[00:00:01]
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
YES. YOU KNOW, I HIT THE GAVEL.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
BUT ENOUGH PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ONE MORE TIME.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I GOT A LOUDER VOICE. WELCOME TO OUR FIRST MEETING OF A 9/30.
[CALL TO ORDER:]
WE'VE CHANGED OUR MEETING TIME, SO PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF IT FOR THE FUTURE.WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR OUR FEBRUARY 26, 9:30 MEETING.
IF YOU WOULD. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD MORNING. HERE'S YOUR PARKO.
GOOD MORNING. VISE MAYOR BOLTON.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER GUELLEN.
AND MAYOR GOMES. GOOD MORNING.
AND BEFORE WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WHEN WE DO STAND, WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO RECOGNIZE A VERY DEVASTATING LOSS FOR US.
WE'LL MANORS MAYOR JUSTIN FLIPPEN DIED LAST NIGHT, AGED 41 YEARS OLD.
IF YOU EVER MET HIM, HE WOULD ALWAYS GREET YOU WITH THE BIGGEST WARM SMILE THAT YOU'D EVER, EVER RECEIVE.
WELL, THERE'S A FIRST TIME WITH THE FOUR HUNDREDTH TIME HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN AFTER SERVING AS A CITY COMMISSIONER.
HE WAS A BROWARD COUNTY BORN AND RAISED.
HE GRADUATED FROM COCONUT CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
GRADUATED FROM BROWARD COLLEGE.
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL.
IT IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO EVERYBODY HERE.
NOT ONLY WAS HE AN ADVOCATE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT A TREMENDOUS ADVOCATE FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. SO I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO.
THINK ABOUT HIM. AND ALSO FROM ONBEHALF, THE CITY OF TAMARACK, WE ALL HERE WISH HIS FAMILY THE CITY, WHAT MATTERS THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND EXTEND WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR THEM. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE, TAKE A MOMENT'S SILENCE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
COMMISSION FISHMAN I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
YOU SEE, A REPUBLIC IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[1. PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:]
THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.WHEREAS MR. LEON SIMONDS WAS BORN JANUARY 8, 1920, IN THE PARISH OF ST.
MICHAEL, BARBADOS, WEST INDIES, TO LYFORD AND EDITH SIMONS.
AND WHEREAS MR. SIMONDS HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS WHOM HE HAS OUTLIVED.
AND WHEREAS MR. SIMON'S MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO NEW YORK AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN, HE HAS MET AND REMAIN MARRIED TO BEATRICE FOR 18 YEARS AND HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED BEATRICE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY. AND WHEREAS MR. SIMONDS MET FLORENCE IN 1976 IN NEW YORK AND MARRIED HER.
AND WHEREAS MR. SIMON SIMONDS WORKED AS A SUPERVISOR FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS, MR. AND MRS. SIMONDS RELOCATED FROM NEW YORK TO FORT LAUDERDALE IN NINETEEN NINETY FIVE AND NOW RESIDE IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK RAZ.
MR. SIMONDS ATTENDS THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ATONEMENT IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, EVERY SUNDAY AND DEVOTES HIS REMAINING TIME FOR CARING FOR HIS WIFE, FLORENCE.
ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 26, 2020 OF LEON SIMONS DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. INCORRECT.
[00:05:01]
GRADUALLY, MR. LEON SIMONDS ON THIS VERY SUSPICIOUS CELEBRATION OF HIS 1 100TH BIRTHDAY.BUT BEFORE YOU GO ON TO SAY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? TED, THANKS VERY MUCH.
I DO IT TO BE A HUNDRED TO GET IT BACK BY THE TIME.
ON BEHALF OF THE CHURCH, MY NAME IS DEMARCATES.
AND ON BEHALF BEHALF OF THE CHURCH OF ATONEMENT, NOT AT A-LEAGUE'S, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.
HIS WIFE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT WE WILL CONVEY THE EXCITEMENT THAT HAPPENED HERE THIS MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH.
THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE SEND IT TO US PRESENTATION OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER AND IGP BY CASSANDRA LAMASSOURE, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR FOR THE SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE END IGP.
I'LL ACTUALLY LET KEITH PRESENT THIS OVER TO MAYOR GOMEZ.
I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER OF AN IGP.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION IN SOUTH FLORIDA REGION.
OUR CHAPTER INCLUDES 400 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS IN BROWARD, PALM BEACH, MIAMI DADE COUNTIES, REPRESENTING 63 AGENCIES AS AN AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING. THE CHAPTER OFFERS MEMBERS THE EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THEY REQUIRE TO EFFICIENTLY AND ETHICALLY CARRY OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. CHARTERED IN NINETEEN NINETY, OUR MISSION CONTINUES TO INSPIRE OUR ACTIVITIES AND GOALS TO PROMOTE ETHICAL AND COST EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PURCHASING POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO PRESENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR PUBLIC PURCHASING PERSONNEL, AND TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE FOR THE EXCHANGE AMONG THE MEMBERS OF USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT POLICIES, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF COMMON INTEREST. IN ADDITION TO ITS CHAPTER ACTIVITIES, THE CHAPTER ALSO SUPPORTS THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE COST SAVINGS AND COST AVOIDANCE TO MEMBER AGENCIES BY UTILIZING THE BY BUYING POWER OF MULTIPLE AGENCIES WHEN SOLICITING FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
SO WITH THAT EXPLAINING WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, IT IS MY HONOR AS PRESIDENT TO PRESENT THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER OF AN IGP BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHAPTER AND TO THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA ACTS PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIVISION.
THIS IS AN AWARD THAT IS OUR BOARD SELECTING BASED ON CRITERIA, AND TAMARACK WAS SELECTED FOR THE REASONS OF 100 PERCENT OF THE PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIVISION EMPLOYEES BEING MEMBERS OF BOTH THE CHAPTER AND NATIONAL AND IGP.
TAMARA SERVES AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THREE OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL CO-OP PURCHASING CONTRACTS, INCLUDING THE OFFICE SUPPLIES CONTRACT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX CONTRACTS TO SOLICIT AND ADMINISTER, AND IT EARNS THE CITY OF TAMARACK SEVEN THOUSAND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN REVENUE FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ONLY A LOCAL BUT A NATIONAL COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
[00:10:04]
SIXTY PERCENT OF TAMARACK STAFF HOLD A PROFESSIONAL PROCUREMENT CERTIFICATION AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BUYERS OR CERTIFIED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OFFICERS.THIS IS A PRESTIGIOUS CERTIFICATION THAT REQUIRES HOURS OF COURSEWORK AND TESTING THE EQUIVALENT OF A BAR EXAM FOR AN ATTORNEY.
PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER KEITH GLATZ WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE IGP TWENTY NINETEEN AND DEATH RICH MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
KEITH WAS SELECTED FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR HIS DEDICATION TO ADVANCING THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION AND ALSO SERVED AS THE 2015/2016 IN IGP NATIONAL MEMBER COUNCIL PRESIDENT REPRESENTING ALL MEMBERS NATIONWIDE OF AN IGP.
KEITH ALSO SERVES AS THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER'S LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR TO PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION TO OUR CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP ON LEGISLATION IMPACTING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND ALSO MEMBERS FROM THIS AGENCY.
AT LEAST ONE MEMBER HAVE ATTENDED ALL OF OUR CHAPTER MEETINGS AND ALL OF THE MONTHLY COÖPERATIVE MEETINGS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF THIS INFORMATION.
SO IT'S MY HONOR AGAIN TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK AS AGENCY OF THE YEAR FOR 2019.
WELL, THANK YOU, CASSIE. WE ARE.
WE ARE QUITE HONORED TO BE BESTOWED WITH THIS VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER OF ANN IGP WHO BOARD WHO MADE THE DECISION ON THIS.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US TODAY AND WISH WISH YOU AND AND ALL OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
BUT I FOUND OUT THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY.
THERE'S NO TERM LIMITS ON THIS, SO WE CAN WIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM, I'M PRETTY SURE WE WILL.
THANK YOU VERY. SPECULATION KEEPS.
SO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, MARK MASON, AND RISK AND SAFETY MANAGER PATTI THOMMA WAS LEWSKI PETITTI.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF IS COMMITTED AND TALENTED EMPLOYEES BRING SPECIALIZED SKILLS THAT CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR ORGANIZATION'S DAILY BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS MR. KEITH GLASS, TAMARA ИХ PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER, PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HELP ACHIEVE THE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK.
WHEREAS MR. GLATZ IS ENORMOUSLY FRIENDLY AND COURTEOUS, TIMELY AND RESPONSIVE, ACCURATE AND CONSISTENT, ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE AND TRUTHFUL AND TRANSPARENT.
