Um meeting call to order. It's 1837. Roll call. Chair is present. Mr. Borman's present. Gary Barton is absent. Pedro is on his way. Phil is present. Ted's present. Monique absent. Charles James
resigned. Oh, we have Oh, no we don't. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Silent. 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. Think we have public comments, correct? We have one online, but it doesn't have I knew that. Yes, they were going to join, but I don't see them
on line, but you all have the presentation that they were going to give. Yes. Um, so maybe they're running a bit late. Um, I make a motion that we reopen public comments once they join us. Um, I think
so. What's that? I don't know if this counts, but this or next meeting might be my last one. Okay. You're leaving, too? Yeah. Wow. I'm moving. Oh, really? Where you going? California. Wow. San Diego. Uh, Ventura. So, right next to
Santa Barbara. Nice. I've got three kids that live in California. Matter of fact, we go there. We go there a couple times a year to visit going residence. It's like they live right near one of them is like a stone surf from 74 right outside there
like Santa Barbara. Yeah. stand very peaceful up to you when you finally decide that way you can start recruiting young people and so motion on the table is to reopen
public comments if you decides to join us a second none of this I don't that's right we don't have That's correct. Have to join them. But if we get once we get Pedro Yeah. then
we go. There's some Thanks. I mean, I don't want to be a stickler, but you know. No, no, I forgot. We need No, because I always, you know, the worst that someone's going to come and say, "No, no, the stuff we did was right because we don't have quality and stuff
like that." You know what I mean? I disagreed. Okay. So, basically what I'm going to do then is to Pedro gets here is um pretty much let you guys know the committee or the town council has amended committee rules and regulations
and procedures and um um the attendance aspect um basically I'm just going to read it verbatim. U committee members are expected to attend all scheduled committee meetings including regular meetings, special calls and meetings of
any subcommittees that members have volunteered for in order to conduct committee committees and town business. A committee member shall be automatically removed if they approve three unexcused absence from regular scheduled committee meetings during the
same 12 month rolling calendar. What does the rolling calendar mean? people were discussing at yesterday's meeting how if they miss um one in December and then one in January it would like cut off for the you know
calendar but now it's all rolling so if you miss three then it's always so you never get a new slate yeah you never get you never get renewed right that's what I believe they said yesterday does it apply to them too because I know they miss meetings all the time well part of
the new committee rules is the virtual auction the following emailing that. So, we'll have And it's unexcused. What's What's an excused absence? Exactly. Yeah, we're going to cover that in a um or they acrew three
consecutive ab absences from regular scheduled committee meetings during the same 12 month rolling calendar regardless of whether excused or unexcused, you know. So, but that's the only one, three consecutive one that you can't do the excuse. Um they approve
five absence from regular scheduled meeting during the same 12 month enrollment period whether excused or unexcused. So and then absences shall be considered excused if and only if the absence was due to methy death committee members immediate
family member um within seven calendar days preceding the committee meeting. supposed to like a year before unexpected workrelated commitment, military service due to
active duty orders in reserves, national guard or state guard or any other reason which committee chair in their sole discretion classifies as excused absence. The committee chair shall have the sole discretion to classify an absence as excused or excused. In the
case of absence of the committee chair, then the vice chair will have the sole discretion to classify the absence of the committee chair as excused or right. That's right. That's right. Nothing herein shall be construed to allow the committee chair or vice chair in the case of the absence of the chair to
access protected privilege or confidential or otherwise. This is the legal boilerplate stuff, right? Uh privileged or confidential otherwise private information to ascertain whether the absence was excused or unexcused. In other words, we're not going to do any HIPPO violations. If you tell me you're sick, I have to say, okay, you're sick,
you know, or you were at a doctor, you had a medical procedure, I don't have, you know, I don't want to know anymore. It's that's good to know. I like the work related. If you're self-employed and you're working and you're like you had to pay yourself somewhere, I mean, that's it's unexpected work related
commitment. I mean, that happens, you know. Uh each committee member is permitted to attend no more than two committee meetings including recommend meeting special calls and meetings at any subcommittees that members have volunteered via remote appearance during the calendar year. That's a new rule. That's we're allowed to return to uh
Zoom in on Yeah, you can do two only two. Now when you we're not on Zoom, but we're on YouTube. Can you attend via YouTube? Zoom right now. We're on Zoom. Yes. So if you were from a different state, you can join in right now and then I can let you
for the purpose of this subsection. The term remote parent shall be construed to mean a committee member attends a meeting from somewhere other than published meeting location by using video tech video technology for any re any remote appearance. The following shall apply. No person shall act as chair of a
meeting while appearing remotely. Soon as you're no vice chair as chair the committee member participating remotely is responsible for notifying the committee lays on no later than 24 hours prior so as you can make sure you're be there the committee member appearing
remotely is responsible for coordinating coordinating with committee lays on and committee members to ensure they have the proper their own proper equipment to be able to do so. Um, the committee member appearing remotely must have camera on. Their face must remain
visible. Normal bathroom breaks accepted. God want to know who drafted it for the duration of somebody that probably does it. They probably Zoom meetings. Somebody who really didn't want to see anybody go to the bathroom. Okay, I agree. I don't want to see anybody
rather. The committee member appearing remotely must be able to hear everyone in attendance of the person in the person at the meeting. Uh I know you're thinking that a lot of it is stating the obvious, but I guess everything that's stated. Everyone in attendance and the person
and person at the meeting must be able to hear the committee member that's appearing remotely. Of course, the committee member appearing remotely shall wear appropriate attire suitable for public hearing. Committee member ping remotely shall not be shall not have anything obscene or distracting in the background
of their video. Committee member makes you wonder about these committees that we have. Who's it on? What do they have? Yeah. Committee members appearing remotely may mute their audio while they are not speaking but shall ensure that not they are not in a noisy environment when they unmute to or speak or vote. If
you have young children, good luck with that. When calling a voice vote, the chair shall orally confirm the votes of any committee members appearing remotely separate from those attending in person. And the committee member appearing remotely is responsible ensuring that they have sufficiently
strong internet and data collection. So they can do what needs to be done and they count towards corn. They do not count as porn if they're if they're video. But they can't vote. Doesn't make any sense, man. The rules.
You have cocktail or you want to hear in the coffee room. No one will know. That's basically that's basically the big huge change is Can you send us that by email please?
