Good evening everyone. Welcome to our regularly scheduled commission meeting March 25th, 2026. The time is now 601. Madame clerk, roll call. >> Commissioner Bass >> here. >> Commissioner Irvin >> here. >> Vice Mayor Kelly >> present.
>> Commissioner Santiago >> resi. >> Mayor Taylor >> here. We stand by invitation led by assistant city clerk for rebel Wright and followed by a pledge of allegiance by officer Rodney Ret. Father God, in the name of Jesus, we ask you to have your presence made known
tonight. Father God, thank you for the opportunity to gather tonight to make decisions for this um great city of Opalaka. Give our commission, our mayor and commission wisdom, knowledge, and understanding we speak against any discord in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
>> Amen. >> I allegiance to the Let's wait for Okay, go ahead. >> It's good. Good. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you, Miss Miss Wright and Officer Brassette. Moving on to
our awards, proclamations, and acknowledgements. We're going to start off. I see we have a proclamation. Sorry, a presentation from Miss Ariana Driffin. Okay. So, we're going to deviate really quick. We have a special presentation
from Pastor Gaston Smith from Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. >> You have the floor. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Board of Commission, and uh Madame Manager, and to each and every one of you that are present today. This is Women's History
Month as we know and uh we have the privilege on Sunday of having Chief Spark, Chief Sparks with us at Chief Starks, I'm sorry, with us at Friendship Church and we want to come in today and make a presentation to her. So, Chief Starks, if you're present, just come
forward. This says, "Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and Community Partners Miami, Florida recognizes Chief Dr. Robin Starks as the 2026 woman of the year. March 24th, 2026
uh from overseer Pastor Gaston SP. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Pastor. Sure. Congratulations." And I guess it's right on time because wasn't it just your birthday, Chief? Is it >> last week? So, happy belated birthday and happy Thank um happy
>> what what date? >> It's not on your sh. >> All right. So, we'll come back to um Commissioner Irvin. Let me know when you're ready. Uh we're going into the approval of consent agenda. Do we have any polls, deferrals, or deletions at
this moment? Hearing none. Seeing none. Um, can I have a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda? >> Move it. >> Moved by Commissioner Santiago. >> Second. >> Second by Dr. Bass. Madame Clerk. >> I'm sorry, Commissioner Irvin.
>> Um, >> one second. >> I was a little slow. Forgive me. >> We can we can we can stop. You want to go back? What you want to do? >> Number one. I want to pull number one. >> Number one. All right. How do we
You're the sponsor. I just want to co-sponsor number seven. So, we don't have to pull it. I don't want to pull it just a co-sponsor, but I want to >> Number seven. Got it. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Oh, Mr. Mayor. Um, Commissioner Santiago.
Um, you have one item here. Um, I don't see now I forgot, but I wanted like to be a co-sponsor with that too. Um, >> do you know which item it was? >> Who? >> Um, >> 137.
>> 137. >> No problem. Got it. >> That is all co-sponsored. Amen. >> Got it. All right. >> Thank you. >> No problem. All right. So, moving right along. Um, we have just for clarity, item
one is pulled by Commissioner Irvin and then we were right at roll call for the Let's do the motion over, Madam Clerk. We'll start over. So, can I get a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda? >> Move it. >> Moved by Vice May Kelly. >> Second. >> Second by Commissioner Santiago. Madam
Clerk, on the roll call for the consent agenda. >> Commissioner Irvin, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kelly, >> yes. >> Commissioner Santiago, >> yes. Commissioner Bass. >> Yes. >> Mayor Taylor. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. 5-0. >> All right. Can I get a motion to approve tonight's agenda? >> Move it.
>> Moved by Commissioner B. Second. >> Second by Vice May Kelly. Madame Clerk. >> Vice Mayor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Santiago. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Baz? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Irvin? >> Yes. >> Mayor Taylor? >> Yes. >> Motion passes 5-0. >> All right. We going into the approval of minutes for the regular commission
meeting minutes March 11, 2026. Moved by Vice M Kelly. Thank you. >> Second by Commissioner Irvin. Madame Clerk. >> Commissioner Santiago. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Bass. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Irvin. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kelly? >> Yes. >> Mayor Taylor? >> Yes. >> Motion passes 5-0.
>> All right. Um, do we have any District 1, District 2, or state reports at this time, >> Madam Clerk? >> No, Mr. Mayor. >> All right. So, point of privilege. We're going to yield back to Commissioner Natasha Irvin for special presentation by Miss Ariana Griffin. Madame um
Irving, you have a floor. >> Thank you. Miss Ariana's gonna say something for us. >> The car. >> Can you give me the mic? Put the microphone. >> She's fresh from her field trip this
afternoon. >> Hi everyone, my name is Katei Brown Jackson. I went to school study. I went to school. I was I was born in Miami D. >> One second. Ariana, >> stand here. >> Yeah. Come stand up here.
>> Get your shine. >> See you. That's right. >> And her presentation is about You want to introduce it? >> Katie Brown Jackson. Hi everyone. My name is Kateni Brown Jackson. I I I was
born in Miami Day County. I went to school, studied hard, and believed in my future. And one day, something amazing happened. I became the first black woman Supreme Court justice. That means I help make important decisions for the whole country. From South Florida for the
classrooms to the highest court in the nation. So people remember this. Your your zip code doesn't decide your destiny. Your past doesn't limit your future. And your dreams are powerful. If I can do it, so can you. >> Wow.
like that. >> Awesome. >> Good job. >> Thank you, Ariana. This is a product of our parks as well. So, I wanted her to come and say something that worked out because it was also black history and then it was also black I mean women's
history. So, thank you so much Ariana. >> Thank you. I guess I could have mentioned that she's also a product of um >> Don't do it. >> Don't do it. Okay. >> She's a member of Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the great pastor Joseph Kelly. Also the
vice mayor here in the great city of Opaticia Waka. all that. You can find us at the HT Experience every time with a church announcement.
Please govern yourselves accord as we're moving right along to another presentation from SP plus um implementation of on street and paid parking. You have the floor. >> Thank you.
I think we got a presentation coming up here somewhere, right? So, we're going to talk about what's always fun is parking and uh how we could help and potentially support regulating the parking here. Regg regulating the parking here in city
of Opaaka as well as make it feasible for residents. There we are. Uh and then charge for those that are not residents that will help turn the spaces and also accumulate some additional revenue for the city. So, thanks for having me today. It's a pretty hard act to follow, but I'll do
my best here. So, um, we are Metropolis, which we purchased SP Plus about two years ago. So, SP Plus is the largest parking provider in the United States, which now makes us the largest parking provider in the United States. We focus primarily on the member experience.
I don't know why this is moving. Um, primarily on the member experience. We have over 370 cities. We do about four $4 billion in annual gross receipts over 23,000 employees which actually this was done prior to the new year. We are now
at about 24 million members over 4,500 locations and we also have 1,600 shuttles. Why the membership is important is because that helps the user experience. Once you sign up, you never have to do anything again. You can park anywhere on our platform across the entire nation and you have the ability
to just drive in and drive out. Here we're looking at the on street city parking which allow you to scan to pay. So you scan the sign that's in front that shows that then you've now picked one or two hours of parking. Um and we'll go into that in a little bit more detail. A little bit more about us, we
have over 360 markets. Um our goal is to reach 50 million members by the end of this year. Our presence here specifically in South Florida um especially in Miami date. Again this is from August of last year. We are now over 750,000 active members. An active member is somebody that parks
with us once in the last 30 days. Right? So the number 750,000 members that means they've actively used one of our parking locations here specifically in South Florida. They are a member in South Florida Miami date county.
Also we have a net promoter score which again this is a little bit outdated. We were at a 53 last year. We're currently at an 86. The difference between a net promoter score and like your Google five-star rating is it's a one through 10 rating. It's going to take only the nines and tens and it's going to weigh
those against the ones and twos. So, anything in between 3 through eight gets thrown out. It's like a median score. Typically, like your traditional Starbucks will run around like a 30 to 40 net promoter score. We're currently sitting at 86 in South Florida.
So, our product is Scan to Pay. Everybody's probably pretty familiar with it. You're used to pay by phone, park mobile, something very similar. You park in any one of your on street spaces. You see this assemblance of signs out there. You go ahead and scan the sign. You set up your member
account. Never have to do it again other than when you actually scan on street. If you pull into one of our lots, like if we were to be in the lot across the street, you would have the ability to just drive in. Our license plate technology would be able to read your vehicle as it enters and then it times
it charges you accordingly based off the time you entered the lot or garage and then it charges you based off the time you but this is what our signs look like for on street parking. It's a little magnified here for you on the left how it works. You're able to pick the time slot there from 3 to 4:15. It shows you
what the dollar amount is on the right hand side there. This is scan to pay. So you select if you decide to stay longer and that's an option for the on street parking here. You can extend your stay, you just get a text message alert that lets you know that you're about to expire and you can extend state. Pretty
pretty standard across the industry. Uh cost proposal for where this is and what it would be doing. We're looking to help capture more revenue, decrease operating expenses, and create a building amenity for all of those that are in the locations that we'll go over here in a second. There's zero upfront
capital costs. possibly pay for everything up front, the signage, um the technology is under a warranty. Traditionally, if there's any kind of like a a meter out front, T2 machine or anything else, you would pay for that upgrade every single year. Um and any type of legacy equipment, again, the
meter, if those things go down, we don't have anything to break. So, there's no additional fees for you there. Um we we do make our money based off of platform fees, which we would charge X amount of dollars to. We'll go here in a second. And then the end user, we traditionally charge a service fee which
is 99 cents or 5% whichever is the greater but you also can cap it, right? So traditionally here you're probably looking at 99. There's no upfront hardware investment required. If you wanted to put in new machines for on street payment here, you'd probably be looking at upwards of $100,000.
Um the monthly platform fee that we just that I talked about a second ago is about $1,775 per month. And with this product and upgrade, you're looking at uh gross revenues of NOI for you at $33,521.
Um this is based off a 5-year contract with automatic renewal for an additional five years, which is pretty traditional at municipality. >> This is a look at the >> Why you lose your voice when you're talking about that? You know, I want to hit it, you know, loud. Can you repeat
him back, please? Like that. Everybody can listen. Absolutely. Thank you. >> Yep. Do you want me to go through the whole screen again? >> Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. So, there's no upfront hardware. So, traditionally, if you had a payment machine that would be out on the street, those would cost you $100,000 to put in pay machines out on
the street. We do not have any cost for any type of technology or equipment that gets installed. We pay for everything. We do have that platform fee that I talked about, that's $1,775. And with that, you have a return of net operating income for the municipality at
$33,521. Term of the contract is a five-year contract with an automatic renewal for an additional five years. If you take a look here, this shows the annualized proform. Again, we did this last year, so that's why you're seeing
January through December. Um the transient revenue that we're looking to grow here is 535,000 almost $536,000 off transient. An additional monthly revenue of almost $21,000. Obviously you have the parking taxes that get paid and processed back to the county and then
the processing fees because everything is done through credit card on the app. Um again you don't have to download an app. It's cloud-based. Um leaves you with net revenue of $500,000. Fully loaded payroll. That's our team. We have auditors or call them specialists. They go around, they rove,
you have a vehicle that they would be in. So the vehicle cost, the fuel cost, the tire, the maintenance of all those vehicles that gets passed through and taken out of the revenues and those are the additional expenses there. Insurance and all those things like that, general liability insurance, vehicle insurance,
and then you have 247 support. So anybody that has an issue with the app or if they're trying to figure something out, they could connect right there 247 any time of the day. Um, so those total expenses are just under $200,000 a year, which in turn leaves you with the net operating income annualized at about
$33,529. The proposed rate structure is $2 for the first hour, $4 for the second hour, and $8 for up to four hours, $12 for six hours, and $20 after that. There's also monthly parking for residents. You can get on resident platform, which is a
monthly subscription. And then on the right hand side of the screen here, those gray the gray area of roads on the map is where these would be implemented. It's a bit small there on the bottom right hand corner. It does state what those streets are. I don't know if I'll be
able to read it on this one either. Alibaba Northwest 22nd, Pens Avenue, Shazad Boulevard, Opalaka Boulevard, Opalaka Boulevard from Superior to Alaba and Fisherman Street to
Shaazad Boulevard and Aladdin Street from Alibaba to Shazad Boulevard. Typically, it takes us roughly 30 days to launch everything. That means we would uh purchase all the signage, install the signage, you know, um we'd
work with you. And then monthly parkers, which would be the residents that are allowed to be on monthly parkers. We're going to send an email to them. They're able to onboard onto the platform. That gives them access for any time that our auditors go out. We just scan the license plate. We see that you're a resident or you have a monthly parking
pass. So that way, you're allowed to park in that specific area. and that typically takes less than 30 days. Preparation is making sure that the property is ready, which would be all of those streets that we just went through on the map. Um, we go through a deep dive of operations, how it's going to
look. Then we're going to purchase the vehicles to make sure that the auditors and ambassadors have something to roam around to go check all the license plates. Um, we've already done the site survey, so we know where we would install signs. We'd be able to share that with you, show you exactly where
each sign would go, what the technology installation plan looks like, when does install look like, how long is it going to take, on what days are we going to do those, and then again, the enrollment of the monthly parkers, those that are going to have access to specific areas to be able to park on some of those streets that are allowing the monthly
parking. Then if there's any questions, we do like lunch and learn, so we can set up a table outside out in front here. we can come to another one of these meetings and we can just help inform and educate folks to be able to get on the platform. It's fairly easy. It's three steps. You scan the QR code,
type in your phone number, it au authenticates who you are through your phone number, license plate, credit card. You're all set. Then on the day you choose, we're able to go live. We just flip a switch, turn it on, the auditors go out and they start scanning license plates. Then you get additional monthly reporting. tells you how many
vehicles we scanned, how many people have paid, how many people did not pay, all that kind of stuff. That's all we have. >> All right, that's it. Any questions? >> Yes, sir. >> Commissioner Santiago. >> Thank you for the floor. Uh, what is your name again, sir? >> Travis.
