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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE. 
          BUDGET MEETING. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE. 
          I UNDERSTAND SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE ON ZOOM. 
          THANK YOU TO CHAIR MAGAZINE FOR, UH, STEADFASTLY HOLDING OUR FINANCE AND OF COURSE, UH, ERIC. 
          JASON TAMIKA. 
          THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I THINK IT STILL BEHOOVES US TO, UH, APPRECIATE OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND, UH, TAMIKA, WHY DON'T YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? SURE. 
          . 
          I PLEDGE. 
          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH NATION? NATION UNDER GOD. 
          JUSTICE. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, OUR CHAIR OF THE, AND I USE THE, I'M ONE FOR BREVITY, BUT I, I DO HAVE A FEW PREPARED, UH, STATEMENTS 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA LAY THIS OUT. 
          WHAT WE'RE HERE, UM, THE CONSEQUENCES, UH, THE GRAVITY OF THIS, UH, TODAY, DESPITE IT BEING COMMITTEE MEETING, I THINK IS PERHAPS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT MEETINGS OF THE YEAR. 
          WE REALLY LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BUDGET WILL BE FOR 2026. 
          BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONIES, PERHAPS OUR MOST IMPORTANT DUTY ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY'S BUDGET, IT TRULY DEFINES WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO A CITY AND THE DIRECTION WHICH WE'RE GOING. 
          THIS BUDGET SHOWS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR CONTINUES TO BE AMONGST OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES, AND I BELIEVE THOSE EFFORTS HAVE STARTED TO PAY OFF. 
          WE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY A DIFFERENT CITY THAN WE WERE JUST SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHERE KSM MAYHEM BEGAN TO DEFINE OUR BRAND AND IDENTITY. 
          GIVEN THE FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, MIAMI BEACH REMAINS A VIBRANT CITY. 
          THE PRESIDENT OF GRAND HYATT JUST PUBLICLY STATED, MIAMI BEACH HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ATTRACTIVE MARKETS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE TRULY DIVERSIFYING OUR ECONOMY. 
          WE HAVE TWO CLASS A OFFICE BUILDINGS READY TO OPEN THEIR DOORS, BRINGING HIGH PAYING JOBS, AND ATTRACTING SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS COMPANIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD TO NOW HAVE AN OFFICE PRESENCE IN MIAMI BEACH. 
          IN A RECENT REPORT, MIAMI BEACH NOW HAS THE HIGHEST OFFICE RENT IN ALL OF MIAMI-DADE SHOWING THE DEMAND AND DESIRE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN OUR CITY. 
          AND THIS BUDGET SHOWS OUR PRIORITIES MOVING FROM TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE SAFEGUARD OUR CITY FROM BEING WHAT WE DO NOT WANT IT TO BE. 
          AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO DECLARING WHO WE DO WANT TO BE. 
          UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS MARIN COMMISSION, WE'VE ENHANCED OUR FOCUS ON EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RESILIENCY, TRANSPORTATION WITH MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARDS A WATER TAXI SYSTEM TO HELP MITIGATE OUR TRAFFIC AND REMAINING THE EPICENTER OF GLOBAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE WORLD CUP AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVATIONS THAT ELEVATE OUR BRAND EXPERIENCES FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. 
          IF YOU INDULGE ME FOR JUST TWO MORE MINUTES, SINCE LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR 2026 TO BE A CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR AS WE'RE FACING A DECELERATION IN THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES. 
          WE RENEGOTIATED MULTIPLE UNION CONTRACTS AND SEVERAL BIG TICKET CAPITAL PROJECTS, MOST NOTABLY RELOCATING PLANS THAT WERE IN PLACE FOR A NEW FIRE STATION. 
          BUT I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE AND SAY WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO DELIVERING A BUDGET THAT KEEPS OUR TAX AND MILLAGE RATES AT A FLAT LEVEL FOR NOW THREE YEARS IN A ROW. 
          OUR RESERVES REMAIN AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS ON RECORD WITH OUR GENERAL GENERAL FUND HAVING OVER THREE MONTHS OF RESERVES AND OUR RESORT TAX FUND EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS IN RESERVES. 
          IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK GETTING HERE, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF INITIATIVES. 
          MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE WORKED ON ALL YEAR, THINGS THAT WOULD SURELY BE ATTRIBUTES TO OUR CITY THAT WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE FUNDING TO INCLUDE. 
          AND THAT'S ALWAYS A TOUGH MESSAGE TO DELIVER. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF OUR PREPARATION FOR WHAT WE KNEW WOULD BE A CHALLENGING YEAR, WE AREN'T FACED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO CUT SERVICES AND THE TYPE OF IMPACT THAT WE, THAT WILL HAVE IN OUR CITY. 
          THOSE ARE THE EXACT CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW HAPPENING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, AS EVIDENCED BY AN ARTICLE JUST TODAY IN THE MIAMI HERALD, ABOUT $500 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO ACHIEVE THROUGH DEEP, DEEP CUTS TO THINGS LIKE SERVICE FUNDING FOR CHARITIES, THEIR PARKS PROGRAM, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA ARE HAVING THOSE SAME CONVERSATIONS. 
          BUT WE MUST CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR WHEN TIMES COULD BE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING, AND WE MUST DO SO AS AN ELECTED BODY IN BOTH LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND DEMANDING A MORE EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE LEAN GOVERNMENT. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, JASON TAMIKA, MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE LEADING UP TO THIS. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, YOU SUMMARIZED IT WELL. 
          THERE'S A LITTLE MINI STATE OF THE CITY THERE, UH, WHICH, UH, WHICH, WELL, WHICH I THINK AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON RESIDENTS, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, OBVIOUSLY AT THE FOREFRONT IS PUBLIC SAFETY, WHY EVERYONE KEEPS LOOKING OVER THERE, , BUT, UH, AT THE FOREFRONT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING THAT. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME OF THAT. 
          I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS 
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TODAY THAT I'M GONNA MAKE, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA KEEP DRIVING US. 
          AND I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED, I BELIEVE THIS COMMISSION WHOLEHEARTEDLY, UH, BELIEVES IT AS WELL. 
          WHEN WE TAKE, WHEN WE DO THINGS THAT WE CALL OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, IT HELPS EVERYONE. 
          IT HELPS OUR BUSINESSES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THIS. 
          WE'RE SEEING, AND AND I THINK IT IMPLIED IN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, THE HYATT PRESIDENT MENTIONED ABOUT MIAMI BEACH. 
          WE ARE HEARING, I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          MIAMI BEACH IS THE PLACE TO BE. 
          I MEAN, WE ARE AT THE, IF YOU LIST CITIES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN, I MEAN, WE'RE OFTEN NUMBER ONE. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT FEELING AND I THINK IT'S A LOT OF CREDIT TO OUR, OUR COMMISSION AND OUR, AND OUR, AND OUR AND OUR CITY STAFF. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I, I THINK, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY NEEDED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MANAGER. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          TODAY'S MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND REMAINING MEMBERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. 
          IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING, VIRTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY DIAL 1-888-475-FOUR 4 9 9, AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 6 3 6 0 5 9 5 4 6 2 POUND, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 8 6 3 6 0 5 9 5 4 6 2. 
          AND THE INDIVIDUAL WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF THEY'RE USING THE ZOOM APP, OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING. 
          PARTICIPATING BY FAULT. 
          SO, 
          [NB 1. FISCAL YEAR 2026 PRELIMINARY OPERATING BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATE]
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP DISCUSSION. 
          THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WE SPEND CLOSE TO 12 MONTHS PREPARING, UH, ACTUALLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY PREPARES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          THIS CLEARLY HIGHLIGHTS THE PRIORITIES. 
          IT CLEARLY HIGHLIGHTS THE SERVICES THAT WE WANT TO DELIVER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR OUR BUSINESSES, FOR OUR VISITORS. 
          UM, AND IT CLEARLY HIGHLIGHTS THE PRIORITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO PRESENT THIS BALANCED BUDGET AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. 
          UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE EFFORTS OF OUR FINANCE AND BUDGET TEAMS THAT HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE DELIVERY OF THIS DOCUMENT. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO SOME HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS, SOME PROBABLY SOME SPIRITED DEBATE TODAY. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS ALL IN FURTHERANCE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DELIVERING THE BEST VALUE TO OUR TAXPAYERS FOR THE DOLLARS THAT THEY ENTRUST US WITH. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          LET'S, UH, BE YOU ABLE TO BRING UP THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          AND WE DID PRESENT AN UPDATE BACK IN JUNE WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, BUDGET BRIEFING. 
          SO BACK IN JUNE, OUR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE WAS 6.9%. 
          AND, UH, WE SAID WE'D COME BACK IN JULY TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS NOW, AND IT ACTUALLY IS THE SAME NUMBER. 
          SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT OUR NUMBER DIDN'T GO UP SLIGHTLY. 
          UH, WE STAYED FLAT, OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION NUMBER WENT UP BY 122 MILLION, OR EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES WENT DOWN BY 122 MILLION. 
          UH, THE UPSIDE THOUGH IS THAT WHEN WE DID OUR ESTIMATES IN JUNE, WE ESTIMATED THAT THE CRA AND THE RDA WOULD INCREASE AT THE SAME RATE AS THE CITY, THEY ACTUALLY INCREASED AT A LOWER RATE. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE PICKED UP AN ADDITIONAL $1.6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THIS JUST SHOWS OUR HISTORY OF OUR MILLAGE INCREASE OR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, AND IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE INCREASING AT A DIS DECREASING RATE. 
          UH, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE JUNE VERSION WAS THAT OUR EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED BY 5.3 BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE SLIDE REDUCTION THAT WENT, WENT DOWN TO 5.1, AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WENT FROM 900 MILLION TO A BILLION. 
          SO WE DIDN'T, SO TAMIKA, IF I COULD JUST EMPHASIZE, UH, WHAT WE SAW THERE AND JUST SET EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR 2027, I WOULD EXPECT EVEN MORE CHALLENGES THAT THAN WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. 
          SO THAT 6.9 NUMBER IN INCREASED TAXABLE VALUE THAT WE ALL REFERENCED, UM, A NOT SO INSIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THAT WAS NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO 1.8% OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE SEE A DECELERATION OF, UH, PROPERTY VALUES OVERALL AND WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. 
          UH, BUT THEN ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BE CONFRONTED WITH LIKELY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE THAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO EVEN 
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IF PROPERTY VALUES WOULD FLATLINE, WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT THAT 6.9%, WE SHOULD EXPECT A SMALLER AMOUNT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE WON'T HAVE NEXT YEAR. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          SO WE DID ALSO TALK ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATES WHEN WE MET IN JUNE, AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE KEEP THE MILLAGE RATE FLAT, UH, NO CHANGES UNTIL WE HAD THE JULY 1ST VALUES. 
          SO NEXT WE GO TO NEW RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO, UH, NOW WE HAVE THE JULY 1ST VALUES, AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE ALONG WITH THE, UH, POLICY DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN DURING THE 25 BUDGET, WHICH WAS AS THE VOTER DEBT SERVICE, UH, MILLAGE, UH, REQUIREMENT IS DECREASING BECAUSE IT IS, WE HAVE THE 6.9% INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT SET ASIDE FOR OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY, UH, UH, GOOD POINT DISCUSSED DURING OUR JUNE CAPITAL BUDGET WORKSHOP. 
          THE COMMISSION'S INTEREST IN PRIORITIZING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TOWARDS OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED, UH, TOTAL COMBINED MILLAGE STAYING FLAT, UH, BUT IT DOES DEDICATE MORE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TOWARDS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND WE WILL GET INTO DISCUSSION DETAILING EXACTLY WHICH CAPITAL PROJECTS THOSE THAT CHANGE WOULD FUND AND JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL. 
          BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THAT MERIT COMMISSION IS DELIVERING A BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO KEEP OUR MILLAGE RATES FLAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE HERE IS, UH, ABOUT 15 YEARS WORTH OF COMBINED MILLAGE, UH, THE TREND. 
          SO A AS OUR CHAIR, UH, CHAIR HAD SAID, WE HAVE THREE YEARS OF CONTINUING FLAT COMBINED MILLAGE, FIVE CONTINUOUS YEARS OF FLAT, UH, OPERATING MILLAGE. 
          AND WHAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THERE IS THAT LIGHT BLUE COLOR, THAT 0.2066 MILLS IN 26, THAT'S THE HIGHEST WE HAVE IT GOING BACK ON CAPITAL MILLAGE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SHOWS THIS COMMISSION'S DIRECTION TO PRIORITIZE OUR CAPITAL OWNER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND OUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT 0.2 MILLS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. 
          UM, IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 
          SO AGAIN, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CONCEPT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND RESORT TAX, UH, RESERVES, AS THE CHAIR HAD MENTIONED. 
          SO WHEN WE CLOSED OUR, CLOSED OUR BOOKS FOR THE 2024 YEAR AND RECONCILED ALL OF OUR REVENUES AND ALL OUR EXPENDITURES, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP BOTH IN THE RESORT TAX AND THE GENERAL FUND HAVING A SURPLUS ABOVE THE REQUIRED, UH, RESERVE AMOUNTS OF THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS RESPECTABLY. 
          NOW JASON, WHEN YOU SAY REQUIRED, REQUIRED IS ACTUALLY LOWER. 
          CORRECT? REQUIRED IS ACTUALLY ONLY, UH, TWO MONTHS AND THREE MONTHS. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY A COMMISSION, UH, GOAL TO HAVE THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHERE THE REQUIREMENT IS. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY EVEN EXCEEDING WHERE OUR TOP TIER TOP LINE GOAL IS. 
          CORRECT? YES. 
          THE, THE COMMISSION'S GOAL IS TO HAVE THE SIX AND THE THREE MONTHS, AND WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE HAVING A BUDGET THAT DOES PRESENT THAT. 
          SO WHEN WE CLOSED OUR BOOKS, WE WERE ABLE TO TO, TO, UH, HAVE THOSE RESERVES FULLY FUNDED. 
          AND WE'RE AGAIN, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CONCEPT. 
          DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF COMMISSION, UH, PRIORITIES MID-YEAR WHERE WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, ADJUSTMENTS AND UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE RESERVES. 
          BUT EVEN AFTER ALL OF THOSE, UH, AMENDMENTS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU'LL BE APPROVING AT THE JULY MEETING IN A WEEK OR SO, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT $5.6 MILLION AVAILABLE. 
          AND WE ARE, WE ARE PRESENTING A BUDGET THAT WOULD UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. 
          THEY ARE NOT TO BE UTILIZED FOR RECURRING SERVICES. 
          SO THIS WOULD NOT BE A AVAIL AVAILABLE TO ADD, LET'S SAY, STAFF AS AN EXAMPLE, WHICH WOULD BE A RECURRING EXPENDITURE. 
          THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT WE WILL BE DIRECTING TOWARDS ONE TIME OR CAPITAL TYPE, UH, PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'LL, WE WILL DETAIL EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ON THAT. 
          SO THE NEXT FIVE OR SO SLIDES, AND I WON'T DWELL INDIVIDUALLY ON SO MANY OF THEM, IS THE COMMISSION ENHANCEMENT REQUEST. 
          AND I THINK THE CHAIR HAD MENTIONED, UH, KIND OF ALLUDED THAT THAT GOING THROUGH THE COMMISSION PRIORITIES THAT WENT THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BACK UP TO THE COMMISSION TO ENDORSE WERE A LONG LIST OF, OF PRIORITIES THAT THE COMMISSION WAS HOPING TO HAVE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE. 
          AND AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS A DIFFICULT FUNDING YEAR AND MANY, MANY THINGS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE FUNDED. 
          AND OVER THESE NEXT NUMBER OF SLIDES IS, IS ORATED, UH, FROM, UH, TOP DOLLARS DOWN IS ALL OF THE COMMISSION PRIORITIES. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST GENERAL FUND, THIS IS ACROSS ALL OF THE FUNDS OF OUR BUDGET. 
          THE ITEMS THAT HAVE A CHECK MARK SPECIFICALLY SHOW THE ONES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING. 
          AND AGAIN, I WON'T DWELL ON THESE BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE ONES THAT WE'RE FUNDING IN THE FURTHER SLIDES PER FUND. 
          BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS REALLY THE LAST SLIDE SURE. 
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WE'RE GETTING TO, HERE WE GO. 
          SO THAT TOTALS AROUND $22 MILLION IN COMMISSION ENDORSED PRIORITIES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION DURING THE YEAR THAT THE COMMISSION WAS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO FUND. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE AND FIND AROUND $5.2 MILLION WORTH IT. 
          SO AROUND 25% OF THOSE COMMISSION PRIORITIES WE WERE ABLE TO FUND. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE OPERATING NON THE CAPITAL. 
          THERE WERE MORE CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE FUNDING FOR JASON. 
          AND, AND, AND IF I MAY PUT THE CHAIR, SO LATER ON IN THE SLIDES, YOU'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE ITEMS WE ARE FUNDING. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE NOT FUNDING, BECAUSE BY, BY RESOLUTION WE'VE ADOPTED A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT IT'S, THAT WE'VE ADOPTED THESE RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO ALWAYS WHAT WE FUND IS THE GOOD NEWS, BUT THE, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY THAT WE SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FUND. 
          CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE ENDORSED TO BE CONSIDERED DURING THE 26TH BUDGET PROCESSES THAT THE COMMISSIONER SAID. 
          AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD TRY TO FUND AS MANY AS AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD DONE. 
          BUT YES, MANY THINGS DID NOT MAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF, OF, OF ENHANCEMENTS, 'CAUSE THERE ARE POLICY DIRECTED ONES FROM PRIOR POLICY COMMISSION OR ONES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WERE OVER, UH, 55 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          55. 
          SO THE TOTAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED WERE OVER $55 MILLION. 
          UM, SO THAT IS CORRECT, COMMISSIONER, UH, AGAIN, IN A DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR, KIND OF AS THE, AS THE CHAIR HAD SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, HAD LIMITED DOLLARS AND WE TRIED TO FIND THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH WHERE, UH, THOSE PRIORITIES WERE AND WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE RECOMMENDED. 
          A AND MR. CFO, UH, AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS FURTHER, BUT I KNOW YOU AND I HAD, UH, A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH AS MISS CITY MANAGER, AS DID WE, SO TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THINGS HERE WE HAD, WE'RE THE ELECTED BODY THAT DRIVES POLICY IN THE DIRECTION FOR THE CITY. 
          AND OVER THE YEAR WE HAVE WORKED ON DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, MANY OF WHICH CARRY A FINANCIAL IMPACT. 
          AND THAT TOTALED ABOUT $25 MILLION FOR THINGS WE PUT FORWARD. 
          AND WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE HAVE $5 MILLION GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING OUR MILLAGE RATES FLAT, UM, WHERE THE BUDGET CAME IN LAST, I, I FEEL AS IF THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A FALSE CHOICE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT'S 5% OF OUR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET, RIGHT? WE HAVE A $475 MILLION OTHER BUCKET THAT'S NOT 95% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH I'M ACTUALLY VERY PROUD OF, AND I APPLAUD THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM, AND EACH DEPARTMENT, WE ACTUALLY GAVE DIRECTION AND YOU WENT OUT AND FOUND REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO HAVE MORE ENHANCEMENTS. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED MORE GRANULARITY SO WE CAN HAVE MORE DISCRETION OVER TRULY SETTING A PROPER BUDGET INTO THAT $475 MILLION. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, YOU HAVE $25 MILLION OF REQUESTS FIT INTO $5 MILLION. 
          NOW IT'S ACTUALLY FITTED INTO $490 MILLION. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT WHERE SOME OF THAT 475 MAY NOT BE PRIORITIZED ANYMORE MM-HMM . 
          WE SHOULD BE REVIEWING THAT AS WELL. 
          AND WE DID SOME OF THAT. 
          AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, MR. CITY MANAGER, I APPLAUD YOU, AND I THINK WE SAW WHAT ABOUT $2 MILLION OF PROPOSED, UH, COST EFFICIENCIES IN SAVINGS. 
          UH, WE, THE LIST THAT WAS COMPILED AFTER THE DISCUSSION, WE HAD THE RETREAT WHERE THE COMMISSION, UH, HAD SPOKEN ABOUT TRYING TO IDENTIFY NON-CORE MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND THEN OTHER, ANY OTHER CUTS. 
          UH, I THINK THE LIST OF CUTS WAS AROUND EIGHT AND 8 MILLION OR SO. 
          THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE WILL GET INTO THAT DETAIL ABOUT 1.4 MILLION THERE, I THINK ANOTHER 800 OR SOMETHING IN THE RESORT TAX THAT RATE OR 2.2 MILLION AND ANOTHER $600,000 IN OTHER FUNDS. 
          SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, YES, WE DID IDENTIFY, WE DID ABOVE AND ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WE, AND I APPLAUD, I KNOW THERE'S VERY, VERY TOUGH DECISIONS AND MR. CFI, I APPLAUD YOU FOR SHOWING LEADERSHIP THROUGH YOUR DIVISION BECAUSE A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT HARD DISCUSSIONS, UH, HAD TO COME FROM THERE. 
          AND THAT IS TRUE LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY THAT'S FACING DEEP, DEEP CUTS, RIGHT? THROUGH STAFFING, THROUGH PARK LEVELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND MY MESSAGE FROM THE BEGINNING IS, LET'S OPERATE LEANER SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW DEEP THOSE CUTS ARE GOING TO BE OR HOW MUCH IMPACT SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED. 
          THE COUNTY IS LITERALLY SITTING THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH CAN WE CUT OUR SANITATION BEFORE THE RESIDENTS REBEL MM-HMM . 
          RIGHT? AND I REFUSE TO ALLOW US NOT TO PREPARE ADEQUATELY AHEAD OF TIME WHERE WE'RE ONE DAY IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING THAT, WE HAVE THE BALL ROLLING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I THINK WE COULD DO MORE ANALYSIS THERE. 
          SO, BUT TO YOUR POINT, MR. CHAIR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZED 
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FOR STORMWATER RENTAL OF BYPASS PUMPS AND, AND VECTOR TRUCKS. 
          THAT'S NOT BEING RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. 
          TO ME, THAT GOES TO THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. 
          AND, AND IT'S, IF IT'S BEEN REQUESTED, UM, BY RESOLUTION IS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN DURING HIGH RAIN PERIODS, SITUATIONS WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WE SERVE, WHOSE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS WE ARE ALLOCATING, ARE GETTING FLOODED. 
          THEIR HOMES HAVE WATER GOING INTO THEM, THEIR STREETS BECOME DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATE, THEY END UP WITH FECES IN THE WATER, IN THEIR STREETS. 
          AND, AND THESE, AND EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS IS NECESSARY. 
          BUT TO PRESERVE THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE $475 MILLION, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PRIORITIZE AND ALLOCATE THE FUNDING FOR NEEDS OF NEIGHBORHOOD, OF OUR RESIDENTS, OF OUR TAXPAYERS, OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE DOLLARS WE ARE ALLOCATING. 
          AND SO, AND SO I THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE, YOU, YOU'VE DRIVEN A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION OF IDENTIFYING INITIATIVES, BUT YOU'VE BEEN VERY BOLD IN INITIATING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          BUT THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO GROW. 
          THIS ISN'T ABOUT PRESERVING THE GOVERNMENT. 
          IT IS ABOUT DELIVERING SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE. 
          AND WHEN WE SAY WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, NOT FUND STORM WATER RENTAL PUMPS AND WE CAN'T FUND ADDITIONAL FREEBIES SO THAT, SO THAT, SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE. 
          THESE ARE, IN MY OPINION, THESE GO TO THE BASIC FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. 
          MR. MAYOR, NO, THANK YOU. 
          AND TO, TO ADD TO THAT, I'M, I'M CURIOUS, AND I'LL THROW THIS TO ERIC AND, AND JASON, HOW SOME OF THE DECISIONS WERE MADE. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER FRIEND JUST GAVE ONE. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF, SOME OF MY ITEMS ARE IN HERE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL, EVERYTHING ADDS UP. 
          I GET IT. 
          BUT SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE 20,000, IT'S NOT IN HERE. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION FOR FIFA, WHICH, BY THE WAY, FIFA'S A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CITY ON SOUTH FLORIDA. 
          I AM NOT DISCOUNTING THAT, BUT 1.5 MILLION TO ME SEEMS HIGH. 
          I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THE NUMBER THAT'S IN. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 500,000 IN FEE WAIVER. 
          SO IT'S ACTUALLY A $1.5 MILLION STIPEND THAT WE'D BE GIVING THEM, BUT OUR COMMISSION HASN'T EVEN APPROVED THAT YET. 
          YET, ITEMS THAT OUR COMMISSION HAS APPROVED, LIKE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MENTIONED, ARE NOT RECOMMENDED. 
          SO HOW ARE WE RECOMMENDING AN ITEM THAT OUR COMMISSION HASN'T EVEN VOTED ON? WELL, I CAN, UH, SPEAK, UH, A LITTLE BIT TO, TO THAT ITEM. 
          SO THAT ITEM, UH, WAS, UH, HEARD AT FERC UNANIMOUSLY, UH, RECOMMENDED AT THAT FUNDING LEVEL. 
          I KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT ORDER, THAT ORDER HAS BEEN UNDER NEGOTIATION. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'LL BE COMING TO COMMISSION, UH, SHORTLY. 
          UH, AND WHAT WE IDENTIFIED IS YOU SEE THAT, AND WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES, BUT THE, THE FUNDING SOURCES THE RESORT TAXES AS THERE WAS AN EXCESS AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR IN RESORT TAXES. 
          AND THAT WAS, UH, ONE THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD RELATED TO THAT. 
          AND IF IT GETS BACK ON THE STORM WATER, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE STORM WATER PUMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE DID NOT RECOMMEND ANYTHING IN OUR STORM WATER OR WATER AND SEWER OPERATING AREAS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE DEAL WITH KIND OF THE STRUCTURAL ISSUE RELATED TO, I KNOW UTILITY RATES WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO TO PRESERVE THE, THE, THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE HAVE, WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A PAUSE ON, ON THOSE KIND OF AREAS UNTIL WE REALLY HAD A MORE HOLISTIC DISCUSSION ON THOSE FUNDS. 
