WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:30.221 --> 00:00:38.480 >> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. AND WELCOME TO PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY   00:00:38.480 --> 00:00:44.420 COMMISSIONERS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 7, 2023. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?  00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:47.100 >> COMMISSIONER BARNETT. >> HERE.  00:00:47.100 --> 00:00:48.620 >> COMMISSIONER BAXTER. >> HERE.  00:00:48.620 --> 00:00:50.180 >> COMMISSIONER BERNARD. >> HERE.  00:00:50.180 --> 00:00:51.640 >> COMMISSIONER MARINO. >> HERE.  00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:53.160 >> VICE MAYOR SACHS. >> HERE.  00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:54.620 >> MAYOR WEISS. >> HERE.  00:00:54.620 --> 00:00:55.980 >> COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. >> HERE.  00:00:55.980 --> 00:00:57.995 >> THANK YOU. 00:01:04.570 --> 00:01:17.920 >> Gregg Weiss: SO THIS MORNING, LAST WEEK WE HAD A VERY TRAGIC INCIDENT IN OUR PALM BEACH COUNTY  FAMILY SO I ASK IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, PLEASE RISE.  00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:30.280 I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND THEN  WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:37.760 CLINTON FORBES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PALM BEACH COUNTY  PALM TRAN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS VISIONARY   00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:43.680 LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO TRANSFORMING  PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE COMMUNITY.  00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:50.360 HIS SUDDEN PASSING LAST THURSDAY LEAVES A VOID  IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE   00:01:50.360 --> 00:01:56.720 HIM AND BENEFITED FROM HIS SERVICE. HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER WHOSE PASSION AND   00:01:56.720 --> 00:02:04.280 COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE MADE A LASTING IMPACT  IMPROVING THE LIVES PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS.  00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:13.640 HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND GUIDE THE  FUTURE OF PALM TRAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT INNOVATION.  00:02:13.640 --> 00:02:20.840 I ASK IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED TO PLEASE, WE WILL  TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE REMEMBERING CLINTON   00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:29.760 FORBES, PRAYING FOR HIS SOUL, HIS FAMILY  AND THOSE DEEPLY AFFECTED BY HIS PASSING.  00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:41.330 [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ] 00:02:45.595 --> 00:02:52.360 THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED   00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:59.160 STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH  IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,   00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:01.329 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 00:03:04.350 --> 00:03:10.201 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALRIGHTY.  00:03:10.201 --> 00:03:16.800 DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS,  DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS   00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.120 TO THIS MORNINGS AGENDA? >> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR ON   00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:31.200 PAGE 9 3B2 WE HAVE A REVISED MOTION. PAGE 50 248 WE HAVE THE REVISED MOTION.  00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:37.000 PAGE 52 4B AS BEEN DELETED  AND WILL BE PRESENTED LATER.  00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:44.520 ON PAGE 50 95E1 HAS A REVISED MOTION  AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ADDITIONS,   00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:47.480 DELETIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS. >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY   00:03:47.480 --> 00:03:55.040 MUCH PART OF THAT WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO  MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA?  00:03:55.040 --> 00:03:58.880 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER  MARINO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER.  00:03:58.880 --> 00:04:00.920 ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED?  00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:07.760 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. MOVING ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.  00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:11.983 WOULD ANY BOARD MEMBER LIKE TO PULL  AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.  00:04:11.983 --> 00:04:15.720 >> Maria Marino: YES, THANK YOU MANFRED  I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 3GG2 THOUGHT I   00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:22.480 WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION FROM THE AUDITOR. >> Gregg Weiss: WE ARE GOING TO PULL ITEM 3GG2.  00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:28.880 WITH THAT WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A - ARE  THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TENTPOLE ANY ITEMS?  00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.720 VICE MAYOR. >> Maria Sachs: YES MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE   00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:46.080 TO PULL ON PAGE 39 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3X-1. >> Gregg Weiss: ANYBODY ELSE?  00:04:46.080 --> 00:04:48.832 COMMISSIONER BAXTER. >> Sara Baxter: MINE   00:04:48.832 --> 00:04:51.560 IS FOR THE REGULAR AGENDA. >> Gregg Weiss: NO PROBLEM.  00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.600 NOT SEEING ANYTHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT.  00:04:56.200 --> 00:05:03.880 WE WILL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT  AGENDA LESS ITEMS 3GG2 AND 3X-1.  00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:09.440 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER  MARINO AND A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR.  00:05:09.440 --> 00:05:10.800 ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED?  00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:24.280 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. NOW WE WILL TAKE UP WITH ITEM 3GG2.  00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:25.840 ALL RIGHT. SHOULD WE REORDER   00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:30.880 THIS TO PUT IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA? >> Maria Marino: I WILL MAKE A MOTION   00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:36.440 WE REORDER THE AGENDA AND PUT THE TWO  ITEMS THAT WE PULLED AFTER PRESENTATIONS.  00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.360 OKAY. I WILL REMOVE MY REQUEST.  00:05:55.880 --> 00:05:59.800 IF YOU DON'T ALL MIND, I THINK  THIS MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE TIME.  00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:06.120 IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAYOR: CAN WE REORDER THAT  AGENDA TO PROCLAMATIONS AND THEN DO BUSINESS?  00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:10.560 THANK YOU. >> Gregg Weiss:   00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:19.520 SO THE MOTION IS BY COMMISSIONER MARINO ON ITEMS  3GG2 AND 3X-1 THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT   00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:29.200 AGENDA TO REORDER THEM IN FRONT OF REGULAR AGENDA  ITEM SO COME RIGHT BEFORE ITEM 5. ALL RIGHT.  00:06:29.200 --> 00:06:32.480 WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A  SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER.  00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.920 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR?  00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.720 ALL OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0.  00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:46.480 LET'S MOVE ONTO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE SO THIS SHOULD BE FUN.  00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:47.990 WHO IS UP FIRST? 00:06:52.166 --> 00:06:58.160 >>Michael Barnett: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND OKEECHOBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL. GOOD MORNING.  00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:05.520 THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR REORDERING THE AGENDA,   00:07:05.520 --> 00:07:09.920 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE GET THESE  KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.  00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.400 THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO BLESS US WITH  THEIR AMAZING PERFORMANCE THIS MORNING.  00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:18.320 HOPE YOU ALL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN ACTION  FOR TODAY WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THE LA TUNA   00:07:18.320 --> 00:07:21.480 OF OKEECHOBEE WITH US. OBATA OPPORTUNITY TO   00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:25.600 SEE THEM WHILE THEY WERE IN THE CHAMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE   00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.840 MERE ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS. AS WE KNOW.  00:07:28.840 --> 00:07:32.760 BY GREAT STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS  TEACHING AND MENTORING THEM AND I WOULD   00:07:32.760 --> 00:07:38.480 LIKE TO WELCOME PRINCIPAL OF OKEECHOBEE MIDDLE  SCHOOL, ELIZABETH OR ALICE AND THE LA TUNA GUITAR   00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:47.880 EXTRAORDINAIRE AND TEACHER MR. GUSTAVO. THE FOUNDATION BEHIND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL   00:07:47.880 --> 00:07:55.840 GROUP IS THAT OF THE TRADITIONAL SPANISH. COMMONLY KNOWN AS TUNA, A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY   00:07:55.840 --> 00:08:00.720 STUDENTS WHO PLAY TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS  AND PERFORM SONGS AUTHENTIC TO THE REGION.  00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:04.680 THESE MUSICAL GROUPS ARE DEEPLY ROOTED  IN SPAIN'S HISTORY BEING CONSIDERED THE   00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.400 LONGEST STANDING ACTIVE INSTITUTION  DATING BACK TO THE 11TH CENTURY.  00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:12.200 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE OKEECHOBEE   00:08:12.200 --> 00:08:16.600 MIDDLE SCHOOL LA TUNA. IS GUSTAVO HERE?  00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:26.240 PLEASE COME ON UP. AND ALL THE STUDENTS AS WELL IF THAT IS OKAY.  00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.640 GABRIELLA? MENDOZA, JOHN?  00:08:32.640 --> 00:08:37.360 MONTOYA? OR ALICE, DANIEL.  00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:41.120 [NAME] MARIANNA?  00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:47.200 ROBERTO? [NAME] ISABELLA?  00:08:47.920 --> 00:08:49.880 ANNABELLA? RAMOS?  00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.800 RODRIGUEZ? TORRES?  00:08:55.760 --> 00:08:58.800 VARGAS ISABELLA? CHRISTOPHER?  00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:04.440 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST NAMES WERE PUT FIRST. IS EVERYBODY UP HERE?  00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:09.080 ALL RIGHT., HALF OF THE BOARD OF  COUNTY COMMISSIONERS I WOULD LIKE   00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:14.560 TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION  TO LA TUNA OF OKEECHOBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL.  00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:18.640 LA TUNA AND OKEECHOBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL  FORMED IN 2008, THEY ARE THE ONLY MUSICAL   00:09:18.640 --> 00:09:22.520 GROUP OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. AS IT IS A MODERN TAKE ON THE SPANISH   00:09:23.280 --> 00:09:27.760 GROUP AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, NOT  UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS DEDICATION   00:09:27.760 --> 00:09:32.200 IS REFLECTED IN THEIR JOINT AND RELENTLESS  EFFORTS TO GROW BOTH THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE   00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:38.080 AND MUSICAL INTERPRETATION SKILLS. PRESENTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY 2023 PALM BEACH   00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.620 COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:52.840 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OKEECHOBEE  SCHOOL AND ALL THE SCHOOL SPIRIT WE ARE A DUAL   00:09:52.840 --> 00:10:00.520 LANGUAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL WITH TIES OF  THE INTERNATIONAL SPANISH ACADEMY DIRECTLY   00:10:00.520 --> 00:10:08.080 THROUGH SPAIN AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOWS  US TO SHOWCASE THE JOY AND THE TRADITIONS   00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:13.000 RELATED TO LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE AND  SPECIFICALLY WITH THE SPANISH LANGUAGES.  00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:19.160 IF YOU HEARD OUR MUSIC WE SAW WE HAD MUSIC  FROM SEVERAL SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND SO   00:10:19.160 --> 00:10:26.641 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY AND  THANK YOU FOR EMBRACING US AS WE EMBRACE YOU.  [APPLAUSE] 00:14:03.776 --> 00:14:08.360 >> GOOD MORNING. BACK-TO-SCHOOL PALM BEACH   00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:12.400 COUNTY IS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY   00:14:12.400 --> 00:14:18.320 REVITALIZATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT OF  GIVING NETWORK, THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL.  00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.240 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S  OFFICE AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.  00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.960 BACK-TO-SCHOOL PALM BEACH COUNTY  PROVIDES BOOKS, SHOES, SOCKS, HAIRCUTS,   00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:32.720 HEALTH SCREENINGS AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES  TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME,   00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:38.240 HOMELESS AND FOSTER FAMILIES IN PALM BEACH  COUNTY HELP PREPARE THEM FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.  00:14:38.760 --> 00:14:43.440 FIRST LET ME THINK OFFICER COMMUNITY  REVITALIZATION FOR THE INCREDIBLE JOB   00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:48.040 THEY DID ON THE EVENT AND THE JOB THEY DO  EACH DAY AND EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.  00:14:48.040 --> 00:14:54.080 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]  00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:57.640 THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT CANNOT BE POSSIBLE  WITHOUT PARTICIPATION OF GENEROUS COMMUNITY   00:14:57.640 --> 00:15:04.240 LEADERS AND TODAY WE HONOR TO OF THOSE LEADERS. KRISTEN SMETHURST, PROGRAM DIRECTOR,   00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:10.520 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM. AND ROSEMARY, CAMPUS DIRECTOR,   00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:16.880 HOLLYWOOD INSTITUTE OF BEAUTY CAREERS. WOULD YOU ALL COME UP, PLEASE.  00:15:16.880 --> 00:15:22.203 AND IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY WITH ME YOU WOULD  LIKE TO STAND THEY CAN COME UP AS WELL.  00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:53.720 ROSEMARY PAULINO? OKAY.  00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.960 WE WILL DO ROSEMARY FIRST. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED   00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:04.320 TO ROSEMARY PAULINO, HOLLYWOOD INSTITUTE BEAUTY  CAREERS CAMPUS DIRECTOR IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF   00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:09.320 HER DEDICATION AND THE COMMITTED EDUCATORS AND  STUDENTS OF THE HOLLYWOOD INSTITUTE OF BEAUTY   00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:14.040 CAREERS FOR THE REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND  SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY   00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:19.280 REVITALIZATION THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM. THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OFFER NUMEROUS   00:16:19.280 --> 00:16:24.960 SERVICES TO STUDENTS IN NEED DEMONSTRATES THE  INSTITUTES CORE VALUES AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO   00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:30.880 COMMUNITY SERVICE ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF 2020 THE  BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PALM BEACH COUNTY.  00:16:30.880 --> 00:16:39.080 CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING.  00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:44.840 WE ARE DEEPLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE  OF APPRECIATION FROM COMMISSIONER MICHAEL BARNETT   00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:51.000 ON ON BEHALF OF MY ENTIRE TEAM I WANT TO EXPRESS  OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO NOT ONLY COMMISSIONER   00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:57.080 BARNETT BUT FOR THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION  BUT ALSO TO MAYOR WEISS, THE REST OF THE   00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:06.680 BOARD OF COMMUNITY COMMISSIONERS, MR. TATE, OCR  DIRECTOR AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR DEAR FRIEND RUTH.  00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.160 WHERE ARE YOU? WHO HAS BEEN OUR FRIEND   00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:17.440 FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING  US PARTICIPATE IN THIS AMAZING EVENT SINCE 2019.  00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:22.240 RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE  COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND DEDICATION OF COUNTLESS   00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.920 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE HOLLYWOOD INSTITUTE OF  BEAUTY CAREERS WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING   00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:33.000 IN THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT EVERY YEAR. AND I ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE WHO   00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:38.440 HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS AMAZING JOURNEY BUT AS  A CAMPUS DIRECTOR I AM HUMBLED AND HONORED TO   00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:44.960 BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE CERTIFICATE, MY  STUDENTS BACK THERE, STAFF AND FACULTY   00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:49.040 LOVE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND  LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR.  00:17:49.040 --> 00:17:57.720 WE ARE FILLED KNOWING OUR WORK HELPED REPAIR  THE KIDS IT IS A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE.  00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:02.800 IN CLOSING I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN EXPRESS MY  DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER MICHAEL   00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:09.120 BARNETT FOR HIS RECOGNITION ALONG WITH MAYOR WEISS  IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BORIC COMMISSIONERS.  00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:12.600 IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR  AND WE ARE TRULY THANKFUL.  00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:18.120 LET US CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER HAND-IN-HAND  TOWARD A BRIGHTER AND MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE   00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:20.400 FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.  00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:25.080 [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.  00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:28.240 NOW I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME KRISTIN TO THE PODIUM.  00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:46.720 PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF SELF UNIVERSITY KRISTEN  SMETHURST CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED   00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.920 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS  GO RECOGNITION OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND   00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:54.720 DEDICATED FACULTY AND COMPASSIONATE  STUDENTS OF SOUTH UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR   00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:59.120 IMPACTFUL SUPPORT OF THE OFFICE I COMMUNITY  REVITALIZATION THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM.  00:19:59.120 --> 00:20:08.520 THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING SCHOOL PHYSICALS  AND VISION SCREENINGS PROFOUNDLY REFLECTS CORE   00:20:08.520 --> 00:20:15.000 VALUES AND UNWAVERING SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE  SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTING TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE.  00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:19.760 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023  BORDER PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.  00:20:19.760 --> 00:20:27.880 CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING.  00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:31.720 THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARNETT,  MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION.  00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:36.680 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY  TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING.  00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:41.480 SERVICES AT THE HEART OF WHAT YOU DO AS  HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND NURSES AND WE   00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:48.240 ARE THRILLED TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS  IMPORTANT EVENT AND TOUCH THE LIVES OF SO MANY   00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:53.960 STUDENTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FAIR IN I WOULD LOVE  TO THANK RUTH AND CRYSTAL AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT   00:20:53.960 --> 00:21:00.280 WILL COORDINATE THIS EVENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD  TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN STARTING NEXT MONTH.  00:21:00.280 --> 00:21:03.960 IT IS A CONTINUOUS PLANNING PROCESS. I WOULD LOVE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF   00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:10.560 OUR FACULTY AND TEAM, SPECIFICALLY DEAN  OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS.  00:21:10.560 --> 00:21:16.280 JULIA IS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR OUR BACHELOR OF  SCIENCE IN NURSING PROGRAM THE READER WONDERFUL   00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:22.280 FACULTY, MY TEAM WHO IS HERE WITH US, OUR  CAMPUS DIRECTOR DIANA AND WE ARE GRATEFUL   00:21:22.280 --> 00:21:26.880 FOR ALL THE SUPPORT OF THE INSTITUTION  TO ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT.  00:21:27.560 --> 00:21:31.728 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE THE HONOR. [APPLAUSE] 00:22:38.286 --> 00:22:47.360 >> Michael Barnett: THE OMEGA IS THE LAST IN THE ANCIENT GREEK ALPHABET. OMEGA LEADERS PUT OTHERS IN   00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:53.920 THEIR SHARED CAUSE AHEAD OF THEMSELVES. WOULD THE OMEGA LEADERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY   00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:57.960 PLEASE RISE AND PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE]  00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:19.240 >> Michael Barnett: THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING  LAMBDA ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER AND SIGMA DELTA DELTA   00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:27.640 CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY FOR  OUTSTANDING WORK ON THE CURB APPEAL PROJECT.  00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:36.600 WHERE AS A MOTHER LAMBDA ALPHA ALPHA ALSO  KNOWN AS LAA, CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI   00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:45.160 FRATERNITY INC HAS BEEN OPERATING IN PALM  BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA SINCE MARCH 18, 1982.  00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:51.520 AND HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A PUBLIC  SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.  00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:59.800 WHERE AS THE SIGMA DELTA DELTA, ALSO KNOWN  AS STD UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI   00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:07.800 PHI FRATERNITY INC HAS BEEN OPERATING IN PALM  BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA SINCE IT'S DECEMBER 7, 1995.  00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:12.560 AND HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A PUBLIC  SERVICE ORGANIZATION ON THE CAMPUS OF FLORIDA   00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:20.560 ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF LAA AND SDD   00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:27.120 HAVE DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS IN SERVICE  TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING   00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:34.080 HEALTH INITIATIVES AND MENTORING PROGRAMS  CHEMISTRY CLEANUP EVENTS, TALENT HUNTING,   00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:40.560 THANKSGIVING BASKET GIVEAWAYS, TRACK AND FIELD  EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO   00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:48.400 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND WHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF  LAA AND SDD ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SERVICES   00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:55.520 TO CAREGIVERS AND SENIORS IN BOYNTON BEACH  FLORIDA THROUGH ITS CURB APPEAL PROJECT.  00:24:55.520 --> 00:25:02.480 AND WHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF LAA AND SDD PAINTED  AND LANDSCAPED 12 HOMES OF CAREGIVERS AND SENIORS   00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:11.160 FROM FEBRUARY 11, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 23, 2023. WHEREAS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF   00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:19.640 PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA RECOGNIZES THE EXEMPLARY  WORK IN SERVICE LAA AND SDD HAS MADE TO CAREGIVERS   00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:24.920 AND SENIORS IN BOYNTON BEACH FLORIDA. THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF   00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:30.320 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA  ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF   00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:38.880 NOVEMBER, 2023 THAT THE BOARD HEREBY RECOGNIZES  LAMBDA ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER AND SIGMA DELTA DELTA   00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:46.200 CHAPTER OF THE OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY  INC FOR OUTSTANDING WORK ON THE PROJECTS.  00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:53.837 CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]  00:25:53.837 --> 00:26:00.200 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR GREGORY WEISS, COMMISSIONER  MACK, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR   00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:05.560 VIRGINIA BAKER AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. MY NAME IS CAMERON SIMMONS AND I AM THE   00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:11.520 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF LAMBDA ALPHA ALPHA OF  OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY COOPERATED DURING HERE   00:26:11.520 --> 00:26:16.600 TODAY BY THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT MR. ANTHONY  ROBINSON AND THE COCHAIR OF THE CURB APPEAL.  00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:23.720 SENIOR COMMIT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNDERGRADUATE  CHAPTER OF SIGMA DELTA DELTA AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC   00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:30.000 UNIVERSITY MR. RICKY PETTY MR. DUANE RANDOLPH. BOTH CHAPTERS AND BEEN A PART OF PALM BEACH COUNTY   00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:37.040 FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE COMMITTED TO OUR TIME  ENSURING WE LIVE BY FOUR PRINCIPLES OF MANHOOD,   00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:41.760 SCHOLARSHIP, PERSEVERANCE AND UPLIFT BY  PROVIDING SERVICES TO MANY RESIDENTS IN   00:26:41.760 --> 00:26:45.880 THE SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY AREA. CURB APPEAL PROJECT WAS ORGANIZED   00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:51.200 THE PAINT AND PROVIDE LANDSCAPING TO THE HOMES  OF CAREGIVERS TO MANAGE THE DAILY AFFAIRS OF   00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:56.680 THEIR BELOVED SENIORS IN THE BOYNTON BEACH AREA. MANY OF THE CAREGIVERS WE SERVE HAVE LITTLE TIME   00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:02.440 TO ATTEND TO THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR HOMES  DUE TO THE CARING FOR THE BELOVED SENIORS.  00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:08.120 WHEN THE WORLD CALLS, OMEGA MEANT ANSWER. WE LOST THE CURB APPEAL PROJECT IN 2020,   00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:14.800 WE PAINTED AND LANDSCAPED IN HOMES FROM 2020  TO 2022 AND IN 2023 WE PAINTED AND LANDSCAPED   00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:19.720 12 HOMES FOR CAREGIVERS AND SENIORS. TO DATE WE HAVE PAINTED A LANDSCAPE   00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:24.720 22 HOMES UNDER THE CURB APPEAL PROJECT. THROUGH THE CURB APPEAL PROJECT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE   00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:31.400 TO EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF ANY CAREGIVERS  AND SENIORS AS WELL AS ALLEVIATE CODE VIOLATIONS.  00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:36.520 IT IS QUITE A REWARDING FEELING TO SEE THE  SMILES LIKE OUR CAREGIVER AND FACES ONCE   00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:42.120 WE COMPLETE THE LANDSCAPING OTHER HOMES IN ON  THE HALF OF THE LAMBDA ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER AND   00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:47.400 SIGMA DELTA DELTA CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI  FRATERNITY COOPERATED WE EXTEND A HEARTFELT   00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:52.120 THANK YOU TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF  COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION.  00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:57.520 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]  00:27:57.520 --> 00:28:04.520 >> Mack Benard: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE  RECOGNIZE CHIEF NATALIE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR   00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.940 THE CITY WAS PALM BEACH. [APPLAUSE]  00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:17.700 THANKS COMMISSIONER WOODROW HEY WHO IS A CITY  COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH WHO   00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:24.360 IS ALSO HERE. THANK YOU.  00:28:34.933 --> 00:28:43.120 >> Maria Sachs: GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WHILE THEY ARE TAKING A PICTURE WE ARE   00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:51.680 GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION  AND IF I COULD HAVE SHEILA, VICE PRESIDENT   00:28:51.680 --> 00:29:06.880 LEGISLATION AND NATALIE, COPRESIDENT AND BOB  BOARD MEMBER AND GRAND SUPPORTER OF SHEILA.  