU KNOW SPECIAL PROJECTS BECAUSE I KIND OF MET LIKE I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT SOMEBODY EVERYDAY YOU KNOW BECAUSE I LIKE TO DO. MOST OF MY WORK. YOU KNOW LIKE I LIKE TO DO I LIKE TO BE HANDS ON BUT LIKE SOME THINGS I JUST CAN'T HUMANLY DO IT. YOU KNOW THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN SOME OF MY AGENCY MEETINGS ARE WHEN OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD AND I WANT SOMEBODY TO ATTEND ON MY BEHALF. THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN ACTUALLY MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. THERE ARE THE TIMES WHEN WE'RE OUT OF. TOWN AND OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE WANT SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM TO ACTUALLY VISIT AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND REPORT BACK. SO I THINK THAT THE SAME FISCAL IMPACT OF FIFTY THOUSAND MILES TO GET AN ADDITIONAL PERSON IS THE SAME FISCAL IMPACT THAT GET FIVE PEOPLE. A TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MAYBE EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. YOU KNOW EVERY MONTH JUST AS A STIPEND AND THAT

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YES I DO. SO IN MY IN MY VIEW WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. WE WERE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE. I MEAN YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.

EVERYONE EARNED THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN BUT WE HAVE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE. AND IF WE NEED ASSISTANCE IN GETTING OUR WORK DONE GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SHOULD BE REPORTING TO THEM WE SHOULD HAVE THAT.

I'VE HEARD YOU BUT ALSO MY OPINION. WHILE WE MAY BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND WE MAY THINK WE'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM IS A CITY MANAGER COMMISSION ONE CITY. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. WE ARE POLICYMAKERS AND THE CITY IS RUN BY OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY EXECUTIVE TEAM AND OUR STAFF AND OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES. THEY RUN OUR CITY. THEY'RE NOT US. SO WE CAN BUY. MY BASICALLY. YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSIONER AT THIS TIME AND I'LL TAKE A CONSENSUS THAT WE FEEL WE NEED ANOTHER SUPPORT PERSON. IS THAT CORRECT. ANOTHER. SUPPORT PERSON AND PLEASE DON'T LOOK AT MORELAND. HE'S NOT MY LETTER. I'M LOOKING AT CLOCK. I LOOK AT HIM. DO YOU BELIEVE WE NEED ANOTHER SUPPORT PERSON. IN GENERAL IT'S A GENERAL QUESTION YOU NEED TO BELIEVE WE NEED MORE HELP IN THE COMMISSION OFFICE. I THINK MY IDEAS BETTER. I MEAN. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR IDEA IS BETTER JUSTICE COMMISSIONER GONG THINKS THAT HIS IDEA IS BETTER RIGHT BUT. THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN POSED TO YOU. DO YOU THINK WE NEED ANOTHER COURT PERSON TO DO THAT. I'LL GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO RIGHT BUT I THINK WE ALREADY GOT THE CONSENSUS THAT WE WE ALL NEED. I JUST WANTED A FIRM FIRST RATE BUT WE WE'LL WILL REMAIN. MARILYN PLEASE JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. HERE'S THE QUESTION. DO WE NEED MORE HELP. YES WE NEED ANOTHER PERSON AND I NEED MY HELP. OK SO THERE IS A FEELING AND NOW THE SITUATION COMES DOWN TO THIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST SAYING ONE A ROVING COP BECAUSE THE COPS COMMISSIONER GO ON. I'D APPRECIATE A LITTLE RESPECT. I DON'T CUT YOU OFF AND MUMBLE UNDER MY BREATH WHEN YOU'RE HERE THE COMMISSIONER GO ON HIS WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE WHERE WE DO NEED MORE HELP AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE NEED FOR MORE HOW BEST FOR IT TO COME THROUGH THE CIO OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO HELP GET A MESSAGE ACROSS. WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED A STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT OUR MESSAGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE UNIFORM. WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED IT. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT DAY AND AGE THAN WE WERE IN THE PAST. I STILL. IT IS STILL MY OPINION THAT OUR PEOPLE THE RESIDENTS HIRED US TO DO THE JOB. THEY VOTED FOR US TO DO THE JOB AND THEY PAY US TO DO THE JOB. AND WHILE WE DESIRE TO BE MORE PLACES THAN WE CAN BE OR HAVE HAVING IN THE PAST IT IS DOABLE TO HAVE VERY BUSY LIVES. SOME OF US HAVE RUN A VERY BUSY LAW FIRM FOR EIGHT YEARS AND STILL MANAGED TO BE AT ALL THE MEETINGS POSSIBLE AND SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS AND DO EMAILS AND BE EVERYWHERE THEY NEED TO BE JUST LIKE EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS BEEN ASKED TO DO IN THE PAST OR CURRENTLY DOING NOW SO COMES DOWN TO THE FACT OF WHETHER OR NOT WE FEEL AS A COMMISSION FIRST WHETHER LEGISLATIVE AIDES NEED TO BE PAID AIDES BEFORE WE'D EVEN GO FURTHER THAN DISCUSS. I THINK THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE FINANCES. SO. COMMISSIONER WALTON. SAID. ALL RIGHT SO YES I THINK THAT LEGISLATIVE AIDES SHOULD BE PAID NOT THREE ON THREE. MAYBE WHEN WE'RE REDRAFTING THIS DOCUMENT IT COULD BE ONE. I HAVE SOME APPREHENSION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE LIVING IN THE CITY. I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE VERY GOOD

