City Commission - Regular Meeting

very nice two zero two six zero nine one zero r city clerk tonight's music selection made by our own city attorney pyburn was what a wonderful award by louis armstrong what was the inspiration city manager arnold tarrell uh this is my son's favorite jazz artist and it's just a great song

Thank you.

As we begin, we kindly ask that all mobile devices be silenced. To ensure the best possible sound quality, please speak clearly and directly into your microphone and remember to mute your microphone when you're not speaking. Should anyone experience difficulty hearing at any time, please raise your hand and a hearing device will be provided to you. Thank you for your cooperation. Please call the roll. Commissioner Rydell. Present. Commissioner Welch.

Here.

Commissioner Raley.

Good evening.

Vice Mayor Brody. Here. Mayor Wasserman. Here. City Manager Rose.

Here.

City Attorney Pieburn.

Here.

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Thank you, City Attorney. First, before we get going, a huge shout out to the city for an incredible 9-11 memorial we just had at 6 o'clock outside. For those of you who are here who are able to join us, very proud of our city manager, our Parks and Rec Department, our Public Works, our administrative staff, our police, and our fire for just a really special ceremony. Now I'm going to kick it over to the Vice Mayor for a proclamation recognizing September 15th, 2026 is World Lymphoma Awareness Day. Vice Mayor will read the proclamation into the record, and we will send the proclamation in the mail to the organization.

Thank you, Mayor. Whereas lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphomic system and includes many different subtypes that can affect people of all ages. And follicular lymphoma is the most common form of indolent or slow-growing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and accounts for approximately one in five lymphoma diagnoses in the United States. And whereas the median age at diagnosis for follicular lymphoma is approximately 64 years, and oh man, I'm way younger than that. And whereas half the patients are diagnosed at stage three or four, yet advances in treatment have contributed to an overall five-year relative survival rate of nearly 89%. And although follicular lymphoma can often be successfully managed for many years, patients may experience periods of monitoring, treatment, remission, and reoccurrence, underscoring the importance of continued research and innovative therapies and patient support. And whereas World Lymphoma Awareness Day is observed annually on September 15 as a global initiative of the Lymphoma Coalition to increase awareness and understanding of the lymphoma and the experiences of those affected by the disease and the 2026 campaign, Navigating Lymphoma and CLL Together, emphasizes the importance of reliable information, compassionate care, and strong support throughout the diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and beyond. And the campaign message, No Patient Travels Alone, recognizes the vital role of families, caregivers, health care professionals, researchers, advocates, and communities in support of the affected by lymphoma. And the City of Coconut Creek joins communities around the world in honoring those living with lymphoma and recognizing survivors, caregivers, and remembrance of those who have lost to the disease and supporting to continue the progress in research, treatment, and care. Now, there it be resolved that the City Commission of the City of Coconut Creek hereby proclaim September 15, 2026 as World Lymphoma Awareness Day, signed by the Mayor, Vice Mayor, and the Commission, and attested to by the City Clerk.

A little personal note, if I may, Mayor?

For the record, I am younger than 64, so it is a little bit of a shock when I found out. I start radiation treatments in two weeks to burn the lymph node out and move on with my life from there. It was a little devastating. I give my wife a lot of credit for putting up with me and going to all the effort to put a very strict diet in place to help me slow down the cancer cells. And hopefully after this radiation treatment, I won't have to talk about this for another 10 to 15 years. So thank you, everybody, for being patient. And I appreciate it.

We will now have input from the public on non-agenda items. I remind everyone wishing to speak that all comments must pertain to city business. Respect and proper decorum will be maintained. Behavior that disrupts the orderly conduct of this meeting, such as clapping, shouting, booing, and cheering, is not permitted. Any person who violates the decorum rules will be subject to remove from the commission chambers. And as a reminder, all comments must pertain to city business. When you come forward to speak, please unmute the microphone, state your name and address clearly. for the record and mute the microphone when you're done speaking City Clerk Cavanaugh is there anyone who signed on to speak on non-agenda items no public input not at this time mayor sorry I got a I got a sticky note as you but I'm sorry I should let's rewind is there anything um all right thank you is there anyone um here who would like to speak on a non-agenda item okay we'll now move to a regular agenda a motion approving the minutes from previous city commission meetings two zero two six dash zero eight one three w s and two zero two six dash zero eight one three r is there a motion to second to approve the item oh okay so we have a move by the vice mayor and seconded by commissioner welch but i think she did it at the same time yeah so yeah Thank you, Jackie. Sorry. It's OK. Are there any questions or comments from the City Commission? City Clerk, any members of the public here to speak on the item? Not at this time, Mayor. Is there anyone who would like to speak on the item? Please call the roll.

Commissioner Rydell? Yes. I'll say that again. I'm sorry. Commissioner Rydell. Yes, Joseph. Thank you. Commissioner Welch?

Yes.

Commissioner Raley?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Brody?

Yes.

Mayor Wasserman? Yes.

Resolution 2026-108, a resolution appointing one regular member to the Civil Service Board to fill the remainder of the vacated term ending with the next appointment in April 2027. Is there a motion and a second? Move it. Second. Moved by Commissioner Riedel, seconded by Commissioner Raley. Is there anyone who's signed on to speak on this item?

Not at this time, Mayor.

Are there any nominations? I would, yeah, I mean, yeah.

So first of all, I think this is an extraordinarily important board, and I think the applicants we have are extraordinarily qualified, and I think we have people that have been involved in the city for a number of years. We actually have a graduate of our recent Citizens Academy who has been to meetings and been very engaged in the process. I would make a nomination for Nicole Hall.

SECOND. SECOND.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. SHE'S NOT HERE THOUGH?

