>> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
[Call to Order]
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AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 WORKSHOP.IT IS CURRENTLY 10:01, AND WE ARE IN CHAMBERS.
WELCOME TO MONDAY. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS NOT WITH US YET. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?
>> COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS NOT WITH US YET. VICE MAYOR DANIEL?
>> THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU.
IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND, WE'LL HAVE OUR CITY CLERK LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> WE NOW HAVE THREE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.
THE FIRST ONE IS EASTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER DESIGN AND AMENITIES DISCUSSION,
[1.a. Eastside Community Center Design and Amenities Discussion Presented by Public Services Director, Mustafa Albassam and Parks & Recreation Director, Melissa Petron]
AND IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR MUSTAFA ALBASSAM AND PARK AND REC DIRECTOR, MELISSA PETRON. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.>> GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD, MUSTAFA ALBASSAM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
THIS MORNING, WE ARE PRESENTING THE EASTSIDE COMMUNITY PARK PROPERTY PROJECT THAT RECENTLY WENT OUT FOR ADVERTISEMENTS.
JUST TO GIVE A QUICK BACKGROUND OF THE PROPERTY, ON JANUARY 31ST, 2025, THE CITY HAD ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.
ON APRIL 23RD, 2025, WE HAD DEMOLISHED THE PROPERTY, AND THEN FURTHER IN JULY, WE HAVE UPDATED SURVEY AND TECHNICAL REPORT, AND THE RFP HAS BEEN SILICATED AND ADVERTISED.
THAT WAS THE LAST STEP THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN HERE IN THIS SLIDE.
NOW I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO MELISSA.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COMMISSIONER, MELISSA PETRON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
JUST GOING TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE PROPOSED AMENITIES FOR THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PARK AND CENTER.
FOR THE OUTSIDE AREA OF THE PARK, WE HAVE A 10-FOOT MULTI-PURPOSE TRAIL WITH BENCHES AND WATER FOUNTAIN, 06,000 SQUARE FOOT PLAYGROUND WITH SHADE STRUCTURE, OBSERVATION DECK AND FISHING PIER, TENNIS COURT, BASKETBALL COURT, PICNIC PAVILION WITH PICNIC TABLES, PARK BENCHES, SOME UPGRADED LANDSCAPING VEGETATION AND SPACE FOR PUBLIC ART.
THEN FOR INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR PROPOSED AMENITIES IS A MULTI-STORY 10,000 SQUARE FOOT RECREATION CENTER WITH A GREETING RECEPTION AREA, AEROBICS ROOM, A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM TO HOLD MULTIPLE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND CLASSES, PARKS AND REC OFFICES TO INCLUDE TWO 10 * 10 PRIVATE OFFICE AND FOUR CUBICLES, A BSO SATELLITE OFFICE AREA, AS WELL AS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR REST ROOMS, TWO RENTABLE FLEX ROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 150 OCCUPANTS AND A STAFF BREAK ROOM.
HERE IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF PUT TOGETHER TO SHOW THE LAYOUT, A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN LAYOUT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
JUST TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR FCT GRANTS, BECAUSE WE DID GET A GRANT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT THE GRANT HAS, WHICH INCLUDES SOME SIGNAGE, WHICH WE HAVE TO PUT A PERMANENT FCT RECOGNITION SIGN ON THE PROPERTY, AN INTERPRETIVE KIOSK THAT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT AND THE SITE.
WE ALSO HAD TO PROVIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING RECREATION FACILITIES, WHICH WE DID INCLUDE, WHICH WAS EITHER A PLAYGROUND, TENNIS COURT, BASKETBALL COURT, PICNIC PAVILION, OBSERVATION DECK, OR A FISHING PIER.
WE ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER ACCESS TO EXISTING OPEN WATER SHORELINES SUCH AS A PIER.
WE ALSO HAD TO PROVIDE TRAILS.
WE HAD TO PROVIDE A LAND-BASED MULTI-PURPOSE TRAIL WITH PARK BENCHES AND WATER FOUNTAIN.
WE ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SO THEY REQUIRE AT LEAST SIX SCHEDULED ENVIRONMENTAL OR HISTORICAL EDUCATION CLASSES PER YEAR ON SITE BY A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL.
THEN WE ALSO HAD TO INCLUDE EITHER A NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTER, NATURE CENTER, OR A MUSEUM THAT WAS AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF 1,000 SQUARE FOOT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR TODAY.
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>> WELL, WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS IN OUR BOOK TO LOOK AT OVER BEFOREHAND? WILL YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LAST SLIDE? LET'S GO BACKWARDS. THIS LAST SLIDE.
NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTER MUSEUM, YEAR-ROUND EDUCATION FOR HOW MANY YEARS?
>> THAT'S FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PROPERTY.
>> IT'S WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME SIX PROGRAMS?
>> EVERY YEAR? WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME WATER FEATURE AND A DOG PARK FEATURE IN ONE OF THE DESIGNS.
>> ANYWAY, WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR DISCUSSIONS OF THE PAST.
I CAN GO BACK UP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
TWO RENTABLE FLEX MEETING ROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 150 OCCUPANTS.
IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE BALLROOM AT COLONY WEST WHERE THERE'S A DIVIDER WALL?
>> NEXT SLIDE. NOW, THESE ARE THE AMENITIES BASED ON WHAT ARE BEING REQUESTED BY BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SOLID.
WHEN WE FINALLY GO BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, IF THE PUBLIC HAS SOME OTHER FEATURES THAT WE CAN THEN POSSIBLY MASSAGE US INTO BEING WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS?
>> YES. LIKE I SAID, WE HAD TO FIT WHAT THE FCT GRANT REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN, IF THERE'S ROOM TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO IT.
>> MINUS WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE, WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT THEY WANT IN THE PROPERTY?
>> MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP AND SO WE ADVERTISE THIS WORKSHOP AS A PUBLIC MEETING TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THE AMENITIES THAT'S BEING BUILT INTO THE PARK.
>> CITY MANAGER, AS YOU KNOW, YOU AND I DIFFER ON OPINION ON THIS.
I DON'T THINK GIVING PEOPLE LESS THAN A TWO-WEEK NOTICE ON A MONDAY MORNING, THAT THIS IS SUFFICIENT NOTICE FOR THEM TO COME IN AND HAVE THEIR SAY.
WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PARKS REDONE.
WE HAVE MEETINGS IN THE EVENING.
WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE GO TO THE REC CENTER, WE GO TO PLACES WHERE WE ACTUALLY GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
WE TELL THEM WHAT IS REQUIRED PER GRANTS, AND THEN SAY, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY DO IT.
YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PROPER PROCESS.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT HAS MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY AND UNHAPPY.
I DON'T THINK ADDING TO THE FIRE, THIS GASOLINE BY NOT HAVING THEM HAVE A FULL ABILITY TO SPEAK OUT IS THE WAY TO GO.
BUT WE'RE DOING IT, SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR AT LEAST WHEN WE FINALLY GO BACK OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT PARKING.
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HERE THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT, ESPECIALLY IT'S A MAJOR SITE PLAN.
IT WILL HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN 30 SPOTS.
WE WILL HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR A PRE-SITE PLAN HEARING, WHICH THEN EVERYBODY WILL SAY TO US, WE ARE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ASK THEM TO BEGIN IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT YOU GOT MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO THE VICE MAYOR ROTATION DISCUSSION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY OUR CITY CLERK, MISS KIMBERLY DILLON.
>> YOU WANT TO SPEAK? WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.
THE VICE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
NOW, JUST WAS COMMENTING ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT I SEE YOU HAVE POSTED.
THAT'S AWESOME, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR.
I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO SAYING THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS YOU PUT IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. THANK YOU.
>> AND ANOTHER LATE LIGHT OF COMMISSIONER BOLTON. GO FOR IT.
>> NEVERTHELESS, THE LIGHT IS LIT.
GOOD MORNING, MELISSA. HOW ARE YOU?
>> WONDERFUL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER.
CITY MANAGER, IF 9:00 MEETINGS ON A MONDAY MORNING, 10:00 MEETINGS ON A MONDAY MORNING OR 9:30 MEETINGS ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTS TO COME AND PARTICIPATE,
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WHY DO YOU CONTINUALLY SUBJECT US THEN TO COME IN HERE FOR A WORKSHOP AT 10:00 ON A MONDAY OR A COMMISSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AT 9:30 AM IF IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO COME IN SO THAT THEIR VOICES ARE TO BE HEARD?>> COMMISSIONER, WE HAD CITY BUSINESS CONDUCTED AT BOTH TIMES DURING THE MONTH.
WE CONDUCTED CITY BUSINESS IN THE MORNING TO ACCOMMODATE MORNING ATTENDANCE.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED BUSINESS IN THE EVENING MEETINGS TO BRING IN THE EVENING RESIDENTS.
BUT IT'S THE CITY'S WAY OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THAT, IT'S THE COMMISSION'S PURVIEW TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ATTEMPTED A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE BACK AND THAT WASN'T THAT POPULAR, SO WE KEPT WHAT WE HAVE.