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CONSTITUENT SERVICES COORDINATOR I THINK THAT IS A BETTER. YOU KNOW LOOK AND TO SAY LET'S EAT BECAUSE THEN YOU KNOW YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR RESIDENTS JUST AS YOU DO WHEN YOU WANT A TITLE TO REFLECT THAT. AND FINALLY YOU KNOW I RESPECT THE MAYOR'S. INPUT THAT YOU KNOW THE ELECTED US TO DO A JOB AND WE SIGNED UP FOR IT. AND WHILE THAT IS TRUE I THINK THAT WE NEED SOMEONE TO HELP US TO DO THE JOB THAT THE RESIDENTS. ELECTED US TO DO. AND SO TO DO A VERY GOOD JOB YOU NEED. SOMEBODY TO ASSIST YOU. AND FINALLY YOU KNOW YOU NEED PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION THAT YOU KNOW ARE SMART AND JUST NOT SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE YOU KNOW LIKE YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO ARE DOING OTHER THINGS AND INVOLVED IN OTHER THINGS TO BRING DIFFERENT LEVELS DIFFERENT SKILL SETS TO THE COMMISSION. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR THAT YOU KNOW WE CAN FIND IT IN EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LAWYER AND THE BENEFITS COORDINATOR THAT COULD DO YOUR JOB LORENZO. AND THEN WE HAVE LIKE YOU KNOW A FORMER GOVERNMENT YOU KNOW STATE LEGISLATIVE AIDE SOMETHING LIKE WE TRIED TO WORK ME OUT OF A JOB. SO WE HAVE LIKE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO LIKE ARE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES

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BUT REMEMBER IF YOU LOOK AT WHO WAS THE FIRST PART THEY REPORT TO THE CITY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF STAFF THEY REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THEY DON'T REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. KEEPING THAT IN MIND THEY DON'T REPORT TO THE COMMISSION. THAT'S THE VARIES. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THEM. THAT'S THE EXAMPLE THAT COMMISSIONER USED WAS NUMBER 17 NORTH MIAMI. AND IT SAYS THEY REPORT IT BUT I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP ANYWAY. JUST JUST A POINT THERE AND I'LL BE QUICK. NORTH MIAMI NUMBER 17 FOR THIS SELECTION PROCESS THEY DO GO THROUGH NORMAL RECRUITMENT FOR THE INITIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMISSIONER DOES HAVE A SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THAT PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PERSON MR. LIKE OH YOU KEEP IN MIND ONE IS FULLY DEDICATED TO THE MAYOR.

ANYWAY. THE NEXT I ASKED. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PAID LEGISLATOR.

YES YES YES. I DON'T WANT TO GET HUNG UP ON A NAME. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TITLE.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL SOMEONE YOU KNOW COMMISSIONER LIAISE ON COMMUNITY WHATEVER WE DECIDE. BUT I JUST KNOW THAT I NEED SOME HELP. I NEED ONE ON ONE HELP. I NEED SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH ME KNOWS THE WAY I WORK KNOWS WHAT I NEED BEFORE I KNOW THAT I NEED IT. I MEAN WE HAVE HAD THAT IN THE PAST. DO I NEED SOMEONE FULL TIME. NO I DON'T FEEL I NEED SOMEBODY FULL TIME BUT I DEFINITELY NEED SOME HELP AND AS I'M READING THIS AND I'M SMILING IT FOR BARBARA HERE I APPARENTLY ALREADY HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE DON'T I HAVE TO PUT NEXT COMMISSION TO TOGETHER. I MEAN FOR BARBARA YOU KNOW I CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO I DESPERATELY NEED HELP THAT ADVICE MARRIED DID ASK YOU A SPECIFIC QUESTION. BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE SECONDARY HELP AND ANOTHER HELPING OFFICE. AND NOW. THE QUESTION GOING FORWARD IS WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR LEGISLATIVE AID POLICY AND MAKE THEM A PAID PERSON. THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT'S AT HAND. YES BECAUSE HE'S SAYING HE'S ONE I'M ONE HELP SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS. MR. BOLTON PLEASE LET HER FINISH. OK THANKS.