00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:16.360 WHITAKER NOVEMBER 2023 A  FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH.  00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:23.680 WHEREAS FAMILIES AGAINST COURT TRAVESTIES LOCATED  IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN OBSERVING FAMILY   00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:30.240 INDEPENDENCE PROCEEDINGS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED   00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:35.720 BY COURT DECISIONS AND WHEREAS, THEIR  MISSION INCLUDES INCREASING AWARENESS   00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:41.680 OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAMILY COURT  SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES CHILD SAFETY   00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:49.960 AND ACTS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN. WHEREAS THIS MISSION IS FUELED BY THE DESIRE TO   00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:57.760 GRADE AWARENESS AND CHANGE IN THE FAMILY COURT  SYSTEM FOR THE ESTIMATED 58 THOUSAND CHILDREN   00:29:57.760 --> 00:30:06.400 A YEAR ORDERED INTO UNSUPERVISED CONTACT  PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY ABUSIVE PARENTS.  00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:11.000 WHILE HONORING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN  WHO HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING   00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:17.000 VISITATION WITH A DANGEROUS PARENT. WHEREAS THE MISSION IS TO INCREASE   00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:24.560 AWARENESS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE   00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:31.720 AND POSTSEPARATION ABUSE FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS  WORKING WITHIN THE FAMILY COURT SYSTEM AND   00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:37.960 WHEREAS THIS MISSION IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF  THE IMPORTANCE OF USING EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT   00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:46.200 PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVEN TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. WHEREAS THIS MISSION IS TO EDUCATE JUDGES AND   00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:50.800 OTHER FAMILY COURT PROFESSIONALS  ON EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH THAT   00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:57.240 IS CRITICAL TO MAKING THESE DECISIONS THAT  ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN.  00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:03.840 NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD  OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH   00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:09.440 COUNTY FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR  SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,   00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:20.640 2023 THAT NOVEMBER 2023 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS  HEREBY PROCLAIMED FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH.  00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:26.200 CONGRATULATIONS ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. [APPLAUSE]  00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:32.320 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? >> YES, THANK YOU MARIA.  00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:38.040 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CHAPTER OF NOW, THE  NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN CREATED   00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:45.760 FACTS COURT WATCH MY FAMILIES AGAINST  COURT TRAVESTIES IN 2002 TO REVIEW THE   00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:52.560 BEHAVIOR OF JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS HERE THIS  WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE TREMENDOUS OBSERVE   00:31:52.560 --> 00:32:01.680 AND CRIES FOR HELP FROM PARENTS ASKING FOR  SUPPORT CONCERNING FAMILY LAW CUSTODY ISSUES.  00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:09.960 FAX WORKED WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS  ADVOCATE FOR ABUSE CHILDREN TO PROTECT THEM FROM   00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:17.120 THE HARM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCLUDING  PHYSICAL, SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE.  00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:23.160 LONG-TERM JUDICIAL ABUSE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE  FOR THE SURGEON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES   00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:28.240 IN TRUTH LEARNING AND YOUNG ADULTS. FLORIDA IS NEGLIGENT IN PROVIDING   00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:34.920 CARE FOR THESE VICTIMS OF ABUSE. PARENTS, MOSTLY MOTHERS, TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR   00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:44.720 CHILDREN ARE OUT LAWYER BY THE OBSCENE COURSE COST  OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THEIR SUPPORT INDUSTRY.  00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:50.280 THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LEGALLY REPRESENT  THE WELFARE OF THEIR SELVES AND CHILDREN,   00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:57.000 THAT MEANS BEING THERE ONLY IN IN  THE FAMILY AND DEPENDENCY COURTS.  00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:03.200 DISGRACES IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR BATTERED  MOTHERS TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM   00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:12.000 ABUSIVE FATHERS WHO LITIGATE AGAINST THEM USING  THE FAMILY COURTS TO STALK, HARASS, PUNISH AND   00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:19.280 IMPOVERISH THEIR FORMER PARTNER AND CHILDREN. JUST AS THIS HAPPENED TO ALLIE AND GRAYSON   00:33:19.280 --> 00:33:25.720 KESSLER GIVEN FAMILY COURT AWARENESS  MONTH REAL NATION MEMORIALIZES THE MURDER   00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:32.760 OF CHILDREN LIKE FOR-YEAR-OLD GRAYSON  MARTIN KESSLER FROM PLANTATION FLORIDA.  00:33:32.760 --> 00:33:39.240 A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION AN EMERGENCY  PICK UP ORDER FOR GRAYSON WERE BOTH DENIED BY   00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:50.120 THE BROWARD COURT JUDGE THE DAY BEFORE GRAYSON WAS  MURDERED BY HIS FATHER WHO THEN KILLED HIMSELF.  00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:55.360 TO PROTECT OTHER THREATENED CHILDREN THE  FLORIDA LEGISLATURE PASSED GRAYSON LAW THIS   00:33:55.360 --> 00:34:02.720 PAST YEAR HEAR THE BILLS WERE SPONSORED BY SENATOR  LORI BERMAN AND REPRESENTATIVE HILARY CASALE.  00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:08.840 THIS LAW AIMS TO CHANGE THE WAY DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE AND ABUSE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED IN   00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:17.400 THE FAMILY COURTS AND TO HELP PASS ADDITIONAL  LAWS THAT ALWAYS PUTS CHILD SAFETY FIRST.  00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:25.160 FACTS INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN  VOLUNTEER SECURE THE CRISIS FOR PARENTS AND   00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:32.720 CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY COURTS DERIVE INFORMATION  HERE FOR YOU TODAY, WHOEVER IS INTERESTED.  00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:40.520 DECEMBER 6 WOULD HAVE BEEN GRAYSON KESSLER SEVENTH  BIRTHDAY AND IN MEMORY OF HIM WE DO OUR COURT   00:34:40.520 --> 00:34:47.040 WATCHES MOSTLY ON ZOOM SO IT IS CONVENIENT. I HAVE THESE BROCHURES AVAILABLE AND ALSO   00:34:47.040 --> 00:34:51.840 INFORMATION ABOUT GRACE AND LAW. AND I WANT TO THANK NATALIE WHO HAS   00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:59.730 BEEN WORKING WITH ME OVER 30 YEARS AND FAMILIES  COURT AND WOMEN'S ISSUES AND MY HUSBAND BOB WHO   00:34:59.730 --> 00:35:07.440 HAS BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS AND HE HAS BEEN  A RELEASE IMPORTANT SUPPORTER OF OUR ISSUES.  00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:18.704 IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED I  WILL HAND YOU A BROCHURE.  00:35:18.704 --> 00:35:25.840 >> Gregg Weiss: IF I CAN  HAVE JESSICA CECERE JOIN ME.  00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:40.080 IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF  RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY   00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:46.560 COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TO JESSICA. JESSICA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN NONPROFIT   00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:52.680 LEADERSHIP FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND IS ALSO  A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, CONSULTANT AND ACTIVE   00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:59.560 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER TO BEGIN SHE IS AN EXPERT  IN NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL FINANCE,   00:35:59.560 --> 00:36:06.160 OR FORMER CERTIFIED CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELOR  CERTIFIED COUNSELOR FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF   00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:10.760 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN  THE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKS AMERICA.  00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:18.080 JESSICA JOINED NONPROFITS FIRST AS INTERIM  CEO IN AUGUST 2013 AND ACCEPTED THE FULL-TIME   00:36:18.080 --> 00:36:27.080 POSITION IN FEBRUARY 2014 IT UNDER HER LEADERSHIP  NONPROFITS FIRST HAS ACCREDITED OVER 780 AGENCIES   00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:33.040 OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND ADMINISTERED OVER  $4 MILLION IN GRANTS FUNDED BY THE CHILDREN'S   00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:39.440 SERVICES COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THEY GRADUATED 450 NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS   00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:45.160 THROUGH ITS RISING LEADERS PROGRAM  AND 38 THROUGH ADVANCING LEADERS.  00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:51.720 THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED 990 NOMINEES FROM LOCAL  NONPROFIT SECTOR OF THE ANNUAL HATS OFF   00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:58.160 NONPROFIT AWARDS OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. IN ADDITION TO A PROFESSIONAL CAREER SHE IS   00:36:58.160 --> 00:37:04.000 A GRADUATE AN ACTIVE ALUMNI OF LEADERSHIP  FLORIDA AND LEADERSHIP PALM BEACH COUNTY.  00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:10.360 SHE HAS SERVED MORE THAN 12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS  OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS AND CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERS   00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:14.920 HER TIME ON THE BOARD TO THE BETTER BUSINESS  BUREAU SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND PUERTO RICO,   00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:18.480 LEADERSHIP PALM BEACH COUNTY AND  FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES ALLIANCE.  00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:25.520 SHE RECEIVED SEVERAL HONORS THROUGHOUT HER  CAREER INCLUDING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP AWARD IN THE   00:37:25.520 --> 00:37:33.600 NONPROFIT SECTOR BY THE EXECUTIVE PALM BEACH IS  FOUNDATION AND LEADERSHIP PALM BEACH COUNTY AWARD.  00:37:33.600 --> 00:37:37.520 JESSICA HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE  NONPROFIT COMMUNITY IN THE LAST DECADE   00:37:37.520 --> 00:37:44.400 BY SERVING AS A MENTOR ADVOCATING FOR SUPPORT  AND STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH OF THE SECTOR.  00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:52.760 JESSICA IS, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS! JESSICA IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.  00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:54.240 MY GOODNESS. WE WOULD LIKE   00:37:54.240 --> 00:38:00.160 TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING  SERVICE SO WE ARE PRESENTING ON THE SEVENTH DAY   00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:06.600 OF NOVEMBER 2023 FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD  OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A RECOGNITION TO JESSICA.  00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:16.280 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE. >> I THINK I JUST SHOCKED MAYOR WEISS.  00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:24.200 I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION.  00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:32.680 I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE I DID ALL THAT STUFF TO HER  IN IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR, PARTICULARLY MY LAST   00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:40.800 10 YEARS TO SERVE THE ENTIRE NONPROFIT SECTOR. IT IS AN EXTREME JOY TO WORK WITH THESE AMAZING   00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:43.640 NONPROFITS, SOME OF WHICH  YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS MORNING.  00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:50.960 I APPRECIATE IT, I THANK YOU. I WILL BE AROUND BUT I AM RETIRING IN DECEMBER.  00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.360 . THANK YOU SO MUCH   00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:59.000 TONIGHT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMMIT  TO MY DEAR FRIEND MAYOR WEISS AND ESPECIALLY   00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:04.520 TO JENNIFER SULLIVAN WHO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER. SHE IS OUR BOARD CHAIR AND MY HUSBAND IS HERE WITH   00:39:04.520 --> 00:39:09.720 ME AND HAS ENDURED ALL THIS PAIN OF ME WORKING  IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR FOR SO LONG, BILL.  00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:16.820 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING  HERE AND SUPPORTING ME.  00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:27.280 >> Maria Sachs: THIS IS THE BEST PART  OF OUR MEETINGS ARE IN I WANT TO CALL   00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:42.080 UP RYAN AND HIS BUDDY TITAN AND AMANDA WHO  IS A TREASURER AND SECRETARY OF SEMPER FI.  00:39:42.080 --> 00:39:44.497 COME ON UP. 00:39:56.048 --> 00:40:07.280 WE ARE GOING TO DECLARE NOVEMBER 7, 2023 AS VETERAN SERVICE DOG DAY. HE IS STANDING AT ATTENTION, THIS DOG.  00:40:10.520 --> 00:40:15.360 WHEREAS MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS AN  ESSENTIAL PART OF HEALTH AND OVERALL WELLNESS.  00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:22.720 WHEREAS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER MAY DEVELOP  AFTER A PERSON HAS BEEN THROUGH, SEEN OR BEEN   00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:30.400 THREATENED WITH A DRAMATIC EVENT AND WHEREAS, AS  RESEARCH IS SHOWN SPECIALLY TRAINED PTSD SERVICE   00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:36.520 DOGS CAN REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY. I ALREADY FEEL BETTER ALREADY.  00:40:36.520 --> 00:40:41.280 MITIGATE DEPRESSION AND EASE  SOCIAL REINTEGRATION AS WHEREAS,   00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:48.760 PTSD WAR VETERANS IS A COMMON CONDITION THAT CAN  DEVELOP IMMEDIATELY AFTER A DISTURBING EVENT.  00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:55.000 WHEREAS, PALM BEACH COUNTY IS HOME  TO APPROXIMATELY 84,000 VETERANS,   00:40:55.000 --> 00:41:00.960 THE THIRD LARGEST POPULATION OF VETERANS IN THE  STATE OF FLORIDA AND WHEREAS, THERE ARE MANY   00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:10.320 TYPES OF SERVICE DOGS INCLUDING GUIDE DOGS FOR THE  BLIND, DOGS FOR THE DEAF, BUT OUR SERVICE DOGS TO   00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:18.080 ASSIST OUR VETERANS WITH PTSD, PANIC DISORDERS,  ANXIETY DISORDERS, MAJOR DEPRESSION AND AUTISM   00:41:18.080 --> 00:41:25.520 SPECTRUM DISORDERS ARE ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY  HONORED FOR YOU TODAY, RYAN AND FOR YOU ALSO.  00:41:25.520 --> 00:41:30.960 WHEREAS, SERVICE ANIMALS ARE COVERED BY THE  AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT AFFORDED RIGHTS TO   00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:38.000 ENTER PUBLISHED ESTABLISHMENTS, TRYING TO ASSIST  A SINGLE PERSON MAY LIVE WITH OWNERS REGARDLESS OF   00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:46.520 PET POLICIES AND FLY WITH HER DISABLED OWNERS. WHEREAS, SEMPER FI SERVICE DOGS, AND THE   00:41:46.520 --> 00:41:55.720 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT RESCUES SHELTER DOGS. LET ME TELL YOU TODAY THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS   00:41:55.720 --> 00:42:02.040 BEEN WITHIN OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AND HAS  WORKED WITH MANY OF OUR ANIMALS AND ANIMAL CARE   00:42:02.040 --> 00:42:11.800 AND CONTROL HELPING TO SERVE AS THOSE DOGS, MANY  OF WHOM NOBODY WANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE LARGE DOGS.  00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:20.400 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THE BEST WHEN IT COMES  TO ACTING AS SERVICE DOGS FOR OUR VETERANS.  00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:31.160 KNOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND I  APPRECIATE YOU AND AMANDA WORKING ILLNESS.  00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:36.240 THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA   00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:44.520 ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF  NOVEMBER 2023 THAT NOVEMBER 7 2023 AND PALM BEACH   00:42:44.520 --> 00:42:56.160 COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIM VETERAN SERVICE DOG DAY. CONGRATULATIONS.  00:42:56.160 --> 00:43:00.280 [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU MARIA.  00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:05.920 THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.  00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:12.720 THIS PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO SHINE LIGHT ON  THE PROBLEM OF PTSD IN VETERANS ESPECIALLY   00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:20.240 SUFFERING FROM PTSD AND USUALLY BEING  DRAWN LIKE MEDICATIONS LIKE I WAS MYSELF.  00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:23.200 THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER. THE ANSWER TO ME SERVICE   00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:30.880 DOGS TO BEGIN I'VE TRAINED OVER 100 SERVICE DOGS  AND NOT ONE OF THEM HAS KILLED THEMSELVES AND MOST   00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:36.960 OF THEM ARE OFF THE MAJORITY OF THEIR MEDICATION. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS THING WE DO HERE.  00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:43.520 MISSION IS TO RESCUE AS MANY DOGS AS POSSIBLE  AND SAVE AS MANY VETERANS AS POSSIBLE AND   00:43:43.520 --> 00:43:46.480 GIVE THEM THEIR LIVES BACK. IS NOT JUST ABOUT SUICIDE,   00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:51.400 IT'S ABOUT GIVING THEM THEIR LIVES BACK AS WELL. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR LIFE BACK IN   00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:57.840 THE DESERT, THEY COME HERE, THEY ISOLATE  AND 22+ VETERANS KILLED THEMSELVES EVERY   00:43:57.840 --> 00:44:04.200 DAY AND 55,000 DOGS ARE EUTHANIZED EVERY  DAY SO TO ME IT HITS CLOSE TO MY HEART.  00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:09.200 I QUIT MY FULL-TIME JOB TO DO THIS. WE ARE GRASSROOTS BUT WE WILL NOT   00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:16.560 STOP UNTIL EVERY VETERAN AND EVERY DOG IS SAFE. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT I IN A MARINE ON A   00:44:16.560 --> 00:44:26.000 MISSION AND UNTIL I'M DEAD THAT'S WHAT MY GOAL IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  00:44:27.640 --> 00:44:35.053 [APPLAUSE] >> Gregg Weiss: WHILE THEY   00:44:35.053 --> 00:44:45.240 ARE TAKING THEIR PICTURE COULD I ASK MARIA LOPEZ  AND ALEX WE HAVE SIX STUDENTS I BELIEVE WITH YOU?  00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:47.268 IF I COULD ASK YOU ALL TO COME DOWN HERE. 00:45:09.036 --> 00:45:23.280 SO IT IS MY HONOR. WE HAVE QUITE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. I HAVE FIRST A CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATIONS   00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:30.120 PRESENTED TO THE PALM BEACH KARATE SCHOOL FOR  TRAINING FIVE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES TO QUALIFY   00:45:30.120 --> 00:45:37.520 FOR THE 2023 JUNIOR PAN-AMERICAN GAMES  ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC   00:45:37.520 --> 00:45:44.880 COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN SANTIAGO CHILE. BY PLACING AT THE 2023 USA NATIONAL KARATE   00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:51.160 CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TEAM TRIALS HELD IN  RICHMOND VIRGINIA KEVIN CRUZ, BRIAN CRUZ,   00:45:51.160 --> 00:46:03.840 GABRIELLA LUCA, JULIO AND CHRISTOPHER EARNED  THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNIOR   00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:12.840 PAN-AMERICAN GAMES PUT AT THE 2023 JUNIOR  PAN-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, JULIO, OR IS HE?  00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:17.240 THERE HE IS , JULIO WON A GOLD  MEDAL FOR THE UNITED STATES TEAM.  00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:29.240 JULIO IS CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE WORLD. [ APPLAUSE] THE SCHOOLS WEST PALM BEACH LOCATION OPENED   00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:36.280 IN 1996 AND HAS RAISED 45 BLACK BELTS AND  FOCUSES CREATING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT   00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:41.400 FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP KARATE SKILLS  AS WELL AS THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER.  00:46:42.240 --> 00:46:46.200 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT   00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:59.200 YOU WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATIONS. NOW I HAVE A SECOND CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESENT   00:46:59.200 --> 00:47:05.320 AND THAT IS THE SENSEI ALEX AND NESTA WHICH IS  PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL CO-OWNER AND HEAD COACH   00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:10.680 FOR SUCCESSFULLY TRAINING THE PALM BEACH KARATE  SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EARN FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD   00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:18.440 PLACE TITLES IN THE 2023 USA KARATE NATIONALS AND  TEAM TRIALS HELD IN RICHMOND VIRGINIA IN THE 2023   00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:31.000 PAN-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SANTIAGO CHILE. AND WE ARE NOT DONE.  00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:37.280 FOR JULIO I HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR  ACHIEVING FIRST-PLACE GOLD-MEDAL IN   00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:44.240 A CATEGORY 14 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS IN A FIRST  PLACE GOLD-MEDAL AT THE PAN-AMERICAN.  00:47:44.240 --> 00:47:47.640 YOU ALREADY DID THE PAN-AMERICAN  CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW ALREADY ONE DAY!  00:47:47.640 --> 00:47:55.720 OH MY GOODNESS IT FIRST-PLACE TWICE. GOOD FOR YOU.  00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:59.080 TO KEVIN. KEVIN 1A GOLD-MEDAL.  00:47:59.080 --> 00:48:04.480 KEVIN, WHERE ARE YOU? GABRIELLA?  00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:13.240 GABRIELLA HAS A SILVER MEDAL. BRIAN CRUZ SECOND-PLACE SILVER METAL.  00:48:13.240 --> 00:48:19.360 CONGRATULATIONS. LUCA, SILVER METAL SECOND-PLACE.  00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:23.080 THANK YOU YOUNG MAN. AND CHRISTOPHER.  00:48:23.080 --> 00:48:27.040 THIRD PLACE BRONZE MEDAL. CONGRATULATIONS.  00:48:27.040 --> 00:48:39.920 MAKING US ALL PROUD IT. >> IN THE NAME OF OUR SCHOOL PALM BEACH KARATE   00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:46.880 WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAJOR GRACE   00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:52.360 AND THE BOARD A COMMISSION. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY   00:48:52.360 --> 00:49:03.640 TO SEE THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR  CHILDREN AND THEN THEY CAN BE OUT OF THE STREETS.  00:49:03.640 --> 00:49:11.940 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]  00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:14.229 >> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT  TO THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL.  00:49:14.229 --> 00:49:19.000 AND KHMER, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING   00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:23.520 THESE YOUNG ATHLETES IN ACHIEVING THEIR DREAMS  FOR THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON   00:49:23.520 --> 00:49:29.000 SINCE THEY WERE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IT  GOES TO SHOW ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH COMMITMENT,   00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:33.560 DEDICATION AND HARD WORK AND OF COURSE WITH THE  GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THEM BEHIND THEM.  00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:39.040 THANK YOU ALL, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME  AND THE REST OF THE PALM BEACH KARATE SCHOOL.  00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:53.600 ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.  00:49:53.600 --> 00:49:54.440 [APPLAUSE] >> Maria Marino:   00:49:54.440 --> 00:50:02.520 WHILE THEY ARE TAKING PICTURES MAY I HAVE DOCTOR  JAMES GREEN, [NAME], IS WENDY TIPPIT HERE?  00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:08.240 AND ANYONE ELSE IN COMMUNITY  SERVICES AS WE DO THIS PROCLAMATION.  00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:16.466 WE ARE GIVING THE HOMELESS PROCLAMATION. ACTUALLY, NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESS.  00:50:36.013 --> 00:50:39.112 [APPLAUSE] 00:50:39.112 --> 00:50:49.360 >> DOCTOR JAMES GREEN, ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? YOU WILL BE HERE IN TIME TO SAY HELLO.  00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:52.453 HE WAS JUST HERE. 00:50:55.829 --> 00:51:06.307 SMALL DELAY. HOWEVER, I CAN READ WHILE DOCTOR GREEN IS ON HIS  WAY. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER  11 THROUGH 00:51:06.307 --> 00:51:15.440 18 2023 AS NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS  AWARENESS WEEK. WHEREAS FLORIDA RANKS THIRD IN THE   00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:21.480 NATION FOR THE HIGHEST HOMELESS POPULATION AND ONE  IN SEVEN OF THE STATES POPULATION STRUGGLES WITH   00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:28.400 HUNGER AND WHEREAS, PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE  INCLUDING FAMILIES, THOSE IN FLOYD AN UNEMPLOYED,   00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:34.800 ELDERLY RESIDENTS, VETERANS, DISABLED PEOPLE,  YOUTH AND INDIVIDUALS ARE IMPACTED BY HUNGER AND   00:51:34.800 --> 00:51:41.080 HOMELESSNESS AND WHEREAS, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY  2023 HOMELESS POINT IN TIME COUNT IDENTIFIED   00:51:41.080 --> 00:51:48.520 1855 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING  HOMELESSNESS IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HUNGER   00:51:48.520 --> 00:51:55.080 RELIEF PLAN INDICATES MORE THAN 200,000 RESIDENTS  STRUGGLE WITH HUNGER AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF   00:51:55.080 --> 00:52:00.640 NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK  IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE MANY REASONS   00:52:00.640 --> 00:52:06.080 PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS INCLUDING THE  SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COUNTY   00:52:06.080 --> 00:52:12.360 FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT  FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL   00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:17.640 AS COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS  AND SCHOOL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND WHEREAS,   00:52:17.640 --> 00:52:23.400 LEADING THE WAY HOME IS A ROBUST TENURE PLAN  DEVELOPED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO BY THE PALM BEACH   00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:28.560 COUNTY HOMELESS ADVISORY BOARD IN COLLABORATION  WITH AGENCIES FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.  00:52:28.560 --> 00:52:32.360 OF THE NEXT PHASE OF ENDING  HOMELESSNESS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.  00:52:32.360 --> 00:52:39.560 AND WHEREAS THE INTENDED NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS  WEEK IS CONSISTENT WITH ACTIVITIES OF THE HOMELESS   00:52:39.560 --> 00:52:45.800 ADVISORY BOARD, HOMELESS COALITION, HOMELESS  HOUSING ALLIANCE, PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK,   00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:51.680 THE LORDS PLACE, GULF STREAM GOODWILL INDUSTRIES,  ADOPTIVE FAMILY AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS IN   00:52:51.680 --> 00:52:56.640 PALM BEACH COUNTY WOULD THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED  BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH   00:52:56.640 --> 00:53:03.480 COUNTY FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE  SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023 THAT NOVEMBER 11-18,   00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:14.560 2023 AND PALM BEACH COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIM  NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK.  00:53:14.560 --> 00:53:20.920 AND WENDY IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY.  00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:25.640 HOMELESSNESS IS ON THE RISE IN PALM BEACH  COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS.  00:53:25.640 --> 00:53:31.520 SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY THAT HELP US EVERY  DAY THERE WE HAVE HOMELESS SUMMIT THURSDAY,   00:53:31.520 --> 00:53:36.480 IT SOLD OUT BURIEN BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WITH A WAITING LIST SO THAT IS GOOD   00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:40.440 HE REALLY IS A FAITH-BASED, WE HAVE  DONATIONS, WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE.  00:53:41.320 --> 00:53:46.600 YOU NAME IT, IT'S THERE YOUR MARK  YOUR CALENDARS JANUARY 25 POINT IN   00:53:46.600 --> 00:53:53.600 TIME COUNT WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET  SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND THANK YOU AGAIN.  00:53:53.600 --> 00:54:14.560 >> Marci Woodward: WHILE THEY DO THEIR  PICTURES I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP THE   00:54:14.560 --> 00:54:25.080 FOUNDERS OF THE DISABILITY FOUNDATION MOTHER  AND SON ROSE LEE ARCHER AND PAT ROBERT ARCHER.  00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:34.800 THIS IS MY SECOND TIME TO  GET TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION   00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:42.360 1 MY FIRST ONCE WHEN I WAS ELECTED LAST YEAR. IT IS MY HONOR OF THIS IS YOUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.  