# FLCities2018 The Diplomat Beach Resort • Hollywood, FL August 16-18, 2018 CONFERENCE PROGRAM CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018 Transportation and Intergovernmental FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2018 Relations Atlantic Ballroom 3 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. Registration Desk Open Sunrise Yoga on the Beach Great Hall Foyer Utilities, Natural Resources and Public Works 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Regency Ballroom 1 7:30 a.m. Florida Black Caucus of Local Elected Coffee Service Officials Breakfast Meeting 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Great Hall Foyer 307 (Third Floor - Main Tower) Refreshment Break Great Hall 3-6 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Continuing Education in Ethics: Have You Coffee Service 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Completed Your Hours? Great Hall 3-6 Diplomat Ballroom 3 Pop-Up Recording Studio Regency Ballroom Foyer 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Florida League of Mayors Nominating Great Hall 3-6 Florida Utilities Forecast: Everything You Committee Meeting 312, 313 (Third Floor - Main Tower) Need to Know About Everything 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Atlantic Ballroom 1 Registration Desk Open 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Great Hall Foyer 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Florida Association of Intergovernmental Preemption or Redemption: Effective Relations Meeting 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Strategies for Communicating the Need 220 (Second Floor - Main Tower) #LetCitiesWork Advocacy Strategy for Vacation Rental Reform Workshop Diplomat Ballroom 3 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Regency Ballroom 1 Florida League of Mayors Business 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Resolutions Committee Meeting Atlantic Ballroom 1 Leadership Workshop: You Have No Idea Regency Ballroom 2 How Important You Are 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Regency Ballroom 2 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Florida League of Mayors Board of Federal Action Strike Team Meeting Directors Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Diplomat Ballroom 4 307 (Third Floor - Main Tower) Small Cells/Big Changes: What Cities Need to Know About Telecommunications 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Regency Ballroom 3 First Time Attendees’ Orientation Sidewalk Café Atlantic Ballroom 1 Great Hall 3-6 10:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Pop-Up Recording Studio 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Regency Ballroom Foyer President’s Welcome Reception Exhibit Hall Open Great Hall 3-6 Great Hall 3-6 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Great Hall 3-6 Florida Black Caucus of Local Elected “Cities 101” Workshop Atlantic Ballroom 1 Officials Reception 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Diplomat Ballroom 3 Home Rule and Preserving Floridians’ 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Right to Local Self-Government Legislative Policy Committee Meetings Regency Ballroom 2 Finance, Taxation and Personnel 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Regency Ballroom 2 What’s All the Fuss About Home Rule? A Session for Exhibitors and Sponsors Land Use and Economic Development Regency Ballroom 1 Regency Ballroom 3 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Municipal Administration Nominating Committee Meeting Atlantic Ballroom 2 Atlantic Ballroom 3 2 #FLCities2018 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Local/Regional League Home Rule Rally Florida Redevelopment Association Board Ready Room of Directors Meeting Atlantic Ballroom 1-2 201 (Second Floor - Main Tower) 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Sidewalk Café Past Presidents’ Luncheon Great Hall 3-6 Great Hall 3-4 1:00 p.m. Immediately Following Lunch Exhibit Hall Closes Florida League of Cities Board of Directors Meeting 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Atlantic Ballroom 3 Home Rule Rally Great Hall 1-2 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Act: What Every Elected Official Needs Florida League of Cities Board of to Know About SB 7026 and School Directors Meeting Resource Officers Atlantic Ballroom 3 Great Hall 1-2 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Membership Networking Event Childcare Service Provided Great Hall 5-6 Atlantic Ballroom 2 SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Inaugural Celebration 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Great Hall 3-6 Local and Regional League Breakfast Meetings Various Locations - See Program for Details 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration Desk Open Great Hall Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Coffee Service Great Hall Foyer 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Voting Delegate Registration Great Hall 2 Foyer 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Youth Council Program Various Locations - See Program for Details 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Business Session Great Hall 1-2 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break Great Hall Foyer 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. General Session Great Hall 1-2 3 #FLCities2018 Welcome to the 92nd Annual Conference of the Florida League of Cities President Gil Ziffer Commissioner, City of Tallahassee TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Board of Directors 6 General Information 9 Social Media 10 Conference Program 17 Youth Council Program 18 Past Presidents 19 E. Harris Drew Award 19 2018 Mayor John Land Years of Service Awards 20 2018 Defender of Home Rule 20 Legislative Appreciation Awards 20 Legislative Staff Appreciation Awards 21 2018 Home Rule Heroes 22 2018 Florida Municipal Achievement Awards 22 City Catalyst Grants 23 2018 Resolutions Committee 24 2018 Nominating Committee 25 Exhibit Hall Floorplan 26 Conference Sponsors 26 Exhibitor and Sponsor Directory 39 Conference Meeting Space FUTURE MEETINGS 2018 LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE November 14-16, 2018 August 15-17, 2019 Embassy Suites Orlando-Lake Buena Vista South World Center Marriott - Orlando 4 #FLCities2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Gil Ziffer, Commissioner, Tallahassee FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Leo E. Longworth, Mayor, Bartow SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Isaac Salver, Council Member, Bay Harbor Islands DISTRICT DIRECTORS 10 MOST POPULOUS CITIES (1) Shannon D. Hayes, Councilman, Crestview Vacant, Jacksonville (1) Richard A. Rynearson, Mayor, Fort Walton Beach Keon Hardemon, Commissioner, Miami (2) Mary Lawson Brown, Vice Mayor, Palatka Bob Buckhorn, Mayor, Tampa (3) Robert F. Apgar, Mayor, DeLand Rick D. Kriseman, Mayor, St. Petersburg (3) William Partington, Mayor, Ormond Beach Antonio “Tony” Ortiz, Commissioner, Orlando (4) Carol McCormack, Mayor, Palm Shores Carlos Hernandez, Mayor, Hialeah (4) Kathy Meehan, Mayor, Melbourne Nancy Miller, Commissioner, Tallahassee (5) Louie Davis, Mayor, Waldo Dean J. Trantalis, Mayor, Fort Lauderdale (5) Elise Dennison, Commissioner, Leesburg Gregory J. Oravec, Mayor, Port St. Lucie (6) Raymond Bagshaw, Mayor, Edgewood Richard Williams, Council Member, Cape Coral (6) Rosemary Wilsen, Commissioner, Ocoee (7) Timothy J. Pospichal, Mayor, Auburndale PAST PRESIDENTS (7) Marlene Wagner, Mayor, Lake Hamilton Randall Wise, Mayor, Niceville (8) Heather Gracy, Commissioner, Dunedin Scott Maddox, Commissioner, Tallahassee (8) Leslie Ford Notaro, Mayor, Belleair Beach Scott Black, Commissioner, Dade City (9) Ann Kagdis, Council Vice President, Ocean Breeze Frank C. Ortis, Mayor, Pembroke Pines (10) Linda Yates, Vice Mayor, North Port Patricia Bates, Mayor, Altamonte Springs (11) Rachel Keesling, Mayor, Punta Gorda P. C. Wu, Councilman, Pensacola (12) Andy Amoroso, Vice Mayor, Lake Worth Matthew D. Surrency, Mayor, Hawthorne (12) Keith James, Commissioner, West Palm Beach (12) Vacant AT-LARGE (13) M. Margaret Bates, Commissioner, Lauderhill Roy S. Shiver, Commissioner, Florida City (13) Dan Daley, Commissioner, Coral Springs (13) Gary Resnick, Mayor, Wilton Manors FCCMA (13) Greg Ross, Mayor, Cooper City Michael Cernech, City Manager, Tamarac (13) Iris Siple, Commissioner, Pembroke Pines (13) Susan Starkey, Councilwoman, Davie Michael Sittig, Executive Director (13) Dan Stermer, Mayor, Weston Kraig Conn, General Counsel (14) Jon Burgess, Councilman, Homestead (14) Claudia Cubillos, Mayor, El Portal (14) Felicia Robinson, Councilwoman, Miami Gardens (14) Jordan W. Leonard, Council Member, Bay Harbor Islands 5 #FLCities2018 GENERAL INFORMATION Thanks for joining us in Hollywood! This year marks the 50th anniversary of Constitutional REGISTRATION Home Rule. During his tenure, Florida League of Cities Everyone attending the Florida League of Cities Annual President Gil Ziffer has made it his goal to actively Conference must register. This includes all delegates promote and defend the cherished concept of Home and their families, guests, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors Rule. This is the belief that government closest to the and news media representatives. people governs best; that city halls across our state are more accessible, responsive and fair in addressing the Registration will take place at the Great Hall registration needs of their constituents; that local decisions should be desk Thursday through Saturday as follows: made locally; and that the people who live, work and play in a city know what’s best for their unique community. Thursday, August 16 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 17 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Over the last few years, the Florida Legislature has Saturday, August 18 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. challenged this philosophy by pursuing numerous measures that seek to undermine local decision- BADGES/RIBBONS making and hamstring municipal officials from doing Please wear your conference badge to all functions, the jobs they were elected to do effectively.