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Yeah, >> I'll sit next to you to practice. Let's see how you how the master does emotions. >> All right, let's rock and roll. All right. So, it's uh 7:49 p.m. We're calling this this meeting to order

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of the NIC. Uh I'm going to go ahead and do a roll call >> since we don't have a secretary. Okay, I'll do that part. All right. Uh Felicia Salisar >> present.

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Frank Pellegrino Javier Leoto Jesus Mendoza >> present >> Rudelo present Mario Peda >> present >> Adam Rodan

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right so unfortunately we don't have a quorum so we'll just go you know through the agenda items just kind of get updates but we won't be able to hear >> no All right So, order of business that stays the same.

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Uh, public comments. Um, is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? >> Wonderful. Go ahead. >> Um, thank you for being so welcoming for us coming to this meeting where I have not been in more than a decade. [laughter] But, uh, and thank you for

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all the good work you guys are doing and can't wait to hear the updates. >> Thank you. All right. Um, anyone else from the public like to speak? >> Thank you for inviting us to this committee. Um, I'm the only one here for

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for >> because I've been in my late three years only. >> Okay. >> Okay. And well, it's good to know the process how it works. >> Awesome. You're welcome. Welcome.

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>> All right. So, moving on to item five. Okay, we're going to go ahead and table that. Then six, any >> any town staff updates?

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>> Uh, well, mine was more of an announcement. I'm going to be moving. So, this is unfortunately my last NIC meeting day. >> I'm starting a PhD group. >> Congratulations. >> PhD.

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>> Congratulations. So, I do not know who your new lead is going to be. I don't have any, but just wanted to let you know. >> Good luck and better. >> Well, thank you so much. You've been great. Thank you so much for all your patience. It is greatly greatly appreciated from the bottom of our

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heart. Really, we really appreciate it. We're going to miss you. >> All right. Any other announcements? >> What if you don't learn? >> Uh, English language. >> Thank you. >> All right. Any other updates? >> No.

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>> No. >> No. You did good. You did good. [laughter] >> All right. Um, old business. We're going to go ways to beautify. That's uh ways to beautified under the Palmetto Expressway northwest 154th

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Street. Mr. Estra. So, this agenda item is basically the underpass of the Palmetto Expressway at 154. It's a little lackluster. So we're trying to push for um jocking 57th Avenue at the Grand Kia has the LED

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lights. So that's what this project is. So uh we actually got approval from the council to even submit an application for a community aesthetic feature which is what this is considered and I am the one who is I guess the on the committee

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with public works which is Omar my contact and I forwarded everything and anything I've done up to this point which was probably two years ago over a three month span >> right >> and he said he was going to finesse his networking system and he'll get back to

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me with the next which would include um conceptual drawings of what end product would be. >> Right. >> Awesome. How's that? >> So, >> sorry. Is that I'm sorry. 154 is that uh down by Lake Patricia

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by the golf club on the way to Chipotle. Whatever. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, uh it it used to be painted. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're going to kind of like >> strongly, but is it still like does that paint need refreshing? >> It does. >> Yeah, cuz it seems dull now.

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>> It needs a cleaning. It needs a whole >> Yeah. So, will be included with this. >> So, it's kind of two things, right? >> But they're included in one project, but yes, we can >> So, DOT was finishing remember the uh that whole new barrier that they did. So, once they get done with that

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barrier, I guess they're going to do the pressure cleaning and all that. So, All right. Um, item 7B that's out. Um, item 7 C. >> Item 7C, green space near Northwest 87th Avenue. Again, we're waiting on DOT.