OK. ONCE AGAIN I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TITLE. I KIND OF LIKE COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S IDEA RATHER THAN HIRE ONE PERSON. HIRE FIVE PART TIME PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH OUR SIDE. IF I HEARD COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S MORE LIKE A STIPEND VERSUS A HIRING. WELL THIS A I'VE BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR JUST LIKE A PART TIME. I'M THIS GOT TO SAY THROUGH TO THE MAYOR I MEAN I MEAN IT CUT YOU OFF COMMISSION BILL AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN A PART TIME CAPACITY RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE MEETINGS THAT YOU REFERENCED WHEN I'VE MET WITH SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION OCCUR LATER IN THE EVENING SOME OF THEM ARE LONGER THAN OTHERS. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRACKING YOUR TIME IT WOULD NEED TO BE A PART TIME POSITION SO THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM SOME PARAMETERS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CAN WORK DUTIES THEY COULD PERFORM THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WELL LOOK YOU SAW MY FACE WAS I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS WHILE YOU WERE TALKING. ME FOR THAT REASON. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT I JUST WANT THE RIGHT TO REFLECT THIS THE FIRST TIME SHE SHOOK HER HEAD. YES.

WHENEVER I'VE SPOKEN AND SHE USUALLY SAID NO I'M JOKING RIGHT. IT WOULD BE. WOULDN'T THE FISCAL IMPACT KIND OF LIKE BE A LITTLE BIT LESS CAUSE A FULL TIME PERSON WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT DID THAT DOCTOR. AND SO IF YOU'RE GONNA PAY SOMEBODY FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BY THE TIME YOU FACTOR IN HEALTH INSURANCE LIFE INSURANCE ALL THESE OTHER BENEFITS IT'S MAYBE LIKE 70 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS THE PART TIME PERSON YOU KNOW WOULD KIND OF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO FOOT THAT BILL AND YOU

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I'M NOT SURE WHERE. WE NEED TO HAVE LEGISLATIVE AIDES BE PAID YES. I DON'T THINK A VOLUNTEER WORKS SO YOU WOULD WANT TO AMEND TO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE BE PAID ON TOP OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. NO I'M LOOKING FOR A PART TIME PERSON WHO IS PAID THAT IS DEDICATED TO ME NOT NOT IN ADDITION TO A SECOND PERSON IN THE OFFICE. YOU'RE BASICALLY ASKING IF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WOULD LOOK INTO MINING. AMENDING. THESE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION AND YOU WOULD SUPPORT HAVING THE CITY COMMISSION BE SUPPORTED BY A PART TIME PERSON. YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY PART TIME PAID PERSON OR SOMETHING WITHIN A FINANCIAL PARAMETER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT'S ALL ABOUT FINANCES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WE WANT TO DO. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS WE WANT TO DO AND DOES COME DOWN TO FINANCES. SO SO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU. BUT I WANT YOU TO SAY BECAUSE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE KIND OF NOT I'M DOING THIS. YEAH KIND OF. SO WHETHER OR NOT YOU KIND OF ALREADY ANSWERED. YEAH WELL SHE WANTS TO BE A PART TIME PERSON FOR HERSELF. SHE DOESN'T NECESSARILY IT DOESN'T MATTER TO LEGISLATIVE AID OR NOT. SO IT'S WITHIN A PERSON UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S ROLE. SHE IS FARMERS SO SHE CAN MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER JULIE SAID I NEED A FULL TIME POSITION. I SAID WAIT A SECOND TIME COMMISSIONER BOLTON PLEASE COMMISSIONER KELLY. MY MOTHER. USED TO SAYING TO HIM MY APARTMENT. LIKE I'M SURE. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT YOU INTERRUPT THE MUSIC TO THE CHAIR. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO REALLY STILL WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONER SHEFFIELD HAS NOT BEEN TALKING AS WELL.

