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AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.
VILLALOBOS. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON. GOOD MORNING.
RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
GOOD MORNING. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN ISRAEL AND THROUGH ALL OVER OUR WORLD. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
SO THIS WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE RUN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR THE BEGINNING PART.
[1.a Oral Presentations, Discussion and Consensus on RFP NO. 23-20R, CitywideLandscape Maintenance, Mulching Installation and Irrigation Inspection and WetTesting Awards.]
MULCHING INSTALLATION AND IRRIGATION INSPECTION AND WET TESTING AWARDS.AND THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY KEITH GLATZ PURCHASING CONTRACTS, PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER.
FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD MORNING, KEITH GLATZ.
YOU'RE PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER.
THIS MORNING WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE LANDSCAPING FIRMS THAT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR RFP 2320 ARE FOR CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, MULCHING INSTALLATION AND IRRIGATION SERVICES AND WET TESTING SERVICES.
HAS RANKED AS THE TOP FOUR FIRMS. THE FIRMS ARE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR FIRM IN ORDER TO EDUCATE YOU ABOUT THEIR SERVICES.
AND EACH FIRM HAS BEEN ALLOTTED 25 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM YOU.
THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION WAS DETERMINED BY LOTTERY IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THE DISCUSSION WITH THAT PROPOSAL.
PROPOSER EXCUSE ME, WILL END IN THE NEXT PROPOSAL WILL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
JOHN, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? NO, I THINK HE'S COVERED EVERYTHING AGAIN.
AND THERE WAS AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE PUBLIC SERVICES OPERATIONS MANAGER, RECREATIONAL SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CHIEF OF STAFF TO EVALUATE THE SEVEN PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED AND AGAIN THROUGH THE RANKING PROCESS, FOUR FIRMS BRIGHTVIEW, JUNIPER, SFM AND VISUAL SCAPE WERE INVITED HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ORAL PRESENTATION TO FURTHER EXPLAIN THEIR SERVICES AND THE BEST APPROACH TO MEET THE CITY'S NEEDS.
HAVING TWO FIRMS IN PLACE IS A GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICE USED BY MANY OTHER CITIES.
WITH THAT, WE CAN START THE ORAL PRESENTATIONS OR KEITH AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS JUST GO DOWN AN ORDER AND THEN I'M GOING TO ROTATE THE ORDER AND ROTATE THE ORDER AND ROTATE THE ORDER SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, YOU KNOW, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, FOURTH.
KEITH IS GOING TO BE KEEPING THE TIME.
SO NO ONE'S SAYING THAT I'M SHORTING THEM OR NOT SHORTING THEM.
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ONE QUESTION. YOU GET CLOSER TO THE MIC FURNITURE.DO WE NORMALLY HAVE TWO CONTRACTS OR ONE? CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE CONTRACT.
AND IT ALSO HELP FOR BATTERY LIFE.
ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST FIRM, BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE.
COMES IN THE MIDDLE, COMES RIGHT HERE.
IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OTHER FIRMS. OR THAT IS ANYBODY ELSE FROM OTHER FIRMS THAT ARE HERE THAT NEED TO.
SAW THAT AFTER. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING. THIS TIME WE'RE RESTARTING THE TIMER.
OKAY, SO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CLICK INTO THE FIRST ONE? YES. SO WE PRESENTED WE GAVE EVERYONE A PACKET.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING THAT'S ON THE SCREEN.
BUT SO IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME, SHEET BY SHEET.
SECOND ONE HERE IS SAME THING.
MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE SCOPE OF WORK SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK.
THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS CITY IF WE'RE AWARDED THIS CONTRACT.
SO IT IS A SETUP OF TWO MO CREWS.
MO CREWS CONSIST OF A TRUCK AND THE TRAILER, 3 TO 4 MEN PER TRUCK, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON.
THE FULL TRIM CREW SET UP IS A SEPARATE TRUCK, WHICH IS COMPLETELY JUST DETAILING.
SO IT'S JUST HEDGE TRIMMING, WEED, PULLING VOLUNTEERS, SPRAYING OF WEEDS.
THERE WILL BE A DEDICATED PRODUCTION MANAGER, THERE WILL BE A DEDICATED ACCOUNT MANAGER AS WELL.
PRODUCTION MANAGER IS THE PERSON THAT OVERSEES THE OPERATIONS DAY TO DAY.
SO HE'S ON ON THE GROUND, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, KIND OF MANAGER ACCOUNT MANAGER IS POINT OF CONTACT.
SO HE'S THE PERSON, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR WHOEVER IS ASSIGNED TO TO OVERSEE THE VENDOR.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE IPM FIRST SET UP AND GATOR SPRAY TANK.
WHAT THAT IS, IS BASICALLY AN NOT AN IRRIGATION I'M SORRY, A SPRAY TRUCK THAT'S GOING TO BE EQUIPPED WITH A SPRAY TANK AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO CONTROL FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND THEN WEEKLY SITE WALKS WITH THE CITY.
BUT THE CITY WANTS US TO TO CAPITALIZE ON.
THIS. HERE IS ONE MORE ONE BACK.
AND ALSO FOR RECORDS FOR WHENEVER THE CITY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN PERFORMED IN THE PRIOR WEEK OR EVEN LAST MONTH OR TWO MONTHS AGO, WHATEVER, WE HAVE THESE FOR RECORDS. SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD TOOL TO KEEP PROGRESS AND MONITOR HOW THINGS GO.
THANKS. SO THIS HERE IS THE TRANSITION PLAN.
WE WE NORMALLY LIKE TO DO 30 TO 60 TO 90.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A HUGE CITY AND IT IS A LARGE CONTRACT, WE INCLUDED 180 DAYS.
SO TO START BEFORE WE EVEN START RIGHT BEFORE OUR CONTRACT IS IF WE ARE AWARDED, WE'D LIKE TO SET UP A MEET TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC ITEM TOPICS, RIGHT? WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF TOUR OF THE FACILITIES WITH THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT SPECIFICALLY WANTS TO BE ADDRESSED THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF.
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SAME THING IN 60 DAYS AND IDEALLY IN 90 DAYS.WE SHOULD BE YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE ALREADY LIKE WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS.
IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SMOOTH AND FLAWLESS.
180 DAYS IS KIND OF JUST A REVIEW THAT I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH WHOEVER NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING AS AS PLANNED AND EVERYTHING IS BEING EXECUTED.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR PROPRIETARY TOOLS.
IT'S A QUALITY SITE ASSESSMENT.
AND WHAT WE DO WITH THIS IS, IS AS WE TOUR THE FACILITIES OR WE TOUR THE RIGHT OF WAYS, WE DOCUMENT ALL PUNCH LIST ITEMS. SO IF WE'RE PERFORMING WEEKLY DRIVES, WE CREATE A QSA, WHICH IS A QUALITY SITE ASSESSMENT WEEKLY, AND THERE'S PICTURES WITH THE TIME STAMPED AND THERE EVEN GPS COORDINATES.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING QSA EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON THE PREVIOUS ONE CAN BE CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW ONE SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TRACK AND IT'S EASY TO GO BACK TO.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, AS YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE'S OUT IN THE CITY EVERY DAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE MISSED.
OUR TEAM IS OUT THERE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, AND IN THOSE CSAS, WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING YOU RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO LITTLE LINE ITEMS THAT IF THERE'S ANY SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE AROUND, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
ALL THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE SEND YOU THAT IN THE CSAS.
THAT WAY IT'S UP TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THAT WAY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF TIME.
AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR TEN PLUS YEARS.
CITY OF AVENTURA, CITY OF BELLE HARBOR, WESTON SUNNY ISLES.
WE DO A LOT OF MUNICIPAL WORK ROADWAYS, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, BUILDINGS, FACILITIES.
END OF OUR APPROACH AS A STATE ABOUT THE SAME FOR ALL THESE CITIES.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR ALL OF OUR CITIES.
AND I HOPE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS WELL.
I'M 100% SURE YOU'LL GET A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO? CHANGE ORDERS TO PROJECTS.
SO LET'S SAY THE CITY OF TAMARAC GIVES YOU A PROJECT.
DO YOU PROVIDE CHANGE ORDERS TO TWO CITIES OFTEN? SO ARE YOU REFERRING JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OR ARE YOU REFERRING TO EXTRA ANCILLARY WORK? LIKE OUT OF CONTRACT WORK.
IF WE PROVIDE A IF A CITY PROVIDES A CONTRACT TO YOU AND AND YOU ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THAT CONTRACT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT REQUIRES MORE WORK, DO YOU PROVIDE CHANGE? OH, GOTCHA. OKAY. SO I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN A MANAGER FOR BRANCH MANAGER FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 12 YEARS.
AND NOT ONCE HAVE WE DONE THAT WITH ANY MUNICIPALITY.
I'M. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? I'M SORRY. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? ROUGHLY ABOUT 130.
DO YOU HAVE AN ARBORIST ON STAFF? YES, WE HAVE SEVERAL.
ARE THEY CONTRACTED OR ARE THEY EMPLOYED? EMPLOYED. EMPLOYED.
OKAY. HOW MANY CITIES DO YOU WORK WITH? SO THESE ARE YOUR DIRECT LINES OR YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS TO THESE CITIES? NO. SO THERE ARE DIRECT WE DON'T SERVE ANY CITY WORK BUT ME LOCALLY, MY BRANCH, BECAUSE WE ARE A NATIONWIDE COMPANY.
IF YOU ARE WASN'T AWARE BUT ME LOCALLY I DO.
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VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE.NORTH MIAMI BEACH. MIAMI GARDENS.
THAT'S WHERE HANS WAS THE ATTORNEY.
WHEN DID YOUR COMPANY START? RIGHT. VIEW. RIGHT.
VIEW HAS BEEN FOUNDED SINCE 1939.
OKAY. TELL ME ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF YOUR COMPANY.
SO WE ARE A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY AS THE WHOLE.
BUT THE PHILOSOPHY OF HOW WE RUN OUR BUSINESS IS AS A LOCAL OWNED BUSINESS.
SO IT IS LIKE IF I WAS A LIKE A LOCAL FRANCHISE OWNER OF BRIGHTVIEW, SO I AM THE THE BUSINESS OWNER.
YOU ARE YOU ARE THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER.
CORRECT. BUT BRIGHT VIEW IS A NATIONAL COMPANY.
YOU DON'T FOLLOW IN ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA.
DO YOU WORK WITH ANY CITIES THAT BORDERS TAMARAC SO I HEAR ABOUT MIAMI BEACH.
I HEAR ABOUT MARGATE BORDERS, RIGHT? MARGATE. DOES THE MARGATE BORDER WITH TAMARAC I BELIEVE MARGATE BORDERS.
AS YOU GO WEST, IT IT IT BORDERS CORAL SPRINGS.
NO, MY MARGATE WOULD BE THE CLOSEST.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER BOLTON ASKED MANY OF MY QUESTIONS.
YOU SAID YOU'RE THE LOCAL FRANCHISE OWNER.
SO IS IT A PUBLIC COMPANY AND YOU PAY A PERCENTAGE AS A LOCAL OWNER? NO. SO WE IT IS NOT A FRANCHISE.
WE OPERATE LIKE IF IT WAS A FRANCHISE.
SO EVERY BRANCH MANAGER MANAGES HIS OWN BRANCH AT ITS OWN BUSINESS, BUT IT'S NOT A ACTUAL FRANCHISE.
YOU DON'T YOU DON'T SHARE IN THE PROFIT OF THE COMPANY.
NO. LIKE A FRANCHISE WOULD DO.
OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE NO SAY IN CHANGES AND THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT FROM THE PARENT COMPANY? NO, I DO NOT.
OKAY. OKAY. AND YOU SAID YOU HAVE 130 EMPLOYEES, PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.
AND I SEE SOME OF THE CITIES THAT YOU'VE DONE WESTERN, I MUST SAY, IS BEAUTIFUL.
THE GRASS. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. MY MOM LIVES THERE.
THAT. THAT. THAT. YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE THERE IS LOVELY AS WELL.
GOING BACK TO MY OTHER QUESTION IN TERMS OF MANAGEMENT, YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT A VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS OR A MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS, BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR MANAGEMENT, DOES IT DOES IT HAVE WOMEN? DOES IT HAVE.
YEAH, YEAH. WE HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF. WOMEN, BLACK, MIXED EVERYTHING.
OKAY. AND WHERE ARE YOU? HEADQUARTERS.
WHERE? WHERE? HEADQUARTERS IS IN BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S IN NOWHERE. PENNSYLVANIA.
BLUEBELL. OKAY. LIKE THE ICE CREAM.
OKAY. THOSE WERE JUST MY QUESTIONS.
SORRY, MAYOR. I SAID FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW.
YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR THE JOKE.
KEITH, HOW WERE THEY, THESE FOUR COMPANIES SELECTED? THEY WERE SELECTED THROUGH AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE PROCESS.
HOWEVER, WHILE THEY'RE HERE, I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE COMMISSIONER.
THIS IS FOR THEM. WE'LL WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER EVERYBODY HAS COMPLETED THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THEM.
YEAH, WELL, THEY ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS AND I'M JUST OBSERVING AND WRITING DOWN.
I TOOK MY NOTES. I READ THIS SO I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
MAYOR, THANK YOU AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DISTRICT FOUR.
THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTION WAS MORE.
THE CITIES THAT YOUR LOCAL SITE.
YEAH SERVICE I WOULD START LET ME START FROM THE FURTHEST NORTHWEST WOULD BE CITY OF PARKLAND.
CITY OF MARGATE. THAT'S WHAT YOU SERVICE.
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CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS.ALL RIGHT. I'LL KEEP IT. VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE.
HOW MANY SITES ARE LOCALLY FROM YOUR COMPANY? JUST YOURS. I'M SORRY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HOW MANY SITES? I DON'T WANT TO SAY HOW MANY FRANCHISES.
BECAUSE YOU CLARIFIED THAT IT WASN'T A FRANCHISE.
BRANCHES. YEAH. SO THERE IS EIGHT BRANCHES IN OUR FLORIDA SOUTH MARKET.
PEMBROKE. MY BRANCH IS CALLED PEMBROKE AND IT OVERSEES FROM CITY OF PARKLAND PRETTY MUCH TO THE TURNPIKE GOING EAST, THAT KIND OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD BEING THE FURTHEST NORTH AND THEN ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO DRAW.
GOTCHA. YEAH. UM, ANOTHER QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T SUBLEASE, BUT ARE YOU THE ONLY FRANCHISE WORKING IN THOSE CITIES? THE ONLY BRANCH. YES.
I'M SORRY FOR BRIGHTVIEW. RIGHT? YES, I AM THE ONLY.
UNLESS. I'M SORRY. UNLESS WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WHICH DOES LIKE LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY DO KIND OF FREE RANGE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE.
SO ALL THOSE CITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED, THEY ONLY USE YOU.
I GUESS I'M UP. YOUR SPECIFIC BRANCH HAS 132 140 EMPLOYEES.
CORRECT. OKAY. SO YOU DON'T SELL THEM OUT.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO'S WEARING BRIGHT VIEW WORKS FOR YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM WITH THEIR UNIFORM AND EVERYTHING.
I SEE SMILING FACES. IT MEANS THEY'RE HAPPY PEOPLE.
DID YOU WALK OUR CITY? DRIVE OUR CITY? YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH OUR CITY, SO YOU ACTUALLY.
OKAY. TIMES WE WENT THROUGH, I MADE SURE WE WENT THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK.
OH, WE WENT THROUGH A SCOPE OF WORK AND EVERYTHING.
FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LINE ITEMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY HAS SPECIFIC LIMITS.
SO WE FOLLOWED EVERYTHING AND BUILT OUR PROPOSAL TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS.
YES, BECAUSE WE'RE 12MI², BUT WE'RE LIKE A RECTANGLE, A SQUARE AND A FISHTAIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW OUR BORDERS.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT DOING TREES.
THIS IS ONLY SPECIFICALLY FOR LANDSCAPING, MULCHING AND WHATNOT, BUT.
YOU'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE STILL TOO HIGH.
AND THEN DO YOU CUT FIRST AND ASK FOR PERMISSION LATER, OR DO YOU ASK FOR PERMISSION AND CUT LATER? SO WE DO NOT CUT FIRST AND ASK FOR PERMISSION.
WE ALWAYS. SO PART OF WHAT I MENTIONED PRIOR TO THE START MEETING AND KIND OF GOING OVER THOSE WERE THE TYPE OF ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED, LIKE WHAT ARE THE MAIN THINGS AS A CITY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? SO VISIBILITY FOR FOR CARS, I'M ASSUMING IS A BIG THING.
IT'S BIG IN EVERY CITY. BUT SO IF THERE'S ANY MEDIANS OR INTERSECTIONS THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT KIND OF ARE A CONSTANT ISSUE, LIKE THAT'S THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS IN THAT MEETING SO THAT WE MAKE NOTES LIKE, OKAY, THIS NEEDS TO BE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, MONITORED ON A WEEKLY BASIS FOR SPECIFIC REASONS OR IF THERE'S ANY IF THERE'S LIKE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S RESIDENTS THAT ARE VERY INVOLVED AND THEY HAVE THESE SPECIFIC AREAS OR HOT BUTTONS THAT THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO ADDRESS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TOP OF.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT MEETING WHERE WE'RE SO WE'RE AHEAD OF IT SO THAT WE ALREADY KNOW.
AND AND IT'S IT'S KIND OF OUR ROUTINE.
SO A LOVELY RESIDENT COMES OUT OF THEIR HOME, SEES YOU THERE AND SAYS, I WANT YOU TO DO THIS.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? I SAID, WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR REQUEST, BUT PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE AND AND HAVE THEM INSTRUCT US TO DO IT.
AND CITY REPRESENTATIVE WOULD BE, I WOULD SAY PUBLIC WORKS.
WHOEVER. I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD BE OVERSEEING.
OKAY. MAKING SURE THAT YES, THAT IS WHERE YOU GO.
AND THIS WAY, IN CASE THE CITY WANTS TO BE PROACTIVE AND REACH OUT TO THAT RESIDENT IN ADVANCE.
A RESIDENT CALLS CITY OF TAMARAC ON AN EMERGENCY LINE AT THE AFTER HOURS.
YOU WOULD COME WITHIN WITHIN THREE HOURS AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN HOMESTEAD, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE ONE IN DANIA IS THE CLOSEST THEY HAVE ARBOR TRUCKS, ARBOR CREWS THAT ARE STATIONED THERE ABOUT WE HAVE ABOUT 5 OR 6 TRUCKS.
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SO WE DO WE HAVE THE SAME POLICY WITH SEVERAL CITIES.SO WE PERFORM THAT TYPE OF SERVICE ALREADY.
THAT'S IT'S AND I REALIZE MY QUESTION WAS REGARDING TREES, WHICH PROBABLY IS NOT IN YOUR PURVIEW, BUT IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING FOR HEDGES THAT ARE BLOWN OVER AND SHRUBBERY THAT'S GONE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND STUFF.
YOU'RE STILL VALUABLE FOR AN EMERGENCY BASIS IF.
RIGHT? SO SO PRIMARILY WHAT HAPPENS FOR US, LIKE ROYAL PALMS, THEY SHED, THEY'RE STILL SHEDDING.
SO ANYTIME WE HAVE HEAVY STORMS, WE GET A LOT OF PALM FRONDS IN THE ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS.
SO WE'LL SEND OUT A PORTER WITH A TRUCK JUST TO GO BY AND PICK UP PALM FRONDS.
AND YOU'RE NOT SAYING JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T DO YOUR TREES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT? NO, NO. IT'S PART OF MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, WE'RE PICKING UP YOUR PALM FRONDS ANYWAYS.
OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. I GUESS I MISSED THAT PART.
YES, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE, YOU'RE IN CONTROL, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF.
OH, I'M SO SORRY. HEADQUARTERS WON'T ALLOW US.
NO, AT LEAST NOT FOR 12 MONTHS.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THE CPI AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF THAT WAS IN HERE.
CATCH IT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
YOU'RE JUST FINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR.
SHUT IT OFF. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE VISUAL SCAPE, AND I'M GOING TO START THE TIMER.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO TO BE PART OF THIS AND TO ALLOW US TO COME PRESENT TO YOU ALL AS PART OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING YOUR PREFERRED LANDSCAPE PARTNER.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT SERVICES US, AND WE'LL GET INTO THEIR EXACT, YOU KNOW, NAMES AND TITLES, HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PRESENT AS WELL THERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
JUAN VILA, AND I'M THE CEO OF THE COMPANY AND BE IN THIS INDUSTRY APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS, STARTED OPERATING ON A COMPANY WITH MY FATHER, GOD BLESSING, THIRD GENERATION.
MY SON HERE CONTINUE IN THIS BUSINESS ALL OVER FLORIDA, OVER ONE POINT, OVER ALMOST 1000 EMPLOYEES AND HAVE BRANCHES ALL AROUND FLORIDA AT ONE POINT.
I'M SORRY. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OR DO WE HAVE ACCESS? WHERE'S THAT? OH, THERE IT IS.
YES. SORRY, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M IVAN VILA. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF VISUAL SCAPE.
OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY, THIS NEXT SLIDE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND ITS VICINITY TO HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO VISUAL SCAPE.
WE DID DO OUR WHOLE PRESENTATION NOT ABOUT VISUAL SCAPE.
WE ARE GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO SERVICE THE CITY.
THIS IS YOUR DEDICATED STAFF FOR TAMARAC.
HE IS GOING TO BE YOUR CRM ON ONE POINT OF CONTACT.
THE SUPPORT SERVICES ARE TO THE RIGHT OF HIM.
VICTOR, OUR DESIGNER, ALONG WITH JOSE IN THE OFFICE, AND CYNTHIA, THE TWO MANAGERS BELOW YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY, RUNNING ALL THE CREWS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FULL TIME IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND ALEX CONCEPCION WILL BE HANDLING ANY SUPPLEMENTAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED AS PART OF THE CONTRACT.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE THE I GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL.
THE PREVIOUS. AH, THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU. THESE ARE SO WITH THAT PERSONNEL, WE BREAK UP INTO DETAILED CREWS OF SPECIFIC TASKS
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INSIDE OF THE CONTRACT.MEANING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY CREW DO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SERVICES.
WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM OF 30 MEMBERS IS WHAT WE FEEL IS GOING TO TAKE TO TO PERFORM THE SERVICES IN THIS CONTRACT, ALONG WITH SEVEN SUPERVISORS AND ONE DEDICATED MANAGER.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE FULL TIME STAFF TO PERFORM THE SERVICES.
THOSE CREWS DO NOT TAKE CARE OF OF THAT SERVICE.
SO THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEIR TASK IS.
THEY TAKE CARE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A SAFE MANNER.
ALSO BREAKING OUT FACILITIES AND PARKS, DIFFERENT PERSONNEL FOR DIFFERENT TASKS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MINGLE THEM OR CHANGE THEM.
IF IF A PERSON IS DEDICATED TO TAKE CARE OF ANY SPECIFIC AREA, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE.
THEY LEARN IT AND THEY TAKE CARE OF IT FROM THERE FORWARD.
NEXT THING HERE IS WHERE THE ENTIRE IT'S A SYNOPSIS OF THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RFP AND THE SCOPE OF WORK IS ON THIS ONE PAGE.
IT IS SEPARATED AND IT'S AN ANNUAL CALENDAR THAT WE YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, PRECISE, THE CYCLES, THE AMOUNT OF CYCLES REQUIRED AND WHAT MONTHS THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMED IN.
