WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:07.899 --> 00:00:09.680 >>Gregg Weiss: GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:16.580 WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD MEETING FOR FEBRUARY THE 7, 2023. 00:00:16.580 --> 00:00:20.010 MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:21.010 >> COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 00:00:21.010 --> 00:00:22.010 >> HERE. 00:00:22.010 --> 00:00:23.010 >> COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:00:23.010 --> 00:00:24.010 >> HERE. 00:00:24.010 --> 00:00:25.010 >> COMMISSIONER BENARD. 00:00:25.010 --> 00:00:26.010 >> HERE. 00:00:26.010 --> 00:00:27.010 >> COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:00:27.010 --> 00:00:28.010 >> HERE. 00:00:28.010 --> 00:00:29.010 >> VICE MAYOR SACHS. 00:00:29.010 --> 00:00:30.010 >> HERE. 00:00:30.010 --> 00:00:31.010 >> MAYOR WEISS. 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:32.010 >> HERE. 00:00:32.010 --> 00:00:33.010 >> COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:00:33.010 --> 00:00:34.010 >> HERE. 00:00:34.010 --> 00:00:35.010 >> THANK YOU. 00:00:35.010 --> 00:00:36.050 >>Gregg Weiss: AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE HONOR OF COMMISSIONER BERNARD LEADING US IN 00:00:36.050 --> 00:00:39.150 OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 00:00:39.150 --> 00:00:44.670 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, PLEASE RISE. 00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:53.210 >> DEAR GOD, AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE PRAY THAT WE ARE EVER MINDFUL OF OPPORTUNITIES 00:00:53.210 --> 00:00:57.800 TO RENDER OUR SERVICE TO FELLOW CITIZENS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. 00:00:57.800 --> 00:01:05.020 KEEPING IN MIND ALWAYS THE ENDURING IN LIFE, EXERTING OUR EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS AND THOSE 00:01:05.020 --> 00:01:09.909 THINGS UPON WHICH FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BUILD WITH CONFIDENCE. 00:01:09.909 --> 00:01:11.789 LET US CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD, AMEN. 00:01:11.789 --> 00:01:20.720 >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC 00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:29.420 FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY 00:01:29.420 --> 00:01:32.580 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 00:01:32.580 --> 00:01:38.110 >>Gregg Weiss: ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS TO THE AGENDA? 00:01:38.110 --> 00:01:42.070 >> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 00:01:42.070 --> 00:01:50.539 ON PAGE 68 ITEM 4M IS AN ADD-ON PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 2023 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH 00:01:50.539 --> 00:01:52.140 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:57.899 ON PAGE 85, 6E1 IS BEING DELETED FOR FURTHER STAFF REVIEW. 00:01:57.899 --> 00:02:00.700 THAT CONCLUDES THE ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND SUBSTITUTIONS. 00:02:00.700 --> 00:02:02.380 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:02:02.380 --> 00:02:06.540 IS THERE ANY CHANGES FROM THE BOARD? 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:10.899 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, VICE MAYOR. 00:02:10.899 --> 00:02:18.400 >>Maria Sachs: I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD REORDER THE PROCLAMATION SO THAT DOCTOR ALONSO WOULD 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:19.550 COME LAST. 00:02:19.550 --> 00:02:21.130 >>Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 00:02:21.130 --> 00:02:22.190 ALL RIGHT. 00:02:22.190 --> 00:02:30.840 WE HAVE A REORDERING OF THE AGENDA BY THE VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.670 WITH THE AMENDED AND REORDERED AGENDA, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:02:33.670 --> 00:02:34.909 ALL OPPOSED? 00:02:34.909 --> 00:02:37.590 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:02:37.590 --> 00:02:41.420 ALL RIGHT. 00:02:41.420 --> 00:02:43.970 MOVING ALONG TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 00:02:43.970 --> 00:02:50.489 WOULD ANY MEMBER LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM CONSENT? 00:02:50.489 --> 00:02:52.550 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:02:52.550 --> 00:02:58.769 >>Maria Marino: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 3Q1. 00:02:58.769 --> 00:03:06.780 >>Gregg Weiss: AND THAT WOULD BE FOUND ON. 00:03:06.780 --> 00:03:10.780 >>Maria Marino: PAGE 57. 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:14.780 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:21.510 WE PULLED ITEM 3 Q1 OFF CONSENT AND SO WITH THAT WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR 00:03:21.510 --> 00:03:23.220 THE REMAINING ITEMS? 00:03:23.220 --> 00:03:25.159 >> SO MOVED. 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:29.800 >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.750 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:03:33.750 --> 00:03:37.110 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:03:37.110 --> 00:03:49.720 MOVING ON TO ITEM 3 Q1. 00:03:49.720 --> 00:04:04.890 AND JUST TO POINT OUT THE FOLKS HERE, ITEM 3 Q1 IS A RECEIVE AND FILE FOR A GRANT AGREEMENT 00:04:04.890 --> 00:04:17.430 WITH LEGAL AID PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION. 00:04:17.430 --> 00:04:22.540 >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:29.970 MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ADMINISTRATOR BAKER, COUNTY ATTORNEY. 00:04:29.970 --> 00:04:34.850 AARON IS DISTRIBUTING TO YOU A BRIEF POWERPOINT. 00:04:34.850 --> 00:04:40.400 WE SENT OUT BACKUP INFORMATION LATE LAST NIGHT ON THE SEMIANNUAL REPORT WE RECEIVED FROM 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:45.479 THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY AS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN CASE IT GOT OUT LATE TO YOU THAT YOU 00:04:45.479 --> 00:04:48.690 HAD A COPY OF THAT AS WELL. 00:04:48.690 --> 00:04:54.090 I'M TODD VON LEHMAN, ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 00:04:54.090 --> 00:05:01.250 ATTORNEY IS REGINA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION, GOING FROM THE 00:05:01.250 --> 00:05:05.470 COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICES WITH US AND ALSO MANY OF YOU MIGHT KNOW BOB FROM LEGAL AID 00:05:05.470 --> 00:05:07.419 SOCIETY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 00:05:07.419 --> 00:05:16.870 SAL AND VANESSA ALSO WITH US TODAY. 00:05:16.870 --> 00:05:22.979 AND SO THEY ARE THE ORGANIZATION LEGAL AID SOCIETY THAT WILL IN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 00:05:22.979 --> 00:05:31.190 DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD THE GRANT FOR THE COMMUNITY ID PROGRAM, THOSE DOLLARS ONE THE 00:05:31.190 --> 00:05:32.820 LEGAL AID. 00:05:32.820 --> 00:05:39.720 REAL BRIEFLY, WE HAVE A QUICK POWERPOINT WE CAN SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE SEMIANNUAL 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:41.259 REPORT AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE MR. 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:49.139 BRITISH AND HIS TEAM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION WITH YOU AS WELL. 00:05:49.139 --> 00:05:58.470 FROM A PROGRAM OVERVIEW PERSPECTIVE, THE COMMUNITY ID PROGRAM WAS PROVIDING CITY AND COUNTY RESIDENTS 00:05:58.470 --> 00:06:04.330 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GETTING A CARD THAT CAN BE USED TO ACCESS A NUMBER OF VITAL SERVICES 00:06:04.330 --> 00:06:05.330 IN THE COMMUNITY. 00:06:05.330 --> 00:06:11.229 MEDICAL, CITY COUNTY SERVICES SUCH AS A LIBRARY, UTILITIES, OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT OR EMPLOYMENT 00:06:11.229 --> 00:06:13.330 IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES. 00:06:13.330 --> 00:06:18.220 SOME OF THE SUCCESSES BOOK THAT USING THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE PUT IN THE AGENDA ITEM 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:21.970 1ST, TO PUT AN OVERALL NUMBER FROM JANUARY TO 22. 00:06:21.970 --> 00:06:29.430 628 TOTAL IDS DISTRIBUTED, BUT FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT USING 385 IDS FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 00:06:29.430 --> 00:06:33.759 WERE 37 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE EVENTS THEY HAVE DONE. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:39.889 THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR REACH TO THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES IN BELLE GLADE WHICH REPRESENTS 00:06:39.889 --> 00:06:45.930 25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SERVED PIVOT ABOUT 22 MUNICIPALITIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN OVER 00:06:45.930 --> 00:06:50.910 40 PARTNERSHIPS FORMED UNDER THE TOTAL OF EIGHT LOCAL EVENTS. 00:06:50.910 --> 00:06:59.639 THE CHALLENGES OF THE REPORT, COVID-19 HOSTING SITES AND PARTNERS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:03.090 THE PROGRAM OCCUPANCY LIMITS AT SOME OF THOSE EVENTS. 00:07:03.090 --> 00:07:08.629 SOME OF THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION OF VOLUNTEERS AND THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINING PROGRAM FUNDING. 00:07:08.629 --> 00:07:13.849 THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. 00:07:13.849 --> 00:07:18.190 THE FIRST PROGRAM STARTED WAS DONE BY THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH IT WOULD THEY DID 00:07:18.190 --> 00:07:20.750 A $40,000 GRANT TO START THE PROGRAM NOW. 00:07:20.750 --> 00:07:28.930 COUNTY COMMISSION GRANTED $75,000 AND SUBSEQUENTLY LAST YEAR APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL $75,000 TO 00:07:28.930 --> 00:07:32.129 LEGAL AID TO CONTINUE THIS THROUGH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 00:07:32.129 --> 00:07:38.120 SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU IS THE RECEIVE AND FILE OF THE CONTRACT WE ENTERED INTO ON THE CONTINUATION 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:39.250 OF THOSE DOLLARS. 00:07:39.250 --> 00:07:40.830 I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. 00:07:40.830 --> 00:07:44.789 BRITISH IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD. 00:07:44.789 --> 00:07:46.120 >> THANK YOU, TODD. 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:51.560 GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS. 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:53.919 GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. 00:07:53.919 --> 00:07:56.400 TODD GIVE YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW. 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:02.910 GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE OF AN OVERVIEW WITH WHAT TODD SAID SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT 00:08:02.910 --> 00:08:04.120 WORKED. 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:13.199 IN 2019 THE NUMBER OF NONPROFITS AND THE NUMBER OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAME TO US AND 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:22.170 ASKED US IF WE WOULD CONSIDER BEGINNING A COMMUNITY ID PROGRAM BASED ON THOSE IN NORTH 00:08:22.170 --> 00:08:23.170 CAROLINA. 00:08:23.170 --> 00:08:28.509 SO WE MET WITH THE FOLKS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND WE SAID THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE THINK 00:08:28.509 --> 00:08:34.310 WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE FOLKS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE HOMELESS. 00:08:34.310 --> 00:08:42.709 FOLKS WHO RECENTLY REENTERED PALM BEACH COUNTY WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED AND ALSO 00:08:42.709 --> 00:08:45.970 UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS. 00:08:45.970 --> 00:08:52.920 WE WERE ABLE TO GET FUNDING THE FIRST YEAR AS TODD STATED FROM MAYOR THE CITY OF WEST 00:08:52.920 --> 00:08:56.390 PALM BEACH FOR $40,000. 00:08:56.390 --> 00:09:03.570 THAT LED US THE ABILITY TO FUND THE PROGRAM FOR SIX MONTHS. 00:09:03.570 --> 00:09:10.300 AFTER THAT MONEY RAN OUT, LEGAL AID IT'S SELF LOADED THE MONEY SO WE COULD KEEP THIS PROGRAM 00:09:10.300 --> 00:09:18.240 GOING TO BEGIN THE FIRST EVENT WE HELD AT SAINT JULIE HONEST, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:23.589 – PEOPLE HAD BEEN SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS TO GET THESE COMMUNITY IDS. 00:09:23.589 --> 00:09:28.750 COURSE WE WERE ABLE TO SEE ALL THOSE PEOPLE BUT WE SET UP DATES FOR WHEN THEY COULD COME 00:09:28.750 --> 00:09:30.329 AND GET THEM. 00:09:30.329 --> 00:09:37.290 DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC WE PRETTY MUCH STOPPED DOING ALL THE EVENTS BUT WE WERE ON AN EMERGENCY 00:09:37.290 --> 00:09:43.600 BASIS IN THE OFFICE HANDLING ANY FOLKS WHO NEED TO COMMUNITY IDEAS. 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:50.710 WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET AN ANONYMOUS DONOR WHO READ ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE PAPER TO 00:09:50.710 --> 00:09:57.190 GIVE A $75,000 TO RUN THE PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 00:09:57.190 --> 00:10:02.959 WE DID TELL HER WE WOULD BE GO INTO THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO ASK THEM IF THEY COULD ASSIST 00:10:02.959 --> 00:10:07.070 US WITH FUNDING THE PROGRAM. 00:10:07.070 --> 00:10:15.170 AND THEN IN 2021 THE COUNTY DID FUND THIS PROGRAM TO THE TUNE OF $75,000. 00:10:15.170 --> 00:10:16.810 TO RUN THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. 00:10:16.810 --> 00:10:25.110 THE PROGRAM IS BASICALLY, [NAME], WHO IS ONE OF OUR STAFF AND HONESTLY IS THE HEART OF 00:10:25.110 --> 00:10:31.220 THIS PROGRAM, SHE IS THE ONE WHO TRAVELS WITH ALL HER VOLUNTEERS ALL OVER THE COUNTY TO 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:33.880 DEAL AND HELP HOMELESS FOLKS. 00:10:33.880 --> 00:10:40.730 FOLKS REENTERING FROM THE PRISON AND ALSO UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUAL GETTING THIS COMMUNITY 00:10:40.730 --> 00:10:44.350 IDEAS WHICH WAS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM. 00:10:44.350 --> 00:10:48.340 OF THE PROGRAM, WE DO IT ON ISSUES STRING. 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:51.270 WE HAVE THE COUNTY 75,000. 00:10:51.270 --> 00:10:56.470 THE WHOLE PROGRAM COSTS US TO RUN $95,000. 00:10:56.470 --> 00:10:59.040 WHERE DOES THE OTHER 20,000 COME FROM? 00:10:59.040 --> 00:11:06.730 12,000 COMES FROM SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ABLE TO PAY $20 TO GET THE COMMUNITY 00:11:06.730 --> 00:11:07.730 ID. 00:11:07.730 --> 00:11:13.510 WE HOPE THAT ONE POINT THE PROGRAM COULD BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING, BUT WE DEAL WITH SO MANY 00:11:13.510 --> 00:11:19.130 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND SO MANY NONPROFITS TO DEAL WITH LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WE ARE 00:11:19.130 --> 00:11:24.070 WAIVING THE FEE PROBABLY FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE HELP. 00:11:24.070 --> 00:11:28.790 IN THE $8000 HAVE BEEN COMING FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS. 00:11:28.790 --> 00:11:35.320 WE SO APPRECIATE THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND THE FUNDING OF THIS PROGRAM. 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:39.320 IT'S BECOMING A MODEL AND VANESSA CAN TELL THE, SHE HAS BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM ALL OVER 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.700 THE STATE. 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.800 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SET UP THESE ID PROGRAMS. 00:11:43.800 --> 00:11:49.490 I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE IN DADE COUNTY COME ONE IN BROWARD, THEY JUST GOT A CALL FROM 00:11:49.490 --> 00:11:53.080 ORLANDO THAT WAS ON THEIR COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA AS WELL. 00:11:53.080 --> 00:12:00.519 IT HAS BEEN, I FEEL VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND A REAL BENEFIT TO THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:05.150 ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO GET ANY TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION. 00:12:05.150 --> 00:12:12.769 VANESSA IS THE SUPERVISING ATTORNEY OF THE PROGRAM SO VANESSA, WHY DON'T YOU TALK A LITTLE. 00:12:12.769 --> 00:12:20.040 >> WE ARE PRETTY PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS THAT STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN FLORIDA. 00:12:20.040 --> 00:12:21.910 GAINESVILLE BEAT US TO IT BY A FEW YEARS. 00:12:21.910 --> 00:12:24.579 THEY HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS NOW. 00:12:24.579 --> 00:12:31.160 WHEN WE STARTED IN 19 WE HAD OVERWHELMING INTERESTS TO BE BUTLER COUNTY TOOK NOTICE. 00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:37.329 THE SOUTH FLORIDA FRIENDS IN BROWARD COUNTY PAST THEIR OWN RESOLUTION AND FUNDING FOR 00:12:37.329 --> 00:12:42.519 BROWARD COUNTY ID WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.050 I BELIEVE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PLACE IN THE PROGRAM. 00:12:45.050 --> 00:12:49.570 ORANGE COUNTY ALLOCATED FUNDING BUT THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR PROGRAM PLACEMENT. 00:12:49.570 --> 00:12:56.149 I HEARD RECENTLY TALLAHASSEE, WHATEVER COUNTY THAT IS, IS ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT. 00:12:56.149 --> 00:12:58.730 I RECEIVED CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 00:12:58.730 --> 00:13:05.480 VIRGINIA CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE PROGRAM GOING FOR THEM TO RELIEVE QUITE A 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:06.480 BIT OF INTEREST. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:11.010 WE ARE QUICKLY BECOMING THE LEADING EXPERTS IN RUNNING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND WE HAVE 00:13:11.010 --> 00:13:15.930 HAD SUCH WONDERFUL SUCCESS STORIES, WHICH WOULD WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO TALK 00:13:15.930 --> 00:13:18.890 ABOUT SUCCESS STORIES IF YOU FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING ANY. 00:13:18.890 --> 00:13:24.760 HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THIS IS A GOOD TIME. 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:26.079 >>Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 00:13:26.079 --> 00:13:27.589 FIRST MR. 00:13:27.589 --> 00:13:33.310 BRITISH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 00:13:33.310 --> 00:13:38.850 ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS ENSURING FOLKS 00:13:38.850 --> 00:13:44.500 WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES TO HAVE ACCESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MONEY IS 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:46.600 NOT STAYING IN THE WAY OF THAT HAPPENING. 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.889 DELIGHTED YOU ARE HERE WITH US. 00:13:49.889 --> 00:13:55.449 >> WITH THAT, VICE MAYOR SACHS HAS THE FLOOR AND THEN WE WILL HAVE COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:13:55.449 --> 00:14:04.700 >>Maria Sachs: LET ME ECHO YOUR WORDS ATTRIBUTE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY. 00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:08.290 YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SO LITTLE. 00:14:08.290 --> 00:14:15.440 I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR ATTORNEY WHO WORKS WITH THIS PROGRAM AFTER 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.540 SESSION THAT MAY BE AROUND LUNCHTIME. 00:14:17.540 --> 00:14:20.199 BUT IF YOU COULD STICK AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 00:14:20.199 --> 00:14:22.279 A COUPLE THINGS OF NOTE. 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.819 DO YOU WORK TOGETHER WITH THE GUATEMALAN MAYAN CENTER? 00:14:26.819 --> 00:14:29.300 >> WE DO, QUITE CLOSELY. 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:38.740 >>Maria Sachs: DO YOU CHECK WITH THE COUNCIL, THE CONSULATES OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES THAT 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:42.110 ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN MIAMI-DADE? 00:14:42.110 --> 00:14:51.269 WE ALSO HAVE THE COUNCIL OF – WE HAVE A SMALL OFFICE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR GUATEMALA. 00:14:51.269 --> 00:14:52.760 DO YOU ALSO WORK WITH THEM. 00:14:52.760 --> 00:14:56.260 WHEN YOU DO ISSUE THE COMMUNITY ID CARDS. 00:14:56.260 --> 00:15:03.339 >> WE DO WORK WITH THEM BUT WE KNOW THEY EXIST AND THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ID CARDS AND 00:15:03.339 --> 00:15:05.520 THE PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THEM. 00:15:05.520 --> 00:15:09.540 >>Maria Sachs: WE CAN TALK LATER ON AFTER SESSION. 