City Commission - Regular Meeting

Yeah, let's go.

Good evening. I'd like to call to order the regular city commission meeting of Hallandale Beach for Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. The time is 537. May I have a roll call, Madam Clerk? Mayor Cooper.

Present. Vice Mayor Lazaro. Present. Commissioner Adams. Here. Commissioner Butler is on his way. Commissioner Lima-Tab is on her way. City Manager Dr. Earl. City Attorney Marino. Here. Madam Mayor, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Before I ask you all to rise for the pledge, I'd like to conduct a moment of silent prayer. We call to mind the war in Iran and Middle East. We pray for peace there as well in Ukraine. We always call to mind all our armed forces overseas, abroad, protecting those in harm's way. We always call to mind here in Hallandale Beach all our first responders who protect and serve our city, state, and nation on a day-to-day basis. A moment of silent prayer, please. Thank you. It was a great honor. I invite our Chief Fucci to lead us in the pledge this evening.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. I'd like to make a change a bit of order of business. Do we have any changes or pulls? Supplemental. Okay. Could I have a motion for the supplemental?

So moved.

I have a motion and I have a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Butler is absent. Vice Mayor Lazaro? Yes. Mayor Cooper?

Yes.

Commissioner Adams?

Yes.

Commissioner Lima-Top is absent. Motion carries 3-0.

Thanks. In light of the time frame and the necessary changes to... accommodate our wonderful property appraiser i'd like to take a motion uh make them uh entertain a motion to move presentations up i have a motion and a second could i have a roll call please commissioner adams yes

Commissioner Lima-Thomas, absent. Mayor Cooper? Yes. Commissioner Butler, absent. Vice Mayor Lazaro? Motion carries 3-0.

Thank you. And it's with no further ado that I'm going to jump to 6B, Marty Care Property Appraiser presentation. And it couldn't be more timely. You know, we've all been following this issue quite closely, you know, We can celebrate possibly, but they still have how many more days? Eight more days to go? Eight more days to go to rewrite.

I just have a request from Mr. Kerr. Could you speak quick? Because we have a lot of stuff going on tonight.

Absolutely. Actually, you know what? Sean Serra has a word counter. When I spoke at Coral Springs last, I did 10,400 words in 15 minutes. Wow.

Wow. I'm trying to be rude.

I'm telling. Thank you, Michelle, I appreciate it.