AND WHEREAS MR. GLATZ HAS ACHIEVED NATIONAL ACCLAIM AS A 2019 RECIPIENT OF THE N DEATH RICH MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
THANK YOU. BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASING FOR HIS UNWAVERING LIFETIME'S DEDICATION TO THE PROCUREMENT FIELD AND WAS.
MR. GLATZ HAS VOLUNTEERED ON COUNTLESS COMMITTEES, DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL GUIDANCE AS AN IGP STRATEGIC PARTNER, AND MADE PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY, RELEVANCY, RECOGNITION AND VALUE OF THE PROFESSION.
WHEREAS MR. GLASS IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS LIOW LIFELONG PASSION, EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF PROCUREMENT AND WITH THE CITY OF TAMARACK.
GOMA'S MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 26, 2020, AS KEITH GLATZ DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK HONORS AND EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION OF KEITH GLASS FOR HIS YEARS OF HARD WORK AND UNSELFISH SPIRIT OF DEDICATION TO THE FIELD OF PROCUREMENT AND THE CITY OF TAMARA.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, KEITH.
NO, I HAD NO IDEA I WAS GETTING A WHOLE DAY OFF.
THIS WAS THIS IS A WONDERFUL HONOR.
AND I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT I WAS ABLE TO SAY DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THIS AWARD TO US BACK IN BACK IN AUGUST OF THIS LAST YEAR, HAD TO DO WITH PASSION.
AND MY ADVICE IS TO FIND YOUR PASSION.
COMMUNICATE YOUR PASSION AND THEN LIVE YOUR PASSION.
[00:15:28]
BUT IF HE WINS, THERE WERE.I DON'T THINK IT'S UP THERE. OK, EVERYBODY.
THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER KEITH GLASS, WHEREAS THE PROCUREMENT PROFESSION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS.
AND WHEREAS PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS, THROUGH THEIR COMBINED PROCUREMENT POWER, SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY AND SO HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SERVICES BY IMPROVING PROCUREMENT METHODS AND PRACTICES AND BY UTILIZING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVE PRICES PROCESSES.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF TIRE TRACKS PURCHASING CONTRACTS DIVISION, THE SOUTH EAST FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING, THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PROCUREMENT ASSOCIATIONS ENGAGE IN SPECIAL EFFORTS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS IN BUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF TAMPA MAX PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIVISION DO AN EXEMPLARY JOB OF EVALUATING THE PROCESS UNDER WHICH FAIR AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING OCCUR.
AND WHERE IS TRAINING, NETWORKING, CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OF THE PROCUREMENT STAFF ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS WELL SERVED WITH THE PROCESS OF ALL FAIRNESS AND ALL FAIRNESS IS SERVED NOW.
I THEREFORE MICHELLE J. GOMES MARITIME WORK ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH AS PROCUREMENT MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I CAN'T DO THIS ALONE BY ANY MEANS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE COMMISSION THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND EFFORTS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PASSING SOME LANDMARK LEGISLATION, WE HOPE, TODAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO THINK AND WISH GOOD LUCK TO OUR DIRECTOR, MARK MASON, WHO'S SHOWN ME SUPPORT FOR ALL THESE 10 YEARS AND THUS GIVE MARK A HAND.
AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR STAFF.
I'D LIKE THEM ACTUALLY COME UP HERE IF THEY WOULDN'T MIND.
ANDREW ROSS, ANDREW ROZWADOWSKI, CPV.
ALISHA SINCLAIR, WHO EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND RHONDA KAPILA WHO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS PROCLAMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER DEBORAH PLAKA, WHEREAS THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE BESSO CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL S.O.P.
PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP SPONSORED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH USES A SIMPLE APPROACH TO SAFEGUARDING NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT RESIDENTS INVOLVEMENT, THROUGH RESIDENTS INVOLVEMENT, AND WHERE A S.O.P.
[00:20:03]
VOLUNTEERS OR RESIDENTS WHO HELP VSO FIGHT CRIME BY PATROLLING THEIR COMMUNITY, LOOKING OUT FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR POTENTIAL HAZARDS, AND OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS THE TAMARACK S.O.P.IS CURRENTLY HAVE 160 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS POSTS, INCLUDING OUR CITY PARKS, THEY ASSIST DEPUTIES ON VARIOUS SCENES AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE AT SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE FOURTH OF JULY, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TASTE OF TAMARACK, TURKEY TROT, 5K RACE AND MANY OTHERS.
AND WHEREAS TYPICAL ASSIGNMENTS IN ADDITION TO PATROL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PERFORMING CHECKS ON UNOCCUPIED RESIDENTS AT THE OWNER'S REQUEST, CHECKING ON ELDERLY OR HOMEBOUND RESIDENTS, AND REPORTING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND NEIGHBORHOOD HAZARDS TO THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WES S.O.P.
VOLUNTEERS COMPLETE A TRAINING PROGRAM, WEAR UNIFORMS AND DRAW A SPECIALLY MARKED VEHICLES AIDING THE CRIME FIGHTING PRESIDENTS IN THE CITY.
WHEREAS IN TWENTY NINETEEN TAMARA.
CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL VOLUNTEERS LOGGED A TOTAL OF NINETY THREE HUNDRED HOURS, PROVING THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EFFORT TO SUPPRESS CRIME AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN TAMARACK COMMUNITIES.
GOMEZ THERE, THE CITY OF TAMARA.
ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE DAY OF FEBRUARY.
TWENTY SIX TWENTY TWENTY AS TAMARACK CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK, AND CALL UPON EACH CITIZEN AND BUSINESS IN TAMARACK TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THIS WORTHY PROGRAM.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, VOLUNTEERS.
MENTIONER BLOCHER HAS A FUTURE 90, 300 HOURS.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Y'ALL ARE AMAZING.
BABY GREW UP, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THIS IS JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE.
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS DOES WAY MORE THAN JUST DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY. LAST SATURDAY, THEY HELPED FIND TWO LOST CHILDREN AT ONE TAMARACK.
SO IMAGINE IF THEY WEREN'T THERE COULD HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY.
THEY HAVE HELPED PEOPLE ON THE ROAD WITH CAR TROUBLE.
THEY HAVE FOUND PEOPLE ON CURBS WITH MEDICAL ISSUES.
THEY KNOW THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S NOT, WHAT'S OUT OF ORDINARY. THEY HAVE GONE SO FAR AS SAW A CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY THAT THEY KNEW WAS NOT MINE. SO THEY CALLED ME TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE ALL APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
YOU ARE AMAZING. AND NINETY THREE HUNDRED HOURS.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. BUT THAT ONLY GOES TO SHOW NEXT YEAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK THAT.
I HAVE. SO, CAPTAIN, DETECTIVE MARION AND COLONEL BOB, COULD YOU COME UP TO ACCEPT THIS, PLEASE? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU LIVE IN A HAMMOCK, WORK IN TAMARACK, YOU REALLY SHOULD GIVE THESE GUYS AND GIRLS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO KEEP US ALL SAFE. THEY SUPPLEMENT THEY SUPPLEMENT OUR DEPUTIES AND THEY DO IT EVERY DAY WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. THEY DON'T GET THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY TRULY DESERVE.
I'M VERY PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE THESE GUYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MAYOR PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY, IT'S RIGHT ON HERE. SO EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
SHE DID MENTIONED WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MEMBERS WITH 12 MORE THAT WENT THROUGH THEIR CLASS LAST NIGHT.
SO. SO WE'RE GROWING AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FULL SUPPORT WE HAVE OF THIS CITY OF BEING SO MY BOSS, JENNIFER, I'M HER BOSS.
ALL OF MY CAPTAINS WHO RUN THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, THEIR LIEUTENANTS, THEIR SERGEANTS OR MAJORS WHO DO THE PAPERWORK, KEEP THOSE CARS RUNNING AND THEY DO IT WITH DELIGHT.
THEY REALLY DO. I NEVER HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM THESE GUYS.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR OF LEADING THIS GROUP ON THEIR DIRECTION OF BEING.
AND I AM ALSO A VOLUNTEER AND LOGGED PLENTY OF HOURS.
THE CITY AND THE MAYOR AND THE APPRECIATION.
AND THAT JUST KEEPS THE FIRE BURNING.
AND ANYONE WHO IS IN THIS ROOM WAS NOT A S.O.P.
[00:25:03]
I'M COMING FOR YOU. OK.ROOM PICTURE OUTSIDE HIS GERMAN EMBASSY.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE GET AN EMPTY SEAT.
