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Excuse me. >> All right, we're going to open up the August 4th, 2026 meeting. We'll have the call to invocation first by Commissioner I mean Mr. Hart and a pledge of allegiance by U Mr. Fner. Commissioner

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Fner. >> Okay. >> And then roll call. Please stand. >> Dear heavenly father, we thank you through your abundant grace and mercy, you've allowed us to come together to conduct the city's business. And father you we pray that you help us to come in into the spirit of unity even though we may disagree. Let us not disrespect or

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disengage from one another but to continue to work together as brothers and sisters. We say a special prayer of all of our um men and women serving in the all armed forces all over the world. Keep them safe and keep them covered under your wings. And as always a special prayer over our first responders. Watch over them as they watch over us. We so carefully give you

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the praise, the honor and glory you do. Your son Jesus name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. >> Commissioner Kennedy >> here. >> Commissioner Wilson >> here. >> Mayor Johnson >> here. >> Commissioner Fner >> here. >> Commissioner Oliver is absent. All right, we got a presentation first by Hapco Jazzfest. Joseph McMullen,

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Commissioner Joseph McMullen from Oakland. >> Thank you so much. >> Oh, you is going to be on the screen. >> Are you Did you bring something? >> It's on the screen. It's on this computer right here. >> Somebody will come back. Okay, >> there you go. >> The magic door opens.

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>> Well, you got already here. All right, Joseph McMullen from 201 Vista in the town of Val. I want to say thank you for allowing me to come before you this evening. As you know, I am the founder and the uh person who uh started

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Hapco Music Foundation and I just want to say thank you for allowing me to stand here before you here today. Habco Music Foundation um is a nonprofit and our main focus is building futures through music, art, and education. And um you know, I want you to really

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understand that we are a a nonprofit that that does educational programs. And that's our main mission. Our main goal is really leading in and coming alongside these youth. And we've been doing it for like 25 years. And of course, we've been doing a lot of those a lot of those programs right here in

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the town of Oakland. And I'm sorry, I'm sorry, in the city of AOE. We really just want to to uh just have you guys come along continue to have us come alongside you or you come alongside us as we try our best to um support our youth. Um again, you know, um our

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mission, you know, building future art education and over the years we have uh assisted over 30,000 youth um as it relates to um helping them with their journey, you know, utilizing the arts. And most of those those students we work

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with are disadvantaged and and that's our focus. Come along alongside those who really need that help that we can bridge the gap. And you know we've helped kids you know make money over $50,000 really more than that to uh

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allow them to to use their skill to make money and at the same time have fun and and just grow in this thing called music. So we do a few things. We do some master classes where we bring in professionals professionals and professors into the classroom. Uh we do

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clinics uh at the high schools in the local area. We hire them. You have hired students through us to do live performances at at your different events whether it's the holidays, Veterans Day, Fourth of July, all the things that you've done. So you have hired students

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that we work with to come and perform. And you know the last thing is that we do concerts. Of course that's what we're going to talk about tonight. But I really want you to understand our main purpose are those programs feeding into those students. The concerts is just the

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presentation of what we have as we work through that journey. And then we also give our instruments to our students and we'll talk a little bit about that um as we go through the evening. What you hear, what you see here is a master class at AOY High School. In the middle

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there is Jeff Roupert and he's the professor of jazz at OK I'm sorry at um University of Central Florida and this is a master class where we had few hundred students at the end of the day where he was able to work with those students and you know just you know feed

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into them you know we have um partnerships with University of Central Florida, University of Florida uh FSU Florida&M University uh Florida GF Coast University and soon we're going to be bringing on Bthoon Cooking university as well. So we we work with these universities to work with our students

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to put on these clinics to also help these students gain scholarships. Uh Jeff Roupert has has chosen several students from these clinics and this is the one at Acoy High School that we do in January every year. That's how we our partnership started. But this is a a

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picture of that day at the end of the day of a university professor like I mentioned all the other universities that we work with to come alongside us. And as I mentioned earlier, student performances, you as a city have hired musicians, these kids, they're in high school.