00:54:46.040 --> 00:54:50.920 OKAY. LET'S JUST STICK TO THE READING PART THEN.  00:54:50.920 --> 00:54:56.640 SO TODAY WE ARE DECLARING NOVEMBER 2023 IS PALM  BEACH COUNTY DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS   00:54:56.640 --> 00:55:05.080 MONTH BUT WHEREAS 2023 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY  OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973   00:55:05.080 --> 00:55:09.960 AND A THEME FOR THIS YEAR NATIONAL DISABILITY  EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH IS ADVANCING ACCESS   00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:15.240 AND EQUITY CAN ACKNOWLEDGING THE DECADES OF  CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES   00:55:15.240 --> 00:55:21.080 AND RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF THE WORKFORCE WITH  THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS ARE AS THE DISABILITY   00:55:21.080 --> 00:55:27.400 FOUNDATION WORKS WITH THE ABLE TRUST IN NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNORS COMMITTEES ON PEOPLE WITH   00:55:27.400 --> 00:55:33.440 DISABILITIES TO ADVANCE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES  IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TO   00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:40.760 INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT  EDUCATION, STUDENTS TRANSITIONING OUT OF HIGH   00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:45.960 SCHOOL FOR DISABILITY MENTORING IS A VALUABLE  RECRUITING TOOL FOR BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT   00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:53.000 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE INCLUSION IN  THE WORKPLACE BY HELPING STUDENTS AND JOBSEEKERS   00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:58.640 WITH DISABILITIES EXPLORE POSSIBLE CAREER  PATHS, BUILD CONFIDENCE, OBTAIN JOB EXPENSE,   00:55:58.640 --> 00:56:04.320 DEVELOP LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AND UNDERSTAND  THE VITAL CONNECTION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND WORK.  00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:08.480 WHEREAS A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH  COUNTY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 38,000   00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:15.440 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED FROM BIRTH FROM AGE 22. MAY HAVE PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, MENTAL OR HIDDEN   00:56:15.440 --> 00:56:22.520 DISABILITIES THAT LIMIT ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE  ACTIVITIES WERE AS PEOPLE DISABILITIES CONFRONT   00:56:22.520 --> 00:56:27.560 APPOINTMENT BARRIERS AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES  TO PREVENTIVE OR NATURAL OPPORTUNITIES.  00:56:27.560 --> 00:56:34.640 AND 2022 THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE  FOR WORKERS AGE 16 TO 64 IS REPORTED TO BE   00:56:34.640 --> 00:56:41.160 40 PERCENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES  AND 77 FOR THOSE WITHOUT WHEREAS LIBERTY   00:56:41.160 --> 00:56:45.440 IS A DISABILITIES ARE PRESENT IN ON TOP  TALENT SOURCE OR JOB CREATORS AND THESE   00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:50.080 INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES  TO GREAT PRODUCTIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES TO   00:56:50.080 --> 00:56:55.800 SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC AND EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTS. THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY   00:56:55.800 --> 00:57:00.040 COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA  ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SEVENTH   00:57:00.040 --> 00:57:07.840 DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023 THAT NOVEMBER 2023 AND PALM  BEACH COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIM PALM BEACH COUNTY   00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:16.720 DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WOODWARD.  00:57:16.720 --> 00:57:22.560 I'M NOT AS TALL AS YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE FOR LISTENING   00:57:22.560 --> 00:57:30.400 TO ME IN MY ADVOCACY AND MY UNDYING PASSION  DUMP STUDENTS AND JOBSEEKERS WITH DISABILITIES.  00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:35.760 IT IS A HUGE PART OF OUR POPULATION  THAT IS TOTALLY OVERSEEN.  00:57:35.760 --> 00:57:43.640 WE STARTED THE FOUNDATION IN 1999. IT WASN'T WITH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.  00:57:44.640 --> 00:57:50.920 THAT BEING SAID WE PRESENTED OUR FIRST EMPLOYMENT  DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS EVENT IN THE   00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:54.800 CITY OF BOCA RATON IN THE FOLLOWING  YEAR WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE MALL.  00:57:56.080 --> 00:58:02.400 MAYOR ABRAMS AT THE TIME HELPED NEGOTIATE THAT. IT IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE OUR FOCUS IS ON   00:58:02.400 --> 00:58:06.080 ESE TRANSITION STUDENTS. I WAS 18 MOM AND NOT GOT   00:58:06.080 --> 00:58:11.600 THIS ENTIRE NOTION THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT  PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS ONE POPULATION   00:58:11.600 --> 00:58:16.240 IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I WAS CORRECT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, PALM BEACH COUNTY   00:58:16.240 --> 00:58:22.840 DOES HAVE AN AMAZING FOCUS ON TRANSITION  STUDENTS AND THAT IS SPECIAL EDUCATORS,   00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:29.720 JOB COACHES THEY IDENTIFY TRANSITION WORK  THAT COULD BE DONE BY SOME OF THE STUDENTS.  00:58:30.240 --> 00:58:34.480 THE REASON THEY CALLED ON TRANSITION  STUDENTS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSITIONING   00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:39.120 OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT AND INTO THE COMMUNITY.  00:58:39.120 --> 00:58:46.040 ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THESE CHILDREN HAVE  IN THEIR PARENTS AS THEY WON'T FIND EMPLOYMENT AND   00:58:46.040 --> 00:58:52.360 THEY ARE NOT GOING TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY  SO THEY WILL SIT HOME AND VEGETATE WILL POSSIBLY   00:58:52.360 --> 00:58:57.040 DO SOME SELF-MEDICATING IF YOU KNOW WHERE  I AM GOING IN THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.  00:58:57.040 --> 00:59:03.000 WE WANTED TO BE FULFILLED IN OUR COMMUNITY WE  WANT THEM TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES BUT IN 1990 THE   00:59:03.000 --> 00:59:08.440 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED ABLE TRUST  IN TALLAHASSEE TO SERVE AS A DIRECT SUPPORT   00:59:08.440 --> 00:59:16.360 ORGANIZATION FOR FLORIDA REHABILITATION AND ARCHER  DISABILITY FOUNDATION WORKS IN ALLIANCE WITH ABLE   00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:22.720 TRUST AND ENCOURAGES STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES  AND THEIR PARENTS TO REGISTER WITH VOCATIONAL   00:59:22.720 --> 00:59:27.520 REHABILITATION BEFORE THEY GRADUATE. THAT IS SO IMPERATIVE.  00:59:27.520 --> 00:59:33.560 HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY  TRANSITION, NOT AFTER THE FACT.  00:59:33.560 --> 00:59:40.760 I DID THE SAME THING WITH MY SON WHAT I HELPED  HIM GET THROUGH VOCATIONAL REGISTRATION AND WORK   00:59:40.760 --> 00:59:48.720 WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY  TAKE THEM THERE THEY CALLED THEM CUSTOMERS BUT   00:59:48.720 --> 00:59:54.840 I CALLED THEM MY SON AND ACTUALLY GET  THEM TO GET INTO THE WORKFORCE THROUGH   00:59:54.840 --> 01:00:01.680 THE DIRECTION OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. I WENT TO TALLAHASSEE AND DISCUSSED WITH AN   01:00:01.680 --> 01:00:08.320 OMBUDSMAN HOW THAT COULD BE THE PARTICULAR  NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND IT WORKED FOR ME.  01:00:08.320 --> 01:00:19.720 JUST AS MY SCHOOL, AS MY SON WENT THROUGH  SCHOOL HE ACTUALLY GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE FROM   01:00:19.720 --> 01:00:27.520 PALM BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WENT ON TO PALM  BEACH COLLEGE INTO FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.  01:00:27.520 --> 01:00:34.280 HERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE DISTRICT WE HAVE AN  ISSUE THAT IS HUGE PROGRESS COMMISSIONER WOODWARD   01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:43.320 MENTIONED, THERE WAS A STUDY IN TALLAHASSEE DONE  IN 2022 CALLED SOLVING FLORIDA'S LABOR SHORTAGE   01:00:43.320 --> 01:00:49.120 WHAT IT REVEALS THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE  PARTICIPATION RATE IN FLORIDA FOR PERSONS   01:00:49.120 --> 01:00:57.720 WITH DISABILITIES AGES 16 TO 64 IS 40 PERCENT  BETWEEN PEOPLES WITH DISABILITIES AND WITHOUT   01:00:57.720 --> 01:01:06.440 DISABILITIES AND AT THIS MOMENT FLORIDA IS 500,000  UNFILLED JOBS FORECASTS INDICATE CONTINUING   01:01:06.440 --> 01:01:12.960 GROWTH OF NEW JOBS BETWEEN NOW AND 2030. WE HEAR CHATTER NATIONALLY ON THE CONVERSATIONS   01:01:12.960 --> 01:01:20.240 ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. WE DON'T REALLY INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.  01:01:20.240 --> 01:01:27.240 IT IS A VERY SMALL MINUTE PERCENTAGE  THAT DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED.  01:01:27.240 --> 01:01:34.600 IT IS ALWAYS MY JOB TO LET THEM KNOW MY CHATTER IS  COMING AROUND TOWN AS WELL TO BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT   01:01:35.160 --> 01:01:42.040 LEADERS NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR QUALITY  WORKERS IN A DIVERSE WORKFORCE FOR BUSINESSES   01:01:42.040 --> 01:01:48.480 AND EMPLOYEES ARE BEGINNING TO RECOGNIZE THE  VALUE OF HIRING NONTRADITIONAL SOURCES OF TALENT.  01:01:48.480 --> 01:01:55.000 FLORIDIANS WITH DISABILITIES ARE A PART OF  THE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE SOLUTION AND THEY DO   01:01:55.000 --> 01:02:05.000 HELP AMAZING WORK ETHICS THROUGH THIS REPORTS  AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN EMPLOYERS REALIZE   01:02:05.000 --> 01:02:13.280 THE VALUE OF DISABILITY INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE. ARE FOUNDATION WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW IN THE   01:02:13.280 --> 01:02:20.080 NEXT 10 YEARS IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CLOSE  LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF FLORIDIANS   01:02:20.080 --> 01:02:27.080 FOR DISABILITIES WITH 10 PERCENT. THAT EQUALS 200,000 NEW STUDENTS   01:02:27.080 --> 01:02:33.040 WILL BE TRANSITIONING INTO THE WORKFORCE  IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DISABILITIES.  01:02:33.040 --> 01:02:39.480 THAT TO ME IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE COVERED AT. ARCHER DISABILITY FOUNDATION ASKED THE COUNTY   01:02:39.480 --> 01:02:48.160 COMMISSIONERS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ALL OF  YOU LEFT IN THE AUDIENCE AND POSSIBLY WATCHING   01:02:48.160 --> 01:02:56.280 THIS ON CHANNEL 20 THAT YOU NEED TO HELP  INCREASE THIS POPULATION IN OUR LABOR FORCE.  01:02:56.280 --> 01:03:01.920 THE LABOR POOL THAT YOU MAY HAVE MAY CONSIDER A  PART-TIME PERSON THAT IS TRANSITIONING OUT THAT   01:03:01.920 --> 01:03:09.440 CAN DO SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED DONE, ANYTHING. EVEN HAVE PAPERWORK IN THE PAPER SHREDDER.  01:03:10.080 --> 01:03:14.920 LITTLE THINGS TO BEGIN IN THE NEW TEACH  THEM SKILLS AND THEY DEVELOP OUR SKILLS   01:03:14.920 --> 01:03:20.080 AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU'LL THE  MOST VALUABLE EMPLOYEE YOU HAVE.  01:03:20.080 --> 01:03:24.320 NOW WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A YOUNG  MAN WHO GRADUATED YEARS AGO AS AN IS   01:03:24.320 --> 01:03:30.400 STUDENT WHO EARNED A GED BECAUSE IN  THOSE DAYS THEY HAD SPECIAL DEGREES.  01:03:30.400 --> 01:03:38.480 I IS AN ADVOCATE LIKE PAT SPENT A LOT OF TIME  BEING APPOINTED AND REAPPOINTED BY GOVERNORS   01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:44.280 TO BE A DISABILITY ADVOCATE IN THE STATE. ONE OF THE THINGS I KNEW FOR SURE WAS THAT MY   01:03:44.280 --> 01:03:51.120 SON WAS NOT GOING TO BE STUCK WITH THE SPECIAL  DEGREE SO WE GOT TO PASS SOME OF THOSE LAWS.  01:03:51.120 --> 01:03:56.440 MAY I INTRODUCE THIS YOUNG MAN WHO GRADUATED  NOT ONLY FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM PALM   01:03:56.440 --> 01:04:02.960 BEACH COLLEGE AND FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND  IS NOW WORKING TWO PART-TIME JOBS AND CONTINUES   01:04:02.960 --> 01:04:09.480 TO LOOK FOR FULL-TIME WORK AS A VIDEOGRAPHER,  PHOTOGRAPHER OR ANYTHING IN TELEVISION PRODUCTION.  01:04:09.480 --> 01:04:25.200 PAT ROBERT ARCHER. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.  01:04:25.200 --> 01:04:29.360 I'M AN EXAMPLE OF A SELF ADVOCATE  APPOINTED BY TWO FLORIDA GOVERNORS   01:04:29.360 --> 01:04:38.080 MATURELY CHRIS IN 2010 REAPPOINTED BY  FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IN 2017.  01:04:38.080 --> 01:04:44.560 IS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT  DISABILITIES COUNSEL, AS A COUNCILMEMBER WE   01:04:44.560 --> 01:04:51.960 WORKED TO CREATE PUBLIC POLICY TO STRENGTHEN LAWS  FOR FLORIDIANS WITH DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES TO   01:04:51.960 --> 01:05:00.960 GAIN INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, TRANSPORTATION  ACCOMMODATIONS, SECONDARY EDUCATION LAWS,   01:05:00.960 --> 01:05:08.080 EMPLOYMENT AND JOB SKILL BUILDING REAL PEOPLE  DISABILITIES CAN ALSO BE TAXPAYING CITIZENS.  01:05:08.080 --> 01:05:15.760 AM LIVING PROOF USING DISABILITY RELATED  RESOURCES AND EDUCATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY   01:05:15.760 --> 01:05:21.080 AND JOB SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FROM  BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  01:05:21.080 --> 01:05:27.320 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CAN BE CONTRIBUTING  TAXPAYER CITIZENS TO GROW FLORIDA'S WORKFORCE.  01:05:27.320 --> 01:05:32.120 WORK FOR THREE DECADES GRADUATED WITH  A BACHELORS IN MULTIMEDIA STUDIES OF   01:05:32.120 --> 01:05:36.640 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. I VOLUNTEER AS A PHOTOGRAPHER   01:05:36.640 --> 01:05:43.880 AND VIDEOGRAPHER, ALUMNI AND ARCHER  DISABILITY FOUNDATION OUTREACH EVENT.  01:05:43.880 --> 01:05:50.200 I ALSO WORK PART TIME AT PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS  AND PART-TIME TECHNOLOGY DELIVERING MEALS   01:05:50.200 --> 01:05:55.320 THROUGHOUT THE BOCA RATON CAMPUS. MY DREAM IS TO HAVE A CAREER OF   01:05:55.320 --> 01:06:01.560 MY DREAMS AND CONTINUES TO SEEK FULL-TIME  EMPLOYMENT WITH BENEFITS OF VIDEO PRODUCTION.  01:06:01.560 --> 01:06:07.000 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE CONSIDER  HIRING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES TO INCLUDE   01:06:07.000 --> 01:06:23.543 AN ALL-INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE. [APPLAUSE]  01:06:23.543 --> 01:06:29.360 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE NOEL MARTINEZ, DAVE, TIM BURKE AND   01:06:29.360 --> 01:06:35.640 ANYONE ELSE FROM THE CHAMBER WHO WANTS TO COME UP? WHERE DID THEY GO?  01:06:35.640 --> 01:06:43.280 I JUST SAW HIM. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO   01:06:43.280 --> 01:06:48.600 GIVE THESE TWO AWARDS COMMITTEES RECOGNITIONS  TO THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE   01:06:48.600 --> 01:06:56.600 INTENT NOEL MARTINEZ AS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF  THE PALM BEACH CHAMBER I WAS A PAST TRUSTEE,   01:06:57.280 --> 01:07:03.920 PASTOR OF THE SMYRNA CONNECTED REGENTS TEST  SCORES, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, ECONOMIC   01:07:03.920 --> 01:07:11.640 AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 2017 WOMAN OF THE YEAR. IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE   01:07:11.640 --> 01:07:16.440 BEST CHAMBER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU CAN CHEER FOR THAT.  01:07:17.720 --> 01:07:21.880 THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE PALM  BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BE SELECTED   01:07:21.880 --> 01:07:26.640 AS CHAMBER OF THE YEAR BY THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION  OF CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE ASKED OF THE   01:07:26.640 --> 01:07:31.320 PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS ONE OF  LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN   01:07:31.320 --> 01:07:37.600 SOUTHEAST FLORIDA NOR AS THE POLL MITCHELL CHAMBER  OF COMMERCE WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 AS A RESULT OF A   01:07:37.600 --> 01:07:42.960 MERGER FROM TWO PREVIOUS CHAMBERS, THE JUPITER  TEQUESTA JUNO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDED   01:07:42.960 --> 01:07:51.280 IN 1948 IN THE NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY CHAMBER OF  COMMERCE FOUNDED IN 1947 IN THE CHAMBER, STRIVES   01:07:51.280 --> 01:07:57.320 TO BE A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A VITAL  BUSINESS COMMUNITY RESOURCE WHEREAS THE PALM BEACH   01:07:57.320 --> 01:08:03.160 MARK CHAMBER COMMERCE REPRESENTS OVER 750 BUSINESS  MEMBERS AND PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN FOSTERING   01:08:03.160 --> 01:08:07.880 ECONOMIC GROWTH, COLLABORATION AND PROSPERITY  AND WERE ASKING THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF   01:08:07.880 --> 01:08:13.240 COMMERCE WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION  OF CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND   01:08:13.240 --> 01:08:19.920 WEARS HER MONEY AS A CERTIFIED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE  FOR BEING IN ORIGINATION THAT EXCEEDED ALL CHAMBER   01:08:19.920 --> 01:08:24.800 OF COMMERCE ORGANIZATIONAL BENCHMARKS WERE ASKING  THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS   01:08:24.800 --> 01:08:30.480 RECOGNIZED OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER  PROFESSIONALS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AWARD CEREMONY   01:08:30.480 --> 01:08:36.320 AS CHAMBER OF THE YEAR AND THE A MILLION+ CATEGORY  FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTSTANDING   01:08:36.320 --> 01:08:42.120 PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS AREAS INCLUDING FINANCIAL  STABILITY, AND WORSHIP RECRUITMENT, GOVERNMENT   01:08:42.120 --> 01:08:47.680 RELATIONS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, COMMUNICATIONS,  EVENTS AND INNOVATIONS FOR THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED   01:08:47.680 --> 01:08:51.280 BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM  BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR   01:08:51.280 --> 01:08:56.680 SESSION THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023 THAT  THE BOARD HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE PALM BEACH NORTH   01:08:56.680 --> 01:09:01.920 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR BEING SELECTED AS CHAMBER  OF THE YEAR BY THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER   01:09:01.920 --> 01:09:08.583 PROFESSIONALS. [APPLAUSE]  01:09:08.583 --> 01:09:13.200 >> Maria Marino: AND WHILE I STILL  HAVE THEM APPEAR, NOEL MARTINEZ.  01:09:13.200 --> 01:09:18.160 NOEL AND I DID A PODCAST LAST MONTH AND  REALIZED WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR   01:09:18.160 --> 01:09:24.480 OVER 20 YEARS IN DIFFERENT ROLES WHEN NOEL  WAS WORKING AT THE CHAMBER AND I WAS DOING   01:09:24.480 --> 01:09:29.520 PHILANTHROPY FOR MOTORCARS DIVIDEND HAS BEEN  A LONG WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP PRETTY WAS THE   01:09:29.520 --> 01:09:40.040 PICTURES POSTED ON FACEBOOK ALL THE TIME TOGETHER. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PALM BEACH NORTH   01:09:40.040 --> 01:09:46.920 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESIDENT CEO NOEL MARTINEZ  FOR BEING SELECTED AS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR BY   01:09:46.920 --> 01:09:52.920 THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS. WHEREAS THE NORTH CHAMBER COMMERCE IS ONE OF   01:09:52.920 --> 01:09:58.960 LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN  SOUTHEAST FLORIDA HE READ A LOT OF THE WORDING FOR   01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:04.320 THE PREVIOUS MONTH ARE NOT GOING TO READ IT AGAIN. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS WHERE IS THE PALM   01:10:04.320 --> 01:10:10.320 BEACH MARK CHAMBER COMMERCE REPRESENTS 750  BUSINESS MEMBERS IN PLACE A VITAL ROLE IN   01:10:10.320 --> 01:10:16.960 FOSTERING COLLABORATION PROSPERITY NOR ASTHMA  PALM BEACH MATERA COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND CEO NOEL   01:10:16.960 --> 01:10:22.080 MARTINEZ WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION  OF CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND   01:10:22.080 --> 01:10:28.120 AWARD CEREMONY AS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR RAISE  NOTABLE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS,   01:10:28.120 --> 01:10:32.960 EDUCATION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND  ENHANCEMENT OF THE CHAMBER PROFESSION SO THEREFORE   01:10:32.960 --> 01:10:37.080 BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS  OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION   01:10:37.080 --> 01:10:42.440 THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023 THAT THE BOARD  HEREBY RECOGNIZES PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF   01:10:42.440 --> 01:10:48.880 COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND CEO NOEL MARTINEZ FOR BEING  SELECTED AS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR BY THE FLORIDA   01:10:48.880 --> 01:10:53.640 ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS. MY FRIEND NOEL MARTINEZ.  01:10:53.640 --> 01:10:58.360 [APPLAUSE]! I WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET.  01:10:58.960 --> 01:11:03.480 I AM BEYOND HONORED AND  HUMBLED TO BE RECOGNIZED TODAY.  01:11:03.480 --> 01:11:08.920 THIS IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF ALL THE AMAZING  THINGS GOING ON IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.  01:11:08.920 --> 01:11:15.600 WITH 17 AMAZING CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, THREE OR  FOUR OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY IN OUR COUNTY DOING   01:11:15.600 --> 01:11:21.560 AMAZING WORK SO I COULD NOT BE MORE HUMBLED. LET'S CELEBRATE THIS IS OUR AWARD BECAUSE   01:11:21.560 --> 01:11:25.760 THIS IS OUR AWARD FOR ALL THE  HARD WORK WE ARE DOING TOGETHER.  01:11:25.760 --> 01:11:32.720 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION EVERY THANK  YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR ALL YOU DO THANK YOU SO   01:11:32.720 --> 01:11:40.080 MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK YOU.  01:11:40.080 --> 01:11:41.760 [APPLAUSE] >> Maria Marino: JUST AN FYI,   01:11:41.760 --> 01:11:49.760 THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER ENCOMPASSES 13 CITIES  WHICH SOME ARE IN MY DISTRICT AND SUMMER IN MACK'S   01:11:49.760 --> 01:11:52.891 SO I WILL HAVE MACK COME AND JOIN US. 01:13:10.240 --> 01:13:16.160 >> Gregg Weiss: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING. IT IS WHEN OUR BOARDS FAVORITE THINGS TO   01:13:16.160 --> 01:13:23.000 DO EVERY MONTH IS TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATES  AND PROCLAMATIONS . ALL THE RIGHT.  01:13:23.000 --> 01:13:30.320 WE WILL START WITH ITEM 3GG2  IS THAT WAS PULLED FIRST.  01:13:30.320 --> 01:13:45.000 WE CAN ASK OUR AUDIT FOLKS TO JOIN US. THIS IS ITEM 3GG2 ON PAGE 51 OF YOUR AGENDA.  01:13:47.440 --> 01:13:53.710 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Maria Marino: ACTUALLY, FOR ANYBODY WHO   01:13:53.710 --> 01:13:57.760 IS LISTENING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS  HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE AND FIRE ONLY THREE   01:13:57.760 --> 01:14:04.200 PEOPLE, ONE OF THOSE IS OUR COUNTY MINISTER, ONE  OF THOSE IS DENISE KAUFMAN ATTORNEY AND THE OTHER   01:14:04.200 --> 01:14:10.800 IS OUR AUDITOR TO REVIEW THIS IS YOUR WELCOME  TO THE NEW JOB AND SO I WANTED TO ACTUALLY GIVE   01:14:10.800 --> 01:14:15.360 YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT YOUR REPORT  BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING WERE SUPPOSED TO GET   01:14:15.360 --> 01:14:23.080 AN ANNUAL BASIS BUT INSTEAD RECEIVED AND FILED  ABOUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TODAY!  01:14:23.080 --> 01:14:26.600 OKAY, THANK YOU. DAVID, COUNTY INTERNAL   01:14:26.600 --> 01:14:37.480 AUDITOR THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO COME OUT AND  TALK ABOUT OUR FY 24 PROPOSED AUDIT WORK PLAN.  01:14:37.480 --> 01:14:45.120 WE CONDUCT AN ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT EACH YEAR TO  IDENTIFY WERE TO BE WANT TO FOCUS, OR IS THE BEST   01:14:45.120 --> 01:14:51.640 PLACE TO CONCENTRATE OUR AUDIT EFFORTS. WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE   01:14:51.640 --> 01:14:57.760 THE RISK IS IN THE COUNTY. IT IS A THREE-PART PROCESS.  01:14:57.760 --> 01:15:04.200 WE GATHER INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS  WHO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEIR DEPARTMENTS DO.  01:15:04.200 --> 01:15:09.240 WE PULL INFORMATION FROM OUR COUNTY SYSTEM TO SAY  WHAT DO THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AND HOW MUCH ARE WE   01:15:09.240 --> 01:15:17.280 SPENDING FROM HOW MUCH ARE WE GET IN IN GRANTS? WE ALSO GET INPUTS FROM ALL LEVELS OF THE COUNTY   01:15:17.280 --> 01:15:23.360 FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, DEPARTMENT HEADS,  ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FROM OUR COUNTY   01:15:23.360 --> 01:15:30.520 ADMINISTRATOR TO DETERMINE WHAT'S IMPORTANT  TO THEM, WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.  01:15:30.520 --> 01:15:36.160 AT THAT TIME WE TAKE THESE FACTORS  IN RANK THEM AND PRIORITIZE WHAT   01:15:36.160 --> 01:15:43.640 DEPARTMENTS REALLY COULD USE OUR FOCUS  AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GENERATE A WORK PLAN.  01:15:43.640 --> 01:15:51.520 EACH YEAR OUR PLAN IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE  INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE WHO MEETS EACH QUARTER.  01:15:51.520 --> 01:15:56.640 FOR THE FY 20 FORWARD PLAN THIS  HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED.  01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:07.400 WE HAVE ADDED THREE MORE AUDITS TO OUR WORK  PLAN BASED ON THE HIGHEST RISK AT THE TIME OUR.  01:16:07.400 --> 01:16:13.320 WE DO UNDERSTAND RISK DOESN'T CHANGE. THIS IS OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT I LIKE   01:16:13.320 --> 01:16:18.240 TO CALL IT BECAUSE THINGS EVOLVE,  PEOPLE CHANGE, PROCESSES CHANGE.  01:16:18.800 --> 01:16:27.720 AT ANY TIME WE CAN INHIBIT AND REFOCUS  OUR EFFORTS TO WEAR A NEW CHANGE MIGHT BE.  01:16:28.240 --> 01:16:33.040 WE CONTINUALLY WELCOME MORE INPUT  AND SO I'M HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER   01:16:33.040 --> 01:16:37.520 ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS. >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER   01:16:37.520 --> 01:16:46.560 MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Maria Marino: ON THE REPORT.  01:16:46.560 --> 01:16:48.680 SORRY, THANK YOU. ON THE REPORT THERE WERE   01:16:48.680 --> 01:17:03.040 TWO THINGS THAT PEAKED MY INTEREST. ONE WAS ON THE FOURTH PAGE OF WHAT   01:17:03.040 --> 01:17:11.640 YOU PROVIDED US IN THE AGENDA SUMMARY  PROJECT CARRYOVER FROM FISCAL YEAR 2023.  01:17:13.320 --> 01:17:18.080 ACTUALLY, FISCAL YEAR 2021. OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE   01:17:18.080 --> 01:17:23.920 IMPLEMENTATION RISK MEDIUM STATUS WAS SUSPENDED. CANOE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US WHY IT WAS SUSPENDED?  01:17:23.920 --> 01:17:31.680 QUITE THE OPPOSITE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY  AUDIT CAME TO US IN THE PREVIOUS WORK PLAN.  01:17:31.680 --> 01:17:37.480 WHO WANTED TO LOOK AT THE NEW ORDINANCE  IMPLEMENTATION AT THAT TIME WERE THE FOCUS   01:17:37.480 --> 01:17:45.920 OF THAT REVIEW IS TO SEE THE REPORTS REQUIRED  TO GIVE TO THE BOARD ARE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE.  01:17:45.920 --> 01:17:50.360 WE WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THE PROCESS  AND SAY LET'S MAKE SURE THIS   01:17:50.360 --> 01:17:56.480 ORDINANCE IS IMPLEMENTED IS REQUIRED. WHEN WE STARTED OUR AUDIT WORK AT THE   01:17:56.480 --> 01:18:01.960 TIME THE DEPARTMENT STARTED TO WORK AT  THAT TIME THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON IT.  01:18:02.600 --> 01:18:07.400 IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO TEST THE  ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY UNTIL THEY   01:18:07.400 --> 01:18:11.560 HAVE THE REPORT THAT IS SUBMITTED. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.  01:18:12.200 --> 01:18:17.880 THE REPORT IS UP ON THE AGENDA FOR  TODAY'S MEETING AS WE ARE GETTING IT   01:18:17.880 --> 01:18:26.720 SUBMITTED ONLY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION TO VERIFY  THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THAT REPORTING.  01:18:26.720 --> 01:18:30.040 SPOKE BY ORDINANCES IS SUPPOSED  TO BE DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS?  01:18:30.040 --> 01:18:33.240 SPEAKER! SO IT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON ANNUAL BASIS!  01:18:33.240 --> 01:18:41.880 THAT IS CORRECT WE TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND  GOVERNMENT AND THIS DISTURBS ME A LITTLE BIT.  01:18:41.880 --> 01:18:47.160 WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING REQUESTED AND  IT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE HERE IN THE FUTURE   01:18:48.680 --> 01:18:55.520 SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I'M GOING  TO PULL THE ITEM FOR FURTHER REVIEW BECAUSE   01:18:55.520 --> 01:19:00.240 I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING INTO THIS WITH  ALL THE INFORMATION WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.  01:19:00.240 --> 01:19:13.880 AND ALSO ON THE NEXT PAGE UNDER NEW PROJECTS  FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 YOU HAVE PALM TREND AND   01:19:13.880 --> 01:19:21.320 ON THE LAST PARAGRAPH PALM TREND WAS ON THE FISCAL  YEAR 2022 WORK PLAN BASED ON COUNTY COMMISSIONER   01:19:21.320 --> 01:19:29.080 CONCERNS FOR FISCAL 2024 PALM TREND RANKS IN  THE TOP FIVE OPERATIONAL AND PERSONAL SPENDING.  01:19:29.600 --> 01:19:34.120 PALM TREND RANKS NUMBER ONE FOR GRANT  REVENUES FOR THIS YEAR'S RISK ASSESSMENT   01:19:34.120 --> 01:19:38.040 INCLUDES CONCERNS REGARDING EFFICIENCY AND THE  FIXED ROUTE OPERATIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS.  01:19:39.040 --> 01:19:43.000 I'M GLAD YOU ARE BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION  BECAUSE I KNOW FOR MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER   01:19:43.000 --> 01:19:51.160 COMMISSIONERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EFFICIENCIES  OF PALM TREND EXPENDITURES WITH PALM TREND HOW   01:19:51.160 --> 01:19:59.000 THE GRANT DOLLARS ARE FUNDED OR PAID OUT AND  HOW IT AFFECTS OUR RESIDENTS AND TAX PAYERS.  01:19:59.000 --> 01:20:05.200 I DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I HOPE  IN THE FUTURE IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES   01:20:05.200 --> 01:20:10.060 LATER ON IN THE DAY WE HAVE A REPORT  AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONCE A YEAR.  01:20:10.060 --> 01:20:12.760 >> YES, VERY WELL. >> Maria Marino:   01:20:14.160 --> 01:20:22.040 SO NOW I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECEIVE AND FILE. >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 3GG2   01:20:22.040 --> 01:20:26.520 TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COMMISSIONER  MARINO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER.  01:20:26.520 --> 01:20:28.746 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR?  01:20:28.746 --> 01:20:30.199 ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0.  01:20:31.640 --> 01:20:37.400 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE NOW  WE WILL MOVE TO OUR SECOND ITEM THAT IS   01:20:37.400 --> 01:20:41.760 GOING TO BE 3X-1 FOUND ON PAGE 39 OF YOUR AGENDA.  01:20:42.760 --> 01:20:48.000 VICE MAYOR SACHS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Maria Sachs: THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY SHORT.  01:20:48.000 --> 01:20:56.960 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PUBLIC  THAT WE HAVE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER VETS WHO   01:20:56.960 --> 01:21:00.880 WORK WITH OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL  AND I WANTED TO READ THEIR NAMES.  01:21:00.880 --> 01:21:10.160 THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE 3X-1 CALLS FOR THE COUNTY  TO MAINTAIN OUR AFTER HOURS VETERINARIAN SERVICES,   01:21:10.160 --> 01:21:14.320 WHICH IS IMPORTANT. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.  