HI. HOW ARE YOU? SURE. IT'S FANTASTIC.
YES, THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO LAST TIME.
YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU GUYS LIKE THIS GUY.
BUT THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT ARE STANDING IN THE BACK, IT SEEMS THAT WE NOW HAVE SOME SEATS. SO WHY DON'T WE FILM ON IN, PLEASE? COME ON DOWN. YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
YES, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO OFFER.
AS COMMISSIONER FISHMAN APTLY PUT IT, KEEP OUR FIRE MARSHAL HAPPY, COME OUT OF THE ROADWAY, SET SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR FLIGHTS, MAY NOT BE ONE OF.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
WHEREAS FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA PHI BETA LAMBDA IS A NONPROFIT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION WHOSE FIRST CHAPTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.
AND WHEREAS THIS ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN TO ENCOMPASS MORE THAN 25000 MEMBERS NATIONWIDE AND WAS RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL, A UNIVERSITY A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IN TAMARACK, FIRST CHARTERED A CHAPTER IN TWENTY NINETEEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF VANESSA BRISCOE.
A PBL IS A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BRINGING BUSINESS AND EDUCATION TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THROUGH INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. WHEREAS MEMBERS PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND STRIVE TO BUILD STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE REALITIES OF THE MODERN BUSINESS WORLD.
AND WHEREAS F B L A P P L TEACHES MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP PRINCIPALS AND WILL TO WORK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MICHELLE J.
GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARA.
ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24TH THROUGH TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY AS NATIONAL FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA PHI BETA LAMBDA WEEK IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK, AND FURTHER COMMEND THE MEMBERS, ADVISORS, ALUMNI AND SPONSORS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO DEVELOPING LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE BY BRINGING BUSINESS AND EDUCATION TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS OUR VISE MAYOR BOLTON.
COMMISSIONER PLACA. AND WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER GALÁN, COMMISSIONER FISHERMEN AND OUR CITY
[00:30:06]
MANAGER, MICHAEL. OK.GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
GOOD MORNING, SIR. NO, I DIDN'T WAKE UP THIS MORNING AS IF ALL THANK YOU FROM BEHALF OF THE U.N. I.V. TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSEL, WHEREAS EATING DISORDERS AFFECT 30 MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THEIR LIFETIMES, WITH MORE THAN 700000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALONE.
AND WHEREAS EATING DISORDERS, INCLUDING THE SPECIFIC DISORDERS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA, BINGE EATING DISORDER, AVOIDANT RESTRICTIVE FOOD INTAKE DISORDER AND OTHER SPECIFIED FEEDING OR EATING DISORDERS ARE COMPLEX, BIOLOGICALLY BASED ILLNESSES.
AND WHEREAS EATING DISORDERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SERIOUS PHYSICAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS, HEART DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE, KIDNEY FAILURE, OSTEOPOROSIS, GASTRIC RUPTURE, TOOTH DECAY, OBESITY, GALLBLADDER DISEASE, DIABETES AND DEATH. WHEREAS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 62 MINUTES SOMEONE DIES DUE TO THEIR STRUGGLE WITH AN EATING DISORDER. AND ANOREXIA NERVOSA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHEST MORTALITY RATES AMONG ALL PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES, WHEREAS EATING DISORDERS KNOW NO BOUNDARIES WITH RESPECT TO GENDERS, AGES, RACE, ETHNICITIES, BODIES, SIPES SHAPES, WEIGHT, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND SO C.O.O. ECONOMIC STATUSES, WHEREAS EATING DISORDERS HAVE A HIGH PREVALENCE PREVALENCE AMONG ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS.
AND WHEREAS WITH EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION, FULL RECOVERY FROM AN EATING DISORDER IS POSSIBLE. AND RAZZY LIONS FOR EATING DISORDER AWARENESS OF 50 1 C 3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS THE LEADING NATIONAL EATING DISORDER ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AIMED AT OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND EARLY INTERVENTION FOR ALL EATING DISORDERS.
GOMES, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARA.
ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY NINE TWENTY TWENTY AS EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK.
SO IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP THEM OUT.
ALL RIGHT. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER, MICHAEL C.
SAANICH, WHEREAS EVERY DAY THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARACK AND THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF THE CITY'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, MARK MASON.
AND WHEREAS MR. MASON BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF TAMARACK ON JANUARY 11, 2010, DURING THE DEPTHS OF THE GREAT RECESSION, WHEN THE CITY WAS IN ITS GREATEST FINANCIAL NEED ARISE, MR. MASON IS ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND UNSUNG HEROES WHO DOES HIS WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO ENSURE THE CITY HAS THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICES, PROGRAMING AND EVENTS THAT MAKE THE CITY OF TAMARACK THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
WHEREAS MR. MASON HAS DISPLAYED AN EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY AS A DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CITY OF TAMARA.
CONTINUING TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD AND A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN BUDGETING AWARD FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
WHEREAS MR. MASON HAS SERVED AS A CRITICAL MEMBER OF THE CITY'S EXECUTIVE TEAM, AND HIS NUMEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ACHIEVING MULTIPLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S BOND RATING.
THE PURCHASE OF COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING TAMARACK VILLAGE AND COLONY WEST.
AND WHEREAS MR. MASON'S EXPERTISE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR ALL THINGS
[00:35:03]
FINANCIAL WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.GOMEZ MAYOCK, TAMARA MOWHOUSH, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 26, 2020 AS MARK MASON DAY ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF TAMARACK, I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS IN GUIDING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL PROGRAM DURING HIS TENURE.
THANK YOU, MARK. WAS IT REALLY EXPECTING TO HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING TODAY, BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. CITY MANAGER, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, ETC.
LIKE CLAUDIO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I MIGHT GET EMOTIONAL HERE, SO MAYBE ANYWAYS, BUT PROBABLY NOT.
IT'S INTERESTING. I WENT WHEN THIS DAY FINALLY CAME, I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULD TELL A STORY ABOUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE CITY OF TAMARA.
AND THIS IS WHEN I MIGHT GET EMOTIONAL.
THE FIRST DAY THAT I STARTED HERE, THE FIRST PERSON I MET WAS CECIL BO.
AND IT WAS HIS SMILE AND HIS WELCOME THAT HAS KEPT ME HERE FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.
OK. REGROUPING HERE WE ARE NOW ONTO OUR SERVICE AWARDS IN FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
PROUD TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUE ZEIGLER, FIVE YEARS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR RECIPIENT IS ALICE WALDO.
THIS NEXT PERSON HASN'T BEEN DOWN HERE BEFORE, BUT FOR HIS 10TH MARK MASON, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
FIFTEEN YEARS. LYDIA GOMEZ, BUS DRIVER.
I DON'T KNOW. ACCEPTING THIS AWARD IS GREG WARNER. SHE'S ON THE ROAD DRIVING THE BUS.
YEAH. OUR NEXT 15 YEAR RECIPIENT IS VINCE BYRNE, RISK MANAGEMENT.
[00:40:06]
AND ACCEPTING THIS REWARD.UNFORTUNATELY, GREGORY MARTIN CAN BE HERE TODAY.
MOVING ON TO OUR 20 YEAR AWARD WILLIAMS EVENT.
HE'S ALSO PROBABLY ON CALL RIGHT NOW.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. ERIC, EITHER US ALSO.
I'M ACCEPTED. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
TWENTY YEARS ROSE CUR- PRECISE SOCIAL SERVICES.
TWENTY YEARS FOR A CLEAR FAT LORD S BUS DRIVER.
MOVING ON TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
LARRY ANTMAN, INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS FOR THIS MAN, TOO, HUH? EVENTS AS YOU LIVE. DIRECTOR OF I.
I KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE BLACKBERRY WITH INVENTED.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN PLEASURE.
LOOK AT THIS AUDIENCE. IT'S BEEN PLEASURE TO BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS YOU SEE HERE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO LONG WAYS FROM WHERE WE STARTED TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER TWENTY FIVE TO GO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS USUALLY THE TIME YOU LEAVE US AND WE ARE VERY SAD, BUT BE SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS TO SEE YOU BETTER WORKING ON IT.
[00:45:04]
I ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK.PEOPLE THOSE PEOPLE NEARLY BROKE MY PHONE.
SORRY, HAD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BREAK.
THAT'S OK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CITY
[a. Vice Mayor Bolton]
COMMISSION REPORTS VISE MAYOR.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.
NOW MOVING ON TO OUR COMMISSION REPORTS VISE MAYOR BALTON.