          BUT IF YOU LET US TO GO THROUGH, WE'LL KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE PRIORITIES AND WHAT THE FEW DOLLARS THAT WE DID DID HAVE, AND WHAT, AND MANY OF THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE, WERE ONLY FUNDED BECAUSE WE DID MAKE CUTS IN OTHER AREAS. 
          BUT AS WE GO THROUGH IT, WE'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING IF WE COULD. 
          BUT I WANT TAMIKA, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, BUT TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. CHAIR, WHAT BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, UM, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYBODY, MR. CHAIR. 
          YEAH. 
          ONE SECOND, COMMISSIONER AND I'LL TURN IT TO YOU. 
          UM, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYBODY IN, UH, ANTICIPATION. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS, AND IT IS A VERY TOUGH MESSAGE FOR ME TO GO BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAY, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A PARK. 
          WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A CROSSWALK, RIGHT? SO ONE OF MY DIRECTIVES COMING OUT OF HERE IS GOING TO BE TO SEE, TEST THE CITY MANAGER. 
          YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB OF FINDING SOME INITIAL CUTS. 
          LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND A MILLION DOLLARS MORE, $2 MILLION MORE BY THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S MERIT FOR EVERYTHING. 
          IF YOU GO LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM THROUGH A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, YOU CAN FIND GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT EVERYTHING, RIGHT? BUT IT BECOMES WHAT IS PRIORITIZED. 
          AND, UH, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL HAVE SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I'M GOING TO 100 PUT UP UP FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MR. UH, ATTORNEY, BUT FOR A 
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RESOLUTION TO TEST THE CITY MANAGER WITH GOING AND FINDING INCREMENTAL SAVINGS. 
          AND I APPLAUD EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE TOUGH TO HAVE, UH, BUT I THINK WE DO. 
          SO, UM, AT A LOWER LEVEL NOW, BEFORE WE'RE FORCED TO DO SO AT A DEEPER LEVEL LATER, THANK YOU, I'LL JOIN YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, BECAUSE EVEN IN NORTH BEACH YESTERDAY, WE HAD SUCH A PASSIONATE DISCUSSION IN THE LAND USE COMMITTEE ABOUT NORTH BEACH, ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES IN NORTH BEACH. 
          AND HERE WE HAVE FUNDING REQUESTS, UM, FOR THE HYDRAULICS, FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE, OF, OF THE H OF THE HYDRAULICS FOR THE, FOR, FOR OUR SYSTEM UP IN NORTH BEACH, AND WE CAN'T FUND IT. 
          AND SO I, I, I, AGAIN, I COMMEND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DRIVING THIS CONVERSATION, UH, OF FINDING EFFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT. 
          OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT TO PRESERVE THE FUNDING THAT IS ALLOCATED TO DEPARTMENTS ON A YEAR AFTER YOUR BASIS IS TO SEE HOW CAN WE MORE EFFICIENTLY USE THOSE TAX DOLLARS? CAN THE DEPARTMENT DO MORE WITH LESS? AND HOW CAN WE MORE EFFICIENTLY OPERATE? AND SO I 100% BACK YOU AND SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO THE CFO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WOULD, UM, BE VERY EAGER TO SUPPORT YOU ON THAT, UM, THAT NOTION OF GOING BACK AND FINDING MORE CUTS, BECAUSE I AM SURE WE CAN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, THAT I HAD BROUGHT FORWARD AND REQUESTED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WAS TO GO THROUGH THE IMPACT FEES AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE COMPARED TO, UM, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          NOW, I DON'T EXPECT THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THERE, UM, BUT THAT SHOULD BE DONE. 
          AND IT WAS, IT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE THE BUDGET MEETING, THIS BUDGET MEETING. 
          UM, IT HASN'T YET, BUT I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, UM, THE STAFF TO HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION FOR US AS WELL WHEN WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, COUGH UP A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO, LIKE WITH THE, UM, THE WATER AND SEWER, UM, IMPACT FEES THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN 30 YEARS. 
          SO, I'M, I, NOT ONLY WOULD I SUPPORT GOING BACK, UM, IN GENERAL LOOKING FOR CUTS, BUT ALSO LOOKING FOR, UM, THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN APPROPRIATELY KEPT UP WITH THE COST OF, OF, UH, THE CPI AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE RES, THE REVENUE THAT WE CAN TURN BACK FOR RESIDENT REQUESTED, UM, AND BENEFITING PROGRAMS. MY QUESTION, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, KIND OF ON, ON PROCESS. 
          UM, SO GIVEN THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, $15 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT, THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM, WILL, THAT WILL ADD TO THEIR, UM, THEIR SAFETY, TO THEIR, UM, BEING ABLE TO BE MORE RESILIENT DURING WEATHER EVENTS, ET CETERA. 
          WHAT'S THE PROCESS? DO WE JUST ROLL THOSE OVER TO THE 27, UM, OPERATE, UH, BUDGET PROCESS AS PRIORITY ITEMS SO THAT THEY GET FUNDED FIRST? DO WE START FROM SCRATCH AND PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIST? LIKE, HOW DOES THIS WORK? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA STOPPING THINGS THAT WE THINK WE NEED. 
          WE'VE SPENT, IN SOME CASES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, UM, GETTING THE DATA AND MAKING THE ARGUMENT AND, AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE, THE VOTES TO SUPPORT AND TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I GUESS, JASON, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU AND, AND ERIC, FOR YOU. 
          YEAH, IF I COULD ANSWER RELATED TO, SO YOUR QUESTION RELATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES, ANY OF THE PROJECTS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED WOULD THEN BE ROLLED INTO THE 27 BUDGET, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, IF THE COMMISSION WANTED TO, BECAUSE PRIORITIES CHANGE ALL THE TIME. 
          UH, SO IF IT WAS ONE AGAIN THAT THEY WANTED TO PRIORITIZE FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THEN YES, THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS WHERE IT WOULD BE DIRECTED DOWN TO, TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS, UH, WHETHER AN ITEM IS A PRIORITY OR NOT FOR THE 2027, UH, BUDGET. 
          BUT ON THE OPERATING SIDE, THOUGH, ON THE OPERATING SIDE, AGAIN, THAT WOULD, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, YEAH, IT WOULD BE A CLEAN SLATE. 
          'CAUSE PRIORITIES, AGAIN, CHANGE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO AS A REFERRAL DOWN TO FINANCE. 
          FINANCE WILL OBVIOUSLY, I THINK, LOOK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE, I THINK CHAIR, AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, THE 27 MIGHT BE, OR MORE LIKELY COULD BE IN EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. 
          SO I ASSUME THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDING ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, FOR THE 27TH. 
          BUT THAT'S REALLY THE PROCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, UH, I'LL LET YOU MOVE ON, BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO GET SUPPORT FOR OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON WHERE WE'RE SPENDING, UH, TO REALLY DRILL DOWN ON FURTHER EFFICIENCIES. 
          UM, LET, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE WERE BACK IN JUNE. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD A DEFICIT OF 771,000. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE. 
          SO 
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BASED ON THE JULY 1ST VALUES, WE ACTUALLY PICKED UP $1.6 MILLION. 
          SO AS A RESULT, WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF, UH, JUST UNDER $900,000. 
          SO THIS SHOWS HOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH THE $854,000. 
          SO, AS BETH MENTIONED A FEW TIMES ALREADY, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED $1.3 MILLION OF REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SLIDES THAT TALK ABOUT THE RESORT TAX FUND AND ALSO THE OTHER FUNDS WHERE WE HAVE REDUCTIONS RECOMMENDED. 
          AND NOW WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDED ONE TIME AND RECURRING ENHANCEMENTS THAT ACTUALLY INCREASED THE BUDGETS. 
          AND THEN WE DID DO SOME REFINEMENTS TO THE REVENUE, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY FROM THE YEAR END SURPLUS FROM 24 THAT JASON TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY. 
          AND THEN WE ARE BRINGING IN SOME ADDITIONAL, WELL, ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE INCREASING THE BUDGET, BUT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TRANSFERS TO CAPITAL THAT ENTIRE 2.4 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH OVER THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, AS THE CHAIR HAD MENTIONED, WAS IN OUR GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A LIST OF REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, GO ARE AS MUCH AS CUTTING POSITIONS TO TRANSFERRING OVER TO A MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES, SUCH AS THE FIRST ONE WHERE STAFF IN A CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER THAT ARE MORE APPROPRIATELY FUNDED FROM PARKING. 
          BUT THE NEXT SEVERAL ONES ARE ELIMINATION OF POSITIONS, UH, SOME OF WHICH ARE FILLED WITH EMPLOYEES, SOME OF WHICH ARE OPEN, SOME OF WHICH ARE FILLED WITH TEMPORARY STAFF. 
          WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE THESE FROM? SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, FROM ONE OF MY DEPARTMENTS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ELIMINATION OF THE CASHIERING WINDOW HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          WE HAVE A CASHIERING WINDOW RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE 1755 CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. 
          AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE. 
          UH, NEXT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS, UH, RIGHT SIZING THE GEO BOND TEAM FROM A FOUR PERSON TEAM TO A TWO PERSON TEAM. 
          UH, NEXT IS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, A SENIOR GIS ANALYST POSITION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY VACANT. 
          UH, NEXT IS A VACANT POSITION IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER, UH, FOR A CSR, THE NEXT, OR A FEW PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          THE, UH, RECOMMENDED FROM THE ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO CUT $100,000 FROM THE MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO APPRAISALS ASSESSMENTS, AUDITS, AND MARKET STUDIES. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA CUT IN HA WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT CUT IN HALF. 
          UH, GRANT CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE GRANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION. 
          I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS RECOMMENDING IT BASED ON THE STATE OF THE GRANTS THAT ARE COMING OUTTA THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH ARE VERY LIMITED AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE NEXT ONE YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS AND SLIDES RELATED TO OUR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE LOOKED AT, UH, THAT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GONNA REALLY PRIORITIZE WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE HIGHEST AND, AND BEST USE OF SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ALONG WITH OUR CLEANLINESS PROGRAM, UH, ASSESSMENTS, UH, THE THREE GARAGE RELATED RELATED, THE CLEANLINESS, THE, THE CONDITION OF THE RESTROOMS, THE ATTENDANT AND OUR TROLLEY SECRET SHOPPER. 
          BUT THE OTHER ONES THE SECRET, GENERAL SECRET SHOPPER, SIDEWALK, CAFE, RESTROOM, UH, AND BEACHFRONT CONCESSIONAIRE WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE, AND THAT WOULD SAVE RECURRING DOLLARS. 
          WE HAVE A SMALL REDUCTION RECOMMENDED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RELATED TO FUNDING ON THE COMMERCIAL LEASE SUBSIDY PROGRAM, BUT STILL WOULD LEAVE SOME DOLLARS. 
          AND THE NEXT, WE HAVE A FEW PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION. 
          THESE WERE, UH, ONES FROM A PRIOR COMMISSION THAT WERE APPROVED. 
          THESE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN RUN AT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR A COUPLE YEARS, SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE, UH, ELIMINATING THE FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          UH, OUR RESIDENT GUIDE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA PRINT UP A NUMBER OF COPIES DURING, FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE TO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH OUR ONLINE ONE AND, AND, AND STOP FURTHER PRINTING OF THAT. 
          WE DO ABOUT A 10% CUT IN OUR PAID COLLEGE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR SAVE $20,000. 
          UH, NEXT IS, CAN I ASK ABOUT THAT? YEAH. 
          UM, AND SORT OF CATCH YOU OFF GUARD. 
          I TRIED PREPARING LIST OF QUESTIONS, UH, LAST EVENING, BUT IT'S ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN THE DAY. 
          UM, WHAT IS OUR PENETRATION RATE FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HIRED FULL-TIME OUT OF THE, UH, COLLEGE INTERN PROGRAM? ANY IDEA? UH, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF HEAD OF HR HAS THAT. 
          I KNOW WE LOOKED AT THAT RECENTLY. 
          I CAN SPEAK ANECDOTALLY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUDGET, UH, HIRED RECENTLY. 
          MOST RECENT INTERN. 
          YEAH. 
          TWO OFF THE, MAYBE THREE THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IN FINANCE, WE'VE HAD OURS. 
          I'VE HIRED ONE OF OUR INTERNS. 
          WE TRIED TO HIRE ANOTHER ONE. 
          THIS JUST THE FIELD GOOD PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A NO, IT, IT IS A, IT IS A TUNNEL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT. 
          IT IS A TUNNEL TO THAT. 
          HI, DOCTOR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          HOW ARE YOU? UH, IN THE LAST, I'D SAY, UH, 18 MONTHS, WE'VE HIRED ABOUT 14 OUT OF HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE DO, WE HIRE APPROXIMATELY 13 TO 15 PAID INTERNS EACH SEMESTER. 
          YEP. 
          SO, UM, I ALWAYS SAY TO THE STUDENTS AND THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE STARS NEED TO ALIGN, MEANING THE STUDENT IS GRADUATING POSITION IS OPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'D SAY WE ARE DOING VERY WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT IF WE'RE STILL GOING TO KEEP THIS IN PLACE AT, AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL, THAT IT IS A PIPELINE FOR TALENT COMING INTO OUR CITY. 
          IT'S, YES. 
          YES. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION 
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TO REMOVE ONE OF THE FOUR, UH, SENIOR PROGRAMS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WOULD SAVE $18,000 ON A RECURRING BASIS. 
          UH, NEXT IS MORE ABOUT THE EXCELLENT ASSESSOR PROGRAM, UH, $13,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND RELATED TO THE OMB DEPARTMENT, MOVING THEIR COST ALLOCATION PLAN FROM AN ANNUAL ANALYSIS TO A THREE YEAR CYCLE. 
          WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          THE, THE SENIOR PROGRAMMING AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST, I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS THE BEST USE OF OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. 
          UH, AND PERHAPS IT'S NOT A VERY POLITICALLY POPULAR THING TO SAY. 
          UM, BUT I REALLY, I, I JUST, I FEEL THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO FIND PEOPLE TO SPONSOR THIS, TO SUPPORT THIS, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO STUFF FOR SENIORS THAT IS NOT USING OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS FOR IT. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, I JUST, I DON'T LIKE HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS INITIATED, UH, YEARS AGO, IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS FOR THE GOOD OF THE SENIORS THAT NEEDED SOCIALIZING. 
          NOW, IF IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT'S PEOPLE WANTING TO BENEFIT FROM THE SENIORS, PEOPLE WHO, WHO JUST LIKE OVERWHELM THE SENIORS, SUFFOCATE THE SENIORS, LIKE TRYING TO JUST GET IN THEIR FACE AND JUST, JUST OVERWHELM THEM WITH MATERIALS AND STUFF. 
          AND IT'S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT I WANT TO SEE THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS BEING USED, AND IT'S NOT HOW I FEEL. 
          THE SENIORS SHOULD BE TREATED. 
          THEY SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE TREATED, I FEEL LIKE, AS, AS A TOOL. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S, I'M CONCERNED THAT OUR, THAT, THAT THESE EVENTS CREATED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS WITH STAFF THAT REALLY DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO ORGANIZE THESE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THE SENIORS. 
          THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THEN USE IT FOR THE WRONG PURPOSES. 
          AND I WOULD SAY I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED WITH DOING AWAY WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE FOUR EVENTS. 
          AND, AND COMMISSIONER, I IKO YOUR SENTIMENTS. 
          I CAN REMEMBER AS A CANDIDATE WALKING TO MY FIRST ONE, AND I GRABBED THE MAYOR AT THE TIME AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I SAID, WHAT THE  IS THIS? I, I, THIS IS EXPLOITATION. 
          AND FULL DISCLOSURE, I, I WAS AT A SENIOR EVENT LAST EVENING, AND IT DID TAKE A DIFFERENT FEEL. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I WAS HANDING OUT CARDS. 
          I'M NOT UP FOR REELECTION, BUT SAYING WHAT WE'RE UP TO. 
          AND IT IS, IT IS ABOUT STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE. 
          I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF STILL PROVIDING THAT. 
          SO, SO SOCIALIZATION ASPECT, UM, AND STILL HAVING THREE EVENTS, WE FOUND SOME COST, UH, EFFICIENCIES THERE. 
          UH, BUT I'D BE SUPPORTIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID ROLL BACK IN A COST EFFICIENT MANNER. 
          IF YOU WANT TO WORK TO PUT SOME PARAMETERS IN PLACE SO WE CAN GET BACK TO THE TRUE SPIRIT INTENT AND NATURE OF WHAT THIS EVENT SHOULD BE. 
          I'D BE ALL FOR SUPPORTING THAT. 
          AND I, I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YESTERDAY I WAS INTENDING ON GOING THERE. 
          AND THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I WAS THINKING, THIS IS AN EVENT USED CR CREATED WITH THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. 
          AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, AND IT'S LIKE, I, I FEEL I AM A CANDIDATE SEEKING REELECTION. 
          I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE GOING THERE AND CREATING A PERCEPTION THAT WHILE I'M THERE AS A COMMISSIONER, THAT I AM THERE TO BENEFIT MY REELECTION EFFORTS USING THE TAXPAYER'S RESOURCES, AN EVENT ORGANIZED BY CITY STAFF USING THE PUBLIC'S DOLLARS. 
          AND IT'S WHY I DIDN'T GO THERE LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO CREATE THAT PERCEPTION THAT I AM GOING THERE TO, TO BENEFIT FROM AN EVENT THAT SHOULD BE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE SENIORS, NOT FOR THE POLITICS OF THE CITY. 
          AND SO, AND SO, I JUST, I JUST HAVE MY OWN VIEWS ON IT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CUTTING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON IT. 
          I THINK THAT THERE ARE STILL WAYS FOR US TO PROVIDE GREAT VALUABLE PROGRAMMING TO THE SENIORS THAT PERHAPS THEY WILL ENJOY EVEN MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING SWAMPED AND OVERWHELMED BY PEOPLE THAT WANT SOMETHING FROM THEM. 
          WE DO THINGS, MR. CHAIR, WE DO THINGS FOR, FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, EXPECTING NOTHING BACK IN RETURN FROM THEM. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT, THAT ULTIMATELY WE CAN GIVE THEM A SETTING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INSULATED FROM THAT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK COMMISSIONER BIDEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. 
          UH, 
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THOSE EVENTS ARE VERY OVERWHELMING AND, UM, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THE SENIORS FEEL AS WELL, UM, HAVING ALL OF THAT GOING ON. 
          UM, ONE THING I WILL, I DO WANNA CLARIFY IS THAT WHILE WE'RE SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, THE COST OF THESE EVENTS ARE WITHIN THE SODEXO AND CONVENTION CENTER CONTRACT. 
          AND THE MONIES THAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE BUDGET ARE FOR THE BUSES AND A ADDITIONAL ITEMS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 
          UM, I AM ALL FOR, UH, REVAMPING THIS TO GETTING BACK TO THE TRUE SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS WAS MEANT TO BE. 
          AND SINCE COVID, WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO THE SENIOR BUILDINGS, UH, AND THEY'RE HAVING PARTIES IN THEIR BUILDINGS AGAIN. 
          UH, SO THERE'S LESS RELIANCE ON THESE HUGE, MASSIVE CONVENTION CENTER EVENTS AS OPPOSED TO THE INTIMATE ONES. 
          COMMISSIONER, SORRY. 
          YEAH. 
          IF I, IF I CAN SPEAK. 
          SO LAST NIGHT WE HAD A GREAT EVENT. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, I, I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED AT, AT, AT, AT THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION. 
          LITERALLY, I HAD SENIOR, I WALKED AROUND, NOT ONLY DID DID I, I STAYED FOR TWO HOURS LAST NIGHT, WALKED AROUND TO EVERY SINGLE TABLE. 
          I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF SENIORS WHO SAID MAYOR, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR CITY. 
          BUT THEY WERE TALKING TO ME, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 
          IT'S LITERALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR YEAR TO COME TOGETHER. 
          IT'S VERY LONELY FOR THE SENIORS. 
          WE'RE TALKING $18,000. 
          WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT IT WAS PULLED, I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, YOU DO A WEDDING FOR 700 PEOPLE, IT COSTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, $18,000, AND WE ARE PROVIDING SOMETHING THAT IS LITERALLY THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY DONE FOUR TIMES A YEAR. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MEANINGFUL. 
          IT'S WELL SPENT. 
          AND, UH, I I REALLY, I I, I WILL PUSH TO THE MAT ON, ON THIS ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, MR. CHAIR. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          COMMISSIONER BOTT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO AS, AS, UH, I'M SURE YOU ALL RECALL, I SPONSORED LEGISLATION, UM, SHORTLY AFTER BEING ELECTED TO REALLY CUT BACK, UH, THE EGREGIOUS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. 
          SO WE'VE SEEN THE, THE, THE, UM, THE OF, UH, OFFENSIVE LEVEL OF GLAD HANDING, UM, AND, AND PEOPLE ROLLING IN WITH HAND TRUCKS FULL OF CASES OF THINGS TO GIVE AWAY, IN SOME CASES QUITE EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, THAT HAS GONE AWAY. 
          AND THAT IS, THAT IS DEFINITELY BETTER. 
          UM, I THINK ACTUALLY REDUCING IT FROM FOUR TO TO THREE MAKES THEM EVEN MORE SPECIAL. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT GIVEN THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY, THAT THE, UM, THAT COMES OUT OF OUR BUDGET AND THE BIG AMOUNT OF JOY THAT IT SPREADS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SENIOR POPULATION WHERE WE KNOW LONELINESS AND LACK OF COMMUNITY, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF WHAT CAN BE THE BEGINNING OF, OF A REALLY UNFORTUNATE CHAIN OF EVENTS. 
          I MEAN, OUR PRIOR, UM, SURGEON GENERAL WROTE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE, THE DEBIL, THE DEBILITATING HEALTH EFFECTS OF LONELINESS, AND THAT IT IS AN EPIDEMIC RAMPANT IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND THIS IS A VERY SMALL COST TO HELP, UM, STAVE OFF SOME OF THAT. 
          I'M, I'M VERY OKAY WITH GOING DOWN TO THREE. 
          I THINK IT MAKES THEM EVEN MORE SPECIAL, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LEAD THE CHARGE ON PUTTING FORTH LEGISLATION THAT BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU'RE NOT A SENIOR, UM, OR A CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIAL, MEANING, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING AND, UH, THE CITY AND GOING OUT TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING THERE. 
          I THINK THE, THE THING THAT IS SO WILDLY OFFENSIVE IS HAVING PEOPLE, AND NOT JUST PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COMMISSION, WE HAD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICES SHOWING UP, UM, AS IF IT WAS THEIR, THEIR RIGHT TO IMPINGE ON WHAT SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN, UM, EVENT FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR, IN, IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND NOT A, A POLITICAL MAELSTROM. 
          SO I'M, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH KEEPING IT AT THREE. 
          I'M NOT SO KEEN ON CUTTING IT. 
          I MEAN, FOR THE 60 GRAND THAT WE'D BE SAVING, I THINK WE COULD EASILY FIND THAT PLENTY OF OTHER PLACES AND, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, BUT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL CONTINUE TO SHUT DOWN POLITICAL, UH, ELECTIONEERING, UM, ASPECTS OF IT EVEN TIGHTER THAN WE HAVE ALREADY. 
          OKAY. 
          BY THE WAY, I, I, I HAVE TO SAY, THE CITY HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY SEPTEMBER COULD BE A, A DIFFERENT, UH, A DIFFERENT ISSUE AS WE GET CLOSER. 
          BUT LAST NIGHT THERE WERE SEVERAL CANDIDATES, UM, AND THE CITY HAS MADE IT A POINT THAT YOU CANNOT BRING THE MATERIALS IN THAT IT STAYS OUTSIDE. 
          UM, I, I, I ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY TO SAY, I DON'T THINK THIS HAS 
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ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTION. 
          NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTION. 
          AND I, AND ANYONE WHO VOTES AGAINST THIS, I WOULD, I WOULD TELL YOU, YOU GO LOOK AT THE SENIORS IN THE FACE AND TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THIS EVENT IN SEPTEMBER. 
          Y YOU KNOW WHAT I I, I DO THINK WE'RE, I DON'T WANNA SAY CONFLATING, UH, SEVERAL ISSUES, BUT I AGREE THAT THIS IS A VERY MEANINGFUL EVENT. 
          IN FACT, IT IS THE TRUE REASON WHY I BRING MY DAUGHTERS, BECAUSE WHEN I GO AND VISIT REBECCA TOWER AFTER THESE EVENTS, THEY DON'T ASK ABOUT ME. 
          THEY ASK ABOUT HER. 
          THEY REMEMBERED HER FROM, FROM THESE EVENTS. 
          BUT I THINK WE'RE SOMEWHAT SULLIED ON IT BECAUSE WE SEE SOME OF THIS ELECTIONEERING THAT GOES ON. 
          UM, SO PERHAPS THE PATH IS PERHAPS WE KEEP IT IN PLACE, BUT WE REALLY PUT THESE PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT IS ALLOWED AND IS NOT ALLOWED AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND WHAT IS NOT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK THE LAST TWO TIMES, UH, OBVIOUSLY AS WE GOT, 'CAUSE WE HAD ONE IN, UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN JUNE? UM, NO, A LITTLE EARLIER. 
          I THINK IT WAS MAY, MAY, BUT THIS OBVIOUSLY WE GOT A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS SMOOTH. 
          THERE WAS SEVERAL CANDIDATES. 
          THEY WERE WALKING AROUND, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR MATERIALS WITH THEM. 
          IT WAS ALL DONE OUTSIDE PEOPLE. 
          I, I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. 
          IT USED TO GET, UH, A LITTLE BIT, BUT I, I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY THAT IS SO MEANINGFUL TO SENIORS BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT CANDIDATES. 
          AND I THINK THE CITY, AGAIN, WILL, CAN, HAS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL IT. 
          SO JUST TO, I GUESS TO, TO CLOSE OUT ON THIS ITEM, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONSENSUS. 
          'CAUSE IT WAS A BIT BACK AND FORTH. 
          I, I THINK THERE WAS A CONSENSUS TO CONTINUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AS IS OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE MORE DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER, UH, TO RESOLVE THAT IF THERE IS ANY MORE. 