>> I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE MAYOR, THEN IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS IN THE EVENING?
>> POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS SAYING. THANK YOU.
>> YOU SAID THAT THE MORNING MEETINGS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY COME AND AND STATE THEIR VIEWPOINTS.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE TIME, THEN YOU DON'T AGREE THAT AN APPROPRIATE TIME IS TO HAVE A CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9:30 OR A WORKSHOP AT 10:00, OR THE RETREATS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WE DO AT THE FIRE STATION OR OTHER PLACES LIKE COLONY WEST OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU ARE SAYING THAT THOSE MEETINGS DO NOT INVITE RESIDENTS TO COME IN AND SPEAK.
>> NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHY DON'T YOU OPPOSE TO THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD IN THE MORNINGS, WHILE YOU OPPOSING TO THIS ONE?
>> ACTUALLY, TO CLARIFY WHAT IS BELIEVED THAT I SAID AND WORDS BEING PUT IN MY MOUTH THAT I DID NOT SAY.
WHEN WE DEAL WITH MAJOR SITE PLANS, ACCORDING TO OUR RULES AND ORDINANCES, ALL THOSE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE EVENING.
THAT'S WHY I FEEL THAT THIS IS A TYPE OF MEETING THAT SHOULD BE HELD IN THE EVENING, PLUS MY OTHER ISSUE WITH THIS IS THE FAILURE TO GIVE ENOUGH NOTICE TO ALLOW PEOPLE IF THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULES TO BE HERE, AND WE DID NOT.
>> WHEN DID THIS MEETING GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC MANAGER?
>> WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE WORKSHOP, I BELIEVE, WE DID PUT HER ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE CALENDAR.
WHENEVER THE WORKSHOP WAS ANNOUNCED, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT LEAST A WEEK OR TWO.
BUT, WE HAD THIS EXERCISE A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST.
WE HAD A WORKSHOP OR TWO THAT STARTED WITH A BLANK SLATE.
WE PUT THAT IN FRONT OF THE CITY COMMISSION IN PUBLIC IN A WORKSHOP SETTING THAT ALLOWED THE COMMISSIONERS TO REFLECT THE DESIRES OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, AND WE PLACED THESE AMENITIES ON THAT PROPERTY BASED ON THAT.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS IS BEING DISCUSSED.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENITIES THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT COMMUNITY CENTER, AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS OR GUIDANCE FROM THE GRANT ITSELF THAT DICTATES A NUMBER OF THESE AMENITIES TO GO INTO THAT PROPERTY.
>> MISS CALLOWAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAXINE CALLOWAY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
>> GOOD MORNING. MISS CALLOWAY.
MISS CALLOWAY, PARDON ME, BUT IS THIS MEETING REQUIRED TO HAPPEN? THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW?
>> YOU MEAN JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING A PARK?
>> BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING A PARK, A COMMUNITY CENTER, PER LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHATEVER CODE YOU CAN THINK OF, IS THIS MEETING REQUIRED UNDER ANY STANDARD?
>> NO, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT PER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
>> YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY, CORRECT? DO YOU HAVE A LAW DEGREE?
>> I DO. I'M A FLORIDA BAR ATTORNEY. YES.
>> YOUR POSITION WITH THE CITY FOR COMING TO DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN HOW MANY YEARS?
>> I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMARA GOING ON 12 YEARS.
>> TWELVE YEARS. BEFORE THAT, YOU WERE COMING TO DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SOMEWHERE EELS?
>> OVER 10 YEARS. THEN BEFORE THAT DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
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>> YOU ARE A BLESSING, AND YOU ARE JUST AN AMAZING PERSON.
YOU ARE VERY SMART, AND I'LL TAKE YOUR ADVICE.
THIS MEETING IS NOT EVEN REQUIRED.
UNDER ANY CODE, UNDER ANY RULE. THANK YOU, ESQUIRE.
TO OUR OTHER ESQUIRE, MISS DARTON, IS THIS MEETING REQUIRED UNDER LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, OR ANY CODE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE CODE WITH ME.
I WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S NOT IN THE CODE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, I WOULD ASSUME MISS CALLOWAY WOULD BE THE ONE THAT HAS A SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THAT AREA.
BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IT COULD BE DISCRETIONARY, BUT UNLESS IT'S IN THE CODE, THEN IT'D BE A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT.
>> MISS CALLOWAY HAS SAID CLEARLY THAT IT'S NOT IN THE CODE, AND TO YOUR EXPERIENCE MANAGER, IS THIS IN THE CODE? IS THIS REQUIRED? WHAT DO WE NAME?