00:15:09.540 --> 00:15:16.449 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU'VE NEVER DENIED ANYBODY FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND THAT IS AN 00:15:16.449 --> 00:15:19.290 IMPORTANT THING FOR THE COUNTY. 00:15:19.290 --> 00:15:21.550 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MS. 00:15:21.550 --> 00:15:28.310 KUDO IS NOT AN ATTORNEY, SHE IS A PARALEGAL, AN ADVOCATE. 00:15:28.310 --> 00:15:35.899 >>Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ATTORNEY WHO SUPERVISES. 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:36.949 >> THAT IS VANESSA. 00:15:36.949 --> 00:15:44.819 >>Maria Sachs: WHO SUPERVISES THE COUNSELOR IDS BUT THE COUNTY ID PROGRAM AFTER SESSION. 00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:46.839 >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. 00:15:46.839 --> 00:15:50.470 >>Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER MARINO, HE RECOGNIZED. 00:15:50.470 --> 00:15:51.690 >>Maria Marino: THANK YOU. 00:15:51.690 --> 00:16:00.750 I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROGRAM. 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:06.050 COUNTY VOTED TO FUND IT FOR ONE YEAR AND VOTED TO FUND IT FOR A SECOND YEAR. 00:16:06.050 --> 00:16:10.260 THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO GET YOU STARTED. 00:16:10.260 --> 00:16:15.800 LEGAL AID SOCIETY AND BOB, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FROM WAITING MANY YEARS IN THE COUNTY AND 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:20.779 THE SOCIETY BEEN PARTNERS FOR A LONG TIME, UPWARDS OF $1 MILLION OR SO. 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:24.720 YOU CAN GET ME THE RIGHT FIGURE IF I AM OFF. 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:31.199 YOU ALL DO MARVELOUS WORK IN THE PEWS ORGANIZATION WHO HAS CONTACTED MANY OF US ON THE BOARD 00:16:31.199 --> 00:16:35.930 ABOUT FUNDING THIS PROJECT. 00:16:35.930 --> 00:16:42.279 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE COUNTY SHOULD BE FUNDING, BUT YOUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:45.990 SHOULD BE DOING AND THERE'S LOTS OF THEM. 00:16:45.990 --> 00:16:52.680 THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE NO AGAINST THE RECEIVE AND FILE, BUT 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:56.620 I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS GOING BACK TO US NEXT YEAR. 00:16:56.620 --> 00:17:02.810 I'M LETTING YOU KNOW A YEAR IN ADVANCE THAT IS THE REASON I PULLED IT. 00:17:02.810 --> 00:17:08.270 THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE-TIME GRANT AND IT TURNS INTO A TWO-YEAR GRANT. 00:17:08.270 --> 00:17:15.760 WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO BE IN FAVOR AFTER THIS YEAR. 00:17:15.760 --> 00:17:24.900 >> I APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE TO LEGAL AID AND WE'VE KNOWN EACH 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:27.960 OTHER A LONG TIME AND I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR POSITION ON THIS. 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.820 >>Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZE. 00:17:30.820 --> 00:17:32.470 >>Mack Benard: MS. 00:17:32.470 --> 00:17:38.010 BAKER, IS THIS IN OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 00:17:38.010 --> 00:17:41.309 >> I HAVE NOT COMPLETED MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO YOU. 00:17:41.309 --> 00:17:44.010 WE ARE JUST STARTING THE PROCESS. 00:17:44.010 --> 00:17:51.360 AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT TO BUT I SHOULD SAY IT IS IN THE BUDGET. 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:57.120 UNLESS THIS BOARD TELLS ME TO REMOVE IT THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THERE. 00:17:57.120 --> 00:18:04.320 >>Mack Benard: I WOULD NOT INCLUDE IT AND LOOKED ORGANIZATIONS MAKE PRESENTATIONS TO 00:18:04.320 --> 00:18:08.840 US IF THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE BUDGET. 00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:10.700 >> WE WOULD NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:18.400 IT WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTAL WITH THE LIST I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU IRRITABLE IDENTIFY IT IS NOT 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:24.230 IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT WILL BE A LIST YOU CAN CONSIDER IF THE BOARD WANTS TO. 00:18:24.230 --> 00:18:27.510 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:18:27.510 --> 00:18:29.320 WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. 00:18:29.320 --> 00:18:34.500 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.500 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.500 ALL OPPOSED? 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:38.720 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:44.919 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL TO BE IN MOVING ON TRIBUTE WE ARE GOING TO 00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:47.150 BE GOING IN TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. 00:18:47.150 --> 00:18:49.530 WE HAVE A NUMBER THIS MORNING. 00:18:49.530 --> 00:18:55.240 A COUPLE EXTRAS GOT SNUCK IN ON US BUT HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE. 00:18:55.240 --> 00:19:00.970 THE FOLKS WILL BE ACCEPTING THE PRESENTATIONS, IF YOU COULD KEEP YOUR COMMENTS ON THE BRIEFER 00:19:00.970 --> 00:19:04.280 SIDE WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 00:19:04.280 --> 00:19:10.150 OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE IMPORTANT THAN THIS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE WONDERFUL THINGS GOING 00:19:10.150 --> 00:19:15.000 ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE WONDERFUL WORK SO MANY GROUPS DO TO MAKE THIS THE BEST PLACE 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.030 TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. 00:19:17.030 --> 00:19:23.400 WITH THAT WE WILL START OUR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND THAT WILL START WITH THE VICE MAYOR AND 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:35.880 I WILL BE JOINING HER IN A HAVE A CERTIFICATE RECOGNITION FOR OUR CONSULT GENERAL FOR HIS 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:40.299 SUPPORT OF OUR JAPANESE GARDENS IN DISTRICT 5. 00:19:40.299 --> 00:20:16.179 WE WILL JOIN YOU OF OUR LECTERN. 00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:50.640 >> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:55.310 IF I COULD HAVE ACCOMPANYING THE COUNCIL GENERAL, KAZUHIRO NAKAI. 00:20:55.310 --> 00:21:03.330 IF HE COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY DOCTOR JANET, JONATHAN RICHARDSON FROM THE COUNCIL GENERAL 00:21:03.330 --> 00:21:08.780 JAPAN'S OFFICE REPRESENTING THEIR NONPROFIT PARTNER MARK IN. 00:21:08.780 --> 00:21:14.940 WE COULD HAVE RANDALL BAKER, INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE MORIKAMI INC. 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:17.700 REPRESENTING PALM BEACH COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION. 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:24.690 IF WE COULD HAVE JENNIFER SURELLO, THE DIRECTOR COME FORWARD.THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR PAUL CONNO, 00:21:24.690 --> 00:21:32.390 THE DIVISION DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF MORIKAMI MUSEUM, 00:21:32.390 --> 00:21:34.860 BONNIE LEMAY. 00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:40.919 AND OF COURSE REPRESENTING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, DIRECT MILLER. 00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:51.169 YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE AWARE THERE IS A VERY POPULAR STREET KNOWN AS YOMADO. 00:21:51.169 --> 00:21:52.480 YOMADO ROAD. 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:55.770 DID YOU KNOW WHAT YOMADO MEANS? 00:21:55.770 --> 00:22:00.210 IT IS NOT A JAPANESE RESTAURANT. 00:22:00.210 --> 00:22:04.820 [LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EITHER SO BEAR WITH ME. 00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:14.200 BUT YOMADO IS THE ANCIENT NAME FOR JAPAN AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF JAPANESE SETTLERS WHO 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:22.130 CAME TO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SETTLED IN THE AREA OF DELRAY AND BOCA RATON AND THEY CAME 00:22:22.130 --> 00:22:29.409 WITH THE IDEA OF THE AMERICAN DREAM OF BEGINNING FARMING AND HAVING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 00:22:29.409 --> 00:22:30.570 BE THEIR HOME. 00:22:30.570 --> 00:22:38.200 THEY SUFFERED A LOT IN THE EARLY 1900S FROM MANY OF THE ISSUES WE KNOW SO WELL HERE IN 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.500 SOUTH FLORIDA. 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:46.350 THE BUGS, HUMIDITY, THERE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. 00:22:46.350 --> 00:22:50.750 BUT THEY TRIED VERY HARD AND THEY GREW PINEAPPLES AND VEGETABLES. 00:22:50.750 --> 00:23:00.540 A FORMER YOMADA MEMBER, SETTLER WAS GEORGE MORIKAMI AND HE FARMED IN DELRAY BEACH INTO 00:23:00.540 --> 00:23:02.640 THE 1970S. 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:11.720 HE EVENTUALLY DONATED HIS LAND WHICH TODAY IS PRESERVED AS THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND GARDEN. 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:15.130 SEE WHAT YOU LEARN WHEN YOU GO TO A MUSEUM? 00:23:15.130 --> 00:23:17.000 YOU LEARN ALL OF THIS. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:23.190 SO TO KNOW ABOUT GEORGE MORIKAMI, HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD WHEN HE IMMIGRATED TO THE YAMODO 00:23:23.190 --> 00:23:24.190 COMMUNITY. 00:23:24.190 --> 00:23:27.190 FROM – AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS CORRECTLY. 00:23:27.190 --> 00:23:30.120 [NAME] JAPAN IN 1906. 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:38.820 HE WAS ORIGINALLY A LABORER WORKING TO PAY OFF HIS PASSAGE TO AMERICA. 00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:44.330 HE GREW, SOLD FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INCLUDING TOMATOES AND PINEAPPLE. 00:23:44.330 --> 00:23:51.600 EVENTUALLY HE WAS THE LAST REMAINING FARMER FROM THIS COLONY AND HE WANTED TO GIVE HIS 00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:58.710 PROPERTY AWAY TO BE USED IN A MANNER TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED 00:23:58.710 --> 00:24:00.919 STATES OF AMERICA. 00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:09.000 WE HONOR THE PERSISTENCE AND THE DREAMS OF THE ORIGINAL EARLY SETTLERS FROM JAPAN TO 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:16.080 PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO AND I URGE 00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:18.799 EVERYONE TO VISIT THESE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS. 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:25.240 THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL GENERAL KAZUHIRO NAKAI FOR 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:32.539 YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS. 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:41.649 WE OUGHT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE MORIKAMI ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE MORIKAMI BOARD OF 00:24:41.649 --> 00:24:50.660 TRUSTEES BY BESTOWING THE ORDER OF THE RISING SUN, GOLD AND SILVER RAYS, THE HIGHEST JAPANESE 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:56.120 CIVILIAN AWARD HOSTING THE WIFE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN. 00:24:56.120 --> 00:25:02.299 REMEMBER THAT. 2017 AND HOSTING JAPANESE AMBASSADORS AND 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.789 DIGNITARIES. 00:25:03.789 --> 00:25:09.919 AS ONE OF FLORIDA'S TOP TRADING PARTNERS, JAPANESE COMPANIES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE 00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:12.140 IN OUR STATES ECONOMY. 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:20.799 OVER THE YEARS JAPAN HAS BEEN THE STATE SECOND LARGEST FOREIGN SUPPLY OF IMPORTS IN THE MAJOR 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:23.720 SOURCE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:28.830 IN ADDITION, WE WITNESSED A LOT OF TOURISM FROM JAPAN. 00:25:28.830 --> 00:25:36.730 THANK YOU SO MUCH KAZUHIRO NAKAI BECAUSE YOU JOIN A LONG LIST OF SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE HERE 00:25:36.730 --> 00:25:38.159 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:45.679 WE BELIEVE IN YOUR MISSION AS YOU BELIEVE IN EDUCATING AND SHOWING THE BEAUTY OF YOUR 00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:49.830 COUNTRY TO THE PEOPLE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:25:49.830 --> 00:25:53.880 SO THANK YOU COUNCIL GENERAL KAZUHIRO NAKAI. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:26:00.610 I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING NOW IT'S A TRICOUNTY AREA REPRESENTING ALL OF US TO REESTABLISH 00:26:00.610 --> 00:26:06.050 A LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. 00:26:06.050 --> 00:26:14.539 THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO YOU. 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:40.340 [ CLAPPING ] >>Gregg Weiss: I ALSO HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION 00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:41.799 WITH THE MORIKAMI. 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:48.130 I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND GARDENS FOR A NUMBER OF 00:26:48.130 --> 00:26:49.130 YEARS. 00:26:49.130 --> 00:26:51.610 IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL HE HERE. 00:26:51.610 --> 00:26:56.880 IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MORIKAMI, I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU ENOUGH TO GO. 00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:01.690 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:27:01.690 --> 00:27:06.700 NOT THAT EVERYPLACE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY ISN'T BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT IS AN AMAZING GARDENS AND 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:15.330 IT IS AN ABSOLUTE REPLICA OF THE TYPES OF GARDENS YOU WOULD SEE IN JAPAN. 00:27:15.330 --> 00:27:17.860 MAINTAINED TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS. 00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:29.530 I HAVE, ON BEHALF AS MAYOR OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, I HAVE A LETTER TO YOU, COUNCIL GENERAL. 00:27:29.530 --> 00:27:38.500 THAT IS REPRESENTING OUR BELIEFS AND WISHES, GOOD WISHES AND CELEBRATION OF YOU BEING WITH 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:46.400 US TODAY AS WELL AS THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS FROM JAPAN HAVE MADE 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:51.750 TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES AND HOW DELIGHTED WE 00:27:51.750 --> 00:27:55.289 ARE TO HOST YOU HERE TODAY. 00:27:55.289 --> 00:28:12.010 LOOKING FORWARD TO A LONG AND VERY FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP FOR OUR COUNTRIES TODAY. 00:28:12.010 --> 00:28:48.330 [ CLAPPING ] >> MAYOR WEISS, VICE MAYOR SACHS, DISTINGUISHED 00:28:48.330 --> 00:28:52.299 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:55.460 THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. 00:28:55.460 --> 00:29:02.399 IT IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR FOR ME AS A COUNCIL GENERAL TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR FORGING A STRONG 00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:13.960 CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY AND MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDEN. 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:21.190 AS BEAUTIFULLY INTRODUCED BY VICE MAYOR SACHS, JAPAN AND PALM BEACH, PARTICULARLY MORIKAMI 00:29:21.190 --> 00:29:26.910 MUSEUM HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. 00:29:26.910 --> 00:29:38.429 YES INDEED IT IS 1904 WHEN JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS CAME TO SOUTH FLORIDA AND ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY 00:29:38.429 --> 00:29:41.200 CALLED THE YAMODO COLONY. 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:50.919 BY THE TIME THE WORLD WAR STARTED THE COLONY HAS ALMOST GONE, BUT SOME MEMBERS CONTINUE 00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:58.510 TO LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND YES INDEED IT IS ONE OF THE LAST NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITIES, 00:29:58.510 --> 00:30:05.690 THE ONE WHO IS HERE AND DONATED 200 ACRES OF LAND TO PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:30:05.690 --> 00:30:07.269 IN 1974. 00:30:07.269 --> 00:30:18.620 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS KIND TO BUILD JAPANESE GARDEN IN THE LAND AND OPEN THE MUSEUM IN 00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:20.300 1977. 00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:27.330 SINCE THEN AS KINDLY INTRODUCED BY MAYOR WEISS, THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM HAS PLAYED ONE OF THE 00:30:27.330 --> 00:30:34.040 MOST IMPORTANT ROLES INTRODUCING JAPANESE CULTURE AND CULTIVATING THE COMMUNITY INTEREST. 00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:47.900 IT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ITS IMPORTANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ITS START AND ACTIVELY SUPPORTING ITS 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:49.220 ACTIVITIES. 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:58.120 HAS KINDLY INTRODUCED BEFORE, OVER EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE MORIKAMI, MORIKAMI MUSEUM, MAINLY MR. 00:30:58.120 --> 00:31:00.080 JOHN THOMAS, MR. 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:02.080 DAVID SCHMITZ, MR. 00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:05.420 [NAME], MISS LINDA VEGA, MS. 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.760 [NAME], MR. 00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:09.590 [NAME] AND MR. 00:31:09.590 --> 00:31:13.940 JAMES MAHOLY. 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:25.049 THEY HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE MERIT BY THE MAJESTY AND JAPAN FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS 00:31:25.049 --> 00:31:27.970 TO THE PROMOTION OF JAPANESE CULTURE. 00:31:27.970 --> 00:31:42.510 COUNSEL GENERAL OF JAPAN IN SEPTEMBER 2021 WITH THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY COVID-19 00:31:42.510 --> 00:31:44.820 WERE BEGINNING. 00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:53.090 WHICH MADE IT EASIER FOR ME TO ORGANIZE, TO TAKE PART IN CULTURE ACTIVITIES. 00:31:53.090 --> 00:32:00.110 IN NOVEMBER 2021 I WAS KINDLY INVITED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE MUSEUM, THE MORIKAMI 00:32:00.110 --> 00:32:06.190 MUSEUM AND I WAS VERY MUCH IMPRESSED TO SEE JAPANESE CULTURE. 00:32:06.190 --> 00:32:12.490 PURITY OF THE JAPANESE CULTURE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF PALM BEACH. 00:32:12.490 --> 00:32:20.809 SINCE THEN I HAD VARIOUS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM EVENTS AND COLLABORATE 00:32:20.809 --> 00:32:22.649 WITH THEIR MEMBERS. 00:32:22.649 --> 00:32:24.730 MAY BE MORE FREQUENTLY. 00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:37.149 PROBABLY IT WAS THE REASON I ASK YOU DOES THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS KINDLY 00:32:37.149 --> 00:32:38.830 DECIDED TO REORGANIZE OUR WORK. 00:32:38.830 --> 00:32:45.720 OR WORK TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATION WITH MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDEN. 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:52.510 THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF ALL JAPANESE COUNSEL GENERALS AND PEOPLE OF JAPAN, I EXPRESS MY 00:32:52.510 --> 00:32:58.510 SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE COUNTY AND PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY. 00:32:58.510 --> 00:33:02.799 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:07.139 [ CLAPPING ] NOT ONLY THROUGH THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM, PALM 00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:14.309 BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN PROMOTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF JAPAN AND GRASSROOTS. 00:33:14.309 --> 00:33:24.419 HAS A SISTER CITY PARTNERSHIP SINCE 1977. 00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.999 1977. 00:33:25.999 --> 00:33:34.429 THE SAME YEAR THE FOUNDATION OF THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDEN. 00:33:34.429 --> 00:33:41.130 BOTH CITIES HAVE MAINTAINED VERY CLOSE CORPORATIONS THROUGH IN PERSON ACTIVITIES. 