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Remember DOT is looking at a traffic going to see do a roundabout in that area. So, we're waiting on that study and we're waiting for Jeremy to get back up. >> We'll do. Yeah, there's there there's a lot of waiting in these processes. They're very lengthy. They take time and

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the government's just not fast at all. >> So, this [clears throat] >> I know exactly what you mean. >> So, this is right off of 87th and going into Hyia, you know, where the bridge is right to the right side. There's a little bit of green space there. We want to turn that into a little pocket park

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if we could. That's doing a tree and, you know, little walkway for for people in the area. So, that was the idea. >> All right. I don't >> why the DOT never >> they're doing a study to see if they do a roundabout in that whole area there. So roundabouts is a new traffic way of

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detering speeding. So it's going to see if they do it there or not >> and keeping the terrible flow. So there's no traffic there. It's just a constant circle. >> Yes. I'd love to see that. I see there was a lot of cars parking there selling items and then Mario, you know,

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>> people try to park like their car up there for sale or like some some guy parked their boat up there. >> Yeah. And I know I don't know I guess but yeah, so just to deter that view. It's the first thing you do when you come into the town, >> you know. So it would be nice to have a

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a little park. There were some of the local u area neighbors that were want to donate a tree and the you know the whole grassy area all that. So >> unlike your experience, how long does it take the DOT?

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>> We'll be probably by the end of the year, we won't see this project come to light. Maybe >> in three years we'll see it come to light. Probably >> it takes a lot. It's tough. We just got The thing is you have to stay on top of it. You got to push it and push it and

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push it and keep on bothering and keep on going. This is what the community wants. this is what we you know where where are you getting the money you don't need to get money the community will provide the trees there's you know all those things but it's just whose property is it who's going to take care of it is all those things so it takes

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time takes time and the one thing that we've had is that even though the a lot of these things they're just the work that the record show that Mr. Java show you who just walked in. So we have a form

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we are in item six seven excuse me 17. So the one thing that we did is instead of some of these items you just have to wait just to to it's a lengthy process but we wanted to make sure they stayed in the agenda and we keep bringing them back. It's a lot of times it happened,

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you know, we didn't bring it back because somebody's working on it and it's in somebody's radar and before you know it, it happened exactly with that project under under 154. We depended on somebody to do their job. Um it was a

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done deal that did not get done. So then we said, you know what, moving forward all these agenda items, we're going to continue putting them in the agenda. Okay? And we'll wait to see, you know, if they come through, they come through. But we're so that's the reason where a lot of DJs will be like oh we're just it's a sitting you know it's a sitting

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game unfortunately >> and when you say that you have to push it and push it who is the person who pushing >> well the committee pushes it or they push it to the uh uh council you know we're still working on this project we're still looking to Yeah. So,

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>> and then they write the letters, right? Maybe the parks and recreation or public works. They'll be like, "Hey, do where are you with this process and then they'll give you a letters. Oh, yeah. We're doing great. We're still seven years out." Okay. All right. We're not going to move from here. So, that's what we're trying to do. There's there's a

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lot of moving pieces and we we don't what we don't want to happen again is exactly that. You know, a project that we don't necessarily have control over or we don't drive it. Um but we're definitely going to push it. I stood in front of other council twice for my same

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item in three years and now is when I finally got >> because some of the towns started complaining that it is a little ugly. So it lit the fire. So now we're actually gaining traction. So it's exciting for me at least three years of >> your dedication. Thank you.

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>> Your persistence >> resistance. All right. Um Go back. I make a motion that we go back to item four. >> No. >> Five. Sorry. >> I second. >> Okay.

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>> Got to write that motion down. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I'm She told me [clears throat] a motion to >> motion. >> Motion by Felicia

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>> to bring back item four. Five. 58 >> 58 58 motion session. >> No second by second. >> Okay.

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>> All right. Any comments? No. >> Okay. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Yes. The eyes have it. >> Approve and unanimous. >> All right. So, we go back. Says there's no E. We'll go back to 5A.

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Um, is there a motion to approve the minutes? >> We to bring motion now. >> I'll second. >> So, Mario motions have your seconds. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor say I.

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Against. All right. for it. No, I guess you guys have it. I didn't say hi. No, because I'm talking. I realize I didn't say hi. Um, all right. So, we're going to go to new business. >> No business yet.

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>> Even Oh, sorry. >> D. Correct. Sorry. >> We got good response from the town council on this. We got to sit down with JC and see what material he's got and bring that to light >> from the last one.