          BUT IF I KIND OF THINK BY CONSENSUS IT WAS TO CONTINUE LEAVING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AS IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THE RECOMMENDATION OF THREE? YEAH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT, UH, UNANIMOUS. 
          UH, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OVERALL CONSENSUS THAT, AND AGAIN, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO HEAR EVERYONE'S GIVE AN ANSWER. 
          LET'S PUT PUT EVERYONE ON THE RECORD. 
          WELL, I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I, I STATED WHAT I, WHAT I BELIEVE, I DON'T LIKE THE, PER THE PERCEPTION THAT IT CREATES, THE PERCEPTION THAT IT CREATES IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT AN EVENT IS BEING CREATED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, WHICH IS NOT THE REASON WHY THIS EVENT IS CREATED, BUT THAT IS THE PERCEPTION THAT IS CREATED. 
          UH, AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT PERCEPTION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THE EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT OUR SENIORS ARE, ARE HAVING. 
          UH, AND I DO THINK THAT, THAT SENIORS DO GET OVERWHELMED WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP BECAUSE, NOT US. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK WE ALL GENERALLY CARE ABOUT THE SENIORS. 
          UH, AND WE GO HISTORICALLY, WHETHER WE'RE UP FOR REELECTION OR NOT, BUT THEN PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP ONLY WHEN THEY'RE UP FOR ELECTIONS AND THEN THEY DISAPPEAR. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TREAT SENIORS. 
          AND I, AND SO, AND SO I HAVE, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          IF WE CAN CONTINUE DOING STUFF FOR SENIORS, TAKING THEM ON FIELD TRIPS, TAKING THEM TO SHOWS, TAKING THEM TO ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY ARE INSULATED FROM PEOPLE, OVERWHELMING THEM FROM THEIR ENJOYMENT, IT CAN'T BE ENJOY. 
          IT CAN'T BE, THEY, THEY CAN'T ENJOY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS, LOOKING TO SNAP A SELFIE WITH 'EM, LOOKING TO USE 'EM FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I DON'T LIKE. 
          I WANT THE, I WANT US TO HAVE THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE SENIORS, BUT I WANT THEM TO BE INSULATED FROM, FROM, FROM THIS OVERWHELMING POLITICAL ACTIVITY. 
          UH, AND, AND THAT'S, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT I WANT. 
          I WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING THEIR ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, I WANT, I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HAVING ACCESS TO US BECAUSE WE FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY NEED, WHETHER IT BE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, WHETHER IT BE HOUSING ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE, WHETHER IT BE FOOD INSECURITY ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE. 
          WE FIND OUT A LOT BY HAVING THAT PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SENIORS. 
          BUT THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE PART TO IT, WHICH ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST SHOW UP TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SENIORS IN A VERY POLITICAL WAY, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT WORTHY OF THE SENIORS WHO WE SERVE. 
          SO, I I I GUESS THE, I'M SORRY. 
          I GUESS THE, THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE SENIORS. 
          IF THAT'S THE CASE, BY THE WAY, I, I, I NEVER LOOKED AT IT QUITE THAT WAY. 
          UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I WAS, I WAS A CANDIDATE TWO YEARS AGO AND, AND THERE WERE THINGS BEING DONE INSIDE THERE BY OTHER CANDIDATES THAT WERE LIKE, JUST SHOCKING . 
          AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS IT COST THEM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO WHAT THEY DID. 
          TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 
          I WON'T MENTION THE NAME, AND THE SENIORS WERE TURNED OFF. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THAT BEING SAID, THAT IS NOW PROHIBITED. 
          YOU COULDN'T DO THAT UNDER THE CURRENT RULES. 
          AND ALSO PEOPLE TALK WITH THEIR FEET. 
          THE SENIORS DIDN'T WANNA SHOW UP. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHOW UP. 
          IT'S 
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A VOLUNTARY DINNER, AND WE GET SEVEN, 800 PEOPLE COMING TO THE DINNER. 
          SO IT MEANS THEY WANT TO BE THERE. 
          I I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD TAKE THIS, UH, AT, AT A, AT A REALLY, IN MY OPINION, DEMON HAVE THIS. 
          CAUSE I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU, I CAN'T PROMISE I'LL DO IT IF THIS, IF THIS GETS, IF THIS GETS CUT BY OUR COMMISSION, I'M GONNA WORK WITH YOU ERIC. 
          AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THROUGH ME. 
          I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THROUGH ANYBODY WHO'S A VENDOR. 
          NO CONFLICTS. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO RAISE THIS MONEY PRIVATELY AND MAKE SURE THIS DINNER HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING I'M TELLING YOU. 
          I HEARD OVER AND OVER LAST NIGHT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN THEIR EIGHTIES AND NINETIES WHO ARE TELLING ME, MAYOR, THIS IS SO MEANINGFUL TO ME. 
          I DON'T GET OUT THAT MUCH. 
          I DON'T GET TO SEE, I GET TO SEE MY FRIENDS. 
          I GET A BUS THAT PICKS ME UP AND TAKES ME THERE FOR $18,000. 
          WERE DEPRIVING THEM OF THAT. 
          I WILL, THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE NO MATTER WHAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE MAKE A MOTION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          I'LL THROW IT OUT THERE TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT THIS, BUT WE'LL, ACTUALLY I WOULD. 
          THERE'S NO, OKAY, SO INFORMALLY JUST MAKING SENSE. 
          MAKE A MOTION, UH, KEEP TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE RECOMMENDATION LIST OF COST EFFICIENCIES WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE WILL FIND WAYS TO FURTHER INSULATE THEM FROM, UH, ELECTIONEERING. 
          THIS SHOULD, THIS POLITICALLY FREE ZONE. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE SHOULD BE NO POLITICS GOING ON. 
          THIS IS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE SENIORS, NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. 
          PERIOD. 
          END OF STORY. 
          THIS IS GOOD FOR SENIORS, NOT GOOD FOR, AND I'LL SUPPORT THAT 100%. 
          I HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE AS WELL. 
          LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT WORKED WELL. 
          THE ONE BEFORE WAS A DISASTER. 
          THERE WERE CANDIDATES IN THERE THAT HADN'T EVEN FILED YET, AND WERE RUNNING AROUND WITH VIDEOGRAPHER. 
          AND, UH, IT, IT WAS A DISASTER. 
          IT REALLY LEFT A BAD TASTE IN THE SENIOR'S MOUTH. 
          I DIDN'T LIKE ANY BIT OF IT. 
          AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THIS FROM FOUR TO THREE, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASN'T RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU SPONSORED AND I CO-SPONSORED TO EXPAND THE FREEBIE, UH, FOR THE SENIOR BUILDINGS. 
          I'D RATHER THAT $18,000 GO TO EXPAND, GIVING THEM ACCESS TO WALMART AND GOING TO PUBLIX AND GOING TO THE DOCTOR. 
          OH, THE BUS. 
          BUS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          THE SHUTTLE BUS. 
          THE SHUTTLE BUS. 
          UH, THE SHUTTLE BUS. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, THAT, THAT, I'M GONNA BRING THAT UP NEXT, UH, SOON TOO. 
          MR. CHAIR? YES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, REQUEST TO SPEAK. 
          GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. 
          HI. 
          I WOULD JUST AGREE, I, I SECOND JOE'S MOTION IF I WERE THERE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CUT IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY GET DRESSED UP IN LIKE, FULL BLOWN DELAWARE. 
          IT'S SOMEPLACE THAT THEY HAVE TO GO. 
          THEY GET DRESSED UP. 
          IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S AN EVENT THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD TO. 
          I DON'T MIND THE DEMOCRATIC, YOU KNOW, CAMPAIGNING ASPECT OF IT EITHER. 
          I MEAN, IT'S PART OF OUR CULTURE, UH, SINCE I STARTED IN POLITICS AND WE USED TO HAVE MASSIVE, UH, BINGO NIGHTS ALL THE TIME. 
          SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THESE HUGE SENIOR EVENTS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S OVERWHELMING AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND THERE'S 700 PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, BUT, BUT I AGREE. 
          I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T MIND IF WE DO IT QUARTERLY. 
          UM, AND EVEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF WE FUND, UH, ANY BUST THAT THEY NEED, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO RETIRE. 
          AND I LOVE OUR VIBRANT SENIOR COMMUNITY. 
          AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SENIORS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          I SEE SENIORS FROM ACROSS MIAMI BEACH OF EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC AND EVERY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ATTENDING THESE EVENTS, AND THEY REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 
          SO, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THEM, BUT I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY ELSE'S CONCERNS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS OVERWHELMING. 
          IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          I GUESS MY, I ASK MY PARENTS IF THEY WERE GONNA COME, THEY SAID, COME WITH YOU OR COME TO SIT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND ENJOY THE EVENT AS SENIORS. 
          THEY KIND OF, UH, GOT A LITTLE OFFENDED BY THAT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, SO IF I, IF I CAN SHARE. 
          SO I THINK HEARING, IT SEEMS THE CONSENSUS IS TO NOT ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND WE'LL FIND THAT $18,000 OFF THERE. 
          CAVEAT I HAVE WITH THAT IS OPENING PANDORA'S BOX FOR THEN NOT ACCEPTING THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE I CAME IN HERE WHEN YOU'LL ACCEPT ALL YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND PUSH FORWARD FOR EVEN MORE. 
          UH, SO I'M REALLY GOING TO TRY AND, UH, DRAW THAT LINE THAT THIS DOESN'T OPEN PANDORA'S BOX, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE COULD GO LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM THROUGH EVERY ENHANCEMENT, EVERY EFFICIENCY REDUCTION, AND FIND MED IN ALL OF THEM. 
          UH, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND STICK THE COURSE HERE BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU AND YOUR TEAMS HAVE DONE SUCH HARD WORK IN IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD WITH, UH, FURTHER WAYS HOW WE'RE GONNA SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT BEING A RECURRING COST, WE'RE GONNA DO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS TO, TO FIND SOME RECURRING DOLLARS SO WE CAN BRING THE PRESENTATION BACK UP SO WE CAN CONTINUE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO, UH, JUST TO CONTINUE ON, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE END OF THIS, UH, SLIDE, UH, MISCELLANEOUS PARKS PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, A RIGHT SIZING, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BUDGET. 
          WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY PERHAPS OTHER SAVINGS TO COVER THE 18. 
          JOHN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DID. 
          RIGHT? THAT IS HOW A BUDGET ANALYSIS 
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SHOULD WORK. 
          SO YOU LAID OUT LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM. 
          HERE IS THE SPECIFICS OF EACH PROGRAM, AND HERE'S THE COST. 
          YOU DECIDE WHAT IS IMPORTANT, WHAT IS NOT, AND WHERE THE BANK FOR THE BUCK IS. 
          I, I THOUGHT YOU DID FANTASTIC. 
          SO IF THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK, BUT REALLY LOOK TO WHAT THE PARKS AND REC DID. 
          UM, IT, IT PUT FORWARD THE FULL MENU, AND YOU JUST SAID, HERE, YOU DECIDE. 
          HERE'S JUST KIND OF IN VERY VANILLA TERMS. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE, AND THE GENERAL FUND RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES IS FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, STILL CONTINUING WITH THE SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAM, BUT THEY, THEY CAN RIGHT SIZE THAT BUDGET A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO WHAT THAT, IF YOU ADD ALL OF THAT UP, IT ADDS AROUND $1.34 MILLION IN 26 AND ALMOST 1.5 MILLION, UH, RECURRING IN 27. 
          INCREDIBLE. 
          SO THAT'S HELPING TOWARDS THE 27 NUMBER CHAIR. 
          I KNOW AS, AS WE HAD SPOKE ABOUT, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY, MR. CFO, UM, BUT IN, UH, IN ATTACHMENT A, WE HAD THE RECOMMENDED RECURRING EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS, EFFICIENCIES, UH, THE POLICE ALSO PUT FORWARD A REDUCTION POSSIBILITY THAT I BELIEVE THE STAFF ADOPTED. 
          I DIDN'T SEE ON THERE. 
          WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT YET. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'LL BE COMING UP IN THE RESORT TAX AREA. 
          SO TO FINISH OUT, UH, THE GENERAL FUND, SO NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD ABOUT, UH, A NINE, $850,000 IN RECURRING MONEY THAT, UH, WE HAD AS A SURPLUS. 
          AND THEN AFTER WE'VE MADE THESE CUTS, UH, NOW WE'RE REPURPOSING THOSE DOLLARS. 
          SO WE FEEL OUR, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION, UH, COMMISSION PRIORITY AND, AND IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY APPROVED. 
          UH, FIRST IS, IS A ONE TIME ITEM RELATED TO THE HIGH VISIBILITY DETAIL THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT AT A $1.8 MILLION ONE-TIME, UH, UH, LEVEL. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY AGAIN IN 27. 
          THE NEXT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECURRING ITEMS, SOME OF WHICH WE'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT FOR. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THAT BIG ITEM RELATED TO THE PROPERTY EVIDENCE OFFSITE STORAGE FACILITY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT WAS A MID-YEAR, UH, CONTRACT EXECUTION THAT, THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO FUND. 
          NEXT WAS A, UH, SO MR. CFO AND APOLOGIES, UM, I COULD GET INTO THIS FURTHER OFFLINE. 
          SO THAT'S A CONTRACT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT'S A LEASE AND THAT'LL BE $500,000 PER YEAR FOR INCREASE, CORRECT. 
          THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO RELATED TO THE OFFSITE, UH, STORAGE. 
          AND IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, YEAH, YOU CAN SPEAK WITH, UH, WITH THE CHIEF AND HE CAN, HE CAN DETAIL OUT THE, WHAT THEY DO AT THAT FACILITY. 
          UH, SO NEXT IS THE, UH, WAS I THINK THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION JUST RECENTLY, REALLY TO THE, UH, FUSS REALTIME OPERATIONS PLATFORM THAT'LL INTEGRATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. 
          UH, NEXT, I KNOW THIS WAS AN ITEM WE SPOKE ABOUT IN, IN SEVERAL OF THE BRIEFINGS. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALMOST A, I THINK IT'S ALMOST A THOUSAND CAMERAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE LPRS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY FUND OPERATION, THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE CAMERAS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF FUNDING SOURCE IN THERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF ESTIMATING MAYBE ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR. 
          THAT MAY BE AN AREA WE CAN LOOK AT IF WE, IF WE HAVE TO. 
          UH, THE NEXT, UM, IT HAS A, A SLIDE COMING UP FURTHER IS A FIRE PROTECTION RADIO SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. 
          AND WHAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ON THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, IS THAT THIS IS A, A REQUIREMENT BASED ON THE, AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE. 
          SO THE STATE HAS A NEW LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT REQUIRES THAT HIGH RISES AND NEW BUILDINGS GET THIS, UH, ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REVIEW BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THIS POSITION WOULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND DO ALL OF THIS WORK. 
          IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          UH, WE, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO OFFSET THIS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DEFICIT, IS TO IMPOSE A NEW, UH, INSPECTION FEE. 
          IT WOULD BE THE SAME EXACT RATE THAT THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS ALREADY CHARGING FOR THIS EXACT SAME SERVICE. 
          SO WE'D BE OFFSET. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE COMING BACK FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE'D BRINGING FOR, UH, IN ORDINANCE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS TO GET THAT THING, UH, IMPLEMENTED AND OPERATIONAL FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE THAT'S LISTED RECURRING, WE'RE ONLY HAVING FOUND ONE TIME DOLLARS FOR, AND THIS IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR SERVICES AT A, A RATE OF $80,000. 
          AND THE LAST ONE WAS A COMMISSION, UH, UH, RESOLUTION PRIORITY WAS THE, THE PURCHASE AND KEEP UP OF 10 ADVANCED MOBILE LPRS, UH, FOR CAR VIDEO, UH, IN THE CAR VIDEO CONTRACT. 
          SO THAT'S AROUND, UH, $3 MILLION IN TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING OF WHICH 1.1, 1.2 IS ON A RECURRING BASIS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND YEAR IS ONLY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND THEN I WANNA CONTINUE ON IN CLEANLINESS. 
          I WANT TO JUST DWELL A LITTLE BIT ON THAT VERY FIRST LINE. 
          AND I'M RELATED TO SIDEWALK AND ASPHALT ROOM REPLACEMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, WE TALKED VERY MUCH AT OUR BRIEFINGS ABOUT THIS. 
          AND, AND I THINK IT REALLY GOT HIGHLIGHTED AT THE JUNE, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP RELATED TO CAPITAL ABOUT THE, THE NEED OF THE COMMISSION AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO PUT ASIDE DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT OF OUR ASSETS. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDING OUR SIDEWALKS AND ASPHALT REPLACEMENT THROUGH THE GEO BOND THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS BACK IN 2018. 
          IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO, 
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THOSE FUNDS WILL RUN OUT, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER KIND OF A TRANCHE THAT WILL BE ADDED ONTO OUR ALREADY EXISTING FACILITIES TO FUND. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS, IS KIND OF TWOFOLD. 
          ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING CHAIR, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          I'M ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. 
          WE'LL BE DISCUSSING SOME DISCUSSIONS ON SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN AUGUST BAC IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THEN WE'LL RETURN TO FERC TO AVAIL SOME OF THOSE POSSIBLE FUNDING, UH, SOURCES IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE SEED MONEY AND HAVE RECURRING DOLLARS OF $360,000 SET ASIDE IN A NEW, UH, SIDEWALK AND ASPHALT ROOM AND REPLACEMENT FUND. 
          WE THINK THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT ON A RECURRING BASIS TO REALLY GET US READY FOR THE FUTURE. 
          UH, THE NEXT IS TO CONTINUE THE PILOT PROJECT THAT WAS RESTARTED, PARDON ME, RELATED TO THE UNIT ADD, UH, BATHROOMS TO START THAT JANITORIAL SERVICE. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, THAT, UH, SERVICE CONTINUE. 
          UH, NEXT IN EDUCATION, UH, THIS IS A ONE TIME IS TO CONTINUE, WHICH WE STARTED THIS YEAR WAS PUT $30,000 TOWARDS THE RESIDENT MIAMI D COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S KIND OF A BANG FOR YOUR BUCK ON THREE TO ONE. 
          WE GET MATCHED AT THE CHAMBER LEVEL AND AT THE FOUNDATION LEVEL. 
          SO THAT BRINGS IN ALMOST, YOU KNOW, I THINK AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TOTAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT ON A ONE-TIME BASIS. 
          AND WE CAN REVISIT THAT AGAIN, UH, NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE A LIST OF OTHER ENHANCEMENTS. 
          ONE IS THE ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN M DURING CAPITAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHERE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SET ASIDE THAT $35,000 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PARKVIEW ISLAND GARDEN PROJECT, ONE TIME THROUGH PARKS. 
          SO WE DID THAT. 
          UH, NEXT IS RELATED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF RECORD STORAGE. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY SELF-FUNDED THROUGH THEIR TECHNOLOGY FUND, SO THIS WILL BE COVERED IN THERE. 
          ANOTHER ONE IS A COMMISSION OF PRIORITY WAS A, JUST A ONE TIME $5,000 GRANT TO, FOR THE OPEN HEART, UH, INCORPORATED. 
          SO WE HAVE THAT FUNDED IN THERE. 
          AND THEN RECURRING ALL, AND I THINK IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, TO THE CHAIR'S PERSPECTIVE THAT HE HAD STATED AT THE BEGINNING IS A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE DIS COMMISSION'S PRIORITIES, BUT WE'RE ONLY BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED BY THE EFFICIENCIES AND CUTS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS WITHOUT THOSE CUTS. 
          SO I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          SO THIS, UH, INVOLVES THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, THOSE ARE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS. 
          SO THOUGH WE HAD FUNDED ON A ONE-TIME BASIS SUMMER CAMP AND THE SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR, THESE ARE IDENTIFYING RECURRING DOLLARS SO THAT THESE OPERATIONS CAN CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. 
          SO THIS WOULD, UH, SUPPLEMENT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO CONTINUE HAVING THE, THE SUMMER CAMP AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND INCLUDING THE $175,000 A YEAR FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          NEXT, UH, WAS A COMMISSION PRIORITY AND NO CHAIR OF YOURS. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION RELATED TO THIS. 
          UH, IT WAS HOPED TO HAVE UP TO $400,000 A RECURRING BASIS, A VERY TIGHT BUDGET, BUT WE DID IDENTIFY $120,000 ONE TIME, AND WE CAN REVISIT THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE TO SEE, TO ADD ON TO THE 80,000 THAT IS ALREADY RECURRING. 
          UH, NEXT WAS IT ALSO A COMMISSION ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSION A MONTH OR SO AGO, WAS TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION UP AT THE NORTHS, UH, THE, THE BAND SHELL. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. 
          UH, ALSO ANOTHER CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION OUTTA THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER FROM THE COLLINS PARK ART FORCE HOUSING WAS FOR US TO COVER THE GROUND FLOOR RENT SO THAT A, UM, A CULTURAL ANCHOR COULD BE IN THERE. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S MIAMI NEW DRAMA. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ANOTHER ONE, UH, RELATED TO COMMISSION WITH THE STYLE SAVES, WHICH HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, SO THIS ONE IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, WE FOUND RECURRING DOLLARS FOR. 
          AND THEN KIND OF WRAP THIS UP. 
          UH, THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE IS AN ORDINANCE SET BY THE COMMISSION THAT ALLOWS, UH, THE CONTRACTS TO FLOAT UP BY CPI. 
          SO WE HAVE THAT IN HERE. 
          UH, THE CHESS PROGRAM, UH, THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED WITH SOME ONE-TIME DOLLARS FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT HAVE RUN OUT. 
          SO THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO REAUTHORIZE THE DOLLARS. 
          WE DID IDENTIFY RECURRING DOLLARS. 
          WE FEEL THAT'S A GOOD, UH, PROGRAM FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA RECOMMEND $20,000 A YEAR RECURRING ON THAT. 
          UH, A DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST THAT, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP IS ONLY VERY SLIGHTLY FUNDED. 
          THE GENERAL FUND MOSTLY BEING SUPPORTED BY OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR GENERAL FUND ENHANCEMENT. 
          SO THAT TOTALS $4.4 MILLION ISH, OF WHICH ABOUT 1.9 MILLION IS ONE TIME, AND AROUND TWO AND A HALF MILLION IS IN THE RECURRING CATEGORY. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF ENHANCEMENTS, 4.2, $4.3 MILLION AND $3 MILLION OF THAT GOES TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          SO THIS SLIDE JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS WHAT JASON MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          THAT POSITION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADDING IN FIRE IS GONNA BE SUPPORTED BY AN ADDITIONAL FEE. 
          SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF THIS POSITION IS APPROVED, WILL BRING AN ORDINANCE LATER ON TO ADD THIS FEE. 
          AND AS JASON MENTIONED, THIS WOULD JUST MIRROR WHAT THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S ALREADY CHARGING AND IT'S, UH, $265 PER HOUR FOR INSPECTIONS. 
          THAT'S THE MAIN FEE. 
          UM, SO JUST GOING ON TO OUR REVENUE 
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REFINEMENTS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID BRING IN SOME MORE REVENUES ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE. 
          3.96 OF THAT IS FROM THE FY 24 YEAR END SURPLUS OVER AND ABOVE, OR RESERVES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING TRANSFERRING 607,000 FROM THE RESORT TAX FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THAT HELPED US TO BRING IN SOME MORE MONEY. 
          AND THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND? SO WE ARE TRANSFERRING 2.39 OVER TO CAPITAL. 
          THERE WERE SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WERE UNFUNDED WHEN WE MET BACK IN JUNE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ALL THE CRITICAL PROJECTS, THE, THE BIG PROJECTS, AND ALSO THE CAPITAL REVIEW AND REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED FIRST. 
          SO, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WE FUNDED WAS A WEST OF PHASE THREE. 
          IT'S THE ABOVE GROUND PORTION THAT IS FROM PEGO. 
          SO WE REALLY JUST NEEDED THAT PORTION TO FULLY FUND THE ABOVEGROUND PORTION. 
          THE STORMWATER SECTION IS ALREADY FUNDED. 
          SO THE ONLY, UM, UNFUNDED SECTION IS THE WATER AND SEWER, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS LATER ON IN THE YEAR. 
          UM, ALTON COURT ALLEY WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COMMISSION, SO WAS THE MARINE PARK DESIGN AND THE MERIDIAN AVENUE TRAFFIC COMMON. 
          SO WE TOOK SOME OF THE FUNDS WE HAD AVAILABLE AND FUNDED THOSE. 
          UM, THE MIAMI BEACH PD FIRING RANGE FILTRATION SYSTEM, THAT'S THE HVAC SYSTEM IN THEIR FIRING RANGE. 
          UH, ROOM, UH, HAD SOME FUNDING, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FULLY FUND IT. 
          SO THIS WOULD FULLY FUND THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THEN THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT FIRE STATION FOUR, WE WERE ABLE TO FULLY FUND IT. 
          THE THE LAST ONE IS THE MIAMI BEACH, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING UNIT. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE DONE OVER AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          WE HAD FUNDED 400,000 OFF THE 600,000 BUDGETS WE HAD REQUESTED A STATE APPROPRIATION, AND THAT GOT VETOED. 
          SO THAT 200,000, WE RECOMMENDED FUNDING SO THAT COULD MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPEAT OF THE SLIDE THAT YOU SAW AT THE TOP OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCING. 
          SO IF EVERYTHING WE HAD RECOMMENDED WAS, WAS ACCEPTED, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          UH, WE NOW HAVE A DEFICIT OF 18,000, BUT I AM SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE THAT WHOLE BEFORE WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER. 
          OH, I HAVE SOME NOISE. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          SO, WELL, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WELL BALANCED BUDGETS LESS 18,000. 
          UH, THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 5.9%. 
          UH, IF WE HAD NOT DONE ANY ENHANCEMENTS, WE WOULD'VE BEEN AT 4.8% WHEN, IF WE HADN'T DONE ENHANCEMENTS, DO YOU MEAN, UH, EFFICIENCIES? UH, NO. 
          IF WE JUST DID THE EFFICIENCIES AND NO ENHANCEMENTS, WE WOULD BE AT 4.8. 