>> Travis. Uh, Mr. Travis, I have a couple of points here that not I'm not very interested in that. Okay. >> Okay. And I want to tell you that from beginning um we're going to charge it at $2 for the first hour >> in Opalaka. >> Yep.
>> Yeah. Okay. And I don't know how the we are a city. Okay. That comparable to Miami Beach out there. Okay. We going to pay in higher or for an hour. I park in my
car anytime that I go to eat in a very good place for a friend of mine, a pizzeria there in 71st Street uh in Collins Avenue. We're talking about Collins Avenue. Okay. >> And for an hour that I stay there, I pay
a dollar a dollar two cents. >> Okay. >> What's the question? The question is why I going to charge him $2 in Opalaka to my residents or to my the people that come to visiting or working here in the great city of Opalaka for the first
hour. $2. >> That's the point. >> This is nothing here. You doing a presentation >> and I and I >> asking you why we had to pay more in Opalaka for the for whoever have in
charge of the Sure. uh in Miami Beach. A dollar a dollar a dollar two cent two three cents. >> Sure. >> And I and I can show you. Okay. Uh with that new system that they have, they have a green stuff that you put your phone there. You put the area blah blah blah
>> a dollar two cent for an hour. I'm happy with that to pay that. Okay. To parking in a commercial area. So happy. But $2 to start it in in the great city of Palanka, I think is high. It's only my opinion. I don't know the opinion of my colleagues, but that's my opinion.
>> The other one is okay, the area that you're talking about to put the meters. >> Uh let me let me tell you to my colleagues, yes, be uh let's be very careful because we we all um when we do something, we had to thinking about the people that they live here, residents,
okay, that they have uh uh uh a space in front of the house to parking, okay? If we put meters all the way in Opalaka Boulevard, we creating a revenue for the for the resident out there and they be paying a lot of money here
in permits. They pay they pay a lot of money in taxes including now madame manager that the taxes be grow that that mean a lot of people pay now double what they pay before in Opalaka from uh real estate taxes.
We had to be careful because yes, I need uh to have some kind of um order here in the city in some of the avenues, but this uh you know, we had to selecting what neighborhood that you're going to take because I'm not going to supporting anything that is going to creating
another payment or another revenue to my people here in Opalaka. True. >> No way. Okay. Uh that that's that's we have to be careful my call. Okay. with that. Okay. We had to shoot uh the right zonings. Okay. Like downtown here. Yes.
Okay. Yeah. In around um uh the city hall in some places is fine. But nah not in the residential area. Residential is something else. Um now I see here something like $23,000.
What for be a member? A member of what? Oh or I'm making a mistake. >> The second line parking. Yeah, I think I saw a big number there. $23,000. What is that for? >> 20,000 annually. >> Oh, that's an annual member.
>> Annual. >> That's all the members. So, anybody that pays for monthing throughout each month annualized you're talking about the second line item. >> Let me be sure. But I see where is it? >> Yeah.
>> I'm going to I'm going to find it right right now. Okay. Bye. >> Yeah. Second page. That one. Yeah. Yeah. Uh you have here for >> Oh, those are member member experience at $23,000. What does that mean?
>> 23,000 employees. >> Oh. Oh, that's Oh, that's an employment >> about our organization. We have 23,000 employees across the nation. >> Oh, okay. Wow. You had to collect in a lot of money to pay these people. >> Yeah. Well, so on the top right corner, you'll see that it's $4 billion in annual gross receipt.
>> Okay. Well, >> doesn't mean that that's our revenue. That's the revenue for people like yourself to become a client. >> Okay. I um I finish with my question, but I want to be sure, okay, that we are going to charge uh $2, you know, for the beginning for an hour here in Opalaka is
too much. And also the residential area in any any houses that we have in that particular place here, Opalaka Boulevard, we have a lot of residents. Okay? I don't want no meters in front of the house because there are no meters. You know what? You know what is the
situation? Okay, it's people that they moved there 10 years ago, but now they have okay, three children that they grow, okay? And I told you, you know that sometime when they are building houses in uh 100 years back ago or 50 or
60, okay, they don't they don't make too many uh parking space and I think the people that tax they have right they have three children at least to park in the car in front of the house. >> So there's a different approach for that, right? So the rate structure is just a recommendation. The rate structure can be reduced, changed, you
know, it can be variable at certain times. The other thing for parkers that are residents, there is a resident permit, right? So you can go about residence at a different rate. So if they want to park in front of their space, in front of their house, you don't have to charge for that.
>> Me is nothing tonight that we can discussing because we're not going to voting for anything. But listen to me, okay? the day they're coming. I'm not going to say to you or the company of the city, madame manager charging a president in front of the
house a permit to parking. >> Not me. >> Yeah, it's up to you all to do. >> It's only me. >> Yeah. >> Anyone else? >> Mr. Mayor, >> Vice, >> thank you for your presentation. I'm
glad to see it. Um, nobody up here wants to burden residents, but I am a big proponent of folks that are parking all over the city and when they go other cities and other places, they pay. They may be mad, but they pay. By the same
token, in certain areas you go, that parking amount is less because sometimes the business in that area contribute and they want folks to come and and patronize. So, when you're paying a less amount, it's because they've already worked out contractually how that works.
It's like going to the beach or going to uh any of your parks. We're not at that point at this point, but I want to thank you for your presentation cuz it's something I want to pursue because we do have cars parking all over the place. Y >> and and we have areas where people are
renting or living and there's no parking and it puts us in a very tough position because the owners or uh property owners, they know it's no parking, but they're renting units that are causing a lot of um challenges. So, I look forward
to um the manager as she goes through it. But I'm thankful for the presentation. I know the areas that you lined out in your uh presentation, how did you come about those particular areas? Were there something you all did uh located based on some criteria or was
it in uh consultation with city staff or >> Yeah, it was through consultation with the city. >> So, it's consultation with the city staff. >> Yes, I believe so. I wasn't included in the initial meetings. came after. Um, so I don't know exactly where it started,
but I can't recall if there were more spaces than this that were going to be on the map or not, but this is ultimately based off of volume and stuff like that that our consultant did, our in-house consultant. These were the spaces that were chosen. >> Okay. Well, I do like the point you made
about a uh rate for residents, etc. because I know that's the way it works in a lot of cities and a lot of depend upon time frames, etc. And in some cases, depending upon the location, it may even be free where it's not even
activated. It's not even being charged. But I am a proponent because up and down our city, cars are all over the place, the truck all over the place. And we get the backlash or the headache from that from folks who also are just trying to live and cars are parked all over. And
my biggest challenge is to have a unit that I rent and have nowhere to park my vehicle. And to me, that's that's a non-starter either. So, I look forward, madame manager, to future uh dialogue as we can construct whatever whatever suggestions you may have. But I think
it's something we definitely have to look at. Nobody's trying to burden or overburden our residents. We understand that fully, but in today's um climate, especially in some commercial quarters. uh we need to to be able to adjust because everywhere else you go in this
county uh particularly you're going to pay something. Now what you pay may be varied but uh there's no free ride anywhere. Um so I look forward to further discussions and uh whatever the manager may propose or suggest and go
from there. We're not voting tonight but I do thank you for your presentation. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The key to success in any program like this when initially rolled out is the flexibility, right? And so also when you speak about the commercial, right, you let's say you
have a barber shop and a salon and a bakery in in row and the employees of the bakery are parking in front of the barber shop and the salon. Where are those customers supposed to go? Right? So the reason for a program like this is to be able to help support the churn of
the vehicles out front moving employees so you have the available space out front to keep people coming and going from businesses. >> Mr. Mayor and I wasn't going to say it was since he said that you're right and you know you know what the biggest um taxes that ought to be
madam manager to my colleagues he's smiling cuz you know what I'm going to say city employees they know where to park. When I go to barber shop, there's city cars over there. You mentioned the bakery and other places. That's why I'm smiling because a lot of times you can't get to there because city vehicles are
there because nowhere to park even for us um you know our employees. So I I understand that that challenge. So I look forward to um board dialogue and whatever management uh recommend or suggest, but I think it's something we need to at least explore. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> All right. Um, any other questions to our presenter on this evening? All right. Thank you, sir, for coming out and we're going to go ahead and move into our agenda. >> All right. Next up is our citizens forum. Madame clerk, can you please
state for the record how to participate in citizens form? >> City of Opaaka Commission meetings are held in person at the Opalaka Government Center, City Commission Chamber, 780 Fisherman Street, 3rd Floor, Opalaka, Florida. Members of the public wishing to address the commission may do so in
person or virtually. Those persons wishing to participate virtually register should register prior to the scheduled meeting time on the city's website at www.opalaka.gov. When speaking before the commission, please make sure to give your full name
and address for the record. There is a threeinut time limit for public comments. Please adhere to the decorum policy which is part of the commission meeting agenda. City commission meetings are aired through liveream at
www.youtube.com/user/city of opalaco. >> Citizens forum is open. Good evening, mayor commissioners. Brian Dennis, criminal justice chair, NAACP, address 2140 York Street. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I'm going
to read into the record public information request that I'm going to request from the city clerk in the morning concerning issues that have taken place within the police department. Two, city clerk city of Opalaka from Brian Dennis NAACP P criminal justice
chairman. Public records request, arrest reports and related documentation. Dear madam clerk, I am submitting this public records request regarding the original arrest report involving Simeon Boykins. I respectfully request this
following request this following information and documentation. All body cameras camera footage from the moment of the initial arrest of Borkins being interviewed during interrogation by city of Opalaka detectives. all documentation
of felony arrest under former chief of police Kenneth Otley from the date of hire to the date of his determination his determination. I am also requesting phone records from former city manager Darvin Williams,
former chief of police Kenneth Artley, Corey Crotenberg, Sergeant German Barke on the night of August 21st, 2024 on the evening of the arrest of Anthony Mitchell. There is reason to believe that there have been civil rights
violations that may have occurred during the tenure of the above mentioned individuals. I would like a copy of the act complaint filed by current chief of police Robin Starks against former chief Kenneth Otley and former city manager
Darin Williams. Please provide all records responsive in accordance with with applicable public records laws within the next five business days. Ladies and gentlemen, we've seen things that have happened in our police
department. The arrest of one Simeon Boykins, it does leads to question. Not saying that it was a good or bad arrest, just the individuals that have created such controversy in the city. Concerning
arrest, they always doing the investigation and also always doing the pro um doing these problems. As far as the parking goes, let me say this. You can stick those meters up there and they all around the city of Miami and I
Google the Michigan Santiago. So I concur with what you saying about parking on Miami Beach. If there's a way for you to get around it, I'm going to get around it. I've been in trial all day. How many times you think I moved my car and I pay not one parking fee down at the city of Miami and I know way free
parking. Citizens forum is still open. Good evening. Mark Cooper, 681 Southwest 75 terrace. I just uh handed up some papers. I'm really here to speak on the u on the other issue, but since I'm here, I brought this to your attention
about three weeks ago. I own a property on 150th Street in like 22nd Avenue, and a tenant called me early in the morning. and he said, "Hey, our our fences pushed over." So, I went there and it's picture number one. There was a pickup truck up against the fence. So, I did some investigation who did it and it was
King's Record that had dropped the car the truck off there and it pushed in my fence. So, I called them and I said, "Hey, you guys had you guys dropped off a pickup truck here on 150th Street." They said, "Oh, yeah, it was Joe. Why? What happened?" I said, "Well, he pushed my fence in, but you send someone out
here to look at it and try to let's fix it." So, it took like three days for him to show up. They finally showed up and then they said, "We're not paying for it." He said that it was rusted from before. That's page two. He said it was previous damage. So I said, "Look, I have a lot of time on my hands. I'm I'm not the one that
you're going to just, you know, run my fence over." Give me your insurance information. I'll track down your insurance information. And the guy told me where I could stick it. And so what I'm here to tell you is I did the the the police report and I'm waiting for the insurance information from the city.
But it brings to mind a long time ago there was a company called Universal Waste that had a manager that showed up at one of my tenants offices carrying a gun because my tenant hadn't paid the bill and he had a gun on. My tenant was like, "What's going on?" So I came down here and I said, "Look, it's not normal,
right? This guy's carrying a gun and he's going to collect a garbage bill. Where where are we?" And I gotta tell you, hopefully I'll collect my money from King's Record, but the feeling I got is that they they're by the way, they're the city contractor for the police department. I gave a copy of the police chief. I don't know if uh they're
the right corporate citizens to be dealing with police tollways because they didn't they mistreated me and I know how to defend myself. And so if you get your car towed away and they can just bill you whatever they want, I guess. So I'm just bringing it to your attention. Hopefully I get my money. Hopefully I don't. Whatever. But that's
the issue. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Cooper. >> Mr. Mayor, >> no. One second. What? What? >> It's a It's a question that I want to asking the uh the manager about this complaint. >> Can we do that for citizens form? We have >> Okay, no problem. Yeah, no worries. Yeah, thank you.