>> COMMISSIONER, I THINK THE REQUIREMENT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS ATTACHED TO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND NOT THIS.
>> MISS CALLOWAY, THE MANAGER HAS ALLUDED TO SITE PLAN.
>> IS THIS REQUIRED ON THE SITE PLAN RULES?
>> NOT A COMMUNITY MEETING, NO, NOT FOR A MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN.
FOR REZONING AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPES OF APPLICATION.
THEN A COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE REQUIRED.
HOWEVER, FOR THE SITE PLAN, THIS BODY WILL SEE THAT AS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
ONCE THE SITE PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER BY THE CONSULTANT, AND I'M SURE THE STAFF TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE RFP IS OUT FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARK.
THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DRC.
THEN IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN PROCESS, WHICH WILL COME TO THIS COMMISSION AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THIS IS JUST A BONUS MEETING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION THEN, MAYBE?
>> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAD HAD THIS DISCUSSION, AND WE READ OVER THE CODE, AND IT DOES SAY THAT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING HERE, I LEFT IT IN THE ROOM BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE'D COME TO THIS, SO WE'D HAVE TO DO THIS BALONEY ON THE DAYS.
BUT IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN 30 SPOTS, IT BECOMES A MAJOR CYCLING, EVEN IF IT'S FOR US.
I'M NOT HAVING A BATTLE HERE, AND YOU JUST SHOOK YOUR HEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE CYCLING WILL COME TO US, BUT IN THERE, IT DOES SHOW WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HEARINGS.
ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES.
POINT OF BEING IS I STILL FEEL THAT WHENEVER ANYBODY'S LISTENING TO THIS, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THEY NEED TO HEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S COMING BACK TO US IN THE SITE PLAN, IT'S NOT A BAKED CAKE.
YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ONE LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT.
PLEASE COME TO THE NEXT MEETING OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT JUST THE WAY WE HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW, WE ARE MOVING BACK ON TO 1B, VICE MAYOR.
[1.b. Vice Mayor Rotation Discussion Presented by City Clerk, Kimberly Dillon]
ROTATION DISCUSSION. CITY CLERK.>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU AS IT'S A REQUIREMENT PER OUR CHARTER THAT A VICE MAYOR IS SELECTED EACH YEAR TO SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM.
I'M ASKING THE BODY FOR CONSENSUS TODAY TO SELECT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE BODY TO SERVE FOR VICE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
HOWEVER, THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA UNTIL DECEMBER MEETING, HOWEVER, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS TODAY TO GET THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL SERVE.
>> I HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
SOMETIMES, WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO SAY SOMETHING TODAY.
WILL IT STAY, OR DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE? ANYWAY, VICE MAYOR?
>> I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE ASKING.
>> YOU MADE A COMMENT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING?
>> YOUR LIGHT WAS LIT BEFORE I MADE MY COMMENT, BUT THANK YOU.
I'LL START TAKING SCREENSHOTS IF I NEED TO.
ANYWAY, ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR WHO'S GOING TO BE.
>> I RECOMMEND COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. IT'S CONSENSUS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO BE VICE MAYOR? THEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I PRESUME, BUT I WON'T PRESUME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT ROLE?
>> I'D LIKE TO ACCEPT MAYOR INSTEAD.
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CONSIDERING THAT IT'S CONSENSUS, UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE PIKE, THERE'S CONSENSUS FOR YOUR NEXT VICE MAYOR.[1.c. Discussion and Consensus on Selection of Non-Profit Agency(ies) to Partner With for Relief Efforts in Jamaica Requested by City Manager Levent Sucuoglu ]
DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS ON A SELECTION OF NONPROFIT AGENCY OR AGENCIES TO PARTNER WITH RELIEF EFFORTS IN JAMAICA.THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING SUPPLIES FOR THE HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORT, AND WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES THAT WE ALREADY COLLECTED, AND OUR INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE THAT UNTIL AT LEAST THE 12TH COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS TO PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN ASSIST US TAKE THESE SUPPLIES AND DELIVER THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE RECIPIENTS IN THE ISLAND.
WE HAVE ISSUED A SURVEY TO THE BROWARD CITIES AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY YET.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE ONE ENTITY THAT WE HEAR FROM JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY THAT WE ASK FOR IS FOOD FOR THE POOR.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES RELIEF EFFORT TO JAMAICA AND OTHER PLACES PROBABLY.
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH FOR DELIVERING OF THESE HURRICANE SUPPLIES.
