On June 4, 2025, the Hollywood City Commission held a regular meeting at City Hall. The agenda included proclamations recognizing Code Compliance Officers Appreciation Week and Domestic Workers' Day, presentations of life-saving awards by the Fire Department, the first reading of an ordinance to allow mailed parking citations using license plate readers, and an extensive discussion on parking rate changes and expansion of paid parking downtown and on the beach. The meeting also featured reports from the Marine Advisory Council and the City Manager, and public comments on hate groups, library services, and LGBTQ+ rights.
All right. All right, welcome everyone. Welcome to City Hall here in the city of Hollywood. Today is June fourth, twenty twenty five. Uh, we are here for a regular city commission meeting, but as we like to say, and as we can see today in the audience that we have, and those that are participating, that it's never a regular city commission meeting because we always have very important uh items and things to recognize and uh business to take care of. So thank you all for participating in today's meeting. Uh, before we ask you to rise for a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, I would like to take a moment uh for us to think about uh two people, uh, each uh having made Hollywood their home in a different way, uh, that unfortunately lost their lives recently. One was uh a fellow named Tim Burton. Tim uh was a long time uh community uh activist and and civic association leader in the Liberia neighborhood. Uh he also was a member of the African American Advisory Council here in Hollywood for a number of years and was a leading figure uh for some time uh in the Liberia community. Also worked at Memorial Regional uh or Memorial Healthcare System in the IT department, and at one point in his uh civic life was a candidate for office uh in District Two. So unfortunately, Tim, who had uh an illness that spanned a a long while had uh succumbed to a condition and to uh to uh circumstances uh just last week. Also, you might have uh heard in the news that uh there was a a few terrible uh boating uh accidents and explosions uh that took place in Fort Lauderdale uh the other week. Uh, one of the persons who unfortunately passed away, Joshua Fifi. Uh his family, you know, is a Hollywood family, uh, worked in Hollywood. Uh he lost his life at the young age of twenty something due to the vapor explosion on the boat, uh, along with uh, you know, I think over nine other people, including kids who were injured uh by the uh vapor explosion. So our hearts are with uh Christian, his father, and and their family and all the kids uh as well. So please think of Joshua and and Tim as we rise for the moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republicans, one nation, under God, individual liberty and justice for all. Thank you all. Uh another important moment we have here is uh that we always always take time for is to recognize our active uh service personnel, U.S. veterans and their families. So if you are a member of the armed forces or a veteran or a family member, please rise. We'd like to recognize you. Thank you. Roll call, please. Commissioner Shoeham. Here. Commissioner Hernandez. Commissioner Kallary. Here. Commissioner Gruber. Commissioner Biederman. Here. Vice Mayor Quintana? Here. Mayor Levy. Here. Thank you. Today's consent agenda includes items five through eighteen. These are items that don't usually require individual discussion. However, if there is a speaker card or a request from one of the commissioners to remove an item for individual discussion, we're happy to do that. Pat, are there any speaker cards on five through eighteen today? No cards. Motion to approve. I went up. Pull 14, please. 14. Okay, hold on.