>> Thank you. Citizens form is still open. >> Good evening, city manager, commissioners. My name is Dr. Charlene Roach Williams. Um I own the building at 870 Fisherman Street, the commercial property. And um I found out about the
cohort that um Commissioner Bass started recently and I wanted to support her by giving a $500 gift uh card to Home Depot to help her in supporting her efforts. >> Thank you.
>> Go get that money. >> Exactly. >> Stand him. >> St. Someone's coming. >> Oh, okay. >> Thank you, Dr. Williams. >> Um, >> so I'm going to have I'm going to have our finance director take it. She'll
take your information. She'll receipt it and give you a receipt for it as well. >> She's take it. All right. Citizens form is still open. >> No problem. >> Hey, good afternoon. >> Good afternoon. try to speak English. >> Okay.
>> Um if you need a translator, we have a translator in case today. >> I I would like to try. I would like to try. It's >> Yeah. Speak into them. Right. >> Okay. I receive a letter. >> My name is Grady. >> And your address. You said Grady. >> Gra. It's a weird name, but it's my
name. Grady Roas. And I'm from 1206 W Street of Paloka. I receive a letter every time on March like three three times. It's because it says that it's a long landlord tenant permit.
I know it have been three times three years that I go to the office to say that I'm not renting the house that I the owner and I live in there. But I keep telling me that I have to go every year to say that that I have I have to
bring all the flee all the bills and pay for a notary to do the the whole thing. It took more than an hour to do that. So I would like just to share with you and I it was a boy next to me that he said that he's doing that many years ago too.
I would like to share here if any way any way to you know to help us that we don't have to do that anymore instead of if I rent the house maybe someday I can you know do that again but in this time we don't rent the house and the owner I
live there in my house and I don't have any other property maybe you can help us you know in the future if I receive the letter I don't have to go again every year there to to do that because I
already went I said I'm living here and these are my papers they pay the bills that I paid under my name and I pay uh the notary the letter of the notary and they say I'm sorry you have to come again with this year and next year I
think it's unfair I'm doing you know I'm explaining then I'm not renting the house so just one thing that I want to share with you that maybe you can help us in the future that can change it takes time and you know the times is for us is so
>> understand. Thank you, Miss Grayley. So, we have our chief of staff here, um, Miss Ashley Walker, and she'll take your information down and put you with the right person. I'm sure our city manager will make sure that we address it. >> Thank you. >> No problem. She's right here, Miss Ashley Walker.
All right. Citizens form is still open. >> Chris Roberts 640. I'm just coming to put this on record. You cannot do legislation legislation for a vendor that you have received
campaign funds from. It is a charge. If you pass anything in here tonight and the vendors have I have the document to support what I'm talking about is two people on the dis that have received
donation campaign donate donations from the vendor where they're trying to pass legislation in here tonight. If you do it, that is a bribery charge. If you don't think so, ask the attorney. Call the state attorney's office and they will tell you. It's not an ethics
violation. It is a bribery charge. I can tell y'all that. I was given the information two years ago. Everybody that's come in this circle playing games with um putting legislation. You cannot put it on. You supposed to recruit yourself from it because that is a
conflict of interest where that person is concerned. You have the organization trying to come in here, commissioners trying to pass whatever because they have given campaign don donations. You cannot do that. If y'all want me to show
it to you, I I I print it out in my phone and have Joanda give it to y'all. You cannot do it. If you pass it tonight, I guarantee you the state of Florida coming in here. >> Citizens form is still open.
Good evening, Naomi Brea, 936 Cord Street. First of all, commissioners, mayors, manager, I want to say Shabani Park. Awesome. My son is having a field day over there. Every weekend he wants to go over there. Um, however, if
possible, if possible, it would be nice if on the south side of Alibaba, north of Opalaka Boulevard, if it's possible to create some kind of pocket or vest pocket park on that side of Opaaka, there's no parks. And there's a lot of
little kids, I would say from newborn to 12 on that side. And some of those parents on that side don't have vehicles, you know, to walk over there. Some have more than two or three kids. So imagine walking in the street with all those babies trying to make it a
Shabbundi. For a person like me that has a vehicle is nothing and my son is of age. That's one. Two, if it's possible, can we please have a speed survey or speed study on Kodash Street, again
south of Alibaba, north of Opalaga Boulevard. So when 27th Avenue has any kind of backup or accident, the next main road into city hall is Kodash Street where I live at. and some of the cars use it as a speed race, especially on weekends. So, if it's possible to
have some kind of speed study and also if we could make the sign on Burlington and Codedest Street a little bigger or even create a triangular um junction because the way people bypass that stop sign, especially those
coming from State Road 9 into Kodash Street is like that stop sign don't even exist to them, which for most people that is actually the corner where the old water tower used to be at. that intersection. It's a miracle that major accidents haven't happened, but at least
twice last week, I almost got hit coming over the railroad track. Cars that are not stopping at that railroad track cuz a stop sign is only east and west. Lastly, we're entering rainy season and the drainage on the corner of 955 Cord
Street for the past years has never been serviced. And I don't know if it's because it's not noticeable because the house that's on that corner has nothing but green grass flowers. So it's kind of blocking it which is causing that area of the street
to get flooded. So if it's possible for them to check the drainage, it'll be very appreciated. Thank you. >> No problem. Thank you, Miss Naomi. Citizens form is still open. Citizens form is closed. All right. So
real quick, um Mr. Dennis, you say you was sending your information to the clerk, so she's on it. Um, Mr. Cooper in regards to the tow truck. Madam manager, can we intervene with that just to ask what's going on? >> That's a question. >> I'll have a conversation with the the
chief and the attorney to see if we can. We do have a contract with that company. So, I I'll definitely look into it. This is my first time hearing about it. >> Okay. Um, Dr. Williams, thank you um for the donation to the cohort program. I
think she called it Bathlash. >> I'm sure it's it's it's appreciated. Um she's doing great things with that program. Um Mr. Gra Miss Grayley, I think she talked to Ashley already in the back. Um uh then we have Naomi, thank you for
noticing what we did with the parks. And madam manager, so the speed study for Kodad Street, is that something that we can do? Maybe. >> Yes. >> And maybe look at maybe even installing stop signs on that. I know they came up. We'll definitely look into it, look into the options and bring it back to the
commission because we can't just install them. It has to go to the >> I know it has to go to the county. I know we had that issue. And I also would like to we'll probably bring forth in legislation to do a we brought this up before a street sign study. Street sign study in Opalaka because there are a lot of down signs. There are a lot of signs
that are outdated. There are a lot of signs signs should be there and removed or leaning signs. So I think we need to address that. I know we but did it. We were supposed to I know we talked about it. We have one. Okay. Um and
I know it was my concern. I know it was um Vice Mcklly's concern which is the flooding and draining on that street cuz I know we told them that we were cleaning it. >> We are. >> Yeah. And >> do we have a schedule or time or when we're going to do it or cuz we are going into the hurricane season.
>> I don't I don't have that with me. I wasn't for that but I can definitely provide it. >> All right. All right. Any other >> Mr. Mayor? >> Vice Mayor, >> let me just um with regard to the um speed study because you know you got
like 20 of them already before that one that's been there before too cuz I brought it up but 21st Court and some other areas that are all out there um for speed studies, traffic signs, traffic common devices. So, I don't know
how you're actually pursuing that, but there are quite a few of them that have been given to you over the years, even from Meet Me Monday. So, um, and I know it's partly because of what was able to occur with, um, Jan and you know, so,
and I understand that, but I want folks to know it's a very uh, tenuous process to get it done. But we do hear those concerns. Um, and the one code of dad, I know cuz your mom, you know, been talking about that for years. I'm aware of that. So, as the mayor is saying, I
know a study was well, we looked at it before. I don't know if it needs to be updated or not, but if if so, we need to to do that um and bring some back to commission if it requires any policy legislation. Um that would be good as well. >> I'll definitely bring it back to the
commission. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor. All right. Um Commissioner Fiard ready. Oh, okay. Um my question before uh to the manager because I heard uh I
think that I'm right uh that Mr. Cooper tried to uh tell this company uh to pay to the damage that they do and they refuse to doing it and Mr. Cooper come
to the city to see if the city uh do something and pay him. No, >> because I don't think it's right. If that company do anything damage in any private property, they are responsible >> and I believe that they have a policies that the city know
in any tow trucks that they have that cover up any damage that they do to a uh you know to uh properties. The city is not we not we're not responsible but I want to you know you sending a messaging to the company that they working here but they they they not
the people you know uh do the rules and regulation okay in this city because if you know I going to bring the state thank you >> excuse me Mr. Mayor. >> Um, Commissioner Irvvin, >> Madam Madame Manager, as we all know, we talking about speeding. Um, those of us
that live near Pervvis, Per Viz is becoming a speedway as well, and we have the park there. If we can look into um having like children signs that say it's a park there, I think that that would be
really helpful. And it also bothers me when I come down per viz and I get by the school. There's nothing that say and they have the kids loading the buses or there's nothing that says that there's a school just caution with kids sign or something
for the parks and the school. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Moving on. Madame um attorney item or 131 >> a resolution of the city commission of the city of Opaaka Florida authorizing
the city manager to enter into a facility use agreement with ADC international group inc DBA soccer star elite to you utilize Sherbani Park field for its youth soccer program providing for adoption of representations
providing for scriveners errors providing for an effective date this is sponsored sponsored by Commissioner Santiago and was deferred from the February 25th, 2026 regular commission meeting. >> Can I get a motion? >> Move it. >> Moved by Commissioner Santiago,
second by Commissioner Bass. Um, Commissioner Santiago, your item. >> Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I think um uh we do and we follow what my uh colleagues, you know, asking for in the last commission meeting. Uh we do all
the amendments that we have to you know do in the contract and we uh what we do is we uh follow the other contract that the other uh club or or um uh person have in the other park or Ingrren. Um
this is only um you know the same you know like the same agreement that we have and the time uh the the my colleague asking for like for the emergency 3 hours uh three day before anything happened and I believe that
everything is here in the package and the only thing is you know uh listen what did the my colleague have to say about it um And any decision that we do tonight is up to us.
>> All right. >> But I do whatever uh we do all the changes that they required to do in this agreement. >> All right. So um Madame Irvin, I yield to Commissioner Irvin, I yield to you. You pull the
>> Okay. I pulled this item because in conversations before with park staff and whatnot, we were going to have certain activities at certain parks. If I'm correct, Ingram Park was going to be football, soccer, track. Shabbundi was
going to be softball and something else. So, I don't think it's for us to change the mind of the managers or the park staff. Um, and uh, I don't like the 3-day notice
because I'm on the parks and I know that sometimes we don't have a three-day we don't have three days to tell anybody anything. So, I pulled it because I needed to place my note vote. Thank you. >> Mr. Mayor, >> Commissioner Santiago.
>> Yeah. Um, let me make um something clear. I don't really don't understand u my cali um on Natasha like about the three days noted. I think that's something they they asking for like to you know to change and not seven days
you know like if it's an emergency for the um uh the other club. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. They can do it you know that the three days before and and also know you know like provide you know at what time that they going to using it. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So
>> I I I think that I >> my my question is what what happens if we can't give you a three-day notice or we say and three we say okay everything is fine but the league in which we play football in I don't want to talk about
that but we sometime get a notice the day before that we're going to be somewhere else or we're going to play home. What happens when that happened? Because I know when you're playing a game you have to pay the referees. you have you everybody make arrangements. So
what happen if we can't give that three-day notice and and they can't play there that day because we're at our home field. >> Well, okay. Um now is you know something new. Okay. This is not be uh
>> I've been asking the last meeting >> been asking that every time this came up. I asked it every I said I don't like the three days because sometimes we don't know if where we're going to be playing within the three days. >> Um okay. What is your suggestion?
>> What is your suggestion? >> I don't have one. >> No, but what do you want to change that like for the three days? because it can happen that you come in, you know, the Friday before Saturday and say if something happened um you know if something happened and we have to see if
we can bring the team okay yeah I don't I don't see any problem I don't see any problem with that at least you let it know a day before okay that the people is there but it's like I say we we try um uh you know to bring teams here to
the city you know to enjoying it and together the part But this is ending today. You know, whatever happened is going to happen. Okay, it's up to us. But I don't see any problem if it's something happened that I don't think it's going to happen every week.
Uh, you know, oh, we have a problem in uh in some of the places there in in West Palm Beach that has a flow or whatever happened or we had to bring the team, you know, back to Opalaka. Fine. Let them know the people. Let them know.
let them know and if they okay, it's fine. And two, um, giving the time that the people is going to be there like that, they can move because I don't think they're going to use the part from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. They they have some time, you know,
they're going to using it. They're probably going to using it from 8 to 12 or from 8 to to 1. What about the rest of the day? >> Mr. Mayor >> um commissioner >> to the manager. Madame manager, are we
going to have football on both parks? >> No, football is on. >> Are we going to have basketball? I mean baseball at both parks. >> Um we don't have baseball at this moment. >> When when we have baseball? Baseball from what I'm understanding is going to be at Shabbandi. Are we going to have
baseball at both parks? >> Um not at this time. >> Okay. So >> it's not that hasn't been a discussion. and it's always been discussed to have it at Shabbandi. >> All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome, >> Mr. Man. Mr. Mayor, >> Commissioner Baris,
>> just a quick observation. I understand where both my colleagues are coming from. I don't think the issue is so much the programming or our park scheduling. I think it's the league. Um, I believe I trust and believe I
don't have that much knowledge about the park like some of my colleagues do, but hearing all of this discussion now in previous meetings, it sounds as if we have a league that we are part of that is not stable. And I would just put that out there. I don't think it's it's a
scheduling on our part. I just think it's the league. Thank you. >> All right. Any other >> I'll wait after you, Mr. Mayor. You want to go ahead? >> I have nothing. >> You have nothing. You You got something, Mr. May.