          I GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, UM, JUST A, A QUESTION PROCEDURALLY ABOUT, UM, HOW, WHEN DURING THIS MEETING, UM, MAY I RAISE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDING THINGS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY FUNDED AND FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED HERE? I GUESS THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR JASON AND ERIC, IF I CAN, IF NOW IF IT'S SOMETHING RELATED TO GENERAL FUND AT THE END OF THE OPERATING, IT MIGHT BE BEST MAYBE AT THE VERY END OF OPERATING. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH RESORT TAX, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHER FUNDS TO SEE WHERE THOSE ARE, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF HAVE IT AND, AND, AND THERE. 
          AND THEN MAYBE THAT'S MAYBE THE BEST TIME TO TALK ABOUT, UM, ELEMENTS. 
          AND, AND HERE'S WHERE I'M THINKING, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FLUID. 
          WE, WE ALL CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S, I HAVE SOME THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT AS FURTHER EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE RAISED IN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I THINK WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, TASK THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CFO WITH FINDING FURTHER. 
          UM, WHEN WE GET INTO OTHER ENHANCEMENTS, WE NEED TO FIND MONEY BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, SOME OF THOSE ARE, RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS HOW TO RANK THOSE IN ORDER OF WHAT'S PRIORITIZED IF WE WOULD LIKE, BUT BEFORE WE FIND NEW MONEY FOR THOSE RIGHT. 
          THAT THEY'RE SEEMINGLY NOT ON THE TABLE. 
          UM, BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT THIS, CORRECT? YES. 
          UH, IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE ENDED UP AND THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A NEED FOR SOMETHING IN THE GENERAL FUND OR THE TEX OR SOME OTHER FUND, WE WOULD, SHOULD HAVE A DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE THOSE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES WOULD BE. 
          AND I KNOW CHAIRS YOU AND I DISCUSSED, IF IT'S RECURRING, IT'S GONNA BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 
          18,000, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT. 
          WE'LL PROBABLY CUT A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE ELSEWHERE. 
          ONE, ONE-TIME DOLLARS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE POSSIBLE. 
          SO IF THERE WAS ANY DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO ADDING SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE SOME KIND OF ONE-TIME, UH, ELEMENT. 
          AND, AND WHAT I DON'T WANNA GET INTO IS SITTING HERE JOCKEYING ABOUT, WELL, THIS ENHANCEMENT, UH, SHOULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THAT. 
          WE'RE SO LEAN ALREADY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 20 SOME MILLION DOLLARS OF REQUESTS, $5 MILLION FUNDED TO THE EXTENT WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE MORE, WE NEED TO FIND FURTHER REDUCTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA START TRADING, UH, THIS ENHANCEMENT FOR THAT ONE BECAUSE 
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WE'RE ALREADY, UH, SO BARE BONE THERE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. 
          THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO TRADE YOU , THERE'S IZZY. 
          SO THOSE LISTS WERE PRETTY SHORT. 
          YEP. 
          UH, AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WASN'T A LOT, LOT THERE, BUT LET'S, UH, GO THROUGH RESORT TAX, RIGHT? SO WE'LL START WITH WHERE WE WERE BACK IN JUNE ON THE RESORT TAX. 
          SO WE WERE BALANCED. 
          UH, RESORT TAX REVENUES HAVE BEEN TRENDING, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO LAST YEAR'S REVENUES. 
          AND SO WE WERE VERY JUDICIOUS ON WHAT WE RECOMMENDED ON THE RESORT TAX FUND. 
          AND THEN HERE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ON HOW TO BALANCE. 
          SO WE DID GO THROUGH THE RESORT TAX BUDGET AND DID RECOMMEND JUST UNDER 900,000 OFF REDUCTIONS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW RECOMMENDED, ONE TIME, A FEW ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE RECURRING, LITERALLY ONE OR TWO IN EACH CATEGORY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES. 
          AND THAT'S PRIMARILY FROM THE YEAR END SURPLUS OF $24. 
          AND THEN THAT 600 A THOUSAND IS WHAT YOU SAW OVER IN THE GENERAL FUND SIDE WHERE WE RECOMMENDED TRANSFER MORE FROM RESORT TAX OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND IF YOU ACCEPT OUR RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH SOME RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES AND CUTS IN THE RESORT TAX. 
          WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, APPROXIMATELY $880,000 OF RECURRING, UH, ON THERE. 
          AND THE, THE FIRST ONE IS, THE BIG ONE IS $600,000 REDUCTION IN THE POLICE HIGH IMPACT OVERTIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 
          THIS WILL KIND OF RIGHT SIZE OF THE BUDGET BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE LEVEL OF THIS, OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          UH, NEXT IS A $100,000 REDUCTION IN HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS. 
          UH, THE COMMISSION APPROVED A, A ADJUSTMENT FROM 500,000 TO 700,000. 
          ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 
          THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR FACILITIES THAT WE COULD SAVE MONEY, UM, TO, TO ADJUST THAT DOWN BY $100,000. 
          THE $600,000 PER YEAR. 
          NEXT IS ALSO RELATED TO HIGH IMPACT. 
          THIS IS CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, OVERTIME FOR HALLOWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND 4TH OF JULY. 
          THIS WOULD MAINTAIN THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE FOR SPRING BREAK AND FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, AGAIN, THE SIDEWALK, UH, CAFE INDEX, AS WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT, ELIMINATING THAT FUNDING, UH, PARKS REDUCTION ON LOOMIS PARK ACTIVATIONS, THIS KIND OF RIGHT SIZE OF THE BUDGET, THIS SHOULD NOT IMPACT ANY ONGOING PARK ACTIVATIONS IN LOOMIS PARK. 
          UH, AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE SAVINGS ON THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, MOVING TO A THREE YEARS FROM UH, OMB AND A SMALL REDUCTION OFFERED UP BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ON SOME OF THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES. 
          ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THAT WOULD SAVE $880,000 PER YEAR. 
          AND THEN WHAT I WANNA SHOW IS THE RECOMMENDED ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH IS A VERY SHORT LIST. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE USING THOSE DOLLARS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT FIRST ITEM WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY. 
          THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM ONE TIME RESORT TAX AVAILABLE DOLLARS THAT HAVE TO BE USED FOR RESORT TAX ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES. 
          SO THERE IS THE $1.5 MILLION FOR FIFA. 
          THIS IS JUST FROM THE BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE. 
          I KNOW THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE, I GUESS, A DEBATE AND DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE AT THE JULY COMMISSION MEETING. 
          AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DEAL WITH IT AGAIN. 
          WE HAVE, UH, THE SEPTEMBER 1ST AND SECOND BUDGET HEARINGS, IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN THERE. 
          THE NEXT ONE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS TO COMPLETE THE $1.4 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE COUNTER PROGRAMMING AT THE MARCH. 
          SPRING BREAK IS THE LAST $400,000 TO SET ASIDE TOWARD THE, UH, MILLION, HALF A MILLION FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND HALF A MILLION ON THE LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          SO THIS WILL COMPLETE THE $1.4 MILLION FOR THAT, THOSE LARGE SCALE, UH, FITNESS FESTIVALS WE'RE GONNA RUN DURING THAT, UH, YEAR. 
          UH, AND THEN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, THIS WAS A COMMISSION, ALSO A COMMISSION, UH, APPROVED RESOLUTION, UH, PRIORITY. 
          IT'S ONLY ONE TIME. 
          WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THAT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE IF THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE, THE LISTED IS RECURRING IS TECHNICALLY ONLY COMING FROM ONE TIME. 
          THIS IS $25,000. 
          THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED RELATED TO THE SOUTH BEACH SIOUX FESTIVAL. 
          UH, MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS AN OPT OUT ON THAT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT LISTED AS AN ENHANCEMENT, UH, FOR DISCUSSION. 
          SO IF THIS WAS ALL ACCEPTED, IT'S ALL REALLY ONE TIME DOLLARS. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S APPROXIMATELY $1.9 MILLION. 
          MR. CHAIR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FUND. 
          UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, UM, I THINK IT WAS THE, THE FREEBIE. 
          WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FUND IT A NUMBER OF OTHER STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL, WE'RE PUTTING $25,000 TOWARDS THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. 
          HOW IS THAT A BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH? SO YOU GOT THEIR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND ALLOCATED TOWARDS A, A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING BACK TO OUR CITY. 
          MEANWHILE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK AT SOME POINT ABOUT CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, CLEAN MIAMI BEACH HAS FUNDING. 
          THEY'RE 
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OUT THERE ACTUALLY CLEANING OUR BEACHES AND ENGAGING WITH, WITH, WITH PEOPLE. 
          THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE THE MAMMOGRAM TRUCK THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE POOR SO THAT THEY CAN DETECT BREAST CANCER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND FUNDING FOR. 
          I'D RATHER SEE THAT MONEY SPLIT INTO OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, THAT IS ASKING US FOR SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE THERE, KEEPING OUR BEACHES CLEAN, THE MAMMOGRAM SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE AND THAT LIVE IN THE SHADOWS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT THEY NEED THAT EARLY DETECTION FOR, FOR LIFESAVING TREATMENT AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING $25,000 TOWARDS AN ENTITY THAT I FEEL THEY PROBABLY HAVE OTHER SOURCES FROM WHICH TO FIND THAT MONEY. 
          CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING? 'CAUSE I SPONSORED THAT ITEM. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT MOST, UH, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS ARE DYING IN OCTOBER WHEN THAT EVENT TAKES PLACE. 
          AND, UM, THAT PUTS HEADS IN BEDS. 
          I WENT LAST YEAR AND THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT COME HERE TO ATTEND THAT FESTIVAL. 
          I DON'T CARE. 
          CARE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN CUT IT. 
          DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN. 
          YOU CAN WAIT. 
          I JUST, LET ME FINISH. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU WANT, WE CAN CUT IT, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT KIND OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVE, GIVEN WHEN I LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE DO, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT A LOT OF OUR WORKERS AND OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, UM, THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AT A TIME WHEN OUR TOURISM TAX IS AT LIKE THE LOWEST POSSIBLE. 
          SO, I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT KIND OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVE WORTH IT? DOES IT ACTUALLY HELP THE WORKING PEOPLE OF MIAMI BEACH? ABSOLUTELY. 
          100%. 
          I I, I HONESTLY, I ACTUALLY THINK WHEN WE HAVE ACTIVITIES LIKE THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL, IT ACTUALLY COMPETES WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          I GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WHEN WE HAVE THESE ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT THIS TAKES AWAY FROM PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOING TO THEIR RESTAURANTS. 
          IT'S COMPETITION. 
          PEOPLE, PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM ALL, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          SO EVEN IF THEY GO TO THE FESTIVAL, THEY'RE STILL STAYING AT OUR HOTELS. 
          THEY ARE EATING AT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS. 
          THEY'RE NOT EATING AT THE PLACE THE ENTIRE TIME. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW AND A HOLISTIC ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL IMPACT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. 
          FOR WHAT WE GET OUT OF IT, I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY I'VE, I'VE ONLY RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I BRING IT UP. 
          I GET COMPLAINTS FROM THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, UH, AND I GET, AND I GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT IT'S A CHAINLINK FENCE THAT THEY PUT ON, ON, ON OUR PARK, PRETTY MUCH, UH, THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK A STATIC FOR OUR CITY THAT VISUALLY DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR OUR CITY. 
          UH, AND I GET MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EVENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          AND I'D RATHER SEE MY TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS GOING BACK TO KEEPING THE SAND CLEAN. 
          THE OTHER DAY, SOPHIE RINGLE WENT TO, WENT TO THE BEACH AND IN ONE HOUR COLLECTED OVER 2200 CIGARETTE BUTTS FROM OUR SANDS. 
          I'D RATHER SEE A PORTION OF THOSE DOLLARS GO TOWARDS THAT. 
          I'D RATHER SEE A PORTION OF THOSE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITIES WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER. 
          BUT FOR AN ENTITY THAT IS COMPETING WITH OUR BUSINESSES, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS ENTITY IS A TRUE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR OUR SAY. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S REALLY PUTTING, UH, HEADS IN BEDS. 
          UM, AND SO I, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONVERSATION. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION, UH, REGARDING THIS, BUT I SEE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOUR CHAIR. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICKLY. 
          UM, THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT DOES BRING EXCITEMENT AND, UH, JOY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, I KNOW THAT LOCAL RESTAURANTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CONTESTS AND DIFFERENT EVENTS WITHIN THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY LOOK AT IT, THE, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES LOOK AT IT AS A DETERRENT. 
          THEY WERE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE, UH, WITH THEIR CHEFS. 
          AND WHILE MR. CHAIR, UH, GO AHEAD. 
          COMMISSIONER BOTT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, LOOK, I, I THINK, UM, IT'S GREAT. 
          THE SOUTH BEACH SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS TERRIFIC. 
          UM, I THINK THE SPONSORSHIPS ARE, UM, AS WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS LEGISLATIVELY ON, ON OTHER MATTERS, UM, CONCERNING SPONSORSHIPS FOR SIGNATURE EVENTS, IT'S INTENDED TO HELP GET SOMEBODY ESTABLISHED, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST THREE 
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YEARS OF THEIR EVENT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, HELP THEM SORT IT OUT, THE ECONOMICS, ET CETERA. 
          THE SOUTH BEACH SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS A TERRIFIC EVENT. 
          I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM OR THE G-M-C-V-B DO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. 
          SO WE HAVE ACTUAL DATA TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH REVENUE IT ACTUALLY DOES BRING TO THE CITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A USEFUL CONVERSATION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ESTABLISHED, THEY DO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND IT IS A SUPER HIGH-END EVENT. 
          THEY COULD RAISE THAT $25,000 BY CHARGING $1 EXTRA FOR THEIR TICKETS, JUST $1, WHICH THE, THE, THE ATTENDEES WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE, BUT WOULD COVER THAT. 
          UM, OR THEY COULD, THEY COULD BRING ON ANOTHER SPONSOR. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SEE THEM GO ANYWHERE. 
          SOUTH BEACH IS LITERALLY IN THEIR NAME, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY. 
          BUT I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT A STRUGGLING NEOPHYTE, UM, EVENT. 
          THEY ARE WELL ESTABLISHED AND WELL LOVED. 
          AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO CUT THE CORD ON THAT FUNDING. 
          WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE EVERY EVENT. 
          AND I'VE BEEN SAYING IT PUBLICLY, I, I HOPE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT I'M NOT PICKING ON THIS EVENT. 
          I'VE BEEN SAYING IT PUBLICLY. 
          WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE THE LIFELINE FOR EVERY EVENT THAT COMES TO THIS CITY. 
          AND COMMISSIONER BOT, YOU, YOU BROUGHT LEGISLATION RECENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY CAN GRADUATE AND NOT DEPEND ON OUR TAXPAYERS RESOURCES. 
          THESE EVENTS SHOULD COME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TAXPAYERS NOT TO USE THE TAXPAYERS RESOURCES. 
          AND IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, BECAUSE WE'VE ACCUMULATED SO MANY OF THESE EVENTS THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR COME BACK AND NOT ONLY STAY IN OUR BUDGET, BUT THEN ASK FOR MORE OF OUR BUDGET. 
          THAT, THAT, THAT THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY DEPEND ON US AND THEN WE DON'T WANNA, UH, CUT THE FUNDING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FUNDING SOURCE, I, THIS SHOULD BE ON ITS OWN PRIVATE SPONSORSHIPS, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY, NOT THE CITY CONTRIBUTE TO THEM. 
          I, I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          UM, I, I'D BE FINE TO SUPPORT, UH, WHERE YOU'RE GOING. 
          COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ALTHOUGH TAKING IN ANOTHER ROUTE, AND THIS IS MORE FOR PROCESS AND ALSO I THINK BANG FOR THE BUCK. 
          UM, SWIM WEEK CAME AND GAVE A PRESENTATION TO US AT FERC, AND THEN IT WAS APPROVED BY THE FULL COMMISSION, AND THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID, IF YOU AGREE FOR THIS FUNDING, WE CAN PROVIDE THIS OTHER ASPECT TO OUR SHOW. 
          AND THAT IS A WEEK WHERE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS UNQUESTIONABLE. 
          RIGHT? AND, AND WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          IT SHOWS THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION DOES SHOWS, UM, AND IT'S DURING A DEAD TIME OF THE YEAR, AND I'M FINE TO HAVE THIS AS NON-RECURRING. 
          AND ONE TIME WHAT TROUBLES ME IS JUST THE PROCESS THAT WAS WENT THROUGH WHERE THEY CAME IN FRONT OF FERC, THEY CAME IN FRONT OF COMMISSION AND SAID, WE CAN DO THIS ADDITIONAL COMPONENT OF, OF OUR SHOW IF WE'RE APPROVED FOR THIS, UH, EXCESS GRANT. 
          AND WE APPROVED IT. 
          AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, WELL, IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET FUNDED. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR US TO FIND DOLLARS FOR IT TODAY, BUT I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE PRIORITIZED IF OUR RESORT TAXES COME IN ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR JUNE OR JULY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE THE BUDGET IS FINALIZED. 
          AND I'M FINE WITH SENDING THAT MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          THIS WILL NOT BE RECURRING, BUT THE WAY THE PROCESS WENT ABOUT, I, I THINK IS JUST A BAD WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND TO, UH, SORT OF ADD ON TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WE DO GET A LOT OF REQUESTS. 
          ACTUALLY. 
          I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF CALLS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC, WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN REQUESTS AND ERIC HAS BASICALLY TOLD THEM, SORRY, UH, WE CAN'T DO IT. 
          GREAT EVENT, BUT WE CAN'T GIVE YOU THE, THE, THE DOLLARS AND THE MONETARY INCENTIVE THAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          I GUESS WHAT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO IS WHETHER THESE PROGRAMS AND ENTITIES ARE STILL GONNA COME HERE. 
          THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING. 
          I THINK THEY WILL, I THINK MIAMI BEACH IS AN ABSOLUTE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THEM. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY EVERY, EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. 
          BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK WE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF LEVERAGE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT, UH, NOT FULLY NEGOTIATING RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          IN FACT, CAN CHAIR, I THINK TO, TO WRAP THIS UP, I THINK YOU'RE HEARING A CONSENSUS THAT WE'LL REMOVE THIS, UH, LINE ITEM ITEM FROM THE BUDGET. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          SO IF PJ YEAH, I WILL, I WILL ADD TO IT. 
          IT IS A PHENOMENAL EVENT. 
          THIS IS NOT PICKING ON THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. 
          THEY DO A GREAT JOB, BUT, UH, YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD CALL. 
          BIG SURE. 
           SINCE THIS, SINCE NO LOBSTER EITHER. 
          SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO KNOW SINCE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE GET SOME OF THIS, THESE DOLLARS, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RESORT DOLLARS TO SUPPORT TOURISM, CAN WE USE SOME OF THESE DOLLARS TO SUPPORT CLEAN MIAMI BEACH? WHAT'S OUT THERE KEEPING OUR MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE, WHICH IS OUR BEACHES CLEAN AND THEY, AND THEY NEED FUNDING. 
          AND SO, AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, IF WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO, SO JASON, YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND GET, AND 
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GET BACK TO US. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, BECAUSE IT, IT IS A REQUEST THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, BUT THAT DELIVERS BACK DIRECTLY TO OUR CITY, TO THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR CITY. 
          IF I COULD SPEAK TO THAT, I, I, WE DON'T HAVE AN ENHANCEMENT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS YEAR THAT EXISTS FOR THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT IN THIS YEAR, UH, THE COMMISSION ADDED, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, UM, 40,000 OR SO. 
          THERE WAS A, A, A, I THINK A RECURRING GRANT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE WAS A RECURRING GRANT FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SERVICE IN THERE. 
          BUT WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO ON WHAT IS THE CURRENT FUNDING LEVEL FOR THAT SERVICE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO HERE, MR. MEIN, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIFA OR LET'S DO IT? NO, I, I, WELL, I, WELL FIRST I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR, I MEAN, I KNOW WHO IT WAS DISCUSSED AT FERC. 
          I, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW WE ULTIMATELY CAME OUT TO THIS NUMBER. 
          IT'S INTERESTING. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, UH, PUT IT OUT. 
          I'M STATING THE OBVIOUS WORLD CLASS EVENT. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE FIFA. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY IS GIVING, I DUNNO IF IT'S PUBLIC YET, THE AMOUNT, THEY'RE GIVING ABOUT $40 MILLION. 
          WOW. 
          UM, I, I JUST, THIS IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ENTERPRISE. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT THE COMPARISON IS TO WHAT WE GIVE THE SUPERBOWL WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY COME HERE. 
          IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE NEGOTIATED IT. 
          AND AGAIN, THERE'S A RISK, COULD THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT COMING TO MIAMI BEACH IF WE DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T GIVE ANYTHING MM-HMM . 
          I JUST, THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A HIGH NUMBER TO ME. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE 1.5 MILLION, WE'RE WAIVING $500,000 IN, IN FEES. 
          SO NOW WE'RE TALKING $2 MILLION. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, ULTIMATELY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE A PRIME DESTINATION. 
          IIII, I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THEY'D WANT TO BE HERE, UH, ANYWAY, MAYBE WE COULD INVITE LIZETTE. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW I WASN'T PRIVY TO THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A CONE OF SILENCE WHERE WE CAN HAVE TALKS. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOST COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S A METHOD TO THE MADNESS, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE LIZETTE KIND OF TALK US THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS ARE THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED AND ARE ON THE TABLE THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BRING RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          LISA ANTE, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. 
          MR. CHAIR. 
          UH, SO THE 1.5 WAS THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, THE HOST COMMITTEE REQUESTED. 
          WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM, UM, IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THEY PRESENTED AT FERC, UH, IN DECEMBER, 2020. 
          SORRY TO INTERJECT. 
          WAS, WAS THE INITIAL REQUEST 1.5 MILLION? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T KNOCKED THAT DOWN AT ALL. 
          WE HAVE NOT. 
          UH, IT'S BASED ON SOME MILESTONES THAT THEY PRESENTED, UH, IN DECEMBER, WHICH INCLUDED A POSSIBLE KICKOFF CONCERT, A POSSIBLE LEGACY PROJECT, UH, WATCH PARTIES IN NORTH BEACH AND A MEDIA ROW IN LOOMIS PARK. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM, UH, FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. 
          WE NEGOTIATING ON WHAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE, NOT ON THE MONETARY AMOUNT. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE USUALLY, I MEAN, THE WAY NEGOTIATIONS WORK, RIGHT? YOU GET A NUMBER AND THEN YOU COME BACK WITH ANOTHER NUMBER LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE HERE WE'RE LIKE, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IF I COULD ALSO ANSWER, YOU ASKED HOW MUCH IN 2020 FOR SUPER BOWL THE CITY GAVE, UM, TO NFL AND IT WAS 1.935 MILLION. 
          UH, WHAT THAT INCLUDED WAS SPECIAL EVENT FEE WAIVERS, CASH SPONSORSHIP, UM, CITY SERVICES, UH, WAIVER OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          UH, AND WE DID A MATCHING CONTRIBUTION FOR THE TURF FIELD AT MIAMI BEACH HIGH SCHOOL FOR 1.935. 
          AND WHAT COULD A LEGACY PROJECT CONSIST OF? UH, THEY, AND ALSO WHEN THEY PRESENTED THE DETAILS OF THE LEGACY PROJECT, WHICH WAS, UH, DOING PITCHES, UH, IN CITY PARKS, THEY DID SAY THAT THAT WAS CONTINGENT UPON THEM FUNDRAISING FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT FERC. 
          IT'S, IT'S ON THE TABLE, BUT IT'S CONTINGENT ON THEM BEING ABLE TO FUNDRAISE TO PROVIDE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN DOES THAT CONTRACT HAVE TO BE FINALIZED? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, BEING DISCUSSED NOW. 
          WE HOPE TO HAVE IT IN JULY, BUT SEPTEMBER, POSSIBLY IF WE DON'T MAKE IT TO THE JULY AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE WE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU OR THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS? ARE, ARE WE IN A CONE OF SILENCE OF SOME SORT? NO, THE, UNLESS THE, NO, NO. 
          THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF. 
          NO, YOU'RE COMPLETELY, BUT WITH, ARE WE IN IT WITH THE WORLD CUP HOST COMMITTEE OR THINGS LIKE THAT? UM, THERE IS A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS FOR THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE WHO IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, MAYBE SHE JUST DID THAT 'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANNA TALK TO ME. 
          SHE'S LIKE, I CAN'T TALK. 
          WE'RE IN THE CRITICIZE. 
          NO, SHE, SHE HAS A TWO YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, JUST, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, UM, LITERALLY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOST COMMITTEE EXPRESSING 
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THE CONCERNS I HAD. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BODY. 
          MY IMPRESSION IS THAT THEY WOULD BE AMENABLE TO BRINGING THAT NUMBER DOWN. 
          THAT'S MY IMPRESSION. 
          I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR, FOR THEM OR, 'CAUSE I WAS SPEAKING TO ONE PERSON, BUT I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS THAT I HAD. 
          MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALES IS REQUESTING, YES. 
          COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD PLEASE. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. 
          I GUESS NOT. 
          YEAH. 
          CHAIR MAYBE TO HELP, UM, FACILITATE, UM, SINCE WE'RE STILL SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY FROM WHEN THE BUDGET WILL BE CLOSED OUT, UH, PERHAPS THE BEST THING IS TO KEEP THIS AS A PLACEHOLDER UNTIL THE COMMISSION FULLY VETS AND APPROVE THE COMMISSION. 
          AND IF IT ENDS UP BEING A LOWER NUMBER, THEN WE'RE IN THE GOOD GRACES OF HAVING TO BE ABLE TO LOWER THAT, THAT BUDGET ALLOCATION. 
          BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT CAP. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD WORK ON A PROCESS WISE. 
          AND WHEN WE SAY LOWER THAT, AND IF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WORLD CUP ARE WATCHING, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING HERE AND TRYING TO BE, UH, DOLLAR CHEAP, BOUND FOOLISH, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE SAYING. 
          UM, THERE'S CRITICAL THINGS IN OUR CITY THAT ARE NOT GETTING FUNDED. 
          SO THIS DOESN'T JUST, UH, GO BACK INTO FRIVOLOUS SPENDING OR, AND OUR COFFERS. 
          THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO ALSO BE ECONOMIC DRIVERS FOR OUR CITY. 