SHE'S NOT HERE THOUGH? NO. NO.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD A NOMINATION OF NICOLE SO WE HAD A NOMINATION OF NICOLE HALL. HALL. WE HAD A SECONDED BY WE HAD A SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WELCH. COMMISSIONER WELCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER? ARE THERE ANY OTHER? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. are no other nominations oh you want to make a nomination i'm sorry please put on your mic thank you i'd like to nominate gail warrell gail warrell yes she's here is there a second for that nomination i'll second that Okay, so we have a Nicole Hall nominated and a Gail Worrell, is that correct?

Sorry, I know her as Gail Worrell. Sorry, Gail.

It was Gail Daniel. Gail Daniel. Thank you. OK. All right. So now that there's two, do we have any discussion? I mean, Vice Mayor, you said you wanted to have a discussion?

I think there needs to be a discussion. Microphone. I think if Commissioner Raley nominated, I would like to see what her stance is on it.

Yeah, I think Gail has been a, she's a graduate of the Citizens Academy. She has volunteered for several positions for the city. I think she's very enthusiastic about coming to represent the city. So that's why I had nominated Gail.

And then Commissioner, would you like to share about Nicole Hall? The Vice Mayor wanted some information.

Yeah, absolutely. She's a civil servant in government. She chose to move here to raise a family. She's made it a point since graduating from the Citizens Academy wanting to be engaged. And I don't really like any of this, because I think everyone that wants to be engaged in government has a total role to do that. So I think it's a little awkward for that. But I know Ms. Hall intended to be here this evening, but due to the nature of her government service, I don't want to out what she professionally does. It's a redacted resume. She had the inability to do that. i'm a supporter since her desired engagement post citizens academy thank you commissioner again i think it's extraordinarily important that any of these boards and i think we go through this and lament in the process with anything i appreciate anybody that wants to be active and it's really difficult to make decisions because people sit in the audience and want to be engaged and i think that's one of the most admirable things you could do to be a volunteer so i admire all three individuals that applied and i think all three individuals resumes are significant

Thank you, Commissioner. For the seat, I did appoint Troy, who unfortunately cannot do this seat anymore. So I guess I'll be the tiebreaker in this. Nicole Hall will be my selection for this seat. Please call the roll. So there's a motion and a second.

madam city attorney i believe we have a motion in a second on two different people and it shouldn't isn't it a call for a vote in terms of the selection of the individual commissioner correct thank you madam city attorney do we have a motion and a second for nicole hall yeah we did that i think that i think right right and i think it's a call for your selection it's a vote for a name correct can we call vote for nicole hall

OK, so say who you would like, Commissioner Rydell. Ms. Hall.

While I feel all are definitely qualified, I am going to post a vote for Nicole Hall.

Just keep moving.

Ready for me? Mm-hmm. Oh, yes. Gail Warrell, Danielle.

And I will be voting for Gail. Nicole Hall.

All right, thank you. We will now move on to an annual report by Chief of Police Fred Hofer to the City Commission regarding the school zone safety enforcement program. Chief?

Good evening, commissioners, vice mayor, mayor, city manager, city attorney, and city clerk. This report is mandated by the state once a year, and this report does cover up to the end of our previous school season into August. So this beginning of this school season will be covered in the next report. The report that was uploaded and attached to the agenda item report, I believe, is thorough and covers the beginning parts of the program quite well. However, I did want to just highlight a couple of things. First, the police department is absolutely monitoring changes with these systems, these cameras, the same thing with the flock system. And we've begun to take a look internally to checks, balances, our own policies. And we're monitoring the situation carefully. And we're willing to make or looking to make adjustments as deemed necessary in the future. A couple of weeks ago, Commissioner Rydell did ask the vendor. We had the vendor here from Red Speed. And Commissioner Rydell asked him a couple of questions. One was about the number of citations and the inconsistencies in the citations as to where they would go, where they were, whether they were in limbo, the number of violations, and such. Police Department does keep track of all that. We have access to that. And this report does reflect accurate numbers that do coincide with the initial citations or notice of violations of 445. So they're broken down on page two of the report. That's really all I wanted to cover. I think the report does speak for itself, but I'm willing to answer any questions you may have.

We'll just go down the line. We'll start with the commissioner at the end.

I guess it's a, I don't want to say a dovetail conversation on last week, but it's going to just be a succinct question. Fred, who have you, Chief, who have you delineated to be in charge of the Red Speed?

Captain Fred Shelton is over the division and he monitors it. He's the one I go to for everything. But we do have a new sergeant, Moritz, who's also over.

I'm with you completely on that. But who is the conduit?

Captain Shelton.

Okay. So then my question is going to be very simple, not directed on our department. Have we made it clear to Red Speed who is the conduit for our department? Yes. Okay. Has Red Speed reached out to Captain Shelton with any issues that they're having on the city side, whether from installation, implementation, or citation?

I think the issue was it's a new process. This is something new to the county. We're kind of forging the... The ground because it's something new there were some hiccups along the way Because the county was having issues with revocable lease agreements Which never existed and as we went through the process it the process changed as we moved forward I think now it's made very clear as to what's expected of the city and expected from the county and we're resetting and starting over And instead of having two revocable lease agreements, now we're going to have one. And I think we know where we stand. So I think it's very clear, as me being the conduit for the city and the police department, with Redspeed, we're clear as to where we need to go. And it's expected when they do their Meeting with you in November, that they're going to be very clear as to what the due date is and when they expect this to be installed and completed so we can be fully operational.

So I have such a tremendous amount of respect for you, so I'm going to be very clear and concise. I'm going to ask the question again.

Sure.

Because you're the best, legitimately the best. Has Red Speed communicated any issues on the city side with you? No. That's the question. That's what I needed to know. I have nothing further. Thank you.