>> Okay. Um, I did ask for a lot of um clarifications and a lot of them have um been addressed. I still had a couple um but I don't discuss really my colleagues um legislation in my briefings. But I did
have a chance to speak to the manager and I want a couple of clarification from the city attorney really in the agreement on the terms of agreement um on number 21 which is page three of nine talks about month-to-month basis for a
12-month period. Um and I I kind of leaned towards that because that allows us flexibility is not working. But then when I saw the second part of renewed or renegotiated but modifications have to be accepted by both parties then I got a
little concerned. Can you clarify that um that explanation what that entails or what that means? And then while you're doing that or or getting response, madame um manager, as I said before, the attendance that
exceeds 50 requiring uh police detail how that would actually work because I've seen um and when you're playing sports, it's really very hard to say how many folks are going to be there at a given time. Um I've seen
the soccer on Ingram and I've seen sometime with 30, I've seen with 50, 60. So, that's a a moving amount and how that would be done. And the third thing, um, it says other parts of the park facility is authorized, and I know I had
concerns about the restroom. So, I'm assuming that's what's inclusive of that. But it also says outdoor facilities, including concession stand, announcers booth, and the one that really caught my attention was storage rooms. So, can you address when you say storage room because I didn't know we
had that much space for storage rooms for um any any other entities, but I do appreciate the um folks um addressing many of my concerns that I have um that I brought up, but those
three I need to get a little clar clarification on. Mr. Mayor, to the attorney, and to Um I can answer regarding the month-to-month what it looks like is it's a function of the fact that the parties can terminate at any time with
30 days written notice. So that's where the monthtomonth for the 12 month period comes to comes in and um there's no changes that can be made as it says to the agreement without the city and the user agreeing to them. It
has to be in writing. So, if the city or the um vendor decided to back out, whatever, it just requires 30 days notice. >> Correct. >> And there's no um penalty either way it
goes. >> Correct. >> Okay. Thank you for clarifying that, madame. Mr. Mayor, to the manager. >> So, the the organization has agreed to provide a schedule to the parks director. that schedule will have the um number of games that they're having, the
age group for those games, and if it's practice or if it's actual game. So, if it's actual game, they they do understand that offduty police will be needed because that will be more people. If it's just a regular practice, then typically there's not a lot of people,
but they do understand um they have the contact information for the police to be able to get their offduty police service. And with regards to storage, they don't need any indoor storage. The only thing that they would need is to be able to leave their um the goals outside on the field and use the restroom.
>> Okay. I may Okay. I'm just looking at the agreement. The agreement says storage room and concession stand and announce. I don't think we even got that right now. >> So I I'm just looking at the agreement, but I know storage room could be space.
So, you're saying that's not >> No, that's not needed. The only space that they would need is to be able to leave those items on the field. >> Okay. Um Well, but we put this agreement together. It's in there. Why do we have it in there if it's not
should be there? That that's kind of a challenge for me. We need to deal with that. Um yeah, we need to deal with that. for for me that needs to be clarified. And the
police you said they anticipating games had where people would not practice they wouldn't need um police. >> Correct. >> Okay. And the agreement now is for Saturdays and Sundays, >> right? >> Okay. And I think the other question I
raised previously was um the amount of staff that would be on duty to um accommodate not only the regular events but also uh the amount of people that would have out there for soccer. And I can anticipate and just knowing and of
course you know I gota from being on parks if you got a game you got have quite a few people um and even can be practice for that matter but how would you have to adjust staffing or how would that work because I think you said typically your part-time folks are
working on Saturday which would this would entail and I know the hours of parks have changed and so right now the hours of parks are what because you've expanded them I know they're a lot longer now >> Sunday. Yeah, they are longer. We've extended those hours. >> Well, I know extended cuz the folks be
fishing. They like to be out there a little longer. So, I got I just don't know the time frame um and what that'll require in terms of staffing. So, with regards to staffing, we have not increased our headcount for staffing. So the staffing is that's what
we have and the staffing would be on the park to pro provide park services. We have not increased the headcount for staffing. >> Okay. Okay. So how many people and I think they asked this question before. How many people normally are working on a Saturday
because most time it's part it's part-time staff which was what you said before. So, how many people are at any given park? Because I think the other agreement you have at Ingram also requires that, you know, they have games and stuff they'll be doing. So, I I can
bring our I can bring our um park superintendent up and he can give that number of employees that they have there on the weekend. Um but I would tell you Sherbundi normally has a little bit more because they have rentals there as well. and the park schedules for Saturday and Sunday are 8 am to 7 pm.
>> Okay. So, it wouldn't whatever staff you have there encompassing those hours. So, they would be working the regular schedule regardless whether it's games or no games or practice. I I'll uh Mr. question sir >> question that the manager have
>> the question is how many employees do you have at Sherbondi village on the weekend Saturday and Sunday >> on a given Saturday there's three no events >> it's three you got to count the the lifeguard someone open and someone to close
>> okay >> that's and well because remember we this the city's already passed an agreement at Ingram. So you have soccer over there um as well. So I'm looking You have soccer there going on. You got three over there
um as well. >> Yes, sir. >> So there's nowhere to pull anybody um if there's a crowd. I mean, you know, and I anticipate it being crowded. So those three people would be responsible or only staff you're going
to have >> basically all myself. Well, you might have to be a seagull. Who knows? >> But, uh, what I'm getting at is I'm also factoring the rentals because we have a lot of rentals, particularly at Shabbani, not so much at Ingram Park,
but when you have rentals at Hela Miller, that could throw things off. Um, okay. So, you got a maximum of three. So, what is the park's position or whatever on being able to handle that? cuz I think I know they've been out there practicing sometimes and I know
you already have the group at Ingram. So, have you all been able to handle that number of people while they're, you know, when they've been out there? >> I mean, right now with the one team that's over at Ingram, um my problem is going to um we're going to have the
biggest issue when football and soccer are um practicing and playing at the same time. That's going to be the issue because you're going to have what I say 50 kids plus parents plus for for soccer and then you turn around you have
another 75 plus parents for football practice. I'm I'm speaking strictly practice Monday through Friday. Saturday if we're away we have drivers, we have coaches. Um we typically take maybe three staff members with us. Uh, so
that's gonna stretch us if they have home games and we're away. >> Okay. Um, >> can I can I tag again really quick? I have questions on that. Well, two things. Number one, madam manager, even if it's a way game, the parks are still sustained. >> Yes.
>> So, it doesn't really matter who goes. And then the other thing is how many kids? So when when we have football, basketball, the the stuff that is already there, the three is additional staff added. That's my question. >> Additional only time additional staff
will be added. He said three. That's without rentals. So if it's rentals, then it will be additional staff there. >> No. When there's a football game or basketball game, is additional staff added to support that or is it just the three? >> Well, yeah, we we we do bring in additional staff. >> That's just for games and stuff. Yeah.
But not for practices. >> No. Okay. >> Because it's a regular for practice is a regular staff that's already on shift. >> Yeah. And what does that look like? Is it one, two? >> No, it's more than one. Definitely more than one. >> We have three at the at for night shift. >> Three for night shift. Yes, sir. Plus,
>> plus plus >> because in the daytime they it's fully is fully staffed at the park and then night time they have to have a certain amount to be able to close the building. >> Okay. >> Mr. Mayor, >> one second. Cuz right had the floor and I I cut I cut him off. I I I'll yield
processing with different statements. >> I'll yield. >> Go ahead. >> Yeah. Yes, sir. Go ahead. >> Okay. I don't understand yet that we have uh three people working in park the weekends for that for each park
or or three people for the three park. He's speaking about Sherbandi at Shbandi. >> Shabbandi only three people. Okay. Three three people. Okay. And let me ask you, Shabbandi is a public park. All of our parks are public parks. >> No, but we're talking about Shavani,
right? Yes, madame manager. Okay. And what happened uh if the whole community go out, you know, in the summer to enjoy the park or whatever it is and we have people playing basketball, we have people playing their balls. Uh we we have people all over. Okay. And picn
because I don't think that you can pro pro uh say to people to go there and sit in the in the field, you know, to do some picney or whatever. That's a public park. And also I heard something here that the both of the uh teams they're
going to practice together or they're going to play together. HOW HOW IS THAT? That's like he say before the they going to have a problem when the two uh uh uh people the flat football and the soccer
be together they are practicing. How they're not going to be together practicing. I think what he said is that they some of the sta staff will be going away to the games and then some will be at the park. Um no matter what it'll still be three employees at the lease.
>> Okay. At at Shbangi Park. >> Yeah. And now my other question is this. Okay. Um the this uh uh what do we call it association or or group that they are participating in in in in this activity out there uh that they use uh our
employment to help them to installing things or to practice with the kids? >> No. >> No. Okay. Yeah. That's up to whoever is there. They have to have personal to take care of that. Yes. >> That is not our responsibility. >> Okay. Thank you. That's that we want to be sure that everything is going, you
know, by the right way in in every in every department here in the great city of Opalaka. Um like I say I don't think I don't I don't see any uh inconveniences okay for anybody you know using the park probably everybody and
let me tell you that it can be one day that the people uh the people go to the park to see anything you know what's going on around it is in and they practice whoever the flat football or the soccer that's how they call him football soccer okay and how how we
going to have control to see because I know he's going There be a lot of complaints. Oh, they had 200 people there. But where's the people come from? We kind of stopping people to call to the park when anybody practic. That's that's a public park. It's going to be a
lot of people passing by. I want to be sure that that don't happen because I know it's going to come complaints inventings or whatever you know about that. Thank you. All right. Very floor. >> Thank you, Mr. Mr. Mayor. Um,
I think you're doing monthtomonth. I I will support it only with a caveat that you go back and revisit this cuz I think um and I was definitely opposed to every day. Now it is Saturday and Sunday
and you seem not to be challenged by only having three people and you're the city manager. So, I'm going to kind of yield to you on that. And I have my own thinking that I think it's going to require more than that. Um,
but since you you feel that the three you're going to have and you only pull, you said if you have a a rental. So to the sponsor, um, I could I could be supportive of this if you if if the manager we did like a pallet. Um, I
don't want to do a whole half of you. I don't want to do that. Um cuz you didn't recommend, you know, you just said you put it out here. I don't have a problem with having soccer on uh Shabbandi because at this point we're still waiting on our citywide master plan. So
I I'm very frustrated by the fact we haven't got that because that was supposed to be our really barometer to tell us where parks should be and what activity should be on each park. But because we don't have that yet, we're kind of peacemealing our whole program
system, which is kind of challenging for me. Um, I can't see how all of them will function with both football and soccer at the same time on a Saturday and Sunday, unless we know for sure that
they are not going to be there. And I think that's going to be problematic. But I'm willing to see if it would work. Um, but if you're not willing to do a pilot, which I saw you shaking your head, madam manager, then that tells me you don't have the comfort level to
think it'll work. Um, and if you don't have the comfort level, you're the manager. So, that that would give me a great challenge cuz I was willing to go monthtomon or do a threemon test just to see how it would work out and then revisit it because it is a
month-to-month agreement. Um, but if you're not comfortable doing that, then I I'll just um I would propose it. But if the sponsor wouldn't be willing to do that, then I guess I'll just leave it all together and we'll just vote it as it is. Thank
you, Mr. Mayor. >> Mr. Mayor, >> I just want to respond to something that um my colleague said earlier that he knows that on football day, we're not there all day. On football day, we are there from 8 to 9 in the morning with
well from 9 to 6. Our last game starts at 4. Our first game starts at 10. And we are there all day when we are home. Thank you, >> Mr. Mayor. I guess I have a quick question. Commissioner Bass, >> thank you. Um, if I'm not mistaken, I
believe I heard my metam manager said that we have their schedule and we >> we don't have it yet, but he will provide the schedule. >> Okay. And do we have our park schedule for football? >> No.
>> No. But we will receive a schedule from the football um league that we're in. But what I keep saying and I'm going to keep saying it and keep saying it. So when all hell break loose, they can say Commissioner Irvin said it. We get a schedule.
Vice Mayor asked for a schedule. that's he get a schedule but that schedule never remains the same every week. It changes hourly. Um we're with this league because it's the league that we can afford to be in.
So that's why we're with the league. Mr. Mayor, may I? >> Um um Commissioner Bass. >> Okay, I understand. But I think for me, I'm moving blind because I would have rather see both schedules. Even though I'm hearing what
my colleague said about schedules being changed like the drop of a dime really quick, but maybe there is no conflict or not as much conflict as we anticipate because we don't have both schedules to to look at.
So, and then again, it's a 30-day pull out with our consequences, right? Okay. Thank you, Mr. >> Mayor. Vice Mayor, >> this my last bite of this apple. Um if the sponsor beanable and um madam man,
well, m manager, you do not um support a um test pilot on this. >> Um if that's the will of the commission, then yes. But I I >> No, I'm asking you. I I know it's the will of the commission, but
>> you know your staff. you know how many rentals cuz you you know you know how many people normally rent Shabbandi uh for activities and ultimately you're running dayto-day with staffing so that's why I'm asking you I I would be willing to do a a test pilot for for 3
months or something four months or something just to see because it is a 30 month 30-day backout. So if you're if they're out there practicing and you see where scheduling is a challenge or whatever, we have the ability for you to
bring it back and say it's just not working. >> So I that's why I'm asking that question. >> I don't have a problem with it. >> Okay. Well, if the sponsor is immunable, uh I would I would suggest that. But if not, then let's just go ahead and vote it up or down.