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Right on the far right is Andrew Kennedy. I think it's a 2019 graduate of Aoy High School. And uh he was one of our performers last year at the jazz festival. Grew up right here, Aoy Middle, Aoy High School. you have hired him and and he was the one who started the the piece that we call Hapco live

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where students are performing for different events you know parties business after hours but you have been a part of that so it's not just the concert it's not just the festival it's a part of the educational journey and you have been a part of that throughout

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um our our time we also give out scholarships you know we help u kids go to uh conferences we help them go to different camps throughout the summer, you are a part of that journey. And these are the things that we do. Again, I want to I'm going to continue to emphasize we are not here about doing a

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concert. This is an educational journey that leads to a concert. Um, you know, I mentioned earlier we do instrument donations. We also do health education. We do culinary arts. So, we do uh cooking classes and programs where Healthy West Orange is going to be here in a couple of minutes. Uh, we work with

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them over the last few years. They are part of our journey which are they are part of you. Again, it's all about the arts. It's all about coming alongside students and and senior citizens that help them live healthier lives. And as you can see here, this is, you know, you

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know what we're getting to a free public concert. Of course, this is in a popka, but these are the type of concerts that we do at different places. >> Cultural programming, community partnership. It's not about us. It's about we how we can work together. And those programs and these events that we

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we doing, they're all free. So there's no charge to it and it's all about you know um bringing more people in to to share the love of music and jazz and as I mentioned you know our partnership educa I know I already said all these things but the educational programming

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the free concerts we've been working with uh the city of AOY for over 16 years. We got here because of the commission, you know, coming alongside us, Commissioner Johnson at the time, then then became mayor, Commissioner Wilson, and then in recent years, all of

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you have come alongside HACO to allow us to be able to share what we're trying to do for these students as relates to their their future. And, you know, it's it's it's very um impactful to have this type of partnership because you you really don't see these type of partnerships in different parts of the

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country. And just going right to to where we are right now, the last few years again, um, Mayor Neil, Mayor um Johnson said, "Hey, can you bring this program from the school as far as the concert to our city so more people could

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enjoy?" Now, I did fight him on that for a little while because we really wanted to be at the school because we really want people to come to the school. But, um, Mayor Johnson kept saying, "Hey, we got a good product. you, you know, we brought in different uh performers, different professionals to perform, but

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he said, and this was his quote, he said, "We want more people to be able to experience the things that you're doing." So, we've been here and it's just been it's been beautiful as far as people coming and really want to know what's going on and being a part of what we're trying to do. You know, as you can see, you know, as I mentioned earlier,

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the benefits, you know, community, people are asking us, you know, all over, you know, when is this jazz thing going to happen again? get people asking me right now, you know, we we you know, we're planning for March, but people ask me right now, when is the next one? You know, and we talking about jazz, you

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know, something that's everyone can enjoy. Everyone can come alongside and be a part of it. And and it's helping this community show different diverse type of programming that's inclusive, but everyone can, you know, figure out what they want to plug into. And it's

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positive, you know, it's it's it's helping these students. It's helping our community. is really um uh doing a great thing in our area. People are coming here, I tell you, people didn't know about the the Lakeshore Center. Um there are people that want to use the Lakeshore Center when they come here and

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they see how beautiful it is. You know, I got vendor I saw one of I saw one of the vendors this about a month ago say, "Hey man, don't forget I want, you know, be a part of the the event again." I got downtown vendors saying, "Hey, I heard about the jazz festival. Uh Mayor Johnson has been talking about it.

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Commissioner Kennedy been talking about it. people downtown say, "Hey, we want to be a part of this now, too." So, it's, you know, the visibility and the desire and the love for it is growing. You know, I I got people emailing me from all corners of the state wanting to

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be a vendor for this jazz festival. And, you know, we shown that we have that model. You know, we've been doing this here for like the last four years. You know, the audience is growing. I show I talked to you about the university partnership. We have musicians that we

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know locally, but and I was, you know, speaking to uh Commissioner uh Oliver the other day. I got people emailing me from all over the world want, you know, wanting to perform here. You know, I told Craig that the same thing when he and I talked briefly. I said, "People

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are email. I'm telling people, hold on. You know, um you know, we we can see how we're going to progress, but please hold on because this the word is out. People want to be a part. Y'all doing something special here." Now, this is not happening all over the state. You know, you're coming alongside a nonprofit that's educational and our our purpose,

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but at the same time, we're trying to make sure we make a difference in the kids' lives. So, what we trying what we doing, we got Joe Albbright already booked. Joe Albbright is a ninetime Grammy award artist, saxoponist. And people are

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asking me, "How did you do it?" We have partnership. We have some friends that people come alongside us. Well, he's booked. He's booked for March of 20 2027. This, you know, and and I'm getting art because of Gerald Albbright. I'm getting artists from all over saying, "Y'all must be doing something