01:21:14.320 --> 01:21:20.680 BUT I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE  HAVE A NUMBER OF WONDERFUL THAT ROTOTILLER,   01:21:20.680 --> 01:21:29.120 AS OWNER OF DOGS AND A CAT WERE TO COME  ANOTHER COST OF VETERINARIAN SERVICES.  01:21:29.120 --> 01:21:31.920 IT IS LIKE TAKING CARE OF  ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.  01:21:33.840 --> 01:21:40.720 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE VOLUNTEER VETS  WHO COME IN AND WORK WITH OUR LITTLE   01:21:40.720 --> 01:21:47.800 DOGS AND CATS WITH OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. MAY I READ THESE FIVE THEMES INTO THE RECORD?  01:21:48.520 --> 01:21:54.680 I WOULD LIKE TO NOTICE AND THIS IS COMPLETELY  UNREHEARSED REAL THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT HERE YOU   01:21:54.680 --> 01:22:01.720 WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT DOCTOR  AMANDA IS 44 TO 5 HOURS VOLUNTEERING.  01:22:01.720 --> 01:22:10.600 DOCTOR SARAH TIMBERLAKE, DOCTOR DAISY,  DOCTOR ROXANA, DOCTOR JAMIE CAROLINE,   01:22:10.600 --> 01:22:19.760 DOCTOR KIA RODRIGUEZ IS ALL OF THESE VETS,  COMMERCIAL VETS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR HOURS TO   01:22:19.760 --> 01:22:26.920 WORK WITH HER ANIMALS PREFER THEY COUNTY  DIRIDON FACILITY HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH   01:22:26.920 --> 01:22:35.840 THE VETERINARIAN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, DOCTOR SUSAN  AND SHE IS WONDERFUL SUPPORT FOR US AS WELL AS   01:22:35.840 --> 01:22:44.160 DOCTOR BRUCE, PALM BEACH COUNTY VETERINARIAN  AND DOCTOR LISA AND DOCTOR CHRISTINE LUND.  01:22:44.160 --> 01:22:50.280 I WANT TO THANK ALL THESE FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH  OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AND OF COURSE TO THINK   01:22:50.280 --> 01:22:58.320 OUR WONDERFUL STAFF AT OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL  FOR PROVIDING SUCH GOOD SERVICES FOR OUR ANIMALS.  01:22:58.320 --> 01:23:01.871 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Gregg Weiss: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION?  01:23:01.871 --> 01:23:11.720 >> Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A  MOTION THAT CONSENT AGENDA 3X-1 BE APPROVED.  01:23:11.720 --> 01:23:18.440 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A SECOND. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR SACHS ON ITEMS 3X-1   01:23:18.440 --> 01:23:25.600 TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR?  01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:27.240 ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0.  01:23:27.880 --> 01:23:29.640 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.  01:23:29.640 --> 01:23:37.520 WE ARE BACK TO I THINK REGULAR ORDER AND WE  ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR FAVORITE TOPICS   01:23:37.520 --> 01:23:41.480 5A1 AND THAT IS GOING TO BE AIRPORTS. DOES ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION.  01:23:41.480 --> 01:23:47.431 >> Mack Benard: I MAKE A MOTION  TO MOVE ITEM 5A1 A AND B.  01:23:47.431 --> 01:23:53.840 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD  ON 5A1 A AND B, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARINO.  01:23:53.840 --> 01:23:58.200 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.  01:24:00.720 --> 01:24:02.280 SORRY. OKAY.  01:24:02.280 --> 01:24:04.480 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED?  01:24:04.480 --> 01:24:07.960 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. OKAY.  01:24:07.960 --> 01:24:16.600 MOVING ON WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM 5B1. >> Sara Baxter: MAYOR, FORGIVE ME.  01:24:16.600 --> 01:24:21.840 I WAS WAITING FOR THE REGULAR AGENDA. I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE WAITING TO HEAR   01:24:21.840 --> 01:24:29.400 AND IN ESSENCE OF TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE  PUT THE LAST AGENDA ITEM NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING   01:24:29.400 --> 01:24:34.880 UNTIL THE END SO THEY CAN GO ON WITH THEIR DAY. >> Gregg Weiss: OKAY.  01:24:35.480 --> 01:24:38.280 THAT WOULD BE 5E2? >> Sara Baxter: 5E1.  01:24:38.280 --> 01:24:51.640 >> Gregg Weiss: THAT IS THE SECOND TO LAST ITEM. WE HAVE REQUEST TO REORDER THE AGENDA TO MOVE   01:24:52.400 --> 01:24:57.280 5E1 AHEAD OF 5B1. >> Mack Benard:   01:24:57.280 --> 01:25:10.640 MR. MAYOR, CAN WE DO BOTH 5E1 AND 5E2? >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION TO REORDER   01:25:10.640 --> 01:25:17.600 THE AGENDA TO MOVE 5E1 AND 5E2 AHEAD OF 5B1. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?  01:25:17.600 --> 01:25:19.320 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED?  01:25:19.320 --> 01:25:24.520 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO ITEM   01:25:24.520 --> 01:25:30.000 5E1. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 01:25:51.591 --> 01:25:56.240 >> EXCUSE ME MAYOR. COULD YOU REPEAT THE SECOND OR, COULD  YOU REPEAT THE MAKER AND SECOND.  01:25:56.240 --> 01:26:03.120 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER,  SECOND WAS COMMISSIONER BERNARD.  01:26:03.120 --> 01:26:09.560 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR WEISS,  VICE MAYOR SACHS AND MEMBERS OF   01:26:09.560 --> 01:26:14.560 THE BOARD AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAKER. JOINING ME TODAY IS TANYA DAVIS JOHNSON,   01:26:14.560 --> 01:26:21.800 DIRECTOR OF OFFICER EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, CONTRACT  ANALYST, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST   01:26:22.520 --> 01:26:29.080 AND RICHARD ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY WE WILL BE  PRESENTING THE MULTI-YEAR SMALL MINORITY WOMEN   01:26:29.080 --> 01:26:38.120 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION AND PARTICIPATION  REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 TO FISCAL YEAR 2022.  01:26:38.120 --> 01:26:42.840 THIS PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE AN  OFFICE ABOUT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN   01:26:42.840 --> 01:26:48.680 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM OVERVIEW INCLUDING  THE FISCAL YEAR REVIEWED THE CUMULATIVE DOLLARS   01:26:48.680 --> 01:26:55.880 SPENT A SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED  BUSINESSES AS WELL AS A SPEND BY INDUSTRY.  01:26:55.880 --> 01:26:59.720 WE WOULD ALSO PRESENT THE OVERALL SPEND  BY COMMISSION DISTRICT AS WELL AS NUMBERS   01:26:59.720 --> 01:27:05.440 OF VENDORS CERTIFIED YEAR BY YEAR AND BY  COMMISSION DISTRICT COULD WE WILL PRESENT   01:27:05.440 --> 01:27:10.880 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHERANCE OF LOCAL SMALL  MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.  01:27:10.880 --> 01:27:14.320 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER  TO TONYA DAVIS JOHNSON AND HER   01:27:14.320 --> 01:27:20.480 STAFF TO PROCEED IS THE PRESENTATION. >> GOOD MORNING MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR,   01:27:20.480 --> 01:27:26.000 MEMBERS THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATOR BAKER. ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF   01:27:26.000 --> 01:27:33.680 REVENUE IN FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND  BASED UPON DOCUMENTS FILED BY THE BUSINESSES,   01:27:33.680 --> 01:27:40.120 93.5 PERCENT OF BUSINESSES IN PALM  BEACH COUNTY 25 OR LESS EMPLOYEES AND   01:27:40.120 --> 01:27:48.240 75 PERCENT OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE FIVE OR  LESS EMPLOYEES IN THESE FIGURES CONFIRM SMALL   01:27:48.240 --> 01:27:54.720 BUSINESS IS BIG BUSINESS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THEIR FIRST CLIENT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH   01:27:54.720 --> 01:28:08.200 YOU AS A BUSINESS TIMELINE SEPTEMBER 1991 THE  COUNTY ADOPTED ITS FIRST PROGRAM OCTOBER 1, 2002.  01:28:08.200 --> 01:28:13.600 THE ME BACK UP. IN SEPTEMBER 2002   01:28:13.600 --> 01:28:22.080 THE PROGRAM SOME SET AND THE BOARD ADOPTED A  RACE GENDER NEUTRAL PROGRAM TO READ THIS ON THE   01:28:22.080 --> 01:28:30.120 RECOMMENDED GOAL OF 15 PERCENT ON ALL CONTRACTS  HUMID IN 2017 THE FIVE-YEAR DISPARITY STUDY WAS   01:28:30.120 --> 01:28:40.400 CONDUCTED IN AND IDENTIFIED BARRIERS INCLUDING  THERE IS FORMS A MARKETPLACE DISCRIMINATION.  01:28:40.400 --> 01:28:48.480 JANUARY 1 THE ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED. AFTER WORKING WITH THE DISPARITY STUDIES   01:28:48.480 --> 01:28:56.040 CONSULTANT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO GATHER DATA  AND OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION   01:28:56.040 --> 01:29:02.920 DISPARITY WAS IDENTIFIED FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS,  HISPANIC AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS AND WHITE   01:29:02.920 --> 01:29:14.520 FEMALES SLIDE FOUR AND FIVE AND THE BREAKDOWN  WHERE THE DISPARITY WAS FOUND BY INDUSTRY.  01:29:14.520 --> 01:29:23.240 AFTER PRESENTATION OF THE DISPARITY STUDY RESULTS,  USE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH INTERNAL AND   01:29:23.240 --> 01:29:29.960 EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE VCC APPROVED THE  SMALL MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS PROGRAM   01:29:29.960 --> 01:29:37.520 AND ORDINANCE WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,  2019 40 WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT FEDERAL   01:29:37.520 --> 01:29:44.160 AND STATE PROCUREMENT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE  ORDINANCE AND PREFERENCES ARE NOT APPLICABLE.  01:29:44.160 --> 01:29:52.480 LOCAL AD VALOREM DOLLARS IS SUBJECT  TO THE ORDINANCE TO READ OUR MISSION,   01:29:52.480 --> 01:29:58.600 VISION AND WIRE QUITE CLEAR AND OUR STAFF WORKS  DILIGENTLY TO INJURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE BEST   01:29:58.600 --> 01:30:05.040 POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR CERTIFIED VENDORS AS THEY  NAVIGATE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS THEY RESPOND   01:30:05.040 --> 01:30:11.800 TO SOLICITATIONS AND AS THEY SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM  AWARDED CONTRACTS APPEARED WITH THE NEW PROGRAM   01:30:11.800 --> 01:30:20.040 AND ORDINANCE, AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT  INITIATIVES OR API, AS WE WILL CALL THEM,   01:30:20.040 --> 01:30:28.240 WERE INTRODUCED THEY ARE PROGRAM TOOLS  THAT ARE USED TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION.  01:30:28.840 --> 01:30:34.720 IF HE IS MOST COMMONLY USED AFFIRMATIVE  PROCUREMENT INITIATIVES INCLUDE OUR SHELTER   01:30:34.720 --> 01:30:42.280 MARKET WHICH REFERS TO INFORMAL SMALL SINGLE  OR MULTI-TRADE CONTRACTS VALUED BELOW 100,000,   01:30:42.280 --> 01:30:50.520 RESERVED FOR BUSINESS SENSE UNDER CONTROLLED  BY CERTIFIED OR AVAILABILITY IS EVIDENT.  01:30:50.520 --> 01:30:56.160 PRICE PREFERENCE, IT IS A PROVISION REQUIRING  WORDS OF PURCHASES TO BE MADE TO THE LOWEST   01:30:57.080 --> 01:31:05.080 RESPONSIVE BIDDER UNLESS A CERTIFIED BIDDERS BID  IS WITHIN 10 PERCENT OF LOWEST NONBUSINESS BID.  01:31:05.080 --> 01:31:10.360 IN WHICH CASE THE AWARD SHALL BE  MADE TO THE CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS   01:31:10.360 --> 01:31:16.480 SUBMITTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID. SHOULD BE NOTED PRICE PREFERENCE IS   01:31:16.480 --> 01:31:24.760 NOT AWARDED ON EVERY SOLICITATION. ANOTHER API REDUCED HIS GOAL SETTING.  01:31:24.760 --> 01:31:31.960 GOAL SETTING IS BASED ON CATEGORIES, VENDOR  AVAILABILITY, PROJECT SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND   01:31:33.640 --> 01:31:41.000 UTILIZATION FOR DIFFERENT CONTRACT TYPES FOR THE  PROCESS OF GOAL SETTING BEGINS IN THE DEPARTMENT   01:31:41.000 --> 01:31:46.360 SEEKING TO SECURE A GOOD OR SERVICE. THE SCOPE OF WORK IS DEFINED IN THE   01:31:46.360 --> 01:31:50.960 COMMODITY CODES ARE IDENTIFIED. COMMODITY CODES ARE USED TO   01:31:50.960 --> 01:31:57.400 IDENTIFY AVAILABLE CERTIFIED SM WBE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF THERE ARE   01:31:57.400 --> 01:32:05.080 NO SMWBE'S TO PERFORM A WAIVER OF THE  API CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR CONSIDERATION   01:32:05.080 --> 01:32:10.920 PRIOR TO RELEASE OF SUCH CONSIDERATION. AN INSTANCE WHERE THERE IS NO AVAILABLE AND   01:32:10.920 --> 01:32:18.960 API WILL NOT BE PLACED ON THE SOLICITATION. WHEN API IS ASSIGNED TO A SOLICITATION   01:32:18.960 --> 01:32:26.280 AND TO RESPONDING BIDDERS AND VENDORS ARE  DETERMINED TO BE UNAVAILABLE, A WAIVER MAY BE   01:32:26.280 --> 01:32:36.120 REQUESTED PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR SUBMITTAL DATE. IT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY GOOD FAITH DOCUMENT   01:32:36.120 --> 01:32:41.320 THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED AND VERIFIED  BY THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.  01:32:41.320 --> 01:32:46.800 WHEN AND IF THE OFFICER EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY  DETERMINES GOOD FAITH EFFORTS WERE MADE AND   01:32:46.800 --> 01:32:53.800 THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT AVAILABILITY, A  MODIFICATION OR WAIVER MAY BE GRANTED.  01:32:53.800 --> 01:32:58.480 IF THE WAIVER IS MODIFIED THE SUBMITTAL  DATE WILL BE NOTIFIED AND ALL BIDDERS WILL   01:32:58.480 --> 01:33:10.640 BE NOTIFIED OF THE MODIFICATION OF THE API. CERTIFICATION PRINTED IS THE PROCEDURE THE   01:33:10.640 --> 01:33:17.320 EEO USES TO DETERMINE WHETHER A FIRM IS A  BONA FIDE MINORITY OR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.  01:33:17.320 --> 01:33:21.560 FIRMS MUST SATISFY ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA FOR CERTIFICATION.  01:33:22.120 --> 01:33:27.640 EVERY THREE YEARS OF EVENT BUSINESSES ARE  REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR MOST RECENT TAX   01:33:27.640 --> 01:33:36.440 RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO  DETERMINE CONTINUED PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.  01:33:36.440 --> 01:33:43.680 THE CERTIFICATION IS ACCEPTED BY THE SOLID WASTE  AUTHORITY, THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER IN THIS OR CAN   01:33:43.680 --> 01:33:50.320 THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH BUT ADDITIONALLY, PALM  BEACH COUNTY IS ENGAGED IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT   01:33:50.320 --> 01:33:55.280 WITH THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH IN THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT OF WEST PALM BEACH BEACH COUNTY BUT THIS   01:33:55.280 --> 01:34:03.840 IS A PAPER REDUCTION AGREEMENT IN THAT A VENDOR  CAN REQUEST IN INTERLOCAL COVER SHEET FROM ANYONE   01:34:03.840 --> 01:34:09.440 THE AGENCIES THEY ARE CERTIFIED WITH IN ORDER  TO SEEK CERTIFICATION WITH THE AGENCIES THAT   01:34:09.440 --> 01:34:18.640 ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. PRIOR TO THE IMPLANTATION OF THE PROGRAM ORDINANCE   01:34:18.640 --> 01:34:27.240 THERE WERE 454 CERTIFIED VENDORS IN 2018. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE THERE HAS BEEN AN   01:34:27.240 --> 01:34:34.880 INCREASE FISCAL YEAR OVER FISCAL YEAR OF CERTIFIED  VENDORS BEGINNING IN 2019 THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF   01:34:34.880 --> 01:34:46.560 53, IN 20 2111, AND 2021 75 AND IN 20 2214. THE  01:34:47.120 --> 01:34:56.320 THE WILLSIE WILL BE BREAKDOWN A CERTIFIED VENDORS  BY COMMISSION DISTRICT BY FISCAL YEAR THROUGH THE   01:34:56.320 --> 01:35:01.320 PROCESS OF CERTIFICATION IS MONITORED IN  REAL TIME AND IS VENDORS ARE CERTIFIED   01:35:01.320 --> 01:35:12.440 OR RECERTIFIED, CERTIFICATIONS MAY EXPIRE. ADDITIONALLY IS VENDORS EXCEED THE REVENUE   01:35:12.440 --> 01:35:18.680 SIZE STANDARD FOR THE RESPECTIVE INDUSTRY  THEY ARE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM.  01:35:18.680 --> 01:35:27.360 DURING FISCAL YEAR 19 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2022 A  TOTAL OF 21 VENDORS GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM.  01:35:27.360 --> 01:35:37.600 THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE VENDORS ARE AS FOLLOWS. 14 WERE SPE, TO WBE AND FIVE MVE.  01:35:37.600 --> 01:35:46.760 FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE, SVE ARE PREDOMINANTLY  WHITE MALES, WBE ARE WHITE FEMALES,   01:35:46.760 --> 01:35:57.440 MVE OR MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND  THEY ARE INCLUSIVE OF BOTH MALE AND FEMALE.  01:35:57.440 --> 01:36:03.160 GRADUATED VENDORS MAY CONTINUE TO  PURSUE WORK WITH THE COUNTY, HOWEVER,   01:36:03.160 --> 01:36:09.040 THEY ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE  PREFERENCES ESTABLISHED FOR CERTIFIED VENDORS   01:36:09.040 --> 01:36:16.680 PER THE ORDINANCE. OUTREACH.  01:36:16.680 --> 01:36:20.800 OUTREACH PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN  THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.  01:36:20.800 --> 01:36:29.440 THE DEVELOPED EVENTS TO INCREASE CERTIFICATION  AND AVAILABILITY WE SEEK TO IMPROVE RESPONSIVENESS   01:36:29.440 --> 01:36:37.520 TO SOLICITATIONS AND WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING  ON HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY.  01:36:37.520 --> 01:36:45.520 THE ABO HAS HOSTED, COHOSTED OR PARTICIPATED AND  PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 172 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES   01:36:45.520 --> 01:36:54.200 BOTH TARGETED AND GENERAL LOCAL RESOURCE  PARTNERS, COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES.  01:36:54.200 --> 01:37:02.760 THE SLIDESHOWS THE EVENTS WE PARTICIPATED IN  CONTRIBUTED TO OR DEVELOPED IN AN EFFORT TO   01:37:02.760 --> 01:37:08.320 INCREASE THE NUMBER CERTIFIED VENDORS  DOING BUSINESS WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY.  01:37:08.320 --> 01:37:15.240 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT  MATCHMAKER CONFERENCE AND EXPO, OUR PREMIER   01:37:15.240 --> 01:37:22.280 OUTREACH EVENT WHICH IS IN ITS 17TH YEAR WHICH  SERVES TO MATCH LOCAL SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS   01:37:22.280 --> 01:37:29.760 ENTERPRISES WITH KEY DECISION-MAKERS  IN BOTH PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.  01:37:29.760 --> 01:37:36.900 I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW MS. VASQUEZ  YOU WILL WALK US THROUGH THE NUMBERS.  01:37:36.900 --> 01:37:45.880 >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.  01:37:45.880 --> 01:37:53.320 MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF  THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATOR BAKER.  01:37:53.320 --> 01:37:58.800 THE FOLLOWING SLIDES REPRESENTS THE CUMULATIVE  PARTICIPATION A SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS   01:37:58.800 --> 01:38:06.680 ENTERPRISES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM FISCAL  2019 TO FISCAL YEAR 2022 WRITTEN CONTRACTS   01:38:06.680 --> 01:38:14.440 PERTINENT TO THE ABO ORDINANCE, THE DOUBLE  PARTICIPATION A SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN   01:38:14.440 --> 01:38:30.040 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AMOUNTED TO 27.71 PERCENT  OR $171,319,301 AND $0.13 RID OF THIS AMOUNT   01:38:30.040 --> 01:38:44.480 18.42 PERCENT OF 113,000,897 THOUSAND $29.92  WENT TO SPE WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE MALES.  01:38:44.480 --> 01:38:58.600 2.82 PERCENT OR $17,454,827 AND $0.41 WENT TO  WBE, WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE FEMALES.  01:38:58.600 --> 01:39:13.160 6.46 PERCENT OR $39,967,443 AND $0.80 WENT TO MVE  COMPOSED OF MALES AND FEMALES ASIAN AMERICANS,   01:39:13.160 --> 01:39:18.160 AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISPANIC  AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS.  01:39:20.640 --> 01:39:27.760 WITHIN THESE GROUPS THE MVE  WAS AS FOLLOWS MALE AND FEMALE.  01:39:29.520 --> 01:39:39.440 RECEIVED THAT 62 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS  DISBURSED WHICH IS $3,842,817.72.  01:39:39.440 --> 01:39:52.040 THE BLACK MALE AND FEMALE RECEIVED 2.01 PERCENT  $12,438,571.03 DURING THE MVE HISPANICS RECEIVED   01:39:52.040 --> 01:40:20.866 3.83 PERCENT WERE $23,686,055.05 OF THE DOLLARS. THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD SHOWCASE THE CUMULATIVE   01:40:20.866 --> 01:40:20.960 PARTICIPATION BY COMMISSION DISTRICT BASED ON  THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS.  01:40:20.960 --> 01:40:21.191 THIS INCLUDES THE DOLLARS AND THE  PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION, CUMULATIVE.  01:40:21.191 --> 01:40:28.120 THE NEXT SLIDE, ALTHOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BUSY. IT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION OF THE PARTICIPATION   01:40:28.120 --> 01:40:35.200 DOLLARS PER FISCAL YEAR AND INDUSTRIES FOR  THE INDUSTRIES ON THE SLIDE ARE CONSTRUCTION,   01:40:35.200 --> 01:40:42.760 GOODS AND SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,  CONSULTANTS, COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS AT   01:40:42.760 --> 01:40:49.720 WHICH IS SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH THE  ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHICH INCLUDES ARCHITECTS,   01:40:49.720 --> 01:40:55.120 ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS FOR THE NEXT  CATEGORY IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.  01:40:55.120 --> 01:41:02.600 ALSO YOUR ACCOUNTANTS, CONSULTANTS AND  TRAINERS FOR THE DATA INDICATES SMALL   01:41:02.600 --> 01:41:09.480 BUSINESSES HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN PARTICIPATING  IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS OF THE COUNTY.  01:41:09.480 --> 01:41:16.240 HOWEVER, WHEN EXAMINING THE ALLOCATION OF THE  FUNDS ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES THERE IS STILL   01:41:16.240 --> 01:41:25.960 A SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTION BETWEEN SPE AND THE  MINORITY GROUPS HE READ WITH THAT SAID I WILL NOW   01:41:25.960 --> 01:41:37.960 TURNED OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR TANYA DAVIS JOHNSON. >> THE PROGRAM IS MAKING PROGRESS AND IS HAVING   01:41:38.480 --> 01:41:45.800 A POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON PALM BEACH COUNTY  WOULD HOWEVER, CONTINUED SUPPORT AND OPERATION   01:41:45.800 --> 01:41:54.840 OF THE PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE PARITY. TO STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAM AND INCREASE SMALL   01:41:54.840 --> 01:42:05.920 MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION  AND UTILIZATION, STAFF REQUESTS THE FOLLOWING.  01:42:05.920 --> 01:42:11.760 WE ARE REQUESTING TO RECEIVE  AND FILE THE MULTIYEAR REPORT.  01:42:11.760 --> 01:42:21.800 WE ARE ASKING FOR AN AUTHORIZATION OF A TO  TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE PROGRAM AND ORDINANCE   01:42:21.800 --> 01:42:30.400 TO ALLOW TIME TO SOLICIT, COMPLETE AND CONSIDER  THE FINDINGS OF AN UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY AND   01:42:30.400 --> 01:42:39.480 TO MONITOR AND TRACK AN UNINTERRUPTED PERIOD OF  TWO YEARS FOR OVERALL COUNTY SPEND THOSE ALTERED   01:42:39.480 --> 01:42:47.880 DUE TO COVID-19 WHEN EMERGENCY PURCHASES WERE NOT  SUBJECT TO THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.  01:42:47.880 --> 01:42:53.320 WE ARE ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE  AN UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY.  01:42:53.320 --> 01:43:02.880 WE ARE ALSO ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING  NOT TO EXCEED 500,000 FOR THE UPDATED STUDY.  01:43:02.880 --> 01:43:11.280 WE ARE ALSO ASKING TO HAVE YOU APPROVE A BUDGET  TRANSFER OF 500,000 IN GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY   01:43:11.280 --> 01:43:18.080 RESERVES TO FUND THE UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY. AND WE ARE ALSO ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT AN   01:43:18.080 --> 01:43:26.520 INCREASE IN THE REVENUE SIZE STANDARDS FROM  9 MILLION TO 13 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION.  01:43:26.520 --> 01:43:32.960 FROM 5 MILLION TO 7 MILLION  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SEE CNA REQUIRED.  01:43:32.960 --> 01:43:40.720 FROM 5 MILLION TO 7 MILLION FOR GOODS  AND FROM 4 MILLION TO 5 AT SEVEN FOR   01:43:40.720 --> 01:43:54.120 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND WE WILL   01:43:54.120 --> 01:44:02.560 TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  01:44:04.880 --> 01:44:12.280 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.  01:44:12.280 --> 01:44:21.560 ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT AN INCREASE  IN THE SIZE STANDARDS TO ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT   01:44:21.560 --> 01:44:28.600 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, HE RECOMMENDED  TO INCREASE SOME OF THESE AMOUNTS.  01:44:28.600 --> 01:44:42.360 DO WE HAVE A STUDY THAT TELLS US THE IMPACT  INCREASING THOSE AMOUNTS WERE THERE IS NOT A   01:44:42.360 --> 01:44:51.200 STUDY PARIS IS THE CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION INDEX  WHICH SHOWS US WHAT THE SIZE STANDARDS SHOULD BE.  01:44:51.200 --> 01:45:01.720 WE LOOK AT SBA, WE LOOKED AT ICS WHICH IS ALSO A  COMMODITY CODE PROVISION PROVIDER AND WE TOOK A   01:45:01.720 --> 01:45:09.400 LOOK AT WHAT OUR COUNTERPARTS TO THE NORTH AND  SOUTH OF US WERE AS A RELATES TO STANDARDS AND   01:45:09.400 --> 01:45:17.040 THESE STANDARDS ARE IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY ARE  REVEALS ONE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OUR SIZE STANDARDS   01:45:17.040 --> 01:45:22.080 HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2009. >> Mack Benard: OKAY.  01:45:22.080 --> 01:45:35.640 I KNOW ON SLIDE 10 YOU HAD THE 21 GRADUATED FIRMS. HOW WOULD INCREASING THE SIZE, THE AMOUNT IMPACT   01:45:35.640 --> 01:45:43.160 THE SIZE OF THOSE GRADUATED FIRMS? >> THOSE GRADUATED FIRMS MAY BE ABLE   01:45:43.160 --> 01:45:46.920 TO RETURN TO THE PROGRAM IF  THEY SO CHOOSE BASED ON THE   01:45:46.920 --> 01:45:50.560 INCREASE IN THOSE SIZE STANDARDS. >> Mack Benard: IS THAT SOMETHING   01:45:50.560 --> 01:45:58.000 WE WANT TO DO TO ALLOW THEM TO BE  ABLE TO COME BACK IF THEY GRADUATED?  01:45:58.000 --> 01:46:02.440 IF WE HAVEN'T STUDIED IT? SINCE WE HAVEN'T STUDIED,   01:46:04.800 --> 01:46:10.880 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT THOSE  GRADUATED FIRMS TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK INTO?  01:46:10.880 --> 01:46:21.600 >> IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE SOME  OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE DECIDED WITHIN   01:46:21.600 --> 01:46:27.920 THE REALM OF OUR PROGRAM THEY WOULD LIKE  TO STAY AS A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.  01:46:30.960 --> 01:46:34.280 IT WOULD INCREASE THE POOL OF  AVAILABLE VENDORS OF COURSE.  01:46:35.360 --> 01:46:41.560 BUT IT WOULD ALSO GIVE THOSE VENDORS AN  OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND DO BUSINESS   01:46:41.560 --> 01:46:48.000 WITH THE COUNTY RECEIVING THOSE PREFERENCES IS  WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US OFF AS A BUSINESS   01:46:48.000 --> 01:46:56.920 UNIT A BY ORDINANCE AS A PROVISION WHERE  WE CAN HAVE AN EMERGING BUSINESS STANDARD   01:46:56.920 --> 01:47:03.720 THAT WOULD BE 50 PERCENT LESS THEN WHAT WE  ARE PROPOSING IS THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.  01:47:03.720 --> 01:47:08.560 THEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE TWO TIERS OF  SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CATEGORIES   01:47:08.560 --> 01:47:15.480 FOR WHICH THEY WOULD BE PLACED IN. >> Mack Benard: COMMISSIONER MARINO   01:47:15.480 --> 01:47:24.280 ASKED A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO  THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE AUDIT.  01:47:24.280 --> 01:47:30.600 CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THIS ITEM? >> ABSOLUTELY BURIED THE OFFICE   01:47:30.600 --> 01:47:35.640 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY THE PROGRAM WAS  IMPLEMENTED WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CLERK   01:47:35.640 --> 01:47:44.240 OF COURTS AS WELL AS OUR INFORMATION SYSTEM  SERVICES IN ORDER TO CREATE MECHANISM SO WE   01:47:44.240 --> 01:47:51.680 COULD CAPTURE THE DATA AND PRESENT TWO NEW. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE DATA WAS ACCURATE,   01:47:51.680 --> 01:47:58.480 WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE INTERNAL  CONTROLS IN PLACE ON THE DID TAKE SOME TIME FOR   01:47:58.480 --> 01:48:03.960 LEISURE WE WERE LOOKING TO GATHER THE INFORMATION. BUT AS WE WERE EXTRACTING INFORMATION FOR THE   01:48:03.960 --> 01:48:13.120 SYSTEMS WE WOULD FIND ANOMALIES OR ISSUES WITH  THE DATA AS IT WAS REPORTED OUT THERE WERE THE   01:48:13.120 --> 01:48:20.480 ONE THING I DID NOT WANT TO DO FOR THIS BOARD IS  TO PRESENT NEW INFORMATION WE CANNOT STAND BEHIND,   01:48:20.480 --> 01:48:25.880 WAS NOT ACCURATE AND THAT COULD BE  RE-CREATED WHEN THERE WAS AN AUDIT.  01:48:32.721 --> 01:48:39.520 >> Mack Benard: THE EPO ORDINANCE  STATES WE NEED TO GET ANNUAL REPORT.  01:48:41.560 --> 01:48:50.200 TODAY WE HAVE A DECEMBER 31 DEADLINE AND THIS  IS REALLY THE FIRST REPORT WE ARE RECEIVING.  01:48:51.320 --> 01:49:00.000 HOW DO WE AVOID THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE  SURE WE ARE GETTING ANNUAL REPORTS THAT WEIGHT WE   01:49:00.000 --> 01:49:10.120 AS A BOARD CAN MAKE THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS? >> MOVING FORWARD NOW THAT WE HAVE THE INTERNAL   01:49:10.120 --> 01:49:16.560 CONTROLS, I WOULD SIT WITH YOU WHEN HE  INITIALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS ON THE   01:49:16.560 --> 01:49:21.520 FIRST OF THE WAS CONDUCTED WE WERE IN  A DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE   01:49:21.520 --> 01:49:27.600 WAS NO UNIFORM SYSTEM OF DATA CAPTURING. WE ARE NOT UTILIZING THE INFORMATION THAT   01:49:27.600 --> 01:49:33.160 COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE CLERK AND COMPTROLLERS  OFFICE WHICH IS THE ADVANTAGE FINANCIAL SYSTEM   01:49:33.160 --> 01:49:42.120 AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO ACCEPT ALL CONTRACT  DATA INFORMATION IS MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THE   01:49:42.120 --> 01:49:50.240 MODIFICATIONS AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE  WITH THE CLERKS OFFICE AND ISS, WE KNOW WE CAN   01:49:50.240 --> 01:50:00.040 PRODUCE THESE REPORTS AND ANNUAL MANNER THAT  WOULD BE CORRECT, ACCURATE AND FORTHCOMING IN   01:50:00.040 --> 01:50:05.800 THE SCHEDULING WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO. >> Mack Benard: IN THE FUTURE WHAT   01:50:05.800 --> 01:50:11.680 WOULD BE THE TIMEFRAME IN TERMS OF  PROVIDING THESE REPORTS TO US TO MAKE   01:50:11.680 --> 01:50:21.680 SURE WE ARE MAKING THE CORRECT DECISIONS. SO THAT WAY WE KNOW IS A BOARD THAT YOUR   01:50:21.680 --> 01:50:26.080 DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE US THIS REPORT. >> ANNUALLY.  01:50:26.880 --> 01:50:29.640 WILL PLACE OURSELVES ON THE BOARD  OF COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA.  01:50:29.640 --> 01:50:34.160 WE WILL GO BEFORE MRS. BAKER TO BRING  THE INFORMATION FOR HER REVIEW AND WE   01:50:34.160 --> 01:50:43.720 WILL SUBMIT ISN'T PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. I AM COMFORTABLE THE INFORMATION WE ARE CAPTURING   01:50:43.720 --> 01:50:48.860 IS CORRECT AND WE WILL BE FORTHCOMING  WITH THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.  01:50:48.860 --> 01:50:53.090 >> MAY I RESPOND? >> Gregg Weiss: ADMINISTRATOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.  01:50:53.090 --> 01:50:57.560 >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE   01:50:57.560 --> 01:51:04.280 THAT THIS WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN BUT AS MS. JOHNSON  STATED WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS TRUCK SHOULD WHAT   01:51:04.280 --> 01:51:11.160 HAPPENED IS WE WERE DECENTRALIZED AND NOT  ALL DEPARTMENTS WERE REPORTING INFORMATION   01:51:11.160 --> 01:51:17.000 THE SAME WAY CAPTURING THE SAME DATA. THAT NO LONGER EXISTS COULD BE OF SYSTEMS,   01:51:17.000 --> 01:51:21.920 INTERNAL CONTROLS IN PLACE BUT WE DON'T  PROCESS INVOICES WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE   01:51:21.920 --> 01:51:28.160 INFORMATION BEING INPUTTED INTO THE SYSTEM. SO WE ARE NOT RELYING ON INDIVIDUAL TO PULL   01:51:28.160 --> 01:51:33.960 THE DATA CAN IT IS COMING FROM OUR MANUAL SYSTEM  THAT IS IN ORDER TO PROCESS THE INVOICE HERE IS   01:51:33.960 --> 01:51:37.360 THE DATA IT MUST BE IN. SO THAT IS AUTOMATIC.  01:51:37.360 --> 01:51:42.720 I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU THAT YOUR ANNUAL  REPORTS WOULD BE DONE AND SUBMITTED TO   01:51:42.720 --> 01:51:48.480 YOU AFTER OUR AUDIT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. WHEN THE EXTERNAL AUDIT BEEN COMPLETED   01:51:48.480 --> 01:51:53.360 THE NUMBERS ARE FINAL AND IT WANTED  TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY NUMBERS CHANGED.  