So yes, it was very disappointing, too, when they came before us at the last meeting. And I didn't feel then, and I don't now, that it was a reflection on what was happening within our own city representation. Is the holdup from their submission for their plans or permits to the county?

The holdup basically was the highway department, they have an engineer and they have a person that approves two sides of that revocable lease agreement. And when getting it to them, each one had their own expectation of what they expected. And every time we made a change, it didn't coincide with what the city had requested. And because of the lack of communication, there was a breakdown. And that pretty much what delayed the process. And trust me, it was aggravating for me because I came up each Each time to commission explaining. Hey, this is one. I believe based on the In the direction we're headed that we'd be completed by now and so it's just as aggravating to me that it's not and The delay is basically like I said, this is something new for both the city and the county and that's pretty much where we're at most cities Depending on where they're placing them, if it's not on a county road, it's very easy. Our city ones are up and running. It's when dealing with the county, because of their process, we have to follow their process and ours. So I just think that we understand ourselves better as to where we need to go and what needs to be done.

This is a follow-up to the last meeting. In your conversations with them, to whomever you deal with, do you feel that they know that they're on notice, that by November these things should be active and up and running?

Listen, I'm very direct. I was very clear as to what was expected. I was disappointed when I left the meeting, and I felt somewhat embarrassed because I didn't mean for them to feel like they got set up. And they are very clear as to what my expectation is. and they don't want to disappoint us because we've been very good with the process so they know exactly what needs to be done thank you thank you very much thank you yeah you might as well stay there thanks um are they the only game in town They're not, but they are readily used throughout the entire state.

Okay.

Every county is different as to what the process is, so it's just dealing with Broward County right now based on the expectations that Broward has, even though the state may not require certain things, Broward County does.

Okay. Now, do you think, and I know this is strictly speculation, but do you think that this whole debacle with FLOC, Do you think that possibly had some impact on stalling our permits?

No, because there are two different types of systems.

Okay. And I'd also like to state for the record that Coconut Creek has no cameras on state roads.

That is correct.

Okay, thank you.

That's all I got.

Yes, ma'am, a flock.

Sure. I just want to couch my comments very, very succinctly and clearly. Our police department has done everything we could do to facilitate this. Our development team has done everything we could do to facilitate this. So my issue dovetails on my issue a meeting ago that we gave somebody a contract two years later. They're not living up to the expectations of the contract. It's that simple. So I'm not diminishing the product. They're not the only game in town. But we committed to something. And what bothers me, and again, to Madam City Attorney's point, I'm not trying to get into an issue on a pending contract and things like this, but I have no problem saying it. If you're having an issue, if you're having an issue with installation, if you're having an issue with permitting, The people in this room can help with that. Our city manager can help with that. Our city attorney can help with that. You can help with that. But the fact that you answered my question, and I wasn't putting you on the spot, it's never been communicated to us, is the frustrating point. Because I'll tell you this right now. I was on a call at the end of last week with a council member from Plantation. From approval of their contract to installation to over $10 million. three months on city property come on we're two years in same company so it's not you guys and i'm not putting it on you guys i'm just saying the frustrating point you answered my question like what what are we doing and if we're not doing the right thing then we need to reconsider that so i'll leave that to the city manager to discuss but that's the reality i don't want to belabor the point on a on a shorty

Yeah, it just seems like it's a song and dance with them. And you're dealing with it a lot more than we are, right? Because you're in the trenches with them in a sense, right? Going through the motions, going through this. So to understand, November is when everything is supposed to be up and running. November of 2026?

That's what's expected. If it's not, then we'll have to revisit that. I can't promise

Has that been the expectation timeline from the get-go?

Expectation should have been done a lot sooner. Right. I can tell you the problem's not with us, the police department of the city. We've done everything in the past. I've been backwards to try to get things done. and dealt with utilities and engineering on our side, and we've basically spoon-fed the company to try to get it right. But I will tell you that the Red Speed did, and to defend Red Speed, they did change engineering companies because they were having a problem with the engineering company we were utilizing because they've never done this before. So there are different engineering companies working for Red Speed for different cities at the same time because they hired more than one.

Got it. So, oh yeah, Sheila Poppin.

Just as Fred mentioned, they have brought in a new engineering team and it's because we were quite disappointed with the quality of the work from the previous engineering team. When this became a thing around Broward County, it appears they overextended themselves and they overextended their engineering contracts. Part of the reason why we asked them to come here was to introduce the new team and to recommit to getting it done. So that was clearly our mission.

When was the change, when did they change companies, or engineers? When did that happen?

Probably a month before coming to see the mission. It was just, literally they had already paid the company to do the work, so they were expecting it to get done. And at some point where they just got frustrated, they terminated the contract with that engineering company. So it was literally months before seeing us.

So they're saying with the new engineering company coming in August, that they will be able to meet the demands and catch up from the other company by November?

That is correct, because the person the project manager had in place has done this already, and he was the one that worked in Plantation to get their cameras in on county roads. So he's very familiar with the process. OK.

Commissioner Railey.

I just have a question about are we manually monitoring the schools that don't have the cameras?

traffic officer out there enforcing the laws that we have for the schools that are not being monitored by our speed zone cameras so they can pay special attention to those areas yeah kind of takes away from the areas that we have these cameras in so yes these other schools are getting closer attention great thank you and also do we have any time frame did we get any time frame from red uh Again, when the Vice President was here, he mentioned that by November, so I'm putting his feet to the fire for that.

Okay, thank you.

I'm asking for consensus from the Commission to put on the November meeting where Redspeed is presenting whether or not we want to continue the contract with Redspeed.

I give consensus.