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special, Diana Koy." And I and I and I brag on on the partnership and how we doing this. The the young kid uh you see up there with the trumpet, that's Preston Roupert. That's Jeff Roupert's son. That kid is a junior at Giuliard. He was one of the

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only trumpets, two trumpets that was accepted to Giuliard two years ago and now he's a junior performing all over New York and he comes down here and perform with his father and of course we got to have a koi high school as you already know. I think Bernie is in his 20 plus year at a Koi High School

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producing kids every every year and those kids are going or Andrew Kennedy I mean all these kids are going on to be doing something great. So this is the lineup that we have for 27. Gerald Preston Roupert along with Bernie um Hendricks. Again, like I mentioned, we're telling people no because we

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cannot bring anybody else on board. And so that's, you know, you know what we're trying to do, you know, as what you're doing right now, investing in education, the culture, the community, and like I mentioned, economic development. I got people emailing me wanting to be vendors. I got downtown vendors. I got

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people all over this area want to be vendors. Like I mentioned, the the educational piece as well. And I ask if you can come alongside us at least initially because we want to step this up to bring in a Grammy nominated person, you know, about $25,000 to help

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with that. But that's going to help expand our marketing, our production as, you know, increasing community engagement because this the word is already out. People are even Joe Gerald Albbright has it on his website. So this event is already being pushed through all his media as well. So that and again

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um maintaining the free event and this is where we are. Thank you so much. >> I'm I will tell you Joel um we're in the budget process starting so we'll be going over that doing that at the budget process. >> Yes sir. >> Once again it's great project. We really

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enjoy it and appreciate where the kids get to come and do that and learn a lot of deal about the music and >> being out in front of the crowd. So I I I I just want to tell you that um we we love doing that. So let's hope and pray

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we can get through the budget process and get going. So we thank you for coming out tonight. >> And I know where you are. Of course, you know, I understand it very well. I know where you are and we're not trying to replace anything. We just want to be a part of what you're doing. And then I want to also add Joe Albbright is going to meet with the kids for 30 45 minutes.

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Again, that's pouring into these kids' lives talking to professional. Thank you so much. >> All right, buddy. >> Appreciate it. >> All right. Healthy self healthy selfie day program crocation. I'm going to let Commissioner Wilson read this and then

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we'll have a picture made >> and you introduce this young lady. >> Dorcas Dillard is from Healthy Healthy West Orange. Healthy selfie. >> She's here. We all know Dorcas. She's been with us for years. The proclamation is whereas healthy West

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Orange was launched in 2016 to inspire healthy behaviors and provide resources to help residents make better lifestyle choices. And whereas for the past 10 years, Healthy West Orange has united residents, organizations, businesses, schools, and local governments around

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the shared vision of creating one of the healthiest communities in the nation. Whereas Healthy West Orange champions programs, events, and initiatives that encourage healthy lifestyles and meaningful community engagements. And whereas Healthy West Orange advocates

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healthy community decisions and encourages local leaders to keep their communities health and wellness a top priority. And whereas the West Orange Healthy Selfie Campaign was established in 2016 as a fun and engaging way to

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encourage residents to celebrate healthy living and share positive wellness activities throughout the community. Whereas Healthy West Orange declares the third Friday in September as the annual healthy I'm sorry annual West Orange

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healthy selfie day. Therefore, it is the great pleasure of our mayor of the city of Akoi to declare Friday, September 18th, 2026 as West Orange Healthy Selfie Day and in celebration of the 10th annual anniversary of Healthy Selfie. I

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urge all customers to join to customers, I'm sorry, customers. Golly, can I stop and go over? I urge all citizens to join in supporting this initiative and witnessed by our mayor this seal of the city of AoE fix on this 4th day of

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August 2026. >> Are you okay? >> We'll get out. Let's give it we'll get we'll stand up behind you to then back here >> since I dress for the occasion. >> I'm done as very fashionable. >> Where you going? Oh, over there. Okay,

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we'll do it up here. We get to be >> but we have to do a selfie. >> So, >> each one of us. >> No, no, no. >> No, let's give him that one. >> There you go. >> Oh, I need the knife.