00:33:41.130 --> 00:33:47.600 PARTICULARLY THOSE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:54.750 I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR, VICE MAYOR SACHS, TO TOUCH UP ON OUR EFFORT TO FURTHER BROADEN 00:33:54.750 --> 00:33:59.880 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAPAN AND FLORIDA BY ESTABLISHING A NEW CHAPTER OF JAPAN AMERICA 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:02.300 SOCIETY. 00:34:02.300 --> 00:34:09.560 JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY HAS WORKED FOR CENTURIES TO PROMOTE GRASSROOTS IN MOST OF THE MAJOR 00:34:09.560 --> 00:34:11.079 CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:15.530 HOWEVER, IN FLORIDA WE HAVE ONLY ONE CHAPTER IN PENSACOLA. 00:34:15.530 --> 00:34:27.379 IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THAT NEW CHAPTER IN SOUTH FLORIDA, I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH 00:34:27.379 --> 00:34:35.320 MANY STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE PROMOTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US, INCLUDING OUR RENTS IN MORIKAMI 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.320 MUSEUM. 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:44.099 AS A RESULT, THE COMMUNITY TO START THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN JUST ESTABLISHED. 00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:51.440 IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MOVE THIS PROJECT. 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:54.690 AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:34:54.690 --> 00:35:02.670 I'M GRATEFUL TO THE PRIME MINISTER TO PALM BEACH. 00:35:02.670 --> 00:35:10.180 YES, PRIME MINISTER VISITED PALM BEACH TWICE. 00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:15.070 FEBRUARY 2017 AND NOVEMBER 2018. 00:35:15.070 --> 00:35:27.790 AND HE VISITED THE MUSEUM WITH HIS FIRST LADY. 00:35:27.790 --> 00:35:32.700 WE ARE STILL SHOCKED AND SADDENED, DEEPLY SADDENED TO SEE THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF THE PRIME 00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:39.590 MINISTER AS A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE, HOWEVER, BEAUTIFUL PORTION OF PALM BEACH DURING THEIR 00:35:39.590 --> 00:35:40.590 VISIT. 00:35:40.590 --> 00:35:52.030 THEY STILL VISIT IN THE – DEEPLY REMEMBERED IN THE MEMORIES OF THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN. 00:35:52.030 --> 00:36:01.869 THIS YEAR 2023 IS ALLOTTED BILLION IT IS THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT AND IT IS BELIEVED – WITH 00:36:01.869 --> 00:36:05.790 THE LEAP AND THE BOUNCE JUST LIKE A RABBIT. 00:36:05.790 --> 00:36:12.460 THIS YEAR THE MOMENTUM TO ENHANCE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN US IS STRENGTHENING. 00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:24.260 FOR EXAMPLE, WE EXPECT THINGS IS VISITING JAPAN AND OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS AND VISITS 00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:26.540 ARE BEING PLANNED. 00:36:26.540 --> 00:36:32.400 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE IMPORTANT EVENTS, I HOPE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US WILL LEAP 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:39.900 FORWARD THROUGH THOSE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT. 00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:44.360 JUST CELEBRATED THE ESTABLISHMENTS ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR. 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:47.350 WE OPENED IN MIAMI IN 1992. 00:36:47.350 --> 00:36:58.300 AS COUNSEL GENERAL OF THE JUNCTURE, I AM DETERMINED TO FURTHER SUPPORT, STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ACTIVITY 00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:07.190 AND ALSO INCORPORATE AND ENGAGE WITH GRASSROOTS ACTIVITIES IN PALM BEACH FOR FURTHER DEEPENING 00:37:07.190 --> 00:37:09.740 MUTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND GOODWILL. 00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:16.940 THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED FOR THE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY. 00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:49.339 [ CLAPPING ] >>Gregg Weiss: WHERE IS SHARON? 00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:55.810 THERE YOU ARE. 00:37:55.810 --> 00:37:58.010 I SNUCK AWAY FROM YOU. 00:37:58.010 --> 00:37:59.430 IT'S GOOD. 00:37:59.430 --> 00:38:00.430 GET YOUR STEPS IN. 00:38:00.430 --> 00:38:11.470 IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. 00:38:11.470 --> 00:38:14.690 ALL RIGHT. 00:38:14.690 --> 00:38:22.950 WE ARE GOING TO BE DECLARING FEBRUARY 11-17 2023 IS 211 AWARENESS WEEK AND IT IS MY HONOR 00:38:22.950 --> 00:38:30.940 TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU, SHARON, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE FOLKS AT 211. 00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:36.750 WHEREAS 211 HELPLINE AND CRISIS HOTLINES CONTINUES TO BE A BEACON OF HOPE PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING 00:38:36.750 --> 00:38:44.700 CRISIS GUIDANCE FOR THOSE OVERWHELMED AND DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN ON THERE WERE OVER 00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:50.530 125,000 REQUESTS FOR HELP IN 2022. 00:38:50.530 --> 00:38:58.710 THESE CHALLENGING TIMES INCLUDE THE PANDEMIC IMPACT, ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, RECENT HURRICANES, 00:38:58.710 --> 00:39:07.421 211 CARING AND HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF HAVE BEEN THE FRONTLINE RESPONDERS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN 00:39:07.421 --> 00:39:14.510 DAYS A WEEK AND PEOPLE OF ALL IT AGES AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE REACHING OUT BECAUSE 00:39:14.510 --> 00:39:21.540 OF GROWING STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR EMOTIONAL HEALTH, ADDICTION, HOUSING TO HELP 00:39:21.540 --> 00:39:23.730 AND OTHER CONCERNS PARIS. 00:39:23.730 --> 00:39:30.619 TO ONE ON STAFF LISTENED TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE RESOURCE OPTIONS 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:34.050 AND TO HELP THEM STRATEGIZE TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. 00:39:34.050 --> 00:39:40.470 211 A SPECIALIZE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDE CAREGIVER SUPPORT 00:39:40.470 --> 00:39:47.770 CAN HELPED ME GROW INTO 11 LIFE-SAVING SUNSHINE DAILY CALLS THAT CONTINUE TO BRIGHTEN THE 00:39:47.770 --> 00:39:52.410 LIVES OF ISOLATED SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS. 00:39:52.410 --> 00:40:01.550 WHEREAS 211 STAFF ALSO RESPOND ON THE LIFELINE AND SUPPORT LINES THAT INCLUDE FIRST RESPONDERS, 00:40:01.550 --> 00:40:07.260 INCLUDE THE MY FOR VETERANS WITH PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE SPECIALIZE 00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.840 GROUPS AND THEIR FAMILY. 00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:13.160 NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR 00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:20.010 SESSION ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2023 THE FIGURE 11 THROUGH 17 2023 IN PALM BEACH 00:40:20.010 --> 00:40:25.800 COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AS 211 AWARENESS WEEK. 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:32.390 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP YOU MAKE PEOPLES LIVES BETTER IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:40:32.390 --> 00:40:38.550 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, 00:40:38.550 --> 00:40:42.069 COUNTY STEFAN RECOGNITION. 00:40:42.069 --> 00:40:50.600 THE AWARENESS IS SO IMPORTANT AND AS WAS STATED 211 WAS ONLY 24/7 HELPLINE AND CRISIS HOTLINE 00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:52.170 SERVING THE REGION. 00:40:52.170 --> 00:40:58.450 LAST YEAR WE RESPONDED TO 125,000 REQUESTS FOR HELP YOUR THE MOST MAJORITY OF THEM WERE 00:40:58.450 --> 00:41:00.540 FOR RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:41:00.540 --> 00:41:06.010 THIS CAN BE CALLED REQUESTS ANYTHING FROM PEOPLE STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR 00:41:06.010 --> 00:41:08.170 RENT, THE RENT HAS SUDDENLY SKYROCKETED. 00:41:08.170 --> 00:41:10.480 THE CAN'T KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE. 00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:13.030 MOMS WORRIED ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT. 00:41:13.030 --> 00:41:17.569 ALL THE WAY PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT ENDING THEIR OWN LIFE. 00:41:17.569 --> 00:41:23.800 IN EACH CASE OUR TEAM IS THERE AND CARES ABOUT THEM IN PALM BEACH COUNTY LAST YEAR WE RESPONDED 00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:31.349 TO 800 INSTANCES OF PEOPLE CONTACTING US SAYING THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT ENDING THEIR LIFE. 00:41:31.349 --> 00:41:38.210 THAT IS A HEAVY NUMBER BUT WHAT IS EMPHASIZED HERE IN THE CASES THAT IS 100 TIMES MORE THAN 00:41:38.210 --> 00:41:43.869 TWICE A WEEK, THAT OUR TEAM TALK PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR DARKEST MOMENTS SO THEY COULD GO ON 00:41:43.869 --> 00:41:46.599 AND LIVE TO SEE A BRIGHTER DAY. 00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:51.930 WITH THE INCREASED NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS NATIONALLY IT WAS DECIDED THE NATIONAL 00:41:51.930 --> 00:41:54.829 SUICIDE LIFELINE NUMBER WOULD BE EASY TO REMEMBER. 00:41:54.829 --> 00:41:59.360 HERE IT IS EASY BECAUSE YOU CAN CALL 211 BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:07.220 THEY CREATED THE NUMBER AND WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO DO THAT BUT WE DID SEE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:14.319 60 PERCENT OF LOCAL CALLS ON OUTLINE SINCE THE LAUNCH THROUGH BUT THIS MEANS IS A TEAM 00:42:14.319 --> 00:42:20.530 IS EXPANDING TOWARD WE ARE IN THE PULMONARY STAGES OF TRYING TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY AND 00:42:20.530 --> 00:42:24.119 HAVE A FACILITY HURRICANE RATED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY. 00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:29.839 WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND I INVITE ANYONE WHO HASN'T COME TO SEE IT YOU CAN SEE THE 00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:33.010 WORK FIRSTHAND IN THE FACILITY. 00:42:33.010 --> 00:42:38.750 AND WHAT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE AWARENESS AND HELPING TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE PERSON 00:42:38.750 --> 00:42:44.120 WHO NEEDS HELP KNOWS THEY ARE HERE FOR THEM WHENEVER THEY NEED US. 00:42:44.120 --> 00:42:45.860 THANK YOU. 00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:52.150 [ CLAPPING ] >>Maria Sachs: SINCE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ATTENDEES 00:42:52.150 --> 00:42:56.839 I'M GOING TO START CALLING YOUR NAME FOR THE NEXT PROCLAMATION. 00:42:56.839 --> 00:43:03.040 IF YOU COULD COME UP THERE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAFETY FOR LIFE FOUNDATION TARYN. 00:43:03.040 --> 00:43:10.850 BRIAN, CEO SAFETY FOR LIFE FOUNDATION, BONNIE SAFETY FOR LIFE STUDENT AMBASSADOR COORDINATOR. 00:43:10.850 --> 00:43:14.740 IF YOU COULD COME OVER ON THE SIDE. 00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.740 ELISHA, ST. 00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:20.260 MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH COORDINATOR. 00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:26.990 AND J LOWER, SAFETY FOR LIFE STUDENT AMBASSADOR COORDINATOR AN ADMINISTRATOR FROM CARDINAL 00:43:26.990 --> 00:43:29.150 NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL. 00:43:29.150 --> 00:43:35.280 MELANIE, SAFETY FOR LIFE STUDENT PRESIDENT WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. 00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:40.000 KAYLA, STUDENT PRESIDENT SUNCOAST HIGH SCHOOL. 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:44.890 GRAYSON, STUDENT FOR LIFE STUDENT PRESIDENT CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL. 00:43:44.890 --> 00:43:49.650 AVA POWELL, CARMEN NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. 00:43:49.650 --> 00:43:56.010 IN THE WE HAVE KATE ROONEY, CARMEN HIGH SCHOOL BOARD, AMELIA WASH CARMEN NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL 00:43:56.010 --> 00:44:05.020 BOARD, ANGELINA FLOREZ STUDENT COPRESIDENT G STAR HIGH SCHOOL, LEAH, STUDENT COPRESIDENT 00:44:05.020 --> 00:44:06.849 G STAR HIGH SCHOOL. 00:44:06.849 --> 00:44:14.520 JENAE A DAVIS, STUDENT COPRESIDENT FOR A STILL HIGH SCHOOL IN MARYLAND, SAFETY FOR LIFE STUDENT 00:44:14.520 --> 00:44:15.970 COPRESIDENT. 00:44:15.970 --> 00:44:18.220 FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLS. 00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:19.220 CONGRATULATIONS. 00:44:19.220 --> 00:44:26.120 WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF YOUNG AMBASSADORS FOR THIS EVENT. 00:44:26.120 --> 00:44:33.170 THE SAFETY FOR LIFE FOUNDATION WAS CREATED IN A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER ONE THE NEED FOR IMPACTFUL 00:44:33.170 --> 00:44:36.690 SAFETY PROGRAMS WAS NEVER GREATER. 00:44:36.690 --> 00:44:43.319 INTERNET SAFETY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING BECAME CRITICAL SUBJECTS TO ADDRESS BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS 00:44:43.319 --> 00:44:50.520 WERE ATTACHED, IT'S TRUE, TO THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC BUT REMOTE LEARNING 00:44:50.520 --> 00:44:52.450 TOOK THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 00:44:52.450 --> 00:44:59.609 THE CIRCUMSTANCES MADE MANY SUSCEPTIBLE STUDENTS VERY VULNERABLE TO PREDATORS WHICH CAN LEAD 00:44:59.609 --> 00:45:02.280 TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATION. 00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:09.650 THE UNREST IS A RESULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED TRAGEDIES MADE CREATING PEACEFUL INTERACTIONS 00:45:09.650 --> 00:45:15.910 AND OFFERING SOLUTIONS TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE POLICE OF PRIORITY. 00:45:15.910 --> 00:45:22.589 SAFETY FOR LIFE PROVIDES ASSEMBLIES, SAFETY FAIRS, ONLINE INFORMATION AND EVENTS FOR STUDENTS 00:45:22.589 --> 00:45:24.220 AND THEIR FAMILIES. 00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:29.980 THEIR DYNAMIC SPEAKERS BRING REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS TO THE AUDIENCE AND ELIMINATE ANY CONFUSION 00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:35.210 RELATION RELATED WITH THE DANGEROUS OBJECTS BEING PRESENTED. 00:45:35.210 --> 00:45:40.830 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE ARE AVAILABLE, ALONG WITH OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. 00:45:40.830 --> 00:45:49.750 WHICH GIVES STUDENTS AN INTRODUCTION INTO A CIVIC MINDSET BY KEEPING THEIR PEERS SAFE. 00:45:49.750 --> 00:45:59.400 THIS IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO DECLARE MARCH 4, 2023 AS SAFETY FOR LIFE AMBASSADOR DAY. 00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:04.700 I WANT TO THANK PARTICULARLY THOSE ADULTS WHO HAVE MEANT TOWARD THE STUDENTS FROM ALL 00:46:04.700 --> 00:46:11.859 THE VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS IN PROMOTING STUDENT SAFETY ON THE INTERNET THROUGH CIVIC ACTIVITIES 00:46:11.859 --> 00:46:16.369 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC LIFE. 00:46:16.369 --> 00:46:22.030 MAY BE HERE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION ONE DAY, AS THE PURSUE YOUR MISSION IN BRINGING THIS 00:46:22.030 --> 00:46:25.829 ADVOCACY TO ALL THE STUDENTS OF YOUR PEERS. 00:46:25.829 --> 00:46:31.619 WE ARE DECLARING FOR SAFETY OF LIFE AMBASSADOR DATE MARCH 4. 00:46:31.619 --> 00:46:35.480 PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT THIS PROCLAMATION 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:42.750 IS DULY SEALED, RIVETED AND EXECUTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD FOR GOING PROCLAMATION 00:46:42.750 --> 00:46:49.829 SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND UPON UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO THE BOARD, THE MAYOR DECLARED THE PROCLAMATION 00:46:49.829 --> 00:46:53.470 DULY ENACTED. 00:46:53.470 --> 00:46:56.720 CONGRATULATIONS. 00:46:56.720 --> 00:47:03.619 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS 00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:06.490 AND COUNTY STAFF. 00:47:06.490 --> 00:47:13.170 AFTER WORKING TO EDUCATE TEENS ON ROAD SAFETY FOR 20+ YEARS, IT IS AN HONOR TO COLLABORATE 00:47:13.170 --> 00:47:20.800 WITH THEIR LAW GROUP, COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES THAT MAKE UP OUR ADVISORY BOARD TO BRING THIS 00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:25.800 TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROJECT TO THE STUDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:31.200 OUR SAFETY FOR LIFE STUDENT AMBASSADORS DEMONSTRATE THE BEST IN TEAMS. 00:47:31.200 --> 00:47:36.730 THE WAY THEY EMBRACE THE MISSION TO EDUCATE THEIR PEERS ON THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF SAFETY 00:47:36.730 --> 00:47:43.540 FOR LIFE, ROAD AND INTERNET SAFETY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, SAFE LAW-ENFORCEMENT 00:47:43.540 --> 00:47:46.720 INTERACTIONS IS AMAZING. 00:47:46.720 --> 00:47:54.309 THEY PRACTICE OUR DAILY MISSION TO BEGIN SAFETY FOR YOU, SAFETY FOR YOUR FAMILY, SAFETY FOR 00:47:54.309 --> 00:47:57.690 YOUR FRIENDS, SAFETY FOR LIFE. 00:47:57.690 --> 00:48:01.430 AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRIAN. 00:48:01.430 --> 00:48:06.210 [ CLAPPING ] >> I WON'T TAKE A LONG TIME AND I WON'T REPEAT 00:48:06.210 --> 00:48:07.210 WHAT TERRY SAID. 00:48:07.210 --> 00:48:08.410 WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WONDERFUL. 00:48:08.410 --> 00:48:10.470 I DO WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. 00:48:10.470 --> 00:48:14.250 NUMBER ONE, WANT TO THANK THE STUDENT LEADERS APPEAR. 00:48:14.250 --> 00:48:22.540 CREATED THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE TARA HAS, AND I SHARE IN THIS MISSION, A MISSION TO 00:48:22.540 --> 00:48:26.480 IMPACT THESE YOUNG LIVES IN A REALLY PRODUCTIVE WAY. 00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:31.790 THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS ORGANIZATION. 00:48:31.790 --> 00:48:33.559 HE MENTIONED IT, VICE MAYOR. 00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:39.359 THESE YOUNG LEADERS ARE RUNNING TODAY AND EVERY DAY WE GO OUT AND TALK TO THEM THE PUBLIC 00:48:39.359 --> 00:48:43.150 SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY REALLY COUNTS. 00:48:43.150 --> 00:48:48.480 BY YOU DOING THIS FOR THEM, IT REALLY LETS THEM KNOW AS STEWARDS OF THE COUNTY YOU CARE 00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:52.859 ABOUT LOCAL ACTIVITY AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING MATTERS TO THE COMMUNITY. 00:48:52.859 --> 00:48:57.220 THE CIRCLE IS WONDERFUL AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT. 00:48:57.220 --> 00:49:05.860 [ CLAPPING ] >>Gregg Weiss: WHILE THEY ARE TAKING THEIR 00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:13.980 PHOTO WOULD LIKE TO ASK DWIGHT, CLINTON FORBES. 00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:16.290 WE HAVE OTHER GUESTS WITH US TODAY? 00:49:16.290 --> 00:49:19.040 JOEY, YOU ARE JOINING US THIS MORNING. 00:49:19.040 --> 00:49:25.300 THANK YOU. 00:49:25.300 --> 00:49:27.430 THIS IS A REAL HONOR TODAY. 00:49:27.430 --> 00:49:34.410 IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE AND THAT IS OUR TRANSIT FOLKS. 00:49:34.410 --> 00:49:39.650 THE ABILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLES LIVES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY EACH AND EVERY 00:49:39.650 --> 00:49:41.730 DAY. 00:49:41.730 --> 00:49:49.339 WE ARE DECLARING FEBRUARY 2023 AS TRANSIT EQUITY MONTH. 00:49:49.339 --> 00:49:55.950 ROSA PARKS WAS AN ICONIC FIGURE IN THE MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUALITY AND 00:49:55.950 --> 00:50:02.160 PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE INCEPTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT UPENDED 00:50:02.160 --> 00:50:05.119 LEGAL SEGREGATION IN THE NINE STATES. 00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:15.109 THE IMMEDIATE FOCUS WAS THE UNEQUAL ACCESS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AND 00:50:15.109 --> 00:50:24.450 PARENT TRANSIT IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT FOR ANY PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY 00:50:24.450 --> 00:50:27.609 FOR ALL PEOPLE. 