It's consensus to discuss whether to continue with the contract. We specifically signed a contract. They gave us an anytime out. But if their presentation is not what we expect, that's my request for consensus this evening.

I'd like to ask our city attorney, Pyburn, if I can, would you fully update us in the meantime of what the ramifications could or would be? Sure. Okay. Thank you. Then I give consensus.

I think if Red Speed is coming back to us with the November date, I think we should at least give them November and then maybe ask for consensus for December.

The only reason I say it is if they're coming back, they came back, disappointing meeting. If they're coming back in November and it's disappointing, I would love to have an agenda item that we could make a move.

Sure, as long as they have the right to present before we make our consensus.

But it's also important because if they don't meet the demands of the November deadline, it's important for us to at least have this conversation in November when we're promised a certain thing. And that's why I'm okay with the consensus.

Okay.

Okay. Anything else?

No.

Thank you. We will now have Resolution 2026-142, a resolution approving the Cayman Village Condominium Association application for matching grant funds from the Neighborhood Enhancement Grant Program for Energy Conservation Enhancement. Is there a motion to second?

Move it. Second. Mr. Mayor, at this time, I'd like to recuse myself because of my relationship with Windmar.

UNDERSTOOD. IT WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER IDELL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WELCH AND COMMISSIONER RAYLEIGH HAS RECUSED OR AS WE SAY RECUSED HERSELF FROM THIS ITEM. SHE'S GOING TO THE BATHROOM. SHE'LL BE BACK.

Good evening, Justin Proffitt, RDD Director. I'll be brief. We do have the representatives from the neighborhood, from the Conjo Association here. This is a request for $6,537.60. They're proposing an energy conservation enhancement for new lighting fixtures. They'll be replacing the older ones with new LED environmentally friendly fixtures. Total cost of the project is $13,075.20. THE PROJECT DOES MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION? CITY CLERK, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? NOT AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC? ARE PEOPLE FROM CAMON VILLAGE HERE TODAY?

HELLO.

Hello, hello. Well, if there's no further questions or comments, we will call the roll.

Commissioner Rydell? Yes. Commissioner Welch? Yes. Vice Mayor Brody? Yes. Mayor Wasserman? Yes.

Congratulations to the Cayman Village Condominium Association. We will now welcome back Commissioner Raley. And we will go to resolution 2026-143, a resolution approving the Tall Trees Homeowners Association application for matching grant funds from the Neighborhood Enhancement Grant Program for a beautification project. There's a motion to second. Moved by Commissioner Rydell, seconded by Vice Mayor Brody. Justin.

All right. This is a landscaping enhancement project. And this one is requesting $10,800 from the Neighborhood Enhancement Program. They are proposing to buffer their eastern property line along Lyons Road with 540 Colusia hedges. And the total project cost for this project is $21,600. And it does meet the requirements and criteria of the NEG program, and staff recommends approval. And our gentleman here is from the neighborhood here tonight.

Sure, you can.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M MARK, I PRESIDE OVER THE HOA AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 28 YEARS IN THAT HOME. SO THIS IS VERY NICE TO SEE AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR OFFERING THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

Commissioner Rydell. Yes. Commissioner Welch.

Yes.

Commissioner Raley.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Brody. Yes. Mayor Wasserman. Yes. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome. Not a problem. The commission is happy to help. Ordinance 2026-029. City Attorney.

Thank you, Mayor Wasserman. An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, amending the City's Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 1, General Provisions, Section 1-8, General Penalty for Violation of Code, Continuing Violation, and Other Remedies and Administrative Fees, to correct section references and clarify applicability of fines, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, providing for codification, and providing an effective date. This item is before you at this time for second reading and public hearing.

Move it. Second.

MOVED BY COMMISSIONER RIDDELL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WELCH.

HELLO, SIR. AGAIN. I'M BACK AGAIN. NO UPDATE. I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION? I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, PLEASE UNMUTE THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADJUST CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD, AND MUTE THE MICROPHONE WHEN YOU ARE DONE SPEAKING. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? Public hearing is now closed. Anything else from the commission? Please call the roll.

Commissioner Rydell. Yes. Commissioner Welch. Yes. Commissioner Raley. Yes. Vice Mayor Brody. Yes. Mayor Wasserman.

Yes. Ordinance 2026-031. Second reading. City Attorney, please.

Thank you, Mayor. An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, amending the City's Code of Ordinances to repeal and replace the names of Community Development, Development Services, and Department of Sustainable Development with resilient design and development throughout the code in order to provide for housekeeping cleanup of the City's Code of Ordinances, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, providing for codification, and providing an effective date. Move it.

Second. Second.

MOVED BY COMMISSIONER RAYLEE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WELCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION? OKAY. NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, PLEASE UNMUTE THE MICROPHONE, SAY YOUR NAME AND ADJUST CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD AND MUTE THE MICROPHONE WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

Commissioner Rydell. Yes. Commissioner Welch. Yes. Commissioner Raley. Yes. Vice Mayor Brody. Yes. Mayor Wasserman.

Yes. 2026-036. Second reading. City Attorney.

Thank you, Mayor. I believe we're on 2026-035. Apologies. No problem. I just wanted to make sure I'm reading the right title. An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, authorizing the mayor or designee to execute the second amendment to the lease agreement by and between the City of Coconut Creek and T-Mobile South LLC, which provides for the modification of equipment on the city's telecommunications tower at the community center, providing for recordation, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, and providing an effective date.

Move it.

Second.

Moved by Commissioner Riedel, seconded by Commissioner Raley. Any questions or comments from the City Commission? Public hearing. When you come forward to speak, please unmute the microphone, say your name and address, clearly for the record, and unmute the microphone when you are done speaking. Any members here to speak? Public hearing closed. Please call the roll.