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>> Okay, so I have the other side. healthy self. You can sign up by Friday. It'll be on our website. You can sign up and it's virtual walks. You can walk, you can exercise, and if you take pictures, we have little contests with that, too. So,

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it's a lot of fun. Healthy West Orange is the >> And September 12th. Yeah. And you'll get an orange shirt if you come to the walk itself, which is September 12th. It's going to be at Orange Technical College. So, look out for

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>> Yeah. First, >> Rosemary, hold yours up a little more. One more. Two more. >> Hey. >> And one more. >> Somebody. >> Oh, we got >> you like this. >> All right. All right,

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>> you got Yeah, there you go. That's yours. >> That's yours. >> Enjoy your shirt. I hope to see you all. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Does this mean I don't have to walk? >> All right, >> I got the shirt. >> Commissioner back up here.

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>> I got All right. Staff reports agenda review. >> Nothing at this time. >> All right. Public comments. I have one here for uh let's see the name here. Nicholas Margoli.

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>> I will tell you we got three minutes. >> Three minutes. Okay. Uh, hey everyone. My name's Hi, city council. My name is Nicholas. I live in Westmeir. It's actually my first city council meeting of my life. So, apologies if I do something wrong, say something wrong. Um, I just I felt empowered to come here tonight um to share my thoughts on

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unflock cameras in our neighborhood. Um, I believe they're a violation of our Fourth Amendment. I think what makes this country great is is is freedom and and privacy. Um I I understand there's absolutely benefits to them and I

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support our local law enforcement there. Everybody wants I myself of course want to catch more thieves and burglars and all of that. Uh but I think with most things in life there's also cost to the technology and and I think the the loss of of of privacy and autonomy and that

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mass surveillance far outweighs the benefits. Um, so I I ask all of you as is as our city council to to review our contract and and get rid of these cameras uh in our community. Thank you. >> Thanks, sir.

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>> Anybody got any comments on me before we go? >> All right. Let's see. One more public comment here. All right. Stand by. Dr. Jim Moyer. Good evening, mayor, commissioners. My name is Dr. Jim Moyer. I'm the elected

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Orange and Water Conservation District 2 Supervisor serving Northwest Orange and I live here in the city of Akoi. And let's see if I can get this working. doing something wrong here.

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>> Oh, there you go. >> Time's >> Sorry about that. I had to switch the way I was doing it. Uh, the purpose of soil and water conservation districts is to work in conjunction with other governmental entities and implementing

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land and water resource protection practices by assisting, guiding, and educating the public. uh we can't fix everything as individuals. We can't fix climate change

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by oursel. We can't eliminate groundwater depletion or correct land and water degragation, prevent habitual wasting of water, get rid of pollution of water bodies. But what we can do as individuals is implement what I call the

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three C's or C3. We can change our habits. We can conserve water use and we can clean the water bodies. As the orange elected orange soil and water conservation district 2 supervisor, I have or am working on creating monthly

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office hours to assist in creating personal plans for doing our individual part to conserve uh water usage and clean water bodies. I want to thank Mayor Johnson,

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the commissioner, city manager and staff of the great city of Akoi and for including the orange so orange so water office hours on today's consent agenda. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Um, the

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meetings I'm intending to do are one-on-one assistance, personal soil and water conservation and pollution prevention plans, discuss conservation tips, water tips, and how you can save

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money. I'm sure everybody likes to save money, right? Uh, and suggestions also for clean and water bodies. Thank you so much for your time. God bless you all. >> Thank you, Dr. Moyer. >> All right. Consent agenda.

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>> Can I ask Can I ask question? I just have late this afternoon, I got a call from the resident. I just want to ask the pickle ball folks a question. It's not going to affect what we're doing. >> They just have someone had a question for them. >> Well, >> am I allowed to or >> Well, you can pull that one off and let

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them come up and talk. >> Okay. I guess just I just for discussion. >> We got to we got to get a second. You got to pull it off. You can make a motion to ask the consent agenda and then we can discuss it. >> Okay. I have to second if I ask for item number four. >> You want to pull >> I want just pull for brief.

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>> That's what I'm saying. You got a point where you can talk. >> Okay. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Done. You got a second. >> Yep. I said okay. >> Motion by you. Seconded by Commissioner Kennedy. >> And I'll make the motion to approve the consent agenda excluding number four.