00:50:27.609 --> 00:50:32.900 WHEREAS THE BOOK JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN GOOD JOBS THAT PAY 00:50:32.900 --> 00:50:40.160 FAMILY SUPPORTING WAGES AND WHEREAS AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE PUBLIC TRANSIT IS AN ESSENTIAL 00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:47.750 PUBLIC SERVICE ON PAR WITH UTILITIES SUCH AS WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND WHEREAS THE EXPANSION 00:50:47.750 --> 00:50:54.740 OF PUBLIC TRANSIT HELPS ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY MOVING FEWER MORE PEOPLE FEAR VEHICLES 00:50:54.740 --> 00:51:00.910 BY REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IT PROVIDES AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY CAN 00:51:00.910 --> 00:51:09.069 TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS BY ENSURING PEOPLE COLOR, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED TO 00:51:09.069 --> 00:51:17.609 THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS AND FULL ACCESS IN PUBLIC TRANSIT 00:51:17.609 --> 00:51:28.230 PAIRED WHEREAS THE LOCAL UNION 1577 SUPPORT THE CALL TO PAY FEBRUARY ROSA PARKS BIRTH 00:51:28.230 --> 00:51:35.970 MONTH AS A TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC TRANSIT IS A CIVIL RIGHT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:51:35.970 --> 00:51:41.000 WHEREAS TRANSIT EQUITY MONTH HIGHLIGHTS A VITAL ROLE THAT CAN BE PLAYED BY THE EXPANSION 00:51:41.000 --> 00:51:46.940 OF PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE SHIFT FROM CLIMATE DESTROYING ECONOMY POWER POWERED BY FOSSIL 00:51:46.940 --> 00:51:53.809 FUELS TO ACCLIMATE PREDICTING RENEWABLE POWERED AND REGENERATIVE ECONOMY WITH JUST A PUBLIC 00:51:53.809 --> 00:51:59.960 TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITIES WITH A JUST PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITIES AND 00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:03.900 WORKERS IT WOULD THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM 00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:09.980 BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023, 00:52:09.980 --> 00:52:16.130 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FEBRUARY 2023 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS HEREBY PROCLAIMED TRANSIT 00:52:16.130 --> 00:52:17.130 EQUITY MONTH. 00:52:17.130 --> 00:52:22.140 CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 00:52:22.140 --> 00:52:23.400 [ CLAPPING ] >> MR. 00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:25.500 MAYOR, BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 00:52:25.500 --> 00:52:32.870 IT IS GREAT TO PARTNER WITH THE TRANSIT UNION LOCAL 1577 FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 00:52:32.870 --> 00:52:36.260 I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR. 00:52:36.260 --> 00:52:47.859 IF IT WASN'T FOR A LITTLE FEISTY OBSTINATE LADY IN THE 50s KNOWN AS THE FIRST LADY OF 00:52:47.859 --> 00:52:55.980 THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, I'M NOT SURE IF I COULD STAND HERE TODAY PROUDLY AS YOUR EXECUTIVE 00:52:55.980 --> 00:53:01.980 DIRECTOR OF THE BUS COMPANY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY WE KNOW AS PALM TRAN. 00:53:01.980 --> 00:53:06.109 I DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. 00:53:06.109 --> 00:53:14.240 SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND I WOULD SAY TRANSIT EQUITY DAY IS VERY EMBLEMATIC 00:53:14.240 --> 00:53:20.260 OF PALM TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE. 00:53:20.260 --> 00:53:21.260 THANK YOU. 00:53:21.260 --> 00:53:25.720 [ CLAPPING ] >>Gregg Weiss: JUST REAL QUICK I WANTED TO 00:53:25.720 --> 00:53:27.150 SAY THANK YOU MR. 00:53:27.150 --> 00:53:33.820 FORD FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS TO THE LIGHT OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 00:53:33.820 --> 00:53:37.020 AND FOR THE PROCLAMATION THAT HAS BEEN MADE. 00:53:37.020 --> 00:53:46.460 FOUR YEARS AGO THE TRANSIT UNION ON A NATIONAL BASIS COMBINED WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS 00:53:46.460 --> 00:53:52.160 TO RECOGNIZE ROSA PARKS BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 4 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WE HAVE TAKEN IT A 00:53:52.160 --> 00:53:59.369 STEP HIGHER AND SAID THE ENTIRE MONTH WE ARE GOING TO BRING RECOGNITION TO THE ACT SHE 00:53:59.369 --> 00:54:02.200 TOOK TO BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS. 00:54:02.200 --> 00:54:04.920 I WANT TO SAY ALSO THANKS TO MR. 00:54:04.920 --> 00:54:15.180 FORBES FOR HIS DIRECTION AND PLANNING TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN UNDERSERVED 00:54:15.180 --> 00:54:21.900 COMMUNITIES SUCH AS BELLE GLADE IN THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES WHEN HE INSTITUTED THE AGO GLADES 00:54:21.900 --> 00:54:28.750 ROUTES THERE THAT PROVIDES DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TRAVEL WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY 00:54:28.750 --> 00:54:32.900 AND INCREASE SERVICE TO SOME OF THE ROUTES HERE LOCALLY. 00:54:32.900 --> 00:54:33.900 THANK YOU MR. 00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:38.880 FORBES AND THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION, MAYOR! 00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:42.540 GOOD MORNING. 00:54:42.540 --> 00:54:59.040 I AM GOING TO CALL UP LISA REALLY HAVE JENNIFER HERE IS OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, ALL OUR PARKS 00:54:59.040 --> 00:55:15.330 DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND JAMIN DAVIS ARE AQUATIC DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:55:15.330 --> 00:55:16.690 GOOD MORNING. 00:55:16.690 --> 00:55:21.150 I WAS GOING TO TELL EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 00:55:21.150 --> 00:55:28.010 I AM HERE HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO BID ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW 00:55:28.010 --> 00:55:32.059 USED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO GET TO THE BEACH AND I THINK IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT WE HAVE 00:55:32.059 --> 00:55:35.020 THIS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET THERE TO GET THERE. 00:55:35.020 --> 00:55:38.099 IT IS DEFINITELY MY HAPPY PLACE AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE FEEL THE SAME 00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:46.770 WAY THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION IS PRESENTED TO LISA LYNCH OF HER FOR HER 00:55:46.770 --> 00:55:50.740 BEACH ACCESSIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS IN WHEELCHAIRS THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:55:50.740 --> 00:55:56.000 OVER THE YEARS HER COMMITMENT AND DETERMINATION WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND ITS MUNICIPALITIES 00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:57.079 HAVE BEEN ADMIRABLE. 00:55:57.079 --> 00:56:02.630 THE COMMANDER EFFORTS IN REMOVING BARRIERS FOR FULL INCLUSION ON OUR BEACHES. 00:56:02.630 --> 00:56:06.190 PRESENTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. 00:56:06.190 --> 00:56:14.160 >> I WANT TO SAY AND Q COMMISSIONER WOODWARD AND SPECIAL THANKS TO PALM BEACH COUNTY PARKS 00:56:14.160 --> 00:56:15.230 AND RECREATION. 00:56:15.230 --> 00:56:22.200 I CAME TO JIMMY FIVE YEARS AGO WITH A VISION AFTER MY ACCIDENT IN 2011 I WASN'T ABLE TO 00:56:22.200 --> 00:56:23.200 ACCESS THE BEACH. 00:56:23.200 --> 00:56:27.069 I HAD TO BE CARRIED PLACES AND IT WAS VERY HEARTBREAKING. 00:56:27.069 --> 00:56:33.289 IN 2017 I ROLLED ONTO MY FIRST ACCESS MAT IN THE WHOLE GAME CHANGED. 00:56:33.289 --> 00:56:40.270 I KNEW THERE WERE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY I AM IN, FOR PEOPLE USING 00:56:40.270 --> 00:56:41.270 WHEELCHAIRS. 00:56:41.270 --> 00:56:44.710 SO YEAR TO DATE I HAVE DONE QUITE A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. 00:56:44.710 --> 00:56:50.100 DIFFERENT BEACHES AND UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED WHEELCHAIRS THAT ARE EASY TO PUSH AND GET 00:56:50.100 --> 00:56:54.260 AROUND AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 00:56:54.260 --> 00:57:01.740 I THINK THE COUNTY FOR SEEING MY VISION OF FOLLOWING MY ADVOCACY AND WISHES. 00:57:01.740 --> 00:57:03.069 AND Q VERY MUCH. 00:57:03.069 --> 00:57:08.680 AND THIS HAS BEEN DEDICATED IN HONOR OF MY FATHER WHO WE LOST LAST YEAR. 00:57:08.680 --> 00:57:14.700 HE WAS A WHEELCHAIR USER ALSO AND THIS IS FROM OUR FAMILY. 00:57:14.700 --> 00:57:30.010 AND MY MOTHER IS HERE ALSO IN HONOR OF MY DAD. 00:57:30.010 --> 00:57:35.569 SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. 00:57:35.569 --> 00:57:38.270 [ CLAPPING ] >> PLEASE COME FORWARD. 00:57:38.270 --> 00:57:46.880 SONJA WOODFORD PRESIDENT, CARMEN RICHARDSON, [NAME], ALECIA SMITH GORDON, AVA PARKER, PENELOPE 00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:50.710 ROCKMAN, KAREN MEARES, VIRGINIA BAKER AND MS. 00:57:50.710 --> 00:57:53.990 CAROLYN WILLIAMS. 00:57:53.990 --> 00:58:44.609 AND IF I DIDN'T CALL ANYONE ELSE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 00:58:44.609 --> 00:58:53.430 BEFORE I PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, I WANT TO REMIND ALL OUR RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 7. 00:58:53.430 --> 00:59:01.710 FOR EVERYONE PLANNING ON ATTENDING MY BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 4, PLEASE DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE. 00:59:01.710 --> 00:59:13.349 I AM INVITING YOU TO THE BLACK FAMILY WELLNESS EXPO AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. 00:59:13.349 --> 00:59:20.549 THIS PROCLAMATION DECLARING MARCH 4 2023 AS THE LINKS IN PARIS TO WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA 00:59:20.549 --> 00:59:24.900 CHAPTER FIRST BLACK FAMILY WELLNESS EXPO. 00:59:24.900 --> 00:59:31.980 WHEREAS THE LINKS INC CONSISTS OF A MEMBERSHIP OF APPROXIMATELY 16,000 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN 00:59:31.980 --> 00:59:40.539 OF COLOR DRIVEN BY SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND HAVE THEIR HEARTS FOR EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL 00:59:40.539 --> 00:59:47.770 AND CIVIC CONCERNS AND WHEREAS THE MISSION IS TO SERVE UNMET NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY BY 00:59:47.770 --> 00:59:55.450 PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL, CIVIC AND CULTURE ACTIVITIES AND TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH 00:59:55.450 --> 00:59:57.589 LIVES. 00:59:57.589 --> 01:00:04.329 WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTES OVER A MILLION HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE ANNUALLY 01:00:04.329 --> 01:00:09.970 AND WEARS THE WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE LINKS INCORPORATE IT HAS PROVIDED PURPOSEFUL 01:00:09.970 --> 01:00:16.690 COMMITTED PUBLIC SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND WHEREAS THE CHAPTER RECEIVED A GRANT 01:00:16.690 --> 01:00:25.030 FROM THE LINKS FOUNDATION AND ASKED HER INTERNATIONAL TO LAUNCH THE BLACK KIDNEY AWARENESS RESOURCE 01:00:25.030 --> 01:00:28.200 EDUCATION INITIATIVE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:00:28.200 --> 01:00:34.450 THE FUNDS WILL HELP THE LOCAL CHAPTER BRING KIDNEY DISEASE IN AWARENESS AND RESOURCES 01:00:34.450 --> 01:00:39.490 TO THE DISPROPORTIONATE CHALLENGES AFFECTING BLACK AMERICANS. 01:00:39.490 --> 01:00:45.470 DOORS THE WEST PALM BEACH CHAPTER OF THE LINKS INCORPORATE IT WILL PARTNER WITH AREA HEALTH 01:00:45.470 --> 01:00:53.589 PROFESSIONALS AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST THE FIRST BLACK FAMILY WELLNESS EXPO 01:00:53.589 --> 01:01:01.420 ON MARCH 4, 2023 AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE LAKE WORTH CAMPUS FOR THE EXPO WILL PROVIDE 01:01:01.420 --> 01:01:07.270 RESOURCES AND SCREENING TO HELP BLACK FAMILIES TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH WOULD THEREFORE 01:01:07.270 --> 01:01:11.809 BE OF PURPLE CLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH FLORIDA ASSEMBLED 01:01:11.809 --> 01:01:19.599 IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023 THAT MARCH 4, MY BIRTHDAY, IN PALM BEACH 01:01:19.599 --> 01:01:26.160 COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED THE LINKS WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA CHAPTER 1ST BLACK WELLNESS 01:01:26.160 --> 01:01:28.530 EXPO. 01:01:28.530 --> 01:01:30.910 CONGRATULATIONS. 01:01:30.910 --> 01:01:33.809 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU. 01:01:33.809 --> 01:01:35.260 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:01:35.260 --> 01:01:41.530 THANK YOU MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BERNARD SHAW IS 01:01:41.530 --> 01:01:46.400 OF THE EFFORTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:52.700 ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS HERE WITH US TODAY AS WELL AS OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT WHO IS BORN 01:01:52.700 --> 01:02:00.069 AND RAISED HERE IN PALM BEACH FLORIDA, IN HER ABSENCE WE BRING YOU GREETINGS AND THANK 01:02:00.069 --> 01:02:02.440 YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 01:02:02.440 --> 01:02:11.150 THE BLACK CARE KIDNEY AWARENESS RESOURCE EDUCATION INITIATIVE IS DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS 01:02:11.150 --> 01:02:18.420 AND PROVIDING RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO ADDRESS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AMONG BLACK AMERICANS 01:02:18.420 --> 01:02:22.810 GIVEN THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE. 01:02:22.810 --> 01:02:28.960 OUR CHAPTER WAS ON A SEVEN-DAY CHAPTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE 01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:36.279 IN THE INITIATIVES NATIONAL EXPANSION, FUNDED BY THE LINKS FOUNDATION AND BAXTER HEALTHCARE 01:02:36.279 --> 01:02:39.660 CORPORATION BUSINESS. 01:02:39.660 --> 01:02:44.540 WE ARE ECSTATIC TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT TO BRING AWARENESS ON CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. 01:02:44.540 --> 01:02:51.869 WAS IT OUR GOAL IS TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH INTO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY 01:02:51.869 --> 01:02:58.930 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND TO EDUCATE ADULTS AND POTENTIALLY USE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF KIDNEY 01:02:58.930 --> 01:03:03.730 DISEASE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PROACTIVE IN MANAGING THEIR HEALTH. 01:03:03.730 --> 01:03:11.900 OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAITH-BASED ENTITIES, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, 01:03:11.900 --> 01:03:14.420 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 01:03:14.420 --> 01:03:20.540 AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR SAID ON HIS BIRTHDAY – I'M SORRY, AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, ON HIS BIRTH 01:03:20.540 --> 01:03:28.559 OF THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023 FROM 10:00 A.M. 01:03:28.559 --> 01:03:29.559 TO 2:00 P.M. 01:03:29.559 --> 01:03:36.230 AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE LAKE WORTH CAMPUS WHERE YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE 01:03:36.230 --> 01:03:45.109 AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER HEALTHCARE RESOURCES WILL BE PROVIDED SO WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN 01:03:45.109 --> 01:03:46.270 US. 01:03:46.270 --> 01:04:03.730 AGAIN, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAPTER, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BERNARD AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS. 01:04:03.730 --> 01:04:06.049 THANK YOU. 01:04:06.049 --> 01:04:09.720 [ CLAPPING ] >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 01:04:09.720 --> 01:04:17.440 I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 27 THROUGH MARCH 3, 2023 01:04:17.440 --> 01:04:20.980 AS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AMERICA SAVES WEEK. 01:04:20.980 --> 01:04:24.240 IF THERE ARE ANYONE FROM THE GUARDIANS CREDIT UNION. 01:04:24.240 --> 01:04:27.319 COME ON UP, PLEASE. 01:04:27.319 --> 01:04:29.430 IS JOHN REESE HERE? 01:04:29.430 --> 01:04:33.910 EXCUSE ME, JOHN DEESE. 01:04:33.910 --> 01:04:40.089 WANTED TO SAY COMMISSIONER BERNARD, I WILL BE UNABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU AT THE EXPO 01:04:40.089 --> 01:04:44.069 ON YOUR BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I WILL BE WITH FAMILY CELEBRATING MY OWN BIRTHDAY ON THE SAME DAY. 01:04:44.069 --> 01:04:48.440 I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THE SAME BIRTHDAY. 01:04:48.440 --> 01:04:52.319 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIKE. 01:04:52.319 --> 01:05:01.520 I WANT TO AGAIN RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY 27 THROUGH MARCH 3, 2023 AS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AMERICA 01:05:01.520 --> 01:05:03.730 SAVE THIS WEEK. 01:05:03.730 --> 01:05:08.910 WAS PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO PALM BEACH COUNTY ABILITY, STABILITY AND 01:05:08.910 --> 01:05:15.289 VITALITY AND WHEREAS ADEQUATE EMERGENCY SAVINGS, RETIREMENT FUNDS AND SAFE DEBT INCOME CRITICAL 01:05:15.289 --> 01:05:21.470 ARE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL SECURITY AND WHEREAS AMERICA SAVES IS A NATIONAL 01:05:21.470 --> 01:05:28.119 CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE AMERICANS TO TAKE FINANCIAL ACTION IN BUILDING SAVINGS, 01:05:28.119 --> 01:05:34.020 MONEY AND REDUCING DEBT MORE AS GUARDIANS CREDIT UNION IS A PARTNER IN THE AMERICA SAVE 01:05:34.020 --> 01:05:38.920 THIS CAMPAIGN AND IS COMMITTED TO HELPING ITS MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TAKE 01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:41.859 IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACTION TO BUILD WEALTH, NOT DEBT. 01:05:41.859 --> 01:05:47.280 WHERE IS ALL RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ARE CALLED UPON TO START OR INCREASE AN EMERGENCY 01:05:47.280 --> 01:05:52.710 FUND OR TAKE OTHER POSITIVE WEALTH BUILDING ACTION DURING PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AMERICA 01:05:52.710 --> 01:05:58.210 SAVES WEEK AND PLEDGE TO SUSTAIN THAT ACTION DURING THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 01:05:58.210 --> 01:06:02.510 THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA 01:06:02.510 --> 01:06:10.210 ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2023 THAT FEBRUARY 27 OF MARCH 01:06:10.210 --> 01:06:22.539 3, 2023 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AMERICA SAVES WEEK. 01:06:22.539 --> 01:06:32.130 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND ESPECIALLY 01:06:32.130 --> 01:06:33.930 COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 01:06:33.930 --> 01:06:39.819 IT IS NEITHER A GREAT PLEASURE TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF YOUR CREDIT 01:06:39.819 --> 01:06:46.880 UNION, FORMALLY KNOWN AS PALM BEACH COUNTY CREDIT UNION THEN PBC CREDIT UNION AND NOW 01:06:46.880 --> 01:06:48.700 GUARDIANS CREDIT UNION. 01:06:48.700 --> 01:06:56.910 IN HONOR OF OUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS POLICE, FIRE AND CITY AND COUNTY WORKERS. 01:06:56.910 --> 01:07:04.829 WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1953 FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES. 01:07:04.829 --> 01:07:12.800 I WILL KEEP MY REMARKS VERY SHORT AND SAY NO ONE MAKES GOOD FINANCIAL DECISIONS WHEN 01:07:12.800 --> 01:07:14.430 THEY ARE UNDER STRESS. 01:07:14.430 --> 01:07:23.150 IN EMERGENCY SAVINGS WILL GIVE US THE PIECE OF MIND TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS IN TIMES OF 01:07:23.150 --> 01:07:24.390 EMERGENCY. 01:07:24.390 --> 01:07:33.339 AND SO GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION WHOSE ONLY MISSION IS A FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY 01:07:33.339 --> 01:07:40.599 SEEKS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, THIS PALM BEACH COUNTY SAVES WEEK WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN 01:07:40.599 --> 01:07:49.140 HOW TO PAINLESSLY SAVE DURING THESE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES SO THAT WE CAN LIVE OUR BEST 01:07:49.140 --> 01:07:50.740 FINANCIAL LIVES. 01:07:50.740 --> 01:08:00.170 THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US TO EITHER INCREASE 01:08:00.170 --> 01:08:07.750 OR BEGIN YOUR EMERGENCY SAVINGS DURING PALM BEACH COUNTY SAVE THIS WEEK. 01:08:07.750 --> 01:08:32.050 [ CLAPPING ] >> WOULD SHARMAINE COASTAL AND ROHAN SULLIVAN 01:08:32.050 --> 01:08:59.520 PLEASE COME FORWARD? 01:08:59.520 --> 01:09:08.429 BEFORE I GIVE THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU 01:09:08.429 --> 01:09:17.900 DID DURING THE MILLAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS AND OUR 01:09:17.900 --> 01:09:19.060 KIDS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:09:19.060 --> 01:09:25.020 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. 01:09:25.020 --> 01:09:30.700 [ CLAPPING ] >> MY MAN ROHAN. 01:09:30.700 --> 01:09:40.020 I WANT TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO GENESIS MEDIA GROUP IN THE BLACKLUXE 01:09:40.020 --> 01:09:42.620 PICNIC AND MUSICAL FESTIVAL WEEKEND. 