WE PREPARE THAT FIRST. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO IS BASED OFF OF THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE GET TOGETHER WITH OUR TEAM, MEANING DIRECT OWNERSHIP.
WE GO FROM THERE AND WE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNINGS WE SIT DOWN TOGETHER WITH THE STAFF THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF TAMARAC, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE SERVICES ARE BEING COMPLETED, NOT ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP, BUT WE TALK TO THEM TO SEE WHAT WASN'T COMPLETED OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED FROM THE WEEK PRIOR.
UM, THEN ON A DAILY BASIS, THAT ONE'S MORE ON THE PRODUCTION MANAGER AND CRM LEVEL.
THEY WILL HANDLE THAT MEETING ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES WERE COMPLETED ON A TIMELY MANNER, HOW IT HAPPENED, WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND IF THEY NEED TO GO BACK FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK OR A MONTH TO GO BACK.
THAT'S TALKED ABOUT IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE INSPECTIONS WALKTHROUGHS AND REVIEWING THE THE SCHEDULE IS IMPORTANT FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
WE HAVE A SERVICE, THE SUPERVISOR OF EACH OF THOSE DETAILED, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN SUPERVISORS THAT I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES WILL PERFORM AN INSPECTION PRIOR TO HIS SERVICE.
BEFORE HE LEAVES THE SERVICE, HE AGAIN PERFORMS AN ENTIRE INSPECTION OF THAT SERVICE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? NOTHING GETS DONE DONE TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
THE PM IN TURN, WILL THEN WITHIN 24 HOURS, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING BACK AND INSPECTING THE SUPERVISORS TASKS THAT WERE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DONE COMPLETELY.
IF IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT CYCLE.
IT GETS DONE WITHIN THAT SAME CYCLE.
THE THAT'S THAT'S ON THAT'S ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
THE CRM, WHICH IS YOUR LIAISON, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WITHIN THE COMPANY TO TALK TO THE DIFFERENT MANAGERS WILL MEET WITH YOUR INSPECTOR ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BI WEEKLY, WHATEVER WE SET UP THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS ON HIS OWN.
WE DO THOSE WITH SEVERAL OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL.
OKAY. THIS IS A. THIS IS A ONE POINT OF CONTACT, THIS SLIDE.
WHAT IT SAID IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR CRM CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER.
HE WILL THE SECOND WILL WORK LIKE THIS.
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HE WILL MEET WITH OUR MANAGER SUPERVISOR AND GO BACK TO THE CRM.AND THE CRM WILL BE JUST DIRECTLY IN THE ONE CONTACT FOR TAMARAC.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST BEFORE THAT ONE.
OKAY, LET'S LET'S GO INTO THIS ONE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
WE ARE SPECIAL COURSES EVERY EVERY WEEK.
AND THEY WILL COME WORK HERE IN THE FIRST DAY.
SORRY. JUST REAL QUICK ON SAFETY.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WITH THE PICTURE THERE OF OF, YOU KNOW, REWARDS AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING TOGETHER AND DOING THOSE SAFETY MEETINGS, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMPANY.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES WE SAW A FEW PLACES WHERE MAYBE WE NEEDED SOME BEAUTIFICATION.
YOU HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE SAW.
THERE'S MANY MORE, BUT JUST A SIMPLE THING THAT WE CAN DO.
THE NEXT ONE IS ONE OF THE THE HURRICANES.
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS COUNTY FOR THE LAST, UH, THE TEN MINUTES IS PAST.
OKAY. SO CAN WE CONTINUE TWO MORE MINUTES? I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
CAN WE PUT THAT SLIDE UP THERE? OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO WITH THAT SLIDE.
GOT TO KEEP THE PROCESS. OKAY, BUT APPRECIATE VERY MUCH SO WE WILL GO TO DISTRICT TWO.
RIGHT. UM, CLARIFY THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES.
30. AND THAT'S DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SUPPLEMENTAL CREWS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO FERTILIZATION, MULCHING ANY TYPE OF REPAIRS, ANY TYPE OF INSTALLATION THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THOSE 30.
BUT THE 30 IS THE DEDICATED STAFF.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER CITIES THAT YOU GUYS CURRENTLY SERVICE.
YES. WE WE DIDN'T PUT THEM IN THERE AGAIN BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED TO TALK ABOUT TAMARAC.
BUT YES, WE WE DO SEVERAL CITIES.
WE DO VILLAGE OF PINE CREST, TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, CITY OF HIALEAH.
WE DON'T WE DO WORK IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AS WELL.
WE DO ALL OF THE CITY OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
WE DO ALL THE ENTIRE SYSTEM FOR BROWARD HEALTH AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE WE ALSO DO WE ALSO DO ALL THE TURNPIKE ALL FROM HERE TO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ORLANDO? AND WE ALSO DO, WHICH IS AWARDED, YOU KNOW, A BIG CONTRACT.
WE DO ALL THE EXPRESSWAY ENDS AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY.
OKAY. AND YOU ARE A LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESS FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS? THAT'S CORRECT. UM, IS THAT YOUR SON? YES, IT IS. OKAY.
OKAY. HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN IN BUSINESS? WELL, I STARTED MY BUSINESS WITH MY FATHER.
STARTED MY BUSINESS WITH MY FATHER IN 1982.
HAD A COMPANY I GREW UP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 11 YEARS AGO.
THEN I WENT TO VISIT WITH MY SON WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.
OKAY, SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU MY AGE, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS 20 AND 23.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 42 YEARS.
CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT QUESTION THAT HE ASKED IT? NO. OKAY.
SORRY. VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DISTRICT THREE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
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I APPRECIATE IT.THIS GIVES ME I LOVE THE IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORKFORCE IS A FAMILY.
AND I BELIEVE OUR STAFF CAN ATTEST TO THE FAMILIAL BODY PARTS.
I'D LOVE TO GET A PRESENTATION EMAILED TO US SO WE CAN GET THAT.
THANK YOU. YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
I'M WITH MISS COMMISSIONER OVER HERE.
I AGREE. I LIKE THE FAMILY ORIENTATION THAT I SEE PUT IN AND THE WORK YOU PUT IN.
WE COULD TELL THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH OUR CITY.
BASED ON WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR CITY AND YOU'VE COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF ACTION PLAN AS TO HOW YOU'LL DO THE SCOPE OF WORK. QUESTION.
YOU SAID 30 EMPLOYEE JUST FOR TAMARAC.
SO HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? WE HAVE ABOUT 225.
HOW DO I SAY THIS? DON'T WORRY, BECAUSE I'M COMPARING YOU TO THE LAST GROUP.
IT'S OKAY. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.
THERE WERE LOCALS. SO IT'S WE'RE ALL ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE LOCAL.
AND I LIKE HOW YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR EMPLOYEE.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE 30 EMPLOYEES CANNOT.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE 30 IT'S IT'S AN AVERAGE OF 30.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE MORE SERVICES ARE REQUIRED.
THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL CREWS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE SERVICES.
OKAY. AND SEVEN SUPERVISORS, CORRECT? ONE MANAGER? YES. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE CRM WILL ALSO BE VISITING.
BUT THE ONE MANAGER IS DEDICATED.
OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. DO YOU HAVE AN ARBORIST ON STAFF? YES, I AM THE ARBORIST, CERTIFIED ARBORIST.
AND THIS SIZE OF CONTRACT, I OVERSEE THEM DIRECTLY AND WE ARE INVOLVED LOCAL OWNERS.
SO IF YOU KNOW CERTAIN THINGS NEED TO BE DONE, THE DESIGN, I OVERSEE THAT AS WELL.
SO I'M HEAVILY INVOLVED WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.
SO SO AS THE OWNER, YOU'LL BE HANDS ON.
OKAY. WHEN DID YOUR COMPANY START? VISUAL SCAPE WAS STARTED IN 2011.
BEFORE THAT, MY FATHER HAD A MUCH LARGER COMPANY THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHICH I WORKED IN AS WELL.
SO I HAVE ABOUT 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE IN THE INDUSTRY.
TELL ME ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF YOUR COMPANY.
ARE YOU A WOMAN OWNED, HISPANIC OWNED, BLACK OWNED, VETERAN OWNED.
AND THEN YOU SAID YOU WORKED WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
THE ENTIRE CITY? YES. YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL THEIR RIGHT OF WAYS DO ABOUT 90% OF THEIR LANDSCAPE.
COULD INCLUDE LAS OLAS AND ALL THAT.
CORRECT? YES. OKAY. WE LIKE THAT.
AND SO YOU YOU WORK WITH THE TURNPIKE AS WELL.
ALL ALONG TURNPIKE FROM HERE TO ORLANDO.
WE DO ALL THE LARGE INTERSECTIONS.
SO ANYTHING YOU KNOW, NOT THE ENTIRE LIKE THE LARGE MOWING IS NOT PART OF IT.
THANK YOU. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED.
DO YOU AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
I KNOW IT'S NOT FULLY PART OF THIS BID.
MY CONCERNS ARE FOR AFTER HOURS.
AFTER HOURS, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE SOME EMERGENCY NEEDS FROM YOU? WE ARE LIKE.
LIKE ANOTHER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WE WE REALLY POINTED OUT WE TEAM UP.
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YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE OUR OFFICE IS LIKE 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM EVERY EVERY PLACE THAT YOU HAVE.WE BE WE GIVE YOU EMERGENCY CONTACT THAT YOU HAVE AROUND ALL THE TIME AND YOU CAN CONTACT US.
WE REALLY WHEN WE DO THIS TYPE OF THING, WE PARTNER UP.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE LEFT OUT FOR THEM.
AND SO BASICALLY, I KNOW WE'RE THE CITY.
CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY SPECIALIST.
SO WE KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO CITY TEAM IN ORDER TO TALK TO YOUR TEAM.
AND YOUR TEAM WILL GO THROUGH THAT WAY.
I BELIEVE YOU GUYS COME TO US.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO COME TO ME.
I WANT YOU STAFF TO COME TO OUR STAFF.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL. GOT THAT? AS LONG AS COMMUNICATION IS NICE AND OPEN, WE ARE GOOD.
ANYTHING IN THE EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION THAT WILL BE WITH OUR CITY AS A PART OF THE TEAM AND KNOWING THAT THERE ARE POINTS OF CONTACT WILL BE WITH EACH OTHER AND THAT.
THE COMMUNICATION STAYS ORGANIZED AND YOU HAVE THE FOLLOW UP IN CASE SOMETHING DOESN'T GO WELL.
UM. JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A VERY SIMILAR SETUP AS WE DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH ONE PERSON.
THAT PERSON WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, AND THAT'S THAT PERSON'S ONLY JOB.
THAT PERSON DOESN'T NEED TO MANAGE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE THAT MANAGES PEOPLE.
THAT PERSON IS THERE TO MANAGE THE CUSTOMER AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CUSTOMER IS TAKEN CARE OF.
SOUNDS GOOD. AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USUALLY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AFTER THIS AND THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT'S OUR 15 MINUTES AND OUR SHOW IS UP FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR PRESENTATION AND TRAVEL SAFE FAMILY.
TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS MEETING IN RECESS AS WE EXCHANGE OUT AND GET THE NEXT GROUP IN AND GET THEIR PRESENTATION LOADED.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. THANK YOU.
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I'VE TURNED THE TIMER ON.ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, GUYS.
WE'RE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I'M THE CLIENT RELATIONS MANAGER FOR OUR DAVY BRANCH.
TOM JACOB IS THE BRANCH MANAGER, WAS PART OF THE PRESTIGE OWNERSHIP TEAM FOR 30 PLUS YEARS AND ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WAS ACQUIRED BY JUNIPER AND THEN MIKE D BEHIND US, WHO IS OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER, ALSO BEEN PART OF TOM JACOBS PRESTIGE LANDSCAPE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
SO THESE GUYS ARE SOUTH FLORIDA FOR.
AS YOU SEE HERE, OUR LOCAL BRANCH, WE'RE BASED LESS THAN TEN MILES FROM THIS OFFICE RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO BE THAT ONE STOP SHOP FOR YOU GUYS.
TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE MORE FOCUSED ON THE MAINTENANCE PORTION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO DO ALL DESIGN WORK AND THE BUILD OUT FOR ANY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE FOR YEARS TO COME. OUR CORE VALUES, I THINK IS A KEY PIECE FOR US TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT GETS US THROUGH EVERY DAY AT JUNIPER.
A SENSE OF URGENCY, CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, MISSION OVER EGO.
WE'RE RELENTLESS AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY GROWING AND ADAPTING.
FROM HERE. I'M GOING TO LET TOM TAKE OVER.
KIND OF START WITH THE BIG BANG RIGHT HERE.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AS THE BEING PART OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, THE ONLY LANDSCAPER TO BE NOMINATED BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ACTUALLY BACK IN 2015.
BUT I COULD SEE IN THE PICTURE THERE, JOHN, REST IN PEACE.
HE'S A GREAT GUY. AND OF COURSE JACK WAS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S WITH THE CITY ANYMORE.
AND BEING PART OF TAMARAC WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF, OF JUNIPER AND PRESTIGE.
UM, CLICK, UM, I'LL JUST SLIDE THROUGH SOME, SOME OF THE BIG THINGS LIKE, SO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WE WERE A PRESTIGE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
WE WERE KNOWN AS THE CONTRACTOR.
IT WAS KIND OF PART OF OUR IDENTITY.
AND IT'S STILL TO THIS DAY, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATE US WITH TAMARAC.
SO EVEN AS WE GREW AND JUNIPER ACQUIRED US, SOME OF OUR TRAINING EXERCISES, SOME OF OUR QUALITY CONTROL, SAFETY, THESE KIND OF THINGS, OUR FIRST MEETING WE EVER HAD WITH A CONSULTANT WAS HERE ON SITE HERE AT CITY HALL.
ACTUALLY, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
AND WE DID OUR FIRST QUALITY CONTROL AND AS OUR GUYS ARE MAINTAINING MOWING, HEDGE TRIMMING THESE KIND OF THINGS RIGHT HERE AT CITY OF TAMARAC, AS WELL AS SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND 57.
SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONNECTION THAT THAT THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
UM, WE JUST DID SOMETHING WE HAVE WE IN HOUSE, WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS.
WE TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUES, ANY SCHEDULE CHANGES.
I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU HAVE YOUR MEETINGS TRAINING, YOU CAN'T MOW CERTAIN DAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WE CAN MOVE SCHEDULING.
SO WE YOU KNOW, WE ADAPT THAT.
WE KIND OF CHANGE OUR SCHEDULE AND WE HAVE THIS MAPPING SYSTEM AT OUR DISPOSAL.
SO THAT'S OUR CORE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR 30 SOME YEARS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE HAVE A NURSERY STILL HERE IN DAVIE AS WELL.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK WE'RE DOING SOMETHING VERY, VERY SOON HERE.
SOMETHING MAY HAVE GOT APPROVED, I BELIEVE THIS MORNING.
SO CURRENTLY WE ARE DOING IRRIGATION, WET CHECK MAINTENANCE.
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YOU GUYS DO YOUR REPAIRS IN-HOUSE, BUT WE GO THROUGH THE CITY AND DO YOUR WET CHECKS AND AND REPORT TO TO TO TOM BURLING AND AND AND WE DO THESE MONTHLY REPORTS AND WE CURRENTLY DO IRRIGATION KIND OF NO NO ONE INSIDE OUT.I'VE BEEN IN THERE A LONG TIME.
WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY REMOVALS.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE DAMAGE, THAT KIND OF THING.
SPORTSTURF. WE ALSO HAVE A SPORTS TURF MAINTENANCE DIVISION, WHICH IS KIND OF HANDY.
WE HAVE A DIVISION. WE DO CITY OF WESTON, MIAMI LAKES.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, YOU CAN PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
LASER GRADE, THESE KIND OF THINGS.
STORM RESPONSE. VERY, VERY PRESCIENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE STORM RESPONSE IN TAMARAC BEFORE OVER THE YEARS.
WE'RE STRONGER THAN EVER IN THAT WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAN EVER.
SEMIS, TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, FOR BRACING EQUIPMENT, CRANES FOR, YOU KNOW, STANDING STANDING TREES.
THEY SAID SOME WE IN OUR CORE VALUES, WE HAVE OUR OWN MEETINGS.
WE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR, YOUR SPECS, YOU HAVE REQUIRED MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH.
YOU KNOW THAT COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY.
YOU KNOW, LITTLE NUANCES, LITTLE THINGS THAT THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.
BRING IT TO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT COMMUNICATION IS HUGE AND AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FOR THAT MATTER. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST I JUST HAVE TO START UP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FULL TEAM.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WE'RE ALL IN, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING DOWN.
MAPS, SCHEDULES, YOU KNOW, PATTERNS, THESE KIND OF THINGS, COMMUNICATION.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE, YOU KNOW, AS WE TAKE ON NEW ACCOUNTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY.
WE'RE READY. YOU WANT HERE? THERE WE GO. MIKE? WELL, MIKE, SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE HE'S OPERATIONS.
HE'S BEEN IN YOUR CITY, MANAGED YOUR CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
THANKS. HI, MIKE DIFFENDERFER.
I'M OPERATIONS MANAGER AND, AS CHARLES MENTIONED, BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 32 YEARS WITH HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR 15.
WE WORK KIND OF TOGETHER AS ONE TEAM TOGETHER WITH THE THE LANDSCAPE DIVISION HERE JUST TO REPORT IN LIKE ACCIDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S HAZARDS, HOLES, STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF IT AND TO OFFER A PROPOSAL IF NECESSARY, TO REPAIR THOSE AREAS.
SO I KNOW THE CITY VERY, VERY WELL.
I WOULD STILL BE INVOLVED GREATLY WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS FAR AS SCHEDULING.
AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULING AND AN ON SITE SUPERVISION.
AND JUST IN CLOSING, JUST, YOU KNOW, I CAN ASSURE WE'D HAVE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION.
YOU KNOW, PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY AND TIMELY RESPONSE.
AND WE'RE WELL, WELL, WELL EQUIPPED TO DO THAT.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR YOUR CONTRACTOR ONCE AGAIN.
GOING TO TALK MORE? EXCELLENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DISTRICT THREE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
HOW COME YOU GUYS LEFT THE CITY OF TAMARAC? WHEN WE WENT UP FOR BID, IT WENT TO LOW BIDDER.
OKAY. HOW LONG HAVE YOU SAID QUESTIONS AFTER OR CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, KEITH? YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S RUNNING.
WE'VE HAD THE CURRENT CONTRACT SINCE 2020, AND 2020 WAS A TRANSITION.
OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. AND I LOVE THE PROFESSIONALISM.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND DAVE AREA USED TO DRIVE DOWN THAT ROAD.
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FLAMINGO. I THINK IT IS.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT.
GOOD MORNING. WHEN YOU WERE PRESTIGE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU WERE WITH TAMARAC OR JUNIPER? YEAH, BOTH, ACTUALLY.
WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, DURING ACQUISITION, WE WERE JUNIPER FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWO YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUNIPER ACQUIRED US AT PRESTIGE AND THEN WE CONTINUED ON AS JUNIPER PRESTIGE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT JUNIPER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE HERE FOR QUITE, I THINK OVER 15 YEARS AND UP UNTIL 2000 WAS IT.
A JUNIPER COMPANY WAS ON OUR VEHICLES HERE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS JUST SO BUT BUT IT'S THE SAME CORE, SAME, YOU KNOW, SAME URGENCY SENSE OF ALL THE VALUES WE'VE HAD AS A PRESTIGE.
YEAH. AND IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PRESTIGE, OBVIOUSLY 30 PLUS YEARS IN IN DAVIE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE RESOURCES THAT JUNIPER IS ABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT A MOM AND POP DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO. SO WE WERE REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GREAT HAVING THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP.
AND AGAIN, TOM, MIKE D, MULTIPLE ACCOUNT MANAGERS AND EVEN CREW LEADERS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS PLUS FROM THE PRESTIGE MAKING THAT TRANSITION.
SO IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST STILL A LOT PRESTIGE REALLY, YOU KNOW.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON, DISTRICT ONE.
ALL RIGHT. DO YOU DO WORK FOR THOSE AS WELL, OR.
YEAH. IN FACT, I'M VERY STRONG IN HOA'S.
I'M JUST THINKING IN IN OUR TOWN HERE, WE DO MANY, I MEAN.
I THINK YOU ALSO DID OR DO SHAKER VILLAGE.
NO, WE NEVER DID SHAKER VILLAGE.
WE DID SOME CLEANUP WORK IN THERE, I BELIEVE, OR SOMETHING, BUT I DIDN'T.
WE'VE NEVER MOWED IT. I DON'T BELIEVE.
UM. HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU MEET WITH CITY STAFF TO DISCUSS THIS WORK? I MENTIONED BRIEFLY, I WAS KIND OF RUSHING THROUGH THAT.
ANYWAY, MIKE WOULD BE THE ACCOUNT MANAGER.
THEN WE HAVE PRODUCTION MANAGERS AS WELL.
SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HERE EVERY DAY.
AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? WE HAVE 180 RIGHT NOW AT MY BRANCH INCLUDE THAT INCLUDES SPORTSTURF, WHICH IS HOW MANY CITIES DO YOU WORK WITH? OH, RIGHT. WE DO.
WE'RE DOING THE WE'RE IN COCONUT CREEK.
CORAL SPRINGS PARKS, COCONUT CREEK MEDIANS.
NO, WE DO THE. WE DO THE PARK, THE BIG PARK, THE BALL FIELDS AND OUR COMMON MIAMI LAKES.
WE DO. MEDIANS AND LINEAR PARKS.
FOR INSTANCE, FOR WESTERN YOU DO PARK, YOU DO PARKS.
SOME CITIES. CORAL SPRINGS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEY THEY THEY MAY HAVE FOR CONTRACTORS.
OKAY WE WE DO THEIR THEIR PARKS AND WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS IT'S CORAL SPRINGS TAMARAC YOU KNOW JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN RFP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW IT'S A LOT BETTER.
SO HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO CHANGE ORDERS? I'M SORRY? HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO CHANGE ORDERS?
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SO, FOR INSTANCE, YOU WERE WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THEN WE WENT TO ANOTHER COMPANY THAT PROVIDED US A CHEAPER BID.YEAH. AND THEN PERHAPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BID, THEY SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO CHARGE YOU MORE.
DO YOU DO YOU DO THAT AS WELL? NO, I MEAN, NO, WE CAN'T.
I MEAN, I CAN'T LEGALLY, I DON'T THINK WE CAN CHANGE IT.
WE COULD DO CPI INCREASE, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HAVE YOU EVER DONE A CPI INCREASE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CONTRACT? VERY COMMON, YEAH. I MEAN, IN CONTRACTS LIKE I THINK.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE THREE YEAR THEN. SO YOU HAVE DONE CPI.
YES BUT NO I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO OUT THE BIDDING.
I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES. DO YOU DO CPI INCREASES OR NOT? DO I DO WHAT? YES.
YES. YES. OKAY. SO YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR PRICES.
DO YOU HAVE AN ARBORIST ON STAFF? DO YOU HAVE AN. YES.
OKAY. SO YOU HAVE ONE? YEAH, WE HAVE TO.
ARE YOU A WOMAN OWNED, HISPANIC OWNED, VETERAN OWNED? NO. SO YOU DON'T FALL IN THAT BRACKET? OKAY. UM, WHEN DID YOUR COMPANY START? DO YOU START IN 88.
JUNIPER STARTED IN 15 YEARS AGO.