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>> All right. Everybody understand that? >> All right. Second that. >> You need a second. >> No, we got a second. >> Okay. >> He did. All right. Pickle ball. >> The pickle ball. >> Just Just

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>> one question. >> All right. Let's vote again. Motion carries. And as with Commissioner Oliver absent. Just want to clarify the question was asked on the events. The events will all be in the interior of the building. Correct. >> That is correct. It is an indoor uh

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facility. So the event center is inside. >> Thank you. That was a late afternoon question by someone. So I want to clarify that so they understand when they hear it. >> Yes, that is correct. >> Um I'll make the motion to approve item number four. >> All right. Motion made by Commissioner Wilson for item number four. I hear a second. >> I'll second that.

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>> Second by Commissioner Fner. Any more comments? Not. Let's vote. Motion carries. Commissioner Oliver, >> welcome to district. >> All right. Down to first reading. We have none. Second reading of ordinances. Public

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hearing number 15. Second reading of ordinance for fiscal year 202526 budget amendment. Finance director Weber. You got something? Read it. Then I'll open the public.

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Uh good evening, Mr. Mayor and members of the commission. Uh this is a second reading of a budget amendment. Um two items uh for this budget amendment. The first is tied to the uh forgiveness of the loan and the utilities fund for the Forest Lake uh lease termination buyout.

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And then the second piece is for the driving range project at uh Forest Lake Golf Course using accumulated interest earnings from the city's ARPA funds and then accumulated impact fees from uh the recreation uh impact fund. There have

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been no changes to this budget amendment since the first reading and staff would recommend approval as presented. >> All right, you read the word. >> Yes, mayor. An ordinance of the city of Akoi, Orange County, Florida, relating to the city budget amending the city

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budget adopted by ordinance 2025-20 and amended by ordinance 2026-07 for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2025 and ending September 30th, 2026 providing for increase in appropriations providing for severability providing an effective

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date. >> All right, we're gonna anybody we're gonna open public hearing. Anybody have any comments on item 15 on the budget amendment? All right, we're going to close and come back up to the dice. Anybody got comments?

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>> Just want to ask when was the ARPA funds to be um dispersed by? Do you remember the dates? >> The final date for dispersement of all ARPA funds is uh December 31st of this year, 2026. >> Okay. Thank you.

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>> Any more comments? I need a motion. I'll make a motion to approve. >> Motion made by Commissioner Wilson. Do I hear a second? I'll >> second them. >> I think you got it. I'll get this one in. You get the next Commissioner

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Kennedy made a second. All right. Any more comments? If not, let's vote. Motion carries unanimously with Commissioner Oliver Absson. All right. Go down to number 16. Second reading of ordinance amending chapter seven of the

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city code enforcement of code. Please chief Ugrren. >> Good evening mayor commissioners. Um this is the second reading of the ordinance amended chapter 7 of the city code enforcement of the city code.

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On uh April 7th of this year, the commission approved the continuation of the current city's current hybrid model uh which is code enforcement board hearing code violations involving detachable single family residential properties and a special magistrate

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hearing all other cases. City commission also stated that they wanted to re-evaluate the code enforcement board after 90 days. That 90 days was up on July the 7th. During the evaluation, um the previous code board attorney retired. However, we

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did uh retain a new code board attorney. The code board has met the quorum requirements for all meetings and has imposed the recommended fines in all cases presented at the hearings. This new ordinance proposal says in the

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event of a conflict of interest or when the special magistrate is unavailable due to illness, disability or death, the city manager or his design may appoint a special magistrate prom to perform the duties of a special magistrate. It also authorizes the city manager to assign

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cases to the special magistrate if the code board cannot achieve a quorum or the city commission cannot promptly fill a vacancy of the seven member board. as required by state law. Commission also asks staff to present

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updated fines for code violations. The proposed ordinance presents the following fines. First violation, the potential fine shall not exceed $1,000 per day per violation. For the second violation, the potential fine shall not

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exceed $5,000 per day per violation. For violations that are irreparable or irreversible, the potential fine cannot shall not exceed $15,000 per day per violation. These fines are in accordance

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with Florida State Statutes 1162. I used to write a lot of tickets. 162.09 subsection 2 subsection D for municipalities with at least 50,000 residents. Other proposals of the ordinance is that

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it would authorize the special magistrate to hear all cases recommended by code board for foreclosure. The special magistrate shall render a written recommendation to the city commission based on findings of fact and law. It also would establish a formal

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procedure for lean reduction providing for the special magistrate to make a recommendation to the city commission while retaining the city manager's right to compromise and settle co code leans. And it also would establish a code board

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in code enforcement recovery fund and this fund will be a dedicated financial pool created to support the operation of the local code enforcement activities. It will be funded by the revenue from fines, civil penalties, and nuisance abatement monies.