01:09:42.620 --> 01:09:48.170 ON THIS RECOGNITION STATES THANK YOU FOR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS 01:09:48.170 --> 01:09:54.490 OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY. 01:09:54.490 --> 01:09:57.199 CONGRATULATIONS. 01:09:57.199 --> 01:10:06.480 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND SPECIFICALLY COMMISSIONER BERNARD AND 01:10:06.480 --> 01:10:08.270 ADMINISTERED VIRGINIA BAKER. 01:10:08.270 --> 01:10:13.520 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN RECOGNIZING US ABOUT 01:10:13.520 --> 01:10:21.190 THE GENESIS MEDIA GROUP, AND THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS WEEKEND. 01:10:21.190 --> 01:10:22.800 NEXT WEEK AND IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. 01:10:22.800 --> 01:10:25.480 IT IS A THREE DAY WEEKEND. 01:10:25.480 --> 01:10:30.020 WE KICKOFF THE WE CAN WITH THE BLACK LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AT THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER IN 01:10:30.020 --> 01:10:32.560 BOYNTON BEACH ON FRIDAY. 01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:36.640 IMPACTFUL, ENGAGING, EMPOWERING. 01:10:36.640 --> 01:10:43.810 ON SATURDAY WE HAVE A LITTLE FUN AT SUNSET COVE AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE CONTINUE TO INVITE 01:10:43.810 --> 01:10:46.980 THE FAMILY TO HAVE FUN WITH US ON PEANUT ISLAND. 01:10:46.980 --> 01:10:51.930 WE WELCOME AND WE INVITE ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 01:10:51.930 --> 01:10:54.600 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 01:10:54.600 --> 01:11:01.410 [ CLAPPING ] >> HELLO AGAIN. 01:11:01.410 --> 01:11:08.320 I'VE BEEN WAITING THIS FOR THE MOMENT OF MY APPOINTMENT. 01:11:08.320 --> 01:11:13.310 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR MY ALMA MATER, PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. 01:11:13.310 --> 01:11:16.090 90 YEARS. 01:11:16.090 --> 01:11:17.480 AMAZING. 01:11:17.480 --> 01:11:25.870 [ CLAPPING ] I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS 01:11:25.870 --> 01:11:33.190 ALUM SARA BAXTER AND COMMISSIONER BENARD. 01:11:33.190 --> 01:11:35.040 ALSO IN ALUM. 01:11:35.040 --> 01:11:41.750 AND COMMISSIONER BERNARD WHO WENT IN THE LEGISLATURE PUSHED THAT THE NAME CHANGE FROM PALM BEACH 01:11:41.750 --> 01:11:44.179 COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. 01:11:44.179 --> 01:11:52.420 I TELL EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE SECOND CHANCE IT GAVE ME WHEN IT WAS PALM BEACH COMMUNITY 01:11:52.420 --> 01:11:54.770 COLLEGE IN 2002. 01:11:54.770 --> 01:11:59.230 AFTER I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE I THOUGHT I WAS READY FOR HIGHER LEARNING, BUT I HAD TO 01:11:59.230 --> 01:12:06.120 TAKE A FEW YEARS TO GROW UP AND REALIZED MY VACATION WAS THE MOST SERIOUS THING FOR MY 01:12:06.120 --> 01:12:11.400 FUTURE PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE, THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE PROFESSIONALS GIVEN THAT SECOND CHANCE 01:12:11.400 --> 01:12:14.670 AND I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT HAVING HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. 01:12:14.670 --> 01:12:17.080 THANK YOU DOCTOR PARKER, THANK YOU PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. 01:12:17.080 --> 01:12:23.530 WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP, DOCTOR PARKER? 01:12:23.530 --> 01:12:37.550 [ CLAPPING ] AND ANYONE ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN PLEASE. 01:12:37.550 --> 01:12:41.960 RECOGNIZING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. 01:12:41.960 --> 01:12:48.410 SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS NOVEMBER 13, 1933 AS PALM BEACH JUNIOR COLLEGE, PALM BEACH STATE 01:12:48.410 --> 01:12:55.520 COLLEGE HAS GROWN FROM HAVING 41 STUDENTS TO 40,000 STUDENTS FROM 151 COUNTRIES AND 01:12:55.520 --> 01:13:03.010 TERRITORIES STUDYING ON FIVE CAMPUSES LOCATED IN BOCA RATON, BELLE GLADE, LAKE WORTH, LOXAHATCHEE 01:13:03.010 --> 01:13:08.280 GROVES, PALM BEACH GARDENS AND ONLINE AND WHEREAS PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE ESTABLISHED 01:13:08.280 --> 01:13:13.150 DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN THERE WAS NO INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING IS NOW AN 01:13:13.150 --> 01:13:20.230 ECONOMIC ENGINE PUMPING 1.1 BILLION INTO THE COUNTY ECONOMY EACH YEAR. 01:13:20.230 --> 01:13:25.740 AND OR AS 1965 PALM BEACH JUNIOR COLLEGE MERGED WITH ROOSEVELT JUNIOR COLLEGE ESTABLISHED 01:13:25.740 --> 01:13:31.340 IN 1958 TO SERVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND WHEREAS PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE PROVIDES 01:13:31.340 --> 01:13:37.100 ACCESSIBLE STUDENT CENTERED TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN ACADEMIC, TECHNICAL AND LIFELONG 01:13:37.100 --> 01:13:40.639 LEARNING TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. 01:13:40.639 --> 01:13:46.150 AND WHEREAS HUNT IS A LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF PALM BEACH STATE 01:13:46.150 --> 01:13:52.080 COLLEGE CAREER THE CERTIFICATES HELPING THEM GAIN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE EMPLOYERS NEED 01:13:52.080 --> 01:13:58.199 IN PROVIDING MENTORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, GUEST SPEAKERS, INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS. 01:13:58.199 --> 01:14:04.590 OR AS WITH MORE THAN 130 PROGRAM OF STUDY, PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE IS THE COUNTY LEADING 01:14:04.590 --> 01:14:12.210 EDUCATOR OF SKILLED PROFESSIONALS CAREER PROGRAM SPAN FIELD SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, COMPUTER SCIENCE, 01:14:12.210 --> 01:14:19.600 BIOTECHNOLOGY, CREATIVE ARTS, CHILDCARE, HUMAN SERVICES, INFORMAL SCIENCE, LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, 01:14:19.600 --> 01:14:25.570 A WIDE VARIETY OF SKILLED TRADES, ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL POWER AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHEREAS 01:14:25.570 --> 01:14:30.730 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CELEBRATES THE VALLEYS A LEGACY OF ACHIEVEMENTS 01:14:30.730 --> 01:14:35.580 OF PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE AND ITS VITAL ROLE AS A PROVIDER OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 01:14:35.580 --> 01:14:37.560 AND CAREER TRAINING. 01:14:37.560 --> 01:14:42.159 AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY IN THE REGION. 01:14:42.159 --> 01:14:45.700 THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY 01:14:45.700 --> 01:14:53.130 FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 2023 THE BOARD HEREBY RECOGNIZES 01:14:53.130 --> 01:15:02.919 THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. 01:15:02.919 --> 01:15:20.449 [ CLAPPING ] >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. 01:15:20.449 --> 01:15:21.449 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:15:21.449 --> 01:15:23.630 COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:15:23.630 --> 01:15:27.210 IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO SERVE. 01:15:27.210 --> 01:15:32.420 I AM THE CHAIR THE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 01:15:32.420 --> 01:15:40.440 WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AN INSTITUTION THAT STANDS RATING 01:15:40.440 --> 01:15:47.010 HAS BEEN RADY DOES PROVIDE THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BUILD THE ECONOMY. 01:15:47.010 --> 01:15:51.290 WE ARE PLEASED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. 01:15:51.290 --> 01:15:56.000 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT 90 YEARS. 01:15:56.000 --> 01:16:01.250 WE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE. 01:16:01.250 --> 01:16:07.300 WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND 01:16:07.300 --> 01:16:11.340 MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE, I WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE AS WELL. 01:16:11.340 --> 01:16:21.000 >> AND IT KNOW YOU SAID ONE SPEAKER BUT I HAD TO SNEAK MY BOSS AND. 01:16:21.000 --> 01:16:26.900 TO THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND TO THE COMMISSION AND GRADUATES. 01:16:26.900 --> 01:16:37.420 PLEASE KNOW THAT IT IS MY JOB TO ENSURE THE INVESTMENT MADE IN PALM BEACH COLLEGE, THAT 01:16:37.420 --> 01:16:38.420 IT GROWS. 01:16:38.420 --> 01:16:41.460 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WAS A GREAT CHOICE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT THINGS THEY CONTINUE 01:16:41.460 --> 01:16:43.310 TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. 01:16:43.310 --> 01:16:47.480 AND COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE YOUR INVESTMENT GROWS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GROW AND EXPAND 01:16:47.480 --> 01:16:56.020 THE INSTITUTION BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING IS 80 PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATES WHEN THEY COMPLETE 01:16:56.020 --> 01:16:58.389 THEIR PROGRAM THEY STAY IN THE COMMUNITY. 01:16:58.389 --> 01:17:02.330 WE REALLY ARE A PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HELPS THEM MAKE THINGS WORK HERE AND 01:17:02.330 --> 01:17:05.120 I AM PROUD TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 01:17:05.120 --> 01:17:06.810 THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US. 01:17:06.810 --> 01:17:13.370 WE ARE THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND WE UNDERSTAND 01:17:13.370 --> 01:17:15.550 THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH THAT. 01:17:15.550 --> 01:17:20.770 FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO GRADUATE CHOOSE TO GET A POST HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL, COMP 01:17:20.770 --> 01:17:27.280 PALM BEACH COUNTY INSTITUTION AND WE UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH THAT. 01:17:27.280 --> 01:17:28.600 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 01:17:28.600 --> 01:17:34.590 IF I CAN GO TO EACH ONE YOU AND IDENTIFY AMAZING THINGS YOU'VE DONE JUST SINCE I HAVE BEEN 01:17:34.590 --> 01:17:37.910 HERE TO MAKE OUR INSTITUTION GREAT. 01:17:37.910 --> 01:17:43.830 THANK YOU TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND TO EVERYONE. 01:17:43.830 --> 01:17:50.060 FOR THE FACT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLEGE LIKE OURS PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 01:17:50.060 --> 01:17:55.670 OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE EVERY RESIDENT HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POST HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL 01:17:55.670 --> 01:18:01.220 20 MINUTES FROM THE HOME AND WE ARE WORKING TO DO THAT AS BEST AS WE CAN AND WE ARE SO 01:18:01.220 --> 01:18:04.250 PROUD TO HAVE THAT ROLE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:18:04.250 --> 01:18:08.810 THANK YOU FOR THE GREEN JACKET TODAY. 01:18:08.810 --> 01:18:14.800 I KNOW YOU ARE NOT WEARING GREEN FOR ME TODAY BUT I WILL TAKE IT ANYWAY. 01:18:14.800 --> 01:18:17.140 AND YES, WE ARE THE PROUD PANTHERS. 01:18:17.140 --> 01:18:19.010 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:18:19.010 --> 01:18:25.520 [ CLAPPING ] WHAT IS A BIRTHDAY PARTY WITHOUT A GIFT. 01:18:25.520 --> 01:18:29.160 JUST A FEW THINGS. 01:18:29.160 --> 01:18:30.680 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:18:30.680 --> 01:18:39.440 SPOKE FOR THAT 90TH YEAR OUR THEME IS KNOWLEDGE IS FOREVER AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH 01:18:39.440 --> 01:20:03.520 YOU. 01:20:03.520 --> 01:20:31.710 >> WITH JAMES GREEN, [NAME] AND CLINTON FORD PLEASE COME FORWARD? 01:20:31.710 --> 01:20:38.690 THIS PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 2023 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 01:20:38.690 --> 01:20:45.670 WHEREAS IN 1926 DOCTOR CARTER WOODS, A HISTORIAN, REALIZED UNDER THE BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICAN 01:20:45.670 --> 01:20:51.960 HISTORY AND DECIDED TO LAUNCH A ONE-WEEK CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS. 01:20:51.960 --> 01:20:57.760 HE JUST THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY BECAUSE IT CAN COINCIDE WITH THE BIRTH DATE OF TWO 01:20:57.760 --> 01:21:05.260 PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE STRUGGLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR THEIR FREEDOM. 01:21:05.260 --> 01:21:11.810 WHEREAS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BEGAN 01:21:11.810 --> 01:21:18.770 TO CLAIM THE ENTIRE MONTH OF EVERY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND IN 1976 PRESIDENT GERALD 01:21:18.770 --> 01:21:22.770 FORD DECLARED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 01:21:22.770 --> 01:21:30.020 ON FEBRUARY 11, 1986 CONGRESS PASSED A JOINT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING FEBRUARY AS NATIONAL 01:21:30.020 --> 01:21:31.690 BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 01:21:31.690 --> 01:21:39.420 THE STATED PURPOSE OF THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES 01:21:39.420 --> 01:21:44.850 TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GET A BETTER APPRECIATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS 01:21:44.850 --> 01:21:47.920 TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO THE WORLD. 01:21:47.920 --> 01:21:54.650 IN 2006 CONGRESS PASSED A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION THAT EXPANDED THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY 01:21:54.650 --> 01:22:01.880 MONTH TO INCLUDE RECOGNITION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTION OF EFFORT DESCENDENTS IN 01:22:01.880 --> 01:22:05.739 ALL THE AMERICAS. 01:22:05.739 --> 01:22:10.800 A LITTLE LESS THAN 50 YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT FORD'S DECLARATION, THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK 01:22:10.800 --> 01:22:18.270 HISTORY MONTH HAS BECOME TRULY NATIONAL WITH PROGRAMS ORGANIZED ON THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY 01:22:18.270 --> 01:22:23.620 CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAS BECOME A PART OF THE CURRICULUM 01:22:23.620 --> 01:22:30.920 OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN THE 01:22:30.920 --> 01:22:34.900 COUNTRY AS A WHOLE HAS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN TERMS OF RACE RELATIONS. 01:22:34.900 --> 01:22:39.960 WE HAVE SEEN BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. 01:22:39.960 --> 01:22:44.850 FOR INSTANCE, IN 1990 MODEL FORD LEE BECOME THE FIRST COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN PALM BEACH 01:22:44.850 --> 01:22:49.340 COUNTY IN 2008 WE ELECTED OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. 01:22:49.340 --> 01:22:56.250 IN 2015 WE APPOINTED OUR FIRST BLACK COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MS. 01:22:56.250 --> 01:23:00.100 VIRGINIA BAKER. 01:23:00.100 --> 01:23:05.770 AND WHEREAS HOWEVER, DESPITE THE SUCCESSES WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AS A COUNTRY. 01:23:05.770 --> 01:23:11.450 INDEED, WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND DESCENDENTS TO AMERICA, WE CANNOT FORGET 01:23:11.450 --> 01:23:18.020 THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS HAVING ON BLACK COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT 01:23:18.020 --> 01:23:21.830 THE COMMUNITY AND THE SENSELESS KILLINGS OF BLACK PEOPLE. 01:23:21.830 --> 01:23:26.710 WE HAVE TO WORK EVEN HARDER TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY MORE. 01:23:26.710 --> 01:23:32.940 PLACE WHERE EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTION IS RECOGNIZED AND VALUED IN AMERICAN HISTORY IS TRULY INCLUSIVE 01:23:32.940 --> 01:23:39.080 OF ALL PEOPLE THAT PROPOSE THIS GREAT TAPESTRY THAT IS OUR NATION. 01:23:39.080 --> 01:23:43.100 THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA 01:23:43.100 --> 01:23:49.980 ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DATE OF THE VERY 2023 LED FEBRUARY 2023 IN PALM 01:23:49.980 --> 01:23:55.929 BEACH COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIM BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 01:23:55.929 --> 01:23:58.239 CONGRATULATIONS. 01:23:58.239 --> 01:24:02.190 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER BERNARD, 01:24:02.190 --> 01:24:05.469 MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. 01:24:05.469 --> 01:24:12.480 WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:24:12.480 --> 01:24:20.719 MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURAL TO HER TAKING PLACE 01:24:20.719 --> 01:24:25.719 FEBRUARY 13 AND FEBRUARY 27. 01:24:25.719 --> 01:24:34.260 CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCILS AND ADOPT A FAMILY TO HOST THE STEWARD OF VARIOUS HISTORIC SITES 01:24:34.260 --> 01:24:35.260 THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:24:35.260 --> 01:24:40.409 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT LEARNING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE 01:24:40.409 --> 01:24:45.880 IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN BE A POWERFUL TOOL FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND STAKEHOLDERS. 01:24:45.880 --> 01:24:53.110 THEY CAN BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT 01:24:53.110 --> 01:24:55.580 THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL. 01:24:55.580 --> 01:25:01.030 CAN HELP EMPLOYEES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN 01:25:01.030 --> 01:25:07.139 COMMUNITIES AND HOW THESE CHALLENGES SHAPE THEIR LIVES AND THIS CAN LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE 01:25:07.139 --> 01:25:12.020 INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. 01:25:12.020 --> 01:25:16.670 AND FINALLY, BY UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER 01:25:16.670 --> 01:25:21.150 STAKEHOLDERS CAN RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE COMMUNITY AND BE MORE SENSITIVE 01:25:21.150 --> 01:25:26.850 TO THEIR NEEDS THROUGH THIS CAN HELP FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING OF RESPECT AND BUILD BETTER 01:25:26.850 --> 01:25:32.330 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. 01:25:32.330 --> 01:25:39.020 WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS IN VISITING 01:25:39.020 --> 01:25:45.739 THESE VARIOUS SITES AND THERE ARE SLOTS REMAINING FEBRUARY 13 SO WE INVITE ANY OF YOU WHO ARE 01:25:45.739 --> 01:25:47.100 WILLING TO JOIN US. 01:25:47.100 --> 01:25:54.950 THANK YOU. 01:25:54.950 --> 01:26:04.730 [ CLAPPING ] >> I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OF ADRIANA PEREZ 01:26:04.730 --> 01:26:09.160 AND ANDREA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FROM WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION. 01:26:09.160 --> 01:26:12.239 IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A MORNING. 01:26:12.239 --> 01:26:15.639 I WANT TO SAY THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD WORK IN OUR COUNTY. 01:26:15.639 --> 01:26:17.620 NEW CAN TELL BY THE PROCLAMATIONS. 01:26:17.620 --> 01:26:21.370 CHEERS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME BEFORE AND CAME AFTER US. 01:26:21.370 --> 01:26:27.430 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, THIS ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED 01:26:27.430 --> 01:26:31.239 70 YEARS AGO IN AUSTIN TEXAS. 01:26:31.239 --> 01:26:36.270 MY MOM WAS A MEMBER IN THE LATE 70s IN THE HARTFORD BRANCH IN CONNECTICUT. 01:26:36.270 --> 01:26:43.990 IT IS MY HONOR TO DO THE PROCLAMATION TODAY FOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION. 01:26:43.990 --> 01:26:51.250 WEEKLY MARCH 5-11, 2023 AT THE 20TH ANNUAL WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK WITH THE NATIONAL 01:26:51.250 --> 01:26:56.830 ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION GREATER PALM BEACH CHAPTER 87 WAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF 01:26:56.830 --> 01:27:02.300 FOR 59 YEARS AS THE VOICE WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND WHEREAS THE WORK 01:27:02.300 --> 01:27:07.619 DONE BY THE CHAPTER HAS BENEFITED SOUTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND 01:27:07.619 --> 01:27:09.030 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 01:27:09.030 --> 01:27:14.429 AND WHEREAS THE GREATER PALM BEACH CHAPTER 87 IS INCREASINGLY PROMOTED THE IMPLEMENT 01:27:14.429 --> 01:27:19.330 ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHEREAS THE CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY REPRESENTED 01:27:19.330 --> 01:27:25.230 BY GREATER PALM BEACH CHAPTER 87 HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE FOSTERING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 01:27:25.230 --> 01:27:30.760 THROUGH RENOVATION AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, PROMOTION OF SKILLED TRADES CAREER IN A POSITIVE 01:27:30.760 --> 01:27:35.800 VISION OF THE FUTURE AND WHEREAS THE CHAPTER HAS SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FOR 01:27:35.800 --> 01:27:41.480 SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN A COOPERATIVE SPIRIT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 01:27:41.480 --> 01:27:48.420 WHERE IS ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE THE GREATER PALM BEACH CHAPTER 87 AND THE 01:27:48.420 --> 01:27:54.020 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS FOR HIS STEADFAST WORK AND EFFORTS ADVANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN 01:27:54.020 --> 01:28:00.210 IN CONSTRUCTION. 