I'M RUNNING THE SHOW HERE. I KNOW YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE ONLY. PLACE MAYOR. WILL YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION I DID. LET'S TRY AGAIN. I WOULD. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING A HARD TIME PERSON DEDICATED TO ME. THANK YOU. GOOD. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A LEGISLATIVE AIDE. IT WOULD NOT MATTER IF IT'S A LEGISLATIVE AIDE OR IF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PERSON WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR OFFICE TO BE THAT PERSON TO BE DIVIDED UP TO ASSIST YOU INDIVIDUALLY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FISHMAN. ALL OUR HEADS ARE SPINNING OUR HEADS. I HAVE NOTHING IMAGINATION. PUTTING ASIDE THE

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COMMISSIONER FISHMAN JUST SAID ABOUT. YOU KNOW. SOMETHING ABOUT NOT HAVING RECENTLY SIGNED UP FOR THIS. SO EVERY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR HERE HAS AN ASSISTANT BUT IT'S THEIR DEPARTMENT THERE THEY'RE IN PLACE TO DO THEIR JOB. BUT EVERYONE NEEDS A LITTLE ASSISTANCE TO DO THEIR JOB. AND MR. CALHOUN WOULD YOU HIRE AN ASSISTANT ON A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY TO WORK WITH ANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS THOUGH WOULDN'T IT. BECAUSE WE MEET PEOPLE THAT WE CAN RELY ON. SOMETIMES YOU MAY WANT TO QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD. YES YOU KNOW I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. I MEAN COMMISSIONER. WELL COMMISSIONER FISHMAN SAID SOME THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS ABOUT YOU KNOW THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL OBLIGATION BUT THAT'S PROBABLY A COST OF DOING BUSINESS. THAT'S PART OF THE COST OF DOING MY JOB. AND SO LET ME RESTATE WHAT I HAVE TO RESTATE. GOING TO TELL. OK. I AM GOING WE'VE GOT TO FIND THOSE THAT ARE READY.

ONCE WE GOT IT. PUTTING ASIDE THE NAME OF THE PERSON OR AIDS WHATEVER WE CALL THEM AND PUTTING ASIDE THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT IS WHAT I SAID. OK OUT TO THE WILL OF THE REST OF THE COMMISSION WHETHER WE HAVE ONE PERSON DEALING WITH FIVE PEOPLE OR FIVE PEOPLE DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE. IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK. PLEASE. YOU'VE HEARD THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS SOME SUPPORT. WE HAVE SOME SAMPLES ON WHICH SUPPORT CAN BE GIVEN TO US HIRING AND FIRING IS DONE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE SUSTAINED AND PROTECTED NOT BY US. DO I THINK THAT PART OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE. WELL IT GIVES SOMEBODY THE ABILITY AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A SECOND INTERVIEW IF THAT'S THE CASE. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU MR. CALHOUN IF YOU DON'T MIND THE CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS WHAT WE'VE SAID HERE SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IF POSSIBLE CAN BE PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE IF IT EVER COMES INTO OUR OFFICES MUST BE BOUND BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THROUGH OUR. CONSTITUTION THROUGH OUR CITY ORDINANCES EVERYTHING THAT WE FOLLOW WITH SUN SHINE LAWS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO THERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THEY'RE AN EXTENSION OF US AND THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD IN WHATEVER PRACTICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD SO WE CAN. CAN YOU REVISIT THIS.

LOOK AT WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT. AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT MORE EITHER AT STRATEGIC PLANNING OR BUDGETING ON HOW OUR NEXT STEPS GO FORWARD. IS THAT CORRECT MR. MANAGER. EXCUSE ME. YEAH. IF IT WOULD PLEASE THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION WE WILL TAKE YOUR LITTLE FINGER AND PUT TODAY I'M BACK AND. WE'LL DRAFT A PROPOSAL FOR YOU.

I'LL SAY IT NEAR FUTURE AND I DON'T WANT TO TIE IT TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS OR THE BUDGET PROCESS ONLY BECAUSE THE BUDGET PROCESS OCCURS IN JUNE AND ENDS IN SEPTEMBER AND SO I KNOW WHERE THE FINANCIAL PLANNING REPORT COMING UP. SO WE'LL GET ON WITH THAT. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU SHORTLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT IS 1 O'CLOCK. GO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR MONDAY. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE WEDNESDAY WERE ACTUALLY IN CHAMBERS MONDAY MORNING. LEAVING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.