So then I mean we can't do anything now I guess but whatever. Um, we we should again I brought this up when you guys change meetings on Thursdays like I don't know to me Thursday nights like it's easy to take a
Friday night a Friday day off and make it a long weekend and stuff like that. I think we should really contemplate changing from Thursday night meetings to another day if the committee can't do it because it's a lot easier like maybe a Tuesday or something like that. Did we
ever have it audited? It used to be on Tuesdays when I started. Why did it change? It changed. I don't know if you were I think you were chair or it might have been Michael's last chair, but like Thursdays to me cuz you know like again whatever. Okay. I just think, you
know, people want to steal maybe a weekend vacation. They can take Friday off at work. No one's really works on Fridays anyway, but you know what I mean? So they can leave Thursday. as opposed, you know, I'm just I'm just giving, you know, ideas out there, man. But do you think somebody's
going to want to come on Friday evening? No, no, I'm not saying Tuesdays or like Tuesdays to me like Yeah. Or lot. I don't know. I just think we find out if the room's available on Tuesdays. Can you check that? I mean, it doesn't have to be now. I'm just saying like I knew discussion because we can't do anything
because we have to vote on everything. All right. You don't have I don't know how the rules. Well, you know, we can't vote on anything on public because we haven't moved forward. Yeah, we have. Can we even have a meeting without form? It shouldn't even be open for we can
have a discussion discussion. You just can't. So, you're okay. So, I'm going to ask the person on public comments to unmute. I don't have a name. 786 phone number.
Hello. Hello. Okay, we hear you. Hi everyone. My name is Nquia Williams. I'm with FIU BIG, which stands for Business Innovation and Growth Accelerator Program. Good to It's good to meet you or hear
you. Hello. Yes. Go ahead. The floor is yours. You got three minutes. I'm sorry. Go ahead. The floor is yours if you want to present what your program is. Oh. Oh, okay. Thank you. Um I'm not familiar with the process, but um thank you all
for um allowing me to speak today. Um Isabella was able to kindly invite me to share a little bit more about um the program offerings that we have here at FIU Business Innovation and Growth Accelerator. So, we're known as FIU Big. We are um connected, we have partnered
with Florida um Veterans Florida, which helps support uh small businesses where you whether you're entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur who are looking to receive assistance, especially within educational programming. So, we're able
to do that through um our program offerings. those who are looking to transition out of the service, those who are looking to run a business, those who are just beginning their entrepreneurial journey and we have workshops that we
lead that touch on different types of um challenges that the business owners may face to help them grow. Um, we offer personalized 101 consulting through our SBDC office as FIU advisors where you're
able to connect with an advisor to go through um and handhold on some of the issues that you may be having or you just want an advisor to oversee where you are in your process and journey of your entrepreneurship. Um also we have different boot camp
offerings um in addition to our workshops where it helps you to understand how to pitch, how to cultivate the different um levels that you need to be at in order to network um which is the interpersonal skills as
well as the skills that you need to be able to maybe go after um um investments and with investors. So, we try to make sure that you're sharp all the way around. Um, help you to be able to transition to be a CEO that you're able
to flourish and scale and be sustainable over time. So, we do have um where you can connect with us. We are at fiu big on all social media platforms. Um, everything that we offer is no cost to you. Um, we do our best to try to
service the community. um whether you're a veteran or a non-veteran, but the programs that we're offering at this time is designed for veterans. So, we're hoping to uh see you all join us at FIU campus and all the things that we're doing. If you like to learn more
information, we'll be sure to share it um with your community and we look forward to collaborating in some sort. Thank you. Thank you very much. Could I give you a recommendation? Um this program sounds fantastic. Have you ever
heard of the transition assistance program? Every active duty member when they're getting out of active duty is required to go through the transition assistance program. And in that program, organizations like
yours, discuss, you know, that what what your your program is basically to help mentor and help people, you know, set up a business and all that and those kind of things and provide no cost type training. Um, and Southern Command of
course is located in Dorado and they have a transition assistance program and a transition assistance program manager. And I bet you that that person would love to have you as a guest speaker because they're probably either retiring
or transitioning to civilian civilian world. uh probably I don't know at least uh 30 to 40 to maybe even more service members a month and it'll be you know they'll have their classes you know for about
four or five days and they talk about all the VA programs and all the other things that they're eligible for but this will be a great program for you to discuss with them um out to them
no I haven't um I think that'll be a great um resource first to start to make that connection. Um, and you mentioned this transition assistance program. Yes, transition assistance program. It's uh Okay. There's a phone number I have, but
I don't know how good it is. It's 305. Okay. 4371717. And that's for US Southern Command, which is here in Dorado. and hopefully that connect you to their program and
be something that they can add on and it will be fantastic. Okay, thank you for sharing that information because that's the target audience. you know, the veterans committee, we do have
some folks who just uh got out and you know, and stuff. We can, you know, coordinate with the American Legion Post, you know, for new veterans, but for the most part, we've had veterans who've been out for quite a few years. Doesn't mean that they wouldn't benefit from your program, but some of them
already have the job, occupation, businesses, and stuff like that. But those folks who are just getting out would be the key demographic target audience that you want to focus on and that's the folks that you want to deal with.
Okay. So, uh thank you very much. Is there anything else uh you wish to discuss? Any questions, comments from anyone else in the committee? Well, you're welcome to uh remain and listen to our committee meeting uh if if you do wish to. Thank you very much and
I appreciate all that information. Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate you all's time and um transition assistance program. Please reach out to them. Okay, we'll do Thank you. We'll do. Thank you so much. Have a
great evening everyone. You too. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Nice. Okay, that was good. And um I hope she gets in contact with them because I tell you what, I mean we I went through that program. We all had to go through that
program. That would be like cool. I would like to go just see what they have to offer. Okay. Um you want to order of business deferrals, additions, and deletions. You want to add something? Yeah.
Okay. So it's under Is that business? Because we talked about it last time. It isn't. It's about the golf tournament. Yeah. Would that be old business or new business? It's not here. Yeah. I know he's adding addition
um that's added to want to make a motion to add it to as an addition to 8 Delta. Make a motion to add the Miami links to 8 Delta. Exactly.