ALL RIGHT. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARA LAKES ONE AND TWO, I JOINED THE FIREFIGHTERS AND CITY STAFF FOR A WONDERFUL DAY FAR OUT EAST.
WE GOT TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE 20:20 SENDS US.
THE FIREFIGHTERS EVEN GAVE THE RESIDENTS A LESSON IN CPR.
AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO THERE ON HAND TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT THEIR RESIDENTS MAY HAVE.
AND I BRAGDON ON YESTERDAY ABOUT HERBERT AND HOW HE WAS SO TIRELESSLY WORKING, GOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING PEOPLE TO COME OUT.
THIS IS A LITTLE SELF-SERVING.
BUT HERBERT SAID THAT THE WAY HE GOT PEOPLE OUT WAS TO TELL THEM THAT THE VISE MAYOR WAS THERE. SO THANK YOU, HERBERT, FOR YOUR WONDERFUL WORK.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE COME OUT EXCEPT THAT YOU WENT DOOR TO DOOR OF YOUR WORK SO EXTREMELY HARD.
I ALSO DID THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA SUMMIT AND THIS WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT. JUST UNDER, I THINK, 200 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO BE AT THE EVENT.
WE HAD SPEAKERS, INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE THERE.
AND WE ARE SO, SO VERY GRATEFUL TO STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD AND DILIGENT ON THE EVENT.
LOTS OF BUZZ IS AROUND THE EVENT.
LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO SORRY THAT I DON'T HAVE THE PHOTOS TO SHOW BECAUSE THE P O P O'S OFFICE WAS NOT THERE TO TAKE PHOTOS LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS AT ALL OTHER EVENTS.
SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'LL FIX THAT GOING FORWARD.
BUT TO THE 200 PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
THERE IS NO WAY TO MEMORIALIZE YOUR ATTENDANCE.
LAURA KAY FOR WORKING SO, SO VERY HARD ON THE EVENT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE P O WAS NOT THERE TO TAKE PHOTOS.
[00:50:08]
ALL RIGHT. WE WERE ALSO THERE ON SATURDAY FOR ONE TAMARACK MULTI CULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND THIS WAS AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS.PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE PARKS BOARD AND ALL ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK SO HARD IN OUR EVENTS DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB ON SATURDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE RAIN IS A SIGN OF A BLESSING, BUT AS SOON AS THE ACT WENT ONSTAGE, THE MAIN ACT WENT ONSTAGE, SUGARHILL GANG.
THE RAIN CAME POURING DOWN AND IT SHOWED WHY OUR RESIDENTS ARE SO RESILIENT AND WHY THEY ARE SO INDEED HAPPY TO BE A PART OF OUR CITY.
THEY WERE IN THE FRONT JUST DANCING AND WAVING THEIR HANDS.
PARKS AND RECREATION FOR PUTTING ON THAT EVENT.
I REMEMBER VIVIDLY LIKE IT WERE YESTERDAY WHEN I ASKED FOR A DIVERSITY COMMITTEE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING AND OUR STAFF TO GO BACK AND FIND US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN OUR CITY.
AND SO ONE TIME R-AK CAME ALIVE FROM THAT IDEA.
SO I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SEE HOW THE EVENT HAS GROWN UP.
LAST NIGHT I WAS AT THE BERMUDA CLUB AND OF COURSE, THEIR MEETINGS WERE ALWAYS WELL-ATTENDED. AND SO I WAS THERE WITH THE MAYOR AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR SIGNS.
THE SIGN. THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR, AND THEY ARE VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THEIR SIGN.
SO I HOPE THAT THE TIMELINE THAT I WAS GIVEN COMES TO PASS.
THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IN DIRE NEED OF THE SIGN AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT SIGN.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM, THE HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND THE H0 WAY BEAUTIFICATION GRANTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE COMING UP.
SO FOR MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT ON HAND.
THESE ARE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT I BELIEVE THAT OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WE DID TALK ABOUT OUR OUR BREAKFAST.
THAT IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY.
AND THAT WILL BE AT BERMUDA CLUB FOR BRUMIDI CLUB RESIDENTS.
AND, OF COURSE, AN ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD WANT TO COME TO THAT BREAKFAST.
AND FINALLY, MARK MASON IS NOT IN THE ROOM, BUT I WILL MISS HIM.
I'LL MISS THAT HANDSOME FACE AND THAT BUBBLY PERSONALITY OF HIS.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT CARRIES A VERY LONG TIME AND GIVES HIM 10 YEARS AND MANY MORE YEARS IN HIS NEW PLACE, ALLEGEDLY, OF EMPLOYMENT.
SO THANK YOU, MARK MASON, FOR YOUR VERY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK.
THE EMPLOYEES LOVE YOU AND THEY APPRECIATE YOU.
WILL MISS HIM VERY, VERY, VERY DEARLY AS WELL.
THANK YOU. VICE-MAYOR COMMISSION GO.
[b. Commissioner Gelin]
GOOD MORNING. I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I JUST MET WITH A TAMARACK RESIDENT AND SHE HAS A NONPROFIT.SO I CONNECTED HER WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO THAT SOME OF THE WORK THAT SHE DOES CAN BE CONNECTED WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HAD A MEETING WITH DETECTIVE MAN MARIAN OR TAILS OF IT.
BUT MISS MARIN AND CAPTAIN RENE PETERSON TALK ABOUT AN UPCOMING COMPSTON COMMUNITY FORUM THAT I'M PUTTING TOGETHER. ALSO SPOKE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT LAUDERHILL, SIX THROUGH TWELVE STEM HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED THE EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS GROUP.
[00:55:06]
COMMISSIONER BOLTEN'S MERRITT MEDICAL MARIJUANA SUMMIT.IT WAS A GREAT SUMMIT LEFT EARLY THAT DAY AND WENT TO MANOR PARK TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND REPRESENT FOR COMMISSIONER BOLTON ONE TIME RICK WAS WAS GREAT.
I WAS THERE JUST FOR THE LAST HOUR AND LAST NIGHT AS I SPOKE AND A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUMMIT, I WAS INVITED BECAUSE I POSTED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNFORTUNATE YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF JUMPING IN TAMARACK.
SO I JUST SPOKE THERE ABOUT OUR ORDINANCE AND GAVE CREDIT TO COMMISSIONER FISHMAN FOR BRINGING THAT ALREADY ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
AND I WILL GET THAT TO THAT LADY WHO REPRESENTS THE WOMAN'S FUND OF MIAMI.
AND WE'LL MAKE THE CONNECTION TO COMMISSIONER FISHMAN WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE ON THAT PANEL SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN YOUR FORUM NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT SUMMARIZES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FISHMAN.
[c. Commissioner Fishman]
YEAH, I HAVE A CLICKER.STACK THE CARDS. TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT.
OK. LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS WITHOUT MESSING UP.
I SINCE I HAVEN'T DONE A REPORT FOR A WHILE, I WANTED TO CATCH UP ON A COUPLE THINGS, BUT I PROMISE TO KEEP IT SHORT.
THE 20/20 SESSION IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LEFT.
THE FINAL DAY IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 13TH.
I TOOK TWO TRIPS TO TALLAHASSEE, ONE FOR BROWARD DAYS AND MIDDLE OF JANUARY AND THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES LEGISLATIVE DAYS.
THAT WAS WHERE I GOT STUCK IN TALLAHASSEE AND MISSED THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEETING.
OUR LAST MEETING FLYING IN AND OUT OF TALLAHASSEE IS DIFFICULT, TO SAY THE LEAST.
I'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF IT.
THE REASON FOR MY VISITING TALLAHASSEE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR APPROPRIATIONS HAVE A FACE AND A VOICE WHEN WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE TO FIGHT FOR OUR APPROPRIATIONS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE LEGISLATORS, NOT ONLY IN OUR OWN AREA THAT REPRESENT US, BUT LEGISLATORS IN LAKE COUNTY, MARION COUNTY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR STATE MONEY.
AND THE CITY OF TAMARACK IS VERY GOOD AND ENSURING THAT WHEN WE ASK FOR STATE MONEY, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS MONEY AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATION GOES THROUGH. ALSO, THERE HAVE BEEN.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF BILLS FILED THIS YEAR THAT WOULD TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM US.
YOUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CENTRALIZE IT WITH THE STATE AND FOR OUR FOR OUR COMMISSION FOR MYSELF.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PUT ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON STATE AGENCIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY LEGISLATED TO DO.
AND OUR CITY STAFF CAN DO THOSE THINGS AND ARE DOING THOSE THINGS ALREADY.
WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR TAMARA SCHOOLS.
THEY NEED OUR HELP. AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS LISTED HERE THAT RESIDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND DO.