01:51:53.360 --> 01:51:57.960 A MONTH AFTER THAT WE WOULD SIT BE  SUBMITTING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.  01:51:57.960 --> 01:52:04.320 NORMALLY THE AUDIT IS COMPLETED  SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.  01:52:04.960 --> 01:52:09.000 TEXT ME IF THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. USUALLY THAT IS THE TIMEFRAME.  01:52:09.000 --> 01:52:13.440 BY APRIL WE SHOULD BE GIVING YOU THIS REPORT. WE GOT IT IN FIGURES.  01:52:13.440 --> 01:52:24.520 >> Maria Sachs: MONIER REGULATION SYSTEM RECEIVING  FILE THE REPORT WRITTEN OFF I WANT TO RECEIVE AND   01:52:24.520 --> 01:52:32.480 FILE IT SINCE THE AUDIT WAS SUSPENDED. I KNOW FOR ME, I'M NOT PREPARED   01:52:32.480 --> 01:52:41.560 TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT. I WOULD PREFER WE NOT RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT   01:52:41.560 --> 01:52:50.920 AND LET GOD TAKE PLACE AND SO IN THAT WAY IF IT IS  GOING TO BE IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH THAT AT THAT TIME   01:52:50.920 --> 01:53:00.760 WE AS A BOARD CAN RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT. >> THE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT HAVE   01:53:00.760 --> 01:53:07.640 BEEN AUDITED BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR. THESE ARE SOLID NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT CHANGING.  01:53:07.640 --> 01:53:13.600 THERE 2019 THROUGH 2022. WE DON'T HAVE 23 IS A PART   01:53:13.600 --> 01:53:19.600 OF THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE THE EXTERNAL  AUDITOR HAS NOT COMPLETED THOSE NUMBERS.  01:53:22.000 --> 01:53:25.040 IF YOU PREFER NOT TO TAKE THESE REPORTS  BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THESE   01:53:25.040 --> 01:53:29.000 NUMBERS HAVEN'T BEEN AUDITED. THEY HAD BEEN AUDITED BY EXTERNAL   01:53:29.000 --> 01:53:36.120 AUDITORS AS PART OF OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT PROCESS. >> Mack Benard: I PREFER TO HAVE THE INTERNAL   01:53:36.720 --> 01:53:46.440 AUDITOR SINCE IT WAS SUSPENDED FOR THE INTERNAL  AUDITOR TO REVIEW THESE REPORTS FOR ALL THE YEARS   01:53:46.440 --> 01:53:58.360 SO IN THAT WAY WHEN HER MAKING THE DECISION WE  WOULD HAVE THE COMFORT TO KNOW THE EXTERNAL AUDIT   01:53:58.360 --> 01:54:03.920 WAS DONE IN THE INTERNAL AUDIT WAS DONE. THAT IS MY FIRST ORGANIZATION IS TO   01:54:03.920 --> 01:54:23.600 NOT RECEIVE AND FILE THE ACTUAL REPORT. IN REGARDS TO AN UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY, WHAT IS   01:54:23.600 --> 01:54:39.240 THE PROCESS OF DOING AN UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY? >> GOOD MORNING MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.  01:54:39.240 --> 01:54:45.240 GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS, MS. BAKER.  01:54:46.440 --> 01:54:51.560 PRIOR TO JOINING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY  OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SPENT 30 YEARS   01:54:51.560 --> 01:55:00.000 CONDUCTING DISPARITY STUDIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROCESS IS DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING AS   01:55:00.000 --> 01:55:06.560 LAWYERS ON THE PANEL YOU KNOW A RACE-BASED  PROGRAM HAS TO BE NARROWLY TAILORED.  01:55:06.560 --> 01:55:10.520 AND THE DATA HAS TO BE ACCURATE IN  ORDER TO COME UP WITH THE FINDINGS.  01:55:10.520 --> 01:55:21.480 IT ONLY GOES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO REMEDIATE THE  PROBLEM THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME IN TERMS OF DATA   01:55:21.480 --> 01:55:38.240 COLLECTION WHICH IS GOING TO BE REDUCED ALL WOULD  BE CONDUCTED AS WELL AS TO REDETERMINE WITH THE   01:55:38.240 --> 01:55:42.560 AVAILABILITY A IS IN THE MARKETPLACE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE   01:55:42.560 --> 01:55:59.080 INFORMATION IS CORRECT. AS TO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.  01:55:59.080 --> 01:56:05.720 >> ONE OF THE REGULATION IS  TO DO THE TWO-YEAR EXTENSION.  01:56:05.720 --> 01:56:14.280 D BELIEVE IF THE BOARD GRANTS THE TWO-YEAR  EXTENSION YOU WOULD BE ABLE FOR US TO GET   01:56:14.280 --> 01:56:17.880 THAT UPDATED STUDY? BUT YES, I DO.  01:56:18.880 --> 01:56:28.080 THE STUDY ITSELF SHOULD TAKE BETWEEN SIX  AND NINE MONTHS TO GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS.  01:56:28.080 --> 01:56:35.040 >> DO WE HAVE ALL THE PROCESSES IN  PLACE TO MAKE SURE WHOEVER IS DOING   01:56:35.040 --> 01:56:49.320 THE STUDY IS ABLE TO GATHER THE INFORMATION. >> IN REGARDS TO WHO WOULD BE DOING THE STUDY,   01:56:51.560 --> 01:57:05.800 THE LAST STUDY WOULD BE DONE BY MASON THAT WAS  DONE BY MASON TILLMAN HE MAY GO OUT FOR AN RFP   01:57:05.800 --> 01:57:26.960 SO IN THAT WAY WE HAVE ANYONE TO COMPETE FOR  THE UPDATED STUDY ON THE REGULATIONS YOU ASKED   01:57:26.960 --> 01:57:32.840 IS TO AUTHORIZE AN AMOUNT. I KNOW FOR ME I'M NOT   01:57:32.840 --> 01:57:41.560 PREPARED TO AUTHORIZE AN AMOUNT. WE SHOULD PUT OUT AN RFP AND FIGURE   01:57:41.560 --> 01:57:49.960 OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT IS GO INTO COST BUT FOR  US AS A BOARD TO MAKE DETERMINATION IN REGARDS   01:57:49.960 --> 01:57:59.720 TO FUNDING AMOUNT! THAT IS FINE.  01:57:59.720 --> 01:58:12.880 >> Mack Benard: THAT REGULATIONS ARE TO INCREASE  THE SIZE STANDARDS I'M NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT   01:58:12.880 --> 01:58:22.600 INCREASINGLY STANDARDS UNTIL THERE IS A STUDY  THAT IS DONE PLUS WE WOULD HAVE THE UPDATED   01:58:22.600 --> 01:58:32.080 STUDY AND SO IN THAT WAY WE AS A BOARD COULD  KNOW WHETHER WE WANT TO INCREASE THOSE SIZES.  01:58:32.080 --> 01:58:36.480 THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> Gregg Weiss: NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM   01:58:36.480 --> 01:58:49.000 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER. SPIKES WE ALL UNDERSTAND, IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE   01:58:49.000 --> 01:58:54.640 AN EXTENSION OF THE ORDINANCE YOU HAVE  TO AUTHORIZE AND IT DISPARITY STUDY.  01:58:56.000 --> 01:58:58.840 THEY TIED TOGETHER. THE REASON THEY ARE AUTHORIZING   01:58:58.840 --> 01:59:06.800 AN EXTENSION IS TO COMPLETE THE STUDY. AND TO POINT OUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS   01:59:06.800 --> 01:59:11.320 BEEN CONSISTENT WITH COMMISSIONER  BERNARDS AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE   01:59:11.320 --> 01:59:20.920 CHANGING SIZE STANDARDS UNTIL THE STUDY IS DONE. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS COMMISSIONER BERNARD,   01:59:23.000 --> 01:59:26.800 HIS QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE FUNDING  AMOUNT AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING AT   01:59:26.800 --> 01:59:31.060 THIS TIME UNTIL THEY GET BACK. FOR USING THAT IS NOT ALLOWED.  01:59:31.060 --> 01:59:36.840 >> I THINK THAT IS FINE BUT THIS COMMISSION MUST  MAKE A DETERMINATION NOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO   01:59:36.840 --> 01:59:39.240 DO DISPARITY STUDY. >> UNDERSTAND.  01:59:39.240 --> 01:59:54.880 >> SINCE WE WILL SKIP AHEAD IN THE DISPARITY  STUDY, CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ON WHAT THE METRICS ARE   01:59:54.880 --> 02:00:03.680 THAT ARE BEING MEASURED IN THE DISPARITY STUDY? >> WITH THE CAVEAT I AM NOT IN THE   02:00:03.680 --> 02:00:11.280 DISPARITY STUDY ARENA ANY FURTHER. BUT TYPICALLY THE UTILIZATION, WHICH YOU HAVE   02:00:11.280 --> 02:00:18.240 ANY REPORT NOW OF THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT  WITH THE BUSINESSES AND THAT IS ALL BUSINESSES.  02:00:18.240 --> 02:00:25.280 AS WELL AS GENERATED THE AVAILABILITY IN THE  MARKET AREA AND THAT IS THE AREA IN WHICH TAKES   02:00:25.280 --> 02:00:34.440 THE MOST TIME IN THE MOST ANALYSES BECAUSE THAT'S  ONE OF THE AREAS IN WHICH MOST DISPARITY STUDIES   02:00:34.440 --> 02:00:40.720 ARE CHALLENGED SHOULD WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE  TIME AND DATA IS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE   02:00:40.720 --> 02:00:45.840 THE TYPE OF ERRORS THAT MAY OCCUR. >> MY CONCERN.  02:00:49.720 --> 02:00:54.640 BEFORE DOING THIS. I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE NUMBER   02:00:54.640 --> 02:00:59.840 OF CONTRACTORS THAT EXIST TO UNFORTUNATELY FOR  US DOES NOT WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH GOVERNMENT.  02:01:01.480 --> 02:01:06.720 WANTED TO KNOW HER PREVIOUS STUDIES IN  FUTURE STUDIES, IS HER WILLINGNESS OR A   02:01:06.720 --> 02:01:12.960 DESIRE FROM THE BUSINESSES WHO GET IDENTIFIED. DO THEY EVEN WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US.  02:01:14.960 --> 02:01:17.880 SOME JUST DON'T. LIKE TO STAY IN THE   02:01:17.880 --> 02:01:24.760 LANE WITH A RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. BUT THAT PART OF THE STUDY TO IDENTIFY   02:01:24.760 --> 02:01:28.520 NOT JUST THAT THEY EXIST BUT THAT  THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US!  02:01:28.520 --> 02:01:33.240 ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS A SURVEY CONDUCTED   02:01:33.240 --> 02:01:39.400 TYPICALLY WITH A BROAD RANGE THAT IS RANDOMLY  SELECTED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE METRICS ARE IN   02:01:39.400 --> 02:01:45.840 TERMS OF THE BUSINESS, THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESS,  EDUCATION, HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS AND   02:01:45.840 --> 02:01:50.120 THE WILLINGNESS TO DO BUSINESS THE COUNTY. >> Marci Woodward: HOW DO YOU MEASURE   02:01:51.160 --> 02:01:53.991 WITH THE SAMPLING. >> YOU ASK THEM.  02:01:53.991 --> 02:01:59.520 >> Marci Woodward: EVERYONE WE IDENTIFIED WE  WOULD THEN BE GIVEN THE INFORMATION TO KNOW THOSE   02:01:59.520 --> 02:02:03.920 BUSINESSES DO WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US? >> THE SURVEY RESULTS WOULD BE   02:02:03.920 --> 02:02:07.480 INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. >> Marci Woodward: BUT   02:02:07.480 --> 02:02:10.640 NOT THE BUSINESSES. >> TYPICALLY NOT.  02:02:10.640 --> 02:02:19.120 BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE IS  LITIGATION AND ALSO WHICH WE CALL THE ICE FACTOR.  02:02:19.120 --> 02:02:25.800 THAT BY PUTTING THE NAMES OUT THERE THAT MAKE  IT SOME FORM OF RETALIATION FOR PARTICIPATING.  02:02:25.800 --> 02:02:32.871 WE WANT TO MINIMIZE OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY  ARE COMFORTABLE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS HONESTLY.  02:02:32.871 --> 02:02:44.160 >> Marci Woodward: IF WE SAY WE HAVE THE  SUMMER BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE NOT USING,   02:02:45.120 --> 02:02:51.320 AND WE HANDICAPPING OURSELVES LOOKING AT THIS  MANY BUSINESSES BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE   02:02:51.320 --> 02:02:54.920 AND HOW TO BE FIND THEM AND HOW TO BEGET  THEM TO BECOME CERTIFIED BECAUSE YOU DO A   02:02:54.920 --> 02:03:03.400 GREAT JOB DOING CERTIFICATIONS CRITICALLY STUDY IS  IDENTIFYING THIS AND WE CAN BE TOLD WHO THEY ARE.  02:03:03.400 --> 02:03:09.080 >> I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE  DOING NOT ONLY THE SMALL BUSINESSES   02:03:09.080 --> 02:03:13.440 BUT ALL BUSINESSES IN THE MARKET AREA. >> Marci Woodward: IN THE FOUR CATEGORIES?  02:03:13.440 --> 02:03:18.720 >> THE FOUR CATEGORIES BUT  NONMINORITY BUSINESSES AS WELL.  02:03:19.600 --> 02:03:24.600 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE UNIVERSE  OF THE NONMINORITY BUSINESS ARE,   02:03:24.600 --> 02:03:30.520 BUT WE ARE DOING ESTIMATES BASED ON THE DATA  COLLECTED AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ANALYZED AS   02:03:30.520 --> 02:03:36.840 SAME AS WE ARE DOING WITH THE SPE OR MINORITY  POPULATION AND THE SMALL BUSINESS POPULATION.  02:03:36.840 --> 02:03:43.160 ALL OF THOSE SEGMENTS ARE GOING TO BE  ANALYZED, MEASURED AND THE RESULTS PRODUCED.  02:03:43.160 --> 02:03:50.840 I CAN'T HELP YOU, AND IN THE 14,000  VENDORS ON OUR DATABASE ARE PARTICIPATING.  02:03:50.840 --> 02:03:56.960 IN THE PURCHASING DATABASE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NECESSARILY WANT   02:03:56.960 --> 02:04:01.640 TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL. WE TAKE THE FACTORS IN PLACE ON   02:04:01.640 --> 02:04:06.240 BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION. TO MAKE SURE IT IS EQUAL IN   02:04:06.240 --> 02:04:15.680 TERMS OF THE TYPES OF ANALYSIS THAT OCCUR. >> MAY BE DISPARITY STUDY, WHICH I KNOW   02:04:15.680 --> 02:04:19.920 THAT IS FOR TODAY, BUT IS THERE A  DIFFERENT TYPE OF STUDY THAT WOULD   02:04:19.920 --> 02:04:26.640 ACTUALLY GET THE INFORMATION I AM ASKING FOR? I DID A SURVEY TO CONSTITUENTS RECENTLY ASKING   02:04:26.640 --> 02:04:33.160 FOR SITUATIONS IS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE  COULD DO TO REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES TO GAUGE   02:04:33.160 --> 02:04:37.960 THEIR WILLINGNESS, THEIR DESIRE AND TO GIVE US  FEEDBACK ON WHATEVER BARRIERS EXIST THAT WOULD   02:04:37.960 --> 02:04:47.040 MAKE THEM NOT WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US. >> DURING THE DISPARITY STUDY AND THE ONLY   02:04:47.040 --> 02:04:58.000 COMMISSIONER WHO IS HERE WHEN THIS WAS PASSED. THE SUPREME COURT IS, THE IN THE EXACT ROLE IN   02:04:58.000 --> 02:05:04.480 TERMS HOW THE STUDY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE DONE  BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE WHEN YOU FIND THE DISPARITY,   02:05:04.480 --> 02:05:13.280 AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,  FIVE, SIX DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE STUDY IDENTIFIED.  02:05:14.400 --> 02:05:19.080 THE REMEDY THAT WE HAD TO DO HAD  TO BE NARROWLY TAILORED AND THAT   02:05:19.080 --> 02:05:27.760 WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC DISPARITIES. WHAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IS THE LAST TIME WHEN WE   02:05:27.760 --> 02:05:37.720 DID THE STUDY, GATHERING THE DATA WAS DIFFICULT. WHAT I AM HOPING IS WHEN WE'RE DOING   02:05:37.720 --> 02:05:48.240 THIS NEW STUDY, THE DATA IS CLEAR. WHOEVER WANTS TO CHALLENGE THAT CAN GET ACCESS   02:05:50.080 --> 02:05:56.400 AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT   02:05:56.400 --> 02:06:02.920 TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE  DON'T WANT THEM TO GET BLACKBALLED AND LABELED.  02:06:05.280 --> 02:06:16.560 WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS TO  MAKE SURE THE SPECIFIC COMPANY IS NOT ADDRESSED.  02:06:16.560 --> 02:06:26.000 >> Marci Woodward: OKAY. MAY BE MORE QUESTIONS AFTER I JUST   02:06:26.000 --> 02:06:30.320 THEY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THIS. TO GO BACK TO MY OTHER.  02:06:30.320 --> 02:06:39.680 ON SLIDE EIGHT YOU HAVE A LISTING OF  THE CERTIFICATIONS FROM 2018 TO 2022.  02:06:39.680 --> 02:06:47.320 NUMBER 2022 WE HAD 707. HOW MANY OTHERS GOT AWARDED   02:06:47.320 --> 02:07:03.880 CONTRACTS ORBITS WITH US IN THE SUM OF SEVEN. >> FROM THE 707 WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY AND 300,   02:07:03.880 --> 02:07:12.960 307 HAVE NOT RECORDED A PAYMENT FROM THE COUNTY. >> Marci Woodward: DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR   02:07:12.960 --> 02:07:16.880 THE PREVIOUS YEARS? >> WE CAN DO THAT.  02:07:16.880 --> 02:07:24.111 WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE NOW  BUT YES, WE CAN DO THAT.  02:07:24.111 --> 02:07:29.240 >> Marci Woodward: THAT IS A LITTLE LESS  THAN HALF OF THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN AWARDED.  02:07:29.240 --> 02:07:32.680 AT LEAST IN THE FISCAL YEAR  THEY DID NOT RECEIVE PAYMENT.  02:07:32.680 --> 02:07:40.560 DOES NOT COUNT, DO WE KNOW IF THEY WERE SUBS. WITH TO BE RECORDED THEY GOT PAYMENT?  02:07:40.560 --> 02:07:46.480 >> THAT IS CORRECT. AND CATEGORIES AS PAYMENT, AS A PRIME, AS A SUB.  02:07:46.480 --> 02:07:51.720 ANY PAYMENTS. >> EVEN WITH OUR   02:07:51.720 --> 02:07:58.640 OVERALL PROCUREMENT PROCESS YOU MAY FIND EVERY  VENDOR IN OUR VENDOR BASE HAS RECEIVED A PAYMENT.  02:07:59.360 --> 02:08:05.271 THEY ARE JUST SIGNING UP SO THEY ARE THEN ELIGIBLE  TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS.  02:08:05.271 --> 02:08:09.080 >> Marci Woodward: YOU  MENTIONED EMERGING BUSINESSES.  02:08:09.880 --> 02:08:15.520 COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> THAT IS SIMPLY ALLOWS   02:08:15.520 --> 02:08:24.040 US TO HAVE THE SIZE STANDARDS CURRENTLY IN  EXISTENCE, THE 9 MILLION, FIVE, FIVE AND FOUR.  02:08:24.040 --> 02:08:33.360 WE CAN REDUCE THAT FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES  EMERGING IN ORDER TO SEPARATE SIZE STANDARD   02:08:33.360 --> 02:08:38.800 FOR BUSINESS USERS WHO MAY NOT BE FARING  AS WELL AS LARGER SMALLER BUSINESSES   02:08:38.800 --> 02:08:46.560 COMMITTED AS A MICROCOSM OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. EXTRACTING OUT THOSE WHO MAY BE SMALLER, WHO MAY   02:08:46.560 --> 02:08:55.280 NOT HAVE MADE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE COLLECTED THE SAME  AMOUNT OF MONEY LARGER SMALLER BUSINESSES HAVE.  02:08:55.280 --> 02:09:03.360 IT IS A PROCESS BY WHICH WE COULD ESTABLISH OTHER  API THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE FEEDBACK ABOUT   02:09:03.360 --> 02:09:10.000 BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT MET THAT LARGER THRESHOLD. >> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING PART OF THE STUDY   02:09:10.000 --> 02:09:14.400 BEFORE WE ADJUST ANY PRICING. WE WOULD HAVE MORE   02:09:14.400 --> 02:09:17.631 INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DECISION. >> WE CAN GATHER MORE INFORMATION.  02:09:17.631 --> 02:09:26.280 >> Marci Woodward: MY LAST ONE IS ON WHICH ONE? SLIDE 13.  02:09:28.080 --> 02:09:30.880 I DID MY OWN SPREADSHEET LAST NIGHT. I CAN SHARE WITH EVERYONE IF THEY   02:09:30.880 --> 02:09:39.800 WANT TO KNOW, IT'S BY DISTRICT. GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR   02:09:39.800 --> 02:09:47.480 AND FIVE TOGETHER IN THE NEXT TWO BIGGEST ONES. DOING OTHER IS A REASON IF THE BUSINESS DOES NOT   02:09:47.480 --> 02:09:51.320 EXIST IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL COUNTY  ARE THEY NOT DOING BUSINESS WITH US.  02:09:52.680 --> 02:09:59.440 I KNOW DISPARITY STUDY IS A DIFFERENT THING. DISTRICTS TO AND SEVEN, YOU ARE KILLING IT.  02:10:00.880 --> 02:10:04.800 IS OUR OUTREACH FOR THESE AREAS? WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR   02:10:04.800 --> 02:10:13.200 SMALL BUSINESSES IN SOUTH COUNTY? >> BUSINESSES CERTIFIED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.  02:10:13.720 --> 02:10:20.040 WE MAY HAVE A SEVER CONCENTRATION IN DISTRICT  7 THEN WE HAVE IN DISTRICT 2 OR FIVE.  02:10:20.040 --> 02:10:28.200 IT IS BASED ON A BUSINESS CHOICE AND DECISION TO  CERTIFY AND SO THOSE WHO CERTIFIED WITH US THAT   02:10:28.200 --> 02:10:34.360 REFLECT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. THAT IS THE ACTIVITY SHOWN.  02:10:34.360 --> 02:10:40.280 THEY MAY MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION THEY DON'T WANT  TO CERTIFY AND SO THEREFORE THEY DON'T BUT WE   02:10:40.280 --> 02:10:47.800 REPORT OUT THE INFORMATION THAT ARE. THOUGHT OF THIS COULD BE SIMILAR   02:10:48.360 --> 02:10:55.920 CHOICES THE BUSINESSES ARE MAKING. WHAT WE CAN DO THAT TO LET THE MEN.  02:10:55.920 --> 02:11:04.720 >> WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT TO OUST  OUTREACH EVENTS IN AREAS WHERE YOU MIGHT   02:11:04.720 --> 02:11:09.840 FIND A HEAVIER CONCENTRATION OF SMALL  MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THAT MAY   02:11:09.840 --> 02:11:15.520 WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY. HE MAY HAVE A REACH BEYOND WERE WANT   02:11:15.520 --> 02:11:21.480 TO REGION WE WOULD HAPPILY SCHEDULE AND PERFORM  AN OUTREACH EVENT IN YOUR COMMISSION DISTRICT   02:11:21.480 --> 02:11:28.240 INVITE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT TO  COME OVER AND CERTIFIED WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME.  02:11:29.400 --> 02:11:35.320 ONE OF THE OUTREACHES WE DID WAS THE ROADSHOW  AND WE TOOK IT NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.  02:11:36.400 --> 02:11:43.800 IN DOING THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE  NUMBER OF SMWBE'S IN THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC AREAS   02:11:43.800 --> 02:11:51.200 SHARING WITH THEM THE BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION. WHAT IT MEANS TO RESPOND TO SOLICITATION AND HOW   02:11:51.200 --> 02:11:58.200 TO RESPOND AND THE THINGS I NEED TO DO. WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH DISTRICT   02:11:58.200 --> 02:12:05.680 COMMISSIONERS, WHICH ARE INFORMATIONALLY OUTREACH  EVENTS SO THEY CAN PLASTIC TEAR DATABASES.  02:12:05.680 --> 02:12:13.480 AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN  ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER WE CERTAINLY STAND   02:12:13.480 --> 02:12:16.980 OPEN AND READY TO DO JUST THAT. >> Marci Woodward: THANK YOU.  02:12:16.980 --> 02:12:22.840 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  02:12:25.400 --> 02:12:29.560 SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY HAS NO INPUT  INTO THE STUDIES AT ALL YOUR THAT IS   02:12:30.080 --> 02:12:35.440 COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITY. WHEN YOU DO YOUR STUDY.  02:12:35.440 --> 02:12:45.360 WOULD YOU INCLUDE THE STUDIES AS WELL? BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE AN OUTREACH   02:12:45.360 --> 02:12:52.400 FOR SMALL MINORITY BASED BUSINESSES. I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE   02:12:52.400 --> 02:13:01.680 HOW THEY OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS OUTREACH AND  MAYBE WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AS WELL BECAUSE   02:13:01.680 --> 02:13:06.640 IT IS A COUNTY BUSINESS. COULD CERTAINLY HELP.  02:13:06.640 --> 02:13:08.800 THANK YOU. >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT.  02:13:08.800 --> 02:13:14.760 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. HE TALKED ABOUT THE EXEMPTIONS   02:13:15.800 --> 02:13:20.560 AND THE ABILITY TO MODIFY. TO WE KNOW HOW OFTEN THAT HAPPENED?  02:13:20.560 --> 02:13:24.560 >> EXEMPTIONS OR WAIVERS. >> Gregg Weiss: YOU DESCRIBED   02:13:24.560 --> 02:13:32.000 IT AS AN EXEMPTION IN YOUR INTRO. >> WHAT I SHARED AS IT RELATED TO   02:13:32.000 --> 02:13:35.880 WHAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO EB OH,  THE EXEMPTION WOULD BE STATE   02:13:35.880 --> 02:13:39.040 CONTRACTS AND FEDERAL COMMENT CONTRACTS. >> Gregg Weiss: THEN IT MUST BE WAIVERS   02:13:39.040 --> 02:13:46.200 BECAUSE THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT YOU CAME TO  THE CONCLUSION THERE WAS NOT A RESPONSIBLE PERSON.  02:13:46.200 --> 02:13:51.720 HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? DO YOU GUYS TRACK THAT?  02:13:51.720 --> 02:14:01.080 >> WE TRACK A NUMBER OF WAIVERS WE APPROVE BUT  TO TELL YOU HOW MANY GUNMEN AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT,   02:14:01.840 --> 02:14:04.960 I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK WITH  STAFF TO PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU.  02:14:04.960 --> 02:14:14.080 BUT AS I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING WAIVERS ARE  REQUESTED BEFORE THE SOLICITATION BECOMES A   02:14:14.080 --> 02:14:20.840 SOLICITATION IN THE SCOPE OF WORK IS  IN THE COMMODITY CODES ARE LISTED.  02:14:20.840 --> 02:14:26.160 WE LOOK AT THE COMMODITY CODES WHAT ARE  CERTIFICATIONS ARE TIED TO COMMODITY CODES.  02:14:26.160 --> 02:14:33.120 EACH VENDOR THAT CERTIFIES WE THEN CAN LOOK TO  SEE WHAT IS IN THE POOL AND THE VENDORS IN THE   02:14:33.120 --> 02:14:40.240 EVENT THAT THERE IS NO AVAILABILITY, AFTER WE DO  THE REVIEW WE CONDUCT A REVIEW CAN MAKE A REQUEST   02:14:40.240 --> 02:14:47.040 FOR A WAIVER THE WAIVER OF AN API IS GRANTED. >> Gregg Weiss: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE   02:14:47.040 --> 02:14:51.520 PROCESS TO HAPPEN. SPLIT 3 TO 5 DAYS.  02:14:51.520 --> 02:14:58.920 >> Gregg Weiss: IF YOU GUYS TRACK THAT  I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.  02:15:00.400 --> 02:15:06.320 I GET COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME ON HOW  LONG IT TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE.  02:15:11.480 --> 02:15:18.720 I JUST RATHER GET REAL DATA ON IT. IS THERE ANY REASON THAT   02:15:18.720 --> 02:15:24.960 WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THE STUDY? >> I WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.  02:15:24.960 --> 02:15:30.720 THAT WAS ONE THING THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACK. IT WAS NOT ON MY RADAR OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE   02:15:30.720 --> 02:15:35.580 BEEN A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST TO THE BOARD  TO CONSIDER DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.  02:15:35.580 --> 02:15:41.000 >> Gregg Weiss: ON THE RIGHT. IN THE FUTURE KNOWING THESE THINGS   02:15:41.000 --> 02:15:50.360 ARE COMING UP, IT IS INCUMBENT THAT THESE  ITEMS, ESPECIALLY AT THIS DOLLAR VALUE BE   02:15:50.360 --> 02:15:56.560 INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET IMPORTANT. >> I AGREE AND I APOLOGIZE LETTING THAT   02:15:56.560 --> 02:16:00.400 SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACK. WE PUT MEASURES IN PLACE OF   02:16:00.400 --> 02:16:05.680 THESE KINDS OF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. A PORTAL THAT TELLS US WHEN ORDINANCES ARE   02:16:05.680 --> 02:16:11.200 COMING UP FOR RENEWAL AND ANY OTHER  REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.  02:16:11.200 --> 02:16:15.080 IS SOMETHING IN PLACE AND  IT SHOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN.  02:16:15.080 --> 02:16:23.200 >> THERE WAS A QUESTION YOU MAKE  THE RECOMMENDATION IN PART OF THIS   02:16:23.200 --> 02:16:30.280 EMERGING SPLITTING UP INTO GROUPS IS  THE EMERGING VERSUS THE NON-EMERGING.  02:16:30.280 --> 02:16:39.000 TO BE HAVE ANY DATA REGARDING THEM AND WHAT  THEY MAKE UP AND IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.  02:16:41.439 --> 02:16:46.719 I AM NOT PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. UNDERSTANDING IT.  02:16:46.720 --> 02:16:54.479 >> THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES AN EMERGING  SIZE STANDARD COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.  02:16:54.479 --> 02:16:59.839 WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT TODAY. I MENTIONED IT IS APPOINTED INFORMATION   02:16:59.840 --> 02:17:06.720 THAT WASN'T OPTION AVAILABLE TO US BY ORDINANCE. YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE DOLLARS ARE   02:17:06.720 --> 02:17:14.640 BEING SPENT AND WHEN WE SHOULD THE BREAKOUT  OF THE DOLLARS WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF MINIMUM   02:17:14.640 --> 02:17:23.560 AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE COULD  ACCURATE AND WHERE THE BUSINESSES WERE FALLING   02:17:23.560 --> 02:17:30.439 IN THE THRESHOLD OF THE REVENUE SIZE STANDARD. >> Gregg Weiss: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE   02:17:30.439 --> 02:17:37.040 DISCUSSIONS ON THAT MAYBE WHEN THIS COMES  BACK WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT DATA THERE WAS   02:17:37.040 --> 02:17:45.439 TO BE SUCH A PROGRAM HOW IT ACTUALLY IMPACTS  THE BUSINESSES AND WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE.  02:17:46.439 --> 02:17:51.799 ON SLIDE NUMBER 10 YOU TALK  ABOUT THE GRADUATING FIRMS.  02:17:51.800 --> 02:17:56.680 THE WAY WE TRACK THEM. YOU SPLIT OFF.  02:17:57.800 --> 02:18:06.160 YOU HAVE IN HERE, HE DID NOTE HOW MANY ARE  FEMALE OWNED VERSUS NON-FEMALE OR MALE OWNED.  02:18:08.080 --> 02:18:11.559 THEY ALSO SIT IN THE FEMALE OWNED  BUSINESSES, THE WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES   02:18:11.560 --> 02:18:26.840 AS WELL SO THEY ARE PART OF BOTH GROUPS. >> WE DID NOTE ON THEIR IN THE MBE OF   02:18:26.840 --> 02:18:37.600 THE FIVE THAT GRADUATED, THREE OF THEM ARE  FEMALE OWNED AND THE WOMEN OWNED WE HAVE TWO.  02:18:37.600 --> 02:18:45.479 BUT THERE ARE REALLY FIVE OWNED BY WOMEN. >> THEY ARE, HOWEVER,   02:18:45.479 --> 02:18:53.839 WBE AS DEFINED ONLY COUNTS WHITE FEMALES. >> Gregg Weiss: SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER CATEGORY?  02:18:53.840 --> 02:19:00.864 >> THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE  MINORITY GROUP IN WHICH THEY FALL.  02:19:00.864 --> 02:19:12.040 >> Gregg Weiss: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.  02:19:12.040 --> 02:19:17.560 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Maria Marino: WE HAVE 15 CARDS,   02:19:17.560 --> 02:19:23.640 I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BUT IF IT WOULD BE  OKAY WITH THE BOARD I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM   02:19:24.200 --> 02:19:28.080 THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. >> Gregg Weiss: SURE.  02:19:28.080 --> 02:19:32.840 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU. AS I SAID WE HAVE 15 COMMENT CARDS.  02:19:35.680 --> 02:19:39.080 WE HAVE TWO PODIUMS. PLEASE USE EITHER ONE.  02:19:39.080 --> 02:19:47.120 LEAH GAINS FOLLOWED BY RANDY. I APOLOGIZE IF I READ THAT WRONG.  02:19:48.439 --> 02:19:52.960 YOU HAVE TWO CARDS IN. ONE?  02:19:57.200 --> 02:20:03.439 AND BRUCE LEWIS. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR,   02:20:03.439 --> 02:20:06.160 VICE MAYOR, COMMISSION AND STAFF.  02:20:06.160 --> 02:20:11.160 MY NAME IS LEAH GAINS FROM EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY.  02:20:11.160 --> 02:20:17.399 AS MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRACY WE THE PEOPLE MUST  HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE OPENNESS AND INTEGRITY,   02:20:17.399 --> 02:20:21.439 LEGITIMACY AND FAIRNESS OF  OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.  02:20:21.439 --> 02:20:28.240 ACCESS TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IS INCLUDED IN THAT. AND IS QUIET AS IT MAY SEEM TODAY IN THESE   02:20:28.240 --> 02:20:34.960 CHAMBERS, THIS IS A RESOL MOMENT  FOR THE MINORITY BUSINESS MOVEMENT.  02:20:34.960 --> 02:20:39.319 HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER 50 YEARS AGO  THE PUBLIC POLICY BEGAN TO INFLUENCE   02:20:39.319 --> 02:20:44.000 PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING TO GUIDE  THE BEHAVIORS AND TO BEGIN REFORMING   02:20:44.000 --> 02:20:51.680 THE SYSTEMS THEY ARE NO LONGER SEGREGATION  WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC CONTRACT AND PUBLIC   02:20:51.680 --> 02:20:59.840 POLICY IS A FOUNDATION FOR BUSINESS CREATION,  GROWTH AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.  02:20:59.840 --> 02:21:08.760 THESE POLICIES FOCUSED IN THREE MAIN  AREAS, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS.  02:21:08.760 --> 02:21:15.720 OF ALL THESE THREE THE LEAST STUDIED,  THE LEAST PROGRESS HAS BEEN IN ECONOMICS.  02:21:15.720 --> 02:21:22.120 DESPITE ITS IMPORTANCE TO BLACK AND  BROWN PEOPLE FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS.  02:21:22.120 --> 02:21:29.280 ON THAT NATIONAL ECONOMIC SUCCESS AS WELL. IN 1965 THE MARCHES FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY   02:21:29.280 --> 02:21:35.240 AND ALABAMA WERE A GALVANIZING AND PIVOTAL  MOMENT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.  02:21:36.280 --> 02:21:44.479 HERE BEFORE US IN REAL TIME IN THESE CHAMBERS THIS  IS A CIVIL RIGHTS MOMENT FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS FOR   02:21:44.479 --> 02:21:51.160 BLACK, BROWN WOMEN AND OTHER MARGINALIZED  GROUPS WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS PROGRESS.  02:21:51.160 --> 02:21:57.280 IT HAS BEEN OVER 50 YEARS AT THE NATIONAL  LEVEL WHEN THE POLICIES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.  02:21:57.280 --> 02:22:00.200 HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY  IT HAS BEEN MORE CHECKERED.  02:22:00.200 --> 02:22:04.280 WE HAVE BEEN A START AND STOP. THIS IS THE START FOR US.  02:22:06.080 --> 02:22:12.200 WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD SOMEWHAT BY  CREATING A FRAMEWORK WITH THE POLICY AND   02:22:12.200 --> 02:22:19.519 NOW WE NEED FIDELITY TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE PROGRAM AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.  02:22:19.520 --> 02:22:26.479 TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE IN 2019  WHEN THE POLICY WAS ADOPTED IT MARKED   02:22:26.479 --> 02:22:32.200 FOR HUNDRED YEARS SINCE THE FIRST AFRICANS  WERE HELD CAPTIVE AND BROUGHT HERE TO POINT   02:22:32.200 --> 02:22:38.679 CONFERENCE IN VIRGINIA WHICH ONE OF THE 50  YEARS LATER BECAME THE UNIT STATES AMERICA.  02:22:41.439 --> 02:22:46.439 THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND JIM CROW  TOOK PLACE WHICH BURDEN THE PROGRESS OF   02:22:46.439 --> 02:22:53.280 AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS  ROOTED IS ONLY BEEN 158 YEARS SINCE EMANCIPATION   02:22:53.280 --> 02:23:00.160 AND THE ENACTMENT OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT. EVIDENCE BLACK BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CONTINUE   02:23:00.160 --> 02:23:07.880 TO GROW AT ITS CURRENT RATE OF 4.27 PERCENT  WE WOULD NOT REACH PARITY FOR 256 YEARS.  