          OBVIOUSLY NOTHING IS ON A PARALLEL LEVEL WITH THE WORLD CUP, BUT IF WE CAN SIT HERE AND FIND THAT PARTIES ARE AMENABLE, MAYBE THEY BRING DOWN WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING SOMETHING FOR $1.25 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE $250,000 TO GO TO THINGS THAT ACTUALLY ARE GONNA MAKE OUR CITY MUCH MORE PRESENTABLE FOR WHEN FIFA COMES HERE. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I'M SORRY I COULDN'T MUTE MYSELF EARLIER. 
          AND I, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ITEM EXCEPT FOR THAT I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF FUNDING IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO HAVE ANY WORLD CUP GAMES HERE. 
          I THINK ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE AND TO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IS, UH, SOMEWHAT NARROW-MINDED OF US. 
          UM, BUT I SUPPOSE THAT WE COULD ENTER INTO SOME SORT OF NEGOTIATION. 
          MR. CHAIR. 
          SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          SO THIS IS ONE TIME FUNDING? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO YOU, A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WERE JUST MENTIONED. 
          IF WE DO, UH, DO WE GET THESE ACTIVITIES REGARDLESS OF OUR FUNDING OR NO. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT CAN THEY COMMIT TO VERSUS WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE, UM, ASK, ARRIVE IN THE CITY. 
          LEMME ASK THIS. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS THE, BECAUSE I PEOPLE TELL, SAY, AND I'M NOT A SPORTS GUY, SO I NEED GUIDANCE ON THIS. 
          PEOPLE TELL ME THAT THIS IS, THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS IS BIGGER THAN A SUPER BOWL IS, IS THAT TRUE? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST FROM THE FACT OF THE SHEER NUMBERS. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE WHAT, SIX, SEVEN WEEKS, SIX OR SEVEN EVENTS THAT ARE HERE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ALONE, AS WELL AS THE MANY OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING NATIONWIDE. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MAJOR ECONOMIC DRIVER. 
          AND FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE CLUB CUP, UM, THERE IS, THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT ARE USING MIAMI AS THEIR JUMP OFF POINT FOR ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          SO I, IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE THE ART BASEL OF THE SPORTS WORLD. 
          THAT'S A FAIR WAY TO LOOK AT IT. 
          ART BASEL IS THE WORLD CUP OF THE ART WORLD. 
          , . 
          I LOVE IT. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          I, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I WOULD, I I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR AS LONG AS IT'S NOT RECURRING FUNDS, WHAT I DON'T WANT US TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, PUT DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. 
          YOU KNOW, DORAL, YOU KNOW, DORAL HAS, YOU KNOW, A LARGE VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE SOCCER IS VERY MUCH INGRAINED IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE CULTURE. 
          OR THEY GO TO OTHER AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WHERE THERE'S A LARGE COLOMBIAN POPULATION WHERE AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, SOCCER IS A BIG PART OF THE CULTURE. 
          AND THEN WE MISS OUT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT WE NOT ONLY MISS OUT OF THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE GREATER RIPPLE EFFECT OF THIS, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING OF SUPERBOWL, KIND OF LIKE ART BASEL. 
          OH, THERE  IS THE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS THAT GENERATE FROM IT. 
          YEP. 
          THERE'S A MR. CHAIR THERE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE MOMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE, THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THE EVENTS, BUT FOR THE BIGGER RIPPLE EFFECT THAT THIS HAS IN OUR ECONOMY, WHICH IS THE MEDIA IMPACTS THAT HAVING THESE EVENTS, UM, UH, HAPPENING IN MIAMI BEACH, 
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HAVING MIAMI BEACH, UH, BE, BE THE BACKDROP. 
          UH, DO, ARE, ARE THERE ANY MEDIA STAGING AREAS THAT, THAT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME OUT OF THIS? IS THAT, THAT TO ME IS LIKE, IF THERE, IF THERE ARE MEDIA STAGING OPPORTUNITIES, THAT TO ME IS, IN OTHER WORDS, IS ADVERTISING FOR MIAMI BEACH, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET, BUT THAT'S THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DISCUSSION POINTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT WE SEE THE GREATEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT, IS IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT MIAMI BEACH ON NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS AND SEEING HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT WE ARE MM-HMM . 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO CHECK OUT MIAMI BEACH IF I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE. 
          OR MAN, I REALLY NEED TO GO BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT WE REALLY ARE, ARE GETTING, LIKE I SAID, RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THOSE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHY I WOULD SUPPORT THIS. 
          THAT IS INVALUABLE. 
          THAT THAT RIGHT THERE IS INVALUABLE AND WHY I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IS JUST, IT WOULD BE JUST SO MUCH BIGGER. 
          AND I'LL FURTHER THAT I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. 
          IN FACT, WE HAD A ONE YEAR AT A WORLD CUP KICKOFF EVENT IN MIAMI BEACH, AND IT WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON FOX SPORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM LOOMIS PARK, AND THEY HAD A WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST IN THERE. 
          THE ONE THING I I WAS VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THOUGH, IS THAT WASN'T PROPERLY NOTICED TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          HMM. 
          HERE I'M SITTING HERE IN THIS GREAT OUTDOOR PARK, A CONCERT I SHOWED UP IN MY SOCCER JERSEY IN SHORES, AND HERE'S THE DELEGATES FROM FIFA, THE PRESIDENT OF FIFA IN LOOMIS PARK IN A SUIT. 
          NONE OF US KNOW RIGHT. 
          WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE, AND OUR RESIDENTS DIDN'T KNOW. 
          SO HERE WE HAVE A WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST AND WE DIDN'T EVEN POST IT ON OUR FACEBOOK. 
          RIGHT? I COULDN'T EVEN GO OUT AND TELL MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOLMATES, HEY, KIDS FIFA'S HAVING A GREAT WORLD CUP CONCERT HERE. 
          SO WHILE THIS IS OUT OF RESORT TAXES TO PROMOTE TOURISM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS, THIS EVENT IS SOMETHING OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD FIND THE MOST ENJOYMENT OUT OF. 
          AND THAT'S HOW I'M COMFORTABLE SPENDING SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING FORWARD. 
          BUT IT HAS TO COME WITH BETTER PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE HERE ARE GOING TO GET IN RETURN. 
          MOST NOTABLY OUR RESIDENTS. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD KNOCK IT DOWN TO A MILLION. 
          MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIR. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD DOCK IT DOWN TO A MILLION RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER. 
          BUT YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT, AT SOME GREAT LENGTH, UM, AND FOR CONTACT CONTEXT, UM, THIS IS LIKE HOSTING THE OLYMPICS WITHOUT HAVING TO BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO SO. 
          IT IS INFINITELY BIGGER THAN THE SUPER BOWL. 
          I MEAN, HALF THE COUNTRY DOESN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL, LET ALONE THE REST OF THE WORLD. 
          ONE OF THE, WHEN WE FIRST DISCUSSED THAT, I THINK IT WAS AT FERC, UM, ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING ARGUMENTS IS THAT FOR AN A, AN INVESTMENT OF UP TO $1.5 MILLION, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, WE ARE GETTING UNTOLD MILLIONS, BUT A HUGE MULTIPLIER OF THAT IN, IN BRANDING AND MEDIA. 
          UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE STORY WE ARE TRYING TO TELL OF A SAFE, FUN, DIVERSE, FAMILY FRIENDLY, UM, SPORTS AND WELLNESS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 
          I MEAN, I, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE A BETTER BANG FOR THE BUCK. 
          UM, I, I AM, I'M LOOKING VERY HARD AT THINGS THAT WE CAN CUT, BUT I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO BE PENNYWISE AND POUND FOOLISH ON THIS, IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT ONLY EVER COMES AROUND ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HERE THIS TIME, IT'S NOT GONNA BE BACK EVEN FOR CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR YEARS, UH, MORE THAN FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO SPREAD THE WEALTH. 
          I THINK, UM, THE CITY STAFF HAS THE DIRECTION TO LOOK AT THE NEGOTIATIONS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S STUFF THAT WE CARE A LITTLE BIT LESS ABOUT THAT WE CAN SHAVE OFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT IT'S COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE SPEND ON SUPER BOWL, AND IT IS INFINITELY MORE IMPACTFUL, ESPECIALLY NOW GIVEN THE DIRECTION THE CITY'S MOVING IN, UM, THAN ANY SUPER BOWL HAS EVER BEEN OR COULD EVER BE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SUPPORT GOING FORWARD EARMARKING 1.5 AND, UM, HOPING TO GET IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND, AND, UM, BUT REALLY EMBRACING, EMBRACING IT IN ITS FULLEST AND MAKING SURE, AS JOE POINTED OUT, UM, THAT OUR COMMUNICATION TEAMS TREATS THIS AS OUR EVENT 
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AS MUCH AS FIFA'S EVENT SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOTIFIED FOR THE LESS THAN IDEAL THINGS. 
          LIKE, HEY, THIS ROAD MIGHT BE CLOSED FOR THIS WEEKEND, TO THE GREAT THINGS LIKE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE OUT IN LOMOS PARK FOR THE KICKOFF CONCERT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY HERE BECAUSE THEY COME ALONG SO RARELY AND WE SHOULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY JASON WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING $30,000 TO GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS. 
          THIS IS THAT TO THE NTH DEGREE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND SEE, I LOOKED AT IT AS, FOR EXAMPLE, ART BASEL, A SIGNATURE EVENT FOR OUR CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND THAT CONTRACT, THIS IS THE LAST YEAR, UH, OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION, ERIC AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN IN EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE CLOSE TO, UH, AN AGREEMENT. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND. 
          I SEE ERIC IS, UH, HOLDING UP HIS FINGERS, CROSSING HIS FINGERS, BUT EITHER WAY, EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS HERE. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING TOLD THEY ASKED FOR 1.5 MILLION AND WE KIND OF JUST NODDED AND MOVED ON. 
          UH, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S THE WAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          THAT'S, AND I, I, I THINK WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO, FIFA IS GREAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S A GREAT EVENT, BUT I, I THINK THEY'LL ACCEPT LESS. 
          UM, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE FIFA FESTIVAL, WE'RE A PRIME DESTINATION. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOCATE LESS. 
          IT PUTS US IN A BETTER LEVERAGING NEGOTIATING POSITION AS WELL TO SAY, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE IT ALLOCATED RIGHT NOW. 
          WE ONLY HAVE 1 MILLION ALLOCATED. 
          THAT'S THE WAY THESE THINGS WORK. 
          WE GOTTA NEGOTIATE. 
          SO I THINK CHAIR, UM, I THINK HEARING THAT, BUT I THINK OVERALL THERE'S A CONSENSUS, AT LEAST FOR NOW UNTIL THE COMMISSION TAKES ITS FINAL ACTION ON THE CONTRACT, WE CAN LEAVE THE BUDGET ALLOCATION AS IS. 
          AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TIME, UH, IN, AT THE SEPTEMBER 1ST OR SECOND BUDGET HEARING TO RATCHET DOWN THE, WHICH I THINK, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          UH, I'M NOT FOR THE ONLY REASON, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT FOR US TO SIT THERE AND START ALLOCATING OTHER THINGS SAYING, OH, WE HAVE AN EXTRA 250 OR $500,000. 
          RIGHT? UM, BUT BY HAVING THIS YEAR MARKED BY NO MEANS, MEANS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY COMMITTING TO, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          WE WANT TO SEE ULTIMATE BANG FOR THE BUCK. 
          AND I'M REALLY DOING THIS JUST SO NOTHING ELSE GETS EARMARKED RIGHT AWAY IN ITS PLACE. 
          'CAUSE THE SECOND THIS OPENS UP, UH, THERE'S SEVEN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN FOR THAT FUNDING. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT COULD BE EARMARKED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE COMMIT TO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE SEE THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING ALL ACROSS THE BOARD AND ALL ACROSS THE BOARD MEANS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, PJ WE CAN BRING THE PRESENTATION BACK UP. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HERE WE WERE, WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF RESORT TAX WHERE WE HAD OUR BALANCED BUDGETS. 
          WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE A SURPLUS OF 25,000. 
          SO BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE RESORT TAX, WE HAVE A NET SURPLUS OF $7,000. 
          AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RESORT TAX BUDGET IF EVERYTHING STAYED AS IS. 
          UH, IT'S SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT PRETTY CLOSE. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH IS NOW OTHER FUNDS, AND WE WANNA TALK ABOUT REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES IN OTHER FUNDS. 
          SO WE WENT THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS OTHER FUNDS THAT HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME SAVINGS. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS IN THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT FUND IS TO, UH, REDUCE SLIGHTLY THE AMOUNT, UH, RELATED TO IGUANA REMEDIATION CONTROL. 
          THIS WOULD STILL HAVE AN ANNUAL $250,000, UH, TOWARDS THAT EFFORT. 
          UH, NEXT IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS THE CANCELLATION OF AN OUTSOURCED CONTRACT, UH, AND BRINGING THAT AS AN IN-HOUSE POSITION. 
          IT IS ESTIMATED TO SAVE $100,000 FROM IT. 
          UM, THIS IS THE OTHER PORTION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER OF THE TWO POSITIONS BEING ELIMINATED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH THE GEO BOND TEAM. 
          UH, AND PARKING IS, AND I KNOW THERE'S AN ITEM, UH, WITH, UH, WILLIAM, OUR NEW DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THAT'LL BE AT FERC RELATED TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, RELATED TO OUR PARKING SYSTEM. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING AWAY TO MAKING US BEING ABLE TO MOVE TO THE CPI INCREASES AND ELIMINATING CASH AT GARAGES WILL, WILL GO TOWARDS THAT EFFECT. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE WE TALKED AGAIN, IS MORE SAVINGS RELATED TO, TO, UH, THE REDUCTION ON SOME OF OUR INDEXES. 
          THE TRANSPORTATION FUND SAVING $43,000. 
          UH, THIS JUST RIGHT SIZES, THE TRANSIT SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT SHOULDN'T IMPACT ANY ONGOING OPERATIONS. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE CI, IS THE, FROM THE CITY CLERK AS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IN THE CENTRAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF PRINTING OF THE AGENDAS, UH, FOR COMMISSION AND FOR COMMITTEES. 
          UH, AND THEN THE NEXT IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT EDUCATION. 
          ONE, WHICH IS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE SAME THING ON THE SANITATION FUND. 
          SO IF YOU ADD ALL OF THAT UP, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $600,000 WORTH OF CUTS AND SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OVERALL BUDGET. 
          IF WE DID NOT ACCEPT THESE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH 
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SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE HAD. 
          CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          THESE ARE HELPING, REMEMBER, SANITATION FUND IS STRUCTURALLY HAS A DEFICIT. 
          SO THAT'S HELPING TOWARDS THAT. 
          AND IN TRANSPORTATION, UH, THOUGH IT, IT, IT WILL HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WHEN THE NEW TROLLEY CONTRACT COMES IN, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SO HESITANT TO, TO ADD ANY OF THOSE NEW ENHANCEMENTS. 
          I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT FREE REVIEWS, WE TALK ABOUT SENIOR, UH, BUS RIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL WONDERFUL IDEAS, BUT WE DON'T, SO, SO I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING, THEN HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I'M GONNA ACCEPT THESE IN WHOLE, UH, IF YOU WENT LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, THERE'S GOOD THINGS YOU COULD SAY ABOUT ALL OF THESE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT THAT'S HOW WE GET TO A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, RIGHT. 
          IS BY SAYING, AH, THIS IS NICE TO HAVE JUST PUT IT IN. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THESE IN WHOLE, AND, AND I HAVE A LIST OF MY OWN THAT I'M GONNA PROPOSE TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, MR. CHAIR, THE, AND, AND YOU'RE SO RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THIS. 
          IF WE WORK TO GO LINE BY LINE, I'LL TELL YOU THE IGUANA CONTROL, LIKE YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THAT. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S HOW WE END UP WITH THE BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. 
          AND WE NEED, WE NEED RESIDENTS TO ALSO PARTICIPATE. 
          THE CITY IS, HAS THE BASIC, THE BASIS FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT WE NEED RESIDENTS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO ALSO DO THEIR OWN, UH, PART IN THEIR OWN PROPERTIES, UH, SO THAT THIS COULD BE TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO I BACK YOU 100% IN THESE EFFICIENCIES. 
          I DON'T RECALL A BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE SPOKEN AS MUCH ABOUT EFFICIENCIES IN RECENT YEARS. 
          THIS IS REALLY GOOD WORK, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          I, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER B HAD SOMETHING. 
          COMMISSIONER B. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I WOULD, I, I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING. 
          ALTHOUGH I WOULD SUGGEST ON ITEM NUMBER 59, INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING IT ENTIRELY, COULD WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT GETS PRINTED FOR WHOM AND LET THOSE OF US WHO MIGHT WANT A COUPLE OF THE AGENDAS PRINTED AND NOT NEED ALMOST ALL OF THE OTHERS, CAN WE CUT IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE $3,000 IN THE BUDGET IF NEEDED? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT DO IT BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM WHO'S GETTING WHAT VERSUS WHO ACTUALLY NEEDS WHAT. 
          MR. CFO, UH, I THINK YOU'RE OUT AHEAD OF THIS AND ONE THING I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO EXAMINE A LITTLE FURTHER IS ACTUALLY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. 
          UH, SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN PULL UP THE AGENDA ONLINE BEFORE IT EVER GETS BROUGHT TO MY HOUSE. 
          BUT BEING ON THE PLANNING BOARD AND COMMISSIONER BOTTLE, UH, BE ABLE TO ECHO A AS, CAN YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WE'RE ACTUALLY MAILING OUT THESE HUGE AGENDAS. 
          AND THEN ALSO, IF A DEVELOPER HAS HIS PLANS, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS PRINTING 'EM OUT, MAILING 'EM OUT TO EVERY SINGLE, UH, MEMBER. 
          UM, SO PERHAPS WE CAN, UH, TALK WITH THE LAND USE BOARD MEMBERS AND SAY, DO YOU TRULY NEED THESE HAND DELIVERED TO YOUR HOMES? OR ARE YOU OKAY WITH A DIGITAL AGENDA? UM, AND FINDING THE EVEN FURTHER COST SAVINGS THERE. 
          UH, BUT MR. CFO TO COMMISSIONER BOT'S POINT, YES. 
          IF I CAN OPT IN, YES, IF I CAN. 
          AND I KNOW THIS CAME UP IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT BRIEFINGS, WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS IN DISCUSSING THIS IN THE BRIEFINGS, IS WE COULD, COULD, UH, PUT THIS BACK INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THEN THE CLERK COULD THEN INTERFACE WITH THE LIAISONS AND, AND THE, THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT FOR THEM IN AN OPT-IN SITUATION WHERE THE, WHERE THINGS WOULD NOT BE AUTOMATICALLY PRINTED, WHERE YOU GO BACK TO CONFIRM TO A COMMISSIONER. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THAT I NO LONGER NEED THE HARD COPIES. 
          I CAN SAVE MONEY THERE. 
          BUT SOME EXPRESSED THEY WOULD. 
          SO WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOW. 
          SO THE PEOPLE HAVE OPTED IN, UH, WE RE WE COULD GO AGAIN. 
          WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN, AGAIN. 
          BUT WHAT WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST IS THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE WAS A NO, EXCEPT FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE WHO HAD ONE COPY FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE CAN, AND I'M TALKING FOR ERIC AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE CAN TAKE THE CUT AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE. 
          SO WHY, WHY DON'T, WE COULD REVITALIZE THAT WE KEEP THAT CUT IN EXCEPT FOR A VERY DI MINIS AMOUNT, 2,500 BUCKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND IF THERE'S A COMMISSIONER THAT COMES AND SAYS, I NEED, UH, THIS MAY AGENDA MEETING, RIGHT. 
          I, I HAVE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I NEED THIS, THIS GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN ORDER TO DO SO THERE. 
          AND THE PRIOR CITY I WAS IN, WHAT WE DID WAS NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS WAS A NO. 
          SO THEY NEVER GOT IN THE HABIT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE NEW ONES, THE NEW ONES WERE, WERE TRAINING YOUNG ROTH WERE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ALSO CONSIDER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE CAN ASK THE CLERK MAYBE TO GO THROUGH THE RECONFIRM, THE, THE OPT-IN ON THAT. 
          AND THEN FOR THE COMMITTEE LIAISONS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I WORK WITH FERC IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NATALIE REACH OUT AND JUST CONFIRM. 
          'CAUSE MAYBE WE JUST DO IS PRINTING FOR THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEN FOR THE OTHER ONES THAT THEY CAN USUALLY DIGITAL COPY. 
          SO WHY DON'T WE KEEP THIS, UH, EFFICIENCY IN AND THEN HAVE TALKS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOUR TRUE NEEDS HERE? WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO ADD A DI MINI MISS AMOUNT IN 3000 OR $5,000, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE WOULD STILL PRINT WHAT I CALL THE, THE 30 PAGES OF THE AGENDA AND THE LIST. 
          SO YOU WOULDN'T BE GOING IN BLIND ANYWHERE. 
          YOU WOULD HAVE AT LEAST THE TITLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          AND, 
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AND THIS IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE, RIGHT? LIFE IS ABOUT INCENTIVES. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, AND THEN FROM THE COMMITTEE, FROM THE COMMITTEE SIDE, WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE ACTUAL MEMBERS OF IT, BUT WE CAN, UH, MAYBE NOT PRINT THE COPIES FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT, SO THAT, THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          WE'LL CONFIRM EACH LIAISON, WE'LL CONFIRM WITH THE ACTUAL THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THEY WANT IT, BUT NOT COM UH, UH, REQUEST IT FOR THE NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN, UH, TO THE OTHER POINT YOU MENTIONED THE PLANNING, THE BUDGET HAS REACHED OUT, UH, TO PLANNING TO, UH, COMPILE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          THEY'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT AND WE THINK WE HEARD SOME OF THAT RECOMMENDATION TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ASK THOSE MEMBERS IF THEY COULD OPT INTO THAT. 
          AND PERHAPS SOME HAVE SOME SAVINGS THAT WE CAN RECON RECOGNIZE. 
          AND WE DID PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THIS MORNING ON THAT, AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3000 TO $4,000 ON THE LAND USE. 
          UH MM-HMM . 
          THE PLANNING BOARD ITEMS. SO IT WASN'T A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT, SO WE CAN MAYBE LEAVE THE BUDGET WHERE IT IS, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY ACTUALITY ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES AND SEE IF IT ACTUALLY SAVES MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN WE CAN BRING THE PRESENTATION BACK UP. 
          AND THIS IS JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF SOME OF THOSE EFFICIENCIES WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSFERRING FROM THE GENERAL FUND OVER TO REALLY WHERE SOME OF THOSE, UH, SERVICES BELONG IN TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REALLOCATION AND THEN ENHANCEMENTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THESE ARE ENHANCEMENTS FOR ALL THE OTHER FUNDS OUTSIDE OF GENERAL FUND AND THE RESORT TAX. 
          SO BUILDING IS PROBABLY THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT WE WERE, UM, POSITIVE ABOUT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCEMENTS. 
          THEY DO NEED SOME RIGHT SITES IN, THEY NEED TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, AND THEY ASK FOR UPGRADES ON THEIR TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE ONE TIME, AND THAT'S GONNA GIVE THEM UPGRADED LAPTOPS AND COMPUTERS. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS TO GET SOME HELP ON THEIR ENERGO ERP SYSTEM. 
          THEY ARE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. 
          WE RECOMMENDED MOST OF WHAT WAS REQUESTED. 
          THE FIRST SET IS ACTUALLY FIVE PHYSICIANS TO CREATE A PRIVATE PROVIDER INSPECTOR DIVISION. 
          AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH INSPECTIONS AND HELP, UM, THE REPROCESS TO BE EXPEDITED. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE ADDING OTHER POSITIONS FOR ROOFING. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER POSITIONS FOR FLOOD MITIGATION, FLOOD PLAN MANAGER. 
          AND THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY WILL BE WORKING WITH, BUILDING ON SOME SPECIFIC PLAN REVIEWS. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MR. CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON, UM, SOME OF THE BUILDING SERVICES ENHANCEMENTS. 
          CAN I ASK THEM HERE? YOU MAY. 
          AND, AND VINCE, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND AS VINCE IS WALKING UP, TANYA, LET HIM GET TO THE PODIUM. 
          BUT, UM, LIKE WE SAID, SHOW US YOUR BUDGET. 
          I'LL SHOW YOU OUR PRIORITIES, PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THEN ALSO WE'VE, WE'VE ALL SAT UP HERE AND FOCUSED ON REALLY REVAMPING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PERMITTING PROCESS, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          I, I, I, I'M SURE YOU TAKE NOTICE THAT YOU HAD CARTE BLANCHE TO REVAMP YOUR DEPARTMENT AS NEEDED. 
          FIRST TIME WE MET THE THING I SAID, I WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU, BUT NEVER TELL ME THIS IS THE WAY THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DONE. 
          SO YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY BEEN PRIORITIZED FOR OUR TOTAL REVAMPING, UH, COMMISSIONER BAKO HAD, UH, UH, VINCE IS AT THE PODIUM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VINCE. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, JUST, UM, LIKE I, I LOVE HAVING FLOOD MITIGATION SPECIALISTS AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGER. 
          WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN WE'RE NOT IN RAINY SEASON? I'M SURE THAT'S A STUPID QUESTION, BUT THAT NEVER STOPS ME. 
          NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A, AS A SILLY QUESTION, MA'AM. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THE FLOOD MITIGATION IS TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS A CRS RATING. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE RIGHT NOW A LEVEL FIVE THAT GETS EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, A 25% DISCOUNT ON THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES. 
          UH, WE'RE ALWAYS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE TO TRY AND IMPROVE AND RAISE THAT CRS LEVEL, UH, TO FURTHER GAIN DISCOUNTS, UH, WITH FEMA. 
          UH, ALSO WE ARE A VERY INTENSE, UH, FLOOD PRONE CITY. 
          SO THE REVIEW, THE PLANNING AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE CRUCIAL, UH, FOR THE FURTHER OF, OF THAT ENDEAVOR AND THAT GOAL. 