AND. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE I SAID, OUR CORE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, OUR BRANCH, YOU KNOW, IN HERE, HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, YOU SAID YOU HAD ONE HAVE 180 EMPLOYEES.
ARE THOSE EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS OR DO YOU SUPPLEMENT PEOPLE? 100%. OUR STAFF.
OKAY. AND HOW WOULD YOU DIVIDE THOSE EMPLOYEES TO DIFFERENT CITIES? HOW MANY WOULD YOU GIVE US? OH, I CAN.
I CAN FIGURE IT OUT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS QUANTITY.
FOR LAWN, IT'D BE TEN FOR TRIM.
JUST WINGING IT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE VIRTUALLY DEDICATED HERE EVERY DAY.
JUST WINGING IT. YEAH. SO WE HAVE EIGHT TO 8 TO 25.
YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
BUT THEN WE HAVE FERTILIZER CREWS OR IRRIGATION IRRIGATION.
THEY HAVE A LICENSED IRRIGATION CONTRACT, LICENSED PEST GUYS, LICENSED GUY.
SO THEY WOULD COME IN AND WE'D COME IN AND DO THAT.
LIKE YOUR CYCLES ARE THREE TIMES ON YOUR FERTILIZATION OF GRASS, TWO TIMES ON YOUR PLANT.
THEY ARE LICENSED TECHNICIANS AND IT VARIES THROUGH THE YEAR.
SO YOUR WINTER MONTHS, YOU KNOW THE MOW CREWS AREN'T THE SAME SIZE AS THE DEAD OF THE SUMMER RIGHT.
AND THEN THE ACCOUNT MANAGER AND MIKE D, YOU KNOW REALLY WORKING WITH YOUR LANDSCAPE TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHEDULES ARE FOLLOWED ACCORDINGLY TO GET YOU THROUGH EACH MONTH.
I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, SO THAT'S WHY I'M, LIKE, RUSHING YOU AND JUMPING OVER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
UM, AND I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU HAVE TURF AND ABILITY TO DO TURF.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TURF FIELD.
AND I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE. WE HAVE TO.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SOME MORE SOME GRANTS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
YOU HAVE A ARBORIST, ARBORIST, BUT YOU HAVE A PLACE IN DAVIE WHERE YOU GROW YOUR OWN PLANTS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
WE CAN CONTRACT, GROW THAT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, AND ESSENTIALLY WE DO THAT WITH ANNUALS QUITE A BIT.
SO AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR POINT OF CONTACT, I WILL TELL YOU.
PARKS WE HAVE 12 PLUS PARKS IN THE CITY.
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HAVE, AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE GROWING AND YOUR TEAM AND YOU HAVE A GOOD BRANCH AND THAT YOU HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE HERE THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH OUR POINT OF CONTACT FOR WHATEVER WE NEED.AND I AM GOING QUICKLY BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I KNOW YOU'LL. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR US.
I'M NOT ASKING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OUT LOUD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. OH, DID I SKIP YOU? OH, I'M SO SORRY.
SORRY. RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE COMPLETELY.
COMMISSIONER RIGHT. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS.
HOW BIG IS JUNIPER? JUNIPER IS WE'RE SO WHEN WE WERE JUNIPER OR WE WERE PRESTIGE.
SORRY, WE WERE. WE WERE OUR BRANCHES JUST TO USE GROSS DOLLARS PUT IN.
IT WAS A $9 MILLION BRANCH JUNIPER IS 100 AND $160 MILLION BRANCH.
SO JUNIPER IS ANNUAL INCOME BECAUSE WE HAVE 20 BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
OKAY, SO JUNIPER IS A STATE COMPANY.
YEAH, IT'S A STATE COMPANY THAT ACQUIRED YOU GUYS.
SO IT CAME IN AND IT PURCHASED YOU TO GROW EVEN BIGGER.
I MEAN, I THINK WE STILL KIND OF THINK OF OURSELVES AS THAT LOCAL COMPANY RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL ON CORPORATE AND TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH STORM. YOU KNOW, WITH A HURRICANE CLEANUP, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN PULL ONE CREW FROM 17 TO 18 OTHER BRANCHES TO COME DOWN HERE AND HELP US.
BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO CONSIDER IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING OUR OWN LITTLE BUSINESS RIGHT HERE.
AND HE DID IT FOR 30 YEARS AS PRESTIGE.
SO IT JUST IT WAS A NATURAL TRANSITION FOR US.
I THINK I THINK EVEN MORE THE MODEL BRANCH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE STATE REALLY LIKE THEY'LL COME FOR TRAINING AND THEY'LL USE OUR US AS THE EXAMPLE YOU KNOW JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO INTO THE THE SAFETY THESE KIND OF PROCEDURES.
OVER HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DID YOU HAVE ALLOCATED TO TAMARAC PRIOR TO THE JUNIPER ACQUISITION? SO WE'RE PROBABLY I MEAN, YOU HAD YOUR DEDICATED FOREMAN ON YOUR MOLE, YOUR TRIM, EVEN PEST HERBICIDE.
WE WOULD DO HERBICIDE JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, WEEDS OR EXPANSION JOINTS, YOUR PAVERS.
BY THE TIME WE GOT DONE THE CITY MONTH, IT WAS TIME TO START OVER AGAIN.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY IT'D BE YOUR CREW, YOUR STAFF.
YEAH. WHEN YOU WERE PRESTIGE BEFORE THE ACQUISITION, HOW MANY? 20? 25. IT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE YOU HAD ALLOCATED.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE THE CONTRACT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW.
WE, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE DOING THE JOB.
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S NEEDED HOURS WISE BECAUSE REALLY, WHAT ARE WE WE'RE SELLING LABOR HOURS.
GOOD. YEAH. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
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WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.SFM IS AT HOME IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC SINCE 2020.
AND FOR ALL OUR BROWARD CLIENTS, WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEIR GROUNDS TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS.
SFM WAS BORN WITH A CONTRACT TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM OVER 50 YEARS AGO.
AND AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SERVED OVER 25 MUNICIPALITIES IN DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES EVER SINCE THOSE DAYS AND HAS GROWN TO BE A TRUSTED LEADER HERE IN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
YOU'LL SEE US EVERYWHERE IN BROWARD AND THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TAMARAC SUCCESSFULLY FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
WHEN IT COMES TO LANDSCAPE, WE HAVE DONE IT ALL.
WE'VE COMPLETED DOZENS OF LARGE MUNICIPAL LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE CORAL GABLES TREE SUCCESSION PROJECT, PLANNING OVER 3000 TREES OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS RECEIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION THROUGH THE FLORIDA NURSERY GROWERS LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE AND THE TREE CARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION.
OUR CLIENTS DEPEND ON US NOT JUST FOR THE LANDSCAPE WORK WE DO, BUT WHEN DISASTER STRIKES.
IT'S WHY WE HAVE KEPT SO MANY CLIENTS FOR SO LONG.
MOST OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON.
A TRULY LOCAL FOCUS IS WHAT SFM IS ALL ABOUT.
WE ARE NOT SOME GIANT CONGLOMERATE.
LIKE MENTIONED, WE CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CLIENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HAS BEEN OUR CLIENT FOR 22 YEARS.
HOMESTEAD SPEEDWAY FOR 19 YEARS.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT.
YOU'RE NOT JUST ANOTHER NUMBER.
I'M IN A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THIS.
OH, THERE WE GO. SO ROBERT MONTECINO IS OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER.
THIS IS. OUR ACCOUNT MANAGER IS DANIEL CHAVARRIA.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE CAN PROMOTE FROM WITHIN, WE REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
HERE WE GO. SO THIS IS THE DEDICATED CRUISE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WILL BE CARRYING OUT THE SERVICES.
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THIS NEW CONTRACT HAS HIGHER FREQUENCIES, A LOT MORE SCOPE, SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED.THESE CREWS ARE DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND ALSO WE NOW HAVE A FULL TIME QUALITY CONTROL OFFICER WHICH WILL BE DOING MONTHLY INSPECTIONS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC. AND A QUALITY QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM THAT WE USE IS CALLED ORANGE QC.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT, OR ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS, IS THAT IT'S ALL TIME STAMPED SO WE CAN TAKE PICTURES, GRADE OURSELVES AND THEN SIT DOWN WITH THE CREWS AND SEE IF THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT OR PAT THEM ON THE BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND ALSO WE USE IT TO TO TRACK THEIR PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN WHEN THERE'S TIME FOR BONUSES, OBVIOUSLY WE USE THIS AS A AS A REPORT CARD.
AND THIS IS ALL CAN BE SHARED WITH THE WITH THE CITY AS WELL.
TWO. THERE ARE SEVERAL BIG DIFFERENCES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS TIED TO A BUDGET.
THIS CONTRACT, IT WAS A ITB, WHICH MEANS IT WAS GOING TO GO TO THE LOWEST BIDDER.
THE EXISTING CONTRACT ONLY HAS 28 VISITS PER YEAR.
THAT IS THE ALMOST THE BARE MINIMUM WHAT YOU SEE ON HIGHWAYS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THIS NEW CONTRACT HAS 36 VISITS PER YEAR PER YEAR.
THAT MEANS YOUR GRASS IS GOING TO GET CUT.
MORE HEDGES ARE GOING TO BE TRIMMED.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE PULLING WEEDS MORE OFTEN.
SO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER PRESENCE.
CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO MULCH THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IRRIGATION HAS ALSO BEEN AN ISSUE.
THE EXISTING CONTRACT, THE IRRIGATION IS DONE BY OTHERS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE RUN ACROSS IRRIGATION RUNNING WHEN IT'S RAINING, TOO MUCH WATER.
ALL THESE THINGS AFFECT THE TURF CONDITIONS AND THE WEEDS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW CONTRACT HAVING EVERYTHING UNDER ONE CONTRACTOR, I THINK YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER RESULT WITH THE LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE A FEW LINE ITEMS THAT THAT WERE RED FLAGS TO US.
AND WE JUST FELT THAT IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BRING IT TO TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THE LEFT COLUMN IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA AND THE COLUMNS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE THE BIDDERS.
SO YOU KNOW, 115% LOWER IN BETWEEN VISUAL I'M SORRY, BETWEEN BRIGHT VIEW AND THE SECOND LOWEST 22.7% FROM BRIGHT VIEW TO SFM AND SO ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE RED FLAGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND THAT YOU CAN CUT THE GRASS FASTER THAN ANYONE SURE YOU CAN FIND EFFICIENCIES HERE AND THERE, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH COVID.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU CAN REMEMBER HOW TOUGH IT WAS TO TO TO GET LABOR.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS GOING TO END, BUT WE STUCK IT OUT.
I CAN'T SAY THAT HAPPENS WITH OTHER COMPANIES, FOR ONE BRIEF EXAMPLE HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, BRIGHTVIEW IS A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GIVE FACE.
WHETHER WE MAKE MONEY OR LOSE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO STICK IT OUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID DURING COVID.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
YOU KNOW, BRIGHTVIEW GAVE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH A FOUR DAY TERMINATION NOTICE.
THAT MEANS ON A FRIDAY THEY SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE CITY.
AND ON TUESDAY THEY DID NOT REPORT TO WORK.
OBVIOUSLY PUT THAT CITY IN A BIND.
AND YOU CAN THAT IS ALL THROUGH PUBLIC RECORD.
I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPRESS TO YOU THAT WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO A CITY.
SO IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, WHAT I WANT TO EXPRESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN PERFECT.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.
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THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE FROM ONE CONTRACT TO ANOTHER.COMMISSIONER. DR. DANIEL DISTRICT FOUR.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE SERVICE YOU'VE GIVEN US THUS FAR? I WOULD RATE US BETWEEN A, B AND B PLUS.
WHY? GIVE US SOME EXAMPLE WHY YOU THINK YOU'RE A B PLUS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THE LIMITED FREQUENCY OF SERVICES, I THINK THE YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE COMPLETED OUR OUR CYCLES ON TIME. YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE DONE WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONTRACTED FOR.
UM, THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT NOT PERFECT, BUT EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE CITY, THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THEY HAVE BEEN MET.
THEN THAT SCALED BACK TO BIWEEKLY AND THEN MONTHLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED.
OKAY. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ABOUT 960 OR SO.
ARE THOSE CONTRACTORS OR REGULAR? NO, THEY'RE EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE NOT SUBCONTRACTED EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU HAVE AN ARBORIST ON STAFF? YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM. OH, WHICH ONE? OKAY. HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO CHANGE ORDERS TO A CONTRACT? SO CHANGE ORDERS IN A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT? THEY'RE REALLY NOT.
SO IF WE SEE THAT PLANT MATERIAL IS NOT DOING WELL IN A CERTAIN AREA, WE'LL GIVE A QUOTE TO TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE ORIGINALLY CONTRACTED FOR, THERE'S THERE'S NOT CHANGE ORDERS.
OKAY. WHEN DID YOUR COMPANY START? JOSE INFANTE. MY FATHER STARTED THE COMPANY IN 1972 CLEANING THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM.
WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 50TH YEAR LAST YEAR.
OKAY. HOW MANY TIMES PER WEEK WOULD YOU MEET WITH TAMARAC STAFF TO DISCUSS THIS CONTRACT AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BETTER AND THAT SORT OF STUFF? OFTEN THAT WE WERE MEETING WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC AT THE BEGINNING OF ONCE A WEEK.
LIKE MR. INFANTE SAID, I THINK THE AS THINGS GOT BETTER AND PROGRESSIVELY BETTER AND THINGS WERE BEING ACCOMPLISHED, I THINK IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE PROBABLY MET, WE'VE HAD TO MEET MAYBE 5 TO 6 TIMES.
OKAY. DO YOU WORK WITH HOA'S AS WELL? YES, WE DO HAVE SOME HOA AND SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES WE WORK WITH IN TAMARAC OR OTHER PLACES, NOT IN WELL, WE DO BAPTIST PLANTATION, THE BAPTIST PLANTATION HOSPITAL IN BROWARD COUNTY.
I NOTICED THAT YOU SAY YOU WORK WITH THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND ALSO MARGATE.
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THOSE CITIES? SO FOR THE CITY OF MARGATE, WE DO THEIR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND WE ALSO DO SOME TREE WORK FOR THEM AND FOR THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
WE HAVE CERTAIN ROADS AND MEDIANS THAT WE MAINTAIN AND WE DO CERTAIN LITTER CONTROLS FOR THEM.
SO WHEN A COMPANY SAYS THAT THEY WORK WITH CITIES, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ENTIRE CITY.
SOMETIMES IT'S PORTIONS OF THE CITY.
SO SOME CITIES USE ONLY ONE CONTRACTOR.
FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF WESTON USES TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS.
OKAY. AND IN YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT, HOW MANY OF YOUR 900 PLUS EMPLOYEES ARE DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC? 26. 26.
OKAY. AND YOU THINK THAT IS SUFFICIENT? FOR THE CURRENT CONTRACT? YES. AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEW CONTRACT, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE STAFFING LEVELS.
TO HOW MANY? I BELIEVE IT WAS 35 OR 36.
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STUFF. CORRECT.OKAY. SO YOU WOULDN'T BE WINGING WINGING IT TO GIVE US BETWEEN EIGHT OR 10 OR 26 EMPLOYEES.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'D BEEF UP TO ABOUT 35? OH, ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING.
NOBODY COULD GET ANYBODY TO COME TO WORK.
AND WE ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH THAT.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE CYCLES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC COMPLETED.
OKAY. AND THIS CONTRACT WILL BE NEGOTIATED.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT OR IS THAT A THING? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
I'M SORRY. I'LL ASK STAFF AND OUR OTHER PART.
COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. DISTRICT TWO.
THANK YOU. UM, YOU SAID TO THE PRINCIPAL YOU GIVE YOURSELF A B MINUS A B PLUS.
THAT'S BASED ON THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
AND I LOOKED AT YOUR PRESENTATION COMPARING THE NEW CONTRACT.
SO HAVING THE NEW CONTRACT WITH 36 VISITS PER YEAR WITH MULCH BEING INCLUDED AND HAVING ALL THOSE THINGS IN YOUR HAND, WOULD THAT TAKE YOU FROM A, B PLUS A B MINUS TO A A.
I THINK IT WILL TAKE US TO AN A I CAN'T SAY A PLUS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PERFECT.
AND ANYONE THAT TELLS YOU THEY'RE PERFECT, YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
BUT YES, THE THE THE END PRODUCT WILL BE.
MUCH HIGHER. SO I WOULD SAY WE CAN HIT THAT A LEVEL.
SO, UM, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T PERFORM WELL.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST SOME ISSUES WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE IRRIGATION.
I THINK WE WOULD JUST GET A BETTER COMMUNICATION, MAYBE SIT DOWN WITH THE IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR THAT IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR AND JUST SO WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME GAME PLAN AND KNOW EXACTLY AND PROBABLY JUST BRIDGE THAT COMMUNICATION.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM.
WE WANT TAMARAC TO LOOK AT THE BEST POSSIBLE.
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU MORE EFFECTIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU WANT? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT A MINUS? WELL, I THINK IF IF WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR, YOU KNOW, FROM A TO Z OF THE LANDSCAPE, THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE CONTROL ON ON AND FASTER TO TO CORRECT ISSUES ONCE WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO A THIRD PARTY, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DELAYS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I THINK.
I SEE. AND ARE YOU STILL FACING THOSE HIRING ISSUES IN TERMS OF GETTING EMPLOYEES? YOU MENTIONED THAT DURING COVID, IT WAS DIFFICULT.
NO, NO. SO IT WAS DIFFICULT IS A IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
AND BUT WHAT WE DID, WHATEVER IT TOOK.
SO WE HAD CREWS WORKING OVER WEEKENDS.
WE BROUGHT CREWS FROM MIAMI, WHATEVER IT TOOK.
NOW, THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET, THE LABOR MARKET IS DOING MUCH BETTER.
AND I DON'T GO BY THE MEDIA OUTLETS.
I GO BY WHAT I SEE IN OUR OFFICE.
WE HAVE SOMETIMES PEOPLE AT OUR OFFICE BEFORE WE OPEN AT 8 A.M.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE CONTRACT IF YOU TRY TO HIRE THESE NEW EMPLOYEES AND ASKING FOR MORE PAY? SO WE HAVE BUDGETED WHAT I FEEL BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE WITH THE LABOR MARKET.
SO WE'VE BUDGETED WHAT WE FEEL ARE GOOD PAY RATES.
AND WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DISTRICT THREE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND WELCOME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS ARE BEING ANSWERED AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
IT'S A REALLY BIG CREW TO HANDLE.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A BUSINESS BY YOUR FATHER FOR SO LONG AND AND GROW THAT.SO I WILL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
AND I DO SEE A VERY PROUD FATHER OVER THERE.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT, BUT HE'S A VERY PROUD PAPA.
NOW, WHEN YOU CAME HERE BEFORE, THE WORLD KIND OF WENT WHERE IT WENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THROUGH PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES AND NO. LOW BY A CERTAIN REASONABLE PERCENTAGE.
I THINK 30% IS IS A BIG RED FLAG.
OKAY. UM, YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH TURF.
WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH TURF? OUR TURF PARKS. SO THIS GENTLEMAN HERE RETIRED FROM THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY.
HE OVERSAW EVERY SINGLE GOLF COURSE IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY.
THANK YOU. YES. SO FOR 25 YEARS, I MANAGED THE GOLF COURSES FOR MIAMI DADE COUNTY PARKS.
I WORK WITH JACK CURTIS, FORMER DIRECTOR OF PARKS.
SO I MANAGE SIX GOLF COURSES IN FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO I HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE IN IN ALL TYPES OF TURFGRASS AND PLANT MATERIAL.
AND I'M A CERTIFIED GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO AN ASTROTURF, IS THAT THE SAME WITHIN THEIR LIKE OUR GOLF WE HAVE TWO TURF FIELDS.
YOU HAVE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE BERMUDA GRASS AND SOMEBODY'S ATHLETIC FIELDS.
BUT I MANAGE BOTH BERMUDA GRASS AND SAINT AUGUSTINE GRASS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A NURSERY? DO WE HAVE A NURSERY NOW? YEAH.
OKAY. I DON'T MEAN FOR, LIKE, THE TINY TOTS.
EVERYBODY HAD EMPLOYEE ISSUES.
WHAT I'M HEARING YOU EXPRESS TO US IS YOUR EMPLOYEE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 35 TO 36 PEOPLE, THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THEY ARE NOT BEING PULLED OFF SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT FULL COMPLEMENT TEAMS. AND IF YOU DO HAVE A NEED, YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY QUICKLY.
WE'RE NOT WAITING TWO WEEKS FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
CLEAN UP THE GARBAGE BEFORE YOUR GUYS MOW IT, BECAUSE THEN ALL WE HAVE IS PLASTIC STRIPS AND GARBAGE BAGS AND CONTAINERS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THAT ARE NOT GETTING PICKED UP. SO THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH BECAUSE THEN WE'VE HAD TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM EVERY FRIDAY GO OUT AND PICKING UP ADDITIONAL DEBRIS AND UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE.
A GARBAGE TRUCK HAS JUST TURNED OVER BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S BEEN RUDE.
YOU ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS A TWO BID TO CONTRACTOR BID, RIGHT? OKAY, BECAUSE YOU MADE REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER WHEN IT'S ALL UNDER ONE.
AND KNOWING THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS CONTINUAL WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT VERSUS US.
ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
LET'S MOVE PAST THEM. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE TWO SELECTED AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATIONS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE NOW GOING INTO RECESS.
IT'LL GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO KNOW OUR.
SO WE'RE IN RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
THE TIME IS 1232 AND WE ARE RESUMING WITH OUR DISCUSSION OF ITEM NUMBER 123-20R CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, MULCHING INSTALLATION AND IRRIGATION INSPECTION AND WET TEST
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WET TESTING SERVICES.I WILL NOT SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST.
OKAY. I HAND THE FLOOR RIGHT BACK OVER TO YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, KEITH GLACIER PURCHASING CONTRACTS MANAGER.
I'VE ASKED RHONDA KAPLAN TO BE WITH ME HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS THE CONTRACTING OFFICER ON THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION AND SHE CAN ANSWER SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF NEED BE, ABOUT THE ACTUAL SOLICITATION PROCESS THAT OCCURRED.
YOU'VE NOW HEARD FROM ALL FOUR FIRMS, AND NOW WE ASK YOU TO DISCUSS AND ARRIVE AT A CONSENSUS REGARDING WHICH TWO FIRMS TO WHOM YOU WISH TO MAKE AN AWARD FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES.
AT YOUR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH MEETING.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'LL BE MAKING AN AWARD.
WE HAVE STRUCTURED THIS SO THAT.
WILL YOU AUTHORIZE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PREPARED, THE CITY MANAGER, TO ACTUALLY PREPARE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS? BECAUSE LIMITED TIME PROVIDED YOU IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM, IT'S UP TO YOU.
A SHEET WHERE YOU CAN LIST YOUR FIRST CHOICE AND YOUR SECOND CHOICE.
OTHERWISE, YOUR DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS WILL.
ME? I WOULD SAY IT'S UP TO YOU AS A COMMISSION NOW TO HAVE YOUR DISCUSSIONS.
ALL RIGHT. JOHN DOHERTY AND I AND RHONDA ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS JUST TURNED HIMSELF OVER THOSE FROM BEFORE OR AFTER.
COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU, KEITH. THANK YOU, RHONDA.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, FOR MYSELF AND PERHAPS ANYONE ELSE WONDERING.
WHY ARE WE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS? WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OTHER PROCESS.