02:23:07.880 --> 02:23:12.960 I IMPLORE YOU TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD  WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE UPDATE AND THE   02:23:12.960 --> 02:23:25.840 FULL EXTENSION OF THE REVIEW. >> I CALLED HIS CARD FIRST.  02:23:25.840 --> 02:23:37.200 >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK FROM THE HEART. AFTER BEING ON THE STREET 25 YEARS.  02:23:38.479 --> 02:23:46.519 I OWN LEVEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND MY COMPANY IT  IS A PRODUCT OF THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PROGRAMS.  02:23:46.520 --> 02:23:56.319 I CAME HERE JULY 4TH, 1999. RECALLED AS IT WAS YESTERDAY THE   02:23:56.319 --> 02:24:03.099 MOMENT I SPOKE TO ALAN GREAT IN 2004  AFTER THREE YEARS OF HAVING NO FOOD.  02:24:03.100 --> 02:24:10.080 IT GAVE ME A LIFELINE. THREE MONTHS LATER I GOT A PROJECT WITH THE SCHOOL   02:24:10.080 --> 02:24:22.279 DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ON A PARTNER DOES A  SMALL BUSINESS TO BUILD THE SCHOOL. THE IMPACT OF   02:24:22.279 --> 02:24:41.319 YOUR PROGRAM IS MORE THE NUMBERS AND STUDIES. BORN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AFTER HAVING   02:24:41.319 --> 02:24:56.359 NO DREAMS I HAVE A DREAM TODAY. TODAY MY COMPANY EMPLOYS OVER 13   02:24:56.359 --> 02:25:06.399 MEMBERS PARIS $40 MILLION WORTH OF WORK. THAT $40 MILLION DUE TO MY COMPANY THAT   02:25:06.399 --> 02:25:12.759 I HAVE, 10 MILLION DOLLARS ARE GOING TO SMALL  BUSINESS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS STUDY HERE.  02:25:16.240 --> 02:25:24.920 THE IMPACT IS PROFOUND. 75 PERCENT OF THE BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS.  02:25:24.920 --> 02:25:33.359 NOT LARGE, SMALL. WHICH MAKES THE COUNTY WHAT IT IS TODAY.  02:25:33.359 --> 02:25:39.240 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE  HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE INFLATION.  02:25:39.240 --> 02:25:47.479 THE DOLLAR YESTERDAY IS NOT THE DOLLAR TODAY. BC INCREDIBLE FIRMS FOR THE LARGER FIRMS ARE   02:25:47.479 --> 02:25:51.599 GETTING LARGER AND GETTING MORE WORK IN  US THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE BUSINESS ARE   02:25:51.600 --> 02:25:58.786 GETTING LESS AND LESS AND IT IS GETTING HARDER. I STILL WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 12 HOURS A DAY.  02:25:58.786 --> 02:26:01.330 IS NOT GETTING EASIER, IT IS GETTING HARDER. 02:26:08.616 --> 02:26:18.200 WORK THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY DOES AN OFFICER EQUAL EMPLOYMENT IS CRUCIAL TO ALL OF US. THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES HERE   02:26:18.200 --> 02:26:26.406 LIKE US AND WE NEED CLEARLY YOUR  SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRAMS.  02:26:29.605 --> 02:26:36.920 I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF OPPORTUNITY  AND ADVOCACY ABOUT THE SMALL MINORITY.  02:26:38.000 --> 02:26:43.880 BUSINESSES FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR  COMMUNITY THE DATE REPUTEDLY SUPPORT AND   02:26:43.880 --> 02:26:45.120 DON'T DELAY. THANK YOU.  02:26:45.120 --> 02:26:58.920 >> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN PALM   02:26:58.920 --> 02:27:02.439 BEACH COUNTY OVER 35 YEARS. WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT AGE,   02:27:02.439 --> 02:27:08.919 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW ARE THINGS  THAT I CAME FROM A VERY BIG BUSINESS,   02:27:09.479 --> 02:27:16.839 147 YEARS IN THE MARKET FOR I HAVEN'T HAD MY LAST  15 YEARS WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE STATE OF   02:27:16.840 --> 02:27:23.439 FLORIDA PUERTO RICO VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM THE JAILS  AND VA HOSPITALS MY MISSION WAS TO MAINTAIN OPEN   02:27:23.439 --> 02:27:30.679 RESTRICTED ACCESS TO ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH  DRUGS AND MEDICAID INDIGENTS, PEOPLE IN JAIL. 02:27:33.359 --> 02:27:37.639 AND BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES  KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEY HAVE AND   02:27:37.640 --> 02:27:48.720 HAVE-NOTS LATIN AMERICA AS I WAS WITH THE COMPANY. WHEN I CAME HERE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER   02:27:48.720 --> 02:27:59.040 OF COMMERCE ORIGINALLY THE CHAMBER COMMERCE AS  YEARS WENT BY FROM BROWARD WE CHANGE THE NAME TO   02:27:59.040 --> 02:28:02.319 THE FLORIDA HISPANIC AMERICAN CHAMBER. WHY?  02:28:02.319 --> 02:28:06.439 BECAUSE EVERY TIME PEOPLE COME IN ASKED  ME DO I HAVE TO BE PUERTO RICAN TO BELONG?  02:28:06.439 --> 02:28:09.759 NO. WITH REPRESENTATION HERE,   02:28:09.760 --> 02:28:15.840 RESIDENTS OF 21 COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICAN  AND THE CARIBBEAN ALL THE WAY FROM BEAUTIFUL   02:28:15.840 --> 02:28:23.000 MEXICO TO ARGENTINA COMING UP TO THE CARIBBEAN  FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO AND CUBA.  02:28:24.760 --> 02:28:28.560 HOW DO WE HELP THE COMMUNITIES. I GET A BIG SALARY, SIX FIGURES TO START   02:28:28.560 --> 02:28:31.640 WITH A ZERO AND FIVE MORE ZEROS. [LAUGHTER]  02:28:31.640 --> 02:28:35.241 IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH THE  COMMUNITY GAUGE THE COMMUNITY.  02:28:37.240 --> 02:28:41.920 A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES BELONG TO  OUR CHAMBER, THEY ARE AS BIG AS   02:28:41.920 --> 02:28:48.240 TO IF THEY HAVE A MIRROR IN THE ROOM. IF THEY HAVE A MIRROR IT IS ONLY ONE.  02:28:49.279 --> 02:28:52.840 HOW WE ARE GOING TO HELP THEM? WE ARE SO FORTUNATE WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT   02:28:52.840 --> 02:28:59.040 THE OFFICE OF EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY  PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THIS IS ABOUT HANDHOLDING.  02:29:00.439 --> 02:29:04.879 SOME OF THE OWNERS OF THE SMALL  BUSINESSES, THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.  02:29:04.880 --> 02:29:07.120 SO WHAT. THEY ARE HERE   02:29:07.120 --> 02:29:11.960 BUT THEY COULD THEIR NEPHEW, TO GET THEIR SON,  THEY GET THEIR COUSIN TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD.  02:29:11.960 --> 02:29:18.040 YOU OF YOUR LAST THREE YEARS OF TAXES MAKE A WHAT? TAXES IN THIS COUNTRY?  02:29:18.040 --> 02:29:24.319 THE OF TWO THINGS FOR CERTAIN. DEATH AND TAXES AND IF YOU DIE BEFORE PEER TAXES,   02:29:24.319 --> 02:29:31.960 THEY WILL DIG YOU UP TO COLLECT AND PUT YOU BACK. HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY,   02:29:31.960 --> 02:29:39.120 HOW DO WE MAKE A SMALL BUSINESS GET BIGGER  AND THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICE IS GREAT.  02:29:39.120 --> 02:29:45.519 THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. >> Sara Baxter: THANK YOU FOR TAKING   02:29:45.520 --> 02:29:48.279 TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO COME DOWN HERE. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.  02:29:48.279 --> 02:29:51.960 I FEEL LIKE I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR QUITE  A WHILE NOW BUT IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY   02:29:51.960 --> 02:29:54.880 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME. SIMPLE QUESTION.  02:29:54.880 --> 02:29:59.260 THIS PROGRAM, IS IT HELPING YOU? DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN IT?  02:29:59.260 --> 02:30:00.800 ! YES, I DO.  02:30:04.120 --> 02:30:07.599 ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TRYING TO DO IS A SMALL  BUSINESS WHETHER THEY BELONG TO THE CHAMBER   02:30:07.600 --> 02:30:12.000 OR NOT, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE CHAMBER. IT IS ABOUT HOW DO WE HELP THE SMALL   02:30:12.000 --> 02:30:15.600 BUSINESS FORWARD TO READING THAT IS WHAT WE  COORDINATE WITH HOOVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  02:30:15.600 --> 02:30:19.960 WHY? THE STUDENTS OF THE FUTURE EMPLOYEES FOR THE   02:30:19.960 --> 02:30:28.560 FUTURE OWNERS, THE FUTURE MANAGERS. AND AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT STUDENTS AND   02:30:28.560 --> 02:30:36.120 THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO  MAKE SURE NOT WANT TO LIVE ONLY TO 104.  02:30:36.120 --> 02:30:39.200 THAT'S IT. >> Sara Baxter:   02:30:39.200 --> 02:30:45.000 QUICK, EVERYONE IS I CAN HUGE ADVOCATE FOR  SMALL BUSINESS IS WHAT IS THE BUSINESS YOU DO   02:30:45.000 --> 02:30:53.880 THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO BUT TO THE COUNTY PROGRAM. >> TO THE CHAMBER WITH ADVERTISING. THAT IS A   02:30:53.880 --> 02:30:58.479 NEWSPAPER AND USED TO BE WITH THE PALM BEACH  POST MANY YEARS AGO AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.  02:30:58.479 --> 02:31:03.839 NOW WE HAVE IT WITHIN THE CHAMBER WE HELP MOVE  THAT ONE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE IT IS IN SPANISH   02:31:03.840 --> 02:31:09.880 BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LICENSES, OFFICIAL  NUMBER THREE 23.9 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF   02:31:09.880 --> 02:31:11.837 PALM BEACH COUNTY ARE HISPANICS. >> Sara Baxter: YOU AS A VENDOR.  02:31:11.837 --> 02:31:18.880 >> IT IS A VENDOR THAN IT IS REGISTERED  WITH THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN   02:31:18.880 --> 02:31:23.000 THE SAME THING COMMUNICATION WITH  OTHER CITIES WHO NEED TO REGISTER.  02:31:23.000 --> 02:31:26.800 80 PERCENT OF THE QUESTION IS THE SAME. WHAT IS QUESTION 17 OF THE COUNTY   02:31:26.800 --> 02:31:34.120 IS QUESTION SEVEN AT THE CITY. >> Sara Baxter: THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.  02:31:34.120 --> 02:31:37.800 I AM A HUGE FAN OF SAINT ROMAN  AS WELL SO I APPRECIATE IT.  02:31:37.800 --> 02:31:42.560 >> HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE   02:31:42.560 --> 02:31:45.760 I PAY MY TAXES BEFORE THEY HAVE TO DIG ME BACK UP.  02:31:48.120 --> 02:31:55.279 GOOD MORNING BRUCE LEWIS, PROUD  OWNER OF ASSOCIATES PUBLIC RELATIONS.  02:31:55.279 --> 02:32:00.759 GOOD MORNING MAYOR WEISS, DISTINGUISH  COMMISSIONERS, ADMINISTRATOR BAKER.  02:32:00.760 --> 02:32:06.439 I'M GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT TACT  TODAY NEWS MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.  02:32:06.439 --> 02:32:16.000 I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 33 YEARS AND A  PART OF EVERY DISPARITY STUDY EVER CONDUCTED.  02:32:16.520 --> 02:32:23.960 AS A CONSULTANT TO USE TO DO THE LAST DISPARITY  STUDY WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE   02:32:23.960 --> 02:32:31.000 THAT WAS WHAT THEY CALLED DISCOVERY SCRUBBER. WHAT WE DID WAS WE LITERALLY TOOK THE MASTER   02:32:31.000 --> 02:32:35.279 CONTRACT AND FLIPPED THROUGH THEM,  SOUND THE SUBCONTRACTORS, RECORDED   02:32:35.279 --> 02:32:41.479 THE INFORMATION SO WE COULD ACQUIRE THAT DATA. NAMES OF WHAT WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM IN PLACE.  02:32:41.479 --> 02:32:46.240 IT SHOULD BE VERY SMOOTH NOW  THAT IS HOW TIME HAS PASSED.  02:32:49.960 --> 02:32:58.680 I HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED FOR 30 YEARS. AT MULTIPLE CONTRACTS WITH   02:32:58.680 --> 02:33:02.520 ACCOUNTANCY OVER THOSE YEARS. CURRENTLY HAVE A FEW RIGHT NOW.  02:33:02.520 --> 02:33:12.200 I CAN TOLERATE OUT OF THE MARKET CRASH IN 2008 AND  ALL THE PRIVATE CLIENTS I HAD WERE HOLDING THEIR   02:33:12.200 --> 02:33:18.655 CARDS, GOVERNMENT WAS MOVING FORWARD. I SURVIVED THROUGH THAT.  02:33:18.656 --> 02:33:23.439 IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE WHAT GOVERNMENT  CONTRACTS CAN DO IN THE VALLEY BEEN   02:33:23.439 --> 02:33:30.319 CERTIFIED AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. I'VE BEEN ADVOCATE FOR 33 YEARS.  02:33:30.319 --> 02:33:35.840 I HAVE 47 MENTEES OVER THAT 30 YEAR  PERIOD OF TIME BEING IN BUSINESS.  02:33:35.840 --> 02:33:42.000 41 OF THEM ARE CERTIFIED. I USE SEVERAL OF THEM AS SUBCONTRACTORS.  02:33:42.800 --> 02:33:49.080 UNDER MY CONTRACT I SUBCONTRACT  OTHER CERTIFIED BUSINESSES.  02:33:49.640 --> 02:33:56.359 THE ECONOMY OF SCALES ARE THERE. FOR THE BUSINESS MATCHMAKER.  02:33:56.359 --> 02:34:01.359 I BENNETT COPRODUCER WITH THE STEERING  COMMITTEE 16 OF THE 17 YEARS THE WHOLE   02:34:01.359 --> 02:34:10.479 PURPOSE OF THAT EVENT IS TO BRING ALL THOSE  PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR GREATER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.  02:34:10.479 --> 02:34:16.120 MOST RECENTLY AM THE FOUNDER OF THE EQUITY  ENTREPRENEUR CENTER WHICH IS A 501(C)(3)   02:34:16.120 --> 02:34:23.099 ORGANIZATION TO HELP REMOVE THE BARRIERS  THAT EXIST FOR BLACK MINORITY AND WOMEN   02:34:23.100 --> 02:34:30.960 OWNED BUSINESSES AND HELP THEM GET TO BE  A STAND OF ORGANIZATION AND LEGITIMIZE THE   02:34:30.960 --> 02:34:36.479 BUSINESS THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GROW. WE'VE DONE A LOT TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD   02:34:36.479 --> 02:34:39.759 OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. THERE IS STILL MORE WORK   02:34:39.760 --> 02:34:47.479 TO BE DONE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR DESIRE FOR  INFORMATION TO MAKE YOU HAVE A MORE INFORMED   02:34:47.479 --> 02:34:52.071 DECISION BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD. >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU.  02:34:52.071 --> 02:35:05.800 >> Maria Marino: BOB SHAVER FOLLOWED BY [NAME], KAREN BOWMAN AND KINA BROWN.  02:35:05.800 --> 02:35:12.520 >> MY NAME IS BOB SCHAFFER, AGC  REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.  02:35:12.520 --> 02:35:18.800 I AM ALSO A CONTRACTOR HERE LOCALLY  BREWED FIRST TO SPEAK ON THE PROCESS,   02:35:18.800 --> 02:35:25.120 THIS PROGRAM SUNSETS AT THE END OF THE YEAR  AND THAT NOTHING IS DONE IT WILL SUNSET.  02:35:25.120 --> 02:35:31.640 THAT DATE HAS BEEN AFFIXED DATE AND TIME  FOR YEARS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.  02:35:32.960 --> 02:35:40.100 THE $500,000 COMMITMENT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED  GIBEON NO ONE HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE SUNSETTING   02:35:40.100 --> 02:35:46.559 BUT I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT MEETING WE WERE GOING  TO BE TOLD OF 100+ MILLION DOLLARS SHORTFALL OF   02:35:46.560 --> 02:35:53.200 MONEY FOR SHOVEL READY PROJECTS AND YET YOU'RE  GOING TO BE ASKED TO COMMIT $500,000 HERE.  02:35:53.200 --> 02:36:00.760 AS FOR THE RFP SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKED ON ALREADY  WITH INPUT FROM INDUSTRY AND OTHER COMMITTEES.  02:36:00.760 --> 02:36:11.279 I WOULD AFFIRM THE COUNTY HAD TO SUE WOULD NOT BE  ONE OF THE FOLKS CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROJECT THE   02:36:11.279 --> 02:36:17.840 RFP DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD BUT AS A CONTRACTOR  WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF.  02:36:17.840 --> 02:36:24.080 THE AVAILABILITY IS NOT WILLINGNESS AND  COMMISSIONER WOODWARD SPOKE TO SOME OF THAT   02:36:24.080 --> 02:36:29.720 ARE TRIED TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT. AVAILABILITY IS NOT WILLINGNESS.  02:36:29.720 --> 02:36:36.399 FOR CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS THE NUMBER IS 50  PERCENT OF FOLKS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.  02:36:36.399 --> 02:36:39.519 FOR WHATEVER REASON. THEY COULD BE WORKING ELSEWHERE,   02:36:39.520 --> 02:36:47.479 THEY COULD BE WORKING FOR PRIVATE WORK. THERE IS A DIFFICULTY WORKING WITH THE   02:36:47.479 --> 02:36:55.479 COUNTY WHETHER THAT IS PERCEIVED OR NOT WITH  PAYMENTS AND LOGISTICS OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.  02:36:55.479 --> 02:37:03.240 AS A CONTRACTOR WHEN I GO OUT AND I KNOW THERE  ARE SEVEN CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED,   02:37:03.240 --> 02:37:09.040 THEY CHECKED THE RIGHT BOXES TO DO THE WORK  I NEED THEM TO DO AND I ONLY GET QUOTES FROM   02:37:09.040 --> 02:37:13.640 ONE OR TWO, THAT IS NOT WILLINGNESS  TO PERFORM AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT   02:37:13.640 --> 02:37:22.240 TO REPORT IN THE CONSTRUCT OF THIS PROGRAM. THE WAY THAT YOU MEET THE GOALS IS PURELY OVERPAY   02:37:22.240 --> 02:37:27.279 FOR THAT IS A DECISION YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE. IS THAT THE RIGHT THING I ROUTINELY   02:37:27.279 --> 02:37:32.080 OVERPAY SUBCONTRACTORS TO BE THE GOAL. I CANNOT GET A WAIVER BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS   02:37:32.080 --> 02:37:37.120 AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THE BIDS ARE DUE. THE PROGRAM IS NOT SET UP TO TAKE CARE   02:37:37.120 --> 02:37:49.599 OF CONSTRUCTION BIDS THAT ARE THE LAST  MINUTE AND IS NOT AVAILABLE SO I OVERPAY.  02:37:49.600 --> 02:37:56.319 CONTRACTORS ROUTINELY DO THAT DORGAN IT IS  SOMETHING YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT, BE AWARE OF.  02:37:56.319 --> 02:38:03.000 THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO THE STORY. THANK YOU.  02:38:03.000 --> 02:38:11.600 >> MY NAME IS LYNN BROWN AND I WROTE DOWN  MY THOUGHTS TO BE ASSISTING AS POSSIBLE.  02:38:11.600 --> 02:38:19.200 BEFORE I BEGAN TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHO  I AM AND WANT TO CLARIFY WHY I AM NOT HERE.  02:38:19.200 --> 02:38:25.800 I'M NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. I WILL NOT EVER RUN A BE IN THAT POSITION.  02:38:25.800 --> 02:38:32.400 I'M NOT A LOBBYIST. I AM A REGULAR PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO VOTE.  02:38:34.040 --> 02:38:41.120 I GUESS I HAVE INFLUENCE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE  TO VOTE, BUT I AM A REGULAR PERSON HERE.  02:38:41.120 --> 02:38:48.680 I'M NOT IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY. I HAVE FOUND IN GOVERNMENT IT IS   02:38:48.680 --> 02:38:55.720 LARGELY SELF SERVING IT OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE  WILL SPEAK OUT ON ISSUES BECAUSE IT PERSONALLY   02:38:55.720 --> 02:39:03.920 AFFECTS THEM IN SOME WAY OR THEY VOTE FOR OR  AGAINST AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT BENEFITS THEM.  02:39:06.080 --> 02:39:11.880 THANKFULLY MY BUSINESS OPERATES  OUTSIDE THE STATE LARGELY.  02:39:11.880 --> 02:39:18.399 WHAT Y'ALL DO DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT ME,  IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT MY FAMILY OR   02:39:18.399 --> 02:39:24.160 BUSINESS BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR BUT I'M NOT  SPEAKING HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT SERVES ME.  02:39:24.160 --> 02:39:31.439 IT IS NOT SELF-SERVING IN ANY WAY TO  BARGAIN BUT I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO DO   02:39:31.439 --> 02:39:37.960 SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IN HERE NOT BECAUSE IT IS SELF-SERVING TO ME   02:39:37.960 --> 02:39:48.160 BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO SUPPORT. WHILE THIS MOTION MAY NOT PERSONALLY AFFECT YOU,   02:39:48.160 --> 02:39:54.200 AND MAY NOT AFFECT YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR  FAMILY OR EVEN YOUR POLITICAL BASE.  02:39:54.200 --> 02:40:00.679 NEED IS MY HOPE YOU ALL SEE THE BENEFIT  THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN HERE TODAY.  02:40:00.680 --> 02:40:06.840 THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT LOOK LIKE ME. THE PEOPLE WHO AGAIN MIGHT NOT BE ABLE   02:40:06.840 --> 02:40:14.640 TO VOTE WHEN THE TIME TO VOTE COMES UP FOR  YOU, BUT IT IS STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO.  02:40:14.640 --> 02:40:19.600 ADDITIONALLY WHILE I DON'T ATTEND A LOT OF  THE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS BECAUSE LISTEN,   02:40:19.600 --> 02:40:24.279 IT'S COLD IN HERE. HE GOT TO WORK ON THAT.  02:40:24.279 --> 02:40:29.080 IT'S WARM AT MY HOUSE. I WATCH THEM LARGELY AT HOME.  02:40:29.080 --> 02:40:38.200 I HAVE SEEN YOU VOTE A LOT OF TIMES FOR  THINGS WHEN THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY REALIZED.  02:40:38.200 --> 02:40:42.000 BUT YOU VOTE FOR THEM BECAUSE YOU SEE THE BENEFIT. YOU VOTE FOR THEM BECAUSE HE WANTS TO.  02:40:42.000 --> 02:40:48.439 LET'S KEEP IT 100. YOU VOTE FOR THEM BECAUSE HE WANTS TO.  02:40:48.439 --> 02:40:55.839 AND SO IT IS MY HOPE TODAY THAT  THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS FULLY   02:40:55.840 --> 02:41:00.960 REALIZED AT THIS MOMENT THAT YOU  WOULD GIVE THE ROPE IN THE ROOM   02:41:00.960 --> 02:41:06.520 FOR IT TO BE FULLY REALIZED FOR NO  OTHER REASON THAN YOU JUST WANT TO.  02:41:06.520 --> 02:41:08.958 I APPRECIATE THE TIME. >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU.  02:41:17.310 --> 02:41:19.880 >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON.  02:41:19.880 --> 02:41:24.800 MY NAME IS KINA BROWN. IN THANK YOU MAYOR WEISS, VICE CHAIRS,   02:41:24.800 --> 02:41:31.960 COMMISSIONERS AND ADMINISTRATOR BAKER. I IN A LOCAL SUBCONTRACTOR IN RIVIERA   02:41:31.960 --> 02:41:37.080 BEACH CERTIFIED THROUGH THE COUNTY. I MUST MENTION OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKER   02:41:37.080 --> 02:41:43.040 REPRESENTATIVE FROM AGC MENTIONED NOT  BEING ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.  02:41:43.040 --> 02:41:47.920 SOMETIMES IT IS STIPULATIONS LIKE  JACK-IN-THE-BOX, NOT MEETING THE CRITERIA.  02:41:47.920 --> 02:41:54.359 THE BONDING COMMIT EXTENDED REQUEST FOR  INSURANCE A LOT OF US CAN'T WORK TOGETHER.  02:41:54.359 --> 02:42:00.719 O EB HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR  BUSINESS GROWTH SPIRIT I CHALLENGE EACH ONE YOU   02:42:00.720 --> 02:42:06.880 TO BE INTENTIONAL IN EXTENDING THE PROGRAM. SOME ITEMS MAY NOT OF BEEN PUSHED   02:42:06.880 --> 02:42:11.680 TO THE BUDGET AND MENTIONED. WE NEED THE PROGRAM IN ORDER FOR   02:42:11.680 --> 02:42:18.040 BUSINESSES TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO  SCALE AND GROW AND BE PREPARED TO DO WORK IN THE   02:42:18.040 --> 02:42:24.760 COUNTY AND TO GAIN CONTRACTS PIVOTED HAS BEEN A  COMPLETE RESOURCE CENTER FOR OUR BUSINESS AS WELL.  02:42:24.760 --> 02:42:30.359 ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. IT IS PUT US IN ROOMS WITH ORGANIZATIONS   02:42:30.359 --> 02:42:36.160 THAT NORMALLY WOULD NOT DO BUSINESS WITH  US BECAUSE WE DON'T CHECK THEIR BOXES.  02:42:36.160 --> 02:42:42.599 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THEY ALLOTTED US AND  BEING INTENTIONAL AND I AM ASKING EACH ONE OF YOU   02:42:42.600 --> 02:42:49.160 BE INTENTIONAL TO EXTENDED THEM WITH THE NEEDS  AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.  02:42:49.160 --> 02:42:50.200 THANK YOU. >> Gregg Weiss:   02:42:50.200 --> 02:42:58.080 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Mack Benard: MR. MAYOR, I THOUGHT I SAW   02:42:58.080 --> 02:43:04.640 VINCENT BROWN'S MY LIGHTS IN MY HOUSE, THEY ARE  THE ONES WHO DID THE ELECTRIC FOR MY HOUSE SO   02:43:04.640 --> 02:43:07.960 THE LIGHTS ARE ON. GREAT JOB.  02:43:07.960 --> 02:43:14.439 GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> MY NAME IS KAREN   02:43:14.439 --> 02:43:21.519 BOWMAN FOR IN WE ARE A PUBLIC OUR COMPANY  AND WE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED THROUGH THE EQUAL   02:43:22.520 --> 02:43:30.240 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. IT IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE AS A RESULT OF THAT   02:43:30.240 --> 02:43:33.800 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN CONTRACTS  WITH THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH.  02:43:34.520 --> 02:43:37.680 WE DID THE MARINA ART. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE   02:43:37.680 --> 02:43:43.040 RIVIERA BEACH MARINA WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR  THE ARE THERE AS WELL AS GETTING CONTRACTS   02:43:43.040 --> 02:43:49.000 WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS OTHER  MUNICIPALITIES HERE THIS OPENED THE DOOR FOR IT.  02:43:49.000 --> 02:43:53.920 THIS PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT  YOU HAVE YOUR BECAUSE IT BASICALLY SETS THE   02:43:53.920 --> 02:44:01.399 TONE FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA  TAKEN MINORITY BUSINESSES AN OPPORTUNITY.  02:44:01.399 --> 02:44:08.759 SO PLEASE DO NOT SHORTCHANGE DUE TO SOME PROBLEMS,  DUE TO COVID AND MAY BE SOME PROBLEMS WITH   02:44:09.359 --> 02:44:15.319 COMPUTERIZATION AND THINGS THAT GOT OVERLOOKED. THESE PEOPLE DO A WONDERFUL JOB.  02:44:15.319 --> 02:44:20.799 THE OF THE SMALL STUFF BUT EVERY TIME I CONTACTED  THEM THEY HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH HELP   02:44:20.800 --> 02:44:27.640 AND SUPPORT SO I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD CONTINUE  THIS PROGRAM, DO NOT LET IT SUNSET BECAUSE I   02:44:27.640 --> 02:44:34.479 THINK IT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY FOR THE COMMUNITY  AT LARGE AS WELL AS DESTRUCTION OF MINORITY   02:44:34.479 --> 02:44:41.439 BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT BASICALLY PROVIDE  ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TOWARD OTHER BUSINESSES.  02:44:42.000 --> 02:44:47.960 IT IS NOT JUST MY BUSINESS WHAT I BUY PAIN  FROM OTHER BUSINESSES, THERE ARE LARGER OTHER   02:44:47.960 --> 02:44:53.399 BUSINESSES BASICALLY BENEFIT FROM MINORITY  BUSINESSES SO PLEASE DO NOT LET IT SUNSET.  02:44:54.720 --> 02:44:59.439 I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS  THESE PEOPLE UP MADE TO YOU AND I HOPE   02:44:59.439 --> 02:45:02.759 THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THEM AND  ALSO EXTEND THE PROGRAM THEY'VE   02:45:02.760 --> 02:45:08.760 SEEN FROM DECEMBER TO DECEMBER 31,  2025 IS WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING.  02:45:08.760 --> 02:45:13.319 PLEASE GIVE THEM NOT REQUEST AND  THE FULL SUPPORT OF THIS BOARD.  02:45:13.319 --> 02:45:17.359 THANK YOU. >> Maria Marino: DOUG LAWSON FOLLOWED BY   02:45:17.359 --> 02:45:32.559 JOE SANCHEZ, SYLVIA SHARPS AND DWIGHT STEVENSON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR WEISS, VICE MAYOR,   02:45:32.560 --> 02:45:37.600 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAKER AND ALL THE  COMMISSIONERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES.  02:45:37.600 --> 02:45:43.720 MY REPRESENTATIVE GREETINGS TO YOU. LATE IN THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE CITY OF RIVIERA   02:45:43.720 --> 02:45:53.200 BEACH AND I AM PROUD TO BE SUPPORT FOR THE LAST  TWO SPEAKERS ARE DIRECT RECIPIENTS OF DOLLARS THAT   02:45:53.200 --> 02:46:04.399 WE ADVOCATE, BOTH MS. BROWN DEFINED THEMSELVES. THE LAST ITEM WE DID A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR,   02:46:04.399 --> 02:46:08.240 WHICH IS A LOT OF THEY COMMISSIONERS  TENT WAS A FIRE STATION.  02:46:08.240 --> 02:46:13.760 47 PERCENT WENT TO RECIPIENTS, 47 PERCENT OF  THE $20 MILLION WE SPENT ON THE FIRE STATION   02:46:13.760 --> 02:46:20.359 WITH THE DIRECT BENEFITS IN THAT DEPARTMENT  SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WE ARE   02:46:20.359 --> 02:46:24.679 IMPROVING AND IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY AND  GENERALLY PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS BACK INTO   02:46:24.680 --> 02:46:28.920 THE SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. AS A COUNCILMAN REPRESENTATIVE   02:46:29.960 --> 02:46:33.319 IT IS MY DUTY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE  BETTERMENT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.  02:46:33.319 --> 02:46:35.840 I STAND BEFORE YOU EXPRESSING  AN UNWAVERING SUPPORT.  02:46:37.960 --> 02:46:43.200 FIRST AND FOREMOST I CAN HONESTLY SAY  MISLEADERS MYSELF BEING THE NUMBER ONE   02:46:43.200 --> 02:46:47.639 WE FAILED IN ADVERTISING, MARKETING  AND SUPPORTING THIS DEPARTMENT.  02:46:47.640 --> 02:46:52.560 THERE NEEDS MORE DOLLARS PUT INTO THIS DEPARTMENT,  THERE NEEDS MORE SUPPORT AND IT NEEDS PEOPLE   02:46:52.560 --> 02:46:57.560 TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I CAN  HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD ENOUGH JOB.  02:46:57.560 --> 02:47:03.439 AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL. MS. BROWN SAID WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL AND   02:47:03.439 --> 02:47:07.439 THAT IS MY ROLE SO THAT'S WHY THE DOLLARS IN  MY COMMUNITY NEED TO GO TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS,   02:47:07.439 --> 02:47:12.519 NEED TO GO TO OUR MINORITY BUSINESS AND  NEED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE BUSINESSES   02:47:12.520 --> 02:47:19.600 THAT ARE THE FOOTSTOOL IN THIS COMMUNITY  AND NEED TO BE AHEAD OF THE COMMUNITY.  02:47:19.600 --> 02:47:26.399 SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL ECONOMY AND   02:47:26.399 --> 02:47:32.000 FOSTER INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND GROWTH. HOWEVER WITH THE PROPER SUPPORT   02:47:32.000 --> 02:47:36.920 GUIDANCE THESE BUSINESSES WILL STRUGGLE. THAT THE GUIDANCE HAS COME FROM THESE AND   02:47:36.920 --> 02:47:44.319 I CAN SEE IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY I HAVE  SEEN THE BENEFIT OF IT IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY   02:47:45.640 --> 02:47:51.680 RECENTLY GOT CERTIFIED AND I AM PROUD TO SAY  I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO ACTUALLY BID.  02:47:51.680 --> 02:47:54.680 I HAVEN'T RECEIVED DOLLARS  BEING CERTIFIED THIS YEAR,   02:47:54.680 --> 02:47:59.479 BUT I HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS A SMALL BUSINESS  OWNER AND I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 15 YEARS.  02:47:59.479 --> 02:48:05.439 WHEN THE MARKET CRASHED I LOST EVERYTHING AND  I HAD TO REBUILD MYSELF WITH OPPORTUNITY OF   02:48:05.439 --> 02:48:09.319 VISITING A SMALL BUSINESS MINORITY BUSINESS  WOULD NOT RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL CONTRACTS   02:48:09.319 --> 02:48:15.240 FOR THE BUSINESSES I OPERATE CURRENTLY. NAME PROUD TO SHARE MY WIFE IS IN THE   02:48:15.240 --> 02:48:20.319 FINAL STAGES OF GETTING HER CERTIFICATION  AS A WOMAN MINORITY BUSINESS OWNER SO HER   02:48:20.319 --> 02:48:26.679 BUSINESS WILL BE CERTIFIED WE WILL BOTH HAVE THE  OPPORTUNITY TO BID RIGHT HERE IN THIS COUNTY.  02:48:26.680 --> 02:48:33.120 IN CLOSING, I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO  COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT THIS DEPARTMENT,   02:48:33.120 --> 02:48:37.071 TO PUSH THROUGH WITH THE DISPARITY STUDY  AND PROVIDE THE NUMBERS NECESSARY FOR IN.  02:48:37.071 --> 02:48:41.840 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR WEISS,   02:48:41.840 --> 02:48:47.720 THE STINGLESS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ADMINISTRATOR  BAKER OF JOSEPH SANCHEZ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BLACK   02:48:47.720 --> 02:48:48.304 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT PALM BEACH COUNTY. I WANT TO THANK OUR MEMBERS WHO GIVE   02:48:48.304 --> 02:48:48.369 OF THEIR TIME THIS MORNING TO BE  WITH US TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS.  02:48:48.369 --> 02:49:04.359 THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY  ABOVE ITS 225+ MEMBERS ON THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER   02:49:04.359 --> 02:49:08.960 MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY  STRONGLY ENCOURAGES YOU TO VOTE TO EXTEND THE   02:49:08.960 --> 02:49:13.800 SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM  FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS AS RECOMMENDED   02:49:13.800 --> 02:49:19.160 BY THE STAFF FOR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS  BEEN STAGGERING IN ALL TYPES OF BUSINESSES,   02:49:19.160 --> 02:49:23.080 HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HARD  FOR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES ONE FEDERAL   02:49:23.080 --> 02:49:28.439 RESERVE BANK INDICATED A 41 PERCENT DECREASE  IN BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES DURING THE PANDEMIC.  02:49:28.439 --> 02:49:33.040 41 PERCENT DECREASE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER REASONS TO   02:49:33.040 --> 02:49:37.120 SUPPORT EXTENDING THE PROGRAM FOR AN ADDITIONAL  TWO YEARS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FACT   02:49:37.800 --> 02:49:44.760 DURING THE PANDEMIC PALM BEACH COUNTY LIKE MANY  OTHER ENTITIES ISSUED EMERGENCY NO-BID CONTRACTS   02:49:44.760 --> 02:49:48.880 WITH NO MINORITY BUSINESS GOALS RESULTING IN  REDUCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY BUSINESSES   02:49:49.479 --> 02:49:55.000 APPEARED IN THE PANDEMIC PALM BEACH COUNTY  LIKE MANY OTHER ENTITIES EXTENDED EXISTING   02:49:55.000 --> 02:50:02.479 TERM CONTRACTS INSTEAD OF REBIDDING THE CONTRACTS  WHICH ALSO ELIMINATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY   02:50:02.479 --> 02:50:08.080 OWNED BUSINESSES AND ALSO DURING THE PANDEMIC  NUMBER MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES ARE NOT ABLE   02:50:08.080 --> 02:50:12.439 TO ACCESS VARIOUS LOANS AND GRANT PROGRAMS,  SOME OF WHICH WERE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY.  02:50:14.479 --> 02:50:18.759 THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMS FOR  VARIOUS REASONS THE REASON WHY THE BLACK CHAMBER   02:50:18.760 --> 02:50:26.680 HELP THE ENTREPRENEUR BRUCE LEWIS SPOKE ABOUT. WE SUPPORT THE COUNTY STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO   02:50:26.680 --> 02:50:32.760 UPDATE THE DISPARITY STUDY FOR THE PURPOSE OF  OBTAINING CURRENT INFORMATION AND PAYMENTS.  