I ALSO WANT TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE HAD SUPERINTENDENT RUNCIE HERE ON MONDAY, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED OF HIM WAS ABOUT THE SUN-SENTINEL ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND TAMARACK ELEMENTARY WAS ON THAT LIST.
HE ASSURED US THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
AND IF AND WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE INPUT OF THE COMMISSION AND THE REST OF THE CITY.
[01:00:01]
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ADR LUNCHEON.A LOT OF IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER PLAC PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.
BUT I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO FOLKS WHY WE GO TO LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS FOR NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCIES THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN.
AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FOR PROFIT.
THESE ARE HOW THEY HELP RAISE DOLLARS TO DO THE JOBS AND DO THE ADVOCACY THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
AND AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, ONE TAMARACK WAS PHENOMENAL.
KUDOS AND THANK YOU'S TO ALL OF THE CITY STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED.
THESE ARE A COUPLE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES.
VICE-MAYOR BOLTON TALKED ABOUT THE THE RAINBOW AND THE RAIN.
THIS WAS THE SECOND RAINBOW THAT I SPOTTED IN TAMARACK IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
SO I THINK WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND I LOVE THE PICTURE OF THE TWO LADIES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES.
APPRECIATING THOSE DIFFERENT CULTURES IN AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
IT WAS IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME TO HAVE CAPTURED.
AND THEN THE FINAL PICTURE I HAVE ON THERE IS FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED BULLETS FOR LIFE AND IT'S NOT PROFIT THAT WAS FOUNDED TO.
MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THE LIVES THAT ARE BEING LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE.
WE. WHEN I APPROACHED THE FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION TO BE AT ONE TAMARACK, SHE TOLD ME THE STORY OF HOW THEY'VE RAISED MONEY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARENTS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE.
AND THE EXAMPLE SHE GAVE ME WAS THAT THEY HAD JUST COLLECTED ENOUGH MONEY FOR A MOM WHO COULDN'T AFFORD A HEADSTONE FOR HER CHILD'S GRAVE FOR THREE YEARS.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION STEPPED UP AND MADE THAT POSSIBLE.
THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN TIME.
WE HAVE THE BSL EXPLORERS GROUP THAT JENNIFER MARION, DEPUTY JENNIFER MARION IS IN CHARGE OF. WE HAVE THE TAMARACK FIRE RESCUE CADETS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THAT IS VAN SHEWN.
AND WE NOW HAVE A TAMARACK TEAM COUNCIL.
THEY HAD THEIR FIRST ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ON MONDAY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS CITY 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE ARE IN VERY GOOD HANDS.
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACH ME, HERE IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND A PICTURE OF MY DOG SAYING, HOW ON EARTH DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO REACH ME? CAUSE I SHOW THIS EVERY TIME AND I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OFF THINK ANY BREED TO BRING GRACIE TO WORK ONE DAY.
COMMISSIONER BLUCK. THANK YOU.
[d. Commissioner Placko]
THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FOLLOW A PICTURE OF A CUTE PUPPY.I MEAN, REALLY, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE DRC.
ITS AGEING DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER.
COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR OUR ELDERLY.
THEY HAVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.
AND AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM MONEY IS TIGHT.
SO WE ARE HAVING A GOLF TOURNAMENT ON APRIL 3RD.
EDWARD, MY COUNTRY CLUB, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AND PLAY AROUND.
I CAN GET YOU AN APPLICATION FOR IT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE AN AD OUT IN OUR BROCHURE, WE BE VERY, VERY HAPPY FOR YOU TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.
EVERY YEAR IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GOING TO TOP THIS, BUT TO PARKS AND REC.
GREG, YOUR STAFF IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT.
SO WELL. SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF.
I'D LIKE TO TALK JUST FOR A MOMENT.
SO YOUR EYES DON'T START ROLLING IN THE BACK, YOUR HEADS.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MONEY.
[01:05:02]
THE MPO STAFF HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT SOLICITING WASHINGTON FOR FUNDS AND THEY WERE RECENTLY UP THERE.AND SOME INFORMATION THAT THEY CAME BACK WITH WAS.
WE'RE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE 2021 TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE MPO, NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVEN CHANNELS TO GET THE MONEY DOWN HERE AND THEN GET IT OUT TO OUR CITIES.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT AS FAR AS THE 2021 BUDGET.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS HIS PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDES EIGHTY EIGHT POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THAT'S 1.7 BILLION ABOVE LAST YEAR.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT BECAUSE WE, LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY, DO HAVE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THERE'S $1 BILLION EACH FOR D.O.A.'S GRANT PROGRAMS AND 50 MILLION FOR EACH OF THE FLOOD CONTROL AND COAST OR COASTAL EMERGENCIES ACCOUNTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE.
SO WE AT THE MPO ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY ENGAGED IN ENSURING THAT OUR CITIES DOWN HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY GET SOME OF THAT MONEY ALONG WITH SIRTEX MONEY.
OUR STAFF IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MPO WITH PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOARD.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE SOMETHING SOON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MANY OF THE EVENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED.
[e. Mayor Gomez]
BUT I WILL I MUST ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR ONE TIME.R-ARK. ABSOLUTELY A GREAT TIME.
SO IT WAS WONDERFUL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF'S TIME AND DEDICATION FOR OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL MEETING THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY.
AND TWO SALMON ROE, WHO HAS JOINED US AS PART OF OUR PARK CONTRACT FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE HAVE LONGED FOR FOR A LONG TIME.
AND AS COMMISSIONER FISHMAN HAS PUT IN HER REPORT, WE NOW FINALLY HAVE A GREAT ROUND OUT OF THINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WEREN'T MANY CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF DOWRICK. I REMEMBER THERE WERE NO CHILDREN WHERE I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS.
WHEN I MOVED IN ALMOST TWENTY SIX YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T MAKE A DENT IN THE AVERAGE AGE WHEN I WAS 21. YEAH, A LITTLE BIT LONG.
AND NOW WE HAVE ALMOST UNDER 50 KIDS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A MICROCOSM FOR THE REST OF OUR CITY. SO FOR THOSE WHO SAID WE WOULD NEVER HAVE CHILDREN, LOOK WHO'S GOT CHILDREN AND LOOK WHO'S STILL TAKING CARE OF EVERYBODY IN OUR POPULATION FROM OUR 0 TO WANDERING 7. AND WE'RE VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD OF IT.
WHILE WE ARE VERY SAD THAT MR. MASON WILL BE LEAVING US, I MUST SAY WELCOME TO CHRISTINE JOSEPH KAZOOS, WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 12 YEARS.
AND SHE IS HERE AND SHE IS OUR INTERIM FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY SHE IS, AND SHE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO CHALLENGE ELEMENTARY FOR THEIR PUBLIC SERVICES PROJECT TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE MILLENNIUM CHILDREN FROM MILLENNIUM AND THERE'S SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANTINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEY DID IT ON FEBRUARY 14TH, VALENTINE'S DAY WITH A COMMEMORATION TO STONEMAN DOUGLAS IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THESE CHILDREN WERE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR GARDEN WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR.
WHEN EVERYTHING GROWS. SOON IF I WAS DOING IT, THOUGH, PROBABLY NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE I DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A GREEN THUMB.
ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS FOR THE MPO STEERING COMMITTEE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FINALLY BRINGING YOU SOMETHING BACK SHORTLY ON THAT REPRESENTED OUR CITY AT THE BRIANNE ASHLEY FOUNDATION GALA FOR A FUND RAISER FOR THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE DORIAN AND THE BAHAMAS.
CONSUL GENERAL WAS THERE WOMEN'S FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION FUND TRUST MEETING.
I AM VERY SORRY THAT I MISSED THE KIWANIS GOLF TOURNAMENT.
I WAS TRYING TO GET THERE, BUT WE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, SO TO SPEAK.
OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AND REARRANGING THE SCHEDULE JUST KIND OF MADE THINGS DIFFICULT.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE FIRST ANNUAL CHEN SENIOR WELLNESS WALK IN NORTH LAUDERDALE TO REMIND ALL OF OUR SENIORS TO KEEP ACTIVE WALKING, JUST NOT TO BE FAST.
JUST WALK AND KEEP THEIR ENERGY UP AND I'LL BE GREAT FOR YOUR BODY AND FOR YOUR HEALTH.