Echo ABC D. Do I have a D in here? Yeah, I do. It'll be eight echo. Fight echo. Okay. Golf tournament. What is it called? The golf tournament. Yes. Seconded by
the DA. All those in favor? I All right. Um, Isabella, I'm not going to try to put you on the spot, but I'm gonna put you on the spot. You sent me an email kind of laying out things that we had to discuss. I want to go over that as we go
through the items, you know. Right. I made notes to bring them up. Fantastic. Awesomeness. Okay, cool. All right. So, let's take a look at uh the minutes from uh March. And just out of clarification on
an issue that we uh discussed, the attendance rules go into effect as of this meeting, right? The new attendance the new um the second reading for council was in their April meeting.
Okay. So I don't recall if you met before council. So it goes to this meeting. Yes. So it would be for this meeting. Any issue on the minutes? I'll make a
motion to approve the March minutes. Second by Mr. Foreman. All those in favor? I business veterans banner. Um, I submitted a change in the requirements so we get away from any
kind of person uh privacy information because before we required an ED314 and and we will in only one circumstance. Um, but uh I need a vote so we change the requirement where it's only requiring the VA service letter or the
VA ID card. So, I make a motion that we change the requirement that no longer requires a DD214 to establish eligibility as a veteran for the banner application and only require a VA letter of
service and or VA copy of the VA ID card. Okay, second. Or or and or should or Good catch. Good catch. sitting next to four or they both do the same thing, right?
Okay. So, good catch. VA letter or VA ID card or any ID card should be any ID. That's a motion made by uh Mr. Pio. Okay. Second. All those in favor? I
um now I don't know if we've adopted this rule. Um Gary Cardis brought it up um that he wants former residents of Miami Lakes or residents of Miami Lakes
or Purple Heart recipients even if they pass away even if they no longer have any connection because they passed away to have their banners remain up. But I want to the only requirement I would have is I want to see their D214. Make sure they
are actual Purple Heart recipients. Okay. Um and that's the only exception I would have for D214 because I've ran into already two folks who said they were veterans and had hearts and they didn't. So um questions. Yes. You say
how how long does a person have to be residents? I mean, if they just moved if they moved uh to Miami Lakes a month ago and they served in the military and they applied and and then they die a month later, but I think they I mean what if they moved
here 30 years ago, but they were in the search 50 years ago. Yeah. Just But they have to have a purple heart. Correct. They have to have a No, I thought you could do I'm sorry. I thought you said other than purple heart. No, no, just purple heart. And of course I just
because right under on A1 it says that the town wants to limit them to 100. Yes. So you get what I'm saying? Yeah. And I'm telling you it's the uh and I mean and the town has made that a hard rule. Really
a section Yeah. in that same place where we're housing all online for the Purple Heart with an explanation of what that means and how do you get and their name's going to be if they're a resident and a Purple Heart recipient, they're going to have their name on the wall, a veterans monument and we're going to
probably indicate, you know, something like Purple Heart recipient PA or something like that underneath. So that way they know that we're Purple Heart recipient, you know, has nothing obviously I'm not trying to not say how important the Purple Heart is. It's just now it's delivered at 100. You're never going to have anyone else. It's going to
get to the point where you're not going to have anything. Yeah, we're going to Yeah, it's going to get tough. Going to get tough. You're correct. So, all right. So, I'll withdraw that motion and I withdraw that issue. Um Okay. The other thing is the town has
been very uh hard about the 100 banners. Um and uh that's just the way it is. Um, next is your status of proceeds dispersement banner still. Um, so, uh,
for the deadline for next year, do you want to remain like what it was this year, April 4th, or do we want to change it for for next year? Because right now it's, you know, how many banners we have going up this year? How many actually, that's what I was going to also talk to about.
Right now we don't have any new ones because there are some repeats in that list from that meeting. That's what I wanted to talk to you about new banners. Right now we don't have any. Right. So yeah, I made that and we shouldn't have any because that that list when I went through it a lot of the repeats I just
reauthorized. Those are you know people reapplying and uh the new ones like I told you guys when I went through the whole thing they I just submitted a driver's license. Michael is Yeah. How many do we have approved going up? That's the question.
How many How many are or how many went up? Right. Because it was amazing. No, right. Last year I think it was they go from I'm sorry. Yeah. They go from My bad. My biggest home flip. Yeah. Yeah. We're not quite started May. Yeah.
You're right. Yeah. How many are going up? That's what we need to talk about. So, we need to bring it down to 100. And right now, how many would we have right now? I believe you are 105, 110. Oh, okay. Larry's goes off. Federal goes
off. Colonel goes off, but you're over 100. Mine gets set on five. So, we need to know which ones are going. Do we have this is not this is not the right time to do this I think. Okay. So So we got
115 and we have to have 100. Is that what you're saying? 105. No 105 or I don't know the exact amount in the storage. So I'll check on that number for you. But either way they have to be reduced to 100. Um the deadline for them to pick it up is May 12th to get them
installed. Right. Okay. So, so I make a motion to create a subcommittee that will meet to go through the banner list. Do we have a banner list? You have the physical banners. We have to go through the physical banners. What
criteria is going to apply to removing the 15 people? Yeah, we need to have the number definite. Oh, whatever. But there should be standard criteria. So, no one can say yes, they picked me for whatever reason. So, it should be if it's torn or
if it's it should be a standard criteria because honestly it's it's ridiculous that they're forcing our hand like this in a matter of less than two weeks. Well, well, it's not a matter of two weeks. We have been saying this in the past, right? So, I didn't I didn't know that. I haven't seen right now the
veteran banners are going into the high school graduate band. There's less high school graduate bands because of the over 100 flag states. That's what we're trying to do. I bet. Um, yeah. You got to realize the high school banners are paid. Yeah, I get it. I
know. I know which one. But okay. But I don't think that changes that it should be a objective standard applied. Well, no. I think we should do, you know, from what I've seen is the actual standards that we have have not really been adhered to. You know, it's either the
veterans of resident of Miami Lakes or the veterans immediate family members of resident of Miami Lakes like mom father, sister, brother, spouse. You know, I've seen nephews, nieces, and cousins go up. You know what I mean?