Commissioner Riedel. Yes. Commissioner Welch. Yes. Commissioner Raley. Yes. Vice Mayor Birdie. Yes.

Mayor Wasserman.

Yes.

yes ordinance 2026-036 city attorney please thank you mayor an ordinance of the city commission of the city of coconut creek florida authorizing the mayor or designee to execute the second amendment to the lease agreement by and between the city of coconut creek and selco partnership doing business as verizon wireless to clarify and modify the utility easement to the city's telecommunications tower at sable pines park providing for recordation providing for conflicts providing for severability and providing an effective date

Move it. Second.

Moved by Commissioner Railey, seconded by Commissioner Welch. Public Works.

This is the second reading. I have nothing further to add, but I'm here for any questions.

I'll now open the public hearing. When you come forward to speak, please unmute the microphone, state your name and address clearly for the record, and mute the microphone when you are done speaking. Are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item?

Public hearing is now closed. Please call the roll, sir. Commissioner Rydell. Yes. Commissioner Welch. Yes. Commissioner Raley. Yes. Vice Mayor Brody. Yes. Mayor Wasserman.

Yes. Ordinance 2026-037. City Attorney, please.

An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, authorizing the mayor or designee to execute a lease agreement by and between the City of Coconut Creek and Selco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless to lease ground space and tower space on the city's telecommunications tower at the government center, providing for recordation, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, and providing an effective date. Move it. Second.

Moved by Commissioner Welch, seconded by Commissioner Raley. Any questions from the commission? I'll now open the public hearing. When you come forward to speak, please unmute the microphone, say your name and address clearly for the record. I know we've heard this eight times, but I'll just finish it and mute the microphone when you're done speaking. Are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item? Public hearing closed.

Please call the roll. Commissioner Rydell. Yes. Commissioner Welch. Yes. Commissioner Raley. Yes.

Vice Mayor Birdie. Yes. Mayor Wasserman. Yes. And now, Ordinance 2026-038, City Attorney.

An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, amending the City's Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 12, Garbage and Refuse, Article 2, Collection and Disposal, Sections 12-21, Definitions, and 12-23, Franchise Agreement, required to provide collection service, franchise fee. and amending Article 3, recyclable waste, by creating a new Division 1, residentially zoned areas, enacting Section 12-50, definitions, and creating a new Division 2, non-residentially zoned areas, enacting Sections 12-60, definitions 12-62, use of exclusive franchisee for construction or demolition debris required in non-residential Zoned areas of the city, exceptions. 12-63, contamination prohibited. 12-64, duties of non-exclusive commercial recycling franchise holders. And 12-65, revocation of non-exclusive franchise or registration. To provide for updates to reflect the city's policy decision to return to curbside recycling, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, providing for codification, and providing an effective date.

Mr. Mayor, prior to moving the item, I just want to make sure it's 2026-038-2. There is no dash 2 on the script.

On my notes, just to let you know. The item is dash 2. And actually, I just had a conversation with the city manager saying there needs to be a little bit more information on here for the next meeting.

I just want to be clear that I do believe the official ordinance and the city attorney can clarify it is actually 2026038-2. I want to make sure I'm moving the appropriate item, sir.

You get an A-plus for tonight.

Madam City Attorney, is that the appropriate dash 2 of the item?

so technically the designation of dash one or dash two has to do with whether or not it's before you on first or second reading all right so i'll move dash two thank you so dash two didn't was it necessary second okay you're gonna second dash two okay uh we're gonna open the public hearing when you come forward to speak please unmute the microphone state your name and address clearly for the record meet the microphone when you're done speaking are there any members of the public who'd like to speak on this item Public hearing is now closed. Are there any further questions or comments from the commission? Sure? Nothing? Okay. You sure?

All right, please call the roll. Commissioner Rydell. It's a yes to dash two. Commissioner Welch.

Yes for dash two.

Commissioner Raley.

Yes, whatever the dash is.

Vice Mayor Brody. Yes on the deuce. Mayor Wasserman. Yes. City Manager report.

Good evening, Mayor and Commission. It's been a very busy week and I'm preparing to attend various homeowners associations around the city just to talk about the property tax amendment. Just, you know, I'm prepared to take the bullets and answer the questions to educate. And Bernadette Hughes is helping me on a beautiful PowerPoint presentation to do that. And I would say I'm surprised at how time has flown. I've been in this position for just not quite two and a half years. And my contract requires that I get written consent and request an extension. And I very much would like to request an extension. I feel like there are some of these strategic priorities that are just about to get going. And I would very much like to see them through Main Street. I hope to see in my lifetime, but in my tenure, as well as the new Fire and Fire Administration, and to get the design of the police department underway. So I will be, at your pleasure, putting a proposed amendment on for an extension at next two weeks' meeting.

OK. Anything else?

Recycling carts are going out next week.

We're hoping to get you know the full distribution before the October 1st deadline I Would hope I would hope I I'm yeah, I Think I don't want to speak for the whole Commission But I you know with red speed and working with with somebody private and not getting what we want and now For if we don't get it, you know October they need to get make sure but it gets their recycling ends by October 1st That's my take. I don't know how everybody else feels but I

Whatever.

OK. City attorney?