THE NAME THAT WE HAVE TODAY AT THIS MOMENT IS FOOD FOR THE POOR, AND SINCE WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE THEM TO YOU BETWEEN NOW AND WEDNESDAY PROBABLY.
BUT TODAY, THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND DARE TO CARE.
I DID CONTACT FOOD FOR THE POOR.
I THINK THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT IS ASKING THAT MOST OF THAT WE DO USE FOOD FOR THE POOR.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOOD FOR THE POOR AS WELL.
BUT I'LL ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND DARE TO CARE.
I CONTACTED FOOD FOR DEPOT MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO AGO, AND THEY HAD A HALT BECAUSE OF DELIVERY.
WE SET UP A VOLUNTEER DAY WITH THEM FOR THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, MAYBE THE MONDAY.
IN WEEKS AFTER WHERE WE COME AND SHIFT AND VOLUNTEER TO PACK THE STUFF TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN THAT THEY HAVE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO USE DARE TO CARE.
I VOLUNTEERED WITH THEM, I KNOW THEY WORK AND ANY OTHER POSSIBLE LOCAL ENTITY THAT WILL ALSO BE DELIVERING BECAUSE THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIP, I FORGOT WITH THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT DELIVERS, I THINK, TWICE A WEEK.
THEY FLY DOWN AT NO COST AND DELIVER THE FOOD.
I THINK THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP ALSO AT JET BLUE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONVERSATION IS TO IDENTIFY THE ENTITIES, AND IF THEY'RE NOT ON OUR CHARITABLE ENTITIES LIST, IS TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA SO THAT THEY'RE APPROVED BEFORE WE PROCEED.
>> DARE TO CARE IS ON OUR CHARITABLE LIST WE'VE GIVEN TO THEM IN THE PAST.
>> SEEING NOTHING ELSE, CITY CLERK, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> IT WASN'T WHEN I LOOKED AT.
>> I REALLY WISH YOU GUYS WOULD NOT PLAY GAME.
>> YOU SLEPT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED. CALM DOWN.
>> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
>> FOOD FOR PORT IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION.
I AGREE WITH DR. DANIEL THAT DARE TO CARE THE ITEMS SHOULD DEFINITELY GO TO THEM.
I'VE VOLUNTEERED FOR FOOD FOR THE POOR BEFORE.
THEY'RE AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION.
BUT IN THIS CASE, I WANT TO SEE THAT OTHER LOCAL CHARITIES GET THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND ACTUALLY HELP AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ITEM IS NOT TIED IN WITH MY INITIATIVES.
BECAUSE AS A COMMISSIONER, I OBVIOUSLY PIONEER MY OWN INITIATIVES.
I SEE DR. DANIEL DOING AN INITIATIVE WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES ARE NOT TIED TO THIS PROCESS.
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THIS IS THE FOOD THAT THE CITY IS COLLECTING IN ITS 6 LOCATIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY ITEMS THAT WE ARE DOING AN INITIATIVE FOR TO COLLECT.>> THAT'S CORRECT, COMMISSIONER.
>> THANK YOU. MANAGER, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, HOW MUCH HAVE WE COLLECTED? WHAT DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY?
>> AT LEAST A POD FULL OF SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED SO FAR, AND I BELIEVE IT'S STILL CONTINUING AND THEN WE HAVE HOW MUCH MORE, MELISSA? HOW MUCH MORE SUPPLIES WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE WE FILLED THAT POD?
>> WE'RE PULLING THAT POT, WE HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE.
OUR POT THAT WE HAVE IS CURRENTLY FILLED, AND WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE LOCATION.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE PICK UP, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET ANOTHER POT.
>> THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WHEN I SAT DOWN THIS MORNING, I SAW THIS FYP FLYER.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM BEFORE.
WHY IS THIS PRESENTED? I KNOW THAT THE JAMAICAN HURRICANE EFFORT RELIEF PROCESS WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE VICE MAYOR.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT SHE IS MOST INTERESTED IN, SO I'M CURIOUS WHY WOULD WE ASSOCIATE THIS ORGANIZATION? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE NOT HEARD OF IT UNTIL I SAT DOWN THIS MORNING.
JUST CURIOUS IF SHE SPEARHEADED THE INITIATIVE TO COLLECT ITEMS, WHY ARE WE PROPOSING DONATING TO THIS ORGANIZATION?
>> COMMISSIONER, THIS IS FOR THE CITY'S COLLECTION EFFORTS AND SEPARATE, AS THE COMMISSIONER BOLTON MENTIONED THAT OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS.