01:28:00.210 --> 01:28:08.030 ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF EVERY THAT MARCH 5-11, 2023 IN PALM BEACH 01:28:08.030 --> 01:28:15.750 COUNTY HAS HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 25TH ANNUAL WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK. 01:28:15.750 --> 01:28:22.130 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. 01:28:22.130 --> 01:28:33.700 THINKING THERE, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY STOPPING WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 01:28:33.700 --> 01:28:40.500 70 YEARS WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS NATIONALLY AND IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WITH 50 MEMBERS IT HAS 01:28:40.500 --> 01:28:48.300 BEEN MY MISSION AS PRESIDENT FIRST LATINA PRESIDENT IN PERSON A COLOR PRESIDENT OF THIS 01:28:48.300 --> 01:28:55.489 CHAPTER, IT HAS BEEN OUR MISSION TO NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION 01:28:55.489 --> 01:29:04.260 THROUGH EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH BUT MORE INCREASINGLY 01:29:04.260 --> 01:29:10.600 OUR DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR SMALL MINORITY WHO WE ARE PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU 01:29:10.600 --> 01:29:15.421 SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, TO CHECK 01:29:15.421 --> 01:29:17.920 OUT OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY. 01:29:17.920 --> 01:29:21.170 CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. 01:29:21.170 --> 01:29:22.170 THANK YOU. 01:29:22.170 --> 01:29:36.090 WE ARE VERY PROUD. 01:29:36.090 --> 01:29:54.650 [ CLAPPING ] >> WE HAVE TWO MORE. 01:29:54.650 --> 01:30:05.520 I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP DOCTOR CASEY, SEAN, DOCTOR JAMES GREEN, [NAME]. 01:30:05.520 --> 01:30:18.810 TODAY WE ARE DECLARING FEBRUARY 7 AS NATIONAL BLACK HIV AIDS AWARENESS DAY. 01:30:18.810 --> 01:30:24.310 ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE JOIN US. 01:30:24.310 --> 01:30:28.420 YOU DON'T GET ANYWHERE BEING SHY. 01:30:28.420 --> 01:30:31.020 COME ON, YOU CAN COME UP TOO. 01:30:31.020 --> 01:30:35.800 DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS? 01:30:35.800 --> 01:30:41.580 I KNOW YOU ARE RETIRING, BUT COME ON NOW TO READ NO MATTER IF YOU RETIRE, THEY ARE STILL 01:30:41.580 --> 01:30:42.750 GOING TO PULL YOU IN. 01:30:42.750 --> 01:30:46.570 YOU KNOW THAT. 01:30:46.570 --> 01:30:51.150 SHE STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 01:30:51.150 --> 01:30:55.780 THIS IS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA DECLARING 01:30:55.780 --> 01:31:00.690 FEBRUARY 7, 2023 AS NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY. 01:31:00.690 --> 01:31:07.240 MORE AS WE RECOGNIZE THE STATE INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT HIV AIDS AMONG BLACK COMMUNITIES AND 01:31:07.240 --> 01:31:11.770 ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN PREVENTION EFFORTS, GET TESTED AND GET TREATMENT IF THEY 01:31:11.770 --> 01:31:17.310 ARE LIVING WITH HIV AND WHEREAS WORLDWIDE AN ESTIMATED 38.4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING 01:31:17.310 --> 01:31:24.010 WITH HIV AN ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION INFECTIONS OCCURRED IN 2021. 01:31:24.010 --> 01:31:29.739 WHICH IS AN ESTIMATED 41 HUNDRED NEW INFECTIONS EVERY DAY. 01:31:29.739 --> 01:31:34.520 WHEREAS WORLDWIDE 15 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WITH HIV DO NOT KNOW THEIR STATUS AND ONLY 01:31:34.520 --> 01:31:42.949 75 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WITH HIV WHO NEED LIFE-SAVING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ARE CURRENTLY 01:31:42.949 --> 01:31:44.739 ACCESSING THESE MEDICATIONS. 01:31:44.739 --> 01:31:52.720 WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC GLOBALLY MEANS ENSURING 01:31:52.720 --> 01:31:57.900 THE VOICES OF ALL PEOPLE WITH HIV ARE CENTRAL IN ALL OUR WORK. 01:31:57.900 --> 01:32:06.040 AND LIKEWISE RECOGNIZE THAT DESPITE THE MANY HARD-WON GAMES OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, HIV 01:32:06.040 --> 01:32:12.010 REMAINS A THREAT DOMESTICALLY AND GLOBALLY WHEREAS DESPITE PROGRESS, HIV CONTINUES TO 01:32:12.010 --> 01:32:15.960 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. 01:32:15.960 --> 01:32:22.250 NATIONWIDE MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS OCCUR AMONG BLACK PEOPLE AND IN 01:32:22.250 --> 01:32:27.139 PALM BEACH COUNTY 58 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WITH HIV ARE BLACK. 01:32:27.139 --> 01:32:32.200 WHEREAS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY MORE THAN A THOUSAND PERSONS ARE LIVING WITH HIV IN THE PALM BEACH 01:32:32.200 --> 01:32:37.159 COUNTY HIV CARE COUNCIL AND THE PALM BEACH COUNSEL COMMUNITY PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP THROUGH 01:32:37.159 --> 01:32:43.210 ITS PARTNERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO RENEW HIV AIDS AWARENESS AND TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN 01:32:43.210 --> 01:32:47.409 THE LOCAL EFFORT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF HIV IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:32:47.409 --> 01:32:51.880 THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA 01:32:51.880 --> 01:32:57.420 ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY THAT EVERY SEVEN 2023 IN PALM 01:32:57.420 --> 01:33:03.600 BEACH COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED NATIONAL BLACK HIV AIDS AWARENESS DAY. 01:33:03.600 --> 01:33:11.060 [ CLAPPING ] WHO WANTS TO TALK? 01:33:11.060 --> 01:33:15.990 >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MARINO FOR SPONSORING THIS PROCLAMATION DAVID GOODMAN EMERT, VICE 01:33:15.990 --> 01:33:18.070 MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND ADMINISTRATOR BAKER. 01:33:18.070 --> 01:33:21.590 AND GIVE FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. 01:33:21.590 --> 01:33:25.550 NIGHT PROGRAM MANAGER FOR HIV ELIMINATION SERVICES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:33:25.550 --> 01:33:31.300 AM HONORED TO BE PRESENT TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL BLACK HIV AIDS AWARENESS DAY IN PALM BEACH 01:33:31.300 --> 01:33:32.300 COUNTY. 01:33:32.300 --> 01:33:37.800 FIRST OBSERVED IN 1999, NATIONAL BLACK HIV AWARENESS DAY ACKNOWLEDGES HOW HIV DISPROPORTIONATELY 01:33:37.800 --> 01:33:40.690 AND UNJUSTLY IMPACTS BLACK PEOPLE. 01:33:40.690 --> 01:33:46.010 BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN REDUCING HIV, YET RACISM, DISCONNECTION 01:33:46.010 --> 01:33:50.560 AND MISTRUST IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AFFECTS WHAT THE BLACK PEOPLE SEEK OR RECEIVE HIV 01:33:50.560 --> 01:33:52.100 PREVENTION SERVICES. 01:33:52.100 --> 01:33:57.340 THESE ISSUES REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ENGAGING IN HIV TREATMENT AND CARE. 01:33:57.340 --> 01:34:03.880 NATIONAL BLACK HIV AWARENESS DATE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE TESTING, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 01:34:03.880 --> 01:34:06.670 AND TREATMENT AMONG BLACK COMMUNITIES. 01:34:06.670 --> 01:34:09.100 THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 01:34:09.100 --> 01:34:16.560 IN 2022 THERE 8417 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST 01:34:16.560 --> 01:34:19.730 LEVEL IN FIVE YEARS. 01:34:19.730 --> 01:34:25.020 YOU HEAR THAT STATISTIC IT MAY SOUND LIKE A NEGATIVE DATA POINT, BUT THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTING 01:34:25.020 --> 01:34:30.810 FACTOR TO THE FIVE-YEAR HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IS DUE TO HIV RELATED DEATHS 01:34:30.810 --> 01:34:34.390 BEING AT THEIR LOWEST RATE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 01:34:34.390 --> 01:34:39.960 VERY SIMPLY, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV BECAUSE FEWER PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM 01:34:39.960 --> 01:34:41.690 HIV. 01:34:41.690 --> 01:34:45.540 THIS IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF CARE AND TREATMENT PROVIDED BY 01:34:45.540 --> 01:34:48.580 THE HIV SYSTEM OF CARE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:34:48.580 --> 01:34:56.620 IS PASSED TO THE NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING SERVICES INCREASED BY 13 PERCENT TO 4155, 01:34:56.620 --> 01:35:01.260 WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND NEARLY HALF OF ALL PEOPLE WITH HIV 01:35:01.260 --> 01:35:02.260 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:35:02.260 --> 01:35:03.489 I WANT TO RESTATE THAT. 01:35:03.489 --> 01:35:09.270 HALF OF ALL PEOPLE WITH HIV IN PALM BEACH COUNTY RECEIVE SERVICES FROM OUR COUNTY HIV 01:35:09.270 --> 01:35:10.620 PROGRAMS. 01:35:10.620 --> 01:35:18.080 IN ADDITION, PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SERVICES HAVE A VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE OF 89.3 PERCENT WHICH 01:35:18.080 --> 01:35:22.540 IS 20 PERCENT POINTS HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. 01:35:22.540 --> 01:35:28.100 WHAT IS EVEN MORE PROMISING IS OUR VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE INCREASED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS DESPITE 01:35:28.100 --> 01:35:32.620 LINGERING EFFECTS OF COVID-19 AND THE INCREASE OF PERSONS RECEIVING SERVICES. 01:35:32.620 --> 01:35:36.770 STILL THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 01:35:36.770 --> 01:35:40.600 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE, NOT ONLY FOR 01:35:40.600 --> 01:35:47.000 PEOPLE WITH HIV BUT COMPOUNDS THE CHALLENGES PEOPLE WITH HIV HAS BEEN FACING. 01:35:47.000 --> 01:35:54.920 THERE ARE 325 PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AND HOMELESSNESS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:35:54.920 --> 01:36:02.920 LAUNCH NEW HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV AND SERVE MORE THAN 123 OF 01:36:02.920 --> 01:36:04.670 THE HOUSEHOLDS. 01:36:04.670 --> 01:36:07.600 THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 01:36:07.600 --> 01:36:11.980 COMMUNITIES ARE NOT BURDENED EQUALLY BY HIV THAT IS A SPECIFIC ISSUE WE ARE BRINGING AWARENESS 01:36:11.980 --> 01:36:12.980 TO TODAY. 01:36:12.980 --> 01:36:17.420 PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND MORE THAN 50 PERCENT 01:36:17.420 --> 01:36:22.920 OF NEW DIAGNOSES WERE AMONG THE PERSONS WHO IDENTIFIED AND BLOCKED PERSONS WITH HIV ARE 01:36:22.920 --> 01:36:28.000 NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE IN HIV RELATED THAT COMPARED TO WHITE PERSONS WITH 01:36:28.000 --> 01:36:29.190 HIV. 01:36:29.190 --> 01:36:34.250 IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE EVERY PERSON WITH HIV HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL 01:36:34.250 --> 01:36:39.380 HEALTH THROUGH THIS IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES BY CONFRONTING HISTORICAL 01:36:39.380 --> 01:36:44.900 INJUSTICES THAT CONTINUE TO CREATE BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS. 01:36:44.900 --> 01:36:51.440 TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES DIRECTLY, THE ILLUMINATION PROGRAM COMMITTED 650,000 DOLLARS 01:36:51.440 --> 01:36:56.920 TO LOCAL MINORITY AGENT INITIATIVES PROGRAMS AND CREATED HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR POSITION 01:36:56.920 --> 01:37:00.920 IN HIV ELIMINATION SECTION TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. 01:37:00.920 --> 01:37:03.969 STILL THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 01:37:03.969 --> 01:37:10.719 ON BLACK HIV AWARENESS DAY WE HONOR THE LIVES LOST, CELEBRATE THOSE THRIVING WITH HIV WHILE 01:37:10.719 --> 01:37:16.120 RECOGNIZING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE ACCESS TO HIV CARE IS EQUITABLE BUT WE WILL 01:37:16.120 --> 01:37:20.600 CONTINUE TO MAKE ADVANCES IN THE COMING YEARS TO IMPROVE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS 01:37:20.600 --> 01:37:25.210 TO COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY THROUGH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT 01:37:25.210 --> 01:37:29.869 COUNSELING WHILE ILLUMINATING HIV STIGMA AND DISPARITIES. 01:37:29.869 --> 01:37:35.870 THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE, BUT PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THE PASSION, COMMITMENT, DIVISION 01:37:35.870 --> 01:37:41.080 AND YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THIS WORK UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR MISSION TO END HIV ONCE AND 01:37:41.080 --> 01:37:45.030 FOR ALL VERY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO BE WITH US TODAY. 01:37:45.030 --> 01:37:46.980 EVERYONE STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY. 01:37:46.980 --> 01:38:04.560 THANK YOU. 01:38:04.560 --> 01:39:00.670 [ CLAPPING ] >>Gregg Weiss: LAST BUT NOT LEAST BY ANY STRETCH 01:39:00.670 --> 01:39:07.500 OF THE IMAGINATION. 01:39:07.500 --> 01:39:12.040 GOOD MORNING. 01:39:12.040 --> 01:39:22.060 WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR FRIEND AND OUR PARTNER DOCTOR ALINA ALONSO. 01:39:22.060 --> 01:39:27.690 DOCTOR ALINA ALONSO HAS BEEN SERVING THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT 01:39:27.690 --> 01:39:34.980 OF HEALTH IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SINCE 1989 AS DIRECTOR FROM 2009. 01:39:34.980 --> 01:39:42.429 SHE OVERSAW THE OPERATIONS OF ONE OF THE LARGEST COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE. 01:39:42.429 --> 01:39:47.760 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF PRIMARY SERVICES AT 01:39:47.760 --> 01:39:51.679 SEVEN HEALTHCARE CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 01:39:51.679 --> 01:40:00.440 SERVICES INCLUDE EPIDEMIOLOGY, DISEASE CONTROL, ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH, NUTRITION, EMERGENCY 01:40:00.440 --> 01:40:06.460 PREPAREDNESS, SCHOOL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EDUCATION. 01:40:06.460 --> 01:40:12.940 WHEREAS DOCTOR ALONSO EARNED A SCIENCE DEGREE IN BIOLOGY FROM PERRY UNIVERSITY IN 1978 WITH 01:40:12.940 --> 01:40:16.449 THE DOUBLE MINOR IN CHEMISTRY AND MATHEMATICS. 01:40:16.449 --> 01:40:28.520 PURSUED HER MEDICAL CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY [NAME] IN MEXICO AND GRADUATED IN 1984. 01:40:28.520 --> 01:40:34.190 SHE COMPLETED HER RESIDENCY IN FAMILY MEDICINE AT NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE ST. 01:40:34.190 --> 01:40:37.920 JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER IN 1988. 01:40:37.920 --> 01:40:43.730 SHE HAS HAD TRAINING IN BIOCHEMICAL TERRORISM, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND COMMUNICABLE 01:40:43.730 --> 01:40:45.960 DISEASES. 01:40:45.960 --> 01:40:54.600 AS AN ADVOCATE, HEALER AND LEADER, HER EXPERIENCE RANGES FROM ANTHRAX TO Z GOOD THAT INCLUDES 01:40:54.600 --> 01:41:03.940 EBOLA, H1N1, HIV AIDS, HURRICANES, STDS AND TB. 01:41:03.940 --> 01:41:10.560 SHE SERVED AS A KEY FIGURE IN THE COUNTY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 01:41:10.560 --> 01:41:16.199 AND WHEREAS DURING THE PANDEMIC DOCTOR ALONSO PROVIDED DAILY, WEEKLY AND ON-DEMAND BRIEFINGS 01:41:16.199 --> 01:41:18.030 TO COMMUNITY LEADERS. 01:41:18.030 --> 01:41:25.820 SHE PARTICIPATED IN COUNTLESS PRESENTATIONS AND INSURED THERE IS HEALTH EQUITY FOR NON-ENGLISH 01:41:25.820 --> 01:41:29.810 RESIDENTS TO KEEP ALL FAMILIES SAFE. 01:41:29.810 --> 01:41:34.420 WHEREAS SHE IS A DIPLOMAT FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE, MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 01:41:34.420 --> 01:41:39.800 ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICERS ON THE PALM HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION BOARD OF 01:41:39.800 --> 01:41:45.860 DIRECTORS AND IS AN APPOINTED COMMISSIONER ON HEALTHCARE DISTRICT PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD 01:41:45.860 --> 01:41:48.150 OF COMMISSIONERS. 01:41:48.150 --> 01:41:53.440 WHEREAS SHE HAS EARNED NUMEROUS PUBLIC-HEALTH AWARDS MOST RECENTLY INCLUDE THE 2020 HEROES 01:41:53.440 --> 01:42:02.250 MEDICINE TERESA LAROCCA MD LEADERSHIP AWARD IN 2021 PALM BEACH COUNTY COVID-19 OUTSTANDING 01:42:02.250 --> 01:42:08.750 SERVICE RECOGNITION AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2021 PALM BEACH COUNTY ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON 01:42:08.750 --> 01:42:11.650 FOUNDATION CULTURE OF HEALTH PRICE. 01:42:11.650 --> 01:42:16.960 WHEREAS SHE IS A FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN BY TRAINING BUT A PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE PUBLIC 01:42:16.960 --> 01:42:19.710 HEALTH SERVICE BY CHOICE. 01:42:19.710 --> 01:42:26.639 SHE COMBINES HER CUBAN HERITAGE IN HER EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 01:42:26.639 --> 01:42:34.170 TO STAY ACTIVE IN MINORITY HEALTH ISSUES, PATIENT RIGHTS ADVOCACY, PERSONAL DIVERSITY, 01:42:34.170 --> 01:42:38.450 HEALTH EQUITY AND POPULATION HEALTH. 01:42:38.450 --> 01:42:43.930 THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION 01:42:43.930 --> 01:42:48.619 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. 01:42:48.619 --> 01:42:54.310 BE PROCLAIMED WE ARE HONORING DOCTOR ALINA ALONSO. 01:42:54.310 --> 01:42:59.830 THANK YOU DOCTOR ALONSO AND NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR YOU. 01:42:59.830 --> 01:43:05.980 ROLL THE TAPE. 01:43:05.980 --> 01:43:43.199 [ CLAPPING ] >>Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU DOCTOR ALONSO. 01:43:43.199 --> 01:44:40.500 YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WITH US WHEN WE NEEDED THE MOST. 01:44:40.500 --> 01:44:41.700 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:44:41.700 --> 01:44:43.150 PLEASE SIT DOWN. 01:44:43.150 --> 01:44:45.739 SIT DOWN, PLEASE. 01:44:45.739 --> 01:44:52.710 AND KHMER, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, EVERYBODY UP HERE AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU AND HUG TO 01:44:52.710 --> 01:44:54.280 MISS VIRGINIA BAKER. 01:44:54.280 --> 01:44:55.280 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:44:55.280 --> 01:45:01.350 AND OF COURSE THE REST YOUR STAFF AND WHO EVER PUT THESE PICTURES TOGETHER. 01:45:01.350 --> 01:45:06.760 IT IS A GREAT HONOR. 01:45:06.760 --> 01:45:12.580 I HAD NO OTHER PURPOSE WHEN I CAME TO DO MEDICINE OTHER THAN TO HELP MY COMMUNITY. 01:45:12.580 --> 01:45:21.230 I SPECIFICALLY CAME BACK TO PALM BEACH COUNTY TO DO THAT BECAUSE I FELT THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS 01:45:21.230 --> 01:45:23.650 WANTED TO DO. 01:45:23.650 --> 01:45:25.210 THAT'S WHY I WENT INTO MEDICINE. 01:45:25.210 --> 01:45:29.150 WROTE THAT ON MY FIRST APPLICATION IN MEDICAL SCHOOL. 01:45:29.150 --> 01:45:34.600 EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOTTEN ASKED TO GO TO MANY PLACES INCLUDING NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C. 01:45:34.600 --> 01:45:39.849 AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, I'VE ALWAYS SAID NO BECAUSE MY JOB WAS HERE. 01:45:39.849 --> 01:45:41.429 TO GET BACK TO MY COMMUNITY. 01:45:41.429 --> 01:45:48.489 I AM VERY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED ALL OF THESE YEARS AND I AM PROBABLY THE MOST PROUD TO 01:45:48.489 --> 01:45:53.599 HAVE SERVED TO THE COVID EXPERIENCE I HAD IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:45:53.599 --> 01:46:00.340 IT WAS TOUGH BUT IT TAUGHT ME A LOT AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE A LITTLE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE 01:46:00.340 --> 01:46:01.350 WAY WE HANDLED IT. 01:46:01.350 --> 01:46:05.909 I THINK WE HANDLED IT BEAUTIFULLY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO 01:46:05.909 --> 01:46:08.900 WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. 01:46:08.900 --> 01:46:14.119 HAVE A QUOTE THAT IS MY FAVORITE QUOTE SO I WILL USE IT ONE MORE TIME TO MAKE A POINT. 01:46:14.119 --> 01:46:20.849 THAT IS FROM RALPH EMERSON HERE IT IS QUOTE SAID THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS NOT TO BE HAPPY. 