>> All right. Um, so we can go ahead and wait. I would say >> wait on you. >> Wait on me for >> your thought process. >> Well, you want to hear my thought process? I don't know if I want to hear my thought process because I think I think this conversation with majoring in
the minor. I think the park should be open to everybody and I think all park should be programmed. So that's what I'm saying. I >> I think football should be at every park. Socc should be at every park. I think every park should sustain itself. That's just that's this is a big community with 17,000 people and we got a lot of kids. I'm sure there's double
children and there's enough to go around. So, and as I said, I think we're majoring in the minor with this conversation. And I understand with the scheduling, I get that part. I get that part. But parks, I think, should sustain itself. A thriving cities have a thriving park system and we are finally
open and operating. I would love to see children on all of our parks, in every room of our parks, on every field of our parks. But that's just me. You You ask my opinion. That's my opinion. >> Well, Mr. Mayor, I I appreciate that, but most park systems, wherever you go,
there's certain things happening on certain parks. >> I agree with you. >> That that's what And that's why I keep hopping back to the um master plan that we ask for the park recreation master plan because that will tell us where you should have this or that. We are
peacemealing. That's why I was proposing the pilot of three or four months to see how it work because when we get that master plan whenever we do get it, it should tell us where based on their surveys and what they've done, you ought to have this. You go to any park system, whether it's Miami Lakes, Miami Gardens,
North Miami, there's certain parks, for example, on 135th, they do baseball. You do not see football out there. Go right around the corner to Ben Franklin, they're doing soccer. And that's what you see basically out there is soccer with a little flag football. So all of
them have various components. So the residents know if I want to do this sport particularly this is where it's at because that field is set up. The amenities are there. We're not there yet because we don't actually have our big picture. That's why I was willing to say
a pilot test to see how it works. Hopefully we're going to get that that master plan that tells us where things ought to be. Um, and you ought to have it here versus there. Um, but you're correct. I think all of the parks need to have activities, but every part does
not always have specifically all of the sports. Even in Opalaka for years, you you did it, but it was kind of challenging to have baseball and football. Then it kind of went to football for a while. I was at Ingram. Baseball was over there. Then football shifted over to um Shabbandi and
baseball went away and didn't recover at Ingram or whatever. And I still want to see baseball somewhere um in our city. So that's why I proposed the the pilot just to see how it would work. But the motion on the floor so you know down
>> the motion um Commissioner Santiago, >> what motion? >> I'm going to explain it to you. Um, the motion on the floor is to do a three-month pilot program and for the manager to bring it back to let us know whether it works or not and then we extend it for the next nine the rest of
>> work bad it just ended. >> She'll have a better picture to to answer all of the concerns that um Commissioner Urban has at the time. So, we want to see if that does work out. >> Okay. And um let me ask you something that that we going to uh you know force
into any anyone you know be there in the field uh to presenting the scale you okay for you know for the games or practice that they have for the uh at least for the first you know for each month okay at least for each month you
know to let them know what is the plan that they have I don't think it's fair for others okay to come with something right way, okay? And keep, you know, the other part out of the field for the whole day. Everybody had to have a
scale. I don't have no problem, okay, with that policies. Okay. The uh Vice Mayor Kelly, you know, asking me to do, okay, but um we we had to um I don't know if we had to, you know, let know the people too about that change and if
they agreed to do that. That's another thing. If they if they agree, you know, in the country, you know, to do that to have uh three month first uh to um what what are we calling again to uh uh Yeah. Okay. And
>> it's worth the try. >> Yeah, it it's worth the try. But let me see. Let me let me let me ask him let me asking the manager. Okay. You think that we can do that? And we don't want to tell anything to that uh uh plot. I'm not sure if they're here, but if they're
not, um, the commission can pass it and I can have a conversation with them. And if they don't accept, they can't pass because >> this is their way to do it and they here. They here, >> but they here. >> Okay. So, the motion for the floor, um, Commissioner Santiago, the motion was
for three months. So once the if this so passes it would be three months and after three months the manager will bring an assessment to the commission let us know if it works or if it did not work and then we can extend the contract or it can do an automatic an automatic extension with the if the attorney's
okay with that. If the attorney's okay with that and then we can move forward. But the one good thing about it they're not signed they haven't signed this yet. So, it still has to go be signed by the man, the manager, the clerk, and the witness, which is the and the person, whoever they got, the organization.
Correct. So, we can pass it up or down with um Vice Mayor Kelly's amendment and then pass the item. And if they don't like it, then we don't move forward. It's a contract. So, if they don't like it, we don't move forward. We or if we vote it down, then it's dead tonight.
>> Yeah. Um, >> so the motion was made by Vice Mayor Kelly to put this on a um three-month trial period and the manager will bring back an assessment to the commission to let us know whether this works or not.
>> Yeah. Um, okay. I I going to agree with that. Uh, Mr. Mayor, uh, with my Kelly, Vice Mayor Kelly. >> Okay. So, there is a motion on the floor. I will need a second on that motion. >> Second. >> Second. Um, madame attorney, the only thing I will ask because it is a contract and it was month-to-month for a
year. What does that motion look like going forward? So, if this does pass tonight for the motion for the three-month trial period, the manager would bring it back in legislation form or will she just bring it back and it automatic um extends the to the an additional nine months? Um, well, you
can do it so that you you're not really touching the the contract, but we can write uh those terms within the resolution because the commission already has an ability to terminate the agreement after 30 months anyway. >> Perfect. So, it's so I got it.
>> So, yeah. >> All right. So, the motion on the floor was made by um Vice Mayor Kelly, second by Commissioner Who? >> I did. >> Um, Commissioner Bass. Madame clerk, on the motion >> on the amendment >> trial period. >> On the amendment, yes.
>> Commissioner Irvin, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kelly, >> yes. >> Commissioner Santiago, >> yes. >> Commissioner Baz, >> yes. >> Mayor Taylor, >> yes. >> Motion on the amendment passes 5-0. >> All right. So, the change in your legislation, Commissioner Santiago, is that there will be a three-month trial
period and the manager will bring it back after three months from the initiation of the contract. Um, can I get a motion on the item? >> You had a motion. >> I have a motion in a second. >> But this one we did. I thought it was an amendment. >> Prior to the discussion, there was a
motion in a second. >> No, too long. I'm sorry. >> Um, can we can go ahead and call the question in? >> Commissioner Baz? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Irvin? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kelly? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Santiago? >> Yes. >> Mayor Taylor? >> Yes. >> Motion passes 5.
>> All right. So, moving on to our ordinances 1681. Madam Attorney, >> an ordinance of the city commission of the city of Opalaka, Florida, amending chapter 22 of the land development regulations, article 12, division 5, entitled water and sewer impact fees,
specifically amending section 22-379F, entitled legislative findings to change the name of the updated rate study consultant to Stantech Consulting Services, Inc. Amending section 22-385 entitled computation of the amount of
water and sewer impact fee to update water sewer and related facilities fees providing for adoption of representations providing for conflict and repealer providing for severability providing for inclusion in the code providing for an effective date. This is sponsored by the city manager.
>> All right. Can I get a motion? >> Mr. Mayor, I I will move it and I also um want to offer two amendments at the appropriate time. >> Okay. Um can I get a motion and a second and then we'll open up for public hearing after the manager explains. >> Move it. >> Moved by Vice Mayor Kelly, second by
Commissioner B. Madam Manager, go ahead and present and then we'll open up for public hearing. >> It was Commissioner B. The recommended amendments to the water and sewer and related facility impact fees are necessary to ensure that adequate levels of service are provided
and maintained for new growth in residential, commercial, and industrial areas. The existing impact fees are $1,439 per equivalent residential unit for water and $1,276
per equivalent residential unit for sewer. those those rays are in insufficient to meet the city's current and future infrastructure needs. Mr. Gregory Gay is also here should you have any questions.
Um, this is a public hearing item. Public hearing is open. >> How are you? Good evening. Mark Cooper 681 Southwest 75 Terrace. Is this just for residential or industrial and commercial as well? >> Is that a question? Well, we'll answer
it later, but go ahead. >> Okay. So, uh first of all, I want to say thank you and thank you to staff and Mr. Austin and manager for the shoreline connection on Alexandria. I was arrested on Alexandria for the
tenant contaminating the property. It's because when a property doesn't have a sewer connection, DURM can tell you what time to go to bed and and they send officers and they got real aggressive and I was arrested and so this is an issue that wanted to get resolved. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you again. Thank you for doing what you did so that now we can get connected. So, then uh I sent a nasty email one day because I was trying to get it done and it was taking a little bit of time. So, uh, sorry for the email, but what I want to say is, uh, now I see that maybe the impact fees are going up as you connect
and source. So, assuming this is industrial commercial, I was asking if you could consider because that area you're trying to get it up to speed. It's not that we're trying to build giant beautiful developments, but rather we're just trying to, you know, have a bathroom instead of uh, hurting us with
a higher impact fee as of right now. let us connect so we can uh develop the area. The history of the areas is the reason why there is that type of use in the area because there was no infrastructure. So the only people that would go there were junk yards and they would contaminate the area and then we were stuck with them and they were stuck
with us because there was no way to get other types of uses in there because if you don't have a sewer line, Derm won't allow it unless you go through a big process. Long story short, we were stuck with uh with junkyards. Now we have a seor line. Now we just need to connect. And so in so far as connecting, I I
provided some documentation. I've worked on this a lot. >> I contacted one engineer, the city engineer that did the work for the city, and the the plans for property are about $26,000. I contacted another one. They responded today, it's $22,000
just for the the plans to get permitted and agreed to by Dur by the state and by the city. And so I've done some of the work. I got the septic tanks uh collapsed and the machine itself is like a grinder pump that has to force the uh
the dirty water upstream. That's the problem. There's no gravity working with you. The these properties are lower than the line and so you need to push the debris up and the machine costs $45,000. So the plans are 25,000, the machine's 45,000. So now you're at 70. Someone's
got to do the actual work. Let's say it's 20. So now you're at 90. I own two of these properties. I'm at 180,000 and let's say I'm able to, you know, trick someone out of their money. Now I got to pay additional impact fees because my timing didn't work. So I'm asking you, please consider as your as the
consultants tell you we're charging too little, which we are visav other cities, this particular area which has been victimized by the lack of infrastructure for a long time. It's created a mess for the city. If you would consider please carving out this area to allow us to get the old fees and not Thank you.
>> Yes, sir. >> All right. Public hearing is still open. Public hearing is closed. All right. So, you did say Mr. Gay was coming up. Um, and >> yes, >> Mr. Gay was coming up. >> If you have any questions, he's available.
>> All right. So, I would like Mr. Gay to answer u Mr. Cooper's question and then commission I mean Vice May Kelly had a a um amendment that he wanted to put on the floor. >> Gregory Gay, director of planning and community development in relationship to
Mr. Cooper's question. Um, these impact fees do not have any effect or the the modification of the impact fees do not have any effect on existing facilities. The existing facilities, whatever modifications they will have to make is
what they will make in order for them to operate properly. If they are going to develop those particular properties, add a new building, add new areas of of operation, that is when the impact fees
come into effect and you charge based on new development or additions that are done on the on on particular sites. They do speak to residential, commercial, and industrial use. So this these impact
fees are related to projects that are done throughout the entire city of Opalaka. >> Okay. And the next um concern that was my question is allowing businesses to connect to water and sewer. >> We do not have anything to do with the connection process that is done through
public works. So I would defer to them to address that if that's something that needs to be addressed as a part of this item. I just know historically, madam manager, he he brought it up too, that area is prone to junkyards because the lack of
sewer and um water connection and I know we we invested money to install, upgrade and fix the drainage on that going um south of Alexandria Drive, but hey, if we have an opportunity to get a different caliber, I'll say it this way,
of development in that area and move some of the commerce first part and change it to something and I would love to see our option. >> Mr. Mayor, >> one second. Let him um I want him to address um Mr. Cooper's question and we
I know you have a question, but we'll go. >> Good evening. AR Austin, public works director. Currently, there is uh water available. However, that water services are going to be upgraded by the end of the year
uh to a newer larger size uh system. As you just heard, the sanitary sewer was just approved by Miami date county durm for the new sanitary sewer that was installed as a part of the Carol Lane
project and 127th Street project and that's now available for connectivity. Okay. So, if businesses desire to tap into our water and sewer at this moment, they do have the option once they go through Diamond the proper committee.