02:50:32.760 --> 02:50:39.880 THAT THE MARKET IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN 2019. A NUMBER BUSINESSES CLOSED AND SO THOSE OF OPEN.  02:50:44.920 --> 02:50:51.080 FINALLY WE HAVE CONCERNS AND RESERVATIONS ABOUT  CHANGING THE SIZE STANDARDS IS RECOMMENDED.  02:50:52.080 --> 02:50:56.359 THE BACK NO BLACK-OWNED FIRMS GRADUATED  FROM THE PROGRAM SHOULD BOTHER YOU.  02:50:56.359 --> 02:51:01.279 ABOUT THIS US AS WELL BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T  ON THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES OF BUSINESSES HAVE.  02:51:01.279 --> 02:51:06.719 NONETHELESS WE ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT  TIME AND PRICES INCREASED DRAMATICALLY EVERYBODY   02:51:06.720 --> 02:51:17.040 HAS SEEN THIS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT. WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO IMPLEMENT   02:51:17.040 --> 02:51:20.479 THE EMERGING BUSINESS PROGRAM AS QUICKLY AS  POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY   02:51:20.479 --> 02:51:27.799 FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM NOT ABLE  TO COMPETE WITH THE LARGER SB FIRMS.  02:51:27.800 --> 02:51:33.600 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING OR  AFTERNOON AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR AS   02:51:33.600 --> 02:51:37.500 WELL AS THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BY STAFF. THANK YOU.  02:51:37.500 --> 02:51:41.760 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SYLVIA.  02:51:42.560 --> 02:51:50.680 I LIVE IN ROLE PALM BEACH FLORIDA. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MS. BAKER.  02:51:54.239 --> 02:51:56.479 AND THE WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS. I WAS GRATEFUL TO THE COUNTY FOR THE GRANT   02:51:57.040 --> 02:52:03.319 RECEIVED THAT ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE WORKING. I ALSO HAVE A NONPROFIT WHERE WE LOCATE DOMESTIC   02:52:03.319 --> 02:52:09.479 VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND AS OF THIS FRIDAY  I AM RESIGNING FROM MY JOB TO WORK MY   02:52:09.479 --> 02:52:16.040 BUSINESS FULL-TIME SO I NEED FOR THEM TO BE  THERE SO I CAN CERTIFIED MY BUSINESS TO GET   02:52:16.040 --> 02:52:21.519 MORE BUSINESS SO IF YOU WOULD APPROVE  THAT I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.  02:52:21.520 --> 02:52:29.720 WHILE IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO  HAVE A CERTIFICATION TO BE NOTICED OR ALLOWED TO   02:52:29.720 --> 02:52:38.160 DO BUSINESS WITH OTHER COMPANIES BECAUSE I  AM QUALIFIED UNFORTUNATELY IS A REQUIREMENT.  02:52:38.160 --> 02:52:41.040 THERE ARE JUST SOME COMPANIES  THAT CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITH   02:52:41.040 --> 02:52:48.800 SMALL BUSINESSES, BLACK, WHITE OR SPANISH. WE NEED THAT EXTRA PIECE OF PAPER IN ORDER   02:52:48.800 --> 02:52:52.927 FOR US TO COMPETE AND SHOW WE ARE QUALIFIED. DIVERSITY STUDY DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED   02:52:52.927 --> 02:52:53.167 BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ACCURATELY AWARE OF  WHERE WE ARE AT AN ESTATE IN THE HATRED THAT   02:52:53.167 --> 02:52:55.979 IS RISEN ALL OVER THE NATION'S A DIVERSITY  STUDY DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.  02:52:55.979 --> 02:53:12.959 LAPTOP I USED TO SAY WHEN YOU  KNOW BETTER YOU DO BETTER.  02:53:12.960 --> 02:53:19.279 THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR,   02:53:19.279 --> 02:53:24.080 COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. MY NAME IS DWIGHT STEPHENSON, PRESIDENT   02:53:24.760 --> 02:53:29.439 AND CEO OF STEPHENSON CONSTRUCTION AND VERY  EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING FROM HERE TO   02:53:29.439 --> 02:53:37.000 SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM BEING EXTENDED. IT IS ONE BY MYSELF IN THE COMPANY STEPHENSON   02:53:37.000 --> 02:53:43.640 CONSTRUCTION BENEFITED FROM BEING PARTICIPATING  MINORITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.  02:53:45.439 --> 02:53:51.599 RIGHT NOW WE IMPLORE 45 PEOPLE. $45 MILLION WITH A BUSINESS TO   02:53:51.600 --> 02:53:57.920 BE TEAMED UP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER MINORITY  CONTRACTORS AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT STUFF.  02:54:00.359 --> 02:54:04.759 I FEEL LESS OF THE MINORITY CONTRACTORS THAT  HAPPEN TO US TOO AS WELL SO WE ARE BENEFITING   02:54:04.760 --> 02:54:16.400 FROM THAT RELATIONSHIP AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE IT. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO   02:54:17.640 --> 02:54:25.720 IS BUILDING YOUR BRAIN, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS  AND ONE THING BEING A MINORITY CONTRACTOR HERE,   02:54:26.800 --> 02:54:35.800 THEY DO RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU NEED THAT IS TRYING  TO BE CREATIVE IT IS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE SO   02:54:35.800 --> 02:54:40.800 THEY ARE TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH MINORITY BUT  CONTRACTORS INSTEAD OF SAYING IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.  02:54:41.720 --> 02:54:45.560 THERE ARE GUYS AVAILABLE, THERE  ARE GUYS WHO WANT TO BE A PART OF   02:54:45.560 --> 02:54:50.500 SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS BUT I WANTED TO BE HERE  THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT AND SHOW MY SUPPORT.  02:54:50.500 --> 02:54:55.120 >> Maria Marino: WE HAVE TWO MORE CARDS. >> Gregg Weiss: ON SECOND.  02:54:55.120 --> 02:54:58.359 COMMISSIONER BERNARD? >> Mack Benard:   02:54:58.359 --> 02:55:08.319 THE DOLPHINS LOST THIS PAST SUNDAY. >> THEIR WAY OVER THERE IN GERMANY.  02:55:10.160 --> 02:55:14.680 THE BACKYARD THEY WILL LINEUP THIS WEEK  AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL WIN THIS WEEK.  02:55:14.680 --> 02:55:20.720 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. >> Maria Marino: FRANK HAYDEN FOLLOWED BY   02:55:20.720 --> 02:55:31.200 RICHARD BERRY THOSE ARE OUR LAST CARDS ON 5E1. >> MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED   02:55:31.200 --> 02:55:37.760 COMMISSION, COUNTY EXECUTIVE. MY NAME IS FRANK AND I AM   02:55:37.760 --> 02:55:43.140 THE COUNTERPART TO TAUNT HIM. I AM WITH THE CITY WEST PALM BEACH.  02:55:43.140 --> 02:55:49.359 AM THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF SMALL  MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS.  02:55:49.359 --> 02:55:56.319 AS I SAT HERE AND LISTEN TO THE ISSUES YOU ARE  DEALING WITH, IT TAKES US BACK OR WHEN WE DID   02:55:56.319 --> 02:56:04.719 OUR DISPARITY STUDY IN THE SAME QUESTIONS WE  ANSWERED THAT YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH NOW.  02:56:04.720 --> 02:56:13.040 I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE WE HEARD PRODUCT  TODAY IS A SUCCESS MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED   02:56:13.040 --> 02:56:20.399 BUSINESSES HAVE RECEIVED BECAUSE OF THESE PROGRAMS  SHOULD HAVE RETOUCHED EVERYONE WE NEED TO IN THE   02:56:20.399 --> 02:56:22.599 COUNTY OR CITY? NO.  02:56:22.600 --> 02:56:26.640 IS OUR A LOT MORE THAT WE  NEED TO DO TO HELP THEM OUT?  02:56:26.640 --> 02:56:32.239 THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES. WE DROP WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TODAY, YOU'RE   02:56:32.239 --> 02:56:39.840 GOING TO BE AFFECTING A LOT OF SMALL MINORITY  OWNED BUSINESSES NEED OUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE.  02:56:39.840 --> 02:56:45.560 IS THE PROGRAM PERFECT? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT IS TOTALLY PERFECT.  02:56:45.560 --> 02:56:51.000 BUT WE HAVE TO FIX WHATEVER THE  PROBLEMS ARE SO IT CAN BE BETTER.  02:56:51.000 --> 02:56:59.399 WE DO THIS FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THIS COUNTY  AND IN THE CITY WHO WE DEPEND ON TO HELP US.  02:56:59.399 --> 02:57:04.679 PEOPLE OF MADE THE COMMITMENT, BUSINESSES HAVE  MADE A COMMITMENT TO BE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.  02:57:07.920 --> 02:57:12.720 IS OUR RESPONSE ABILITY TO WORK WITH  THEM AND HELP THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL   02:57:12.720 --> 02:57:20.239 AND HELP OUR COUNTY AND CITY TO GROW AND DEVELOP. AT THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH WE HAVE DONE A LOT   02:57:20.239 --> 02:57:27.279 OF THINGS TO ASSIST THE SMALL BUSINESSES. GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES IS ONE THING.  02:57:27.279 --> 02:57:32.800 A LOT OF THEM NEED UPFRONT  FINANCING WE WORKED WITH ABB IC.  02:57:32.800 --> 02:57:37.239 WE WORKED WITH BANKS TO PROVIDE  THEM WITH THE FUNDING THEY NEED.  02:57:37.239 --> 02:57:40.719 SOME OF THEM NEED TO UNDERSTAND  HOW DO YOU DO A PROPOSAL.  02:57:40.720 --> 02:57:44.279 WE'VE DONE PROGRAMS TO HELP  THEM BE ABLE TO DO THAT.  02:57:44.279 --> 02:57:49.599 WE ARE MAKING THEM SUCCESSFUL. WE TAKE YOUR LEAD HERE IN THE COUNTY.  02:57:50.880 --> 02:57:54.520 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM  TO READ IN THE END YOU WILL FIND   02:57:54.520 --> 02:57:58.439 IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR THOSE  PEOPLE WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.  02:57:58.439 --> 02:58:13.799 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> RICHARD, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND PRESIDENT OF   02:58:13.800 --> 02:58:23.200 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BLACK CAUCUS AND I CAN SAY  UP IN HERE TO ALL THE DISPARITY STUDIES AND WOULD   02:58:23.200 --> 02:58:30.840 LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY FOR THE FLORIDA  LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED PALM BEACH COUNTY 1909   02:58:30.840 --> 02:58:39.520 IS LIMITED TO GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL 1920. THE FIRST DISPARITY STUDY WAS DONE IN 1990,   02:58:39.520 --> 02:58:50.319 0.0 EIGHT PERCENT OF THE BUSINESS HAD GONE TO  MINORITIES HEAR THE NUMBERS HAVE IMPROVED BUT   02:58:50.319 --> 02:58:55.719 THEY ARE STILL NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE POPULATION  OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN   02:58:55.720 --> 02:59:02.800 BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY. I ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER WOODWARD SAID.  02:59:02.800 --> 02:59:10.000 WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHY MORE BUSINESSES  AREN'T PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM,   02:59:10.000 --> 02:59:16.520 OR BEEN CAPTURED BY THE PROGRAM. WAS A BURNING QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED.  02:59:16.520 --> 02:59:23.720 BUT YOU DON'T THROW AWAY THE PROGRAM IN  ORDER TO FIND THAT THE ANSWER OUT WHAT   02:59:23.720 --> 02:59:32.600 YOU DO AS HE PUT THE RESOURCES IN TO MAKE  IT SUCH THAT THE ANSWERS CAN BE OBTAINED.  02:59:33.920 --> 02:59:42.600 I DO SUPPORT FURTHERING THE PROGRAM YOU SUPPORT  EXPANDING THE PROGRAM TO FIND OUT THE ANSWERS THAT   02:59:42.600 --> 02:59:50.200 OF SO MANY WANTING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY  THAT I HAVE MY IDEAS, ABOUT MY EAR TO THE STREET   02:59:50.200 --> 02:59:57.479 AND I'VE HEARD WHY MANY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO  BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY BUT I AM SURE MANY OF YOU   02:59:57.479 --> 03:00:04.279 HAVE HEARD THE SAME THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD. UNTIL THOSE ITEMS NEED TO BE RECTIFIED RATHER   03:00:04.279 --> 03:00:12.639 THAN THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. THIS IS A SMALL DROP IN THE BUCKET TO DEAL   03:00:12.640 --> 03:00:17.000 WITH THE SYSTEMIC ISSUE. AS A TRIAL LAWYER I CAN   03:00:17.000 --> 03:00:25.880 TELL YOU DISCRIMINATION IS EXPENSIVE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT WE ARE NOW 114   03:00:25.880 --> 03:00:38.920 YEARS POST ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS COUNTY AND BARELY  80 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST DISPARITY STUDY WAS DONE,   03:00:38.920 --> 03:00:43.720 IT IS FAR TIME FOR US TO CONTINUE  THE WORK YOU ALL STARTED IN 1990.  03:00:43.720 --> 03:00:57.720 ESOL MINIMAL AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENT IN 2015, 2019. WE ARE LOOKING AT NUMBERS TODAY WOULD SHOW THERE   03:00:57.720 --> 03:01:04.840 HAS BEEN A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENT. BUT I THINK THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED.  03:01:04.840 --> 03:01:13.120 I THINK THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE MONITORED  MORE CLOSELY OVER TIME AND I SUPPORT THE   03:01:13.120 --> 03:01:14.359 DISPARITY STUDY. >> Gregg Weiss:   03:01:14.359 --> 03:01:19.799 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Marci Woodward: THANK YOU, MAYOR.  03:01:20.359 --> 03:01:24.399 I HAVE A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE, IF WE WERE TO LOOK LET   03:01:24.399 --> 03:01:30.759 THE SUNSET, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? IS THERE A FALLBACK PROGRAM?  03:01:30.760 --> 03:01:34.979 WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS  FIVE YEARS BEFORE THIS STARTED?  03:01:34.979 --> 03:01:45.319 >> WE INITIALLY HAD A MWBE PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAMS UNSCENTED IN 2002.  03:01:45.319 --> 03:01:51.399 THE BOARD AT THAT TIME IMPLEMENTED  A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM AND THEN   03:01:51.399 --> 03:01:57.120 WE WENT BACK BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WAS  CAPTURED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.  03:01:57.120 --> 03:02:02.800 AND SO THE BOARD THEN IMPLEMENTED THIS  STUDY AND I HAVE TO GIVE COMMISSIONER   03:02:02.800 --> 03:02:10.880 BEDARD MAJOR CREDIT BECAUSE HE LED THAT FIGHT  IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED.  03:02:10.880 --> 03:02:20.200 IF THIS SUNSETS YOU HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER ACTION  TO IMPLEMENT A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WHICH THE   03:02:20.200 --> 03:02:28.540 NUMBERS REFLECT THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS  DONE VERY WELL UNDER THE EXISTING PROGRAM.  03:02:28.541 --> 03:02:36.319 >> Marci Woodward: SO IF YOU DO NOT SUNSET IT  IT STAYS THE WAY IT IS OR ARE WE ALLOWED TO MAKE   03:02:36.319 --> 03:02:42.239 ADJUSTMENTS AND TWEAKS AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. >> I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.  03:02:42.239 --> 03:02:50.840 I BELIEVE THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE BEEN APPROVED  TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM WE HAVE IN PLACE.  03:02:50.840 --> 03:02:56.479 ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR ONE OF THE THINGS  MS. JOHNSON BROUGHT UP, THAT IS THE EMERGING   03:02:56.479 --> 03:03:01.279 TO THE STUDY COUNTED FOR ALL OF THAT. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS TO   03:03:01.279 --> 03:03:06.439 DO WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS CONTEMPLATED  IN THIS IN THE ORDINANCE TO READ ANYTHING   03:03:06.439 --> 03:03:12.479 OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS ALREADY THERE I'M  GOING TO TAKE OFF MY ATTORNEY HAT.  03:03:12.479 --> 03:03:20.040 >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT  ANY OF THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE   03:03:20.040 --> 03:03:28.479 THAT WOULD BE RACE CONSCIOUS OR THAT WOULD  BASICALLY MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.  03:03:28.479 --> 03:03:35.319 YOU NEED THEM THE DATA, YOU NEED OF  THE STUDY WE ARE BASICALLY ASKING THE   03:03:35.319 --> 03:03:41.239 ADMINISTRATION A CONTINUATION IN ORDER  TO DO THE STUDIES OF THE ORDINANCE WILL   03:03:41.239 --> 03:03:46.359 CONTINUE AS IS WHILE THEY ARE DOING THE STUDY. AT THE TIME YOU GET THE STUDY DUNCAN AT THE   03:03:46.359 --> 03:03:51.719 TIME YOU WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM  AND THAT WOULD BE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF   03:03:51.720 --> 03:03:55.479 THE STUDY AND THE WILL OF THE BOARD. >> Marci Woodward: IN THE STUDY WAS   03:03:55.479 --> 03:04:03.839 SAID TO TAKE 6 TO 8 MONTHS, WAS THAT RIGHT? >> I THINK THAT STAFF REQUESTED TWO YEARS.  03:04:03.840 --> 03:04:11.399 >> Marci Woodward: WHAT WAS THE 6 TO 9 MONTH. >> THE STUDY THAT IT COULD RANGE DURING THAT   03:04:11.399 --> 03:04:16.519 PERIOD BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH  AN RFP PROCESS PUTTING OUT AN RFP,   03:04:16.520 --> 03:04:22.680 HAVING PEOPLE RESPOND, GO INTO OUR PROCESS  IN BRINGING THE CONTRACT TO THE BOARD PRIOR   03:04:22.680 --> 03:04:24.720 TO THE STUDY BEGINNING. >> Marci Woodward:   03:04:24.720 --> 03:04:31.920 ONE WOULD BE EXPECT TO GET THE RESULTS? IF WE EXTEND THIS FOR TWO YEARS WHAT   03:04:31.920 --> 03:04:39.560 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A YEAR OR MORE. ARE WE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS WHAT THE   03:04:39.560 --> 03:04:45.000 STUDY REVEALS OVER THE NEXT ORDINANCE EXPIRES? >> WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.  03:04:45.000 --> 03:04:52.040 WE HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU TO THE  CONSULTANT WILL BE HERE IN PART OF THE   03:04:52.040 --> 03:04:59.000 LAST STUDY WAS THE CONSULTANT DID SPEAK WITH  PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO THE SURVEY.  03:04:59.000 --> 03:05:07.120 I WOULD ASSUME THEY NEED TO DO THE SAME EXCEPT WE  NOW HAVE DATA HERE THAT IS PERTINENT, ACCURATE AND   03:05:07.120 --> 03:05:13.359 THEY CAN START YOUR DATABASE BEFORE. STAFF STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT   03:05:13.359 --> 03:05:17.160 PARTICULAR BASE. >> Marci Woodward:   03:05:17.160 --> 03:05:24.319 AS FAR AS MAKING ADJUSTMENTS OR TWEAKS WE CANNOT  DO ANY OF THAT UNTIL WE GET THE STUDY ANYWAY?  03:05:24.319 --> 03:05:31.960 >> LET ME CONFIRM WITH OUR EXPERT ATTORNEY  HERE RICHARD AND ASK HIM IF HE AGREES WHAT   03:05:31.960 --> 03:05:38.080 KIND OF CHANGES COULD WE MAKE IF ANY? >> THE CHANGES THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS   03:05:38.080 --> 03:05:45.359 OFFICE DISCUSSED IN RECOMMENDS ARCTIC EXTEND  THE SUNSET DATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SOLICITING   03:05:47.560 --> 03:05:59.560 CONDUCTING CONSIDERING UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY. >> IF I MAY, THE QUESTIONS ASKED PERTAINING TO   03:05:59.560 --> 03:06:04.319 IDENTIFYING THE NUMBER BUSINESSES READY  AND WILLING, THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO   03:06:04.319 --> 03:06:09.359 BERATED IS NOT MANDATED BY ORDINANCE. THAT IS INFORMATION WE CAN SEEK OUT   03:06:09.359 --> 03:06:17.000 NOW IN OUR PROGRAM OPERATIONS. GETTING ADDITIONAL DATA DOES   03:06:17.000 --> 03:06:24.520 NOT CHANGE THE TENANTS ON THE ORDINANCE. IS INTERNAL PROCESSES WE CAN LOOK AT TOGETHER   03:06:24.520 --> 03:06:30.520 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUESTED. >> THAT THIS FINE.  03:06:30.520 --> 03:06:36.880 AT THE OFFICE WANTS TO GATHER DATA THAT  DOES NOT INCLUDE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE   03:06:36.880 --> 03:06:42.760 AT THIS POINT THE OFFICE CAN DO THAT. IT IS THE CHANGING OF TENANT SUPERVISION   03:06:42.760 --> 03:06:50.071 TO THE ORDINANCE THAT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO  EITHER EXPERT REVIEWER A DISPARITY STUDY.  03:06:50.071 --> 03:06:55.359 >> Marci Woodward: AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE IT IS  THE 10 PERCENT FOR THE FIXED PRICE UNDER 100,000,   03:06:55.359 --> 03:07:00.559 THE API WE PUT IN PLACE IS ALL PART OF  THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME?  03:07:00.560 --> 03:07:01.880 >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> Marci Woodward:   03:07:03.319 --> 03:07:09.759 IF I COULD I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO START COLLECTING  THE DATA FOR SOME OF IT TO KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE.  03:07:12.120 --> 03:07:15.840 IF WE HAVE HAD SOME MENTION  THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING BIDS.  03:07:16.399 --> 03:07:21.559 NOT JUST TO IS NOT BIDDING THAT. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS THERE REASONS WE CAN   03:07:21.560 --> 03:07:28.120 ADDRESS AS A COUNTY BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY TO DO  BUSINESS AND SOME MAY BE THEY NEED TRAINING WITH   03:07:28.120 --> 03:07:35.160 THEIR STUFF TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON HOW TO GET  THIS FROM HOW TO MAKE IT AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.  03:07:38.379 --> 03:07:44.719 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION AND IF IT IS  DISCUSSIONS WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE CERTIFIED,   03:07:44.720 --> 03:07:50.600 ONE SET OF FALLEN OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME THAT  HAVE GRADUATED BUT WE HAVE NUMBERS THAT HAVE JUST   03:07:50.600 --> 03:07:56.040 GONE AWAY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DECIDED NOT  TO RECERTIFY WITH US SO IT IS THE INFORMATION TOO.  03:07:56.040 --> 03:07:59.960 KNOWING THEY EXIST IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE NOT   03:07:59.960 --> 03:08:03.399 BIDDING OR IF THEY GET CERTIFIED  BY THEY DON'T TRY TO GET THE WORK.  03:08:04.279 --> 03:08:08.279 THAT IS NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE BUT I  WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION SPOKE   03:08:08.279 --> 03:08:14.080 WITH THE INFORMATION WE OF THE ADVISORY  COMMITTEE IN THE OF A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT   03:08:14.080 --> 03:08:19.160 DOES THAT JUST THAT BUT WHEN THEY FIND  BUSINESSES DON'T COME BACK AND RECERTIFY,   03:08:19.160 --> 03:08:26.720 THEY CALL THE BUSINESSES TO INQUIRE THEM AS TO THE  REASONS FOR NOT RECERTIFYING OR NOT RESPONDING.  03:08:26.720 --> 03:08:31.840 WE CAN GATHER SOME OF THE DATA FROM THE  SUBCOMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE   03:08:31.840 --> 03:08:36.120 TO THE QUESTION AS HE POSED IT. >> WOULD LIKE IF WE GET REGULAR   03:08:36.120 --> 03:08:40.760 REPORTS AS IT COMES IN. HOW OFTEN DO THEY MEET?  03:08:44.200 --> 03:08:45.880 THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. >> BIMONTHLY.  03:08:45.880 --> 03:08:53.439 >> I WOULD APPRECIATE REPORTS ON  THAT AS THE INFORMATION COMES IN.  03:08:53.439 --> 03:08:57.383 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD  AND THEN COMMISSIONER MARINO.  03:08:57.383 --> 03:09:01.799 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I WILL MAKE A MOTION SO THAT WAY IT ALLOWS   03:09:01.800 --> 03:09:05.680 US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU.  03:09:05.680 --> 03:09:16.040 >> Mack Benard: THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG MOTION. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. PATRICK FRANKLIN.  03:09:19.200 --> 03:09:25.599 HE GOT HERE LATE PURITY TO SUPPORT THE  DISPARITY STUDY AND WANTS US TO EXTEND.  03:09:25.600 --> 03:09:38.279 ARE MOTION, ONE TO COLLECT THE DATA AS  COMMISSIONER WOODWARD REQUESTED IN FOR   03:09:38.279 --> 03:09:45.679 THAT DATA TO BE PRESENTED TO US ON  OR BEFORE BEFORE JULY 31 OF 2024.  03:09:46.520 --> 03:09:56.439 AND ALSO TO INCLUDE THE AVAILABILITIES  OF THESE BUSINESSES AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT   03:09:56.439 --> 03:10:06.599 THE API AND THE WAIVER TO MAKE SURE WE GET  THAT DATA AS REQUESTED BY MARY TRENT ONE.  03:10:06.600 --> 03:10:20.399 THE SECOND IS TO NOT RECEIVE AND FILE THE  MULTIYEAR ENTERPRISE REPORT AND TO HAVE THE   03:10:20.399 --> 03:10:31.599 PROVIDED ON OR BEFORE JULY 21 OF 2024 TO  GET THE INTERNAL AUDITOR TO REVIEW THEM.  03:10:31.600 --> 03:10:40.240 THIRD TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION  OF THE SMEWB PROGRAM TO ALLOW TIME TO SOLICIT.  03:10:40.760 --> 03:10:46.920 COMPLETE AND CONSIDER THE  STUDY AS PART OF OUR MOTION.  03:10:47.479 --> 03:10:57.719 FORTH TO AUTHORIZE AN UPDATED DISPARITY STUDY  AND AS PART OF THE AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO DO   03:10:57.720 --> 03:11:06.040 A COMPETITIVE RFP, HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT  AUTHORIZING THE $500,000 FOR THE UPDATED   03:11:06.040 --> 03:11:17.080 STUDY NOT TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TRANSFERS  SINCE WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE RFP.  03:11:17.080 --> 03:11:25.720 ALSO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE SIZE  STANDARDS HEAR THE NEXT ITEM IS TO REQUIRE THE   03:11:25.720 --> 03:11:39.080 ANNUAL REPORT TO BE DONE ON URGENT BEFORE JULY  1 OF THE FISCAL YEAR ANNUALLY AND THEN ALSO AS   03:11:39.080 --> 03:11:47.720 THEY ARE DOING THE DISPARITY STUDY TO TAKE A LOOK  AT THE SIZE STANDARDS AND THE EMERGING BUSINESSES   03:11:49.359 --> 03:12:03.679 MS. TANYA DAVIS JOHNSON MENTIONED. >> Gregg Weiss: YOU GUYS GOOD?  03:12:03.680 --> 03:12:05.680 THEY ARE GOOD. THANK YOU.  03:12:06.399 --> 03:12:08.719 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD.  03:12:08.720 --> 03:12:15.040 IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT.  03:12:16.760 --> 03:12:21.120 WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND  WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COMMISSIONER   03:12:21.120 --> 03:12:31.519 MARINO AND FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. >> MY COMMENT IS NOT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM PUT MY   03:12:31.520 --> 03:12:40.960 COMMENT, AND THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR ME. MY COMMENT IS ON THE SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF OUR   03:12:40.960 --> 03:12:51.000 COUNTY TO GIVE US INFORMATION IN A TIMELY FASHION. I FIND IT VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT A PROGRAM THAT   03:12:51.000 --> 03:12:56.279 SUNSETS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR  YOU ARE BRINGING TO IT TODAY.  03:12:56.279 --> 03:13:01.880 I FIND THAT VERY DISAPPOINTING PREVENTED  DISAPPOINTING INFORMATION I GOT LAST WEEK   03:13:01.880 --> 03:13:09.359 WHICH WAS THIS MANY PAGES TURNED  INTO THIS MANY PAGES YESTERDAY.  03:13:09.359 --> 03:13:15.599 IT DOESN'T GIVE US TIME TO READ THE 280 PAGES  IN HERE AND YOU DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.  03:13:15.600 --> 03:13:20.920 ON A REGULAR BASIS TO GET INFORMATION  FOR OUR AGENDA THE DAY BEFORE.  03:13:20.920 --> 03:13:26.279 WE GIVE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION WE  DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.  03:13:26.279 --> 03:13:30.160 THAT IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM  NAME REALLY, REALLY TIRED OF.  03:13:30.160 --> 03:13:39.920 AND I SAID THIS BEFORE FOR THE NEXT TIME YOU  DO THAT TO ME I'M GOING TO PULL THE ITEM.  03:13:39.920 --> 03:13:42.960 I DID NOT DO THAT TODAY BECAUSE  WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE   03:13:42.960 --> 03:13:48.840 ROOM I WANT THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARD. I PERSONALLY LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE AND THE   03:13:48.840 --> 03:13:54.399 FAILURES OF WHAT OUR COUNTY DID IN THIS ORDINANCE  I WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT STRICTLY FOR THAT ARE NOT   03:13:54.399 --> 03:14:00.559 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS BUT FOR THE FACT  OF THE FAILURES THAT ARE IN THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE   03:14:00.560 --> 03:14:04.000 FACT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A REPORT ONCE A YEAR  FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE   03:14:04.000 --> 03:14:11.160 THREE YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT. THAT IS A FAILURE BUT HOW CAN PEOPLE DO   03:14:11.160 --> 03:14:21.920 BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY IF WE CAN'T  EVEN DO BUSINESS WITH OURSELVES.  03:14:21.920 --> 03:14:28.460 THERE ARE SO MANY ITEMS IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT  HAVE NOT BEEN DONE SO WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE   03:14:28.460 --> 03:14:34.840 ABILITY AS A BOARD IF WE CONTINUE THIS ORDINANCE  WITHOUT DOING WHAT IS IN THE ORDINANCE AND I AM   03:14:34.840 --> 03:14:48.479 LOOKING TO OUR ATTORNEY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DIRECT THE   03:14:48.479 --> 03:14:56.839 ADMINISTRATOR TO FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCES AND  TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND IF THE BOARD FEELS   03:14:56.840 --> 03:15:02.319 THAT IS NOT BEING DONE THE BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE  CORRECTIVE ACTION AND GIVE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS   03:15:02.319 --> 03:15:06.759 ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. >> Maria Marino: THIS IS   03:15:06.760 --> 03:15:15.040 NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I WILL SAY THAT RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW.  03:15:15.040 --> 03:15:19.479 WE DON'T AND PEOPLE WANT TO WORK WITH THE  COUNTY FOR A LOT OF REASONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T   03:15:19.479 --> 03:15:22.359 EVEN WORK WITH OURSELVES. WE CAN'T EVEN DO THE JOBS,   03:15:22.359 --> 03:15:28.359 THE TASKS AT HAND BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE  THREE YEARS AND THIS IS MY FIRST REPORT ON THIS.  03:15:28.359 --> 03:15:34.319 THAT IS A FAILURE. FOR YOU ALL IN THE AUDIENCE,   03:15:34.319 --> 03:15:43.160 IT IS NOT A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM, IT IS A  FAILURE WITHIN OUR COUNTY TO GET THE INFORMATION   03:15:43.160 --> 03:15:49.960 THAT WE WERE REQUESTED AT GETTING. I'M JUST TALKING.  03:15:49.960 --> 03:15:55.399 I'M NOT HAPPY. I APPRECIATE YOUR MOTION.  03:15:58.399 --> 03:16:05.559 I DO NOT AGREE, I AGREE WITH NOT PUTTING ASIDE THE  $500,000 IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE KNEW WAS GOING TO   03:16:05.560 --> 03:16:12.320 BE SUNSETTING AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS, THIS  SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BUDGET ITEM AND IT WASN'T.  03:16:13.840 --> 03:16:22.439 I AM SO TIRED OF EXCUSES. AND ON THAT NOTE I'M GOING TO STOP BECAUSE   03:16:22.439 --> 03:16:24.783 I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY TEMPER. THANK YOU.  03:16:24.784 --> 03:16:28.744 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.  03:16:28.744 --> 03:16:33.560 >> Sara Baxter: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS, SIMILAR CONCERNS.  03:16:35.199 --> 03:16:38.960 I WAS VERY UPSET WE JUST  RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION.  03:16:40.399 --> 03:16:49.080 DAYS AGO, PACKETS OF INFORMATION ON THIS REPORT. I WAS CONCERNED ADMINISTRATOR VISITED THE CHAMBERS   03:16:49.080 --> 03:16:53.760 AND LET THEM KNOW THIS IS GOING TO COME BEFORE  US BEFORE WE KNEW AS COMMISSION THROUGH THERE   03:16:53.760 --> 03:17:01.520 WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE POST STATING AS SUCH. I FIND THAT TERRIBLE THAT WE ARE THE LAST TO KNOW.  03:17:01.520 --> 03:17:10.439 HOW TO BE NOT OF THIS PROGRAM WAS SOME SETTING  AND LITERALLY FIND OUT NOW IN THE MIDDLE WHEN   03:17:10.439 --> 03:17:19.919 PEOPLE ARE OUT OF TOWN, IT IS HOLIDAY SEASON. ONE THING I AGREE TO DISAGREE WITH IS THAT   03:17:20.920 --> 03:17:26.680 THE PROGRAM HAS A LESS THAN THREE  PERCENT GRADUATION RATE AND IN ANY   03:17:27.279 --> 03:17:32.000 UNIVERSE THAT IS A FAILURE OF A PROGRAM. AND IF WE KNEW THIS PROGRAM NEEDED WORK,   03:17:32.000 --> 03:17:38.399 WHICH I HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES OVER AND OVER  AND OVER AGAIN, WHY WASN'T THIS BROUGHT US   03:17:38.399 --> 03:17:46.000 SIX MONTHS AGO SO BETTER PROGRAM COULD BE WE WORK  TOWARDS THIS, THESE ARE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO   03:17:46.000 --> 03:17:51.439 SEE IMPROVED AND THIS IS WHAT IS COMING UP HERE  WE'VE DONE OUR RESIDENTS A DISSERVICE OF THIS   03:17:51.439 --> 03:17:58.319 PROGRAM HAS PROVEN BY THE DATA TO BE EFFECTIVE  FOR THE WOMEN MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.  03:17:58.319 --> 03:18:03.519 IT HAS BEEN VERY STAGNANT AND IF NOT A FAILURE. AT MINIMUM.  03:18:05.040 --> 03:18:13.880 AND IT HAS MADE ME QUESTION WHY WOULD I WOULD  BE EVEN CONSIDER SOMETHING ONE IT HAS BEEN A   03:18:13.880 --> 03:18:21.680 FIELD REPORT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE  2023 DATA ISN'T HERE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE IT   03:18:21.680 --> 03:18:32.960 WITH THE CAVEAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ANOMALIES? >> THE 2023 DATA WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE   03:18:32.960 --> 03:18:37.199 CLOSEOUT OF ALL PAYMENTS BECAUSE  WE REPORT TO YOU ON ALL PAYMENTS.  