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And that concludes the uh staff's findings. >> Right. You want to read the order? An ordinance of the city of Akoi, Florida, amending chapter 7 of the city code, reorganizing provisions of the chapter, simplifying language and deleting

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anchoristic provisions in the chapter for clarity, deleting language purporting to limit the role of the special magistrate to code enforcement under chapter 162 Florida statutes. Defining terms, setting forth the terms of the special magistrate and appointment of a special magistrate

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prom. Establishing code enforcement procedures, establishing hearing procedures and standards, setting forth the powers of the special magistrate and code enforcement board, increasing administrative fines to those allowed for municipalities with 50,000 or more

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residents. Establishing fines for the costs of repairs made and corrective action taken by the city. Establishing leans for unpaid code enforcement fines upon recording of orders assessing fines. Establishing procedures for authorizing foreclosure of non-homestead

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properties with unpaid code enforcement fines. Establishing procedures for applying for and considering lean reductions and releases, satisfactions and settlements. Providing for notice to affected parties. Allowing for enforcement by other provisions. Allow

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providing for appeals. Establishing a code enforcement recovery fund, providing for conflicts, codifications, severability, and an effective date. >> All right, we're going to open the public hearing. Anybody in the public want have any discussion on the amended

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chapter 7 of the city code? No comments? We'll close it. Bring it back up. Anybody have any comments? Commissioner Kennedy? >> Yes, sir. >> Um, thank you, Chief. Um, I have a a comment or two.

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um mostly regarding the 90-day evaluation. I've watched every code enforcement board meeting. I'm glutton for punishment and um and I agree. Um they have met quorum obviously that's kind of binary. Um I've been pretty impressed

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with your new attorney and his level of activity. I think it's good. Could be more. feel free to coach him to do more, but it's been much better. Um, my my concern

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is and and you made the statement which is good good. They've accepted the recommendation of the city in 100% of cases and that's true literally and um I think we made a good decision revisiting and staying with the hybrid

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model. But I do want my feedback is I do want to see them applying discretion. They're a board not just rubber stamping of the intent of the statement of before they weren't following recommendations and they were lowering them.

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I've seen a couple instances where people have come and they've gotten a slap on the wrist. I saw one at the last meeting. The person had appeared before code enforcement 10 times previously. They were there for

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the 11th time is what was stated. And the code enforcement board again agreed with the city's recommendation to give them 30 days to wait to find them $50 a day starting September

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something. And as a commissioner, as a citizen, if I was a member of the code enforcement board, I wouldn't vote for that. Um, again, we get calls from residents.

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By the time those people get to the code enforcement board, that violation has been going on for 2, three, four months. and to continue to let somebody go another 45 or 60 days and then they comply and then they wave the fine and

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then they go back and they do it again. And I realize that that's not the code enforcement officer's role. So I think it is the code enforcement board's role to say sir this is the 10th time you've been here with the same violation

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and to amp it up a little bit. And that's what I'm not seeing is they are to to your statement, they are following the recommendation of the code enforcement officer on the violation and the amount of the fine. But where you have these repeat offenders,

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that's where they need to understand that the code enforcement officer isn't going to ramp that up. That's their role to say, "No, this time we're not going to give you another 60 days to clean up the same thing."

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and uh and to increase the level of the fine. You know, they're continuing to say, well, the book says this is $50 a day or whatever. I don't know that the 10th time before your before code enforcement, it should be the same level. And I think that's my feedback,

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but it's much better. >> It's much improved and it's much better. That's the only flaw that I've seen is I think our feedback was mistaken as maybe we just we just want them to accept the

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recommendation of the officer. I think sometimes they need to do more and maybe sometimes they need to do less but not as frequently as they were. >> Thank you very much. >> You're welcome. >> All right. City Li wants to make a comment. I just wanted to point out that

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when it's a repeat violation, the board can go immediately to issuing fines and does not have to give them another 30 days or however many days. Go right to fines if it's a repeat. >> And that's what I'm saying. And I I've seen a couple instances where the city's

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recommendation is a repeat. We recommend that we find them $50 a day starting on August 31st and they continue to give them 30 days instead of immediately going with the F. >> So I I know the case you're referring to is a very egregious case and I'm willing

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to talk to you offline about it but um there's been some change in that as well since the last meeting because I've attended majority of the meetings as well. >> Yeah. So >> and I'm not trying to single that out while I phrase it the way I did. I think it's the principal Got it.