01:46:20.849 --> 01:46:27.480 IT IS TO BE USEFUL, TO BE HONORABLE, TO BE PASSIONATE, TO HAVE IT MAKE IT DIFFERENCE 01:46:27.480 --> 01:46:29.719 THAT YOU HAVE LIVED AND LIVED WELL. 01:46:29.719 --> 01:46:38.000 THAT HAS BEEN MY GOAL IS TO HAVE PERFORMED MY JOB HONORABLY, TELL THE TRUTH, GIVE YOU 01:46:38.000 --> 01:46:43.420 GOOD ADVICE SO YOU CAN THEN MAKE DECISIONS ON THIS BOARD ATTRIBUTE THE SAME THAT I DID 01:46:43.420 --> 01:46:50.960 WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ASKED ME FOR MY ADVICE ON FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 01:46:50.960 --> 01:46:56.620 I ALWAYS TRIED TO STICK TO THE FACTS AND THAT IS WHAT I TRY TO DO EVERY TIME I CAME AND 01:46:56.620 --> 01:47:01.660 STOOD BEFORE YOU SO YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU HAD FOR YOUR 01:47:01.660 --> 01:47:04.940 COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 01:47:04.940 --> 01:47:09.020 SO IT IS WITH PLEASURE I BELIEVE, BUT I'M NOT GOING AWAY. 01:47:09.020 --> 01:47:16.290 I WILL CONTINUE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, CONTINUE WORKING FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND TO ELIMINATE 01:47:16.290 --> 01:47:21.460 THIS DISPARITIES WE HAVE IN EVERY COMMUNITY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN PALM BEACH 01:47:21.460 --> 01:47:26.640 COUNTY THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR PURITY WILL STILL SEE ME AROUND, I'M STILL LIVING IN PALM 01:47:26.640 --> 01:47:28.750 BEACH COUNTY IS STILL WORKING FOR YOU. 01:47:28.750 --> 01:47:41.350 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:47:41.350 --> 01:47:53.710 [ CLAPPING ] >> MR. 01:47:53.710 --> 01:48:50.119 MAYOR, CAN WE DO THE PICTURE UP – WE ARE GOING TO DO A GROUP PHOTO. 01:48:50.119 --> 01:49:10.190 >>Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 01:49:10.190 --> 01:49:39.830 I THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. 01:49:39.830 --> 01:49:45.190 MOVING ON, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA 01:49:45.190 --> 01:49:49.420 AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS HERE FOR THE AIRPORTS. 01:49:49.420 --> 01:49:59.860 THESE MOSTLY HAVE TO DO WITH TRANSFER OF FUNDS THAT REQUIRES FOR US TO HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA. 01:49:59.860 --> 01:50:02.550 SO WITH THAT, ON ITEM 6A1. 01:50:02.550 --> 01:50:08.850 >>Maria Marino: I MAKE A MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM 6A1. 01:50:08.850 --> 01:50:12.520 A AND B. >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO 01:50:12.520 --> 01:50:16.400 ON 6A1 A AND B, A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 01:50:16.400 --> 01:50:18.420 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:50:18.420 --> 01:50:20.250 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED THAT MOTION CARRIES. 01:50:20.250 --> 01:50:27.599 >>Maria Marino: AND MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE 6A2 A AND B. 01:50:27.599 --> 01:50:32.520 >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO. 01:50:32.520 --> 01:50:33.900 SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 01:50:33.900 --> 01:50:34.900 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:50:34.900 --> 01:50:35.900 ALL OPPOSED? 01:50:35.900 --> 01:50:37.670 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:50:37.670 --> 01:50:44.340 >>Maria Marino: I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT 6A3 A AND B. 01:50:44.340 --> 01:50:50.840 >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO 6A3 A AND B, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 01:50:50.840 --> 01:50:52.720 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED? 01:50:52.720 --> 01:50:53.720 THAT MOTION CARRIES. 01:50:53.720 --> 01:50:55.830 >>Maria Marino: I WILL KEEP GOING. 01:50:55.830 --> 01:50:58.300 I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE 6A4. 01:50:58.300 --> 01:51:07.940 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO FOR 6A4 AND A SECOND BY OMISSION OR 01:51:07.940 --> 01:51:08.940 BERNARD. 01:51:08.940 --> 01:51:09.940 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:51:09.940 --> 01:51:10.940 ALL OPPOSED. 01:51:10.940 --> 01:51:14.080 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0 AND WE ARE NOW ONTO. 01:51:14.080 --> 01:51:17.540 >>Maria Marino: I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6A5. 01:51:17.540 --> 01:51:24.639 >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MARINO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER GIVE 01:51:24.639 --> 01:51:26.440 IT ALL IN FAVOR? 01:51:26.440 --> 01:51:27.440 ALL OPPOSED? 01:51:27.440 --> 01:51:29.770 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:51:29.770 --> 01:51:39.580 >>Maria Sachs: I MAKE A MOTION ON 6A6 A AND B. 01:51:39.580 --> 01:51:45.290 >>Gregg Weiss: 6A6 A AND B WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER 01:51:45.290 --> 01:51:47.650 BARNETT. 01:51:47.650 --> 01:51:48.719 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:51:48.719 --> 01:51:49.790 ALL OPPOSED? 01:51:49.790 --> 01:51:51.630 HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. 01:51:51.630 --> 01:52:00.650 GO BACK TO FLYING THEIR AIRPLANES. 01:52:00.650 --> 01:52:01.650 MOVING ON. 01:52:01.650 --> 01:52:11.500 WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 6B1 FROM HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THIS IS ON THE COUNTY STATE HOUSING 01:52:11.500 --> 01:52:15.310 INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IN LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN. 01:52:15.310 --> 01:52:18.120 >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6B1. 01:52:18.120 --> 01:52:27.140 >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BENARD ON 6B1, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARINO. 01:52:27.140 --> 01:52:28.530 ANY DISCUSSION? 01:52:28.530 --> 01:52:31.040 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED? 01:52:31.040 --> 01:52:32.810 LET MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:52:32.810 --> 01:52:35.410 WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM 6B2. 01:52:35.410 --> 01:52:40.310 >> I WILL DEFER TO THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ON THIS ONE. 01:52:40.310 --> 01:52:44.220 >>Gregg Weiss: THIS WOULD BE THE DISTRICT 3. 01:52:44.220 --> 01:52:45.869 MR. 01:52:45.869 --> 01:52:47.530 BARNETT? 01:52:47.530 --> 01:52:57.070 >>Michael Barnett: YES, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 01:52:57.070 --> 01:53:05.350 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT ON 6B2 AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER 01:53:05.350 --> 01:53:06.960 BAXTER. 01:53:06.960 --> 01:53:09.190 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 01:53:09.190 --> 01:53:10.540 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:53:10.540 --> 01:53:11.540 ALL OPPOSED? 01:53:11.540 --> 01:53:14.250 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:53:14.250 --> 01:53:24.320 WE ARE NOW ONTO 6B3 ALSO IN DISTRICT 3. 01:53:24.320 --> 01:53:25.580 >> MOTION TO APPROVE MR. 01:53:25.580 --> 01:53:26.580 MAYOR. 01:53:26.580 --> 01:53:33.130 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT ON 6B3 A, B AND C. AND WE HAVE A SECOND 01:53:33.130 --> 01:53:39.849 FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:53:39.849 --> 01:53:41.440 WE HAVE TWO LIGHTS. 01:53:41.440 --> 01:53:47.270 WE WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT AND WE WILL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER BARNETT WAS FIRST. 01:53:47.270 --> 01:53:51.130 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:53:51.130 --> 01:53:58.830 >>Maria Marino: THANK YOU FOR BEING IT IS JUST A BRIEF WE ARE PUTTING THREE HOMES ON 01:53:58.830 --> 01:54:05.080 THE STREET AND THEY ARE UNDER $300,000 EACH, WHICH IS WELL BELOW WHAT THE AVERAGE COST 01:54:05.080 --> 01:54:08.000 OF A HOME IS TODAY SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO GET THIS. 01:54:08.000 --> 01:54:11.420 AND WHILE IT IS ONLY THREE HOMES, IT'S THREE MORE THAN WE HAD. 01:54:11.420 --> 01:54:18.900 I WANTED TO DO MY THANK YOUS AND TELL PEOPLE WE ARE WORKING AT IT. 01:54:18.900 --> 01:54:27.980 >>Gregg Weiss: SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR LIGHT SO ON ITEM 6B3, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:54:27.980 --> 01:54:28.980 ALL OPPOSED? 01:54:28.980 --> 01:54:33.380 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:54:33.380 --> 01:54:35.900 WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM 6B4. 01:54:35.900 --> 01:54:46.330 >>Maria Sachs: I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE 6B4 A, B AND C. 01:54:46.330 --> 01:54:55.579 >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR SACHS TO APPROVE ITEM 6B4 A, B AND C. WE HAVE A 01:54:55.579 --> 01:54:59.170 SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 01:54:59.170 --> 01:55:02.710 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:55:02.710 --> 01:55:03.710 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:55:03.710 --> 01:55:04.710 ALL OPPOSED? 01:55:04.710 --> 01:55:06.860 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:55:06.860 --> 01:55:09.659 ALL RIGHT. 01:55:09.659 --> 01:55:15.640 WE ARE MOVING ONTO 6C1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. 01:55:15.640 --> 01:55:30.920 >>Maria Marino: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6C1 A, B, C, D, E AND F. 01:55:30.920 --> 01:55:33.990 AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKING CARD BY THE WAY. 01:55:33.990 --> 01:55:43.261 >>Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO TO APPROVE ITEM 6C1 A, B, C, D, E AND F AND 01:55:43.261 --> 01:55:48.860 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER AND WE HAVE A CARD. 01:55:48.860 --> 01:55:56.710 >>Maria Marino: I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP DON, WHO I'VE KNOWN SINCE HE WAS SHORTER THAN THE 01:55:56.710 --> 01:55:57.710 PODIUM. 01:55:57.710 --> 01:56:01.250 >> MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, DON FOR THE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY. 01:56:01.250 --> 01:56:06.090 WE COULDN'T LET THE ITEMS FILTER WITHOUT RECOGNIZING YOUR STAFF WHO HAS BEEN VERY COMMENDABLE IN 01:56:06.090 --> 01:56:07.090 THIS EFFORT. 01:56:07.090 --> 01:56:15.179 THIS IS NOT THE TYPE ATTRACTION, NOT THE TYPE OF AN EVENT USUALLY DO AND WE KINDA STUMBLED 01:56:15.179 --> 01:56:20.560 COMING OUT OF THE BLOCKS IN YOUR STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH US AND VERY PROFESSIONALLY 01:56:20.560 --> 01:56:25.679 AND DID SO IN A FAIR MANNER AND I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AND THANK DEB AND PAT 01:56:25.679 --> 01:56:30.100 AND SANDY WHO HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT GUIDING US THROUGH THIS JOURNEY AND KEEPING US ON 01:56:30.100 --> 01:56:31.409 OUR SCHEDULE. 01:56:31.409 --> 01:56:32.409 THANK YOU. 01:56:32.409 --> 01:56:33.560 >>Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:56:33.560 --> 01:56:34.560 ALL RIGHT. 01:56:34.560 --> 01:56:39.010 >>Maria Marino: ALSO, I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND FOR FPNL FOR ADDING TO OUR 01:56:39.010 --> 01:56:41.000 NATURAL RESOURCES ON THIS ONE. 01:56:41.000 --> 01:56:43.880 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 01:56:43.880 --> 01:56:48.380 SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM 6C1. 01:56:48.380 --> 01:56:49.380 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:56:49.380 --> 01:56:50.380 ALL OPPOSED? 01:56:50.380 --> 01:56:52.099 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:56:52.099 --> 01:56:53.099 OKAY. 01:56:53.099 --> 01:57:11.850 WE ARE MOVING ONTO 6D1 AND THIS IS PARKS AND RECREATION IN DISTRICT 6. 01:57:11.850 --> 01:57:24.121 >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE 6D1 A, B AND C. 01:57:24.121 --> 01:57:32.710 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER TO APPROVE ITEM 6D1 A, B AND C AND 01:57:32.710 --> 01:57:34.710 A SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. 01:57:34.710 --> 01:57:41.210 DO WE NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS? 01:57:41.210 --> 01:57:42.210 EVERYBODY GOOD? 01:57:42.210 --> 01:57:43.210 OKAY. 01:57:43.210 --> 01:57:44.230 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED? 01:57:44.230 --> 01:57:48.389 THIS MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:57:48.389 --> 01:57:49.389 >> THANK YOU. 01:57:49.389 --> 01:57:52.679 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 01:57:52.679 --> 01:57:59.940 6E1 WAS DELETED I BELIEVE SO WE ARE ON 6F1. 01:57:59.940 --> 01:58:00.940 MR. 01:58:00.940 --> 01:58:03.340 VON LAREN. 01:58:03.340 --> 01:58:08.520 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 01:58:08.520 --> 01:58:14.350 DEB DRUM FROM INFORMAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS JOINING ME. 01:58:14.350 --> 01:58:18.980 WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. 01:58:18.980 --> 01:58:23.520 I KNOW WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND GOING OVER OUR FEDERAL PROGRAM WITH EACH OF 01:58:23.520 --> 01:58:28.849 YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SIX MONTHS AGO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 01:58:28.849 --> 01:58:32.190 IN MORE DETAIL AT THE VCC MEETING. 01:58:32.190 --> 01:58:37.599 WHATEVER IS A PLEASURE OF THE BOARD WE ARE HAPPY TO GO OVER IT OR IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS 01:58:37.599 --> 01:58:42.210 YOU HAVE WE CAN GO RIGHT INTO THAT AND AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 01:58:42.210 --> 01:58:49.320 >>Gregg Weiss: WE ARE GOING TO BE COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOUR RECOGNIZE. 01:58:49.320 --> 01:58:52.190 >>Maria Marino: I DO HAVE A COMMENT. 01:58:52.190 --> 01:58:53.940 IT IS NOT FEDERAL. 01:58:53.940 --> 01:58:54.940 IT IS STATE. 01:58:54.940 --> 01:59:00.210 DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GOVERNORS BUDGET TODAY 01:59:00.210 --> 01:59:04.199 IN RELATION TO CORBETT LEAVY AND THE ACCOUNT? 01:59:04.199 --> 01:59:06.849 >> WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED. 01:59:06.849 --> 01:59:12.920 THERE ARE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GONE BACK AND WORK ON THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP 01:59:12.920 --> 01:59:17.699 BOTH OF THE COUNTY IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT GIVE IT A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF 01:59:17.699 --> 01:59:22.020 THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 01:59:22.020 --> 01:59:26.580 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BAXTER WHO WAS UP IN TALLAHASSEE. 01:59:26.580 --> 01:59:30.940 ALMOST AS SOON AS SHE GOT ELECTED, KNOCKING ON DOORS, WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. 01:59:30.940 --> 01:59:37.320 THIS RESENTMENTS A GRANT WE APPLIED FOR, WHICH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROVIDED 01:59:37.320 --> 01:59:43.750 ARPA FUNDING FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS AS SORT OF A SWEETENER TO ADD TO THE STATE POT. 01:59:43.750 --> 01:59:50.960 WE RECEIVED 7.7 MILLION DOLLARS BY THE STATE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY FOR THAT RESILIENCY PROGRAM 01:59:50.960 --> 01:59:58.520 TO FINISH UP THE COMPLETION OF THE SECOND PHASE AND THE INDIAN TRAIL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 01:59:58.520 --> 02:00:01.210 AND THEIR LOBBYISTS AND OUR TEAM. 02:00:01.210 --> 02:00:06.650 WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED NEVER EVERYBODY INTERNALLY FROM PAUL TO DEB PATRICK WORKING 02:00:06.650 --> 02:00:07.650 ON THIS. 02:00:07.650 --> 02:00:12.790 IT HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND I WANT TO THANK ED CHASE AND 02:00:12.790 --> 02:00:16.100 OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM FOR BEING UP THERE. 02:00:16.100 --> 02:00:20.079 THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BAXTER AND FORMER COMMISSIONER McKINLEY WHO KEPT THIS AS A PRIORITY. 02:00:20.079 --> 02:00:26.270 THANK YOU TO LEGISLATORS GOING BACK TO JOE AND PAT ROONEY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING 02:00:26.270 --> 02:00:27.370 ON THIS. 02:00:27.370 --> 02:00:34.810 REALLY GREAT COLLECTIVE BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO GET SOMETHING DONE FOR THE FOLKS IN THE 02:00:34.810 --> 02:00:39.230 ACREAGE AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE INCREDIBLE IMPLICATIONS AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE BROADER 02:00:39.230 --> 02:00:45.820 WATER ISSUES WE HAVE IN THE MOVEMENT OF WATER IN THAT AREA OF OUR COUNTY SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY. 02:00:45.820 --> 02:00:52.849 >>Maria Marino: THIS WAS ACTUALLY A TOPIC AT LAST WEEK 16 COUNTY COALITION MEETING SO 02:00:52.849 --> 02:00:53.849 THANK YOU. 02:00:53.849 --> 02:00:55.949 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 02:00:55.949 --> 02:01:03.600 AND SO COMING BACK TO ITEM 3 AND 6F1. 02:01:03.600 --> 02:01:06.190 >> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. 02:01:06.190 --> 02:01:15.070 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER AND COMMISSIONER MARINO IS SECONDING. 02:01:15.070 --> 02:01:18.820 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 02:01:18.820 --> 02:01:19.820 COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 02:01:19.820 --> 02:01:22.710 >>Sara Baxter: BRIEFLY I WANTED TO ADD ON TO IT. 02:01:22.710 --> 02:01:27.980 I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE JOINT EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. 02:01:27.980 --> 02:01:33.550 WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE YESTERDAY WE BROUGHT 8.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANTS 02:01:33.550 --> 02:01:36.250 TO COMPLETE THIS $20 MILLION PROJECT. 02:01:36.250 --> 02:01:42.050 WAS STARTED BY GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT AND COMPLETED SHORTLY BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS SO WE ARE PROUD 02:01:42.050 --> 02:01:47.610 OF THAT FACT AND WILL ALLOW THE MANAGEMENT AREA TO HOLD WATER LEVELS HIGHER TO PROTECT 02:01:47.610 --> 02:01:52.630 WILDLIFE AND MANAGE THE ECOSYSTEM AND WE KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ARE ECOSYSTEM IS 02:01:52.630 --> 02:01:54.989 TO EVERYTHING. 02:01:54.989 --> 02:02:01.849 THIS DECADE LONG WAIT FOR THE SECOND HALF WILL NOW PROVIDE PIECE OF MIND TO THE RESIDENCE 02:02:01.849 --> 02:02:06.889 OF THE ACREAGE AND WHEN THE NEXT STORM EVENT OCCURS THEY CAN REST INJURED IT WILL BE IN 02:02:06.889 --> 02:02:11.679 PLACE FOR THEM AND I WANT TO SAY AGAIN THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU TO INDIAN TRAILS, 02:02:11.679 --> 02:02:15.860 THANK YOU TO STAFF AND EVERYONE INVOLVED MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. 02:02:15.860 --> 02:02:18.210 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 02:02:18.210 --> 02:02:23.650 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM 6F1. 02:02:23.650 --> 02:02:24.650 ALL OPPOSED? 02:02:24.650 --> 02:02:27.030 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:02:27.030 --> 02:02:30.329 ALL RIGHT. 02:02:30.329 --> 02:02:31.329 MOVING ON. 02:02:31.329 --> 02:02:33.610 ITEM 7 COMMISSION DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS. 02:02:33.610 --> 02:02:37.670 WE WILL START AT THE FAR END WITH COMMISSIONER BARNETT QUICK. 02:02:37.670 --> 02:02:39.200 >>Michael Barnett: THANK YOU MR. 02:02:39.200 --> 02:02:40.200 MAYOR. 02:02:40.200 --> 02:02:48.080 WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT SUSAN TO THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON WOMEN AND NEIL HANEY TO AVIATION 02:02:48.080 --> 02:02:49.500 AND AIRPORTS ADVISORY BOARD. 02:02:49.500 --> 02:02:55.710 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER 02:02:55.710 --> 02:02:57.730 WOODWARD. 02:02:57.730 --> 02:02:58.730 ALL IN FAVOR? 02:02:58.730 --> 02:02:59.790 ALL OPPOSED? 02:02:59.790 --> 02:03:02.560 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:03:02.560 --> 02:03:03.770 THANK YOU, SIR. 02:03:03.770 --> 02:03:04.900 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 02:03:04.900 --> 02:03:10.369 >>Marci Woodward: I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT GLENN GRAUMAN TO ZONING COMMISSION AND SAM 02:03:10.369 --> 02:03:12.690 CALIENDO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 02:03:12.690 --> 02:03:18.210 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT HERE 02:03:18.210 --> 02:03:19.590 IT ALL IN FAVOR? 02:03:19.590 --> 02:03:20.590 ALL OPPOSED? 02:03:20.590 --> 02:03:24.060 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:03:24.060 --> 02:03:25.810 COMMISSIONER MARINO, DO YOU HAVE ANY BOARD APPOINTMENT. 02:03:25.810 --> 02:03:28.360 >>Maria Marino: NONE AT THIS TIME. 02:03:28.360 --> 02:03:29.639 >>Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 02:03:29.639 --> 02:03:30.910 MOVING ALONG. 02:03:30.910 --> 02:03:31.910 COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 02:03:31.910 --> 02:03:36.820 >>Sara Baxter: I MOVED TO APPOINT [NAME] TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 02:03:36.820 --> 02:03:41.720 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 02:03:41.720 --> 02:03:45.119 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED, THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:03:45.119 --> 02:03:47.420 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 02:03:47.420 --> 02:03:55.449 >>Mack Benard: I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT BRANDY ROBINSON TO THE WATER UTILITIES ADVISORY BOARD. 02:03:55.449 --> 02:04:00.690 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 02:04:00.690 --> 02:04:01.690 ALL IN FAVOR? 