03:18:37.199 --> 03:18:43.960 WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CLERKS OFFICE  COMPLETED ITS CLOSEOUT OF THE DATA SO   03:18:43.960 --> 03:18:50.920 WE WOULD PRESENT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME. BUT LET ME SAY THIS MATTER COMMISSIONER.  03:18:50.920 --> 03:18:58.920 YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE LOW RATES OF  UTILIZATION FOR MINORITIES AND WOMEN.  03:18:58.920 --> 03:19:05.840 THAT IS A FACT PARADIGM BUSINESS ARE CHALLENGED. TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE PRIME CONTRACTORS   03:19:05.840 --> 03:19:11.359 WHO MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT HAS BEEN A SITUATION WHERE THEY   03:19:11.359 --> 03:19:21.319 SELECTED THE BUSINESSES THEY CHOOSE TO DO BUSINESS  WITH AND IT MAY NOT BE INCLUSIVE OF THOSE MWBE.  03:19:21.319 --> 03:19:29.719 THAT IS THE CHALLENGE THIS OFFICE IN COUNTY AS  FACED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT I UNDERSTAND   03:19:29.720 --> 03:19:31.840 TAKE RESPONSE ABILITY. >> Sara Baxter: EXCUSE ME,   03:19:31.840 --> 03:19:37.000 BUT I'M GOING TO RECLAIM MY TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU WHAT WERE   03:19:37.000 --> 03:19:41.500 YOUR QUALIFICATIONS PRIOR TO HOLDING  YOUR POSITIONS BUT WAS MY QUALIFICATION.  03:19:41.500 --> 03:19:44.439 >> Sara Baxter: YEAH. THE REASON I ASKED TO BE   03:19:44.439 --> 03:19:50.239 VERY CLEAR IS BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO PUT OUT  A LOT OF INFORMATION AND SAW A INCURIOUS.  03:19:50.239 --> 03:19:54.980 WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD  AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS.  03:19:54.980 --> 03:20:03.160 >> I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. I BEGAN MY EMPLOYMENT IN 1985 IN THE   03:20:03.160 --> 03:20:10.000 PALM BEACH COUNTY OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. I STARTED OUT AS A SECRETARY BUT I WILL WORK   03:20:10.000 --> 03:20:15.040 IN THE OFFICE OF EQUAL  OPPORTUNITY FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS.  03:20:15.040 --> 03:20:22.279 WAS PROMOTED TO ADMINISTRATION WHERE I WORKED  WITH MR. WILLIAM WILKINS WAS AN ASSISTANT COUNTY   03:20:22.279 --> 03:20:29.599 ADMINISTRATOR AT THE TIME BUT I SUBSEQUENTLY WAS  PROMOTED OR WHEN MRS. BAKER BECAME THE ASSISTANT   03:20:29.600 --> 03:20:35.279 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MR. WILKINS BECAME THE  CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY RIVIERA BEACH THAT I   03:20:35.279 --> 03:20:43.759 BECAME AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO ASSISTANT  COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAKER WHEN SHE WAS PROMOTED   03:20:43.760 --> 03:20:52.040 TO DEPUTY I CONTINUED ON WITH HER. IN THE INTERIM, MADAME COMMISSIONER,   03:20:52.040 --> 03:20:59.199 WENT TO COLLEGE AS AN ADULT THAT I OBTAINED  MY BACHELORS DEGREE, A BACHELORS DEGREE IS IN   03:20:59.199 --> 03:21:07.720 ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT THE RAPID CONCENTRATION  IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND SUBSEQUENTLY WORKING AS   03:21:07.720 --> 03:21:20.120 AN ADULT WITH CHILDREN OBTAINED MY MASTERS DEGREE. FROM THERE I WENT ON BECAME A SMALL BUSINESS   03:21:20.120 --> 03:21:26.000 ELEMENT SPECIALIST IN THE OFFICE A EQUAL  BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, BUT MY SPECIALTY   03:21:26.000 --> 03:21:31.279 WAS OUTREACH AND CERTIFICATION. I SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FROM   03:21:31.279 --> 03:21:39.519 2007 TO 2012 AND I WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE  DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AFTER THE DEATH OF THE,   03:21:41.040 --> 03:21:49.800 THE DEATH OF THE DIRECTOR MISSED HAZEL. AND SO I'VE GAINED THE EDUCATION NECESSARY TO   03:21:49.800 --> 03:21:57.439 DO THE WORK, BUT I'M GROWN IN THIS COUNTY WORKING  IN ADMINISTRATION, LEARNING THE BOARD OF COUNTY   03:21:57.439 --> 03:22:03.719 COMMISSIONS WORK, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BOARD OF  COUNTY COMMISSIONS OPERATED AND I WAS AN APPOINTED   03:22:03.720 --> 03:22:10.680 AND ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH. THAT IS MY RESUME AND I CONTINUE ON A DAILY BASIS   03:22:10.680 --> 03:22:18.000 TO GROW AND TO STRIVE TO SERVE THIS COUNTY. >> Sara Baxter: I KNOW YOU THINK I THOUGHT   03:22:18.000 --> 03:22:25.239 IT WAS GOING BUT YOU SEEM VERY QUALIFIED  FOR THE JOB, WHICH IS WHY I QUESTION WHEN   03:22:25.239 --> 03:22:32.880 WE HAD CONVERSATION REGARDING A WOMAN OWNED  BUSINESS GETTING CERTIFIED THAT YOU BASICALLY   03:22:32.880 --> 03:22:39.760 TOLD ME IT WAS A VERY SUBJECTIVE PROCESS. I GAVE DIRECTION OF THIS BOARD TO BRING BACK   03:22:39.760 --> 03:22:47.279 TO US BUT WE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE CERTIFICATION  PROCESS IS SO EASY AND THIS IS ONE INSTANCE WHERE   03:22:47.279 --> 03:22:53.679 I WAS TOLD THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CERTIFICATION, THE  CERTIFICATION WASN'T A NECESSITY FOR IT BUT I WAS   03:22:53.680 --> 03:22:58.319 TOLD SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIELDWORK. SHE PREVIOUSLY DID THE FIELDWORK AND   03:22:58.319 --> 03:23:03.279 THE ONLY REASON SHE IS CURRENTLY DOING THE  CLERICAL WORK IS BECAUSE SHE JUST HAD A BABY.  03:23:03.279 --> 03:23:10.840 BUT I WAS TOLD DURING HER INTERVIEW PROCESS  THAT SHE DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA OF BECOMING   03:23:10.840 --> 03:23:18.040 A CERTIFIED BUSINESS AND THEY ASK YOU FROM SUCH  A HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL HOW IT COULD BE,   03:23:18.040 --> 03:23:24.160 IN YOUR OPINION, THAT SHE IS NOT CERTIFIED TO  BE A WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS WHEN CLEARLY THE DATA   03:23:24.160 --> 03:23:28.479 SHOWS THERE TWO PERCENT. EXCUSE ME, TWO.  03:23:28.479 --> 03:23:34.919 THERE IS STRICTLY HIGH NEED FOR IT. SO AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM IS FAILING IT IT   03:23:34.920 --> 03:23:39.560 ISN'T MEETING THE NEEDS AND WE SHOULD  NOT BE SUBJECTIVELY DECLARING IF   03:23:39.560 --> 03:23:46.680 SOMEONE CAN BE CERTIFIED OR NOT CERTIFIED. HOW DO WE GET BEHIND A PROGRAM THAT IS NOT   03:23:46.680 --> 03:23:53.760 DOING WHAT IT SHOULD DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS  WE HAVE FAILED THEM AND CAN DO A MUCH,   03:23:53.760 --> 03:24:00.760 MUCH BETTER JOB THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO  BUSINESSES AND TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND   03:24:00.760 --> 03:24:06.680 COME UP WITH THE SYSTEM THAT IS COMPLETELY BETTER. I THINK IT IS TERRIBLE AT THE GRADUATION RATE,   03:24:06.680 --> 03:24:13.479 IS TERRIBLE WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OF  WAIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE USED.  03:24:13.479 --> 03:24:19.919 I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. I MEAN, WHY WE DIDN'T START ANALYZING THE SOONER.  03:24:19.920 --> 03:24:27.800 IT IS COMPLETELY BEYOND ME WHY THIS IS SO  LAST-MINUTE AND SO BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.  03:24:27.800 --> 03:24:39.160 THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS. THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH   03:24:39.160 --> 03:24:46.720 THIS PROGRAM EVENT TO SAY LET'S WORK  ON IT WHILE THIS STUDY IS GOING ON.  03:24:46.720 --> 03:24:52.160 IT IS CLEARLY ALREADY FAILED. WE NEED TO START OVER, BUT THE   03:24:52.160 --> 03:24:57.559 BETTER PROGRAM WITH BETTER RESULTS, WITH BETTER  TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESIDENTS.  03:24:57.560 --> 03:25:02.000 I THINK ALL THESE BUSINESS OWNERS  DESERVE BETTER AND WHY DO WE HAVE   03:25:02.000 --> 03:25:09.399 SO MANY NOT PARTICIPATING OR ACTIVELY USING. TO BE HAVE THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY CERTIFIED   03:25:09.399 --> 03:25:14.639 BUSINESSES AT THE RECEIVED ONE  DOLLAR FROM THE COUNTY BUT HOW   03:25:14.640 --> 03:25:21.720 MANY ARE CERTIFIED RECEIVES NO MONEY? >> AS REPORT REPORTED IN 2022, 307.  03:25:21.720 --> 03:25:26.680 BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY DID NOT  BEEN OR RESPOND TO SOLICITATIONS.  03:25:26.680 --> 03:25:31.960 THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THE  AWARD AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN HANG YOUR   03:25:31.960 --> 03:25:38.640 HAT ON THE NUMBER BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT  RECEIVED AN AWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIME   03:25:38.640 --> 03:25:44.399 CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE NOT NECESSARILY SOUGHT  TO DO BUSINESS WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WE   03:25:44.399 --> 03:25:50.960 NEED TO BALANCE THAT OUT ALL THE SMALL BUSINESS  HAS NOT RECEIVED DOLLAR, DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE   03:25:50.960 --> 03:25:56.359 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS. >> ONE MORE THING, IT JUST GOES BACK TO   03:25:56.359 --> 03:26:10.591 AGAIN THE PROGRAM IS NOT WORKING. THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN AND LAID OUT ITS NOT WORKING. WE CAN DO BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS 03:26:10.591 --> 03:26:17.840 WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT MAKES ORE SENSE AND HAVE A DATA LINE THAT. WE ARE GETTING DATA FOR THE CLERKS OFFICE.  03:26:17.840 --> 03:26:23.000 BUT WHY CONTINUE IN OVER TWO YEARS A PROGRAM  THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING THAT WE KNOW IS 03:26:23.000 --> 03:26:27.680 FALUIRE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD DO THAT. .  03:26:29.439 --> 03:26:38.000 I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS CONTINUATION  WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AS IT IS.  03:26:38.000 --> 03:26:43.399 WE SHOULD START OVER, COME  BACK WITH A BETTER PROGRAM.  03:26:43.399 --> 03:26:48.879 THAT WORKS BETTER AND HASN'T FAILED OUR RESIDENTS. >> Gregg Weiss: YOU'RE MAKING A SUBSTITUTE   03:26:48.880 --> 03:26:50.120 MOTION TO DENY.  03:26:50.840 --> 03:26:58.344 IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND.  03:27:01.720 --> 03:27:05.440 THERE IS NO SECOND SO YOU SUBSTITUTE  MOTION DIES FOR LACK A SECOND.  03:27:06.680 --> 03:27:10.920 ADMINISTRATOR BAKER WOULD LIKE TO  COMMENT AND THEN COMMISSIONER BERNARD.  03:27:10.920 --> 03:27:21.840 ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD WE HAVE A 1:15  HARD STOP BECAUSE OF OUR EXECUTIVE MEETING.  03:27:21.840 --> 03:27:27.600 MS. BAKER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> EVERY PROGRAM WE ARE CAN DO BETTER.  03:27:27.600 --> 03:27:42.279 WE ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THE BUSINESSES  CERTIFIED MORE, BUT DOLLARS ON THE STREET AND   03:27:42.279 --> 03:27:46.559 I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR COVID BECAUSE  I GET TIRED OF HEARING EXCUSES IN THE BUTT   03:27:46.560 --> 03:27:52.239 IT IS A REALITY AND COVID DID OCCUR. WE PRETTY MUCH CONTINUED WITH THINGS   03:27:52.239 --> 03:27:58.160 WE HAD TO CONTINUE WITH BUT FOR THE MOST PART  IT WAS EMPHASIZING AND PUTTING PROGRAMS OUT   03:27:58.160 --> 03:28:04.800 ON THE STREET THAT ACTUALLY HELP OUR  SITUATION WITH COVID OR THAT WAS 20.  03:28:04.800 --> 03:28:08.520 21 WE WERE FOLLOWING UP. WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF TEARS   03:28:08.520 --> 03:28:13.920 DOLLARS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE GOT AN  INFLUX OF ARPA DOLLARS AND A LOT OF THOSE WAS   03:28:13.920 --> 03:28:20.199 TO GIVE OUR BUSINESSES UP AND OPERATING. WE CREATED PROGRAMS, WE CREATE A PORTAL SO   03:28:20.199 --> 03:28:27.519 WE COULD PROTECT FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING INTO OUR  COUNTY AND PUSHED THE MALL ON AN IMMEDIATE BASIS   03:28:27.520 --> 03:28:33.880 WHEN IT CAME TO OUR BUSINESSES BUT ESPECIALLY  SMALL BUSINESSES COULD BE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH   03:28:33.880 --> 03:28:38.080 OUR INDUSTRIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WEEK OF THE BUSINESSES INSTRUCTION,   03:28:38.080 --> 03:28:44.519 ETC. BUT ALL THE BUSINESSES GOING FORWARD BECAUSE  THEY ARE CRITICAL BUSINESSES TO OUR COUNTY.  03:28:44.520 --> 03:28:53.399 WE CANNOT FORCE PRIMES TO DO BUSINESS WITH CERTAIN  SMALL BUSINESSES HE REPORTED IN OUR SYSTEM.  03:28:53.399 --> 03:28:56.719 WE HAVE OUR API. WHEN THEY CAN SHOW   03:28:57.880 --> 03:29:04.520 THEY ARE NOT THERE THEN AGAIN WE WAITED. I DO BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM IT IS NOT A FAILURE.  03:29:04.520 --> 03:29:09.040 I BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM STARTS TO  MEET THE NEEDS WE NEED TO MEET.  03:29:09.040 --> 03:29:14.600 THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO WORK  DILIGENTLY ON TO IMPROVE WE WILL DO THAT.  03:29:14.600 --> 03:29:19.160 THE STUDY WILL REFLECT THE  PARTICULAR THINGS WE NEED TO DO.  03:29:19.160 --> 03:29:25.840 WHEN IT COMES TO RACE, CONSCIOUS ISSUES  ESPECIALLY WITH API WITH TO FOLLOW AND   03:29:25.840 --> 03:29:30.040 VERY NARROW SET OF RULES. CAN'T DO WHAT WE WANT OR   03:29:30.040 --> 03:29:34.960 WE ARE GOING TO NEGATE OUR PROGRAM. SO I THINK WHEN WE START WITH THIS   03:29:34.960 --> 03:29:41.120 UPDATING, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE  INFORMATION LOOKING AT THE DATA WE HAVE COLLECTED.  03:29:41.680 --> 03:29:48.600 WE HAVE ISSUED DOLLARS TO WOMEN AND MINORITY  BUSINESSES WILL A SMALL BUSINESSES THERE ARE SMALL   03:29:48.600 --> 03:29:54.239 BUSINESSES ARE THRIVING, THE NUMBERS REFLECT THAT. ARE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ARE   03:29:54.239 --> 03:29:58.120 NOT GOOD AT THEY MADE STRIDES? YES, THEY HAVE.  03:29:58.120 --> 03:30:01.199 THEY DO NEED TO MAKE BETTER STRIDES? ABSOLUTELY.  03:30:01.199 --> 03:30:06.239 I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXCUSE  BRINGING THIS TO YOU SOONER, WE SHOULD HAVE.  03:30:06.239 --> 03:30:09.239 WE SHOULD HAVE. AND I STATED THAT.  03:30:09.239 --> 03:30:15.840 I'M GOING TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. THAT WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN IN I HAVE MEASURES   03:30:15.840 --> 03:30:19.640 IN PLACE TO ENSURE IT. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THINGS   03:30:19.640 --> 03:30:24.320 GO LONGER THAN THEY SHOULD, THIS IS ONE  OF THEM FOR THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.  03:30:24.880 --> 03:30:28.479 I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT WE  HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON,   03:30:28.479 --> 03:30:33.919 WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH A LOT OF THINGS  BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE SO I AM NOT GIVING YOU ONE.  03:30:34.960 --> 03:30:40.940 THE BENCHMARKS IN PLACE THAT  THIS SHOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN.  03:30:40.940 --> 03:30:47.479 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER  BERNARD TO COMMISSIONER   03:30:47.479 --> 03:30:52.479 WOODWARD AND THEN COMMISSIONER BAXTER. >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.  03:30:59.199 --> 03:31:06.199 ATTORNEY RALPH SO WE DO NOT WANT TO THROW THE  BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER AND LEAH GAINES   03:31:06.199 --> 03:31:15.279 STATED WE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE FIDELITY  WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.  03:31:15.279 --> 03:31:20.840 I MADE THIS MOTION BECAUSE I'M STRUGGLING  WITH THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO HELP OUR SMALL   03:31:20.840 --> 03:31:34.080 MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY,  BUT THE STRUCTURE, WE NEED TO FIX THE STRUCTURE.  03:31:35.199 --> 03:31:43.399 THE OFFICE OF EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY,  MS. BAKER, YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY WORK ON   03:31:43.399 --> 03:31:49.719 THE STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS  MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES.  03:31:49.720 --> 03:31:58.120 SMALL, BIG IN THIS COUNTY. WE SET AS A BOARD AND THE   03:31:58.120 --> 03:32:09.319 SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY AND THE SOLID WASTE  AUTHORITY ADOPTED A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO THIS.  03:32:09.319 --> 03:32:17.319 WE HAVE RECEIVED AN ANNUAL BASIS THE  REPORT OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM FROM THE   03:32:17.319 --> 03:32:27.960 SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY ANNUALLY. SHE MAKES A PRESENTATION TO US   03:32:27.960 --> 03:32:32.199 ANNUALLY COME IN FRONT OF US AND SO THAT  WE WE GET TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING   03:32:32.199 --> 03:32:50.599 ON HERE IS WHAT I AM ASKING YOU IS YOU NEED TO  TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE I MADE THE MOTION.  03:32:50.600 --> 03:32:55.000 THIS IS ONE OF THE HARD  ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH   03:32:55.000 --> 03:33:09.199 AND IT IS DIFFICULT, THIS IS ABOUT THE JOB. I THINK THAT WE CAN FIX IT AND WE DEMANDED FOR   03:33:09.199 --> 03:33:18.639 MS. BAKER THIS OFFICE WORKS FOR THIS BUSINESSES. >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER   03:33:20.680 --> 03:33:25.479 BAXTER, WOODWARD AND MARINO. >> Maria Marino: WOULD LIKE TO   03:33:25.479 --> 03:33:33.000 ECHO SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID AND I STRUGGLED  WITH WHETHER OR NOT TO SECOND, BUT BECAUSE WE   03:33:33.000 --> 03:33:42.880 ARE SIX WEEKS AWAY FROM THE SUN SETTING UP WOULD  LIKE TO THINK WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO GET IT RIGHT   03:33:42.880 --> 03:33:50.160 AND WHATEVER COMES AFTER IT GIVES US TIME AND  THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF INFORMATION.  03:33:50.680 --> 03:33:55.720 THIS BOARD CAN TAKE IT BUT WE DO NEED TIME  TO PROCESS IT AND WE WANT INFORMATION.  03:33:56.600 --> 03:34:01.880 AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GIVE ME, SPREADSHEETS FROM  ALL OF US BUT MOST OF US FEEL THAT WAY AND WE   03:34:01.880 --> 03:34:06.560 NEED TO KNOW THE DATA AND WE NEED TO GET  THE FEEDBACK COMING FROM EXIT INTERVIEWS   03:34:06.560 --> 03:34:13.080 OR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING THAT I WANT TO  KNOW THE POSTMORTEMS AFTER SOMEONE DOES   03:34:13.080 --> 03:34:19.000 BID AND DOESN'T WHEN YOU DO A MEETING WITH  THEM TO HELP THEM GO OVER THERE BID PROCESS.  03:34:19.000 --> 03:34:22.239 THIS IS THE TYPE OF  INFORMATION WE ALL SHOULD HAVE.  03:34:23.800 --> 03:34:28.160 IF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS FORMING A  NEW ORDINANCE IN TWO YEARS WE NEED AS MUCH   03:34:28.160 --> 03:34:34.160 INFORMATION AS WE CAN GET THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE  TIME AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN GET IT TO US TO MAKE SURE   03:34:34.160 --> 03:34:41.720 WHEN WE ARE READY WE ARE NOT UP AGAINST THE WALL  AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION DO OR DIE WHICH IS   03:34:41.720 --> 03:34:48.439 WHAT IT FEELS LIKE RIGHT NOW MOST OF US DON'T WANT  TO LET THIS EXPIRE OR NOT HAVE A PROGRAM AT ALL.  03:34:48.439 --> 03:34:54.559 BUT REALLY GIVE US THE TWO YEARS YOU'RE ASKING  FOR, GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION SO IT COMES   03:34:54.560 --> 03:34:59.439 TIME TO DO THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE TWEAKS  THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND HAVE ALL THE   03:34:59.439 --> 03:35:03.719 INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER. >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER   03:35:03.720 --> 03:35:10.600 BAXTER AND THEN COMMISSIONER MARINO. >> Sara Baxter: IF WE PROCEED WITH THIS   03:35:12.199 --> 03:35:18.639 AND I LIKE MOST OF WHAT COMMISSIONER BERNARD SAID. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS BETTER TO SAY SUBSIDY WITH   03:35:18.640 --> 03:35:24.280 ALL THE THINGS HE SAID OR ASK YOU TO AMEND  BUT I WILL SEE IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE FIRST.  03:35:26.720 --> 03:35:31.120 I WOULD LIKE A STRICTER TIMELINE  THAN TWO YEARS IF POSSIBLE.  03:35:31.120 --> 03:35:35.479 THAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD  LIKE TO SEE THIS ONE YEAR MAX.  03:35:36.199 --> 03:35:40.439 THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY, I WOULD  LIKE TO DISQUALIFY ANY PREVIOUS VENDORS   03:35:40.439 --> 03:35:44.319 THAT IT HAD TO BE SUED BY THE COUNTY AND  THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THINGS I WOULD   03:35:44.319 --> 03:35:51.000 REALLY ADD TO THAT MOTION. >> Gregg Weiss: HANG ON.  03:35:51.000 --> 03:35:53.279 WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT. I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT.  03:35:53.279 --> 03:36:04.319 I'VE GOT A, I THINK. I NEED TO ASK THE MOTION MAKER.  03:36:07.000 --> 03:36:16.279 THE AMENDMENT IS TO LIMIT THE PROVISION  FROM SUNSETTING FROM TWO YEAR TO ONE YEAR.  03:36:18.840 --> 03:36:22.080 NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELPED ME. >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE HAD   03:36:22.080 --> 03:36:27.160 TO SUE BEFORE FOR INFORMATION ON A DONUT  IS A COMPANY WE'VE HAD TO SUE PREVIOUSLY.  03:36:27.160 --> 03:36:30.560 >> Gregg Weiss: NOT ALLOWING  COMPANIES WE HAVE SUED.  03:36:30.560 --> 03:36:37.199 >> Mack Benard: COMMISSIONER BAXTER,  YOU'RE ASKING FOR TWO THINGS.  03:36:37.199 --> 03:36:43.880 I KNOW FOR ME IN REGARDS TO NUMBER TWO, IN  REGARDS YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING SINCE MASON   03:36:43.880 --> 03:36:52.080 TILLMAN DID THIS STUDY TO NOT HAVE THEM  AS THE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT.  03:36:52.680 --> 03:36:59.140 LEGALLY IF IT IS AN RFP. >> YOU CAN'T EXCLUDE THEM.  03:36:59.140 --> 03:37:04.240 >> THE BOARD CAN MAKE THAT DECISION BUT  WE WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION AT THAT TIME.  03:37:06.680 --> 03:37:16.399 THERE WOULD BE AN RFP AND THE BOARD WILL MAKE THAT  DECISION AND SO IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO NOT ACCEPT   03:37:16.399 --> 03:37:20.259 THEM THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. >> WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE.  03:37:20.260 --> 03:37:22.800 >> Mack Benard: IN REGARD  TO THE STRICTER TIMELINE.  03:37:22.800 --> 03:37:29.160 I THINK SINCE WE ARE ASKING FOR A LOT  OF THINGS TO BE DONE, I WOULD PREFER WE   03:37:29.160 --> 03:37:36.960 STICK TO THE TWO-YEAR TIMELINE. I THINK IT IS VERY HARD TO.  03:37:36.960 --> 03:37:46.840 THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED STUDY BECAUSE YOU HAVE  TO GET THE REPORT AND HAVE TO GET THE REVIEWS.  03:37:47.960 --> 03:37:55.399 LET'S STICK TO THE TIMELINE. WHAT I WOULD PREFER IS OFFICE OF   03:37:55.399 --> 03:38:05.319 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE  US UPDATES IF WE WANT TO EVERY SIX MONTHS.  03:38:05.319 --> 03:38:10.399 AM ASKING FOR TO BE JULY 31. UPDATE JULY 1 READ EVERY SIX   03:38:10.399 --> 03:38:15.160 MONTHS PROVIDE US AN UPDATE SO THAT  WAY WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.  03:38:16.920 --> 03:38:23.343 NO STRICTER TIMELINE BUT THE OFFICE  PROVIDE US SIX MONTHS UPDATES.  03:38:23.343 --> 03:38:25.639 >> Sara Baxter: WE COULD  ALWAYS EXTEND FROM A YEAR.  03:38:28.439 --> 03:38:29.279 THE. >> IF WE COULD STICK   03:38:29.279 --> 03:38:37.120 TO THE TWO YEARS IT ALLOWS THAT'S THE MEETING. >> AFTER YEAR IF THEY HAVE THEM BROUGHT US THE   03:38:37.120 --> 03:38:42.080 DATA IN A TIMELY FASHION THIS GIVES US A TIMELINE. >> THEY ARE PROVIDING THE DATA IN SIX MONTHS   03:38:42.080 --> 03:38:43.920 BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR IT. .  03:38:43.920 --> 03:38:50.160 WE ARE TO RECEIVE AND FILE A  REPORT FROM 19 THROUGH 2022.  03:38:50.160 --> 03:38:57.840 >> WHAT IF THEY DON'T. >> I THINK IF WE DON'T WE ARE GOING   03:38:57.840 --> 03:39:09.680 TO FIRE THE PEOPLE IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS. >> THAT IS NOT OUR JOB.  03:39:10.880 --> 03:39:15.399 IF THEY DON'T WE SPELLED IT OUT  VERY CLEARLY TO THIS OFFICE SO IF   03:39:15.399 --> 03:39:21.799 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO  THE DIRECTOR NEEDS TO GO WE ARE DONE.  03:39:21.800 --> 03:39:24.720 IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE. >> ASSISTANT COUNTY   03:39:24.720 --> 03:39:28.880 ADMINISTRATOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THE REPORT IS A WRITTEN REPORT   03:39:28.880 --> 03:39:32.040 OR COMMAND BEFORE THE BOARD. >> BOTH THE WRITTEN REPORT.  03:39:32.920 --> 03:39:36.960 WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORT. AND HAS TO BE PROVIDED.  03:39:38.560 --> 03:39:47.680 THE COMMISSION IS A BEEN FRUSTRATED  PLEASE ON TIME AND BRIEF IS REGARDING THE.  03:39:47.680 --> 03:39:59.143 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER  MARINO AND VICE MAYOR SACHS.  03:39:59.143 --> 03:40:01.359 >> Maria Marino: I AM WITH  COMMISSIONER BAXTER ON THIS ONE   03:40:03.160 --> 03:40:11.639 AND I KNOW THAT WE HEARD A YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH. CAN IT BE YEAR WITH AN OPTION FOR ANOTHER YEAR?  03:40:11.640 --> 03:40:15.720 AND THAT WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THE  REPORT THAT WOULD COME BACK IN JULY.  03:40:15.720 --> 03:40:24.080 I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE  TWO-YEAR SETTLE GIVEN THE REPORTING   03:40:24.080 --> 03:40:35.479 IS NOT ALL THAT FABULOUS AND WE HAD 172 EVENTS. IN THREE YEARS WE ONLY ADDED TO WBE AND FIVE MWBE.  03:40:36.199 --> 03:40:48.359 I DON'T EVEN SEE THIS PROGRAM  NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN.  03:40:48.359 --> 03:40:58.199 AND WITH THINGS ACHIEVABLE. I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BAXTER THAT I DON'T,   03:40:58.199 --> 03:41:03.104 THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST THE SMALL BUSINESSES. NOT AGAINST FEDERAL.  03:41:03.104 --> 03:41:17.559 THIS IS AGAINST THE PROGRAM THIS IS NOT A  PROGRAM NOT GETTING THE BUSINESS IS HERE.  03:41:18.960 --> 03:41:26.199 WHETHER THEY WORK WITH THE COUNTY, THERE IS SOME  SUBJECTIVITY AND HOW THEY GET QUALIFIED, THERE   03:41:26.199 --> 03:41:33.359 SHOULD BE NO SUBJECTIVITY IN HOUSE GET QUALIFIED. I DON'T KNOW IF THE YEAR IS   03:41:33.359 --> 03:41:40.040 A TIMEFRAME THAT IS DOABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A YEAR AND IF IT IS   03:41:41.080 --> 03:41:44.319 SUCCESSFUL WE PUT IT AFTER ONE MORE YEAR. I DON'T KNOW.  03:41:44.319 --> 03:41:52.399 I AM NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL WITH THIS. >> Gregg Weiss: I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FROM   03:41:52.399 --> 03:41:59.040 THE ATTORNEY, BUT FROM WHAT THEY SAID EARLIER  THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND   03:41:59.040 --> 03:42:04.560 EXTENDED HIS WE ALSO HAVE TO DO THE STUDY. WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.  03:42:04.560 --> 03:42:08.439 IF WE ARE GOING TO DO AN EXTENSION  WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD THE STUDY.  03:42:08.439 --> 03:42:16.159 I DON'T TAKE IT IS REASONABLE TO BED OUT AN  RFP AND YOU WILL GET THE STUDY COMPLETED.  03:42:16.160 --> 03:42:23.159 >> IN TWO YEARS? >> AND ONE YEAR!  03:42:23.159 --> 03:42:25.800 ONE YEAR IS DOABLE. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE TOO?  03:42:25.800 --> 03:42:35.680 >> Gregg Weiss: HOPEFULLY CAN BE DONE LESS. THAT IS BASED ON HOW THINGS MOVE.  03:42:39.080 --> 03:42:42.159 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION. >> Mack Benard: I THINK MISS BAKER,   03:42:42.159 --> 03:42:53.479 YOU ARE HEARING FROM THIS BOARD WE ARE RELUCTANT  TO GIVE YOU THIS TWO-YEAR PERIOD WHICH MEANS THAT   03:42:53.479 --> 03:43:01.439 IF THE VOTE PASSES TO DO THE TWO YEARS THIS  RFP NEEDS TO BE ON THE STREETS PRETTY MUCH   03:43:01.439 --> 03:43:10.519 RIGHT AWAY AND FOR EVERYTHING TO BE MOVING  INTO THE OF THE HEARING THIS BOARD WHAT I'M   03:43:10.520 --> 03:43:20.900 TRYING TO GIVE IT TWO YEARS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW  COMPLICATED THIS IS, BUT TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE.  03:43:20.900 --> 03:43:23.871 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.  03:43:23.871 --> 03:43:30.319 >> Maria Sachs: I REALLY COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE A POT OF PASSION HERE ON MAKING   03:43:30.319 --> 03:43:38.799 SURE THIS GOOD PROGRAM GETS BETTER. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND AS   03:43:38.800 --> 03:43:44.680 SOME OF THE FOLKS IT UP FROM THE COMMUNITY AND  SAID THIS IS VITAL TO THE GROWTH OF OUR COUNTY.  03:43:44.680 --> 03:43:50.720 IF WE DON'T OF SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES  THE BASIS OF OUR UNITED STATES ECONOMY.  03:43:53.239 --> 03:43:59.760 THESE ARE PALM BEACH COUNTY SMALL BUSINESSES. YOU HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS AND I LOVE THE   03:43:59.760 --> 03:44:04.720 WAY EVERYBODY JUST NEVER FEARED THAT  DEBATE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO.  03:44:04.720 --> 03:44:08.680 NOT TO RUBBERSTAMP EVERYTHING  BUT TO MAKE IT BETTER.  03:44:08.680 --> 03:44:12.360 I THINK WE CAN DO WITH THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY. GIVE US REPORTS.  03:44:13.120 --> 03:44:19.599 WE DON'T NEED OF CONSULTANTS IN SIX MONTHS TELL  US WHETHER OR NOT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE DOING WELL.  03:44:19.600 --> 03:44:26.159 OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HAVING ISSUES  GETTING FINANCES FROM OUR BANKS IN ORDER   03:44:26.159 --> 03:44:31.479 TO GET THE INSURANCE NECESSARY TO BE  CERTIFIED, WE WILL GO OUT TO THE BANKS.  03:44:31.479 --> 03:44:37.279 I KNOW A NUMBER OF BANKS, I WON'T MENTION RIGHT  NOW THAT I KNOW A NUMBER OF BANKS THAT WOULD WORK   03:44:37.279 --> 03:44:43.719 WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE SMALL BUSINESSES  ARE ABLE TO GET THE FINANCING NECESSARY TO   03:44:43.720 --> 03:44:47.399 GET THE INSURANCE. IT IS NOT EASY.  03:44:47.399 --> 03:44:52.920 WAS A WBE YEARS AGO CABRERA  COUNTY AND IT IS NOT EASY.  03:44:52.920 --> 03:44:58.080 WE NEED TO HELP EVERYBODY COME UP,  BUT ESPECIALLY OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.  03:44:58.080 --> 03:45:05.800 ARE NO OUR LARGE COMPANIES ARE INTERESTED IN  MAKING SURE BUSINESS IS HEALTHY IN THIS COUNTY.  03:45:06.960 --> 03:45:13.479 STAFF, YOU'VE GOT YOUR MARCHING ORDERS BECAUSE WE  ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH ANYTHING LESS THAN   03:45:13.479 --> 03:45:18.599 EXCELLENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING LET US KNOW.  03:45:18.600 --> 03:45:25.159 MISS BAKER WILL GET IN OUR OFFICE AND GIVE US  HELL WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE THE STAFF IN THE   03:45:25.159 --> 03:45:31.840 COUNTY OF THE NECESSARY RESOURCES BECAUSE WE WILL  NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING EXCEPT EXCELLENCE AND I DON'T   03:45:31.840 --> 03:45:39.199 SEE WHY WE CAN'T GET ALMOST QUARTERLY REPORTS  ON THE BUSINESSES ARE THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY.  03:45:41.319 --> 03:45:46.679 I CAN TELL YOU I CAN GET IT TO MYSELF. LET'S MAKE SURE WE STAY TRANSPARENT,   03:45:46.680 --> 03:45:51.560 RESPONSIVE AND LET'S GET THE SHOW  ON THE ROAD WHERE IT SHOULD BE.  03:45:51.560 --> 03:45:56.479 DURING BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU.  03:45:56.479 --> 03:46:02.080 >> COUNTY ATTORNEY, YOUR RECOGNIZED. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD DOESN'T   03:46:02.080 --> 03:46:10.880 FORGET YOU ONE MORE ITEM THAT ITEM WILL ACT AS  AN AMENDMENT THE WEIGHT WAS DRAFTED INCLUDED   03:46:10.880 --> 03:46:17.279 THE CHANGES TO THE SIZE. >> THAT IS PERFECT.  03:46:17.279 --> 03:46:30.080 >> Gregg Weiss: I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS LIT. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR VETTING THIS.  03:46:31.000 --> 03:46:35.600 YOU CAN HEAR AS HAS BEEN SAID  BUT I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.  03:46:35.600 --> 03:46:46.439 WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY  COMMISSIONER BERNARD. COMMISSIONER BARNETT.  03:46:46.439 --> 03:46:49.080 WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR  BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD.  03:46:49.960 --> 03:46:53.560 I AM NOT GOING TO REPEAT IT. ALL IN FAVOR.  03:46:55.279 --> 03:46:59.359 I CAN'T. ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED.  03:46:59.359 --> 03:47:02.279 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. HERE IS WHERE WE ARE AT.  03:47:02.279 --> 03:47:07.479 WE HAVE A RECESS WE WILL TAKE. WHEN WE COME BACK WE WILL PICK   03:47:07.479 --> 03:47:16.279 UP ITEM 5E2. IT HAS TO BE REDRAFTED. I NEED TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE   03:47:16.279 --> 03:47:22.040 BCC WILL BE IN A CLOSE COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING STRATEGY SESSION IT EXCUSE ME.  03:47:22.040 --> 03:47:28.399 WITH PALM TRANS NEGOTIATION TEAM BEFORE THE BCC  RECONVENES BY MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC AT 2:00 P.M.   03:47:28.399 --> 03:47:32.199 WE WILL SEE YOU AT 2:00 P.M. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SETH.