Yeah. Um or the person is, you know, employed by a town Miami Lakes or owns a business in Miami Lakes, not just works in minor lakes, owns a business in Miami Lakes, or they're a member of a veterans organization in Miami Lakes like American Legion, you know, so they're
doing things for me volunteer wise. And I think if we apply the rules as written, we will probably get rid of about 15 folks because I I know we have some nieces and nephews up there. And how do
how would you make that determination? Well, that's what I need that's what I need to how what kind of database do we have? We have the database that tells us what their nexus is to Miami Lake School who applied and what their relationship is. Yeah, we have the Google forms and then I shared with you all that's what
that spreadsheet was, right? All the data I pulled from those forms and then I also sent you all that link to the paper applications from the early stages. So, you have all the data. It's a matter of going through the data, right? All right.
Um, so let's do this. Um, let's have a subcommittee to kind of re I'm going to ask Esabel Isabella to resend that information to those who are going to be on the subcommittee. I'll be on the
subcommittee. I'm going to review it and pick out those who do not if we have the data do not have to adhere strictly to rules and then we'll vote on and I'll say why they did not adhere to the rules and then we'll vote on you know removing them from the the
banner stuff and notifying me yeah notifying them you know and uh letting them know um but the like I said before they will be going on the website the veteran of Miami Lakes, you know, even though they probably should never
have had a banner. And if I I think that it'll definitely be meet that 100 mark if we do that. But let's say it doesn't. Do we have to figure out a different um way to get to that 100? If it still
hasn't cut it, we have to make that decision. Should we uh look at uh folks removing folks who are deceased? [Music] Yeah, they're going to be online. They're all going to be online on Veterans of Miami. They're all going to
be online. But should we be removing those who have passed away and just have their presence be online, you know? Um maybe we should go through list, see what we have, and then this is
only Yeah. The problem is we have we have we got to do let's go through let's see what we have now we have to go to the dead then people do that but we have to we have to make the rule now make the rule now whatever it is it could be whatever people whose names end with the
letter R whatever well I you know okay so I would say you know that the motion is that we you know we have the rule ad here strictly right um and also to also remove those who who were residents of
Miami Lakes but have passed away and that they can be now in the uh website um and no longer have their banner up. Okay. Make a motion. Just made second.
So, we're going to apply just the motion is to apply whatever the standard is because it's changed 100 times. Okay. the standard and then if we still don't meet the the limit or the
cap of 100 rem okay but then how do we pick the the deceased is it from the well the thing is how do we know they're dead I mean I assume you guys do that because then what do we do with that I know some that have passed away I know one that's
why I asked for Yeah I know I know uh yeah I know I know several that have passed away I think I one or two. So, what I could do is uh volunteer because Gary will know
more. Yeah, I was going to say that. He reads the obituaries every day. Gary. Yeah. So, uh cuz what if another criteria could be what I was asking him was, do all of these people still live in Miami Lakes? Because what if there's another point of just saying maybe
there's some of them that no longer live here? It's work to find out. That's the problem because we don't have we don't have That's why we put that that thing that you have to reapply too. Yeah. How many people reapplied though? We had 24. Yeah. So obviously we did a bad job of getting the word out.
I mean we just got the word out. I mean it just happened just last month. 24 is pretty good. But that's almost that's that's not the point. The point is that rule moving forward is where it's going to give you space, right? Because it's you have to reapply and reapply and reapply and reapply. So, it's not, oh,
we only got 24. It's moving forward, you might get 30 dropping off or 40 dropping off, and that'll give you space, too. And plus 24, if we only have 100 banners, 24 is one quarter and it's only been two months. That's 24. We don't have to bet. So, that that limit. No,
that they reapply. They reapply. So, right. So, you have the criteria right there. Boom. I know. Yeah. There you go. That's okay. So, all right. Standard and then I think that is fine. Yeah. standard in death I think will be pretty good because the standard is you got to
be a resident of M Lake so if they move away res yeah so when do you want to have the subcommittee meeting so what let's move for the standard first so let's get a second whoever all those in favor I all right now we
have the standard now let's talk about the subcommittee meeting well let's move for a subcommittee I make a motion to have a subcommittee meeting. What What day do we have to open in May before we have to make a decision? The 12th is the deadline, right? For Yeah.
April usually to pick up the banners. So, um do it Monday. Do it very soon. You don't have any time. Yeah. Got Mother's Day coming. Yeah, we got Tuesday. Yeah. Tuesday. I'm going out of town on the 11th. No, the 10th. You're going to miss Judy Day? Judy Day
is a Wait, wait, Judy Day is a Saturday, right? Yes. Yeah. Yes. Is it 10? Would you be 9? What about the 9? When's mother's Friday night? Well, about six. I'm not going on I can I can postpone,
but I'll be your dude. You got anything six? There's nothing. Okay. So, let's do it on the six. Yeah. Please work. For the town clerk, we usually require the agenda in order at
least three days in advance. So by the third committee doesn't count. Yes. Even for submitt, but it's Wednesday. There's nothing on the seventh though. The Wednesday. Okay. So let's do Wednesday. We do Wednesday. You will have to do something. Yeah. Because
I'm trying to make sure we can, you know, someone wants to take 30 days off. Can you print out the data for us? Could it be? Yeah. Email it to us again, please. And that way I can go through it and that way we can have an expedited meeting. I can kind of tell you what I found. What? So what day is it filing?
So you're moving Wednesday is May 17th. April 4th. What time after you all you want? What time you guys? I mean I think it'll be a pretty quick meeting to be honest with you. if you said I can I mean
obviously I don't know like all the other stuff but I can help you go through the forms and like highlight stuff as well you know like if they're not here or whatever you know I don't you know I don't know about earn we have to we have to basically pull 15 so we do
it from the list and then so we look at the application also ask if the physical banners can be delivered in that room to help with the decision as well to pick through them so in any kind of order. They're just the way they they hung them. They took them down and b the email the
military banner spreadsheet. Yeah. Yes. There was I think maybe 2011. Okay. So about the 6:30 again. 680. Yeah. 6:30 May 7th. Okay. [Music]
Um do that tonight. Yeah. I just clicked on the link and it's it said it's expired. That link. Okay. Yeah, they probably had a two week type of thing. All right. So, the motion on
table was to make a subcommittee to go through the banner May 7th at 18:30. Second. Mr. Pio, all those in favor? I. And then members of the subcommittee is going to be myself, Mr. Pio. Are you going to be there?
before 3. Anybody else wants to be there? You'll volunteer if it was before 3. I'll be there. I'll be I can be there. Yeah. Next Wednesday at 6:30. I I should I should be able to make it. Yeah. You know, if anything, I'm a little bit late just because kids pick
up and stuff, but I'll make it. All right. Thank you. I'll do my my re not research. I'll go through it before. Yeah. I'll go through it, too. And uh for All right. Thank you. Anything else about banners?