So while we're all very busy, I do want to understand how timely and important it is. Obviously, we do not advocate either way, but people, and what I am finding, truly need to understand and respect what municipalities do and what counties do. I always like to preface with this, the state does not even collect property taxes. It is what we utilize to provide day-to-day services and vital services like the men and women that we have here from our fire department, as well as all our staff. So this is a very critical issue, and we certainly respect your service to the state, your service to the county, and your expertise. So I'm gonna give you the floor. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you so much for accommodating me. I apologize so much. Every time I do my own calendar, this is what I do. We had this booked, and then I said yes to Davey at the same exact time. So as soon as I'm done here, I'm heading down to Davey, and I'm going to give them a little presentation. But I just wanted to thank you so much, of course, for the great work that you do, for what the commission does, and, of course, your fantastic staff. I have to tell you, you have a great team that you work with. I'm so happy to see all the firefighters here. Chief Fucci is one of the nicest guys in the face of the earth. And I was happy to see Steve, who I think honestly is the best firefighter president that they have ever had. He is such a good guy who works exceptionally hard. And Madam Mayor, what I was hoping to quickly talk about was just very quickly just to go through the values with you because I know that's very important for the people of Hollandale Beach. And I know very soon you'll be setting your millage rate to determine the amount of money that you need to operate for Hollandale. And then I just wanted to quickly just go through the proposed consular amendment. Thank you so much for inviting me to speak on. I think it's exceptionally important. because at the end of the day, I just think people need to know facts so they can make the best vote possible. But with that said, hey, Mike, with that said, with regard to Hollandale Beach's numbers, once again, you'll see somewhat of an increase in value this year. To put in perspective, in 2025, the market value, basically all the commercial and residential property in Hollandale Beach, if you put it on the open market, you would have got right about $11.8 billion for it. Fast forward, $11.5 billion. Fast forward to now, it would be about $11.8 billion. It was a little bit of an increase. When it comes to the taxable value, that's the number that you're actually gonna be utilizing, that you're gonna set your millage rate on to determine the amount of money you need to provide great services to the people of Hollandale Beach. In 2025, the taxable value was about $9.18 billion, which is a pretty big number. Fast forward one year, there's been a 2.53% increase in taxable value to right about $9.421 billion. So here's what that means. If you keep your operating millage rate the same, which was 7.3848, which was the same as last year, you'll get an additional right about $1.7 million more this year than last year. and that's really being driven by new construction. We've had about $51 million of new construction added to the tax roll. Just briefly, there are 8,183 homesteaded properties here in Hollandale Beach. You have 1,372 seniors who receive a pretty significant exemption. You have 172 long-term seniors that pay no property taxes to the people of Hollandale Beach. You have 1,103 widows, and you also have what I think is pretty amazing, 38 totally permanently disabled American heroes who pay no property taxes to Hollandale Beach as well. A couple other numbers that I think are just very, very important, just for the residents. Right now, the average sale price for a single family home in Hollandale Beach is right about $570,000. But to put that in perspective, the average taxable value is about $273,000. That's because people come here, they fall for Homestead, they stay forever because they love Hollandale Beach. And that's why, oh, thank you so much, the market value is so much less than the taxable value. The last thing I wanted to bring up before I talk about this is this month, every single resident of Hollandale Beach that owns property is going to get a very important document from me in the mail. It's the Truth in Millage Notice. It's not a tax bill. It's basically a document so people can make sure they don't overly pay in their property taxes. And that's going to show a few very important things. It'll show the value of your property for tax purposes, all the tax saving exemptions you're getting, It'll show the dates and times that Hollandale Beach will be discussing their tax rates, and it'll show the proposed amount of property taxes they're gonna be asked to pay this year. And I always tell everyone, when you get that document, please take a look at it. If you have any concerns with the value of your property, you're not getting every exemption you're entitled to to save money, just give me a holler by September 18th. And also, it's very important, as you know, that they review that document so they can know when your budget hearings are going to be, and the county commission's gonna be, and the school board's gonna be, so they can come and let you know how they feel and what they would like to see in the next budgetary year. With that said, Madam Mayor, what I'm really here for today is what y'all asked me to talk about. And I think it's just very important. As you know, in November, the people of Florida are gonna be voting on a very consequential constitutional amendment that could potentially change things in many ways. And so it's been my goal basically to try to just to give facts to the public so they can actually make the best vote possible. But before that, just for the residents, let me let you know how we got here. Probably about a year ago, somebody from North Florida got very upset with their property taxes. And they basically tweeted, property taxes are horrific, we've got to get rid of all of them. And it just so happened that Governor DeSantis saw that same tweet and he retweeted it. And as you know, when the governor retweets something, it kind of brings a big conversation to a very important issue. And so when that happened, the first thing that occurred was the Florida Policy Institute, which is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank up in Tallahassee decided to do a study. And they said, okay, if you get rid of all property taxes, that's residential, commercial, tangible personal property, everything, what does that mean for the people of Florida? Well, they determined that it would mean about $55 to $60 billion that's collected in property taxes wouldn't be collected anymore. And that's money, of course, that funds police and fire and roads, bridges, schools, all the things that we know locally. And so then what they decided to do is they said, OK, well, if you take away that money, you still need police, fire, roads, bridges, parks, libraries, all those different things. How do you replace it? And they said, well, you have to increase the sales tax to possibly 12%, 13%, maybe 14% or 15%. In South Florida, we have a higher cost of living. And so then what they decided to do was poll the likely voters of Florida. Because as you know, for anything to change in the Constitution, if more than 60% of those voting at that time vote for it, it changes the Constitution. And that's the new law. And they basically said, would you support getting rid of all property taxes and increasing a sales tax to the number that I just mentioned? And overwhelmingly, the people of Florida said it was a bad idea. About 70% of the people said it was a bad idea. All political parties said it was a bad idea. And all areas of the state said that was a no-go and a bad idea. And so when that happened, the conversation changed a little bit from doing away with all property taxes to focusing on homesteaded property taxes only. And as you know, from June 1st to June 3rd, the Florida legislature met in a special session, and they adopted a proposed constitutional amendment that's actually going to be on the November ballot for people to vote for or against. And I'll definitely explain what it does and what I decided to do, but I just think it's very important that people understand what it does and the impact it has on Broward County and also the savings to the property owners. They can have all the information. The first thing that it does, as you know, it says if you are a resident on January 1st, 2027, you'll get a $150,000 homestead exemption to be applied to all taxing authorities but the school portion of the tax bill, which is exempt from the amendment. That's also important to note because people will still be paying property taxes no matter what to school, so it's all of the taxing authorities. It then says in 2028 that $150,000 exemption would get increased to $250,000. And then it says after that, and it's very broad, it basically says the legislature is supposed to make some type of schedule to ultimately possibly maybe fully eliminate homestead property taxes for all taxing authorities but the school board. The other thing it says is that in order to qualify for the new amendment, if it passes, you have to be a resident of Florida by January 1st, 2027, or if you're not, you have to wait five years and you'll be under your current system that we currently have. And that's pretty much the amendment. And so what I wanted to do was basically say, okay, if that were in effect for the 2025 tax year, which was the tax year where we had all the millage rates already set, we had all the values, what kind of impact would that have based on the savings for property owner and also the fiscal impact to local government? And so we decided to run the numbers. And so up there, as you can see, if a $150,000 homestead exemption was applied for the 2025 tax year to apply to all taxing authorities but the school board, this would be the impact to Broward County, then I'll show you Hollandale Beach. As you can see, there are 424,899 homesteaded parcels in Broward County. If this was in effect, the average savings for a property owner would be right about $1,104, and that's because not everybody has $150,000 of value that they pay taxes on. If they do have $150,000 of value they pay taxes on, they would have saved right about $1,325. However, the County Commission did levy about $1.804 billion in property taxes. If this was in effect for the first year, they would have levied right about $1.609 billion, so about $194 million less than what they levied, which would be about a 10.8% decrease. The next page, let's see if I do it right. I'm not sure if I did, oh, I hit this one, wait. I didn't. The next one is it's an impact on Hollandale Beach. And as you can see, Hollandale Beach is impacted not as great as the county as a whole. And that's because Hollandale Beach has a whole lot of properties that are not homesteaded properties, has a lot of commercial properties. And as you know, any city that has more commercial is gonna be impacted less than a city that has more homesteaded properties. So, Hollandale Beach, as you can see, has 8,201 homesteaded properties. If this was in effect, the average savings for a property owner would be about $1,083. If you had a full $150,000 of value that you do pay taxes on, you would have saved right about $1,408. Now, Hollandale Beach levied about $71.7 million in property taxes. If this was in effect, they would have levied about $67 million, so about $4.7 million less than what they levied, about a 6.6% decrease. Now the next page I just wanted to quickly bring up I think is very important because it's all the different cities. And in the cities, as I said before, they're all impacted differently based on the amount of commercial properties they have and the amount of homesteaded properties that they have. So the first one that I wanted to show you and just to highlight is Pembroke Park. As you can see, Pembroke Park is barely impacted. It's a city with very few homesteaded properties. It is basically a mobile home community with a little bit of commercial. And as you can see, they would only lose about 0.9% of what they collect in property taxes. That's a negligible amount that they can make up. Tamarack, however, is a city that has a whole lot of homesteaded properties. And as you can see, with $150,000 homestead exemption, they would have lost about 22.3% of what they collect in property taxes. The next page, I just want to quickly just let people know, because I think sometimes folks don't always realize this, there are lots of taxing authorities you pay your taxes to. And there are more than just the city, the county, and the school board. You have hospital districts. You have the Children's Services Council. And I'd like to highlight the hospital district, which would be the North Broward Hospital District. because if this was in effect for the North Sprout Hospital District, they levied $274 million in taxes. If this was in effect, they would have levied about $28 million less than what they levied, about a 10.4% decrease. I just think it's very important for folks to know that. The next page deals with when the homestead exemption increases in 2028 to $250,000. So if this was in effect for the 2025 tax year and everybody had a $250,000 homestead exemption, This would be the impact to Broward County and Hollandale Beach. Again, there are 424,899 homesteaded properties in Hollandale Beach. If it was in effect, the average savings for a property owner would be right about $1,879 because not everybody has $250,000 of value they pay taxes on. However, if they do, they would save about $2,661. That's a big savings. However, the total taxes levied were right about $1.8 billion that the county commission levied, If this was in effect, they would have levied about $1.47 billion, so about $333 million less than what they levied. It's about an 18.5% decrease to what they did levy in taxes. Hollandale Beach, once again, is not impacted as much because of the amount of commercial properties that you all have here. Again, you have 8,201 homesteaded properties. The average savings is right about $1,685, but if somebody does pay $250,000 of value they pay their taxes on, they would save about $2,827. Again, Hollandale Beach levied about $71 million in taxes. If this was in effect, they would have levied about $64 million, so about 10.3% less than what they levied. Now the next page is just the two cities that are stark contrast to each other. The first one, of course, is Pembroke Park. It's barely impacted. As you can see, Pembroke Park, which is basically, again, a mobile home community with very few homestead properties, will lose about 1.2% of what it collects in property taxes. Cooper City, which has a whole lot of residential properties, is actually impacted much greater and will lose about 34.5% of what it collects in property taxes if there was a $250,000 exemption. Now, the next one I just wanted to quickly bring up, Madam Mayor, is what may or may not happen. And I bring this up because, again, the language is very, very vague when it comes to what happens after the $250,000 exemption. But it does say that the legislature may, could possibly, if it wants to, I guess, come out with some type of schedule to ultimately eliminate all homestead property taxes, except for the school portion of the tax bill. And because that's a possibility that could happen, I also wanted to include that in my numbers as well for people to understand what the impacts would be both for the savings for property owner and the loss of revenue to fiscal governments. So as you can see again, the County Commission had 424,899 homesteaded properties in 2025. If it was in effect, the average savings for property owner was right about $3,448. Now, again, the County Commission levied about $1.8 billion in property taxes. If this were in effect, they would have levied about $1.16 billion, about $636 million less than what they levied in taxes, so it would have been about a 35.3% decrease than what they levied. uh hollanda beach once again is uh not impacted as great uh because of all the commercial properties again you have 8 201 homesteaded properties in hollandale beach the average savings for property owner would be about two thousand eight hundred and forty four dollars the total taxes levied again were 71.7 million dollars uh in 2025. if this was in effect you all would have levied about 59 million about $12 million less than what you levied. It's about a 17.4% decrease. And as I did with the other ones, I wanted to show, again, the difference between two cities that are really in stark contrast to each other if there are no homesteaded property taxes for those cities. Pembroke Park, as you can see, barely impacted. they would lose about 1.4% of what they collected in property taxes. Parkland, however, which is a pure bedroom community, it's basically all homesteaded. It has no commercial, very little commercial, and very little non-homesteaded. They would lose about 75.5% of what they collect in property taxes, and that's where things, as you know, get a little bit weird. because about 55% of what Parkland pays in its budget goes to police and fire, but if you lose 75.5%, that's where things get kind of tough. The last one I just wanted to quickly bring up, because I just think it's important, is one other portion of this constitutional amendment that people I don't think are talking about as much, because it's being focused, because homestead and property tax are really being focused on. There's also a non-homestead portion to this amendment. So currently under Florida law, as you know, if you have any property that's not homesteaded property, the value of your tax line cannot go up more than 10% except for the school portion of the tax bill. What this would do is drop that 10% cap to 5% and basically says the value of your tax line cannot go up more than 5% except for the school portion of the tax bill. So I wanted to see how this would have impacted Broward County and Hollandale Beach if it was in effect for 2025, and if the cap was 5% and not 10%, there were 298,181 non-homesteaded properties in Broward County. Again, the county commission levied about $1.8 billion in taxes. If this was in effect, they would have levied about $1.777 billion, about $26 million less than what they levied. And Hollandale Beach is impacted a little bit greater than the county, because there's more commercial overall in Hollandale Beach than the county as a whole. As you can see, Hollandale Beach would have lost about $1.4 million in property taxes, about 2% of what it levied. And that's pretty much the entire amendment. as i said before madam mayor my goal again is just to provide people information um as you like you said not to advocate for or against it but just to give them information and people deserve to know what their potential savings could be and what the impact should be to local government because at the end of the day it's a very important vote And I just think people need to have all the facts. And the fact that you took the time to invite me out and to allow me to come and talk about this, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. And I always say this. I hope I did quick. I always tell people if politics doesn't work out, I'd be like the Beck sausage in here.

You're not going anywhere. We've got a bunch of questions. Of course. We're far more important than Davey. Absolutely. Sorry.

Thank you, Michelle. I appreciate that.

right it won't be yes yes commercial reduction so yes you have a crystal ball

You know what, all I can say is my belief is it's gonna be a very close vote, just based on history. There have been a few property tax amendments on the ballot in recent years, one failed and one passed. In 2018, I believe it was, there was an amendment on the ballot to increase the homestead exemption from 50,000 to 75,000, and that got about 59% of the vote and failed. But last time around, there was an amendment on the ballot to increase the second homestead exemption, that second 25,000, by a cost of living index increase each year, and that passed with right about 61%. And so in the latest polling, has it about 64%, but usually on constitutional amendments, that is the ceiling. it doesn't usually go any higher. And so I think it's actually going to be a very close vote. The other thing people ask me too, which I think is interesting, there's only been one other place in America where they've tried to eliminate property taxes. And I think it's pretty fascinating. They tried it in North Dakota in 2024. And what's very fascinating about it is North Dakota is a pretty red state. I think Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris by about 36 points. That's a pretty big margin. At the same time, the amendment to eliminate all homestead property taxes only got about 36% of the vote. And so it really also shows it's not a partisan issue whatsoever. It's basically just an issue, and so that's why I'm hopeful that people just really do their research, see the facts, and just make the best vote possible.

Thank you. I'll let you go.