I just want to update you as it relates to the Turnpike matter. Judge Frank recently denied our motion for rehearing, which is not uncommon. At this stage, we are ready to proceed to appeal to the First District Court of Appeals. So I will keep you updated on that. And otherwise, I just wanted to say, Shana Tova.

very much appreciate that daryl i'm going to speak to three things very i'll speak to three things very briefly uh it was a short what's going on are you turning me off i'm doing everybody a favor Jamie's at back to school much. She's not listening. Are we good? Are we done? Are we done with your childish games, Mr. Mayor? Yeah, we're done. All right. And this is serious. You can cut me off at the next one. I want to give a word of caution to our city manager. While I appreciate the fact that you want to go to associations and educate, I give you a very, very significant... heed warning that this commission and our executive staff cannot and in my position will not in our official capacity advocate one way or the other regardless of whatever we feel about amendment 3. That's my position, one way or the other, and while I appreciate you wanting to go educate on budget items in regarding Amendment 3, I think whatever presentation you intend to do, I would hope would be circulated amongst us so we can see it. While we all may have our independent feelings on it, the current administration has made their position very clear in terms of how they choose to deal with elected officials that want to advocate. So I'll leave it at that. So to understand our city manager's request in prong two, obviously in reviewing your contract, there's 180-day tickler that requires commission approval if we choose to extend. And I'm assuming that's just to be clear so we can say it publicly. You're asking for us to consider an extension to your contract 180 days prior to termination. Is that correct? that's correct okay understood so based on the request i i want to have formal action by the board i am going to ask for consensus on the commission for our next commission meeting to have an agenda item formally while the city manager can put it on to extend her contract and i would formally ask that all of us independently meet with the city attorney to discuss parameters that could be involved in a potential extension that comes on our next commission meeting Yeah, you don't got to ask me.

No, I was, just as a sidebar on that one, she didn't determine or she didn't disclose what the extension was requested.

And that's kind of what it is. She's giving us the notation of saying, hey, the time's up. We have not seen anything. But what I think is important between now and the next two weeks is all of us independently meet with Madam City Attorney to discuss what parameters we want, what parameters we don't want, what's acceptable, so then we as a board can discuss whatever Madam Rose puts forward or whatever our consensus by the five of us goes to Madam City Attorney. So I'm kind of directing our City Attorney to meet with us individually and then come to all of us formally with an extension packet one way or the other.

No, I totally agree with that. I mean, the meetings were extremely important before. I just thought that it would already be determined what the extension of request would be. But that's just me.

In my mind, viewing the contract legally, it doesn't speak to that. It's not like a Republic contract where we have one five-year extension.

No, I know she was asking for an extension, but I didn't know the term of the extension.

I don't either. As we sit here, I know what's been conceptualized and discussed, but that's why I'm trying to give us all the ability in the next two weeks to meet with Terrell. and then sheila can meet with tarrell i'm kind of asking for consensus to put tarrell as the principal body to then bring us some bring us an item whether we approve it or not at our next meeting if everyone's okay with consensus to that i'm definitely open to discussion of extension meeting with tarrell but just to be clear time frame time frame wise on her contract There's 180 timeframe. I don't know if we meet that timeframe for her signed contract in our October meeting. So I think we need to discuss whatever we're willing to do. I'm not speaking to terms right now at our next meeting to meet that 180 day timeframe.

When is 180 days?

I mean, I'm going to turn to Madam City Attorney.

Sure. I would be happy to provide you all with a copy of her contract. We believe 180 days is right about October 7th. Her contract is due to expire April 6th of next year. And just to be clear, her contract provided for a three-year term and provided for any extension to be agreed upon by both parties in writing with the expectation that you all would discuss and decide what the appropriate term would be.

I apologize. The reason I'm asking for consensus is because on a timeline front, contract-wise, we need to deal with this at the next meeting, and on that next meeting agenda, there needs to be whatever we agree with, a potential contract extension or not. There has to be terms that we have to address publicly, but I would ask us all to independently meet with Madam City Attorney to address that prior to the next meeting. So that's the consensus I'm asking for and the direction I'm requesting to have her be the negotiating point after she meets with all of us.

I'll agree to that.

So you want me to give you consensus for me to meet with Terrell?

No, I'm asking for consensus as a commission. Because I can meet with her whenever I want. Jeff, I'm not suggesting that. What I'm suggesting is in previous years, members of the commission or other people have been the negotiating body for the city manager. I'm asking for consensus to make Terrell the point of contact for a negotiation, and we all meet with her with our positions, and then she could then negotiate.

And then she puts it together, and she can talk to Sheila with what?

She's our employee. She needs a direction to do that.

Correct.

yeah no problem consensus turning my mic off you just want to be angry at me it's okay um the only other thing i'll say is sam may's contract was extended on the solid waste authority um pending the rfp process to educate you it's a quick meeting so i don't want to belabor anything and i will just say dustin from filthy organics won the county bid today on an unsolicited bid that was no one thought he was going to get it but he got it for a much smaller amount so it's actually very good for composting no further comments

I wouldn't pretend to follow that one. But an excellent 9-11 presentation tonight. And what a backdrop to have the very, very large flag there. I mean, it's a showstopper. So thanks for everyone that was involved. I'm going to go back to the turnpike before I talk about the MPO. Do we have an update on the clearing of the right-of-way on the west side of the turnpike, south of the sawgrass, because it's extremely aggressive. It's right up to the fence lines. And is that as anticipated? Doesn't have to be answered tonight. But I would certainly be, I just, what is the next step? Because once they get to Wiles, then they're going to proceed further, I guess. We did have the MPO meeting. And there was one piece of exciting news that I thought was Many of us that have dealt with her will appreciate Victoria Williams is retiring after 50 plus years. I know this is not good to say because that was a long time to serve, but there really wasn't a lot of congratulatory efforts from those in the room.

I'll leave it at that.

We are having a micromobility workshop on November 12, and it is for the MPO, but I just really encourage, if it's livestreamed, if you can take a peek at it, because, you know, as the federal level now, there's a movement towards eliminating bike lanes. So, you know, that could possibly take that off the table. Another suggestion that was made that I thought would really be helpful here is having another Let's Go Biking event and including a facet of that for the micro mobility means of transportation. It's all about the education. The police have done a super job in and around the schools of taking care of educating for the students and therefore their parents in, you know, their responsibilities for handling those mobility vehicles. So I'm hoping that we might be able to work forward and do that sometime in the future. And I think that's it. So just happy. Early birthday to the city manager. Good night.