Uh, so to approve the expense for installation, delivery, and all of that, I have the quote here. The total amount is $8,490. Wow. For delivery, pickup, and installation, yes. And it's Memorial Day weekend, so
that's why it's also how much? $8,49. And do we have that in our budget for the I believe in your banners you have 12,00 All right. So I make a motion to
approve the cost for the banners to be placed removed and stored. Second by Mr. All those in favor. What else? Um okay. So, for those not approved, do you like that mom that Yes,
I already I already responded to you responded to it? Yeah. And I'll put this on the record. Um, we'll return the banner to the person or whoever Well, no, I mean, they never had a banner. Um, so we got a request from Miss Maria Gonzalez. Her son, they're they're residents of my of
Halia and uh live in the town of Halia. The whole family is from Hia. her son was on uh a mission in this peace time in Colombia and uh I think it was a training mission with the Colombians. Um and his aircraft crashed and died. He
was in the air. Um I know because um I I do I volunteer with the city of Hia's veterans committee um that they she has a they have a banner for him in Halia and he's on the
memorial wall and he's also on the wall of heroes in the Miami International. Um, she submitted a request. Um, it was through a family friend who lives in Miami Lakes and I
sent her an email because she requested, you know, because I recommended when we voted on it, I recommended no because there was no nexus to Miami. I mean, it's tragic story and it's a horrible story and I, you know, I wish the answer could be otherwise, but we have a limit of 100. So I sent her an email letting her know what the rules are, the
standards are and that we only have a limit of 100 and you know I also told her that I only recommend to the city council and the mayor's office and she has every right to c contact them and if they wish to modify that rule they can
always modify that you know but as the rules stand that's what it is and uh and she was very thankful I and uh she thanked me for my consideration and taking a look at it and she understands, you know, I forwarded that
email chain to Isle because was giving me a heads up that way. I I told her, you know, FYI, this should be public record because she was basically asking me official capacity committee. I'll send it to you as you as well as this bill. So that way we can
make sure it's part of the public record. Right. So I guess the question is in the case of um mother you know reaching out or somebody else about their banner does the committee want to have some type of message for those people that they didn't meet the requirements or how would you well I
mean I think I think you know if they wish to contact me and do it the way they did it. Okay. Yeah that's fine. You know I'll let them know what I recommended and why. Okay. There's a personalized answer for each one. not just you know some of them some of them
it's you know it's always a different issue like like I said someone just submitted driver something right a little bit more you know there should be like I'm not saying you said a very specific case but I'm saying generally right shouldn't there be at a minimum a
standard response like that one you said of no driver's like you submit driver's license you didn't meet the application requirements that's it obviously something more nuanced But there should be at least a standard response that can be sent from the committee, right? I I think so. And you
know, and I you know, one thing we can um maybe do is uh I can draft up one of those because some of it was you know, you provided no proof of service. You know, you provided no connection to my links, right? You know, I think it could
be as simple as a list of the requirements and saying you failed to provide and then I just check that off and then that's it, you know. Um I think when the mother of someone who lost you do something else, but that's
not a bad idea. Um especially if it's someone applying for themselves. Yeah. So, let me let me let me draft something so you guys can chop it and see, you know, and then we can vote on it, you know, because I know you two will chop whatever. So, [Music]
all right. Okay. Anything else? Uh, okay. So, Okay, that's it for me on banners. All right. Well, you mentioned something earlier on banners about moving the date. Um, the application date. Oh,
right. Sorry. There is one thing. Thank you for reminding me. Um, so for the banner application, it's the same one on the website that you all can search up, but it for this year applications must be received by April 4th, 2025. So, do
we want to change the date for next year or keep it the same? I think earlier have to jump through these tables. Yes, I um Yeah, I'd say March 1st. You making a motion for March 1st? I am.
I second that motion. All those in favor? I So March 1st is the new deadline. Yeah. Otherwise, the same pass two week. Okay. status next issue status of
proceeds of storage person. Um, I followed up. We had the we had the quarterly chairs meeting and I asked the uh uh the town manager about what's the status on the veterans and he said that
we need to approve $4,000 additional monies. And I went back and I go, we already gave you $28,000 and the purchase order is a $32 thing. And I was told by the town council members that they
approved $8,000. So I should we should be there. Um I have got a response from Jeremy and I'm just going to read it right into the record because I haven't this is first I read it. arms. So, what I'm saying is
that what I'm reading is apparently the town council did not approve any funding of this. Is that correct? Because I'm going to read it into record. So I hope the email finds you well. As the town manager had mentioned, I left notice in my voice some years ago. There's a little
misunderstanding of what amounts of money are memorial and how much the total design work, etc. As of last month's regular council meeting, the committee has $32,900 in our 5K funds carry forward of 12,000
from the previous year that was anticipated for the memorial and $20,000 from the fund bal balance carryover and fund balance. I don't know why we only have 20,000 fund balance, but okay. And then the total work order amount for
design was 36,000 as shown in the attachment. However, I mentioned that we may be able to save up to approximately $4,000 bucks dealing with permitting issues. So, in orders to move forward, we need the council to approve $4,000 from the veterans 5K fund to the
veterans committee account, making the accounts 36,000 in order for the work order to be paid. What impact would that have on the other things we're doing the scholarship and are are you CCed on this? Yes. Yes,
I am CCD. So that would cause a reestimate of your percentages. Yeah, it would. Yeah. Um looks like it's going to impact everything else. You know what we are Okay. So, um I'm going
to forward this to some town council members and the mayor and figure out what's exactly going on because I was told one thing, you know, we raised 28,000 um and I'm trying to figure out. So, the 4,000 is that what he's saying about he
may be able to save that amount by going with town staff. So this is to have it in the account for the design instead of if he is not able to save that 4,000 then you would not be able to cover that cost. Yeah. One thing I do know about
government is if you give them the money they'll spend the money. So I'm not going to give them the money um until I find out from the council members and the mayor what exactly happened. So anyway, at uh sorry about that.