THIS IS THE CITY ORGANIZATION THAT WE COLLECTED THESE SUPPLIES, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTNER.
IT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION FOOD FOR THE POOR.
I THINK WHY THEY CHOSE IT IS BECAUSE THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT IS SUGGESTING THAT THIS ORGANIZATION BE USED.
BUT MY PROBLEM UNDER JAMAICAN ORGANIZATION IS SUGGESTING DAIRY CARE TO I HAD THEM MEETING THEY ARE SUGGESTING DAIRY CARE.
THE PROBLEM I WAS SAYING THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING IF WE COULD WE'RE SETTING UP DAYS TO GO AND VOLUNTEER FOR FOOD FOR DEPORT BECAUSE THEY WERE AT A HALT BECAUSE THEY WERE RECEIVING FROM EVERYONE.
THEY WERE AT A HALT IN GETTING THE STUFF DISTRIBUTED AND GETTING FLIGHTS DONE? I'M THINKING IT'S OKAY AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THAT WAS A WEEK AGO.
THAT'S MEANS IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING, WE COULD BRING 30 VOLUNTEERS IN AND HELP THEM PACKAGE THE FOOD SO THAT THE BURDEN THAT THEY WERE FEELING WOULD BE LIFTING.
BUT IT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS IT THE DESIRE THAT WE WORK WITH BOTH, OR ARE WE WORKING WITH DARE TO CARE?
>> I WOULD FOR ME, WE COULD WORK.
DAY TO CARE IS A EASIER SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE GETTING FROM US AND WHAT THEY COLLECT FROM LOCAL CHURCHES.
BUT I'M OKAY WITH WORKING WITH OTHER SMALL CHARTERS THAT HAVE A PROVEN RECORD THAT THEY CAN HANDLE IT.
BUT I'M FINE WITH FOOD FOR THE PORCH.
BUT IF FOOD FOR THE POOR IS GETTING MAJORITY OF THE STUFF, THEN IT'S FINE TO GO WITH THEIR DAY TO CARE.
AS WE COMMUNICATE WITH FOOD FOR THE POOR, IF THEY SAY, WE HAD A HALT AGAIN, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE LOAD IS TOO HEAVY.
>> MAYBE WE MAKE DAY TO CARE, BECAUSE I I TOO SUPPORT DAY TO CARE.
I THINK MAYBE WE LOOK AT THEM AS A PRIMARY, AND IF THERE'S ANY CHALLENGES, THEN WE CONSIDER ADDING THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION AND HAVE THEM WORK AS A SECONDARY.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A OBJECTION TO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, IF WE ARE INTENDING TO WORK WITH FOOD FOR THE POOR, WE NEED TO ADD THEM TO OUR CHARITABLE ENTITIES LIST, AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA.
>> I'M GOOD WITH THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD, THE GOVERNMENT ISSUED A SIX PAGE FACT SHEET OR MEMO THIS WEEK, AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING FOOD FOR THE POOR.
THEY'RE SUGGESTING ANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S NUMBER 1. THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROCESSES.
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SOMETIMES, FOR INSTANCE, FOOD FOR THE POOR WILL COORDINATE WITH THE OFFICE OF DISASTER AND PREPAREDNESS MANAGEMENT IN JAMAICA.WHEN FOOD FOR THE POOR DOES THAT, THEN THE ODPEM TAKES THE ITEMS, AND THEN THEY DISTRIBUTE IT THEMSELVES ACROSS THE ISLAND.
THE ISSUE WITH THAT PROCESS IS THAT SOME LOCALS ARE SAYING THAT THE ITEMS ARE NOT GETTING TO THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES.
IT'S GETTING TO THE FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.
JUST IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES IN A CUL DE SAC.
THE SUPPLIES ARE GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE CUL DE SAC AND ALL THOSE HOUSES IN THE FRONT ARE GETTING HELP, BUT THE HOUSES IN THE CUL DE SAC IN THE BACK IS NOT GETTING SUPPORT.
WORKING WITH LOCAL CHARITIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO LOCAL JAMAICANS, GETS ACTUALLY THOSE ITEMS INTO THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITIES INTO THE CUL DE SACS.
THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING LOCAL CHARITIES IN THIS.
THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THE VICE MAYOR'S EFFORT TO HAVE DAY TO CARE TAKE THIS INITIATIVE, BECAUSE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS CHANNELING THERE.
IF YOU WATCH LOCAL NEWS OR IF YOU ARE TUNED WITH THE INTERNET, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ARE NOT GOING TO THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES.