>> Okay. Um, can we make that known or is that something? How does that What does that look like? >> Yeah. What does >> what does that look like? >> Once once once they apply for a permit, they have to uh get an allocation form which at which time we'll we'll
designate that the sanitary sewer and water service is available. Okay. So, I guess that's another conversation for another just what it sounds like. I see you. Um, Commissioner um Santiago. >> Yeah, Mr. Thank you that they bring that um that particular you know situation
that we have u in that area there with the joint yard they are okay lane Alexandria and 127 uh before okay we don't have any any
system now they even uh the water meters that we have for 20 or 30 or 40 years ago they don't even work. I have complained for people that they have to dig in theirel to found the water meter
7 foot under the ground and I don't know how they get a bill if they don't even read it. That's one. But now it's good because the area changing and and the question is anyone from that area to come here and and do an industrial
company or do anything they had to pass through first to the city. Okay. get the approval for the city and the city sending them to uh what is it calling D. Okay. And more than the problem that
they have before is that they indoor approving because they don't have no sewer limes or water service before but now you say that we have it. >> Yes sir. >> Okay. And they free you know to go with the process that they need. >> While I'm in the permanent process
they're free to connect to the system. Yeah, that may that may probably going to bring you know other kind of uh investing people out there to do other kind of company now that we going to uh resolve that problem there in the whole area but that's the situation that we
have Mr. uh ousting and I know it's not come from your administration it coming from administration back >> thank you >> thank you Mr. Awesome. All right, Vice Mayor. So, I'll yield to you, but for the sake of time, um I'm going to ask that you go ahead and make your amendments. We call the question and
then we move on and then skip to uh the madam manager has asked to item 16B1 because translator has to leave. >> Yes, she's scheduled to leave at 8. >> So, I'll yield to vice mayor and then we'll go from there. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um I have two amendments. Um hopefully the attorney
has some prepared that really applies to all three of the um impact fees and u the attorney can do the wording, but basically we have impact fees that we should be collecting. Unfortunately,
over the years, excuse me, we have not collected them like we should. Um, and so I want to make sure going forward since we're addressing it that we would do that. number one to make sure uh that there's a process for compliance and
number two that the funds go into the designated department because impact fees are designed to go into parks and wreck obviously infrastructure and public safety. But oftent times what has occurred is they're going into the general fund and they're not going into
those areas that that they're designated to really support as an impact fee. I.e. if you're um building that area and it's going to deal with infrastructure, that's why you got impact fees to help with the infrastructure. Obviously, with folks moving in the area, uh more money
for parks and the same thing for public safety. So, I want to make sure that those um are captured in the legislation going forward because unfortunately that has not been the case for a lot of our um past development where we've gotten impact fees and to make sure we get the
impact fees in a timely manner. And I'd ask in my briefing that the attorney would make sure we have the wording for those amendments to be and they're really for all three. And I'm saying it now so I don't have to go back and say it three times cuz for all all of the um
impact fees. So if the attorney can read it into the record, Mr. Mayor, real quickly or or if you want to just hold off and take care of the B1 as family as well. >> Um we'll do it for the first one and then we'll we'll come out.
>> Well, I just wanted to provide some information. Um I did address it. I'm sure you didn't have any time to look at it. >> Sorry. I just looked at the time. >> Oh, go ahead. >> We're in the middle. We're in the middle of this ordinance. Go ahead. Go ahead. But for the brevity of time, just go
ahead. >> Um, I was just saying that uh for within the code right now regarding all the impact fees that are under review today, um, it is in the code that they have to pay the fee payer has to pay the impact
fee prior to any building permit being issued. And it also states that the funds collected from these impact fees, they have to be properly identified and properly transferred promptly transfer to the deposit for deposit in the
respective trust fund. >> Mr. Mayor, >> I know you're trying to move this along. You said that to me at 4:18 and I I I know that sits there, but we aren't doing it. So that's why I wanted to bring it to the tension and put something in there, captured somewhere
in this document that we're going to do it. I I know it's there and I don't want to really go back historically and go back to some of these past developments that we didn't do we're supposed to do. And that's why I wanted it to be captured in this document for all three of them going forward that it would take
place and if it doesn't take place, somebody would be held accountable that it didn't take place. So now if you want to work on that because the mayor has a time constraint. Um I I don't mind holding off but that's the reason why I brought it up because it's there but we're not doing it and we haven't been
doing it and I want to make sure that's captured mayor. Okay. How do you want to move? You want to bring it back in legislation form or you want to do it? >> Got it. All right. So u madam clerk go
ahead and call the question. Vice Mayor Kelly, >> hold up. But um let's defer this item. Let's defer this item and then work it and bring it back and we can defer to the end of the meeting or we can >> Okay. >> Or >> defer to the end of the meeting. >> We can defer to the end of the meeting.
>> All right. Um madam manager, this is your item. You have we good with that? Yes, I am okay with deferring 16 A1 to the end of the meeting. >> 16 A1 16 >> Oh, A2 and 16 A3 the end of the meeting. Perfect. >> All right. Um, moving on to 16 B
one. Madame um attorney, >> an ordinance of the city commission of the city of Opalaka, Florida, amending article 5, section 22-116 of the city of Opaaka's land development
regulations pertaining to the storage of recreational vehicles, amending certain definitions with section 22-116 to include the definition of travel trailer to reduce the overall body length from 40 ft to 35 ft. to amend the
definition of camping trailer to remove the word vehicular and require camping trailer to be loaded onto or or affixed to wheels. To remove the word truck from truck camper to amend the word motor
home to require a built on requirement to motor vehicle chassis. To amend the definition of screen, to add the words the con condition of being and expand the definition of significantly hidden from view to encompass a combination
of structures to delete residential townhouse district, moderate density residential district, high density district, and certain residential mixed use designations bearing the prefix HD, CMU,
and MNMU. you to delete the requirement that recreational vehicle parking and storage is prohibited, but requires a registration process and fee of $100 with an accompanying affidavit that the vehicle will not be used for occupancy. requiring all recreational vehicles to
display current city registration to be visible from the street. Allowing a recreational vehicle not exceeding 35 ft in length to be parked in a side yard not closer than 3 ft from the residence with all expanded panels retracted.
Requiring recreational vehicles to be unobstructed, mounted on wheels, and easily movable. Prohibiting recreational vehicles parked on residential property from being used for living, sleeping, cooking, or storage. Allowing no more than one recreational vehicle on single
family or duplex property. Requiring the recreational vehicle owner to hold a violent lease agreement with the property owner. Prohibiting utility connections except through an extension cord for brief maintenance related activities not to exceed 24 hours.
prohibiting parking on townhouse and multifamily properties amending chapter 7 article one section 7-6 of the city of Opalaka's code of ordinances to decrease the city civil penalty for non-compliance fine amount from $500 to
$250 for the first offense providing for severability for providing for a codification providing for an effective date first reading public hearing was held on February 25th 2026 this is sponsored by commission Commissioner Santiago and it was deferred from the March 11th, 2026 regular commission
meeting. >> All right, this is a public hearing item. I need a motion for the item. >> Move it. >> Moved by um Commissioner Santiago, second by Vice Mayor Kelly. Um Commissioner Santiago, I'm going to allow you to go ahead and present the item and then we will open up for public
hearing. Um and I'm going to ask uh Ashley to have the translator come to sit in Mr. Ella seat so she can have access to a microphone instead of being down on the floor because we wanted >> we want a clear dialogue between our residents as well as the commissioner >> and herself. >> Uh thank you Mr. Mayor. I don't think
that that it is uh too much to talk because we already be dealing uh with that item already for like a year and we go to the end the everybody you know for the resident they are very happy okay
with all the new rules and regulation that we have uh they they are together with us they going to cooperate with us uh they I don't heard any complaint in the last uh two months or you know from them and and I believe what we have to
do is going through Mr. Mayor, my colleague, they had a decision to that's what I say. >> All right. This is >> everything is in play. >> Okay. >> Ready to go. >> This is a public hearing item. Public
hearing is open. >> Hello, sir. Okay. address the name. >> That's right. >> Okay. Uh, last session I was talking to you about the payments.
>> Yeah. It seems that I'm mistaken or they're mistaken. But the state of Florida, they cannot charge a fee or tax just to have a a trailer uh parked. >> That is against the law of the state.
>> You can check that out. And even the the city can uh search for the codes for that >> about the size and everything else >> about utilities. That's perfectly fine because we know that in the state of Florida the law doesn't approve that
Washington. So there are only three states in the through the United States that they allowed that Washington state, Oregon and I'm sorry the interpretation Washington. >> Okay. Only Washington, Oregon and
California allow that. Yeah, for the rest of the states, they don't allow to use them as a personal use for you to habitate to live in there. >> So, this is literally a law over another law that is already pre-existed
because the state of Florida prohibits uh you to use that but over that also it prohibits to get uh to set a fee for that and I said this before in a previous meeting the inter clarification
any person can file a complaint and then they're going to take it way because this is against of the of the laws in Florida and I already explained that to you. >> You can charge for a fee when you provide a service
for instance if there is a set house then you can uh charge for a permit and then you can charge for a fee for that >> that the law allow allows you to do that. But to charge for a fee for a vehicle that you're not going to be using within
the property. >> Okay. So, is that the end of your That's the gist of it. Okay. Okay. Yes. Just not to pay for those 100 bucks. Not
>> I don't want to pay for having a RB parking in my house. >> Got it. Yes, sir. So, we'll address it. We'll address it when we get into this discussion, but we need to go to the next speaker. Mr. Mayor, all right, public input is still open.
Galves Wington Street. >> Uh, good evening. My name is Luis Galves. 1206 126 Wilmington Street. >> Wilmington Street. >> We know Louis. Go ahead.
No. Well, I just have two questions and they're very easy to answer. When you clarify here about the size yard of a houseyard, it's all you're talking about all the
size or just next to the house this before because once this this is approved, it's going to be a law and The other question is about the panels when they have the slides. My AR my RV has two panels. One of them
it can be closed. As a matter of fact, it's closed already >> and the other is uh it was broken broken in the in the intent to do so. >> So those are my two concerns. >> Okay. Um madam manager, you have um Mr.
Gay or is someone writing the questions down >> that they can address them? So the question was about the um >> parking >> the parking on the side of the house and the the panels. >> Yes. Correct. Thank you. We'll address it.
All right. Um public hearing is still open. >> Hello everybody. >> Hello. >> How you guys doing? >> Good. Good. >> Good to hear. Lori 1840 Opaloka Boulevard. Yes. Um the concern that I have is in
regards of the of the registration fee. I I can understand if there's a fee for one time registering but every annually fee is there going to be an annual fee for that
or just just a registration fee. Okay. The annual fee would it be the same amount of the 100 that you guys are trying to charge >> like a sponsor. Can I ask you that question? >> No. cuz she she don't come so I don't want to. >> Okay. So that's that's um for that and I think the the fee it's is is high. I
think it's high um not even registration is is that high you know for that and plus we also pay a lot of taxes on these properties. That is for one thing. The other thing is um for penalties I know last time we
we have spoke spoken um there's a series of um standards where if one of those are being broken you get a u a violation fee of $500 and it could reach up to $2,000.
I think um that's also another um um those um fees are I I think is is is high. I understand if you break one or if there is anything that any person have broken one because I'm I'm thinking
about of new new um home owners that they purchase they have purchased the property and they have their RVs and you know um they don't know about these rules that we are informed of but for new home owners they're not and it's hard you know to be
mistreated by the city um for these penalties. I think it's something that it could be um I I believe further explained um also about the affidavit that we have mentioned in the past. Um I have concern on that. Are we still doing the
affidavit for that for the registration? So those are the concerns that I have in regards of the RV's um standards and regulations. Okay. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> We're writing the questions down. We'll
address them. Um, public hearing is still open. >> Public hearing is closed. >> All right. Um, madam madam, >> Mr. Mayor, >> um, go ahead, Commissioner Santiago. Thank you. >> Can we bring up um, Mr. Gay to address all the questions from the residents? Go
ahead, Commission. >> Yeah. Before Mr. get up, you know, started. Let me let me make something clear uh from the beginning of this uh situation that we have with the RB uh in Opalaka. Uh we followed, you know, what
happened in uh in the other uh uh city neighbor, Mr. gay hyalier uh that they pull out all these um uh vehicle out and they come you know together with the resident and they um you know go um making an agreement when everybody. Now
the only thing that that that I see uh here is the new the new uh issue the the first person bring about the state of Florida low. Okay, that's make me think that is it is
what I going to do tonight because if I have here in the great city of Opalaka a department of legal service and I have the manager working together very hard you know with me with that uh changes and amendment that we do to that
um particular item how they they don't tell us about regulation that we have in the state before we bring anything here I I'm not want to take that and I want to say something Mr. Mayor because we're not going to be the you know uh the whole
night with this. I like to defer that item tonight and I want to do an story and an investigation about that issue Mr. about the state of Florida regulation
that is not permit any city at least if you have a if you have an answer madame manager or or the city attorney if you have an answer now I want to I want to listen I want to know about that about that route or that law that the state of Florida have because this is new
workshops we have meetings we have fresh reading and this is the first time this thing coming up how okay that's the first thing from me because it's not in the agenda I want to defer that item tonight for the next
commission and meeting and I want to find out the truth about that thank you Mr. Mayor >> got it all right um we we are deferring you're going to defer okay so Mr. Okay, just because people came here, can you please address those those concerns, the
registration fee, side of the house panels penalty and affidavit? >> Okay, based on the questions that were provided, um the first question basically was in reference to the registration fee >> translated
>> and whether that was applicable by Florida law. >> We're deferring. with defer subscription. >> Certain items. Okay. >> As it relates to the parking on the side of the house and and having access, if
your property has a a side area where a vehicle can be parked where it will not interfere with getting access to the to the side of the property, you will be able to allow be be able to park your RV on the side of the property. If your
property is too wide and it cannot be um parked on that side area of of the property or gain access to the rear then you would not be able to >> the item missing. Now let's go to >> yeah there you have to
>> Mr. Gay you have to allow the translator to be able to say repeat what you're saying >> but simplify the answer so we can make >> I'm going to try to simplify as simply as possible. Parking on the side is allowed >> as long as you have access through the
side of the property. If your side area is too small to allow for an RV to have access to that area, >> you will not be able to park your RV in that area. In regards to panel expansion,
>> panel expansion is not allowed. >> This demonstrates that the RV is being utilized for residential use. In regards to the violation fees, That amount was reduced to $250. >> First offense and $500
for any additional offense. >> In regards to affidavit, This is required. >> Those are the questions. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, those are the the answers to the questions. Anything else I can take and reach out to your office or the
manager's office because the item has been deferred. If anyone has questions, we have staff that'll wait around to further go into detail. Right. We good. >> Oh, we good. We fine. Uh, is somebody
there raising his hand, but it's already the item has been deferred. So, Mr. Gay will take you outside or mad man. We will further discuss. >> Yeah, Mr. Mayor, again, uh the reason uh that I uh decide to defer that item is
>> you want clear? >> Yeah, I want to make it, you know, clear what you know where we are because we don't want any uh legal issue in the future. Okay. And believe me, this is uh that's the first time that I you know hear that and nobody from the staff or
nobody for the legal department you know tell me anything about that. Got it. >> Okay. Defer to the next commissioner meeting. >> All right. Um moving on. So this item has been deferred to a date certain. Um going back to item 16 A1. >> Mr. Mayor,
>> Madam Manager. Um, I would like to defer agenda items 16 A1, 16 A2, and 16 A3 until the April 8th, 2026 regular commission meeting. >> Got it. >> To allow for us to be able to work on th those amendments. >> All right. All right. Moving on to uh
city manager's report. Madam manager, you have the floor. >> Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the city commission. I submitted a written report for your review and would like to briefly highlight a few key items. Construction at Seagull Park is currently underway, although it has
experienced a slight delay due to inclement weather. Earlier today, we were advised that the playground equipment is scheduled for delivery on tomorrow and installation will commence immediately thereafter. Upon completion of the playground, work on the parking lot project will resume.