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>> From the last one we did. So, we'll grab that. >> All right. >> Okay. Did you hear that, Felicia? >> Sorry. >> No, no, no worries. No, you're good. I just want to make sure because you're you're one of the co um >> What is that?

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>> Lakes historical tour. >> Yeah. Wow. 17. >> I mean, I'm I'm ready to take on this. I mean, we have actually um I'd like to add uh I I met um Dr. Bennett, you know, he

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was instrumental in in making uh our archaeological site here like u years ago. Actually, I sent a link to my other group and We want to somehow get a

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marker for that location. So that's something that we can work together on that. >> Okay. >> With a corporate. >> Is a mark one of those things when you go to Google and you have to mark you. >> Well, no. Well, you've seen it. I think there's one at the entrance that I think uh

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what's that group? Well, there there's a marker there that we can, you know, but the thing is that even though the our um >> what kind of mark you if you don't mind explain to me what the sign is a um

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>> is it a physical marker? >> A little physical mark. It's a physical thing. It's not a virtual thing. >> It's something that when people drive by is they can say >> it could be a memorial statue or just like a literal like drilled into the ground.

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>> Yeah. because unfortunately there's a process to make that archaeological site because it's not registered with the state we went through all the trouble but but that's another topic that we can talk about it I don't want to go

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>> okay >> but yeah that that could be part of the historical tour and I don't know what uh um Helen had done so we have to find there's no

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Yeah, Mario sent an update. He said, uh, >> so yeah, every talked to JC, JC is getting to get all that he has and try to send it to. So, >> okay. >> And we'll go from there to see what we could plug it in there, what's new, what's updated. >> Yeah, we need to update all that information. So, it will be it will be

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exciting. I mean, we we had a great time last time that we did the the tour. >> What? So, something sorry to interrupt, but annual annual. >> No, no, no. Can that be annual? I mean, I wish we could uh >> we don't have the budget for it to be out. >> We don't have, you know, basically it's

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getting Well, we did last time. I don't know if you remember it. We had um what was the name of the >> It takes a tour bus, I think, to do it. >> We had a tour bus, but we had a presentation. Like, you seen the that cabinet in the

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the lobby. Okay. Just go over there and then you'll see part of what I was talking about. archaeological site is uh we we drove around different important historical sites and um

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you know not famous people always say important personalities that they might need. So we want to you know revamp it make it make a new one. Yeah. >> I love that. I I mean I didn't know about it before because and it sounds like a cool idea. Uh, and I love that

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you're doing it in person, but you could also do it self-guided. No, >> like you gota have something that is like math and say self-guided and information. A little >> that too. Actually, the grams have a little brochure that shows the location of all

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the the Yeah, >> so something similar. Yeah, something similar, >> but it takes time and man power or woman power to do all this. So, it's it's just getting the fulfillment of everybody,

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you know, do it. But this is something that we is on on our agenda. So, hopefully we'll be able to do it. >> I love that. >> Okay. All right. So, we'll move on

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to new business. uh we need to um reappoint a secretary. Uh we received from news that uh may not do it anymore. So um that being

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said, uh I nominate Mr. Juan Estrada. Is he here? [laughter] >> Is it before I give a speech? >> Not yet. Not yet. Not yet. Make sure you thank first. >> Okay.

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>> Anybody else? [laughter] >> Anybody else would like to uh be considered for that position? Seeing none, do you accept the nomination? >> I do. >> Awesome. There was no hesitation of that. So, >> you can give your speech. >> Yes.

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>> Yes. >> Um All right. So, I'll motion to appoint Mr. Estra as a new secretary. Is there a second? seconds. >> Second by Mr. Leo. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I.

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>> Opportunity to have a speech. >> Let him get a point first and then >> his speech is why he should be a voted. >> You know, we know that he can be a voter in favor. >> Let him let him enjoy it. The problem is if we hold him back too long, he can still take it back. >> Okay. All in favor say I.

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>> I. >> Against. >> No. All right. You guys have it. Congratulations. Is there some words that you like to say? Please make sure you thank your mom and dad. >> All the all the little people, all the big people, everybody. >> Awesome.