Okay. Well, I just want to say for our residents that thank you to our city manager. Even though we are being impacted, we are in the best possible position. I feel terrible for parkland western cities like that that don't know what they're going to do. And you can tell those lawmakers have never served in local government. They have no idea what they are doing or talking about. But they don't. I'm sorry. I mean, if you ask them, there was one or two. There's like all Britain. Somebody came out and said, how are they going to pay for their police and fire? And I think it was interesting because I was on Instagram and somebody said, you know, DeSantis is getting... I love how he backpedaled, by the way. And he's like, this isn't the one I wanted, so I don't support this one. I'm like, you started all this. So, but there were people on there. I was surprised how many people were not... for this, I thought automatically this is gonna be a landslide, but 64%, I think if you educate people, first responders, what's on the line. Obviously, we're not gonna impact our police and fire in any way, thank God, but if you let people know and educate them, this is what the money, our portion's this much, and this is what we're paying for with it. So I don't know how good we're gonna be at educating the public and not advocating versus educating, but I think that this, The state has to get together, the cities, the counties, really have to get together on this one and try to educate the public on what this is.

Well, if I can add.

Are there any rumblings about that, Marty?

No, but the one thing I do want to mention that you actually just brought up, and I think this is a really good point, is you do have a fantastic, fantastic city manager in Jeremy, and you all have a fantastic commission. And I think that you all have set up a city that has, it's a great mix of homesteaded properties and also of smart growth. And I think as a result of that, if this does pass, a city like Hollandale Beach can weather it, is in a better position to weather it than other cities as well. And so I just want to commend you all for honestly the smart decisions that you all have made over the past number of years, without a doubt, absolutely.

This has been the topic of du jour, and going back to what you had said, I actually went for a doctor's appointment, started talking about it. And he goes, yeah, it sounds pretty good. And I said, oh, so what do you think we use property taxes for? And the minute I started explaining, and explaining goes, oh, you know, and that's somebody that you would think that would be really following it. Because sure, nobody wants to pay taxes, right? And the favorite story I have, and I don't mean to throw shade on New Orleans, but they run on no taxes, no taxes. Meanwhile, obviously, they're still not prepared if another Katrina comes in. They have potholes. They have failing infrastructure. I mean, sure, it's a great party town. My girlfriend's from there and kept saying, well, they love partying because they'll just party and don't really care. So, you know, at a certain point, we as elected officials can educate people, and there's a good saying, sometimes you can't want more for people than they want for themselves. So, you know, if that's the way they want to live, or God... bless the people of Haiti that people own property, they don't pay property taxes either. So depending on the quality of life, and I'd like to believe that we've delivered some good quality of life here in Allendale Beach, and many cities do. We're all different. Yeah. Although I will tell you one thing somebody said to me here.

And I explained to him, his property taxes for Hallandale ran about $600 a year. That's how long he had been here. And I said, you know, well, what happens when you have to call a police officer or a firefighter? He'd been here 50 years. He goes, I've never had to do that. I said, great, give me your address. I'll let police and fire know that when you do need something, we shouldn't go to your house. That's your mentality, that I never called them before, so I shouldn't have to pay for them? I mean, but that's some of what comes back, and I try to explain, you know, this is what it is, okay? We could sit here all day and decide why we're not, but when he said, I've never called them before... Okay.

You know what I think is very interesting? Just like you all, I've had many conversations with lots of people on this. And I think what makes this topic so interesting, it's different, for example, than if there was something to decrease the sales tax. And the reason being is because people are so invested in this, one, because they pay property tax, but they also see where their property taxes go. And I think that's what's, honestly, it doesn't matter where I speak. It can be wherever it is. There's always people, and they bring up these debates. And I actually think that's very healthy. And at the end of the day, I do think all of that is really going to help people make the most informed decision possible, without a doubt. No, thank you, Michelle. I really appreciate it. Thank you, Joy.

Oh my gosh, of course. Oh, he always does. And you have a great team.

Oh, you all are wonderful. I have to tell you, as you know, I think the greatest thing about my job, just like you all, you can actually help people individually. But there's so many people I can't reach. And so I know when you call me, Michelle, or you call me, or Mike, or Joy, it's basically because you have a constituent that needs some help, and it lets me do it. And so honestly, I appreciate the fact that you take the time to call me, because I couldn't help those people without you. So thank you for that. Thank you.

And I'll leave you with one antidote because I know you have to run. And it's in honor of the 250th anniversary. And I think the firefighters would like it. And it ties to her story about first calls to service. Do you know who invented insurance and where it was invented at? I don't. It was actually in Philadelphia. Ben Franklin. They had a volunteer fire department.

That's so interesting.

And... They couldn't figure out how they're going to buy equipment and how they were going to actually provide services. So he came up with a scheme. It was the fireman's fund. And they used to put a medallion on a house, and they would go there and help people put out their fires.

That's pretty awesome.

It used to be an old reality. So that's a great antidote.

That is so cool. I'm sorry.

I'm kind of a geek when it comes to history. But happy 250th anniversary. We might start putting signs on houses. Who knows now? We would never do that. Sorry. Honestly, Joy, I'm going to steal that. I figured you'd appreciate it. You talk to enough people. I will. But that's how they paid for their fire.

That is very cool. You know what?

And if you go to Philly, there's still all the old townhouses. You can see the medallions on their homes.

So you know why I'm going to use that, actually? Because recently, this is actually kind of funny. A cousin of mine who is a great guy, he quoted Ben Franklin recently. But I have to come back with a much more important thing that Ben Franklin said. Because his quote was, Ben Franklin said, beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. And yours is way more important than that one. Amen. No, I like yours better. You got me. You got me. Thank you, Joy. Thank you, everybody. I really appreciate y'all.

Thank you so, so much, Marty. Good to see you. Have a good night. Thank you. Thanks so much. Okay, great. Thank you, Marty. Okay, I am going to keep going. We're gonna, I'll go back to A. We'll keep you all here pretty, it won't be too long. But there is a proclamation here that I will be delivering to Hearts Flow Incorporated and I wanna call them up or their representative to come up and join us here.

We'll have everybody come up afterwards, okay?

Thank you, yeah, that's you. That is you. Great. But you have to promise you have to stay here because we have another proclamation and join us celebrating our fire department. It's where as Heart Flows Incorporated's long-standing history of collaboration with the city of Hallandale Beach, local organizations, faith-based institutions, past and present community stakeholders and leaders, and city officials to strengthen outreach efforts and expand access to essential resources for residents of the city of Hallandale Beach and the surrounding communities. Hearts Flow Incorporated has for over 26 years demonstrated an unwavering commitment to serving vulnerable and underserved populations, particularly individuals experiencing homelessness under the visionary leadership of Dr. Anthony Ansell. Oh my gosh, 26 years. I think I knew you back then. Hearts Flow Incorporated has provided compassionate, faith-informed, and evidence-based services addressing the complex needs of individuals impacted by mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and grief and loss. And whereas Hearts Flow Incorporated has been instrumental in delivering comprehensive wraparound services including case management, counseling, crisis intervention, and community-based support with the goal of restoring dignity, stability, and hope to those in need. The organization has consistently advocated for holistic and integrated approach to care, recognizing the interconnected nature of homelessness and mental health addiction and unresolved grief, and has worked diligently to bridge gaps in services within the community. And whereas the organization's dedication to empowering individuals through education, counseling, and supportive services has positively impacted countless lives and contributed to overall health, safety, and well-being of our community, Dr. Andy Anzola's lifelong commitment to service, Leadership and advocacy reflects the highest ideals of compassion, resilience, and community engagement, serving as an inspiration to others here in Hallandale Beach and the surrounding communities. Now therefore, I, Joy Cooper, Mayor of the Hallandale Beach, do hereby proclaim August 5th as Hearts Flow Incorporated Day, and you are certainly a beacon of love and hope in our community, and it's an honor for me to call you friend and welcome you here this evening. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you. Do I get to say a few words?

Oh, I hope so. I hope so, my friend.

I'll be brief. I just heard a bunch of numbers, and I'm like, okay. So 20 years ago, I met an individual in the city of Hollandale Beach who impacted my life and made me fall in love with the city of Hollandale Beach. His name was John Dababa Hardwick. And the thing about John that impressed me, that made me say I'm going to help fight for this community is anywhere John went, he would say, My name is John Hardwick. I'm from Hollandale Beach. And he said that proudly. And that's me also being from Trinidad. Anywhere I go, I say I'm Dr. Andy Ansola. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago. So that create a bond between us. And he's no longer with us, but his memory is here. So all because of John, that's how Hardslow came into this community. So I've been working with the mayor since then in her battles. She's fought many battles. And I've been here to help and serve, not on a large basis, but all I'm pleading for at this point in time for Heart's Flow is we have a plan. And we're trying to get it out to all of the communities. We are looking for a 150 bed facility. so that we can house people struggling with mental health, addiction, homelessness, where we're going to provide them with case management, we're going to provide them with all the services that they need so that we can break the cycle. Right now there is a cycle that has not been broken because mental health has been left out of the equation and we are the best at mental health in Broward County and beyond. So we are looking to continue the relationship with the City of Hollandale Beach. My team, all represented here. So we are committed for that and we will be coming to the City of Hollandale asking, maybe you might have property, maybe you might have vacant buildings. We need a start. I would love it to start in Hollandale Beach because this is where I fell in love with the city I met with Mia, and we've been working together for many years. And this all started when I received an award last year from Trinidad and Tobago. Very humble.