THIS IS A VERY HIGH TOUCH ITEM.
YOU PROBABLY HEAR MORE ABOUT ISSUES WITH LANDSCAPING.
THEN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
MAYBE GARBAGE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT LANDSCAPING IS EXTREMELY HIGH TOUCH.
WE WANTED YOU TO HAVE SOME INPUT INTO THIS AND UNDERSTAND.
GOT IT. WHAT WE NEED, WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S THE APPEARANCE.
IT'S PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TO OUR OUR MAIN ARTERIES, CORRIDORS, STREETS, EVERYTHING.
IT'S NICE AND CLEAN AND ET CETERA.
ET CETERA. MY SECOND QUESTION IS GOES BACK TO THE LOWER BID PROCESS THAT WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT? AND I HEAR MY TIME PRIOR TO THIS SOLICITATION, WE HAD UTILIZED A LOW BID METHODOLOGY WHERE YOU AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
THAT PROCESS USUALLY WORKS FINE.
BUT WE RECOGNIZE AND I THINK JOHN WILL ATTEST THAT WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY HAVE QUALIFICATIONS OTHER THAN PRICE. IN LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME QUALIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY.
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER PROJECTS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A COMPARISON.
HOW ARE THESE FORCED? WELL, ACTUALLY, HOW WERE THE THREE SELECTED? I KNOW HOW SFM WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENT.
HOW WERE THE OTHER THREE? WERE THEY BASED ON POINTS? ACTUALLY, ALL FOUR OF THEM WERE SELECTED BASED ON POINTS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT SHOULD BE A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT IN YOUR BACKUP.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.
TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU ARE DECIDED OR DO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DECIDED, BASED ON THE PRESENTATIONS THEY GAVE AND THE BACKUP.
YEAH. SO THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.
YEAH. BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN.
OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS OF OUR STAFF.
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OKAY. COMMISSIONER RIGHT.UM, GOING BACK TO ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND THAT SLIDE THAT ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN PRESENTED SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF IT'S ONE FIRM AS OPPOSED TO MULTIPLE FIRMS. WHY DID WE DECIDE TO PICK MULTIPLE FIRM IF HE SAYS THAT IT WILL BE A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS DOING IT THAT WAY AS OPPOSED TO THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT? WELL, THE WAY WE DID IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO BEFORE IS WE WE AWARDED UNDER THE BID PROCESS, WE AWARDED FOR SEPARATE TASKS.
ONE VENDOR GOT THE IRRIGATION, ONE VENDOR GOT THE MULCH, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
I DON'T THINK HE WAS REFERRING NECESSARILY TO MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS DOING SPLITTING THE CITY UP.
AND THEY'D ALL BE PERFORMING ALL THOSE SONGS RIGHT NOW.
THERE WAS A BIG EFFORT YEARS AGO TO SAVE MONEY, AND WE THOUGHT THAT GOING OUT FOR JUST A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR MULCH, A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR IRRIGATION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH WOULD BE A COST SAVINGS.
AND I GUESS IT WAS TO SOME DEGREE.
BUT I THINK THAT FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND JUST PROPER MANAGEMENT OF OUR LANDSCAPING AND OUR MEETINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IF WE GIVE IT ALL TO ONE CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN'T BE ANY FINGER POINTING AT THAT POINT.
ARE ALL TASKS FOR ONE CONTRACT.
ON THAT NOTE, YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM A TIME.
AND I THINK HAVING ONE CONTRACTOR DO THAT WORK IN THAT SECTION OF THE CITY AND I BELIEVE THAT DISTRICT THREE HAS HAS BEEN ON THE LOWER END ON THAT.
SO WHATEVER VENDOR WE PICK, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE BEST ONE ON THAT SIDE.
UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S THE POINT OF THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE WHERE IT WAS JUST LIKE, NO, IT WAS THEIR FAULT, THEIR FAULT, AND THEN IT ENDS UP COMING UP OUT OF OUR POCKETS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DECIDE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PROCESS WAS GOING TO BE DONE FOR LANDSCAPING.
IS THAT COMING BEFORE US LIKE THIS PROCESS OR SEPARATE? WELL, THE TREE BIDS OUT NOW AND PART OF THE TREE BID WE'RE REQUIRING AN ARBORIST TO BE ON STAFF ARBORIST IS, I THINK, A MORE IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN A TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT. WE DID PREFER TO HAVE AN ARBORIST AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO, YES, I THINK ALL OF THEM SAID THAT THEY DO HAVE ARBORIST ON STAFF.
BUT WHERE I'M GOING IS SO THIS IS NEW TO US WHERE YOU ARE ASKING US TO TAKE OWNERSHIP IN THE PROCESS, OUTWARD OWNERSHIP IN THIS PROCESS. SO WHEN RESIDENTS COMPLAIN IF THEY DON'T LIKE SOMETHING.
WE'RE NOT DOING THE FINGER POINTING THAT THE COMPANIES ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE BEING DONE TO EACH OTHER AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING THE SELECTION TOGETHER ON THIS PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO BE ALSO DOING THIS AGAIN FOR GARBAGE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IN THE PROCESS.
SOME OF THE STUFF I'VE HEARD FROM THE PRESENTERS WAS A LESSON ABOUT LOW BID.
WHICH I FIND INTERESTING CONSIDERING COMING FROM THE ENTITY THAT WAS ONCE THE LOW BID.
YOUR PROS AND CONS ON EACH OF THESE COMPANIES.
THERE WAS THERE'S QUITE A DETAIL.
THIS PROCESS WORKS WHEN YOU ARE THE PROPOSED RANKERS AND WHAT THEN MAY COME OUT OF THIS?
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GROUP WHO HAS JUST READ THIS STUFF HAD 20 MINUTES OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE FOLLOW UP.
YOU LEARN THINGS AS WE HAD THE FIRST GROUP.
QUESTION OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT MAY BE THE TRUTH.
NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU WORK FOR THE CITY OF MARGATE, MIRAMAR, NORTH MIAMI BEACH OR WHATEVER, THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT WHOLE CONTRACT.
SO WE MAY BE COMING BACK WITH OUR RANKING.
THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL RANKING.
AND HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE CITY OF TAMARAC TEAM THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH THESE ENTITIES? SO I WANT TO KNOW MORE FROM YOU AS TO WHY THESE ENTITIES WERE RANKED.
THE WAY THEIR RATES AND IS PUBLIC RECORD.
YOU'VE GOT BRIGHT FEW AS NUMBER ONE YOU'VE GOT JUNIPER AS NUMBER TWO, XFM THREE, VISUAL SCAPE FOUR.
PEOPLE WERE NOT EVEN HERE FOR THE OTHER FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN BECAUSE WE ONLY DID THE TOP FOUR.
TALK TO US ON THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH, PLEASE, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M MAKING AN EDUCATED DECISION, NOT A KNEE JERK REACTION TO 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
THE REASON THAT WE BROUGHT THE TOP FOUR IN FRONT OF YOU IS THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WITH THE CHOICES THAT YOU MAY DIRECT US WITH AT LEAST.
UM, AM I ALLOWED TO SAY HOW MANY OF YOU OR I'M GOING TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU? I DON'T WANT THE POLITICALLY CORRECT RESPONSES COMING OUT OF EVERYBODY TODAY.
I WANT ACTUAL DON'T TELL ME WE'LL BE HAPPY WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE'RE IN A NICE, BLISSFUL WORLD.
SO MY POINT IS, YOU KNOW, SFM IS OUR EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDER AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR AND STAFF IS HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE AND THE CONDITION STATUS OF OUR LANDSCAPING AND OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THEM OVER THE CONTRACT TERM.
AND SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN SUGARCOAT ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE OTHER THREE FIRMS THAT ARE IN THE TOP FOUR, THEY ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUALIFICATIONS THAT THE CITY STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH AND THEIR PROVEN TRACK RECORD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE COMPANIES ARE QUITE CAPABLE OF MANAGING THE LANDSCAPE NEEDS FOR FOR CITY OF TAMARAC, EVEN THOUGH EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SAYING WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY AND I'M GOING TO SPIT IT OUT BECAUSE I JUST.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DESPITE XFM MAKING IT TO NUMBER THREE ON THE LIST, IS NOT QUITE COMFORTABLE REHIRING THEM TO BE OUR WOULD PREFER THIS COMMISSION DOESN'T RATIFY.
AND MAKE A DECISION THAT WOULD OVERRULE OR OVER.
IT IS THE BEST PERSON OR ENTITY TO GET ONE OF THE TWO SPOTS.
YOU KNOW. THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY WAS ONE OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES.
WE'VE HAD SOME PERFORMANCE ISSUES WITH FSM, TWO OF THE FIRMS. I DON'T KNOW.
WE DO WORK WITH JUNIPER NOW FROM TIME TO TIME.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE PAST.
WE HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM WHEN WE HAD THEM IN THE PAST.
THEY WERE KNOCKED OUT BECAUSE OF THE SHORT BID PROCESS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE HAD SOME PERFORMANCE CONCERNS WITH FSM.
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AND AND IT HAS BEEN A CONDITION OF CONCERN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.SO I WOULD CONCUR WITH YOUR ASSERTION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
THANK YOU. AND SO BASICALLY, EVEN THOUGH VISUAL SCAPE WOULD BE NUMBER FOUR.
OBVIOUSLY I'M GIVING YOU MY THOUGHTS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY ELSE HERE HAS THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK OR THINK FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE I AM GOING TO RULE OUT SFM.
I APPRECIATE THEIR PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES.
I APPRECIATE THEY REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES BEING THE LOW BID DOES NOT GET YOU THE BEST QUALITY.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE HAD.
THEY CAME IN AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME WITH COVID.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY BEEN LIVING THROUGH IT AND THE WORLD HAS RESUMED AGAIN AND WE'VE GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME AND ENERGY AND ABILITY TO CURE.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT FOR THE SPOT THAT YOU HAD.
SO I PERSONALLY AM REMOVING SFM FROM MY LIST.
AND AGAIN, NO DISRESPECT TO THEM, THEY'RE A GOOD COMPANY TO DO AND WORK AT OTHER PLACES.
THEY'RE. I KNOW THAT IF YOU GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
I LIKED VISUAL SCAPE, BRINGING THE FAMILY AFFAIR, AND I LIKED JUNIPER BECAUSE IT'S PRESTIGE.
THEY HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL IN OUR CITY.
THEY'VE HELPED MAKE OUR CITY LOOK THE WAY IT DID BEFORE.
THAT WAS COMING FROM 2008 AND THE BUBBLE BURSTING.
AND WHILE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE AT THE TIME, I BELIEVE OUR CITY ALSO HELD ON TO SOME OF OUR OWN LANDSCAPING TO HANDLE IT INTERNALLY.
THAT MADE IT A DIFFERENT CONTRACT THEN THAN WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT NOW.
YOU CAN'T COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES HERE SAYING, WELL, YOU ONLY HAD 25 PEOPLE HERE AT THE TIME.
WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE MORE WHEN OUR CITY'S LANDSCAPING DETAIL MIGHT HAVE DONE MORE THAN TWO? SO I JUST WANT THAT ON THE RECORD TO NOT HAVE ANYBODY.
SOMETIMES YOU GOT A SNAPSHOT IT TO THE YEAR IN WHICH THE.
CONTRACTS ARE BEING LOOKED AT.
YOU CAN'T LIKE TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? WE CAN'T COMPARE TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE EVEN HAD IN 20 2015 AND OR 22,008.
LIKE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL OF VISUAL ESCAPE.
BUT I DO WONDER A BIT SOMETIMES OUT OF RESOURCES.
THAT IT WOULD REALLY BE AVAILABLE WITH THIS SMALL.
SMALL, SMALL COMPANY COMPARATIVELY.
RIGHT VIEW. I HEARD SOME DIGS ABOUT.
LOWEST BIDDER, DO YOU THINK LOWEST BIDDER IS POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY ARE A NATIONAL COMPANY AND HAVE.
A LOT MORE RESOURCES, FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE, TO THEIR DISPOSAL.
KEITH, LET'S LET'S JUST SO WE CORRECT IN TERMS OF THEY SUBMITTED THE LOWEST PROPOSAL.
BUT THIS IS AN RFP, SO YOU'RE NOT JUST THE LOWEST PRICE PER PRICE PER.
OKAY. WILL YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THEN, FOR THE RECORD THE DIFFERENCE? OKAY. PLEASE. THEY THEY THEIR PRICING.
JUST ONE COMPONENT OF THE SCORING WAS THE LOWEST PRICE.
THAT DID HAVE SOME INFLUENCE ON THE.
TRYING TO RUN TOWARDS THE PRICE ON HERE.
IT'S ON THE TOP ONE OH PRICE IS WORTH 40 POINTS OF THE SCORE.
AND SO MATHEMATICALLY THAT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT.
OKAY. ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REFERENCES.
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WE'RE GOOD.JOHN HAD STAFF ACTUALLY VISIT SITES FOR ALL OF THE ALL OF THE PROPOSING FIRMS. AND I BELIEVE.
JOHN, COULD YOU REPORT ON WHAT YOU.
AND ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IN THEIR SELECTION PROCESS.
SO THEY HAD ALL THAT INFORMATION IN THEIR HANDS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS WHEN THEY MADE THEIR SELECTION.
TO KEITH'S POINT, THE COST PRICING WAS 30 POINTS.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, 40 POINTS, EXPERIENCE WAS 30 POINTS.
THE APPROACH AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE WERE 20 POINTS AND THE QUALITY OF THE RESPONSE WAS TEN POINTS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE 100.
I WANT SOMEONE I WANT A MANAGER OF THAT COMPANY TO DRIVE THROUGH HERE.
I WANT THEM TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS CITY AND THE PRODUCT THEY PROVIDE TO US.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M LOOKING FOR A PARTNER IN THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE CHASING SOMEBODY DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO PER THE RFP. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE ASKED OTHERS HAD I WE HAD A ROUND ROBIN OF IT.
THE TURF, OUR PARKS, OUR PARKS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME.
OUR PARKS ARE EXTREMELY, I BELIEVE, IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY HERE.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE BUILDING ANOTHER ONE AT CENTRAL PARK.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING ON OCTOBER 28TH FOR CAPPARELLA.
SO WHO ELSE BESIDES JUNIPER WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE OUR BEAUTIFUL ASTROTURF? WELL, OUR ASTROTURF IS MAINTAINED IN-HOUSE.
SO THERE IS TIME FROM TIME TO TIME WE RUN INTO ISSUES THAT WE LEAN ON THE MANUFACTURER FOR SUPPORT.
OKAY. BUT WE WE DO MAINTAIN OUR ASTROTURF FIELDS OURSELVES.
WE BRUSH THEM WITH THE FIBERS THAT ARE IN THE IN THE RUBBER MATERIAL THAT ARE IN THE FIBERS.
IT'S MOVED AROUND AND ADJUSTED AND FLUFFED UP, IF YOU WILL.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL.
IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE A GOOD BENEFIT.
AND. IF WE HAD SOMEBODY ON BOARD, WE COULD LEAN ON FOR ADVICE WITH SOME OF THAT STUFF.
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
GOTCHA. THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I HAD IT POPPED IN MY HEAD AND IT POPPED OUT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED HIM FOR RATING HIMSELF FOR PERFORMANCE BASED ON THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD.
AND I ALREADY ELIMINATED THEM PRIOR TO THAT.
SO. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
MAYBE THEY UNDERBID TOO MUCH AND COULDN'T HANDLE THE SCOPE OF WORK.
LIKE, YOU HAVE TO BEND TO GET THE TRUTH AND DO ALL TYPE OF WIGGLING JUST TO HEAR A STRAIGHT ANSWER.
SO I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE SHOWING US WHO THEY ARE FROM THE BEGINNING.
I'VE SEEN THEIR WORK. I'VE HEARD MY HUSBAND TALK ABOUT THEM.
I KNOW IT'S JUNIPER. NO, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JUNIPER.
AND I LIKE THE FAMILY COMPANY.
I LIKE THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO SEE WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS ARE AND TRY TO SELL IT TO US.
YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR.
OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE IT GETS HARD BECAUSE I.
REALLY LIKED AS A FAN, I KNOW THAT.
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I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE NOT KNOW THAT.WE'RE SAYING THAT THEY'VE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT WHERE THEY ARE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MORE OR DO A BETTER JOB IF IF GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE.
UM. SO I HAVE NOT RULED THEM OUT, SO TO SO TO SPEAK.
THE. THE ISSUE, THOUGH, WITH SFM IS THAT THEY SAID THEY HAD 900 AND SOMETHING EMPLOYEES.
IT JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE LYING.
I JUST I. IT JUST IT JUST GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE.
THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD 130 EMPLOYEES.
UM, WITH JUNIPER HAS 180 AND WITH VISUAL.
THE VISUAL COMPANY. REMIND ME OF THE NAME.
THEN THEY SAID SEVEN PLUS SEVEN SUPERVISORS PLUS ONE MANAGER.
SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 38 PEOPLE.
AND THEN WHEN I ASKED JUNIPER THE QUESTION, IT MOVED FROM EIGHT TO 10 TO 20, MAXIMUM 25.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DANCING THERE, AND THAT GIVES ME PAUSE.
UM, SFM HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY THOUGHT WOULD WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE TAMARAC CONTRACT.
THE OFF THE BAT SAID THEY WOULD BEEF UP TO 35.
SO BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE TAMARAC CONTRACT.
IS THAT SWEET NUMBER TO HANDLE THE CONTRACT.
SO. I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE 25 NUMBER FROM.
UM. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE THE NUMBER FROM VISUAL SCAPE AND.
THAT I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON IS THAT SOME OF THE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE US A PRESENTATION, OH, WE WORK WITH THE CITY AND WE WORK WITH THAT CITY AND WE WORK WITH THAT CITY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE ANOTHER COMPANY SAYS, WELL, I WORK WITH WESTERN TOO.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, IT IT CHANGED MY MIND A WHOLE LOT.
SO I THINK I SAID, DO YOU SO YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE CITY OF AURORA.
THEY SAID, YES. AND THEN I ASKED ABOUT LAS OLAS, AND THEN THEY SAID YES ON LAS OLAS.
WOULD YOU HIRE BACK? I'M SORRY FOR DOING THIS TO YOU.
WOULD YOU WORK AGAIN WITH SFM? I APOLOGIZE. LET'S FORGET IT.
LET ME LET ME LET ME ANSWER FOR YOU.
OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. WHY DON'T YOU JUST ANSWER FOR HER? AND THEN I COME BACK. UM, SO INITIALLY, I WAS SAYING, TO BE CLEAR, NOT NOT DANCING.
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INITIALLY, I WAS SAYING.THEN I WAS GOING TO DO SFM AND BRIGHTVIEW.
THEN SFM TALKED ABOUT BRIGHTVIEW WITH A FOUR DAY TERMINATION.
THAT MADE ME LIKE, OKAY, MAYBE NOT RIGHT? YOU. BECAUSE THAT FOUR DAY TERMINATION WAS WAS LIKE, OKAY, AND THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD LIE ABOUT A PUBLIC RECORD ON ANOTHER PUBLIC RECORD PLATFORM.
SO TO GIVE A CITY FOUR DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE CRAZY.
AND THEN HAS SFM, IS THERE CONTRACT STILL IN PLACE OR ARE THEY THEIR EXCUSE ME, THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT AS PER THE EXISTING CONTRACT ALLOWS.
SO THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED AND THEY NEVER GAVE US A FOUR DAY.
THEY NEVER GAVE US A FOUR DAY THING.
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? TERMINATION.
THEY CONTINUE TO DO MONTH TO MONTH.
I DON'T THINK OUR CONTRACT WILL ALLOW FOR THEM TO GIVE US A FOUR DAY NOTICE THAT THEY'RE LEAVING.
HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEY.
SIX WEEKS. YEAH, IT'S BEEN BASICALLY THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
OKAY. TO THIS POINT IN OCTOBER.
OKAY. SO THEY'VE STAYED ONE MONTH AND THEN THEY'RE IN THE SECOND MONTH.
SO THEY COULD HAVE THEY COULD HAVE CANCELED 30 DAYS AND THEN THEY DID IT.
AND THEN I ALSO AGREED WITH AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DANIEL THAT I LIKE THE.
THE FEEL OF VISUAL ESCAPE, THAT THEY ARE MORE FAMILY, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT.
AND I THINK THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE, IF I RECALL, THAT TOOK THE TIME TO.
THIS IS WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN THEIR IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
I. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD CHOOSE YET, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THAT'S MY COMMENTARY ON ON ALL OF THEM. I THINK I TOUCHED ALL OF THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS SAYING THAT THEY.
OKAY. WHICH ONE OF THE TWO OF YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, VILLALOBOS AND COMMISSIONER.
TYPICALLY, WHEN ANY VENDOR GIVES ANYONE, THEY'RE WORKING WITH VERY MINIMAL TIME.
THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS ALREADY BROKEN.
AND IN MY OPINION, WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH THAT CITY AND.
BRIGHTVIEW WAS BROKEN AND THEY JUST ALL PARTIES JUST WANTED OUT.
UM, VICE MAYOR, FOR CLARIFICATION, I BELIEVE JUNIPER THE EIGHT 1025 EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEY DEDICATED X AMOUNT OF WEED WHACKERS, X AMOUNT OF MOWER MOWERS, X AMOUNT OF WHATEVER THE OTHER AREA IS, AND A TOTAL OF 25 TO 30.
UM, MY BASED ON MY SCORING IN MY HEAD, MY NOTES.
UM, I ALREADY HAVE VISUAL ESCAPE AND JUNIPER BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I WROTE DOWN, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY CITY, BASED ON HOW MANY CRT'S THAT HAVE SENT IN, BASED ON THE FAMILY PART OF IT.
BECAUSE I SEE THIS HAPPENING HERE.
UH, STAFF IS ABLE TO GIVE EXCELLENT SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT WORKPLACE.
AND AS FAR AS JUNIPER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HUGE.
YES, BUT WE ARE A BIG CITY, SO IF THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO US.
I MEAN, BY ALL MEANS, THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD GO TOO.
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OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO MORE COMMENTS.AND I BELIEVE THAT'S I'LL END WITH THIS.
THE STAFF AND THE VENDORS THAT WE DO CHOOSE, THEY'LL DETERMINE HOW MANY.
WORKERS THAT LABOR FORCE WILL BE NEEDED FOR EACH VENDOR BASED ON THE NEEDS, BASED ON HOW MANY MONTHS AS WE KNOW IT GETS CUT TWICE OR THREE TIMES A MONTH.
EACH SERVICE GETS DONE DIFFERENTLY.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP TO THEM.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR COMMENTS ON.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. SO I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR.
UM, WE HAPPEN TO BE IN POLITICS, AND I KNOW POLITICS.
WHEN YOU ATTACK YOUR OPPONENT, THAT MEANS THAT A FRONTRUNNER, THAT'S.
SO. SO IN MY MIND, BY ATTACKING BRIGHTVIEW WHILE THEY BROUGHT SOMETHING TO LIGHT, THAT MEANS BRIGHTVIEW HAD SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEEDED TO ATTACK.
SO MY THINKING IS THAT I REVISITED AND RE LOOKED AT MY BRIGHTVIEW NOTES TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING AND BRIGHTVIEW DOES THE CITY OF WESTON AND JUNIPER DOES THE PARKS.
SO THE PARKS IS A SEPARATE ENTITY THEN THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO WITH BRIGHTVIEW THEY THEY DO.
THEY DO THE ENTIRE CITY'S, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS WELL.