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>> Good deal. We don't want to say names of that. Exactly. Glad cover. >> All right. We're going to go ahead and thank you. We appreciate it, man. It's honestly something that's Yeah, >> it is an honor. Your name is here. None

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of us have names of you, right? All right. So, that being said, the announcement um I had um Helen uh center communication that I'm going to go um you know to ahead and read. She said that it needs to to read

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it here in the committee. Um so, it's a resignation and I believe Sala you received a copy as well. >> Yes, I did. >> And it says uh you want to read it uh is >> Oh, okay. more efficient.

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>> Okay. So, >> yeah, I don't want to >> It is a long email. Um, dear Rudy and Isabella and my fellow NIC members, with a very heavy heart, I regret to inform you that I am resigning from the neighborhood improvement committee. As much as I would truly love to continue

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sitting on the committee, I have recently moved and will no longer be able to attend uh regular meetings. Um, I'm so grateful for the amazing memories we've made together and the kind individuals I've been able to meet as a result of being in the NIC. I'm very

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proud of the work we have achieved in the past six years. Wow. That I've been part of the committee. From events like our community bike rides, installing the Aiden Perry life rings, and bringing educational initiatives to the town, I can honestly say that serving on the committee has truly been an honor, and I

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have learned so much about myself and our town. I don't anticipate this being a forever goodbye, so don't miss me too much. But for now, I wish the committee so much success and sending everyone a very big hug. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve the town of Miami Lakes. All my best.

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>> Very nice. >> Seriously, I did this with your hands when you said >> it's feeling it. She was feeling it. >> It was an all captain email. So, you know, you'll all see the coffee. It's it's tough because when you've been doing this for some time, you know, like

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Felicia, Amari, Amir, um you know, you know, you you really, you know, you get to know those people and even though we see ourselves once a year a month, sometimes, you know, once every two months, um you know, we we we've still, you know, we've come together, you know, as a as a committee. And uh so, yeah,

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it's it's tough to see these members, you know, go after, you know, spending all these years, but we're wishing nothing but the best. And um you know like she said maybe she'll be back. So all right seeing that there's no more there's more real quick. >> Yes.

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>> Um Isabella from the uh um the council. I know that we got approved some money. >> Did that ever come through come come through with uh a what was the Aiden Perry

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biography that we wanted to get? Uh I don't know I think it was $200. >> Yeah, two or four or four. >> I believe Councilman Hersburg said that he might they the council said there was they were be able to see if they could find an allocation for it. They could find

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some money, but if they couldn't, Stephen said he would cover it. Can we reach out to the council see that if that's still available? If not, we'll reach out to Stephen about that. And then we had another something about uh um no we had something other money I

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forgot for that video. >> You still have money in your lake from the Eden Perry initiative. You have $4,1668. >> So you couldn't see the video with that money. Remember this was from last year the money that you asked council for. We didn't spend it all. >> Remember we spend it all on all the

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money for life or something. We could >> I said we do the video first and then >> right >> do a video but I think we also have to look at all the links and see how many we want to put in and make the determination of how many.

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>> And then the other one was um we had asked if um for bike ride if from the uh overtime from the police if that would be available for us to do from that budget. at least one bike ride for us to have

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one, you know, >> they said they say yes. >> Yeah, they said and they said and >> we just want to make sure that >> from a budget standpoint >> from a budget standpoint, we want to make sure we have that money. >> They can say yes, but >> yeah, it's not in writing and we don't have it coming from the

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>> Well, from the budget meeting that special call in June, they decided to keep all committee like budgets flat. That could change, but I don't know about No, this was different. >> No, this was different. Remember we when when the committee report to the council, that was one of the requests

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they had and then they approved it. Yes. >> I don't recall >> the April meeting. >> Okay. >> So, just if we could to get a a final answer on that, that way we could plan which bike ride we're going to do, >> right? >> You know, at least a holiday one.