The finance department continues its audit work for fiscical year 25 financials with ongoing accounting support from CLG. Additionally, applications for the city's owner occupied minor home repair program are still been accepted through
April 16th, 2026. Um, the city has not had a planner for over 2 years and I am happy to inform you that our planning and community development department now has a planner. She's here with us and her name is Naomi Payne. If you can please stand.
This is our the city's new planner. >> Why? I thought she was a reporter when she was you know >> I don't have anything else. I'll take any questions and concerns you have. >> Okay. So, I have a couple questions and concerns if I um take it up and then
everybody can put this stuff together. So, madam manager, a couple concerns that I have. I do want to say thank you for responding promptly to my email that I forwarded to you from the resident for the the gator sighting. Um I did inform her that you said that you were looking to put up signs and you're making it
priority and should have it up. So I told her we'll get back to her and I I think I CCD you on my response to her as well. All right. The other thing is I'm really happy to see um the owner occupied home repair program live. I
profited and I'm I'm I'm excited to finally see it going out. Um I would actually mad manager how can we do this? But I would like to see maybe a midyear budget presentation to the commission like where we are. >> Okay. No problem.
>> Relates to our budget. >> Yes. Staff has already started working with the department direct meeting with them for their midyear budget. So that's no problem. >> Okay. And you can provide it either in a workshop form or even a report form. >> Um it's up to you. on the on 17th Avenue
on 135th Street. We were supposed to put twin homes there, I believe, or something like that. >> And it's still on the corner. >> It just looks Yes. A stack of bricks. And >> I'll get an update from Mr. Gay on that project. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Um I do want us to maybe put more um be
more aggressive when it comes down to illegal dumping in the city of Opalaka. And I want us to address it because it's it's we had we were doing good at one point and now it's becoming a nuisance all over again, especially um in the alleyways
and even on the canal banks. And I know that we don't I think we we contract with um I don't know the contractor, no not the county, but to to do our alleyways that the private but I don't think that's in their scope of work to remove >> everything that's in the alley supposed
to be removed. even the illegal dumping. They don't seem like they just Okay. Well, maybe we need to revisit and address that with them. >> And I would also even like to see that maybe with illegal dumping. Figure out there's other cities that do this that if you dump in their city, they blast you on their social media. Take a
picture, put it out there. This person was illegal dumped. This person was um was caught doing illegal dumping in our city and blah blah blah blah blah. So, we need to stop people from telling people you can't throw trash in a blocker. >> Mr. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. Um, if you live in the past,
>> Opalaka Boulevard >> right off the 27th behind the nuns place that is a a dumping site all the time. >> You go by there one hour is nothing there. You go by like something >> and that's on the main thr
>> Whole house. Thank you. >> All right. Um, I'm I'm moving real fast. I wrote it down. Um, I would like to see how we can start doing we brought it this up last year. striping in the residential neighborhoods like a ne a lot of neighborhoods we resurface the streets but we never put back the striping. So I would like to see and
even the ones that we do have striping to see if we can update them and refresh and you know freshen it up a little bit. Um the other things is the sidewalks. I know we are have we have an aggressive um sidewalk campaign in Opalaka but I would like you all to do an assessment
on sidewalks because a lot of the sidewalks you know still crack and or we haven't completed it. like is a sidewalk go up to one spot and then it stops instead of going all the way. So I would like for you to maybe explore another
assign walk assessment. Also, where are we with the lighting assessment in the city of Opalaka? >> Yes. Um I did send an email to Mr. Carney just this week for an update on the lighting assessment. So I am following up on that one closely.
>> All right. >> Yes. You and several members of your of of the DAS have also asked for that. >> Okay. Yes. >> So well then give it to us but I would like to see where that stuff is. And that is the end of my questions to you on your report. Other than that, awesome
job madam manager. Thank you. All right. Um next. Anyone else concern manager? You have no >> you have. >> Yes. Thank you. >> You say you do have commission. Thank you. Meta manager and myself, we speak frequently, so we're good.
>> And she also, she didn't say anything, but she also um was helping me out with illegal dumping that she saw one day. >> illegal dumping police that she >> told the people she was about to call the cops, man, pick up the trash cuz we need that. >> Go ahead, >> thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh yeah. Um I
talking a lot to to my manager you know every day about situation that we have with that um uh illegal dumping. The other day I call her uh one of my neighbor uh Jackie for lady 78 years old. Uh they throw two be uh
acquaintment for uh I think for a a spot. >> Yeah. >> Right in front. Thank god that I I working on it to get the plate number for that. Okay. and she told me, "Give me the description for the person and everything in the to in the truck." And I think that we going to have a picture
of the uh to truck uh probably tomorrow. And I love that idea that the mayor have just putting in the media. The media only come up for nonsense and bad news. Just put it on. Okay. Opalaka is not a dumping no more. Okay. That's a very
clean city and you're doing a good job because that's what I promoted my manager outside of the city that we have a city that is running in the right way and is really uh progress and I can see it everywhere. Um
I have uh a concern uh uh madame manager and and I want to you uh had the attention of that. Um I asked him like probably two months ago for for a report
uh a report for all the impact fee and I believe that my colleague touched us something today about that too. Uh but I have a report here that I I don't understand how can a report for three years is only going in one page.
>> The request was two the last two years and those were the project >> two years. Okay. two years. Yes. >> But I only have one page and that and that >> Yeah. Pass it out to me. Yeah, please. >> Those were the new developments um that was provided um according to Mr. Gay for
new construction and those were the um the the a dollar amount and I also provided that to the entire commission in my last bi-weekly report. Those are the only developments within the last two years that was provided by staff. >> Yeah. And mad the manager this is not
have any record like okay uh the did I see day I don't see day you know >> on the last column >> in the last okay yeah I see it okay and and also like uh what do we do with all this fee that we collecting and and I
know that we have a conversation and this is the three item that we defers um for the next commission of bring it like uh they have used on us a lot of company in the past Okay. With the impact fee and I don't want to see that here in the, you know, in the city, you know,
that they keeping doing the same thing. Uh, and the impact fee that we collecting from any construction, any company or company coming, you're supposed to be collecting before. Okay. Or when they put the permit, not after
the matter. >> I agree. >> Two years ago. No way. I'm not going to here no more because is something that I that I don't understand how that happened and who is involved but I thank God that it's not happen on
you administration but that cannot happen yet again and I like to have more detail for all this report here >> we can provide you with the copy of the receipts and the copy of the checks >> yeah and where and where is the money be using if we using for parking recreation
or we use but I want to know where is the money go because that's extra money that we collecting beside our uh budget for the year. >> I'll provide a report. >> Thank you. And the rest you're doing great. >> Commissioner Santi, I think you and um
Vice Mayor Kelly are on the same wavelength when it comes down to the impact fees. Hence why I asked maybe you should work with Vice Mayor to create legislation for compliance of impact fees. So what is that that it a piece of legislation that spells out how it
works, who it goes to, and what happens if you don't pay it. >> So that's my two cents. >> Um I do I spoke to Vice Mayor Kelly in agenda briefing. I do understand the concerns. I share those same. Um but like Commissioner Santiago said, this is something that predates me now that I'm
here and now that I'm in this seat. I have put things in place with staff. Legislation will only strengthen it. Yes, >> but I I would like to see something separate and apart from the legislation that you have on. So something that speaks to impact fees. You can include it, but I think some it need to be of
its own. Um Vice Mayor, >> thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um I I won't repeat a lot of the things with illegal dumping um that has increased other than to say I'm just wondering if it's something to do with our restructuring of code
enforcement and the fact I thought it would actually help it more. Um but seems I'm hearing there's a lot more illegal dumping taking place even though we are catching some people. So I I'm have to think about that one. the alligator sightings that the mayor
mentioned. I think we all got that and responded. Uh what disturbs me is um I had mentioned that a while back and although it predates you as manager, it doesn't predate your staff and so I don't let them off the hook. Not only
along that corridor but over by Ingram, over by Wilmington and some of the other uh areas cuz we all know that that water connects all the way around. And so we would needed um alligator sightings
anyway. And so I was kind of not thrilled when I saw the email, although I'm glad that the resident brought it to our attention, but we should have already had signage up for um alligator sightings anyway. Uh and again, it predates you as manager, but not your
staff, so I don't let them off the off the hook on that. Um the other things I wanted to um just mention regarding the legislation since deferred I do want and that's the reason I was trying to put it in there because there was nothing separated out. So since we now have
deferred it not only working within the parameters of the ordinance but to also um create something that supports it with the resolution as well. So to the attorney's office that they're um can be
a part of that. so they can come back as well at the next um at the next uh meeting because as all of us are aware even with your report and I think all of us um have the same frustration that money that should be going in certain
areas have not we can't turn back the clock we can make sure it goes forward correctly um all the other things that I that I have I will speak to you on thank you Mr. there. >> Well, Commissioner Irving, you have >> This is not really for the manager, but it was a compliment that I would like to
share on Saturday. You know, you and I were at the event over in North Miami and I had a a young lady to walk up to me once they announced me as a commissioner of Opalaka and she was like, "Opaca's changing." And I was like, "Yeah, I know." And she was I
rolled through there and it was like it was so clean. like she pretty much did a double take, went around just to look to see. And I told her, I said, "Yes, we have a great manager managing our city." And I thanked her. I did share it with the manager already just that people are
noticing us and you're doing a great job. Great job. >> All right. All right. So, madam manager, thank you. So, that is your report. Uh, we're going into
madame clerk report, >> the clerk's report. >> Actually, it's not the clerk's report, Mr. Mayor, but thank you. It's the official board report for the charter review board. Um, before you all, I provided the three recommendations from
the charter review board um meeting that was held on March 5th, 2026. Um there's a summary of the three recommendations from the charter review board. If you would like, I can go over these or do you want to just take the time to review these on your own? But um the purpose
for me to bring this up is that at a previous meeting, it was requested that a joint workshop be held between the city commission and the members of the charter review board. And I'm seeking direction from the DEIS at this time in order to move forward with that request.
>> Okay. I totally agree with the joint meeting and I wanted that. So, can we poll the commission to schedule that? And when is their next meeting? >> So, so basically when we concluded the meeting in March, March 5th, 2026, there
were no additional items to consider at the April meeting. So, at this point, we have the recommendations for the commission to um consider. um part of the package that I provided um the last page I believe you'll see the 2026
ballot issues deadlines for Miami date county elections um there are two schedule elections one in August and one in November and if we plan on piggy backing off any of these two election then it it includes the deadlines to
submit legislation to the county um for those ballot questions. Just keep in mind that prior to us adopting any resolution for the ballot questions, we need to ask permission from the supervisor of elections of Miami Day County to place those ballot questions on the on any of these ballots.
>> Got it. So the time is of the essence is what you're saying. >> Yes. >> All right. Um so I guess we can you can work with the commission poll maybe sometime in April. >> Are you are you pushing for the general election or the primary? I I guess I should ask that. So that would be up to
the dis I guess that would be a discussion during the workshop. >> I don't think we're >> which election. Um so the deadline for the August is >> uh May 22nd 2026 >> because I have to do two readings at
least. I think we maybe should push for the general election. >> Yes. So I mean then you're looking at the November election. >> Okay. And that would be by July 24th. I guess >> correct. >> So we we meet in April. Do a joint workshop meeting in April.
And you could just give us some dates. >> Yes. So I'll work with the members of the commission as well as the the board members just to come up with a date and time that works for everyone. >> Mayor Vice Mayor Kelly. >> Thank you. I I don't have a problem with you polling the commission because I
know everybody's busy. I don't know um necessarily if I I agree with the November election because it's always potentially a whole lot. I don't know how much is on that um August uh ballot to me that that factors
in. And also um yeah, that could be a challenge. But I guess once you poll us and see um we we should have a better clarity I guess of what potentially might be coming either from a state perspective or even
in the county with any additional items that would be on the ballot for both August and or um November. So I guess you pull us. see cuz I don't want to get us on there where people aren't even going to look at it.