ON THAT NOTE, I WILL END MY REPORT AND GO TO AH SEE MANAGE OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
[3. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
SEE, TURNING TO YOU OF ANYTHING BEFORE I DO, YOU BRIEFLY MET AMERICAN MISSION.[01:10:01]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING.WELCOME TO WEDNESDAY. JUST TO SUPPLEMENT QUICKLY THE PRESENTATION OF COMMISSIONER FISHMAN. WE JUST RECENTLY, OVER THE PAST DAY OR SO SENT TO YOU ARE OUR PERIODIC REPORT DURING THE SESSION. THE REPORTS THE LESS THICK THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE ACTUALLY FEWER BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED.
BUT THE BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE CONTEXT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS MENTIONED BY THE COMMISSIONER, ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PREEMPTIVE THAN IN YEARS PAST.
I WANT TO MENTION JUST 10 QUICK ITEMS, BUT BY THE REFERENCE POINT, NOT ANYTHING IN GREAT DETAIL. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED ON THE 24TH COUPLE DAYS AGO WHILE WE WERE IN MEETINGS HERE IN CITY HALL, IT'S WORTH NOTING WHAT THE WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE AND WHAT IMPACTS THEY WILL HAVE NOT JUST ON YOU AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, BUT ON THE CITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE FIRST OF WHICH RELATES TO THE PREEMPTION OF LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING.
IT'S MOVING. IT'S THE BILL THAT BASICALLY TAKES AWAY THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO LICENSE IN THE CITY AND TO INSPECT IN THE CITY.
AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN TALLAHASSEE IS UNKNOWN TO ANYBODY ON THIS.
ON THIS DAY IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LIFE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE OCCASIONED BY OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE IN BUSINESS LICENSE TAX.
THAT'S NOT REALLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE BILL, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, I BELIEVE, IN THE CONTEXT OF HIRING THE HIRING PRIVATE PARTIES TO DO INSPECTIONS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, CITIES ALREADY HAVE FOLKS IN PLACE THAT ARE QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE DOING IT TODAY. THAT'S HOUSE BILL NUMBER THREE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BILLS PENDING HOUSE BILL 1 0 1 AND COMPANION BILLS, WHICH ACTUALLY WILL IMPACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT IMPACTS THE RETAINED AGE AMOUNTS.
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO HOLD ON PUBLIC INSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
THOSE AMOUNTS VARY DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT, BUT IT WILL THEN DICTATE TO THE CITY MINISTRATION INTO YOU AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS HOW MUCH YOU GET TO WITHHOLD FROM A CONTRACTOR DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS THE GUARANTEE OF POTENTIAL PAYMENT OR POTENTIAL FOR COLLECTION IN THE EVENT THAT THE PARTY DOES NOT PERFORM. THOSE BILLS SEEM TO TAKE AWAY THAT AUTHORITY TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WHO WILL HELP YOU MAKE THE BETTER DECISIONS AS A MATTER PROCEEDS.
ALTHOUGH NOT CONNECTED TO TAMARA AT PERSAY, THERE IS A BILL PENDING WITH REGARD TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS HOUSE BILL 44 42, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WILL MAKE UNIFORM STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN BROWARD, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES A SPECIAL ACT THAT A FIGHT AFFECTS PRIMARIES IN CERTAIN CITIES. WE DON'T HAVE PRIMARIES HERE, BUT THEY DO IMPACT OTHER CITIES IN BROWARD.
IT'LL MAKE IT UNIFORM IN CONNECTION WITH STATE LAW APPLICATIONS.
HOUSE BEFORE SEVENTY SEVEN IS A BILL WITH REGARD TO REQUIRING SUPERMAJORITIES FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF TAX TAX VOTES ON THIS DAIS.
IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS, BUT IT'S A BILL THAT'S BEEN PENDING.
IT'S GOT LEGS. IT'S CALLED SUPERMAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED TO IMPOSE IT TO AUTHORIZE OR RAISE LOCAL TAXES OR POTENTIALLY CERTAIN KINDS OF FEES, WHICH YOU DO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THROUGH ADMINISTRATION AND MADE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONDITION.
THAT BILL WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
IT WILL TELL YOU ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT, IT REQUIRES A CERTAIN TYPE OF VOTE COUNT THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRED BY STATE LAW OR BY YOUR CITY CHARTER OR BY CITY CODE.
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE BURT JAY HARRIS ACT.
YOU'VE HEARD OF FLUID IRA, WHICH IS BETTER KNOWN AS THE FLORIDA LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT CHAPTER 70 IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES, WHEN, AS IF THE CITY COMMISSION CONSIDERS LAND USE AMENDMENTS, ZONING MATTERS, SITE PLANS, OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.
THE BERKELEY HARRIS ACT GIVES PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO DEVELOPERS IRRESPECTIVE OF DECISIONS YOU MAKE OR HOW YOU MAKE THEM.
THIS BILL ACTUALLY ENHANCES THE RIGHTS.
IT REVISES THE CLAIMS ABILITY OF LOCAL LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CONTEXT OF BRINGING CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENT ENTITIES UNDER CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND ACTUAL ACTUALLY BOLSTERS THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHTS.
GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT DECISIONS YOU MAKE REGARDING LAND USE MATTERS.
LOBBYISTS UNDER SET UNDER HOUSE BILL 768 WILL TAKE THE RIGHTS AWAY FROM YOU TO ACTUALLY WHAT YOU CHARGE FOR LOBBYING.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND POTENTIALLY CONTROL OF LOBBYISTS WILL BE OUT OF YOUR HANDS, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT BILL MAY RUN AFOUL OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ETHICS CODE, WHICH WHICH REQUIRES THAT THERE BE A LOCAL LOBBYING STATE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY, WHICH WE HAVE AND WE HAVE WHERE WE ARE COMPLIANT.
BUT IT APPEARS TO BE A POTENTIAL FRICTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
WITHOUT GETTING INTO GREAT DETAIL, VACATION RENTALS IS A HOT TOPIC UNDER HOUSE BILL 1 TO 1 AND THE VARIOUS SENATE COMPANIONS.
IT WILL BASICALLY DENUDE THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY TO EVEN BEGIN TO REGULATE THOSE SITUATIONS. IT DOES LEAVE OPEN, IT SEEMS TO ME, SOME NUISANCE ISSUES, BUT IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY CLEARING THE MISCHER FISHERMEN.
THEY MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT WHERE IT WAS THIS WEEK, BUT IT'S A IT'S A HARD FIGHT FOR LEGAL CITIZENS DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN THIS ISSUE, AS IS THE BRAUER LEAGUE AND OTHER LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WITH REGARD AT LEAST GETTING CLARIFICATION.
THE GOVERNOR MAY NOT LIKE THIS BILL, BY THE WAY, BUT I THINK THE LEGISLATURE DOES.
JUST TWO OTHERS, HOUSE BILL 20.
12:17 FIDUCIARY DUTY OF CARE FOR FOR A CERTAIN APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
IT'S A BILL AIMED BY AT CITY MANAGERS, QUITE FRANKLY, AND OTHER APPOINTED ADMINISTRATORS
[01:15:05]
WITH REGARD TO PROVIDING PROVIDING CERTAIN ANNUAL.CLV EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, WHICH WANTS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE OBLIGATIONS. THIS BILL ALSO HAS SOME SOME SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATURE.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE PUPPY MILL STATUTE.
IT WOULD ACTUALLY PREEMPT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE CONTROL, THE REGULATION OF PUPPY MILLS AND WOULD OTHERWISE REGULATE PET STORES.
SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE TO COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THE STATE WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE ANSWER IS. SO MOST OF WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS, FEWER BILLS, BUT MORE OF WHICH ARE DRACONIAN IN NATURE AND ESSENTIALLY HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT THE STATE WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE WITH THEIR OWN OPINION AS OPPOSED TO YOUR OWN.
HAVING SAID THAT, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
I KNOW THAT THESE ARE SERIOUS ITEMS. OUR REPORT WAS SENT OUT. I KNOW THAT YOU READ OTHER REPORTS.
I KNOW THAT OUR LOBBYIST PROVIDES YOU THE REPORTS THAT PROVIDE YOU.
WE TRY TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A DIFFERENT BUILT ON THAT APPROACH.
AND TO THE EXTENT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS THINGS PROCEED, THE SESSION DOES END ON THE 13TH OF MARCH.
FRIDAY THE 13TH. VERY WONDERFUL DAY.
AND WE'LL CATCH UP AS THINGS PROGRESSED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ATTENTION.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FISHMAN HAS A QUESTION.
ACTUALLY, THE VACATION RENTAL BILL IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE STATE COULD PARTNER WITH CITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION TO DO THE INSPECTIONS OF STATEWIDE VACATION RENTALS.