Tell them what you won.

I got this award, and the mayor follows me. I was about to say joy. The mayor follows me, and she saw this, and she says, hey, I need to recognize you for the work that you've been doing. So thank you, mayor, on behalf of Hardslow and everyone else. We ask you to join the crowd. Spread this out. I believe this was a vision I got in 2000 from God. It's not where I want it to be, but I bet it's where God wants it to be. So as a minister, my faith tells me it's going to happen. I know it's going to happen because God does not lie. So I'm relying on you guys, all of you, the commission, thank you, to spread the word. I believe there's somebody out there who has discretionary funds who can say, hey, I can help hearts flow in this vision. Thank you guys so much.

Thank you. Thank you. because I'm going to have you come down. I'm sitting here listening because I did want to recognize you for your international award for your outreach for Trinidad and Tobago. So you did two things, not just this. And that exemplary work that you've even as that beacon from here and from your homeland, that interconnection is really something that is remarkable that you've accomplished in only this short time. As far as your request, I may have a suggestion for you. There is new laws that are allowing housing on church properties. So you might not be aware of it because you're more in the outreach and the caring and giving. There's a pastor actually that's looking to develop some housing. So that might be an opportunity. We'll talk offline about it. But there was on the state level, like Live Local, they've actually allowed housing to be introduced on different church properties. So food for thought.

That's good information.

Okay. And God rest John's soul. Crab in the barrel.

Crab in the barrel. Crab in the barrel.

Thank you all for your service, too, because it always takes a team. But thank you so much. And I'd like to invite you and your team up for a picture, please. Come on in.

Come on down. Come on down. We don't bite.

Come on down.

Come on. Come on down. Come on over.

This is for you.

This is for you.

Thank you so much. Come on up.

Thanks for your hard work. I don't want to block. We're good. Can you get them all? Everybody? Congratulations. Thank you so much for the years of work. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay.

I'll tell the little backs. Now we have to go back to business.

Anyone signed up for public participation?

No? Okay. We are going to jump right in it, ladies and gentlemen.

Before we proceed, I need to say hi to somebody real quick. For the record, I need the votes for... Okay, give her a minute. Okay, all right.

You know what? Do you want to do a picture with everybody here? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Yeah, wait, wait, wait, wait. While we have you guys here, let's do it. We'll come up and down or just... Yeah, we'll do it all together here. There you go.

We came all this way.

Yeah. So how was dinner? How you doing?

Good to see you. Good to see you guys.

Hey, how you doing? Hey, how are you gentlemen? Hi. How are you? Pleasure to meet you.

Welcome. Thank you for your service. Thank you. Hide him back there.

Hide him back there.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Commissioner Taub is coming.

Good? There we go. There we go.

Thank you. I hope dinner isn't cold.

Enjoy. Enjoy.

Bye, guys. Thank you so much for your service. Ladies and gentlemen. Okay. Madam Clerk, do you want to read the... It was great. Madam Mayor, before we proceed, I just need for the record... Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

The votes for the record.

Thanks, be safe. For approval of supplemental, Commissioner Limitaub. Yes. Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Approval for the order of business, Commissioner Limitaub. Yes. Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you. We have no draft minutes. I'm going to jump to the consent agenda. Is there any items that anyone wishes to pull? Second. I have a motion and a second. No pulls, no further discussion. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Butler. Yes. Vice Mayor Lazaro. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Motion carries 5-0.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. We're going to go to ordinances on first reading. On item 9A, 26, 32, 28, an ordinance of Mayor and City Commission of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida, amending Chapter 15, public nuisance abatement, revising the process for filing complaint, procedures for hearing, and other updates, and providing for servability and codification and effective date. This is a first reading. It is sponsored by our colleague, Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Tobb. So what I will do at this time, I will turn the floor over to you.

Thank you. I'll just dedicate this ordinance to the Southwest residents, and I promised that I would help mitigate some of the issues specifically that were coming out of Southwest Hallandale. I think the commission's been briefed on it, and I know we've had a long day. So unless there's any questions, I'll just move the item for approval.

Second. Great, great. As is, are there any other legal changes necessary or anything just to confirm we're all good on it?

No, there's no other legal changes at this time. Wonderful.

It is the first reading. Anyone wishing to speak on this item may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I will close the public hearing and I will have a roll call vote, Madam Clerk. Second reading.

August 19th.

Okay.

Vice Mayor Lazaro. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Motion carries 5-0. Thank you.

And I do want to commend Commissioner Taub for bringing this forward. Anything that we can do to keep the peace and tranquility in our neighborhoods. And I told her, you know... We need to enforce all the laws, and this is one way to do it, especially when it comes to criminal intent, drug dealing, or any other criminal activities. So thank you very much for your diligence and dedication. Appreciate you. Okay, item 9b on first reading, 26319, an ordinance to the mayor and city commission of the city of Hallandale Beach, Florida, amending chapter 20, article 1, city cemetery, to modernize the operation and administration of the Hallandale Beach Cemetery, providing for servability, providing for conflicts, providing for codification, providing for an effective date. This as well is the first reading. It is a public hearing. We did have a briefing yesterday on this. We are really proud of the work that our staff has done and the concerns that we've raised that we want to make sure that we have preserved our cemetery for our residents as well as making sure that we are making ends meet and maintaining it. I do recall some of that conversation is to amend the ordinance to include not eliminating the use of outside residence, as well as looking at the increased fees. Those changes will be brought back, but I would entertain a motion on the ordinance with those suggested changes.

Motion to approve.

Motion and a second. As I said, it is a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on it may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I'll close the public hearing. And could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Topp. Yes. Vice Mayor Lazaro. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Motion carries 5-0.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. 9C on first reading. 26214, amending Article 3, zoning. Division 2, zoning districts and overlays, Section 32155. CF community facility district purpose and intent uses permitted conditionally and the site development standards of the community facility district providing for servability, providing for conflicts, providing for codification, and providing for an effective date. This is a second reading, it was brought forward through our Sustainable Development Director. It was adopted on June 22nd, 2026 on a 5-0 roll call vote. It is the second reading. Anyone wishing to speak on this item may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I will close the public hearing and entertain a motion on second.

Do you have a motion, Mayor?

I have a motion. Second. And I have a second. Could I have a roll call?

Vice Mayor Lazzaro? Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb? Yes. Mayor Cooper? Yes. Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler? Yes. Motion carries 5-0.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Item 11, resolutions to public hearing. Item A, 26283, a resolution of the Mayor and the City Commission of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida. considering application DB2401925 and number V2601191 by Goospob LLC requesting a major development plan approval and variances to build a one-story commercial building consisting of approximately 4,671 square feet of commercial space on the property located at 633 West Hallandale Beach Boulevard, requesting variances relative to front setback and streetscape area and providing for effective date. This is a quasi-judicial hearing. At this time, we must follow the order of the quasi-judicial hearing and there are certain guidelines. City Attorney, could you please outline the process for quasi-judicial hearings, please?

Yes. The city is considering the named applications for this project, which are being treated as quasi-judicial in nature. The commission must base its decision on the legal criteria detailed in the city code, which are hereby incorporated into the record along with the cover memo and all of the exhibits. Your decision must be based on substantial competent evidence. Substantial competent evidence is evidence a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion. Public sentiment alone is not considered evidence, although facts raised by members of the public may be considered and addressed by the parties. The city may present the applications at the commission's request. The applicant will have an opportunity to present his case or may elect to waive. Members of the public shall be allowed to speak for three minutes each because we have to follow rules of due process that allow the parties to respond and provide evidence. Members of the public will not get a second opportunity to speak. The city and the applicant will get an opportunity to address comments.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you. Madam Clerk, could you please poll the commission?

Commissioner Adams, have you had any expertise communications with the applicant objector or anyone on this matter? No city clerk. Thank you. Commissioner Butler, have you had any expertise communications with the applicant objector or anyone on this matter?

No, I have not.

Mayor Cooper, have you had any expertise communications with the applicant, objector, or anyone on this matter? No, I have not. Thank you. Commissioner Lima-Topp, have you had any expertise communications with the applicant, objector, or anyone on this matter? I have not. Thank you. Vice Mayor Lazaro, have you had any expertise communications with the applicant, objector, or anyone on this matter? I have not. Thank you. All individuals intended to testify in this hearing, please stand and raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that your testimony in this matter will be the truth and nothing but the truth? If so, please state I do. I do. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Okay. I'd like to make a motion. The city waive the city's presentation. Do we concur?

Is there any issue? Staff does not want to do, doesn't need any presentation. And this is fine by the, oh, now somebody else wants to.

Who wants, oh, you want the presentation? Okay. No, that's fine.

No, no, no, you can't go back and forth.

She's a public speaker, right? You're not the applicant, correct? No. Member of the public. Yes, you'll get an opportunity. They're talking right now about presentations, but thank you for pointing that out.

All right, we could. Okay, staff, did you have an... How do we want to do this then? Staff, would you like to do any type of brief presentation on this item at this point?