UM, JUNIPER, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE HERE BEFORE.
IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEM THAT THEY KNOW THE CITY IN AND OUT.
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AND THE ONLY REASON THEY LOST BECAUSE IT WAS A LOW BID CONTRACT, IT WAS 2020.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.
SO PERHAPS IF COVID DIDN'T COME, WE WOULD HAVE STILL BE DEALING WITH, WITH, WITH JUNIPER.
I LIKE VISUAL SCAPE AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS.
I LIKE SEEING SMALLER COMPANIES GROW AND GET BIGGER.
I SAW THE PRESENTATION WITH THE THE COST.
THEIR COST SEEMS TO BE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT WAS LIKE THEIR COST WAS THE HIGHEST IS WHAT? WHAT IS THE HIGHEST. THE HIGHEST NUMBER.
YES, YES, YES. THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN, UM, IN, IN SFM PRESENTATION.
AND IT'S I'M STILL TRYING TO DECIDE BETWEEN BRIGHTVIEW AND VISUAL SKIP SFM.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
I TOOK THAT INTO I TOOK THAT A LOT OF WEIGHT.
YEAH. SO THAT IS MY FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHO I WOULD I WOULD PICK.
THANK YOU. WHAT DID HE SAY? NOT SO. NOT WORTH IT.
JUST KNOW THAT YOU USE YOUR OWN BRAIN.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS ON THIS COMMISSION.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE MAY NOT USE HIS OWN IS HIS PROBLEM.
ANYWAY, SO, UM, I NOW REMEMBER MY QUESTIONS.
UM. HOW IS THE WORK DIVIDED UP? IS IT GOING TO BE DIVIDED UP CITY FACILITIES LIKE BUILDINGS AND THEN PARKS? OR IS IT THIS PART OF TOWN? THAT PART OF TOWN? YOU'VE GOT SIX SQUARE MILES.
YEAH. WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF CITIES AND THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE.
AND DIFFERENT CITIES DO IT DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT GEOGRAPHICALLY.
THAT WAY, WE THINK WE CAN MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE FOR BOTH COMPANIES.
SOME CITIES DO IT BY PARKS VERSUS RIGHT OF WAYS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING GEOGRAPHICALLY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL SEGUE FOR ME, WHETHER YOU KNEW IT OR NOT.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
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IT NEEDS TO BE THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS HIS DESIGNEES, I THINK KIND OF LIKE SECTION FIVE CITY MANAGER HAS DESIGNEE.SO, MADAM MAYOR, IT MEANS CITY MANAGER AND IT'S LANGUAGE THAT KEITH HAS USED THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT.
SO CAN YOU JUST MAKE IT CLEANER? I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO MAKE IT CLEANER.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
KEITH, THAT'S YOUR WE WE WE USE CITY OFFICIALS FOR OTHER OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
BUT PART OF MY CONCERN IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER PUT THAT'S FINE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER PUT THE FIVE OF US IN THE PROCESS IN THIS CAPACITY. AND THEREFORE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, BECAUSE LET'S BE REALISTIC.
WE'LL MAKE IT CLEAR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S EASY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST KIND OF WANT TO CLARIFY IS WHEN JUNIPER WAS HERE SAYING EIGHT, TEN, 12, THE PERSON WAS COUNTING. HE WAS COUNTING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND THAT HE HAD AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN ORDER TO GET TO THE NUMBER THAT WE WERE ASKING, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A NUMBER THAT WAS PREPARED PRIOR TO THE PROPOSAL, PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION.
SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE FAULTED FOR FOR BEING CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE SAYING SOMETHING THAT THEY WEREN'T SAYING PROPERLY BECAUSE THEY WERE COUNTING AS THEY WERE COUNTING OUT LOUD.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DICTATING THE EMPLOYEES.
JUNIPER MAY HAVE A HUMONGOUS HEDGEHOG THAT CAN COME AND JUST DO IT ALL WITH ONE EMPLOYEE.
WE'RE NOT. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR EQUIPMENT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE GOT.
SO. LET US NOT AGAIN BE THE ONES DICTATING HOW MANY EMPLOYEES, WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU'RE ALL SATISFIED AND ALL THE PROFESSIONALS ARE SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU WENT OUT, YOU CHECKED THEIR FACILITIES, YOU CHECKED WHAT THEIR EQUIPMENT IS, YOU SEE THE WORK THAT THEY DO ELSEWHERE, IT'S ALL ON THEM.
OF COURSE, BECAUSE I SAY THAT.
WE WILL THEN COME BACK AROUND ON THE SCORING.
I REALLY THINK STILL THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE SOME SFM A TRY BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES. THEY'VE HAD.
A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THEIR CONTRACT AND.
YOU KNOW, WITH THIS NEW SCOPE, THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB.
BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE SUPPORT IS THERE.
UM. AND FORT LAUDERDALE IS TO THE EAST WOULD PROBABLY WORK. SO.
UM. KIND OF AGREEING WITH WITH COMMISSIONER.
MAYBE VISUAL ESCAPE AND JUNIPER.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO HEAR WHAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE IT OFF THE TOP.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE SELECTED JUNIPER.
DO I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? YOU JUST SAID JUNIPER.
I'M. I'M. I THINK VISUAL ESCAPE WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE.
MY MY CHOICE BETWEEN JUNIPER AND AND BETWEEN VISUAL ESCAPE AND JUNIPER.
I WOULD CHOOSE VISUAL ESCAPE BECAUSE VISUAL ESCAPE SEEM LIKE THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED.
AT FIRST, WHEN THEY WERE SHOWING THEIR PRESENTATION, I WAS KIND OF LIKE, THIS IS VERY BORING.
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BUT THEN AS I TURNED AROUND, SO TO GRADE THEM BASED ON LIKE THEIR PRESENTATION, I WAS DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO CHOOSE THEM.BUT AS I GAVE THEM THE TIME OF DAY AND I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT THEIR PRESENTATION AND THE NUMBERS, UM, I SAW WHERE IT WAS LIKE VERY DETAILED.
LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE THAT I WANT TO CUT THEM OFF, RIGHT? WHAT THE MAYOR IS SHE'S TAKING, SHE'S TAKING AT THE TOP JUNIPER, I THINK ESCAPE AT THE TOP BECAUSE YOU HAD I'M ONLY GOING I'VE GOT FIVE PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT JUNIPER WAS IN THE LIST AND WE ARE NOT DECIDING WHO GETS WHAT OR WHAT FIRST OR SECOND JUNIPER IS APPROVED BY JUNIPER IS MY NUMBER ONE.
OKAY. I'M ONLY GOING WITH JUNIPER RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO JUNIPER HAS RECEIVED CONSENSUS.
THE NEXT ONE HAS BEEN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN VISUAL ESCAPES AND.
RIGHT VIEW. WANTED TO CALL IT BRIGHTLINE FOR A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO WITH.
DANIEL. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER? YEAH.
HIM. VICE MAYOR. BOLTON VISIBLE.
YEAH. SO AT THIS TIME YOU HAVE THREE FOR VISUAL VISUAL SCAPES.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT YOU HAVE THREE AI.
THE VOTE IS CONSENSUS MAJORITY.
LOOK, I THINK BOTH COMPANIES DID WELL.
PRESENTATION. DO I THINK THAT WE POSSIBLY WOULD BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF BRIGHTVIEW BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NATIONAL REACH THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME SERVICES TO US THAT WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO THE CITY.
I THINK THAT BOTH COMPANIES WOULD DO A GOOD JOB FOR US.
I, OF COURSE, LOVE MOM AND POPS.
AS ALWAYS, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DIP INTO MARLON'S POCKETBOOK.
AND TO SAVE MARLON'S POCKETBOOK, THOUGH, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ON MY BEHALF ABOUT VISUAL ESCAPES AND THE FINANCIAL ASPECT THAT I HAVE NO IDEA REALLY IDEA ON OTHER THAN A FEW THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BE HERE WITH US, BUT WE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS, WHICH IN YOUR NEGOTIATIONS ALSO WIND UP CAUSING IT TO BE, INSTEAD OF 5050 SPLIT OF A CITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING WITH JUNIPER FOR 75% OF THE CITY.
AND BECAUSE FINANCIALLY THE BUDGET ONLY ALLOWS US TO DO 25% OF THE CITY.
AND LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
MAYBE THEY WILL AMEND SOME OF THEIR FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF IT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S FOR DISCUSSION AND NEGOTIATION FROM YOU GUYS, NOT US.
SO BECAUSE WASN'T JUNIPER HIGH AS WELL AND SFM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THEIR PRESENTATION IS BECAUSE THEY UNDERBID THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT WE REQUIRED.
SFM BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT SFM.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I'M SAYING IF WE TALK ABOUT THE FINANCE, I THINK.
OH, GOOD. YEAH, YOU GOT CONSENSUS.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED EITHER WAY.
EXACTLY. SO WE GOT JUNIPER VISUAL SCAPE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THE MEMO AND RESOLUTION TO REFLECT THAT.
[1.b Turnpike Widening Project Development Study Update]
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GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.I'M COMING TO YOU WITH JUST THE LITTLE NOTE THAT WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING, PLEASE HAVE IT ON.
AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE KEEP IT OFF.
JUST TRYING TO HELP. YOU'RE BUSY.
ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE PRESENTING ON THE 595 TO WALES PDA.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. ANDREW VELAZQUEZ I'M WITH AIKEN TURNPIKE PLANNING OFFICE.
HENRY PINZON WITH THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THOUGHT. SO THE STUDY LIMITS FOR THIS STUDY START FROM SOUTH OF I 595 TO WAHLS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES.
SO WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS STUDY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE STARTED IN MARCH AND THEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, WE HELD A PUBLIC KICKOFF MEETING AND THAT WAS TO LET THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL AGENCIES KNOW THAT THE STUDY WAS HAD STARTED AND THAT WE WOULD BE SOLICITING INPUT.
AND THEN IN JANUARY OF 2022, WE PRESENTED PROJECT ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC INPUT.
SO BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WE CAME UP WITH A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE TO WIDEN THE MAIN LINE SEPARATED INTO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS SHOWN IN COLORS HERE.
THE BLUE IS FROM I5 95 TO ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, WHERE WE'LL BE WIDENING TO THE OUTSIDE, PROVIDING A TEN LANE TYPICAL SECTION AND CONTINUOUS AUXILIARY LANES BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGES.
AND THEN IN THE PURPLE AREA WE WOULD BE PROVIDING THE SAME TEN LANES TYPICAL BUT INSTEAD WIDENING TO THE WEST AS THIS AVOIDS IMPACTS IN THE BLUE AREA.
CLOSER TO THE EASTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE AS SHOWN IN THAT YELLOW SHADED AREA.
WHEREAS UP IN THE PURPLE AREA, THE FGC, IT IS CLOSER TO THE NORTHBOUND LANES.
AND THEN WE ALSO DEVELOPED PREFERRED INTERCHANGE ALTERNATIVES.
SO SHOWN HERE ARE THREE EXISTING THAT WE PLAN TO IMPROVE 595 SUNRISE COMMERCIAL, WHICH WE'LL DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE, AS WELL AS OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
THAT'S A NEW INTERCHANGE BEING PROPOSED THERE.
I'M SORRY. ALSO A NEW INTERCHANGE PROPOSED THAT MCNABB, CYPRESS CREEK ROAD AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING INTERCHANGES AT ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY, DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING AND SAMPLE ROAD.
SO OUR COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING ACCESS, BUT JUST MAKING SOME MINOR, SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BEING REPLACING THE BRIDGE BECAUSE WE'RE WIDENING THE TURNPIKE BELOW IT.
SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE TO TO SPAN OVER THE MAINLINE LANES AND THEN WE'LL BE ALSO REPLACING THE RAMP BRIDGE FURTHER TO THE NORTH.
WE'LL BE IMPROVING THE GEOMETRY OF THE OF THE RAMPS.
I ALSO MENTIONED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
BUT WE HEARD THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY STAFF ABOUT THAT FUTURE SABLE PALMS PARK.
SO THE PREFERRED IS, IS NUMBER ONE.
YEAH. SO NOW HERE IS TO THE SOUTH, THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE, WHICH IS WHICH IS WILL RELIEVE THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE.
SO THIS IS A RENDERING OF HOW THAT INTERCHANGE COULD LOOK.
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FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VACANT GOLF COURSE IN ANTICIPATION OF BUILDING THIS NEW INTERCHANGE SO IT WOULD PROVIDE FULL ACCESS TO AND FROM THE FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.WE HEARD MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL NEW INTERCHANGE FROM THE RESIDENTS THE INVERARY ASSOCIATION, FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO NOT ONLY WILL THIS INTERCHANGE RELIEVE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO SUNRISE TO THE SOUTH.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE IS THE OVERALL BENEFITS THAT THE PROJECT PROVIDES, INCLUDING THE MAIN LINE WIDENING AND THE TWO NEW INTERCHANGES AT CYPRESS CREEK AND OAKLAND PARK. SO STARTING WITH THE TURNPIKE MAINLINE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A 43% REDUCTION IN TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS ALONG THAT MAINLINE JUST IN THE STUDY AREA.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN WHAT WE SHARED DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT WITHOUT THE PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXTENSIVE MILE BACKUPS ON OUR TURNPIKE MAINLINE EXTENDING TEN AND 14 MILES RESPECTIVELY.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT THROUGH THE WIDENING PROJECT.
IN ADDITION, THE INTERCHANGE AT OAKLAND PARK AND CYPRESS CREEK, THEY HELPED DISTRIBUTE THE TRAFFIC, PUT PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET DOWN TO OAKLAND PARK AND DON'T HAVE TO GET OFF A COMMERCIAL.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET OFF OF CYPRESS CREEK, DON'T HAVE TO GET OFF OF COMMERCIAL.
SO YOU'RE DISTRIBUTING THAT TRAFFIC.
AND THEN WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT CREATES AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL ROADS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GET IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON THIS.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATING THE CHANGES IN TRAFFIC VOLUME AT A DAILY LEVEL.
THIS IS OUR 2045 TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS.
UM, ANYTHING THAT'S SHOWN AS GREEN IS BASICALLY A PERCENT TRAFFIC DECREASE.
ANYTHING THAT'S SHOWN AS A BLUE CIRCLE IS A PERCENT TRAFFIC INCREASE.
AND AT SUNRISE BOULEVARD BY 13%.
THESE BUBBLES INDICATE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SEGMENTS.
SO THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU TRANSLATE THAT INTO THE OPERATIONAL COMPONENT OF THAT.
BUT OVERALL, GENERALLY YOU SEE MORE GREEN THAN BLUE, WHICH IS GOOD.
THAT MEANS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS TWO ACCESS POINTS IS PROVIDING AN OVERALL BENEFIT.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRANSLATE THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC TO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THAT OVERALL INTERSECTION DELAY? I MENTIONED EARLIER THE 20 PLUS PERCENT REDUCTION IN OVERALL INTERSECTION DELAY.
AS FOR EVERY INTERSECTION THAT WE ANALYZE THROUGH THIS STUDY AREA, ALL GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO WALES AND DOWN THE SUN TO SUNRISE, BUT THIS IS JUST THE AREA WITHIN, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE PRIMARILY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS SOME BENEFITS ALONG COMMERCIAL AT THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE, 65% REDUCTION IN DELAY AND A 21 IN THE MORNING CONDITION AND A 21% REDUCTION IN THE AFTERNOON CONDITION.
WE SEE SOME INCREASES IN THE MORNING, PRIMARILY DUE TO BEING ABLE TO PROCESS MORE TRAFFIC, BUT THAT IS OFFSET BY A DRAMATIC INCREASE OR DECREASE IN DELAY IN THE AFTERNOON. DO YOU WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR ANALYSIS DOES ASSUME A FUTURE IMPROVEMENT TO THE STATE ROAD SEVEN AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE INTERSECTION? THIS IS IN THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
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THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO IN SAVINGS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.SO BRINGING BACK THIS SCHEDULE, WE ARE TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE WORKING TO CONCLUDE THE STUDY.
SO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT HAPPEN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL JUST THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
HOPE IT COULD MOVE FASTER, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY IN AGREEMENT AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
HOW DOES THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK FEEL ABOUT THIS PLAN? THAT'S RIGHT. THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK TO THE EAST, LAUDERHILL TO THE WEST LAUDERDALE LAKES TO THE SOUTH OR IN THE MIDDLE, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS PLAN? YEAH, AND IT'S REALLY LAUDERHILL AND LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT WE'VE MET WITH.
LAUDERDALE LAKES IS ON THE EAST SIDE.
LAUDERHILL IS ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
LAUDERHILL HAS BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF THIS INTERCHANGE GOING BACK SINCE THE EARLY 2000.
THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO STUDY IT IN MORE DETAIL WAY BACK WHEN THEY ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THEIR OWN CONSULTANT STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ADOPTED HERE IN THE 2009 ERA WHEN THAT GOLF COURSE WENT DEFUNCT.
SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
WE DO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP TO DO WITH THEM.
THEY WERE LOOKING TO REALIGN 55TH AND WANTED US TO LOOK INTO THAT.
BUT GENERALLY THEY ARE 100% ON BOARD.
AND OUR ANALYSIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER.
SO THERE WERE THERE ARE GOOD AS WELL.
OKAY. I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR FOR ALL THIS CHANGE IMPROVEMENTS? YEAH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR DREAM.
WELL, NO, I MEAN, WE THIS IS A THIS IS A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO GET PAST THE NEXT STEP.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO PUT PENCIL ON PAPER AND GET IT DESIGNED SO THAT CAN GO TO A CONTRACTOR.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH WORK PROGRAM AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ADVANCE PROJECTS AND ANY SUPPORT WOULD HELP IN MAKING THAT DECISION BY TURNPIKE.
HEY, ANDREW, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO.
THE FIRST STEP WAS PURCHASING THE GOLF COURSE.
OH, YEAH, WE DID BEFORE IT GOT TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THIS TO BECOME A REALITY.
AND FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE OFFICIALLY OWNS THE GOLF COURSE.
IN LAUDERHILL. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
THAT'S. THAT'S A VERY OF COURSE, YES.
SO THEY'LL BE HAPPY ABOUT NOT BUILDING 335 HOMES ON THEIR GOLF COURSE.
ROCK ISLAND TRAIL, DOES THAT AFFECT TRAFFIC COMING BACK AND FORTH? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW 335 HOME DEVELOPMENT RIGHT UP THE STREET IN THE WOODLANDS AND LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, THE CURRENT SITE PLAN, THE SAGO PALM, IS ONE OF THE ENTRANCES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE.
AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC SIGN ON ROCK ISLAND.
SO IS THERE GOING TO HAVE MORE TRAFFIC GOING ON ROCK ISLAND OR IS IT NOT GOING TO BRING MORE TRAFFIC ON ROCK ISLAND? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS TRAFFIC GOING UP ROCK ISLAND BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
WHO WANTS TO GET TO THE TURNPIKE WILL BE GOING SOUTH.
SO AS YOU GET CLOSER TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THIS THIS INTERCHANGE WILL HAVE LESS TRAFFIC.
THE INTERCHANGE ITSELF, AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONCERNED, IT'S WE ARE REALIGNING ROCK ISLAND.
AND ACTUALLY THIS ONE DOESN'T REALLY DO IT JUSTICE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER.
SO THE KIND OF THE START OF OUR PROJECT IS JUST SOUTH OF 41, 44TH.
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AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY HAVE IS WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC.THOSE NUMBERS INCLUDE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN TAMARAC.
SO WE DID A FORECAST TO 2045 USING THE TRANSPORTATION MODEL THAT'S AVAILABLE BY THE BROWARD MPO.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT 2045 HYPOTHETICALLY TAMARAC POPULATION IS 120,000 AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILL GOING TO BE DOWN 30% EVEN AT A 2045 POPULATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, BROWARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE IS INCREASING.
YES. SO THAT DEVELOPMENT GOES INTO AVAILABLE PARCELS OR GETS REDEVELOPED.
IN ALL, THE MODEL DOES ACCOUNT FOR TRAFFIC GROWTH AND TAMARAC DURING THAT TIME, AT THAT SPECIFIC TIME WHAT THE POPULATION POTENTIALLY WOULD BE AND THAT THOSE NUMBERS IS 30% BASED ON THOSE FUTURE NUMBERS.
SO EVEN IF THE DREAM COMES TO REALITY IN FIVE YEARS, THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE IT WOULD BE EVEN A BIGGER REDUCTION BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS NOT GOING TO BE AS VAST AS 2045. THAT IS A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION.
AND A KING FROM ATLANTA MARCHED IN BIRMINGHAM, SAID IT WAS A DREAM.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT MAY TURN THE DREAM INTO REALITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, MR. CITY MANAGER, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE EXPECT BY 2040? OUR IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS ABOUT 74, BUT I THINK IT'S 105,000.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE DON'T TOUCH.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, JASMINE.
AND I WAS VIRTUALLY AT YOUR MEETING WHEN YOU HAD THE PUBLIC CONFERENCE FOR THIS.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MEETING WHEN YOU HAD THE IN-PERSON ONE, WHICH IS WHY.
I OR MY COLLEAGUES WEREN'T AT YOUR IN-PERSON ONE.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS A VERY LONG TIME.
SO BASICALLY SINCE 2010 WHEN I WAS TOLD THIS WAS COMING AND IT SAID 20 YEARS OR SO FROM NOW, OR ACTUALLY AT THAT TIME, I THINK IT WAS 15 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE. SO I'M LIKE ON PINS AND NEEDLES AND VERY EXCITED.
AND AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY, WE ONLY COULD DO ONE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE CYPRESS CREEK OR OAKLAND PARK.
IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BOTH BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE HAD PEOPLE MANNING BOOTHS.
WELL, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LIKE PEOPLE WORKING.
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE WORKING.
AND I WAS AT A MEETING THE OTHER DAY AND A RESIDENT IN CENTRAL PARK WAS VERY EXCITED WHERE SHE WHEN I TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS COMING, I TOLD HER I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT WILL FINALLY START, BUT SHE WAS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR BECAUSE SHE WORKS OFF OF.
WHAT'S CONSIDERED CYPRESS CREEK AND ALSO MCNABB.
AND SO SHE CAN JUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND GET TO WORK IN NO TIME BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR 4.2 MILES, BECAUSE I USED TO WORK ON CYPRESS CREEK AND I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS.
IT TOOK ME HALF AN HOUR TO GO 4.2 MILES.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ROCK ISLAND? IS IT GOING TO BE WIDENED BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE WOODLANDS.
LAUDERHILL HAS JUST BUILT 501 UNITS ON UNIVERSITY, AND THE REALITY OF ANYBODY KNOWING WHERE THAT IS ON UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT DOWN SOUTH.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET ON NORTHWEST 44TH.
THEY'RE GOING TO CUT OFF NORTHWEST 44TH.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN ON NORTHWEST TO ROCK ISLAND AND GO AROUND.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY ONLY WANTS TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT CITY OF TAMARAC IS DOING.
BUT THE REALITY IS OUR SISTER CITIES ARE GROWING AROUND US, TOO.
YOU SNEEZE AT THE TRUTH, AS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY.
SO SOME OF THE STUFF YOU'RE DOING WITH OAKLAND PARK AND MAYBE FIXING THE.
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I AM THE SENIOR ONE ON THIS COMMISSION NOW.I AM LIKE THE OLD LADY, SO I MIGHT AS WELL SAY IT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO CAUSE THAT'S TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A NIGHTMARE IN LAUDERHILL.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS NOW A COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO WAS ONCE A PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE, WHO'S NOW THE BOSS OF SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION WHO, YOU KNOW, WAS MAKING COMMENTS ON ON COUNTY STUFF.