WHEN EACH OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, THOSE VACATION RENTALS, ZARINE, ALREADY HAVE INSPECTORS, AND IF THEY PARTNERED WITH US INSTEAD OF FIGHTING WITH US AND TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR POWERS. I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE BETTER OFF AS WELL.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FIDUCIARY BILL.
SAM, THERE IS SOME CONSTERNATION THAT THAT WOULD ALSO IMPACT THOSE RESIDENTS THAT SERVE ON OUR OUR BOARDS UNBLEMISHED.
THAT THEY WOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS OUR CITY MANAGER.
CORRECT. I AM A METAMOUR RISK PLENTLY.
IT'S A. IT'S DEEP. IT ACTUALLY DEFINES A POINT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
MEANS EITHER A LOCAL OFFICER IS DEFINED BY CHAPTER 112 OR A STATE OFFICER.
IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT POTENTIAL OTHER APPOINTEES.
SO IT'S UNKNOWN THE BILL STILL IN PROGRESS.
IT DOES REQUIRE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
BEGINNING JANUARY 1 OF 2021, YOU SHOULD APPOINT A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES SHALL COMPLETE A MAXIMUM MINIMUM OF FIVE HOURS OF BOARD GOVERNANCE TRAINING FOR FOR EACH TERM SERVED AND APPOINT A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, WHICH COULD BE AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL ON A BOARD OR EXECUTIVE OFFICER HOLDING OFFICE OR EMPLOYED BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY BY JANUARY 1 SHALL COMPLETE THE FIVE HOURS, ETC.. SO IT'S IT'S A BROAD BASED DOCUMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BASIS WAS.
IT'S A SENATE. SENATOR LEE IS THE PROPONENT OF THE BILL.
IT MAY HAVE SOME IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWYERS.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE IT DOES MAKE REFERENCE TO CITY ATTORNEYS IMPLIEDLY WHO ARE GOVERNED BY THE FLORIDA BAR, AS YOU KNOW, AND ALSO GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 112 IN THE CONTEXT OF DEFINED TERMS AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWYERS.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE WE TAKE OUR OWN STATE ROUTE STATE REQUIRED TRAINING.
THAT BEING SAID, THIS SUBSECTION ALLEGEDLY DID NOT APPLY TO APPOINT A PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHOSE ANNUAL REVENUES ARE LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH MEANS NO.
NOWHERE. IT'S REALLY LIKE A NONSENSICAL ISSUE OR TWO APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO HOLD ELECTED OFFICE IN ANOTHER CAPACITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS THIS PROCEEDS.
IT DOES SAY, BY THE WAY, ALL LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REPRESENT THE LEGAL INTEREST AND POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND NOT THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR EMPLOYEE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
BUT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT WHO THAT IS, THE LITTLE VAGARIES.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY DO IN TALLAHASSEE UNTIL THEY DON'T.
SO ALL OF THESE BILLS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WIND THEIR WAY DOWN TO TO A HANDFUL OF BILLS THAT EVENTUALLY GET ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.
BUT THESE ARE BILLS, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ACROSS THE BOARD ARE HIGHLY PREEMPTIVE AND DO IMPOSE GREAT RESTRICTIONS ON HOME RULE POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHERE IS THE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY BELL? YEAH, I HAVE IT ON MY LISBURN.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IS ESSENTIALLY THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR TORT CLAIMS. THEY'RE RAISING IT TO A HIGHER NUMBER, I THINK A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE LIABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CITIES FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THEM WILL BE WILL BE PAYABLE BY THE CITY UP TO THAT HIGHER NUMBER.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHO THE LOBBYISTS ARE.
THEY GOT TO THEM. BUT THERE IT'S OUT THERE.
AND I THINK IT'S RAISED FROM 500 TO A MILLION.
I'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY INCREASING THE LIABILITY LIMITS OF
[01:20:04]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN TOWARD CLAIMS WHICH WILL PUT ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THIS CITY PAYS WITH REGARD TO CLAIMS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY A BURDEN ON OUR TAXPAYERS. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, CLEARLY.I WON'T SAY EXCELLENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
THANK YOU. MET AMERICAN ACTION FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, YOUR REPORT.
[4. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
THANK YOU, MADAM MIRANDA OF A BRIEF REPORT THIS MORNING.THERE WILL BE A FREE BIG SCREEN MOVIE IN THE PARK ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH FOR ALADDIN.
PRE MOVIE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FACE PAINTING GAMES, BOUNCE HOUSES, MUSIC AND FOOD FROM ONSITE FOOD TRUCKS.
PLEASE, EVERYONE, BRING YOUR BLANKETS AND YOUR LAWN CHAIRS.
FREE POPCORN WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
PRE MOVIE ACTIVITIES START AT 7:00 P.M.
AND THE MOVIE STARTS AT 8 15 P.M.
AT THE TAMARACK SPORTS COMPLEX ON NORTHWEST 77 STREET.
TAMARA XBRL SO WHEN THE BROWARD MPO QUARTERS CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO GO BIKING ON SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, FROM 9 TO 12:00 NOON FOR AN EXCITING BIKE RIDE THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMARACK, FEATURING OUT FEATURING A HELMET FITTING SAFETY, EDUCATION MATERIAL AND A BIKE RODEO FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8:30 A.M.
HELMET FITTING AND BIKE RENTAL FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS AT THE TAMARACK CITY HALL ON 75/25 NW.
EIGHTY EIGHTH AVENUE WATER'S EDGE PARK WILL BE OPENING TO THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 6TH WITH A GRAND OPENING PLANNED FOR MARCH TWENTY NINTH FROM 1 TO 4 P.M.
EVERYONE IS ALSO INVITED TO EXPERIENCE A FULL BODY WORKOUT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES AND AGES. THE FREE CLASSES CONSIST OF 14 MOVEMENT.
AND SEVEN DIFFERENT STATIONS, THE ONGOING CLASSES ARE HELD FROM 9 TO 9:45 A.M.
AT THE TOUGHER PARK FITNESS COURT, THAT IS TEN THOUSAND AND THREE SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD, REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR OWN WATER AND A WORKOUT TOWEL.
IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP TAMARACK CLEAN, LAST MONTH'S CITYWIDE LITTER CLEANUP COLLECTED 44 BAGS OF TRASH.
THE CITYWIDE LITTER CLEARED LITTER CLEANUP HAPPENS EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND THIS IS IN COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC SERVICES.
FIRE RESCUE. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS MORNING, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK AT ANY ISSUE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.AND SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES DURING THIS TIME.
AT THIS TIME, I HAVE WELL SHOWERED SHARWOOD COMING TO THE MIKE, AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OR WISHES TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS, PLEASE DO SO.
I LET THEM KNOW YOUR NAME AND I JUST IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, IF NOT YOUR CITY, I RULE SHERWOOD FORTY FIVE NORTHWEST.
MERRY GO MS.. IT'S HEARTWARMING TO SEE YOU'RE LOOKING SO WELL.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I'VE SPOKEN.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING IN MAINLAND'S PARK, WHICH AFFECTS, OF COURSE, PEOPLE IN MAINLAND'S MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
AND I'VE MENTIONED IT TO VICE-MAYOR AND TO GREG WARNER BRIEFLY.
BUT AFTER YEARS OF SILENCE OR INACTIVITY RECENTLY, THERE'S BEEN SOME ENFORCEMENT ISSUES ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING THE PARK PLANTING FURTHER INTO THE PARK.
AND I WAS PART OF ALL THE I WAS AT LEAST ATTENDED ALL THE EARLY MEETINGS WHEN MAINLAND'S PARK WAS PLANNED.
THE LAND WAS DONATED TO THE CITY.
AND IT WAS YEARS IN DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WERE MANY, MANY, MANY GOOD ABOUT IT.
AND IT WAS SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO.
BUT IN THOSE MEETINGS, IT WAS FINALLY AGREED ON.
NO FENCES, NO LIGHTING, AND THE PARK INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD NOT ENCROACH CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, AS IT WAS LIKE A 30 FOOT EASEMENT THAT THE CITY WOULDN'T BUILD ON WITHIN 30 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINES.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM HAS COME UP DURING THOSE MEETINGS.
PEOPLE ASKED, CAN WE PLANT ON THAT EASEMENT? AND THE ANSWER WAS YES.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS AND WHATEVER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, I THINK PUBLIC WORKS MIGHT BE INVOLVED ALSO.
I DID GO BACK AND CHECK THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE WE WERE DEFINITELY TOLD THAT PLANTING SORT OF WITHIN REASON WOULD BE ALLOWED ON THAT THAT 30 FOOT EASEMENT SPACE. SO AND I HAVE TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH THE YEARS AFTER THE FACT.