No, we don't need it.

We can take the public comment first and then allow staff and the applicant to respond if necessary, if that's the will of the commission. Rewind.

I just want to be clear. Staff does not need to make a presentation on this item. The applicant, do you want to make a presentation on this item? And you have no objection that if the individual has questions, both parties can respond accordingly if they'd like to after public comment.

Thank you.

Oh, you do want to make a short one? I didn't hear you properly.

Okay. All right. If you'd like.

Yes, please do. She might not need to speak. Let him make a presentation. Yeah, it's a procedure. Yeah.

How are you? How are you? Good evening.

Thank you. Vice Mayor. Thank you. Commissioners. For the record, my name is Joseph Kaler, Kaler Architecture. We're the architects of this project. It's really a beautiful project. And our offices are located at 2417 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida. The owner is Goose Pub, LLC. You might say, where did they get this name? Well, very simple. First name, Gustavo, for us. And then the second is Pab for Pablo. So that's how they got their name. So it's not a mysterious, weird LLC. So anyway, we're proposing a single story commercial building. It's got 4,671 square feet. It's located at 633 West Hallandale Beach Boulevard. It's on a half an acre of property. It is really designed for either a one tenant or two tenants, depending on what they find. If they have two tenants, they'll have the two tenants. We designed it capable to go either way. It's a lot of glass because a lot of the shopping centers that are built now are low, squatty. to let the people know as they drive by, I'm here, and I want to be acknowledged. And that's what makes a shopping center really successful. So basically, beautiful sample materials. I mean, you know, black fenestration on all the mullions, white stucco finish, PVC panels. I don't know if they have even renderings. And we also have a vertical garden on the wall, which faces east. to give it that oomph that we were looking for. And also the PVC panels add a little bit of an oomph to the facade on all four sides. So we are asking for two variances.

Do you want to try to get the picture up? Are you able? Okay.

Excuse me. Thank you. God bless.

Which one?

The picture of the property.

It's just awkward because he's talking. If anybody's listening or recording, they're not seeing what you're talking about.

So I just wanted to give a pause. Page eight.

Page eight. Perfect. Thank you. There you go. That's better. There's your work.

There is the work effort. And I do apologize. I do want to acknowledge Maria Seil, which is my associate, who's been working on this project diligently, and we're looking forward for her to complete the entire project and have it built and be part of success, you know what I'm saying, on Hallandale Beach Boulevard. So anyway, we're asking two minor variances. The reason for this, first of all, we were forced by FDOT to share an access, particular access between both shopping centers. And they did not want to give either of the two separate shopping centers. I mean, there's really three shopping centers in a row. They did not want to give ours drive-through separately, so we had to go through the adjacent easternmost property owner and immediately turn into our site within 50 feet, which created part of the problem. It created a building at the east end no deeper than 30 feet. because you have to come in 50 feet and then immediately make a turn into our site. So because of that, we were asking for a required front setback is 15, we wanted 10. We just don't have the space or else we're gonna have a very, very small, narrow, even narrower shopping plaza. And the streetscape width is supposed to be 20, we were at 16. All due to this whole thing with the FDOT. But we did go to the planning and zoning, Everything was approved. I think they make recommendations for approval. They really were very helpful as well when I presented. So we're looking forward for a positive result tonight. And believe it or not, this man's been waiting. He really wants to get moving on the plaza. So thank you so much.

Thank you, Mr. Culler. Does anyone have any questions at this point? Yes, Commissioner Adams?

Questions?

Joe, what's going in there, Joe?

Well, he doesn't know yet. We don't know if it's going to be a small restaurant and a retail or it could be an office, some form with some other. It all depends. I mean, it's got a total of 4,700. I think the smaller portion is like 1,500 or 1,600, and the remaining is the bigger part. But it could all be one tenant if they wanted. He has not yet decided. gotten any, you know, questions about, you know, hi, I'd like to go in here, because really, we haven't, at this point, we got the approval, hopefully we'll get the approval, and at that point, believe me, tomorrow he'll start getting phone calls.

So he's just building for whatever, somebody goes in there, like so much space for this one, and so much space for that one, or one person taking the entire building. Okay, well, it's a beautiful building, too.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Howard. No other questions?

No.

No, staff has no questions. We're all good. Thank you very much. Thank you so much.

Have a great night.

I will now open the public hearing. The person was sworn in. Does she need to be sworn in? No, she's a member of the public. Okay, member of the public. If you'd like to come forward now, you can state your name and address. You will be given three minutes. It might be the first time you're speaking. So, yes, just come. Take your time. And just speaking the mic clearly so we can hear you.

My name is Tatiana Pavlova. Here, could you? My name is Tatiana Pavlova. I am here on behalf of the plaza next to this spot, 613 West Hallandale Beach. I am here on behalf of the landlord and all of the tenants. And the question was about the setback. Setback is 15 feet, and they want to reduce it to the 10 feet. And in this case, our plaza is not going to be very visible from the road. So basically, this is the only one. objection from 15 feet to 10 feet. We would like to keep it 15 feet.

Right, so I appreciate your concern and observations. We're in quasi-judicial, so I can't go back and forth. We don't go back and forth in public hearing, but it's duly noted and on the record, so appreciate it, thank you. No other speakers at this point? Okay. We're good? No, ma'am. Okay. Public hearing is now closed. We'll open up for deliberation. Thank you for your concern. As you realize, the owner of the property is, and it's very frustrating even to me because I continue to hear this and we have it going on all around the city. and maybe it's a discussion for another day, or I'll have it with staff and the city manager of FDOT denying access. I didn't realize they can deny access to properties. That might be a legislative thing, but I don't wanna go back and forth, that's why I said it's for a later day, because it's happening all over the city. And to have that impacted, quite frankly, nobody's flying down Hallandale Beach Boulevard anyway. And as far as, if traffic was even slower, you know, FDOT to really deny, I just think it's wrong if I own a property that I'd be forced not to be given an access point. And we'll talk about it a later day. But I'm glad to see that the property, the parcel will be developed. I don't have any other buttons lit. If there's no questions or concerns, I'll entertain a motion.

Motion to approve with findings and conditions stated in the ordinance. Second. I have a motion and a second. I'm sorry. What? Okay.

All right.

Go ahead.

Second.

I have a motion and a second. I forgot to say that this is no fault of theirs. This is how they have to access their property.

Could I have a roll call, please? Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler. Yes. Commissioner Limitop. Yes. Vice Mayor Lazaro. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Okay. Next item. What?

Can I just...

Yeah, because it's a little frustrating and I don't think this young lady understands.

I just want to explain, Ms. Pavlova. So thank you for coming in. This hearing is quasi-judicial. We can only make a decision based on the evidence that's presented in front of us. And unfortunately, the only evidence we had for you, unfortunately, is the evidence that was presented by the applicant. And so that's the decision we have to make. So I just want you to know, appreciate you coming in, but when we go through these quasi-judicial, we sit here as judges and can only look at the evidence. So I hope it doesn't affect you. I don't think it will based on what we've heard from the city, but just a little piece of information for you for maybe next time. Thank you.

Tatiana, you can speak to this gentleman here in the second row. His name is Steven. and he'll give you some information about how what you're saying is not likely, or going to happen, rather. He'll get with you in a minute. We have something to do now with Stephen, but when we're done.

I just wanted to inform the commission that the condition for that one entry was instituted years ago by FDOT relating to the neighboring property, and this property owner has gone through the ringer in order to try to obtain access to his property at all. And so I understand her concerns fully, but I just want to express that that is completely within the State Department of Transportation, it's their, responsibility for why that has to be the way that is. There's really not much else we can do as far as the variance as far as where the turn had to be, it would affect the building size. So where the entrance is, that's because of FDOT. There's nothing we can do about that.

We all do the best we can.

Yes. And it happens all throughout the city this way. So. Okay, next item that we have is a resolution of the mayor and the city commission of the city of Hallandale Beach, Florida, considering application number CU2602361 and B2307357 by Everett Neely requesting conditional use permit and variances to construct... A 1,526 square foot addition to the existing multi-purpose building of St. Ann's Episcopal Church located at 701 Northwest 1st Avenue requesting variances relative to the house of worship for minimum required site area setback and separation from residential uses, maximum permitted gross floor area and a minimal landscape buffering. and providing for an effective date. This matter is quasi-judicial and there are certain guidelines which we must follow during the hearing. City Attorney, please outline the process.

Jesus has to be repeated because of the rules regarding . So bear with us, it's not our fault. The city is considering the named applications for this project which are being treated as quasi-judicial in nature. The commission must base its decision on the legal criteria detailed in the city code which are hereby incorporated into the record along with the cover memo and all of the exhibits. Your decision must be based on substantial competent evidence. Substantial competent evidence is evidence a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion. Public sentiment alone is not considered evidence, although facts raised by members of the public may be considered and addressed by the parties. The city may present a summary of the applications or it may be waived at the preference of the commission. The applicant may present their case or they may waive presentations. Members of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak because we have to follow rules of due process that allow the parties to respond and provide evidence. Members of the public will not get a second opportunity to speak. Thank you, Mayor. Oh, we have to wait for... We can't proceed.