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>> So, add the right. So the Ed and Perry video we can utilize the funds that we have >> and do we what do we do hire a company for that? >> Well Ghani I think Ghani uh there's the company that they use here was willing to help us out with that and he had an idea. We already talked to the fire

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department. They're going to be the ones diving in you know pretending to the whole thing >> about public safety >> and correct. I know public safety will sit on it as well. They were in on half of it. So, I'll talk to Carlos if you want. >> Okay. >> I'll get that going.

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>> Yeah, of course. What else is on the agenda for next meeting? So, that way we don't and then the next one will be the find out and then you'll let us know about the the fund for [clears throat] the >> All right. Um, >> and then we remember we still have the

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leftover one HOA. >> They can use it. I think >> remember they left us. >> Wait, I think >> I was coming up with one. I'll put it.

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>> Do you have the condo associations at the HOA meeting or just HOA? >> We >> Oh, condo HOA. >> Yeah, in both. >> Oh, it is both. >> It is both, but we've talked about it. It's It's tough for us to get all the HOAs to come out, >> but there's not a lot of condos. Well, she's asking the difference between condos and HOAs, but

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>> not I mean I'm asking if condos are included in it. You said it is both. >> Yeah. Yeah, we just include both. >> Uhhuh. >> But primarily I think in my link is it's almost all >> Yeah. But we're in a condos. >> Which one? >> Celebration.

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>> Oh, it's Oh, celebration. Yeah. >> Yeah. We invite everybody. Anybody can come even if they're not in need. >> Well, maybe we'll come. We'll come back and find out when they're not. >> He's he's in one of the non HOA communities or anything like that. >> Oh,

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>> special district. He's a special tax taxing district. [clears throat] >> When would the next bike ride be? I I did one once years ago, but >> you have to get funding. >> It was super. >> We got to get the funding first. >> So, it cost us for us to do a bike ride, we have to have the police officers request. I saw $3,500.

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>> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Half of that. >> I had no idea it was >> Yeah. >> Used to be $1,200. >> It was Yeah. >> We started with 12 and then you have to have like three of them. Four of them. >> Yeah. Two in the front. The truck.

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>> I mean, they were very helpful. >> It is. When we do the culinary bike tour, it's it's the only time that you could drive your bike in New York at the same time and the police officer. >> I don't know about that. I don't know about that. For the record, no not [laughter]

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got that from. >> Everybody's responsible. Nobody is. >> And we do not promote drink and writing. [clears throat] >> All right. >> He's been censored. >> You want to go ahead um and say your announcement for the two committee members that were not here?

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>> Oh, uh this will be my last N meeting. >> Yes. I'm starting a PhD program this fall. So I congratulations moving quickly. >> What are you going to do? >> University of Tennessee. Oh well >> in person and >> what PhD program if you don't make me ask.

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>> Uh English literature. >> Congratulations. >> Tennessee volunteer. >> Mhm. >> Football. >> It's an awesome stadium. >> The name huge. Yeah. >> Who's going to be replacing?

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>> I do not know. >> Okay. I'm here. >> Speaking of requesting, do we know if there's any other interest for people to join the committee since we've lost? >> Usually the office of the clerk like alerts me if there's been a new and then um they ask if they've attended a meeting but nothing recently

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unfortunately. >> Well, we have two residents from celebration that maybe I don't know. >> Uh yes, one of us at least will apply. Oh yeah, great. [laughter] They're going to be paper rocket scissors. Let's go. >> Out of all the committees, this is the

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less tense committee you probably >> Yes. >> Yeah. You don't know. You weren't here for that, but I was on this committee before. It was just a really long time ago. For me, it's the first time. But Felicia was on it when I was on it, I think. >> And it was when Josh was the >> That was a long time ago.