Basically, don't worry. We're asking for an additional $4,000 to cover the staff and for handling permitting and bid assistance. They could be able to save it, but they want us to obligate it. Um just in case they do have to pay
themselves permitting and they do have to say pay themselves for in-house order. No, no, I just I might have to leave. I No worries. Um, anyhow, let me So, let's let's what I'm going to do is let's uh defer voting on that because
I'm going to go back with a request for information on that and let me move forward to things we have to vote on. Uh, along the proceeds of the um dispersement from Ranger Run, there needed to be a motion of reallocation to the grants and aids item for the
donation that you all want to do. There's never an official motion. All right. So, we need a motion to reallocate how much? So, you need [Music] 8,20 for both American Legion and the um
fishing American. So, each check. So, two checks 8,000 each. No, no, no. For one check cuz the the the amount that you have here listed is the same amount you all wanted do, right? That's what you motion for. The 7,000 for the American League, I think.
And we gave the fishing people like 700 bucks or something. You motion for 500. 500 bucks. Right. But we need this motion to cut those checks. Okay. Right. So I make a motion to uh move [Music] $8,20 to the grants and aid budget lines
budget from which line item? Which which one did you say from the 5k? From the 5k. Second. All those in favor? I. Okay. Anything else?
No. Next is uh G3. Where are we at? So, let's do this. Right. So, I have some printed invitations if you all want to, you know, spread the word. The main thing is the sign. So, our marketing and legal specialist uh dropped the sign. It has
your bio QR code. So, that temporary sign that we can have, but there needs to be discussion on what the permanent sign is for the tree. Um, because this would be more of a what they usually do for tree dedication, that kind of card. Okay. Okay. I think just her name and the QR
code because you click on the QR code, you'll see her picture and everything else. So, I make a motion that the permanent sign just be her name and a QR code. Second. Second by Mr. Pio. permanent as a QR code because you remember that email I sent for right so
all of the true dedications in Miami lace has like the brick with the name which is like longlasting and sustains the weather and all of that we don't do the QR codes because we would have to change all the tree medications in the past and moving forward yeah we plan to do that we have a project that's going
to be going with the girl scouts we already have that with the 902 we already briefed town council on that tree dedications all the tree dedication the veteran parks and we're gonna try to expand to Roberto Alonzo. Uh that way we don't do bricks anymore because bricks
are meaningless. It's a meaningless name on a brick. I don't know who half these people are and I've been a 50 plus year except for my 38 years. Okay. Um let me talk to the player self for communications because I don't know
if she knows about the Girl Scout project that you're all doing. Yeah, that was that was brief. I was briefed in my last uh downtown city briefing. Okay. But did go down or else move about the scan? Yeah. But we decided Yeah.
Yeah. We decided that there's no better option right now. We're not too worried about that. Sure. If we can just move all the motions so we can vote, right? Okay. Uh for the sign. Um so can for this. Do you all approve this being like a temporary sign for the tree? Okay. So,
we need to approve a cost for this so I can put in the order. Okay. For that temporary sign. Yeah. What will be like no more than $150 bucks? No more. Yeah. Shouldn't be a motion that we uh approve to sign the temporary sign an amount to
not to exceed $100. Second. Second, Mr. Pio. All those in favor? I. Okay. How are we doing on the actual ceremony? We're looking good. Um, yes. You all have the the program from the last meeting. Uh we had the national anthem singer. I do not know if you want
to do like a gift card or something like that as you've done in the past. Um so you'll have to do a motion for that. Oh, okay. Motion for the National Singer to get a gift card in our area. What? 50 bucks?
We're saying $100. $100. $100. Wow. That's gonna be the highest earning twoinut singer. How would you man? 50 bucks $50 car, man. Three things. Yeah, 50 is good. Yeah. Yeah. $50. I'm
making better papar. Yeah, Visa type. Okay. $50 for the two minute song at the national. Well, it's gonna be 50 and change if it's So, I would say like Chipotle or some something that we're doesn't have to be Chipotle, but when
I'm saying 50, it's 50 because the Visa cards is not 50. It's 54.95 for Yeah. more. Okay. So, I I say 55 motion. Yeah. Make a motion for $55 gift card. Second by Mr. PIO. All
those in favor? I Okay, moving right along. The Veterans of Miami Lakes uh making a motion to approve site development. And I was told there was no additional cost. Right. There's no cost. We just need um pictures of the banners. Um so I don't know if you have copies of the proofs. I
reached out to the company, but I haven't gotten an answer yet. You don't? No. I mean, do you know who had them? Jonathan. Yeah. So, if you can contact Jonathan and see if he can show you where the link is. I'm sure I'm sure
it's never called the shred company. That was employee email which is no longer like access that. So, I'll have to Okay, so you don't have truth. That's my question. Good. The good news is nothing's ever dead when it's in the computer world. Well, they'll find it.
Just got to ask Jonathan. I'm sure he's saving in some hard drive or some, you know, not hard drive, some cloud thing. All right. So, that motion you you move Pedro second. Yes. Yes. All in favor? I.
Okay. So, this So, we have the site development. We're going to develop a subcommittee. That'll be the next next agenda item to go through this and create this Veterans Miami Lakes website. That'll be
All right. Now, Memorial Day, we need that request form done for Memorial like what you did for right after this meeting. Um, is there anything we need to vote on that so we can get that out? Uh, reallocation of funds to Memorial Day line item and then
a motion for how much money is being allocated to the event. All we really need is pay the honoraria without being player. We talk to Judy. Oh yeah, the bugle player, the honorary for that. So Judy apparently is going to take care of that. So we need basically
need 200 bucks. Okay. Um so I make a motion to allocate funding. What account number do we have? How much do we need? $200. Exactly. Well, we have to figure out the account number. Um we have the
money the tribute. Uh what we have plaques and trees as well. Have used it all. Uh the true was last time 1,500. You just motioned for this time to be 100, which is probably
um there shouldn't be any other Oh, the also the gift card. What were we left with? 300 more or less. Okay. So, let's do the tree black line item. I make a motion to use the
$200 from the training plan to fund the Memorial Day ceremony fund. Next by Mr. Pio in favor. All in favor. Okay.
[Music] So now we do motion. Okay. Okay. So, he's motioned for the reallocation. So, that means um 200 dedicated to this event. So, now the motions for national anthem singer, the
trumpet. Um and Judy mentioned maybe giving corrections to Don who's helped provide the students. I don't know if they all want to do that or not. All right. So, let's do because we got 200 bucks. Let's do 50 bucks for each one. There's four.