Oh, okay. A couple minutes.

Do you want to learn that? She may not realize it. She does?

She might not.

She might not know.

I didn't even realize, and I'm sitting here looking. You know, it's so ridiculous. Like, look at this. Rowan Insurance, right? Okay. This was an other entrance, so they're denying that whole access to do a shared entrance to another building.

I don't know.

I mean, it's so ridiculous.

Generally speaking, on a road like Hanna Beach Boulevard, we want fewer access. Not really.

We're good? I'm sorry. Sorry about that. Yes, go ahead. Could you pull the commission? Yes, thank you.

Commissioner Adams, have you had any expertise communication with the applicant, objector, or anyone on this matter?

No, City Clerk.

Commissioner Butler, have you had any expertise communication with the applicant or anyone on this matter?

No, I have not.

Mayor Cooper, have you had any expertise communication with the objector or anyone on this matter?

No, I have not.

Commissioner Limital, have you had any expertise communication with the applicant, objector, or anyone on this matter? I have not. Vice Mayor Lassner, have you had any expertise communication with the applicant, objector, or anyone on this matter? Thank you. All individuals intended to testify in this hearing, please stand and raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that your testimony in this matter will be the truth and nothing but the truth? If so, please state, I do. I do. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Okay. Do we have, do we want to make any presentations on this item?

I make a motion to waive city presentation, staff presentation.

Do you need a second for that? No.

Consensus. Oh, sorry. And the applicant goes on record to say they'll waive presentations as well.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah, come on up.

No presentation, I promise you. But, hey, first and foremost, for the record, I'm Reverend Neely Senior Warden at St. Ann's Episcopal Church. Thank you all for the opportunity to finally get here because it's been four years. Wow. going through this process to reach this point so we're looking forward to the outcome of the vote obviously uh on behalf of the entire congregation a part of it i should say the remnant that's here tonight we all express that appreciation uh the packet is self-explanatory so we will certainly step back and let you all discuss it if you need to and vote on it but we're looking forward to getting this behind us so thank you thanks so much all right you're welcome

Any questions, concerns?

It is a public hearing.

Okay, this is a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on this item may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I will close the public hearing.

Why do you keep saying resolution?

I'll second it.

Because it's a resolution. Oh, I'm sorry, resolution.

Because it's a resolution.

I'm sorry. No, we're laughing. I'm sorry. Because it's a resolution. He laughed louder. I just chuckled. He made me laugh. Yeah.

It was funny again. I missed it.

It was really good. I was busy trying to work. Sorry. Good job. Feel free to say it now.

Good job. We should call it.

It's been a long day and I shouldn't even be laughing, but it was kind of funny because it's a resolution.

Could I have a roll call, please? Commissioner Limitop. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes.

commissioner adams yes commissioner butler yes motion carries 5-0 thank you madam congratulations oh my god yes i'm sorry it took so long but i guess you had to go through all the process and the planning and On another note, I remember when they actually added and extended and opened the school a while back. So I'm glad to see it successful and become a really beacon for young kids.

Looking forward to visit it one day. Thank you, yes.

Thank you all.

Thank you for your hard work. We appreciate you.

Okay. Next. Because it's red. That's going to be our new joke because it's resolution. You started it. Bad kid. Okay. This is a resolution on city business. Resolution. A disclosure of emergency purchase source, a source for Maine Chase Bank. What?

At Chase Bank.

At Chase Bank? For Chase Bank? Or a Chase Bank? Or a Chase Bank. Look at Jeremy's looking at it like, what is this? So we just need to know, do we have to adopt it because of...

It's just a required disclosure and it could go on consent and you guys can pull it if you want to talk about it, but it's just an item for discussion basically.

No, but do we have to approve it? So we acknowledge.

No, you do not have to approve it.

Oh my God. So that makes a lot of sense. Okay. 12. Police and Fire Pension Board appointment. City Clerk.

Yes, Madam Mayor. I just need your motion to approve. Second. I'm a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please? Sorry, I'm sorry. Hold on one second. I wasn't ready. Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Lazaro. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Okay, item C, elections tents and signs discussion sponsored by Commissioner Joy Adams.

Commissioner. Thank you, I just need clarification. I know August is coming up and they had that and they're gonna be having their tents and their signs, but what happens with our city with the November election? We have tents, are we allowed to put up signs? Are people going to campaign out there? How are we going to do this?

Just, and I know, just so everyone knows, we did have a workshop yesterday. Obviously, it's recorded and documented and noted. I, you know, we had a long day and then it ended kind of joyously, kind of, excuse, not because of me, but because of announcements. sorry so afterwards i'm thinking and and we had a discussion about um the city attorney is going to research whether or not our code department has to keep signs in the building rather than just getting rid of them after food for thought if people if the candidates agree to that through a written agreement maybe that's something to research that as far as if they're in violation you know that that type of thing um maybe that's something to look at but signs around city hall um and i don't know if we talked about that in and commissioner butler was there i think around city hall on our city hall property there should be no signs no signs whatsoever do you need that in the form of a motion and do we we have to bring back a resolution or a policy for that? I forget because it was a long day.

No, so the city's policies relating to the city hall property can be set administratively. So the city manager was seeking your guidance on what the commission's preference was for setting that, but they would not require a resolution or a policy.

um or a uh sorry a resolution or a motion unless you guys want to take a motion he can i want to take a motion so he said yeah this is adopted no signs around city hall not we can do signs around the city it's already yeah that's fine but okay now when wait let me do this first when we campaign you had to hold a sign with the stick right you had to be there right exactly you're going to do that you can still do that you cannot put in any ground I'll make a motion that we have a policy implemented by our city manager that disallows signs being erected anywhere on city hall property period.

We got that.

I want to make that motion. I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

For clarification, who made the motion? I did. Thank you, Madam. Vice Mayor Lazaro? Yes. Commissioner Limitop? Yes. Mayor Cooper? Yes. Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler?

Yes.

Motion carries 5-0. Thank you. I think during that conversation, we were going to delay even tense because the pluses and minuses, and we didn't have a consensus on... the argument being that is if you have a tent, at least if it's raining and it's hot, you have a place actually to be able for respite and having your stuff stored and snacks and so on and so forth. So I thought it was quite unusual as far as the implementation of those. That was a little sketchy too and the locations. I think that would need to be handled administratively. Apparently, or via the city clerk.

All right, all right. Because this doesn't matter right now. It doesn't really, yeah, it's not applicable at this point.

Well, no, the election's coming up. Yeah. And there's the early voting election. So people are anticipating being able to probably do this because they did it last time.

Anybody up here is anticipating that?

Well, how many tents are we allowed up? one per candidate as well.

There were 10 allotted last time, so I think that, may I? Sure. Sorry, I didn't put myself in queue, but if I'm not mistaken, in 2024, there were 10 spots allotted. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that was correct. That's correct. I think the implementation of... that candidates don't encroach on, so let's say I pay for my tent and there's another candidate, that everybody stays in their respective spots. Distance requirements. Distance requirement and everybody keeps their area clean and needs to clean up when they leave. I actually think I've been doing this for 10 years now, campaigning every two years. It really was the most pleasant and if implemented correctly with some other measures. I think it could be a more pleasant, less hostile campaign. environment in elections to come. But I do think that was, I think it was the city manager, if I'm not mistaken, through the mayor that came up with the idea of detents. And if I'm wrong, please let me know, but I'm pretty sure it was you. I thought it was a really, really great idea. It just needs to work out some kinks on behavioral guidelines. Okay.

right and that would be so the the motion would be to allow tents implement um an administrative policy for tents at city hall during early voting um but have uh guidelines uh behavioral guidelines and distance requirements between tent locations so this is the um

The last answer I wanna have to give you, because I as an attorney would love to be able to institute behavioral guidelines for a range of behaviors, but unfortunately, we would not be able to prohibit certain people from entering certain areas. you have to remember that the the area where the tents would be are public property they're public park grounds so it would be impossible for us to say you can't go into these this tent area there are certain behaviors that are already prohibited by our code but they as you all know they have a pretty high threshold for what we would need to prove that those behaviors have been violated. Unfortunately, and this is all just based on case law. So I would love to tell you yes, I wouldn't distance requirement. No, because you're talking about telling, if I understand correctly, we're talking about telling candidates that have a tent in one area that they can't intrude into the area of another tent area. And there is nothing in our code that would provide for that. I do not believe that that would be upholdable. I don't believe that it would be legal to do that because we are not allowed to restrict campaigning past the yellow line.

I have an idea. I have an idea. Let's table this and next year come back and have a workshop and table it and just no tense this year. Commissioner Adams proffered the no signs. We're all amenable to that. And sometime next year when we have a little bit of time, we'll come back and have a little workshop. Does that work?

I agree. And a friendly amendment, no communications tonight. How's that?

No, that's not going to happen. That's not going to happen. It's only 7.30. And you better behave. I'll talk for two hours. You'll do it anyway. Rude. Rude. Okay. So, wait. Are we going to say no tents this year?

No tents this year.

No tents this year. No tents. Are you fine with no tents because it impacts you too? No tents this year.

It doesn't impact either one of them. I know. Both of them.