SO VERY EXCITED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AS WELL.
THE I SAW THE NUMBERS IN THE BLUE.
SOME OF THE NUMBERS MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT HIGH FOR FUTURE ITEMS. BUT I'M PRESUMING THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU START FROM ZERO, YOU'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN GOING TO INCREASE TO A HIGHER PERCENTAGE.
IS THAT KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THE NUMBERS HAD SOME HIGHER? YEAH, GENERALLY AND SOMETIMES IN SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE WHAT THE UNDERLYING VALUE IS.
SO THAT DELAY IS WE HAVE A GRADE BETWEEN LEVEL SERVICE, A THROUGH LEVEL SERVICE.
F IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TRANSPORTATION LEVEL SERVICE.
SO THE SMALLER THE NUMBER, IF IT'S A SMALL CHANGE, IT'S GOING TO SHOW A BIG PERCENT, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE SOME MINOR INTERSECTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE. AND JUST FOR BECAUSE SOME OF US MAY UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS, YOU MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THESE ITEMS BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG NUMBER IN THAT BLUE AND GET A LITTLE CONCERNED, MAYBE HAVE THOSE ASTERISKS, EXPLAIN THAT OUT SO PEOPLE AREN'T GOING, OH, MY GOD, I SEE A 51 OR WHATEVER NUMBER I QUICKLY SAW THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THAT MAY GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF.
THIS PROJECT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS WE THINK IT IS.
WHEN THAT'S NOT THE CASE, IT JUST.
WHEN WE DEAL WITH STATISTICS, NOT EVERYBODY INTERPRETS EVERYTHING THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO.
AND AS WE HEAR THE NUMBERS FOR 2040, THE COUNTIES ON A GRID, THE STATES ON A GRID, SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND ABILITY TO DO DENSITY AND WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE COMING FROM THE NUMBERS IN WHICH YOU'RE COMING FROM.
SO AS A LAND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON PLANNING AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT STUFF.
BUT AS YOU COME ACROSS TO WHERE THE HOUSES ARE, IT'S NOT AS HIGH.
SO YOU'RE 18FT HIGH IS REALLY ONLY TEN FEET FOR THE HOUSES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WE HAVE IS CENTRAL PARK.
AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKING AWAY ANY OF THE PROPERTY THERE.
BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS AND THE COMMENTS WE'VE HAD IS THAT.
NOISE WALL IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
NOT LONG ENOUGH. NOT BIG ENOUGH.
NOT. KEEPING SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SOUNDS OUT.
I'M TRYING TO GET IT BACK THERE.
SOUNDS GOOD. AND IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE.
AND THEN I THINK IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE HAVING.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE I SEE NORTHWEST 55TH PLACE.
YES, PLEASE. BECAUSE IT DOES TRAVEL.
SO IF YOU WOULD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM. FORGIVE ME AS NEW LANDOWNERS TO THE GOLF COURSE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW PURCHASE.
UM. NOW, I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU MADE A THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED ABOUT MONEY.
MONEY COMES FROM ACTUALLY GETTING ALL OF OUR SUPPORT.
YOU GO INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF GRANTS.
WITH HOPE, RIGHT? WHEN YOU FINISH THIS UP IN 2024 AND YOU SUBMIT SO YOU CAN THEN DO THE BUILD DESIGN.
WELL, WHAT IS OUR APPROXIMATE TIME FRAME? YOU WANT TO COVER. FIRST WE GOT TO COVER.
IT'S NOT GRANTS IS TOLD, SO ALL TURNPIKE PROJECTS ARE TOLD BY TOLLS AND TIMING.
SO ONCE IT GETS PROGRAMED FOR DESIGN, YOU KNOW, THAT DESIGN CAN LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS TYPICALLY.
AND AND THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE AREA WITH THAT GAS LINE.
SO WE SEE DESIGN BEING CLOSER TO THAT FOUR YEAR TIME FRAME CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, LATELY FIVE YEARS ISH, 2029 ISH IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ISH. YOU'RE GETTING THE DESIGN IN BY NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT VERY LIKELY THAT DESIGN IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THAT FALLS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR 20 YEARS, 2025 THROUGH 2029 FOR THE DESIGN AND THEN BUILD GOES 29 TO 1 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, LIKELY FOUR YEARS AFTER DESIGN, FOUR YEARS AFTER DESIGN.
SO IT REALLY STILL ARE MY 20 YEAR TIME FRAME.
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SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCIES THERE.OKAY. LET'S HOPE WE CAN TURN THIS.
BUT THEN ALSO, HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION YOU'VE GOT FROM 595 NORTH TO WALES.
WHERE DO WE STAND IN THE PROGRESS OF IT? IS IT ONE WHOLE THING AT ONE TIME OR IT'S EACH INTERSECTION AS YOU GO FORWARD? SO IS THERE ANY WAY FOR TAMARAC? SO WE GET COMMERCIAL OAKLAND PARK AND CYPRESS CREEK BEING DONE FIRST, ANDREW IS GOING TO CORRECT ME ON THIS, BUT THE PROJECT IS PROBABLY SPLIT INTO ABOUT 5 OR 6 SEGMENTS AT THIS POINT, AND THE PRIORITY IS FROM NORTH TO THE SOUTH.
IT WILL VERY LIKELY PRECEDE CYPRESS CREEK.
THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN DO YOU CAN DO OAKLAND PARK COMMERCIAL AND CYPRESS CREEK.
IT'S FINE AS LONG. AND ACTUALLY MAYBE JUST DO CYPRESS, OAKLAND PARK.
AND SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY TO EVERYBODY, PLEASE TAKE THE TOLL ROADS.
LOOK, I'LL TRY. IT DOESN'T HURT TO ASK.
RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET LIKE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT FROM THE COMMISSION DO IF WE GIVE A CONSENSUS NOW, IS THAT SUFFICIENT? AND THEN WE CAN WRITE SOMETHING UP BECAUSE DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON IT AGAIN? ALL RIGHT. SO.
COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS COMMISSIONER.
OKAY. SO YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST FOUR OF US OUT OF WHO ARE CERTAIN, SO RUN WITH THAT.
WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN UP.
YEAH. YEAH. WE HAVE SAMPLE LANGUAGE AT POMPANO BEACH GAVE US, SO I'LL USE THAT.
OKAY. AND THEN SINCE WE HAVE CONSENSUS ALREADY, I HAVE AUTHORITY TO SIGN IT AND OR THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN WE'LL JUST GET IT TO YOU VERSUS YOU HAVING TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER UNAVAILABLE, SO IT'S ALL GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR DEALING WITH US.
IT IS 149 AND WE ARE NOW WELCOMING ONE C TAMARAC SCHOOL ZONE SPEED STUDY RESULTS BY.
[1.c Tamarac School Zones Speed Study Results]
DRIVE SAFELY, BUT PUT ALL THOSE TOLLS ON THE TOLL ROAD JUST FOR TAMARAC.SORRY. LOOK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUN.
THAT'S RIGHT. SAYS THE MAN WHO GETS UP AT LIKE FOUR.
MADE BEFORE THE STEAM PANEL HERE START THEIR PRESENTATION.
AND SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH TWO TWO ENTITIES TO FIND OUT WHAT THE STATUS OF OUR SCHOOL ZONES ARE IN TAMARAC. AND THIS IS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FINDINGS AND AND THE PERSPECTIVES FROM THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TO ASSIST WITH THAT CONVERSATION.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.
THIS TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND FOR THIS ITEM.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE BIPARTISAN BILL, 606 57, WAS APPROVED AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO INSTALL.
AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO INSTALL SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS AT SCHOOL ZONES.
GIVING MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES THE OPTION TO USE THEM OR THE CHOICE TO USE THEM.
AND AS THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TWO VENDORS WHO COMPLETED THESE STUDIES FOR US, THIS ANALYSIS FOR US. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED.
FOR CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY AND MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
FOR THE ZONES AT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND AT NORTHWEST 94TH AVENUE.
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CENTER ELEMENTARY AND MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOLS.RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WAS REQUESTED DURING THE DISCUSSION ITEM AT JUNE DURING THE JUNE 28TH COMMISSION MEETING, BUT IS NOT A MARKED SCHOOL ZONE.
THEREFORE, 2.2% VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE D ZONE, WHICH HAS A SPEED LIMIT OF 45MPH.
LASTLY, WE HAVE TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, NORTHWEST EIGHTH AVENUE AT NORTHWEST 75TH STREET WITH A 51% VIOLATORS. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS.
NO CITATIONS WOULD BE ISSUED WITHOUT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REVIEWING THE VIOLATIONS.
AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON THIS POINT.
THIS IS A NO NO COST TO THE CITY PROGRAM.
SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT WE HAVE INTERVIEWED HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD COVER THE INSTALLATION OF THE SYSTEM AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE MAILING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS SYSTEM ALSO OFFERED THE POTENTIAL INTEGRATION TO LICENSE PLATE READERS CAMERA SYSTEMS. THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE CITIES AND EFFORTS TO COMBAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.
THIS PROGRAM ALSO WOULD ONLY CITE THOSE EGREGIOUS SPEEDERS, AND IT WOULD BE THOSE WHO WERE GOING TEN MILES OR ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND THE PROGRAM ALSO OUTLINES THE LEGISLATION, IN PARTICULAR OUTLINES A APPEAL PROCESS WHICH PROVIDES THAT ONCE THE VIOLATION IS IS ISSUED AND A VEHICLE OWNER IS NOTIFIED, THEN THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REQUEST A HEARING.
AND SO THIS IS THE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE $100 CIVIL PENALTY.
$20 WOULD BE REMITTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO BE DEPOSITED UNDER STATE GENERAL REVENUE GENERAL FUND.
$60 OUT OF THE 100 WOULD STAY WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.
FOR TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.
$12 WOULD BE REMITTED TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE UTILIZED FOR SAFETY PROGRAMS, TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE STUDENTS OR FOR TRANSPORTATION.
$3 WOULD BE REMITTED TO THE STATE REVENUE FUND TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIMINAL STANDARDS AND TRAINING FUND.
$5 WILL GO TO THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION RETENTION PROGRAM.
SO SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY ARE TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE INSTALLATION OF A SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM ON A SCHOOL ZONE.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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CAPTAIN. I GO THROUGH FOUR SCHOOL ZONES DAILY, 1 TO 2 SCHOOL ZONES, BUT TWICE A DAY.SO IF YOU EVER NEED ANYBODY ELSE ON DUTY, LET ME KNOW.
FIRST QUESTION, THE 2.2 VERSUS 59%.
WHY IS THAT? DO WE KNOW WHY ONE SCHOOL WHICH IS VERY BUSY RENAISSANCE.
I MEAN, THAT STREET GETS BUSY DURING THE SCHOOL TIME, BUT THEY ALL GET BUSY.
WHY IS THERE SUCH A DISPARITY WHEN IT COMES TO 2.2, BUT 59%? IS IT THE DRIVERS OR SO THE 2.2 THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT'S NOT A MARKED SCHOOL? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
SO IT'S NOT UNIVERSITY DRIVE DOESN'T HAVE A SCHOOL LIKE.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT MARKS THE SCHOOL ZONE.
NO. SO THE 2.2 THAT IS THERE WAS REGISTERED UNDER THE STUDY.
BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING OVER THE 45, I BELIEVE IT'S 45 SPEED LIMIT ON THAT AREA.
SO THOSE THAT DATA WAS INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWED A SCHOOL TO BE THERE WITHOUT SIGNAGES. IS THAT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE? SO DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT? IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
AND THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING A VERY LIMITED PERCENTAGE AND VIOLATORS IS BECAUSE.
SO LANES ARE KIND OF NARROWED DOWN.
THEY HAVE A DETAILED SPECIAL DETAIL REQUEST THERE.
SO THAT DETAIL TYPICALLY GETS FILLED ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT'S AN INTENTIONAL GRIDLOCK, MUCH SIMILAR TO AN INTENTIONAL GRIDLOCK AT MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY ON 94TH AVE.
AND THAT'S INTENTIONAL TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A VERY LARGE VIOLATION OF SPEEDERS QUICKLY.
POINTS ON LICENSES? NO. YES. NO. OKAY.
SO I PICKED UP MY DAUGHTER ON EARLY RELEASE THIS WEEK.
BUT THE LIGHTS WEREN'T ON FOR SCHOOL ZONES ON MILLENNIUM.
SO THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
EVERY TIME WHEN THERE'S NO SCHOOL.
I KNOW FOR SURE THERE'S SOME KIDS GO TO SCHOOL IN THE SUMMER.
FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN EARLY RELEASE, THERE'S NO LIGHTS.
ARE WE? IS A COMPANY, WHOEVER WE GET GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO SAY, HEY, YOU GOTTA TURN THOSE LIGHTS ON BECAUSE IT'S AN EARLY RELEASE DAY.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
CAN I PROVIDE YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT ONE? YEAH. YEAH. VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO BOTH COMPANIES THAT WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HAVE COMMITTED TO.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS SO THAT THE SCHOOL LIVES ARE IN SYNC WITH THE TIMES THAT THE SCHOOL IS BEING RELEASED, WHETHER IT'S EARLY RELEASE OR WHETHER IT'S A TEACHER'S WORK DAY. THEY HAVE GIVEN US A VERBAL COMMITMENT THAT THEY WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SCHOOL FLASHING LIGHTS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.
AND LASTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I SHARE THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
I KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT THE PROBLEM THAT I SEE THE MOST IS YOU'RE DRIVING TO A SCHOOL.
IT'S TELLING YOU, HEY, THERE'S A SCHOOL ZONE HERE.
YOU GET TO THE LIGHT, PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONE, THEY'RE EATING, THEY'RE CHATTING.
THEY FORGET DURING THE SCHOOL ZONE.
THEY'VE COMMITTED ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE TO LET THE DRIVERS KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A SCHOOL ZONE.
SO. INITIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF A SCHOOL ZONE.
THERE'S SIGNAGE THAT'S ESTABLISHED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
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AND THEN LASTLY, JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR TAMARAC, BETWEEN 94TH AND PINE ISLAND, WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL ZONES, BUT FROM 94TH MILLENNIUM TO ABOUT THE ENTRANCE OF PUBLIX, THAT'S THE END SCHOOL ZONE.PEOPLE THINK THAT THE WHOLE ROAD FROM 94TH TO PINE ISLAND IS A SCHOOL ZONE, AND IT'S NOT TRUE.
THE MIDDLE SECTION, IT'S A FREE FOR ALL.
AFTER THAT, UNTIL POLLO TROPICAL, I'M SAYING TO THE AMERICAN AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT WHERE THE LIBRARY IS.
RIGHT. THOSE ARE HOT ZONES THERE.
I MEAN, I PULLED OVER A MILLION PEOPLE OVER WITH MY PRETEND GUNN.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ADMIT TO ON THE RECORD.
WELL, MY, MY, MY, MY SPEED GUNN.
MY MY PRETEND, YOU KNOW, SPEED GUNN RADAR OR RADAR SYSTEM.
THANK YOU. SO, COMMISSIONER JUST TO THAT LAST COMMENT, THAT'S A VERY GREAT ASSESSMENT AND SOMETHING THAT LIEUTENANT PALOMAR AND I, ALONG WITH MESA, HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING BECAUSE IT KIND OF GIVES A FALSE PRETENSE.
IT KIND OF CREATES A FALSE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR DRIVERS.
SO LIEUTENANT PALAMARA CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ARTICULATE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE TWO COMPANIES, ONE OR THE OTHER, TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, EITHER TO EXTEND A VERY LONG SCHOOL ZONE OR TO PERHAPS DO AWAY WITH SOME OF THE PORTION OF DISCOVERY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT, CHRIS? TURN YOUR MIC ON. MADAM MAYOR.
MR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
SO IT CREATES A BIT OF A FALSE SENSE OF.
NOT BEING OR INCORRECT LIGHT FLASHING.
I'M STILL WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO DETERMINE THE EXPLANATION FOR WHY THE MILLENNIUM SCHOOL ZONE EXTENDS THAT DISTANCE AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WHY THE SCHOOLS WOULDN'T BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT BOTH CHALLENGER AND DISCOVERY AND THROUGH THE ENTIRE DISTANCE, WHY THERE'S A GAP IN BETWEEN THE TWO.
ALSO, TO ADDRESS YOUR OTHER QUESTION, BACK WITH THE SPEED ZONE UNIVERSITY, THE ABILITY OF VEHICLES TO SPEED OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR OR OVER 25 MILES AN HOUR IN A SCHOOL ZONE IS FAR MORE LIKELY WHEN IT'S NORMALLY A 45 VERSUS PEOPLE GOING 55 IN A 45.
SO THEREFORE, FEWER CARS ARE GOING OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR ON UNIVERSITY.
IT'S A SMALLER FRACTION THAN PEOPLE ARE USED TO DRIVING 45 OR SO DOING MORE THAN 25.
THANK YOU. ARE YOU GOOD? ARE YOU DONE? COMMISSIONER.
DANIEL. AND THEN MR. RAY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS DATA A BIT MORE FOR ME? YOU'RE SAYING THESE 51% OF PEOPLE IN TAMARAC GOT SPEEDING TICKETS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OR WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? OR HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS DATA? FOR EXAMPLE, ON TAMARAC UNIVERSITY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT DURING SCHOOL HOURS, 4,051% OF THE PEOPLE WHO PASS THROUGH THAT AREA VIOLATED THE SPEED LIMIT DURING SCHOOL HOURS OR DURING DISMISSAL AND ARRIVAL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FLASH DURING SCHOOL HOURS. EXCUSE ME? DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS WHILE THEY THE LIGHT IS FLASHING.
OKAY. SO 51% JUST FROM YOU LOOKING, WE SAW 50 ARE USING A MACHINE.
51% OF THE PEOPLE KNOW COMMISSIONER.
SO BOTH COMPANIES DID A SPEED STUDY ANALYSIS AND PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY.
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MR HAS TAKEN THAT INFORMATION AND KIND OF COMPILED IT TOGETHER FOR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY AND SO ON.SO THAT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE.
NINE HOURS OR WHEN NON SCHOOL HOURS OR WHEN THE KIDS WERE ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL.
IT'S ONLY IN THE INTAKE AND RELEASE.
I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE CRASHES FOR ALL OF THEM.
YOU'RE RIGHT. WHY DON'T WE MAKE GRIDLOCK FOR EVERYBODY SO WE WON'T HAVE A NEED FOR IT SINCE IT WAS INTENTIONALLY DONE? SO NORFOLK CITY AND NORTHWEST 75TH STREET ESSENTIALLY IS THE WEST SIDE OF TAMARAC ELEMENTARY TO THE FAR WEST SIDE.
AND SO THAT DISTANCE IS LITERALLY ONE BLOCK THAT THAT STREET IS TYPICALLY USED AS A.
CUT THROUGH FROM PINE ISLAND TO MCNABB ROAD.
IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO MAKE THAT GRIDLOCK IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
OKAY, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ME.
YEAH, GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS SAYING.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YEAH, THAT COULD BE VERY FRUSTRATING.
AND I MEAN, IF I WAS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD BE FRUSTRATED TOO, I WOULD THINK.
I AGREE. WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
MOST AREAS THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE SPEED ZONE WHERE YOU'RE TALKING BY WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB.
FROM WHAT I SEE, THERE'S NO HAPPENINGS, WHICH IS GOOD.
I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS FIXED RIGHT THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SHOCKED TO SEE.
RIGHT. IF WE INSTALL IT, 51% OF THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TICKETS.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO I DON'T SEE.
AND THE TICKETS WOULD BENEFIT.
SO WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE CITY TO MAKE MONEY.
IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO EDUCATE PUBLIC ON SPEED LIMITS, ON ON SCHOOL ZONES.
YOU KNOW, OUT OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR ALL THAT MUCH ON THAT CORRIDOR.
BUT THE REST OF THE THE LOCATIONS, THIS WOULD CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THOSE ARE MOSTLY LOCAL TRAFFIC, LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THESE SCHOOL ZONES.
SO BASICALLY, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S REALLY ONLY MY DISTRICT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING TICKETS.
YES, IT'S IT'S ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HE JUST SAID.
UNLESS YOU SHOWING ME THAT YOU'RE SAVING KIDS LIVES OR SOMETHING.
LET'S PUT THAT CLEAR, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT THE REASON YOU SEE SMALLER NUMBERS, CHALLENGER MILLENNIUM ON 94TH AND RENAISSANCE CHARTER ON UNIVERSITY IS BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC FLOW FROM THE SCHOOL ON UNIVERSITY, THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE EXITING OUT OF THE CAMPUS ONTO UNIVERSITY, TAKING UP A LANE OF TRAVEL, SLOWING IT DOWN.
SAME THING ON 94TH AVENUE, BOTH CHALLENGER AND MILLENNIUM.
THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS VEHICLES ARE EXITING FROM THE SCHOOL PROPERTIES ONTO 94TH.
THEY'RE NOT EXITING ONTO COMMERCIAL.
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SO THAT'S ONE DISCREPANCY WE SEE.AND PROBABLY BECAUSE COMMERCIAL IS SO PACKED, COMMERCIAL, IT'S BUSY.
I AGREE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, IT'S CONFUSING WITH THE LIGHTS.
I DON'T EVEN TAKE THAT WAY AT CERTAIN HOURS.
I'M TRYING TO WORK ON THAT. I'M TRYING TO GET SOME ANSWERS FROM CLARIFICATION, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION TO ME WHY SCHOOL ZONES ARE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHY THEY AREN'T.
BOTH OUR MILLENNIUM ACADEMY MILLENNIUM MIDDLE EXTENDS FAR EAST FROM THE CAMPUS AND EVEN THE WEST PINE MIDDLE, I BELIEVE IT IS IN SUNRISE, EXTENDS TO UNIVERSITY. SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL ZONES.
SORRY. UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? THE CAMPUS WITHDRAW FROM IS A LARGER AREA.
THAT MAY BE WHY THESE SCHOOL ZONES ARE AS FAR AWAY AS THEY ARE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD POINT OUT ABOUT THE TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZONE IS THAT'S PEOPLE LEAVING THE AREA, GOING TO MCNAB ROAD TO LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO GO TO THEIR DIFFERENT PLACES OF BUSINESS SCHOOL OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO AT THAT TIME OF DAY.
IT'S BASICALLY A THREE WAY INTERSECTION WITH THE CROSSWALK.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A CROSSING GUARD.
UM, SO A LOT LIKE THERE IS, THERE IS A SLIGHT SCHOOL ZONE SOUTH OF RENAISSANCE, EAST WEST ON 82ND STREET, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET AND YOU'RE BASICALLY SLOWING DOWN TO TURN OFF OF UNIVERSITY, EAST OR WEST ONTO THAT.
BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE STUDIED BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT COMPARABLE.
RIGHT. OH, HE SAID, THERE'S A SLIGHT ONE AND THERE'S A SLIGHT ONE TOO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STREET CAR RIGHT BY THE COUNTRY CLUB.
THERE'S A. IF WE GET TO A SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING LIGHT, THERE'S A SLIGHT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE 80TH 75TH.
YEAH. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU SAID 51% AND THEN IT'S KIND OF SKEWED BECAUSE HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY DRIVE BY THERE AT THAT TIME? CORRECT. THE VOLUME IS DIFFERENT.
THE VOLUME OF STUDENTS PASSING THROUGH THERE.