[01:25:04]
GREG WARNERS PARK DEPARTMENT DOES A MARVELOUS JOB JUST FROM A CITIZEN'S POINT OF VIEW, VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.AND THE VAUNT, I WON'T ATTEMPT HIS LAST NAME.
HE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HIS DEPARTMENT YEARS AGO, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH HIM.
AND THE AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONALISM AND THE RESPONSE TO CITIZEN OUTSIDE INPUT IN HIS APARTMENT WAS AMAZING AND NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM FROM BUREAUCRATS.
I WOULD ONE DAY WHO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS 25 YEARS.
SO IF THE CITY OR WHOEVER NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THE MEETINGS BECAUSE IT WAS BEFORE YOU WERE MAYOR WAS BEFORE HE WAS COMMISSIONER.
AND SO THERE MIGHT NOT BE A INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY OF THE WHAT WAS SAID IN THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT THE COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE PARK BEING ABOUT THE PLANT.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEW TREES HERE AND THERE.
SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY MUCH APPRECIATES. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT JACK STRAIN, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND HE NODDED.
YES. HE'S GOING TO LOOK INTO IT AND WE'LL GET SOME INFORMATION BACK TO EITHER BE MYSELF OR THE VISE MAYOR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? JOEL'S HAND WAS THAT FIRST NAME.
AND I JUST. AND YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
AND THEN MR JOEL DAVIDSON, 46 0 8, NORFOLK ISLAND, PINE, DRY WOODLANDS AND TAMARACK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR MENTIONING ABOUT QUANTAS GOLF CLUB LAST FRIDAY.
AND EVERY YEAR WE DO A GOLF BALL DROP AND THAT'S TO RAISE MONEY.
WE SELL 250 TICKETS AT $10 A POP.
WE RAISED TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE A TAMARACK FIRE TRUCK THAT EXTENDS THE LADDER AND TAKES A BUCKET OF BALLS EACH NUMBER AND DROPS IT ON THE PUTTING GREEN IN THIS YEAR, NUMBER 28 WHEN IN THE HOLE.
AND THAT HAPPENED TO BE A TICKET BOUGHT BY MY WIFE.
EXCELLENT. AND THAT MEANS THAT SHE WON TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
AND BEFORE I COULD GET MY HANDS ON IT, SHE DID WHAT I EXPECTED TO DO.
SHE DONATED IT TO CHRISTMAS IN JULY.
SHE DID. WHICH IS AN ANNUAL QUANTAS FUNCTION AT THE BB&T CENTER EVERY JULY WHERE WE BRING 2000 HOMELESS CHILDREN THERE AND GIVE THEM BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CLOTHING, ETC.
SO OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT WAS A SUCCESS.
THIS YEAR, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE FINAL FIGURES.
I'LL GET THAT AT OUR MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT I EXPECT WE WILL HAVE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY TO DO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH IS WE GIVE FIVE $1000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO PIPER HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB SENIORS THAT ARE GRADUATING, GOING ON TO COLLEGE.
NUMBER TWO YESTERDAY WAS, I HOPE, THE INTERNATIONAL PANCAKE DAY AND I HOPE GIVES OUT FREE STACK OF PANCAKES FROM 7 A.M.
AND WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE HAD A QUANTAS MEMBERS THAT WORKED YESTERDAY FROM 7 A.M.
WE HAND OUT ENVELOPES AND ASK PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED.
I CAN MAKE A DONATION TO THE CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK.
LAST YEAR WE RAISED ABOUT THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THAT'S 12 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME.
LITTLE STORY. YESTERDAY, MY WIFE AND I WERE WORKING FROM 7 TO 9 IN THE MORNING AND SHE WAS WORKING ONE TABLE AND THEY WERE HAVING THEIR PANCAKES.
AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID, EXCUSE ME, YOU GOT ON THE PHONE.
HE CALLED HIS COMPANY, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE BLOCK, AND HE TOLD HIS SECRETARY, PLEASE WRITE OUT A $100 CHECK AND BRING IT OVER HERE.
SO ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER OR SO, I WAS STUNNED.
AND I HEAR THIS GUY SAID, YES, WHERE'S PAM? WHERE'S PAM, ISIS? WELL, SHE'S BUSY OUT AT A TABLE, BUT I'M HER HUSBAND.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SHE RAISED, BUT I'M SURE WE WE DID PRETTY GOOD YESTERDAY.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CONUS DID THIS WEEK ALONE.
THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, JOE.
GOOD MORNING, TAMARACK. RON WASSERMAN A 5 7 7 J DRIVE LIVE HERE IN TAMARACK.
WE DID OUR RESIDENTS FOR 22 YEARS.
BY THE WAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT A FEW THINGS IF I COULD.
[01:30:03]
AS A RESIDENT, I LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE OUR COMMISSION.THANK YOU, JOE. AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HELP WITH CHARITABLE THINGS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT DO IT AND CONTINUE TO DO IT.
I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING INVOLVED.
SO LET'S GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER PULLMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE MARIJUANA SUMMIT.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT CAME OUT AT THAT SUMMIT.
WE HAD SOME GREAT PROFESSIONALS.
I'M HERE TODAY BASICALLY TO SPEAK AND TRY TO WAKE UP NUMBER OF PEOPLE ABOUT CANCER, WHY IT HAPPENS AND POTENTIALLY THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME FROM THE MARIJUANA SUMMIT, MEDICAL MARIJUANA SUMMIT, WAS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COLON CANCER.
SO I'M GOING TO PLEA TODAY TO ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING.
I'M TO THEATRICS SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH TO SOMEONE.
WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I'M ASKING ANYBODY, ANYONE HERE, PLEASE TEST FOR COLON CANCER.
WHY AM I BEGGING YOU? BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN WE HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED.
SO I'M ASKING AGAIN, MEN, WOMEN, SAME STORY.
PLEASE BE TESTED FOR COLON CANCER.
THE REPERCUSSIONS OF COLON CANCER ARE A LOT OF US NOW.
SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTEN, FOR THAT SUMMIT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERESTING PEOPLE THERE DISCUSSING MANY THINGS.
MR. CITY ATTORNEY, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT LONG LIST OF THINGS SCARY THAT ARE BREWING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
AND LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, THERE'S SUGARHILL GANG WAS PRETTY DARN GOOD, WASN'T IT? THAT WAS 70S MUSIC.
COMMISSION A LOT OF TIMES ONGOING.
I HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH OUR COMMISSION, YOUR DECISIONS, BUT I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU. I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO STAY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
SAM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER. ANY ADDITIONS? DELETIONS? WE HAVE NO ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS.THIS MORNING. MATAEMON EXCELLENT.
I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONTENT, PLEASE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
EXCELLENT. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ORDINANCES SECOND READING CITY ATTORNEY.
[a. TO2424 - Amendment To The Tamarac Procurement Code An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 6 of the City’s Code of Ordinances entitled “Finance and Taxation”, specifically amending Article V Entitles “Tamarac Procurement Code” by updating and modernizing existing procurement means and methods; creating a veterans preference; providing for codification; providing for Conflicts; providing for severability; providing for an effective date. Commission District(s): Citywide]
PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD T-O 2 4 2 4 AMENDMENT TO THE TIME.I PROCUREMENT CODE. THANK YOU, MADAM.COMMISSION ON THE ITEM NUMBER 10 A FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, IT'S AN ORDINANCE PROPOSED NO TEMPORARY ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 24.
AS YOU STATED, IT'S AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY.
TAMARACK, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF AUDIENCES ENTITLED FINANCE AND TAXATION, SPECIFICALLY AMENDING ARTICLE 5 ENTITLED TAMARACK PROCUREMENT CODE BY UPDATING AND MODERNIZING EXISTING PROCUREMENT MEANS AND METHODS, CREATING A VETERAN'S PREFERENCE, PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION PROVIDED FOR CONFLICTS, NEVER SEVERABILITY AND FINALLY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, AMERICAN VISION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND NOW I WILL TAKE A MOTION IN SECOND FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVED, SIR.
THIS IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. SEEING THAT THERE IS NO DISCUSSION FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE LIT UP, I WILL NOW ASK FOR YOU TO CALL A ROLE IN THIS MATTER.
COMMISSIONER GALLAN. YES, MR. PARKO. YES. VICE-MAYOR BOLTON.
YES. COMMISSIONER FISHMAN'S? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE T 0 2 4 2 2 4 IS ADOPTED ON SECOND READING.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT CONSENT AGENDA WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, 5 TO 0.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
IT IS CURRENTLY 11 05 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.