WITH MY INITIATIVE LAST WEEK, I CAN TELL YOU IT IS A WHOLE LOT OF WORK.
WE DID NOT FINISH UNTIL 2:00 A.M. WE STARTED AT 6:00 A.M.
THE DAY BEFORE, WE FINISHED AT 2:00 A.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES THAT CAME IN IN A FEW HOURS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT IS HARD WORK.
IT TAKES A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, 30 PLUS VOLUNTEERS WE HAD PLUS SOME WORKERS.
IT IS A TREMENDOUS WORK, AND WE ACTUALLY LOGISTICALLY COLLECTED THEM THAT VERY SAME DAY.
THE VOLUNTEERS WORKED THAT VERY SAME DAY INTO THE MORNING.
PACKED THE PODS AND IT WAS UNDERWATER THE NEXT DAY.
TO SAY THAT LOCAL CHARITIES CANNOT DO IT, THEY CAN BECAUSE MY LOCAL VOLUNTEERS DID IT.
IF WE CAN DO IT, DAY TO CARE CAN DO IT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR INVOLVING ME, DR. DANIELS.
I'M OUT OF THE LOOP. I GOT MY PHONE STOLEN IN BRAZIL.
I'VE BEEN OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVEN'T HAD NEWS IN THE PAST WEEK.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE LOOP OF ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING.
BUT I DID SEE YOUR IN THE NEWSPAPER ON SATURDAY, I SAW YOU HAD YOUR INITIATIVE, YOU HAD YOUR BIG EVENT.
I RECALL AT YOUR CANCER EVENT, ONE OF THE HONOREES MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS WENT ON TO JAMAICA, SAINT ELIZABETH, SPECIFICALLY I WAS HIT, AND YOU GUYS DID A GIVEAWAY, EVEN BEFORE THERE WAS A HURRICANE, EVEN BEFORE WHATEVER.
IN ONE OF THE REASON, I THINK YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSONS FOR THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THOSE STREETS JUST LIKE YOU KNOW TAMARAC.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PEOPLE NEED, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, SHE MENTIONED THAT AT YOUR EVENT, IT'S SOMETHING SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME.
WHY AREN'T WE TAKING WHAT WE HAVE AND PUTTING IT WITH YOUR INITIATIVE, BECAUSE YOU WOULD KNOW THE PEOPLE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW TO GET THINGS TO THE PLACES THEY WANT TO GO.
BECAUSE LIKE WE SAY, OUR GOVERNMENT IS LOCAL, YOU KNOW THE LOCAL PROCESS OF IT.
WHEREAS, A BIG ORGANIZATIONS BUREAUCRATIC.
IT MIGHT NOT GET TO THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
I'M JUST CONFUSED WHY ARE WE NOT PARTNERING AND JUST DOING EVERYTHING, LETTING YOU HANDLE THAT STUFF.
>> THANK YOU MARY. THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. IT IS A LOT OF WORK.
AFTER DOING IT LAST WEEK, WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING ANOTHER DAY OF FACTION. YOU KNOW WHAT? IF JAMAICANS ARE STILL CRYING AFTER OUR CONTAINERS GET THERE, THEN PERHAPS I'LL DO ANOTHER DAY OF FACTION.
BUT YOU KNOW, TO HANDLE THOSE ITEMS, IT IS A HARD TASK TO GET ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER.
TO ADVISE ME AT DANIEL'S POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOCAL CHARITIES THAT CAN DO THIS WORK.
IF EVERYBODY JUST COMES TOGETHER AND EACH OF THESE LOCAL CHARITIES, DO THIS, I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT IN THAT REGARD.
>> WE'RE JUST THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THIS ORGANIZATION. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
>> OUR INTENTION IS TO USE OR PARTNER WITH ONE OF THESE OR ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER THE SUPPLIES, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S JUST A DISCUSSION, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE THE SUPPLIES.
WHY DON'T WE DISTRIBUTE THE SUPPLIES WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT'S DOING THE LOCAL STUFF.
>> BECAUSE THEY EQUALLY KNOW THAT IT IS A LOT OF WORK.
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TO HAVE DONE 28 PODS IN A DAY WAS A LOT OF WORK.IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT TO TO GO DISTRIBUTE.
BECAUSE THE LOGISTICS IS NOT YET DONE.
IT IS PACKING THE PODS, GETTING IT THERE.
THEN AFTER THAT GETTING ALL THE TRUCKS AND GETTING IT INTO THE ACTUAL COMMUNITIES.