Thank you.

And happy birthday to our city attorney. Thank you. Yes, last week, a few days ago. Happy birthday. And happy birthday to our city manager. 9-11 was very moving. Thank you. Thank you very much for putting on the event this evening. And I hope it will be. And thank you, yes, Parks and Rec and special events and facilities. Thank you so much. Great job. The flag is amazing. I hope we're keeping it up through the weekend. It's beautiful. Thank you. And I hope it's a yearly event. I hope we will have hope to see all our first responders tomorrow morning at 830 at the Rec Center in honor of 9-11. Also, I do want to say I'm happy we're appealing the turnpike. I know we're still fighting, and I hope it comes to fruition But yeah, just pray that it does come to fruition. I also want to say that the League of Cities, the Broward League of Cities, is doing everything possible and being very aggressive on educating our residents on Amendment 3, to vote no for Amendment 3. But they are being very aggressive, and they are... aiding the cities with brochures and whatever else we need to educate our residents. Also, Broward Planning, you know these schools, the Broward School District are shutting down schools in different cities. Dr. Zeman is a member of the Broward Planning and asked us, asked the cities for help in redefining those buildings that are being closed, those schools, for our input. So, you know, we'd like to have input on how to redefine those buildings and to best service our residents. Yes.

On a relevant note, Sheila, what Jackie just said, is there school board property in Coconut Creek that we could buy? Just as a point of thought, let's look at that.

Yeah, I don't believe there is any school board property that would be Right now, the K-8 in South Creek.

That was the only one that was available.

No, I know, but some of these other cities have weird vacant parcels that are owned.

We don't have any weird vacant parcels, but we do have shared park areas where they own the property and we have park improvements.

That I'm with, but I'm just curious, at the next meeting, maybe you can update us if there's any unused school board property that maybe the city could, you know, that's all.

Take advantage. Also, and I know we have permission about Kohl's, Can we make that announcement? Coles? Thank you. It was in the journal, but I want our residents to know that Coles on State Road 7 in Hillsboro has been sold to Baptist Health. So we will have a major medical facility over in that area. So very happy about that. So Coconut Creek is going from no major health facilities to two. So that's very exciting. Very happy about that. I do want to And I want to say, from Florida League of Cities, when we had the conference, this micro-mobility, and I think they've reached out to several of us about coming into the city. So when we're ready, at least we have options. I also want to wish everyone a blessed holiday. I'm not even going to attempt to pronounce the proper way. BLESSED HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE THAT'S CELEBRATING THIS WEEK. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST REALLY ONE THING. TOMORROW IS OUR 9-11 STAIRMASTER CHALLENGE AND A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT. BACK IN 2018, LIEUTENANT JIM DINGUS AND I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. THIS WAS BACK WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR A FITNESS CENTER, NOT TO BE NAMED. It was kind of an idea that we do something to publicly show our respect for 9-11 and to honor our own first responders. So we came up with this little plan, and we did this thing, and it was great. So this is the actual eighth year of this challenge that we actually moved into our city. It's the same one we did there. We just decided that it'd be better off that we ran it internally, and I think it was a great idea. So I'm encouraging everybody to get out there and do the 110 floors. I heard the chief was going to be there bright and early to lead that off. But it's a great event. Yeah, it's a great event. It's, you know, the fire guys put their gear on. The police officers do it in their vests. So it's really kind of cool to see those guys do it.

You putting on gear?

I got so many bad backs and knees and hips. I don't need to get myself hurt doing that. I did it one year, and I'm still limping. I can't. I can't. When you get blown up, it tends to mess some things up. So, yeah, it's a great thing to show honor to everybody. And the first 110 people who participate are going to get a nice little bag so they can go to the gym on their own with their nice little memorial bag. Hint, hint, hint. And so I'll see everybody out there tomorrow morning bright and early. Chief's going to be leading the way. I heard Mike is going to be on the other treadmill next to him. So, no?

Oh, okay.

Make excuses now. We got all month. We can do it. There's no time limit on this, guys. All right. Thank you very much. That's all I have.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. And I'll be there in the morning as well. It's actually something that a lot of schools do. They've been doing it for a really long time. So for the city to adopt it is really cool and unique. So props to the city for doing that. I had a couple things. A lot of people... What happened?

Guess who I can't do it.

I'm broken.

Oh, you're still going after him for that? Okay.

No, no, no.

I always thought he

So some concerns about Coconut Creek K-8, you know, people running stop signs, not having, you know, proper police. I know Chief and I, we kind of approached the topic recently. I mean... it's i mean there's videos of people you know not stopping and it's just um it's becoming a little bit of a hotbed so i'd appreciate you know a little more um effort in that area um because uh people are getting very frustrated with uh people not listen it's residents people it's citizens residents who aren't following the laws they're not following the rules we get it um it's our neighbors who aren't doing it um but uh i know thank you so much um yeah i was gonna i was gonna ask about property tax i saw carl springs is doing two town halls i'm not suggesting that here but um but i appreciate what you're saying going to the hoas and at least informing um is there um is there a um Is there a chart, a graph, some sort of mathematics that show what kind of things will be affected so that these residents can make an informed decision? Or how is that being run?

So the intent of the presentation is to inform residents what is currently paid for, with property tax and how much of our budget relies on property tax in it to be strictly informational. But it is important to share that both police and fire are funded, for the most part, police almost entirely, from the ad valorem taxes. So it's sharing information so that people become aware of what their property taxes do. So it's a matter of not necessarily what cuts will happen, but it is what we are currently using property taxes for.