Yeah, there's three. three. So 70 55 or 60 be 55 55 for each one. So I make a motion that we allocate $55 for uh5 each. How about 65? 165.
Yeah. 65 65 65 is 180 195, right? 65. Okay. All right. So make a motion for 65. Oh, it might still be 60. My point is it's the same issue, right? You don't have to use the 200 that you don't have to actually use all.
Oh, I see. So, we can use I say we keep 50. That way we don't get to that. Why did I get 50 here? All right. So, let's keep and make it 55 each. Each. So, I make a motion for $55 each. Um, who's the third person? Guzman, you said? Uh,
yes. Mr. Guzman, the trumpet player, and the national anthem. All right. Yeah. to be given as a Visa gift card. All those in favor? Frank passes and motions in
uh Veterans Family Scholarship Program. Have we put up the website application there? Yes, you all should have gotten that link. I think it was one of my emails. So, when we did the updates that you sent me, we've had one so far, which was a relication, which you all should Oh, yeah. We knew that person was going
to Now the teams will not the coaches will not be applying this year. I got an inside information. Yeah, they had a windfall. Okay, so that's good. That's good. Moving on. Golf tournament. Okay. Um I never get any but is there a motion or not? So
motion because I'm already super No, I don't think Do you need anybody to vote on anything? All let me just run our guy. I need three minutes. Can we do three minutes? Let's go. I did I just I did some research on on what it takes to run a golf tour setting the standard
and I want this is just some notes that I took. I had a couple of things. I had a meeting with I told um Fred about it and Fred invited him to his office and he was really generous without even talking about it. He goes, "I really
want to help you with this." Right away he volunteered a hole in one car. He involunteered sponsorships. He inv he he invol volunteered to have um goodie bags and just he just involunteered a whole lot of things. So it sounds like he's going to be what's
what they call sponsor the uh well there's going to be more than one. The idea of this is I want to raise as much money on this as we did for the run. Yeah. Well, you know how we have like headquarters Toyota as the the primary platinum sponsor for our 5K is is this
going to be different? This is going to be different. And I I didn't promise Fred anything. I just told Fred that, you know, it's really great. I can't wait to tell the committee about. So, we have a lot of time to talk. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Other things we need to talk about. A lot of these items that we need and I have some some estimates I give you. There's probably going to be
upfront spending, deposits on the golf course, things that want to have to put money up. It may be necessary to put that money up before our money comes in or make promisaries on that, but it's because there's other expenses. I listed I've listed put a list out here of a lot of things that we need to do. And my
goal is I also have a one that we just did here. My goal is to have the subcommittee meet all these expenses, estimate about, you know, what it's going to be and go ahead and be get the um the packages, the fundraising packages set up for you and start moving
those right away. The amount of people right now, the excitement we have about this is unbelievable. Everybody wants to back the veterans. Everybody wants to help us with our product. I think we can raise 50 $60,000 on this. Wow. And uh you know, and that's without exaggeration. That's real money. Fred's
last Fred's last event that he did and it was just one of these minor events. They raised $10,000 just like that with no problem. You also were invited to come. I'm going to give you a big group. A good group. Go to the next meeting with the Chamber of Commerce. We're already I'm a member of the Chamber of
Commerce. We're already Go to that meeting and you're going to raise it there. Sure. I'm already a member there and we're already going to be there and want to do a presentation. I just want to talk to Bill about possibly doing a presentation about where we'll do it. We'll do it. Um it's
you know it's Do we have a location yet? Um okay we we we do tend the um I spoke Miami Lakes Golf Court. That's exactly where we want to have you a copy of the email with the John Reed. I'm asking you I'm giving you
softball questions. I know the answers but any there's a lot to cover. I don't want to go into all it right now. It's a complicated issue. It's a lot of things to be done. It's every bit as complicated as as the um as the reindeer run. Yeah. One of the benefits of this is it's done on private property. We don't have to hire police. We don't have
to have special permits. We have Rishi there. She's a granddaughter of Gran. We got a lot of power. Just say yes. Don't worry about it. She is the public. I put a couple examples. I put a couple examples in the back of the folder. And I'm also going to give you continued
supply. Keep the folders because we're talking about events that's seven, eight months away. I'm gonna continue to get your information of what's going on. I think I think you know this is good. I think what I want to develop when we go visit the Chamber of Commerce uh Larry is how they can be you know how these
level different levels of sponsorship go like on the the William B. Grand golf tournament, how they have the bronze angle sponsor, hole and tea sponsor, hole in one or two sponsors, breakfast sponsor, beverage sponsor, all kind of things. We know we probably need one or
two,000 and uh and that way the we're asking for 7,000. That way the chamber folks can attach something to put money to, you know, talk about. So we'll talk about this Larry later on since we have to get going. Um well, there's a lot involved. I want to get the subcommittee
going. If anyone wants to volunteer, so I don't recommend doing subcommittee and doing all this planning beforehand. We need to know need to know have a good idea of what it is that we need to know what it's about and what what's entailed what you know what what the liabilities. So I guess what I need
to know and we'll we'll talk about it Larry is in order for me to brief counsel is when do we expect to do the first tournament and we want we if we if we want to book in Miami Lakes and they're excited John they're excited to have us they are if we want to do that
they're looking to open up in November and they they they want us there and we will probably one of their first events right now the Grams are doing an event in a couple of weeks and they're only you know they're they're doing an event now because they don't want to wait. Obama has a meeting. November, December
is probably Is that realistic to be able to pull off by November? November would be would be ideal. You know, I December might be difficult because we got the reindeer run going. No, I mean December would be because the reindeer run is our key event. Um you would have to move into January. If I may before I I move.