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>> Josh Tony was too ago. >> Tony was first. Tony first then after that Josh then we see you soon. >> It's been a long time. Thank you for the reminder getting older. All right. If

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there's no >> one last thing I pulled up the mention last council meeting just so you know for the next meeting. Um according to the minutes um they the vice mayor say that the committee should focus on plan one major bike ride and come back to council with a proposal. And then

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Councilman Sanchez stated that he would like to see collaboration with other committees regarding town events. Um, Mayor Diego said that he is not in support of broadening every committee's jurisdiction to include events. So, it sounds like you might want to

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collaborate with another committee potentially and then do a proposal for one major based off of what I'm reading from the minute. I don't know if that's what you remember >> or funding. I'm not seeing anything with funding from the minutes.

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>> So funny to me, Josh was the one that was pushing the like he started the bike ride idea back when I was and I was like, "Oh, that's kind of weird. They might want >> for a better idea. I think they want an

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alternate idea. We have a great idea." >> I guess it's something to keep in mind for the next meeting. put that in. >> I can still ask about the final, but I was pulling up the minutes so I can get an answer for you all and then I follow you.

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>> I know I back up. I get it. >> Right. >> What other um can we reach out to? Safety will probably be >> public. He's very engaged. My second

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go my second. >> Any other announcements? >> All right, seeing none, I motion. Well, >> I have one last announcement. >> Huh? >> Oh, >> no. >> No, [laughter]

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>> no, I didn't want to say. >> So then for sure the two of you are coming. >> That's it. [clears throat] >> No, I want to say so is I don't know if you guys all knew. So, I was the chairman of the charter review commission. We had our final presentation yesterday. We presented our

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our questions over to the council uh last night and it's 14 questions to amend the charter that are going to be on the ballot in November 3rd. Um the council I think may be taking up an additional question they want to add that's going to be held on Tuesday at the commission meeting. Uh but I just

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want to make sure to advise everybody to please go out there uh November 3rd and vote in favor of um most of the or all of I I would say all of the the amendments, you know, we had a great uh time period with the entire commission. We had about seven months where we had 10 meetings,

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official meetings. Uh some went into 11:30, 11:45 at night. Very long meetings, great debates. Um but I look forward to seeing what the town residents want to do to amend our charter. Our charter revision commission meets every 10 years. Uh so and this one

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thankfully, you know, coincided with America's semi-quincentennial, our 250th anniversary for the United States. And so it's uh it'll be on November 3rd, our our ballots, and you guys will see the questions and the revisions that we propose over to there. So please get out

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to your friends, neighbors, any of the residents to make sure to go out and vote. I know it's a lot. People say it's 14 ballot initiatives, but I think they were very important. our commission really uh took those into consideration, took a lot of time in reviewing uh

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suggestions and and what is best for our our town. Um but it's very important as I said last night is for our community to come out and say exactly what they want for our future. So that's a big announcement. >> Thank you. Great job. >> Every 10 years.

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>> It's every 10 years. So the last one was in 2015 2016 when it was voted on and so the next one won't be until 2035 will be appointed in the December 2035 or 2020 and 2036. So it makes changes to our charter which our charter is the

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constitution for our municipality similar to the United States constitution's been around for 250 ours been around now for 25 now 26 years. >> November 3rd at what time? >> No it'll be the the elections >> the main it'll be part of the main election. So when you get a retired ballot,

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>> so when you're voting for everybody else on November 3rd, when you go into the polling, so obviously you can do the early voting, you can do the absentee if anybody has absentee balloting and then you'll have the main voting, but it'll be included in the ballot as well to go through that process. >> The deadline to register is like very

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soon. So look look at your registration and make sure it's >> the deadline I think for for well for the prim for primaries. >> I'm not sure if that's closed out yet, but >> is it July 23? Okay. I already got my mail. >> Yes, absolutely. >> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> Good. >> And so you have uh primary voting that's going to come up, but that's going to be primarily is any primary run races are going to be run as well as all judiciary races that are going to be run. Uh those go now in August. And then you have the

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main election that will happen November 3rd, which is the bigger election, which you have all the other state elected officials, anybody that was in the primaries that will go down um be voted on in November 3rd, which will include all of the I know it's going to be a lot because you have all the elections that are going be going on, but you also have