IT'S EASIER FOR VISUAL PURPOSES WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT A SCHOOL ZONE.
YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? CORRECT. WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR DEPUTIES NO MATTER WHAT.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THIS AND I DO ALMOST DAILY.
THANK YOU. AND ULTIMATELY IT IS COMING DOWN TO THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND SECURITY.
I'M SURE IF YOU TALK ABOUT GRIDLOCK AT EITHER OF THESE TWO CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SLOWER TRAFFIC MEANS LESS CHANCE FOR A CHILD TO BE STRUCK OR INJURED BY A CAR, SIGNIFICANTLY. SO BY THE GRIDLOCK, WE ARE A BYPRODUCT IS IMPROVING SAFETY IN THAT REGARD.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT CHART, THE PIE CHART.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ITEM I WANT TO SEE.
YOU SAID IT'S NO POINTS ON ON ON YOUR.
YOUR LICENSE. SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE PUNISH PEOPLE? HOW DO HOW DO WE DETER THEM FROM THAT BEHAVIOR? SO FIRST IS A CIVIL PENALTY.
THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO PAY FOR THE PENALTY.
IF THEY DON'T, IT BECOMES A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION AND IT GOES THROUGH THE ASSUMING THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS FOR THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, IF WE CAN. COMMISSIONER RIGHT.
IT'S BASICALLY A MICROCOSM OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROCESS WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE WANTED BASICALLY A TICKET THAT WOULD BE MAILED TO YOUR HOUSE.
YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF DAYS TO PAY IT.
IF YOU DON'T PAY IT, THEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND YOU GET AN ACTUAL TICKET.
AND THEN IF YOU DON'T PAY THE TICKET, THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN GET YOUR LICENSE SUSPENDED.
SO IT'S A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROCESS, BUT IT'S A SMALLER AREA SCHOOL ZONE VERSUS INTERSECTION WHERE THE RED LIGHT WAS AT MOSTLY.
SO IT'S REALLY SIMILAR PROCESS IS CAMERA GENERATED TICKETS BASED ON WHAT THE CAMERA DETERMINED.
OKAY. OKAY. UM, THOSE SCHOOLS ON, ON, ON, ON COMMERCIAL.
I CAN TELL YOU WHY IT'S CONFUSING, BUT DISCOVERY, BECAUSE I DRIVE THERE EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE COMING FROM EAST FIRST COME TO DISCOVERY.
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BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS PRESENT.SO ONCE YOU GET TO FERGUSON, THERE'S ALWAYS 2 OR 3 BSO OFFICERS THERE DURING SCHOOL TIME.
THAT'S THAT'S THE BEHAVIOR THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN BECAUSE I DRIVE IT EVERY DAY.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN I'M WHEN I GO RUNNING, I JUST HANG OUT THERE JUST TO SEE THE BEHAVIOR.
UM, I THINK THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS WOULD HELP THE OFFICERS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, CATCHING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE SPEEDING ONCE THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
I THINK THAT THAT THAT IMPROVES THAT PROCESS BECAUSE HUMANS CAN'T SCALE LIKE TECHNOLOGY CAN SCALE.
UM, SO AT FIRST I WAS NOT NECESSARILY IN SUPPORT OF IT, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING MY LITTLE RESEARCH AND HANGING OUT THERE AND SEEING HOW IT, HOW IT, HOW IT WOULD HELP YOUR OFFICERS.
IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR OFFICERS.
IT WOULDN'T MEAN YOUR OFFICERS IS GOING TO DO LESS WORK.
IT JUST MEANS THAT IT HELPS THEM, YOU KNOW, STOPPING PEOPLE FROM FROM FROM FROM SPEEDING.
SO I LIKE IT IN THE SENSE THAT IT WOULD HELP AND AID YOUR OFFICERS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TELL ME, HOW WOULD IT BENEFIT YOUR OFFICERS? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO AID YOU GUYS IN MAKING THE COMMUNITY SAFER.
RIGHT. SO AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL ASSIST OUR OFFICERS IN TERMS OF HOPEFULLY REDUCING DRIVERS BEHAVIOR FROM SPEEDING DURING THE SCHOOL ZONES. AGAIN, IT WON'T TAKE AWAY FROM OFFICERS BECAUSE THE OFFICER STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO STOP A VEHICLE AND CITE THEM FOR THE SAME INFRACTION.
BUT THIS PROGRAM WILL DEFINITELY ASSIST OUR OFFICERS.
SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THIS? OKAY. I'M SORRY.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I'LL GIVE YOU A PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
AND I THINK IF THE CITY SHOULD CHOOSE TO ADOPT THE PROGRAM, THEN IT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT'LL REDUCE SPEEDERS IN CERTAIN AREAS, PARTICULARLY THE SCHOOL ZONE AREAS.
AND OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND IT ONLY WORKS DURING THE SCHOOL ZONE HOURS.
YES, THE LEGISLATION ALLOWS US TO TO SET THOSE HOURS AT PORTION OR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY NEARBY CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING IT.
WE KNOW OF CERTAIN CITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN USING IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING, WE KNOW OF PINE CREST AND WE KNOW OF CERTAIN CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT ARE INTERESTED, LIKE COCONUT CREEK, THAT HAVE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN INSTALLING THIS PROGRAM, IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM SUCH AS DANIA BEACH.
WE'VE ALSO WE'RE AWARE OF THEIR INTEREST AS WELL.
BUT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IT WAS JUST PASSED THIS PAST JULY.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE FDOT HAS PROMULGATED ITS RULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION YET.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES ARE WAITING FOR.
AND EVEN SOME OF THE CITIES WHO HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
I JUST REMEMBER THE COMPLAINTS WHEN IT WAS IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
AND I REMEMBER SEEING THE STORIES ON TELEVISION AND I'M JUST.
THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING, HAVE WE HAD PROBLEMS IN THOSE SCHOOL ZONES? TO MY RECOLLECTION, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES OR ANY ISSUES AT ALL IN THE SCHOOL ZONES.
HOWEVER, I'D HAVE TO GET THE DATA TO BE 100% SPECIFIC ON IT.
DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN? NO. VICE MAYOR.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS SORT OF LIKE A RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM.
SIMILAR. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH IS.
OKAY. UM, AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT WE CAN EXTEND THIS PAST SCHOOL ZONE HOURS.
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THE MUNICIPALITY MAY ELECT TO DO SO? YES. OKAY. HOW MANY CITIES ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS? IN THE 31 MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD? JUST FOR THE RECORD.NONE. FOR THE RECORD, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.
SO YOU'RE THE PERPETRATOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL NOW? SO OF THE 31 CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY, HOW MANY ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM? VICE MAYOR. AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYONE THAT HAS IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE, AS THE LIEUTENANT MENTIONED, WE'RE WAITING ALSO ON THE STANDARDS FROM MDOT TO BE PUBLISHED.
OKAY. SO WE WOULD BE THE FIRST.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THE BREAKDOWN IS ON THE SCREEN.
$60. STATE TAMARAC $12 TO LOCAL SCHOOLS.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT WILL GENERATE? WISE MAN. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ESTIMATE.
BUT BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT ARE IN VIOLATION, IT'S WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE THE COMPANIES THAT DID THE STUDY IS THAT INITIAL MONTHS MAY PROVIDE A HIGHER NUMBER.
BUT EVENTUALLY AS THIS THIS THIS CHANGES THE BEHAVIOR OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, IT WILL GO DOWN.
SO IT WILL NOT PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
AND OUT OF THE $60 THAT THE MUNICIPALITY, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WOULD GET, WE WOULD ALSO PAY ADDITIONAL FEES FOR FOR LIKE THE BSO DEPUTY REVIEW OF THE TICKET AND A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS OUT OF THAT $60.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE A NET 60 FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC WHEN WE HAD THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM, $60, OUR REVENUE WAS KIND OF LIKE DE MINIMIS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT CAME WITH IT.
IT WAS SO IT'S NOT SO WITH THIS $60.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE $60.
IT IS MORE OF ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES WILL PROBABLY WIPE OUT ALL THAT MONEY, CORRECT? PARTS OF IT? YES.
MOST OF IT LIKE WE PROBABLY GET A DOLLAR IF THAT MUCH.
AH HA. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS, NOT THE MONEY.
BUT HERE, HERE'S HERE'S THE ISSUE.
BSO DOES A VERY GOOD JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WALK MY CHILD FATHER OF THE YEAR TO SCHOOL.
YOU DO AN EXCELLENT JOB PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS.
THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE THERE.
ALSO THERE MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS GO SMOOTHLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE, THE TALK OF EXTENDING THIS PAST SCHOOL ZONE HOURS FEEL LIKE A REINCARNATION OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM THAT WE HAD.
AND REALLY AND TRULY, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THROUGH THAT ERA FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC ANYMORE BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME, SO MANY PEOPLE GOT RED LIGHT TICKETS THAT THEY WERE FURIOUS WITH THE PROGRAM.
A GENTLEMAN COMPLAINED THAT THE RED LIGHT CAMERA WAS AT A HOSPITAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE CANNOT QUANTIFY SAFETY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROBABLY IS.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, AT THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE HAD ON JUNE 28TH, I GAVE CONSENSUS FOR THIS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO GAVE CONSENSUS FOR THIS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WANTED MORE INFORMATION.
HEARING THE MORE INFORMATION MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
UM, AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FOR IT.
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BUT THIS IS A REINCARNATION OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM.THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO GET TICKETS AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO GET TICKETS.
BSO IS CURRENTLY DOING A GREAT JOB.
NOTHING PRECLUDES BSO FROM WRITING A TICKET.
NOW, IF SOMEBODY SPEEDS THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE, RIGHT.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO THEN WE DON'T NEED THIS PROGRAM.
WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED THIS PROGRAM.
IF YOU CAN DO YOUR JOB, YOU'RE ALREADY OUT THERE.
SO DON'T TALK ABOUT SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS.
YOU ARE ALREADY DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
YOU CAN WRITE TICKETS THAT CAN BE ADMINISTERED BY YOU.
WE DON'T WANT A THIRD PARTY TO BE ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY.
SO TALKING ABOUT LINING POCKETS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT THIS PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US.
IF THIS HAS CONSENSUS, I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
CAN YOU NOT THREATEN, PLEASE? WHAT IS THERE TO THREATEN HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL? WHAT IS THERE TO THREATEN? YOU'RE THREATENING THE COMMISSIONERS? I'M NOT THREATENING THE COMMISSIONERS.
DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT FOUR ARE MOSTLY IN THE SCHOOL ZONES.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT? DISTRICT DISTRICT ONE IS BORDERING LAUDERDALE LAKES AND NORTH LAUDERDALE.
WE HAVE BROADVIEW. THAT'S NORTH LAUDERDALE.
WE HAVE LAUDERDALE LAKES, BOYD ANDERSON.
SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE WHERE THE SCHOOL ZONES ARE.
WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I ADVANCED IT HERE.
BUT I'M ALSO MAKING IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT AFTER THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, I'M NOT FOR THIS.
THIS IS A REINCARNATION OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM.
AND WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS, THAT THAT THAT IT HURTS THEIR POCKETS.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF PART OF THAT.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION MEETING, THE POWER OF MY VOTE IS GOING TO BE NO AND IT'S GOING TO BE A RESOUNDING NO BECAUSE THIS IS IS JUST A TERRIBLE PROGRAM.
AND NO OTHER CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY IS DOING THIS SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S A TERRIBLE PROGRAM.
IF IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM, I GUARANTEE YOU ALL THE CITIES WOULD BE DOING IT AT THIS TIME.
MR. DANIEL, DID YOU GO YOU TWICE.
IS THIS GOING TO BE YOUR TWICE? OKAY. SO THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
THEN YOU GO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM. I BELIEVE THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE IT, RIGHT? WE'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO GET TO ZERO, RIGHT? THAT'S THE GOAL. ZERO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO USE RESOURCES FROM BSL TO BE EVERYWHERE.
AND I CONGRATULATED CAPTAIN FOR PUTTING OUT A TREMENDOUS FORCE FOR TARAVELLA.
WE'RE USING SO MUCH RESOURCES DURING A CERTAIN AMOUNT, A PERIOD OF TIME THAT IF I WAS A CRIMINAL.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE SCHOOL TIME, IT'S GO TIME.
SO I BELIEVE THE GOAL IS THE REDUCTION OF THE SPEEDING.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHERE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST.
I PERSONALLY SAW SOMEBODY TAKE THEIR LAST BREATH LAST YEAR WHEN SOMEONE WAS GOING, I THINK 80 OR 100 PLUS MILES AN HOUR ON PINE ISLAND HIT SOMEONE, I THINK CROSSING WALMART.
ONE VEHICLE ENDED UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WOODMONT AND THE CAR SPUN.
PERSON'S BREATHING HER LAST BREATH.
WE RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER BODY LAYING DEAD BY THE DUNKIN DONUTS ON MACNAB.
WE RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
RECENTLY, I FORGOT WHICH ONE IT WAS.
AND WE'VE HAD MANY MORE COUNTLESS SPEEDING ACCIDENTS.
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WE'RE NOT DOING RED LIGHT CAMERAS.YES, THE LEGISLATION CAN SAY YOU CAN, BUT THIS BODY IS NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING THAT.
WE'RE AGREEING TO SCHOOL ZONE HOURS.
OUR FOCUS IS THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS.
WOW. SCALING AND NOT USING OUR RESOURCES WITH BSO.
AGAIN, THIS IS SCHOOL ZONE HOURS DURING RELEASE.
AND WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? DROP OFF. DROP OFF IN INTAKE.
AND I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE SPEEDING DURING A SCHOOL ZONE.
YOU DESERVE MORE THAN A $100 TICKET.
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN IT MYSELF.
HOW THEY ZOOM RIGHT THROUGH AND GOD FORBID MY KID DECIDES THAT SHE WANTS TO GO TO WAWA BECAUSE IT'S THE PLACE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL AND SHE GETS STRUCK BY A CAR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THAT PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN BSO.
SO. WE HAVE CONCERNS WHEN KIDS ARE TRAVELING AND WALKING.
AND I TOOK THE PICTURE AT A STOPLIGHT.
SO I WAS NOT TAKING TAKING PICTURES WHILE I WAS DRIVING.
RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
AND IMAGINE NOW THEM DOING THAT DURING THE SCHOOL ZONE AND THE KID THINKS THEY SAW SOMEONE.
OKAY, THEY'RE GOING TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THE SCHOOL ZONE AND THEY RUN BY.
SO. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A RED LIGHT CAMERA.
I BELIEVE THAT TAMARA CAN BE THE PIONEER OF EVEN MORE SCHOOL SAFETY.
RIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO END THAT WITH THERE.
I DON'T THINK THE GOAL IS TO MAKE MONEY.
AND I'M SORRY AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE, IF YOU'RE SPEEDING IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND YOU GET HIT WITH $100, THAT'S YOUR FAULT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU DO IT AGAIN, I THINK.
AND IF YOU DO GET A SECOND ONE, ACTUALLY, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT? WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME? DO WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT? SAME SAME TICKET.
SO WE CAN HAVE REPEATED OFFENDERS AND I HAVE A SEVERE ACTION TAKEN.
COMMISSIONER THIS PROGRAM IS A MORE OR LESS OF A CIVIL VIOLATION, NOT A CRIMINAL INFRACTION, INFRACTION OR NOT A STC, WHICH IS A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION SO WE CAN HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND THERE'S NO HIGHER CONSEQUENCES.
I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE, THE SAME PERSON THROWING AWAY THE BOTTLE OF THEIR CAR.
I'M TIRED OF, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M DONE. THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS THE RED LIGHT TICKET.
EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS RED LIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T PAY IT, IT BECOMES A REGULAR TICKET.
YOU GO TO THE COURTHOUSE LIKE YOU DO.
THE ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL TIME.
WHENEVER THE LIGHTS ARE BLINKING, BASICALLY, OR THE CITY CAN DECIDE.
IT CAN BE ALL DAY IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY A SCHOOL.
IT IS WHAT IT IS. EVERYTHING YOU DISCUSS.
OR MAYBE NOT BECAUSE WE COULD EXTEND IT THE WHOLE DAY.
SO IT'S THE RED LIGHT TRAFFIC TICKET THING.
THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.
THE ONLY THING IS IT CAN HAPPEN.
THE LOCATION WILL BE WHERE SCHOOLS ARE AT.
CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG, IT WOULD BE ON MARCH SCHOOL ZONES.
EXACTLY. SO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE IT.
IF TAMARAC AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE GOING AFTER BASED ON THIS IS THE RESIDENTS.
AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE OFTEN SAYS THAT WHO CAN GIVE THE PERPETRATOR TICKETS? SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND THE OFFICER NEEDS TO STILL BE THERE.
THIS DOES NOT REPLACE AN OFFICER.
YOU SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO WE'RE NOT SAVING ANY MONEY.
WE'RE JUST CHARGING THE RESIDENT POTENTIALLY MORE MONEY.
WE'RE NOT SAVING ANY MONEY BY DOING THIS.
NO, WE'RE MAKING MONEY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASK, WHERE IS THE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE FOR US TO NEED THIS? THE OFFICERS THERE AND KEEPING IT SAFE.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, THE BEST THING I FEEL SAFE WITH IS NOT A CAMERA AS AN OFFICER.
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IS THERE A. VICE MAYOR.IF AN OFFICER IS IS CLOSE, IS AT THE SCHOOL ZONE RIGHT NOW.
HOW MUCH MONEY? CAN SOMEBODY GET FOR FOR A TICKET? IF YOU'RE SPEEDING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE, WHAT IS THE PRICE OF THE TICKET? DOESN'T IT DOUBLE? IN A SCHOOL ZONE? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
OKAY. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DESERVE GETTING A TICKET.
GETTING A TICKET FOR DOUBLE THE AMOUNT.
WHAT THIS IS, IS LINING THE POCKETS OF WHOEVER IS GOING TO ADMINISTRATE.
WHO'S GOING TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR? THAT'S ALL THAT IT IS.
BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
IT WAS THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO WAS MAKING MONEY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $100 AS A CIVIL CITATION.
IF YOU IF A BEER OFFICER WRITES A TICKET IN A SCHOOL ZONE, THEN IT'S THE HUMAN PART OF IT.
IT'S IT'S LITERALLY IT COULD BE RECKLESS DRIVING.
COULDN'T IT BE YOU'RE SPEEDING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE.
HOW MUCH IS THE TICKET WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE? IF YOU WRITE IT.
VICE MAYOR I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF THE TICKETS.
YEAH. THE CLERK OF COURTS SETS THE AMOUNT FOR THE CITATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THE PRICE IS DOUBLED.
SO SO WHAT DOES YOUR WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WAS THE PRICE OF THE REGULAR CITATION.
THIS IS NOT ACCURATE. THIS IS NOT ACCURATE.
WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THIS PAPER SAY? WHAT I'M LOOKING HERE NOW IS THIS IS PROVIDED BY BY ONE OF THE COMPANIES.
THE SPEED THE SPEED OF THE TICKET ALSO AFFECTS THE SIZE OF THE FINE.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT CAN AFFECT THE SIZE OF THE FINE.
AND THEN YOU'RE DOUBLING THAT IN A SCHOOL ZONE.
SO IT'S KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS 100% ACCURATE.
YEAH, MAYBE BECAUSE MR. WISE IS IS OUT THERE MORE OFTEN AND THE COMMUNITY LOVES HIM AND HE'S HE'S I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS THE INFORMATION, BUT BUT YOU KNOW, I LOVE SEEING BSO OFFICES.
I MEAN, YOU ALL KNOW THAT. I LOVE BSO.
I LOVE SEEING BSO OFFICERS OUT THERE.
THEY'RE THEY'RE PROTECTING US.
YOUR PRESENCE ARE THERE SOMEBODY SPEEDS THROUGH THAT SCHOOL ZONE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A TICKET.
AND THEN A FUTURE COMMISSION SAYS, OKAY, LET'S CHANGE IT AND EXTEND THE HOURS.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO TARGET OUR RESIDENTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO TARGET ANY RESIDENT WHO IS REPORTING TO A TAMARAC SCHOOL.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO THOSE SCHOOLS ARE TAMARAC RESIDENTS.
LET US EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT SAFETY AND SPEEDING AND MAKING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OKAY.
IT IS LINING THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.
AND AND IF THIS PASSES, I GUARANTEE YOU, I'LL USE ONE OF ALVIN'S WORDS.
I GUARANTEE YOU RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS.
AND I ASK FOR THIS INFORMATION.
YEAH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WISH TO SPEAK, SO I'M NOT.
YEAH. AND THIS IS MY SECOND GO ROUND BUT FOR FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, SO SO LISTEN, YOU KNOW, I ADVANCED I ADVANCED THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I GENUINELY AND TRULY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY WANTED TO HEAR THE INFORMATION. I WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE ON RECORD TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.
I DID NOT WANT TO SHOOT DOWN AN IDEA JUST BECAUSE IT WAS COMING FROM MICHELLE.
I WANT TO HEAR THE INFORMATION THAT IS AT HAND.
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NOW THAT I HEAR THE INFORMATION, IT IS EVEN MORE EGREGIOUS.IT THE IDEA WAS EGREGIOUS IN THE BEGINNING.
WE'RE NOT WE CANNOT WE SHOULD NOT PUT A AI SYSTEM, A MECHANICAL SYSTEM TO GIVE PEOPLE TICKETS SO THAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IS DIMINISHED.
IT IS WRONG. IT IS INHUMANE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
OKAY. CAN WE CAN WE MOVE ON? SINCE YOU SAID THAT VERY CLEARLY, WE GOT YOU.
AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS LEFT TO STILL DO TONIGHT, TODAY, BEFORE IT BECOMES TONIGHT.
AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HAS THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I THINK YOU YOU MOVED IT ALONG BECAUSE YOU WERE KIND OF PISSED OFF THAT DAY.
YOU JUST SAID YES. NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU. AND I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU.
OKAY? SO I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU, SO DON'T, GENTLEMEN, SAY THAT.
GENTLEMEN, COMMISSIONER TIME I GIVE YOU YOUR TIME, IT IS HIS TURN AT THE MIC, PLEASE.
GOING BACK TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
OKAY. IF YOU WANT, I'LL JUMP IN.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. YOU'VE GONE YOUR TWO ROUNDS.
I HAVE LISTENED VERY PATIENTLY.
AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M SURE I'LL HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY AFTER I'M DONE.
I, AS SOME PEOPLE KNOW, WAS VERY MUCH AGAINST THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF OF THAT.
AND I DO APPRECIATE OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
IT TOOK ME YEARS TO SUPPORT THE FIRST ROUND OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS WHEN WE HAD IT.
THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I SUPPORTED THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
AND I WAS NOT UNHAPPY WHEN THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS WENT AWAY.
I WAS VERY HAPPY TO NOT SUPPORT ITS RENEWAL.
I DID FIND THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH IT.
IN RESPECTS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DOING ITS JOB OR WHATEVER, AND IT WASN'T REALLY.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE HERE AND THERE FOR THE FOCUS OF THIS.
AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE STILL LISTENING AS THEY'RE NOT IN THE ROOM THIS PAST JULY.
THE STATE PUT THIS ALLOWANCE IN.
SO I WISH PEOPLE WOULD MAKE DECISIONS AND COMMENTS BASED ON FACTS.
NOT SUPPOSITION AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE TABLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR US NOW.