You don't want two big events back to back because you're going to kill your sponsors. Exactly. So you might want it like reindeer run and then maybe in spring where it's not too hot. No, the corporate there's a difference with golfing events. Corporate event golfers, okay, golfers, corporate event golfers, they're happy to get their team out
there, their buddies, get out there, smoke cigar, will be a different target audience. They're a different You're a different audience alltogether and Okay. So, but I also want to be realistic because, you know, I don't want the golf course to be just finished and look like trash. Oh,
it won't be. Believe me, they're spend $18 million doing this golf course. It will not look like trash. Okay. So, this is going to what I want to do is I got to brief the committee, the council on it. So, um I will get with you Asabella once I have all the details
from Larry so I can have a you know a brief that answers all the questions as to when where when do you want to brief council? when you plan on as soon as I know all the information and get all the information from you. So I will give you an exact date until until Well, I got
your email so I can contact John directly and figure out things and uh you know see what's going on. Well, I kind of wanted to do that a little bit differently. I kind of hope to um go through the grams and have the other ones that own the course and John is the manager for them. I think they can give
us a little influence on that. Well, it might be helpful. Then I I see Stew every once in a while. Um so I'll let him know. Okay. Uh motion to adjourn. Question. What time do you want us at
Mary Collins for Memorial Day? Memorial Day. I think it's at 10:00. But what time do you want us to [Music] That's a good one. Um I say we show up at 09. That way make sure we're going to have set up and stuff for that. It's a Mary.
that. Oh yeah, I gota do this one. So yeah, show up at 09. Are we doing food? Are we doing anything? Are we I want to try to see if I can get somebody sponsor at least. Is someone going to come in and set up the room? Is there any plans for that? And what do we what's what's
the do we have the room? Is it reserved? open. I mean, I don't know what she got. We had everything all set up. Yeah. If you have a room layout in mind, there's a piece in that packet where you can kind of Yeah, we had the room laid
out. We had the double room. We had We had the podium. We had that all set up. We had we had the uh the intercom system, you know, the or the speaker, whatever you call it. We had that. We had music in the background set up. We had uh you know, we had Bob Bless American music stuff playing throughout
it. We had the the different uh the different people. Well, Bill's going to do this by himself this year except for the reading of the uh Oh, I mean, it's a committee thing, right? So, it's not me by myself. So I mean here William basically but the reading the reading of the um have you have you chosen anybody
to read the uh I don't whatever veterans are there you know basically ask we did it last time what we did last time so it really went well I passed it all out ahead of time and asked the guys to practice reading it when they got got up there they weren't stumbling around they also printed it up in large print form also printed up in large print form so
they could budge right all them were in large print form I read it that way too I'd like to read one yeah go ahead guy. Yeah, be the army guy. Um, break down on 85 bucks an hour. We're going to be doing it ourselves.
Um, am I looking at tables? How many tables we need? I think we need There's 100. We had 150 people there last year and there wasn't enough places to sit down. I don't know if we're going
to have that many, but but did we did we advertise the event anywhere? We put it up on the memorial theater. We've been we have it on our website. We've been posting it on social media. That's basically what we did last year, right? And we had we had food from who did we have food from last year?
Ber got it from Sergio. I think I'm going to try I see if I can get somebody to sponsor something. We don't need too much. Let's see. I'm going to try. But I did Saturday. That Saturday the 26th was good. I got
195. It was good for the American. Sounds good. Gary might got maybe about three grand. It's nice. So we're all okay with besides that one edit you mentioned though with the program. Anything else
you all need for the actual event saying? Okay. We have national anthem and presentation of colors confirmed. Um all set up. So awesome. Basically, yeah, we'll just do that and uh we're
going to offer I mean it's going to be a pretty quick ceremony. Um the readings along the part, right? And then if we have a little bit of food, it may not need to be fancy. It could be, you know, it could be a Well, I was thinking, you know, if I can get maybe a couple hundred
dollars, we can buy, you know, probably has a stray that we buy for the American Legion. Yeah. That is small sandwiches. Yeah. That cost like $30, I think. So, two of those three trade. That' be nice. You know what? What? When do we have our
next American Legion made? You know, uh the no. Yeah. on duty day. Sorry. Well, I don't want to postpone. I'm going to be there. I'll leave. Yeah. So, what I'll do, we'll just approve the expenditure for the Memorial Day ceremony for Legion will pay for the sandwiches. Okay. You
know, we'll put in Well, he has some money. I just got it from the other event. I'm just waiting for Bren $2,500. So, we only have to pay out of that. It's 500 of the guys. We get about 400 bucks, 500 bucks to buy our sandwiches and we'll be good. That sure. All right.
He invited me to the office. Do you know he rattled before I get the question ceremony? Do we have the we have the all those folks already set up the uh invocation? We got How
about No, I got the invocation for ceremony and stuff. Okay. We have the national anthem. Yes. National anthem. Yes. Do we have the presentation of color approval for duties? You want also up, Judy? Yes.
I can ask, but that's already mixed. I didn't know you wanted that for Judy. Okay. And uh if they don't have it, that's fine. You know, standing up for the national anthem is good enough. Okay. Um so, we can set up the flag and everybody can just Okay. Um but even wanted also
for Memorial Day, do you know who would be giving that for the program for the invocation? Uh, it'll probably be he'll be a Legion member for sure. Probably be Ismo who's a chaplain Legion Legion. What about Are we going to need
someone from the town to be at the Mary Cornell Center on the town coordinate? I'll be there. I'll be there for both. We already put in a request for chairs and everything. So, that's at 10:00. So, we should be there. Can they need the podium there also? It
was in the request I sent and and and the and the intercom system that the um chair of four tables of what Bill put in the form from last meeting. Okay. Yeah.
Jeremy won't be able to make it. I did send the invitation. He's out of town regretfully, but we'll have someone from Where's the tree? Make sure the tree. You know where it is exactly? I
think it's right at the entrance. But I'll be there. It's a new tree. So, I'm going to be there. I'm I'm going to be there early to help you. Whatever. So, whatever's going Yeah. So, um I I'll bring the shovel from public works. Uh,
six, I believe, was the number that you requested. Oh, all right. That'll be nice. Six. Okay. Six shovels. That's Yeah, that's for that's for the that's for the, you know, little picture thing, you know, of us pretending to be planting that tree. We could be buried somewhere. Programs from Memorial Day.
That's what you I brought her the medal. The the one from Ali. You know the new medals. Do you have one? What else? Those new medals they coin. I didn't get one. Let me see if I can get my
chocolate over here. No. water. I got a trunk coin. Yeah, a Trump silver dollar. Check that out. Make sure I got it right. Okay, so 09 for duty and 09 for
memorial. We have a big event remember September for the bleach. and trying to get because I got a lot of people. So, we're trying to get maybe but we're also I don't think it's big enough. So, they might give me
the give me the French and you may have you may the new mayor. Yeah, I met her. I have a picture with her more of the Have we? She's the
interim. Have you shut it off? No, I've been waiting to hear. I didn't hear your journed about 15 minutes ago.