02:04:01.690 --> 02:04:02.690 ALL OPPOSED? 02:04:02.690 --> 02:04:04.790 MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:04:04.790 --> 02:04:07.670 VICE MAYOR, YOUR RECOGNIZE BE TOO NOT AT THIS TIME. 02:04:07.670 --> 02:04:08.670 >>Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 02:04:08.670 --> 02:04:11.250 AND I HAVE NONE AT THIS TIME. 02:04:11.250 --> 02:04:12.730 MOVING ON. 02:04:12.730 --> 02:04:16.860 ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. 02:04:16.860 --> 02:04:19.679 >> JUST OUR RECEIVE AND FILE AND NO OTHER COMMENTS. 02:04:19.679 --> 02:04:21.230 >>Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 02:04:21.230 --> 02:04:24.580 WE HAVE A RECEIVE AND FILE FROM OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 02:04:24.580 --> 02:04:25.610 COUNTY ATTORNEY? 02:04:25.610 --> 02:04:27.590 NO COMMENTS. 02:04:27.590 --> 02:04:29.270 MOVING ON. 02:04:29.270 --> 02:04:33.040 WE WILL START WITH OUR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. 02:04:33.040 --> 02:04:38.940 WHY DON'T WE START WITH COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 02:04:38.940 --> 02:04:42.270 >>Sara Baxter: I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF. 02:04:42.270 --> 02:04:49.349 I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATOR VERDENIA BAKER FOR HELPING ME RECENTLY AND PUTTING 02:04:49.349 --> 02:04:52.390 HARD WORK TOWARD SOME PROJECTS I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE. 02:04:52.390 --> 02:04:56.119 >>Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 02:04:56.119 --> 02:04:58.410 >>Mack Benard: THANK YOU. 02:04:58.410 --> 02:05:00.639 A COUPLE OF THINGS. 02:05:00.639 --> 02:05:10.100 I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON TRANSIT VILLAGE ON THE NORTH COUNTY BEAUTIFUL LIKE 02:05:10.100 --> 02:05:28.599 TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT AGREEMENT TO SEE WHEN IT WILL BE COMING UP IN FRONT OF US. 02:05:28.599 --> 02:05:30.219 LICENSE AGREEMENT. 02:05:30.219 --> 02:05:33.420 >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. 02:05:33.420 --> 02:05:35.200 FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS. 02:05:35.200 --> 02:05:39.690 WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 14. 02:05:39.690 --> 02:05:46.770 NEXT MEETING IS BASICALLY AN EXTENSION THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT WAS GIVEN FOR PARKING 02:05:46.770 --> 02:05:50.440 AT WHAT WE CALL THE NORTH COUNTY BLOCK. 02:05:50.440 --> 02:05:55.020 >>Mack Benard: OKAY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR? 02:05:55.020 --> 02:05:57.969 >> THE 14TH. >> 14 MARCH. 02:05:57.969 --> 02:06:07.679 IN REGARDS TO, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FROM THE TIME WE GET THE LICENSE AGREEMENT TO HAVING 02:06:07.679 --> 02:06:11.769 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PROJECT TO CLOSE. 02:06:11.769 --> 02:06:13.250 >> DIFFERENT TOPIC. 02:06:13.250 --> 02:06:20.730 CURRENTLY AS WE STAND WITH A 90 DAY LICENSE AGREEMENT I SIGNED UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS DIRECTOR. 02:06:20.730 --> 02:06:26.199 THEY ALREADY HAVE THE PARKING ACCOMMODATION PLACE FOR THE ITEM THAT WILL BE COMING IN 02:06:26.199 --> 02:06:32.960 FRONT OF THE BOARD IS TO EXTEND THE TERM UNTIL THE COUNTY CLOSES ON THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 02:06:32.960 --> 02:06:34.530 DEAL. 02:06:34.530 --> 02:06:38.280 WAS BASICALLY TO RECONCILE BOTH PROJECTS. 02:06:38.280 --> 02:06:41.520 WE ARE WORKING WITH TRANSIT VILLAGE. 02:06:41.520 --> 02:06:43.590 THEY ARE UNDERGOING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 02:06:43.590 --> 02:06:50.440 WE ARE REVIEWING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTS THEY RECENTLY SUBMITTED. 02:06:50.440 --> 02:06:57.179 EXPECTATIONS ARE TO CLOSE 30 DAYS AFTER PERMITS ARE RECEIVED IN THE PERMIT IS WITH THE CITY 02:06:57.179 --> 02:06:58.650 OF WEST PALM BEACH. 02:06:58.650 --> 02:07:04.280 WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE DOCUMENTS AND HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER 02:07:04.280 --> 02:07:06.840 TO ENSURE THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. 02:07:06.840 --> 02:07:12.770 I SHALL STATE THAT CLOSING IS A DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY SO IT DOESN'T COME BACK TO 02:07:12.770 --> 02:07:13.770 THE BOARD. 02:07:13.770 --> 02:07:19.360 IT IS HANDLED BY STAFF AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL UNDER THE ORDINANCE. 02:07:19.360 --> 02:07:27.670 >>Mack Benard: I KNOW FOR ME THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 02:07:27.670 --> 02:07:35.329 HE WAS PROBABLY INITIALLY IN MY COMMISSION DISTRICT AND NOW IT IS IN THE MAYOR'S DISTRICT. 02:07:35.329 --> 02:07:44.641 MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE FOR US IF THERE IS A WAY TO EXPEDITE THIS REVIEW AND FIGURE OUT HOW 02:07:44.641 --> 02:07:46.930 EXACTLY WE CAN GET THIS DEAL DONE. 02:07:46.930 --> 02:07:49.860 IS NO LONGER IN MY DISTRICT. 02:07:49.860 --> 02:07:53.650 I HAVE WORKED ON THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS. 02:07:53.650 --> 02:07:58.900 IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO CLOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD DO THAT. 02:07:58.900 --> 02:08:01.600 >>Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 02:08:01.600 --> 02:08:07.730 I SUPPORT YOU ON THAT MATTER. 02:08:07.730 --> 02:08:13.650 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP EXPEDITE THIS. 02:08:13.650 --> 02:08:22.540 >> I HAVE TO MAKE THE STATEMENT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TRANSIT VILLAGE VERY CLOSELY 02:08:22.540 --> 02:08:26.150 AND SETTING UP ESTABLISH MEETING TIME FRAMES. 02:08:26.150 --> 02:08:31.070 THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS MET THIRD WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. 02:08:31.070 --> 02:08:33.239 WE KNOW THEY ARE READY TO MOVE. 02:08:33.239 --> 02:08:34.420 WE WANT UNITS. 02:08:34.420 --> 02:08:39.929 THEY HAVE SOME UNITS IDENTIFIED AS WORKFORCE UNITS SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. 02:08:39.929 --> 02:08:45.710 BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY WHEN IT COMES 02:08:45.710 --> 02:08:48.500 TO THE MAINTENANCE PORTION. 02:08:48.500 --> 02:08:55.610 WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY AND WILL ROLE WITH THE CITY AS WELL AS WELL AS TRANSIT VILLAGE 02:08:55.610 --> 02:09:01.550 TO ENSURE WE ARE NOT MOVING THE PROPERTY WE CURRENTLY OWN AND MOVING OVER. 02:09:01.550 --> 02:09:06.190 WE WANT TO FINALIZE WHAT WE CALL TEMPORARY SITE INTO A FINAL SITE. 02:09:06.190 --> 02:09:10.960 THAT NEEDS TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY SO WE ARE WORKING ALL OF THOSE PARTS TOGETHER 02:09:10.960 --> 02:09:16.670 SO WE CAN ASSIST IN MOVING THIS TRANSITION ALONG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 02:09:16.670 --> 02:09:19.690 THIS HAS BEEN KEEPING ME INFORMED. 02:09:19.690 --> 02:09:32.040 I HAVE MET WITH HIM IN THE PAST AND SO WE ARE MOVING ALONG THE RIVER NOW THE CITY ISSUES 02:09:32.040 --> 02:09:33.040 THE PERMITS. 02:09:33.040 --> 02:09:38.610 WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN THE DOCUMENTS THEY RECENTLY SUBMITTED. 02:09:38.610 --> 02:09:45.590 ON ACTUALLY DROPPING A COUPLE THINGS TO GET BACK THROUGH THE TIMEFRAME IN WHICH THE CONTRACT 02:09:45.590 --> 02:09:51.360 REQUIRES. 02:09:51.360 --> 02:09:56.139 THERE IS A PARTNER IN THERE AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. 02:09:56.139 --> 02:09:59.199 >>Mack Benard: AND NEVER LIKED MIKE. 02:09:59.199 --> 02:10:05.730 HE WAS TOUGH ON ME AND I JUST KNOW FOR ME IT IS VERY HARD TO GET FINANCING AND IF THERE 02:10:05.730 --> 02:10:08.330 IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS DEAL TO CLOSE. 02:10:08.330 --> 02:10:15.890 IF WE CAN GET LEGAL TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS, LET'S DO IT. 02:10:15.890 --> 02:10:19.809 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. 02:10:19.809 --> 02:10:26.699 >> IF I MAY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE BASICALLY GOING DOWN THE CONTRACT. 02:10:26.699 --> 02:10:31.719 THE CONTRACT HAS AN ARTICLE THAT DEALS WITH CLOSING AND EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE IN 02:10:31.719 --> 02:10:36.949 PLACE FOR CLOSING WE ARE CHECKING THROUGH THE LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING SO 02:10:36.949 --> 02:10:38.690 IN COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACT PROVISIONS. 02:10:38.690 --> 02:10:39.690 NOTHING ELSE. 02:10:39.690 --> 02:10:42.159 >>Mack Benard: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 02:10:42.159 --> 02:10:51.000 LASTLY, THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 02:10:51.000 --> 02:10:54.980 FOR THEIR 11TH ANNUAL EXTENSION AWARDS. 02:10:54.980 --> 02:10:56.810 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 02:10:56.810 --> 02:10:59.139 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 02:10:59.139 --> 02:11:00.489 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOUR RECOGNIZE. 02:11:00.489 --> 02:11:07.360 >>Maria Marino: I COULD TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW IF I WANTED TO, BUT I THINK I AM 02:11:07.360 --> 02:11:08.770 GOING TO NOT. 02:11:08.770 --> 02:11:12.440 IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME HEADACHES IN THE COMING MONTHS 02:11:12.440 --> 02:11:22.670 AND YEARS WITH I-95, THE TURNPIKE, THE BRIDGE BEING CLOSED ON ROUTE 1, REDIRECTING TRAFFIC. 02:11:22.670 --> 02:11:32.040 I WANT STAFF TO STAY ON TOP OF THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE INCONVENIENCING 02:11:32.040 --> 02:11:41.080 AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE, WE DO IT WITH AS MUCH – WHAT IS THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? 02:11:41.080 --> 02:11:42.500 MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. 02:11:42.500 --> 02:11:47.920 >>Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 02:11:47.920 --> 02:11:55.230 >>Marci Woodward: WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR AN OFF-SITE PROCLAMATION DECLARING MARCH 02:11:55.230 --> 02:12:00.179 30, 2023 AS SIGNATURE GIVES BACK VOLUNTEER DAY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 02:12:00.179 --> 02:12:03.310 >>Gregg Weiss: SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARINO. 02:12:03.310 --> 02:12:04.760 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED. 02:12:04.760 --> 02:12:06.790 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:12:06.790 --> 02:12:08.739 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? 02:12:08.739 --> 02:12:11.989 COMMISSIONER BARNETT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 02:12:11.989 --> 02:12:14.559 >>Michael Barnett: THANK YOU. 02:12:14.559 --> 02:12:19.920 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR AN OFF-SITE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING LAKE WORTH 02:12:19.920 --> 02:12:23.440 COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 100TH ANNIVERSARY. 02:12:23.440 --> 02:12:27.110 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 02:12:27.110 --> 02:12:30.770 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 02:12:30.770 --> 02:12:31.770 ALL IN FAVOR? 02:12:31.770 --> 02:12:32.770 ALL OPPOSED? 02:12:32.770 --> 02:12:33.770 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:12:33.770 --> 02:12:45.960 >>Michael Barnett: I ALSO WANT TO THINK ADMINISTRATOR BAKER AND TODD AND PATRICK AND EVERYONE AT 02:12:45.960 --> 02:12:50.930 THE COUNTY HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL TO ME AS I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO CATCH UP TO MY FELLOW 02:12:50.930 --> 02:12:57.469 COMMISSIONERS AND LEARNING CURVE, WHICH I'M HAVE BEEN TOLD WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS AND EVEN 02:12:57.469 --> 02:13:00.500 THEN I'M NOT GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING. 02:13:00.500 --> 02:13:03.949 IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LOT OF LEARNING TO DO AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PATIENT WITH 02:13:03.949 --> 02:13:05.830 ME AND BEARING WITH ME. 02:13:05.830 --> 02:13:10.659 THIS IS A REALLY GREAT JOB AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT, GRATEFUL FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND THE 02:13:10.659 --> 02:13:13.820 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU OVER THE PAST MONTH. 02:13:13.820 --> 02:13:15.690 IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND. 02:13:15.690 --> 02:13:19.270 EVERYONE HAS BEEN USING THE WORD FIREHOSE. 02:13:19.270 --> 02:13:20.360 VERY FREQUENTLY. 02:13:20.360 --> 02:13:27.230 STILL FIREHOSE BUT PROBABLY THE BEST JOB I HAVE EVER HAD AND I WANT TO KEEP ON DOING 02:13:27.230 --> 02:13:33.040 THE BEST I CAN ON THIS DAY US TO READ WHILE WE ARE WISHING PEOPLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I WANT 02:13:33.040 --> 02:13:37.780 TO WISH MY NEPHEW WHO TURNED EIGHT YEARS OLD TODAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABRIEL. 02:13:37.780 --> 02:13:41.380 >>Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 02:13:41.380 --> 02:13:42.690 I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER BENARD? 02:13:42.690 --> 02:13:47.840 >>Mack Benard: I FORGOT TO DO THE REQUEST FOR AN OFF-SITE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION 02:13:47.840 --> 02:13:53.850 THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO TITUS RICH FOR HIS 24 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY 02:13:53.850 --> 02:13:55.719 FIRE RESCUE ADVISORY BOARD. 02:13:55.719 --> 02:13:57.869 >>Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 02:13:57.869 --> 02:14:00.949 WE HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR ALL IN FAVOR? 02:14:00.949 --> 02:14:01.949 ALL OPPOSED? 02:14:01.949 --> 02:14:03.619 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:14:03.619 --> 02:14:05.619 ALL RIGHT. 02:14:05.619 --> 02:14:07.270 VICE MAYOR, YOUR RECOGNIZE. 02:14:07.270 --> 02:14:12.280 >>Maria Sachs: FIRST I WANT TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR WEISS. 02:14:12.280 --> 02:14:15.090 LET'S HEAR IT. 02:14:15.090 --> 02:14:21.340 [ CLAPPING ] >>Maria Sachs: I REMEMBER WHEN I TURNED 30. 02:14:21.340 --> 02:14:22.889 NOT THAT LONG AGO ACTUALLY. 02:14:22.889 --> 02:14:25.130 WIEBE TO COMMISSIONERS WHO SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY. 02:14:25.130 --> 02:14:27.230 WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY. 02:14:27.230 --> 02:14:29.190 MY GOODNESS. 02:14:29.190 --> 02:14:34.239 I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DISSIPATED IN THE VETERANS BENEFIT FAIRVIEW COMMISSIONER 02:14:34.239 --> 02:14:35.270 BAXTER WAS THERE. 02:14:35.270 --> 02:14:37.090 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US. 02:14:37.090 --> 02:14:44.619 AND MAYOR WEISS SUPPORTED US BY GETTING IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 02:14:44.619 --> 02:14:49.790 AND THANK YOU VERDENIA BAKER FOR BEING THERE AND HAVING STAFF THERE. 02:14:49.790 --> 02:14:58.100 WE HAD THE GENERAL HAMMER HARTSELL WHO IS A PALM BEACH COUNTY BORN AND RAISED HEAD OF 02:14:58.100 --> 02:15:03.199 THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS AND WE WILL IT BE WORKING WITH HIM THROUGH 02:15:03.199 --> 02:15:10.410 OUR COUNTY STAFF AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS IN MAKING SURE THERE IS NEVER A VETERAN WHO 02:15:10.410 --> 02:15:11.410 NEED SUPPORT. 02:15:11.410 --> 02:15:16.170 WHO IS HOMELESS OR WITHOUT SHELTER AND SUPPORT. 02:15:16.170 --> 02:15:18.800 WE REACH OUT TO OUR VETERANS. 02:15:18.800 --> 02:15:26.760 WE HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF WOMEN VETERANS IN THE STATE AND I THINK IN THE COUNTRY. 02:15:26.760 --> 02:15:35.599 WE ARE GROWING EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE A FRIENDLY STATE AND COUNTY TO OUR 02:15:35.599 --> 02:15:36.599 VETERANS. 02:15:36.599 --> 02:15:40.099 WE WILL BE WORKING ON A PROJECT. 02:15:40.099 --> 02:15:42.719 AS IT GAINS LEGS WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING LATER. 02:15:42.719 --> 02:15:50.510 BUT IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND SEE THE SUPPORT I HAD FOR 02:15:50.510 --> 02:15:53.360 MY COLLEAGUES, FROM COUNTY STAFF. 02:15:53.360 --> 02:15:58.380 AND COURSE OF THE GENERAL HERE WAS INDEED A PLEASURE. 02:15:58.380 --> 02:16:05.130 THERE WAS AN ARTICLE, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY IN THE PALM BEACH COAST. 02:16:05.130 --> 02:16:13.389 THE FRONT WAS OF ALL THE MANY DOGS AND CATS BEING RETURNED TO THE SHELTER. 02:16:13.389 --> 02:16:20.809 AND A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE, AND IT'S REALLY HEARTFELT, FOLKS CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP ANIMALS 02:16:20.809 --> 02:16:21.809 ANYMORE. 02:16:21.809 --> 02:16:23.730 BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN COST. 02:16:23.730 --> 02:16:30.340 THERE IS A HOUSING CRISIS ALSO FOR OUR PETS AS WELL AS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 02:16:30.340 --> 02:16:32.550 I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO COME WITH ME. 02:16:32.550 --> 02:16:37.750 WE ARE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A VISIT FOR THE ANIMAL CARE CONTROL. 02:16:37.750 --> 02:16:44.939 THERE IS ONLY ONE REQUEST THAT NOBODY TAKE HOME A DOG OR CAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS WHAT 02:16:44.939 --> 02:16:47.939 HAPPENS WHEN WE GO TO THE CARE AND CONTROL. 02:16:47.939 --> 02:16:56.429 WE ARE GOING TO GO VISIT THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR 02:16:56.429 --> 02:17:00.570 RESIDENTS AND FOR THE ANIMALS THERE. 02:17:00.570 --> 02:17:02.050 NOT JUST CATS AND DOGS. 02:17:02.050 --> 02:17:08.649 THEY HAVE MULES AND HORSES AND A BABY RACCOON. 02:17:08.649 --> 02:17:10.660 VIVIAN DOESN'T KNOW THIS, BUT SHE IS LISTENING NOW. 02:17:10.660 --> 02:17:17.809 SHE IS GOING TO ORGANIZE IT WITH STAFF WILL PLAN A VISIT THERE. 02:17:17.809 --> 02:17:18.809 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 02:17:18.809 --> 02:17:20.979 A PLEASURE TO WORK HERE. 02:17:20.979 --> 02:17:27.099 >>Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VICE MAYOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON VETERANS AND YOUR 02:17:27.099 --> 02:17:30.410 EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE ANIMALS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 02:17:30.410 --> 02:17:39.679 I SHARED WITH YOU ALL A MEMO YESTERDAY IN REGARDS TO DIRECTING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD 02:17:39.679 --> 02:17:50.750 WITH AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IN REGARDS TO NOT ALLOWING PROJECTIONS OR DISPLAYS ON OTHER 02:17:50.750 --> 02:17:54.660 PEOPLES PRIVATE PROPERTIES WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER. 02:17:54.660 --> 02:17:59.719 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT DIRECTION TO STAFF TODAY. 02:17:59.719 --> 02:18:06.260 I SEE NO OBJECTION SO WE MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THAT. 02:18:06.260 --> 02:18:07.260 OKAY. 02:18:07.260 --> 02:18:08.260 THANK YOU. 02:18:08.260 --> 02:18:09.620 WE WILL SEE IT ON OUR AGENDA GOING FORWARD. 02:18:09.620 --> 02:18:12.550 COMMISSIONER BARNETT, DO YOU NEED? 02:18:12.550 --> 02:18:15.730 >>Michael Barnett: THANK YOU. 02:18:15.730 --> 02:18:22.160 THIS MAY BE BELATED, BUT I BELIEVE A MOTION IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ADMINISTRATOR 02:18:22.160 --> 02:18:23.469 BAKER IS REPORT. 02:18:23.469 --> 02:18:27.540 >>Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND 02:18:27.540 --> 02:18:28.540 FROM THE VICE MAYOR. 02:18:28.540 --> 02:18:30.340 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED. 02:18:30.340 --> 02:18:32.300 THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. 02:18:32.300 --> 02:18:41.010 LOOK AT THAT, YOU ARE NEW AND ALREADY SETTING ME ON THE RIGHT PATH SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 02:18:41.010 --> 02:18:46.870 THANKS TO STAFF AND THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES TODAY. 02:18:46.870 --> 02:18:48.880 WE HAVE HAD AN EXCELLENT MEETING SO FAR. 02:18:48.880 --> 02:18:54.929 IT WAS WONDERFUL TO RECOGNIZE SO MANY GROUPS DOING SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS IN OUR COUNTY. 02:18:54.929 --> 02:19:00.240 GOES ON EACH AND EVERY DAY A LOT OF TIMES UNNOTICED AND UNACKNOWLEDGED, BUT I THOUGHT 02:19:00.240 --> 02:19:05.319 IT WAS IMPORTANT AND WONDERFUL TODAY WE WERE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THEM. 02:19:05.319 --> 02:19:09.260 AND WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN RECESS. 02:19:09.260 --> 02:19:11.540 WE HAVE MET IS BY THE PUBLIC AT 2:00 P.M. 02:19:11.540 --> 02:19:21.010 I KNOW COMMISSIONER MARINO HAS NOTICED US SHE WILL NOT BE JOINING US DUE TO A MEMORIAL 02:19:21.010 --> 02:19:26.469 SERVICE WE WISH YOU WELL WITH THAT, BUT WE WILL COVER FOR YOU. 02:19:26.469 --> 02:19:33.780 WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 2:00 P.M. 02:19:33.780 --> 02:19:35.270 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