          SO I THINK, UM, IN THE DESCRIPTION, I THINK IT WAS FOR THE SPECIALIST POSITION, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE MORE THAN, HEY, WE'RE EXPECTING A HUGE STORM HERE ARE PREVENTIVE ACTIONS. 
          WHAT, WHAT WOULD THEY, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WOULD THEY BE WORKING ON IN THE NON RAINY SEASON? WOULD IT BE HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAXIMIZE THEIR INSURANCE SAVINGS? OR LIKE, JUST, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? THAT THAT'S A PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT OF THE CRS PROGRAM? UH, COMMISSIONER AND, UH, AMY KNOWLES IS HERE THAT SHE COULD FURTHER EXPAND ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE POINTS THAT WE PICK UP THAT GET US TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT AND BASICALLY A VERY, UH, VERY BUSY JOB, AMY. 
          SO BY FUNDING THIS, WOULD WE, UM, POTENTIALLY GET 
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A BETTER FLOOD, UH, INSURANCE RATING AND THEREBY BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS? ULTIMATELY, THAT IS THE GOAL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE GOAL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I DO HAVE, AMY, BEFORE YOU JUMP IN, I DO HAVE A SECOND QUESTION. 
          SO MAYBE AMY, UM, IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THESE POINTS, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK WITH ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND VERY BRIEFLY, AMY KNOWLES, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER. 
          UM, ONCE A YEAR, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVES SOMETHING CALLED A PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          IT GETS US A HUGE AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR OUR CRS RATING, AND IT ALSO HAS TONS OF ACTIVITIES TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF, OF FLOODING. 
          YOU KNOW, 93% OF OUR, OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, AND SO IT WOULD HELP DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT IN THE OVERALL PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, VINCE. 
          UM, WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY EAGER TO SEE THE NEW BUILDING DEPARTMENT LAY OUT. 
          ITS CHANGES AND ITS IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE ALL HEARD IT FOR YEARS, THIS COMMISSION AND, UM, WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, UM, AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU HAVE FINALLY DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          SO WE'RE ALL ON PINS AND NEEDLES WITH ANTICIPATION AND EXCITEMENT. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH ABOUT, UM, GIVEN THAT IT'S THE FIRST YEAR, MIGHT THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE TWO, UM, PRIVATE PROVIDER, UM, POSITIONS PLUS THE, THE STAFF SUPPORT RATHER THAN FOUR FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN WHEN IT RAMPS UP, THEN GO TO FOUR, UM, AND WE COULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY SO THAT IT'S FULLY STAFFED IN ITS SECOND YEAR? UH, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 
          COMMISSIONER, UH, THIS IS A DIRECT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS CONVENED PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE ARRIVED AT THE NUMBER OF FOUR, UH, IS ONE REVIEWER, ONE SENIOR INSPECTOR THAT DOES PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION, UH, PER DISCIPLINE. 
          AND THAT WILL BE BUILDING ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND PLUMBING. 
          UH, IF, IF YOU LIKE, I COULD SHARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS, UH, OF ALL THE INSPECTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR DAILY ROUTES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE A DEDICATED, UM, GROUP FOR, TO PRIORITIZE ALL THE PRIVATE PROVIDER WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON AND THEN RAMP OVER, UH, INTO ANY OVERFLOW WITH THE REGULAR WORKFLOW THAT WE HAVE DAY TO DAY. 
          UH, JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE, UH, MEMBERS THAT PROMOTED THIS AND, AND REQUESTED THIS, WERE REFERENCING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS FAR LARGER THAN JUST FOUR PEOPLE WITH THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL. 
          THEY'RE AT, I BELIEVE, 14 STAFF MEMBERS CURRENTLY, UH, AT THE CITY OF MIAMI. 
          AND HOW DO YOU IMAGINE, OR WHAT, WHAT DO YOU FORESEE BEING THE IMPACT ON, UM, IMPROVING OUTCOMES AND TIME, UM, AND HEADACHE BY HAVING FOUR VERSUS, OR HAVING THIS PROGRAM VERSUS NOT HAVING THIS PROGRAM? WELL, ONE THING IS IT WOULD HELP US DEFINITELY COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT LEGISLATION THAT WAS, UH, PASSED IN TALLAHASSEE, REDUCING THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY REVIEW PLANS, UH, AND PUT 'EM OUT, UH, IN A FASTER TURNTABLE. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 20 DAYS TO REVIEW THESE, THESE, UH, PLAN SUBMISSIONS. 
          AND IT'S BEEN REDUCED, UH, AS OF JULY 1ST TO FIVE DAYS. 
          SO ADDITIONAL STAFF IS GONNA BE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL. 
          UH, THIS HELPS US ACHIEVE THAT BASICALLY WHAT BOILS DOWN TO AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM TALLAHASSEE. 
          SO THERE WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH, UH, THOSE PROVISIONS AND, AND THE HOUSE BILL FOR CONSTRUCTION REGULATION. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, FASTER TURNAROUND TIME AND, UH, QUICKER SERVICE IS THE, IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ALL OF THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          SO WE'LL BRING THE PRESENTATION BACK UP AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, PARKING. 
          UH, SO THESE TWO, UH, ENHANCEMENTS ARE, ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE PARKING FUND, WHICH HAS SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO DO THIS. 
          THIS IS ADDING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVES THAT OUR NEW PARKING DIRECTOR IS WORKING TOWARDS, WHICH IS OUR CLEANLINESS AND, UH, ODOR CONTROL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR GARAGE. 
          AND WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL, UH, TOWARDS THAT ENDEAVOR. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF SOME OTHER ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH SOME OTHER DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          UH, THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE RETREAT. 
          SO WE, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RESERVES TO FUND ON SOME ONE-TIME BASIS, BUT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ON A LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL BASIS. 
          SO ANYTHING RECURRING TRANSPORTATION, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN TRANSPORTATION, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RECOMMEND RECURRING. 
          BUT THIS IS THE $600,000 MATCH TO THE $600,000 GRANT. 
          WE'VE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED BY THE STATE FOR THE WATER TAXI. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 50 CENTS OF THE DOLLAR IN SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, NEXT IS $258,000 FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE ANNUAL ART WEEK, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. 
          THIS BRINGS IT UP TO THE LEVEL THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED, AGAIN, AS A ONE TIME DURING THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE LIVING WAGE ACROSS ALL OF THE OTHER DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          CONVENTION CENTER, UH, HAS REQUESTED A FEW DIFFERENT POSITIONS. 
          THE ONE WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS AN HVAC 
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MECHANIC POSITION. 
          UH, NEXT IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AREA ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          AND THEN LAST IS THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING TO CONTINUE WITH THE NORTH BEACH RESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE. 
          UH, TO CONTINUE ALONG WITH THAT, THAT, THAT INCLUDES, UH, A CSR POSITION. 
          AND THE NEXT IS REFILLING BACK AN OVER, UH, UH, AN OVERFILL POSITION, UH, FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AND THE C AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. 
          THAT WAS ELIMINATED DURING COVID O AND WE WANTED TO RETURN THAT BACK. 
          SO THAT'S AN NATIONAL $3.4 MILLION ACROSS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UH, FUNDS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA WRAP UP THE OPERATIONAL PART AND I THINK WE'LL GET DEBATE, BUT I WANT TAMIKA JUST WALK THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS. 
          AND JUST TO, BEFORE WHEN SHE ENDS, WE DO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE FOR THE CAPITAL. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SOME PROJECTS, BUT, RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS ALMOST, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, WEDNESDAY OR TWO WEDNESDAYS FROM NOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMMISSION MEETING TO ADOPT THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE. 
          AND WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING A FLAT MILLAGE RATE AS DISCUSSED EARLIER. 
          IT, ONCE WE ADOPT THAT MILLAGE RATE, THAT WILL BE SENT ON TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WILL SEND OUT A NOTICE TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE PROPOSED, UH, TAX BILL IN SEPTEMBER. 
          WE'LL HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ONE ON THE 17TH, WHICH IS A REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 30TH TO ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET. 
          AND THEN WE START THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN IN OCTOBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION, UH, WE'LL TAKE THIS, BUT MAY, MAYBE AS THE CHAIR, I'LL TAKE THE PRIVILEGE TO START GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE. 
          UM, THERE WERE OTHER EFFICIENCIES THAT WERE PUT FORWARD THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY BECOME RECOMMENDED. 
          UH, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF GO LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AND SEE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUPPORT, UH, FROM OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          THERE WERE EFFICIENCIES. 
          UM, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS PUT FORWARD OR, OR LINE ITEMS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY RECOMMENDED OR ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ENGAGE THE TEMPERATURE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO EXPLORE THESE FURTHER. 
          UM, THE COLLEGE INTERN PROGRAM, I, I THINK I GOT AN ADEQUATE ANSWER THERE. 
          SO I'M GONNA TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE. 
          UH, THE DAILY MEDIA CLIP. 
          UM, MELISSA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I, I GATHER THAT THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE EMAIL THAT WE GET IN THE MORNING SAYING, HERE'S ALL THE AREAS WHERE MIAMI BEACH IS KIND OF MENTIONED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AGAIN, NICE TO HAVE, YES, OF COURSE. 
          BUT WE ALL LIVE AND BREATHE THIS CITY. 
          WE ALL LIVE AND BREATHE. 
          SO WE'RE ALL VERY WELL AWARE OF HOW MIAMI BEACH IS MENTIONED IN THE MEDIA. 
          I THINK AT A TIME LIKE THIS, WE CAN USE THAT $15,000 SAVINGS, UH, FROM OUR BUDGET. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTIONS VISITORS BUREAU. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET THESE CLIPS THROUGH THEM OR THROUGH SOME OTHER WAY? CLIPS. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          HI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          MELISSA BRAIER. 
          UM, I CAN ASK THEM. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DO DAILY ONES. 
          I DON'T RECEIVE THEM. 
          THE VCA DOES DO SOME DAILY CLIPS. 
          IT'S NOT NEARLY AS COMPREHENSIVE AS OURS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE THAT REDUCTION. 
          AND SO WHO HAD RECOMMENDED THIS REDUCTION? THAT WAS A POSSIBLE RECORD, UH, REDUCTION FROM OUR TEAM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU GUYS, IT WAS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WERE PROFFERING? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          HOW MUCH CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS? SURE, YES. 
          UM, IF THE VCA IS ALSO DOING ONE, BUT IT'S NOT AS GOOD, COULD WE NOT CUT THE VCA ONE AND KEEP THIS? I MEAN, I, I FIND IT INCREDIBLY USEFUL ACTUALLY, BECAUSE YES, I GET A BUNCH OF INFORMATION JUST FROM LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT THIS CAPTURES STUFF THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE AND IS, IS USEFUL FOR, FOR MARKETING THE CITY, MAKING OUR POSITIONS KNOWN, GET, SUPPORTING OUR POSITIONS. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED TWO, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CUT ONE, I WOULD RATHER CUT THE LESSER OF THE TWO. 
          WELL, JUST, I, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TURN TO ERIC AND MELISSA. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE VCI DON'T THINK WE, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THEY ONLY, I GET THOSE EMAILS, THEY'RE LIKE THREE CLIPS IN THEM. 
          I DON'T, I, AGAIN, I DON'T NEED THEM EITHER, BUT I DON'T THINK WE PAY SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE CLIPS. 
          AS OPPOSED TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS SAYING ABOUT, YOU SEEM LIKE A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT JUST GOES TO THE ELECTED BODY AND SENIOR ADMINISTRATION. 
          CORRECT. 
          THROUGH MELTWATER. 
          BUT WE, WE CERTAINLY DO, DO A LOT OF WORK. 
          IT'S NOT JUST, UH, PLUG AND PLAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I REALLY ENJOY THOSE UPDATES. 
          IT GIVES ME A PULSE ON WHERE MIAMI BEACH IS AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, NATIONAL MEDIA, EVEN LOCALLY. 
          UM, I FIND THEM VERY USEFUL. 
          I THINK NOT HAVING THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE, WOULD PUT US AT A DETRIMENT IN SOME WAY. 
          YEAH, I HEAR THAT. 
          I, I GUESS, OKAY. 
          I, I'M ACTUALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. 
          'CAUSE I OFTEN GOOGLE MINE BEACH AND I GET THE SAME ARTICLES THAT COME UP. 
          SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE MORE, UH, OKAY. 
          TOUGHER TO FIND, OR, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU SHOULD JUST GOOGLE MINE BEACH. 
          I FEEL YOU GOT THE ARTICLES. 
          I THINK IT'S, I, I'M, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. 
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SO HOW WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO APPROACH THIS? I'M OPEN. 
          DO, DO WE TAKE A VOTE? UH, WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION? I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO INCLUDE IT AS AN, UH, EFFICIENCY REDUCTION. 
          SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE BORDER WHEN WE WERE DRAWING THE LINE. 
          UH, I THINK THERE WERE MAYBE THIS ONE AND ONE OTHER ONE THAT WE WERE, WE WERE DEBATING INTERNALLY WHETHER THEY WERE WORTH INCLUDING OR NOT. 
          IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS THE DOLLAR FIGURE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT FROM, I, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A VALUE THERE. 
          BUT THAT, THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT I WOULDN'T BE DISAPPOINTED IF YOU ALL DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED IT TO GO AWAY. 
          LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 
          HOW DO, HOW DOES, HOW DOES I KNOW HOW WE USE IT, I KNOW HOW I USE IT. 
          HOW DO YOU GUYS USE THIS? SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I GO INTO IT EVERY DAY AND LOOK AND SEE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE NEWS CYCLE THAT IS IMPORTANT AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY, SO THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF, UM, I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MY SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP ON SPECIFIC ISSUES. 
          SO THIS CAN HELP US, LIKE CRISIS MANAGEMENT TYPE OF A WAY, GET AHEAD OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT REALIZE. 
          THIS IS, I'M, I WANNA UNDERSTAND AGAIN, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A VALUABLE TOOL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I TEND TO AGREE WITH, WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN SET UP A GOOGLE ALERT AND GET SOME OF THESE SAME ARTICLES, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT I KNOW HOW THE MANAGER USES IT AND MELISSA AND HOW DO YOU USE THIS. 
          SURE. 
          AND I'LL SAY, IF YOU'RE IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT MODE, YOU'RE PROBABLY HEARING FROM US BEFORE YOU'RE THAT'S TRUE. 
          LOOKING IN THIS EMAIL. 
          THAT'S VERY TRUE. 
          SO YOU HAVE A SAFEGUARD AND HEARING FROM US VERY LOUDLY. 
          YES. 
          THAT , MELISSA, IT, IT'S REALLY MORE A TOOL FOR YOU ALL. 
          UM, BECAUSE I'M READING THESE ARTICLES BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I'M PRESSING SEND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL NOTICE IN THOSE ARTICLES, THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS GOOD MORNING AMERICA. 
          THEY HAD PUBLISHED A PIECE, UM, ABOUT BEACHES THAT WERE CLOSED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
          AND IN MY LITTLE NOTES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS READ IT, I SAID THEY USED A PHOTO OF MIAMI BEACH, UM, INADVERTENTLY. 
          SO I WAS ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CONTACTED GOOD MORNING AMERICA AND THAT WAS CHANGED. 
          UM, SO IT'S JUST REALLY A TOOL FOR YOU ALL. 
          I SEE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED THIS FOR YOU TO GO OUT AND DO THAT. 
          NO. 
          SO I WOULD SAY I, I WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE EFFICIENCY. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT I DO FEAR IS THAT SOMETIMES WE THINK, UNLESS THINGS ARE PRESENTED TO US, WE THINK IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WE THINK, OH, PEOPLE ARE NOT WRITING ABOUT MIAMI BEACH. 
          PEOPLE ARE NOT COVERING MIAMI BEACH. 
          THE NATIONAL MEDIA IS NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR RESTAURANTS OR ABOUT OUR NIGHTLIFE OR ABOUT OUR WELLNESS INITIATIVES OR ABOUT THE BEACHES. 
          AND SOMETIMES I THINK FOR US, IT'S GOOD FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED TO US, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL WAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT A CONTRACT THAT'S COSTING US $15,000. 
          BUT I DO KNOW WHAT WHAT DOES HAPPEN IS LIKE, UNLESS WE GET THESE EMAILS, WE'RE GONNA THINK WE'RE NOT BEING COVERED. 
          THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. 
          I WOULD ALSO ADD IT, IT DOES PROVIDE AN, YOU KNOW, POWERFUL ANALYTICS IN TERMS OF LIKE, THE REACH OF ARTICLES. 
          UM, SO FOR US, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAID, ALL THESE HAVE MERIT, BUT GO AHEAD, MS. MAYOR. 
          SORRY. 
          NO, I'M SORRY. 
          EVERYTHING HAS ME, IT JUST BECOMES, WHAT'S THE EXACTLY. 
          I'LL SUPPORT YOU. 
          IS THERE SOME, YOU HAVE A, A GOOD TEAM? UH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO INTERNALLY? I MEAN, YOU MAY MISS ONE OR TWO THAT MAYBE A SERVICE COULD DO AND THEN JUST SEND SO EVERYONE GETS IT. 
          'CAUSE LIKE I, I COULD DO IT. 
          I GOOGLE, I I GOT MY 10, 15 ARTICLES OR WHATEVER. 
          MAYBE YOU COULD IN THE PAST DISTRIBUTE THAT IN PAST YEAH. 
          IN THE PAST WE DID DO THAT VIA GOOGLE ALERTS. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, THAT I HAVE, I HAVE AUTOMATIC GOOGLE, GOOGLE ALERTS. 
          NO, BUT NOT EVERY TIME, BUT SORT OF COMPILE, NO, NO. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO THEY CAN COMPILE IT AND, AND DO THAT. 
          UM, I CAN CERTAINLY HAVE STAFF, UH, DO THAT. 
          BUT I WILL SAY WE DO LOSE THE POWERFUL ABILITY TO PULL IMPRESSIONS, TO PULL REACH. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DID PROFFER IT, SO YEAH. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING. 
          CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION, COMMISSIONER? CAN I, YEAH. 
          CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE LEAVE IT HERE FOR NOW AND BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE G-M-C-V-B AND LOOK AT WHAT THE VCA IS DOING AND SEE IF WE, INSTEAD OF CUTTING IT ENTIRELY, CAN FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT'S DELIVERED, UM, EITHER AT A LOWER COST OR AT A COST ABSORBED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          I FIND IT VERY USEFUL. 
          AND FROM MY BACKGROUND IN BRANDING AND MARKETING, I WILL SAY THAT THE ANALYTICS ARE VERY I IMPORTANT. 
          AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COMPILED EASILY. 
          IT, IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MELISSA'S TEAM IS, IS PULLED IN A MILLION DIRECTIONS. 
          AND THIS IS A TIME CONSUMING, UM, TASK TO DO DAILY. 
          AND I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE, IT'S, EVEN WITH GOOGLE ALERTS, IT TAKES A LONG TIME. 
          I USED TO SPEND A GOOD HOUR EVERY MORNING AT LEAST DOING IT FOR, 
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UM, COMPANIES THAT WERE FAR SMALLER AND LESS INTERESTING WITH NO GLOBAL COVERAGE, UM, UNLIKE MIAMI BEACH. 
          SO I, I WOULD SAY BEFORE IT'S ONLY 15,000. 
          AND SO BEFORE WE KILL IT, LET'S GIVE IT ANOTHER MONTH TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO FUND IT AND KEEP IT GOING, OR FIND SOMETHING CLOSE TO IT AND KEEP IT GOING. 
          I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BATH, THAT BOT THAT, UH, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. 
          AND THIS IS VERY POWERFUL INFORMATION THAT WE GET EVERY SINGLE MORNING. 
          AND I DO THINK IT SHAPES THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE US. 
          I READ THAT EMAIL RELIGIOUSLY EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I CAN SEE, HERE'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT THE TREND IS IN HOSPITALITY, HERE'S WHAT THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION IS. 
          AND I DO THINK IT INFORMS MY POLICY MAKING. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER BCHA SAID THAT IT INFORMS HERS AND COMMUNICATION SAID THAT IT'S A VALUABLE ANALYTICAL TOOL. 
          SO FOR THE, FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IT, I, I THINK THE INFORMATION IS INVALUABLE. 
          OH. 
          AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID THAT HE ALSO USES IT EVERY DAY. 
          THAT'S VERY POWERFUL, GUYS. 
          SO I, I'M, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, AGAINST, BUT I'M FINE TO LEAVE IT IN FOR A FURTHER RE-ANALYSIS. 
          LISTEN, I AND, AND MELISSA, I, I THINK THE WORLD OF YOU, SO THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU OR YOUR TEAM, UH, I GET, WHAT IS IT, X OR TWITTER NOW? AND YOU, THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL THAT THERE IS, RIGHT? YOU, YOU LOOK AT THAT, UM, YOU CAN FINE TUNE IT. 
          YOU GET THINGS FOR ALL OF MIAMI-DADE. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING MORE WITH THE SAME OR MORE WITH LESS, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA LEAD BY EXAMPLE TOO. 
          BUT I'M, I'M FINE TO LEAVE THIS IN, UH, UNTIL A FURTHER POINT IS MADE AND WE TOP OF THE LIST TO REEVALUATE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          SO I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE AREN'T THE, THERE'S NO MERIT IN IT, RIGHT? OF COURSE. 
          I DON'T WANNA SOUND SIT UP HERE AND SOUND LIKE THE GRINCH, BUT GOING THROUGH THESE, WE HAVE A $300,000 EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM, AND THE DESCRIPTION WAS ZUMBA YOGA CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I AM HARD PRESSED TO GO TO MY RESIDENCE AND SAY, I CAN'T DELIVER AN ELEVATED CROSSWALK INTO A PARK FOR KIDS TO WALK ACROSS TO KEEP THEM SAFE. 
          AND IT COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF WELLNESS FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          I WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE VESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, GO OUT AND DO YOGA, THAT THERE'S SO MANY FREE FITNESS CLASSES AND WELLNESS CLASSES. 
          THAT'S WHY I LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH. 
          BE MORE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED THIS FINE TUNED. 
          IS IT A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD ADD FURTHER IN THE FUTURE? SURE. 
          BUT THIS IS A HUGE TICKET ITEM, $300,000. 
          THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FOREGOING FOR OUR RESIDENTS FOR THIS. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT WITHOUT MERIT. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I THINK OF A $300,000 EMPLOYEE YOGA AND ZUMBA PROGRAM, UH, I, I JUST THINK THAT MONEY CAN BE BETTER ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE. 
          UH, I'M THE GRINCH. 
          I, I I KNOW . 
          HOW, HOW WELL USED ARE THESE, UH, PROGRAMS? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A PLATFORM PROVIDER CALLED PERSONIFY HEALTH. 
          THE CONTRACT, UM, IS RUNNING CLOSE TO $250,000 A YEAR. 
          UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 1600 BENEFIT. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 1600 TOTAL EMPLOYEES, UM, ON OUR HEALTH PLAN, 1200 OF, UH, WHOM ARE ACTIVE. 
          UM, THERE'S ONLY A APPROXIMATE 50%, UH, PARTICIPATION. 
          OH, ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE'S ABOUT 750 OR SO EMPLOYEES, UM, ENROLLED, UM, IN THIS PLATFORM. 
          HOWEVER, ENGAGEMENT, UM, IS, IS, UM, GREAT. 
          I MEAN THERE'S, UM, IT, IT'S WELL, UH, PERCEIVED BY THE EMPLOYEES. 
          THERE'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARTICIPATION IS INCENTIVIZED THROUGH A REWARD SYSTEM. 
          IT'S CONNECTED TO, UM, ENROLLMENT IN OUR, UM, HEALTH PLAN. 
          AND SO, UM, WE THINK THAT THIS, UM, IS, UH, IT MOTIVATES OUR EMPLOYEE, IT CREATES COHESION AND IT ALSO KEEPS OUR EMPLOYEE HEALTHY. 
          I'M GOING TO PRO OFFER ERNIE DOING ZUMBA CLASSES IN THE PARK OUT IN PRIDE PARK, AND WE JUST SAVED $300,000 AND MADE EMPLOYEES HAPPIER. 
          WHO WAS THAT? BILLY BLANKS WITH THE, UH, THE KICKBOXING. 
          THAT IS YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU JUST SAVED OUR TAXPAYERS $300,000 INCREASED EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND MADE US A HEALTHIER CITY. 
          ERNIE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          DO WE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK? HAVE WE SEEN ANY SURVEY WHEN WE DID THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY THAT WE, I ASKED EARLIER THIS YEAR, I ASKED FOR 
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A SURVEY TO BE DONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES REGARDING THE BENEFITS. 
          WAS THERE ANY, ANY FEEDBACK RELATING TO THIS SERVICE? NO. 
          IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED WITH RESPECT TO THE BENEFITS IN OUR PLAN, NOT WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THE SEPARATE WELLNESS PROGRAM. 
          DOES THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CREATE ANY COST SAVINGS FOR US IN OUR INSURANCE? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          SO ANECDOTALLY, I CAN MENTION THAT FOR MANY YEARS I FELT LIKE WE WERE GOING IN A NEGATIVE TREND IN COSTS ON OUR INSURANCE, AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE WELLNESS PROGRAM AND IT FELT LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WAS RAMPING BACK SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          I CAN'T SWEAR THAT ONE IS DIRECTLY RELATIONAL TO THE OTHER, BUT MAYBE LORENA, YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          I, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA AT HAND. 
          I DO. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT OUR PLAN COSTS HAVE REMAINED ESSENTIALLY FLAT. 
          UM, AND SO THERE IS, UM, UM, A REFLECTION I THINK IN, UM, THE, UM, PARTICIPATION OF EMPLOYEES IN THE WELLNESS PROGRAM AND, UH, THEIR OVERALL, UH, WELLBEING. 
          ARE THESE ARE THE CLASSES IN THE GARAGE, RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF THE WELLNESS PROGRAM. 
          NOW, MIND YOU, UH, THE CLASSES IN THE GARAGE RIGHT NOW I THINK ARE $67,000 IS THE COST OF THE CONTRACT AT THE RATE AT WHICH WE'RE PLAYING, PAYING, UH, THE PROVIDER. 
          UH, THOSE CLASSES ARE FUNDED THROUGH A WELLNESS FUND. 
          IT'S AN ALLOWANCE THAT'S ALREADY BAKED INTO THE COST, UM, UH, WITH CIGNA. 