Um because so much stuff potentially may be on there. And our other reason I'm concerned because it will allow it won't allow us a whole lot of time. So we may be looking at November anyway in case we want to
propose or uh redirect some some things that they have proposed. It doesn't have to go back to them. I recognize that because ultimately we do, but if we want to have a buy in from them, it would all have to happen at that workshop. So, um,
>> okay, I'll wait on you to pull us to see. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> All right. Did that conclude your report? Any other questions, too, um, Madam Clerk? >> All right, moving on to our commission reports. We can start again left to right.
Commissioner Bass. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, Commissioner Bass. And then I go to Commissioner Irvin, then we'll do Okay. >> because he has a a discussion. >> Thank you. I just have one announcement I want to put out there. Earth Day um celebration will be on April 22nd, 400
pm to 6 at Shabbundi Village. We were going to be giving out our regular what we do yearly plant for your homes. So everyone, if as long as you're Opalaka resident, you are more than welcome to be there. Thank you. Um, Commissioner Urban.
>> Yes. Thank you. Okay. I I'd like to not that all departments in the city isn't working hard, but I would like to give a shout out to Brandon and his staff for what they're doing. I send
people to him on a regular. Thank you. Keep doing a great job. We We see it. We see it. Also, um >> don't him up. Look at his head. That don't come with no raise, Brandon.
Just just a thank you. Got a banana pudding coming for you to work. >> Okay. And I want you all to know that we survived. I would say I survived, but I didn't do it alone. We survived park and
wreck. Myself, Miss Chris, all the volunt the VOA club volunteers. We survived 75 kids plus their parents at the youth fair, some of the parents. And I would like to thank the manager's office for helping us to make it possible. Park and Recreck for all that
you all do and the many sponsors that made this happen. Also on Good Friday, uh, the Park and Recreation and the Booster Club will be having our third annual glow-in-the-dark
Easter egg hunt. If you've never been to see it, it is actually it's it's nice. It's really nice to see things grow glowing in the grass uh that the kids um come and get. And it was actually Mr. Griffin's idea that he
brought to me about this will be the three the third year that he brought to me and the kids love it. We have a great time with it. Also, Saturday from 1 to 4, I think it is with 60
little opalians. We will be making Easter baskets at Sherbundi under the pavilion. Definitely pray for pray for me because I haven't made an Easter basket in I just buy mine but
thought it >> I oh well I thought it would be nice to um have the kids come and actually Easter baskets especially when I notice a really nice Easter basket in the store
will run you starting $25 um with no candy. No candy in it, but $25. So, I thought that we would actually get a group of kids and actually make Easter baskets. So, if you all are available,
um come out and see us make a mess and have fun. Thank you. >> All right. Um Commissioner Santiago. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, great things,
you know, happen here in the great city of Opal. In the great city of Opalaka. I I heard all these um uh events that my Ali, you know, have for the kids and this is something beautiful.
>> Uh something is wrong. >> One two one two. >> Is this this handheld working? Um, Miss Bros. Somebody actually Oh, wait. Go ahead. Go ahead. >> I think it's working now. >> Now it's working. >> Yeah, now it's working. U
Thank you to my colleague um Natasha Irvin that she always bring, you know, something for the kids and I love to participate in that night. Okay. I think it's going to be beautiful. That's uh for uh Good Friday, you Good Friday. Uh we're going to be there celebrating
together with all the kids for the great city of Opalaka. And if you need any help, I'm here to helping the kids. Uh, you want me to dress it like a bunny? Okay. All right. I'm I'm I'm No problem. And
in my commissioner report, I like to say uh that I feel I feel very great here in this um boring uh uh board and the commissioner because I know that we fight and we have a different way to
think but the thing the good the great thing is that we are together and moving the city forward. I can see a lot of improvement all over the city. Uh in our uh street even we have some a problem with the illegal
dumping. I see so much improving especially in Shasar by 27 uh police working very hard out there you know to maintain the the road u in order. I I love that and and that's you know the um
the what we have okay to giving to the resident opalaka and I like to keeping together with my colleague and working for the future of this city. I want to say thank you too because you give me a big support all my for that celebration
the in the 27 and and I think that we have a great event. We enjoying it, you know, very beautiful. I I see. Yeah. All my colleagues, they really enjoying it. And I would like to say it again. Thank you. Thank you for your support. And we
going to keeping work together like uh commissioners and mayor that we are here in the great city of Palaka. Uh I don't I don't think that we uh that we scale you for the next uh Saturday or Sunday that you do any changes uh for the uh
domino and bing domino and chess >> exchange uh we're going to do it in uh Sunday. Yeah, we're going to try to do that event on Sunday uh you know early I think 12 to 2. Well, we're going to get more information, but we're not going to
cancel it the April. We're going to we're going to doing it. And I know that we're going to have a lot of people going because I said they asked us to see if we can do it in a Sunday like that. People can go and enjoy with us the park that day. Um, what else that I
have? No, I'm very happy uh to serve with my community and thank you very much, Mr. Mayor and Commissioner. >> Great. Commissioner S. So the reallocation for the you still doing that or you had on discussion that's why we called you. >> Oh yes. Um agenda
>> uh it's in the agenda of the allocation. Um I have some funding for um uh for my uh event in September. >> Labor Day. >> Labor labor day. Yes. And I try to
asking my colleague if it is is possible or to transfer uh that morning uh that we have there for that event that is in September and to using it for um an event uh that we want to make together
with uh uh with day county uh the election department and and is to helping uh uh the citizens uh uh for Opalaka to uh fixing uh the registration
for vote voting in November and in Agots and I know that we have a lot of people with problems and and that's if it's a if that's possible and I can switch that to that event in April and it's going to be in April. No, May 5th. Uh we changing
to May. Uh May 5th. Um well I I like to you know to see if if that's possible uh to transfer that okay to that event and when Labor Day coming
we get the money to celebrate it. >> All right madam manager what does that look like? Will we need to res a resolution or >> we would need legislation. The budget was adopted and this was a part of the budget. So it would need legis it would require legislation but um the event was
supposed to be held um April and Commissioner Santiago wouldn't have had enough time. So that's why he put it as a discussion item to be able to discuss it with his colleagues. >> Are you bringing it next meeting? Then are you bringing it the next meeting? >> Uh nothing we can do. >> Yeah. Nothing we can do tonight. But I
can bring in um if I'm >> uh I can bring it in the next commissional meeting. Yeah. In April 8th, I think. Um >> the April 8th meeting. >> April 8th. Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Got it. >> And I want to be I want to be honest with all my colleagues and everybody if
that going to be too hard. >> Well, let me thinking about it if I bring it up >> the ETH. Okay. >> Okay. Um Vice Mayor, >> thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um you have it under your report, so I'm quite sure the manager will speak to the financial um
where we are. I did hear her mention in her report that they audits and etc. I want to make sure that always stays in front of us. Of course, we um support our monthly bingo. Uh this month we had the opportunity also to attend career
day um at my alma mater Nathan Beyong go Eagles. I had an opportunity to speak with um students, not only encourage them about their uh potential greatness, but the success of Opalaka residents. And surprising enough, some were not
even aware um that former mayor Helen Miller actually stayed down the street uh right from the school and some other noteworthy opal historians as Miss Herma Scowl etc. So, we certainly um enjoyed
that. Hosted our monthly feeding South Florida distribution at um Seagull Park. Had the opportunity to stop by and support um the health fair uh this past Saturday, the Opalaka Church of our
Lord, which they do every year. Uh thank you, Madam Manager. But I did get the update working on the Pine Tree Lake Canal cleaning which has been ongoing and I understand it's really in the hands now of the owners and whatever,
but I wanted to just um thank you and the staff for your effort in getting it to this point. Uh, everyone is reminded of course of our farm share distribution next Wednesday at Shabbandi uh pavilion starting um around 9:30 until supplies
are gone. And if you're available and not busy, meet us at 12:05 on Wednesday as well at the uh prayer garden for our monthly prayer in the community um for the great city of Palaka. I still
believe proponent of the power of prayer. So, if you're not busy, want to stop by, all we're doing is praying. There's no um speeches, etc. We just pray for our community and of course our nation and our world with so much going on all around us. Uh, Commissioner
Irvin, I do plan to attend after I finish service. Uh, but I'm not wearing a bunny outfit. So, but I'll be there. Hopefully, you find some more jelly beans for your glow-in-the-dark. And then if you don't have any, the mayor better have some on Saturday for
his bunny jam. Um, but I always look forward to those uh events. And of course, we're working on um our regular things we do in April. But just by way of announcement for April the 25th at the lakefront at Ingam
Park, it's really called fishing fund. And what I would really like to do and speaking to the manager um is to turn that into really having a fishing um club for uh the city. I know we've had them going out other places, but I
actually want to establish and bring those pros in here um to the city where we can create a fishing um club for the seal palaka using the lakefront. So, it's not really a tournament per se, but that's the the idea. um and speaking to
some of the folks who are in the Bass Pro and those kind of things, but to be able to get the community um engaged in that for a long term effort and create that on our beautiful lakefront at Ingram Park and of course also learning
how to fish, how to cast and all those things that Commissioner Irvin and the mayor will become pros at it at some point. Uh Commissioner Santiago is already a pro. I know he just haven't gotten there, but that's um something to look forward as well. Uh as well as
Commissioner Bass and learn how to bait our hook. So, we'll look forward to doing that. Uh Madame Manager, as been stated, you're doing um a good job. Um you know, and just want to say, you know, I always go private before I go
public. I'll just leave it right there. Um but thank you again for the work that you're doing. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It's in your hands. All right, Mr. Santiago, go ahead. Really quick. >> Yeah, thank you. Uh, Mr. Mayor, it's really quick to to the manager. Um, they
be calling me for an area that we have in 17 Avenue. Uh, 17th Avenue, Opalaka Boulevard, and 135th. That that's a neighborhood that they have a lake in the middle of that property. Okay. Um they uh I tried to speak to
many of them uh you know this week and I tell them to let me talk first to my manager and to the staff is in charge of that because they complaining about the city want to charging $1,500 for each resident uh to clean the uh lake. That's
they they receive a letter something like that. >> I can give a I can give a report on it but that's that's it's not accurate. That's not accurate. I'll give you a report on it. >> Well, that's a >> that's the Pine Tree Lake what Vice Mayor Kelly was mentioning. >> Oh, that that's the name
Pine Tree Lake. >> Yes, but you know that's they talking about. >> Oh, well, we can we can sit tomorrow and find out, you know, the really thing what's going on. Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Um and I'll be quick. So, um
I just want to thank everybody for the support for the spring cleaning with the mayor. Um, we partnered with the Florida Caribbean Students Association. Um, we had kids from FIU, uh, Miami Dade and Stson University from Dand. It was raining, pouring down rain. Uh,
Commissioner Irvin showed up. The bus showed up. It was full of kids, but they still wanted to work. So, they got out of the rain and still wet. Still wet. But, Commissioner Irvin said that she could not get her hair wet, so she was not participating. You said what? Yeah. The manager had
already cleaned the area. So, So they was picking up dirt and stuff. So thank you, madam manager, for the support and the pre-cleaning of Alibaba. Um the next thing is um my Hatitude annual Hatitude brunch that we do every year in honor of Women's History Month
is tomorrow, Thursday, here at the Ark. It's going to start at 11:00 a.m. and our speaker is Miss Melanie Burke Simmons from officer office um the office of um um our mayor Cava's office. So we ask that you all come out and support. Also once a month we have our T
Connectnect services and we partner with um Mr. Dario Fernandez, our tax collector. They will be back here on next Friday, April 3rd from 9 to 4. No appointment needed. So whatever you need, driver's license services, ID renewal, car registration renewal, um
the organ donor, the parking permits, anything that you need, you can come here at city hall on next week Friday from 9 to 4. Also, um we have we're having bunny weekend, Easter weekend. Um the glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt is
Friday night and then we have bunny jam on Saturday, April 4th at 10:00 a.m. and that is at Ingram at 11:00 a.m. at Ingram Park. Um we got free food, egg hunt, bounce house, rock climbing. Um come out, have fun with our with each
other on that Saturday. >> Yes. I just want to say I I will not make per had to tomorrow. >> I'm just spring break so I want to remain married so I'll be my >> wife. So I'm just letting you know in advance. Don't look for me. >> You got it.
>> But I do support the the effort. Thank you. >> Yeah, Mr. Mayor. I support in that too. But the only thing that I'm not going to support is the girl from uh from the club department. They said that I had to wear in a fancy hat. What does that mean?
a fancy hat. >> Buy him a hat, please. And last but not least, you already uh you briefly spoke about the financial oversight. I just want to hear you say that we're on track. We are on track. >> We are on track for our upcoming audit.
Um staff is constantly working on it as I mentioned in my report. Um Miss Gant can come up and give more information, but we are on track to have our report >> the efficiency audit to come back. Correct. >> Because we Yeah.
>> Thank you, Miss Miss K. >> Good evening. Naima again, director of finance. Yes, we are still on track with our audit proceedings as well as still pending comment back from the efficiency audit team, Watson Rice. >> Okay. And so we're good. So I guess no
news is good news at this point. So just make sure every meeting just make sure you give us an update on it and we're good. Thank you. You're welcome, >> madam finance director, Miss Garant. All right, moving on along. Um, our official board appointments. Do we have
any? All right. All right. Can we motion to adjurnn? >> Move. Moving. >> Okay. I would like to say happy Women's History Month to all the women in the city of Opalaka. Thank you for all that you do. And this meeting is adjourned.