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>> It's the principal. >> Yeah. And as he said, they don't have to wait 30 days once it's a repeat. >> I think there should be a deadline either after first or second. After that, it's got to get down to the nitty-gritty of putting the penalty down >> because that's that's exactly what

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happened before is where they just keep extending it. If he's not done it in 30 days or whatever it is, he's not going to do it 45 more days. So is there a way of putting that into the the orders? >> So I agree with you again in this case.

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This has been going on for years. It wasn't something that's happened this year. I think uh when that case came before the code board uh 30 days prior to they named four previous police chiefs. So it wasn't just during this tenure.

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>> So that's how long it's been going on. So but I I can talk to you offline about that. Well, again, I'm not trying to single any case out or speak about any specific case. >> It's the principle. I think the mayor asked a good question. Yeah. >> Does it need to be put in? It's already

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in. >> Mhm. >> I think what we talked about before was the attorney coaching the board and you and Sergeant Rodriguez coaching the board on their role. >> I think they need to know that they already have that authority. It's part of their role and they just need to be

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coached when they should be doing that in general as a general principle. >> Yeah, I would agree with you. After 10 times, you would think somebody's getting the message. So, thanks. Thank you, Chief. >> The unfortunate part is we hear from the residents who live near these folks that

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why is it taking so long? Am I talking? Why is it taking so long? And I know there's the laws they have to abide by certain length of time, but it's very discouraging when we're getting when we're getting calls about it >> and we tell them it's going before the code board and then if something like this happens, it doesn't give that the

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person who lives next door that peace of mind that something's going to change. >> I need a motion. >> Oh, >> I need a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the amendment chapter 7 of the city code enforcement. >> Motion made by Commissioner Kennedy. Do

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I hear a second? I'll second. Second, Commissioner Fner. No more comments. Let's vote. All right, moving right along. Public hearing. No more regular agenda. None. Mayor's announcements. Yippee.

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All right. Poor Rosemary gets read. >> I was just going to say before I get >> I'm going to read them all here. August events, budget workshops will take place tomorrow, August the 5th, and if needed, Wednesday, August the 19th. Workshops are open to the public and will be held

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at 6 PM in the commission chambers. City Hall Selfie Day is on Tuesday, August 11th. To participate, snap a snap a selfie in front of the city hall and make sure you tag the city of Okcoy on social media. Use the hashtags

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Oakcoy Florida and city hall selfie. The first 10 participants will win a goodie bag. September events. Public budget hearings will take place on Wednesday, September the 9th and Wednesday, September the 23rd. Hearings are open to the public

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and will be held at 6:00 p. p.m. in the commission chambers. All right. Let's see. Commissioner Kennedy. No additional comment. >> Commissioner >> Wilson. >> Wilson.

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>> Wilson. Okay. >> That's It's only been a few years I've been up here. Um that's okay. Um no, just please come to the budget meetings. Um I brought my budget book with me tonight that you're all welcome to go on the online and read all of it.

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So, you know, we see comments from folks. Um, I've heard about comments from folks online, and my answer is please read the book, then it'll answer your questions. Um, we're not bad. We're trying to make the best decisions we can for the city, but there's a lot of

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pages, a lot of material here. So, please feel free to read it and we'd love to hear your comments. >> Commission, you done? >> I'm done. >> Commissioner French, >> no additional comments. >> All right. I will I will make a couple comments. I've been on the phone with some people. One of the things I think

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um if everybody will read that and then wait till our public hearings where we can discuss it and explain it to you exactly what we're doing and how it's going to affect you. So I would hope people will um read it and then asked at

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the meetings what we're going to be doing, how we're going to be doing it. So that way you get a better understanding. as what you say. There's some of them online that's just a little rude, but that's okay. But if we can let everybody understand and I think uh city manager,

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don't you have some material together? They can call in and >> um Thank you, mayor. Um our staff has been meeting with residents that have questions about the proposed fires assessment. Um we have a call-in number and we will be launching a website um

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tomorrow. So um that will provide additional clarifying information on that. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> So everybody please look at that if you can. If not read that and then come to the when is it Wednesday? What was it? August the morning.

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All right. Thank you very much. Quick meeting tonight.