And I just want to read the reason we can do that is we already have a citywide policy that we don't allow people to just put up tents on city property.

So that's why we can do that.

We allowed tents last time by waiving that policy under specific rules.

So we'll bring it back.

Okay. We're good? You're fine? No more discussion then because it's in policy already. Good.

We're all done. Okay. Is that a motion? For no tents?

There's no motion necessary. It's not required by law. It's not allowed by law.

No, but he wanted direction.

Oh, we are no tents. I'm going to make a motion. No tents on city property for elections.

This election season?

Correct.

So that includes the early voting and everything. No tents at all?

Correct.

Okay.

For this election season. This election.

I'll make that motion.

Second.

I got a motion and a second. Could I roll call?

Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Commissioner Lima-Topp. Yes. Vice Mayor Lazaro. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Thank you. Commissioner Adams, communications.

Mr. Earl.

i want to say thank you to your public works for the work that they did with this flood they were out there i got a phone call from a resident that said one of the workers was trying so hard to get to the flooded area that he went with his regular shoes on he didn't even put on the city boots to protect them so this resident asked me to make sure that you knew that with good staff that you have on public work so thank you very much thank you You're good?

Thank you, Commissioner.

Commissioner Butler, communications.

I wasn't going to let you talk anyway after harassing me.

Thank you, Mayor. I'm giving back my time to you.

Commissioner Lazaro. No, I'm Vice Mayor. Vice, oh, I'm sorry. Commissioner Annabelle.

I have none tonight.

Okay.

I know you do.

Well, I have a few because I have to do a few. Yes, of course. I was talking about them, so. No, of course.

You left the party early.

Vice, I'm sorry, Vice Mayor Lazaro.

So yeah, I just want to talk about Parkview Drive and the work that, not Parkview, yes, Parkview, the work that's been going on that started from the assessment. So just, so the other day I was pulling out and I did not realize that there were so many bulb outs that we're doing for that street that there were bollards all over the street and one side of the street looked like you could not park at all. So I went into a panic attack and called the city manager like 8.30 at night and I said, what are we doing? We can't build out all these, you know, bulbs and bulb outs. And then he goes, no, you guys approve that. And I said, yeah, well, we didn't approve removing all these parking spaces on the street because this is where everybody parks their second car. We have a parking program. And I started to hyperventilate because everything was already in cement. And I found out, just so everybody knows if you get a call, that those are where we had no parking to begin with. That's where all the striping was. So I did not realize how much of that street you could not already park on. That's good news. But I want to commend William. Is that his name, JT? William. So JT was in panic mode and called me with the city manager on Monday morning and said, well, I was in panic mode. You got pulled into panic mode. And they tried to tell me that they were not removing spaces, and I just couldn't believe it. And so when I went out, I finally calmed down when they first told me that. And then I went back out. And I was like, no, I don't believe them. I don't think they know what they're talking about. I think they're really wrong. They don't understand. And city manager kept saying, you approved it. And I said, stop saying that because this cannot be. I cannot tell these people. Anyway, I tell you all of this to commend this. What is his position, JT? Inspector. William. The first time I met him, he was parked on the street. He was watching everything. He was engaged, and I went over, and I didn't acknowledge who I was right away, and I just said, you know, I have concerns, and he was so helpful. He was so nice, and I told him who I was, and he walked, and then he showed me Google Earth, and I just told him that I was going to mention it because, you know, when we have somebody that's outstanding, I really wanted to let you know and let the department know that he was... above and beyond. So I want to thank you for that. The other thing is everybody's an engineer now on my property. They're all licensed engineers. But one of the guys was concerned, and I spoke to Chief Fucci, and I will certainly pass this along to the resident, that they are concerned that these enormous fire trucks will not be able to get through the street or access the buildings. And so I did confirm that we do not sign off on anything until, especially something of this magnitude, until we would be sure that that would not happen. So just letting you know the update of what's going on on that block. Haven't gotten any calls yet from people that are saying, how long is this going to be going on? And I have to tell you, it is... It's rough. I mean, it is really rough. Have you driven down, Kathy? Yeah, okay. Well, you're only going to 200, right? Okay, well, you gotta come down to the end and see what's going on. But I just, I was making a joke in the meeting the other day, but I was like rehearsing in the shower what I'm gonna say when people, because that's where I do my best thinking, what I'm gonna say when people come and start complaining about this assessment being on their tax bill. in the coming tax year that I'm gonna remind them of everything that's going on over there because they're gonna say, why isn't the city funding this? And I'm gonna say, let me ask you, where else in the city do you see this kind of work going on? Do you see this anywhere else where we're redoing the street, we're redesigning, we're remilling, we're putting all new sewage. Sweet. Why am I blanking? Pipes, pipes. I'm talking. Stormwater, thank you. Shut up.

Shut up.

We've been gone for six weeks, okay? I have a lot to make up for. But I'm giving the update because I think it's important. She lives there. You guys might start getting calls. So I just wanted to tell you that. Oh, you know what, Mike? Forget it. I don't want to talk anymore. You totally messed her train of thought. I'm sorry. You two are ganging up on me tonight. I'm done. I have nothing else to say.

I thought that was great information. Thank you.

No.

No joke aside, it is invasive, but it's going to be beautiful. It is. And most...

And we get to plant more trees, right?

With all the hot water and whatever people complained and how they showed up for 200 bucks a year for four years, though.

No, I was saying more that they were going to complain.

Yeah, they're going to all complain. They're all going to complain. Okay, first off, I am going to start out with, and I... One more thing.

Women in distress. Oh, yeah. Women in distress drive 17th. Monday, August 17th to Human Services, 9 to 1. Please bring everything there. Perfect. We're good? If you think anything else, it's fine.

You're still here. We're not going anywhere. First of all, I wanted to thank Dr. Earle and all staff, particularly our PIO and Vanessa for their hard work on our Hallandale Beach Faith, what did I say, Vanessa? I apologize. Great job.

Vanessa, thanks for helping Faith out.

Yes.

And yesterday I had an opportunity, and, you know, Dr. Earle is very humble and diligent, but I said, this has to make you proud. Has to make you proud. Proud.

It should. Yeah, it's impressive.

Excellent. It's impressive.

I know it's a team, and it was all teamwork, but what was the saying? It's an unhappy frog that doesn't sing in its own pond.

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.

You never heard it? No, it's a good one. It's a good one, but ribbit, ribbit, ribbit. Okay, but thank you, and it's really well written. All my colleagues' comments were well written. It was really nice. Really nice. Really, really nice.

Very nice pictures.

Not in a particular order.

Nice graphs. Well done.

I will be sharing an email. You brought up Golden Isles undergrounding today, that $8 million, which is great. Thank God it's locked in. I got a good letter, an email in regards to it. I realize not everybody was copied on it, that they're already starting some of the strategic planning for it. Did you see it? Did everybody get copied individually on it then? No. Maybe? Okay. I'll make sure you guys get that. But I thought that was really great news that they were bringing it forward. Really quickly in a nutshell, because I don't know, I don't think you were here for the conversation. I had asked before. Broward County has the Solid Waste Working Group. Those of you that may or may not recall, they wanted $300,000 for our city to join the working group. And that was right when we were getting through fiscal solvency. And quite frankly, I always say we are haulers. We're not a municipality. We're not the corporation. We are haulers. No, I didn't support it. And thank God you guys didn't either. Lo and behold, they've reduced the buy-in for this. And I have discussed it in the past. Dr. Earle said I should make it in a form of a motion. that we officially, since it's only a dollar per capital, which would be $44,000 to join and have a seat at the table of the solid working group for Broward County.

Motion to approve.

Motion and a second. Could I have a roll call? Told you I had work to do.

Well done.

Commissioner Butler?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Lazaro. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Motion carries 4-0. Thank you, Madam Clerk.

And I forget, and I don't even want to bring up this work. Did I have to do anything on the fence or just say that we are going? No, you don't have to do anything. Okay. All right.

It's coming back.

It's coming back. Okay. All right. Thank you. That was good. But I do want to give a shout out in reference. And Chief Michael, I had an opportunity to meet one of the park rangers, Alan. He is who? Yeah. amazing really great staff very caring personable i think that program is really really fitting and um hopefully you know people will get it our parks are for enjoyment but we will not deal with disrespect vandalism of our property and we are watching whoever's listening or watching so thank you for that and putting that that group together um I didn't get a chance to talk to Dr. Ruhl about it, but I'm going to bring it up. I had a request. You know, Jeff Sofer owns, of course, the Big Easy. Apparently, they are under construction for their water park. They would like permission, and staff may be aware of it. I don't even know if it was brought up or not. They have behind this, there's a big facility that used to be for the dogs and all the maintenance. They would like to work with the city or have permission, and I don't know what that would look like, to be able to store the slides while they're doing construction.

Oh, I do, I love it.

Pardon me?

I said I love it.

Okay, but they're not installing them here, so that was one of the caveats. I said I'll ask only if I'm getting a slide in a water park in Hallentill too, but how would that look like? Is that something that's permissible or not permissible, or does it need a, because it was mentioned that they had used that property for storage before, but I don't know if they did that through permission. I don't have an objection with it. It's like a short period of time. but what's the deal? Go ahead, I'm sorry.