Understood. Mayor, I don't want to be disrespectful. Madam City Manager, if you're going to share, if there's going to be a presentation that you intend to do and commit in associations, I'm asking that be shared with us. You already asked that. I heard that. You already asked that earlier. No, but I didn't hear an answer to that. Jeff?

I will absolutely share it in advance.

Thank you.

Sure, let's party.

Thank you. Okay. Madam City Manager, we had talked about showing our residents exactly what comes in, as income to the city from their taxes and what actually is spent. And I think that's important to show our residents. We do have pie graphs that I think that we put in our PAFR and I think that's important to reiterate to each and every resident that this is what we depend on and this is how our city is run. The operating expenses comes from them and this is how we can operate.

I'll share the draft presentation, and I'm open to feedback.

Great. Wonderful. Thank you.

Thank you. And then, okay, so with that, so the flock cameras, it's like a hot topic, right? It's a really, people have this idea, right? And like the government's watching and this and that. And I asked the chief for information about the flock cameras. How often are we using them? Or how often are other organizations reaching out? What? A lot of sidebar. Just asking how often is it used and, you know, because there is this sentiment, right? But at the same time, people have cell phones in their pocket that's listening to everything they're doing, everything they're, you know, and they're on. So I understand both sides of the argument, and sometimes it's hard for me to process somebody who's saying get rid of fog cameras, but yet they have an Echo at home, a Dot at home, a Google Home at home, and everything is listening to everything they're doing. For some reason, they don't trust government, but they trust private companies. find that to be interesting so just um i don't know where the pulse is for it here um for you guys with the fog cameras i know there's a conversation coming down the pipeline about it um you know i did see pembroke pines just recently um remove all of them um i think it was pines so um i don't know if there's a conversation i don't know where you're at on that city uh city manager um what is it yeah

i'd like to hear what you guys have to think about it yeah i think this evening is probably a flawed venue to do that and i think if you want to have a discussion on flock cameras i think it'd be appropriate that you should direct and get consensus to the city manager to ask our police chief to do a presentation on the item where we could ask appropriate questions not during commission comments that would be my position mr mayor i i agree sounds good to me yes all right um thank you

YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS THE THIRD. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS THE THIRD. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS THE THIRD. MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL JUST GOT MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL JUST GOT MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL JUST GOT APPROVAL FOR TURF AND BLEACHERS APPROVAL FOR TURF AND BLEACHERS APPROVAL FOR TURF AND BLEACHERS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THERE'S NOW LIKE LIGHT UP THE SO THERE'S NOW LIKE LIGHT UP THE SO THERE'S NOW LIKE LIGHT UP THE STADIUM. STADIUM.

STADIUM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THAT. THAT. THAT. YES, COMMISSIONER RIDELL, YES, COMMISSIONER R You guys did not just, we had three people consensus for the next, for us to have a flat camera presentation. Yeah, what are you talking about?

No, I didn't say that. I said if you're going to have a discussion, the appropriate venue would be to ask the commission for consensus and then have an item for the purposes of presentation. That was my exact verbatim words. There was not a request for consensus.

Do you provide consensus for that?

At this time, I'd like to meet with the police chief, and I'd like to educate myself independently before we have a public discussion, before I give consensus. That's my position tonight. So no, I don't give consensus, but I'm asking Madam Rose if I can meet with the police chief next week. Obviously, I don't want to violate the hierarchy, and I'd like to have a discussion with the police chief on the issue prior to having a public discussion on it.

Well, I... I believe we got a reiteration of the current status of LPRs, et cetera, in our city already in our weekly report. And a one-on-one with the chief and or the city manager going over those remarks would probably be a refresher before we have the public comments or public discussion. I felt comfortable with what we were provided earlier from the police chief through the weekly reports in how our status is for them today.

At this point, I think we're talking theoretically because we do not have any flock cameras on state roads in Coconut Creek.

mean with others they are in our city but they are not on state roads i don't think that's the mayor's dissertation i think the mayor's assertion i don't want to speak for him is whether we choose to use the technology or not is what i've viewed that as what what's the point i want to understand how often we're using the technology okay how often other municipalities and other i mean other law enforcement agencies are reaching out to us using the info Yes.

Okay. So, yeah, I would definitely want to meet one-on-one before we have a public discussion. Sure.

Okay.

Thank you.

So I have no objection to scheduling individual meetings for each of you with the police chief.

All right. Then we can regroup. Mr. Mayor, if you choose, because you have the authority as the mayor, you can put this on as a discussion item at the next commission meeting, and we can do the same thing we're doing with the city manager's contract.

Thank you. So, yeah, Monarch just got approved for turf and bleachers by the school board. I don't know if you guys have seen that. and now there's this discussion of lights. What's the point of bleachers and turf if there's no lights? So it's really like backwards what the school district is doing, but that's par for the course.

And it's interesting you say that, because I was told that the funds would not be there for turf if lights were not already on the fields. So I guess there was some backpedaling. And I mean, that's OK, because at least the foundation is there and then the rest can follow in whatever means, because I know that's going to come from the school district.

Yeah, I would have preferred that they approve lights, and then do the turf, because the lights is really the most important and expensive thing.

Commissioner Sarah had indicated that the funds were available for the turf only, and not for lights, but maybe things have changed. I don't know, but At least it's headed in a good trajectory.

Commissioner Raley?

I have to say, Coconut Creek High School, they did the turf. It's beautiful. We were all there. It was beautiful. It's about time that they started putting money into our schools. Yeah.

All right. It's been a meeting. Lashana Tova, motion?

Motion to adjourn.