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the county charter is going to have revisions, but we're also going to have the Miami date county or the Miami Lakes charter revisions, which is R14 plus whichever that the commission decides to add on Tuesday. Yes, state carefully. >> If you have any questions, reach out to

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me and you happy to share my information, whatnot. All of our meetings were are online. Um, they're on the you the town of Miami Lakes YouTube channel. They were all published and everything. So, >> is there any u short uh broad strokes

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kind of synopsis you could say for what those 14 items are? Or is it like leaning people who want this town to go more pro business or more to >> So there wasn't anything that was necessarily pro >> what what >> Yeah. So you know so there wasn't anything that necessarily went pro

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business or anti- business. It wasn't in in that respect. There was a lot of the governance. Some of the big issues were um one of them is uh one of the recommendations was reducing the council from seven or a total of six council members because obviously you have the mayor is additional. So it'd be from six

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down to four. So reducing that to the seats coming up uh to be effective as of 2030, the election period. Uh there was the other one was a lifetime uh limitation on running to being to two

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terms for either council members and mayors independently of each other. They could only run two terms maximum for their lifetime. Um there was a provision that will extend that that'll make the town clerk to now be directly reporting

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and uh selected by but reporting directly to the council members rather than the town manager as is currently. Um we had a couple others that were about filling vacancies. We had a lot of uh ministerial aspects. you know, I'm an attorney, so I went through it and I

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found that there was a lot of like little small terms and little references that were just incorrect that should have been corrected a long time ago. So, I did a lot of the changes that we updated our map to include a lot of the new communities uh that we've incorporated that have started out over on the west side that weren't there

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before. Um and uh there was some also some provisions with regards to uh increasing or better defining how uh the town's folk as together with work with the council in communicating with other

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municipalities. Right now u the charter is very clear that the mayor and is the only one that can speak to other areas. This one would provide the from an administrative perspective that uh count the town manager and administrators can

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have communications with other areas but there's but it so it it delineates the the operations but allows a better communication amongst the other municipalities and speaking on behalf of the entities. Uh but there's about 14 different questions uh that we have on

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different areas and so they're going to be putting out information about it. Unfortunately, state law prohibits the town from putting out what's been put out, what was put out in the last uh charter revision commission, a voters's guide. What they can simply do is just put out the information,

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>> you know. So, we they can't explain, I guess, what the what the the net effects are going to be. Um, you know, that's unfortunate. That's the state statutes. That was something that was implemented. >> That's true. >> Um, no, this was implemented I think it was 2016 2017 right after our charter commission review. It was not because of

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us, but it was the state statutes that prevented the >> state economic impact, how it affects you, blah blah blah. >> Yeah, those voter guides are now prohibited by law. So, we can't go the the voter guide, but they can't put >> it still might be required for state amendments though, just not with not

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municipalities >> and not not at the municipal level. I'm not sure about the on the state level, >> but that's still required for >> state. And some of the other provisions just to kind of highlight is also changing the uh election cycle. It's now moving you know one of the

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recommendations is to move the um you can just look at my speech that I I gave good highlight on um but they had uh it's moving the runoff elections. So the elections are now going to continue to be only in November with the main

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elections with runoff period instead of now it was initially be two weeks after the original election. Now it's going to be the second week of December. So to push it outside of of the Thanksgiving holiday which a lot of it kept on following these these runoffs and it'll be in the second week of December. Um,

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so that's when that's one of the other proposals as well as having the terms to begin in uh the second Tuesday of January, which aligns with a lot of other elected offices and when they take office rather than uh right after the runoff period.

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Pretty good. >> Anything on Board of Me? Absolutely not. >> You should have come to our meeting. He should have said something. Boat wasn't really up on the top of the list. [laughter] >> What would we consider? Those debates

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were very uh >> All right. Any other announcements? Thank you, Jav. It's a great update. Appreciate that. Good. >> Any other announcements? >> Seeing none. Seeing none, I motion to adjourn. 8:27 p.m. >> Second 2 8:27. Second by Javier. All in

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favor say I. I. >> The eyes have it. Meeting adjourned. Thank you so much for coming.