THE WORK STARTED, IT HAS NOT FINISHED.
ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO JAMAICA TO DISTRIBUTE IT THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY JUST SENT IT AND LEFT IT.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY FLYING THERE, DOING THE WORK THEMSELVES, GOING INTO THE ACTUAL COMMUNITIES, TALKING TO PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE STUFF.
THEY'RE NOT JUST REGULAR VOLUNTEERS.
THEY'RE NURSES, THEY'RE SOCIAL WORKERS.
THEY'RE PSYCHOLOGISTS, THEY'RE CHIROPRACTORS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM JAMAICA WHO WANTS TO GO BACK AND BUILD.
THE WORK IS DEFINITELY NOT DONE.
TO TAKE ON MORE WORK TO THAT ORGANIZATION, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.
>> TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I WENT WITH WHAT THE VICE MAYOR DECIDES TO. I'LL SUPPORT THAT.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, BOLTON HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT HE'S DOING.
I DO THINK THAT IT COMES DOWN SOMETIMES THAT WE DO NEED MORE THAN ONE TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE.
I SUPPORT THE FOOD FOR THE POOR.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
I'VE ALSO KNOW ABOUT DARE TO CARE.
I ALSO DO KNOW THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT JAMAICA BASICALLY WAS BRUTALIZED BY MELISSA, HANDS DOWN.
I ALSO KNOW THAT CUBA, HAITI, DOMINICAN, AND PANAMA HAVE ALSO BEEN HURT.
AT LEAST SOME OF THE RESOURCES CAN ALSO BE GIVEN TO THOSE COUNTRIES THAT NEED A LITTLE HELP AS WELL THROUGH THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE BULK. IT'S GOING TO JAMAICA, BUT AT LEAST THERE WILL BE SOME ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT NEED SOME HELP AS WELL BY GOING THROUGH THE BIGGER COMPANY.
>> MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT THE MANAGER DID SAY THAT FOOD FOR THE POOR WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF CHARITIES.
I'M SUPPORTING FOOD FOR THE POOR BEING ADDED TO OUR LIST OF CHARITIES BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE ON THERE.
I WAS SHOCKED THAT THEY WEREN'T ON THERE FROM THE PREVIOUS DISASTERS.
I HOPE THAT WE ADD THEM ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA, TO THE EXTENT THAT, DARE TO CARE SEE SOME STUFF AND SAY, IT'S TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN.
OF COURSE FOOD PORT CAN GET THE SECONDARY.
OF COURSE, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF CHARITIES SO THAT I'M ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEM AND ALSO DONATE FUNDS TO THEM. IT'S MY INTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK IT'S A COMPETITION.
I THINK THE MORE CHARITIES WE CAN GET TO HELP, THE BETTER.
JAMAICA, I THINK THE POINT WHY WE KEEP MENTIONING JAMAICA IS BECAUSE IT WAS A CATEGORY 5, WHICH IF YOU SEE ANY SIMULATION OF WHAT A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE DOES, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE DEVASTATION.
BY THE TIME IT HIT SOME OF THE OTHER ISLANDS, IT WAS A IT WASN'T EVEN A HURRICANE.
IT WAS A STORM. TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
I AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONER BOLTON WHEN YOU SURFACE IT'S EASIER TO GIVE TO THE SURFACE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT GOES LIKE MY FAMILY BUSH SOME OF MY FAMILY HAVE MY MOTHER'S SIDE, THEY'RE BUSH PEOPLE.
THEY'RE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, THEY GROW COFFEE.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING TO THEM. IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
UNLESS YOU'RE LOCAL AND YOU KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE AND HOW TO GET UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WITHOUT ROADS BECAUSE SOME OF THE ROADS ARE DESTROYED.
I THINK THE NEED IS SO GREAT THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE GIVE TO 10 ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO GREAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ARGUE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT FOOD FOR THE POOR, SOMETHING THEY DO ON A NORMAL.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT DARE TO CARE IS SOMETHING THEY DO ON A NORMAL, ON A REGULAR.
I THINK WE'RE ALL SEEING THE SAME THING.
JUST KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.
THE GOVERNMENT SAID THAT IT WILL TAKE BILLIONS AND UP TO POSSIBLY ON A GOOD DAY, FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS TASK.
WHILE IT'S FRESH IN OUR HEAD, WE WANT TO GIVE, BUT KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR, THERE'LL BE A NEED.
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THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THERE'LL BE A NEED.THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU.
>> VERY TRUE. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY TOMORROW AT 10:30 AT VETERANS PARK TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.
WE ARE ADJOURNED 10:41.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.