Vanessa Leroy, DSC Director. So I don't believe it is permissible. We would have to look into it. First thing that comes to mind is temporary use potentially, but we'd have to get more information.

I haven't heard from- All right, more information, but I do at least, so our colleagues think, I think we should actually, one of the largest landlords in our city, if it's something that will help expedite things, I don't have an objection to it, But if we could bring something back on the item and I'll get more information and get it to you and to the director.

They're also going to be doing demolition as well. Correct. Yeah.

So they're going to be doing work and all that kind of stuff. I don't even know where they're at with you. That was a whole other conversation. I'm like, okay. yep so okay so i i personally and i couldn't talk with my colleagues about it if you want to find out more about it i would suggest it but i wanted to at least have an open conversation because i think it's like a timely matter no yes no okay madam mayor if you can ask him to please send the written request with all of the information to staff I will make sure you get it.

So they can determine if a variance is going to be required because you can't waive that by motion on the commission.

I know. I know we can't, but if at least it's something that we can, if it's not that difficult. All right. You're hearing me. You know what I mean? I was just trying to get the ball rolling a bit for them.

Vice Mayor, may I have your vote for the Broward Solid Waste Group? Sure. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, thanks.

I need to make a motion for a travel money.

Yes.

There's no objection from the pool money to cover my additional. I'll ask for that request. I'll make it inform a motion. Do I have a second? I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call please?

Vice Mayor Lazaro? Yes. Commissioner Nematog? Yes. Mayor Cooper? Yes. Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler?

Yes.

Mr. Karras, 5-0. We also discussed briefly, now I forget, this one, the letter we received from Edelson Law Firm. I had sent the information to... attorney Moreno, I would like to make a motion that we direct the city attorney to do further research, but if it's appropriate to do a letter not objecting, but I forget the verbiage, what we had talked that we want you to look at.

I don't think this needs a motion right now. I'll tell you our next meeting. I do not believe it needs a motion right now. I will reach back out to them. They have not provided anything specific that they would like this commission to consider, like specific. And so I'm gonna reach out to him. I'm gonna reach out to him tomorrow and say, you know, please provide me what kind of item or instrument you want the commission to consider. Fine by me.

I just knew we had to pick it up and it's something that they're trying working on it. We already did the selection stuff, that's done.

Madam Mayor? Yes. North City Beach motion, facility improvements, programming, and marketing. I need your motion.

That was moving the 250 from the... Yeah, to increase for North Beach, improvements for North Beach and any other... So may I have the motion?

So I'm happy to make the motion. I do at one point want us to have a conversation about what our budget is for the anniversary.

So we- Oh, let me talk about that, because you missed that conversation.

Well, so I just want to say we've had, yes, I do want to hear what you have to say. So we have, we voted, I think, 70,000 for the South Beach events. We voted for 100,000 for SOFAR. Was that 100,000 for SOFAR? What is the- So we have 70 at South Beach, 100 for so far, and 250 for North Beach.

Wait, wait, wait. And I know we're kind of trying to rush to get out. A lot of money. For the what? 150 for the 100th.

So we have 100 for so far, 70 for the South Beach, 250 for what we're just now talking about now, and you have another 250?

Microphone? Thank you.

We have 250 budgeted coming into this fiscal year for the planning for the 100-year celebration.

Okay, but I guess the total budget for the entire event if we include SOFAR, which is part of it, if we include it, the South Beach 70,000 that I think, I don't, 80,000 for next year, and then now another 250,000 in upgrades to the North Beach facility?

Upgrades in advertising and marketing. I'll make it the motion. The motion is to take $250,000 for the additional activation of North Beach City Park to include the upgrades with furniture, furnishings. Also, the discussion was including banners and other forms of advertisement to get the word out on the event.

So an additional $250,000? Let's move from. Wait, where did you get that number?

From earlier discussion today during the budget.

Okay.

Up to, we'll make it an up to. Does that make you feel better?

Is that what the park director thinks she needs?

That was for us to put furniture and to do events at the North Beach facility, right?

Yeah, that was a recommendation.

That also upgrades the elevator? Is that part of the elevator? No, no, that's separate.

That's separate. The elevator is separate.

Mm-hmm.

That was a discussion.

I'll change the language to say up to, depending on what they do for advertising and everything else.

Listen, if it helps us get something going with the North Beach Facility, I'm fine to support it.

Okay, up to. I just changed the language. I make that motion. I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler?

Yes.

Commissioner Dimitrov? Yes. Vice Mayor Lazaro. Mayor Cooper.

Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The other, I don't know, and I'm not going to go too far into this story, but this is an other, I'll put it this way. I don't know if everybody watched with Surfside and they were doing actually underground infrastructure and the buildings were rumbling. I had, and there was a discussion that vibration monitors, now a lot of people automatically do this and I guess more is the question. Are we requiring construction to put up monitoring if they are digging and doing underground infrastructure as far as vibration monitors? Or is that something we just do by choice? Do you know? Is it part of our code or requirement? Okay. If it is not, I would like to make a motion that we look to direct our staff and our city attorney to look into what we can do for a code that will require When we are doing digging, underground digging, and there's large-scale construction going on, I don't even know what that would look like at this point because we've had it with the lift stations, that the contractor would be required to put vibration monitors in during the construction.

all of that stuff, yeah.

Yeah, she's just talking about expanding the scopes in our solicitations to include, contractually include certain protective measures when we do construction moving forward for vibration monitoring and that kind of thing.

I have a motion and a second, you can, yeah. I have a motion and a second, obviously. We already included some, this would just expand it. Yeah, we do some, it's just kind of expanding kind of the policy. So I have a motion and a second.

Could I have a roll call? Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Lazarum. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Motion carries 5-0.

Thank you. I think that's all my other, unless I forgot anything.

No? I covered it all?

We're good. Oh, no, we didn't. At the end of the meeting yesterday, it was discussed, and I know that we kind of, and I'd like to work with you collectively on it, for the 250th anniversary of my colleagues gave like the blessing or whatever, a curse to work directly, um, as chair and working on the 250th anniversary, but still a hundredth anniversary, hundredth anniversary. Um, but still we would do a community forum. We would have a workshop and do all that stuff. So, um, as far as the budget, I would leave it intact, but, um, look forward to working and getting that done and moving forward. keeping in mind that we wanted to do different engagements around the city probably, but let's get some input, work with our wonderful staff and some community members, and get it done. Does that work for you? Okay, good.

Madam Mayor, you need to make a motion for anything.

I'll make a motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call?

I would like a detailed motion.

The detailed motion is to reaffirm that the, um, 250th anniversary 100th. Why do I keep saying 200th anniversary that, um, IV assigned as like an honorary chair of that event, but worked directly with the commission, the community and our staff to formulate a plan and activate what, um, the majority of people would like to see.

How's that?

I'm all for it, and if you wanna plan the 250th, you can do that too. I'm all for it.

Wait, we can have a ghost party at the cemetery.

There you go, that'll work.

We can have a ghost party.

I have a motion, do I have a second? Yes, I was the second.

Roll call. Vice Mayor Lazaro? Yeah. Commissioner LeWittob? Yes. Mayor Cooper? Yes. Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler? Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Okay.

City attorney. Welcome back, everyone. No comments this evening. We need a vacation.

No comments.

No comments.

So I have one comment. It's not really a comment. JT, if you can come up. I'd like to introduce and ask JT to introduce our new city engineer. Yay. Mr. Robert Lawler. So JT.

Good evening. I would love to introduce Robert Lawler. He is our new city engineer. He comes with a lot of municipal experience, specifically utility experience, construction experience. He's already made a great impact in our operations. He's digging right in. He's getting to know the nuts and bolts of all of our projects, and he is going to be an outstanding employee. You know how you get that feeling about people? Then when they get here, you actually see the questions that they ask, the involvement that they get in. He was already instrumental in finding a panel that relates to Shaves Lake and the SCADA system that was overgrown in the woods. And he's like, he wanted to figure out how does the whole system work because we're doing a lot with Shades Lake. And he's already like, no, I need to see it. I want to see how it functions. So he is going to be a great addition. I'm going to let him give you a little bit of a hello and introduce maybe a little bit about his background.

Welcome. Welcome to Hallandale. Thank you.

Good evening. Thank you, Mayor, commission members, city manager, attorney. Yes, so my name is Robert Lawler. I'M GLAD TO JOIN THE CITY OF HOLLANDALE BEACH. PRIOR TO THIS, I SPENT THE PREVIOUS SIX YEARS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF ORANGE CITY UP IN VOLUSHA COUNTY. THERE, I SERVED THREE YEARS AS UTILITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, OVERSEEING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER, WASTE WATER SYSTEMS THERE, RECLEAN WATER. SO VERY SIMILAR SETUP TO HOLLANDALE BEACH. LESS STORM WATER. before that i've had construction experience being their acting city engineer their construction manager and then prior to that spent some time in orange county utilities learning from you know one of the larger utilities in the state of florida and i spent a few years working in rural sumter county where the villages are as a project engineer so have a little bit of column a and column b and Hope I can bring my well-rounded background to help out the citizens here and help see through the mission that you guys have set forth. So glad to have you. Thank you.