HOW MANY DEPUTIES DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT CHALLENGER AND MILLENNIUM EVERY MORNING AND EVERY RECESS OR INTAKE AND DISMISSAL? ALL RIGHT. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THERE'S NO ANSWER TO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, OUR DEPUTIES AND CSAS EVEN HAVE OTHER DUTIES THAT THEY TO ATTEND TO.
BUT CURRENTLY MY REQUEST OF MY MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN ONE DEPUTY AND ONE CSA AT A MINIMUM.
BUT EITHER WAY, WITH THIS OR WITHOUT THIS, I WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE A SIMILAR REQUEST TO MY MEN AND WOMEN, BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE PRESENT, IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN, THEY'RE THERE TO SWIFTLY HANDLE WHATEVER ISSUE MAY ARISE.
AND WHAT ABOUT OUR BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A PLACE THAT WAS CHECKED.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFICERS THERE IN THE MORNING AND AT RELEASE.
HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE HAVE THERE? AVERAGELY WE HAVE ANYWHERE UPWARDS ANY AT THAT TIME, SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN 8 AND 12 OFFICERS.
THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE TIME HERE AS A CHIEF OF POLICE.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH OTHER ISSUES.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT AT LEAST IN TWO ZONES AT ONE TIME, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 11 OFFICERS.
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AND THE RELEASE TIME.IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE MAY HAVE DESIRES, BUT WE DON'T.
YES, WE NEED SOME MORE RESOURCES.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST WITH SOME RESOURCES BECAUSE ONE DEPUTY AND ONE CSA WITH A POTENTIAL OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS FREES UP YOU FROM HAVING 3 TO 4 DEPUTIES THERE AT A TIME FOR DEALING WITH THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL WE HAVE MORE ISSUES.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING IF WE EVER GET TO IT.
TRAFFIC CALMING IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TRAFFIC AND SPEEDING ISSUES.
WE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S WHY THE CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER RESOURCES AND OTHER WAYS TO DO THINGS TO HELP GET PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH OUR CITY LIKE THEY'RE SPEEDING AS BAT OUT OF HELL. AND SO UNIVERSITY IS A BIG ONE BECAUSE WE ARE A TRANSIENT CITY.
IT'S THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO 95.
PEOPLE ARE RUSHING. THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THEY'RE EATING THEIR FOOD. THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONES.
IT'S GOING TO WE IT'S THE PURPOSE IS TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOTTEN OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE OR GOTTEN VERY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ZONE SAYING NO ONE'S GOING TO DO A DAMN THING ABOUT IT.
BUT IF IT'S CONSTANT THERE NOW, MAYBE.
WE WILL HAVE LESS PEOPLE DOING OVER 51%.
AND THE 2.2, I UNDERSTAND IT IS BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T HAVE A TRAFFIC SCHOOL ZONE THERE.
WHAT I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I GAVE THE.
REQUEST FOR AREAS TO BE STUDIED.
WHAT'S ON HERE? IS A BLOCK TO THE WEST.
RIGHT. THAT WAS AN AREA DID WHICH I'VE SEEN THE COPS HERE BECAUSE.
THAT WAS WHERE MY LAW FIRM USED TO BE ON 78TH AND UNIVERSITY.
YOU CUT THROUGH THE BACK WAY, YOU GO PAST WOODMONT AND THEN YOU GET TO CITY HALL.
MAYBE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ASK THIS? IS IT THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO GIVES US.
AND 82ND, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD PARENTS COMPLAINING TO ME BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OVER THERE.
THEIR KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL FROM 82ND ACROSS THE WAY IN SOUTH SUNFLOWER HEATH GATE, DISTRICT FOUR, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE GOING TO GET HIT IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A SCHOOL ZONE AND BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FLYING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTIONS IN THERE FOR THE KIDS. WHAT DO WE DO KNOW? MAYOR BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS THE HAS THE JURISDICTION OVER SCHOOL ZONE SCHOOL ZONES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CHARTER.
SO THEN WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.
SO THEN SOMEWHERE IN HERE IS AN ASK.
THEN I THINK IT'S A GOOD START.
I AGREE COMMERCIAL IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STARTS AND STOPS.
AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET IS DISCOVERY AND IS SUNRISE, THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IF THEIR CITY IS GOING TO TAKE THE STAND AND HAVE THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, COMMERCIAL AND PINE ISLAND, SOUTH STREET TO STREET FROM 94TH GOING EAST TO PINE ISLAND, BECAUSE THAT'S SOUTH SIDE.
AND WE HAVE TONS OF KIDS THAT ARE CROSSING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
KIDS NOWADAYS, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PHONE.
THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CAR.
THEY'RE JUST GONE IN THE STREET.
AND ALONG WITH THAT CAR THAT IS JUST GOING NORTH ON PINE ISLAND ON COMING FROM DISCOVERY GOES.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT'S STILL A SCHOOL ZONE, AS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS SAYING.
THEY'RE GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY. WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL SOMEBODY GETS HIT.
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I DON'T REALLY THINK WE SHOULD BE WAITING TO WORRY ABOUT IF SOMEBODY GETS HIT AND THAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE SOLELY ON, OH MY GOD, WE'RE GOING TO OFFEND SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT GET A TICKET FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE.DID I KNOW? I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS IN OTHER TIMES OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL ZONE.
WELL, THE SCHOOL'S IN SESSION.
SOME OF THE THINGS. HAVE WE TALKED TO THE PRINCIPALS IN THE SCHOOLS YET? REGARDING THIS PROGRAM? I HAVE NOT. OKAY.
NO, WE HAVEN'T, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALSO SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THEM.
DO THEY SUPPORT? DO THEY ENCOURAGE? WHAT DO THEY SEE? I KNOW THIS AGAIN, IT'S NOT A SCHOOL ZONE FOR SOME REASON, BUT THIS TERRIBLE TRAFFIC ON 78 WITH THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING FROM TAMARAC ELEMENTARY AND ON 82ND COMING FROM RENAISSANCE.
WHILE SOME OF IT A LITTLE BIT OF A LOGJAM WHICH STOPS SOME OF THE SPEEDING OVER THERE.
BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THE SPEEDING COMING OUT ONTO THE MAIN INTERSECTION.
DO THEY THINK IT WILL ALSO HELP? WELL, THE PARENTS IN THE AREA.
BECAUSE AS I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ABLE TO HEAR WHEN YOU WERE INSIDE, BUT I'VE GOT A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE ON 82ND IN SUNFLOWER HEATHGATE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS GOING IN AND AROUND RENAISSANCE CHARTER WITH THE SPEEDING AND AND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.
BECAUSE AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'M NOT A FAN OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS AS A GENERAL WHOLE, BUT THERE'S A REASON AND A PURPOSE THAT THE STATE HAS PUT IT IN AND SAID CEMENTED THIS AS SCHOOL ZONE ISSUES.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S WORKING, I GUESS.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BRAND NEW TO OUR STATE.
I. SO YEAH, SO AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS ON HERE, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
BE SAFE. DON'T GET A COP AFTER YOU.
AND DON'T PRETEND YOU'RE A COP. THAT.
I THINK THERE'S MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.
BUT ALVIN, ARE YOU IN CONSENSUS FOR IT OR NOT? OKAY. ON THE RECORD, HE'S FOR IT.
1900 VEHICLES OR OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR.
BUT IF I HEAR MY BSO OR BSO SAYING THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS THEN AND KNOWING IT'S VERY SPECIFIC IN ITS ACTIONS, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. ARE YOU READY TO RESUME? I'M IN SUPPORT. YOU'RE IN SUPPORT.
I'M IN SUPPORT. AND SO WE'VE GOT TWO NON SUPPORT.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED? MAYOR MOVING FORWARD? BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE OR NO, WE DON'T.
OKAY. SO THE TIME THAT YOU COME BACK WITH A CONTRACT IN PLACE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT.
THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THEIR FEELINGS AND.
WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO KNOW AT THAT TIME IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THIS TO BEING ON RENAISSANCE CHARTER IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO SCHOOL ZONES AND HOW WE GET SCHOOL ZONES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE UNIVERSITY DRIVE A SAFER PLACE.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE A SOLICITATION PROCESS.
AND SO WE WOULD GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND SO DURING THAT TIME, MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER SHAREHOLDERS STAKEHOLDERS.
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AND BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE RESIDENTS? WE FORGOT THAT PIECE.I SAID WHEN YOU WERE NOT HERE.
RIGHT. IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WILL YOU PLEASE FIND A LOCATION SIMILAR TO TAMARAC? AND FIND OUT IF THEY'RE HOW THEY'RE DOING WITH IT OR NOT AS WELL.
OKAY. ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY BEING PRESENTED BY MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, OUR CITY ENGINEER.
[1.d Traffic Calming Policy]
GOOD AFTERNOON.FOR THE RECORD, JOHN, WE HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THIS EVENING YET.
WE'RE GETTING THERE. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
A FEW COMMISSION MEETINGS AGO, YOU ASKED US TO LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY YET AGAIN AND TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THE SYSTEM A LITTLE LESS ARDUOUS WHEN WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE A COMMUNITY WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT MEET THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES OR THE OR THE SPEED VOLUME OR SPEED LIMITATIONS IN OUR CURRENT TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.
SO AS YOU MENTIONED, MUSTAFA IS HERE, OUR CITY ENGINEER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR, RESPECTED COMMISSIONERS.
FOR THE RECORD, MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, CITY ENGINEER.
AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK PRESENTATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, OUR REVIEW.
JUST TO OUTLINE TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAFFIC POLICY ITSELF, WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICY IS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES AROUND US? AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE TRAFFIC POLICY WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED BACK IN 2004.
IT STARTS OFF WITH INITIATIONS AND ENDS UP WITH THE PROJECT DESIGN.
SO BASICALLY THE FIRST STEP IS WHERE THE RESIDENT WILL COME IN WITH AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE AND WE REVIEW THE, THE, THE REQUEST AND WE WOULD CREATE A MAP FOR THE RESIDENT OF THE IMPACTED RESIDENTS OF WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED FROM THAT TRAFFIC CALMING.
ONCE WE DETERMINE WHO ARE THE IMPACTED RESIDENTS, WE PASS ON THAT MAP BACK TO THE APPLICANT AND WITH THE PETITION FORM AND REQUEST THEM TO SIGN OFF OR REQUEST THEM TO SIGN OFF ON THE PETITION FORM.
ACCORDINGLY, OUR POLICY STATES THAT 67% OF THE IMPACTED RESIDENTS HAVE TO BE HAVE TO APPROVE THE PETITION FORM. SO MOVING FORWARD, STEP THREE WILL REQUIRE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY.
AT STEP FOUR, MY STAFF AND I WILL REVIEW THE ACTUAL REPORT AND WE CLASSIFY THE ROAD ACCORDINGLY.
SO KNOWING THOSE FOUR CRITERIAS I JUST MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AROUND US AND YOU COULD SEE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THAT TAMARAC IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOWEST CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY FROM THE CRITERIA PERSPECTIVE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, FOR CITY OF SUNRISE REQUIRES 70% APPROVAL AND THEIR TRAFFIC VOLUME IS 700 CARS PER DAY COMPARED TO OURS IS 500.
SO WE ARE IN THE LOWEST CRITERIA AND THAT'S OUR CURRENT POLICY.
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WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURES FROM THOSE FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND THEY DO IF THEY DO GIVE ANY EXCEPTIONS, OBVIOUSLY IN TAMARAC AND YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXCEPTIONS.CITY OF SUNRISE, THEY DO HAVE AN EXCEPTION AT THE CITY MANAGER LEVEL.
DEERFIELD BEACH. THEY HAVE THE CITY ENGINEER WHO GIVES EXCEPTIONS.
CORAL SPRINGS. THEY HAVE A TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND CITY OF WILTON MANORS TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS.
STEP NUMBER FOUR WHEN WE AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO MODIFY STEP NUMBER FOUR BY ADDING A COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE WILL INCLUDE FIRE POLICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTED FROM CITY MANAGER, OFFICE AND MYSELF TO VOTE ON ANY TRAFFIC CALMING APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET THE VOLUME OR THE SPEED CRITERIA THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT HAVE 80% OR MORE APPROVALS FROM THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS.
AND IF WE DO, BY YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVE CHANGING THE POLICY, THIS WILL OPEN UP TO MORE APPLICANTS AND WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET IN THE FUTURE AND PERHAPS INCREASE IT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, SO THEN I'LL GO WITH THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN KIND OF PUSHY ABOUT THIS FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? AND I APPRECIATE WHAT WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHICH BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 67%.
500 PEOPLE, SIX MILES AN HOUR.
AND YES, OBVIOUSLY, I'VE WANTED MORE.
AND THANKFULLY, THE COMMISSION WAS OKAY WITH BRINGING A REQUEST FOR MORE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
ABILITY HERE AS WE WOULD FORM A COMMITTEE.
I'M JUST GOING TO USE. WHICH ONE? FAIRHAVEN. MR. ROSE, AS SOON AS HE HEARS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE CALLING COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'RE HIS COMMISSIONER NOW.
THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN GOING ON.
SO. THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE 80%.
HEY, THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE 90% AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHO WANT THOSE SPEED BUMPS.
BOTH THE VOLUME OR THE SPEED CRITERIA.
YOU HAVE AN OAR IN THERE? DOES THAT MEAN THEY HAVE TO MAKE.
OR IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE 80% OR THEY DON'T MAKE THE VOLUME OR THE SPEED AND OR SPEED.
BUT AT LEAST THEY GET 80% OF THEIR RESIDENTS THAT SAY THEY WANT THIS.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? I THINK THE INTENT WAS VOLUME OR SPEED OR BOTH.
IF THEY DON'T MEET IT, THEN THIS AND THEY HAVE THE CONSENSUS FROM THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW THIS. SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU ABILITY TO TAKE A DAY OFF.
AND THEN IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE REASON FOR THE 25,000 IS IF IT GOES THROUGH.
THAT'S 25,000 IS FOR USE FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO TRAFFIC CALMING.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS TO PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AGAIN TO CONSIST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, A MEMBER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY ENGINEER.
THEY WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND COLLECTIVELY THEY WOULD DECIDE, HEY, IS THIS REALLY WARRANTED OR ARE WE STILL GOING TO PUSH FOR NOT WARRANTED? SO WE WOULD LEAVE IT TO THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION SIMILAR TO CITY SUNRISE.
WHAT IS THE APPEAL PROCESS IF THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD? WELL, WILL THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO SIT IN ON THIS CONVERSATION OR IS IT A CONVERSATION WITHOUT THEM? WELL, WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT FAR.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THAT.
I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE DECISION WITH WITHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
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AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO BRING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY MADE THE DECISION, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.AND WHEN WE SAY TRAFFIC CALMING, IS IT SIMPLY FOR SPEED HUMPS OR BUMPS OR ARE WE SAYING IT'S ALSO FOR ANY KIND OF WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, CURB DIET AND ROUNDABOUT, OR WHAT ARE WE SAYING WITHIN THE.
DEFINITION OF TRAFFIC CALMING? WELL, PRIMARILY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE LOOK AT SPEED HUMPS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE $25,000 BUDGET.
WE LOOK AT ROUNDABOUTS AS WELL.
THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE DECISION MADE YEARS AGO TO LOOK AND SEE IF A COMMUNITY COULD ACCEPT THE ROUNDABOUTS AND RATHER THAN BEING SOLELY LOOKING AT SPEED HUMPS BUT SPEED HUMPS FOR FOR A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IS TYPICALLY THE ANSWER.
IF YOU IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES USING THE SAME THOROUGHFARE, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT A TRAFFIC CIRCLE IF THE RIGHT OF WAY WORKED AT IT, AND THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A CIP PROJECT BECAUSE THE THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE OBVIOUSLY A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION.
SO WE'D HAVE TO SECURE ENOUGH MONEY THROUGH A PROCESS OR GRANT PROCESS.
WE WE'VE GOTTEN GRANTS FOR OUR ROUNDABOUTS IN THE PAST.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK FOR GRANT MONEY AS WELL ON THAT.
BUT IF WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO EITHER ONE.
I AM HAPPY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CHANGE.
I JUST WANT THERE TO BE SOME KIND OF MORE OF AN AVENUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO OR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEEKING THIS TRAFFIC CALMING OTHER THAN SAYING A HARD, FAST.
YOU'RE NOT MAKING IT FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T.
RIGHT. BUT AS YOU RECALL, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, MANY MUNICIPALITIES STARTED CREATING TRAFFIC CALMING POLICIES BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTED TRAFFIC CALMING AND SPEED HUMPS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE SPEED HUMPS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DEVELOP A POLICY.
SO EVERYONE'S PLAYING BY THE SAME RULES.
POLICY IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU, THE CITY COMMISSION FOR ACCEPTANCE, AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THE WITH THE WHAT'S IN THE POLICY AND WE FOLLOW THAT TO A T, SO IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT, WE CAN CHANGE THAT WITH A COMMITTEE.
A HIGHER RATE OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SIGNING UP FOR IT.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE OTHER NUMBERS.
THEN IT'S ALSO COMMUNITY BEWARE IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT IN FIVE YEARS OR LESS THAN TEN, YOU'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TO TAKE IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADS AS LEVEL AS IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE YOU'VE ASKED FOR THIS.
AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS DONE IN OUR CITY OR DONE IN ANOTHER CITY BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE.
YEAH, THAT'S BUILT INTO OUR CURRENT POLICY.
AND SOME SOME AREAS YOU REALLY DON'T WANT SPEED HUMPS PER SE.
YOU DON'T WANT THEM 100FT FROM A STOP SIGN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN ANYWAY.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THE COMMITTEE WOULD LOOK AT AND SAY IT'S WARRANTED.
IT'S NOT WARRANTED. WELL, I OBVIOUSLY AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF IT AND I APPRECIATE IT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED CONSENSUS TO BRING FORWARD? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEKING HERE TO MAKE A CHANGE? COMMISSIONER RIGHT. COMMISSIONER.
DANIEL. I PERSONALLY LIKE THE CURRENT POLICY.
I DON'T SEE BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HOW MANY RESIDENTS WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE? NO, IT WON'T BE RESIDENTS.
CITY STAFF OF OUR PROFESSIONALS.
AND OBVIOUSLY TRAFFIC CALMING GREATLY AFFECTS EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND SO IT WOULD BE MORE BUREAUCRACY BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING.
CITY STAFF ONLY ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, RIGHT? YEAH. SO, NO, I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT.
VICE MAYOR. NO, I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT, OF COURSE.
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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.ALL RIGHT. ONE. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE CONSENSUS TO CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 2022.
[1.e Discussion and possible consensus to cancel the Nov. 22, 2023, and Dec. 27, 2023City Commission Meetings]
OF 2023 AND DECEMBER 27TH, 2023 CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.PRESENTED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, MONICA BARROS.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION CONSENSUS TO BE ABLE TO CANCEL THESE TWO MEETINGS.
DANIEL. THE SECOND TWO MEETINGS, THE LAST OF THE LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER AND THE LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER.
AND THAT IS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS.
RIGHT. THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR BEFORE YOU LEAVE? YES. IF I MAY, I HAVE AN UNSCHEDULED REQUEST, BUT IF YOU INDULGE ME FOR TWO SECONDS.
THE CITY IS CONSIDERING A NUMBER OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
KNOW WHETHER IT'S ON OUR PROPERTY OR SOME OTHER PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT COULD REALLY HELP US PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE IS MAYBE SEE SOME OF THESE SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IN PLACE.
AND ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL LOCATIONS FOR FOR ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS IN ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA, WHICH IS WHERE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE IS NEXT MONTH.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ATTENDING TO THAT CONFERENCE, BUT MY SUGGESTION WAS GOING TO BE THAT IF IF MAJORITY OF THE THE COMMISSIONER, IF ALL OF THE COMMISSION IS ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE, MAYBE WE CAN SPARE HALF A DAY OR ONE DAY TO TAKE A DETOUR OUT OF THE CONFERENCE AND GO SEE THIS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IN ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, JUST TO GET SOME PERSPECTIVE.
IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF THAT CONFERENCE.
DO YOU NEED CONSENSUS OR VOTING OR ANYTHING OF THE LIKE? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S ME.
I THINK IT'S UP TO EACH OF YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND.
I WASN'T PLANNING TO, BUT BASED ON THIS DISCUSSION, I'LL LOOK AND SEE IF I CAN.
WHAT ARE THE DATES AGAIN? I BELIEVE IT STARTS ON NOVEMBER 15TH THROUGH 17, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I AM WORKING WITH OR I WAS ASKED BY MAYOR DEAN TRANTALIS TO DO SOMETHING WITH HIM ON THE NATIONAL THE SUMMIT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM. AND IN LIGHT OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE JUST OCCURRED.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO OR WANT TO CHANGE MY PLANS BECAUSE I THINK THAT I NEED TO BE HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE EVENTS DON'T EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SO.
BUT IF YOU GO, YOU'LL JUST ALL REPORT BACK.
BASICALLY, IF YOU'RE GOING UP TO THE NATIONAL OF CITIES AND YOU WISH TO GO, THEN YOU CAN GO.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING? I WAS NOT GIVEN ACCESS TO.
AND I DID SAY I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
SO IT'S NOT A IT'S A WORKSHOP.
SO IF YOU'RE FOR THE CONSENSUS, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU BASICALLY ARE INDICATING YOU FOR THE CONSENSUS TO REVIEW THAT.
SO AND THE REASON I'M GOING TO GIVE MY YES TO THAT IS BECAUSE I DO TO HEAR THAT PROCESS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND LET THAT LET'S GIVE THE COMMUNITIES A BETTER PROCESS AND IT'S UP TO THEM TO HANDLE IT.
NOT US. SO THAT'S JUST MY $0.02.
ONE D IS NOW IN CONSENSUS TO GO FORWARD WITH IT AND FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
MAYBE WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN LONG AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES, THAT PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION THAT HAVE CHILDREN THAT THEY HAVE TO GO PICK UP, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY AT A BREAK TIME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE TEAMS LINK SO THAT THIS WAY WE WON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S A PROCESS AND WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO FORWARD.
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SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE GO BACK AND WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO ASK.COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND MYSELF ONE DAY THIS WAS ALSO AN UNSCHEDULED ITEM.
SALEGA CITY. RIGHT? YOU FINISHED WITH THE LEAGUE? WE'RE DONE WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
YES. THE CONFERENCE IS 16 THROUGH THE 18TH, SO.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY ON WINNING FOR THE.
WE DID EXTEND AN INVITATION FOR A SPECIAL EVENING ON THAT NIGHT.
FORGIVE ME. I'M A LITTLE UPSET.
BUT I AM ASKING FOR A SPECIAL CONCESSION FOR A LAST MINUTE ITEM THAT I'M PUTTING ON THE AGENDA.
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF A PROCLAMATION STANDING IN SUPPORT.
WITH ISRAEL. FOR THE ATTACKS THAT JUST OCCURRED ON THEM.
SO I HOPE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE WITH THIS ITEM.
I KNOW THAT AS A CITY WE CANNOT DO THINGS, BUT AS INDIVIDUALS WE CAN DO THINGS ON OUR OWN.
AND PROCLAMATIONS ARE ONE THING THAT I CAN DO ON MY OWN.
SO. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER.
MAYOR WE ALSO BRING THAT RESOLUTION SUPPORT FROM F DOT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALSO.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL DO IT ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE UNITY IS WHERE WE'RE THE STRONGEST.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS 319 IN THIS COMMISSION MEETING WORKSHOP IS NOW OVER.
SEE YOU WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7 P.M..
THANK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.