          SO CIGNA ALLOCATES A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE, UM, ALLOCATE PART OF THIS, UM, TO PAY. 
          OKAY. 
          LEMME ASK YOU THIS WELLNESS CLASS. 
          OKAY. 
          LET ME ASK YOU A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          IS THE CLASSES IN THE GARAGE SEPARATE FROM THIS? YES, SIR. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THE $67,000, WE HAVE THESE $300,000 FOR THIS OTHER PROGRAM? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT'S IT? YEAH. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I'M, I'M FINE GETTING RID OF THIS. 
          I DO. 
          I, THE ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR EMPLOYEES DO APPRECIATE THE CLASS THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN, IN, IN THE GARAGE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AS A GROUP ACTIVITY. 
          THERE'S ENCOURAGEMENT. 
          IT'S EVEN GREAT FOR TEAM BUILDING AND ALL THAT. 
          I HAVE HEARD GOOD REVIEWS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THIS OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PAYING $300,000 FOR. 
          I REALLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT. 
          SO, UM, FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING, I FEEL FREE FOREGOING THAT AND, AND I SAID THE ERNIE THING IN JEST, BUT WE HAVE THE SOUTHEAST TRACK CLUB THAT HAS ENGAGED ALL OF US. 
          THOSE ARE FREE CLASSES FOR EVERYBODY. 
          FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENT, WHETHER YOU'RE EMPLOYEE, THERE ARE SO MANY AMP OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT THERE IN THE PARK. 
          UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU DOING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ZUMBA CLASSES, I'LL DOUBLE THE FUNDING HERE. 
          NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE ALL ALIGNED. 
          MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, UM, LORENA, COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES? I, I THOUGHT IT COVERED THE CLASSES, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S A SEPARATE FUND? SO WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM DO SPECIFICALLY? UM, WE HAVE, UM, A MANDATORY, WELL, IT IT'S VOLUNTARY FOR ALL BENEFIT ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO REGISTER IN, UH, THE WELLNESS PROGRAM RAN BY PERSONIFY HEALTH. 
          UM, THIS IS A PLATFORM DRIVEN, UH, PROGRAM THAT, UM, PROVIDES A SLEW OF, UH, WELLNESS RELATED PROGRAMMING FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, IT TRACKS PLATFORM DRIVEN. 
          WELL, IT'S, IT'S, UM, ON YOUR, ON YOUR APP, YES, THERE'S AN APP FOR IT, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE ACCESSED ON, I HAVE IT, IT'S SILLY ON THE, ON THE INTERNET. 
          SO WHAT DOES IT DO? WELL IN MO IT, IT PROVIDES EMPLOYEES A PLETHORA OF, UH, CONTENT, UH, FOCUSED ON THE TAILORED TO THEIR SPECIFIC INTERESTS. 
          AND SO, UM, THERE'S, UH, CONTENT IN THERE THAT WILL, UM, TRACK THEIR ACTIVITY, UH, BASED ON THEIR INTERESTS. 
          SO IF THEY'RE INTERESTED ON, UM, NUTRITIONAL CONTENT, WELL THEN THERE'S, UM, CONTENT GEARED FOR THEM, WHETHER IT'S VIDEO, WHETHER IT'S, UH, THEY ACCESS COACHING, UM, WHETHER THEY TRACK THEIR, UH, ACTIVITY. 
          IF IT'S FOCUSED ON, UM, EXERCISE AND LOSING WEIGHT, WELL THEN THEY'RE GONNA GO IN THERE, CREATE THEIR PROFILE AND IDENTIFY THEIR SPECIFIC INTERESTS. 
          AGAIN, NOT WITHOUT MERIT, BUT THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN DO. 
          AND COMING THE EXPENSE OF $300,000 TO THE TAXPAYERS JUST ISN'T WORTH IT. 
          I COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK IF I CAN ON THAT ONE. 
          SO I THINK THERE IS A CONSENSUS TO REMOVE THAT, THAT THAT ALLOCATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL ADD THAT AS A, UM, AS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, REDUCTION ENHANCEMENT TO THAT INTERNAL SERVICE FUND. 
          UM, 
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ALSO, AND THIS IS, CAN I JUST ADD, UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          THIS IS IN A RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, SO A PORTION OF IT WILL GO DOWN IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          BUT IT WILL COME BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS MORE QUESTIONING, UM, THE COMPOSTING HUBS. 
          WE, WE DO, WE KNOW THE UTILIZATION. 
          WE HAVE ONE IN MID BEACH, ONE IN NORTH BEACH, SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN SOUTH BEACH. 
          SO I SAID, OKAY, IS THIS CENTRALIZED, AMY, ARE PEOPLE WALKING TO THESE OR DO THEY DRIVE TO THOSE? AND IF THEY'RE DRIVING, DO WE NEED TO, UH, THIS IS MORE EXPLORATORY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO, AND IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO WE HAVE ONE ESTABLISHED COMPOST HUB IN NORTH BEACH, AND THAT'S AT 85TH AND COLLINS. 
          AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A FEW YEARS. 
          I THINK IT OPENED IN AROUND 2020. 
          IT HAS REALLY HIGH UTILIZATION RATES. 
          I WAS JUST OUT THERE THIS PAST WEEK. 
          THE FOOD BINS WERE ALMOST FULL. 
          UM, IT IS MANAGED BY THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE FUND THEM FOR THAT MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT IS, THAT'S AN ESTABLISHED ONE. 
          THE ITEM IN HERE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ASKED AS DIRECTORS TO PUT FORTH POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, REDUCTIONS. 
          THIS IS ONE. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING A MID BEACH COMPOST HUB. 
          HONESTLY, WE'VE HAD A VERY HARD TIME FINDING A LOCATION. 
          YOU REALLY NEED A LOT OF SPACE. 
          UM, AND YOU NEED TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD DESIGN. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH BOTANICAL GARDENS ON THAT, BUT THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION AND STAFF TURNOVER AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT I DID PROFFER THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT A, A NECESSARY AND IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE. 
          UM, BUT IF, IF WE'RE DOING CUTS THAT, SO IT'S NOT EVEN EXISTING AT THIS POINT? NO. 
          IT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINE MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO AND WE CAN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY SHELF THOSE EFFORTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND WHAT WAS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? IT WAS PR SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE A 75,000 TO SET IT UP AND THEN AROUND 50,000 A YEAR. 
          OPERATIONALLY, I THINK IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO WAIT, UH, TO, TO, TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN RIGHT NOW THE REGULATIONS AREN'T THERE YET TO MM-HMM . 
          YES. 
          TO REALLY DO THIS. 
          WELL, I THINK WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ONCE ALL THE REGULATIONS ARE PROPERLY ALIGNED FOR EXPANSION, BUT NOT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY THERE'S A PROPER REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS THE EXPANSION NOW, ONCE DURHAM OR RER AND THE COUNTY ADOPT EVERYTHING ELSE, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEN WE CAN PUT ASIDE, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS FOR THE EXPANSION. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          I DO WANNA CLARIFY. 
          WE ARE OPERATING UNDER AN EXEMPTION. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE SMALL COMMUNITY HUBS. 
          BUT THE BROADER ISSUE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S VERY REGULATORY. 
          SO IF WE CAN, SO I BELIEVE THERE'S A CONSENSUS, REMOVE THAT, THAT'S THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY FUND, AND THAT WOULD BE $125,000 ANNUAL INCREDIBLE RECURRING ALLOCATION. 
          SO WE'LL MARK THAT. 
          NOW I'M REALLY GONNA BE THE GRINCH. 
          WOW. 
          I'M REALLY GONNA BE THE GRINCH, THE $9,000 HALLOWEEN PARTY. 
          LET'S DO POTLUCK. 
          OKAY. 
          EVERY, IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO DRESS UP. 
          WE COULD ALL BRING IN OUR STUFF. 
          WE CAN ALL BRING IN OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS JUST TO SHOW THAT IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THE EMPLOYEES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          EVERYONE BRING OUT YOUR TOMATOES. 
          YEAH. 
          POINT THEM OVER THERE. 
          JUST SHOW HIM AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. 
          GRINCH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S AGE ASKED TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          I SAID, NO, . 
          OKAY, . 
          SO IT IS NOT JUST, I MEAN, I SAY IT IN JEST, UH, I'M NOT GONNA LIKE DIE ON THIS HILL, BUT WE CAN STILL HAVE HALLOWEEN PARTIES, RIGHT? WE CAN STILL HAVE IT, BUT JUST LIKE WHEN I SHOP FOR MY DAUGHTER'S PICNIC, WE ALL BRING STUFF INTO CAMP. 
          LET'S HAVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. 
          AM AM I, AM I AWFUL? DID I JUST KILL EMPLOYEE MORALE? LIKE, TELL ME HERE THE WELLNESS, THE, THE GOODWILL I GOT FROM ERNIE DOING ZUMBA. 
          DID I JUST LOSE? YOU GOT THE WELLNESS. 
          YOU MAY HAVE, YOU GOT THE WELLNESS. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HALLOWEEN PARTY IS, IS REALLY THE ONE TIME A YEAR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS COME TOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED, BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT WILL LIVE ON, EVEN IF WE DO AWAY WITH THE FUNDING, IT'S JUST, IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT VERSION OF ITSELF. 
          AND, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS A, A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE MORALE FOR THE EMPLOYEES. 
          I, I WANT A HALLOWEEN PARTY, RIGHT? I I WANT ONE. 
          I I WILL COME THIS YEAR. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW, CAN WE NOT JUST KIND OF DO IT AMONGST OURSELVES? COMMISSIONER, I I WILL SAY THIS. 
          UM, PERHAPS IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES AND THE, AND THE WORKFORCE OF THIS CITY FOR THE DEDICATION THAT THEY MAKE. 
          BECAUSE WE DO DEMAND A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, EVEN THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE SAYING, WE WANT YOU GUYS TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MEET, TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET WITH EVEN MORE EFFICIENCIES DRIVEN FROM EACH ONE OF, OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, BUT WE ALSO VALUE YOU AND WE ALSO RESPECT THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          AND WE ARE ONE TEAM, ONE CITY. 
          AND HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER, TO HAVE JUST COMRADERY AND 
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TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE INTERPERSONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES. 
          I THINK IT'S GOOD. 
          IT'S GOOD FOR THE MORALE. 
          IT MAKES THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH A FUN PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK AT. 
          WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND WORK. 
          BUT WE KNOW IF YOU LOVE THE PLACE THAT YOU WORK, YOU'RE GONNA DO EVEN MORE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR EMPLOYER. 
          AND SO AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD KEEP IT THERE. 
          I THINK WE, WE, WE DO WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE THIS MEETING KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO DRIVE EFFICIENCIES, BUT WE ALSO VALUE YOU. 
          WE RESPECT YOU, WE LOVE TO WORK THAT YOU DO, AND WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY COMING TO WORK IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. 
          COMMISSIONER, UH, JUST WANNA ECHO THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SAID. 
          UM, THE HALLOWEEN PARTY IS A HIGHLIGHT. 
          I WAS A JUDGE THIS YEAR. 
          I'VE ATTENDED THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          IT'S FUN. 
          THE EMPLOYEES LOVE IT. 
          AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN KEEP IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE. 
          YOU'RE A JUDGE THIS YEAR, , UM, THERE WAS, UH, A CAP PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND CAP PRO, UH, TRAP WORK COORDINATOR. 
          I KNOW NOT TO GO AGAINST THE CAT LADY LOBBYIST GROUP. 
          UM, BUT THIS COMES IN EXPENSE OF $180,000 IN NEXT YEAR, 230. 
          ARE THESE NOT POSITIONS BETTER SUITED FOR CONTRACTORS? THOSE SEEM LIKE INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBERS. 
          . 
          I'D LIKE AN ANSWER. 
          RIGHT? MEOW ,  72. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO EXPLORE HOW BEST, BEST TO DELIVER THE SERVICES. 
          I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A, IS A BENEFICIAL PART OF THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DELIVER MORE EFFICIENTLY AND, AND BETTER SERVICE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT THOSE NUMBERS WERE EYE-POPPING. 
          WHERE NEXT YEAR, JUST FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS, UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT RESIGNING AND APPLYING FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, TWO OF THEM FOR $230,000 ARE, UH, A LOT OF CATS UNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, UH, SO WAIT, I'M SORRY, I HAVE MISSED THAT. 
          BUT THEY'RE GONNA REEVALUATE IF PERHAPS THOSE, UH, POSITIONS ARE BETTER SUITED FOR CONTRACTORS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FOR A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, WE'LL LEAVE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CHIEF DIGNA, UH, LOVE YOU. 
          WE'LL NEED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FIRE. 
          IF, IF WE CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN SOME EFFICIENCIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL LEAVE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER. 
          BUT WOULD LOVE JUST SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHIP IN, DO THINGS HERE. 
          UH, THANK YOU KAREN. 
          WE'LL MAKE A, YEAH, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. 
          UM, YEP. 
          TO BRING BACK SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IG CONFERENCES IN TRAINING. 
          THAT, THAT IS PROBABLY A BLAST. 
          UH, I'LL TELL YOU THE INSPECTOR GENERAL CONFERENCE, UH, IN, UH, SIOUX FALLS, IOWA NUMBER. 
          TALK ABOUT WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME. 
          . 
          I KID JOE, UH, I KID, UM, THREE. 
          AND I, I THINK, LISTEN, WE FOUND SITTING HERE GOING THROUGH THIS OVER $500,000 IN FURTHER EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD. 
          UH, AND MY TAKEAWAY, AND I'LL, I'LL TURN IT TO THE TEAM TO SEE, UM, TALK MORE, BUT CONTINUE ON THESE THEMES. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN INFORMAL RECOMMENDATION, BUT OF COURSE I'D WANT IT BACK OR NOT BY MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER TO SEE PUT IN FRONT OF US FOR SEPTEMBER. 
          IF WE COULD CUT OUR BUDGET, OUR OPERATING BUDGET BY 1%, RIGHT? I'D BE HARD PRESSED TO GO TO ANY DEPARTMENT AND SAY, CAN YOU TELL ME IF WE CAN'T BE JUST 1% MORE EFFICIENT OR 1% MORE LEAN THAT THERE AREN'T SOME SUITABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR THAT? WE'D BE LOOKING AT SAVINGS OF $5 MILLION, RIGHT? $5 MILLION TO GO OUT AND DO SOME OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          IF THOSE SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES DON'T EXIST, THEY DON'T EXIST. 
          BUT LET'S DO THE EXERCISE AND SEE HOW WE CAN BECOME AN EVEN LEANER, MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT AND CHAIR. 
          IF I MAY, THAT EXERCISE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND THAT WAS THE DOCUMENT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. 
          YEAH, IT'S FURTHER SO THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY $8 MILLION THAT ARE LISTED THERE. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALREADY THERE. 
          SO IF THERE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE ALONG WITH THAT LIST AND IDENTIFY, I THINK YOU LIST IDENTIFIED AROUND A HALF A MILLION, BUT IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE AND FIND ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM THAT LIST, WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE READY TO HA CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT'S ALSO JUST ABOUT HOW WE GO OUT AND TASK IT. 
          AND IT'S PROBABLY WHY, UH, CHIEF DIGNA, UM, DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING FORWARD. 
          'CAUSE I THINK HOW WE TASKED IT WAS ANYTHING THAT'S NON-CORE ESSENTIAL. 
          OF COURSE, ANYTHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES IS CORE AND ESSENTIAL. 
          ANYTHING THE POLICE DO IS NOT CORE AND ESSENTIAL. 
          BUT IF WE'RE GOING OUT, TELL ME HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT CAN BE 1% MORE EFFICIENT AND LEAN. 
          I THINK WE CAN, CAN ALL COME BACK WITH MORE RESPONSES, WHETHER THAT'S SUBSCRIPTIONS YOU HAVE, I IF YOU KNOW YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS IN ANY CORPORATION, THE AMOUNT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO BUT AREN'T USED. 
          THINGS LIKE THIS. 
          LET, LET'S CONTINUE THE ACADEMIC EXERCISE 
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ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS AN EVEN LEANER, MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT I WANT TO DELIVER THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE FOR THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. 
          UM, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE OUR TEAMS TO LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE FIND BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UM, MR. CHAIR? YES, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, THANKS. 
          I, SO I, I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES FOR, AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING READY TO WRAP THIS UP, THIS SECTION UP. 
          NO, GO, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, COMMISSIONER BUCK, GO SPEAK FREE. 
          SO YEAH, SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, UM, ITEM THAT WAS NOT FUNDED IS THE NORTH BEACH HYDRAULIC, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PRO, UH, SURVEY. 
          UM, WE HAVE $400,000 COMING FROM THE VILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO COVER THE FULL AMOUNT, UM, AS SOON AS THEY GET THEIR APPROVAL FROM HPB, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, WE HAVE MORE HEAVY DUTY CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN NORTH BEACH BETWEEN PRIVATE PROPERTY PROJECTS. 
          THE 13 BUILDINGS ARE NOW 12 THAT ARE, ARE YET TO BE BUILT IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA. 
          THE 72ND STREET, UM, UH, COMMUNITY COMPLEX, WHICH GOES OVER HUGE NUMBERS OF, OF REALLY IMPORTANT SEWER PIPES, UM, AND A HOST OF OTHER THINGS. 
          AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS DONE IN THE HISTORY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IN THE HISTORY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT IN RECENT HISTORY. 
          I THINK TALKING ABOUT BEING PENNYWISE AND POUND FOOLISH, IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY IF WE DO NOT PROCEED WITH THAT. 
          SO I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN OUR HANDS THIS MINUTE, BUT HOW DO WE ALLOCATE FOR IT SO THAT GOING FORWARD, AS SOON AS WE GET THE MONEY, THAT MONEY GOES SPECIFICALLY TO THAT PROJECT AND THAT PROJECT IS NOT DELAYED FOR ONE SECOND LONGER. 
          COMMISSIONER, I CAN ANSWER THAT. 
          WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN SHOW THE FOUR A $400,000 PROVISIONAL REVENUE COMING IN FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT ORDER WITH A TIED TO A $400,000 EXPENDITURE. 
          THE EXPENDITURE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS RECEIPT OF THAT, THAT AMOUNT. 
          BUT WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET. 
          NOT A PROBLEM. 
          CAN YOU, OKAY, SO CAN YOU DO THAT WITH ALL THE, THE, THE MONEY THAT IS TIED TO THAT DA, THERE'S MONEY FOR, UM, A POCKET PARK, THERE'S MONEY FOR, UM, ALLISON PARK SOMETHING, OR RATHER THERE'S MONEY FOR SOMETHING FOR PARKVIEW ISLAND. 
          CAN WE SHOW THOSE AS COMING IN OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR FOR THOSE WHICH HAVE THOSE, UM, THOSE DEADLINES? SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE. 
          I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T, I WAS NOT PRIVY TO THAT, NOR DO I WANT TO BE. 
          THAT IS NOT MY, MY, UH, MY WHEELHOUSE. 
          BUT ANYTHING THAT IS SCHEDULED TO HIT WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 26, CAN WE SHOW AS COMING INTO FISCAL YEAR 26 WITH THE PROJECTS ALLOCATED TO IT SO THAT THE SECOND IT HITS, WE START WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS? UH, YES. 
          COMMISSIONER, UH, OMB CAN WORK WITH, UH, DAVID MARTINEZ, THE A CM THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT, UH, NEGOTIATING DEVELOPMENT ORDER. 
          WE CAN IDENTIFY ITEMS THAT, UH, HE BELIEVES WILL BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE MET IN FY 26 AND WE'LL SHOW THAT, UH, REVENUE OFFSETTING THE EXPENDITURE. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, IS THAT THE COMMISSION ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO THAT EVERY COMMISSIONER WHO CHOSE TO COULD AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE A SECOND AID. 
          SARAH AND I ARE DOING JUST FINE. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARDS MY OFFICE FOR A SECOND AID. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO GO TO CLEANING THE 200 AND 300 BLOCKS OF LINCOLN ROAD. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN DISGUSTING AND DISASTROUS FOR YEARS. 
          UM, THEY ARE THE ACCESS POINT FROM LINCOLN ROAD TO THE BEACH, ONE OF THE MOST TRAVELED AREAS OF OUR CITY, AND THEY ARE COVERED ON A DAILY BASIS WITH HUMAN FECES AND URINE. 
          UM, I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IS WORKING TOWARDS, UM, HELPING AMELIORATE WITH A HOMELESS ISSUE. 
          BUT, UH, CURRENTLY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT IS, IS IS SLATED TO BE CLEANED ONLY TWICE A WEEK. 
          AND THAT IS WHOLLY INSUFFICIENT. 
          UM, WHEN WE MET, UM, WITH A BUNCH OF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, UM, RESIDENTS FROM, FROM THOSE BLOCKS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UM, I THINK THE ESTIMATE WAS APPROXIMATELY $180,000 FOR DAILY CLEANING, UM, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REALLOCATE MY SECOND AID BUDGET TO THAT PURPOSE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. 
          UH, YES, COMMISSIONER. 
          SO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE 26TH 
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BUDGET IS WE CAN SHOW THE REMOVAL OF THAT FUNDED POSITION. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT, IT WAS A $120,000 ANNUAL, UH, ALLOCATION. 
          AND WE'LL SHOW THAT AS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE SANITATION FUND FOR 120. 
          AND THAT WILL GIVE, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SANITATION DIVISION $120,000, UH, FOR CONTRACTED, UH, PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES SPECIFIC TO THAT, UH, ENDEAVOR. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, CHAIR, I THINK THAT WAS IT FROM COMMISSIONER? YEAH, I, TWO ITEMS I WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, FOR POTENTIAL, LOOKING AT ADDING TO FUNDING, WE'RE LOOKING TO CUT. 
          SO TWO THINGS THAT, UH, ONE IS 129,000, THE OTHER IS IS 80,000. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION. 
          I GUESS ONE OF THEM IS TALKING ABOUT NORTH BEACH AND UM, I HAD BROUGHT, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD LIT ABOUT NORMANDY, FOUND THE BLOCKS SURROUNDING THAT, UH, WITH PALM TREE LIGHTING. 
          I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S HELPED THE, UH, THE AREA, INCLUDING THE BUSINESSES AND OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO THERE WAS AN ITEM I BROUGHT THAT OUR COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY THERE ARE SIX, UM, THERE ARE SIX SPONSORS. 
          WELL, I'M THE SPONSOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SPONSOR, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ'S SPONSOR COMMISSIONER BOT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ . 
          UH, I COULD'VE JUST LEFT THE ONE PERSON WHO DIDN'T SPONSOR, BUT I KNOW YOU VOTED FOR IT. 
          SO YOU'RE, WE'RE IT, IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          UH, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, NORTH BEACH DOES TELL US, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME AND AT SOMETIMES I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT THAT WE DON'T EXTEND THE LOVING TO THEM. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO, UH, TO REALLY HELP OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO THAT'S AN ITEM AGAIN, THE PAST 7 0 6, UH, IN ADDITION TO ME, THERE ARE SIX SPONSORS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS THAT BEFORE I GO TO MY NEXT ITEM, I WANT CHAIR. 
          I'M SORRY, UH, MAYOR, WHICH ITEM NUMBER WAS THAT? I'M, I APOLOGIZE. 
          IT'S THE EXTENSION OF WRAPAROUND PALM TREE LIGHTING ON 71ST STREET. 
          YEAH, I'D SUPPORT THAT MAYOR. 
          I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY SHOCKING TO HEAR. 
          YES. 
          UH, I WAS GONNA SAY MISS NORTH BEACH. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          BY THE WAY, YOUR, YOUR OFFER BEFORE, UH, TO USE THAT, THAT MONIES IS VERY GENEROUS OF YOU. 
          AND I THINK, UH, IT'S, IT'S A VERY NICE, VERY NICE OF YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          SORRY. 
          SO IT WAS 129,000 FOR WRAPPING NORTH BEACH 1 29 I 77 IN MIAMI BEACH. 
          AND THE MAMMOGRAM, UM, IT'S ON PAGE 17 OF THE SLIDES. 
          YES, I KNOW THAT WILL BE ITEM 77 FOR THOSE FOLLOWING AT HOME. 
          WE'LL PUT IT ON RECORD JUST IN CASE I'M TRYING TO UP. 
          NO, AND MR. CHAIR MUST MAYOR IT'S GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? YES, IT'S GENERAL. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S RECURRING GENERAL FUND MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          IS IF I, JUST TO CLOSE THAT OUT, IS THERE A CONSENSUS TO ADD THAT IN? I'M NOT SURE IF THE MAYOR WAS ADDING IT IN, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING WHEN WE CAN FIND EFFICIENCIES FOR SEPTEMBER, THAT'S TOP OF THE PRIORITY OF THIS, RIGHT? IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS? WELL, LET ME BE CLEAR. 
          JASON, YOU SAY ADD IN THERE IF BOUNCE, IT'S CURRENTLY NOT IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE DIRECTION, IT SEEMS WE HAVE DIRECTION IN COMMISSION TO FIND ANOTHER $4.5 MILLION IN CUTS. 
          SO JUST IS THIS FOUR AND A HALF MILLION OF CUTS AND THEN ADDING THIS BACK END? THAT'S WHAT I JUST NEED TO GET DIRECTION. 
          I I GUESS YOU'RE ASSUMING YOU COULD FIND THOSE 4.5 MILLION IN CUTS. 
          OH, WE ALREADY, YEAH. 
          YES. 
          WELL I, AND THAT'S HOW I'M ENVISIONING THIS IN SEPTEMBER WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD WHERE'S IT COME FROM, RIGHT? AND IF YOU WANNA PUT THIS AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY OF LIST, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THAT. 
          IS THAT FAIR? IF MAYBE JUST THE, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, JUST FOR PROCESS WISE. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL HAVE THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE SOME CUTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE, AND THAT WILL BE THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET. 
          WHEN WE COME IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL PRESENT OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET NUMBERS AND WE'LL SAY, GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE, HERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FOUR AND A HALF MILLION-ISH AMOUNT, UH, OF POTENTIAL CUTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND WHETHER THE COMMISSION WANTS TO MOVE FOUR OF THEM OR NOT. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A CUT, THEN SAY, OKAY, WE CAN ADD, OH, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS $129,000 CUT SO I CAN FUND THIS $129,000, UH, ITEM. 
          AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THESE TWO ITEMS, IF THAT'S THE, THE WILL OF THE BODY, IS THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE HIGHLIGHTED SPECIFICALLY ON A SLIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL TOP, TOP PRIORITY CONSIDERATION IF THERE'S A CUT YEAH. 
          WITH YOUR, OKAY. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S HOW I, I'D LIKE TO PROCEED IS COME TO SEPTEMBER AND WE ESSENTIALLY ORDER IN PRIORITY OF OUR ORDER, UH, OR PRIORITIZATION. 
          WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD ADD TO THE BUDGET, UH, GIVEN THAT WE FIND, UH, EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE BY JASON. 
          IS THERE, IS THIS DISTINCTION 
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WITH WHAT CHAIR MAGAZINE IS SAYING AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO JUST EDIT IN NOW? NO, I MEAN I'M ABSOLUTELY FINE EITHER WAY. 
          NO, I KNOW YOU'RE FINE WITH IT. 
          BUT IS THERE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN, WELL THE DISTINCTION I THINK IS IF THERE'S A DIRECTION TO PUT IT IN RIGHT NOW, THEN WE WOULD ADD IT DIRECTLY INTO THE, INTO THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET NOW VERSUS I THINK WHAT THE CHAIR IS SAYING IS THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN SEPTEMBER THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE ADDED IF THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL CUT OFF OF THE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION. 
          I'M GONNA PUSH THE ENVELOPE HERE TO ADD IT. 
          NOW. 
          DO WE HAVE A MEANS TO DO SO? THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL CUTS THAT WERE, UH, PROFFERED UP HERE. 
          WE ALREADY HAD A, YOU KNOW, FIND $18,000, UH, BY ADDING IT IN THE ADDITION, THE, FOR BACK IN THE FOURTH, UH, ITEM. 
          UH, BUT WHEN WE CUT SOME OF THESE OTHER, THE, UH, THE COMPOSTING WON'T, WON'T, WILL NOT ASSIST THE WELLNESS PROGRAM CUT, COULD, UH, BRING SOME DOLLARS INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER IT. 
          UM, YEAH, YEAH, ABOUT 50% OF THE, OH, 50%. 
          SO IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE UP ALL OF THE GENERAL FUND CUTS THAT YOU JUST DID. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE JUST NEED, WELL, LET ME DISCUSS MY OTHER ITEM FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, , WE'LL SEE WHICH DIRECTION WE GO. 
          SO THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT I HAD BROUGHT THAT, UM, THAT PASSED OUR COMMISSION RECENTLY, AND IT WAS SEVERAL CO-SPONSORS. 
          I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE CO-SPONSORS TODAY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. 
          THIS WAS THE, UM, THE SENIOR, UH, MID-SIZE BUS. 
          IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD, UM, OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, IS THAT THE DIFFICULTY, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OF OUR SENIOR HOUSING, UH, TO GET TO GROCERY SHOPPING, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE, THEY, THEY LIVE ON, ON THEIR OWN. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY MAY BE SENIORS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ASSISTED. 
          PEOPLE DO NOT DELIVER THE FOOD TO THEM. 
          UH, THEY GO OUT AND GET THEIR, THEIR OWN SHOPPING. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE SELF-SUFFICIENT. 
          ANYWAY, SO THE BUS ACTUALLY, GREAT. 
          I'LL GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, KUDOS. 
          THE, THE, THIS BUS TO WOULD, IT WOULD, THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT SENIOR CENTERS. 
          ONE DAY A WEEK IT WOULD GO TO ANOTHER. 
          AND THE ENTIRE COST THAT I'M BEING TOLD IS $39,000. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS, THAT IS A, UH, SOUNDS LIKE A BARGAIN TO ME IN, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS AND THE QUALITY THAT WE'RE REACHING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SENIORS TO ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR, THEIR GROCERY SHOPPING. 
          I, WE WANT TO ADD, AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION A COUPLE, A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UM, I, I DID, THIS HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO COMMISSION, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA THROW OUT THE REQUEST AS WELL. 
          THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH, UM, HAS DAILY, UM, EVENTS FOR SENIORS. 
          AND BY THE WAY, FOR ANYONE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ORIGINS AND WHY, UH, JEWISH, BUT IT SERVES OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          THERE'S, THERE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT, UH, BACKGROUNDS AND ETHNIC GROUPS PARTICIPATE, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM OUR SENIOR, FROM OUR SENIOR, UM, POPULATION DOES A GREAT JOB. 
          AND, AND WHAT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY DO 80, UH, 80 DIFFERENT RIDES A DAY, I GUESS 80 SENIORS, UH, TO DO GROCERY SHOPPING APPOINTMENTS, GO TO THE BANK, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, UM, AND THEY ARE FUNDING PART OF IT. 
          AND THEY'VE ALSO ASKED FOR $41,000 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE 80 RIDES PER DAY. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE $80,000 IF YOU COMBINE THE 39,000 FOR THE BUS AND 41,000 FOR, FOR HERE. 
          SO THE, JUST EVERYONE, I'M, I'M ROUNDING OFF IT COULD BE 41,000 AND CHANGE. 
          SO THE, THE, JUST SO YOU, UH, FOR EVERYONE FOLLOWING HOME, THIS IS, UH, ITEM 1 37 ON THE RECURRING, UH, ENHANCEMENTS. 
          IT'S $39,000 FOR THE SENIOR MID-SIZE BUS PROGRAM. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE MAYORS, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY AN ADDITIONAL ONE, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER THE, THE MAYOR'S BRINGING UP NOW IS NOT ONLY ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH IS A $41,000. 
          REALLY. 
          IT'S A, I THINK YOU SAID THE JCC ALSO. 
          JCS, SORRY. 
          JCS, UM, JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES ON, UH, ESPANOLA WAY. 
          GOTCHA. 
          UH, SENIOR, UM, TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 
          SO THOSE, THERE'S THREE THAT THE MAYOR IS PROFFERING, THEY'RE ALL RECURRING. 
          UH, 1 29 ON THE NORTH BEACH WRAPPING IS THE FIRST YEAR. 
          THEN IT GOES DOWN 'CAUSE THE MAINTENANCE AND THEN $39,000 TO THE SENIOR MID-SIZE BUS, AND THEN $41,000 FOR THE JCS, UH, SENIOR BUS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALL RECURRING, UH, DOLLARS. 
          AND THIS IS MY NOTE CHAIR. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALKED RECURRING IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND BY, BUT THERE WERE SOME CUTS THAT WERE, UH, JUST MADE HERE. 
          SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW UNDER CONSENSUS IS, OR ANY OF THESE TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE ADDED INTO THE BUDGET. 
          NOW THIS WOULD BE A, A GENERAL, THIS WOULD'VE TO BE A GENERAL FUND 'CAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION HAS ISSUES TO TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL, I'M SORRY, TO THE TRANSPORTATION FUND IF THEY WERE GONNA BE COVERED. 
          UM, OR THEY'RE GONNA BE CONSIDERED IN SEPTEMBER IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CUTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO, UH, CHAIR. 
          WE NEED TO GET SOME CONSENSUS FROM THE, UH, THE BODY AND LISTEN, JUST 'CAUSE I'M CHAIR, I'M JUST ONE VOTE ON THESE. 
          UM, PART OF IT COMES WITH JUST WANTING TO MARINATE FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND FINDING SOME COST SAVINGS, . 
          AND, UH, THAT'S WHY WHEN I KICK THESE OFF, BUT THE OTHER IS TO KIND OF GO IN, I'M JUST ONE PERSON, BUT TO SAY, OKAY, 
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HERE, HERE'S THE ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE PRIORITIZED. 
          UM, I HAVEN'T DONE THAT ACADEMIC EXERCISE, UH, BUT I'LL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE IT. 
          WELL, AND I, I JUST MENTIONED IT EARLIER, I MENTIONED CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, WHICH IS OUT IN THE SANDS CLEANING OUR BEACHES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE EXACTLY THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT, THAT IF WE DO HAVE EFFICIENCIES, THAT WE SHOULD INCORPORATE IT. 
          AND, UM, AND THE, UH, BREAST CANCER SCREENING FOR EARLY DETECTION FOR OUR BREASTS. 
          THOSE TWO, I MENTIONED THEM EARLIER. 
          UM, MR. MANAGER, I THINK YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD THEM IN YOUR NOTES. 
          I ABSOLUTELY DO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST, UH, MENTIONED IT EARLIER SO WE CAN, YEAH, THE CLEAN MIAMI, WE CAN FIND AND WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT. 
          UH, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          SO IT WAS THE 40, IT'S A $45,000 ONETIME GRANT, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE CLEAN MIAMI THAT THE COMMISSIONER APPROVED AS A ONE TIME THIS YEAR, YOU'RE REQUESTING TO SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY ONE TIME DOLLARS AGAIN. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE IF WE, IF WE CAN'T FUND THE FULL AMOUNT, I DON'T MIND SITTING DOWN AND SEEING WHAT CAN WE, WHAT CAN WE FIT INTO OUR BUDGET. 
          IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE FULL AMOUNT THAT THE APPLICANT IS, IS ASKING FOR, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR MEANS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WI WITH YOU AND FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO WITHIN OUR MEANS. 
          AND COMM YES. 
          AND COMMISSIONER, I THINK THAT GOES PERHAPS TO THE, I THINK THE CONCEPT THAT THE, THE CHAIR HAS PROFFERED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GO BACK, UH, WE HAVE OUR EXISTING SET OF CUTS. 
          WE'LL REVISIT AND SEE IF THERE'S SHARP IN THE PENCIL, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CUTS TO IDENTIFY SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND CUTS. 
          AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO IDENTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP HERE TODAY TO SEE IF THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED THROUGH CUTS. 
          BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED TO RECONCILE SOME OF THE ON THE FLOOR CUTS THAT WERE JUST MADE TODAY TO SEE WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ON THE GENERAL FUND SO WE CAN COME BACK TO SHOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE WERE ON A BALANCED BUDGET AS OF NOW, BUT ACTUALLY AFTER SOME OF THESE CUTS WE ENDED UP HAVING A GENERAL FUND SURPLUS OF $150,000. 
          'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO, TO WORK OUT HERE. 
          WE JUST, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR THE ITEMS I MENTIONED TO PUT IN, I THINK I'M CONFIDENT YOU'RE GONNA FIND THE CUTS. 
          UH, 'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING LITERALLY A MULTIPLE OF 20 THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND CUTS AS OPPOSED TO, SO I, I, I'D BE, I'D BE COMFORTABLE PUTTING IT IN. 
          NOW, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, DID YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS OR JUST ONE, TWO, WAS IT THE MAMMOGRAM? THE, THE MAMMOGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TESTING, UH, FOR THE UNINSURED IN OUR CITY AND THE CLEANING OF OUR BEACHES, IT'S, UH, WITH CLEAN MIAMI BEACH. 
          I'M REGARDING THAT NOW. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO YEAH, SO WE'RE MAKING MOTION TO ADD ITEMS TO THE BUDGET. 
          NOW THERE'S, WELL THIS IS A WORKSHOP, SO THERE'S NO MOTIONS EFFECTIVELY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE JUST, I I THINK JUST TO CLOSE OUT CHAIR, NOT CLOSE OUT THE SYMBOLIC MOTION. 
          AM MOTION. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON THE CAPITAL UPDATE. 
          SO AGAIN, THERE MAY BE THINGS IN THE CAPITAL THAT PEOPLE WANT, UH, OR CUT TO FUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT HERE. 
          UH, BUT WE JUST, I JUST KNEW WE, I NEED TO GET A CONSENSUS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING ITEM WITH IS, I THINK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS GOOD WITH US TRYING TO FIND, IDENTIFY CUTS IN SEPTEMBER TO COME BACK TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE FUNDED THIS. 
          BUT I THINK THE MAYOR'S INTERESTED IN TRYING TO GET HIS, UM, UH, ABOUT A $210,000 WORTH OF ITEMS, UH, RECURRING IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I JUST NEED TO GET HOW A CONSENSUS FROM THE MA HOW MUCH? ABOUT 210 IF I'M ADDING IT ALL UP 1 29. 
          I'M NOT, IT'S NOT MINE. 
          IT'S OUR RESIDENCE. 
          MR. CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          UM, THERE IS AN ITEM IN THE BUDGET. 
          UM, SO WE ARE, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WORKING VERY HARD ON MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER FOR MICRO MOBILITY. 
          UM, PART OF THAT IS LETTING CARS KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD NOT BE HITTING PEOPLE ON BIKES BECAUSE THEY ARE, THE PEOPLE IN BIKES ARE IN BIKE LANES. 
          UM, WE ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR 25 AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO, UM, REPAIR, RESTORE, UM, THE BIKE LANES THAT EXIST AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE REPAINTED AND CLEAR. 
          UM, THERE WAS A BUDGET ITEM THAT WAS FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONGOING, UM, FOR 26, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE IN A FEW YEARS WE NEED TO SPEND MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, UM, KEEPING THIS UP AND EXPANDING, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF, UM, PRIORITY THINGS TO BE FUNDED WHEN WE COME BACK IN IN SEPTEMBER. 
          PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. C FFO, YOU'RE KIND OF KEEPING THIS RUNNING LIST OF, UH, YEAH, UH, AND LISTEN, WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT HERE IN PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          WE, WE CAN GO TO YOU ON A ONE-OFF AND SAY TO THE EXTENT WHERE THIS AMOUNT IS FOUND, THIS IS MY HIGHEST PRIORITY. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO YES, SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE GREEN BIKE LANES COMMISSIONER BOT, UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ RELATED TO THE BEACHES GRANT AND A MAMMOGRAM PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN THREE ITEMS FROM THE MAYOR, UH, THE NORTH BEACH, UH, WRAP LIGHTING, THE SENIOR 
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MID-SIZE BUS, AND THEN THE SE JC JCS, UH, SENIOR BUS PROGRAM ALL TO BE CONSIDERED. 
          UM, AND, AND JASON, UM, GIVEN THE MAYOR MENTIONED HE HAD SIX SPONSORS AND I VOTED FOR IT FOR THE TREE, UH, TREE LIGHTING. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THOSE COST SAVINGS HERE. 
          NOW, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST HALF FROM THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, UH, I THINK GIVEN HIS DIRECTION, I'D BE FINE ADDING THAT TO, UH, THE BUDGET HERE, GIVEN WE'VE ALREADY FOUND OFFSETS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'RE, ARE THE COMMISSIONERS OKAY WITH THAT? WHAT'S THAT? UTILIZE THE SAVINGS THAT WE JUST HAD TO GO TOWARDS THE, THE NORTH HUNDRED $29,000 TOWARDS THE NORTH BEACH LIGHTS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY, JUST TO BE CLEAR. 
          1 29, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          IT'S $129,000 TOWARDS WRAPPING TREES IN NORTH BEACH. 
          THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TAKE UP MOST OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE GENERAL FUND ON A RECURRING BASIS NOW. 
          SO IF HEARING THAT, WE WOULD ADD THAT IN. 
          NOW ALL OF ALL, IT'S GONNA TAKE UP ALL OF THE SAVINGS WE FOUND ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          MOST OF IT WE HAVE TO RECONCILE. 
          BUT YOU'RE GONNA, THAT PERCENTAGE YOU'RE FIND MORE, YOU'RE GONNA GO BACK AND FIND, WE'VE BEEN DIRECT, WE'VE BEEN DIRECTED 1%, WE'VE BEEN DIRECTED, YEAH, AROUND FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT'LL BE A MENU. 
          I THINK THAT'S IN, IN TALKING WITH THE, THE CHAIR, THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAS. 
          HERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM. 
          MANY WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
          VERY MANY OF THEM WILL BE DIFFICULT 'CAUSE THEY WILL INVOLVE OBVIOUSLY CUTTING PROGRAMS AND CUTTING EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, BUT THERE'LL BE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TRIM UH, SOME PIECES, TRYING TO RIGHTSIZE SOME BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, SO WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE SOME THINGS. 
          THIS ISN'T HEALTHY THE EXERCISE BECAUSE GOVERNMENT KNOWS HOW TO GROW, BUT GOVERNMENT NEVER KNOWS HOW TO, RIGHT. 
          AND SO THAT'LL BE THE MENU WHERE IF SOMEONE SAYS, I WANNA DO THIS, THEN THEY CAN ADD IT TO THERE. 
          SO IF WE'RE GOOD, I THINK WE'RE ABLE TO WRAP THIS UP IS WE WILL SHOW THE 1 29, WHICH IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 77 ON THE ENHANCEMENT LIST TO BE ADDED INTO THE RECURRING GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          BUT THE OTHER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ITEMS WE WILL PUT UP ON A SLIDE. 
          THIS IS PRIORITY TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, AGAINST ANY CUTS THAT WE MAY PROPOSE. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. 
          YEAH, WE ARE. 
          TAMIKA SAYS WE'RE GOOD. 
          SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA 
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GO TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          UH, THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITOL. 
          SO PGA, IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE, BRING UP THE PRESENTATION. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THIS JUST SHOWS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          WHEN WE MET BACK IN JUNE, WE HAD A LITTLE MORE ASK FOR ON THE REQUESTED SIDE. 
          WE ACTUALLY ELIMINATED SOME OF THE REQUESTS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DETAILS SOON. 
          UM, ON THE RECOMMENDED SIDE, WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED OVER $4 MILLION MORE AND WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDS THAT WE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND OVER TO FUND MORE CAPITAL PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDING 45% OF WHAT WAS REQUESTED. 
          AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT STILL UNFUNDED, BUT WE DID OUR BEST WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE. 
          FOUR. 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE INCREASE IN THE REVENUES THAT WE TRANSFERRED OVER FROM, UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET OVER TO CAPITAL. 
          SO WE WENT FROM 4.9 TO 8.4 AND THAT'S WHAT HELPED US TO FUND ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. 
          SO I'M GONNA JUST TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH SOME OF THE EFFICIENCIES AND CUTS THAT WE HAVE PLUS SOME ONE TIME DOLLARS RELATED TO OUR, UH, RESERVES. 
          SO WE JUST KIND OF WENT DOWN OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. 
          UH, PRIORITIES AS PROVIDED BY THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, UH, BACK AT THE JUNE CAPITAL UPDATE. 
          SO WE GOT A, A CITY HALL JOCKEY PUMP. 
          WE HAVE A OCEAN RESCUE HEADQUARTER STANDBY GENERATOR, UH, PLUMBING RE RENOVATIONS AT FIRE STATION TWO, ROOF REPLACEMENT AT FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. 
          UH, THIS IS THE UNIT THAT BUILDING THE NORTH BEACH, UH, BUILDING SHORING AND STRUCTURE REPAIRS. 
          A LITTLE MORE DOLLARS TOWARDS THAT ENDEAVOR. 
          UH, FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, THE VEHICLE, UH, AWNING REPLACEMENT, UH, THE MIAMI DADE, UH, MIAMI DADE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRING RANGE AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM AND HVAC IMPROVEMENTS OF $300,000. 
          UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS THAT TRAINING UNIT AS WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GOT TWO PIECES AND THEN THE UNIT AT ELEVATOR. 
          UH, NEW VESTIBULE AREA RENOVATION OUT OF PEGO. 
          AND THEN THIS ONE'S GOT SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS ON HERE. 
          UH, I THINK AS TAMIKA MENTIONED EARLIER, IS WE ORIGINALLY HAD IDENTIFIED THE WEST AVENUE. 
          PHASE THREE IS ONLY HAVE AROUND A HALF A MILLION OF THE, OF THE DOLLARS THAT WERE NEEDED TO, UH, FUND THE ABOVE GROUND. 
          UH, WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE FUNDING NEEDED TO GET WEST AVENUE PHASE THREE ABOVE GROUND PORTION FUNDED. 
          AND AS TAMIKA MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE NOW FULLY FUNDED THIS BUDGET WILL FULLY FUND THE STORMWATER SIDE, FULLY FUND THE ABOVE GROUND PORTION, BUT WE'RE, UM, ABOUT $15 MILLION OR SO SHORT ON THE WATER AND SEWER. 
          AND WE WILL, UH, WORK THROUGH THAT EXERCISE RELATED TO UTILITY RATE INCREASE, UH, ORDINANCE IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTIALLY FUND THIS, UH, WEST AVENUE PHASE THREE BY THE REALLOCATION OF THE BAY WALK PHASE TWO FUNDING, WHICH WAS DEALT WITH THE 1250 WEST DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, WEST AVENUE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AGAIN, THE MIGHT THE TRAINING UNIT RENOVATIONS. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT THREE WERE COMMISSION, UH, CAPITAL 
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PRIORITIES THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ORIGINALLY FUND IN JUNE, BUT ARE ABLE TO FUND NOW. 
          THAT'S $250,000 TOWARDS THE MARINE PARK. 
          THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING PHASES ONLY, NOT THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, ALTON, ALTON COURT ALLEY, A $400,000 ALLOCATION TO DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND $90,000 FOR THE MERIDIAN AVENUE TRAFFIC COMING. 
          ALSO, WE'RE JUST KIND OF REVERSING WHAT WE ARE KIND OF PLANNING RELATED TO 17TH STREET. 
          AND WE ARE GONNA KEEP THE DOLLARS IN THE RDA BONDS OF THE $1.9 MILLION TO RESURFACE, UH, 17TH STREET, WHICH WILL BE ALTON UNTIL UP THROUGH THE HOTEL, WHICH WOULD COMMENCE, UH, WHEN THE HOTEL IS COMPLETED. 
          BUT WE CAN GET THAT DESIGN DONE EARLY. 
          AND THEN JUST, JUST MY TO LOSE YOU COMPARISON, HUH? I'VE HEARD I'VE HEARD SUCH. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL, AND THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT, UH, DEALT WITH AND WE'LL BE THAT UNDER DESIGN SO WE CAN GET THAT MOVING FORWARD, UH, UPON HOTEL COMPLETION. 
          AND THEN THESE O OTHER COUPLE ONES ARE A COUPLE REDUCTIONS ACTUALLY FROM A CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          FIRST ONE'S VERY EXCITING IS WE RECEIVED AN ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE THROUGH OUR APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS AND WE, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL COMING FROM OUR RULE AND REPLACEMENT OF $900,000 RELATED TO THE PAYMENT WE NEED TO MAKE TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ALT ROAD PROJECT. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE BAY, THE BAY WALK PHASE TWO AND THAT BASS MUSEUM ROTUNDA ROOF FACILITIES DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY MOVE THAT PROJECT OUT ONE YEAR. 
          THE ROOF GOT ENOUGH LIFE ON IT. 
          SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 4.11 $4.2 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THROUGH EFFICIENCIES, MORE DOLLARS TOWARDS CAPITAL 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE. 
          AND THEN JUST AGAIN, I JUST WANNA WRAP UP, UH, THE PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO SET ON JULY 23RD, THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE, WHICH WILL BE THE, OR, UH, THE RESOLUTION. 
          YOU'LL SEE, UH, WE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER TO NOW FINALIZE OUR, OUR NOW REVISED PRELIMINARY BUDGET. 
          UH, AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER 17TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 30TH. 
          AND ON THE 17TH, WE WILL RETURN WITH A SET OF GENERAL FUND, UH, UH, REC, UH, POSSIBLE CUTS THAT EQUAL OUT TO ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 1% OF THAT BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE KIND OF USED AS A MENU. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SLIDE WITH THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED, WHICH ARE, WE'LL CONSIDER TOP, TOP PRIORITIES THAT IF WE WANT TO ADD ONE, WE GOTTA SUBTRACT ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE IT. 
          SO WHILE WE STILL HAVE AN AUDIENCE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. 
          COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          UM, THESE ARE TOUGH DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT'S PRUDENT ON US TO HAVE THIS. 
          WE ARE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          UM, I APPLAUD STAFF LED BY AT THE TOP, OUR CITY MANAGER AND EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS OF FINDING THESE EFFICIENCIES. 
          AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I'VE SEEN THIS BROUGHT UP WHEN IT WASN'T COMPLETELY NECESSARY THROUGH EVENTS LIKE COVID OR, OR, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE'RE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THIS. 
          I WANT THIS TO BE A, A NEW DAY IN MIAMI BEACH, A NEW WAY THAT WE WERE ESSENTIALLY OPERATING WITH AN EFFICIENT LEAN GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE PRIDE IN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S WORK IN THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, BUT, UM, IT, IT'S A DAY THAT I, I THINK WE CAN ALL BE PROUD TO STAND IN FRONT OF OUR TAXPAYERS AND SAY, WE'RE BRINGING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF YOUR DOLLARS. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I HOPE, UH, THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING AND FOLLOWING, UM, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND, AND SEE THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, NOT ONLY TO ENHANCE OUR RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO, UH, TO ALLOCATE THAT FUNDING AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          AND YES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMMISSIONER ALEX MENENDEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU SAP. 
          I, I HOPE THAT WHEN WE COME BACK WE CAN FIND THAT EXTRA EFFICIENCY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE YOU HAVE BEEN LEADING WITH THAT MESSAGE OF MAKING OUR GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT. 
          HOW CAN WE DELIVER THE SAME SERVICES, IMPROVE IN OUR, IN PRIORITIZING WHAT WE REALLY NEED, UM, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, CUTTING BACK REDUNDANCIES THAT WE'VE JUST BAKED INTO THE BUDGET THAT WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE. 
          SO I AM SO EXCITED WHAT THE NEXT MEETING WILL BRING AND HOPEFULLY THE EXTRA EFFICIENCIES, DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF TO 1% , BUT SERIOUSLY, DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF. 
          I'M SURE WE GO BACK CALCULATIONS OF MULTIPLE 5% AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. CHAIR FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK. 
          AND I, AND, AND JUST A, UH, SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AFTER YOU WERE ELECTED AND I WAS ELECTED MAYOR, I APPOINTED YOU AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS USUALLY NOT THE DIRECTION. 
          YOU USUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN A COMMISSIONER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THAT'S HOW MUCH FAITH THAT I HAD IN YOUR, IN YOUR ABILITIES. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, YOU HAVE SHINED AND, AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US AND, AND GETTING US TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU ALL.
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